Comments on: Late Nite FDL: A Simple Plan http://firedoglake.com/2007/10/10/late-nite-fdl-a-simple-plan/ Firedoglake weblog Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:14:14 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Joshua http://firedoglake.com/2007/10/10/late-nite-fdl-a-simple-plan/#comment-1026928 Joshua Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:27:57 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/10/10/late-nite-fdl-a-simple-plan/#comment-1026928 <p>Let’s say they do exactly what Malkin describes? Once they sell their home, blow through that money (would probably take no more than 6-18 months), and go on public aid, harpies like Malkin will deride them for being “welfare queens” and insist that they should just go get a job. They will call them parasites unlike themselves who are John Galt-like superheroes riding high on AEI grants and Fox News appearances. They will call the Frosts worthless scum, the shame of the nation, everything wrong with America.</p> Let’s say they do exactly what Malkin describes? Once they sell their home, blow through that money (would probably take no more than 6-18 months), and go on public aid, harpies like Malkin will deride them for being “welfare queens” and insist that they should just go get a job. They will call them parasites unlike themselves who are John Galt-like superheroes riding high on AEI grants and Fox News appearances. They will call the Frosts worthless scum, the shame of the nation, everything wrong with America.

]]> By: SanderO http://firedoglake.com/2007/10/10/late-nite-fdl-a-simple-plan/#comment-1026742 SanderO Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:50:22 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/10/10/late-nite-fdl-a-simple-plan/#comment-1026742 <p>Oh this is lovely:</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E08uwRZL8rw&mode=user&search=">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....mp;search=</a></p> Oh this is lovely:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..mp;search=

]]> By: owlbear1 http://firedoglake.com/2007/10/10/late-nite-fdl-a-simple-plan/#comment-1026726 owlbear1 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:29:02 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/10/10/late-nite-fdl-a-simple-plan/#comment-1026726 <blockquote><p>Really, it’s the ultimate Republican solution. You turn a profit by drowning your conscience and humanity in the bathtub and hey, no embryos are harmed in the process! It’s a total win-win situation.</p></blockquote> <p>hehe, nice one.</p>

Really, it’s the ultimate Republican solution. You turn a profit by drowning your conscience and humanity in the bathtub and hey, no embryos are harmed in the process! It’s a total win-win situation.

hehe, nice one.

]]> By: cinnamonape http://firedoglake.com/2007/10/10/late-nite-fdl-a-simple-plan/#comment-1026675 cinnamonape Thu, 11 Oct 2007 07:16:38 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/10/10/late-nite-fdl-a-simple-plan/#comment-1026675 <p><a href="#comment-1026393"><em>Redshift @ 138</em></a></p> <blockquote><p><a href="#comment-1026292"><em>TeddySanFran @ 55</em></a></p> <blockquote><p>In case anybody is betting on the Nobel Peace Prize for Gore, I thought I’d share this email I just got from Barbara Boxer:</p> <p>Do laureates get a heads-up? I thought not.</p></blockquote> <p>No, they don’t; they famously get calls in the middle of the night because the callers are in Sweden. (Feynmann had a great story about it.) And they don’t fly off to Stockholm immediately to pick up the award. So it’s no evidence one way or the other.</p></blockquote> <p>The naming of the Laureates occurs “out of the blue” as it were…but there is a later dinner and award session, where the recipients give a speech.</p> Redshift @ 138

TeddySanFran @ 55

In case anybody is betting on the Nobel Peace Prize for Gore, I thought I’d share this email I just got from Barbara Boxer:

Do laureates get a heads-up? I thought not.

No, they don’t; they famously get calls in the middle of the night because the callers are in Sweden. (Feynmann had a great story about it.) And they don’t fly off to Stockholm immediately to pick up the award. So it’s no evidence one way or the other.

The naming of the Laureates occurs “out of the blue” as it were…but there is a later dinner and award session, where the recipients give a speech.

]]> By: Blub http://firedoglake.com/2007/10/10/late-nite-fdl-a-simple-plan/#comment-1026600 Blub Thu, 11 Oct 2007 06:05:44 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/10/10/late-nite-fdl-a-simple-plan/#comment-1026600 <p>hmmm.. then these people must be getting paid under other contracts as well. I assume that mercs aren’t working for $25K/yr including equipment, munitions, logistics and deployment costs. I think the cost of keeping a regular in Iraq is somewhere arond $300-$500K per year, and Prince Erik has to be earning some type of margin.</p> hmmm.. then these people must be getting paid under other contracts as well. I assume that mercs aren’t working for $25K/yr including equipment, munitions, logistics and deployment costs. I think the cost of keeping a regular in Iraq is somewhere arond $300-$500K per year, and Prince Erik has to be earning some type of margin.

]]> By: Suzanne http://firedoglake.com/2007/10/10/late-nite-fdl-a-simple-plan/#comment-1026595 Suzanne Thu, 11 Oct 2007 06:03:29 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/10/10/late-nite-fdl-a-simple-plan/#comment-1026595 <p>Hey Dr Hillhouse, thanks for coming over to answer the pups questions. Nice to see ya again.</p> Hey Dr Hillhouse, thanks for coming over to answer the pups questions. Nice to see ya again.

]]> By: R J Hillhouse –The Spy Who Billed Me http://firedoglake.com/2007/10/10/late-nite-fdl-a-simple-plan/#comment-1026590 R J Hillhouse –The Spy Who Billed Me Thu, 11 Oct 2007 06:01:25 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/10/10/late-nite-fdl-a-simple-plan/#comment-1026590 <p>BW costs in Baghdad include costs for helicopters which the others don’t have.</p> BW costs in Baghdad include costs for helicopters which the others don’t have.

]]> By: Blub http://firedoglake.com/2007/10/10/late-nite-fdl-a-simple-plan/#comment-1026588 Blub Thu, 11 Oct 2007 05:59:35 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/10/10/late-nite-fdl-a-simple-plan/#comment-1026588 <p>do you know why Blackwater gets such a premium? If I interpolate using your numbers: Blackwater $344,046/yr, total all mercs $$250,981/yr, indicating all non-Blackwater $25,848/yr.</p> do you know why Blackwater gets such a premium? If I interpolate using your numbers: Blackwater $344,046/yr, total all mercs $$250,981/yr, indicating all non-Blackwater $25,848/yr.

]]> By: Blub http://firedoglake.com/2007/10/10/late-nite-fdl-a-simple-plan/#comment-1026583 Blub Thu, 11 Oct 2007 05:56:55 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/10/10/late-nite-fdl-a-simple-plan/#comment-1026583 <p>thanks for clarifying that, Dr Hillhouse… it’s a very informative post, on your blog</p> thanks for clarifying that, Dr Hillhouse… it’s a very informative post, on your blog

]]> By: R J Hillhouse –The Spy Who Billed Me http://firedoglake.com/2007/10/10/late-nite-fdl-a-simple-plan/#comment-1026573 R J Hillhouse –The Spy Who Billed Me Thu, 11 Oct 2007 05:53:05 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/10/10/late-nite-fdl-a-simple-plan/#comment-1026573 <p>Hi, Just saw Firepups piling in and came over to see what’s up.</p> <p>Actually, the costs are per year, but they include equipment. I’ve tried to find out how those are charged to the contract, but haven’t met with much success. </p> <p>The Day labor rate is actually fixed, but I don’t have the breakdown.</p> Hi, Just saw Firepups piling in and came over to see what’s up.

Actually, the costs are per year, but they include equipment. I’ve tried to find out how those are charged to the contract, but haven’t met with much success.

The Day labor rate is actually fixed, but I don’t have the breakdown.

]]>