Political & Elections

blankmind · blankmind

Well, those emails must be something special, if the IRS had to lose them. Maybe the prez can executive-order the NSA to find them in their stash.

longprime · longprime

DW took a two day holiday to do Zillow-OpenHousing with DS in Seattle. First time she has been out of house in 2 years-I get to mind MIL. She came back shocked-ex: 40 bids on a house. A house ask@$500k with bids upto $200K above. House with crack foundations. House with a hole in roof, as seen from inside....

catahoula · catahoula

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2013/09/18/carney_explains_why_it_is_right_and_responsible_when_white_house_delays_obamacare.html

hope · hope

Does Michelle Obama read books? I remember people asking Laura Bush what she read, I remember her mentioning Thomas Mallon one time. Apparently as a former librarian she was an avid reader. Has anybody come across an article about what Michelle reads? All I see are articles about where she likes to ea...

Intrepid1 · Intrepid1

-- Edited by Intrepid1 on Tuesday 29th of April 2014 05:36:26 AM -- Edited by Intrepid1 on Tuesday 29th of April 2014 05:37:04 AM

longprime · longprime

Gawd I hate that thread. Anecdotes without supporting data. It has been 13 days. Shoot I'm still investigating. So odd that I now have options in choosing a plan. Still gotta download prelim 2013 taxforms from TaxAct.

blankmind · blankmind

It must be really hard to choose which group to appease when your ideologies keep conflicting with each other.

busdriver11 · busdriver11

My youngest son is having a tough time getting an internship this summer (comp sci, rising junior). He goes to a great school, but it is one that isn't recruited at all for comp sci. They have a very small program. It's hard getting personal contact with anyone, and he's pretty much having to submit resu...

MadHatter · MadHatter

Crazy, or crazy like a fox?

catahoula · catahoula

Supposedly from a amicus brief filed by P.J. O'Rourke and you should find it amusing, no matter which way you step into your drawers: After all, where would we be without the knowledge that Democrats are pinko-communist flag-burners who want to tax churches and use the money to fund abortions so they...

Razorsharp · Razorsharp

Putin is on track to recreate the soviet union. What a truly horrible person. I was hoping the other industrialized nations would condemn russia for the bully it is but I just read that China has reached an agreement with Russia on Ukraine. China sucks and we should not be buying all of the crap they m...

longprime · longprime

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/1618028-tax-deferred-annuity-pros-cons.html

longprime · longprime

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/1618028-tax-deferred-annuity-pros-cons.html

longprime · longprime

Owners of CC has successfully killed it for me. Blue, tiny print on white.

hope · hope

Ah, Chris Christie,...do you regret that hug on the shore? I bet you do.

longprime · longprime

Flipping channels last nite 01/29 and landed on CFOX, Factors. Bill said, " GOP is on the wrong side of the income (minimum wage) issue. His GOP guest commentator was vehemently arguing that the Party was on the correct side.

catahoula · catahoula

That Fox babe, the one that ate her foot for the 'white guy Santa' comment,... did she have Phil Robertson in mind while she was busily teeing off the thought police? He's got the beard going on pretty well, the gay disapproval doesn't seem a killer since the original St. Nick wasn't likely to have been a...

hope · hope

In the past six months, President Obama’s approval rating has dipped 11 points to 41 percent among 18- to 29-year-olds, the generation known as Millennials, according to a poll released Wednesday by the Institute of Politics at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. But the most notable shif...

FarmDad · FarmDad

Can this fit on a bumper sticker? It just happened to me, too, and I'm pissed.

Razorsharp · Razorsharp

A wicca thread was started on CC and my posts were deleted immediately by some unknown ******* moderator. I wrote that people who joint Wicca are like people who buy pitbulls -- they want to be different and little bit bad. I also wrote that unlike pitbulls, wiccans are harmless. Wicca is the reli...

catahoula · catahoula

Conservatives literally view it as a kind of a weakness to talk to people other than their own. Nothing would bore me more than to sit around talking and listening to a bunch of liberals all day. Just shoot me. But conservatives never seem to tire of one another. They love to reinforce their beli...

longprime · longprime

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-26/united-hit-with-record-1-1-million-fine-in-tarmac-delays.html

longprime · longprime

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/16448691-post834.htmlYes, the best plan for a full-payer is the Bronze with an HSA, which is going to cost me over $13,000 a year. However, the subsidized subscriber is going to pay a fraction of that for the silver plan. The middle class is getting screw...

longprime · longprime

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/16449812-post1.html

Razorsharp · Razorsharp

It looks like the federal government will shut down. I think the public will claim the Republicans and backfire on them.

winchester · winchester

Liberal altruism tends to exacerbate the exact problem it tries to solve. These days, being seen as a victim can be useful. You immediately claim the moral high ground. Some people want to help you. Lawyers and politicians brag that they force others to help you. This turns some people into wh...

catahoula · catahoula

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2436551/A-weatherman-breaks-tears-vows-NEVER-fly-grim-climate-change-report.html

hope · hope

Wasn't paying much attention until the quasi-filibuster this week, and the vitriol aimed his way from "fellow" Republicans ESP McCain and Peter King. Then I thought...ok, this guy is anti -Obamacare and I thought my "fellow" Republicans are, so what's up with the hatred of...

winchester · winchester

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/09/03/todd-american-dispatch-christian-bakery-closes-after-lgbt-threats-protests/

longprime · longprime

When Ileana Privetera started working for the contractor USIS, the firm that vetted National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden and Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis, it sounded like the perfect job. A mother, she would have flexible hours for her family, and she would be helping the country by...

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	IRS lost emails (Preview) Well, those emails must be something special, if the IRS had to lose them. Maybe the prez can executive-order the NSA to find them in their stash.	blankmind	1	372	Jul 11, 2014 by SamuraiLandshark
	Seattle Housing Mkt (Preview) DW took a two day holiday to do Zillow-OpenHousing with DS in Seattle. First time she has been out of house in 2 years-I get to mind MIL. She came back shocked-ex: 40 bids on a house. A house ask@$500k with bids upto $200K above. House with crack foundations. House with a hole in roof, as seen from inside....	longprime	0	343	Jun 17, 2014 by longprime
	Gotta laugh... (Preview) http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2013/09/18/carney_explains_why_it_is_right_and_responsible_when_white_house_delays_obamacare.html	catahoula	27	1197	May 28, 2014 by catahoula
	Random thoughts (Preview) Does Michelle Obama read books? I remember people asking Laura Bush what she read, I remember her mentioning Thomas Mallon one time. Apparently as a former librarian she was an avid reader. Has anybody come across an article about what Michelle reads? All I see are articles about where she likes to ea...	hope	23	680	May 23, 2014 by longprime
	The Frankfurt School & Political Correctness (Preview) -- Edited by Intrepid1 on Tuesday 29th of April 2014 05:36:26 AM -- Edited by Intrepid1 on Tuesday 29th of April 2014 05:37:04 AM	Intrepid1	0	394	Apr 29, 2014 by Intrepid1
	ACA on CC ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview) Gawd I hate that thread. Anecdotes without supporting data. It has been 13 days. Shoot I'm still investigating. So odd that I now have options in choosing a plan. Still gotta download prelim 2013 taxforms from TaxAct.	longprime	105	3510	Apr 25, 2014 by longprime
	Poor Brandeis University.... (Preview) It must be really hard to choose which group to appease when your ideologies keep conflicting with each other.	blankmind	2	432	Apr 20, 2014 by Razorsharp
	Hacker School instead of an internship? (Preview) My youngest son is having a tough time getting an internship this summer (comp sci, rising junior). He goes to a great school, but it is one that isn't recruited at all for comp sci. They have a very small program. It's hard getting personal contact with anyone, and he's pretty much having to submit resu...	busdriver11	14	502	Mar 22, 2014 by longprime
	Putin & Crimea (Preview) Crazy, or crazy like a fox?	MadHatter	1	334	Mar 21, 2014 by Razorsharp
	Just a PSA. (Preview) Supposedly from a amicus brief filed by P.J. O'Rourke and you should find it amusing, no matter which way you step into your drawers: After all, where would we be without the knowledge that Democrats are pinko-communist flag-burners who want to tax churches and use the money to fund abortions so they...	catahoula	4	375	Mar 10, 2014 by Razorsharp
	Ukraine (Preview) Putin is on track to recreate the soviet union. What a truly horrible person. I was hoping the other industrialized nations would condemn russia for the bully it is but I just read that China has reached an agreement with Russia on Ukraine. China sucks and we should not be buying all of the crap they m...	Razorsharp	3	353	Mar 3, 2014 by longprime
	CC: Annuities (Preview) http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/1618028-tax-deferred-annuity-pros-cons.html	longprime	2	308	Mar 1, 2014 by longprime
	CC: Annuities (Preview) http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/1618028-tax-deferred-annuity-pros-cons.html	longprime	0	274	Feb 22, 2014 by longprime
	CC new interface (Preview) Owners of CC has successfully killed it for me. Blue, tiny print on white.	longprime	14	541	Feb 10, 2014 by busdriver11
	Karma's a Bitch (Preview) Ah, Chris Christie,...do you regret that hug on the shore? I bet you do.	hope	3	377	Feb 10, 2014 by busdriver11
	Bill 0'Reilly Factors (Preview) Flipping channels last nite 01/29 and landed on CFOX, Factors. Bill said, " GOP is on the wrong side of the income (minimum wage) issue. His GOP guest commentator was vehemently arguing that the Party was on the correct side.	longprime	0	337	Jan 30, 2014 by longprime
	Phil Robertson as Santa Claus? (Preview) That Fox babe, the one that ate her foot for the 'white guy Santa' comment,... did she have Phil Robertson in mind while she was busily teeing off the thought police? He's got the beard going on pretty well, the gay disapproval doesn't seem a killer since the original St. Nick wasn't likely to have been a...	catahoula	3	335	Dec 30, 2013 by catahoula
	Are they waking up??!! (Preview) In the past six months, President Obama’s approval rating has dipped 11 points to 41 percent among 18- to 29-year-olds, the generation known as Millennials, according to a poll released Wednesday by the Institute of Politics at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. But the most notable shif...	hope	4	364	Dec 11, 2013 by longprime
	I lost a health insurance plan I liked so Sandra Fluke won't have to pay for her own birth control ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Can this fit on a bumper sticker? It just happened to me, too, and I'm pissed.	FarmDad	58	1631	Nov 27, 2013 by catahoula
	CC Loves Witchcraft (Preview) A wicca thread was started on CC and my posts were deleted immediately by some unknown ******* moderator. I wrote that people who joint Wicca are like people who buy pitbulls -- they want to be different and little bit bad. I also wrote that unlike pitbulls, wiccans are harmless. Wicca is the reli...	Razorsharp	2	298	Nov 17, 2013 by Razorsharp
	Carville get out much... you think? ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Conservatives literally view it as a kind of a weakness to talk to people other than their own. Nothing would bore me more than to sit around talking and listening to a bunch of liberals all day. Just shoot me. But conservatives never seem to tire of one another. They love to reinforce their beli...	catahoula	69	2059	Nov 5, 2013 by catahoula
	Regulations that impede business -what do you want/desired recinded (Preview) http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-26/united-hit-with-record-1-1-million-fine-in-tarmac-delays.html	longprime	1	294	Oct 26, 2013 by busdriver11
	Geep20-Screwedthepooch (Preview) http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/16448691-post834.htmlYes, the best plan for a full-payer is the Bronze with an HSA, which is going to cost me over $13,000 a year. However, the subsidized subscriber is going to pay a fraction of that for the silver plan. The middle class is getting screw...	longprime	7	382	Oct 22, 2013 by busdriver11
	Pooch attack-Busdriver11 (Preview) http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/16449812-post1.html	longprime	4	351	Oct 22, 2013 by busdriver11
	Government Shutdown ( 1 2 ) (Preview) It looks like the federal government will shut down. I think the public will claim the Republicans and backfire on them.	Razorsharp	80	1414	Oct 17, 2013 by john doe
	It Pays to be a Victim (Preview) Liberal altruism tends to exacerbate the exact problem it tries to solve. These days, being seen as a victim can be useful. You immediately claim the moral high ground. Some people want to help you. Lawyers and politicians brag that they force others to help you. This turns some people into wh...	winchester	5	340	Oct 17, 2013 by winchester
	Headlines write themselves. (Preview) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2436551/A-weatherman-breaks-tears-vows-NEVER-fly-grim-climate-change-report.html	catahoula	4	287	Sep 30, 2013 by longprime
	Ted Cruz (Preview) Wasn't paying much attention until the quasi-filibuster this week, and the vitriol aimed his way from "fellow" Republicans ESP McCain and Peter King. Then I thought...ok, this guy is anti -Obamacare and I thought my "fellow" Republicans are, so what's up with the hatred of...	hope	3	313	Sep 28, 2013 by catahoula
	Liberalism is least tolerant of all ideologies (Preview) http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/09/03/todd-american-dispatch-christian-bakery-closes-after-lgbt-threats-protests/	winchester	7	633	Sep 24, 2013 by longprime
	Integrity Starts at the Top or Bottom? (Preview) When Ileana Privetera started working for the contractor USIS, the firm that vetted National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden and Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis, it sounded like the perfect job. A mother, she would have flexible hours for her family, and she would be helping the country by...	longprime	2	288	Sep 21, 2013 by longprime
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