October 29, 2012
— Ace Damn it, I laid off this story for like three days because of the "possible fake report" possibility. I didn't even want to be the grouch to bring it up.
So after three days, I posted it.
So of course the police now say Kyle Wood has recanted.
In an interview this afternoon with Madison Police detectives, the victim in this case recanted his earlier statements in regards to this crime. This crime, alleged to have occurred on High Street in the South Police District, will be cleared as "Unfounded" for case reporting purposes.
Via @verumserum.
Ech. So are the texts fake, too? If you fake one thing you'll probably fake another.
Jeeze Louise. I was thisclose to not having to issue this egg-faced retraction.
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Posted by: Guido the knee breaker at October 29, 2012 04:48 PM (3p2TP)
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So...did he get beaten or not? I presume police can tell if you have in fact been assaulted.
Though I guess it could be similiar to Jim Carrey's self assau;t in Liar Liar.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 29, 2012 04:48 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: longerthoughts at October 29, 2012 04:50 PM (CVVLU)
Posted by: toby928© at October 29, 2012 04:52 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Madison Police Det, and Union Rep at October 29, 2012 04:53 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at October 29, 2012 04:56 PM (uhAkr)
Posted by: Mayor Lorenzo Langford at October 29, 2012 04:57 PM (9F2c1)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at October 29, 2012 04:57 PM (uhAkr)
reposting from previous thread.. geez.. you people have the attention span of a gnat.
So.. I have a question. If this storm leaves so many without power can the elections be suspended or delayed? I know someone said if Obama tried to delay them nationally it would kill him politically but can a local township, city etc suspend a national election? From what I am seeing now this is looking really, really bad. Already two million without power. How can this affect things Nov 6?
Posted by: jewells45 says Romney wins in a landslide at October 29, 2012 04:57 PM (1hNQS)
Posted by: D. Hopper at October 29, 2012 04:57 PM (AVfT8)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at October 29, 2012 08:56 PM (uhAkr)
I think that's a prerequisite for that major.
Posted by: model_1066 at October 29, 2012 04:57 PM (SwHqo)
At least our side did not have an attention whore rented ranter like Sharpton beating drums. The media also did not hype it since even if it was real it would not have fit the lefty victim profile.Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 04:57 PM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at October 29, 2012 04:58 PM (SAA1o)
Posted by: Blue Falcon in Boston at October 29, 2012 04:59 PM (KCvsd)
me three.
I think this recantation is the real assault. He's been threatened and told he will not be forgotten if he keeps it up.
He's vulnerable and feeling weak so it was easier to take the sneers from the cops and friends than face what would happen behind closed doors 3-4 months from now.
He's not got many places or people to go to.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 29, 2012 05:00 PM (Vh0f5)
Posted by: Aaron at October 29, 2012 05:01 PM (Tlix5)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at October 29, 2012 05:01 PM (SAA1o)
Posted by: 8 days at October 29, 2012 05:01 PM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: dogfish at October 29, 2012 05:02 PM (N2yhW)
Tell them to make that into a bumpersticker for their Prius.
Posted by: model_1066 at October 29, 2012 05:02 PM (SwHqo)
OT from a previous thread:
The winds are still picking up. The street sign in front of my house is gone, and it looks like a wide swath of the town is now dark.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at October 29, 2012 05:03 PM (L7hol)
Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 05:03 PM (jKE+Z)
Yes. Er, no. Ummm...
Stop pressuring me!
Posted by: esch at October 29, 2012 05:03 PM (Qg1n0)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2012 05:04 PM (TMB3S)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 29, 2012 05:04 PM (ma+gB)
Posted by: 8 days at October 29, 2012 05:04 PM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: dogfish at October 29, 2012 05:04 PM (N2yhW)
gone, and it looks like a wide swath of the town is now dark.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at October 29, 2012 09:03 PM (L7hol)
That just makes it harder for the hurricane to find you. Science!
Posted by: model_1066 at October 29, 2012 05:04 PM (SwHqo)
Posted by: concrete girl at October 29, 2012 05:05 PM (y2Ojs)
Posted by: RomneyLosesMyPants at October 29, 2012 05:06 PM (hO9ad)
Seriously though...stay safe and hope it goes by without incident.
Posted by: model_1066 at October 29, 2012 05:07 PM (SwHqo)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at October 29, 2012 05:07 PM (uhAkr)
Posted by: 8 days at October 29, 2012 05:07 PM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at October 29, 2012 05:08 PM (SAA1o)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 29, 2012 05:08 PM (Y0jT/)
40 even a blind deaf and 3 legged squirrel finds a nut now and then.
course they usually get eaten about that time.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 29, 2012 05:08 PM (Vh0f5)
Posted by: toby928© at October 29, 2012 05:09 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Ronster at October 29, 2012 05:09 PM (BvzwK)
Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 05:10 PM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: toby928© at October 29, 2012 05:10 PM (QupBk)
So kind of like pr0n.
Here comes the regret phase.
Posted by: esch at October 29, 2012 05:10 PM (Qg1n0)
What the fuck?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2012 09:04 PM (TMB3S)
Ace is either in the middle of it and trying to ignore it or had the sense to flee and for some reason doesn't want to admit it.
Posted by: Methos at October 29, 2012 05:10 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: toby928© at October 29, 2012 05:11 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at October 29, 2012 05:11 PM (SAA1o)
Most libtards are living in the past.
Frequently it's one that never existed.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 29, 2012 05:11 PM (Vh0f5)
Remember, craziness in 2008? There's historic precedent for this type of batshittery
(link)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at October 29, 2012 05:11 PM (PRcI1)
Posted by: jewells45 says Romney wins in a landslide at October 29, 2012 05:11 PM (1hNQS)
Posted by: toby928© at October 29, 2012 05:11 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 29, 2012 05:12 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2012 05:12 PM (TMB3S)
Posted by: 8 days at October 29, 2012 05:13 PM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: eman at October 29, 2012 05:13 PM (+XD7n)
Posted by: Craig Poe at October 29, 2012 05:13 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: 8 days at October 29, 2012 05:14 PM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 29, 2012 05:14 PM (ma+gB)
Posted by: mama winger voted twice for Paul Ryan on the same ballot at October 29, 2012 05:15 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at October 29, 2012 05:15 PM (SAA1o)
Posted by: Aaron at October 29, 2012 05:15 PM (Tlix5)
so one or the other of these people are slime or both. oh well.
move on, there are some new polls just released, Mitt ahead in WI and OH.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 29, 2012 05:16 PM (PHb2k)
Posted by: Y-not at October 29, 2012 05:16 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: toby928© at October 29, 2012 05:16 PM (QupBk)
Oh well.
Posted by: Y-not at October 29, 2012 09:16 PM (5H6zj)
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I stayed away from it because I heard rumors that it might be more of a relationship dispute than a political one.
Posted by: mama winger voted twice for Paul Ryan on the same ballot at October 29, 2012 05:18 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: toby928© at October 29, 2012 05:18 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Truman North at October 29, 2012 05:19 PM (W4PwN)
Posted by: mama winger voted twice for Paul Ryan on the same ballot at October 29, 2012 05:19 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: 8 days at October 29, 2012 05:19 PM (LpQbZ)
Only Congress can change the date of the election. It's right there in the Constitution.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 29, 2012 05:20 PM (dX4hn)
Posted by: Kwame at October 29, 2012 09:18 PM (EuW9O)
At least Bloomberg increased soda rations to 6 ounces to help folks cope with the disaster at hand...
Posted by: model_1066 at October 29, 2012 05:20 PM (SwHqo)
Especially with a f'n election in the works.
Tool.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 29, 2012 05:20 PM (Vh0f5)
Posted by: toby928© at October 29, 2012 05:21 PM (QupBk)
Much more wrong in who he supports than what he thinks, although the former requires the latter sometimes.
For example, he believes Romney more likely to achieve comprehensive immigration reform (which not doing is a big thing with him, so it gives him cover to support Obama). Well, maybe, but many of the same effects will be achieved with Obama regardless of whether it's legislated.
If the Republican Party didn't have some of the intellectual embarrassments it does, Kaus could probably make the leap to RINO. I much prefer him to someone like David Brooks.
Hey, he stands up for Ann Coulter, and that take cojones.
Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at October 29, 2012 05:21 PM (DnLl2)
Posted by: Choo Choo Joey at October 29, 2012 05:21 PM (3sZO1)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at October 29, 2012 05:21 PM (SAA1o)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 29, 2012 05:21 PM (HEWhR)
Posted by: Michael Moore at October 29, 2012 05:21 PM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: mama winger voted twice for Paul Ryan on the same ballot at October 29, 2012 05:21 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: toby928© at October 29, 2012 05:21 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Timwi at October 29, 2012 05:22 PM (pdhxN)
We had national elections during the Civil War, WWI, WWII, and the Depression. Paper doesn't stop working just because the power's out--it may just take longer to get the results.
Posted by: Palandine at October 29, 2012 05:22 PM (g7D8V)
Mittmentum. It's a real thing.
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at October 29, 2012 09:21 PM (SAA1o)
How long before it morphs into MittenMania? What can be done?
Posted by: model_1066 at October 29, 2012 05:22 PM (SwHqo)
Posted by: Evilpens at October 29, 2012 05:22 PM (ck76k)
Posted by: Michael Moore at October 29, 2012 05:23 PM (jKE+Z)
course any electorate that would allow that probably NEEDS to have their electors chosen for them.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 29, 2012 05:23 PM (Vh0f5)
Posted by: 8 days at October 29, 2012 05:23 PM (LpQbZ)
And experience various electrical failures for years to come. Salt water and electrical gear don't really mix well. Unless they got pumps going full blast to keep water intrusion down to the level of the tracks only, shits gonna be way fucked up in the aftermath.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 29, 2012 05:23 PM (voFL/)
Posted by: Truman North at October 29, 2012 05:24 PM (W4PwN)
Our trick or treat in the people's republic of madistan is not until actual Halloween.
At night. I hope it's freezing cold and raining, so I can have more leftover candy.
Posted by: GMan at October 29, 2012 05:24 PM (UkbKS)
Posted by: Beagle at October 29, 2012 05:24 PM (sOtz/)
Posted by: Y-not at October 29, 2012 05:24 PM (5H6zj)
With Sandy as an excuse, they WILL be open for weeks.
MARK. MY. WORDS.
Posted by: irright at October 29, 2012 05:24 PM (DtNNC)
Like the constitution matters anymore...its just a piece of paper these days.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 29, 2012 05:25 PM (voFL/)
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That's how it should be, IMO. I hate this Sunday thing.
Posted by: mama winger voted twice for Paul Ryan on the same ballot at October 29, 2012 05:25 PM (P6QsQ)
Fox New essentially confirms that there was an AC-130 Spectre gunship on scene at Benghazi.
"Upon returning to the CIA annex with survivors, Griffin said one of the soldiers got on the radio and asked, frantically, at midnight: 'Where the blank is the Spectre?'"
(For link, Google "Father of Slain SEAL in Benghazi Demands Answers as Grisly Details Emerge.")
Notice that the soldier said "the Spectre," not "a Spectre."
Combine this with the fact that Tyrone Woods was painting a target with a ground laser designator, and the logical conclusion is that an AC-130 Spectre gunship was on scene but was denied permission to fire.
Spectres are part of Special Operations Command. No SOCOM commander would order a gunship to not engage the enemy when American forces are under attack. Special operators would rather shoot themselves than do that. The order had to come from Panetta at the behest of the president.
An even worse scenario: The men at the CIA annex were promised a Spectre by SOCOM but it either never took off or was ordered back. Again, such orders would come only from Panetta or Obama.
There's the possibility that Woods was painting the target for an armed Predator drone, but that still doesn't answer why the Spectre--which was at the very least promised--didn't show up, and it still means that the aerial platform did not fire.
Go to YouTube and search "show force gilligans island Mosul Iraq dec 04". That's a perfect depiction of how it's done. The ground laser designator is only turned on when the aerial platform is overhead, ready to fire. Notice how first one team lasers the target and then turns off the laser when the helicopter fires. Then another team in a different position turns on a second laser until another helicopter opens fire, and then the second team turns off the laser.
No doubt both teams immediately changed positions after they used their lasers. They're aware of enemy countermeasures.
So, Tyrone Woods was promised a Spectre that either didn't show up or appeared and was then ordered to not fire. A second possibility is that when the Spectre didn't arrive, Woods was told that an armed Predator or Reaper already on scene would use a Hellfire missile. It didn't fire, either.
The way the targeting works, the person on the ground coordinates with the crew of the aerial platform. They're in radio contact because the weapons system and the designator must be "synched," meaning the aerial platform must lock in on the target. Lasers have a lot problems. They can bounce off the target; they can be scattered; they can paint friendly forces. Remember that there were Libyan militia in the firefight.
The ground laser designator determines the range to the target and fixes the location. It can provide GPS coordinates for precision munitions. The person using the ground laser designator asks the air crew if they see the target, and they confirm. In AC-130s, the pilots use night-vision goggles, and the ship is equipped with a laser spot tracker. The laser spot tracker can lock in on the target, but the pilots also look for the laser beam using their night-vision goggles. Only then is the target engaged.
Two more considerations: The pulse repetition frequency code of the laser target designator and the laser-guided weapons (the Hellfire missile on a Predator, for example) must be compatible, and the ground laser designators run on batteries. For the first consideration, Woods would've had to talk to any Predator or Reaper operator to make sure his designator was compatible with the missiles. For the second consideration, he wouldn't have turned on his ground laser designator and used up his battery power unless an air strike was imminent.
Prior to Tyrone Woods painting a target, you can see that he had to have been in contact with someone for quite a long time in order to work out all the technical aspects of an air strike. Panetta and Obama would've been listening to all that.
Some people say that Woods may have been marking the target for a future air strike, maybe even one he knew would be carried out after his death. That doesn't make sense because it was a mortar team. They would've picked up their weapons and taken off long before a faraway aircraft showed up hours later. He would only have been painting the target if he thought an air strike was imminent.
Finally, on the Lars Larson radio show, Charles Woods--Tyrone's father--said that he was told by the military at that there was a "C-something or other... that could've come above that and completely carpeted the area and prevented it from happening."
http://tinyurl.com/8vb3pqd
He makes the statement at 13:18. He's clearly describing an AC-130, and Lars Larson does say "130" softly.
It seems clear that Woods synched up with an aerial platform, thinking an air strike was about to be carried out, and then someone ordered the aerial platform to not engage. This order came only after Woods painted the target. Whoever gave the order waited until Woods had exposed his position, and then he--Panetta and/or Obama--told the pilot of the aerial platform to not fire.
The crime here is much worse than not sending help. Whoever told the aerial platform to not fire knew that Woods would soon be killed. Whoever gave the order would have heard the conversation between Woods and the pilot of the aerial platform, so the order giver must have heard Woods shouting on the radio, "Why aren't you firing? Fire! What are you waiting for? Hurry!"
And then Woods was killed because the attackers used their cell phones or night-vision goggles to pinpoint Woods' position, and they dropped a mortar on him.
We're witnessing history here. We've never had a more criminal, treasonous, loathsome administration.
Posted by: Llarry at October 29, 2012 05:25 PM (5l2tw)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at October 29, 2012 05:26 PM (2I55/)
Oh and I see Joss Whedon (FUCK YOU JOSS) has decided to reveal just how much he hates the Right. Joss, sweetie, trust me, I hate you more than you hate me. Kisses!
(safe link to Insty - http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/156104/)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming soon. at October 29, 2012 05:26 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: toby928© at October 29, 2012 05:27 PM (QupBk)
Article 2 Section 1 Paragraph 4 of the Constitution: "The Congress may determine the Time of choosing the Electors, and the Day on which they give their Votes; which day shall be the same throughout the United States."
This empowered Congress to pass a law setting Election Day as the first Tuesday in November during a federal election year, which they did in 1845. And since that time Election Day has been on the first Tuesday in November every year for federal elections, come rain, sleet, or snow.
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Pretty sure this trumps any local decision to delay.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 29, 2012 05:27 PM (dX4hn)
Posted by: Truman North at October 29, 2012 05:27 PM (W4PwN)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at October 29, 2012 05:28 PM (SAA1o)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 29, 2012 05:28 PM (erYRT)
And then Woods was killed because the attackers used their cell phones or night-vision goggles to pinpoint Woods' position, and they dropped a mortar on him.
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Dear God.
Posted by: mama winger voted twice for Paul Ryan on the same ballot at October 29, 2012 05:28 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2012 05:29 PM (TMB3S)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at October 29, 2012 05:30 PM (2I55/)
Posted by: mama winger voted twice for Paul Ryan on the same ballot at October 29, 2012 05:30 PM (P6QsQ)
Am I missing something?
Posted by: Methos always takes the car at October 29, 2012 05:31 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at October 29, 2012 05:31 PM (SAA1o)
Posted by: mama winger
What kind did you get?
Posted by: concrete girl at October 29, 2012 05:31 PM (y2Ojs)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 29, 2012 05:32 PM (dX4hn)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at October 29, 2012 05:32 PM (J6kXj)
I was wonder why he was using the laser unless he knew there was a gunship, or supposed to be a gunship in the area.
Someone needs to hang for this.
Posted by: Dang at October 29, 2012 05:32 PM (R18D0)
Yipes. Just tuned back in after doing some other stuff and saw the post at mediatrackers.org.
I'm sorry I posted the link earlier.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, eating salad for breakfast at October 29, 2012 05:32 PM (hO8IJ)
It's important, yes, but not more important than any other disaster that affects any other part of the country.
Posted by: Palandine at October 29, 2012 05:33 PM (g7D8V)
Posted by: Y-not at October 29, 2012 05:33 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at October 29, 2012 05:33 PM (uhAkr)
Posted by: lowandslow at October 29, 2012 05:34 PM (GZitp)
Posted by: concrete girl at October 29, 2012 09:31 PM (y2Ojs)
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For the wee ones, I bought fruit snack packets and graham cracker packets. For the older ones I bought stuff that I knew I could make a meal of: Almond Joy, Butterfingers. Twizzlers, and Swedish Fish.
Posted by: mama winger voted twice for Paul Ryan on the same ballot at October 29, 2012 05:34 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 29, 2012 05:34 PM (dX4hn)
Posted by: ArrMatey at October 29, 2012 05:34 PM (Vf2XE)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 29, 2012 05:34 PM (voFL/)
It's important, yes, but not more important than any other disaster that affects any other part of the country.
Posted by: Palandine at October 29, 2012 09:33 PM (g7D8V)
Plus, Boooosh can't be blamed. Yet.
Posted by: model_1066 at October 29, 2012 05:34 PM (SwHqo)
Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 05:35 PM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at October 29, 2012 05:36 PM (SAA1o)
Posted by: 8 days at October 29, 2012 05:36 PM (LpQbZ)
"Political violence" is something that happens in Third World countries. When it happens here, somebody wants either money or attention. Period.
Posted by: Lou at October 29, 2012 05:36 PM (xp1pq)
Posted by: President Barack H. Christ at October 29, 2012 05:36 PM (Tlix5)
I watched "Cabin in the Woods", since Whedon did it a couple years back.
But you're right, I saw it coming. That's why I didn't bother with "Avengers".
Posted by: boulder nonvoting hobo at October 29, 2012 05:37 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Ronster at October 29, 2012 05:37 PM (BvzwK)
I sense alot of anger in this thread. Good grief... no matter your politcal persuasion people are losing their lives, their homes. This is a storm to end all storms.
Dave.. when you say congress does that mean the House or both House and Senate? What you quoted from the constitution only says when the day was set for elections. It doesn't address such a situation that we may be facing with the storm. Not to pick nits.. just wanting info. Thanks.
Posted by: jewells45 says Romney wins in a landslide at October 29, 2012 05:37 PM (1hNQS)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2012 05:38 PM (TMB3S)
Posted by: Y-not at October 29, 2012 05:38 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: tcn at October 29, 2012 05:38 PM (VLG62)
People in FL were mostly smart enough to GET THE FUCK OUT.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 29, 2012 05:38 PM (voFL/)
Posted by: President Barack H. Christ at October 29, 2012 09:36 PM (Tlix5)
Hopium? But I'm already hooked on freebasing big rocks of hopenchange!
Posted by: model_1066 at October 29, 2012 05:38 PM (SwHqo)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at October 29, 2012 05:39 PM (SAA1o)
Posted by: Baldy at October 29, 2012 05:39 PM (opS9C)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 29, 2012 09:34 PM (PHb2k)
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I'm sorry, I think I'm confused as to your question. Where was what from?
Posted by: mama winger voted twice for Paul Ryan on the same ballot at October 29, 2012 05:39 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at October 29, 2012 05:39 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: Llarry at October 29, 2012 09:25 PM (5l2tw)
The Key to this whole situation, is the War Powers Act.
As these were Civilians under fire, and not military, ONLY the President could give the order, under his auspices as Commander in Chief, to Fire on, or send troops into, what is a Soverign UN Member State.... one we are NOT at War with.
It was NOT US Territory (the annex and CIA safe house are not really part of the embassy), or the US Military under attack (they were EX SEALs... ie not active duty).... so the normal Self Defense for the Military orders and rules would not apply....
The ONLY one who could order help, was the President... and he did not... he didn't order people NOT to help, but without his POSITIVE assertion as Commander in Chief, the Militarys hands were legaly tied.
Obama was too busy playing politics, to save these brave Mens lives... and THAT is, IMO, treasonous.
Obama is more Pontius Pilate in this morality play.... where instead of activly saving them.... he washed his hands....
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 29, 2012 05:40 PM (lZBBB)
It isn't going to happen.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 29, 2012 05:40 PM (dX4hn)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at October 29, 2012 05:40 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at October 29, 2012 05:40 PM (SAA1o)
I waited my entire life for Avengers. It has RDJ as Tony Stark. How much do I hate Whedon? I refuse to see it.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming soon. at October 29, 2012 05:40 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Benghazi Came Home to Roost Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 29, 2012 05:40 PM (ovpNn)
New England gets tornadoes too. Had a barn and silo flattened by one some years back.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 29, 2012 05:41 PM (voFL/)
Yep.
I suspect those roofing nails found at that Tea Party parking lot were planted, too. I broke out in literal LOL's when I read that the van which threw them out there had an Obama sticker.
Posted by: boulder nonvoting hobo at October 29, 2012 05:41 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: 8 days at October 29, 2012 05:41 PM (LpQbZ)
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Their slow starts, ie vs KU WVU Tech does concern me.
But once Snyder (maybe the best ever?) figures out the schemes, watch, out.Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 29, 2012 05:41 PM (ma+gB)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 29, 2012 05:42 PM (dX4hn)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2012 09:38 PM (TMB3S)
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It doesn't sound like a joke to me, and I'm sorry if my post made it sound as if I do. I wasn't trying to be offensive. I just don't think it's productive to get into a thing about "my tragic storms are worse than your tragic storms." I've been in hurricanes on Long Island, I've been in tornadoes here in the Midwest, I've been thru the big 1989 earthquake in San Francisco. There's no upside. My apologies if I seemed callous.
Posted by: mama winger voted twice for Paul Ryan on the same ballot at October 29, 2012 05:42 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: 8 days at October 29, 2012 05:43 PM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2012 05:44 PM (TMB3S)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 29, 2012 05:44 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Kwame at October 29, 2012 09:18 PM (EuW9O)
So all those fat fuckers in Brooklyn will have to walk?
I hate that for them.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at October 29, 2012 05:44 PM (wR+pz)
I hate Joss Whedon with the whitehot hate of 10,000,000 burning suns? Really, I can dress it up and give you reasons but the hate, it keeps me warm.
Currently, he's posted a youtube video where he takes a huge shit on half of his fan base.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming soon. at October 29, 2012 05:45 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 29, 2012 09:44 PM (piMMO)
I'll bid it up to 4, maybe 5.
Posted by: model_1066 at October 29, 2012 05:45 PM (SwHqo)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 29, 2012 05:45 PM (HEWhR)
Posted by: mama winger voted twice for Paul Ryan on the same ballot at October 29, 2012 09:34 PM (P6QsQ)
Smart Lady!
Posted by: concrete girl at October 29, 2012 05:45 PM (y2Ojs)
Posted by: Up with people at October 29, 2012 05:45 PM (kzFo5)
Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 05:46 PM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at October 29, 2012 05:46 PM (SAA1o)
LMFAO. Whatever you're smoking, you gotta share.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, eating salad for breakfast at October 29, 2012 05:46 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at October 29, 2012 05:46 PM (jucos)
The Hero of Canton is a gentleman.
And I watched The Avengers, twice. I'm not going to deprive myself of awesome because of Whedon's politics. YMMV.
Posted by: Palandine at October 29, 2012 05:47 PM (g7D8V)
I sure wish the Hollywood types would keep their promise and just leave the country.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 29, 2012 05:47 PM (dX4hn)
Posted by: boulder nonvoting hobo at October 29, 2012 05:47 PM (QTHTd)
Can you do a post that there there is some bad mojo goin on the east coast and to turn on your tv or radio for more info....thanks.
Posted by: Red Shirt at October 29, 2012 05:47 PM (FIDMq)
Posted by: eman at October 29, 2012 05:48 PM (+XD7n)
Posted by: mama winger
Just tried those recently. Not bad at all.
Posted by: Dang at October 29, 2012 09:46 PM (R18D0)
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When Little Winger goes overseas, I buy them in the 4 lb bag and ship them over to him and his buddies. They go fast.
Posted by: mama winger voted twice for Paul Ryan on the same ballot at October 29, 2012 05:48 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: jewells45 says Romney wins in a landslide at October 29, 2012 05:48 PM (1hNQS)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at October 29, 2012 05:49 PM (SAA1o)
Posted by: USS Diversity at October 29, 2012 05:49 PM (9ghZ6)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2012 09:44 PM (TMB3S)
Seriously, not every damned thing that happens in NYC is even remotely important to most of us in the Midwest. Yes, we give a damn when people are in harms way. Yes, we care a lot when there is something we can do to help. That's what we do. But how many times a day do you hear anything substantive about the Midwest, outside of political polling? NYC might have a lot of people, but most of them are there by choice. If they choose to stay and get hurt, so be it. I'm sorry they might lose everything, but that happens in a flood plain. That's why the government offers flood insurance. Please don't ask me to come up with more give-a-damn just because more people want to live in the Big Apple. I'm too busy giving a damn about the farmers who are destitute around these parts through no fault of their own and who now need me to stock the food pantry shelves because nobody from NYC is doing it for us. My apologies for the rant, but damn, man, back the hell off.
Posted by: tcn at October 29, 2012 05:49 PM (VLG62)
Yeah, that.
Been through Hurricane Ike. IT IS NO FUN.
Not the time for naughtybits-measuring over whose storm is worse than whose, and who gets more media sympathy than who.
Posted by: boulder nonvoting hobo at October 29, 2012 05:49 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Palandine at October 29, 2012 05:49 PM (g7D8V)
Posted by: jewells45 says Romney wins in a landslide at October 29, 2012 05:49 PM (1hNQS)
Posted by: Marmo at October 29, 2012 05:49 PM (pcgW1)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 29, 2012 05:49 PM (dX4hn)
Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2012 05:49 PM (8KGvR)
Posted by: mama winger
Just tried those recently. Not bad at all.
Is that some sort of kipper snack fish thing? Those are good.
Posted by: model_1066 at October 29, 2012 05:49 PM (SwHqo)
Posted by: 8 days at October 29, 2012 05:50 PM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: Ed Anger at October 29, 2012 05:50 PM (tOkJB)
Posted by: billygoatpuke at October 29, 2012 05:51 PM (5MMqc)
Posted by: Methos at October 29, 2012 05:51 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at October 29, 2012 09:46 PM (jucos)
They need to stop trotting that guy out.
Seriously i am fucking tired of breaking down and crying like a baby every time he talks. Its soul crushing.
Enough of this shit.!
Go Vote this mother fucker out of office.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Benghazi Came Home to Roost Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 29, 2012 05:51 PM (ovpNn)
I lost power long enough to have to reboot my cable modem (twice). Let's see my new hash tag.
Posted by: Ed Anger at October 29, 2012 09:50 PM (tOkJB)
Talk about suffering! (just joshin')
Posted by: model_1066 at October 29, 2012 05:51 PM (SwHqo)
Posted by: jewells45 says Romney wins in a landslide at October 29, 2012 05:51 PM (1hNQS)
*shakes tinywee fist* Damn you internets! Damn your awesome timesucking skills!
Shark goes boom. http://youtu.be/5yxw9Q5OjmI
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming soon. at October 29, 2012 05:51 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Palandine at October 29, 2012 09:49 PM (g7D8V)
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I went to Southeast Missouri State. My dorm was on the New Madrid fault line. Had a little shake once, nothing to keep me from sleeping through class though.
Posted by: mama winger voted twice for Paul Ryan on the same ballot at October 29, 2012 05:52 PM (P6QsQ)
Whedon doesn't know either. Whedon does know that spewing cant like that will earn him points amongst the gnostic cult that rules us.
Posted by: boulder nonvoting hobo at October 29, 2012 05:52 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2012 05:52 PM (TMB3S)
Anybody who was going to vote based on the remote possibility that Romney can somehow take away their right to infanticide, was already voting for Obama.
Way to appeal to the Independents there, genius.
Worst campaign evar.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 29, 2012 05:52 PM (dX4hn)
Posted by: toby928© at October 29, 2012 05:53 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: model_1066 at October 29, 2012 09:49 PM (SwHqo)
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They are like a sweet gummy type of candy. Not sure if that's a kipper snack or not. My guess is 'no'.
Posted by: mama winger voted twice for Paul Ryan on the same ballot at October 29, 2012 05:53 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 29, 2012 05:54 PM (dX4hn)
This will lighten you up:
I was reading tweets from our County Commissioner reporting on the storm and our power company: He said this:
"There's a rumor that PPL is going to shit down the grid. This is absolutely not true"
Posted by: Liberty Lover at October 29, 2012 05:54 PM (b4W5O)
I fully expect to die at my job if it happens while I'm at work and it's comparable to 1812. If I'm at home, I give myself even odds.Posted by: Palandine at October 29, 2012 05:54 PM (g7D8V)
Let me be more succinct than you.
Go fuck yourself.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2012 09:52 PM (TMB3S)
Sweetie, while I may use a douchbag, I can assure you I am not one. And really, without your big floppy dick, I can't very well fuck myself, either.
Posted by: tcn at October 29, 2012 05:55 PM (VLG62)
It cannot be a pleasant memory to recall.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 29, 2012 05:55 PM (piMMO)
It just goes to show how inadequate the constitution is in dealing with the problems of the modern word. The founding fathers would have never known how to find their polling places if the New York subways had been turned off. My god, Manhattan's...13 miles long!
Posted by: comatus at October 29, 2012 05:55 PM (qaVK+)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at October 29, 2012 05:56 PM (SAA1o)
gummy-anything makes me retch...pickled herring is better than that stuff...just my opinion!
Posted by: model_1066 at October 29, 2012 05:56 PM (SwHqo)
Posted by: Fritz Hollings at October 29, 2012 05:57 PM (IoNBC)
Posted by: Ed Anger at October 29, 2012 05:57 PM (tOkJB)
Now, now, now, the sharks don't blow up. They just leap out of the water like dolphins to better eat things. Because, you know, what a great white needed to do was be able to kill things even better.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming soon. at October 29, 2012 05:57 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 29, 2012 05:57 PM (dX4hn)
Stay safe, morons in Sandy's path. I've never lost power for more than two days here in Iowa. We bury our power lines when we can, which helps a lot.
Posted by: Marmo at October 29, 2012 05:57 PM (pcgW1)
***
Better than gummies: Sour gummies!
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 29, 2012 05:57 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Fritz Hollings at October 29, 2012 09:57 PM (IoNBC)
C'mon...you're really Hillary! talking in front of a mostly black audience, right?
Posted by: model_1066 at October 29, 2012 05:58 PM (SwHqo)
Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 05:58 PM (jKE+Z)
A cross between a shark and a flying fish.
The wonders of Science!!
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 29, 2012 05:58 PM (dX4hn)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse
Red Sour Patch Kids. Top of the sour gummy food chain?
Posted by: Dang at October 29, 2012 05:58 PM (R18D0)
Posted by: jewells45 says Romney wins in a landslide at October 29, 2012 05:59 PM (1hNQS)
233 The wind blew fierce for awhile, but its quiet now. I don't know if it will pick up again (but I expect so). The Power Company says there are 300,000 customer out of power, but we have not lost power yet.
Posted by: Liberty Lover at October 29, 2012 05:59 PM (b4W5O)
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Pickled herring is one of my favorites!! But very hard to give out to trick-or-treaters.
Posted by: mama winger voted twice for Paul Ryan on the same ballot at October 29, 2012 05:59 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: Up with people at October 29, 2012 05:59 PM (kzFo5)
Hate is the opposite side of the same coin as love.
It's why lovers rejected turn suicidal or homicidal.
It's not what they did, it's the BETRAYAL.
You hold out your heart (figuratively) to someone or to a celebrity and they proceed to take it, throw it on the ground, spit on it, stomp on it and then walk away laughing.
People have died because they underestimated the degree of someone else's passion.
It's why I've given up on all entertainment except for online. Too heart wrenching to see performers that I adored and was awed by their abilities showing me their true selves; small minded, petty and petulant. With an added bonus of taking my money and using it against me and my country.
A good hate can keep you warm but watch out for being burned out to a hollow shell.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 29, 2012 06:00 PM (Vh0f5)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 29, 2012 06:00 PM (dX4hn)
Posted by: USS Diversity at October 29, 2012 06:00 PM (9ghZ6)
That would be a good trick, a century prior to Tesla
Posted by: average boulder joe 'bo at October 29, 2012 06:00 PM (QTHTd)
What the hell do the folks expect to be done abut the down tree, at 1000 at night, in the middle of a major storm?
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 29, 2012 06:00 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at October 29, 2012 06:01 PM (SAA1o)
I feel the same about federal politics . . .
Posted by: average boulder joe 'bo at October 29, 2012 06:01 PM (QTHTd)
I thought that's what the subtitles were for.
Posted by: Dang at October 29, 2012 06:01 PM (R18D0)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 29, 2012 06:02 PM (dX4hn)
I need a brand-new ObamaTree! Now!
Posted by: Al at October 29, 2012 06:02 PM (MzQOZ)
Posted by: BignJames at October 29, 2012 06:02 PM (j7iSn)
Posted by: jewells45 says Romney wins in a landslide at October 29, 2012 06:02 PM (1hNQS)
Must have been difficult not being able to watch the returns too.
Posted by: Joe 'Plugs ate my brain' Biden at October 29, 2012 06:02 PM (FIDMq)
****
Orange SPKs and blue-raspberry sour straws.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 29, 2012 06:02 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 29, 2012 06:02 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: jewells45 says Romney wins in a landslide at October 29, 2012 06:03 PM (1hNQS)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 29, 2012 06:03 PM (dX4hn)
Posted by: Up with people at October 29, 2012 06:03 PM (kzFo5)
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Pickled herring is one of my favorites!! But very hard to give out to trick-or-treaters.
Posted by: mama winger voted twice for Paul Ryan on the same ballot at October 29, 2012 09:59 PM (P6QsQ)
Not hard at all, if'n you don't want trick or treaters! Trebuche, anyone?
Posted by: model_1066 at October 29, 2012 06:03 PM (SwHqo)
Posted by: Palandine at October 29, 2012 06:04 PM (g7D8V)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 29, 2012 10:00 PM (piMMO)
Maybe we should get a post on it....Ace?
Posted by: Red Shirt at October 29, 2012 06:04 PM (FIDMq)
Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 09:58 PM (jKE+Z)
I don't remember offhand, but I went to school in STL so I heard about it a great deal. As I recall, there was a lot of extra design that went into the Arch because of the possibility of it happening again soon.
I remember the Good Friday earthquake in Anchorage, which I think is now listed at 9.2, and damn if I didn't think that was the end of the world. It wasn't just the jolts, but that it kept shaking for about 5 minutes. Thought maybe it wasn't ever going to stop, watching the trees flop over and touch the ground on either side again and again, and hearing every glass bottle in the pantry smash into the floor. Every waterline broke, and the power was out for a week. We boiled snow to drink for two weeks, on a Coleman stove. There is a great deal to be said for self-sufficiency, even in the city.
Posted by: tcn at October 29, 2012 06:04 PM (VLG62)
Posted by: Hello, it's me Donna not greg/gerg at October 29, 2012 06:04 PM (9+ccr)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 29, 2012 10:02 PM (piMMO)
Those sound like weapons...not complaining about that.
Posted by: model_1066 at October 29, 2012 06:04 PM (SwHqo)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at October 29, 2012 06:04 PM (JKNDp)
Posted by: Ed Anger at October 29, 2012 06:05 PM (tOkJB)
Posted by: BignJames at October 29, 2012 06:05 PM (j7iSn)
Posted by: Dang at October 29, 2012 10:01 PM (R18D0)
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I suspect her whole purpose is to make libs feel good. The actual deaf people can read. Not like some guy is being helped by her being there. Posted by: Up with people
Maybe she could just point to the words scrolling by at the bottom of the screen while she smokes a cigarette.
Posted by: Dang at October 29, 2012 06:05 PM (R18D0)
****
I have an Obamaphone and I intend to get my money's worth out of it. I'm a taxpayer so I'll call 911 all I want!
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 29, 2012 06:05 PM (piMMO)
If you wait awhile (time varies) and someone else logs in and gets your old IP, then you get a new one.
It's all in the timing.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 29, 2012 06:06 PM (Vh0f5)
Posted by: BignJames at October 29, 2012 10:05 PM (j7iSn)
I think he was calling the NLCS on the radio...pretty brutal
Posted by: Red Shirt at October 29, 2012 06:06 PM (FIDMq)
How much lipstick would that take?!?
Posted by: Al at October 29, 2012 10:06 PM (MzQOZ)
That's what I thought. No matter what he does he's gonna look fake. He can't help himself...
Posted by: Hello, it's me Donna not greg/gerg at October 29, 2012 06:06 PM (9+ccr)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at October 29, 2012 10:04 PM (JKNDp)
What you can rub in their faces is the fact that you will make a retraction...that, and cat feces.
Posted by: model_1066 at October 29, 2012 06:06 PM (SwHqo)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at October 29, 2012 06:07 PM (SAA1o)
***
they probably wouldn't care much for smoked oysters either.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 29, 2012 06:07 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: jewells45 says Romney wins in a landslide at October 29, 2012 06:08 PM (1hNQS)
...yes, of course I want the story to be true because it hurts them, etc.
But reading the texts...those sound a little too...authentic, I guess.
Posted by: Sgt. York at October 29, 2012 06:08 PM (W4IUa)
Do they have cameras down in the White House bunker?
Posted by: Dang at October 29, 2012 06:08 PM (R18D0)
My 15 minutes of fame is about up.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 29, 2012 10:03 PM (dX4hn)
Yeah, I put it together hoping to track Obama's ceiling of support versus previous years... but had trouble keeping up with all the flood of polling be released.
I do wish there was an alternative, open source, version to RCP. One that lets users pick and choose which polling outfits to include in the averages.
Posted by: Serious Cat at October 29, 2012 06:08 PM (zrpqj)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 29, 2012 06:09 PM (PNi9V)
Posted by: Timon at October 29, 2012 06:09 PM (DmeYJ)
He's seriously not anything like he was in 2008. It's like Zombie-Obama. The only significant emotion he can still muster is rage - and since it's aimed squarely at a strawman of me, it doesn't resonate for some reason. Who knew?
Posted by: Al at October 29, 2012 06:09 PM (MzQOZ)
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Me too, and I have both smoked oysters and saltine crackers in the pantry
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 29, 2012 06:09 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Gerry at October 29, 2012 06:09 PM (CF69v)
Posted by: Dang at October 29, 2012 06:10 PM (R18D0)
****
Where are you? And, God Bless.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 29, 2012 06:10 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Ed Anger at October 29, 2012 06:10 PM (tOkJB)
Posted by: USS Diversity at October 29, 2012 06:11 PM (9ghZ6)
Obama Runs to the Situation Room for a Fabulous Photo Op during Sandy because lets face it...
...To this Mother fucking stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure...
...The Rise of the Oceans is More relevant than the lives of our Navy Seals.
Obama Called, and the Navy Seals went in and got Bin Laden.
The Navy Seals called and Obama went upstairs and jumped in bed.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Benghazi Came Home to Roost Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 29, 2012 06:11 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: Up with people at October 29, 2012 06:12 PM (kzFo5)
#269 Posted by: tcn at October 29, 2012 10:04 PM (VLG62):
We got to Fort Wainwright a few months later. We heard all sorts of horror stories about that quake. You're the first person I've ever met that experienced it.
My dad flew over Anchorage months after the quake and said Anchorage was still a mess.
Posted by: Ed Anger at October 29, 2012 10:10 PM (tOkJB)
I was there a couple years ago...little has changed, I think. That quake was in what, '64?
Posted by: model_1066 at October 29, 2012 06:13 PM (SwHqo)
Posted by: jewells45 says Romney wins in a landslide at October 29, 2012 06:13 PM (1hNQS)
The Navy Seals called and Obama went upstairs and jumped in bed.
I'm stealing that for work tomorrow
Posted by: Dept. of Accuracy Dept. at October 29, 2012 06:13 PM (BAnPT)
So, what did they do in pre-Tesla America when the electricity failed?
The reason election day is always a Tuesday is that people used to travel for over one full day to get to their polling place -- and they didn't want to leave until after church. God forbid that any of the armies of the unemployable in states that were going 110% for same-old, same-old anyway might have to walk ten blocks to collect their fee.
Posted by: comatus at October 29, 2012 06:14 PM (qaVK+)
Posted by: Ed Anger at October 29, 2012 10:10 PM (tOkJB)
My dad is a civil engineer so we got to see photos of places most folks didn't get to see, like the railroad south to Seward where parts of it had sunk into the ocean and the rails were twisted beyond belief. He also did a fair amount of work in downtown Anchorage where the bluff turned to snot and slid into the ocean. Lots to stabilize. If you stand at one end of L street and look toward the park strip, you can still see the kink it makes right where the hospital was, where all of the underground utilities sheared clean off. Luckily, we had the military hospitals which were fine.
Mostly I remember the smell. Ammonia mixed with whiskey mixed with who-knows-what in the pantry. Everything was in glass bottles back then. What a mess.
Posted by: tcn at October 29, 2012 06:14 PM (VLG62)
GALLUP: ROMNEY UP 52%-45% AMONG EARLY VOTERS...
Got to love how the guys at Drudge never fail to rub bad-news-polls in Team O's face.
Posted by: Serious Cat at October 29, 2012 06:15 PM (zrpqj)
Posted by: Joey Biden at October 29, 2012 06:16 PM (jucos)
Posted by: model_1066 at October 29, 2012 10:13 PM (SwHqo)
Still a dump, by all reasonable standards. Maybe a few less strip clubs and massage parlors, but other than that?
Yeah, '64. March 26.
Posted by: tcn at October 29, 2012 06:16 PM (VLG62)
Posted by: Joey Biden at October 29, 2012 10:16 PM (jucos)
Fine for the Lower 48, but did he bother to telegraph Alaska and Hawaii?
Posted by: tcn at October 29, 2012 06:17 PM (VLG62)
That's "Maine to Oiho, the 57th state."
Posted by: Al at October 29, 2012 06:17 PM (MzQOZ)
Posted by: CarolT at October 29, 2012 06:17 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Timon at October 29, 2012 06:18 PM (DmeYJ)
Something really big to the east of me just blew in a series of bright blue-white flashes. It was too far away to hear, or whatever sound it made was masked by the wind, but another section of the town is dark now.
The wind has died off a little here, but the gusts are stronger, if that makes any sense. The mail boxes on the other side of my property have blown over, rain has slacked off, and I'm reasonably hopeful that my supply of beer just might last me til morning.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at October 29, 2012 06:18 PM (L7hol)
"Dis is a nice place you got here. It would be a shame if someone was to redecorate it."
Posted by: mediumheadboy at October 29, 2012 06:18 PM (aHR5E)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at October 29, 2012 06:19 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Dept. of Accuracy Dept. at October 29, 2012 06:20 PM (BAnPT)
When I read about this yesterday, I was immediately suspicious. I can believe a story about a hateful gay lib harassing a gay conservative. But I've read about a lot of fake hate crimes and this story sounded similar. The nefariousness of the supposed villain and the innocence of the supposed victim were too perfect and cut-and-dry. I wish I had made a fuss and commented on the earlier post, but the fact that savvy conservatives like Ace and Iowahawk bought into this story surprised me. It's hard to call "B.S.!" when someone appears to have been hurt, especially when that person is an ideological ally and the bad-guy is an ideological foe.
More often than not, these incidents happen on college campuses, where the victimization fetish epidemic is most virulent. But I remember stories from political campaigns as well. I recall a story about a mentally ill McCain volunteer in 2008 faking an assault by black Obama supporters - can't remember where.
And I read an article recently about fake hate crimes in academia - suprisingly (or maybe not) the hoaxers end up being faculty in many cases, not just students. I remember the story featured a lesbian student at some school in Connecticut who faked a series of threats and hate mail and consequently became a campus hero as they held vigils and rallies on her behalf and protests against homophobia....until the police caught her on video planting the letters herself. And there was a black professor at Columbia who faked racial harrassment. She didn't assault herself but I think she vandalized her own car and office.
Someone above mentioned Tawana Brawley.
Also, there was the old 80's TV guy, Morton Downey Jr., who faked an assault by neo natseys in an airport bathroom and drew a swazticker on his face in the mirror (so it came out backwards - hahaha).
It also brings to mind the faked war casualty footage from the Middle East and fake rape accusations, which are different but related phenomena.
It's a bizarre behavioral tendency and I think we will see more of these stories in the future. As our society gets better about treating people, we ironically grow more obsessed with racism, misogyny, homophobia, etc. Now it's all about bullying.
What drives a person to commit such a ruse? Desire for attention, for sure. We all wish to punish a hated adversary (real and imagined) and a long for some form of vindication against them, where the world recognizes the justness of their plight and the wickedness of those opposed. There is also a weird human tendency to fantasize about overcoming adversity and hardship and injustice. Like Monty Python's sketch about the Four Yorkshiremen, we want to exaggerate and boast about the suffering we have endured. For an emotionally or mentally unstable individual, these desires must be too much. And the rest of us are not nearly as skeptical and stoic as we should be.
Posted by: JoeMoeTokyo at October 29, 2012 06:20 PM (nPbxs)
Yeah, but for all its faults (pun intended), Anchorage is a pretty neat place to experience.
Posted by: model_1066 at October 29, 2012 06:20 PM (SwHqo)
Posted by: Ronster at October 29, 2012 06:22 PM (BvzwK)
Posted by: Joe Biden at October 29, 2012 10:22 PM (/A1Rb)
those are implants too, right?
Posted by: model_1066 at October 29, 2012 06:23 PM (SwHqo)
Posted by: Ronster at October 29, 2012 10:22 PM (BvzwK)
I think I will see if I can get early trick or treating going, maybe a month beforehand, works for voting, right?
Posted by: Red Shirt at October 29, 2012 06:28 PM (FIDMq)
Posted by: Joe Biden at October 29, 2012 06:28 PM (/A1Rb)
The Navy Seals called and Obama went upstairs and jumped in bed.
Posted by: jeremiah
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This is Brilliant !
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Posted by: Joe Biden at October 29, 2012 10:28 PM (/A1Rb)
That's called my retirement fund!
Posted by: model_1066 at October 29, 2012 06:47 PM (SwHqo)
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Posted by: 8 days at October 29, 2012 09:04 PM (LpQbZ)
So, why is it that the self-aggrandizing, over-educated, I-know-better-than-you assclown fucksticks are always the last ones to "get it"?
I mean, they soh smaht.
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County
; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal">They first have to slop past a lifetime of dumbshit, and even then they only slightly modify within their own paradigm. That's why she's voting Stein not Romney.Posted by: Dirks Strewn at October 30, 2012 02:33 AM (Rrc6j)
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Posted by: Truman North at October 29, 2012 04:48 PM (W4PwN)