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April 06, 2014

NASCAR: Race Day in Ft. Worth, TX 4-06-14- [Niedermeyer's Dead Horse]
— Open Blogger

Good afternoon and welcome to the NASCAR thread.

Today's race is brought to us by the fine folks at Duck Commander (God Bless their furry little selves.) and will be run at Texas Motor Speedway, a 1.5 mile track.

Last week was a doozy in Martinsville with, IIRC, a total of 14 caution flags on the track and a lot of bumping taking place in a very tight pit row.

Speaking of pit row, here's what Kenseth's 180 looked like from inside the pit:

Jimmie Johnson led for a total of 296 of 500 laps but lost the lead to Clint Bowyer in a beautiful move that saw Bowyer's lightning fast reflexes capitalize on the slightest error on Johnson's part. Bowyer, however, lost the lead with a big delay in pit row when the crew had trouble getting one of the tires off the car.

Between cautions flags, and chunks of rubber flying everywhere, drama was in abundance, but the most drama arose from an altercation between Keselowski and Kurt Busch following contact in pit row.

Here's what happened on pit row:

Acting like little babies, they took this one back out on the track.

And, for a little added drama, here's some uncensored audio from inside Busch's car.

In the end, Kurt Busch was the winner, his first win in 83 races.

Congrats to Kurt Busch and the Stewart-Haas Racing Team.

The excitement of the win, however, was short-lived as Busch suffered a tire issue which resulted in a fiery nose-first crash into the wall during qualifying in Texas, destroying the car. Thankfully, Busch is okay and will be participating in the race today.

Today's race looks to be plagued by rain but they have five of the new Titan dryer trucks on hand in case they are needed.

This week's pole position belongs to Tony Stewart posting a speed of 195.454 mph who edged out Brad Keselowski at 195.419 mph. The full lineup can be viewed here.

And, because it's the Duck Commander race, what would a post be without a little Uncle Si thrown into the mix?

Finally, for the Morons, the requisite elbows. Mrs. Kyle Busch, Samantha Sarcinella

Enjoy the race, folks.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 11:05 AM | Comments (106)
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1 Martinsville was a good race, I like the short tracks. This also the first race with the new Big Hoss TV at Texas Motor Speedway. Pretty sure that's currently the biggest jumbotron in America.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 06, 2014 11:10 AM (ZPrif)

2 Elbows!

Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 06, 2014 11:11 AM (T2V/1)

3 Rubbin's racin.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 06, 2014 11:16 AM (GEICT)

4 They just announced the race will kick off in ten minutes

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 06, 2014 11:21 AM (DmNpO)

5 Is Kyle too cheap to buy the missus a chamois cloth to dry that hood off with?

Posted by: kbdabear at April 06, 2014 11:23 AM (aTXUx)

6 Nascar annoyingly forced the Nascarnomics site to remove all of its Nascar data and analysis. It was a great site. Guy is a statistician and race fan and used his data skills to analyze Nascar's TV ratings. It was all public data that had been released in news stories about TV ratings. He probably was in the right, but he didn't have the means to fight Nascar's lawyers. Also he is a fan, so he thought he was helping Nascar. I think the situation is that Nascar is not happy about the declining TV ratings in recent years. Nascarnomics had all sorts of great analysis looking at how track length, caution #s, rain delays, race time, race winner, etc, etc affected the ratings. Guy was just combining things he loved -- Nascar and data analysis. But something he did pissed off Nascar and they shut him down. Now the site is Racingnomics and he looks at every racing series -- except Nascar. Here's his explanation of what happened: http://racingnomics.com/on-changes/

Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 06, 2014 11:25 AM (ZPrif)

7 From the former Nascarnomics site: On March 19, 2014, several changes occurred to this website. I outline them below: I am no longer able to share any research regarding NASCARÂ’s Nielsen television ratings. All previous essays that analyze those data have been removed as well. Some other articles have been deleted, too. This website has evolved into Â“RACINGnomics.comÂ“. Queries for NASCARnomics.com will automatically re-direct to RACINGnomics.com for a brief period of time. My current Twitter account will also develop into @RACINGnomics in the coming days. If you already follow @NASCARnomics, you will not need to do anything new to continue communicating with me via social media. The purpose of this website is to advance public knowledge of the NASCAR industry. It saddens me that much of my work has been judged as counter-productive toward that goal. While my efforts shine a very objective light on NASCARÂ’s popularity, my research carries absolutely no malicious intent toward any organization whatsoever. Those who know me personally understand that I have devoted immeasurable energy to these studies with no compensation. I will continue searching for ways to distribute thoughtful content without offending various entities.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 06, 2014 11:27 AM (ZPrif)

8 Sure glad I'm not at the track this weekend.

Posted by: SouthTexas at April 06, 2014 11:28 AM (uhFbA)

9 We are now partnering with the NSA to see who is watching this race sponsored by the Homophobe Robertsons We have forwarded all ticket buyer and viewer data acquired through spycams in HDTV sets and notified your employers. You have nothing to blame but your own hate for your financial ruin. Now, get off our streets because homeless people ruin our fine dining experiences

Posted by: OKCupid and Mozilla at April 06, 2014 11:29 AM (aTXUx)

10 Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 06, 2014 03:27 PM (ZPrif) *** If they had any sense, they would have hired the guy instead.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 06, 2014 11:34 AM (DmNpO)

11 It is my understanding that the exterior of these cars can be made to look like whatever you want them to look like. I would love to see a team come out with a racing Pacer or Matador or Gremlin. That would be funny. I would certainly watch those races.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at April 06, 2014 11:35 AM (jucos)

12 Please enter your confidential personal information about your love life on our website. We promise to never reveal any of our customer's confidential information. You can trust us. Unless, of course, we find out that you are a conservative or practicing Christian, at which point we will publicly declare you an enemy and use every last bit of data we've collected about your love-life, personality, and sexual predilections to destroy you and leave you destitute in the street like you deserve to be, you vile, Jesus-freak vermin! Thank you, and enjoy OKCupid. No H8!

Posted by: OKCupid at April 06, 2014 11:36 AM (ZPrif)

13 It is my understanding that the exterior of these cars can be made to look like whatever you want them to look like. I would love to see a team come out with a racing Pacer or Matador or Gremlin. That would be funny. I would certainly watch those races. *** Funny, yes. Aerodynamic, no.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 06, 2014 11:36 AM (DmNpO)

14 Testing

Posted by: Soona at April 06, 2014 11:39 AM (6ZNAQ)

15 Having a lot of trouble commenting. I don't know if it's pixie or my phone service. Had to come to the computer to make sure I wasn't banned.

Posted by: Soona at April 06, 2014 11:40 AM (6ZNAQ)

16 Racing Yugo or racing LeCar. The possibilities are endless.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at April 06, 2014 11:40 AM (jucos)

17 I am totally confused what the current open thread is. So I'll put this here. Jon Fleischman ‏@FlashReport Today at 4pm will mark the launch of Breitbart California! Pleased to be participating Politics Editor! Details - http://bit.ly/1jRQNUC

Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 06, 2014 11:43 AM (ZPrif)

18 15 Having a lot of trouble commenting. I don't know if it's pixie or my phone service. Had to come to the computer to make sure I wasn't banned. Posted by: Soona at April 06, 2014 03:40 PM (6ZNAQ) Our analysis of your IP stream indicates you might want to close your browser and clear your cache. Don't worry about losing your bookmarks and web browsing history, we have that stored.

Posted by: The NSA at April 06, 2014 11:45 AM (aTXUx)

19 I am totally confused what the current open thread is. So I'll put this here. *** I never mind what makes it into the comments thread on my posts. And, I suspect that unless the other COBs and guest bloggers add an open thread below their topical posts, they don't either.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 06, 2014 11:46 AM (DmNpO)

20 Truck Monkey, here you go:
http://tinyurl.com/nwfxp8l

Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 06, 2014 11:47 AM (xq1UY)

21 Our analysis of your IP stream indicates you might want to close your browser and clear your cache. Don't worry about losing your bookmarks and web browsing history, we have that stored.

Posted by: The NSA at April 06, 2014 03:45 PM (aTXUx)

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Heh. Fat Trudy must be bored.

Posted by: Soona at April 06, 2014 11:48 AM (6ZNAQ)

22 So, when they said, at 3:21, that the race would start at 3:31, did they mean Central Time, because 3:31 Eastern is long gone. They would do well to clarify times when announcing them.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 06, 2014 11:49 AM (DmNpO)

23 Dang, Mrs. Kyle is quite the little hottie. Pointy elbows notwithstanding. I bet Fat Trudy is in the stairwell rubbing one out . . .

Posted by: Peaches at April 06, 2014 11:50 AM (8lmkt)

24 I never mind what makes it into the comments thread on my posts. And, I suspect that unless the other COBs and guest bloggers add an open thread below their topical posts, they don't either.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 06, 2014 03:46 PM (DmNpO)

Niedermeyer for President!!!!

Posted by: Peaches at April 06, 2014 11:51 AM (8lmkt)

25 Awesome Stringer. I seemed to remember that Matadors used to race alongside the old school Chargers and Chevys.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at April 06, 2014 11:51 AM (jucos)

26 NDH? TB3K?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 06, 2014 11:52 AM (GEICT)

27 If they had any sense, they would have hired the guy instead. Especially is he was generating enough web traffic to get their attention. Oh, and whoever suggested Epic as alternative web browser to FireFox, thank you. I'm loving it so far.

Posted by: no good deed at April 06, 2014 11:52 AM (vRCaC)

28 25 I never mind what makes it into the comments thread on my posts. And, I suspect that unless the other COBs and guest bloggers add an open thread below their topical posts, they don't either. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 06, 2014 03:46 PM (DmNpO) Niedermeyer for President!!!! Posted by: Peaches at April 06, 2014 03:51 PM (8lmkt) No that it's a high hurdle to clear, but she'd do a far better job than the clown we currently have in the White House.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 06, 2014 11:53 AM (mx5oN)

29 Dang, Mrs. Kyle is quite the little hottie. Pointy elbows notwithstanding. I bet Fat Trudy is in the stairwell rubbing one out . . .

Posted by: Peaches at April 06, 2014 03:50 PM (8lmkt)

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Three words: Fake tits.

Posted by: Soona at April 06, 2014 11:53 AM (6ZNAQ)

30 NDH? TB3K? *** Shhh. Just ignore him.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 06, 2014 11:53 AM (DmNpO)

31 Kyle Busch is still an arrogant asshole. That is all. Surprised DW has not grabbed his crank.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at April 06, 2014 11:54 AM (Q8vlx)

32 Yep, Mrs. Kyle Busch is hot. Meanwhile, Kyle Busch himself looks like Sloth from the Goonies. But he's got freak racing talent.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 06, 2014 11:54 AM (ZPrif)

33 Yep, Mrs. Kyle Busch is hot. Meanwhile, Kyle Busch himself looks like Sloth from the Goonies. But he's got freak racing talent.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 06, 2014 03:54 PM (ZPrif)

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She probably married him to be closer to Dale Jr.

Posted by: Soona at April 06, 2014 11:56 AM (6ZNAQ)

34 I downloaded Pale Moon a few hours ago. Can't even tell I'm not using Firefox.

Love it!

Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/u][/s] at April 06, 2014 11:56 AM (bCEmE)

35 Surprised DW has not grabbed his crank.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at April 06, 2014 03:54 PM (Q8vlx)

Looks like he's already got somebody to perform that function for him.

Posted by: Peaches at April 06, 2014 11:56 AM (8lmkt)

36 They would do well to clarify times when announcing them. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 06, 2014 03:49 PM (DmNpO) Start time is 3:21 Central.

Posted by: Vendette at April 06, 2014 11:57 AM (fVvvF)

37 Niedermeyer for President!!!! *** I humbly accept the nomination.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 06, 2014 11:58 AM (DmNpO)

38 Mikey Waltrip had a hotty for a wife too. Once. Just sayin.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at April 06, 2014 11:59 AM (Q8vlx)

39 Replay of best Formula One race in years currently on NBCSN for you race fans that are bored with DW.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at April 06, 2014 12:00 PM (/djtm)

40 Jon Fleischman ‏@FlashReport Today at 4pm will mark the launch of Breitbart California! Pleased to be participating Politics Editor! Details - http://bit.ly/1jRQNUC Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 06, 2014 03:43 PM (ZPrif) Fleischman is a good guy. Worked with him in Cal. politics a decade ago.

Posted by: The Flash Hat at April 06, 2014 12:01 PM (AymDN)

41 I really like your Peaches want to shake your tree....

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at April 06, 2014 12:02 PM (jucos)

42 I downloaded Pale Moon a few hours ago. Can't even tell I'm not using Firefox. Love it! Posted by: Tami at April 06, 2014 03:56 PM (bCEmE) Unfortunately it looks like Blue Moon requires SP3 to run on XP, which is a non-starter. Wanted to switch to Opera, but the lack of bookmark importation in the current version meant that I had so switch to Chrome in light of the Mozilla controversy.

Posted by: phreshone at April 06, 2014 12:05 PM (kFxpe)

43 Today at 4pm will mark the launch of Breitbart California!

Cool! And, yeah, Fleischman does seem like one of the good guys. Been at it for a long time here with the Flash Report.

Posted by: Peaches at April 06, 2014 12:05 PM (8lmkt)

44 Some people call me the space cowboy, yeah
Some call me the gangster of love
Some people call me Maurice
Cause I speak of the pompitous of love

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at April 06, 2014 12:05 PM (jucos)

Slow day. It's like it's Easter or something.

Posted by: Soona at April 06, 2014 12:05 PM (6ZNAQ)

46 No Mommy, no nap today, I'm having fun!

Posted by: QuestionPoop at April 06, 2014 12:06 PM (1Y+hH)

47 Well, I have at least 20 minutes before the actual race kicks off so Imma gonna go wash my hair and then rush back here. See ya in a few. Don't throw your beer cans on the floor or burn the place down whilst I'm away.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 06, 2014 12:06 PM (DmNpO)

48 Replay of best Formula One race in years currently on NBCSN for you race fans that are bored with DW. Posted by: Golfman in NC at April 06, 2014 04:00 PM (/djtm) Caught the second half live this morning. Awesome race. The Duck Commander 500 - Suck it A and E...

Posted by: phreshone at April 06, 2014 12:08 PM (kFxpe)

49 Maybe the Rapture happened and we didn't make the cut?

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at April 06, 2014 12:08 PM (jucos)

50 >>> NDH? TB3K? I favor leaving it up as an example. "See this guy? Don't be this guy."

Posted by: fluffy at April 06, 2014 12:10 PM (Ua6T/)

51 Maybe the Rapture happened and we didn't make the cut? Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at April 06, 2014 04:08 PM (jucos) If that's the case, Cochran and I are in real trouble. That being said, gotta run.

Posted by: Vendette at April 06, 2014 12:10 PM (fVvvF)

52 I downloaded Pale Moon a few hours ago. Can't even tell I'm not using Firefox. Love it! Posted by: Tami at April 06, 2014 03:56 PM (bCEmE) Having a bake-off between Pale Moon, Avant, Maxthon and Epic. Since I got rid of Mozilla, my computer fan doesn't come as often.

Posted by: YIKES! at April 06, 2014 12:11 PM (mETGQ)

53 Aisde from NASCAR fiddlefartin' around with the rules and format, and their incessant pimping of semi-talented drivers -- e.g. DANICA!!11!!!ZOMG!!11!! -- the only downer is some of the loons brought in to do the teevee coverage.

Yeah, I'm an old fart. Fireball Roberts, King Richard Petty and Joe Weatherly were competing when I first went to a race. But they don't have to sell me on racin', over and over and over and over and over....

Posted by: MrScribbler at April 06, 2014 12:12 PM (dDzOj)

54 "See this guy? Don't be this guy." Posted by: fluffy at April 06, 2014 04:10 PM (Ua6T/) I agree. Anyone that embarrassing to his side needs to be publicized a bit.

Posted by: Meremortal, something's burning... at April 06, 2014 12:13 PM (1Y+hH)

55 so, is there gonna be some zoom-zoom, vroom-vroom, or is this some kinda hillbilly oprah show?

Posted by: Peaches at April 06, 2014 12:13 PM (8lmkt)

56 Breitbart's "verticals" strategy of local content is interesting. They launched Breitbart Texas and Breitbart London in February. Now it's Breitbart California. And the press release makes it clear this won't be the last one. One of the things Breitbart did so well personally was to make conservatives feel welcome even in places where often they weren't, where the Left tries to purge us. Whenever the Left gets a majority in a place they try to purge us, tell us we don't belong there. Fuck that. They don't get to claim California all for themselves just cause they are the majority. I have every right to live and enjoy Cali, too. They don't get to define who is California or New Yorker, etc, etc.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 06, 2014 12:14 PM (ZPrif)

57 Didn't care for Epic, liking Pale Moon so far.

Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at April 06, 2014 12:14 PM (L02KD)

58 56 In about 10 minutes, Peaches.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 06, 2014 12:14 PM (ojnk6)

59 I downloaded Pale Moon a few hours ago. Can't even tell I'm not using Firefox.Posted by: Tami at April 06, 2014 03:56 PM (bCEmE)
If you are using Pale Moon you ARE using Firefox.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 06, 2014 12:14 PM (4tAp3)

60 Guess what Epic has....&&&&&&

Posted by: Retread at April 06, 2014 12:14 PM (cHwk5)

61 I downloaded Pale Moon a few hours ago. Can't even tell I'm not using Firefox.Posted by: Tami at April 06, 2014 03:56 PM (bCEmE)

If you are using Pale Moon you ARE using Firefox.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 06, 2014 04:14 PM (4tAp3)

Or at least Mozilla.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 06, 2014 12:17 PM (yh0zB)

62 Wanted to switch to Opera, but the lack of bookmark importation in the current version meant that I had so switch to Chrome in light of the Mozilla controversy. Posted by: phreshone at April 06, 2014 04:05 PM (kFxpe) Use Opera 12 instead of the "new" version. Opera 12 can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/k2j84dq It is highly configurable and plenty of browser extensions. Opera 12 uses their old rendering engine (which works fine for the vast majority of webpages), while the new Opera is based on chromium.

Posted by: The Opera Hat at April 06, 2014 12:18 PM (AymDN)

63 Waaaak wakwakwak.
OK boys farremupp.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 06, 2014 12:18 PM (xq1UY)

64 sheesh, way to butcher the anthem . . .

Posted by: Peaches at April 06, 2014 12:18 PM (8lmkt)

65 65 Yeah, that did not go well for her.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 06, 2014 12:19 PM (ojnk6)

66 She started out OK but that was painful by the end.

Posted by: Retread at April 06, 2014 12:22 PM (cHwk5)

67 While Pale Moon is based off of Mozilla, it is an independent build. Since Mozilla wasn't getting paid anyway, it is a way of denying them usage of their brand name. Would love to see someone make a version that has anti-SSM branding.

Posted by: Hatzilla at April 06, 2014 12:22 PM (AymDN)

68 Command a thousand ducks, nobody calls you the duck commander.
But you blow one yodel...

Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 06, 2014 12:22 PM (xq1UY)

69
Use Opera 12 instead of the "new" version.
Posted by: The Opera Hat at April 06, 2014 04:18 PM (AymDN)
Agreed. I tried the new one and didn't like it.
I tried version 9 and like it but it kept crashing.
12 works quite well.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 06, 2014 12:22 PM (4tAp3)

70 60 I downloaded Pale Moon a few hours ago. Can't even tell I'm not using Firefox.Posted by: Tami at April 06, 2014 03:56 PM (bCEmE)

If you are using Pale Moon you ARE using Firefox.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 06, 2014 04:14 PM (4tAp3)

Ok, I'm getting mixed answers on this. Is it or is it NOT Mozilla?

Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/u][/s] at April 06, 2014 12:23 PM (bCEmE)

71
Greg Gutfeld pimps the HQ as first on his list of writers/blogs that are important to communicate conservatism to young folks on CSpan2. Just before the QandA.

Bonus: Dana Perino keeps threatening to flash her undies.

http://www.c-span.org/video/?318652-1/book-discussion-cool

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 06, 2014 12:25 PM (c2oll)

72 Try to access this site with Pale Moon :

http://correctingthecourse.com/

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 06, 2014 12:27 PM (4tAp3)

73 If you are using Pale Moon you ARE using Firefox. Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 06, 2014 04:14 PM (4tAp3) Ok, I'm getting mixed answers on this. Is it or is it NOT Mozilla? Posted by: Tami at April 06, 2014 04:23 PM (bCEmE) They use the rendering engine and other code from Mozilla, but they are not themselves Mozilla.

Posted by: Hatzilla at April 06, 2014 12:28 PM (AymDN)

74 Yeah. Today feels like a stroke-it-or-stroke-out day. Later.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at April 06, 2014 12:29 PM (9W+0f)

75 Clearly, Ms Bush married for money.

Posted by: Humor at April 06, 2014 12:29 PM (jqmxX)

76 Bonus: Dana Perino keeps threatening to flash her undies. http://www.c-span.org/video/?318652-1/book-discussion-cool I go commando.

Posted by: Dana Perino at April 06, 2014 12:31 PM (jqmxX)

77 Re the Is It? or Isn't It? read the FAQ at Pale Moon: http://www.palemoon.org/faq.shtml

Posted by: Retread at April 06, 2014 12:33 PM (cHwk5)

78 Have they come up with a start time yet? &&&

Posted by: tdf31763@yahoo.com at April 06, 2014 12:34 PM (m5EXk)

79 It's about min mark 36m when Gutfeld pimps Ace.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 06, 2014 12:34 PM (ZPrif)

80 They use the rendering engine and other code from Mozilla, but they are not themselves Mozilla.

Posted by: Hatzilla at April 06, 2014 04:28 PM (AymDN)

That's what I thought. Others seems to think differently.

Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/u][/s] at April 06, 2014 12:38 PM (bCEmE)

81 The Duck Dynasty folks sponsoring a NASCAR race? Just maybe there is still hope for the good old USA after all and as a bonus you just know Lib heads are exploding nationwide. Will uncle Si give the command to start your engines or drop the green flag?

Posted by: alf767 at April 06, 2014 12:38 PM (5UnZF)

82 From the Pale Moon General Information page:

The Pale Moon project is the work of a single individual (Mr. M.C. Straver), using contributed Open Source code to create a full-featured, speed optimized browser based on the popular Firefox browser.

http://www.palemoon.org/info.shtml

Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/u][/s] at April 06, 2014 12:42 PM (bCEmE)

83 Using Opera 12.16 now. &&&&

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at April 06, 2014 12:43 PM (V70Uh)

84 It got warmer this afternoon. After looking for a half hour, I finally found my garden sweatshirt, heavy pair of socks & other clothes I marked with a G to wear outside. Some things I never thought to, have holes in them, now I have a few pairs of old camisoles & things with that G because thorns tear them up too. I was up before 5 & went out early & it was 31. Now it's sunny & in mid 50s. Time to start cleaning up my garden. I'm afraid to look at how many are dead. I don't remember if we had snow before or after subzero temperatures in December & January. I wear neck collar & wrist braces outside. BBL tonight. I have to tell Shredded Chi & Garrett I found one Joe Jackson CD tonight.

Posted by: Carol at April 06, 2014 12:44 PM (gjOCp)

85 One of the more tech-savvy Cob loggers should put up a post comparing and contrasting alternative browsers.

Posted by: Hatzilla at April 06, 2014 12:45 PM (AymDN)

86 Pretty sure Kyle's wife married for love and because they're both good looking. A true romantic, that's me.

Posted by: weirdflunky at April 06, 2014 12:51 PM (m5EXk)

87 & Seems to be slow and I always wanted to try.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at April 06, 2014 12:51 PM (/djtm)

88 Greg Gutfeld pimps the HQ as first on his list of writers/blogs that are important to communicate conservatism to young folks on CSpan2. Just before the QandA. Bonus: Dana Perino keeps threatening to flash her undies. http://www.c-span.org/video/?318652-1/book-discussion-cool *** Starts at the 36 min mark. Very cool that the little Ewok got a mention, and well-deserved at that.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 06, 2014 12:53 PM (DmNpO)

89 Nascar has had the worst luck with rain so far this year. The racing has actually been great.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 06, 2014 12:54 PM (ZPrif)

90 I used firefox because of the adblock plus plug in. They have it for most other browsers now. https://adblockplus.org

Posted by: zmdavid at April 06, 2014 12:56 PM (YN8Jb)

91 Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 06, 2014 04:54 PM (ZPrif) Wonder if the rain delays don't help the ratings as it gets the race into prime time. But it sure makes for a long day for the fans at the track.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at April 06, 2014 12:57 PM (/djtm)

92 90 Nascar has had the worst luck with rain so far this year. The racing has actually been great. Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 06, 2014 04:54 PM (ZPrif) Climate Change! If they used electric cars they would have had perfect weather.

Posted by: zmdavid at April 06, 2014 12:58 PM (YN8Jb)

93 The Duck Dynasty folks sponsoring a NASCAR race? Just maybe there is still hope for the good old USA after all and as a bonus you just know Lib heads are exploding nationwide..... Posted by: alf767 at April 06, 2014 04:38 PM (5UnZF) I would love to think that, but they got a chance to be able to afford to sponsor because of Obamanomics, which has hurt NASCAR attendance and sponsors... There are still several races on the schedule that have yet to find title sponsors. There are still several cars in the Nationwide and Sprint series that don't have primary sponsors... Attendance has been down for several years. High fuel costs really hit the lower-middle class fan, and they can't afford to drive to multiple races per year anymore.

Posted by: phreshone at April 06, 2014 12:59 PM (kFxpe)

94 I wonder if Safari gives me the ampersands? &&&&

Posted by: Mr. Dave at April 06, 2014 12:59 PM (Jk2Qg)

95 How 'bout that shit!

Posted by: Mr. Dave at April 06, 2014 01:00 PM (Jk2Qg)

96 ♫ I see that Pale Moon's arising,
I see trouble (for Mozilla) on the way... ♫

Posted by: C.C.R. at April 06, 2014 01:00 PM (08jH8)

97 Attendance has been down for several years. High fuel costs really hit the lower-middle class fan, and they can't afford to drive to multiple races per year anymore.

Posted by: phreshone at April 06, 2014 04:59 PM (kFxpe)

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I love it when a plan comes together.......

Posted by: Preznit Urkel X at April 06, 2014 01:01 PM (jucos)

98 But it sure makes for a long day for the fans at the track. **** And the drivers as well. In a sport of endurance, staying awake and alert during so much downtime must be difficult. During Michael Waltrip's grid-walk he spoke to one driver (ICRW) who said he was killing time eating tacos. Tacos! I would have imagined that they would avoid anything such as tacos prior to climbing into a car for several hours.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 06, 2014 01:02 PM (DmNpO)

99 mmmmm, tacos . . .

Posted by: Peaches at April 06, 2014 01:04 PM (8lmkt)

100 Food thread is up.

Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/u][/s] at April 06, 2014 01:05 PM (bCEmE)

101 I saw some good analysis on the ratings for this year, which are generally down. Big problem was Daytona. Daytona's rain delay severely hurt ratings. Nascar's model is that Daytona does far better ratings than any other race. It attracts all the casuals. There's a decay model. Daytona sparks interest and the races after it show high, but steadily declining ratings until it gets down to a steady core as the casuals get their fill and peal off. Since Daytona had such low ratings this year due to the rain delay, every other race after it has been lower than normal. Daytona seems to have done a worse job than normal at exciting the casuals. Daytona is the big moment once a year where the casual sports fan looks at Nascar and that's Nascar's big moment to sell itself and say what the big stories are this year and who the new stars are and stuff like that. There's also an issue that ESPN is not pushing Nascar at all this year. ESPN lost out on the TV contracts. Starting next year it's all NBC and Fox splitting everything Nascar and ESPN won't have any races, no Nationwide, no nothing. So ESPN is in the Nascar-is-dead-to-me phase of the divorce and pretty much pretending that Nascar doesn't exist. This happened when to the NHL when they left ESPN and they took a big hit for a couple years in the ratings before they and the fans learned to route around ESPN's total lack of interest. ESPN is not in the business of promoting sports it doesn't have the TV rights, too.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 06, 2014 01:10 PM (ZPrif)

102 Rain delay in Texas, huh?

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at April 06, 2014 01:14 PM (V70Uh)

103 Yeah, Nascar's fanbase skews, no surprise, somewhat lower income than average. Also somewhat whiter than average. Those are the people that have been crushed by the Great Recession. And that's why attendance has been off. It's not clear why lower attendance has also led to lower TV ratings. But partly it's just making Nascar less a part of people's lives. Somebody who used to go to 1 or 2 races a year, probably was sure to watch the other 34 on TV. As they can't afford to attend the races, they seem to have withdrawn interest in watching as well. Just less of a connection. NHL and MLS have fanbases that skew upper-income and white and they have done very well during the Great Recession. I think MLS is about to announce yet another expansion team, this time in Atlanta. Great Recession has hollowed out the middle class. Brands and business that served the middle and lower-middle class have really taken a beating. But life is good for high end luxury brands.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 06, 2014 01:18 PM (ZPrif)

104 Rain delay in Texas, huh? *** Yep. Twice delayed now.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 06, 2014 01:25 PM (DmNpO)

105 Race called for today. Will be on Fox at Noon tomorrow.

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

106 Race called for today. Will be on Fox at Noon tomorrow. *** Damnit.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 06, 2014 04:12 PM (DmNpO)

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