July 27, 2012
— Open Blogger It seems the bloom is off the FaceBook rose...perhaps good ol' FB was never a rose to begin with. I mean a company that launches an IPO in mid-May (with the flash and dash of a busby berkeley show on roids) at $38 bucks a share with over a $100B plus in market cap And then 60 days later drops to $23.70 / share losing over $50 Billion in shareholder value bears a striking resemblance to the Hope and Change bill of goods that went IPO back in 08.
I ain't got any links. Last time I linked something, blog went bust and the whole thing went right justified...heh, right justified, I like the ring to that.
Oh, and I recently read in one of my ADD trade mags that misspelling is now cool, so save your breath on any foot-fault typos.
Now go watch the 5.5 hours of Olympics...watch for the dip or at least have some...its brutal.
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Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 27, 2012 03:45 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: Vic at July 27, 2012 03:45 PM (YdQQY)
It was to the suckers who bought it at the IPO.
Posted by: Arms Merchant at July 27, 2012 03:47 PM (+XVQe)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 27, 2012 03:48 PM (61yvg)
Posted by: Mandingo at July 27, 2012 03:48 PM (pUOpM)
Facebook is worth about $8-$10/share ...
... and Zuckerberg's future as a CEO of any other company, or Member of the Board, are history.
Posted by: Arbalest at July 27, 2012 03:49 PM (V8Ibe)
It was to the suckers who bought it at the IPO.
So the "suckers" won't put a "like" on their portfolios then.
Posted by: Samuel Adams at July 27, 2012 03:50 PM (ZOf1l)
Posted by: Arms Merchant at July 27, 2012 07:47 PM (+XVQe)
This was going to be the new Ebay, dot com euphoria
Posted by: Velvet Ambition at July 27, 2012 03:50 PM (mFxQX)
I am shocked. He learned early.
Looks like bored housewives and teen age girls don't buy stock, or anything else Facebook flogs in their ads.
Damn I wish I had shorted it. Still a lot of downside left.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 27, 2012 03:51 PM (3ZjAP)
6 Exactly how are they supposed to turn a profit. Its free with no ads?
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 27, 2012 07:48 PM (61yvg)
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I've wondered the same thing too.
Same goes for Twitter. ....How do they make their money?
Do they compile and sell information on people?
Is that how they make money?
That's what they have access to.
Posted by: wheatie at July 27, 2012 03:52 PM (mtRB0)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 27, 2012 03:53 PM (j1gX1)
Insiders made some loot.
The thing is is that FB while adding users is not adding ad revenue in step and Zuckerberg in his conf. call while trying to upsell the potential for mobile smart phones, did not adequately address how FB would harnass the new jump from PC's to smartphones in terms of hwo FB will be able to grow ad rev on smart phone devices where the utility is great but where advertisers can't see a solid plan.
I see a lot of parallels to Obama and FB. Recall, it was Obama who lauded FB as a great company despite its lack of a business plan beyond hype.
Facebook has become so popular that it is no longer popular with the young demo who drive revenue dollars.
FB should change its name to Facebox.
Posted by: Journolist at July 27, 2012 03:53 PM (WzLTm)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 27, 2012 07:50 PM (j1gX1)
Crap. Oh well, it's common knowledge that the Royals are the minor league franchise for the American League. This one just had a stop in Milwaukee on the way to LA.
Posted by: Samuel Adams at July 27, 2012 03:54 PM (ZOf1l)
Posted by: mallfly at July 27, 2012 03:54 PM (NI3M5)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2012 03:54 PM (c/bEf)
Posted by: GuyInLondon at July 27, 2012 03:55 PM (dniUc)
Posted by: Journolist at July 27, 2012 03:55 PM (WzLTm)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 27, 2012 03:55 PM (j1gX1)
Posted by: MySpace at July 27, 2012 03:55 PM (Y7XKa)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2012 03:55 PM (Qt4f7)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2012 03:56 PM (c/bEf)
Posted by: Arbalest at July 27, 2012 07:49 PM (V8Ibe)
He never had the skills to be running anything. He shouldn't be CEO of Facebook, but he owns all the voting shares so he'll be running the company even if he slls all of his common shares.
That was another thing about Facebook, it's worth $8-$10/share, but only if you are buying control in it, which is not for sale. I always tell people that they are total idiots if they buy stock in any company with separate voting shares and have no voting rights, to speak of. They might as well buy debt, instead, since that's all they really get with non-voting shares. Debt, without the company owing them anything and without any claims in bankruptcy proceedings - not that any leftist company is forced to actually experience real bankruptcy anymore.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 27, 2012 03:57 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: kbdabear at July 27, 2012 03:57 PM (Y7XKa)
I am so sick of companies with their FB tag line on e-mail crap.
Posted by: Journolist at July 27, 2012 03:57 PM (WzLTm)
Posted by: teej at July 27, 2012 03:58 PM (x1L8S)
Yep, but I was able to buy the Mavericks because they hadn't figured it out yet, suckers!
Posted by: Mark Cuban at July 27, 2012 03:58 PM (ZOf1l)
Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at July 27, 2012 03:58 PM (xtjD/)
Thanks again to Redd for the link to the live stream. The fireworks were great and I thought the boat trip on the river and lighting ceremony were great.
The rest, meh. Who the hell wants to watch two hours of English industrial
But I am sooo glad to know how wonderful the NHS is. Who would have thought this was such a defining moment in English history?
No one that reads history, that's for sure.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 27, 2012 03:58 PM (3ZjAP)
GM is $19.67. heh.
Money down the toilet, even with various lib gov entities trying to prop it up with tax dollars. Insert flushing sound.
Posted by: Invictos at July 27, 2012 03:58 PM (OQpzc)
Not when it's UFO Night on H2
Some day I'll figure out what UFO's and ET's have to do with History
Posted by: kbdabear at July 27, 2012 03:59 PM (Y7XKa)
Posted by: logprof at July 27, 2012 03:59 PM (imVgX)
Soon.
Posted by: The New York Times Co., Inc. at July 27, 2012 03:59 PM (QKKT0)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 27, 2012 04:00 PM (j1gX1)
Why is someone dressed up as Abe Lincoln for the opening ceremony?
Posted by: Joe Biden at July 27, 2012 04:01 PM (HtUdo)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 27, 2012 08:00 PM (j1gX1)
Well, certainly ALL the moron horde did.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 27, 2012 04:01 PM (3ZjAP)
Posted by: boned to the bone at July 27, 2012 04:02 PM (BHM5V)
Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at July 27, 2012 04:02 PM (xtjD/)
Posted by: logprof at July 27, 2012 04:02 PM (imVgX)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 27, 2012 07:57 PM (X3lox)
He never had the skills to be running anything.
Clearly. But there were assumptions and expectations, certainly out here ... I mean; Facebook!!1!1!!
... but perhaps Facebook signals the true end of the DotCom bubble.
Posted by: Arbalest at July 27, 2012 04:03 PM (V8Ibe)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 27, 2012 04:03 PM (j1gX1)
Posted by: wierd flunky at July 27, 2012 04:03 PM (tlhtD)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 27, 2012 07:57 PM
It's not about what you get from the shares, it's about finding a bigger idiot than you to buy your shares for more than you paid for them
With the high frequency trading computers, you're a 95 year old man playing chess against a supercomputer
They have a name for those who are holding stocks they can't possibly sell for a profit;
"Investors"
Posted by: kbdabear at July 27, 2012 04:03 PM (Y7XKa)
Posted by: teej at July 27, 2012 04:03 PM (x1L8S)
Posted by: Journolist at July 27, 2012 04:04 PM (WzLTm)
And the Seattle Mariners would be the official farm team of MLB.
Posted by: Mr_Write at July 27, 2012 04:04 PM (VJUQK)
30I am so sick of companies with their FB tag line on e-mail crap.
Posted by: Journolist at July 27, 2012 07:57 PM (WzLTm)
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Me too.
Along with the "See us on YouTube" thingy too.
Hey, it's free advertising.
Can't really blame them for exploiting it.
I just don't understand how Facebook makes their money.
YouTube has tons of ads.....so it's clear how they can afford to be 'free'.
Posted by: wheatie at July 27, 2012 04:04 PM (mtRB0)
kdbear - preferred stock is only subordinated to bonds, correct?
Posted by: Journolist at July 27, 2012 04:05 PM (WzLTm)
Posted by: Mr_Write at July 27, 2012 08:04 PM (VJUQK)
Pretty much. Probably throw in the Cubs as well.
Posted by: AOL at July 27, 2012 04:06 PM (ZOf1l)
Posted by: logprof at July 27, 2012 04:06 PM (imVgX)
I thought for sure the Astros would try to get him for a desperation playoff run. They're only five pitchers and eight batters away from being in this thing.
Seriously I was just listening to the Brewer Radio Network and they didn't say anything definitive yet, a lot of speculation.
Posted by: lowandslow at July 27, 2012 04:06 PM (GZitp)
Not sure, and it doesn't matter since SCOAMF cronies and union bosses get first call in any bankruptcy
Posted by: kbdabear at July 27, 2012 04:07 PM (Y7XKa)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at July 27, 2012 04:08 PM (ZhEoC)
Posted by: Doctor Fish at July 27, 2012 08:06 PM (hvwLi)
Well, he has been performing fellatio since 2008.
Posted by: Samuel Adams at July 27, 2012 04:08 PM (ZOf1l)
It would be interesting to find out if youtube usage is trending away from PC's to smartphones like FB.
I would bet youtube has more users still on PC's and this has served to maintain their ad share.
Posted by: Journolist at July 27, 2012 04:08 PM (WzLTm)
Posted by: rickl at July 27, 2012 04:08 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: toby928© at July 27, 2012 08:03 PM (QupBk)
Take 200 million bored housewives, add 100 million bored teenagers, throw in 100 million bored single women and add 100 million foreigners.
You get 500 million people talking about themselves to each other.
Mostly they send each other pictures of themselves, a)drunk b) with a pet c) at a family event or d) all of the above.
They all think their facebook page defines who they are and how important they are and want as many people to friend them as they can get so they will think they are loved.
That's the cliff's notes of it.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 27, 2012 04:10 PM (3ZjAP)
Posted by: logprof at July 27, 2012 04:11 PM (imVgX)
Posted by: Gordon undead Ramsay at July 27, 2012 04:11 PM (9HhTH)
--You have never seen ads on Facebook? No little section headed by "Sponsored" on the right side of your personal page?
Posted by: logprof at July 27, 2012 08:06 PM (imVgX)
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No. ....But then I haven't spent much time on FB, and don't have a personal page.
I've looked at other's pages, like the Decorah Eagles page, and a few businesses.
So there *are* ads on Facebook?
Posted by: wheatie at July 27, 2012 04:12 PM (mtRB0)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at July 27, 2012 04:12 PM (C3KwS)
You forgot all the fake accounts and machine accounts.
I loved how everybody was touting Facebook's 900 million users ... Yahoo has 750 million alleged users and no one would even bother to spit on Yahoo stock.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 27, 2012 04:12 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: logprof at July 27, 2012 04:13 PM (imVgX)
Posted by: Samuel Adams at July 27, 2012 04:13 PM (ZOf1l)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 27, 2012 04:13 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: mama winger at July 27, 2012 04:13 PM (P6QsQ)
Wait until the time restrictions expire allowing employees who got stock as comp liquidate their FB positions, I believe this is coming up. It's gonna get ugly.
FB is likely considering a stock repurchase in order to take out shares from circulation in order to bolster their price.
Posted by: Journolist at July 27, 2012 04:14 PM (WzLTm)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2012 04:14 PM (c/bEf)
Posted by: logprof at July 27, 2012 04:14 PM (imVgX)
They do make money - around a billion a year - but growth prospects are dim. They're worth a conservative multiple of those earnings, as they are faddish and not assured of living into the next decade.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 27, 2012 04:15 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: lowandslow at July 27, 2012 04:15 PM (GZitp)
I think Yahoo counts the Chinese and Indian customers in that figure. They say they have 400 million in China alone.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 27, 2012 04:16 PM (3ZjAP)
Twitter is where all the user action is now, and they already have mostly mobile app users
Advantage of Twitter; you can snark at a famous lefty without having them "friend" you first. That's why Meggie Mac spends more time blocking than tweeting
Posted by: kbdabear at July 27, 2012 04:17 PM (Y7XKa)
Yeah that's obvious, but is this all ad revenue?
Posted by: Samuel Adams at July 27, 2012 04:17 PM (ZOf1l)
Posted by: Journolist at July 27, 2012 08:14 PM (WzLTm)
I've always taken a dim view of those share repurchases. The companies don't retire the stock, they just keep it in the treasury, so it can come back into circulation at any moment. The float is reduced, but that's it. The value of the company per share really doesn't change. I bet the Poison Pill boys love that move 
I don't fault Wall Street or the companies for pulling these tricks. It's not like they're hiding the truth from anyone. People just refuse to see what is there.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 27, 2012 04:18 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: Samuel Adams at July 27, 2012 08:17 PM (ZOf1l)
I don't know the specifics. I think they got 70% from ads and the rest from collecting protection for Zynga and such. I don't know what they make just selling database info on their suckers - don't know if they even do, but I would assume so.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 27, 2012 04:19 PM (X3lox)
Never use your facebook account to sign in to anything, unless you want all your shit to become public knowledge.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 27, 2012 04:20 PM (3ZjAP)
They usually start sinking in August, or spectacularly flop in September like 2007 and 2008
Posted by: kbdabear at July 27, 2012 04:20 PM (Y7XKa)
Posted by: Journolist at July 27, 2012 04:21 PM (WzLTm)
Posted by: buzzion at July 27, 2012 04:21 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Lokki at July 27, 2012 04:21 PM (a5F9g)
Posted by: Truman North at July 27, 2012 04:21 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 27, 2012 08:16 PM (3ZjAP)
I see. That's worth $40 in company value. Chinese and Indians users are a dime a million.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 27, 2012 04:21 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at July 27, 2012 04:22 PM (kqGWM)
I blocked Meggy when she compared my tits to a brood sows udders.
Posted by: Kate Upton at July 27, 2012 08:19 PM
It wouldn't surprise me if that RINO whale actually did that
Posted by: kbdabear at July 27, 2012 04:23 PM (Y7XKa)
Posted by: logprof at July 27, 2012 04:23 PM (imVgX)
Total waste of time. Worse that AoSHQ.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 27, 2012 04:24 PM (3ZjAP)
Maybe they can sell a "Trainville" game
Posted by: kbdabear at July 27, 2012 04:24 PM (Y7XKa)
Posted by: logprof at July 27, 2012 04:25 PM (imVgX)
California is run by actual retards, apparently.
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 27, 2012 04:25 PM (QTHTd)
Back to the FB stock battles....
Posted by: Dish of Red at July 27, 2012 04:26 PM (Dmq63)
When the history of the Obama Occupation is written, the Faceplant IPO will stand out as a perfect metaphor of the entire experience: over-hyped, washed out in the marketplace and millions damaged financially by the scam.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at July 27, 2012 04:26 PM (UzjcV)
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 27, 2012 04:27 PM (oLj5n)
Posted by: Truman North at July 27, 2012 04:27 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: ErikW at July 27, 2012 04:29 PM (S+6oZ)
How cool is FB when you can click on aunt tammy, uncle bill, grandma and stan's dry cleaners.
The social utility is there but there is a point where the increased utility makes it a paradox in viability.
A new cool upstart is right around the corner. And it could be limited messaging with a self-imposed date and time where it will simply stop. The date and time will be on constant countdown and no one can get in unless a group named Skaarsgard votes them in.
Now, that's how you do it baby.
Posted by: Journolist at July 27, 2012 04:30 PM (WzLTm)
Kathy Griffin: 17-Year-Old Willow Palin a Dirty Whore, Future Porn Star
http://tinyurl.com/bl72use
Posted by: kbdabear at July 27, 2012 04:31 PM (Y7XKa)
Companies like Microsoft, Intel and Apple have a PE in 14 to 18 range, so clearly it was overpriced by a fact of of about 4X to 6X
Posted by: Forrest Gump at July 27, 2012 04:31 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: logprof at July 27, 2012 04:31 PM (imVgX)
Posted by: Mai at July 27, 2012 04:33 PM (ZOf1l)
Most of all; we are totally wrong to believe that the left is after our guns just because of the proposed assault weapon ban.
Why would we have such a belief, how can the folks on the right even think we on the left are after their guns, all their guns?
The answer: Chick-Fil-A
Posted by: Forrest Gump at July 27, 2012 04:33 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: nickless at July 27, 2012 04:34 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Arbalest at July 27, 2012 04:35 PM (V8Ibe)
Posted by: Truman North at July 27, 2012 04:36 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: buzzion at July 27, 2012 04:36 PM (GULKT)
I think 2A as written was meant to keep the ownership of almost every weapon, military-grade included, in private hands.
But who the fuck am I? I don't even have a degree from NYU Law or Berkley.
Posted by: Truman North at July 27, 2012 04:37 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Robert at July 27, 2012 04:37 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: Truman North at July 27, 2012 08:29 PM (I2LwF)
It's summer and the morons are watching NBC.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 27, 2012 04:37 PM (3ZjAP)
Posted by: Journolist at July 27, 2012 04:38 PM (WzLTm)
Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2012 04:38 PM (85x54)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 27, 2012 04:38 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: logprof at July 27, 2012 04:38 PM (imVgX)
Posted by: Truman North at July 27, 2012 04:39 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 27, 2012 04:39 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: NATO at July 27, 2012 04:40 PM (I2LwF)
Politics in the Olympics? Nah, never happen.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 27, 2012 04:40 PM (3ZjAP)
Posted by: Samuel Adams at July 27, 2012 04:41 PM (ZOf1l)
Tubular Bells is a great album, but I expected to get lots of Eno from Danny Boyle.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 27, 2012 04:42 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: ErikW at July 27, 2012 04:42 PM (S+6oZ)
Posted by: Truman North at July 27, 2012 08:27 PM (I2LwF)
The Krebs cycle is a series of enzymatic reactions that catalyzes the aerobic metabolism of fuel molecules to carbon dioxide and water, thereby generating energy for the production of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) molecules. The Krebs cycle is so named because many of its steps were elucidated by the work of the British biochemist Sir Hans Adolf Krebs, one of the 1953 Nobel Prize winners for Physiology or Medicine.
The Carnot cycle is a reversible cycle in the state space of a thermodynamic system. The prototype system going through Carnot cycles is a Carnot engine, a hypothetical engine that converts heat (thermal energy) into work (mechanical energy). The Carnot cycle is named for the French physicist Sadi Carnot, who studied and wrote about the efficiency of steam engines in the 1820s and conceived his virtual, idealized, version of one.
I studied them both in college while pursuing my degrees in chemistry. And now you know... the rest of the story!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at July 27, 2012 04:42 PM (UzjcV)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 27, 2012 04:43 PM (3ZjAP)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 27, 2012 04:43 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2012 04:44 PM (85x54)
Sorry!
Posted by: kbdabear at July 27, 2012 04:45 PM (Y7XKa)
Posted by: Big T Party at July 27, 2012 04:45 PM (EhUTA)
Posted by: toby928© at July 27, 2012 04:47 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: talkin bs at July 27, 2012 04:47 PM (4nxhP)
Didn't she once say that she is a sure thing on a first date?
Posted by: Samuel Adams at July 27, 2012 04:48 PM (ZOf1l)
Not watching the Olympics. NBC will not get a nanosecond of my viewing.
Ditto. In any other country on the face of this earth you can watch the events you're interested in, when they happen. But not here in the most free country in the world. NBC can go smoke pipe.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at July 27, 2012 04:49 PM (L7hol)
362 All the happy children dancing in their little hospital beds. The hell?
And what looked like a bunch of jihadis came running through.
Dear gawd, Great Britain? What's happened to you?
Yikes. Matt Lauer just said, "I don't know whether that's cute, or creepy."
First honest thing he's said in years.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 27, 2012 04:50 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 27, 2012 04:50 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: Samuel Adams at July 27, 2012 04:50 PM (ZOf1l)
Posted by: toby928© at July 27, 2012 04:51 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: logprof at July 27, 2012 04:51 PM (imVgX)
Posted by: CDR M at July 27, 2012 04:51 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 27, 2012 04:51 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: Samuel Adams at July 27, 2012 08:50 PM (ZOf1l
Glorifying it. Why they don't have dancing rotten, crooked teeth out there, I don't know.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 27, 2012 04:51 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: logprof at July 27, 2012 04:53 PM (imVgX)
Posted by: rabidfox at July 27, 2012 04:54 PM (vAa+3)
Posted by: toby928© at July 27, 2012 04:54 PM (QupBk)
Jesus tap-dancing effing Christ. What the fuck does nationalized health care have to do about athletes running, jumping, and throwing?
Posted by: Samuel Adams at July 27, 2012 04:55 PM (ZOf1l)
Posted by: Samuel Adams at July 27, 2012 08:50 PM
If Chicago had gotten the 2016 Olympics and the SCOAMF was still in charge, the Opening Ceremonies would have celebrated the TSA
The parade would be interesting to say the least
Posted by: kbdabear at July 27, 2012 04:55 PM (Y7XKa)
Posted by: wierd flunky at July 27, 2012 04:55 PM (tlhtD)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 27, 2012 04:56 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at July 27, 2012 04:57 PM (GEICT)
The parade would be interesting to say the least
Posted by: kbdabear at July 27, 2012 08:55 PM (Y7XKa
With Big Sis lap-dancing Valerie Jarrett, and Mooch as a TSA agent feeling up the men. Joey Biden would be a crazy pilot.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 27, 2012 04:57 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Big T Party at July 27, 2012 04:57 PM (EhUTA)
Brit response:
Hey, Nigel.. rather exciting ceremonies, eh what?
Righto! Let's take the excitement up a notch and have some boiled meat and potatoes for dinner, eh what?
You cad!
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at July 27, 2012 04:58 PM (UTq/I)
Give them some credit. They're pretty effective at ending any ability for you to run jump and throw.
Posted by: beancounter at July 27, 2012 04:58 PM (p18em)
He laughed and doesn't believe me.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 27, 2012 04:59 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Big T Party at July 27, 2012 04:59 PM (EhUTA)
Posted by: Invictos at July 27, 2012 05:00 PM (OQpzc)
Or, baked beans with breakfast.
Posted by: Samuel Adams at July 27, 2012 05:01 PM (ZOf1l)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 27, 2012 05:01 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: JonathanEllis at July 27, 2012 05:01 PM (BdzEV)
Posted by: Jack at July 27, 2012 05:02 PM (wUFaM)
Posted by: logprof at July 27, 2012 05:02 PM (imVgX)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 27, 2012 05:02 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: beancounter at July 27, 2012 05:03 PM (p18em)
I'm getting kind of desperate so I would think really hard about it as long as I get a form of chastity belt for my neck to keep them from sawing my head off.
Posted by: Samuel Adams at July 27, 2012 05:03 PM (ZOf1l)
Posted by: The Simpsons at July 27, 2012 05:03 PM (imVgX)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 27, 2012 05:03 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: wierd flunky at July 27, 2012 05:03 PM (tlhtD)
Posted by: CDR M at July 27, 2012 05:04 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: kbdabear at July 27, 2012 05:04 PM (Y7XKa)
The media being the ultimate parasite eventually consumes the host.
Get ready for a real eye opening series of telecasts from NBC.
Posted by: ontherocks at July 27, 2012 05:04 PM (aZ6ew)
Posted by: naturalfake at July 27, 2012 05:04 PM (G9qZk)
Posted by: rabidfox at July 27, 2012 05:05 PM (vAa+3)
Posted by: Redd at July 27, 2012 05:05 PM (R63QS)
-- 
Vodka and coke here. I don't even have it on; just reading everyone's descriptions is painful.Posted by: logprof at July 27, 2012 05:05 PM (imVgX)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 27, 2012 05:05 PM (9TTOe)
We were so damned homesick.
Suck it, Chicago. All you've got are a butt-load of crooks and gangbangers.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 27, 2012 05:06 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at July 27, 2012 05:06 PM (RFrCB)
Posted by: wierd flunky at July 27, 2012 05:06 PM (tlhtD)
Posted by: CDR M at July 27, 2012 09:04 PM (dKV5k)
I said exactly the same thing earlier on the other thread.
Saw it already and it is unbelievably bad. No way I'm turning it on again.
Posted by: Tami at July 27, 2012 05:06 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: Journolist at July 27, 2012 05:06 PM (WzLTm)
Posted by: kbdabear at July 27, 2012 09:04 PM (Y7XKa
this
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 27, 2012 05:07 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: toby928© at July 27, 2012 05:07 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Big T Party at July 27, 2012 05:07 PM (EhUTA)
Posted by: Invictos at July 27, 2012 09:00 PM (OQpzc)
The job might survive, but there is a chance you won't, even if you are a muz!
Posted by: Hrothgar (Dagny Aficionado ) at July 27, 2012 05:07 PM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: Serious Cat at July 27, 2012 05:08 PM (zrpqj)
--Worst part about the Atlanta games was the spermatozoon mascot.Posted by: logprof at July 27, 2012 05:08 PM (imVgX)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 27, 2012 05:08 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: Redd at July 27, 2012 05:08 PM (R63QS)
Posted by: tasker at July 27, 2012 05:08 PM (r2PLg)
trapped at the bar next to drunk guy trying to sell herbalife to me
so weird
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at July 27, 2012 09:06 PM (RFrCB
Jeebus, chemjeff. Herbalife my ass.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 27, 2012 05:08 PM (UOM48)
Singing in the Rain, oh yeah good times.
http://tinyurl.com/qgrcmf
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 27, 2012 05:09 PM (3ZjAP)
Posted by: rickl at July 27, 2012 05:09 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Redd at July 27, 2012 05:09 PM (R63QS)
Posted by: toby928© at July 27, 2012 05:09 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Berserker at July 27, 2012 05:09 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Bonnie Prince Charles at July 27, 2012 05:09 PM (imVgX)
My gut says $7...too much risk it can go belly up and be replaced by the next fad within a matter of months and be relegated to MySpace status limping along on life support.
They got a product that nobody NEEDS, and a sketch business model dependent on data mining a bunch of data that's largely fake and made up.
My FB sock, Elron Aven, is phony as a $3 bill.
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 27, 2012 05:10 PM (FwWOw)
Posted by: tasker at July 27, 2012 05:10 PM (r2PLg)
Can't watch any more of whatever the hell this is.
Gotta go gag this up.
Posted by: ontherocks at July 27, 2012 05:10 PM (aZ6ew)
Posted by: tasker at July 27, 2012 05:10 PM (r2PLg)
Does anyone want anything?
Posted by: Journolist at July 27, 2012 09:09 PM (WzLTm
Will you check up on chemjeff while you're out? Some Herbalife cultist is stalking him at a bar.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 27, 2012 05:11 PM (UOM48)
You know Rio is going to have passable trannies in their ceremony.
Posted by: Samuel Adams at July 27, 2012 05:11 PM (ZOf1l)
so weird
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at July 27, 2012 09:06 PM (RFrCB)
I'll tell you what's crazy...the deal I can get you on a new desktop computer!
Posted by: George Costanza at July 27, 2012 05:11 PM (HwjdH)
RE:garding job in Iraq:
Go with body armor, always walk around packed. Get training if you don't have it before going.
Then go and make a lot of money. Make sure they pay for training.
Posted by: Jack at July 27, 2012 05:11 PM (wUFaM)
Posted by: kbdabear at July 27, 2012 05:11 PM (Y7XKa)
Posted by: Big T Party at July 27, 2012 05:12 PM (EhUTA)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at July 27, 2012 05:12 PM (RFrCB)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 27, 2012 05:12 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Redd at July 27, 2012 09:08 PM (R63QS)...............Fresh water tech. Lots of openings. That is what seems flakey.
Posted by: Invictos at July 27, 2012 05:12 PM (OQpzc)
When the New Orleans whore house proprietors are saying its a bit to gaudy...I'm just saying. The dearth of class and decorum here is quite astonishing.
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 27, 2012 05:12 PM (FwWOw)
Posted by: Tami at July 27, 2012 05:13 PM (X6akg)
Breaking...Ishtar wiki page --- now with London opener reference.
Posted by: Journolist at July 27, 2012 05:13 PM (WzLTm)
You would have to be.Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 27, 2012 05:13 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: Tami at July 27, 2012 09:13 PM (X6akg
Thanks, Tami. I love that show. Hope it's one I haven't seen.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 27, 2012 05:14 PM (UOM48)
We have arrived at the end of days.
Posted by: Big T Party at July 27, 2012 09:12 PM
AND.... they skipped right over the british metal invasion.
Posted by: Berserker at July 27, 2012 05:14 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at July 27, 2012 05:14 PM (RFrCB)
They don't show any old folks, right? 'Cause they've all been put down via starvation as per the Liverpool Care Pathway.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2012 05:14 PM (Qt4f7)
Posted by: tasker at July 27, 2012 05:14 PM (r2PLg)
Rap music... at the London ceremonies... and to think it only took the Brits a mere 285 years to destroy Handel's water music on the Thames.
Posted by: Journolist at July 27, 2012 05:14 PM (WzLTm)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 27, 2012 05:15 PM (9TTOe)
Does anyone want anything?
Posted by: Journolist at July 27, 2012 09:09 PM (WzLTm)
Yeah, bring us a new president, an American this time.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 27, 2012 05:15 PM (3ZjAP)
Posted by: Truman North at July 27, 2012 05:15 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Redd at July 27, 2012 05:16 PM (R63QS)
Posted by: wierd flunky at July 27, 2012 05:16 PM (tlhtD)
Posted by: Berserker at July 27, 2012 09:14 PM (FMbng)
How the fuck can you skip over Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, and Iron Maiden? W.T.F.
Posted by: Samuel Adams at July 27, 2012 05:16 PM (ZOf1l)
I would have given it four thumbs-up.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 27, 2012 05:16 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at July 27, 2012 05:16 PM (RFrCB)
Posted by: Racefan at July 27, 2012 05:16 PM (Oc4Wg)
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 27, 2012 05:16 PM (FwWOw)
Posted by: 66chevelle at July 27, 2012 05:16 PM (QjSgY)
Notice during the healthcare parade no one smiled so we don't see the effects of socialized healthcare on British dentistry.
Posted by: kbdabear at July 27, 2012 05:17 PM (Y7XKa)
Does anyone want anything?"
Yeah, pick up a pizza on the way back.
Posted by: lowandslow at July 27, 2012 05:18 PM (GZitp)
Do they compile andsell information on people?
Is that how they make money?
That's what they have access to.
Who was it that said, "If you're not the customer, you're the product?"
Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 27, 2012 05:18 PM (K0lBp)
Posted by: kbdabear at July 27, 2012 05:18 PM (Y7XKa)
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 27, 2012 05:18 PM (FwWOw)
Yeah, their hell-care system is awesome. Coming soon to us.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 27, 2012 05:18 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 27, 2012 05:19 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: Redd at July 27, 2012 05:19 PM (R63QS)
Posted by: Samuel Adams at July 27, 2012 05:19 PM (ZOf1l)
Everyone in it gets a pass to go to the front of the line if they get sick before the year is out.
Sorry, no dental work for you.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 27, 2012 05:20 PM (3ZjAP)
Posted by: Hrothgar (Dagny Aficionado ) at July 27, 2012 05:20 PM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: Redd at July 27, 2012 05:21 PM (R63QS)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at July 27, 2012 05:22 PM (5UcDQ)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at July 27, 2012 05:22 PM (RFrCB)
Posted by: rabidfox at July 27, 2012 05:22 PM (vAa+3)
Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2012 05:22 PM (9ek7+)
You could have had a float where Disraeli and Balfour sit on a white steeds and trample the Boers
Posted by: Mr. Rogers Neighbor the Hoodlum at July 27, 2012 05:23 PM (BAnPT)
Posted by: rabidfox at July 27, 2012 09:22 PM (vAa+3
What? You don't want to see Mooch in a g-string waving an upside down American flag?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 27, 2012 05:23 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Samuel Adams at July 27, 2012 05:24 PM (ZOf1l)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 27, 2012 05:25 PM (K0lBp)
Posted by: Redd at July 27, 2012 05:25 PM (R63QS)
Posted by: 66chevelle at July 27, 2012 05:25 PM (QjSgY)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at July 27, 2012 05:25 PM (RFrCB)
Posted by: Redd at July 27, 2012 09:25 PM (R63QS)
Seemed longer.....much, much longer!
Posted by: Tami at July 27, 2012 05:26 PM (X6akg)
It needs to be hewn at with a Scottish Claymore...down to about 15 minutes.
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 27, 2012 05:26 PM (FwWOw)
Posted by: nickless at July 27, 2012 05:26 PM (MMC8r)
294I was just told that the USA outfits are a homage to the outfits worn in the one of the early modern Olympic games.
Just be grateful that the homage wasn't to the outfits worn in the original Olympics, although that would have spiked viewership in SF and other Democrat strongholds.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 27, 2012 05:27 PM (K0lBp)
{{{ugh}}}
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 27, 2012 05:27 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Redd at July 27, 2012 05:28 PM (R63QS)
Why didn't they out source this to someone who knows how to do it?
The Chinese would have loved to help.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 27, 2012 05:28 PM (3ZjAP)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 27, 2012 09:23 PM (UOM4
My wife's still on FB and a friend of hers made a disparaging comment about the cost of one of Moocheles wardrobe. My wife added a comment about folks giving Palin grief about what she wore and who paid for it during the '08 campaign. She was afraid that her comment would spark some sort of "controversy." I told her that her comment was about as tame as you could get. I also told her to add another comment comparing Moochele to Harrison Ford's co-pilot in Star Wars but she shot me down.
Posted by: Samuel Adams at July 27, 2012 05:28 PM (ZOf1l)
Posted by: tasker at July 27, 2012 05:29 PM (r2PLg)
Turn it into no holds barred jihadi hunting on live TV and I'll watch.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 27, 2012 05:29 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Redd at July 27, 2012 05:29 PM (R63QS)
@305 Because America wins.
So you mute the commentary?
For my part, I'm willing to assume we'll win, and let it go at that. But winning the Olympics is kinda like winning a bukkake contest.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 27, 2012 05:29 PM (K0lBp)
Closest they came was raccoon poop.
Posted by: Tami at July 27, 2012 05:29 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: Redd at July 27, 2012 05:29 PM (R63QS)
{{{ugh}}}
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 27, 2012 09:27 PM (UOM4
And the rats. Don't forget the rats.
Posted by: buzzion at July 27, 2012 05:30 PM (GULKT)
What the hell was that about?
Posted by: tasker at July 27, 2012 09:29 PM (r2PLg)
Jello must be a sponsor?
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 27, 2012 05:30 PM (3ZjAP)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at July 27, 2012 05:31 PM (5UcDQ)
Posted by: ErikW at July 27, 2012 05:31 PM (S+6oZ)
What the hell was that about?
Like Jerry Lewis in France, Ghost Dad was a big hit in England.
Posted by: Samuel Adams at July 27, 2012 05:31 PM (ZOf1l)
Turn it into no holds barred jihadi hunting on live TV and I'll watch.
What's the event that involves skiing and shooting? With a few small tweaks, that could become the jihadi hunting event, and that I'd definitely watch (and compete in, given a chance).
Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 27, 2012 05:32 PM (K0lBp)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 27, 2012 09:29 PM (UOM4
Hmmm. A Hunger Games TV Show with a jihadi twist!
Lots of Valu-Rite and Applewood Bacon Ad Sponsors
Posted by: Hrothgar (Dagny Aficionado ) at July 27, 2012 05:32 PM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: CDR M at July 27, 2012 05:33 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: tasker at July 27, 2012 05:33 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: joe at July 27, 2012 05:33 PM (b6qQk)
Posted by: 66chevelle at July 27, 2012 05:33 PM (QjSgY)
Posted by: kbdabear at July 27, 2012 05:33 PM (Y7XKa)
Posted by: Truman North, iPhone snob at July 27, 2012 05:34 PM (I2LwF)
@324 I am just that sentimental type. I like the athletics and I like seeing Americans win and hearing our National Anthem.
That's not the sentimentality I was talking about. I was talking about commentators mewling sanctimoniously over violins in the background about how some competitor overcame such tremendous obstacles, because a friend of his/hers got this huge zit right before the prom, yet somehow they found the courage to carry on.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 27, 2012 05:34 PM (K0lBp)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 27, 2012 05:34 PM (UOM48)
From a slideshow on past Olympics. Now they spend money they don't have and make no apologies for it.
Posted by: lowandslow at July 27, 2012 05:34 PM (GZitp)
Biathalon. Except apparently they're moving to using lasers instead of bullets for the shooting portion of the event. Fkn IOC pussies.
Posted by: NC Ref at July 27, 2012 05:34 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: Samuel Adams at July 27, 2012 09:16 PM
Its too manly.
Posted by: Berserker at July 27, 2012 05:35 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Truman North, iPhone snob at July 27, 2012 05:36 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: rickl at July 27, 2012 05:36 PM (sdi6R)
Biathalon. Except apparently they're moving to using lasers instead of bullets for the shooting portion of the event. Fkn IOC pussies.
What's the point of shooting jihadis with lasers, unles they're BIG-ASS lasers that'll burn a hole right through 'em? Which would be kinda cool.
(Memo to self re biathalon rule tweaks.)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 27, 2012 05:37 PM (K0lBp)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 27, 2012 05:37 PM (3ZjAP)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at July 27, 2012 05:37 PM (C3KwS)
Biathalon. Except apparently they're moving to using lasers instead of bullets for the shooting portion of the event. Fkn IOC pussies.
Posted by: NC Ref at July 27, 2012 09:34 PM (/izg2)
They should just move the whole event to the Wii. Less chance for injury.
Posted by: mugiwara at July 27, 2012 05:37 PM (KI/Ch)
Posted by: USS Diversity at July 27, 2012 05:38 PM (2d71t)
Note to Matt: No parents.Just a bunch or nurses and doctors and a bunch of orphans falling asleep. Is there a more apt depiction of programs like NHS - no parents, just the state raising your kids?
Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2012 05:38 PM (Qt4f7)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Team Dagny at July 27, 2012 05:38 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 27, 2012 05:39 PM (3ZjAP)
There's a concept that fires up the imagination!
Posted by: Hrothgar (Dagny Aficionado ) at July 27, 2012 05:40 PM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: ErikW at July 27, 2012 05:40 PM (S+6oZ)
Posted by: toby928© at July 27, 2012 05:40 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: nickless at July 27, 2012 05:40 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 27, 2012 09:39 PM (3ZjAP)
Yay! That means we get the rear again.
Posted by: Canada at July 27, 2012 05:41 PM (ZOf1l)
Good question.
Wonder if they will show the Saudi women in burkas walking 10 paces behind the men?
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 27, 2012 05:41 PM (3ZjAP)
Would be awesome.
I'd medal in the 12oz curl just watching the longbow and crossbow events.
Posted by: NC Ref at July 27, 2012 05:41 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: Hrothgar (Dagny Aficionado ) at July 27, 2012 05:42 PM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: nickless at July 27, 2012 05:42 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 27, 2012 05:42 PM (3ZjAP)
Allau akbar!
Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 27, 2012 05:43 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: rickl at July 27, 2012 05:43 PM (sdi6R)
in other news, the english are fuckin pompous and they rewrite history, fuck em in the ear with their gay olympic opening...ok maybe ive drank too much...
Posted by: george lucas's neck-pouch at July 27, 2012 05:43 PM (G3cj8)
My goal is to place in the Crossbow/Longbow Hobo shoot, and I plan to do it without overcoming any adversities. I could also compete in the Value-rite drinking then YouTube posting competition.
Posted by: lowandslow at July 27, 2012 05:44 PM (GZitp)
364The Moron Games.
Would be awesome.
I vote for the jihadi biathalon with the BIG-ASS lasers as the coolest event.
"Allah Ak..." FLLLLASSSSSSSSSSSH!!!!!!
Jihadi looks down in dismay at smoldering hole where belly button used to be.
Admit it, it has possibilities, doesn't it?
Posted by: Jay Guevara at July 27, 2012 05:44 PM (K0lBp)
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 27, 2012 05:45 PM (FwWOw)
1) Valu rite chugging
2) Hobo skinning
3) Hobo butchering, get the best cut
4) Sock inventiveness
5)Troll crushing
6)Thread Hijacking
It's a start.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at July 27, 2012 05:47 PM (3ZjAP)
Posted by: wierd flunky at July 27, 2012 05:49 PM (tlhtD)
Posted by: Redd at July 27, 2012 05:53 PM (R63QS)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at July 27, 2012 05:57 PM (RFrCB)
Back when Apple was only making computers, it could keep new design announcements secret until the last moment.
Now, with billions of dollars on the line and a whole host of service providers like AT&T, Sprint, T-mobile and Verizon pounding on your door to synchronize product announcements, it's almost impossible to keep them secret any more.
iPhone sales were down 23% for the quarter because of rumours that the iPhone 5 product announcement is only months away.
Posted by: Steve Jobs at July 27, 2012 05:58 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: nickless at July 27, 2012 09:40 PM
I'm so stealing that on Twitter
Posted by: kbdabear at July 27, 2012 06:00 PM (Y7XKa)
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Posted by: steevy at July 27, 2012 07:00 PM (6o4Fb)
The Facebook IPO looked a lot more like Superman #75 than Bone #1 to me.
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