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(120 posts) Mon Jul 23, 2012, 10:03 AM Jul 2012

The DUzy Awards for Friday, July 20th, 2012

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[center][font size=7]WELCOME to the DUZY AWARDS![/font][/center]

Welcome, sleepyheads, to a very special episode of The DUzy Awards, starring Tyler Perry as Dr. Cliff Huxtable, Tyler Perry as Engineer Brett, Tyler Perry as Sgt. Phil Fish, and Tyler Perry as Lt. Tawny Madison. Special guest Tyler Perry stars as Punky Brewster.

How it works:

You see a funny post and you want to put it in contention. Great! Send a private-message to “The DUzy Awards” and include a link to the original post and the # of the reply you want to nominate, and then copy-and-paste the OP and the nominated post into the message. That’s in case of a self-deletion or an edit or something.

If a member’s name is in [font color=#800080]purple text[/font], then that member has won a DUzy for the week.

If text is in [font color=#FF0000]red italicized text[/font] that’s a comment from me.

All past DU3 DUzies are in this account’s Journal for your enjoyment. If you want the older ones, go find JeffR’s Journal on DU2… if you can!!! Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha!

[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by blm
[font size=+1] WHAT did Romney know about federal program that insured pension funds and WHEN did he know it?[/font]
The corpmedia and many in the left media are missing one of the major points of the story - INSURANCE FRAUD.

When Romney underfunded GS Industries pension fund by $44 million and taxpayers ended up being billed for it through the federal program that insured these pension funds, he likely knew he could plunder the assets that should have been used for pensions and no one would dare call him out for insurance fraud.

So...we need to keep pressuring for this answer.

WHAT did Mitt Romney know about the federal program that insured pension funds of bankrupted companies and WHEN did he know it?

No doubt in my mind that Romney and others have committed INSURANCE FRAUD..... paid for by American workers' taxes.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-15/romney-s-bain-yielded-private-gains-socialized-losses.html

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There are many other examples of this debt-fueled strategy. In the two years following the acquisition in 1993 of GS Industries, a steel mill, for $8 million, Bain Capital increased the company’s debt to $378 million on operating income of less than a 10th of that amount. Some of this was used to pay Bain Capital a $36 million dividend in 1994. That degree of leverage was excessive in light of the cyclicality and capital-intensive nature of the steel industry.

By the time the company went bankrupt in 2001, it owed $554 million in debt against assets valued at $395 million. Many creditors lost money, and 750 workers lost their jobs. The U.S. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., which insures company retirement plans, determined in 2002 that GS had underfunded its pension by $44 million and had to step in to cover the shortfall.
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It's the INSURANCE FRAUD, stupid!

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF] Kalidurga
[font size=+1] 2. Now you just have to figure out how to put that info on a bumper sticker [/font]
because that is the attention span of the people that support Romney.
[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] JHB [/font]
[font size=+1] 15. Romney Shorted Employee Pensions and all I got... [/font]
...was this lousy bill for it. (Uncle Sam)

GD, 16 Jul 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002957530

[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by Playinghardball
[font size=+1] And she's on the Intelligence Committee??[/font]
Amazing!

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] 11 Bravo [/font]
[font size=+1] 3. Well, to be fair, there is no "Complete Fucking Idiot" committee. [/font]

GD, 20 Jul 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002984498

[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by 2ndAmForComputers
[font size=+1] 2ndAmForComputers[/font]
Pro tip:
If you hide an opinion of mine, it just means that opinion is further solidified. That means, I now think a harder version of what was in the hidden post.

That is all.

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF] scarletwoman
[font size=+1] 3. I'm curious. At what, exactly, do you consider yourself to be a "pro"? [/font]
[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF] 2ndAmForComputers
[font size=+1] 5. Being an evil and despicable soldier of Satan, of course. [/font]
[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] scarletwoman [/font]
[font size=+1] 7. Name-dropping fails to impress. [/font]

M-D, 13 Jul 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1240123422

[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]Original post by [font color=#800080] ProSense [/font]
[font size=+1] Romney's new official campaign photo [/font]

GD, 15 Jul 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002954694

[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]Original post by [font color=#800080] ProSense [/font]
[font size=+1] Report: Romney Has Made V.P. Pick, Announcement Could Come This Week[/font]

Report: Romney Has Made V.P. Pick, Announcement Could Come This Week

Presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney’s long-awaited vice presidential selection is imminent, The New York Times reports.

According to The Times, Romney’s friends believe the candidate has reached a decision and that the announcement could come as early as this week. The report comes amid intense speculation over who will comprise the other half of the Republican ticket — with the likes of former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) and Sen. John Thune (R-SD) all thought to be on the short list.

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/report-romney-has-made-vp-pick-announcement-could

Until the actual announcement, here's a good read:

Romney’s Bain Yielded Private Gains, Socialized Losses
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-15/romney-s-bain-yielded-private-gains-socialized-losses.html

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/07/15/1110294/-BREAKING-FROM-BLOOMBERG-Romney-s-Bain-Yielded-Private-Gains-Socialized-Losses

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] myrna minx [/font]
[font size=+1] 3. He's selected Ronald Reagan, retroactively. [/font]

GD, 16 Jul 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002955895

[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by Jackpine Radical
[font size=+1] For all you people calling Romney a chickenhawk, QUIT IT! It will backfire.[/font]
He has retroactively enlisted in the Marines and volunteered for combat duty in Vietnam.

When elected President, he will retroactively issue himself a Medal of Honor.

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] VOX [/font]
[font size=+1] 15. Mittens has shattered the boundaries of time and space... [/font]
He can be anywhere, anytime, before or after any event. He's involved in pursuits that haven't happened yet, and yet they've already occurred.

Mittens is a quantum-physics miracle.
[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] progressoid [/font]
[font size=+1] 29. He is Schrodinger's Candidate! [/font]

GD, 16 Jul 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002956011

[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]Original post by [font color=#800080] Major Nikon [/font]
[font size=+1]How computers are made [/font]

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] bluesbassman [/font]
[font size=+1] 1. Ohm my god! [/font]

The Lounge, 16 Jul 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018155416

[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by chieftain
[font size=+1] I thought the retroactive retirement was the dumbest thing I had heard in this election.[/font]
And then Mitt brought up Teresa Heinz Kerry's lack of transparency regarding her tax returns. Make no mistake about it folks, Willard, aka master of the universe, is in complete control of his campaign and we could not be luckier.
These financial geniuses think they are exponentially smarter than us mere mortals. No one will be able to convince Willard that he is wrong. They have chosen a real liability to lead their ticket.

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] msanthrope [/font]
[font size=+1] 3. So Mitt is running for First Lady? nt [/font]
[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] chieftain [/font]
[font size=+1] 4. Yes, retroactively in 2004. n/t [/font]

GD, 16 Jul 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002960338

[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by WilliamPitt
[font size=+1] HOLY SHIT: Upon Which I Gift To You The LOL ROFL ROFL LOL Of All Time...[/font]
...no, you're reading it right: "Palin was the better candidate" - McCain

John McCain: I Didn’t Pick Romney Because ‘Sarah Palin Was The Better Candidate’
By Benjy Sarlin
TPM

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) defended Mitt Romney from Democratic speculation that he passed on him as a 2008 running mate after reviewing his tax returns, saying Sarah Palin was simply the better choice at the time.

McCain called the tax claims “outrageous” and “disgraceful” in an interview with Politico Tuesday. He said he chose Palin “because we thought that Sarah Palin was the better candidate.”

The motherfucking rest: http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/07/john-mccain-sarah-palin-romney-vp.php?ref=fpblg

With friends like these, who needs enemas...except McCain, it seems...

Too rich. Just too fucking rich. "Palin was better." Cue the next Obama gut-you-and-watch-you-die-slow commercial in 3...2...1...

TO REITERATE: The last GOP presidential nominee just announced that the present GOP nominee is inferior to Sarah fuckin-fa-chrissake Palin.

Yes. That happened.

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] KurtNYC [/font]
[font size=+1] 34. "Governor Romney I knew Sarah Palin, I looked at Russia with Sarah Palin, [/font]
Governor You're No Sarah Palin !"

(with apologies to Lloyd Bentsen and JFK)

GD, 17 July 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002963386

[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by Tx4obama
[font size=+1] New Tv Ad: ''Tricky Mitt''[/font]

New "Tricky Mitt" TV ad hits Mitt Romney for his refusal to release his tax returns by asking: "Mitt Romney's Not A Crook, Right?"
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Paid for by MoveOn.org Political Action.

http://front.moveon.org/breaking-new-tv-ad-asks-mitt-romneys-not-a-crook-right

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] pacalo [/font]
[font size=+1] 11. He's going to be whining for another apology.[/font]

Romney makes note to self: 'Maybe time for a ~~Checkers~~ Seamus Speech?'

Video & Multimedia, 18 Jul 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101742024

[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by onehandle
[font size=+1] 7-Eleven selling mashed potatoes and chicken gravy from Slurpee machines[/font]
Oh. My. God.

The 7-Eleven convenience store chain is now featuring a Slurpee-type machine that dispenses mashed potatoes and gravy.

The Huffington Post on Monday confirmed that the Maggi mashed potato vending machines were beginning to show up in stores in the U.S.

For a dollar, you can get a generous helping of mashed potatoes. And then you can wash it down with a Big Gulp for only a dollar more.

The process is simple: Place the cup under the nozzle, press the “Mashed Potatoes” button and wait for your potatoes to be dispensed. Next, press the optional “Chicken Gravy” and wait two seconds for your gravy.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/07/16/7-eleven-selling-mashed-potatoes-and-chicken-gravy-from-slurpee-machines

We. Are. Doomed.

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] eShirl [/font]
[font size=+1] 7. Do they give you a fork or a straw? [/font]

GD, 18 Jul 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002968689

[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by demtenjeep
[font size=+1] Obama's favorite GS cookies??? He has good taste![/font]
He can kiss the Tagalong voters goodbye. President Barack Obama on Monday revealed that his favorite Girl Scout Cookies are Thin Mints—an announcement that generated a boo or two from a rowdy crowd at a town hall-style rally in Cincinnati.

After questions on gay rights, environmental protection and how he planned to help small businesses, Obama took a question from a young girl named Julie, who piped up with "what's your favorite Girl Scout cookie?"

"I've got to say, this is one of the toughest questions," the president said. "I've got to say I'm pretty partial to those mint, uh…" Most of the crowd laughed, clapped and cheered, but at least one person booed.

"That's just me! I didn't meant to create controversy. Did you hear there was somebody booing?" Obama said with a chuckle. He located the boo-er and said, "You had a different opinion. What are you, oatmeal?" Peanut butter, came the answer. "Peanut butter is quite good too, but I'm going with the mint," the president replied.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/obama-reveals-favorite-girl-scout-cookie-spoiler-thin-221055909.html

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF] Aerows
[font size=+1] 45. You laugh [/font]
I didn't even get ONE little cookie. They were gone when I went to look for them as a dessert. I thought it would be a nice little treat to have one.

Aerows was disappoint.

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] pinboy3niner [/font]
[font size=+1] 48. First, you need to evict this guy from your house...[/font]

Sure, he may be furry and lovable, but as long as you host him, you'll never get any cookies.

Second, you need a Girl Scouts home delivery right now. Or check the local supermarkets for their cookie sales out front.

Aerows deserves cookies! Aerows should not be disappoint!

GD, 16 Jul 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002960476

[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by Iggo
[font size=+1]I really miss OP Ignore. [/font]
That is all.

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] OP Ignore [/font]
[font size=+1] 9. I've missed you too, darling [/font]

M-D, 13 Jul 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1240123292

[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]Original post by [font color=#800080] mfcorey1 [/font]
[font size=+1] What did you do retroactively today? nt [/font]
[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] Summer Hathaway [/font]
[font size=+1] 5. I un-met my first two husbands. [/font]
I spent the rest of the day explaining to my kids that they were never born.

GD, 18 Jul 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002971494

[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by sinkingfeeling
[font size=+1] What's the first thing you notice about Rmoney's Veep short list?[/font]

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/16/12767257-handicapping-a-potential-veep-shortlist?lite&__utma=14933801.193758565.1342439791.1342444496.1342455988.3&__utmb=14933801.26.10.1342455988&__utmc=14933801&__utmx=-&__utmz=14933801.1342439791.1.1.utmcsr=(direct)|utmccn=(direct)|utmcmd=(none)&__utmv=14933801.|8=Earned%20By=msnbc%7Ccover=1^12=Landing%20Content=Mixed=1^13=Landing%20Hostname=www.nbcnews.com=1^30=Visit%20Type%20to%20Content=Earned%20to%20Mixed=1&__utmk=143889717

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] Happyhippychick [/font]
8. It looks like the gay Brady Bunch? [/font]

Politics 2012, 16 Jul 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/125156688

[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by Punkingal
[font size=+1] While on NPR, Rubio Questions Usefulness of NPR[/font]
Source: ABC OTUS News

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., expressed worry this morning about broadcasting outlets that use taxpayer money to stay on the air.

But Rubio made his comments on NPR, a broadcasting outlet that uses taxpayer money to stay on the air.

"I do have concerns about spending money on public broadcasting," Rubio told Diane Rehm during an hourlong Q&A on NPR.

NPR has been a source of criticism from congressional Republicans who view it as a liberal refuge that espouses its views courtesy of public funding. Although only 2 percent of NPR's funding comes from government grants, the loss of federal funding would undermine the ability of NPR stations to pay for NPR programming, NPR says.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/while-npr-sen-rubio-questions-usefulness-npr-154934066--abc-news-politics.html
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What an arrogant prick!

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] KamaAina [/font]
[font size=+1] 3. While on DU, KamaAina Questions Usefulness of Rubio [/font]

LBN, 19 Jul 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014171057

[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by SickOfTheOnePct
[font size=+1] So I had a post hidden today that was posted on June 30th[/font]
Seriously? Someone had to go back 3 weeks to look for something to alert on?

Yeah, I called someone an asshole, over the top, and probably should have been alerted on...the day it happened, not 3 weeks later.

Just venting, as I don't get why someone would or should be able to go back that far for an alert.

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] arcane1 [/font]
[font size=+1] 3. Maybe Romney retroactively alerted on it [/font]

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] jorno67 [/font]
[font size=+1] 15. I'm going to bookmark this thread so I can alert on it a month from now.... [/font]
Even though your OP is ok today, I might be more sensitive later on.

M-D, 18 Jul 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1240124822

[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by backscatter712
[font size=+1] One of the biggest reasons I'm boycotting the Olympics again this year: London's Brand Gestapo.[/font]
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/britain-flooded-with-brand-police-to-protect-sponsors-7945436.html

Britain flooded with 'brand police' to protect sponsors
Olympic security is in disarray, but organisers are taking no chances with corporate deals...

Wearing purple caps and tops, the experts in trading and advertising working for the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) are heading the biggest brand protection operation staged in the UK. Under legislation specially introduced for the London Games, they have the right to enter shops and offices and bring court action with fines of up to £20,000.

Olympics organisers have warned businesses that during London 2012 their advertising should not include a list of banned words, including "gold", "silver" and "bronze", "summer", "sponsors" and "London".

Publicans have been advised that blackboards advertising live TV coverage must not refer to beer brands or brewers without an Olympics deal, while caterers and restaurateurs have been told not to advertise dishes that could be construed as having an association with the event.

At the 40 Olympics venues, 800 retailers have been banned from serving chips to avoid infringing fast-food rights secured by McDonald's.

Seriously. Restaurants not allowed to serve chips (French fries in the U.S.) because McDonalds bought the rights to serve them for the Olympics?

I'd recommend another riot, but that would violate the TOS, wouldn't it?

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] -..__... [/font]
[font size=+1] 36. "The Gestapo" wearing "purple caps and tops"?!? [/font]
Heinrich Himmler would be weeping at the thought of that fashion faux pas.
[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] FSogol [/font]
[font size=+1] 38. They were all out of Brown shirts. [/font]

GD, 16 Jul 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002959387

[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by nmbluesky
[font size=+1] Obama kisses his wife (Kiss-Cam)[/font]
I watched USA basketball game and I saw President Obama kisses his wife on TV..
I upload for my youtube..
and enjoying this

&feature=player_embedded

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] Quiet_Dem_Mom [/font]
[font size=+1] 21. OMG!11!!!! A Terrorist Lip Bump! Right there on the TeeVee. [/font]

Video & Multimedia, 16 Jul 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101741690

[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by Upton
[font size=+1] Spanish Olympians mock their own uniforms..[/font]

On the left is Saul Craviotto, a gold medal-winning canoeist, who tweeted this image of him in Spain's Olympic garb and offering a "no comment" about their look: "I leave it up to you."

Retired tennis player Carlos Moya said, via Twitter: "Looking forward to seeing Feliciano López wearing the official Olympic uniform. He'll never have worn anything so ugly in his life."

Field hockey player Alex Fabregas tweeted the photo in the right, with a request to his fans: "Spare the adjectives ..."

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympics-fourth-place-medal/spain-garish-london-olympics-uniforms-mocked-spanish-olympians-161035657--oly.html

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] Upton [/font]
[font size=+1] 3. Those Spanish unis are horrible.. [/font]
so it wouldn't take much for the US to be seen as superior in that category. Actually, they're not too bad..don't think much of the berets though..

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF] Auggie [font color=#800080][/font]
[font size=+1] 10. Looks military, with a huge corporate logo on front [/font]
Sums up this country perfectly.

Sports, 19 Jul 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/120416543

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