The DUzy Awards for Friday, May 4th, 2012

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[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by Autumn
[big] "I got two words for you, predator drones" [/big]
I busted a gut laughing.

Obama was talking about his Daughters and warning the Jonas Brothers.


I caught just a clip of that a while ago. Not even sure what it was from. Has anyone posted a link to that? My lap top has been real glitchy the last couple of days.


Any one have a link. All of a sudden I have this untangle crap on my lap top and I can't do searches.

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] obamanut2012 [/font]
[big] 3. Obama was discussing the JoBros [/big]
I have no idea why they haven't been listed on the FBI's Most Wanted List by now. Have you ever seen them perform?!

GD, 28 Apr 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002620934


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by glowing
[big] Anyone watching Melissa Harris-Perry?[/big]
She's got some kid out there who is enthusiastic about Romney... The kid doesn't look like he could be excited about much... Hair all coifed and stuff-shirt looking square... LOL. Probably has richie-rich parents himself.

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] Gidney N Cloyd [/font]
[big] 2. Oop, he's gone now. I think Buddy Roemer's forehead ate him. [/big]

GD, 28 Apr 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002621038


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]Original post by [font color=#800080] 11 Bravo [/font]
[big] BREAKING: The speaking portion of the White House Correspondent's Dinner has been delayed. [/big]
Republicans are threatening to filibuster dessert.

GD, 28 Apr 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002622983


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]Original post by [font color=#800080] sakabatou [/font]
[big] Science: It'd damn refreshing[/big]


[font color=#FF0000]Replies 1 thru 10 get DUzies… ‘cuz the Science Group needs them![/font]

Science, 29 Apr 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12285937


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by WilliamPitt
[big] The self-delete button is getting worn out around here.[/big]


[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF] Stinky The Clown
[big] 1. DO NOT BLAME THE SELF DELETERS [/big]
Better yet, self delete this thread.

The hjosts have been discussion this with great care and a LOT of discussion. The hosts prevailed on some posters to self delete in an effort to put some oil on the waters.

this thread of yours is unhelpful.

If you need to blame someone, blame me. or blame your favorite hosts. But do not blame the deleters.
[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] gkhouston [/font]
3. Hjosts? OMG, Stinky's been overrun by the Norwegian invasion!

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] Stinky The Clown [/font]
[big] 6. We Has All Ajre Norvegans [/big]
Quiet down, Svennette

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] gkhouston [/font]
[big] 8. Never! Never will I lap up lutefisk! [/big]

[font color=#FF0000]Does this mean you’re pining for the hjosts?[/font]

H&M-D, 30Apr2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/124084613


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by Playinghardball
[big] 21 Seconds Of WTF Coming Your Way Courtesy Of This Presidential Candidate[/big]
Here’s his totally in-touch advice about how to make it in the world

He went on to tell Jimmy John’s story about making it big in America by borrowing $20k from his folks. Because every kid has parents who have that kind of money available to lend, right?

Found on ThinkProgress

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] grantcart [/font]
[big] 3. If you have a single mother then ask her twice [/big]

Video&Multimedia, 30 Apr 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101725358


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by lovuian
[big] America in 'huge trouble,' says nuclear expert[/big]
http://www.naturalnews.com/035731_Fukushima_radiation_America.html#ixzz1td0U7I6F

During a recent Congressional delegation trip to Japan, Oregon Senator Ron Wyden witnessed with his own eyes the horrific aftermath of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, which we have heard very little about from the media in recent months. The damage situation was apparently so severe, according to his account, that he has now written a letter to Ichiro Fujisaki, Ambassador of Japan, petitioning for more to be done, and offering any additional support and assistance that might help contain and resolve the situation as quickly as possible.

..."itting at the top of , in a pool that is cracked, leaking, and precarious even without an earthquake, are 1,565 fuel rods (give or take a few), some of them 'fresh fuel' that was ready to go into the reactor on the morning of March 11 when the earthquake and tsunami hit," writes Consolo. "If they are MOX fuel, containing six percent plutonium, one fuel rod has the potential to kill 2.89 billion people."

Sen. Wyden is also asking U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Gregory Jaczko to assess how much additional assistance their agencies might be willing to provide to help Japan, and the entire world, avoid a nuclear catastrophe of Biblical proportions.

source
http://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/after-tour-of-fukushima-nuclear-power-station-wyden-says-situation-worse-than-reported[/big]

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF] KansDem
[big] 1. What in Hell have we been fooling with? [/big]
...one fuel rod has the potential to kill 2.89 billion people.
And there are 1,565 fuel rods??!!!
[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] Motown_Johnny [/font]
[big] 11. Don't worry, we run out of people after 2 or 3 rods [/big]
so the other 1,562 don't count

GD, 1 May 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002633198


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by 11 Bravo
[big] Mitt Romney, you miserable piece of dung, President Jimmy Carter graduated from the USNA and ...[/big]
served with distinction as an officer in America's nuclear submarine force. (And those were the days when Hyman Rickover was in charge, which means that one needed to have one's shit TIGHTLY wired before they could even be considered for service aboard a nuke!)

Now, tell us about YOUR service, you lying, chickenhawk, shitstain, maggot-assed, dog-torturing, mom jeans-wearing, smegma smear!

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] Poll_Blind [/font]
[big]2. Romney thinks a neutron is a Disney sequel starring Jeff Bridges. nt [/big]

GD, 1 May 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002632386


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by marmar
[big] Cow on the loose wanders to McDonalds[/big]

&feature=player_embedded

BRUSH, Colo. – An escaped cow in Brush made its way to a fast food restaurant Monday afternoon.

At around 3:30 p.m., the cow was spotted in the middle of Highway 71. By the time authorities arrived the cow had made its way over to the porch of a nearby McDonalds.

Police recognized the cow and called the owners to come pick it up.

No word if the cow placed an order.


http://kdvr.com/2012/04/24/cow-on-the-loose-wanders-to-mcdonalds/

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF]In an original post by Gidney N Cloyd
[big] 5. And the cow said... [/big]
"Y'want flies with that?"


GD, 2 May 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002636129


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by jefferson_dem
[big] Shep Smith reacts to Romney reacting to Gingrich quitting - "Politics is weird ... and creepy..."[/big]

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] JoePhilly [/font]
[big] 8. Shep is like a hostage trying to blink his eyes to send us his plea for help. [/big]

Video&Multimedia, 2 May 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101725817


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by larkrake
[big] I am convinced, Romney is an APP[/big]

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] Drale [/font]
[big] 2. Don't you mean ASS? /nt [/big]

GD, 2 May 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002637956


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by n2doc
[big] That's a big crab![/big]
Claude weighs a mighty 15lbs and measures 15 inches wide and would have produced 20lbs worth of meat
By JILL REILLY
PUBLISHED: 08:51 EST, 30 April 2012



Claude, the gigantic crab, was destined to become 325 crabsticks, but a twist of fate means he will now spend his days entertaining visitors at an aquarium.

The Tasmanian King Crab is a delicacy in its native Australia, but Claude was snapped up by a British aquarium worker who agreed to buy him and two other enormous crustaceans for a whopping £3,000.

He had them flown to the UK and they are now in quarantine at the Sea Life Park in Weymouth, Dorset, before they go on display.



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2137356/Monster-Tasmanian-King-Crabs-saved-pot-shipped-Britain-aquarium-display.html

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] ellenfl [/font]
[big] 5. my first thought, as well. must be republican math. wouldn't want to find that in my panties. eom [/big]
[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] eppur_se_muova [/font]
[big]11. It's not the size that's freaky -- it's the fact that it has a HUMAN HEAD !! nt [/big]

Science, 30 Apr 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12285990


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by WillyT
[big] Court Deals Blow To Koch Brothers[/big]
FEC Disclosure Loophole Closes On Secret Donors As Court Won't Stay Ruling
Paul Blumenthal - HuffPo
Posted: 04/27/2012 5:38 pm Updated: 04/27/2012 6:16 pm

<snip>

WASHINGTON -- A court ruling requiring non-disclosing political groups -- including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Koch brothers' Americans for Prosperity -- to disclose their donors is one step closer to going into effect after a district court refused to stay its ruling in the face of an appeal.

On March 30, a district court ruled in Van Hollen v. Federal Election Commission (FEC) that a loophole in FEC rules that allowed certain independent group campaign efforts to keep private the names of donors was invalid and needed to be rewritten or reset to the original language.

On Friday, the court not only refused to stay the ruling, as requested by two intervening groups that are appealing the case, the Center for Individual Freedom and the Hispanic Leadership Fund, but the court also found that its ruling invalidated the FEC loophole, which required it to be immediately closed, resetting to the original language in the McCain-Feingold campaign reform law, known officially as the Bi-Partisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA).

District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson wrote, "Prior to the promulgation of the regulation that was struck down, there was a valid regulation in effect implementing the BCRA's disclosure requirement. ... In light of the Court's ruling, that regulation now governs the disclosures required under the BCRA."

That language in the McCain-Feingold law required groups spending money on electioneering communications -- certain campaign ads running 30 days before a primary election and 60 days before a general election-- to disclose all donors giving $1,000 or more. The appeal in the case is being made by the two intervenors after the FEC declined to appeal on Thursday.

"The District Court's opinion in this case is thorough and well-reasoned, and does not have sufficient weakness to suggest it is likely to be reversed on appeal," the Democratic FEC commissioners Ellen Weintraub and Cynthia Bauerly wrote. "Nor does this case raise significant constitutional issues or require further guidance from the courts."

The three Republican Commissioners, Caroline Hunter, Donald McGahn and Matthew Peterson...

<snip>

More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/27/fec-disclosure-ruling_n_1460145.html



[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] bluesbassman [/font]
[big] 2. Kochroach, meet light. [/big]
Transparency is beautiful thing baby!

GD, 28 Apr 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002621599


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by taterguy
[big] Do I look good in a swimsuit?[/big]
20 votes, 2 passes | Time left: Unlimited
Yes
1 (5%)
No
2 (10%)
Maybe
1 (5%)
This thread is useful without pics
5 (25%)
What a dumbass poll
11 (55%)
2 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] rug [/font]
[big] 1. No. [/big]


The Lounge, 29 Apr 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018105971


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by jberryhill
[big] Top MILF official succumbs to stroke[/big]
Source: MindaNews

MILF vice chairman for military affairs Aleem Azis Mimbantas had a heart attack and died at around 10:25 p.m. in a hospital.



The MILF is still negotiating a peace agreement with the Philippine government. They recently reached a breakthrough on how the talks would move forward.

Read more: http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/05/04/top-milf-official-succumbs-to-stroke/
____________________________________

The timing on this is pretty bad, since the talks had been stalemated for quite some time.

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] edbermac [/font]
[big] 3. That's the way I want to go out. [/big]
Succumbing to a MILF stroke.

LBN, 4 May 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014113257


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by grantcart
[big] New Members Ask a Question Thread[/big]
In my thread suggesting a group or forum for new members and for a memorial group LASlibinSC said

The new member forum. would be so very much appreciated. I really do like DU, but feel under foot at times. and hate to bother others with questions. Thank you!

If a new member were to cruise threads in H/M they likely would get the impression that DUers were unlikely to be gracious and patient to new members and I have found the reverse to be true.

So let's try a thread where new members can come and ask any question without fear of ridicule or snark and old members can help them with any questions they have.

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF] DaveBrett [/big]
[big] 39. How many threads do you have to reply to before you can start a thread? [/big]
I have looked all over this site, and I can't find an answer to that question.
I have already replied to five threads, and I still can't start a thread.
[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] bluesbassman [/font]
[big] 40. Here's the formula, but please don't pass it around... [/big]


[font color=#FF0000]Almost, but not quite: Here it is: http://prime.isthe.com/no.index/chongo/merdigit/long-m37156667/prime-c.html [/font]

H&M-D, 1 May 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/124085057



Thanks to: Autumn, A-Long-Little-Doggie, obxhead, eridani, countryjake, kag, TBF, hootinholler, Ruby the Liberal, rocktivity, uppityperson, and dixiegrrrrl!!!


Done on-time, under budget, and with very little sleep!
-Krispos42

[krispos42]

1. Man, this getting up at 5am shit is hard...

Enjoy everybody!

[gateley]

4. But we're worth it.

Thanks, krispos and funny DUers!

[cynatnite]

2. K&R! n/t

[countryjake]

3. Good bunch this week!

Thanky Krispos!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. ROFL!

Thank you!

[Ruby the Liberal]

6. Yay!! Thanks Krispos!

Get some sleep this weekend.

[Zorra]

7. Thanks for the laughs. nt

[Aerows]

8. I'm pretty sure

I nearly had an aneurysm guffawing, fell out of my chair laughing and then mystically rose to greet the humor when I read "You want flies with that" over the cow at McDonalds story.

That was sheer punfection.



I might need to be taken to a ward for detoxification from laughing my fucking ass off.

Seriously, that one nearly took my breath away I was laughing so hard. The whole story was funny, but that? Absolutely hysterical!

[uppityperson]

9. The one I sent got deleted as spam, sorry.

it was something, hence my lorem ipsum dolor sit amet reply made sense. Oh well.

[limpyhobbler]

10. very funny, thanks!

[Scuba]

11. Thank you!

[surrealAmerican]

12. k & r

[sufrommich]

13. Some hilarious ones this week. Love the Shep Smith comment,lol. nt

[raouldukelives]

14. k&r

Great as always!

[siligut]

15. Thank you Krispos

DU weekends are even better because you give us The DUzys. I would miss more than half of the hilarity if it weren't for you.

[bluesbassman]

16. Wow, a twofer. Thank you very much, that's some great company to be in.

[valerief]

17. Thanks. These always crack me up. nt

[dixiegrrrrl]

18. ty for sacrificing sleep for us!

Loved the potato bikini.
DU ers are SUCH a creative bunch.

[ellisonz]

19. K & R

[Gidney N Cloyd]

20. Thanks! I'd been hoping to be included for a while and this week I get TWO!

[sakabatou]

21. I got another one!

[ProudProgressiveNow]

22. Great stuff! nt