July 27, 2011
— Maetenloch This Is Why Your Newspaper Is Dying
Okay newspapers are slowly being killed by the internet. But the savvier ones have been transitioning themselves into web-based newspapers that also sell paper versions. Well except that it turns out that even the papers that position themselves as online newspapers also don't quite get the web either.
Not only do papers generally not give you the news you want online, but they take the stuff you are interested in and manage to present it in the most annoying way possible, violating web page usability guidelines that have been well known for almost a decade.
It's just a sad, sad FAIL.
So you thought Thomas was just a series of books and TV show about trains on the island of Sodor?
Nope, it turns out that according to liberals, who are always on the lookout for something new to fret over, it's a insidiously
On the Island of Sodor, the sun has not yet set on the British Empire, and the consequences of defiance are illustrated in parables like "Hiro Helps Out." Hiro, Asian immigrant (he is voiced by Japanese actor Togo Igawa, and the images of his island home mirror traditional ukiyo-e woodcuttings) and onetime "Master of the Rails," here oversteps his authority.Of course the fact that the books are targeted to kids at an age when they're trying to wrap their minds around the whole concept of 'rules' doesn't even seem to occur to the lefty critics. All literature - even children's books - must have revolutionary consciousness....Once he has completed his shame tour (one half-expects Hiro to commit hara-kiri than face the depth of his dishonor), Hiro chugs back to Sir Topham Hatt's side, where the benevolent master tells him he is "helpful," which in turn makes Hero "happier than he had ever been." To say this is a little conservative is like saying that Animal Farm is a little allegorical.
‘Book learning is okay, but it doesn’t necessarily help you understand life.’
Book learning is okay, but it doesn’t necessarily help you understand life. I have friends, for example, who are radical liberals—communists at heart. If I’d had no experience, I would listen to their tales of the wonders of Marxist equality and think “Gee, it’s so easy! That’s all we need to do.”Sadly we have a president who's full of book learning with almost no experience actually running things in the world. And it's going about as well as you'd expect.But I’ve worked with the Soviets—I spent a year as a Russian translator on Soviet trawlers up on the Bering Sea. I know now how gullible my Marxist friends are.
But my friends all hang out together in a little academic, self-reinforcing klatch. ItÂ’s virtually impossible to get through their shield of virtuousness.
How to Get Out of a Space Shuttle on the Pad in an Emergency
Yep NASA had a plan to get the astronauts away from the shuttle in a hurry. And it probably had a non-zero chance of actually working.
"Final countdown mode" means that everybody not inside the shuttle who wants to live (or at least keep their ears functioning) has long since left the area around the shuttle and gone several miles away. Several long miles away. And they're still going to put ear protection on when the shuttle blasts off. They would very much like to not come back to the launch area until the shuttle is long gone.There you are, you and your crew mates, all by your lonesomes. Space bound at last. Final countdown and all that sort of thing leading up to lift off.
And then something goes wrong.
I know, I know, you are asking yourself, "What could possibly go wrong?" But suppose, just suppose, something does go wrong and Mission Control informs you that according to their best estimates the chances of the whole thing blowing up are tending towards the highly probable and you would be well advised to get the fuck out.
Okay.
Here's, according to our guide, is all you have to do to save your butt.
Also The Seamstresses Behind NASAÂ’s Space Suits
It turns out the suits were made by Playtex.
Two Britons Go To Walmart in LA
And have a bit of culture shock. Everyone seems to love to hate on Walmart but they do have pretty much everything, at cheap prices, and are open late and/or 24 hours a day. And that's come in quite handy for me when I've been traveling.
The 10 Best Plastic Surgery Make-Overs
Sometimes a little judicial surgical adjustment really does make a big improvement.
How to Remove Blood Stains
Apropos of nothing. Just one of those things that's good to know. Next week we'll cover where to buy person-sized duffel bags.
How To Get Loaded For Less
So if you're counting pennies, Franzia boxed wines have the best buzz to dollar ratio.
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Hey, what do you think about Hasselbach going to the Titans? (Is it true?)
Posted by: Theresa at July 27, 2011 05:31 PM (mo1uZ)
Posted by: steevy at July 27, 2011 05:32 PM (cNcps)
Posted by: No justice, no train service at July 27, 2011 05:33 PM (SwkdU)
Posted by: AOS Flame Day Compliance Officer at July 27, 2011 05:33 PM (oVQFe)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at July 27, 2011 05:34 PM (9rKkF)
Posted by: Ronster at July 27, 2011 05:36 PM (9h8nr)
I can't believe that some fever-brained idiot has accused the hero of my children's best-loved stories of being an imperialist!
What complete bullocks!!
Posted by: Old train-spotter at July 27, 2011 05:37 PM (Uz9n0)
Posted by: Great Grand Daddy Boehner during the Revolution at July 27, 2011 05:37 PM (TVvXc)
Plus it is a liberal shit rag.
Posted by: MrCaniac at July 27, 2011 05:37 PM (eKuOw)
Posted by: Admiral John Paul Boehner at July 27, 2011 05:38 PM (TVvXc)
Posted by: Theresa at July 27, 2011 09:31 PM (mo1uZ)
Yep, it's true. Don't much care, really. Time to move on and get our asses kicked for a few years.
Posted by: Papa Editor at July 27, 2011 05:39 PM (FZZ94)
Plus it is a liberal shit rag.
So, would that be the Houston Chronicle?
Posted by: Breaker19 at July 27, 2011 05:40 PM (IxPNC)
Posted by: not the droid you seek at July 27, 2011 05:40 PM (xc/va)
Posted by: Abraham Boehner at July 27, 2011 05:41 PM (TVvXc)
Posted by: not the droid you seek at July 27, 2011 09:40 PM (xc/va)
Do you actually care?
Posted by: buzzion at July 27, 2011 05:41 PM (oVQFe)
Posted by: Roger Moore at July 27, 2011 05:42 PM (DEcmU)
Posted by: Stark at July 27, 2011 05:42 PM (6Lx5N)
It takes time, steevy. You'll feel funny again.
Posted by: huerfano at July 27, 2011 05:42 PM (aZLY2)
Meanwhile, quickly skimming through "The Brads" provides a reminder why comic strips are dying right along with newspapers.
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 27, 2011 05:42 PM (vU8C3)
Posted by: huerfano at July 27, 2011 09:42 PM (aZLY2)
What's my excuse?
Posted by: Papa Editor at July 27, 2011 05:43 PM (FZZ94)
Posted by: not the droid you seek at July 27, 2011 05:44 PM (xc/va)
Posted by: 80sBaby at July 27, 2011 05:44 PM (o2lIv)
You have to be careful about expiration dates on the food, but some of it is ok. Their French silk cakes are really great as is their bread. Also, they have some interesting meat items (such as beef cheek and tongue) and a good frozen fish section.
I've learned to never buy any clothes there, not even socks.
Posted by: Y-not at July 27, 2011 05:44 PM (5H6zj)
What's my excuse?
Posted by: Papa Editor at July 27, 2011 09:43 PM (FZZ94)
You're not funny. It says so on your drivers license.
Editor-Not Funny
Washington.
Posted by: robtr at July 27, 2011 05:45 PM (MtwBb)
For shame!
Posted by: Where're my ping pong balls? at July 27, 2011 05:45 PM (XIXhw)
"People still love to make fun of Lady Gaga's "Poker Face," but she looks much better after having a nose job! We're glad that the surgeon didn't go overboard; she still looks like herself, not someone else entirely."
Hahahahaa... haha.
She looks like an alien in that photo. Maybe they should compare a real photo to a real photo.
Just sayin'.
And for the record, all those people looked good, if not better, before.
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a. at July 27, 2011 05:45 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: CoolCzech at July 27, 2011 05:45 PM (kUaEF)
I used to think there was a time when journalism was an honorable profession because it "shed the light" on issues and events and uncovered and reported the truth. WOW! Was I ever a sucker.
See that cynicism MSM? There's your answer. Just because someone isn't writing for a newspaper doesn't mean they can't spot a liar.
Posted by: Dianne at July 27, 2011 05:45 PM (+tzv7)
RINO.
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 27, 2011 05:46 PM (vU8C3)
You're not funny. It says so on your drivers license.
Editor-Not Funny
Washington.
Posted by: robtr at July 27, 2011 09:45 PM (MtwBb)
Bummer for the sucker that gets that donated to them, I guess.
Posted by: Papa Editor at July 27, 2011 05:46 PM (FZZ94)
Posted by: CoolCzech at July 27, 2011 05:47 PM (kUaEF)
Don't be hard on yourself.
I found myself unable to sit quietly and watch baseball or read for, ummm, years after my mom died. Be patient with yourself, steevy.
Posted by: Y-not at July 27, 2011 05:47 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Jean at July 27, 2011 05:47 PM (C/Pop)
Posted by: steevy at July 27, 2011 05:48 PM (cNcps)
Bummer for the sucker that gets that donated to them, I guess.
Posted by: Papa Editor at July 27, 2011 09:46 PM (FZZ94)
They asked me if I wanted to be a donar the last time I got my license renewed. I told them I didn't have time.
Posted by: robtr at July 27, 2011 05:48 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: CoolCzech at July 27, 2011 05:49 PM (kUaEF)
Posted by: WalrusRex at July 27, 2011 05:50 PM (TVvXc)
Posted by: steevy at July 27, 2011 05:50 PM (cNcps)
And WTF is it with all the share buttons? Big Hollywood does that and it annoys me to no end. Esp when I accidentally mouse over it and then the box won't go away unless I manually close it.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 27, 2011 05:50 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: CoolCzech at July 27, 2011 05:50 PM (kUaEF)
I'd watch him in just about anything, so it works out for me.
Taken 2.... SOON....
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 27, 2011 05:51 PM (vU8C3)
Posted by: steevy at July 27, 2011 05:51 PM (cNcps)
Walmarts are fine here
My closest Walmart is in a small town and very clean. I have never seen anyone that resembles the shoppers on some of the emails I get. I still prefer Safeway meat over Walmart meat.
Posted by: Ronster at July 27, 2011 05:51 PM (9h8nr)
Posted by: steevy at July 27, 2011 05:52 PM (cNcps)
Posted by: steevy at July 27, 2011 05:53 PM (cNcps)
Yeah, the only Walmart meat I buy is frozen seafood (and things like crayfish) and unusual cuts like beef cheeks. The latter is from a local Mexican butcher, I think. I would never buy hamburger or chicken at Walmart.
Costco has very nice quality meat.
Posted by: Y-not at July 27, 2011 05:53 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 27, 2011 05:54 PM (vU8C3)
Posted by: CoolCzech at July 27, 2011 05:54 PM (kUaEF)
I remember when the Thomas segments were part of "Shining Time Station" back in the day. Genius casting to boot....George "Seven Dirty Words" Carlin as the second Mr. Conductor? Makes you wonder what happened when the kiddies stumbled onto one of his HBO specials.
*has even vaguer memories of Ringo as Mr. Conductor v.1*
Posted by: Cheeseheadette the Tanked Engine at July 27, 2011 05:55 PM (MnFa+)
Posted by: Ronald Boehner at July 27, 2011 05:55 PM (4JzhZ)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 27, 2011 05:55 PM (vU8C3)
Posted by: CoolCzech at July 27, 2011 05:55 PM (kUaEF)
Posted by: steevy at July 27, 2011 05:56 PM (cNcps)
Posted by: Mark Antony Boehner at July 27, 2011 05:57 PM (4JzhZ)
Posted by: Breaker19 at July 27, 2011 05:57 PM (IxPNC)
Posted by: 80sBaby at July 27, 2011 05:58 PM (o2lIv)
Posted by: Ben at July 27, 2011 05:58 PM (DKV43)
Posted by: CoolCzech at July 27, 2011 05:58 PM (kUaEF)
We bought a rack of lamb there a couple of weeks ago (8 ribber) and it was the best lamb we've had in a very long time, at home or in a restaurant.
Also, we've gotten fresh cockles there - and clams. Both excellent.
And you can get a whacking great hunk o' manchego cheese there. There's just two of us, but we've found it freezes fine.
I am all about the Costco, baby.
Posted by: Y-not at July 27, 2011 05:58 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: mpfs at July 27, 2011 05:58 PM (3TjSM)
Posted by: Zilla at July 27, 2011 05:58 PM (T8pPt)
Thanks. A lot of people think they can do unfunny, but don't understand that it takes years of work and discipline.
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 27, 2011 05:59 PM (vU8C3)
Posted by: Patrick Boehner at July 27, 2011 05:59 PM (JEvSn)
Posted by: not the droid you seek at July 27, 2011 05:59 PM (xc/va)
Prime New Yorks from Costco are woth every cent!
Really? I live near a sams club and I'm not to fond of their meats.
Fortunately for me there are a ton of farms in SW PA, so people will get together and purchase an entire cow fresh.
Posted by: Ben at July 27, 2011 06:00 PM (DKV43)
Sams Club is not Costco.
Get thee to Costco.
Posted by: Y-not at July 27, 2011 06:00 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: CoolCzech at July 27, 2011 06:01 PM (kUaEF)
Posted by: booger at July 27, 2011 06:01 PM (9RFH1)
"The faint scratchings of a speared reindeer are believed to have been carved by a hunter-gatherer in the Ice Age."
Posted by: 80sBaby at July 27, 2011 06:02 PM (o2lIv)
I am all about the Costco, baby.
I cruise the warehouse like a hungry shark and the oddities are sometimes just plain fun sometimes.
Posted by: Tommy Gunnarson at July 27, 2011 06:02 PM (ybA9f)
Posted by: Skookumchuk at July 27, 2011 06:02 PM (btzPD)
Posted by: Skookumchuk at July 27, 2011 06:04 PM (btzPD)
Posted by: Breaker19 at July 27, 2011 09:40 PM (IxPNC)
Nope the Roanoke Times. They actually had an editorial a couple of years ago saying that the Dailykos was actually a moderate political site.
Plus they are big into the agenda journalism. We have a weekly free newspaper that has done more exposes of government waste than they have.
Posted by: MrCaniac at July 27, 2011 06:04 PM (eKuOw)
Posted by: CoolCzech at July 27, 2011 06:04 PM (kUaEF)
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 27, 2011 06:05 PM (ENKCw)
Posted by: BoehnerHeart at July 27, 2011 06:06 PM (3SeUr)
Posted by: CoolCzech at July 27, 2011 10:01 PM (kUaEF)
Why thank you! What can I say, your mom made an offer I couldn't refuse.
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 27, 2011 06:07 PM (vU8C3)
Posted by: WalrusRex at July 27, 2011 06:08 PM (TVvXc)
No and they don't have a real deli, per se. But I tell you, we got a package of thinly sliced deli meats (can't recall what they called it) and it had a nice prosciutto and a salami and a capicola (I think). All were very good and the price was better than at our local better grocery store (and much cheaper than the Italian market we go to in SLC, although not as fancy).
I can't do real shopping at Costco, but for staples (like dog food - I'm paying half the price for their brand equivalent to that really expensive Pinnacle Breeders Choice stuff my dog was eating) and the occasional treat it's great. We got some really cool ice cream sandwiches there (I think they were also Italian) that were basically like little frozen key lime pies. Really good!
Posted by: Y-not at July 27, 2011 06:08 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: CoolCzech at July 27, 2011 06:09 PM (kUaEF)
Posted by: CoolCzech at July 27, 2011 06:10 PM (kUaEF)
Posted by: Hrothgar at July 27, 2011 06:10 PM (9eby4)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 27, 2011 06:11 PM (YxBuk)
But that's where I found my awesome Thundercats t-shirt. The kids love it when I wear it.
Posted by: no good deed at July 27, 2011 06:11 PM (mjR67)
Posted by: Ronster at July 27, 2011 06:11 PM (9h8nr)
Posted by: Y-not at July 27, 2011 06:11 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: CoolCzech at July 27, 2011 06:11 PM (kUaEF)
I used to treat myself to some sliced roast beef at the Safeway deli, but the price is now about $10/lb. Too much for my wallet.
On that note, has anyone noticed that five dollar footlongs at the local truck stop subway aren't five dollars anymore?
Posted by: Ben at July 27, 2011 06:12 PM (DKV43)
Posted by: Y-not at July 27, 2011 06:13 PM (5H6zj)
Might have to look into it when I get my own place again.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at July 27, 2011 06:13 PM (0vDuM)
Posted by: CoolCzech at July 27, 2011 06:13 PM (kUaEF)
Posted by: Ronster at July 27, 2011 06:15 PM (9h8nr)
The dog doesn't care one way or the other, but unfortunately we have a strange, neurotic cat - otherwise we could buy all of our pet food there.
I just never thought of them as a deli type place. Maybe I'll look around...
Posted by: Skookumchuk at July 27, 2011 06:16 PM (btzPD)
A lot of squishy bits and not in a good way. But I do love his line about collars and cuffs.
Posted by: Y-not at July 27, 2011 06:16 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: booger at July 27, 2011 06:17 PM (9RFH1)
Posted by: CoolCzech at July 27, 2011 06:18 PM (kUaEF)
--
Yes, but be prepared for REALLY LARGE SIZES! Ours makes the world's largest pot pie (it's in the fresh meat section). It looks like a space saucer.
Posted by: Y-not at July 27, 2011 06:18 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Johnston Green, Jericho at July 27, 2011 06:18 PM (KbEJl)
Posted by: no good deed at July 27, 2011 06:18 PM (mjR67)
You go, girl! Any prospects there?
Hey, maybe we should be sending Chemjeff to Costco!
Posted by: Y-not at July 27, 2011 06:19 PM (5H6zj)
"Focused" is hardly the word. Eventually she says "OK, I see you're going out of your mind..."
Sounds like my wife. She doesn't go to the grocery store to get what she needs. She shops the grocery store, like she would shop for shoes or clothing. Drives me nuts.
Posted by: Ronster at July 27, 2011 06:19 PM (9h8nr)
Posted by: steevy at July 27, 2011 09:32 PM (cNcps)
thats ok. You dont have to be funny when you are grieving. If you were it might seem creepy.
When my foster dad died i didnt have much to say for about a year. I was like a ghost in my own life. I dyed my hair blue so i didnt have to go see the gramma i found exhausting to maintain a facade around, (the other never gave me trouble about things like blue hair and knew how i felt, no Facade needed.) ITs ok to be quiet.
Im a chatterbox now. The dumbstruck grief phase passes. for me it took a few years, but the quiet does pass. You will always miss her though i am afraid. but after a while i started to feel the Old Man's presence in my life very strongly, and though i still missed him, i was comforted.
Posted by: Gushka still hasnt settled down at July 27, 2011 06:19 PM (QNeKQ)
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 27, 2011 06:20 PM (g8JDc)
Posted by: steevy at July 27, 2011 10:07 PM (cNcps)
I really wonder how the last four years would have shaped up if HE had been elected instead of Dick.
Get the feeling, Not much better?
Posted by: CoolCzech at July 27, 2011 10:11 PM (kUaEF)
Interesting question. I think a McCain presidency would have resulted in the destruction of the Republican party. But on the bright side, a Conservative Tea (Third) Party would still have emerged to dominate the political landscape.
Posted by: Breaker19 at July 27, 2011 06:20 PM (IxPNC)
Posted by: booger at July 27, 2011 10:17 PM (9RFH1)
Yep those are the shirts I like from there. Just simple plain t-shirts for everyday wear. Their "George" brand formal shirts aren't too bad either. If you like choosing between a white button-down or a blue one.
Posted by: buzzion at July 27, 2011 06:20 PM (oVQFe)
Posted by: Stu-22 at July 27, 2011 06:20 PM (k4bdL)
Posted by: CoolCzech at July 27, 2011 06:20 PM (kUaEF)
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 27, 2011 06:21 PM (g8JDc)
To crush your enemas, see them filled before you, and to listen to the lamentations of the bond rating agencies.
Posted by: Conan Boehner at July 27, 2011 06:22 PM (ENKCw)
Posted by: Jean at July 27, 2011 06:23 PM (+oKKW)
Posted by: Flapjackmaka at July 27, 2011 06:24 PM (kG75t)
Posted by: Chainsaw Chimp at July 27, 2011 06:25 PM (k4bdL)
Posted by: Gushka still hasnt settled down at July 27, 2011 06:25 PM (QNeKQ)
I think the best the astronauts can hope for is to be instantly vaporized. I'll bet the "escape plan" was created just to make the government beaurocrats happy.
Posted by: katya, defender of the unpretties at July 27, 2011 06:25 PM (Dc7bV)
Posted by: steevy at July 27, 2011 06:25 PM (cNcps)
Posted by: Skookumchuk at July 27, 2011 06:25 PM (btzPD)
Posted by: Chainsaw Chimp at July 27, 2011 10:25 PM (k4bdL)
if you go it makes chinese commies jump for joy.
Posted by: Gushka still hasnt settled down at July 27, 2011 06:26 PM (QNeKQ)
Posted by: CoolCzech at July 27, 2011 06:26 PM (kUaEF)
Posted by: Jean at July 27, 2011 06:26 PM (+oKKW)
Nyah, he's completely devoted to his girlfriend back in California. Fun to look at in meetings, though
Posted by: HeatherRadish at July 27, 2011 06:26 PM (0vDuM)
But my friends all hang out together in a little academic, self-reinforcing klatch. ItÂ’s virtually impossible to get through their shield of virtuousness.
So this author is friends with David Brooks?
Posted by: kbdabear at July 27, 2011 06:26 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: Ronster at July 27, 2011 06:26 PM (9h8nr)
Posted by: Mandy P. at July 27, 2011 06:27 PM (vGmv/)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 27, 2011 06:27 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: no good deed at July 27, 2011 06:28 PM (mjR67)
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 27, 2011 06:28 PM (g8JDc)
Posted by: steevy at July 27, 2011 09:32 PM (cNcps)
You're still good company. Pull up a chair by the fire.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 27, 2011 06:29 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at July 27, 2011 10:26 PM
Hope he likes apartment living. The environazis in Sacramento are trying to herd everyone into cubicles in SF and LA according to the DOOM thread today;
California has found a new way to screw both itself and the citizens who live there by making it hard to build and buy single-family homes. I'm sure you'll be as shocked as I am to find that the geniuses behind this one are the global-warming alarmists and their fellow social-planners on the Left. My message to Californians: you're getting what you voted for. Good and hard.
Posted by: kbdabear at July 27, 2011 06:30 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: MrCaniac at July 27, 2011 09:37 PM (eKuOw)
I'm guessing the San Jose Merc.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 27, 2011 06:30 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: CoolCzech at July 27, 2011 06:31 PM (kUaEF)
Likewise.
...mind you, quilt shops/art supply shops, bookstores, and hardware stores do not count as "shopping."
Posted by: HeatherRadish at July 27, 2011 06:31 PM (0vDuM)
Walmart's medical supplies are extremely cheap. If you don't have a first aid/emergency kid, you can go down to walmart with 30 bucks and get everything you need.
BTW, everyone should have a first aid/emergency kit.
Posted by: Ben at July 27, 2011 06:31 PM (DKV43)
Posted by: Gushka still hasnt settled down at July 27, 2011 06:32 PM (QNeKQ)
Posted by: Chainsaw Chimp at July 27, 2011 10:25 PM (k4bdL)
if you go it makes chinese commies jump for joy.
Posted by: Gushka still hasnt settled down at July 27, 2011 10:26 PM (QNeKQ)
Well, at least the Chinese commies make useful things. Unlike our domestic brand.
Posted by: Chainsaw Chimp at July 27, 2011 06:32 PM (k4bdL)
Posted by: Skookumchuk at July 27, 2011 06:32 PM (btzPD)
Posted by: kbdabear at July 27, 2011 06:32 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: Skookumchuk at July 27, 2011 06:34 PM (btzPD)
Posted by: steevy at July 27, 2011 06:34 PM (cNcps)
Posted by: kbdabear at July 27, 2011 06:35 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: robtr at July 27, 2011 10:33 PM (MtwBb)
I still refer to it as Eagle, though it was a much better store, then.
Posted by: Papa Editor at July 27, 2011 06:35 PM (FZZ94)
Posted by: kbdabear at July 27, 2011 06:36 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: steevy at July 27, 2011 06:36 PM (cNcps)
Posted by: steevy at July 27, 2011 10:36 PM (cNcps)
we still woulda been stuck with that miserable legislature which would have run all over him.
Posted by: Gushka still hasnt settled down at July 27, 2011 06:37 PM (QNeKQ)
Posted by: Mandy P. at July 27, 2011 06:37 PM (vGmv/)
Posted by: CoolCzech at July 27, 2011 06:37 PM (kUaEF)
AquaBuddha?
Posted by: HeatherRadish at July 27, 2011 06:37 PM (0vDuM)
I still refer to it as Eagle, though it was a much better store, then.
Posted by: Papa Editor at July 27, 2011 10:35 PM (FZZ94)
I don't know about that, they have a hot dog cart now.
Posted by: robtr at July 27, 2011 06:38 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2011 06:39 PM (YnW9A)
I do most of the grocery shopping. I have no problem buying tampons, but it dosen't bother me that Mrs fluffy is getting them on line.
Posted by: fluffy pays retail at July 27, 2011 06:39 PM (SwkdU)
Paul Krugman for instance makes over 2 million per year to write comedy. Unfortunately for the NY Slimes, his column is about economics
Posted by: kbdabear at July 27, 2011 06:39 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 27, 2011 06:40 PM (bxiXv)
What.in.The.Hell. would give you that idea?
Posted by: comatus at July 27, 2011 06:40 PM (W5ilH)
No. Just wanted a change.
Posted by: 80sBaby at July 27, 2011 06:40 PM (o2lIv)
Oh no, Rand, they may be on to our affair.
Posted by: Dummy Blabbermouth-Schultz at July 27, 2011 06:41 PM (3SeUr)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 27, 2011 06:42 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 27, 2011 06:42 PM (bxiXv)
Does he die in this one, like he does in most of his other movies?
Posted by: CM at July 27, 2011 06:42 PM (T9zRc)
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2011 06:42 PM (YnW9A)
I could have killed him. Then i remembered Mr Grim's idea of "Good" had not been calibrated to my Mommy expectations, but to HIS.
Posted by: Gushka still hasnt settled down at July 27, 2011 06:43 PM (QNeKQ)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 27, 2011 06:43 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Tonestaple at July 27, 2011 06:43 PM (7ZLNk)
Wasn't his name the one that drew a round of laughter at a town meeting? Some libtard kept referring to 'a respected economist' or some such. When pressed for a name, at least half the audience laughed.
Posted by: fluffy on the left, credits on the right at July 27, 2011 06:43 PM (SwkdU)
Posted by: Guy Fawkes at July 27, 2011 06:43 PM (mf8Ua)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at July 27, 2011 06:44 PM (cbyrC)
Posted by: kbdabear at July 27, 2011 06:44 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 27, 2011 06:44 PM (bxiXv)
Why does Rand Paul always look like he just stepped out of the shower and hasn't toweled himself off?
BAD. HAIR GEL.
Posted by: AuthorLMendez (Formerly YRM) at July 27, 2011 06:45 PM (D6IZ4)
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2011 06:45 PM (YnW9A)
Posted by: fluffy on the left, credits on the right at July 27, 2011 10:43 PM
Yup. The half that didn't laugh were asking "who is Paul Krugman?"
Posted by: kbdabear at July 27, 2011 06:45 PM (so1xa)
Wahoo!
Posted by: fluffy at July 27, 2011 06:45 PM (SwkdU)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 27, 2011 06:46 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at July 27, 2011 06:46 PM (cbyrC)
Posted by: Theresa at July 27, 2011 06:46 PM (mo1uZ)
I don't even know you but, YAY!!!!! Congratulations, I'm very happy for you! And, no cut in pay? I'm also slightly envious . . .
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2011 06:47 PM (YnW9A)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 27, 2011 06:47 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: katya, defender of the unpretties at July 27, 2011 06:47 PM (Dc7bV)
Posted by: willow at July 27, 2011 06:47 PM (h+qn8)
Posted by: Tonestaple at July 27, 2011 06:47 PM (7ZLNk)
I think Nicolas Cage is the heir apparent. I call all of his movies "The IRS DVDs."
Posted by: no good deed at July 27, 2011 06:48 PM (mjR67)
80s, Baby!
. Never thought of that before now. Posted by: 80sBaby at July 27, 2011 06:48 PM (o2lIv)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at July 27, 2011 06:48 PM (0vDuM)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 27, 2011 06:48 PM (bxiXv)
Good evening, gentlefolk. After 15 months, I finally have a job starting in 3 weeks. Not only will I not have to take a cut in pay, but I will make out like a bandit as I will be able to walk to work.
congrats!
Posted by: Ben at July 27, 2011 06:49 PM (DKV43)
Congratulations and best wishes!
Posted by: 80sBaby at July 27, 2011 06:49 PM (o2lIv)
Posted by: Tonestaple at July 27, 2011 06:49 PM (7ZLNk)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 27, 2011 06:50 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Dustin at July 27, 2011 06:50 PM (519+h)
Posted by: Ben at July 27, 2011 06:50 PM (DKV43)
Posted by: Tonestaple at July 27, 2011 10:43 PM (7ZLNk)
buy some comfortable shoes and congrats!
Posted by: robtr at July 27, 2011 06:51 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: willow at July 27, 2011 06:51 PM (h+qn8)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 27, 2011 06:52 PM (JMmQ9)
Thank you, thank you for the good wishes.
Shopping is evil and I will only willingly do it for books and fabric.
Posted by: Tonestaple at July 27, 2011 06:52 PM (7ZLNk)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 27, 2011 06:52 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: 80sBaby at July 27, 2011 06:53 PM (o2lIv)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 27, 2011 10:52 PM (JMmQ9)
and, boobehs cannot be the answer to every query.
Posted by: willow at July 27, 2011 06:53 PM (h+qn8)
Posted by: Tonestaple at July 27, 2011 06:53 PM (7ZLNk)
Or how about:
80's Baby, Dammit!
Be bold! Or perhaps
80's Baby of Boom and Doom! (the boom of the 80's the doom of the now)
("80's Baby, Sith Lord" has probably been overused, though)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.... at July 27, 2011 06:54 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 27, 2011 10:52 PM (JMmQ9)
thats the worst thing i ever heard!
Posted by: Gushka still hasnt settled down at July 27, 2011 06:54 PM (QNeKQ)
That did take a lot of getting used to when I re-entered the workforce.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at July 27, 2011 06:54 PM (0vDuM)
Posted by: Tonestaple at July 27, 2011 06:54 PM (7ZLNk)
Fuck that.
Posted by: fluffy works nights at July 27, 2011 06:55 PM (SwkdU)
Posted by: Y-not at July 27, 2011 09:44 PM (5H6zj)
I get all my wrangles and jockies there. never had a problem myownself.
Posted by: The Great Satan's Ghost at July 27, 2011 06:55 PM (UrPTC)
woops you're right I only know 1, and He is very serious when i've screwed something up.
Posted by: willow at July 27, 2011 06:56 PM (h+qn8)
Posted by: kbdabear at July 27, 2011 06:56 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: Tonestaple at July 27, 2011 06:56 PM (7ZLNk)
Posted by: t-bird at July 27, 2011 06:57 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 27, 2011 10:28 PM (g8JDc)
I like South Park's take on him;
Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2011 06:57 PM (FBr/C)
Thank you, thank you for the good wishes.
Shopping is evil and I will only willingly do it for books and fabric.
Posted by: Tonestaple at July 27, 2011 10:52 PM (7ZLNk)
hah! you have named my weaknesses, tho i have learned to do that online too
but for tack, i really have to go out and take a friend to keep my wallet in my pocket i had a real bad weakness for used tack. its horrible. SO i just say no. And Grimmy helps by grabbing my braid before i make it thru the doors.
Posted by: Gushka still hasnt settled down at July 27, 2011 06:57 PM (QNeKQ)
Posted by: katya, defender of the unpretties at July 27, 2011 06:57 PM (Dc7bV)
Posted by: Skookumchuk at July 27, 2011 06:58 PM (btzPD)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 27, 2011 10:52 PM (JMmQ9)
And thus the reason why I am ecstatic about working from home!Congratulations, Tonestaple!
Posted by: Theresa at July 27, 2011 06:58 PM (mo1uZ)
Friend: WalMart sucks. I wish they would die.
Me: Why do they suck?
F: They drive out local businesses.
Me: How do they do that?
F: By undercutting their prices.
Me: So... they suck because they give people what they want at a lower price?
F: Yes.
Me: Do you shop at small local grocery stores?
F: No.
Me: Why not?
F: They don't have what I want, and they're too expensive.
Me: Isn't that why people shop at WalMart?
F: Yeah, but...
Me: So if you don't like WalMart, don't shop there.
F: I don't, but enough people do that they stay in business.
Me: So your real problem is that other people aren't making the choices you want them to make?
F: (...)
Me: Thought so.
Posted by: Farmer Joe at July 27, 2011 06:58 PM (P8oOy)
Willow, I recall one from my last job, and he was hated by every woman in the office. He didn't even try to be subtle and his eyes would slide down you like a slug. Then they would slide back up, leaving a trail of metaphorical ooze, and stop well south of one's face. Ick.
Posted by: Tonestaple at July 27, 2011 06:59 PM (7ZLNk)
Well the entire MFM has picked up on McCains rant against the house repubs and are joyfully repeating it.
Sometimes I think we should have only agreed to leave Vietnam if they kept that fucktard.
Posted by: robtr at July 27, 2011 06:59 PM (MtwBb)
and, boobehs cannot be the answer to every query.
Posted by: willow at July 27, 2011 10:53 PM (h+qn
Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2011 06:59 PM (FBr/C)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at July 27, 2011 07:00 PM (0vDuM)
Posted by: Tonestaple at July 27, 2011 10:56 PM (7ZLNk)
You know, a bra isn't really a requirement?
**cranks AC up**
Posted by: Tonestaple's new boss at July 27, 2011 07:00 PM (3SeUr)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 27, 2011 07:00 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 27, 2011 07:00 PM (bxiXv)
OK which one of you morons was it!!
Posted by: willow at July 27, 2011 07:00 PM (h+qn8)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 27, 2011 07:01 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Breaker19 at July 27, 2011 07:01 PM (IxPNC)
I still refer to it as Eagle, though it was a much better store, then.
I run with a bunch of older guys. One of the loops goes by the Lowes in Swellvue. They still call it "The Eagle Loop." They also call the QFC in Bella Bo "Olsens" (from when it use to be an Olsen's Grocery Store.
And Papa E, don't worry about not being funny. My husband doesn't think I'm funny, and I do some of my best lines at home!
Steevy, how are you doing? I've been thinking of you!
And yeah, I said this a few days ago, Better House and Gardens will be losing 4 subscriptions--me and the 3 gift subscriptions I get for my sisters and my SIL. I didn't need to see Moochelle's fugly mug on my mag.
Posted by: runningrn at July 27, 2011 07:01 PM (ihSHD)
Posted by: Tonestaple at July 27, 2011 07:01 PM (7ZLNk)
And, I loathe shopping. For anything. Ever. Anywhere. Anytime.
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2011 07:02 PM (YnW9A)
Posted by: B. Obama at July 27, 2011 07:02 PM (6Cjut)
Well the entire MFM has picked up on McCains rant against the house repubs and are joyfully repeating it.
Sometimes I think we should have only agreed to leave Vietnam if they kept that fucktard.
Posted by: robtr at July 27, 2011 10:59 PMThe two-faced backstabbing fuck actually had the chutzpah to say that he admired the Tea Party and was really on their side when Hannity was interviewing him.
Hannity actually argued with him, not one Great American from Sean
Posted by: kbdabear at July 27, 2011 07:02 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: Tonestaple at July 27, 2011 07:02 PM (7ZLNk)
Posted by: mpfs at July 27, 2011 07:02 PM (3TjSM)
Posted by: willow at July 27, 2011 07:03 PM (h+qn8)
Farmer Joe, that's lovely. Reminds me of this Facebook post where Nicholas Kristoff bemoaned the fact that some village in Africa had cell phones but no toilets. He wasn't clever enough to realize that the trade made possible with the cell phones might enable them to some day upgrade their plumbing. Like any good lefty, he couldn't tolerate someone making a choice he didn't approve of.
maybe they had an indoor plumbing app
Posted by: Ben at July 27, 2011 07:04 PM (DKV43)
Posted by: Fish the Impaler at July 27, 2011 11:02 PM (Lt/Za)
Yeah he freed the Jews from some concentration camp somewhere when he was a scout.
Posted by: robtr at July 27, 2011 07:04 PM (MtwBb)
I detest a coworker. Not dislike, detest. Enough so that if I had the opportunity I would leave the company I am at immediately.
However, as everyone knows the economy sucks, and while I've been sending out resumes (quietly obviously) I really haven't been getting many hits.
Just quitting would be risky - since losing money is bad, and having been a hiring manager, I know resume gaps aren't looked on kindly.
On the other hand, I know having this level of hate coursing through me for 8 hours a day is not healthy.
So...thoughts? I avoid said coworker as much as possible, but that isn't always an option - a recent three person meeting with you-know -who had me about ready to jab my pen into my knee...accidentally...to have a reason to leave the meeting.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2011 07:05 PM (FBr/C)
O/T
All 53 Senate Democrats signed a letter Boehner saying his bill wouldn't pass the senate.
So I guess Obama is going to try pushing it through with the 14th amendment.
Posted by: Ben at July 27, 2011 07:05 PM (DKV43)
Chaos, indeed. *rubs hands in glee*.
Sifty, what's our potential time-line on that whole Exterminatus thingy? When can we start to move?
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 27, 2011 07:05 PM (c0A3e)
And Papa E, don't worry about not being funny.
Yeah, I'm sure your looks more than make up for it.
Posted by: garrett at July 27, 2011 07:06 PM (AD+C5)
can you just pin a sign on her back when she's not paying attention ?
sign says :HOBO
Posted by: willow at July 27, 2011 07:07 PM (h+qn8)
Didn't he refuse to speak to their 100th-anniversary Jamboree because he'd rather get his ass licked?
Why, yes!
Posted by: HeatherRadish at July 27, 2011 07:07 PM (0vDuM)
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2011 07:08 PM (YnW9A)
18-1
Don't quit. Companies these days are less likely to hire an unemployed person than an employed one.
Keep sending out your resume and hopefully you'll get work elsewhere.
Posted by: Ben at July 27, 2011 07:08 PM (DKV43)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 27, 2011 07:08 PM (JMmQ9)
That's a very interesting situation.
Posted by: Dr Hannibal Lecter at July 27, 2011 07:09 PM (SwkdU)
Posted by: Gushka still hasnt settled down at July 27, 2011 07:09 PM (QNeKQ)
Has anyone else heard of his heroic BSA adventures?
Didn't he help an old lady across the street once? (I believe that when he was 18, he stood on a darkened street corner, causing his typical white Grandma to scurry to the other side).
Posted by: runningrn at July 27, 2011 07:09 PM (ihSHD)
Posted by: Tonestaple at July 27, 2011 07:10 PM (7ZLNk)
Posted by: B. Obama at July 27, 2011 07:10 PM (6Cjut)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 27, 2011 07:10 PM (bxiXv)
If you do go to war with the Persians, a mighty empire will be destroyed.
I disagree with the politics, but at least it shows the writer knew something more then what he could get from college marxism and John Stewart.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2011 07:11 PM (FBr/C)
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 27, 2011 07:11 PM (g8JDc)
. Yes, and even moreso the next few days. We also get more fun when they try to agree on the budget before September 30th. Ugh...
Posted by: 80sBaby at July 27, 2011 07:11 PM (o2lIv)
Give it time, grasshopper . . .
Personally, I have found nothing in my very long life as peaceful as unemployment.Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2011 07:11 PM (YnW9A)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 27, 2011 07:12 PM (c0A3e)
Oh and congrats on the job Tonestaple! So awesome.
Are you from the Seattle area? Did I meet you at the election night meet-up in Fremont? Your handle sounds really familiar.
Posted by: runningrn at July 27, 2011 07:12 PM (ihSHD)
All 53 Senate Democrats signed a letter Boehner saying his bill wouldn't pass the senate.
Posted by: Ben
The New ToneTM.
He should have the letter blown up (in size) and put on billboards around the country. Just for laughs.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.... at July 27, 2011 07:13 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 27, 2011 11:11 PM (g8JDc)
She's an MFM useful idiot.
Posted by: robtr at July 27, 2011 07:13 PM (MtwBb)
Otherwise, I'd say keep on looking for a job. Don't rule out moving somewhere else if you are able to.
Posted by: Theresa at July 27, 2011 07:13 PM (mo1uZ)
About the only good thing about Obama is that his daughters. I don't think they could ever be as annoying as Megs
Probably helps that their grandma is raising them.
Posted by: runningrn at July 27, 2011 07:13 PM (ihSHD)
That could make for an interesting wager. They're young and still in the White House. Plenty of room to grow.
Posted by: Farmer Joe at July 27, 2011 07:14 PM (P8oOy)
I would jump into a volcano before I would watch the Smurfs movie. It looks like every insipid kid cliche and it'll make millions.
This country is drowning in a sea of bullshit.
Posted by: USS Diversity at July 27, 2011 07:14 PM (KbEJl)
Posted by: USA at July 27, 2011 07:14 PM (6Cjut)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 27, 2011 07:15 PM (bxiXv)
I would jump into a volcano before I would watch the Smurfs movie. It looks like every insipid kid cliche and it'll make millions.
This country is drowning in a sea of bullshit.
did you see Ace's post earlier about the Battleship movie?
Posted by: Ben at July 27, 2011 07:15 PM (DKV43)
http://tinyurl.com/245vt92
People are stupid....stoned people are really stupid.
Posted by: mpfs at July 27, 2011 07:15 PM (3TjSM)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at July 27, 2011 07:16 PM (cbyrC)
Yes. I've been subscribing for 6 months.
Downsides: It's a rather thin paper, and there's not a whole lot to it besides financial stories, financial data, and editorial. Plus it's expensive to subscribe.
Upsides: The best fiery editorial pages in the history of the universe, and a reminder, by contrast, of what the rest of the newspaper industry has come to. Plus, their main editorial cartoonist is friggin' Michael Ramirez. It's hard to describe how great it is to open the morning paper, and see his work, a few times a week.
Posted by: Splunge at July 27, 2011 07:16 PM (2IW5Q)
Plus, and the MBM didn't report this, but I believe they widened all the doorways at 1600 to accommodate the, um, toned arms of teh lovely flotus. Which actually bodes well for President Christie!!
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2011 07:16 PM (YnW9A)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 27, 2011 07:18 PM (bxiXv)
did you see Ace's post earlier about the Battleship movie?
Are. You. Fucking. Kidding. Me? *sighs*.
I thought that proposed 8 Ball movie was bad enough, but this? Hollyweird isn't even pretending to try anymore.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 27, 2011 07:18 PM (c0A3e)
I didn't even realize this was a thing. What the hell is wrong with africa?
Posted by: Ben at July 27, 2011 07:18 PM (DKV43)
Even in the article posted by Radish, no mention of Barky's tenure in scouting
There was an awesome op-ed in WSJ a long while back. For some reason, I think it was written by Dorothy Rabinowitz. She basically said that Obama was our first UnAmerican President--that he didn't do any of the typical things that American kids do--play on a Little League Team, be a member of a Boy Scout Troop, worked summer jobs (plural) as a teen (I know he claims to have worked at a Baskin Robins and some souvenir stand, but I call bogus), etc. Therefore, he is out of touch with the "American experience" of growing up in America.
Posted by: runningrn at July 27, 2011 07:18 PM (ihSHD)
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 27, 2011 07:18 PM (g8JDc)
Posted by: mpfs
You can say that again.
Really, say it again! And here, have a hit on this bong. It's really great!
Thud!
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.... at July 27, 2011 07:19 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 27, 2011 07:19 PM (JMmQ9)
Dammit, Ben, can't you just look at pron like a normal dude? Jeez, now I need brain bleach . . .
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2011 07:20 PM (YnW9A)
What the hell is wrong with africa?
Breast ironing, honor killing, female circumcision, muslim women being denied the right to vote or drive and being forced to be swathed in 50 yards of fabric. Yet not one peep of denouncement from NOW, NAG or other shrill women's groups.
Posted by: runningrn at July 27, 2011 07:20 PM (ihSHD)
Posted by: Ken Begg at July 27, 2011 07:21 PM (uwVup)
Didn't he help an old lady across the street once? (I believe that when he was 18, he stood on a darkened street corner, causing his typical white Grandma to scurry to the other side).
Posted by: runningrn at July 27, 2011 11:09 PMI'm sure he got merit badges and made Eagle Scout faster than anyone in the history of the Scouts the same way he got his Nobel.
Just for being Barack Obama, the Smartest Man Ever to Walk the Earth and The One We've Been Waiting For
Posted by: kbdabear at July 27, 2011 07:21 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2011 11:08 PM (YnW9A)
No said villain has a much greater gift for playing office politics then I. I get too focused on getting the project/job/whatever done to figure whose ass to kiss.
why do you hate her?
I reported to her, and had a high level of trust in her since we had worked together for a long time. As I would find out later, when company finances looked especially bleak and we might have been on the verge of layoffs, she started making up crap to her manager to make sure that she wouldn't be let go (since at least in theory we could both do each other's job).
So this got me forced out of the position I was in...mind you a mere couple of weeks after I got an exceptional performance review from her.
Nominally it ended up being a lateral move, but I dislike the position I'm in now, and I can't abide working with people that abuse trust like that.
Ironically, finances stabilized more or less, and no one got laid off.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2011 07:21 PM (FBr/C)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at July 27, 2011 07:22 PM (cbyrC)
They'd rather watch women die than be thought of as "racist"[sic].
Posted by: HeatherRadish at July 27, 2011 07:22 PM (0vDuM)
Posted by: kbdabear at July 27, 2011 07:22 PM (so1xa)
__________
"Doctors believe improved diets have resulted in young Cameroonian girls going through puberty early. Many of them are also becoming pregnant early."
Capitalists oppressing them, as usual.
Posted by: Anachronda at July 27, 2011 07:24 PM (6fER6)
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2011 07:24 PM (YnW9A)
Breast ironing, honor killing, female circumcision, muslim women
being denied the right to vote or drive and being forced to be swathed
in 50 yards of fabric. Yet not one peep of denouncement from NOW, NAG
or other shrill women's groups.
Not to mention a good portion of the African Continent is ruled by petty warlords whose idea of "utilizing natural resources" means putting as many shiny medals on their two-bit military dress uniforms while they crush their tribal rivals and stifle any kind of commercial activity for their own benefit.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 27, 2011 07:24 PM (c0A3e)
runningrn, are you the cardiac nurse? Yes, we met at the meet-up.
And B. Obama, I'm going to have to think that over very carefully before I very carefully don't vote for you.
Posted by: Tonestaple at July 27, 2011 07:25 PM (7ZLNk)
maybe they had an indoor plumbing app
Bwhahaha!
Speaking of newsies circling the drain, the Seattle Times is now charging for their lameass tv guide. TV guides are becoming increasingly irrelevant with the guide that pops up on your tv screen.
Posted by: runningrn at July 27, 2011 07:25 PM (ihSHD)
runningrn, are you the cardiac nurse? Yes, we met at the meet-up.
And B. Obama, I'm going to have to think that over very carefully before I very carefully don't vote for you.
Yes, I work in cardiac surgery. I thought that was you! Hope all is well with you!
Posted by: runningrn at July 27, 2011 07:26 PM (ihSHD)
Posted by: Skookumchuk at July 27, 2011 07:27 PM (btzPD)
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2011 07:27 PM (YnW9A)
Posted by: USS Diversity at July 27, 2011 07:27 PM (KbEJl)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 27, 2011 07:27 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Mickey Cameroony at July 27, 2011 07:28 PM (ZUWaD)
Posted by: Papa Editor at July 27, 2011 07:28 PM (FZZ94)
Posted by: Tonestaple at July 27, 2011 07:29 PM (7ZLNk)
I'm sure he got merit badges and made Eagle Scout faster than anyone in the history of the Scouts the same way he got his Nobel.
Just for being Barack Obama, the Smartest Man Ever to Walk the Earth and The One We've Been Waiting For
Yup. A melanin enhanced Kim Jung Il.
Posted by: runningrn at July 27, 2011 07:29 PM (ihSHD)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 27, 2011 07:30 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Skookumchuk at July 27, 2011 07:30 PM (btzPD)
Ace is right, Ben, the well has run dry. Footloose indeed.
I know someone here tonight who is waiting the opening of this movie with baited breath...
Oh Kratos!
Posted by: runningrn at July 27, 2011 07:32 PM (ihSHD)
Here's one: Especially these days, it's a wonderfully privileged position to be in, to be searching for a job while you already have one. Make the most of it. Collect your regular paycheck, and devote your energy to finding your next job. Under no circumstances should you quit your current job before you find it.
Posted by: Splunge at July 27, 2011 07:33 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at July 27, 2011 07:33 PM (cbyrC)
Posted by: runningrn at July 27, 2011 07:33 PM (ihSHD)
Posted by: The Great Satan's Ghost at July 27, 2011 11:26 PM (UrPTC)
Wow. Me too. How is it possible that I've never heard of met these women yet?
Posted by: NC Ref at July 27, 2011 07:33 PM (/izg2)
runningrn, our name is Legion for we are many.
Posted by: Tonestaple at July 27, 2011 07:34 PM (7ZLNk)
Posted by: Papa Editor at July 27, 2011 07:34 PM (FZZ94)
Here's one: Especially these days, it's a wonderfully privileged position to be in, to be searching for a job while you already have one. Make the most of it. Collect your regular paycheck, and devote your energy to finding your next job. Under no circumstances should you quit your current job before you find it.
I so concur. My dad always said "Never burn bridges." You never know (even if you go to a new job) if that other person will show up and be your boss again. Always leave so that you could come back (even if you never will).
Posted by: runningrn at July 27, 2011 07:34 PM (ihSHD)
___________
John Kerry's lucky Cambodian hat? He got it from Agent 00bama.
Posted by: Rumor has it at July 27, 2011 07:34 PM (6fER6)
saw that on my nephew's FB feed. sad indeed
Posted by: The Great Satan's Ghost at July 27, 2011 07:35 PM (UrPTC)
By the way, Seattle sports fans, it's a sad day. Rick "The Peanut Man" Kaminski passed away, today.
Wow, that's really sad. The games won't be the same without him! What was the cause of death?
Posted by: runningrn at July 27, 2011 07:35 PM (ihSHD)
This. You never know when it might pay off.
Posted by: NC Ref at July 27, 2011 07:36 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: runningrn at July 27, 2011 11:33 PM (ihSHD)
We're slowly taking over the HQ in a non violent (for now) coup
Posted by: robtr at July 27, 2011 07:36 PM (MtwBb)
__________
I see what you did there.
Posted by: Lemming of the BDA at July 27, 2011 07:36 PM (6fER6)
There were times I thought the M's should draft the Peanut Man to pitch. He was darn accurate, and he had some real velocity on those bags (sometimes a lot better than whoever was actually pitching).
RIP Rick the Peanut Man.
Posted by: runningrn at July 27, 2011 07:37 PM (ihSHD)
I know someone here tonight who is waiting the opening of this movie with baited (am I a fish?) breath...
Oh Kratos!
Hey! *grrrrrrr*
Thankfully, not too many people ask me to get "Footloose" with them. Hermes made that mistake once...once.
I did get his kickass-boots though.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 27, 2011 07:37 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Papa Editor at July 27, 2011 11:34 PM (FZZ94)
saw that in the paper, bummer
Posted by: robtr at July 27, 2011 07:37 PM (MtwBb)
We're slowly taking over the HQ in a non violent (for now) coup
Heh! Save the violence for the important things--like a good Herman Cain thread...
Posted by: runningrn at July 27, 2011 07:37 PM (ihSHD)
Posted by: Papa Editor at July 27, 2011 07:38 PM (FZZ94)
Ruh roh! Robtr reads the paper--get him!
Posted by: runningrn at July 27, 2011 11:38 PM (ihSHD)
settle down, online only. I havn't bought one in years.
Posted by: robtr at July 27, 2011 07:39 PM (MtwBb)
___________
It was mostly to make it easier to get umbrellas through them.
Posted by: Agent 00bama, international man of mystery at July 27, 2011 07:40 PM (6fER6)
Posted by: Papa Editor at July 27, 2011 11:38 PM (FZZ94)
So sad. Thanks for the link, Papa E.
I think the world is going to end--a Nicole Brodeur column I actually agreed with.
Posted by: runningrn at July 27, 2011 07:41 PM (ihSHD)
Hah, you're right, that's the one I found the can opener in!! Woo hoo, I get to eat.
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2011 07:41 PM (YnW9A)
settle down, online only. I havn't bought one in years.
Darn! I was looking forward to a good sprint and chasing you down.
Posted by: runningrn at July 27, 2011 07:42 PM (ihSHD)
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 27, 2011 07:43 PM (g8JDc)
Posted by: Papa Editor at July 27, 2011 07:43 PM (FZZ94)
"The Most Valuable Peanut Seller in America," and he was once radar-gunned tossing peanuts at 72 mph. He covered seven miles of stairs at every game.
heh, RIP rick
Posted by: robtr at July 27, 2011 07:43 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: runningrn
Truer words were never spoken. I left a company 11 years ago to work for a competing comapny (owned by a very large multinational corporation), and while I did not dislike him, the Vice President of that company really irritated me at times.
Some years later, that company was purchased by another competing company, and he left.
Now, the company that he runs is buying the company I work for from the Large Corporation that owns us (which I kinda never thought would happen).
So now he'll be my boss again. Life is weird like that.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.... at July 27, 2011 07:44 PM (sJTmU)
If I do recall, he won a merit badge for making Christmas decorations out of pine branches and cones dusted with coke.
Posted by: Barry O's Scout Master at July 27, 2011 07:44 PM (3SeUr)
316 Wait, Barry was a *scout* now? Was this before or after he joined GSG-9 and personally stabbed Carlos the Jackal in the nutsack?
He was a scout before he joined GSG-9 but after he was a member of Seal Team 6.
Posted by: runningrn at July 27, 2011 07:44 PM (ihSHD)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 27, 2011 07:44 PM (9Lm5R)
I think the world is going to end--a Nicole Brodeur column I actually agreed with.
Posted by: runningrn at July 27, 2011 11:41 PM (ihSHD)
Was she resigning?
Posted by: robtr at July 27, 2011 07:45 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: Theresa at July 27, 2011 07:45 PM (mo1uZ)
So now he'll be my boss again. Life is weird like that.
Yup. The older I get, the more I realize just how smart my parents were. Sadly, I can't let my dad know that, as he passed away some years back.
Posted by: runningrn at July 27, 2011 07:46 PM (ihSHD)
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 27, 2011 07:46 PM (g8JDc)
My kid gets to read and watch as much Thomas as he likes, and at five years old, that's a lot. He has a great vocabulary, he knows right from wrong (at a five-year-old level) and he even understands the science of steam power. So, liberals, once again, you can bite me, and not in a good way.
Posted by: tcn at July 27, 2011 07:46 PM (MYiUn)
Posted by: Skookumchuk at July 27, 2011 07:47 PM (btzPD)
conundrum.
Posted by: Gushka still hasnt settled down at July 27, 2011 07:47 PM (QNeKQ)
Was she resigning?
No she wrote a nice tribute to Rick the Peanut Man. I had one Danny Westneat column once, that I agreed with, and now I can't even remember what it was! Heh!
Posted by: runningrn at July 27, 2011 07:47 PM (ihSHD)
We welcome our Eastern Wa. overlordettes!
Posted by: The Great Satan's Ghost at July 27, 2011 07:48 PM (UrPTC)
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2011 07:48 PM (YnW9A)
runningrn: Yup. And in Snohomish County we can actually fly the American flag out front without being shunned, like on Queen Anne Hill (shudder.)
I could never live in Seattle. I fly a flag on my front portch out here in the suburbs of the Eastside. I've never had anyone give me crap.
Posted by: runningrn at July 27, 2011 07:49 PM (ihSHD)
No she wrote a nice tribute to Rick the Peanut Man. I had one Danny Westneat column once, that I agreed with, and now I can't even remember what it was! Heh!
Posted by: runningrn at July 27, 2011 11:47 PM (ihSHD)
He wrote one last week I agreed with, I can't remember what it was either.
Posted by: robtr at July 27, 2011 07:49 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: Skookumchuk at July 27, 2011 07:49 PM (btzPD)
You Western Washingtonians have at least 1 Eastern Washingtonian here to help with the coup!
I always think that Eastern Washington would be the place to flee to when the Apocalypse cometh.
Posted by: runningrn at July 27, 2011 07:50 PM (ihSHD)
Posted by: robtr at July 27, 2011 07:50 PM (MtwBb)
It's hard to tell if someone living in a camper is armed or not, so they tend to be rather nice.
Posted by: tcn at July 27, 2011 07:51 PM (MYiUn)
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2011 11:48 PM (YnW9A)
cat on stomach, Peaches, I'm pinned.
Posted by: Gushka still hasnt settled down at July 27, 2011 07:51 PM (QNeKQ)
Posted by: Boehnhead at July 27, 2011 07:52 PM (FcR7P)
I always think that Eastern Washington would be the place to flee to when the Apocalypse cometh.
Posted by: runningrn at July 27, 2011 11:50 PM (ihSHD)
I thought that too, if I had had some extra money it would be nice to buy some acreage over there to escape to. Or on the Penninsula.
Posted by: robtr at July 27, 2011 07:52 PM (MtwBb)
#394, that's one of the reasons I chose the east side of the state. I've got relatives east and west, but prefer sun to rain. This year, though, we've had more rain than I ever remember having here when I was growing up.
Posted by: Theresa at July 27, 2011 07:52 PM (mo1uZ)
Posted by: Tonestaple at July 27, 2011 07:53 PM (7ZLNk)
________
Enough, for a change, mostly.
Posted by: Rumor has it at July 27, 2011 07:53 PM (6fER6)
Reminds me of an article I read recently which described how virulent leftist and aging punk chef Anthony Bourdain went to Haiti after the earthquake and was filmed at some outdoor cooking market. Starving Haitians gathered to drool, so Bourdain humanely bought the market's entire contents and offered them to the onlookers.
Word quickly spread that a rich white man was giving away free food, and thousands of people showed up. They got so rowdy that the cops dispersed the crowd by beating people with bullwhips.
So, the lesson is that self-aggrandizing gestures of humane leftism always make things worse.
Posted by: Llarry at July 27, 2011 07:53 PM (uQA8F)
Posted by: buzzion at July 27, 2011 07:54 PM (oVQFe)
Posted by: Tonestaple at July 27, 2011 07:54 PM (7ZLNk)
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2011 07:55 PM (YnW9A)
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 27, 2011 07:55 PM (ENKCw)
Posted by: Papa Editor at July 27, 2011 07:56 PM (FZZ94)
I agree, plus it is great theater and has to annoy his young ass no end. win win win!
Posted by: The Great Satan's Ghost at July 27, 2011 07:57 PM (UrPTC)
He told me that he practiced all the time with his Uncle Frank. I was never quite sure why the uncle felt that was an important skill to impart upon the boy, but eh... to each their own.
Posted by: Barry O's Scout Master at July 27, 2011 07:57 PM (3SeUr)
Posted by: Papa Editor at July 27, 2011 11:56 PM (FZZ94)
Eh, I just read about getting Leinart last night when reading something about Mike Brown being a dick about Carson Palmer and screwing over his rookie quarterback in the process.
Posted by: buzzion at July 27, 2011 07:59 PM (oVQFe)
I wonder what the soon to be coined expression will be for wasting away a wave election mandate ---- sure to be a compound word though, heavy on the Boehner.
Wait till the two step pivot downgrades come, I'm sure good ol' Gabe will then have amnesia in re. his economic myopathy displayed on the AOSHQ dais.
Posted by: Journolist at July 27, 2011 07:59 PM (Fb9Q0)
You Seahawks fans must be pumped for the season to start. I mean after picking up the quarterback powerhouses of Tavaris Jackson and Matt Leinart. Two guys that other teams decided "you know I think we have a better shot at winning with these aging used up quarterbacks than these young players"
Leinhart signed with the Texans I believe. What a bust he and Vince Young have been
Posted by: Ben at July 27, 2011 07:59 PM (DKV43)
Posted by: King Barry The Magnanimous at July 27, 2011 08:00 PM (ENKCw)
Posted by: Jade Sea at July 27, 2011 08:00 PM (N2ZFs)
Posted by: Breaker19 at July 27, 2011 08:01 PM (IxPNC)
Posted by: Papa Editor at July 27, 2011 08:01 PM (FZZ94)
Posted by: Speller at July 27, 2011 08:04 PM (J74Py)
Posted by: Breaker19 at July 28, 2011 12:01 AM (IxPNC)
He's going to the Seahawks. He is still with Houston until Friday the way this reads but he's off to rejoin his old coach.
Posted by: buzzion at July 27, 2011 08:05 PM (oVQFe)
Huh. I thought Whitehurst was in the mix, too. Whatevs, not expecting much from the SeaHawks this year, or from my #1 team, the Cowboys.
Posted by: Theresa at July 27, 2011 08:05 PM (mo1uZ)
Posted by: Breaker19 at July 27, 2011 08:06 PM (IxPNC)
Posted by: 18-1
1) Contrarian tact: invite the coworker out for lunch. Talk to him, find out, as gently as possible why they are such a douchebag. You may be surprised. I've had clients and coworkers with disabilities and problems that looked for all the world as them just being assholes when they were assholes with legally problematic grievances.
2) Avoid all contact. If you have enough brownie points with your manager, get a transfer to another dept, branch, state, etc.
3) Shop other companies. You should be doing this already. (No, I don't take my own advice.) If you find a bite, have a chat with HR and feel out whether or not that person's group/team/dept is in a strong position or weak.
4) If he's incompetent, talk him up as a good worker, get consensus, and dump whole shitload of clients on him.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 27, 2011 08:06 PM (DEcmU)
He's going to the Seahawks. He is still with Houston until Friday the way this reads but he's off to rejoin his old coach.
Posted by: buzzion at July 28, 2011 12:05 AM (oVQFe)
Wierd, the Seattle Times says he resigned with Houston too
Posted by: robtr at July 27, 2011 08:06 PM (MtwBb)
He's going to the Seahawks. He is still with Houston until Friday the way this reads but he's off to rejoin his old coach.
Posted by: buzzion at July 28, 2011 12:05 AM (oVQFe)
Dammit. I didn't hear that part. I knew they were talking about it, but I thought it was off the table when Jackson was signed. Retarded.
Posted by: Papa Editor at July 27, 2011 08:06 PM (FZZ94)
Who wants to make a wager Boehner doesn't get primaried. Club for Growth ain't putting up with this b.s. anymore.
Perhaps Gabe can explain the notional value of what a dollar today will be against a debt horizon of 16T and 1.5T deficits in two years with future fiscal deficit projections of 1T per annum over the course of the next 10 years. Against 45T in unfunded liabilities, against Obamacare which syphoned 500M out of medicare.
Let's all get behind the Boehner plan.
Posted by: Journolist at July 27, 2011 08:06 PM (Fb9Q0)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 27, 2011 08:07 PM (vU8C3)
Posted by: Breaker19 at July 28, 2011 12:01 AM (IxPNC)
He's going to the Seahawks. He is still with Houston until Friday the way this reads but he's off to rejoin his old coach.
Posted by: buzzion at July 28, 2011 12:05 AM (oVQFe)
Thanks Buzzion, you're more up to date than the local media.
Posted by: Breaker19 at July 27, 2011 08:10 PM (IxPNC)
Posted by: Journolist at July 27, 2011 08:10 PM (Fb9Q0)
Read the comments on the breast ironing article: we should not criticise because that makes us culturally insensitive. Apparently whatever dumb vile thing done to women is cultural. No wonder leftists have no problem with islam!
That's the problem with moral equivalency. The problem with libtards in a nutshell. They who stand for nothing will fall for anything.
Posted by: runningrn at July 27, 2011 08:11 PM (ihSHD)
Posted by: buzzion at July 27, 2011 08:11 PM (oVQFe)
429
THAT is why we are boned!
The obvious RHINO in the room once again...again...agian...again...again...
Posted by: Richard at July 27, 2011 08:11 PM (BNnU3)
Thanks Buzzion, you're more up to date than the local media.
Posted by: Breaker19 at July 28, 2011 12:10 AM (IxPNC)
Don't call me up to date yet. That article is from Tuesday.
Posted by: buzzion at July 27, 2011 08:12 PM (oVQFe)
John Boehner is not a leader. I want to support him but he has failed to lead. This isn't about standard political calculus anymore. It's in the realm of system on or system off at this point. Economically, it is that bad.
Think about it.
Posted by: Journolist at July 27, 2011 08:13 PM (Fb9Q0)
Posted by: Speller at July 28, 2011 12:04 AM (J74Py)
Half the danger with the shuttle is that it carries its own oxidizer. It wouldn't suck up all the oxygen in the area -- though it might blow it into the next county.....
Posted by: cthulhu at July 27, 2011 08:15 PM (kaalw)
Now is Mark Sanchez could actually get the ball somewhere near his receivers more than half the time during the regular seasons
Posted by: kbdabear at July 27, 2011 08:16 PM (so1xa)
In re. Boehner.
Many would have thought it delusional to suggest the truth prior to 2008 about the dire economic velocity that came about, an inevitable conclusion for those who understand economics.
And now Boehner is a force that is unshakeable?
We are in completely uncharted waters on the economic front. And things are going to coalesce fast due to miscalculations based on traditional polictical thinking and profit.
Posted by: Journolist at July 27, 2011 08:17 PM (Fb9Q0)
What's that you're smoking, my friend? Care to share?
Posted by: Pats D at July 27, 2011 08:18 PM (YnW9A)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 27, 2011 08:18 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 28, 2011 12:18 AM (c0A3e)
Gee what a shock that a movie like that attracts a crowd that would get out of control.
Posted by: buzzion at July 27, 2011 08:20 PM (oVQFe)
Damn, I was hoping you were right. Lienhart would be perfect with the Seahawks. Shaub will take the the Texans to the Superbowl with or without him this year, imo.
Posted by: Breaker19 at July 27, 2011 08:20 PM (IxPNC)
Posted by: katya, defender of the unpretties at July 27, 2011 08:20 PM (Dc7bV)
What's that you're smoking, my friend? Care to share?
Posted by: Pats D at July 28, 2011 12:18 AM
I see that you and I are going to have some discussions this year, my Angeleno friend
Posted by: kbdabear at July 27, 2011 08:21 PM (so1xa)
No sitting Speaker has ever been primaried out of office, and Boehner won't be the first. His seat is very solidly red so he's unlikely to ever be voted out in any event.
I happen to think Boehner has done a very creditable job throughout this mess. The Titanic analogy has been done to death but that really is what we're looking at: a problem that's going to take a long time to turn around. Boehner has waged a strong public relations war against the JEF the last week; the JEF probably wouldn't sign anything the Republicans sent him but he has lost the argument, and that's the important first step. Getting rid of him and replacing him with someone willing to take the next steps is what's required now.
The wheels may fall off in the meantime, but the train left the station a long time ago. The die was cast the moment this bastard in the White House was elected with huge Democrat majorities. I'm optimistic that the war can be won while there's still something left. But it will take quite some time.
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 27, 2011 08:22 PM (vU8C3)
Posted by: Ft Worth Star Telegram at July 27, 2011 08:27 PM (Wnk4X)
Trojan asteroid tags along on Earth's orbit
The asteroid in the Earth's orbit around the sun has been hiding from view, mostly overhead during daylight, study finds.
July 28, 2011
Turns out the moon's not the Earth's only traveling companion. Space scientists have discovered an asteroid that's been following our fair planet for thousands of years, at least — and there may be many more where it came from, according to a recent study.Posted by: kbdabear at July 27, 2011 08:27 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: Breaker19 at July 27, 2011 08:28 PM (IxPNC)
Hey let's waste our time trying to get rid of a rep that will push a much more conservative agenda in the House if the Senate is also under control of the GOP. Yes lets waste money getting rid of a guy who barely has to spend any money on tv and radio to get elected to his seat rather than going after actual shitty reps and senators and trying to get actual conservatives in those seats.
Its genius!
Posted by: buzzion at July 27, 2011 08:28 PM (oVQFe)
And with that, I'm out. Sweet dreams to all. And a big hug to steevy.
Posted by: Peaches at July 27, 2011 08:29 PM (YnW9A)
Its genius!
Posted by: buzzion at July 28, 2011 12:28 AM (oVQFe)
I like the way you're thinking. While we're at it, when our candidate doesn't win the primary we should refuse to support the primary winner.
Posted by: Clint Didier at July 27, 2011 08:30 PM (FZZ94)
No shit, i didn't even waste my time on it when it was free. For being one of the largest cities in the US, the lack of a decent newspaper or magazine in Dallas is amazing. You got the Dallas Morning News, which is pretty much just wire stories and a mushy, pointless editorial page, then you have D Magazine which is pointless crap for rich, white urban liberals and the Dallas Observer which is pointless crap for rich white urban liberals who want to get a hooker from their back pages, and that's it.
Posted by: booger at July 27, 2011 08:34 PM (9RFH1)
Posted by: Papa Editor at July 27, 2011 08:35 PM (FZZ94)
Posted by: Your family doctor's receptionist at July 27, 2011 08:36 PM (mo1uZ)
This might even develop into a watershed moment. But I still think the Senate and Mr. PoopyPants will both fold, leading to a long ass oration about how the evil Rethugs are ruining things but the wise Dem leaders are saving the country.
The MBM would be echoing this meme with a full throated roar, except it is hard to roar with Progressive cocks lodged deep in their throats. So it might sound more like mmmph gurgle mmmph. They have a lot of experience in dealing with this problem though.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 27, 2011 08:39 PM (ENKCw)
Now, can the local crank who is always running for something every 2 years decide to take on Boehner……..sure. Will local crank win……..nope. Will some people on the internet get all excited about local crank and slip him a 20 or a 50 for his “truth to power” campaign. Probably.
Personally, I would rather wipe my backside with a 20 then give it to local crank. ItÂ’s a better use of money.
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at July 28, 2011 12:33 AM (OWjjx)
Boehner won the last primary with 84% of the vote and I think I could count on my hands the number of ads I saw for or heard for him. And that probably includes people with signs up in their yards. But yes let's go after him rather than using that money to attack Ohio's Democrat Senator.
Posted by: buzzion at July 27, 2011 08:39 PM (oVQFe)
And these people expect us to believe they have the answer to life itself.
Evening all. Not sticking around. I've had about all the DOOM I can stand for a few days.
Besides, this damn book isn't going to write itself. I don't have a domestic terrorist like Bill Ayers to ghost write it for me.
Posted by: sifty at July 27, 2011 08:42 PM (ECjvn)
Once upon a time....
Posted by: Breaker19 at July 28, 2011 12:40 AM (IxPNC)
Need a hand? You can have all the credit.Posted by: Bill Ayers at July 27, 2011 08:43 PM (3SeUr)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 27, 2011 08:44 PM (HjxoE)
The ONT was about boobehs, guns, not wearing pants, Valu-Rite, and hobos. Now it's turning into fruitless political arguments like the rest of the site's threads.
Posted by: Theresa at July 27, 2011 08:44 PM (mo1uZ)
I know! Crist in a cardigan sweater, some letters just disappear between type and post! ;-)
Posted by: Theresa at July 27, 2011 08:47 PM (mo1uZ)
Damn this POS keyboard! Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 27, 2011 08:48 PM (HjxoE)
Did I ever mention that I am old, wrinkly, and saggy? P'raps you could talk some of the younger, waaaaay sexier-looking 'ettes into that?
Posted by: Theresa at July 27, 2011 08:49 PM (mo1uZ)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 27, 2011 08:50 PM (HjxoE)
But all those topics HAVE been covered tonight, except maybe guns. Wandering though my vast defective and dirty memory, I recall your cup size as 36 DD Theresa.
If I have this wrong, please correct me, preferably with photos involving rulers and nudity.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 27, 2011 08:51 PM (ENKCw)
Lee Harvey Oswald.
John Wayne Gacy.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Who are three people who have never been in my kitchen?Posted by: Cliff Clavin at July 27, 2011 08:51 PM (3SeUr)
Posted by: Jean at July 27, 2011 08:52 PM (a9Izx)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 27, 2011 08:52 PM (HjxoE)
I miss the old days too. (Of so many things.)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 27, 2011 08:53 PM (vU8C3)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 27, 2011 08:55 PM (HjxoE)
Lee Harvey Oswald.
John Wayne Gacy.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Sounds like the makings for a pretty gamy waitress sandwich. I'm in.
Posted by: Zombie Ted Kennedy at July 27, 2011 08:56 PM (ENKCw)
On the other hand, I know having this level of hate coursing through me for 8 hours a day is not healthy.
So...thoughts? I avoid said coworker as much as possible, but that isn't always an option - a recent three person meeting with you-know -who had me about ready to jab my pen into my knee...accidentally...to have a reason to leave the meeting.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2011 11:05 PM (FBr/C)
Turn the hate into amused contempt. It's better on the bloodpressure.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2011 08:56 PM (CN+Qv)
Did I ever mention that I am old, wrinkly, and saggy? P'raps you could talk some of the younger, waaaaay sexier-looking 'ettes into that?
Posted by: Theresa at July 28, 2011 12:49 AM (mo1uZ)
That and a smile beats some goth'd out brat with a bad attitude.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 27, 2011 08:56 PM (kaalw)
Alright tbm, this is intolerable. Who was the cretin? I have a sneaky hunch it's that cat hoarder from NYC.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 27, 2011 08:58 PM (ENKCw)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 27, 2011 08:59 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: Jean at July 27, 2011 08:59 PM (a9Izx)
I could never live in Seattle. I fly a flag on my front portch out here in the suburbs of the Eastside. I've never had anyone give me crap.
Posted by: runningrn at July 27, 2011 11:49 PM (ihSHD)
You could do that in Seattle, if it were a Viet Cong flag.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2011 08:59 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 27, 2011 09:01 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: Theresa at July 28, 2011 12:56 AM (mo1uZ)
After careful consideration, hubba hubba hubba.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 27, 2011 09:01 PM (ENKCw)
Nevermind...
Posted by: Theresa at July 28, 2011 12:57 AM (mo1uZ)
Good effort on your part though, and you shouldn't get any complaints
Posted by: buzzion at July 27, 2011 09:01 PM (oVQFe)
Posted by: buzzion at July 27, 2011 11:54 PM (oVQFe)
Maybe you will get Carson Palmer and have the entire 2002 USC team under contract.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2011 09:02 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 27, 2011 09:04 PM (HjxoE)
Soo...
We have more Moons?
Awesome!
I mean, dammit!
I mean, ain't like were ever gonna go and see 'em anyway.
It's like Mt. Rushmore.
'Nuff to know it is there. Right? (All tacky and stuff , so why visit?)
We already went and kicked around on the biggest shiniest one for a few hours anyway, back in my great grandama's day, when TV's were all black and white and stuff, so who cares?
I'm quite sure that the knowledge of the primative "scientists" and "engineers" of those by-gone days, who couldn't even manage a decent cell-cam vid (Lets be honest, that was grainy and jumpy as hellz!) could not possibly be relevant to the kinds of technological problems and skills demanded to meet those challenges by a world-wide community of "Angry Birds" players.
Posted by: Ezra Deety Klein at July 27, 2011 09:04 PM (R1GFN)
Release the kraken. & G'nite.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 27, 2011 09:06 PM (ENKCw)
Lee Harvey Oswald.
John Wayne Gacy.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Three people who've sang baritone in their school's glee club
Posted by: kbdabear at July 27, 2011 09:07 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: buzzion at July 28, 2011 01:05 AM (oVQFe)
I for sure thought you said Street Cup Sizing trick.
Posted by: Papa Editor at July 27, 2011 09:08 PM (FZZ94)
Posted by: Ezra Deety Klein at July 28, 2011 01:04 AM (R1GFN)
So, is it in the L5 point or what?
Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2011 09:08 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: Panhandler at July 27, 2011 09:11 PM (08vWT)
I'm tired of the flame wars.... tired of getting angry and bitchy with people I really have nothing against. It's ridiculous and becoming very wearying.
Think I'll just watch the next round. (ooh yeah, I like to watch....)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 27, 2011 09:11 PM (vU8C3)
Think I'll just watch the next round. (ooh yeah, I like to watch....)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 28, 2011 01:11 AM (vU8C3)
To quote Elvis Costello
"I used to be disgusted, now I try and be amused"
the next line is
"Since my wings got rusted, now the angels want to wear my red shoes"
which is not quite as appropriate.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2011 09:13 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: kbdabear at July 28, 2011 12:27 AM (so1xa)
I guess Amina Khan has been reading Wikidingdong. There's all manner of asteroids that have resonant orbits with the earth, it's not news. But you don't get paid for not writing, so...there ya go.
Posted by: Robert at July 27, 2011 09:14 PM (4q6A5)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 27, 2011 09:15 PM (HjxoE)
tbm, garrett + garotte, some assembly required.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 27, 2011 09:15 PM (ENKCw)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 27, 2011 09:16 PM (HjxoE)
Spent $40.
Damn you, Walmart! You and your low, low prices.
Posted by: Robert at July 27, 2011 09:18 PM (4q6A5)
I am weak willed. I should be lashed a hundred times by a beautiful, buxom brunette. And a buxom blonde. And then tended to by Christina Hendricks.
Posted by: Robert at July 27, 2011 09:20 PM (4q6A5)
Political threads have this tendency too, but it is a bug not a feature.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 27, 2011 09:20 PM (ENKCw)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 27, 2011 09:21 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 28, 2011 01:19 AM (HjxoE)
Got a copy of The Good, The Bad And The Ugly for $7.50.
$7.50!!!!!!!!!!!
So easy to say yes...
Posted by: Robert at July 27, 2011 09:21 PM (4q6A5)
tbm, garrett + garotte, some assembly required.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 28, 2011 01:15 AM (ENKCw)
There are 5 total "Lagrange Points, named L1 thru L5. where the pulls of the earth and sun can hold an asteriod in balance. Only L3 and L5 are in the Eart;s orbit. orbit, and if the object wobbles out of place only in those two will it get tugged back to the Lagrange Point, as Gnu said.
These exist for any orbit - in the 70s McNiell proposed the :L5 point of the earth mood system as a good place to stash space colonies. I know they found some asteroids in Jupiter's L3 and L5 points some time ago
Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2011 09:21 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 27, 2011 09:22 PM (HjxoE)
Spent $40.
Damn you, Walmart! You and your low, low prices.
Posted by: Robert at July 28, 2011 01:18 AM (4q6A5)
Winnin!
Posted by: Dung Pau Wa Ma at July 27, 2011 09:22 PM (IxPNC)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 27, 2011 09:23 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 28, 2011 01:22 AM (HjxoE) \
Its the internet equivalent of kicking your dog when your boss yells at you.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2011 09:25 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: Comrade Arthur at July 27, 2011 09:27 PM (/62i9)
I mean we all love a little bit of girl on girl, but R on R, not so much...Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 27, 2011 09:27 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: Theresa at July 27, 2011 09:29 PM (mo1uZ)
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 27, 2011 09:29 PM (ENKCw)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 28, 2011 01:27 AM (HjxoE)
Its hardly even R on R. Each side is shadow boxing with a pretend image of the other side rather than each other. And the worst part is that it isn't even clever anymore, if it ever was.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2011 09:30 PM (CN+Qv)
"First planking, then owling. Now it's batting." http://wapo.st/qyQlfF
It just keeps getting weirder.
Posted by: 80sBaby at July 27, 2011 09:33 PM (o2lIv)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 27, 2011 09:33 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: Theresa at July 28, 2011 01:29 AM (mo1uZ)
That can be almost as funny - trying to come up with the most lame flame you can think up...
Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2011 09:34 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 27, 2011 09:35 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 28, 2011 01:23 AM (HjxoE)
Honestly? Never seen it! But I picked up a super cheap two pack of A Fistful Of Dollars and A Few Dollars More (haven't watched those yet, either) and I figured, hell, might as well finish the trilogy.
I'm just gonna dye my hair red and go the full Harry Knowles.
Posted by: Robert at July 27, 2011 09:35 PM (4q6A5)
I'm sorry to all for injecting politics on this thread.
Now, War, what's happening brother? We used to crank the ONT up.
I for one say we need to get Herr Mergenholz in here and Ohio Dan.
Posted by: Journolist at July 27, 2011 09:35 PM (Fb9Q0)
Posted by: 80sBaby at July 27, 2011 09:36 PM (o2lIv)
Posted by: Journolist at July 27, 2011 09:36 PM (Fb9Q0)
Posted by: Tavaris Jackson at July 27, 2011 09:36 PM (3SeUr)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 28, 2011 01:33 AM (HjxoE)
But remember - if you win the comment flame war at Ace, then ultimate political power is yours!
Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2011 09:37 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: Dick Cheney at July 27, 2011 09:37 PM (HjxoE)
If my understanding of rocks in space travelling near planets, only includes the concepts: ASTEROID or MOON and since nothing in the linked article even remotely suggests that it's going to crash to the Earth and kill us all with tidal waves and shit, it is obvious, to any educated journalist that it must be a MOON!
And don't try to slip in the "Republican Talking Points" about orbits and the ecliptic plane!
Red Herrings!
So, typical though.
Reactionaries, mired in the past with their "Heros" like Gallileo.
He was a war crimes criminal you know. For most of his life, he was government funded to do ballistics research!
Posted by: Ezra Deety Klein at July 27, 2011 09:37 PM (R1GFN)
Posted by: 80sBaby at July 28, 2011 01:33 AM (o2lIv)
Planking?
Owling?
Batting?
I'm gonna invent a new internet trend. I'm gonna call it Get A Jobbing.
Posted by: Robert at July 27, 2011 09:38 PM (4q6A5)
Posted by: Journolist at July 27, 2011 09:38 PM (Fb9Q0)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 28, 2011 01:35 AM (HjxoE)
Its probably all the same trend - lying to easily duped reporters.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2011 09:38 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 27, 2011 09:40 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: Ezra Deety Klein at July 28, 2011 01:37 AM (R1GFN)
Well if its at the L3 or L5 points, its not really near the earth, since it forms an equilateral triangle with it and the sun. And one of the other points is even farther off.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2011 09:41 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 28, 2011 01:40 AM (HjxoE)
Assuming they didn't just make it up out of whole cloth, yeah.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2011 09:42 PM (CN+Qv)
80sBaby, those just don't seem to fit the moron lifestyle. Now extreme ironing, that's a winner. ymmv
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 27, 2011 09:42 PM (ENKCw)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 27, 2011 09:46 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 27, 2011 09:49 PM (HjxoE)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 28, 2011 01:46 AM (HjxoE)
Well, studies say that they do that. And a reputable highly placed source told this reporter "Hell yes me make it up, that's why its so damn boring. Real life is way more interesting than the crap we could dream up"
Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2011 09:50 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: 80sBaby at July 27, 2011 09:51 PM (o2lIv)
Posted by: 80sBaby at July 28, 2011 01:51 AM (o2lIv)
The Onion has a lot of video too.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2011 09:52 PM (CN+Qv)
Posted by: A. Weiner, Twitterpated Loser at July 27, 2011 09:53 PM (mo1uZ)
Though really, our problems lie closer to Jesus leaving Chicago (and settling in DC).
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 27, 2011 09:54 PM (ENKCw)
Anybody know a good toy sales website where I can go spend a bucketload of money on Thomas the Tank Engine stuff for my local low-income daycare?
I know the stuff won't last a week but I'll send a copy of the receipt to that liberal rag just to send them into a tizzy. It'll do more good than sending the same amount to the RNC.
Posted by: hobbes at July 27, 2011 09:55 PM (LmOsD)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 27, 2011 09:56 PM (HjxoE)
Tucked In: 1905
Circa 1905. "Freighters in winter quarters." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company.
Public Square: 1900
Circa 1900. "City Square. Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Cleveland." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company.
Old Cold: 1905
Circa 1905. "A winter morning (possibly Detroit, Michigan)." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company.
Posted by: 80sBaby at July 27, 2011 09:57 PM (o2lIv)
And with that, I'm outta here. Have a good night, everybody! (Just realized I left my stoopid sock on in my last post, drat!)
Posted by: Theresa at July 27, 2011 09:57 PM (mo1uZ)
Posted by: hobbes at July 27, 2011 09:58 PM (LmOsD)
Posted by: 80sBaby at July 27, 2011 10:02 PM (o2lIv)
Glad to hear from you and that you are keeping yourself safe. Man, I cannot imagine your grief from losing your child. That rates the worst on the grieving adjustment scale, as you expect your children to outlive you.
May you find the inner strength to cope with your loss.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 27, 2011 10:07 PM (ENKCw)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 27, 2011 10:08 PM (HjxoE)
You sound angry. Lithium give out?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 27, 2011 10:09 PM (DEcmU)
Posted by: 80sBaby at July 27, 2011 10:12 PM (o2lIv)
Posted by: hobbes at July 27, 2011 10:17 PM (LmOsD)
Hi Hobbes.
Sounds like I have lived some of what you have. How long has it been for you, since you said goodbye?
Looking to see you on here after this.
Posted by: Who Knows at July 27, 2011 10:25 PM (1cx/R)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 27, 2011 10:27 PM (HjxoE)
So it is,
In so much that the prime reason we joined up in the AOSHQ to let our hair down and walk the wild side of the blogg-o-sphear in realitive anonymity and fun...or because the feds had not caught up with us for previous offence,
I read a sense of family here...fully abhorrent to the code of the Jolly Roger but none the less...something I am happy to be a part of...
Good Night....you FUCKING MAGNIFICENT M & M 's
Posted by: Richard at July 27, 2011 10:28 PM (BNnU3)
Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 27, 2011 10:35 PM (HjxoE)
Eh. It's not that bad, I don't imagine...
You're an 80's Baby, I might have baby-sat you, back in the days of "Baby on Board" signs. (Look them up, one of my client families, when I was 13 actually HAD one, on their VOLVO!!!)
Must mean that I am a '70's Baby even though I only really rember being a kid from about 1980 onwards.
This is playground antics!
Sure, it was nice to see them tear up the asphalt and replace it with sand/or woodchips for my charges but it got too weird when they banned real slides and actual swing-sets!
It's just sad to see 20 yr. olds, getting out of their system, what should have happened, between the ages of 8-14!
I was certainly never really one of the jungle gym kamikazis, in Grade or Middle School but yeah sure, even I got road-rash, I went too high up on trees, scooted down into basement crawl-spaces between units, learned to foil simple locks, swung on rotting ropes from haylofts in desserted Barns...
And I was a "prissy-pants"!
Boarding, Owling?
Meh.
I thought it was funny as hell, to get 8 kids (4 on each-side) to accurately mime playing Tug-O-War across the 40 mph straight away, that led into our quiet subdivision of cul-de-sacs in burgeoning Naperville so that their tires would make an Eeeert! sound!
(Yeah, that was pretty evil. Looking back, as a driver. And knowing that they didn't have ABS or Air-Bags in those days! But, I was 9... )
One of the cussiest neighbors we ever got though, (I thought he would KILL us!) would later help us out. If a car was sufficiently behind him, he would brake, then speed up on purpose, and "break the rope" sending us all reeling from the shock by the banks of the road, to play dead in gruesome positions. I don't know why, but it was terribly fun to "horrify" our elders that way.
Meh, eventually, the commuters started to expect the fake Tug-O-War Game as a sort of "Welcome Home Pop!" and then it got boring, so we stopped doing it but for special occaisions.
Kids will be kids...
I say, let them do it when they are 8 rather than 48!
Posted by: Deety is a better live Chicken... at July 27, 2011 10:39 PM (R1GFN)
He asked them to play the Beer Barrel Polka ... that his family, friends, and co-worker might remember how much they all laughed together.
Not the same as losing a child though, especially one too young to articulate any such thoughts ...
Anyway, for those you remember the age of folk/rock fusion:
To Everything a Season ...
Posted by: Adriane at July 27, 2011 10:43 PM (L9W0l)
Who Knows - it's been over six years now, April 25, 2005. I was in Iraq at the time, doing the same thing I'm doing now in Afghanistan, training and advising local police officers.
tbm - thank you, strength comes with time, I assure you I was a complete mess for a long time and considered suicide more than once. I am blessed to have a large and loving family that carried me through the pain and helped to to realize that sucide is the most seflish of acts and would only transfer my own pain onto those still living who love me.
Again, right now my thoughts are with steevy and the pain he/she is suffering. I only hope that some of my words are comforting and can be of help during this time of grief. It does get better, and the intense pain does fade, though it may not seem like ever will right now.
Posted by: hobbes at July 27, 2011 10:46 PM (LmOsD)
I cannot express my gratitude to you and yours for what you do. Truly, I can't . But, know that not a day goes by, that my heart and hearth doesn't give thanks to you and your "family" for what you do, what you sacrifice and what you mean to us and this country. Posted by: twiceblessedmom at July 27, 2011 10:55 PM (HjxoE)
Thomas the Tank Engine isn't just stories. Kids who have the actual toy tracks and trains play with one object only: to crash them. Maybe that's why liberals hate it. It's too much good old fashioned destructo-fun.
Posted by: arhooley at July 27, 2011 11:09 PM (YBUva)
As everyone else here has said, you never were that funny but pull up a chair and sit by the fire here as long as you want to.
We, all of us fake internet friends, will do everything we can to warm you.
I don't know about being funneh and grieving.
I just know that I can't manage it in a balanced way, when the waves hit too strong.
So, uhm....
I dunno, if you feel like being funneh, try it out here on the ONT, first!
No one says you have to be funny or insightful or ANYTHING though...
THERE ARE NO STANDARDS ON THIS BLOG!!!
Just be you, even with all of your loose shit.
I've found AoSHQ to be very forgiving AND very supportful, even though I, never was all that funny, to begin with.
Posted by: Deety is a better live Chicken... at July 27, 2011 11:14 PM (R1GFN)
Posted by: hobbes at July 27, 2011 11:27 PM (LmOsD)
video to flash converter
Posted by: linue at July 28, 2011 12:10 AM (Vhho5)
Reading your posts is kinda like watching a chihuahua on crack. You are all over the place, and I say that in the most sincere way that your posts always make me smile.
Well, as might of I mentioned, I ain't quite been myself for about a yearish now...
As long as I make someone like you smile, looking like "a Chihuahua on crack" , that is good right?
Because, I heard on the John Batchelor show, that Chihuahas are a very popular canine pets nowadays on Wall St. and some of my Veternarian friends are prescribing amphetemines to help with training the pure-breds.
Though, you should always adopt a dog from the ASPCA, if you live in NYC but then again you can't be sure if it is pur- bred, and might need special medications and training, so, best better not, until you know for sure.
/BTW, who the fuck is John Batchelor? Is this an East Coast thing? Do people there listen to him?
Posted by: Deety is Curious but not Biting at July 28, 2011 12:10 AM (R1GFN)
Posted by: Adriane at July 28, 2011 12:19 AM (L9W0l)
I have had subscriptions to 3 separate papers and killed them all because of the liberal crap. It is the same way with magazines. As for internet newspapers the most aggravating thing I find with them is their shitty links that half the time don't work and the WSJ which gives you only part of the story.
Posted by: Vic at July 28, 2011 12:29 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Vic at July 28, 2011 12:34 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: The Dude at July 28, 2011 12:39 AM (Ig1Wo)
Posted by: Adriane at July 28, 2011 12:47 AM (L9W0l)
Posted by: The Dude at July 28, 2011 12:52 AM (Ig1Wo)
Posted by: The Dude at July 28, 2011 12:53 AM (Ig1Wo)
Posted by: CoolCzech at July 28, 2011 02:22 AM (kUaEF)
I was at a big local liquor store and found Evan Williams for $9.99/bottle. Just thought you would want to know that some of us are not being gouged.
My state income taxes and local property taxes are probably three or four times what yours are, all for the privilege of supporting Newark and Camden -- but I get to drown my sorrows in cheap booze!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 28, 2011 02:42 AM (LH6ir)
Or her owner's boyfriend takes his morning advantage!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 28, 2011 02:45 AM (LH6ir)
LOL, I am in the bible belt. Sin is very expensive here. I had my wife get me some of that Evan Williams the last time she was down in Myrtle Beach with MIL hitting all the outlet stores. They have a COSCO there and the prices are lower than here, but it was still about $25/bottle (1.75L)
Posted by: Vic at July 28, 2011 02:52 AM (M9Ie6)
And we're going to block the Boehner Blank Check plan because it isn't quite blank enough yet.
Posted by: Senate Democrats don't think the socialist DOPers have been compromising enough at July 28, 2011 02:57 AM (sOXQX)
Luckily the government is taking care of you by not allowing interstate shipment of hard liquor. Don't you feel safe knowing that the unelected clerks are smarter than the market? If they weren't doing their jobs and restricting trade, you would be able to purchase liquor at the best price! You might drink more, and we can't have that.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 28, 2011 02:59 AM (LH6ir)
All this plavex with aspirin for the last 5 years is causing problems. The aspirin causes stomach problems and constipation. So I switched to Bufferin and started taking stool softeners every day for the past two months. Well, I quit with those after the bleeding started and this morning all the bleeding is totally gone. Turns out you're not supposed to take these things longer than a week and bleeding is a side effect.
But I am sure the doctors will have a different opinion. May have to apply the Willy Nelson adage; "There's more old drunks than there are old Doctors, so I'll have another drink".
Posted by: Vic at July 28, 2011 02:59 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Vic at July 28, 2011 03:00 AM (M9Ie6)
My dad did basic training in PA, with a fair number of Southerners. One weekend he was given some moonshine by one of them, who assured him that it was a "family" batch and there was no worry about safety.
He said it was damned good!
The pleasures of life is what makes it worth living, so there is very little point to eliminating those pleasures for the sake of a statistically small increase in lifespan.
That's why I drink and eat what I want.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 28, 2011 03:08 AM (LH6ir)
Newt Gingrich's generation politically assassinated every freshman Conservative sent to Washington to cut the budget. It's not the first time fiscal conservatives are isolated in Congress before the session breaks for summer, before a looming "default" that no official will recognize. But this time American voters are solidly behind what the Senate has strangled, CCB.
This end game can't go bust.
This is where Michele Bachmann should have been effectively lobbying full time with Rand Paul for those CCB congressional pressure on Senate votes all along. Being the leader of a caucus has responsibilities, unless Tea Party Caucus is just a meaningless lapel pin or resume fluff /along with potus candidate fluff/.
A potus campaign video of Bachmann as Nancy Reagan promising she'll "just say no" isn't adequate for these immediate circumstances. Better than nothing isn't enough. Just as TARP broke McCain's potus ambitions, this will break the American voters' choice for anyone but Obama generic GOP presidential candidate.
Posted by: maverick muse at July 28, 2011 03:20 AM (lpWVn)
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