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Park it over there Sweetheart.
Author: Raine    Date: 01/09/2012 13:42:16

Here is your Monday morning thought:
EXETER, N.H. — At a rally meant to be all about boosting support for Mitt Romney, protesters instead took center stage, evoking colorful responses from both Romney and his outspoken surrogate, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who at one time referred to one of the protestors as “sweetheart.”

“Really?” said Christie, as soon as protestors interrupted him, the second outburst of the night from the group, who had already gone after Romney. “You know, something may go down tonight, but it ain’t going to be jobs, sweetheart.”


Nice. While we often talk about Race and Racism within this GOP campaign for nomination, maybe it's time to discuss the sexism and how poorly they view women.

I'll be back. Until then, sweetcheeks - why don't you go do some dishes and make me a cup-a-joe?
 

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Comment by wickedpam on 01/09/2012 13:56:23
Morning

To me it sounds like he said "someone" instead of "something"

Comment by Raine on 01/09/2012 13:58:45
Quote by wickedpam:
Morning

To me it sounds like he said "someone" instead of "something"
Did you get to hear audio, MAla?

Good morning!




Comment by wickedpam on 01/09/2012 14:08:37
Quote by Raine:
Quote by wickedpam:
Morning

To me it sounds like he said "someone" instead of "something"
Did you get to hear audio, MAla?

Good morning!





yeah, they played it on Bill Press - I could have heard it wrong

Comment by wickedpam on 01/09/2012 14:17:16
agreed

Comment by Scoopster on 01/09/2012 14:19:51
Mornin' all & Happy Mondee!

YIKES that video auto-played and freaked out my boss!

Comment by Raine on 01/09/2012 14:19:55
oooh, I am gonna have to get rid of that video -- it replays every time I refresh.

Comment by Raine on 01/09/2012 14:21:02
Sorry about that!

Comment by TriSec on 01/09/2012 14:42:19
Yes, Mistress Raine. Sorry, Mistress Raine.

<< shuffles off obediently to blog kitchen >>



Comment by TriSec on 01/09/2012 15:14:36
Note:

Even though Rachel is a California girl...she belongs to us now. She can pronounce "Concord, NH" properly.



Comment by Mondobubba on 01/09/2012 15:18:35
Quote by TriSec:
Note:

Even though Rachel is a California girl...she belongs to us now. She can pronounce "Concord, NH" properly.



"Con-kid" Correct?

Comment by Mondobubba on 01/09/2012 15:19:32
Tri, how do you pronounce "Norfolk" in Virginia?

Comment by Raine on 01/09/2012 15:29:32
OK, Got this off the book of faces. and I must say -- I LOVE it.


A stranger was seated next to a little black girl on the airplane when the stranger turned to her and said, "Let's talk. I've heard that flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger." The little girl, who had just opened her coloring book, closed it slowly and said to the stranger, "What would you like to talk about?"

"Oh, I don't know," said the stranger. "Since you are an Afro American, do you think that So-called President Barack Obama is qualified for the job?" and he smiles. "OK", she said. 'That could be an interesting topic. But let me ask you a question first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff - grass -. Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat patty, and a horse produces clumps of dried grass. Why do you suppose that is?"

The stranger, visibly surprised by the little girl's intelligence, thinks about it and says, "Hmmm, I have no idea." To which the little girl replies, "Do you really feel qualified to discuss President Barack Obama...when you don't know shit?"



Comment by TriSec on 01/09/2012 15:31:53
Well, seeing that there is a Norfolk County in Massachusetts, we do it our way. (Norfik. However, a local candidate once exagerratedly pronounced it Nor-Fork.)

Consider that every other Concord anywhere in the US was named after ours, so every other state has that wrong. (I'll defer to Virginia regarding Norfolk, we're of the same vintage so either would be right, depending on locale.)


Comment by Scoopster on 01/09/2012 15:33:36
Quote by TriSec:
Note:

Even though Rachel is a California girl...she belongs to us now. She can pronounce "Concord, NH" properly.

California girl? She's from Northampton, MA!

Comment by wickedpam on 01/09/2012 15:36:48
Quote by TriSec:
Well, seeing that there is a Norfolk County in Massachusetts, we do it our way. (Norfik. However, a local candidate once exagerratedly pronounced it Nor-Fork.)

Consider that every other Concord anywhere in the US was named after ours, so every other state has that wrong. (I'll defer to Virginia regarding Norfolk, we're of the same vintage so either would be right, depending on locale.)



More fun to say Norfuck

Comment by wickedpam on 01/09/2012 15:38:17
Quote by Raine:
OK, Got this off the book of faces. and I must say -- I LOVE it.


A stranger was seated next to a little black girl on the airplane when the stranger turned to her and said, "Let's talk. I've heard that flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger." The little girl, who had just opened her coloring book, closed it slowly and said to the stranger, "What would you like to talk about?"

"Oh, I don't know," said the stranger. "Since you are an Afro American, do you think that So-called President Barack Obama is qualified for the job?" and he smiles. "OK", she said. 'That could be an interesting topic. But let me ask you a question first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff - grass -. Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat patty, and a horse produces clumps of dried grass. Why do you suppose that is?"

The stranger, visibly surprised by the little girl's intelligence, thinks about it and says, "Hmmm, I have no idea." To which the little girl replies, "Do you really feel qualified to discuss President Barack Obama...when you don't know shit?"






Comment by Will in Chicago on 01/09/2012 15:45:27
Good morning, bloggers!!

I hope that everyone is well.

For myself, I plan to spend some time this morning checking on writing jobs. Then, assuming that I do not have family giving me a bunch of tasks, I plan to spend four hours taking the English practice test for the Massachusetts license. (The document, including instructions and the answer key is 107 pages long.)

As for the GOP candidates, why does it seem that all of them are stuck in a time warp? I just can't decide if they are stuck in 1952, 1928, 1898 or 1786.

Comment by Mondobubba on 01/09/2012 15:49:03
Quote by Scoopster:
Quote by TriSec:
Note:

Even though Rachel is a California girl...she belongs to us now. She can pronounce "Concord, NH" properly.

California girl? She's from Northampton, MA!



Rachel's city of origin is Castro Valley, CA.

Comment by Mondobubba on 01/09/2012 15:49:43
Quote by TriSec:
Well, seeing that there is a Norfolk County in Massachusetts, we do it our way. (Norfik. However, a local candidate once exagerratedly pronounced it Nor-Fork.)

Consider that every other Concord anywhere in the US was named after ours, so every other state has that wrong. (I'll defer to Virginia regarding Norfolk, we're of the same vintage so either would be right, depending on locale.)


Mala was close, but it more like Nawfok

Comment by Raine on 01/09/2012 15:50:15
ok, everyone -- Rachel belongs to AMERICA!

.. and you are all pretty.



Comment by TriSec on 01/09/2012 15:53:19
OK gang...it's official.

I have accepted the offer - TriSec has a new job! I'm back on the payor side, and it sure feels like I'm going back to the big leagues.

It's a significantly longer commute, but the offer was so large, it would have been unimagineable to turn it down based solely on that.



Comment by Will in Chicago on 01/09/2012 16:05:15
Quote by TriSec:
OK gang...it's official.

I have accepted the offer - TriSec has a new job! I'm back on the payor side, and it sure feels like I'm going back to the big leagues.

It's a significantly longer commute, but the offer was so large, it would have been unimagineable to turn it down based solely on that.




Congratulations, TriSec!!




Is this the job that was sort of further out in the Boston area than Waltham?



Comment by wickedpam on 01/09/2012 16:09:30
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by TriSec:
Well, seeing that there is a Norfolk County in Massachusetts, we do it our way. (Norfik. However, a local candidate once exagerratedly pronounced it Nor-Fork.)

Consider that every other Concord anywhere in the US was named after ours, so every other state has that wrong. (I'll defer to Virginia regarding Norfolk, we're of the same vintage so either would be right, depending on locale.)


Mala was close, but it more like Nawfok



I'll concede the Naw - but to my ear is sounds like Nawfuck

Comment by TriSec on 01/09/2012 16:09:36
It's west - Worcester. Makes an almost 40 mile commute, but I did that once before when I worked in Salem, NH. On the plus side, it's a total reverse commute - wide open interstate both ways. I've spent over an hour driving the 14 miles home from downtown when I worked in Boston.





Comment by wickedpam on 01/09/2012 16:10:39
Quote by TriSec:
OK gang...it's official.

I have accepted the offer - TriSec has a new job! I'm back on the payor side, and it sure feels like I'm going back to the big leagues.

It's a significantly longer commute, but the offer was so large, it would have been unimagineable to turn it down based solely on that.




WooHoo! Congrats!

Comment by wickedpam on 01/09/2012 16:17:11
"She speaks in Bronx"

Comment by Scoopster on 01/09/2012 16:18:16
Quote by TriSec:
OK gang...it's official.

I have accepted the offer - TriSec has a new job! I'm back on the payor side, and it sure feels like I'm going back to the big leagues.

It's a significantly longer commute, but the offer was so large, it would have been unimagineable to turn it down based solely on that.


Woooo awesome!!

Quote by TriSec:
It's west - Worcester. Makes an almost 40 mile commute, but I did that once before when I worked in Salem, NH. On the plus side, it's a total reverse commute - wide open interstate both ways. I've spent over an hour driving the 14 miles home from downtown when I worked in Boston.

Would the commuter rail be a viable option?

Comment by Mondobubba on 01/09/2012 16:38:08
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by Mondobubba:
Quote by TriSec:
Well, seeing that there is a Norfolk County in Massachusetts, we do it our way. (Norfik. However, a local candidate once exagerratedly pronounced it Nor-Fork.)

Consider that every other Concord anywhere in the US was named after ours, so every other state has that wrong. (I'll defer to Virginia regarding Norfolk, we're of the same vintage so either would be right, depending on locale.)


Mala was close, but it more like Nawfok



I'll concede the Naw - but to my ear is sounds like Nawfuck


That is an alternative!

Comment by Raine on 01/09/2012 16:38:17
Quote by TriSec:
It's west - Worcester. Makes an almost 40 mile commute, but I did that once before when I worked in Salem, NH. On the plus side, it's a total reverse commute - wide open interstate both ways. I've spent over an hour driving the 14 miles home from downtown when I worked in Boston.



The reverse commutes make the length worth it!

Congratulations!


Comment by Mondobubba on 01/09/2012 16:38:43
Quote by TriSec:
OK gang...it's official.

I have accepted the offer - TriSec has a new job! I'm back on the payor side, and it sure feels like I'm going back to the big leagues.

It's a significantly longer commute, but the offer was so large, it would have been unimagineable to turn it down based solely on that.




Sweet! Congrats!

Comment by Raine on 01/09/2012 16:49:13
Comment by Scoopster on 01/09/2012 16:59:17


Yes, I has a case of the Mondays. What a shitty fucking day at the office.

Comment by livingonli on 01/09/2012 17:19:17
Good day everyone. It's feeling like that kind of day again. Then again, that happens often with me.

Comment by Raine on 01/09/2012 17:20:08
Quote by livingonli:
Good day everyone. It's feeling like that kind of day again. Then again, that happens often with me.
all you need is a shot of Tebow.


Comment by BobR on 01/09/2012 17:31:26
Quote by TriSec:
OK gang...it's official.

I have accepted the offer - TriSec has a new job! I'm back on the payor side, and it sure feels like I'm going back to the big leagues.

It's a significantly longer commute, but the offer was so large, it would have been unimagineable to turn it down based solely on that.




Comment by TriSec on 01/09/2012 18:34:11
*chortle*

I was talking to a friend in the business over the weekend....I have gone back to the dark side. Like I said to him, no more of this crunchy-feely "I fight for the user" stuff. I wanna reject some claims!



(sorry, sorry. I used to be a bad guy; I was good at it, too.)

Comment by Raine on 01/09/2012 19:27:10
Quote by TriSec:
*chortle*

I was talking to a friend in the business over the weekend....I have gone back to the dark side. Like I said to him, no more of this crunchy-feely "I fight for the user" stuff. I wanna reject some claims!



(sorry, sorry. I used to be a bad guy; I was good at it, too.)
I will be interested to see how things have changed in the business with all the changes.


Comment by Raine on 01/09/2012 19:39:00
Excedrin, Bufferin, NoDoz And Gas-X Recalled


There is far more important stuff here---
In a related move, the FDA is telling consumers to check bottles of narcotic painkillers sold by Endo Pharmaceuticals to make sure the pills are all the same. Bottles of Percocet, Percodan, Opana and some other Endo drugs are manufactured and packaged at the same Novartis plant. The bottles may contain stray pills from a different kind of medicine, the FDA said.

And the Associated Press reports that the FDA said it's possible that some of Novartis' over-the-counter pills may accidentally have been packaged with some of Endo's narcotic painkillers. "The likelihood of finding a wrong tablet in an opiate pain medication dispensed to patients is low and patients should not be unduly alarmed," FDA's Dr. Edward Cox said, according to the AP.


Comment by Raine on 01/09/2012 20:07:07
Quote by Raine:
Excedrin, Bufferin, NoDoz And Gas-X Recalled


There is far more important stuff here---
In a related move, the FDA is telling consumers to check bottles of narcotic painkillers sold by Endo Pharmaceuticals to make sure the pills are all the same. Bottles of Percocet, Percodan, Opana and some other Endo drugs are manufactured and packaged at the same Novartis plant. The bottles may contain stray pills from a different kind of medicine, the FDA said.

And the Associated Press reports that the FDA said it's possible that some of Novartis' over-the-counter pills may accidentally have been packaged with some of Endo's narcotic painkillers. "The likelihood of finding a wrong tablet in an opiate pain medication dispensed to patients is low and patients should not be unduly alarmed," FDA's Dr. Edward Cox said, according to the AP.
How the HELL does this happen????

I am really concerned about this.


Comment by wickedpam on 01/09/2012 20:11:21
Quote by Raine:
Quote by Raine:
Excedrin, Bufferin, NoDoz And Gas-X Recalled


There is far more important stuff here---
In a related move, the FDA is telling consumers to check bottles of narcotic painkillers sold by Endo Pharmaceuticals to make sure the pills are all the same. Bottles of Percocet, Percodan, Opana and some other Endo drugs are manufactured and packaged at the same Novartis plant. The bottles may contain stray pills from a different kind of medicine, the FDA said.

And the Associated Press reports that the FDA said it's possible that some of Novartis' over-the-counter pills may accidentally have been packaged with some of Endo's narcotic painkillers. "The likelihood of finding a wrong tablet in an opiate pain medication dispensed to patients is low and patients should not be unduly alarmed," FDA's Dr. Edward Cox said, according to the AP.
How the HELL does this happen????

I am really concerned about this.




I understand how this happens when they use the same process to create many items and switch runs from one item to the next but there are supposed to be people watching so this doesn't happen.

and just think the GOP want these company's to have less oversite and regulations?

Comment by Mondobubba on 01/09/2012 20:22:07
Quote by Raine:
Excedrin, Bufferin, NoDoz And Gas-X Recalled


There is far more important stuff here---
In a related move, the FDA is telling consumers to check bottles of narcotic painkillers sold by Endo Pharmaceuticals to make sure the pills are all the same. Bottles of Percocet, Percodan, Opana and some other Endo drugs are manufactured and packaged at the same Novartis plant. The bottles may contain stray pills from a different kind of medicine, the FDA said.

And the Associated Press reports that the FDA said it's possible that some of Novartis' over-the-counter pills may accidentally have been packaged with some of Endo's narcotic painkillers. "The likelihood of finding a wrong tablet in an opiate pain medication dispensed to patients is low and patients should not be unduly alarmed," FDA's Dr. Edward Cox said, according to the AP.



On the report about this on Moring Edition they said this little oopsie if gonna cost Novartis about 160 Million to fix.

Comment by Raine on 01/09/2012 20:28:12
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by Raine:
Quote by Raine:
Excedrin, Bufferin, NoDoz And Gas-X Recalled


There is far more important stuff here---
In a related move, the FDA is telling consumers to check bottles of narcotic painkillers sold by Endo Pharmaceuticals to make sure the pills are all the same. Bottles of Percocet, Percodan, Opana and some other Endo drugs are manufactured and packaged at the same Novartis plant. The bottles may contain stray pills from a different kind of medicine, the FDA said.

And the Associated Press reports that the FDA said it's possible that some of Novartis' over-the-counter pills may accidentally have been packaged with some of Endo's narcotic painkillers. "The likelihood of finding a wrong tablet in an opiate pain medication dispensed to patients is low and patients should not be unduly alarmed," FDA's Dr. Edward Cox said, according to the AP.
How the HELL does this happen????

I am really concerned about this.




I understand how this happens when they use the same process to create many items and switch runs from one item to the next but there are supposed to be people watching so this doesn't happen.

and just think the GOP want these company's to have less oversite and regulations?
Are Endo and Novartis under an Umbrella company? (therefore being basically the same company?)


Comment by Raine on 01/09/2012 20:30:01
Endo rents some lab space from Novartis, at the Novartis production facility in Lincoln, Nebraska. At this lab, there is quality control testing of the Endo products that are produced on-site. At this particular Novartis production site, products such as TheraFlu, Triaminic and Buckley's are produced, as well as all of the Excedrin distributed across the entire nation.
From Wiki

Comment by wickedpam on 01/09/2012 20:30:31
Quote by Raine:
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by Raine:
Quote by Raine:
Excedrin, Bufferin, NoDoz And Gas-X Recalled


There is far more important stuff here---
In a related move, the FDA is telling consumers to check bottles of narcotic painkillers sold by Endo Pharmaceuticals to make sure the pills are all the same. Bottles of Percocet, Percodan, Opana and some other Endo drugs are manufactured and packaged at the same Novartis plant. The bottles may contain stray pills from a different kind of medicine, the FDA said.

And the Associated Press reports that the FDA said it's possible that some of Novartis' over-the-counter pills may accidentally have been packaged with some of Endo's narcotic painkillers. "The likelihood of finding a wrong tablet in an opiate pain medication dispensed to patients is low and patients should not be unduly alarmed," FDA's Dr. Edward Cox said, according to the AP.
How the HELL does this happen????

I am really concerned about this.




I understand how this happens when they use the same process to create many items and switch runs from one item to the next but there are supposed to be people watching so this doesn't happen.

and just think the GOP want these company's to have less oversite and regulations?
Are Endo and Novartis under an Umbrella company? (therefore being basically the same company?)



Doesn't Endo Pharm own Novartis?

Comment by Mondobubba on 01/09/2012 20:38:23
Quote by Raine:
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by Raine:
Quote by Raine:
Excedrin, Bufferin, NoDoz And Gas-X Recalled


There is far more important stuff here---
In a related move, the FDA is telling consumers to check bottles of narcotic painkillers sold by Endo Pharmaceuticals to make sure the pills are all the same. Bottles of Percocet, Percodan, Opana and some other Endo drugs are manufactured and packaged at the same Novartis plant. The bottles may contain stray pills from a different kind of medicine, the FDA said.

And the Associated Press reports that the FDA said it's possible that some of Novartis' over-the-counter pills may accidentally have been packaged with some of Endo's narcotic painkillers. "The likelihood of finding a wrong tablet in an opiate pain medication dispensed to patients is low and patients should not be unduly alarmed," FDA's Dr. Edward Cox said, according to the AP.
How the HELL does this happen????

I am really concerned about this.




I understand how this happens when they use the same process to create many items and switch runs from one item to the next but there are supposed to be people watching so this doesn't happen.

and just think the GOP want these company's to have less oversite and regulations?
Are Endo and Novartis under an Umbrella company? (therefore being basically the same company?)



Novartis is the company.

Comment by livingonli on 01/09/2012 20:41:01
Hopefully everyone's listening to Randi, she is really showing more of what a crapfest Citizens United created and it seems that Gingrich may have collaborated with his PAC on an anti-Romney infomercial which is one of the things which is actually still illegal.

Comment by Raine on 01/09/2012 20:45:59
I see no proof that Novartis owns Endo.

Endo (from the link below:)
Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. is an American pharmaceutical company. It was created as a result of a management buyout from DuPont Merck in 1997. Three DuPont Merck executives (Carol A. Ammon, Chairman, President & CEO, and Mariann T. MacDonald, Executive Vice President, Operations, along with another colleague) purchased all of Endo Laboratories L.L.C.'s generic products along with 12 important brand products, including Percocet and Percodan. The new company was called Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc

Endo acquired Algos Pharmaceutical Corporation through a merger in July 2000 and began to trade publicly (NASDAQ: ENDP). Endo Pharmaceuticals successfully completed a secondary offering for a total of 12,925,000 shares of its common stock in Oct 2001. The net proceeds were used to pay existing bank debt.


Novartis:
Novartis International AG is a multinational pharmaceutical company based in Basel, Switzerland, ranking number two in sales (46.806 billion US$) among the world-wide industry in 2010.[2]
Novartis manufactures such drugs as clozapine (Clozaril), diclofenac (Voltaren), carbamazepine (Tegretol), valsartan (Diovan), imatinib mesylate and (Gleevec / Glivec). Additional agents include ciclosporin (Neoral / Sandimmun), letrozole (Femara), methylphenidate (Ritalin), terbinafine (Lamisil), and others.
Renamed to Novartis following an acquisition by Ciba-Geigy, it owns Sandoz, a large manufacturer of generic drugs. The company formerly owned the Gerber Products Company, a major infant and baby products producer, but sold it to Nestlé on 1 September 2007.[3][4][5][6]
Novartis is a full member of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA)[7] and of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA)[8]