“House bill would force HHS to prescribe exercise guidelines ‘for all Americans'”

Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis

No thanks.It’s enough to expect me to show up for the Two Minutes Hate.

in my version we were to be told we needed to participate in mandatory, government-run morning calisthenics

What makes you think that ain’t happening?

So what if 6079 Smith W. doesn’t want to stay within sight of the telescreen while the instructress goes through the morning routine?

Does horsewhipping professinal busybodies count as exercise?

I wouldn’t worry about it.This week I learned from my congressmen that the purpose of having laws against official malfeasance is after it does to Make Sure Official Malfeasance Never Happens Again™.

I admitted to them I hadn’t known this and I thanked them profusely.A tax dollar well spent, I say.

QED.

Proportionally, in a country with a $1,000,000,000,000 Department of Health and Human Services, surely the purpose of Official Guidelines can’t ever, ever, ever be to be Official Guidelines.

At least not before the DHHS militarizes.

Tangetially related but mostly OT:

ESPN is reporting that wrestling has won a reprieve and has a shot at inclusion in the 2020 Olympic games

Fake Indian Liz Warren Endorses Michelle Obama’s Biceps

For heavens sake, newrouter, have you no pity? What about a trigger alert there? I’ve just eaten.

How about they start by implementing these guidelines for federal employees and see how it goes? Wait – first get all Congressman to personally agree to follow the guideline and then going forward provide proof that they’ve followed them in an annual report.

Added benefit:they can totally solve unemployment by assigning each of us our very own federal exercise monitor.

Ugh. Is there no escape from Michelle’s arms? I sear there’s some sort of MSM quota for fawning comments about her arms, and Michelle seems to own no dresses with sleeves.

Libby says May 29, 2013 at 2:14 pm

Ugh. Is there no escape from Michelle’s arms?

There is probably a government metaphor in there somewhere.

– It dould be worse Libby. Think what you’d have to endure if they focused on another vastly more prominent part of her anatomy.

Michelle’s arms aren’t all that.Many of the photos of her fab arms are photoshopped.If you’ve ever seen film of her applauding or otherwise moving her arms rapidly, she has definite bingo wings.

Plus, she does girl push-ups.I’ll bet our Carin, who does Marine style push-ups and pull-ups could leave her in a puddle of sweat and still run a mile or five.

BBH, we can’t escape her caboose, either. She likes to don her workout pants and jump around at every opportunity – with kids, on TV, etc. Put it all away, lady, you’re no longer young and not nearly as fit as you think you are.

leigh says May 29, 2013 at 2:26 pm
Plus, she does girl push-ups.

It’s all I can do to compete with my wife in real push-ups. I know she can crank out at least 30. She’d probably show up the first lady or smoker-in-chief.

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It’s a Tax!

– I braved the Carey presser today in which he does a one hour immitation of a National Geographic special on fern growth in Kenya. Dude can talk endlessly and never say anything, or worse his answers are what you would expect if he were talking to a room full of children.

– Example: One reporter asked if there was a reason the meeting between Bumblefuck and the Chinese delegation was taking place in Cal instead of the WH. Prominent among his non-answers was “Cal is closer to Asia”.

– At the very end a Russian correspondent let slip that apparently Putin had sent a scathing letter to Waffle ears telling him to back off in Syria. Of course Carney did his best Coronel Clink “I know nothing” bit, and the guy followed up by basically asking him what gives us the right to interfer in a soveriegn countries business, don’t we believe in international laws and soveriegnty, ect. Carney mumbled something and ran off.

– Theres a silent war going on behind the scenes, Bumblefuck tries for his “no-fly” zone, and Putin counters by giving Assad lots of long range ground to air missles to fuck up any notions of a no-fly zone enforcement.

What do you have to do to understand what it’s like to live in prison?

Wait.

What do you have to do to understand what it’s like to live in prison?

Wait.

Ironically, I predict that those who live the lives of criminals will have the most freedom.

Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis cont.

Confirmed: Florida Schools Take Eye Scans of Children Without Parents’ Permission

We’ll probably be seeing more of those activity-monitoring bracelets for schoolkids, too. To make sure they’re meeting the health guidelines, right?

Thank God my youngest only has two more years of high school.

If my kid came home with a monitoring bracelet, first thing I’d do is take him to the hardware store and put the thing in a paint mixer.

Does horsewhipping professional busybodies count as exercise?

No, but recreational overseering does.

one-hour immitation of a National Geographic special on fern growth in Kenya

OBJECTION!

The National Geographic special would teach you the difference between a seed and a spore, and you’d get bonus time-laps video of fern fiddleheads unfurling.

Comparison FAIL!

– I’m going to assume you’d remove the bracelet first Squid.

– Lying about lying, with a straight face. These people truly have no shame.

Coronel Clink “I know nothing” bit,

Sgt. Shultz.

MeTV is doing promos for “Hogan’s Heroes,” featuring various clips of the good sergeant’s famous line. “The Original Show about Nothing,” they call it.

– I always get Klinck and Shultz mixed up. Its been so many years.

– Didn’t the guy that played Hogen end up croaking in some bizarre sexual accident with some BDSM buddies or something?

If my kid came home with a monitoring bracelet, first thing I’d do is take him to the hardware store and put the thing in a paint mixer.

I’m thinking the U.S. incarnation of Angle Grinder Man may be due to appear at some point.

Bob Crane led a sad, degenerate life, yes. I don’t know all the details nor do I care to. Jeff himself couldn’t come up with such stuff.

Bob Crane was murdered in Arizona motel 20 years ago.Still unsolved.

My kid’s non-school activity and sleep patterns are none of their d@mn business (http://tinyurl.com/nwekjkx). Same goes for any other personal intrusions, such as retinal scans or ID badges that can be used to track his movements. Public schools are getting creepy.

BBH – Bob Crane was a kinky guy at least by 20th century standards – it was depicted in the movie “Auto Focus”.

“House bill would force HHS to prescribe exercise guidelines ‘for all Americans’”

Are HHS bureaucrats Americans?Because I imagine the majority of them are desk-bound and pastry-stuffed.They need our help!So, let’s use them as a pilot program and see how it works out.

If it does, we could expand it to the rest of federal government.If that all works out then… they can still fuck off.

– Ok. I’m convinced the decision to scuttle Holder was made by the inside MSM click and leaked through HuffPoop. They would go to their graves rather than speak truth about Bumblefuck and any of His Luftwaffen SS stormtroops, but in Holders case they said he should go days ago, probably because they’re afraid the heat is getting too close to fearless leader, and now they’re getting fed updates on an hourly/ daily basis. So apparently the “leaking” works both ways, but we already knew that with the Bin Laden end zone dance.

Too dumb to check: Holder’s huddle with media on press freedoms will be … off the record; Update: NYT to boycott; Update: DNC spokesman whines at NYT

Jake Tapper Jake TapperVerified account ?@jaketapper

this is actually the spokesman for the Democratic National Committee > https://twitter.com/woodhouseb/status/339856448928489473 …

OT:I just made the following comment on the SRO show, and it got read “on air”:

Comment From cranky-d
Boehner wants all tea party types out, they get in the way of him increasing the power of the state

Bret read the first part, but changed the last part to “getting in the way of where he is.”

Official policy?

levin said about the same a few minutes ago the cranky one

I’ve had two other comments read to the online audience, but I think this will be the last one.

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who is bret?

who is bret?

It’s Wednesday, so guessing the Special Report online after the show show hosted by Bret Baier

thank you

Correct, sdferr.

I like how Bret Baier has not backed off on Benghazi, but this little incident gives me pause.

Maybe it was just too kooky-sounding to read out loud.They aren’t where we are yet, and may never get there.

fox news is under attack so no need to give baracky any ammo

Is there a salient distinction between a hypothetical Boehner aim to increase (or maintain) his own power on the one hand (“where he is” as Baier puts it) and a hypothetical Boehner aim to increase the power of the state as such? In a sense, I doubt Boehner would be all that dedicated or committed on a theoretical basis to increasing the power of the state for the sake of increasing the power of the state, whereas it’s easy to see how he could ignore the theoretical implications of actions that increase or maintain his own power which just happen to also increase the power of the state concomitantly. But I don’t know.

Chris Davis just donged his 18th. God I hate our starting pitching.

well the orangeman is the “loyal” opposition no?

In my mind there is no difference between increasing the power of Senators and increasing the power of the state.Boehner may not see it that way, but he is a man of limited vision.

i wonder sometimes what stuff baracky has on the orangeman. you win an historical shellacking of the party in power and you act like a lap dog.

Imagine Boehner acting to increase the power of the state (over-against the power of the sovereign people we mean, taking power away from them) which action he sees resulting in the detriment of his own power. It’s hard to think he would take that action. But that’s what increasing the power of the state for its own sake would entail.

I forgot that I’m just supposed to snark.I slipped again.

Ryan Zimmerman just hit his third homer in the game off Tillman (and it’s only the 5th inn.). Hate the starting pitching with a vengeance. They fucking stink.

All that matters to me are results.Boehner increases the power of the state with his actions.I don’t give a damn what his motives are.

I’m watching hockey.I cannot get interested in baseball until after the all-star break.That’s when I’ll know how bad the Twins will do in the remainder of the season.

That’s true cranky-d, from our point of view, it’s the end state that screws us. But the other thing (motive) is still a difference [is all I’m getting at], which, from Baier’s point of view, could potentially explain his changing your sense.

I’m willing to bet the Twins get a win tonight, cranky.

I agree, sdferr.I knew what I meant, but I guess it wasn’t obvious.I hate being wrong.

If the Twins were playing the Padres (my birthtown team) I might agree they will win.However, I’ve seen them blow good leads many times.

In any case, the Blackhawks beat the Wild, so they had better beat Detroit.Otherwise, I will shake my fist impotently at the teevee screen.

Added benefit: they can totally solve unemployment by assigning each of us our very own federal exercise monitor.

You know, as long as you’re burning all those calories anyway, you might as well be generating some power….which we could meter.

#CommonsenseSolutions

#VoteMatrixForABetterTomorrow

Reps. Ron Kind (D-Wis.) and Aaron Schock (R-Ill.) proposed their Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Act, H.R. 2179, in an effort to help promote healthy exercise habits, especially among schoolchildren.

I gotta wonder, are these the same schmucks that want to prevent kids from working on the family farm until they’re eighteen?

I think a good use of young peoples time, exercise wise,would be to check out our political leaders lives, kids included, reporter like, to see if they practice what they preach.

Like this:

A 6-minute hidden camera video investigation highlights the hypocrisy of California legislators’ views on homelessness and the growing threat to the Fourth Amendment from the Department of Homeland Security

They must really hate O’Keefe at this point…

Oh sweet, Davey Johnson pitched to Chris Davis (3 for 3 so far) with a man on second, one out and first base open. So Davis hits his 19th tater. Thanks, Davey!

The Montreal Expos have always been a troubled team.

I blame the bi-lingualism, only now it’s bureau-speak vs. English.

Ah well, Buck returns the favor, calling Jim Johnson out to pitch the ninth. Stengel would probably wonder, can’t anybody here manage this game?

The Bucs won again, so I got that going for me.

Reading these boring comments about baseball certainly beats actually watching the thing!

For me, others may feel differently of course…

I watch it for the bench-clearing brawls when my hockey team isn’t playing and they’ve started charging to watching boxing.

It’s kinda funny ESPN is frontpaging a pic of the Blackhawks-Redwings with Brouwer gettin’ a hug from a babyToews in it.

And it doesn’t look the least bit gay.The homophobes.

They do hug a lot in hockey.

Hmmm.

}It seems senseless to require the greengrocer to declare his loyalty publicly. But it makes sense nevertheless. People ignore his slogan, but they do so because such slogans are also found in other shop windows, on lampposts, bulletin boards, in apartment windows, and on buildings; they are everywhere, in fact. They form part of the panorama of everyday life. Of course, while they ignore the details, people are very aware of that panorama as a whole. And what else is the greengrocer’s slogan but a small component in that huge backdrop to daily life?

{13}The greengrocer had to put the slogan in his window, therefore, not in the hope that someone might read it or be persuaded by it, but to contribute, along with thousands of other slogans, to the panorama that everyone is very much aware of. This panorama, of course, has a subliminal meaning as well: it reminds people where they are living and what is expected of them. It tells them what everyone else is doing, and indicates to them what they must do as well, if they don’t want to be excluded, to fall into isolation, alienate themselves from society, break the rules of the game, and risk the loss of their peace and tranquility and security. . . .

{14}Let us now imagine that one day something in our greengrocer snaps and he stops putting up the slogans merely to ingratiate himself. He stops voting in elections he knows are a farce. He begins to say what he really thinks at political meetings. And he even finds the strength in himself to express solidarity with those whom his conscience commands him to support. In this revolt the greengrocer steps out of living within the lie. He rejects the ritual and breaks the rules of the game. He discovers once more his suppressed identity and dignity. He gives his freedom a concrete significance. His revolt is an attempt to live within the truth

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“I always get Klinck and Shultz mixed up. Its been so many years.”

If I’m not mistaken, all of the Nazis on HH were played by Jewish actors, most (maybe all)of whom had escaped from Germany.

Not relevant to anything under discussion; just a weird factoid.

“For me, others may feel differently of course…”

Paint dry yet?

SBP,

Most of the German characters were played by German- or Austrian-Jewish actors, though not all. Werner Klemperer (Col Klink) was the son of world-famous orchestra conductor Otto Klemperer, who left Germany in 1933 to escape the Nazis, even though he’d converted to Catholicism early in life (apparently, he knew even then it wouldn’t save him). John Banner (Sgt Schultz)and Leon Askin (Gen Burkhalter) left Austria for the US in 1938 and 1940. Howard Caine (Maj Hochstetter) was Jewish (real name Cohen), but American, born in Nashville.

Robert Clary (Cpl LeBeau) is actually a concentration camp survivor.

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