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Still tumbling words together.
Author: Raine
Date: 10/02/2014 13:15:31
Hit me with your news!
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Comment by 
wickedpam on 10/02/2014 13:39:20
wickedpam on 10/02/2014 13:39:20
Morning 
Comment by 
Raine on 10/02/2014 13:40:03
Raine on 10/02/2014 13:40:03
You know, THis morning I have been trying to write a blog about the Secret Service and I came across this story from May 10 of this year.
It is important not just for the main purpose of the story, but for this tidbit:
It is important not just for the main purpose of the story, but for this tidbit:
An alarming reminder of the potential for danger came in November 2011, weeks after Operation Moonlight had ended, when a man who said Obama “needed to be stopped†fired a semiautomatic assault rifle from his car on Constitution Avenue, just a few hundred yards south of the White House. The shots struck the exterior wall and window of the second floor of the family residence on the Truman Balcony, where Obama has been known to wander. The president and first lady were not home at the time; their daughters and Obama’s mother-in-law were.
Comment by 
Scoopster on 10/02/2014 13:42:55
Scoopster on 10/02/2014 13:42:55
Mornin' all.. 
How long before the GOP starts painting Obama as a danger to HIMSELF, not just everybody else?
How long before the GOP starts painting Obama as a danger to HIMSELF, not just everybody else?
Comment by Raine on 10/02/2014 13:44:58
Conservatives already are. Did you see the link I posted yesterday? let me go find it…
Raine on 10/02/2014 13:44:58
Quote by Scoopster:
Mornin' all..
How long before the GOP starts painting Obama as a danger to HIMSELF, not just everybody else?
Comment by Raine on 10/02/2014 13:48:45
Raine on 10/02/2014 13:48:45
here, Scoop: the original paragraph:
IT has been changed with an editors note (responsibly so.) to this:
Agents tell me it's a miracle an assassination has not already occurred. Sadly, given Obama's colossal lack of management judgment, that calamity may be the only catalyst that will reform the Secret Service.
IT has been changed with an editors note (responsibly so.) to this:
Agents tell me it’s a miracle an assassination has not already occurred. In typical Washington fashion, nothing gets reformed until a disaster happens. If anything unites Republicans and Democrats, it is that nobody wants to see a tragedy: We all just want the Secret Service fixed.
Editor’s note: Some readers have misinterpreted the original last line of Kessler’s article as somehow suggesting that the president should be held responsible in the event of his own assassination. That couldn't be further from the truth, and we’re sorry if anyone interpreted Kessler’s meaning in any other way.
Comment by Scoopster on 10/02/2014 14:29:52
Scoopster on 10/02/2014 14:29:52
Comment by 
BobR on 10/02/2014 14:45:34
Kessler is a douche.
BobR on 10/02/2014 14:45:34
Quote by Raine:
here, Scoop: the original paragraph:Agents tell me it's a miracle an assassination has not already occurred. Sadly, given Obama's colossal lack of management judgment, that calamity may be the only catalyst that will reform the Secret Service.
IT has been changed with an editors note (responsibly so.) to this:Agents tell me it’s a miracle an assassination has not already occurred. In typical Washington fashion, nothing gets reformed until a disaster happens. If anything unites Republicans and Democrats, it is that nobody wants to see a tragedy: We all just want the Secret Service fixed.
Editor’s note: Some readers have misinterpreted the original last line of Kessler’s article as somehow suggesting that the president should be held responsible in the event of his own assassination. That couldn't be further from the truth, and we’re sorry if anyone interpreted Kessler’s meaning in any other way.
Kessler is a douche.
Comment by Raine on 10/02/2014 14:48:29
Raine on 10/02/2014 14:48:29
OMG I LOVE JoAnna Worley!
Comment by wickedpam on 10/02/2014 14:49:22
some how it seems right that she has her own sound box
wickedpam on 10/02/2014 14:49:22
Quote by Raine:
OMG I LOVE JoAnna Worley!
some how it seems right that she has her own sound box
Comment by 
TriSec on 10/02/2014 14:55:58
TriSec on 10/02/2014 14:55:58
I half-expect the secret service to approve a drive through Dallas in an open car at this point.
Comment by 
Mondobubba on 10/02/2014 15:03:19
Too soon, Tri.
Mondobubba on 10/02/2014 15:03:19
Quote by TriSec:
I half-expect the secret service to approve a drive through Dallas in an open car at this point.
Too soon, Tri.
Comment by Will in Chicago on 10/02/2014 15:04:10
Will in Chicago on 10/02/2014 15:04:10
Good morning, bloggers!
I can offer a feature story from Rolling Stone: Inside the Koch Brothers' Toxic Empire.
I can offer a feature story from Rolling Stone: Inside the Koch Brothers' Toxic Empire.
Comment by Raine on 10/02/2014 15:04:39
Raine on 10/02/2014 15:04:39
Am I the only one that believes that the patient with Ebola was told to go home was because he had no insurance??
Comment by Raine on 10/02/2014 15:08:34
We we do too!
Raine on 10/02/2014 15:08:34
Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:
OMG I LOVE JoAnna Worley!
some how it seems right that she has her own sound box
Comment by Will in Chicago on 10/02/2014 15:15:22
I would not be surprised. An alien observer would have to ask if the worship of money is a major religion in this country.
Will in Chicago on 10/02/2014 15:15:22
Quote by Raine:
Am I the only one that believes that the patient with Ebola was told to go home was because he had no insurance??
I would not be surprised. An alien observer would have to ask if the worship of money is a major religion in this country.
Comment by Raine on 10/02/2014 15:22:06
This is there.
Raine on 10/02/2014 15:22:06
Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by TriSec:
I half-expect the secret service to approve a drive through Dallas in an open car at this point.
Too soon, Tri.
Comment by Mondobubba on 10/02/2014 15:27:31
Mondobubba on 10/02/2014 15:27:31
Hisssssssssssssssss! We hatess the database in a program called IC Business Manager! This is the software we use to record, listen to and do quality scores. It is taking well over 15 minutes to pull a record, which is calls recorded on a specific phone number. This not used by customer service, only by sales, so the database isn't all that large. WTF?
Comment by Mondobubba on 10/02/2014 15:31:08
Too soon.
Mondobubba on 10/02/2014 15:31:08
Quote by Raine:This is there.Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by TriSec:
I half-expect the secret service to approve a drive through Dallas in an open car at this point.
Too soon, Tri.
Too soon.
Comment by Will in Chicago on 10/02/2014 16:06:36
I am still very worried about the President and the First Family. It will take some time to get the Secret Service into shape.
Will in Chicago on 10/02/2014 16:06:36
Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by Raine:This is there.Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by TriSec:
I half-expect the secret service to approve a drive through Dallas in an open car at this point.
Too soon, Tri.
Too soon.
I am still very worried about the President and the First Family. It will take some time to get the Secret Service into shape.
Comment by Raine on 10/02/2014 16:23:08
It's out there.
I find it terrifying, to be honest, that it is out there. I hope this gets the Secret Service to get it's act together.
Raine on 10/02/2014 16:23:08
Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by Raine:This is there.Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by TriSec:
I half-expect the secret service to approve a drive through Dallas in an open car at this point.
Too soon, Tri.
Too soon.
I find it terrifying, to be honest, that it is out there. I hope this gets the Secret Service to get it's act together.
Comment by Raine on 10/02/2014 17:23:01
Raine on 10/02/2014 17:23:01
After reading this article. I am of the opinion that not only does management (upper and mid level non appointed staff) need to be replaced. Bongress needs to seriously up the funding for the Secret Service.
WTF.
Under her watch, the agency continued to suffer from systemic problems that went well beyond the embarrassment of the prostitution scandal. For instance, staffing shortÂages have grown so severe that the agency has had to fly in field agents from across the country for two-week temporary details, paying their travel, hotel and per-diem costs.
Pierson also rejected an internal study’s recommendations that the White House have a total of about 100 countersurveillance officers to patrol the perimeter of the complex. She suggested cutting the recommended number by a third. And Pierson had agreed to shrink key units in the agency, including the number of officers from the uniformed division who guard the White House complex.
In her 18 months in charge, Pierson also became the subject of derision among some lower-level agents for accommodating the White House staff’s wishes for less-cumbersome security over the warnings of her tactical teams.
In the spring, Pierson was irate at what she considered the excessive security measures her team had planned for the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, which Obama hosted this summer, demanding that it dismantle extra layers of fencing and reopen closed streets, according to two agency supervisors. Supervisors who had mapped out the security plan said they were taken aback when Pierson, who worked during high school at Walt Disney World as a costumed character and park attendant, said: “We need to be more like Disney World. We need to be more friendly, inviting.â€
WTF.
Comment by 
livingonli on 10/02/2014 17:24:18
livingonli on 10/02/2014 17:24:18
The right-wing is turning our country insane and stupid.
Comment by Raine on 10/02/2014 17:44:35
Raine on 10/02/2014 17:44:35
Comment by wickedpam on 10/02/2014 17:59:57
did you find one?
wickedpam on 10/02/2014 17:59:57
did you find one?
Comment by Raine on 10/02/2014 18:01:11
Nope.
There are about 40 left, and 3 of the 6 signed ones to be found.
Raine on 10/02/2014 18:01:11
Quote by wickedpam:
did you find one?
There are about 40 left, and 3 of the 6 signed ones to be found.
Comment by wickedpam on 10/02/2014 18:14:48
That's a lot still out there.
wickedpam on 10/02/2014 18:14:48
Quote by Raine:Nope.Quote by wickedpam:
did you find one?
There are about 40 left, and 3 of the 6 signed ones to be found.
That's a lot still out there.
Comment by livingonli on 10/02/2014 18:54:31
livingonli on 10/02/2014 18:54:31
Thom arguing with a Libertarian is like arguing with a brick wall.
Comment by Mondobubba on 10/02/2014 19:22:48
That is great! I want a gnome!
Mondobubba on 10/02/2014 19:22:48
That is great! I want a gnome!
Comment by Raine on 10/02/2014 19:31:56
I am heading to DuPont circle to meet a friend for dinner tonite, I will be looking!
Raine on 10/02/2014 19:31:56
Quote by Mondobubba:
That is great! I want a gnome!
Comment by Raine on 10/02/2014 19:32:44
yup.
Raine on 10/02/2014 19:32:44
Quote by livingonli:
Thom arguing with a Libertarian is like arguing with a brick wall.
Comment by Raine on 10/02/2014 19:36:38
Raine on 10/02/2014 19:36:38
Mondo: do you remember a missing case repot about 40 years ago about the Lyons sisters?
Comment by Raine on 10/02/2014 19:37:50
Raine on 10/02/2014 19:37:50
In other local breaking news: A judge has found Kashif Bashir not guilty by reason of insanity in the shooting of Alexandria police officer Peter Laboy in February 2013.
Comment by Raine on 10/02/2014 19:40:44
This case. (I had not heard of it) but apparently we are waiting for a news conference about this.
Raine on 10/02/2014 19:40:44
Quote by Raine:
Mondo: do you remember a missing case repot about 40 years ago about the Lyons sisters?
Comment by Mondobubba on 10/02/2014 20:09:46
But of course.
Mondobubba on 10/02/2014 20:09:46
Quote by Raine:
Mondo: do you remember a missing case repot about 40 years ago about the Lyons sisters?
But of course.
Comment by Mondobubba on 10/02/2014 20:12:56
Mondobubba on 10/02/2014 20:12:56
Raine, the Lyon sisters disappeared about 4 miles from the Mondo ancestral estate.
Comment by Raine on 10/02/2014 20:40:32
looks like they are going to open a grand jury to find the killer.
I have to head out, but I thought you might know and would like to follow the story.
Raine on 10/02/2014 20:40:32
Quote by Mondobubba:
Raine, the Lyon sisters disappeared about 4 miles from the Mondo ancestral estate.
I have to head out, but I thought you might know and would like to follow the story.