She's not just a blob of energy, she's also a 14-year-old hormone bomb.

Spike ,'The Killer In Me'


Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


billytea - May 04, 2009 6:07:36 am PDT #17862 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Like the commentator in the article says, I'm WTF? Your argument is that there shouldn't be a public options because it might be better?! Jeez, at least try to make it sound like you are standing up for something and not being a total shill for Mutual of Omaha. God forbid that we have the option for something better than the current system.

Heh. I might also note, Australia has both a public insurance system (Medicare) and thriving private insurers, who incidentally are required to cover any certified practitioner that falls within the definition of their coverage. There is some tapdancing necessary to avoid adverse selection hurting their viability, but at least here the government is willing to do so.


Matt the Bruins fan - May 04, 2009 6:08:14 am PDT #17863 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

No more under-the-table bucks from insurance companies. One has to have priorities!


billytea - May 04, 2009 6:09:11 am PDT #17864 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

...and the downside would be...?

Well, socialised medicine, obviously. Would you want to put up with a Five Year Plan every time you get the sniffles?


Jesse - May 04, 2009 6:10:27 am PDT #17865 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Anyhow the letter got me angry because if I join the NRA you know what they send me? A knife. That's right, a knife. Where's my fucking gun?! I'm not joining the NKA dammit.

OMG, that made me laugh out loud at work.


Jesse - May 04, 2009 6:19:57 am PDT #17866 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Eee!! Little tiny Ryan!!


Gudanov - May 04, 2009 6:22:17 am PDT #17867 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping

Awwww, very cute. Newborns aren't supposed to be that cute.


Amy - May 04, 2009 6:25:45 am PDT #17868 of 30000
Because books.

Aw, babytea! Adorable! What a good-looking family of mammals!


amych - May 04, 2009 6:26:08 am PDT #17869 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Aww, BT, dude, you made a person!


tommyrot - May 04, 2009 6:26:36 am PDT #17870 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Yeah. Plus it has hair, so its mammalianosity is confirmed....


tommyrot - May 04, 2009 6:32:59 am PDT #17871 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

If You Say So

Liberace in an ad for Blatz....

Also: We Swear By It!

An ad for a men's beauty product. With one of the best slogan in the history of advertising: "A man's cream for a man's face."

Some other posts at Fabulon NSFW....