July 16, 2011
— Dave in Texas Lemme tell you something about Luckies. If you want to cough for the next four decades (assuming you make it past the treatments), fire up a pack of Luckies every day.
I used to swipe these from my grandpa. Because dad smoked Salems (GAH! ACK!). These are less throat irritating than, oh, say, the barbed cock of Satan (I'm guessing here, I haven't sold my soul yet. YET.) They are not, what's the word I'm lookin for here, smoove. Yes. They are not smooove.
Some outstanding Americans prefer the smoke of the grill, and serving other Americans.
(with apologies to whomever linked that today and my "Hanoi Jane" link too, my stupid memory can't recall.. but I didn't find this, it was sent)
You know what was my absolute favorite moment of the 2010 conservative landslide? Lt. Col. Allen West, USArmy(ret) winning an election to the Congress.
He'd go through hell with a gas can for us, and I'd go with him.
When you absolutely, positively, have to deliver it over a mile and a quarter, Sgt. Nick Ranstad, USArmy can deliver the mail. 2065 meters even.
via Andy, a known assassin (and off the grid cause of his tip.)
Completely awkward BBC "guest commenter" moment. "I am not Ben Walker, and I know nothing about baseball. Other than that, I'm your guy."
tipped from Drew(RINO)M. Thank God I get help with this crap tonight. I couldn't do it by myself.
The end times are near, when organic arugula hits a buck or more, a... ok I don't know how it's measured.. a basket.
via sarahk47, who is busy taking care of a little kid so she can't bust on me here, she has no time for that nonsense.
Happy saturday night you idiots. Spreadin the love all around. All around.
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Posted by: joncelli at July 16, 2011 06:34 PM (Nvw83)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 16, 2011 06:34 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Robert at July 16, 2011 06:34 PM (4q6A5)
Posted by: Fred Clogenstein at July 16, 2011 06:35 PM (eKuOw)
What the hell is arugula anyway?
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a. at July 16, 2011 06:35 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: Robert at July 16, 2011 06:36 PM (4q6A5)
What the hell is arugula anyway?
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a. at July 16, 2011 10:35 PM (afWhQ)
Commie food.
Posted by: Robert at July 16, 2011 06:36 PM (4q6A5)
Posted by: lowandslow at July 16, 2011 06:37 PM (GZitp)
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a.
It's a leafy vegetable, much like our present Chief Executive.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...... at July 16, 2011 06:37 PM (sJTmU)
Did not like gratuitous mentions/pictures of the current POTUS at the beginning, however. I wish they'd had a fake president instead of the real one. It 1) dates the movie and 2) I hate the JEF.
Oh, and Megan Fox's character was far more interesting than Rosie Whatsherface. At least Megan Fox was a fighter. Rosie Whatsherface spends most of her time screaming (and not the good kind).
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 16, 2011 06:37 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 16, 2011 10:35 PM (YxBuk)
heh
Posted by: robtr at July 16, 2011 06:38 PM (MtwBb)
Sign the attendance sheet and pass it to the moron next to you, just like last night
Posted by: ONT Attendance Sheet at July 16, 2011 06:38 PM (so1xa)
Primped, preened and ready to party! Victoria Silvstedt lives it up in St Tropez
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 16, 2011 06:39 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Insomniac at July 16, 2011 06:39 PM (errGk)
Will the moron fantasy football league be back this fall?
So you will be playing for second as well?
Posted by: Delta Smelt at July 16, 2011 06:39 PM (A0VTZ)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 16, 2011 10:37 PM (YxBuk)
What did you think of the 3D?
Posted by: Robert at July 16, 2011 06:39 PM (4q6A5)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 16, 2011 06:40 PM (bxiXv)
Sign the attendance sheet and pass it to the moron next to you, just like last night
Posted by: ONT Attendance Sheet at July 16, 2011 10:38 PM
Here
Posted by: Al Coholic at July 16, 2011 06:40 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: steevy at July 16, 2011 06:40 PM (d2lph)
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a.
It's a leafy vegetable, much like our present Chief Executive.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...... at July 16, 2011 10:37 PM (sJTmU)
This is incorrect. I like arugula. It's a leafy vegetable with a peppery bite. It's delicious. You can even use it to make an awesome pesto.
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at July 16, 2011 06:40 PM (otfJ1)
Posted by: thunderb at July 16, 2011 06:40 PM (dKoD1)
Sorry to hear that. God be with you and your family.
Posted by: Robert at July 16, 2011 06:41 PM (4q6A5)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 16, 2011 06:41 PM (c0A3e)
17 What the hell is arugula anyway?
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a.
arugula: n - a common vegetable, found throughout suburbia ... commonly known as "grass clippings"
See: lawnmowers, thatch, rakes, areas used by dogs to empty themsleves
Posted by: Arbalest at July 16, 2011 06:42 PM (Sk7To)
It's great - to be - a Tennessee Vol.
Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at July 16, 2011 06:42 PM (eJSaz)
Posted by: moki at July 16, 2011 06:42 PM (dZmFh)
So you will be playing for second as well?
Posted by: Delta Smelt at July 16, 2011 10:39 PM (A0VTZ)
Nope, I going to do what I did last year. First 3 weeks, unbeatable, middle of the season couldn't win, unbeatable the last 3 weeks.
Long story short, I will be playing for the top spot in the middle of the pack.
Posted by: MrCaniac ashamed at July 16, 2011 06:42 PM (eKuOw)
I really hate 3D as a movie gimmick so I didn't see it in 3D. Seeing it in regular ol' 2D, I don't think the 3D would have added anything.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 16, 2011 06:43 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: robtr at July 16, 2011 06:43 PM (MtwBb)
Oh, steevy. That's really sad. I'm really sorry.
I lost my Mom last year. There really aren't any words that will fill that void.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...... at July 16, 2011 06:43 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: kbdabear at July 16, 2011 06:43 PM (so1xa)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 16, 2011 06:44 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: Moron at July 16, 2011 06:44 PM (Fb9Q0)
Sign the attendance sheet and pass it to the moron next to you, just like last night
Posted by: ONT Attendance Sheet at July 16, 2011 10:38 PM
Here!
Posted by: Rosie Palm at July 16, 2011 06:44 PM (eKuOw)
Posted by: CDR M at July 16, 2011 06:45 PM (Ybl9g)
Posted by: Basement Cat at July 16, 2011 06:45 PM (4rA+7)
Posted by: steevy at July 16, 2011 06:45 PM (d2lph)
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a. at July 16, 2011 06:45 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: chemjeff at July 16, 2011 06:45 PM (QAJGa)
Posted by: Insomniac at July 16, 2011 06:45 PM (errGk)
Posted by: MrCaniac at July 16, 2011 06:46 PM (eKuOw)
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at July 16, 2011 06:46 PM (otfJ1)
Posted by: steevy at July 16, 2011 10:40 PM (d2lph)
Prayers steevy. No words really. Hang in there and keep battling.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at July 16, 2011 06:46 PM (dWPyO)
Should be over next week. Heard on the radio today that it's pretty much done, they just need to hammer out the exact language and make sure that the i's are dotted and the t's are crossed.
Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at July 16, 2011 06:47 PM (eJSaz)
Posted by: steevy at July 16, 2011 06:47 PM (d2lph)
Posted by: CDR M at July 16, 2011 06:47 PM (Ybl9g)
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a. at July 16, 2011 06:48 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: joncelli at July 16, 2011 06:48 PM (Nvw83)
Posted by: Aaron Burr at July 16, 2011 06:48 PM (nl/NH)
Long story short, I will be playing for the top spot in the middle of the pack.
I just want to do better than my Broncos will, which shouldn't be hard.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at July 16, 2011 06:48 PM (dWPyO)
It's a leafy vegetable, much like our present Chief Executive.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...... at July 16, 2011 10:37 PM (sJTmU)
Is it bitter, too?
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a. at July 16, 2011 06:48 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: CDR M at July 16, 2011 10:45 PM (Ybl9g)
It will be over by Thursday. I was listening to the NFL station on XM and they pretty much have hammered everything out. Everything else is just a formality.
Me likey the pay league idea.
Posted by: MrCaniac at July 16, 2011 06:48 PM (eKuOw)
Posted by: Skookumchuk at July 16, 2011 06:49 PM (btzPD)
Posted by: kbdabear at July 16, 2011 06:50 PM (so1xa)
Thanks-- it is Caturday after all. DiT dropped the (hair)ball on that one.
Posted by: Basement Cat at July 16, 2011 06:50 PM (4rA+7)
Posted by: Crusty at July 16, 2011 06:50 PM (e/u95)
Posted by: CDR M at July 16, 2011 06:50 PM (Ybl9g)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 16, 2011 10:43 PM (YxBuk)
Oh yeah, 3D mostly sucks. Most filmmakers are just making movies and if the 3D just happens to come out well, so much the better. But Michael Bay is just the right kind of lunatic to do his best to make it work. And I think it does by and large. Take the scene where they jump out of the Ospreys in those...what, flying squirrel suits? I don't know what you call 'em. It looked really cool. Now not every second needs the 3D, certainly, but the action sequences come out looking pretty durned good.
Posted by: Robert at July 16, 2011 06:50 PM (4q6A5)
Only in my town, I suppose.
"There's no word why she touched the agent.
Mihamae now faces a felony count of sexual abuse."
Huh. Only for me and not for thee? Too bad we can't file sexual abuse charges on the government and it's employees...
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a. at July 16, 2011 06:51 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at July 16, 2011 06:51 PM (eJSaz)
Posted by: Northernlurker at July 16, 2011 06:51 PM (yVsjm)
Posted by: buzz bannister at July 16, 2011 06:51 PM (l+A+v)
Posted by: t-bird at July 16, 2011 06:51 PM (FcR7P)
I've decided it's about time I dropped the D from my name. I'm at least a B+. Maybe even an A-.
Posted by: Theresa at July 16, 2011 06:51 PM (X9ZEo)
Steevy, your mother gifted you with life and you have the wonderful memories of her.
You are a good man. You need to hear that. And we, the misfitted group of sharp wit and sense, shall tell you that Steevy, in spades.
Posted by: Moron at July 16, 2011 06:52 PM (Fb9Q0)
Posted by: CDR M at July 16, 2011 06:52 PM (Ybl9g)
I just want to do better than my Broncos will, which shouldn't be hard.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at July 16, 2011 10:48 PM (dWPyO)
Middle of the pack will be better than what my Skins do this year.
Posted by: MrCaniac hanging his head in shame at July 16, 2011 06:53 PM (eKuOw)
It's a leafy vegetable, much like our present Chief Executive.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...... at July 16, 2011 10:37 PM (sJTmU)
Does it wilt easily?
Posted by: Basement Cat at July 16, 2011 06:53 PM (4rA+7)
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at July 16, 2011 06:54 PM (otfJ1)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 16, 2011 06:54 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: PaleRider at July 16, 2011 06:54 PM (FBj6Z)
I think 3D makes fight scenes harder to watch too, but maybe that's just me. There was definitely a lot of good fighting in this movie. I don't know why people complain about the action-y aspects of Michael Bay movies. The TF movies have consistently provided plenty of action. I think the second one had more comedy than this one. This one was more straight laced like the first.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 16, 2011 06:55 PM (YxBuk)
what my Skins do this year
I'm a big Shanahan guy, so I'm probably biased, but I think the Skins have a solid future. Keep the faith, for what it is worth. Heh.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at July 16, 2011 06:55 PM (dWPyO)
I think it's measured by the hogshead.
Posted by: Phinn at July 16, 2011 06:55 PM (D0QzD)
Taro did.
Sportster 883 Iron. Always hated Harleys but loved Sportsters. Now I've got another Genuine American Icon to go with my Ka-Bar and my 1911.
Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at July 16, 2011 06:56 PM (M+lbD)
Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at July 16, 2011 10:56 PM (M+lbD)
Congrats, what year? I used to have a 69
Posted by: robtr at July 16, 2011 06:57 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: Theresa at July 16, 2011 06:57 PM (X9ZEo)
steevy,
Rest easy in the thought that her struggle is over and now she rests in the arms of our Eternal Father, and the pain of this life has passed.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...... at July 16, 2011 06:58 PM (sJTmU)
I started on stolen Parliaments, then moved to Kools. Then came my Camel/Winston/ period. Then I joined the Army where Marlboros were like $10 a carton at the PX, and it was all over.
I still smoke, probably always will, fuck it.
Posted by: Jones at July 16, 2011 07:00 PM (8sCoq)
I hope she is at peace now.
My thoughts are with you and yours.
Posted by: mpurinTexas supports Rick Perry, bitch at July 16, 2011 07:00 PM (J4Pnx)
Posted by: Theresa at July 16, 2011 07:01 PM (X9ZEo)
Posted by: moki at July 16, 2011 07:01 PM (dZmFh)
Posted by: Dell at July 16, 2011 07:01 PM (3S10h)
Anyone else get the sense the house republicans are going to et tu brutus us over the debt ceiling debate i.e. give in and let their words simply fall flat?
Posted by: Moron at July 16, 2011 07:01 PM (Fb9Q0)
Physicians say Luckies are less irritating. Theologians say they're magic! Smoke a Lucky today and find out why rocket scientists say the Tooth Fairy prefers Luckies!
Posted by: arhooley at July 16, 2011 07:03 PM (YlTuR)
Oh, don't worry about the action in 3D. Apparently, it takes the brain a couple of seconds longe to perceive the visuals in 3D, so Bay had to change his editing style and filming style a bit. Less quick cutting, less shakey cam, more focus on what's in front of the camera, more visual continuity...it really helped Bay as a filmmaker, actually.
Posted by: Robert at July 16, 2011 07:03 PM (4q6A5)
my father smokes Kool King Menthol's(he's the only white man who does), and i took a few when i was a kid. I thought it was disgusting and have never smoked cigarettes since.
Posted by: Ben at July 16, 2011 07:03 PM (DKV43)
Posted by: Moron at July 16, 2011 11:01 PM (Fb9Q0)
yes- if there's a cave out there, Boner & Co will find it and set up camp
Posted by: Jones at July 16, 2011 07:04 PM (8sCoq)
Thanks, moki. I'm trying to keep the whining down to a low pitch. I feel like I can't whine too much because I'm the dumbass who wore sandals to Home Depot. Still can't figure out why there was that idiocy when I brought gloves to protect my hands.
I'm feeling rather sheepish.
Baaaah.
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at July 16, 2011 07:05 PM (otfJ1)
Posted by: Hrothgar at July 16, 2011 07:05 PM (yrGif)
My grandmother smoked Kool's. She just turned 100. Coincidence?
Posted by: t-bird at July 16, 2011 10:51 PM
"Kool" is "100" backwards! With a bonus K.
Posted by: arhooley at July 16, 2011 07:05 PM (YlTuR)
Okay, if 3D will kill the use of shaky cam I am all for it! Worst. Invention. In film making. I'll take lens flares over fucking shaky cams.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 16, 2011 07:06 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: dagny at July 16, 2011 07:08 PM (de/uf)
Actually he did and I almost missed it in the middle of my seething over the president giving Shia's character a medal. (No spoilers, promise. This happened at the beginning of the movie.)
In this one the administration (through Frances McDormond - who didn't get hers like the guy in the second one did, much to my disappointment) pretty much surrendered to the enemy and let the enemy takeover before the military and the rest of the good guys took fighting back into their own hands.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 16, 2011 07:08 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 16, 2011 07:09 PM (YxBuk)
My grandfather rolled his own well into his 98th year.
I'm surprised rolling ones own cigarettes isn't more popular considering you get to evade all the cigarette taxes when you do that.
Posted by: Ben at July 16, 2011 07:09 PM (DKV43)
'Erekat: Abbas to personally ask UN for state recognition'
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 16, 2011 07:10 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Hrothgar at July 16, 2011 07:11 PM (yrGif)
lol, I know how the books end so I imagine it's the same as the movie. :p
I'll probably see it next weekend or the weekend after. I saw TF3 today instead because I didn't feel like waiting in line to see a showing of HP and I hate packed theatres.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 16, 2011 07:11 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: Ben at July 16, 2011 11:09 PM (DKV43)
no you don't!
Posted by: Jones at July 16, 2011 07:11 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: chemjeff at July 16, 2011 11:09 PM (QAJGa)
That doesn't sound good. May I suggest some Bombay Sapphire stirred with a tiny bit of vermouth and the fruit/veg garnish of your choice?
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at July 16, 2011 07:11 PM (otfJ1)
Posted by: Theresa at July 16, 2011 07:11 PM (X9ZEo)
Oh and pro tip - Don't take two 6 year old little girls to a PG-13 movie that's 2 hours and 45 minutes long. Seriously. No one wants to hear them chattering throughout the whole damned movie.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 16, 2011 11:09 PM
Mommy, what happened to that black-haired lady's eyes?
Posted by: Six-year-old-girl in movie theater at July 16, 2011 07:11 PM (YlTuR)
All I am gonna say is, a guy who named his fantasy football team after a baseball player finished 3rd.
Keyes Vs. Roemer, Fantasy Football Edition???
Delta Smelt would like to introduce his 2011 squad....The Buddy Roamers!!!
Posted by: Delta Smelt at July 16, 2011 07:12 PM (dWPyO)
Posted by: Jones at July 16, 2011 07:12 PM (8sCoq)
lol, I know how the books end so I imagine it's the same as the movie. :p
I know how the book ends, too, and I will tell you this: The movie either does or does not follow the book.
Posted by: arhooley at July 16, 2011 07:13 PM (YlTuR)
Jones,
You do. I swears it.
Really. A lot of roll your own cigarettes stores are popping up for that very reason.
Obviously you have to pay the regular sales tax, but you don't have to pay all those special cigarette taxes
Posted by: Ben at July 16, 2011 07:14 PM (DKV43)
I heard at the end of the last Harry Potter movie he goes on a shooting spree at a police station and dies in a hail of bullets
Posted by: Jones at July 16, 2011 11:12 PM
SPOILER WARNING:
Either that happens, or something else does.
Posted by: arhooley at July 16, 2011 07:15 PM (YlTuR)
Posted by: Theresa at July 16, 2011 07:15 PM (X9ZEo)
Really. A lot of roll your own cigarettes stores are popping up for that very reason.
Wait until the state and feds figure this out and invent all kinds of creative ways to tax the components of the home-rolled cigarettes.
But wait a minute - since cigarette taxes are used to pay for children's heath care and other myriad social things, isn't it morally imperative to smoke for "the children"?
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 16, 2011 07:16 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 16, 2011 07:16 PM (JMmQ9)
Can anybody help a nerd out here?
Does anyone know of a budget or deficit simulator that gives you leeway to cut out whole government programs? My Facebook friends have been posting simulators where it's impossible to not have a crushing debt and deficit.
I say they lack imagination. Where's the simulator that lets you disband the Dept of Education, the Dept of Homeland Security, the TSA, etc?
I find the premise of the calculators people are using interesting. Yes, the debt and deficit cannot be overcome without Christie-esque levels of cuts. It's either that, or collapse...
Posted by: Palandine at July 16, 2011 07:16 PM (g7D8V)
With names like that, we are gonna finish last and next to last
Perhaps. I think we can beat out the team named after Christine O'Donnell though.
(Obligatory ducking)
Posted by: Delta Smelt at July 16, 2011 07:17 PM (dWPyO)
omg, my sister's pacifist douche Obama-voting friend wishes she didn't live on "Killian Street." Names like that promote violence.
Posted by: arhooley at July 16, 2011 07:18 PM (YlTuR)
Posted by: Yoshi at July 16, 2011 07:18 PM (8Zpuz)
I'm a big Shanahan guy, so I'm probably biased, but I think the Skins have a solid future. Keep the faith, for what it is worth. Heh.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at July 16, 2011 10:55 PM (dWPyO)
Is there a free agent market for owners so we can cut ours loose?
Posted by: NC Ref at July 16, 2011 10:56 PM (/izg2)
Snyder's meddling in player selection has been the problem. He fancies himself the next Jerry Jones, but he doesn't realize that Jerry Jones had a shitload of high draft picks and Jimmy Johnson.
Shanahan is trying to build a team, and I can only hope Snyder is patient.
Posted by: MrCaniac lifelong Skins fan at July 16, 2011 07:19 PM (eKuOw)
Posted by: moki at July 16, 2011 07:19 PM (dZmFh)
Wait until the state and feds figure this out and invent all kinds of creative ways to tax the components of the home-rolled cigarettes.
Yeah, but they haven't figured it out yet.
Another "scam" people are doing involved those presidential dollar coins.
Let's say you have a credit card that gives you air miles, well they goverment is so desperate to get those dollar coins into circulation, they will let you buy them at cost and won't charge you a dime for shipping.
So people would buys thousands of dollars in gold coins and then go down to the local bank and exchange them for cash, or have them deposited in their checking account. They would then pay their Credit Card bill with that money.
So they would get a ton of airline miles and it wouldn't cost them anything that a little phyiscal effort.
Posted by: Ben at July 16, 2011 07:19 PM (DKV43)
Posted by: Theresa at July 16, 2011 11:15 PM (X9ZEo)
the latest is Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, and Drew Brees have all endorsed the proposed CBA. The owners have made some concessions on free agency questions. Bottom line is, no one wants to kill the cash cow that is the NFL.
There Will Be Football
Posted by: Jones at July 16, 2011 07:20 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: USS Diversity at July 16, 2011 07:20 PM (Jyt+i)
FIFY
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 16, 2011 11:16 PM (JMmQ9)
I was going to go there after three months of non-employment but I'm working again. I need to google "how to make homemade gin" because the coming catastrophe is really going to hurt my evening plans.
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at July 16, 2011 07:20 PM (otfJ1)
omg, my sister's pacifist douche Obama-voting friend wishes she didn't live on "Killian Street." Names like that promote violence.
She probably prefers to live on Lenin Lane or Stalin Street, right?
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 16, 2011 07:20 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: RovingCopyEditor at July 16, 2011 07:21 PM (/S5ss)
Posted by: Ben at July 16, 2011 07:21 PM (DKV43)
Posted by: moki at July 16, 2011 07:22 PM (dZmFh)
Posted by: chemjeff at July 16, 2011 07:22 PM (QAJGa)
Posted by: Shame The Shameless at July 16, 2011 07:22 PM (dh5Eu)
Why is she racist against the Irish?
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 16, 2011 07:25 PM (YxBuk)
Read something hilarious.
Here are some funny parts:
I was recently asked by Michelle Obama to share my thoughts on how the 2012 Democratic National Convention, being held in my hometown of Charlotte, NC, might be unique and more appealing to the masses. I had a few minutes to reflect on this and respond, but I feel like I passed up a really great opportunity, because immediately after I responded, I realized a much more profound and positive way that the DNC could reach out to the masses: LEAD BY EXAMPLE.
. . .
Here is my proposal: Pick the building that will house the main DNC events in Charlotte and solar panel it. (Charlotte will love this as they are working their butts off to re-imagine the city as a "green" leader!) Then work with the American car companies we all recently bailed out to secure a fleet of electric vehicles for all the officials attending the DNC. Get some of these companies to build a new high security electric/bio-diesel hybrid bus that can carry the President and his family to the event. Get bio-diesel companies to recycle McDonald's grease in a public event showcasing environmental cross-commercial endeavors. Make a big show of everyone arriving at the DNC in these electric cars and when they all get there, they should step out of the cars and plug them into charging stations that are run off of 100% wind power or solar electric from the buildings roof top. Also, to really connect with the youth, get companies like Brammo, who make sexy all electric motorcycles, on board so some officials and DNC attendants can arrive on these and also plug them into the electric charging stations.
Posted by: arhooley at July 16, 2011 07:25 PM (YlTuR)
>Thanks for the info re football, Mallamutt and Jones
no prob. Live Long and Have a High Turnover ratio.
Posted by: Jones at July 16, 2011 07:26 PM (8sCoq)
FWIW, I turned 48 today, and immediately started having arthritis pains in my fingers, as in, 6:05 a when I woke up (Big dogs who needed to pee.) Typing is actually difficult now. I will whine with you. I had a major blonde moment a couple of years ago. I not only closed the door of my old 'vette on my thumb, the door was locked. That wasn't the blonde moment. That came when the bottle of water I'd put on the roof (so I could get the key out of my purse to unlock the door to rescue my thumb) tipped over and started rolling. I leaned forward to grab the water bottle and closed the door one more notch on my thumb. I can always tell when bad weather is on its way. I now have arthritis pain in that thumb. Much sympathy for your new pain.
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at July 16, 2011 07:26 PM (otfJ1)
I find the premise of the calculators people are
using interesting. Yes, the debt and deficit cannot be overcome without
Christie-esque levels of cuts. It's either that, or collapse.. Posted by: Palandine
The assumptions that the calculators contain are proof of their political nature. Try finding one that allows for sale of assets. The Fed is sitting on over $3 trillion dollars of assets it could pare back. Wireless frequencies, land, $170 billion dollars of TARP purchases, oil & mineral rights, etc.
Think about that last one; if the Fed were to go have a firesale on oil & mineral rights can you imagine the impact it would have? The economy would jump overnight. Oil would drop and fucking jobs for fuck sake.
It takes more and more self-control these days in the face of such a ridiculous entity as the Federal government.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 16, 2011 07:28 PM (/9Ezq)
Racist.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 16, 2011 07:28 PM (YxBuk)
Ack. I had formatting fail. Let me try that again.
188 165 125-Ima, whine away. Stuff happens, sometimes it's our own fault, but it still hurts when a big, dang rock falls on your foot.FWIW, I turned 48 today, and immediately started having arthritis pains in my fingers, as in, 6:05 a when I woke up (Big dogs who needed to pee.) Typing is actually difficult now. I will whine with you. I had a major blonde moment a couple of years ago. I not only closed the door of my old 'vette on my thumb, the door was locked. That wasn't the blonde moment. That came when the bottle of water I'd put on the roof (so I could get the key out of my purse to unlock the door to rescue my thumb) tipped over and started rolling. I leaned forward to grab the water bottle and closed the door one more notch on my thumb. I can always tell when bad weather is on its way. I now have arthritis pain in that thumb. Much sympathy for your new pain.
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at July 16, 2011 07:28 PM (otfJ1)
Posted by: CMU VET at July 16, 2011 07:29 PM (ZJIOs)
Ben you heard about that trick too?
Yeah, i read about it on some news site somewhere. I can't remember where. I hope it wasn't the HQ and I'm just rehashing something everyone here knows
Posted by: Ben at July 16, 2011 07:29 PM (DKV43)
Posted by: arhooley at July 16, 2011 11:25 PM (YlTuR)
Glad to here that Charlotte has all it's problems with the poor, shitty schools, crime and buget deficits ironed out so they can pay for that show.
Posted by: robtr at July 16, 2011 07:29 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: Theresa at July 16, 2011 11:15 PM (X9ZEo)
All the big issues have been settled. All that is left is for the lawyers to draw up the paperwork, and the owners and union to ratify. They really don't have to have the actual agreement drawn up because all they really need is the framework, which has been agreed upon.
Back when I worked in sports, we had a situation pretty similar, and we came to an agreement with the union 3 weeks before the season started. We started the season with the framework of the agreement as the guide while the attorneys hammered out the final draft.
Posted by: MrCaniac optimistic for once at July 16, 2011 07:30 PM (eKuOw)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 16, 2011 07:30 PM (YxBuk)
Uh, one of these things is not like the other.
I'm betting that Segways can go faster than these electric motorcycles.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 16, 2011 07:30 PM (c0A3e)
Snyder's meddling in player selection has been the problem. He fancies himself the next Jerry Jones, but he doesn't realize that Jerry Jones had a shitload of high draft picks and Jimmy Johnson.
Heh. His history with coaches isn't too good either. Especially right out of the gate when he chose Spurrier and let that jackass run up the score with the first team every game during pre-season, then...of course...got his ass kicked every week once the regular season got going.
Posted by: NC Ref at July 16, 2011 07:31 PM (/izg2)
@191 Amen.
It's why I have no sympathy for California. They have 1) oil and 2) gold. If they're so freaking broke, they can exploit their own damn resources and fix it.
Posted by: Palandine at July 16, 2011 07:32 PM (g7D8V)
Posted by: Theresa at July 16, 2011 07:32 PM (X9ZEo)
im so depressed.
and my friends called me antisocial because i would rather talk to him and see his face than go out to dinner i cant afford... i f##king hate people.
Posted by: Gushka at July 16, 2011 07:33 PM (QNeKQ)
Dear Lord. I've seen better proposals from middle schoolers.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 16, 2011 07:33 PM (c0A3e)
If some people could come in and help us ship all the liberals, especially the environazis, to Siberia, it would help immensely.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 16, 2011 07:33 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: Theresa at July 16, 2011 11:32 PM (X9ZEo)
Ha, could you imagine bolting a couple of tons of armor on an electric car?
Posted by: robtr at July 16, 2011 07:34 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at July 16, 2011 07:35 PM (MyByM)
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at July 16, 2011 07:35 PM (otfJ1)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 16, 2011 11:33 PM (YxBuk)
Nope, we sent them to you in the first place. They're yours baby.
Posted by: robtr at July 16, 2011 07:36 PM (MtwBb)
I sent them to WA for revenge. So you know. No take-backsies!
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 16, 2011 07:37 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: RushBabe at July 16, 2011 07:37 PM (Ew27I)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 16, 2011 11:37 PM (YxBuk)
So it WAS you
Posted by: robtr at July 16, 2011 07:38 PM (MtwBb)
Either that happens, or something else does.
Posted by: arhooley
I heard that Voldemort puts on a pair of dark sunglasses and then says , "Ahl be bach!" in a heavy Austrian accented English and rides away on a Harley. Isn't that how it ends?
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...... at July 16, 2011 07:39 PM (sJTmU)
I find the premise of the calculators people are using interesting. Yes, the debt and deficit cannot be overcome without Christie-esque levels of cuts. It's either that, or collapse.. Posted by: Palandine
Maybe you should just play Monopoly.
Posted by: arhooley at July 16, 2011 07:39 PM (YlTuR)
I want to post the ones of the smoker my buddy blew the lid off of. It was pretty awesome -- the lid must weigh about 200 lb. And in addition to blowing it off he also ripped the hinges apart.
I'm glad I wasn't there to see it.
Posted by: Ed Anger at July 16, 2011 07:39 PM (7+pP9)
I heard that Voldemort puts on a pair of dark sunglasses and then says , "Ahl be bach!" in a heavy Austrian accented English and rides away on a Harley. Isn't that how it ends?
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...... at July 16, 2011 11:39 PM (sJTmU)
Nope, I heard he went to New York and married his boyfriend.
Posted by: robtr at July 16, 2011 07:41 PM (MtwBb)
I heard that Voldemort puts on a pair of dark sunglasses and then says , "Ahl be bach!" in a heavy Austrian accented English and rides away on a Harley. Isn't that how it ends?
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...... at July 16, 2011 11:39 PMYou're getting warmer.
Posted by: arhooley at July 16, 2011 07:41 PM (YlTuR)
Flickr? Photo-bucket? Tiny Pic?
Just throwing out a few names.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 16, 2011 07:41 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: thunderb at July 16, 2011 07:42 PM (dKoD1)
Posted by: NC Ref at July 16, 2011 07:42 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: Gushka at July 16, 2011 07:44 PM (QNeKQ)
Wrong. No one knows how it ends. In the last scene, Voldemort, Harry, Roin and Hermonie are at a diner, Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" is playing and then.........the screen goes black.
I'm getting so tempted . . . I'd better go do some calisthenics and watch that thing I DVR'd.
Posted by: arhooley at July 16, 2011 07:45 PM (YlTuR)
Posted by: Grimmy at July 16, 2011 07:45 PM (uUsh9)
Depending on what lotto contest you won, couldn't you get both?
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 16, 2011 07:46 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: steevy at July 16, 2011 10:40 PM (d2lph)
Sorry to hear it. I think you did all that you could possibly have done.
I lost my mother back in '79. It was sudden. All I had to do was react. From you, more was demanded. It's hard.
Posted by: Wm T Sherman at July 16, 2011 07:46 PM (C0Z3w)
Posted by: chemjeff at July 16, 2011 11:46 PM (QAJGa)
Hmm, chemjeff must have got a camaro
Posted by: robtr at July 16, 2011 07:48 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: arhooley at July 16, 2011 11:18 PM
Would she like "Rip Off Your Head & Shit Down Your Neck Boulevard" better?
Posted by: kbdabear at July 16, 2011 07:50 PM (so1xa)
Wrong. No one knows how it ends. In the last scene,
Voldemort, Harry, Roin and Hermonie are at a diner, Journey's "Don't
Stop Believing" is playing and then.........the screen goes black.
Followed by an epilogue crawl explaining that after his ordeal at Hogwarts, Harry spent all his time on the Broadway stage performing roles that required him to ride naked on animals.
/Shamelessly copied and adapted in a half-assed manner from Undead.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 16, 2011 07:51 PM (c0A3e)
sorry to hear about your loss, you gave good noble service to her as a son....
regards,
sven
Posted by: sven10077 at July 16, 2011 07:51 PM (AEIYh)
I'm playing catch-up here.
Happy B-day, Moki! (Even though you said you were outta here for the night.)
Ben - The coin scam was in Forbes and was intended to put Sacajawea $1 coins into circulation. Shipping is NOT free. Mr. RB buys coins from the mint and screwed around with the order form after I showed him the article. $5. As Iowahawk says, Pay up, sucka.
Ima - Is your foot broken? I didn't know Home Depot carried landscap (how one local entrepreneur lettered his sign) boulders.
Posted by: RushBabe at July 16, 2011 07:51 PM (Ew27I)
Heh. His history with coaches
isn't too good either. Especially right out of the gate when he chose
Spurrier and let that jackass run up the score with the first team every
game during pre-season, then...of course...got his ass kicked every
week once the regular season got going.
Posted by: NC Ref at July 16, 2011 11:31 PM (/izg2)
Snyder starts to get things right, but then effs it up. First he fired Norv Turner (yah) and brought in Schottenheimer to fix things. Marty started getting rid of the deadwood, but Snyder fired him so that he could get the "old ball coach". That disaster ended with the hiring of Joe Gibbs. Even Joe couldn't win with Snyder's meddling, which brought about Jim Zorn. I loved Zorn as a man, but Snyder and Cerrato absolutely effed him with their treatment of him.
Which brings us to Shannahan. I pray that Snyder remembers how Jack Kent Cooke used to run the Skins. Chase women Monday through Saturday, show up at the game on Sunday to receive the trophy.
Posted by: MrCaniac missing JKC's Ascot at July 16, 2011 07:51 PM (eKuOw)
Up here in the Bay area, the trendy place for libs to migrate is Oregon. Certainly a trend to be encouraged, from my point of view, but I doubt Oregon will retain its lack of sales tax for long.
I got a real thrill in the last day or so when I read an article talking about how common it is for people in Portland, which is filled with lib-friendly bike lanes, and lib-friendly light rail, to injure themselves on their bicycles when they run into one of those light rail rails. I condemn myself even as I chuckle.
Posted by: Splunge at July 16, 2011 07:52 PM (2IW5Q)
Would she like "Rip Off Your Head & Shit Down Your Neck Boulevard" better?
Posted by: kbdabear at July 16, 2011 11:50 PM
Haha! I'm sending that to my sister.
Posted by: arhooley at July 16, 2011 07:53 PM (YlTuR)
Posted by: Splunge at July 16, 2011 11:52 PM (2IW5Q)
Happens all the time in Seattle too, then they sue the city for putting in the rail lines.
Posted by: robtr at July 16, 2011 07:54 PM (MtwBb)
Iran Ayatollah to visiting Pakistan Pres. Zardari: Pakistan should be Islamic, US is its enemy http://bit.ly/qLfpNR
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 16, 2011 07:54 PM (c0A3e)
I just knew you all would understand. I have been pretty damn upset at not being able to see him and now that i see him i am kind of upset at what i saw. what a mess i am!
guess its a good thing i have you guys.
Posted by: Gushka at July 16, 2011 07:56 PM (QNeKQ)
I wish it were the libs who would leave and stay gone while the conservatives would stay.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 16, 2011 07:56 PM (YxBuk)
You and me both. But it seems that no matter how many we export, the supply doesn't diminish. Strange, considering how little they breed.
Posted by: Splunge at July 16, 2011 07:59 PM (2IW5Q)
As a nightmare it's a bust. It was actually a success for city officials. No traffic nightmares at all today. So credit where credit's due. The word got out and people stayed off the road.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 16, 2011 08:01 PM (YxBuk)
Ima - Is your foot broken? I didn't know Home Depot carried landscap (how one local entrepreneur lettered his sign) boulders.
Posted by: RushBabe at July 16, 2011 11:51 PM (Ew27I)
I don't know. It was more of a stone than a boulder. I've always heard that there's really nothing they can do for a broken foot/toe so I haven't been to my doctor. I'm a bit concerned that I pulled my dumbass move last Saturday and the damned toe is still bleeding (only when I'm on it too much). My smartass cousin offered to call a 'toe truck' for me. The shittiest part is that the only open-toed shoes I have that don't have a heel are flip-flops. Not exactly appropriate for work. Fortunately, I can work from home when necessary. I'm disproportionately saddened by the demise of high heeled sandals and stompy boots.
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at July 16, 2011 08:04 PM (otfJ1)
Posted by: RushBabe at July 16, 2011 08:04 PM (Ew27I)
Posted by: AndrewsDad at July 16, 2011 08:05 PM (OdgKK)
Posted by: Donna at July 16, 2011 08:06 PM (XNmaH)
Posted by: Splice at July 16, 2011 08:06 PM (Fb9Q0)
...pulled my dumbass move last Saturday and the damned toe is still bleeding (only when I'm on it too much).
I'm no doctor, and I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night, but I'd say it could be time to see a doctor and revel in the fact that OgabeCare isn't a reality yet.
Posted by: RushBabe at July 16, 2011 08:06 PM (Ew27I)
Posted by: Theresa at July 16, 2011 08:07 PM (X9ZEo)
Jane Fondue would be good if, after being dipped in hot cheese, was then dipped in feathers. As a parade item.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 16, 2011 08:09 PM (cHZB7)
Chavez surprises with plan to get chemo in Cuba
The removal of Chavez from this mortal plane will be a boon for all freedom-seeking people in Latin America.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 16, 2011 08:09 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at July 16, 2011 08:09 PM (otfJ1)
Posted by: Rex Harrison's Hat at July 16, 2011 08:11 PM (wyLhb)
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at July 16, 2011 08:13 PM (otfJ1)
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 16, 2011 08:14 PM (cHZB7)
Posted by: Rex Harrison's Hat at July 16, 2011 08:15 PM (wyLhb)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 17, 2011 12:01 AM (YxBuk)
Damn. You should have seen our lines, today. Everyone was walking right on. To bad you weren't here. 
Posted by: Star Tours at July 16, 2011 08:15 PM (FZZ94)
I listened to a Navy doc lecture on chemicals today, namely cancer & chemo; fluoridated water and slower kids/increased likelihood of memory problems in adults at younger ages and the mushrooming incidence of Alzheimer's.
He said fluorine is poisonous, but someone in gubbmint decided we need it for our teeth. He thinks it's totally unnecessary and responsible for dumbing down our kids and causing Alzheimer's.
After two of his wife's family members were diagnosed with cancer, he started researching it and is skeptical that the most prosperous country on earth, that devotes billions to medical research, hasn't come close to solving the whole cancer puzzle. Sounds like he's into the whole pharmaceutical conspiracy theory.
Any thoughts?
Posted by: RushBabe at July 16, 2011 08:16 PM (Ew27I)
Posted by: AmishDude at July 16, 2011 08:17 PM (73tyQ)
I am so very, very sorry Steevy.
I lost my Mom earlier this year, it was heartbreaking. I still cry all the time.
My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Posted by: shibumi at July 16, 2011 08:18 PM (z63Tr)
Posted by: RushBabe at July 17, 2011 12:16 AM (Ew27I)
The guy is nuttier than a can of Planter's nuts.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 16, 2011 08:19 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at July 16, 2011 08:19 PM (otfJ1)
>I heard that it ends with Harry Potter waking up next to Suzanne Pleshette.
no no no- it ends when Harry takes off his badge and wings it into the pond, then walks off camera
roll credits
Posted by: Jones at July 16, 2011 08:20 PM (8sCoq)
Diane just showed up @applebee's!
Wait. Is this the one who acted bored on the first date or the one with the short shorts from last night? And what is it about applebees? Don't you have a Friday's or a Chili's or some other place that requires employees to wear flair?
Posted by: RushBabe at July 16, 2011 08:20 PM (Ew27I)
Better that than some of the Harry Potter fan fiction floating around the 'net.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 16, 2011 08:20 PM (c0A3e)
Any thoughts?
Posted by: RushBabe at July 17, 2011 12:16 AM (Ew27I)
Yup, I have them but it is mostly random neuron firings. People have always died from cancer, but more so now that we live so much longer. Fluoride is proven to prevent tooth decay but the main cure is to outlive it. Younger people have more acidic mouths. Get older and your pH shifts.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 16, 2011 08:21 PM (cHZB7)
Any thoughts?
Posted by: RushBabe at July 17, 2011 12:16 AM (Ew27I)
You sure he wasn't a navy dentist? I have a lot of respect for navy docs, navy dentists not so much.
Posted by: robtr at July 16, 2011 08:24 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: kbdabear at July 16, 2011 08:24 PM (so1xa)
He said fluorine is poisonous, but someone in gubbmint decided we
need it for our teeth. He thinks it's totally unnecessary and
responsible for dumbing down our kids and causing Alzheimer's.
Did he show/explain any data?
Oh, and remember - everything is poisonous; the dose is what makes the poison.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 16, 2011 08:24 PM (c0A3e)
omg, my sister's pacifist douche Obama-voting friend wishes she didn't live on "Killian Street." Names like that promote violence.
I'm sure the neighbors would love to help her move.
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at July 16, 2011 08:24 PM (iAutk)
The garden center lady was kind enough to bring her hose over (and put it on mist) so that I could rinse most of the blood away. They gave me a bunch of paper towels to put under my foot so I wouldn't ruin the carpet in my truck.
I have always relied on the kindness of strangahs.
Posted by: Home Depot, looking to avoid a lawsuit at July 16, 2011 08:24 PM (Ew27I)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 16, 2011 08:24 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 16, 2011 08:26 PM (cHZB7)
The garden center lady was kind enough to bring her hose over (and put it on mist) so that I could rinse most of the blood away. They gave me a bunch of paper towels to put under my foot so I wouldn't ruin the carpet in my truck.
I have always relied on the kindness of strangahs.
Posted by: Home Depot, looking to avoid a lawsuit at July 17, 2011 12:24 AM (Ew27I)
I figure that their legal team has an out for dumbasses who wear sandals to load landscaping stones.
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at July 16, 2011 08:26 PM (otfJ1)
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at July 16, 2011 08:27 PM (iAutk)
Ima, once upon a time I had this huge hematoma under my nailbed ; it hurt like a SOB so I finally went to the doc. He drilled a hole in it. I went 'shit', I coulda done that.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 17, 2011 12:14 AM
Very similar story here. In fact, the doc told me I could have done it myself by heating up the end of a paperclip over a stove until it was red and using that as a drill.
However, the doc had numbed my thumb all up. I think it might have hurt a tad if I'd burned clean through my nail and touched hot metal to that subungual tissue.
Posted by: arhooley at July 16, 2011 08:28 PM (YlTuR)
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at July 16, 2011 08:30 PM (otfJ1)
He said fluorine is poisonous, but someone in gubbmint decided we need it for our teeth. He thinks it's totally unnecessary and responsible for dumbing down our kids and causing Alzheimer's.
I heard this a long time ago and, just in case, tried to switch to a brand without fluoride. It's doable, but a challenge, nonetheless.
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at July 16, 2011 08:32 PM (iAutk)
Posted by: RushBabe at July 17, 2011 12:04 AM (Ew27I)
I'm pretty certain he was looking for a real calculator, not a steaming pile of propaganda from the NY Slimes. One with options like:
1. Eliminate every position in the Federal government that didn't exist the last time the budget was balanced.
2. Auction off the District of Columbia to the highest bidder, with the proviso that residents never be allowed to vote on any candidate or measure in the United States.
3. Aggressive zero-based budgeting. If an agency's funding is not included in a timely, balanced budget passed by Congress and signed by the President, every member of that agency meets one final time on the Capitol Mall to collect their termination checks, while their offices and contents are auctioned to private interests.
4. Tax fairness. Every member of congress shall pay twice the usual rate of income tax -- once for being a citizen, and once for thinking it applied to someone else.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 16, 2011 08:32 PM (kaalw)
You sure he wasn't a navy dentist? I have a lot of respect for navy docs, navy dentists not so much.
Nope. He was quite proud of the fact that he was a Navy doc. Oh, and he recommended this book, no, he raved about this book.
Big Pharma is mentioned in the description.
Posted by: RushBabe at July 16, 2011 08:32 PM (Ew27I)
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at July 17, 2011 12:30 AM (otfJ1)
Take six shots of Val-U-Rite and see both of me in the morning.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 16, 2011 08:34 PM (cHZB7)
Posted by: Theresa at July 16, 2011 08:34 PM (X9ZEo)
Ben - The coin scam was in Forbes and was intended to put Sacajawea $1 coins into circulation. Shipping is NOT free. Mr. RB buys coins from the mint and screwed around with the order form after I showed him the article. $5. As Iowahawk says, Pay up, sucka.
Posted by: RushBabe at July 16, 2011 11:51 PM (Ew27I)
Actually, I did it a couple of times with Presidential dollars on Discover. Got my 1% cash back, free shipping, and Andrew Jackson dollars (to celebrate his victory over the Second National Bank of the United States). Worked as advertised. Still have dollar coins left over.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 16, 2011 08:34 PM (kaalw)
Eliminate every position in the Federal government that didn't exist the last time the budget was balanced.
Hah. Never happen. First off, Obama would have to fire all of his BFFs and Michelle would have to give up her entourage.
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at July 16, 2011 08:35 PM (iAutk)
I heard this a long time ago and, just in case, tried to switch to a brand without fluoride. It's doable, but a challenge, nonetheless.
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at July 17, 2011 12:32 AM (iAutk)
He's further along than that, katya. He's upset about the water supply.
Posted by: RushBabe at July 16, 2011 08:35 PM (Ew27I)
Big Pharma is mentioned in the description.
Mr Ly Bollinger - who looks at the medical field as an outsider `looking in' because he is a CPA Accountant by profession.Enough said.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 16, 2011 08:35 PM (c0A3e)
He said fluorine is poisonous, but someone in gubbmint decided we need it for our teeth. He thinks it's totally unnecessary and responsible for dumbing down our kids and causing Alzheimer's.
I heard this a long time ago and, just in case, tried to switch to a brand without fluoride. It's doable, but a challenge, nonetheless.
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at July 17, 2011 12:32 AM (iAutk)
I switched to a non-flouride brand and started having some significant sensitivity. I'm going to count on gin to countereffect the flouride.
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at July 16, 2011 08:36 PM (otfJ1)
Posted by: Jones at July 16, 2011 08:36 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at July 17, 2011 12:30 AM (otfJ1)
Take six shots of Val-U-Rite and see both of me in the morning.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 17, 2011 12:34 AM (cHZB7)
Can I take out a couple of hobos on the way?
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at July 16, 2011 08:37 PM (otfJ1)
However, the doc had numbed my thumb all up. I think it might have hurt a tad if I'd burned clean through my nail and touched hot metal to that subungual tissue.
Posted by: arhooley at July 17, 2011 12:28 AM
My God, man, drilling holes in her thumb is not the answer. The artery must be repaired without delay or she will die! So put away your butcher knives and let me save the patient!
Posted by: Dr Leonard McCoy at July 16, 2011 08:37 PM (so1xa)
He's further along than that, katya. He's upset about the water supply.
Shoot, I heard about that too. Guess I've been studying conspiracy theories about as long as Ron Paul.
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at July 16, 2011 08:39 PM (iAutk)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 17, 2011 12:24 AM (JMmQ9)
The hell with that, we should all meet up at chemjeff's Applebees.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 16, 2011 08:39 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 16, 2011 08:39 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: CAC at July 16, 2011 08:40 PM (JEVge)
We have the venue for Aceapalooza, should it ever occur.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 16, 2011 08:40 PM (c0A3e)
What is the yahoo group? (i thought we were morons/ettes here) and how do you get thar from heah?
Posted by: Shame The Shameless at July 16, 2011 08:40 PM (dh5Eu)
Enough said.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 17, 2011 12:35 AM (c0A3e)
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Too bad you weren't there today to give him the bidness! He's a big galoot of a guy (musclebound, actually) who was so agitated by lots of different stuff that he couldn't get the words out fast enough. BTW, he tells everyone to avoid toxins for treating cancer and says nature provides everything you need.
Posted by: RushBabe at July 16, 2011 08:40 PM (Ew27I)
Your friends here on the ONT are deeply concerned.
Posted by: Dell at July 16, 2011 08:40 PM (3S10h)
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at July 16, 2011 08:41 PM (iAutk)
Posted by: CAC at July 16, 2011 08:41 PM (JEVge)
Enough said.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 17, 2011 12:35 AM (c0A3e)
Good lord! You can't let those CPAs start wandering around spouting opinions!
Posted by: cthulhu at July 16, 2011 08:41 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 16, 2011 08:42 PM (yaqIc)
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 16, 2011 08:43 PM (cHZB7)
Shoot, I heard about that too. Guess I've been studying conspiracy theories about as long as Ron Paul.
Funny you should mention that...Dr. Paul's name came up too. Seems he met with the Bildebergers. At least once. So much for his Constitutional purity.
Have I conveyed the fact that this speaker was all over the map?
Posted by: RushBabe at July 16, 2011 08:44 PM (Ew27I)
'Touche. Sorry cthulhu, I didn't mean to impugn you.
But perhaps this particular CPA who wrote the book should probably read up on some other medical literature before spouting off inaccurate nonsense about cancer and how it can be "cured" with household treatments.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 16, 2011 08:47 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at July 16, 2011 08:47 PM (otfJ1)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 16, 2011 08:47 PM (oWKv8)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 16, 2011 08:47 PM (yaqIc)
The hell with that, we should all meet up at chemjeff's Applebees new house and end the evening passed out under his dining room table, with the tabletop sporting his open laptop, displaying the Ace of Spades HQ cover page.
FIFM
Posted by: RushBabe at July 16, 2011 08:48 PM (Ew27I)
In 1971, one of my stoned college buddies found an old abandoned cigarette machine in an old abandonded building. The cigarettes were like 35 cents a pack. He bought a pack of Lucky Strikes unfiltered. They were at least 10 years old. They were octagonal, and had weevil holes. We smoked them, and they really sucked. That's the only LSMFT (Lucky Strikes Means Fine Tobacco) cigarettes I ever smoked.
Kids, don't smoke crack, or weevil cigarettes.
Posted by: frankly at July 16, 2011 08:49 PM (YfHs/)
fap fap fap crunch fap
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 16, 2011 08:49 PM (cHZB7)
The hell with that, we should all meet up at chemjeff's Applebees new house and end the evening passed out under his dining room table, with the tabletop sporting his open laptop, displaying the Ace of Spades HQ cover page.
FIFM
Posted by: RushBabe at July 17, 2011 12:48 AM (Ew27I)
You forgot stompy boots propped up on the table in front of the AoS coverpage. Damn, Rushbabe. How could you forget that?
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at July 16, 2011 08:50 PM (otfJ1)
Posted by: booger at July 16, 2011 08:51 PM (9RFH1)
It's been a week since the crushing damage and I'm on the 3rd martini.
Jebus Crisco, Ima. I didn't drop anything on my foot but I forged ahead with Captain Morgan's Iced Tea (Long Island, ready to serve). Pure firewater. I finished a tall one a couple hours ago. The headache begins.
Posted by: RushBabe at July 16, 2011 08:51 PM (Ew27I)
Sorry to hear about the foot, hope you get to feeling better soon so you can model those stompy boots for us morons.
Steevy, my condolences even though you have long since left.
Evening roonz and roonettez!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at July 16, 2011 08:52 PM (f4gk9)
Posted by: booger at July 16, 2011 08:54 PM (9RFH1)
You forgot stompy boots propped up on the table in front of the AoS coverpage
Aw, c'mon. CJ didn't have stompy boots in his pix.
Did he?
Posted by: RushBabe at July 16, 2011 08:54 PM (Ew27I)
It's been a week since the crushing damage and I'm on the 3rd martini.
Jebus Crisco, Ima. I didn't drop anything on my foot but I forged ahead with Captain Morgan's Iced Tea (Long Island, ready to serve). Pure firewater. I finished a tall one a couple hours ago. The headache begins.
Posted by: RushBabe at July 17, 2011 12:51 AM (Ew27I)
Chug a glass of water now, even though you don't want it. You'll thank me in the morning.
Hopefully, I'll be in good shape for stompy boots next caturday.
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at July 16, 2011 08:54 PM (otfJ1)
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 16, 2011 08:55 PM (cHZB7)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at July 16, 2011 08:55 PM (f4gk9)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 16, 2011 08:56 PM (yaqIc)
Posted by: booger at July 16, 2011 08:59 PM (9RFH1)
But perhaps this particular CPA who wrote the book should probably read up on some other medical literature before spouting off inaccurate nonsense about cancer and how it can be "cured" with household treatments.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 17, 2011 12:47 AM (c0A3e)
I wasn't feeling impugned. A wack-job is a wack-job is a wack-job, as Gertrude Stein might have said.....that this one managed some small competency with accounting neither bolsters nor erodes his case.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 16, 2011 08:59 PM (kaalw)
Dirty Harry Potter, I like it.
Posted by: AmishDude at July 16, 2011 09:02 PM (73tyQ)
That's a sentence I never thought I'd read. Not only because it rhymes either.
Posted by: AmishDude at July 16, 2011 09:03 PM (73tyQ)
I'd rather have dropped a rock, so I could point to it and go, "see?"
Posted by: cthulhu at July 16, 2011 09:04 PM (kaalw)
Cigarettes don't improve with age I guess.
That kind of reminds me of the scene in Generation Kill where 1st Force Recon enters the Baghdad cigarette factory and get showered with cigarette detritus. One of the Recon guys says something like "People would get executed in California for this." Yep.
Posted by: Yoshi, Aggrieved Victim of the White Man at July 16, 2011 09:04 PM (8Zpuz)
Posted by: RushBabe at July 16, 2011 09:05 PM (Ew27I)
I'm calling it a night, too. G'night, morons and moronettes. Just remember that when a big moron and a little moron are walking along a cliff and the big moron falls off, it's because the other is just a little more on.
I'm just sayin'.
Someone here deserves credit for that. Too funny.
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at July 16, 2011 09:07 PM (otfJ1)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at July 16, 2011 09:08 PM (f4gk9)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 16, 2011 09:13 PM (oWKv8)
Naaaaaaaaaaa
Posted by: Dell at July 16, 2011 09:13 PM (3S10h)
I like Applebees. The ones in our area are pretty civic-minded, and let the high school kids do fundraisers and etc. in their restaurants.
Posted by: Theresa at July 16, 2011 09:18 PM (X9ZEo)
Posted by: Theresa at July 17, 2011 01:18 AM (X9ZEo)
...and talent shows! and karaoke nights!
Posted by: cthulhu at July 16, 2011 09:19 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: booger at July 16, 2011 09:20 PM (9RFH1)
Oh well. Tally ho Chemjeff!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at July 16, 2011 09:20 PM (f4gk9)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at July 16, 2011 09:21 PM (f4gk9)
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at July 16, 2011 09:21 PM (iAutk)
Ah fukkit, I'm going to bed. Off to see Sister in Roanoke tomorrow so I have to be up early anyway.
Later roonz and roonettez!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at July 16, 2011 09:23 PM (f4gk9)
Posted by: Theresa at July 17, 2011 12:07 AM (X9ZEo)
thank you. that means so much to me. Hes always embarassed to be thanked. right now i just feel so miserably alone, even when i am with other people because hes not here.
friend getting shot lately didnt help either. hate it when reality puncture my nice comfy cocoon of denial.
so yes. tonight i am being a drama queen. i admit it
Posted by: Gushka at July 16, 2011 09:23 PM (QNeKQ)
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at July 17, 2011 01:21 AM (iAutk)
But everytime you think about it, you can give a quick thanks for having him home safely.
And now I'm really off. G'night all!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at July 16, 2011 09:24 PM (f4gk9)
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at July 16, 2011 09:24 PM (iAutk)
Posted by: Theresa at July 16, 2011 09:25 PM (X9ZEo)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 16, 2011 09:25 PM (Ohzoo)
Now that you're free, we sooo need to hook-up. And by hook-up, I mean Hellraiser-style. Come west and turn the puzzle box, baby.
Sincerely,
The Fourth Cenobite, Pinprick
Posted by: derit at July 16, 2011 09:29 PM (FQlFL)
Nothing is as good as the BTTF one.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 16, 2011 09:30 PM (YxBuk)
Had a doc try to relieve pressure on my big toe, a young horse decided to step on it and then turn. He used what looked like a soldering iron. Well he burned through the nail and hit live tissue without the desired results. He wanted to try it again. Told him that was his only chance. Lost the nail, it grew back and looks normal. So bleeding is better I think, though maybe not if they have to take the nail off for you.
Fluoride is very poisonous and not necessary for strong teeth. Last visit to the dentist they didn't even do a fluoride soak so I think they are starting to get it. If you have sensitive teeth try swishing with cod liver oil(it comes flavored).
Moki,
Happy Birthday. My hands used to ache and I thought it was my job(I was trimming the hooves of 80 horses a month at the time, seemed like a reasonable assumption) turns out it was a side effect of celiac disease. Within 3 days of giving up gluten they stopped aching. Could be caused by something else but it is worth a try.
Posted by: California Witch or Nitwit, whichever you prefer at July 16, 2011 09:34 PM (Pbji2)
Sign the attendance sheet and pass it to the moron next to you, just like last night
Posted by: ONT Attendance Sheet at July 16, 2011 10:38 PM
I'm here ya bastards. Where's that lowlife Hamilton?
He's over there, now get rid of that annoying pr*ck. I'd do it myself, but I'm too busy writing the 53rd volumn of Stuff I Said. A teaser:
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the hundreds of thousands of dollars in income that Iu donÂ’t need
Posted by: Thomas Jefferson at July 16, 2011 09:36 PM (XIXhw)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 16, 2011 09:36 PM (Ohzoo)
Posted by: booger at July 16, 2011 09:37 PM (9RFH1)
Posted by: Anthony Weiner at July 16, 2011 09:38 PM (xc/va)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 16, 2011 09:45 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 16, 2011 09:47 PM (kaalw)
i have a busted back and when it hurts me nothing will touch it. lucky me it doesnt hurt too often
Posted by: Gushka at July 16, 2011 09:50 PM (QNeKQ)
What'd I miss?
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a. at July 16, 2011 09:51 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: Theresa at July 16, 2011 09:56 PM (X9ZEo)
*puts rag soaked in chloroform over thread*
*thread struggles*
*thread slowly passes out*
Ok people, now go ahead and draw penises all over the thread with sharpies while it's passed out, that'll teach it to die so quickly.
Posted by: booger at July 16, 2011 10:01 PM (9RFH1)
i have a busted back and when it hurts me nothing will touch it. lucky me it doesnt hurt too often
Posted by: Gushka at July 17, 2011 01:50 AM (QNeKQ)
We all take a little damage here and there living our lives. I've never been stepped-on by an equine, so you've probably got me on points.
But what happens is you sit quietly, alone, and things throb....and they slowly take over your consciousness -- and even petty little torques and sprains start to become life-altering injuries.
I once heard somewhere that, in terms of actual nerve stimulation, shoes that pinched were more painful than appendix removal without anesthesia. The thing is, people didn't fixate on their feet.
We might pop an Advil or swig a beer....and sometimes that works. Or we can use some special language to help get past the sting. Sometimes that works. And sometimes we can come to the ONT and kvetch, together, and that will allow us to put the pain on the back-burner for a while and actually feel better.
You've got a good guy, Gushka. I hope he pops back out of the funk he's in. You're right to worry for him, of course, but I hope that hanging out with some morons keeps the worry from eating at you.
On the contrary side, I appreciate that you listen to my bitching about my knee without collapsing into laughter about what a softass I'm being. It helps me, too.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 16, 2011 10:04 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Theresa at July 16, 2011 10:05 PM (X9ZEo)
By contrast, Gushka's guy probably hurts as much as I do -- but strapped on a hundred pounds of crap, hiked over a mountain to the other side, and had some hard-case take a couple of potshots at him and his group while I whizzed and whinged.
It's a good thing we've got our support groups.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 16, 2011 10:13 PM (kaalw)
You've got a good guy, Gushka. I hope he pops back out of the funk he's in. You're right to worry for him, of course, but I hope that hanging out with some morons keeps the worry from eating at you.
On the contrary side, I
appreciate that you listen to my bitching about my knee without
collapsing into laughter about what a softass I'm being. It helps me,
too.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 17, 2011 02:04 AM (kaalw)
look, everyone handles pain differently. i dont think youre soft, ever. I think youre feeling whats happening in your world RIGHT NOW. which makes it immediate and difficult to ignore.
i love hearing about other people's worlds. Gives me something to consider, other than my own narrow world and whinges.... oh and my guy isnt in a funk... hes just fatigued, and i think he thinks his team mates are puppies (they are 19 and 20, never deployed and hes a 28yo vet) im sure he was just tired beyond words and really wanting to bitchslap those silly sonsofbitches. and the ROE are bad stupid crazy compared to iraq.
so i guess we all got that pebble in our too-tight shoe, dont we?
Posted by: Gushka at July 16, 2011 10:16 PM (QNeKQ)
Posted by: Robert at July 17, 2011 02:01 AM (4ixH5)
No, man. This one's not worth it. Say your goodbyes and let it go.
Posted by: Papa Editor at July 16, 2011 10:16 PM (FZZ94)
Posted by: Dr. Herbert West at July 16, 2011 10:17 PM (JEVge)
Posted by: Theresa at July 17, 2011 01:56 AM (X9ZEo)
I worried that it would suck because it looked so cute. It didn't! Had a little surprise with Tybalt, too. Lots of "squee!" happened when I realized who did his voice. 
If you can block out Elton John singing with Lady Gaga (or just Gag), you'll do fine.
We're dependent on the Video On Demand service here - they release some films on the DVD release date. No fighting at the rental machines for us. It's a little more in cost than Redbox, but worth not having to drive out looking for one, too. 
We watched a movie on TNT last night (Coming & Going), missing the first 45 minutes. They did a repeat, so we watched the beginning that we missed. Shouldn't have done that. What was a cute, weird comedy turned into a liberal crapfest all because of the opening setups. 
I hate that shit.
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a. at July 16, 2011 10:18 PM (afWhQ)
so i guess we all got that pebble in our too-tight shoe, dont we?
Posted by: Gushka at July 17, 2011 02:16 AM (QNeKQ)
Exactly.
So, didn't you have a rescue horse that you were trying to get back on track? I don't recall seeing a progress report recently.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 16, 2011 10:24 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: '80sBaby at July 16, 2011 10:24 PM (o2lIv)
I might have to, it's gotten busy here.
True Hollyweird Fact:
The parents of actress Thora Birch were both porn stars and were both in Deep Throat, although they didn't perform together (her mother was the Bored Nurse What Gets Plowed By The Doctor For The Last Forty Minutes).
Posted by: Robert at July 16, 2011 10:26 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 16, 2011 10:26 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: The Dude at July 16, 2011 10:27 PM (Ig1Wo)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 17, 2011 02:26 AM (YxBuk)
Eh. I'm not going to the theatre to see it. Even for Michael Caine. Besides, if I want to go to the theatre, my local one is closed for renovation - so we have to go all the way downtown if we want to risk a public film viewing.
Not really worth it. Except for Thor...
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a. at July 16, 2011 10:28 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 16, 2011 10:29 PM (kaalw)
So,
Just jumping in, True, did not read a single post so...uhm...wellll...
so it here goes..The 405 takedown of the entire of Los Angelenos that love their cars and "Stayed Home" at the beheist of the porker powers that be the..."PORKER POWERS!!" you know..the people that are sucking the life-blood out of all of us that live here on a daily basis until we all look in the mirror and finally see the pale in our collective faces and start wittling pointy ends on sticks and stocking up on silver bullets..then again..may be too late for that ..but I degrease...seems the car-ma-gideon cluster-fuck so panting the local news...panting....and Still panting is a "non-de-plume"
And the collective ratings of the local LSM will re-enter the base layer of the Andy Gump plactic lining come Monday Morn...AMEN!!
Posted by: Richard at July 16, 2011 10:29 PM (urdky)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 17, 2011 02:26 AM (YxBuk)
I saw it. It was very fun. It was a Mater-centric story. All the racing revolves around a 60s-ish James Bond style spy story with Mater being the accidental secret agent.
Posted by: Robert at July 16, 2011 10:30 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: '80sBaby at July 16, 2011 10:30 PM (o2lIv)
"thumbs up if no bullshit games brought you here you just know this sick song"
Posted by: derit at July 16, 2011 10:31 PM (FQlFL)
Posted by: '80sBaby at July 17, 2011 02:30 AM (o2lIv)
He never will be missed....
Posted by: cthulhu at July 16, 2011 10:32 PM (kaalw)
I liked it. I loved Michael Caine in it. My coworker didn't like it. So I had low expectations going in.
The only thing is, I knew who the bad guy was pretty much as soon as they mystery started. I thought his name was kind of ironic too, having something common with someone part of the Obama administration... *no spoilers*
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 16, 2011 10:32 PM (YxBuk)
I gave the movie four out of five stars. PIXAR did a really really fun movie.
Posted by: Robert at July 16, 2011 10:34 PM (4ixH5)
Communism, Communism, Rah! Rah! Rah! (Send your money to me. at PayPal).
Posted by: Ginger Ale at July 16, 2011 10:35 PM (uhxcs)
I thought so too. I didn't think it was any more overbearing than Wall-E was.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 16, 2011 10:35 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 17, 2011 02:32 AM (YxBuk)
HAH! I never even gave it a second thought. That's pretty funny!
Posted by: Robert at July 16, 2011 10:36 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 17, 2011 02:32 AM (YxBuk)
HAH! I never even gave it a second thought. That's pretty funny!
Posted by: Robert at July 17, 2011 02:36 AM (4ixH5)
There's a character who can't figure out TurboTax?!??!?
Posted by: cthulhu at July 16, 2011 10:39 PM (kaalw)
I liked Wall-E. It was charming. I thought the robot romance angle was well done.
I also think it basically proved that the green movement was in large part a luddite anti-technolgy movement. The whole "humans become dependent on technology and get fat and can't hardly move" angle was something I saw in an old Mad Magazine reprint. Not a new idea.
Posted by: Robert at July 16, 2011 10:40 PM (4ixH5)
I love Mater! So... I will love this one, right?
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a. at July 16, 2011 10:41 PM (afWhQ)
Just knocked my leg and twisted the knee. Carry on. No worries.......
Posted by: cthulhu at July 16, 2011 10:42 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 17, 2011 02:42 AM (kaalw)
Remember. The attack is coming from the Turkish side.
Posted by: Capt. Keith Mallory at July 16, 2011 10:45 PM (FZZ94)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 16, 2011 10:45 PM (oWKv8)
If you like Mater, and if you like 60s-ish James Bond movies, I think you will.
Posted by: Robert at July 16, 2011 10:45 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Ginger Ale at July 16, 2011 10:49 PM (uhxcs)
Eh, it wasn't much of a screed so much as a generic Big Oil villain. The movie was well done enough that it didn't bother me. Just like Wall-E. Having Mater as the hero was neat.
It was much, much, much better than Up. But then I think I like Up the least next to The Incredibles and A Bug's Life.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 16, 2011 10:49 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 17, 2011 02:45 AM (oWKv
It's not really. It's a lot more tongue in cheek than that. Trust me.
And Ratatouille was GREAT! Between that and the Incredibles I'm convinced that Brad Bird is a secret devotee of Ayn Rand.
Posted by: Robert at July 16, 2011 10:51 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 16, 2011 10:53 PM (kaalw)
wow I am really fucking drunk
Posted by: chemjeff at July 17, 2011 02:51 AM (s7mIC)
If this doesn't give you the confidence to pick up some married women, nothing will.
Posted by: Robert at July 16, 2011 10:54 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: CAC at July 16, 2011 10:55 PM (JEVge)
Posted by: The Dude at July 16, 2011 10:55 PM (Ig1Wo)
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 17, 2011 02:52 AM (YxBuk)
I like that Lightning McQueen was saved by what was the film's, how can I put it, honorary Moron.
Posted by: Robert at July 16, 2011 10:56 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 16, 2011 10:57 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: CAC at July 17, 2011 02:55 AM (JEVge)
Are you sure that's not the CHiP's chopper spot light?
Posted by: Papa Editor at July 16, 2011 10:57 PM (FZZ94)
Posted by: The Dude at July 17, 2011 02:55 AM (Ig1Wo)
I've...never seen it.
Posted by: Robert at July 16, 2011 10:57 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 16, 2011 10:58 PM (oWKv8)
Posted by: CAC at July 16, 2011 10:58 PM (JEVge)
Heh. There were a lot of good things about the movie. I don't think there was anything in it I didn't like. The background art work was gorgeous. It's going to look beautiful on Blu-ray.
It really was a James Bond movie, but with cars instead of people.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 16, 2011 10:59 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: derit at July 16, 2011 11:03 PM (FQlFL)
Posted by: Ginger Ale at July 17, 2011 02:49 AM (uhxcs)
I saw Caine on some BBC talk show and he was hilarious. Made me like him even more. Glad I didn't see him on Leno (don't watch Leno anyway....).
Three words: Pistachio ice cream.
Posted by: Rum, Goddess of Doom & Sith Lord at July 17, 2011 02:51 AM (YxBuk)
Ohhhkay... Man, I used to love Pistachio ice cream.
If you like Mater, and if you like 60s-ish James Bond movies, I think you will.
Posted by: Robert at July 17, 2011 02:45 AM (4ixH5)
Check and check. Hm. So I am holding you to this... but I'll be watching it at home. The effort's too much. Stupid theatre being closed...
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a. at July 16, 2011 11:03 PM (afWhQ)
Night M&M's
#1's B-Day tomorrow, must get up early and start my BBQ..ribs,chicken, Hot Links all done to my super secret dance. He turns 29 with 10 year+ and out USMC....did I say 5 combat tours? Gonna add alittle heat to the batch this time round. Damn time flys...
Posted by: Richard at July 16, 2011 11:03 PM (urdky)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at July 17, 2011 02:58 AM (oWKv
I'd offer you an ice cold Coors, but I'm out.
Posted by: Robert at July 16, 2011 11:04 PM (4ixH5)
It just didn't leave a lasting impression on me - except for a feeling like I'd been propagandized similar to Fern Gully. (Saw Iron Giant in the theatre, but yeah... don't remember it much and I've seen it again since then. I liked it, though.)
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a. at July 16, 2011 11:05 PM (afWhQ)
I've...never seen it.
Posted by: Robert at July 17, 2011 02:57 AM (4ixH5)
one of the best toons of all-time IMO and Harry Connick Jr. was perfect casting for the beatnik. It does help if you have a love for 50's sci-fi b-movies.
Posted by: The Dude at July 16, 2011 11:06 PM (Ig1Wo)
In four months it'll be packing Red Boxes everywhere.
Posted by: Robert at July 16, 2011 11:06 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: soulpile is... expendable, gop b., s.a. at July 16, 2011 11:07 PM (afWhQ)
Posted by: Ginger Ale at July 16, 2011 11:09 PM (uhxcs)
Posted by: Ginger Ale at July 16, 2011 11:12 PM (uhxcs)
Happy birthday to your Marine (oorah!) and have a good night!
Posted by: Robert at July 16, 2011 11:13 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Ginger Ale at July 16, 2011 11:18 PM (uhxcs)
Posted by: derit at July 16, 2011 11:20 PM (FQlFL)
Posted by: Robert at July 17, 2011 03:06 AM (4ixH5)
Me too.
Posted by: Guy going to Ireland and Scotland in November at July 16, 2011 11:24 PM (XIXhw)
I don't know. I only glance at The Sun and Daily Mirror (or whatever it is called). Almost everyday, there is some story about non-treatment, neglect, death, due to NHS.
Posted by: Ginger Ale at July 16, 2011 11:26 PM (uhxcs)
Adore their red phone booths and old-fashioned taxi-cabs. Still don't get using an "s" rather than a "z" in words, though.
Posted by: Ginger Ale at July 16, 2011 11:31 PM (uhxcs)
You mean "zed".
That's an odd one.Posted by: Guy going to Ireland and Scotland in November at July 16, 2011 11:34 PM (XIXhw)
Posted by: Ginger Ale at July 16, 2011 11:37 PM (uhxcs)
Posted by: jimmah at July 16, 2011 11:43 PM (TfRqk)
Well cheer up then, I'm not actually going there <blush>. I'm trying to avoid working, and since the thread is on life support there's not too much to read, so I figured I'd post and bottom out the humor bar. I've only been as close as London, but I do love the taxis! And for that matter the newpapers/tabloids. There are so many of them in London and they're actually read; it's sorta like it was here 20 years ago.
Posted by: Guy going to Ireland and Scotland in November at July 16, 2011 11:45 PM (XIXhw)
Posted by: derit at July 16, 2011 11:45 PM (FQlFL)
I went to a Rush show and had to spend a penny (England on the mind). The bathroom was covered in urine, pretty much the entire floor was a big puddle. In walked a really drunk guy with no shoes. Worse than barefoot, he was wearing socks, and seemed oblivious. I hope for your sake that wasn't you last night.
Posted by: Guy going to Ireland and Scotland in November at July 16, 2011 11:48 PM (XIXhw)
Posted by: Where're my ping pong balls? at July 16, 2011 11:50 PM (XIXhw)
It is late in the hour. But do explain why you want to "avoid" work.
Posted by: Ginger Ale at July 16, 2011 11:50 PM (uhxcs)
Took a moment to dawn on me that you meant the rock group "Rush" and not Rush Limbaugh. I laughed myself silly at the misconception.
Posted by: Ginger Ale at July 16, 2011 11:54 PM (uhxcs)
I'm just tired and having a bout of procrastinitis.
Posted by: Where're my ping pong balls? at July 17, 2011 12:02 AM (XIXhw)
Posted by: derit at July 17, 2011 12:18 AM (FQlFL)
Posted by: Where're my ping pong balls? at July 17, 2011 12:30 AM (XIXhw)
473470Nothing like waking up dizzy from yesterdays festivities with scratches of unknown origin. And wet socks, somehow....must reconstruct the events.....
I went to a Rush show and had to spend a penny (England on the mind). The bathroom was covered in urine, pretty much the entire floor was a big puddle. In walked a really drunk guy with no shoes. Worse than barefoot, he was wearing socks, and seemed oblivious. I hope for your sake that wasn't you last night.
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No but my worst concert story involved getting drunk, and throwing up IN my pants in the bathroom stall.
Posted by: jimmah at July 17, 2011 01:05 AM (TfRqk)
Good God do I need a girlfriend.
Posted by: Robert at July 17, 2011 01:13 AM (4ixH5)
No but my worst concert story involved getting drunk, and throwing up IN my pants in the bathroom stall.
Posted by: jimmah at July 17, 2011 05:05 AM (TfRqk)
After due consideration I snorted laughing.
Posted by: s☺mej☼e at July 17, 2011 01:14 AM (BSWJE)
Good.
XKCD for the win.
Posted by: Robert at July 17, 2011 01:16 AM (4ixH5)
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Posted by: derit at July 17, 2011 01:32 AM (FQlFL)
Posted by: Robert at July 17, 2011 01:42 AM (4ixH5)
489That's awfully rude. They should have offered to let you in on their action.
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Then at least wearing the coats would have been not as bad, for some reason. Odd how that works.
Posted by: jimmah at July 17, 2011 01:45 AM (TfRqk)
I need a corporate mascot.
But first I'll have to reorganize myself as a limited liabilty corporation and find a nice tax shelter.
Posted by: Robert at July 17, 2011 01:46 AM (4ixH5)
Then at least wearing the coats would have been not as bad, for some reason. Odd how that works.
Posted by: jimmah at July 17, 2011 05:45 AM (TfRqk)
If you're gonna covered in someone else's bodily fluids, might as well make it worth it.
Posted by: Robert at July 17, 2011 01:47 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: jimmah at July 17, 2011 05:16 AM (TfRqk)
That's horrible and thus hilarious. It could only get worse/better if your story concludes with you having had the chance to hook up with someone that night. Scratch that, with you actually hooking up with someone.
Posted by: where're my ping pong balls? at July 17, 2011 01:51 AM (YxaXw)
Posted by: jimmah at July 17, 2011 01:52 AM (TfRqk)
Posted by: jimmah at July 17, 2011 05:16 AM (TfRqk)
That's horrible and thus hilarious. It could only get worse/better if your story concludes with you having had the chance to hook up with someone that night. Scratch that, with you actually hooking up with someone.
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Even worse if that hookup was in jail with me later that night. Luckily no jail and no hookup in jail.
Posted by: jimmah at July 17, 2011 01:55 AM (TfRqk)
Posted by: where're my ping pong balls? at July 17, 2011 02:03 AM (YxaXw)
It may of actually served you as some sort of protection.
Posted by: where're my ping pong balls? at July 17, 2011 02:04 AM (YxaXw)
Posted by: jimmah at July 17, 2011 05:52 AM (TfRqk)
NO SOUP FOR YOU!
Posted by: Soup Nazi at July 17, 2011 02:06 AM (4ixH5)
So does "Spreadin' the love all around. All around" now extend to us Cats, too? Yeah, I didn't think so ya BIG CAN'T PICK OUT A CUTE CHEERLEADER FIBBIN' DUFUS...
And put the smokes down...
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Posted by: hobbes at July 17, 2011 03:22 AM (LmOsD)
Rita Cosby has always been a whole lotta woman.
She's like a two for one special.
Mmmmmmmmm mmmm!
Posted by: Robert at July 17, 2011 03:26 AM (4ixH5)
Don't know if you're still around steevy but my sincere condolences . Been there....twice. May God give you and your family strength. The pain will subside...but the memories of her will not.
Posted by: Tami at July 17, 2011 03:32 AM (X6akg)
steevy, i lost my Mom 5 years ago but still think of her everyday...... the guy playing this song aint the best, but i like it..
Posted by: Racefan at July 17, 2011 03:56 AM (gUsHQ)
Posted by: Robert at July 17, 2011 04:00 AM (4ixH5)
I politely deleted the request. The military does really need to know every time I comment on Brittany Spears.
Posted by: sTevo at July 17, 2011 04:08 AM (VMcEw)
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What did you wake up next to?
Posted by: lowandslow at July 17, 2011 04:43 AM (GZitp)
Fluffy's right...I'm going to pave it over and paint it green.
Posted by: Tami at July 17, 2011 04:43 AM (X6akg)
Roundup does not kill birds, but don't even think about getting it close to a tomato bush.
Posted by: Vic at July 17, 2011 04:45 AM (M9Ie6)
Vinegar is a handy natural weed killer. It is an equal opportunity killer so it is ideal for weeds in the driveway.
You'll probably have to re-apply the vinegar to get the job done, and best to do so in sunny conditions.
Posted by: caunotacarius at July 17, 2011 04:49 AM (RJNIy)
Cool. I'm going to take you at your word and buy the big jug of the Extended Care crap that costs a small fortune.
It finally rained here--twice even--so I'm going to have to mow the lawn again.
(I made it rain by buying a new hose.)
Posted by: Mama AJ at July 17, 2011 04:51 AM (XdlcF)
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Posted by: Vic at July 17, 2011 04:53 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Hrothgar at July 17, 2011 04:55 AM (yrGif)
Oops, was replying to Vic. I'll test the vinegar today.
No shortage of sunshine here! Tho' it is much cooler now. Only in the upper 90s, baby! Even the locals are complaining about how hot it's been.
Posted by: Mama AJ at July 17, 2011 04:56 AM (XdlcF)
Posted by: Jean at July 17, 2011 04:56 AM (X6eYN)
Continued mowing at the edge of the woods as well as use of a dethatching rake behind the mower seems to control its spread.
I can't believe people planted that crap around here in the old days. I call it flowering kudzu.
Posted by: Vic at July 17, 2011 05:00 AM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Hrothgar at July 17, 2011 05:00 AM (yrGif)
The
Democrat newspapers here continue to fight the new voter ID law with BS sob
stories
Why are they still fighting even though the law has been passed, signed, sealed, and delivered? Because it is now in the hands of the DOJ thanks to the unconstitutional Section V of the VRA. Guarantee Holder will try to “Hold” it until after the 2012 election. This is the 4th or 5th in a series of anti-voter ID law articles.
Posted by: Vic at July 17, 2011 05:06 AM (M9Ie6)
I for one, care less for grass.
Posted by: sTevo at July 17, 2011 05:07 AM (VMcEw)
Clemens perjury trial halted due to prosecutor incompetence
Judge declares mistrial. He will determine later if government gets a second shot. Unless they start prosecuting politicians for the same offense they should not get a first shot.
Personally I think these congressional “investigations” are nothing more than political kabuki theater in 99% of the instances and should never have been allowed by the courts.
If congress has evidence that someone has committed a crime they should get them prosecuted. Here what Clemens was accused of was not even a crime and it was something the federal government has no business meddling in to begin with. If we started prosecuting people in congress for lying there wouldnÂ’t be anybody left in congress to prosecute after a year.
Posted by: Vic at July 17, 2011 05:07 AM (M9Ie6)
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Posted by: Mama AJ at July 17, 2011 05:14 AM (XdlcF)
Posted by: HeatherRadish, Big Game Hunter at July 17, 2011 05:14 AM (0vDuM)
...........
My question would be whether they require a social security number.. I'm betting no.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at July 17, 2011 05:17 AM (Wm4Mf)
I for one, care less for grass.
Posted by: sTevo at July 17, 2011 09:07 AM (VMcEw)
So you're saying I should embrace it? Ok...works for me.
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