February 06, 2014

"F**k the EU:" Leaked Audio Features State Department Big Trash-Talking the EU Over Ukraine; Russia Fingered as the Culprit in the Leak
— Ace

First about the leaker, as that's the fresher news. The Associated Press reports:

U.S. officials say they strongly suspect Russia of being behind the leak of an apparently bugged phone conversation about Ukraine between two senior American diplomats in which they make disparaging comments about the European Union.

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The White House and State Department stopped just short of directly accusing Russia of surreptitiously recording the call between the top US diplomat for Europe, Victoria Nuland, and the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Geoffrey Pyatt. But both took pains to point out that a Russian government official was the first or among the first to call attention to the audio of the conversation that was posted on YouTube. The State Department said the incident marked a "new low in Russian tradecraft."

White House spokesman Jay Carney pointed to the Russian official's tweet and Russia's clear interest in what has become a struggle between pro-Moscow and pro-Western camps in the former Soviet Republic.

The earlier news was that Victoria Nuland's disparagement of the EU was leaked (after having been bugged, of course).

“F--- the E.U.,” Nuland says, dismissively referring to slow-moving diplomatic efforts to address political paralysis and a looming fiscal crisis in the country.

The United Nations, she adds, is trying to help faster.

It’s unclear who posted the recording, which surfaced on YouTube on Thursday, just as Nuland arrived in Ukraine for talks. Illicitly recorded material, however, is a staple of politics in the former Soviet Union and is known by its Russian name “kompromat,” meaning “compromising materials.”


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The release of the audio followed Ukrainian President Viktor YanukovichÂ’s offer to include two senior members of the opposition movement in his government.

You will probably be shocked to hear that Nuland is taking a more aggressive posture on Ukraine than the EU. This shocks me, because for five years we've been a bit softer than even the Europeans. But apparently E.U. is more willing to compromise and agree to some deal by which the Russia-favored current president clings to power, but with some token opposition figures in the government. The US wants the president out.

Thanks to tasker.

At Hot Air, Allah discusses the security breach aspect -- don't we have people on this? The actual call is below.

The interesting thing to me here isn't that she says "F*** the EU" (she says it to mean if we get our ducks in a row, we don't need the EU's help), but listening to government/corporate-speak.

What I've learned today is to say "gaining altitude" when I mean "gaining support." So from now on, I'll be saying, yeah, if that idea gains altitude, I could see some emergent synergy in the near-term.

Damn, I Missed This One: This is the one that alerted me to listen for more Trendy Cliches. CharlieBrown'sDildo reminds me to now say, rather that "this is the complicating factor," "this is the complicated electron here..."

Is This About the Ukraine, or About Sochi? I thought these pictures were jokes until I saw several of them.

These are some of the bathrooms at Sochi. Half-assed, indeed.


Posted by: Ace at 02:21 PM | Comments (327)
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1 “F--- the E.U.,” Nuland said, and then quickly added, "but for god's sake wear a condom, preferably two."

Posted by: mugiwara at February 06, 2014 02:25 PM (3a584)

2 I like the third twitter pic, you can now take a leak and wash your hands at the same time!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 06, 2014 02:25 PM (TGgNi)

3 I agree on the F*ck the EU thing. And, the F*ck the UN thing. And, the F*ck the Oxfam thing. And, the ....

Posted by: artisanal 'ette: Hazelnut Brownies! We have lift off! at February 06, 2014 02:26 PM (IXrOn)

4 "The US wants the [Ukraine] president out"

Obama wants a crisis.

Posted by: HapSun Timorus at February 06, 2014 02:26 PM (ZrFQr)

5 She gains points with the EU mremark, then loses them by saying the "UN is trying to help faster." Wow, your bureaucracy must really suck if the UN's is actually quicker on implementing plan.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 06, 2014 02:27 PM (TGgNi)

6 Obama administration = "smart diplomacy" *Facepalm*

Posted by: The Political Hat at February 06, 2014 02:27 PM (XvHmy)

7 I'm sure some of those 'Sochi' toilet pics are of sales displays. IOW, fakes.

Posted by: --- at February 06, 2014 02:27 PM (MMC8r)

8 "...Obviously the complicated electron here..."

Wow. What the hell does that mean?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 06, 2014 02:27 PM (QFxY5)

9 off topic. the president decided not to attend the sochi games because he didn't want to distract the athletes. people tend to faint in his presence, you know. what a brave and magnanimous man he is

Posted by: slow joe biden at February 06, 2014 02:27 PM (4eNxd)

10 It was bound to happen eventually.  Someone in the Obama administration said something most of us here probably agree with.


Quick!  Somebody call the president!

Posted by: Sharkman at February 06, 2014 02:28 PM (TM1p8)

11 It's just a (R)etard War on Women ploy - ask Nazi Pelosi.

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at February 06, 2014 02:28 PM (vHRtU)

12 I find it interesting, in an "oh, there they go again" sort of way, that they are more concerned about the leak than about the subject of said leak.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 06, 2014 02:28 PM (yh0zB)

13 A little too close to the Olympic opening and embaressing to the US to be worth anything, and a subtle poke at obama and his massive survailance grid.

Posted by: oc joe at February 06, 2014 02:28 PM (hqVUe)

14 well i suppose getting the U.N to assist   with deciding  a countries citizens rights to choose who they MAY align with is the best option for all.

Posted by: willow at February 06, 2014 02:28 PM (nqBYe)

15 Heh. Anybody else getting the beginnings of a schadenboner from this?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at February 06, 2014 02:29 PM (0HooB)

16 I am liking the embarrassing information war going on. Can't wait to see the next move by the U.S.

Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at February 06, 2014 02:29 PM (RZ8pf)

17 Well I can't but agree with that short quote, but I doubt he means what I think he does.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 06, 2014 02:29 PM (zfY+H)

18 By the way, that's nurse Ratchett from "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest."

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 06, 2014 02:29 PM (QFxY5)

19 Eight miles high

Posted by: McGuinn and McGuire at February 06, 2014 02:29 PM (KQp38)

20 Obama administration = "smart diplomacy" The people who believe the most in diplomacy are the worst at it.

Posted by: AmishDude at February 06, 2014 02:29 PM (T0NGe)

21 The Russians have recordings of US diplomatic conversations.
Can we laugh about that? Is it wrong to laugh? Am I a bad person for laughing?

Can't anyone here play this game?

Posted by: HapSun Timorus at February 06, 2014 02:30 PM (ZrFQr)

22 I really some some reporter tracks down the guys who built that toilet, if it is real.

Why would any worker put a wall on a toilet? I don't get the thought process there. Taking out the fixture wouldn't have taken that much time, certainly less than putting up the wall board, caulking, and painting the wall.

Posted by: weft cut-loop[/i] [/b] at February 06, 2014 02:30 PM (cxs6V)

23 I'm sure some of those 'Sochi' toilet pics are of sales displays. IOW, fakes. *** Yes. The second photo has only half a full-size tank.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 06, 2014 02:30 PM (DmNpO)

24 "Russia Fingered as the Culprit in the Leak"

WHAT!  Russia is SPYING on us?!!!! Where is the outrage from the world community?  Angela Merkel, I'm waiting for you!  Vladimir Vladirimovich Putin, where are you?

Posted by: Lost In Maryland at February 06, 2014 02:31 PM (qqxTw)

25 So if we're pushing to get the Ukranian president out, and he's a Russian puppet, what are we probably giving up for that result?  I mean I know Obama will down to Putin and give him what he wants anyways, but what is the disaster they are currently offering to have this happen?

Posted by: buzzion at February 06, 2014 02:31 PM (LI48c)

26 I'm sorry that US diplomats are afforded privacy similar to typical americans .

Posted by: willow at February 06, 2014 02:31 PM (nqBYe)

27 I wish we had a real Putin laugh track. Because you know he's just laughing his arse off while juggling bottles of Billionaire Vodka. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP1Hrpqem10

Posted by: artisanal 'ette: Hazelnut Brownies! We have lift off! at February 06, 2014 02:32 PM (IXrOn)

28 A poke at NSA surveillance maybe? Just a thought
 

Posted by: LFW - Honorary Pointy Eared Vulcan at February 06, 2014 02:32 PM (RQDhf)

29 Well, the preezy has the ME in turmoil, why not a fracus in Eastern Europe.  Let's get everyone angry.  Shit.  Maybe someone will lob a nuke and  we'll all  forget about what's happening to this country.

Posted by: Soona at February 06, 2014 02:33 PM (ytQi3)

30 Carney says it's a new low for the Russians.  Being accurately quoted is again a problem for the Obama administration.  Can you imagine if someone in Bush's State Department said, "Fuck the EU"?  The libs would be screaming that Bush and his cronies were going to start a war with their immature frat-boy behavior.  Obama will get yet another pass.

Posted by: Dang at February 06, 2014 02:33 PM (MNq6o)

31 I fell into the Russian toilet!! For fuck's sake someone help me!!!

Posted by: Bob Costas at February 06, 2014 02:33 PM (oFCZn)

32 It's unclear to me what the context of "Fuck the EU" is. Was she frustrated? And did she want to take the lead and "Fuck the EU"? The transcript isn't exactly clear what her meaning was.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 06, 2014 02:33 PM (ZPrif)

33 Meh. Just more of Obama's "Smart Diplomacy." Only an idiot would think the chief idiot hires any but idiots.

Posted by: D-Lamp at February 06, 2014 02:34 PM (bb5+k)

34 Report: PutinÂ’s Girlfriend May Light Sochi Olympic Torch I searched for a pic of the lady in question: http://tinyurl.com/qyovqr5 Not bad, aside from the uni-brow.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 06, 2014 02:34 PM (TGgNi)

35 http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_world_/2014/02/06/not_all_those_sochi_toilet_photos_are_real.html

Posted by: --- at February 06, 2014 02:34 PM (MMC8r)

36 My biggest fear in this (in between all the giggling and hearty guffaws over what's coming out of Sochi so far) is that those damn Russkis are going to end up making barky & co look good, just by being so awful.  I wonder if they finished killing all dogs yet . . .

Posted by: Peaches at February 06, 2014 02:35 PM (8lmkt)

37 Heh. Anybody else getting the beginnings of a schadenboner from this? Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit

Hell yeah.  Smart Diplomacy?  "Fuck the Smart Diplomacy!"

Posted by: Dang at February 06, 2014 02:35 PM (MNq6o)

38 The people who believe the most in diplomacy are the worst at it. Posted by: AmishDude at February 06, 2014 06:29 PM (T0NGe) I tend to favor the Curtis LeMay school of diplomacy myself.

Posted by: D-Lamp at February 06, 2014 02:35 PM (bb5+k)

39
Call me, I've got the reset button and I'm ready to go!

Posted by: Scrunty Rodham Cliton at February 06, 2014 02:35 PM (nQjHM)

40 Can't we just shove all of our super sekrit stuff in the folder with TFG's academic transcripts?  I mean, that way it'll never ever ever get out.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at February 06, 2014 02:35 PM (Gk3SS)

41 Peaches, tsk,  by Dogs ,You meant biological waste yes?

Posted by: willow at February 06, 2014 02:36 PM (nqBYe)

42 She has an interesting bio. Worked in Bush admin., first with Cheney and then as rep. to NATO. Married to Robert Kagan of the liberal Brookings Institution think tank. Kagan has been described as a neocon but rejects the label himself. He advised McCain in 2008 and wrote a column "the myth of American decline" in The New Republic which got praise from Obama (because Obama wants to "hide the decline", of course). More incest than "Deliverance".

Posted by: AmishDude at February 06, 2014 02:36 PM (T0NGe)

43 I searched for a pic of the lady in question:
http://tinyurl.com/qyovqr5

Damn, he's hittin' that?  How old is she, about 16?

Posted by: Peaches at February 06, 2014 02:36 PM (8lmkt)

44 Yet another foreign policy win for Obama.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at February 06, 2014 02:36 PM (T2V/1)

45 Don't are diplomas speak on encrypted lines when they are plotting revolutions in foreign countries? Can Russia hack our encryption?

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 06, 2014 02:36 PM (ZPrif)

46 I'm sorry but that handwash sink draining into the urinal is some straight up engineering genius right there.

Posted by: mugiwara at February 06, 2014 02:36 PM (3a584)

47 http://tinyurl.com/qyovqr5

Not bad, aside from the uni-brow. Posted by: Aetius451AD


Oh crap!!!  Russia lacks tweezers technology?

Posted by: Dang at February 06, 2014 02:36 PM (MNq6o)

48 alex,  .lol

Posted by: willow at February 06, 2014 02:37 PM (nqBYe)

49 Nuland, Nuland..., where have I heard that name before...? *snap* "Nuland has emerged as one of the key figures who have been accused by various sources of initiating a cover up of the 2012 Benghazi attack. After reading the first draft of the State Department talking points that stated that the incident was a coordinated terrorist attack, she sent a message writing that they "could be abused by members of Congress to beat the State Department for not paying attention to agency warnings so why would we want to seed the Hill."

Posted by: MSM at February 06, 2014 02:37 PM (aDwsi)

50 Or was somebody just calling from their iPhone?

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 06, 2014 02:37 PM (ZPrif)

51 It's unclear to me what the context of "Fuck the EU" is. Not to me.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at February 06, 2014 02:37 PM (T0NGe)

52 I kind of agree with Nuland on this one. And fuck the Russians too.

Posted by: MTF at February 06, 2014 02:37 PM (7ynIk)

53 diplomats, not diplomas

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 06, 2014 02:37 PM (ZPrif)

54 Putin's grilfriend looks like my real sister when younger

Posted by: willow at February 06, 2014 02:37 PM (nqBYe)

55 Learning new douche speak everyday!

Posted by: Seems legit at February 06, 2014 02:38 PM (A98Xu)

56 43 Yeah the age thing is kind of creepy. Kind of has a Denise Richards thing going on.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 06, 2014 02:38 PM (TGgNi)

57 Peaches, tsk, by Dogs ,You meant biological waste yes?
Posted by: willow at February 06, 2014 06:36 PM (nqBYe)


No, she means the actual dogs.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at February 06, 2014 02:38 PM (Gk3SS)

58 Nothing to see here. Move along. Boosh at fault. Wow, look at those cute ski outfits.

Posted by: Sgt Shultz, NY Times editor at February 06, 2014 02:38 PM (0FSuD)

59 What does she mean by, "Fuck the EU"?

Fuck the Eager Uvula?

Could have been phone sex.  Just a guess.

Posted by: Dang at February 06, 2014 02:39 PM (MNq6o)

60 The color revolution has been something to watch. They are the country who jailed a former leader on bogus political charges. Now the color is changing again and the world will pay attention for 10 mins again. The Obama administration wants the rainbow color revolution now and care not about the people.

Posted by: russian lurker at February 06, 2014 02:39 PM (hqVUe)

61 Posted by: Peaches at February 06, 2014 06:36 PM (8lmkt) ============================ There were rumors two years ago, after he was separated, that he was chasing after pre-teens.

Posted by: MTF at February 06, 2014 02:39 PM (7ynIk)

62
I have intimate knowledge of Huma Abedin's private practices, and that includes liaisons with you know who.  

Posted by: Vicky Nuland at February 06, 2014 02:39 PM (nQjHM)

63 anyway  when i listened to the video it sounded like they would like Yanukovich to be ousted but  wanted UN  to pressure  Ukraine for russian alliance?

i was being distracted by the pics within the video .
was that the gist?

Posted by: willow at February 06, 2014 02:40 PM (nqBYe)

64 40 Can't we just shove all of our super sekrit stuff in the folder with TFG's academic transcripts? I mean, that way it'll never ever ever get out. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at February 06, 2014 06:35 PM (Gk3SS) Put a copy of his real birth certificate in every diplomatic pouch. That will guarantee the information never sees the light of day.

Posted by: D-Lamp at February 06, 2014 02:40 PM (bb5+k)

65 This is interesting because the Obama administration essentially granted the EU's Catherine Ashton plenipotentiary power to bargain with Iran - and now Nuland kicks Ashton to the curb over UKR?





Posted by: 13times at February 06, 2014 02:40 PM (fGPLK)

66 The interesting thing to me here isn't that she says "F*** the EU" -------------------- Actually, that's the most interesting thing about this. The conversation would not be leaked to the press by the Ruskis, nor would it have any real impact, without that pithy comment ----which is why it shows childish unprofessionalism on the part of DOS. In private communication you don't have to watch your words as carefully as in public statements, of course, but any diplomat knows that you must never say things even in private that can be jumped on like this. She should have said "Don't worry about the EU right now." That's what a pro would say. Just in case. "Fuck the EU?" Huge headlines. Good grief. We have middle-schoolers running the joint.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 06, 2014 02:40 PM (dfYL9)

67 I wonder if Russian blogs have ampersands . . . clearly they're devoting their time to something and we know it's not hotels or toilets or animal shelters.  Dammit, I bet they have ampersands.

Posted by: Peaches at February 06, 2014 02:41 PM (8lmkt)

68 alex, yes i know,  but a agency member in russia chose to speak of them instead as bilogical waste.

Posted by: willow at February 06, 2014 02:41 PM (nqBYe)

69 >>Yes. The second photo has only half a full-size tank. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse Eco friendly water saving model.

Posted by: Aviator at February 06, 2014 02:41 PM (DI+ja)

70 i wonder if Putin has had access to all Obama's records?
that would be interesting

Posted by: willow at February 06, 2014 02:42 PM (nqBYe)

71 There were rumors two years ago, after he was separated, that he was chasing after pre-teens.

Posted by: MTF at February 06, 2014 06:39 PM (7ynIk)


no way, PRE-teens?  that's pretty skeevy, right there.

Posted by: Peaches at February 06, 2014 02:42 PM (8lmkt)

72 those pics that are linked aren't actually from Sochi

Posted by: The Dude at February 06, 2014 02:42 PM (bStrg)

73

Dear US government assholes,

 

That bugging shit works both ways.

 

 

 

Posted by: Ed Snowden at February 06, 2014 02:42 PM (KEy1O)

74 Good grief. We have middle-schoolers running the joint. Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 06, 2014 06:40 PM (dfYL9) Palin said Obama produces "Junior High" level of Diplomacy. Obama produces Junior High results in everything he attempts.

Posted by: D-Lamp at February 06, 2014 02:43 PM (bb5+k)

75 no way, PRE-teens? that's pretty skeevy, right there. But he's a great filmmaker.

Posted by: Woody Allen at February 06, 2014 02:44 PM (MMC8r)

76 Dammit, I bet they have ampersands. Posted by: Peaches --------------- My theory is that Russian plants at the NSA have been busily harvesting our ampersands, and shipping them to Russia. An alternative theory would be that Belarus hackers are doing it, and flipping the &'s on the black market. I have been burying large quantities in the backyard..., just in case.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 06, 2014 02:44 PM (aDwsi)

77 i fully support Russia bugging the phone of a US diplomat. they should send the transcript to the NSA

Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at February 06, 2014 02:44 PM (4yZ90)

78 i'm glad we have top people w*rking this issue...

what a bunch of fing morons, and not the good kind from here.

Posted by: redc1c4 at February 06, 2014 02:45 PM (q+fqH)

79 anyway, actually dangerous shit.

hopefully they  hadn't communicated other aspects via phone , email, etc etc  that would actually put the world in danger.

Posted by: willow at February 06, 2014 02:45 PM (nqBYe)

80 Putin probably has copies of Obama and Reggies pillow talk

Posted by: The Boehner at February 06, 2014 02:46 PM (nTgAI)

81 Angela Merkel sez Hai

Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at February 06, 2014 02:46 PM (4yZ90)

82 Eff the EU... Huh, I actually agree with something that was said by a person in the (0)bama admin. Must be the seventh sign or something.

Posted by: Minnfidel at February 06, 2014 02:46 PM (/o+xv)

83 How dare those Russkies listen to our conversations! Harumph!!

Posted by: NSA at February 06, 2014 02:46 PM (eHIJJ)

84 This is why we need John Bolton as SecState.

Posted by: --- at February 06, 2014 02:47 PM (MMC8r)

85 Sochi: give us your best athletes and we will give you our best toilets

Posted by: The Jackhole at February 06, 2014 02:47 PM (nTgAI)

86 so was this leak Before the meeting with Yanukovich?

Posted by: willow at February 06, 2014 02:47 PM (nqBYe)

87 Is next..... Putin care!

Posted by: Minnfidel at February 06, 2014 02:47 PM (/o+xv)

88 F--- the E.U. Pretty good song; by DWA, I believe.

Posted by: Waterhouse at February 06, 2014 02:47 PM (34D1R)

89 So. They must be reading the AoSHQ? No?

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 06, 2014 02:47 PM (LSDdO)

90 You'd think they'd realize they are actual legitimate targets of other countries trying to get information.

Posted by: willow at February 06, 2014 02:48 PM (nqBYe)

91 Obama produces Junior High results in everything he attempts.
Posted by: D-Lamp at February 06, 2014 06:43 PM (bb5+k)


As Obama has admitted, 7th grade Math is over his head. While not explicitly stated, it's common knowledge that 6h grade Social Studies is as well.

Posted by: mugiwara at February 06, 2014 02:48 PM (3a584)

92

I don't think Dear Leader or any of his minions will be putting any effort into supporting the demonstrators in the Ukraine.  When have they ever supported anyone in any country trying to gain any freedom?

 

I'm including the US in this statement too.

Posted by: Soona at February 06, 2014 02:48 PM (ytQi3)

93 hopefully they hadn't communicated other aspects via phone , email, etc etc that would actually put the world in danger. Posted by: willow at February 06, 2014 06:45 PM (nqBYe) Letting the Media elect Obama has put the world in danger. That business in Iran may very likely get out of control and we will be lucky to live through it.

Posted by: D-Lamp at February 06, 2014 02:48 PM (bb5+k)

94 Sochi is getting more awesome by the day.

Posted by: Dr Spank at February 06, 2014 02:48 PM (38LLM)

95 o hey someone emshrinkify 35? ruins tablet screen width readability kthx

Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at February 06, 2014 02:49 PM (hbF4H)

96 SMOD, Save Us!

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at February 06, 2014 02:49 PM (vHRtU)

97 No worry. Hillary will go over in 2016 with a reset button.

Posted by: Minnfidel at February 06, 2014 02:49 PM (/o+xv)

98 Eff the EU... Huh, I actually agree with something that was said by a person in the (0)bama admin. Must be the seventh sign or something. In this case, the effete EU is preferable to Russia.

Posted by: AmishDude at February 06, 2014 02:49 PM (T0NGe)

99 Soona true, fortunately for Ukraine there isn't a MB in waiting.


at least i hope not.

Posted by: willow at February 06, 2014 02:50 PM (nqBYe)

100 Wow, that's one Nurse Ratched-looking dip. Maybe she's dreaming of lobotomizing Vladimer Putin? Good luck with that!

Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at February 06, 2014 02:50 PM (DLu2s)

101 These Olympics will be on par with the world cup in Brazil. Both will be lousy.

Posted by: oc joe at February 06, 2014 02:50 PM (hqVUe)

102 "F*** the EU"


But not in toilets, comrade.

Posted by: The Russian Ministry of Lavatory Signs and Warnings at February 06, 2014 02:50 PM (8ZskC)

103 When have they ever supported anyone in any country trying to gain any freedom? --------------- Muslim Brotherhood! Libyan Al-Qaeda!

Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 06, 2014 02:50 PM (aDwsi)

104 88 F--- the E.U. Pretty good song; by DWA, I believe. Posted by: Waterhouse at February 06, 2014 06:47 PM (34D1R) Dachas With Attitude?

Posted by: Insomniac at February 06, 2014 02:50 PM (GdUWB)

105 This is terrible I know but I'm starting to root for the Russians.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 06, 2014 02:51 PM (LSDdO)

106 >>Putin probably has copies of Obama and Reggies pillow talk Yeah, but what can they make out of baritone grunts and soprano squeals.

Posted by: Aviator at February 06, 2014 02:51 PM (DI+ja)

107 74 Palin said Obama produces "Junior High" level of Diplomacy. Posted by: D-Lamp at February 06, 2014 06:43 PM (bb5+k) ---------------------- Damn. She's dead-on right...... again.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 06, 2014 02:51 PM (dfYL9)

108 Mike Hammer, gmta.


Amish , true about both options being sucky but under Russian control would be a big fat no.

Posted by: willow at February 06, 2014 02:51 PM (nqBYe)

109 Sochi is getting more awesome by the day. Posted by: Dr Spank at February 06, 2014 06:48 PM ...My favorite is them telling their citizens to give athletes their own pillows. I mean what the fuck, it's not like they are precious gemstones it's a fucking pillow. I could have made a fortune selling light bulbs, shower curtains and pillows to these guys. Someone call Del Griffith STAT! On the other hand. How psyched would you be to get some smelly Russians pillow to sleep on for a couple weeks, ick.

Posted by: Minnfidel at February 06, 2014 02:52 PM (/o+xv)

110 she actually said fk the YEW. she was talking about pruning trees, dude

Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at February 06, 2014 02:52 PM (KgN8K)

111

70 i wonder if Putin has had access to all Obama's records?
that would be interesting
 

Posted by: willow at February 06, 2014 06:42 PM (nqBYe)

 

--------

 

Back in December 2008, Putin said he was an "illegitimate president".

Then, after Barky flew over there and had a 2-hr closed door meeting with him...Putin never brought it up again.

 

And Barky has been his bitch ever since.

Now...he is a 'more flexible' bitch, since he got reelected.

 

 

Posted by: wheatie at February 06, 2014 02:52 PM (eCZwh)

112 So, if you guys haven't checked the shower surveillance link that ArthurK put in the sidebar, you owe it to yourself to click on over.  Absolutely hilarious! 

Posted by: Peaches at February 06, 2014 02:52 PM (8lmkt)

113 This is terrible I know but I'm starting to root for the Russians.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic)

I just in it for the furry hat.  The guys get hats!

Posted by: Dang at February 06, 2014 02:52 PM (MNq6o)

114 9.109 382 15 x 10-31 kg

Rest mass of the electron.

Doesn't vary.

Every electron in the entire universe has the same mass.

And this why, as a physicist, I believe in God.

Posted by: tangonine at February 06, 2014 02:53 PM (x3YFz)

115 i don't know how long the Ukraine will be able to hold out.
especially  with us as a flailing superpower.

think Georgia.

Posted by: willow at February 06, 2014 02:53 PM (nqBYe)

116 "F**k the EU:"

Frankly, I'm not at all disturbed by such sentiments. I'd like to buy the bumper sticker. This might be the first time I actually see State doing something positive since the beginning of the Obama/Clinton Drunken Bull in a China Shop diplomacy.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at February 06, 2014 02:53 PM (eHIJJ)

117 "Fuck the EU" was actually code for "I'm not wearing panties, come over to my place for sexy time." Boy the Russkies are gonna be embarrassed when that comes out...

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at February 06, 2014 02:53 PM (vHRtU)

118 I'm seeing a lot of Eff,  F***, Fk and what not around here.  Was there a memo I missed seeing?

Posted by: Dang at February 06, 2014 02:54 PM (MNq6o)

119 113 - And dash cams!

Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 06, 2014 02:54 PM (aDwsi)

120 Muslim Brotherhood!

Libyan Al-Qaeda!

Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 06, 2014 06:50 PM (aDwsi)

 

 

---------------------------------------------

 

 

Let freedom ring!

Posted by: Soona at February 06, 2014 02:54 PM (ytQi3)

121 i don't know how long the Ukraine will be able to hold out. especially with us as a flailing superpower. think Georgia. Posted by: willow at February 06, 2014 06:53 PM .....A Republican congressman (can't remember who) just recently said on the floor. "Our enemies no longer fear us and our allies no longer trust us". Sad but true.

Posted by: Minnfidel at February 06, 2014 02:54 PM (/o+xv)

122 ooh yes Wheatie i do  now remember wait until after  the Election for flexibility.

sigh,   i sleep well at night, don't you?



Posted by: willow at February 06, 2014 02:54 PM (nqBYe)

123 "Fuck the Easy Undies!"

Posted by: Dang at February 06, 2014 02:55 PM (MNq6o)

124 118 we're all socons now so we have to watch our swears

Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at February 06, 2014 02:55 PM (CjujH)

125 There were rumors two years ago, after he was separated, that he was chasing after pre-teens. Posted by: MTF at February 06, 2014 06:39 PM (7ynIk) You do know that Mao fucked a new virgin everyday for twenty years, right? It's good to be king. JFK only fucked a few.

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 06, 2014 02:56 PM (0FSuD)

126 Every electron in the entire universe has the same mass. And this why, as a physicist, I believe in God. Posted by: tangonine --------- That's just dumb, well..., luck. It just kind of happened that way, because of luck..., and stuff.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 06, 2014 02:56 PM (aDwsi)

127 Putin responds to questions about Jay Carney's petulant utterances.

http://tinyurl.com/k9nb9qa

Posted by: Welp at February 06, 2014 02:57 PM (XCEMa)

128 I'm seeing a lot of Eff, F***, Fk and what not around here. Was there a memo I missed seeing?


Ace is going all-out for Home Shopping Network Blog of the Year.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 06, 2014 02:57 PM (8ZskC)

129 Damn. She's dead-on right...... again.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 06, 2014 06:51 PM (dfYL9)




Not bad for an idiot snowbilly hick what's the majorly stoopid, eh?

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 06, 2014 02:57 PM (yh0zB)

130 ---------------------- Damn. She's dead-on right...... again. Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 06, 2014 06:51 PM (dfYL9) I have always been impressed with her balls-on accuracy.

Posted by: D-Lamp at February 06, 2014 02:57 PM (bb5+k)

131 124 118 we're all socons now so we have to watch our swears Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at February 06, 2014 06:55 PM (CjujH) We are all Ned Flanders now.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 06, 2014 02:57 PM (GdUWB)

132 "Fuck the Erotic Ukrainian!"

Posted by: Dang at February 06, 2014 02:57 PM (MNq6o)

133

122 ooh yes Wheatie i do now remember wait until after the Election for flexibility.

 

sigh, i sleep well at night, don't you?

 

-----------

 

Sleep? Not really.

Between the current state of affairs...and the raccoons partying in our attic...sleep has been a scarce commodity lately.

 

Posted by: wheatie at February 06, 2014 02:58 PM (eCZwh)

134 I'm seeing a lot of Eff, F***, Fk and what not around here. Was there a memo I missed seeing?

Posted by: Dang at February 06, 2014 06:54 PM (MNq6o)


Fuck, no. 

Posted by: Peaches at February 06, 2014 02:58 PM (8lmkt)

135 You do know that Mao fucked a new virgin everyday for twenty years, right?


He never showered or brushed his teeth either. For decades.

Rumor has it his that you can find his pillow in the Olympic Village at Sochi.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 06, 2014 02:58 PM (8ZskC)

136 131 right a roonie, neighbor

Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at February 06, 2014 02:58 PM (eltIH)

137 Wait, Putin speaks more than one language?

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at February 06, 2014 02:59 PM (vHRtU)

138 i don't know how long the Ukraine will be able to hold out.
especially with us as a flailing superpower.

think Georgia.

Posted by: willow at February 06, 2014 06:53 PM (nqBYe)

 

 

------------------------------------------------

 

 

Think Poland.  Think Turkey.  Think  Israel.   Dear Leader will do nothing  for any of our once valued allies.

 

He's giving the despots in this world free rein to do anything they want.

Posted by: Soona at February 06, 2014 02:59 PM (ytQi3)

139

124 118 we're all socons now so we have to watch our swears

 

--------

 

Fuck that.

But, bless your heart.

Posted by: wheatie at February 06, 2014 03:00 PM (eCZwh)

140 Wait, Putin speaks more than one language?
Posted by: OG Celtic-American

Austrian is probably one...

Posted by: Dang at February 06, 2014 03:00 PM (MNq6o)

141 @127 Putin speaks German? Barry? Ebonics? I denounce myself.

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 06, 2014 03:00 PM (0FSuD)

142 "Allies? Who needs 'em. Reggie, lets try that chutney lube again... I like the curry burn!"

Posted by: POTUS at February 06, 2014 03:00 PM (vHRtU)

143 "Fuck the Erotic Ukrainian!"

Posted by: Dang at February 06, 2014 06:57 PM (MNq6o)




There was an entire industry set up around that very sentiment...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 06, 2014 03:00 PM (yh0zB)

144 Rumor has it his that you can find his pillow in the Olympic Village at Sochi. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 06, 2014 06:58 PM (8ZskC) ROFL!

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 06, 2014 03:01 PM (oFCZn)

145 Damn, Cicero, you are killin' it  here, I've almost fallen off my chair a couple times just in the last few minutes. 

Posted by: Peaches at February 06, 2014 03:01 PM (8lmkt)

146 Good lord, you can always count on Juan Williams to keep bringin the stupid. He calls the IRS scandal a sideshow. CK schools him in the facts, that when revealed by a planted question L Lerner said the conservative groups were improperly targeted and Obama initially was outraged (over what is now not a smudgen of corruption). That guy is so lost in his partisanship he makes Carrie Nation look like a moderate on alcohol!

Posted by: The Farmer at February 06, 2014 03:01 PM (eBupg)

147 as we can will no  longer  have the expense  of protecting  our allies.
Israel ,Taiwan ,   Japan,    Georgia,  EU  etc- etc .

look at all the money we will save  for our  real hope  to stay home in the hope of becoming the greatest artists in the world!

Posted by: willow at February 06, 2014 03:01 PM (nqBYe)

148 Sleep on the mattress Comrade Lenin died on!

Posted by: Sochi Olympic Committee at February 06, 2014 03:01 PM (oFCZn)

149 we're all socons now so we have to watch our swears


I'm going to switch from "swear words" to "uttering wretched oaths" because it sound all old-timey and shit.

Posted by: Dang at February 06, 2014 03:01 PM (MNq6o)

150 Every electron in the entire universe has the same mass. How do they fit them all in the church?

Posted by: --- at February 06, 2014 03:02 PM (MMC8r)

151 Damn, Cicero, you are killin' it here, I've almost fallen off my chair a couple times just in the last few minutes.


You must be wearing pants then.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 06, 2014 03:02 PM (8ZskC)

152 142 "Allies? Who needs 'em. Reggie, lets try that chutney lube again... I like the curry burn!" Posted by: POTUS at February 06, 2014 07:00 PM (vHRtU) Winner!

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 06, 2014 03:02 PM (0FSuD)

153 Putin's Russia: We can intercept your diplomats' phone calls, but can't adequately supply pillows with several years notice.

Posted by: --- at February 06, 2014 03:03 PM (MMC8r)

154 Good lord, you can always count on Juan Williams to keep bringin the stupid.  Posted by: The Farmer


Bless his fucking heart...

Posted by: Dang at February 06, 2014 03:03 PM (MNq6o)

155 Soona, ll i was stuck on  long strings of  text not posting. my countries list got shorter and shorter.
but yes LOL

Posted by: willow at February 06, 2014 03:04 PM (nqBYe)

156 You must be wearing pants then.

yeah, it's fuckin' freezing here (like, high 50s, pray for me) . . . i did shuck the bra about 1/2 hour ago, though.  I was all, peaches, you are working from home, why wear that?  once again, I was right.

Posted by: Peaches at February 06, 2014 03:04 PM (8lmkt)

157 You DO watch your language when you are communicating with fellow diplomats. You know that there is ALWAYS the possibility that you're being bugged. You can't use soundbite vulgarities that can be used against you in the mass media. Diplomacy 101.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 06, 2014 03:04 PM (dfYL9)

158 The Bible never says you can't use obscenities. (we call them curse words but really they're not. Unless you get out the candles and the book and what not THEN there might be trouble)

You just can't take the Lord's name in vain.

 (which means if you curse someone, you better mean it. Not recommended See: Golden Rule)

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 06, 2014 03:04 PM (LSDdO)

159 Every electron in the entire universe has the same mass.




Oh,  BS!  Wait... I thought you said "erections".  Never mind.

Posted by: Dang at February 06, 2014 03:05 PM (MNq6o)

160 He never showered or brushed his teeth either. For decades.

Rumor has it his that you can find his pillow in the Olympic Village at Sochi.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 06, 2014 06:58 PM (8ZskC)


well thank you for the gag, i almost threw up my sammich

Posted by: willow at February 06, 2014 03:05 PM (nqBYe)

161 What bullshit. Nuland has one wild eyebrow, no? How do you go from spokesperson to top diplomat? By ably speaking diplo-talk, I guess.

Posted by: the littl shyning man at February 06, 2014 03:05 PM (tmFlQ)

162 Wait, Putin speaks more than one language?
Posted by: OG Celtic-American

He's got an honorary Doctorate in Letters from the University of Peruvia.

Posted by: LC LaWedgie at February 06, 2014 03:05 PM (KQp38)

163 yeah, it's fuckin' freezing here (like, high 50s, pray for me) . . . i did shuck the bra about 1/2 hour ago, though. I was all, peaches, you are working from home, why wear that? once again, I was right. Posted by: Peaches at February 06, 2014 07:04 PM (8lmkt) You should send the bra to Sochi. Bob Costas needs a hammock to sleep in.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 06, 2014 03:05 PM (oFCZn)

164 they cut off the last bit. it was "fuk the eu DOT COM"

Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at February 06, 2014 03:06 PM (KgN8K)

165 Trey Gowdy, dude!  Change the hair!

Posted by: Soona at February 06, 2014 03:06 PM (ytQi3)

166 This is terrible I know but I'm starting to root for the Russians. I strongly believe the Russians are our enemies, even now. But I'm all for the Russians leaking the crap out of all the stuff Sparky's doing. Someone has to report what ABC, NBC, CNN, CBS, and the rest of the Confederation of Louts won't.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 06, 2014 03:07 PM (A0glY)

167 Posted by: --- at February 06, 2014 07:02 PM (MMC8r)

Transubstantiation is faster than light and omnipresent.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 06, 2014 03:07 PM (LSDdO)

168 You just can't take the Lord's name in vain.

I try very hard never to do that, BC.  On the odd occasion when I slip, I immediately apologize to my maker.  It even bothers me to read books where they use that a lot.  However, the fabulous f word is one of my faves and i speak it with wild abandon every chance I get!

Posted by: Peaches at February 06, 2014 03:07 PM (8lmkt)

169 "i did shuck the bra about 1/2 hour ago"
Posted by: Peaches


I didn't know you were taking requests.  Do you know, "Kick Off the Skivvies"?

Posted by: Dang at February 06, 2014 03:07 PM (MNq6o)

170 Wait, Putin speaks more than one language? Comrade Putin speaks all languages. Except Welsh, because he refuses.

Posted by: --- at February 06, 2014 03:08 PM (MMC8r)

171 Haha silly Barry, I break you.

Posted by: Vlad Putin at February 06, 2014 03:08 PM (Aif/5)

172 i almost threw up my sammich

Posted by: willow at February 06, 2014 07:05 PM (nqBYe)


wait, there's sammiches?  {sadface}

Posted by: Peaches at February 06, 2014 03:08 PM (8lmkt)

173 My favorite is them telling their citizens to give athletes their own pillows. I mean what the fuck, it's not like they are precious gemstones it's a fucking pillow. I could have made a fortune selling light bulbs, shower curtains and pillows to these guys. Someone call Del Griffith STAT! On the other hand. How psyched would you be to get some smelly Russians pillow to sleep on for a couple weeks, ick. Donated by the finest families in all of Germany Russia.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 06, 2014 03:08 PM (A0glY)

174 165 Trey Gowdy, dude! Change the hair! 10-4 that

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 06, 2014 03:09 PM (0FSuD)

175 166 different kind of enemies now. still with the downfall, different reasons

Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at February 06, 2014 03:09 PM (KgN8K)

176 Bob Costas needs a hammock to sleep in. Posted by: Dack Thrombosis

That's perfect.  I think he's bringing a friend.

Posted by: Dang at February 06, 2014 03:09 PM (MNq6o)

177 there is somethin g to be said about Politics being unhealthy to watch for long periods of time.
But i'm afraid to look away to see what new catastrophe will happen . and at least no when to expect all  hell to break loose

Posted by: willow at February 06, 2014 03:09 PM (nqBYe)

178  Soona, ll i was stuck on long strings of text not posting. my countries list got shorter and shorter.
but yes LOL

Posted by: willow at February 06, 2014 07:04 PM (nqBYe)

 

 

--------------------------------------------

 

 

From my nic?  I don't have anything on my nic.

Posted by: Soona at February 06, 2014 03:10 PM (ytQi3)

179 My favorite is them telling their citizens to give athletes their own pillows.

I know, right?  I would have a fuckin' cow if they tried to give me somebody's skeevy old, drooled on, full of Russki bedbugs pillow.  Besides, when I used to travel, I always brought my own along.  Down, very easy to compress into a suitcase.

Posted by: Peaches at February 06, 2014 03:10 PM (8lmkt)

180 Our safety equipment utilizes the absolute cutting edge of energy absorption materials found in rendered Ukrainian-protestor corpses.

Posted by: Sochi QC at February 06, 2014 03:10 PM (R6JT1)

181
The State Department said the incident marked a "new low in Russian tradecraft."










Kind of like if someone bugged an allied leader's phone for a decade, like say, Angela Merkel.

Not that I'm complaining about keeping tabs on our allies, on the contrary, it's exactly what our intel services should be doing. But it's rather pissy for the lace-panty brigade at State to whine about it.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 06, 2014 03:10 PM (TIIx5)

182 Peaches, sammich?

yes corned beef on rye ,slice of  swiss .pickle.

*here. just don't read chat while trying to eat or drink.

Posted by: willow at February 06, 2014 03:11 PM (nqBYe)

183

"What hellish torment is *this*!?"

 

This is my new favorite saying.

 

I can't take credit for it...I heard it on Sleepy Hollow...Ichabod Crane said it.

He said it while trying to figure out something on a laptop.

Posted by: wheatie at February 06, 2014 03:12 PM (eCZwh)

184 Geez it must be really frustrating when someone records your phone conversation. Huh, Obama admin? I guess that is why they had to stop short on the Russia complaint.

Posted by: PunchAHippie at February 06, 2014 03:12 PM (0Kqj/)

185 willow, nom nom nom, thank you . . . delish!

Posted by: Peaches at February 06, 2014 03:12 PM (8lmkt)

186 "I strongly suspect" WTF weasel. If it wasn't the Russian then who?

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 06, 2014 03:12 PM (0FSuD)

187 BC:  "This Bob Costas, reporting from Sochi. Tonight, we are interviewing Russian atheletes at a local restaurant, well known for it's delicious and traditional meat dishes.

Take a look at this plate of turkey legs... don't they look fabulous? Lets taste one (boost me up there, grip-guy)... mmmm... so yummy, the dark meat is so moist yet lean, not at all greasy.

Mr. Plopdropski, the owner of the cafe here at the Sochi dog racing track is coming over... Mr. Plopdropski, where do you get such delicious turkey legs?"

(sound of dog barking in background, then gunshot and silence)

MP:  "(Shrugs) They around. Use cats for bait."

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at February 06, 2014 03:12 PM (vHRtU)

188 Soona, no from trying to post here at ace's
i kept getting long string of text  and wouldn't post i kept lopping off country's , names  whatever i could think of like  cropping sentences.

Posted by: willow at February 06, 2014 03:13 PM (nqBYe)

189 I would have a fuckin' cow if they tried to give me somebody's skeevy old, drooled on, full of Russki bedbugs pillow. Besides, when I used to travel, I always brought my own along. Down, very easy to compress into a suitcase. Did you see the story where some reporters checked into their room, then took off for a couple of days, taking their key with them. When they came back, their room had new people living in it.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 06, 2014 03:13 PM (A0glY)

190 "The State Department said the incident marked a "new low in Russian tradecraft.""


I'm picturing someone with a fresh cream pie to the face saying that.

Posted by: Dang at February 06, 2014 03:13 PM (MNq6o)

191 Posted by: Peaches at February 06, 2014 07:10 PM (8lmkt)

I travel with a foam mat to lay on TOP of the bed.

(you've read about how often they wash those bed spreads? Like NEVER. I gagged when I first read that.)

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 06, 2014 03:13 PM (LSDdO)

192 Did you see the story where some reporters checked into their room, then took off for a couple of days, taking their key with them. When they came back, their room had new people living in it. Posted by: bonhomme

I checked into a nice hotel in NYC and there was a half packed suitcase on the bed.  I skedaddled out of there pronto and got a different room.

Posted by: Dang at February 06, 2014 03:15 PM (MNq6o)

193 Whining is all State knows how to do anymore, and our relations with the rest of the world (friend and foe alike) shows it.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 06, 2014 03:16 PM (jNNWD)

194 Not that I'm complaining about keeping tabs on our allies, on the contrary, it's exactly what our intel services should be doing. But it's rather pissy for the lace-panty brigade at State to whine about it.


That's how we roll.

Posted by: The Pissy Lace Panty Brigade, U.S. State Department at February 06, 2014 03:16 PM (8ZskC)

195 you've read about how often they wash those bed spreads? Like NEVER. Olympic traveller: My room doesn't have a bed spread. Hotel manager: Is extra. $50 please. Olympic traveller: *sighs* Fine, here you go. Hotel manager: * Olympic traveller: Well? Hotel manager: Well what? Olympic traveller: Where's my bedspread? Hotel manager: Is extra. $50 please. Fin.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 06, 2014 03:17 PM (A0glY)

196 >>>Comrade Putin speaks all languages. Except Welsh, because he refuses.<<<<

Llywellfflyffuckmnohimllmntoollffyn!

Posted by: the welsh at February 06, 2014 03:17 PM (P/gm7)

197 Letting the Media elect Obama has put the world in danger. That business in Iran may very likely get out of control and we will be lucky to live through it. Posted by: D-Lamp at February 06, 2014 06:48 PM (bb5+k) You are 100% right D-Lamp! We are in danger & TFG makes it worse, not better.

Posted by: Carol at February 06, 2014 03:17 PM (z4WKX)

198 (you've read about how often they wash those bed spreads? Like NEVER. I gagged when I first read that.)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic)

Can't be worse than camping,  can it?  I mean...  do bears jizz in the woods?

Posted by: Dang at February 06, 2014 03:17 PM (MNq6o)

199 I'd be pretty upset if I took the covering off the pillow and it looked like a bandage from the Civil War.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 06, 2014 03:17 PM (oFCZn)

200 For someone who was so adamantly opposed to it, John F'n Kerry seems to fall back on his participation in the Viet Nam War an awful lot.

And at inappropriate moments too.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 06, 2014 03:17 PM (LSDdO)

201 Posted by: Dang at February 06, 2014 07:17 PM (MNq6o)

Yeah but Mother Nature's not charging me a ridiculous Room fee to do that.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 06, 2014 03:19 PM (LSDdO)

202 By the way, that's nurse Ratchett from "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest." Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 06, 2014 06:29 PM (QFxY5) Actually, it's Kai Winn

Posted by: Deep Space Hat at February 06, 2014 03:19 PM (XvHmy)

203 I checked into a nice hotel in NYC and there was a half packed suitcase on the bed. I skedaddled out of there pronto and got a different room.


I can top that.  The bellman opened the hotel room door and two hotel employees were fucking -- I mean f***king -- on the bed.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 06, 2014 03:19 PM (8ZskC)

204 I'd be pretty upset if I took the covering off the pillow and it looked like a bandage from the Civil War. Posted by: Dack Thrombosis

LOL!  And that is why we don't take the pillow case off.

Posted by: Dang at February 06, 2014 03:19 PM (MNq6o)

205
The people who believe the most in diplomacy are the worst at it.

Posted by: AmishDude at February 06, 2014 06:29 PM (T0NGe)



I tend to favor the Curtis LeMay school of diplomacy myself.

Posted by: D-Lamp at February 06, 2014 06:35 PM (bb5+k)












Diplomacy is the art of saying "nice doggy" while searching for a rock.


Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 06, 2014 03:19 PM (TIIx5)

206 RESET!!!! RESET!!!!!

Posted by: Hillary holdovers at State at February 06, 2014 03:19 PM (MMC8r)

207 I can top that. The bellman opened the hotel room door and two hotel employees were fucking -- I mean f***king -- on the bed.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero)

Totally hot.  How much did that set you back,  if you don't mind me asking.

Posted by: Dang at February 06, 2014 03:20 PM (MNq6o)

208 i had this terrible dream where i was eating a Russian pillow but when i woke up my marshmallow was gone

Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at February 06, 2014 03:20 PM (KgN8K)

209 All this makes me glad I didn't go to Russia last summer.

Posted by: Soona at February 06, 2014 03:21 PM (ytQi3)

210 Can't be worse than camping, can it? I mean... do bears jizz in the woods?

Posted by: Dang at February 06, 2014 07:17 PM (MNq6o)


Oh, no, I've done a lot of camping and I will take bear jizz over unwashed bedspreads any day of the week.  That is so gross!  Hotels, well, I do love a very nice hotel, but even those are not, how shall we say, overly meticulous about some things.

Posted by: Peaches at February 06, 2014 03:21 PM (8lmkt)

211 182 Peaches, sammich? yes corned beef on rye ,slice of swiss .pickle. *here. just don't read chat while trying to eat or drink _________ Huh. I have a corned beef brisket in the crock pot rivht now - shoulsd be done in about an hour. And whoever blew the margins out, please use tinyurl. It's like ten extra seconds...

Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 06, 2014 03:21 PM (jRs7b)

212 In Russia, pillow eat YOU.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 06, 2014 03:21 PM (LSDdO)

213 207 I can top that. The bellman opened the hotel room door and two hotel employees were fucking -- I mean f***king -- on the bed. There were guys, right?

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 06, 2014 03:21 PM (0FSuD)

214 Totally hot. How much did that set you back, if you don't mind me asking. Two Italian plumbers. One had red socks on, the other green. They were ... unattractive.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 06, 2014 03:22 PM (A0glY)

215 i think all the stories about Russian hotels are payback to the NYT et al : here's what it was like living in USSR assholes

Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at February 06, 2014 03:22 PM (KgN8K)

216 Oh, no, I've done a lot of camping and I will take bear jizz over unwashed bedspreads any day of the week. So uh, can I have your number?

Posted by: Horny Bear[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 06, 2014 03:23 PM (A0glY)

217 Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 06, 2014 07:19 PM (8ZskC)

So how long did it take for someone to shut the door?

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 06, 2014 03:23 PM (LSDdO)

218 Totally hot. How much did that set you back, if you don't mind me asking.



I can see illegal aliens fucking over my hedge every week for free so I was not about to pay extra.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 06, 2014 03:23 PM (8ZskC)

219 Greta said something about this but will CNN? I doubt it.

Posted by: Carol at February 06, 2014 03:23 PM (z4WKX)

220 The bellman opened the hotel room door and two hotel employees were fucking -- I mean f***king -- on the bed. That's the 'Turn On Service'. Did you want the 'Turn Down Service'?

Posted by: guy at front desk at February 06, 2014 03:23 PM (lMO3a)

221 Thanks to the envronmentalist bullshit they don't even use boiling water on the bed cloathes anymore.One of the reasons for the strong return of the bedbugs.

Posted by: steevy at February 06, 2014 03:23 PM (zqvg6)

222 Nuland is actually an actor. She played Nurse Ratched in "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest."

http://tinyurl.com/kxckrk9

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 06, 2014 03:23 PM (QFxY5)

223 > I can see illegal aliens fucking over my hedge every week for free so I was not about to pay extra.

POIDH

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at February 06, 2014 03:24 PM (vHRtU)

224 Hmmm.... tell me Americans... What would your reaction be if a High Ranking Political operative of another country, came in told us who OUR leader should be?

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 06, 2014 03:24 PM (84gbM)

225 Oh, no, I've done a lot of camping and I will take bear jizz over unwashed bedspreads any day of the week. I knew you didn't come here for the camping!

Posted by: Bear in the Woods at February 06, 2014 03:24 PM (lMO3a)

226 I had dream I was drinking Sochi tap water and when I woke up my bladder was gone.

Posted by: Dr Spank at February 06, 2014 03:24 PM (38LLM)

227 Oh, no, I've done a lot of camping and I will take bear jizz over unwashed bedspreads any day of the week. mmmmm. Bear jizz.

Posted by: Andi Sullivan at February 06, 2014 03:24 PM (MMC8r)

228 221 Thanks to the envronmentalist bullshit they don't even use boiling water on the bed cloathes anymore.One of the reasons for the strong return of the bedbugs. Fuck, unless you demand it, they won't change the towel or sheets.

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 06, 2014 03:24 PM (0FSuD)

229 Olympic traveller: My room doesn't have a bed spread.
Hotel manager: Is extra. $50 please.
Olympic traveller: *sighs* Fine, here you go.
Hotel manager: *
Olympic traveller: Well?
Hotel manager: Well what?
Olympic traveller: Where's my bedspread?
Hotel manager: Is extra. $50 please.

Fin.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 06, 2014 07:17 PM (A0glY)

 

 

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I laughed but it  had a ring of truth to it considering what's going on in Sochi.

Posted by: Soona at February 06, 2014 03:24 PM (ytQi3)

230 So everyone who read Drudge knew surveillance and hacking was 100% probable in Russia, but not high-ranking SD officials? Top. Women.

Posted by: Beagle at February 06, 2014 03:25 PM (sOtz/)

231 i think all the stories about Russian hotels are payback to the NYT et al : here's what it was like living in USSR assholes The part that cracks me up is this is Russia trying. Do you think Putin wanted to look the fool? I'll bet more than a couple developers have disappeared already. Do you think more or less care was taken when building those giant apartment buildings? I'd bet 3000% less care was taken on the apt buildings.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 06, 2014 03:25 PM (A0glY)

232

203...I can top that. The bellman opened the hotel room door and two hotel employees were fucking -- I mean f***king -- on the bed.

 

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 06, 2014 07:19 PM (8ZskC) 

 

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Bullet holes in the wall...ever found those?

 

I checked into a room once, and there were freshly spackled bullet holes...above the bed.

They were in a spray-line that ended at the bed.

 

Posted by: wheatie at February 06, 2014 03:25 PM (eCZwh)

233 Pro Tip: Bear jizz repels bed bugs. Step one, catch your bear...

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at February 06, 2014 03:25 PM (vHRtU)

234 chit,  also luuv corned beef brisket.

Posted by: willow at February 06, 2014 03:25 PM (nqBYe)

235 "F**k the EU" I'd love to!

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at February 06, 2014 03:25 PM (2ArJQ)

236 F**k NPR! The hourly news had a blurb about Leno retiring tonight with his last show, and it suddenly morphed into a story about Obama. Fun fact: he's the first standing president to guest on a talk show! Is there no safe space? Must everything be about The One (May He Live Forever)?

Posted by: All Hail Eris at February 06, 2014 03:25 PM (QBm1P)

237 fgs, sorry shredded  CHI_    cough

Posted by: willow at February 06, 2014 03:26 PM (nqBYe)

238 Did you want the 'Turn Down Service'?

lol, I was on a skiing trip with my loser ex-husband one time and they knocked and offered that.  he said, no, my ex-wife is here, I already have that.  and, boy, did he ever!

Posted by: Peaches at February 06, 2014 03:26 PM (8lmkt)

239 Posted by: wheatie at February 06, 2014 07:25 PM (eCZwh)

Shoulda turned the mattress, see if there were blood stains.

ewwwwwww. That stuff's difficult to clean up.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 06, 2014 03:27 PM (LSDdO)

240 Random mix of events starting in less than 40 minutes. Looking forward to rooting for Americans who's names I've learned in the last two days as if they were family. Also looking forward to ridiculing the traditional dress, music and overall stinkiness of all of our opponents. I accidentally some saw standings, but have avoided seeing results since. All prelim stuff anyway, no medals til Saturday.

Posted by: Lincolntf at February 06, 2014 03:27 PM (ZshNr)

241 AoSHQ Poll:

How many of you ACTUALLY check under the motel bed for dead hookers?

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at February 06, 2014 03:28 PM (vHRtU)

242 Geez. One dead hooker in a mattress can really ruin your trip to Disney.

Posted by: --- at February 06, 2014 03:28 PM (MMC8r)

243  Hmmm.... tell me Americans...

What would your reaction be if a High Ranking Political operative of another country, came in told us who OUR leader should be?

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 06, 2014 07:24 PM (84gbM)

 

 

-----------------------------------------------

 

 

Doesn't  that happen every election?  Remember the verbal strivings of the UK  leadership in  2012?

Posted by: Soona at February 06, 2014 03:28 PM (ytQi3)

244 Hmmm.... tell me Americans...

What would your reaction be if a High Ranking Political operative of another country, came in told us who OUR leader should be?

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 06, 2014 07:24 PM (84gbM)


sheesh Romeo, that's why' we' The Dems  have the UN.

Posted by: willow at February 06, 2014 03:28 PM (nqBYe)

245 @224 Ukraine does not belong to Russia. Or tbat is the issue at hand. More like, how would we feel if the Russians tried to pick the government in, say, Cuba? I am certain I know how that feels. You get used to it.

Posted by: Beagle at February 06, 2014 03:28 PM (sOtz/)

246

224 Hmmm.... tell me Americans...

 

What would your reaction be if a High Ranking Political operative of another country, came in told us who OUR leader should be?

 

---------

 

This has already happened here.

Barky was the candidate of choice, of several other countries' leaders.

 

When Perry entered the race...Putin immediately came out and said:

"America doesn't need another cowboy as president."

 

Posted by: wheatie at February 06, 2014 03:29 PM (eCZwh)

247 I checked into a room once, and there were freshly spackled bullet holes...above the bed.
They were in a spray-line that ended at the bed.

Posted by: wheatie at February 06, 2014 07:25 PM (eCZwh)


holy crap, wheatie!!!!

Posted by: Peaches at February 06, 2014 03:29 PM (8lmkt)

248 I checked into a room once, and there were freshly spackled bullet holes...above the bed.
They were in a spray-line that ended at the bed.


That must have been the room where that pimp Tattaglia got capped by Rocco.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 06, 2014 03:29 PM (8ZskC)

249 Foreigners donate to the nominees in our elections

Foreigners vote in our election

and recently Foreigners have been elected in our election.

So I really don't see a problem here.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 06, 2014 03:29 PM (LSDdO)

250 Wasn't you, willow. It was way upthread. Meh - I'm in a mood. I should probably just go make another drink and come back later anyway.

Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 06, 2014 03:30 PM (jRs7b)

251 Foreigners donate to the nominees in our elections

Foreigners vote in our election

and recently Foreigners have been elected in our election.

So I really don't see a problem here.



It worked for us.

Posted by: The Roman Empire at February 06, 2014 03:30 PM (8ZskC)

252 How many of you ACTUALLY check under the motel bed for dead hookers?

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at February 06, 2014 07:28 PM (vHRtU)

 

 

------------------------------------------------

 

 

Nope.  I figure after a few days they'll start smelling anyway.

Posted by: Soona at February 06, 2014 03:30 PM (ytQi3)

253 Hell, in 2008 a nominee CAMPAIGNED overseas.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 06, 2014 03:30 PM (LSDdO)

254 How many of you ACTUALLY check under the motel bed for dead hookers? I do. No point in lugging the dead hooker from my car up there if there's already one in the room.

Posted by: garrett at February 06, 2014 03:30 PM (lMO3a)

255

Yeah, Peaches...it was in Victorville, CA.

Posted by: wheatie at February 06, 2014 03:31 PM (eCZwh)

256 shredded chi. i've been having those days much more frequently in the last years

Posted by: willow at February 06, 2014 03:31 PM (nqBYe)

257 The part that cracks me up is this is Russia trying. Do you think Putin wanted to look the fool? I'll bet more than a couple developers have disappeared already. A buddy of mine went to Lagos, Nigeria, to collect his $40 mill, no on real business. Checked into the top hotel. Sheets were of different designs. Rug was wall to wall, till it ran out. The best? A/C vented into the bathroom, not outside. So the bathroom was always hot and wet.

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 06, 2014 03:31 PM (0FSuD)

258 pillow talk.  Don't stay at the "Extended Stay" hotel in Santa Rosa ( north )


Semen Central; hot sheets; crusty carpets.............and more



Posted by: fellow traveler at February 06, 2014 03:31 PM (omBWL)

259 I used to stay at chain motels with my parents as a kid when we went on vacations, usually Holiday Inns and Howard Johnsons. They always seemed very neat and clean to me. It would not surprise me that standards have declined since the 1960s, even at the pricier hotels.

Posted by: rickl at February 06, 2014 03:32 PM (sdi6R)

260 Just gotta say A. It's not really fair to call career Foreign Service agents part of the Obama admin. Political stooges are one thing, but these are the good guys. You can tell because they know what the fuck they are talking about. B. And yes, seriously, how did we let them get a bug on our phones?

Posted by: Stone at February 06, 2014 03:32 PM (0arZS)

261 Jizz on the sheets just makes me feel at home.

Posted by: --- at February 06, 2014 03:33 PM (MMC8r)

262 seriously, how did we let them get a bug on our phones? The NSA figured they'd just tap into the Russian's bug?

Posted by: garrett at February 06, 2014 03:33 PM (lMO3a)

263 Yeah, Peaches...it was in Victorville, CA.

Posted by: wheatie at February 06, 2014 07:31 PM (eCZwh)


Damn, wheatie, still shocking but not nearly as surprising. 

Posted by: Peaches at February 06, 2014 03:33 PM (8lmkt)

264 "And now,the sound of John Denver, being strangled:"

"You Came On My Pillow... archgukretkeeejsh!"

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at February 06, 2014 03:34 PM (vHRtU)

265 wheatie: "Bullet holes in the wall...ever found those?"

Yep. Central America... Bogota, Columbia. There was a low-grade revolution going on. That doesn't really nail it down, does it? In Central America, there's always a revolution going on.

But yeah, bullet holes remind you to keep your head on a swivel.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at February 06, 2014 03:34 PM (eHIJJ)

266 @251 Goths deserve a path to citizenship. They are no threat to Rome, my friends.

Posted by: Juanicus Mcanicus at February 06, 2014 03:34 PM (sOtz/)

267 I'm sure someone pointed out that those are fake, but I assume the pics were kind of jokey anyway.

Posted by: Still no sign of sig at February 06, 2014 03:35 PM (q177U)

268 Don't these folks have STUs (or whatever the current incarnation of a secure phone is)? I wouldn't call my dentist on an unsecured line in the (former) Sovblock.

Posted by: Fox2! at February 06, 2014 03:35 PM (cHwSy)

269 Jizz on the sheets just makes me feel at home. We always put a towel ... I've said too much.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 06, 2014 03:35 PM (A0glY)

270 169 "i did shuck the bra about 1/2 hour ago"


Posted by: Peaches

Pictures or it never happened

Posted by: LFW - Honorary Pointy Eared Vulcan at February 06, 2014 03:35 PM (SudzO)

271

Between the bullet holes and the bedbugs...it's enough to make you bring a sleeping bag and sleep on the floor.

 

Posted by: wheatie at February 06, 2014 03:36 PM (eCZwh)

272 @265 Tanks in the driveway? Went to Lima in college. Revolution just happen to break out. Tank was stationed in front of our hotel, other than that, everyone seems to not give a shit.

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 06, 2014 03:36 PM (0FSuD)

273 Plenty of Skeet at the Motel California You'll get a case of pink-eye When it gets in your eyes.

Posted by: The Eagles at February 06, 2014 03:37 PM (lMO3a)

274 Why is my fucking local paper running a story about the fucking Beatles on the front page?

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 06, 2014 03:37 PM (0FSuD)

275 Jizz on my pillow Pain in my heart Caused by yooooooou...

Posted by: --- at February 06, 2014 03:37 PM (MMC8r)

276 Bullet holes in the wall...ever found those? On my mission we were teaching some people in the projects. One day we went in for an appointment and the apartment was empty. I could see it was empty through the bullet holes in the front door.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 06, 2014 03:38 PM (A0glY)

277 Come on my pill-ow

Posted by: Melissa Etheridge at February 06, 2014 03:38 PM (lMO3a)

278 Hey, the Met's announcer died, Top NY Slime story. Oh, Russians hack State department phones, meh.

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 06, 2014 03:39 PM (0FSuD)

279 People don't realize that this is how the USSR was ALL THE TIME.

The saying was: "They pretend to pay us and we pretend to work".

No one lived on what they got for "working" they got their money from an underground economy, by stealing from work and selling to others by using gov't equipment to do side jobs etc. etc.

Gov't housing was free and substandard
Gov't health care was free and substandard
Food prices were controlled is you could find any.

People would see a line and go stand in it figuring that it must be for something worthwhile.

That's still part of their "new" culture.

Plus contrary to what people might say, Russia is more an oriental country than western. The attitude about that sort of thing is different and there is no shame to conniving and stealing from someone who has paid you to do a job.

Baksheesh (payoffs) everybody does it and thinks nothing of it. This is also predominant in Central and South America's.

It's corruption and it erodes the daily living that WE have here (so far but coming soon to a health care center near you).

When people can't work legitimately, they will find illegitimate work and once that happens in enough of a  volume a second layer is added to the economy and graft/corruption/bribery will become a way of life.

That's why the jokes about becoming a 3rd world country are prophetic.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 06, 2014 03:40 PM (LSDdO)

280 McLame getting worked up. Must be out of Bud light.

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 06, 2014 03:40 PM (0FSuD)

281 Nuland, Nuland..., where have I heard that name before...? *snap* "Nuland has emerged as one of the key figures who have been accused by various sources of initiating a cover up of the 2012 Benghazi attack. Posted by: MSM State excused her language by noting that at one time Nuland worked on a Russian fishing boat for the Summer. WTF? This explains a lot more than just her language. BTW Didn't Soros brag about causing a coup in the Ukraine a number of years ago? Or was that Georgia?

Posted by: Daybrother at February 06, 2014 03:41 PM (2xzHn)

282 "...Obviously the complicated electron here..."

Wow. What the hell does that mean?

Science envy by people who couldn't do science if their lives depended on it.

Posted by: Hans Gruber at February 06, 2014 03:41 PM (6TB1Z)

283 "There's cum stains on my pillow where you once laid your head."

David Allan Coe

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 06, 2014 03:41 PM (LSDdO)

284 Nuland is one of those dilettantes who thinks foul language makes her sound tough and decisive.  It doesn't. 

Posted by: pep at February 06, 2014 03:42 PM (6TB1Z)

285 Nuland ain't a bad lookin' broad.

Posted by: --- at February 06, 2014 03:43 PM (MMC8r)

286 Pretty sure Obama has said f*ck Great Britain and others..... if not in words then actions. Par for the course if his underlings are doing it live...all part of the plan of fundamentally transforming the nation and..... the world I guess.

Posted by: Some Guy in Wisconsin at February 06, 2014 03:43 PM (87qTR)

287 Why is my fucking local paper running a story about the fucking Beatles on the front page?

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 06, 2014 07:37 PM (0FSuD)


Yes -- I've heard and seen more crap about the fuckin' Beatles in the last few days than is probably good for me.  What is the damn deal with that?


Ah, googled.  It's the 50th anniversary of them going on Ed Sullivan.


Srsly, who gives a shit?

Posted by: Peaches at February 06, 2014 03:43 PM (8lmkt)

288 Obviously the complicated electron here Probably something a programmer said once, jokingly. Some manager thought it was clever and started saying it all the time. People rolled their eyes, but it caught on with management. Now it's in government and won't ever die.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 06, 2014 03:45 PM (A0glY)

289 I am on mailing list for Numbers USA to sign petitions against immigration. TodayÂ’s email took me to BoehnerÂ’s website to add a comment,which I did. He has new website on his home page, Benghazi info. http://tinyurl.com/mp6hbrw

Posted by: Carol at February 06, 2014 03:45 PM (z4WKX)

290 Pretty funny to hear the Ogabe administration complain that a foreign government listened in on their private conversations.

Posted by: JewishOdysseus at February 06, 2014 03:45 PM (FWwQD)

291 Ah, googled. It's the 50th anniversary of them going on Ed Sullivan. Srsly, who gives a shit? Posted by: Peaches at February 06, 2014 07:43 PM (8lmkt) It's all background noise to try and hide the fact that shit sucks with Barry in charge.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 06, 2014 03:45 PM (oFCZn)

292 Oh thanks Ace-- So sorry to derail that other thread. I was trying to help get people off of nagging ya. Cripes I also have to apologize for the time you were trying to have a serious debate and I accidentally brought up--butt plugs. gawd.

Posted by: tasker at February 06, 2014 03:45 PM (RJMhd)

293 NipSip: "Tanks in the driveway?"

Saw that, too. I don't recall if it was Columbia or in a neighboring country at the time. Past curfew, only tanks, APCs, and military jeeps were out. We had a very early morning flight to make and there was but one bus driver willing to take us to the airport. There wasn't a single civilian vehicle on the highway. Our driver drove... fast and with great purpose.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at February 06, 2014 03:46 PM (eHIJJ)

294 Just to be clear, someone was listening in on an embarrassing conversation between Obama regime aparatchiks, released it to embarrass them, and I'm supposed to feel bad about it?

Posted by: Methos doesn't have a cell phone because fuck the NSA at February 06, 2014 03:46 PM (hO9ad)

295 gad-- too many things going on at once-- I meant thanks for the hat tip! Sheesh.

Posted by: tasker at February 06, 2014 03:46 PM (RJMhd)

296 McLame getting worked up. Is he pissed that some other Christian group is asking him not to help Muslims kill them?

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 06, 2014 03:46 PM (A0glY)

297 Tanks for the memories?

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 06, 2014 03:47 PM (oFCZn)

298 @294 Spying?! In Russia?!

Posted by: Beagle at February 06, 2014 03:48 PM (sOtz/)

299 Cripes I also have to apologize for the time you were trying to have a serious debate and I accidentally brought up--butt plugs.

  "accidentally?"  right

Posted by: Peaches at February 06, 2014 03:49 PM (8lmkt)

300 252 How many of you ACTUALLY check under the motel bed for dead hookers? Posted by: OG Celtic-American at February 06, 2014 07:28 PM (vHRtU) ------------------------------------------- How many of you have woken up under the bed next to a dead hooker?

Posted by: All Hail Eris at February 06, 2014 03:50 PM (QBm1P)

301 In Soviet Russia, bed sheets come on you!

Posted by: Smirnoff at February 06, 2014 03:51 PM (Aif/5)

302 I have a 2" bone-in ribeye steak resting in preparation for eating.  It's been basted in butter.


I just wanted you all to know.

Posted by: DangerGirl at February 06, 2014 03:52 PM (GrtrJ)

303 New Presidential theme:

The March of the Clowns

http://tinyurl.com/mrwzmvk (youtube)

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 06, 2014 03:52 PM (LSDdO)

304 The JEF is considering letting people keep their insurance plans for three years, in time for him to get out of DC ! ItÂ’s a purely political move. Will the LIVs see through it? ItÂ’s doubtful. I had Fox & Friends on this morning & heard that Clinton told TFG that heÂ’s got to keep his promise that people can keep their plans.

Posted by: Carol at February 06, 2014 03:53 PM (z4WKX)

305 I just wanted you all to know.

Posted by: DangerGirl at February 06, 2014 07:52 PM (GrtrJ)

Ah....the steak house trick.

It sure does add to the flavor.

Did you grill it outside?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 06, 2014 03:54 PM (QFxY5)

306 I have a 2" bone-in ribeye steak resting in preparation for eating. It's been basted in butter.


I just wanted you all to know.

Posted by: DangerGirl at February 06, 2014 07:52 PM (GrtrJ)


thanks for sharing . . . 

Posted by: Peaches at February 06, 2014 03:54 PM (8lmkt)

307 Time to hit the reset overprice button

Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 06, 2014 03:54 PM (FE/sZ)

308 >>How many of you have woken up under the bed next to a dead hooker? Dead or dead dead?

Posted by: Aviator at February 06, 2014 03:54 PM (DI+ja)

309
Did you grill it outside?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 06, 2014 07:54 PM (QFxY5)


Cast iron pan, then into low oven.  It is way too damn cold for grilling and I think the lid is frozen down on the grill anyway.

Posted by: DangerGirl at February 06, 2014 03:55 PM (GrtrJ)

310 Nood up

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 06, 2014 03:56 PM (oFCZn)

311 I have a 2" bone-in ribeye steak resting in preparation for eating. It's been basted in butter. I want to get a sous vide machine. My problem is that the max cook time on a steak is like six hours. If I go to work for eight or nine, when do I dunk the protein? If it sits in a room-temp bath for a couple of hours before cooking starts, it's in the danger zone for food-borne bacteria.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 06, 2014 03:56 PM (A0glY)

312 Can't say I've ever sous vided in my life, bonhomme.

Posted by: DangerGirl at February 06, 2014 03:58 PM (GrtrJ)

313 308 >>How many of you have woken up under the bed next to a dead hooker? Dead or dead dead? --------------------------------------------- "Officer, she's just my Resusci-Annie doll for the school assembly!" "It's for the kids!"

Posted by: All Hail Eris at February 06, 2014 04:13 PM (QBm1P)

314

"I have a 2" bone-in ribeye steak resting in preparation for eating."

 

:-\  Home made chilli and cornbread  at our place.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 06, 2014 04:17 PM (3aj5/)

315 Who would have thought it was "smart diplomacy" to appoint the twin sister of Nurse Ratched to such a sensitive assignment?

Posted by: boqueronman at February 06, 2014 04:22 PM (lRTwO)

316 How many of you ACTUALLY check under the motel bed for dead hookers?


Oh heck yeah.  A lot of time they still have some jewelry on.  Cha-ching!  Cheap stuff,  but the wife likes it.

Posted by: Dang at February 06, 2014 04:26 PM (MNq6o)

317 I have a 2" bone. It's been basted in butter.


I just wanted you all to know.
Posted by: DangerGirl

Hey!  Me too!

Posted by: Dang at February 06, 2014 04:27 PM (MNq6o)

318 There's a new thread up,  isn't there?

Posted by: Dang at February 06, 2014 04:28 PM (MNq6o)

319 Why doesn't anyone tell me when there's a new thread?

I'm waiting here until I get a proper invitation to join the new thread.


Posted by: Dang at February 06, 2014 04:29 PM (MNq6o)

320 This is ridiculous.

Posted by: Dang at February 06, 2014 04:30 PM (MNq6o)

321 Bunch of fags...

Posted by: Dang at February 06, 2014 04:30 PM (MNq6o)

322 No use for Vicky Nuland who most probably said the same thing about Benghazi.

Posted by: gracepmc at February 06, 2014 05:15 PM (rznx3)

323

"Russia Fingered as the Culprit in the Leak"

I just tried this sentence in Ace's pornometer, and boy am I glad I ddidd.

Posted by: Asscheeks of Saturn at February 06, 2014 05:25 PM (LtGHa)

324 224 Hmmm.... tell me Americans... What would your reaction be if a High Ranking Political operative of another country, came in told us who OUR leader should be? Posted by: Romeo13 at February 06, 2014 07:24 PM (84gbM) Right now? Elation.

Posted by: Eff'in A at February 06, 2014 06:00 PM (ajjwb)

325 All,

"electron" is government-speak for electronic documents or files - email, attachments, etc. So when you say you "have the electrons," you just mean you have all the relevant documents/files/paperwork/information/etc.

It is used ALL OVER the government, including military (where it might have even started b/c if they can knock off a letter or two from a word or use a ridiculous acronym, they will), and it's not even the worst example of bad government lingo.

Posted by: Dan at February 06, 2014 07:54 PM (aYbde)

326 For those of you who are history buffs, Victoria Nuland is the daughter-in-law of historian Donald Kagan, one of the best around.  Life is strange.

Posted by: Libra at February 07, 2014 04:12 AM (GblmV)

327 Hey, better half a shitter than no shitter. And the sink draining into the urinal? genius! I can piss and wash my hands at the same time, and flush the urinal. Win-win-win.

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie © at February 07, 2014 04:58 AM (1hM1d)

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