Overlawyered

Lawyer: Man who slipped on cruise ship deserves every penny of $9.5 million

puke

Suicide Kit

Lawyer Insurance

Lawyer Insurance

Democrats hate the insurance industry.  Hate its guts. Yet their partnership with the ambulance chaser wing of the American Bar Association, and an inherent inability to understand the profit aspect of the business model, have made the industry integral to daily life, and a recession (if not gummint)  proof  business. It's not unusual for yearly automobile insurance premiums to exceed the cost of the "preowned" junker being insured.  Not when the potential cost of a fender bender  includes the price of a trip to Lourdes and a miracle neck injury cure.  The state helps out by making insuring yourself  against lawyers a condition of driving.  For a while, there were attempts across the land towards No Fault insurance.  Who complained?  Lawyers.  Their television blitz against any No Fault  legislation rivaled anything Billy Mays ever launched. Health insurance rates also skyrocketed, as physicians were forced to cover themselves against malpractice suits.  Medical doctors must purchase extremely expensive lawyer insurance, which cost is passed to the patient.  That insurance will require them to order exhaustive  CYA tests on stuff that used to warrant iodine and a Band Aid. More cost. This recently happened to me. I've had a sore in the middle of my back for weeks;  it causes a periodic shooting pain  I asked Doc to look at it during my last visit.  He said it looked  like a clogged pore, commonly known as a pimple, or an ingrown hair, but didn't look infected.  End of exam.  Last night it killed.  I bitched to MoSup this morning that he should have treated it then and there.  She said, he's not a surgeon.  I said, so what, he's a physician.  She said, yeah, but he's required  to refer you to a surgeon who would submit a biopsy specimen. I'm not making this up. Now I read that the Democrat House leadership have given up on getting the Obamacare government option.  Which is good (but stop me here if I'm missing something).  But, this trillion dollar - for starters- monstrosity of a healthcare bill that nobody wants will do what?  It will add 30-40 million currently uninsured people into the pool, and force  them to buy insurance from ... insurance companies.  At the same time, Obamaiacs are screaming bloody murder over this greater insurance industry presence in health care.  Pelosi will announce plans to punish them for this.  Are you following? “ House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other senior Democrats told President Barack Obama in recent meetings they want the legislation to strip the insurance industry of a long-standing exemption from federal antitrust laws, officials said. That provision is in the House-passed measure, but was omitted from the bill that the Senate passed on Christmas Eve. They also want the final measure to include a House-passed proposal for a nationwide insurance exchange, to be regulated by the federal government, where consumers could shop for private coverage. The Senate bill calls for a state-based system of exchanges. Additionally, House Democrats want to require insurers to spend a minimum amount of premium income on benefits, thereby limiting what is available for salaries, bonuses, advertising and other items. The House bill sets the floor at 85 percent; the Senate-passed measure lowers it to 80 percent for policies sold to small groups and individuals. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the negotiations are private. ” But, there's room for hope. Poll: Republican Brown Leads 48-47 in Mass. Senate Race  Even the threat of a Republican taking Ted Kennedy's senate seat indicates what's in store for the Democrat party ten months hence. A win by Brown would make a Republican senate majority possible, maybe even plausible.

Choo Choo Kazoo

A Cultural Moment

SondraK

Entertaining Cone Sucker

Free Obama Dolls

Anticipation

Anticipation

Momma from the train?

golf buddies

Joe Klein, Enemy

"Americans were the bad guys ... "

I've had this in the hopper since last week.  But first - I despise Joe Klein.  I despise him for sandbagging his Newsweek customers, about what he learned about the Clintons in 1992.   He was their hand-picked embedded campaign  'reporter.'  Instead of letting us in on it, Klein later wrote a thinly disguised account of a smarmy con man and his distasteful, manipulative wife  in  "Primary Colors."   He ought to have been drummed out of journalism altogether. Instead he became, evidently, a J-school role model. I digress. From Matthew Contunetti's Howler of the Day (So Far!) -  Joe Klein saw Avatar the other night, and he came away pleasantly surprised: “  But that wasn't the most amazing thing about the movie: the Americans were the bad guys. They were a mercenary army working for corporate villains who wanted to strip-mine a tribe of alien, cerulean nice-guy, enviro-theists. The dialogue was awful; the characterizations were crude...and I'm sure that conservatives will dismiss this as another excretion of the Hollywood left. But still, it was something for a mainstream--indeed, a blockbuster--motion picture to have you rooting for the blue dudes flying about on birds painted like Chinese fans...and rooting against the humans, none of whom had the requisite Eastern European or Arab villain accents. ” Contunetti suggests Amerian (but not overseas) audiences overlook "James Cameron's ridiculously heavy-handed and semi-parodic political message ...in order to enjoy the revolutionary special effects. I know I did." Yeah, well I'm a lot less forgiving.  If I want to see something in 3D, I'll look at my glass of American red whiskey.

Rascists and Hatists

UPDATED You might be a racist if ... you view EVERYTHING through a racial prism

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Lessons

The Hong Kong of Africa?

Bouake, the second largest metropolis in the Ivory Coast, seems to be 180° out of phase with ussens. Sigh. Bouake is the ex-rebel capital of "Soroland", as the zone is sometimes nicknamed, after the New Forces leader, Guillaume Soro....Soroland may not be a breakaway zone, but for seven years the inhabitants of this zone have got used to living without government taxes, customs charges and even water and electricity bills.... Hussein Doumbia is one of many local business leaders who have learnt to profit from this vast black market zone. "Things are a lot cheaper than in the south - we see that people from the south often come here to stock up, above all the military who come for all their electronics - mobile phones, DVDs, televisions, everything," he says. When civil servants fled south, volunteer teachers, like Ali Ouattara, stepped forward to try to keep things going. "We didn't want the kids to become child soldiers, so we tried to give them something. This is how we became teachers," says Mr Ouattara, who lost his job at the university at the start of the crisis.... Gradually with contributions from parents, the ad-hoc schools helped save a generation of children, and in some years the rebel zone got better results in national exams than the government zone. Other volunteers helped cover for the absence of the state in other ways: setting up an ad-hoc postal service; their own television stations and some basic policing. [Reason] ”

Tom Mabe

Laff Attack

Cuzzin Ricky sent this "greatest prank call ever."  It prolly is, although technically speaking it's a "prank answer."  It's been several years since I first posted this, but even if you heard it yesterday you'll laugh out loud again.  I give you Tom Mabe. (SFW) (Direct file link here)

Utah Is For Lovers

In Passing

In Passing ...

.. pay attention and see new stuff

If not C&S, Who? “ 57,822  Sign petition to protest civilian trial of KSM 57,822,000 is a reasonable expectation Scott Brown swearing-in would be stalled to pass health-care reform Would be the 41st vote to stop Obamacare In contrast, Rep. Niki Tsongas (D-Lowell) was sworn in at the U.S. House of Representatives on Oct. 18, 2007, just two days after winning a special election to replace Martin Meehan. In that case, Tsongas made it to Capitol Hill in time to override a presidential veto of the expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. "Healther" Was Under Contract With HHS While Touting Health Reform Bill Economist MIT professor Jonathan Gruber paid $297,600 while/for  touting the Democrats' health proposals in the media. Cook: Dems Could Lose The House ...  retirements are creating a “vicious circle” for Democratic politicians. For the first time, he sees a significant risk that Democrats could lose the House this year if trends continue. (Somebody alert RNC Chairman Michael Steele). Hope: The Obama Musical Story GAK! badanov -  Chuckles Johnson (nee Little Green Footballs) gets his first MSM blow job Left’s Blueprint for Destroying America Posted Online A document titled “National Progressive and Party Infrastructure” offers a few clues. Two Against Two: Bloomberg And Lautenberg Pair Up To Violate The Second And Fourteenth Amendments Putting people  "on DOUBLE SECRET PROBATION!" Kentucky's Answer to Unconstitutional Federal Actions The answer to the federal government's current expansion far beyond the limits set by the Constitution lies in Thomas Jefferson's response to the Alien and Sedition Acts in 1798. Walmart Greeter Punched By Customer Gets Fired See? This is what I'm talking about. ”

Our Court System

Fasten your seatbelts ... Judge tosses out most evidence on Gitmo detainee  ..... on grounds his confessions were coerced, allegedly by U.S. forces, before he became a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay. ”

Since Obama chose to, in Sarah Palin's words, treat 9/11 as a crime spree, instead of a war, I don't fault the judge.  I fault our own Liberal terrorists.   Besides,  Judge Hogan is no wine-sipping, Brie-eating, ACLU-loving Liberal in a black sack.  He was appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1983, and his most recent notable court action was rule that the FBI raid, on now imprisoned Rep. William Jefferson's (D LA) Capitol Hill office, was legal.  Hogan himself had signed the warrant.  Your serve.

Chicago Guns

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re Todd

In Passing

In Passing

My crack team cleans things up

Mmmmm- Gravy “ Poor Sen. Butters.  A gag reflex causes him to lose his chairmanship of the Utah State Senate Judicial Standing Committee (video right) Conservatives Finish 2009 as No. 1 Ideological Group This is Great News! For Sarah Palin! (Really) I find this truly remarkable: in a National Journal survey of 109 Republican "party leaders, political professionals and pundits", not a single one deemed Sarah Palin to be the most likely Republican nominee. ‘60 Minutes’: McCain staffer feared Sarah Palin’s debate could be historic ‘debacle’  She tended to call Joe Biden “O’Biden.” Several people suggested that she say, “Can I call you Joe?” And she did, but one “O’Biden” did slip out. Now Schmidt says she “more than held her own” against Biden and that she prevented the Barack Obama-Biden victory from being lopsided. Direct Link "Turn on the air conditioning, my ass is freezing here" After a report on cold weather, ABC's Sawyer considered it evidence of global warming Why is the State Department getting an UndyBomber pass? When abysmally lax visa issuance policies at Hillary Clinton’s State Department — a problem that festered before 9/11 under GOP and Democrat administrations alike, continues now (hello, James Riady). Who is this Maddow person?  "I used to be an activist, too, so I understand the strategy of using the name of a well-known person to try to get publicity," Maddow told TPMDC in an email. Tough Times for Sheriff Joe? Holder's NKVD have him in their cross-hairs. John Kerry is outraged:! "George Bush-Karl Rove shadowy attack politics have no place in the race for Ted Kennedy's seat or in Massachusetts politics," Kerry said in a statement. A t issue - this video produced by America Future Fund, a group who helped make Kerry the unpresident.   TERRORIST, WHERE?! (Featuring Racist Willy) (video) ”

Meat

Hang 'Em Low

You've seen the news - BIG SIS WANTS TO SEE UNDER YOUR CLOTHES And you've heard the whining - Women Fear Being Ogled!  Ogle what!?!  This? Okay, the scan evidently shows nipples.  Big whoop.  They look like this  . . Scanner violates Child Porn Laws! Give me a freaking break. The REAL VICTIMS No, the real victims here are men.  You know what I mean.  How the hell are you going to flirt with the airport security babe if ... you know?  Your INTERNET knob means nothing here.   I foresee real tragedy.  Anxiety.  Fear of Flying.  Suicide! Carville: Airport scanners can 'measure my penis'... As soon as I recognized the problem, however, I recognized the opportunity.  I contacted RAK at Simply Rugged Leather, and we solutioned it.  The HANG 'EM LOW Dignity Belt System®. The picture explains everything.  What could be easier? The belt is handcrafted by Rob, and is suitable for the well dressed gentleman.  The elastic "muscle" will hold up to 10 pounds, keeping your meat at just the right level.  And when you get home, you can eat it! You're welcome.  Order now.

Indoor RC

RC Showtime

This comment speaks for me ... “ That's phenomenal, but reversing and going up tail first, how can that be possible? Are we being treated to an Photo Shopped video? Still the control is amazing too. Loved it! ” I bought one of those RC helicopters, and smashed it up on the first takeoff.