What Newsweek's Wimp Cover Would Have Looked Like, If It Weren't a Bought-for-a-Buck Subsidiary of, Um, The Daily Beast

JohnE. just did this.

I'll ask him if he'll do more of them.

Posted by: Ace at 11:33 AM

Comments

1 Gotta do one showing him throwing a baseball like a girl

Posted by: Tammy al Thor at July 30, 2012 11:34 AM (SsG4J)

2 a girl's bike?

Posted by: kallisto at July 30, 2012 11:34 AM (jm/9g)

3 Y'all are racist!

Posted by: President Mom Jeans at July 30, 2012 11:35 AM (msPO3)

4 This is a Win.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 30, 2012 11:35 AM (+SmuD)

5 Preezy of the United Steezy. SCOAMF!

Posted by: huerfano at July 30, 2012 11:35 AM (bAGA/)

6 Now go get that SHINE box girl!!!!!

Posted by: Clemenza at July 30, 2012 11:35 AM (eNLcY)

7 Glittery .gif tassels off the handlebars would be sweet, too.

Maybe a little flower basket.

Posted by: lauraw at July 30, 2012 11:36 AM (C6HUl)

8
We need one on throwing the opening pitch.

Or green job investments, how do they work?

Posted by: Ben at July 30, 2012 11:36 AM (C2Y4l)

9 Upper right corner need a yellow stripe. Text in it - Michelle Fashionista.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 30, 2012 11:36 AM (+SmuD)

10 "The Great Debate: "Is this a door or a window?"

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at July 30, 2012 11:36 AM (d0Tfm)

11 They 'shopped out the little wicker basket on the handlebars because there was a Chick-Fil-A sandwich and peach milkshake in it.

Posted by: kallisto at July 30, 2012 11:37 AM (jm/9g)

12 Bush with a tool fixing a fence vs Obama with the umbrella!

Posted by: Mama AJ at July 30, 2012 11:37 AM (SUKHu)

13 Don't forget that he FUCKING ATE A DOG!

Posted by: Golan Globus at July 30, 2012 11:37 AM (7vSU0)

14 Fuckin pronouns, how do they work?

Posted by: Insane Clown at July 30, 2012 11:37 AM (9eDbm)

15 Obama Fun Fact:

After racking his nads and bout with road-rash, Michelle had to show Barry how to tie his shoelaces so they wouldn't get caught in the chain.

Posted by: Fritz at July 30, 2012 11:37 AM (/ZZCn)

16 Awesome. I bow to JohnE's skilz.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 30, 2012 11:37 AM (UOM48)

17 Umbrellas and You: An Introspective by B. H. Obama

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at July 30, 2012 11:37 AM (d0Tfm)

18 Umbrella vs Gate.

Posted by: Lauren at July 30, 2012 11:37 AM (wsGWu)

19 This class warfare bullshit they were (and are) pisses me off. Oooh, Mitt Romney has money! You know who else does? Literally every politician ever. Could it be that Barry doesn't want to release his tax records because he's really deluded enough to think that people believe he's an everyman? That they'd suddenly discover that he has money? Give me a break.

If we've descended to the level of high school student council elections, I'll say this: Obama has bad hair. Mitt's is fabulous. Vote Mitt!

Posted by: Karusky at July 30, 2012 11:37 AM (dKyuh)

20 Subhead: "Pronouns: Dog Whistles for Racists?"

Posted by: PJ at July 30, 2012 11:38 AM (DQHjw)

21 You know who doesn't have money as a politician? Joe Biden. A million years in the Senate and couldn't figure out how to turn that into a few bucks.

Posted by: Golan Globus at July 30, 2012 11:38 AM (7vSU0)

22 En freakin' fuego!

Posted by: The guy who says "En freakin' fuego!" at July 30, 2012 11:39 AM (RD7QR)

23 Next MFM line: Romney is thin skinned!

Posted by: Golan Globus at July 30, 2012 11:40 AM (7vSU0)

24 "American Exceptionalism: An Introduction to DVD formats around the world."

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at July 30, 2012 11:40 AM (d0Tfm)

25 "Don't forget your helmet Barry!" (a phrase never uttered by his mom or his dad.)

Posted by: dfbaskwill at July 30, 2012 11:41 AM (71LDo)

26
Next MFM line: Romney is thin skinned!

Posted by: Golan Globus at July 30, 2012 11:40 AM (7vSU0)

And after that: Romney has big ears!

Wait a minute....

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 30, 2012 11:41 AM (TIIx5)

27 Hmm
I know it doesn't really fit, but I'm picturing Obama eating a dog vs Sarah with the chick fil a bag.

Posted by: Mama AJ at July 30, 2012 11:41 AM (SUKHu)

28 I also heard that in the NBC interview where Romney said that some things were disconcerting about the Olympic security, Brian Williams said something about how he was looking for a boring white guy for VP and Romney said "I heard you weren't available."

Posted by: Golan Globus at July 30, 2012 11:41 AM (7vSU0)

29 Romney ate a dog too!

Posted by: @PurpAv at July 30, 2012 11:42 AM (vvomO)

30 Urkel on a girl's bike-the very essence of masculinity

Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 30, 2012 11:42 AM (1Jaio)

31 Top Bar Headline : Pegging - It's not just for Jeans anymore.

Posted by: garrett at July 30, 2012 11:43 AM (d9phJ)

32 Romney had Chairman Mao ornaments on his Christmas tree too!

Posted by: @PurpAv at July 30, 2012 11:43 AM (vvomO)

33 Hey! The flowery basket is missing.

That's a big fuckin deal!!

Posted by: Mongoloid Joey Biden at July 30, 2012 11:43 AM (Vsz+i)

34 Anyone else here having trouble going to the Daily Caller? Every time I try to go there I get a warning about the site.

Drudge has a link to them that says Valerie Jarrett talked Barky out of the bin Laden kill three times.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 30, 2012 11:43 AM (UOM48)

35 That bike doesn't look like it has all the required reflectors, it might be dangerous...

Posted by: @PurpAv at July 30, 2012 11:44 AM (vvomO)

36 30 Urkel on a girl's bike-the very essence of masculinity
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 30, 2012 11:42 AM (1Jaio)

Much harder than flying a wimpy F-102 Delta Dagger.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC at July 30, 2012 11:45 AM (Vsz+i)

37 Next MFM line: Romney went to a weird church!

Posted by: Golan Globus at July 30, 2012 11:45 AM (7vSU0)

38 Nothing say "Whee!" like keeping one hand on the brake.

Posted by: t-bird at July 30, 2012 11:45 AM (FcR7P)

39 Valerie Jarrett talked Barky out of the bin Laden kill three times.

TRUE "leadership" is is having the "courage" to defer to underlings when a hard executive decision is required.

Posted by: @PurpAv at July 30, 2012 11:46 AM (vvomO)

40 You never see a cover like that in the MFM, you always see its inverse.

But There's No Liberal Bias!

Reminds me of an MST3K line (from The Movie): "And then I ram my ovipositor down your throat and lay my eggs in your chest, But I'm Not An Alien!"

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 30, 2012 11:47 AM (bxiXv)

41
Obama karate
http://scoamf.us/yc
Hiding behind moochie at a judo demo.

Posted by: Hal Burton at July 30, 2012 11:47 AM (iYvMQ)

42 Romney or Bush , perhaps the republicans made him wear that helmet.

Posted by: willow at July 30, 2012 11:47 AM (TomZ9)

43 Barry, "Mom I told you I could do it!"
-Silence-
Barry, "Mom?"
-More Silence-
Barry, "Well lets see if I can peddle real hard and go visit Pee Wee's Playhouse."

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 30, 2012 11:48 AM (+SmuD)

44
Drudge has a link to them that says Valerie Jarrett talked Barky out of the bin Laden kill three times.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 30, 2012 11:43 AM (UOM4

Life is full of symetry like that. Bill Clinton refused to kill Osama 3 times.

Posted by: Reactionary at July 30, 2012 11:48 AM (xUM1Q)

45 Valerie is behind him in the photo going, "shift!"

Posted by: t-bird at July 30, 2012 11:48 AM (FcR7P)

46 Newsweak, the best magazine in America that was bought for a buck. Still overpriced.

Posted by: maddogg at July 30, 2012 11:48 AM (OlN4e)

47 They probably airbrushed the training wheels out of the photo to make him look even more macho

Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 30, 2012 11:48 AM (1Jaio)

48 and for the record, Barack isn't man enough tobe a bench warmer in the WNBA.

Posted by: garrett at July 30, 2012 11:48 AM (d9phJ)

49 Ooo sexy . Wait a moment I need to stop daydreaming of Ms Hathaway from Batman .Back on point . Did he build that bike or least order someone to take the training wheels off. Speaking of which can Ace photoshop Mr Wimpy onto an adult version of a Big Wheel ?

Posted by: DrDrill at July 30, 2012 11:48 AM (j9oZw)

50 "Wee-weed up."

That's real man talk right there.

Posted by: Golan Globus at July 30, 2012 11:49 AM (7vSU0)

51 I can tell by that picture that he has such a pleasing baritone.

Like, Oh my Gawd....

Posted by: Teenage Mutant Liberal Cherrleader at July 30, 2012 11:49 AM (Vsz+i)

52 How many amphetamines did you bring back from vacation, Ace?

Posted by: nickless at July 30, 2012 11:49 AM (MMC8r)

53 If you like your effeminate preznit...

Posted by: dananjcon at July 30, 2012 11:49 AM (eavT+)

54 President Brony.

Posted by: nickless at July 30, 2012 11:49 AM (MMC8r)

55 My GOD, that man is absolutely dreamy, isn't he?

Just look at how butch he looks on the dangerous two-wheeled bicycle!

We are lucky to have him as our leader.

Posted by: The Three Davids (Frum, Brooks, and Gernen) at July 30, 2012 11:50 AM (gCa4h)

56 That cover is an obvious fake. Who shopped out the training wheels?

Posted by: @PurpAv at July 30, 2012 11:50 AM (vvomO)

57 Clang, clang, clang, goes the trolley,
Ring, ring, ring goes my bell.

Posted by: Barky Garland at July 30, 2012 11:50 AM (/ZZCn)

58 52 How many amphetamines did you bring back from vacation, Ace?
Posted by: nickless at July 30, 2012 11:49 AM (MMC8r)

I'm thinkin all of them.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 30, 2012 11:50 AM (9TTOe)

59 Sorry, spelled one one names wrong.

Hard to type when you've got stars in your eyes, I guess....

Posted by: The Three Davids (Frum, Brooks, and Gergen) at July 30, 2012 11:50 AM (gCa4h)

60
My GOD, that man is absolutely dreamy, isn't he?

Just look at how butch he looks on the dangerous two-wheeled bicycle!

We are lucky to have him as our leader.

---

Leader of the pack.

Posted by: WalrusRex at July 30, 2012 11:51 AM (Hx5uv)

61 Still, I'll bet Biden can't ride a bike.

Posted by: nickless at July 30, 2012 11:51 AM (MMC8r)

62 Obama's such a manly man that he won't even release the Bin Laden photos. 'Cause the rest of us can't handle it.

Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at July 30, 2012 11:51 AM (YmPwQ)

63 Welcome back, Ace.

Posted by: CC at July 30, 2012 11:52 AM (A+Su2)

64 What a bitch.

Posted by: USS Diversity at July 30, 2012 11:52 AM (2d71t)

65 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable tyrant.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 30, 2012 11:52 AM (8y9MW)

66 Life is full of symetry like that. Bill Clinton refused to kill Osama 3 times.

I know at least 3 Osama bin Ladens...

Posted by: Jay Carney at July 30, 2012 11:52 AM (gCa4h)

67 The evildoers of the world cower in fear at Preznit Choom.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 30, 2012 11:53 AM (UOM48)

68 I am absolutely apoplectic:

NYT: Is algebra necessary?
http://tinyurl.com/cqd8ev9

Are we allowed to use the word "retard" anymore? Especially when dealing with obvious mental deficients like political science professors?

This, THIS is what "education" has come to.

Posted by: AmishDude at July 30, 2012 11:53 AM (T0NGe)

69
34 Anyone else here having trouble going to the Daily Caller? Every time I try to go there I get a warning about the site.

Click on the "Why this warning?" (or something like that) and read it. You'll see there's nothing bad on the site. Then click on the tab that says let me in (or something like that).

Apparently, sometime in the distant past two Trojans were hosted by the DC. Nothing malicious has been on the DC for the last 90 days.

Funny thing is, this is the first time I ever got a warning there. It's from Google, BTW. They're just trying to scare people away from reading the article.

Posted by: Ed Anger at July 30, 2012 11:53 AM (7+pP9)

70 I'll get a chuckle reading the Romney hit piece in Newsweak in a few years at the doctors office. I wonder what Barky will be doing in a couple of years.

Posted by: Hal Burton at July 30, 2012 11:54 AM (iYvMQ)

71 Thanks, Ed.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 30, 2012 11:54 AM (UOM48)

72 "Ten Fun Factsabout the Intercontinental Railroad."

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at July 30, 2012 11:54 AM (d0Tfm)

73
Fuck you Barack Garland.
Fuck you sideways with a rusty box grater.

Posted by: garrett at July 30, 2012 11:54 AM (d9phJ)

74 Newsweek considers itself as an influential magazine with a great heritage, but in reality it fights a losing battle for attention with Highlights for Children in dentist's offices across the country.

Posted by: Cicero at July 30, 2012 11:55 AM (zMouK)

75 If I were President, I would park my motorcycle right in front of the White House.

The presidential vacation would be... going to Sturgis. NO TRAILERING ON AIR FORCE ONE

The WH barbecues would be keg parties. Just like in the old days!

Posted by: Jones in CO at July 30, 2012 11:55 AM (8sCoq)

76
Are we allowed to use the word "retard" anymore? Especially when dealing with obvious mental deficients like political science professors?
-------
My kid came home from school last year telling me about the day she had learning that she shouldn't use the word retard. I said that sounds retarded and waited for the "DAD!!!!".

Posted by: Hal Burton at July 30, 2012 11:56 AM (iYvMQ)

77 How about a 'shop of Obama standing outside of a Build-a-bear Workshop, telling a little girl clutching her teddy, "You didn't build that."

Posted by: AmishDude at July 30, 2012 11:56 AM (T0NGe)

78 >I'll get a chuckle reading the Romney hit piece in
Newsweak in a few years at the doctors office. I wonder what Barky will
be doing in a couple of years.

Posted by: Hal Burton at July 30, 2012 11:54 AM (iYvMQ)

I'm sure tens of dozens of subscribers will get a chuckle from the recent cover.

Posted by: Jones in CO at July 30, 2012 11:57 AM (8sCoq)

79 Lifestyle Section: "Michelle Shares The Dog Recipes That Barry Flips For"

Posted by: Cicero at July 30, 2012 11:57 AM (zMouK)

80 My kid came home from school last year telling me about the day she had
learning that she shouldn't use the word retard. I said that sounds
retarded and waited for the "DAD!!!!".

I'm going to replace it with "social scientific".

Posted by: AmishDude at July 30, 2012 11:57 AM (T0NGe)

81 Posted by: AmishDude at July 30, 2012 11:53 AM (T0NGe)

Oh. My. Gosh.

"Math is hard, we shouldn't be punishing all those aspiring artists and historians and art historians by making them learn the most rudimentary Mathematics!"

By the way- that stuff you learn in grade school is called "arithmetic," not "mathematics." Well, it used to be, that's changing some now. You can tell the difference because one uses letters.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 30, 2012 11:57 AM (8y9MW)

82 NYT: Is algebra necessary?

Posted by: AmishDude at July 30, 2012 11:53 AM (T0NGe)

Not if all you ever intend to do is live in a mud hut and grow Choom.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 30, 2012 11:57 AM (bxiXv)

83 Mitt needs to get in a big block Chevelle, Hemi Cuda or a Mustang, do a big smokey burnout, powerslide in front of the Camera, get out and say "Volt? Really? I don't think so."

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 30, 2012 11:58 AM (9TTOe)

84
74
Newsweek considers itself as an influential magazine with a great
heritage, but in reality it fights a losing battle for attention with
Highlights for Children in dentist's offices across the country.

I can never pick.

Posted by: Joey Biden at July 30, 2012 11:58 AM (MMC8r)

85 Newsweek considers itself as an influential magazine with a great heritage, but in reality it fights a losing battle for attention with Highlights for Children in dentist's offices across the country.

And the editing at Highlights is of a higher quality. And it has a receipe in there that the kids would like. Maybe Newsweek needs a cartoon to show its core beliefs. Like Goofus and Gallant, except, being Newsweek, it would be Barack and George.

Barack recycles his used juice box because he loves the planet.

George just tosses his empty fifth of gin out on the road.

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for LIfe at July 30, 2012 11:58 AM (OWjjx)

86 NYT: Is algebra necessary?
http://tinyurl.com/cqd8ev9

Are
we allowed to use the word "retard" anymore? Especially when dealing
with obvious mental deficients like political science professors?

This, THIS is what "education" has come to.

Posted by: AmishDude at July 30, 2012 11:53 AM (T0NGe)

Well, all math above adding and subtracting is racist. And logic? Phallocentric Euro-repression, dude.

Posted by: The guy who says at July 30, 2012 11:59 AM (RD7QR)

87 58
52 How many amphetamines did you bring back from vacation, Ace?

Posted by: nickless at July 30, 2012 11:49 AM (MMC8r)

I'm thinkin all of them.

I'm thinking non of them. Hence all the posts.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at July 30, 2012 11:59 AM (da5Wo)

88 Gah. First sock fail of the day.

Posted by: joncelli, heartless Con and all around unpleasant guy at July 30, 2012 11:59 AM (RD7QR)

89 It reminds me of that scene in Revenge of the Nerds where Takashi is riding his tricycle and singing a Japanese lullaby.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 30, 2012 11:59 AM (Ec6wH)

90 I'm going to replace it with "social scientific".
Posted by: AmishDude at July 30, 2012 11:57 AM (T0NGe)

"You're acting like a complete social scientist."

"Only a social scientist could screw that up."

"He's a jugeared social scientist."

Well, it doesn't roll off the tongue, but it works!

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 30, 2012 11:59 AM (bxiXv)

91
Prove to me, PROVE to me that he didn't just choom a big fattie before getting on that bike. Prove it!

Posted by: Cicero Kid at July 30, 2012 12:00 PM (1Nqvl)

92 I find your lack of faith in the sissy bar disturbing.

Posted by: Darth Obama at July 30, 2012 12:00 PM (ccXZP)

93

>>I'm thinking non of them. Hence all the posts.

You wouldn't make a good road manager.

Posted by: Keith Richards at July 30, 2012 12:00 PM (d9phJ)

94 "Pronouns: How Do They Work?"

THAT IS MADE OF WIN.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at July 30, 2012 12:00 PM (4df7R)

95 From Leading From Behind: The Reluctant President and the Advisors Who Decide For Him by Richard Miniter, due out August 21:

Valerie Jarrett talked Barry out of killing bin Laden three times:

http://tinyurl.com/czg8ac5

Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 30, 2012 12:00 PM (UOM48)

96 So how the fuck did we go out of business while Newsweek hovers around the checkout line?

Posted by: Weekly Reader at July 30, 2012 12:01 PM (Ec6wH)

97 Travel Section: Soaking Up Spicy Argentine Culture in the Maldives

Posted by: Cicero at July 30, 2012 12:01 PM (zMouK)

98 That man is coooool.

Posted by: A.J. at July 30, 2012 12:01 PM (avrBV)

99 Dude, I was totally hangin' with my 'Choom Gang' these last four years. Didn't harsh my performance yesterday at all, Dude. Tokebama/Bongin' 2012

Posted by: Michael Phelps at July 30, 2012 12:01 PM (msPO3)

100 Note to Michael Tomasky: Don't play poker.

When I saw the article my first thoughts was that the Dems must think Barry is coming off as weak.

Posted by: runninrebel at July 30, 2012 12:01 PM (N/1Dm)

101 BTW..

The print version of Newsweek will be cease soon..

If the rumors are true.

Soon to be a fossil only found in the waiting rooms of doctors and dentists everywhere.

Posted by: Dave C at July 30, 2012 12:01 PM (H/+OX)

102 Technology Section: Umbrellas. How Do They Work?

Posted by: Cicero at July 30, 2012 12:02 PM (zMouK)

103 Somebody said, "in the Clinton years it was the interns hiding under the desk. Now it's the president".

Posted by: USS Diversity at July 30, 2012 12:02 PM (2d71t)

104 Kinda OT: John Kerry bawls out Romney for insulting our allies:

"Our friendship with Great Britain and close ties with the
other NATO nations is a cornerstone of our national security policy.
That is why I am concerned when I see actions by politicians that
threaten the bipartisan relationship that we and our British friends
have forged through all those years of shared sacrifice. We cannot
afford to go back to the go-it-alone policy of the recent past. Nor can
we adopt the isolationist tendencies that some now call for during this
time of both global crisis and opportunity. We need our friends more
than ever as we try to shape a future that is worthy of our historic
past....
Unfortunately, Governor Romney is taking a precarious path
with respect to our relations with Great Britain and our other European
allies. His rhetoric suggests that he would ignore the counsel of our
friends around the world. On the key issues of our time, Gov. Romney
would split the partnership that this administration, and others before
it, worked so hard to build."

First of all, you didn't build that. Second, Obama is well known for respecting our British allies so the Democrats have all kinds of room to complain.

Posted by: WalrusRex at July 30, 2012 12:02 PM (Hx5uv)

105 Fashion Section: Boob Belts. The Style That Never Gets Old.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 30, 2012 12:03 PM (UOM48)

106
Obviously this is the last stage of the Tour de France, which I'm 100% positive our glorious leader won.

Why else would a grown man wear a helmet?

Posted by: MJ, currently in PRK at July 30, 2012 12:03 PM (TR60b)

107 NYT: Is algebra necessary?

Posted by: AmishDude at July 30, 2012 11:53 AM (T0NGe)

Not if all you ever intend to do is live in a mud hut and grow Choom.

But that's the thing, our elites are innumerate and proud of it. In evaluating someone's ability to perform intellectual tasks, the best test is mathematics. You don't have to have any specialized knowledge.

Hillary once said how she had difficulty with mathematics. This doesn't happen the other way around.

Posted by: AmishDude at July 30, 2012 12:03 PM (T0NGe)

108 Investing: "Ten Hot Solar Panel Makers That Will Electrify Your Portfolio"

Posted by: Cicero at July 30, 2012 12:03 PM (zMouK)

109 Seriously though- if you're a Newsweek subscriber, chances are that Romney cover just reinforces your bias- lotta preaching to the choir, IMHO

Posted by: Jones in CO at July 30, 2012 12:04 PM (8sCoq)

110 Valerie Jarrett talked Barry out of killing bin Laden three times

I tried real hard!

Posted by: Generalito Barry at July 30, 2012 12:05 PM (FcR7P)

111

"Math is hard, we shouldn't be punishing all those aspiring artists and historians and art historians by making them learn the most rudimentary Mathematics!"

I am a historian and I use basic algebra. It is very helpful.

Posted by: Grey Fox at July 30, 2012 12:05 PM (B/yEP)

112 Automobiles: "Cool Ride or Hot Grill? The Chevy Volt Does Both"

Posted by: Cicero at July 30, 2012 12:05 PM (zMouK)

113 NYT: Is algebra necessary?
http://tinyurl.com/cqd8ev9

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Educational Calvinball. If the NEA can't teach it. it's not important. You know, like civility.

Posted by: WalrusRex at July 30, 2012 12:05 PM (Hx5uv)

114 "Speechgiving in Britain: The Basics."

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at July 30, 2012 12:05 PM (d0Tfm)

115 Kerry forgot to mention Bibi or Dalai Lama in that discussion

Posted by: willow at July 30, 2012 12:06 PM (TomZ9)

116 OT but NBC has Randy Cross covering Olympic kayaking

#NBCFail

Posted by: Jones in CO at July 30, 2012 12:06 PM (8sCoq)

117 NYT: Is algebra necessary?
http://tinyurl.com/cqd8ev9

Wow, this frightening new invention is causing high dropout rates? Ban it, Bloomberg!

Posted by: Waterhouse at July 30, 2012 12:06 PM (YvNBz)

118
1Gotta do one showing him throwing a baseball like a girl

Yep. A Sports Illustrated cover.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2012 12:06 PM (r8azq)

119 Lifestyle: An iPod Full of You: The Perfect Gift for Every Occasion

Posted by: Cicero at July 30, 2012 12:06 PM (zMouK)

120 NYT: Is Algebra necessary

MWR: Yes.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at July 30, 2012 12:06 PM (4df7R)

121
>>Why else would a grown man wear a helmet?

Physics.

Posted by: garrett at July 30, 2012 12:07 PM (d9phJ)

122 Why, that looks like a picture of our Commander in Chief!

Posted by: Cricket at July 30, 2012 12:07 PM (DrC22)

123 Go click on the new video up in the right sidebar. Woman refused to give her daughter an anti-psychotic med because it made her violent. Welfare officers rubber-stamped a judge's signature, and what followed was a 10 hour stand-off with SWAT. The woman was put in prison for five days and her daughter put into care. It took ten months for a judge to rule the woman should get her daughter back.

Where did this happen? Detroitistan of course.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 30, 2012 12:07 PM (+SmuD)

124 Posted by: WalrusRex at July 30, 2012 12:02 PM (Hx5uv)

They're playing the "let's pretend the last four years never happened" game WRT foreign relations.

Obama has habitually pissed off our allies, and the "Olympics Gaffe" was a frigging setup from the word go. Romney just agreed with the Brit Media talking points and they were literally waiting in line to savage him for it.

The real gaffe was his apology.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 30, 2012 12:07 PM (bxiXv)

125 Handle bars....how do they work?

Posted by: Preznit Choom at July 30, 2012 12:07 PM (UOM48)

126 NYT: Is algebra necessary?>>

WTF between this and the wimp factor �He�s kind of lame, and he�s really ... annoying" article. Are these stories being written by 8th graders?

Posted by: Buzzsaw at July 30, 2012 12:08 PM (tf9Ne)

127 "Chevy Volt - Sizzling Hot Ride"

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 30, 2012 12:08 PM (+SmuD)

128 Newsweek's Hot Tips to Attract the Ladies:

1. Buy a parrot.

2. Develop psoriasis.

3. Put "The Shocker" bumper sticker on your car.

Posted by: runninrebel at July 30, 2012 12:08 PM (N/1Dm)

129 I actually used to work in a bike shop, so I am getting a kick out of a lot of these comments.

He's actually riding what is known as a 'comfort' bike. A comfort bike has 26" tires at around 45 psi (yeah cause 75 PSI 700C wheel are too aggressive) a front shock (yeah bike trails are brutal on the upper body), sky-high handle bars (which is odd consider who JEF bends over for) and... that bike is too small. That's a bike for a 13 year old girl.

Posted by: Barack Obama is still a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at July 30, 2012 12:08 PM (qxcKC)

130 I teach Algebra to middle schoolers. I constantly repeat and demonstrate how easy it is to screw people out of money that have no math skills. I focus on applying it and don't worry about the state exams. When state exams came this year, the teachers were shocked the questions were all story problems and application. My kids were ready.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 30, 2012 12:08 PM (9TTOe)

131 The cover has a mistake. That's not how you spell "Pussy". Too few letters and shit.

Posted by: Inspector Asshole at July 30, 2012 12:09 PM (SoMmV)

132
NYT: Is algebra necessary?

Posted by: AmishDude at July 30, 2012 11:53 AM (T0NGe)

Not if all you ever intend to do is live in a mud hut and grow Choom.

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I don't know about that. If one pound of choom will last a person for one year, one choom plant produces one ounce of choom per quarter, and I am growing choom for three wives and thirteen children, how many choom seees do I need to buy?

Posted by: WalrusRex at July 30, 2012 12:10 PM (Hx5uv)

133 I like how that NYT fuckhole sneers at STEM unemployment numbers (paraphrase - "how's all that math working out for you, pal?"), and then wrings his expressive hands over how cruel, cruel math denies thousands of potential poets and philosophers a chance to ply their trade. Somehow.

Because, look at all the poetry jobs out there.

Posted by: Waterhouse at July 30, 2012 12:10 PM (YvNBz)

134 The Economy: Exchanging Shovels for Spoons. An Exciting New Path to Full Employment

Posted by: Cicero at July 30, 2012 12:10 PM (zMouK)

135 Ugh, story problems....

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 30, 2012 12:10 PM (Ec6wH)

136
25"Don't forget your helmet Barry!" (a phrase never uttered by his mom or his dad.)

I think the only phrase his dad ever said to him was, "Alright, lower the shotgun, I married the bitch. Now I'm outta here."

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2012 12:10 PM (r8azq)

137 Let them go with- Wimp.

When the viciousness comes the won't know what hit them.

Posted by: tasker at July 30, 2012 12:10 PM (r2PLg)

138
3. Put "The Shocker" bumper sticker on your car.

I saw a car with three of them, Had to explain it to the missus.

Posted by: USS Diversity at July 30, 2012 12:11 PM (2d71t)

139 Where did this happen? Detroitistan of course.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 30, 2012 12:07 PM (+SmuD)

Think of it this way. As a citizen, your employees will lay siege to your house if you don't obey them.

Yeah, we seem to have gone a little bit off track somewhere...

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 30, 2012 12:11 PM (bxiXv)

140 I am a historian and I use basic algebra. It is very helpful.

Of course. It teaches so many things that you can't get elsewhere. One is that, with a few assumptions, you can reach rigorous logical conclusions.

Another is that important calculations, even tips and such, aren't mysteries.

But even more importantly, how do you understand statistics given to you in the newspaper? It must just be a huge black box. I can't imagine.

Posted by: AmishDude at July 30, 2012 12:11 PM (T0NGe)

141 I constantly repeat and demonstrate how easy it is to screw people out of money that have no math skills.

See also: ratios and size comparisons at the grocery store. It's amazing these people remember to breathe.

Posted by: Jay in Ames at July 30, 2012 12:11 PM (UEEex)

142
60
My GOD, that man is absolutely dreamy, isn't he?

Just look at how butch he looks on the dangerous two-wheeled bicycle!

We are lucky to have him as our leader.

Yeah, Vladimir Putin is quaking in his boots.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2012 12:11 PM (r8azq)

143 Speaking of math, my pain in the ass HR administrator has screwed up the pay for a large percent of our workforce for the past 6 months. This is gonna be fun.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 30, 2012 12:12 PM (Ec6wH)

144 NYT: Is algebra necessary?>>

Technology lets us be more stupider!

Posted by: Joey Biden at July 30, 2012 12:12 PM (MMC8r)

145 I would tackle a Michelle Vogue cover, but those fashion divas have already done it.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 30, 2012 12:12 PM (+SmuD)

146 So based on today's posting times and frequency, I think I know what Ace did on his vacation.

Cocaine. Copious quantities of blow.

Posted by: mugiwara at July 30, 2012 12:12 PM (ZBYZK)

147 I saw a car with three of them, Had to explain it to the missus.

Explain = Demonstrate?

Posted by: BCochran1981 at July 30, 2012 12:12 PM (da5Wo)

148 I think they teach a lot of AlGorebra in schools now.

Posted by: USS Diversity at July 30, 2012 12:13 PM (2d71t)

149 NYT: Spellin, Fuk Dat Sheet.

Posted by: WalrusRex at July 30, 2012 12:13 PM (Hx5uv)

150 Damn that is a step through frame bike. I always thought that was an exaggeration. Didn't someone tell him ~~men~~ anyone who takes riding even somewhat seriously ride an A-frame because it's stronger. A step through frame is made for riding in a skirt.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at July 30, 2012 12:14 PM (0q2P7)

151 It might be Newsweak but JohnE's cover isn't.
Congrats.

Obowbow should get The Nobel Bike Helmet Prize.

Posted by: ontherocks at July 30, 2012 12:14 PM (aZ6ew)

152
Explain = Demonstrate?

Ha Ha yeah if I wanted two in the teeth one upside the head.

Posted by: USS Diversity at July 30, 2012 12:14 PM (2d71t)

153 They're playing the "let's pretend the last four years never happened" game WRT foreign relations.

********

The real let's pretend game they are playing is-

We never had an-

800 BILLION dollar stimulus....

Have you seen the Obama commercial running during the Olympics, and the RNC response?

Campaign Obama is going to pretend like that stimulus never happened and the results sure look like it never happened in a good way.

Posted by: tasker at July 30, 2012 12:15 PM (r2PLg)

154
He's actually riding what is known as a 'comfort' bike. A comfort bike has 26" tires at around 45 psi (yeah cause 75 PSI 700C wheel are too aggressive) a front shock (yeah bike trails are brutal on the upper body), sky-high handle bars (which is odd consider who JEF bends over for) and... that bike is too small. That's a bike for a 13 year old girl.

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I just feel sorry for the manufacturer who is no doubt suffering serious losses since the subliminal endorsement by president "everything I touch turns to shit".

Posted by: Hal Burton at July 30, 2012 12:15 PM (iYvMQ)

155 Newsweek Dining Out section: Chick-fil-A is for knuckle-dragging mouth-breathers.

Posted by: Preznit Choom at July 30, 2012 12:15 PM (UOM48)

156 NYT: Is algebra necessary?>>Technology lets us be more stupider! Posted by: Joey Biden at July 30, 2012 12:12 PM (MMC8r)

I read that piece this weekend. It's by Andrew Hacker (an oddly appropriate name for him).

He's been wrong about everything he's written about education for the last 10 years. Yet this does not stop him.

How he even earns a living and feeds himself is totally beyond me.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 30, 2012 12:15 PM (sbV1u)

157 Merovign,

The Accidental or Not So Accidental Malevolence of the Bureaucratic State.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 30, 2012 12:15 PM (+SmuD)

158 Newsweek Dining Out section: Chick-fil-A is for knuckle-dragging mouth-breathers. Posted by: Preznit Choom at July 30, 2012 12:15 PM (UOM4

Yes, it certainly is.

That's why I polished off a Chik-Fil-A Spicy Chicken sandwich no less than 5 minutes ago.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 30, 2012 12:16 PM (sbV1u)

159 Ace - why no love for Ted Cruz? He may not be Marco Rubio, but this may turn out to be a bigger upset than Rubio's. I'm surprised that there have not beenmany post on Cruz.

Posted by: SH at July 30, 2012 12:16 PM (gmeXX)

160 Ha Ha yeah if I wanted two in the teeth one upside the head.

ISWYDT

Posted by: BCochran1981 at July 30, 2012 12:16 PM (da5Wo)

161 WTF between this and the wimp factor �He�s kind of lame, and he�s really
... annoying" article. Are these stories being written by 8th graders?

Well, a PhD in political science.

So...functionally, yes.

Posted by: AmishDude at July 30, 2012 12:17 PM (T0NGe)

162 All this talk of Chik-Fil-A is making me hungry.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 30, 2012 12:18 PM (+SmuD)

163 Life is full of symetry like that. Bill Clinton refused to kill Osama 3 times.
Posted by: Reactionary at July 30, 2012 11:48 AM (xUM1Q)

Yes, but that was prior to September 11th. Oh fuck, I mean, well, I guess you folks will take THAT out of context too. No worries though, I have a lot of journalists that can and will explain it in terms that the folks will understand.

Posted by: Barack Obama as Augustus at July 30, 2012 12:18 PM (4eNxd)

164 Diet Guide...Low Carb tips for curing the munchies.

Posted by: dananjcon at July 30, 2012 12:19 PM (eavT+)

165 The Accidental or Not So Accidental Malevolence of the Bureaucratic State.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 30, 2012 12:15 PM (+SmuD)

This Was No Governing Accident!

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 30, 2012 12:19 PM (bxiXv)

166 159 Ace - why no love for Ted Cruz? He may not be Marco Rubio, but this may turn out to be a bigger upset than Rubio's. I'm surprised that there have not beenmany post on Cruz.
Posted by: SH at July 30, 2012 12:16 PM (gmeXX)

I think the real battle is behind the scenes. Palin vs Perry. Palin and the TP supports Cruz. Perry supports the more gentile establishment candidate. She's going to win.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 30, 2012 12:19 PM (9TTOe)

167 I like how that NYT fuckhole sneers at STEM unemployment numbers (paraphrase - "how's all that math working out for you, pal?")

One word: Immigration. We've kept salaries low for STEM fields by filling them with well-qualified immigrants who are far better educated then the domestic brand.

How many polisci profs got their undergrad degrees outside the US (let alone went to US public schools)?

Posted by: AmishDude at July 30, 2012 12:19 PM (T0NGe)

168 That is the bicycle I would ride if I rode a bicycle. Our President has my approval and sense of fashion.

Posted by: Anna Wintour at July 30, 2012 12:19 PM (msPO3)

169
Especially when dealing with obvious mental deficients like political science professors?

An acquaintance, between delivering liberal talking points, mentioned that he was a political science major.

"Oh, so you're an intellectual?" Then I laughed.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2012 12:20 PM (r8azq)

170 Who could forget President "CorpseMan"loving him somearugula?

Posted by: Axelrod at July 30, 2012 12:20 PM (W2qJe)

171 I stand corrected.

The Malevolence of the Bureaucratic State.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 30, 2012 12:21 PM (+SmuD)

172 This hearkens back to a comment-fail of mine from yesterday? However, I think worth re-sharing....
When referring to our SCOAMFPOTUS, one might say, "The man we know and lo.... loathe.

Posted by: NewEnglandDevil at July 30, 2012 12:21 PM (73P68)

173 Any wonder why Newsweek is seriously considering suspending the print version?

http://tinyurl.com/dxlztdj

Posted by: Jay Carney at July 30, 2012 12:22 PM (gCa4h)

174 Newsreak:

President Prevaricate
How Obama fell into killing Bin Laden

Secy. Clinton's Muslim Bromance
How a member of a terrorist org became a top State official

Ask Not Whom The Gun Control Tolls...
How Op Fast n Furious make a mockery of calls for gun control

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 30, 2012 12:22 PM (5FvTK)

175 Algebra? F*ck, it's time to require two full years of Calculus and Partial Differential Equations if you want to draw the full amount of student loans, especial for masters degrees

Posted by: Bill from Chappaqua at July 30, 2012 12:22 PM (8BaAK)

176 Re NYT: Is Algebra Necessary -

My college humor magazine had a good satire on the introduction of humanities "gut courses". They were imagining, What if scientists got to take fluff humanities courses to fulfill their requirements, the way humanities majors can take things like "Chemistry and Cooking"? The satirical courses were on things like comic books - come to think of it, 20 years later that's probably not satire.

Anyway, they quoted an outraged humanities major: "I have no use for such abstract concepts as heat, light and gravity. However, everybody benefits from reading Chaucer."

Posted by: JPS at July 30, 2012 12:23 PM (tn14L)

177
173Any wonder why Newsweek is seriously considering suspending the print version?

Dentists' offices hardest hit.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2012 12:23 PM (r8azq)

178 Even if you want to do art, you need math to understand perspective.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at July 30, 2012 12:24 PM (1X3i+)

179 175 Algebra? F*ck, it's time to require two full years of Calculus and Partial Differential Equations if you want to draw the full amount of student loans, especial for masters degrees
Posted by: Bill from Chappaqua at July 30, 2012 12:22 PM (8BaAK)

One step at a time Bill. Maybe we demand they learn their times tables before Jr High. Most of them don't.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 30, 2012 12:24 PM (9TTOe)

180 An acquaintance, between delivering liberal talking points, mentioned that he was a political science major.

"Oh, so you're an intellectual?" Then I laughed.

I hear that if you leave an inanimate object in the polisci department offices for too long, they have to give it a PhD.

Posted by: AmishDude at July 30, 2012 12:24 PM (T0NGe)

181 NYT: Is ~~algebra~~ a man bra necessary?

Maybe for Maui Barry. Bicycle Barry... oh, man. He might actually be wearing one.

Posted by: t-bird at July 30, 2012 12:24 PM (FcR7P)

182 Democrat budgets are functions of imaginary numbers with no limiters.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 30, 2012 12:24 PM (+SmuD)

183 Our tall hard body chicks are smacking a ball to other tall hardbody chicks on NBC.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 30, 2012 12:25 PM (9TTOe)

184 This is a great example of how brave Barack is. Scary, wicked brave! Despite the fact that he looks like a dweeb and is literally begging for ridicule, he's a happy warrior, helmet and all. What an inspiration he is to us all.

Posted by: J Biden VP & very smart individual at July 30, 2012 12:25 PM (4eNxd)

185 Yeah, Vladimir Putin is quaking in his boots.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2012 12:11 PM (r8azq)

Good point - Putin at least puts out pictures of himself, shirtless in an icy river, wresting a salmon away from an angry bear. If you are going to stage a photo op, at least make it sort of ass-kicky.

Posted by: Killface at July 30, 2012 12:25 PM (BDd0G)

186 President Obama returns to Manhattan Monday for a fundraising blitz.
Obama is scheduled to arrive around 4:30 p.m. and travel through NYC at the height of Monday evening's rush hour and is set to leave at 9:30 p.m.
He arrives at JFK airport then travels to the Wall St. helipad and will likely take the FDR Drive north. Expect the FDR to be closed both ways south of 42nd St. just in time for the evening rush. It will be frozen south of 42nd St. some time after 8:30 p.m.
All avenues will be frozen at 23rd St., according to 'Gridlock' Sam Schwartz, a transit expert.
The Commander in Chief is expected to attend a fundraiser at NoMad hotel on Broadway at 28th St.
Some 60 people reportedly paid $40,000 to attend the dinner.

So nice of the thinned skinned prick to block rush hour traffic again. So considerate

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 30, 2012 12:25 PM (05RcU)

187 OSP - This is a very interesting race because Perry is on the opposite side of Palin. Very odd. It will further weaken his support in Texas which has never been that strong. This could be a huge win for Palin and DeMint who would rightfully get a lot of credit. It would also be a big win for the Tea Party, but I suspect many at the national level will try to dismiss it because it is Texas. But I think the NRO editorial was spot on today. There is no reason Texas (or SC, Utah, or IN) shouldn't have a very conservative sentator.

Anyway, I just wish Ace would give it some cover, as it is a pretty big deal. At lest we have an election in Texas that finally has some drama. It seems like we miss a lot of these types of elections.

Posted by: SH at July 30, 2012 12:26 PM (gmeXX)

188 BTW, I think Newsweek's plan to go digital will take effect in November. They know the jig is up, they just want to get a few more covers out before they "go online" and a month later "fold up entirely".

Posted by: AmishDude at July 30, 2012 12:26 PM (T0NGe)

189
Anyway, they quoted an outraged humanities major: "I have no use for such abstract concepts as heat, light and gravity. However, everybody benefits from reading Chaucer."

I once dated ahumanities grad who allowed that she had no idea how a light bulb, refrigerator, or air conditioner worked.Later that nightshe picked up my change when I paid a bill.

I know a liberal when I see one. Dropped her like a bad habit.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2012 12:26 PM (r8azq)

190 The Malevolence of the Bureaucratic State.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 30, 2012 12:21 PM (+SmuD)

For related prior art, see "The Banality of Evil."

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 30, 2012 12:26 PM (bxiXv)

191 Our tall hard body chicks are smacking a ball to other tall hardbody chicks on NBC.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 30, 2012 12:25 PM (9TTOe)

USA- Brazil in Volleyball. And live-wow

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 30, 2012 12:26 PM (05RcU)

192 There are lots of pictures out there of Bush riding with the Wounded Warriors.

Makes a hell of a contrast, too.

Posted by: RoyalOil at July 30, 2012 12:27 PM (imtbm)

193 You know what a wimp is? A guy who turns down three attempts to get Bin Laden.

And I'm willing to bet that on the fourth attempt, Panetta said, "It's happening" while Valerie Jarrett was at her seaweed wrap, not to be disturbed.

Posted by: AmishDude at July 30, 2012 12:27 PM (T0NGe)

194 Why else would a grown man wear a helmet?

Click my nic for the best explanation I can find.

Posted by: Jay Carney at July 30, 2012 12:28 PM (gCa4h)

195 It would also be a big win for the Tea Party

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Uh oh. That could mean more bridge bombings.

Posted by: WalrusRex at July 30, 2012 12:28 PM (Hx5uv)

196 Anybody else get the email about Obama not wearing any jewelry now, during Ramadan?

When axed where his wedding ring was, he said it was in the shop for repair. He is also not wearing a watch.

These are typical christian things you do during Ramadan to show your Muslim brothers solidarity.

Yeah, right.

Posted by: Billy Bob, the guy who drinks in SC at July 30, 2012 12:29 PM (3ZjAP)

197 Stolen and posted to Facebook.

At least I gave an attribution!

Posted by: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus at July 30, 2012 12:29 PM (+inic)

198 Now, you know why he's for gay marriage.

Posted by: � Sponge at July 30, 2012 12:29 PM (UK9cE)

199
I hear that if you leave an inanimate object in the polisci department offices for too long, they have to give it a PhD.

No, that's not true and not fair. Inanimate objects aren't given Ph.D.s in political science.

However, if you leave a carton of milk in the back of the refrigerator too long, you have to call it "Dr." when you remove it.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2012 12:29 PM (r8azq)

200 166 Perry supports the more gentile establishment candidate.

_____

It's no skin off her teeth!

Posted by: Cricket at July 30, 2012 12:29 PM (DrC22)

201 Newsweek is just flash propoganda for the DNC to put in checkout aisles.

Profits were never the point. The cover is the thing.

Sorry if that's not exactly a cutting edge mindthought, just recently occurred to me.

Posted by: eleven at July 30, 2012 12:30 PM (KXm42)

202 Our tall hard body chicks are smacking a ball to other tall hardbody chicks on NBC.

There's a ball?

Posted by: Jay in Ames at July 30, 2012 12:31 PM (UEEex)

203 It looks like Valerie Jarrett finally made that "gutsy call"

Then she let Jugears play on the swing sets in the back yard

Posted by: kbdabear at July 30, 2012 12:31 PM (Y7XKa)

204 Squishlib reaction to the pictures:

Romney: "Yeah there is something kind of weird and nerdy about him with all that Morman and religious stuff. Ugh."

Obama on bike: Either, "Come on, that's really uncalled for, if not racist." Or, "Hey, it shows he's a regular guy who's so cool, he's secure enough to look uncool and not worry about it."

Posted by: RM at July 30, 2012 12:32 PM (TRsME)

205 I want to go back to college, this time as a polisci or sociology major, flunk the courses, then change my major to physics (I'm a chemist). I want to be the first person in human history to do that migration.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 30, 2012 12:32 PM (r8azq)

206 this might be why Newsweek is going with-

Mitt is a Wimp.

The title of this article at The Hill is a bit misleading..

The Hill Poll: Voters say Romney, Obama equal on issues of character
By Sheldon Alberts - 07/30/12 05:00 AM ET

Mitt Romney holds thin advantages over President Obama on leadership, personal values and honesty, according to a new poll for The Hill.

The poll, conducted for The Hill by Pulse Opinion Research, suggests voters see little difference between the candidates on character issues that Democrats have cited as key to Obama�s appeal.

It found 48 percent of voters consider Romney the stronger leader, compared to 44 percent who favored Obama.

Posted by: tasker at July 30, 2012 12:32 PM (r2PLg)

207 183 Our tall hard body chicks are smacking a ball to other tall hardbody chicks on NBC.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 30, 2012 12:25 PM (9TTOe)

It's the only olympic sport I actually *care* about.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 30, 2012 12:32 PM (bxiXv)

208 JERUSALEM (AP) - Mitt Romney told Jewish donors Monday that their culture is part of what has allowed them to be more economically successful than the Palestinians, outraging Palestinian leaders who suggested his comments were racist and out of touch with the realities of the Middle East. His campaign later said his remarks were mischaracterized.

Absolutely freaken right. If the Arabs stopped trying to turn their kids in suicide bombers and sent them to school maybe......? Ah what's the use

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 30, 2012 12:32 PM (05RcU)

209
Pelosi: President Obama's Been to Israel �Over and Over Again�

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he's also said he doesn't like gay marriage over and over again. Said he's going to raise gas prices over and over again. Said corporate jet owners need to be punished, over and over again................................

Posted by: Hal Burton at July 30, 2012 12:33 PM (iYvMQ)

210 Oh yeah. The lullaby they were singing over Takashi's bike ride was "Daisy". It was a 2001 ref. They just translated it to Japanese to point out that, here was a nerd who also spoke Japanese.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at July 30, 2012 12:33 PM (1X3i+)

211 It's no skin off her teeth!
Posted by: Cricket at July 30, 2012 12:29 PM (DrC22)

Another establishment type in congress is skin off all our toofus.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 30, 2012 12:33 PM (9TTOe)

212 Our tall hard body chicks are smacking a ball to other tall hardbody chicks on NBC.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 30, 2012 12:25 PM (9TTOe)

It's the only olympic sport I actually *care* about.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 30, 2012 12:32 PM (bxiXv)

And these girls are actually "Legal Age" unlikes the gymnasts.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 30, 2012 12:33 PM (05RcU)

213 And these girls are actually "Legal Age" unlikes the gymnasts.
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 30, 2012 12:33 PM (05RcU)

God do I feel like a perv watching that .

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 30, 2012 12:34 PM (9TTOe)

214 WE ARE ALL SCOAMF'S NOW !!

Posted by: Newsweak at July 30, 2012 12:35 PM (Y7XKa)

215 Absolutely freaken right. If the Arabs stopped trying to turn their kids in suicide bombers and sent them to school maybe......? Ah what's the use
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 30, 2012 12:32 PM (05RcU)

Apparently it's "controversial" to say that teaching your children to hate their neighbors and murder themselves and others is a bad thing.

We're gonna need a bigger reset button.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 30, 2012 12:35 PM (bxiXv)

216

198
Now, you know why he's for gay marriage.

Posted by: � Sponge

He's been in one for years.

Posted by: imp at July 30, 2012 12:35 PM (UaxA0)

217
Panetta says sanctions haven't yet worked in Iran
Published: 07.30.12, 19:23 / Israel News

US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is acknowledging that international sanctions have not achieved their aim of compelling Iran to rein in its nuclear ambitions.

He said Monday that sanctions are hurting Iran's economy. And he said that although the "results are not obvious at the moment," Iran has at least expressed a willingness recently to engage in nuclear negotiations. (Reuters)

??? The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and over again and expecting different results

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 30, 2012 12:36 PM (05RcU)

218 We're gonna need a bigger reset button.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 30, 2012 12:35 PM (bxiXv)

Actually I think it's a code, two keys and a button.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 30, 2012 12:36 PM (9TTOe)

219 The most appropriate thing for Newsweek to do a cover story on at this point would be zombies

Posted by: kbdabear at July 30, 2012 12:37 PM (Y7XKa)

220 I've often wondered why Perry supported Dewhurst. Yes, he wanted to keep Dewhurst on his side, because Dewhurst controls legislation. But that was a short-term play. I find it hard to believe that Perry will run for another term as govenor. If he does, he should be primaried, and could easily lose.

IMO, it would have been better for him to back Cruz, allow Cruz to win, and to have some political capital within in the growing Tea Party movement. Perhaps it could set him up for 2016 if Mitt doesn't win.

This election represents a pretty seismic shift in Texas politics.

Posted by: SH at July 30, 2012 12:38 PM (gmeXX)

221 Never giveup: considering that the actual Palestinians are mainly Jews whose ancestors converted to Islam in the Middle Ages - the Palestinians have no excuse for not being equally as successful as the Sephardic community in Israel.

Bravo to Mitt for saying that.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at July 30, 2012 12:38 PM (1X3i+)

222 >>>Algebra? F*ck, it's time to require two full years of Calculus and
Partial Differential Equations if you want to draw the full amount of
student loans, especial for masters degrees.

We are super saturated (see what I did there) with useless humanities bachelors. Wherein getting a degree is simply a matter of having an average intelligence and writing capability, and some small degree of perseverance. Personally I think if government college assistance should exist at all, (And I am leaning toward it shouldn't) it should require at least require at least 3D calc.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at July 30, 2012 12:38 PM (0q2P7)

223 USA Women Volleyball #1 in the World and Brazil is # 2. Good stuff

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 30, 2012 12:38 PM (05RcU)

224 Is the NYT necessary?

Posted by: Joey Biden at July 30, 2012 12:41 PM (MMC8r)

225 >USA Women Volleyball #1 in the World and Brazil is # 2. Good stuff

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 30, 2012 12:38 PM (05RcU)

except they're showing swimming

Posted by: Jones in CO at July 30, 2012 12:42 PM (8sCoq)

226 Time to Elmocise, Later Rons.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 30, 2012 12:42 PM (9TTOe)

227 Romney is going to Poland. Will he visit the "Polish Death Camps"? (Maybe if he says that in Austrian they won't understand him.)

Posted by: Dang at July 30, 2012 12:42 PM (Ky1+e)

228 @193: There are claims (not in the DC piece) that Panetta and Hillary just started the operation without the SCOAMF and then pulled him off the golf course after it was too late to abort.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 30, 2012 12:42 PM (VDuNV)

229 does NBC not understand that showing the olympics on tape delay is cutting edge 1980s technology?

Posted by: Jones in CO at July 30, 2012 12:43 PM (8sCoq)

230 And these girls are actually "Legal Age" unlikes the gymnasts.

Some of them are legally ogle-able. Check out Catalina Posner (24) from Romania. Yow.

Posted by: eleven at July 30, 2012 12:43 PM (KXm42)

231 @SH - 2nd look at Medina???

Posted by: reason at July 30, 2012 12:43 PM (sPO/s)

232 Hey, college cheerleaders! Sure I'm hard, but that's a feature, not a bug, as you'll quickly learn. And my tests are eminently lickable.

Posted by: Albert G. Bra at July 30, 2012 12:43 PM (FUozQ)

233 Cocaine. Copious quantities of blow.

Posted by: mugiwara at JulCocaine.

Fuck, wish I could have been there.

Posted by: Injuin Blackfoot Barry, The One Who Eats Dogs at July 30, 2012 12:44 PM (3ZjAP)

234 Is NBC flying the film back from Europe like they used to?

Posted by: SH at July 30, 2012 12:45 PM (gmeXX)

235 Ace hasn't posted in over an hour. Is everything all right?

Posted by: Joey Biden at July 30, 2012 12:45 PM (MMC8r)

236 He's got the right quarterback for it;

Jones says Cowboys seek return to "glory hole" days of yesteryear

http://tinyurl.com/cjkqdpu

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones admits he is seeking �glory hole� days for his franchise, which last made the playoffs in 2009 and has won only two playoff games since its triumph over Pittsburgh in Super Bowl XXX to close the 1995 season.

Posted by: kbdabear at July 30, 2012 12:46 PM (Y7XKa)

237 USA Women Volleyball #1 in the World and Brazil is # 2. Good stuff

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 30, 2012 12:38 PM (05RcU)

except they're showing swimming
Posted by: Jones in CO at July 30, 2012 12:42 PM (8sCoq)

The Volleyball is live on Channel 4- NBC's Broadcast Station ( whatever it is in your area)

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 30, 2012 12:46 PM (05RcU)

238 Yeah, it's a nice day, gonna go ride my bike

unlike the President, my bike is 96ci of fuel-injected hell on wheels

and lunch at Chick Fil A

later, hosers

Posted by: Jones in CO at July 30, 2012 12:46 PM (8sCoq)

239 Back in my younger days there was a young man we nic named Gotny. Because whenever he would show up to parties he would always say, Got Any?

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 30, 2012 12:47 PM (9TTOe)

240 except they're showing swimmingPosted by: Jones in CO at July 30, 2012 12:42 PM (8sCoq)

You can get streaming video online and pick your sport.

Right now...I'm watching tall hard-body chicks.

Although, I think I am going to have to bitch slap the Mom of one of our players.

Her last name is "Hooker" so, what does her Mom name her?

Destiny.

People ought to have to have a license to have kids I tell ya.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 30, 2012 12:47 PM (sbV1u)

241 Time to take the Shelby out for a spin. And perhaps Chik-Fil-A. Sound like a plan?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 30, 2012 12:47 PM (+SmuD)

242 Cocaine. Copious quantities of blow.

Posted by: mugiwara at JulCocaine.

Fuck, wish I could have been there.

*********

I'm beginning to suspect Ace might have been a consultant for the Opening Ceremonies.

Posted by: tasker at July 30, 2012 12:47 PM (r2PLg)

243 Click my handle for my version of this challenge.

Posted by: The Mega Independent at July 30, 2012 12:48 PM (pcp9m)

244 @231 - No. I suspect that if Perry doesn't retire, then Abbot will finally just run against him. Perry will have lost a lot of political capital in the state and worn out his welcome. Its time to make way for new blood. The Perry/Dewhurst team hasn't been all bad. Texas has done pretty well under their watch. But their time is over. There is a new breed of conservatism out there ready to make their mark. Perry could have embraced this new breed - which he did. But backing Dewhurst (even on the nominal scale in which he did) as a follow up to his disastrous campaign for the nomination will leave him a pretty wounded politician.

I find this a very interesting time in US politics. The rising of Generation X.

Posted by: SH at July 30, 2012 12:49 PM (gmeXX)

245 The Volleyball is live on Channel 4- NBC's Broadcast Station ( whatever it is in your area)

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 30, 2012 12:46 PM (05RcU)

It appears Kobe is watching their game too.....in stadium.

Posted by: Tami at July 30, 2012 12:51 PM (X6akg)

246 117
NYT: Is algebra necessary?

http://tinyurl.com/cqd8ev9

Of course it is necessary. How am I going to figure out the cut ratio to baggy fill and markup per baggy?

That shit is what makes me profitable, BUT "I didn't do it by myself". Dawaon brought the shit from Miami and Traydooe helped me hide it.

Oh, I almost forgot rapfartian, who lent me the money to buy the shit

It takes a village, don't you know.

Posted by: Leroy, your local dealer at July 30, 2012 12:52 PM (3ZjAP)

247 If Barky really wants to show his solidarity, he should wear a blue turban on his head and a huge wooden cross on an iron chain around his neck.

Posted by: Caliph Umar at July 30, 2012 12:52 PM (1X3i+)

248 O/T politically incorrect question about India's power being out, does this mean we won't be able to get customer support for anything today?

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at July 30, 2012 12:53 PM (RZ8pf)

249 Taiwanese animators compare TIME and NEWSWEEK magazine covers:

(via newsbusters.com May, 2012 I haven't seen this before)

LINK: http://preview.tinyurl.com/6nofqow

Posted by: mrp at July 30, 2012 12:54 PM (HjPtV)

250 #229

does NBC not understand that showing the olympics on tape delay is cutting edge 1980s technology?

Yes...but they have exclusive rights to the games for the next eleventy hundred years, and are too busy making sure unauthorized clips don't show up on youtube to concern themselves with putting out a quality product.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at July 30, 2012 12:55 PM (L7hol)

251 "Good point - Putin at least puts out pictures of himself, shirtless in
an icy river, wresting a salmon away from an angry bear. If you are
going to stage a photo op, at least make it sort of ass-kicky."

I particularly enjoyed the photos of Putin harpooning killer whales with live narwhales.

And the ones where he thumb wrestled a giant mountain gorilla.

Also like the snaps where he gave Atlas a bathroom break by holding up the world for a half hour or so.

Meanwhile, scoamfy doo is out lifting his pinky and sipping half pints of Guinness.

argh.

Posted by: Chariots of Toast at July 30, 2012 12:57 PM (ksERZ)

252
#220
I am wondering big time about Dan Patrick's endorsement of Dewhurst. I hope we can find someone to primary his ass.

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at July 30, 2012 12:57 PM (mFxQX)

253 @175: And Maxwell's Equations. Love that del operator.

Posted by: Tim the Enchanter at July 30, 2012 12:58 PM (izA2D)

254 Why doesn't NBC just show the major events live on MSNBC (throw them some viewers) and then show the tape delay at night. You can satisfy both sets of viewers, and I don't have to go to technology blackout to avoid learning the results, only to have Drudge spoil everything for me.

Posted by: SH at July 30, 2012 12:58 PM (gmeXX)

255 Why else would a grown man wear a helmet?

If I am looking at that picture correctly he has his hand on the front brake. If he hits the break, he is going to need a helmet. What a dumb ass

Posted by: cicero skip at July 30, 2012 12:59 PM (3m9Uc)

256 Best comment on math ever, from a former student's mother, was when she told me he deserved a better grade because "he clearly understood the concept, he just made errors when he calculated the problems". Mind you, this was fifth grade math, subtracting with regrouping. Not exactly a skill where you would give partial credit.

Posted by: Ruby at July 30, 2012 12:59 PM (vt4Ip)

257 >>Time to take the Shelby out for a spin. And perhaps Chik-Fil-A. Sound like a plan?

.........sounds like someone has made a complete recovery.

Posted by: ontherocks at July 30, 2012 12:59 PM (aZ6ew)

258 @252 - Agree. He is blowhard who should have stuck with talk radio. The problem for Texas is that it is tough to get movement conservatives who have some intellectual heft into the many state positions.

Posted by: SH at July 30, 2012 01:00 PM (gmeXX)

259 I wonder how many of the women on our volleyball team are lesbians. My guess; at least three of them.

Posted by: Soona at July 30, 2012 01:01 PM (S0jAR)

260 Has anyone else noticed how womanly the scoamf's wrists are? Geez, nice toothpick arms.

Posted by: Chariots of Toast at July 30, 2012 01:05 PM (ksERZ)

261 Is he ovulating?

Posted by: Sgt Hulka at July 30, 2012 01:10 PM (vVdMd)

262 Newsweek and its ilk are going all-out to carry their limp-wristed AA model Charlie McCarthy hero over the finish line in first place. And then, they are going to go out of business. Of course, they are going to go out of business whether Obama wins or loses, but with him in office, there will be a whole lot more cushy PR/spokesperson/official flack jobs to choose from! Gotta keep your eye on what's best for the American people!

Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at July 30, 2012 01:15 PM (VMcoS)

263 Do a Dogpile (eff Google!)image search on "Sarah Palin" AND "chain saw"; among the results is a photo of her from her TV show, wielding a chain saw.

Compare with the JEF SCOAMF trying to get an umbrella through agate.

Posted by: kal penn at July 30, 2012 01:17 PM (0APJ3)

264 Trying JetBlue for the first time tomorrow. Should I be worried?

Posted by: Lincolntf at July 30, 2012 01:17 PM (HethX)

265 I took a second look at the Newsweek cover and suddenly it hit me ... they're playing games. That picture of Mitt is decidedly non-wimpy. He looks great, laughing at a good joke. Compare to Ace's wimp cover of The One on The Bike. Now that's wimpy.

So what gives? Why didn't Newsweek drum up a wimpier photo? There's got to be something they could've used. Heck, even I look wimpy for two or three second out of the day.

My conclusion: it's another in a growing list of signs that the MSM is now actually leaning towards Romney. Campbell Brown went full out that way. I am convinced the MSM doesn't find Romney that objectionable. Some even like him. And while they don't quite know what to do with the gooey candy they hold in their hands (read: Obama), they are starting to wonder if maybe, just maybe, there's a way to wash it off without being a Bad Person.

Really, the photo is not what it should've been, if Newsweek really dislikes Mitt.

Posted by: MaxMBJ at July 30, 2012 01:24 PM (deaac)

266 A few more suggested articles:
Public Speaking: How to ween yourself off of the TelePrompter and form sentences on your own.
Strong Foreign Leadership: Resisting the urge to bow to dictators
Leading From Behind: Making decisions without Valerie Jarrett's approval

Posted by: Lizzy at July 30, 2012 01:25 PM (Qt4f7)

267 I agree that he should, but I don't think that Perry will retire. He will run again, and will force the state to make the ugly choice of primarying him.

And it will be ugly. I'm still not entirely certain that the Beck attack on Medina was NOT a favor called in by Perry. She was polling "only" 24% at the time, but she was gaining traction.

Perry will not bow out gracefully. He will run again, and will attack with vigor any primary challengers. I remember Perry's attacks on KayBee and Medina a lot more than I remember his attacks on White once the general got underway.

I was sorta hoping that Perry would have gotten the Republican nod for President. First, he would make a very decent President. Second, promoting "up" and "away" is really the only graceful way that Texas would have gotten him out of Austin. He's been a good governor, but it's time to go.

Hopefully I'm wrong, and he will pick a graceful and honorable path out of the way, for some new ideas and some fresh minds to take his place next time around.

In the meantime, I'm hoping that my neck of the woods will get rid of Wendy Davis this time around. It would not be hard to tie her to PP, which is truth, and if that is done effectively, then her days are numbered.

Posted by: reason at July 30, 2012 01:30 PM (F26eZ)

268 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: steevy at July 30, 2012 03:21 PM (6o4Fb)

269 "Pronouns: How do they work?|

I was laughing so hard I cried.....

Posted by: Exile at July 30, 2012 03:52 PM (TMH2t)

270
From Snooze Week.Not surprising.
Now this cover is hilarious.Obama, the biggest Wimp since Carter.
What an endorsement!

Posted by: yourmamatoo at July 30, 2012 04:15 PM (ChKpb)

271 The Wimp Factor: "You Didn't Bowl That!"

Posted by: ResistWeMuch at July 31, 2012 08:19 PM (OSBpO)

272 The Wimp Factor: "You Didn't Bowl That!"

http://tinyurl.com/btfsqbp

Posted by: ResistWeMuch at July 31, 2012 08:19 PM (OSBpO)

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