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Comment on ANATOMY OF A SCANDAL by Sean

Sean — Wed, 22 May 2013 09:32:54 +0000

I love love love motherfucking-LOVE living in a country where we will never do any real cutting to the MIC's Sacred Budget…But where millions of kids either go to bed hungry or, even better, they go to bed with bellyfulls of Mickey D's and Mac and Cheese. Just awesome. MOTHERFUCKINGAWESOME.

Comment on ANATOMY OF A SCANDAL by Arslan

Arslan — Wed, 22 May 2013 09:14:40 +0000

Benghazi wasn't a scandal. Libya was a scandal, but you'll never hear a Republican say a peep about that. Personally I think what happened in Benghazi was pretty hilarious. It used to take years, if not a couple decades for the consequences of supporting terrorists to come back on the US. Now they've seriously reduced the turn-around time.

Comment on ANATOMY OF A SCANDAL by Ten Bears

Ten Bears — Wed, 22 May 2013 08:20:13 +0000

I would have thought that by now one of the priestly class would have blamed it on dog's dissapproval of liberal behavior.

Comment on AUDIO ADDENDUM by Robertaitch

Robertaitch — Wed, 22 May 2013 06:50:35 +0000

So this bar only uses a jukebox—nothing for when the customers aren't selecting and paying for tracks? I've done bar trivia games for a dozen years now and plug a $50 2-channel Boerhrenger (sp?) mixer (1 mic input, one rca input to receive the audio jack output of either a laptop or iPod) into the bar's stereo receiver. So if the answer is no, they don't have such a setup, I join the chorus of hit-the-thrift store for a cheap receiver and speakers. Then let the bar pay for those. Then you need the $50 mixer, an inexpensive mic, an inexpensive 20 ft or so set if interconnects like you hook up your CD player or tape deck at home with and an equally cheap rca-to-mini plug cable for the laptop or iPod (guitar center or local instrument store). No need for any software beyond iTunes. Read a question, hit play. Song's over, hit pause and speak again. If you're interested, email me for a suggestion I'm unwilling to share with the masses.

Comment on ANATOMY OF A SCANDAL by J. Dryden

J. Dryden — Wed, 22 May 2013 06:10:07 +0000

@ darbywithers: You're already seeing the warm-up act as the GOP figures out ways to blame the state of Moore on the Obama administration.

Comment on ANATOMY OF A SCANDAL by darbywithers

darbywithers — Wed, 22 May 2013 06:01:53 +0000

I look forward to the day when, the sea levels rising up to meet Manhattan, the republicans turn to the camera and cry out to the liberals: 'How could you let this happen to our planet!'

Comment on ANATOMY OF A SCANDAL by LK

LK — Wed, 22 May 2013 05:55:04 +0000

There's a complementary of the Apple tax scandal back in my neck of the woods (Israel). Like all Developing-but-wannabe-developed countries (e.g. Ireland, Malaysia or New Mexico), Israel is offering serious tax breaks and often downright grants (a.k.a bribes) to anyone willing to set up significant operations here, and commits to employing enough people for enough time (and at the right locations). Part of the "catch", is that income earned from these operations must be spent in Israel in order to qualify for the tax break (which ranges from a 50% reduction to complete elimination of income tax). In the last ten years or so there was a build-up of somewhere between 15 and 30 billion US dollars of these "locked profits" that companies are unwilling to spend here, but don't take out of the country to avoid paying the taxes on them. Last year our genius of a Finance Minister (seriously, a Philosophy professor) passed through parliament a law giving these companies (mostly huge multi-nationals) a "limited-time special offer", where they can get their money out at reduced rates. the excuse was "we need the money now, and can't force them to pay the taxes they owe".

I won't go into the obvious rant, just point out two differences between Israel and the US in these two pretty similar "scandals"- while in the US there's a Senate investigation going on, and CEO's are brought in to testify, in Israel the law passed through the Knesset (our congress) like a hot knife through butter. On the other hand, while most media reports I've seen in the US were pretty neutral on the subject, In Israel prominent media players actually made noise about it, trying to make it into a full-scale scandal. But the disconnect between voters and their representatives in Israel makes DC look like it's a warm, loving home for all citizens.

Comment on AUDIO ADDENDUM by darbywithers

darbywithers — Wed, 22 May 2013 05:34:39 +0000

My advice: Abandon jukebox! The last thing you want to do is blow the house speakers the first night dicking around. Garage sale/pawn up something that looks like this:

http://www.governmentauctions.org/uploaded_images/stereo-756179.jpg

Make absolutely sure it has RCA (red/white/yellow plugs) ins, or some other digital in you are familiar with/think you can find a cable for.

Comment on ANATOMY OF A SCANDAL by Ed W.

Ed W. — Wed, 22 May 2013 05:32:09 +0000

Wait, wait, wait. Obama let someone use his Zone 6 Parking Pass?! The hell?! Parking is pretty tight around here*, and if Obamao was letting some lowly Legislative Assistant use it to park on MY BLOCK, I swear, I'm never voting for him again.

* This is true, Obama used to live down the street from me, back when he was a Senator. When he was running for President (illegally), he wasn't in town much, but we could tell when he was because there would be a batch of sinister-looking black Chevy Suburbans parked on the corner late at night.