according to a friend who has done some work for them they absolutely still smoke inside the offices at RAI. there are 'smoking areas' now (right out in the open - not like those gross little booths at airports), as opposed to ppl just smoking at their desks or wherever the hell they want to, which probably happened right up until this century.
but apparently it's also v mod and beautiful so i guess they keep it painted and re-upholstered on the reg
― serge thoroughgoods (will), Thursday, 15 September 2016 18:59 (eight years ago) link
But do they get a health insurance premium discount if they quit smoking?
― slathered in cream and covered with stickers (silby), Thursday, 15 September 2016 19:00 (eight years ago) link
good question. i wonder if they get free or significantly reduced cigs
― serge thoroughgoods (will), Thursday, 15 September 2016 19:03 (eight years ago) link
in other news:
http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-pence-syria-refugees-appeals-20160914-snap-story.html
Indiana Solicitor Gen. Thomas Fisher repeatedly cited in court FBI directors' past comments about less information being available on Syrian refugees compared with those from other countries.
The judges, in sharp exchanges at times, were skeptical.
When Fisher interrupted a judge, another on the bench issued a rebuke. Later, when Judge Richard Posner launched into queries about how Indiana had determined Syrians were more dangerous than other refugees, he appeared unsatisfied with Fisher's response.
"Honestly, you are so out of it," Posner said.
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 15 September 2016 19:13 (eight years ago) link
snap story indeed
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Thursday, 15 September 2016 19:20 (eight years ago) link
Posner is a national hero
― carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 15 September 2016 19:32 (eight years ago) link
In July 2012, Posner stated, "I've become less conservative since the Republican Party started becoming goofy."
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 15 September 2016 20:27 (eight years ago) link
I admit I feel a certain amount of tribal-related satisfaction in seeing a conservative Jew stand up for the rights of displaced Muslims
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 15 September 2016 20:35 (eight years ago) link
(I mean I'm not certain he's Jewish but it seems likely)
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 15 September 2016 20:36 (eight years ago) link
My friend the Capitol Hill aide took me on a tour of congressmen's offices and he said that Boehner still smoked in his office. This was 2009.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 15 September 2016 20:43 (eight years ago) link
the rules dont apply to some people.. harvey weinstein used to smoke cigars in my old firm's lobby in california. nobody said shit to him.
― carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 15 September 2016 20:55 (eight years ago) link
RIP Frank Barbaro, a quality NYC liberal who ran a mayoral campaign vs the vile Koch in '81
In the Legislature, Mr. Barbaro was a fierce advocate for organized labor, tenants and minorities. He later served for six years as a State Supreme Court justice.
Mr. Barbaro took on Mr. Koch in the 1981 Democratic primary when New York’s political establishment was embracing the mayor’s re-election bid after he had restored the city to fiscal stability. Mr. Koch was all but assured of the Republican nomination, too.
Outspent by a ratio of nearly 10 to 1, Mr. Barbaro nonetheless ran a spirited campaign, vowing to “liberate the legend of Fiorello La Guardia from an impostor.” Far from being an heir to the progressive Mayor La Guardia, he said, Mr. Koch was a union buster, an apologist for President Ronald Reagan, a racial polarizer and a “pipsqueak.” He derided him as “shifty Ed.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/15/nyregion/frank-barbaro-dead.html
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Friday, 16 September 2016 18:54 (eight years ago) link
This can probably go into any number of threads, but I'm going to put it here:
"In Jim Cooley’s open-carry America, even a trip to Walmart can require an AR-15"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/guns-and-sodas/2016/09/17/805e0db4-79e9-11e6-bd86-b7bbd53d2b5d_story.html
As Maria goes ahead, Jim veers to the right, where he climbs into a complimentary electric scooter, repositions his AR-15 so its barrel points toward the scuffed vinyl floor, and rolls into the store.
― Sentient animated cat gif (kingfish), Monday, 19 September 2016 05:36 (eight years ago) link
Photo of Jim Cooley carrying his AR-15 ran prominently on cover of Washington Post newsprint (likely causing rightwingers to rant about radical Islamists could be anywhere)
― curmudgeon, Monday, 19 September 2016 15:13 (eight years ago) link
Breaking:http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/20/nyregion/bridgegate-trial.html
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey knew that his close associates were involved in a plan to shut down lanes leading to the George Washington Bridge as it was happening and that the closings were intended to punish a local mayor for declining to support him, prosecutors said on Monday. It was the first time Mr. Christie, a Republican, has been accused of knowing about the scheme as it unfolded.
― thrusted pelvis-first back (ulysses), Monday, 19 September 2016 15:57 (eight years ago) link
what a maroon
― slathered in cream and covered with stickers (silby), Monday, 19 September 2016 16:02 (eight years ago) link
It was the first time Mr. Christie, a Republican, has been accused of knowing about the scheme as it unfolded.
Well, I know that's not true! I have every confidence that several million people have accused him of that.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Monday, 19 September 2016 16:32 (eight years ago) link
Oh look, now you have your white suburban SpecOps/tactical/AR15 fetishists offering their own coffee. No need to give money to those latte liberal companies!
http://www.blackriflecoffee.com/
Oh, and, of course, they have their own blog covering their take of the day's news:
http://blog.blackriflecoffee.com
― Sentient animated cat gif (kingfish), Monday, 19 September 2016 17:41 (eight years ago) link
lmao
"We develop each of our explosive roast profiles with the same mission focus we implemented as Special Forces Operators serving this great country."
― goole, Monday, 19 September 2016 17:46 (eight years ago) link
getting a strong aroma of stolen valor from these guys
― goole, Monday, 19 September 2016 17:47 (eight years ago) link
Found out it today from today's Chapo Trap House:
https://soundcloud.com/chapo-trap-house/episode-42-uber-for-ubermenschen-feat-nkulw-and-edzitron-91816
― Sentient animated cat gif (kingfish), Monday, 19 September 2016 17:48 (eight years ago) link
just searched twitter for this, of course they're all over it
― goole, Monday, 19 September 2016 17:50 (eight years ago) link
Connor Kilpatrick@ckilpatrick
1980s GOP: "Just pull yourself up by your bootstraps!"
2010s Dems: "Just learn to code and/or open a micro-brewery!"
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 19 September 2016 19:24 (eight years ago) link
538 has a senate forecast, and it gives dems 58% of senate majority. Quite surprised at that. A reminder that the polls are still in dems favor, no matter how much they panic right now.
http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/senate/?ex_cid=538twitter
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 20 September 2016 17:24 (eight years ago) link
so during MNF last night there were two political commercials during halftime - one right after another. the first was a pro-hillary/anti-trump commercial and the second was an anti-mcginty commercial. i've noticed the same thing w/ mailings. i'm getting pro hillary mailings and anti-mcginty mailings but seeing almost no trump commercials and getting absolutely no trump mailings. republicans in PA must have decided trump doesn't stand a chance here so they're putting all their eggs in the keeping toomey senator basket and totally ignoring the potus race. normal anecdotal disclaimer but alongside the recent PA polling hopefully it gives ppl some relief to know that PA seems totally off the table for Trump.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 20 September 2016 18:21 (eight years ago) link
kinda amazing he hasn't ended up in jail yet
http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/the-wrap/article/Anthony-Weiner-Accused-of-Sexting-With-9236883.php
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 21 September 2016 22:56 (eight years ago) link
epipen hearing on the hill seemed to get more attention than the one with the head of the IRS (although if one watches Fox News it was probably the opposite)
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 22 September 2016 14:53 (seven years ago) link
The usual games
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/09/22/senate-republicans-move-ahead-with-spending-bill-as-negotiations-with-democrats-stall/?wpisrc=nl_daily202&wpmm=1
The legislation also includes $500 million in disaster relief for flooding in Louisiana, but it does not include a bipartisan aid package for the water crisis in Flint, Mich., that Democrats have demanded.
Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee, said she and other Democrats will not support the bill over “partisan policy riders” they oppose. For instance, the legislation includes a measure opposed by Democrats that would keep in place language preventing the Securities and Exchange Commission from requiring corporations to publicly disclose their political spending.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 23 September 2016 14:27 (seven years ago) link
Watching opening ceremony for new Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture on Cspan now, and heading back there shortly. Was cool just seeing Reverend Calvin Butts talking economics and history (If I had people working for nothing for me for 250 years I'd be very successful now too; We kept that Statue of Liberty shined up") in his benediction with Paul makers and takers Ryan having to sit and listen. Chief Justice Roberts too
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 24 September 2016 15:32 (seven years ago) link
NYT blurb i shan't be clicking on
The Bush and Obama families have a deep bond, thanks to the shared experience of life in the White House and George W. Bush’s decorum as an ex-president.
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 26 September 2016 17:06 (seven years ago) link
Ha, I guess vanishing from sight after a disastrous presidency and generally not further embarrassing yourself counts as decorum these days.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 26 September 2016 17:10 (seven years ago) link
well he never came out w/ verbal guns blazing after O
maybe bcz he carried on with so many of his policies
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 26 September 2016 17:11 (seven years ago) link
The presidential clubhouse is even smaller and more exclusive than the senatorial clubhouse. all the members are usually chummy with each other.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Monday, 26 September 2016 17:13 (seven years ago) link
http://images.indianexpress.com/2016/09/michelle-bush-hug-main_759_dessinemoi-twitter.jpg
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 26 September 2016 17:17 (seven years ago) link
that doesn't bother me. so few ppl who know what it's like to have that job - ppl bond over far less.
― Mordy, Monday, 26 September 2016 17:20 (seven years ago) link
@NickPinkerton A daring reinterpretation of the Pietà.
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 26 September 2016 17:23 (seven years ago) link
yeah wgaf ex-prezzes are all chummy
― Οὖτις, Monday, 26 September 2016 17:26 (seven years ago) link
Hail to the Chiefs with a wave of the hand
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 26 September 2016 17:30 (seven years ago) link
http://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1996864.1410196140!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_620/image.jpg
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 26 September 2016 17:32 (seven years ago) link
There are fewer living ex-presidents than there are Morbs posts on this thread in the last half hour.
― Cumstaun (Phil D.), Monday, 26 September 2016 17:33 (seven years ago) link
Ex presidents tend to get along when they don't belong to the same party.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 26 September 2016 17:43 (seven years ago) link
Pappy Bush and Jr definitely seem far less evil out of power.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Monday, 26 September 2016 17:57 (seven years ago) link
hey speaking of d-money, foia request got gov lepage's li'l trapper keeper of drug dealers:
https://twitter.com/mikeshepherdME/status/780409434082279424
― goole, Monday, 26 September 2016 17:58 (seven years ago) link
hey also if you see it on video that hug is pretty cold and lasts all of a quarter of a second
photographs lie
― goole, Monday, 26 September 2016 18:04 (seven years ago) link
Famous TV guy weighed in on Michelle-W photo:
David Simon@AoDespairAn American Rohrschach: If offended from either end of spectrum, you're an ideologue. If just a moment, maybe not.
@ggreenwald If you're opposed to the embracing & normalizing of a torturer & war criminal, then you're a dirty "ideologue." After all, he's an AMERICAN.
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 26 September 2016 18:09 (seven years ago) link
It's like what they did never happened! Etch-a-Sketch history.
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 26 September 2016 18:11 (seven years ago) link
Boy, you're really obsessed with this.
Just so we're all on the record, what, in this situation, should Michelle Obama have done? Spit on him? Slap him? Snub him? Shake his hand with a sneer of contempt? Please include in your answer what you think the result from the chattering classes would have been.
― Cumstaun (Phil D.), Monday, 26 September 2016 18:16 (seven years ago) link
exiled him to live with Snowden
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 26 September 2016 18:17 (seven years ago) link
i don't expect slime to do anything but slime, chief
Greenwald was backing that torturer and war criminal up when it actually mattered.
― Frederik B, Monday, 26 September 2016 18:35 (seven years ago) link