March 06, 2014
— Maetenloch
Prager University: The Bigger the Government, the Smaller the Citizen
As Jonah Goldberg has pointed out unlike your family, friends, or neighbors the government cannot love you. Nor can the government love other people on your behalf. That's one reason why de Tocqueville believed that America's 'mediating institutions' based on voluntary, personal interactions were so critical to its success.
But the left only believes in and trusts government:
In the view of the left, there are only two entities that matter: the individual, and the state.
...This desiccated vision of society is in direct contrast to what Alexis de Tocqueville observed as being the genius of the American experiment. He celebrated the countless ways in which Americans interacted with and influenced the public square through what later came to be called "mediating institutions"-churches, civic societies, fraternal organizations, and innumerable other voluntary associations that served not only their members, but their communities as well. These institutions, he said, were the backbone of American life, and the primary bulwark against the kind of tyranny that had long dominated Europe.
When the left views American society, it simply doesn't see these institutions, or worse, dismisses them as reactionary and obstructive of "progress." They are viewed purely as expressions of private interests, needs, or desires, and at best of no consequence to the real work of improving the country, and at worst positive hindrances to be caged or, if need be, destroyed.
And this story from MN where a soaking wet high school girl in a bathing suit was forced to stand outside barefoot in sub-freezing weather by teachers during a fire alarm is a classic example of how big government and its rules end up robbing average people of their basic human decency and making them behave like monsters. The girl is okay thanks to the help of her classmates but suffered some frostbite to her feet.
"My father had taught me to be nice first, because you can always be mean later, but once you've been mean to someone, they won't believe the nice anymore. So be nice, be nice, until it's time to stop being nice, then destroy them."
But as my mother also taught me when you're a teacher - or really anyone in a position of authority - you always start out super-strict, demanding and merciless and then slowly loosen up once the ground rules have been established. Of course both of these pieces of advice are correct in their own circumstances.
Pro-Tip: Always Be Sure To Attack Switzerland After Office Hours
However, today it was revealed that it was Italian and French pilots who were scrambled to escort the plane into land and the Swiss played no part in the mission.The Swiss pilots were alerted to the problem at 4.30am but are only operational in normal office hours - not before 8am.
A Swiss airforce spokesman Laurent Savary told AFP: 'Switzerland cannot intervene because its airbases are closed at night and on the weekend. It's a question of budget and staffing.'
Scenes From a Militarized Police America
Just remember that this entire military-style raid was to question someone suspected of credit card fraud. And no I wouldn't consider this a 'knock and announce' entry where a reasonable person could make it to the door to meet the police.
As you can see from the video, the knock and announce today is largely a formality. The original purpose is gone. From the perspective of the people inside, there's really no difference between this sort of "knock and announce" and a no-knock raid. (The covering of the officers' faces is also troubling, though also not uncommon.)
...Ross says he didn't hear the police announcement until after one officer had already attempted to kick in the door. Had that officer been successful, there's a good chance that Ross, the police officer, or both would be dead. The police department would then have inevitably argued that Ross should have known that they were law enforcement. But you can't simultaneously argue that these violent, volatile tactics are necessary to take suspects by surprise and that the same suspects you're taking by surprise should have known all along that they were being raided by police. Well you can, and police do, and judges and prosecutors usually support them. But the arguments don't logically coexist.
Look the police can either have 'knock and announce' raids with reasonable time before entry or they can have 'surprise' raids - but not both. And if they go with surprise, I'm willing to acquit anyone who acts against them in reasonable self-defense.
EPA Announces Yet Another Round of Unilaterally-Imposed Sanctions on the US Economy
Because your gas is too cheap. And because they can.
How To Tell The Terrorists Have Won
Members of the military are no longer allowed to march along with the Boston Marathon. Because safety.
Muslims bomb the Boston Marathon and Boston, home to the American Revolution, does what the Left does best: it backs down. That's the word from Runner's world:A decade long tradition will be missing from this year's Boston Marathon. Due to the new, stricter security guidelines released by the Boston Athletic Association last Wednesday, ruck marchers will not be allowed to make the 26.2-mile trek from Hopkinton to Boylston because they are considered "unauthorized participants."Muslims don't have to defeat America on the battlefield. If they scare us enough, we'll unilaterally declare defeat and turn ourselves over to the enemy.
Active members of the military have participated in ruck marches at the Boston Marathon for years. Donning full fatigues and carrying 40-pound rucksacks on their backs, ruckers march the length of the course in support of families of fallen soldiers.
Thomas Frank Doesn't Understand Kansas...or Animal House
As Roger Ebert pointed out one time the Deltas were really proto-hippies - far more than they were ever future cogs in the investment-banking establishment industry.
Even People in the Academy Didn't Watch '12 Years A Slave'
But they did vote for it and enabled this famous selfie:
Whatever Happened to...Celebrities Ageing Naturally?
There was a time when actors and actresses let themselves age naturally, and looked all the more better for it. Katharine Hepburn, as far as I could tell, never had work done and her pretty features are still intact in On Golden Pond, which was released when she was 74. Mae West also resisted plastic surgery, showing off her face and neck to whoever asked to prove she had no surgical marks. Instead, she shunned the sun, staying indoors during the midday hours and drawing the shades in her apartment. Eva Saint Marie is 89 and was interviewed on CBS Sunday Morning this week, claiming that she never had anything done to her face--and I believe her. She still looks stunning and completely natural.
Based on women I've known who have gotten plastic surgery you seem to get the best results when you have light work done that mostly restores what you used to look like. But go too far and you start getting the allergic reaction/tranny-burn victim look.
Yahoo group. That is all.
The group thingy. And the middle class.
And my Twitter spew.
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Posted by: Charles Algernon Swinburne at March 06, 2014 06:29 PM (omBWL)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at March 06, 2014 06:30 PM (R+XDI)
Posted by: Peaches at March 06, 2014 06:31 PM (8lmkt)
winds somewhere safe to sea
Posted by: Charles Algernon Swinburne at March 06, 2014 10:32 PM (omBWL)
yeah, whatevs, you got any weed?
Posted by: Peaches at March 06, 2014 06:33 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at March 06, 2014 06:34 PM (Aiwi+)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 06, 2014 06:34 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Insomniac at March 06, 2014 06:34 PM (UAMVq)
Posted by: rickl at March 06, 2014 06:34 PM (sdi6R)
Not sure I agree with that. "Government" is an abstract, nebulous thing.
I would accept that the left believes in and trusts the cult of dear leader. If you look around, you see the left fixated on the strong man at the top, not the abstract 'government'.
Posted by: John Johnson Jr. at March 06, 2014 06:35 PM (z8++p)
Posted by: Insomniac at March 06, 2014 06:35 PM (UAMVq)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 06, 2014 10:34 PM (rDidD)
well, somebody's got a turd in his pocket, eh?
{{{{y5}}}}
Posted by: Peaches at March 06, 2014 06:36 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Bawney Fwank at March 06, 2014 06:36 PM (UAMVq)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 06, 2014 06:36 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Jmel at March 06, 2014 06:36 PM (cfFqn)
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 06, 2014 06:36 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Erowmero at March 06, 2014 06:36 PM (1gcFZ)
Posted by: Carol at March 06, 2014 06:37 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 06, 2014 06:37 PM (Y/M/K)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 06, 2014 06:37 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 06, 2014 06:37 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: rickl at March 06, 2014 06:37 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Peaches at March 06, 2014 06:38 PM (8lmkt)
So it's the police busting in your front door, especially if you do bad things, so you should be expecting it.
Posted by: John Johnson Jr. at March 06, 2014 06:38 PM (z8++p)
Posted by: L, elle at March 06, 2014 06:39 PM (0xqKe)
He ran out of good whiskey.
The horror....the horror.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 06, 2014 06:39 PM (QFxY5)
Posted by: Dalton at March 06, 2014 06:39 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 06, 2014 06:40 PM (rDidD)
The horror....the horror.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 06, 2014 10:39 PM (QFxY5)
really? what a fuckin' pussy . . . 
Posted by: Peaches at March 06, 2014 06:40 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: EC at March 06, 2014 06:40 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 06, 2014 06:40 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: ryukyu at March 06, 2014 06:41 PM (C6XFd)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, So Very Tired at March 06, 2014 06:41 PM (dkesm)
Posted by: Smart Military Blog at March 06, 2014 06:41 PM (q0r5L)
Posted by: cm9000 at March 06, 2014 06:41 PM (3qZbZ)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 06, 2014 06:42 PM (Y/M/K)
Posted by: Peaches at March 06, 2014 06:42 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 06, 2014 06:42 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 06, 2014 06:42 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 06, 2014 06:43 PM (Q8vlx)
.and it's been cold in Minnesota this season, going outside in that type of weather without protective clothing can be fatal.
Posted by: John Johnson Jr. at March 06, 2014 06:43 PM (z8++p)
Posted by: blaster at March 06, 2014 06:44 PM (/h62g)
Sorry theres no excuse friends.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 06, 2014 10:42 PM (Y/M/K)
Oh such sweet internet irony.
Posted by: Mætenloch at March 06, 2014 06:44 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 06, 2014 06:44 PM (Q8vlx)
Posted by: Carol at March 06, 2014 06:44 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 06, 2014 06:44 PM (Y/M/K)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 06, 2014 06:45 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 06, 2014 06:45 PM (rDidD)
That might be the perfect answer to that racist idiot!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 06, 2014 06:45 PM (QFxY5)
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They were busy doing their nails.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 06, 2014 06:45 PM (4Mv1T)
Beautifully reasoned.
By the way, Radley Balko has an entire book, _Rise Of The Warrior Cop_, filled with accounts of over the top law enforcement abuses of precisely this sort, which will surely fulfill your Recommended Daily Allowance of ragestroke.
It includes a section on one of my personal pet peeves, how podunk PDs in little towns with next to zero crime rates are getting kitted out with massive armored vehicles paid for by the feds. Barney Fife, meet Warren Terruh.
As we all know, when jihadis are plotting, and carefully marking on a map the spots they wish to stab in America's soft underbelly, they're focusing like a laser on tiny lily-white towns in rural New Hampshire where the typical police call involves high schoolers egging and TP-ing one another's houses.
So that twenty ton MRAP with the tactical assault team in black ninja suits and body armor better be ready to roll on a moment's notice. You can't be too careful.
Posted by: torquewrench at March 06, 2014 06:46 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: Insomniac at March 06, 2014 10:35 PM (UAMVq)
Yep, hopefully we can look to the Sheriffs for support on our side. I know that I can, being no police in my county.
Posted by: rightlysouthern(aim low boys, they ridin ponies at March 06, 2014 06:46 PM (GUnyT)
Posted by: EC at March 06, 2014 06:46 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Smart Military Blog at March 06, 2014 06:47 PM (q0r5L)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 06, 2014 10:42 PM (Y/M/K)
Oh such sweet internet irony.
Posted by: Mætenloch at March 06, 2014 10:44 PM (pAlYe)
threadwinner of the week!! 
Posted by: Peaches at March 06, 2014 06:47 PM (8lmkt)
Boy, these folks would make great camp commandants.
Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at March 06, 2014 06:47 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 06, 2014 06:47 PM (Y/M/K)
Even at 18 I would have known to shut the fuck up for $80k.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 06, 2014 06:47 PM (QFxY5)
Posted by: rickl at March 06, 2014 06:47 PM (sdi6R)
Sorry theres no excuse friends.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 06, 2014 10:42 PM (Y/M/K)
I not only have it, I have it in hard cover, bro. BTW, you're missing some punctuation. Actually, lots. 
Posted by: grognard at March 06, 2014 06:49 PM (hjKMO)
Posted by: kbdabear at March 06, 2014 06:49 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: HuuskerDu at March 06, 2014 06:50 PM (H+MP0)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 06, 2014 06:50 PM (rDidD)
"My father had taught me to be nice first, because you can always be mean later, but once you've been mean to someone, they won't believe the nice anymore. So be nice, be nice, until it's time to stop being nice, then destroy them."
Yep, and that quote especially applies to Uninvited Police requesting entry to my abode by means of kicking down my door.
Fcuk 'em, I'm installing some more blind deadbolts, anchored with 8" anchors. Doors are gonna have deadbolts like a gunsafe.
Having been a USAF cop and a civilian cop, I despise the militarization of the average Barney Fife. A classic SWAT team, I can understand. The whole damn P.D. though? No fcuking way, mate.
Pity, Claymores aren't legal and easily accessible.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 06, 2014 06:50 PM (vvk2F)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 06, 2014 06:50 PM (aDwsi)
blogs.canoe.ca/lilleyspad/politics/video-mark-steyn-on-byline/
At least watch the bottom one with Steyn mocking his Tweeting critics.
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 06, 2014 06:50 PM (hn5v5)
Posted by: blaster at March 06, 2014 06:51 PM (/h62g)
Nicely put.
The sad part of this whole disgusting militarization of the cops is that all it does is alienate them. It makes them nowhere near ready to handle actual killers. It just makes them tougher and angrier with soccer moms and half-asleep non-violent offenders.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 06, 2014 06:51 PM (QFxY5)
Posted by: eman at March 06, 2014 06:51 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 06, 2014 06:51 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: blaster at March 06, 2014 06:51 PM (/h62g)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 06, 2014 06:51 PM (Y/M/K)
Posted by: Young Vlad of the KGB at March 06, 2014 06:51 PM (U13jb)
So that twenty ton MRAP with the tactical assault team in black ninja suits and body armor better be ready to roll on a moment's notice. You can't be too careful.
Posted by: torquewrench at March 06, 2014 10:46 PM (gqT4g)
That pervasive case of penis-envy and military wanna-be attitude that a lot of cops have is a perfect fit for a regime that just wants people to follow orders.
Posted by: grognard at March 06, 2014 06:51 PM (hjKMO)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 06, 2014 06:52 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 06, 2014 06:52 PM (Q8vlx)
Not a chance.
My father would have killed me and dumped my body in the sound if I had been half as stupid as this twit.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 06, 2014 06:53 PM (QFxY5)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 06, 2014 06:53 PM (Y/M/K)
Posted by: model_1066 at March 06, 2014 06:54 PM (KWIwL)
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 06, 2014 06:54 PM (84gbM)
Posted by: Dendritic at March 06, 2014 06:54 PM (Fi+kS)
Posted by: HuuskerDu at March 06, 2014 06:54 PM (H+MP0)
Here's a clue bat. Apply to the forehead.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 06, 2014 10:53 PM (Y/M/K)
Guess you missed the joking tone. It happens.
Posted by: grognard at March 06, 2014 06:54 PM (hjKMO)
Posted by: model_1066 at March 06, 2014 06:55 PM (KWIwL)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 06, 2014 06:55 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Smart Military Blog at March 06, 2014 06:55 PM (q0r5L)
Posted by: EC at March 06, 2014 06:56 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: model_1066 at March 06, 2014 10:55 PM (KWIwL)
You two are my kind of people.
Unless you don't drink.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 06, 2014 06:56 PM (QFxY5)
Posted by: kbdabear at March 06, 2014 06:56 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 06, 2014 06:56 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 06, 2014 06:56 PM (Y/M/K)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 06, 2014 06:57 PM (rDidD)
*coughNoOneatCPACapparently*
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 06, 2014 10:47 PM (Y/M/K)
I just want my fellow citizens to stop stealing the fruits of my labor. Apparently that is too much to ask.
Posted by: cm9000 at March 06, 2014 06:57 PM (3qZbZ)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 06, 2014 06:57 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: HuuskerDu at March 06, 2014 06:57 PM (H+MP0)
Here in urban northern Commiefornia, there is a growing trend of small cities with low crime rates realizing that police are a huge monkey on the backs of municipal budgeting, since they are also patrolled by the county sheriff. And cops are enormously costly when you consider pension outlays.
And, here in the SF Bay Area, some of those small cities have said, "Screw it," and dumped their municipal PD, and contracted with the sheriff to take over the former police facilities and expand local patrols. Note that this is in the supposed heartland of deep blue liberalism. Even here, voters notice dollar signs.
Someone asked me what I thought about this trend, and I said, "Well, I live in a place that's double-covered for law enforcement. I get to vote for who the sheriff is, but I don't get to vote for who the police chief is. I figure I prefer having some direct accountability in that matter."
Also, the sheriff's office doesn't impose a standard sidearm on the deputies, and some of them carry some freaking cool shootin' irons. That they are happy to chat about if you ask politely.
Posted by: torquewrench at March 06, 2014 06:58 PM (gqT4g)
Exactly. Which is why they shouldn't be investigating.
I want a CIA interrogator with a SEAL team behind him.
CIA points at bad guy: SEAL team makes bad guy go bye-bye.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 06, 2014 06:58 PM (QFxY5)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 06, 2014 10:56 PM (QFxY5)
Mas tequila.
Posted by: grognard at March 06, 2014 06:58 PM (hjKMO)
Unless you don't drink.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 06, 2014 10:56 PM (QFxY5)
how do I love thee, CBD, let me count the ways . . .
Posted by: Peaches at March 06, 2014 06:58 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: kbdabear at March 06, 2014 06:59 PM (aTXUx)
has da burning times started or is that next week?
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Hell yeah, they started 5 fucking years ago, but the downhill started after the 2006 elections. Talk to me about that shit, last money that I recieved from a job was first week in September 2013.
Posted by: rightlysouthern(aim low boys, they ridin ponies at March 06, 2014 06:59 PM (GUnyT)
Posted by: Smart Military Blog at March 06, 2014 06:59 PM (q0r5L)
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 06, 2014 06:59 PM (84gbM)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 06, 2014 07:00 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: EC at March 06, 2014 07:00 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 06, 2014 07:00 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: model_1066 at March 06, 2014 07:00 PM (KWIwL)
Posted by: Peaches at March 06, 2014 10:58 PM (8lmkt)
How's Fluffy?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 06, 2014 07:00 PM (QFxY5)
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 06, 2014 07:01 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 06, 2014 07:02 PM (Y/M/K)
Posted by: model_1066 at March 06, 2014 07:02 PM (KWIwL)
Posted by: YIKES! at March 06, 2014 07:02 PM (mETGQ)
Posted by: L, elle at March 06, 2014 10:39 PM (0xqKe)
http://tinyurl.com/yzshm5p
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 06, 2014 07:02 PM (HFap2)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 06, 2014 07:03 PM (yDmQD)
Posted by: EC at March 06, 2014 07:03 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 06, 2014 07:03 PM (Y/M/K)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 06, 2014 07:04 PM (Q8vlx)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 06, 2014 07:04 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: rickl at March 06, 2014 07:04 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Smart Military Blog at March 06, 2014 07:04 PM (q0r5L)
Posted by: booger at March 06, 2014 07:04 PM (xRDdL)
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 06, 2014 07:05 PM (84gbM)
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 06, 2014 07:06 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: junior at March 06, 2014 07:06 PM (fsOaN)
Confusing "its" and "it's", "your" and "you're". "all together" and "altogether", "all ready" and "already", "all right" and "alright" (the latter is not even a word)
Posted by: HuuskerDu at March 06, 2014 07:06 PM (H+MP0)
Posted by: Smart Military Blog at March 06, 2014 07:06 PM (q0r5L)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 06, 2014 07:06 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: ryukyu at March 06, 2014 07:06 PM (C6XFd)
Posted by: Smart Military Blog at March 06, 2014 11:04 PM (q0r5L)
How you doin'?
Posted by: Peaches at March 06, 2014 07:06 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 06, 2014 07:07 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: booger at March 06, 2014 11:04 PM (xRDdL)
My experience:
10% decent well-adjusted people.
25% football players/criminal justice majors
30% bullied kids
35% bullies
Posted by: grognard at March 06, 2014 07:07 PM (hjKMO)
Posted by: Carol at March 06, 2014 07:07 PM (z4WKX)
http://tinyurl.com/pkkd7mh
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 06, 2014 07:07 PM (QFxY5)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 06, 2014 07:08 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: blaster at March 06, 2014 07:08 PM (Rq0b4)
Posted by: junior at March 06, 2014 11:06 PM (fsOaN)
Agreed. But I don't really care if they are only 90% certain.
I want the constitution to apply to Americans, not terrorists.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 06, 2014 07:09 PM (QFxY5)
Posted by: EC at March 06, 2014 07:09 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 06, 2014 07:09 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 06, 2014 07:10 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 06, 2014 07:10 PM (84gbM)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 06, 2014 07:11 PM (Y/M/K)
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 06, 2014 07:11 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: HuuskerDu at March 06, 2014 07:11 PM (H+MP0)
Press 1 for Danish.
Press 2 for Russian.
Press 3 for Arabic. Or stay on the line and wait for the demographic triumph.
Posted by: torquewrench at March 06, 2014 07:11 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 06, 2014 07:11 PM (Q8vlx)
Posted by: HuuskerDu at March 06, 2014 11:06 PM (H+MP0)
Note that these words are almost never confused in spoken English. Which tells you that distinguishing them in written English isn't really adding any information to the sentence.
Posted by: Mætenloch at March 06, 2014 07:11 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: junior at March 06, 2014 07:11 PM (fsOaN)
Posted by: model_1066 at March 06, 2014 07:12 PM (KWIwL)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 06, 2014 07:12 PM (HVff2)
I like the "illegally boost the signal" part.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 06, 2014 07:12 PM (QFxY5)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 06, 2014 07:13 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 06, 2014 07:13 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 06, 2014 07:13 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: junior at March 06, 2014 07:13 PM (fsOaN)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 06, 2014 07:13 PM (X9Mnx)
Posted by: booger at March 06, 2014 11:04 PM (xRDdL)
Real tough with the pensions and the authority and the unaccountability and the shooting of dogs.
Posted by: cm9000 at March 06, 2014 07:13 PM (3qZbZ)
Posted by: Mætenloch at March 06, 2014 11:11 PM (pAlYe)
HARUMPH!
Posted by: Grammar Pedant at March 06, 2014 07:14 PM (QFxY5)
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 06, 2014 07:14 PM (84gbM)
Posted by: Carol at March 06, 2014 11:07 PM (z4WKX)
Strategically, it makes sense. If CPAC were only to include the so-called "true conservatives" as defined by the ACU, the conference's ability to influence would be decreased as it would be easier to malign it as a gathering of those outside the mainstream. Including traditional republicans (if Christie counts as such, which he does, unfortunately) lengthens and broadens the perceived reach of CPAC. The ACU can't afford to marginalize itself by not including "moderate" voices if they want to have any sway after elections if a RINO-type candidate wins.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at March 06, 2014 07:14 PM (AaZLR)
Posted by: model_1066 at March 06, 2014 07:14 PM (KWIwL)
Good ideas. How bout a CCC?
Congressional Confederate Caucus
Covers just about the whole enchilada
Posted by: NCwoof at March 06, 2014 07:15 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 06, 2014 07:15 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: junior at March 06, 2014 07:15 PM (fsOaN)
Posted by: torquewrench at March 06, 2014 10:58 PM (gqT4g)
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As a plus, the power of a County Sheriff. I know that in my State(FL) they hold a big stick, and being elected every 4 years had better use it wisely, we are on third generation family and they are wise.
Posted by: rightlysouthern(aim low boys, they ridin ponies at March 06, 2014 07:15 PM (GUnyT)
I did not shoot the deputy.
Posted by: Eric Clapner at March 06, 2014 07:16 PM (HFap2)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 06, 2014 07:16 PM (DmNpO)
That sounds like that sissy homonym talk to me, Maet.
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 06, 2014 07:16 PM (hn5v5)
Posted by: rickl at March 06, 2014 07:16 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 06, 2014 11:13 PM (rDidD)
He'll just re-route the pipelines through Crimea, leaving what's left of Ukraine twisting in the wind while Europe still gets their gas.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at March 06, 2014 07:16 PM (AaZLR)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 06, 2014 07:16 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 06, 2014 07:16 PM (rDidD)
It's probably a wireless n draft instead of the newer wireless n standard, the n draft linksys i had gave me all sorts of problems. You can try going into the router settings and switching it to g only, that helped with mine.
Posted by: booger at March 06, 2014 07:17 PM (xRDdL)
Posted by: model_1066 at March 06, 2014 07:17 PM (KWIwL)
Posted by: Carol at March 06, 2014 07:17 PM (z4WKX)
It's true that wealthy people are more likely to vote Republican, while poor people are more likely to vote Democrat. And politicians, on the whole, are selfish creatures who want to maximize their own power and that of their party, right?
So, Republicans support policies that enable more people to get rich, because more wealthy people = more Republican voters.
Democrats, on the other hand, support policies that make more people poor, because more poor people = more Democrat voters.
Will you vote for the party that wants you to be poor, or the party that wants you to be rich?
I've always argued against that rich/poor dichotomy, thinking it was too simplistic, but now I'm thinking maybe it'd be better to embrace it after all. It might be easier to explain to people that they have the cause and effect backwards than to refute that particular bumper-sticker slogan.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 06, 2014 07:17 PM (/96QU)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 06, 2014 07:17 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 06, 2014 07:18 PM (84gbM)
Confusing "a lot" for "alot" (again the latter is not a word)
Posted by: HuuskerDu at March 06, 2014 07:18 PM (H+MP0)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 06, 2014 07:19 PM (HVff2)
I try to only buy household routers that are compatible with DD-WRT.
I have a couple of absolutely ancient Linksys units that I keep around as spares in case of lightning strikes and whatnot. Last round of firmware upgrades, I was able to get all of them up and running stably on recent builds of DD.
Posted by: torquewrench at March 06, 2014 07:19 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: EC at March 06, 2014 07:19 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 06, 2014 07:20 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: The Kids™ at March 06, 2014 07:20 PM (JMmQ9)
Yeah i remember when i was 18 or 19 me and my friends were drinking in a public park and pretty drunk when some cops drove up, it was about 1am and they saw from our id's we didn't live far so they just took our beer and told us to walk home, these days we'd probably get arrested for public drunkenness, underage drinking and who knows what else.
Posted by: booger at March 06, 2014 07:20 PM (xRDdL)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 06, 2014 07:20 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 06, 2014 07:20 PM (Y/M/K)
Posted by: andycanuck at March 06, 2014 11:16 PM (hn5v5)
Follow the money. Ask yourself who profits from confusing grammar and arbitrary usage rules that keep the average person feeling insecure and uneducated?
The grammar teacher-pedant industrial complex that's who.
Posted by: Mætenloch at March 06, 2014 07:20 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: model_1066 at March 06, 2014 07:22 PM (KWIwL)
The specs on the WRT100 aren't good. Flashing DD-WRT will brick it. And I don't see a vendor (Linksys) flash upgrade for it more recent than 1.0.7, which appears ancient and the download link doesn't even work. Time to upgrade.
Posted by: HuuskerDu at March 06, 2014 07:22 PM (H+MP0)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 06, 2014 07:22 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 06, 2014 07:22 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Lot at March 06, 2014 07:23 PM (yDmQD)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 06, 2014 11:15 PM (aDwsi)
And it's not. No points will be deducted on the ONT final for 'incorrect' grammar. But if your written answer is not understandable to an average Moron-type, you may receive no credit. And could be mocked.
Posted by: Mætenloch at March 06, 2014 07:23 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: model_1066 at March 06, 2014 07:24 PM (KWIwL)
Posted by: HuuskerDu at March 06, 2014 07:25 PM (H+MP0)
Posted by: Romeo13, trying to put socks on, even though he isn't wearing any pants. at March 06, 2014 07:25 PM (84gbM)
Posted by: The Kids™ at March 06, 2014 07:25 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: BignJames at March 06, 2014 07:26 PM (j7iSn)
Posted by: madamemayhem (still on a hate binge) at March 06, 2014 07:26 PM (WPm3x)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 06, 2014 07:26 PM (g4TxM)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 06, 2014 07:26 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 06, 2014 07:27 PM (/96QU)
Posted by: model_1066 at March 06, 2014 07:27 PM (KWIwL)
It always comes down to the semantics with you, doesn't it, Maet? I'm telling you again the Jooooos do not run the grammar-industrial complex. They don't even write left to right.
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 06, 2014 07:28 PM (hn5v5)
Posted by: KIDS Inc. at March 06, 2014 07:28 PM (AymDN)
Volusia County, FL has a "medical examiner" instead.
I'm laughing my ass off. Those of you who remember the _opera bouffe_ performance of county medical examiner Dr. Shiping Bao at the George Zimmerman trial can only imagine if the completely deluded Dr. Bao had the authority to arrest the sheriff.
Probably would have. Hilarious hijinx ensue.
Posted by: torquewrench at March 06, 2014 07:28 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: BignJames at March 06, 2014 07:28 PM (j7iSn)
Posted by: model_1066 at March 06, 2014 07:28 PM (KWIwL)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 06, 2014 07:29 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 06, 2014 07:29 PM (Q8vlx)
Posted by: Lot at March 06, 2014 07:29 PM (yDmQD)
Posted by: Mætenloch at March 06, 2014 11:23 PM (pAlYe)
You need to be just muscular enough to not be mocked.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 06, 2014 07:29 PM (HFap2)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 06, 2014 07:30 PM (Y/M/K)
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 06, 2014 11:18 PM (84gbM)
Its easternmost point borders Russia across a small strait which already takes ferry traffic between the two countries. The pipeline could and would be re-routed around Ukraine.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at March 06, 2014 07:30 PM (AaZLR)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at March 06, 2014 07:30 PM (XWw96)
Posted by: rightlysouthern(aim low boys, they ridin ponies at March 06, 2014 07:30 PM (GUnyT)
Posted by: The Kids™ at March 06, 2014 07:31 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: rickl at March 06, 2014 07:31 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: HuuskerDu at March 06, 2014 07:31 PM (H+MP0)
Posted by: model_1066 at March 06, 2014 11:28 PM (KWIwL)
Urine luck.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 06, 2014 07:31 PM (HFap2)
This is an urban legend. No ears at all, really.
Posted by: Rabbits at March 06, 2014 07:32 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 06, 2014 07:32 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: madamemayhem (still on a hate binge) at March 06, 2014 07:32 PM (WPm3x)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 06, 2014 07:33 PM (Q8vlx)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 06, 2014 07:33 PM (g4TxM)
Posted by: HuuskerDu at March 06, 2014 11:31 PM (H+MP0)
What is your source of internet connection?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 06, 2014 07:33 PM (HFap2)
Posted by: Romeo13, trying to put socks on, even though he isn't wearing any pants. at March 06, 2014 07:34 PM (84gbM)
would like to find out more about this Roku. Have ATT Uverse. where from here? No cable; jes OTA.
Posted by: NCwoof at March 06, 2014 07:34 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: model_1066 at March 06, 2014 07:34 PM (KWIwL)
see pipelines here:
http://tinyurl.com/l34ks5b
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 06, 2014 11:20 PM (rDidD)
Hadn't seen that...I'm more informed of the complexity of the task now. Thanks.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at March 06, 2014 07:34 PM (AaZLR)
It always comes down to the semantics with you, doesn't it, Maet? I'm telling you again the Jooooos do not run the grammar-industrial complex. They don't even write left to right.
Posted by: andycanuck at March 06, 2014 11:28 PM (hn5v5)
No no because the Deaf are just using the Jooos as muscle against free-thinking, free-writing Americans. Ask yourself - which shadowy, insular group never has to worry about homonyms or using the wrong verb form in public?
THAT'S who's running the GOG.
Posted by: Mætenloch at March 06, 2014 07:35 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: EC at March 06, 2014 07:35 PM (doBIb)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VPLOVJ0u94
Posted by: Casey Kasem at March 06, 2014 07:36 PM (/96QU)
Posted by: madamemayhem (still on a hate binge) at March 06, 2014 07:37 PM (WPm3x)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 06, 2014 07:37 PM (Q8vlx)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 06, 2014 07:37 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 06, 2014 07:38 PM (JMmQ9)
http://tinyurl.com/mubxejs
As you can see, I went apeshit in response in the comment section and voila!! My very first liberal-site deletion of a comment. I'm so proud of myself. But then the guy went and *restored* an earlier comment I made that I myself had deleted.
Anyway. Weird, and I probably only succeeded in making an ass of myself. But no way am I going to put up with this idiot's anti-Christian bigotry.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 06, 2014 07:38 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: The NoHo Hat at March 06, 2014 07:38 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: booger at March 06, 2014 11:04 PM (xRDdL)
My experience:10% decent well-adjusted people.25% football players/criminal justice majors
30% bullied kids35% bullies
Posted by: grognard at March 06, 2014 11:07 PM (hjKMO) Hide posts from (hjKMO)
Similar saying: There are five grades of police: Gentlemen, Peacekeepers, Cops, Pigs, and Assholes....and in LA, you're doing well if you're avoiding grade 5.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 06, 2014 07:39 PM (T1005)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 06, 2014 07:39 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: EC at March 06, 2014 07:39 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 06, 2014 07:39 PM (hn5v5)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 06, 2014 07:40 PM (Q8vlx)
Posted by: HuuskerDu at March 06, 2014 07:40 PM (H+MP0)
Posted by: booger at March 06, 2014 07:40 PM (xRDdL)
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 06, 2014 11:38 PM (JMmQ9)
Love that movie. I'm always disappointed when I reference it and nobody picks it up.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at March 06, 2014 07:41 PM (AaZLR)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 06, 2014 07:41 PM (X9Mnx)
::: heavy Germanic accent :::
And a phased plasma rifle in the 40 watt range.
Posted by: torquewrench at March 06, 2014 07:41 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: HuuskerDu at March 06, 2014 07:42 PM (H+MP0)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 06, 2014 07:42 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 06, 2014 07:42 PM (Y/M/K)
I admit, it's getting to look like a better and better alternative to shelling out close to $200/month.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 06, 2014 07:42 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Dendritic at March 06, 2014 07:42 PM (Fi+kS)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 06, 2014 07:43 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: HuuskerDu at March 06, 2014 07:43 PM (H+MP0)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 06, 2014 07:43 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Lot at March 06, 2014 07:43 PM (yDmQD)
Posted by: model_1066 at March 06, 2014 07:44 PM (KWIwL)
Posted by: model_1066 at March 06, 2014 07:44 PM (KWIwL)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 06, 2014 07:45 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 06, 2014 07:45 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 06, 2014 07:45 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 06, 2014 07:45 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: madamemayhem (still on a hate binge) at March 06, 2014 07:45 PM (WPm3x)
Posted by: madamemayhem (still on a hate binge) at March 06, 2014 07:45 PM (WPm3x)
You don't even need a rooftop antenna, just go to Home Depot/Lowes and get a set top high def antenna for $30 and you're good to go.
Posted by: booger at March 06, 2014 07:45 PM (xRDdL)
You don't even need a rooftop antenna, just go to Home Depot/Lowes and get a set top high def antenna for $30 and you're good to go.
Posted by: booger at March 06, 2014 07:45 PM (xRDdL)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 06, 2014 07:45 PM (Y/M/K)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 06, 2014 07:45 PM (Y/M/K)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 06, 2014 07:46 PM (DmNpO)
One of the greatest things about Latin is that it uses no commas, and so weftcut, speaking Latin exclusively, might have lived to get out of that bar with the panda in it. He would, though, still be looking for that second White he dragged in there.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 06, 2014 07:46 PM (xq1UY)
Posted by: EC at March 06, 2014 07:46 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 06, 2014 07:47 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: HuuskerDu at March 06, 2014 07:47 PM (H+MP0)
Posted by: torquewrench at March 06, 2014 11:41 PM (gqT4g)
I hate to correct you, but that was an accent that was brought about by Arnold Schwarzenegger speaking Austrian in his youth, not German. I know you said Germanic in nature, which is technically correct, but in the interests of cultural sensitivity, specificity is very important.
Posted by: That Fucking Guy what has the Big Ears and a Little Red Book at March 06, 2014 07:47 PM (AaZLR)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 06, 2014 07:47 PM (Q8vlx)
That's too bad, that was a highlight for me running by those guys and gals. Extra motivation when you just want to go over to the side of the road and sit down. Plus it won't even matter for security, a marathon is full of soft targets.
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at March 06, 2014 07:47 PM (WdbF7)
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 06, 2014 07:48 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: madamemayhem (still on a hate binge) at March 06, 2014 07:49 PM (WPm3x)
Posted by: HuuskerDu at March 06, 2014 07:49 PM (H+MP0)
Posted by: EC at March 06, 2014 07:49 PM (doBIb)
You're telling me. I looked 'em up. Among them:
- The Lena Dunham Channel
- The Barbara Walters "Buzz" Channel
- The Alan Grayson Channel
- The Richard Simmons Channel
((((((((((shivering violently))))))))))
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 06, 2014 07:49 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 06, 2014 07:49 PM (Y/M/K)
Posted by: Carol at March 06, 2014 07:50 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: EC at March 06, 2014 07:51 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at March 06, 2014 07:51 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: HuuskerDu at March 06, 2014 07:52 PM (H+MP0)
Posted by: gordinkneehill at March 06, 2014 07:52 PM (yDmQD)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 06, 2014 07:52 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 06, 2014 07:52 PM (Q8vlx)
Posted by: EC at March 06, 2014 07:52 PM (doBIb)
I'm fine with CPAC offering a couple of speaking slots to 'moderate outreach', but having Krispy, Mitch the Bitch, and Rino Ryan on the first day was excessive. Though the lack of Rino's on Day 2 and 3 indicate it was as much of giving Congress critters a chance to get out of town Thursday night, so they can ignore their constituents over the weekend
Posted by: phreshone at March 06, 2014 07:53 PM (Q6pxP)
Are they that bad?
Posted by: EC at March 06, 2014 11:52 PM (doBIb)
It's the internet. What do you think?
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 06, 2014 07:53 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: buzzion at March 06, 2014 07:53 PM (LI48c)
Just my home network. Roku recommends you use a wired connection, but mine runs fine on wireless and i'm on time warners standard 15mb speed.
Posted by: booger at March 06, 2014 07:53 PM (xRDdL)
Posted by: model_1066 at March 06, 2014 07:54 PM (KWIwL)
Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 06, 2014 11:52 PM (Q8vlx)
Most of the time that IS the cable.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 06, 2014 07:54 PM (HFap2)
Posted by: Dendritic at March 06, 2014 07:54 PM (Fi+kS)
I don't have to like 'em to want 'em alive and paying their internet bill.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 06, 2014 07:54 PM (0AKks)
Posted by: EC at March 06, 2014 07:56 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: booger at March 06, 2014 11:53 PM (xRDdL)
IOW you didn't "cut" the cable. You are just using it for internet only.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 06, 2014 07:56 PM (HFap2)
Posted by: HuuskerDu at March 06, 2014 07:56 PM (H+MP0)
Posted by: Casey Kasem at March 06, 2014 07:56 PM (/96QU)
Posted by: EC at March 06, 2014 07:57 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 06, 2014 07:58 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 06, 2014 07:58 PM (hn5v5)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 06, 2014 07:58 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 06, 2014 07:59 PM (DmNpO)
Yeah, you have to have internet access for it, i haven't even cut *cable* cable yet, probably be on it for a couple more years.
Posted by: booger at March 06, 2014 07:59 PM (xRDdL)
Posted by: Sheldon Cooper at March 06, 2014 07:59 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: HuuskerDu at March 06, 2014 08:00 PM (H+MP0)
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 06, 2014 08:00 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 06, 2014 08:01 PM (DmNpO)
- The Lena Dunham Channel
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 06, 2014 11:49 PM
Redundant. If I want to look at elephants there's already NatGeo channel.
Posted by: otho at March 06, 2014 08:02 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: EC at March 06, 2014 08:02 PM (doBIb)
It's all based on ads, same as normal cable. Premium (non-ad) content you pay for like usual to Amazon or Netflix or whatever. Roku has your credit card but they are just a conduit for the pin to buy stuff to watch. They probably nick the vendor for a small cut (dunno).
Posted by: HuuskerDu at March 06, 2014 08:02 PM (H+MP0)
Posted by: RWC at March 06, 2014 08:02 PM (MtC8f)
Posted by: EC at March 06, 2014 08:03 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 06, 2014 08:04 PM (/eo9F)
Posted by: Dendritic at March 06, 2014 08:04 PM (Fi+kS)
Posted by: Carol at March 06, 2014 08:05 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: HuuskerDu at March 06, 2014 08:05 PM (H+MP0)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 06, 2014 08:06 PM (/eo9F)
Posted by: MAx at March 06, 2014 08:06 PM (b7yum)
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 06, 2014 08:06 PM (JMmQ9)
Lots of 'Smart' HDTVs are basically the same thing with the set-top box built right into the panel. All you need is WiFi or an Ethernet connection to go right into it.
Posted by: HuuskerDu at March 06, 2014 08:06 PM (H+MP0)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 06, 2014 08:06 PM (/96QU)
Posted by: kbdabear at March 06, 2014 08:08 PM (aTXUx)
http://bit.ly/1czW56J
Posted by: The Dude at March 06, 2014 08:08 PM (bStrg)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 06, 2014 08:09 PM (/eo9F)
Posted by: HuuskerDu at March 07, 2014 12:05 AM (H+MP0)
Yeah in a generation or two it will sound totally bizarre that most Americans had to have a special cable run to their house just for video and then a completely separate cable just for talking on a dedicated phone device. Just like it sounds odd and quaint to us that some people back in the 1910s had special telegraph lines run to their houses just for the latest stock quotes.
Posted by: Mætenloch at March 06, 2014 08:10 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: booger at March 06, 2014 08:11 PM (xRDdL)
Posted by: RWC at March 06, 2014 08:12 PM (MtC8f)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 06, 2014 08:12 PM (/96QU)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 06, 2014 08:13 PM (Y/M/K)
Posted by: RWC at March 06, 2014 08:13 PM (MtC8f)
Posted by: Dendritic at March 06, 2014 08:15 PM (Fi+kS)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 06, 2014 08:17 PM (Y/M/K)
Posted by: rightlysouthern(aim low boys, they ridin ponies at March 06, 2014 08:19 PM (GUnyT)
Help?
Posted by: Beanerschnitzel at March 06, 2014 08:20 PM (8d63Z)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 06, 2014 08:20 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Weirddave at March 06, 2014 08:27 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: model_1066 at March 06, 2014 08:27 PM (KWIwL)
Posted by: mindful webworker with scroodup life at March 06, 2014 08:28 PM (K7W+A)
Posted by: model_1066 at March 06, 2014 08:32 PM (KWIwL)
Posted by: Semi-conscious scroller at March 06, 2014 08:33 PM (/cUUk)
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at March 06, 2014 08:33 PM (KL49F)
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at March 06, 2014 08:33 PM (KL49F)
Can I substitute "Here comes an "S"! The apostrophe story"? as a prereq?
Also, my big angelfish is dying. He's about the size of my hand and he's lying on the bottom of the tank. Nothing I can do. Angelfish are the reason I like to have a fish tank, and now I'll have none. They're hard to get started and I hate it when they die. I doesn't help that Gingy thinks it's great fun to tease me when I'm upset when one dies. Maybe I'll just give away the other fish and stop keeping a tank. I dunno. Posted by: Weirddave at March 07, 2014 12:27 AM (N/cFh) Hide posts from (N/cFh)
Is this a freshwater angelfish or a saltwater angelfish?
Posted by: cthulhu at March 06, 2014 08:34 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Semi-conscious scroller at March 06, 2014 08:35 PM (/cUUk)
Posted by: Weirddave at March 06, 2014 08:36 PM (N/cFh)
As it stands right now, I seem to have the option of adding individual channels to my internet subscription. If that's the case, it might be better to go that route. If I can indeed get the equivalent of a la carte cable through my computer, that'd be sort of cool. That's also something to look into later.
I seem to have access to at least most shows on a good number of cable channels included in my basic internet service. I'll have to take a closer look and see what all I have.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 06, 2014 08:36 PM (/96QU)
Posted by: model_1066 at March 06, 2014 08:37 PM (KWIwL)
Well, the good news is that you started the right way -- 55 gallon tanks are a helluva lot easier than 10 gallon tanks. Fish like stable environments, and having 5x the water means that anything you do to vary the environment takes 5x as long.
Tiger barbs can be quite aggressive. What were you looking for in fish? Something moving and colorful....something dramatic.....something graceful....something that would actually act like a pet?
Posted by: cthulhu at March 06, 2014 08:38 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Jane Fonda at March 06, 2014 08:38 PM (/cUUk)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 06, 2014 08:39 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: model_1066 at March 06, 2014 08:41 PM (KWIwL)
Posted by: garrett at March 06, 2014 08:43 PM (nZ456)
Is this a freshwater angelfish or a saltwater angelfish?
Fresh. Had him for a couple of years now. Posted by: Weirddave at March 07, 2014 12:36 AM (N/cFh) Hide posts from (N/cFh)
Angelfish and discus are two groups within a much larger family known as cichlidae -- the cichlids. And they are very much on the fragile edge of that family. If you moved into fish like http://tinyurl.com/mwmn84d , they're much more robust.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 06, 2014 08:43 PM (T1005)
He said, "Mr. Putin, tear down this wall!"
Posted by: pj at March 06, 2014 08:43 PM (ZWaLo)
Posted by: Life is too short at March 06, 2014 08:45 PM (/cUUk)
Posted by: model_1066 at March 06, 2014 08:46 PM (KWIwL)
Posted by: cthulhu at March 07, 2014 12:38 AM (T1005)
Was wanting something not too hard to care for, and fun to watch. I liked moving my hand across the glass, making them follow around in a school. I got another batch of a different color six months in, and at one point I had 26 of them, I believe. Someone later told me not to keep the lights on 24/7, which might have shortened some lives. Posted by: model_1066 at March 07, 2014 12:41 AM (KWIwL) Hide posts from (KWIwL)
Oh, so you got some that kept going for a while?
BTW, that following your hand thing? -- mbuna (rockdwelling cichlids from Lake Malawi) are infamous for it......and they're very easy to keep so long as you follow two special rules.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 06, 2014 08:47 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Semi-engaged scroller is semi-conscious at March 06, 2014 08:47 PM (/cUUk)
Posted by: model_1066 at March 06, 2014 08:48 PM (KWIwL)
Powerful lyrics. Thx.
Here's more Dickey Betts (w Allmans)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JToo3iwTOso
Posted by: NCwoof at March 06, 2014 08:48 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: cthulhu at March 07, 2014 12:47 AM (T1005)
Rules being: feed them, and change the water/clean the filters now and then? Posted by: model_1066 at March 07, 2014 12:48 AM (KWIwL) Hide posts from (KWIwL)
No, those are the general rules. The special rules are that you have to cram the tank full and filter it like it's a much bigger tank. If there's only a few fish in the tank, they'll kill each other -- there have to be so many that if one fish takes off after another to murder the bum, he'll encounter another worthy victim before he gets there.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 06, 2014 08:52 PM (T1005)
Posted by: shredded chi at March 06, 2014 08:52 PM (BDTqv)
Posted by: Ronan Farrow [/i] [/b] at March 06, 2014 08:53 PM (Y/M/K)
Posted by: shredded chi at March 06, 2014 08:54 PM (BDTqv)
Posted by: model_1066 at March 06, 2014 08:54 PM (KWIwL)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 06, 2014 08:55 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: The Incredible Mr. Limpet at March 06, 2014 08:55 PM (AymDN)
I am not that much of a zoology person, but I recall a radio interview with an aquatic biologist who said something to the effect of certain African lakes being ones in which the entirety of the fauna are cichlids. Same lake?
Posted by: torquewrench at March 06, 2014 08:56 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 06, 2014 09:00 PM (Y/M/K)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 06, 2014 09:00 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: cthulhu at March 07, 2014 12:52 AM (T1005)
So they like a high population density? Must say: they're vicious little bastards...the only dead fish I had to dispose of was the last one. Posted by: model_1066 at March 07, 2014 12:54 AM (KWIwL) Hide posts from (KWIwL)
Some like a high population density -- mbuna are an example. They're rock fish, so in the lake they'd have 30 feet of open water above a pile of boulders, and the mbuna would all be within one foot of the boulders. Barbs are open water swimmers and it's actually more difficult to defuse aggression with them -- typically, you need plantings that they can't see through.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 06, 2014 09:00 PM (T1005)
Posted by: model_1066 at March 06, 2014 09:01 PM (KWIwL)
The cable bill - already onerous as we hardly watch 3 hours a week, seriously - has just gone up by 10%. Main option I'm looking at, when we get a new TV (will be a current "Smart" one) - streaming everything I need from the WiFi (router is one allegedly optimized for video streaming).
So this raises (not begs! just to contribute to the proper English theme here tonight) the question: just what can I get (free) via streaming from my internet connection? News (well I haven't watched 20 min. of TV "news" in 5 years, but if Martians land or something, I might be tempted), sports (again very little will suffice, though I'd probably need NFL access for a few game-watching events), Food TV, AMC? I gather I can buy access via Netflix or Amazon to various kinds of movie content. Do not watch any ongoing series (shocking, but true - I only know their titles through y'all's comments here).
Anyway, the cable cost is ridiculous. I'm going to be going without any health insurance starting in June, and I'm in a budget-scrubbing mood.
Posted by: non-purist at March 06, 2014 09:04 PM (afQnV)
Posted by: The Farmer at March 06, 2014 09:04 PM (eBupg)
Posted by: tangonine at March 06, 2014 09:05 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: model_1066 at March 06, 2014 09:10 PM (KWIwL)
I am not that much of a zoology person, but I recall a radio interview with an aquatic biologist who said something to the effect of certain African lakes being ones in which the entirety of the fauna are cichlids. Same lake?
Posted by: torquewrench at March 07, 2014 12:56 AM (gqT4g) Hide posts from (gqT4g)
He's overstating the case, but the great majority of fish in Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika, and Lake Malawi are cichlids -- they're known as the rift lakes of Africa.
On the flip side, Lake Tanganyika (which Richard Francis Burton described as "a vast inland sea, oddly devoid of fish" [they tend to be sneaky]) also boasts freshwater eels, as well as jellyfish, sponges, pufferfish, and crabs. For more conventional fish, it has catfish, killifish and assorted others.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 06, 2014 09:11 PM (T1005)
Posted by: tangonine at March 06, 2014 09:11 PM (x3YFz)
I'm a little bit of an Asiaphile, so that sort of appeals to me.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 06, 2014 09:11 PM (/96QU)
Posted by: tangonine at March 06, 2014 09:12 PM (x3YFz)
I was going to mention....I belong to a cichlid club, and a lot of the members go to exotic climes and see outrageous specimens of prime collectible fish in markets or on dinner plates.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 06, 2014 09:13 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 06, 2014 09:14 PM (/96QU)
Posted by: BignJames at March 06, 2014 09:15 PM (j7iSn)
At some point, you just have to teach your kids not to obey wovernment automatons.
Posted by: Methos at March 06, 2014 09:16 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: model_1066 at March 06, 2014 09:16 PM (KWIwL)
Posted by: tangonine at March 06, 2014 09:17 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 06, 2014 09:18 PM (Y/M/K)
Posted by: cthulhu at March 07, 2014 01:13 AM (T1005)
Hate to go all redneck on ya'll but if it ain't trout, I'm not eating it.
make fun all ya want.
I'll do shellfish (crab, oysters, crawfish, lobster) but when it comes to swimmin' fish... I just eat trout.
Best if it's fresh-caught, wrapped in tin foil with some butter and garlic and roasted over a camp fire.
Good lord, now I'm hungry. Posted by: tangonine at March 07, 2014 01:17 AM (x3YFz) Hide posts from (x3YFz)
Salmon? Tuna?
Posted by: cthulhu at March 06, 2014 09:19 PM (T1005)
Posted by: model_1066 at March 06, 2014 09:20 PM (KWIwL)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 06, 2014 09:20 PM (/96QU)
Posted by: shredded chi at March 06, 2014 09:20 PM (pkA7b)
Posted by: model_1066 at March 07, 2014 12:32 AM (KWIwL)
Shit man. That reminds me of an episode of the blue planet I saw a few years ago. They showed some huge school of fish get utterly devastated by birds, sharks, and a few other bigger fish species. It was intense. When it was done the predators just swam and flew away leaving a calm water with a few random fish parts floating around. the wife walks in the room and asks "what show is this". I looked at her and said "Shit eating other fucking shit".
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 06, 2014 09:21 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: tangonine at March 06, 2014 09:24 PM (x3YFz)
There was one story I remember that a guy who had been a missionary once told.....it seems that he was out in the backcountry about to have dinner with some locals, and felt the need to make some space available by doing a #2....so he follows this rickety boardwalk out to the designated spot which hung out over a local waterway. As he was doing his business, he was amused to note that there were some large, striped fish taking an interest in each splash....but was notably less amused when he finished, cleaned himself off, and walked back into the family kitchen to note a large, striped fish on his plate.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 06, 2014 09:27 PM (T1005)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 06, 2014 09:28 PM (Y/M/K)
Posted by: RWC at March 06, 2014 09:29 PM (MtC8f)
Posted by: cthulhu at March 07, 2014 12:52 AM (T1005)
So they like a high population density? Must say: they're vicious little bastards...the only dead fish I had to dispose of was the last one.
Posted by: model_1066 at March 07, 2014 12:54 AM (KWIwL)
Both of the Rift Lakes (Malawi and Tanganyika) have highly unusual water conditions. You need to buy lake-specific buffers and salts to treat your water during water changes to keep the pH high and provide the minerals that the fish are used to. For mbuna (algae eaters in nature), their food also needs to be very high in algae/vegetable content or they will bloat and die.
Also, lots of filtration is not enough. You also need to plan for frequent water changes, say 30% per week (or better, twice per week). Filtration will convert ammonia to nitrates and nitrates to nitrites, but the buildup of nitrites and other organic pollutants can only be removed with water changes. The high population density required for a colony of mbuna (or their Tanganyikan analogs, the genus Tropheus) creates toxic levels of these byproducts in a very short period of time, and the fish react very poorly to that kind of environmental degradation.
In this regard, they are much more sensitive than some West African, Central American or South American cichlids, of which there are many interesting and colorful species available. Some are larger than others, however. What size is your tank?
For that matter,
Posted by: CQD at March 06, 2014 09:30 PM (4iOIE)
Posted by: model_1066 at March 06, 2014 09:30 PM (KWIwL)
Thanks for the info, folks. Dammit, the irony. I'll probably be forced to keep cable just for 2 or 3 damn NFL games that I'll need to host, after being only a guest for years at others' houses. Other than that, I figure I could cut the (TV part) cable. I think it's over $80/mo. now, for the "basic" package. Which is barely used. So let's see, add nearly $40/mo. for the copper telephone wire I keep for the house alarm and earthquake contingency (wire network is pretty tough and self-powered and should operate even after The Big One), and we're throwing away $120/mo.
Posted by: non-purist at March 06, 2014 09:31 PM (afQnV)
Posted by: RWC at March 06, 2014 09:32 PM (MtC8f)
Posted by: shredded chi at March 06, 2014 09:33 PM (pkA7b)
Posted by: tangonine at March 06, 2014 09:33 PM (x3YFz)
Come on out here to the Commiefornia coast. Catch and eat some Humboldt squid.
Seriously, you'll be doing a public service.
The things are meaner than a junkyard dog -- they'll eat anything in the ocean that they can, including endangered species, and each other. They are extraordinarily aggressive. They attack divers. They're crazily prolific.
Good sportfishing. They put up a tremendous fight. Don't fall overboard. That would be regrettable. Mexican commercial fishermen, not a particularly delicate bunch, call these squid the "red devils" and treat them with an according level of respect.
So, rednecks and red devils, sounds like a match, amirite?
Posted by: torquewrench at March 06, 2014 09:33 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: RWC at March 06, 2014 09:34 PM (MtC8f)
Posted by: tangonine at March 06, 2014 09:35 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 06, 2014 09:36 PM (Y/M/K)
Posted by: model_1066 at March 06, 2014 09:37 PM (KWIwL)
Posted by: RWC at March 06, 2014 09:37 PM (MtC8f)
Posted by: model_1066 at March 06, 2014 09:38 PM (KWIwL)
Posted by: non-purist at March 06, 2014 09:38 PM (afQnV)
Posted by: The Conservative Political Action Hat at March 06, 2014 09:39 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: tangonine at March 06, 2014 09:39 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: RWC at March 06, 2014 09:39 PM (MtC8f)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 06, 2014 09:40 PM (Y/M/K)
Posted by: model_1066 at March 06, 2014 09:41 PM (KWIwL)
Posted by: tangonine at March 06, 2014 09:42 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 06, 2014 09:43 PM (X9Mnx)
Posted by: model_1066 at March 06, 2014 09:44 PM (KWIwL)
They're not little! You can carve humongous calamari steaks out of them.
I really like miniature squid properly prepared where the entire animal is a tiny pop in the mouth snack. Humboldts are considerably bigger than that.
Posted by: torquewrench at March 06, 2014 09:45 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: tangonine at March 06, 2014 09:46 PM (x3YFz)
Of course, it'd be easy for me to throw away my job by doing what's only right, since I own nothing of any real value and dating is just something I think would be nice in theory. A married teacher struggling to make payments on a house and a nice car might see it differently.
But that's why it's sometimes a good idea to hire someone who's a bit of a misfit. Someone who has the freedom to say, "Screw the rules; this is more important. Oh, I'm fired? Whatever."
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 06, 2014 09:46 PM (/96QU)
It was -5F outside, with -25F windchill. Frostbite can happen in less than 10 minutes in those conditions.
The depressing thing is that some teacher will get reprimanded, then the union will jump in and file a grievance and nothing will happen.
BTW they are going on strike next week.
Posted by: HuuskerDu at March 06, 2014 09:48 PM (H+MP0)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 06, 2014 09:49 PM (Y/M/K)
Posted by: tangonine at March 06, 2014 09:49 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: model_1066 at March 06, 2014 09:49 PM (KWIwL)
Posted by: tangonine at March 06, 2014 09:50 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: cthulhu at March 07, 2014 12:52 AM (T1005)
So they like a high population density? Must say: they're vicious little bastards...the only dead fish I had to dispose of was the last one.
Posted by: model_1066 at March 07, 2014 12:54 AM (KWIwL)
Both of the Rift Lakes (Malawi and Tanganyika) have highly unusual water conditions. You need to buy lake-specific buffers and salts to treat your water during water changes to keep the pH high and provide the minerals that the fish are used to. For mbuna (algae eaters in nature), their food also needs to be very high in algae/vegetable content or they will bloat and die.
Also, lots of filtration is not enough. You also need to plan for frequent water changes, say 30% per week (or better, twice per week). Filtration will convert ammonia to nitrates and nitrates to nitrites, but the buildup of nitrites and other organic pollutants can only be removed with water changes. The high population density required for a colony of mbuna (or their Tanganyikan analogs, the genus Tropheus) creates toxic levels of these byproducts in a very short period of time, and the fish react very poorly to that kind of environmental degradation.
In this regard, they are much more sensitive than some West African, Central American or South American cichlids, of which there are many interesting and colorful species available. Some are larger than others, however. What size is your tank?
For that matter,
Posted by: CQD at March 07, 2014 01:30 AM (4iOIE) Hide posts from (4iOIE)
Whoa, there!
Unless you're importing from the lakes, anything locally-bred will probably be far-less picky than what you're talking about (although I know some odd counterexamples -- Trets will dig in a way that assumes alkaline cementation....so they'll eventually end up dead under a rock if you don't have that). I generally use 1/4 coral sand in my substrate and occasionally add a little epsom salt when I'm feeling particularly helpful -- and the fact that I have no salt burns on my lawn when I dump water changes there lets you know how much I'm doing.
To be truthful, I was probably doing 1/4 tank water changes 2x per month when I kept mbuna....which may be on the low side. But 30% 2x/week?!?!? Part of the problem is that municipal water supplies aren't all that safe or steady, and if you get a chlorine spike in a 30% water change it can be a big, nasty deal.
Further, mbuna are far more hardy than tropheus. They're more opportunistic feeders and -- though simulated aufwuchs is fine and all -- they'll live on straight flake. And they hardly ever bloat.
Now, you will note upthread that I had nice things to say about severums....and there are a ton of nice Central/South American cichlids if you have a large tank and soft water. But mbuna are not shrinking violets by any means.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 06, 2014 09:50 PM (T1005)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gayfers
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 06, 2014 09:50 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: model_1066 at March 06, 2014 09:52 PM (KWIwL)
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Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 06, 2014 09:54 PM (/96QU)
Posted by: model_1066 at March 06, 2014 09:55 PM (KWIwL)
Posted by: tangonine at March 06, 2014 09:57 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 06, 2014 09:57 PM (Y/M/K)
Posted by: model_1066 at March 06, 2014 09:59 PM (KWIwL)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 06, 2014 09:59 PM (/96QU)
Posted by: rightlysouthern(aim low boys, they ridin ponies at March 06, 2014 10:00 PM (GUnyT)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 06, 2014 10:01 PM (/96QU)
Posted by: The Farmer at March 06, 2014 10:03 PM (eBupg)
My favorite trick when a girl was over was to ask her to feed the fish. I'd tell her that she had to hold the food pellet a few inches above the water to get it's attention.
After quickly gauging the distance, the fat bastard would jump out of the water to grab the food, usually a half second before the inevitable scream. Posted by: Hollowpoint at March 07, 2014 01:43 AM (X9Mnx) Hide posts from (X9Mnx)
Could be worse -- a fish store owner was demonstrating how fascinated a saltwater triggerfish was with movement over his tank to me when the thing jumped out and took a dime-sized chunk out of the fleshy part of his palm by the thumb. I nearly pissed myself laughing.*
*triggerfish, in the wild, chew coral into sand so they can eat the little polyps that make it. Let me run that again -- they bite off pieces of stone-hard coral and chew it until it's nothing but sand. Translation: regard the front end of a triggerfish like an operating power tool.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 06, 2014 10:04 PM (T1005)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 06, 2014 10:05 PM (Y/M/K)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 06, 2014 10:08 PM (AymDN)
Trout are good eating, but the BEST eating fish are Walleyes!
Posted by: alamogordo at March 06, 2014 10:11 PM (HUTO5)
Their recreational Dungeness crab season may still be open.
Not exactly sportfishing, but superb eating.
I recall a video from someone in OR taking Dungeness by hand in a scuba rig just off shore in shallow water. Coos Bay, if memory serves. Crazy. Just an entire sandy floor covered in scuttling crabs. Everywhere. Scoop them on up.
I wouldn't want to try that here, even though it is legal to crab by hand in season. The water gets deep and scary fast in this part of NorCal. Plus great white sharks who are not too clued in about the difference between "marine mammal" and "terrestrial mammal in wetsuit".
Posted by: torquewrench at March 06, 2014 10:12 PM (gqT4g)
Their recreational Dungeness crab season may still be open.
Not exactly sportfishing, but superb eating.
I recall a video from someone in OR taking Dungeness by hand in a scuba rig just off shore in shallow water. Coos Bay, if memory serves. Crazy. Just an entire sandy floor covered in scuttling crabs. Everywhere. Scoop them on up.
I wouldn't want to try that here, even though it is legal to crab by hand in season. The water gets deep and scary fast in this part of NorCal. Plus great white sharks who are not too clued in about the difference between "marine mammal" and "terrestrial mammal in wetsuit".
Posted by: torquewrench at March 07, 2014 02:12 AM (gqT4g) Hide posts from (gqT4g)
You in the red triangle?
Most of the time, diving off Monterey, you're too freakin' cold to worry much about sharks.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 06, 2014 10:19 PM (T1005)
I know the answer of course; fuel costs. Just wish fish 'were horses and beggars could ride.'
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 07, 2014 02:05 AM (Y/M/K)
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Know what you mean, I`m in CO now, but that will be rectified by Oct, then be down home with a pond full of bass and bluegills,no catfish,bass eat`em. Plenty of cats elsewhere though and free to catch. Nothing against CO, my home away from home.
Posted by: rightlysouthern(aim low boys, they ridin ponies at March 06, 2014 10:20 PM (GUnyT)
Posted by: Joe at March 06, 2014 10:23 PM (yVg8h)
It is great for putting up youtube on the big flat screen TV. And sound thru your sound system.
Posted by: navybrat at March 06, 2014 10:25 PM (AW7Gr)
Right now I'm watching the first episode of an amusing Korean TV show called Dating Agency Cyrano, and I plan to hit the sack when it's over.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 06, 2014 10:28 PM (/96QU)
Posted by: rightlysouthern(aim low boys, they ridin ponies at March 06, 2014 10:29 PM (GUnyT)
He said, "Mr. Putin, tear down this wall!"
Posted by: pj
That has to burn obama's ass like a nuclear hemorrhoid.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 06, 2014 10:36 PM (FMbng)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvF_mGhCjC8
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 06, 2014 10:43 PM (/96QU)
Posted by: rightlysouthern(aim low boys, they ridin ponies at March 06, 2014 10:45 PM (GUnyT)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 06, 2014 10:52 PM (/96QU)
Some teacher needs an ass kickin'
If I was that girl's dad.. holeee shit.
I'd bide my time. Let it blow over for a bit. Then, out of the blue, he be walking to his car... and KABOOM!
Posted by: tangonine at March 07, 2014 01:05 AM (x3YFz)
The girl needs a talkin' to as well...as in 'don't let those idiots make you do something that makes you uncomfortable EVER!'
Posted by: model_1066 at March 07, 2014 01:10 AM (KWIwL)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This
If it seems wrong or strange, YELL, SCREAM, Throw a fit! Do not go quietly. This applies to everyone. If he tells you to get in the van, don't!!! Run away, scream, fight, make him try to kill you there. Even if he succeeds in killing you (which he will not), it will be quick and your family will have the body. BAD Things happen at secondary locations.
And T-9, I thank Him I never had to go there. But wait six months. Wear a mask. Use a phony accent. Walk away briskly, take off the mask, overshirt and when you are home, burn all the clothes, and shoes in the BBQ. Deny everything.
Posted by: rd at March 06, 2014 11:05 PM (D+lxs)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at March 07, 2014 02:52 AM (/96QU)
BOOKMARKED!1111111
Posted by: rightlysouthern(aim low boys, they ridin ponies at March 06, 2014 11:05 PM (GUnyT)
Posted by: Sister Sestina at March 06, 2014 11:05 PM (Em6d4)
Posted by: cthulhu at March 06, 2014 11:57 PM (T1005)
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Posted by: navycopjoe at March 07, 2014 12:09 AM (At8tV)
http://tinyurl.com/8gjur9o
Posted by: navycopjoe at March 07, 2014 04:01 AM (At8tV)
That just ain't right.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 07, 2014 12:11 AM (FMbng)
Posted by: navycopjoe at March 07, 2014 12:11 AM (At8tV)
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Posted by: cthulhu at March 07, 2014 12:23 AM (T1005)
it'll suck all the musical ability you have right out of you
Posted by: navycopjoe at March 07, 2014 04:13 AM (At8tV)
Arghhh, too late. I survived intact though, I am jedi. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 07, 2014 12:27 AM (FMbng)
Posted by: navycopjoe at March 07, 2014 12:27 AM (At8tV)
this proves that I really hate all of you
http://tinyurl.com/2ftnzb6
Posted by: navycopjoe at March 07, 2014 04:17 AM (At8tV)
Ok, thats really fucking bad. I have to throw down a rune of protection.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBxJvJpmdqc
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 07, 2014 12:31 AM (FMbng)
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Posted by: cthulhu at March 07, 2014 01:10 AM (T1005)
I suppose I oughta read Maet's links, but I hope it doesn't require a degree of sobriety; otherwise I'm just SOL.
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 07, 2014 01:10 AM (cHZB7)
Now I just love the fact that ace has become a full bore libertarian; a position that I personally have held for over 40 years. He's such a young pup. But Maet; there's no fucking way he ain't a long term libertarian based on the stuff he writes and links.
C'mon you wanks, put up your dukes and disagree with me. I got 30 minutes until I pass out.
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 07, 2014 01:33 AM (cHZB7)
Posted by: BignJames at March 07, 2014 01:45 AM (j7iSn)
Well I hope you're getting her an engagement ring worthy of a 25 year wait.
btw, wimmens can be quite touchy about being late on anniversary type shit. I know this from very personal experience.
I have some early Genesis stuff but I've never seen Peter.
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 07, 2014 01:46 AM (cHZB7)
together (a week late, but it's a rounding error). Somewhere in the
confusion, we became engaged.
Well I hope you're getting her an engagement ring worthy of a 25 year wait.
++++I've been informed it will be.
btw, wimmens can be quite touchy about being late on anniversary type shit. I know this from very personal experience.
++++She wanted a particular restaurant on a day it was closed.
I have some early Genesis stuff but I've never seen Peter.
++++If you ever have a chance to see PG in concert, hock your dinnerplates....it's worth eating off of paper plates for a month to see.
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 07, 2014 05:46 AM (cHZB7) Hide posts from (cHZB7)
Posted by: cthulhu at March 07, 2014 01:53 AM (T1005)
Every last one of you union cockbites should first stand in front of a mirror going "I helped reelect this shitforbrains; beat me with a rubber dick."
And if you don't have a rubber dick handy, I'll go out and buy you one.
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 07, 2014 01:53 AM (cHZB7)
I'm not made of money, you know. Also, I'll want video. For tax deductible purposes.
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 07, 2014 02:06 AM (cHZB7)
The scarceness of 22lr at a decent price continued through yesterday.
A single alert for .06 per round was received all day.
And it was sold out in the two minutes it took to navigate to the dealers site.
Right now, availability starts at around .14 per round, with nothing lower priced in stock throughout the land.
On the plus side, Mrs VIA is off today, and it's time to take her new Fluffy for its inaugural trip to the range..
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 07, 2014 02:11 AM (wMsMv)
Looks like about $3.00-$7.00 each.
Discounts for large purchases
http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/rubber-penis.html
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 07, 2014 02:15 AM (wMsMv)
Posted by: panzernashorn at March 07, 2014 02:18 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: panzernashorn at March 07, 2014 02:22 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: The Dude at March 07, 2014 02:38 AM (YV/s9)
Impossible, Crimea does not touch Europe. He would have to shut down the pipelines, liquefy the gas and ship it out via the Black Sea
Posted by: bill-o at March 07, 2014 02:45 AM (AWwDY)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 07, 2014 02:52 AM (wMsMv)
Posted by: steve walsh at March 07, 2014 03:27 AM (Uz7J+)
You say that as if it contradicts the foregoing advice to be nice.
this is a problem with a lot of people. They think being strict - adhering to rules and being demanding - is being mean. That is not necessarily so. You can be strict and demanding without being mean. And, just because someone is strict and demanding doesn't mean they are being mean to you.
It is possible to apply the rules in such a way as to be mean (such as making a wet girl in a bathing suit stand outside in freezing weather for a fire drill), but just applying the rules and expecting people to put forth their best effort is not in and of itself "mean".
the reason to start strict with rules and then loosen up is that people always push the boundaries of rules and conduct. If you start loose, then the bar for conduct that is considered acceptable is set very low and will only deteriorate from there. And it is hard to then achieve credibility for enforcing the rules and demanding better conduct. But starting strict isn't being mean.
Posted by: Monkeytoe at March 07, 2014 03:46 AM (sOx93)
I have used the following phrase for years.
"Rules are for the guidance of wise men, and the obeyence (sp) of fools."
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 07, 2014 04:16 AM (wMsMv)
"Rules are for the guidance of wise men, and the obeyence (sp) of fools."
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 07, 2014 08:16 AM (wMsMv)
This is why we have things like "zero tolerance" policies, where school districts will punish a kid for making a finger gun or drawing a picture of a gun.
the combination of litigiousness with stupidity results in dumb rules, strictly obeyed by dumb people.
In a very real way, Loki in the Avengers movie, was correct. Most people want to be told what to do and not have to make any decisions. Thus, a school superintendent or principal is perfectly happy with blindly applying a silly rule in a silly fashion rather than making a common-sense decision on a case-by-case basis.
Posted by: Monkeytoe at March 07, 2014 04:39 AM (sOx93)
Posted by: model_1066 at March 07, 2014 05:30 AM (KWIwL)
Ideas?
Posted by: pj at March 07, 2014 06:49 AM (ZWaLo)
Posted by: gekkobear at March 07, 2014 09:11 AM (2zHxV)
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