1 Wanna go to St. Louis?  You may want to think again.

2 Show me the money!!

3 ...What, you guys still here? Lemme tell you a story. I remember this time we got a real goosing from some freakshow alien, literally grabbing my ship. Now, our own fifteen bevawatt tractor beam is fucking cool, but you know what's really cool? A super-bugfucking tractor beam that actually looks like a giant green hand crushing your ship within a single pubic hair of its life. On the other hand, I'm the only one around here that's supposed to be squeezing anyone's saucer, so after the comparative shock of reading a not very promising fortune on a giant green palm filling our viewscreen, I'm ready to go all Red Alert on someone's nutsack. But it gets weirder. Next some dude who looks like Mr. Grecian Formula "After" appears onscreen and starts into some line of nutwankery about how he's a god and we're his beloved "little children" and we have to get our asses down below or he'll crush my ship. I'm thinking "Great, little children? An alien pedophile with a god complex." I'll bet all Spock can say is 'fascinating' and Bones will refer the case to the ship's shrink, probably that Dr. Ding-Dong-Noel who won't let me forget about that xmas party nookie in the back of the shuttlecraft. Well, as usual I gotta go planetside and iron out this summer stock Napoleon so we can get back to the serious business of spaceflight and notching my bunk pylons. No way I'm doing this shit myself so I drag along the usual idiots, including Scotty plus this one new babe. I admit I was asleep through any classes on anthropology I might have stumbled into when I was a strapping cadet, but now I regret it because there's this smoking slinky blonde archeologist Carolyn Palma... Palmyr... Papa... let's just call her Digger Tits. Anyway, she not only sends most of my blood below my waistline but Scotty's too, because he's obviously making the moves on Digger. I plan to straighten out my personal Chief Grease Monkey of the Moors later; first things first: Plant boot in alien ass. We beam down to find a plaster picnic table and what looks like a bad scale model of the Parthenon. I guess the local Greek model railroad society ran out of columns and modeling putty. Lo and behold, out steps Mr. Steve Reeves back from the dead and wearing a dress. He's so buffed and oily, I can only thank God I didn't bring Sulu or he'd be climbing him like Sir Edmund Hillary on Everest. I don't know how any of us kept from howling with laughter but this steroid case in a toga shuts off our cell phones and the transporter and then inflates himself forty feet tall like a blow-up doll on a burst test, so I guess the joke's on us. Then Mr. Muscles starts trolling on Blondie and this makes Scotty a wee bit jealous, even more than when he's missed out on a free round of drinks. The alien in a toga totally smacks down Engineer She Won't Take Much More Of This, and check it out: He turns Blondie's uniform into this Fredrick's of Hollywood gown and her happy pillows look like they're ready to fall out of bed. While I'm wiping drool off my chin, I'm thinking this guy is a real puzzler. He's making the moves on Lt. Indiana Joyride but he can also whip up a fabulous dress like he's Halston's dream gay tailor. I can't tell which team he's on. Well, the two of them go off to compare hairstyles or something, and I figure the way to get out of this is to make Toga Muscles really pissed off, because that will make him tired and then we'll dish up some serious whoopass. I don't know. It sounded like a good idea at the time. Then Lt. Evening Gown shows up again, all weepy over this guy whom she now says really really is a god. So either she has gone all fag hag or she thinks we landed on Planet Harlequin Romance and Greasepaint Apollo is just the man to rip her bodice. Freaking women. Fickle bitchÂ… to cap it all she went from "Kiss me my lord" to comparing him to bacteria in the time it takes to watch fifteen minutes of a show on holovision. Now I decide Scotty can have her, if that's the kind of grief a guy gets for designing the dame a frock. For once Spock decides to use a little initiative and push the big fucking red button marked "PHASERS" so we can get the swinging Christ out of here. He gets the brainstorm to nuke the plastic Parthenon and he gets lucky, because I guess that's where Space Caligula keeps his batteries and force fields and dress-making machines. Once melted into slag, I figure we can jet off this rock for good, but noooo, Charles Atlas in a golden pinafore has to have a big swansong like he's doing the death scene from Don Giovanni. Hey, beam down a metric pantload of Kleenex and get over yourself already. Well, he evaporates, Scotty resumes Defcon Doe Eyes for Lt. Marilyn Makeover, we beam aboard and I mutter some crap about wearing laurel leaves. I think my hay fever must have been making me loopy.

4 What?  I'm first?  Seriously?

5 Haha...google Jordan Carver and prepare your cocoa butter!

6 First?

7 Oh, good, I'm not.

8 Evening all!

9 By the way.

You can read about my fascinating life here.

Most of the Kirk stuff is at bottom, and that pansy Lt. Scott decided to piss all over the blog at top.  Wanking Highlander.  But he is a pretty good drinker.  I think that is all you have to be to pass the Federation Engineer Exam.

10 happy tuesday

11 A new study shows that 47% of peoples' minds wander.  In fact...

12 In my nightmares, I'm forced to choose between watching Bristol Palin on DWTS, or playing Russian roulette with a semi-auto pistol. And then the pistol misfires.

13 Gotta love Jordan Carver.

14

Editor, I just about threw my shoe through the television while watching King 5 news this afternoon--really, really is it newsworthy to report on hipster douchebags riding their fixies in the snow? Ooooo, how edgy. Assholes.

15 I like Taco Bell, and long, romantic walks to the fridge

16 Time to put on the turkey hen costume and start trolling the bars down by the truck stop.

17 Jim, please don't bring up Carolyn Palamas or that haggis-stuffed shithead who keeps screaming over the intercom for MORE colored fucking snack cubes may go off his fucking dilithium tray again and it'll be up to me to patch the bastard up, AGAIN.  You ever try to patch up a guy who got struck by lightning twelve times in half an hour and still didn't learn his lesson?  Now that's gotta be love.

Palamas did look pretty fucking good in that Animal House toga though.  Not as good as Chapel when I have her bent over the surgical pallet to take her temperature, but nice.

_{Oh shit, here he comes....}

18 That post was gayer than Liberace's Homosexual Collection™.

19 So, PGiS, how do you really feel about hipster douchebags riding their fixies in the snow?

Why do you watch that shit?  Seriously, I haven't watched local news for almost 5-years, now.  Wife has Q13 on in the morning, but I'm walking out the door usually when it turns on.

20 Damn it's almost Thanksgiving. Hopefully there's still time to fake my death.

21 really is it newsworthy to report on hipster douchebags riding their fixies in the snow? Ooooo, how edgy. Some of your city's self-buggery rivals Los Angeles. But we are better. We make so much of it, we export.

22 Time to put on the turkey hen costume and start trolling the bars down by the truck stop. Pics or I call horsedoodle.

23 CATACLYSM TOTALLY...sucks.

Much ao about nothing. If the game gets any easier, it will have a peripheral you can buy to blow you while you play.

I already have one of those, though.

I call her Mrs. RKS

24 Well, did Bristol win?

25 Feh, watch the local news in the CA Bay Area. It makes MSNBC look intelligent at times.

26 it will have a peripheral you can buy to blow you while you play. As a child prodigy, I was building one of those until Daddy came in the room and said it wasn't logical. Prick.

27

14  riding their fixies in the snow?

what is this snow?

28 Haven't played WOW in years. Seemed like too much work to get anywhere. Then again I did just finish Demon's Souls so what do I know.

29 OK, let me get this straight... the Ace of Spades guild... is ALLIANCE?!?

That just seems wrong, somehow.

30 25 They really have Ron Burgundy don't they?

31 I stopped watching local TV news 20 years ago because the stupidity made my fillings hurt.

32 Most of the Kirk stuff is at bottom, and that pansy Lt. Scott decided to piss all over the blog at top. Wanking Highlander. Posted by: James Tiberius Kirk at November 23, 2010 10:17 PM (o83lk) Heh, heh, that's not exactly piss, Laddy!

33 Scotty and Kirk both got awful fucking fat as they got older.

34 Editor, I was interested in seeing the news about the fire in Newcastle, sadly I didn't flip the television off quickly enough after that.

35 Back in the day, Linda Ronstadt was pretty cute, but even when she was skinny that double chin was straining to fill out. She looks like a terrible dancer, too. Maybe she could get on the next season of DWTS?

36

 the stupidity made my fillings hurt.

me too and I don't even have fillings...

37 @33: what's shocking is how fat Shatner got by the time season 3 rolled around - compare him walking around in his girdle to how thin he was in The Menagerie. Uhhh... not that I'm a trekkie or anything...

38 37 True.As a kid I just wondered why they changed to that ugly uniform top.I was naive.

39 So who won the DITZ show?

40

I played WoW during open beta and just after retail.

It sucked.

I preferred the older and crappier-looking Asheron's Call.  More recently, I played City of Heroes.

41 @35: yes, but we must not state the obvious regarding her tweighnay if she does...

42 might have to re-up to WoW for a while. Think it would be fun to pal around with Morons.

43 Scotty and Kirk both got awful fucking fat as they got older.

McCoy was the first to die. Then Scotty.

44 Wish they'd make an MMO that wasn't just a giant hamster wheel.

45

Oh.  I have a professor named Richard Weiner.  Dr. Rich Weiner.

So he's taken a liking to me, and we talk a lot after class.  He talks, I listen.  Anyway.

Then I go home tonight and listen to Michael Savage.

So it's Dr. Weiner at school, and then more Dr. Weiner for fun afterward.

There's no further point to this story, I just noticed it tonight.

46 "tweighnay"?

47 43 Well he was the oldest.

48 Hey, PGiS, I don't have any fillings, either.

49

Grayson:  LOL 

And try Second Life

50 45

That's a lot of weiner!

Sorry, had to.

51 46: Pig Latin

52 I'm watching Sex and the City 2. And yes it's stupid. Don't be a h8r.

Anyway, it's worth it to see Samantha (Kim Cattrall) standing in shorts and a tank top surrounded by angry Muslim men, shouting "Yes! I have sex! Bite me!" while flinging unopened condoms at them.

53 I remember the bit about Prof. Quinn from a DM article. He sounds like a good man and a great prof. What a shame that teachers who actually care about students and teaching material feel like leaving because of lack of support and poor student behavior.

54 McCoy was the first to die. Then Scotty. Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom at November 23, 2010 10:35 PM (YxBuk) How are they doing, anyway?

55 I can not copy and post an article because Pixy thinks its spam.

Bottom line, Chinese launched missile from sub off LA and NORAD is clueless.

Actually, they know, but can not admit it.  Will try to get a way to post report. 

56 Did Cahrels Joshnon throw "James Tiberius Kirk" out of Minuscule Verdant Pigskins, or something?

This sounds like the kind of shit people there used to post. Though Chuckie would never have let them consume so much bandwidth....

57 52 I read about that when it was in theaters.Nice to see someone in Hollywood write a scene like that.

58 51 46: Pig Latin

Posted by: CoolCzech at November 23, 2010 10:37 PM (tJjm/)

Got it now. Jeez Louise, am I slow or what?!

59 OK, let me get this straight... the Ace of Spades guild... is ALLIANCE?!?

I tried to set one up on the horde side no one would sign the damn charter so I switched to alliance and got it done.

60

"Oh.  I have a professor named Richard Weiner.  Dr. Rich Weiner."

You're joking. Dick Wiener? Really? What did he do to make his parents hate him?

61 Sex and the City caused the Great Depression. True story.

62 Anyway, it's worth it to see Samantha (Kim Cattrall) standing in shorts and a tank top surrounded by angry Muslim men, shouting "Yes! I have sex! Bite me!" while flinging unopened condoms at them. Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom at November 23, 2010 10:38 PM (YxBuk) Did you get to the scene when they flog her with a bullwhip before burying her up to her neck in the sand and stone her?

63 Hmm...so apparently Chandra Levy was murdered by an illegal alien, NOT a Democrat congressman.

But just to be safe, how about we repatriate both groups to their home countries?

64 Or maybe that was Kim Catrall who was around her mid-forties back then.

65 Okay, so did Bristol win DWTS or what?

66 Planetside was pretty good.

City of Heroes was pretty fun.

Champions Online blew goats in the moonlight.

Conan Online was shitty.

Warhammer Online was pure missed potential. Wish it had worked.

Eve Online should be called SPACE ACCOUNTANTS!!!!11!!

WoW is still hanging in there. Simple, goofy, weird little brain-sucker that it always was.

Nobody has grabbed me with an MMO for very long.


Too much chatter , too many hippiesand foul-mouthed kids.


Morons may save the genre.

67 9 By the way.

You can read about my fascinating life here.

Most of the Kirk stuff is at bottom, and that pansy Lt. Scott decided to piss all over the blog at top.  Wanking Highlander.  But he is a pretty good drinker.  I think that is all you have to be to pass the Federation Engineer Exam.
Posted by: James Tiberius Kirk at November 23, 2010 10:17 PM

This ain't MSNBC you overpaid button pusher. Sulu did the driving, Spock pinched anybody who looked at you funny, and when you couldn't tell which end of a Kelvan tart to put your dick into, Spock googled it and gave you all the data. Then when we couldn't overcome your ignorance of a Constitution Class starship's limits, I had to patch the holes with fabricated commissary trays and repair the Jeffries tube with duct tape.

This clown always wanted a major overhaul done in the middle of star system Shitholeus IV, and he sits in his Lay-Z Boy easy chair demanding I have the warp engines fixed at full power in 20 minutes. Are you fuckin' kidding me? It takes 20 minutes to call into Starfleet's warehouse to order the fucking parts before they run a check to tell me we've gone over our quota because Capt Dickswagger keeps beating the shit out of this bucket. On the chance I have the Warp Primary Manifold venting valves in the storage locker, Hot Pants doesn't have a clue that it takes longer to cold start these engines than a 1974 Plymouth Duster with a bad choke plate.

68 Learn Chinese, they own us.  Read this shit!

http://tinyurl.com/34c9gmb

69 Kemp, recent or the missile that wasn't a missile from earlier this month?

70 I read about that when it was in theaters.Nice to see someone in Hollywood write a scene like that.

There is some PC pandering by the red head (Cynthia Nixon), but ultimately it's Samantha that gives them the middle finger. Quite literally.

71 62

Damn it, don't make me want to rent it.

72 68 Learn Chinese, they own us. Read this shit! http://tinyurl.com/34c9gmb Posted by: Kemp at November 23, 2010 10:40 PM (JpFM9) I for one welcome my new Chinese Mistress. Take me home now, Rummy!

73 63 Have you ever seen an innocent guy who acted as guilty as Condit did?I can't believe he wasn't involved.

74 65 - Not over until 11. Trophy handed out at 10:59.

75 That professor is a douche. He's the one that used a commercially available test bank to base his exam off of. Using the same product as reference material for an apparently online test isn't cheating, it's really quite clever.

76 Did you get to the scene when they flog her with a bullwhip before burying her up to her neck in the sand and stone her?

That'll be in the sequel to the sequel.

77 Did you get to the scene when they flog her with a bullwhip before burying her up to her neck in the sand and stone her?

Posted by: CoolCzech at November 23, 2010 10:39 PM (tJjm/)

That's my favorite part!

78 73 No way!I get Rummy,you already have a Korean overlord fucker!!

79 72

She also gave them the clap.

80 Now, now, boys, there's enough of me to go around.

81 Oh.  I have a professor named Richard Weiner.  Dr. Rich Weiner.

I love rich weiners.

82

Rum, forgot to ask you offline so asking now, did you read the new JD Robb? Wait, did I already ask you this after all? Am I going insane?

 

Also, pink ankle high cowboy boots, cute or too much?

83

You're joking. Dick Wiener? Really? What did he do to make his parents hate him?

Posted by: Don Carne at November 23, 2010 10:39 PM (wSNS7)

Meh, he has it easy.

84 Interesting article at China Daily (you don't read it?)

China, Russia quite the dollar.

China and Russia have decided to renounce the US dollar and resort to using their own currencies for bilateral trade, Premier Wen Jiabao and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin announced late on Tuesday.

/should someone tell Monty?

85 Kim  will use her mighty Vajayjay of Justice to subdue all the muz and then fly off in her Penicillin Plane to the Fortress of Slutitude.

Or so my wife says.

86 81 - Ooh, girl, you got the thread in a frenzy!

87 68 I wouldn't put much faith in anything on that site.Not totally dismissing it considering who the POTUS is though.

88 Also, pink ankle high cowboy boots, cute or too much? Posted by: ParanoidIcicleInSeattle at November 23, 2010 10:44 PM (RZ8pf) Really, PGiS, I don't know why you don't ask ME for advice about matters such as these. Short answer: depends. Do they offer adequate knee protection??

89 86 - They have a nice brunch there at the Fortress.

90 90 Also, pink ankle high cowboy boots, cute or too much?
Posted by: ParanoidIcicleInSeattle at November 23, 2010 10:44 PM (RZ8pf)

They sound adorable, but I have a blind spot for cute shoes.

91

Also, pink ankle high cowboy boots, cute or too much?

Posted by: ParanoidIcicleInSeattle at November 23, 2010 10:44 PM (RZ8pf)

Well, if that's all you're wearing... er, no, no, they'd still be too much.

92 I believe it was a Chinese missile. That's why it's so small you can't see it.

I wonder if fallout from an LA strike would make it to the Valley...

93

Really, PGiS, I don't know why you don't ask ME for advice about matters such as these. Short answer: depends. Do they offer adequate knee protection??

 

Well obviously I don’t ask you because you miss key nuances like “ankle high” which would pretty much answer the knee protection question.

94 Not over until 11. Trophy handed out at 10:59.

so I should prepare for random gunfire and shrieking?

95 95-Well obviously I don’t ask you because you miss key nuances like “ankle high” which would pretty much answer the knee protection question.

I wasn't going to say it.

96 did you read the new JD Robb? Wait, did I already ask you this after all? Am I going insane?

Nope, haven't read it yet. It's next on my stack. And I don't think you asked me already. I remember telling you I bought it. What did you think? Good or bad?

Also, pink ankle high cowboy boots, cute or too much?

I'd have to see them, but unseen...might be too much.

97 96 - Correct. And a simultaneous lefty head explosion, a la, Scanners.

98 Ankle high boots provide plenty of knee protection. If the boots are high enough in the air.

99

Well, if that's all you're wearing... er, no, no, they'd still be too much.

Posted by: Typical Moron Thoughts at November 23, 2010 10:48 PM (5hHJ9)

I think this calls for revocation of your man card. The correct answer is - she's wearing shoes?

100 Not over until 11. Trophy handed out at 10:59. For the love of God, hide me!!

101 Damn it!

102 Off damn sock. Be gone with ye!

103 Well obviously I don’t ask you because you miss key nuances like “ankle high” which would pretty much answer the knee protection question. Posted by: ParanoidIcicleInSeattle at November 23, 2010 10:49 PM (RZ8pf) Well then it seems to me you have your answer, don't you? Not bad for a moron, eh??

104 so I should prepare for random gunfire and shrieking?

Posted by: AltonJackson isn't watching DWTS at November 23, 2010 10:49 PM (jzOkH)

I imagine a riot in November in Alaska wouldn't last too long.

105 100 Ankle high boots provide plenty of knee protection. If the boots are high enough in the air. Posted by: sifty at November 23, 2010 10:50 PM (2KnGA) EXACTLY.

106 "Velma Hart, who burst onto the media scene after telling President Obama she was scared about her financial future, has been laid off. Hart was let go as the chief financial officer for Am Vets, a nonprofit Maryland-based veteran services organization."

Ironic, I wonder if Bumbles will help her...

107 17 Jim, please don't bring up Carolyn Palamas or that haggis-stuffed shithead who keeps screaming over the intercom for MORE colored fucking snack cubes may go off his fucking dilithium tray again and it'll be up to me to patch the bastard up, AGAIN.  You ever try to patch up a guy who got struck by lightning twelve times in half an hour and still didn't learn his lesson?  Now that's gotta be love.

Palamas did look pretty fucking good in that Animal House toga though.  Not as good as Chapel when I have her bent over the surgical pallet to take her temperature, but nice.

_{Oh shit, here he comes....}
Posted by: Dr. Leonard McCoy at November 23, 2010 10:24 PM

At least I go stupid over HUMANOIDS you geriatric cornpone quack. If you hadn't invited that shapeshifting yeti up to the ship, we would have zapped "Nancy" and made a fortune selling it to the Federation Museum of Alien Zoology.

Remember when Kirk had to "agonize" over who to send into the giant lava lamp virus? I told Kirk that it would be a waste of a perfectly good shuttle to send you there since you leave the turn signals on, can't tell the thrusters from the toilet handle, and you backed over the Vulcan High Priestess' cat. They're still pissed about that one.

108 Ok, so any bets on how long before we start hearing from the Left that President Poodle is a rightwing plant?

109 So is that damned dancing thing with Bristol over? Who won?

110 Bristol is out? Bristol .... is out?

111 Ironic, I wonder if Bumbles will help her...

Posted by: Radioactive Satellite Of LOVE at November 23, 2010 10:52 PM (PWj+

Does she know how to take dictation?

112 3rd place for Bristol. And peace was restored.

113 Bottom line, Chinese launched missile from sub off LA and NORAD is clueless.


Two days in a row!

114 I imagine that when they wheel him out of the White House in a straight jacket, drooling, they'll have to spin it that way somehow.

115 Ironic, I wonder if Bumbles will help her...
Posted by: Radioactive Satellite Of LOVE at November 23, 2010 10:52 PM

Yeah, I suspect he will. She fits the profile.

116 Now that I know Bristol's fate, I shall go to bed and my weary head lay to rest.

117 A woman once saw "o83lk"'s penis. He was in an emergency room with a pipe stuck on his dinky.

118 Kim  will use her mighty Vajayjay of Justice to subdue all the muz and then fly off in her Penicillin Plane to the Fortress of Slutitude.

Or blow them away with a phaser while they're asleep

119 I'm serious about that fallout question.  I wonder what the Chinese are packin in those little yellow submarines.

120 123 I'm serious about that fallout question.  I wonder what the Chinese are packin in those little yellow submarines.

Posted by: sifty at November 23, 2010 10:56 PM (2KnGA)

We ALL live in a yellow submarine.

121

You know I hate to call shenanigans because I understand Bristol wasnÂ’t the best dancer, but ABC themselves admitted that there were problems with the voting systems last night. And while they said it effected all contestants equally, I have my doubts. Seriously, that guy beat her? No flippin way in the universe, heÂ’s an asshat.

122 I don't think Bristol won.  Some progs on 1 of my sites are going apeshit congratulating themselves. 

123 Here's a genius liberal comment on twitter. "Moral of the story (re: Bristol's loss) tea-baggers can win primaries, but will lose in the generals." Mental giants to a one, I tell you!

124 117 BTW, "SFA" stands for Star Fleet Academy.
Posted by: james tiberius kirk, lower case at November 23, 2010 10:54 PM

Thank you, Capt Obvious. We figured it stood for Stupid Fucking Assholes

125 Mental giants to a one, I tell you!

That actually surprisingly witty for the humor imparted left.

126 or impaired


either or

127 126 I don't think Bristol won.  Some progs on 1 of my sites are going apeshit congratulating themselves. 
Posted by: Theresa D at November 23, 2010 10:57 PM

What are we supposed to do, tell everyone they're better cheaters than we are?

128 Here's a genius liberal comment on twitter. "Moral of the story (re: Bristol's loss) tea-baggers can win primaries, but will lose in the generals." Mental giants to a one, I tell you!

Posted by: twiceblessedmom at November 23, 2010 10:58 PM (HjxoE)

This is even better then that time that Captain America beat up a bunch of teabaggers for being racist!

129 127 Here's a genius liberal comment on twitter. "Moral of the story (re: Bristol's loss) tea-baggers can win primaries, but will lose in the generals." Mental giants to a one, I tell you! Posted by: twiceblessedmom at November 23, 2010 10:58 PM

They'll still wake up in the morning with their cult god King Barry at 39 percent approval.

130 They call me mellow yellow...what are the rest of the lyrics????

131 What are we supposed to do, tell everyone they're better cheaters than we are?

Posted by: Doyle Lonegan at November 23, 2010 11:01 PM (vdfwz)

Don't worry, we already know it in our hearts.

132 Dang.  Politician's daughter loses on game show.

Devastating.

133 They'll still wake up in the morning with their cult god King Barry at 39 percent approval.

Posted by: kbdabear at November 23, 2010 11:03 PM (vdfwz)

2008: Dude BOOOOSSSSHHH is the worst President evah! Only like 29% of the people approve of him. 

2011: Dude, like people didn't uh, like Reagan when he was giving the Iranians Contras man! And he still won re-election like twice!!!

134 I thought they renamed Captain America "Captain All That Stuff" to make him more appealing to an international audience?

135 Heh.

136 Dang.  Politician's daughter loses on game show.

Devastating.

Posted by: New Speaker of the House John F-ing Boehner© at November 23, 2010 11:04 PM (MMC8r)

So I wonder how many leftists that didn't donate to the DNC just spent money voting against Bristol Palin on DWTS?

137

Rum, I did not care for the new JD Robb book. The plot was meh, and once again you knew as soon as they mentioned the characterÂ’s name that the character was the murderer. Also, it was eerily similar to a much earlier book of hers. And, not enough of the auxiliary character plot lines.

 

SheÂ’s really bumming me out. About the only thing that can save the series now is if Eve gets pregnant. Which ainÂ’t gonna happen.

138 I am shocked a two term DEMOCRAT governor pleads guilt to a felon and the NY Times doesn't cover it.  Guess he should of had dinner with a lobbyist, like McCain, for front page!

http://tinyurl.com/2wjvvks

139

They call me mellow yellow...what are the rest of the lyrics????

that's right

140 143

Rum, I did not care for the new JD Robb book. The plot was meh, and once again you knew as soon as they mentioned the characterÂ’s name that the character was the murderer. Also, it was eerily similar to a much earlier book of hers. And, not enough of the auxiliary character plot lines.

 

SheÂ’s really bumming me out. About the only thing that can save the series now is if Eve gets pregnant. Which ainÂ’t gonna happen.

Nora Roberts is a nice lady with an amazing work ethic, but I stopped reading her books (JD Robb too) when I realized I couldn't remember one from the other.  My favorite authors, I can pick up a book, look at the title and pretty quickly give you the synopsis.  Not these.

141 Posted by: Kemp at November 23, 2010 11:07 PM (JpFM9)

We're shocked you found that story.  Guess we didn't bury it deep enough.  We'll try harder, next time.

142 quite rightly so

143 138 Dang.  Politician's daughter loses on game show.

Devastating.
Posted by: New Speaker of the House John F-ing Boehner© at November 23, 2010 11:04 PM

I literally dodged a bullet with that news

144 They call me mellow yellow...what are the rest of the lyrics???? Quite rightly (whispered)

145 134- there is that. 39, love it.

146 I literally dodged a bullet with that news

Posted by: Lefty ex-politician's TV set at November 23, 2010 11:09 PM (vdfwz)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmjHT5GpAYQ

147 I'm just wild about saffron

e-lectrical banana

or something like that

148 Remember when Kirk had to "agonize" over who to send into the giant lava lamp virus?

_{^{Hmph.  It should've been me.}}

149 NY Times does not even have AP story of nc governor as felon, BUT they are running a story of DeLay?

Commie  bastards.

150 Posted by: ParanoidIcicleInSeattle at November 23, 2010 11:07 PM (RZ8pf)

Damn, I was hoping you wouldn't say that, but was afraid you were. I'll read it and see how it is. I have just enough space on my bookshelf for this book so I'll consider it my last.

Posted by: EZB at November 23, 2010 11:09 PM (fa9yq)

I stopped reading her NR novels about 3 years ago. The Robb ones were still going strong. But the last one sucked ass and I guess so does this newest one.

151 I watched that video of the professor complaining about the 'cheating.'

What a whiny dumbass. This lazy idiot used test questions from a freely available book that anyone can buy and is then SHOCKED that this is the result? Really?

Maybe he should do his damn job and actually write his own tests instead of calling this stupidity cheating. My professors never cut corners like this.

Congratulations Professor Dumbass, just like how your students now know what a bimodal distribution is, now YOU know what a moral hazard is. If you create a situation that encourages negative behavior, you'll get negative behavior.

Should they have been using that book? No, of course not. But what you expect to happen in a situation like this?

152 133 - I think Capt. America is changing his name to Metrosexual Multicultural Man. In protest, over tea-baggers.

153

but I stopped reading her books (JD Robb too) when I realized I couldn't remember one from the other. 

 

Well that’s true, but in earlier books it wasn’t so ding dang obvious whodunit so they were still good reads. Even with Eve whining nonstop about being fabulously wealthy. Now, it’s just kind of “blah blah blah” page after page of “blah blah blah” interrupted with a sex scene-but even those are “blah blah blah” now, I mean come on they’ve done it in pretty much every conceivable way at this point, there’s only so many times you can write “he gazed deeply into her eyes as they both went over the edge” before it gets cliché.

154 CAC is one cool cat.

155 So did that missile launch from the Chinese Mann Theater?

Posted by: CDR M at November 23, 2010 11:14 PM (5I8G0)

Yes.  It was launched by Batman, Superman & Wonder Woman.

156 They call me mellow yellow...what are the rest of the lyrics????

I'm just mad about Saffron ...

157 Oh, I think The Hulk loaded it for launch.

158

Nebbemind about the pink boots, I can only find them at Sundance and no way in hell am I buying anything from the dried out old husk of a man.

159 159 133 - I think Capt. America is changing his name to Metrosexual Multicultural Man. In protest, over tea-baggers.

Posted by: twiceblessedmom at November 23, 2010 11:15 PM (HjxoE)

That's MMM and that's already taken by a girl named Jade on Hollywood and Vine.

160 The Moron WoW guild is fuckin Alliance? Please let that server be in my battlegroup so I can farm your asses.

161

Oh and Rum, did the molasses ever turn out?

162 I'm just mad about Saffron ...

Posted by: Waterhouse at November 23, 2010 11:16 PM (Ta7XP)

Whoa... just watched that episode a bit ago.  That ginger is evil.

163 I gazed deeply into Chapel's eyes as we both went over the edge.

Then the plomeek soup she'd dialed up popped out of the food synthesizer and she went scampering off to bring it to Loverboy.  Bitch.

164 The WoW gods have smiled, you are. muwaaahaaahaahaaaaaaaaaaaa

165

great news everyone. from drudge

Napolitano says scanners and pat downs could be coming to trains, metros and boats.

Welcome to the police state. You're all guilty of something.

166 Posted by: ParanoidIcicleInSeattle at November 23, 2010 11:15 PM (RZ8pf)

Shit, I forgot about her aversion to being feminine and wealthy. It was cool the first 10 books, but now it's ridiculous, esp after being married to the man for 2 years.

167

Cats doofuses.  Dogs brainiacs.

No more of this "cats are plotting the violent overthrow of the United States government" b.s.

168 did the molasses ever turn out?

It did! After 3 hours. The recipe lied to me. And I guess I didn't heat it enough before. A little before 1 am I poured it into a jar. My dad put it in the fridge before he left for work in the morning. I haven't checked to see if it became candy...

169

I haven't checked to see if it became candy...

 

Wait, how does it become candy?

170 Shit, I forgot about her aversion to being feminine and wealthy. It was cool the first 10 books, but now it's ridiculous, esp after being married to the man for 2 years.

The "I hate being feminine" is my least favorite character in a book... and Eve too it to extremes, along with the constant resistance to having money.  For me, the biggest is her clinging to her past traumas  in a 'future' where it would be a relatively easy fix.  It got real old real fast.....  Fix it and move on.

171 Wait, how does it become candy?

If I overcook it the sugar caramelizes.

172 For me, the biggest is her clinging to her past traumas  in a 'future' where it would be a relatively easy fix

Oh yeah! And that too! I forgot that annoyed me. Now I really don't want to read the book but it's too late to return it...

173

The "I hate being feminine" is my least favorite character in a book...

 

Me too. But I assumed it was always because I couldnÂ’t relate. I looooove being feminine.

174 yeah I'm not feeling too sorry for Prof. Quinn there
anyone can go to amazon.com and buy any test bank for any class
and his bloviating at the end of that clip - "I've contacted the publishers about their breach of security and two of the contacted their legal departments" - yeah right, they don't give a damn who buys their test banks

175 PGiS, did you go anywhere, today?  How were the roads over there?

176

If I overcook it the sugar caramelizes

 

Oh, that makes sense. I didnÂ’t think that was your desired result, right? Because this is for the brussel sprouts?

177 I've never had to give "the cheating lecture" to the whole class or anything like that but I have caught cheaters individually and had to confront them - that is hard to do.

178 I didnÂ’t think that was your desired result, right? Because this is for the brussel sprouts?

Yeah, it's supposed to be molasses. It was when I poured it in the jar. I guess I should check it.

179 oh and you all should wish me happy birthday  today

180 Is it actually your B-Day?

181 Editor, I stayed home but my neighbor took his wife to dialysis and he said it was fine—of course he was a Metro bus driver. The boys went out too, they said it was fine as well. I think that was mostly a product of not that many people being out on the roads, not that the roads really were all that great. As is evidenced by the fact that the fire trucks couldn’t get up Somerset Hill to put that fire out.

182

Chemjieff, happy birthday sir. 

183 Me too. But I assumed it was always because I couldnÂ’t relate. I looooove being feminine.

It's not you, the "Man in a Dress" is an overused trope in paranormal/urban fantasy these days.    Hard to find a book without them.  And in series, they often edge out the girly girls.

184 Happy birthday, Chemjeff.

But this is not about age.  And you know it.

185

Happy birthday chemjeff!!! Did you do anything fun?

186 So Chemjeff give us the run down of the big day.

187 I kinda have cabin fever, at the moment... but I'm afraid if I step outside I'll die.

188 Happy Birthday Chemjeff-  hope it involved fun stuff.

189 Now here's a bumper sticker I'd put on my car! 

190 187 - Happy Birthday!

191 Yay it didn't turn into candy!

192 yeah it's my birthday
ya wanna know about my big day?
woke up late - went to the gym - then watched as movers moved my boxes from my temporary office to my brand new office - unpacked my office (mostly) - then went home, took a nap - then went to Cici's for pizza - then came home

woohoo, party on dudes

193 Happy birthday Chemjeff!  Aaaaaand many more!

194 happy birthday, chemjeff

195 thanks for birthday wishes

196

happy bday chemjeff

why are you here and not getting a lap dance?

197

I kinda have cabin fever, at the moment... but I'm afraid if I step outside I'll die.

 

Well, it is cold out there but I donÂ’t think youÂ’ll die. YouÂ’ll just turn into a popsicle.

198 Okay, happy Birthday, CJ.

199 woohoo, party on dudes

Posted by: chemjeff at November 23, 2010 11:34 PM (PaSAU)

Think of the new office as a birthday present.

200

oh, for the record, my navy friends tell me that you get free lap dances on your bday

i've never been in those places

201

why are you here and not getting a lap dance?

How do you know heÂ’s not doing both?

202 Barrel to the head, ncj?

203 It's not you, the "Man in a Dress" is an overused trope in paranormal/urban fantasy these days.    Hard to find a book without them.  And in series, they often edge out the girly girls.

Anita Blake is like that but not as bad as Eve. Merry Gentry is pretty girly, I think. (Laurell K Hamilton heroines.)

Happy birthday, chemjeff!

204

great news everyone. from drudge

Napolitano says scanners and pat downs could be coming to trains, metros and boats.

Welcome to the police state. You're all guilty of something.

Posted by: Ben at November 23, 2010 11:21 PM

We can't PROFILE, oh noes! That would shame us in the world community because America is the beacon of world fairness and justice!

But the rest of us? Bend over and spread 'em, you have no "rights"

205 navycopjoe, the unfortunate downside to being a college professor in a small-ish college town is that if you solicit establishments of that nature, there is a significant probability of finding one of your students on stage

206

yeah I'm not feeling too sorry for Prof. Quinn there
anyone can go to amazon.com and buy any test bank for any class
and his bloviating at the end of that clip - "I've contacted the publishers about their breach of security and two of the contacted their legal departments" - yeah right, they don't give a damn who buys their test banks

I am feeling sorry for the poor sucker t.a.'s that have to do this guy's job for him. 

But then again they're probably just a bunch of brown-nosing wannabes.  So, nevermind.

207

209  How do you know heÂ’s not doing both?

ummm, naked hot chicks showing their boobies vs morons

easy pick

208 So to liberal minds Bristol Palin not winning DWTS is a great victory to their cause and a major blow to the Tea Party.  Meanwhile everyone else goes on realizing its a TV show and the only reason we actually cared was that if she had won their heads would have exploded.

209 "....there is a significant probability of finding one of your students on stage...."

and this is a problem because......?

210
Anita Blake is like that but not as bad as Eve. Merry Gentry is pretty girly, I think. (Laurell K Hamilton heroines.)

LOL!  LKH was one of the ones I was thinking of (Kresley Cole is another).

211

210  nah, A and her are out doing something at the mall

i'm redoing the car door so they are god knows where

212

I am feeling sorry for the poor sucker t.a.'s that have to do this guy's job for him. 

But then again they're probably just a bunch of brown-nosing wannabes.  So, nevermind.

No, the TAs do deserve some pity, they tend not to be brown-nosing suckups (of course there are exceptions), and yes they do tend to end up doing the prof's job for the prof

213

213  i've seen movies about that

make them 'earn' the A

214 Posted by: EZB at November 23, 2010 11:39 PM (fa9yq)

I can still read LKH. Actually, I'm burning out on Anita Blake. I kinda like Merry Gentry better.

215 Happy Birthday Chemjeff!

216

"....there is a significant probability of finding one of your students on stage...."

 

I think I saw that movieÂ…

217 and this is a problem because......?

Well, it can create some uncomfortable situations for everyone involved.  And the unscrupulous stripper student can attempt to use it to gain an unmerited advantage.

218

213  i've seen movies about that

Get outta my head!

219 PGiS there's a movie about professors seeing stripper students on stage?

220

new nick for those of you in the winter wonderland

i'm a giver

221

And the unscrupulous stripper student can attempt to use it to gain an unmerited advantage.

 

That so wouldnÂ’t happen. Everyone knows strippers have hearts of gold.

222 225  still don't see the problem

223 I can still read LKH. Actually, I'm burning out on Anita Blake. I kinda like Merry Gentry better.

She lost me about the time she went off the rails (I think she got divorced and then became deranged and started having sex with pre changed werewolves between chapters)

224

So to liberal minds Bristol Palin not winning DWTS is a great victory to their cause and a major blow to the Tea Party.  Meanwhile everyone else goes on realizing its a TV show and the only reason we actually cared was that if she had won their heads would have exploded.

See how fickle the American people are?  Less than one month after a supposed repudiation of Obama and the democrats, they have changed their minds and given him a vote of confidence.  We will remember this as the day the great comeback of 2012 began.

225 "unscrupulous stripper"

probably the first time in the recorded use of the English language that those two words have ever been used together

226 navycopjoe sweating in Hawaii

Doesn't all the sunshine get tedious? It does here. I like a little weather to break up the monotony.

227

PGiS there's a movie about professors seeing stripper students on stage?

 

I think that Ninja Cheerleader Stripper movie had that happen in it.

228

226  Get outta my head!

you got a dem in the head

229

new nick for those of you in the winter wonderland

i'm a giver..

Even better here at 65 at night, I'm not sweating, but in a Tshirt.

230 Hey Prof, maybe I can teach YOU something about explosive chemical reactions tonight.  All I ask is one teensy favor....

231 I think she got divorced and then became deranged and started having sex with pre changed werewolves between chapters

LKH did?! Wow, I gotta visit St. Louis.

232

Napolitano said she hoped the U.S. could get to a place in the future where Americans would not have to be as guarded against terrorist attacks as they are and that she was actively promoting research into the psychology of how a terrorist becomes radicalized. 

There! Don't all you wingnuts feel so much safer now?

233

(I think she got divorced and then became deranged and started having sex with pre changed werewolves between chapters)

 

Are you referring to the character, or the author?

234

That so wouldnÂ’t happen. Everyone knows strippers have hearts of gold.

Posted by: ParanoidIcicleInSeattle at November 23, 2010 11:42 PM (RZ8pf)

Um, it's H with the H of G. 

235

234  Doesn't all the sunshine get tedious?

yeah, right

like we won't be high fiving in january while the other morons freeze

236 PGiS is this the movie?

http://tinyurl.com/62upng

It's got Captain Sulu in it!

237 PGiS there's a movie about professors seeing stripper students on stage? There's a few of them, actually.

238 Are you referring to the character, or the author?

It was hard to tell

239 Ninja Cheerleader Stripper II: The Un-Merited Grade was a better film

artistically speaking, of course

240

you got a dem in the head

You think that scares me? I live in Seattle. Dems are like dandruff here.

241

237  65 is deep winter here

we break out winter jackets and hide under comforters

242 There's a few of them, actually.

More than a few.

243

Um, it's H with the H of G. 

Hmm, OK never mind.

244 yeah yeah, okay fine, I guess "unscrupulous stripper" was a bit redundant wasn't it?

actually I did get a lap dance from a student once - but I was in Vegas and the student was going to UNLV so that was okay

245

248  Dems are like dandruff here.

compared to hawaii, you guys are conserative land

246

Yup, thatÂ’s the one chemjeff. But now that I think about it I think it was some guy at their school and not a professor. Heck I canÂ’t remember. That movie was so bad it was good.

247 Birthdays are over-rated.

248 Posted by: Norbert Q. Nobbleschlob, Exec. Producer of "Co-Ed Cooch Cravers from Chemical College Parts I-LXVII What, you couldn't churn out two more for a collector's edition?

249

Hmm, OK never mind.

Posted by: ParanoidIcicleInSeattle at November 23, 2010 11:48 PM (RZ8pf)

sorry.  didn't mean to be a writing snob.  We just always use H with the H of G in the screenwriting world.  I'm an idiot.

250 Several other members of William's family have wed there [Westminster Abbey], including the queen's sister, Princess Margaret, in 1960, William's aunt Princess Anne in 1973 and his uncle Prince Andrew in 1986. All three marriages ended in divorce.

Wouldn't that make you not want to get married at the Abbey? And I understand not wanting to get married at St. Paul's. Why not Hampton Court or Holyrood or something?

251

I was never attracted to any of my college professors. I must not have gone to the right school.

252 What, you couldn't churn out two more for a collector's edition?

Tell Chemjeff to get a few more co-eds admitted and I'll see what I can do.

253

sorry.  didn't mean to be a writing snob.  We just always use H with the H of G in the screenwriting world.  I'm an idiot.

No, you are right, I forgot it was hookers and not strippers. But remember how at least once a year here the newspaper ran one of those stories about the Lusty Lady chicks and it turns out they are “just like us” only they strip for a living…

254

Hartsfield TSA worker allegedly abducts, assaults woman

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

8:19 p.m. Tuesday, November 23, 2010

A TSA employee based at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport tried to kill himself after allegedly abducting a woman, sexually assaulting her then giving her a suicide note to deliver.

MARTA police are among the law enforcement agencies investigating the claim that Randall Scott King, 49, kidnapped the woman from the Lakewood station Wednesday night. King accompanied her there from the airport where she left with him voluntarily, Hartsfield-Jackson spokeswoman Katena Carvajales told the AJC.

But King allegedly restrained the woman in the MARTA parking lot and took her to his house in Hogansville, about 50 miles south of Atlanta, where the sexual assault occurred, police there say.

"The victim stated that she was released by Mr. King who provided her with a suicide note and instructions on where to deliver it,"  Hogansville Police Department Sgt. Jeff Sheppard said in a press release.

A relative brought the woman, who was still bound in leopard print, novelty handcuffs, to the Union City Police Department, Det. Gloria Hodgson said.

Union City authorities notified the Hogansville Police Department, who dispatched officers to King's home. They found him with "several wounds about his body," Sheppard said. King was airlifted to Columbus Regional Medical Center where he remains in critical condition. Criminal warrants have been obtained by Hogansville police.

King, a behavior detection officer, has been with the Transportation Security Administration for nearly five years, spokesman Jon Allen told the AJC.

"We are cooperating fully with law enforcement during this ongoing investigation," Allen said.

255

Rum, first DianaÂ’s ring and now they are marrying where she was eulogized? IÂ’m beginning to sense something a bit creepy about this whole thing. I agree with you, they shouldÂ’ve picked a different church. St. Pauls at least was a happy time in DianaÂ’s life, not like she was laying there dead or anythingÂ…

256

Gave up WoW a couple of years ago. 

Saw that Morons had a guild. 

Got a strange urge to reactivate and move servers. 

Saw that Morons were Alliance. 

Dodged a bullet.

257 Heh - Lusty Lady.  Gonna miss those signs while driving down 1st Ave.  You could always count on a chuckle.

258 BREAKING NEWS:  Another D staffer turns out to be a creep - in other news, dog bites man

259 so for those of us who don't know anything about WoW, what is the deal with the Alliance?

260 "leopard print, novelty handcuffs"

there's another phrase you don't see everyday

(unless you're in my basement)

261 Oh, both cj & CiVA are here.  Any questions, boys?

262 (and seems to have - for reasons beyond me - a years-long hatred of Virginia Republicans in particular)

Because they're Southern.  Which means hateful racist Klansmen.

263 Editor, well, not right now

264 Oh, yeah, B-Day and all.  Heavy stuff not needed.  Agreed.

265 270 Oh, both cj & CiVA are here.  Any questions, boys?

Posted by: Editor at November 23, 2010 11:59 PM (YX6i/

What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

266

What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

Posted by: buzzion at November 24, 2010 12:06 AM (oVQFe)

What?  An African Swallow or a European Swallow?

267 an African swallow or a European swallow?

268 Is there an echo in here (..ere... ere... ere)?

269 I think everyone went to the 'art' thread up above.  It features ginormous boobage. 

270 I think everyone went to the 'art' thread up above. It features ginormous boobage. fucking company internet

271

What?  An African Swallow or a European Swallow?

Posted by: Editor at November 24, 2010 12:06 AM

who cares as long as they swallow

272 I've abandoned y'all for Chuck.

273 281 I've abandoned y'all for Chuck.

Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom at November 24, 2010 12:12 AM (YxBuk)

Watch out for the blonde she-male!

274 277 Is there an echo in here (..ere... ere... ere)?
Posted by: Editor at November 24, 2010 12:08 AM

Pinch .. hitting... for ... Pedro ... Borbon ...

Manny ... Mota ... mota... mota ... mota ..

275 I agree with you, they shouldÂ’ve picked a different church. St. Pauls at least was a happy time in DianaÂ’s life, not like she was laying there dead or anythingÂ… I don't agree at all. I think the history of the Abbey wins out, it has a more intimate feel that they were looking for, and I would consider it more of a bad omen to marry in the church where Diana went to her doom.

276 Nobody puts baby in a corner.  Not even Bristol Palin.

277 281 I've abandoned y'all for Chuck.

Chuck who?

278 Chuck Norris?

279 Charles Bartowski.

280 Chuck Norris? heston. in the big country. mmmmmm

281 Bartowski.

282 tap tap. are these things on? OMG! I killed the thread. I'm a bastard

283 I'm just a little sluggish tonight. Don't worry, I'll be kicking until after 12 PST.

284 Yeah, it's loading slow for me, too.

285 Thank goodness Bristol did not win! Its not like anything else important happened today. What a fucked up country we have become!!

286 no, we'er just playing a joke on you...  hiding behind the chair to see if you can find us.

287 Charles Bartowski

hmm so Chuck is this guy who is supposed to be able to download computer programs into his brain?  do they explain how this is supposed to be possible?

288 Ok, i'll just put my shirt back on then since no one is here. Its kinda cold anyways

289 Thank goodness Bristol did not win! Yeah!

290 291 tap tap. are these things on?

OMG! I killed the thread. I'm a bastard

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at November 24, 2010 12:24 AM (xu0cv)

Don't worry you'll forget all about it and it will be back tomorrow like nothing happened.

291 chemjeff, do not ask questions that there are not answers to.  Just accept that Scott Bakula is the smartest programmer of all time.

292 Ok, i'll just put my shirt back on then since no one is here. Pics, or it didn't happen.

293 Pics, or it didn't happen.

Posted by: The Rules at November 24, 2010 12:31 AM (SwkdU)

So she sends us a picture of her shirt on a hangar. Big deal.

294 Via big government fcc takes over. Goody!!

Just this past Friday, was warned that a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) December Internet power grab was probably coming.

Well, we now know that it is – and it may be even worse than we thought.

295 So she sends us a picture of her shirt on a hangar. Big deal. heh, they're on to our tricks.

296 Turbaconducken!

Shows you how to do it. 

297 So she sends us a picture of her shirt on a hangar. Big deal. Not to mention that weird agriculture thing they are trying to push through that may prohibit home gardens, and only allow monsanto to provide seeds.

298 shit, and i can;t get copy paste to work either.

299 ginormous boobage. fucking company internet Posted by: fluffy don't get to see nuthin at November 24, 2010 12:11 AM (SwkdU) I don't think Currin's work classifies as ginormous... however:

300 So she sends us a picture of her shirt on a hangar. Big deal. Not to mention that weird agriculture thing they are trying to push through that may prohibit home gardens, and only allow monsanto to provide seeds.

301 Like to see the enforcement arm for the garden thing. Tomato police! That's no monsanto plant!!

302 non-sequiter! no, wacky mac copy/paste

303

Well, we now know that it is – and it may be even worse than we thought.

Posted by: lou

Yesseree and the commie loving libtard leahy (leaky) is looser pushing this freedom grab. the fucktard entitlement sucker is indicative of what political life in VT has become, worthless at enormous cost 

304 no, wacky mac copy/paste

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at November 24, 2010 12:46 AM (xu0cv)

Since its a mac, you have to call it avante garde and creative, not a mistake.

305 255 Birthdays are over-rated.

Posted by: David Lo Pan at November 23, 2010 11:50 PM (eF5rF)

Just remember what old Jack Burton always says, never drive any faster than you can see.

306 312

Well, we now know that it is – and it may be even worse than we thought.

Posted by: lou

Yesseree and the commie loving libtard leahy (leaky) is looser pushing this freedom grab. the fucktard entitlement sucker is indicative of what political life in VT has become, worthless at enormous cost 

Posted by: beanervt at November 24, 2010 12:47 AM (OaMoU)

 

Oh but look at the shiny object over there  aka bristol, and jessica simpson, hollywood, etc etc etc!  Nothing to see here, move along. They want us to pay attention to this stupid bullshit. And seems like it is working,  sadly!

307 Oh but look at the shiny object over there aka bristol, and jessica simpson, hollywood, etc etc etc! Nothing to see here, move along. They want us to pay attention to this stupid bullshit. And seems like it is working, sadly! Look, are you gonna show us your tits or not?

308 Like to see the enforcement arm for the garden thing. Tomato police! That's no monsanto plant!!

The garden thing is just another tool for harassing/imprisoning citizens.  Your neighbor doesn't like your Gadsden flag, they report your illegal hanging strawberry pot.

309 316 Oh but look at the shiny object over there aka bristol, and jessica simpson, hollywood, etc etc etc! Nothing to see here, move along. They want us to pay attention to this stupid bullshit. And seems like it is working, sadly!

Look, are you gonna show us your tits or not?

Posted by: imaptient Moron at November 24, 2010 12:54 AM (SwkdU)

 

Nope, you get enough of that on the ont. If you want to see saggy tits, just look at the women or men of hollywood!

310

Oh but look at the shiny object over there  aka bristol, and jessica simpson, hollywood, etc etc etc!  Nothing to see here, move along. They want us to pay attention to this stupid bullshit. And seems like it is working,  sadly!

Posted by: lou at November 24, 2010 12:53 AM (CEe8v)

Because we are like the first generation smartphones and only incapable of focusing on one task at a time.  God I'd hate to see you show up on a saturday or sunday between noon and 9 pm where we spend most of the day talking football.

A little bit of levity and hoping to piss off liberals?  Heaven forbid.

311 Nope, you get enough of that on the ont. If you want to see saggy tits, just look at the women or men of hollywood! I beg to differ. I haven't seen your tits on the ONT once.

312 A little bit of levity and hoping to piss off liberals?  Heaven forbid.

Ve vill have none of that here! No laughing! Stop that! Stop it!

313

Oh but look at the shiny object over there  aka bristol, and jessica simpson, hollywood, etc etc etc!  Nothing to see here, move along. They want us to pay attention to this stupid bullshit. And seems like it is working,  sadly!

Posted by: lou


That's all part of the leftarded life(less) policy they try to implement on us. Keep em dumb and voten demtard..

Look no futher then our leaderless leader, oil spill what oil spill....shooten and maybe war what shooten and what ta hell did you wake me at 3am for.

314 I could see her actually doing that. It seems like her personality! yep. you're lucky i don't have one of those smart phone things

315 I really hope someone asks Obama about bringing along the CEO of Irradiate Your Junk Inc.  on his trip to India.

316 Will anyone donate to the Rum Wants to Train Like Sarah Walker Fund?

317 okay I am going to bed
g'night
sleep tight
don't let the wookies bite

318 speaking of which. what the hell with these polls saying 50%+ don't care that there are nekkid scanner pics of them floating around? they sure are keen to force everyone through them. and what about the alternative scanners out there, like the ones they are using at schipol in the netherlands? no radiation, no nekkid pictures.

319 326 Will anyone donate to the Rum Wants to Train Like Sarah Walker Fund?

Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom at November 24, 2010 01:03 AM (YxBuk)

I was kind of disappointed in the episode.  I was kind of hoping for Chuck to get his Intersect back via Sarah being in danger after all of last week that dick claiming that she was the hinderance to him unlocking it.  But I did still enjoy it, just wanted my prediction to be true.

320 nite chemjeff

321 Registering, finally... Hello, world.

322 The garden thing is just another tool for harassing/imprisoning citizens.  Your neighbor doesn't like your Gadsden flag, they report your illegal hanging strawberry pot.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at November 24, 2010 12:57 AM (4ucxv)

So turn in his crop first. Plant some at night if you need to.

323 Depends on where Rum's boobies fit into the equation.

They'll be contained in a sports bra whilst training.

I was kind of disappointed in the episode.  I was kind of hoping for Chuck to get his Intersect back via Sarah being in danger after all of last week that dick claiming that she was the hinderance to him unlocking it.

It was kind of meh. But I like the fight Sarah was in. I want to be able to fight like that. (Yeah, I know it's all coordinated.) But I also like what she did to the guy in the bar and I definitely want to learn how to do that.

However, I really don't like how the episode ended...the sneak peek for next week looks awesome though! "Come with me if you want to live!"

324 319

Oh but look at the shiny object over there  aka bristol, and jessica simpson, hollywood, etc etc etc!  Nothing to see here, move along. They want us to pay attention to this stupid bullshit. And seems like it is working,  sadly!

Posted by: lou at November 24, 2010 12:53 AM (CEe8v)

Because we are like the first generation smartphones and only incapable of focusing on one task at a time.  God I'd hate to see you show up on a saturday or sunday between noon and 9 pm where we spend most of the day talking football.

A little bit of levity and hoping to piss off liberals?  Heaven forbid.

Posted by: buzzion at November 24, 2010 12:58 AM (oVQFe)

 

I am all for a little levity, and I can talk football with any guy!! Bring it on. But I had a day when people were more then happy to have their kids molested by the tsa, nk starts a war with sk, and a stupid ass bitch told me we need to give up liberty for safety, and I am kinda pissed. And I stay off the ont for the most part!

 

PS Duke gets all the calls!

325

like the ones they are using at schipol in the netherlands? no radiation, no nekkid pictures.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at November 24, 2010 01:06 AM (xu0cv)

The CEOs of those companies aren't best buddies with the President probably.

And as for why 50% don't care?  Because they're stupid.  They don't realize that its a dose of radiation.  And they are uninformed that they are not actually making them anymore safe than they were previously.  I really liked the point someone on Rush made today, that if these naked scanners and gropings are in response to the panty bomber from last year why did it take a year for the gropes to happen, while waiting on the new Pervert 2000?

326 No laughing!

327 later, cj.

328

But I had a day when people were more then happy to have their kids molested by the tsa, nk starts a war with sk, and a stupid ass bitch told me we need to give up liberty for safety, and I am kinda pissed.

I think there were threads for every single one of those things today.

329 340

But I had a day when people were more then happy to have their kids molested by the tsa, nk starts a war with sk, and a stupid ass bitch told me we need to give up liberty for safety, and I am kinda pissed.

I think there were threads for every single one of those things today.

Posted by: buzzion at November 24, 2010 01:12 AM (oVQFe)

 

Yep, sorry I brought it up, have not been on AOS today. Night!

330 There were people who were actually *happy* to have their kids get groped? They must be Democrats. Holy hell.

331 Not sure where that came from. It might have been exaggeration for effect. Bebe said there was a poll that half don't mind the scanners.

332 I could see her actually doing that. It seems like her personality! it was all over talk radio all day. i bet there is a post at hot air.

333 Talk radio was discussing your shirt photography posting? Slow day for sure.

334 dammit, thats my sign. i give up. nite.

335 Night bebe. Sorry I was mean.

336 haha

people screaming that people should uninstall a game is hilarious in multiplayer

337 dammit, thats my sign. i give up. nite. Wait, come back and show us your etchings!

338 Night bebe. Sorry I was mean. Nah. I just can;t get the damn copy paste to work right, and i;m worried about my dad. so, i give up. nite

339 Wait, come back and show us your etchings!

Posted by: fluffy at November 24, 2010 01:26 AM (SwkdU)

Etchings are in the post above this one.

340

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at November 24, 2010 01:26 AM (xu0cv)

Hope your dad is ok. Good night.

341 I just can;t get the damn copy paste to work right

Command+C (copy) and Command+V (paste)

342 Hey, fellow insomniacs.

343

Slow night katya - you get to set the pace!

344 Hey katya.

345

Slow night katya - you get to set the pace!

Oh geez, pressure.  That's gonna help me sleep.

346 bebe's boobs destroy WHAT, exactly?

inquiring minds want to know.................

BTW, I'm only $19.95, not available in any store.  Everything you buy from infomercials is a-okay and hunky-dory

ask anyone about 'steam away'

347 So, do you all think that "TSA / airline passenger" will become a popular theme for sexual role-playing?

348

Oh geez, pressure.  That's gonna help me sleep.

Posted by: katya, the designated driver at November 24, 2010 01:36 AM (O5rLI)

We're going for the over stimulation method.  BOO!

349 So, do you all think that "TSA / airline passenger" will become a popular theme for sexual role-playing?

Posted by: fluffy at November 24, 2010 01:37 AM (SwkdU)

only if you find irritation and anger a turn on.

350 I used to be the most easy-going and relaxed person around.  Then I became a responsible wife and mother.  I can't turn my brain off at night.  Even drugs don't help.

351 Was your first piece of advice - call me at a more reasonable hour?

352 Understood, katya.  I'll pray for ya, tonight. 

Considering our first is on the way, I'm afraid I'll be right behind ya.

353 only if you find irritation and anger a turn on. You're a naughty one, aren't you? Turn your head and cough.

354

Posted by: katya, the designated driver at November 24, 2010 01:41 AM (O5rLI)

When I'm in that state, I read something familiar that I like. Sometimes I get sleepy. All the other times, at least  I wasn't stressing over not sleeping.

355 I got nothin'. It's too cold not to wear pants tonight.

356 Sorry, Mall.  Do you like this relative?

357 It's too cold not to wear pants tonight.

Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom at November 24, 2010 01:44 AM (YxBuk)

Yeah - all my cats are in round balls to sleep instead of long skinny lines.

358

Understood, katya.  I'll pray for ya, tonight. 

Considering our first is on the way, I'm afraid I'll be right behind ya.

My insomnia didn't begin until mine were well into their teens. 

359 It's too cold not to wear pants tonight. You're not a tease at all.

360

My insomnia didn't begin until mine were well into their teens. 

Posted by: katya, the designated driver at November 24, 2010 01:46 AM (O5rLI)

Mine's already started.  If it's a girl... screwed.  That's all I'm saying.  I'll probably never get another night's rest.

361

Mine's already started.  If it's a girl... screwed.  That's all I'm saying.  I'll probably never get another night's rest.

Posted by: Editor at November 24, 2010 01:47 AM (YX6i/)

You just have to get her thinking like you, or better yet your wife. Start early.

362 Reason number 28,907 I never did martrimonial law in any shape, form or color.

But it's better than reality TV!

My insomnia didn't begin until mine were well into their teens. 

Maybe my mom can give you tips. She sleeps like a log and doesn't even twitch if my sister or I walk in at 2 am.

363

hahaha Steve McIntyre is a closet moron! 

 in his latest post at climate audit  Mc (when talking about Jonestown and the "hockey team" says ...

""Just after midnight (Eastern) on November 18, 2009, thirty-one years to the day of the Jonestown massacre, I learned of the Climategate dossier, in which another Jones came to international attention. (Please no jokes comparing the Jonestown movement to the Team. Any comments saying things like “One was an apocalyptic cult that enjoyed high-level political patronage and tolerated no dissent; the other died in the Guyanese jungle” will be deleted.) ""

364 Maybe my mom can give you tips. She sleeps like a log and doesn't even twitch if my sister or I walk in at 2 am.

Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom at November 24, 2010 01:51 AM (YxBuk)

Maybe she fainted hours earlier from stress.

365 Jan. 15, Mall.  Let me tell you, this weather we're having right now is freakin' me out, man!

366 Jan. 15, Mall.  Let me tell you, this weather we're having right now is freakin' me out, man!

Posted by: Editor at November 24, 2010 01:57 AM (YX6i/)

Its the global warming

367

Maybe she fainted hours earlier from stress.

Posted by: Oldcat at November 24, 2010 01:54 AM (CN+Qv)

Heh.  I remember the first time I came back as a teenager at 3am.  This was before cell phones were prominent.

Walked in the door to find my mother sitting on the steps with the stink eye.  Fist thing out of her mouth was, "Your father's on I-5 looking for you."

What?!  I'm just fine, thank you very much.

368

My insomnia didn't begin until mine were well into their teens. 

Posted by: katya, the designated driver at November 24, 2010 01:46 AM (O5rLI)

Mine's already started.  If it's a girl... screwed.  That's all I'm saying.  I'll probably never get another night's rest.

I have two girls (now 19 and 24) and two different personality types.  If yours is "strong-willed", you will probably know it from day one.  She will burst on every scene with a trail of smoke behind her and cats clawing up the wall to get out of her way.  She will drive you crazy with her tendencies to public nudity and her insistence in granting her every thought whether it is invited or not.  Type two will be all sweetness and light.  She will be compliant and agreeable and have tea parties and dress like a princess.  Watch this one carefully.  Chances are she is sneaky.  Behind that sweet smile is a plot.  Be afraid.  Be very afraid.

369

What?!  I'm just fine, thank you very much.

Posted by: Editor at November 24, 2010 01:59 AM (YX6i/)

Your mom and dad remember, and are gonna have fun watching your child put you through the same stuff. Its the circle of life.

Right now they are looking for noisy musical instruments, unwashable paint sets and the like for future gift giving.

370 Thanks for those calming thoughts, Mall & katya.  I can see you have the best intentions for my heart's health.  Just wonderful

371

Now, the upcoming college bill....that I would trade for damn near anything.

Posted by: Mallamutt at November 24, 2010 01:59 AM (OWjjx)

Is this the one thinking of Wash U in St Louis.?

372

Your mom and dad remember, and are gonna have fun watching your child put you through the same stuff. Its the circle of life.

One time I called my mom to complain about my oldest daughter's 13-year old moodiness.  She laughed at me.

Right now they are looking for noisy musical instruments, unwashable paint sets and the like for future gift giving.

I knew a woman whose parents gave her two-year-old a genuine coach whistle.

373 Okay, fine - I can see you don't want me here.

374 Behind that sweet smile is a plot.  Be afraid.  Be very afraid.

A plot that will entail extracting all of the money you have ever made, currently have and ever will make in the future from you for her benefit!

Oh, if it could only be something that innocent.  No, that plot probably involves a boy and/or no-good friends.

375  I can see you have the best intentions for my heart's health.  Just wonderful

Posted by: Editor at November 24, 2010 02:04 AM (YX6i/)

You just have to give up the idea that you can control things down to the last jot. Its improvisation from here on out. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

376 I knew a woman whose parents gave her two-year-old a genuine coach whistle. How come we never see Grandma anymore?

377 If the mortgage mess is slowed down to lawsuits, it might be helpful...or not. This information, however, proves to me that Wall Street is not full of brilliant people. Seriously overpaid attorneys and investment bankers couldn't come up with two little niggling doubts to nail down for MBS? 1) What actual mortgages make up this particular MBS? 2) Do we really own those mortgages, i.e. show me the paperwork. Seriously how hard is it to ask those two simple questions if you're making a million a year to do this stuff?

378

Oh no....misery loves company.....ha ha ha ha ha!

Posted by: Mallamutt at November 24, 2010 02:07 AM (OWjjx)

So where is the older one going and studying?

379 Birthdays
Tuesday, November 23rd 2010

Miley Cyrus (1


On your mark, get set -- go!

380
I was kind of disappointed in the episode.  I was kind of hoping for Chuck to get his Intersect back via Sarah being in danger after all of last week that dick claiming that she was the hinderance to him unlocking it.

I'm getting disappointed in Chuck.  They've taken away the Intersect and he's still a whiny loser.  Was hoping he'd get it back, but noooo... they don't want to wrap that up yet.  Isn't the whole point of the show the Intersect?

And Sarah did not apologize for being such a mean person to him about his spyness.

Was also disappointed that Chuck didn't wake up to a realization that Ellie's a bitch.  Really?  She wouldn't ask his advice about the laptop because it would suck him back into the spy world?

Oi.

381

Thanks for those calming thoughts, Mall & katya.  I can see you have the best intentions for my heart's health.  Just wonderful

Hey, this is group therapy.

382 My mom is actually be extra-special sensitive to our wishes, at the moment.  She's even asking if it's okay to be in the waiting room.  It's a complicated story, but she's being hands off for the most part.  She's of course being the normal doting grandma, but she's not pushing any kind of will on our birth plans at all.  We appreciate it. 

383

Hey, this is group therapy.

Posted by: katya, the designated driver at November 24, 2010 02:11 AM (O5rLI)

I'm the drill sargeant throwing tissue boxes around.

384

Posted by: Editor at November 24, 2010 02:11 AM (YX6i/)

Well traditionally grandmas do the spoiling, not the harder stuff.

385 It can be very exasperating working with humans with their drama and illogical emotional issues.

The biggest case of shark jumping illogic I ever experienced was when Starfleet decides we're done chasing stolen space vehicles and now we get to go rock collecting and doing Google Galaxy map surveys. I'm starting to believe some Federation hack wants to get Kirk away from his teenaged daughter. We're logging big hunks of rocks that pass for planets out in this wasteland and suddenly Abe Fuckin' Lincoln pops up on the view screen. I'm just about to chew out some dorky ensign for leaving his Ken Burns dvd in the computer when Honest Abe requests permission to come aboard.

I'm talking myself blue in the face telling Kirk that this isn't really Lincoln, Santa Claus, or Elvis, it's just some mind-fucking tricks like those Talosians pulled on my old boss Chris Pike. Well, Kirk loves to brag at Starfleet quarterly meetings on all the big shots and celebrities he knows, so we all have to get in our dress uniforms and play Hail to the Chief for whatever this is.

Honest Abe then says he came to invite us down to chat and meet his wife and kids or something, and for once McCoy and Scotty make some sense and tell him he's lost his fucking mind. I can't for the life of me figure out why I agreed to this suicide mission, McCoy must have forgotten to fuse the synapses that fed into "common sense" when he put my marbles back in the jar when we were on Planet Bimbo

We beam down, figuring we're going get an instant lava enema when we materialize on the one clearing they've made for this place. And just who or what has Abe brought us down here for? Some talking pile of steaming shit, that's what. Why did Lord Shithead invite us down here? He and the other Turds on Steroids want to know about the concept of good and evil ! Well Shit-for-Brains, go to church and get some Oakland Raiders season tickets, we've got more important things to do!

Shithead decides that me, Kirk, Elvis Lincoln and a mystery guest will play for the "Good" team in a battle royal. Whoopee. For the mystery guest they materialize the Vulcan equivalent of Jesus named Surak, who is the Gandhi of Vulcan, but he looks too much like Ashton Kutcher to scare anybody in a cage match.

The "Evil" team is consisted of Col Green, who looks like Gov. George Wallace, Jenjis Khan, Kahless the Founding Asshole of the Klingons, and some butt ugly bitch named Zora who should have asked Shithead to materialize a razor and deodorant for her.

First problem we have is that Ashton the Vulcan doesn't want to get his hands dirty and thinks he can sweet talk pure evil with big words. For once Kirk's macho bullshit makes sense and we go about making spears since Shithead's planet had strict phaser control laws. Ashton of Vulcan goes to engage the bad boys in dialog and gets a spear between the shoulder blades for his trouble. Damn, why couldn't they create an ancient Vulcan who would have ripped their heads off and shit down their necks? Meanwhile we have to listen to Elvis Lincoln bore the shit out of us with his damn memoirs, and he decides to go find Ashton the Vulcan and bring him back. That lasted about as long as the Ali-Liston fight, and now it's just me and Kirk's Flying Leg Kick against four homicidal goons.

Kirk goes to The Supreme Shithead to tell him we're not going to play any more bullshit games and what the fuck are they going to do about it.  They reply that if we don't fight, they'll beam up and clog every fecal disintegrator up so badly that we'll be swatting flies for the rest of our lives. Having no other choice, we figured we'd die fighting and we make a last whooping charge at the Goon Squad. Thankfully the Kirk luck appeared once again because the goons were total pussies who couldn't win a fight with elderly interior decorators and they shit and ran.

Shithead tells us that he still couldn't tell the difference between good and evil other than evil was a pussy when faced with force. No shit Sherlock.

I'm really pissed that we had to waste our time with this little sideshow just because of Kirk's celebrity worshipping. I really have to ask dad if the Vulcan Science Academy is still hiring, I've had it with this shit. Literally

386 My little angel just turned 11 and she is sweetness and light and will probably bury my ass in about five more years.

387 Mall, it's not going to be a boy (we're not finding out).  God likes to laugh, I have no doubt about that.

388 Hey, this is group therapy. Can I be the guy that plays with matches?

389 TJ, please take notes... and post them on the yahoo group.

390

I'm just glad I didn't have a boy - those little obnoxious hyperactive snotnosed motherfuckers.

Girls are a lot better. For a while.

Wrapped around her finger, I am.

391 If she goes the acctuarial studies I would prefer she go to ISU because State Farm is headquarted in Normal and they have terriffic internship opportunities they coordinate with ISU.

Posted by: Mallamutt at November 24, 2010 02:14 AM (OWjjx)

Well as the stuck up engineer/science guy it sounds reasonable - even without the full CPA the math and actuary stuff sounds like marketable skills at the end. And those are local state schools, right? So it should be only medium painful.

And if you want to save money over a dorm you could put her up in a 5 star hotel.

392

My son drives me crazy.  But he's still easier on my nerves than the girls.  And he's very entertaining when the cat's around.

393 338 No laughing!
Posted by: Charlie Lou Evans at November 24, 2010 01:10 AM

For some reason Kirk had a lot of tolerance for what Charlie did, even melting down his expensive chess set and vaporizing Janice Rand. But when Charlie goes wiping the faces off the female crew members, Kirk knows a blowjob isn't in his plans any time soon.

394

Now...if she gets the bright idea to go to law school...I may have to inflict bodily harm on her.

 Posted by: Mallamutt at November 24, 2010 02:22 AM (OWjjx)

Well aside from the moral issue, lawyers are a glut on the market. Its not a smart move.

395 She wouldn't ask his advice about the laptop because it would suck him back into the spy world?

Yes! That annoyed me too!

396 Maybe she fainted hours earlier from stress.

Nope. She doesn't even know I'm gone half the time. Doesn't even notice when I leave. My dad's the one that I call to let him know where I am and when I'm on my way back. He's the one that stays awake.

397 Nope. She doesn't even know I'm gone half the time. Doesn't even notice when I leave. Who are you, again?

398 Night mallamutt!

399

Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom at November 24, 2010 02:29 AM (YxBuk)

You sound like that Community Channel girl and her mum.

400 Oh, and good night Rum.....sorry, I didn't mean to exclude you.

I see how it is!

I keed. Have a good night and a lovely Thanksgiving.

401 Community Channel?

402 'Night, Mallamutt.

403 Community Channel?

Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom at November 24, 2010 02:32 AM (YxBuk)

She's a asian girl from Australia that does youtube comedy vids in which she plays multiple parts. Theyre pretty funny. She's had a few with her mother on.

404

Editor....best of luck. No matter what, old cat is right, your just gonna have to make it up as you go along....so might as well enjoy the ride.

Posted by: Mallamutt at November 24, 2010 02:29 AM (OWjjx)

Thanks, Mall.  I'm pretty good at improv.  Very little actually ruffles my feathers.  I usually just point a laugh. 

405 I think I may be ready to go to sleep now.  If not, I'll be back in a bit.  'Night, y'all.

406 Yeah, I probably should bail pretty soon, too. 

407 I guess if everyone else is getting out of the pool so should I. Nighty night, everyone!

408 okay, can't sleep
ugh
now everyone has gone to bed?

409 Still here, cj

410

Hell yeah...this is a huge hairy deal!

I have another financial question.

Where the hell are the derivatives...CDSs?    Aren't they still out there?

 

Okie dokie...feel free to resume your off topic discussion.  ;o)

411 I have declared holiday mode at work. That means not doing shit if possible

412 I have declared holiday mode at work. That means not doing shit if possible I do that 11 1/2 months out of the year.

413 fluffy, no kidding - that's why I went into academia, don't have to work too hard

414 'Lo, 'rons. Anybody still around?

415 447 fluffy, no kidding - that's why I went into academia, don't have to work too hard
Posted by: chemjeff


Hey that works for the 0bozo too, but him I'm wondering if he works at all..

416 hi cthulhu

417 most everyone's gone to bed, I think

418 beanervt oh, Obama works - problem is, he works against our interest

419 holy crap - we owe more money to ourselves than anyone else

420 452 beanervt oh, Obama works - problem is, he works against our interest
Posted by: chemjeff


True enough, but looking at the "high level security meeting" that had 20 officials and entourage sucking up a days over bloated wage he merely stops long enough to give shout outs... In all fairness he does have to work up a turkey pardon speech but don't we pay someone for that??  

421

most everyone's gone to bed, I think

Headed that way in a sec but wanted to wish you happy birthday.  Hope you had a good day.

'Night everybody.

422 453 holy crap

No worries cj the article said the debt holder was bernanke. He can keep it. I'll claim bankruptcy...

423 thanks Annabelle good night

424

I have another financial question.

Where the hell are the derivatives...CDSs?    Aren't they still out there?

Okie dokie...feel free to resume your off topic discussion.  ;o)

Posted by: kakypat at November 24, 2010 03:19 AM (b8jZZ)

Derivatives are financial instruments (contracts) that have value derived from some other sort of financial instrument. For example, a contract to pay the amount by which the value of 5000 shares of a certain stock exceeds $100,000 next Thursday.

CDSs, or credit default swaps, attempt to turn iffy investments into sure things by insuring that they won't go bad. So you buy a $5000 note from Joe Schmoe, but you note that his only assets are his car and a packet of blow -- and you go to a bank that knows Joe better and say, "I'll pay you $10/month until Joe's note comes due, and if he's in jail on that day, you pay me the $5K instead of him."

Both of these can be legitimate ways of managing business. They can be something like insurance.

In insurance, however, you must have what is known as an "insurable interest" -- you can insure your house against fire because you'll be hurt if your house burns down.....but you can't just insure some random structure against fire (for one thing, gasoline and matches are too easy to acquire).

In high finance, however, they broke the link between the insurance policies and the assets being insured -- to the point that a half-dozen people might collect the $5K if Joe skips town. Nobody thought that he would, so all sorts of people were willing to take the $10/month. And those people who knew Joe thought, "suckas", and were willing to bet he'd be busted or dead when the note came due.

This dovetails nicely into the vortex of bad real estate practices. Mortgages R Us writes 2 NINJA (No Income, No Job or Assets) loans to a couple of crackheads in Modesto, Jeb and Charlie. Bank of Whassup funds the loans and immediately rolls them into Modest Investment trusts A, B, C, D, and E. Trust A is 50% Jeb and 10% Charlie, trust B is 40% Jeb and 20% Charlie, trust C is 30% Jeb and 30% Charlie, trust D is 20% Jeb and 40% Charlie, and trust E is 10% Jeb and 50% Charlie. For those keeping track, they have now committed 150% of Jeb and 150% of Charlie to the trusts, so they obviously can't physically deliver the paper.

Bank of Whassup then sells each of these trusts off to some pension fund or other bank. Since people generally want to see something nice in their hands before letting go of their money, they attach a CDS from some plausible sucker to make all the paper look good. Since they just funded 100% of the loans and sold 150% of the loans, they've got a tidy profit to bonus out to their top executives.

425 The great unwind occurs when it is noted that Jeb and Charlie are crackheads, and home prices in Modesto are plummeting. All of a sudden everyone wants out of the burning theater through the same small doors. Since Mortgages R Us and Bank of Whassup ensured that their protection money was paid up current to various corrupt politicians, it is unthinkable to just let things go......those pension funds and investors might string some bank executives up instead of letting them spend those cosy bonuses.

So they decide to let Bernanke print the money to buy up all the bad paper -- all five trusts' worth. Since the Federal Reserve banks were all in on the original swindle, it's not like they're going to get religion and start going, "how did we end up with 150% of Jeb's house?" They can just bury it inside the Federal Reserve's opaque books and wait for someone to refi it or for house prices to go back up or something.

This is, BTW, why you hear about "audit the Fed" like it's a BFD.....'cause if someone did a proper audit, it might be noticed that none of the trusts had the proper mortgages inside in the first place, and that the sum of them added up to more than the mortgages were worth in the second.

426 Of course, anyone who hears me in these cold, dark nights has only insanity to look forward to....

427 Lucky me

428 Hiya, fluffy! How's it hangin'?

429 461 lousy comments? What happened to the Delta House I used to know?

430 461 Of course, anyone who hears me in these cold, dark nights has only insanity to look forward to....
Posted by: cthulhu


Hey I resemble that fact... Nice write up on the money for nothing scheme to bad everyone gets stuck with it.

431 Hey I resemble that fact... Nice write up on the money for nothing scheme to bad everyone gets stuck with it.

Posted by: beanervt at November 24, 2010 04:27 AM (OaMoU)

It's a nice enough writeup for 1:30 in the morning. I'll probably regret it tomorrow.

432 For instance, I casually note that Bank of Whassup attaches CDSs to the trusts.....but don't go on to say that they can get these CDSs because the people providing them don't insist on there being an insurable interest......thus, you can insure 150% of Jeb and Charlie's mortgages.

433 Ah, well, it's probably time to slink off and sleep.

434

It's a nice enough writeup for 1:30 in the morning. I'll probably regret it tomorrow.

Posted by: cthulhu

Your a west coastie eh? 04:30 here on the eastie coast, I won't hold you to any bad info when you gave up your sleep time..

435 468 Ah, well, it's probably time to slink off and sleep.
Posted by: cthulhu


Nitie night

436 461 lousy comments? What happened to the Delta House I used to know? You keep this up for the next hour or so, and I will be around to help push us over 500. Heading home, gang.

437
Heading home, gang. Posted by: fluffy


Ok fluff, see ya in a bit

438 so beanervt I guess it's just you and me

439 473 so beanervt I guess it's just you and me
Posted by: chemjeff


What keeps you up cj, insomnia or work??

440 well I took a nap this afternoon- bad idea
and so now I'm working on some class notes

how about you?

441 What keeps you up cj, insomnia or work?? or hawt asian chicks or viaga or big rigs???

442 how about you?
Posted by: chemjeff



3rd shift with 3hrs to go... mainframe dude but they took the mainframe away, dam Electronic Health Records crap now..

443 beanervt - mainframe?  didn't think anyone still used mainframes.  wow.  so you work for a hospital, or insurance agency, or what?

444 hawt asian chicks? heh
I did have this "thing" once with an Asian chick - she was a total nutcase though.  had some serious family issues and some serious spoiled brat issues too.  man I'm glad that one didn't work out.

445 478 beanervt - mainframe?  didn't think anyone still used mainframes.


Hospital IT. yes not many left we were using the new line IBM Z9 which is modular in design just add more drives and turn on more processors as you need them. We had our own inhouse medical program (Hissprod)  which ended use this summer, now it EHR which is mostly vendor supported and has been down more then hissprod in it's entirety.

479 hawt asian chicks? heh
I did have this "thing" once with an Asian chick 

I'm recently devoced so hawt asian chics are back in my mind not that they ever left too much... Sounds like yours was a good one to get out of. spoiled asian or any ethnic background is a ticket to trouble..

446 uhoh I think we lost beanervt too
sigh I'm all alone, just like Will Smith

447 phew you're back

448 482 phew you're back
Posted by: chemjeff


I have to run off occasionally to actually do some work how ever small it may be.... I won't leave ya,  

449 beanervt sorry to hear about your divorce, sorry to hear about your technology issues
yeah proprietary software stuff sucks, it seems like the companies put so much effort into pushing their stuff but then they forget that if they are successful, they have to do all this customer support

when I was in grad school, I had to deal with vendor-specific proprietary software to run lasers, optical detectors, etc.  it truly and utterly sucked.  after a while I ended up writing my own program to interface it all.  it was easier than having to deal with tech support.

450 beanervt does the vt stand for Vermont?

451 after a while I ended up writing my own program to interface it all.  it was easier than having to deal with tech support.


Wowzer, gives new meaning to if you want it done right do it yourself.. Good job. Yes besides not having control of your program you still get the wrath when the shit hits the fan.. and can't do anything about it.

452 Yes Vermont socialist/commie center of the universe, 30 years ago it was heaven.. Don't fret on the divorce it's the best thing that happened should have been years ago

453 beanervt what was it like 30 years ago?  to me Vermont has always seemed like the center of hippiedom

454 You guys are still yakking? beanervt, I work in a client/server environment.

455 8 beanervt what was it like 30 years ago? to me Vermont has always seemed like the center of hippiedom FUCK YOU

456 488 beanervt what was it like 30 years ago?  to me Vermont has always seemed like the center of hippiedom

Population in the 60's was around 250k mostly sane common sense and value of money had meaning. Most politics were fiscal conservative with moderate
social. Now the pop has bloated to 450k of which most were die in the wool libtards hence no more common sense or financial responsibly and now a total way beyond left of center political machine control...

457 Wow, ONT starts out talking about the mortgage fiasco.

458 489 You guys are still yakking?

beanervt, I work in a client/server environment.

Hey fluff, your back.. fellow ITer eh?

459 Because you wanted to know: One of my cats just peed in the bathtub. I clean the litter boxes, so I praised him in order to reinforce his behavior.

460 Morning Vic couldn't make hay with dancing with stars or arts threads..

461 heh - reading the Wikipedia page on Vermont - apparently it has the smallest percentage of people that go to church, but the largest percentage of western-convert Buddhists... tells ya a lot right there

so, beanervt, which one are you?

462 One of my cats just peed in the bathtub. I clean the litter boxes, so I praised him in order to reinforce his behavior.


Or teach it to use the tolet like abnormal cats do...I do litter boxs  so know where your coming from

463 Morning Vic! We have accomplished continuity with the early risers. Now, if we can just get to 500 comments, I can go to bed.

464 so, beanervt, which one are you?
Posted by: chemjef

that's why I gave up religion...  : - ) 

465 - apparently it has the smallest percentage of people that go to church


another tidbit, we use to have more cows then people..

466 500, Baby! Night, Morons.

467 good night fluff,,,

468 another tidbit, we use to have more cows then people.. I think you also at one time had more sheep than people. 1830 or so, feeding all those early New England mills.

469 Got that tidbit at the Fairbanks Museum. Good night for real, now.

470 but the largest percentage of western-convert Buddhists... tells ya a lot right there


any varity we don't  have it seems we now have to import some and then support them... it's turned into hillerys nightmare village..

471 good night fluffy
and beware what fluffs at midnight

472 Morning Vic!

We have accomplished continuity with the early risers. Now, if we can just get to 500 comments, I can go to bed.

Posted by: fluffy at November 24, 2010 05:55 AM (4Kl5M)

LOL, yeah, the day-shift crowd is rolling in now so the graveyard shift can leave.

And its Wed morning as well! The significance of that is that back in my younger days working rotating shift work after 7 days of graveyard shift when we got off on Wed morning we had off until 2nd shift on Monday (15:30). Everyone on shift would pile over to my house on Wed morning and we would drink beer and watch porno movies. 

Wifey would get home from work and find a bunch of drunks passed out in the chairs, couch, and floor.

473 LOL, new post up from Dri at 06 am.

474 504 Got that tidbit at the Fairbanks Museum.

Good night for real, now. Posted by: fluffy

Yep before the cows the sheeps ruled.. should have stayed with the sheep as milk prices suck and not many farmers left...

475 Vic @ 508 this has sure been an interesting week so far with the postings

anyway, good night all - I'll see if I can't get some rest

476 If we would get the government out of the farming business milk (and other) prices would stabilize.

477 Night chemjeff

478 I've had similar experiences with cheating (not with test banks, but with other issues).  He's basically bluffing - catching cheaters via statistical analysis like he said is pretty hard, and very unlikely to hold up under challenges.   As a result, given how risk averse college administrators are, it's unlikely that the university would go forth with actions like that.

So, he's trying to bluff the students.   If the cheating was as widespread as it seemed, there's likely going to be one or two students who cave.  At least he get to cause the pucker factor to go up among the cheaters, and some will likely cave.  

I usually don't use testbanks, and in cases where I do, it's only for a small part of the exam - I prefer to write my own questions (usually one or two after each class, so that they are targeted more towards the discussions that took place in class). 

But damn, cheaters piss me off.  Kinda like liberals.

479 511 If we would get the government out of the farming business milk (and other) prices would stabilize.
Posted by: Vic

Thats the crux of the problem for small dairies, can't produce enough as most goes for cheese and factory farms rule that game. If we kept all milk local and processed it local we spend enough to keep them in business.

480 If we kept all milk local and processed it local we spend enough to keep them in business.

The other thing needed is to get the damn FDA out of the milk business. I would dearly love to have some fresh whole milk once in a while but that has become next to impossible.

481 love to have some fresh whole milk once in a while but that has become next to impossible.



The state gave approval for small farms but they can only sell limited amount.
It's just high priced whole milk, couple local farms are selling it. I use to work farms in the summer haying and there was nothing like dipping into the cold bulk tank and drinking until your brain froze, might be my problem come to think of it..

482 458

I have another financial question.

Where the hell are the derivatives...CDSs?    Aren't they still out there?

Yep. They're actually not a bad risk management tool if used properly.   However, a lot of CDS were written on bad paper by people who had serious recto-cranial inversions.   They've got a lot of leverage inherent in them, so relatively small movements in price of the underlying asset can make for bog movements in the value of the CDS.   So the folks who wrote them "Naked" (i.e. without a position in the underlying asset) got pretty thoroughly hosed in the recent meltdown. 

But like many things, they're useful in the right hands/settings but not in the wrong ones (kinda like hobos in for AOS members).     

483 Hellscream is tehghey, Dethecus is full of win

484

Openblogger is definitely better than average around here.  Faint praise?

Ok, you're good.  Ditch the regulars.  Well, yeah, besides Ace, it's his blog after all.

485 Hellscream is closed so I can't transfer any of my alliance toons
or even start a new one there.  I tried.

Too bad.  It would have been fun.

486 re: WoW

I'm an avid player.  If any Morons want to use the Real Friend feature to add me and chat cross-realm, I'd be happy to provide my e-mail.  Just let me know you're an AoS reader if you whisper me.

Characters: Umbraespatha (main), Silvaespatha, Vitaespatha
Realm: Cenarius - US
Guild: Raining Chaos

487 Linda Ronstadt used to be so hot.

Liberal moron though.

488 <b>so for those of us who don't know anything about WoW, what is the deal with the Alliance?</b>

The Alliance is a bunch of incompetent, mewling, adolescent pussies.

Err, except for MY Alliance character, of course. He kicks ass.

489 Damn. HTML Fail. I blame the Alliance.

490 If you haven't seen it yet; go up near Southshore; just south of the Dalaran crater.

Plants vs Zombies minigame-Quest in WoW.   I did the first 3 stages of it last night.

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