1 Happy Birthday to me!  There's a headline you won't see anywhere else.  Happy Tuesday, everyone, it's almost hump day.  I think I need a vacation from my long weekend.

2

And how about Bill "I'm not a terrorist" Ayers and Code Pink actively working against US interests in the Middle East.  Treason, anyone?

3 Weren't you a little hard on the Beaver last night, Ward?

4 hump day. I think I need a vacation from my long weekend. Posted by: NC Ref at June 01, 2010 08:55 AM (Y/JOS) Hump Day?

5 Telling restaurants what they can and can't do seems to be in the news here too. Mouth shaped urinal removed from Hamilton restaurant.

6 Damn. Been in the woods since Friday night. I'm gonna miss Dennis Hopper.

7 Dang Siberians! I've tried to up our ratings by watching as much TV as I could this weekend but that only got me past a couple of reruns.

8 Hump Day?

Posted by: nevergiveup at June 01, 2010 08:59 AM (0GFWk)

 

Its almost Wednesday, halfway through the week.  Downhill from there....

9 Ward, don't you think you were a little hard on the Beaver last night?

10 Its almost Wednesday, halfway through the week. Downhill from there.... Posted by: NC Ref at June 01, 2010 09:10 AM (Y/JOS) Ah OK. I'm with ya on that one. I am off Wednesdays, and today is my long day. And I quit early on Friday to get away and get to the Sub Base and check in.

11

Anyone get the feeling we've entered an era of shamelessness? And I don't mean "shameless because there's nothing to be ashamed of"; i.e., pure. I mean "shameless because people don't see any reason to be ashamed"; i.e., complete without moral compass.

For example, I offer the previous post about people not paying their mortgages, and Lady Gaga's "Telephone" video. (And that's not prudery; there's a difference between overt sexuality and "OH GOD, KILL IT WITH FIRE".)

12 test

13 Dow futures are way down. Looks like it's going to be an ugly open.

14

Anyone get the feeling we've entered an era of shamelessness? And I don't mean "shameless because there's nothing to be ashamed of"; i.e., pure. I mean "shameless because people don't see any reason to be ashamed"; i.e., complete without moral compass.

Posted by: Joanna at June 01, 2010 09:14 AM (7+WuG)

I think it has something to do with the fact that we feel no embarrassment about anything.  We'll do anything, anything at all, to be noticed.  Privacy is for old people.

15 Hey, Yankees thank a Southern today, from the NY  Times:

more than half of our home-based military personnel -- 54.5 percent of them -- are stationed in only six states: California, Virginia, Texas, North Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Twelve states account for three-quarters of our service members.

Guess what 12?

16 GM morons/moronettes.  Hope everyone enjoyed their Memorial Day weekend.  Took my kid to the National Memorial Cemetery in Cave Creek.  Very moving ceremony.  Lots of vets, young and old.  The magnificent Jan Brewer was there.  She received rousing applause.  Harry Mitchell, meh, not so much.

17

And how about Bill "I'm not a terrorist" Ayers and Code Pink actively working against US interests in the Middle East.  Treason, anyone?

Posted by: NC Ref at June 01, 2010 08:58 AM (Y/JOS)

Is someone impersonating me?  Because that's not cool.

18 Just saw on Fox News that the US Obama Government is considering taking over BP.

19 Guess what 12?

Posted by: Kemp at June 01, 2010 09:17 AM (o7Sy2)

I'm positive that none of the 12 are part of the Confederacy.

20 I think it has something to do with the fact that we feel no embarrassment about anything. I think it's more the cult of victimhood that's taken root since the 1960's. Nothing is ever anyone's fault. It's always something out of your own control. Whether you're an alcoholic, a drug addict, too fat, too thin, too broke, whatever -- it's the Man keeping you down, baby! It's a natural progression from there to repudiation of debt. After all, if you were taken advantage of by a heartless bank, it's actually a moral obligation to stick it to them by not paying your bill! That'll show them! Of course at some point you run out of other people's money, but this just means that you are further victimized by a heartless capitalist blah blah blah blah

21 18 Just saw on Fox News that the US Obama Government is considering taking over BP. Posted by: Darth Randall at June 01, 2010 09:19 AM (oLULt Venezuela here we come

22 Guess what 12? Hint: they're in the Midwest and South. Rednecks love to fight.

23 Anyone get the feeling we've entered an era of shamelessness?

It's the logical consequence of forty years of liberals stamping the concepts of shame and stigmatization out of our society.  And oh yes, it's going to get a whole lot worse; people are about to get some powerful object lessons about why social stigma is a good thing.

24 Guess what 12? Posted by: Kemp at June 01, 2010 09:17 AM (o7Sy2) I'm positive that none of the 12 are part of the Confederacy. Posted by: FUBAR at June 01, 2010 09:20 AM (1fanL) All joking aside, I am pretty sure a Blue State like CA is one of them just because of it's sheer size.

25
Dow futures are way down. Looks like it's going to be an ugly open.

Posted by: Monty at June 01, 2010 09:15 AM (4Pleu)

Shhh! Don't you know there's a recovery going on?

26 All joking aside, I am pretty sure a Blue State like CA is one of them just because of it's sheer size.

Posted by: nevergiveup at June 01, 2010 09:23 AM (0GFWk)

Yeah.  But as a percent of the population?  I might be wrong, but the last time some idiot Democrat (John Conyers?) claimed that black people were overrepresented in combat roles, it turned out that white Southerners were.

And I didn't feel even a tiny bit oppressed.

27

Anyone see the video of the kidnapping in front of the Target Store in Virginia with bystanders just walking by like nothing is going on?

Sorry it was already posted.  Been busying doing nothing the last few days and now I need a vacation to recover.

28 Hint: they're in the Midwest and South. Rednecks love to fight.

That is overwhelmingly where the servicepeople are from.  States like California and Hawaii do have some huge installations though.

29 You know what I don't get?

On this blog,

I see posts about Baseball,
I see posts about Football,
I see posts about Hockey,
I even see posts about basketball - BASKETBALL!, for crying out loud.

But never, have I seen a post about NASCAR,
Never, have I seen a post about NHRA,
Never, have I seen a post about Formula 1.

That's what I don't get.

30

I think it's more the cult of victimhood that's taken root since the 1960's. Nothing is ever anyone's fault. It's always something out of your own control. Whether you're an alcoholic, a drug addict, too fat, too thin, too broke, whatever -- it's the Man keeping you down, baby!

I'm looking less at the "save me from my own decisions" crowd, and more at the "I'ma do what I want" crowd. The folks in the mortgage article aren't just defaulting, they're defaulting and spending the "extra" money on luxuries. Instead of paying the mortgage, buying cheap groceries and eating at home, they're not paying the mortgage and eating out -- and they don't seem to see a problem with that. If I quit paying my student loans, I could use that money to afford a real apartment instead of renting from a family friend. But I keep paying, because I promised to pay and I believe in keeping my word. I would never in a million years just quit paying. I would have to be driven to extremes first.

Apparently, keeping one's word is as outdated as sexual modesty. (Again, not being prudish; just noticing the difference).

31 Yeah. But as a percent of the population? I might be wrong, but the last time some idiot Democrat (John Conyers?) claimed that black people were overrepresented in combat roles, it turned out that white Southerners were. And I didn't feel even a tiny bit oppressed. Posted by: FUBAR at June 01, 2010 09:27 AM (1fanL) Yeah but I am pretty sure i saw somewhere that CA was way up there in those that serve in the Military.

32 Happy birthday, NC Ref!

33 Fitch ratings gives Spanish banks another shot to the nuts. The Euro is going to drop like a rock today against the USD unless some sovereigns step in to prop it up.

34 'Tis far better to light a candle than to curse the darkness...

35 But never, have I seen a post about NASCAR,
Never, have I seen a post about NHRA,
Never, have I seen a post about Formula 1.

That's what I don't get.

Posted by: franksalterego at June 01, 2010 09:29 AM (+6fgE)

Here you go buddy.

36

In manufacturing, we have a phenomena we call tolerance stack up. Each part in an assembly has necessary tolerances. Tolerances are necessary due to the fact that you cannot manufacture a part with no deviation from a specified dimension, due to machine capability, measuring capability, tool wear, etc. When you assemble a device made up of many different pieces, each piece has tolerances. Careful design takes these tolerances into account, in that if you were to get all your parts on the outer edge of each individual tolerance, will the final assembly still be a useful functional device, or will the errors add up to the point that the assembly will be a non functioning piece of junk.

My point is, Zeros mistakes are stacking up to the point that his government is rapidly becoming a dysfunctional mess.

37 Bumper sticker seen in Cambridge, MA: Some of my Best Friends are Gerbils

38 "his government is rapidly becoming a dysfunctional mess." Good, just the way Jefferson designed it.

39 Apparently, keeping one's word is as outdated as sexual modesty. I agree. I think the whole concept of honor and integrity are pretty debased in modern culture, actually. I could go into a long rant on how this was caused by the twin evils of post-modernism and multi-culturalist relativism, but that particular dead horse has been thoroughly beaten. The upshot is: if everything is relative, then a man's word of honor is relative too. I was born in the wrong age.

40 Military recruits state by state: Texas is Number 1 and CA ain't even close. My bad. But NY is? How do you post links?

41 Just saw on Fox News that the US Obama Government is considering taking over BP.

Posted by: Darth Randall at June 01, 2010 09:19 AM (oLULt)

That's unexpected and unprecedented.

42 Just saw on Fox News that the US Obama Government is considering taking over BP.

How would they do that? It's a British company.

43 WASHINGTON — Al-Qaida announced Monday that its No. 3 official, Mustafa al-Yazid, had been killed along with members of his family — perhaps one of the most severe blows to the terror movement since the US campaign against al-Qaida began. A US official said Yazid was believed to have died in a US missile strike.

44 41  From what I saw in 10 years of Army, most of the New Yorkers in the services are either black or Puerto Rican.  White northeasterners are a very small minority in the services.

45 How do you post links?

Posted by: nevergiveup at June 01, 2010 09:39 AM (0GFWk)

It's complicated.

Take the link to tinyurl.com.  Click the link button at the top of the comment box.  Get rid of the http://.  Put it in with the drop down menu.

46 I agree. I think the whole concept of honor and integrity are pretty debased in modern culture... I was born in the wrong age. I'm here for ya, Bro.

47 Good morning all, from a dreary central PA.

Guess money talks and bullshit walks.  From Breaking News twitter

Update: Turkey's defense minister says Gaza crisis will not affect $180 million deal to buy drones from Israel - Reuters

Of course, there's always the possibility that the drones will be used against Israel in a future conflict.

48 Military Statistics > Total Military Recruits: Army, Navy, Air Force (most recent) by state VIEW DATA: Totals Definition Source Printable version Bar Graph Pie Chart Map Correlations Showing latest available data. Texas 12.9% Florida 8% New York 6.2% Pennsylvania 4.8% Illinois 4.8% Georgia 4.3% Virginia 4.1% Washington 3.3% Missouri 2.9% Indiana 2.8% Arizona 2.8% Alabama 2.6% Louisiana 2.5% Maryland 2.4% Tennessee 2.4% Colorado 2.3% New Jersey 2.3% Oklahoma 2.2% Wisconsin 2.2% Kentucky 1.8%

49 I'm here for ya, Bro.

Posted by: Will Folks at June 01, 2010 09:44 AM (4Kl5M)

Ew! Ewwwwwwwwwww!

50 Elena Dementieva ties it up at a set apiece against the mercurial Petrova in their French Open quarterfinal.

51 WASHINGTON — Al-Qaida announced Monday that its No. 3 official, Mustafa al-Yazid, had been killed

I'm starting to think Obama is letting the military take out these pricks just so he doesn't have to share the credit for the destruction of America.

52 Just saw on Fox News that the US Obama Government is considering taking over BP.

How would they do that? It's a British company.

Posted by: Waterhouse at June 01, 2010 09:41 AM (u+34p)

It's alright he'll compensate them with some Region 1 DVDs.

53 34 Fitch ratings gives Spanish banks another shot to the nuts. The Euro is going to drop like a rock today against the USD unless some sovereigns step in to prop it up.

In the end, there will be only chaos?

Here's a story showing that the kids are not alright:

PACKS of teenagers are going to school as WEREWOLVES in the latest craze
to hit America

But the movement was hit by controversy recently after a follower calling herself Wolfie Blackheart cut off a dog's head and posted pictures on the net of her boiling it.

The 23-year-old told cops it was dead when she found it, adding: "I would never kill a canine. I am a canine."

Nothing wrong with fantasy, but when it starts to take over your life like that..

54 US Army, Air Force and Navy recuits by state/territory per capita.  California is 53rd.

55 Here's to my first full day as a 41 year old.  Holy shit, did I really get that old?

Is it Friday yet?

56 Ew! Ewwwwwwwwwww! Thanks! I get that a lot from the ladies.

57 The 23-year-old told cops it was dead when she found it

23 years old and still playing make-believe. That girl ain't right.

58 Something tells me Will Folks has developed an immunity to pepper spray.

59 Of course the rednecks and minorities are in the military, they only take the stupid these days.

60 FOX News: Israeli Missile strike kills 3 in Gaza. Good for Israel in not letting up

61 Here you go buddy.
Posted by: FUBAR

Now, that's what I'm talkin' about.

Seriously,

has anyone else noticed the dumbing down of motorsports?.. In fact, it's so dumbed down, they have little girls driving race cars.

For example,

The one lap course record for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is 239.6 MPH, set by Arie Luyendyk in 1996, in a Chevy (ahem) Lola.

Whereas, the qualifying speeds this year are only 225, running underpowered hondas - HONDAS ??!!??, for crying out loud.

Corporate sponsorship and Television have turned motor-sports into nothing more than a parade of advertising.

You might as well be watching The Price is Right.

62 Something tells me Will Folks has developed an immunity to pepper spray. Come inoculate me with your lovin'

63 #41 Yes, use tinyurl like this...

First copy the URL of the webpage that you want to link.

Next go to tiny.url.com Paste the URL into the box and click on the tiny.url button. It will automatically copy the tiny url to your clipboard.

Make a comment here at AceÂ’s. Type the words that you want to have linked.
Highlight the words that you want hyper-linked.

Click on the chain link looking icon in the toolbar above the comment box. It will be next to the paint bucket.

A new window appears. You will see a line that says Source. Ignore the first drop down box and paste the url in the second Source box to the right of the drop down box. Click on the insert button. It will automatically change the link a little bit, now click on the ok button. 

[Sorry if it sounds condescending. I copied it from explaining how to do it to a complete computer novice at Ace's from a long time ago.]

64 Lets face facts here folks. If the military was made up on liberals from the Notrh East and California, we couldn't find a Burger King, much less take it by force. Be thankful those that can, are.

65 Obama wants to nationalize BP. Hahahahaha. The most he can do is take U.S. assets which really ain't many. It would be a stupid ploy.  He would be much better off waiting for the "investigation" and calling for huge civil penalties which would pull money from all over the company.

Talking hard assets would give them nothing but oil booms.

Of course this adm isn't know for doing things that are logical unless the "logic" is to destroy.

66 If he does take control, he's got no excuse.  He can't rag on BP anymore since he is taking ownership.

Yeah, aside from the legality of going full Chavez, what does Obama think government, which doesn't know shit about drilling and deep-sea operations, can do better than the professionals? Bizarre story, if true.

67 Gotta go, but you ladies should know where to find me: Look in the phonebook under 'Studmuffin'

68 Heh. Yeah, Zero can do for BP what he's gone for GM. There's a success story.

69

Anyone see ABC lie about Bush and his attendance at Arlington in 2001 and misrepresenting 2002?  They are getting more and more brazen with their lies and propaganda to try and protect Obama.

Posted by: polynikes at June 01, 2010 09:44 AM (m2CN7)

Nope -- I missed it. Tell us about it.

70

Military Statistics > Total Military Recruits: Army, Navy, Air Force (most recent) by state
VIEW DATA: Totals
Definition Source Printable version
Bar Graph Pie Chart Map Correlations

Showing latest available data.

it would be interesting to see this analyzed by factors such as  by population, whether these states were increasing or decreasing in size, and by average income and education. Voting habits and religion would also be interesting. Te fact that several of the largest states are within, and at the top seems logical. That California isn't here is very interesting.

71 Jesus, that fuckin muslim killer Hassan is in court in his G-D damn Military Uniform????????? Makes me want to puke

72 "A problem that rendered as many as 10,000 U.S. military GPS receivers useless for days is a warning to safeguard a system that enemies would love to disrupt, a defense expert says."

When gram wanted us to keep a secret she used to say "loose lips sink ships"...no one does that anymore do they?

73

PACKS of teenagers are going to school as WEREWOLVES in the latest craze
to hit America

But the movement was hit by controversy recently after a follower calling herself Wolfie Blackheart cut off a dog's head and posted pictures on the net of her boiling it.

 

Heh, when I was a teen in the 80s kids cut holes in the knee of their jeans and our parents found it odd.

74 #67 addendum: "[Tinyurl] will automatically copy the tiny url to your clipboard."

If you are using Firefox, you will have to copy the tinyurl link manually by highlighting it with your cursor and copying it to your clipboard using Ctrl-C. (I think it's because of the pop-up blocker that's a Firefox feature so it's not automatically copied to your clipboard.)

75 Posted by: Vic at June 01, 2010 09:57 AM (6taRI)

I actually, before my coffee this morning, heard some chic on bloomberg as some dude is maybe BP should go into US receivership?

Have to find that clip, hope they put it up.

76

37

Tolerance stacks are easy to predict, statistically and economically.  Typically if it's a machined part, maximum material conditions are predominant, whereas if a part is cast or molded, minimum material conditions are the norm.

Less material used/removed = cheaper parts.

 

77
If you are using Firefox, you will have to copy the tinyurl link manually by highlighting it with your cursor and copying it to your clipboard using Ctrl-C. (I think it's because of the pop-up blocker that's a Firefox feature so it's not automatically copied to your clipboard.)
---------
I use TinyURL Generator and Adblock plus and the tinyurls are copied directly to my clipboard. All you have to do is click on a little button at the bottom of your browser page.

78 sucks doesn't hedgehog

79 "Gov. David Paterson was expected to announce Tuesday that he's putting together a plan that would lay off thousands of government workers at the beginning of next year to help balance the state budget."

It's about time some of the lazy state workers get the boot.

80

Eric Holder is going to the gulf.  I feel safer already.

/Hudson

Really, though, I mean, geez, he inspires absolutely no confidence in me.  Not. A. Drop.  But we're all supposed to roll our eyes and go "woooo, Eric Holder's coming."  In hopes of distracting from Obama.

The guy who didn't prosecute the Black Panther case.  The guy who hasn't investigated Sleestak.  But he's going to the gulf, because Obama needs a reason to point a finger.

"I'm shocked, shocked to find drilling going on here."

He's going down there to look for what he's already decided he's discovered.

81 Beck is talking about the government using Americorps to help journalists, allegedly to save journalism.

Someone was talking about someone high up in the administration saying that "old journalists with big rollodexes and lots of sources need to be "retrained"' or something on that order.  Was before coffee and made me totally nauseous.

82

71 ...Yeah, aside from the legality of going full Chavez, what does Obama think government, which doesn't know shit about drilling and deep-sea operations, can do better than the professionals? Bizarre story, if true.

You could just as easily ask, "What did Chavez think his govt could do better than the professionals." The paradigm is straightforward: First, you gin up the rules so that an industry has major problems, then you blame capitalism for the mess, then you nationalize that industry - incrementally, if necessary. It's about power, not about who can do the best job.

I may not understand the legalities, but aren't BP's assets in international waters anyway? Or is that the deal where the rest of the world recognizes three miles out, and we claim 300? What are they going to do? Seize some gas stations? And aren't there laws against the govt just seizing stuff?

It will be interesting to see where this rumor is really coming from. If it's really from the White House having pulled a Maxine Waters, that's some seriously sad Banana Republic stuff - but it's not all that shocking, from this crowd.

83 Brewer is the best GOP Guv in America, period.

Hey, whadda 'bout me?

84 One the lighter side, June 1 means only one thing to me, around here: Strawberries. And stawberry shortcake. And Strawberry Festivals. Yum, Yum, Yummy!!

85

"PACKS of teenagers are going to school as WEREWOLVES in the latest craze to hit America"

Went to a basement punk show not too long ago.  There was a group of teenagers there standing in a circle, watching each other bite holes in full beer cans. They kept yelling, "Yo, Teen Wolf that shit!".  They weren't dressed as werewolves, so I really don't know what my point is.

86 hedgehog, see 92 -- now does feeling old, feel better

87 What happened to wiki leaks...

88

#86 remined me of a scene in Mudd's Women.  Go to 0:55.  "I guess I'm supposed to sit, taste it, roll my eyes, and 'wooooo, female cooking again.'"

89 #82 Thanks, Ed, I'll look into that.

90 Can anyone tell me what is going on with this turkey/israel thing?  It seems like a lot of people on a lot of websites are really really beating down on Israel.

91

But ABC can't be wrong because major media does fact-checking for quality control. I know that 'cause Katie Couric told me so.  (hahahahahahahaha!)

(But, seriously, she really said that!)

92 What happened to wiki leaks...

I hope they've died painfully in a slow inferno after intercoursing themselves.

93

Tolerance stacks are easy to predict, statistically and economically. 

That depends on the tolerances you have to live with. My tolerances are generally +/- .0003 inches (or less) in press fits, and on long bores in steel tube I hold +/-.002" on a 12" bore (3" diameter) in 4130/4140 without honing. I don't know of another shop in my state that can hold my tolerances in day to day machining.

 

94 has anyone else noticed the dumbing down of motorsports?.. In fact, it's so dumbed down, they have little girls driving race cars.

Posted by: franksalterego at June 01, 2010 09:55 AM (+6fgE)

Of course.  Have you been to Disney World lately?  It's pitiful.  Everything is so slow, it's a waste of time.

It's all about safety.  And the in-field tailgating parties.

95 Isn't BP a British company?  Is Bambi gonna declare war on the UK?

96

Can anyone tell me what is going on with this turkey/israel thing?  It seems like a lot of people on a lot of websites are really really beating down on Israel.

Check out Horowitz's Front Page Magazine.  I think it'll die down pretty fast.  They know damned well it wasn't a humanitarian mission.  It was for the purpose of running the blockade.  There's no humanitarian crisis in Gaza.  Humanitarian aid gets there anyway, as long as it's properly checked.  And Egypt agrees with Israel on this one.  (Egypt shares a border.)  So, some assholes will try to score some quick political points, but the adults will step in.

97 Posted by: rdbrewer at June 01, 2010 10:35 AM (WPQPL)

I noticed a few posters who were saying that there may have been nukes on that humanitarian aid ship.  Could that even be true?  Or are people trying to scare the crap out of regular folks?

98 Could that even be true?  Or are people trying to scare the crap out of regular folks?

Posted by: curious at June 01, 2010 10:37 AM (p302b)

Naw.  There might have been a snuke or two.

99 Curious, I bet that shipment was clean.  And the next one too, probably.  They're trying to make a political point, so it follows they wouldn't have anything in there but "baby milk."

100 IP = 205.209.140.179

101 DOW is up. WTF?

102 The stresses on the system, that machinists do accidently, Obama does on purpose.

103 Day one of Hurricane season, and the predicitons are for a gigantic season with the destruction of the entire US eastern seaboard and the gulf coast, as usual.

104 They always predict a disastrous season. The last four years, they've been rather wrong. Science ain't an exact science for these bozos...

105 solution to the oil spill...

http://www.wimp.com/solutionoil/

106 113 They always predict a disastrous season.

The last four years, they've been rather wrong.

Science ain't an exact science for these bozos...

Posted by: DarkLordOfTheIntarWebs at June 01, 2010 10:55 AM (ps0+9)

But, by golly they really, really mean it this time.

107 Never, have I seen a post about Formula 1.

I could do a post about the engineering that goes into F1 cars.  The race itself doesn't interest me, but the tech does.

Ever read Carrol Smith's outstanding book Engineer To Win on race car design, materials, failure modes, etc?  Good shit.

108 http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2drgm54&s=6

I was out working yesterday.. this company has a new 'sign' put up weekly.
Its on the main street of an Indpls suburb.  Gotta love it.

109 I noticed a few posters who were saying that there may have been nukes on that humanitarian aid ship.  Could that even be true?  Or are people trying to scare the crap out of regular folks?

Posted by: curious at June 01, 2010 10:37 AM (p302b)

Whatever terrorist symps were on those boats may have floated that bullshit out there to make sure they got boarded.

110 Hewlett-Packard to cut 9,000 jobs over next year - http://bit.ly/b7xuV0

111 Maybe Israel could contract out dealing with these ships full of protesters to the French DGSE.  They have some experience in that area...

112 Posted by: maddogg at June 01, 2010 10:31 AM (OlN4e)

Cylindrical Grinders easily hold +/- .0003.

113 I picked the wrong time to change causes.

114 Under the "More things remain the same" category we have this:

I noted a new book at the library this morning (at least new to me).  "The American Civil War: An English View".  The writings of Field Marshal Viscount Wolesly in which he describes a visit with the Confederacy and other writings.

In keeping with my continuing education on all things dealing with that unfortunate war I checked out this book.

The first sentence in Wolesly's actual writing is the following:

Knowing how little reliance can be placed at any time upon the information published in American newspapers, I was very anxious, if possible, to get to the South and judge for myself as to the condition of its people,  the strength of its government, and the organization of its armies.

This was in 1862 by an outside agency looking in at America. Gee, how things have remained the same.

I can see that this is going to be an interesting book.

115 Vic, at one point in college I read some Prussian and French dispatches from the civil war, and some diplomatic notes from the era. The speed with which America mobilized and modernized scared the shit out of them.

116

Soaring costs force Canada to reassess health model http://is.gd/cy8GJ

(Reuters) - Pressured by an aging population and the need to rein in budget deficits, Canada's provinces are taking tough measures to curb healthcare costs, a trend that could erode the principles of the popular state-funded system.

 

117 DOW is up. WTF?

The Euro just got pumped. Like pumped.

Run.

118 DOW is up. WTF?

idiot-in-chief is still in bed

119 DAY 43: Obama Held Hostage

Oil Spill: 43
Obama:    0

120

Cylindrical Grinders easily hold +/- .0003.

Sure, as long as you have a part suited to them. I machine those tolerances on live tool lathes, then cut steps, keyways, drill and tap holes, and retaining ring grooves without taking the part out of the lathe chuck. We even machine a dovetailed O-ring groove on the 45 degree face of a piston. Try that one

121 I think the whole concept of honor and integrity are pretty debased in modern culture, actually.  (Monty)

I'd like to try to fine-tune that a bit, if I may:  Certainly based on the bleating of the MSM, Hollywood, "stars" and entertainers, that's a dead-on conclusion.  But just as during the Vietnam era, honor and integrity are very much alive and practiced by *some* Americans.  Probably around 48% or so.

Most members of the U.S. military--current and former--are stong supporters of these concepts, for obvious reasons.  Indeed, the very act of volunteering for military service at a time when there's no draft is an act of honor and integrity.

122 So Beck, in order to make fun of Pelosi (who must be starting to realize that she has really alienated herself from Catholicism and has to get back on the Catholicism bus) is making fun of the biblical passage "and the Word was made flesh".....

there are a lot of people who aren't going to think this is too kewl.....I mean he talks about religion but it seems he pushes his religion mormonism, which a lot of Americans don't agree with....but that doesn't mean he should make fun of other faiths....

123 "129 DAY 43: Obama Held Hostage

Oil Spill: 43
Obama:    0

Posted by: Ted Kopafeel at June 01, 2010 11:10 AM (x4IMw)"

Heard on the news that his son was found dead in an apartment.

124 Posted by: maddogg at June 01, 2010 11:11 AM (OlN4e)

HVAC parts, I assume.

125 Heard on the news that his son was found dead in an apartment.

Yeah, after a full day of binge drinking

126 41 Military recruits state by state:

Texas is Number 1 and CA ain't even close. My bad. But NY is?

How do you post links?

Posted by: nevergiveup at June 01, 2010 09:39 AM (0GFWk)

http://www.w3schools.com/tags/default.asp

127 I really don't like the editor pane that Pixy Misa gives firefox, back to opera, I guess.

Also, <a href="http://www.w3schools.com/tags/default.asp"> links </a>.

128

HVAC parts, I assume.

Vibratory equipment mostly. It it ain't press fit, it just falls apart.

129 Posted by: maddogg at June 01, 2010 11:11 AM (OlN4e)

Yes,

I've seen some pretty amazing 5-axis parts.

I went through my apprenticeship when lathes were pedal-powered.

Well, almost

130 honor and integrity are very much alive and practiced by *some* Americans.  Probably around 48% or so.  Most members of the U.S. military--current and former--are stong supporters of these concepts

most moving Memorial Day service i've attended -- yesterday in Galveston.  what an honor to listen to the short but impressive speeches by Marine 1st Sargeant, Air Force Major, Coast Guard Lieutenant, Merchant Marine Captain, Army doctor, Navy Commander, WWII PT boat vet;  2 submarine vets tolled the Lost Boats.

the merchant marine's ship supported (among other missions, of course) our invasions in the Marianas & Solomons, including at Saipan & Iwo Jima.  the PT boat vet took part in the Normandy invasion.

i live right down the road from Ellington Air Force base and have visited there on occasion -- it was news to me to hear from the AF Major that they run unmanned drone missions out of that base -- all the time

after the ceremonies, incredible honor for me to shake the hands of these speakers and say a brief "thank you", however, their aim was clear -- their extreme focus was honoring their fallen comrades-in-arms

131 Posted by: maddogg at June 01, 2010 11:25 AM (OlN4e)

Oh, good..

P'haps, you know where I could get one for my dentures.

heh.

132 It's primary day in Alabama and all my choices suck.

133 Meh. Running a machine is simple.

Mastering hand scrapers is something to brag about.

134 Posted by: Ed Anger at June 01, 2010 11:38 AM (7+pP9)

Been there, done that.

Used to hand scrape mating surfaces for the flood valves in the missile silos of nuclear submarines.

135 142 It's primary day in Alabama and all my choices suck. I'm in District 2. I get the unashamed joy of contributing to Bright's pink slip. Nothing personal, it's just that Dem baggage...

136 ...and I need to keep better track of my socks. (Seamonkey sucks.)

137 I'm in District 2.

Who are you voting for in the Governor's race?

138 I'm still finalizing my Gov. vote, but I've been provisionally breaking towards Bentley. (If you know anything that screams 'bad idea' I'd appreciate it now.) Tim James is a 'my daddy had it' candidate, Byrne has so many optics issues he's reeking something awful, and Moore...dang. If he gets anything better than 5th in the count, someone should get smacked around.

139

Don't forget that BP "merged" with Amoco a few years back.  They may in fact still have some US assets still.  My brother in law worked for Amoco at the time.  The running joke there was how to pronounce the merged company name, BP-Amoco.  the punchline was "BP" the Amoco is silent.  BP cleared that confusion up in short order.

SO, Obama is the one BP has been waiting for?  Does BP have enough of a union work force to make the company a decent gift to their workers?

I don't think he will do it, though.  He shuns responsibility like Bill shuns Hillary.

140 The Goracle and Tipper to separate after 40 years.

141 Whoa...always thought Tipper was pretty MILFy.  She could still warm my globe. 

142

I guess. I always find it amusing that when my lefty, metalhead brother starts ranting about the "Republican religious nuts" trying to ban metal, I have to remind him that Tipper started the PMRC.

143

 Anyone get the feeling we've entered an era of shamelessness?

Here's your participation trophy.  There, now don't you feel good about yourself?

144 (If you know anything that screams 'bad idea' I'd appreciate it now.)

That's about where I am.  We got to the mudslinging early this cycle and I'm disgusted with all the candidates. 

I told a telephone pollster that the candidate that came closest to promising to burn the AEA to the ground while crucifying Paul Hubbert on Goat Hill would get my vote.  I rejoiced when that guy was dying years ago. 

Curse you modern medical science and multiple organ transplants.

145 Happy Birthday to my granddaughter! ("...and next, I'll be FIIVVE!!!")

146

Posted by: andycanuck at June 01, 2010 09:57 AM (7b1Uc)

Thank you.  From a (relatively) long-time Moron, I'm always flustered after the Tiny Earl step.  Ima give this a whirl next time I see something worthwhile to linky.

147

Monty says: "I agree. I think the whole concept of honor and integrity are pretty debased in modern culture, actually. I could go into a long rant on how this was caused by the twin evils of post-modernism and multi-culturalist relativism, but that particular dead horse has been thoroughly beaten. The upshot is: if everything is relative, then a man's word of honor is relative too.

I was born in the wrong age."

Watch The Prisoner of Zenda. The hero, heroine, and other good guys are motivated by duty and honor, and the baddies by opportunism and greed.  I don't think anyone would make a movie now that has the hero and heroine renounce their love because they'd rather be honorable and pursue their duties.

148

"sucks doesn't hedgehog"

Wow, that seemed really random and almost chaotic.

149

Former Vice President Al Gore and his wife, Tipper, are separating after 40 years of marriage.

ThereÂ’s a metaphor in there somewhere

150

(via Insty)  Is SEIU a paper tiger?  Union thugs fail in their attempt to get a third party on the ballot.

I don't think my hyperlink attempt worked.  Just in case:  http://tinyurl.com/2ehfqfv

151
Finally, a scare/suspicious quote from the MSM that I can support (from the politico story on the Gore split):

she often accompanied him on speaking and book-signing engagements as he continued his quest for action on "the climate crisis."

152 I can see Guatemala from my pillow!

153 Been on the road. States with the most military?  See chart:

http://tinyurl.com/29rkame

154 57 US Army, Air Force and Navy recuits by state/territory per capita.  California is 53rd.

Posted by: Hatchet Five at June 01, 2010 09:50 AM (rSoCo)

For the upteenth time I am ashamed of my state.

155

Former Vice President Al Gore and his wife, Tipper, are separating after 40 years of marriage.

ThereÂ’s a metaphor in there somewhere

Posted by: Neo at June 01, 2010 01:30 PM (tE8FB)

You can drop in my place anytime big boy *wink*.

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I don't think anyone would make a movie now that has the hero and heroine renounce their love because they'd rather be honorable and pursue their duties.

Posted by: Quint&Jessel, Sea of Azof, Bly, UK at June 01, 2010 01:00 PM (GkYyh) 

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Not to spoil anything, but go see "Prince of Persia" when it comes out over there.  I was very pleasantly surprised to see love, duty, and family loyalty portrayed well, as well as a nod to the duty of a good citizen to evade taxes and bureaucracy as much as possible.  ;-)

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