tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post7734561609732024952..comments2024-03-19T07:45:47.298-05:00Comments on Althouse: At the Glacier Café...Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-20833903248895957062013-03-23T11:58:32.658-05:002013-03-23T11:58:32.658-05:00Mark Wahlberg is a devout Roman Catholic who atten...Mark Wahlberg is a devout Roman Catholic who attends daily Mass, and has a rosary tattooed around his neck, both of which I approve. He did a lot of really ugly stuff as a teenager and I am happy that he has reconciled that through God's grace.<br /><br />Bag--it wasn't until I lived on an overseas military base with a husband who was up close and personal with all the base finances that I started to realize that maybe the government wasn't so great at handling money or getting things done properly, and maybe my unthinking faith in it wasn't entirely warranted. I don't understand how anyone can work closely with government accounting and administration and then say, "Yes, more of that would be awesome! Let's put them in charge of health care!"I Have Misplaced My Pantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16170206151454145154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-7274823813567777252013-03-23T09:41:44.750-05:002013-03-23T09:41:44.750-05:00Paco Wové said...
The world will not end if you d...Paco Wové said...<br /><br /><i>The world will not end if you do not respond to each and every comment directed at you. Just so you know.</i><br /><br />I know, but sticking yet another harpoon into the She Devil of the SS is so much fun.edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-58733838625845075012013-03-23T07:57:19.318-05:002013-03-23T07:57:19.318-05:00 Lydia said...
Can anyone point out a male actor u... Lydia said...<br />Can anyone point out a male actor under the age of 50 who looks and acts like a man?<br /><br />Mark Wahlberg<br /><br />No. His brother Donnie.Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00938263272237104128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27709236875764855242013-03-23T07:57:14.570-05:002013-03-23T07:57:14.570-05:00@sydney
I have had the same thoughts.
Pisses y...@sydney<br /><br />I have had the same thoughts. <br /><br />Pisses you off, to have gubmint penpushers take away all you have worked for. <br /><br />The lefties I work with are bewildered by the changes so far. One was told, when he was bitching about having to see more and more patients just to keep up, "We'll, you voted for it, now you are finding out what was in it."<br /><br />The room went dead silent, because 80% of them voted for Obamacare.KCFleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124201866124646626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-49615209334467521122013-03-23T07:50:00.364-05:002013-03-23T07:50:00.364-05:00 garage mahal said...
c. 9000 B.C.?
Yes.
The clim... garage mahal said...<br />c. 9000 B.C.?<br /><br />Yes.<br />The climate began to change 12-13,000 years ago, but it takes a little time for ice miles thick to melt. Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00938263272237104128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-4725145101122154342013-03-23T07:49:54.809-05:002013-03-23T07:49:54.809-05:00Pogo,
Me, too. Though I am my own employer, I worr...Pogo,<br />Me, too. Though I am my own employer, I worry about the direction reimbursement is taking with the ACO model and so-called "patient centered medical home." I don't have a flair for self-promotion, don't really believe in many of the treatments of "integrative medicine," and as a solo doctor am not large enough to negotiate with insurance companies. I am thinking I might give up on medicine completely or do international locum tenens.Sydneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17038514318463662024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-38624502411015063552013-03-23T07:41:22.593-05:002013-03-23T07:41:22.593-05:00The healthcare bill is now predicted to result in ...The healthcare bill is now predicted to result in increased unemployment and more uninsured. Like <i>no one</i> saw that coming. No one.<br /><br />My wife and I have had discussions recently about where we would move if my workplace closes because of Obamacare. Even out of the country. Even with nothing at age 50. Why stay?<br /><br />Not fun to talk about. Makes you look at the house you've gotten comfortable with as a liability, since the town would then mostly vacate. <br /><br />People have lived through worse, to be sure, but the people (some got to vote twice) in their wisdom chose this path. <br /><br />Maddening. Eats at my heart. Turns my face from others, angry at them, ashamed of them, fearful of their endless demands. <br /><br />But it's probably nothing.KCFleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124201866124646626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-71338295632372495612013-03-23T07:08:20.994-05:002013-03-23T07:08:20.994-05:00Anyway, the thing that bugs me so much about taxes...<i>Anyway, the thing that bugs me so much about taxes, and the point I often make is that I know that anyone who takes a few minutes to think about it, could come up with a dozen better uses for their money than sending it to the government.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/bidens-one-night-paris-hotel-tab-58500050_708799.html" rel="nofollow">Washington needs that money to pay for Joes one night $585,000.50 hotel bill.</a>Lem the artificially intelligent https://www.blogger.com/profile/03569712564034666751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-62143283448957081492013-03-23T06:57:11.557-05:002013-03-23T06:57:11.557-05:00edutcher -
The world will not end if you do not r...edutcher -<br /><br />The world <i>will not end</i> if you do not respond to each and every comment directed at you. Just so you know.Paco Wovéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00053886112561036768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14010964598405198042013-03-23T05:44:57.328-05:002013-03-23T05:44:57.328-05:00Inga said...
You hoooo, The Blond! You're pat...Inga said...<br /><br /><i>You hoooo, The Blond! You're patient needs to be changed and put to bed, he's mighty stinky.</i><br /><br />Oh, she's trying to be droll.<br /><br />How cute.<br /><br />And it's still "Blonde", just like men are brunet and women are brunette, but maybe the She Devil of the SS doesn't know the difference between men and women.<br /><br />You know what they said about them.edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-18477962390920281582013-03-23T02:50:22.976-05:002013-03-23T02:50:22.976-05:00@ Blogger bagoh20
Thank you - sincerely. You migh...@ Blogger bagoh20<br /><br />Thank you - sincerely. You might very well end up being the Last Private Employer in Non-Canadian North America, and -- as such -- the last to care how the money goes.<br /><br />As an aside: how you describe some of your hires is parallel to how I got a foot up in my Industry: God Bless those who do what you do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14077589190300313562013-03-23T02:30:09.040-05:002013-03-23T02:30:09.040-05:00I know what you're up to. This is the strange ...I know what you're up to. This is the strange Lutheran thing, isn't it? Stranger even than what the Mormons get up to. It's why you guys are oddly so cool and taciturn about this time of year, the most joyous of all for the promise it holds<a href="http://bour3pages.blogspot.com/2013/03/jesus-in-mountain.html" rel="nofollow"> and for its demonstration of life eternal. </a>Chip Ahoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12597726289890879627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-30720666487137335882013-03-23T01:24:10.617-05:002013-03-23T01:24:10.617-05:00Thanks for the kudos, Meade. I know you did simila...Thanks for the kudos, Meade. I know you did similar stuff, and know what it's like to help someone along like that. Even when they don't realize it yet, it's still very rewarding to give them a little traction out of the starting gate.bagoh20https://www.blogger.com/profile/10915174575358413637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-23138136728834250122013-03-23T01:23:18.661-05:002013-03-23T01:23:18.661-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.bagoh20https://www.blogger.com/profile/10915174575358413637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28076150318803848082013-03-22T23:55:11.031-05:002013-03-22T23:55:11.031-05:00"Dishevel" is an anagram for "she d..."Dishevel" is an anagram for "she devil"<br /><br />They aren't antonyms by any stretch of what's left of my imagination. Maybe the two words are like "The Odd Couple."chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-2255099397409594012013-03-22T23:47:37.869-05:002013-03-22T23:47:37.869-05:00Icy iceholes!Icy iceholes!chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-15990149705963469232013-03-22T23:45:00.232-05:002013-03-22T23:45:00.232-05:00I think I like Wahlberg. He seems cool. What'...I think I like Wahlberg. He seems cool. What's his politics?bagoh20https://www.blogger.com/profile/10915174575358413637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8540978765907966412013-03-22T23:38:43.300-05:002013-03-22T23:38:43.300-05:00Sorry about the length, but this is right in my wh...Sorry about the length, but this is right in my wheelhouse, and I think about it every single day. Even on Fridays, which really irritates me.bagoh20https://www.blogger.com/profile/10915174575358413637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50813991600292085382013-03-22T23:36:33.534-05:002013-03-22T23:36:33.534-05:00Erika,
That is very true about small businessmen...Erika, <br /><br />That is very true about small businessmen, which I never imagined I'd become before it just kind of happened. I think I was one for years before I actually noticed that's what I do. Kind of like prostitution. <br /><br />Anyway, the thing that bugs me so much about taxes, and the point I often make is that I know that anyone who takes a few minutes to think about it, could come up with a dozen better uses for their money than sending it to the government. I mean anyone, but businessmen do that all day long for a living. They think about what resources they have, and how to best turn them into long term gain. To end up better off, at the lowest loss of resources. They often have altruistic motives, but never want to waste what takes so much effort and luck to acquire. They have to get crerative and often abandon sacred cows. It is almost the opposite of a government, tax-funded mentality.<br /><br />We sell manufacturing to the government, and I can't believe how many people get involved, how many steps, and how much useless paperwork and time it takes to do anything. <br /><br />An example: We are cutting some large art panels out of thick steel that will adorn a new government building in L.A.. They hired an artist, an architect, involved engineers, and accountants to get this job done. The artist sent us a picture of a tree, and said this is the art work for it, the engineers sent drawings of how and where it would go, the architect drew what it would look like on the building, and the accountant decided how much to spend.<br /><br />By the time it was done two of my high school educated people had to redo the artwork, all the drawings, and reengineer the whole idea, program it and cut it - two 20 somethings with no college. We did it for half of what they were willing to pay, and that was after a healthy mark up. The artist simply sent a photo she found in a magazine, and I assume was well paid for the effort. 90% of the time it took to do it (over a year) was waiting for paperwork to be approved through endless committee meetings on their end. This is always the way it goes. With a private sector customer it would have taken a few weeks, and cost about 1/3 as much. I know this is how most of our tax money gets spent, and it drives me nuts.bagoh20https://www.blogger.com/profile/10915174575358413637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-38182672252272838282013-03-22T23:13:57.059-05:002013-03-22T23:13:57.059-05:00Wait:
A reference to Marky Mark is making an appe...Wait:<br /><br />A reference to Marky Mark is making an appearance in this thread?<br /><br />OMG. Had I known that was in the offing, I would have approached everything in at least one whole different way.<br /><br />I keyboard chastened. (And I say that as a fan, in certain expressions.)rcommalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301180339680504471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-39585222260197651872013-03-22T23:10:44.597-05:002013-03-22T23:10:44.597-05:00"Can anyone point out a male actor under the ...<i>"Can anyone point out a male actor under the age of 50 who looks and acts like a man?"</i><br /><br />Eric Cartmanbagoh20https://www.blogger.com/profile/10915174575358413637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-44559907392449920332013-03-22T22:56:20.067-05:002013-03-22T22:56:20.067-05:00Mark Wahlberg. Hmmm, maybe sometimes.<i>Mark Wahlberg</i>. Hmmm, <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=mark+wahlberg&hl=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=PSdNUcKmFq2C2gXJvIHACg&sqi=2&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1680&bih=853" rel="nofollow">maybe sometimes</a>.Sydneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17038514318463662024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-54062572337855213242013-03-22T22:44:27.818-05:002013-03-22T22:44:27.818-05:00Can anyone point out a male actor under the age of...<i>Can anyone point out a male actor under the age of 50 who looks and acts like a man?</i><br /><br />Mark WahlbergLydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18380908751421386368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31447636084605819322013-03-22T22:39:41.003-05:002013-03-22T22:39:41.003-05:00You hoooo, The Blond! You're patient needs to ...You hoooo, The Blond! You're patient needs to be changed and put to bed, he's mighty stinky.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-17793837624525175732013-03-22T22:31:43.592-05:002013-03-22T22:31:43.592-05:00As I've said, that's the best you've g...As I've said, that's the best you've got?<br /><br />For somebody with such a thin skin (and the intellect to match), the She Devil of the SS should refrain from combat, given how short she is on witty ripostes.<br /><br />And, yes, you do remind one of the women who got off on the gladiatorial games in the way you enjoy watching one of your antagonists attacked by someone else, although you seem to have imbued yourself with the methodology of the SS when they went into a new territory - they never shipped out the Jews themselves, they whipped up a mob of the locals to do it for them.<br /><br />Good old Uncle Saul, isolate, personalize, demonize.<br /><br />That's our little She-Wolf. edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.com