May 01, 2010
— Maetenloch Today is May Day otherwise known as Communist Victim Day.
Here Aussie musical comedy group Axis of Awesome show that all you need to have a hit song is the right 4 chords. And in case you're wondering they're playing a I V vi IV progression in E. If you include the classic I IV V progression and the Ice Cream changes (I vi IV V) that pretty much defined 50's music, I bet you've covered 75%+ of all pop songs. So go write a 4 chord song and you too can have a hit.
Yeah this is old as in from 1990. And yes he killed his sister-in-law's cat with a shotgun. And like usual he blames the victim. What a bastard.
Crazy Tinfoil Hat Rumor: N. Korea Torpedoed The Gulf of Mexico Oil Platform
And Obama has ordered a total news blackout on it. Also the only way to stop the oil flow may be a nuclear bomb. Of course there's absolutely zero sourcing on all this and it seems to be missing the requisite extraterrestrial involvement. Oh and remember - it's shiny side out to block the mindrays! H/T to CH.
Is Apple Getting Too Big For Their Britches?
I have a iPhone and have had Apple products in the past and have always happy with their quality and ease of use. Which is pretty much why I considered them in the first place. But recently Apple the company has been showing their dark side which was easier to ignore when they were basically an also-ran. But now they're the largest phone company in the US and their neurotic obsession with secrecy and control is beginning to become apparent to the general public. With their recent use of law enforcement to punish a blog for showing a lost iphone prototype, banning a seal hunt iphone game without explanation, and refusal to allow users the option to even install flash if they want to, they're making their famous 1984 ad look more and more ironic. It's one thing to want to offer a nice user experience, but this seems more about control and paranoia. I still respect their engineering and attention to detail and I love my iphone but as soon as Android matures and is a decent alternative, I'm completely open to switching over.
25th Anniversary of New Coke
It's been 25 years since New Coke was introduced and eventually became a classic business school case study of what not to do. Here are the full details: Part 1 Part 2
The 9 Deadly Words Used By A Women
Yeah 'Fine', 'That's okay', and 'Go ahead' all pretty much mean the opposite. And 5 minutes means 30 minutes minimum unless it refers to something that you have to do. And then there's the deadly 'Whatever'.
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The Yahoo AoSHQ group. Bla bla bla. And don't forget about the Job Bank.
Tonight's post brought to you by Mattel:
I'm pretty sure this is where the story that M16s were made by Mattel got started.
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Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 01, 2010 05:51 PM (SpI2E)
Posted by: Countrysquire at May 01, 2010 05:53 PM (x1KH4)
Posted by: huerfano at May 01, 2010 05:53 PM (oSrBX)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at May 01, 2010 05:54 PM (Yq+qN)
My tinfoil hat is on anyway, what's up with the Boston water main breaking and causing 2 million people to have to boil their water? Hmmmm?
Let's see, refinery explosion up here, oil rig explosion down south, water main break in Boston. Wow, what a strange run of bad luck our country seems to be having...
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 01, 2010 05:55 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Girl Thursday at May 01, 2010 05:55 PM (7DYCD)
At least it wasn't as bad as the movie Hoot the put out.
Posted by: Rum, Bitch Goddess at May 01, 2010 05:57 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby, singin' in the rain at May 01, 2010 05:58 PM (yfJ6g)
Posted by: Mindy at May 01, 2010 05:58 PM (q5Dtx)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 01, 2010 05:59 PM (SpI2E)
started around Nov '08, I believe
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 05:59 PM (d88g9)
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 06:00 PM (d88g9)
*sigh* 11.4.2008
I blame the bleach and scrubbing bubbles fumes I inhaled cleaning the bathroom.
Posted by: Rum, Bitch Goddess at May 01, 2010 06:01 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 06:01 PM (d88g9)
Apple? How about the bastards at Google? Don't do evil, huh? Guess the forgot the not part...
How amusing will it be if in 5 years, MS is seen as the "good company" and Google and Apple as the secret bastards?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2010 06:01 PM (bgcml)
So, why DID he send SWAT teams to the oil rigs???
Very straight indeed.
Posted by: Kemp at May 01, 2010 06:02 PM (2+9Yx)
I think you can make a strong case their are fewer commies on the streets of Moscow then DC...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2010 06:03 PM (bgcml)
Very straight indeed.
Posted by: Kemp at May 01, 2010 10:02 PM (2+9Yx)
They were slapping babies! Oh...what?
Posted by: Janet Reno at May 01, 2010 06:03 PM (bgcml)
Very good point.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 01, 2010 06:04 PM (SpI2E)
Posted by: steevy at May 01, 2010 06:05 PM (aSwTK)
In the aftermath, saw a black dude with a "DO I LOOK ILLEGAL?" sign walking back.
All I wanted to say was, "Dude, I don;t give fuck if you look illegal, I care if you are illegal!"
Posted by: logprof at May 01, 2010 06:06 PM (5Ltbe)
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 06:06 PM (d88g9)
At least it wasn't as bad as the movie Hoot the put out.
Posted by: Rum, Bitch Goddess at May 01, 2010 09:57 PM (gofDd)
Hmm, perhaps the little eco-terrorists in training code target Florida's biggest capitalist pig-dogs?
Oh, and shouldn't those kids be composting and recycling like good serfs instead of watching a plasma TV?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2010 06:07 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: Hundreds of Millions of Dead People at May 01, 2010 06:07 PM (V/EYZ)
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, not from L.A. or Seattle at May 01, 2010 10:07
PM (JrRME)
It isn't fascism you teabaggers. Its socialism. Just of the national variety. Wow. Brown really is my color!
Posted by: Some National Socialist at May 01, 2010 06:08 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 06:09 PM (d88g9)
All I wanted to say was, "Dude, I don;t give fuck if you look illegal, I care if you are illegal!"
I would have responded in a way that probably would be considered waaaay racist. Hmmm, I wonder if I can put it delicately?
Posted by: Rum, Bitch Goddess at May 01, 2010 06:09 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Hundreds of Millions of Dead People at May 01, 2010 10:07 PM
(V/EYZ)
Hey, you have to murder a few hundred million people to make a really tasty omelet.
Posted by: The NYT at May 01, 2010 06:09 PM (bgcml)
I almost feel dirty for saying this, but Rucker is pretty good at Country. Mrs. Earp has his latest, and it's not half bad.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 01, 2010 06:09 PM (SpI2E)
How amusing will it be if in 5 years, MS is seen as the "good company" and Google and Apple as the secret bastards?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2010 10:01 PM (bgcml)
Well it's not like I completely trust Google or Microsoft either, but they're big enough that they've been beaten up several times for heavy-handed tactics. And now seem a little gun shy of following their darkest instincts.
Posted by: Mætenloch at May 01, 2010 06:09 PM (bskFh)
Posted by: steevy at May 01, 2010 06:10 PM (aSwTK)
Posted by: Trimegistus at May 01, 2010 06:10 PM (K0vnr)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 01, 2010 06:10 PM (RZ8pf)
Oh, there are little commercials that advocate just that. They have actors from the various shows suggesting ways to conserve/help the planet. It's so annoying.
I'm bet Disney sorts through all their trash at the parks for recyclables for the money, not to save the planet.
Posted by: Rum, Bitch Goddess at May 01, 2010 06:11 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2010 06:12 PM (bgcml)
Nowadays I can't find any toy guns for my kids that aren't day-glo orange with cartoon heads on them.
Solution: real guns for everyone!
Posted by: Trimegistus at May 01, 2010 06:12 PM (K0vnr)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 01, 2010 06:12 PM (SpI2E)
Posted by: dogfish at May 01, 2010 06:12 PM (4+5d8)
It isn't fascism you teabaggers.
Its socialism. Just of the national variety. Wow. Brown really is my
color!
Obama, in Kenyan means, "Son of Mussolini" or 'child of' Cloward-Piven'.
Kenyan is actually a complex lingo, riddled with nuances and sprinkled with pudding
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, not from L.A. or Seattle at May 01, 2010 06:12 PM (JrRME)
Yeah you are dirty.
True story - the other day on Sirius they played Hootie's latest followed immediately by Alan Jackson's "Gone Country." And they made a comment about Hootie "goin' country." It was great.
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 06:13 PM (d88g9)
Hey Miss80sBaby, did you watch the new Doctor Who tonight? My son was excited that it was a Daleks episode but then thought it was just sort of meh.
Next week's preview shows the statues from Blink are back, however.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 01, 2010 06:13 PM (RZ8pf)
Once you go country, you never go back.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 01, 2010 06:13 PM (SpI2E)
Posted by: davidt at May 01, 2010 06:13 PM (aag4W)
I'm betting it was much less than 50,000.
Of course, all the speeches were given in Spanish.
I wish some politician had the balls to force through a bill declaring English the national language and require all official documents to be in English only.
Posted by: Rum, Bitch Goddess at May 01, 2010 06:14 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: robtr at May 01, 2010 06:14 PM (fwSHf)
But I'm damned if I'm going to wash that shit. Cans and bottles going into a gigantic flaming furnace can have some beans and dried booze sticking to the insides. And don't complain about the smell: it's FUCKING GARBAGE.
Posted by: Trimegistus at May 01, 2010 06:14 PM (K0vnr)
Posted by: steevy at May 01, 2010 06:15 PM (aSwTK)
Chord vid was awesome, and the stalking kitty vid has been in my nightmares for a while already. It's those coal black eyes! Eeeeeeevil!!
Posted by: tdpwells at May 01, 2010 06:15 PM (Ei3oZ)
Posted by: Lincolntf at May 01, 2010 06:15 PM (qSRHZ)
Dried booze?!?!? How dare you waste that precious resource?!?!!???!?
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 06:16 PM (d88g9)
Posted by: huerfano at May 01, 2010 06:16 PM (oSrBX)
--Judging by the hash, I know it's the real wherestherum.
I dare not guess. Alas, I am only to be here shortly as I here with the wifey.
'Sup all?
Posted by: logprof at May 01, 2010 06:17 PM (5Ltbe)
I don't want to get banned! So I'll type it in invisible ink.
I would've said, "No, but you look like a slave."
Posted by: Rum, Bitch Goddess at May 01, 2010 06:17 PM (gofDd)
I bought one for the "Web Hotspot" capabilities. I took a job in a rural area with G3 phone coverage. That is how I read ACE after work.
It works great for that and phone calls.
Posted by: snafu at May 01, 2010 06:17 PM (8d28r)
Was that the one with Winston Churchill? I've seen that one. It was pretty good, though different. (Still not into Matt Smith.) Word is that the Weeping Angels episode is scary, something you don't want to watch in the dark.
Are you watching on PBS? My understanding is that BBC America is about to do the vampyre episode, or something like that. IDK, I just watch them on the Internet.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby, singin' in the rain at May 01, 2010 06:18 PM (Yq+qN)
Posted by: Trimegistus at May 01, 2010 06:18 PM (K0vnr)
You know what I've been listening to lately? Lots of Charlie Daniels Band.
"Long Haired Country Boy" is a fuckin' political anthem now.
I ain't askin' nobody for nothin'
If I cain't get it on my own
If you don't like the way I'm livin'
You just leave this long haired country boy alone.
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 06:18 PM (d88g9)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 01, 2010 06:18 PM (9Lm5R)
Posted by: Rum, Bitch Goddess at May 01, 2010 10:11 PM (gofDd)
Seriously, the best thing kids could do for the environment is turn off the TV and go play outside...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2010 06:19 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: Rum, Bitch Goddess at May 01, 2010 06:19 PM (gofDd)
But I'm damned if I'm going to wash that shit. Cans and bottles going into a gigantic flaming furnace can have some beans and dried booze sticking to the insides. And don't complain about the smell: it's FUCKING GARBAGE.
Posted by: Trimegistus at May 01, 2010 10:14 PM (K0vnr)
Yeah where I live they've slowly been shrinking the regular garbage bin and enlarging the recyclable bin. And they keep adding stricter rules as to what is recyclable. So in response I've declared everything to be recyclable once the main bin full.
Posted by: Mætenloch at May 01, 2010 06:20 PM (bskFh)
Posted by: Joan of Argghh! at May 01, 2010 06:20 PM (K6sNh)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at May 01, 2010 06:20 PM (rurh0)
...Is damn good., in a Charlie Pride kinda way.
Posted by: snafu at May 01, 2010 06:20 PM (8d28r)
Posted by: PaleRider at May 01, 2010 06:20 PM (H6Jf4)
(CNSNews.com) -- Actor, environmental activist and pilot Harrison Ford, who owns seven airplanes, told his environmental critics that he will "start walking everywhere when they start walking everywhere.”
Not liberal enough for them, I guess. Great to call them out on their hypocrisy, though, even if he's still a hypocrite.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby, singin' in the rain at May 01, 2010 06:21 PM (Yq+qN)
I ain't askin' nobody for nothin'
If I cain't get it on my own
If you don't like the way I'm livin'
You just leave this long haired country boy alone.
I should get that CD. Used to have the album. Caballo Diablo is a great tune.
Posted by: Land of Leakin, now with $1350 worth of Derby Dough at May 01, 2010 06:21 PM (AMYl0)
Posted by: Rum, Bitch Goddess at May 01, 2010 10:17 PM (gofDd)
Most men don't want to be free, all they want is a fair master. --Someone
Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2010 06:21 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 06:21 PM (gofDd)
Nice. Although I want to believe Il Duce would be deeply disappointed that Barry turned out to be such a pussy.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at May 01, 2010 06:21 PM (OkT2m)
...Is damn good., in a Charlie Pride kinda way.
Bullshit. GTFO Nashville.
Sounds like more murder on music row.
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 06:22 PM (d88g9)
Posted by: Mætenloch at May 01, 2010 10:20 PM (bskFh)
In Seattle they have garbage police, they come and look at your garbage and if they see anything in that could have been recyled they won't pick up your garbage the next week.
Posted by: robtr at May 01, 2010 06:22 PM (fwSHf)
Big man with a shotgun, murdering innocent cats. That rabbit showed him who was boss, though.
Posted by: Black Mamba at May 01, 2010 06:22 PM (tSxym)
Da huh.
Posted by: Mt Gay the Rum of Bitch goddess at May 01, 2010 06:23 PM (2+9Yx)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby, singin' in the rain at May 01, 2010 10:18 PM
(Yq+qN)
The first episode with them back in the Tennant days was scary enough - the new one is actually a two-parter (2nd just aired in the UK tonight, but I haven't watched either part yet).
Posted by: tdpwells at May 01, 2010 06:23 PM (Ei3oZ)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at May 01, 2010 06:23 PM (OkT2m)
Posted by: Barack "Billy Madison" Obama at May 01, 2010 06:23 PM (V/EYZ)
Posted by: Skookumchuk at May 01, 2010 06:24 PM (btzPD)
And now he's taller than me.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 06:24 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby, singin' in the rain at May 01, 2010 10:21 PM (Yq+qN)
Just think, if we had a remotely balanced media, he would get asked when he was going to start walking everywhere any time he made an environmental pitch...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2010 06:24 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: steevy at May 01, 2010 10:22 PM (aSwTK)
But did he support abortion on demand?
Posted by: NOW at May 01, 2010 06:25 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: Skookumchuk at May 01, 2010 10:24 PM (btzPD)
I live in Kirkland, have you fished the skookumchuck?
Posted by: robtr at May 01, 2010 06:25 PM (fwSHf)
Posted by: steevy at May 01, 2010 06:25 PM (aSwTK)
Posted by: Mindy at May 01, 2010 06:26 PM (q5Dtx)
Posted by: FUBAR at May 01, 2010 06:26 PM (1fanL)
Got her good on that one.
Posted by: logprof at May 01, 2010 06:26 PM (5Ltbe)
What are my choices otherwise?
-- The utterly sophisticated eunuch voices on NPR telling me how awful I am for being a white American, interrupted occasionally by bland and obscure classical music or nasal white boys talking about jazz.
-- The cries of dinosaurs and mastodons on the classic rock station.
-- Whiny little f****ts on the prog-rock station singing about how awful I am for being a white American, interrupted by whiny little f****t disk-jockeys telling me how important it is to wash my FUCKING GARBAGE.
-- Middle-class black guys trying to sound like badass m*****f*****s on the "urban contemporary" station while they sing about how awful I am for being a white American, interrupted by admittely awesome DJs.
So more and more I listen to my own disks and iTunes files, or to the country music station.
Posted by: Trimegistus at May 01, 2010 06:26 PM (K0vnr)
Posted by: The Rotting Corpse of Che Gueverra at May 01, 2010 06:26 PM (V/EYZ)
Posted by: katya at May 01, 2010 06:26 PM (KWSl1)
Posted by: Skookumchuk at May 01, 2010 06:27 PM (btzPD)
It's not as bad as England with their 9 bins.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 06:27 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Mindy at May 01, 2010 10:26 PM (q5Dtx)
Palm was just bought by HP, I look for them to give apple some pretty good competition.
Posted by: robtr at May 01, 2010 06:27 PM (fwSHf)
Any guess on the size logprof? Estimates were 200,000.
Posted by: koopy at May 01, 2010 06:28 PM (ctR4U)
Posted by: Rum, Bitch Goddess at May 01, 2010 10:19 PM (gofDd)
--I return to Canada tomorrow.
Sorry for the slow response. Gettin' a good drunk on.
Posted by: logprof at May 01, 2010 06:28 PM (5Ltbe)
Miss80sBaby, weÂ’re watching on BBCA. IÂ’m not thrilled either, but my son is still giving it a go for a while. I suppose we could watch ahead on the Internet but IÂ’m not that into this Doctor to actively seek him out.
I do like the skirt the new companion is wearing, though.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 01, 2010 06:29 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Skookumchuk at May 01, 2010 10:27 PM (btzPD)
I never have, I heard it was good though. Is it and for what, what time of year?
Posted by: robtr at May 01, 2010 06:29 PM (fwSHf)
-- The cries of dinosaurs and mastodons on the classic rock station.
Posted by: Trimegistus at May 01, 2010 10:26 PM (K0vnr)
I don't listen to much radio any more either - but it is interesting that Classic Rock stations seem to be becoming conservative.
One of the local stations near where I live spends most of their morning talk show bashing liberals, and I don't live in a conservative area...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2010 06:29 PM (bgcml)
And people laugh at me when I say I stick to mainly Disney soundtracks and show tunes!
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 06:29 PM (gofDd)
Kelsey Grammer could. Periscope Down, baby! Let's kick this pig!
Posted by: Kratos (reunited with the Blade of Olympus) at May 01, 2010 06:30 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: The Embalmed Corpse of Lenin at May 01, 2010 06:30 PM (V/EYZ)
Welcome friend, here's a song to get you started on your country journey
Posted by: koopy at May 01, 2010 06:30 PM (ctR4U)
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 10:27 PM (gofDd)
So what happens when the yutes vomit, or worse, in yours?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2010 06:30 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: steevy at May 01, 2010 06:30 PM (aSwTK)
When NBC and Universal decided to remake Knight Rider with the voice of Val Kilmer as K.I.T.T., we said OK. When AMC announced that they were doing a remake of The Prisoner in the form of a miniseries with Jim Caviezel, we said OK (not knowing at the time that it would blow). Now, it seems that the fan community needs to put their collective feet down, as Warner Bros. is moving forward with their big-screen reboot of the 1960Â’s spy series The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
I can imagine that David McCallum is unhappy about this.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby, singin' in the rain at May 01, 2010 06:31 PM (yfJ6g)
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 10:29 PM (gofDd)
Wow. Me too! Though, have you heard the soundtrack to Harold and Kumar go to White Castle?
Posted by: Barack Obama at May 01, 2010 06:31 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: steevy at May 01, 2010 06:32 PM (aSwTK)
Posted by: huerfano at May 01, 2010 06:32 PM (oSrBX)
Posted by: katya at May 01, 2010 06:32 PM (KWSl1)
Agreed. It's one of the things I really hate about the iPhone. Otherwise, I'm totally in love with my phone.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 06:32 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Mr. Pink at May 01, 2010 06:33 PM (V/EYZ)
I like my driod, fuck jobs.
And it's an OPEN system. Apple has no veto on what I buy and they can't cancel my programs.
Iphone, the prius of phones.
Posted by: Kemp at May 01, 2010 06:33 PM (2+9Yx)
I have a feeling Rent and Cabaret are your top favorites.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 06:34 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: steevy at May 01, 2010 10:32 PM (aSwTK)
Hey, when the time has come for an idea, the time has come. Especially when that idea was mine.
Who knew we'd win in the long term whether we won or lost the war?
Posted by: Oswald Mosely at May 01, 2010 06:34 PM (bgcml)
Oh, there's a new Resident Evil movie coming out. Damn Paul WS Anderson.
Posted by: Kratos (reunited with the Blade of Olympus) at May 01, 2010 06:34 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Mr. Pink at May 01, 2010 06:34 PM (V/EYZ)
Oh, also heard that Warners is trying to re-make The Man from UNCLE (but only for a movie):
When NBC and Universal decided to remake Knight Rider with the voice of Val Kilmer as K.I.T.T., we said OK. When AMC announced that they were doing a remake of The Prisoner in the form of a miniseries with Jim Caviezel, we said OK (not knowing at the time that it would blow). Now, it seems that the fan community needs to put their collective feet down, as Warner Bros. is moving forward with their big-screen reboot of the 1960Â’s spy series The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
I can imagine that David McCallum is unhappy about this.
Wonder what metrosexuals they've got lined up for this one?
Posted by: katya at May 01, 2010 06:35 PM (KWSl1)
I have a feeling Rent and Cabaret are your top favorites.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 10:34 PM (gofDd)
Perhaps I can get Lady Gaga to play at my next weekly White House concert? I hear he is simply stunning!
Posted by: Barack Obama at May 01, 2010 06:36 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: Mr. Pink at May 01, 2010 06:36 PM (V/EYZ)
Posted by: Obama supporter at May 01, 2010 06:36 PM (98yel)
Oh and remember - it's shiny side out to block the mindrays!
Bullshit. It's shiny side in to keep your brain waves nice and warm in your noggin.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at May 01, 2010 06:37 PM (P33XN)
Posted by: Kratos (reunited with the Blade of Olympus) at May 01, 2010
10:34 PM (c0A3e)
At least there will be one reason to watch. Even if she can't act.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2010 06:37 PM (bgcml)
Someone who engages in **** ****ing, or ****-s******, or maybe even *****l ***********n.
A ****, a ***, a ******* *****. A ****** of *******'s.
Posted by: Trimegistus at May 01, 2010 06:37 PM (K0vnr)
Posted by: dorkafork at May 01, 2010 06:37 PM (98yel)
Saw the Nightmare on Elm Street remake. It was bad, but not as bad as the Friday the 13th remake. Stupid Michael Bay.
Oh, there's a new Resident Evil movie coming out. Damn Paul WS Anderson.
Last year there was a rumor that they had cast Jensen Ackles as Leon S. Kennedy but that rumor was dropped and Leon isn't in it at all. What morons are in charge of this crap? Obviously no one with brains or taste.
Posted by: katya at May 01, 2010 06:37 PM (KWSl1)
Posted by: steevy at May 01, 2010 06:38 PM (aSwTK)
Posted by: dorkafork
at May 01, 2010 10:37 PM (98yel)
Hey, we cracked a pretty good joke in Nov 2008.
Posted by: The 52% at May 01, 2010 06:39 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 06:39 PM (gofDd)
Oh and remember - it's shiny side out to block the mindrays!
Bullshit. It's shiny side in to keep your brain waves nice and warm in your noggin.
Double it with shiny both ways. You can't be too careful.
Posted by: davidt at May 01, 2010 06:40 PM (aag4W)
Posted by: Mr. Pink at May 01, 2010 06:40 PM (V/EYZ)
Posted by: steevy at May 01, 2010 06:40 PM (aSwTK)
Posted by: steevy at May 01, 2010 10:38 PM (aSwTK)
Why am I guessing the villain will have an Alaskan accent or be a member of the tea party movement?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2010 06:40 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: Trimegistus at May 01, 2010 06:40 PM (K0vnr)
I blame Paul WS Anderson primarily. I think the main reason the Alice character got so much screen time was that Milla was engaged to Anderson at one point.
There was actually an animated Resident Evil move (Degeneration) that was pretty decent. If you're into Resident Evil, I'd check it out.
Posted by: Kratos (reunited with the Blade of Olympus) at May 01, 2010 06:41 PM (c0A3e)
And by plus side, I mean the sizes of the girlfriends-in-tow at the shop.
Posted by: Trimegistus at May 01, 2010 06:42 PM (K0vnr)
I was hoping Verizon would get it so it would force ATT to lower their plan prices. I'm paying a little under what my dad was paying for 4 phones on a family plan.
They have like 1 satellite and it sucks and doesnt get service anywhere so if 20 thousand people used it for their internet it would blow up and crash down in a fireball of fury.
That explains why 3G sucks half the time.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 06:42 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Trimegistus at May 01, 2010 06:43 PM (K0vnr)
Posted by: Mr. Pink at May 01, 2010 06:43 PM (V/EYZ)
How much do you want to bet that if he's the next target of Mexican gangs who target blacks, the irony will be lost on him
Posted by: kbdabear at May 01, 2010 06:43 PM (sYxEE)
You sure they were girlfriends and not moms?
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 06:43 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: steevy at May 01, 2010 06:43 PM (aSwTK)
There's a MacGruber movie coming out soon. Val Kilmer's the main villain - maybe he'll be a Tea Partier or an anti-government militia member as his background.
Posted by: Kratos (reunited with the Blade of Olympus) at May 01, 2010 06:43 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: davidt at May 01, 2010 06:44 PM (aag4W)
Posted by: Mr. Pink at May 01, 2010 06:45 PM (V/EYZ)
According to the Heir to the Empire books, Solo heavily modified that thing. It was so cross-wired that it could fly with half the systems out.
Posted by: Kratos (reunited with the Blade of Olympus) at May 01, 2010 06:45 PM (c0A3e)
Why aren't real lesbians as attractive as the ones in porn?
Posted by: Trimegistus at May 01, 2010 06:45 PM (K0vnr)
I will unblock your IP for one email message with the address of this comic store
Posted by: Charles Comic Bookstore Johnson at May 01, 2010 06:45 PM (sYxEE)
Posted by: Racefan at May 01, 2010 06:45 PM (az0iS)
Just checking, some of the droid sites are saying the Verizon is looking out for excessive data use, aka tethering. So don't be a pig!
Posted by: Kemp at May 01, 2010 06:45 PM (2+9Yx)
Posted by: Allahpundito at May 01, 2010 06:45 PM (WZFkG)
Wait, what? I got Verizon, but I don't get orgies. WTF?
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 06:45 PM (d88g9)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 01, 2010 06:46 PM (9Lm5R)
At least there will be one reason to watch. Even if she can't act.
Ever notice how Milla Jovovich doesn't speak a word in the film Dazed and Confused?
I read somewhere it's because she couldn't speak English at the time.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at May 01, 2010 06:46 PM (P33XN)
Posted by: Mr. Pink at May 01, 2010 06:46 PM (V/EYZ)
In LA the hierarchy is Mexican/Hispanic > black > Asian > white.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 06:46 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at May 01, 2010 06:46 PM (OkT2m)
Posted by: Skookumchuk at May 01, 2010 06:47 PM (btzPD)
There was actually an animated Resident Evil move (Degeneration) that was pretty decent. If you're into Resident Evil, I'd check it out.
I saw it. It was pretty good.
Posted by: katya at May 01, 2010 06:47 PM (KWSl1)
Posted by: steevy at May 01, 2010 06:48 PM (aSwTK)
Treadmill??
Posted by: Kemp at May 01, 2010 06:49 PM (2+9Yx)
Posted by: Trimegistus at May 01, 2010 06:49 PM (K0vnr)
Posted by: Captain Ned at May 01, 2010 06:50 PM (qo/WN)
About a dozen people were carrying signs depicting Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer as a Nazi and an Arizona sheriff as a Klansman at an immigration rally in Dallas.
Typical. I'm glad I didn't watch any Commie Day protest march news coverage.
Posted by: Kratos (reunited with the Blade of Olympus) at May 01, 2010 06:50 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Lincolntf at May 01, 2010 06:50 PM (qSRHZ)
I do like the skirt the new companion is wearing, though.
Guess a few friends have been watching ahead, then.
The new companion (Amy Pond) is much more mysterious than the Doctor. I would like to know who she is & why she knows certain things. But that's about it, at the moment.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby, singin' in the rain at May 01, 2010 06:51 PM (Yq+qN)
Or lug nut. One is just a pit stop. The other is REALLY bad.
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 06:51 PM (d88g9)
Posted by: Mindy at May 01, 2010 06:52 PM (q5Dtx)
Posted by: steevy at May 01, 2010 06:52 PM (aSwTK)
Posted by: Grace Jones at May 01, 2010 06:52 PM (V/EYZ)
Is she a registered companion, like Inara?
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 06:52 PM (d88g9)
Treadmill??
Refrigerator.
Posted by: huerfano at May 01, 2010 06:52 PM (oSrBX)
Posted by: Anachronda at May 01, 2010 06:53 PM (LD+ZJ)
HeatherRadish, ignore the morons. They are probably just jealous that comic books geeks managed to get a woman.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 01, 2010 06:53 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Trimegistus at May 01, 2010 06:53 PM (K0vnr)
These people really are just asking for the KKK to make a comeback, aren't they?
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 06:53 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 06:54 PM (d88g9)
After the relative minor in Drive in Saturday, he went for the fifth, and vamped it for another measure.
The chorus modulates to a G from the A, but he throws in an F major to good effect.
Posted by: flashbazzbo, s.e. at May 01, 2010 06:54 PM (x7MwC)
Seriously, donÂ’t you think a water main break like that is a bit suspicious? Of course I have no idea what purpose breaking a water main would serve as a terrorist action.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 01, 2010 06:55 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Anachronda at May 01, 2010 06:55 PM (LD+ZJ)
robtr, actually, that was why I was worried. HP bought Palm because they were failing
Mindy, yeah I know. The fact that HP bought them means I only lost $15 a share on my palm stock instead of $17. I have always had good luck with HP. The one I am using now is so old it is steam powered and it still works fine.
Posted by: robtr at May 01, 2010 06:55 PM (fwSHf)
The day my mom
Got outta prison
And I went
To pick her up
In the rain
But before I could get to the station in my pickup truck
She got runned over by the danged ol' train
Posted by: Anachronda at May 01, 2010 10:53 PM (LD+ZJ)
................................................
and she never even called me by my name..............
Posted by: Racefan at May 01, 2010 06:56 PM (az0iS)
Posted by: mystry at May 01, 2010 06:57 PM (kmgIE)
I don't see how they can do better than the original. What, are they going to cast Christian Bale as Illya Kuryakin?
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at May 01, 2010 06:57 PM (Yq+qN)
Posted by: Dan at May 01, 2010 06:57 PM (9L1z6)
Seriously, donÂ’t you think a water main break like that is a bit suspicious? Of course I have no idea what purpose breaking a water main would serve as a terrorist action.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 01, 2010 10:55 PM (RZ8pf)
PGiS, watermains break all the time because they are so frigging old and they cost a fortune to replace. Some of the waterlines in Seattle are still made out of frigging wood.
Posted by: robtr at May 01, 2010 06:58 PM (fwSHf)
I've decided to become an alcoholic. If you're drunk you can say whatever you feel like saying, and if any fool gets offended -- hey, it's a disease! Why are you criticizing me for something in my genes, you bigoted asswipe?
You can also screw up your life, your childrens lives, the lives of everyone related to you and owe an Obama-sized debt to the entire universe and it's not your fault because it's a genetic disease.
Posted by: katya at May 01, 2010 06:58 PM (KWSl1)
Posted by: Lincolntf at May 01, 2010 06:58 PM (qSRHZ)
Jimmy Carter, the scourge of cats, rabbits, and free market economies.
Cats, rabbits, and free markets were brought to America by the jews
Posted by: Jimmy Carter at May 01, 2010 06:59 PM (sYxEE)
Agreed. Only problem I had with Zahn was that he made Thrawn a bit too invincible, but it wasn't that big of a problem.
/Lucas has the Midas touch in reverse - everything good he touches turns to crap. A Star Wars musical, seriously?
Posted by: Kratos (reunited with the Blade of Olympus) at May 01, 2010 06:59 PM (c0A3e)
Exactly, mystry. And if I were to have an avatar she would be a shapely brunette in a skintight, cleavage baring dress, and kick ass boots, and she would be surrounded by a giant fireball.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 01, 2010 06:59 PM (RZ8pf)
I think I read that this one was less than 10 years old. Is that what you saw, PGiS?
Posted by: Y-not at May 01, 2010 06:59 PM (Kn9r7)
robtr, this water main was 2 years oldÂ…
But I do assume it was lazy government employee error in reality.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 01, 2010 07:00 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Jollyroger at May 01, 2010 07:01 PM (or6Aq)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 01, 2010 07:01 PM (9Lm5R)
Posted by: Kratos (reunited with the Blade of Olympus) at May 01, 2010 10:50 PM (c0A3e)
Because as we all know, the hallmark of NAZI Germany was demanding that Jews immigrating to Germany go through the legal process first. Right?
One of the great ironies of this moment in history is that to liberals, national socialism is the ultimate put down - "My Dad wouldn't buy me an iPhone - he is a total NAZI!" While at the same time, the left has basically adopted national socialism as its agenda.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2010 07:01 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: Grey Fox at May 01, 2010 07:02 PM (VZIcV)
OMG, on the new iCarly we’re watching, Spencer is talking to his Dad and says “nothing, I have my hand in a chicken.” And then he says “of course it’s dead.”
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 01, 2010 07:02 PM (RZ8pf)
Times Square? Scanning...don't see anything yet.
Posted by: Kratos (reunited with the Blade of Olympus) at May 01, 2010 07:03 PM (c0A3e)
The men liked my regular name, the wimmins liked my other one.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 07:03 PM (gofDd)
Yeah, that's it. Genes. It's not our fault, damn it.
Really. You can get SS disability for it!
Posted by: Friend of Bill at May 01, 2010 07:03 PM (2+9Yx)
Posted by: Trimegistus at May 01, 2010 10:53 PM (K0vnr)
No, no, no. You need to be taking sleeping pills. Trust me.
Posted by: Patches Kennedy at May 01, 2010 07:03 PM (bgcml)
I'm making myself sick on m&m's.
Probably should be careful with those initials lest the morons take it wrong. Plain or Peanut?
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 01, 2010 07:03 PM (RZ8pf)
Although the trained seals in the DemSM laugh at every lighthearted comment he makes like he's Chris Rock, he's not a funny guy
He lacks the capacity for self-deprecation, and no one ever tells him that his jokes suck. That's why he gets in trouble when he thinks every putdown is hilarious.
Posted by: kbdabear at May 01, 2010 07:03 PM (sYxEE)
Posted by: Mindy at May 01, 2010 07:04 PM (q5Dtx)
The Daily News
Police evacuated New York’s Times Square Saturday night after a dark-colored sports utility vehicle was found to be smoking and a small “flash” was observed by firefighters on the scene.
Officers at the scene said the evacuation order stemmed from an “emergency investigation” and dozens of officers blocked access to the busy central Manhattan square, which is popular with tourists and theater-goers.
New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne said a vehicle had been left in Times Square, with smoke seen coming from it.
There was an unconfirmed report that someone was seen running from the car, Browne said. A bomb squad responded and a small fire was extinguished, he said.
“We’re just trying to determine if it was anything other than a car fire,” said Browne. “We don’t know yet if it’s anything more than that.”
Posted by: Y-not at May 01, 2010 07:04 PM (Kn9r7)
A giant fireball? Are you watching Dragonball Z?
Posted by: Kratos (reunited with the Blade of Olympus) at May 01, 2010 07:04 PM (c0A3e)
Yeah, hmmm, bomb in Times Square. Anyone want to join me under this tinfoil hat????
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 01, 2010 07:04 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: gomm at May 01, 2010 07:04 PM (73jUp)
Posted by: robtr at May 01, 2010 07:04 PM (fwSHf)
Why does the Left automatically to Nazism as the Greatest Evil That Ever Was? I never understood why liberals compare everything they don't like to Nazis/Hitler. As if no other greater evil on this planet ever occurred. Except maybe slavery, but I don't hear them whine about being enslaved as much as oppressed.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 07:04 PM (gofDd)
Is she a registered companion, like Inara?
Well, there's speculation that she's some form of alien, or something else like that. Who knows.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at May 01, 2010 07:05 PM (yfJ6g)
Yeah, hmmm, bomb in Times Square. Anyone want to join me under this tinfoil hat????
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 01, 2010 11:04 PM (RZ8pf)
Is that all you have on?
Posted by: robtr at May 01, 2010 07:05 PM (fwSHf)
You're the second one to say so, Grey Fox. Maybe I should take a poll.
The men liked my regular name, the wimmins liked my other one.
We outnumber the wimmins here, so just deem us the winners. What made you want to be a bitch goddess, anyway? I must have missed something.
Posted by: Grey Fox at May 01, 2010 07:05 PM (VZIcV)
Posted by: logprof at May 01, 2010 07:05 PM (5Ltbe)
Undetonated bomb found in SUV.
Posted by: Y-not at May 01, 2010 11:01 PM
Enough proof we need to lock up every teabagger in the NYC area
Posted by: Law & Order SUV at May 01, 2010 07:06 PM (sYxEE)
Posted by: Anachronda at May 01, 2010 07:06 PM (LD+ZJ)
Posted by: flashbazzbo, s.e. at May 01, 2010 07:06 PM (x7MwC)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 01, 2010 07:06 PM (wjk9V)
Posted by: PaleRider at May 01, 2010 07:07 PM (H6Jf4)
Posted by: Mindy at May 01, 2010 07:07 PM (q5Dtx)
The nuns (yeah, I know, actresses in habits) look so amazing in their habits. I've never understood the modern clergy's (U.S. anyway) desire to wear regular clothes.
Posted by: Y-not at May 01, 2010 07:07 PM (Kn9r7)
Posted by: mystry at May 01, 2010 07:08 PM (kmgIE)
You're correct. The broken main is about 10 years old. The story I read also said that it was a custom designed steel piece bridging ancient stuff to modern stuff, so it's not like there's another one in some contractor's yard waiting to be dropped in.
Posted by: Captain Ned at May 01, 2010 07:08 PM (qo/WN)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 01, 2010 07:09 PM (2g2ex)
I was standing in solidarity with PGiS over a minor kerfuffle.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 07:09 PM (gofDd)
My tin foil helmet is shaped like Napoleon's hat. I figured I might as well go full retard.
Don't get me started on my tin foil codpiece...
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at May 01, 2010 07:09 PM (P33XN)
Posted by: kbdabear at May 01, 2010 07:10 PM (sYxEE)
I saw a couple of nuns in full habits the other day walking near our local Wal-mart. I think that was the first time I've actually seen nuns wearing habits in person.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 07:11 PM (gofDd)
what is tethering?
Well, that opens up a lot of great chances, but the real answer is tethering is connecting your cellphone to your laptop and using the cellphone's broadband connection to run your laptop's internet connection. It is cheating the man. Instead of buying a laptop card from verizon or att, you use your unlimited data plan to run your computer, without buying a card.
Posted by: Kemp at May 01, 2010 07:12 PM (2+9Yx)
Posted by: Mindy at May 01, 2010 07:12 PM (q5Dtx)
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 07:12 PM (d88g9)
Tony Villar likes to hike our garbage collection fees. I want to know why the taxes we already pay into the city don't already cover this.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 07:13 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 11:04 PM (gofDd)
The effect of Soviet propaganda and their useful western idiots.
The NAZIs were pretty damn bad - genocide level bad - obviously. However, the Soviets and Red Chinese were no better then the NAZIs.
After the German attack on their former Soviet ally, not only were there no more then a few crackpots defending the NAZIs, there was the powerful Soviet propaganda arm to make sure that the NAZIs were seen as worse then the Soviets.
This allowed the NAZIs to become the definition of evil in the post-WWII era, even though they were at least equaled in some places after WWII (China, Cambodia)..
Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2010 07:13 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: gomm at May 01, 2010 07:13 PM (EA+Co)
--OK what lame joke this time? The last I heard was the you-have-made-enough-money one that was greeted with tepid laughter.
The rum has hit me hard. I'm also not gettin' laid.
Posted by: logprof at May 01, 2010 07:13 PM (5Ltbe)
It was a major kerfuffle dammit.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 01, 2010 07:14 PM (RZ8pf)
As if no other greater evil on this planet ever occurred. Except maybe slavery
Slavery was common for almost all of our civilized existence. Fact of life. When a nation was overthrown, and you were on the losing end, 2 choices. Death, or slavery.
Which would you choose?
Posted by: HH at May 01, 2010 07:15 PM (6oDXl)
I think just in sheer numbers alone Communism has killed more people than Nazism.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 07:15 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Kemp at May 01, 2010 07:15 PM (2+9Yx)
Count de Monet, you have my utmost sympathy as I have had a series of those events happen with my son and my ex-husband this year. Starting with the guinea pig costume, then the science fair project and then the 4-H presentation. Somehow, it always seems to slip my exÂ’s mind that these things are due.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 01, 2010 07:15 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: logprof at May 01, 2010 11:13 PM (5Ltbe)
So, she has your soul now?
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 07:16 PM (d88g9)
Last time I saw a Presbyterian minister wear vestments, his parishioners teased him for "wearing a dress".
294 I really had no idea.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at May 01, 2010 07:16 PM (Yq+qN)
Posted by: Mindy at May 01, 2010 07:16 PM (q5Dtx)
Slavery was common for almost all of our civilized existence. Fact of life. When a nation was overthrown, and you were on the losing end, 2 choices. Death, or slavery.
Which would you choose?
True. As an American, I'd like to say I'd choose death.
But that sounds more heroic than I really am. That said, I know slavery wasn't even a moral issue until the late 18th/early 19th century. I was just saying that the Left considers genocide and slavery on par, not that I do.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 07:17 PM (gofDd)
Report: U.S. in talks to declare Mideast nuclear-free zone
Posted by: Kratos (reunited with the Blade of Olympus) at May 01, 2010 07:17 PM (c0A3e)
I saw a couple of nuns in full habits the other day walking near our local Wal-mart. I think that was the first time I've actually seen nuns wearing habits in person.
Used to see a lot more of them when I was a kid. I think mostly the old nuns or the really orthodox ones are the only ones who wear the full regalia anymore. Not that I'm up on Catholic clergy wardrobe stuff, having converted from Catholicism 30 years ago.
Posted by: katya at May 01, 2010 07:17 PM (KWSl1)
Shouldn't she by "Countess" and not "Mrs."?
Posted by: Y-not at May 01, 2010 11:10 PM (Kn9r7)
Yeah, but right now I'm so mad at her I think you're off by one letter.
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 01, 2010 07:18 PM (2g2ex)
Posted by: logprof at May 01, 2010 11:13 PM (5Ltbe)
So, she has your soul now?
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 11:16 PM (d88g9)
--Well, I doubt she could steal it over the 'Net. In any case, the wifey already has it 
Posted by: logprof at May 01, 2010 07:18 PM (5Ltbe)
And I know this because I got in trouble in high school for telling off my lefty teachers and classmates that if they wanted to teach black people about genocide (because they were comparing slavery to genocide) they should talk about Rwanda and Ethiopia. I was shut down and whined to about how many people died in the Middle Passage.
What I should have said and wish I'd had was, "You don't kill your commodity on purpose. If you do you have nothing to sell and make no money, you fucking idiots. And btw, it was Muslims and Africans selling other Africans to the white man."
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 07:19 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: robtr at May 01, 2010 07:20 PM (fwSHf)
When you kill one, it is a tragedy. When you kill 10 million, it is a statistic.
Posted by: Josef Stalin at May 01, 2010 07:20 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: mystry at May 01, 2010 07:20 PM (kmgIE)
OK, has anyone seen the foster kids need want to be adopted commercials that are airing now? The ones about how you don’t have to be a perfect parent? I just saw the one where the Mom vacuums up the hamster, my son said “that was the worst commercial I’ve seen in a long time.”
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 01, 2010 07:20 PM (RZ8pf)
In Oklahoma, we once went to a debate tournament at a Catholic school that was connected to a monastery. Saw a few monks in the brown robes & with the shaved circle on their heads. Looked like those pics of Franciscan friars.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at May 01, 2010 07:20 PM (Yq+qN)
Well, I did steal Kratos' soul over the Interwebs. But your soul was sold to your wife so I'm not poaching on it.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 07:20 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Racefan at May 01, 2010 07:22 PM (az0iS)
Don't be too comfortable with that. Rum stole mine over the 'Net through some black magic. I had to go to SoCal to get it back.
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 01, 2010 07:22 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: logprof at May 01, 2010 11:13 PM
Rum, stop hitting logprof. I mean it dammit, don't make me come in there!
Posted by: kbdabear at May 01, 2010 07:22 PM (sYxEE)
Dumbass. Everybody knows National Socialism is a Right Wing (i.e. RETHUGLICAN) ideology.
Posted by: Liberal arts graduate at May 01, 2010 11:06 PM (BiCQw)
I've always been amused by the political progression chart the left uses. From right to left;
National Socialism (fascism)
Traditional Authoritarian regimes
Real libertarianism
Conservatism
Moderatism
Liberalism
Democratic Socialism (Euro Socialism)
International Socialism (Communism)
Anarchism
This is a bloody wreck. Anarchism should be an extreme version of Libertarianism, and neither of these should be near either communism or fascism. A much more meaningful breakdown;
Anarchism
Libertarianism
Conservatism
Moderatism
Liberalism
Democratic Socialism
Traditional Authoritarian regimes
National Socialism
International Socialism
Hell, the progenitor of the damn "Democratic Socialist" European Union was Oswald Mosley, aka the head of the British Union of Fascists.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2010 07:22 PM (bgcml)
You should rent Firefly and Serenity. I think you'd like it.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 07:23 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: kbdabear at May 01, 2010 11:22 PM (sYxEE)
Awwww, but it's fun! Spoilsport.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 07:24 PM (gofDd)
They had the "Joe Biden" cut
Posted by: kbdabear at May 01, 2010 07:24 PM (sYxEE)
Speaking of marijuana, according to my sister in Denver since they passed the “medical marijuana” initiative medical marijuana shops have been popping up all over. I said I thought that you had to have a doctor’s prescription and she told me the places have doctors on the premises.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 01, 2010 07:24 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: katya at May 01, 2010 07:26 PM (KWSl1)
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 07:26 PM (d88g9)
That realization just clicked into place for me a couple weeks ago. I was trying to figure out where libertarians landed on the scale of right to left and I knew they weren't anywhere near fascism. Hell they're almost the direct opposite.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 07:26 PM (gofDd)
note to all as the idiot down the street just found out
if you pull a cops tazer out, YOU WILL GET SHOT!
howdy all
Posted by: policiademarinajose at May 01, 2010 07:27 PM (gg4j2)
What I should have said and wish I'd had was, "You don't kill your commodity on purpose. If you do you have nothing to sell and make no money, you fucking idiots. And btw, it was Muslims and Africans selling other Africans to the white man."
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 11:19 PM (gofDd)
I've always thought that it would be enlightening to teach kids about both the African and Mediterranean slave trade - where the latter of course was Muslims raiding southern Europe for slaves.
Partly this is a tough point for the PC police to deal with, partly because it is a fuller lesson - there is nothing special about the Atlantic slave trade. Human beings have enslaved each other whenever they were given the opportunity.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2010 07:27 PM (bgcml)
Posted by: robtr at May 01, 2010 07:27 PM (fwSHf)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at May 01, 2010 11:16 PM (Yq+qN)
You should rent Firefly and Serenity. I think you'd like it.
I strongly second that rec.
Posted by: katya at May 01, 2010 07:28 PM (KWSl1)
Here as in where we are robtr? I didnÂ’t know that.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 01, 2010 07:29 PM (RZ8pf)
Who says The Won will even let them? After all, it's not fair that the 6 million Israelis have some nukes while the 300-400 million people surrounding them, most of whom seek Israeli's destruction, don't.
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 01, 2010 07:29 PM (c0A3e)
I watched the 1st 4 episodes of Firefly several yrs ago (2006?), but I couldn't get into it. However, that was when I thought Doctor Who was silly, so I'd probably like it now.
My reading & watching lists just keep getting longer...
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at May 01, 2010 07:29 PM (Yq+qN)
But that sounds more heroic than I really am. That
said, I know slavery wasn't even a moral issue until the late
18th/early 19th century. I was just saying that the Left considers
genocide and slavery on par, not that I do.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 11:17 PM (gofDd)
This is another point that we need to teach kids about. Abolitionism wasn't some, "duh, obvious!" idea. While people have always opposed being enslaved themselves, the notion that "As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master" is a triumph of western thought.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2010 07:30 PM (bgcml)
I'm watching Master and Commander (for the second time), and after the opening battle, Russel Crowe's character informs one of the crew that they are not going to march through the "Brazilian rain forest" to find wood for a new mast. Rain forest? In 1805? They called it a rain forest? I think not.
Methinks they called it what it is....a fucking jungle.
Posted by: Land of Leakin, now with $1350 worth of Derby Dough at May 01, 2010 07:31 PM (AMYl0)
Posted by: robtr at May 01, 2010 07:31 PM (fwSHf)
Posted by: HH at May 01, 2010 07:31 PM (6oDXl)
I watched the 1st 4 episodes of Firefly several yrs ago (2006?), but I couldn't get into it.
Watch it. Watch it now. It's awesome.
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 07:31 PM (d88g9)
Posted by: katya at May 01, 2010 07:31 PM (KWSl1)
I remember when it was on TV and I dismissed it as stupid. It was before I was huge Whedon fan, too. Then my dad rented Serenity so I sat and watched the last half of the movie with him. That sparked my interest in watching the series and the beginning of the movie.
I can't seem to get into Dr. Who, though.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 07:33 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Racefan at May 01, 2010 07:33 PM (az0iS)
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 01, 2010 07:33 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: rockhead at May 01, 2010 07:34 PM (RykTt)
I would argue it still continues today and will continue as long as humans are on this earth.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 07:34 PM (gofDd)
350 I said I thought that you had to have a doctorÂ’s prescription and she told me the places have doctors on the premises.
Posted by: policiademarinajose at May 01, 2010 07:34 PM (gg4j2)
And I know this because I got in trouble in high school for telling off my lefty teachers and classmates that if they wanted to teach black people about genocide (because they were comparing slavery to genocide) they should talk about Rwanda and Ethiopia. I was shut down and whined to about how many people died in the Middle Passage.
The school I am getting my degree at hosted a conference on slavery in the U.S. last March, and one of the speakers was our senior, technically retired, Southern History professor. He was asked to deliver an address on on how his views of slavery had changed over the years, he having been born in 1930, and probably teaching from the 1950s on. He started out by commenting that if he kept to the assigned topic, it would have been a very short address indeed, as his views on slavery and race had not changed at all, and after that proceeded to declare that slavery and the Middle Passage, while evil, where not nearly as bad as the Holocaust and suchlike, that America was not as wicked as she was made out to be, etc. Presumably the implication was that people focused to narrowly and blew it out of proportion.
Unfortunately, I was not attending at the time, so I didn't get to hear it, though the substance of the speech was relayed to me by some of my peers who were there. Evidently it didn't go down well - I heard that one person in attendance said that they wanted to vomit after hearing it, and all my peers and the professor in whose class we were currently in were aghast and shocked that he would says such things. I just tried not to laugh out loud.
When you are 70+ years old you can get away with saying such things - you have already had your career!
Posted by: Grey Fox at May 01, 2010 07:34 PM (VZIcV)
What's Larry King's ratings these days? Next to nothing?
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 01, 2010 07:34 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: katya at May 01, 2010 07:35 PM (KWSl1)
If Michael Moore falls on the Larry King Show, did he make a sound?
Posted by: kbdabear at May 01, 2010 07:36 PM (sYxEE)
Posted by: Racefan at May 01, 2010 07:37 PM (az0iS)
and the phrase "Shiny" has slipped into Chuck.
I keep hearing it in random places (on TV and RL) and can't help thinking it's actually inspired by Firefly and not, literally, "shiny".
Posted by: katya at May 01, 2010 07:39 PM (KWSl1)
Larry King is the reason Rachel Maddow has viewers
Without her, even leftists would watch Ice Truckers instead of the Old Frog
Posted by: kbdabear at May 01, 2010 07:39 PM (sYxEE)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at May 01, 2010 07:40 PM (Yq+qN)
Posted by: kbdabear at May 01, 2010 11:36 PM (sYxEE)
Well, we certainly pick it up.
Posted by: US Geological Service at May 01, 2010 07:41 PM (bgcml)
I'd pay good money to see Larry King beaten about the head and shoulders with a lead pipe while I watch it happen while sitting in a car parked down the street.
I'd also pay good money to see a chick punch Joy Behar in the throat. Hard.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at May 01, 2010 07:44 PM (P33XN)
We need more profs and teachers like him!
Two of the greatest things I know is that Adam Baldwin still seems to love his Firefly fan following, and the phrase "Shiny" has slipped into Chuck.
I've noticed some of that, too. Even some of the way he does things just remind me of Jayne, esp when it comes to taking people out.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 07:44 PM (gofDd)
I'd also pay good money to see a chick punch Joy Behar in the throat. Hard.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at May 01, 2010 11:44 PMWatch her and Meghan when the caterer brings in food backstage at The View
Posted by: kbdabear at May 01, 2010 07:46 PM (sYxEE)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at May 01, 2010 11:40 PM (Yq+qN)
I never saw Firefly when it was first on. But I kept seeing people referring to it. I don't know if it was on this site or elsewhere. But when it came out on DVD I picked it up, and am damn glad I did.
Well worth watching, and some funny sh*t in a lot of those episodes.
Posted by: HH at May 01, 2010 07:47 PM (6oDXl)
Posted by: Racefan at May 01, 2010 07:47 PM (az0iS)
It was 1959, though. IIRC, they had abandoned the Hays Code by then, & their enforcer had retired.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at May 01, 2010 07:48 PM (Yq+qN)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 01, 2010 07:48 PM (wjk9V)
Moore said the Redskins and Blacks were here then the whiteman came and screwed everything up.... Maybe i'm wrong but...........
He didn’t really say that, did he? How did the blacks beat Columbus to America? Or did he mean “here” in the larger “on this planet” sense?
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 01, 2010 07:50 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 01, 2010 07:51 PM (wjk9V)
"You never close your eyes any more when I kiss your lips......"
Top Gun sucked but that scene was awesome!!
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 07:51 PM (d88g9)
Points in its favor, but still about #13 or #14 on greatest Firefly episodes ever list.
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 07:52 PM (d88g9)
Didn't know there was a team called the Blacks. Were they in the old AAC?
Posted by: kbdabear at May 01, 2010 07:52 PM (sYxEE)
That would be so freaking awesome.
I have two more episodes of Chuck season 2 left. Then I have to wait for season 3 to come out on DVD!
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 07:53 PM (gofDd)
WTF? That's beyond even Moore's standard left-tard thinking.
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 01, 2010 07:53 PM (c0A3e)
Didn't know there was a team called the Blacks. Were they in the old AAC?
Naw, you're thinking of the Shuffling Negroes.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at May 01, 2010 07:53 PM (P33XN)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at May 01, 2010 07:55 PM (Yq+qN)
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 07:55 PM (d88g9)
For all his spoken love of black folk, he doesn't seem to find many to hire when he makes a propaganda film
Posted by: kbdabear at May 01, 2010 07:56 PM (sYxEE)
Yeah, but they only post 5 of the most recent episodes.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 07:56 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Captain Ned at May 01, 2010 11:44 PM (qo/WN)
You owe me a new monitor.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 01, 2010 07:57 PM (bgcml)
Not necessarily. I watched the first two eps ever of Chuck in the last six months there.
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 07:57 PM (d88g9)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 01, 2010 07:57 PM (9Lm5R)
Posted by: Racefan at May 01, 2010 07:58 PM (az0iS)
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, planning for Apocalypse now at May 01, 2010 07:58 PM (JrRME)
"So go write a 4 chord song and you too can have a hit."
I will. I'm planning on finishing my opus masterpiece:
"Karl Marx is a killer queer".
So. What do you think my chances are? Honestly. I can take it.
Posted by: memomachine at May 01, 2010 08:00 PM (MwCol)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 01, 2010 08:03 PM (wjk9V)
So. What do you think my chances are? Honestly. I can take it.
Posted by: memomachine at May 02, 2010 12:00 AM (MwCol)
Will you autograph my copy?
Marx had six kids, I think, half of whom died while he scribbled his rantings in London. So, maybe he was 'bi'
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, planning for Apocalypse now at May 01, 2010 08:04 PM (JrRME)
Evening all.
Posted by: mpur in Texas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at May 01, 2010 08:05 PM (iBTj9)
So. What do you think my chances are? Honestly. I can take it.
Unless you have Lady GaGa record it, not so much.
Posted by: HH at May 01, 2010 08:05 PM (6oDXl)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 02, 2010 12:03 AM (wjk9V)
yeah, I love watching pictures of Nothing Happening on TV while some geek-spert jabbers away on the phone.
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, planning for Apocalypse now at May 01, 2010 08:06 PM (JrRME)
Posted by: davidt at May 01, 2010 08:06 PM (aag4W)
Posted by: mpur in Texas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at May 02,
2010 12:05 AM (iBTj9)
The German word for Slav is 'Sklav'--slave. Germans never did think highly of their Slavic neighbors..........
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, planning for Apocalypse now at May 01, 2010 08:07 PM (JrRME)
I just read that in Thomas Sowell's book! It's been really enlightening, actually.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 08:08 PM (gofDd)
YW. zShare sometimes has better quality than Megavideo, but not often. Anyway, always watch the ones that have the green bars next to them.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at May 01, 2010 08:08 PM (Yq+qN)
Cooper should go back to doing Channel One. Anyone else remember that load of garbage they piped into our classrooms every day and made us watch? I remember Cooper and Lisa Ling from their time on it. But no one else.
Aside from Cooper, they were valley dudes fit for MTV Spring Break. My personal wish of sending them to the former Yugoslavia for some war reporting puts a smile on my face.
Posted by: Cincinnatus at May 01, 2010 08:10 PM (euuyg)
the term for the people of Central and Eastern Europe who were captured and forced in slavery in such large numbers that they named the practice after them.
Ummm, ok. Then before that they were referred to as 'servants', like in the Bible.
Slaves are slaves, no matter what the English derivitve is.
Posted by: HH at May 01, 2010 08:11 PM (6oDXl)
I don't care, I'm still free
You can't take the sky from me
Take me out, to the black, tell them I ain't coming back
Burn the land and boil the sea
You can't take the sky from me
There's no place I can be
Since I found Serenity
But you can't take the sky from me
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 08:12 PM (gofDd)
SRS,
Hitler considered the Slavs to be a "sub-human" race. When the Wermacht first came through that area, the Slavs were cheering for them becuase Stalin hadn't been good to them. Then came the SS and things changed.
Posted by: Land of Leakin, now with $1350 worth of Derby Dough at May 01, 2010 08:12 PM (AMYl0)
Slaves are slaves, no matter what the English derivitve is.
Posted by: HH at May 02, 2010 12:11 AM (6oDXl)
.............................................
if i say what the southern derivitve is for slaves is..... I will get banned...........
Posted by: Racefan at May 01, 2010 08:15 PM (az0iS)
Now 'rum, did you quote that from memory or did you drag out your DVD?
Posted by: HH at May 01, 2010 08:15 PM (6oDXl)
Posted by: Racefan at May 01, 2010 08:17 PM (az0iS)
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 08:18 PM (d88g9)
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 08:19 PM (d88g9)
I am not feeling very cheerful tonight. I have some of that non-specific fear causing my mindthoughts to be doubleplusungood.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 01, 2010 08:19 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 08:21 PM (d88g9)
Memory. But I have the song on my iTunes list and played it to make sure I got the lyrics right.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 08:21 PM (gofDd)
And one thing about Serenity. It is the only time I have ever seen a government keeping a secret that they are willing to kill for that makes sense. And you can understand why.
Well, if you want to kill people to hide your great mistake...
Posted by: HH at May 01, 2010 08:22 PM (6oDXl)
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 08:24 PM (gofDd)
Really about the only thing I liked from Anderson was Exar Kun, and I think Stackpole did him better in I,Jedi anyways.
I haven't read everything, but so far, all the best stories about the old Sith lords seem to come from the KOTOR and KOTOR II games
Posted by: flashbazzbo, s.e. at May 01, 2010 08:24 PM (x7MwC)
Ummm, ok. Then before that they were referred to as 'servants', like in the Bible.
Slaves are slaves, no matter what the English derivitve is.Uhm, no, the Bible mentions slavery as an established practice.
You can also find references to slavery in the Code of Hammurabi.
My point is that slavery has been around probably since the time humans begin to practice agriculture regularly (roughly 10,000 years ago IIRC).
I think it was Aristotle who believed in natural slavery, the idea that some people, by their very nature, are destined to be slaves.
Posted by: mpur in Texas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at May 01, 2010 08:24 PM (iBTj9)
Any with Adam Baldwin and his many weapons.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 08:24 PM (gofDd)
You gotta tell me about that some day.
I really don't.
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 08:25 PM (d88g9)
And he was right!
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 08:25 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Land of Leakin, now with $1350 worth of Derby Dough at May
02, 2010 12:12 AM (AMYl0)
That is said to have happened in the Ukraine, and possibly elsewhere in the USSR. Hitlers' views on the Slavs were re-hashed 19th Century Stuff --as were a lot of his views, including those toward the Juden
Adolf actually was a less-than-original thinker / para-phraser.
Speer remembers how in the Ukraine old women with straw brooms cleaned snow off the tracks. For some reason that image sticks in my head.......
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, planning for Apocalypse now at May 01, 2010 08:26 PM (JrRME)
Heh. Interestingly enough, I learned that little tidbit from an email exchange I had with Thomas Sowell ages ago.
Posted by: mpur in Texas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at May 01, 2010 08:29 PM (iBTj9)
I think it's his best show. It's one I can watch over and over.
And the lyrics speak to me. I like the defiant feel of them.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 08:30 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 02, 2010 12:19 AM (RZ8pf)
It's the times we are living through. Things are Doubleplusungood All Over, and goin' to get Far Worse--soon
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, planning for Apocalypse now at May 01, 2010 08:30 PM (JrRME)
WeÂ’re watching Revenge of the Sith right now and as much as I thought Lucas shat on the Star Wars series with his new movies, I do like the symbolism at the end when Padme is giving birth to Luke and Leia as Annakin is getting re-born as Darth Vader.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 01, 2010 08:31 PM (RZ8pf)
So that means 2 degrees separated from Thomas Sowell!
I would love to have a conversation with him over a meal. I'd love to hear his views on a whole bunch of things.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 08:33 PM (gofDd)
Best prequel ever.
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 08:33 PM (d88g9)
Posted by: Bomber at May 02, 2010 12:33 AM (d88g9)
Or not; sometimes things are better than they seem.
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, 'glass half full' guy at May 01, 2010 08:35 PM (JrRME)
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 08:35 PM (d88g9)
488,
He also didn't give much creedence to history, or he wouldn't have invaded Russia to begin with. The world should be thankful that he did.
He was also an idiot when it came to battlefield tactics/strategy. Had he listened to some of his more accomplished generals and field marshalls, Germany may well have been able to sue for peace and come out of the conflict in pretty good shape.
But he was such an egotisical, narcissitic tool (remind you of anyone?) that he believed that the German people could pull off any stupid fucking thing he wanted to do, simply because they were the German people.
Posted by: Land of Leakin, now with $1350 worth of Derby Dough at May 01, 2010 08:36 PM (AMYl0)
Something,
.In the end, there will be only chaos.
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 01, 2010 08:36 PM (c0A3e)
Leia was force-sensitive. That's how she remembers.
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 08:37 PM (d88g9)
Posted by: Bomber at May 02, 2010 12:35 AM (d88g9)
I don't smoke. Wait--was that a rhetorical question?
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, preparing for Apocalyspe now at May 01, 2010 08:38 PM (JrRME)
Oh yeah, count me in.
He had posted an article on Town Hall on the subject and I emailed him telling him about a black chick I worked with who had told me "no people on earth have been as mistreated as the black people, including the Jews." A statement that absolutely floored me.
To my surprise he emailed me back talking about the Slavic peoples, and in more recent history, the Irish, who, while not enslaved per se, suffered 800 years of oppression by the English who took everything from them, cattle, crops, etc for their own use. During the potato famine, the English continued taking everything, leaving the people to starve. There are accounts of people with their mouths stained green as they resorted to trying to survive on grass. Those who escaped to America were forced into indentured servitude.
/off soap box
Posted by: mpur in Texas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at May 01, 2010 08:38 PM (iBTj9)
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 08:39 PM (d88g9)
Leia was force-sensitive. That's how she remembers.
The Force is always a convenient excuse. I wonder if "The Force made me do it" is considered a legal excuse in the Star Wars universe?
Posted by: Grey Fox at May 01, 2010 08:39 PM (VZIcV)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at May 01, 2010 08:40 PM (Yq+qN)
I am having trouble thinking of things to say tonight. I just feel like thereÂ’s a really heavy atmosphere in the world right now. I know a lot of people are suffering in their personal lives in various ways and there are so many natural disasters, and now weird stuff in NYC, Boston, Chicago, and Philly.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 01, 2010 08:40 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 02, 2010
12:36 AM (c0A3e)
You keep using that word; I do not think it means what you think it means.
There already is chaos; it has arrived. So, what follows?
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, preparing for Apocalyspe now at May 01, 2010 08:40 PM (JrRME)
Yes, yes I did. Anything to get James Earl Jones into the prequels (to replace Hayden Christensen).
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 08:41 PM (d88g9)
OK, my God my son is totally mocking the end of the movie now. “Of course the girl grows up living in a palace in a kingdom and becomes a princess while the boy has to learn to live among the sand dunes.”
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 01, 2010 08:41 PM (RZ8pf)
"A Sith Lord used a mind trick on me to make me kill my bitch whore of a saintly wife" sounds like a get-out-of-jail-free card.
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 01, 2010 08:41 PM (tVyY+)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 02, 2010 12:40 AM (RZ8pf)
I'd say something, but you're shunning me so I won't
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, preparing for Apocalyspe now at May 01, 2010 08:42 PM (JrRME)
This isn't chaos, friend. Not even close.
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 01, 2010 08:42 PM (c0A3e)
Shaak Ti. Luminara Unduli. Barriss Offee. Most of the hot ones didn't die in III.
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 08:43 PM (d88g9)
Ahahaha! Your son is awesome!
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 01, 2010 08:43 PM (c0A3e)
One of the things that absolutely infuriates me about the oppression wars is that it's assumed only "colored" people were ever persecuted. History so obviously debunks that, but the Left has co-opted everything and no one ever learns different. What's also ironic when the Left bleats about how black slaves were treated, they overlook the fact that the Chinese and the Irish were given the most dangerous jobs because they were considered expendable. You don't want to accidentally kill your slave that cost you $2,000 to purchase.
I would've slapped that coworker of yours and tell her to ask the millions of Chinese who died at Mao's hand and at the hands of the Japanese.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 08:43 PM (gofDd)
I was so proud of my 5yo son the other day. Told me Aayla was his favorite, "because of how she bends."
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 08:43 PM (d88g9)
Posted by: David Allen Coe at May 01, 2010 08:44 PM (az0iS)
SantaRosaStan, IÂ’m not shunning you. At least I donÂ’t remember shunning you. IÂ’m sorry if I accidentally shunned you.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 01, 2010 08:44 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at May 01, 2010 08:44 PM (Yq+qN)
Know about times square but what was weird in the last 3?
PS - Mayweather destroyed Mosley tonight for you fight fans.
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at May 01, 2010 08:45 PM (7VvJB)
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 02, 2010 12:42 AM
Whatever. My younger son completed 'God of War 3' a few days ago. So, was Kratos dead, sort of dead, or temporarily dead, or what?
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, preparing for Apocalyspe now at May 01, 2010 08:45 PM (JrRME)
Posted by: Editor at May 01, 2010 08:45 PM (YX6i/)
Editor,
You're bitchin' about an 87? That's a pretty decent score for me. I shot an 87 in 30 mph winds on Friday and was thrilled.
Posted by: Land of Leakin, now with $1350 worth of Derby Dough at May 01, 2010 08:46 PM (AMYl0)
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 08:46 PM (d88g9)
Walking a thin line there AceRayAnFay.
Posted by: FUBAR at May 01, 2010 08:48 PM (1fanL)
I'm of the opinion Kratos is still alive. But I wouldn't have put that cliffhanger in there. If I had directed the game, Kratos would be clearly dead and had been reunited with his family in another plane of existence. Like what happened at the end of Gladiator.
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 01, 2010 08:48 PM (c0A3e)
I was too stunned to do anything but walk away.
Don't forget the lovely time the Chinese had in America when they first arrived.
Posted by: mpur in Texas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at May 01, 2010 08:49 PM (iBTj9)
Oh, and 'rum. I don't know if you watched those Star Wars car-wash vids that have been posted here. But the funny thing is, they were done just about a half a block west of Third and Fairfax. You can see the Farmers Market in the background.
When I first saw them it was a WTF? moment. Geez, this looks familiar.
Hell, my old stomping ground.
Posted by: HH at May 01, 2010 08:49 PM (6oDXl)
Boston, water main break, Chicago suspicious package on a train, Philly plane diverted to after suspicious note found indicating bomb.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 01, 2010 08:50 PM (RZ8pf)
The Red Line in Chicago was shut down this evening because of a suspicious package they found.
Hadn't heard about the others.
Posted by: mpur in Texas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at May 01, 2010 08:50 PM (iBTj9)
Posted by: Editor at May 01, 2010 08:51 PM (YX6i/)
And by plus side, I mean the sizes of the girlfriends-in-tow at the shop.
Posted by: Trimegistus at May 01, 2010 10:42 PM (K0vnr)
Do you live in the Milwaukee area? Just heard a commercial on the radio for that. Or is it some sort of national free comic book day?
Posted by: WisConbowhunter at May 01, 2010 08:51 PM (S3BMi)
My son has apparently decided it is bad George Lucas movie night because he just put in the DVD for the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 01, 2010 08:51 PM (RZ8pf)
Wait, I got a suspicious package. Should I not ride the train in Chicago?
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 08:51 PM (d88g9)
"The Irish from the east, Chinese from the west".
To blast through the mountains, they'd send a mick / Chinaman into a tunnel or crevice with a lighted stick of dynamine ( told the guy, who would be a young new worker on the crews, that it was a new sort of candle )
Just like nature is animals killing and eating other animals, history is societies conquering, absorbing and displacing other societies. Slavery was only a few stanzas on a very long song
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, preparing for Apocalyspe now at May 01, 2010 08:52 PM (JrRME)
Boston, water main break, Chicago suspicious package on a train, Philly plane diverted to after suspicious note found indicating bomb.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 02, 2010 12:50 AM (RZ8pf)
This all happened, today? A lot happens when you're not paying attention.
Posted by: Editor at May 01, 2010 08:52 PM (YX6i/)
Oh, I didn't watch the vids. Heh. Damn, I never see car washes like that when I go down that way.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 08:53 PM (gofDd)
yeah i know........ but dang, someones gotta do something to liven this thing up. sometimes ya gotta walk on the edge.
Posted by: David Allen Coe at May 01, 2010 08:53 PM (az0iS)
My son has apparently decided it is bad George Lucas movie night because he just put in the DVD for the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 02, 2010 12:51 AM (RZ8pf)
Good gawd! You own that?
Posted by: Editor at May 01, 2010 08:54 PM (YX6i/)
! The Ex Consort of Hades is shocked to hear of this development.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at May 01, 2010 08:54 PM (yfJ6g)
And the there's greece, people are mad about their free stuff:
MAY DAY protests in Greece turned violent yesterday as youths in gas masks and hoods set fire to vehicles, smashed shop fronts and threw molotov cocktails and rocks at police in an explosion of fury over austerity measures they claim will hurt only the poor.
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at May 01, 2010 08:54 PM (7VvJB)
Sowell says that racism was caused by slavery, not the other way around. He said it was created as a way to justify slavery after the abolition movement started gaining ground.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 08:55 PM (gofDd)
Free Comic Book Day was nationwide I think.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 01, 2010 08:55 PM (RZ8pf)
He has a sense of humor.
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 01, 2010 08:55 PM (c0A3e)
On May Day.
Posted by: davidt at May 01, 2010 08:55 PM (aag4W)
was good, at least till they got to Akator.
And Indy even says "nucular."
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 08:55 PM (d88g9)
545,
Is he? If so, that's a shame. The gangbanger brothas can do their "kill the police, fuck whitey" bullshit all they want, but David Allan Coe lyrics "are walking a thin line?"
Frankly, if that's the case, then this blog can shove it. I don't believe in double standars and one-way streets. Fuck that. Entirely.
Posted by: Land of Leakin, now with $1350 worth of Derby Dough at May 01, 2010 08:56 PM (AMYl0)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 01, 2010 08:56 PM (2g2ex)
Good gawd! You own that?
Posted by: Editor at May 02, 2010 12:54 AM (YX6i/)
We do too. And we also got Avatar, which I refuse to watch.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 08:56 PM (gofDd)
Ever seen Apocalyto?
Posted by: mpur in Texas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at May 01, 2010 08:57 PM (iBTj9)
Why? I just think that was put in there so they can have more God of War games later (although not starring Kratos). I'd rather have the game series end on a good note than some half-ass way to reboot the series later.
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 01, 2010 08:57 PM (c0A3e)
Yes Editor, I own that DVD. My son went through an Indiana Jones phase.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 01, 2010 08:57 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Abdominal Snowman at May 01, 2010 08:58 PM (xlmQD)
No matter how rowdy protests get here in the US, they very rarely turns into full on riots with molotov cocktails.
Unless the Lakers or Raiders win/lose a championship game.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 08:58 PM (gofDd)
Editor,
I've played eight rounds so far this year. Weather looks good for me to play Sunday and Monday.
Posted by: Land of Leakin, now with $1350 worth of Derby Dough at May 01, 2010 08:58 PM (AMYl0)
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at May 01, 2010 08:59 PM (Yq+qN)
Posted by: davidt at May 01, 2010 09:01 PM (aag4W)
Mine did too.
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 09:01 PM (d88g9)
I don't think I'm doing this right, as I'm trying to be light-hearted. (Otherwise, I'll drown in cynicism, etc.) I'm out.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at May 01, 2010 09:01 PM (Yq+qN)
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at May 02, 2010 12:54 AM (7VvJB)
Greece is the Shit about to hit the Fan. The media is still wetting itself over the fact that Greece was able to sell its bonds, but that was only because buyers figured that SOMEONE ( probably the Germans ) would eventually cough up the money.
Greece now; Portugal next; for the trifecta, Spain, with a much larger economy
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, preparing for Apocalyspe now at May 01, 2010 09:01 PM (JrRME)
Posted by: Editor at May 01, 2010 09:02 PM (YX6i/)
Now now kiddos. My sister worked for Lucas. He paid for fresh turkey when she got the job, and movers packed up everthing and moved her when she had to go to Marin County.
(Of course her finding an apartment that allowed smokining is a whole different story)
Posted by: HH at May 01, 2010 09:02 PM (6oDXl)
It makes the backstory for Zelda aggravating to follow though. And that's part of the gaming experience. Admittedly, God of War doesn't have the most coherent backstory either.
I don't want a 4th God of War game. (There's actually 5 already, if you count the mobile version and the prequel).
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 01, 2010 09:02 PM (c0A3e)
Awww, Bomber, thatÂ’s adorable! Our Indiana Jones phase was between Halloweens so he never had the costume.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 01, 2010 09:03 PM (RZ8pf)
Okay, then. See ya later, Miss'80sbaby.
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 01, 2010 09:04 PM (c0A3e)
Ugh, Temple of Doom.
I so wanted the screaming bitch to die.
Posted by: mpur in Texas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at May 01, 2010 09:04 PM (iBTj9)
David Allen Coe wrote so many of the Love songs that some of the biggest country stars had hits with....... Most people dont know that. But he also wrote 2 of the meanest x rated ablums you probley have never heard.
Posted by: David Allen Coe at May 01, 2010 09:05 PM (az0iS)
At what age? The boy has showed no interest in either Star Wars or Indiana Jones, yet.
He is big in Ghostbusters and The Blue Brothers, though.
Posted by: mpur in Texas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at May 01, 2010 09:06 PM (iBTj9)
You too? I wished Mola Ram would have pulled her heart out.
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 01, 2010 09:07 PM (c0A3e)
Fucking in the butt!!
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 09:07 PM (d88g9)
Frankly, if that's the case, then this blog can shove it. I don't believe in double standars and one-way streets. Fuck that. Entirely.
Posted by: Land of Leakin, now with $1350 worth of Derby Dough at May
02, 2010 12:56 AM (AMYl0)
Whoa. I'm not affiliated with this blog in any way. I was just guessing. Besides, you know it's ok to make fun of whitey. It's not me, it's society.
Posted by: FUBAR at May 01, 2010 09:07 PM (1fanL)
He is big in Ghostbusters and The Blue Brothers, though.
Posted by: mpur in Texas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at May 02,
2010 01:06 AM (iBTj9)
Hmm... might want to consider testosterone treatments.
Posted by: Editor at May 01, 2010 09:07 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: policiademarinajose at May 01, 2010 09:08 PM (gg4j2)
Cum Stains On My Pillow.
I'd Just Like To Fuck You One More Time always brings a tear to my eye.
Posted by: FUBAR at May 01, 2010 09:08 PM (1fanL)
Frankly I'm amazed CA has just out and out banned smoking.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 09:08 PM (gofDd)
Editor,
I have a membership at one of the local courses here. I try to get in 70-80 rounds a year. Last year during the second half of the season, I was starting to shoot some low-80s scores. I would really like to break 80 this year. I'm only in my ninth year of playing, so I would feel pretty good about that if I could pull it off.
Posted by: Land of Leakin, now with $1350 worth of Derby Dough at May 01, 2010 09:09 PM (AMYl0)
Posted by: Racefan at May 01, 2010 09:11 PM (az0iS)
Greece is the Shit about to hit the Fan. The media is still wetting itself over the fact that Greece was able to sell its bonds, but that was only because buyers figured that SOMEONE ( probably the Germans ) would eventually cough up the money.
Greece now; Portugal next; for the trifecta, Spain, with a much larger economy
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, preparing for Apocalyspe now at May 02, 2010 01:01 AM (JrRME)
Those same greek bonds on Friday were trading at 20% interest rates, they origianlly sold at 6%. Whoever the original buyers were took a major major haircut.
Posted by: robtr at May 01, 2010 09:11 PM (fwSHf)
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, preparing for Apocalyspe now at May 01, 2010 09:12 PM (JrRME)
Well mpur, my son’s Star Wars phase was rather young, between 4 and 5 years old. Then he moved on to Power Rangers, and then Doctor Who. Indiana Jones was recent, like 7 ½. I think my son was so into Star Wars because he has sci-fi geeks for both parents, which also explains the Doctor Who. Indiana Jones was thanks to the Lego sets though. I’ve never been able to explain the fascination with the Titanic, though; he’s had that since he was 3 years old. If I believed in past lives I’d swear he was a passenger on the Titanic.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 01, 2010 09:12 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 01, 2010 09:12 PM (2g2ex)
Not today, though.
Posted by: Editor at May 01, 2010 09:13 PM (YX6i/)
FUBAR,
I know you're not affiliated with the blog. I'm just lettin' my feelings be known on this type of shit. And fuck society. It's loaded with a collection of the most spineless, chicken-shit, PC motherfuckers in the history of mankind.
It's not personal, bud. Believe that.
Posted by: Land of Leakin, now with $1350 worth of Derby Dough at May 01, 2010 09:13 PM (AMYl0)
Posted by: Bomber at May 02, 2010 01:11 AM (d88g9)
The version where he goes all Mickey Mouse Club at the end? Cracks me up.
Posted by: FUBAR at May 01, 2010 09:13 PM (1fanL)
Those same greek bonds on Friday
were trading at 20% interest rates
Posted by: robtr at May 02, 2010 01:11 AM (fwSHf)
Really? Who would pay 20% interest? Something smells........
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, preparing for Apocalyspe now at May 01, 2010 09:14 PM (JrRME)
It's not personal, bud. Believe that.
Posted by: Land of Leakin, now with $1350 worth of Derby Dough at May
02, 2010 01:13 AM (AMYl0)
Yeah, just don't want to get you mad at The Man until there's a good reason.
Posted by: FUBAR at May 01, 2010 09:14 PM (1fanL)
Well, he just turned 5 this month. Think I'll at least wait for his balls to drop.
Posted by: mpur in Texas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at May 01, 2010 09:14 PM (iBTj9)
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 09:15 PM (d88g9)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 02, 2010 01:13 AM (Gk/wA)
yeah, Albino Barry White's brother,
Einstein proved that Ron White could be white while Barry White is black
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, preparing for Apocalyspe now at May 01, 2010 09:16 PM (JrRME)
I just read “Greek bonds” as “Geek bonds.”
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 01, 2010 09:16 PM (RZ8pf)
Of course, he is making everything into a gun, already, right?
Posted by: Editor at May 01, 2010 09:17 PM (YX6i/)
SantaRosaStan, if you are preparing for “Apocalypse Now” does that mean you love the smell of napalm in the morning???
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 01, 2010 09:17 PM (RZ8pf)
617,
I hear ya. I played Thu and Fri and the winds were terrible. But I shot a 92 and an 87 and did it by avoiding the big numbers. On Thu I had eight doubles, four pars, and one bird, while Fri was three doubles and four pars. No big numbers was the key. Played the wind pretty well.
Posted by: Land of Leakin, now with $1350 worth of Derby Dough at May 01, 2010 09:17 PM (AMYl0)
Really? Who would pay 20% interest? Something smells........
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, preparing for Apocalyspe now at May 02, 2010 01:14 AM (JrRME)
The way the bond market works is that the Greeks would still be paying 6%. Whoever sold the bond discounted the price enough that the 6% the Greeks are paying would actually be a 20% return on the new bondholders investment.
Posted by: robtr at May 01, 2010 09:18 PM (fwSHf)
this is bad...... annnnnnnnnnnd Suckem Silly Shirley she became my wife.
Posted by: Racefan at May 01, 2010 09:18 PM (az0iS)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 02, 2010 01:16 AM (RZ8pf)
Those are selling for a very high interest rate
Posted by: Booger at May 01, 2010 09:18 PM (JrRME)
Posted by: Editor at May 01, 2010 09:19 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 01, 2010 09:20 PM (2g2ex)
Fuckin' in the Butt
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 09:20 PM (d88g9)
holy shit, wgn has the latest mugshots in the news for recent arrests, out of the first 30, 20 are for first degree murder
wtf chicago?
Posted by: policiademarinajose at May 01, 2010 09:21 PM (gg4j2)
Gotcha, FUBAR,
Long as we're cool.
Posted by: Land of Leakin, now with $1350 worth of Derby Dough at May
02, 2010 01:19 AM (AMYl0)
Absolutely. I agree with you 100%, just trying to keep the Banhammer sheathed.
Posted by: FUBAR at May 01, 2010 09:21 PM (1fanL)
Posted by: Editor at May 02, 2010 01:19 AM (YX6i/)
You little punk. I think it's past your bedtime.
Posted by: FUBAR at May 01, 2010 09:22 PM (1fanL)
SantaRosaStan, if you are preparing for “Apocalypse Now” does that mean you love the smell of napalm in the morning???
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 02, 2010 01:17 AM (RZ8pf)
( un-shun ). yes, it smells like..........................victory
Overall that was a classic flick, but NO ONE stands there casually during incoming mortar rounds. They don't have a long 'trail' so you only have a few seconds to get your ass on the ground
( shun )
Posted by: SantaRosaStan. preparing for anything & everything at May 01, 2010 09:23 PM (JrRME)
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 09:23 PM (d88g9)
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 01, 2010 09:23 PM (c0A3e)
If you're talking about the ones zerohedge freaked out about, that's not really accurate.
Those were 10-years, but ones which mature in 3 weeks. They dropped enough that the annualized return would be 30% or so; the actual return would have been a little under 1.5%.
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 01, 2010 09:23 PM (tVyY+)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 02, 2010 01:20 AM (2g2ex)
Yeah, I really mean that. Yeah - even worse than any Sci-Fi staring Cindy Williams.
Posted by: Editor at May 01, 2010 09:23 PM (YX6i/)
I thought that was Dec 25.
Posted by: Bomber at May 02, 2010 01:20 AM (d88g9)
Yeah, 12/25 is for the yute market, so it's tolerable. For so-called grown-ups, it's head shaking stupification.
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 01, 2010 09:24 PM (2g2ex)
Orgy!
/Conan the Barbarian- the only movie where James Earl Jones turns into a giant snake.
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 01, 2010 09:24 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 09:25 PM (d88g9)
holy shit, wgn has the latest mugshots in the news
for recent arrests, out of the first 30, 20 are for first degree murder impersonating baseball players.
wtf chicago?
Posted by: policiademarinajose at May 02, 2010 01:21 AM (gg4j2)
FIFY
Posted by: Editor at May 01, 2010 09:25 PM (YX6i/)
I think the key word there is "grown-ups." There seem to be fewer and fewer of those these days.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 09:25 PM (gofDd)
I thought that honor went to Raiders of the Lost City.
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 01, 2010 09:25 PM (c0A3e)
I know you're not affiliated with the blog. I'm just lettin' my feelings be known on this type of shit. And fuck society. It's loaded with a collection of the most spineless, chicken-shit, PC motherfuckers in the history of mankind.
Thank You, Land of Linking...I was setting here bitting my tounge..I wanted to say something..but i,ve been drinking..and can barely put my words together sober,,you said it all brother
Posted by: @TEXAN at May 01, 2010 09:26 PM (dLLuX)
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 01, 2010 09:26 PM (c0A3e)
Oh hell yeah!!
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 09:26 PM (d88g9)
Did he say that in Crystal Skull?
I gotta admit I liked the nuke the fridge scene. I thought it was pretty frickin' hilarious.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 09:26 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 01, 2010 09:27 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: SantaRosaStan. preparing for anything & everything at May 01, 2010 09:27 PM (JrRME)
Honky Vampire!
Posted by: Land of Leakin, now with $1350 worth of Derby Dough at May 01, 2010 09:27 PM (AMYl0)
Posted by: Land of Leakin, now with $1350 worth of Derby Dough at May 01, 2010 09:27 PM (AMYl0)
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 09:27 PM (d88g9)
They know how to fight. Where do you think Karate came from?
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 01, 2010 09:28 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: SantaRosaStan. preparing for anything & everything at May 01, 2010 09:28 PM (JrRME)
Never! If the Gates of Hades couldn't make me bow to them, what chance do you have?
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 01, 2010 09:29 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 02, 2010 01:23 AM (tVyY+)
I don't read zero hedge, I got the 20% number from the Pimpco guy that was on CNBC Friday. The bonds he was talking about were the ones the Greeks just sold. I don't know what the maturity date was but it wasn't 3 weeks.
Posted by: robtr at May 01, 2010 09:29 PM (fwSHf)
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 09:29 PM (gofDd)
658, 661,
Just gettin' pretty tired of the one-sided BS. Time to start throwin' some shit back in peoples faces. I'm tired of being on the receiving end all the time.
Posted by: Land of Leakin, now with $1350 worth of Derby Dough at May 01, 2010 09:30 PM (AMYl0)
Posted by: robtr at May 01, 2010 09:30 PM (fwSHf)
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 09:30 PM (d88g9)
Legos make awesome guns.
And he puts his cars and trucks on the couch cushion and shakes it and says it's an earthquake - so he's obviously into boobs.
Posted by: mpur in Texas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at May 01, 2010 09:31 PM (iBTj9)
+infinity
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 09:31 PM (gofDd)
Norks did the oil platform?
Bullshit, it was Greenpeace. Fuckers freaked when obammy started talkin' like he was going to give the OK for offshore drilling...Give 'teh Won' perfect cover to backtrack. And then go wayyyyy overboard in the opposite direction.
Posted by: Uncle Jefe at May 01, 2010 09:33 PM (CMPXK)
They don't like to kill things. Kicking ass is another story.
Posted by: mpur in Texas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at May 01, 2010 09:33 PM (iBTj9)
Unlikely. Greenpeace can be defeated by the French. You think they would have had a chance against LA oil drillers?
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 01, 2010 09:34 PM (c0A3e)
winds somewhere safe to sea
Except the River Styx. Except if you have the soul of Hades to safely navigate it.
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 01, 2010 09:36 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Editor at May 01, 2010 09:36 PM (YX6i/)
Two movie characters we could use in real life, right now....
Inspector Harry Calahan and President "Dave" (this was on earlier this afternoon)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 01, 2010 09:37 PM (2g2ex)
Okay, time for some mellow tunes, a little reflection on a profitable Derby Day, and then some snoozin'.
Good night, all.
Editor--May your golf swing do you justice.
FUBAR--Thanks for the head check.
America first, baby. America first.
Posted by: Land of Leakin, now with $1350 worth of Derby Dough at May 01, 2010 09:39 PM (AMYl0)
Good night everyone who is headed off to visit Morpheus. May your dreams be pleasant.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 01, 2010 09:41 PM (RZ8pf)
Kidding. Good night!
We got to 1000+ last night, peepz. Can we keep this one going?
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 09:41 PM (gofDd)
I hate Morpheus and his stupid black fog that hurts anybody who walks in it.
But the Morpheus armor is pretty cool.
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 01, 2010 09:44 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 09:44 PM (d88g9)
too bad I missed the slavery discussion, I guess
Posted by: chemjeff at May 01, 2010 09:44 PM (Gk/wA)
*Not really, but the lawyer's name was Paul Hogan and it was in Australia, soooo...
Posted by: Editor at May 01, 2010 09:44 PM (YX6i/)
That's blaming the victim!!!!
/
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 09:47 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 09:47 PM (d88g9)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at May 01, 2010 09:47 PM (KTanE)
But it kinda makes sense....
Posted by: mpur in Texas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at May 01, 2010 09:48 PM (iBTj9)
Posted by: Paul Hogan, Esqire at May 01, 2010 09:49 PM (YX6i/)
wtf?
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 01, 2010 09:49 PM (c0A3e)
From personal experience, you can't rape girls in Australia cause they're too fast for you.
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 09:51 PM (d88g9)
well, I don't even know the name of the movie, but my friend gave me this DVD of "70's Cult Classics" which apparently were just movies that sucked really bad, anyway, this one movie apparently involved some guy picking up 2 hitchhiker chicks in the swamps of Florida and they all had wild passionate sex until they were all killed, and that was the end
stupid
Posted by: chemjeff at May 01, 2010 09:52 PM (Gk/wA)
ok Bomber and Fuber, this is the last funny DAC song, but maybe the best. people dont seem to think they are as funny as we do. if you dont want to hear it.... its easy, dont click it.
Posted by: Racefan at May 01, 2010 09:54 PM (az0iS)
Unless there are morons who would like to be my slaves?
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 09:54 PM (gofDd)
umm hello? that's just stupid. ever hear of knives?
Posted by: chemjeff at May 01, 2010 09:54 PM (Gk/wA)
stupid
Posted by: chemjeff at May 02, 2010 01:52 AM (Gk/wA)
The guy too? Then it was stupid. But has anybody seen Broken Arrow with John Travolta and Chrissy Slater? Just awful.
Posted by: FUBAR at May 01, 2010 09:55 PM (1fanL)
Posted by: davidt at May 01, 2010 09:55 PM (aag4W)
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 09:55 PM (d88g9)
Posted by: Chemjeff's latest victim at May 01, 2010 09:56 PM (YX6i/)
One of these things is not like the other.
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 09:56 PM (d88g9)
Waterworld?
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 01, 2010 09:57 PM (c0A3e)
One of these things is not like the other.
Kingdom of the Crystal Skull didn't star John Travolta?
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 01, 2010 09:58 PM (c0A3e)
Now I want a box of chocolatesÂ…
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 01, 2010 09:58 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 09:58 PM (gofDd)
Well, let's say the jeans are intact. No cuts or tears.
And if they are the tight fitting kind, you know the ones where you have to lay down on the bed and break a sweat to zip up. Well, it could be a valid argument that just ripping those suckers off without her consent and they still be intact is next to impossible.
Don't get me wrong, rape is rape. But, it's not always rape just because some girl claimed it after the fact. And the burden of proof is on the prosecution.
Posted by: mpur in Texas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at May 01, 2010 09:59 PM (iBTj9)
Posted by: robotgossip at May 01, 2010 09:59 PM (EiH7n)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 01, 2010 10:00 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: Bomber at May 02, 2010 01:55 AM (d88g9)
Me too. If commercial radio won't play J. Buffett's "Why Don't We Get Drunk and Screw", then a lot of DAC's work won't get airplay. Pity.
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 01, 2010 10:00 PM (2g2ex)
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 10:01 PM (d88g9)
Posted by: Editor at May 01, 2010 10:01 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: robotgossip at May 01, 2010 10:01 PM (EiH7n)
Unless there are morons who would like to be my slaves?
I'll give it a try...only because lately..I sure have been making a mess of things on my own..is room and board included?
Posted by: @TEXAN at May 01, 2010 10:02 PM (dLLuX)
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 02, 2010
01:58 AM (c0A3e)
John Travolta is just awful. And yet somehow, without changing a thing, he made a comeback and was cool again. Incontheivable!
Posted by: FUBAR at May 01, 2010 10:02 PM (1fanL)
gee, let's see how many negative stereotypes and traits we can attribute to the one person who isn't the flaky leftist
Posted by: chemjeff at May 01, 2010 10:02 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 10:03 PM (d88g9)
I liked it. Thought it was funny as hell that grandpa taught her stripper moves.
Best line in the movie was: "You're crazy if you do cocaine when you're young. When you're old, you're crazy not to." (Or something to that effect)
Posted by: mpur in Texas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at May 01, 2010 10:03 PM (iBTj9)
Like rap.
Posted by: FUBAR at May 01, 2010 10:04 PM (1fanL)
For whatever reason, after that, he was makin' films again. Whatever.
Posted by: Editor at May 01, 2010 10:04 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: Racefan at May 01, 2010 10:05 PM (az0iS)
Posted by: mpur in Texas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at May 02,
2010 02:03 AM (iBTj9)
What?
Posted by: Editor at May 01, 2010 10:05 PM (YX6i/)
Yeah, and I'm not a fan of Pulp Fiction either. I like my movies to have a plot, and character development, and a climax, and a resolution. But I'm kinda old-fashioned that way.
Posted by: FUBAR at May 01, 2010 10:06 PM (1fanL)
That's exactly it. That dinner scene, where Diane Keaton kept hammering Sarah Jessica Parker but let Claire Danes get away with the same kind of questions drove me bonkers. I wanted to throw something at the screen. I saw the movie with a bunch of female friends and had been outvoted on what to see. Worst. Movie. EVER.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 10:06 PM (gofDd)
Not at all. You just say that because you're used to not having one. Hades' soul allowed me to navigate the River Styx.
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 01, 2010 10:07 PM (c0A3e)
Let's add Forest Gump to the list...
Ya know, when I first saw that film, I got it. The whole film is a joke. And that is the only way to view it.
Same with Red Dawn.
Posted by: HH at May 01, 2010 10:07 PM (6oDXl)
I liked Pulp Fiction, too.
Battin' a thousand here.
Reservoir Dogs?
Posted by: mpur in Texas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at May 01, 2010 10:08 PM (iBTj9)
Posted by: Racefan at May 01, 2010 10:09 PM (az0iS)
Inconthievable!
Posted by: FUBAR at May 01, 2010 10:09 PM (1fanL)
Not at all. You just say that because you're used to not having one.
13 years without one. I just realized, I get to retire 7 years from today. Crap, yesterday. May Day, 2017. Fuck this Navy bullshit.
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 10:09 PM (d88g9)
Tarantino is a complete douche after RD. Dude doesn't even take his own advice.
Posted by: Editor at May 01, 2010 10:10 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: FUBAR at May 02, 2010 02:06 AM (1fanL)
Sheesh, you sure are asking a lot for the price of a measly $9.50.
Posted by: Hollywood Producer at May 01, 2010 10:10 PM (2g2ex)
Only tolerable one was the 1st Resident Evil.
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 01, 2010 10:10 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: mpur in Texas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at May 02,
2010 02:08 AM (iBTj9)
Good movie. The Usual Suspects.
Posted by: FUBAR at May 01, 2010 10:10 PM (1fanL)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 01, 2010 10:11 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 10:11 PM (d88g9)
Posted by: davidt at May 01, 2010 10:11 PM (aag4W)
The whole time I was watching the 3 movies I just never made that connection in my head. I mean, I knew he was going to be Vader, but there's no emotional correlation AT ALL. I remember cheering in the theatre when he became Vader, though it wasn't Christensen I was thinking of as Vader.
Does that make any sense?
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 10:11 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 10:12 PM (d88g9)
so, either I'm left with fun things to do alone, or finding someone to do fun things together with
hmmm
Posted by: chemjeff at May 01, 2010 10:12 PM (Gk/wA)
Saw it opening night. Maybe 20 people in the theater. Went the next weekend and it was packed.
Posted by: Editor at May 01, 2010 10:12 PM (YX6i/)
I liked that movie, but I need to watch it again to remember why I liked it. It's been too long since I've seen it.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 10:13 PM (gofDd)
You can't. You can't even believe that him and Obi Wan had a friendship, because they don't really show it. They describe what they've gone through together, but you don't see them bond like Luke and Han did over the original 3 films.
/The prequels should be buried in the Marianas Trench.
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 01, 2010 10:13 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: wherestherum at May 02, 2010 02:11 AM (gofDd)
Exactly. Even when he screwed up his face in a scary-Dark-Side way, all that came out of his mouth was waaaaaaaaah!
Posted by: FUBAR at May 01, 2010 10:14 PM (1fanL)
Tired of your soul, huh
Tired to the point.that i would trade soul for a job..so could save house
Posted by: @TEXAN at May 01, 2010 10:15 PM (dLLuX)
Posted by: wherestherum at May 02, 2010 02:13 AM (gofDd)
Do you spend a lot of time at the San Pedro Harbor?
Posted by: Editor at May 01, 2010 10:15 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 10:15 PM (d88g9)
Posted by: FUBAR at May 01, 2010 10:15 PM (1fanL)
You had better be lying, you bastard! I know Uwe Boll had made that offer to David Jaffe, the director of GoW and GoW2. He was turned down.
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 01, 2010 10:16 PM (c0A3e)
The Fifth Element? (it's kind of a love it or hate it film)
Posted by: mpur in Texas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at May 01, 2010 10:16 PM (iBTj9)
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 10:17 PM (d88g9)
oh man I'm so sorry to hear that
what kind of job are you looking for, and where?
Posted by: chemjeff at May 01, 2010 10:17 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: Richard at May 01, 2010 10:17 PM (wrZBq)
Bleh.
Posted by: FUBAR at May 01, 2010 10:18 PM (1fanL)
I'm in the Austin area and have been unemployed for 2 years now. Lost the house in January.
Hopefully you're in a better job market....
Posted by: mpur in Texas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at May 01, 2010 10:19 PM (iBTj9)
or Inn n Out
or White Castle
or Denny's
or Eat n Park
Posted by: chemjeff at May 01, 2010 10:20 PM (Gk/wA)
But that sounds like a good movie. Chemjeff and Bomber Go to White Castle.
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 10:21 PM (d88g9)
In the words of Joe Wilson - You lie!
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 01, 2010 10:21 PM (c0A3e)
Um, no. It's turned into Mexico. Not exactly the friendliest area to be either, IYKWIM.
I saw Alice in Wonderland in 3-D.
I didn't see it in 3D. I didn't hate it, but I didn't really like it, either. I felt like it was lacking something.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 10:21 PM (gofDd)
oh man that's terrible
see I was just talking with a friend the other day, if he would be willing to buy a foreclosure - he said sure, no problem, but I don't know if I could, I know that I'd be buying someone's wrecked dreams and I don't know if I could do that
Posted by: chemjeff at May 01, 2010 10:21 PM (Gk/wA)
Posted by: Editor at May 01, 2010 10:21 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 10:22 PM (d88g9)
Posted by: Racefan at May 01, 2010 10:22 PM (az0iS)
I'd have to be starving for several days before I'd set foot in one
Posted by: chemjeff at May 01, 2010 10:22 PM (Gk/wA)
Worst film I ever saw in a theater?
Zardoz.
Film made no sense then, and still doesn't to this day.
Posted by: HH at May 01, 2010 10:22 PM (6oDXl)
I would actually pay money to watch that.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 10:23 PM (gofDd)
Hopefully you're in a better job market....
Posted by: mpur in Texas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at May 02,
2010 02:19 AM (iBTj9)
That blows. What do you do?
Posted by: FUBAR at May 01, 2010 10:23 PM (1fanL)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 01, 2010 10:25 PM (Gk/wA)
oh man that's terrible
see I was just talking with a friend the other day, if he would be willing to buy a foreclosure - he said sure, no problem, but I don't know if I could, I know that I'd be buying someone's wrecked dreams and I don't know if I could do that
Yeah, but as they say, a calm sea does not make a skillful sailor.
My family is still intact and that's way more important.
As far as buying foreclosure, what's done is done. You could buy a pre-foreclosure, that way you're at least helping out the homeowner before their credit gets totally screwed.
Posted by: mpur in Texas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at May 01, 2010 10:26 PM (iBTj9)
good night
my thoughts & prayers to the unemployed/homeless morons out there, I'm so sorry to hear of your plights
man, sometimes this world really sucks
Posted by: chemjeff at May 01, 2010 10:27 PM (Gk/wA)
800 @TEXAN, you are on the verge of losing your house?
oh man I'm so sorry to hear that
what kind of job are you looking for, and where?
i,m in fort worth...yeah i,m gonna lose it if something don,t happen PDQ.Its my own fault, I would be in good shape if i hadn,t refinanced..and took a screwing for a little quick cash. I,m a mechanic with 25 years exp. but have no flashy little certifications..and that seems to be what u gotta have these days..to even get a shitty job lol
Posted by: @TEXAN at May 01, 2010 10:27 PM (dLLuX)
Posted by: Editor at May 01, 2010 10:27 PM (YX6i/)
What's with the pussified ***s? This is the fuckin' ONT, we can say any fuckin' shit we want.
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 10:27 PM (d88g9)
Administrative/Executive Assistant.
Also went back to school and retrained as a Medical Assistant.
So far, no luck finding work in either field.
Posted by: mpur in Texas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at May 01, 2010 10:28 PM (iBTj9)
Posted by: Editor at May 01, 2010 10:30 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 10:30 PM (d88g9)
But you gotta roll with the punches. Things will turn around and frankly, I've been through a lot worse.
Posted by: mpur in Texas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at May 01, 2010 10:30 PM (iBTj9)
Hahahaha! I feel like I'm going to be used for evil if I did.
Any morons interested in crushing a troll at Patterico's? I need some help with links re the AZ law. Here's the link: http://tinyurl.com/22kyfz6
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 10:32 PM (gofDd)
So far, no luck finding work in either field.
Posted by: mpur in Texas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at May 02,
2010 02:28 AM (iBTj9)
Can't find work as a Medical Assistant? Surprising. You probably don't have two years and tuition, but my understanding is that nurses can find a job anywhere they like.
Posted by: FUBAR at May 01, 2010 10:32 PM (1fanL)
Worse movie I ever saw in the movie theater-- Nuns on the Run.
Worst.POS.Movie.Ever.
Evening (or morning....?) I'm doing a drive-by.
Night (or morning again...)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 01, 2010 10:34 PM (KXyfL)
@TEXAN, who is your mortgage with? Big "bank"?
i was with americaquest till they got run out of Texas..now American home mortage has the note..and has jacked me up so far with late fees and shit its almost not worth trying to save.
Posted by: @TEXAN at May 01, 2010 10:34 PM (dLLuX)
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 10:38 PM (d88g9)
I'll bet American doesn't actually own the note. They're a servicing agent, and have no legal standing to be foreclosing on you. They might not even know who owns the note.
You can likely fight them.
If you want a contact to help you out email me pajamahadeen (at) hotmail (dot) com. I'll email you the contact.
We just gave Soros and company a big "Fuck you" after 2-years of non-negotiations. All of the sudden, they want to negotiate. We have them on the run.
Posted by: Editor at May 01, 2010 10:39 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 10:41 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Bomber at May 02, 2010 02:41 AM (d88g9)
Gladly. This one's not over. It's just getting started. There will be plenty of "fuck yous" to go around.
Posted by: Editor at May 01, 2010 10:43 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: wherestherum at May 02, 2010 02:40 AM (gofDd)
We'll discuss the fact that you're two-timing us later.
Posted by: FUBAR at May 01, 2010 10:43 PM (1fanL)
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 10:43 PM (d88g9)
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 10:45 PM (d88g9)
You can likely fight them.
yeah..thats what everyones been telling me..but my hearts just not in it anymore..i,m so beat down from being broke that i,ve just about lost hope.this does have a silver lineing though..my mom has invited me to Fla. to spend some time with her..and says i could probably get on at Disney doing maint. but leaveing Texas will be vary hard..and not with that oil rig BS going on I just don,t know what to think anymore.
Posted by: @TEXAN at May 01, 2010 10:47 PM (dLLuX)
There are 4 schools churning out MA's in the area, so the market is saturated. Also, nobody wants to hire a new graduate.
Actually considering going back for an LVN. Need to wait for hubby to finish his schooling, though.
Posted by: mpur in Texas (kicking Mexico's ass since 1836) at May 01, 2010 10:48 PM (iBTj9)
Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at May 01, 2010 10:49 PM (c0A3e)
Hey, I'm a political junkie who needs a constant fix. Besides, Pat provides local commentary.
I think Myron said he was going to bed, but then he came back because he thinks I'm new. I tend to lurk more at Pat's.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 10:52 PM (gofDd)
“What troubles me is when I hear people say that all of government is inherently bad,” Obama said after receiving an honorary doctor of laws degree. “When our government is spoken of as some menacing, threatening foreign entity, it ignores the fact that in our democracy, government is us.”
Government, he said, is the roads we drive on and the speed limits that keep us safe. It’s the men and women in the military, the inspectors in our mines, the pioneering researchers in public universities.”
Interesting. So what do you guys think? Military is the equivalent of some bureaucrat sitting in an office in DC making up bullshit regs? Appears to be the CiC's opinion.
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 10:53 PM (d88g9)
Finally, we decided we had put so much into it we couldn't just walk away. We have a lot more invested in it than the loan "servicer".
Posted by: Editor at May 01, 2010 10:53 PM (YX6i/)
I think Myron said he was going to bed, but then he came back because he thinks I'm new. I tend to lurk more at Pat's.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 02, 2010 02:52 AM (gofDd)
Yeah, I've visited before, it's a good site. But I sure as hell haven't done it during an ONT. You strumpet.
Posted by: FUBAR at May 01, 2010 10:55 PM (1fanL)
854 #852 Damn TEXAN. Sorry to hear about your situation. Please keep your chin up. I'll keep you in my thoughts and prayers.
Thank You, Kratos and all the rest of u M&M,s for your kind and helpful words..if there was every a time they were needed its now
Posted by: @TEXAN at May 01, 2010 10:56 PM (dLLuX)
Kiss my ass, Mr. Soetoro.
Posted by: Editor at May 01, 2010 10:56 PM (YX6i/)
I'd be your new best friend if you get hired at Disney!
Seriously, though, Disney is constantly hiring. You should check out their job website. The company is so enormous in scope I'm sure you could find something, whether it be corporate or in the parks.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 10:58 PM (gofDd)
Interesting. So what do you guys think? Military
is the equivalent of some bureaucrat sitting in an office in DC making
up bullshit regs? Appears to be the CiC's opinion.
Posted by: Bomber at May 02, 2010 02:53 AM (d88g9)
I think he's in fundamental disagreement with the Founders. For them, government was something to be hated and feared. A necessary evil, with emphasis on evil. And the difference between the military and most of what liberals like in government is that the military is one of the few specific duties that the Constitution gives to the feds. Redistribution of wealth is not one. Nor health care.
That shit pisses me off. Obama is a fucking socialist elitest clueless asshole.
Posted by: FUBAR at May 01, 2010 10:58 PM (1fanL)
Posted by: Bomber at May 02, 2010 02:27 AM (d88g9)
I beg to differ. This is not Vietnam - there are rules.
Posted by: Mætenloch at May 01, 2010 10:58 PM (bskFh)
Posted by: Bomber at May 02, 2010 02:56 AM (d88g9)
Oh yeah. You know what? I'm sorry, rum. Forget I said anything.
Posted by: FUBAR at May 01, 2010 10:59 PM (1fanL)
Posted by: wherestherum at May 02, 2010 02:58 AM (gofDd)
Says the unemployee.
Posted by: Disney's Human Resources at May 01, 2010 10:59 PM (YX6i/)
Rules? What's that?
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 10:59 PM (d88g9)
The thread slowed down! I can't just sit and wait for you slow pokes to comment. I'm a girl on the move...just not away from the computer.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 10:59 PM (gofDd)
Oops. The Man makes an appearance. Next thing you know he'll be holding a brother down. As long as you're here, The Man, are there written rules anywhere?
Posted by: FUBAR at May 01, 2010 11:00 PM (1fanL)
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 11:01 PM (d88g9)
857 I understand, TEX. We'd been broken down, too. We'd spent an entire year building our house, with our own bare hands, sweat, blood and tendons, only to be told we would not be allowed to finish it. So, it's been sitting there for 2-years without anything being done to it. Neither party was budging. Bank said "no" to negotiations.
Finally, we decided we had put so much into it we couldn't just walk away. We have a lot more invested in it than the loan "servicer".
i,m kind of in the same boat..3 years ago i got new central air..new compressor,dbl pain windows..got every thing done but the kitchen and to think i have to walk away really puts the hurt on a mind
Posted by: @TEXAN at May 01, 2010 11:01 PM (dLLuX)
Posted by: Mætenloch at May 02, 2010 02:58 AM (bskFh)
Oh, good. That means we don't have to worry about Robin Williams showing up.
Posted by: Editor at May 01, 2010 11:01 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: wherestherum at May 02, 2010 02:58 AM (gofDd)
Bet you could get a job. I'm thinking Mulan.
Posted by: FUBAR at May 01, 2010 11:03 PM (1fanL)
Heh. Threat of no more boobie pics was enough, eh?
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 11:05 PM (gofDd)
Dude is totally in solidarity with commies. Everything he does screams it.
Posted by: Editor at May 01, 2010 11:05 PM (YX6i/)
Says the unemployee.
Posted by: Disney's Human Resources at May 02, 2010 02:59 AM (YX6i/)
Hey! Shut up. Because I said so.
I haven't actually tried applying to the parks.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 11:06 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 11:06 PM (d88g9)
Ohh, because I'm Chinese, you racist? What if I want to be the ginger mermaid Ariel?
Pocahontas?
That's a little better.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 11:07 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: wherestherum at May 02, 2010 03:05 AM (gofDd)
Nope. Credit for past boobie pics. Lotsa credit.
Posted by: FUBAR at May 01, 2010 11:08 PM (1fanL)
Posted by: wherestherum at May 02, 2010 03:07 AM (gofDd)
Dream the impossible dream, rum. Anything can be done...
Posted by: Kirk Lazarus at May 01, 2010 11:08 PM (YX6i/)
I'd be your new best friend if you get hired at Disney!
My mom lives in Orlando..its like 10 min. away..she knows 2 peps that work there and she thinks that will help me get a foot in the door.
Posted by: @TEXAN at May 01, 2010 11:09 PM (dLLuX)
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 11:10 PM (gofDd)
Ohh, because I'm Chinese, you racist? What if I want to be the ginger mermaid Ariel?
Pocahontas?
That's a little better.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 02, 2010 03:07 AM (gofDd)
Ariel can't wear stompy boots.
Posted by: FUBAR at May 01, 2010 11:11 PM (1fanL)
My mom lives in Orlando..its like 10 min. away..she knows 2 peps that work there and she thinks that will help me get a foot in the door.
Heck yeah! You should go for it. Disney does hire from within. I would love to work at Disney World one of these days.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 11:11 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 11:11 PM (d88g9)
Posted by: Bob & Doug McKenzie at May 01, 2010 11:12 PM (YX6i/)
I'd be your new best friend if you get hired at Disney!
also this is so funny..my mom is 65 and has a season pass.and loves the tower of terror lol
Posted by: @TEXAN at May 01, 2010 11:12 PM (dLLuX)
Sure she can, in her human form. Her father's got magic that allows her to go back and forth.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 11:12 PM (gofDd)
Hey rum, get a little over your head?
Don't know why you would ever be on that site, posting. Jesus H., what a bunch of arrogant assholes.
Oh well, live and learn, and it seems you have a bunch of good morons watching your back.
Posted by: HH at May 01, 2010 11:12 PM (6oDXl)
So totally cool. I have an annual pass to Disneyland. I've been there 10 times this year and still have 7 more months to go! If I lived in Orlando I'd have one to WDW. I know there's that mega annual pass for both parks, but I can't take the time (or money!) to go often enough to make it worth while.
Bird pics and you complain about unstimulated?
I told you, y'all were asking for it. :-p
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 11:14 PM (gofDd)
also this is so funny..my mom is 65 and has a season pass.and loves the tower of terror lol
Posted by: @TEXAN at May 02, 2010 03:12 AM (dLLuX)
Hmm.. Maybe this is like the movie Frequency and you're talking to your mom on the ONT in the past.
Whoa.
Posted by: Editor at May 01, 2010 11:15 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 11:15 PM (d88g9)
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 11:15 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: FUBAR at May 02, 2010 03:00 AM (1fanL)
Well not in any one place. I know I've covered them a few times on various ONTs and I believe Ace has covered them as well in one of the Epic Threads. The short version is nothing too explicit (e.g. I like X done to my Y) or likely to spook Ace's advertisers. Ace survives off this blog so it's uncool to put that at that risk since he has a certain, uh, lifestyle that he's accustomed to.
Posted by: Mætenloch at May 01, 2010 11:16 PM (bskFh)
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 11:16 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: Bomber at May 01, 2010 11:17 PM (d88g9)
Posted by: FUBAR at May 02, 2010 03:16 AM (1fanL)
BOO!
Posted by: Flounder at May 01, 2010 11:17 PM (YX6i/)
Posted by: Mætenloch at May 02, 2010 03:16 AM (bskFh)
Yeah, that was my understanding. Maybe you should put those two short and sweet guidelines somewhere. Or not. I guess the ONT is composed of regulars and people the regulars are keeping an eye on.
Posted by: FUBAR at May 01, 2010 11:19 PM (1fanL)
Posted by: Mætenloch at May 01, 2010 11:19 PM (bskFh)
BOO!
Posted by: Flounder at May 02, 2010 03:17 AM (YX6i/)
Exactly. Watching the credits at the end, and the air bubbles floating in and out and distorting them? "Heeeey maaaaan. What's going on with that? Make it stop!"
Posted by: FUBAR at May 01, 2010 11:21 PM (1fanL)
I haven't seen him post much, except maybe a couple times on The Jury side. I also don't see him comment very often. He does a lot of maintaining Pat's blog, like fishing people out of the spam filter.
Posted by: wherestherum at May 01, 2010 11:22 PM (gofDd)
Posted by: @TEXAN at May 01, 2010 11:29 PM (dLLuX)
IÂ’ve done x to my y, but it was totally z. IÂ’ve heard a to the b is better though.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 01, 2010 11:38 PM (RZ8pf)
And now that I have been goofy I’m going to try to go back to sleep. I was awakened by a loud “boom” sound. I checked local news sites, and nothing seems to have happened, so perhaps it was a car accident nearby.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 01, 2010 11:39 PM (RZ8pf)
IÂ’ve done x to my y, but it was totally z. IÂ’ve heard a to the b is better though.
I,m not gonna touch that one..but my dog Bridgette says u are right
Posted by: @TEXAN at May 01, 2010 11:43 PM (dLLuX)
Posted by: wherestherum at May 02, 2010 12:01 AM (gofDd)
Interesting article about New Coke, but my tin-foil hat started tingling, so here's my conspiracy theory: Everybody was switching to the new artificial sweeteners during that time, so the "classic" sodas of the past were gone regardless. Coke was losing ground to Pepsi, so they came up with a plan to essentially sell Pepsi while capitalizing on Coke's iconic status. Sorta like Harley selling a more reliable Japanese-built bike, if you will.
The plan all along:
1) Introduce "New" Coke using a different formula (but not the one that did best w/ focus groups)
2) Astroturf "protests" calling for the return of "classic" Coke
3) The public is reminded that Coca-Cola is an "institution"
4) Release "classic" Coke with the new formula that tastes like Pepsi (the one that tested best among focus groups). Media buzz causes people who had stopped drinking old Coke to try "classic" Coke.
5) Profit!
Posted by: Moron in an Aspartame Snuggie at May 02, 2010 12:48 AM (FD3EH)
Day shift coming in now. So Jimmeh killed his sister-in-law's cat who was sitting under a bird feeder. I hope that was down there in Plains and not in Atlanta. In addition, I suspect that Plains is like most Southern towns and has laws against firing a weapon in residential areas (which he is in).
Of course most residents don't have a permanent security detail who will keep out the local yocals. I also like the part where he "only meant to sting" the cat. What an asshole.
I used to have one of the neighbor's cats who would come over and sit under the bird feeder. After a while a different neighbor's dog noticed the cat and the game was on. After a while the cat figured it wasn't worth it.
Posted by: Vic at May 02, 2010 01:07 AM (QrA9E)
Firefly is teh awesome.
Congrats WTR, queen of the underworld (again)(finally).
Last week I had just gotten to sleep when thunder woke me up. My head flew up and I looked at the wife and said "What was that?" It sounded as if someone had dropped a bowling ball on the roof right over our heads and then let it roll down the roof.
And now, since I've caught up, I'm done.
Posted by: GGE, Hall of Fame Moron at May 02, 2010 02:00 AM (xa1/W)
It's like people who have things consistently given to them, while doing little or nothing to earn it, develop a strong sense of entitlement and continually demand more and more. It's like he's a liberal fascist or something.
Posted by: TomInKorea at May 02, 2010 02:21 AM (+gX1+)
Posted by: ms. docweasel at May 02, 2010 03:28 AM (BVmgA)
No kidding. The kid had everything given to him. Freed from slavery. Got to become a Jedi. Do practically everything he could want. Even managed to break the rules and get married. But because the Council didn't want to make him a master he had a fit. It was pathetic.
Every time I watch that (which isn't often), I want to slap his silly little, whiny, bratty face. The last 2 movies ruined Star Wars for me.
Posted by: katya at May 02, 2010 03:35 AM (70oF7)
Posted by: Agent J, MiB at May 02, 2010 04:19 AM (4Kl5M)
Coincidentally, heard Darius on one of the cable country networks. He's as good as ever. Not a slam at all since I've been countried out generally for 30 years what with Dad's non-stop Marty Robbins, Johnny Cash, Sons of the Pioneers with breaks for the odd Russian romantic and the Kingston Trio, inhale, the pure county station is fabulous for insomnia. Something to look at and listen to that eases you back to sleep without fillng your mind with hatred and filth. I also finally get Kenny Chesney. There's a show on that channel they air occasionally that features slightly uncategorizable artists that is really compelling.
Thanks for the videos. The Axis is indeed Awesome. The lead has that Jack Black/Steve Harwell [Smash Mouth] look that is somehow quite entrancing. Harwell's gotten thin in the meantime. Love that cat. Tell you what, when any of my cats get the black eye look, it's time to break out the welding gloves because they have mayhem on their minds.
So, does Nader own Berkshire stock or what?
Posted by: Mantesdoca at May 02, 2010 04:42 AM (SD1et)
Punks.
Posted by: Wind Rider at May 02, 2010 04:45 AM (sVsdI)
Hey, my kind of music. Throw in some Ernest Tubb, Bill Monroe, and The Osborne Brothers with some bluegrass.
'Course I am an old fart.
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Posted by: Mephistefales at May 02, 2010 06:40 AM (/uU9i)
Girl: There will be lots of electric cars in the future.
Me: Every day at five thirty people will plug their car into the wall, and consume electricity powered by a coal plant.
Girl: Uh uh windmills...
This isn't the first time I've had this discussion. But the liberal could go twenty years without running into someone like me.
Heroically breaking down teh tyranny of Big Oil is cool.
Knowing were energy comes from is uncool.
Posted by: Cincinnatus at May 02, 2010 07:44 AM (euuyg)
We could be in deep shit if this is a trend....
ULUKHAKTOK, N.W.T. — Researchers in the Northwest Territories say they may have found the first recorded case of a second-generation hybrid polar-grizzly bear in the wild, but an expert says it’s not clear what the significance may be.
Posted by: Speller at May 02, 2010 09:34 AM (o0R2E)
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