October 21, 2012
— Maetenloch And another week begins.
Study: Republicans More Informed than Democrats
In pretty much all areas.
In a scientific survey of 1,168 adults conducted during September and October of last year, respondents were asked not only multiple-choice questions, but also queries using maps, photographs and symbols. Among other subjects, participants identified international leaders, cabinet members, Supreme Court justices, nations on a world map, the current unemployment and poverty rates and war casualty totals.
In a 2010 Pew survey, Republicans outperformed Democrats on 10 of 12 questions, with one tie and Democrats outperforming Republicans on just 1 of the 12. In the latest survey, however, Republicans outperformed Democrats on every single one of 19 questions.
So maybe the Democrats should try being less 'reality'-based and watch more 'Faux News'.
Does Physical Strength Influence Your Political Views?
Well according to this study it does if you're a man.
Dr Petersen and Dr Sznycer were investigating the idea that a person's political opinions might be aligned with his physical characteristics. The opinion in question was whether resources should be redistributed from the rich to the poor. The physical characteristic was strength.
.Dr. Petersen and Dr Sznycer found that, regardless of country of origin or apparent ideology, strong men argued for their self interest: the poor for redistribution, the rich against it. No surprises there. Weaklings, however, were far less inclined to make the case that self-interest suggested they would. Among women, by contrast, strength had no correlation with opinion. Rich women wanted to stay rich; poor women to become so.
Strength could be a proxy for testosterone levels or maybe this is just picking up a blue collar/white collar difference.
And Conservatives Are More Charitable Too Right?
Maybe not. A review of the 2006 study that claimed this found that they used a non-standard way to determine whether someone was liberal or conservative.
In 2006, Arthur Brooks made headlines with a provocative finding from his book Who Really Cares: despite stereotypes of liberals caring more about the poor, conservatives were purported to be more generous when it comes to giving to charities. These results stirred the political pot by taking "bleeding heart liberals" to task for their stinginess when it comes to their own money. . . . we demonstrate that these results are not robust, and appear to be driven by a non-traditional question wording for identifying liberals and conservatives. After correcting for this problem, there is no statistical difference between conservative and liberal giving, conditional on observable characteristics. Further, when we use partisanship rather than ideology to measure liberalism, there is no statistical difference in giving, regardless of whether we adjust for observable characteristics.
Rapers Being Rapey: French Reporter Sexually Assaulted in Cairo
Egypt is no place for women these days:
PARIS (AP) - A correspondent for France 24 TV was ''savagely attacked'' near Cairo's Tahrir Square after being seized by a crowd, the network said Saturday. It was the latest case of violence against women at the epicenter of Egypt's restive protests.
The news channel said in a statement that Sonia Dridi was attacked around 10:30 p.m. Friday after a live broadcast on a protest at the square and was later rescued by a colleague and other witnesses. France 24 did not give further details about the attack, but it said its employees were safe and sound, though ''extremely shocked,'' and that it will file suit against unspecified assailants.
I still like Apple products but have never drunk the the kool-aid. If a better product comes out, I'm there.
I have fond memories of watching Benny Hill late night in the 80s. Since it ran on a UHF station that used it mostly to fill the hours after midnight, they were never scrupulous about censoring it (or much else). So occasionally you got to see real live boobies on TV. Good times, good times.
Sadly the show came to end mostly because it was considered a little too sexist for more sensitive times. However by today's standards it almost seems quaint.
At one point The Benny Hill Show aired in 140 countries. According to a documentary called Living Famously, John Howard Davies, the former head of entertainment at Thames Television, cancelled the show in 1989 because "...the audiences were going down, the programme was costing a vast amount of money, and (Hill) was looking a little tired." However, the story I've heard on other retro blogs is that the downfall of the show was due to UK viewers getting increasingly upset by the T-and-A jokes, which seems a bit odd given that Benny's theme was hardly anything new and scandalous. Either way, the cancelation seemed pretty low brow to me considering that it happened right after Benny attended a successful Cannes television festival and thought he was getting a new series from Thames.
You know a lot of life could use a matching Yakety Sax theme.
Weekly AoSHQ Commenter Standings
Top 10 commenters:
1 [425 comments] 'Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual' [59.67 posts/day]
2 [407 comments] 'Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney'
3 [371 comments] 'tasker'
4 [362 comments] 'logprof'
5 [351 comments] 'steevy'
6 [337 comments] '@PurpAv'
7 [335 comments] 'BCochran1981'
8 [334 comments] 'hold onto your seat'
9 [314 comments] 'Adam'
10 [309 comments] 'Evilpens'
Top 10 sockpuppeteers:
1 [180 names] 'Meremortal' [25.27 unique names/day]
2 [156 names] 'Adam'
3 [85 names] 'the clubfooted pegleg'
4 [62 names] 'logprof'
5 [56 names] 'Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual'
6 [54 names] 'The Political Hat'
7 [49 names] 'Obama's retirement planner'
8 [46 names] 'hold onto your seat'
9 [42 names] 'Grimacing Joe Biden'
10 [38 names] 'George Orwell what knows 47% got a fever and Uncle Sugar is the only cure'
The group. Yeah.
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Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming soon. at October 21, 2012 05:19 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: rickl at October 21, 2012 05:20 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: MrCaniac at October 21, 2012 05:22 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: chemjeff at October 21, 2012 05:22 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at October 21, 2012 05:22 PM (/LkSO)
Posted by: RWC at October 21, 2012 05:23 PM (t+Sdx)
I would admit that the denizens of the ONT are not unfamiliar with taint.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming soon. at October 21, 2012 05:24 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: chemjeff at October 21, 2012 09:22 PM (d/5qf)
Doin' ok. How's the world treatin' you this fine evening?
Posted by: cthulhu at October 21, 2012 05:24 PM (kaalw)
so, we are besmirching the AoSHQ brand that consists of hunting hobos and swilling Val-U-Rite?
Posted by: chemjeff at October 21, 2012 05:24 PM (d/5qf)
And this is so delicious it needs to be reposted
Mitt Romney continues to out-poll every winning presidential challenger since 1968.
The latest Gallup daily tracking poll of likely voters has Mr. Romney leading Barack Obama by seven points, 52% to 45%. Mr. RomneyÂ’s total is greater than Richard NixonÂ’s 44% at this point in the race in 1968, Jimmy CarterÂ’s 49% in 1976, Ronald ReaganÂ’s hard to believe 39% in 1980 (Carter was ahead with 45%), George H. W. BushÂ’s 50% in 1988, and Bill ClintonÂ’s 40% in 1992. In 2000 and 2008 George W. Bush and Barack Obama both tracked at a within-error 51%.
The Gallup numbers have come under criticism from Obama supporters for their supposed inaccuracy, but the oldest established polling organization has done well in predicting the last three elections. In 2000, the final Gallup likely voter poll showed a neck and neck race, 47/45, which turned out to be a 50/50 outcome. In 2004 Gallup had the Bush/Kerry race at 49/47 and the result was 50/48. And in 2008 Gallup's final likely voter poll had Mr. Obama at 53% which was right on the money. Whether Mr. Romney's tracking numbers will hold over the next few weeks remains to be seen but right now he is on a better trajectory than any presidential challenger in the last 40+ years.
Maybe the Justice Department wioll want to investigate.
Washington Times
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 21, 2012 05:24 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming soon. at October 21, 2012 09:19 PM (Gk3SS)
The one where all the hipsters are in line and the guy pulls out his phone then tells them he is saving a spot in line for his hipsterish parents. Yeah, I like that one.
Posted by: MrCaniac at October 21, 2012 05:24 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: steevy at October 21, 2012 05:25 PM (6o4Fb)
Even - Current result
R+1.4 - 2008 turnout
R+3.8 - D+3 turnout
R+5.7 - 2010 turnout
R+5.8 - 2004 turnout
R+7.1 - Rasmussen Party ID
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 21, 2012 05:25 PM (dX4hn)
Posted by: Redd at October 21, 2012 05:25 PM (RoEtU)
Posted by: eman at October 21, 2012 05:26 PM (+XD7n)
I would admit that the denizens of the ONT are not unfamiliar with taint.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming soon. at October 21, 2012 09:24 PM (Gk3SS) ***** The ironic part was that it was on a thread that led off with a post about fart jokes!
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at October 21, 2012 05:26 PM (/LkSO)
Posted by: MrCaniac at October 21, 2012 09:24 PM (Zd/NW)
You could have just said, 'The one Maet linked? Yeah I like that one.'
Posted by: Tami at October 21, 2012 05:26 PM (X6akg)
That's just lazy.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 21, 2012 05:26 PM (BuSM8)
Posted by: Doc at October 21, 2012 05:26 PM (3HsdR)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming soon. at October 21, 2012 05:26 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: eman at October 21, 2012 05:27 PM (+XD7n)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 21, 2012 05:27 PM (Dnbau)
Actually, the link is to a clip that is a composite of all the ads. / pendant
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming soon. at October 21, 2012 05:27 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at October 21, 2012 05:28 PM (J8yj/)
Posted by: RWC at October 21, 2012 05:28 PM (t+Sdx)
http://tinyurl.com/ycehppc
Interview with an Ewok on Fox News...
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Posted by: AmericanDawg at October 21, 2012 05:29 PM (XIsD/)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming soon. at October 21, 2012 09:27 PM (Gk3SS)
Ok, ok.....I'll shutup.
Posted by: Tami at October 21, 2012 05:30 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 21, 2012 05:30 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: DC in Towson at October 21, 2012 05:30 PM (CJwi5)
You could have just said, 'The one Maet linked? Yeah I like that one.'
Posted by: Tami at October 21, 2012 09:26 PM (X6akg)
Yeah, I just realized that. When I was watching the linked one, the one where they bump the phones together to share the stuff came on the magic electronic box and I got confused.
Posted by: MrCaniac at October 21, 2012 05:30 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: GnuBreed at October 21, 2012 05:31 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 21, 2012 09:27 PM (Dnbau)
A little of column a, a little from column b . . . .
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming soon. at October 21, 2012 05:31 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: eman at October 21, 2012 05:31 PM (+XD7n)
there were 14 caution flags! which set a new record.
The drivers were quite aggressive and speedy.
Danica Patrick was there, she ended up wrecking by acting kinda bitchy and stupidly
it really is a huge party atmosphere though, it is kinda neat
Posted by: chemjeff at October 21, 2012 05:31 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 21, 2012 05:31 PM (FG1mZ)
Yeah right, fuck the UN.
Posted by: RWC at October 21, 2012 09:28 PM (t+Sdx)
You know what, in actual documentable fact, significantly increases the threat to Americans? Taking the opinions from the batch of losers down on Turtle Bay seriously.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 21, 2012 05:31 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at October 21, 2012 05:32 PM (J8yj/)
Posted by: Hawker Flyer at October 21, 2012 05:32 PM (2z0mM)
Posted by: Whoever this is, it's definitely not Michael at October 21, 2012 05:33 PM (JVCVF)
Posted by: steevy at October 21, 2012 05:33 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: DC in Towson at October 21, 2012 05:33 PM (CJwi5)
Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at October 21, 2012 05:33 PM (1wXKA)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 21, 2012 05:34 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Splunge at October 21, 2012 05:34 PM (2IW5Q)
I was in the grandstand but I got to walk around in the infield before the race.
Posted by: chemjeff at October 21, 2012 05:34 PM (d/5qf)
That's about it. Fortunately a neighbor of ours own a couple of convenience stores and his son had access to PILES and PILES of dirty magazines. They kept a bunch of dry good backstock in their garage, you see, and would run it down to the station as needed.
I did not suffer a lack of exposure to dirty magazines as a result.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 21, 2012 05:34 PM (BuSM8)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 21, 2012 05:34 PM (sZTYJ)
One youtube link in there's a Benny Hill where he does the eyebrow twitch thing over the blond glued into a practically non-existent tin foil number.
Posted by: DaveA at October 21, 2012 05:35 PM (wcjj2)
Posted by: mama winger gets to vote for Paul Ryan TWICE at October 21, 2012 05:35 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: eman at October 21, 2012 05:35 PM (+XD7n)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at October 21, 2012 09:22 PM (/LkSO)
Yeah, that was in large part to me and some others jumping on a commenter who went off on Peaches for no reason. We were "chest thumping." Oh, and apparently we were engaging in a flame war about medical issues that would clearly upset someone with a serious medical condition.
Apparently, the behavior on the ONT would be out of bounds and shocking to the day commenters. Even though it's a lot of the same people.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 21, 2012 09:30 PM (GEICT)
Ah yes, that would have been our medical discussion on mammaries and prostates.
Posted by: MrCaniac at October 21, 2012 05:35 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: DC in Towson at October 21, 2012 05:35 PM (CJwi5)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 21, 2012 05:36 PM (GEICT)
Well, yes, but that's sort of the point. Making hipsters feel insecure is a worthy work, even if you have to use other hipsters to do it.
Posted by: Splunge at October 21, 2012 05:36 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 21, 2012 05:36 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: pep at October 21, 2012 05:37 PM (6TB1Z)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 21, 2012 05:37 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: esch at October 21, 2012 05:37 PM (9XVgh)
NSFW
http://tinyurl.com/9ekp6te
Posted by: Adam at October 21, 2012 05:37 PM (/YJYi)
Strength is something that is easy to fix. Getting stronger requires a certain amount of dedication, some intestinal fortitude and honesty about the effort one puts in. Weak men have to work at staying weak, and that mentality will carry over to the rest of their lives.
Posted by: Alex at October 21, 2012 05:37 PM (HwgHt)
Posted by: HtP at October 21, 2012 05:37 PM (jx2j9)
A deep and subtle game. We could learn from this.
Posted by: dawnfire at October 21, 2012 05:37 PM (eEeH7)
Posted by: Whoever this is, it's definitely not Michael at October 21, 2012 05:38 PM (JVCVF)
Posted by: eman at October 21, 2012 05:38 PM (+XD7n)
Don't forget National Geographic.
Posted by: pep at October 21, 2012 05:38 PM (6TB1Z)
Obviously they refer to not enough molesting of sacks of trash. The ONT's of late have been far too PG-13 rated and it certainly is affecting the brand.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 21, 2012 05:39 PM (7IYab)
Missed the tatta's and prostate war.
Mrs VIA did the Prostate 5K in Towson last month, so there is that going for us.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 21, 2012 05:39 PM (1xXe9)
Posted by: Conservative Crank, yet another work computer at October 21, 2012 05:39 PM (d7H2D)
Mrs. Muldoon and I have been involved in an ongoing discussion about what actually constitutes a "hipster doofus"...can someone shed a little light for us?
I say that it is anyone 20 years younger than me who thinks he/she is "cooler" than me.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at October 21, 2012 05:39 PM (/LkSO)
If you start looking at what the other people in line are doing, they're even funnier.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming soon. at October 21, 2012 05:40 PM (Gk3SS)
Republicans more informed than Democrats.
Duh. Democrats are dumb. Just ask James Carville.
Thanks for the Paul Ryan pics. They made my night. I am happy that I get to vote for him and Romney tomorrow.
Posted by: Mo the Girl at October 21, 2012 05:40 PM (HAG2D)
Posted by: Trimegistus at October 21, 2012 05:40 PM (gnBvI)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 21, 2012 05:43 PM (Dnbau)
Posted by: INGSOC at October 21, 2012 05:43 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Craig Poe at October 21, 2012 05:43 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 21, 2012 05:43 PM (ovpNn)
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This is my take. First, they're too skinny. And they always dress in various shades of black and gray, and wear scarves tied around their necks in odd ways. They sometimes wear glasses when they have no real need for them. They always have an electronic device in their hands. Sometimes they sport berets. They lack gender distinctiveness and rarely appear happy.
Posted by: mama winger gets to vote for Paul Ryan TWICE at October 21, 2012 05:44 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: steevy at October 21, 2012 05:44 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 21, 2012 05:45 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 21, 2012 05:45 PM (79EF9)
Standards?
Yes, junior high school level of discourse (on a good night), as I said at the time.
Posted by: kinlaw at October 21, 2012 05:45 PM (uLTng)
yes we day walkers are as pure as the fresh snow.
perhaps slightly yellow'd
then some of us we/i drink a couple of glasses of wine and end up here.
but i suggest it is the night crawlers fault as they tempt the pure but slightly tainted with their dark yet funny ways.
Posted by: willow at October 21, 2012 05:45 PM (hX8cq)
Posted by: esch at October 21, 2012 05:45 PM (9XVgh)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at October 21, 2012 05:45 PM (/LkSO)
I just learned a story about my great uncle. He crossed the Rhine and fought his way across Germany.
In one of the little towns, the saw German soldiers running into a house to hide in the basement. The Americans stood at the foot of the stairs and shouted at them to come out, and they were fired on. So my great-uncle tossed in all his grenades and emptied several clips from his BAR into the basement.
When the GIs went down to do bomb-damage assessment, they found three dead German soldiers... and about forty dead women and children, including babies.
According to my mother, my great-uncle had nightmares about that the rest of his life. He was never able to forgive himself and died a massive alcoholic in the 1970s.
That's a tough one. You can't tell someone to not feel guilty, but at the same time, it was entirely the fault of the German soldiers. It just goes to show you that temperament is the wild card. Some of us would be able to carry on with our lives, knowing we weren't truly at fault here, while others would be as destroyed as my great-uncle.
I'd be destroyed. I'm still haunted by burning up ants with a magnifying glass when I was a child.
Posted by: Llarry at October 21, 2012 05:47 PM (ydx+F)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 21, 2012 05:47 PM (dX4hn)
Posted by: mama winger gets to vote for Paul Ryan TWICE at October 21, 2012 05:48 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: eman at October 21, 2012 05:48 PM (+XD7n)
Posted by: Dianna at October 21, 2012 05:48 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 21, 2012 05:48 PM (dX4hn)
Posted by: MrCaniac at October 21, 2012 05:48 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at October 21, 2012 05:49 PM (ZPrif)
http://tinyurl.com/7ch2s2c
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 21, 2012 05:49 PM (ovpNn)
If they see me, give a small smile and tilt their head at me they're a hipster doofus. Because they see I'm older, and therefore just getting in the way of their broadband.
And anyone who drives a Prius that's not a company car.
Anyone with a "coexist" bumper sticker on whatever car they're driving, especially a Prius.
Anyone who uses the word "social justice". And means it.
Geez, there's a million ways to tell.
Posted by: Biblio is Getting Really Depressed now at October 21, 2012 05:50 PM (LNe4F)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 21, 2012 05:51 PM (dX4hn)
I know that I, for one, was an innocent little pure lamb of innocent little pure lambiness until all y'all corrupted me. *innocent eyes*
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming soon. at October 21, 2012 05:51 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: steevy at October 21, 2012 05:51 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 21, 2012 05:51 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: eman at October 21, 2012 05:51 PM (+XD7n)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 21, 2012 05:52 PM (Dnbau)
http://tinyurl.com/7ch2s2c
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 21, 2012 09:49 PM (ovpNn)
You're going to hell.
Posted by: Adam at October 21, 2012 05:52 PM (/YJYi)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 21, 2012 05:52 PM (dX4hn)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 21, 2012 05:53 PM (GEICT)
if you open it in a new tab but dont click on the tab, you can see the title of it on the tab, and that was enough for me
do not visit that link
Posted by: kinlaw at October 21, 2012 05:53 PM (uLTng)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 21, 2012 05:54 PM (kaalw)
AtC, I don't comment a lot but you're one of my faves. However, that lamby lambiness made me shoot soda out of my nose.
Which means it's time to switch to ValuRite.
Posted by: Biblio Making Calls for Romney on Tuesday at October 21, 2012 05:54 PM (LNe4F)
He only got this many because the transporter malfunction duplicated him. I call for a disqualification!
Posted by: Montgomery Scott at October 21, 2012 05:54 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Social Science Graduate Student at October 21, 2012 05:54 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 21, 2012 05:54 PM (dX4hn)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at October 21, 2012 05:54 PM (J8yj/)
Posted by: BishopWash at October 21, 2012 05:54 PM (SYpWm)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at October 21, 2012 09:49 PM (ZPrif)
******
OK, I hadn't thought of that, but you do make some cogent points!
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at October 21, 2012 05:54 PM (/LkSO)
“The only reason it is, is because Americans are impatient on things not made before yesterday and they don’t understand why the economy is not totally hunky-dory again"
Why of course we are Bill. It's been FOUR FUCKING YEARS now and what have we got?
Of course if I had your money and a wife pulling down the big bucks I could be patient also.
Posted by: harleycowboy at October 21, 2012 05:54 PM (wSTfB)
Posted by: eman at October 21, 2012 05:55 PM (+XD7n)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 21, 2012 05:55 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at October 21, 2012 05:55 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 21, 2012 05:55 PM (ovpNn)
Just for that, I'm gonna show they what you look like.
AtC at the pump:
http://tinyurl.com/9xb67xk
Posted by: ChrisP at October 21, 2012 05:55 PM (MyhWS)
Posted by: DAve at October 21, 2012 05:56 PM (sxzjk)
Posted by: mama winger gets to vote for Paul Ryan TWICE at October 21, 2012 05:56 PM (P6QsQ)
Had a long phone conversation with an extremely lib friend today (who lives out of state). For a guy who's an actual genius, he's astonishingly lacking in facts. I was astonished, because I'd heard all his and he hadn't heard any of mine. See, they hear anything outside their bubble and they "lalala" until it goes away.
We listen to their views the better to decimate the argument.
Posted by: Biblio Making Calls for Romney on Tuesday at October 21, 2012 05:56 PM (LNe4F)
Nonprofit world knows perfectly well that the hippy-dippier the prospective donor, the less likely you are to get a gift. That's one of the reasons you see so many efforts to cause an "impulse" gift, and it just burns me up.
Posted by: Dianna at October 21, 2012 05:56 PM (mKMj1)
***
If you are a conservative you know all of the left's arguments, as they would like to make them, if you consume any of the infotainment that makes up pop culture.
If you are a liberal you only know that most absurd caricature unless you go looking for conservative views, and your leftwing friends will attack you if you do so.
So as a conservative I get to think about how conservative and liberal thought address various issues, and see which ideology better identifies and addresses issues. As a liberal though, I only have liberal thought to guide me. And liberals address failures of liberal thought by ignoring them.
For example, try and ask your average liberal if there was widespread Soviet espionage in the US in the 40s. No recollection? How about the failure of the economy prior to Reaganomics? Not ringing a bell?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2012 05:56 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 21, 2012 05:56 PM (dX4hn)
I know that I, for one, was an innocent little pure lamb of innocent little pure lambiness until all y'all corrupted me. *innocent eyes*
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming soon. at October 21, 2012 09:51 PM (Gk3SS)
it can happen to any one of us. We however can bring the righteousness of goodliness (or maybe goofiness) into the cursed environment.
after we finish this wine.
Posted by: willow at October 21, 2012 05:56 PM (hX8cq)
Posted by: DC in Towson at October 21, 2012 05:56 PM (CJwi5)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 21, 2012 05:56 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Barney Frank at October 21, 2012 05:57 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at October 21, 2012 05:57 PM (J8yj/)
Yo Yo just sent in the absentee ballot... voted for Nick Romney and Lying Ryan... felt good.
Suck it Thug life wanna bes on twitter that think Romney is gonna take away the dollar menu at McDs and outlaw hair weaves.... honestly how stupid are the vast majority of democrats?
Posted by: Some Guy in Wisconsin from the east side ( flashing his gang sign ) at October 21, 2012 05:57 PM (s8Ym/)
Posted by: DAve at October 21, 2012 05:57 PM (sxzjk)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 21, 2012 05:57 PM (uE3PZ)
That was pretty good Joe. About the same amount of abuse Gerg gets over a whole daytime poll thread.
Posted by: DaveA at October 21, 2012 05:58 PM (wcjj2)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 21, 2012 05:59 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Biblio Making Calls for Romney on Tuesday at October 21, 2012 05:59 PM (LNe4F)
I know that I, for one, was an innocent little pure lamb of innocent little pure lambiness until all y'all corrupted me. *innocent eyes*
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming soon. at October 21, 2012 09:51 PM (Gk3SS)
And I'm Irish....
Posted by: akornzombie at October 21, 2012 05:59 PM (RTRO5)
Posted by: willow at October 21, 2012 05:59 PM (hX8cq)
Posted by: Trimegistus at October 21, 2012 06:00 PM (gnBvI)
Posted by: Truman North at October 21, 2012 06:00 PM (e6n3t)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 21, 2012 09:54 PM (kaalw)
____ _____ _____ _____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ___ ___ __
We call them "hey dudes". The only thing about them that freaks me out is the wearing of ski hats in the summer. Whew...
Posted by: Meremortal at October 21, 2012 06:00 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at October 21, 2012 06:00 PM (J8yj/)
I must congratulate Skechers on making a commercial that makes me only want to punch Cuban in the face and not the nuts.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming soon. at October 21, 2012 06:00 PM (Gk3SS)
***
This should be a damning argument. The leftist argument is "cause Republicans that's why!"
Obama and his party controlled 100% of the government for 2 years, and 5/6s of it now.
And the argument that the initials economic problems showed up prior to Obama is flawed anyway. Obama and his party took congress in 2006 and had their way on domestic policy. Just shy of 2 years later the Fannie Mae inspired collapse occurred.
These last 6 years have been pure Obamanomics.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2012 06:00 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: Dante at October 21, 2012 06:01 PM (c17z0)
Posted by: mpfs at October 21, 2012 06:01 PM (Mkhiu)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 21, 2012 06:02 PM (GEICT)
Just for that, I'm gonna show they what you look like.
AtC at the pump:
http://tinyurl.com/9xb67xk
Posted by: ChrisP at October 21, 2012 09:55 PM (MyhWS)
That is EXACTLY what she looks like in my head.
I wish. Trust me, ChrisP, I take it as a compliment.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming soon. at October 21, 2012 06:02 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Kratos at October 21, 2012 06:02 PM (5Vuz/)
Posted by: Whoever this is, it's definitely not Michael at October 21, 2012 06:03 PM (JVCVF)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at October 21, 2012 06:03 PM (/LkSO)
Posted by: harleycowboy at October 21, 2012 06:03 PM (wSTfB)
You just described 90% of city-dwellers.
Posted by: eman at October 21, 2012 09:55 PM (+XD7n)
Yup......and?
Posted by: cthulhu at October 21, 2012 06:03 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 21, 2012 06:03 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at October 21, 2012 06:04 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 21, 2012 06:04 PM (uE3PZ)
Posted by: esch at October 21, 2012 06:04 PM (9XVgh)
Just for that, I'm gonna show they what you look like.
AtC at the pump:
http://tinyurl.com/9xb67xk
Posted by: ChrisP at October 21, 2012 09:55 PM (MyhWS)
That is EXACTLY what she looks like in my head.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 21, 2012 09:56 PM (GEICT)
I don't think so -- I always envision her with a ponytail.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 21, 2012 06:05 PM (kaalw)
i would look just like that if my hair were straight, i was 8 inches taller and 10 years younger.
Posted by: willow at October 21, 2012 06:05 PM (hX8cq)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 21, 2012 06:05 PM (GEICT)
To whom exactly are you referring?
--
Yeah, I'm a little insulted by that. All moronettes, by definition, have the potential to start a lot of shit.
Posted by: Mayday at October 21, 2012 06:05 PM (F3s39)
Swiss Ambassador to Tehran Livia Leu Agosti attended a meeting with senior Iranian foreign ministry officials a few days ago to submit a letter from the US president to Tehran leaders.
Vice-Chairman of the Iranian ParliamentÂ’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Hossein Ebrahimi told FNA that during the meeting, Agosti had told the Iranian officials that President Barack Obama recognizes IranÂ’s right of access and use of the nuclear technology.
http://tinyurl.com/9ue7g8y
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 21, 2012 06:05 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: ChrisP at October 21, 2012 06:06 PM (MyhWS)
Exactly. We'll be allll over that. Once this wine is done.
Kratos! *tosses confetti*
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming soon. at October 21, 2012 06:06 PM (Gk3SS)
kraos!
i am glad to see you have survived the ban of the ha satan or pixy or whatever it is
Posted by: willow at October 21, 2012 06:06 PM (hX8cq)
They had a nurse standing by when they started up the first escalator.
Posted by: LC LaWedgie at October 21, 2012 06:06 PM (0It32)
Posted by: eman at October 21, 2012 06:06 PM (+XD7n)
the crevasses of his mind to respond ...
Posted by: AmericanDawg at October 21, 2012 06:06 PM (XIsD/)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 21, 2012 06:06 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Trimegistus at October 21, 2012 06:06 PM (gnBvI)
That's pretty much the precis of Jonah Goldberg's The Tyranny of Cliches. Those on the Left claim to have no ideology whatsoever. They will tell you that they are just 'realist' or 'pragmatic' or some other magical formula that makes them unlike the ideological, hide-bound Right.
Even worse is the fact that they can rarely cite the original Lefties that came up with the Leftist dogma trotted out by said Lefties as matters of fact.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at October 21, 2012 06:06 PM (DKxu1)
http://tinyurl.com/9ue7g8y
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 21, 2012 06:07 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 21, 2012 06:07 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 21, 2012 06:07 PM (79EF9)
Posted by: Bart who lurks with SMOD 2012, master of his domain at October 21, 2012 06:08 PM (he2LC)
Posted by: dej at October 21, 2012 06:08 PM (0gb+u)
***
Indeed - one of the points of Goldberg's first book.
Of course if one examines the actual history of liberalism, I don't see how one could be a liberal.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2012 06:09 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: Trimegistus at October 21, 2012 06:09 PM (gnBvI)
wow
Posted by: kinlaw
This shit has to stop.
If you aren't willing to take the time to copy and paste the original offending comment, don't bother at all.
Obscenely annoying to the nth degree.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at October 21, 2012 06:10 PM (DKxu1)
Posted by: Bawny Fwanks at October 21, 2012 06:10 PM (/YJYi)
I've observed a trend, among hipster douche-bags, to wear a waxed Snidely Whiplash mustache. I bet that takes a lot of effort, way more than I want a man to engage in for vain personal appearance reasons.
Posted by: kalneva proud to be helping with the tainting shit all up in here at October 21, 2012 06:11 PM (cQmXn)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 21, 2012 10:08 PM (kaalw)
Oops.....a little postus interruptus there. Or maybe premature epostulation.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 21, 2012 06:12 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: eman at October 21, 2012 06:12 PM (+XD7n)
Posted by: mpfs at October 21, 2012 06:13 PM (Mkhiu)
http://www.humanevents.com/2012/10/21/ iranian-regime-obama-sent-secret-message-recognizing-our-nuclear-rights/
Posted by: dawnfire at October 21, 2012 06:13 PM (eEeH7)
Posted by: willow at October 21, 2012 06:14 PM (hX8cq)
9 Reasons to Elect a Supervillain President
http://tinyurl.com/8kmskns
The thing that fascinates me, in this article as well as the posts I've see discussing it on liberal sites, is how liberals don't see even comic book villainy as bad any more.
[Lex Luther's] first act as president is to ask Congress to pass a moratorium on fossil fuels.
[Victor Von Doom] nationalize
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2012 06:14 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: Arbalest at October 21, 2012 06:15 PM (TF1pK)
Despite full fledged moronity and AOSHQ lifestyle I was not the "Dave's not here" Dave in my crowd. Last I heard he'd gone to LA to do stand-up.
Posted by: DaveA at October 21, 2012 06:15 PM (wcjj2)
Posted by: willow at October 21, 2012 06:15 PM (hX8cq)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 21, 2012 06:16 PM (uE3PZ)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 21, 2012 06:16 PM (GEICT)
___
Welcome to the Choom bus brah.
Posted by: President Prissy Pants at October 21, 2012 06:17 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 21, 2012 06:17 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Arbalest at October 21, 2012 06:17 PM (TF1pK)
"I say, whichever moronette it is, Come Forward and start some shit
let's see what happens"
I second the motion
Posted by: kinlaw at October 21, 2012 06:19 PM (uLTng)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbTI7eWaQbk
Posted by: Dante at October 21, 2012 10:01 PM (c17z0)
*****
Thanks Dante- that was funny! "Grampa hats" nailed it.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at October 21, 2012 06:19 PM (/LkSO)
Posted by: DC in Towson at October 21, 2012 06:19 PM (CJwi5)
Of course the fact that they're proclaiming this with lockstep uniformity of behavior somehow manages to escape their highly-tuned irony meter.
Posted by: sistrum at October 21, 2012 06:19 PM (SUlmX)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 21, 2012 06:19 PM (8sCoq)
I'm not surprised in light of recent rumors but this has to be verified by more than one source , So I guess we just wait ....
Posted by: AmericanDawg at October 21, 2012 06:19 PM (XIsD/)
Posted by: Arbalest at October 21, 2012 06:20 PM (TF1pK)
Posted by: esch at October 21, 2012 06:20 PM (9XVgh)
You've become a legend in our own collective mind.
See what you've done to the Horde?
Thank you for that...
Posted by: ChrisP at October 21, 2012 06:20 PM (MyhWS)
Posted by: Mindy at October 21, 2012 06:20 PM (omwba)
Posted by: Splunge at October 21, 2012 06:21 PM (2IW5Q)
"Let's be independent TOGETHER!"
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 21, 2012 06:21 PM (8sCoq)
Of course we can. Everyone just needs to listen to me.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming soon. at October 21, 2012 06:21 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: mpfs at October 21, 2012 06:21 PM (Mkhiu)
Kid might have a point.
Posted by: Splunge at October 21, 2012 06:22 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 21, 2012 06:22 PM (uE3PZ)
i'm talking more about behaviour that seems antagonistic and contentious for no other point than to be antagonistic and contentious. you know the type of folks -- they're in many good books! xD -- that, when around their circle of friends, turn into aggressively offensive tom buchanans knowing that their friends serve as a shield against retaliation.Posted by: jimi ray at October 21, 2012 06:22 PM (79EF9)
Posted by: Dianna at October 21, 2012 06:23 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: Bart who lurks with SMOD 2012, master of his domain at October 21, 2012 06:23 PM (he2LC)
Posted by: booger at October 21, 2012 06:23 PM (HI6wa)
Posted by: Honey Badger at October 21, 2012 06:23 PM (Vdd8W)
You've become a legend in our own collective mind.
See what you've done to the Horde?
Thank you for that...
*waves paw imperially*
One does one's humble best.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming soon. at October 21, 2012 06:23 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 21, 2012 06:23 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Bart who lurks with SMOD 2012, master of his domain at October 21, 2012 06:24 PM (he2LC)
Posted by: MrCaniac at October 21, 2012 09:48 PM (Zd/NW)
Want more? Here's a link to wedding pics from Andy and Jordan's wedding:
http://tinyurl.com/8tamjfe - the photographer put them on her blog. TEN attendants each, and I think they are all football players and cheerleaders...
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 21, 2012 06:24 PM (JwW4z)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 21, 2012 06:24 PM (uE3PZ)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 21, 2012 06:24 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: zombie Dave Berg at October 21, 2012 06:24 PM (9SwFX)
Posted by: DAve at October 21, 2012 06:25 PM (sxzjk)
Can you not call-out all the hipster douche-bags 'affectations' his 'badges of honor', his brands, and show her what a phony he is?
I would think that the obvious "branding" would be a 'tell'.
Perhaps not. Depends on how 'needy' she is.
So it goes...
Posted by: ChrisP at October 21, 2012 06:25 PM (MyhWS)
Aside from that, the fix is in for O...the Daily Caller got a TV clip where the election was won for O...check it out, it's right on their home page. Creepy.
Posted by: expatinpa at October 21, 2012 06:25 PM (uW+NQ)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at October 21, 2012 06:26 PM (J8yj/)
Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 21, 2012 06:26 PM (p6h9x)
Posted by: Bart who lurks with SMOD 2012, master of his domain
Oh, yes! Every single kid at the Academy of Art in San Francisco has exactly the same wardrobe, and only minor variations in the hardware in their faces! And they call us "corporate clones" and other things.
Once, I got tired of it and turned on the little cluster of black-clad, purple-haired, multiply-pierced little asses and pointed out that the most uniformly clad and groomed group in sight was...theirs.
The light changed and I stalked off, triumphant.
Posted by: Dianna at October 21, 2012 06:26 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at October 21, 2012 06:26 PM (/LkSO)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 21, 2012 06:26 PM (feRnu)
after i say this one thing ( don't hold me to this as i've have had wine)
i think many of us( ok maybe just me ) are slightly stressed at the coming election, maybe we can give each other a slight break if some of us (me) are not as patient in speech as we (me) might be otherwise.
Posted by: willow at October 21, 2012 06:26 PM (hX8cq)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 21, 2012 06:27 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 21, 2012 06:27 PM (GEICT)
Gawd, don't remind me.
Posted by: esch, spawn of flower children at October 21, 2012 06:27 PM (9XVgh)
Posted by: Mindy at October 21, 2012 06:27 PM (omwba)
Posted by: DAve at October 21, 2012 06:28 PM (sxzjk)
Is the letter a trap door for Romney? It just seems so unlikely that the Iranians would leak this so close to the election when they know it would harm their preferred candidate.
"Swiss Ambassador to Tehran Livia Leu Agosti attended a meeting with senior Iranian foreign ministry officials a few days ago to submit a letter from the US president to Tehran leaders."
Posted by: Tocquevillian at October 21, 2012 06:28 PM (iuY0Y)
-
http://tinyurl.com/8bs2phq
Posted by: Kratos at October 21, 2012 06:28 PM (5Vuz/)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at October 21, 2012 06:29 PM (ByBew)
and SFO to LA, too !!!. Flights every hour.....
Posted by: Mark Clark at October 21, 2012 06:29 PM (Dll6b)
Posted by: DAve at October 21, 2012 06:29 PM (sxzjk)
Posted by: Bart who lurks with SMOD 2012, master of his domain at October 21, 2012 06:29 PM (he2LC)
that, the fix is in for O...the Daily Caller got a TV clip where the
election was won for O...check it out, it's right on their home page.
excellent- now lazy dems will stay home on Nov 6
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 21, 2012 06:30 PM (8sCoq)
I have no idea which ette you're talking about. But I find it a tad funny that you bring this up, then refuse to actually name names while calling others emasculated. Just sayin'.
Posted by: Adam at October 21, 2012 06:30 PM (/YJYi)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 21, 2012 06:30 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 21, 2012 06:30 PM (p6h9x)
*shriek* Posted by: Mindy at October 21, 2012 10:20 PM
You would be dealing with a smug self-important dipshit who won't look for work, and denigrates your "idiot conservative viewpoint" while you're paying all his and your daughter's bills.
Posted by: kbdabear at October 21, 2012 06:30 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 21, 2012 06:30 PM (uE3PZ)
Posted by: USS Diversity at October 21, 2012 06:31 PM (0CiTm)
Posted by: DAve at October 21, 2012 06:31 PM (sxzjk)
Bring it. I am reasonably certain I could find something that would distract you and thus lead to my winning of the brownies.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming soon. at October 21, 2012 06:31 PM (Gk3SS)
be well folks, don't let the bed bugs bite and such
(think how weird some of the things we say to children are)
nite
Posted by: willow at October 21, 2012 06:31 PM (hX8cq)
kick 'im to the curb now, save yourself the hassle later
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 21, 2012 06:32 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: DC in Towson at October 21, 2012 06:32 PM (CJwi5)
Just wanted (though I came very late to this little mess) to echo this inquiry. It seems very pertinent.
Posted by: Dianna at October 21, 2012 06:32 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 21, 2012 06:32 PM (p6h9x)
Samsung was stealing Apple's design and reselling it to America. Apple is an American product. Fuck this ad. Anyone stupid enough to buy into the kool-aid shit seriously don't give a fuck about the US.
Posted by: Little Egypt at October 21, 2012 06:32 PM (4ywAk)
Posted by: mpfs at October 21, 2012 06:32 PM (Mkhiu)
Posted by: Kalneva is with Dickens at October 21, 2012 06:32 PM (cQmXn)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at October 21, 2012 06:33 PM (ByBew)
So, does that make Obama into "Choomley Gardiner"? Or was Barack Hussein Obama originally something like, "Me, I'm a broke shitstain, mama."?
Posted by: cthulhu at October 21, 2012 06:33 PM (kaalw)
___
We are the world, was are the Daves,
So lets start giving circle jerks
There's a choice we're making
We're yanking our own puds
Its true we'll make a better day
Just you and me
Posted by: Ace o Daves at October 21, 2012 06:33 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: esch at October 21, 2012 06:33 PM (9XVgh)
Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 21, 2012 06:33 PM (p6h9x)
Posted by: DAve at October 21, 2012 06:33 PM (sxzjk)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 21, 2012 06:33 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Bart who lurks with SMOD 2012, master of his domain at October 21, 2012 10:08 PM (he2LC)
My twenty-something hipster cousin is divorcing her husband, a mechanical engineer with a good job in his field, and has moved in with her hipster boyfriend (complete with douchey mustache and random piercings) who has two art degrees and works at a sporting goods store. She thinks she's really smart, too.
Posted by: not the mama at October 21, 2012 06:34 PM (kzCIn)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 21, 2012 06:34 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 21, 2012 10:32 PM (GEICT)
I'm the only one looking out for the folks around here pal! Got it?
Posted by: Bill-O at October 21, 2012 06:34 PM (/YJYi)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at October 21, 2012 06:34 PM (ByBew)
https://diehipster.wordpress.com/
Posted by: kbdabear at October 21, 2012 06:35 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 21, 2012 06:35 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 21, 2012 06:35 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 21, 2012 06:35 PM (feRnu)
Just an interesting story on the political winds that I believe are changing. I's a female and I read beauty/fashion mags quite a bit (and I've also forgotten more about football than most men know). Although we have all been 'blessed' with the political leanings of Vogue editor Anna Wintour (and I do not read Vogue - it's just glossy advertising masquarading as a magazine), quite a few of those periodicals just stick with fashion and beauty and don't make politicizing a policy.
But one of those magazines that lurhves them some liberal thought alongside the latest lipstick color is MarieClaire. They fawn over Michelle and promote all them there womyn's issues and often print interviews with liberal icons. When I looked at the Spetember issue, I saw that they were interviewing the now female chairperson (Orit Gadiesh) of consulting firm Bain & Company. Here we go - I went to that interview immediately to see the Romney hatchett job that MarieClaire was no doubt salivating over. So I was not surprised to see this question, but I was floored at this response and the fact that MarieClaire printed it in any form.
MC: In the early '90s, Bain was on the verge of bankruptcy after several partners cashed out. Mitt Romney was brought in to turn things around. You reported to him. What kind of boss was he?
OG: He was smart, thoughtful; he actually cared about the people he worked with. I don't know how people describe him now, but he was way beyond Mr. PowerPoint. He was negotiating with the banks, and what he did was extraordinary. He did turn the company around.
Yowsa. That's gonna leave a mark.
Posted by: dwagyak at October 21, 2012 06:36 PM (v4Nxm)
Posted by: Mindy at October 21, 2012 06:36 PM (omwba)
Posted by: DAve at October 21, 2012 06:36 PM (sxzjk)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 21, 2012 06:36 PM (5MAsv)
Sounds like he's getting out just in time. And is someone you should introduce to the single 'ettes.
Posted by: esch at October 21, 2012 06:36 PM (9XVgh)
Posted by: Kratos at October 21, 2012 06:37 PM (5Vuz/)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at October 21, 2012 06:37 PM (ByBew)
Posted by: Boomer Redneque thinks Obama is the ineffective sphincter of an incontinent asshole at October 21, 2012 06:37 PM (eQnzo)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 21, 2012 06:37 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Bizarro Rodney King at October 21, 2012 06:38 PM (uE3PZ)
It seems that the only "shit stirring" in sight is yours....
Funny, but I have issues with this behavior. I'm not here often enough to get deeply into the personalities and issues, but this bit, "Oh, there's a trouble maker, but I won't say who, she's got a posse, but I won't say who..." is just tiresome and nasty.
I don't like this game of yours.
Posted by: Dianna at October 21, 2012 06:38 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: Dave Thomas at October 21, 2012 06:38 PM (c17z0)
Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 21, 2012 06:38 PM (p6h9x)
Posted by: Little Egypt at October 21, 2012 06:38 PM (4ywAk)
Do you have vanilla ice cream, hot fudge, whipped cream & cherries too?
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at October 21, 2012 10:33 PM (ByBew)
Let me guess, you have them on hand for the victory picture?
Posted by: cthulhu at October 21, 2012 06:39 PM (kaalw)
Who the fuck votes Obama this year. Unless they really do hate this country.
Posted by: boulder hobo at October 21, 2012 06:39 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 21, 2012 06:40 PM (p6h9x)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 21, 2012 06:41 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Boomer Redneque thinks Obama is the ineffective sphincter of an incontinent asshole at October 21, 2012 06:41 PM (eQnzo)
How am I to productively waste time with so many corpse-links?
Posted by: bensdad00 at October 21, 2012 06:41 PM (zpAfQ)
No harm, no foul.
Just have had it "Up to Here!" with the hipster douche-bags
(I live near Seattle}and their influence on life in this area.
They could all "Die in a fire", and it would not affect me a bit.
Well, I might smile some...
Posted by: ChrisP at October 21, 2012 06:42 PM (MyhWS)
Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 21, 2012 06:42 PM (p6h9x)
Posted by: Dante at October 21, 2012 06:42 PM (c17z0)
Duh. Democrats are dumb. Just ask James Carville.
Thanks for the Paul Ryan pics. They made my night. I am happy that I get to vote for him and Romney tomorrow.
Posted by: Mo the Girl at October 21, 2012 09:40 PM (HAG2D)
You Repuglicans are sooo ignorant! You don't know anything about SOCIAL JUSTICE or Kyriarchy or Critical Gender Studies!
You are all ignorant anglo-normative oppressors who should stuty social sciences. If you did that then you'd realize that you are all oppressors and racists and rapists neo-colonial imperialists like my Daddy who doesn't know anything and wasted his time in college on a socially worthless Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and won't redistribute his money to the oppressed like me when he wouldn't get me the new iPad! "
Hardy har har. Yup, I'm proud to be that ignorant. I'm still getting 'the stupid' off of me for believing in that crap you said above. I know how liberals think. I used to be one.
Posted by: Mo the Girl at October 21, 2012 06:42 PM (HAG2D)
Posted by: Journolist at October 21, 2012 06:42 PM (LyIKl)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 21, 2012 06:42 PM (5MAsv)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 21, 2012 06:43 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Little Egypt at October 21, 2012 10:38 PM (4ywAk)
First, have the common courtesy to address my post by content not by number. It is the height of passive aggressive discourtesy to do otherwise.
Second, I own neither phone, so why don't you shut the fuck up with accusations that others are unpatriotic.
Third, you do comprehend the utter irony of attacking the patriotism of conservatives who are making fun of a company that is renowned for drinking liberal kool-aid, yes?
Fourth, I am entirely certain that Apple thoroughly hates my guts, what with being a female conservative.
But other than that, I bow to your well reasoned and closely argued position.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming soon. at October 21, 2012 06:43 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Biblio Making Calls for Romney on Tuesday at October 21, 2012 06:43 PM (LNe4F)
Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 21, 2012 10:40 PM (p6h9x)
Sure they are. I have four. Porcelain is optional.
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 21, 2012 06:44 PM (8sCoq)
Shoot, AtC, I didn't get the AoS handbook. I didn't know that you're supposed to include the quote, not the number.
Won't happen again.
Please don't stomp me with your famous stompy boots. I usually lurk.
Posted by: Biblio Making Calls for Romney on Tuesday at October 21, 2012 06:45 PM (LNe4F)
I don't want to complain but the brownies have not been passed around to me yet
sniff
I want a brownie too
stop bogarting elizabethe's brownies
Posted by: kinlaw at October 21, 2012 06:45 PM (uLTng)
Posted by: Museisluse at October 21, 2012 06:45 PM (k3sO2)
Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 21, 2012 06:45 PM (p6h9x)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 21, 2012 06:46 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at October 21, 2012 06:46 PM (J8yj/)
OK... here's a tooth story.
My dad orders chinese take out. Gets home, we start eating and he drops his fork and pulls out a tooth in the food... a tooth from the old chinese chef...in our food! That was the theory anyways... until dad noticed he was missing part of his tooth.
Still doesn't match the time we got into a bar fight.
Posted by: Journolist at October 21, 2012 06:46 PM (LyIKl)
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Meathead.
Posted by: Mayday at October 21, 2012 06:46 PM (F3s39)
Won't happen again.
Please don't stomp me with your famous stompy boots. I usually lurk.
You are forgiven. Wow. This wine stuff really works great!
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming soon. at October 21, 2012 06:46 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 21, 2012 06:47 PM (p6h9x)
Posted by: RWC at October 21, 2012 06:47 PM (t+Sdx)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 21, 2012 06:47 PM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Dave Matthews at October 21, 2012 06:47 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: eman at October 21, 2012 06:47 PM (+XD7n)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 21, 2012 06:47 PM (79EF9)
Posted by: Mindy at October 21, 2012 06:47 PM (omwba)
Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 21, 2012 06:47 PM (p6h9x)
************
It's more than "bad", actually.
It's the mark of a blog becoming increasingly self-affirming and self-referential. IOW smarmy and self-satisfied.
It means AceofSpadesHQ is now dominated by a clique, ERGO increasingly inconsequential.
QED
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at October 21, 2012 06:47 PM (2c1Cq)
Can't wait till the "food printer" webtech is ready. Just placed/got an order from Amazon for a package of Atomic Fireballs. Thought I was getting about 100. Turns out I got 240. Wish I could somehow transmit some of them to you for sharing.
"Thatsa' spicy meatball!!"
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 21, 2012 06:48 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 21, 2012 06:48 PM (5MAsv)
Posted by: DAve at October 21, 2012 06:48 PM (sxzjk)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 21, 2012 06:48 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: AmericanDawg at October 21, 2012 06:49 PM (XIsD/)
Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 21, 2012 06:50 PM (p6h9x)
Posted by: Redd at October 21, 2012 06:50 PM (RoEtU)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 21, 2012 06:50 PM (5MAsv)
)___
Not enough bicycles.
Posted by: Chuckles Johnson at October 21, 2012 06:50 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 21, 2012 06:51 PM (FG1mZ)
Posted by: DAve at October 21, 2012 06:51 PM (sxzjk)
Pacific Southwest Airlines.
Wasn't that the regional airline where a disgruntled ex-employee got on a flight, shot his former boss and the pilots, and then put the plane into a dive somewhere over California back in the 1980s. The airplane hit the ground at over 700 miles an hour and basically disintegrated. How they pieced together the crime was fascinating. There's a show on youtube about it. Yeah, it was PSA flight 1771. I'd link but I'm too lazy to use tinyurl right now.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 21, 2012 06:51 PM (BuSM8)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at October 21, 2012 06:51 PM (nUH8H)
Posted by: Mark Clark at October 21, 2012 10:29 PM (Dll6b)
In rattle trap 727's
I went from LA to SF; hands clenched to the seat arms as it felt and sounded like the engines were going to fall off.
Posted by: jakee308 at October 21, 2012 06:51 PM (Vh0f5)
Posted by: Oregon Is Dumber Than Dirt at October 21, 2012 06:52 PM (Hu/Da)
If you think that people have guilty consciences? I would murmur, gently, "Projection?" and then stop that thought right there.
Vague accusations are a guarantee of strife.
Posted by: Dianna at October 21, 2012 06:52 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at October 21, 2012 06:52 PM (J8yj/)
That was a short one question interview then, right? Probably two column inches they needed to fill when some advertiser pulled out at the last moment.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 21, 2012 06:53 PM (GMHdG)
Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 21, 2012 06:53 PM (p6h9x)
Posted by: sistrum at October 21, 2012 06:53 PM (SUlmX)
Posted by: DAve at October 21, 2012 06:54 PM (sxzjk)
Posted by: Redd at October 21, 2012 06:54 PM (RoEtU)
Posted by: Bizarro Rodney King at October 21, 2012 06:54 PM (uE3PZ)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at October 21, 2012 06:54 PM (nUH8H)
If you think that people have guilty consciences? I would murmur, gently, "Projection?" and then stop that thought right there. Vague accusations are a guarantee of strife.
Posted by: Dianna
I think- - - jimi ray is also DAve
Posted by: AmericanDawg at October 21, 2012 06:54 PM (XIsD/)
Posted by: Mindy at October 21, 2012 06:54 PM (omwba)
Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 21, 2012 06:54 PM (p6h9x)
From Crunchyroll - http://tinyurl.com/7bl76as
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 21, 2012 06:55 PM (sNrwv)
Posted by: eman at October 21, 2012 06:55 PM (+XD7n)
Did we lose AtC?
Not yet, though I should go in a bit.
I watched Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol (Brought to You by BMW) today. I was surprisingly entertained by it.
I'm glad you liked it. It was exactly what it was supposed to be, a big fun popcorn munching movie. I'm hoping Brad Bird will finally get 1906 greenlit from this, since apparently Incredible 2 is never going to happen.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming soon. at October 21, 2012 06:55 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 21, 2012 10:50 PM (p6h9x)
yeah, he gave me the option of porcelain, color-matched to my teeth, or gold. I asked him which material gave better performance and he said gold. So I have 4 gold crowns now. One shows when I growl, the rest are in back.
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 21, 2012 06:55 PM (8sCoq)
I'd be wary of the raw material it uses unless you provide it yourself.
*cough* Soylent Green-burger *cough*
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 21, 2012 06:56 PM (GMHdG)
http://tinyurl.com/9q2qxj3
Just one more good reason (besides the TSA) to drive any/everywhere these days.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 21, 2012 06:56 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 21, 2012 06:56 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Bart who lurks with SMOD 2012, master of his domain at October 21, 2012 06:56 PM (he2LC)
Posted by: DAve at October 21, 2012 06:56 PM (sxzjk)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at October 21, 2012 06:56 PM (X9Mnx)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 21, 2012 06:56 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Arbalest at October 21, 2012 06:57 PM (TF1pK)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at October 21, 2012 06:57 PM (nUH8H)
Some of them will be funny
Posted by: kbdabear at October 21, 2012 06:57 PM (wwsoB)
There are effectively no Romney signs or bumper stickers in Portland, although the number of Obama signs or bumper stickers is 5-10% of what you saw in 2008.
Once I got outside of Portland, I saw zero Obama signs, and a fair number of Romney signs.
Tick, tock, tick, tock...
Posted by: Oregon Is Dumber Than Dirt at October 21, 2012 10:52 PM (Hu/Da)
Well, my idea about that is: liberals need signaling devices to be part of the group, such as bumper stickers, lots of lawn signs and ostentatious announcements of good intentions. Nothing is being sold except peer pressure...or is that being bought? Whatever.
Posted by: model_1066 at October 21, 2012 06:57 PM (J5UoM)
Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 21, 2012 06:57 PM (p6h9x)
Posted by: AmericanDawg
That is an outcome that would not surprise me at all.
Posted by: Dianna at October 21, 2012 06:58 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 21, 2012 06:59 PM (7B7jB)
Pike's Peak (14,110') most recent
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 21, 2012 06:59 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at October 21, 2012 06:59 PM (nUH8H)
Posted by: Picard at October 21, 2012 06:59 PM (uE3PZ)
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What you do with animals is none of our concern...
Posted by: AmericanDawg at October 21, 2012 06:59 PM (XIsD/)
Posted by: DAve at October 21, 2012 06:59 PM (sxzjk)
Posted by: Informed Democratic Voter at October 21, 2012 06:59 PM (96M6e)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 21, 2012 07:00 PM (sNrwv)
I was told there would be no time travel on this blog.
Also, this makes me want to carefully time things and post a vile statement as post 583. Something like "there has never been a Senator as emblematic of the true meaning of being a man, than Senator Barney Frank, of Massachusetts."
Posted by: Splunge at October 21, 2012 07:00 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 21, 2012 07:01 PM (p6h9x)
Posted by: Little Egypt at October 21, 2012 10:54 PM (4ywAk)
Protip: if you don't want people to think you are making personal attacks, don't attack people's patriotism for enjoying a moderately amusing set of commercials.
Now I have been given to understand that there are brownies and if you are good, there is the possibility of wine. That should help with the all getting along goal nicely.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming soon. at October 21, 2012 07:01 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at October 21, 2012 07:01 PM (nUH8H)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 21, 2012 07:01 PM (uE3PZ)
Posted by: Arbalest
Oh, all the saints forfend!
I was there. I don't ever want to go through that again.
Posted by: Dianna at October 21, 2012 07:01 PM (mKMj1)
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww that's sweet!!!1!
(**swoon**)
Posted by: Big Barney The Man Himself at October 21, 2012 07:01 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 21, 2012 07:02 PM (79EF9)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 21, 2012 07:02 PM (GEICT)
...I'm just saying.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 21, 2012 07:02 PM (GMHdG)
Depends on what state you're in. Grocery stores can issue them here in TX.
In California, it's a rectal exam, 3 pints of blood, and 20 hours of reeducation camp.
Posted by: Splunge at October 21, 2012 07:02 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 21, 2012 10:50 PM (p6h9x)
yeah, he gave me the option of porcelain, color-matched to my teeth, or gold. I asked him which material gave better performance and he said gold. So I have 4 gold crowns now. One shows when I growl, the rest are in back.
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 21, 2012 10:55 PM (8sCoq)
The dentists I've had said that gold does better for the rear molars, so that's what I have in the back. Porcelain on several others 
Last summer, I was averaging one new crown a month - it was getting so ridiculous, I asked about the crown-of-the-month club... Just another benefit of gettin' old, I guess.
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 21, 2012 07:03 PM (JwW4z)
Pike's Peak (14,110') most recent
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 21, 2012 10:59 PM (8sCoq)
Man, I've been such a disorganized dipshit with my house remodel and such that I managed to lose my motorcycle keys. Hopefully I'll be able to just take the ignition doofer to a locksmith and get more made.
Posted by: model_1066 at October 21, 2012 07:03 PM (J5UoM)
C'mon, AllenG, I wanted you to blast some big holes in my stupid "informed," John-F-Kerry-inspired sockpuppet! You're too earnest.
Posted by: jakeman at October 21, 2012 07:03 PM (96M6e)
Posted by: eman at October 21, 2012 07:03 PM (+XD7n)
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He's my favorite Senator of Rhode Island.
Posted by: Joe Biden at October 21, 2012 07:03 PM (AUeaU)
Last I heard, Texans could get a hunting license and concealed carry permit free from a vending machine along with their purchase of any Pepsi product.
Posted by: qdpsteve at October 21, 2012 07:04 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: DAve at October 21, 2012 07:04 PM (sxzjk)
Posted by: kbdabear at October 21, 2012 07:04 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 21, 2012 07:04 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 21, 2012 07:04 PM (p6h9x)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 21, 2012 07:05 PM (sNrwv)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 21, 2012 07:05 PM (79EF9)
Posted by: HAL 9000 at October 21, 2012 07:05 PM (sZTYJ)
Disturbing
Posted by: kbdabear at October 21, 2012 07:06 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: model_1066 at October 21, 2012 07:06 PM (J5UoM)
I wish I had the balls, patience, or time to have home-schooled the Jakespawn. But I didn't. But Mrs. Jakeman was a SAHM until they were in grade school.
Posted by: jakeman at October 21, 2012 07:06 PM (96M6e)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 21, 2012 07:07 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 21, 2012 07:07 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 21, 2012 07:07 PM (uE3PZ)
Posted by: The littl shyning man at October 21, 2012 07:07 PM (PH+2B)
Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 21, 2012 07:07 PM (p6h9x)
Normally I would want to know why I'm not supposed to do something, and consider the reasons carefully before deciding, but in this case, I think I'll pass on the explanation and go right to complying.
Posted by: Splunge at October 21, 2012 07:07 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 21, 2012 07:08 PM (sNrwv)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at October 21, 2012 07:08 PM (nUH8H)
Depends, man. Regular brownies or... "enhanced" brownies?
Posted by: Bill Clinton at October 21, 2012 07:08 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 21, 2012 07:08 PM (p6h9x)
Posted by: HAL 9000 at October 21, 2012 11:05 PM (sZTYJ)
With a red Texas Instruments calculator!
Posted by: derit at October 21, 2012 07:08 PM (I88Jc)
***
Priuses are a damn danger when riding a bike.
I never realized how important being able to hear a car come up behind you was until I was almost hit by one with a Coexist bumper sticker.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2012 07:08 PM (AUeaU)
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Well my friend, the Civil War was a very bloody, sad affair.
Posted by: Joe Biden at October 21, 2012 07:09 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: eman at October 21, 2012 07:09 PM (+XD7n)
I read that they've been showing up all over FL and were sent out by the millions.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 21, 2012 07:09 PM (GMHdG)
I'm being good.
Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 21, 2012 11:04 PM (p6h9x)
*pours glass* Of course you can have wine.
The best wine with brownies is whatever is open.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming soon. at October 21, 2012 07:09 PM (Gk3SS)
Your remarks, in my considered opinion, weren't helping.
As to whether I am crusading against strife? Nope. But I am not fond of people who provoke others into fights. I'm not somebody who much likes fighting, period; but worse, to my mind, is mealy-mouthed, simpering provocation.
As to ignoring some portion of your remarks? I apologize if you think I did, but I believed I was responding (with a remarkable lack of rancor, despite your opinion) to the gist of your post.
Posted by: Dianna at October 21, 2012 07:09 PM (mKMj1)
And jimi ray, wherever you are out there ...
FUCK YOU TOO!
Posted by: Lt Col Frank Slade at October 21, 2012 07:09 PM (wwsoB)
Nyarko-san: Another Crawling Chaos
From Crunchyroll - http://tinyurl.com/7bl76as
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 21, 2012 10:55 PM (sNrwv)
OK, that's seriously odd.....
Posted by: cthulhu at October 21, 2012 07:10 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: DAve at October 21, 2012 07:10 PM (sxzjk)
Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 21, 2012 07:10 PM (p6h9x)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 21, 2012 07:10 PM (5MAsv)
That would be a really crappy way to die.
I haven't really followed the whole hipster electric car thing, but I thought they were talking about having them make some engine-like noise when they were in golf-cart mode. No?
Posted by: Splunge at October 21, 2012 07:10 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 21, 2012 07:10 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at October 21, 2012 07:10 PM (nUH8H)
Posted by: model_1066 at October 21, 2012 07:11 PM (J5UoM)
Still working through OSP's story and Mary Poppins chapters also.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 21, 2012 07:11 PM (sNrwv)
Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 21, 2012 07:11 PM (p6h9x)
Posted by: Mindy at October 21, 2012 07:11 PM (omwba)
Posted by: DAve at October 21, 2012 10:54 PM (sxzjk)
You mean aside from you picking a fight?Posted by: Methos at October 21, 2012 07:11 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 21, 2012 07:11 PM (uE3PZ)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 21, 2012 07:12 PM (5MAsv)
The blind want electric cars to emit audible noise.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 21, 2012 07:13 PM (GMHdG)
Posted by: The Emperor at October 21, 2012 07:13 PM (s8Ym/)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 21, 2012 07:13 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at October 21, 2012 07:13 PM (nUH8H)
Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 21, 2012 07:13 PM (p6h9x)
Posted by: jakeman at October 21, 2012 07:13 PM (96M6e)
Shit, people. We're supposed to be the grownups. In this very thread, childish hipsters are being demeaned. Quit acting like them. Or did I get off on the wrong bus?
Goodnight.
Posted by: dawnfire at October 21, 2012 07:13 PM (eEeH7)
Unless you reach for port by reflex. Posted by: eman
I think, for me, it's "all of the above"!
Posted by: Dianna at October 21, 2012 07:14 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at October 21, 2012 07:14 PM (nUH8H)
Posted by: model_1066 at October 21, 2012 11:11 PM
Chateau Chunder goes pretty good with anything.
Posted by: otho at October 21, 2012 07:15 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: DAve at October 21, 2012 07:15 PM (sxzjk)
Electric cars seem to be repeating the past. But electric cars are also over a hundred years old and have never advanced in range while the internal combustion engine has evolved into something truly marvelous.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 21, 2012 07:16 PM (sNrwv)
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I have become a god among men
Posted by: Blazzerfest 2010 also like Vera Baker at October 21, 2012 07:16 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: otho at October 21, 2012 11:15 PM (yBF/9)
So do brownies, for that matter!
Posted by: model_1066 at October 21, 2012 07:16 PM (J5UoM)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 21, 2012 07:17 PM (uE3PZ)
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 21, 2012 07:17 PM (JMmQ9)
***
Not fond of helmets.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2012 07:17 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at October 21, 2012 07:18 PM (nUH8H)
Posted by: boulder hobo at October 21, 2012 07:18 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: name at October 21, 2012 07:18 PM (KqnY1)
Even short a verb, I think I get you. The cooking types say "if you wouldn't drink it, don't cook with it."
Posted by: Splunge at October 21, 2012 07:18 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: Your mother at October 21, 2012 07:19 PM (F3s39)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 21, 2012 07:19 PM (5MAsv)
Posted by: eman at October 21, 2012 07:19 PM (+XD7n)
Hey gun nuts, help me out. I think I see every service rifle of WWII in that photo of the Rhine crossing. A few Garands; GI at the top of the photo has a Thompson; and the GI just right of center has an M1 carbine.
Question: is that weapon pointed up on the left, whose muzzle is just about breaking the horizon in the photo, a BAR?
Posted by: non-purist at October 21, 2012 07:19 PM (UViC2)
Posted by: Adam
Not gonna. Waste of pixels. Especially since it's tag-teaming with DAve.
Posted by: Dianna at October 21, 2012 07:19 PM (mKMj1)
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That's one of them things like "jumbo shrimp", ain't it? You know, a Billy Mays.
Posted by: Anachronda at October 21, 2012 07:20 PM (1c58W)
Posted by: madamex at October 21, 2012 07:20 PM (e9LVX)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 21, 2012 07:20 PM (Dnbau)
Posted by: eman at October 21, 2012 07:20 PM (+XD7n)
Posted by: boulder hobo at October 21, 2012 07:20 PM (QTHTd)
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You momma's so big when she walks in front of the TV I miss three episodes.
Posted by: Try the veal at October 21, 2012 07:20 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 21, 2012 07:21 PM (uE3PZ)
Mine scares me because I have a really disturbed person killing people in revenge in very bizarre ways. Without the humour of Dr. Phibes.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 21, 2012 07:21 PM (sNrwv)
Posted by: boulder hobo at October 21, 2012 07:21 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 21, 2012 07:21 PM (p6h9x)
Er...no. If you're asking if any wine that's gone off is good to cook with, that is, the answer is an emphatic "NO!".
Posted by: Dianna at October 21, 2012 07:22 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 21, 2012 11:17 PM (uE3PZ)
It turned to vinegar?
Never had a wine actually do that. Maybe it's something that happened when every Italian made wine in his basement, and the acetobacter got in there, but with modern wine, it doesn't seem to happen. These days, when a wine is too old, it just turns brownish and smells and tastes like coffee or soy sauce.
Posted by: Splunge at October 21, 2012 07:22 PM (2IW5Q)
Stop calling him that! Just because you married him so you wouldn't be alone doesn't make him my father!
Posted by: Teenager at October 21, 2012 07:23 PM (xKC/c)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 21, 2012 07:23 PM (79EF9)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at October 21, 2012 07:23 PM (nUH8H)
Posted by: name at October 21, 2012 07:23 PM (KqnY1)
Posted by: DAve at October 21, 2012 07:23 PM (sxzjk)
I was terrified that I was going to deal with what my parents did -- a kid who drank, drove, raised hell, and got away with it through good grades and being decent at sports. Instead, I've got a kid who doesn't have anything that inspires him or any passions. It's very disconcerting.
Posted by: jakeman at October 21, 2012 07:24 PM (96M6e)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 21, 2012 07:24 PM (sNrwv)
Posted by: Parking Lot Bozo at October 21, 2012 07:24 PM (DC1tz)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 21, 2012 07:25 PM (uE3PZ)
Posted by: Mindy at October 21, 2012 07:25 PM (omwba)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 21, 2012 07:25 PM (5MAsv)
Posted by: DAve at October 21, 2012 07:25 PM (sxzjk)
Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 21, 2012 07:25 PM (p6h9x)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at October 21, 2012 07:26 PM (ByBew)
Posted by: Trimegistus at October 21, 2012 07:26 PM (gnBvI)
Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 21, 2012 07:26 PM (p6h9x)
Posted by: Jamie at October 21, 2012 07:26 PM (4ckuD)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at October 21, 2012 07:26 PM (nUH8H)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at October 21, 2012 07:26 PM (sZTYJ)
Yeah, I've written some really violent stuff in the past and it's always a strange headspace to get into and out of.
I'm still kicking around doing NaNo because I should finish up what I started in NaNo '10 but I'm at the I don't wanna stage of getting the characters to where I intend them to be since I have to break some people to end up there and I don't wanna. I may have to throw in some ancillary subplots to fix it since I'm a happy ending whore.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming soon. at October 21, 2012 07:27 PM (Gk3SS)
v1.0 of anything is always fucked up.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 21, 2012 07:27 PM (GMHdG)
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 21, 2012 07:27 PM (JMmQ9)
Indeed they do - and they ruin it by questioning Obama's parentage. And since they pile up at bullshit at the start, this will inoculate the swing-vote viewers from the charges against Obama (and Frank Davis) that actually have merit (like Paul Kengor's book).
Posted by: boulder hobo at October 21, 2012 07:27 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 21, 2012 11:16 PM
If engineers can figure out how to achieve almost complete combustion, not only would you have almost no emissions, you'd have very high mileage 4 bangers with outputs of almost 400 hp
Back in the day, Indy car engines were 4 cylinder Offenhausers that burned a high alcohol content fuel.
Posted by: kbdabear at October 21, 2012 07:28 PM (wwsoB)
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One more smart remark from you, young lady, and you'll be grounded for two weeks.
Now be a dear and go pour me a glass of wine.
Posted by: Your mother knows best at October 21, 2012 07:28 PM (F3s39)
Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 21, 2012 07:28 PM (p6h9x)
Have a good night.
BTW, I don't think modern wines can turn to vinegar unless they're unfiltered (and I'm not sure of that, I'd have to do a search, and I've got dogs and a bed calling my name); they simply go off and have no redeeming qualities whatsoever. I could easily be wrong about that, of course.
Posted by: Dianna at October 21, 2012 07:28 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at October 21, 2012 07:29 PM (nUH8H)
Posted by: DAve at October 21, 2012 07:29 PM (Vvzjo)
Posted by: Splunge at October 21, 2012 11:10 PM (2IW5Q)
It's my understanding that the responsibility for that falls upon the driver. He or she is supposed to roll the window down, and loudly shout "Vroom, vroom!" when accelerating, and "putt, putt, putt!" while decelerating.
If you have one of the rare 2-stroke Priuses, you can substitute the sounds with "Brrrrraap!", followed by "ding, ding, ding, ding."
BTW, a shout-out to Dianna and bebe.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 21, 2012 07:29 PM (29+x5)
Posted by: Panhandler at October 21, 2012 07:29 PM (rZ5RE)
I didn't ask for this story, the deep dark corners decided to go "Here you are!" Ugh. And since its something I would not normally write, the November challenge is probably the only way I could write it.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 21, 2012 07:29 PM (sNrwv)
Basically, anything you'd drink with beef goes pretty well with chocolate.
The classic match is Banyuls, a red dessert wine, and the combination is awesome.
Posted by: Splunge at October 21, 2012 07:30 PM (2IW5Q)
elizabethe, this is pretty much my situation, too, except that my kids are a lot older. How long have you been freelance? I just passed 13 years, and love it more than ever.
For any of you aspiring writers out there, I highly recommend a book called "The Well-Fed Writer" by Peter Bowerman. Best $20 you can spend.
Posted by: jakeman at October 21, 2012 07:30 PM (96M6e)
Can't remember a single 2012 Obama sticker on the stretch through Silicon Valley and San Francisco - shocker!
(By the way, is it against city ordinance to wear color in SF? Apart from Giants Orange nowadays...we made sure to flee by Saturday night.)
There was a "Cool Hand Luke's Steakhouse" in Santa Maria. All I could think was, do NOT ask for the egg special.
Even that didn't strike me as weird as the billboard for some Indian Casino advertising the Pork Chop Hill Buffet.
(To be fair to the latter, I looked up their website and they explained "Pork Chop Hill" was a name they gave to part of their reservation before the battle ever happened. But still, eww.)
Posted by: sistrum at October 21, 2012 07:30 PM (SUlmX)
What is a cab sauv that's gone bad good to cook with?
Posted by: Dr. Varno
Er...no. If you're asking if any wine that's gone off is good to cook with, that is, the answer is an emphatic "NO!".
Posted by: Dianna at October 21, 2012 11:22 PM (mKMj1)
It depends on the type of "gone off". If it smells like used sweatsocks, it's function in cooking is to soak burnt-on food off of pans and racks. If it's gone to vinegar -- which, as Splunge notes, is rare nowadays -- it can be used with caution where vinegar is used.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 21, 2012 07:30 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 21, 2012 07:30 PM (uE3PZ)
Forget about his grades, help him find something he cares about or he will drift aimlessly through life unless he lucks on to something before he gets too old.
As he continues to find nothing to inspire or excite him to make him want to anything to pursue the dream, he'll get cynical and lazy and wind up in lots of trouble and eventually perhaps old and alone.
spend more time WITH him instead of nagging him about grades.
No it doesn't mean reward him for not putting any effort into them but I really, really mean this; FIND HIM SOMETHING that catches his fancy and motivates him to do the hard and boring stuff that life requires of us.
Do it. Do it NOW.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 21, 2012 07:31 PM (Vh0f5)
Posted by: Mindy at October 21, 2012 07:32 PM (omwba)
Posted by: kbdabear at October 21, 2012 07:32 PM (wwsoB)
I said that current mammography practice amounts to a miracle, that such an attitude was overpriviliged and entitled, and that she should realize that she sounded like an unmitigated asshole to express it that way.
This earned an immediate command to go away, and die in a fire. I then pointed out that you can't order someone out who has been here longer than you have, and we all debated that. There was some name calling. All of which might be described around here as "a Friday" even in the daytime.
Posted by: comatus at October 21, 2012 07:32 PM (qaVK+)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 21, 2012 07:33 PM (5MAsv)
i think there are plans to rebuild Big Tex at least that is what i saw in the news today.....hope so because he was quite the landmark at the state fair grounds
--
Yes, I heard that too and I'm glad there will be a new one. But like Texas Stadium, it's another fond memory going back to childhood that's gone. Big Tex reminded me of my dad (also RIP), because he was a big tall man himself, and because he took us to the fair every year.
Posted by: Mayday at October 21, 2012 07:33 PM (F3s39)
Now be a dear and go pour me a glass of wine.
Here's your booze you drunken cow. I hope it destroys your liver.
**Storms off and slams bedroom door**
Posted by: Teenager at October 21, 2012 07:33 PM (xKC/c)
Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 21, 2012 07:34 PM (p6h9x)
Posted by: jakeman at October 21, 2012 07:35 PM (96M6e)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 21, 2012 07:35 PM (sNrwv)
I like Ace's writing and almost always agree with his analysis, though he swings way too much between extreme optimism and extreme pessimism, whereas I tend to be contrarian, like a flywheel. The big issues that he gets really emotional about are those that I most often do the same thing: free speech, leaving people alone, outrage at bullies, etc. I'm more a sociocon than he is, but we wind up agreeing often anyway, even on those issues.
The comment section here can be, as Breitbart alluded, the best and funniest on the Internet. Or at least that I'm familiar with. There are some hateful people here, but the site is busy enough that it's very easy to ignore them. If anything, I sometimes think it's become too busy because you just can't keep up with all the comments and are bound to miss some funny stuff and some good commentary too. (I'm not fond of some of the highly repetitious, "obligatory" posts, for this reason.)
Nevertheless, I appreciate that Ace has left it so free-wheeling. It's as healthy as I've ever seen it, and for a site this old (in WWW years) with almost no changes to speak of, that's pretty amazing. It's a bit like Drudge in that respect: one guy's personality as the focus, a minimal and crude interface, and it just keeps rolling along.
Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at October 21, 2012 07:35 PM (vouc9)
If true, why are there still prostate exams?
Posted by: Splunge at October 21, 2012 07:35 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: RWC at October 21, 2012 07:36 PM (t+Sdx)
Posted by: TD at October 21, 2012 07:36 PM (+uFux)
553
What is a cab sauv that's gone bad good to cook with?
Posted by: Dr. Varno
Er...no. If you're asking if any wine that's gone off is good to cook with, that is, the answer is an emphatic "NO!".
Posted by: Dianna at October 21, 2012 11:22 PM (mKMj1)
It depends on the type of "gone off". If it smells like used sweatsocks, it's function in cooking is to soak burnt-on food off of pans and racks. If it's gone to vinegar -- which, as Splunge notes, is rare nowadays -- it can be used with caution where vinegar is used.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 21, 2012 11:30 PM (kaalw)
If your friend says it's just starting to go off and you can't tell, use it as a base for a sauce and/or marinade.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 21, 2012 07:36 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Teenager at October 21, 2012 07:36 PM (uE3PZ)
Posted by: DAve at October 21, 2012 07:37 PM (sxzjk)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 21, 2012 07:37 PM (5MAsv)
Oh in my head they've been quite busy since that time, I just haven't written any of it. Part of it sucks because I am going to break up a couple and for once I'm not going to be lazy and have someone cheat or, you know, die. Nope, I'm planning on doing the much worse version of adult crap getting in the way and the slow realization that there is no compromise to fix things. That's actually worse because no one gets to be righteously angry.
Or I could just kill people off. *ponders*
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming soon. at October 21, 2012 07:37 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 21, 2012 07:38 PM (p6h9x)
Posted by: DAve at October 21, 2012 07:38 PM (sxzjk)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 21, 2012 07:39 PM (79EF9)
Posted by: Panhandler at October 21, 2012 07:39 PM (rZ5RE)
Posted by: eman at October 21, 2012 07:39 PM (+XD7n)
Oh in my head they've been quite busy since that time, I just haven't written any of it. Part of it sucks because I am going to break up a couple and for once I'm not going to be lazy and have someone cheat or, you know, die. Nope, I'm planning on doing the much worse version of adult crap getting in the way and the slow realization that there is no compromise to fix things. That's actually worse because no one gets to be righteously angry.
Or I could just kill people off. *ponders*
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming soon. at October 21, 2012 11:37 PM
Add chainsaws.
Posted by: otho at October 21, 2012 07:40 PM (yBF/9)
If its not broke, don't fix it.
If it is broke, it ain't getting fixed either ;->
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 21, 2012 07:40 PM (GMHdG)
Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at October 21, 2012 11:35 PM
I've said that the ancient technology on this blog has its own character, like watching a game at Wrigley Field or Fenway Park
In football, there's Soldier Field and Lambeau
Posted by: kbdabear at October 21, 2012 07:40 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 21, 2012 07:40 PM (uE3PZ)
Posted by: DAve at October 21, 2012 07:40 PM (sxzjk)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 21, 2012 07:41 PM (5MAsv)
Elizabethe, guess you do love to write. Just not the copywriting type.
Wow who needs real teenagers, we have virtual teenagers here.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 21, 2012 07:41 PM (sNrwv)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 21, 2012 07:41 PM (GMHdG)
Posted by: Witchfinder at October 21, 2012 07:41 PM (s/PhC)
Exactly. If we suddenly got better technology (which probably would mean: the same software that everyone else is using), we might actually lose the soul of the board. This is not fanciful conjecture -- I've seen it happen.
Posted by: Splunge at October 21, 2012 07:42 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: DAve at October 21, 2012 07:42 PM (sxzjk)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 21, 2012 07:43 PM (sNrwv)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, team dagny, ROMNEY/RYAN 2012 at October 21, 2012 07:43 PM (Ho2rs)
imagine me, Baumgartner-like, stepping off the ledge now
PS tomorrow night's live blog of the debate WILL BE EPIC- I can feel it comin' on
peace out yo
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 21, 2012 07:43 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 21, 2012 07:43 PM (GMHdG)
Ha, I wish that were the case for me. If I'm honest with myself I don't even like writing, it's just the way my brain is wired, but what I really like is the *business* of writing. Which may explain why I prefer corporate copywriting and editing (ads, websites, books, whitepapers) to fiction, at which I suck something awful. Which is why I got 2 days into NaNoWriMo before tapping out. Heh.
Posted by: jakeman at October 21, 2012 07:43 PM (96M6e)
Posted by: DAve at October 21, 2012 07:43 PM (sxzjk)
Posted by: eman at October 21, 2012 07:44 PM (+XD7n)
Posted by: otho at October 21, 2012 11:40 PM (yBF/9)
Oh there's already chainsaws. Wanton estrangement and dismemberment too!
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming soon. at October 21, 2012 07:44 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Leftard at October 21, 2012 07:44 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 21, 2012 07:45 PM (p6h9x)
Posted by: eman at October 21, 2012 07:47 PM (+XD7n)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 21, 2012 07:47 PM (sNrwv)
Done. Just smelled like red wine.
And I, as a bachelor, have quite the discerning nose. After all, one of a bachelor's favorite games around the house is "Find That Smell".
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 21, 2012 11:40 PM (uE3PZ)
I should note that I recently had some tri-tip that I'd trimmed and put in a baggie (marinating in a baggie with all the air squeezed out is the way to go) with cheap red wine, garlic, rosemary, sage, a pinch of savory and some black pepper -- then got my schedule changed a few times and ended up roasting it three days later......and it was maaaahvelous!
Posted by: cthulhu at October 21, 2012 07:47 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Arbalest at October 21, 2012 07:47 PM (TF1pK)
Hey Anna Puma, don't be hating on us word ho's.
Posted by: jakeman at October 21, 2012 07:47 PM (96M6e)
Posted by: The Amish at October 21, 2012 07:47 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 21, 2012 07:48 PM (p6h9x)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming soon. at October 21, 2012 11:44 PM
Fantastic. You sound like an author that really speaks to me. Is there any rohypnol and duct tape in the story, as well?
Posted by: otho at October 21, 2012 07:48 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 21, 2012 07:49 PM (sNrwv)
Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 21, 2012 07:50 PM (p6h9x)
Posted by: Splunge at October 21, 2012 11:42 PM (2IW5Q)
It is certain to happen.
Posted by: eman at October 21, 2012 11:44 PM (+XD7n)
I dunno, guys -- we could *revert* to more functional blog software than we have now.....with ampersands, even.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 21, 2012 07:50 PM (kaalw)
Daily Caller has the story top of the page. CBS showing Obama winning election, this is a huge fuckup on their part. Share this story
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 21, 2012 07:51 PM (2Nzn8)
Posted by: jakeman at October 21, 2012 07:51 PM (96M6e)
Posted by: otho at October 21, 2012 11:48 PM (yBF/9)
Actually yes, though referenced indirectly.
On that happy note, I'm for bed.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Coming soon. at October 21, 2012 07:51 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 21, 2012 07:52 PM (sNrwv)
Posted by: Splunge at October 21, 2012 11:42 PM (2IW5Q)
There are sites who changed their comments that I won't even visit anymore let alone comment at.
I'm not sure but I think the advertising money tends to hide how much the popularity of a site relys on the comments.
Breitbart.com is crap now for me as you have to log in every browser session yet you can reply anytime. there's also the new disqus comments where you have to load comments instead of going to a certain page or like here scroll to the time or number. When you have to load each page of comments and can't jump ahead, you lose the trend if you go away and then come back to see if someone replied to what you said.
Here it's like a conversation by carrier pigeon.
I'm very scared that Ace will eventually have to change this and a custom comment thingy might just be too much so we'll wind up with some off the shelf thing that's terrible.
Why do sites think they have to change their format? The DC just did it and they look awful. I'd like to see the page hit stats on some of these sites that got cocky and changed.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 21, 2012 07:52 PM (Vh0f5)
Posted by: mpfs at October 21, 2012 07:52 PM (Mkhiu)
Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 21, 2012 07:53 PM (p6h9x)
Posted by: The Mega Independent at October 21, 2012 07:53 PM (6JMZR)
Galveston Daily News switches endorsement from O in 2008 to Romney.
"Four years ago, then-candidate Barack Obama used an inspirational message of change and undeniable charisma to convince a majority of the American people he should be the next president of the United States.
Today, that hope President Obama was so successfully able to foster in the American people has all but disappeared as the policies and programs he has implemented have made the difficult economic and foreign policy issues he inherited worse instead of better.
Which is why we recommend Gov. Mitt Romney, the Republican challenger, for president."
Posted by: LC LaWedgie at October 21, 2012 07:53 PM (0It32)
Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 21, 2012 07:55 PM (p6h9x)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 21, 2012 07:55 PM (5MAsv)
Just for the heck of it - Cameo's 'Word Up'
http://youtu.be/MZjAantupsA
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 21, 2012 07:55 PM (sNrwv)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 21, 2012 07:55 PM (79EF9)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 21, 2012 07:56 PM (5MAsv)
Posted by: polynikes at October 21, 2012 07:56 PM (6B4ha)
************
It's more than "bad", actually.
It's the mark of a blog becoming increasingly self-affirming and self-referential. IOW smarmy and self-satisfied.
It means AceofSpadesHQ is now dominated by a clique, ERGO increasingly inconsequential.
QED
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at October 21, 2012 10:47 PM (2c1Cq)
Huh? WTF are you talking about. The point of the question was how someone could be a top ten commenter without people having seen any of his comments. Duh. Like someone dumping comments on dead threads or something.
It's got nothing to do with any clique, though I understand you've got a thing about this clique-shit ... whatever.
I never heard of that commenter, either. He's top ten but I've never seen the screenname nor read a comment of his. What were they all on one thread?
That is the point of the comment, not anything to fuel clique paranoia. Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair
*****
I'm sorry.
I should have realized that Truman North, who made the original comment, was....you?
Or some sockpuppet YOU know the other name(s) of?
Or that YOU are a Truman North sockpuppet, or have an open channel to him?
Here's what you said:
"
The point of the question was how someone could be a top ten commenter without people having seen any of his comments. "
Silly me: where was that "point" stated in the post or comments? Unless it was you who intended to make that point?
As for me having a "thing" about "cliques", where have I ever expressed such a thought here or anywhere else?
Sounds to me like there are gatekeepers here , or clique members, who have access to Ace commenters IP addresses in order to make their insinuations...
So, how about if Ace posts monthly unique posters and tallies them against repeat posters/socks?
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at October 21, 2012 07:56 PM (2c1Cq)
Is he a loner?
Military is not generally good for loner types or those who are socially shy. Sometimes military can change that but it's a gamble.
Arbalest had good advice.
Be creative. Don't try to get him interested in something that will pay good. Get him interested in something he LIKES.
If you really LIKE something, you usually can make money at it.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 21, 2012 07:56 PM (Vh0f5)
Posted by: Boomer Redneque thinks Obama is the ineffective sphincter of an incontinent asshole at October 21, 2012 07:58 PM (eQnzo)
Posted by: AmericanDawg at October 21, 2012 07:59 PM (XIsD/)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 21, 2012 08:00 PM (uE3PZ)
Posted by: irongrampa at October 21, 2012 08:00 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 21, 2012 08:00 PM (79EF9)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 21, 2012 11:52 PM
Don't forget a windowless van. Gotta have a windowless van. For allegorical purposes, of course.
Posted by: otho at October 21, 2012 08:00 PM (yBF/9)
I wonder if any new owners would be as devoted to keeping that under wraps....
Posted by: cthulhu at October 21, 2012 08:00 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: DC in Towson at October 21, 2012 08:01 PM (CJwi5)
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 21, 2012 08:02 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA at October 21, 2012 08:02 PM (Vvzjo)
He's smart enough to go into the sciences, which is what he says he wants to do, but his grades simply won't support those aspirations. Money obviously takes a backseat to finding something he likes. We're still looking. And I sincerely appreciate your taking the time to offer your thoughts!
Posted by: jakeman at October 21, 2012 08:03 PM (96M6e)
It has been shown that snails will operate a manipulandum to electrically self-stimulate areas of their brain. Balaban and Maksimova[73] surgically implanted fine wire electrodes in two regions of the brains of snails (Helix sp.). To receive electrical stimulation of the brain, the snail was required to displace the end of a rod. When pressing the rod delivered self-stimulation to the mesocerebrum (which is involved in sexual activity) the snails increased the frequency of operating the manipulandum compared to the baseline spontaneous frequency of operation.
That's right a couple of scientists taught snails how to masturbate.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 21, 2012 08:03 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 21, 2012 08:03 PM (2Nzn8)
Posted by: buzzion at October 21, 2012 08:04 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 21, 2012 08:05 PM (5MAsv)
------------------
I wonder how big their Govt. grant was...
Posted by: AmericanDawg at October 21, 2012 08:05 PM (XIsD/)
Posted by: Redd at October 21, 2012 08:05 PM (RoEtU)
Posted by: The Dude at October 21, 2012 08:06 PM (tw6Ar)
Boomer Redneque, I've been freelance for a heckuva long time, and I'll be honest--in my opinion, those types of sites are a road to nowhere. Cold-calling on businesses, and befriending local graphic designers, is a much faster route to profitability.
Posted by: jakeman at October 21, 2012 08:06 PM (96M6e)
Posted by: mpfs at October 21, 2012 08:08 PM (Mkhiu)
It has been shown that snails will operate a manipulandum to electrically self-stimulate areas of their brain. Balaban and Maksimova[73] surgically implanted fine wire electrodes in two regions of the brains of snails (Helix sp.). To receive electrical stimulation of the brain, the snail was required to displace the end of a rod. When pressing the rod delivered self-stimulation to the mesocerebrum (which is involved in sexual activity) the snails increased the frequency of operating the manipulandum compared to the baseline spontaneous frequency of operation.
That's right a couple of scientists taught snails how to masturbate.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 22, 2012 12:03 AM (AUeaU)
To top it off (ahem!), snails are hermaphrodites (having both male and female sexual organs), so you only need one masturbating snail to saturate all snail media markets!
Posted by: cthulhu at October 21, 2012 08:08 PM (kaalw)
Try technologists.
Scientists are the ones who think things up then the engineers figure how to build it (or the machines to make it happen).
Techs are the guys who have to figure out how TO MAKE IT WORK.
In spite of the obscurity of the scientist's description and the ignorance of the engineer toward how things really work the tech has to accomplish the task. (I'm simplifying obviously but sometimes it has seemed that way.)
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 21, 2012 08:09 PM (Vh0f5)
Posted by: mpfs at October 21, 2012 08:10 PM (Mkhiu)
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 22, 2012 12:02 AM (JMmQ9)
Original comment was TD at 631. He has the blog. It would not let me copy and paste his name, long url thingy.
But this is an important story, the fix is in, CBS in the thick of it.
So yeah, anyone with a blog, share it, share it in comments, facebook etc. I emailed the story to Ace.
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 21, 2012 08:10 PM (2Nzn8)
jakeman, the part about liking what you do is VERY important. I've known too many people trapped in a job they hate because "the money's so good". Guaranteed to insure a life that is unsatisfying on a visceral level.
Liking or loving what you do ain't such a bad way to spend a working career, imho.
Posted by: irongrampa at October 21, 2012 08:10 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 21, 2012 08:12 PM (5MAsv)
Do a Nell impression of being pursued by Snidely and prance by in your best (read thinnest) nighty.
Unless of course you want him to stop that and not start anything else.
then it's baseball bat to the side of the head or some ambien in his juice.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 21, 2012 08:12 PM (Vh0f5)
Posted by: Leftard at October 21, 2012 08:12 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: mpfs at October 22, 2012 12:08 AM (Mkhiu)
Love and prayers.
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 21, 2012 08:12 PM (2Nzn8)
Posted by: DAve at October 21, 2012 08:13 PM (sxzjk)
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 21, 2012 08:13 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 21, 2012 08:14 PM (uE3PZ)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 21, 2012 08:15 PM (79EF9)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 21, 2012 08:16 PM (5MAsv)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 22, 2012 12:14 AM (uE3PZ)
They don't reproduce.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 21, 2012 08:16 PM (Vh0f5)
He's smart enough to go into the sciences, which is what he says he wants to do, but his grades simply won't support those aspirations. Money obviously takes a backseat to finding something he likes. We're still looking. And I sincerely appreciate your taking the time to offer your thoughts!
Posted by: jakeman at October 22, 2012 12:03 AM (96M6e)
As a nation, we're heading into a major shortage of doers and a glut of college-educated debt-enslaved hanger-outers and talkers. Nobody knows how to do simple stuff anymore, because they think they'll just junk the old one and buy the latest model from China -- whether it's furniture or cars or industrial machinery. My cousin's a plumber -- does well for himself, owns his own company. If you're a machinist, you seldom find yourself out of work for very long. It's unfashionable to say that people who work with their hands can be as successful as those with college degrees, but there's only a certain number of anthropological digs, while the number of things that need built is infinite.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 21, 2012 08:16 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 21, 2012 08:16 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 22, 2012 12:03 AM (2Nzn
I've got it on DVD!
And, just as awesome -- SuperChicken!!!
Posted by: cthulhu at October 21, 2012 08:17 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: RWC at October 21, 2012 08:17 PM (t+Sdx)
Posted by: zeera at October 21, 2012 08:17 PM (3dXwx)
Posted by: Boomer Redneque thinks Obama is the ineffective sphincter of an incontinent asshole at October 21, 2012 08:19 PM (eQnzo)
I also think that colonoscopy could be made a lot more painless (I guess you can't say "non-intrusive," can you?), but didn't go there because plenty of women get those, too. And I hate-hate these man/woman TV jokes.
I did run off and look into the history of mammography, though, because I have heard it bitched about for 40 years and it's so hard to believe that nothing about it whatever has been improved, especially when you look at how much other nuclear medicine has been altered to avoid giving patients the heebie-jeebies. And I found a really touching story.
The great impetus for regular mammograms was pushed by Dr Philip Strax, 1909-1990, who did a massive survivor study to show that early detection greatly improved outcomes. His wife died of late-detected breast cancer in the 1940's, and by all accounts he was hopelessly in love with her, and totally shattered by the loss. He resolved to spend the rest of his life making sure this did not happen to everyone else.
By the early 70's, the people he worked with had achieved so much, statistically, that he dared to use the word "cure." He was the first.
And so you see, so far from being something created by heartless men who just don't care what women feel like, widespread mammogram use was inspired by a man who loved a woman very much indeed. His mistake was in not wearing pink or doing 5K's.
Please forgive me -- not for speaking up, because fuck you I am right -- but if I can't get all tee-hee giggly about the work of some real giants who were motivated by love and loss. I don't think the memory of a man like Strax should be denigrated for so light a purpose.
And yes, I'm aware that there's a Dr Who character named that.
Posted by: comatus at October 21, 2012 08:19 PM (qaVK+)
See, you're just trying to start something. And any comments directed toward you have been responses whereas you pretty much have tried to agitate.
What's you're point?
If you like it here so much, why do you seem to be trying to make trouble?
Better fish to fry is my thinking. And arguing never, NEVER leads to laughter or revelation. Just hurt feelings, anger and gloom.
Just. Stop.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 21, 2012 08:20 PM (Vh0f5)
Posted by: Arbalest at October 21, 2012 08:22 PM (TF1pK)
Posted by: DAve at October 22, 2012 12:13 AM (sxzjk)
"b--ls?" WTF are "b--ls?" Oh you mean balls. Sorry you seem to be occupying them all at the moment. I'll now leave you to do your pussy ass whining some more.
Posted by: buzzion at October 21, 2012 08:23 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Boomer Redneque thinks Obama is the ineffective sphincter of an incontinent asshole at October 21, 2012 08:24 PM (eQnzo)
Cornell College (Iowa) - this is where they program the robots for the future takeover and control of our loins...
It's also the very same place the immigrant O'bama spoke at just this past week...
Its a real place with real idiots running the joint...
(for the record I live in Iowa) (on the west side )
Posted by: AmericanDawg at October 21, 2012 08:25 PM (XIsD/)
Posted by: RWC at October 21, 2012 08:25 PM (t+Sdx)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 22, 2012 12:16 AM (kaalw)
Great comment. Hard work never hurt anyone, and so many now cry if they have to lift a finger.Some real lazy asses out there, in my opinion.
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 21, 2012 08:26 PM (2Nzn8)
Goodnite, good people. Stay safe.
Posted by: irongrampa at October 21, 2012 08:27 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 21, 2012 08:27 PM (79EF9)
Posted by: TD at October 21, 2012 08:27 PM (+uFux)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 21, 2012 08:29 PM (5MAsv)
Posted by: jakeman at October 21, 2012 08:30 PM (96M6e)
Posted by: Col. Sanders at October 21, 2012 08:31 PM (sZTYJ)
Sorry, we only answer to the Dream Police.
http://scoamf.us/29
Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 21, 2012 08:31 PM (xKC/c)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at October 21, 2012 08:31 PM (e8kgV)
How they've managed to keep filling venues is beyond me.
(but then I'm old, broke and living in a trailer so wtf do I know?)
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 21, 2012 08:33 PM (Vh0f5)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 21, 2012 08:33 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at October 21, 2012 08:34 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 21, 2012 08:36 PM (5MAsv)
Will no one rid Cuba of this pestilent pseudo revolutionary?
come on Fidel. give it up. do one favor for you f'n people and croak so Raul can bring Cuba into the 21st century.
Quit hanging on dude.
Hitler and Mao and Pol Pot and all the gang are waiting for you.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 21, 2012 08:37 PM (Vh0f5)
"The point of the question was how someone could be a top ten commenter without people having seen any of his comments. "
Silly me: where was that "point" stated in the post or comments? Unless it was you who intended to make that point?
Because that was the most reasonable interpretation of it. I'm sure many people looked at the list and said, "Who the fuck is 'hold onto your seat'?"
>>> Don't follow the "reasonable interpretation" thing.
As for me having a "thing" about "cliques", where have I ever expressed such a thought here or anywhere else?
Perhaps I'm confusing you with others who have made the exact same argument. If so, my mistake. I've seen it made here more than a few times, specifically "clique" described and the like.
>>OK. But I repeat: I would like to see the ratio of new posters vs. regulars over the last year. IOW is this blog attracting new commenters.
I would further like to see the ratio of repeat commenters to total commenters over the last year.
You get my drift.
Sounds to me like there are gatekeepers here , or clique members, who have access to Ace commenters IP addresses in order to make their insinuations...
So, how about if Ace posts monthly unique posters and tallies them against repeat posters/socks?
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at October 21, 2012 11:56 PM (2c1Cq)
I have no idea what you're talking about. I have the same access as anyone off the street.
>>>It's not clear who among Ace's posters are his actual proxies, at least not to poor uninformed me.
We all have access to pseudo-IP addresses (in terms of uniqueness) thanks to the hashes, but that's about it.
Who is this "we" you speak of?
I guess people who really care could look at sitemeter, which lists IP addresses of page views (sans the last part) ... if you really, really care, I guess.
>>>Thing is, I suspect most posters don't go there --they just post
I just thought the intent of the original statement was pretty obvious and had little to do with any "clique".
>>Not me! And ambiguity is the enemy!
People will generally recognize all the names on the list because ... they post often enough to be on the list, so everyone runs into them here or there.
>>But the "People" you allude to are the people who "post often enough to be on the list" AKA...the Clique!
That's why this list was kind of weird with that. It's not about cliques. It's about frequency and distribution of normal commenters - even "non-cliquees" ...
>> Not understanding that. But thanks for your follow-up.
Posted by: Leftard
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at October 21, 2012 08:37 PM (2c1Cq)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 21, 2012 08:39 PM (79EF9)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 21, 2012 08:39 PM (uE3PZ)
Posted by: AmericanDawg at October 21, 2012 08:39 PM (XIsD/)
Will no one rid Cuba of this pestilent pseudo revolutionary?
**************
I will, and soon.
Posted by: GOD at October 21, 2012 08:39 PM (2c1Cq)
Hubby gave up on Dudley, yeah Sarah Jessica Parker as Nell, not gonna be a good movie.
Now onto Person of Interest. Jim Caviezel, oh yeah. So handsome, Love him..
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 21, 2012 08:40 PM (2Nzn8)
In the last 10 years, the residential parts of the electric code have become pretty involved. AFCI/GFCI requirements have changed, receptacle type requirements changed in 2011 as well as new language demanding that a neutral be present in boxes containing switches for lighting (i.e. no more switch loops and dead end 3-ways).
You can't just pop a new breaker in, sling some Romex and drop a new receptacle or light in somewhere on its own circuit anymore.
The 1999-2011 changes are pretty radical and most homeowners couldn't meet the code unless they had the book and studied it for quite a while. In
1999 shit was pretty close to 1960 (other than for GFCI), now its like wiring a fucking starship by comparison.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 21, 2012 08:40 PM (GMHdG)
Posted by: DAve at October 21, 2012 08:40 PM (sxzjk)
Posted by: The Jackhole at October 21, 2012 08:41 PM (DU15A)
As I said, my cousin's a plumber and does well -- because he owns his own shop.
There are a bunch of trades that work way too hard, make far too little, and burn themselves out way too young, and the chance of having your own shop is between nil and zero -- concrete, flooring, roofing, rough carpentry, paving, painting, and drywall come to mind.
There are quite a few specialties that pay ok, and after a bit your experience can make you more valuable -- plumbing, electrical, security, phone and data infrastructure, glaziers (though they often come to bad ends -- "I've leaned on glass like that hundreds of times."), wallpaper guys, fire extinguisher specialists....
But the biggest freakin' divas -- who act like they are a prince among men and expect you to kiss their hands for showing up -- are HVAC. That might be just this area -- Silicon Valley -- but it just goes to show how one trade can really use some major competition. Someone who is competent in their trade, square with their customers, and shows up when he says he will can do well here. (I've found one for residential, BTW)
So it's not that being useful is a universal good. Plenty of guys go into drywall and bust their asses until they do a bad lift and screw up their back. Plenty of guys go into carpet until the knee-kicker messes up their knee. It needs to be the right sort of thing.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 21, 2012 08:41 PM (kaalw)
1st, you know that shit is poisonous, right?
2nd you're talking to yourself. No one else cares if some no name unknown got top commenter.
for all you know you've never seen him comment except under a sock puppet. did you think of that? Hmmm?
Ace is like Santy claus; he knows what you've been saying, he knows the socks you use, he knows the hash that marks you, so be good for goodness sake.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 21, 2012 08:42 PM (Vh0f5)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at October 21, 2012 08:42 PM (J8yj/)
I built a laser once. Never did get the money for the mail order sharks though.
MUHAHAHAHAHA
Posted by: Dr 18-1 at October 21, 2012 08:42 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 22, 2012 12:41 AM (kaalw)
The HVAC guys in Vegas are rich. Not kidding. They make a ton of money.
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 21, 2012 08:43 PM (2Nzn8)
How they've managed to keep filling venues is beyond me.
(but then I'm old, broke and living in a trailer so wtf do I know?)
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 22, 2012 12:33 AM
Yeah they sorta are. But, Cheap Trick did "Surrender, "If you want my Love" and "Southern Girls". Absolutely killer tunes. They earned what they got for those 3 songs, alone.
Posted by: otho at October 21, 2012 08:44 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 21, 2012 08:46 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 21, 2012 08:46 PM (5MAsv)
Posted by: DAve at October 21, 2012 08:46 PM (sxzjk)
Posted by: DAve at October 21, 2012 08:47 PM (sxzjk)
You're like a fly buzzing around and being distracting.
So I take a swat at you. don't care if it hits, don't care if it don't.
It's just a learned response.
Swat away annoyances, try to attract pleasantrys.
You could try to attract pleasantrys now and then.
What can it hurt?
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 21, 2012 08:48 PM (Vh0f5)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 21, 2012 08:48 PM (79EF9)
Same one's elected you snarky guy.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 21, 2012 08:49 PM (Vh0f5)
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 22, 2012 12:03 AM (2Nzn
____ _____ _____ _____ ______ ___ ______ ____ _____
Nothing wrong with that. In fact, I think Mitt is going to make a fine president.
Posted by: Meremortal at October 21, 2012 08:50 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 21, 2012 08:50 PM (79EF9)
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 21, 2012 08:51 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: King Admiral Emperor Barky at October 21, 2012 08:51 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: DAve at October 21, 2012 08:52 PM (sxzjk)
Posted by: Scobface at October 21, 2012 08:53 PM (IoNBC)
Then it's up to the people to lift this great burden from you and place it another.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 21, 2012 08:53 PM (xKC/c)
Posted by: The Fapping Ghosts at October 21, 2012 08:53 PM (J8yj/)
Palm Beach is still using 2008. The current work I'm doing on the purp-crib is 2008 level.
I wouldn't be surprised if there major blowback from some of that 2011 shit...lotta nannystatism there.
The code has never been about future expandability or usability only the safety and compliance of the installation. Future use and usability were explicitly disclaimed right up front.
This switch loop requirement because of what someone might install in the future, and all the T/R receptacle requirements are a major break with the previous tone of the document.
Its almost like the NEC got Obamafied.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 21, 2012 08:53 PM (GMHdG)
Posted by: Zombie Vladimir Lenin at October 21, 2012 08:54 PM (BVkEs)
Serious question. Who cares who is on the top commentor list?
My take is that the people bitching about the list try really hard, then fail to get on it, and start bullshit, who fkin cares!
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 21, 2012 08:55 PM (2Nzn8)
Posted by: King Admiral Emperor Barky at October 21, 2012 08:56 PM (X3lox)
My take is that the people bitching about the list try really hard, then fail to get on it, and start bullshit, who fkin cares!
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 22, 2012 12:55 AM (2Nzn
exactly
Posted by: The Jackhole at October 21, 2012 08:56 PM (DU15A)
Posted by: Meremortal at October 22, 2012 12:50 AM (1Y+hH)
Anda well done
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 21, 2012 08:57 PM (2Nzn8)
Posted by: jakeman at October 21, 2012 08:57 PM (96M6e)
#805 In CA. we have Title 24, energy conservation regs that require motion sensor switches etc... which is what requires that neutral. So I think that the new NEC regs are getting you ready for that nationwide. After all if CA. does it it should be replicated everywhere...
Posted by: DAve at October 21, 2012 08:58 PM (sxzjk)
My auto mechanic told me that it's a real problem to have your AC serviced in Mexico. It seems they'll drain all that expensive "Freon-unobtanium-438" and ship it to shops in the US, then refill with LP gas (same as your BBQ grill) which works just as well......until it leaks near a spark.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 21, 2012 08:59 PM (kaalw)
Sergeant Lee Nolan will lose out on at least £100,000 after he became one of 20,000 soldiers who are being axed in savage military cuts.
He was so furious at losing his job, his Army home and financial Âsecurity after risking his life for his country that he sent his six military medals to David Cameron.
And in a moving letter to the PM he wrote: “The events of the past 12 months have turned my life on its head and sullied my near-18 years of loyal and exemplary service to my Âcountry.
“The medals I have enclosed would only serve to Âremind me of the shocking way I have been treated.”
Posted by: Colonel Nicholson at October 21, 2012 08:59 PM (e8kgV)
It isn't hard to get on that list. Anyone can do it. I don't know why anyone would want to be on the list, though. I don't know. Maybe some people are using AoSHQ for a reference
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 21, 2012 09:00 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: DAve at October 21, 2012 09:00 PM (sxzjk)
Posted by: RWC at October 21, 2012 09:01 PM (t+Sdx)
Posted by: irredemiably tainted at October 21, 2012 09:01 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 22, 2012 01:00 AM (X3lox)
That comment was so not directed at you, I promise.
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 21, 2012 09:01 PM (2Nzn8)
It also charged that the polls – virtually all of which now show Romney in the lead or at least in a dead heat – are fraudulent. Press TV has picked up on some American website tweets that predict black Americans will riot if Obama loses.
Obama is far from being a friend of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, but the prospect of a hawkish Republican candidate apparently is even less attractive for Tehran.
“All signs are pointing towards another neo con-Republican election theft attempt, like the successful ones of 2000 and 2004,” Press TV told its readers Sunday.
Posted by: Iatolduso at October 21, 2012 09:03 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: DAve at October 21, 2012 09:03 PM (sxzjk)
"I believe you. But it's still not going to save you ...."
(Sorry. That's one of my favorite movie scenes.)
I might make next week's list just from talking about this week's, though! Talk about sad irony ...Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 21, 2012 09:04 PM (X3lox)
"Care" isn't the right word. I don't care about who's on the list (so long as I'm not on it - I dread the thought of appearing on that list). I just found it weird that someone was on there whose screename I had never even seen anywhere. That's a bit odd, isn't it? That's all. I couldn't care one way or the other about it.
Well if you look that guy is also on the sockpuppet list. Which is boiling down to about 7 posts per name. Probably a good chance you've read their posts and just didn't catch it. There are a few commenters here who don't seem to have a consistent name and are continuously going with new socks.
Posted by: buzzion at October 21, 2012 09:06 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 21, 2012 09:09 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 21, 2012 09:10 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: the clubfooted pegleg at October 21, 2012 09:12 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 22, 2012 01:09 AM (X3lox)
Barky also has a pattern of coddling Shia and whacking Sunni.
Posted by: Meremortal at October 21, 2012 09:12 PM (1Y+hH)
I've got some early generation SQ-D's that will trip if I use my corded Sawzall with'em and stroke the trigger lightly for a slow cut. Don't have that problem with the GE's and Cutler Hammer's.
I have seen some older light fixtures that had a bonding strap from the frame to the neutral...that would be an instant trip on an AFCI when powered up.
People mixing up neutrals is a pretty common wiring error AFCI's point out.
With Romex cabling, a lot of the nuisance trips are gonna wind up being bootleg grounds, where the bare gnd snuck around and contacted a neutral screw during box stuffing, or someone was heavy handed with the sheetrock knife stripping the cable and nicked/sliced the neutral (pretty common thing I've seen when trouble shooting). It happens more with the 14-3/12-3 cable due to the spiral construction.
I always just lightly score the sheath, then bear down for the last 1/2" to make a couple of sheath flaps I can peel. That eliminates the cut neutral issue.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 21, 2012 09:13 PM (GMHdG)
Liam Neeson in Taken - the end of the electrocution scene. Great scene. Great ending.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 21, 2012 09:14 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: Horse Teeth Biden at October 21, 2012 09:15 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: buzzion at October 21, 2012 09:15 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 21, 2012 09:15 PM (2Nzn8)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 22, 2012 01:14 AM (X3lox)
Great movie, night.
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 21, 2012 09:17 PM (2Nzn8)
Posted by: DAve at October 21, 2012 09:17 PM (sxzjk)
Awfully close to Greg's nom de dumb 'Toldyouso' , Dynomutt.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at October 21, 2012 09:17 PM (DKxu1)
Posted by: buzzion at October 22, 2012 01:15 AM (GULKT)
Wait, wait! His 2008 promise was to meet Iran without preconditions?!?!?? I thought it was to meet Iran without pants! Man, do I feel ripped off.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 21, 2012 09:21 PM (kaalw)
Any trolls been around lately? I'm in the mood for some troll-punching. Some half-way intelligent trolls, though, not the low-hanging fruit.
___ ___ _ ___ __ ___ _____ ___ _ _ _
We are experiencing a lull in troll activity. I submitted that perhaps they had been called back to base for remedial training.
Posted by: Meremortal at October 21, 2012 09:23 PM (1Y+hH)
Any trolls been around lately? I'm in the mood for some troll-punching. Some half-way intelligent trolls, though, not the low-hanging fruit.
___ ___ _ ___ __ ___ _____ ___ _ _ _
We are experiencing a lull in troll activity. I submitted that perhaps they had been called back to base for remedial training.
Posted by: Meremortal at October 22, 2012 01:23 AM (1Y+hH)
Expect them to show up on Tuesday after the debate.
Posted by: buzzion at October 21, 2012 09:24 PM (GULKT)
SQ-D's? or all manufacturers?
The most resilient, IMO, seem to be the Cutler Hammers. CH was a driving force and spent a lot of effort on their designs. I'm a bit of an Eaton fanboi.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 21, 2012 09:29 PM (GMHdG)
Posted by: non-purist at October 21, 2012 09:36 PM (UViC2)
Posted by: Adriane at October 21, 2012 09:37 PM (/OhbZ)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 21, 2012 09:38 PM (79EF9)
It also charged that the polls – virtually all of which now show Romney in the lead or at least in a dead heat – are fraudulent. Press TV has picked up on some American website tweets that predict black Americans will riot if Obama loses.
Obama is far from being a friend of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, but the prospect of a hawkish Republican candidate apparently is even less attractive for Tehran.
“All signs are pointing towards another neo con-Republican election theft attempt, like the successful ones of 2000 and 2004,” Press TV told its readers Sunday.
Posted by: Iatolduso at October 22, 2012 01:03 AM (e8kgV)
Liberal twatfucks, when the iranian assholes in charge support your fucking guy, its time to rethink your support of that fucking guy.
Just a freindly wake up call for you socialist freestuff jackoffs.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 21, 2012 09:38 PM (ovpNn)
Cause in 19.5 hours Our dear President Barack Obama is going to take apart that dunce Mitt Romney on foreign policy.
And then the polls will flip.
Posted by: Greg at October 21, 2012 09:41 PM (ovpNn)
http://www.barackobama.com/news/entry/procrastinator-alert
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 21, 2012 09:51 PM (GMHdG)
Posted by: comatus at October 21, 2012 09:52 PM (qaVK+)
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at October 05, 2012 06:13 PM (ovpNn)
* * *
Errrp!
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at October 21, 2012 10:03 PM (DKxu1)
From the BAR on the left, follow the M1 that crosses it down to some object that's got what looks like a short barrel on the end pointing slightly up and to the right that crosses below the guy's fingers holding that M1.
Can' make out what that is or if it even is a weapon.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 21, 2012 10:15 PM (Vh0f5)
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 21, 2012 10:33 PM (Vh0f5)
Posted by: Adriane at October 21, 2012 10:37 PM (/OhbZ)
Conan: To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.
Posted by: zeera at October 21, 2012 10:38 PM (3dXwx)
How they've managed to keep filling venues is beyond me.
(but then I'm old, broke and living in a trailer so wtf do I know?)
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 22, 2012 12:33 AM (Vh0f5)
It's got to be all the guys who inexplicably got laid after taking a date to a concert.....when she was in her "experimental" phase and would have put out after a minor league baseball game.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 21, 2012 10:40 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: zeera at October 21, 2012 10:43 PM (3dXwx)
Worked at a skating rink. Got this semi-cutey to attend a Cheap trick concert w me.
Found out at the concert she was a tad 'young'. Not a good experience.
Maybe that's what turns me off about them. That and hearing Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright they just seem a little weird blaring in my ears for the next 20 years on the radio.
god I hate playlists on radio.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 21, 2012 10:50 PM (Vh0f5)
Sort of of the Frampton variety. Over-hyped live album from the late seventies. Thin body of work but fun if you were fourteen at the time.
Posted by: Spike at October 21, 2012 10:50 PM (UZDaa)
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 21, 2012 10:51 PM (Vh0f5)
Random question, but how long has ace been rocking the .mu.nu? I honestly never heard the history and am a more recent immigrant, having swam the rio and spent long nightly in the desert with only dirty kettle martinis to survive my journey here.
Posted by: Uriah Heep at October 21, 2012 10:55 PM (jhI6f)
Most interesting/fun part for me to read: They only came up with O + 4 with women; Romney is +10 with Independents and has a +4 favorability ratings; and Obama's job approval is at 45-50, disapprove. And that's all with an (IMO) unrealistic D sample size.
I don't trust polls; only one that matters is the one on election day. Nonetheless I am curious to see how many of these change to a more realistic sample in the days ahead.
Posted by: VAgirl at October 21, 2012 10:56 PM (U9x6W)
Math; it's not for sissies.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 21, 2012 11:00 PM (Vh0f5)
Worked at a skating rink. Got this semi-cutey to attend a Cheap trick concert w me.
Found out at the concert she was a tad 'young'. Not a good experience.
Maybe that's what turns me off about them. That and hearing Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright they just seem a little weird blaring in my ears for the next 20 years on the radio.
god I hate playlists on radio.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 22, 2012 02:50 AM
Ah, I understand your aversion now. Radio rotation. I avoided that effect by avoiding radio after the 1970's.
Posted by: otho at October 21, 2012 11:01 PM (yBF/9)
Reminded of that line in Real Genius:
Hello. I'm looking for the Freshman Tea?
Oh, good. I'm so glad we have one then.
Posted by: Uriah Heep at October 21, 2012 11:02 PM (jhI6f)
Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2012 11:02 PM (rzSn3)
then if nobody's lurking and maybe ready to comment, I'd could go to sleep.
Well, I could go to sleep now but then I'D NEVER KNOW if someone came up with the Unified Theory of Space, Time and Gravity and decided that it would be cool to post it here first.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 21, 2012 11:03 PM (Vh0f5)
Posted by: Uriah Heep at October 21, 2012 11:06 PM (jhI6f)
They are so f'n neat.
I actually was buying (I thought) just a led flashlight to replace an old one that is going coocoo bananas on me.
Turns out. IT CAME WITH A LASER TOO !!!!!1111!!!! eleventy OMG OMG.
Now if I only had a cat . . .
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 21, 2012 11:07 PM (Vh0f5)
Posted by: Oldcat at October 21, 2012 11:10 PM (rzSn3)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 21, 2012 11:12 PM (79EF9)
Posted by: Adriane at October 21, 2012 11:13 PM (/OhbZ)
Posted by: zeera at October 21, 2012 11:15 PM (3dXwx)
Posted by: Adriane at October 22, 2012 03:13 AM
Fantastic. Always loved the bass riff on that. So simple. So killer.
Posted by: otho at October 21, 2012 11:18 PM (yBF/9)
Or flashbacks. Flashbacks are good.
Helps update the reader, tie up any inadvertent loose ends and can be used to toss grenades on the reader guesses where things are going to go.
course you can't do the wavy lines and blurred focus transitions like tv/video.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 21, 2012 11:19 PM (Vh0f5)
Posted by: Adriane at October 21, 2012 11:22 PM (/OhbZ)
Posted by: Adriane at October 21, 2012 11:24 PM (/OhbZ)
Posted by: otho at October 21, 2012 11:26 PM (yBF/9)
can't. write. to. save. my. soul.
I get brief riffs but if I sit down to actually write something?
Nada. zip. zilch. goose egg. blank screen.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 21, 2012 11:29 PM (Vh0f5)
Posted by: It's Not Just Obama's feet that stink at October 21, 2012 11:31 PM (apLox)
I can do most things okay but they mostly bore me.
I almost thought computers would do it but I burned out after about 5 years and now it's a chore to do even scripting. Programming? fahgeddaboutit. Tech stuff? I dread having to do upgrades on my system or browser.
I did too much exploring when I was younger and I think that burned me out as far as curiosity.
Just noticed; the adverb of curious == curiosity is spelled without the u. WTF is that?
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 21, 2012 11:35 PM (Vh0f5)
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 21, 2012 11:37 PM (Vh0f5)
Posted by: zeera at October 21, 2012 11:38 PM (3dXwx)
From what writer's say, it's almost as if what they write is alive and is using them to express itself onto paper for others to read.
See, that's the thing; never had the inspiration of the need to express like that.
I applaud anyone who can manage to sit down and write and cause others to be influenced by it.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 21, 2012 11:40 PM (Vh0f5)
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 21, 2012 11:42 PM (Vh0f5)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 21, 2012 11:47 PM (79EF9)
Posted by: zeera at October 21, 2012 11:53 PM (3dXwx)
Lou's a girl, Glad you're getting views on your blog on the wcpo election post. I still have no idea what the heck is going on. Have you heard any explaination?
Posted by: Ohio Dan at October 21, 2012 11:56 PM (JKNDp)
Not sure of this, a quick mental run-through suggests that is a typical structure with adjectives ending in -ous: fatuous, luminous . . . Okay, it doesn't work with notorious, but this is English we're talking about.
Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis at October 22, 2012 12:03 AM (IlZPo)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 22, 2012 12:08 AM (79EF9)
You might want them later though...
...you could get them out of the way in a recoverable manner by having them join a cult and vanish, or hit the lottery and run away to Tahiti with their winnings, or have THEM kill someone else and have to take it on the lam.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 22, 2012 12:19 AM (53zf+)
So here it is then,
I am now 55 years old. I have seen and done some pretty awesome things over the years, the greatest was finding a woman who could put up with my wild side and settle me down enough to focus on raising 6 kids to be good people that would add to the "+" side of the American Experiment,
Ace has put up with me for many a year. He gave me shelter after I was ban-hammered from Little Green Football's so many years ago. He has put up with my drunk posting that sometimes crossed the line and would have been enough for a perm. banning...yet he never did. He knew my lament with my #1 on 5 combat tours in Iraq and the Stan and he gave me the space to voice my stress. I will say that I have offended some over the years with my rants and please...to those I offended...I wish you would take my most deepest apologies. Ace, you have a most powerful site! I have all the faith that this site will be a KEY in the next few weeks. I wish I could stay on..
But it is indeed my time to go.
GOD BLESS..."THE ACE OF SPADES!!!"
Posted by: Richard at October 22, 2012 12:23 AM (V3t89)
Posted by: akak at October 22, 2012 12:34 AM (eFroM)
So here it is then,
I am now55 years old. I have seen and done some pretty awesomethings over the years, the greatest was finding a woman who could put up with my wild side and settle me down enough to focus on raising 6 kids to be good people that would add to the "+" side of the American Experiment,
Ace has put up with me for many a year. He gave me shelter after I was ban-hammered from Little Green Football's so many years ago. He has put up with my drunk posting that sometimes crossed the line and would have been enough for a perm. banning...yet he never did. He knew my lament with my #1 on 5 combat tours in Iraq and the Stan and he gave me the space to voice my stress. I will say that I have offended some over the years with my rants and please...to those I offended...I wish you would take my most deepest apologies. Ace, you have a most powerful site! I have all the faith that this site will be a KEY in the next few weeks. I wish I could stay on..
But it is indeed my time to go.
GOD BLESS..."THE ACE OF SPADES!!!"
Posted by: Richard at October 22, 2012 04:23 AM (V3t89)
But, Richard -- why can't you stay on? It's not like we're throwing you out.....why are you pulling away?
Posted by: cthulhu at October 22, 2012 12:45 AM (kaalw)
Posted by: DTShangers at October 22, 2012 12:53 AM (LYqj5)
Posted by: Adriane at October 22, 2012 01:01 AM (/OhbZ)
http://youtu.be/2N_tmH6y7ng
Posted by: derit at October 22, 2012 01:08 AM (I88Jc)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 22, 2012 01:14 AM (X3lox)
Posted by: BignJames at October 22, 2012 01:56 AM (rlFQ+)
Posted by: Conservative Crank, yet another work computer at October 22, 2012 02:19 AM (d7H2D)
Posted by: Elliott at October 22, 2012 02:27 AM (Nsx1s)
Posted by: Jean at October 22, 2012 02:28 AM (u5ozF)
Politico/Battleground poll out:
Romney up 2 now, compared to Obama being up last time.
Appears to be D+2 sample but with a small number of Independents, although they do that "Indy lean Dem/Repub" thing....
Looks like the pollsters have given it their best shot and are now being intellectually honest for their own reputations' sake.
Posted by: AussieMarcus at October 22, 2012 02:49 AM (RstsB)
Posted by: Infidel at October 22, 2012 02:51 AM (prnik)
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