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February 04, 2014

Overnight Open Thread (2-4-2014)
— Maetenloch

The Great 2013 Commenter Stats Tally

Last night some of the commenters were asking about how many commenters there are around here which reminded me that I had completely forgotten to calculate and post the 2013 overall commenter standings AKA the Hall of Shame. So here they are.

But first some overall blog stats from the year 2013:

Number of blog posts: 4815
Number of comments: 1510735
Number of unique hashes: 48129 [I dub them Breitbart's Coveted 50K]

Top 20 commenters:
1 [28133 comments] 'sven10077' [77.08 posts/day = 1 comment every 18.7 minutes 24/7/52]
2 [19432 comments] 'Anna Puma (+SmuD)'
3 [16170 comments] 'Vic'
4 [15586 comments] 'EC'
5 [14733 comments] 'Niedermeyer's Dead Horse'
6 [13787 comments] 'Mike Hammer'
7 [13317 comments] 'MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit </s></b></u></i>'
8 [13176 comments] 'Jane D'oh'
9 [11894 comments] 'Nevergiveup'
10 [11757 comments] 'BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk'
11 [11611 comments] 'thunderb'
12 [11488 comments] 'Jones in CO'
13 [11433 comments] 'J.J. Sefton'
14 [10861 comments] 'willow'
15 [10486 comments] 'garrett'
16 [10312 comments] 'RWC'
17 [10278 comments] 'rickb223'
18 [10149 comments] 'Flatbush Joe'
19 [9323 comments] 'AllenG (Dedicated Tenther)'
20 [8682 comments] 'zsasz'

Top 20 sockpuppeteers:
1 [2096 names] 'The Political Hat' [5.51 unique names/day]
2 [1266 names] 'Cicero (@cicero)'
3 [998 names] 'Islamic Rage Boy'
4 [909 names] 'Romeo13'
5 [793 names] 'zsasz'
6 [761 names] 'Adam'
7 [734 names] 't-bird'
8 [651 names] 'Brandon In Baton Rouge'
9 [639 names] 'phreshone'
10 [585 names] 'mindful webworker - choose'
11 [543 names] 'Low Information Voter'
12 [530 names] 'Mike Hammer'
13 [529 names] 'pep'
14 [524 names] 'Truck Monkey'
15 [514 names] 'toby928Ã‚Â©'
16 [512 names] 'derit'
17 [505 names] 'Doctor Fish'
18 [462 names] 'Prez'nit 404'
19 [446 names] 'Buzzsaw90'
20 [439 names] 'Count de Monet'

You know they do have therapy for this now. And it's even covered under the ObamaCare Gold plan - assuming you could afford it. Just remember that you aren't using all of your valuable pla$ma all of the time.

Update: Commenter Laurie David's Cervix puts it all in perspective.

123
28,133 comments sven10077
Say 10 words per comment on average
281,330 total words written
Word Counts of Some Famous Novels
30,644 Â– Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Â– Roald Dahl
64,768 Â– The Martian Chronicles Â– Ray Bradbury
82,762 Â– Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl Â– Anne Frank
107,349 Â– Gullivers Travels Â– Jonathan Swift
127,776 Â– Life on the Mississippi Â– Mark Twain
177,227 Â– The Fellowship of the Ring Â– J. R. R. Tolkien
144,523 Â– One Hundred Years of Solitude Â– Gabriel Garcia Marquez
211,591 Â– Crime and Punishment Â– Fyodor Dostoyevsky
311,596 Â– The Fountainhead Â– Ayn Rand
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 04, 2014 10:46 PM (kdS6q)

Which means that over the past year sven has commented the equivalent of Crime and Punishment AND Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Obama: 'Not Even a Smidgen of Corruption' in IRS Targeting of Conservatives

Well there you have it. There's nothing to see here - it's just the government doing its job. Move along now citizen unless you'd like a random audit.

Churchill and Speechmaking

I recall reading in the Manchester books that Churchill had the final drafts of his speeches written out in a sort of blank verse form, and had not only the pauses written in but sometimes instructed himself to stutter slightly for emotional emphasis. A master of wit, word, and the delivery of both, he had a general rule about speech-writing and speech in general:
Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all.
You will note that most of Churchill's speeches - and virtually all of his most memorable quotes - feature short, "old" (Anglo-Saxon root) words. They also tend to have the cadence of the best poetry.

Were There Peaceniks and Blame-America-Firsters During WWII?

Apparently so and enough of them that Walter Winchell devoted a column on Feb 3, 1944 to calling them out.

Russians Being...Russian

Russia has never quite been part of the West (even when the elite wanted to be) nor part of the East either. Russia is just Russia. It's been that way since Peter the Great and likely will be the same in the the year 2214.

Before I first visited Russia, I took it for granted that Russians were grateful for the collapse of Communism. In fact, for most Russians this simply isn't the case. The vast majority of Russians living today are Soviet-born and Soviet-educated, and among them nostalgia for the Soviet Union and burning resentment at the loss of superpower status are powerful. Even young Russians, who may care nothing for Marxism-Leninism, envy their parents for having lived in a superpower that made the world tremble. The cult of the Great Patriotic War is recalcitrant. It's the greatest single obstacle to Russian democracy. In the eyes of many Russians, Stalin's cruelty was vindicated, or at least rendered irrelevant, by his leadership in the war, which gave collectivism and authoritarianism a saving veneer of heroism and nobility in the Russian psyche. "No matter how bad Stalin may have been," a student in Chelyabinsk told me, "we don't forget that it was under his leadership that we defeated the enemy, saving Europe's a** in the process, and probably America's, too." Russians take macabre, gruesome pride in their 20 million casualties in that war but are largely unaware that many of those deaths resulted from Stalin's stubbornness, incompetence, and merciless disregard for the lives of his own people, soldiers and civilians alike.

Pessimism about Putin's Russia has made people yearn all the more for the bad old days. Putin has been known to praise Stalin's leadership, but that's not the only way he has helped rehabilitate the infamous Georgian. "These are the worst days in Russia's history," a Nizhny Tagil woman in her 20s told me. "Things were better under Stalin. People had everything. The only thing was, if you spoke out, they killed you."

And for a classic look at Soviet Russia read PJ O'Rourke's account of traveling with American Leftys on a cruise in the Soviet Union, "Ship of Fools":

Also a Russian high school graduation:

Also Has the Russian Dyatlov Pass Incident Finally been Solved?

"Fifty-five years ago, nine young Russians died under suspicious circumstances during a winter hiking trip in the Ural mountains. Despite an exhaustive investigation and the recovery of the group's journals and photographs, the deaths remained unexplained, blamed on 'an unknown compelling force.' Now American film and television producer Donnie Eichar believes he has solved the mystery of the Dyatlov Pass Incident. Working in conjunction with scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Boulder, CO, Eichar developed a theory that the hikers died because they..."

Colion Noir and Dana Loesch on Gun Control, Open Carry, and MLK

Colion Noir is an NRA news commentator and possibly Joe Biden and the left's worst nightmare: a 'clean and articulate' lawyer who loves guns.

And you should check out his video on the types of people who love .45ACP.

Reviewing the Samsung UN85S9 85-Inch 4K Ultra HD 3D Smart LED TV

Well sure it's $39,997.99 but after you read the reviews, you'll understand why this TV magic picture window is worth it. (thanks to insure guy speedster1)

>By James O. Thach TOP 500 REVIEWER on November 25, 2013
My wife and I bought this after selling our daughter Amanda into white slavery. We actually got a refurbished. It's missing the remote, but oh well-- for $10K off, I can afford a universal, right? The picture is amazing. I've never seen the world with such clarity.

Amanda, if you're reading this, hang in there, honey! We'll see you in a year.
*****
I just wanted to add an addendum to my review. Since posting it, we have received a flood of responses. People have said some pretty hurtful things--even questioning our values. Let me assure you, this was not an easy decision to make, and we made it as a family. Obviously, it's very personal. But in light of all the second-guessing, I wanted to explain our thinking.
First and foremost, screen size. I really think you can't go too big. 85" may seem huge, but you get used to it fast. Second, resolution. Is 4K overkill? Please, that's what they said about 1080P! More dots = better. Period. And as far as this being a $40,000 "dumb" TV, people need to re-read my initial post: WE BOUGHT IT REFURBISHED. It was only $30,000.
Some of you may think I'm avoiding the "elephant in the room"-the real reason why this was such a heart-wrenching choice. So let's just get it out there. Yes, the 120 Hz refresh rate is a disappointment, especially on a 4K. But life is full of compromises. And frankly, we hardly notice. All in all, no regrets.
P.S., as for our daughter, NO ONE has the right to question our parenting. Totally out of bounds. Amanda was going into 7th grade, so it was going to be a transitional year anyway. Now she gets to see the world. How many kids her age get to go to Bahrain? I sure as heck didn't, but you don't hear me screaming "child abuse." Bottom line: MYOB! Seriously.

Motown in Deutch

Apparently back in the 60s it wasn't uncommon for pop stars to redo their hits in another language to appeal to international markets.

Here is "Wo Ist Unsere Liebe?" by the Supremes.

Moron Without a Well-Thought Out Plan

Well I'm kinda old school and prefer to enjoy each of my vices on its own but others apparently are into the multitasking thing.

The AoSHQ group. Yeah.

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1 ooink!

Posted by: arnold ziffle at February 04, 2014 06:13 PM (VWXUq)

2 Top 20 sockpuppeteers: 1 [2096 names] 'The Political Hat' [5.51 unique names/day] ಠ_ಠ I'd like to thank all the voices in my head for making this possibleÂ…

Posted by: Voice № 2096 in the Political Hat's head at February 04, 2014 06:14 PM (AymDN)

3 that is some bad ass helo flying

Posted by: moron lifestyle at February 04, 2014 06:15 PM (F3rNE)

4 ooink=scoamf

Posted by: arnold ziffle at February 04, 2014 06:15 PM (VWXUq)

5 That helo pilot's experience in combat was similar to Obama's community organizing in Chicago.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 04, 2014 06:16 PM (QFxY5)

6 Close to first!

Posted by: Alana at February 04, 2014 06:16 PM (Q/6Kz)

7 Sven needs an intervention.

Posted by: CAC at February 04, 2014 06:17 PM (FzTIP)

8 If I ever made it on the commentor list I'd have to stop cold turkey and get a life.

Posted by: Synova at February 04, 2014 06:17 PM (7/PU+)

9 The NSA must have compiled those stats!

Posted by: Bittersweet 16 at February 04, 2014 06:17 PM (R6JT1)

10 Bring your own TP is always a good idea

Posted by: Jean at February 04, 2014 06:17 PM (4JkHl)

11 Maet hates us i can tell.

Posted by: willow at February 04, 2014 06:18 PM (nqBYe)

12 Holy shit. 17th on the list?

Posted by: rickb223 at February 04, 2014 06:19 PM (lUXJH)

13 Holy crap! Number four?!?!?

Posted by: EC at February 04, 2014 06:19 PM (doBIb)

14 I comment about 4 to 5 a day on average.
But I am not retired. Still working.
I really love this blog.

Posted by: navybrat at February 04, 2014 06:19 PM (AW7Gr)

15 oh, sadface, must try harder in '14. plus, Jane D'oh, fuck, I miss her madly.

Posted by: Peaches at February 04, 2014 06:19 PM (8lmkt)

16 Evening morons. The moral of last night's ONT is be careful what you wish for, the cobs just might deliver on it.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 04, 2014 06:20 PM (d7H2D)

17 "It's been that way since Peter the Great and likely will be the same in the the year 2214." In the year 2214, round-eye, Siberia and other "natural expansions" of China are providing all of our energy needs! The only downside is that domed cities are common now, but we hope that will change as the ambient radiation levels slowly drop.

Posted by: Chi Coms at February 04, 2014 06:21 PM (WlWt+)

18 Russian HS graduation pics... wow. Just wow.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at February 04, 2014 06:21 PM (5PIaS)

19 Shit I broke the top 10.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 04, 2014 06:21 PM (nzKvP)

20 Number 10? I can deal with that. And Horde!!! New (to me) firearms were acquired today.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 04, 2014 06:21 PM (GEICT)

21 Holy crap! Number four?!?!?

Posted by: EC
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What is your wife gonna say about this?

And where are the pictures??

Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 04, 2014 06:22 PM (4Mv1T)

22 Evening morons. The moral of last night's ONT is be careful what you wish for, the cobs just might deliver on it. Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 04, 2014 10:20 PM (d7H2D) what was that?

Posted by: moron lifestyle at February 04, 2014 06:22 PM (F3rNE)

23 I'm somebody now! Millions of people look at this book everyday! This is the kind of spontaneous publicity - your name in print - that makes people. I'm in print! Things are going to start happening to me now.

Posted by: phreshone at February 04, 2014 06:22 PM (Q6pxP)

24 I still laugh when I think about sven mentioning how his car's interface was messing up his comments.

Posted by: Waterhouse at February 04, 2014 06:22 PM (H6YwJ)

25 Cochran- spill

Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 04, 2014 06:22 PM (4Mv1T)

26 16 Evening morons. The moral of last night's ONT is be careful what you wish for, the cobs just might deliver on it. Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 04, 2014 10:20 PM (d7H2D) Uh oh. What did I miss?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 04, 2014 06:22 PM (GEICT)

27 In many ways, those Russian HS graduation pics are the story of Obama.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at February 04, 2014 06:23 PM (5PIaS)

28 ok imma gonna try to call foul or fowl (wine)
what if you are at a different location like work? is that still entered into your comment amts?

cause if so i will cross that off my list of possibilties to escape the 'list.

Posted by: willow at February 04, 2014 06:23 PM (nqBYe)

29 Damn! I remember that evac photo.

Posted by: Tuna at February 04, 2014 06:23 PM (M/TDA)

30 Love the Amazon review.

Posted by: Y-not at February 04, 2014 06:23 PM (zDsvJ)

31 What is your wife gonna say about this? And where are the pictures?? The next time we go for guns and nachos!

Posted by: EC at February 04, 2014 06:23 PM (doBIb)

32 sven, have you thought about a hobby?

Posted by: Inspector Cussword at February 04, 2014 06:24 PM (FApZx)

Thought I was safe. Dang it!

Well, I 'm sure #20 out of 50,000 sockpuppeteers will find a prominent place on my resume

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 04, 2014 06:24 PM (BAS5M)

34 Whatcha get BC?

Posted by: EC at February 04, 2014 06:24 PM (doBIb)

35 In many ways, those Russian HS graduation pics are the story of Obama. Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling StarsÂ™ at February 04, 2014 10:23 PM (5PIaS) I don't remember ever meeting a Russian who liked obama.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 04, 2014 06:24 PM (nzKvP)

36 or i will blame my parrot or cat or dog, or kid or maybe just maybe my spouse is also chatting , but hopefully saying something profound.
cause well you know me.

but whatever.

Posted by: willow at February 04, 2014 06:24 PM (nqBYe)

37 How Many Sick Kids Suffered so that Richard Simmons Could Dance for a PR Stunt $1.37 Million dollars could help a lot of sick kids. Sadly, California thinks that it is better for sick children to be denied coverage, so that they could get Richard Simmons to make a stupid P.R. video ad More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=4843

Posted by: The Political Hat at February 04, 2014 06:25 PM (AymDN)

38 barky-style bow to all of my betters here on the HQ . . . the fact that you even acknowledge my slacker existence once in a while truly humbles me.

ah, who am I kidding, I got bangin' stompy boots, let's get it on, showoffs!!!

Posted by: Peaches at February 04, 2014 06:25 PM (8lmkt)

39 WooHoo - my first Hat Tip! Next week, I hope to be in the phone book.

Posted by: speedster1 on the iPad at February 04, 2014 06:25 PM (noB3y)

40 Just finished watching "MITT". Man, he woulda been an ok preezy.

Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at February 04, 2014 06:25 PM (E8IHS)

41 What happened to Jane D'oh, if I may ask? I miss her, too.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at February 04, 2014 06:25 PM (5PIaS)

42 And you should check out his video on the types of people who love .45ACP.

Good video.

In CO you can open carry. In fact, I had slacked on my CC renewal last year and had to go 2 months without a CC. Sheriff told me "just open carry."

LOL

You can have a handgun with a round in the chamber in your car (as long as it's not a long rifle.... it's the poaching game from the road thing) without any permit whatsoever.

And I've seen more and more people open carrying in public. And noted the response in public. It's surprisingly positive.

I don't open carry because I think it's inviting bad stuff and I prefer to look like that harmless guy if the shooting starts.

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 06:25 PM (x3YFz)

43 Signaling a technological leap forward for the auto industry and a boon to Silicon Valley, the federal government announced Monday it will take steps to require all new cars and light trucks to communicate with each other, So ya mean rolling down the window and giving the guy in the car next you the finger ain't good enough? Fagetaboutit

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 04, 2014 06:26 PM (nzKvP)

44 Well, I 'm sure#20 out of 50,000 sockpuppeteers will find a prominent place on my resume Hell, I made #17 on an HTC EVO 4G.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 04, 2014 06:26 PM (lUXJH)

45 Mowtown Deutch>>

President 404 favorite Deutch song

Der Kommissar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w4Xulsjo5I

Posted by: The Hickster at February 04, 2014 06:26 PM (TI3xG)

46 Shuddup EC! I am #2.... Oy!

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 04, 2014 06:26 PM (NNjb2)

47 That NRA commenter is my favorite. Colion Noir is a "no apologies" 2nd Amendment man, and he backs down on nothing.

Good guy.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 04, 2014 06:26 PM (QFxY5)

48 Is Turkey's Prime Minister Truly Outrageous? The Prime Minister of Turkey decided to address the members of this political party asÂ… a hologram. Apparently, that program was not deleted from the droid. The Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is not the first politician to use holograms, as he follows in the illustrious steps of other politicians, such as the Emperor Palpatine and India's Narendra Modi. It remains to be seen if Erdoğan can reach the lofty heights of zombie Tupac and diva Hatsune Miku. It does beg the question: Was Erdoğan outrageous? Truly, Truly ourtrageous? More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=4848

Posted by: The Political Hat at February 04, 2014 06:26 PM (AymDN)

49 Step away for a couple of minutes, and a giant commenter report shows up.....

Howdy, y'all!

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 06:27 PM (T1005)

50 I'm so jealous of you all . . . and I celebrate your quasi-celebrity. And I am endlessly grateful for your fakey interwebs friendship. (and jealous, dammit)

Posted by: Peaches at February 04, 2014 06:27 PM (8lmkt)

51 Ewwwww... 4th most schizo!!!

Posted by: The Various Voices in Romeo13's Head at February 04, 2014 06:27 PM (84gbM)

52 Hahaha on the Russian HS graduation pics! AK's and twerking!!! Hahahahahahaha!!!!!!

Posted by: EC at February 04, 2014 06:27 PM (doBIb)

53 i'm old school, i remember when lacewigs would have smoked your asses.

Posted by: Peaches at February 04, 2014 06:28 PM (8lmkt)

54 25 Cochran- spill Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 04, 2014 10:22 PM (4Mv1T) My grandfather is in ill health. I was over there late last week and we got to talking about the extensive collection he's acquired. "Well, if there's anything you want, it's yours." "Â….Seriously?" "Yup. Take what you want." So I'm over there again today.."Sooooo, Grandpa?" "Yeah, you can take what you want. What do you want?" I tell him. "Just that one? Just take both. They're good guns. I got no use for them, take them both." So now I have a Springfield 87a and Winchester 190.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 04, 2014 06:28 PM (GEICT)

55 "Also Has the Russian Dyatlov Pass Incident Finally been Solved?" That's just what the Men in Black want you to believe, to cover up the truth about UFOs!

Posted by: The Producers of "Unsealed", a cheap rip-off of Ancient Aliens at February 04, 2014 06:28 PM (WlWt+)

56 The only downside is that domed cities are common now, but we hope that will change as the ambient radiation levels slowly drop.
We call them "Obama Towns".

Posted by: japanese survivors at February 04, 2014 06:28 PM (LLfr9)

57 When did ace become a German company?

Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at February 04, 2014 06:28 PM (RZ8pf)

58 Those Russkies know how to do high school graduations right.

Posted by: rickl at February 04, 2014 06:29 PM (sdi6R)

59 53 i'm old school, i remember when lacewigs would have smoked your asses. Posted by: Peaches at February 04, 2014 10:28 PM (8lmkt) And then tossed your used up butts to Machines for Sale.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at February 04, 2014 06:29 PM (5PIaS)

60 My dear departed mother would have been oh so proud to see that I didn't make the top twenty. She always knew I was an underachiever.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 04, 2014 06:29 PM (auxNc)

61 And Horde!!! New (to me) firearms were acquired today.
Until the tragic boating accident bringing them home... riiiiight?

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at February 04, 2014 06:29 PM (LLfr9)

62 It'd be cool if we could see "top lurkers." Something like highest number of page refresh to comments.

Posted by: Bomber at February 04, 2014 06:29 PM (G8OL9)

63 Peaches don't , we will be the first rounded up for camp day.

Posted by: willow at February 04, 2014 06:29 PM (nqBYe)

64 What really scares me is that I have met (and drunk with) two of the top 20, and outwardly they seem so....normal.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 04, 2014 06:29 PM (QFxY5)

65 Posted by: Peaches at February 04, 2014 10:27 PM (8lmkt) Oh, I've been talking with one of your buddies...

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 04, 2014 06:30 PM (GEICT)

66 Those Russkies know how to do high school graduations right. Posted by: rickl at February 04, 2014 10:29 PM (sdi6R) I always found ruskies, especially the girl versions, know how to do a lot of things right.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 04, 2014 06:30 PM (nzKvP)

67 omg I would totally win "top lurker" lurk lurk lurk

Posted by: Black Orchid at February 04, 2014 06:30 PM (EZNxq)

68 And don't forget ..sven was put on *time out* for some days .. not sure how many .. but that lowered his YTD count .

Posted by: Chamuco at February 04, 2014 06:30 PM (qQk+U)

69 Thanks for throwing some love to us hookers(chinook pilots/crewmembers). That's an awesome photo, but truth be told, its really not that hard. Once we plant the ass on the ground, the aircraft pretty much stays there. It makes for some awesome photos and everyone thinks we are awesome, however. That being said, I've never done it on a building before. Mad respect for that guy.

Posted by: GIJared at February 04, 2014 06:30 PM (Gxwix)

70 g'evenin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 04, 2014 06:30 PM (JMmQ9)

71 I've been posting like a crazed testosterone-fueled chimpanzee!

but... eh...

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 06:31 PM (x3YFz)

72 i sure comment a lot for not really having any content.
sorry guys

Posted by: willow at February 04, 2014 06:31 PM (nqBYe)

73 What really scares me is that I have met (and drunk with) two of the top 20, and outwardly they seem so....normal. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 04, 2014 10:29 PM (QFxY5) Appearances can be deceiving.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 04, 2014 06:31 PM (nzKvP)

74 Thanks for throwing some love to us hookers(chinook pilots/crewmembers).

You will find a lot of love here on this smart milblog, GIJared!

Posted by: Peaches at February 04, 2014 06:31 PM (8lmkt)

75 62 It'd be cool if we could see "top lurkers." Something like highest number of page refresh to comments. Posted by: Bomber at February 04, 2014 10:29 PM (G8OL9) Uh oh.

Posted by: Mindy, top 10 lurker at February 04, 2014 06:32 PM (mQwL2)

76 Whew didn't make the list.

Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at February 04, 2014 06:32 PM (RZ8pf)

77 So now I have a Springfield 87a and Winchester 190. Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk
-------------------------

Most excellent! Ever settle on a carry piece?

Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 04, 2014 06:32 PM (4Mv1T)

78 I feel extremely jealous of all the losers on that list who have no lives outside of AosHQ!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 04, 2014 06:32 PM (b/lt+)

79 Anyone see Scalia's comments today on Drudge?

So, yeah...

Posted by: Iasonas at February 04, 2014 06:32 PM (FHNkr)

80 61 And Horde!!! New (to me) firearms were acquired today.
Until the tragic boating accident bringing them home... riiiiight?

Posted by: andycanuck at February 04, 2014 10:29 PM (LLfr9)

Right? flippin rookies.

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 06:32 PM (x3YFz)

81 Noel Coward wrote a song during WWII about those he termed "excessive humanitarians" in England-- "Don't Let's be Beastly to the Germans"

Posted by: Taft at February 04, 2014 06:32 PM (d2FFC)

82 i sure comment a lot for not really having any content.
sorry guys
Posted by: willow

You are assuming quality in those others that stats.

Posted by: The Hickster at February 04, 2014 06:33 PM (TI3xG)

83 Is there a lurker Hall of Shame? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Trav at February 04, 2014 06:33 PM (CdRSJ)

84 That being said, I've never done it on a building before. Mad respect for that guy. Posted by: GIJared at February 04, 2014 10:30 PM (Gxwix) Gotta give a lot of respect to Navy Helo Pilots... I got dropped onto a few ships in heavy seas... and was always amazed...

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 04, 2014 06:33 PM (84gbM)

85 Ya do know that anyone in the top 20 gets the top bunk in the re-education camps right? And I call the toilet that you can flush paper also

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 04, 2014 06:33 PM (nzKvP)

86 So, I bought a fuckin' gun cleaning kit today . . . at the urging of the guy who said, I will clean your gun for you. fuckin' shitbird.

Posted by: Peaches at February 04, 2014 06:33 PM (8lmkt)

Dyatlov Pass incident theory is compelling, but it's speculation. The low frequency sound effect they think panicked the people hasn't been observed at that site.

Also, why did it panic everyone on site? Wouldn't a subsonic audio event affect different people differently? Eg feelings of dread, unsettled feelings, freezing in place and panic are all possible reactions.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 04, 2014 06:33 PM (RG1+r)

88 77 I feel extremely jealous of all the losers on that list who have no lives outside of AosHQ!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 04, 2014 10:32 PM (b/lt+)

Wow. Little abrasive today? Need a mint?

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 06:33 PM (x3YFz)

89 16 Evening morons. The moral of last night's ONT is be careful what you wish for, the cobs just might deliver on it. Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 04, 2014 10:20 PM (d7H2D) Hide posts from (d7H2D)

You can say that again.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 06:33 PM (T1005)

90 i'm sure i made 200 of those comments just today.

Posted by: willow at February 04, 2014 06:33 PM (nqBYe)

91 Most excellent! Ever settle on a carry piece? Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 04, 2014 10:32 PM (4Mv1T) I think so. LC380. I've put rounds through it on several occasions at the range. Loved the way it felt and shot.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 04, 2014 06:34 PM (GEICT)

92 Posted by: Peaches at February 04, 2014 10:33 PM (8lmkt)

Pro tip (and there will be endless argument about this)....do not overdo it. Guns need to be wiped of sweat (the salt is awful for the steel) and gunk, but stripping loosens the actions.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 04, 2014 06:35 PM (QFxY5)

93 I would be at least a runner-up in top lurker.

Posted by: Alana at February 04, 2014 06:35 PM (Q/6Kz)

94 You know what they say, "Lurkin' for twerkin' ..." (((( Y ))))

Posted by: I gots mad rhymes at February 04, 2014 06:35 PM (R6JT1)

95 85 So, I bought a fuckin' gun cleaning kit today . . . at the urging of the guy who said, I will clean your gun for you. fuckin' shitbird.

Posted by: Peaches at February 04, 2014 10:33 PM (8lmkt)

1 word: froglube

just google it. trust me.

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 06:35 PM (x3YFz)

This achievement definitely goes on my online dating profile. The hot chicks will be beating a path to my door.

Any minute now, the doorbell will start ringing.

Any minute.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 04, 2014 06:35 PM (BAS5M)

97 Wow. Little abrasive today? Need a mint?
Posted by: tangonine
..........
Abrasive? I thought that was witty.. excuse me!

I'm renting out senses of humor for $5 a week...

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 04, 2014 06:36 PM (b/lt+)

98 So, I bought a fuckin' gun cleaning kit today . . . at the urging of the guy who said, I will clean your gun for you. fuckin' shitbird.
Posted by: Peaches
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Funny. I am taking my sis-in-law to buy a wheel gun on Friday. She's getting her carry permit since her husband won't buy one.

She lives just around the corner, so i will clean it for her.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 04, 2014 06:37 PM (4Mv1T)

99 sigh, the wall of shame.

Posted by: willow at February 04, 2014 06:37 PM (nqBYe)

100 95 This achievement definitely goes on my online dating profile. The hot chicks will be beating a path to my door.

Any minute now, the doorbell will start ringing.

Any minute.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 04, 2014 10:35 PM (BAS5M)

if I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times: cheesecake + bear trap.

never fails.

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 06:38 PM (x3YFz)

101 1 word: froglube

just google it. trust me.

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 10:35 PM (x3YFz)

Hmmmmmm . . . coming from you, I'm gonna make a note of that. Thank you!!

Posted by: Peaches at February 04, 2014 06:38 PM (8lmkt)

102 1 word: froglube just google it. trust me. Posted by: tangonine Thanks for the reminder. I need to order more.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 04, 2014 06:38 PM (lUXJH)

103 Also, why did it panic everyone on site?

Okay I read a book about the incident awhile ago and the guy put forth the low frequency sound waves as a theory but he added to it. I can't remember what they're called now but he also theorized that a sort of recurrent low level tornadoes hit the mountain at the same time.

Sounds crazy but he talked to some scientists here in the US that looked at pictures of the terrain where the campers were and they said it was entirely possible. The author also said they may not all have panicked, just a couple of them and it had a domino effect that ended in tragedy. Pretty interesting book.

Posted by: Adam at February 04, 2014 06:38 PM (Aif/5)

104 Walter Winchell devotes his entire column to an organization called Peace Now. He did not approve.

In the column Winchell describes Ernst Roehm as a pervert. Today they would scream - Homophobe!!!! What a downward spiral this country has taken

Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 04, 2014 06:39 PM (FE/sZ)

105 93Â You know what they say, "Lurkin' for twerkin' ..."Â (((( Y )))) Posted by: I gots mad rhymes at February 04, 2014 10:35 PM (R6JT1) I still don't know what twerking is, but I'm not looking it up. One blue waffle search experience was enough.

Posted by: Trav at February 04, 2014 06:39 PM (CdRSJ)

106 I think so. LC380. I've put rounds through it on several occasions at the range. Loved the way it felt and shot. Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk
-------------------------

Ah yes. We talked about those. I bought one last week. It is in the safe never fired or loaded. I am trying to decide on that or the new little Glock that as yet I don't own.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 04, 2014 06:39 PM (4Mv1T)

107 96 Wow. Little abrasive today? Need a mint?

Posted by: tangonine
..........
Abrasive? I thought that was witty.. excuse me!

I'm renting out senses of humor for $5 a week...

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 04, 2014 10:36 PM (b/lt+)

Sorry brother. I hit post and then instantly realized you've had 1 particularly shitty week.

Please accept my apology.

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 06:39 PM (x3YFz)

108 Funny. I am taking my sis-in-law to buy a wheel gun on Friday. She's getting her carry permit since her husband won't buy one.

She lives just around the corner, so i will clean it for her.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 04, 2014 10:37 PM (4Mv1T)

You are the best, TR. Unlike her craptastic husband. Tell her to check out that little Ruger SP101 I got. It fits the hand very well, but it's a heavy little bitch, as I discovered last Sunday.

Posted by: Peaches at February 04, 2014 06:40 PM (8lmkt)

109 "Not even a smidgen"... we are so far away from the end of the pipe

Posted by: Andy Dufresne at February 04, 2014 06:40 PM (Q6pxP)

110 1 word: froglube

just google it. trust me.
Posted by: tangonine>>

Oh but the memories of Hoppe's no.9

http://www.hoppes.com/

Holy crap they sell a Hoppe's no.9 air freshener. I need one for the car to calm my commute.

Posted by: The Hickster at February 04, 2014 06:40 PM (TI3xG)

111 I'm #10 of the 2013 Sockpuppet 20. Halfway up the #2 shame list. Reminds me of being co-captain of the B team in High School soccer. Not captain. Not A team. Not football. Not quite Alpha. But not Beta. Alpha-Beta. You take what you can get. (And once again, if this is based on hash tags, I can thank my rural variable cell IP for not being counted much, much more.) I hope I've brought an occasional smile, and perhaps a bit of worthwhile info, to the halls of this venerable establishment, enough to outweigh whatever unpleasant regurgitations I may have generated, because I sure get a $#!+ton of smiles and info out of y'all, posters and commenters. Where's the cat video? Here. http://youtu.be/EWrpCqlUWtY they're coming to take me away ha ha

Posted by: mindful webworker is my "real" name? What is reality? at February 04, 2014 06:41 PM (U13jb)

112 All my weeks are shitty! I haven't had a good whole week since Reagan was prez!

But, hey.. I'm just yanking chains... I wish I had more time to hang out here myself... good on ya that do!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 04, 2014 06:42 PM (b/lt+)

113 Twerking is a rapid movement of the hips causing your butt to jiggle up and down. Its very low class, but can be interesting if done by the right woman.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 04, 2014 06:43 PM (RG1+r)

114 Oh lordy please tell me we are not going to hold hands and sing Kumbayah.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 04, 2014 06:43 PM (IcWLo)

115 I still don't know what twerking is, but I'm not looking it up. It's when Stimpy slaps Ren with his pimply butt cheeks.

Posted by: Yak at February 04, 2014 06:43 PM (R6JT1)

116 I'd like to see the lurker ratio if we could get that number rounded up. Not that we'd recognize any of the names.

)

Posted by: Miss Scarlett at February 04, 2014 06:43 PM (4MZD9)

117 You are the best, TR. Unlike her craptastic husband. Tell her to check out that little Ruger SP101 I got. It fits the hand very well, but it's a heavy little bitch, as I discovered last Sunday.
Posted by: Peaches
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She'll purse carry. That woman has some beautiful purses. I first thought about the Ruger LCR. They are so light, but the heavier gun like yours will suck up some recoil. Always a tradeoff.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 04, 2014 06:43 PM (4Mv1T)

118 Congrats morons who made the top list! Prost

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 04, 2014 06:44 PM (HVff2)

119 Oh lordy please tell me we are not going to hold hands and sing Kumbayah. Posted by: Seamus Muldoon
..........
After enough alcohol, anything is possible.. and fun!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 04, 2014 06:44 PM (b/lt+)

120 and no , i'm not looking up froglube.

Posted by: willow at February 04, 2014 06:44 PM (nqBYe)

121 107 Funny. I am taking my sis-in-law to buy a wheel gun on Friday. She's getting her carry permit since her husband won't buy one.

She lives just around the corner, so i will clean it for her.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 04, 2014 10:37 PM (4Mv1T)
You are the best, TR. Unlike her craptastic husband. Tell her to check out that little Ruger SP101 I got. It fits the hand very well, but it's a heavy little bitch, as I discovered last Sunday.
Posted by: Peaches at February 04, 2014 10:40 PM (8lmkt) Hide posts from (8lmkt)

Wait, what??? Did I miss something? Is little Fluffy all growed-up?

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 06:45 PM (T1005)

122
Those were some interesting numbers. Mostly cause I thought that I spent too much time here, but I am a piker.

A million and a half comments and 50K people. Never would have guessed it that high.

And Anna challenging for the lead. And I miss ol' Jones.

Finally, I would have liked to see where Ace ended up in total comments.

thanks for the compiling Maet.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 04, 2014 06:45 PM (n0DEs)

123 and no , i'm not looking up froglube.
Posted by: willow
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Space age gun lube. It's the real deal.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 04, 2014 06:45 PM (4Mv1T)

124
28,133 comments sven10077

Say 10 words per comment on average

281,330 total words written

Word Counts of Some Famous Novels

30,644 Â– Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Â– Roald Dahl
64,768 Â– The Martian Chronicles Â– Ray Bradbury
82,762 Â– Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl Â– Anne Frank
107,349 Â– Gullivers Travels Â– Jonathan Swift
127,776 Â– Life on the Mississippi Â– Mark Twain
177,227 Â– The Fellowship of the Ring Â– J. R. R. Tolkien
144,523 Â– One Hundred Years of Solitude Â– Gabriel Garcia Marquez
211,591 Â– Crime and Punishment Â– Fyodor Dostoyevsky
311,596 Â– The Fountainhead Â– Ayn Rand

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 04, 2014 06:46 PM (kdS6q)

125 You are the best, TR. Unlike her craptastic husband. Tell her to check out that little Ruger SP101 I got. It fits the hand very well, but it's a heavy little bitch, as I discovered last Sunday.

Posted by: Peaches at February 04, 2014 10:40 PM (8lmkt)

Have a couple wheel guns, a .38 spcl and a 44. spcl cannon. Now, my mom is 77 and I placed both on her kitchen table and asked her which one she wanted.

She picked the cannon.

Gotta love cowgirls.

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 06:46 PM (x3YFz)

126 What happened last night? Unless you're talking about the microbanning. I got that one.

Posted by: Miss Scarlett at February 04, 2014 06:46 PM (4MZD9)

127 That Sven guy is a wordy bitch huh?

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (13th Level SoCon) at February 04, 2014 06:47 PM (LSDdO)

128 And where is Jane? Did the in-laws off her at Christmas?

Posted by: Miss Scarlett at February 04, 2014 06:48 PM (4MZD9)

129 Congrats to the fine achievements of the top-commenters. A question: to reach those prodigious numbers, did you ever write comments while on the shitter? I mean, you had to at some point right? That's a lot of commenting and there're only 24 hrs in a day.

Posted by: fastfreefall at February 04, 2014 06:48 PM (z1ivL)

130 Wait, what??? Did I miss something? Is little Fluffy all growed-up?

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 10:45 PM (T1005)

yeah, i busted her cherry last sunday, 97 rounds, it was awesome!

Posted by: Peaches at February 04, 2014 06:48 PM (8lmkt)

131 Serious willow. Froglube. No joke. Good stuff.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 04, 2014 06:48 PM (lUXJH)

132 Attention all 1911 buyers! Sig Sauer is running a promo until April where if you buy a 1911 from a list of six specific models, you will get a free 1911-22. BOGO! http://www.sigsauer.com/Promotions/CurrentPromotions.aspx

Posted by: EC at February 04, 2014 06:48 PM (doBIb)

133 122
and no , i'm not looking up froglube.

Posted by: willow
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Space age gun lube. It's the real deal.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 04, 2014 10:45 PM (4Mv1T)

Aye. It's the stuff. I'm no trigger puller anymore buy my friends and every single "Very Dangerous Person" I know swears by it.

I use it and it's awesome.

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 06:48 PM (x3YFz)

134 Yeah, but probably twenty five percent of Sven' s words aren't in any dictionary.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 04, 2014 06:49 PM (qKox+)

135 People! Comment from locations so yo have multiple hashes. Keeps you off the Wall of Shame.

Posted by: dogfish at February 04, 2014 06:49 PM (nsOJa)

136 yeah, i busted her cherry last sunday, 97 rounds, it was awesome!

Posted by: Peaches at February 04, 2014 10:48 PM (8lmkt)

applauds! nice feeling isn't it. ?

Posted by: willow at February 04, 2014 06:49 PM (nqBYe)

137 131 Attention all 1911 buyers! Sig Sauer is running a promo until April where if you buy a 1911 from a list of six specific models, you will get a free 1911-22. BOGO! http://www.sigsauer.com/Promotions/CurrentPromotions.aspx Posted by: EC at February 04, 2014 10:48 PM (doBIb) Most excellent EC thanks for passing along

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 04, 2014 06:50 PM (HVff2)

138

May have to look into the froglube. Been using silicone spray on the shotguns and any other weapon exposed to inclement weather.

Anyone who's ever waterfowled in the shit weather you get knows how hard it is to keep the gun functional. So I use it because it is a "dry" lube and doesn't pick up mud and stuff.

Posted by: irongrampa at February 04, 2014 06:50 PM (SAMxH)

139 I still think that Sven's posts are due to an infinite number of raccoons typing away on an infinite number of computersÂ…

Posted by: The Typewriting Hat at February 04, 2014 06:50 PM (AymDN)

140 applauds! nice feeling isn't it. ?

Posted by: willow at February 04, 2014 10:49 PM (nqBYe)

it sure was, willow! i saved the targets and plan to label them "peaches and fluffy's first date" . . . because I am a fuckin' goof!

Posted by: Peaches at February 04, 2014 06:51 PM (8lmkt)

141 *prances about*

I see my finely tuned stay juuuuuust under the radar skills were once again in fine form.

*prances moar*

Posted by: alexthechick - We besearch thee of great SMOD at February 04, 2014 06:51 PM (Gk3SS)

142 Most excellent EC thanks for passing along I already lost one in a tragic boating accident, so I can't take advantage of this deal. But it is a nice deal!

Posted by: EC at February 04, 2014 06:51 PM (doBIb)

143 So these top posters....Have they all spent time in the barrel?

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at February 04, 2014 06:51 PM (l0lja)

144 My comment about last night was that I had been spitballing numbers on the number of commenters/visitors to the site. Maet gave us a few prelim numbers last night showing that I had underestimated by at least a factor of 2 on a per week basis. My takeaway is that we likely have several thousand active commenters, and probably 10-20 times as many lurkers or otherwise unique eyeballs who follow a link from elsewhere (I found the HQ from a Kaus link back in 2011, iirc).

Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 04, 2014 06:52 PM (d7H2D)

145 How do you know none of us are on the crapper right now???

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at February 04, 2014 06:52 PM (LLfr9)

146 Anyone who's ever waterfowled in the shit weather you get knows how hard it is to keep the gun functional. So I use it because it is a "dry" lube and doesn't pick up mud and stuff.

Posted by: irongrampa at February 04, 2014 10:50 PM (SAMxH)

it's exactly for that. You'll love it.

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 06:52 PM (x3YFz)

147 and no , i'm not looking up froglube.

Posted by: willow
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Space age gun lube. It's the real deal.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 04, 2014 10:45 PM (4Mv1T)

well i do like the frogman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2sAFHBptJE

Posted by: willow at February 04, 2014 06:52 PM (nqBYe)

148 129 Wait, what??? Did I miss something? Is little Fluffy all growed-up?

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 10:45 PM (T1005)
yeah, i busted her cherry last sunday, 97 rounds, it was awesome!
Posted by: Peaches at February 04, 2014 10:48 PM (8lmkt) Hide posts from (8lmkt)

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! To both you and Fluffy, of course.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 06:52 PM (T1005)

149 dissident frogman*

Posted by: willow at February 04, 2014 06:53 PM (nqBYe)

150 New Justice League:War DVD is good.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 04, 2014 06:53 PM (ZPrif)

151 No boating accidents here with 3' of ice on most lakes & rivers are ice covered as well.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 04, 2014 06:53 PM (HVff2)

152 So these top posters....Have they all spent time in the barrel? Been there.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 04, 2014 06:53 PM (lUXJH)

153 what is a 'microban'?

Posted by: moron lifestyle at February 04, 2014 06:53 PM (F3rNE)

154 How do you know none of us are on the crapper right now??? Posted by: andycanuck at February 04, 2014 10:52 PM (LLfr9) *** I thought that was what the whole "no pants" thing was about.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 04, 2014 06:53 PM (ZudO6)

155 My takeaway is that we likely have several thousand active commenters, and probably 10-20 times as many lurkers or otherwise unique eyeballs who follow a link from elsewhere (I found the HQ from a Kaus link back in 2011, iirc).

Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 04, 2014 10:52 PM (d7H2D)

Yup. That's why I've cut my cussin' down.

Apparently, there's folks watching us.

/paranoid

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 06:54 PM (x3YFz)

156 142 So these top posters....Have they all spent time in the barrel?

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at February 04, 2014 10:51 PM (l0lja

Well if you look at MWR's name you can see that she has a strategy to avoid the barrel.

Posted by: buzzion at February 04, 2014 06:54 PM (LI48c)

157 150 No boating accidents here with 3' of ice on most lakes & rivers are ice covered as well. What about tragic ice fishing accidents?

Posted by: EC at February 04, 2014 06:54 PM (doBIb)

158 good point Mr Andycanuck

Posted by: fastfreefall at February 04, 2014 06:54 PM (z1ivL)

159 People! Comment from locations so yo have multiple hashes. Keeps you off the Wall of Shame. Posted by: dogfish at February 04, 2014 10:49 PM (nsOJa) I have about 60% more socks than the next nearest sock-puppeteerÂ… despite the fact that I probably have much, much more from different i.p. addresses. Of course, the vast majority of my commenting is in the late evening on the ONT and sometimes on the weekend posts. Just think if you combined Sven's compulsion to post with my heavy socking! Anyways, shouldn't I be able to register all my sock-puppets/multiple personalities to vote as separate voters?

Posted by: The Political Hat at February 04, 2014 06:54 PM (AymDN)

160 yeah, i busted her cherry last sunday, 97 rounds, it was awesome! Posted by: Peaches at February 04, 2014 10:48 PM That is outstanding, Peaches! Welcome to The.ClubÂ™. You now understand the concept of "recoil therapy".

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 04, 2014 06:54 PM (JMmQ9)

161 No boating accidents here with 3' of ice on most lakes & rivers are ice covered as well. Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 04, 2014 10:53 PM (HVff2 Ice fishing accidents are the new thing since the globe stopped warming 15 years ago

Posted by: moron lifestyle at February 04, 2014 06:54 PM (F3rNE)

162 Except for the twerking, weird things on their heads, and school uniforms, those Russian gals remind me of some of the girls I graduated high school with.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at February 04, 2014 06:55 PM (HxSXm)

163 No boating accidents here with 3' of ice on most lakes & rivers are ice covered as well.

What if you were showing off your collection in a Spearing Shack?

Posted by: The Hickster at February 04, 2014 06:55 PM (TI3xG)

164 The WWII thing is pretty heavily at odds with the general notion of the country during that time. I interviewed my great-grandfather last year (he landed second wave, Omaha beach) and that was one of the surprising things I learned.

Posted by: .87c at February 04, 2014 06:55 PM (qZPXs)

165 TR, I also have the Ruger SP101 and simply adore this revolver. Feels good in my hand and I have a CCW in my new state of residence. I carry it in any one of my fabulous purses. I want to marry this revolver. Hi Peaches!

Posted by: mpfs, Waiting For More Snow at February 04, 2014 06:55 PM (wk3Sb)

166 How many are 'hard core' lurkers, commetors?
100
1000

say ten percent of the unique 5k?

how many of the 48k unique hash tags are people who get a different hash every time they log in? Is there anyway to tell?

Posted by: Just another Smith at February 04, 2014 06:55 PM (Nk7jv)

167 Well if you look at MWR's name you can see that she has a strategy to avoid the barrel. Posted by: buzzion at February 04, 2014 10:54 PM (LI48c)

I'm going to have to come up with a Very Special Present for her to celebrate her triumph.

Posted by: alexthechick - We besearch thee of great SMOD at February 04, 2014 06:56 PM (Gk3SS)

168 I wasn't gonna post pout but there is a hilarious story about how a liquor store in northern MN was going to use a small drone to deliver beer to ice fishing houses FAA disallowed it

Posted by: thunderb at February 04, 2014 06:56 PM (zOTsN)

169 142 So these top posters....Have they all spent time in the barrel?

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at February 04, 2014 10:51 PM (l0lja) Hide posts from (l0lja)

Oh, great -- now we're gonna get barrel stats......

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 06:56 PM (T1005)

170 peaches have you checked out the dissident frogman on youtube 'boomstick guy'

funny as heck.
i'd be in love but my spouse would not approve

Posted by: willow at February 04, 2014 06:56 PM (nqBYe)

171 Reminds me of Kevin Bacon imploring the panicked attendants for calm at the end of Animal House: Goldman to Fidelity Call for Calm After Global Stock Wipeout http://tinyurl.com/l3cmned

Posted by: Thrawn at February 04, 2014 06:56 PM (WlWt+)

172 An ingenious new drone beer delivery service proposed by a Minnesota Micro Brewery to rush beer to thirsty ice fishermen across frozen lakes has had its wings clipped by the feds. Less than a week after the company posted a buzzy promotional YouTube video chronicling the first test flights across mid-sized lakes, the Federal Aviation Administration called Lakemaid Beer to immediately pull the unmanned beer from the skies. "As much as they thought it was a funny idea, it was a violation of all sorts of codes," Lakemaid Beer Company President Jack Supple told ABC News, adding he's determined to keep pushing to get his idea off the ground. "I understand why they had to shut it down, but I would like to do it for our fishermen," said Supple, lamenting the missed opportunities that the coming Super Bowl weekend could have brought for the business. "The fishermen are going to sit there from Friday 5 p.m. all the way through Sunday. That's a long time to be out there on a frozen lake

Posted by: thunderb at February 04, 2014 06:57 PM (zOTsN)

173 well i do like the frogman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2sAFHBptJE

Posted by: willow at February 04, 2014 10:52 PM (nqBYe)

I think I threw this up for the Horde a bit back, but it's a SEAL instructor running the O-course in sick time...

Not sure if the vid gets across exactly how hard this O course is but...believe me, this dude rocks it.

'ette candy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzw2sfNN0Ac

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 06:57 PM (x3YFz)

174 Jane D'oh survived the in-laws, or rather they survived her, at Christmas. She posted some stuff about her boy around New Years. That's all I know.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 04, 2014 06:58 PM (d7H2D)

175 The 25% of Sven's posts are in Gaelic. That is why they are not in the English dictionary. Expand your vocabulary.

Using Laurie Davis' yardstick I have written almost 195,000 words. On top of two 50K+ stories, several short stories, outlines, and editing. Ouch. I am a wordy bugger.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 04, 2014 06:58 PM (NNjb2)

176 Janes been MIA for a while now. Hope everything is ok.

Posted by: EC at February 04, 2014 06:58 PM (doBIb)

177 For the Moron Horde, I present the Gentle Giant prog rock album dedicated to naked Statism, or the cynical disdain of it. You decide. Note the prominent display of Ace of Spades.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S8lKZ0MMUQ

Posted by: navybrat at February 04, 2014 06:58 PM (AW7Gr)

178 156 150 No boating accidents here with 3' of ice on most lakes & rivers are ice covered as well. What about tragic ice fishing accidents? Posted by: EC at February 04, 2014 10:54 PM (doBIb) Yeah, that's what happened

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 04, 2014 06:58 PM (HVff2)

179 Anyways, shouldn't I be able to register all my sock-puppets/multiple personalities to vote as separate voters? Posted by: The Political Hat Other's do ...and I don't even think they register them all.

Posted by: dogfish at February 04, 2014 06:59 PM (nsOJa)

180 Frog lube. Fish oil. Goose grease.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 04, 2014 06:59 PM (juDHN)

181 Oh, great -- now we're gonna get barrel stats...... Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 10:56 PM I would actually have a passing interest in stats on The.Barrel.Â™ Just sayin'...

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 04, 2014 06:59 PM (JMmQ9)

182 My vocabulary is just fine 10Q very much.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 04, 2014 06:59 PM (l11Qd)

183 Fire Clean is what I use.

Posted by: EC at February 04, 2014 06:59 PM (doBIb)

184
I wonder how many made both the '12 and '13 lists.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 04, 2014 07:01 PM (n0DEs)

185 ire Clean is what I use. Posted by: EC at February 04, 2014 10:59 PM (doBIb) Best gun lube ever: Hippie tears

Posted by: The Gun Hat at February 04, 2014 07:01 PM (AymDN)

186 After all these years, I've only come close once before pulling my own cucumber from that pickling barrel. What?

Posted by: Vlasic's daily dairy diary at February 04, 2014 07:01 PM (R6JT1)

187 168 142 Oh, great -- now we're gonna get barrel stats...... Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 10:56 PM (T1005) That would be cool & the reason why they are there. A teachable moment.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 04, 2014 07:01 PM (HVff2)

188 I wonder how many made both the '12 and '13 lists. Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 04, 2014 11:01 PM (n0DEs) *Raises hand*

Posted by: The Political Hat at February 04, 2014 07:02 PM (AymDN)

189 I wonder how many made both the '12 and '13 lists. Posted by: Guy Mohawk ssssshhhhhhhh

Posted by: thunderb at February 04, 2014 07:02 PM (zOTsN)

190 that russian HS pic collection is interesting. 1 Are they drinking champagne or beer? 2 the safety is off on that AK 3 wonder what they will look like in 10-15 years

Posted by: moron lifestyle at February 04, 2014 07:02 PM (F3rNE)

191 PB BlastÂ™ works wonders on wheel-guns

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 04, 2014 07:02 PM (JMmQ9)

192 I can barely afford the premiums. It's the deductible and 40% after that I cannot afford.

But seriously, which is worse?

That Obama gets up and just lies, lies and lies some more. or that O'fucking Reilly just cannot say "That is a lie Mr. President."

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at February 04, 2014 07:03 PM (V70Uh)

193 Are the commenter numbers skewed because of static vs dynamic isp addresses?

Asking for a friend

Posted by: name don't matter, isp address will change at February 04, 2014 07:05 PM (F3CXb)

194

cthulhu, you harshing my comments?

Congrats, Peaches, on breaking Fluffy in! I have yet to live-fire my new-to-me Glock 19.

Most commenters have familiar hashes, not that many change each time they log in/post. I have at least 4 that appear here on a regular basis because I post from 3 jobs and home--even added together I doubt I'd crack top 10 commenters in a week though.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 04, 2014 07:05 PM (d7H2D)

195 2 the safety is off on that AK Where does a little hs girl get her hands on an AK?

Posted by: EC at February 04, 2014 07:05 PM (doBIb)

196 Hey all! Posted by: thunderb at February 04, 2014 10:57 PM (zOTsN) --Just this weekend we watched a BBC polar bear documentary we just bought (David Tennant narrating). One of the "spy cams" they used to film the bears up close was "Blizzardcam," which zipped around on the ice with two propellers and got up to around 45 mph IIRC. It also carried another robot camera. Anyways, I was thinking the brewery may want to look into something like that; it'd be perfect for deliveries across frozen lakes and ponds.

Posted by: logprof at February 04, 2014 07:05 PM (X3GkB)

197 116. Wife, daughter, niece all carry the Ruger LCR. As a result, I've shot it a lot. It's a really good little pistol. If you want a light CC revolver it is hard to beat. Stick with std rounds and it's recoil friendly.

Posted by: Agitator at February 04, 2014 07:05 PM (y1bCy)

198 191 That Obama gets up and just lies, lies and lies some more. or that O'fucking Reilly just cannot say "That is a lie Mr. President." Hey, do you want a premium membership & a free fucking book Grampa Jimbo?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 04, 2014 07:05 PM (HVff2)

199
Is this irony or is it something else?:

Which means that over the past year sven has commented the equivalent of Crime and Punishment AND Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

and

Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all. - Churchill

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 04, 2014 07:05 PM (n0DEs)

200 tangonine, nice video.

Posted by: willow at February 04, 2014 07:05 PM (nqBYe)

201 What about tragic ice fishing accidents? Posted by: EC at February 04, 2014 10:54 PM (doBIb) Ice fishing acciÂ…..?? OMG!!! They ran out of beer?!?!?!

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 04, 2014 07:06 PM (GEICT)

202 Where does a little hs girl get her hands on an AK?

Posted by: EC at February 04, 2014 11:05 PM (doBIb)

Vladivostok?

Posted by: alexthechick - We besearch thee of great SMOD at February 04, 2014 07:06 PM (Gk3SS)

203 Where does a little hs girl get her hands on an AK? Posted by: EC at February 04, 2014 11:05 PM In Russia. We are so screwed.

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 04, 2014 07:06 PM (JMmQ9)

204 Time for the old folk. The first of our foot of global warming is filtering down. Tomorrow should be a treat.

Goodnite, good people. Stay safe.

Posted by: irongrampa at February 04, 2014 07:07 PM (SAMxH)

205 I have read Sven's work in the original language and in English. The original tongue (the one posted here) truly is far superior.

Posted by: eman at February 04, 2014 07:08 PM (4nNd6)

206 40K for a TV? For 40K I should have to clean powder burns off the walls after watching The Expendables.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 04, 2014 07:08 PM (FMbng)

207 >>> Apparently, there's folks watching us.

Aw, fuck 'em all.

Posted by: Bomber at February 04, 2014 07:08 PM (G8OL9)

208 201 Where does a little hs girl get her hands on an AK? Posted by: EC at February 04, 2014 11:05 PM (doBIb) Vladivostok? Despite the ubiquitous nature of the AK, Russian gun laws are very strict and a regular comrade Sergei or Svetlana cannot just get one for personal use. She must have traded her bottle of hooch for it.

Posted by: EC at February 04, 2014 07:09 PM (doBIb)

209 She must have traded her bottle of hooch for it.

Posted by: EC at February 04, 2014 11:09 PM (doBIb)

I'm gonna go out on a limb and suggest that might not be exactly what was traded.

Posted by: alexthechick - We besearch thee of great SMOD at February 04, 2014 07:10 PM (Gk3SS)

210 201 Where does a little hs girl get her hands on an AK?

Posted by: EC at February 04, 2014 11:05 PM (doBIb)

Vladivostok?

Posted by: alexthechick - We besearch thee of great SMOD at February 04, 2014 11:06 PM (Gk3SS)

Or... trunk of an Impala in Atlanata? Fewer frequent flier miles. Just sayin'

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 07:10 PM (x3YFz)

211 204 I have read Sven's work in the original language and in English. The original tongue (the one posted here) truly is far superior. Posted by: eman at February 04, 2014 11:08 PM (4nNd6) Who's has written more words? Sven or Robert Jordan?

Posted by: EC at February 04, 2014 07:10 PM (doBIb)

212 EC, hooch or hooch?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 04, 2014 07:10 PM (NNjb2)

213 A little follow up regarding a proposed bill in CO that would have imposed criminal penalties on doctors to coerce them to report patients with seizures or syncope to the state DMV that I was mentioning earlier this week. It died in committee this week. Small victory.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 04, 2014 07:10 PM (g4TxM)

214 206 >>> Apparently, there's folks watching us. Aw, fuck 'em all. Posted by: Bomber at February 04, 2014 11:08 PM (G8OL9) They should take pictures or screenshots, they'd last longer.

Posted by: Thrawn at February 04, 2014 07:10 PM (WlWt+)

215 I have read Sven's work in the original language and in English. The original tongue (the one posted here) truly is far superior. The day he tried voice to text while driving was priceless.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 04, 2014 07:11 PM (lUXJH)

216 I'm kinda pissed and could use some advice. First of all, let me state categorically that I know this was unintentional, and done out of ignorance and inexperience with kids. There's no malice here, none. We have a friend, Steve, who is much younger than we are (30). Our son(9) adores him, he's cool Uncle Steve. I understand because when I was young my folks had a younger couple they were good friends with, and I thought Uncle Wayne hung the stars in the sky. He was in the real live actual Navy! How cool is that? Anyhow, Steve maintains a Minecraft server that he and some other friends play on, and Little asked him a month or so ago if Steve could give me the IP information so he could play on the server (Little loves Minecraft). Steve said he would. Now, Steve told me a few weeks ago that he was clearing some trolls off of the server, and that he wouldn't mind if Little played on it but he wanted Little to stay out of chat because that it was grown up talk. I said I understood and would explain it to Little. Steve didn't give me the server info though. Tonight Steve told me that Little had come up to him at the Super Bowl party and said "Uncle Steve, I have a bone to pick with you. You said you'd give Dad the Minecraft server info so I could play, but you haven't". Apparently Steve though "bone to pick" was a little cheeky because he replied "No, no I haven't, any other questions?". Steve said "His little face just went still because he didn't know what to make of that." I suggested mildly "Maybe he thought you had made him a promise and was asking you to keep it?", but inside I was seeing red. Steve's a good friend, and I didn't want to say anything in the heat of the moment, but I am PISSED. What a shitty, shitty thing to do (And, as I said, I'm quite sure Steve doesn't even know what he did). His little face went still because he was, I'm sure, CRUSHED. In Little's world, as in mine 38 years ago, Uncle is just the coolest thing. He ADORES Steve, and I am sure he was so excited that he'd get to play Minecraft with the adults on their server. To be dismissed so offhandedly.......GRRRR!! Now, I didn't know any of this Sunday Night. I haven't notice any change in Little's behavior since then, he's been his normal, happy self. Maybe he's forgotten about it completely, but I don't think so. I have the server information from another friend who co-runs it, so I can get little on to play while explaining about the rules WRT chat and all, and that should make everything OK for Little, but I am really pissed at Steve right now. I don't want to lose or piss off a good friend over what I absolutely know was unintentional, but I don't want this anger to fester either. Any advice Horde?

Posted by: Weirddave at February 04, 2014 07:11 PM (N/cFh)

217 EC, hooch or hooch? Her hooch?

Posted by: EC at February 04, 2014 07:11 PM (doBIb)

218 I'm gonna go out on a limb and suggest that might not be exactly what was traded. Posted by: alexthechick - We besearch thee of great SMOD at February 04, 2014 11:10 PM (Gk3SS) Maybe her dad gave it to her. Gun laws in Mexico are supposedly very strict but alot of people still have them anyone know if the bigger you bank account is the less the rules apply in todays russia?

Posted by: moron lifestyle at February 04, 2014 07:12 PM (F3rNE)

219 Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 04, 2014 11:06 PM (GEICT) Spoken like a true Floridian. However, if your state would turn red I might consider moving there

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 04, 2014 07:12 PM (HVff2)

220 Apparently, there's folks watching us.

Aw, fuck 'em all.
Posted by: Bomber at February 04, 2014 11:08 PM (G8OL9)

wait! does this mean i must wear heels and lipstick while chatting?

Posted by: willow at February 04, 2014 07:13 PM (nqBYe)

221 She must have traded her bottle of hooch for it. Posted by: EC at February 04, 2014 11:09 PM or traded her "hooch" for i...never mind. Come on, you were all thinkin' that...

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 04, 2014 07:14 PM (JMmQ9)

222 ha I just found out ThunderB is the name of a drone! The ThunderBÂ® is a small sized tactical UAV (24Kg, 4m wing-span), with innovative, impressive and effective capabilities previously found only in much larger UAV's, usually with weight of above 100Kg. Due to its long endurance capability (up to 20 hours), its extended control range (100Km), and with its triple CCD, cooled IR and laser pointer payload, the ThunderB is a perfect solution for long ISTAR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance) missions.

Posted by: thunderb at February 04, 2014 07:14 PM (zOTsN)

223 Or cooch in the hooch

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 04, 2014 07:14 PM (NNjb2)

224 I wonder how many made both the '12 and '13 lists ______ Pretty sure the'12 stats are toward the bottom of last nights. And good evening, all. Remind me not to read the entire thread and all comments before saying hi in the future.

Posted by: shredded chi at February 04, 2014 07:14 PM (uiO3l)

225 Mind-boggling numbers in those commenter lists.

Posted by: mrp at February 04, 2014 07:15 PM (JBggj)

226 199 tangonine, nice video.

Posted by: willow at February 04, 2014 11:05 PM (nqBYe)

I have friends and have tried to run that course but legal blah blah, fall off this and break your that blah blah.

It's on my bucket list.

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 07:15 PM (x3YFz)

227 wait! does this mean i must wear heels and lipstick while chatting? Posted by: willow at February 04, 2014 11:13 PM Yes. We can specify the required hosiery, if you need guidance... (it's not me, it's vodka)

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 04, 2014 07:16 PM (JMmQ9)

228 anyone know if the bigger you bank account is the less the rules apply in todays russia? A Russian friend of mine, who moved back to Moscow, said the laws were strict but cops can always be bribed. He wasn't rich enough to take his Glock 17 and SKS with him though. He said he bought a pellet rifle over there. I laughed at him.

Posted by: EC at February 04, 2014 07:17 PM (doBIb)

229 weirddave, that you are more intune with your own child that steve might have missed.
but you cannot expect steve to be on the same level of your daddyship as you are.

Posted by: willow at February 04, 2014 07:17 PM (nqBYe)

230 i'm old school, i remember when lacewigs would have smoked your asses.

Posted by: Peaches at February 04, 2014 10:28 PM (8lmkt)

I remember the day that Machines for Sale achieved sentience...and started screaming about bears...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 04, 2014 07:17 PM (yh0zB)

231 Who's has written more words? Sven or Robert Jordan? Posted by: EC at February 04, 2014 11:10 PM (doBIb) The real question is "who has written more words of value?"

Posted by: Colorado Alex at February 04, 2014 07:17 PM (lr3d7)

232 wait! does this mean i must wear heels and lipstick while chatting?

Posted by: willow at February 04, 2014 11:13 PM (nqBYe)

As long as you promise that's all you wear.

hell half of us are naked anyway....

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 07:17 PM (x3YFz)

233 Or something that rhymes with hooch???

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at February 04, 2014 07:17 PM (LLfr9)

234 Gun laws in Mexico are supposedly very strict but alot of people still have them anyone know if the bigger you bank account is the less the rules apply in todays russia? Posted by: moron lifestyle at February 04, 2014 11:12 PM (F3rNE) Ironically enough, Mexico, along with the U.S. and Guatemala, are the only three countries in the world that state right to bear arms in their Constitution. That both Mexico and Guatemala have strict firearms laws ought to be warning enoughÂ…

Posted by: The 2nd Amendment Hat at February 04, 2014 07:17 PM (AymDN)

235 Posted by: thunderb at February 04, 2014 11:14 PM (zOTsN Won't be your nic for long-NSA & the TFG regime

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 04, 2014 07:17 PM (HVff2)

236 Yeah, I'm only doing cash on the barrelhead for my medical/dental needs. If I can't afford it, it goes untreated or I put ice on it. I get a tooth messed up? If I can't afford the root canal, I get it knocked out. These guys don't understand - with my family medical history I have zero percent chance of living 10 more years. So something that'll hold for 7 years? Fine. If I get canckser, I get to picket the Democrat office and vomit all over their sidewalk and hopefully die on their property. If I have something pity-full and visible like Parkinsons, I get to picket the Democrats and make them look like the monsters they are. I figure if I start dying, it's a blessing. I get to share the pain with those rotting treasonous bastards until I croak. Hopefully on their sidewalk.

Posted by: Inspector Cussword at February 04, 2014 07:17 PM (FApZx)

237 Spoken like a true Floridian. However, if your state would turn red I might consider moving there Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 04, 2014 11:12 PM (HVff2) I have been ice fishing, just for the record. Florida has been red 6 out of the last ten elections. It typically swings to the winner. The only non winner the state has gone for since 76 was GHWB in 92.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 04, 2014 07:18 PM (GEICT)

238 tangonine, i really enjoy when people run their own field well.

Posted by: willow at February 04, 2014 07:18 PM (nqBYe)

239 The real question is "who has written more words of value?" Tough question.

Posted by: EC at February 04, 2014 07:18 PM (doBIb)

240 193 cthulhu, you harshing my comments?

Congrats, Peaches, on breaking Fluffy in! I have yet to live-fire my new-to-me Glock 19.

Most commenters have familiar hashes, not that many change each time they log in/post. I have at least 4 that appear here on a regular basis because I post from 3 jobs and home--even added together I doubt I'd crack top 10 commenters in a week though. Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 04, 2014 11:05 PM (d7H2D) Hide posts from (d7H2D)

Nah, just joshin'.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 07:18 PM (T1005)

241 I don't want to lose or piss off a good friend over what I absolutely know was unintentional, but I don't want this anger to fester either. Any advice Horde?>>

Talk Directly to Uncle Steve" about it. And get over it a kid that idolizes mere men will always be disappointed.

Posted by: The Hickster at February 04, 2014 07:18 PM (TI3xG)

242 1 word: froglube Great stuff. I love the way it smells, all nice and minty. Plus it's not harsh or irritating to your skin.

Posted by: lindafell at February 04, 2014 07:19 PM (PGO8C)

243 Wierddave, I know well the feeling of going into the redzone in nothing flat when learning of a slight, intentional or not, against my little one. If you're sure Steve wasn't being a chump on purpose to your kid, I'd let it slide and ask again for the info. Sometimes good friendships are worth sucking up the occasional misstep. My two cents.

Posted by: fastfreefall at February 04, 2014 07:19 PM (z1ivL)

244 He wasn't rich enough to take his Glock 17 and SKS with him though. He said he bought a pellet rifle over there.

I laughed at him.

Posted by: EC at February 04, 2014 11:17 PM (doBIb)

When a russian citizen can't buy an AK, The End is Near.

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 07:20 PM (x3YFz)

245 misanthrope humanitarian,

Bust a gut laughing at your comment. Bill O does sell premium memberships which include a copy of his book.

Fuck him, and the dog he rode in on.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at February 04, 2014 07:20 PM (V70Uh)

246 wait! does this mean i must wear heels and lipstick while chatting?

Beatcha to it!

Posted by: qdpstefanie at February 04, 2014 07:20 PM (HVI5a)

247 Tonight Steve told me that Little had come up to him at the Super Bowl party and said "Uncle Steve, I have a bone to pick with you. You said you'd give Dad the Minecraft server info so I could play, but you haven't". Apparently Steve though "bone to pick" was a little cheeky because he replied "No, no I haven't, any other questions?". Steve said "His little face just went still because he didn't know what to make of that." I suggested mildly "Maybe he thought you had made him a promise and was asking you to keep it?" ===== What did Steve say to your suggestion?

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at February 04, 2014 07:20 PM (bCEmE)

248 Posted by: Weirddave at February 04, 2014 11:11 PM Sorry, you lost me at "he maintains a Minecraft server"...it was all 1's and 0's after that...

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 04, 2014 07:21 PM (JMmQ9)

249 Alright, I'll be the honest dick. I probably would have reacted very similarly to Steve.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 04, 2014 07:21 PM (GEICT)

250 Amen Grampa Jimbo, I'm with you. I haven't watched that prick in months. Bloviating asswipe

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 04, 2014 07:22 PM (HVff2)

251 Is there a link to sven's speech-to-text-while-driving phase? That sounds fun.

Posted by: .87c at February 04, 2014 07:22 PM (qZPXs)

252 Weirddave, I don't think Steve understands how a small child understands snark like an adult would. I don't think he meant to hurt your son like that. Talk to Steve and tell him that Little misunderstood his tone.

Posted by: EC at February 04, 2014 07:22 PM (doBIb)

253 Also, why did it panic everyone on site? Wouldn't a subsonic audio event affect different people differently? Eg feelings of dread, unsettled feelings, freezing in place and panic are all possible reactions.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 04, 2014 10:33 PM (RG1+r)

Also, wouldn't such a thing be much more likely to affect lone individuals? A lone person could be driven to panic, but one would think a group would be able to reassure one another, that, "hey, there's weirdness going on, but we are all safe and warm in this tent, maybe it's just the wind acting up..."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 04, 2014 07:22 PM (60Q+L)

254 When a russian citizen can't buy an AK, The End is Near. Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 11:20 PM (x3YFz) wonder how many AK's they have in storage in today's russia?20 milliion?

Posted by: moron lifestyle at February 04, 2014 07:22 PM (F3rNE)

255 How's the fishing your way BC? Can't believe you've been ice fishing

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 04, 2014 07:22 PM (HVff2)

256 The real question is "who has written more words of value?"

Lew Wallace.

"Ben Hur"

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at February 04, 2014 07:22 PM (V70Uh)

257 I just made up 1266 socks and boy are my arms tired.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 04, 2014 07:23 PM (eL/q6)

258 Wierddave, Seems to me that you answered your own question - it was totally unintentional, and he has no clue that he's crushed Little. Sit down with Steve and a six pack, explain to him how much Little idolizes him (no - remind him. I'm sure he knows) and give him the opportunity to apologize. To you AND to Little. Don't let resentment build. Nothing good will come of that.

Posted by: shredded chi at February 04, 2014 07:24 PM (uiO3l)

259 Willow, and pics, don't forget the pics. It's part of AoS protocol if I'm not mistaken.

Posted by: fastfreefall at February 04, 2014 07:24 PM (z1ivL)

260 254 How's the fishing your way BC? Can't believe you've been ice fishing Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 04, 2014 11:22 PM (HVff2) Pretty damn good. I'm in an area where you can go right out into the saltwater and get those, or you can run inland into freshwater pretty easily. I used to do a lot of deep sea fishing with my grandfather back before he got rid of his boat. My best friend lived up in Minnesota for a while. About 2 1/2 hrs northwest of the Twin Cities. I went up there one year for new years.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 04, 2014 07:25 PM (GEICT)

261 doG, I miss Machines For Sale... It took me a long time to get it, but that was some funny shit, right there. A true talent.

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 04, 2014 07:26 PM (JMmQ9)

262 Posted by: Weirddave at February 04, 2014 11:11 PM (N/cFh)

Have you played any online games? The language can get pretty harsh. If someone says the language is pretty adult, then that means something because even the non-adult channels get pretty rough.

Maybe your friend is just re-thinking giving out the info and he is hesitant to let a kid on where there is probably some pretty extreme and vulgar language.

I get where you're coming from and if I was a kid I'd be crushed too. However, if it was my kid I wouldn't be letting him on an adult server to begin with. I know you want him to play with your friend but it just might not be a good idea in this case.

I'm 30 and I know how I talk. If I had a minecraft server I would strictly enforce a 18+ policy no exceptions. But that's just me.

I'll admit that I can't really tell you how to see it from a father's perspective because I don't have kids, but I'm hoping to show you my perspective as a 30 year old which might be similar to that of your friend.

Posted by: Iasonas at February 04, 2014 07:26 PM (FHNkr)

263 After this winter of global warming, I'm tempted to leave the Midwest. Good to know you have good fishing down that way.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 04, 2014 07:27 PM (HVff2)

264 237 tangonine, i really enjoy when people run their own field well.

Posted by: willow at February 04, 2014 11:18 PM (nqBYe)

You are a very dangerous and smart critter, aren't you?

I'm sending 2 squirrels on surveillance duty, so if you see fuzzy creatures, pay them no mind.

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 07:27 PM (x3YFz)

265 Posted by: Weirddave at February 04, 2014 11:11 PM (N/cFh) Hide posts from (N/cFh)

Jumping ahead and skipping where you probably heard it many times before, but don't be mad at Steve -- teach him. I'm sure he's fond of Little as well, and if you tell him that Little was just crushed by hearing Steve say that, he'll probably reform.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 07:27 PM (T1005)

266 This is going to make interesting reading tomorrow morning...

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 04, 2014 07:28 PM (JMmQ9)

267 Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 04, 2014 11:01 PM (n0DEs)

Go look at the 02-03 ont thread. Maet ran the numbers and listed the top ten.

It's about half way or so in the thread.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (13th Level SoCon) at February 04, 2014 07:29 PM (LSDdO)

268 ::whispers:: I don't think sven10077 is human...

Posted by: Book at February 04, 2014 07:29 PM (qWES6)

269 224 Mind-boggling numbers in those commenter lists.
Posted by: mrp at February 04, 2014 11:15 PM (JBggj) Hide posts from (JBggj)

Mind-boggling commenters in those number lists.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 07:29 PM (T1005)

270 Weird, explain to your son that Steve mistook his tone and also was clearing out some trolls - and that is upsetting itself for most. Dealing with poor players is stressful and you should appreciate his efforts. Their language could probably make me blush. And I'm foul. And you should be honest with Steve and explain how your son idolized him and felt crushed. Not explaining is worse than just papering over stuff. Be honest to both. No need to dwell on the anger, the resolution is more important. But stress to your kid later that it is very upsetting for some adults to see kids exposed to foul language. He'll put it all together sensibly as time passes.

Posted by: Inspector Cussword at February 04, 2014 07:30 PM (FApZx)

271 Posted by: EC at February 04, 2014 11:05 PM (doBIb)

In Russia AK-47 is given out as party favor.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (13th Level SoCon) at February 04, 2014 07:30 PM (LSDdO)

272 268 224 And all enjoyable to read

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 04, 2014 07:30 PM (HVff2)

273 haha tangonine, i will have peanuts ready for them.

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and dave that is weird but not so werid.

I get where you're coming from and if I was a kid I'd be crushed too. However, if it was my kid I wouldn't be letting him on an adult server to begin with. I know you want him to play with your friend but it just might not be a good idea in this case.

I'm 30 and I know how I talk. If I had a minecraft server I would strictly enforce a 18+ policy no exceptions. But that's just me.

I'll admit that I can't really tell you how to see it from a father's perspective because I don't have kids, but I'm hoping to show you my perspective as a 30 year old which might be similar to that of your friend.

Posted by: Iasonas at February 04, 2014 11:26 PM (FHNkr)

this.

Posted by: willow at February 04, 2014 07:31 PM (nqBYe)

274 Congrats BC the family treasures are always the best one day you will know when your grandfather is gone how precious the memories are. I had a jacket of my granddad sand refused to wash it because it smelled like him and old spice. Peaches {{{{{ hugs}}}}} glad fluffy can now be a part of the club.

Posted by: Fourth Horseman at February 04, 2014 07:31 PM (GKF3X)

275 Hey shredded chi, how's it going?

Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 04, 2014 07:31 PM (d7H2D)

276 In Russia AK-47 is given out as party favor. I thought that was in the Middle East?

Posted by: EC at February 04, 2014 07:31 PM (doBIb)

277 ::whispers:: I don't think sven10077 is human...>>

Or Sven is not "One". You decide Sybil or a group.

Posted by: The Hickster at February 04, 2014 07:31 PM (TI3xG)

278 Â“[a]pproximately 1.6 million ARÂ–15s alone have been manufactured since 1986, and in 2007 this one popular model accounted for 5.5 percent of all firearms, and 14.4 percent of all rifles, produced in the U.S. for the domestic marketÂ”). from C. Cooke at NRO. I think this number is low. Bushmaster was making 50,000 per year 10 plus years ago durring the DC sniper hoopla

Posted by: moron lifestyle at February 04, 2014 07:32 PM (F3rNE)

279 and that should make everything OK for Little, but I am really pissed at Steve right now. I don't want to lose or piss off a good friend over what I absolutely know was unintentional, but I don't want this anger to fester either. Any advice Horde? Posted by: Weirddave Interesting one to say the least. Random thought that most likely won't solve a thing but, you may want to introduce Little to the concept of human frailty. I can't remember the writer off hand, but I think it's Gavin De Beker who wrote about people who do angry, malicious things while under a dark cloud. He wrote about a series of encounters that people related to him in which, at first blush, the angry person in the story seemed to do something dickish out of the blue, something the person recalling the matter would have normally written off as 'COMPLETE DOUCHE, NO FURTHER INTERACTION NEEDED.' His point wasn't that there aren't complete assholes out there, there are, but that sometimes normally good people do dickish things while under stressful circumstances they try to keep to themselves. Talk to your friend, find out what's up. No need to bring up the server thing again, just find out what's up. Heroes are mortal. Your kid will learn this eventually. Or your friend was teasing in a manner that came off badly and doesn't grasp the slight. Could be a number of things, just those came to mind.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at February 04, 2014 07:32 PM (cxs6V)

280 Bill O is a pussy ass liberal. You know. He knows it. The whole WORLD knows it.

He most likely VOTED for Obama.

His show is INFOTAINMENT not erudition or conservative opinion.

Same as Beck or Levin IMO.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (13th Level SoCon) at February 04, 2014 07:33 PM (LSDdO)

281 btw , not my blog. but unless you are desiring a different outcome i don't understand the shaming sven.

Posted by: willow at February 04, 2014 07:33 PM (nqBYe)

282 Wanna know why no one was doing anything about the naked dude standing by his car in the street in the OP? Look at his shadow. He could make Sandra Fluke think twice.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 04, 2014 07:33 PM (0jFxY)

283 Weirddave - Given your description of Steve, he seems like a nice enough guy. Surely he hasn't intentionally hurt your son's feelings. I rather doubt that Steve is as sensitive to either children or your son in particular as you are. Having said that, "I've got a bone to pick with you" may not have been the best approach either, after all, Steve is the guy driving the bus. Just saying. As an adult, if I was asking a one-way favor of a friend, and they had not come through (yet), I wouldn't lean on them as though I was owed the favor. More just saying...

Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 04, 2014 07:33 PM (aDwsi)

284 Wow. 2013 must have been rather non-productive. Sorry employer.

Posted by: RWC at February 04, 2014 07:33 PM (9+w3c)

285 Just realized probably a thousand words or so of a few comments were all about Sluggor...

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 04, 2014 07:34 PM (NNjb2)

286 Minecraft? Bah! Turn the boy onto LOTRO.

Posted by: Jon Brackenbrook at February 04, 2014 07:34 PM (F3CXb)

287 Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 04, 2014 11:33 PM (aDwsi) What he said.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 04, 2014 07:35 PM (GEICT)

288 Or Sven is not "One". You decide Sybil or a group.

Posted by: The Hickster at February 04, 2014 11:31 PM (TI3xG)

Hmm. Hadn't thought of the possessed by demon spirit angle. Kind of a weird thing for a demon to do once taking hold of Sven's body, though.

I CLAIM THIS BODY FOR LEGION. WE ARE MANY. WE MUST COMMENT ON RANDOM POLITICAL BLOG. OBAMA IS A STUTTERING CLUSTER...

Huh. Do we have a priest among the horde?

Posted by: Book at February 04, 2014 07:35 PM (qWES6)

289 The real question is "who has written more words of value?"
Posted by: Colorado Alex at February 04, 2014 11:17 PM (lr3d7)

Well then that's easy; Robert Jordan.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (13th Level SoCon) at February 04, 2014 07:35 PM (LSDdO)

290 Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 04, 2014 11:33 PM (aDwsi)

What he said.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 04, 2014 11:35 PM (GEICT)

3rded

Posted by: willow at February 04, 2014 07:35 PM (nqBYe)

291 I play Grand Theft Auto V. It's wall to wall profanity. BUT... met a couple kids (I'm an old dude) and I never cuss, and nor do they. And there's one kid who's like 10 in Atlanta. He's had a rough go of it.

you kinda pick stuff up as you chat.

Every time we part ways I tell him to go hug his mom. And then he has to report back to me that, yes, he hugged his mom.

Good kid.

Make the difference.

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 07:36 PM (x3YFz)

292 Somehow my dogs typed enough 2 weeks in a row in November & I made top 10 list. My wife thought WTF.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 04, 2014 07:36 PM (HVff2)

293 Actually, there is an interesting stat that would probably be easy enough to get -- how many are The Banned?

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 07:36 PM (T1005)

294 Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (13th Level SoCon) at February 04, 2014 11:33 PM (LSDdO)

I agree that Bill O is most likely a lib, but I disagree if you meant to say that so is Beck and Levin. Levin has his legal foundation that actually goes to court over conservative causes. So Levin talks the talk but also walks the walk unlike most of the other pundits.

Posted by: Iasonas at February 04, 2014 07:36 PM (FHNkr)

295 I'm sure an ungodly amount of my posts were in the Beavis and Butt-Head and Michael Scott vein.

Posted by: logprof at February 04, 2014 07:36 PM (X3GkB)

296 Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 04, 2014 11:33 PM (0jFxY)

That's his ARM you nimrod.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (13th Level SoCon) at February 04, 2014 07:36 PM (LSDdO)

297 So Sven, a Priestess of Ace of Spades, and a Thesaurus walk into a bar.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 04, 2014 07:36 PM (NNjb2)

298 Hey, Crank. Btw - Haven't seen any crazy ER stories from you lately, so I'm hoping that means work is relatively calm? *and why isn't pixy remembering my name & email? This makes twice today that I had to enter it to comment...

Posted by: shredded chi at February 04, 2014 07:37 PM (uiO3l)

299

Look at his shadow. He could make Sandra Fluke think twice.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 04, 2014 11:33 PM (0jFxY)

::scrolls back up::

...Well then. o_0

Posted by: Book at February 04, 2014 07:37 PM (qWES6)

300 290 I play Grand Theft Auto V. It's wall to wall profanity. BUT... met a couple kids (I'm an old dude) and I never cuss, and nor do they. And there's one kid who's like 10 in Atlanta. He's had a rough go of it. you kinda pick stuff up as you chat. Every time we part ways I tell him to go hug his mom. And then he has to report back to me that, yes, he hugged his mom. Good kid. Make the difference. Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 11:36 PM (x3YFz) And then you capped him in the face!

Posted by: EC at February 04, 2014 07:37 PM (doBIb)

301 Catching the replay of Justified and there was a scene with Art Mullen sitting in a car on a stakeout. He's listening to the radio and it's Rush Limbaugh playing.
Haha. Love it. Bravo, Mr. Searcy, bravo.

Posted by: Hate Miser at February 04, 2014 07:37 PM (R5Pm3)

302 Happy-ish Tuesday night, all y'all ...

Posted by: Adriane... at February 04, 2014 07:37 PM (qoKTg)

303 the last statement I said was his show is infotainment.

So is Beck's. So is Levin's.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (13th Level SoCon) at February 04, 2014 07:38 PM (LSDdO)

304 Huh. Do we have a priest among the horde?

Posted by: Book at February 04, 2014 11:35 PM (qWES6)

Heh, actually...strange GGE fact number 12,230: I am an ordained minister through Universal Life Church...and you can be, too...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 04, 2014 07:38 PM (yh0zB)

305 weirddave, i have a whispers grandson that is 5 and also extremely into minecraft . i also have a 17 almost 18 year old son that goes online gaming.

not really the place for the little ones unless it is a safe environment which Steve HAS considered, which is a good friend.

Posted by: willow at February 04, 2014 07:38 PM (nqBYe)

306 Oh, And congratulations Horde you're the funniest, smartest commenters on the intertubes that's why I come here.

Posted by: Fourth Horseman at February 04, 2014 07:38 PM (GKF3X)

307 293 Absolutely. Sometimes when he gets a little ranty and wound up he's kinda hard to listen to. But overall, a very good guy. This is a test.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at February 04, 2014 07:38 PM (ojnk6)

308 And then you capped him in the face!

Posted by: EC at February 04, 2014 11:37 PM (doBIb)

LOL... game IS kinda like that but no.

Funny though.

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 07:40 PM (x3YFz)

309 How does Sandra The Whore Fluke move from DC to CA after attending law school, decide to run for congress and can't buy some fucking rubbers or the pill? Inquiring minds & all

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 04, 2014 07:40 PM (HVff2)

310 If my wang was as huge as the KFC masturbator's, I'd be showing it off too. (have a look at his shadow)

Posted by: irright at February 04, 2014 07:40 PM (DtNNC)

311 I don't understand how there could be profanity in a Minecraft game. It's a game about smashing and placing blocks! And fighting Creepers! What???

Posted by: EC at February 04, 2014 07:40 PM (doBIb)

312 Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (13th Level SoCon) at February 04, 2014 11:38 PM (LSDdO)

Ah okay. Just checking. I would find it difficult to agree with you there.

Posted by: Iasonas at February 04, 2014 07:40 PM (FHNkr)

313 Weirddave, admittedly I was raised in a pack of wolves with 8 boys, but I have to admit I don't see what the problem was. Big dog was simply giving little dog an honest answer and letting it be known that he didn't want to hear any whining about it. If you still feel mad about it, you do need to bring it up rather than let it fester. Hey all!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 04, 2014 07:41 PM (4A8Dj)

314 308, Same way Hil went from DC to NY for the same goal.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at February 04, 2014 07:41 PM (ojnk6)

315 EC, they were talking the chat channel. You know how profane those can get. Suggesting the young boy stay off the channel.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 04, 2014 07:41 PM (NNjb2)

316 Well hell, I meant to strike that out, not italicize it.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 04, 2014 07:41 PM (4A8Dj)

317 "I don't want to lose or piss off a good friend over what I absolutely know was unintentional, but I don't want this anger to fester either."

The overwhelming majority of times when I have failed to let anger properly fester, I have ultimately regretted it.

Anger is there for a perfectly good reason.

I don't get angry lightly. But when I do get angry, I stay that way for a good long time, sometimes permanently. And it's better for EVERYONE, trust me, that it works like that.

Posted by: torquewrench at February 04, 2014 07:42 PM (gqT4g)

318 Posted in an earlier thread today: College students sign petition to imprison and execute gun owners http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n02qgqtpRKY

Posted by: The 2nd Amendment Hat at February 04, 2014 07:42 PM (AymDN)

319 Hey Tammy al-Thor!!!! How you doing?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 04, 2014 07:42 PM (NNjb2)

320 Weird -- I'd give Steve a chance to make it up to him somehow. If he's a good guy, he'll do it without any prompting.

And if he doesn't, maybe a subtle poke in the conscience is in order.

If that doesn't work, well -- if it were me, I'd keep poking him in the conscience until he either made it up to him, or didn't feel like coming around much anymore.

Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at February 04, 2014 07:42 PM (m0h0I)

321 287 Or Sven is not "One". You decide Sybil or a group.

Posted by: The Hickster at February 04, 2014 11:31 PM (TI3xG)
Hmm. Hadn't thought of the possessed by demon spirit angle. Kind of a weird thing for a demon to do once taking hold of Sven's body, though.I CLAIM THIS BODY FOR LEGION. WE ARE MANY. WE MUST COMMENT ON RANDOM POLITICAL BLOG. OBAMA IS A STUTTERING CLUSTER...

Huh. Do we have a priest among the horde?
Posted by: Book at February 04, 2014 11:35 PM (qWES6) Hide posts from (qWES6)

Why would we want to exorcise Sven? We like Sven just the way he is.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 07:43 PM (T1005)

322 In defense of sven--this is one hell of a comment. It's a beauty--just read it. Here: Absent the media at all for a bit. Civilian views on conflict and risk analysis are different than militarily trained individuals. Civilian perspectives on loss and conduct by extension are different than military ones. Military morality and conduct is codified and husbanded through top to bottom enforcement of discipline and standards. As such, on a personal level Jake Tapper's logical observation on his view of the situation in play and overarching theme of the conflict is different than Lutrell's as it HAS to be. Anna Puma touched on part of the reason why, for the most part military members are not nihilistic and perceive their actions as being a token of effort through duty laid at their nation's feet. Jake Tapper angel or demon cannot comprehend that mindset. Now returning for a moment to the media in the "civilians must be allowed to judge whether or not a war is senseless", I ask you to consider that since the civilians are the ones who send the military to war through their vote they have as a body already decided the utility of the conflict in question? The sitting President of the United States executed the response he felt the harshest attack on US life since Pearl Harbor merited. The public reelected him despite the media's engaging in an unpatriotic attack on his conduct of the war non-stop. It is the CIVILIAN not the solider who renders the military sacrifice meaningless through undermining the carrying of a conflict through to its fruition. Civilians have a four year recurring edit button on their judgement of the conduct of warfare and strategic objectives. Bush was reelected and the GOP maintained the House until '06. The media is silent on worse loss per day in Afghanistan than Bush suffered with numbers slowly approaching Bush's total loss of US life. The media is attempting to assert that the Republican party does not get to have foreign policy. They will use their power to undermine the will of a nation at war to see victory through for partisan gain. The Republic cannot hold if this is not addressed. Once the die is cast civilians have a duty to see the conflict through not decide that because Chris Matthews looks like he soiled himself for 1200 days running the war is lost. We failed that and what enrages me at the public and the media is they are not as angry at Obama's failures as Bush's alleged ones. The media does NOT get to have this power in an ethical nation. Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 11, 2014 12:45 PM (TE35l)

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at February 04, 2014 07:43 PM (RJMhd)

323 313 yeah but cankles had some money from her cattle & real estate deals

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 04, 2014 07:43 PM (HVff2)

324 Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 04, 2014 11:40 PM (HVff2)

Because she was never so poor she couldn't afford birth control. She was a poster child for the cause of getting government to pay for more and more stuff. It's as simple as that.

I was hoping her 15 minutes was over but good God I would be ashamed knowing she was elected to federal office. Someone said in the Waxman retirement thread that his replacement would be worse and it looks like they might be right.

Posted by: Iasonas at February 04, 2014 07:43 PM (FHNkr)

325 >>> Catching the replay of Justified and there was a scene with Art Mullen sitting in a car on a stakeout.

Good episode. Wash makes a good bad guy.

Posted by: Bomber at February 04, 2014 07:43 PM (G8OL9)

326 LOL... game IS kinda like that but no. Funny though. I play FPS's and there's always, ALWAYS, the douchey teen who thinks he's the ace player of all time. I make it a point to find him and then kill him in the most humiliating way possible. EC Douchetard Teen Then I tell him to go hug his mom.

Posted by: EC at February 04, 2014 07:44 PM (doBIb)

327 Anybody here have any wisdom on the Norinco 1911 clones, made in China? They are available in Canada for $395, apparently. Ad claims they have forged steel components and chrome-lined barrel.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 04, 2014 07:44 PM (60Q+L)

328 I can stare at these pictures out of Sochi all day

Posted by: The Dude at February 04, 2014 07:44 PM (bStrg)

329 Damn, the repair tool part is supposed to be in brackets.

Posted by: EC at February 04, 2014 07:44 PM (doBIb)

330 Hey Anna! That's some madly fine commentin' skillz you got there! I'm alright. How 'bout you?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 04, 2014 07:45 PM (4A8Dj)

331 To the lieterati 'rons and 'ettes- ever read 'The Childrens Story' by J. Clavelle?

Posted by: RWC at February 04, 2014 07:45 PM (9+w3c)

332 The only thing that would make the Fluke festivus more funneh would be for Cindy Sheehan to pop back up to run for Henry 'The Phantom' Waxman's seat.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 04, 2014 07:45 PM (NNjb2)

333 If my wang was as huge as the KFC masturbator's, I'd be showing it off too. (have a look at his shadow)

Posted by: irright at February 04, 2014 11:40 PM (DtNNC)

Photoshop.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 04, 2014 07:45 PM (yh0zB)

334 Posted by: EC at February 04, 2014 11:40 PM (doBIb)

Uh, you're not serious, are you? It's the internet we're talking about here.

Posted by: Iasonas at February 04, 2014 07:45 PM (FHNkr)

335 302 the last statement I said was his show is infotainment.

So is Beck's. So is Levin's.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (13th Level SoCon) at February 04, 2014 11:38 PM (LSDdO)

I'd agree a bit, Beck for sure. The whole "What I'll tell you next week will change your life!" thing got old about 7 years ago.

Levin is just genuinely pissed off. That guy is going to ragestroke on-air, guaranteed.

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 07:45 PM (x3YFz)

336
Why would we want to exorcise Sven? We like Sven just the way he is.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 11:43 PM (T1005)

me too, he's on 11 but ours and a good guy.

Posted by: willow at February 04, 2014 07:45 PM (nqBYe)

337 there is a minister in the horde

Posted by: thunderb at February 04, 2014 07:46 PM (zOTsN)

338 but levin is right.

Posted by: willow at February 04, 2014 07:46 PM (nqBYe)

339 I play Grand Theft Auto V. It's wall to wall profanity. BUT... met a couple kids (I'm an old dude) and I never cuss, and nor do they.>>

My 3 yr old grandson was playing GTA because that is the game his dad was playing when I went over there one day. I told that idiot that he is learning shit from GTA that you may not see but don't want him to learn. And immediately bought Cars for PS3 for my grandson so they would have something to play together. Did not bring it up with my daughter but maybe I should.

Posted by: The Hickster at February 04, 2014 07:46 PM (TI3xG)

340
Kroil for general cleaning and barrel maint. SlideGlide grease for the pistolas, except for the Browning HP which really likes a synthetic bike grease, somethingsomething2000, makes it feel like the slide's running on ball bearings. Can't use the bike grease at all on my 1911, visibly slows down the slide and induces stoppages with mild loads.

As for Chinooks, one of the great thrills of my long past mil life was setting up some scrap trucks for slingloads to dump on an Alaska live fire range for targets. Then standing on the hood while the Chinook hovered overhead to slap the web ring into the sling hook.

Yeah, a Chinook hovering 20 inches above your head......fucking awesome.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 04, 2014 07:46 PM (aYjRw)

341 Anyone who appears on an entertainment based medium, should be taken with a large grain of salt.

They are in a business of making money. Making money for themselves, their station(s), their advertisers. (not saying that is a bad thing. Just a fact.)

They have a "schtick". Whatever it is, they try to stay in character because off air digressions can cost them viewers/listeners and/or advertisers.

Just because someone seems to be have a certain political bent does not necessarily mean that's their TRUE opinion or leanings.

And just because they help some foundation or group does not add veracity to their persona. Those groups are non-profits and thus receive donations that are not taxed.

Prove to me where they put their money (not some foundations money) and how they vote and who they truly support and I might give them the benefit of the doubt.

Having been around and watched some really good political chameleons, I'm very skeptical about infotainment people's true political leanings.

You and anyone else should also. It's also another way they make their money; by selling INFLUENCE and access.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (13th Level SoCon) at February 04, 2014 07:47 PM (LSDdO)

342 Posted by: EC at February 04, 2014 11:44 PM (doBIb) Have you seen the show where they put FPS players with real military? Military has to play FPS and gamers have to shoot real weapons.

Posted by: RWC at February 04, 2014 07:47 PM (9+w3c)

343 322 Agreed, plus BJ's money making power from the lecture circuit. But I'm sure ole Sandra has those devoted to her cause that will sponsor her activity and expenses.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at February 04, 2014 07:47 PM (ojnk6)

344 335 Why would we want to exorcise Sven? We like Sven just the way he is. Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 11:43 PM (T1005) me too, he's on 11 but ours and a good guy. Posted by: willow at February 04, 2014 11:45 PM (nqBYe) Seconded On that note horde, be well

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 04, 2014 07:47 PM (HVff2)

345 Willow, and pics, don't forget the pics. It's part of AoS protocol

I am sure that said photos will be posted. And they will be spectacular.
Exactly 90 seconds after everyone has moved to the new thread.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 04, 2014 07:48 PM (xq1UY)

346 Hey all!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 04, 2014 11:41 PM (4A8Dj)

I see you Tammy al-Thor.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 04, 2014 07:48 PM (yh0zB)

347 TAMMY!!!!!

How have you been? What's happenin'?

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 07:48 PM (T1005)

348 Anger is festering? Oh, no, no, no; we have to stop this shit. Everyone go to their "happy place". We'll talk it out from there.

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 04, 2014 07:49 PM (JMmQ9)

349 Uh, you're not serious, are you? It's the internet we're talking about here. Right, and I get to "fake" kill him to remind him he's not untouchable. The hugging part was a joke. I don't ever chat inside a game. Waste of time.

Posted by: EC at February 04, 2014 07:49 PM (doBIb)

350 Ad claims they have forged steel components and chrome-lined barrel.>>

Let me cut one up and I can tell you if they are Lying.

Posted by: The Hickster at February 04, 2014 07:49 PM (TI3xG)

351 hahah

Posted by: willow at February 04, 2014 07:49 PM (nqBYe)

352 Tami al-Thor thanks for asking.

Doing well. Four kittehs and I rode out the freeze indoors. Editing someone's story right now. In the middle of a scene in fantasy novel where I have two characters playing games of deflection lets say while searching for a solution to a common foe.

Plus all the verbosity I have scribbled upon this blog.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 04, 2014 07:49 PM (NNjb2)

353 Y'all need to get your facts straight about Sandra. She was speaking on behalf of someone else. She never said SHE couldn't afford birth control and it was also on behalf of a lesbian who needed it for medical reasons other than birth control. (Which I do not believe for one minute) Please don't think I'm defending her, because the entire thing was just all too pat and bullshit, but it galls me no end that people are not informed about this, and properly prepared to nail her. There were a hundred things that could have been done to shut her up and because no one was paying enough attention to what she was saying, we lost a great opportunity to expose her.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 04, 2014 07:50 PM (4A8Dj)

354 290 I used to play Star Wars Galaxies, back before the NGE. I helped run a large guild with a very large city and shopping area with PVPers and a second training city on Dantooine. Spent a lot of time on there but every Saturday morning I'd head to Tatooine. Most of the players were on other planets and those there were rude - but I'd hang out at the spawn areas like Mos Espa. I'd spend the night before making all sorts of Droids (I was a Master Droid Engineer) and guns (Master Weaponsmith) and pack them up with backpacks. When I'd see some kid logging in, I'd - in character - try to sell them a backpack - if they were new characters. Most of them at that time were like 10, getting the game for free or cut rate - with no help, no idea how to play, and no money. I'd give them a R3 droid, a Republic blaster, and a few pieces of Ubese armor and about 20K credits for trading me their newbie knife and melon. I'd pay them 20k for doing a "quest" for me of killing a low level mob. I had run across a kid crying - he was typing over and over "hate this" and I had asked him what had happened - some guy had told him his metal that he'd mines was "crap" and insulted him. Found out the kid was only 9. That's when I decided to take the time for kids like that (gave that kid a speeder bike and some armor and advice - he ended up enjoying himself) He wanted to see the sights and play Star Wars and some twenty year old jerk made him hate the game. So I spent every Saturday for a year making sure all the kids I met got to see something fun, got to get someone to help them out and explain stuff, and who would listen as they ran out into the game and found stuff. With their pet droid - who I made to be a badass combat rig. Keep doing what you're doing. I still do the same in the games I end up playing, especially the older ones.

Posted by: Inspector Cussword at February 04, 2014 07:51 PM (FApZx)

355 Miss Tammy, good to see you.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 04, 2014 07:51 PM (GEICT)

356 >>> there is a minister in the horde

And at least one preacher's kid.

Posted by: Bomber at February 04, 2014 07:51 PM (G8OL9)

357 I remember in HS when girls went on the pill and they said it was to "regulate" their periods. I never bought that either

Posted by: thunderb at February 04, 2014 07:51 PM (zOTsN)

358 So Sven, a Priestess of Ace of Spades, and a Thesaurus walk into a bar. Posted by: Anna ------------------------ Bartender- "What'll you have?" Sven - "28,133 shots" Priestess - "Your soul" Thesaurus - "Did you know that 'Tavern' is another word for 'bar'?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 04, 2014 07:52 PM (aDwsi)

359 GGE! How do? cthulu, how are you?? Anna, that sounds VERY exciting!!! Peaches!!! Where is Merovign lately??

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 04, 2014 07:52 PM (4A8Dj)

360 Miss al Thor. yah! good to see you here.

Posted by: willow at February 04, 2014 07:53 PM (nqBYe)

361 Cochran! How'd the daddy daughter ball go?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 04, 2014 07:53 PM (4A8Dj)

362 Tammy - That italic, strike-out thing. See, you lose proficiency when you only practice every now and then.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 04, 2014 07:53 PM (aDwsi)

363 Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (13th Level SoCon) at February 04, 2014 11:47 PM (LSDdO)

That might be true for Faux News, but Jon Stewart tells it to us like it is!

Posted by: Your Average Lib at February 04, 2014 07:53 PM (FHNkr)

364 Posted by: Inspector Cussword at February 04, 2014 11:51 PM (FApZx)

That is an awesome story.

Posted by: Bomber at February 04, 2014 07:54 PM (G8OL9)

365 I was top sockpuppeteer back in 2010 while I was recovering from major surgery and had absolutely nothing else to do. I might have made the top ten in comments during that time, too, but if so I've blocked it out.

Posted by: The Mega Independent at February 04, 2014 07:54 PM (4/o9U)

366 My dad would bring this one up if I ever needed some bucking up--just the last bit... "When I warned them that Britain would fight on alone whatever they did, their generals told their Prime Minister and his divided Cabinet, 'In three weeks England will have her neck wrung like a chicken.' Some chicken! Some neck! Â— Winston Churchill, Ottawa, Dec. 30, 1941

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at February 04, 2014 07:54 PM (hcHS/)

367 310 I don't understand how there could be profanity in a Minecraft game. It's a game about smashing and placing blocks! And fighting Creepers! What??? Posted by: EC My kids all play, usually with each other or my husband. I stayed out of the gaming loop on purpose. The other aspect is that there are thousands of you tube videos on Minecraft. A lot is harmless, music videos and stuff, but some of it it just watching guys playing and commenting. That's where you have to be careful because it can start off innocent then after a few minutes, when things get exciting, the f-bombs start. I try to keep an ear out for that but I'd rather them not watch those videos at all. I'll admit I have to fight my husband about that, he's way more lax about letting them play and watch. My kids are really young, 7, 6 next month, and even my 4 yo daughter is into playing. It's becoming an issue between my husband and I.

Posted by: lindafell at February 04, 2014 07:54 PM (PGO8C)

368 356 I remember in HS when girls went on the pill and they said it was to "regulate" their periods. I never bought that either Posted by: thunderb at February 04, 2014 11:51 PM (zOTsN) You know that's a valid reason to prescribe the med, right? So is acne. Those things *can* be caused by hormonal imbalances. The bc can, potentially, right those imbalances.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 04, 2014 07:54 PM (GEICT)

369 Where is Merovign lately??

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 04, 2014 11:52 PM (4A8Dj)

Here and there. I am well, how are YOU doin? Heard you're in my neck of the woods now, relatively speaking.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 04, 2014 07:54 PM (yh0zB)

370 Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 04, 2014 11:50 PM (4A8Dj)

Where her diatribe fell on it's face was the cost she quoted.

She would have to have it shipped in to some deserted isle in the Pacfic by Sea plane for it to have cost that much.

We all know she was primed and rehearsed before she spoke. She's always been a political operative. That she's no going to run should be no surprise.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (13th Level SoCon) at February 04, 2014 07:54 PM (LSDdO)

371 willow, hello! And uh, thanks for that video!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 04, 2014 07:54 PM (4A8Dj)

372 347 Anger is festering? Oh, no, no, no; we have to stop this shit.

Everyone go to their "happy place".

We'll talk it out from there. Posted by: AltonJackson at February 04, 2014 11:49 PM (JMmQ9) Hide posts from (JMmQ9)

I dunno about anyone else, but this is my "happy place"....

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 07:54 PM (T1005)

373 Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 04, 2014 11:50 PM (4A8Dj)

I think I can speak for all self-respecting members of the Horde that none of us want to nail her.

Posted by: Iasonas at February 04, 2014 07:55 PM (FHNkr)

374 Tammy!!

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 04, 2014 07:55 PM (FMbng)

375 338 I play Grand Theft Auto V. It's wall to wall profanity. BUT... met a
couple kids (I'm an old dude) and I never cuss, and nor do they.>>

My 3 yr old grandson was playing GTA because that is the game his dad was playing when I went over there one day. I told that idiot that he is learning shit from GTA that you may not see but don't want him to learn. And immediately bought Cars for PS3 for my grandson so they would have something to play together. Did not bring it up with my daughter but maybe I should.

Posted by: The Hickster at February 04, 2014 11:46 PM (TI3xG)

I'm a former drill instructor.

I could give a 10 week seminar on cussing.

Majority of the players? I'd say from the sounds of their squeeky voices.... 12 or under. They haven't reached puberty yet.

Believe it or not, though, most of the little guys behave. It's encouraging.

Well, till the shootin starts ; )

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 07:55 PM (x3YFz)

376

Tammy! Hugs!

Chi, I have a good one from a few days ago...it involves alcohol, a backhoe, and a flail chest injury (google it, it's not good).

Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 04, 2014 07:55 PM (d7H2D)

377 RWC at February 04, 2014 11:45 PM (9+w3c) It had taken 30 minutes ...

Posted by: Adriane... at February 04, 2014 07:55 PM (qoKTg)

378 360 Cochran! How'd the daddy daughter ball go? Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 04, 2014 11:53 PM (4A8Dj) It went well. They loved it of course. Hang onÂ….. http://tinypic.com/r/25549r4/8 There ya go.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 04, 2014 07:56 PM (GEICT)

379 Tammy !!!!

Posted by: Adriane... at February 04, 2014 07:56 PM (qoKTg)

380 My kids all play, usually with each other or my husband. I stayed out of the gaming loop on purpose. The other aspect is that there are thousands of you tube videos on Minecraft. YouTube. That's a different story.

Posted by: EC at February 04, 2014 07:56 PM (doBIb)

381 In defense of sven--this is one hell of a comment.

It's a beauty--just read it.

Here:

Absent the media at all for a bit.

Civilian views on conflict and risk analysis are different than militarily trained individuals. Civilian perspectives on loss and conduct by extension are different than military ones. Military morality and conduct is codified and husbanded through top to bottom enforcement of discipline and standards.

As such, on a personal level Jake Tapper's logical observation on his view of the situation in play and overarching theme of the conflict is different than Lutrell's as it HAS to be. Anna Puma touched on part of the reason why, for the most part military members are not nihilistic and perceive their actions as being a token of effort through duty laid at their nation's feet. Jake Tapper angel or demon cannot comprehend that mindset.

Now returning for a moment to the media in the "civilians must be allowed to judge whether or not a war is senseless", I ask you to consider that since the civilians are the ones who send the military to war through their vote they have as a body already decided the utility of the conflict in question? The sitting President of the United States executed the response he felt the harshest attack on US life since Pearl Harbor merited. The public reelected him despite the media's engaging in an unpatriotic attack on his conduct of the war non-stop.

It is the CIVILIAN not the solider who renders the military sacrifice meaningless through undermining the carrying of a conflict through to its fruition. Civilians have a four year recurring edit button on their judgement of the conduct of warfare and strategic objectives. Bush was reelected and the GOP maintained the House until '06.

The media is silent on worse loss per day in Afghanistan than Bush suffered with numbers slowly approaching Bush's total loss of US life. The media is attempting to assert that the Republican party does not get to have foreign policy. They will use their power to undermine the will of a nation at war to see victory through for partisan gain.

The Republic cannot hold if this is not addressed. Once the die is cast civilians have a duty to see the conflict through not decide that because Chris Matthews looks like he soiled himself for 1200 days running the war is lost. We failed that and what enrages me at the public and the media is they are not as angry at Obama's failures as Bush's alleged ones.

The media does NOT get to have this power in an ethical nation.
Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 11, 2014 12:45 PM (TE35l) Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at February 04, 2014 11:43 PM

excellent.

Posted by: willow at February 04, 2014 07:56 PM (nqBYe)

382 364 I was top sockpuppeteer back in 2010 while I was recovering from major surgery and had absolutely nothing else to do. I might have made the top ten in comments during that time, too, but if so I've blocked it out. Posted by: The Mega Independent at February 04, 2014 11:54 PM (4/o9U) --Not to mention you made that awesome Puddingskull that year.

Posted by: logprof at February 04, 2014 07:57 PM (X3GkB)

383 358 GGE! How do? cthulu, how are you??

Anna, that sounds VERY exciting!!!

Peaches!!!

Where is Merovign lately?? Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 04, 2014 11:52 PM (4A8Dj) Hide posts from (4A8Dj)

He was here last night -- want me to email him?

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 07:57 PM (T1005)

384 Tammy I pinged Merovign you were asking about him. Not sure when he will respond.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 04, 2014 07:58 PM (NNjb2)

385 Chopper pilots, gotta love 'em. Think he has a rear view camera so he can drop that tail perzackley where he wants it? Or is he going by feel, like a rooster taking a shit.

Posted by: the littl shyning man at February 04, 2014 07:58 PM (tmFlQ)

386 Where her diatribe fell on it's face was the cost she quoted. If memory serves, she quoted a cost for a specific brand of birth control that this mystery friend of hers had to have for something other than preventing a pregnancy. I thinks he said she had PCOS and needed a certain brand to prevent or ease her symptoms. That should have slapped down immediately...there were a thousand other colleges this "friend" could have gone to that would have covered her meds. But everyone latched onto incorrect info and didn't expose the lot of them as liars. They were trying to argue that because it wasn't needed for birth control, they should be allowed to have it. That's a slippery argument to let them win.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 04, 2014 07:58 PM (4A8Dj)

387 ooh Tammy, your also like the dissident frogman and the boomstick?

fans self. mmmmm

Posted by: willow at February 04, 2014 07:58 PM (nqBYe)

388 376 RWC at February 04, 2014 11:45 PM (9+w3c) It had taken 30 minutes ... Posted by: Adriane... at February 04, 2014 11:55 PM (qoKTg) The vid or book? Is it ok?

Posted by: RWC at February 04, 2014 07:59 PM (9+w3c)

389 Pudding Skull Blago Skull Flaming Skull Any others?

Posted by: EC at February 04, 2014 07:59 PM (doBIb)

390 Sounds like Mike Hammer has encountered the Priestesses of Ace of Spades before.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 04, 2014 08:00 PM (NNjb2)

391 cthulhu, a hug, because.

Posted by: willow at February 04, 2014 08:00 PM (nqBYe)

392 >>> Chopper pilots, gotta love 'em.

Damn straight.

>>> Think he has a rear view camera so he can drop that tail perzackley where he wants it? Or is he going by feel, like a rooster taking a shit.

He has a shitty little mirror that doesn't do a thing for him there. He's doing all that by calls from his crewmen in the back.

Posted by: Bomber at February 04, 2014 08:00 PM (G8OL9)

393 They were trying to argue that because it wasn't needed for birth control, they should be allowed to have it. That's a slippery argument to let them win. She was arguing from the perspective of contraceptives, and not as a medical prescription for health reasons. It was dishonest through and through.

Posted by: EC at February 04, 2014 08:01 PM (doBIb)

394 Night Horde.

And willow, Squirrel scout/sniper team (codename Walnut) has been deployed.

/narrowed eyes

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 08:01 PM (x3YFz)

395 Cochran, such CUTENESS!!!!!!!!!!!!! They are precious!!! Thanks for sharing that! GGE, yep, Chapel Hill. (Well, I am in Arkansas right now) And thanks for getting my greetings to the Dark Lord! I am headed to bed now..... y'all behave yourselves!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 04, 2014 08:01 PM (4A8Dj)

396 I dunno about anyone else, but this is my "happy place".... Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 11:54 PM Mine, too. The only part of my day that makes any sense.

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 04, 2014 08:01 PM (JMmQ9)

397 Loadmaster, "Ten feet back, three feet right. Steady. Hold it. One more foot back. There!"

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 04, 2014 08:01 PM (NNjb2)

398 Sounds like Mike Hammer has encountered the Priestesses of Ace of Spades before. Posted by: Anna -------------------- Only minor novices, but that was enough to scare the crap out of me.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 04, 2014 08:02 PM (aDwsi)

399
No personal experience, but general intertubes scuttlebutt on the Norinco 1911s is that they're a pretty good value, simple but well made. Before he passed awhile back, Stephen A Camp had good things to say about the Norincos, to the point where it was his most common carry 1911.

Camp's site hipowersandhandguns.com is still up, lots of great info there, including some great ammo reviews.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 04, 2014 08:02 PM (aYjRw)

400 Somebody needs to do some anti-Obama ads to fire up the base, showing him telling O'Reilly the IRS is clean, mixed in with Lois L taking the fifth, and all those other IRS assholes that lied when they testified. I believe anti-IRS hatred runs deeper than ever, since all this shit has gone down. This needs to tar every democrat that is running this fall.

Posted by: the littl shyning man at February 04, 2014 08:02 PM (tmFlQ)

401 y'all behave yourselves!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 05, 2014 12:01 AM (4A8Dj)

Never!

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 04, 2014 08:02 PM (FMbng)

402 390 cthulhu, a hug, because.
Posted by: willow at February 05, 2014 12:00 AM (nqBYe) Hide posts from (nqBYe)

[Trying for John Wayne] Why, thank ye kindly, little lady.....

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 08:02 PM (T1005)

403 I'm a former drill instructor.

I could give a 10 week seminar on cussing.>>

It was the innocent bystander hitting that the kid was doing that worried me most. I'm pretty sure it meant nothing to him other than he could produce action on the screen. But it was spooky to me.

On Cussing as a kid I had 3 separate groups and what cussing was allowed for each. None for my Mother or a teacher, a little (in front of but not to) my Father and my buddies which was all out.

Posted by: The Hickster at February 04, 2014 08:02 PM (TI3xG)

404 narrows eyes looks into the dark with loaded hands of peanuts !

Posted by: willow at February 04, 2014 08:02 PM (nqBYe)

405 Ever seen a squirrel HALO out of the back of an MCH-130? No you haven't.

And you never will.

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 08:02 PM (x3YFz)

406
If memory serves, she quoted a cost for a specific brand of birth control that this mystery friend of hers had to have for something other than preventing a pregnancy. I thinks he said she had PCOS and needed a certain brand to prevent or ease her symptoms.

That should have slapped down immediately...there were a thousand other colleges this "friend" could have gone to that would have covered her meds. But everyone latched onto incorrect info and didn't expose the lot of them as liars.

They were trying to argue that because it wasn't needed for birth control, they should be allowed to have it. That's a slippery argument to let them win.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 04, 2014 11:58 PM (4A8Dj)

Actually I don't think she did specify a particular person. That may have been her source. But she just gave a general "OMG Birth control can be super expensive for women going to law school."

Posted by: buzzion at February 04, 2014 08:03 PM (LI48c)

407 @352 Y'all need to get your facts straight about Sandra. She was speaking on behalf of someone else. She never said SHE couldn't afford birth control and it was also on behalf of a lesbian who needed it for medical reasons other than birth control. (Which I do not believe for one minute) -------------------- Initially, yes. And iirc, there was a bureaucratic screw-up involved. The school provided insurance coverage wouldn't pay for the item if it were to be used for birth control, but would pay for it if a doctor prescribed it as treatment for other stuff. Supposedly, it was needed for the latter, but a bureaucratic screw-up got it marked as the former and denied. But Ms. Fluke made a number of (sparsely attended) appearences around the country, and her emphasis quickly shifted purely toward birth control for its own sake.

Posted by: junior at February 04, 2014 08:03 PM (l9mhS)

408 I have very little patience for stupid.

I used to play WoW and other online games. I dealt with stupid there.

Since being out of school and now in the real world, I deal with a lot more stupid during the day than I used to.

I just can't bring myself to come home, log on to a game, and deal with more stupid. That's one reason I hang out here, it's one of the very few comment sections I can read without dying a little inside.

Posted by: Iasonas at February 04, 2014 08:03 PM (FHNkr)

409 384Â Chopper pilots, gotta love 'em.Â Think he has a rear view camera so he can drop that tail perzackley where he wants it? Or is he going by feel, like a rooster taking a shit. ________ I don't know my aircraft, but isn't that a very old (and famous) picture? Like 40 years old?

Posted by: shredded chi at February 04, 2014 08:03 PM (uiO3l)

410 Posted by: logprof at February 04, 2014 11:57 PM (X3GkB)

Hey, logprof... how you doin'? And believe it or not, I think pudding skull was the night before my surgery. I was so freaking ill.

Posted by: The Mega Independent at February 04, 2014 08:04 PM (4/o9U)

411 >>> Ever seen a squirrel HALO out of the back of an MCH-130?

I have seen dead mice being paradropped all over the north end of Guam though. And we didn't even tip it over.

Posted by: Bomber at February 04, 2014 08:04 PM (G8OL9)

412 The sad part is that given the makeup, politically, of the area she would be representing, which is West LA and most of Hollywood, we, may be hearing from her for years as a Senate harpie, ala Boxer, Feinstien, Pelosi.... Sorry for the run on. Given the thoughts, it was the only way to present thst made sense.

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

413 Think he has a rear view camera so he can drop that tail perzackley where he wants it? Or is he going by feel, like a rooster taking a shit. Posted by: the littl shyning man at February 04, 2014 11:58 PM (tmFlQ) --------------------- That fine flying is the result of tight teamwork between pilot and crewchiefs. Crewchiefs call out directions and use numbers to indicated how close they're getting to the spot. Remarkable to watch.

Posted by: fastfreefall at February 04, 2014 08:04 PM (z1ivL)

414 >>> I don't know my aircraft, but isn't that a very old (and famous) picture? Like 40 years old?

That picture is from Afghanistan, early on I think. You are probably thinking about the last Huey out of Vietnam.

Posted by: Bomber at February 04, 2014 08:05 PM (G8OL9)

415 Posted by: lindafell at February 04, 2014 11:54 PM (PGO8C)

The thing to do is explain the ages of those doing it, that it doesn't impress anyone except those too young to understand what they're saying and doing and that later in life, they will be judged harshly if those words have become a major part of their vocabulary.

In some milieus it is very common (in all senses of the word) and can become a habit. Especially in situations where unit cohesion mutual acceptance is a requirement for survival. It can be done and controlled but it takes discipline and the self monitoring that that requires if the need is seen.

There are a number of articles and essays on the topic, have them research for those and explain any confusing parts.

Tell them a very old guy with a lot of experience regrets the years that I let my mouth get away from me and that their were people that shunned me or thought me beneath them that I really needed on my side but failed because of my language. Even though I have a very large vocabulary and use it regularly, the curse words and obscenities were jarring and mostly unhelpful if not insulting for those listening to have to listen to it.

Swearing is like a really wet and smelly fart. Sure it's funny under certain circumstances but would they want to do that sometime serious? In front of someone they respected or wanted something from? What would they think of someone who did that around them?

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (13th Level SoCon) at February 04, 2014 08:06 PM (LSDdO)

416 Doing well. Four kittehs and I rode out the freeze indoors. Editing someone's story right now. In the middle of a scene in fantasy novel where I have two characters playing games of deflection lets say while searching for a solution to a common foe. Plus all the verbosity I have scribbled upon this blog. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 04, 2014 11:49 PM (NNjb2) Been meaning to ask: You a professional/published writer?

Posted by: The Inquiring Hat at February 04, 2014 08:07 PM (AymDN)

417 205 40K for a TV? For 40K I should have to clean powder burns off the walls after watching The Expendables. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 04, 2014 11:08 PM (FMbng) It was 30K, the guy got a refurbished model.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at February 04, 2014 08:07 PM (HxSXm)

418 >>>Good episode. Wash makes a good bad guy.

Posted by: Bomber at February 04, 2014 11:43 PM (G8OL9)<<<

Sorry. Was trying to holdout til it was over. That was a good episode.

Yeah he was a real bad ass in the diner.

Posted by: Hate Miser at February 04, 2014 08:07 PM (R5Pm3)

419 April 1975. The last refugees out of Saigon scrambling up a rickety staircase to the roof of the US embassy. To board an UH-1D to fly out to sea. Where probably once all the passengers and crew were safely aboard, the Huey was shoved overboard.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 04, 2014 08:08 PM (NNjb2)

420 There is one thing we say to Death "Not today" Evening 'rons. Game of Thrones marathon

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at February 04, 2014 08:08 PM (iQxYV)

421 No personal experience, but general intertubes scuttlebutt on the Norinco 1911s is that they're a pretty good value, simple but well made. Before he passed awhile back, Stephen A Camp had good things to say about the Norincos, to the point where it was his most common carry 1911. Camp's site hipowersandhandguns.com is still up, lots of great info there, including some great ammo reviews. I had some Norinco Tokorev M213 knowledge before the tragic boating accident (I was lucky to escape with my life)

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 04, 2014 08:08 PM (JMmQ9)

422 The vid or book? Is it ok? Sorry, it is a quote from the book ... the ending, I think ... but it has been a very long time since I read it. It is a very short story. If you haven't read it, please give it a try ...

Posted by: Adriane... at February 04, 2014 08:09 PM (qoKTg)

423 bah meant MC-130 not MCH.

Surprised my military brethren didn't swift kick me for the typo.

Still.

My squirrels are kitted up. 1 Mission. 2 Squirrels.

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 08:09 PM (x3YFz)

424 TPH, does $1.20 in royalties from Amazon KDP count as being a really published writer?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 04, 2014 08:09 PM (NNjb2)

425 I know I've seen this pic before, and yes, i was thinking exactly that, i guess. My mind must be combining the two images.

Posted by: shredded chi at February 04, 2014 08:09 PM (uiO3l)

426 April 1975. The last refugees out of Saigon scrambling up a rickety staircase to the roof of the US embassy. To board an UH-1D to fly out to sea. Where probably once all the passengers and crew were safely aboard, the Huey was shoved overboard. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 05, 2014 12:08 AM (NNjb2) A stab in the back. A moment of shame for the U.S. Many moments of "re-educaton" and torture for the South Vietnamese.

Posted by: The Political Hat at February 04, 2014 08:10 PM (AymDN)

427 April 1975. The last refugees out of Saigon scrambling up a rickety staircase to the roof of the US embassy. To board an UH-1D to fly out to sea. Where probably once all the passengers and crew were safely aboard, the Huey was shoved overboard. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 05, 2014 12:08 AM (NNjb2) A stab in the back. A moment of shame for the U.S. Many moments of "re-educaton" and torture for the South Vietnamese.

Posted by: The Political Hat at February 04, 2014 08:10 PM (AymDN)

428 An MC-130H Combat Talon?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 04, 2014 08:10 PM (NNjb2)

429 An MC-130H Combat Talon?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 04, 2014 08:10 PM (NNjb2)

430 Surprised my military brethren didn't swift kick me for the typo. -------------- no way bro, I don't want to get hurt.

Posted by: fastfreefall at February 04, 2014 08:10 PM (z1ivL)

431 Surprised my military brethren didn't swift kick me for the typo. -------------- no way bro, I don't want to get hurt.

Posted by: fastfreefall at February 04, 2014 08:10 PM (z1ivL)

432 >>> bah meant MC-130 not MCH.

That's the Herc with the props pointing up. I think I saw one once.

Posted by: Bomber at February 04, 2014 08:10 PM (G8OL9)

433 >>> bah meant MC-130 not MCH.

That's the Herc with the props pointing up. I think I saw one once.

Posted by: Bomber at February 04, 2014 08:10 PM (G8OL9)

434

I do believe Tammy has gotten her facts wrong about Fluke's lies.

This Hot Air link has an autoplay video of Flukes dishonest comments. Her friend with PCOS that needs birth control pills actually did have her prescription covered by Georgetown. http://tinyurl.com/724dosk

Posted by: buzzion at February 04, 2014 08:10 PM (LI48c)

435

I do believe Tammy has gotten her facts wrong about Fluke's lies.

Posted by: buzzion at February 04, 2014 08:10 PM (LI48c)

436 426 An MC-130H Combat Talon?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 05, 2014 12:10 AM (NNjb2)

yeah typo.

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 08:11 PM (x3YFz)

437 426 An MC-130H Combat Talon?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 05, 2014 12:10 AM (NNjb2)

yeah typo.

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 08:11 PM (x3YFz)

438
I don't know my aircraft, but isn't that a very old (and famous) picture? Like 40 years old?

That picture is from Afghanistan, early on I think. You are probably thinking about the last Huey out of Vietnam.

Posted by: Bomber at February 05, 2014 12:05 AM (G8OL9)

This one maybe?

http://tinyurl.com/lbbn2hn

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 04, 2014 08:11 PM (aYjRw)

439
I don't know my aircraft, but isn't that a very old (and famous) picture? Like 40 years old?

That picture is from Afghanistan, early on I think. You are probably thinking about the last Huey out of Vietnam.

Posted by: Bomber at February 05, 2014 12:05 AM (G8OL9)

This one maybe?

http://tinyurl.com/lbbn2hn

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 04, 2014 08:11 PM (aYjRw)

440 >>> A stab in the back. A moment of shame for the U.S.

Sounds familiar. And recent.

Posted by: Bomber at February 04, 2014 08:12 PM (G8OL9)

441 >>> A stab in the back. A moment of shame for the U.S.

Sounds familiar. And recent.

Posted by: Bomber at February 04, 2014 08:12 PM (G8OL9)

442 Thanks for the advice all. I think if I poke Steve a little and he realizes what he did, he'll apologize. 352 Y'all need to get your facts straight about Sandra. She was speaking on behalf of someone else. She never said SHE couldn't afford birth control and it was also on behalf of a lesbian who needed it for medical reasons other than birth control. (Which I do not believe for one minute) Please don't think I'm defending her, because the entire thing was just all too pat and bullshit, but it galls me no end that people are not informed about this, and properly prepared to nail her. Nu-uh Tammy, I'm sorry, that doesn't fly. I nailed a Lib on Twitter over this exact point. He said "Have you actually listened to what she said? Sure have, I answered. Yes, she does say "not me" in the middle of her diatribe, but the entire thing up until then is "We": "We the students of GULS", "We appreciate", etc.. That's a personal plural pronoun which includes Fluke. Throwing in a weak "not me" doesn't change what she was saying up to that point. Funny thing, the Lib didn't respond after I pointed that out.

Posted by: Weirddave at February 04, 2014 08:12 PM (N/cFh)

443 Thanks for the advice all. I think if I poke Steve a little and he realizes what he did, he'll apologize. 352 Y'all need to get your facts straight about Sandra. She was speaking on behalf of someone else. She never said SHE couldn't afford birth control and it was also on behalf of a lesbian who needed it for medical reasons other than birth control. (Which I do not believe for one minute) Please don't think I'm defending her, because the entire thing was just all too pat and bullshit, but it galls me no end that people are not informed about this, and properly prepared to nail her. Nu-uh Tammy, I'm sorry, that doesn't fly. I nailed a Lib on Twitter over this exact point. He said "Have you actually listened to what she said? Sure have, I answered. Yes, she does say "not me" in the middle of her diatribe, but the entire thing up until then is "We": "We the students of GULS", "We appreciate", etc.. That's a personal plural pronoun which includes Fluke. Throwing in a weak "not me" doesn't change what she was saying up to that point. Funny thing, the Lib didn't respond after I pointed that out.

Posted by: Weirddave at February 04, 2014 08:12 PM (N/cFh)

444 I have seen dead mice being paradropped all over the north end of Guam though. And we didn't even tip it over. Posted by: Bomber at February 05, 2014 12:04 AM (G8OL9) Abandon island!! It's gonna flip!!!!

Posted by: Hank Johnson at February 04, 2014 08:12 PM (HxSXm)

445 I have seen dead mice being paradropped all over the north end of Guam though. And we didn't even tip it over. Posted by: Bomber at February 05, 2014 12:04 AM (G8OL9) Abandon island!! It's gonna flip!!!!

Posted by: Hank Johnson at February 04, 2014 08:12 PM (HxSXm)

446 409 Posted by: logprof at February 04, 2014 11:57 PM (X3GkB) Hey, logprof... how you doin'? And believe it or not, I think pudding skull was the night before my surgery. I was so freaking ill. Posted by: The Mega Independent at February 05, 2014 12:04 AM (4/o9U) --Heh, that's funny. It's hilarious what inspires different people to creativity. Just getting ready for a trip to Denver tomorrow. That city's probably gonna be in a funk all week. ;-)

Posted by: logprof at February 04, 2014 08:13 PM (X3GkB)

447 409 Posted by: logprof at February 04, 2014 11:57 PM (X3GkB) Hey, logprof... how you doin'? And believe it or not, I think pudding skull was the night before my surgery. I was so freaking ill. Posted by: The Mega Independent at February 05, 2014 12:04 AM (4/o9U) --Heh, that's funny. It's hilarious what inspires different people to creativity. Just getting ready for a trip to Denver tomorrow. That city's probably gonna be in a funk all week. ;-)

Posted by: logprof at February 04, 2014 08:13 PM (X3GkB)

448 409 Posted by: logprof at February 04, 2014 11:57 PM (X3GkB) Hey, logprof... how you doin'? And believe it or not, I think pudding skull was the night before my surgery. I was so freaking ill. Posted by: The Mega Independent at February 05, 2014 12:04 AM (4/o9U) --Heh, that's funny. It's hilarious what inspires different people to creativity. Just getting ready for a trip to Denver tomorrow. That city's probably gonna be in a funk all week. ;-)

Posted by: logprof at February 04, 2014 08:13 PM (X3GkB)

449 409 Posted by: logprof at February 04, 2014 11:57 PM (X3GkB) Hey, logprof... how you doin'? And believe it or not, I think pudding skull was the night before my surgery. I was so freaking ill. Posted by: The Mega Independent at February 05, 2014 12:04 AM (4/o9U) --Heh, that's funny. It's hilarious what inspires different people to creativity. Just getting ready for a trip to Denver tomorrow. That city's probably gonna be in a funk all week. ;-)

Posted by: logprof at February 04, 2014 08:13 PM (X3GkB)

450 You people are weird. In a good way. But still weird.

Posted by: Ag80 at February 04, 2014 08:14 PM (CGITp)

451 You people are weird. In a good way. But still weird.

Posted by: Ag80 at February 04, 2014 08:14 PM (CGITp)

452 You people are weird. In a good way. But still weird.

Posted by: Ag80 at February 04, 2014 08:14 PM (CGITp)

453 You people are weird. In a good way. But still weird.

Posted by: Ag80 at February 04, 2014 08:14 PM (CGITp)

454 My squirrels are kitted up. 1 Mission. 2 Squirrels.

Posted by: tangonine at February 05, 2014 12:09 AM (x3YFz)

Flyin' sqwerls need no parachutes. Just sayin'.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 04, 2014 08:14 PM (yh0zB)

455 My squirrels are kitted up. 1 Mission. 2 Squirrels.

Posted by: tangonine at February 05, 2014 12:09 AM (x3YFz)

Flyin' sqwerls need no parachutes. Just sayin'.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 04, 2014 08:14 PM (yh0zB)

456 My squirrels are kitted up. 1 Mission. 2 Squirrels.

Posted by: tangonine at February 05, 2014 12:09 AM (x3YFz)

Flyin' sqwerls need no parachutes. Just sayin'.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 04, 2014 08:14 PM (yh0zB)

457 My squirrels are kitted up. 1 Mission. 2 Squirrels.

Posted by: tangonine at February 05, 2014 12:09 AM (x3YFz)

Flyin' sqwerls need no parachutes. Just sayin'.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 04, 2014 08:14 PM (yh0zB)

458 You people are weird. In a good way. But still weird.

Posted by: Ag80 at February 04, 2014 08:14 PM (CGITp)

459 You people are weird. In a good way. But still weird.

Posted by: Ag80 at February 04, 2014 08:14 PM (CGITp)

460 You people are weird. In a good way. But still weird.

Posted by: Ag80 at February 04, 2014 08:14 PM (CGITp)

461 You people are weird. In a good way. But still weird.

Posted by: Ag80 at February 04, 2014 08:14 PM (CGITp)

462 You people are weird. In a good way. But still weird.

Posted by: Ag80 at February 04, 2014 08:14 PM (CGITp)

463 You people are weird. In a good way. But still weird.

Posted by: Ag80 at February 04, 2014 08:14 PM (CGITp)

464 You people are weird. In a good way. But still weird.

Posted by: Ag80 at February 04, 2014 08:14 PM (CGITp)

465 You people are weird. In a good way. But still weird.

Posted by: Ag80 at February 04, 2014 08:14 PM (CGITp)

466 Democrats are good at stabbing people in the back. The ones in Congress in 1974-75 were the ones who cut off funding and supplies to the Saigon government. So when the NVA tanks rolled south, the average ARVN soldier had maybe 60 rounds for his M-16.

KArzi is probably reading up on that right now. Maliki is probably regretting not reading that.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 04, 2014 08:14 PM (NNjb2)

467 Democrats are good at stabbing people in the back. The ones in Congress in 1974-75 were the ones who cut off funding and supplies to the Saigon government. So when the NVA tanks rolled south, the average ARVN soldier had maybe 60 rounds for his M-16.

KArzi is probably reading up on that right now. Maliki is probably regretting not reading that.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 04, 2014 08:14 PM (NNjb2)

468 Democrats are good at stabbing people in the back. The ones in Congress in 1974-75 were the ones who cut off funding and supplies to the Saigon government. So when the NVA tanks rolled south, the average ARVN soldier had maybe 60 rounds for his M-16.

KArzi is probably reading up on that right now. Maliki is probably regretting not reading that.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 04, 2014 08:14 PM (NNjb2)

469 Democrats are good at stabbing people in the back. The ones in Congress in 1974-75 were the ones who cut off funding and supplies to the Saigon government. So when the NVA tanks rolled south, the average ARVN soldier had maybe 60 rounds for his M-16.

KArzi is probably reading up on that right now. Maliki is probably regretting not reading that.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 04, 2014 08:14 PM (NNjb2)

470 Excuse me while I whip this out.

Posted by: fluffy at February 04, 2014 08:14 PM (Ua6T/)

471 Excuse me while I whip this out.

Posted by: fluffy at February 04, 2014 08:14 PM (Ua6T/)

472 Excuse me while I whip this out.

Posted by: fluffy at February 04, 2014 08:14 PM (Ua6T/)

473 Excuse me while I whip this out.

Posted by: fluffy at February 04, 2014 08:14 PM (Ua6T/)

474 Tell them a very old guy with a lot of experience regrets the years that I let my mouth get away from me and that their were people that shunned me or thought me beneath them that I really needed on my side but failed because of my language. Even though I have a very large vocabulary and use it regularly, the curse words and obscenities were jarring and mostly unhelpful if not insulting for those listening to have to listen to it.>>

Not that it helped me when I was trying to fit in with a certain milieus. But my Mother said something IMO that was profound. Swearing is for people that aren't smart enough to know the right word to get their point across. (paraphrasing obviously)

Posted by: The Hickster at February 04, 2014 08:15 PM (TI3xG)

475 Tell them a very old guy with a lot of experience regrets the years that I let my mouth get away from me and that their were people that shunned me or thought me beneath them that I really needed on my side but failed because of my language. Even though I have a very large vocabulary and use it regularly, the curse words and obscenities were jarring and mostly unhelpful if not insulting for those listening to have to listen to it.>>

Not that it helped me when I was trying to fit in with a certain milieus. But my Mother said something IMO that was profound. Swearing is for people that aren't smart enough to know the right word to get their point across. (paraphrasing obviously)

Posted by: The Hickster at February 04, 2014 08:15 PM (TI3xG)

476 Tell them a very old guy with a lot of experience regrets the years that I let my mouth get away from me and that their were people that shunned me or thought me beneath them that I really needed on my side but failed because of my language. Even though I have a very large vocabulary and use it regularly, the curse words and obscenities were jarring and mostly unhelpful if not insulting for those listening to have to listen to it.>>

Not that it helped me when I was trying to fit in with a certain milieus. But my Mother said something IMO that was profound. Swearing is for people that aren't smart enough to know the right word to get their point across. (paraphrasing obviously)

Posted by: The Hickster at February 04, 2014 08:15 PM (TI3xG)

477 Tell them a very old guy with a lot of experience regrets the years that I let my mouth get away from me and that their were people that shunned me or thought me beneath them that I really needed on my side but failed because of my language. Even though I have a very large vocabulary and use it regularly, the curse words and obscenities were jarring and mostly unhelpful if not insulting for those listening to have to listen to it.>>

Not that it helped me when I was trying to fit in with a certain milieus. But my Mother said something IMO that was profound. Swearing is for people that aren't smart enough to know the right word to get their point across. (paraphrasing obviously)

Posted by: The Hickster at February 04, 2014 08:15 PM (TI3xG)

478 422 bah meant MC-130 not MCH.

Surprised my military brethren didn't swift kick me for the typo.

Still.

My squirrels are kitted up. 1 Mission. 2 Squirrels.
Posted by: tangonine at February 05, 2014 12:09 AM (x3YFz) Hide posts from (x3YFz)

Is that anything like 2 girls, 1 cup?

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 08:15 PM (T1005)

479 422 bah meant MC-130 not MCH.

Surprised my military brethren didn't swift kick me for the typo.

Still.

My squirrels are kitted up. 1 Mission. 2 Squirrels.
Posted by: tangonine at February 05, 2014 12:09 AM (x3YFz) Hide posts from (x3YFz)

Is that anything like 2 girls, 1 cup?

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 08:15 PM (T1005)

480 422 bah meant MC-130 not MCH.

Surprised my military brethren didn't swift kick me for the typo.

Still.

My squirrels are kitted up. 1 Mission. 2 Squirrels.
Posted by: tangonine at February 05, 2014 12:09 AM (x3YFz) Hide posts from (x3YFz)

Is that anything like 2 girls, 1 cup?

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 08:15 PM (T1005)

481 422 bah meant MC-130 not MCH.

Surprised my military brethren didn't swift kick me for the typo.

Still.

My squirrels are kitted up. 1 Mission. 2 Squirrels.
Posted by: tangonine at February 05, 2014 12:09 AM (x3YFz) Hide posts from (x3YFz)

Is that anything like 2 girls, 1 cup?

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 08:15 PM (T1005)

482 I have seen dead mice being paradropped all over the north end of Guam though. And we didn't even tip it over. Posted by: Bomber at February 05, 2014 12:04 AM (G8OL9) At least the U.S. still leads when it comes to military zombie rodent technology!

Posted by: The Undead Hat at February 04, 2014 08:15 PM (AymDN)

483 I have seen dead mice being paradropped all over the north end of Guam though. And we didn't even tip it over. Posted by: Bomber at February 05, 2014 12:04 AM (G8OL9) At least the U.S. still leads when it comes to military zombie rodent technology!

Posted by: The Undead Hat at February 04, 2014 08:15 PM (AymDN)

484 I have seen dead mice being paradropped all over the north end of Guam though. And we didn't even tip it over. Posted by: Bomber at February 05, 2014 12:04 AM (G8OL9) At least the U.S. still leads when it comes to military zombie rodent technology!

Posted by: The Undead Hat at February 04, 2014 08:15 PM (AymDN)

485 I have seen dead mice being paradropped all over the north end of Guam though. And we didn't even tip it over. Posted by: Bomber at February 05, 2014 12:04 AM (G8OL9) At least the U.S. still leads when it comes to military zombie rodent technology!

Posted by: The Undead Hat at February 04, 2014 08:15 PM (AymDN)

486 An MC-130H Combat Talon? a SON of Moya Talyn ?

Posted by: Adriane... at February 04, 2014 08:16 PM (qoKTg)

487 Alberta Oil Peon: "Anybody here have any wisdom on the Norinco 1911 clones, made in China? They are available in Canada for $395, apparently. Ad claims they have forged steel components and chrome-lined barrel."

Oh, my God, it's a Harbor Freight gun.

AOP, you won't find Harbor Freight in Canada, but trust me, it is not a place where I would comfortably buy something as complex as a firearm. A hammer or some pliers, sure.

Anyway, I have a box full of low value scrap metal out in the garage that I periodically go upend at the local recycling station. About 20% of the typical contents of the box are various Chinese "stainless steel" items, marked as such, covered in massive rust. Keep that in mind when you read about "forged steel components and chrome-lined barrel".

Posted by: torquewrench at February 04, 2014 08:16 PM (gqT4g)

488 Mr Noir is also a nice-looking guy with very nice arms. Mmm mmm mmm. Gnite all, and congrats to my twin and other sisters on the blog for representing on the commenter stats!

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at February 04, 2014 08:16 PM (r+7wo)

489 No, y'all are right, the PCOS was just a part of it. My bad. That's the part I heard before I got pissed. But they never hammered enough about how every one of them could have gone elsewhere to school, and they never exposed the full extent of her past history of "activism" Of course, I am talking about the media here, so why I was even shocked is a mystery! I just don't think we handled it well on our side at all. Hey Bers! Hey Mike Hammer! I AM out of practice.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 04, 2014 08:16 PM (4A8Dj)

490 Democrats are good at stabbing people in the back. The ones in Congress in 1974-75 were the ones who cut off funding and supplies to the Saigon government. So when the NVA tanks rolled south, the average ARVN soldier had maybe 60 rounds for his M-16.

Karzi has probably been reading up on this since our President publicly accused his government of corruption and voter fraud. Maliki is probably regretting not reading about that.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 04, 2014 08:17 PM (NNjb2)

491 >>> KArzi is probably reading up on that right now. Maliki is probably regretting not reading that.

Karzai don't give a shit. He's already got a place to hide in Dubai or Qatar or somewhere.

Posted by: Bomber at February 04, 2014 08:18 PM (G8OL9)

492 Flyin' sqwerls need no parachutes. Just sayin'. Flying snakes don't need no stinking planes!

Posted by: Adriane... at February 04, 2014 08:18 PM (qoKTg)

493 This one maybe?Â http://tinyurl.com/lbbn2hn Posted by: IllTemperedCur Actually, more like this one. I think there was a series of these. http://tinyurl.com/6axnzv2

Posted by: shredded chi at February 04, 2014 08:19 PM (uiO3l)

494 We should drone his ass. Meeting with the Taliban and all.

Would make my immediate future a little less complicated.

Posted by: Bomber at February 04, 2014 08:19 PM (G8OL9)

495 Good Night, chique d'afrique ...

Posted by: Adriane... at February 04, 2014 08:19 PM (qoKTg)

496 447 Mr Noir is also a nice-looking guy with very nice arms. Mmm mmm mmm.

Gnite all, and congrats to my twin and other sisters on the blog for representing on the commenter stats!

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at February 05, 2014 12:16 AM (r+7wo)

My favorite 'ette didn't throw a single drop of estrogen my way.

I need a team of 4 more squirrels on standby. Kit up. Full combat load, you're going in hot. This is a snatch and grab.

Good thing I have a whole brigade. Gonna be a long month, I think.

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 08:21 PM (x3YFz)

497 Just pointing out that the current history of unpleasentness as the State Department might say is typical of Democrats. They will back stab friends, allies, and their own grandmothers if it advances their agenda.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 04, 2014 08:21 PM (NNjb2)

498 44 Well, I 'm sure#20 out of 50,000 sockpuppeteers will find a prominent place on my resume --- Smell my ass, bitch

Posted by: buzzsaw90 at February 04, 2014 08:21 PM (FpHdx)

499 I can't asleep, I don't know enough about squirrels to contribute anything to the conversation, I'm iced in and even if I weren't, the battery in my truck is dead. But by God, Mr. Noir does have some arms on him and a ridiculously beautiful smile.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 04, 2014 08:22 PM (4A8Dj)

500 Bomber at February 05, 2014 12:19 AM (G8OL9) Leave the drone! Take the cannoli!

Posted by: Adriane... at February 04, 2014 08:22 PM (qoKTg)

501 451 I had a fkyingmswuirrels invasion in a house I own in North GA, no lie. I used to vacation rent it, but had to stop and close it out for a few weeks to let an exterminator close off their exits with one way traps which shut them out, which came at a minor cost of $815.00. Hate those little shits.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at February 04, 2014 08:22 PM (ojnk6)

502 Norinco is a company that is owned and controlled by the People's Liberation Army. They use slave labor in their factories. They use convict labor. There are a lot of Norinco factories that make a lot of different things. In the '90's, the company I worked for bought stuff from them. Our VP (and now my present boss, different company) who had traveled in China a lot, visited the Norinco Factory. He said the factory GM was scared shitless of a Party -type that was present. We stopped doing business with them a bit later. My suggestion is not to buy something made by any Norinco factory, regardless of how attractive it might be.

Posted by: Ribald Conservative riding Orca at February 04, 2014 08:22 PM (+1T7c)

503 "That picture is from Afghanistan, early on I think. You are probably thinking about the last Huey out of Vietnam."

There's an iconic photo of a Huey loading on a rooftop in Saigon which is often represented as being the very last flight out, from the roof of the U.S. Embassy.

If I'm remembering correctly, the photo in question was not actually *the* last flight, nor was it from the embassy roof. It was actually from a CIA annex nearby.

Posted by: torquewrench at February 04, 2014 08:23 PM (gqT4g)

504 We should drone his ass. Meeting with the Taliban and all. Would make my immediate future a little less complicated. Posted by: Bomber at February 05, 2014 12:19 AM (G8OL9) Ya know, since the Left keep on saying that America is an Imperialist power, we just as might get the benefit of it. I say we join with India to take over Pakistan and Afghanistan permanently, with an A-bomb or two thrown in for s**ts and giggles. Also, screw that multi-culti diversity crap. Mandatory English lessons for everyone, just like those old timey Romans did.

Posted by: The Imperial Hat at February 04, 2014 08:23 PM (AymDN)

505 And a ladykiller voice. No homo.

Posted by: shredded chi at February 04, 2014 08:23 PM (uiO3l)

506 456 Just pointing out that the current history of unpleasentness as the State Department might say is typical of Democrats. They will back stab friends, allies, and their own grandmothers if it advances their agenda.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 05, 2014 12:21 AM (NNjb2) Hide posts from (NNjb2)

I don't get how it advances their agenda. Don't they think the rest of the world knows that Dems are backstabbers? It's not like we didn't figure it out, and we're morons.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 08:23 PM (T1005)

507 #19 I did let my daughter know that she is now my 2nd greatest achievement.

Posted by: buzzsaw90 at February 04, 2014 08:23 PM (FpHdx)

508 446 Alberta Oil Peon: "Anybody here have any wisdom on the Norinco 1911 clones, made in China?
They are available in Canada for $395, apparently. Ad claims they have
forged steel components and chrome-lined barrel."

Oh, my God, it's a Harbor Freight gun.

A gun-savvy friend of mine had a Norinco 1911 in the late 90s and he was quite happy with it. The frame, slide and barrel were solid and after upgrading a few parts he had nice shooting 1911 for under $500. Unfortunately by the time word got out that they were a good value (especially for building up a custom 1911) the supply had already dried up.

Posted by: Mætenloch at February 04, 2014 08:23 PM (XkotV)

509 They will back stab friends, allies, and their own grandmothers if it advances their agenda. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 05, 2014 12:21 AM (NNjb2) My Grandmother was a racist. She was a typical White woman.

Posted by: Barack Obama at February 04, 2014 08:24 PM (AymDN)

510 Calling in a preemptive strike on my next year's status by signing off.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 04, 2014 08:25 PM (aDwsi)

511 eleventy on the ladykiller voice. I have a serious crush on him.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 04, 2014 08:25 PM (4A8Dj)

512 460 451
I had a fkyingmswuirrels invasion in a house I own in North GA, no lie. I used to vacation rent it, but had to stop and close it out for a few weeks to let an exterminator close off their exits with one way traps which shut them out, which came at a minor cost of $815.00. Hate those little shits.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at February 05, 2014 12:22 AM (ojnk6)

/updated Target Deck

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 08:25 PM (x3YFz)

513 >>> They use slave labor in their factories. They use convict labor.

Just like the iPhone factory?

Posted by: Bomber at February 04, 2014 08:25 PM (G8OL9)

514 Tammy al-Thor at February 05, 2014 12:22 AM (4A8Dj) When life hands you iced in, pour rum and coke over it !!!!!

Posted by: Adriane... at February 04, 2014 08:25 PM (qoKTg)

515 >>> Also, screw that multi-culti diversity crap. Mandatory English lessons for everyone, just like those old timey Romans did.

Coke has a bottling facility in Kabul, so they can sing America the Beautiful in Pashto.

Posted by: Bomber at February 04, 2014 08:26 PM (G8OL9)

516 If I'm remembering correctly, the photo in question was not actually *the* last flight, nor was it from the embassy roof. It was actually from a CIA annex nearby.

Posted by: torquewrench at February 05, 2014 12:23 AM (gqT4g)

And if you look closely, it was a CIA 'Air America' helicopter.

Posted by: Mætenloch at February 04, 2014 08:27 PM (XkotV)

517 @ 433 [Weirddave] -- I got some of the best advice in the world when I was about Steve's age and got into an argument with my dad over some hours I'd put in while I was working as a maintenance guy at the same place he worked. The guy who was my supervisor happened to be a mutual friend of mine and my dad's, and after the dust-up, told me my dad was pretty upset afterward. (He's had some fairly serious blood pressure issues for as long as I can remember.)

I was adamant and more than a little indignant over the matter, as I'd spent those working hours doing a lot of mowing and trimming around some fairly sizable properties.

But, the mutual friend just looked at me and said, "You know, I can get it straightened out. But, you know, sometimes the least important thing is who was right."

I think about that every time I'm tempted to get into an argument with someone I care about.

Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at February 04, 2014 08:27 PM (m0h0I)

518 Adriane! Not a drinker!

Although I do love me some Co-Cola, but I keep the fridge so cold we don't need ice for it. Gets nice and slushy in those glass bottles.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 04, 2014 08:27 PM (4A8Dj)

519 I saw a Huey flying low over Interstate 70 this afternoon. I almost drove off the road looking at it. Number 14 on the Sock list. I don't know what I am supposed to feel. I endeavor to do less in 2014.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at February 04, 2014 08:27 PM (jucos)

520 Just like the iPhone factory? Posted by: Bomber I don't know anything about FoxComm, but Norinco is owned and controlled by the PLA.

Posted by: Ribald Conservative riding Orca at February 04, 2014 08:28 PM (+1T7c)

521 459 Bomber at February 05, 2014 12:19 AM (G8OL9)

Leave the drone! Take the cannoli!

Posted by: Adriane... at February 05, 2014 12:22 AM (qoKTg)

Classic line. Nice.

Great movie.

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 08:28 PM (x3YFz)

522 471 I was an absentee landlord Tango, no time to travel there and target shoot. The $815 solution worked, but was serious pissed about how much it cost.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at February 04, 2014 08:28 PM (ojnk6)

523 About 20% of the typical contents of the box are various Chinese "stainless steel" items, marked as such, covered in massive rust.>>

Any SST casting that may have rust on the surface can be the right alloy. Due to the lack of doing the after process of Passivisation. Free Iron from the casting process remains on the surface. Or Lax processing of SST with Iron wire wheels and contaminate grinding wheels will produce rusted surfaces. But more likely it is crap Chinese alloys. Or Indian.

Posted by: The Hickster at February 04, 2014 08:28 PM (TI3xG)

524 The current flavour of Progressive-Socialist Democrat views the world as an irritant and distraction from them transforming the US into a socialist utopia. So they will do anything, say anything, betray anyone to make the world go away. They are Isolationists but far far worse. And they have flipped a good chunk of the US population by peddling the meta-meme or nam-shub of 'think only of what is good for you, empower yourself, the US is imperialistic and evil, here have some EBT.'

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 04, 2014 08:28 PM (NNjb2)

525 I read about a Marine 46 flying evacs out of Saigon. Normal load is 22 passengers. They made it to the ship with well over 30 Vietnamese. Crew had discussed it quickly over ICS, decided, "they're all pretty small, get 'em on."

Posted by: Bomber at February 04, 2014 08:29 PM (G8OL9)

526 Wonder what 'I want to teach the world to sing' is in Dari?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 04, 2014 08:30 PM (NNjb2)

527 475 If I'm remembering correctly, the photo in question was not actually *the* last flight, nor was it from the embassy roof. It was actually from a CIA annex nearby.

Posted by: torquewrench at February 05, 2014 12:23 AM (gqT4g)

And if you look closely, it was a CIA 'Air America' helicopter.

Posted by: MÃ¦tenloch at February 05, 2014 12:27 AM (XkotV)

How old do you have to be to read just exactly those two comments and know exactly what is being referred to?

As old as me, evidently.

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 08:30 PM (x3YFz)

528 Sven's output is pretty amazing considering that he got hit with the banhammer and was off the Moron grid for at least 10 days.

Posted by: kbdabear at February 04, 2014 08:31 PM (aTXUx)

529 Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 11, 2014 12:45 PM (TE35l) Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at February 04, 2014 11:43 PM Most excellent post.... But the historical record shows that Democracies can only wage voluntary (non existence threatening) war for about 4 years before war weariness set in. And it is that war weariness that lost us Viet Nam (after we had won all the battles and had a Peace treaty)... and will loose us Afghanistan and Iraq. Heck.... there was a growing end the war movement even during WW2.... So... sadly... it seems the only way for a Democracy to Win an extended war.... is for the Civilians to pull the trigger on war.... but only allow the Military to decide when to declare that war over... Because otherwise... if the enemy is allowed to hold on... eventually Democracies will tire of War.... and it will end... prior to actual victory.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 04, 2014 08:32 PM (84gbM)

530 >>> Wonder what 'I want to teach the world to sing' is in Dari?

I used to know enough Pashto to figure it out, but I forgot most of it. Still remember how to cuss though.

Posted by: Bomber at February 04, 2014 08:32 PM (G8OL9)

531 Bomber at February 05, 2014 12:29 AM (G8OL9) If there is a God, somewhere Ted Kennedy watches the last helicopter leave without him ever day ... over and over again ...

Posted by: Adriane... at February 04, 2014 08:32 PM (qoKTg)

532 YAY, fluffy lost her virginity!!! Ms Tammy!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 04, 2014 08:33 PM (Wk/tg)

533 --Heh, that's funny. It's hilarious what inspires different people to creativity. Just getting ready for a trip to Denver tomorrow. That city's probably gonna be in a funk all week. ;-) ------------- Funny you say that about creativity, because I started The Mega Independent the month before (December 09) while I was waiting. I'd been sick with a nonstop Crohns flare throughout most of that year, and was doubly sick because of what the 'rats were doing to us. Politics feels so real to all of us, but for most, there's not a damn thing we can do to change anything and we should probably avoid it as much as possible. It's not worth the detrimental effects that the stress causes. Life is tough enough. Have a safe trip and be sure to laugh at them for me.

Posted by: The Mega Independent at February 04, 2014 08:33 PM (4/o9U)

534 >>> If there is a God, somewhere Ted Kennedy watches the last helicopter leave without him ever day ... over and over again ...

As the Oldsmobile he is in sinks below the water....

Posted by: Bomber at February 04, 2014 08:33 PM (G8OL9)

535 Bebe!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 04, 2014 08:33 PM (4A8Dj)

536 493 This, again and again..

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at February 04, 2014 08:34 PM (ojnk6)

537 So... sadly... it seems the only way for a Democracy to Win an extended war.... is for the Civilians to pull the trigger on war.... but only allow the Military to decide when to declare that war over...

Because otherwise... if the enemy is allowed to hold on... eventually Democracies will tire of War.... and it will end... prior to actual victory.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 05, 2014 12:32 AM (84gbM)

All out. As brutal as possible, because that makes it as short as it can be made. "It is a good thing that war is so terrible, lest we become too fond of it." Gen. R. E. Lee

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 04, 2014 08:34 PM (yh0zB)

538 Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 05, 2014 12:30 AM (NNjb2) Closer to O fortuna than you might think ... Dari == Latin grammared language ...

Posted by: Adriane... at February 04, 2014 08:34 PM (qoKTg)

539 LOS ANGELES Â» A substance-abuse counselor who drove 2 miles through a Los Angeles suburb with a dying man on her windshield was convicted today of second-degree murder, drunken driving and hit-and-run.

Sherri Lynn Wilkins showed no response as the Superior Court jury returned with its verdict.

http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/243622041.html?1i

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 04, 2014 08:34 PM (NNjb2)

540 I don't get how it advances their agenda. Don't they think the rest of the world knows that Dems are backstabbers? It's not like we didn't figure it out, and we're morons. Posted by: cthulhu at February 05, 2014 12:23 AM (T1005) Most other countries don't know the difference between Dems and Reps, they just know that "The Americans" screwed them over. Broad paint brush.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at February 04, 2014 08:34 PM (HxSXm)

541 If there is a God, somewhere Ted Kennedy watches the last helicopter leave without him ever day ... over and over again ...

Posted by: Adriane... at February 05, 2014 12:32 AM (qoKTg)

_________________________

Even better would be for that fat bastard to watch Mary Jo Kopechne swim away from the Oldsmobile leaving him trapped inside. Every. Single. Day. Over and over again. Ad infinitum.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at February 04, 2014 08:35 PM (jucos)

542 If there is a God, somewhere Ted Kennedy watches the last helicopter leave without him ever day ... over and over again ...>>

No Mary Jo's door opens and his dosen't

Posted by: The Hickster at February 04, 2014 08:35 PM (TI3xG)

543 If there is a God, somewhere Ted Kennedy watches the last helicopter leave without him ever day ... over and over again ..................... Or he's in an Oldsmobile that's alternating between a quarter, and a half an inch of air.

Posted by: The Mega Independent at February 04, 2014 08:35 PM (4/o9U)

544 493 >>> If there is a God, somewhere Ted Kennedy watches the last helicopter leave without him ever day ... over and over again ...

As the Oldsmobile he is in sinks below the water....
Posted by: Bomber at February 05, 2014 12:33 AM (G8OL9) Hide posts from (G8OL9)

While being 'sandwiched' between two ugly, repulsive demons.....

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 08:35 PM (T1005)

545 While being 'sandwiched' between two ugly, repulsive demons.....

Helen Thomas and Margaret Sanger?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 04, 2014 08:36 PM (NNjb2)

546 Was it in LA also where the lady hit a homeless guy and then drove him with him still impaled on the windshield and left him in the garage for several days? Same lady here or another case?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 04, 2014 08:36 PM (4A8Dj)

547
How old do you have to be to read just exactly those two comments and know exactly what is being referred to?

As old as me, evidently.

Posted by: tangonine at February 05, 2014 12:30 AM (x3YFz)

No wonder that progressive talk radio network failed. They were misusing the traffic helicopter!

/Gen X hipster douchenozzle

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 04, 2014 08:37 PM (aYjRw)

548

I think the Hat is on to something, this occurred to me when reading a sidebar item about Repukes negotiating with Dems in the Senate about amnesty. Here is the correct response:

You got your amnesty in 1986. Where is the border security that was promised? Where is the mandatory E-Verify system?

You will get nothing, period. No path to citizenship, no legal status to come out of the shadows. No more chain migration. You will build a fence, you will approve an increase in the size of the Border Patrol, and you will not de-prioritize the deportation of any illegal who comes to the attention of law enforcement.

Furthermore, English will become the official language of the United States.

Do all these things, give it a decade to prove they're working, and then and only then will we discuss amnesty for those still here, and by amnesty we mean "will not be prosecuted". Go to the end of the line like everyone else who followed the rules.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 04, 2014 08:37 PM (d7H2D)

549 Posted by: cthulhu at February 05, 2014 12:35 AM (T1005)

Is one of the demons Helen Thomas?

Posted by: Iasonas at February 04, 2014 08:37 PM (FHNkr)

550 AOP, you won't find Harbor Freight in Canada, but trust me, it is not a place where I would comfortably buy something as complex as a firearm. A hammer or some pliers, sure.

Anyway, I have a box full of low value scrap metal out in the garage that I periodically go upend at the local recycling station. About 20% of the typical contents of the box are various Chinese "stainless steel" items, marked as such, covered in massive rust. Keep that in mind when you read about "forged steel components and chrome-lined barrel".

Posted by: torquewrench at February 05, 2014 12:16 AM (gqT4g)

I have bought stuff from Harbor Freight, and your description made me chuckle. We have Princess Auto here in Canada, which are similar stores, but generally even larger, with a large section of (mostly) manufacturers" surplus and (a little) military surplus. They have house brands on many hand and power tools, the bulk of which are made in China. Some stuff is good, some is shitty, and some is so-so, but can be made right with a little effort.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 04, 2014 08:37 PM (60Q+L)

551 All out. As brutal as possible, because that makes it as short as it can be made. Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 05, 2014 12:34 AM (yh0zB) Yep. We're too careful now and it drags on too long.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 04, 2014 08:38 PM (4A8Dj)

552 504 While being 'sandwiched' between two ugly, repulsive demons.....

Helen Thomas and Margaret Sanger?
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 05, 2014 12:36 AM (NNjb2) Hide posts from (NNjb2)

Well, that would certainly cover the ugly and repulsive part....but I was thinking staff, not clients.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 08:38 PM (T1005)

553 Coothie beat me to the sandwich, but I'm going with teddy between Helen Thomas & Madeline Albright.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 04, 2014 08:39 PM (Wk/tg)

554 Also, screw that multi-culti diversity crap. Mandatory English lessons for everyone, just like those old timey Romans did. The Romans insisted everyone learn English? That's damned odd, I would think Latin would be a better choice for them.

Posted by: Weird "teasing the hat" dave at February 04, 2014 08:39 PM (N/cFh)

555 Different case Tammy. Sherri Lynn and her killer car were stopped by bystanders at a traffic light.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 04, 2014 08:39 PM (NNjb2)

556 Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 05, 2014 12:37 AM (d7H2D) Add in... militarize the border... After all... isn't that what the Military is supposed to be doing? Protecting us from Invasion? Hell... we got more troops protecting the GERMAN borders than we do the US.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 04, 2014 08:39 PM (84gbM)

557 >>> ...teddy between Helen Thomas & Madeline Albright.

Isn't Madame Secretary still with us?

Posted by: Bomber at February 04, 2014 08:40 PM (G8OL9)

558 486 475
If I'm remembering correctly, the photo in question was not actually
*the* last flight, nor was it from the embassy roof. It was actually
from a CIA annex nearby.

Posted by: torquewrench at February 05, 2014 12:23 AM (gqT4g)

And if you look closely, it was a CIA 'Air America' helicopter.

Posted by: MÃ¦tenloch at February 05, 2014 12:27 AM (XkotV)

How old do you have to be to read just exactly those two comments and know exactly what is being referred to?

As old as me, evidently.

Posted by: tangonine at February 05, 2014 12:30 AM (x3YFz)

I know the references, and my parents weren't even dating at the time the last helicopter flew out of Saigon.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 04, 2014 08:40 PM (d7H2D)

559 Coothie beat me to the sandwich, but I'm going with teddy between Helen Thomas & Madeline Albright. I vote for two giant female preying mantis ...

Posted by: Adriane... at February 04, 2014 08:40 PM (qoKTg)

560 >>> YAY, fluffy lost her virginity!!! Don't tell my wife.

Posted by: fluffy at February 04, 2014 08:41 PM (Ua6T/)

561 Politics feels so real to all of us, but for most, there's not a damn thing we can do to change anything and we should probably avoid it as much as possible. It's not worth the detrimental effects that the stress causes. Life is tough enough. Have a safe trip and be sure to laugh at them for me. Posted by: The Mega Independent at February 05, 2014 12:33 AM (4/o9U) --Will do. They'll probably already be gigggling and stoned. And yeah, I am working to reduce my own stress and BP. Better start with the insomnia. Off to bed. Have a good night!

Posted by: logprof at February 04, 2014 08:41 PM (X3GkB)

562 518 Coothie beat me to the sandwich, but I'm going with teddy between Helen Thomas & Madeline Albright. I vote for two giant female preying mantis ... Posted by: Adriane... at February 05, 2014 12:40 AM (qoKTg) Nah.... Demons made up to look like Maggie Thatcher, and Golda Meyer.... that would REALLY be hell for Teddy...

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 04, 2014 08:42 PM (84gbM)

563 The Romans insisted everyone learn English? That's damned odd, I would think Latin would be a better choice for them.

There's no Latin word that works as well for Christmas Tree as English does.

They had an Empire of dangerous fucks to deal with.

Posted by: The Hickster at February 04, 2014 08:42 PM (TI3xG)

564 Posted by: Weird "teasing the hat" dave at February 05, 2014 12:39 AM (N/cFh)

Do not taunt Fun Happy Hat...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 04, 2014 08:42 PM (yh0zB)

565 509 AOP, you won't find Harbor Freight in Canada, but
trust me, it is not a place where I would comfortably buy something as
complex as a firearm. A hammer or some pliers, sure.

Anyway, I
have a box full of low value scrap metal out in the garage that I
periodically go upend at the local recycling station. About 20% of the
typical contents of the box are various Chinese "stainless steel" items,
marked as such, covered in massive rust. Keep that in mind when you
read about "forged steel components and chrome-lined barrel".

Posted by: torquewrench at February 05, 2014 12:16 AM (gqT4g)

I have bought stuff from Harbor Freight, and your description made me chuckle. We have Princess Auto here in Canada, which are similar stores, but generally even larger, with a large section of (mostly) manufacturers" surplus and (a little) military surplus. They have house brands on many hand and power tools, the bulk of which are made in China. Some stuff is good, some is shitty, and some is so-so, but can be made right with a little effort.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 05, 2014 12:37 AM (60Q+L) Hide posts from (60Q+L)

Harbor Freight (disclosure -- sister's husband used to write their ads) has some buried gems among their stuff -- their mini-mill is built in the same factory on the same line as Grizzly's -- it's just a different color. OTOH, quite a bit of their stuff is sufficient for a single use but loses its edge/breaks/rusts out before a second use.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 08:43 PM (T1005)

566 507 Great comment CC, and dead on. These idiots always fall for Lucy holding the football. Call them on their past promises, and lack of follow through on ssme, and sit back and watch them squirm in response.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at February 04, 2014 08:43 PM (ojnk6)

567 478 I saw a Huey flying low over Interstate 70 this afternoon. I almost drove off the road looking at it. Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at February 05, 2014 12:27 AM (jucos) I've seen lots of Hueys flying, although not lately. There was one time in the 1980s when I was working in a gas station and a customer who I'm pretty sure was Vietnamese was paying me. A Huey flew over. I didn't think anything of it but he looked up and I can't describe the expression on his face. I don't know whether it was concern or alarm or what. I think it might have brought back memories for him. --- The time *I* almost drove off the road was when I saw a B-24 coming in for a landing. It was arriving for an air show. I ended up going inside it as a static display that weekend.

Posted by: rickl at February 04, 2014 08:43 PM (sdi6R)

568 The Romans insisted everyone learn English? That's damned odd, I would think Latin would be a better choice for them. Let's ask Mr. Peabody ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIAdHEwiAy8

Posted by: Adriane... at February 04, 2014 08:44 PM (qoKTg)

569 ROMANES EUNT DOMUS

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at February 04, 2014 08:44 PM (jucos)

570 496 So... sadly... it seems the only way for a Democracy
to Win an extended war.... is for the Civilians to pull the trigger on
war.... but only allow the Military to decide when to declare that war
over...

Because otherwise... if the enemy is allowed to hold on...
eventually Democracies will tire of War.... and it will end... prior to
actual victory.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 05, 2014 12:32 AM (84gbM)

All out. As brutal as possible, because that makes it as short as it can be made. "It is a good thing that war is so terrible, lest we become too fond of it." Gen. R. E. Lee

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 05, 2014 12:34 AM (yh0zB)

I hope and pray, nightly, that this is not the end of our republic. As an man whose served his republic in uniform I can tell you that, without a doubt we do NOT want a civil war.

I am not smart enough to figure a way out of this while keeping the republic intact. But I guess that just means that wasn't why I was put on this earth.

killing each other is never the solution, but dammit, I do NOT know what the solution is. To some extent, as a warrior, you have to feel like you've failed when the only option is the option you hate.

This cannot happen. We have to grind it out on the ground by being good men and women. Every day. Not by pulling triggers.

War is easy. This is hard.

Do the hard.

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 08:44 PM (x3YFz)

571 While being 'sandwiched' between two ugly, repulsive demons..... Helen Thomas and Margaret Sanger? Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 05, 2014 12:36 AM (NNjb2) Hide posts from (NNjb2) Even WE have standardsÂ…

Posted by: Murmur, Great Duke and Earl of Hell at February 04, 2014 08:44 PM (AymDN)

572 * returns to fling some estrogen at tangonine*. Goodnight, my fan.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at February 04, 2014 08:46 PM (r+7wo)

573 Also, screw that multi-culti diversity crap. Mandatory English lessons for everyone, just like those old timey Romans did. The Romans insisted everyone learn English? That's damned odd, I would think Latin would be a better choice for them. Posted by: Weird "teasing the hat" dave at February 05, 2014 12:39 AM (N/cFh) Didn't you watch the movie "Gladiator"? They were all speaking English!

Posted by: The Ahistorical Hat at February 04, 2014 08:47 PM (AymDN)

574 There is absolutely no way in hell the Romans spoke English, which is largely a construct that comes way after Latin. Even "Old English" comes a thousand years after Latin.

Posted by: navybrat at February 04, 2014 08:47 PM (AW7Gr)

575 Posted by: Romeo13 at February 05, 2014 12:39 AM (84gbM)

I always thought a good bumper sticker would be:

"Bring the Troops Home (and put them on the border)"

That kind of thing works well on the progs because they're stupid. They see "Bring the Troops Home" and their onesie jammies start getting wet, but then they see the rest of the slogan and due to their inability to think, they just get confused and quiet.

Posted by: Iasonas at February 04, 2014 08:47 PM (FHNkr)

576 Do not taunt Fun Happy Hat... For some reason I read that at "Fappy Hat" and thought "I don't want to know...maybe it was something Anna Puma posted"

Posted by: Weird "not fapping" Dave at February 04, 2014 08:47 PM (N/cFh)

577 When did ace become a German company? Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at February 04, 2014 10:28 PM (RZ8pf) Du hast es nie gekannt. Immer er wurde eines Deutsch geschaeft.

Posted by: R Krupp u. Sohns at February 04, 2014 08:48 PM (3sZO1)

578 Seems to me that the only recent war that ended conclusively and turned out well involved nuking two cities.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 08:48 PM (T1005)

579 Of course the Romans spoke English.

Because in the movies and shows about Rome all the characters had British accents.

Duh.

Posted by: Iasonas at February 04, 2014 08:48 PM (FHNkr)

580 Don't drag me into this Weird Dave.... go fap yourself in private.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 04, 2014 08:48 PM (NNjb2)

581 whoah guys... is Miss Tammy still here? and what happening?

Posted by: gushka can has Kittys what plays fetch! at February 04, 2014 08:49 PM (f858s)

582 516 Isn't Madame Secretary still with us? Posted by: Bomber at February 05, 2014 12:40 AM (G8OL9) Technically. Although she's more like the living dead.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 04, 2014 08:49 PM (Wk/tg)

583 Hi gushka!

Posted by: Bomber at February 04, 2014 08:50 PM (G8OL9)

584 Posted by: cthulhu at February 05, 2014 12:48 AM (T1005)

Not to mention what we did to Dresden.

Posted by: Iasonas at February 04, 2014 08:50 PM (FHNkr)

585 All trolls (who are average joe) will henceforth have their comments left intact and their sig changed to "Ich bin eine sitzpinkler".

Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 04, 2014 08:50 PM (d7H2D)

586 Gushka! Feeling better, I hope?

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 08:50 PM (T1005)

587 Didn't you watch the movie "Gladiator"? They were all speaking English! Oh, everyone knows that was a reenactment, not actual historical footage. It was in color, actual footage from Roman times is in black and white.

Posted by: Weirddave at February 04, 2014 08:50 PM (N/cFh)

588 So, we are believing what goes on in movies, are we?
Morons, aye.

Posted by: navybrat at February 04, 2014 08:50 PM (AW7Gr)

589 I am not smart enough to figure a way out of this while keeping the republic intact. But I guess that just means that wasn't why I was put on this earth.

killing each other is never the solution, but dammit, I do NOT know what the solution is. To some extent, as a warrior, you have to feel like you've failed when the only option is the option you hate.

This cannot happen. We have to grind it out on the ground by being good men and women. Every day. Not by pulling triggers.

War is easy. This is hard.

Do the hard.>>

I hope for the political solution. That there are enough of us that remember a prosperous and Proud America that will rise up and vote. But I fear it is too late and blood must be shed for my Children and Grand Children to have any hope to see the wonders of freedom I was blessed to see.

Posted by: The Hickster at February 04, 2014 08:50 PM (TI3xG)

590 529 Agreed. Been there and done that. This is not the way to turn things wround, as easy as it is for those one the web to call for a LIB stance. This is something no one wants, as much as they may naively call for it.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at February 04, 2014 08:52 PM (ojnk6)

591

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 05, 2014 12:34 AM (NNjb2)

Apparently she took this 'substance abuse counciling' job to a new level.

Posted by: PMRich at February 04, 2014 08:52 PM (KDUNf)

592 America is no longer in the business of winning wars. The hearts and minds PC bullshit has killed the best military the world has ever known. Our enemies only have to wait us out and we'll leave. Shame it is.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at February 04, 2014 08:52 PM (jucos)

593 543 Posted by: cthulhu at February 05, 2014 12:48 AM (T1005)

Not to mention what we did to Dresden.
Posted by: Iasonas at February 05, 2014 12:50 AM (FHNkr) Hide posts from (FHNkr)

That worked, too -- but I was thinking of the end of the war.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 08:52 PM (T1005)

594 Didn't you watch the movie "Gladiator"? They were all speaking English! tru dat! Same as I, Cladius ....

Posted by: Adriane... at February 04, 2014 08:53 PM (qoKTg)

595 I probably should sign out now cause that was more truth from my heart than I should be telling in the current environ.

Good Night all and may you and yours be safe.

Posted by: The Hickster at February 04, 2014 08:53 PM (TI3xG)

596 Didn't you watch the movie "Gladiator"? They were all speaking English! Posted by: The Ahistorical Hat at February 05, 2014 12:47 Ever notice how every ancient culture in movies have English accents?

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 04, 2014 08:53 PM (Wk/tg)

597 Everyone talking about the end of the Republic, however it ends, should go watch this by Bill Whittle. Like he says, "I'm not looking forward to mine". https://www.billwhittle.com/afterburner/boiling-frogs

Posted by: Weirddave at February 04, 2014 08:53 PM (N/cFh)

598 PMRich, she was self-medicating with vodka, beer, and a Clamato. And the poor guy to quote her 'fell out of the sky.'

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 04, 2014 08:53 PM (NNjb2)

599 For some reason I read that at "Fappy Hat" and thought "I don't want to know...maybe it was something Anna Puma posted"

Posted by: Weird "not fapping" Dave at February 05, 2014 12:47 AM (N/cFh)

Fappy Hat?

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Over/under on how long it takes TPH to incorporate that as one of his many socks...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 04, 2014 08:55 PM (yh0zB)

600 Good night, Hickster ...

Posted by: Adriane... at February 04, 2014 08:55 PM (qoKTg)

601 I hope for the political solution. That there are enough of us that remember a prosperous and Proud America that will rise up and vote. But I fear it is too late and blood must be shed for my Children and Grand Children to have any hope to see the wonders of freedom I was blessed to see.

Posted by: The Hickster at February 05, 2014 12:50 AM (TI3xG)

Hold the line.

We have no leadership, so... as I said, the only option is the worst one. Unless something changes:

We fight.

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 08:55 PM (x3YFz)

602 553 Didn't you watch the movie "Gladiator"? They were all speaking English!

tru dat!

Same as I, Cladius .... Posted by: Adriane... at February 05, 2014 12:53 AM (qoKTg) Hide posts from (qoKTg)

Yeah! You can tell "I, Claudius" was really accurate because they sounded very British -- that's a sign that it's Imperial.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 08:55 PM (T1005)

603 560 I'm in.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at February 04, 2014 08:56 PM (ojnk6)

604 I love Eddie Izzard's bit about Star Wars and how the villains in movies tend to be British.

Posted by: Iasonas at February 04, 2014 08:57 PM (FHNkr)

605 >>>1 [28133 comments] 'sven10077' [77.08 posts/day = 1 comment every 18.7 minutes There was a time about 5 years ago when I was ALMOST a regular. I was posting on almost every thread, sometime multiple times. I'm not sure exactly why I'm sharing this, but it always seemed cool to be a regular. like hanging out on the set of cheers, where "everybody knows you name." Over the years I've seem some regulars become cobloggers and I sometimes envy them for some reason, which is dumb because who needs any more responsibility, right? I love you guys, man. Alcohol must be kicking in. Some amazing people here, many I have loved and hated with equal measure.

Posted by: Need a cool sig still at February 04, 2014 08:57 PM (QCc6B)

606 563 I love Eddie Izzard's bit about Star Wars and how the villains in movies tend to be British. Love Eddie. Cake or Death?!

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 04, 2014 08:58 PM (Wk/tg)

607 Ever notice how every ancient culture in movies have English accents? Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 05, 2014 12:53 AM (Wk/tg) That is because the English and Americans are evil Anglo-normative oppressors! Everyone knows the Romans were Black and spoke SwahiliÂ…

Posted by: The Ahistorical Hat at February 04, 2014 08:59 PM (AymDN)

608 Fappy Hat? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Over/under on how long it takes TPH to incorporate that as one of his many socks... Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 05, 2014 12:55 AM (yh0zB) Five minutes.

Posted by: The Fappy Hat at February 04, 2014 08:59 PM (AymDN)

609 PMRich, she was self-medicating with vodka, beer, and a Clamato. And the poor guy to quote her 'fell out of the sky.'

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 05, 2014 12:53 AM (NNjb2)

Vodka and Clamato, with a shot of Tabasco and Worcestershire sauce, is a Caesar, and a very fine drink it is, too. But not while driving. That's tacky.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 04, 2014 09:00 PM (60Q+L)

610 Later all, time to go play EandI on a failed solenoid valve. This is gonna be fun - 5th floor in freezing rain, now that the snow / sleet stopped.

Posted by: PMRich at February 04, 2014 09:02 PM (KDUNf)

611 Over/under on how long it takes TPH to incorporate that as one of his many socks... Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Five minutes. Posted by: The Fappy Hat at February 05, 2014 12:59 AM That long huh?

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 04, 2014 09:02 PM (Wk/tg)

612 Obviously TPH was playing a Japanese dating sim game and got the 14 year old tsundere again.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 04, 2014 09:02 PM (NNjb2)

613 school boards. county elections. zoning meetings, state legislators, sheriffs.

Get in there. Invite a friend or 10.

be nice
be respectful
Don't give an inch.

hold that line.

Posted by: tangonine at February 04, 2014 09:03 PM (x3YFz)

614 Oh, Maet.....I thought of more cool stats.....we know there are 48129 unique hashes, and that the top 20 range from 8682 to 28133 comments per....but what's the breakdown on the lower numbers? How many commented just once? twice? It'd obviously have to be a count rather than a list. What's the median? What's the mean? How much does Sven skew the mean all by his lonesome? (Actually, I can figure the last two myself with the information you've already given.)

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 09:03 PM (T1005)

615

I'm told the Great White Death is quite nasty here in Ohio right now. I have no windows in the ER here, but Mrs. Crank texts me that it's almost pure ice falling from the sky by now.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 04, 2014 09:03 PM (d7H2D)

616

I'm told the Great White Death is quite nasty here in Ohio right now.

It has switched over to rain in Cincy already. Now really off to have my fun

Posted by: PMRich at February 04, 2014 09:04 PM (KDUNf)

617 Well, the snow and ice appears to have moved out of my area. If the Good Lord's willing and the creek don't rise, the '72 Fender Telecaster Thinline Reissue I bought from BignJames (at an insanely good price!) will be arriving at my doorstep tomorrow.

Can we all form a prayer circle for the safe and expedient travels of my FedEx driver?

Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at February 04, 2014 09:04 PM (m0h0I)

618 Tired. G'nite all. Seriously, watch the Whittle video I linked above at 556*. Sobering. *Maybe appropriate....5.56? Hmmmm.

Posted by: Weirddave at February 04, 2014 09:05 PM (N/cFh)

619 If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever.

George Orwell

Posted by: Iasonas at February 04, 2014 09:06 PM (FHNkr)

620 556 is better than 666. But not as good as 762.

Posted by: Bomber at February 04, 2014 09:06 PM (G8OL9)

621 578 We was a litrle late in his predictions, but prescient nonetheless...

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at February 04, 2014 09:08 PM (ojnk6)

622 573 Oh, Maet.....I thought of more cool stats.....we know there are 48129 unique hashes, and that the top 20 range from 8682 to 28133 comments per....but what's the breakdown on the lower numbers? How many commented just once? twice? It'd obviously have to be a count rather than a list. What's the median? What's the mean? How much does Sven skew the mean all by his lonesome? (Actually, I can figure the last two myself with the information you've already given.)

Posted by: cthulhu at February 05, 2014 01:03 AM (T1005)

Hmm it'd be interesting to plot a histogram of the commenting numbers and see if say 200 commenters account for half of all comments.

Posted by: Mætenloch at February 04, 2014 09:08 PM (XkotV)

623

Sounds like Maet needs an ~~idiot~~ intern to compile some statistics for him.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 04, 2014 09:10 PM (d7H2D)

624 Average (mean) number of comments per commenter -- 1510735 / 48129 = 31.38929. Average without Sven -- 1482602 / 48128 = 30.80539. Top 5 commenters -- 94054; Top 10 -- 157985. Average without top 5 -- 29.43814.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 09:11 PM (T1005)

625 Well lads and ladies, I'm out. Later roonz and roonettez, fear no evil!

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 04, 2014 09:11 PM (yh0zB)

626 I remember over at Fat Chuck's place where he designated certain Posters as the 5 millionth commenter and 7 millionth commenter..... Fookin stupid. There was no actual prize for it so why bother.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at February 04, 2014 09:12 PM (jucos)

627 Wow, that was fast cthulhu. Hope you got a housing allowance, or at least a "No cigars" clause.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 04, 2014 09:12 PM (d7H2D)

628 Everyone knows the Romans were Black and spoke SwahiliÂ…

Posted by: The Ahistorical Hat at February 05, 2014 12:59 AM (AymDN)

Friends, romans, and you utha mutha fuckas.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 04, 2014 09:12 PM (FMbng)

629 >>> ... you utha mutha fuckas.

Is that Swahili?

Posted by: Bomber at February 04, 2014 09:14 PM (G8OL9)

630 586 Wow, that was fast cthulhu. Hope you got a housing allowance, or at least a "No cigars" clause. Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 05, 2014 01:12 AM (d7H2D) Hide posts from (d7H2D)

Nah, comes from being a CPA.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 09:14 PM (T1005)

631 587 Everyone knows the Romans were Black and spoke SwahiliÂ…

Posted by: The Ahistorical Hat at February 05, 2014 12:59 AM (AymDN)

Friends, romans, and you utha mutha fuckas.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 05, 2014 01:12 AM (FMbng) Hide posts from (FMbng)

LOL.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 09:14 PM (T1005)

632 I know for a fact that my hash changes often. Something to do with being on a phone. And this makes three times today that I had to re-enter my name & email. What's up with that?

Posted by: shredded chi at February 04, 2014 09:15 PM (uiO3l)

633 Hmm it'd be interesting to plot a histogram of the commenting numbers and see if say 200 commenters account for half of all comments. Posted by: MÃ¦tenloch at February 05, 2014 01:08 AM Sven doesn't account for 50% all by himself?!

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 04, 2014 09:15 PM (Wk/tg)

634 588 >>> ... you utha mutha fuckas.

Is that Swahili?
Posted by: Bomber at February 05, 2014 01:14 AM (G8OL9) Hide posts from (G8OL9)

It's as much Swahili as the dialogue in "I, Claudius" was in Latin.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 09:15 PM (T1005)

635

Everyone knows the Romans were Black and spoke SwahiliÂ…

Posted by: The Ahistorical Hat at February 05, 2014 12:59 AM (AymDN)

_____________________

You mean African American?

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at February 04, 2014 09:16 PM (jucos)

636 Obviously TPH was playing a Japanese dating sim game and got the 14 year old tsundere again. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 05, 2014 01:02 AM (NNjb2) No. No. No. They are all 18 years old exactly, right? Jr. High school uniforms are jus thte trendy thing college girls do, right?

Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at February 04, 2014 09:16 PM (AymDN)

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Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at February 04, 2014 09:17 PM (m0h0I)

638 Everyone knows the Romans were Black and spoke SwahiliÂ… Posted by: The Ahistorical Hat at February 05, 2014 12:59 AM (AymDN) Friends, romans, and you utha mutha fuckas. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 05, 2014 01:12 AM (FMbng) Hide posts from (FMbng) There are people who actually claim thatÂ… Also, Vikings were all Black as wellÂ… http://realhistoryww.com/

Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at February 04, 2014 09:18 PM (AymDN)

639 529 I hope and pray, nightly, that this is not the end of our republic. As an man whose served his republic in uniform I can tell you that, without a doubt we do NOT want a civil war. I am not smart enough to figure a way out of this while keeping the republic intact. But I guess that just means that wasn't why I was put on this earth. killing each other is never the solution, but dammit, I do NOT know what the solution is. To some extent, as a warrior, you have to feel like you've failed when the only option is the option you hate. This cannot happen. We have to grind it out on the ground by being good men and women. Every day. Not by pulling triggers. War is easy. This is hard. Do the hard. Posted by: tangonine at February 05, 2014 12:44 AM (x3YFz) That is an excellent comment, tangonine. Unfortunately, we are no longer a republic, but a democracy. That has been the case for decades, arguably since the New Deal, but certainly since the Great Society. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide. ~John Adams Democracy is the most vile form of government... democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention: have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property: and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths. ~James Madison I see no way to vote our way out of this, now that thoughtful, intelligent, educated, and productive citizens have become outnumbered by LIVs and parasites.

Posted by: rickl at February 04, 2014 09:18 PM (sdi6R)

640 I have an Ipad. I can't even figure out how to work the frigging thing.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 04, 2014 09:19 PM (FMbng)

641 Sven doesn't account for 50% all by himself?!

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 05, 2014 01:15 AM (Wk/tg)

One might think so but according to the math he's responsible for less than 2% of the comments.

So the good news is that if blog enemies were to somehow take out sven, the blog would still keep on chugging.

Posted by: Mætenloch at February 04, 2014 09:19 PM (XkotV)

642 62 It'd be cool if we could see "top lurkers." Something like highest number of page refresh to comments

not refresh how many hours lurking i would be top ten

Posted by: jimmytheclaw at February 04, 2014 09:19 PM (VCoi8)

643 BTW -- 'Rons n' 'Ettes who have them fancy, highfalutin iPad and iPhone whirligigs can get 50 gigs of cloud storage free here, should they be so inclined: Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at February 05, 2014 01:17 AM (m0h0I) Don't trust the cloud. Anything you put there ain't yours no moreÂ… A little mood music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI2inwSbJE4

Posted by: Nuage Fractal at February 04, 2014 09:20 PM (AymDN)

644 DDR, there has to be a catch...

Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 04, 2014 09:20 PM (d7H2D)

645 Little known fact...... The marauding Vikings were African American as well.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at February 04, 2014 09:20 PM (jucos)

646 598 Wow. Agreed, and great post.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at February 04, 2014 09:20 PM (ojnk6)

647 591 I know for a fact that my hash changes often. Something to do with being on a phone.

And this makes three times today that I had to re-enter my name & email. What's up with that? Posted by: shredded chi at February 05, 2014 01:15 AM (uiO3l) Hide posts from (uiO3l)

I can tell you that it's nothing personal -- Pixy weirdness occurs in cycles. I've had this hash for a comparatively long time, even through router reboots and ISP and power outages....but I've also seen times when I had a different one every three days for a month -- on the same computer, with the same router, on the same ISP, and hadn't had to reset a clock for a power outage. I think it's when you get a runt hamster.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 09:20 PM (T1005)

648 There are people who actually claim thatÂ…

Also, Vikings were all Black as wellÂ…

http://realhistoryww.com/

Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at February 05, 2014 01:18 AM (AymDN)

I think these guys might have something to say about that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARnBgW5XgSo

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 04, 2014 09:21 PM (FMbng)

649 Ok Maet.... What if I left and took Peaches with me. Hurts right?

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at February 04, 2014 09:22 PM (jucos)

650 Hi guys! yeah Coothie i am WAYYYYYYY better now. I was washing linnen to sew and i had to fold some huge pieces that were gettin all messed up like Motherfcukers. My nose is still tickling a little and i have been sneezing a lot
but i have felt horrible because Uncle Horse and Neice Horse have not been exercised much, since i got the pneumonia. I finally just asked a friend to turn them out.

But the cats are fat and sassy, and i am getting my feet under me. how you doing since things took a turn for the Dramatic? i have been worried for you.

Posted by: gushka can has Kittys what plays fetch! at February 04, 2014 09:22 PM (f858s)

651 The Gevalia Coffee Guy? African American

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at February 04, 2014 09:23 PM (jucos)

652 @ 603 [CC] -- It always does seem that way, doesn't it? At the very least, 602 [Nuage Fractal] has hit on one of them, I reckon.

Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at February 04, 2014 09:23 PM (m0h0I)

653 *shoves through the Interwebs to TPH the episode of Space Dandy where he arrests a tentacled loli girl*

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 04, 2014 09:24 PM (NNjb2)

654 Fabio? African American

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at February 04, 2014 09:24 PM (jucos)

655 608 Ok Maet.... What if I left and took Peaches with me. Hurts right?

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at February 05, 2014 01:22 AM (jucos)

Well let me see here - according to Andy's models, that would result in only a 5.2% drop in morale. So we're still okay. :-)

Posted by: Mætenloch at February 04, 2014 09:24 PM (XkotV)

656
I think these guys might have something to say about that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARnBgW5XgSo

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 05, 2014 01:21 AM (FMbng)

My BIL is a swede and he is VERY viking, and not even a little black. My ex was Norwegian Sammi, and tho they look a little asian, but though inclined to be uncivilized, and alcoholic they also arent even a little black. I think those people are CONFUSED.

Posted by: gushka can has Kittys what plays fetch! at February 04, 2014 09:25 PM (f858s)

657 >>> tentacled loli girl

Well shit, that phrase makes for an interesting image search.

Posted by: Bomber at February 04, 2014 09:25 PM (G8OL9)

658 Well let me see here - according to Andy's models, that would result in only a 5.2% drop in morale. So we're still okay. :-)

Posted by: MÃ¦tenloch at February 05, 2014 01:24 AM (XkotV)

____________________

With Peaches making up the majority of that morale drop. ..... I get it.... I get it. Let's pick on the guy what has the back hair and lazy eye....

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at February 04, 2014 09:26 PM (jucos)

659 "Things were better under Stalin. People had everything. The only thing was, if you spoke out, they killed you." Nice to know what young Russians value these days, and it certainly ain't freedom.

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at February 04, 2014 09:26 PM (itCai)

660 609 Hi guys! yeah Coothie i am WAYYYYYYY better now. I was washing linnen to sew and i had to fold some huge pieces that were gettin all messed up like Motherfcukers. My nose is still tickling a little and i have been sneezing a lot
but i have felt horrible because Uncle Horse and Neice Horse have not been exercised much, since i got the pneumonia. I finally just asked a friend to turn them out.

But the cats are fat and sassy, and i am getting my feet under me. how you doing since things took a turn for the Dramatic? i have been worried for you.
Posted by: gushka can has Kittys what plays fetch! at February 05, 2014 01:22 AM (f858s) Hide posts from (f858s)

I'm doing ok. I've been keeping in touch with Chi and doing a little focusing on stuff I need to do. I wish I was a little closer -- my riding skills are for shite (and I'm allergic), but I'd love to take them on walkies with a halter and maybe play ball in the ring.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 09:29 PM (T1005)

661

To paraphrase a historian from the last century:

Germany is an army in search of a country. Russia is a people in search of a tyrant.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 04, 2014 09:30 PM (d7H2D)

662 576 Well, the snow and ice appears to have moved out of my area. If the Good Lord's willing and the creek don't rise, the '72 Fender Telecaster Thinline Reissue I bought from BignJames (at an insanely good price!) will be arriving at my doorstep tomorrow. Can we all form a prayer circle for the safe and expedient travels of my FedEx driver? Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at February 05, 2014 01:04 AM (m0h0I) I'm with ya.....anticipate much?

Posted by: BignJames at February 04, 2014 09:30 PM (j7iSn)

663 618 "Things were better under Stalin. People had everything. The only thing was, if you spoke out, they killed you."

Nice to know what young Russians value these days, and it certainly ain't freedom.

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at February 05, 2014 01:26 AM (itCai)

my soviet era Soviet Russian friends would beg to differ. they didnt have everything, toilets actually were taken with you when you moved because you couldnt buy one for love or money, food was not in great variety. Toilet paper was hoarded even by the rich. And every day they lived in fear that someone with a grudge would say shit against them to the wrong person, and they would... Disappear.

they called it "the knock at the door." they had that in abundance and nobody wanted to hear it, coming for them.

Posted by: gushka can has Kittys what plays fetch! at February 04, 2014 09:30 PM (f858s)

664 I get it.... I get it. Let's pick on the guy what has the back hair and lazy eye.... Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at February 05, 2014 01:26 AM Hmmmm, sounds like a perfect match for Lauraw and her hump.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 04, 2014 09:32 PM (Wk/tg)

665
I'm doing ok. I've been keeping in touch with Chi and doing a little focusing on stuff I need to do. I wish I was a little closer -- my riding skills are for shite (and I'm allergic), but I'd love to take them on walkies with a halter and maybe play ball in the ring.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 05, 2014 01:29 AM (T1005)

You have no IDEA how happy it would make me to let you. Theres nothing more therapeutic than walkies down the trails looking in people yards and waving to neighbors, capped off by a nice game of Giant Ball with the horsies.

Posted by: gushka can has Kittys what plays fetch! at February 04, 2014 09:32 PM (f858s)

666 Motown in Deutch

Oh, for the love of Pete...

it's Deutsch.

Posted by: Pedantry Q. Grammatic at February 04, 2014 09:35 PM (FvyJS)

667 624
I'm doing ok. I've been keeping in touch with
Chi and doing a little focusing on stuff I need to do. I wish I was a
little closer -- my riding skills are for shite (and I'm allergic), but
I'd love to take them on walkies with a halter and maybe play ball in
the ring.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 05, 2014 01:29 AM (T1005)

You have no IDEA how happy it would make me to let you. Theres nothing more therapeutic than walkies down the trails looking in people yards and waving to neighbors, capped off by a nice game of Giant Ball with the horsies.
Posted by: gushka can has Kittys what plays fetch! at February 05, 2014 01:32 AM (f858s) Hide posts from (f858s)

I'm normally a little paranoid about animals that size, but I thought Uncle Horse and Niece Horse were fine. The other guy in the barn where you fed the kitties, however, struck me as unreliable.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 09:36 PM (T1005)

668 >>> tentacled loli girl Well shit, that phrase makes for an interesting image search. Posted by: Bomber at February 05, 2014 01:25 AM (G8OL9) I wouldn't recommend trying that searchÂ…

Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at February 04, 2014 09:37 PM (AymDN)

669 @ 621 [BignJames] -- "I'm with ya.....anticipate much?"

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

If you mean, "Do you anticipate much snow and ice?" -- nah. The roads weren't all that bad when I was driving home from work, and the precipitation stopped shortly after I got home.

On the other hand, if you mean "Anticipate much" as in, "Are you soiling yourself in giddy anticipation?" -- why, yes. Yes I am.

Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at February 04, 2014 09:38 PM (m0h0I)

670 Edited #476 : "But, the mutual friend just looked at me and said, "You know, I can get it straightened out. But, you know, sometimes the least important thing is who was right."
I think about that every time I'm tempted to get into an argument with someone I care about.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at February 05, 2014 12:27 AM (m0h0I)"

A really hard thing to learn, and harder to practice. But worth it.

Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at February 04, 2014 09:39 PM (0YB20)

671 my soviet era Soviet Russian friends would beg to differ. That's probably because they had to actually live under that sort of thing. Today's youth have experience with it.

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at February 04, 2014 09:40 PM (itCai)

672 628 @ 621 [BignJames] -- "I'm with ya.....anticipate much?"

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

If you mean, "Do you anticipate much snow and ice?" -- nah. The roads weren't all that bad when I was driving home from work, and the precipitation stopped shortly after I got home.

On the other hand, if you mean "Anticipate much" as in, "Are you soiling yourself in giddy anticipation?" -- why, yes. Yes I am.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at February 05, 2014 01:38 AM (m0h0I) Hide posts from (m0h0I)

It's only a lump of wood and wires (says the guy who's got, IIRC, 14).

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 09:40 PM (T1005)

673 >>> I wouldn't recommend trying that searchÂ…

Yep. Me neither.

Posted by: Bomber at February 04, 2014 09:40 PM (G8OL9)

674 On the other hand, if you mean "Anticipate much" as in, "Are you soiling yourself in giddy anticipation?" -- why, yes. Yes I am. Lord, God of our Forefathers, Protect your valiant servants, the Fed Ex drivers of America, lest DamnDirtyRINO post TMI ever again ... amen.

Posted by: Adriane... at February 04, 2014 09:40 PM (qoKTg)

675 Er, NO experience with it...

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at February 04, 2014 09:41 PM (itCai)

676
I'm normally a little paranoid about animals that size, but I thought Uncle Horse and Niece Horse were fine. The other guy in the barn where you fed the kitties, however, struck me as unreliable.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 05, 2014 01:36 AM (T1005)

hes a good riding horse, but the black gelding has a Mean sense of humor. youre about not trusting him, but mostly hes just lazy with a tendency to nip.

Posted by: gushka can has Kittys what plays fetch! at February 04, 2014 09:42 PM (f858s)

677 Blacque Jacques Shellacque at February 05, 2014 01:40 AM (itCai) Much the same can be said for Game of Thrones fans and past lifers who all insist they were ancient royalty and not the slaves ...

Posted by: Adriane... at February 04, 2014 09:42 PM (qoKTg)

678 622 my soviet era Soviet Russian friends would beg to differ. they didnt have everything, toilets actually were taken with you when you moved because you couldnt buy one for love or money, food was not in great variety. Toilet paper was hoarded even by the rich. And every day they lived in fear that someone with a grudge would say shit against them to the wrong person, and they would... Disappear. they called it "the knock at the door." they had that in abundance and nobody wanted to hear it, coming for them. Posted by: gushka can has Kittys what plays fetch! at February 05, 2014 01:30 AM (f858s) {hugs} gushka. I fear that we Americans are about to learn that, the hard way.

Posted by: rickl at February 04, 2014 09:43 PM (sdi6R)

679 629 Edited #476 : "But, the mutual friend just looked at me and
said, "You know, I can get it straightened out. But, you know, sometimes
the least important thing is who was right."
I think about that every time I'm tempted to get into an argument with someone I care about.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at February 05, 2014 12:27 AM (m0h0I)"

A really hard thing to learn, and harder to practice. But worth it.
Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at February 05, 2014 01:39 AM (0YB20) Hide posts from (0YB20)

Yeah, but the next revelation after that is -- "though being wrong or right isn't all that much, correcting the behaviors that led to ill consequences is worth immediate pain.....because it will yield dividends forever."

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 09:43 PM (T1005)

680 My mom had a horse when I was a kid, and it seemed dinosaur huge. Seemed like a shitload of work really. I did learn to ride pretty early though as an upside, but I haven't even touched a horse in over 30 years and wouldn't know what to do with it. I think at this point I would feel safer on a harley.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 04, 2014 09:45 PM (FMbng)

681 630 my soviet era Soviet Russian friends would beg to differ.

That's probably because they had to actually live under that sort of thing. Today's youth have experience with it.

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at February 05, 2014 01:40 AM (itCai)

Im sure that why the kids these days out here think communisim is just peachy as well. once you have seen it and had it try to smother the life out of you, you never forget its the biggest jail ever, and all about all the things you hate most. Like bogus asshole tellin you what to do, and not being able to find cool stuff, and being bullied. Also, it was bad for the environment.

Posted by: gushka can has Kittys what plays fetch! at February 04, 2014 09:45 PM (f858s)

682 {hugs} gushka.

I fear that we Americans are about to learn that, the hard way.

Posted by: rickl at February 05, 2014 01:43 AM (sdi6R)

(((((((((((hugs to you)))))))))))))

may we never have to find out what it felt like. When things are going terribly wrong and i have seen it as bad as a person life can get, for them, the wife would say "I survived Stalin, and i will get through this."

Posted by: gushka can has Kittys what plays fetch! at February 04, 2014 09:48 PM (f858s)

683 OK, I have to go to bed. Have to get up early to remove the global warming from my driveway. I'll leave you with this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw8YjVrRNRU There's an eight minute version with lots more verses on the "Bootleg Series Volume 8", but I can't find it on YouTube.

Posted by: rickl at February 04, 2014 09:51 PM (sdi6R)

684 No the current generation does not get it. I tried to explain how the meta-data collection is such a threat to liberty to a Paulbot. Their answer was simply, 'let them waste their time since I am not doing anything.'

I just dropped it realizing if I can't get through to a Paulbot, the others in the anime group would be impossible since all they know are rote talking points. And anger at injustice done to them by Rethuglicans and Xtians and their parents.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 04, 2014 09:52 PM (NNjb2)

685 "I fear that we Americans are about to learn that, the hard way."

Too late. Lesson is in progress.

Posted by: navybrat at February 04, 2014 09:52 PM (AW7Gr)

686 I fear that we Americans are about to learn that, the hard way. In the event that were ever to happen, the oppressors are likely to pay a high price for it.

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at February 04, 2014 09:53 PM (itCai)

687 That Vortex infrasound sounds pretty complex. What if they got drunk, and then somebody farted in the tent?

Posted by: Chris_Balsz at February 04, 2014 09:53 PM (4fgmE)

688 I just can't help sharing this photo. But first, the long-winded story:

Today, I took this little guy (Bear, the Australian Shepherd -- about 12 weeks old) outside to play in the snow for the first time. Up until now, I thought he just didn't like it because I'd put him out in it before, and he would hardly leave the porch -- and only then to run to another door to be let in.

Well, today I decided to go out with him, and he absolutely LOVED it. He jumped and rolled around and had just an all-around great time until I finally decided to take him back in.

Then, after toweling him off I wandered back to my bedroom where my computer is and left him in the living room while I checked email and Facebook. I'd wander back through the living room every so often to get a cup of coffee or check on my laundry, when I noticed one of my shoes by the pillow he likes to doze on. So, I picked it up, gathered my other shoe, put them on an old decorative footstool before going back to my routine.

When I went back through, both shoes were by his pillow, and I thought, "Did I just forget to pick them up after I got my coffee?" So, again, I picked them up and put them in the same place before going back to my routine again. And, again, the next time I went through, there they were -- right beside his little pillow, un-chewed and and right within close proximity of one another.

I know Aussie Shepherds are smart, but I try not to attribute too much to their antics. But, after the third time, I can't help feeling he was trying to get me to take him back outside again to play in the snow. He really did love it out there!

Anyway -- now, for the picture:

http://is.gd/XTX3sh

Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at February 04, 2014 09:56 PM (m0h0I)

689 639 My mom had a horse when I was a kid, and it seemed dinosaur huge. Seemed like a shitload of work really. I did learn to ride pretty early though as an upside, but I haven't even touched a horse in over 30 years and wouldn't know what to do with it. I think at this point I would feel safer on a harley.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 05, 2014 01:45 AM (FMbng) Hide posts from (FMbng)

Some horses are just about dinosaur huge. Heavy horses, meant for pulling, are quite impressive. The ones they have at Disneyland pulling the streetcar are generally Belgians -- the staff won't let you get super-close or interact, but they're big. I hadn't known about them before seeing 'Cheval', a horse-themed show by one of the founders of Cirque du Soleil, but there is a Canadian breed of horse -- probably the largest I've ever gotten to touch. And then there is the Shire horse -- the world's largest breed -- that I saw in the distance pulling a group around the gardens of Hampton Court in England. It looked fake -- like some kid had combined toy playsets at different scale for the people/wagon and the horse.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 09:59 PM (T1005)

690 643 Agreed, and I preach this to my daughter every time we meet. She gets it.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at February 04, 2014 10:00 PM (ojnk6)

691 http://is.gd/XTX3sh Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at February 05, 2014 01:56 AM (m0h0I) D'awww

Posted by: The Political Hat at February 04, 2014 10:00 PM (AymDN)

692 Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at February 05, 2014 01:56 AM (m0h0I) Hide posts from (m0h0I)

OH! Teh Cute!

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 10:01 PM (T1005)

693 DDR, yeah that is a cute little beastie.

Night.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 04, 2014 10:01 PM (NNjb2)

694
I know Aussie Shepherds are smart, but I try not to attribute too much to their antics. But, after the third time, I can't help feeling he was trying to get me to take him back outside again to play in the snow. He really did love it out there!

Anyway -- now, for the picture:

http://is.gd/XTX3sh

Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at February 05, 2014 01:56 AM (m0h0I)

i have had them all my life. they are smart enough to do your taxes. mine were always very funny. i love your little bear. the liver colour is great. Is he a mini or a full size?

Posted by: gushka can has Kittys what plays fetch! at February 04, 2014 10:03 PM (f858s)

695 Yall want to see some entertaining short films? Look up BMW short films on youtube. The one with James Brown and Gary Oldman is badass.

Posted by: fastfreefall at February 04, 2014 10:03 PM (dyNnE)

696 hi all
I made this tonight:

http://tinyurl.com/khnatpg

didn't get to have any, though, because it took so long to make

ugh

hopefully it tastes good reheated

Posted by: chemjeff at February 04, 2014 10:06 PM (9GG/0)

697 It looked fake -- like some kid had combined toy playsets at different scale for the people/wagon and the horse.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 05, 2014 01:59 AM (T1005)

my sister's jumper was Dinosaur huge. he also could and would jump anything even wheelbarrows and people. he spent his last years at my house enjoying his retirement and making my stable girl's life hard. He had a wicked sense of humour and you couldnt MAKE him do anything. he just did it if he felt like, or not.

Posted by: gushka can has Kittys what plays fetch! at February 04, 2014 10:07 PM (f858s)

698
hopefully it tastes good reheated

Posted by: chemjeff at February 05, 2014 02:06 AM (9GG/0)

CJ! i MISSED YOU! HI!!!!

Posted by: gushka can has Kittys what plays fetch! at February 04, 2014 10:08 PM (f858s)

699 hi gushka!
how are the horsehs

Posted by: chemjeff at February 04, 2014 10:08 PM (9GG/0)

700 Fluffy Doggie!!!!

Posted by: Adriane... at February 04, 2014 10:09 PM (qoKTg)

701 @ 638 / 629 [cthulhu/Dr. Julius] -- Admittedly, I am a huge softy. One of the worst. I guess I feel a little extra sympathy for Little, since I was a somewhat precocious kid who liked to use idioms like "I have a bone to pick with you" without a real understanding of the subtext.

I can still remember saying something like that to my mother when I was seven years old, and her becoming absolutely furious with me for back-talking when I really didn't intend the meaning she picked up from it. It was simultaneously embarrassing as hell, and I was just crushed that my mom would think I was trying to back-talk her at all.

I guess the one thing it did teach me was to be more careful in my word choice. But, still, I think I know what Little must have felt when Steve said that to him. It was mortifying for me, and I can still remember that ass-chewing almost like it was yesterday.

Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at February 04, 2014 10:09 PM (m0h0I)

702 Good Night, Anna Better tomorrows ...

Posted by: Adriane... at February 04, 2014 10:09 PM (qoKTg)

703 655 hi all
I made this tonight:

http://tinyurl.com/khnatpg

didn't get to have any, though, because it took so long to make

ugh

hopefully it tastes good reheated
Posted by: chemjeff at February 05, 2014 02:06 AM (9GG/0) Hide posts from (9GG/0)

Hey, Chemjeff!!! What's the occasion?

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 10:10 PM (T1005)

704 ugh. don't speak to me about snow.
I have approximately 1 billion feet of snow on my driveway that I have to shovel off before going to work tomorrow

Posted by: chemjeff at February 04, 2014 10:10 PM (9GG/0)

705 658 hi gushka!
how are the horsehs

Posted by: chemjeff at February 05, 2014 02:08 AM (9GG/0)

they are super! and Coothie got to pet them! and he broght me BEER! which was great and i just finished the last one last night

Posted by: gushka can has Kittys what plays fetch! at February 04, 2014 10:11 PM (f858s)

706 Now?

Posted by: Piercello at February 04, 2014 10:11 PM (jJ97i)

707 Almost to the magic number. Much better showing than last night.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 04, 2014 10:12 PM (d7H2D)

708 656 It looked fake -- like some kid had combined toy playsets at different scale for the people/wagon and the horse.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 05, 2014 01:59 AM (T1005)

my sister's jumper was Dinosaur huge. he also could and would jump anything even wheelbarrows and people. he spent his last years at my house enjoying his retirement and making my stable girl's life hard. He had a wicked sense of humour and you couldnt MAKE him do anything. he just did it if he felt like, or not.
Posted by: gushka can has Kittys what plays fetch! at February 05, 2014 02:07 AM (f858s) Hide posts from (f858s)

What breed was he?

Incidentally, those Canadians? I think that's the largest I'd try to put a saddle on to ride....up from there, just balance a chair on its back.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 10:12 PM (T1005)

709 Missed.

Posted by: Piercello at February 04, 2014 10:12 PM (jJ97i)

710 http://tinyurl.com/khnatpg beats left over soup, with so many added ingredients we forgot which soup we started with ...

Posted by: Adriane... at February 04, 2014 10:12 PM (qoKTg)

711 cthulhu, no occasion, just made some lasagna

Posted by: chemjeff at February 04, 2014 10:12 PM (9GG/0)

712 chemjeff at February 05, 2014 02:10 AM (9GG/0) The Eskimos have 14 words for snow ... but none for driveway ...

Posted by: Adriane... at February 04, 2014 10:13 PM (qoKTg)

713 Some horses are just about dinosaur huge... _______ And let'snot forget about the Clydesdales. Growing up less than an hour from Williamsburg, I spent plenty of time at Busch Gardens (and yes the AB plant next door). To see those beautifully beasts up close is truly a sight to behold. I think "majestic" would be my best description. And I'm not even a horse fancier.

Posted by: shredded chi at February 04, 2014 10:14 PM (uiO3l)

714 gushka, that sounds great. what kind of beer?

Posted by: chemjeff at February 04, 2014 10:14 PM (9GG/0)

715 edited #638
Yeah, but the next revelation after that is -- "though being wrong or right isn't all that much, correcting the behaviors that led to ill consequences is worth immediate pain.....because it will yield dividends forever."
Posted by: cthulhu at February 05, 2014 01:43 AM (T1005)

Unless you've lost me, I'd say that down that road is humility. Where's the quote from?

Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at February 04, 2014 10:16 PM (0YB20)

716 What breed was he?

Incidentally, those Canadians? I think that's the largest I'd try to put a saddle on to ride....up from there, just balance a chair on its back.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 05, 2014 02:12 AM (T1005)

he was some kind of Dutch warmblood he had an old brand on his shoulder as i remember. Cost a LOT of money. was shipped in from Europe for some much richer person who got tired of him, then he was sissys horse. Some days she would go to ride him and he'd be all like LETS GO! and there were other days she said she would open the stall and hear him say OOGA BOOGA! and she would just clooooose it up again, and quietly ask to ride my horse.

Posted by: gushka can has Kittys what plays fetch! at February 04, 2014 10:17 PM (f858s)

717 Thanks, everybody! I'll pass along the compliments to Bear.

@ 653 [gushka] -- He's a regular one. I didn't know there were minis until someone asked me that same question on Facebook today.

Bear has the sweetest disposition of any puppy I've ever had. Every time I see him in the morning and let him out of his crate, and when I get home after work, it's like I was gone for years.

I was afraid there was a separation anxiety thing going on at first, the way he carries on yelping and whining for a minute or so after I pick him up. But, he doesn't tear things up or howl after I crate him. He just curls up in his bed and watches as I close the door behind him.

Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at February 04, 2014 10:17 PM (m0h0I)

718 edited #648: Some horses are just about dinosaur huge. Heavy horses, meant for pulling, are quite impressive. The ones they have at Disneyland pulling the streetcar are generally Belgians -- the staff won't let you get super-close or interact, but they're big. I hadn't known about them before seeing 'Cheval', a horse-themed show by one of the founders of Cirque du Soleil, but there is a Canadian breed of horse -- probably the largest I've ever gotten to touch. And then there is the Shire horse -- the world's largest breed -- that I saw in the distance pulling a group around the gardens of Hampton Court in England. It looked fake -- like some kid had combined toy playsets at different scale for the people/wagon and the horse.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 05, 2014 01:59 AM (T1005)

I haven't thought about this in years but your post reminded me: at a county fair one time, before Mrs. Strangepork & I had become parents ourselves, we were walking through the horse barn, in the heavy horse section, and there was a great big Belgian. Even for a Belgian he was big. Anyway, perched up on top of his back, was a little baby, just laying there. OK, not a newborn, but a baby, not a toddler yet. At first I was horrified, and looked around for the Mama or Papa. Then, when I didn't see them, I saw how the horse was standing perfectly still, and the child was likewise perfectly still . . . not sleeping, awake, but perfectly content. The details of the scene have grown fainter over the years, but the little child on the tabletop back of this huge horse, with no one around but a couple of passers-by, I'll never forget it.

Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at February 04, 2014 10:26 PM (0YB20)

719 670 cthulhu, no occasion, just made some lasagna
Posted by: chemjeff at February 05, 2014 02:12 AM (9GG/0) Hide posts from (9GG/0)

12 freaking servings?!?!?

Incidentally, I'd sub 1/2 cup red wine for the water and sugar, and "Italian Seasoning" is just equal parts basil, marjoram, oregano, rosemary, and thyme -- if you get them separately, you can vary the mix and do other things like French Onion soup (which only uses the thyme) [you'll note that they have an extra thing of basil, so they're assuming you keep separate basil anyway]. The other substitution is for the tomato sauce -- that's typically tomatoes, olive oil, garlic, oregano (another Italian Seasoning component), maybe some salt/pepper. If you begin instead, with the basic components instead of using blends, you have much more ability to vary the result.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 10:27 PM (T1005)

720 674 edited #638

Yeah, but the next
revelation after that is -- "though being wrong or right isn't all that
much, correcting the behaviors that led to ill consequences is worth
immediate pain.....because it will yield dividends forever."
Posted by: cthulhu at February 05, 2014 01:43 AM (T1005)
Unless you've lost me, I'd say that down that road is humility. Where's the quote from?
Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at February 05, 2014 02:16 AM (0YB20) Hide posts from (0YB20)

Like 78.29% of all statistics, made up on the spot. But, yes, humility is involved. Getting crossways is not usually about violated innocence -- it's about two people misreading signals and behaving inappropriately. If you can shape the situation to one where you can both improve, you may both benefit.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 10:30 PM (T1005)

721 Oy! Roses are red, Violets are blue, I'm going to fall asleep at the computer, So I bed you all an evening adieu ... Stay safe and warm and don't let the bastiges getcha down ...

Posted by: Adriane... at February 04, 2014 10:31 PM (qoKTg)

722 I'd never leave one of my daughters in such a place, but all's well that ends well, and if the parent knew the horse, and knew the child, why assume the worst? I guess he or she knew exactly what the horse and the child would do, and certainly knew better than I, a stranger, could know.

Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at February 04, 2014 10:31 PM (0YB20)

723 I haven't thought about this in years but your post reminded me: at a county fair one time, before Mrs. Strangepork I had become parents ourselves, we were walking through the horse barn, in the heavy horse section, and there was a great big Belgian. Even for a Belgian he was big. Anyway, perched up on top of his back, was a little baby, just laying there. OK, not a newborn, but a baby, not a toddler yet. At first I was horrified, and looked around for the Mama or Papa. Then, when I didn't see them, I saw how the horse was standing perfectly still, and the child was likewise perfectly still . . . not sleeping, awake, but perfectly content. The details of the scene have grown fainter over the years, but the little child on the tabletop back of this huge horse, with no one around but a couple of passers-by, I'll never forget it.
Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at February 05, 2014 02:26 AM (0YB20) Hide posts from (0YB20)

Oh, yeah. There is something about the heavies. Thank you for sharing that.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 10:33 PM (T1005)

724 Gushka, you would appreciate this. Mrs. Crank and I bought a yearling purebread Friesian colt this past fall, will be one of only 4 stallions in Ohio when he comes of age. Unfortunately he has some devilspawn horse mite that requires 8 weeks of treatment.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 04, 2014 10:34 PM (d7H2D)

725 Average number of comments per blog post -- 1510735 / 4815 = 314.

I wonder what the average number of comments per ONT might be.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 10:45 PM (T1005)

726 683 Gushka, you would appreciate this. Mrs. Crank and I bought a yearling purebread Friesian colt this past fall, will be one of only 4 stallions in Ohio when he comes of age. Unfortunately he has some devilspawn horse mite that requires 8 weeks of treatment. Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 05, 2014 02:34 AM (d7H2D) Hide posts from (d7H2D)

What's to complain about? You only have to pay for it -- the horse needs to endure it.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 10:46 PM (T1005)

727

I'm complaining on behalf of the horse, he's miserable. Plus he's quarantined from the rest of the herd, and he is not liking that.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 04, 2014 10:48 PM (d7H2D)

728 cthulhu, well, it ought to last a while

Posted by: chemjeff at February 04, 2014 10:50 PM (9GG/0)

729 How is Sven like Atlas Shrugged? Takes em both 283,000 words to say "let it burn"

Posted by: CAC at February 04, 2014 10:50 PM (dMRye)

730 686 I'm complaining on behalf of the horse, he's miserable. Plus he's quarantined from the rest of the herd, and he is not liking that. Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 05, 2014 02:48 AM (d7H2D) Hide posts from (d7H2D)

Poor pup. Yeah, I wasn't expecting him to be too happy. Is he at your place, the vendors, the vets, a border?

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 10:50 PM (T1005)

731 683 Gushka, you would appreciate this. Mrs. Crank and I bought a yearling purebread Friesian colt this past fall, will be one of only 4 stallions in Ohio when he comes of age. Unfortunately he has some devilspawn horse mite that requires 8 weeks of treatment.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 05, 2014 02:34 AM (d7H2D)

is he out of a ster mare? and whos his daddy? yes i also know what you wanna do with him...your wife shows? I have friends in that end of the business so i am curious. LONG AGO i nearly bought a full brother of Wander. I still love fresians, but the Akhal Tekes needed me more.

Posted by: gushka can has Kittys what plays fetch! at February 04, 2014 10:52 PM (f858s)

732 687 cthulhu, well, it ought to last a while
Posted by: chemjeff at February 05, 2014 02:50 AM (9GG/0) Hide posts from (9GG/0)

I'm starting to think you may want to furnish your house in wall-to-wall chest freezers.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 10:52 PM (T1005)

733 He's boarded at a stable with a dozen horses. We own two outright, a quarter horse gelding and a 5 year old Arabian mare, and we co-own the Friesian with the stable-owner--we paid up front for him and get 2 years of boarding free in return. The plan is to breed the Friesian to our Arabian and make boku bucks.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 04, 2014 10:53 PM (d7H2D)

734 Night all. Here is Thomas Sowell verbally b***h-slapping that pile of scum Frances Fox Piven: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26QxO49Ycx0

Posted by: The Political Hat at February 04, 2014 10:54 PM (AymDN)

735 well time for bed

Posted by: chemjeff at February 04, 2014 10:58 PM (9GG/0)

736 It's nearly midnight here in Pacific time, and I have a day tomorrow. G'night all, it's always nice to visit with you on the ONT.

Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at February 04, 2014 10:58 PM (0YB20)

737 The plan is to breed the Friesian to our Arabian and make boku bucks.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 05, 2014 02:53 AM (d7H2D)

i am a professional horsebreeder with no designs on your money. let me give you some free advice: There is no big money in arab fresian crosses. Foals cost money to make, in vet bills and fed to the mare. The big money is in purebreds and FHANA stallions need approval. Has this process of grading and approval been explained to you? Approved stallions make HUGE money. But show records and high scores at the Keurings are where its at. watch out, the horse world is wild and wooly out there. And get a purebred mare to breed him to. theres some older ones with good rating you might be able to get in this economy (and one of the big breeders has been forced into dispersal lately)

Posted by: gushka can has Kittys what plays fetch! at February 04, 2014 11:00 PM (f858s)

738 Gushie, I don't have his bloodline memorized. I can tell you he does trace back directly to the Stud Book. We picked him up off a farm in Indiana where the breeders don't know jack about show breeds, how the hell they ended up with Friesians is beyond me. His half-brother went for 5 figures, our stallion (Maximus) we got for 7K because he had a poor evaluation when the Dutch came over to appraise him, we think because the breeder didn't know how to handle him. Our mare is the granddaughter of the original Busch Beer horse, father was straight Egyptian and mother was straight Polish, plus she's homozygous black. We figure a cross from the two of them will fetch 10K or more, especially if we can get him certified in the FPS studbook, which we will probably go for in another year or so.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 04, 2014 11:00 PM (d7H2D)

739 By the way going to Keurings and shows is fun. your show barn becomes a second family and its very exciting when your horse is really good.

Posted by: gushka can has Kittys what plays fetch! at February 04, 2014 11:02 PM (f858s)

740 Gushie, the stable owner has a purebred Friesian mare, currently with foal. We plan to breed him to her as well. I understand the basics of the grading, Mrs. Crank is more up on it than I am.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 04, 2014 11:04 PM (d7H2D)

741 well CC just be careful. and see if you can get your boy to the next set of Keurings and see if they like him better with a different handler. The Dutch can be really political. But i would still consider getting a fresian filly. I have been watching the market pretty close and i hope your babies from your arab can help you buy your purebred mare to breed babies worth even more. find out what youre guys good at and have him to that. that way you can pick up stud fees as well as making your partbred babies. Stud fees if you have someone else handling the stud are good money. If youre like me and youre doing at your farm yourself--- its a lot of bother. I'd rather go to shows.

Posted by: gushka can has Kittys what plays fetch! at February 04, 2014 11:08 PM (f858s)

742 Here's a nice shot illustrating the "fakeness" of pictures with people and Shire horses -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ShireDraftHorse.jpg .

Trust me, it gets weirder with a wagon.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 11:11 PM (T1005)

743 Thanks for the advice Gushie. Our stable owner grew up on the thoroughbred farms in Kentucky, horses have pretty much been her life for nigh on 40 years. We have implicitly put a great deal of trust in her, so far it's been justified. She and a couple of her trainers have worked with Maximus, they're convinced that his conformation is good. If I understand correctly, the Keurings won't grant the highest certification until after age 2 anyway, so we're planning on waiting for him to reach that age.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 04, 2014 11:14 PM (d7H2D)

744 Mrs. Crank is more up on it than I am.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 05, 2014 03:04 AM (d7H2D)

gotcha. You dont let her breed him in hand herself. its dangerous work and even a horse that loves you can hurt you by mistake. watched my best friend get the side of her face caved in training her stallion to cover a phantom, because he slipped and flailed. I hope you have a great experience with this and spend many years in the horse business, and have a great time cuddling baby horses.

i think theres no better life

Posted by: gushka can has Kittys what plays fetch! at February 04, 2014 11:14 PM (f858s)

745

oh no, I consider myself a gentleman farmer, I'll leave it to the hired hands who live and breathe horses to do the tricky stuff!

Mrs. Crank can take care of herself. The Arabian got spooked one day, thought the lead was a snake or something and went tearing around the pen. Well, she slipped and slid into the gate, taking it off the hinges and landing on top of her. Horse got up and charged Mrs. Crank (well, probably not at her, just in that direction and didn't care what was in the way). Mrs. Crank hopped the fence as the horse proceeded to easily jump two split-rail fences and just ran through and splintered a third, before going on a 10 mile chase through the woods, only to be found an hour later on the farm across the street, chewing on a corn cob as if nothing had happened. Once we can finish undoing 4 years of neglect she had before we got her and can get her broken, she'll be a thrill to ride.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 04, 2014 11:23 PM (d7H2D)

746 she'll be a thrill to ride.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 05, 2014 03:23 AM (d7H2D)

have one like that. her name is Miss Ellie and Cthulhu met her. She is by far my most dangerous horse because she was so abused. But when i work her from the ground, i just cant wait thinking about what it would be like to sit her big trot. That mare is a golden trotting machine.

Posted by: gushka can has Kittys what plays fetch! at February 04, 2014 11:28 PM (f858s)

747 Fortunately, Amira Muslima (Dark Princess in Arabic) was not abused--just neglected, left out to pasture for 3+ years with no company but her sister. Trust is built with her ever so slowly and with lots of treats. She has done well with the herd, still can be skittish around people. She doesn't always like it when I grab her harness, but she's never tried to bite or rear at me either.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 04, 2014 11:32 PM (d7H2D)

748 705 she'll be a thrill to ride.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 05, 2014 03:23 AM (d7H2D)

have one like that. her name is Miss Ellie and Cthulhu met her. She is by far my most dangerous horse because she was so abused. But when i work her from the ground, i just cant wait thinking about what it would be like to sit her big trot. That mare is a golden trotting machine.
Posted by: gushka can has Kittys what plays fetch! at February 05, 2014 03:28 AM (f858s) Hide posts from (f858s)

I didn't get the same vibe from Miss Ellie that I got from the other one. I thought she was maybe "spooky" -- well beyond my taking her for a walk (and I got a little bit of that from Niece Horse, but I think it could be worked through). But I got the vibe from the black gelding that he'd lie to me to let my guards down when he wanted to hurt me all along.

On one of my rare visits to my cousin, I was introduced to one of his dogs who had been abused before adoption. Absolutely refused to be petted, growled at me, shied away....my cousin's family, the dawgs, and me sat down by the TV to chat and I got to the point in an hour or so where I could sit next to her, lightly rest my hand on her and scritch just a bit.....but nothing more. If I'd have tried to pet her, I'd have been bitten. I can do gentle and soothing. But I didn't trust that gelding.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 04, 2014 11:45 PM (T1005)

749 Where is Merovign lately?? Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 04, 2014 11:52 PM (4A8Dj) Very late, apparently. Just got Anna's message, sorry I missed you. Not been around much lately. Trying to keep up with some peeps but *someone* is too busy to listen to me whine now that she's no longer bedridden.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at February 04, 2014 11:51 PM (qyfb5)

750 Hey Mero. How's the ticker doing, was UC-Davis (if memory serves?) able to shed any more light on it?

Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 04, 2014 11:53 PM (d7H2D)

751 Hey Mero. How's the ticker doing, was UC-Davis (if memory serves?) able to shed any more light on it? Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 05, 2014 03:53 AM (d7H2D) Hide posts from (d7H2D) They still think I'm slowly getting better, but no, UCD did not really shed any light on anything. Except I'm fat. Thanks guys, didn't know that. very helpful. Nobody will even talk about the fibrillations that keep me awake. Other issues are nothing more than a hot potato they keep tossing around. Hope things are going well for you, though!

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at February 05, 2014 12:05 AM (qyfb5)

752 What do they have you for the fibrillations--and are they confirmed A-fib or are we talking palpitations? I see plenty of patients who seem to have decent results with propanolol for both, is that one of the meds you're on or have taken in the past?

Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 05, 2014 12:08 AM (d7H2D)

753 What do they have you for the fibrillations--and are they confirmed A-fib or are we talking palpitations? I see plenty of patients who seem to have decent results with propanolol for both, is that one of the meds you're on or have taken in the past? Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 05, 2014 04:08 AM (d7H2D) Hide posts from (d7H2D) Well they call it A-fib but it's not a rate problem, it's skipped beats, sometimes multiples in a row. And no propanalol and nothing. I think I should just fire everyone. I haven't done that in, like, a year or something.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at February 05, 2014 12:11 AM (qyfb5)

754 I am off the beta blockers so I can exercise more, not as much as I'd like. I just can't tolerate them anymore. I quit for a while in 2012 but went back on a low dose, it just kept gradually getting worse.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at February 05, 2014 12:15 AM (qyfb5)

755

I dunno what to say, man. Not a cardiologist, but I would have thought they'd have you on something.

Unrelated--I've skulked around the Niagara Gazette and Buffalo News websites for the past 4 days, never saw a notice or obituary about Joffen.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 05, 2014 12:17 AM (d7H2D)

756 Ah, ok. Well, the beta blockers would probably help with fibrillation, but if they limit your activity you'd have to make a choice. There's the old-school stuff like digoxin, but I seem to remember you saying you or your doctor didn't like it.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 05, 2014 12:19 AM (d7H2D)

757 The fibrillation started suddenly after a major medicine change and no one will even discuss it. Never had it before in my life including three years after heart failure. I really want to smack a bitch over it. I don't have the money or energy to get into a protracted and probably pointless fight. I just don't trust them with used tissue and yet I still have to deal with them.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at February 05, 2014 12:22 AM (qyfb5)

758 And insurance won't pay for the ARB anymore and I can't get the new manufacturer of the generic to take a stand on whether it really has gluten in it or not. Pharma is such a lazy ass on allergens. I wish freaking Kraft made pharmaceuticals.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at February 05, 2014 12:26 AM (qyfb5)

759 Sure, why not, cook yourself up a blue box of Valsartan and cheese.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 05, 2014 12:28 AM (d7H2D)

760 That seemed somewhat funnier before I typed it out. Maybe I should try to catch a nap if the Great White Death of 2014, part 6 will keep patients away.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 05, 2014 12:32 AM (d7H2D)

761 Sleep well.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at February 05, 2014 12:33 AM (qyfb5)

762 It's always fun to check out the comments when i have a minute. Today you guys talk horses. All i know about horses I learned in the pope of greenwich village. Earlier there was talk of parrots. (my reference there is monty python.) does anyone want to talk about tile and japanese mortar?

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at February 05, 2014 12:54 AM (LWu6U)

763 Oh, learned about mudders from Abbot and Lou. but my concern right now is mud. I have set tile, but never a full mud job. Then i found some tile on the internet cheap and figured a few sheets of cement board, some thinset, and I have a cheap, nice wall. Well, cement board is available in japan, but only imported from usa, and you have to buy 60 sheets. I don't know the price, but i was given a budgetary price of 100 bucks a sheet including tape, fasteners, etc. 100 buck. for cement board. imported.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at February 05, 2014 01:00 AM (LWu6U)

764 i go eat dinner now.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at February 05, 2014 01:10 AM (LWu6U)

765 714 I dunno what to say, man. Not a cardiologist, but I would have thought they'd have you on something.

Unrelated--I've skulked around the Niagara Gazette and Buffalo News websites for the past 4 days, never saw a notice or obituary about Joffen. Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 05, 2014 04:17 AM (d7H2D) Hide posts from (d7H2D)

Chi and I are on it like white on rice, and will update the Horde when there's an update.

Posted by: cthulhu at February 05, 2014 01:36 AM (T1005)

766 Gov shut down govt offices again today. Geez, 12 to 14 inches of global warming, er, climate change, and everyone freaks.

Posted by: teej at February 05, 2014 01:42 AM (tWrwm)

767 Of course, I get comfortable and drift off, and a patient comes in. C'est la vie.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 05, 2014 01:42 AM (d7H2D)

768 Cthulhu, Joffen may have lived in Niagara Falls but do you know if he was born there? It costs nothing to put something in the local paper where his family is. Do you know where heÂ’s from? I felt horribly for you last week reading the end of the ONT. How are you & Shredded Chi?

Posted by: Carol at February 05, 2014 01:47 AM (z4WKX)

769 "...like white on rice." RICIST!!!

Posted by: teej at February 05, 2014 01:49 AM (h1gQR)

770 Sorry about getting flip. And so very sorry about Joffen. I know everyone here did all they could. Don't be hard on yourselves. I tried to get on the ONT that night around 11:30 moron standard time. Got the white screen half a dozen times and gave up. Maybe, as someone who has spent a few years worth of life going to bed, hoping I don't wake up in the morning, I could have helped. But maybe not.

Posted by: teej at February 05, 2014 02:06 AM (+jNI+)

771 Link removal post.

Posted by: teej at February 05, 2014 02:08 AM (+jNI+)

772 Teej, I hope you still donÂ’t feel like not waking up in the morning. Where are you? I am near Boston, I woke up a bit before 5 and no snow. Now itÂ’s coming down hard here.

Posted by: Carol at February 05, 2014 02:13 AM (z4WKX)

773 And no sooner do I mention the white screens... I'll be back later. Love each other fellow babies. BTW, I can't do links but if you search True North at Liberty Hall on utube there is a song about some of you. Waiting for Angels.

Posted by: teej at February 05, 2014 02:17 AM (/BwGa)

774 I'm having similar problems with my meds.

The supposed "inert" ingredients? Ain't.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (13th Level SoCon) at February 05, 2014 02:20 AM (LSDdO)

775 Well, I see that the County schools are closed today due to ice.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 05, 2014 02:28 AM (DHj6D)

776 And I'm thinking that FedEx is not delivering the new upper today either.
After waiting all day yesterday for a no-show delivery.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 05, 2014 02:30 AM (DHj6D)

777 And now we are getting alerts about power out, wires down and two cars under large tree limbs on our street.
Another day in paradise.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 05, 2014 02:32 AM (DHj6D)

778 Well, since I didn't get white screened after that post... Not very often Carol, thanks. I've just resigned myself to a life of going through the motions. One foot in front of the other. Helping my friends out whenever I can. My timing for leaving this planet is up to the Big Guy. Oh, NE/East Central Kansas.

Posted by: teej at February 05, 2014 02:33 AM (L7JQT)

779 Reading about you guys with snow and closed schools makes me feel better about highs in the low 30s and winds from the north at 18-20 knots makes me feel better about the weather here... NOT.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 05, 2014 02:35 AM (60Vyp)

780 Carol, are you the one who gardens and has the roses?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 05, 2014 02:36 AM (60Vyp)

781 Joe Hisaishi with a full orchestra performing music from Studio Ghibli's Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. 10:50 minutes of goodness.

http://youtu.be/B51bLBdUt3w

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 05, 2014 02:43 AM (NNjb2)

782 Carol, are you the one who gardens and has the roses? Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 05, 2014 06:36 AM (60Vyp) Yes, I am. I canÂ’t remember if we had the brutally cold weather before we had snow on the ground or not. There was no snow Sunday left. I have 200+ roses and am not sure how many I will have left after winter. Why?

Posted by: Carol at February 05, 2014 02:44 AM (z4WKX)

783 Mero & Bitter Clinger, I have an infection & no pain from it. The Cipro I have to take for it is worse than the infection.

Posted by: Carol at February 05, 2014 02:47 AM (z4WKX)

784 Release the Vic.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 05, 2014 02:51 AM (d7H2D)

785 Carol, I am trying to identify a particular rose my wife called a "peace" rose. It's predominant color is yellow and it has pink edges and a nice fragrance. I have seen so many at the nursery that look like the one she described but that don't have much of a fragrance. I was hoping you could point me in the direction of a good website or reference book so I could do some research. I'm going to plant some roses in the front yard this year and I'd like to have that particular one as a centerpiece.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 05, 2014 02:51 AM (60Vyp)

786

Maybe, as someone who has spent a few years worth of life going to bed, hoping I don't wake up in the morning, I could have helped. But maybe not.

Man, do I hear that.

I'm in Newburyport. It started snowing about 5.45am. I am not looking forward to the evening commute.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at February 05, 2014 02:53 AM (zF6Iw)

787 Nood

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 05, 2014 02:54 AM (DHj6D)

788 Nice ONT Maet, damn I posted a lot to say very little. A happy, safe, and productive 2014.

Posted by: sven10077 at February 05, 2014 02:59 AM (qOjGj)

789 MPPP, I am not either. I thought they would close our office but it is open.

Posted by: Carol at February 05, 2014 03:07 AM (z4WKX)

790 Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at February 05, 2014 06:51 AM (60Vyp) There is a rose called Peace. ItÂ’s a yellow with pink edges. I had it for several years until the winter of 2003-2004 killed more than half of them. The story of the Peace rose is that it was hybridized during WWII & somehow made it to the US for propagation. It is not a scented rose but often the scent is in the noses of the person. http://tinyurl.com/lsuwoar Link is to the company that had the best quality roses for sale, they were small family company. They sold to big company in 2006 and rose quality was awful for a few years. They have been better for the past few. Many rosarians would not buy roses from them because they were dried out upon arrival, poorly packed and inferior quality. There are a few Peace sports. That is, they grew on the original Peace rose & were thought they were good enough for someone to save them. Pink Peace and others come to mind.

Posted by: Carol at February 05, 2014 03:17 AM (z4WKX)

791 From reading the twitters on the Olympic hotels by reporters I wonder if there is any snow for the athletes to ski? Wow. Putin needs to crack the whip and get 'er done! I have to say I would be leaving if I had to put my tp in a bucket or not wash face due to dangerous chemicals in water. see ya! I am a neurotic traveler to begin with (hotel pillow phobia is one), and I travel quite a bit and enjoy it most of the time. But roving dogs and broken door knobs, naw.

That helicopter hostage photo is amazing. I hope that is not a sign of how this Olympics will end.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky survived 2014 Polar Vortex at February 05, 2014 08:50 AM (baL2B)

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