1.5% GDP growth means we haven’t been building that.
I still don’t get the point of Obama’s “You didn’t build that!” speech unless the arrogance of business creators is a big problem.
I don’t see any reason to deal with people who respond to my work with nothing but vulgarity, but then again my mom is free baby sitting.
No matter how you parse Obama’s “You didn’t build that!” speech, it’s a useless twit chastising business creators.
For some, it’s either cry racism or take a hard look at oneself and one’s political views.
I had a pretty good childhood for the parts not spent stuck down a well.
If you want to be cool and popular, Christianity is traditionally not the way to go.
Actually, if you’re never mocked, you might be doing it wrong.
There’s a lot of history in England with hobbits and Hogwarts and what not.
I wish the opening ceremony were a little quieter so it would be easier for me to read Game of Thrones while my wife watches.
“Want to give daddy a hug?”
“No.”
“Want to give daddy a hug?”
“No.”
“Want a tickling?”
“I want a hug.”
I don’t like that it takes a threat of tickling to get a hug, but it’s better than no baby hugs.
I’m quite amazed at Buttercup’s language ability and she’s not even two. Way better than the dog and she’s nine.
I would have thought by now they’d have changed it to “Science! Save the Queen.”
How long were the lines for health care while the doctors and nurses were out learning dance numbers?
Is the opening ceremony filled with subliminal messages to murder people, because I’ve been thinking about murder a lot more than usual.
If I were in charge of our Olympics team, our flag bearer would be an actual bear.
I like Douthat and Nate Silver at the NYTimes, but I’m not sure they counteract the blackhole of stupidity that is Krugman and Friedman.
Olympic fever really got me bad this time. Since the opening ceremony, I haven’t stopped vomiting.
If you lose in your event, do you still get to take home the Olympics home game?
As with all Olympics, I need to state that if a judge determines who wins instead of an objective result, then it’s not a real sport, i.e., all boxing matches should go until one guy stops trying to get up.
Heh. Hardcore Christian fundamentalists (like I used to be) had a lock on that.
BTW – “Olympic fever really got me bad this time….” is my keeper of the day.
Same for ski jumping, same rule for gymnastics. Go until the last man (or tiny little pre-pubescent girl) standing.
There needs to be Hula-hooping in the Olympics and I nominate Katie
Hint: the 2 goldfish vids are O_O 😀
NSFPW
(not safe for people with wives)
Listen to Krugman’s appearance on Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me. It took me a minute to realize it, but Krugman is Ozymandias from Watchmen. Absolutely true: http://www.npr.org/2012/07/28/157487495/economist-paul-krugman-plays-not-my-job
I like Douthat and Nate Silver at the NYTimes, but I’m not sure they counteract the blackhole of stupidity that is Krugman and Friedman.
The Times columnists, as a group, are much better than they used to be, but they’re still terrible. Joe Nocera has, on occasion, written some things
that sounded to me as if things in his brain other than speech centers and motor function were active, so he’s an improvement over Frank Rich, and
David Brooks is sort of amusing, in a bumbling sort of way. Nicholas Kristof and Charles Blow, on the other hand, manage to be both obnoxious and
wrong nearly 100% of the time.
Could MSNBC be anymore in the tank for the Obama campaign? Was watching some Olympic competition and they had some spots with all the “big” MSNBC names opining about how the roads and bridges aren’t up to code and the big corporations won’t rebuild them it is up to “we the people” (big government) to do it and the tag line for all their spots was “Lean Forward”…..the Obama campaign slogan “Forward”. Don’t tell me that is a coincidence.
http://leanforward.msnbc.com/
Couldn’t agree more with your last point. I like it when one person reaches the finish line first.
I nominate “frolf” (frizbee-golf) for the next foolish-hyperemphasized-wannabe-sport to be given the Olympic okey-doke. Hell, make it the first “sport” which could be played at both the Summer and Winter Games.
Visualize a bunch of hippie/hipster scruffs kitted out in 1930s-style golf outfits (dress shirts and plus-fours, plaid socks and Vans) hitting the greensward flinging a bunch of plastic discs around. (After he retires, Michael Phelps could be the team coach and 420 guru.) This for the Summer games.
Winter could find competition in Snowboard Frolf, Slalom Frolf, Ice-sailing Frolf, Frolf curling…Apollo Ohno could take over for Phelps. Him, or that redheaded snowboarder.
Gotta grab that youth demographic that’s ar$ebulbing on the couch, scarfing Funyuns and guzzling liters of Fanta.
What that opening ceremony needed was more muttonchops.
Still waiting for a liberal to say “You didn’t fail,you were regulated out of business.”
I support IMAO’s motion to make paintball an Olympic game. In exchange, please hold your disrespect for judged sports until after pole dancing is a sanctioned sport.