February 08, 2014
— CDR M
Par for the course. Cronies over capability. We are in the very best of hands.
Obama’s appointee to Ambassador of Luxembourg ran that embassy into the ground; the ambassador to the Bahamas took 270 personal days in a year and a half. The ambassador to Belgium was reportedly investigated by your own IG’s office for procuring prostitutes in the park in front of his house. So I’m wondering if you — do you — do you draw a distinction between people like Walter Mondale, who are, like, life-long public servants, and political donors and bundlers who have no professional or international experience whatsoever?
Embrace the suck. The Worst People, By State
Check out this map showing the worst people in each state.
Speaking of maps, here's some more that show where people frequently run in some cities. I'd like to see a crime overlay on these.
Tomcat
Can't be a Caturday without some Tomcat action no?
h/t
Survival Gear
Perhaps it is time to add a sling shot to the longbow/crossbow discussion. The arrow-shotting slingshot.
'Gina Liftin'
Um, no. Ten reasons to lift weights with your 'gina according to sex coach.
'Think of it like your bicep,' she begins. 'You don't work out your arms just by flexing your muscles; you need weights. The vagina works the same way, it needs weight to create resistance in order to build strength.'
That Coke Ad
Now with more diversity like Klingon, Dolphin, and more.
Angry Goats
This is a pretty strange video game. It looks like you get to play a goat. Serious you guys. A goat. Hopefully there is at least a revenge angle to this, maybe against Achmed and friends for previous wrongs.
Car Recon
Concept car uses its own reconnaissance drone to spot traffic jams. This could be very handy for me. I'd use it to scout out the HOV lane during rush hour and see if any cops are laying in wait.
Free Checking Accounts
Free checking accounts are vanishing and they forget to mention the role that Dodd-Frank had in helping this come about.
Airsoft Trip Mine
This could come in handy for someone trespassing in your yard (if you don't have Claymores handy). How to build an Airsoft Trip Mine.
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Posted by: The Political Hat at February 08, 2014 06:20 PM (AymDN)
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Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 08, 2014 10:25 PM (yz6yg)
Yeah, I could see that being preferable if one needs CAS.
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Posted by: Splunge at February 08, 2014 06:32 PM (qyomX)
4 Just a bad case of foot nip I'm sure for that cat.
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It was bad enough to trigger his 'flehman response'.
That's what that is called...that thing that cats do when they smell something stinky or full of pheromones.
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Posted by: cthulhu at February 08, 2014 06:32 PM (T1005)
Posted by: DC in Towson at February 08, 2014 06:33 PM (eQJwb)
Would rather see an A-10 coming in low, slow and hot.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 08, 2014 10:25 PM (yz6yg)
Bite your tongue! I miss the F-14... Though the A-10 is cool, too. Too bad it will likely meet the same fate.
Incidentally, I put the F-14 video up on my big screen and one of my kitties jumped down to the floor to stare at it.
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Posted by: SecDef Hagel at February 08, 2014 06:35 PM (Aif/5)
Whoever did that map doesn't know much about Louisiana.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 08, 2014 06:35 PM (30eLQ)
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Is it only for Firefox? Or can I get it for Safari too? Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 08, 2014 10:34 PM (yz6yg) Hide posts from (yz6yg)
I'm not sure. Can you get Greasemonkey for Safari? Merovign might know.
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Nooooo. You must pay attention to me!!!
Posted by: Assho' Unclenched at February 08, 2014 06:38 PM (3P6Lx)
Posted by: Joe McCarthy at February 08, 2014 06:38 PM (OqkE5)
Posted by: Dana Barrett at February 08, 2014 06:39 PM (+1T7c)
(sorry, can't help myself)
Posted by: AD at February 08, 2014 10:29 PM (E31Rf)
Whatever the order, the fact that two of the three guys most responsible for the banking disaster got their names on the bill to "fix" it instead of in jail says so much about the state of our nation.
Consider my resume:
Primarily responsible for the "wall of separation" that caused us to not notice the 9-11 perps in advance
Appointed to 9-11 commission, succeeded in keeping the "wall of separation" out of the final report
Worked for FNMA ("Fannie Mae") in the runup to the collapse.
Honors: Iowahawk called me the "Typhoid Mary" of Government service. Not sure what that means but I'm sure it's a compliment.
Posted by: Jamie Gorelick at February 08, 2014 06:39 PM (qyomX)
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Posted by: The Queen of Diamonds at February 08, 2014 06:40 PM (AymDN)
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Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 08, 2014 06:40 PM (yz6yg)
The State Dept. was full of Commies.
Posted by: The Queen of Diamonds at February 08, 2014 10:40 PM (AymDN)
And that is precisely what made me so terrible.
Posted by: Joe McCarthy at February 08, 2014 06:41 PM (OqkE5)
Posted by: Aaron Burr at February 08, 2014 06:41 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac tsk tsk tsk at February 08, 2014 06:41 PM (HxSXm)
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Posted by: Jango Pam at February 08, 2014 10:36 PM (Aif/5)
H8r!
Posted by: Starscream at February 08, 2014 10:37 PM (AymDN)
Pfft. Like you'd have a chance.
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Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at February 08, 2014 06:42 PM (Dwehj)
Hi, Political Hat: I think we discussed the "communism could really be a good thing" shit-for-brains at Salon but it's worth a long glance if anyone missed an example of where all those student loans are going. I liked his idea that "many great artists were communists" which falls into the same catagory as "many great German scientists and philosophers endorsed Hitler."
More interesting today is the article on Bloomberg from the retard who answered the question "why was Bush a disaster"
I wonder how this guy got his head out of his ass long enough to turn on his Fisher-Price laptop
Posted by: mallfly at February 08, 2014 06:43 PM (zjcTL)
@ Polliwog #17,
The Bersa is a surprisingly good gun, not just for the money, but in it's own right.
While it might not have the fine machining and superb finish of a Smith ampersand Wesson, it has the quality where it counts. The tolerances are tight, the quality control is very good, the reliability has proven to be excellent, and the accuracy is likely, better than you can shoot. I mean no offense by that last. Most people don't shoot up to the accuracy potential of the guns that they own.
In short, the Bersa isn't merely the best of the cheap guns..... rather, it's the least expensive of the truly GOOD guns.
Buy yours, and be sure to run AT LEAST 200 rounds through it though, before you begin to rely upon it as your carry gun. 500 rounds would be better, but good luck finding 'em, right? Maybe ask your postman if he can divert a few hundred rounds from his company stash.
And, be sure to study every page of " corneredcat " dot com. Written by Kathy Jackson, one of the Nation's foremost shooting competitors and instructors. A huge percentage of what you can find online for instruction is pure crap. Ms. Jackson gets it right, every word of it. Very highly recommended.
Happy shooting, and always AIM SMALL!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at February 08, 2014 06:44 PM (vvk2F)
Posted by: CDR M at February 08, 2014 06:44 PM (LsJl8)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at February 08, 2014 06:44 PM (HsTG8)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at February 08, 2014 06:44 PM (4Chvm)
That's some weak sauce. They made Widow Surratt do the jig for much less
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 08, 2014 06:44 PM (30eLQ)
We who live in California never wonder that, because we assume we've got it nailed.
Posted by: Splunge at February 08, 2014 06:45 PM (qyomX)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac tsk tsk tsk at February 08, 2014 06:45 PM (HxSXm)
Posted by: Mindy at February 08, 2014 06:45 PM (mQwL2)
Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at February 08, 2014 06:45 PM (bCEmE)
They consider "The Sundance Kid" as the worst person from Pennsylvania? Not Ira Einhorn? Who the fuck made this map? The French?
Posted by: DangerGirl at February 08, 2014 06:45 PM (GrtrJ)
Posted by: kbdabear at February 08, 2014 06:45 PM (aTXUx)
The Klingon-American Advocacy Society approves of this message of racial inclusion. We would also like to remind you that Bat'Leth violence is just a traditional Klingon form of greeting, in the name of tolerance.
Posted by: Kha'Togh the Despoiler at February 08, 2014 06:46 PM (i+Vw2)
Wait I'm confused you want a 40oz. quart of beer?
Posted by: The Hickster at February 08, 2014 06:46 PM (TI3xG)
Saturday night tanker, anyone? How 'bout a picket fence?
Posted by: Chuckles at February 08, 2014 06:47 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: The Political Hat at February 08, 2014 06:47 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 08, 2014 06:47 PM (reJQd)
Posted by: The Hickster at February 08, 2014 10:46 PM (TI3xG)
40oz, quart, a gallon. Whatever it takes.
Posted by: CDR M at February 08, 2014 06:47 PM (LsJl8)
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Posted by: Adam at February 08, 2014 06:50 PM (Aif/5)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 08, 2014 06:51 PM (dfYL9)
Posted by: President Skroob at February 08, 2014 06:51 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: CDR M at February 08, 2014 06:51 PM (LsJl8)
Weeks?!?!? It's mangled spacing on me for years!
Posted by: cthulhu at February 08, 2014 06:52 PM (T1005)
Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 08, 2014 06:52 PM (WY8fM)
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Posted by: garrett at February 08, 2014 06:55 PM (wpgIQ)
97 44 That map shows Timothy McVeigh as a 'con man'.
Wtf?
Posted by: wheatie at February 08, 2014 10:35 PM (eCZwh)
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That's what I thought at first too but NY is colored orange (terrorist), not brown.
Posted by: Tami at February 08, 2014 10:45 PM (bCEmE)
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Ah, I see what you mean Tami...and you're right.
Alaska is brown, to compare it to, with "Soapy Smith" as their worst person....and con artist.
But the color must be off on my monitor, because that color for 'terrorist' is kind of a light goldish brown color, rather than orange.
Posted by: wheatie at February 08, 2014 06:55 PM (eCZwh)
Posted by: The Hickster at February 08, 2014 06:55 PM (TI3xG)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 08, 2014 06:56 PM (aDwsi)
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Posted by: Josie Wales at February 08, 2014 06:58 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: CDR M at February 08, 2014 10:44 PM (LsJl
I haven't even heard of them.
Posted by: Charlie Gibson at February 08, 2014 06:58 PM (M5T54)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 08, 2014 06:59 PM (30eLQ)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 08, 2014 07:00 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Marc Rich at February 08, 2014 07:00 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: MSNBC at February 08, 2014 07:01 PM (aTXUx)
re 103: took a few minutes to skim those two links
one contained this bit that the retard at Salon quoted: as per Marx
"each can become accomplished in any branch he wishes, society regulates the general production and thus makes it possible for me to do one thing today and another tomorrow, to hunt in the morning, to fish in the afternoon, rear cattle in the evening, criticize after dinner, just as I have in mind, without ever becoming hunter, fisherman, shepherd or critic"
yes, a society in which anyone can do anything he wants at any time of the day will be one in which everyone can be something or other, but probably half-naked and hungry. Also sounds like Rousseau.
Bedtime. Nite all. And remember, just say no to Marx, Michelle, Merangue and... something else that starts with "M"... Mr Sen Harry Reid, yeah, that's it.
Posted by: mallfly at February 08, 2014 07:01 PM (zjcTL)
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Posted by: SMFH at it all at February 08, 2014 07:02 PM (OsWis)
Posted by: Eric Holder at February 08, 2014 07:02 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 08, 2014 07:03 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at February 08, 2014 07:03 PM (zDsvJ)
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Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at February 08, 2014 07:04 PM (zDsvJ)
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Posted by: SMFH at it all at February 08, 2014 07:06 PM (OsWis)
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Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 08, 2014 07:06 PM (30eLQ)
Polliwoguette: I have a Bersa in .22 and(&
one in .380. I would not use the .380 as a carry weapon. Both are touchy in the kind of ammo they like -- the 380 especially. Need a firm grip with both, otherwise misfire. Easy to clean. Posted by: sinmi at February 08, 2014 07:06 PM (NUMNK)
Posted by: Mindy at February 08, 2014 07:07 PM (mQwL2)
Posted by: dick at February 08, 2014 07:08 PM (GrtrJ)
Posted by: real joe at February 08, 2014 10:58 PM (xXhgd)<<<
Damn right. It has to be Chris Christie. Bridge lane closings have to be the ultimate evil.
Posted by: MFM at February 08, 2014 07:08 PM (3P6Lx)
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Heroin/coke?
Posted by: Zombie John Belushi at February 08, 2014 07:08 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 08, 2014 07:08 PM (reJQd)
131 I'd like to go on the record as saying BULLSHIT about those ice skating scores.
The Japanese girl was docked for falling and docked for not performing a jump and still scored higher than the American with only a minor landing error.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 08, 2014 11:00 PM (DmNpO)
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Yeah, NDH...it's things like that, that have soured me on the Olympics in the past.
I dunno where they get their 'judges' for the Olympics.
From the UN maybe?
Seems to be about the same level of corruption and bias against the US.
Posted by: wheatie at February 08, 2014 07:09 PM (eCZwh)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at February 08, 2014 07:09 PM (OsWis)
Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at February 08, 2014 07:09 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 08, 2014 07:09 PM (aDwsi)
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Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 08, 2014 07:10 PM (30eLQ)
Posted by: Mindy at February 08, 2014 07:10 PM (mQwL2)
Had to do it with my brother in '06 watching him die of pancreatic cancer. To this day I still hurt.
Posted by: Samuel Adams at February 08, 2014 07:10 PM (cK0tU)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at February 08, 2014 07:11 PM (OsWis)
Posted by: Bolivian Map Society at February 08, 2014 07:12 PM (dfYL9)
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Posted by: Darth Randall at February 08, 2014 07:14 PM (KlVdw)
159 Hmmm....worst people from Texas...
Does opening an early gift then proceeding to to get tanked on eating said gift make you a bad person?
Posted by: SMFH at it all at February 08, 2014 11:09 PM (OsWis)
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Nope.
There's that old saying..."All's fair in war and chocolate".
Or maybe it was "All's fair in love and chocolate".
Not sure.
But I'm sure it's "All's fair when it comes to chocolate".
Posted by: wheatie at February 08, 2014 07:15 PM (eCZwh)
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Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at February 08, 2014 07:15 PM (zDsvJ)
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Posted by: SMFH at it all at February 08, 2014 07:16 PM (OsWis)
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Posted by: Samuel Adams at February 08, 2014 07:17 PM (cK0tU)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 08, 2014 07:18 PM (reJQd)
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Most psychopaths don't. They just have their hand on the levers.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 08, 2014 07:18 PM (aDwsi)
You know, serial killers and mass murderers are in a moral hall of infamy of their own. They automatically wipe everyone else off the board. So, if the question is who the absolute worst person a state has produced - yeah, you can't sink lower than a murderer/rapist/cannibal like Dahmer. Or Gacy or Bundy. They are oozing pimples on the anus of humanity.
But if you ask who has done the most damage to the most people - well, than corrupt pols would take front and center.
Posted by: Donna V. at February 08, 2014 07:18 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at February 08, 2014 07:19 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at February 08, 2014 07:19 PM (OsWis)
Posted by: rickl at February 08, 2014 07:19 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Ed Gein at February 08, 2014 07:19 PM (TI3xG)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 08, 2014 07:20 PM (T1005)
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Posted by: rickl at February 08, 2014 07:21 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 08, 2014 07:21 PM (reJQd)
Well at least you don't have to wonder about me
Posted by: Che Guevara at February 08, 2014 07:22 PM (TI3xG)
Posted by: logprof at February 08, 2014 07:22 PM (jQrWf)
Posted by: Mindy at February 08, 2014 07:22 PM (mQwL2)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 08, 2014 07:22 PM (aDwsi)
'Think of it like your bicep,' she begins. 'You don't work out your arms just by flexing your muscles; you need weights. The vagina works the same way, it needs weight to create resistance in order to build strength.'
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Now women acan brag about how big they are down there.
Posted by: sic721 at February 08, 2014 07:22 PM (H4WoY)
Because I'm a really caring guy. Hey, somebody's got to keep tabs on our young people, amiright? Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher
The Zoo, early. Like 630AM on a Saturday. You see more animals, and other reasons. Lots of other reasons.
Posted by: Jean at February 08, 2014 07:23 PM (4JkHl)
176 wheatie,
Throw booze into the mix, and all bets are off.
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Oh definitely.
I've been known to make sinful combinations of booze and chocolate in a mug, in the microwave...
Take a couple of Bakers semi-sweet dark chocolate squares, add a tiny bit of butter to assist in the melting...and put in microwave.
Stir. Add bit of sugar. Stir. Add booze.
Yum.
Posted by: wheatie at February 08, 2014 07:23 PM (eCZwh)
Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at February 08, 2014 07:24 PM (zDsvJ)
Point of order: Charles Manson didn't actually kill anybody himself.
Posted by: rickl at February 08, 2014 11:15 PM (sdi6R)
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Neither did Hitler.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 08, 2014 11:17 PM (dfYL9)
Actually, considering Hitler's war record in WWI, I'd bet on him having a couple of notches on his rifle stock.
Not the same thing of course.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 08, 2014 07:24 PM (aYjRw)
Posted by: Mindy at February 08, 2014 07:24 PM (mQwL2)
Stir. Add bit of sugar. Stir"
What did you put chocolate in? Glass plastic? I have tried to melt bakers chocolate in the mic but never had any luck.
Posted by: GMB who remembers back when..... at February 08, 2014 07:24 PM (nkPV9)
Posted by: Cato at February 08, 2014 07:24 PM (i+Vw2)
Posted by: logprof at February 08, 2014 07:25 PM (jQrWf)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 08, 2014 07:25 PM (reJQd)
Sure, a Comanche war-band can blast into a village (usually another Indian village at that), kill the men, take the children for slavery, rape the horses and ride off on all the women
- but this was expected. Life in the wild west. The village'd do it to the Comanche if they could; that's what Mirabeau Lamar did.
Someone like Gacy or Sandusky lives amongst us. You don't expect it from them.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 08, 2014 07:25 PM (30eLQ)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 08, 2014 07:25 PM (dfYL9)
Posted by: whatmeworry? at February 08, 2014 07:26 PM (dZGNV)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 08, 2014 07:26 PM (reJQd)
189...She's got it on both the TV in her room and the one in the living room -- and they play out of synch, so I've got this movie and an echo on that side of the house. It's giving me a headache.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 08, 2014 11:20 PM (T1005)
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You're allowed to complain about such things, cthulhu.
It's okay.
She prolly doesn't realize that there's a reverb going on.
Posted by: wheatie at February 08, 2014 07:27 PM (eCZwh)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at February 08, 2014 07:28 PM (l3vZN)
You should cherish those times, and never ever be afraid to blubber and cry even years later. It's been over 7 years and I'm a grown-assed man. I still lose it on every October 28th.
Posted by: Samuel Adams at February 08, 2014 07:28 PM (cK0tU)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at February 08, 2014 07:28 PM (OsWis)
Posted by: Jean at February 08, 2014 07:28 PM (4JkHl)
What about Margaret Sanger, too? Eugenicist and founder of Planned Parenthood.
Some of those men on the map are looking like pikers compared to these two gals....
Posted by: Lizzy at February 08, 2014 07:28 PM (POpqt)
206...What did you put chocolate in? Glass plastic? I have tried to melt bakers chocolate in the mic but never had any luck.
Posted by: GMB who remembers back when..... at February 08, 2014 11:24 PM (nkPV9)
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Coffee mug. Just an old thick ceramic mug.
2 minutes on 2/3 power, is what works for me.
Posted by: wheatie at February 08, 2014 07:30 PM (eCZwh)
What city are you in?
Posted by: cthulhu at February 08, 2014 07:30 PM (T1005)
Er, wouldn't vag lifting result in some really unsightly enlargement?
Yuck. I'm working now to get my upper arms in shape because I've become self-conscious when I wear short sleeves in the summer. (I trust that someday it will be summer.) I'm not real worried about that particular part of my anatomy.
But I guess it's the fashion now. The vag! It knits! It works out! What can't it do?
Posted by: Donna V. at February 08, 2014 07:31 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: Splunge at February 08, 2014 10:32 PM (qyomX)
Yes. This.
Posted by: Lurk u longtime at February 08, 2014 07:31 PM (mdg8n)
Posted by: speedster1 on the iPad at February 08, 2014 07:32 PM (noB3y)
Posted by: whatmeworry? at February 08, 2014 07:33 PM (dZGNV)
Posted by: traye at February 08, 2014 07:33 PM (2+2HE)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 08, 2014 07:33 PM (reJQd)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 08, 2014 11:20 PM (T1005)
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You're allowed to complain about such things, cthulhu.
It's okay.
She prolly doesn't realize that there's a reverb going on.
Posted by: wheatie at February 08, 2014 11:27 PM (eCZwh) Hide posts from (eCZwh)
I went and got one turned off right after I hit "Post". I normally zone out TV, so I didn't hadn't really figured out why I was feeling poorly -- but that was one of those 1940's "bark the dialogue" movies. Really, the post was sort of a "I just figured this out" deal.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 08, 2014 07:33 PM (T1005)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at February 08, 2014 07:33 PM (OsWis)
Posted by: Kalneva at February 08, 2014 07:34 PM (XyrkB)
Dawn Pfister
Local story of a police chase that ended near where I work. Both suspects shot dead. To early to know what really happened.
http://tinyurl.com/omvn3w5
Posted by: The Hickster at February 08, 2014 07:35 PM (TI3xG)
217...Just wish I didn't always fubar melting chocolate in a microwave...
Posted by: SMFH at it all at February 08, 2014 11:28 PM (OsWis)
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Do you add a little bit of butter?
That's essential. ...And real butter, not margarine.
If your microwave doesn't have lower settings to use...then start with short bursts on High.
Like, 30 seconds...stir...then 30 more. Keep doing that till it's melted.
Posted by: wheatie at February 08, 2014 07:35 PM (eCZwh)
Posted by: t-bird at February 08, 2014 07:35 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 08, 2014 07:35 PM (30eLQ)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at February 08, 2014 11:28 PM (l3vZN)
Well, he gave poison to Eva Braun, and basically browbeat her into committing suicide. I expect he would have shot her, if the poison had not worked as planned.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 08, 2014 07:36 PM (pFqpP)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 08, 2014 07:36 PM (Z6IPg)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 08, 2014 07:37 PM (reJQd)
Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at February 08, 2014 07:37 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: Donna V. at February 08, 2014 11:31 PM (R3gO3)
Write its initials in the snow?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 08, 2014 07:37 PM (pFqpP)
Posted by: whatmeworry? at February 08, 2014 07:37 PM (dZGNV)
Posted by: Brother Cavil at February 08, 2014 07:37 PM (dJcew)
Posted by: logprof at February 08, 2014 07:37 PM (jQrWf)
I have a desktop PC that I love and will never part with. Recently got a Ipad and decided that I will never need a laptop. I also have an Iphone.
Posted by: Samuel Adams at February 08, 2014 07:37 PM (cK0tU)
Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at February 08, 2014 07:37 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at February 08, 2014 07:38 PM (HxSXm)
Posted by: GMB who remembers back when..... at February 08, 2014 07:38 PM (nkPV9)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at February 08, 2014 07:38 PM (OsWis)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at February 08, 2014 07:40 PM (OsWis)
Watched that snowboarder get awarded the gold for the US. As corrupt as I know the Olympics are, I still get a lump in my throat when they raise the flags and I see Old Glory up there at top.
If I were an athlete standing there on the platform listening to the national anthem and watching the flag rise, I think I would burst apart from love and pride in my country.
Can't stop loving America, no matter how much it's stumbled and fallen in the past few years.
Posted by: Donna V. at February 08, 2014 07:41 PM (R3gO3)
Dude, you need to some better hang outs.
Posted by: navybrat at February 08, 2014 07:41 PM (AW7Gr)
What edible material does everyone think would be best to inaugurate it with?
- fries
- fish
- shrimp
- chicken
- pickles
- pork chops
- stuffed jalapenos
- hobo
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 08, 2014 07:42 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Mindy at February 08, 2014 07:43 PM (mQwL2)
They seem to congregate around mountains. Except for Minnesota the land of Hockey and Curling.
Posted by: The Hickster at February 08, 2014 07:43 PM (TI3xG)
Thanks, Moron Horde! You always come through! (Saved my life one time, for reals.)
Posted by: kalneva at February 08, 2014 07:44 PM (XyrkB)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 08, 2014 11:42 PM (HVI5a)
unless you're doing fries or hushpuppies right after, skip the fish as it will fuck up the oil
Posted by: The Dude at February 08, 2014 07:44 PM (bStrg)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at February 08, 2014 07:44 PM (l3vZN)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 08, 2014 07:44 PM (Z6IPg)
Write its initials in the snow? Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 08, 2014 11:37 PM (pFqpP)
Ah, the p will always have us beat when it comes to writing in the snow.
It would be rather funny to watch women trying to pee their initials in the snow, though. Quite a workout for the inner thighs.
Posted by: Donna V. at February 08, 2014 07:44 PM (R3gO3)
A stick of deep fried butter sounds good right now.
Posted by: GMB who remembers back when..... at February 08, 2014 07:45 PM (nkPV9)
256 Hey folks. Finally got my precious precious Presto deep fryer.
What edible material does everyone think would be best to inaugurate it with?
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 08, 2014 11:42 PM (HVI5a)
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Okra! ...And catfish strips.
Posted by: wheatie at February 08, 2014 07:45 PM (eCZwh)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 08, 2014 07:46 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: The Hickster at February 08, 2014 11:43 PM (TI3xG)
we beat Minnesota when it comes to curling
Posted by: The Dude at February 08, 2014 07:46 PM (bStrg)
Posted by: Dancing Queen at February 08, 2014 07:46 PM (FDGeg)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at February 08, 2014 07:46 PM (OsWis)
Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at February 08, 2014 07:46 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 08, 2014 07:47 PM (Z6IPg)
Posted by: logprof at February 08, 2014 07:47 PM (jQrWf)
Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 08, 2014 07:47 PM (WY8fM)
Posted by: Mindy at February 08, 2014 07:47 PM (mQwL2)
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 08, 2014 07:47 PM (o3MSL)
Posted by: Fat Freddy's Cat at February 08, 2014 07:47 PM (OsheA)
Posted by: Darth Randall at February 08, 2014 07:48 PM (KlVdw)
Check out a book called 'American Emperor.' There is considerable evidence that Aaron Burr had some pretty outlandish plans and was far more concerned with acquiring power for himself than anything else, even if it meant helping foreign powers overthrow the infant US.
Posted by: Epobirs at February 08, 2014 07:48 PM (bPxS6)
Posted by: Smilin' Jack at February 08, 2014 07:49 PM (Xzj0B)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at February 08, 2014 07:49 PM (OsWis)
Posted by: kalneva at February 08, 2014 07:49 PM (XyrkB)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 08, 2014 07:49 PM (Z6IPg)
Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at February 08, 2014 07:49 PM (zDsvJ)
I've got family in Salem. If you're really stuck I could see about asking them to help you out.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 08, 2014 07:50 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Mindy at February 08, 2014 07:51 PM (mQwL2)
Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 08, 2014 07:51 PM (WY8fM)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at February 08, 2014 07:52 PM (ojnk6)
Stir. Add bit of sugar. Stir. Add booze.
Or you can eat a Hershey bar; do a double of Valu-Rite; and then jump up and down on a trampoline.
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at February 08, 2014 07:52 PM (/QAZd)
Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at February 08, 2014 07:53 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 08, 2014 07:53 PM (aDwsi)
Tammy al-Thor - it's good to see you!
Mindy - my condolences. I lost my mom in 1985.
A day hasn't gone by since then when I don't think of her and miss her.
Posted by: Donna V. at February 08, 2014 07:53 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: SMFH at it all at February 08, 2014 07:53 PM (OsWis)
Posted by: Mindy at February 08, 2014 07:54 PM (mQwL2)
Posted by: The Dude at February 08, 2014 07:56 PM (bStrg)
Gregory Peck is too young to be a USAAF one-star, but a great movie
Posted by: Jules ( turning Chinese ) at February 08, 2014 07:56 PM (omBWL)
Posted by: RWC at February 08, 2014 07:56 PM (9+w3c)
From now on it will cost you anywhere from one to three percent just to "preserve" your capital.
At that rate all abandoned accounts will revert to the banker, over time.
That is the plan.
Posted by: navybrat at February 08, 2014 07:57 PM (AW7Gr)
It was a couple of weeks ago I got some, so I had to heat 'em up in the oven. They were okay...
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 08, 2014 07:58 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at February 08, 2014 11:49 PM (zDsvJ
Thank you so much, Y-not!
Posted by: kalneva at February 08, 2014 07:59 PM (XyrkB)
From now on it will cost you anywhere from one to three percent just to "preserve" your capital.
At that rate all abandoned accounts will revert to the banker, over time.
That is the plan.
Posted by: navybrat at February 08, 2014 11:57 PM (AW7Gr) Hide posts from (AW7Gr)
Why should gift cards have all the fun?
Posted by: cthulhu at February 08, 2014 07:59 PM (T1005)
Who does everyone recommend for an online brokerage? The ones I'm hearing the best things about are:
- TD Ameritrade
- Scottrade
- optionsXpress (operated by Charles Schwab)
I also personally like eTrade, but I'm not sure if they're really that great or not.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 08, 2014 07:59 PM (HVI5a)
On the Presto - what kind of oil are you planning on using? It really does affect the fry quality.
If you can possibly get a palm based fry oil, the food seems to not absorb as much oil. You should be able to find it at restaurant supply places.
Posted by: PMRich at February 08, 2014 07:59 PM (KDUNf)
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 08, 2014 07:59 PM (o3MSL)
Posted by: Donna V. at February 08, 2014 08:00 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 08, 2014 08:00 PM (Z6IPg)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at February 08, 2014 08:00 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 08, 2014 08:01 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 08, 2014 08:01 PM (aDwsi)
That has long been my assumption. If there were some magical instrument that could reveal every unmarked grave less than fifty years old, I expect you'd be able to solve the disappearances of decades of teen runaways.
Posted by: Epobirs at February 08, 2014 08:02 PM (bPxS6)
I was personally going to start with plain ol' Wesson, then maybe try peanut oil at some point. I'll also look for palm-based oils as you recommend, though.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 08, 2014 08:02 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at February 08, 2014 08:02 PM (HxSXm)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at February 08, 2014 08:03 PM (/QAZd)
http://tinyurl.com/m5j93sm
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 08, 2014 08:03 PM (HVI5a)
There is, however, peer reviewed medical data which do show an improvement in survival times for otherwise clinically inoperable cancers when practicing an ultra-low-carb diet.
Mindy, you're on the right track, but you absolutely need to get your mom to take in more fat. Lots more. Make it crystal clear that this is not dieting to look good in a swimsuit -- it's dieting to survive. Not least because her immune system, which is likely trying to contain the cancer, has large energy requirements.
If the body is low enough on fat based fuel to sustain ketosis, it'll instead happily shift over to gluconeogenesis, breaking down body proteins (mostly from muscle) to make its own glucose. Of course, all such glucose will be happily and preferentially snorked up by the tumor. Not for the best.
Posted by: torquewrench at February 08, 2014 08:03 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at February 08, 2014 08:03 PM (MhPEb)
What edible material does everyone think would be best to inaugurate it with?
Chicken wings. Which you then douse with a mixture of Frank's hot sauce and gently melted butter and maybe a touch of white vinegar.
Is there some other possible answer that I am not seeing?
Posted by: Splunge at February 08, 2014 08:03 PM (qyomX)
Posted by: kalneva at February 08, 2014 08:04 PM (XyrkB)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 09, 2014 12:00 AM (Z6IPg) Hide posts from (Z6IPg)
Doing ok. Are you still visiting in Arkansas?
Posted by: cthulhu at February 08, 2014 08:04 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Barky o'Choomba I at February 08, 2014 08:04 PM (o3MSL)
Posted by: rickl at February 08, 2014 08:05 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Michael Scott at February 08, 2014 08:06 PM (jQrWf)
As far as I can tell, when I'm on Atkins, eating more fat causes me to lose weight more rapidly. No idea why, but it seems to be true. So maybe it's not a problem for that swimsuit.
Posted by: Splunge at February 08, 2014 08:06 PM (qyomX)
You mean, in other words, shall I dare say it, institutionalized corruption?
Heaven forfend.
Posted by: navybrat at February 08, 2014 08:06 PM (AW7Gr)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 08, 2014 08:06 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Smilin' Jack at February 08, 2014 08:07 PM (Xzj0B)
Posted by: kalneva at February 08, 2014 08:08 PM (XyrkB)
Posted by: RWC at February 08, 2014 08:08 PM (9+w3c)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 08, 2014 08:08 PM (Z6IPg)
Ah, Old Sparky.
I remember very fondly how a couple of years ago, some nasty murderer being pan fried in Florida's version of Old Sparky experienced an effective but spectacular end -- I think he caught on fire briefly during the process -- and the usual lefty suspects had a huge, wholly cynical and manufactured case of the vapors over the "cruel" nature of electrocution (funny how they never complain about the cruel nature of the murders that occasion it).
The FL state attorney general was asked to comment about the matter, and he said, deadpan, "If you plan to murder someone, I advise you not to do so in the state of Florida, because you never know when we may have a _problem_ with our electric chair."
Note-perfect.
Posted by: torquewrench at February 08, 2014 08:09 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: Hrothgar at February 08, 2014 08:10 PM (o3MSL)
Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at February 08, 2014 08:11 PM (zDsvJ)
Peanut oil is fantastic for frying, but a good one is not neutral -- it has a great aroma and flavor that is a good match for chicken, and a perfect match for pork. Look for Lion and Globe brand.
If you get used to the wonders of peanut oil, corn oil seems heavy and cloying, and canola seems downright disgusting.
Posted by: Splunge at February 08, 2014 08:12 PM (qyomX)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 08, 2014 11:53 PM (aDwsi)
Ha, ha! Here I am considering the possibility that the cat was de-clawed, but didn't think to just look at her ears! Talk about missing the forest for the trees. :-)
Posted by: Dancing Queen at February 08, 2014 08:12 PM (FDGeg)
Posted by: RWC at February 08, 2014 08:13 PM (9+w3c)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at February 08, 2014 08:13 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Mindy at February 08, 2014 08:15 PM (mQwL2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-oVhu2fu20
Posted by: Dancing Queen at February 08, 2014 08:15 PM (FDGeg)
I was especially spurred to get a deep fryer when my favorite place for fish and chips, Mimi's Cafe, stopped serving them. I found a few other places with good ones, but of course they never serves *as much* as Mimi's did. Mimi's also had a *fantastic* mustard-based tartar sauce that no one else seems to have even heard of, much less serves.
Seems like *every* time I absolutely fall in love with an entree, said restaurant removes it. Red Lobster used to have absolutely fantastic classic buffalo wings too, which now haven't been available for over a decade.
Finally I've been thinking lately, f*ck it. If I want it, I better learn to make it myself.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 08, 2014 08:16 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: RWC at February 08, 2014 08:16 PM (9+w3c)
Yes. A great idea.
There's also a ton of lauric acid in coconut oil, which is apparently very helpful in maintaining immune system function.
People tend to get a little bit flipped out about coconut "oil" because it's not really oily at room temperature, unless you live someplace extremely warm without air conditioning. I certainly said, "WTF?" when I first came across it. The stuff was a solid block.
But, take a spoonful of the solid white product and put it on your tongue and you'll immediately learn that it is in fact a liquid oil at human body temperatures. Tasty, too.
Posted by: torquewrench at February 08, 2014 08:17 PM (gqT4g)
Same with breakfast sausages.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 08, 2014 08:18 PM (HVI5a)
All of the following based on placing the food on paper towels as they came out of the fryer.
Canola, corn, cottonseed and soy oils all tend to make the food come out very oily.
Peanut is much better.
Coconut - I've never used by itself for deep frying, but I do know that it makes for a great pan frying oil.
All of the palm based oils came out of the fryer with almost no oil
We used alot of the different oils for, at work, cook outs. One of the advantages of working in a plant that has processed some of these oils.
Posted by: PMRich at February 08, 2014 08:19 PM (KDUNf)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at February 08, 2014 08:19 PM (HxSXm)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 08, 2014 08:20 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Mindy at February 08, 2014 08:20 PM (mQwL2)
Posted by: RWC at February 08, 2014 08:21 PM (9+w3c)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at February 09, 2014 12:02 AM (HxSXm)
I'm reading "One Summer: America, 1927." On March 20, 1927, a Long Island dimwit named Ruth Snyder and her lover, Judd Gray murdered Synder's husband as he slept. The cops saw right through their stupid attempt to cover up the crime. (Ruth said she had been overpowered by unknown murderers and jewel thieves who broke in, but she didn't have so much as a bruise on her and her missing jewels were found under her mattress. An Italian anarchist paper was neatly folded on the kitchen table, as if the murderers would pause to sit and read the paper afterwards and leave it as evidence.) The cops confronted her and she caved immediately.
She and Judd were electrocuted in Sing Sing in January 1928, less than a year after the murder.
America didn't f around with murderers in those days.
Posted by: Donna V. at February 08, 2014 08:23 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: Donna V. at February 08, 2014 08:24 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: CDR M at February 08, 2014 08:24 PM (LsJl8)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at February 08, 2014 08:25 PM (l3vZN)
Posted by: Mindy at February 08, 2014 08:25 PM (mQwL2)
Posted by: EdMorrissey'sweatyballsack at February 08, 2014 08:26 PM (7MSnD)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 08, 2014 08:27 PM (XyM/Y)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at February 08, 2014 08:28 PM (l3vZN)
Ouch. Wow. That is tough. Hard to break ingrained habits.
A friend of mine had to fight a very stubborn cancer that came back a couple of times. She eventually beat it. In the meantime having to endure the full horrible chemo and radiation gamut.
In midstream, she was calling me up saying, "You won't believe what the hospital dieticians are recommending that I eat."
Sugar and carb bomb to the max. Insanely so.
She shitcanned all of their official recommendations and instead ate a very low sugar, low carb diet. High protein, high fat, lots of suitably selected raw vegetables.
I think that one reason the dieticians push what they do with cancer patients is because chemo makes cancer patients feel like hammered shit, with little or no appetite, and one of the few things people will eat reliably are sweets.
One cancer patient I met said, "At last!" Because he had spent decades avoiding sweets for weight control, and suddenly when he had cancer and had been put on chemo, he was being told to pig out on anything he could keep down. Which was ice cream, sugared soda, cinnamon toast, what have you.
Except... you probably do not want to keep down that stuff. Not with an inimical little growth inside you that loves it even more.
Posted by: torquewrench at February 08, 2014 08:28 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: whatmeworry? at February 08, 2014 08:28 PM (dZGNV)
Posted by: Mindy at February 08, 2014 08:29 PM (mQwL2)
Posted by: RWC at February 08, 2014 08:29 PM (9+w3c)
Posted by: and irresolute at February 08, 2014 08:29 PM (RqHWH)
Telegraph, telephone telewoman.
Never tell a woman your secrets unless you want everyone she knows to know them. God forbid if YOU tell anyone her stuff though.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 08, 2014 08:31 PM (LSDdO)
Posted by: logprof at February 08, 2014 08:32 PM (jQrWf)
Posted by: Mindy at February 08, 2014 08:33 PM (mQwL2)
Posted by: logprof at February 08, 2014 08:34 PM (jQrWf)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at February 08, 2014 08:36 PM (WdbF7)
Posted by: Donna V. at February 08, 2014 08:37 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: The Political Hat at February 08, 2014 08:38 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: The Political Hat at February 08, 2014 08:39 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: Mindy at February 08, 2014 08:39 PM (mQwL2)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at February 08, 2014 08:39 PM (HxSXm)
Posted by: garrett at February 08, 2014 08:41 PM (lh+Dq)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at February 08, 2014 08:41 PM (AymDN)
My friends . . .
Posted by: the senior senator from Arizona at February 08, 2014 08:42 PM (30eLQ)
My friend lost more than 30% of her body mass on chemoradiation, starting from a healthy, not obese, adult female baseline. And that was eating three comfortably sized meals a day.
I would have been worried if she fasted. She was turning scarecrow as it was.
Part of that is the chemo induced nausea. Throwing up is harsh, but having something *to* throw up pads that a bit. Gets things over with. Endless dry heaves don't conclude the emetic sequence, and they are exhausting to endure.
Thoughts of support to both you and your mom.
Posted by: torquewrench at February 08, 2014 08:42 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: RWC at February 08, 2014 08:43 PM (9+w3c)
Penn and Teller Global Warming? Yeah that's Bullshit.
http://tinyurl.com/mofqt5j
Posted by: The Hickster at February 08, 2014 08:43 PM (TI3xG)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 08, 2014 08:44 PM (XyM/Y)
Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at February 08, 2014 08:44 PM (A1Dcl)
Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 08, 2014 08:46 PM (WY8fM)
Posted by: thunderb at February 08, 2014 08:52 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 08, 2014 08:53 PM (HVI5a)
I don't fry things any more -- don't even own any cooking oil. I use a dab of olive oil here and there, for fried eggs and such.
Posted by: GnuBreed at February 08, 2014 08:54 PM (cHZB7)
Posted by: kbdabear at February 08, 2014 08:54 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: RWC at February 08, 2014 08:54 PM (9+w3c)
Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 08, 2014 08:55 PM (WY8fM)
She's like a slice of rotten meat in a Master-Blaster sandwich -- She can kill most men with her breath.
Posted by: GnuBreed at February 08, 2014 08:55 PM (cHZB7)
Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 08, 2014 08:56 PM (WY8fM)
Posted by: RWC at February 08, 2014 08:56 PM (9+w3c)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 08, 2014 08:57 PM (TGgNi)
Posted by: RWC at February 08, 2014 09:00 PM (9+w3c)
Is she someone's daughter or girlfriend or something?
Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at February 09, 2014 12:44 AM (A1Dcl)
They like to promote stories above all else for the olympics. And there's a good chance she might mess up.
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at February 08, 2014 09:00 PM (WdbF7)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at February 08, 2014 09:02 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 08, 2014 09:02 PM (TGgNi)
Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 08, 2014 09:07 PM (WY8fM)
Posted by: RWC at February 08, 2014 09:09 PM (9+w3c)
Even worse, every single person she sent the pics to are also technically guilty of child porn possession, as well as anyone they shared it with. Even if you delete it, it is still in memory.
Posted by: GnuBreed at February 08, 2014 09:10 PM (cHZB7)
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Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 08, 2014 09:14 PM (WY8fM)
A phone call or visit to her parents should have been the end of this. But much like the ZERO TOLERANCE for Pop Tart Guns. The system is fucked.
Posted by: The Hickster at February 08, 2014 09:15 PM (TI3xG)
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Posted by: lindafell at February 08, 2014 09:24 PM (PGO8C)
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Posted by: The Political Hat at February 08, 2014 09:25 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at February 08, 2014 09:26 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: RWC at February 08, 2014 09:27 PM (9+w3c)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 08, 2014 09:27 PM (TGgNi)
http://goldtrail.com/Site%20Pages/The%20McLean%20Brothers.pdf
Here's tune:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EiA6szmldE
Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 09, 2014 12:01 AM (aDwsi)
Interesting, Mike! Some B.C. history I never knew, or maybe forgot completely. I've spent a lot of time in that part of the province, too. Very pretty country. Pine trees and sagebrush. Looks like the Ponderosa ranch on Bonanza.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 08, 2014 09:28 PM (pFqpP)
Posted by: The SWAT Team at February 08, 2014 09:28 PM (sdi6R)
As I was writing I saw that it was likely meant that way. But the over reach into our lives pisses me off so much I still hit post. Maybe I should have added that admission in the original.
Posted by: The Hickster at February 08, 2014 09:30 PM (TI3xG)
Posted by: RWC at February 08, 2014 09:37 PM (9+w3c)
Posted by: The Dude at February 08, 2014 09:41 PM (bStrg)
Posted by: William Henry Harrison at February 08, 2014 09:43 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 08, 2014 09:44 PM (TGgNi)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grey_Fox
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 08, 2014 09:45 PM (pFqpP)
Posted by: lindafell at February 08, 2014 09:46 PM (PGO8C)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at February 08, 2014 09:49 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: RWC at February 08, 2014 09:49 PM (9+w3c)
Posted by: The Gun Hat at February 08, 2014 09:50 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: Smarmy 2 shoes at February 08, 2014 09:50 PM (R6JT1)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at February 08, 2014 09:51 PM (ojnk6)
Kermit Gosnell?
Jerry Sandusky?
Just a couple of worse Pennsylvanians off the top of my head from the last 5 years.
Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at February 08, 2014 09:53 PM (ysUZg)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 08, 2014 09:53 PM (TGgNi)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 08, 2014 09:55 PM (TGgNi)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 08, 2014 09:56 PM (LSDdO)
Posted by: The Meaningless Violence Hat at February 08, 2014 09:56 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: traye at February 08, 2014 09:57 PM (2+2HE)
Posted by: The Laff-A-Hat at February 08, 2014 09:58 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: traye at February 08, 2014 09:59 PM (2+2HE)
Posted by: The Carnivorous Hat at February 08, 2014 09:59 PM (AymDN)
"Back then"?
EYY, back in de olden days things was different. We didn't have all these new fangled things to do and ideas that don't make no sense.
Dag nabit.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 08, 2014 10:00 PM (LSDdO)
I always loved showing ID for cigarettes to the same person who greeted me by name and has asked me 57 times before this to see my ID. It was always nice when they simply asked for my birthdate.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2014 01:44 AM (TGgNi)
I remember vending machines that had smokes?
Posted by: RWC at February 09, 2014 01:49 AM (9+w3c) Hide posts from (9+w3c)
Yeah, I didn't realize that would be a sign of better times....
Posted by: cthulhu at February 08, 2014 10:01 PM (T1005)
Posted by: traye at February 08, 2014 10:04 PM (2+2HE)
Welcome bonus, up for some of the ont. Posted by: traye at February 09, 2014 01:57 AM (2+2HE) Hide posts from (2+2HE)
Did you hit him, or just give him an adrenaline rush?
Posted by: cthulhu at February 08, 2014 10:04 PM (T1005)
Posted by: traye at February 08, 2014 10:06 PM (2+2HE)
More government always equals more use of force. More "do gooders" in government always means more idiotic applications of the use of force.
Every politician should be constantly barraged with: "Who exactly are you planning to Force to do what, and why?"
Posted by: jc at February 08, 2014 10:07 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: RWC at February 08, 2014 10:07 PM (9+w3c)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 08, 2014 10:07 PM (TGgNi)
The object of my hate was the Banana Splits' theme:
http://youtu.be/juJpyUkHPCA
Posted by: Before Capt. Planet, that is, at February 08, 2014 10:08 PM (R6JT1)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at February 08, 2014 10:08 PM (HxSXm)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 08, 2014 10:09 PM (TGgNi)
Posted by: logprof at February 08, 2014 10:12 PM (jQrWf)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at February 08, 2014 10:13 PM (HxSXm)
France they have Kiosks and you find something similar in a lot of other countries too.
Here, some places you can't even use a rest room if you're not a customer. Public restrooms are a disgrace usually and few and far between.
Weird.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 08, 2014 10:14 PM (LSDdO)
RWC: re Costas, HA!! ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 08, 2014 10:14 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: lindafell at February 08, 2014 10:14 PM (PGO8C)
Posted by: traye at February 08, 2014 10:15 PM (2+2HE)
- Popeye's spicy style fried chicken, strips and nuggets
- Classic fried shrimp
- Classic buffalo wings
- Del Taco style crinkle-cut fries
- Hearty fish/chips and stuffed jalapenos
... if I get really good at it, I might even try to make chicken-fried steak some time.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 08, 2014 10:17 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: traye at February 08, 2014 10:18 PM (2+2HE)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 08, 2014 10:18 PM (LSDdO)
Posted by: Spare change for comics, not cough fits at February 08, 2014 10:19 PM (R6JT1)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at February 08, 2014 10:20 PM (HxSXm)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 08, 2014 10:21 PM (TGgNi)
There's actually one -- and a fairly new, clean one at that -- inside of the poker room at Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, CA.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 08, 2014 10:22 PM (HVI5a)
Except for the individual freedom thing, I don't miss the cigarette vending machines since I was never a smoker.
BUT, the removal of beer vending machines from the barracks. That's just wrong
Posted by: PMRich at February 08, 2014 10:22 PM (KDUNf)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 08, 2014 10:24 PM (TGgNi)
The weird thing about Popeye's in SoCal is that *every* location is in a *bad* part of town. On top of that, only about 5% of them are drive-thrus.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 08, 2014 10:24 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at February 08, 2014 10:24 PM (HxSXm)
Posted by: Samuel Adams at February 08, 2014 11:28 PM (cK0tU)
Fuck cancer.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 08, 2014 10:24 PM (xa1/W)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 08, 2014 10:25 PM (TGgNi)
Tasty, and has a strangely familiar old-style soft drink aftertaste as well.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 08, 2014 10:26 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 08, 2014 10:27 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at February 08, 2014 10:27 PM (HxSXm)
Posted by: lindafell at February 08, 2014 10:30 PM (PGO8C)
Posted by: rickl at February 08, 2014 10:30 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: garrett at February 08, 2014 10:31 PM (xh5+S)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 08, 2014 10:31 PM (TGgNi)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at February 08, 2014 10:32 PM (AymDN)
That stuff is shit. Choo know what I sayin, mang?
Posted by: Tony Montana at February 08, 2014 10:32 PM (3P6Lx)
Posted by: JEM at February 08, 2014 10:33 PM (o+SC1)
>> Cig vending
Saw one recently in a restaurant in FL while on vacation. It was so odd to see one that all the adults commented on it, I don't think my daughter or her friend had ever seen one.
Posted by: PMRich at February 08, 2014 10:33 PM (KDUNf)
I live in a place where discharging a firearm of any sort at any hour will likely result in having the Five-Oh nosing around and asking questions.
That said, I wouldn't count on a .177 caliber projectile to reliably put down anything much larger than a squirrel. People have commended to my attention the Aquila low-noise .22 rounds for varmint control, but I haven't tried them yet.
At one point, I read an account from someone who bought a terrier to protect their chicken coop from foxes and whatnot. There were some difficulties before the dog came to understand that his job was to defend the birds, not to eat them, but once he did, his commitment to that was rock solid. They were HIS birds, by damn, and he would lay down his life before he would see so much as a feather ruffled.
Posted by: torquewrench at February 08, 2014 10:35 PM (gqT4g)
France they have Kiosks and you find something similar in a lot of other countries too.
Here, some places you can't even use a rest room if you're not a customer. Public restrooms are a disgrace usually and few and far between.
Weird.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 09, 2014 02:14 AM (LSDdO)
=====
Americans with Disabilities Act ---
a wonderful outdoor toilet was invented. It included a fold-up floor so it was easy to self-clean between uses. It was not big enough for a wheel chair so it was outlawed.
Posted by: jc at February 08, 2014 10:38 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: traye at February 08, 2014 10:38 PM (2+2HE)
Biggest/most successful casino in Southern California. Has a bigger (and IMHO nicer) poker room that most of what i could find in Vegas.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 08, 2014 10:42 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: RWC at February 08, 2014 10:43 PM (9+w3c)
Up until quite recently, and perhaps even now, if you take the factory tour of various luxury German car factories in Deutschland, you will find there are vending machines with beer in them.
I'm actually just fine with that. Officially and aboveboard, fully disclosed.
What troubles me is when companies have unionized factory floor employees quietly and unofficially doing up bong hits and fifths of whiskey in the park across the street at lunchtime, in a firm that has been lavishly bailed out at taxpayer expense, as happened in the USA after 2008.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/mvtza8m
Posted by: torquewrench at February 08, 2014 10:44 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: traye at February 08, 2014 10:45 PM (2+2HE)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 08, 2014 10:46 PM (T1005)
Posted by: rickl at February 08, 2014 10:51 PM (sdi6R)
Alcohol in vending machines? Tell me more of these wonderful things."
The vending machines I was referencing were in military barracks. They started removing those in the mid '80s - afraid that someone under 21 might get exposed to a beer.
It's okay if an 18 y.o. goes to war and gets shot/killed, but by God we can't have them exposed to alcohol at that young age
Posted by: PMRich at February 08, 2014 10:52 PM (KDUNf)
Posted by: How does Lileks make teh Google Maps look so easy? at February 08, 2014 10:52 PM (R6JT1)
Go to the Folsom Street Fair and suck a dick in the middle of the street=okay
Going into an alleyway at night and taking a leak behind a trashcan=pervert
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at February 09, 2014 02:08 AM (HxSXm)
America..fuck yeah!!
Those pics were so revolting.
And I thank zombie and it's brethren for putting them out. Posted by: RWC at February 09, 2014 02:43 AM (9+w3c) Hide posts from (9+w3c)
I'm thankful that she documents it for the world to see.....and that she gets home safely afterward.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 08, 2014 10:53 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Folsom Street Fair Participant at February 08, 2014 10:54 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: logprof at February 08, 2014 10:54 PM (jQrWf)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 08, 2014 10:54 PM (TGgNi)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Japan.
Other things available but yes, booze...
Posted by: weft cut-loop[/i] [/b] at February 08, 2014 10:56 PM (cxs6V)
Posted by: logprof at February 08, 2014 10:57 PM (jQrWf)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 08, 2014 10:58 PM (TGgNi)
Yah the used panties I thought were squicky...
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Stupid Porsche seats ...
Posted by: weft cut-loop[/i] [/b] at February 08, 2014 11:04 PM (cxs6V)
Virus Advances Through East Caribbean
http://tinyurl.com/lshgddw Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2014 02:54 AM (TGgNi) Hide posts from (TGgNi)
More to thank Rachel Carlson for.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 08, 2014 11:05 PM (T1005)
Reagan's first SECNAV, John Lehman, pushed back strongly against that neoprohibitionist crap for a while.
Unfortunately, if the decree from above is to have a mixed-gender force, then it is true that getting alcohol out of the equation reduces a myriad of potential problems.
Young men + young women + ethanol = oh criminy. Whether it's on a university campus or a civilian business or a military base. This is especially true for the military in expeditionary environments or on naval/marine deployments.
Of course, going dry merely diminishes this problem without eliminating it. The recruiting pool of plaster saints continues to be shallow, all efforts to the contrary being without effect.
Posted by: torquewrench at February 08, 2014 11:06 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 08, 2014 11:11 PM (TGgNi)
Posted by: traye at February 08, 2014 11:11 PM (2+2HE)
Welcome to America chicamuygawosggvftssft fever.
I'll probably get that shit. If I do I'm going to find Rachel Carson's grave (I hope she died of malaria) and take a dump on it. Posted by: traye at February 09, 2014 03:11 AM (2+2HE) Hide posts from (2+2HE)
She died of a heart attack after years of fighting metasticizing breast cancer.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 08, 2014 11:15 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 08, 2014 11:16 PM (TGgNi)
As far as running and the crime map;
Even the Minneapolis progressive douchebags are not stupid enough to run in North Minneapolis.
Posted by: rd at February 08, 2014 11:18 PM (D+lxs)
Whole buncha very nasty communicable pathogens are getting the Welcome Wagon in the USA thanks to uncontrolled borders.
Dengue (*) fever. Chagas disease. Drug-resistant TB.
Yay (bacterial and viral) diversity!
* I have met about a dozen people who have had dengue. I have not had the dubious pleasure myself. Of the dozen, three had had malaria either previously or subsequently. All three said that malaria was preferable to dengue.
Posted by: torquewrench at February 08, 2014 11:18 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 08, 2014 11:20 PM (T1005)
Posted by: logprof in '80s mode at February 08, 2014 11:20 PM (jQrWf)
Posted by: traye at February 08, 2014 11:23 PM (2+2HE)
Posted by: Proto-Alien face huggers underfoot at February 08, 2014 11:23 PM (R6JT1)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 08, 2014 11:24 PM (TGgNi)
Whole buncha very nasty communicable pathogens are getting the Welcome Wagon in the USA thanks to uncontrolled borders.
Dengue (*) fever. Chagas disease. Drug-resistant TB.
Yay (bacterial and viral) diversity!
* I have met about a dozen people who have had dengue. I have not had the dubious pleasure myself. Of the dozen, three had had malaria either previously or subsequently. All three said that malaria was preferable to dengue.
Posted by: torquewrench at February 09, 2014 03:18 AM (gqT4g) Hide posts from (gqT4g)
One of the stories that the BH really loves to retell is when we did our trip to Fiji. I'd been going round-and-round about malaria prevention, and how the varieties of malaria found in various island chains showed Fiji to be reasonable in terms of risk. Then we went there and started on the island of Kandavu, then went to the big island (where the international airport and capital city are) and drove around....and we pulled into this town on the big highway and there's a banner across the road about "Dengue Awareness Week". Evidently, I went white as a sheet.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 08, 2014 11:25 PM (T1005)
Posted by: The Dude at February 08, 2014 11:26 PM (bStrg)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 08, 2014 11:26 PM (TGgNi)
Posted by: logprof at February 08, 2014 11:26 PM (jQrWf)
It is not just open borders, it is also globalization. Cargo container ships going to all points of the globe, Airlines, etc.
The funny thing is, the more quickly we can travel between places, it allows nastier and nastier things to spread quickly before burning themselves out.
Take that and the rise of antibiotic resistant strains popping up, things could get more interesting.
Although I have seen some interesting articles on alternatives to traditional antibiotics. Hopefully we will have something like it before we end up with something on the scale of the Spanish Flu.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2014 03:24 AM (TGgNi) Hide posts from (TGgNi)
People don't realize that between WWI and the Spanish Flu (which happened at pretty much the same time), more people were killed by the flu.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 08, 2014 11:28 PM (T1005)
Posted by: traye at February 08, 2014 11:29 PM (2+2HE)
Wow. I still can't forget the you-have-got-to-be-shitting-me moment when someone first told me that bedbugs were back.
Bedbugs? Really? Things are that low and primitive again?
Well, apparently so.
My plan is to drill holes in the ceilings of hotel rooms, insert molly bolts, and suspend my luggage in midair on insecticide-soaked electrified straps. Still working on the legions of attack geckoes with laser beams.
Posted by: torquewrench at February 08, 2014 11:30 PM (gqT4g)
Yeah, the bedbug thing is insane. What kills me is people still look at me funny when the first thing I do when I check in at a hotel is leave my bags outside and then start checking the bedding and bed frame.
People are oblivious.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2014 03:26 AM (TGgNi) Hide posts from (TGgNi)
Before I go through the effort of typing it -- does anyone not know the story of "the bedbug letter"?
Posted by: cthulhu at February 08, 2014 11:31 PM (T1005)
Posted by: The Ecological Hat at February 08, 2014 11:31 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at February 08, 2014 11:32 PM (HxSXm)
Posted by: traye at February 08, 2014 11:33 PM (2+2HE)
Posted by: Joe's Apartment knows at February 08, 2014 11:34 PM (R6JT1)
Posted by: logprof at February 08, 2014 11:34 PM (jQrWf)
It would be interesting to see if we got back any of the freedoms we've lost since I was a lad. I was born in 1962 -- in the sixties, the shit we put up today was featured in scare-stories about the USSR.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 08, 2014 11:35 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 08, 2014 11:37 PM (TGgNi)
Posted by: The Inebriated Hat at February 08, 2014 11:38 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: torquewrench at February 09, 2014 03:30 AM (gqT4g)
--When I was in India ('01), one of the Italian tourists called the gecko "the tourist's best friend." Years later ('09), when I was in Thailand, those geckos scared the shit out of me with their chirping and scurrying around the walls and ceiling, but I nevertheless took comfort that they would be scarfing up mosquitoes in my room. Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2014 03:34 AM (jQrWf) Hide posts from (jQrWf)
On Taveuni, particularly, we'd get back to the room, open the door and turn the light on, and you'd hear a whole bunch of thumps and scurries as the startled geckos fell off the ceiling and hid. Every so often there'd be one that sounded as big as a chicken and we'd be thinking, "how can something that big hide in this room?" -- but it was probably because it fell on something resonant.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 08, 2014 11:39 PM (T1005)
Heh. I had to look it up. Fairly standard customer service boilerplate. I usually do not complain about something like this (unless it is particularly disgusting or egregious), I just do not go to that place or buy that product again. Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2014 03:37 AM (TGgNi) Hide posts from (TGgNi)
I probably tell it better, but it is late to be putting that much effort into something.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 08, 2014 11:41 PM (T1005)
>>but it was probably because it fell on something resonant.
Just keep telling yourself that and you won't even worry about them anymore
Posted by: PMRich at February 08, 2014 11:41 PM (KDUNf)
Posted by: traye at February 08, 2014 11:43 PM (2+2HE)
80's. It would be interesting to see what would happen now if the
drinking age were dropped down to 18.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at February 09, 2014 03:32 AM (HxSXm)
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It would be interesting to see if we got back any of the freedoms we've lost since I was a lad. I was born in 1962 -- in the sixties, the shit we put up today was featured in scare-stories about the USSR.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 09, 2014 03:35 AM (T1005) Hide posts from (T1005)
Incidentally, I was born in the US on the 45th anniversary of the Glorious October Revolution in Russia. I've now spent 51 years as a frog in slowly heating water.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 08, 2014 11:44 PM (T1005)
Posted by: logprof at February 08, 2014 11:44 PM (jQrWf)
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Posted by: logprof at February 08, 2014 11:48 PM (jQrWf)
The biggest ones we actually saw at any time were maybe 9" tip-to-tail, and no bigger around than the neck of a beer bottle. The biggest ones that we saw in our room were no more than maybe 6". IIRC, the biggest ones were light in color, the merely big ones were dark, and the 4" jobbers were brown.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 08, 2014 11:49 PM (T1005)
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Posted by: and irresolute at February 08, 2014 11:51 PM (RqHWH)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 09, 2014 03:39 AM (T1005)
--I thought the gecko in my room one night in Chiang Rai was a bat. They could move from room to room because the transoms were open for the hot/dry season. All told, they're magnificent animals and do good work. Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2014 03:48 AM (jQrWf) Hide posts from (jQrWf)
Hell, they could have come out and said "hi". The only thing that would make them more perfect in my eyes is if they had to be on the ground to shit.
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Posted by: logprof at February 08, 2014 11:58 PM (jQrWf)
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Posted by: logprof, not contact high at February 09, 2014 12:00 AM (jQrWf)
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Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2014 12:03 AM (jQrWf)
Actually, he looks like a gecko-ized American anole ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anole ). Then, again, he represents a company that started out as the Government Employee Insurance COmpany.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 09, 2014 12:04 AM (T1005)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at February 09, 2014 12:04 AM (mf1UN)
Posted by: traye at February 09, 2014 12:04 AM (2+2HE)
I can't recall from the distance of years whether it had been geckoes or anoles or just what, but it was something of a shock when I said WTF IS THIS HIGH PITCHED NOISE IN THE DARK IN MY ROOM, and it turned out to be something lizardy.
Actually I'm completely fine with that so long as they eat bugs, and plenty of bugs, and I would invite them in to continue that good work. But for someone who came from a world where lizards were resolutely silent, to have them suddenly emitting loud resonant birdcall sounds at 0330 was indeed alarming.
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Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at February 09, 2014 12:13 AM (mf1UN)
Posted by: and irresolute at February 09, 2014 04:07 AM (RqHWH)
I went more classical this time, stuff from Falcom, Fire Emblem Awakening, Chrono Cross and some Final Fantasy music. Would have gone full blown Falcom but didn't think it would have been prudent in collecting a range of my favorite stuff
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kept it at original pieces as though licensed can work quite well with stuff, I prefer stuff I hadn't listened to before hearing it in the game or OST
Posted by: The Dude at February 09, 2014 12:19 AM (bStrg)
That was another rude awakenening.
I had come up in a world in which chickens were resolutely vegetarian and pacifist. In that they were confined to fenced coops and runs where there wasn't anything to eat but for vegetarian chicken feed in profusion.
When the girls got out to where there were snails and slugs and bugs and skinks and the occasional luckless field mouse? To compete over? Holy moly. T-rex in miniature.
Posted by: torquewrench at February 09, 2014 12:21 AM (gqT4g)
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Posted by: Muggle Liberation Front at February 09, 2014 12:35 AM (AymDN)
If you believe in killing a baby, bring that argument to the table but don't "mass of cells" me.
Posted by: traye at February 09, 2014 03:59 AM (2+2HE)
--Believing in a Flying Spaghetti Monster in the Sky is no more absurd than believing that a magical line in the birth canal defines life, or that a sperm recipient decides who is alive or not. Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2014 04:03 AM (jQrWf) Hide posts from (jQrWf)
The whole abortion argument is headed toward a complete implosion from both sides. You have to go a bit science-fiction-y to see how, but it gets to be less and less of a stretch as the years go by.
Just about everyone, no matter how depraved, is appalled by infanticide (although the Greeks seemingly had no problem with a 10-day "returns" policy -- where if you didn't like the halt or lame infant the gods deposited in your care, you could leave it on a rock for them to take back. A huge majority of people think that viable fetuses should become infants. A significant majority believe that forcing a woman to carry a week-old conceived embryo to term constitutes "involuntary servitude". You could slice things more finely (implantation in the uterus, development of certain features) -- but the broad outlines are there.
Now extrapolate all these things past normal endpoints....an embryo becomes a fetus at about 9 weeks -- about 1.2 inches long, recognizable as human, containing pretty much all the major organs (though many distributed oddly and nonfunctional). What if a 9-week (or older) fetus could become an infant for $1000 without the mother?
Nearly everything in the current abortion debate goes nutso at that point. People are mostly adverse to killing viable fetuses....so abortion goes out the window, but people are also averse to enslaving women.....does the state get 'em? Do NGOs? And -- here's where it gets really fun -- if the now-viable fetus is retained by the State, a church, an NGO, whatever -- do they now have an 18-year claim against both biological parents for child support against an investment of $1000 for a live birth?
Clearly, we're not going to hit this bizarro world of wall-to-wall of contradictions next week, but that is the direction that we're headed......verrrryyy slooowwwllly. When will the cracks begin to show?
Posted by: cthulhu at February 09, 2014 12:36 AM (T1005)
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Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2014 12:43 AM (TGgNi)
This figures into my 4:36 above. What is the worth of a life? Since everything that has a worth has a cost -- who shall bear it? The left has been getting away with doubletalk on this for way too long.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 09, 2014 12:44 AM (T1005)
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when the plumbers bend down to look under the sink.
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Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2014 12:53 AM (jQrWf)
Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2014 12:54 AM (jQrWf)
Interesting thought. It kind of strikes me as hopeful. Troubling that it does not absolve us of the moral loggerhead we find ourselves at.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 09, 2014 04:43 AM (TGgNi) Hide posts from (TGgNi)
Thank you. I have to say, I have a deep sympathy for a conservative outlook on abortion, including ones that come from a principled religious conviction, but I have a tough time asserting the rights of a group of undifferentiated cells over those of a living, breathing, thinking -- except for the time she chugged some drinks and jumped in the sack with a schmo -- human being. I don't think a legal right to life is going back to conception and, frankly, I don't believe it should. The moral loggerhead will still trouble many.
Kratos and I have been playing with thought experiments related to another couple of (currently-fictional) devices. What if you had a DNA synthesizer that could take a specification and write an entire set of DNA from it, and some universal embryo that could accept that DNA and bring it to term when implanted in an appropriate womb? It's too late at night to talk about some of the things we've explored, but as a kernel for brainstorming it's like the Energizer Bunny.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 09, 2014 12:59 AM (T1005)
Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2014 01:05 AM (jQrWf)
Kratos and I have been playing with thought experiments related to another couple of (currently-fictional) devices. What if you had a DNA synthesizer that could take a specification and write an entire set of DNA from it, and some universal embryo that could accept that DNA and bring it to term when implanted in an appropriate womb? It's too late at night to talk about some of the things we've explored, but as a kernel for brainstorming it's like the Energizer Bunny.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 09, 2014 04:59 AM (T1005)
--That smacks of monoculture. A set-up for wiping out humanity. Irish potato famine. Okay, I'm exaggerating a bit . . . Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2014 05:05 AM (jQrWf) Hide posts from (jQrWf)
Quite the contrary. Wouldn't the first few things run through the devices be every Thylacine that could be sequenced? Mammoths? Passenger pigeons? Dodos?
Posted by: cthulhu at February 09, 2014 01:09 AM (T1005)
Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2014 01:11 AM (jQrWf)
Doesn't the commerce clause actually reserve the right to regulate interstate trade to the Fed? Apparently it's evolved so far that it allows Obamacare these days. Here I thought it was to prevent customs and blockades between the states.
Posted by: bestie21 at February 09, 2014 01:14 AM (AzO5R)
--Don't go there, cthulhu. That's a straw man position leftards occupy. I'm pro-life but also 10th Amendment, and as a political principle I can easily envision 1st trimester exceptions . . . but science is pushing the frontier of viability ever earlier. In any event, the goal is to discourage abortions and defend life, not proscribe abortions and enforce childbirth by fiat 0bama-style. Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2014 05:11 AM (jQrWf) Hide posts from (jQrWf)
That was exactly the position I was talking about -- there is an issue of religious faith where life begins at conception; there is a moral principle that life should be cherished while viable, and there is a timetable that chronicles the narrowing valley between the two. To illustrate my point, I chose the transition from embryo to fetus (9th week) because things will go bizarro before then....but if someone insists on going farther (just for giggles, 2nd week) you're talking nearly pure theology.
Which is why I mentioned the other set of thought-experiments. What if you sequenced a guy and sequenced a gal, then used some algorithm to create a composite DNA, stuck it in a Universal Embryo, and raised it to term. Should the original guy and gal have to pay child support?
Posted by: cthulhu at February 09, 2014 01:20 AM (T1005)
Posted by: fluffy at February 09, 2014 01:20 AM (Ua6T/)
Doesn't the commerce clause actually reserve the right to regulate interstate trade to the Fed? Apparently it's evolved so far that it allows Obamacare these days. Here I thought it was to prevent customs and blockades between the states.
Posted by: bestie21 at February 09, 2014 05:14 AM (AzO5R) Hide posts from (AzO5R)
Ugggh. I can't wait to get out of this state -- I just wish I could bring the climate and scenery with me.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 09, 2014 01:25 AM (T1005)
Come on, Lazy Bones! Time for a walk. Not so bad, 12F at the trail side. Posted by: fluffy at February 09, 2014 05:20 AM (Ua6T/) Hide posts from (Ua6T/)
I've never even seen snow fall. You have no idea how bad the brain rot in government has to be to where I find 12F appealing.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 09, 2014 01:27 AM (T1005)
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some experiences are not what you imagine them to be.
Posted by: jc at February 09, 2014 01:30 AM (PlzOe)
Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2014 01:31 AM (jQrWf)
Speed the day.
I have long been an ardent advocate for forcing people to follow, with absolutely unflinching Procrustean rigor, the beliefs they publicly profess.
Here in the greater San Francisco area, the predominant belief system includes radical restorationist environmentalism. So be it.
Up in the northeastern part of the Bay Area, there is a "Grizzly Peak" district, once inhabited by actual grizzly bears, now inhabited by suburban liberal yuppie environmentalists. Let's return the grizzlies to their historic range and see what happens then.
:::: reaching for popcorn :::
Posted by: torquewrench at February 09, 2014 01:31 AM (gqT4g)
Ugggh. I can't wait to get out of this state -- I just wish I could bring the climate and scenery with me.
... and the humane eggs.
How do CA Emission standards work. I mean that's interstate regulation too. Need to do some reading I guess.
Posted by: bestie21 at February 09, 2014 01:31 AM (AzO5R)
If this is the same Avery Brewing I am thinking of, out of Colorado, their work is very much appreciated here.
Posted by: torquewrench at February 09, 2014 01:33 AM (gqT4g)
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Posted by: cthulhu at February 09, 2014 05:20 AM (T1005)
--Okay, do you mean getting that embryonic DNA from aforementioned guy and gal? What is a Universal Embryo? (That is where I think Irish Potato Famine.) This 10.2% beer is hitting hard. Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2014 05:31 AM (jQrWf) Hide posts from (jQrWf)
This is referring to part of a longstanding discussion with Kratos that I described above. Imagine that you have a perfect DNA synthesizer that can take any sequence from any source -- previous sequences, reconstructed sequences, totally computer-generated sequences -- and output functioning chromosomes. Then you have Universal Embryos where you can implant that DNA and have it grow to term -- if you want a mammoth, you pop it in an elephant.
What happens next?
Posted by: cthulhu at February 09, 2014 01:47 AM (T1005)
Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2014 01:57 AM (jQrWf)
Speed the day.
I have long been an ardent advocate for forcing people to follow, with absolutely unflinching Procrustean rigor, the beliefs they publicly profess.
Here in the greater San Francisco area, the predominant belief system includes radical restorationist environmentalism. So be it.
Up in the northeastern part of the Bay Area, there is a "Grizzly Peak" district, once inhabited by actual grizzly bears, now inhabited by suburban liberal yuppie environmentalists. Let's return the grizzlies to their historic range and see what happens then.
:::: reaching for popcorn :::
Posted by: torquewrench at February 09, 2014 05:31 AM (gqT4g) Hide posts from (gqT4g)
You're local?
Anyway, what happens when "extinction" doesn't matter? "We've sequenced all 22 California condors and can bring 'em back whenever." (for those not in on this -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Condor -- on Easter 1987 there were 22 of these birds in the world. There are now about 435.)
If the genetic wonder-gizmos postulated really existed, there would have been a potential "breeding population" of far more than 22 condors. Any stuffed and mounted bird could be sequenced, and there may have been some preserved specimens as well. Someone could have run some improbable "matings" through the synthesizer to increase genetic diversity. The 435 around today could be a much hardier population.
But once you had the 22 in the database, what's the hurry to restore the population at all?
Posted by: cthulhu at February 09, 2014 01:59 AM (T1005)
Ugggh. I can't wait to get out of this state -- I just wish I could bring the climate and scenery with me.
... and the humane eggs.
How do CA Emission standards work. I mean that's interstate regulation too. Need to do some reading I guess.
Posted by: bestie21 at February 09, 2014 05:31 AM (AzO5R) Hide posts from (AzO5R)
Fuck the humane eggs.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 09, 2014 02:01 AM (T1005)
Posted by: torquewrench at February 09, 2014 05:33 AM (gqT4g)
--Yes, it is. I am in Denver for "work" and found it in a cooler. My only gripe is having to smash the cap off since I did not bring along a bottle opener. Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2014 05:40 AM (jQrWf) Hide posts from (jQrWf)
I've had considerable success prying bottle caps off with house keys.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 09, 2014 02:03 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Dr. Bokanovski at February 09, 2014 02:05 AM (jQrWf)
What happens next?
Posted by: cthulhu at February 09, 2014 05:47 AM (T1005)
--Ah, so you are not even just limiting to Homo sapiens? Well, for non-humans, so what? It's when you get into beings --humans-- who can understand their origins that you get into ethical quicksand, and rightfully so. Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2014 05:57 AM (jQrWf) Hide posts from (jQrWf)
There's a reason that the thought experiments run in parallel on different tracks -- abortion collides with moral and religious sentiment that is about to hit a practical wall. Environmentalism collides with sentimentalism that is about to hit another practical wall.
And, for the latter, it's a particularly hilarious wall. Take, again, the California condor, that got down to a population of 22. Let's say you got DNA sequences from all of those and from another dozen dead specimens, and you can do a Universal Embryo run and have chickens hatch all of 'em along with a dozen synthetics. Why spend the money on a species survival plan? Why so much worry over the 22 live ones? Why not wait for some demand for birds and and just synthesize them when needed?
Posted by: cthulhu at February 09, 2014 02:17 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Cato at February 09, 2014 02:21 AM (J+mig)
Posted by: mallfly at February 08, 2014 11:01 PM (zjcTL)
It will work because there are plenty of people willing to stare at the south end of a north-bound mule for days on end in order to get those fields plowed. Perfectly willing to do so because comrade-with-the-rifle told them how much fun it would be!
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Wrathful Grapes and Contemptuous Celery in the Produce Department! at February 09, 2014 02:22 AM (gmoEG)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 09, 2014 05:59 AM (T1005)
I'll field all questions. Posted by: Dr. Bokanovski at February 09, 2014 06:05 AM (jQrWf) Hide posts from (jQrWf)
Through most of the 20th Century, all the dystopian literature was about making us all the same.....and, yet, the greater threat was to make us all different in some huge database.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 09, 2014 02:23 AM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 09, 2014 02:28 AM (T1005)
People keep putting their money in hoping and a praying.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 09, 2014 02:28 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 09, 2014 02:28 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2014 02:28 AM (jQrWf)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 09, 2014 02:29 AM (T1005)
I distinctly remember in the contract that no redeeming my soul to Hell until an aircar becomes available.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 09, 2014 02:30 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 09, 2014 02:31 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2014 02:32 AM (jQrWf)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 09, 2014 06:17 AM (T1005)
--I see your point now. Personally, I'd rather have nature take her course and let the birds breed and disperse naturally. But I can also recognize that some of the doom-and-gloom scientists are overly OCD over species when we can replace them, versus being prissy about technology and trying to save every last living animal strain. Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2014 06:28 AM (jQrWf) Hide posts from (jQrWf)
What if we can save every last living animal strain.....but not in living animals? What if it gets to: "you want Passenger Pigeons? You got $1.3B? .....or would you rather expand welfare by $1.3B?"
Posted by: cthulhu at February 09, 2014 02:33 AM (T1005)
Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2014 02:35 AM (jQrWf)
They keep track of that shit and if it ever happens, you're getting a knock on your door (or a puff of smoke, depends whose on duty and if they're old school or not, and it ain't gonna be the Jehovah's Witnesses either.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 09, 2014 02:35 AM (LSDdO)
Evolution depends on the failures being weeded out. Yet we see all the time extravagant efforts made to thwart the natural removal of species that no longer can maintain their numbers in the face of changing circumstances.
Funny that.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 09, 2014 02:39 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2014 02:39 AM (jQrWf)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 09, 2014 06:33 AM (T1005)
--Fine by me. Democrats would not abide at all, however. Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2014 06:35 AM (jQrWf) Hide posts from (jQrWf)
Which kind of gets back to the original premise.......we know that Dem policies lead to bad ends, but they're all fixated on fucking the GOP in the next election.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 09, 2014 02:40 AM (T1005)
The signal to noise ratio seems to be quite high this early am.
That's the main thing that drove me out of usenet; the signal got almost totally lost.
Posted by: GnuBreed at February 09, 2014 02:42 AM (cHZB7)
Then an entirely new ethos will have to evolve to deal with that.
And the battle will be bitter; make no mistake.
Posted by: GnuBreed at February 09, 2014 02:47 AM (cHZB7)
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Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 09, 2014 02:50 AM (00E+O)
Posted by: logprof at February 09, 2014 02:54 AM (jQrWf)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 09, 2014 02:55 AM (T1005)
Posted by: panzernashorn at February 09, 2014 03:02 AM (MhA4j)
Beer vending machines in barracks were not uncommon at all back in the day.
Charleston had them back in must have been around 1980 or so.
.50 a can if I remember right.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 09, 2014 03:08 AM (DHj6D)
Posted by: AnnaS at February 09, 2014 03:12 AM (ETWo2)
http://www.city-journal.org/2014/24_1_state-tax-grab.html
Posted by: GnuBreed at February 09, 2014 03:13 AM (cHZB7)
Posted by: GnuBreed at February 09, 2014 03:17 AM (cHZB7)
July 2012:
A Dorchester state representative was arrested this morning on domestic assault charges after an altercation with a woman as they were driving near a Northeastern University dormitory, Boston police said.
Representative Carlos Henriquez was arrested at about 4:30 a.m. on charges of domestic assault and battery and domestic kidnapping, said Boston Police Officer James Kenneally, a department spokesman.
Kenneally said that Henriquez and the woman began arguing after she asked him to drive her home, and that Henriquez attacked her. The woman jumped out of the car and flagged down a Northeastern University police officer in the area of 21 Forsyth St., police said.
The unidentified woman told officers that Henriquez punched her while they were in the car, according to authorities. She received medical attention at the scene, but was not taken to a hospital, Kenneally said.
Flash forward:
The NAACP, New England Area Conference (NEAC), respectfully requests that the Massachusetts House of Representatives abstain from voting in the matter of the expulsion of Representative Carlos Henriquez, expected to come before the House today. In the alternative, Members of the House are asked to vote against the expulsion of their colleague.
There are two basis on which NEAC makes the request. Firstly, the matter of expulsion is premature since Representative HenriquezÂ’s case is under appeal. The House of Representatives must respect the Massachusetts judicial process and let Representative HenriquezÂ’s case before the Appeals Court proceed, without jumping to judgment before the appellate decision is rendered.
Secondly, while NEAC respects the juryÂ’s decision, there is currently no rule for expulsion that applies to misdemeanor convictions. Representative Henriquez was duly elected by the electorate and there is no legal basis upon which the House of Representatives can properly act.
Delaying any decision on the House Ethics CommitteeÂ’s recommendation at this time would allow for a fair process to take place, as required under the law. Reasonable citizens of the Commonwealth respect the decision of a just jury trial and they also expect a fair and reasoned decision by the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
Â… who knew that the NAACP supports the War On Women
The result:
The Massachusetts House voted today to expel Representative Carlos Henriquez, a Dorchester Democrat who had been convicted on two counts of misdemeanor assault in a July 2012 attack on a woman he knew.
The House voted, 146-5, after about an hour and a half of debate that included Henriquez taking the floor to declare his innocence.
“The truth always remains the same. The truth is, I never touched my accuser in any way, at any point in time, that would result in harm or injury,” he said in remarks that lasted about six minutes. “Although a jury found me guilty … it does not change my truth.”
... "Fake but accurate" is now replaced with "my truth."
Posted by: Frankie Goes To Boston at February 09, 2014 03:19 AM (e8kgV)
We need a My Cousin Vinny court scene.
One where the Jury reads the verdict,and ends the reading with "And we the Jury have determined that your "truth" is bullshit".
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 09, 2014 03:36 AM (DHj6D)
Posted by: panzernashorn at February 09, 2014 03:50 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: panzernashorn at February 09, 2014 03:54 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: panzernashorn at February 09, 2014 03:55 AM (MhA4j)
Age 13.
25 cents for Lucky Strikes or Camels
27 cents in Machine. 30 cents for Marlboro.
Now, get the hell off my lawn
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at February 09, 2014 05:47 AM (TPimP)
Charles Manson as worst Ohioan ever?
In 1975, James Ruppert of Hamilton, Ohio killed 11 people in 5 minutes, most of them children. This is probably more murders than the Manson Family as a whole committed during their entire misbegotten history.
Oh, and the murders took place in Ohio, not California.
On Easter Sunday.
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