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Can't We All Just Get Along?
Author: BobR
Date: 12/03/2014 12:24:54
For the last four years, Republicans in Congress have worked hard at not working, and worked even harder to ensure that government doesn't work. After trying and failing to make President Obama a one-term president, they've ensured nothing of value made it to his desk for signature. They have been labeled the "Do Nothing Congress" and obstructionist. Naturally, they mostly got re-elected and then some.
The new House and Senate don't take over until mid-January, but already they are acting like they are in power. The House is taking a vote to prevent President Obama from acting on his Executive actions on immigration, because that's more important than - you know - passing the bipartisan Senate bill on immigration that they already have. At least they are going to pass a spending bill to keep the government from shutting down. Well hallelujah... I suppose they'll act like they deserve some praise for meeting minimum expectations. Participation ribbons all around!
Meanwhile, some House Republicans are thinking about cancelling the president's State of the Union address. It's doubtful they'd go through with it because it would be horrible PR, but it really shows how diseased the legislative body is. Over in the Senate, a jobs bill failed the absurd 60 votes needed to advance to a "regular" vote. The jobs bill would have spent $60B on infrastructure repair, something that is sorely needed even if we don't need to create the additional jobs. Our infrastructure is a metaphor for our Congress, or vice-versa.
While all of this is going on (or - more accurately - not going on), Iran is working with Iraq to combat ISIS. Yes - two mortal enemies are working together to eliminate a common foe, a foe who Republicans happen to consider a dire threat to the U.S. What makes this even more interesting is that they are using American Phantom jets left there from the 70s when the Shah was in power.
It certainly puts a certain perspective on things. If Iraq and Iran can put their differences aside and work together, why can't the Democrats and Republicans? (or the Republicans and Republicans?).
The new House and Senate don't take over until mid-January, but already they are acting like they are in power. The House is taking a vote to prevent President Obama from acting on his Executive actions on immigration, because that's more important than - you know - passing the bipartisan Senate bill on immigration that they already have. At least they are going to pass a spending bill to keep the government from shutting down. Well hallelujah... I suppose they'll act like they deserve some praise for meeting minimum expectations. Participation ribbons all around!
Meanwhile, some House Republicans are thinking about cancelling the president's State of the Union address. It's doubtful they'd go through with it because it would be horrible PR, but it really shows how diseased the legislative body is. Over in the Senate, a jobs bill failed the absurd 60 votes needed to advance to a "regular" vote. The jobs bill would have spent $60B on infrastructure repair, something that is sorely needed even if we don't need to create the additional jobs. Our infrastructure is a metaphor for our Congress, or vice-versa.
While all of this is going on (or - more accurately - not going on), Iran is working with Iraq to combat ISIS. Yes - two mortal enemies are working together to eliminate a common foe, a foe who Republicans happen to consider a dire threat to the U.S. What makes this even more interesting is that they are using American Phantom jets left there from the 70s when the Shah was in power.
It certainly puts a certain perspective on things. If Iraq and Iran can put their differences aside and work together, why can't the Democrats and Republicans? (or the Republicans and Republicans?).
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Comment by 
Mondobubba on 12/03/2014 13:34:34
Mondobubba on 12/03/2014 13:34:34
Hello all.
Comment by 
Raine on 12/03/2014 13:38:32
Good Morning!
Raine on 12/03/2014 13:38:32
Good Morning!
Comment by 
Scoopster on 12/03/2014 13:41:50
Scoopster on 12/03/2014 13:41:50
Mornin' all.. 
Abcde Santos. Girl's name. Discuss.
Abcde Santos. Girl's name. Discuss.
Comment by Mondobubba on 12/03/2014 13:46:04
You know, Iceland and New Zealand's name registry are starting to look pretty good.
Mondobubba on 12/03/2014 13:46:04
Quote by Scoopster:
Mornin' all..
Abcde Santos. Girl's name. Discuss.
You know, Iceland and New Zealand's name registry are starting to look pretty good.
Comment by Scoopster on 12/03/2014 13:50:47
This one's also related. As you can imagine, I'm less put off by the story than the girl's name.
Scoopster on 12/03/2014 13:50:47
Quote by Mondobubba:
What prompted Scoop's post.
This one's also related. As you can imagine, I'm less put off by the story than the girl's name.
Comment by 
wickedpam on 12/03/2014 13:57:38
wickedpam on 12/03/2014 13:57:38
Morning 
Comment by 
TriSec on 12/03/2014 14:24:23
TriSec on 12/03/2014 14:24:23
This is why we named Javier after his ancestors. Although we had discussed using the Basque spelling of 'Xabier', which is pronounced the same. except in English, so we didn't.
Comment by wickedpam on 12/03/2014 14:32:45
wickedpam on 12/03/2014 14:32:45
Hey Scoop, did you see my Skyrim question from yesterday?
Comment by Mondobubba on 12/03/2014 15:02:18
I would have thought it Zah-bier. But you know, Basque.
Mondobubba on 12/03/2014 15:02:18
Quote by TriSec:
This is why we named Javier after his ancestors. Although we had discussed using the Basque spelling of 'Xabier', which is pronounced the same. except in English, so we didn't.
I would have thought it Zah-bier. But you know, Basque.
Comment by Scoopster on 12/03/2014 15:03:57
Oooh no I didn't I was MIA from yesterday's bloggie. Skyrim (and the rest of the Elder Scrolls series) is a first-person Fantasy RPG.
Scoopster on 12/03/2014 15:03:57
Quote by wickedpam:
Hey Scoop, did you see my Skyrim question from yesterday?
Oooh no I didn't I was MIA from yesterday's bloggie. Skyrim (and the rest of the Elder Scrolls series) is a first-person Fantasy RPG.
Comment by wickedpam on 12/03/2014 15:08:59
Like FF or more like a shooter style? Looking for new games from my 360, well new to me that is
wickedpam on 12/03/2014 15:08:59
Quote by Scoopster:Quote by wickedpam:
Hey Scoop, did you see my Skyrim question from yesterday?
Oooh no I didn't I was MIA from yesterday's bloggie. Skyrim (and the rest of the Elder Scrolls series) is a first-person Fantasy RPG.
Like FF or more like a shooter style? Looking for new games from my 360, well new to me that is
Comment by wickedpam on 12/03/2014 15:12:26
wickedpam on 12/03/2014 15:12:26
Did the show just going into best of?
Comment by Scoopster on 12/03/2014 15:14:13
The POV is similar to a shooter yes. If you've played Fallout 3/NV or Bioshock it's kinda like that. Tho you can change the view to overhead so that it's wider similar to FF or Diablo's real-time fight view.
Scoopster on 12/03/2014 15:14:13
Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Scoopster:Quote by wickedpam:
Hey Scoop, did you see my Skyrim question from yesterday?
Oooh no I didn't I was MIA from yesterday's bloggie. Skyrim (and the rest of the Elder Scrolls series) is a first-person Fantasy RPG.
Like FF or more like a shooter style? Looking for new games from my 360, well new to me that is
The POV is similar to a shooter yes. If you've played Fallout 3/NV or Bioshock it's kinda like that. Tho you can change the view to overhead so that it's wider similar to FF or Diablo's real-time fight view.
Comment by 
BobR on 12/03/2014 15:20:50
BobR on 12/03/2014 15:20:50
gamer talk... 
Comment by Mondobubba on 12/03/2014 15:22:26
Bob has Microsoft done anything to help prevent recursion in nested stored procedures in the latest version of SQL Server?
Mondobubba on 12/03/2014 15:22:26
Quote by BobR:
gamer talk...
Bob has Microsoft done anything to help prevent recursion in nested stored procedures in the latest version of SQL Server?
Comment by wickedpam on 12/03/2014 15:24:07
Haven't played any of those - games that look like they have guns I stay away from. They make me edgy. Tried to play a horror game once (Silent Hill I think) it made me so stressed I couldn't continue.
But since you can change POV that sounds better. So if I like FF I'll like Skyrim? Any female player characters?
wickedpam on 12/03/2014 15:24:07
Quote by Scoopster:Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Scoopster:Quote by wickedpam:
Hey Scoop, did you see my Skyrim question from yesterday?
Oooh no I didn't I was MIA from yesterday's bloggie. Skyrim (and the rest of the Elder Scrolls series) is a first-person Fantasy RPG.
Like FF or more like a shooter style? Looking for new games from my 360, well new to me that is
The POV is similar to a shooter yes. If you've played Fallout 3/NV or Bioshock it's kinda like that. Tho you can change the view to overhead so that it's wider similar to FF or Diablo's real-time fight view.
Haven't played any of those - games that look like they have guns I stay away from. They make me edgy. Tried to play a horror game once (Silent Hill I think) it made me so stressed I couldn't continue.
But since you can change POV that sounds better. So if I like FF I'll like Skyrim? Any female player characters?
Comment by wickedpam on 12/03/2014 15:26:13
Sorry, Scoop is my goto gamer guy
wickedpam on 12/03/2014 15:26:13
Quote by BobR:
gamer talk...
Sorry, Scoop is my goto gamer guy
Comment by Raine on 12/03/2014 15:27:49
Raine on 12/03/2014 15:27:49
Why is the Show airing a re-run? ?
Comment by Scoopster on 12/03/2014 15:29:38
That I am not sure of. I've actually never played Skyrim!
Scoopster on 12/03/2014 15:29:38
Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Scoopster:Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Scoopster:Quote by wickedpam:
Hey Scoop, did you see my Skyrim question from yesterday?
Oooh no I didn't I was MIA from yesterday's bloggie. Skyrim (and the rest of the Elder Scrolls series) is a first-person Fantasy RPG.
Like FF or more like a shooter style? Looking for new games from my 360, well new to me that is
The POV is similar to a shooter yes. If you've played Fallout 3/NV or Bioshock it's kinda like that. Tho you can change the view to overhead so that it's wider similar to FF or Diablo's real-time fight view.
Haven't played any of those - games that look like they have guns I stay away from. They make me edgy. Tried to play a horror game once (Silent Hill I think) it made me so stressed I couldn't continue.
But since you can change POV that sounds better. So if I like FF I'll like Skyrim? Any female player characters?
That I am not sure of. I've actually never played Skyrim!
Comment by Raine on 12/03/2014 15:29:47
Raine on 12/03/2014 15:29:47
Oh no….
Hey everyone... Producer Chris here... Steph got very, very sick during the top of the 10am ET / 7am PT hour and had to leave, so we had to put on a Best-Of. We will keep you posted. Sorry about that.
Comment by BobR on 12/03/2014 15:32:40
Recursion is a valid programming technique if used correctly.
BobR on 12/03/2014 15:32:40
Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by BobR:
gamer talk...
Bob has Microsoft done anything to help prevent recursion in nested stored procedures in the latest version of SQL Server?
Recursion is a valid programming technique if used correctly.
Comment by wickedpam on 12/03/2014 15:32:57
oh noes!
wickedpam on 12/03/2014 15:32:57
Quote by Scoopster:Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Scoopster:Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Scoopster:Quote by wickedpam:
Hey Scoop, did you see my Skyrim question from yesterday?
Oooh no I didn't I was MIA from yesterday's bloggie. Skyrim (and the rest of the Elder Scrolls series) is a first-person Fantasy RPG.
Like FF or more like a shooter style? Looking for new games from my 360, well new to me that is
The POV is similar to a shooter yes. If you've played Fallout 3/NV or Bioshock it's kinda like that. Tho you can change the view to overhead so that it's wider similar to FF or Diablo's real-time fight view.
Haven't played any of those - games that look like they have guns I stay away from. They make me edgy. Tried to play a horror game once (Silent Hill I think) it made me so stressed I couldn't continue.
But since you can change POV that sounds better. So if I like FF I'll like Skyrim? Any female player characters?
That I am not sure of. I've actually never played Skyrim!
oh noes!
Comment by Mondobubba on 12/03/2014 15:40:41
Just spoke to my go-to gamer chick. Here is what she said:
They're completely customizable
alisvolatile: you can be a female character
alisvolatile: you can be a female cat person the khajit
alisvolatile: you can be a female lizard person, the argonians
alisvolatile: i was a lady bosmer archer
short answer, yes
alisvolatile: you can be whatever you want to be!
alisvolatile: the elder scrolls games are 100% about you doing whatever the hell you want to do
alisvolatile: i once did a playthrough for just my after retail job shifts
alisvolatile: where i ran around as a cat person and punched the wildlife to death
alisvolatile: and ate their flesh raw
alisvolatile: it was very cathartic
alisvolatile: got about 10 hours in
alisvolatile: just running and punching
Mondobubba on 12/03/2014 15:40:41
Quote by Scoopster:Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Scoopster:Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Scoopster:Quote by wickedpam:
Hey Scoop, did you see my Skyrim question from yesterday?
Oooh no I didn't I was MIA from yesterday's bloggie. Skyrim (and the rest of the Elder Scrolls series) is a first-person Fantasy RPG.
Like FF or more like a shooter style? Looking for new games from my 360, well new to me that is
The POV is similar to a shooter yes. If you've played Fallout 3/NV or Bioshock it's kinda like that. Tho you can change the view to overhead so that it's wider similar to FF or Diablo's real-time fight view.
Haven't played any of those - games that look like they have guns I stay away from. They make me edgy. Tried to play a horror game once (Silent Hill I think) it made me so stressed I couldn't continue.
But since you can change POV that sounds better. So if I like FF I'll like Skyrim? Any female player characters?
That I am not sure of. I've actually never played Skyrim!
Just spoke to my go-to gamer chick. Here is what she said:
They're completely customizable
alisvolatile: you can be a female character
alisvolatile: you can be a female cat person the khajit
alisvolatile: you can be a female lizard person, the argonians
alisvolatile: i was a lady bosmer archer
short answer, yes
alisvolatile: you can be whatever you want to be!
alisvolatile: the elder scrolls games are 100% about you doing whatever the hell you want to do
alisvolatile: i once did a playthrough for just my after retail job shifts
alisvolatile: where i ran around as a cat person and punched the wildlife to death
alisvolatile: and ate their flesh raw
alisvolatile: it was very cathartic
alisvolatile: got about 10 hours in
alisvolatile: just running and punching
Comment by wickedpam on 12/03/2014 15:44:40
hahahaha
That's awesome - I may have to give this one a try.
wickedpam on 12/03/2014 15:44:40
Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by Scoopster:Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Scoopster:Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Scoopster:Quote by wickedpam:
Hey Scoop, did you see my Skyrim question from yesterday?
Oooh no I didn't I was MIA from yesterday's bloggie. Skyrim (and the rest of the Elder Scrolls series) is a first-person Fantasy RPG.
Like FF or more like a shooter style? Looking for new games from my 360, well new to me that is
The POV is similar to a shooter yes. If you've played Fallout 3/NV or Bioshock it's kinda like that. Tho you can change the view to overhead so that it's wider similar to FF or Diablo's real-time fight view.
Haven't played any of those - games that look like they have guns I stay away from. They make me edgy. Tried to play a horror game once (Silent Hill I think) it made me so stressed I couldn't continue.
But since you can change POV that sounds better. So if I like FF I'll like Skyrim? Any female player characters?
That I am not sure of. I've actually never played Skyrim!
Just spoke to my go-to gamer chick. Here is what she said:
They're completely customizable
alisvolatile: you can be a female character
alisvolatile: you can be a female cat person the khajit
alisvolatile: you can be a female lizard person, the argonians
alisvolatile: i was a lady bosmer archer
short answer, yes
alisvolatile: you can be whatever you want to be!
alisvolatile: the elder scrolls games are 100% about you doing whatever the hell you want to do
alisvolatile: i once did a playthrough for just my after retail job shifts
alisvolatile: where i ran around as a cat person and punched the wildlife to death
alisvolatile: and ate their flesh raw
alisvolatile: it was very cathartic
alisvolatile: got about 10 hours in
alisvolatile: just running and punching
hahahaha
That's awesome - I may have to give this one a try.
Comment by Mondobubba on 12/03/2014 15:48:43
Alice is the best! She is a total feminist gamer straight shooter. I go to her with almost all my gaming questions.
Mondobubba on 12/03/2014 15:48:43
Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by Scoopster:Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Scoopster:Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Scoopster:Quote by wickedpam:
Hey Scoop, did you see my Skyrim question from yesterday?
Oooh no I didn't I was MIA from yesterday's bloggie. Skyrim (and the rest of the Elder Scrolls series) is a first-person Fantasy RPG.
Like FF or more like a shooter style? Looking for new games from my 360, well new to me that is
The POV is similar to a shooter yes. If you've played Fallout 3/NV or Bioshock it's kinda like that. Tho you can change the view to overhead so that it's wider similar to FF or Diablo's real-time fight view.
Haven't played any of those - games that look like they have guns I stay away from. They make me edgy. Tried to play a horror game once (Silent Hill I think) it made me so stressed I couldn't continue.
But since you can change POV that sounds better. So if I like FF I'll like Skyrim? Any female player characters?
That I am not sure of. I've actually never played Skyrim!
Just spoke to my go-to gamer chick. Here is what she said:
They're completely customizable
alisvolatile: you can be a female character
alisvolatile: you can be a female cat person the khajit
alisvolatile: you can be a female lizard person, the argonians
alisvolatile: i was a lady bosmer archer
short answer, yes
alisvolatile: you can be whatever you want to be!
alisvolatile: the elder scrolls games are 100% about you doing whatever the hell you want to do
alisvolatile: i once did a playthrough for just my after retail job shifts
alisvolatile: where i ran around as a cat person and punched the wildlife to death
alisvolatile: and ate their flesh raw
alisvolatile: it was very cathartic
alisvolatile: got about 10 hours in
alisvolatile: just running and punching
hahahaha
Alice is the best! She is a total feminist gamer straight shooter. I go to her with almost all my gaming questions.
Comment by wickedpam on 12/03/2014 15:51:25
wickedpam on 12/03/2014 15:51:25
Mondo - That's cool
Comment by Mondobubba on 12/03/2014 16:01:17
She is all kinds of amazing. I have made some great friends at work. Nerdy & progressive.
Mondobubba on 12/03/2014 16:01:17
Quote by wickedpam:
Mondo - That's cool
She is all kinds of amazing. I have made some great friends at work. Nerdy & progressive.
Comment by wickedpam on 12/03/2014 16:39:22
She sounds great, I'd love to have more geeky progessives at work.
wickedpam on 12/03/2014 16:39:22
Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by wickedpam:
Mondo - That's cool
She is all kinds of amazing. I have made some great friends at work. Nerdy & progressive.
She sounds great, I'd love to have more geeky progessives at work.
Comment by Mondobubba on 12/03/2014 16:48:40
I eat lunch with a bunch of them. Well one isn't progressive, but he is all kinds of geeky.
Mondobubba on 12/03/2014 16:48:40
Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by wickedpam:
Mondo - That's cool
She is all kinds of amazing. I have made some great friends at work. Nerdy & progressive.
She sounds great, I'd love to have more geeky progessives at work.
I eat lunch with a bunch of them. Well one isn't progressive, but he is all kinds of geeky.
Comment by wickedpam on 12/03/2014 17:22:45
That makes up for it
wickedpam on 12/03/2014 17:22:45
Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by wickedpam:
Mondo - That's cool
She is all kinds of amazing. I have made some great friends at work. Nerdy & progressive.
She sounds great, I'd love to have more geeky progessives at work.
I eat lunch with a bunch of them. Well one isn't progressive, but he is all kinds of geeky.
That makes up for it
Comment by Scoopster on 12/03/2014 18:01:41
Scoopster on 12/03/2014 18:01:41
Federal Court issues stay of execution of a mentally ill man by Texas.
About damn time someone stepped in to stop this madness.
About damn time someone stepped in to stop this madness.
Comment by Raine on 12/03/2014 18:47:04
Raine on 12/03/2014 18:47:04
Comment by 
livingonli on 12/03/2014 19:07:35
livingonli on 12/03/2014 19:07:35
Good day, folks! Went to bed too late again, but at least I am off today.
Comment by Raine on 12/03/2014 19:37:11
Hey Liv! how was your turkey day?
Raine on 12/03/2014 19:37:11
Quote by livingonli:
Good day, folks! Went to bed too late again, but at least I am off today.
Hey Liv! how was your turkey day?
Comment by livingonli on 12/03/2014 19:38:19
Quiet, I worked but there was nothing going on, so it was easy OT even if we were on a skeleton crew.
livingonli on 12/03/2014 19:38:19
Quote by Raine:Quote by livingonli:
Good day, folks! Went to bed too late again, but at least I am off today.
Hey Liv! how was your turkey day?
Quiet, I worked but there was nothing going on, so it was easy OT even if we were on a skeleton crew.
Comment by 
trojanrabbit on 12/03/2014 20:15:46
You expected anything different?
trojanrabbit on 12/03/2014 20:15:46
Quote by Raine:
This is not good news. No charges in the Eric Garner death.
You expected anything different?
Comment by Raine on 12/03/2014 20:21:42
Expectations are different than hope.
Raine on 12/03/2014 20:21:42
Quote by trojanrabbit:Quote by Raine:
This is not good news. No charges in the Eric Garner death.
You expected anything different?
Expectations are different than hope.
Comment by Raine on 12/03/2014 20:23:42
Raine on 12/03/2014 20:23:42
In other news, can we use this forever against everyone who thinks Ran d Paul is Anti war?
I Am looking at you Code Pink.
I Am looking at you Code Pink.
Comment by Mondobubba on 12/03/2014 21:04:58
The Code Pink vist was almost 2 years ago.
Mondobubba on 12/03/2014 21:04:58
Quote by Raine:
In other news, can we use this forever against everyone who thinks Ran d Paul is Anti war?
I Am looking at you Code Pink.
The Code Pink vist was almost 2 years ago.
Comment by Raine on 12/03/2014 22:10:46
I don't care.
They stood with this fool for his stupid ass filibuster over drones and acted like he was the chosen one.
Raine on 12/03/2014 22:10:46
Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by Raine:
In other news, can we use this forever against everyone who thinks Ran d Paul is Anti war?
I Am looking at you Code Pink.
The Code Pink vist was almost 2 years ago.
They stood with this fool for his stupid ass filibuster over drones and acted like he was the chosen one.