May 19, 2010
— LauraW Starts getting good at around 1:30.
An innocent topiary was harmed during the filming of this natural event.
Recall the state of technology in the US a few hundred years ago; can you imagine being a plains Indian during something like this? What did people do, besides hunker under their collapsed teepees and take a beating?
This is why houses are awesome.
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LauraW, you know that Gaia wouldn't ever harm the peaceful, Earth-worshiping Indians by sending them hailstorms. The only storms they would get are storms of love.
Why, the hailstorms and other environmental disasters we get today are Gaia's way of trying to get us to stop using fossil fuels and use solar energy.
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 19, 2010 06:54 AM (9hSKh)
Posted by: schnappsdagon at May 19, 2010 06:55 AM (4WbTI)
True story:
I was on a Boy Scout 14 day hiking trip in the mountains of northern NM when I was a kid and got caught out in a bad hailstorm. We had to crawl up under some pine trees that had branches all the way down near the ground in order to not get our asses beaten down. And even then the occasional stray stone would get through the branches untouched. It was a pretty cool adventure for a 15 year old, but I doubt that I'd enjoy it now.
Posted by: pendejo grande at May 19, 2010 06:55 AM (JHZ+N)
Recall the state of technology in the US a few hundred years ago; can you imagine being a plains Indian during something like this? What did people do, besides hunker under their collapsed teepees and take a beating?
What? are you saying the indians way of life was in some way inferior to Western technology and culture?
Posted by: Ben at May 19, 2010 06:56 AM (wuv1c)
THEN, a snow plow came by and plowed the stuff off the road.
Must happen pretty often up there, to have a snow plow ready to plow a road in AUGUST!
Posted by: Kemp at May 19, 2010 06:57 AM (2+9Yx)
Posted by: OU_Gryphon at May 19, 2010 06:57 AM (0CQ9B)
This is why I don't go outside. Outside tries to kill me.
Posted by: alexthechick at May 19, 2010 06:58 AM (8WZWv)
they found this footage in a camera next the the bruised and bloody corpses of the home owners.
Gaia-1
People - 0
Posted by: Ben at May 19, 2010 06:59 AM (wuv1c)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 19, 2010 07:02 AM (eNxMU)
Posted by: ed davis at May 19, 2010 07:02 AM (nBE5A)
I was in Bowling Green KY in '96 or '97 when hail storm with golf ball sized hailstones hit.
Every car in every car lot was totaled. It looked like God shot the entire town with a gigantic quadruple naught shotgun.
Posted by: Ed Anger at May 19, 2010 07:02 AM (7+pP9)
Posted by: texasmamma at May 19, 2010 07:02 AM (4L69q)
and the entry you're looking for is ...
Roopkund, India
which is famous for a skeleton lake ...
Posted by: Adriane at May 19, 2010 07:03 AM (mXBw3)
Posted by: frantic caller at May 19, 2010 07:03 AM (4WbTI)
Videography 101- slow down. You're trying to let people get a look.
Posted by: nickless at May 19, 2010 07:04 AM (MMC8r)
Probably would have been time for a new one afterward though...
Posted by: ThomasD at May 19, 2010 07:04 AM (21H5U)
What did people do back then??? Yes they took a heavy damn beating. In some cases it probably killed them.
There is a reason that the life expectancy of people in those days was a lot lower than it is now and not all of that is due to advances in medicle technology.
Posted by: Vic at May 19, 2010 07:04 AM (6taRI)
That damn global warming.
Posted by: Filly at May 19, 2010 07:05 AM (dSJW9)
Posted by: texasmamma at May 19, 2010 11:02 AM (4L69q)
The last time I heard "oh my god" that many times was my last encounter with the ex. IYKWIMAITYD...
Posted by: conscious, but incoherent at May 19, 2010 07:07 AM (YVZlY)
YAY!!!! WE FINALLY HAVE AN ECONOMIC RECOVERY!!!!!!
Mortgage Foreclosures Hit Record as Job Losses Strain Budgets
May 19 (Bloomberg) -- A record share of U.S. mortgages were in foreclosure in the first quarter as job losses caused homebuyers to fall behind on monthly payments, thwarting government efforts to stem property seizures.
The inventory of homes in foreclosure rose to 4.63 percent from 4.58 percent in the fourth quarter, the Mortgage Bankers Association said in a report today. The combined share of foreclosures and mortgage delinquencies was 14 percent, or about one in every seven U.S. mortgages.
Posted by: Ed Anger at May 19, 2010 07:10 AM (7+pP9)
Posted by: Have Blue at May 19, 2010 07:10 AM (mV+es)
Every car in every car lot was totaled.
There was a storm like here in the mid-80's. I know someone who got an amazing deal on some cars because he was able to do the repair work himself.
Posted by: alexthechick at May 19, 2010 07:11 AM (8WZWv)
WASHINGTON – The number of homeowners who missed at least one mortgage payment surged to a record in the first quarter of the year, a sign that the foreclosure crisis is far from over.
Posted by: damian at May 19, 2010 07:12 AM (4WbTI)
Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at May 19, 2010 07:13 AM (HaYO4)
Posted by: joe buzz at May 19, 2010 07:15 AM (jbXDH)
You wouldn't be playing your X-Box or cooking with electric for a long time, that's for sure.
Gaia is a cruel bitch.
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 19, 2010 07:15 AM (9hSKh)
I was in Bowling Green KY in '96 or '97 when hail storm with golf ball sized hailstones hit..
Golf ball size is good, but the real fun is when you start getting to baseball size.
Posted by: Abby Adams at May 19, 2010 07:15 AM (pLTLS)
The combined share of foreclosures and mortgage delinquencies was 14 percent, or about one in every seven U.S. mortgages.
Also in an attempt by the Obama Administration to make stocks more affordable the Dow is down another 111 points today.
Posted by: robtr at May 19, 2010 07:15 AM (fwSHf)
Posted by: ed davis at May 19, 2010 07:17 AM (nBE5A)
Posted by: Fritz at May 19, 2010 07:17 AM (GwPRU)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 19, 2010 07:17 AM (foPGG)
Posted by: Ben at May 19, 2010 07:19 AM (wuv1c)
Posted by: angler at May 19, 2010 07:20 AM (SwjAj)
Posted by: FreakyBoy at May 19, 2010 07:20 AM (uKraB)
Posted by: DJIA at May 19, 2010 07:22 AM (RD7QR)
Those hailstorms and tornadoes destroy entire trailerparks and do tens of dollars of damage to Oklahoma every year.
Posted by: Dang Straights at May 19, 2010 07:22 AM (fx8sm)
Posted by: Dick Blumenthal at May 19, 2010 07:22 AM (7VvJB)
Posted by: Osama bin Laden at May 19, 2010 07:23 AM (i3AsK)
Posted by: Ben at May 19, 2010 07:23 AM (wuv1c)
Posted by: BB at May 19, 2010 07:24 AM (qF8q3)
Posted by: dammit i want the link to hal's 2012 vieo to work already at May 19, 2010 07:24 AM (nBE5A)
Reuters) - Demand for loans to buy U.S. homes shriveled to a 13-year low last week, following the expiration of federal tax credits, while near-record low mortgage rates stoked refinancing, the Mortgage Bankers Association said on Wednesday.
Posted by: damian at May 19, 2010 07:25 AM (4WbTI)
And wymen's skimpy clothing, which obviously cause both Boobquakes and Breaststorms.
Posted by: Iranian scholar at May 19, 2010 07:27 AM (9hSKh)
Posted by: maddogg at May 19, 2010 07:28 AM (OlN4e)
Posted by: OU_Gryphon
It's hard because he had a house, not a tepee. Read post #2.
Posted by: Blue Hen at May 19, 2010 07:29 AM (R2fpr)
Civilization (with its evil Gaia-raping agriculture other technology) is how we keep Nature from killing us.
Civilization is awesome.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at May 19, 2010 07:30 AM (mR7mk)
Posted by: maddogg
No, but I guess that the only way it could hurt more is if you were one of the guys tht pushed for a no-helmet law
Posted by: Blue Hen at May 19, 2010 07:30 AM (R2fpr)
dear lord.
just about every news site has the "It's an Anti-Incumbent Year" tag line today.
I like Jay Cost's article about how its clearly not Anti Incumbent. It is anti democrat, and left leaning republican
Posted by: Ben at May 19, 2010 07:30 AM (wuv1c)
In addition to that, they probably had a feast afterward as they quickly scoured the countryside for animals bonked on the head from hailstones.
Posted by: crosspatch at May 19, 2010 07:31 AM (ZbLJZ)
She's punishing man for the abuse of the earth.
Posted by: pajama momma at May 19, 2010 07:31 AM (fo4Wl)
Speaking of cocktails, "You Only Live Twice" was on the other day and in it Bond is served a vodka martini "stirred, not shaken", which he pronounces as perfect, even though he's a "shaken, not stirred" man. Odd.
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 19, 2010 07:32 AM (u+34p)
There is a reason that the life expectancy of people in those days was a lot lower than it is now and not all of that is due to advances in medicle technology.
Civilization (with its evil Gaia-raping agriculture other technology) is how we keep Nature from killing us.
Civilization is awesome.
Oh, so Mother Nature needs a favor? Well, maybe she should have thought of that when she was besetting us with droughts and floods and poison monkeys. Nature started the fight for survival and now she wants to quit because she's losing? Well, I say "hard cheese"!
Posted by: Ben at May 19, 2010 07:33 AM (wuv1c)
I was in Bowling Green KY in '96 or '97 when hail storm with golf ball sized hailstones hit..
Golf ball size is good, but the real fun is when you start getting to baseball size.
Posted by: Abby Adams at May 19, 2010 11:15 AM (pLTLS)
Thank God those kind of storms are very rare.Posted by: Ed Anger at May 19, 2010 07:33 AM (7+pP9)
Don't you know that hailstorms are a consequence of man-caused climate change? They didn't exist when the Indians ruled North America.
This place was Shangri-La until the Europeans showed up with their "wheel."
Posted by: Michael Rittenhouse at May 19, 2010 07:33 AM (b+X6h)
In addition to that, they probably had a feast afterward as they quickly scoured the countryside for animals bonked on the head from hailstones.
Posted by: crosspatch
I haven't had much experience being an Indian (Native American, whatever), but I'd be concerned about encountering a crapload of buffalo pissed off at being pelted by something they couldn't fend off, and then suddenly seeing someone that they could stomp with near impunity.
Posted by: Blue Hen at May 19, 2010 07:34 AM (R2fpr)
Posted by: Jean at May 19, 2010 07:34 AM (JaO+v)
Posted by: dagny at May 19, 2010 07:35 AM (HUIx1)
dear lord.
just about every news site has the "It's an Anti-Incumbent Year" tag line today.
I like Jay Cost's article about how its clearly not Anti Incumbent. It is anti democrat, and left leaning republican
Posted by: Ben at May 19, 2010 11:30 AM (wuv1c)
Agreed. BTW -- did you visit Grassrootspa?Posted by: Ed Anger at May 19, 2010 07:36 AM (7+pP9)
Posted by: DJIA at May 19, 2010 07:36 AM (RD7QR)
This place was Shangri-La until the Europeans showed up with their "wheel."
Sure, blame us
Posted by: Wheel Local 1
Better you than me.
Posted by: Infected blanket Association at May 19, 2010 07:36 AM (R2fpr)
Posted by: dagny at May 19, 2010 07:37 AM (HUIx1)
My thoughts exactly. Then again, maybe we should be grateful that people aren't so mediatized that they do hold the camera steady; don't refrain from sounding stupid; and don't put on appropriate dark music to play in the background.
Posted by: ParisParamus at May 19, 2010 07:37 AM (lf/rr)
Posted by: Jean at May 19, 2010 07:37 AM (mtAmx)
can you imagine being a plains Indian during something like this? What did people do, besides hunker under their collapsed teepees and take a beating?
Colonialist, eurocentric racist! These noble Natives lived in peace and harmony with nature, and were never affected by hailstorms!
Posted by: college prof at May 19, 2010 07:39 AM (jXQdW)
We Indian's always considered hail to be a blessing from the gods. As a matter of fact, our relatives continue to receive stipends from 7-11 Corporation for our hail invention.
After the storm, we gathered the stones and poured flavored sugar syrup over them and on one occasion, Princess Running Skrunt called it a Slurpee. We adopted the name and eventually sold it to the white men for a lot of wompum.
Posted by: Chief Walking Fart at May 19, 2010 07:39 AM (M5t+h)
Posted by: Jean
My impression is that brokers are doing the same damn thing insurance companies doctors and energy companies are doing. Figuring out how to survive, or even make a buck in the midst of a crappy situation. If long term prospects are likely to suck, why wouldn't those in such positions make decisions and pursue polices that would ensure their survival despite such rampant stupidity?
Posted by: Infected blanket Association at May 19, 2010 07:40 AM (R2fpr)
Heh. The BFF is First Nations (Canuckistan for Native American) and we have a running gag where I reply to stuff with "Here. Have this blanket."
Posted by: alexthechick at May 19, 2010 07:41 AM (8WZWv)
They didn't hide in teepees, they hunkered down in the casinos.
Everybody know this.
Posted by: Dave in Texas at May 19, 2010 11:40 AM (WvXvd)
Previous generations associated Indians with cigars.
Mine? With trash on highways.
My children? Casinos.
Posted by: Michael Rittenhouse at May 19, 2010 07:42 AM (b+X6h)
Posted by: Jean at May 19, 2010 11:37 AM (mtAmx)
The stock market guys are mad that naked shorts have been banned in Germany.
Posted by: conscious and looking my the closet for my naked shorts at May 19, 2010 07:42 AM (YVZlY)
A trial attorney with the Department of Justice's Voting Rights Section has resigned, citing concerns about the government's refusal to prosecute a case involving voter intimidation by the New Black Panther Party. A letter of resignation obtained by The Washington Examiner from a former Justice Department employee makes clear DOJ has refused to allow attorneys in the Voting Rights Section to testify before the congressionally-chartered bipartisan U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, despite subpoenas that could result in their being held in contempt.
Posted by: damian at May 19, 2010 07:42 AM (4WbTI)
Posted by: John Galt at May 19, 2010 07:43 AM (F/4zf)
Posted by: Jean at May 19, 2010 07:44 AM (PjevJ)
Posted by: Jean at May 19, 2010 11:37 AM (mtAmx)
If that were the case who could blame them. This seems more serious though. China's stock market has been tanking for 2 weeks. Thailands stock market is on fire (literally), Europe is fucked and the US is finding out that once you shut the valve on the Obama money it didn't do anything to help fix the economy.
Posted by: robtr at May 19, 2010 07:44 AM (fwSHf)
Posted by: Chief Walking Fart at May 19, 2010 11:39 AM (M5t+h)
Did you sell the Slurpee, or Princess Running Skrunt?
Posted by: CUS at May 19, 2010 07:44 AM (wOGfT)
Posted by: Jean at May 19, 2010 07:45 AM (PjevJ)
Heh. The BFF is First Nations (Canuckistan for Native American) and we have a running gag where I reply to stuff with "Here. Have this blanket."
Posted by: alexthechick
I must inform you that such comments and policies are in danger of being considered infringement....Unless your blankets don't have any fringes. In that case, carry on.
Posted by: Infected blanket Association at May 19, 2010 07:45 AM (R2fpr)
Posted by: joncelli at May 19, 2010 07:47 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: CUS at May 19, 2010 07:47 AM (wOGfT)
I must inform you that such comments and policies are in danger of being considered infringement....Unless your blankets don't have any fringes. In that case, carry on.
Can you help a brother our here??
Posted by: Fire Water Local 125 at May 19, 2010 07:47 AM (J5Hcw)
conscious and looking my the closet for my naked shorts
If you can't find yours I bet King Barry has a pair you can borrow.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at May 19, 2010 07:47 AM (tf9Ne)
Posted by: Where is my lace wig? at May 19, 2010 07:48 AM (VmtE9)
No fringes. Her response to me is "I see Manhattan in there! You bought it you broke it!" Good times, good times.
Posted by: alexthechick at May 19, 2010 07:48 AM (8WZWv)
Posted by: Unclefacts, AoSHQ Professional Debate Team at May 19, 2010 07:48 AM (erIg9)
Can you help a brother our here??
Posted by: Fire Water Local 125
Sure. Hide under this. It won't hurt. Pretty weave, isn't it?
Posted by: Infected blanket Association at May 19, 2010 07:48 AM (R2fpr)
Baseball sized hail flew down here yesterday afternoon and again about 1 am. One of the cats my dad feeds took off running during the late night hail storm. Cats have superior maneuvering abilties and can put on quite a burst of speed when necessary. Zigzagging is not just a Navy thing, it's a kitty thing.
Posted by: huerfano at May 19, 2010 07:50 AM (Updet)
Actauly, Teepees I've seen are well designed to survive this type of Hailstorm.
The Hides which make the walls would give (partly) under impact, thus absorbing much of the kinetic force behind the hail, without deforming like a solid surface would...
And the steep walls would cause hail to hit at an angle... once more disapating force, and causing the hail to "roll off" quickly (thus the weight of the hail would not cause collapse).
Don't disparage the intelligence of our forefathers... they did not have teck, but many of them were pretty darn smart.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 19, 2010 07:52 AM (OlHjR)
Posted by: Monty at May 19, 2010 07:54 AM (O3eFQ)
Actauly, Teepees I've seen are well designed to survive this type of Hailstorm.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 19, 2010 11:52 AM (OlHjR)
So true Romero, and their Interweb connections were stunningly simplistic, but effective.
Posted by: Fish at May 19, 2010 07:55 AM (M5t+h)
104 It is amazing that the Germans banned anything with word "naked" in it.
Posted by: Jean at May 19, 2010 11:45 AM (PjevJ)
What would be truly amazing is if the Germans banned something with the word "bondage" in it.
scheisse porn is protected by Article Number 2 of the German Constitution
Posted by: Ben at May 19, 2010 07:55 AM (wuv1c)
Don't disparage the intelligence of our forefathers... they did not have teck, but many of them were pretty darn smart.
clearly for nomads they were intellegent people. I think we are just mocking the idealization of their society.
Posted by: Ben at May 19, 2010 07:56 AM (wuv1c)
I used to be a plains Indian before my election to Congress. I also invented both the Slurpee and the Internet.
Posted by: Al Gork at May 19, 2010 07:57 AM (M5t+h)
I was told that hail was just Reindeer pooping in heaven.
Posted by: texasmamma at May 19, 2010 07:57 AM (4L69q)
Posted by: Jean at May 19, 2010 07:57 AM (h0rZ/)
Posted by: FreakyBoy at May 19, 2010 07:57 AM (uKraB)
Hmmm. Gold is tanking, silver is tumbling and Platinum is in free fall. I wonder what is going on?
I hope my buddies sold their gold at $1,250 like they said they were going to.
Posted by: Johnnyreb at May 19, 2010 07:59 AM (JSetw)
Hmmm. Gold is tanking, silver is tumbling and Platinum is in free fall. I wonder what is going on?
I hope my buddies sold their gold at $1,250 like they said they were going to.
I have some inside information on Orange futures. I'll let you know what i find out after i meet my contact in a parking garage.
Posted by: Ben at May 19, 2010 08:02 AM (wuv1c)
It does explain a lot of the names given to children during those times. Lumps on Head and Runs In Terror later become chiefs of their respective tribes, as I recall, due to their foresight in building their settlements close to natural cover.
Oh would that I had done so.
Posted by: Trampled One who ventured near a pissed off herd (the size of Kansas) buffalo at May 19, 2010 08:02 AM (R2fpr)
Posted by: OU_Gryphon at May 19, 2010 08:03 AM (0CQ9B)
Posted by: The White House at May 19, 2010 08:03 AM (4WbTI)
Posted by: Broken Rubber at May 19, 2010 12:04 PM (m2CN7)
You were wanted in the worst possible way.
Posted by: Swimming Sperm at May 19, 2010 08:05 AM (M5t+h)
I hope i was able to offer some insight into this hailstorm for you, thanks for watching
Posted by: annying guy taking video at May 19, 2010 08:06 AM (ctR4U)
Why is a, what, < 2% intra-day drop in the Dow freaking you out?
Posted by: ParisParamus at May 19, 2010 08:07 AM (lf/rr)
I can't wait to see Pres'ent Toonces apologize to Calderone for 1070
Posted by: Unclefacts, AoSHQ Professional Debate Team at May 19, 2010 08:08 AM (erIg9)
Posted by: Monty at May 19, 2010 08:08 AM (O3eFQ)
I have some inside information on Orange futures. I'll let you know what i find out after i meet my contact in a parking garage.
Posted by: Ben at May 19, 2010 12:02 PM (wuv1c)
Too late bitches. I've got the market cornered.
Posted by: Charlie Crist at May 19, 2010 08:09 AM (foPGG)
Posted by: You are too tense at May 19, 2010 08:10 AM (7VvJB)
Posted by: Monty at May 19, 2010 08:10 AM (O3eFQ)
Posted by: Ruprect at May 19, 2010 08:11 AM (vnL7t)
Posted by: Unicornspotter at May 19, 2010 08:11 AM (YZISw)
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at May 19, 2010 08:13 AM (7VvJB)
Posted by: Barry, King of Weather, too at May 19, 2010 08:13 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Brian72 at May 19, 2010 08:14 AM (GNBk5)
Posted by: USA at May 19, 2010 08:15 AM (YZISw)
Soundtrack by Philip Glass?
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 19, 2010 11:02 AM (eNxMU)
I see what you did there.
Posted by: WalrusRex at May 19, 2010 08:16 AM (xxgag)
Posted by: Kagan's suspiciously butch aide at May 19, 2010 08:16 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Paladin at May 19, 2010 08:16 AM (ZO0u/)
Posted by: USA at May 19, 2010 12:15 PM (YZISw)
Who should we apologize to for Joy Behar?
Posted by: WalrusRex at May 19, 2010 08:17 AM (xxgag)
President Obama Tells Mexican President "We are Not Defined by Our Borders"
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at May 19, 2010 08:18 AM (7VvJB)
Posted by: Bluemthal at May 19, 2010 08:18 AM (ZO0u/)
Have sadly noted the huge amount of trash lining the roads/highways on the majority of rezs i have traveled to throughout the American West/Southwest/Great Plains. Particularly at night, all the sparkly things (i.e., broken glass) look like a landscape feature. Exceptions noted are the Navajo rez & Pacific Northwest tribes.
Posted by: texasmamma at May 19, 2010 08:18 AM (4L69q)
Quite simply, the unintended consequences of liberalism are the result of people behaving like people actually behave--instead of how liberals believe they should behave.
Posted by: damian at May 19, 2010 08:18 AM (4WbTI)
But, uh, all those new roofs and windshields? That's new jobs I created! Despite the Republican obstruction!
Posted by: Barry O at May 19, 2010 08:19 AM (mR7mk)
Posted by: USA at May 19, 2010 12:15 PM (YZISw)
FIFY
Posted by: conscious, but incoherent at May 19, 2010 08:19 AM (YVZlY)
Are we finally invading them for their oil?
Posted by: HeatherRadish at May 19, 2010 08:20 AM (mR7mk)
Posted by: annying guy taking video at May 19, 2010 12:06 PM (ctR4U)
That looks like one of my scripts.
Posted by: Jenna Jameson at May 19, 2010 08:21 AM (wOGfT)
That looks like one of my scripts.
Posted by: Jenna Jameson at May 19, 2010 12:21 PM (wOGfT)
thread winner!
Posted by: conscious, but incoherent at May 19, 2010 08:22 AM (YVZlY)
Posted by: Robert Gibbs at May 19, 2010 08:24 AM (YZISw)
President Obama Tells Mexican President "We are Not Defined by Our Borders"
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at May 19, 2010 12:18 PM (7VvJB)
Recently, Russia didn't feel like Georgia was defined by their borders either...just sayin'
Posted by: conscious, but incoherent at May 19, 2010 08:24 AM (YVZlY)
cool to watch; the audio? skip it unless you want to hear "oh my god" and "this is insane" approximately 500 times
I'm not a violent person by nature, but if somebody stuck their head in front of the camera that many times while I was filming, it would be necessary, nay required to push them out into the hail storm.
Right?
Posted by: Mama AJ at May 19, 2010 08:26 AM (XdlcF)
Posted by: BB at May 19, 2010 08:27 AM (qF8q3)
Thanks again FiftyTwo Percenters, you ignorant, fucking fucks.
Posted by: Unclefacts, AoSHQ Professional Debate Team at May 19, 2010 08:28 AM (erIg9)
Geraghty: You can't sell free-market economics to pork addicts.
The best line?
Nathan Wurtzel, one of the sharpest political guys on Twitter in my neck of the woods, asks, “How do we reach voters who think millions of jobs were created in a district of 600,000 people? The fact is, nearly 20,000 jobs were LOST in this district over the last decade, Murtha’s airport notwithstanding.”
Posted by: Luca Brasi at May 19, 2010 08:28 AM (YmPwQ)
Posted by: rockhead at May 19, 2010 08:30 AM (RykTt)
OK has had some brutal weather the last couple of weeks. There were 7 tornadoes in Tulsa on the 13th (including an EF2 that removed the second story over my garage).
Grim
Posted by: Grim at May 19, 2010 08:32 AM (gyNYk)
Posted by: MSNBC at May 19, 2010 08:34 AM (YZISw)
"Probably would have been time for a new one afterward though..."
I hope you've got your 1% deductible stashed somewhere, Tonto...
Posted by: Clenching Testes, TeePee Insurance Adjuster at May 19, 2010 08:34 AM (F26eZ)
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/202522.php
Posted by: CUS at May 19, 2010 08:35 AM (wOGfT)
Posted by: RushBabe at May 19, 2010 08:38 AM (W8m8i)
Have sadly noted the huge amount of trash lining the roads/highways on the majority of rezs i have traveled to throughout the American West/Southwest/Great Plains. Particularly at night, all the sparkly things (i.e., broken glass) look like a landscape feature. Exceptions noted are the Navajo rez & Pacific Northwest tribes.
Indeed, the Crying Indian (who was apparently an Italian-American actor) and the late William Conrad (narrator) should have gone to some of the reservations to film!
All of those public service ads were so sad, except for one where the Crying Indian turns and sees a group of Boy Scouts picking up trash and then smiles.
Back in its glory days SNL had a great skit where Victoria Jackson scolded her husband (I forget who was playing him), by saying, "You pick up your trash! Why, there's a Crying Indian behind that tree over there!"
Posted by: Curmudgeon at May 19, 2010 08:41 AM (ujg0T)
"But, uh, all those new roofs and windshields? That's new jobs I created! Despite the Republican obstruction!"
You know what we're gonna need to clean up all that water damage? A socialist mop!
Posted by: Barack Obama, jokester extraordinaire at May 19, 2010 08:43 AM (F26eZ)
Posted by: Yehudit at May 19, 2010 08:45 AM (UjDSq)
Posted by: Hatchet Five at May 19, 2010 08:50 AM (9qpv9)
The President apologized to the Leader of Azatlan for the Frito Bandito, Fun in Acapulco and Cabo Wabo tequila. As penance he said from today forward diarrhea will be know as "Obama's Revenge".
Posted by: Atomic Roach at May 19, 2010 08:52 AM (Oxen1)
( Those people in the pool video need to strapped to the roof next time. )
Posted by: Garbonzo the Garrulous at May 19, 2010 08:56 AM (zgd5N)
Posted by: HeftyJo at May 19, 2010 10:01 AM (+BqEV)
Posted by: Samuel L. Jackson at May 19, 2010 10:20 AM (DyuqI)
Or maybe the vid shooter is disabled?
You know, you can put the thing up against the glass to steady it.
Posted by: K~Bob at May 19, 2010 10:23 AM (9b6FB)
Posted by: Yay, Hail at May 19, 2010 10:27 AM (xm1A1)
"OMG! I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS!"
You'll get smashed on your ass within the 1st minute.
Posted by: GarandFan at May 19, 2010 10:32 AM (6mwMs)
Basically a group of ~300 people were killed in 850AD by a sudden and severe hailstorm. Trapped in the valley with nowhere to hide or seek shelter, the cricket ball sized hailstones came by the thousands and killed the travelers in a sudden and bizarre death.
Posted by: butch at May 19, 2010 10:34 AM (i5Cpb)
To: Intrepid Young Videographer
Subject: Your "Hail Storm Oklahoma City" YouTube Video
Text:
We in the MFM would like to suggest to you that, in order to appear more versed, reasonable, and well-educated, that you attempt to expand your vocabulary beyond "Oh my God," "I've never seen anything like this," and "This is insane!" While we can heartily understand the sheer unbridled giddiness standing as an unbiased observer on the cusp of breaking news and new experiences, we would like to share with you several other valid word-choices. Feel free to use these without citation:
- Historic
- Unprecedented
- Unexpected
Happy jouralizing!
The MFM
Posted by: The MFM at May 19, 2010 10:35 AM (+hPIb)
Posted by: butch at May 19, 2010 02:34 PM (i5Cpb)
Posted by: K~Bob at May 19, 2010 10:36 AM (9b6FB)
"Basically a group of ~300 people were killed in 850AD by a sudden and severe hailstorm. Trapped in the valley with nowhere to hide or seek shelter, the cricket ball sized hailstones came by the thousands and killed the travelers in a sudden and bizarre death."
I'll bet they were burning hydrocarbons.
Posted by: The MFM at May 19, 2010 10:37 AM (+hPIb)
Where White Man Went Wrong
Indian Chief "Two Eagles" was asked by a white US Government official, "You have observed the white man for 90 years. You have seen his wars and technological advances. You've seen his progress and the damage he's done."
The chief nodded in agreement.
The official continued, "Considering all these events, where did the white man go wrong?"
The chief stared at the government official then replied, "White man find land, Indians running it, no taxes, no debt, plenty buffalo, plenty beaver, clean water, Women did all the work, Medicine man free, Indian man spend all day hunting and fishing; all night having sex.
Then the chief leaned back and smiled, "Only white man dumb enough to think he can improve system like that."
Posted by: sickinmass at May 19, 2010 10:46 AM (tamie)
Posted by: Drillanwr at May 19, 2010 11:06 AM (GkYyh)
Posted by: moi at May 19, 2010 02:42 PM (Ez4Ql)
Posted by: moi at May 19, 2010 02:47 PM (Ez4Ql)
Posted by: billygoat at May 19, 2010 04:03 PM (5qJM5)
@68 Maddogg "Ever been caught out on a lonely highway in New Mexico, 20 miles from the nearest tree, on a motorcycle during a hailstorm? I have. It smarts, it smarts a lot..."
Yep..Sturgis SD, Vanocker Canyon Road, golfball size hail. Surprisingly, our Kelty tent made it through a-ok when we got back to our campsite.
Posted by: Bucky Katt at May 19, 2010 04:42 PM (w1wKL)
Hey, white man, your "houses" would be a fuck of a lot more "awesome" if they actually could weather one of these without a whimpering, piss-down-the-leg call to the insurance man and a couple of government departments, just sayin.
Less than fifty years ago, actual white men still lived who would mock you and call you a lady-part for running inside during this, when there was still work to be done.
Your technology is not what it's cracked up to be, see what I did there, your cell phones don't work west of the Mississippi, your engineers are illiterate, and you also can't set up a teepee, helpless pansy morons. Come the shitstorm, you're gonna get shivved by a well-lapped obsidian. But please enjoy a snide joke at the expense of fellow Americans while you're waiting.
Posted by: comatus at May 19, 2010 05:12 PM (/VEEI)
Posted by: منتديات at May 19, 2010 06:13 PM (RMzgq)
Posted by: dfcvbcb at May 19, 2010 08:12 PM (n2yDq)
I was reading an old journal from a long departed Aunt where she spoke of the time around 1917-1919 she spoke of the sickness killing folks (The Flu) and of two cousin's and two mules killed by a hail storm while in the cotton fields she said they were good mules too.
I would expect plains indians would just crawl under a pile of buffalo hides and wait out the storm then make ice cream after.
Posted by: HEP-T at May 20, 2010 07:37 AM (gRVOD)
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