How does the US Army know if its less-than-lethal armaments are effective without being deadly? Live fire training exercises employing a mob of volunteers, of course.
That’s right, if you are over 18 and live in the greater New Jersey area, you too can get $20/hour to be whacked with batons and shot with rubber balls! The testing takes place in a non-descript one-story building, known as the Target Behavioral Response Laboratory, located a few miles from Picatinny Arsenal, the Army’s research and development center. Here, a nine-member team of engineers study how effective non-lethal technologies perform and, more importantly, the psychological reasons they do.
This really sounds like the perfect fit for all those unemployed Occupiers. Do you know anyone in the Greater New Jersey area that is looking for work?
The Crawdad Hole 
Sounds like a good fit for OWS since they aren’t doing much. Although it might not be attractive if it looks too much like actual work I do hope the army is warned that one broken ipod and the experiment is over.
Some of them already have experience.
As a matter of fact, I do know of someone who lives in New Jersey, is unemployed, and has done some hanging out at Zucotti Park.
😯
Come to think of it, so do I! LOL. You are evil, elliesmom. 😆
I think it was Hannity that seriously offered one of the OWS leaders an entry level job at Fox News, but the kid made such outrageous demands like 80k starting salary, no responsibilities and all the free perks, summers off, begin workday at noon … silly stuff, but he really didn’t want to work.
ROFL! That’s hilarious. Yes, a perfect job for some of those Occupiers, especially the ones in Seattle who thought it would be cool to smash car windows, working people’s car windows.
The ones who vandalized the Nike store while wearing . . . Nikes?
I need something more like cheapoldfartdotcom:
http://sugardaddie.com/
Does anyone know what happened to the rocket scientists that encased there airms in cement during one of the Occupy events. I think it was in Washington state but I could have that part wrong. There were so many examples of superior intellegence at those events I could have gotten the location confused.
whoops – that should be “their arms” – someday I will learn to type and spell at the same time but it’s just not today
Misspeling wurds is hip and cool.
You mean hyp & kool, I’m sure.
Lola — its kewl ;D
Btw, I won’t be around starting tomorrow for a week. We are taking our first family vacation in 3 yrs.
Don’t have too much fun while I’m away. 😀
My last vacation was a trip to the Graybar Hotel.
Sorry, myiq, I would offer to let you come with but the kids say clowns freak them out.
😛
Hey, have loads of fun!
Good for you! Relax, enjoy. 🙂
Have a great time mom. I’ll save all my tech questions for your return. 🙂
enjoy enjoy
Fantastic! Have a great time.
Have fun and safe travels !
Bon voyage!
Thank you thank you. I’m excited! I intend to do absolutely no cooking at all.
How long ago did we all say his speeches sound like Charlie Brown’s teacher? Funny new ad taunting him:
Check out these WATBs:
That’s hilarious! And Rove’s pumping out these gems one-after-another. Heat-seeking missiles! (Just a guess that Steven Spielberg isn’t heading his creative team, bwahahaha)
This is brilliant! Also, noted the Spongebob reference.
Wow, did I just hear DHS secretary right. Full amnesty for illegal immigrants? Maybe I’m not awake yet.
Meanwhile the DEA keeps raiding medical choom dispensaries.
You got to have your priorities. 🙂
I stole your line & tweeted it.
Wow.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/232923-obama-makes-election-year-change-in-immigration-policy
backtrack bypasses congress again
I am guessing he’ll be speechifying about this on Friday at the Latino leaders conf in FL.
I sense a major backfire in this unilateral executive action implementing part of the dream act. A desperate move for the latino vote will just piss more people off. We’ll see. Sounds questionably legally.
All part of the Democrats war on jobs. 🙂
I suspect this may be a lot about Rubio. But who knows.
I think so too, but it’s also a whopper of a diversion that he desperately needed after his reset speech flopped.
I am so freaking sick of presidents ruling by fiat. Process matters. I’m all in favor of some version of the dream act, but ya know what? There’s this thing called Congress. It’s in the constitution. look it up.
Agree. I may actually be OK with the ideas here, and what Rubio has been pushing for, but this just pisses me off.
Me too. It’s like he thinks he’s the king or something. I hope he remembers that throughout history, being a king was a dangerous, often fatal position. And that’s part of the reason we have a congress.
Process does matter, but these current Dem leaders don’t give a sh@t about process. We learned this on 05/31/08 and the pattern just continues.
http://1461days.blogspot.com/2009/01/current-list-of-president-obamas.html
list of backtrack’s executive orders up to June 14 2012
off topic
http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/15/12238938-us-official-russia-sends-troops-to-syria-as-peace-hopes-fade?lite
Russia sends a small contingency of troops to Syria. Also helicopter parts
http://weaselzippers.us/2012/06/15/napolitano-decision-to-halt-deportations-not-amnesty-or-immunity-its-an-exercise-of-discretion/
big sis says it is NOT amnesty or immunity, its an exercise of discretion
it is just words
Wow. Mitch McConnel just gave one of the most blistering speeches defending free speech that I’ve ever heard. He touched on the swatting issue, Obama admin going after dissenters w IRS, digging up divorce files on R contributors, the thuggery and chilling.
It was balls to the wall over free speech. What planet am I on? I mean, little mealy-mouthed Mitch? Firebrand?
I lived in KY for 20 years before moving to Indiana and know the McConnell style very well. Free speech is his signature issue. He uses it for every little thing, including campaign finance reform. I remember his fiery speeches in Washington over it during the McCain-Feingold campaign financing reform bill debates. I’ll have to check it out later.
i *knew* I heard that boring Obama speech before yesterday — now, he’s copying himself. It’s deja vu all over again:
I agree with amnesty for kids who came here with their parents. We’ve educated these kids, invested in them, now good citizens for our country.
But why oh why didn’t BO negotiate this with and get the Dream Act passed. Now he’s left 800,000 people in absolute limbo pending the next election.
Oh wait. Now I get it. It’s the Chicago Way. Kinda like states rights for marriage for gay people. All dependent on benevolence from the king.
I’m confused too.
http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2012/06/15/breaking-obama-to-offer-immunity-work-permit-to-young-illegal-aliens/
I’m willing to give kids a leg up if they’re willing to work hard, but this does displace many citizen kids in the job market.
I feel sorry for the poor chumps who meet the criteria, except for being 31 or older. The 31 year olds in particular must be hurting.
I think Anna Wintour should volunteer for this gig.
Man with temporary press credential shouts question at Pres Obama about the new policy. Pres tells him not to interrupt.
First time I have ever seen a President interrupted during a statement in the Rose Garden
lter tweeted:
brianstelter
Tucker Carlson confirms to me that @NeilMunroDC of his Web site The Daily Caller was the reporter who interrupted President Obama’s remarks.
I posted that in the wrong thread lol. I don’t think reporters should heckle & interrupt, (or throw shoes) but I also don’t think that excused the Once from taking any questions.
gmta
here is more on this
http://weaselzippers.us/2012/06/15/obama-scolds-daily-caller-reporter-during-immigration-speech/
Thanks Helen. Yeah it was rude, but if His Majesty actually answered a few questions now & then, maybe things like this wouldn’t happen.
The reporter has now said that he thought the president was wrapping up when he jumped in with question.
I was listening on the radio, and thought the same. It wasn’t until Obama got pissy and said he wasn’t done that I realized he wasn’t.
And you’re going to believe that raaaaaaaaaacist?
I just learned the guy is Irish by birth & grew up there until he immigrated here — if he’s anything like the Irish side of my family, he can handle whatever the MSM throws his way & won’t give a shit what anyone says about him. Then he’ll go out for a pint (or two) to celebrate what wusses they all are.
angie
if he is anything like my Irish family, he is yelling ” UP the Rebels” while having a pint or two or three
helen — ha, ha! Just make sure to clear out before they start singing “When Irish Eyes are Smiling” ’cause it’s downhill from there! 🙂
At least one NYT reporter gets it:
FTR, Munro should have waited until Obama was finished (mistake or not, even Sam Donaldson who was about the rudest, most aggressive reporter ever never interrupted *during* remarks). However, the “outrage” by the MSM about it is ridiculous. Where is their outrage over Obama hand picking people to kill with drones (including innocent bystanders)? Over drones in the USA? Over Gitmo? Over Obama making habeas corpus disappear? Over selling out health care to Big Pharma? Over national security leaks? Over Fast & Furious? Over Holder’s cover up?
Munro committed a rude faux pas, but the MSM can kiss my ass.
Angie, he says he thought Obama was wrapping up speaking, was trying to jump in early w his question.
Yes, thank you — I got that which only makes the MSM outrage over it (while silent on what Obama was actually announcing — circumvention of Congress’s job to *enact* laws) even *more* ridiculous.
Nonetheless, intention and result are two different things — not meaning to interrupt doesn’t mean he *didn’t* interrupt. It may have been an accident, but it was still a faux pas. (And I use the word faux pas on purpose — this interruption — accidental or not — is NOT the equivalent of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, as the MSM is trying to make it out to be).
Breaking — Jim Messina — Obama 2012 campaign manager has anti-gay past.
http://www.salon.com/2012/06/15/jim_messinas_dirty_secret/
http://dailycaller.com/2012/06/15/rep-steve-king-to-sue-obama-administration-over-new-immigration-policy/
pop the popcorn
Rep Steve King to sue backtrack over new immigration policy
http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/campaign-officials-join-obama-speech/601161
49 minutes late for speech. campaign official arrive at white house. giving talking points maybe????
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/06/15/msnbc_guest_would_a_white_president_get_heckled.html
these dumb asshats bring race into everything.
GUESS WHAT
I DID NOT VOTE FOR HIS WHITE SIDE EITHER, AND DO NOT LIKE HIS POLICIES FROM HIS WHITE SIDE EITHER
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matt-hadro/2012/06/15/cnn-features-immigration-activist-who-gushes-over-obamas-amnesty-order-b
gee look who was the first interview on the subject by cnn
I was reading this week that the unemployment for young people this summer will be 7 out 10 without a job. Among the black population it might be higher. If they do not get that this snake will bite them when he can, I do not know how he can make it any clearer.
New open thread upstairs. https://crayfisher.wordpress.com/2012/06/15/topic-du-jour-the-immigration-eo/