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March 04, 2014

Overnight Open Thread (3-4-2014)
— Maetenloch

As the Blue State model begins to fail state politicians are getting desperate for additional revenue and looking for the perfect victims: out of state individuals and business who they can tax but who are unable to vote them out of office. Make no mistake - taxation without representation is a key part of the new blue revenue model.

New York and New Jersey are particularly egregious offenders with New York demanding full income tax from anyone who works for a NY-based company no matter where they live and New Jersey holding companies' trucks ransom for passing through the state.

Now this would seem to be a violation of the Commerce Clause but the Supreme Court has repeatedly deferred to Congress to hash out the details. And Congress has declined to do anything about this and so interstate commerce is slowly being squeezed by the grasping hands of failing states.

At least with the Articles of Confederation you knew exactly which state had dominion over you and your purse.

Stretching the limits of the U.S. Constitution's Commerce Clause to the breaking point, local revenue agents have seized out-of-state trucks simply passing through their jurisdiction, refusing to release them until the firms that dispatched them fork over corporate income taxes. Finance departments have slapped out-of-state businesses with bills for thousands of dollars in corporate back taxes, based on little more than a single worker visiting the state sometime during the year. And tax agents have targeted employees who work remotely for in-state firms, claiming that they owe personal income taxes, even when they've never stepped foot in the taxing state.

Telecommuting can now be a tax trap for employees, too. New York State now considers those working remotely for New York-based businesses to owe income taxes on all their work, whether they visit the state or not. New York employs a "convenience of the employer" rule to apply these taxes. It holds that telecommuters for New York firms are effectively physically present in the state, wherever they happen to be. A Hawaiian telecommuter to New York, in other words, might wind up paying income taxes in two states-his home and that of his employer.

According to congressional testimony by owners of trucking companies and the American Trucking Associations, beginning around 2000, revenue agents from New Jersey's department of taxation began descending on truck stops, weigh stations, and loading docks and waylaying trucks, demanding that the owners pay at least Jersey's $1,100 minimum corporate-franchise tax before letting the drivers proceed. Many of the vehicles-about 40,000 have been stopped-worked for companies with zero connection to New Jersey, other than making a pickup or delivery there. New Jersey was, in essence, charging a $1,100 entry fee into the state.

California's Chicken Law and the Commerce Clause

California is essentially imposing a tariff on all out-of-state eggs by demanding the hatcheries they come from meet California chicken coop standards despite the fact that the FDA has stated there is no legitimate reason for discriminating against non-CA eggs.

Californian voters approved a ballot measure in 2008 requiring California egg producers to provide additional room in chicken coops for egg-laying hens. The ballot initiative, according to research done by the University of California at Davis, will increase the costs of egg production in the state by 20 percent, putting out-of-state egg producers at a large competitive advantage

...Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing in the Lopez decision, added that regulations that treat in-state and out-of-state businesses the same are still unconstitutional if they overly burden interstate commerce: "One element of our dormant Commerce Clause jurisprudence has been the principle that the States may not impose regulations that place an undue burden on interstate commerce, even where those regulations do not discriminate between in-state and out-of-state businesses." According to Missouri's attorney general, the law passed in California outlawing the eggs produced under the practices generally used in the rest of the United States clearly offends the Constitution.

John McCain: Obama Was the Smartest Person in the Room

Well just remember that McCain graduated 5th from the bottom of his class (894 out of 899) and seems to believe that the better man won in 2008.

I thought when he had a couple of dinners with Republican senators, we really had a good environment there. Because he is a very, very articulate and attractive guy in a setting with eight or nine senators and him. Because he was smarter than the rest of us. But I don't see that now. I don't see any of that.

Full disclosure: McCain has been one of my least favorite Republicans for 15+ years now and I believe every one of the rumors about his possible defection to the Democrats after 2000.

No Means No and Also Yes Means No. Maybe.

The Forum on Consent, which was also open to the public, featured several panel participants who spoke to the question of what we understand as "consent." The theme was similar to a campaign launched by a Nova Scotia coalition earlier this month - the More Than Yes campaign - which contended that "sexual consent is more than just a yes." According to that campaign, and echoed by the forum participants at McGill on Wednesday, real consent "must be loud and clear. Sex without enthusiastic consent is not sex at all. It's sexual assault or rape." . . .

Defining rape down - until mere unenthusiastic sex or enthusiastic sex but with eventual regret = a sexual assault. Next stop: all PIV.

Targeted by Islamic Death Threats? No Speaking in Public Facilities For You!

Seems like an easy way to shut people up. And remember that activities which are rewarded will be repeated.

Next on NJ's Ban List: Any .22 Rifle With a Tube Magazine

Which means the venerable Nylon 66 would become an illegal assault weapon.

The New Jersey Assembly's Law and Public Safety Committee was scheduled to hold a public hearing on Monday (postponed for snow) about a bill that reduces the maximum magazine capacity from 15 to 10.
Since the legislation covers both detachable and fixed magazines, it has the effect of to banning popular, low-caliber rifles.
...Thus, the experts found that at least 43 common rifles would suddenly be considered a prohibited "assault firearm," such as the .22 caliber Marlin Model 60, Remington Nylon 66 and Winchester 190.

11 French Travel Tips for Visiting America

You have to be nice to ugly pets and children, the showers are all retarded, and the Americans eat like animals.

Americans eat and drink anything and at any time of the day: in the street, in a meeting at work, in the car, on the subway, in the elevator, the movies ... So, there are drink rests everywhere: cinema seats, baby strollers, shopping carts at the supermarket, in cars, some bike handlebars.

The portions are often gargantuan in the United States (but you already knew that). Americans are not embarrassed to ask for a "doggy bag" to take home. They'll even take home the rest of the tortillas appetizer.

On the other hand Americans generally don't steal from you and will help in an instant and also expect you to help strangers as well:

A passerby stumbles and sprawls in the street, an old lady can barely control Brutus at the end of a leash, a small tricycle driver loses control of his vehicle. Politeness means, of course, that you come and help all these people. American culture wants you to quit all your activities and rescue the unfortunate. In America, you cannot pretend to not have noticed all these little quirks. You must rush to provide assistance to all who need it.

RIP The 'Bushman' of San Francisco

A longtime fixture at Fisherman's Wharf.

Found CA Gold Coins Likely Stolen From US Mint in 1899

Which means there's a good chance the finders won't get to keep them. Via our own Zombie.

The AoSHQ group. Yeah.

Teh Tweet!

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1 Evening all.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 04, 2014 06:34 PM (ojnk6)

2 First to report the government is looking at seizing the $10-million gold hoard as stolen from a U.S. mint in 1900.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 04, 2014 06:34 PM (hn5v5)

3 California Attorney General Kamala Harris is Hypocrisy Personified Elected officials of a state are bound by their stateÂ’s Constitution. It is usurpation when they arbitrarily and capriciously decide to conspire to destroy some provisions, while protecting illegal statutes! More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=5202

Posted by: The Political Hat at March 04, 2014 06:35 PM (XvHmy)

4 Ahh yes, caps. Miss them.

Posted by: dogfish at March 04, 2014 06:35 PM (nsOJa)

5 Doh! Didn't read first.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 04, 2014 06:35 PM (hn5v5)

6 breitbart.com snuck in a joke at Juan's expense at the top of its article where McCain claimed Barky was the smartest man in the room - "Proven in a Few Debates"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 04, 2014 06:36 PM (HsTG8)

7 I just want the Jets to win tonight.

Posted by: logprof at March 04, 2014 06:36 PM (X3GkB)

8 Hello, darling ones! Just popping in briefly to express love and gratitude.

Posted by: Peaches at March 04, 2014 06:37 PM (8lmkt)

9 "I thought when he had a couple of dinners with Republican senators, we really had a good environment there. Because he is a very, very articulate and attractive guy in a setting with eight or nine senators and him. Because he was smarter than the rest of us. But I don't see that now. I don't see any of that." John McCain. What a waste of flesh and air. Whatever honor he had, he left in Vietnam.

Posted by: Thrawn at March 04, 2014 06:38 PM (WlWt+)

10 Ohhh, so that's what the Commerce Clause is for. Are you sure it's not to force you into an act of commerce? I'm asking for a friend.

Posted by: Rohn Joberts at March 04, 2014 06:38 PM (vBhbc)

11 OMG - I just got a big old smell hit off of those caps

Posted by: Dinah Lord at March 04, 2014 06:38 PM (46UXb)

12 So, do we have to read the linked articles, or can we just make it up and vamp and prance about as usual?

Posted by: filbert at March 04, 2014 06:38 PM (roTS7)

13 Gaaaaah. Just had to watch CNN Student News because my son is answering questions based on their reportage of what is happening in Ukraine. It was painful. I really haven't been keeping up on watching CNN Student News so I can de program and it just reminded me that I probably should. I get they are being simplistic on purpose because their audience is young people but it is no wonder that kids don't get the impact of global events.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 04, 2014 06:39 PM (RZ8pf)

14 Evening morons. Driving home from a short shift but quick turnaround to work in the morning.

Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at March 04, 2014 06:39 PM (NdCX0)

15 So, do we have to read the linked articles, or can we just make it up and vamp and prance about as usual?

Posted by: filbert at March 04, 2014 10:38 PM (roTS7)

Gonna go with door #2, Alex, for $200.

Posted by: Peaches at March 04, 2014 06:40 PM (8lmkt)

16 Aloha!

Posted by: cthulhu at March 04, 2014 06:40 PM (T1005)

17 Hi, Peaches! We love you, too!

Posted by: Mindy at March 04, 2014 06:41 PM (RMfGb)

18 g'evenin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 04, 2014 06:41 PM (JMmQ9)

19 OMG, I met a fellow *conservative* today, right here in California, it was crazy!!! He danced around it for quite a while and then finally admitted it, damn, people are scared here that it will cost them work to cop to it. Fuck!

Posted by: Peaches at March 04, 2014 06:41 PM (8lmkt)

20 Good Evening, Horde!

Posted by: Carol at March 04, 2014 06:41 PM (z4WKX)

21 I don't see any hope for this country. Come on meteors.

Posted by: Null at March 04, 2014 06:41 PM (xjpRj)

22 11 OMG - I just got a big old smell hit off of those caps Posted by: Dinah Lord at March 04, 2014 10:38 PM (46UXb) Egads, not from a level 2 look alike firearm?!?!

Posted by: Thrawn at March 04, 2014 06:42 PM (WlWt+)

23 Americans eat and drink anything and at any time of the day: in the street, in a meeting at work, in the car, on the subway, in the elevator, the movies ... So, there are drink rests everywhere: cinema seats, baby strollers, shopping carts at the supermarket, in cars, some bike handlebars. --Which is ironic, because in France you can drink alcohol publicly --but few places in America (outside of certain places in Texas) allow that. N.B., I think that's a good thing; one of my fondest memories of Paris was watching German tourists swilling Champagne from magnums (magna?) on the Metro on New Year's Eve.

Posted by: logprof at March 04, 2014 06:42 PM (X3GkB)

24 Dear John McCain: "Glib" is not equivalent to "smart" despite what you apparently believe. And, by the way, you are neither glib nor smart. Thank you for your service to your country, and your many sacrifices in the line of duty. Now, go away.

Posted by: filbert at March 04, 2014 06:42 PM (roTS7)

25 BTW, Instapundit is reporting that a huge Gazprom refinery in Tatarstan has a little, teeny fire burning there. Oddly enough.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 04, 2014 06:42 PM (hn5v5)

26 Nice contingent of 'rons and 'ettes tonight. Howdy, y'all!

Posted by: Mindy at March 04, 2014 06:43 PM (RMfGb)

27 Fuck, Jets lose to the Isles in OT. Fuck.

Posted by: logprof at March 04, 2014 06:43 PM (X3GkB)

28 logprof, $#!$*#($*#*!$*#_!

Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 06:43 PM (MpP9p)

29 HI Peaches, Some goes on here in The MoonBat State of Massachusetts. You have to be careful who you say things to. I donÂ’t think anyone would lose their job over it, but who knows?

Posted by: Carol at March 04, 2014 06:43 PM (z4WKX)

30 Gonna go with door #2, Alex, for $200.
Posted by: Peaches at March 04, 2014 10:40 PM (8lmkt)

Well some of these will be on the ONT final so choose wisely.

Posted by: Mætenloch at March 04, 2014 06:44 PM (exK8D)

31 "...that smell..." aromatherapy

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 04, 2014 06:44 PM (JMmQ9)

32 Are cap guns still legal?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 04, 2014 06:44 PM (DmNpO)

33 Oh yes that smell. When 50 cents worth of caps, a rock and a hard surface could keep a boy entertained. Until he found a bigger rock and did entire rolls at a time. Leading to quickly running out of caps.

Posted by: The Hickster at March 04, 2014 06:44 PM (TI3xG)

34 Day Four of The Appeasening: Fox pwns Barky with the photo of his yammering at the press in the school he visited today. pic.twitter.com/pVs5u5Skrf Putin probably busted a gut laughing when he saw it.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 04, 2014 06:44 PM (HsTG8)

35 13 Gaaaaah. Just had to watch CNN Student News because my son is answering questions based on their reportage of what is happening in Ukraine. It was painful. I really haven't been keeping up on watching CNN Student News so I can de program and it just reminded me that I probably should. I get they are being simplistic on purpose because their audience is young people but it is no wonder that kids don't get the impact of global events. Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 04, 2014 10:39 PM (RZ8pf) Are they reporting that Putin is being a bully? Every kid knows not to bully but to "BE A STAR"!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, used to be MrCaniac at March 04, 2014 06:45 PM (HxSXm)

36 Aloha! Posted by: cthulhu at March 04, 2014 10:40 PM (T1005) Having read a previous ONT, congrats on having to figure out an engagement ring!

Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 06:45 PM (MpP9p)

37 Posted by: andycanuck at March 04, 2014 10:42 PM (hn5v5)

This will not end well. Think of the CO2 being emitted by those fires!

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 04, 2014 06:45 PM (o3MSL)

38 19 Peaches, grew up in Chicago. The same applies there. Moved to GA instead of pretending.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 04, 2014 06:45 PM (ojnk6)

39 Thank You Maet !!!!! Yay ONT !!!!! And Good Evening to the. Horde !!!!

Posted by: Extremely grumpy momma bear at March 04, 2014 06:46 PM (f2NLU)

40 Woot, Rockets! I believe they do deserve to be in the playoffs this year. It'll be nice to wash off the stench of the Texans anyway

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 04, 2014 06:46 PM (30eLQ)

41 that smell There are two smells of childhood: 1. Caps 2. Ozone from a Lionel locomotive Alright, there are actually 3: 3. Lionel smoke pellets

Posted by: Fox2! at March 04, 2014 06:46 PM (cHwSy)

42 Speaking of caps, anyone else had the joy of owning Flash Fighters cars as a child? Holy shit, they were fun toys.

Posted by: logprof at March 04, 2014 06:46 PM (X3GkB)

43 Sweet Carol, I was born in MA, grew up mostly there and Long Island. I know . . . but it somehow doesn't match the utter fucking stupidity of CA. And this guy has worked for James Cameron (practically a card-carrying communist) and, yes, he would have lost that work if he'd been outed.

Posted by: Peaches at March 04, 2014 06:46 PM (8lmkt)

44 Sacramento has a lot of rotten eggs in office.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 04, 2014 06:47 PM (kMyr1)

45 28 logprof, $#!$*#($*#*!$*#_! Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 10:43 PM (MpP9p) --Seriously. I guess I'm relieved the Jets got a point, but they need to steal points against the likes of the 'Hawks, Ducks, or Blues, not the Islanders.

Posted by: logprof at March 04, 2014 06:47 PM (X3GkB)

46 Maet, I voted for Palin in 2008, not McCain. WhatÂ’s wrong with him, heÂ’s got to add that heÂ’s an attractive man? Is he gay now too? My computer turns the word we use here for gay to they.

Posted by: Carol at March 04, 2014 06:47 PM (z4WKX)

47 The 2008 Presidential election was essentially a run-off between two Dems.

Posted by: Yup at March 04, 2014 06:47 PM (QEcZA)

48 I'm pretty sure Putin treats international coverage of the SCOAMF like I treat a good episode of Monty Python. I bet he rewinds and replays the highlights too.

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 04, 2014 06:48 PM (30eLQ)

49 --Seriously. I guess I'm relieved the Jets got a point, but they need to steal points against the likes of the 'Hawks, Ducks, or Blues, not the Islanders. Posted by: logprof at March 04, 2014 10:47 PM (X3GkB) My other team is the Oilers. You're doing fine.

Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 06:48 PM (MpP9p)

50 Sacramento has a lot of rotten eggs in office.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 04, 2014 10:47 PM (kMyr1)

Several of whom, under indictment and actual felony convictions, have opted to take "paid leave." Srsly?? It's like living in clown college here (no offense to any actual clowns, I am a huge fan of Modern Family).

Posted by: Peaches at March 04, 2014 06:48 PM (8lmkt)

51 Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling StarsÂ™ at March 04, 2014 10:44 PM (HsTG

I saw that clip and was reminded again (sorry to disagree with Juan McCain) that Obama is an inarticulate buffoon, barely capable of getting througha short sentence without at least an "um", and and "er". He does seem to have mastered the use of the personal pronouns I and me, though I'll give him that!

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 04, 2014 06:48 PM (o3MSL)

52 Hmmmm, so we have two items in a single ONT about New Jersey: NJ going batshit insane with taxes, and NJ trying to define small caliber varmint plinkers as Evil Prohibited Assault Rifles.

Remember that the party establishment were trying to fob off the guy who governs that hellhole as the inevitable shoo-in 2016 Presidential choice, relax and enjoy it, you upstart flyovers you.

Posted by: torquewrench at March 04, 2014 06:49 PM (gqT4g)

53 3. Lionel smoke pellets

...but like a VIKING, right?

/yeah, I had one of those too

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 04, 2014 06:49 PM (30eLQ)

54 Smells like VICTORY!!

Thanks for SmellmoryÂ™ Maet!

That's 57 years ago for me.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 04, 2014 06:49 PM (LSDdO)

55 32 Are cap guns still legal? Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 04, 2014 10:44 PM (DmNpO) Yup. I was at Gander Mtn today. They have some badass toy guns there, including cap guns.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 04, 2014 06:49 PM (GEICT)

56 Like always, the best for last. The ONT sponsor. Superb.

Posted by: L, elle at March 04, 2014 06:50 PM (0xqKe)

57 49 --Seriously. I guess I'm relieved the Jets got a point, but they need to steal points against the likes of the 'Hawks, Ducks, or Blues, not the Islanders. Posted by: logprof at March 04, 2014 10:47 PM (X3GkB) My other team is the Oilers. You're doing fine. Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 10:48 PM (MpP9p) --Maybe so, but the Jets are in a bind. The management thought after firing Noel they would just coast and look next to the draft, but Maurice has done so well he's foiled their plans and half the fan base wants to make a playoff push.

Posted by: logprof at March 04, 2014 06:50 PM (X3GkB)

58 36 Aloha!

Posted by: cthulhu at March 04, 2014 10:40 PM (T1005)

Having read a previous ONT, congrats on having to figure out an engagement ring! Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 10:45 PM (MpP9p) Hide posts from (MpP9p)

Thanks -- though I'll be told what I figured out.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 04, 2014 06:51 PM (T1005)

Speaking of states that need to rob thief citizens to stay afloat. Illinois is apparently looking to get rid of its income tax exemption for pension income.

the blue on blue hate between them and the unions coming will be wonderful.

Posted by: tsrblke (Phone) at March 04, 2014 06:51 PM (hq5sb)

60 caps were so fun . . . y'all had that little throwdown thing that burned 'em, right? and, then, there was that time I shot my sister with a bb gun. got in trouble, of course, but it was SO worth it!

Posted by: Peaches at March 04, 2014 06:51 PM (8lmkt)

61 I sent an email to the Assembly leader in New Jersey asking why he wanted to ban the 50 caliber barret rifle, a gun which has never been used in the commission of a crime in New Jersey and as far as I know the US, he never responded.

This anti-gun disease is spreading throughout the North East and sadly into places like Pennsylvania and Virginia which were places I could have moved to to avoid this madness.

Posted by: Kreplach at March 04, 2014 06:51 PM (Xkr8I)

62 58th?

Posted by: frying pan at March 04, 2014 06:51 PM (HF2US)

63 Niagara Falls : http://tinyurl.com/kqqzssa

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 04, 2014 06:51 PM (30eLQ)

64 Sacramento has a lot of rotten eggs in office. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 04, 2014 10:47 PM (kMyr1) That smell ain't from eggsÂ…

Posted by: The Political Hat at March 04, 2014 06:51 PM (XvHmy)

65 2. Ozone from a Lionel locomotive ... Posted by: Fox2! at March 04, 2014 10:46 PM This. It's like the smell of Hoppe's No. 9 Nitro Solvent; once smelt, it cannot be un-smelt.

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 04, 2014 06:52 PM (JMmQ9)

66 --Maybe so, but the Jets are in a bind. The management thought after firing Noel they would just coast and look next to the draft, but Maurice has done so well he's foiled their plans and half the fan base wants to make a playoff push. Posted by: logprof at March 04, 2014 10:50 PM (X3GkB) My dear, at least the Jets can make a playoff push.

Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 06:52 PM (MpP9p)

67 No they were mostly making the US via John Kerry out to be tough guys who are going to sanction Putin into line. To be fair they did cover Venezuela though they made the protesters out to be evil right wing elements unhappy about a bit of socialism.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 04, 2014 06:52 PM (RZ8pf)

68 When I was a kid I had a key chain with a tiny cap gun on it. Used to take it to school with the caps and we'd fire it at recess. The nuns didn't bat an eye. Yes, it was a looong time ago.

Posted by: Hoplite Housewife at March 04, 2014 06:52 PM (7Y+gf)

69 Wait, what?

Posted by: John F Not Kerry @jfd1965 at March 04, 2014 06:53 PM (HF2US)

70 62 58th? Posted by: frying pan at March 04, 2014 10:51 PM (HF2US) No . . . 69th?

Posted by: filbert at March 04, 2014 06:53 PM (roTS7)

71 Posted by: Thrawn at March 04, 2014 10:38 PM (WlWt+)

He actually didn't have much there. He knew if he took advantage and left jail before the others, his father would never have forgiven him and the Navy might've had a few words also.

It's not bravery or courage when you do it out of fear of embarrassment or shame.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 04, 2014 06:53 PM (LSDdO)

72 Good gracious, the Oilers are winning! Someone provide me with smelling salts.

Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 06:53 PM (MpP9p)

Used to make some hellacious homemade fireworks out of caps, matchheads and powder we got from pulling the bullets outta .22 lr cartridges.

A 35mm film canister filled with those, and a bit of cannon fuze, and you had a homemade M-80 on the half-shell.

Good times!

Jim

Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at March 04, 2014 06:53 PM (vvk2F)

74 Wow, seriously, all the '80s nostalgia on the Interwebz and nothing about Flash Fighters? Searches came up with some pill about *hot* flash fighters. Damn.

Posted by: logprof at March 04, 2014 06:53 PM (X3GkB)

75 It's always the seemingly small things that finally convince you that all is lost and there is no point of return. Mine just happened with the 18 year old suing her parents to make them pay for college and the courts allowing it to proceed .

Posted by: Rock the Coke at March 04, 2014 06:53 PM (Kz9dH)

76 Congrats on the engagement oh eldritch one.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 04, 2014 06:53 PM (RZ8pf)

77 re: the gold coins cache, AndyCanuck will be relieved to only being an accessory after the fact for the theft? After all they were found in his sock.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 04, 2014 06:54 PM (kMyr1)

78 Well on that note goodnight horde.

Posted by: tsrblke (Phone) at March 04, 2014 06:54 PM (hq5sb)

79 . Next stop: all PIV. But what if we like PIV?

Posted by: bibi's boobs destroy at March 04, 2014 06:54 PM (slnLD)

80 Peaches - 'Vamp'. A word that has fallen from usage. I must make more use of it. Just for you, Ella Fitzgerald, and weirdly, Jack Webb: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdb--NSa_kA

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 04, 2014 06:54 PM (aDwsi)

Hi 'rons and 'ettes! Some more liquid global warming here.

Posted by: Infidel at March 04, 2014 06:54 PM (Xl7GC)

82 /yeah, I had one of those too Still have mine, but converted to use smoke fluid, now, rather than the almost unavailable pellets.

Posted by: Fox2! at March 04, 2014 06:55 PM (cHwSy)

83 WTF is a "playoff push"???

Posted by: andycanuck still in toronto at March 04, 2014 06:55 PM (hn5v5)

84 'Nite TSR

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 04, 2014 06:55 PM (aDwsi)

85 Thanks -- though I'll be told what I figured out. Posted by: cthulhu at March 04, 2014 10:51 PM (T1005) I may be wrong, but perhaps give her something unexpected, aka. something other than your standard diamond?

Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 06:55 PM (MpP9p)

86 "sexual consent is more than just a yes."

So what about yes being said repeatedly in a very loud tone.

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at March 04, 2014 06:55 PM (WdbF7)

87 Posted by: Carol at March 04, 2014 10:47 PM (z4WKX)

We're all teh gay now.

OR ELSE!!!

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 04, 2014 06:55 PM (LSDdO)

88 Whoa, Cuth is engaged? Congrats!!!

Posted by: logprof at March 04, 2014 06:56 PM (X3GkB)

89 "A passerby stumbles and sprawls in the street, an old lady can barely control Brutus at the end of a leash, a small tricycle driver loses control of his vehicle. Politeness means, of course, that you come and help all these people. American culture wants you to quit all your activities and rescue the unfortunate. In America, you cannot pretend to not have noticed all these little quirks. You must rush to provide assistance to all who need it."

They need to update that guide.

That's the way it used to be, and that's the way I was brought up, and that's what I did for many years of my adult life, but I now default to avoiding involvement. At least where I live.

Because Commiefornia's high court ruled that if you are a Good Samaritan, and you have attempted in good faith to assist a stranger in difficulty or at risk, then if said stranger isn't happy with how things turned out, you can be sued for every penny.

And believe me, there is no shortage of sleazy contingency-fee attorneys in Commiefornia ready to do just that.

Posted by: torquewrench at March 04, 2014 06:56 PM (gqT4g)

90 After all they were found in his sock.
Not after the tragic boating accident where I lost both socks and shoes.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 04, 2014 06:56 PM (hn5v5)

91 Peaches - 'Vamp'. A word that has fallen from usage. I must make more use of it.

Hammer, it's a great word for women. Please don't risk your mancard!! And thanks for the Ella . . . my dad loved her and so I grew up on her singing, as well as a lot of other very cool stuff. I think I actually saw her at Newport once, not sure, I was just a little kid but I saw a lot of very cool stuff there.

Posted by: Peaches at March 04, 2014 06:57 PM (8lmkt)

92 So an impaired driver here just killed a 12 week pregnant cancer survivor on the way home from the hospital in a taxi. On one website they said the guy was drunk and all the commenters were horrified about lax drunk driving laws and how drunk drivers are the worst evil ever. On another news site they said the troopers think the guy was on some type of drugs. Crickets from the commenters. So my takeaway is that not all horrible deaths are equal. Drunk driver is like Pol Pot. Drugged driver is not.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 04, 2014 06:57 PM (RZ8pf)

93 wait, who got engaged, Cthulhu? c'mon, tell!

Posted by: Peaches at March 04, 2014 06:58 PM (8lmkt)

94 76 Congrats on the engagement oh eldritch one. Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 04, 2014 10:53 PM (RZ8pf) Hide posts from (RZ8pf)

Thanks, PGiS.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 04, 2014 06:58 PM (T1005)

95 Written by a 14 yr old kid. Pretty cool. Our generation will be known for nothing. Never will anybody say, We were the peak of mankind. That is wrong, the truth is Our generation was a failure. Thinking that We actually succeeded Is a waste. And we know Living only for money and power Is the way to go. Being loving, respectful, and kind Is a dumb thing to do. Forgetting about that time, Will not be easy, but we will try. Changing our world for the better Is something we never did. Giving up Was how we handled our problems. Working hard Was a joke. We knew that People thought we couldnÂ’t come back That might be true, Unless we turn things around (Read from bottom to top now)

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 04, 2014 06:58 PM (GEICT)

96 Used to have these darts that you could put a cap in the nose and you'd toss it in the air onto a sidewalk and BLAMMO!

I pity kids today.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 04, 2014 06:58 PM (LSDdO)

97 I'll be told what I figured out. Saves you the stress of trying to figure out what she wants.

Posted by: bibi's boobs destroy at March 04, 2014 06:58 PM (slnLD)

98 92 So an impaired driver here just killed a 12 week pregnant cancer survivor on the way home from the hospital in a taxi. On one website they said the guy was drunk and all the commenters were horrified about lax drunk driving laws and how drunk drivers are the worst evil ever. On another news site they said the troopers think the guy was on some type of drugs. Crickets from the commenters. So my takeaway is that not all horrible deaths are equal. Drunk driver is like Pol Pot. Drugged driver is not.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 04, 2014 10:57 PM (RZ8pf)

Alcohol is a drug.

Posted by: Yup at March 04, 2014 06:59 PM (QEcZA)

99 Posted by: cthulhu at March 04, 2014 10:58 PM (T1005)

OMG!!!! Yay, you!! I do love to be happy for a fellow moron and you are one of the best. God bless, cthulhu and the impending Mrs. cthulhu!

Posted by: Peaches at March 04, 2014 06:59 PM (8lmkt)

100 There are two smells of childhood: 1. Caps 2. Ozone from a Lionel locomotive Alright, there are actually 3: 3. Lionel smoke pellets Posted by: Fox2! at March 04, 2014 10:46 PM (cHwSy) 4. The Hot Wheels Super Charger

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, used to be MrCaniac at March 04, 2014 07:00 PM (HxSXm)

101 Found CA Gold Coins Likely Stolen From US Mint in 1899

"Likely" is a stolen base. The article itself has an update:

A few of the coins in the hoard were from different U.S. Mints and from earlier in the 19th century. It could be the case that the Federal Government might only be able to prove that the coins amongst the hoard which can be confirmed as coming from the San Francisco Mint in 1899 must be returned, while the finders could contest that the remaining coins were not part of that robbery and thus not necessarily stolen property.

But even that is misleading. If the US government wants to claim these coins (or some portion of these coins) are from some robbery, they have to prove it. Merely finding reports about some robbery that occurred during the right timeframe doesn't do it. There were people legally acquiring the same types of coins during the same timeframe. Proving that these particular coins came from a robbery is going to take more than digging up some old newspaper article out of the archives. Until that happens, it's just speculation.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 04, 2014 07:00 PM (IN7k+)

102 There were also the plastic cap rings for use in cap gun revolvers. I had one of those.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 04, 2014 07:00 PM (hn5v5)

103 Congrats to the lord of chaos.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 04, 2014 07:00 PM (GEICT)

104 Articles of Confederation
according to high school civics textbooks of fifty years ago, had several problems. The National Government had no tax income, and the individual colonies were taxing each other with tariffs, duties, and fees whenever trade goods crossed borders.

The result was a new Federal Constitution which claimed for the federal government, the power to regulate inter state commerce..

So here we are again, repeating the mistakes of the past. Taxing trade between the states merely for crossing a state border enroute to somewhere else. Special state regulations that require products sold in that state to meet restrictive characteristics.

But it really doesn't matter anymore since we have long ago ignored the plain language the US Constitution was written in.

There is no 'justice system' where laws apply equally to everyone. Instead we have lawyers, and rule by Imperial Decree, and Political Officers.

Posted by: Joshua tymes at March 04, 2014 07:00 PM (UcA5R)

105 29 HI Peaches, Some goes on here in The MoonBat State of Massachusetts. You have to be careful who you say things to. I donÂ’t think anyone would lose their job over it, but who knows? Posted by: Carol at March 04, 2014 10:43 PM (z4WKX) That's the reason I decided to stay at my underpaid, under appreciated job. Conservative employers who let me listen to talk radio all day and in fact encourage it. Plus they're just good all around, and the grass doesn't look any greener on the other side of the fence.

Posted by: Kalneva at March 04, 2014 07:00 PM (XyrkB)

106 I see the media keeps referring to George P. Bush as half-hispanic. Does anybody else get called "half-hispanic"? I've heard "half-Mexican" before, but not "half-hispanic".

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 04, 2014 07:00 PM (ZPrif)

107 85 Thanks -- though I'll be told what I figured out.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 04, 2014 10:51 PM (T1005)

I may be wrong, but perhaps give her something unexpected, aka. something other than your standard diamond? Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 10:55 PM (MpP9p) Hide posts from (MpP9p)

I have been informed that my taste in jewelry is execrable and that I'd better not go off and do anything unsupervised.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 04, 2014 07:01 PM (T1005)

108 Drunk driver is like Pol Pot. Drugged driver is not. ------------------ In a theater, could spit on the floor, and be accounted less contemptuous than if one lit a cigarette.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 04, 2014 07:01 PM (aDwsi)

109 Wow, been here for months, and just today got the tip that when on a tablet, double click the last comment before refreshing and it will take you to that same comment with new ones below. Thanks to whoever did that. Saves a lot of time.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 04, 2014 07:01 PM (ojnk6)

110 108 "...one could..."

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 04, 2014 07:01 PM (aDwsi)

111 Kalneva, good grief, girl, it's been months. {{{{{{}}}}}} how the fuck are ya? dang, I just want to hug you senseless!!

Posted by: Peaches at March 04, 2014 07:01 PM (8lmkt)

112 I have been informed that my taste in jewelry is execrable and that I'd better not go off and do anything unsupervised. Posted by: cthulhu ---------------- Probably good advice.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 04, 2014 07:02 PM (aDwsi)

113 Well yes alcohol is a drug but you know what else is a drug? Drugs. Maybe we can start to be concerned about the people getting killed by drivers who are impaired by drivers using other types of drugs too.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 04, 2014 07:02 PM (RZ8pf)

114 To get a bigger bang and that sweet smell. We would take 2 large (probably 3/4") bolts and a nut. Then get a box of kitchen matches and with a pocket knife scrape the burny stuff off. Then thread the nut a couple threads onto one bolt. Put the burny stuff into the nut now sealed at one end with a bolt. Then thread the other bolt into the nut lightly hand tight. Now drop off the garage roof onto the driveway and BANG.

Posted by: The Hickster at March 04, 2014 07:02 PM (TI3xG)

115 Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 04, 2014 11:00 PM (IN7k+) Uh.... have you been paying attention to the attitude of law enforcement lately??? They will confiscate, and then force HIM to prove they were NOT part of the robbery... And probably sell them while he is trying to prove that...

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 04, 2014 07:02 PM (84gbM)

116 FTR Flash Fighters were toy cars (cast iron, slightly bigger than Matchbox or Hot Wheels, size of small Tonak trucks) that had a little hatch underneath, in which one planted a cap (the cylindrical ones, like pulled off from a multi-shooter ring). The cars had a bumper in front, that when the car slammed into anything (they came with launchers), would pop the cap. There were of course "bad guy" and "good guy" Flash Fighters --they came with mini-comic books with their stories-- and of course the "bad guy" ones looked cooler.

Posted by: logprof at March 04, 2014 07:02 PM (X3GkB)

117 Wow, seriously, all the '80s nostalgia on the Interwebz and nothing about Flash Fighters? Searches came up with some pill about *hot* flash fighters. Damn.

Posted by: logprof at March 04, 2014 10:53 PM

Link was rejected. But, if you search "flash fighters cars parry game preserve", there's an analsis when you scroll down.

Posted by: otho at March 04, 2014 07:02 PM (9gNQd)

118 Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 04, 2014 11:02 PM (RZ8pf)

Agreed.

Posted by: Yup at March 04, 2014 07:03 PM (QEcZA)

119 88 Whoa, Cuth is engaged? Congrats!!! Posted by: logprof at March 04, 2014 10:56 PM (X3GkB) Hide posts from (X3GkB)

Thank you. As I said before, I would have thought spending 25 years together meant more than a word.....but now that's the word.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 04, 2014 07:03 PM (T1005)

120 I asked this a couple of weeks ago, but it's still relevant: If you could have an hour long interview with either Barack Obama or Vladimir Putin, who would you choose? In either case, a trustworthy translator would be provided. The Hordes' thoughts?

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 04, 2014 07:03 PM (JMmQ9)

121 Evening! The Duke pron star has outed herself. Pics at WRAL.com. Meh...

Posted by: EC at March 04, 2014 07:03 PM (doBIb)

122 Radiocommunication towers are another target of criminally greedy states. A small company I worked for purchased a couple of former AT&T microwave properties with 300 foot towers, paying between $10K and $30K per facility. That next year, we were uniformly hit with tax assessment valuations between $400K and $800K.

We were dumbfounded. We appealed, were rejected by the counties, and sued. We learned some used an absurd method of having some local idiot county worker drive by and count antennas, then multiply a revenue estimate for each antenna. Besides the fact that this amounts to a hidden wholesale sales tax applied through property taxes, they completely made no sense in our case as these antennas counted were old AT&T horns from the 1940s and 50s, still on the tower and dead to the world for 20+ years.

Each year, we'd appeal, be rejected, sue, spend $10K per site in legal fees rather than agree to the valuation. They admitted to us that they did this as it was a major revenue raiser, since most companies are out of state and don't sue per the expense of having to have local counsel.

Today, if someone's working in government, they're most likely involved in what would be criminal racketeering in the private sector.

Posted by: Multitude at March 04, 2014 07:04 PM (gJDLl)

123 Posted by: AltonJackson at March 04, 2014 11:03 PM (JMmQ9) Depends.... is the Secret Service in the room? /tries to look innocent...

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 04, 2014 07:04 PM (84gbM)

124 On the topic of taxation without representation, hotel taxes are a classic example. They charge you $25 a night because they know you're a visitor and can't vote anyone out of office.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 04, 2014 07:04 PM (ZOVi/)

125 Hopefully a Moron just won the Mega Million jackpot. $240 million annuity or $133 million cash.

Then let the bacon and Val-U-Rite flow in Vegas.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 04, 2014 07:04 PM (kMyr1)

126 Full disclosure: McCain has been one of my least favorite Republicans for 15+ years now and I believe every one of the rumors about his possible defection to the Democrats after 2000. There were some mutterings in 2008 that he had been 'turned' by the Communists in the POW camp, and there were plenty of people online who would rip your head off for even suggesting such a thing. Today I don't think it's far-fetched at all. But the more likely explanation is that he is simply not that intelligent.

Posted by: rickl at March 04, 2014 07:04 PM (sdi6R)

127 Anyone have a Big Bang carbide cannon?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 04, 2014 07:04 PM (aDwsi)

128 I have been informed that my taste in jewelry is execrable and that I'd better not go off and do anything unsupervised. Posted by: cthulhu at March 04, 2014 11:01 PM (T1005) Oh dear. If you want to go unsupervised and pay a pretty penny, may I recommend Tanzanite and Morganite? On another note, what is her birthstone? You may do well pursuing that.

Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 07:05 PM (MpP9p)

129 you could pull a strip of caps between your finger and your thumbnail and pop em Bam Bam Bam like a machine gun. Oh sure you'd have a blister on your thumb more than likely, but that sound was so cool.

Posted by: jwpaine @PirateBallerina at March 04, 2014 07:05 PM (2oU2+)

130 120 Alton, Putin, hands down. I know all I need to know about the JEF.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 04, 2014 07:05 PM (ojnk6)

131 Hugs to you, too, Peaches!

Posted by: Kalneva at March 04, 2014 07:05 PM (XyrkB)

132 If you could have an hour long interview with either Barack Obama or Vladimir Putin, who would you choose?

In either case, a trustworthy translator would be provided.

The Hordes' thoughts?

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 04, 2014 11:03 PM (JMmQ9)

Vlad. And I don't need not stinkin' translator, I can read body language. I bet he's never bowed to anyone in his life. Sorry, but he's just more my kinda person than that fuckin' shitbird we're stuck with.

Posted by: Peaches at March 04, 2014 07:06 PM (8lmkt)

133 99 Posted by: cthulhu at March 04, 2014 10:58 PM (T1005)

OMG!!!! Yay, you!! I do love to be happy for a fellow moron and you are one of the best. God bless, cthulhu and the impending Mrs. cthulhu!
Posted by: Peaches at March 04, 2014 10:59 PM (8lmkt) Hide posts from (8lmkt)

Thank you.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 04, 2014 07:06 PM (T1005)

134 61 I sent an email to the Assembly leader in New Jersey asking why he wanted to ban the 50 caliber barret rifle, a gun which has never been used in the commission of a crime in New Jersey and as far as I know the US, he never responded. This anti-gun disease is spreading throughout the North East and sadly into places like Pennsylvania and Virginia which were places I could have moved to to avoid this madness. Posted by: Kreplach at March 04, 2014 10:51 PM (Xkr8I) You do realize that the GOP holds 68 of the 100 seats in the House in Virginia. 0 gun control bills will get passed, and actually the House and Senate passed veto proof laws expanding how we can carry.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, used to be MrCaniac at March 04, 2014 07:07 PM (HxSXm)

135 The Hordes' thoughts? Posted by: AltonJackson at March 04, 2014 11:03 PM (JMmQ9) There's no way I could spend an hour with TFG. At least, not without kicking his ass.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 04, 2014 07:07 PM (GEICT)

136 If Vlad turns his back on you, it's to check and make sure there is one in the chamber.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 04, 2014 07:07 PM (aDwsi)

137 ou could pull a strip of caps between your finger and your thumbnail and pop em Bam Bam Bam like a machine gun. Oh sure you'd have a blister on your thumb more than likely, but that sound was so cool.

OMG, yes!!! I did that at least a thousand times. Very, very good thousand times. Aromatic and satisfying.

Posted by: Peaches at March 04, 2014 07:07 PM (8lmkt)

138 And the value of the stolen goods was just IIRC the $10,000 face value of the coins at the time and not the $10-million it is today. If the coins hadn't been stolen but stayed at the mint for circulation, today's government wouldn't have any of it let alone $10-million or even the one extra-special million-dollar coin.

At worst IMHO the couple should pay out the 10-grand 1900 value if the theft is proven. They'll still have to pay taxes on the rest of the current value as they sell so it's not like the government isn't getting its pound of flesh.

Still, I knew something like that was coming although I figured the government would claim that the gold should have been turned in to the government during FDR's gold seizure and that would be the excuse. They should have sold them slowly over many years and not reported it.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 04, 2014 07:08 PM (hn5v5)

139 Depends.... is the Secret Service in the room? /tries to look innocent... Posted by: Romeo13 at March 04, 2014 11:04 PM No, just you and him and the translator...

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 04, 2014 07:08 PM (JMmQ9)

140 A hearty hoisting of the joy juice for cthulhu on this Mardi Gras!!

Posted by: logprof at March 04, 2014 07:09 PM (X3GkB)

141 127 Anyone have a Big Bang carbide cannon?Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 04, 2014 11:04 PM (aDwsi)
I used to have the small one.

Posted by: Not John Lennon at March 04, 2014 07:09 PM (YgTB4)

142 Evening everyone!

Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 04, 2014 07:09 PM (lr3d7)

143 ooh!...Justified is good tonight!

Posted by: concrete girl at March 04, 2014 07:09 PM (ejUfD)

144 Thank you. What is Miss Elder God's namesake? Shub Niggurath?

Posted by: EC at March 04, 2014 07:09 PM (doBIb)

145 If I came across a stash of abandoned gold coins, no one..., NO.ONE. is going to know about it.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 04, 2014 07:09 PM (aDwsi)

146 Why the couple that found 10 mil in treasure didn't just sell this in private sales a little bit at a time in this Gov environment is completely beyond me.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 04, 2014 07:10 PM (ojnk6)

147 Smack whole rolls of caps with a hammer.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 04, 2014 07:10 PM (YgTB4)

148 cthulu

Congrats on your pending nuptials, you great old tentacled horror. I guess the stars were right.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 04, 2014 07:10 PM (0AKks)

149 Cthulhu. .........Congrats! Did you say that you have been together for 25 years?!

Posted by: westminsterdogshow at March 04, 2014 07:11 PM (W3UHW)

150 There were some mutterings in 2008 that he had been 'turned' by the Communists in the POW camp, and there were plenty of people online who would rip your head off for even suggesting such a thing.
Today I don't think it's far-fetched at all. But the more likely explanation is that he is simply not that intelligent.
Posted by: rickl at March 04, 2014 11:04 PM (sdi6R)

Why go with the exotic when mere egotism, vanity, thin skin, and the foolishness of old age explain so much.

Posted by: Mætenloch at March 04, 2014 07:11 PM (exK8D)

151 138 Canuckandy, similar thoughts posted at about the same time.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 04, 2014 07:11 PM (ojnk6)

152 Anyone have a Big Bang carbide cannon?Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 04, 2014 11:04 PM (aDwsi) I used to have the small one. Posted by: Not John --------------- Yup me too. Still have it. Two friends had them also. We would stage battles in the dark crawl space under the house. It was cool...., muzzle flashes from the corners.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 04, 2014 07:11 PM (aDwsi)

153 146 Why the couple that found 10 mil in treasure didn't just sell this in private sales a little bit at a time in this Gov environment is completely beyond me. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 04, 2014 11:10 PM (ojnk6) --Some people are just incapable of STFU. It's a plot driver of many heist movies/TV shows.

Posted by: logprof at March 04, 2014 07:12 PM (X3GkB)

154 They should have sold them slowly over many years and not reported it.

They went to a lawyer before they did anything. Must have been their misfortune to find one of the few with a working set of ethics.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 04, 2014 07:12 PM (IN7k+)

155 Cthulhu. .........Congrats! Did you say that you have been together for 25 years?! Posted by: westminsterdogshow at March 04, 2014 11:11 PM (W3UHW) She sure loves her tentacles...

Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 07:12 PM (MpP9p)

156 If I had found a bunch of gold coins buried in my backyard, I would have transferred them to my safe without telling a soul.

Posted by: rickl at March 04, 2014 07:12 PM (sdi6R)

157 More crimes are solved because the crooks bragged than forensics.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 04, 2014 07:13 PM (kMyr1)

158 I remember accordion-folding those red caps to line up all the powder dots. Wrap it with cello tape. Pierce the stack with a needle and thread, then glue and dust the thread with powder residue to make a fuse.

A (tiny ((tiny-bomb throwing) anarchist)) at age 8.

Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at March 04, 2014 07:13 PM (a5ljo)

159 Why go with the exotic when mere egotism, vanity, thin skin, and the foolishness of old age explain so much.

He had all that as a young man, too.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 04, 2014 07:13 PM (IN7k+)

160 Someone willingly walked into an engagement? Cue Admiral Akbar.

Posted by: Teh Most Interesting Man at March 04, 2014 07:13 PM (dTh2r)

161 Weird. I just scrolled down really fast and my eye thought it caught the word telesmutting.

Posted by: soothsayer at March 04, 2014 07:13 PM (XNAkq)

162 Pootie poor cause he doesn't whistle when he talks. That and not every single word out if his mouth is a lie.

Posted by: bibi's boobs destroy at March 04, 2014 07:14 PM (slnLD)

163 Soothsayer, stop watching Sandra Fluke videos. They will rot your mind.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 04, 2014 07:14 PM (kMyr1)

164 I also get nostalgic for the hot, dangerous smell of Thing Makers. Terrible, but good. Poor kids today. I hope my daughter and SIL will allow my first grandchild a little fun, but since they are in Seattle, no hope for that, really.

Posted by: Kalneva at March 04, 2014 07:14 PM (XyrkB)

165 157 More crimes are solved because the crooks bragged than forensics. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 04, 2014 11:13 PM (kMyr1) --Don't forget Muhammed self-cracking the DC Snipers case by bragging about it. Then Chief Moose hogs the credit.

Posted by: logprof at March 04, 2014 07:15 PM (X3GkB)

166 If I came across a stash of abandoned gold coins, no one..., NO.ONE. is going to know about it.
I think Mike just admitted he has a huge stash of abandoned gold coins. Can you do a home trace through Mike's ISP, Maetenloch?

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 04, 2014 07:15 PM (hn5v5)

167 I waited 8 years to get my revenge on those damn conservatives for what they did to me in 2000, but I got it.

Posted by: John McCain at March 04, 2014 07:16 PM (QEcZA)

168 "Are cap guns still legal?" Yep, you just have to know where to find them. Hint: Gas stations in hispanic neighborhoods are a good place to start.

Posted by: Lauren at March 04, 2014 07:16 PM (hFL/3)

169 They went to a lawyer before they did anything. Must have been their misfortune to find one of the few with a working set of ethics.
Better call Saul!

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 04, 2014 07:16 PM (hn5v5)

170 154 And in return for their "ethics", they are about to receive a .Gov ass raping. In this environment, given the tax hungry Gov, the last thing I ever wouldmhave done is to go trumpeting this. After all, look at what their "ethics" is going to net them.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 04, 2014 07:16 PM (ojnk6)

171 Just got home from CO GOP caucuses. ...........pretty pitiful attendance. Plus we have got about 100 people running for governor.

Posted by: westminsterdogshow at March 04, 2014 07:16 PM (W3UHW)

172 Eff you Juan McCain! No one wanted you 14 years ago, now itÂ’s time to retire!

Posted by: Cindy McC at March 04, 2014 07:17 PM (z4WKX)

173 I think my sister has my old carbide cannon. I think the ignitor is missing a part.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 04, 2014 07:17 PM (YgTB4)

174 Pootie. Poot. Fuck auto correct

Posted by: bibi's boobs destroy at March 04, 2014 07:17 PM (slnLD)

175 Welp! Acquired yet another guitar today -- though not the Strat I was hoping to get in the next couple of weeks. Seems the Lag acoustic I broke the headstock off of two weeks after I bought it took another tumble (out the car door when I opened it to put my laptop inside) and the glue job just couldn't withstand it.

So, I went out and got one of these:

http://is.gd/FOLEOL

So far, I'm highly impressed with the bang-per-buck ratio.

While I was at the shop, I got play an extremely nice Guild acoustic -- 1975 vintage, oh-so-gently used. It wasn't the most beautiful guitar I've ever seen, but my God did that thing ring!

Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at March 04, 2014 07:17 PM (m0h0I)

176 If I came across a stash of abandoned gold coins, no one..., NO.ONE. is going to know about it. Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 04, 2014 11:09 PM Exactly.

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 04, 2014 07:18 PM (JMmQ9)

177 166 If I came across a stash of abandoned gold coins, no one..., NO.ONE. is going to know about it.

I think Mike just admitted he has a huge stash of abandoned gold coins. Can you do a home trace through Mike's ISP, Maetenloch?
Posted by: andycanuck at March 04, 2014 11:15 PM (hn5v5)

Flying monkeys team #5 is already on it.

Of course a suitable donation to the AoSHQ LLC could head off any potential uh...unpleasantness.

Posted by: Mætenloch at March 04, 2014 07:18 PM (exK8D)

178 177 LOL.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 04, 2014 07:19 PM (ojnk6)

179 Oh kami, Face/Off in Japan. Weird gaijin loose in Tokyo.

Kowai desu?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 04, 2014 07:19 PM (kMyr1)

180 I think McCain just wants to be "accepted" by the Washington elites. He was in seventh heaven back in the days when he was on all the Sunday shows as the Maverick in chief.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 04, 2014 07:19 PM (YgTB4)

181 144 Thank you.

What is Miss Elder God's namesake?

Shub Niggurath?

Posted by: EC at March 04, 2014 11:09 PM (doBIb) Hide posts from (doBIb)

I'll stick with Cthulhu's Better Half for the time being.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 04, 2014 07:20 PM (T1005)

182 I saw what BC1981 posted on last thread about Lindsey Graham. Is there a creditable candidate running against him? Unlike Stockman in TX who many viewed as a joke? Also, I think in times of near crisis, FNC should get rid of Bill OÂ’Ego & give the hour to KT MacFarlane.

Posted by: Carol at March 04, 2014 07:20 PM (z4WKX)

183

I'd spend the hour with Mr. Putin. Preferably, competing against him in an IDPA match. He'd acquit himself reasonably well, I'm sure, but I'd put the whuppin' on him, for sure.

An hour with TFG? No. Way.

No. Respect.

Mr. Putin may well be the sly, evil, diabolical scheming tyrant he appears to be. But, he's a patriot to his country, unapologetically so. I don't necessarily like him, but I bear him the grudging respect due his competency and comportment.

Conversely, I'm but ashamed of TFG, in every respect, and in every instance. He shames our Nation, and I shall never, ever, forgive him this.

I wipe my shoes of him, I shake his dust off of my feet. He is accursed and an affront to righteousness itself. May history treat him as harshly as he richly deserves.

Jim

Sunk New Dawn

Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at March 04, 2014 07:20 PM (vvk2F)

184 149 Cthulhu. .........Congrats!

Did you say that you have been together for 25 years?! Posted by: westminsterdogshow at March 04, 2014 11:11 PM (W3UHW) Hide posts from (W3UHW)

As of Saturday before last....but we had a commemorative dinner last Saturday.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 04, 2014 07:21 PM (T1005)

185 32 Are cap guns still legal? Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at ___________ Ahh yes, caps. Miss them. Posted by: dogfish at March 04,Â _____________ They're still legal in Virginia. Just bought the kidlet a pair of six shooters last summer. He was threatened not to shoot them in the house, but I couldn't resist having gunfight with him... we were both put in time out.

Posted by: shredded chi at March 04, 2014 07:21 PM (5QTeW)

186 You know, it's weird. I understand what Putin is doing. I can put myself in his place and see things from his point of view, and understand what he's doing, why he's doing it, and to some degree guess what he'll be doing next. Agree with it? No. But, given the cards he's playing, I see quite clearly what he's doing and why he's doing it. Obama? I try, I really do. I understand--the spawn of an America-hating mother and a Kenyan communist father; abandoned by both, raised by communist grandparents (bank executives, no less!)--Obama has a deep, abiding, unquenchable loathing for America and everything it stands for. Remind me again why I should tolerate the presence of a Democrat in the same room as me?

Posted by: filbert at March 04, 2014 07:21 PM (roTS7)

187 Cthulhu, When are you getting married? I saw that around 5 am this morning on last nights ONT but no one answered. I woke up too early.

Posted by: Carol at March 04, 2014 07:22 PM (z4WKX)

188 Posted by: Cindy McC at March 04, 2014 11:17 PM (z4WKX) I don't think she wants that grouchy bastard home where he can annoy her.

Posted by: bibi's boobs destroy at March 04, 2014 07:22 PM (slnLD)

189 1 roll of paper caps + 1 hammer = temporary hearing loss and insane laughter

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 04, 2014 07:22 PM (Y/M/K)

190 Of course a suitable donation to the AoSHQ LLC could head off any potential uhÂ…unpleasantness. Posted by: MÃ¦tenloch at March 04, 2014 11:18 PM (exK8D) PffftttÂ….a couple coins dropped into the Maetenloch mailbox should make everything just fine.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 04, 2014 07:22 PM (GEICT)

191 This couple seems more afraid of the general public than the government, not smart.

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at March 04, 2014 07:23 PM (WdbF7)

192 As of Saturday before last....but we had a commemorative dinner last Saturday. Congrats!

Posted by: EC at March 04, 2014 07:23 PM (doBIb)

193 If I came across a stash of abandoned gold coins, no one..., NO.ONE. is going to know about it. I think Mike just admitted he has a huge stash of abandoned gold coins. Can you do a home trace through Mike's ISP, Maetenloch? Posted by: andycanuck ---------------- Well..., it would explain my lavish lifestyle, and the19 year-old second-hand S-10 that I drive.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 04, 2014 07:24 PM (aDwsi)

194 I found a tin can full of gold coins, but then the canoe I was rowing back to civilization in, hit the rapids and all was lost ... my gold coins, my guns ... all gone ...

Posted by: Adriane... at March 04, 2014 07:24 PM (qoKTg)

195 And in return for their "ethics", they are about to receive a .Gov ass raping. In this environment, given the tax hungry Gov, the last thing I ever wouldmhave done is to go trumpeting this. After all, look at what their "ethics" is going to net them.

I suspect they were concerned about being prosecuted. 10 million is an awful lot of money, even if you spread it out over many years. If the government found out, who know what all the charges an eager federal prosecutor is going to come up with. There's the tax code, money laundering, and since the coins were possibly stolen from a US mint, who knows what laws are applicable about receiving the proceeds. Whatever happens now, they don't have to worry about criminal charges.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 04, 2014 07:25 PM (IN7k+)

196 PffftttÂ….a couple coins dropped into the Maetenloch mailbox should make everything just fine. That's code for buttsecks right?

Posted by: EC at March 04, 2014 07:25 PM (doBIb)

197 While I was at the shop, I got play an extremely nice Guild acoustic -- 1975 vintage, oh-so-gently used. It wasn't the most beautiful guitar I've ever seen, but my God did that thing ring! Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at March 04, 2014 11:17 PM That's the dis-advantage us harmonica players have, it's playing the draw notes on a used harp.

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 04, 2014 07:25 PM (JMmQ9)

198 Actually Mike thinks he has some gold coins. He needs to check the litter-box I bet.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 04, 2014 07:25 PM (kMyr1)

199 Remind me again why I should tolerate the presence of a Democrat in the same room as me? Posted by: filbert at March 04, 2014 11:21 PM (roTS7) You donÂ’t have to unless they are the old fashioned moderate dems.

Posted by: Carol at March 04, 2014 07:25 PM (z4WKX)

200 On the gold coins. There is a way without ever telling anyone where you got them that you still might get noticed. They were very rare coins in mint condition which gave them that great value. Pretty hard to sneak that into the rare coin market even over time. And there is no story where the Govt wouldn't come after you for their cut. And melting them down would cost you more than the taxes.

Posted by: The Hickster at March 04, 2014 07:25 PM (TI3xG)

201

Why go with the exotic when mere egotism, vanity, contrariness, and the foolishness of old age explain so much. Posted by: MÃ¦tenloch at March 04, 2014 11:11 PM (exK8D)

Not to mention a desire to be loved and admired by the media, no matter how many times they stabbed him in '08.

Wanting to be part of the Kool Kidz Klub is unseemly at age 40. At McCain's age, it's really ridiculous. And it's apparent his spawn McBoobs has exactly the same weaknesses and hasn't waited for old age to become foolish.

Posted by: Donna and V. (no ampersand) at March 04, 2014 07:26 PM (R3gO3)

202 195 Sure, in return for losing it all. Great trade off.....

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 04, 2014 07:26 PM (ojnk6)

203

Cuthulu..... Congrats, mate!

But, might I ask.... upon which tentacle will you wear the ring?

Jim
Sunk New Dawn

Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at March 04, 2014 07:26 PM (vvk2F)

204 199 Remind me again why I should tolerate the presence of a Democrat in the same room as me?
Posted by: filbert at March 04, 2014 11:21 PM (roTS7)

Because she has tits and is receptive to your ploys?

Posted by: Mætenloch at March 04, 2014 07:29 PM (exK8D)

205 In other news, Betty White, at 92, is on Conan and is still razor sharp and funny as hell. Good Lord, let me mirror her mental faculties at that age and live to it.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 04, 2014 07:29 PM (ojnk6)

206 Well..., it would explain my lavish lifestyle, and the19 year-old second-hand S-10 that I drive.
So. Laying low, are we?
What more proof do we need, fellow morons? To Mike's house with all the spades and shovels you can muster!

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 04, 2014 07:29 PM (hn5v5)

207 Evening all. Having a sling/attachements for the 870 delivered to the office tomorrow. So if you don't hear from me for 15-20 that is why. What's the word from Texas? Good, bad or same ol' same ol'?

Posted by: RWC at March 04, 2014 07:29 PM (MtC8f)

208 The book "The Nightingale's Song" has parts about McCain in it. He was an obnoxious nightmare at Annapolis. At the time, it was the legacy of his grandfather, who was a famous flag officer in WWII that carried him through (his father was just a Captain at the time, I think). He was a terrible student, stupid AND lazy. He crashed a couple of A-4's before getting shot down in N Viet Nam. He suffered their terribly, but then he came home and ditched his wife for Cindy, who was rich and really a babe then (years younger than McCain). He does blame himself for the failure of his first marriage, but I think he had big political ambitions even then and Cindy's money (from the Budweiser distributorship her family owned in Arizona) helped a lot. Friendly to Reagan (I think he conned him) then the Keating affair in the S & L crisis (which should have finished his career), yet he survived. I heard him go nuts on the Michael Reagan radio show back in 2000. Michael had endorsed no one yet, and modestly favored McCain. And McCain went NUTS on the air, and Michael actually hung up on him. He's a weird old man that should have been voted out of the Senate years ago.

Posted by: Ribald Conservative riding Orca at March 04, 2014 07:30 PM (+1T7c)

209 McCain turned? Search online for McCain Soros. Then look at McCain-Feingold and what it did to fundraising and what Soros did next. I'm pretty sure he turned, but I doubt it was any earlier than the 90s. Cultures have a short attention span disorder that tends to kill them.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 04, 2014 07:30 PM (qyfb5)

210 --Some people are just incapable of STFU. It's a plot driver of many heist movies/TV shows. And IRL. FB gloat by daughter costs man a $80 000 settlement with a 'Do Not Gloat' clause ...

Posted by: Adriane... at March 04, 2014 07:30 PM (qoKTg)

211 #207 Vendor?

Posted by: EC at March 04, 2014 07:30 PM (doBIb)

212 What more proof do we need, fellow morons? To Mike's house with all the spades and shovels you can muster! Posted by: andy -------------------------------- Heh. Hmmm. Ok, OK..., it's buried in the garden patch...that looks like it is ready to be tilled.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 04, 2014 07:30 PM (aDwsi)

213 Because she has tits and is receptive to your ploys? Posted by: MÃ¦tenloch at March 04, 2014 11:29 PM (exK8D) See, I still got it!

Posted by: Zombie Helen Thomas at March 04, 2014 07:31 PM (slnLD)

214 You donÂ’t have to unless they are the old fashioned moderate deems. Such critters exist anymore? I was under the impression that they had been expunged from the Party by the Believers, if not in 2008, certainly by 2012. The Democrat Party of the United States is now a full-up, Marxist-Communist political party. Believe it.

Posted by: filbert at March 04, 2014 07:31 PM (roTS7)

215 Remind me again why I should tolerate the presence of a Democrat in the same room as me?
Posted by: filbert at March 04, 2014 11:21 PM (roTS7)

Because she has tits and is receptive to your ploys?

Posted by: MÃ¦tenloch at March 04, 2014 11:29 PM (exK8D)

..and is maybe Kirsten Powers. Other than that scenario, there is no reason.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 04, 2014 07:32 PM (FMbng)

216 Oops. I have been bidden to retire. Nytol.

Posted by: filbert at March 04, 2014 07:32 PM (roTS7)

217 187 Cthulhu,
When are you getting married? I saw that around 5 am this morning on last nights ONT but no one answered. I woke up too early. Posted by: Carol at March 04, 2014 11:22 PM (z4WKX) Hide posts from (z4WKX)

That is a heckuva question. As I discussed previously, it is exceedingly dangerous to be married in California and for either one of you to supervise employees -- we both know people who were sued for trumped-up "discrimination" charges. The manager starts off losing his job, the employer settles quickly giving them the assets they need to vindictively go after the manager, and the resulting legal fees and damages clobber not just the manager, but his entire family. So I would hope that it'd be slightly after we shake the dust from this place off our heels.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 04, 2014 07:32 PM (T1005)

218 106 I see the media keeps referring to George P. Bush as half-hispanic. Does anybody else get called "half-hispanic"? I've heard "half-Mexican" before, but not "half-hispanic". Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 04, 2014 11:00 PM (ZPrif) Only Republicans. If he was a Dem, he's full on.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, used to be MrCaniac at March 04, 2014 07:32 PM (HxSXm)

219 212 What more proof do we need, fellow morons? To Mike's house with all the spades and shovels you can muster! Posted by: andy -------------------------------- Heh. Hmmm. Ok, OK..., it's buried in the garden patch...that looks like it is ready to be tilled. Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 04, 2014 11:30 PM (aDwsi) LOL! That's the plot from an old episode of Wings. Roy pretends to be hypnotized and reveals that he did something illegal and buried "it" in his back yard, so the rest of the gang digs it all up. Roy really wanted to install a pool.

Posted by: EC at March 04, 2014 07:33 PM (doBIb)

220 Friendly to Reagan (I think he conned him) Didnt the Reagans freeze him out when he dumped his first wife, who he knew them through?

Posted by: bibi's boobs destroy at March 04, 2014 07:34 PM (slnLD)

221 203
Cuthulu..... Congrats, mate!

But, might I ask.... upon which tentacle will you wear the ring?

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX Posted by: Jim at March 04, 2014 11:26 PM (vvk2F) Hide posts from (vvk2F)

Wherever she tells me to.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 04, 2014 07:34 PM (T1005)

222 Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 04, 2014 11:30 PM (qyfb5) Mero, I am going to look as you suggested. I donÂ’t trust McCain, at all.

Posted by: Carol at March 04, 2014 07:34 PM (z4WKX)

223 Does anybody else get called "half-hispanic"? _______ George Zimmerman?

Posted by: shredded chi at March 04, 2014 07:34 PM (5QTeW)

224 211 #207 Vendor? Posted by: EC at March 04, 2014 11:30 PM (doBIb) What do you mean?

Posted by: RWC at March 04, 2014 07:35 PM (MtC8f)

225 Wherever she tells me to.

That there is a smart eldritch abomination.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 04, 2014 07:35 PM (0AKks)

226 224 211 #207 Vendor? Posted by: EC at March 04, 2014 11:30 PM (doBIb) What do you mean? Posted by: RWC at March 04, 2014 11:35 PM (MtC8f) What brand of sling? Blue Force?

Posted by: EC at March 04, 2014 07:36 PM (doBIb)

227

From what I understand, the Thais nibble on street food constantly (and yet somehow manage to stay thin, which I do not if I indulge my love of pad thai too often). So it's not just those crazy Americans who eat on the street. The frogs have an aversion to snacking because their cuisine is so loaded with calories - if they went around eating Brie and chocolate mousse all day long, they'd soon get tubby (what's Hollande's excuse?)

I have to admit, I can understand the weariness of the French guy at hearing the word "inspiring" constantly. The movie was "inspiring," Obama is "inspiring," the story of the athlete's come-back is "inspiring." I'm sick of it too, although the cliche that really makes me grind my teeth is "raise awareness." 'Cause if these pols and celebs didn't yap away, nobody would know breast cancer or rape or a diet consisting of Snickers bars is bad for you.

Posted by: Donna and V. (no ampersand) at March 04, 2014 07:36 PM (R3gO3)

228 223 No, that's "White Hispanic". You forgot the magic word.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 04, 2014 07:36 PM (ojnk6)

229 Incidentally, anyone notice that it took a Russian invasion of Ukraine to get Seymour Phillip Hoffman's dead ass out of the news cycle?

Posted by: soothsayer at March 04, 2014 07:37 PM (XNAkq)

230 Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, used to be MrCaniac at March 04, 2014 11:32 PM (HxSXm) That's how Tony Villar becomes Antonio RamÃ³n Villaraigosa.

Posted by: RWC at March 04, 2014 07:37 PM (MtC8f)

231 OK, everyone that is surprised to learn that Alan Grayson beats his wife be sure to sit right down and let me tell you about a great investment opportunity.

Posted by: jc at March 04, 2014 07:38 PM (PlzOe)

232 I'm sick of it too, although the cliche that really makes me grind my teeth is "raise awareness." Me too. Some people carry on like its a full time job.

Posted by: EC at March 04, 2014 07:38 PM (doBIb)

233 soothsayer at March 04, 2014 11:37 PM (XNAkq) See ... silver lining in the gloomiest of clouds ...

Posted by: Adriane... at March 04, 2014 07:39 PM (qoKTg)

234 Meanwhile in DC, the grad school seminar masquerading as a Presidential administration continues on its merry way.

The other day, Merkel confided in Obama during a phone conversation that she thought Putin was "in another world," losing touch with reality.

Obama promptly let that comment leak to the press.

Causing considerable embarrassment to an ally during an international crisis. (And ensuring allies will no longer speak openly in private with American officials.)

Now, we have the Obama White House saying for the record that Obama himself does not think Putin is "unhinged", but is acting for domestic political reasons. In other words, Obama saying that Merkel's assessment is wrong.

And going on to say, incredibly, that Obama wants Merkel -- the same person he just embarrassingly quoted as saying Putin is nuts, and the same person who Obama then further embarrassed by publicly contradicting her assessment -- to act as a mediator between Putin and himself!

I'd love to be a fly on the wall in that meeting room, but I don't think my lifespan would be very long, as the temperature plummeted towards near absolute zero.

Posted by: torquewrench at March 04, 2014 07:39 PM (gqT4g)

235 Because she has tits and is receptive to your ploys? Posted by: MÃ¦tenloch at March 04, 2014 11:29 PM Game over, Man. Game Over.

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 04, 2014 07:39 PM (JMmQ9)

236 Smellovision!! Plus, that snap of caps, in guns, hit with rocks, whatever. I never had enough caps. Gracias, Maetenloch. Drive-by comment tonight. But watch out. I may lurk until I fall assleeeeee... eep.

Posted by: mindful webworker - and 4th of July! at March 04, 2014 07:40 PM (U13jb)

237 Posted by: EC at March 04, 2014 11:36 PM (doBIb) Oh. Uncle Mikes attachements. SpectreForce sling. They may be shitty, I don't know. For Amazon Prime I needed to add some items so I just did a quick pick of something I need.

Posted by: RWC at March 04, 2014 07:41 PM (MtC8f)

238 Damn. I can't find the story but last year a construction worker working on a home in MA found a stash of gold coins or rare coins. Turns out he was the thief who stole them and created the ruse so he could sell them without getting into trouble.

Posted by: soothsayer at March 04, 2014 07:41 PM (XNAkq)

239 eh - taxing out-of-state residents is a common model for all states, red states or blue states. the blue states are just more egregious about it.

Posted by: chemjeff at March 04, 2014 07:42 PM (9GG/0)

240 Congratulations, Cthulhu!

Funny thing about caps being a part of the ONT... right now, I'm drinking Plaid Bastard Ale from Grand Lake Brewing Co. It's rather... peaty, like they were thinking of Scotch ale as being patterned after certain types of Scotch whiskey. It's sort of like drinking liquid caps. So, that smell you're thinking of? I'm tasting it. It's a little odd, but not bad.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 04, 2014 07:42 PM (/96QU)

241 Correction - Specter Gear

Posted by: RWC at March 04, 2014 07:42 PM (MtC8f)

242 I tried to watch Game Change last night on demand, but luckily the movie stopped after 25 minutes or so. I got an error message to try again & I had seen enough. I DO NOT recommend anyone watch 5 minutes of that trash.

Posted by: Carol at March 04, 2014 07:43 PM (z4WKX)

243 You could not sell any of those coins at anywhere close to their value without attracting a lot of attention.

Posted by: navybrat at March 04, 2014 07:43 PM (AW7Gr)

244 In France, we merely fart in the general direction of the unfortunate, and move along.

Posted by: The French at March 04, 2014 07:43 PM (Dwehj)

245 @ 197 [Alton] -- Oh, man. That gave me a chuckle. Thanks for the perspective!

Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at March 04, 2014 07:44 PM (m0h0I)

246 You could not sell any of those coins at anywhere close to their value without attracting a lot of attention. I know a guy.

Posted by: soothsayer at March 04, 2014 07:44 PM (XNAkq)

247 243 Howvever, smelted gold bullion in small bricks might have some value....

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 04, 2014 07:45 PM (ojnk6)

248 jc at March 04, 2014 11:38 PM (PlzOe) jc!!!! Did you survive the overtime? I survived the Arts Festival but just barely ...

Posted by: Adriane... at March 04, 2014 07:45 PM (qoKTg)

249 247 243 Howvever, smelted gold bullion in small bricks might have some value.... Smelt them down and have them franked at $1 trillion dollars.

Posted by: EC at March 04, 2014 07:46 PM (doBIb)

250 "I know a guy"... Who would give you pennies on the dollar...

Posted by: navybrat at March 04, 2014 07:46 PM (AW7Gr)

251 Chemjeff!

Posted by: bibi's boobs destroy at March 04, 2014 07:46 PM (slnLD)

252 If I found such a stash of coins, I'd probably sit on them so I'd have something in the way of resources after America collapses.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 04, 2014 07:47 PM (/96QU)

253 Howvever, smelted gold bullion in small bricks might have some value....>>

As I said above the taxes they will pay selling the coins openly will net them more money. Than melting them down.

Posted by: The Hickster at March 04, 2014 07:47 PM (TI3xG)

254 Nah, my guy would give me .50 on the dollar.

Posted by: soothsayer at March 04, 2014 07:48 PM (XNAkq)

255 249 Cool! No moar defecit!

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 04, 2014 07:48 PM (ojnk6)

256 I heard him go nuts on the Michael Reagan radio show back in 2000. Michael had endorsed no one yet, and modestly favored McCain. And McCain went NUTS on the air, and Michael actually hung up on him. He's a weird old man that should have been voted out of the Senate years ago. Posted by: Ribald Conservative riding Orca at March 04, 2014 11:30 PM (+1T7c) IÂ’m glad I missed that & I was never a McCain fan. he sounds like an arrogant ass.

Posted by: Carol at March 04, 2014 07:48 PM (z4WKX)

257 243 You could not sell any of those coins at anywhere close to their value without attracting a lot of attention. Posted by: navybrat at March 04, 2014 11:43 PM (AW7Gr) Well, there really is no market for them. They'd be held up in my shop for years. Tell you what, 200 bucks even. And that's a good deal.

Posted by: RIck Harrison at March 04, 2014 07:48 PM (MtC8f)

258 Hello to chemjeff and BBD!

Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 07:48 PM (MpP9p)

259 "I know a guy"... Eddie Crispo?

Posted by: Raj Koothrappali at March 04, 2014 07:49 PM (qoKTg)

260 That picture makes me look like I've had a few too many late-nite burritos.

Posted by: Señor Juan McCain at March 04, 2014 07:50 PM (Dwehj)

261 Numismatic value is what I am talking about. Not melt value.

Posted by: navybrat at March 04, 2014 07:50 PM (AW7Gr)

262 btw, that fraud Michael Smerconish is getting his own show on CNN Smerconish, for those unaware, claims he's a moderate Republican-conservative, yet he ALWAYS finds himself supporting obama and trashing Republicans. Weird, I know.

Posted by: soothsayer at March 04, 2014 07:51 PM (XNAkq)

263 253 Unfortunately, it looks like they will not have the opportunity to pwy taxes on the sales. As I'm reading it, it's going to be confiscated from them.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 04, 2014 07:51 PM (ojnk6)

264 Double eagles. Damn! Those are like frikkin gold doubloons!

Posted by: soothsayer at March 04, 2014 07:52 PM (XNAkq)

265 259 "I know a guy"... Eddie Crispo? Posted by: Raj Koothrappali at March 04, 2014 11:49 PM (qoKTg) Was that the LotR Peter Jackson episode?

Posted by: RWC at March 04, 2014 07:52 PM (MtC8f)

266 Perhaps the government should offer the finders a carrot. It is an old heist after all. And unless it can be proven the finders are descended from the guy who did the heist that is. Maybe a $200,000 finder fee.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 04, 2014 07:52 PM (kMyr1)

267 #262: How nice! They're getting their own Morning Joe.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 04, 2014 07:52 PM (/96QU)

268 10 cents on the dollar is pretty common with most fences.

For rare or uncommon stuff could be more, could be less and could be he'll rat you out to get off some other charge.

You pays your money and you takes your chances.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 04, 2014 07:53 PM (LSDdO)

269 Yep. Crime loot is worthless.

Posted by: navybrat at March 04, 2014 07:53 PM (AW7Gr)

270 RWC at March 04, 2014 11:52 PM (MtC8f) Yes. My cousin the lawyer is a PUTZ!

Posted by: Raj Koothrappali at March 04, 2014 07:53 PM (qoKTg)

271 248 jc at March 04, 2014 11:38 PM (PlzOe)

jc!!!!

Did you survive the overtime?

I survived the Arts Festival but just barely ...

Posted by: Adriane... at March 04, 2014 11:45 PM (qoKTg)

====

Hey Adriane,

nice to see you didn't end up in a hippy dippy trance.

Posted by: jc at March 04, 2014 07:53 PM (PlzOe)

272 183 Mr. Putin may well be the sly, evil, diabolical scheming tyrant he appears to be. But, he's a patriot to his country, unapologetically so. I don't necessarily like him, but I bear him the grudging respect due his competency and comportment. Conversely, I'm but ashamed of TFG, in every respect, and in every instance. He shames our Nation, and I shall never, ever, forgive him this. I wipe my shoes of him, I shake his dust off of my feet. He is accursed and an affront to righteousness itself. May history treat him as harshly as he richly deserves. Posted by: Jim at March 04, 2014 11:20 PM (vvk2F) +100

Posted by: rickl at March 04, 2014 07:53 PM (sdi6R)

273 "I know a guy"... Eddie Crispo? Posted by: Raj Koothrappali at March 04, 2014 11:49 PM This is why I'm here every night.

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 04, 2014 07:54 PM (JMmQ9)

274 Hi Vendette!

Posted by: bibi's boobs destroy at March 04, 2014 07:54 PM (slnLD)

275 Unfortunately, it looks like they will not have the opportunity to pwy taxes on the sales. As I'm reading it, it's going to be confiscated from them. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 04, 2014 11:51 PM (ojnk6) Stupid question, but why? Last I read was the US Mint was stating they weren't stolen. (And I say stupid question because the usual laws no longer apply.)

Posted by: RWC at March 04, 2014 07:55 PM (MtC8f)

276 US counter-terrorism officials are involved in a frantic search for a friend of the Boston Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev after she failed to return from Chechnya last year and has now posted 'alarming' pictures online of women in head-scarfs dressed as jihadi soldiers. Terrorist experts have become concerned that Heda Umarova, 23, may have become radicalized to commit Islamist violence and poses a threat to Americans at home and abroad because her US passport allows her relatively easy foreign travel. The pretty Chelsea, Massachusetts student first came to the attention of authorities when she began to spout the false-flag attack conspiracy theories of radio host Alex Jones in the aftermath of her friend Dzhokhar's dramatic capture in April.

Posted by: thunderb at March 04, 2014 07:55 PM (zOTsN)

277 262 btw, that fraud Michael Smerconish is getting his own show on CNN
Smerconish, for those unaware, claims he's a moderate Republican-conservative, yet he ALWAYS finds himself supporting obama and trashing Republicans. Weird, I know. Posted by: soothsayer at March 04, 2014 11:51 PM (XNAkq)
He guest hosted for Chris Matthews many times.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 04, 2014 07:55 PM (YgTB4)

278 #263: Unless the process of confiscation is dragged out for a while, in which case they'll have to pay taxes and THEN have them confiscated.

Look at that art collector who died a couple of years ago and left a piece containing a taxidermied bald eagle to one of her relatives. That relative had to pay taxes on it, but wasn't allowed to sell it to get some money to pay those taxes.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 04, 2014 07:56 PM (/96QU)

279 Getting rid of the Mona Lisa would be nearly impossible. But fencing stolen gold is a lot easier. Why? Because gold is fungible. (I really don't know what that word means, but it sounds good.)

Posted by: soothsayer at March 04, 2014 07:56 PM (XNAkq)

280 Unfortunately, it looks like they will not have the opportunity to pwy taxes on the sales. As I'm reading it, it's going to be confiscated from them.>>

If that's the case it just goes to show honesty is currently being punished. So I have learned never talk to the cops. Since it will only hurt you. And now I know never talk to anyone in the govt. Which I guess should have been obvious at this point in history.

Posted by: The Hickster at March 04, 2014 07:56 PM (TI3xG)

281 Heda Umarova is known to have traveled with her family to her native Chechnya in July, but failed to return home with her parents to Massachusetts in August. Her parents, Raisa and Hamzat told US authorities that she remained behind to marry after meeting a man in Chechnya during Ramadan.

Posted by: thunderb at March 04, 2014 07:56 PM (zOTsN)

282 She has been posting pictures of Chechen jihadis with guns and a photo-shopped image of a US passport in a carry-on bag featuring the black flag that signifies joining jihad.

Posted by: thunderb at March 04, 2014 07:57 PM (zOTsN)

283 No different than the Whiskey rebellion. They could pay you in whiskey but not cash.

Posted by: navybrat at March 04, 2014 07:58 PM (AW7Gr)

284 She's described as a "Chelsea, MA student?" lulz!

Posted by: soothsayer at March 04, 2014 07:58 PM (XNAkq)

285 275 If whatmI've read is correct, they would not be allowed ownership of the treasure. This would relieve them of of both the tax liability and any opportunity to profit, thus negating a taxable event.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 04, 2014 07:58 PM (ojnk6)

286 Heda certainly sounds like an erstwhile Chechen Black Widow.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 04, 2014 07:58 PM (kMyr1)

287 If you follow the links all the way back, it turns out that the whole thing about the government confiscating the coins is based on the following claim:

The published news item was discovered in the Haithi Trust Digital Library and was provided by Northern California fishing guide Jack Trout, who doubles as a historian and collector of rare coins.

So, Jack Trout finds this old story about the mint robbery, and the internet plays "what if".

But, there is nothing anywhere about the government itself saying that the coins that were found are the same as the coins that were stolen, much less that they will be confiscated. Just because there was a robbery back when does not mean that these are the same coins.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 04, 2014 07:59 PM (IN7k+)

288 Unless the process of confiscation is dragged out for a while, in which case they'll have to pay taxes and THEN have them confiscated. I know! Trade them for a couple of bricks of .22LR!!!

Posted by: EC at March 04, 2014 07:59 PM (doBIb)

289 Hazmat is a funny name, though.

Posted by: soothsayer at March 04, 2014 07:59 PM (XNAkq)

290 fungible It does sound fun...

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 04, 2014 08:00 PM (JMmQ9)

291 180 I think McCain just wants to be "accepted" by the Washington elites. He was in seventh heaven back in the days when he was on all the Sunday shows as the Maverick in chief. Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 04, 2014 11:19 PM (YgTB4) He was a bitter bitter man after losing the 2000 nomination to Bush, so he decided to make Bush's 8 years in office a living hell. Since 2008 he has been doing his damn best to make our lives a living hell. BTW, has anyone heard from Meggie McNcheese since the 2012 elections?

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, used to be MrCaniac at March 04, 2014 08:00 PM (HxSXm)

292 The Edmonton Oilers are the bane of my existence.

Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 08:00 PM (MpP9p)

293 Posted by: cthulhu at March 04, 2014 11:32 PM (T1005) Cthulhu, Are you going to leave CA or find new jobs? I gather you both work at the same place? I was using my iPad to read what stupidity Graham spouted earlier on Twitter & canÂ’t copy & paste from it. I made your roasted tomatoes for dinner tonight. I added some mozzarella cheese. I used two packages of Campari tomatoes & ate all of them. After seeding they did not fill a small baking pan. If I left the rest for later they would end up in the trash Monday night. they were the only thing I had since a blueberry scone early this morning.

Posted by: Carol at March 04, 2014 08:00 PM (z4WKX)

294 Fungible? Does that mean mushrooms can grow on it?

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 04, 2014 08:00 PM (/96QU)

295 I left IL, far west Chicagoland, yesterday a.m., in my 4WD truck, intending to make San Antonio in two days. Figured I could make Arkadelphia, AR, the first night. I did not realize what that sleet and snowstorm did to eastern AR from below I40 up into S MO. Icemageddon. Truckopalypse on the interstates. Thousands of people slept in trucks and cars on I55 and I40 in AR last night, the roads like a frozen bombed out HoChiMinh trail, all the hotels filled, all the gas stations ran out of fuel, all trapped people using the frozen interstates as toilets because the glaze of white to the R or L off the road was impossible to walk on. Fucking nightmare. Fortunately, I was in a total stop close enough to an exit ramp where I could 4WD down the berm and side and get off, and a friend in Blytheville took me in. Today, it took me almost seven hours to wend my way down along 55 and then W on 40, on parallel state highways, the interstates still parking lots, and finally clear the area, halfway to Little Rock. Worst highway storm mess I ever saw. AR has no equipment to deal with it, and will just have to wait until it warms up later this week to get things moving.

Posted by: the littl shyning man at March 04, 2014 08:01 PM (ZmrEn)

296 287 I did not know that. Thank you. If true, ignore all my fcuked up stuff above.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 04, 2014 08:01 PM (ojnk6)

297 Soothsayer:

If it had been me, I would have reported $30,000 worth of income from salvage on my property.

According to the federal reserve act, each $20 gold coin is worth $20.

Future numismatic income from collectors will happen in small lots, privately, and completely outside of the state of California.

Talking to the press, or even a close relative, is exactly the same as talking to the IRS. I'm pretty sure that couple only confided to a few relatives in order to turn this whole thing into a fucking media event.

Posted by: Kristophr at March 04, 2014 08:02 PM (c6N69)

298 200 On the gold coins. There is a way without ever telling anyone where you got them that you still might get noticed. They were very rare coins in mint condition which gave them that great value. Pretty hard to sneak that into the rare coin market even over time. And there is no story where the Govt wouldn't come after you for their cut. And melting them down would cost you more than the taxes. Posted by: The Hickster at March 04, 2014 11:25 PM (TI3xG) Or just hide them and save them for the Burning Times. Maybe you won't get as much value from them as you would if you sold them to a collector today, but at least you won't have all those other headaches.

Posted by: rickl at March 04, 2014 08:02 PM (sdi6R)

299 Bush lied and we have to do these things to save the country. I am proud of President Obama, so proud for being so strong............

Posted by: Dorcus Blimeline at March 04, 2014 08:02 PM (iB0Q2)

300 286 Heda certainly sounds like an erstwhile Chechen Black Widow. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 04, 2014 11:58 PM (kMyr1) Her high cheekbones make her a guaranteed cofer-girl.

Posted by: Vanity Fair at March 04, 2014 08:02 PM (MtC8f)

301 Has anyone seen the Neeson terrorist movie? I read the Breitbart review.............Hollyweird really has sunk to a new low.

Posted by: westminsterdogshow at March 04, 2014 08:02 PM (W3UHW)

302 Thunderbird that story about the girl friend of the Boston Marathon bomber has been reported exactly nowhere in Boston. I live here and saw that on the Daily Mail today and was astounded. They have also barely reported that our functional Romneycare website got scrapped for a nonfunctioning multibajilliondollar Ocare site that still isn't working, same Canadian website firm as federal site. All local news is gay St Pats day parade nonsense

Posted by: Goldilocks who cannot take this winter anymore, seriously you guys at March 04, 2014 08:03 PM (iedVP)

303 That's a prudent course of action, Kristophr. Just to 'test the waters,' stash away 95% of the cache and come forward with 5% to see what happens.

Posted by: soothsayer at March 04, 2014 08:03 PM (XNAkq)

304 290 fungible It does sound fun...

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 05, 2014 12:00 AM (JMmQ9)

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not so much

Posted by: Bob Costas at March 04, 2014 08:04 PM (PlzOe)

305 #298: I think that's probably what I'd do, too; save them for the Ameripocalypse.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 04, 2014 08:05 PM (/96QU)

306 Trade them for a couple of bricks of .22LR!!! Posted by: EC at March 04, 2014 11:59 PM (doBIb) You'll be taking a hit though. Lucky Gunner has a brick going for a gold dubloon and a hay-penny. Highway robbery.

Posted by: Vanity Fair at March 04, 2014 08:05 PM (MtC8f)

307 The Hickster:

You don't hide the collector transaction. You move out of California, and report each sale of each coin as a collectors item as a taxable event. You are not required to do anything else, and certainly not blab about where you got the coins, and you should just keep your fool mouth shut.

Posted by: Kristophr at March 04, 2014 08:05 PM (c6N69)

308 Fuckin' Anna Wintour sock

Posted by: RWC at March 04, 2014 08:06 PM (MtC8f)

309 290 Sounds like Gymboree for twisted adults...

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 04, 2014 08:06 PM (ojnk6)

310 Posted by: the littl shyning man at March 05, 2014 12:01 AM Travel safe.

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 04, 2014 08:06 PM (JMmQ9)

311 "I thought when he had a couple of dinners with Republican senators, we really had a good environment there. Because he is a very, very articulate and attractive guy in a setting with eight or nine senators and him. Because he was smarter than the rest of us. But I don't see that now. I don't see any of that." Apparently, McCain's easily snowed by superficial shit.

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at March 04, 2014 08:06 PM (AQTz3)

312 Soothsayer: The less you sell, the less your taxes that year.

Unless you are an idiot, you don't need more than a couple hundred thousand a year for expenses.

Posted by: Kristophr at March 04, 2014 08:07 PM (c6N69)

313 Fungible has a legal definition.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fungible?s=t

But in the case of gold the meaning morphs. Gold is called fungible because it can be melted down into other forms, unrecognizable* as the original. Turn those coins into gold statues maybe.

*Except in cases like years back when the Swiss did an assay of some gold in their vaults. Because of certain trace elements, it proved the gold came from fillings. Yep, WWII German gold made from the dead of the concentration camps.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 04, 2014 08:07 PM (kMyr1)

314 What exactly will precious metals do for you in Teh Burning Times?

Posted by: EC at March 04, 2014 08:07 PM (doBIb)

315 Anyone have a Big Bang carbide cannon? Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 04, 2014 11:04 PM (aDwsi) I'd love to have one, but they aren't cheap, especially the vintage ones. But I did build some awesome ones, back in the say, that could loft an empty beer bottle several hundred feet ( or break it in the attempt). I do have a nice supply of carbide on hand; long story.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 04, 2014 08:07 PM (yDmQD)

316 so anything going on here?

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 04, 2014 08:08 PM (rDidD)

317 @128 If you want to go unsupervised and pay a pretty penny, may I recommend Tanzanite and Morganite?

On another note, what is her birthstone? You may do well pursuing that.

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Another pretty safe option for a diamond substitute would be an emerald, ruby, or sapphire. Just don't get all stupid and try to pawn off a garnet as a ruby, or similar for the emerald and sapphire.

Posted by: jbarntt at March 04, 2014 08:08 PM (UNFot)

318 Posted by: Goldilocks who cannot take this winter anymore, seriously you guys at March 05, 2014 12:03 AM (iedVP) Goldilocks, Where do you live? I work in Pu Tower & it is six miles from my house to there? I know Soothsayer lives very close to me. I want a meet up. Are you up for one? Carol

Posted by: Carol at March 04, 2014 08:08 PM (z4WKX)

319 Re: Defining rape down...The solution is legalized prostitution. That is the only way in which both parties CLEARLY understand the transaction and terms can be set beforehand. The fact is, men are already paying for sex. Most of them just don't know it.

Were prostitution legalized, most women would come to their senses regarding the true definition of "rape." As my "big university" experience taught me, a lot of young women use sex as a weapon to get more attention from the boys than the other girls. When they realize that it didn't work because being easy does not win his heart...well, it must have been rape.

Posted by: ScottyNo at March 04, 2014 08:09 PM (8YE33)

320 The Fungible! It's crashing! Oh, the humanity!

Posted by: Herbert Morrison at March 04, 2014 08:09 PM (uHgI5)

321 Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 04, 2014 11:04 PM (aDwsi) black powder cannons are legal by the feds, your state may see it diffrently

Posted by: Smart Military Blog at March 04, 2014 08:09 PM (q0r5L)

322 I just got my tax forms back from the preparer. I owe shitloads. Might be time to find a new preparer.

Posted by: navybrat at March 04, 2014 08:10 PM (AW7Gr)

323 You don't hide the collector transaction. You move out of California,>>

So it is California tax system that is fucking them most?

Didn't think about the state part. So yes I bought a ranch in Texas and found them there. And even then do the 5% test run.

Posted by: The Hickster at March 04, 2014 08:10 PM (TI3xG)

324 @313 But in the case of gold the meaning morphs. Gold is called fungible because it can be melted down into other forms, unrecognizable* as the original. Turn those coins into gold statues maybe.

______________________

You'd lose a lot of value. Those coins are worth much more than their bullion value.

Posted by: jbarntt at March 04, 2014 08:11 PM (UNFot)

325 OK, I'm out tomorrow night, mi amigoes

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 04, 2014 08:11 PM (JMmQ9)

326 "Icemageddon. Truckopalypse on the interstates. Thousands of people slept in trucks and cars on I55 and I40 in AR last night, the roads like a frozen bombed out HoChiMinh trail"

You would have to figure that a genuinely smart oppositional political party, facing off against an incumbent party that can't shut up about "global warming", might manage to run a few hey-folks-look-outside ads. Battlespace preparation for the fall.

Posted by: torquewrench at March 04, 2014 08:12 PM (gqT4g)

327 Gold is fungible, rare numismatics are not. I'm sure the melt value of the hoard would be a small percentage of the actual value of the coins.

Posted by: Joe at March 04, 2014 08:12 PM (yVg8h)

328 "Those coins are worth much more than their bullion value." Yeah like about 100 times.

Posted by: navybrat at March 04, 2014 08:12 PM (AW7Gr)

329 314 EC, the premise is that PM will hold a real value vs. something like the dollar, which could collapse. Trading value based on a rise in PM prices during burning times is the only value I see. Imsay this as a silver owner, but only enough to get me through 1-2 months of said times.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 04, 2014 08:13 PM (ojnk6)

330 Bush lied and we have to do these things to save the country. I am proud of President Obama, so proud for being so strong............

Posted by: Dorcus Blimeline at March 05, 2014 12:02 AM (iB0Q2)

Strong...yeah a real Atlas, only instead of holding up the world he's holding up Vlads' nads.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 04, 2014 08:13 PM (FMbng)

331 Yes, as Double Eagles or Spanish Doubloons they're more valuable. But they also create a huge hassle in that form. I'd keep one or two for sentimental and historical value. The rest? The rest get sold.

Posted by: soothsayer at March 04, 2014 08:13 PM (XNAkq)

332 Night, Alton. IÂ’m going to follow you soon. Carol

Posted by: Carol at March 04, 2014 08:14 PM (z4WKX)

333 Yeah like about 100 times. Posted by: navybrat at March 05, 2014 12:12 A well, yeah but after you back out taxes and or having the fed simply repossess them, not so much.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 04, 2014 08:14 PM (rDidD)

334 293 Posted by: cthulhu at March 04, 2014 11:32 PM (T1005)

Cthulhu,

Are you going to leave CA or find new jobs? I gather you both work at the same place?

I was using my iPad to read what stupidity Graham spouted earlier on Twitter & canÂ’t copy & paste from it.
I made your roasted tomatoes for dinner tonight. I added some mozzarella cheese. I used two packages of Campari tomatoes & ate all of them. After seeding they did not fill a small baking pan. If I left the rest for later they would end up in the trash Monday night. they were the only thing I had since a blueberry scone early this morning. Posted by: Carol at March 05, 2014 12:00 AM (z4WKX) Hide posts from (z4WKX)

I would like for us to leave California -- and the sooner, the better. I'm glad the tomato-roasting is going well for you -- it really is a forgiving recipe and can be adapted in all sorts of fun ways. I normally don't seed the tomatoes, just chop 'em into chunks.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 04, 2014 08:14 PM (T1005)

335 #314: If nothing else, the people who amass power and become warlords will still like their shinies. A smart bargainer could at least buy a seat on such a warlord's council with a stash like that.

Not that I'm a smart bargainer or anything, but those coins would certainly give me a better shot at survival in the Ameripocalypse than my 401(k) would.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 04, 2014 08:14 PM (/96QU)

336 322 I just got my tax forms back from the preparer. I owe shitloads. Might be time to find a new preparer. Posted by: navybrat at March 05, 2014 12:10 AM (AW7Gr) I owe 2200 from 2007. Yay me!

Posted by: RWC at March 04, 2014 08:14 PM (MtC8f)

337 That couple might end up with precisely $0 when all is settled. See where I'm going with this?

Posted by: soothsayer at March 04, 2014 08:15 PM (XNAkq)

338 That couple might end up with precisely $0 when all is settled. See where I'm going with this? Posted by: soothsayer at March 05, 2014 unless they retained counsel in which case they could be in the hole.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 04, 2014 08:16 PM (rDidD)

339 That couple might end up with precisely $0 when all is settled. See where I'm going with this? Posted by: soothsayer at March 05, 2014 I hope they voted for obama.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 04, 2014 08:16 PM (rDidD)

340 ...or Spanish Doubloons they're more valuable. How about triploons? Or Quadruploons?

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at March 04, 2014 08:17 PM (AQTz3)

341 327 If you could keep a small percentage vs. being forced to giv3 up 100%, how hard of a choice would this be for most?

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 04, 2014 08:17 PM (ojnk6)

342 Does the free clinic treat fungible, or is that cover under o'Care?

Posted by: RWC at March 04, 2014 08:17 PM (MtC8f)

343 #338: Or got dinged for some sort of windfall tax while the government dragged its heels deciding whether or not to seize all teh lewtz.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 04, 2014 08:17 PM (/96QU)

344 "I hope they voted for obama." Probably not a good bet given their locale.

Posted by: navybrat at March 04, 2014 08:18 PM (AW7Gr)

345 speaking of taxes... My return is taking forever to process and clear. In fact, the IRS Where's My Refund app is getting so annoyed at me for checking so often, it told me to stop checking! No joke, the app shut me off. That's nuts, ya? Why would an app give a shit how many times it is used?

Posted by: soothsayer at March 04, 2014 08:18 PM (XNAkq)

346 316 so anything going on here? Posted by: yankeefifth at March 05, 2014 12:08 AM (rDidD) Not a whole lot. I think I may messed my roses up trying to fertilize them today. And have a couple new headhunter's that are interested in my rÃ©sumÃ©. What's going on there?

Posted by: bibi's boobs destroy at March 04, 2014 08:18 PM (slnLD)

347 Posted by: bibi's boobs destroy at March 05, 2014 12:18 AM (slnLD) don't lete Bebe find you

Posted by: Smart Military Blog at March 04, 2014 08:20 PM (q0r5L)

348 Cthulhu, I think it was SundayÂ’s ONT that I read before 5 am because I work up again too early in pain & took my meds & did not know it, that I read that you are still praying for my brother Paul. He is a little better. He was in the hospital again & I was pissed off that the rehab did not call to let me know last Tuesday. He has been pic line antibiotics since February 6 & still ended up with high fever & on oxygen since December 6. He called me last Wednesday expecting that I knew he was in the hospital. HeÂ’s back at the rehab & his oxygen level is better & he doesnÂ’t have to use it constantly. They seem to have latest case of pneumonia under control. Thank you!

Posted by: Carol at March 04, 2014 08:20 PM (z4WKX)

349 That's nuts, ya? Why would an app give a shit how many times it is used? Posted by: soothsayer at March 05, 2014 12:18 AM (XNAkq) Because TFG gave a crony to make it streamlined. It can only handle 5 customers at the moment.

Posted by: RWC at March 04, 2014 08:20 PM (MtC8f)

350 did someone see a story about some kid in dallas that happened upon some money, I think it was in the low 10s of thousands, and made the mistake of handing it in to the cops? instead of having a finders keepers rule, the rule in dallas is if no one shows up and claims it, rightfully, the city keeps the cash and nothing for the finder.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 04, 2014 08:20 PM (rDidD)

351 Actually using a government website or smartphone app could be considered a Denial of Service attack, since any use of it will crash the damned thing.

Posted by: Kristophr at March 04, 2014 08:21 PM (c6N69)

352 Anyone remember that Twilight Zone about the gold heist? The robbers put themselves in stasis for a hundred years and awoke to future when gold was worthless...in the year 2062.

Posted by: soothsayer at March 04, 2014 08:21 PM (XNAkq)

353 Not a whole lot. I think I may messed my roses up trying to fertilize them today. And have a couple new headhunter's that are interested in my rÃ©sumÃ©. What's going on there? Posted by: bibi's boobs destroy at March 05, 2014 1 is this the real Bebe or someone who has grown tired of a monotonous existence on this mortal coil?

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 04, 2014 08:22 PM (rDidD)

354 My wife pointed out to me that this month is 3/14. Doesn't that mean it should be Pi Month? We may have already missed out on four days of pie.

Posted by: Delurk Ergo Sum at March 04, 2014 08:23 PM (Pccj5)

355 348 Cthulhu,
I think it was SundayÂ’s ONT that I read before 5 am because I work up again too early in pain & took my meds & did not know it, that I read that you are still praying for my brother Paul. He is a little better. He was in the hospital again & I was pissed off that the rehab did not call to let me know last Tuesday. He has been pic line antibiotics since February 6 & still ended up with high fever & on oxygen since December 6. He called me last Wednesday expecting that I knew he was in the hospital. HeÂ’s back at the rehab & his oxygen level is better & he doesnÂ’t have to use it constantly. They seem to have latest case of pneumonia under control.
Thank you! Posted by: Carol at March 05, 2014 12:20 AM (z4WKX) Hide posts from (z4WKX)

Thank you for the update. I only know what you put on the blog, but I was very concerned about what I was seeing between the lines....people don't tend to do very well without oxygen.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 04, 2014 08:25 PM (T1005)

356 My wife pointed out to me that this month is 3/14. Doesn't that mean it should be Pi Month?>>

We get 2 more decimal places next year 3-14-15.

Posted by: The Hickster at March 04, 2014 08:26 PM (TI3xG)

357 heh. I just glanced at our sidebar here. Just a couple of days ago I quipped that I could not wait until Peggy Noonan waxes eloquently about this Ukraine crisis. And here she is. My gosh, she is such a blowhard.

Posted by: soothsayer at March 04, 2014 08:26 PM (XNAkq)

358 it is the month of pie.

eat lots of pie.

Posted by: chemjeff at March 04, 2014 08:27 PM (9GG/0)

359 #354: Well, I know in Japan 3-14 is White Day, the day when men are expected to reciprocate the favors they received on Valentine's Day three-fold.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 04, 2014 08:27 PM (/96QU)

360 don't lete Bebe find you Heh, c'est moi. In honor of the 405 northbound being shut down before Century for almost an hour during rush hour when Bibi came in this afternoon. The fucking ghetto bird was flying back & forth over my house for a good hour and a half. Yard work was not peaceful this afternoon.

Posted by: bibi's boobs destroy at March 04, 2014 08:27 PM (slnLD)

361 I am starting to like Justified, though I am not sure why raylin put jeri ryan's head in a container in the last scene.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 04, 2014 08:29 PM (rDidD)

362 I would like for us to leave California -- and the sooner, the better. I'm glad the tomato-roasting is going well for you -- it really is a forgiving recipe and can be adapted in all sorts of fun ways. I normally don't seed the tomatoes, just chop 'em into chunks. Posted by: cthulhu at March 05, 2014 12:14 AM (T1005) I have a white kitchen floor that has sentimental value & I love it. I forgot to seed a few of them. They were delicious. I would love to leave Massachusetts but I have job here and the only home I ever had. I bought out PaulÂ’s share when my mother passed in July 2011. I would regret selling what my father worked his ass off for a loss, plus I have 200+ (or not) roses. I wonÂ’t know how many survived winter until after Boston Marathon. Two years ago we had a very warm March & I would not prune roses until the warm weather continued for weeks. WOW, we did have global warming two years ago! I almost forgot about it

Posted by: Carol at March 04, 2014 08:29 PM (z4WKX)

363 An upside to the idiot NJ law - a few more Nylon 66's on GunBroker

Posted by: Jean at March 04, 2014 08:30 PM (4JkHl)

364 is this the real Bebe or someone who has grown tired of a monotonous existence on this mortal coil? Posted by: yankeefifth at March 05, 2014 12:22 AM (rDidD) It's me. I guess yard work is monotonous, but it's more fun than work. The party is over though, gotta go back to the daily grind.

Posted by: bibi's boobs destroy at March 04, 2014 08:30 PM (slnLD)

365 I really hope you're kiddin about 7 of 9 being on Justified. If you're referring to Amy Smart looking like the former Borg drone, I concur.

Posted by: soothsayer at March 04, 2014 08:31 PM (XNAkq)

366 Wow the post apocalyptic economists are busy tonight. How would one have any idea how long their silver hoard would last in a true collapse when they is no way of knowing what the costs of goods would be, let alone, if there were any goods. One would have to survive the mass die-off in order to be positioned to buy off a warlord anyway, but that won't be a problem for us, as we will all be the warlords, of course ... How many of y'all really believe that such a collapse is imminent? I just don't buy it, more like wishful thinking, IMHO. I've seen plenty of doomsayers say doom for my entire life, but then, they just have to go back to work on Monday like the rest of us ... Big solar event could have a catastrophic effect, I suppose, but the vast majority of us wouldn't survive the first several weeks of no water, food etc., gold and weapons stash or not ...

Posted by: Joe at March 04, 2014 08:32 PM (yVg8h)

367 #361: I'm a big fan of Justified, too, but the one minor detail that sort of bugs me about the show is that Nguyen Dhu Phie doesn't look remotely Vietnamese.

What's up with that?

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 04, 2014 08:32 PM (/96QU)

368 I really hope you're kiddin about 7 of 9 being on Justified. If you're referring to Amy Smart looking like the former Borg drone, I concur. Posted by: soothsayer at March 05 I am. I was funning myself since I accidentally leaked somethin' a couple a weeks ago about jeri ryan. I was not aware of amy smart afore seein' her on justified. she's kinda cute, and a whole lot a crazy.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 04, 2014 08:34 PM (rDidD)

369 Damn global warming.............have to go out and sweep out the satellite dish

Posted by: westminsterdogshow at March 04, 2014 08:34 PM (W3UHW)

370 Thank you for the update. I only know what you put on the blog, but I was very concerned about what I was seeing between the lines....people don't tend to do very well without oxygen. Posted by: cthulhu at March 05, 2014 12:25 AM (T1005) ThatÂ’s new news. Shredded Chi has my email address & I told him that things werenÂ’t good not this past weekend but the one before. You must have ChiÂ’s email, donÂ’t you?

Posted by: Carol at March 04, 2014 08:35 PM (z4WKX)

371 Is this about the time for it to start getting slow around here? I am so tired of eating meatloaf sammiches right now, it's not funny. When do the burning times start? At least a then,, I should be able to hunt squirrels in the backyard.

Posted by: shredded chi at March 04, 2014 08:35 PM (5QTeW)

372 #368: Watch the movie Road Trip. You'll thank me later.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 04, 2014 08:35 PM (/96QU)

373 Here in Canada, selling personal property, including one's dwelling house, does not trigger income tax, unless in the case where selling personal property becomes one's business.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 04, 2014 08:35 PM (yDmQD)

374 Big solar event could have a catastrophic effect, I suppose, but the vast majority of us wouldn't survive the first several weeks of no water, food etc., gold and weapons stash or not ... Posted by: Joe at March 05, 2014 12:32 AM (yVg8h) EMP would be rough also I plan on being a warlord after a melt down.... also an EMP would f- the NSA up too...

Posted by: Smart Military Blog at March 04, 2014 08:36 PM (q0r5L)

375 I'm a big fan of Justified, too, but the one minor detail that sort of bugs me about the show is that Nguyen Dhu Phie doesn't look remotely Vietnamese. What's up with that? Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 05, 2014 12:32 I am always late to a show, five years is about right for me.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 04, 2014 08:36 PM (rDidD)

376 Duke university freshman who outed herself as a porn star says she is also a republican with libertarian leanings

Posted by: thunderb at March 04, 2014 08:36 PM (zOTsN)

377 She sure loves her tentacles... Posted by: Vendette at March 04, 2014 11:12 PM (MpP9p) MustÂ… resist postingÂ… comic from Uncle GhastlyÂ…

Posted by: The Ghastly Hat at March 04, 2014 08:37 PM (AymDN)

378 The Russian travel tips, buried in the French article are good.

Posted by: Jean at March 04, 2014 08:37 PM (4JkHl)

379 370 Thank you for the update. I only know what you put on the blog, but I was very concerned about what I was seeing between the lines....people don't tend to do very well without oxygen.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 05, 2014 12:25 AM (T1005)

ThatÂ’s new news. Shredded Chi has my email address & I told him that things werenÂ’t good not this past weekend but the one before.
You must have ChiÂ’s email, donÂ’t you? Posted by: Carol at March 05, 2014 12:35 AM (z4WKX) Hide posts from (z4WKX)

Yup.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 04, 2014 08:38 PM (T1005)

380 Duke university freshman who outed herself as a porn star says she is also a republican with libertarian leanings Posted by: thunderb

Candidate for the Podcast?

Posted by: Jean at March 04, 2014 08:38 PM (4JkHl)

381 says she is also a republican with libertarian leanings O rly? I, however, have no doubt that she is an attention whore.

Posted by: soothsayer at March 04, 2014 08:39 PM (XNAkq)

382 Prothonotary Warbler ah the internets. cute then, better now.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 04, 2014 08:39 PM (rDidD)

383 Mike Hammer, I put this on a dead thread. I wear mens sweatshirts at home because I know small will fit me. One woman I work with went to Lord & Taylor las month & both a few Calvin Klein leather jackets or $25 5to $35 each. They were 50% off plus she has an addition 25% off coupon.. I went there with her and I am small. ON a good day I weigh 98 pounds . I tried on several suede & leather jackets & size 8 was too small. I think a 10 was also too big.

Posted by: Carol at March 04, 2014 08:41 PM (z4WKX)

384 "Those coins are worth much more than their bullion value." Yeah like about 100 times. Posted by: navybrat at March 05, 2014 12:12 AM (AW7Gr) But that would surely drop if you were foolish enough to attempt to dump several hundred "brilliant uncirculated" rare coins into the market at once. Trickle them out, selling them one by one at small coin dealers in diverse places, two or three per year.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 04, 2014 08:41 PM (yDmQD)

385 ays she is also a republican with libertarian leanings O rly? I, however, have no doubt that she is an attention whore. Posted by: soothsayer at March 05, 2014 she is a women's studies major who was going on about how empowered she was blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. not so much attention whore a whore, who really likes attention. all the same, I would watch the video.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 04, 2014 08:41 PM (rDidD)

386 In talking to her during the meal to come, I hardly believed it myself. She talked of her dismissal of sororitiesÂ—Â“itÂ’s a toxic environmentÂ”Â—political beliefsÂ—Â“Republican, but I identify more as a libertarianÂ”Â—and her studiesÂ—Â“proud womenÂ’s studies and sociology double-major.Â” this is not an Onion satire

Posted by: thunderb at March 04, 2014 08:41 PM (zOTsN)

387 #375: I was a little worried that nobody would get that joke, so no problem there.

Think about how Nguyen, the most common Vietnamese surname, is pronounced, and my warped sense of humor may make a bit of sense to you then.

If it helps any, the character I'm referencing is played by the guy who played Kirk on Judd Hirsch's short-lived early 90s sitcom Dear John.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 04, 2014 08:41 PM (/96QU)

388 359 #354: Well, I know in Japan 3-14 is White Day, the day when men are expected to reciprocate the favors they received on Valentine's Day three-fold. Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 05, 2014 12:27 AM (/96QU) In the United States, it is "Steak and a BJ Day", the day men get paid back for Valentine's Day. http://www.steakandbj.org/

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, used to be MrCaniac at March 04, 2014 08:42 PM (HxSXm)

389 NO, Size 10 was so tight I couldnÂ’t breathe!

Posted by: Carol at March 04, 2014 08:42 PM (z4WKX)

390 Â“I worked as a waitress as a job for a year in high school and not only did it interfere with my school where I was barely sleeping and wasnÂ’t doing my work, but also I was making $400 a month after taxes. I felt like I was being degraded and treated like s--t. My boss was horrible to me,Â” Lauren said. Â“For people to tell me that doing porn and having sex, which I love, is more degrading than being a waitress and being somebodyÂ’s servant and picking up after somebody and being treated like a lesser, second-class citizen, that literally makes no sense. To be perfectly honest, I felt more degraded in a minimum wage, blue-collar, low paying, service job than I ever did doing porn.Â” mmmmkkkkkkaaaayyyy

Posted by: thunderb at March 04, 2014 08:44 PM (zOTsN)

391 If it helps any, the character I'm referencing is played by the guy who played Kirk on Judd Hirsch's short-lived early 90s sitcom Dear John. Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 05, 2014 I was trying to puzzle it out however my knowledge of anything hollywood is sadly limited and I was not gonna get it ever.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 04, 2014 08:44 PM (rDidD)

392 Damn more snow WDS, thx for that

I almost went to my caucus but couldn't be bothered at the last minute. It is really meaningless unless you want to be a delegate, I suppose ...

Posted by: Joe at March 04, 2014 08:44 PM (yVg8h)

393 #392: Hey, Joe! How's it going?

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 04, 2014 08:45 PM (/96QU)

394 so, duke appears to have really lowered its admissions standards. or she is playing three dimensional chess and I am misunderstanding.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 04, 2014 08:46 PM (rDidD)

395 so, duke appears to have really lowered its admissions standards. or she is playing three dimensional chess and I am misunderstanding.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 04, 2014 08:46 PM (rDidD)

396 These facts remain consistent between the two: on Friday, Jan. 10, Bagley revealed LaurenÂ’s porn identity at a rush event for a fraternity, and by Saturday, January 11, Lauren had received more than 230 new friend requests on Facebook and a rapid influx of followers on Aurora's Twitter account. By Thursday of the next week, the topic Â“Freshman PornstarÂ” was trending on CollegiateACB in this part of the article, the guy who recognized her and told his fraternity brothers is the one in for the public "stoning"

Posted by: thunderb at March 04, 2014 08:47 PM (zOTsN)

397 These facts remain consistent between the two: on Friday, Jan. 10, Bagley revealed LaurenÂ’s porn identity at a rush event for a fraternity, and by Saturday, January 11, Lauren had received more than 230 new friend requests on Facebook and a rapid influx of followers on Aurora's Twitter account. By Thursday of the next week, the topic Â“Freshman PornstarÂ” was trending on CollegiateACB in this part of the article, the guy who recognized her and told his fraternity brothers is the one in for the public "stoning"

Posted by: thunderb at March 04, 2014 08:47 PM (zOTsN)

398 Her essay must have been amazing.

Posted by: Jean at March 04, 2014 08:49 PM (4JkHl)

399 Meanwhile, in Japan: Upskirts by Cops Â“Legal During QuestioningÂ” http://tinyurl.com/na3ghk3 Warning: Ads at site are NSFW

Posted by: 政治的な帽子~です at March 04, 2014 08:49 PM (AymDN)

400 At least a then,, I should be able to hunt squirrels in the backyard. Posted by: shredded chi at March 05, 2014 12:35 AM (5QTeW) You can try to kill them in my garden. But MA sucks!

Posted by: Carol at March 04, 2014 08:50 PM (z4WKX)

401 WRT to the egg thing; has anyone every challenged CA emission laws on Commerce clause grounds that they distort the market forcing us to all pay for cars that meet their stupid standard.

Posted by: Jean at March 04, 2014 08:50 PM (4JkHl)

402 Not bad at all thx for asking neighbor! Ready for spring, in a couple of months lol.

Posted by: Joe at March 04, 2014 08:50 PM (yVg8h)

403 The Duke freshman pron starlet wannbe? Seen her pics - a carpenter's dream. With less charisma.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 04, 2014 08:51 PM (BAS5M)

404 #398: If nothing else, you could probably get away with putting peanut butter on a rat trap in your yard.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 04, 2014 08:51 PM (/96QU)

405 371 Chi, in my 6 months worth of experience here, there's an ebb from 12-1, then it picks up again. Merely my observations over time.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 04, 2014 08:52 PM (ojnk6)

406 #398: If nothing else, you could probably get away with putting peanut butter on a rat trap in your yard. Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 05, 2014 12:51 AM (/96QU) That's not a nice thing to do to Madeline Albright!

Posted by: The Extra Chunky Hat at March 04, 2014 08:53 PM (AymDN)

407 Shredded Chi, I am going to sleep in a minute but feel free to share what I email to you about Paul with Cthulhu. Good Nighr

Posted by: Carol at March 04, 2014 08:53 PM (z4WKX)

408 I need those links every so often to remind myself how weird the Japanese really are.

Posted by: Jean at March 04, 2014 08:54 PM (4JkHl)

409 Joe and PW..........it does matter.........how many people attend determines the number of delegates you get to county and state. Just pissed off at how many think they are qualified to be governor. They are going to bloody themselves up and pooper will sail.

Posted by: westminsterdogshow at March 04, 2014 08:55 PM (W3UHW)

410

Any thread that references Steak and a BJ day and I'm in!!!

So what do we think of the Texas races??

Posted by: prescient11 at March 04, 2014 08:55 PM (6c5YU)

411 I'm just amazed Ace hadn't picked up on it yet. The story has all the ingredients 1. coed whose clothes fall off 2. sex for cash 3. pilloring the PC sharia of academia 4. the joke that is feminism 5. doing porn so you can graduate debt free with a degree in womyn's studies?? seriously this is right in our wheelhouse

Posted by: thunderb at March 04, 2014 08:56 PM (zOTsN)

412

Baby, I'm gonna have to Give You Up For Lent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X2jnMs6C0k

Posted by: buzzion at March 04, 2014 08:57 PM (LI48c)

413 Ah, damnit. gotta run. night morans.

Posted by: prescient11 at March 04, 2014 08:57 PM (6c5YU)

414 "The fucking ghetto bird was flying back & forth over my house for a good hour and a half. Yard work was not peaceful this afternoon."

Ah, but that's in the daytime.

I went to someone's housewarming, at night, and the damn thing was overhead for 45 minutes or so, with its enormously blindingly bright nightsun searchlight turned up to max. What was it doing? Looking in turn in the back yard of each one of the houses on the same block as where we were.

You know your realtor has put one over on you when...

Posted by: torquewrench at March 04, 2014 08:58 PM (gqT4g)

415 409 I'm just amazed Ace hadn't picked up on it yet. The story has all the ingredients

1. coed whose clothes fall off

2. sex for cash

3. pilloring the PC sharia of academia

4. the joke that is feminism

5. doing porn so you can graduate debt free with a degree in womyn's studies??

seriously

this is right in our wheelhouse

Posted by: thunderb at March 05, 2014 12:56 AM (zOTsN)

I think the Former Miss Teen Colorado that did a porn is right up the alley too. Very hot.

Posted by: buzzion at March 04, 2014 08:58 PM (LI48c)

416 #400: Good to hear!

#404: I get the joke, but I'm just sayin'... squirrels are tasty. They're like dark meat chicken, so prepare them as such (fry them like chicken) and you'll be pleased with the results.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 04, 2014 08:59 PM (/96QU)

417 394 so, duke appears to have really lowered its admissions standards. or she is playing three dimensional chess and I am misunderstanding. Posted by: yankeefifth at March 05, 2014 12:46 AM (rDidD) No, she isn't playing 3 dimensional chess, she is an idiot. If she wanted to make money, she should have gone into hooking. Less chance of getting caught since as an escort she would have been able to rely on men's discretion not to leak her name lest they be implicated by hiring a hooker. Porn, it appears on every guys' computer, or at least I have heard.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, used to be MrCaniac at March 04, 2014 08:59 PM (HxSXm)

418 ghetto bird = cop chopper?

Posted by: Smart Military Blog at March 04, 2014 09:00 PM (q0r5L)

419 The question that makes some people hesitate is: How long will it matter where you go?

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 04, 2014 09:00 PM (qyfb5)

420 ghetto bird = cop chopper? Posted by: Smart Military Blog at March 05, 2014 01:00 AM (q0r5L) I thought she meant Air Force One. (denounces self)

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 04, 2014 09:03 PM (yDmQD)

421 405Â Shredded Chi,Â I am going to sleep in a minute but feel free to share what I email to you about Paul with Cthulhu.Â Good Nighr Posted by: Carol at March 05 _____________ I'll forward your last when I email him next... unfortunately, my depression has kicked in the last couple weeks, and I've not contacted any friends in a while. No luck in getting Paul back near you, I guess? I do continueto pray for you both. As to your squirrels, I have plenty - you can keep your Boston "cute rats, thanks". I recommend a crossman model 1377 pellet gun. A $50 pistol that's pretty easy to shoot, loads are dirt cheap, and I'm accurate with mine out to 40 yards. Rats? We'll wait until I eat all the neighborhood cats, then maybe we'll talk...

Posted by: shredded chi at March 04, 2014 09:04 PM (5QTeW)

422 But do the conventions matter anymore, that is what I'm not sure of ...

Posted by: Joe at March 04, 2014 09:05 PM (yVg8h)

423 Well, 1 hour and five minutes into Ash Wednesday. Guess I'll save the rat meat for Thursday.

Posted by: RWC at March 04, 2014 09:07 PM (MtC8f)

424 John Spartan said the rat-burger is the best burger he has had in years. How can you go wrong.

Posted by: RWC at March 04, 2014 09:09 PM (MtC8f)

425 Just catching up...the basic lesson is don't do business with or through blue states.

I'm sure that no longer applies to New Jersey as the great hope of the GOP has surely fixed the problem.

Posted by: Methos at March 04, 2014 09:10 PM (hO9ad)

426 John Spartan said the rat-burger is the best burger he has had in years. How can you go wrong. Posted by: RWC at March 05, 2014 01:09 AM (MtC8f) ಠ_ಠ

Posted by: Taco Bell at March 04, 2014 09:10 PM (AymDN)

427 Talking to myself about rat burgers. Hmm. Perhaps bedtime.

Posted by: RWC at March 04, 2014 09:10 PM (MtC8f)

428 Looks like a random collection of non inter connected conversations going on.

I'll add to it.

After two days on the job the CiC of the Ukrainian Navy defects to the Russkis. Better retirement plan maybe?

Posted by: GMB Fence post Turtle at March 04, 2014 09:13 PM (nkPV9)

429 Posted by: Taco Bell at March 05, 2014 01:10 AM (AymDN) Sorry. But you know a rat-burger has more nutrition than Taco Bell. And it doesn't make you run for the Three Seashells after eating it.

Posted by: RWC at March 04, 2014 09:14 PM (MtC8f)

430 Ever seen a UFO? Been abducted?

http://chambana.craigslist.org/com/4343344831.html

Posted by: GMB Fence post Turtle at March 04, 2014 09:16 PM (nkPV9)

431 Posted by: GMB Fence post Turtle at March 05, 2014 01:13 AM (nkPV9) Plato O Plomo. (Don't know the Russian version.)

Posted by: RWC at March 04, 2014 09:16 PM (MtC8f)

432 Posted by: Taco Bell at March 05, 2014 01:10 AM (AymDN) Sorry. But you know a rat-burger has more nutrition than Taco Bell. And it doesn't make you run for the Three Seashells after eating it. Posted by: RWC at March 05, 2014 01:14 AM (MtC8f) The rat is also all-organic and free-range!

Posted by: Edgar Friendly at March 04, 2014 09:17 PM (AymDN)

433 Posted by: GMB Fence post Turtle at March 05, 2014 01:16 AM (nkPV9) Frickin' Greys are crafty. IT'S A TRAP!!!

Posted by: RWC at March 04, 2014 09:17 PM (MtC8f)

434 Shredded Chi ..........you okay?

Posted by: westminsterdogshow at March 04, 2014 09:18 PM (W3UHW)

435 421Â Well, 1 hour and five minutes into Ash Wednesday ___________ Well, then. More proof of my lapsed Catholicism. I didn't even realize that. May the light of this day bring you divine peace and grace.

Posted by: shredded chi at March 04, 2014 09:20 PM (5QTeW)

436 Listening to Art Bell the first time I heard the called "the Greys".

I miss the Old Art Bell sctick.

The guy from Plieades was a gas.

Posted by: GMB Fence post Turtle at March 04, 2014 09:21 PM (nkPV9)

437 The rat is also all-organic and free-range! Posted by: Edgar Friendly at March 05, 2014 01:17 AM (AymDN) Sadly, groups are pushing for the rats to have Constitutional rights. So stock up.

Posted by: RWC at March 04, 2014 09:21 PM (MtC8f)

438 Plato O Plomo

Not too proud to admit I had to bing that.

You could be right.

Posted by: GMB Fence post Turtle at March 04, 2014 09:22 PM (nkPV9)

439 The rat is also all-organic and free-range! Posted by: Edgar Friendly at March 05, 2014 01:17 AM Sadly, groups are pushing for the rats to have Constitutional rights. So stock up. Posted by: RWC at March 05, 2014 01:21 AM (MtC8f) Viva la Revolution!

Posted by: Nicodemus of NIMH at March 04, 2014 09:29 PM (AymDN)

440 #415: Yeah, she probably wanted to make it all public so as to "open a dialogue" or some such bullshit.

For those who are curious, she goes by the nom de porn Belle Knox. DO NOT google her from work, unless you work at the Playboy Mansion or a similar place where full frontal nudity and lesbian sex are okay to have showing on your desktop.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 04, 2014 09:30 PM (/96QU)

441 I never got that about the gold coins. You should have known, at the very least, that a huge tax bill was coming, particularly in California. I might have done a little bit of research, for example, to find out if the local coin shop had been robbed recently, but absent that I wouldn't have said peep. Just sell them off piecemeal (and quietly) as I needed the dough.

Posted by: I Work for Dick Jones at March 04, 2014 09:31 PM (MSrqi)

442 Not eating squirrel.....not yet, anyway.

Posted by: BignJames at March 04, 2014 09:33 PM (j7iSn)

443 #435: It's lucky for the rats that they don't vote Republican.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 04, 2014 09:36 PM (/96QU)

444 in Japan: Upskirts by Cops Â“Legal During QuestioningÂ” They are some funny bunnies, those Japs.

Posted by: garrett at March 04, 2014 09:43 PM (NbQ72)

445 Having read her essay (http://is.gd/tKP2Yn -- no nudies), I wonder if she's really a marketing major.

Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at March 04, 2014 09:43 PM (m0h0I)

446 ...and Squirrel is perfect for Gumbo.

Posted by: garrett at March 04, 2014 09:43 PM (NbQ72)

447 432 Shredded Chi ..........you okay? Posted by: westminsterdogshow at March 05, 2014 01:18 AM (W3UHW) Hide posts from (W3UHW)

Chi's OK.....and his min-pin has learned what "W"....."A"....."L"....."K" spells.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 04, 2014 09:44 PM (T1005)

448 Well, I guess I'm out for the evening. I'll leave you all with this cool cover of a metal classic from the album that started that whole fad of jazz covers of metal tunes...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk5yHDXWz5Y

If you listen carefully, you can hear Dio singing back-up on a cover of his own song. How awesome is that? When Pat Boone wanted to cover one of his songs, Dio insisted on being a back-up singer for it.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 04, 2014 09:45 PM (/96QU)

449 So, what's to keep a red state AG from indicting a blue state official for extortion if he seizes the property of a red state company?

Posted by: PersonFromPorlock at March 04, 2014 09:45 PM (lILC0)

450

nice ONT thread Maetenloch.

the Saddle Ridge Haul story. some issues with the SF Chronical article (i'm hoping the couple gets to auction the coins).

>>>In addition, the coins were largely in chronological order<<<

this is false. they were found in 8 cans without regard to date. the dates of the coins span 47 years.

>>>New information, which adds credibility that the heist was an inside job at the Mint, became available late Monday afternoon from research by historian Jack Trout: An 1866 Liberty $20 gold piece Â— which did not include the words Â“In God We TrustÂ” Â— was part of the haul, a coin that alone is worth more than $1 million.

Â“This was someoneÂ’s private coin, created by the mint manager or someone with access to the inner workings of the Old Granite Lady (San Francisco Mint),Â” Trout said. Â“It was likely created in revenge for the assassination of Lincoln the previous year (April 14, 1865). I donÂ’t believe that coin ever left The Mint until the robbery. For it to show up as part of the treasure find links it directly to that inside job at the turn of the century at the San Francisco Mint.Â”<<<

this is also false. there were 3 variants on the liberty head double eagle and "in god we trust" was added after 1866. 1866 was the change point between type 1 and type 2 and the SF mint struck both variants (the no motto is the rarest) in 1866.

Posted by: rich@gmu at March 04, 2014 09:52 PM (ga+7c)

451 A little Alan Grayson mood music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdfmd-MAxoI

Posted by: The Political Hat at March 04, 2014 09:58 PM (AymDN)

452 American culture requires you to punch French assholes right in their fucking baguette-stuffed mouths.

Posted by: model_1066 at March 04, 2014 09:58 PM (KWIwL)

453 i'm at work Political Hat. is that "smack my bitch up"?

Posted by: rich@gmu at March 04, 2014 09:58 PM (ga+7c)

454 i'm at work Political Hat. is that "smack my bitch up"? Posted by: rich@gmu at March 05, 2014 01:58 AM (ga+7c) What else would it be?

Posted by: The Political Hat at March 04, 2014 10:00 PM (AymDN)

455 452 i'm at work Political Hat. is that "smack my bitch up"?

Posted by: rich@gmu at March 05, 2014 01:58 AM (ga+7c)

What else would it be?

Posted by: The Political Hat at March 05, 2014 02:00 AM (AymDN)

Ike Turner's solo work?

Posted by: buzzion at March 04, 2014 10:00 PM (LI48c)

456

Posted by: I Work for Dick Jones at March 05, 2014 01:31 AM (MSrqi)

they found the coins a year ago and they hired a lawyer first thing. it was the auction house that has been doing the research and grading that has made the discovery public.

Posted by: rich@gmu at March 04, 2014 10:01 PM (ga+7c)

457 She just wouldn't LISTEN.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 04, 2014 10:01 PM (LSDdO)

458 Damn it not tall enough to reach the dish......

Posted by: westminsterdogshow at March 04, 2014 10:01 PM (W3UHW)

459 thanks. I'll give the full version a listen when I get home...to piss of the neighbors.

Posted by: rich@gmu at March 04, 2014 10:01 PM (ga+7c)

460 also the paper he found the note about the heist was a Philly paper, not San Francisco. the mint has said nothing about the coins (or they referred questions to the national archives).

Posted by: rich@gmu at March 04, 2014 10:03 PM (ga+7c)

461 Well, I guess I'm out for the evening. I'll leave you all with this cool cover of a metal classic from the album that started that whole fad of jazz covers of metal tunes... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk5yHDXWz5Y If you listen carefully, you can hear Dio singing back-up on a cover of his own song. How awesome is that? When Pat Boone wanted to cover one of his songs, Dio insisted on being a back-up singer for it. Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 05, 2014 01:45 AM (/96QU) How about a lounge singer version of metal tunes? I give youÂ… Richard Cheese: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr7EBuz-2xI

Posted by: The Lounge Hat at March 04, 2014 10:04 PM (AymDN)

462 >>>Ike Turner's solo work?

Posted by: buzzion at March 05, 2014 02:00 AM (LI48c) <<<

Prodigy. Baby's Got A Temper is also pretty good.

Posted by: rich@gmu at March 04, 2014 10:05 PM (ga+7c)

463 #459: I'll counter that with Pat Boone's cover of Paradise City...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeKjmB2DaAs

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 04, 2014 10:07 PM (/96QU)

464 wow ... I can pipe in prodigy on this connection ...

Posted by: rich@gmu at March 04, 2014 10:08 PM (ga+7c)

465 Good nite all

Posted by: westminsterdogshow at March 04, 2014 10:08 PM (W3UHW)

466 459 Well, I guess I'm out for the evening. I'll leave you all with this cool cover of a metal classic from the album that started that whole fad of jazz covers of metal tunes... You know you hit rock bottom when you listen to bluegrass bands covering Sepultura.

Posted by: model_1066 at March 04, 2014 10:08 PM (KWIwL)

467 Well, I guess I'm out for the evening. I'll leave you all with this cool cover of a metal classic from the album that started that whole fad of jazz covers of metal tunes... You know you hit rock bottom when you listen to bluegrass bands covering Sepultura. Posted by: model_1066 at March 05, 2014 02:08 AM (KWIwL) On the flip side, you have examples where Johnny Cash covers a metal song and does it better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtbuUlSGXzc

Posted by: The Rusty Hat at March 04, 2014 10:11 PM (AymDN)

468 >>>You know you hit rock bottom when you listen to bluegrass bands covering Sepultura.

Posted by: model_1066 at March 05, 2014 02:08 AM (KWIwL)<<<

it is lent after all.

Posted by: rich@gmu at March 04, 2014 10:12 PM (ga+7c)

469 Metal lounge singers, blue grass Sepultura.... Words fail me. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 04, 2014 10:14 PM (FMbng)

470 466 >>>You know you hit rock bottom when you listen to bluegrass bands covering Sepultura. Posted by: model_1066 at March 05, 2014 02:08 AM (KWIwL)<<

Posted by: model_1066 at March 04, 2014 10:16 PM (KWIwL)

471

>>>Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 05, 2014 02:14 AM (FMbng) <<<

good thing we can all start confessing and mending our ways.

Posted by: rich@gmu at March 04, 2014 10:16 PM (ga+7c)

472 460 >>>Ike Turner's solo work?Posted by: buzzion at March 05, 2014 02:00 AM (LI48c) <<

Posted by: Buzzion at March 04, 2014 10:17 PM (LI48c)

473 Regarding the gold coin story (of which I was the source: Now there is more information pouring in, some casting doubt on and some further confirming the mint theft theory. The "undermining" update is that historians say that if coins were stolen from the mint in the 1899-1901 timeframe, they very likely would have been all of very recent mintage: as a result of the Yukon Gold Rush, there was a lot of minting and thus a lot of turnover at the SF Mint during those years, and it would have been unlikely that older coins would be hanging around the storage room for years. And the uncirculateds in the found hoard dated back several years -- making seem unlikely that the found coin were from (or were all from) that particular heist. HOWEVER, other updates note that there wasn't just one heist -- there was an long ongoing series of them, some of which were discovered until years after the fact. And that the SF Mint was apparently thoroughly infected with unscrupulous employees who were taking advantage of lax oversight. If you combine that fact with the fact the at least 1/3 of the found coins were in fact uncirculated coins from the SF Mint, it seems almost certain that the coins MUST have come from one or more of the heists there, since nowhere else coin such a large volume of uncirculated gold coins be found at that time (numismatists in the late 1800s simply were not collecting contemporary "mint condition" coins, as they do now; that's a modern development). The jury is still out, and Lord know what's being investigated behind the scenes. As some commenters mentioned above (and as I mentioned in the comments section of my post), it all comes down to whether or not the Mint kept documentation of the heists -- or were they all destroyed in the 1906 Fire? Quite a historical mystery!

Posted by: zombie at March 04, 2014 10:17 PM (mizYg)

474

Posted by: model_1066 at March 05, 2014 02:16 AM (KWIwL)

i've got firestarter qued up. will listen to that next.

Posted by: rich@gmu at March 04, 2014 10:18 PM (ga+7c)

475 PAPER: CIA spied on staff members of Senate committee... Awesome. Go Team YouHaveNoPrivacy! I'm sure Gabe will be happy to wave this away as the price of stuff and shit and stuff.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 04, 2014 10:24 PM (Y/M/K)

476

Posted by: zombie at March 05, 2014 02:17 AM (mizYg)

at the time wouldn't the heists been reported to the SF police (assuming there were some honest people in the mint at the time)?

also 47 years would be a long time for an inside job.

Posted by: rich@gmu at March 04, 2014 10:24 PM (ga+7c)

477 Actually, I'm geeking out to Gordon Lightfoot's "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" right now. Just feels right.

Posted by: model_1066 at March 05, 2014 02:16 AM (KWIwL)

Cheer up and listen to the Pie in the Face Polka instead: http://tinyurl.com/q43r2l9 .

Posted by: CQD at March 04, 2014 10:24 PM (4iOIE)

478 Nice to see an actress/comedienne who isn't a total Leftist hack: http://tinyurl.com/nxt6p45

Posted by: The Political Hat at March 04, 2014 10:25 PM (AymDN)

479 Strong move, Hat... I guess I'll have to find something to one-up that... how about Faith No More covering The Commodores' Easy?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH7J3G7Qtt0

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 04, 2014 10:26 PM (/96QU)

480 Strong move, Hat... I guess I'll have to find something to one-up that... how about Faith No More covering The Commodores' Easy? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH7J3G7Qtt0 Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 05, 2014 02:26 AM (/96QU) I have that in cassette tape. *feeling old*

Posted by: The Political Hat at March 04, 2014 10:28 PM (AymDN)

481 475 Actually, I'm geeking out to Gordon Lightfoot's "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" right now. Just feels right. Posted by: model_1066 at March 05, 2014 02:16 AM (KWIwL) Cheer up and listen to the Pie in the Face Polka instead: http://tinyurl.com/q43r2l9 . Posted by: CQD at March 05, 2014 02:24 AM (4iOIE) I'll see that and raise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn73Wtem0No

Posted by: model_1066 at March 04, 2014 10:28 PM (KWIwL)

482

>>> at least 1/3 of the found coins were in fact uncirculated coins from the SF Mint, it seems almost certain that the coins MUST have come from one or more of the heists there, since nowhere else coin such a large volume of uncirculated gold coins be found at that time <<<

coins could have gone from the mint to a bank vault.

Posted by: rich@gmu at March 04, 2014 10:30 PM (ga+7c)

483 I'll see that and raise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn73Wtem0No Posted by: model_1066 at March 05, 2014 02:28 AM (KWIwL) I remember watching that on "Turkey TV" back in the '80'sÂ… *feels sooo old*

Posted by: The Fish's Hat at March 04, 2014 10:30 PM (AymDN)

484

Posted by: Buzzion at March 05, 2014 02:17 AM (LI48c)

true. thought you were asking who it was by. sorry.

Posted by: rich@gmu at March 04, 2014 10:33 PM (ga+7c)

485 Posted by: model_1066 at March 05, 2014 02:16 AM (KWIwL)

Worked ore boats in '76.

One was a sister ship to the Fitzgerald (the Wilfred Sykes) and another was the oldest coal fired ore boat on the Lakes the Clarence Randall.

Built in 1949, the Sykes is still in service.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 04, 2014 10:33 PM (LSDdO)

486

Posted by: The Fish's Hat at March 05, 2014 02:30 AM (AymDN)

80's old?

Posted by: rich@gmu at March 04, 2014 10:33 PM (ga+7c)

487 Ugh. The more I hear of McCain, the worse I feel about ever voting for him. Figures.

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at March 04, 2014 10:34 PM (M9BzG)

488 This was my ear worm for the night. I had to learn this a few hours ago for a friend's kid who begged me to teach it to him . Its been rolling around in my head for hours now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQQdsKH3Qt8

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 04, 2014 10:34 PM (FMbng)

489 Posted by: The Fish's Hat at March 05, 2014 02:30 AM (AymDN) 80's old? Posted by: rich@gmu at March 05, 2014 02:33 AM (ga+7c) When chicks born in the '80's are all legal nowÂ… ya, the '80's are officially old (weird and sometimes awesomeÂ… but old)Â…

Posted by: The Fish's Hat at March 04, 2014 10:35 PM (AymDN)

490 Eat 'em up YUM!

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 04, 2014 10:35 PM (LSDdO)

491 #485: The way I see it, I was really voting for Sarah Palin for VP. So, I don't feel bad at all for that vote.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 04, 2014 10:35 PM (/96QU)

492 Strong move, Hat... I guess I'll have to find something to one-up that... how about Faith No More covering The Commodores' Easy? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH7J3G7Qtt0 Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 05, 2014 02:26 AM (/96QU) There is always his version of "Hurt"Â… which was so good, that Trend Reznor gav Cash the rights to the song because he pwned it so much. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aF9AJm0RFc One of the best two music videos ever.

Posted by: The Hurt Hat at March 04, 2014 10:37 PM (AymDN)

493 I'll see that and raise:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn73Wtem0No

Posted by: model_1066 at March 05, 2014 02:28 AM (KWIwL)

Well played, indeed. This hand is getting a bit rich for my wallet, but I'll call your raise:

http://tinyurl.com/oj73xzl

Posted by: CQD at March 04, 2014 10:38 PM (4iOIE)

494 Wouldn't put it past the old f**k to have sabotaged his own candidacy because he could see she would've out shined him like a nova to a candle.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 04, 2014 10:38 PM (LSDdO)

495 #490: Cash's Hurt was indeed awesome.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 04, 2014 10:38 PM (/96QU)

496

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 05, 2014 12:46 AM (rDidD)

she's not but her agent probably is. I'll have to research this topic further when I get home.

Posted by: rich@gmu at March 04, 2014 10:39 PM (ga+7c)

497 I hear banjo music.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 04, 2014 10:39 PM (LSDdO)

498 483 Posted by: model_1066 at March 05, 2014 02:16 AM (KWIwL) Worked ore boats in '76. One was a sister ship to the Fitzgerald (the Wilfred Sykes) and another was the oldest coal fired ore boat on the Lakes the Clarence Randall. Built in 1949, the Sykes is still in service. Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 05, 2014 02:33 AM (LSDdO) Born in Duluth with an uncanny ability to actually swim in Lake Superior without succumbing to hypothermia. That's about all, I guess. F'n love the geology there...could collect rocks along the shore (agates, in particular) until I drop dead.

Posted by: model_1066 at March 04, 2014 10:40 PM (KWIwL)

499 #492: I have a funny feeling he only picked her because he thought she'd tank his campaign, because he didn't really want to be President, and was disappointed when she actually made the ticket stronger.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 04, 2014 10:40 PM (/96QU)

500 I think he really wanted it to rub it in the Bush's faces. That's about all though.

Petty people seem to be the ones who carry grudges the longest.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 04, 2014 10:42 PM (LSDdO)

501 I'll see that and raise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn73Wtem0No Posted by: model_1066 at March 05, 2014 02:28 AM (KWIwL) Well played, indeed. This hand is getting a bit rich for my wallet, but I'll call your raise: http://tinyurl.com/oj73xzl Posted by: CQD at March 05, 2014 02:38 AM (4iOIE) How about "Two Triple Cheese Side Order of Fries" by Commander Cody: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8ErWHGLfZ0

Posted by: The Burger Hat at March 04, 2014 10:43 PM (AymDN)

502 >>>When chicks born in the '80's are all legal nowÂ… ya, the '80's are officially old (weird and sometimes awesomeÂ… but old)Â…

Posted by: The Fish's Hat at March 05, 2014 02:35 AM (AymDN) <<<

humm 1996. some of my classmates are 18...

now I feel...dirty.

Posted by: rich@gmu at March 04, 2014 10:44 PM (ga+7c)

503 >>>When chicks born in the '80's are all legal nowÂ… ya, the '80's are officially old (weird and sometimes awesomeÂ… but old)Â…

Posted by: The Fish's Hat at March 05, 2014 02:35 AM (AymDN) <<<

humm 1996. some of my classmates are 18...

now I feel...dirty.

Posted by: rich@gmu at March 04, 2014 10:44 PM (ga+7c)

504 Is it still okay to say "fuck the French" here"? I don't want to get banned for saying things that are not allowed, so if saying "fuck the French" is a bad thing to do, then please tell me.

Posted by: and irresolute at March 04, 2014 10:44 PM (RqHWH)

505 Is it still okay to say "fuck the French" here"? I don't want to get banned for saying things that are not allowed, so if saying "fuck the French" is a bad thing to do, then please tell me.

Posted by: and irresolute at March 04, 2014 10:44 PM (RqHWH)

506 I have that in cassette tape.Â *feeling old* _____________ Cassette? What is that? is that something like one of those "typewriters" my grandmother keeps talking about?

Posted by: shredded chi at March 04, 2014 10:45 PM (5QTeW)

507 I have that in cassette tape.Â *feeling old* _____________ Cassette? What is that? is that something like one of those "typewriters" my grandmother keeps talking about?

Posted by: shredded chi at March 04, 2014 10:45 PM (5QTeW)

508 Is it still okay to say "fuck the French" here"? I don't want to get banned for saying things that are not allowed, so if saying "fuck the French" is a bad thing to do, then please tell me.

Posted by: and irresolute at March 05, 2014 02:44 AM (RqHWH)

You have to add "with a flaming pineapple sideways". Its in the rules....really.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 04, 2014 10:46 PM (FMbng)

509 the neat thing about the Randall was that it was a 3 stage reciprocating piston steam engine. built about 1909 or so.

Except for the steam cylinders the entire thing was exposed.

connecting rods, crankshaft and all. Right out there to see (or to fall into when running).

Ever see The Sand Pebbles? Like that engine.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 04, 2014 10:47 PM (LSDdO)

510 Keep in mind that McCain's run for the Presidency occurred while Hank Paulson was telling all the congressmen of both chambers that we were headed for collapse, and McCain probably wanted to avoid getting any of that stank on him.

Meanwhile, Obama was thinking, "Whoo, crisis! I can totally use that as an excuse to grab even more power!"

This, by the way, is why we lose.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 04, 2014 10:47 PM (/96QU)

511

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 05, 2014 02:40 AM (/96QU)

Kudlow was a fan of her's before she had a national profile. As gov she popular, competent, and generally moderate (at the time she was one of the most popular elected officials in the US). Think it was a case of buyers remorse for McVain when she outshined him at the announcement.

Posted by: rich@gmu at March 04, 2014 10:48 PM (ga+7c)

512 Is it still okay to say "fuck the French" here"? I don't want to get banned for saying things that are not allowed, so if saying "fuck the French" is a bad thing to do, then please tell me. Posted by: and irresolute at March 05, 2014 02:44 AM (RqHWH) A little mood music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wncuolufB0

Posted by: The Non-French Hat at March 04, 2014 10:48 PM (AymDN)

513 501 Is it still okay to say "fuck the French" here"? I don't want to get banned for saying things that are not allowed, so if saying "fuck the French" is a bad thing to do, then please tell me. Posted by: and irresolute at March 05, 2014 02:44 AM (RqHWH) I believe saying that is more or less mandatory...at the very least, you accrue some blog cred and stuff.

Posted by: model_1066 at March 04, 2014 10:48 PM (KWIwL)

514

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 05, 2014 02:47 AM (/96QU)

Soros took a 9.5 million share stake in Lehman a few weeks before it shit the bed.

Posted by: rich@gmu at March 04, 2014 10:50 PM (ga+7c)

515 I am so glad that the universe will recycle that bonehead that jumped out of the bushes. I will be glad when all car-window washing leaches get sucked back into the great void also.

Posted by: and irresolute at March 04, 2014 10:51 PM (RqHWH)

516 How about "Two Triple Cheese Side Order of Fries" by Commander Cody: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8ErWHGLfZ0 Posted by: The Burger Hat at March 05, 2014 02:43 AM (AymDN) It's like Butthole Surfers, minus distortion.

Posted by: model_1066 at March 04, 2014 10:51 PM (KWIwL)

517 Soros is dumping stocks now.

My bet is on everything going south in 2015.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 04, 2014 10:52 PM (LSDdO)

518 And apparently so is his.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 04, 2014 10:52 PM (LSDdO)

519 All right, I need to get to bed, and I really mean it this time. Good night, everyone!

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 04, 2014 10:53 PM (/96QU)

520 The problem with saying "Fuck the French" is that the "French" aren't really an ethnic group. Bretons are descended from Celts. Normans are descended from Vikings. ProvenÃ§als are descended from Romans and Greeks. The original tribe from which the nation takes its name -- the Franks -- were actually Germans and spoke a Germanic language when they arrived. The Basques are descended from who-knows-who (probably aliens). Other invasions and migrations too left their ethnic marks. Only the Gauls are "native," but we have no idea what percentage of modern Frenchmen are actually descended from Gauls -- probably very few. There is no real such thing as "French."

Posted by: zombie at March 04, 2014 10:56 PM (mizYg)

521 I have trouble hating John McCain. I want to hate him, but I just point and laugh instead. He should have just stayed home after he had the experience of a lifetime, and lived through it, but no... the blonde made him try to climb higher and higher. Damn blondes. John, next time around the wheel ... stay away from the blondes .. and the nuke-able places where history could have been changed.

Posted by: and irresolute at March 04, 2014 10:56 PM (RqHWH)

522

Posted by: zombie at March 05, 2014 02:17 AM (mizYg)

another possibility is that it was someone hiding their gold during the depression.

Posted by: rich@gmu at March 04, 2014 10:57 PM (ga+7c)

523 516 I have trouble hating John McCain. I want to hate him, but I just point and laugh instead. He should have just stayed home after he had the experience of a lifetime, and lived through it, but no... the blonde made him try to climb higher and higher. Damn blondes. John, next time around the wheel ... stay away from the blondes .. and the nuke-able places where history could have been changed. Posted by: and irresolute at March 05, 2014 02:56 AM (RqHWH) In other words: didn't know when to shut the fuck up.

Posted by: model_1066 at March 04, 2014 10:57 PM (KWIwL)

524 "How about "Two Triple Cheese Side Order of Fries" by Commander Cody"

_Hot Rod Lincoln_.

Just sayin'.

Posted by: torquewrench at March 04, 2014 10:59 PM (gqT4g)

525

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 05, 2014 02:52 AM (LSDdO)

yikes. was hoping for a few more years.

Posted by: rich@gmu at March 04, 2014 11:01 PM (ga+7c)

526 Ever see The Sand Pebbles? Like that engine.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 05, 2014 02:47 AM (LSDdO)

Ever see Titanic? Like THOSE engines. Honestly, if they would just put the engine room scenes on a loop and repeat them, I'd watch that for three hours, no problem.

Posted by: CQD at March 04, 2014 11:01 PM (4iOIE)

527 Posted by: zombie at March 05, 2014 02:56 AM (mizYg)

Doesn't the Basque language have some similarity to Gaelic?

I think I read that somewhere.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 04, 2014 11:03 PM (LSDdO)

528 510 I am so glad that the universe will recycle that bonehead that jumped out of the bushes. I will be glad when all car-window washing leaches get sucked back into the great void also. Posted by: and irresolute The Bush Man's gag was not funny in the slightest, and was based on cruelty for the amusement of others. Once Tourist Family #1 were scared out of their wits by him only to discover they were laughingstocks to other tourists watching, they then would join the cynical audience to laugh at Tourist Family #2 blundering into the same trap. The first family thought they were rescuing their social reputation by joining in on the gag, but instead it was just like generational molestation were each person hurts the weakling under them as "revenge" for being hurt themselves. In other words, the Bush Man not only scared people for money, but he initiated a social system that corrupted his victim's morals. Unfortunately, he was only one of two different Bush Men -- the other one is still alive, and although old now, may return to continue the "tradition." And once he dies, surely some other creepy hobo will fill his shoes.

Posted by: zombie at March 04, 2014 11:03 PM (mizYg)

529 Doesn't the Basque language have some similarity to Gaelic? I think I read that somewhere. Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon I think not. There is (as far as I know) no language extant related to Basque. Of mysterious origin.

Posted by: zombie at March 04, 2014 11:05 PM (mizYg)

530 Well, what do I know?

I am however doing my best to be as well prepared before then.

Can't hurt to try.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 04, 2014 11:07 PM (LSDdO)

531 "The Basques are descended from who-knows-who (probably aliens)."

Are there enough French Basques to matter?

You do have to wonder about this scattering of tribes throughout Europe who are very oddly matched to their immediate neighbors and whose prior ethnography is a mystery. Hungarians must be alien descendants too.

"Only the Gauls are 'native,' but we have no idea what percentage of modern Frenchmen are actually descended from Gauls -- probably very few."

I read the recollections of an Anglophone lout who joined the French Foreign Legion on a bet. The Legion said they must all learn to speak French, and the instructors went straight to the classic French elementary school texts for that purpose.

("Our ancestors, the Gauls...")

Except in French elementary school, if you fail to conjugate a verb properly, the teacher doesn't beat the crap out of you and make you sleep outdoors in the rain without dinner.

Posted by: torquewrench at March 04, 2014 11:09 PM (gqT4g)

532 [/another possibility is that it was someone hiding their gold during the depression. Posted by: rich@gmu[/i] Very unlikely. All the coins were from the 19th century. My own grandfather was one of those people that buried his gold coins in 1933. Skipping all the gory family details, when he died in the '60s and my aunt went and dug up the jar (without telling anybody at first), basically all the coins were from the early '30s with a few from the '20s. It'd be highly unusual for ALL the coins in your pocket in 1933 to be from the 19th century. Much more likely that they'd be of somewhat recent mintage. What they really need to do is ignore the coins and focus on the cans -- they probably are a huge clue to the date of burial.

Posted by: zombie at March 04, 2014 11:10 PM (mizYg)

533 Man, ... got me into the way-back machine when I finally clarified enough to actually resolve the image at the end of tonight's ONT! Nothing like the smell of caps. My Hopalong Cassidy pistols are encased in plexiglass, the holsters are still pretty good, but a roll of those caps is a real treasure. great viewing. I think that's where I got the smoking habit ... I used to try to blame it on Sam, because they were so cheap, but I think really it was from the endless hours of sniffing that nice blue-caps smoke.

Posted by: and irresolute at March 04, 2014 11:10 PM (RqHWH)

534 Except in French elementary school, if you fail to conjugate a verb properly, the teacher doesn't beat the crap out of you and make you sleep outdoors in the rain without dinner. Posted by: torquewrench at March 05, 2014 03:09 AM (gqT4g) No, they make you go home with only one bottle of wine. Not four.

Posted by: model_1066 at March 04, 2014 11:12 PM (KWIwL)

535 Don't care; she's hot:

http://youtu.be/vXCj_t_tBxo

Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at March 04, 2014 11:13 PM (m0h0I)

536

zombie-

coin world has a good feature. and the bbc has been following the story.

good point on the cans. i've seen a few pictures but they look like cans to me.

also a good point on the time frame. the 30's depression is the one I had in mind but, the panic of 1893 touched off a depression that lasted until the late 1890's too.

it is a great mystery. brb

Posted by: rich@gmu at March 04, 2014 11:17 PM (ga+7c)

537 Posted by: CQD at March 05, 2014 03:01 AM (4iOIE)

Yeah but I got to see them up close and personal. (was part of the engine room gang)

And yeah they are totally fascinating standing still or in motion.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 04, 2014 11:17 PM (LSDdO)

538 Hungarians must be alien descendants too. Posted by: torquewrench Actually, we know pretty well where the Hungarians came from -- the Magyar tribes emerged from what we now call "central Asia" (south/central Russia near modern Kazakhstan). They invaded and conquered the area now known as Hungary in the very late 800s.

Posted by: zombie at March 04, 2014 11:17 PM (mizYg)

539 my bully-dog is snoring louder than most diesel trucks could manage. she is hilarity encapsulated in 70 pounds of furry funny.

Posted by: model_1066 at March 04, 2014 11:18 PM (KWIwL)

540 Yes! Fake bass playing pretty girls! Sunday! Sunday!

Posted by: and irresolute at March 04, 2014 11:18 PM (RqHWH)

541 Doesn't the Basque language have some similarity to Gaelic? I think I read that somewhere. Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 05, 2014 03:03 AM (LSDdO) Basque is the last language of pre-Indo-European languages that followed the invasion of Indo-European tribes. Spanish and Gaulish and Latin have more in common with Persian, Hindi, and Kurdish, than they do with Basque. You do have to wonder about this scattering of tribes throughout Europe who are very oddly matched to their immediate neighbors and whose prior ethnography is a mystery. Hungarians must be alien descendants too. Posted by: torquewrench at March 05, 2014 03:09 AM (gqT4g) Hungarians came from later invasions/incursions, and is related to Finnish and Estonian, as well as various languages spoken in the Ural mountains (thus they are known a Uralic languages).

Posted by: The Linguistic Hat at March 04, 2014 11:20 PM (AymDN)

542 530 Perv.

Posted by: shredded chi at March 04, 2014 11:21 PM (5QTeW)

543 3 chord string stroker.

Why do they think they have to act like guys?

I know I don't watch them because they're faux-strumming a guitar.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 04, 2014 11:22 PM (LSDdO)

544 Night all. Here is "Woman of the Devil" by Warhorse: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBPYLMNZ7tE

Posted by: The Political Hat at March 04, 2014 11:22 PM (AymDN)

545 Posted by: model_1066 at March 05, 2014 03:18 AM (KWIwL)

did you name him Jake?

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 04, 2014 11:23 PM (LSDdO)

546 540 Posted by: model_1066 at March 05, 2014 03:18 AM (KWIwL) did you name him Jake? Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 05, 2014 03:23 AM (LSDdO) No, her name is Miss Fatso McPoopsalot.

Posted by: model_1066 at March 04, 2014 11:24 PM (KWIwL)

547 Interesting discovery regarding Melanie -- the originator of the song in the video I posted above:

Melanie identifies herself politically as a Libertarian, stating: "I'm a total Libertarian, and I am not a Democrat, a Socialist, or a Republican."

http://is.gd/VaukAx

Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at March 04, 2014 11:26 PM (m0h0I)

548 So it's "come here Fatso"?

How degrading. What did the poor dog ever do to you?

/jk

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 04, 2014 11:27 PM (LSDdO)

549 I'm sorry if I was misunderstood earlier ... I don't hate the French ... everyone of whom should take a knee each morning and give thanks for the valor of the dead fathers and grandfathers and uncles that waded ashore to keep their treacherous and over-the-hill way of life alive ... I was just curious if it was okay, within the blog rules, to say ... uhhh... thanks for stepping up when it doesn't really matter in the slightest, when nothing is going to happen, when no blood is going to be spilled, when it is ever-so-easy to join in, thank you France. Thank you... well done, as usual, stalwart allies. nah.

Posted by: and irresolute at March 04, 2014 11:28 PM (RqHWH)

550 Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at March 05, 2014 03:26 AM (m0h0I)

She IS however a vagitarian.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 04, 2014 11:28 PM (LSDdO)

551 There is (as far as I know) no language extant related to Basque. Of mysterious origin.

Posted by: zombie at March 05, 2014 03:05 AM (mizYg)

True. Basque is a language isolate, meaning there is no discernible connection to any other spoken (or identifiable extinct) language. The current theory is that it is pre Indo-European and was part of a family of languages spoken widely across western Europe until they were swamped by the Indo-European languages of the invaders.

Posted by: CQD at March 04, 2014 11:29 PM (4iOIE)

552 543 So it's "come here Fatso"? How degrading. What did the poor dog ever do to you? /jk Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 05, 2014 03:27 AM (LSDdO) Nah, usually I call her by 'piggy' or 'porky' or 'tubbs'...it's all good.

Posted by: model_1066 at March 04, 2014 11:29 PM (KWIwL)

553 @ Bitter Clinger -- Yeah, I hear that's all the rage.

Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at March 04, 2014 11:29 PM (m0h0I)

554 NTTATWWT

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 04, 2014 11:31 PM (LSDdO)

555 Also hot, but different:

http://youtu.be/b_8U93SvVyY

Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at March 04, 2014 11:33 PM (m0h0I)

556 But Mitch does remind one of a turtle. AND he spends a lot of time huddling up because he acts so very timid. AND it feels good because I just want to get in his face and ask him "why why why are you letting Harry Reid get away with wiping his ass with the constitution and helping that meat puppet in the WH perfect his f**king of America?".

So although I wouldn't say stuff like that if I was a public figure but I ain't so I can.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 04, 2014 11:36 PM (LSDdO)

557 my bully-dog is snoring louder than most diesel trucks could manage. she is hilarity encapsulated in 70 pounds of furry funny.

Posted by: model_1066 at March 05, 2014 03:18 AM (KWIwL)

Testimonial: I have known several to many bulldogs over the years, and all have been great companion animals. Most are not as large as yours, but two that I knew back in the 70's (Cuthbert and Augustus) were in the 70 lb. range.

Posted by: CQD at March 04, 2014 11:37 PM (4iOIE)

558 Testimonial: I have known several to many bulldogs over the years, and all have been great companion animals. Most are not as large as yours, but two that I knew back in the 70's (Cuthbert and Augustus) were in the 70 lb. range. Posted by: CQD at March 05, 2014 03:37 AM (4iOIE) She's an American Bulldog, and quite petite for the breed. As far as I know. But she's my fat lil' piggy nonetheless.

Posted by: model_1066 at March 04, 2014 11:39 PM (KWIwL)

559 You can tell a dog person (or an animal person) by the way they refer to them as they would any other person.

(I had this pointed out to me once not realizing what I was doing is not most people's way of referring to animals. Usually they use impersonal nouns and pronouns and don't use verbs that one would use for people. Interestingly I've found it a fairly good indicator of someone's closeness and empathy for animals. And believe me their are people who don't.)

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 04, 2014 11:42 PM (LSDdO)

560 477 Faith No More covering The Commodores' Easy?

They also do the best War Pigs!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhIMf61NeB8

Posted by: bill-o at March 04, 2014 11:42 PM (AWwDY)

561 The thing about Melanie is that she was first signed to Buddah Records, the bubblegum music record company. It had always bothered me that the name was misspelled "Buddah" for some odd reason, but I assumed the people who founded the label had some explanation or whatever. They sold tens of millions of records in the '60s. And much much later, I saw some little-seen interview with the founders that was recorded in the '80s or whenever, as part of some '60s retrospective. The following exchange happened during the interview, which just blew my mind and made me very angry/exasperated/amused: Interviewer: Now let me ask you about the name "Buddah." Founders of Buddah Records: OK Interviewer: Everyone wants to know -- why did you spell it that way? Founders of Buddah Records: What? Interviewer: Y'know -- why did you spell it BUDDAH? Was it an inside joke? Founders of Buddah Records: [Looking at each other quizzically.] What are you talking about? Interviewer: I mean -- "Buddha" is spelled BUDDHA. Why did you spell it -AH? Founders of Buddah Records: [Stunned silence.] Interviewer: It's one of the great mysteries of the '60s. Founders of Buddah Records: This is a joke, right? Interviewer: No, really, Buddha is spelled BUDDHA. Founders of Buddah Records: [Look of dumbfounded shock and mortification] Oh my god. For real? Interviewer: For real. Founders of Buddah Records: [Facepalm] We just assumed Buddha was spelled BUDDAH. No one ever bothered to check. Interviewer: And in all that time, no one -- not one single person -- ever pointed out to you that it was misspelled? Founders of Buddah Records: No. Not until now. I though to myself: How could these guys be SO STUPID and yet make SO MUCH MONEY??? It was infuriating.

Posted by: zombie at March 04, 2014 11:46 PM (mizYg)

562 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itRMx8fBwTo&feature=kp

My earworm for a while now, The Stranglers: Everybody Loves You When You're Dead

Posted by: bill-o at March 04, 2014 11:48 PM (AWwDY)

563 Posted by: zombie at March 05, 2014 03:46 AM (mizYg)

Methinks they may have been having you on. Although . . .

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 04, 2014 11:49 PM (LSDdO)

564 having the interviewer on. (thought you were)

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 04, 2014 11:50 PM (LSDdO)

565
"Doesn't the Basque language have some similarity to Gaelic?

I think I read that somewhere."

No AFAIK it is not related to any European Language:

http://tinyurl.com/67jdho

Posted by: bill-o at March 04, 2014 11:51 PM (AWwDY)

566 Luck has more to do with acquiring money than most (especially the beneficiaries thereof) would want to give credence to.

There's plenty of people who work hard who never make it.

There's plenty of people with good ideas who never make it.

There's plenty of people who persevere after failure who never make it.

There's always, always a little bit of luck in timing or location or just plain serendipity that is part of anyone who has made it big.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 04, 2014 11:52 PM (LSDdO)

567 Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) No, their shock and dawning realization was totally real. They actually never knew that their label was misspelled. Furthermore, their original logo had Hindu deities on it, not Buddha. They didn't even know the difference. That's how stupid they were.

Posted by: zombie at March 04, 2014 11:53 PM (mizYg)

568 "Actually, we know pretty well where the Hungarians came from -- the Magyar tribes emerged from what we now call "central Asia" (south/central Russia near modern Kazakhstan). They invaded and conquered the area now known as Hungary in the very late 800s."

And their language is in the same family as Turkish and Finnish.

Posted by: bill-o at March 04, 2014 11:54 PM (AWwDY)

569 563 "Actually, we know pretty well where the Hungarians came from -- the
Magyar tribes emerged from what we now call "central Asia"
(south/central Russia near modern Kazakhstan). They invaded and
conquered the area now known as Hungary in the very late 800s."

And their language is in the same family as Turkish Estonian and Finnish.

Posted by: bill-o at March 04, 2014 11:57 PM (AWwDY)

570 pixy stole my strike-through ;( Turkish not related.....

Posted by: bill-o at March 04, 2014 11:58 PM (AWwDY)

571 I know I always heard it pronounced like Buddha.

What, did they use an image of Shiva or Kali?

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 04, 2014 11:58 PM (LSDdO)

572 Maybe one day a state will tax a Supreme Court justice on the grounds that his/her business involved a state company or issue or some such.

Posted by: SFGoth at March 05, 2014 12:14 AM (iuqsC)

573 One day we'll find out what Obama threatened Roberts with to get him to change his opinion.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 05, 2014 12:21 AM (LSDdO)

574 Rumor has it that it was his adopted kids:

http://tinyurl.com/lwq42fo

Posted by: bill-o at March 05, 2014 12:23 AM (AWwDY)

575 What, did they use an image of Shiva or Kali? Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) Yep: "Buddah label design variations 1967Â—BUDDAH RECORDS in stylized black letters at the bottom. Singles were designated with green labels, albums with red labels 1968-1972Â—Multi-color "kaleidoscope" label with silhouette of a Shiva deity (not Buddha) at the bottom of the label between the words BUDDAH and RECORDS (same format for both singles and albums)" I will never be able to accept the incalculable level of sheer idiocy surrounding Buddah Records. (Even though I am a big fan of bubblegum music.)

Posted by: zombie at March 05, 2014 12:24 AM (mizYg)

576 Posted by: zombie at March 05, 2014 04:24 AM (mizYg) You know that fine line between genius and idiocy?....people bought pet rocks, too.

Posted by: BignJames at March 05, 2014 12:29 AM (j7iSn)

577 Great ONT Maet. Love the caps at the end of the thread. Those dummies in CA who came forward with the gold.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 05, 2014 12:37 AM (HVff2)

578 Evidence from multiple sources ay that $10M gold find was NOT from the SF Mint. This includes the SF Mint itself.

http://tinyurl.com/lou7hxp

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 05, 2014 12:41 AM (T2V/1)

579 Just goes to show Vic with that kind of find best to be quiet about it

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 05, 2014 12:52 AM (HVff2)

580 Tangonine Tangonine Comm Check Respond Respond....

Posted by: OG-Celtic Àmerican at March 05, 2014 01:25 AM (vHRtU)

581 Last time I saw tango comment he was upset someone had said cum.

Posted by: Adam at March 05, 2014 01:27 AM (Aif/5)

582 Heh, CNN international showing the clip of Obama making an ass out of himself re Russia in the 2012 debate.

Posted by: Adam at March 05, 2014 01:35 AM (Aif/5)

583 Wow...this ONT died.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 05, 2014 01:54 AM (QFxY5)

584 I remember taking an entire roll of caps, standing them on edge, and striking the whole thing with the end of a wooden baseball bat.
Like hitting a pool ball with a stick, but grasped with both hands for enough force.

The whole roll would detonate at once in an ear ringing blast that would echo around the block.

At ten years old, in a state where firecrackers were illegal, it was the only way to go.

Then my neighbor, who was a chemistry Major taught me how to make gunpowder, and it all went downhill from there.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 05, 2014 01:58 AM (DPkKe)

585 We used to use a hammer on those rolls of caps. But when we wanted a big bang we shaved the heads off of matches and rolled them up in copper or aluminum pipe, hammered the ends flat into a rolled up sealed pipe, and threw them in a fire and ran.

That would draw the cops thanks to direct dial at neighbor's houses.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 05, 2014 02:08 AM (T2V/1)

586 Hmmm
Someone using the Nic "Vic" describing the presence of telephones during his childhood.

Who is this Alt History imposter, and what have you done with the real Vic?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 05, 2014 02:14 AM (DPkKe)

587 Well telephones have been around for the general public since 1891.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 05, 2014 02:18 AM (T2V/1)

588 Hey, CBD, I got your e-mail. It'd be easier to say who Sinatra didn't nail, frankly. But if Ronan was born before Sinatra married Barbara Marx, there's a good possibility he could be the Chairman's kid, since I don't think Babs would have let Ol' Blue Eyes near Farrow.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 05, 2014 02:37 AM (zF6Iw)

589 OK. Here is a topic that is probably only appropriate in an ONT.

A typical ejaculation contains 5 to 7 calories. By doing some complex math, that means that consuming 20 ejaculations would add 100 to 140 calories to your diet. Given the sad history of humanity, there would be a lot of times when 100 calories would mean the difference between life and death. Given the propensity that people have had for locking up their enemies and providing them with minimal, if any food, it would seem likely that some significant number have survived this sort of starvation captivity only by giving a lot of blow jobs.

I can understand why this sort of thing would be one of the details that people would be likely to leave out of their accounts of living in those circumstances, particularly in the 1940s and earlier but I am curious as to how much this has been a factor in survival.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at March 05, 2014 02:39 AM (PD6iL)

590

New York and New Jersey are run by nothing more than Leftist Mob bosses.

"Nice truck you have here, shame if anything happened to it"

Posted by: jmm at March 05, 2014 03:33 AM (5ZsaL)

591 On the commerce clause stuff: This is why Mid-westerners need to be behind things like NAFTA, I-69, and expansion of any and all North-South trade corridors in the middle of the country and running as far as the Pacific coast of Mexico. Strategic thinking. The East and West coast states have a history of screwing over the inland states going back to before the Revolution, and this is not going to change. When it gets bad enough, we need to be in a position to give them the finger and go our own way.

Posted by: teapartydoc at March 05, 2014 03:53 AM (4U98b)

592 I am fed up with the blue states predations on the rest of us. BTW years ago California tried to hit me up for taxes. All I did was travel through the state and do a few book signings. I politely told them where they could go.

Posted by: WannabeAnglican at March 05, 2014 04:32 AM (vFmT2)

593 About fasting in the Roman Catholic Church- for those Protestants who may be unfamiliar with it: http://tinyurl.com/5gnwgc Of course, you don't have to be Catholic to fast. It is a long tradition from Judaism, and Buddhists, Hindus and Muslims also have fasts as part of their religious tradition. In Mark 9:29 (?) Jesus talks about exorcism of a demon that can only come out through prayer and fasting. Fasting (if we are physically able) helps us to realize as Christians that Christ is the true bread which feeds us. In addition prayers in keeping with God's will are sometimes more likely to be answered if we fast and pray.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 05, 2014 04:36 AM (XyM/Y)

594 Some thoughts on keeping Lent in our hearts and reclaiming a great tradition by a missionary in the Southern Baptist Convention: http://tinyurl.com/lqrl8ab

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 05, 2014 04:50 AM (XyM/Y)

595 I suspect that the government will have difficulty proving that the coins were the ones stolen; coins don't have serial numbers. Or have we come so far away from the Constitution that the burden of proof is no longer on the state?

While New York might demand payment of income tax - it is a bit difficult to see how they could enforce that on the individuals who don't reside there. Of course in the thug based blue state model of the world I guess they could be made offers they can't refuse.

New Jersey's actions are exactly why the commerce clause was put into the Constitution in the first place. Of course - under the Obama model of government, the Constitution no longer applies to anything - so have it goons.

Posted by: [/i] [/s] [/u] [/b] An Observation at March 05, 2014 05:26 AM (ylhEn)

596 How many of y'all really believe that such a collapse is imminent? I just don't buy it, more like wishful thinking, IMHO. I've seen plenty of doomsayers say doom for my entire life, but then, they just have to go back to work on Monday like the rest of us ...

I would like to point out that the Collapse has already arrived in Detroit. How far behind are the other victims of the Democrats? The new Communist Mayor of NYC has the pedal to the metal on the Highway to Hell.

Posted by: [/i] [/s] [/u] [/b] An Observation at March 05, 2014 05:53 AM (ylhEn)

597 Taxation without representation in Pennsylvania also. I often work for a company based in New Castle, PA. Our work is ALWAYS performed elsewhere. I rarely, if ever, even go to the offices. Yet, the city of New Castle takes 2% of each and every dollar I make with this outfit. GRRRRRRRRR

Posted by: CharlieH at March 05, 2014 06:11 AM (3bjSo)

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