September 09, 2011
— Ace We've heard this before-- but we do know terrorists have always wanted to do such a thing. Only a lack of nuclear material keeps them from doing so, and who knows if they still lack it.
Our friends in Pakistan might have had an oopsie moment.
So not to panic anyone, but it is in the news.
Just two days before the 10th anniversary, New York City is on high alert.Federal and local authorities have beefed up security after receiving intelligence about a credible threat. The alleged plot by al Qaeda involves detonating car bombs on bridges and in tunnels in New York and Washington D.C. to coincide with the anniversary.
Chopper 2 HD got a look at the NYPD in action on Friday — police cruisers and orange cones marked one checkpoint on the George Washington Bridge. On the West Side Highway, at one of many other checkpoints, police were stopping and searching drivers, specifically vans and trucks. There is also a threat to bridges and tunnels.
Security was equally tight at Penn Station, where armed guards were keeping watch over travelers as Transportation Security Administration agents performed random bag checks, swiping packs for gunpowder.
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But thatÂ’s only half of the problem. Officials are worried that this time it could be a dirty bomb.
“We have to think about a dirty bomb, where you take radiological material and mix it with conventional explosives,” NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly said.
Of course, as our very good Neo-Bircher friends will be glad to tell you, this is all just made up, a conspiracy of the authoritarians in government to take your rights and take your guns. Don't be afraid of The Truth, and vote Ron Paul (RON PAUL!!).
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Little Eichmanns coming home to roost.
Or something.
FIRE CAN'T MELT STEEL!!!!!!!!!Submit to my sincerity!
Posted by: The Atom Bomb of Loving Kindness at September 09, 2011 02:25 PM (Pl6My)
Posted by: al-Cicero, Tea Party Jihadist at September 09, 2011 02:25 PM (QKKT0)
Posted by: ace at September 09, 2011 02:26 PM (nj1bB)
Posted by: hadsil at September 09, 2011 02:26 PM (HlBcl)
Posted by: Vic at September 09, 2011 02:26 PM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at September 09, 2011 02:27 PM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: al-Cicero, Tea Party Jihadist at September 09, 2011 02:27 PM (QKKT0)
Posted by: Chuckit at September 09, 2011 02:28 PM (uyqsW)
People that are blindly trusting in government will end up in fema-camps! America needs to hear the truth about the political class in Washington and its contempt for the Constitution and our liberties. Their involvement in globalism, the NWO and silent totalitarianism. Thats why the only politician one can trust is Ron Paul!
Ron Paul 2012! (Really!)
Posted by: ProudRonulan at September 09, 2011 02:29 PM (F+Mbs)
Not that y'all care, but I do apologize for my profanity in the previous thread. Hopefully the trolls will stay contained there, and I can safely ignore them, here.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) is tired beyond tired of the trolls at September 09, 2011 02:29 PM (8y9MW)
Not really. It's not the threat of high levels of radiation that makes a "dirty bomb" dangerous, but the toxicity of the radiological contaminants once inhaled or ingested.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at September 09, 2011 02:29 PM (SY2Kh)
I have personally walked through areas contaminated in excess of 100,000 uCi/1002 cm which is much more than what you could expect to find after explosion of anything realistically available to the bogyman.
Posted by: Vic at September 09, 2011 02:30 PM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at September 09, 2011 02:31 PM (+lsX1)
Posted by: The Trilateral Commission at September 09, 2011 02:31 PM (fj/P0)
But all this dirty bomb stuff is just BS.
Posted by: Vic at September 09, 2011 02:32 PM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Britt at September 09, 2011 02:32 PM (8VTeN)
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at September 09, 2011 02:33 PM (otfJ1)
Posted by: ace at September 09, 2011 02:34 PM (nj1bB)
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at September 09, 2011 02:34 PM (xy9wk)
Posted by: ace at September 09, 2011 02:35 PM (nj1bB)
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at September 09, 2011 02:35 PM (+lsX1)
Well, maybe it's not such a big threat. I can't say one way or the other. But let's not pretend it would be impossible for those bastards to seriously contaminate a major aquifer.
Posted by: Reactionary at September 09, 2011 02:35 PM (4nbyM)
Posted by: Perky Pam Geller at September 09, 2011 02:35 PM (fj/P0)
The terrorists behind the 1st World Trade Center bombing were planning to bomb the Holland Tunnel and other targets before they were arrested.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at September 09, 2011 02:35 PM (c0A3e)
Probably not, but all those rare earths and phosphors are more toxic than anything you would get from a so-called dirty bomb.
Posted by: Vic at September 09, 2011 02:36 PM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Tea Party SOB at September 09, 2011 02:36 PM (d0Tfm)
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at September 09, 2011 06:33 PM (otfJ1)
Here's where I saw that:
http://tinyurl.com/3fnnr79
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at September 09, 2011 02:38 PM (otfJ1)
If you detonate a dirty bomb in the middle of Times Square (for instance) how long do you think it'll be before people actually go through Times Square again?
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) is tired beyond tired of the trolls at September 09, 2011 02:38 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: ace at September 09, 2011 02:38 PM (nj1bB)
Posted by: repo girl at September 09, 2011 02:38 PM (FduBR)
Bridge and Tunnel crowd hardest hit!
Five hours from now, I'll be in a subway, glaring at anyone in a hijab.
Posted by: fluffy at September 09, 2011 02:39 PM (3SvjA)
Completely off topic, but I like this summation of the first X-Files Movie: "The Truth really is out there. And it's trying to get in."
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) is tired beyond tired of the trolls at September 09, 2011 02:40 PM (8y9MW)
I decline your offer to turn paranoia into some kind of politics.
I don't trust the government on everything.
On the other hand, I have no paranoid tendencies causing me to speculate wildly about the government telling me lies in order to manipulate my fears
Really? what about that fence along the border, you know governments build fences to keep people in. What about that?
Posted by: robtr at September 09, 2011 02:40 PM (MtwBb)
In addition, any fires generated in the area also produce extremely toxic gasses by the ton. This is why firemen were Scott Air packs.
Posted by: Vic at September 09, 2011 02:40 PM (M9Ie6)
Ayon, puno daw 'to!
Posted by: The Robot Devil at September 09, 2011 02:40 PM (afrI6)
See? That's not friendly and inclusive.
You should go offer them a pork-rind.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) is tired beyond tired of the trolls at September 09, 2011 02:40 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Just Another Poster at September 09, 2011 02:41 PM (4v+tV)
Posted by: ProudRonulan at September 09, 2011 02:41 PM (F+Mbs)
Posted by: Vic at September 09, 2011 02:41 PM (M9Ie6)
Really? what about that fence along the border, you know governments build fences to keep people in. What about that?
Thats not funny. East-Germany really did that, you know?
Posted by: ProudRonulan at September 09, 2011 02:43 PM (F+Mbs)
I'd never heard it before, but it's a nice blanket term for the those with the knee-jerk reaction that anything the government tells you must be the opposite of the truth.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) is tired beyond tired of the trolls at September 09, 2011 02:43 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Dr Spank at September 09, 2011 02:43 PM (fj/P0)
Keep an eye on the Scandis too, fluffy.
I am a Skandi.
You should go offer them a pork-rind.
OK, figured out what to eat on Sunday.
Posted by: fluffy at September 09, 2011 02:44 PM (3SvjA)
But they're cheap, and the stores where you can buy them are laid out really well.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) is tired beyond tired of the trolls at September 09, 2011 02:44 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Vic at September 09, 2011 02:44 PM (M9Ie6)
Toe meet toe pee chee keene,
G'noop dock fling
Posted by: The Robot Devil at September 09, 2011 02:45 PM (afrI6)
Posted by: ace at September 09, 2011 02:46 PM (nj1bB)
Thats not funny. East-Germany really did that, you know?
Posted by: ProudRonulan at September 09, 2011 06:43 PM (F+Mbs)
I know, and after they built the fence they took away everyones bags of silver dimes.
Posted by: robtr at September 09, 2011 02:46 PM (MtwBb)
Is project mk-ultra the one where government mind rays are forcing you to give handjobs to hobos down by the river?
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at September 09, 2011 02:47 PM (+lsX1)
Posted by: ace at September 09, 2011 02:47 PM (nj1bB)
Bah weep. Grah nah weep nini bom.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) is tired beyond tired of the trolls at September 09, 2011 02:47 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: David Gillies at September 09, 2011 02:47 PM (OLivq)
A new FDC NOTAM/TFR has been issued for the greater New York, NY and Newark, NJ metropolitan area for Sunday, 9/11 from 7:00a until 10:30a EDT. The TFR is issued for security purposes to cover VIP movement in this area. Outdoor RC model aircraft operations are prohibited within the lateral limits of the New York Class B airspace for the specific times listed below.
Posted by: The Robot Devil at September 09, 2011 02:48 PM (afrI6)
Alas, this day and age the paranoia isn't always unjustified. Consider the accidental admission by some British government puke a couple years ago that they were importing foreigners to replace the natives. The US govt has done plenty of shady, ill advised things over the years as well. Hell, the current president put a guy who supports child molestation in place as the "safe schools" czar.
It's like the old joke - the question is not whether I'm paranoid, but rather - am I paranoid enough?
It takes judgement to rein it in to just the right level, and I seldom blame people for thinking that something improbable is afoot.
Posted by: Reactionary at September 09, 2011 02:48 PM (4nbyM)
Me too. Var sa gud
Posted by: Wodeshed at September 09, 2011 06:47 PM (LEcV+)
I married a Skandi, they are the real terrorists.
Posted by: robtr at September 09, 2011 02:48 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: schizoid at September 09, 2011 02:48 PM (Uuh8o)
Can we have the Sierra Club declare war on the Islamists, then?
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) is tired beyond tired of the trolls at September 09, 2011 02:50 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Dr Spank at September 09, 2011 02:50 PM (fj/P0)
I know, and after they built the fence they took away everyones bags of silver dimes.
Yes there was a confiscation of rare metals by the commies in East Germany as well. They took silver and gold. You should all look up how the Dodd-Frank Act already restrict tade with precious metals!
Oh dear, of course THOSE are real, dear boy!
You seriously believe that they dont exist??? Unbelievable!
Posted by: ProudRonulan at September 09, 2011 02:51 PM (F+Mbs)
That's the point of terrorism, is to keep people afraid. F*ck 'em (the terrorists)
Posted by: The Robot Devil at September 09, 2011 02:51 PM (afrI6)
Posted by: Confused Libertarian Fish at September 09, 2011 06:48 PM
You just tied up all those loose ends very neatly.
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at September 09, 2011 02:51 PM (p+mzQ)
Posted by: Kensington at September 09, 2011 02:51 PM (znT2j)
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at September 09, 2011 06:33 PM (otfJ1)
That nasty rumor has been floating the internet for about 20 minutes or so now and no disclaimer on NBC or MSNBC sites. Therefore, it didn't happen.
Posted by: To All MSM, MFM, DNC and Affiliates at September 09, 2011 02:51 PM (PcoXF)
Posted by: eurw at September 09, 2011 02:52 PM (bWnqP)
Take your example of radium. When I was a kid in the 50s all the closks and watches were literally swimming in radium dials. Hell a big ben alarm clock had a ton of the shit in it. People would take these things apart when they quit working and scrape off the radium paint and use it to make cool glow in the dark shit.
They didn't think anything about it. But if a terrorist took a dozen of those old clocks from an antique shop now and scrapped them into a a bomb people would freak now.
Posted by: Vic at September 09, 2011 02:52 PM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Comrade immune at September 09, 2011 02:52 PM (5Z/+/)
Of course, as our very good Neo-Bircher friends will be glad to tell you, this is all just made up, a conspiracy of the authoritarians in government to take your rights and take your guns. Don't be afraid of The Truth, and vote Ron Paul (RON PAUL!!).
What's sad, Ace, is that the news media and the disimformation coming out of DC makes it hard to believe anyone anymore. Just sayin'.
Posted by: Soona - Tearorrist at September 09, 2011 02:53 PM (+tKUW)
@77
Put it this way, on a digital photography forum I frequent there are people who are afraid to buy Japanese cameras.
If one of those things went off and had half the radiation of a banana, it would close city blocks indefinitely.
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at September 09, 2011 02:53 PM (p+mzQ)
Posted by: Jean at September 09, 2011 02:53 PM (liPvR)
Posted by: I am Lrrr, ruler of the planet Omicron Persei 8 at September 09, 2011 02:54 PM (CeilW)
A primitive nucleic-acid-based dirty bomb can be made by jacking off onto a stick of dynamite about 3,000 times or so. Nobody caught near the blast would ever feel clean again. Demo project is nearly completed.
Posted by: Anthony Weiner, Homeland Security Official at September 09, 2011 02:54 PM (w41GQ)
Come on, that was like, a thousand years ago!
Posted by: Harald Bluetooth at September 09, 2011 06:53 PM (3SvjA)
No it wasn't it was in 1976
Posted by: robtr at September 09, 2011 02:55 PM (MtwBb)
Are you crazy? Those things could really eff you up! We don't go near those things!
Posted by: Mohammed Mohammed the Not-Necessarily-Islamic Terrorist at September 09, 2011 02:55 PM (znT2j)
Posted by: Chuckit at September 09, 2011 02:56 PM (uyqsW)
Posted by: ace at September 09, 2011 02:56 PM (nj1bB)
Posted by: Overhead power lines at September 09, 2011 02:57 PM (6TB1Z)
Posted by: Comrade Arthur at September 09, 2011 02:57 PM (5Z/+/)
Posted by: Jean at September 09, 2011 02:57 PM (liPvR)
Posted by: Auric Goldfinger at September 09, 2011 02:58 PM (nj1bB)
Posted by: Andrew at September 09, 2011 02:58 PM (HS3dy)
Posted by: Cicerokid at September 09, 2011 02:59 PM (PgsNK)
The whole article is what I've been trying to say and many of you jumped all over me for it.
NYPD had 4 hours added to each shift. They are all over the city. To get into some building, what used to take 5 minutes, now takes 15. My friend left us at fashions night out last night and decided to go home to her parents and work from home today. It was a train arriving at 2 am and the doors opened and 40 cops were waiting on the platform and as she stepped out of the train, they all stepped in. Her mom waiting for her in the car said she watched as police car after police car silently drove up and parked and the cops went up and she worried about her daughter.
Posted by: cantankerous at September 09, 2011 02:59 PM (k1rwm)
Now that is a true statement and I guess it is why it irritates me so much.
Posted by: Vic at September 09, 2011 02:59 PM (M9Ie6)
Has anyone noticed that we had a 6.4 Earthquake 100 miles from my house and no one word on the news about it?
Posted by: robtr at September 09, 2011 02:59 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: David Gillies at September 09, 2011 06:47 PM (OLivq)
I like the scenario, but I contend that this attitude is the problem - the idea that it is somehow bad to fight and kill our enemies in the manner that inflicts upon them the most devestation. We have no moral obligation to let a single one of them exist, yet we act as if we need to coddle the bastards. We have to keep them alive and happy and well fed so they'll have all eternity to keep working on ways to end us. Fuck that. Nuke 'em. Twice. I'll throw a party and buy all the booze anybody can drink in celebration. I certainly will not hate myself, and certainly won't deserve to.
Posted by: Reactionary at September 09, 2011 02:59 PM (4nbyM)
Posted by: Chris R, NY-9 resident at September 09, 2011 02:59 PM (hGTfi)
Posted by: Texan Economist at September 09, 2011 03:00 PM (TC/9F)
Posted by: Auric Goldfinger at September 09, 2011 03:01 PM (nj1bB)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at September 09, 2011 03:01 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: LC LaWedgie at September 09, 2011 03:01 PM (PcoXF)
Posted by: Cicerokid at September 09, 2011 03:01 PM (PgsNK)
That nasty rumor has been floating the internet for about 20 minutes or so now and no disclaimer on NBC or MSNBC sites. Therefore, it didn't happen.
Posted by: To All MSM, MFM, DNC and Affiliates at September 09, 2011 06:51 PM (PcoXF)
Disclaimer:http://tinyurl.com/3pb5xzd
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at September 09, 2011 03:02 PM (otfJ1)
Posted by: willowsniff at September 09, 2011 03:02 PM (h+qn8)
Yesterday about mid-day, I happened to catch one of those briefings on FN with Ray Kelly and other heads of NYC depts.
They were taking questions.....One of them mentioned that they had their "radiation detectors" in place. The others got silent for a minute, like there was an 'oops' there.
Then there was no other mention of it yesterday....that I heard. So I guess today they're having to go ahead and talk about it.
Posted by: ConservativeMenAreJustHotter at September 09, 2011 03:02 PM (vKRHm)
You've made a mistake in identity and on record. But hey, throw out the baby with the bathwater on the premise that "It's for the children." Ron Paul is an idiot because paultard! is without logic. I've heard here as well that Ron Paul is antisemitic -- another illogical taunt because his consistent economic policy utilizes the Austrian School of Economics, so named by the Jewish economists who escaped the Nazis. But then, someone somewhere is antisemitic, and you'd like that to be Ron Paul's fault.
enough with stupidity
Posted by: maverick muse at September 09, 2011 03:03 PM (lpWVn)
Posted by: Auric Goldfinger at September 09, 2011 07:01 PM (nj1bB)
Nope, I was getting gas when it happened. I felt a little jolt but that was about it. I have some friends in Tofino which was the closest town to the center and they had some minor damage. Nothing big.
Posted by: robtr at September 09, 2011 03:03 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: ace at September 09, 2011 03:03 PM (nj1bB)
Posted by: Soona - Tearorrist at September 09, 2011 03:03 PM (+tKUW)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Tea Party SOB at September 09, 2011 03:05 PM (d0Tfm)
@34: "If you detonate a dirty bomb in the middle of Times Square (for instance) how long do you think it'll be before people actually go through Times Square again?"
Bunch of pussies!
Posted by: Hiroshima & Nagasaki at September 09, 2011 03:05 PM (xy9wk)
Posted by: ProudRonulan at September 09, 2011 03:05 PM (F+Mbs)
Posted by: maverick muse at September 09, 2011 07:03 PM (lpWVn)
Do you understand that your sentences contain absolutely no transition statements?
Reading you is like watching a pinball machine.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at September 09, 2011 03:05 PM (HUZDZ)
More like 300, brah.
Posted by: Papa Editor at September 09, 2011 07:03 PM (Zs83Q)
Really? I thought it was right of the coast of Vancouver Island around tofino.
Posted by: robtr at September 09, 2011 03:05 PM (MtwBb)
So, yeah, you can "walk through it" (which he did, incidentally), but that's different than particles being essentially aerosolized and in the water supply.
Not an effective military tool, but a very good terror weapon.
Posted by: Y-not is late to the party at September 09, 2011 03:05 PM (5H6zj)
I dont wear a tinfoil hat about the feds floating this to justfy taking our guns and freedom - I do however believe feds will err on the precautionary side, esp. when it supports their budget requests.
I can't imagine that turning a substance into a fine powder would be that great a challenge.
Would a dirty bomb be likely to kill thousands of people? Probably not, but who wouldn't be worried if they were in the vicinity after a bomb spread a bunch of Cesium-137 around?
Posted by: Hollowpoint at September 09, 2011 03:05 PM (SY2Kh)
ace
To whom have you attached that spitwad?
The Road to Serfdom isn't without validity.
Michael Savage nailed my point after replaying his 9/11/01 broadcast just now in remembrance.
Posted by: maverick muse at September 09, 2011 03:08 PM (lpWVn)
*ignores media reports of Muslims slaughtering Muslims throughout the world*
Posted by: Typical prog on pharmacuticals or teh tastey herb at September 09, 2011 03:08 PM (ijjAe)
The resulting cloud will quickly settle to the ground. And look at it this way. It does have a half life. All those rare earths, phosphors, and heavy metals from the other debris is just as toxic and they have a half-life of infinity.
Posted by: Vic at September 09, 2011 03:08 PM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: willowsniff at September 09, 2011 03:09 PM (h+qn8)
Here's the theme music. If someone is good at making costumes we could put on our own show in the backyard!
http://tinyurl.com/2cgjs4
Posted by: The Robot Devil at September 09, 2011 03:09 PM (afrI6)
Ahh, putting it on their corporate media site instead of news is like burying it on page 11 of the NYT. I guess they didn't want too many people to notice. The fewer that know they don't change their password very often the better.
Posted by: LC LaWedgie at September 09, 2011 03:09 PM (PcoXF)
Posted by: Y-not is late to the party at September 09, 2011 03:09 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Soona - Tearorrist at September 09, 2011 07:03 PM (+tKUW)
Michael Moore disagrees, but totally understands where you're coming from. #douchebag
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at September 09, 2011 03:10 PM (+lsX1)
Father North. It was 170 miles from Vancouver.
Posted by: Papa Editor at September 09, 2011 07:07 PM (Zs83Q)
Oh that's why there is no news. Can't get much more in the middle of nowhere than that.
Posted by: robtr at September 09, 2011 03:10 PM (MtwBb)
I don't think that they are worried about Pu. If the bad guys could get some Pu they could certainly find a few people to build a bomb. Blowing a few ounces of Pu into the air around a stadium or any other big crowd could be extremely dangerous. And there are other elements that could be nasty too. But, as you know, they are difficult to manufacture and difficult to handle.
You are agitated by the irrational fear of anything "nuclear." On that point I am in 100% agreement.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative)) at September 09, 2011 03:11 PM (LH6ir)
Posted by: ace at September 09, 2011 03:11 PM (nj1bB)
@34: "If you detonate a dirty bomb in the middle of Times Square (for instance) how long do you think it'll be before people actually go through Times Square again?"
Well, if you got rid of the Disney store and brought back the porn & strip clubs - about 24 hours.
Posted by: The Robot Devil at September 09, 2011 03:11 PM (afrI6)
That said, if I wanted to construct a "dirty bomb" which would set off Geiger Counters in order to panic the public, all I'd need is a case of black powder and a case of lantern mantles (also known as thorium gas mantles.)
Lantern mantles make Geiger Counters go ballistic.
Nobody would bother tracking my above purchases, either.
Posted by: jwb7605 at September 09, 2011 03:11 PM (Qxe/p)
Oh, and since ace is here --- thank you for such a great blog! I don't say it often enough.
Posted by: Y-not is late to the party at September 09, 2011 03:11 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Soona - Tearorrist at September 09, 2011 07:03 PM (+tKUW)
I would hate for any US city to be hit, since even our dirty bastards are, well, OUR dirty bastards. But that said, if it must happen, those are better targets than others. And while I would want a mighty reprisal against our enemies of SF was hit, at the same time I'd not shed a tear for our own national Sodom.
Posted by: Reactionary at September 09, 2011 03:12 PM (4nbyM)
Posted by: ProudRonulan at September 09, 2011 06:29 PM (F+Mbs)
If I were a ProudRonulan, I'd want the following as my hash: FML.
Posted by: That is not my dog at September 09, 2011 03:12 PM (tQHzJ)
http://tinyurl.com/6mhjp9
Posted by: The Robot Devil at September 09, 2011 03:13 PM (afrI6)
Really? Then you are a cold-hearted piece of shit.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative)) at September 09, 2011 03:13 PM (LH6ir)
Yeah, imagine if 10 square miles of downtown New York was rendered uninhabitable for the next 5-10 years.
No big deal, huh?
Posted by: Max Power at September 09, 2011 03:14 PM (q177U)
Posted by: Y-not is late to the party at September 09, 2011 03:14 PM (5H6zj)
Isn't this just part of SCoaMF's jobs program?
Once they blow it up, think of the jobs created to restore whatever they blew up. Think of the investment in infrastructure.
Posted by: Dilligas at September 09, 2011 03:16 PM (HhjUQ)
THANK YOU 0bama!!!!
Posted by: jukin at September 09, 2011 07:07 PM (vkkNZ)
Libya also had a lot of surface-to-air missles that are now - poof - gone. Oh well. I'm sure they'll turn up eventually....
Posted by: joejm65 at September 09, 2011 03:16 PM (UZuc4)
I would hate for any US soil to be hit.
As for places like NYC, it is foolish to deny that there'd be a huge economic impact of such an attack.
Posted by: Y-not is late to the party at September 09, 2011 03:16 PM (5H6zj)
quick, let's talk more about fema camps and MK-ULTRA, because life's more fun if you pretend it's an action movie.
So the Church-committee was just a joke for you, right?
Posted by: ProudRonulan at September 09, 2011 03:16 PM (F+Mbs)
Harlem would be bitching about gentrification and the NY Dems couldn't gerrymander their districts fast enough to account for the population shift.
Posted by: Blue Falcon in Boston training for the ONT mudwrestling match at September 09, 2011 03:16 PM (ijjAe)
Posted by: willowsniff at September 09, 2011 07:09 PM (h+qn
Michael Moore disagrees, but totally understands where you're coming from. #douchebag
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at September 09, 2011 07:10 PM (+lsX1)
I said "I might not..". I just get so sick of the hype (and I truley hope that's all it is), especially if it's NYC or any of those other cities. Sorry, just can't take it anymore. The way the news media covers it, it seems that those cities are the only cities of any real concern.
Posted by: Soona - Tearorrist at September 09, 2011 03:17 PM (+tKUW)
Posted by: ace at September 09, 2011 03:17 PM (nj1bB)
Oh, fuck yeah!
Times Square is an outdoor shopping mall with lots of fancy signs. It's boring beyond belief. One more testament to Bloomberg's nanny-state mentality.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative)) at September 09, 2011 03:18 PM (LH6ir)
@145: "Art Bell used to have a radio show"
Heh, I first saw that as "Art Shell used to have a radio show". How would anyone have known? Wouldn't it have just been an hour of dead air?
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at September 09, 2011 03:18 PM (xy9wk)
What the heck is wrong with you people? (Excuse me: youse people!)
Posted by: Y-not is late to the party at September 09, 2011 03:19 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: LC LaWedgie at September 09, 2011 07:09 PM (PcoXF)
Yep. I had to hunt for it. I wanted to make sure I wasn't spreading a false rumor.
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at September 09, 2011 03:19 PM (otfJ1)
Then pull your head out of your ass and stop being manipulated by the MBM and the 1% of New Yorkers who are the professional mourners.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative)) at September 09, 2011 03:20 PM (LH6ir)
Posted by: Chris M at September 09, 2011 03:20 PM (4lyMJ)
Posted by: ace at September 09, 2011 03:21 PM (nj1bB)
Right. Like how the media totally ignored the McVeigh bombing because it happened in OKC right? All that ginned up hype over just a couple planes crashing into NYC was lame. #giantdouchebag
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at September 09, 2011 03:21 PM (+lsX1)
Its not like it would turn the actual structures and stuff radioactive, it takes heavy neutron radiation to do that.
Posted by: Vic at September 09, 2011 03:21 PM (M9Ie6)
Oh, I don't know Ace. This seems like a pretty reasonable proposition:
"The Obama phenomenon is a hoax carefully crafted by the captains of the New World Order. He is being pushed as savior in an attempt to con the American people into accepting global slavery.
We have reached a critical juncture in the New World Order's plans. It's not about Left or Right: it's about a One World Government. The international banks plan to loot the people of the United States and turn them into slaves on a Global Plantation."
Posted by: Wodeshed at September 09, 2011 03:22 PM (LEcV+)
It's 7:24pm. Of course I am drinking, and I would hope that everyone else is too.
We're not all savages.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative)) at September 09, 2011 03:22 PM (LH6ir)
Posted by: Jean at September 09, 2011 03:22 PM (liPvR)
A wise and prescient President would be aware of the possible advantages available in this Arab Spring® (Goatly? Yes, but I like it too.), like having them all in one convenient location should we get hit again.
Whoever upthread mentioned that this could be stopped very quickly is true. An in-kind response (Heaven forfend we ever disturb the delicate sensitivities of the UN by doing something asymmetrically) would only show our weakness.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Tea Party SOB at September 09, 2011 03:22 PM (d0Tfm)
Posted by: Soona - Tearorrist at September 09, 2011 07:17 PM (+tKUW)
Yeah i know, Media and Nykers are haughty, but i remember their tears on 9/11 and they were US. and we them.
Posted by: willowsniff at September 09, 2011 03:22 PM (h+qn8)
quick, let's talk more about fema camps and MK-ULTRA, because life's more fun if you pretend it's an action movie.
What's MK-ULTRA? Is that a new low cal beer?
Posted by: Ma Bell at September 09, 2011 03:22 PM (H/MnC)
Posted by: As If! at September 09, 2011 03:22 PM (piMMO)
Then perhaps you should clarify by listing which cities you care about enough to be concerned if they were hit by a terrorist dirty bomb attack, and which you "might not" care about.
Idiot.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at September 09, 2011 03:23 PM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: ace at September 09, 2011 07:21 PM (nj1bB)
Next door to Chuck Harder.
Posted by: LC LaWedgie at September 09, 2011 03:23 PM (PcoXF)
Posted by: Y-not is late to the party at September 09, 2011 07:19 PM (5H6zj)
Ah Y-Not, I promised wifey I would not drink for a while, especially while she has gone to the beach this week-end.
Posted by: Vic at September 09, 2011 03:23 PM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Wodeshed at September 09, 2011 07:22 PM (LEcV+)
Are you my daughter??? (or son-in-law?)
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at September 09, 2011 03:24 PM (otfJ1)
It's the combination effect. A bomb that appears conventional which draws in the folks to treat victims... who are then exposed to radiation. The chaos plus the lingering effects of the radiation are the terror component.
Posted by: Y-not is late to the party at September 09, 2011 03:24 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: ace at September 09, 2011 07:21 PM (nj1bB)
It's already started, that's why the i phone knows where you are all the time and the google does too.
Posted by: robtr at September 09, 2011 03:24 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: ace at September 09, 2011 03:24 PM (nj1bB)
Posted by: ace at September 09, 2011 07:21 PM (nj1bB)
A Star Wars reference? Cool. Does that mean we can talk about Wookies?
Posted by: joejm65 at September 09, 2011 03:24 PM (UZuc4)
No I know that MK-ULTRA was a real program. It failed. I know they tested to see if LSD could help with brainwashing.
Even if their LSD tests failed, why should they have given up on the test-objective?
Posted by: ProudRonulan at September 09, 2011 03:25 PM (F+Mbs)
Well you have an excuse! And you are a good guy for listening to your wifey. :-)
Posted by: Y-not is late to the party at September 09, 2011 03:25 PM (5H6zj)
Neutrons? I thought there wouldn't be math.
Vic, you're shoveling sand against the tide. Do you think that anyone cares that most of the stuff would be washed away in the first rain? It's "NUCLEAR," for God's sake. It will kill us all!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative)) at September 09, 2011 03:25 PM (LH6ir)
>>>But let's talk about FEMA camps. I want to know we're they're going to put me when they give Order 66.
Begone, these clone wars have.
Posted by: Annoying guy what talks like Yoda at September 09, 2011 03:25 PM (q177U)
This is why they are putting big covers over large city water reservoirs.
Posted by: TXMarko at September 09, 2011 03:25 PM (qcNAp)
LOL, ace, he would probably get rid of it and all the weapons as well. This is why he has no reason to even be considered in a run-off.
Posted by: Vic at September 09, 2011 03:26 PM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: ace at September 09, 2011 03:26 PM (nj1bB)
also egyptians rioters have torn down a wall of the Israel embassy. "Tear down that wall?"
yep peace around the corner I just feel it!
Posted by: willowsniff at September 09, 2011 03:26 PM (h+qn8)
How do you define drinking? Because in my house the first cocktail is not considered drinking -- it's just a part of life.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative)) at September 09, 2011 03:26 PM (LH6ir)
182
I dunno. What's your position on mothering an adult baby?
Posted by: Wodeshed at September 09, 2011 07:26 PM (LEcV+)
~runs screaming from the thread~
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at September 09, 2011 03:27 PM (otfJ1)
Posted by: ace at September 09, 2011 03:27 PM (nj1bB)
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at September 09, 2011 07:21 PM (+lsX1)
You're right. I'm just not in a very good mood today.
Posted by: Soona - Tearorrist at September 09, 2011 03:27 PM (+tKUW)
Yep. Infowars.com.
I really didn't know anything about the guy. Van Jones yes/Alex no. He must be a late late late radio guy.
Posted by: Wodeshed at September 09, 2011 03:27 PM (LEcV+)
Posted by: ace at September 09, 2011 03:28 PM (nj1bB)
New York's water supply comes from upstate, and those reservoirs are big -- 100s of acres. I doubt they are covering them.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative)) at September 09, 2011 03:28 PM (LH6ir)
Even if their LSD tests failed, why should they have given up on the test-objective?
Posted by: ProudRonulan at September 09, 2011 07:25 PM (F+Mbs)
That's a good point. What if Ron Paul coated a bunch of silver dimes with a mind control agent and then got people to collect silver dimes? He's been in the government for a really long time and in the army before that.
Jeebus, he could be in charge of MK ULTRA
Posted by: robtr at September 09, 2011 03:28 PM (MtwBb)
I must say, the Ronulans are more amusing than the Palinistas.*
*usual disclaimer about not all Palin supporters being Palinistas applies
Posted by: Y-not is late to the party at September 09, 2011 03:29 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: ace at September 09, 2011 07:26 PM (nj1bB)
You know, Ace, I'm a little worried about you. You're entirely too conversant in that shit.
Did they get to you Ace? Did they? I have the antidote. Just send me the bat-signal.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at September 09, 2011 03:29 PM (HUZDZ)
But it would be bad. And the panic would be bad. It would be highly effective terrorism.
I hate to say it, but we have to open ourselves to the possibility of innovative attacks and technologies, with amazing results.
I had never considered that terrorists would delete the WTC. I never thought they'd kill dozens of our troops at our pentagon, either, armed with box cutters.
I do think some kind of future attack is somewhat inevitable.
Posted by: Dustin at September 09, 2011 03:29 PM (fF625)
I find your lack of faith...disturbing.
Posted by: Darth Paul at September 09, 2011 03:29 PM (QKKT0)
LOL, The problem is I don't stop at that "first" one. Wifey's two brothers stopped in on the way down for the meetup at the beach and she had already told them that there was to be no drinking when they stopped here for a brief visit.
Posted by: Vic at September 09, 2011 03:29 PM (M9Ie6)
Did they get to you Ace? Did they? I have the antidote. Just send me the bat-ewok-signal.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at September 09, 2011 07:29 PM (HUZDZ)
FIFY
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at September 09, 2011 03:29 PM (otfJ1)
I get that, but there's also the issue of the explosion itself- what might not start out as being "respirable" might just be after the high explosives go off. Even after the fact it would be difficult to determine exactly what the potential risks would be.
It might be difficult to construct a dirty bomb that covers a very large area and lots of casualties, but one shouldn't discount out of hand the potential health hazard, either.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at September 09, 2011 03:30 PM (SY2Kh)
>>>>Uninhabitable for 5 to 10 years???? Even if it was highly contaminated beyond reason it could be decontaminated in a few days.
Its not like it would turn the actual structures and stuff radioactive, it takes heavy neutron radiation to do that.
So you could pack a moving van full of yellow cake and fertilizer. And after the huge explosion scattered radioactive materials for miles, people could totally come back in a couple days.
Posted by: Annoying guy what talks like Yoda at September 09, 2011 03:30 PM (q177U)
guess i should read up on em.
Posted by: willowsniff at September 09, 2011 03:30 PM (h+qn8)
I also know they discovered that brainwashing was kind of bullshit.
Um, not really Ace. You don't necessarily need to reduce someone to a drooling idiot to break them and make them suggestible.
Repetition is much easier, although it takes a little longer. We've chronicled that fact here more than once. One generation of purposeful misinformation is all it takes, maybe two, to do some serious societal damage.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Tea Party SOB at September 09, 2011 03:30 PM (d0Tfm)
Posted by: ProudRonulan at September 09, 2011 03:31 PM (F+Mbs)
Posted by: The Jihadis at September 09, 2011 03:31 PM (QKKT0)
What the hell is MK ULTRA?
Posted by: Ma Bell at September 09, 2011 07:30 PM (H/MnC)
I dunno, some government thing ron paul is in charge of.
Posted by: robtr at September 09, 2011 03:32 PM (MtwBb)
If you told your wife you wouldn't drink then you are screwed. No way out of that one.
One suggestion; modify that agreement as quickly as possible. Drinking is good for the soul, and occasionally makes for hilarity on this blog.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative)) at September 09, 2011 03:32 PM (LH6ir)
Posted by: Gem at September 09, 2011 03:33 PM (zw+pb)
We have the finest schools in the world!
Posted by: Arnie Duncan at September 09, 2011 03:33 PM (Qxe/p)
Posted by: Zombie Hunter Thompson at September 09, 2011 03:33 PM (GOG1H)
Yep.
Plus, it seems to me that explosions cause breaks in the skin. And my understanding is that eating the stuff is sufficient in many cases, even though technically the interior lining of your gut is still "outside" the body since it is lined with epithelial tissue.
Posted by: Y-not is late to the party at September 09, 2011 03:33 PM (5H6zj)
Do tell.
Posted by: Josef Goebbels at September 09, 2011 03:33 PM (QKKT0)
Posted by: willowsniff at September 09, 2011 03:33 PM (h+qn8)
Oh the doctor said I could drink, but that I shouldn't start right away and that it doesn't go well with the chemo stuff.
Wife is worried that if I get drunk, fall down, and split this staple zipper up the front of me it would go very well since I am back on the plavix.
Posted by: Vic at September 09, 2011 03:34 PM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at September 09, 2011 03:34 PM (+lsX1)
Posted by: ace at September 09, 2011 07:27 PM (nj1bB)
V2K? Is that like Y2K, except...with a V?
Posted by: joejm65 at September 09, 2011 03:34 PM (UZuc4)
And it would create a lot of jobs for vacuum salesmen. Win-win!
Posted by: Y-not is late to the party at September 09, 2011 03:35 PM (5H6zj)
Naw, I read that about some west coast city..... Probably S.F....
Posted by: TXMarko at September 09, 2011 03:35 PM (qcNAp)
The Prison Planet forums look fascinating. Never been there before.
We've got stuff on vaccinations, missing children/satanic rituals, microwave weapons, fluoridation, mind control, and chem trails!
Posted by: Wodeshed at September 09, 2011 03:35 PM (LEcV+)
Posted by: ace at September 09, 2011 07:27 PM (nj1bB)
V2K? Is that like Y2K, except...with a V?
Posted by: joejm65 at September 09, 2011 07:34 PM (UZuc4)
Jesus...this is no thread to wander in late to.
Posted by: Tami at September 09, 2011 03:35 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: Bosk at September 09, 2011 03:35 PM (n2K+4)
So you could pack a moving van full of yellow cake and fertilizer. And after the huge explosion scattered radioactive materials for miles, people could totally come back in a couple days.
Posted by: Annoying guy what talks like Yoda at September 09, 2011 07:30 PM (q177U)
Probably not. I don't think that yellowcake is nearly radioactive enough to cause health problems after brief exposure.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative)) at September 09, 2011 03:35 PM (LH6ir)
Remember to vote for me on DWTS.
Posted by: chas bono at September 09, 2011 03:36 PM (Ou4YC)
Posted by: ace at September 09, 2011 07:28 PM (nj1bB)
I apologized up thread, but I'll apologize now. I don't want anything to to happen, period. I know people in NYC and I really don't want bad shit to happen to them. I'm just tired and cranky.
Posted by: Soona - Tearorrist at September 09, 2011 03:36 PM (+tKUW)
Posted by: Y-not is late to the party at September 09, 2011 03:36 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: snowcrash at September 09, 2011 03:36 PM (T/g1q)
I think he's talking about this.
If not, he's afraid of window companies.
Posted by: jwb7605 at September 09, 2011 03:37 PM (Qxe/p)
Posted by: Y-not is late to the party at September 09, 2011 07:36 PM (5H6zj)
This has my vote too. I love the city.
Posted by: Tami at September 09, 2011 03:37 PM (X6akg)
I shouldn't start right away and that it doesn't go well with the chemo stuff.
I got your back man.
I have no problem drinking for two tonight. All I ask is that once in full drinking shape, you share some of that whiskey stash I know you have with me.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at September 09, 2011 03:37 PM (dWPyO)
Yellow cake isn't that hazardous. Remember, people mined that shit probably unprotected to begin with. IN any case, all it means is the bigger the bomb, the wider it gets scattered (but I doubt miles), it just takes more resources and money to clean it up.
Posted by: Vic at September 09, 2011 03:37 PM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Rahm Emmanuel at September 09, 2011 03:38 PM (RSFL7)
Posted by: willow at September 09, 2011 03:38 PM (h+qn8)
Posted by: ace at September 09, 2011 03:39 PM (nj1bB)
Posted by: nightwitch at September 09, 2011 03:39 PM (11j7G)
Posted by: snowcrash at September 09, 2011 03:39 PM (T/g1q)
If not, he's afraid of window companies.
Posted by: jwb7605 at September 09, 2011 07:37 PM (Qxe/p)
My mind is controlled by large beautiful boobies. Does that mean I'll be slaving on Prison Planet or something?
Posted by: joejm65 at September 09, 2011 03:39 PM (UZuc4)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at September 09, 2011 03:39 PM (eOXTH)
That's true, although I think it's upwind of us here in Utah. And there are a few good restaurants there, too.
Hmmm.... How about Boston? I've always thought it was an over-rated city.
Posted by: Y-not is totally joking at September 09, 2011 03:40 PM (5H6zj)
LOL, what stash? I can't keep the shit around the bottles mysteriously empty themselves.
Posted by: Vic at September 09, 2011 03:40 PM (M9Ie6)
Welcome to Chicago. We're like NYC, only cleaner, cheaper and nicer.
Just to be clear, we are talking about the home of "the Chicago way", right?
Nicer? Really?
Posted by: Sean Bannion at September 09, 2011 03:40 PM (HUZDZ)
Posted by: willow at September 09, 2011 03:41 PM (h+qn8)
The Soviet States Of New England
Posted by: Barbarian at September 09, 2011 03:42 PM (EL+OC)
I can't keep the shit around the bottles mysteriously empty themselves.
Hmm. Good point.
Aight, well, when in full drinking shape, get your ass down here, and we can knock a few back at Tommy Condon's.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at September 09, 2011 03:42 PM (dWPyO)
Posted by: ace's amalgam fillings at September 09, 2011 03:42 PM (Ou4YC)
Posted by: willow at September 09, 2011 03:42 PM (h+qn8)
It really was a very friendly city, pre-911. Yeah, there were issues, but when we moved from Chicago to Boston it nearly killed me.
I have to say that it feels more like NYC now than it did in the 80s and 90s, which I guess may be part of the post-911 world we live in.
Posted by: Y-not is totally joking at September 09, 2011 03:43 PM (5H6zj)
Hmmm.... How about Boston? I've always thought it was an over-rated city.
Can you wait until I am home from work, please?
Posted by: fluffy at September 09, 2011 03:43 PM (3SvjA)
If it is even being offered in school anymore, probably only the Asian students. Its hard and shit you may have to, like, be able to work some math. .
Posted by: Vic at September 09, 2011 03:43 PM (M9Ie6)
It wouldn't have to. The winds of the media would spread it quickly.
Instead of Rads, they'd be squealing about millirads. Maybe even microrads! And every housewife who is clueless about "1000 milligrams of sodium" compared to "a gram of salt" would lemming up behind the newscasts.
Posted by: jwb7605 at September 09, 2011 03:43 PM (Qxe/p)
Have you talked to anyone that has actually seen one?
I say this because back in the day when I was all into Alex Jones and his bullshit, I believed in that crap. Hell I ate it all up, FEMA camps, Operation CableSplicer, and GardenPlot, EO 113 (or whatever it was) the list goes on and on.
Anyway 1 day I read a "first hand report" from one of Alex Jone's staff about how he personally visited a FEMA camp and lo and behold the site was literally within 2 miles of where I live. So I finally worked up the courage to brave getting set upon by government goons in black helos, and went and visited it. You know what was there?
A fucking sugar beet field.
The point of my story? I used to be a bigger dumb ass than I am now.
But I am still a dumb ass, just not one that believes everything I hear or see on the internet.
Posted by: Lord Monochromicorn at September 09, 2011 03:43 PM (yOz65)
I have to say that it feels more like NYC now than it did in the 80s and 90s, which I guess may be part of the post-911 world we live in.
I think everything was different back then. So I'll take your word for it.
You in Boston proper? Or the burbs?
Posted by: Sean Bannion at September 09, 2011 03:44 PM (HUZDZ)
LOL, a friend of mine from CA called the other night and was talking about coming out. I told her to wait until I could take her down there to that place.
Posted by: Vic at September 09, 2011 03:44 PM (M9Ie6)
http://tinyurl.com/42tqsuk
Posted by: arhooley at September 09, 2011 03:44 PM (UZN/v)
Congratulations!
Are you a lurker, btw? I don't recognize your handle.
Posted by: Y-not is totally joking at September 09, 2011 03:45 PM (5H6zj)
I've always thought it was an over-rated city
A tad dirty for my tastes, surprising to me when I went for the 1st time. The history is nice though.
I'm a big NYC guy, but Chicago, like you say, has some great views.
San Diego is where I would live if I could only pick one place though.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at September 09, 2011 03:45 PM (dWPyO)
Posted by: nightwitch at September 09, 2011 03:45 PM (11j7G)
Posted by: Barbarian at September 09, 2011 07:42 PM (EL+OC)
NY isn't part of New England. It's considered part the Tri-State Area. So...The Soviet States of the Tri-State Area? I like it, it sounds more sinister.
Posted by: joejm65 at September 09, 2011 03:46 PM (UZuc4)
Skull and crossbones.....the crossbones look like a 'K'.
So maybe that's why they use a 'K' for the V2K thingy.
Since it stands for 'Voice - to - Skull'.....right?
Posted by: ConservativeMenAreJustHotter at September 09, 2011 03:46 PM (vKRHm)
Posted by: Fritz at September 09, 2011 03:46 PM (FabC8)
No, I'm in Utah, baby! ;-)
We lived in Waltham (I was at Brandeis) and then Belmont (he was at the NBER) for three torturous, miserable years in the 90s. In fairness, my mom got and died of cancer during that time, plus we had some other things happen that contributed to the misery. But I think I'm the only academic on the planet who is not impressed by Beantown!
Posted by: Y-not at September 09, 2011 03:47 PM (5H6zj)
But to be fair every New Yorker I've interacted with has been a mensch. I haven't visited NYC yet, on my bucket list once I'm employed again, so I can't judge the overall populaces against one another.
And Boston was part of my American history-nerd Honeymoon, loved that city too. The people were much friendlier than I expected too!
I have no problem with New Yorkers. They get a bad rap. And this is coming from a native Bostonian. The only problem with New York is Jets fans.
Now...you want rude, come to the DC metroplex. You'll get some rude. God I hate this place.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at September 09, 2011 03:47 PM (HUZDZ)
Posted by: Y-not is totally joking
No I usually don't use the same nic for more than a few months.
Posted by: Lord Monochromicorn at September 09, 2011 03:48 PM (yOz65)
"Aight, well, when in full drinking shape, get your ass down here, and we can knock a few back at Tommy Condon's."
totally unfair...1:45AM and now I'm sooo homesick!
Posted by: eurw at September 09, 2011 03:48 PM (bWnqP)
and then Kudlow said "breaking news" and they announced that the Israeli embassey in Cairo has been attacked and showed a picture that was very dark.
Posted by: cantankerous at September 09, 2011 03:48 PM (k1rwm)
San Diego is where I would live if I could only pick one place though.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at September 09, 2011 07:45 PM (dWPyO)
---
Yeah, I regret I didn't really get to explore San Diego when I lived in SoCal. I did like La Jolla a lot (except for the rich liberals).
I deserve shit for this, but if I could pick a city to live in (and know I could afford it), I'd pick Vancouver, BC. I love that city. People are nice too.
Posted by: Y-not at September 09, 2011 03:50 PM (5H6zj)
I told her to wait until I could take her down there to that place
Can't beat it.
The weather has been great here the last few days. No humidity and in the low 80s. A nice change after the hot summer.
And yeah, get down here at some point. I'll buy you a few rounds.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at September 09, 2011 03:50 PM (dWPyO)
Posted by: ace's amalgam fillings at September 09, 2011 03:50 PM (Ou4YC)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at September 09, 2011 07:47 PM (HUZDZ)
I was literally born a jets fan....
Posted by: cantankerous at September 09, 2011 03:50 PM (k1rwm)
No, I'm in Utah, baby! ;-)
Belmont is nice. I'm not too fond of Waltham.
I lived in Cambridgeport most recently. MIT a five minute walk to one side, Harvard a five minute walk to the other. So, you can imagine my neighborhood.
I too am not impressed with academics there either - and I was teaching at BU at the time.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at September 09, 2011 03:50 PM (HUZDZ)
We lived in Waltham (I was at Brandeis) and then Belmont (he was at the NBER) for three torturous, miserable years in the 90s. In fairness, my mom got and died of cancer during that time, plus we had some other things happen that contributed to the misery. But I think I'm the only academic on the planet who is not impressed by Beantown!
Posted by: Y-not at September 09, 2011 07:47 PM (5H6zj)
I lived in Boston for almost 5 years, as a student. I think that's the best way to experience the city. Go there for college, make friends, be broke most of the time, and find out how to have fun on a shoestring budget. I had a blast. I've visited the city dozens of times since I graduated (20+ years ago), but I never had as much fun visiting as I did as a student living there. The city for fun-fun? N-Y-C.
Posted by: joejm65 at September 09, 2011 03:51 PM (UZuc4)
Posted by: cantankerous at September 09, 2011 03:51 PM (k1rwm)
I was literally born a jets fan....
Posted by: cantankerous at September 09, 2011 07:50 PM (k1rwm)
Ladies and gentlemen, I rest my case.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at September 09, 2011 03:51 PM (HUZDZ)
Posted by: Y-not at September 09, 2011 07:47 PM (5H6zj)
I feel about Boston the same way I feel about San Francisco: I hate their politics, but as far as cities go, they really are special. Commonwealth Avenue is lovely, there just ain't no denying it. But I can understand having things like your Mom's illness going on while there would have ruined it for you.
Posted by: CoolCzech at September 09, 2011 03:52 PM (niZvt)
Soooo.... random sweeps. Stoping people randomly. Checking IDs as they just try to go about their business...
Check points.... searching vehicles...
The slippery slope of 'Reasonable' just took a lonnnggggg slide if this does not worry even the supposedly Conservative crowd here.
First they searched me at the Airport, even though they never found ANY Terrorists that way...
Then the Train Stations...
Now the Roads...
And no knock searches... where they can search if they 'think' evidence may be being destroyed...
Lets see... how does that saying go? Those who give up Liberty in the name of Saftey, will soon have neither?
Oh, and for the Record... I'm NOT a Bircher... but I am a Jeffersonian...
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 09, 2011 03:52 PM (NtXW4)
Yeah, I actually meant to comment on that. In general, I find the entire north east and rust belt to be too dirty and old. I never thought I'd say that because our family is from New England, but after living out west, I am not sure I could live there again. Husband has the same reaction. He looked at a job in Portland, Maine and said he just couldn't do it.
Posted by: Y-not at September 09, 2011 03:52 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: mare at September 09, 2011 03:53 PM (A98Xu)
Posted by: nightwitch at September 09, 2011 03:53 PM (11j7G)
"Dirty Bombs" are to the MSM as "Hurricanes" are to the MSM.
That said, if I wanted to construct a "dirty bomb" which would set off Geiger Counters in order to panic the public, all I'd need is a case of black powder and a case of lantern mantles (also known as thorium gas mantles.)
Lantern mantles make Geiger Counters go ballistic.
Nobody would bother tracking my above purchases, either.
Posted by: jwb7605 at September 09, 2011 07:11 PM (Qxe/p)
You are too knowable and probably wear glasses. In either case, you need to be eliminated.Posted by: Pol Pot at September 09, 2011 03:53 PM (7+pP9)
That get down to the barbershop to cure the Summer cold nearly killed me this morning.
Posted by: Vic at September 09, 2011 03:53 PM (M9Ie6)
this is genius.
did I miss the creation of some new form of Civil Defense for NYC only or did they just basically tell NYC "oh by the way there may be a random radiological event that looks more like a normal blast than a nuke that may kill you golly wish we had briefed you guys in better so you won't panic and all but now you've been warned"?
you know that stupid little commercial about "when the glaciers melted the earth was kicking you in the nuts" and on and on....
yeah America when Islam killed 4,000 of you you may have wanted to get your game face on
Posted by: sven10077 at September 09, 2011 03:53 PM (AEIYh)
I was literally born a jets fan....
Posted by: cantankerous at September 09, 2011 07:50 PM (k1rwm)
Why is the word "literally" so hard for people who post on the internet to understand?Posted by: Captain Hate at September 09, 2011 03:53 PM (RKzwg)
Yeah, I regret I didn't really get to explore San Diego when I lived in SoCal. I did like La Jolla a lot
I lived in La Jolla when I spent a year out there in the late 90s. It's a wonderful place if you have the money and can insulate yourself from the shitty socio economic situation in Cali. (no, unfortunately I didn't have that kind of money. A 1200 a month 1 bedroom).
Perfect weather and scenery though.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at September 09, 2011 03:53 PM (dWPyO)
I don't even know who the fuck "bilderbergers" are supposed to be, but lets face it without 90% of the world's population there wouldn't be any economic activity to make the elites wealthy and without wealth there's no way to really control any population. Any police state is pretty much doomed once economics come into play. Honestly do these conspiracy fucks really think the world's richest people really want to run the global economy into the ground? All that would do is make them LESS powerful and wealthy than they already are.
Posted by: Blue Falcon in Boston training for the ONT mudwrestling match at September 09, 2011 03:54 PM (ijjAe)
Posted by: cantankerous at September 09, 2011 07:51 PM (k1rwm)
It burns.....
Posted by: Tami at September 09, 2011 03:54 PM (X6akg)
My personal favorite was the FEMA Prison Railroad Cars.
Which may look scary from the outside, but upon closer inspection, they fail to have seats and shackles as described on Infowars.
But they DO make excellent new car transporters, so they have that going for them....
Posted by: TXMarko at September 09, 2011 03:54 PM (e19PO)
Commonwealth Avenue is lovely, there just ain't no denying it.
Damn straight, it is gorgeous, so is the Esplanade. And you should see what they did to Kenmore Square in the last 2 years. It's not a dump anymore.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at September 09, 2011 03:54 PM (HUZDZ)
I am not calling the citizens out....
essentially this ever loving ever embracing all pervasive all invasive group of oligarchs we are supposed to trust....especially the dusky hued messianic one....
yeah I'd sure as hell fell safe having him as my 1st sgt wouldn't you?
Posted by: sven10077 at September 09, 2011 03:54 PM (AEIYh)
San Diego is where I would live if I could only pick one place though.
My half-assed brother lives just outside of there in a little place called Jamul.
In a castle he built himself.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Tea Party SOB at September 09, 2011 03:55 PM (d0Tfm)
they are doing random searches. saw this in the subway today. and they have bomb sniffing dogs on the subways. and they have guys with USMC on their uniforms all over the place.
Posted by: cantankerous at September 09, 2011 03:55 PM (k1rwm)
I hope they don't make us wear those orange jumpsuits in the Fema Camps.
Orange is just not my color.
Seriously though, I think the only truth there is to the Fema Camp stories.....is the fact that after Katrina, Fema actually did go out and secure some locations for future temporary housing. Like for after disasters.
There was a WSJ article about it, several years ago.....There were some pics of some dormatories, etc....with chain link fencing around it for security, for the temporary residents, not to keep them prisoner.
Posted by: ConservativeMenAreJustHotter at September 09, 2011 03:56 PM (vKRHm)
Damn straight, it is gorgeous, so is the Esplanade. And you should see what they did to Kenmore Square in the last 2 years. It's not a dump anymore.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at September 09, 2011 07:54 PM (HUZDZ)
I liked Kenmore Sq. when it was a dump. Good memories...
Posted by: joejm65 at September 09, 2011 03:56 PM (UZuc4)
my wife works at RONPAUL1111!!!!!'s "Indiana FEMA Death Camp"
We keep it disguised as a job corp training site and the training center for deploying GWoT National Guard Units.....
but yeah it is totally there man
Posted by: sven10077 at September 09, 2011 03:56 PM (AEIYh)
I never thought I'd say that because our family is from New England, but after living out west, I am not sure I could live there again.
I know the feeling. Being from the west, a Denver native, I find alot of the midwest and northeast to be unattractive from a clean/visual perspective.
Plenty of exceptions obviously though. It's why I like the suburb I live in here in Charleston so much. Clean, and has a bit of a western feel to it.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at September 09, 2011 03:57 PM (dWPyO)
"Isn't this just part of SCoaMF's jobs program?
Once they blow it up, think of the jobs created to restore whatever they blew up. Think of the investment in infrastructure.
I refer you to The World Trade Center Site @ 11 SEPT 2001 + 10.
Posted by: FORGER - Racist TEAhadi at September 09, 2011 03:57 PM (7j/xA)
yeah, that's a big part of it. Also, though, moving from directly Chicago (which I really grew to love - we lived there when I was doing grad work and had just gotten married as well) to Boston (which I expected to love, but didn't) was also a big part of it. I'm a gregarious person (duh!) but it freaked the Bostonians out. They'd say "you're not from around here, are you?"
And everyone seemed unnecessarily tense considering Boston is tiny compared to Chicago and, let's face it, not really that important compared to DC or NYC or other cities with a rep for having tense residents. I always found myself asking "when in heck are you all going in such a rush?"
Plus, the restaurants were inferior to Chicago (except for Dali in Sommerville), particularly when it came to service.
Plus, it felt more racially segregated and kind of "old money" segregated compared to what I was used to growing up and in Chicago. Mr Y-not never had to dress for dinner in Chicago. If your money was green, you were in.
Posted by: Y-not at September 09, 2011 03:57 PM (5H6zj)
My half-assed brother lives just outside of there in a little place called Jamul
Right on. I remember that place. Way out in the eastern part of the county.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at September 09, 2011 03:58 PM (dWPyO)
I liked Kenmore Sq. when it was a dump. Good memories...
Meh. I hated it back then.
But...I do miss the Garden, and that was a dump. But it was awesome.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at September 09, 2011 03:58 PM (HUZDZ)
. It's why I like the suburb I live in here in Charleston so much. Clean, and has a bit of a western feel to it.
Funny you say that because I was just thinking the other day that if I had to live in a city (and I don't want to) the one I'd pick would be Charleston.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at September 09, 2011 04:00 PM (HUZDZ)
how do you change your hash?
If you're wireless, reboot your router. Unplug it for a full minute, then plug it back in. That used to be called a "cold boot."
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Tea Party SOB at September 09, 2011 04:00 PM (d0Tfm)
The lack of a 24 hour IHOP and the loss of the Rat destroyed much of the character of Kenmore Square. The new bus station, subway renovations, reconstruction of the roadway , and widened sidewalks have made the area much more aesthetically pleasing and easy to navigate. But now there's fewer reasons to actually want to go to Kenmore.
Posted by: Blue Falcon in Boston training for the ONT mudwrestling match at September 09, 2011 04:01 PM (ijjAe)
I lived in La Jolla when I spent a year out there in the late 90s. It's a wonderful place if you have the money and can insulate yourself from the shitty socio economic situation in Cali. (no, unfortunately I didn't have that kind of money. A 1200 a month 1 bedroom).
Perfect weather and scenery though.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at September 09, 2011 07:53 PM (dWPyO)
It's like part of Maui drifted across to the coast of CA. People are kind of strange, though. Or is that just CA?
Posted by: Soona - Tearorrist at September 09, 2011 04:02 PM (+tKUW)
Posted by: cantankerous at September 09, 2011 04:02 PM (k1rwm)
Repetition is much easier, although it takes a little longer. We've chronicled that fact here more than once. One generation of purposeful misinformation is all it takes, maybe two, to do some serious societal damage.
"That is why Congress must pass this bill immediately. We could start the country on the road to prosperity if you would just pass this bill. You people need to pass this bill. That's why you need to pass this bill. " Etc.
Posted by: President Pass This Bill at September 09, 2011 04:02 PM (tQHzJ)
Posted by: cantankerous at September 09, 2011 07:55 PM (k1rwm)
Sorry, not gonna believe this until I see pictures...
Possee Commitarus Act (sp?, bein lazy) forbids that.
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 09, 2011 04:02 PM (NtXW4)
some places hard-wire your IP address to your ISP account name - that is the case with me and AT&T anyway
so I guess I will always have the same hash when I post from home
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 04:02 PM (s7mIC)
"No I usually don't use the same dick for more than a few months."
What?
You have more than one? Is that in case you wear one out, and you have to let it rest for a while?
Posted by: ConservativeMenAreJustHotter at September 09, 2011 04:02 PM (vKRHm)
I don't think I could live in the true South (the gentrified South -- not Texas, that's different) because I'm too brash. I'd irritate people or they would irritate me. But I want to see Charleston because it does sound lovely.
Posted by: Y-not at September 09, 2011 04:03 PM (5H6zj)
But now there's fewer reasons to actually want to go to Kenmore.
Agree to a point. But I give it another 2 years and I think some of that "character" will return to the Square.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at September 09, 2011 04:03 PM (HUZDZ)
Posted by: Blue Falcon in Boston training for the ONT mudwrestling match at September 09, 2011 04:04 PM (ijjAe)
Posted by: nightwitch at September 09, 2011 04:04 PM (11j7G)
Posted by: cantankerous at September 09, 2011 08:02 PM (k1rwm)
Shut up. And it's Marines, not marines.
Posted by: Jane D'oh, back from the near-dead at September 09, 2011 04:04 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Y-not at September 09, 2011 04:04 PM (5H6zj)
Right on. I remember that place. Way out in the eastern part of the county.
Yup, nice area. Desert mountains of around 300 ft. On a clear day, you could see the Pacific.
And you can see Mexico any time.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Tea Party SOB at September 09, 2011 04:05 PM (d0Tfm)
The lack of a 24 hour IHOP and the loss of the Rat destroyed much of the character of Kenmore Square.
You beat me to it. What is Kenmore Sq without the Rat?
Posted by: fluffy at September 09, 2011 04:05 PM (3SvjA)
Posted by: steevy at September 09, 2011 04:05 PM (fyOgS)
I visited it a while back. Beautiful city and very nice people. It has a very cool vibe...
Posted by: The Robot Devil at September 09, 2011 04:05 PM (afrI6)
Posted by: Marybel at September 09, 2011 04:05 PM (Hic+o)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Tea Party SOB at September 09, 2011 04:06 PM (d0Tfm)
me too
but more importantly, I want to hear Vic yell at me to get off his lawn
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 04:06 PM (s7mIC)
I didn't take any pictures, I didn't think they were the marines, figured they were national guard.
Posted by: cantankerous at September 09, 2011 04:06 PM (k1rwm)
I visited it a while back. Beautiful city and very nice people. It has a very cool vibe...
Posted by: The Robot Devil at September 09, 2011 08:05 PM (afrI6)
Charleston is awesome. I live in Savannah and love it, but Charleston is my first love.
Posted by: Jane D'oh, back from the near-dead at September 09, 2011 04:06 PM (UOM48)
Yep. We were starting out when we lived there so we were broke, but after a couple of years we had some disposable income so we ate VERY WELL. I remember the shock we had when, after years of going to the downtown Ritz Carlton for brunch in Chicago, we tried to go to the Ritz in Boston (also for brunch) and were turned away because of the lack of a tie.
Posted by: Y-not at September 09, 2011 04:07 PM (5H6zj)
Funny you say that because I was just thinking the other day that if I had to live in a city (and I don't want to) the one I'd pick would be Charleston
Yeah, I really narrowed my search down to a handful of cities when I decided to move, kept an open mind, and this place just rated so high in alot of areas. It's been a year and I don't regret it in the least.
Come for a visit though Sean.
Or is that just CA?
I'd never live in Cali again, short of having enough money to wall myself off from all its problems. Which isn't likely to happen. It's become a state for the super rich and super poor. No place for a hardworkin, middle class stiff like me.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at September 09, 2011 04:07 PM (dWPyO)
I must also say that the redone stretches of Commonwealth Avenue by BU's original campus
I used to work on Bay State Ave on the original BU campus and I was just up there a couple weeks ago. They did a great job with it. First time I had ever seen real landscaping and flowers(?!?!) along that stretch of Comm Ave.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at September 09, 2011 04:07 PM (HUZDZ)
Dirty bombs are a threat, but I thiink they are not quite as bad as the MBM makes them out to be. Not that preparedness to the MBM level (and maybe then some) is not a good idea, but fear at their level is probably not.
The detonation of a 20kg dirty bomb (20kg semtex, plus dirty additives) is basically the explosion of 20kg of semtex. Maybe slightly worse, because most/all of the dirty additives are metals, and usually in powder form, so they might burn easily. Strontium, for example, is an additive in fireworks, for certain colors.
The upside to this is that if the powdered metal burns, it forms an oxide, or a carbonate, or something. Still problematical, but the resulting molecule is physically larger ... slightly easier to trap in a filter, like a HEPA filter from an AC unit, or a cheap surgical mask. Not that you should run your central AC unit after a dirty explosion, or that a surgical mask will prevent inhalation, rather, such items should cut your exposure way down.
Cleanup in Manhattan might not be as tough as we think. How thorough does it have to be? A few grams of Co-60, 4 stories up, might only be a threat to people in the office. Having teams with geiger counters scan each office in each building is time consuming, but do-able. A lead plate on the inside of the building might be enough to provide temporary protection.
The ability to wash buildings has been around for a few decades, and I expect that to be done. A low pressure wash, to get the contamination to run off to a containment system on the street, followed by a scan, might be more than enough. Many shopping centers use a vacuuming service to clean their parking lots. Vacuum, scan & mark, repeat. It will cost money, but the problem goes away.
Moving away from Manhattan-esque targets does increase the cost of cleanup, but there are only a few that are worth the effort. A strike in PedX-ing, Iowa, seems real unlikely.
Posted by: Arbalest at September 09, 2011 04:07 PM (mvbvq)
Posted by: Y-not at September 09, 2011 04:08 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 08:06 PM (s7mIC)
I live a good ways from Charleston. Too high cost for my blood. Delta must have one of them high paying jobs.
Posted by: Vic at September 09, 2011 04:08 PM (M9Ie6)
And now that I've said that, Eastern Standard is an overrated and overpriced restaurant!
Posted by: Blue Falcon in Boston training for the ONT mudwrestling match at September 09, 2011 04:08 PM (ijjAe)
I have got to get to Charleston. I've heard really terrific things about it.
I visited it a while back. Beautiful city and very nice people. It has a very cool vibe...
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ok...someone run over to Hyman's to pick me up some hushpuppies, and then over to Condon's for a reuben. The food here sucks, and I could really use a care package!
Posted by: eurw at September 09, 2011 04:09 PM (bWnqP)
Yeah Jane, did you make it down to the barber shop to be bled?
Posted by: Vic at September 09, 2011 04:09 PM (M9Ie6)
Come for a visit though Sean.
If there was a job there, I'd be there tomorrow. Although, I fear that the wife will drag me back to hear family in NorCal when we actually leave DC.
Ugh....history there started in 1848...and I hate it. Although, I love Tahoe.
It's Maine with better weather.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at September 09, 2011 04:10 PM (HUZDZ)
I live a good ways from Charleston. Too high cost for my blood. Delta must have one of them high paying jobs.
Posted by: Vic at September 09, 2011 08:08 PM (M9Ie6)
nevertheless, Vic, it would be an honor for you to yell at me to get off your lawn
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 04:10 PM (s7mIC)
So my husband asks a friend to look over a site where he wants to place security "stuff" on the Savannah River.
They approach a fence and right in front of them hear a rattle.....they look down and see a HUGE eastern diamondback rattler (husband says it was as wide as his forearm). He and the friend jump up on a platform and the snake comes under the fence towards them and slithers under the platform they're standing on. Husband says the thing was at least six feet long.
Friend said, "My fee just went up, bro."
Posted by: Jane D'oh, back from the near-dead at September 09, 2011 04:10 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: RKM at September 09, 2011 04:10 PM (+dg6m)
I have got to get to Charleston. I've heard really terrific things about it
Cmon on down. We can get Vic drunk.
The suburb I live is full of Yankees. You wouldn't be too brash for this area. Heck, only 1 in 4 people I encounter on a daily basis even have a mild southern accent. It really depends on where you live. The coastal areas have alot of transplants.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at September 09, 2011 04:11 PM (dWPyO)
@293: "I deserve shit for this, but if I could pick a city to live in (and know I could afford it), I'd pick Vancouver, BC. I love that city. People are nice too."
When they're not rioting, right?
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at September 09, 2011 04:11 PM (xy9wk)
The way I do it is by shutting down my dsl router for a while and then logging back in to my ISP. Then I get a different IP (usually depends on the amount of traffic at the node/server. Then Bingo! New Hash.
At least that's how it's worked before.
YMMV and will depend on how, to who, to what, you connect to the internet and over what equipment.
Posted by: I know who I am but don't care at September 09, 2011 04:11 PM (iniPz)
wait, there was a Disneyland in Boston?
The Rathskellar. It became a punk club in the late 70s and was thus known as...
Posted by: fluffy at September 09, 2011 04:12 PM (3SvjA)
Yeah Jane, did you make it down to the barber shop to be bled?
Posted by: Vic at September 09, 2011 08:09 PM (M9Ie6)
I came back to life this evening. Stayed in bed all day, which I NEVER do. I normally "just" get pneumonia or something, never a head cold.
Posted by: Jane D'oh, back from the near-dead at September 09, 2011 04:12 PM (UOM48)
Well, I'll do everything humanly possible. Unfortunately, we barbers aren't gods. You know, medicine is not an exact science, but we are learning all the time. Why, just fifty years ago, they thought a disease like yours was caused by demonic possession or witchcraft. But nowadays we know that Jane is suffering from an imbalance of bodily humors, perhaps caused by a toad or a small dwarf living in her stomach.
Posted by: Theodoric of York at September 09, 2011 04:13 PM (afrI6)
Go right ahead. I can't stand the nuts, they get labeled as 'conservatives' in order to make all of us look crazy.
Posted by: Blue Falcon in Boston training for the ONT mudwrestling match at September 09, 2011 04:13 PM (ijjAe)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, back from the near-dead at September 09, 2011 08:12 PM (UOM4
well Jane D'oh I am glad you are feeling better
hopefully you'll feel well enough to enjoy an ONT full of decadence
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 04:13 PM (s7mIC)
#343 If BU ever gets rid of the parking lot on Deerfield Street, the Citizen's Bank building, and the old Holiday Inn on the outbound side of the square, there'll probably be enough new places to attract people to the square
Oh, that's happening as we speak, my friend. Go check out the corner for Deerfield and Bay State, just 50 yards from Kenmore Square. BU is building a massive new Student Services Center right there. With that...the parking on Deerfield will disappear.
That Holiday Inn is a BU dorm now, and I think I remember its in the 10 year plan for demolition, as they build more dorm space out toward Nickerson Field. I also remember the entire Engineering School that backs up to the Mass Pike is due for complete demo and rebuild.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at September 09, 2011 04:13 PM (HUZDZ)
Savannah is the prettiest city I've ever seen. Lots of Old South Charm still left, and a cool music scene, at least ten years ago. Did a couple of gigs up there with a friend on mine who filled in for Eric Culberson at his bar.
And damned good pecan pralines. I can't seem to find anybody down here in FL who even knows what they are.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Tea Party SOB at September 09, 2011 04:14 PM (d0Tfm)
Delta must have one of them high paying jobs.
Heh. The pay is lower than back home. Trade offs I spose. Being single and having no debts or illegitimate kids helps I guess. Mount Pleasant is a beautiful place, worth the pay decrease though.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at September 09, 2011 04:14 PM (dWPyO)
wow, Jane must have really gotten drunk at that party last weekend
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 04:15 PM (s7mIC)
The suburb I live is full of Yankees. You wouldn't be too brash for this area. Heck, only 1 in 4 people I encounter on a daily basis even have a mild southern accent. It really depends on where you live. The coastal areas have alot of transplants.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at September 09, 2011 08:11 PM (dWPyO)
Are you in Mt. Pleasant?
Guess what. Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band are coming back to Beaufort for the Shrimp Festival. We can't go. Last year we missed the band but bought a t-shirt for the boy.
Posted by: Jane D'oh, back from the near-dead at September 09, 2011 04:15 PM (UOM48)
And damned good pecan pralines. I can't seem to find anybody down here in FL who even knows what they are.
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Market Street Sweets in Chas, and River Street Sweets in Savannah will ship anywhere in the U.S.
Posted by: eurw at September 09, 2011 04:16 PM (bWnqP)
And damned good pecan pralines. I can't seem to find anybody down here in FL who even knows what they are.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Tea Party SOB at September 09, 2011 08:14 PM (d0Tfm)
Savannah Candy Kitchen, owned by friends of ours. (You can order on-line, I think.)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, back from the near-dead at September 09, 2011 04:16 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: no good deed at September 09, 2011 04:17 PM (mjR67)
Savannah Candy Kitchen, owned by friends of ours. (You can order on-line, I think.)
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will they ship to APO's????
Posted by: eurw at September 09, 2011 04:18 PM (bWnqP)
Posted by: Charlesjohnsonton, SC at September 09, 2011 08:18 PM (w41GQ)
Again?
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 09, 2011 04:19 PM (NtXW4)
Are you in Mt. Pleasant?
Yeah, many transplants, Yankees, and the like. It really is growing. Too bad you can't go, didn't you make it to the last one?
Posted by: Delta Smelt at September 09, 2011 04:19 PM (dWPyO)
@342: "I don't think I could live in the true South (the gentrified South -- not Texas, that's different) because I'm too brash."
Well, bless your heart!
Posted by: The South at September 09, 2011 04:19 PM (xy9wk)
Posted by: Racefan at September 09, 2011 04:19 PM (dzrMu)
Posted by: no good deed at September 09, 2011 04:20 PM (mjR67)
Posted by: The Atom Bomb of Loving Kindness at September 09, 2011 08:17 PM (jqHOY)
Uh. Didn't she commit suicide?
Posted by: Delta Smelt at September 09, 2011 04:20 PM (dWPyO)
Yes, I have a good memory.
Posted by: Wodeshed at September 09, 2011 04:20 PM (LEcV+)
Posted by: ConservativeMenAreJustHotter at September 09, 2011 04:20 PM (vKRHm)
i sure miss President Ragan and President Bush. hell, Clinton, Nixon, Carter, Ford, Kennedy, this clusterfuck we have now is worse than words can say.
I think what you're saying is that he is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure.
No?
Posted by: Sean Bannion at September 09, 2011 04:20 PM (HUZDZ)
Savannah is the prettiest city I've ever seen.
I was in Savannah in the 80s, my then husband got almost stationed at Ft. Steward. The city is pretty, but I couldn't get over the swamp smell and the bugs
Posted by: Ma Bell at September 09, 2011 04:21 PM (H/MnC)
will they ship to APO's????
Posted by: eurw at September 09, 2011 08:18 PM (bWnqP)
Where are you stationed? If they won't, I'll get some for you and send them.
Posted by: Tami at September 09, 2011 04:21 PM (X6akg)
I always laugh at the idea of a dirty bomb. People are scared of it because they are ignorant and the government likes it that way.
If you had seen the dirty bomb I dropped this morning, you would be afraid. You would be very afraid.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at September 09, 2011 04:21 PM (lGFXF)
Posted by: Mr. F*ck you C*cksuker at September 09, 2011 04:21 PM (9TcI8)
Posted by: Spiker at September 09, 2011 04:21 PM (4t9J5)
Uh. Didn't she commit suicide?
And how. .357 to the head. She did not fuck around. Unless she was working, which technically required her to fuck around.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at September 09, 2011 04:22 PM (lGFXF)
407
I remember reading that she was distraught because of having been somehow disfigured in a car crash.
Posted by: Wodeshed at September 09, 2011 04:24 PM (LEcV+)
Where are you stationed? If they won't, I'll get some for you and send them.
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Thanks for that.
Posted by: eurw at September 09, 2011 04:24 PM (bWnqP)
I know I saw the steel going up today. But that project still leaves part of the parking lot directly abutting Kenmore Square.
Posted by: Blue Falcon in Boston training for the ONT mudwrestling match at September 09, 2011 04:25 PM (ijjAe)
Listening to a delayed interview between Hannity (I know) and Giuliani about how the events transpired from the Mayors perspective. Damn.
I'm getting to the point to where I don't wish to relive it anymore. I just want to keep on mean mugging Muslims.
Posted by: ErikW at September 09, 2011 04:25 PM (6GNmw)
Extreme Makeover is doing one featuring the White House.
Kill me now. They yell through a bullhorn, "Obama family, wake up!!!!"
And Moochelle prances out the front door. I'm serious as a heart attack. The commercial nearly finished me off while I was in bed with my f*cking cold today.
no f*cking words.
Posted by: Jane D'oh, back from the near-dead at September 09, 2011 04:25 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at September 09, 2011 08:22 PM (lGFXF)
I see EoJ is on top of his game tonight. Growlers and pornstars that is. Heh.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at September 09, 2011 04:25 PM (dWPyO)
hit send too soon...
Thanks for that, Tami. I have friends further west of me that I'm wanting to have them sent to when it gets a little colder. I can order and ship to a friend stateside if I have to.
Posted by: eurw at September 09, 2011 04:27 PM (bWnqP)
Thanks for that.
Posted by: eurw at September 09, 2011 08:24 PM (bWnqP)
Sure....I'm sending stuff to my son all the time so it's really no big deal.
Posted by: Tami at September 09, 2011 04:27 PM (X6akg)
chemjeff, they are in the pink.
The Heir is practicing his swordfighting with his green lightsaber, Pigpen and The Barnacle are having another one of their incomprehensible conversations, and Bug is doing her math workbook.
How fare you?
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at September 09, 2011 04:28 PM (lGFXF)
Posted by: steevy at September 09, 2011 04:29 PM (fyOgS)
Posted by: blaster at September 09, 2011 04:29 PM (Fw2Gg)
Be back tomorrow.
Posted by: Vic at September 09, 2011 04:29 PM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: no good deed at September 09, 2011 04:31 PM (mjR67)
The Saturday event had great music and all the restaurant booths had awesome shrimp. Sitting along the river, drinking beer and listening to the band was great. Also, a shrimp boat let you come on board and see how these guys live. It was kinda cool.
Posted by: Jane D'oh, back from the near-dead at September 09, 2011 04:31 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: no good deed at September 09, 2011 08:31 PM (mjR67)
I'm not kidding. Made me more ill than I already was. The "celebutard" WH.
Posted by: Jane D'oh, back from the near-dead at September 09, 2011 04:32 PM (UOM48)
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Unemployed Americans are going to have a knee-slapping time with that episode! Posted by: Spiker at September 09, 2011 04:32 PM (4t9J5)
Posted by: Jean at September 09, 2011 04:33 PM (a9Izx)
no f*cking words.
Posted by: Jane D'oh, back from the near-dead at September 09, 2011 08:25 PM (UOM4
Wow, so Ty and the crew are going to improve on the finest property on the planet about homebuilding, decorating and landscaping designs?
That should be annoying.
Posted by: ErikW at September 09, 2011 04:35 PM (6GNmw)
Posted by: Racefan at September 09, 2011 04:36 PM (dzrMu)
no f*cking words.
Posted by: Jane D'oh, back from the near-dead at September 09, 2011 08:25 PM (UOM4
Wow, so Ty and the crew are going to improve on the finest property on the planet about homebuilding, decorating and landscaping designs?
That should be annoying.
Posted by: ErikW at September 09, 2011 08:35 PM (6GNmw)
Actually, Ty and Moochelle are going to help an urban family Achieve Their Dream.
Posted by: Jane D'oh, back from the near-dead at September 09, 2011 04:36 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at September 09, 2011 04:37 PM (lGFXF)
Posted by: Homeland Inefficiency at September 09, 2011 04:38 PM (4t9J5)
Posted by: Racefan at September 09, 2011 08:36 PM (dzrMu)
Stock up on ammo. 
Posted by: Jane D'oh, back from the near-dead at September 09, 2011 04:38 PM (UOM48)
Passage will require one silver dime or I'll bite your legs off.
Posted by: Ron "Black Knight" Paul! at September 09, 2011 04:38 PM (PcoXF)
I think SCoaMF is a little confused as to what his job duties are, and I KNOW big TV is really confused as to his and her popularity.
Posted by: sven10077 at September 09, 2011 04:39 PM (AEIYh)
at this rate I'll be drunk off my ass by time the ONT rolls around, but hey, it's Friday and it's all good
glad the master race is doing well, wouldn't want anything bad to happen to the future of humanity
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 04:39 PM (s7mIC)
Posted by: Racefan at September 09, 2011 04:40 PM (dzrMu)
Posted by: Racefan at September 09, 2011 08:40 PM (dzrMu)
Hugs back. It's just a fucking head cold. I've had way worse. Came down with San Joaquin Valley Fever the week my dad retired from the Air Force. Nearly died from that. I was eleven.
Posted by: Jane D'oh, back from the near-dead at September 09, 2011 04:42 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 04:43 PM (s7mIC)
Posted by: Question I'd Ask Pelosi If I Ever Have The Chance at September 09, 2011 04:43 PM (4t9J5)
We will never be rid of these idiots.. ever.
Any truth to the rumor that he's buying the Oprah network for his post-Presidential career?
SCoaMFTV
That should be a ratings game changer.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at September 09, 2011 04:45 PM (HUZDZ)
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 08:43 PM (s7mIC)
He's fine, thanks for asking. Doing pre-deployment stuff so can't talk about it. A hint: he thinks he may have eaten dog a few nights ago. And said it was delicious. 
Posted by: Jane D'oh, back from the near-dead at September 09, 2011 04:46 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Rex Harrison's Hat at September 09, 2011 04:46 PM (LnUPt)
Posted by: DirtyBombOfPeace at September 09, 2011 04:52 PM (k43rt)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at September 09, 2011 04:53 PM (c0A3e)
Glad to hear he's doing okay!
As long as it was this puppeh, maybe it was all for the best
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 04:54 PM (s7mIC)
Abraham Lincoln, that's who.
Posted by: The Atom Bomb of Loving Kindness at September 09, 2011 04:55 PM (jqHOY)
Posted by: cantankerous at September 09, 2011 08:02 PM (k1rwm)
Whiskey Tango Fuckin Foxtrot...
Posted by: Rex Harrison's Hat at September 09, 2011 08:46 PM (LnUPt)
I've already told her to STFU and corrected the idiot on the initial cap thingy. Stupid bint.
Posted by: Jane D'oh, back from the near-dead at September 09, 2011 04:55 PM (UOM48)
And said it was delicious.
Sruffy the dog from down the street......... i do keep butter and bacon grease around..... do you hear me know?
Posted by: Racefan at September 09, 2011 04:55 PM (dzrMu)
Kill me now. They yell through a bullhorn, "Obama family, wake up!!!!"
And Moochelle prances out the front door. I'm serious as a heart attack. The commercial nearly finished me off while I was in bed with my f*cking cold today.
no f*cking words.
Posted by: Jane D'oh, back from the near-dead at September 09, 2011 08:25 PM (UOM48
We will never be rid of these idiots.. ever.
Posted by: Jumbo Jogging Shrimp barbarian, tea party terrorist and Perry supporter at September 09, 2011 08:39 PM (qjUnn)
And Mr. President? That Desk? the one with the Heel marks on it??? Named after some Queen??? gotta go... you've ruined the finish... may I suggest Danish Modern?
Posted by: Makeover Home Guyh at September 09, 2011 04:55 PM (NtXW4)
Actually, Ty and Moochelle are going to help an urban family Achieve Their Dream.
Posted by: Jane D'oh, back from the near-dead at September 09, 2011 08:36 PM (UOM4
And nothing could possibly go wrong there.
Posted by: ErikW at September 09, 2011 04:57 PM (6GNmw)
Jane, if you don't have EmergenC for your cold: get some at the pharmacy (packets come in box, mix with 8oz water or OJ), the B-12 in this stuff makes you feel better. And, garlic, lots of raw garlic, in chicken soup. I know this sounds revolting for sinus clog, but it works: Hot V8 juice with garlic (heat V8 in microwave 1 minute, add 1 clove raw garlic and a dash of Tabasco). You will either die or breathe easier.
In other news, I battled crime on our island today. Yesterday three tough looking thugs (one with dreds) were going door to door selling "security systems." Every house in our 30 home HOA has security systems. We are also in a "no solicitation" posted neighborhood and "neighborhood watch," not that either sign do much good, but whatever. Anyway, I did not answer door when hulk rang, but spied on him and saw two others. All were carrying "ADT" notebooks but were wearing street thug clothes. Another neighbor came over and said he'd told this hulky woman he was not interested and it would be reported to the sheriff's office. Lots of "this seems weird" for here kind of thoughts. So, today, I call the national ADT and found out this is one giant scam to a) see who is home, and b) find out who has alarm systems if you are stupid enough to talk to them. And there are plenty of old naive people in Florida. So I called the sheriff and they are hoping to find these potential burglers. I did wonder if this was the type of jobs Obammy was supporting for the private sector. Seriously, the Internet says these "gangs" are like gypsies and travel around the states. ADT does not go door to door and national lady said they have uniforms and company cars. So, I hope I busted their sorry selves today. They were bold enough to even have business cards (which looked crappy). Beware.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky at September 09, 2011 04:58 PM (fNdyx)
Hellooooo, Obama!
Posted by: IKEA Salesman at September 09, 2011 04:59 PM (s7mIC)
Posted by: steevy at September 09, 2011 05:01 PM (fyOgS)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at September 09, 2011 05:01 PM (k43rt)
Posted by: Mandy P., Teahadi from Hobbitton at September 09, 2011 05:02 PM (qFpRI)
(And I'm going to try the V-8+garlic+hot sauce cure....hell that sounds like a cocktail around here.)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, back from the near-dead at September 09, 2011 05:02 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at September 09, 2011 09:01 PM (k43rt)
It's symptomatic of a larger concern.
Posted by: ErikW at September 09, 2011 05:03 PM (6GNmw)
Jan. 20, 2013
"Obama family, wake up! Get the FUCK out of President Perry's house! Moving Day, cocksuckers - get all your shit in one sack and hit the fuckin' bricks!"
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at September 09, 2011 05:03 PM (lGFXF)
Posted by: Makeover Home Guy at September 09, 2011 05:04 PM (NtXW4)
(And I'm going to try the V-8+garlic+hot sauce cure....hell that sounds like a cocktail around here.)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, back from the near-dead at September 09, 2011 09:02 PM (UOM4
add Vodka... and ya got a Bloody Mary with a bit of Kick...
Posted by: Makeover Home Guy at September 09, 2011 05:04 PM (NtXW4)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at September 09, 2011 05:05 PM (k43rt)
Posted by: ChristyBlinky at September 09, 2011 05:05 PM (fNdyx)
Jan. 20, 2013
"Obama family, wake up! Get the FUCK out of President Perry's house! Moving Day, cocksuckers - get all your shit in one sack and hit the fuckin' bricks!"
*standing golf clap, with knickers to the ground*
Posted by: Jane D'oh, back from the near-dead at September 09, 2011 05:06 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: ChristyBlinky at September 09, 2011 09:05 PM (fNdyx)
Yeah, I figured. We looooove garlic in this house. No fear of vampires.
Posted by: Jane D'oh, back from the near-dead at September 09, 2011 05:09 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Tami at September 09, 2011 05:09 PM (X6akg)
Why must animals puke on rugs and your bedspread and any place that isn't easy cleanup? My cat just puked in 4 separate places....all of the above.
You fed me 17 seconds late.
Posted by: Tami's kitteh at September 09, 2011 05:11 PM (3SvjA)
Posted by: ChristyBlinky at September 09, 2011 08:58 PM (fNdyx)
Crap. Where's my tinfoil hat? ADT had pissed me off in a big way. So, when a Vivint guy showed up at my door a couple of weeks ago, I was ready to make the switch. After the cat (I think) set off the motion detector, I did get a call from the monitoring agency. I'm okay, right?
Gun. Check.
Dog. Check.
Paranoia. Plaid.
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at September 09, 2011 05:12 PM (otfJ1)
Posted by: steevy at September 09, 2011 05:12 PM (fyOgS)
Posted by: Racefan at September 09, 2011 05:13 PM (dzrMu)
Posted by: Tami at September 09, 2011 09:09 PM (X6akg)
Jeez, did one of my cats just move in with you?
And why do only women hear cats horking at night? I can be awakened from a sound sleep hearing a kitteh coughing up a hair ball all the way to the other end of the house.
We're blessed, however, that our two girls are devoted to the litter box. Fastidious, even. So there's that.
Posted by: Jane D'oh, back from the near-dead at September 09, 2011 05:13 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Tami at September 09, 2011 09:09 PM (X6akg)
When the boyfriend (now ex) moved in, I banished the cat from the bedroom to give him one cat-free zone. I don't regret the decision. Even now, the bedroom is off limits to Baby Kitty. I am saving a fortune on lint brushes for my work clothes, no cat barf or other stuff on my bedspread, and I don't wake up in the middle of the night with the cat on my head. Win!
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at September 09, 2011 05:14 PM (otfJ1)
Cue pic of Bush's feet on the desk.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 09, 2011 05:16 PM (s1vtf)
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 05:17 PM (s7mIC)
My barfer likes to sit around the corner watching me until I've finished shampooing the carpet and emptied the machine, then deposits a fresh example of half digested food. I've told him he's gonna be glove liner if he keeps it up. Doesn't care.
Posted by: Retread at September 09, 2011 05:17 PM (btEUN)
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 09:15 PM (s7mIC)
That was teh awesome.
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at September 09, 2011 05:18 PM (otfJ1)
It's not fat. It's half-wild, and ROARS. It's called a Savannah cat, and you can buy one in Coronado, CA for $25,000-30,000.
Posted by: Jane D'oh, back from the near-dead at September 09, 2011 05:19 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 09:15 PM (s7mIC)
Heh, that looks like a longshormans meeting in washington. A bunch of pussies acting tough
Posted by: robtr at September 09, 2011 05:19 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 09:17 PM (s7mIC)
I have one you can have...she's all black and she hates everyone.....she tolerates me.
Annnnd she just jumped up on the keyboard.
*Puke here and I'll drop kick you off the balcony.*
Posted by: Tami at September 09, 2011 05:19 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: Jean at September 09, 2011 05:20 PM (t5Klv)
I don't necessarily disagree with her, b-u-u-u-u-u-t...
Who's checking hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens at the Mexican border for mental illness?
Or come to think of it... for weapons, explosives... radioactive material? Our immigration and border security policies are truly insane. If it turns out the guys the government is now frantically searching for crossed into the US by way of Mexico... we'll never hear about it.
Posted by: CoolCzech at September 09, 2011 05:20 PM (niZvt)
@481:
ADT, real ADT are fine and we have them, and have had them for years.
This was a bogus scamming company pretending to install ADT, and had "ADT Certified Dealer" on the bogus business card the thug left near my front door. So instead of calling the numbers, and dred guy gave his cell phone (!) I called ADT . ADT searched and said they were not affiliated with this company and were going to alert corporate. Lady said she'd had another call from somewhere in Florida with an upset lady about same scam. I think this is a bogus marketing scheme who hire thugs (per Internet) without background checks. They were bold, I know that, and acted very huffy when told to leave neighborhood by one of our neighbors. Full disclaimer: we live in a 97% non-union area and they stood out in this neighborhood. I was freaked out to see this guy on my porch.
Call the Better Business folks about the new company.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky at September 09, 2011 05:22 PM (fNdyx)
ya know, all these pet stories, make me think that maybe I should get a kitteh
Lots of gingers in that vid to choose from....
Posted by: Retread at September 09, 2011 05:23 PM (btEUN)
Posted by: steevy at September 09, 2011 05:23 PM (fyOgS)
Posted by: steevy at September 09, 2011 09:23 PM (fyOgS)
And they will NEVER tell you the key sequence.
Posted by: Tami at September 09, 2011 05:24 PM (X6akg)
He said when he doesn't get up at 5:00 a.m., when he normally does, a kitteh jumps on his chest and purrs and stares at him.
I just knock the little fuckers off.
Posted by: Jane D'oh, back from the near-dead at September 09, 2011 05:24 PM (UOM48)
sorry I don't want a cheetah
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 09:24 PM (s7mIC)
YES
Posted by: Jane D'oh, back from the near-dead at September 09, 2011 05:25 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: steevy at September 09, 2011 05:27 PM (fyOgS)
Posted by: Ingrown Pube at September 09, 2011 05:27 PM (o7r33)
Jan. 20, 2013
"Obama family, wake up! Get the FUCK out of President Perry's house! Moving Day, cocksuckers - get all your shit in one sack and hit the fuckin' bricks!"
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at September 09, 2011 09:03 PM (lGFXF)
That's not what I dread. I dread November 6-Jan 19. It might even start before then.
You thought the Frank Rich pardon was bad...
I have a very serious question: Could he, say, pardon every federal prisoner convicted of a drug crime? Or would the logistics of doing so make it impossible?
Posted by: AmishDude at September 09, 2011 05:27 PM (73tyQ)
Posted by: Ron Paul (loon-TX) at September 09, 2011 05:28 PM (njhzA)
(And I'm going to try the V-8+garlic+hot sauce cure....hell that sounds like a cocktail around here.)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, back from the near-dead
Might I suggest a jigger of Val-U-Rite?? Strictly for the medicinal effects, of course.
Posted by: FORGER - Racist TEAhadi at September 09, 2011 05:28 PM (7j/xA)
Posted by: ChristyBlinky at September 09, 2011 09:22 PM (fNdyx)
I was okay with ADT. I had Brinks first. They were bought by Broadview and then by ADT. I had a low battery alarm that cause the damn thing to beep every 15 seconds. I called to get the battery replaced (bad placement, I wasn't going to fix it). It was going to take two weeks before they could get someone out to my house. I was temporarily able to disable the beeping for 24 hours at a time for a couple of days. Then, the time between beepings got shorter (like 2-3 hours). It was waking me up. I work 50-60 hours a week and I go to school full-time plus (5 classes last semester - because I'm insane). I called ADT and begged them to get someone out. The gal I talked to thought she could get someone more quickly but her supervisor wouldn't approve it. Twice a night, I was awakened by the damned beeping and it didn't rate a faster than two weeks service call? I was done.
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at September 09, 2011 05:29 PM (otfJ1)
he could, in principle, pardon every federal prisoner of every crime (including himself, pre-emptively)
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 05:30 PM (s7mIC)
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 09:17 PM (s7mIC)
yes, get a couple........ you Jeff, yes you can have catpuke, catshit, catpiss,cathair, claw marks on things......... then it will lick your face..... not really a lick, kinda like tasting you in case you forget to feed it...... you will love the way it walks on you car everytime you let it out.......... once it really gets to know you it will piss on you car to mark it so you and it can tell its your car...........
Posted by: Racefan at September 09, 2011 05:30 PM (dzrMu)
okay, how can you manage to maintain good grades with that kind of work schedule? how do you even manage time to do the homework, let alone study?
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 05:31 PM (s7mIC)
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 05:32 PM (s7mIC)
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 05:32 PM (s7mIC)
WT? Do you take classes at 3 am? How is that schedule even possible?
Posted by: Tami at September 09, 2011 05:33 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: Flapjackmaka at September 09, 2011 05:34 PM (njhzA)
okay, how can you manage to maintain good grades with that kind of work schedule? how do you even manage time to do the homework, let alone study?
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 09:31 PM (s7mIC)
They probably take all sorts of shortcuts that help them manager their time more effectively. I would imagine extraordinary amounts of kitty litter figure prominently.
Posted by: CoolCzech at September 09, 2011 05:34 PM (niZvt)
Yeah, but they only do that stuff if they really like you, otherwise your presence is only required to lay out fresh food and water according to a schedule they draw up.
Posted by: Retread at September 09, 2011 05:35 PM (btEUN)
Posted by: torabora at September 09, 2011 05:36 PM (Xx//h)
okay, how can you manage to maintain good grades with that kind of work schedule? how do you even manage time to do the homework, let alone study?
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 09:31 PM (s7mIC)
No boyfriend, very limited social life, excel spreadsheets to track all assignments/exams (so I don't miss anything), fortunately don't need much sleep, study for an hour every morning before work and during lunch at work, and (thank God) most of my classes are online so that I can watch lectures and take tests on my timeline. My weekends are pretty much school, school, more school, and a bit of gardening. Oh, and gin. Lots and lots of gin. I have a 3.81 GPA right now and I'm pissed. I tanked on my technical risk management final last semester and ended up with a C. Damn it.
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at September 09, 2011 05:36 PM (otfJ1)
Cats do pray. YouTube has proof:
Posted by: Retread at September 09, 2011 09:30 PM (btEUN)
Cats are lazy assholes that wish to slash your throat.
Fuck cats.
Posted by: ErikW at September 09, 2011 05:36 PM (6GNmw)
Has anyone interviewed Uncle Omar to find out What He Knew, And When He Knew It?
Posted by: CoolCzech at September 09, 2011 05:37 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at September 09, 2011 09:36 PM (otfJ1)
Considering your schedule, you should be damn proud of a 3.81 GPA.
Posted by: Tami at September 09, 2011 05:37 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at September 09, 2011 09:36 PM (otfJ1)
whoa
say, are you near St. Joseph, MO?
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 05:38 PM (s7mIC)
Found the first one on my way to carpool kids home on 9/12/01. Tiny kitten ran in front of my car, I pulled over, it jumped under the wheel well, and the rest is history. She was four weeks old and had been severely abused. Her intestines had collapsed her lung, from what the vet said, was a stomp or throwing the little thing against a wall. She became D'oh Boy's "baby."
Second kitteh we adopted after we put down the second of our 18 year old kittehs our boy had grown up with. He picked her out with his best buddy from Chicago, who was visiting us, and is blind.
With our only child facing deployment, those kittehs keeps us both company. While I was feeling like crap the past couple of days, one of the girls stayed with me all day.
One reminds me of 9/11, and the other one reminds me of our boy. He loves them both.
Posted by: Jane D'oh, back from the near-dead at September 09, 2011 05:38 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at September 09, 2011 09:36 PM (otfJ1)
Sounds like you picked the wrong semester to quit amphetamines...
Posted by: CoolCzech at September 09, 2011 05:39 PM (niZvt)
Cats are lazy assholes that wish to slash your throat.
Fuck cats.
Mother fucker, I'm gonna cut you, right after my nap.
Posted by: kitteh at September 09, 2011 05:39 PM (3SvjA)
#495 CoolCzech at September 09, 2011 09:20 PM (niZvt)
Or come to think of it... for weapons, explosives... radioactive material? Our immigration and border security policies are truly insane. If it turns out the guys the government is now frantically searching for crossed into the US by way of Mexico... we'll never hear about it.
--> this will end JEF's administraton, probably within 30 days ... JEF, Holder and Big Janet have explicitly refused to seal the border, or do much of anything to control it. It's their fault, no one else's. If we have an "event" what other way could such things have been brought into the US?
Posted by: Arbalest at September 09, 2011 05:39 PM (mvbvq)
I can BARELY tolerate one that earns it's keep in vermin eradication out in the barn, and I will damn sure just bundle the catpuke/catshit/cat guts/parts/brains up with the bedding and burn it all in the yard after the filthy bastard gets 'splodeyated via 12 ga./.45acp JHP.
Posted by: FORGER - Racist TEAhadi at September 09, 2011 05:41 PM (7j/xA)
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 05:41 PM (s7mIC)
Posted by: Racefan at September 09, 2011 05:41 PM (dzrMu)
Posted by: Y-not
Forgive him, he knows not what he has done.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at September 09, 2011 05:42 PM (hJX6X)
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 05:42 PM (s7mIC)
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 09:41 PM (s7mIC)
Come Get Some, Bastard!
Posted by: chemjeff's Mom at September 09, 2011 05:42 PM (niZvt)
oh well, such is the drama in every family
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 05:43 PM (s7mIC)
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 09:42 PM (s7mIC)
They basically cut off the cat's knuckles, as I understand it. Kind of a mean thing to do. If you really don't want a clawed cat... don't get a cat.
Posted by: chemjeff's Mom at September 09, 2011 05:43 PM (niZvt)
Considering your schedule, you should be damn proud of a 3.81 GPA.
Posted by: Tami at September 09, 2011 09:37 PM (X6akg)
Thank you. That really does mean a lot.
I had my kids when I was fairly young so I didn't get my degree when I was the age most people get their degrees. I had a Eureka moment when they were in middle school (and I was going to school full-time while working). I knew I'd never recapture the time with them so I stopped going to school. In hindsight, I should have just taken one class a semeseter but I was young and stupid. Now, I'm playing catch up in a big way. My customer is trying to in-source me and it happens a lot faster if I have a degree. That's why I'm so aggressively taking classes. I'm on track to graduate in May.
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at September 09, 2011 05:43 PM (otfJ1)
Jeff, easy fix. pay a couple hundred bucks to the Vet........ declawwed.........
If you're going to pull his fingernails out, be man enough to do it yourself.
Posted by: kitteh at September 09, 2011 05:44 PM (3SvjA)
well yeah, that's one reason I don't have a kitteh
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 05:45 PM (s7mIC)
She hates him.
Posted by: Tami at September 09, 2011 05:45 PM (X6akg)
whoa
say, are you near St. Joseph, MO?
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 09:38 PM (s7mIC)
Nope. I'm in Alabama but if you're ever in the area, let me know (yahoo-thingy) and I'll buy you a beer...but not at Fapplebee's. ;-)
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at September 09, 2011 05:46 PM (otfJ1)
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 05:46 PM (s7mIC)
Posted by: CoolCzech at September 09, 2011 05:46 PM (niZvt)
OK, when I read this I thought "Nam Grunt is an animal doctor?"
I'm back. Regrettably, sobering up.
Posted by: Y-not at September 09, 2011 05:47 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at September 09, 2011 09:46 PM (otfJ1)
how far away are you from Houston?
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 05:47 PM (s7mIC)
Posted by: Racefan at September 09, 2011 09:41 PM (dzrMu)
Ours are de-clawed with lasers. No cutting, no stitches, and you do it when the kittens are spayed/neutered.
Regular declawing is awful. They amputate the kittie's toes.
Our kitties will live out their lives indoors (enjoying a nice screened porch with views of several bird feeders). They were babies when they lost their claws, still want to scratch (we keep a scratching post for them to rub on), but they don't soil anything and are very clean and neat.
My NYC sister-in-law has been bringing her dog to my in-laws in ATL for years. It walks in EVERY.SINGLE.YEAR and takes a dump or pees on the carpet. And it does the same thing EVERY.SINGLE.DAY. It's a retarded Scottie and everyone brags about its blood lines. GAH.
Posted by: Jane D'oh, back from the near-dead at September 09, 2011 05:47 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Welcome to Booger Kyng! at September 09, 2011 05:48 PM (X67eL)
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at September 09, 2011 09:42 PM
Sigh. I guess not.
Now we're going to have to wonder about every new hash we see and take deep breaths to detect the cat pee.
Posted by: Y-not at September 09, 2011 05:48 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Y-not at September 09, 2011 09:47 PM (5H6zj)
<i>Pouring you a nice stiff Tom Collins.</i>
'Cause I'm a Giver!
Posted by: CoolCzech at September 09, 2011 05:49 PM (niZvt)
I think pets are sort of like kids. They can be incredibly destructive and disruptive. You'll almost have to design your life around them. A cousin of mine who decided she wants animals in her life got all leather furniture (cats ruin upholstery) and hard floors -- wood and tile rather than carpet.
Srsly, that's what you have to do unless they're going to live outside.
Posted by: arhooley at September 09, 2011 05:49 PM (UZN/v)
Sounds like you picked the wrong semester to quit amphetamines...
Posted by: CoolCzech at September 09, 2011 09:39 PM (niZvt)
Bwahahaha! I got more than a little bit testy last semester. I failed to consider that the summer semester is the same amount of work but compressed into ten weeks instead of fourteen. I survived it. It's better now.
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at September 09, 2011 05:49 PM (otfJ1)
Is Tom Collins peering through my window?
(Why is he stiff?)
Posted by: Y-not at September 09, 2011 05:50 PM (5H6zj)
It's more expensive, but the kittehs don't suffer and there's no stitches.
Seriously.
Posted by: Jane D'oh, back from the near-dead at September 09, 2011 05:50 PM (UOM48)
don't worry, we'll be able to figure it out if (a) the comment stars with "my friends all say..." and (b) there's a link to gay pr0n
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 05:51 PM (s7mIC)
Hmmm.... probably not on top of the margaritas, pork verde, and Haagen-Daz! ;-)
Posted by: Y-not at September 09, 2011 05:51 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: chemjeff
I have a lovely fresh Malbec that has wonderful fruity overtones and a deep smoky finish...and I have some wine, too.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at September 09, 2011 05:51 PM (hJX6X)
how far away are you from Houston?
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 09:47 PM (s7mIC)
10-12 hours, depending on vehicle and speed. The truck? Ten hours, easy. The 'vette? Gas mileage gets very sucky at speeds over 55. It's a '77 and I built it for growl, not fuel efficiency.
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at September 09, 2011 05:51 PM (otfJ1)
Is Tom Collins peering through my window?
(Why is he stiff?)
Posted by: Y-not at September 09, 2011 09:50 PM (5H6zj)
Maybe he thinks you're the sorta gal he could really get into...
Posted by: CoolCzech at September 09, 2011 05:51 PM (niZvt)
Not a fan of the quarter system? I loved that about college. Quarter system rocks!
Posted by: Rum, High Functioning Sociopath at September 09, 2011 05:52 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: Y-not at September 09, 2011 05:52 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 09:46 PM (s7mIC)
Kittehs are naturally aggressive hunters. They will eventually seek to kill you.
Posted by: ErikW at September 09, 2011 05:53 PM (6GNmw)
I hear you, Rum. I probably picked the wrong mix of classes for summer. It was brutal.
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at September 09, 2011 05:54 PM (otfJ1)
Jane, just read the rattlesnake story. I would be the dead girl on that platform. Greatest nightmare.
My Daddy has a large lake in Mississippi. Large-mouth bass. A creek that runs from the spillway to the Pearl River. Anyway, when I was a little girl, one of his fishin' buddies said he saw a water moccasin the size you described near the creek, and the snake fell out of a tree near his boat. I quit going down there except after a hard freeze, and still only go to the lake with brothers, husband or sons. One brother does not hesitate to practically kill snakes with his bare hands (husband is a Yankee and not sure he has this skill). I hate snakes and would simply die without another breath if I saw the one your husband described.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky at September 09, 2011 05:55 PM (fNdyx)
Ours are de-clawed with lasers. No cutting, no stitches, and you do it when the kittens are spayed/neutered.
You have cats with fricken lasers? Damn
Posted by: robtr at September 09, 2011 05:55 PM (MtwBb)
Posted by: Y-not at September 09, 2011 09:52 PM (5H6zj)
it's Tom Friedman, and no, that's not until the end of the month
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 05:56 PM (s7mIC)
don't worry, we'll be able to figure it out if (a) the comment stars with "my friends all say..." and (b) there's a link to gay pr0n
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 09:51 PM (s7mIC)
It's is full of it. If it could have changed it's hash, it would have done it by now.
Posted by: Tami at September 09, 2011 05:56 PM (X6akg)
My community college summer classes were only 6 weeks. I took Stats I and English 102 (because I had to for GE requirements). English 102 kicked my ass not because the class was hard but because the teacher was a raging liberal lefty black man with a chip on his shoulder the size of Alaska. The only thing that got me through that class was my progressive liberal high school education. It gave me "street cred."
Posted by: Rum, High Functioning Sociopath at September 09, 2011 05:57 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at September 09, 2011 05:57 PM (otfJ1)
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at September 09, 2011 09:55 PM (hJX6X)
Ahhh, that reminds me of when I was a strapping young lad visiting a strip joint for the first time. I Came, I Saw, I Came Again!
Posted by: CoolCzech at September 09, 2011 05:57 PM (niZvt)
Vinho verde must be A+ then!
Posted by: Y-not at September 09, 2011 09:54 PM (5H6zj)
I love vinho verde. Prefer cabernets but when I'm drinking whites, I love the vinho (and dry reislings).
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at September 09, 2011 05:59 PM (otfJ1)
Posted by: Delta Smelt
I love this, and I know no Latin. What does this really say? I've always wanted to know.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at September 09, 2011 05:59 PM (hJX6X)
Posted by: Y-not at September 09, 2011 05:59 PM (5H6zj)
Jane, just read the rattlesnake story. I would be the dead girl on that platform. Greatest nightmare.
My Daddy has a large lake in Mississippi. Large-mouth bass. A creek that runs from the spillway to the Pearl River. Anyway, when I was a little girl, one of his fishin' buddies said he saw a water moccasin the size you described near the creek, and the snake fell out of a tree near his boat. I quit going down there except after a hard freeze, and still only go to the lake with brothers, husband or sons. One brother does not hesitate to practically kill snakes with his bare hands (husband is a Yankee and not sure he has this skill). I hate snakes and would simply die without another breath if I saw the one your husband described.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky at September 09, 2011 09:55 PM (fNdyx)
Christy, my late grandpa worked at The Cape (he refused to call it the Kennedy Space Center) and they constantly killed big rattlers in the pads. One of my cousins has a pic (and the skin) of an 8'+ rattler they killed. He and three of his friends are holding it.
Posted by: Jane D'oh, back from the near-dead at September 09, 2011 05:59 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Rum, High Functioning Sociopath at September 09, 2011 09:57 PM (YxBuk
That's what is horrifying to me. I live in a fairly conservative area but I am astounded by the hard core liberal bias in my classes. I fight it (carefully because I really need this degree) but most of my fellow classmates are of the same mindset. When my daughter first told me she was going to homeschool the grandgirls, I was concerned. Now? I'm glad.
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at September 09, 2011 06:00 PM (otfJ1)
Drinkin' Voignier. Awesome.
Posted by: Marybel at September 09, 2011 09:59 PM (Hic+o)
Also, very nice. Have you tried any of the Fume Blancs? Robert Mondavi makes a reasonably priced and tasty one.
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at September 09, 2011 06:01 PM (otfJ1)
Ask Augustus McCrae.
Posted by: Delta SmeltShoot, I know that, but was it ever revealed in the book what it meant? Or was it just nonsense? (Sorry to be so dumb. I'm not being purposefully obtuse, it's just really bugging me and I've had a few glasses of wine, so now it's serious!) LOL!
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at September 09, 2011 06:02 PM (hJX6X)
Posted by: Y-not is just an hour away from glorious Park City at September 09, 2011 06:02 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Delta Smelt
I'll take a guess and say it has something to do with Uma Thurmon...
Posted by: CoolCzech at September 09, 2011 06:02 PM (niZvt)
Cats can be declawed with lasers. Find a vet that can do it. It's more expensive, but the kitteh doesn't suffer. No stitches. Ours have been laser-declawed when they were both spayed. They were more disturbed by their belly stitches.
And they are great, clean good kitties today.
Posted by: Jane D'oh, back from the near-dead at September 09, 2011 06:02 PM (UOM48)
On the upside the hardcore indoctrination doesn't start until college...I was just got lucky and ended up in a super progressive HS. It taught me how to be subversive and I blend in well with liberals (comes in handy in CA). I actually got less indoctrination at UCLA than my hs. I don't know if anyone else when to an HS as liberal as mine - it was so bad they actually had to tone down the program.
Posted by: Rum, High Functioning Sociopath at September 09, 2011 06:03 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at September 09, 2011 06:03 PM (otfJ1)
Posted by: Racefan at September 09, 2011 06:04 PM (dzrMu)
Posted by: CoolCzech at September 09, 2011 06:04 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: Jane D'oh's kittehs at September 09, 2011 06:04 PM (5H6zj)
Shoot, I know that, but was it ever revealed in the book what it meant? Or was it just nonsense?
Heh. Oh ok. I didn't know you got where that came from. As I recall, it doesn't mean much of anything literally translated.
From wiki....
But later, when Call asks Gus about the motto, he jumbles it comically, not even pretending to know what it means. Having established that, McMurtry gains nothing by adding a spelling error that only Latin scholars would catch. Likewise, it seems unlikely—as other readers have suggested—that the substitution was simply a typographical error. Although the substitution is ungrammatical, "vivendo" means "living," turning the phrase "A grape changes when it sees other grapes" to "A grape is changed by living with other grapes;" or, since we are not really concerned with grapes after all, to "We are changed by the lives around us." The author's alteration takes on greater significance in light of the larger themes in the narrative that deal with how one leads one's own life and with living itself. These themes are also indicated in the remark made by Gus to Call: "It ain't dyin' I'm talkin' about...it's livin'."
Posted by: Delta Smelt at September 09, 2011 06:06 PM (dWPyO)
Posted by: CoolCzech at September 09, 2011 06:06 PM (niZvt)
that is how academia works.
you have to remember, the people that are hired by the university/college, don't come from the surrounding community. about 95% of them are going to be liberal no matter what.
if they work at a college that is in a conservative community, they don't even attempt to mingle with the community; they stick with their own insular crowd and commiserate with each other, thereby radicalizing each other further.
in this sense it's probably worse to take college classes in a conservative area.
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 06:06 PM (s7mIC)
In other news, I battled crime on our island today. Yesterday three tough looking thugs (one with dreds) were going door to door selling "security systems." Every house in our 30 home HOA has security systems. We are also in a "no solicitation" posted neighborhood and "neighborhood watch," not that either sign do much good, but whatever. Anyway, I did not answer door when hulk rang, but spied on him and saw two others. All were carrying "ADT" notebooks but were wearing street thug clothes. Another neighbor came over and said he'd told this hulky woman he was not interested and it would be reported to the sheriff's office. Lots of "this seems weird" for here kind of thoughts. So, today, I call the national ADT and found out this is one giant scam to a) see who is home, and b) find out who has alarm systems if you are stupid enough to talk to them. And there are plenty of old naive people in Florida. So I called the sheriff and they are hoping to find these potential burglers. I did wonder if this was the type of jobs Obammy was supporting for the private sector. Seriously, the Internet says these "gangs" are like gypsies and travel around the states. ADT does not go door to door and national lady said they have uniforms and company cars. So, I hope I busted their sorry selves today. They were bold enough to even have business cards (which looked crappy). Beware.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky at September 09, 2011 08:58 PM (fNdyx)
And where was your shotgun during all this? Enquiring minds want you to know be prepared win.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN is a suspected TEAhadist at September 09, 2011 06:07 PM (D+phB)
Ah look at these nice people.. Why - it's the Arab Spring.
Posted by: Lemon Kitten at September 09, 2011 10:06 PM (0fzsA)
Speaking of surgically removed fingers... But let's relax. After all, Obama gave that wonderful speech in Cairo! Historic, even!
Posted by: CoolCzech at September 09, 2011 06:08 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: Rum, High Functioning Sociopath at September 09, 2011 10:03 PM (YxBuk)
Rum, I want to believe you but my marketing professor has us doing a survey for the Girl Scouts. The Girl Scouts! It's been years since I've even been aware of them (well, except for samoas... tasty, delicious samoas). I decided to check out the website and their beliefs. Infiltrated by liberal orgs. I can't recall now but will try to capture it next week. The libs are hijacking the elementary and middle schools. The socialists/communists are taking young kids to AEA protests. It's ugly. I would not (now) ever send my kids to a public school.
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at September 09, 2011 06:08 PM (otfJ1)
598 but doesn't declawing a cat take the fun out of bathing them?
where's the fun if you don't lose a pint of blood?
Posted by: navycopjoe aka Palinista Extremo at September 09, 2011 06:08 PM (R7NIt)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, I'm alive, bitchez at September 09, 2011 06:11 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Jane D'oh's Rabbi at September 09, 2011 06:11 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: robtr at September 09, 2011 06:12 PM (MtwBb)
I hear you. I suppose it's gotten worse since I was in school...I certainly never got to ditch to go to pro illegal rallies or pro union rallies. I do remember the teachers going on strike when I was in elementary school...I don't think they made any of us kids walk with them, but my mom wouldn't have allowed that anyway.
Posted by: Rum, High Functioning Sociopath at September 09, 2011 06:13 PM (YxBuk)
subject to change, of course
http://mapq.st/pnH7kR
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 10:09 PM (s7mIC)
Ever been to Tunica? It's like the stock market but they entertain you and bring you free drinks.
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at September 09, 2011 06:13 PM (otfJ1)
Ever been to Tunica? It's like the stock market but they entertain you and bring you free drinks.
no I've never been to Tunica
care to be my chaperone?
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 06:15 PM (s7mIC)
Posted by: Marybel at September 09, 2011 06:15 PM (Hic+o)
They should play the footage of the jumpers on loop. It's disgusting that the media has tried to scrub them from all the 9/11 footage. The jumpers nail home the horror of that day and it's shameful the media hides it.
Posted by: Rum, High Functioning Sociopath at September 09, 2011 06:15 PM (YxBuk)
This is a sad story about the 200 jumpers on 9/11. The victims America wants to forget.
Posted by: robtr at September 09, 2011 10:12 PM (MtwBb)
I'll always wonder if faster thinking would have sent helicopters with rescue baskets to save those people. Once in a while I remember about one young woman that could not bring herself to jump before being roasted alive, until another victim told her he would hold her hand as they jumped together.
I really hope the monsters that did that are in Hell right now.
Posted by: Jane D'oh's Rabbi at September 09, 2011 06:15 PM (niZvt)
The starkest, most chilling memory I have from 9/11 was listening to a 911 call from someone in the North Tower begging/pleading for assistance, and the connection going dead as the building came down.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at September 09, 2011 06:16 PM (dWPyO)
Cool!
If you do not let me know you're out this way, I will hunt you down and kill you! ;-)
Seriously, it looks like you'll be not too far away for me to try to swing down and meet you. Green River is about 2 1/2 hrs from Provo.
PS: Mr. Y-not mentions that we have many Applebee's here!
Posted by: Jane D'oh's kittehs at September 09, 2011 06:16 PM (5H6zj)
Good Lord. The spam has become right wing. And sarcastic. Did Skynet activate?
Posted by: Splunge at September 09, 2011 06:17 PM (2IW5Q)
it is just too sad and depressing to even contemplate
plus it just infuriates me more that President O'Bumbles is going to be commemorating it
god Monday can't get here soon enough
it's just another excuse to stay drunk all weekend
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 06:18 PM (s7mIC)
no I've never been to Tunica
care to be my chaperone?
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 10:15 PM (s7mIC)
Seriously, let me know. I'll meet you there!
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at September 09, 2011 06:19 PM (otfJ1)
Good Lord. The spam has become right wing. And sarcastic. Did Skynet activate?
Posted by: Splunge at September 09, 2011 10:17 PM (2IW5Q)
This is Your World... Unpresidented!
Posted by: CoolCzech at September 09, 2011 06:20 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: Jane D'oh, I'm alive, bitchez at September 09, 2011 06:21 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: nfl jerseys 2012 at September 09, 2011 10:11 PM (WZqRm)
The spam is approaching sentiency...ignoring the non-sequitir of the first clause, as it relates to the second (which is quite easy, if you read the trolls 'round here), this is a breakthrough. I'll be more vigilant in watching for Skynet going forward.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN is a suspected TEAhadist at September 09, 2011 06:22 PM (D+phB)
it is just too sad and depressing to even contemplate
plus it just infuriates me more that President O'Bumbles is going to be commemorating it
god Monday can't get here soon enough
it's just another excuse to stay drunk all weekend
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 10:18 PM (s7mIC)
I didn't watch the morning news at that time. I was going in to work late because I was on hold with my doctor's office. The musak was replaced with news reports. They reported the first plane. I turned on the news and saw the second plane hit. I knew it wasn't an accident. While still freaked, I drove to work. When I arrived, the news reported the Pentagon had been hit. I've been at the Pentagon. I saw the courtyard. I knew that if we were ever attacked, that would be Ground Zero. I've never been more scared in my entire life. That day change me. Probably not in a good way.
I hear you.
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at September 09, 2011 06:22 PM (otfJ1)
it is just too sad and depressing to even contemplate
I agree. I don't feel right commemorating a loss and a humiliation. I only feel right avenging it. A very close relative of mine had his business office high up in WTC Two. He happened to be out of town that day.
If remembering does something for you, go for it. Me, I'd rather skip the reminiscences.
Posted by: Splunge at September 09, 2011 06:22 PM (2IW5Q)
They should play the footage of the jumpers on loop. It's disgusting that the media has tried to scrub them from all the 9/11 footage. The jumpers nail home the horror of that day and it's shameful the media hides it.
Posted by: Rum, High Functioning Sociopath at September 09, 2011 10:15 PM (YxBuk)
No, we don't need that. If you want to relive it, go ahead. I haven't forgotten a single goddamned moment from it. Do not proclaim to know what I should or should not know or remember. Fuck you.
Posted by: ErikW at September 09, 2011 06:24 PM (6GNmw)
The spam
is approaching sentiency...ignoring the non-sequitir of the first
clause, as it relates to the second (which is quite easy, if you read
the trolls 'round here), this is a breakthrough. I'll be more vigilant
in watching for Skynet going forward.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN is a suspected TEAhadist at September 09, 2011 10:22 PM (D+phB)
You think Skynet would have a gender? Maybe Judgment Day was really more like PMS Day, IYKWIM?
Posted by: CoolCzech at September 09, 2011 06:24 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 09, 2011 06:24 PM (UOM48)
I agree. I don't feel right commemorating a loss and a humiliation. I only feel right avenging it.
If remembering does something for you, go for it. Me, I'd rather skip the reminiscences.
This.
Posted by: fluffy at September 09, 2011 06:25 PM (3SvjA)
Rum, I want to believe you but my marketing professor has us doing a survey for the Girl Scouts. The Girl Scouts! It's been years since I've even been aware of them (well, except for samoas... tasty, delicious samoas). I decided to check out the website and their beliefs. Infiltrated by liberal orgs. I can't recall now but will try to capture it next week. The libs are hijacking the elementary and middle schools. The socialists/communists are taking young kids to AEA protests. It's ugly. I would not (now) ever send my kids to a public school.
Hell, I think that PP has even been swamping them with literature and you'd better not object.
Please don't mention samoas again until after my HS reunion in Oct. Thank you for your assistance.
Posted by: dagny at September 09, 2011 06:25 PM (ldNd8)
no I've never been to Tunica
care to be my chaperone?
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 10:15 PM (s7mIC)
It's like Vegas, but with less class. Never seen a baby in a casino? Tunica will fix that. That said, I've had more fun playing at the tables there than in LV. There's interesting folks at the craps table, and the blackjack gets weirder by the hour after midnight. Tunica is a must-visit location.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN is a suspected TEAhadist at September 09, 2011 06:26 PM (D+phB)
Posted by: Retread at September 09, 2011 06:26 PM (btEUN)
CNN led off their 10:00 PM newscast with stories of the terror plot and reassuring pictures of a middle-aged white woman having her bags searched.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at September 09, 2011 06:26 PM (GKQDR)
623 Sorry if I am in the minorty, but inside cats must be declawed. They love to play, and play is too rough with claws.
i have two inside large males myself and they still have theirs. they have two cat towers and two scratch pads to sharpen on but when they do the alpha male thing they never pop claws
the only time claws come out is when i wake them up, they show me one paws worth
Posted by: navycopjoe aka Palinista Extremo at September 09, 2011 06:26 PM (R7NIt)
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at September 09, 2011 06:26 PM (otfJ1)
This.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at September 09, 2011 06:27 PM (c0A3e)
How much longer do we need to go through this, each 11th of September? Even some of the families of the victims are saying it's like being made to go to their funeral again every year.
Enough. I know it sounds rough... but since that day, others have died under tragic circumstances. It's just time to stop this maudlin ritual.
Posted by: CoolCzech at September 09, 2011 06:27 PM (niZvt)
No, we don't need that. If you want to relive it, go ahead. I haven't forgotten a single goddamned moment from it. Do not proclaim to know what I should or should not know or remember. Fuck you.
Posted by: ErikW at September 09, 2011 10:24 PM (6GNmw)
Wow, a little testy, aren't we? You're free to ignore the suggestion but it's been 10 years. A lot of people *have* forgotten. Some where too young that day to understand what was going on. So, um, yeah, I think people should be watching this and should be remembering. Chill out, dude.
Posted by: Rum, High Functioning Sociopath at September 09, 2011 06:28 PM (YxBuk)
Posted by: dagny at September 09, 2011 10:25 PM (ldNd
Deal. I actually make the sign of the cross and walk quickly when I see the little pushers outside of the grocery store.
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at September 09, 2011 06:28 PM (otfJ1)
Do not proclaim to know what I should or should not know or remember. Fuck you.
Easy brah. That wasn't her point. She ain't talking about you.
Posted by: Delta Smelt at September 09, 2011 06:29 PM (dWPyO)
Posted by: Tami at September 09, 2011 06:30 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: dagny at September 09, 2011 06:30 PM (ldNd8)
Posted by: Clubber Lang at September 09, 2011 06:30 PM (QcFbt)
My husband was sitting and had been crying. And for some reason it pissed me off. My husband is an great man. I was so pissed at whoever did this.
The first e-mail from the NYC sil, was, "Clearly they're angry at our support of Israel.
Our son at the age of eleven, announced he wanted to "kill those bastards" and at the age of 19 joined the Marines.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 09, 2011 06:31 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Peaches at September 09, 2011 06:31 PM (/ybwc)
CNN led off their 10:00 PM newscast with stories of the terror plot and reassuring pictures of a middle-aged white woman having her bags searched.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at September 09, 2011 10:26 PM (GKQDR)
Well that sure makes me feel better...
Posted by: CoolCzech at September 09, 2011 06:31 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: Mayor Michael Blooming-idiot at September 09, 2011 06:32 PM (niZvt)
How much longer do we need to go through this, each 11th of September? Even some of the families of the victims are saying it's like being made to go to their funeral again every year.
Enough. I know it sounds rough... but since that day, others have died under tragic circumstances. It's just time to stop this maudlin ritual.
Posted by: CoolCzech at September 09, 2011 10:27 PM (niZvt)
I would be agree with you, to a limited extent, if we had a GWOT equivalent to VE or VJ day to celebrate and rejoice instead. That said, 9/11 remains a teachable moment in US history, along with 7/6/1776, 12/5/1941, 6/6/1944, etc. Sadly, even if tthere were a tangible victory, would we be allowed or encouraged to celebrate it?
Posted by: StPatrick_TN is a suspected TEAhadist at September 09, 2011 06:33 PM (D+phB)
My God, Tami. That would stay with me for the rest of my life. And God bless all those we lost that day, and all those who are suffering from the after-effects. Sunday is going to be very, very tough. But we owe them that.
Posted by: Peaches at September 09, 2011 06:34 PM (/ybwc)
Posted by: Clubber Lang at September 09, 2011 06:34 PM (QcFbt)
Posted by: dagny at September 09, 2011 06:34 PM (ldNd8)
Posted by
elta SmeltI choose to think think that this is what it mean, given the context of the novel. Seriously, thanks for this, Delta. I really appreciate it.
And 9/11? It's stupid of me, but whenever I look at my digital clock and see 9:11, I remember. I hate that. I'm looking forward to the football game this Sunday, but I'm dreading the date and the memories.
We do need to remember, though, no matter how painful. Never, never, never forget.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at September 09, 2011 06:35 PM (hJX6X)
My husband was sitting and had been crying. And for some reason it pissed me off. My husband is an great man. I was so pissed at whoever did this.
The first e-mail from the NYC sil, was, "Clearly they're angry at our support of Israel.
Our son at the age of eleven, announced he wanted to "kill those bastards" and at the age of 19 joined the Marines.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at September 09, 2011 10:31 PM (UOM4
I pray for your son and your family on a regular basis. Keep the faith. If you're on the yahoo-thingy and you feel comfortable with it, I'd really like to know his first name so I can add that to my prayers.
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at September 09, 2011 06:36 PM (otfJ1)
Posted by: Peaches at September 09, 2011 10:34 PM (/ybwc)
Yeah Peaches, it will stay with me. That son is now in Afghanistan....kinda hard to forget.
Posted by: Tami at September 09, 2011 06:37 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 10:35 PM (s7mIC)
Don't hate me 'cause I'm fierce, Mr. Swanky Furniture. 
Posted by: Peaches at September 09, 2011 06:37 PM (/ybwc)
okay, sounds good!
Posted by: chemjeff at September 09, 2011 10:33 PM (s7mIC)
Well, it's a gambling place. Most folks call it the Redneck Riviera. Still, decent entertainment, damned good food (I know the best places), and a fun excursion.
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at September 09, 2011 06:38 PM (otfJ1)
Can we shoot them from a distance? I know deer hunting rules are shotgun but there aren't any gun rules with Muslims. I think high powered rifles should be legal.
Posted by: ErikW at September 09, 2011 06:38 PM (6GNmw)
Posted by: Jane D'oh
I'm so proud of your son, and I'll probably never meet him. This is what makes our country great. People like you who worked to raise a man like this. Thank you. Truly.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at September 09, 2011 06:39 PM (hJX6X)
For sane people this would be a call to war. For self-serving lickspittle politicians, not so much. The very foundations of Western civilization have been under attack for years and we, as a people, still don't quite get it. Our politicians don't get it either, but theirs is an ignorance of omission since it would be work to call out the islamic roots and identity of the terrorists and then follow that up with action.
Posted by: Hrothgar Cynical and Bitter at September 09, 2011 06:40 PM (i3+c5)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN is a suspected TEAhadist at September 09, 2011 10:33 PM (D+phB)
What's so incredibly frustrating about September 11th, is that most of the Western world refused to learn from that day. Maybe it's a combination of political correctness, fear of inciting Muslims that have reached large population percentages in our populations, fear of facing that we are at war with an ideology that wants us dead, or just the decline of our civilization.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at September 09, 2011 06:42 PM (GKQDR)
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at September 09, 2011 06:43 PM (KxADM)
You're better than this!
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at September 09, 2011 10:37 PM (c0A3e)
Okay, sorry.
Posted by: ErikW at September 09, 2011 06:43 PM (6GNmw)
Posted by: Hrothgar Cynical and Bitter at September 09, 2011 10:40 PM (i3+c5)
Exactly. Why did we not kick ass in such a way that no one would ever dare attack us again?
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at September 09, 2011 06:43 PM (otfJ1)
Posted by: ErikW at September 09, 2011 10:24 PM (6GNmw)
No, fudge YOU!
Posted by: Gigantic Scary Singing Dude at the Fudge Stand at September 09, 2011 06:45 PM (KxADM)
Exactly. Why did we not kick ass in such a way that no one would ever dare attack us again?
Posted by:Ima WurdibitschThat would involve creating glass parking lots where their cities stood. Which is what we should have done. But the powers that be were too weak. Could have solved this a long time ago.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at September 09, 2011 06:45 PM (hJX6X)
Exactly. Why did we not kick ass in such a way that no one would ever dare attack us again?
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at September 09, 2011 10:43 PM (otfJ1)
a 10,000 to one ratio would have seemed about right to me, but no, we must be tolerant because down deep, it really is OUR fault.
Posted by: Hrothgar Cynical and Bitter at September 09, 2011 06:48 PM (i3+c5)
Posted by: Concealed Kerry or submit at September 09, 2011 10:47 PM (tHnoW)
Me, too.
a 10,000 to one ratio would have seemed about right to me, but no, we must be tolerant because down deep, it really is OUR fault.
Posted by: Hrothgar Cynical and Bitter at September 09, 2011 10:48 PM (i3+c5)
Apologies to Ace for the fbomb but, FUCK that.
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at September 09, 2011 06:50 PM (otfJ1)
I think that 9/11 should be commemorated to remind us that we are in an existential battle with a revolutionary political theology/death cult masquerading as a religion.
But...the professional mourners are getting on my nerves too.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative)) at September 09, 2011 06:52 PM (LH6ir)
And they always put out on the first date!
Posted by: Typical disgusting moron at September 09, 2011 06:53 PM (LH6ir)
Posted by: ErikW at September 09, 2011 06:54 PM (6GNmw)
Apologies to Ace for the fbomb but, FUCK that.
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at September 09, 2011 10:50 PM (otfJ1)
And your issue is?
Posted by: Hrothgar Cynical and Bitter at September 09, 2011 06:54 PM (i3+c5)
Genocide is never the answer, and is really tacky to suggest.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative)) at September 09, 2011 06:56 PM (LH6ir)
And your issue is?
Posted by: Hrothgar Cynical and Bitter at September 09, 2011 10:54 PM (i3+c5)
We were not and are not at fault. Tolerance has its place. Mass murder is not that place.Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at September 09, 2011 06:58 PM (otfJ1)
Genocide is never the answer, and is really tacky to suggest.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative)) at September 09, 2011 10:56 PM (LH6ir)
Sorry, I was contemplating. I have a great job but sometimes it requires the nuclear option. Like, GTF out of my way.
Posted by: ErikW at September 09, 2011 07:02 PM (6GNmw)
@610 Posted by: StPatrick_TN is a suspected TEAhadist at September 09, 2011 10:07 PM (D+phB)
Shotgun was in closet. I seriously did debate making shotgun noise behind door just to watch his action through peep-hole. But then I figured, nah, he could probably blow a hole through the door with his stolen hand gun.
I wish someone would invent a door bell that could send a few jolts selectively. Thankfully we have had no crime in this neighborhood in the 16 years I have lived here, so these freaks stood out. He looked like he'd served time and no way was I going to talk to him.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky at September 09, 2011 07:05 PM (fNdyx)
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at September 09, 2011 10:58 PM (otfJ1)
Good to know where you stand. I did not raise the bitter sarcasm flag because I thought it was obvious. Have a nice weekend!
I also believe in live and let live, but sometimes it seems there is a place for die and let die thus, to me at least, a brutal response to a heinous crime is both warranted and just.
Posted by: Hrothgar at September 09, 2011 07:06 PM (i3+c5)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative)) at September 09, 2011 10:56 PM (LH6ir)
For Muslims? They all deserve to burn in Hell.
I don't know what your definition is but mine is pretty clear.
Posted by: ErikW at September 09, 2011 07:07 PM (6GNmw)
Posted by: Ima Wurdibitsch at September 09, 2011 07:08 PM (otfJ1)
Posted by: Rip at September 09, 2011 07:10 PM (onO2O)
Your betters know better, that's why they're your betters, and you're just a prole that thought he had rights!
Posted by: Hrothgar at September 09, 2011 07:14 PM (i3+c5)
Posted by: Dumb Ass Liberal from Vermont at September 09, 2011 07:41 PM (qXGZK)
Bill Maher on Leno tonight is pathetic. Misquotes to make jokes are never funny. Calling Michele Bachmann's husband gay should get Maher in trouble with his fellow leftists, and elicit a sharp rebuke from the Bachmann campaign.
Just turned it on to see Alice Cooper......
Posted by: Breaker19 at September 09, 2011 08:14 PM (WCm02)
Most people would say the difference is between your (a) conceding something may not be true and (b) assuming it's true anyway.
Is there any room in your thinking for the idea that what you believe may not be true at all?
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at September 09, 2011 09:29 PM (imFuy)
US Reserves now a transboundary partnership with Mexico.... http://bit.ly/rbHKkP
Petrofac, Mexican firm net Pemex contracts
I'm not a Ron Paulie, but one can't help but wonder what the he** is being planned... In essence, we're paying for Mexico's development, while bankrupting ours...
All-the-while it is likely that only special work permits will have these jobs...
The Founders told us to be skeptical of Government... Now's the time.
Posted by: Just a thought at September 10, 2011 12:45 AM (liwbC)
Watch the left hand, while they "puppeteer" the MSM with the other...
Posted by: Just a thought at September 10, 2011 12:52 AM (liwbC)
"Of course, as our very good Neo-Bircher friends will be glad to tell you, this is all just made up..."
But Holy Shit, Ace, what a genius *you* are. What were the odds of some vague, new, unactionable threat crossing the wires on the 10th anniversary of 9/11?!?
Thanks for the wasted 'trons, o' guardian of truth!
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