Sockpuppet Friday (a la carte edition)
[Posted by Karl]
As usual, you are positively encouraged to engage in sockpuppetry in this thread. The usual rules apply.
Please, be sure to switch back to your regular handle when commenting on other threads. I have made that mistake myself.
And remember: the worst sin you can commit on this thread is not being funny.
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Nothing really leapt out at me today, so let’s see what leaps out at all of you:
The White House seems likely to annonunce a compromise accommodation clarification of the HHS mandate that Catholic institutions provide their employees with free access to contraceptive and abortifacient drugs. It likely won’t make a difference, as evidenced by the president of the National Organization for Women’s apparent endorsement.
Newt Gingrich is running out of money and Sheldon Adelson isn’t writing more checks to Gingrich’s super-PAC.
Jennifer Rubin (shocka) hypes a “gaffe” by Rick Santorum suggesting that putting women in combat might create situations where emotions (on the part of men and moen, as I read it) harm the mission.
Peggy Noonan joins those freaking out over low turnout in the GOP nominating contests, but suggests people are also tuning out Obama. (BTW, there’s not much evidence that high turnout in presidential primaries produces a good result in the general election.)
Former Rep. Ron Klein (D-FL) — on-again, off-again lobbyist and Obama bundler — won stimulus grants and contracts worth nearly $18.5 million for a firm whose top executives were major contributors to Klein’s campaign during his two terms in Congress from 2007 to 2011.
Have at it.
–Karl
Karl – even that isn’t really a compromise. The idea that the insurance companies will now assume the role of “women’s healthcare” layered, for free, is laughable.
JD (318f81) — 2/10/2012 @ 9:38 amTo His Holiness, Pope Benedict:
Dear Pope: Your lame excuses about religious exemptions to my abortifact rulings aren’t worth squat. You don’t allow women to break the glass ceiling in your outfit, so there!
Salaam Alekum,
President Barack Obama (7051ab) — 2/10/2012 @ 10:00 amBarack Hussein Obama
You fanboys are wrong. Greedo shot first in the original star wars, you were just confused!
George Lucas (73a7ea) — 2/10/2012 @ 10:05 amDamn you George Lucas! AAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!
Star Wars Fanboyz (73a7ea) — 2/10/2012 @ 10:06 amYes he shot me first,
greedo (87e966) — 2/10/2012 @ 10:10 amI hope I can get Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum to quit before I start losing votes.
Willard Romney (d3daeb) — 2/10/2012 @ 10:19 amJD,
Agreed, hence the strike-throughs.
Karl (f07e38) — 2/10/2012 @ 10:34 amMr. President,
We are proud to note your business expertise (ha ha, Mr. Romney) as demonstrated in your “accomodation” this morning. We realize that in one way you did nothing except grow jobs by a few dozen accountants. Money comes in, money goes out. Same amount of money will come to us, same amount will go to
youworthy causes after the cost of providing the promised benefits to all.Yes, indeed. Our actuaries will find reasons to have a line-item snuck in somewhere in the calculations of cost for risk among those employed by those
suckerskind so that the amount paid by all employers is still the same, and the accountants will see that the costs of various items will add up for any who want to look (at what we decide to show them, he, he).Sure is a good thing you don’t expect us to eat the cost ourselves, or shift the cost to you. (I mean like you personally, since you are so generous and
thinkknow this a great idea, but one person, no matter how great, can be expected to do everything.)“Creative Accounting”, and everybody fell for that story that Enron and those dirty conservatives figured out how to do it. Those dummies couldn’t balance a simple checkbook before we showed them how.
Well, we’re off for our little gathering as scheduled every Friday. Your wife has such good taste in caviar, and arugula has been much more reasonable since those agriculture subsidies in ObamaCare kicked in (it is green, leafy, and good for you, like other things…).
See you on the links Sunday,
Your Pals,
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Accountants for Obama (3d3f72) — 2/10/2012 @ 10:36 amChair of Applied Statistics
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Gaius Julius Caesar[ (7c3d5b) — 2/10/2012 @ 10:47 amBack at you Julius.
corolianus (87e966) — 2/10/2012 @ 10:54 amWell, see, I reminded the President that I’m a Catholic, and advised him that this wasn’t going to go over too good — kinda like how my pro-choice stance doesn’t go over very well (they stare at me in church!). And then he — and see, this is where he is SO smart — he explained that he is not singling out the Catholic church. No, no, far from it! See, he just doesn’t want any Catholic women to be punished with a baby, is all. In this regard, he has been remarkably consistent.
Of course, if these vixens would keep their legs closed, then there would be nothing to get upset about, would there?
Slower-than-slow Joe (c10370) — 2/10/2012 @ 10:55 amI don’t get the controversy anyway, George. The guy had a gun in my face and he was trying to kidnap me. It was self-defense, you dope.
Han Solo (73a7ea) — 2/10/2012 @ 10:59 amThere was actually a third shooter by the grassy knoll.
Oliver Stone (73a7ea) — 2/10/2012 @ 11:00 amShame on you EU members who let us lie about our finances and let us float tons of bonds we can’t cover. As punishment, you have to give us lots and lots of money and forgive our debts so we can keep on resting on the beach, not paying taxes, retiring young and living off the public nipple. If you don’t we will default on our debts and bankrupt your banks. Nay, nay.
Greek populace (f1bd89) — 2/10/2012 @ 11:02 amLookey! I made headlines again. It’s like Sammy Davis, Jr used to say: “As long as they’re talking about you, it doesn’t matter what they say. It’s when they stop talking about you that you’re in trouble.”
Barack Insane Obama (c10370) — 2/10/2012 @ 11:03 amThat South Park episode where they had me and Spielberg raping Indiana Jones? I don’t get it.
I mean WTF? It’s MY film. I can re-envision it and alter it as many times and in as many ways as I want!
[Jeez! What’s the big deal? The whole thing was a re-envisioning of
Georgie Boy Lucas (c10370) — 2/10/2012 @ 11:14 amBuck Rogersthe book “Dune”Kurosawa’s “Seven Samurai” anyway.]So . . . Beldar doesn’t like some of Patterico’s friends, AND he wants to redecorate the place?
Is Mrs Patterico aware of this bromance?
See! This ^^^ is what happens when activist judges get their hands on cases like Prop 8.
Put A Sock on the Door (c10370) — 2/10/2012 @ 11:24 amPssst, did you hear me call Olympia Snowe “a conservative” last night? It was fun.
Whee! I still have a tv show.
Madcow (c10370) — 2/10/2012 @ 11:28 amWell, if this election thingy doesn’t work out I could always get a job as an Italian cruise ship captain.
Partying with a younger woman that’s not your wife, AND abandoning your post when people are counting on you to lead! That I can do, baby! Whooooo!!!!
Leroy (c10370) — 2/10/2012 @ 11:41 amSky still falling. Updates every 15 min.
gulrud (c10370) — 2/10/2012 @ 11:47 amSweater vests for everyone!
Geek Santorum (c10370) — 2/10/2012 @ 11:48 amTrue men don’t kill coyotes
Chili Peppers (c10370) — 2/10/2012 @ 11:56 amTrue men don’t kill coyotes
I want to introduce my
Callista Gingrich (5c7e24) — 2/10/2012 @ 12:27 pmmasthusband, Newt. He is always the smartest man in any room… pause for applause… no, you are not supposed to say that… he wants to establish a colony on the Moon and he has promised me that I will be his Queen of the Moon. Won’t you please join me in welcoming Newt Gingrich, that is all.Hey, I’m supposed to be Queen of the Moon! And Empress of Mars, too!
Michelle Obama (563f77) — 2/10/2012 @ 2:10 pmTwitter still working
Colonel Haiku (563f77) — 2/10/2012 @ 2:14 pmJ Rubin still trashing
NewtRickUpdates each minute
Writing my columns is a very effective means of contraception.
Maureen Dowd (a18ddc) — 2/10/2012 @ 2:17 pmHave you seen how that John Carter movie is SOOOO ripping off Jedi. How dare they copy my brilliant sand-yacht scene! Which I just changed. Again.
George Lucas (563f77) — 2/10/2012 @ 2:17 pmpolar bears are still dying
dook biden (5c7e24) — 2/10/2012 @ 2:24 pmI think 10 years of fighting for a balanced budget, working side by side with crony capitalists, rewarding illegal immigration… that stuff matters.
Newt is not the ideal candidate. He has been inconsistent, pissy and only looks good when compared to someone with a very liberal record, like pre-1988 Rick Perry.
Dustin (5c7e24) — 2/10/2012 @ 2:31 pmWe here at the LA Times, LA Dog Trainer if you must, are greatly and severely disappointed that “Mr. Patterico” seems to have completely forgotten about us. What’s wrong? I’ve got staff writers cranking out love sonnets to President for Life Obama, daily. Michael Hiltzik, George Skelton, Steve Lopez, and Patrick Goldstein continue to crank them out just as before, telling westsiders what their correct thoughts should be. We miss Mr. Patterico’s abhorrent, racist, anti-woman, and counter-revolutionary musings. Please… We are still relevant! We are!!! Really, we are!!!
Davan Maharaj (255b30) — 2/10/2012 @ 2:59 pmWarning!
Major breech of protocol, serious question
Addressing Karl’s first topic du jour-
Many people still know that other than the original big bang and subsequent miraculous intervention, there is no “something for nothing”. The OCP’s and other “free” services will be paid for somehow, and unless there is some law and enforcement of it, the insurance company is not going to “personally” absorb the cost. There will simply be a playing with the numbers.
Now, I am aware of the concept, having seen funding from different sources spliced together for running academic research, non-profit services, etc. I have always wondered what are the principles of what is legitimate, what is “not so legitimate”, and what would be “worthy of a whistleblower spilling the beans”.
To what degree will religious organizations see this “fine point” as a legitimate action to be accepted, and to what point will they say “BS, you have to be kidding!?!? We know the money is coming from somewhere, we know our money is going into that somewhere. Unless you show me your personal check for the amount that would have been our share, it’s a sham. Do you take us as fools, or only the rest of the public who you want to believe that you are the one being reasonable.”
MD in Philly (3d3f72) — 2/10/2012 @ 3:33 pmNope… still got nothing but insults.
Can’t explain how Romney’s record doesn’t look like shit, so all we’ve got is insults.
And if you don’t pick Mr So Inevitable he Usually Gets His Ass Kicked, maybe we’ll vote for the democrat like Ann Coulter promised she would in 2008.
Romney-bots… we’re so god damn unpersuasive.
[note: released from moderation… reluctantly. As I’m not a fan of the sockpuppet threads anyway, mostly because they make monitoring comments harder, can we stop with the political bashing on them? It’s not funny and I’m getting a lot of feedback that they spoil the sockpuppet threads for those that used to enjoy them. Thanks. –Stashiu]
Romney Fans (401f3a) — 2/10/2012 @ 3:43 pmPeggy, put the can of colt-45 down, and for christ sake the cigarette holder is for your Parliments not for snorting blow.
Phyllis Diller (44de53) — 2/10/2012 @ 4:41 pmBlessed are the peace makers, for they shall kick ass and take names.
Colonel Haiku (a44b1d) — 2/10/2012 @ 4:49 pmColonel,
I believe you are quoting a very unauthorized version…
MD in Philly (3d3f72) — 2/10/2012 @ 4:52 pmYou should see the bootleg I have of a certain Texan who shall remain anonymous and a cankerous coyote.
Colonel Haiku (a44b1d) — 2/10/2012 @ 5:03 pmI second Stashiu’s request.
Patterico (13e9ba) — 2/10/2012 @ 5:03 pmI am not a hippie socialist!
Yeshua ben Miriam (a18ddc) — 2/10/2012 @ 5:03 pmEither a Wooly Mammoth, or a Bear eating a large fish was seen at the White House.
Jake Tapper (44de53) — 2/10/2012 @ 5:08 pmI wish Obama’s old man would have used a condom.
Hillary (44de53) — 2/10/2012 @ 5:21 pmI love Newt Perry. And if you criticize my man-love.
BANNED.
Jim Hoft (694db4) — 2/10/2012 @ 7:32 pmI’m not really here.
Then again, I was never really ‘here’.
D'ohbiden (c10370) — 2/10/2012 @ 10:10 pmIt will be o.k. Mitt, just keep listening to my campaign staff, if we fail in 2012, we will get those tea-party savages in 2016.
Charlie Crist (44de53) — 2/11/2012 @ 3:02 amHan – Let me help you find the real shooter.
OJ (85a895) — 2/11/2012 @ 3:25 amYou know why the Obama administration did it this way the first time? That is, wanted it to be provided as pat of regular insurance, without having to ask for it – wanted it really pushed on people.
There’s only one explanation. They were concerned that some women might not use birth control if the process was any more complicated than it had to be.
There’s a whole school of thought that worries about teenagers – and older women if they are not college graduates and married and well off – not using birth control. Maybe strike that about married – it’s also OK by them if a single woman they actually makes a deliberate decision to have a child.
Sammy Finkelman (39761f) — 2/12/2012 @ 7:25 pmTake two aspirins and ball me in the morning.
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