October 28, 2012
— Maetenloch Alrighty let's get down to it. Last call for the weekend.
Benghazi: "Where the *blank* is Spectre?"
Friday and Saturday, the news leaked out that Tyrone Woods was found dead, slumped over his ammo-exhausted machine gun on top of the Annex, where he and Glen Doherty had fought against 150 or so al-Qaeda affiliated Ansar al-Sharia militants who followed them from the embassy, waiting for Libyan forces to arrive and relieve them and the other US personnel stationed there, along with those they'd saved from the embassy complex. Rumor has it that the two former SEALs had killed 60 of those militants in the firefight.
Today, administration apologists were all over the networks talking about how unhelpful and partisan it is to demand answers from the White House, who want to get the answers more than anybody . . . after the elections.
At least when Shughart and Gordon went down fighting in the original Blackhawk Down incident they knew they were risking their lives in order to buy time for rescuers to get to pilot Mike Durant. Here Woods and Doherty apparently were abandoned to their fate while their hours-long final fight was watched from above.
Meanwhile the legacy media is still managing to keep the story cover-up going.
He's doing better and was well enough to enjoy the Diet Coke Smitty brought him.
Andrew Sullivan: Vote for Obama to Save the GOP
Here's Andrew Sullivan on This Week offering a novel rationale for voting Obama: With a little bit of luck, it just might prevent the GOP from going completely "insane."
Well Sullivan's views of conservatism have always been narcissistic - conservatism is whatever Andrew believes at the moment and its best course is always whatever would make him happiest.
The Fantasy of Thomas Friedman
Heh.
"I have fantasized - don't get me wrong - but that what if we could just be China for a day? I mean, just, just, just one day. You know, I mean, where we could actually, you know, authorize the right solutions . . ."
- New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman on "Meet the Press," 23 May 2010
"China Blocks New York Times Website After Article"
- headline, Associated Press, 26 Oct. 2012
Creepy Celebrity Worship from 4 Years Ago Revisited
Because they're all free-thinking independent artist-types or something. Now chant all together 'We are all individuals and we will serve the Dear Leader."
Nearly all languages have it and since modern English did not see fit provide one like a decent language, all y'all have had to improvise.
Gold - Now Available in Multiple Colors
Without anodizing or using alloying:
Unlike processes such as anodizing, in which colored films are added to metal surfaces, the Southampton technology works by actually altering the gold itself. Tiny raised or indented patterns are embossed onto its surface, changing the way that it absorbs and reflects light. Depending on the shape, height and/or depth of the pattern, that reflected light can be seen as any one of a number of colors. Different patterns could even be applied to the same object, causing different parts of it to take on different colors.
"This is the first time the visible color of metal has been changed in this way," said project leader Prof. Nikolay Zheludev.
Was actually a 7 foot tall Nigerian student who became part of cinema history by chance.
Study: Men Better Multi-Taskers Than Women
Sure honey I'm listening to your fascinating story as I comment on that pirate flag blog and keep an eye on the game.
"On the contrary, the results of our study show that men are better at multi-tasking than women," Timo Mäntylä, a psychology professor at Stockholm University, said.
Men are sometimes better than women at handling multiple tasks simultaneously, but the performance gap is correlated to the female menstrual cycle, according to his study, to be published in US peer-reviewed journal Psychological Science.In line with previous research, men and women with good so-called working memory were also better than others at multi-tasking.
However, Mäntylä found that the ability to combine several different tasks at once was also linked to spatial ability which, for women, is linked to their menstrual phase.
But then you have this study which says that women are better at multi-tasking. So there may even be different kinds of multi-tasking.
This reminds me of a study I heard about years ago when the Air Force was considering women pilots for combat roles. They found that male and female pilots performed equally well under normal conditions. But under extreme conditions with too many tasks to be done in too little time they both failed but in different ways: Men tended to just pick a single task (not necessarily the most important one) and focus on it to the exclusion of all others while women tended to spin through all tasks faster and faster until they became paralyzed.
Weekly AoSHQ Commenter Standings
Top 10 commenters:
1 [519 comments] 'Niedermeyer's Dead Horse' [72.85 posts/day]
2 [396 comments] 'BCochran1981'
3 [383 comments] 'Jones in CO'
4 [377 comments] 'Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual'
5 [372 comments] 'Evilpens'
6 [367 comments] 'jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright'
7 [367 comments] 'Vic'
8 [333 comments] 'tasker'
9 [318 comments] 'soothsayer'
10 [311 comments] 'Tami'
Top 10 sockpuppeteers:
1 [81 names] 'Adam' [11.37 unique names/day]
2 [54 names] 'the clubfooted pegleg '
3 [51 names] 'logprof'
4 [51 names] 'San Antonio Rose'
5 [48 names] 'Brandon In Baton Rouge'
6 [44 names] 'fluffy'
7 [43 names] 'The Political Hat'
8 [41 names] 'Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual'
9 [34 names] 'Doctor Fish'
10 [31 names] 'Mallamutt, RINO President for Life'
The group. Yeah.
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Posted by: Arbalest at October 28, 2012 06:11 PM (GKWoO)
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Benghazi Came Home to Roost Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 28, 2012 06:13 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: crazy not much really, number? at October 28, 2012 06:14 PM (Kaabf)
Posted by: Jean at October 28, 2012 06:14 PM (g2ldK)
Posted by: laughing at neck braces at October 28, 2012 06:15 PM (nVqtU)
Posted by: USS Diversity at October 28, 2012 06:15 PM (9ghZ6)
Posted by: eman at October 28, 2012 06:16 PM (+XD7n)
Posted by: eman at October 28, 2012 06:18 PM (+XD7n)
Posted by: MrCaniac at October 28, 2012 06:18 PM (Zd/NW)
Do not forget to talk about Benghazi at work tomorrow.
What did he know?
Why didn't they send help?
We had fighters, Spectre, and Delta Force an hour away!!!
They knew what happened, they had drones watching those people die.
Get in the low information voters spaces with the facts.
Posted by: rd does not believe the MSM at October 28, 2012 06:18 PM (zLp5I)
Posted by: otho at October 28, 2012 10:14 PM (yBF/9)
This time, otho.
This time.
Posted by: Methos at October 28, 2012 06:20 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: Zimriel at October 28, 2012 06:20 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: eman at October 28, 2012 06:20 PM (+XD7n)
its lookin good for the walking dead, not a bad start for the new season i say.
its lookin good for my steelers...even with the uniform disaster today.
its lookin good for romney, the guy is just likable, admit it.
Posted by: laughing at neck braces at October 28, 2012 10:15 PM (nVqtU)
Ima gonna go talk to Goddell tomorrow about those Steelers.
Posted by: MeAngelo Hall at October 28, 2012 06:20 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: Project ORCA at October 28, 2012 06:21 PM (nw0Vt)
And apparently, in between dinner.... and going to sleep on time... Obamay took time out from the Situation Room to talk to Bibbi Netenyahu for an HOUR?
"Hillary.... can't you see I'm on the PHONE!"
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 28, 2012 06:21 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at October 28, 2012 06:22 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: Queen Victoria at October 28, 2012 06:22 PM (+XD7n)
Yeah, but I think it's extremely unlikely on both counts.
There'll be something symbolic on both. Think "Contract With America". And it will amount to the same.
We don't have the courts and we don't have the bureaucracy and we don't have the universities and we don't have the lawyers'-guilds like the SPLC.
Basically we just don't have the government in DC and we shall never get it.
Posted by: Zimriel at October 28, 2012 06:23 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: RKinRoanoke at October 28, 2012 06:23 PM (pxur/)
Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 28, 2012 06:23 PM (TOBhV)
Posted by: steevy at October 28, 2012 06:24 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Binder Hobbit and ABO supporter [/i][/b][/u] at October 28, 2012 06:24 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Palandine at October 28, 2012 06:24 PM (g7D8V)
Posted by: Dept. of Accuracy Dept. at October 28, 2012 06:24 PM (BAnPT)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at October 28, 2012 06:24 PM (ZYb3x)
Posted by: mpfs at October 28, 2012 06:24 PM (Mkhiu)
Vote for the state level, and let the federal government continue to go Red Giant.
Posted by: Zimriel at October 28, 2012 06:25 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Truman North at October 28, 2012 06:25 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: stillers at October 28, 2012 06:26 PM (8SsiG)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Binder Hobbit and ABO supporter [/i][/b][/u] at October 28, 2012 06:26 PM (CA2NO)
Geraldo asked him whether it was fair to call the POTUS a murderer.
He handled it with great aplomb.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 28, 2012 06:26 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Truman North at October 28, 2012 06:26 PM (I2LwF)
In parts of Chicago it's "youse guys."
Posted by: Methos at October 28, 2012 06:26 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 28, 2012 06:26 PM (Y0jT/)
Posted by: RoyalOil at October 28, 2012 06:26 PM (imtbm)
Posted by: Geraldo's glazed moustache, politicizing an interview with Ty Woods father at October 28, 2012 06:27 PM (EZl54)
Posted by: Truman North at October 28, 2012 06:27 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: eman at October 28, 2012 06:27 PM (+XD7n)
Posted by: jakeman at October 28, 2012 06:27 PM (96M6e)
Posted by: Blacksheep at October 28, 2012 06:27 PM (nvV9F)
Posted by: Bart who lurks with SMOD 2012, master of his domain at October 28, 2012 06:28 PM (he2LC)
Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 28, 2012 06:28 PM (TOBhV)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 28, 2012 06:28 PM (dGzRv)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 28, 2012 06:28 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Truman North at October 28, 2012 06:28 PM (VeI09)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Binder Hobbit and ABO supporter [/i][/b][/u] at October 28, 2012 06:29 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: USS Diversity at October 28, 2012 06:29 PM (9ghZ6)
Posted by: General Woundwort at October 28, 2012 06:29 PM (DWgdc)
I'm watching Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter. I like it.
I saw it in the theater. Pretty awesome.
Posted by: katya the designated driver at October 28, 2012 06:29 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: Truman North at October 28, 2012 06:30 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: eman at October 28, 2012 06:30 PM (+XD7n)
Posted by: RKinRoanoke at October 28, 2012 06:30 PM (pxur/)
We need people to talk to everyone about Benghazi this week. We had one guy I worked with that was really good at getting the word out about what Obama was doing. He was a Cuban Immigrant, and could not even vote. But he paid attention, and saw through the BS.
It was amazing to listen to him explain F and F, Obamacare, and other issues to people. They had no clue. No idea at all. They were all wrapped up in their kid's hockey, baseball, football, or drama club; the pro sports; or their motorcycle.
One time, Dave2 actually said, "That's impossible! No one would do something that stupid." And then I helped explain that yes, F and F was that stupid. And I printed out the story about how they were blamed 200 dead mexicans on F/F. They just let the guns go to bad guys.
Unfortunately for good or ill, many people just do not pay attention. We have EIGHT DAYS to make them pay attention.
Posted by: rd does not believe the MSM at October 28, 2012 06:30 PM (zLp5I)
Be prepared for much eeyoring and good laughs.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Benghazi Came Home to Roost Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 28, 2012 06:30 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at October 28, 2012 06:30 PM (ZYb3x)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 28, 2012 06:31 PM (GEICT)
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Republicans should be starting to rumble about impeachment if the White House does not immediately provide who gave the order to not intervene.
No, the Republicans aren't going to impeach...they are too gutless...especially at this point - but someone like West making the threat gets this even more news coverage.
And in a sane world, Obama would be impeached for this, along with a half a dozen other crimes...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 28, 2012 06:31 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: eman at October 28, 2012 06:31 PM (+XD7n)
Posted by: alexthechick -f u autocorrect at October 28, 2012 06:31 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: The Electric Company at October 28, 2012 06:31 PM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 28, 2012 06:32 PM (Dnbau)
IF the ambassador was locked in and the attackers could not get to him, How exactly did the good samaratin protestors get to him and pull him out of there with his pants down?
Someone care to clarify this glaring inconsistancy??????
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Benghazi Came Home to Roost Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 28, 2012 06:32 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 28, 2012 06:32 PM (TOBhV)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, wearing my GIANTS jersey, team dagny at October 28, 2012 06:32 PM (Ho2rs)
Posted by: Iowa Bob at October 28, 2012 06:32 PM (gIrkv)
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I would hope that if Mittens loses, when he has every advantage one could hope from Obama's incompetence, that it will be the final nail in the coffin of "moderate" Republican presidential candidates.
A choice, not an echo.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 28, 2012 06:32 PM (AUeaU)
1 [519 comments] 'Niedermeyer's Dead Horse' [72.85 posts/day]
2 [396 comments] 'BCochran1981'
3 [383 comments] 'Jones in CO'
No REALLY- it's an honor just to be nominated
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 28, 2012 06:32 PM (8sCoq)
Those SEALS interfered with The Plan by coming to the rescue from a mile away when they heard the initial attack. Al quada was understandably pissed when they took huge losses when this was supposed to be a quick and easy snatch and grab of the unprotected Ambassador to use as a hostage for the release of the Blind Shiek. That's why no cavalry arrived for hours ....to give them time to get the Ambassador...and even when the 'rescue SUV's' got there, they left WITHOUT the Ambassador. So al quada brutalized the guy when they finally found him and lost their hostage in their anger.
Good work B+rry. You're a SNAFU genius. Did you think this up or did Holder? Was the Ambassador in on it or was this a perk of his job?
They'll try somewhere else.
Posted by: torabora at October 28, 2012 06:33 PM (nHSCT)
I know they pride themselves on being internet whizzes, as discussed in an earlier thread, but this is a flat amateur mistake. Ha!
Posted by: jakeman at October 28, 2012 06:33 PM (96M6e)
It may have been me.
Posted by: eman at October 28, 2012 10:31 PM (+XD7n)
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It may have--do you think there'll be a third one? I'm about to finish Aftermath.
Posted by: USS Diversity at October 28, 2012 06:33 PM (9ghZ6)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 28, 2012 06:34 PM (8sCoq)
****
I saw my nic up there and sighed.
I didn't realize I had been spending my days here again.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 28, 2012 06:34 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, wearing my GIANTS jersey, team dagny at October 28, 2012 06:34 PM (Ho2rs)
Dovetails nicely with the moron celebrities from 2008 because one thing I am not forgetting when this election is over: the sell outs in media and entertainment.
You guys are not getting squat from me ever again.
I will not subsidize your dishonesty (media) and stupidity (media and celebrities).
I am not watching your crap or buying your junk. Until now, I've had an uneasy truce with many artists, over-looking the lack of intellect for the compensation they brought in other areas.
No more. You do not compromise in your desire to wreck everything I believe in. I'm not providing you the wherewithal to finance its destruction.
Adios, MFers.
Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at October 28, 2012 06:34 PM (vouc9)
Posted by: Cathy in the Chi at October 28, 2012 06:34 PM (oiTOF)
Don't forget your list of Thank Yous. Put "The Academy" #1
Posted by: Dept. of Accuracy Dept. at October 28, 2012 06:34 PM (BAnPT)
"Y'all" is more cognate to the special verb numbers for small vs large groups that Attic Greek has. Really, a lot more sophisticated than it sounds. Notice how much that map looks like the Confederacy?
Posted by: comatus at October 28, 2012 06:34 PM (qaVK+)
Obama should be impeached in December even if Romney wins.
Posted by: Methos at October 28, 2012 06:35 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 28, 2012 06:35 PM (M5RGl)
>>Daryl crossbowed everyone...
Impossible. The crossbow takes too long to reload. No way you could get off that many shots.
Posted by: Longbows! at October 28, 2012 06:35 PM (PvpG1)
Posted by: From Nantucket Stormwatch Teepee at October 28, 2012 06:35 PM (+2rUY)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 28, 2012 06:36 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: eman at October 28, 2012 06:36 PM (+XD7n)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 28, 2012 06:36 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 28, 2012 06:36 PM (BuSM8)
yeah.. that just happened.
Posted by: T.Hunter - feeling nauseous at October 28, 2012 06:37 PM (EZl54)
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You know how I'd like to see a conservative respond?
"Well Tom, as you know America used to be able to build impressive projects in a short time, just as you now credit China. The reason we no longer can has nothing to do with our system of government - we were just as much a democratic Republic when we were building the interstates or the Hoover dam.
The difference is we didn't have legions of government funded environmental groups stopping any and every project, private or public, that might actually provide more opportunity for Americans. The problem isn't democracy, the problem is the lawyers and bureaucrats that subvert it. "
Posted by: 18-1 at October 28, 2012 06:37 PM (AUeaU)
Many crab cross prairie in Brookline, makeum heap big feast at Red Lobstah.
Posted by: pep at October 28, 2012 06:37 PM (6TB1Z)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at October 28, 2012 06:38 PM (ZYb3x)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 28, 2012 06:38 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: alexthechick -f u autocorrect at October 28, 2012 06:39 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 28, 2012 06:39 PM (TOBhV)
Posted by: Evilpens at October 28, 2012 06:39 PM (ck76k)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 28, 2012 06:40 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: t-bird at October 28, 2012 06:40 PM (FcR7P)
The crossbow takes too long to reload. No way you could get off that many shots.
I had a Damon Howatt Diablo I could launch about 24 per minute with accuracy.
If I slowed to 15 per minute I could hit a pie plate at 60 yards every time.
It was great to young once
Posted by: Dept. of Accuracy Dept. at October 28, 2012 06:40 PM (BAnPT)
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Interesting. When in such a situation, where further time spent on planning task order is obviously not going to improve efficiency, I definitely pick one task out of the group - some combination of easiest/fastest/most important and bang through it before trying to reassess the list of things to do.
I think the only other option is the sort of analysis paralysis that the study found...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 28, 2012 06:40 PM (AUeaU)
You-uns? Sounds North Korean.
Youse guys? What if there is a girl in the crowd? FAIL
You all? Well ain't you a fancy pants.
Posted by: GnuBreed at October 28, 2012 06:41 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: William Tibereous Shatner at October 28, 2012 06:41 PM (pxur/)
This is an interview conducted with a former member of a Combatant Commanders In-Extremis Force (CIF), the type of unit based in Sicily that was ready to go to Benghazi but was prevented.
The interview was conducted by Lt. Bryan Suits, a combat veteran of Desert Storm, Kosovo, and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Both "Operator D" and Suits say that Panetta is lying about the reason for not sending in troops and the amount of information the Pentagon and the White House had.
The CIFs are on call 24 hours a day. Their weapons and equipment are already packed. They were organized to respond to exactly what happened in Benghazi. Risk and information are not part of the calculus in using them. They are are the "firefighters" of the army, a "green-light" organization that is not told to go; they're only told to not go.
And only one person has the authority to tell them to stand down.
This is one of the most criminal acts of dereliction of duty by an administration. Every single person from Obama down--except maybe for Petraeus--is complicit. This was a full-scale military assault by 150 men, and the administration knew it right from the start. Our people were allowed to die, and everyone in the administration is now lying about it.
Discussion of the CIFs begins at 5:58.
http://tinyurl.com/9qyehtd
Posted by: Llarry at October 28, 2012 06:41 PM (5l2tw)
yeah.. that just happened.
****
Jack Keane severely pissed off several morons a couple of days ago with his flippant response about whether air support could have been provided in Benghazi. He didn't improve upon that performance tonight.
Geraldo's closing of the Keane segment with what amounted to Well, that's the final word on the subject had me boiling, or so I thought, until the Woods family segment.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 28, 2012 06:41 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at October 28, 2012 06:41 PM (o2xo0)
So is there a reason bond girls were hotter in the earlier films than in the newer ones?
Skinny got pretty. Also flat hair and minimal makeup.
Posted by: katya the designated driver at October 28, 2012 06:41 PM (DoZD+)
"Sure could tell when we crossed the Iowa state line due to the volume of Obama signs."
Even though four Iowa newspapers endorsed him, I get the feeling, at least listening to Steve King, that college town liberals and farmer welfare people are going to tip Iowa for Obama. Steve King didn't sound very positive about his own reelection bid especially against free birth control pusher Vilsak(sp?). Plus, aren't there a lot of Ron Paul fans there too?
Posted by: Mo the Girl at October 28, 2012 06:41 PM (TMSM1)
I doubt that I could have been so restrained.
Posted by: T.Hunter - feeling nauseous at October 28, 2012 06:41 PM (EZl54)
Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 28, 2012 06:42 PM (TOBhV)
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In a sane world Romney would be losing 75-25. To an actual conservative Republican.
Posted by: 18-1 bringing the snark at October 28, 2012 06:42 PM (AUeaU)
Yes, when Romney wins on November 6, Congress should serve articles of impeachment on the SCOAMT on the 7th. Won't go anywhere, but it's important for history that we as Americans show we did not support this crime.
Posted by: Palandine at October 28, 2012 06:42 PM (g7D8V)
Posted by: Chester White at October 28, 2012 06:42 PM (dLF+N)
Posted by: Tickled Pink at October 28, 2012 06:42 PM (wdXri)
Posted by: RkinRoanoke at October 28, 2012 06:42 PM (pxur/)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at October 28, 2012 06:43 PM (ZYb3x)
>>If I slowed to 15 per minute I could hit a pie plate at 60 yards every time.
It was great to young once
Posted by: Dept. of Accuracy Dept. at October 28, 2012 10:40 PM (BAnPT)
60 yards? Piker.
Posted by: Longbows! at October 28, 2012 06:43 PM (PvpG1)
Have an opinion question (and as we all know, the ONT is never short on opinions) and since there was no gaming thread I decided to ask you guys.
I'm designing the tabard for the Horde guild ValU Rite Pudding on WoW and need to know what colors best "represent" the HQ. The Symbol will be a large Ace of Spades but I need a color for the border and another for the background.
Posted by: Polliwogette, teahada hobbbit who wants some R & R at October 28, 2012 06:43 PM (NYki8)
Posted by: Tickled Pink at October 28, 2012 06:43 PM (wdXri)
Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 28, 2012 06:43 PM (TOBhV)
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And if anyone calls at 3 AM for Allah's sake tell them to go fuck themselves, I'll call back in the morning ok?
They don't pay me enough to be up at 3 AM dammit.
Posted by: Barack Obama 3 months ago talking to the White House staff at October 28, 2012 06:44 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at October 28, 2012 06:44 PM (LFN8n)
Is bacon a color?Posted by: eman at October 28, 2012 06:45 PM (+XD7n)
Posted by: Blacksheep at October 28, 2012 06:45 PM (nvV9F)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 28, 2012 06:45 PM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Zimriel
Zimriel: How can you have a first person plural? Seems to defy logic.
Posted by: rabidfox at October 28, 2012 06:46 PM (nVjeq)
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I'd say either
white and black - like the original Culpeper Minute Men flag and the AoS logo
yellow and black -Gadsen flag
red, white, and blue.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 28, 2012 06:46 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 28, 2012 06:46 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 28, 2012 06:46 PM (dGzRv)
Posted by: eman at October 28, 2012 06:47 PM (+XD7n)
Posted by: torabora at October 28, 2012 06:47 PM (nHSCT)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 28, 2012 06:48 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: RkinRoanoke at October 28, 2012 06:48 PM (pxur/)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose at October 28, 2012 06:48 PM (pZikN)
Posted by: USS Diversity at October 28, 2012 06:48 PM (9ghZ6)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 28, 2012 06:48 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 28, 2012 06:48 PM (TvoA7)
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This is all beyond the pale.
Make the Senate Democrats come on the fucking stage and say they're fine with this.
Posted by: Al at October 28, 2012 06:48 PM (MzQOZ)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 28, 2012 06:48 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Methos at October 28, 2012 06:48 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: Blacksheep at October 28, 2012 06:49 PM (nvV9F)
(gritting teeth)
I could get more graphic ( septic tanks and Geraldo's bulbous gibbon-like face come to mind) but out of respect to the Woods' I will shut-up.
Seriously, my bp can't have been below 180/100 this week
Posted by: T.Hunter - feeling nauseous at October 28, 2012 06:49 PM (EZl54)
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ROMNEY WANTS TO EAT ALL OF YOUR BIRTH CONTROL PILLS AND PUPPIES.
Posted by: Harry Reid subtely changing the topic at October 28, 2012 06:49 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: Dept. of Accuracy Dept. at October 28, 2012 06:50 PM (BAnPT)
Posted by: El Zopilote at October 28, 2012 06:50 PM (inLRg)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 28, 2012 06:50 PM (dGzRv)
Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at October 28, 2012 06:50 PM (vouc9)
(gritting teeth)
I could get more graphic ( septic tanks and Geraldo's bulbous gibbon-like face come to mind) but out of respect to the Woods' I will shut-up.
Seriously, my bp can't have been below 180/100 this week
****
I was looking fr the vid, but it's not up yet. It truly has to be seen to be believed.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 28, 2012 06:50 PM (piMMO)
****
We've spent 4 years beyond the pale, and didn't even find a new continent for our troubles...
Posted by: 18-1 knows what the pale is at October 28, 2012 06:50 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 28, 2012 06:51 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at October 28, 2012 06:51 PM (ZYb3x)
****
Yours
theirs
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 28, 2012 06:51 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 28, 2012 06:51 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Andi Sullivan at October 28, 2012 06:52 PM (0It32)
Posted by: Dept. of Accuracy Dept. at October 28, 2012 06:52 PM (BAnPT)
Vote for the state level, and let the federal government continue to go Red Giant.
Posted by: Zimriel at October 28, 2012 10:25 PM (QTHTd)
Yeah good luck with that.
It's a free country and you can fap to your sacred voting honor if you want.
But I swear to fuck that if you sit out this election, I don't want to hear a single syllable of complaint out of your pussy mouth about the outcome. Your bitching privileges will be revoked for the next 4 years.
Posted by: Mætenloch at October 28, 2012 06:52 PM (XkotV)
what colors best "represent" the HQ
Cerise and tourquoise. Maybe some hot pink too. Classy and fabulous.
Posted by: barry "silent duck" soetoro at October 28, 2012 06:52 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: chemjeff at October 28, 2012 06:52 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: Blacksheep at October 28, 2012 06:53 PM (nvV9F)
That signature blue of the Obama campaign may look fresh in other graphic applications, but on a yard sign it just looks faded and sad. And next to the Romney sign it was positively pathetic; it might as well have read "Beta Male 2012".
Posted by: sistrum at October 28, 2012 06:53 PM (SUlmX)
Posted by: LIGuy at October 28, 2012 06:53 PM (+usC4)
Posted by: El Zopilote at October 28, 2012 06:53 PM (inLRg)
What is a conservative Republican by the way? I mean I've seen so-called conservatives call a congressman a RINO because he voted for one bill that they didn't like. Then Ron Paul is called a true conservative yet supports Nader, Cynthia McKinley, and kisses Barney Frank's ass. I agree with Mr. Paul on a lot of things, but he's voted for some things that I've questioned before too. So where's the perfect conservative? Look at everyone's record in congress, and you will find something that you don't like about them. One of my favorite guys in congress is Ted Poe, but even he has voted 'yes' on some bills I don't agree with.
But I still don't get this conservative Republican thing---even Reagan did some things that made me mad and I loved that man dearly. I can understand holding Republicans' feet to the fire about issues----especially bailouts, health care, and spending, but this purist test doesn't help the party at all.
Posted by: Mo the Girl at October 28, 2012 06:54 PM (TMSM1)
ugh
Posted by: chemjeff at October 28, 2012 10:42 PM (d/5qf)
Somehow, it's hard to see that as an excited, happy, forward-looking statement......which would have to be something like "ugh-hahhhh!!!!"
Posted by: cthulhu at October 28, 2012 06:54 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 28, 2012 06:55 PM (Dnbau)
11% on the male population is color blind. Do I get a handicap badge for that?
I'd like the easy parking.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at October 28, 2012 06:55 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: eman at October 28, 2012 06:55 PM (+XD7n)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 28, 2012 06:56 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 28, 2012 06:56 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 28, 2012 06:57 PM (TOBhV)
How ya looking for an inaugural meetup?
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 28, 2012 06:57 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: logprof at October 28, 2012 06:57 PM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: Hanoverfist at October 28, 2012 06:58 PM (HiKk0)
Posted by: elizabethe loves a brownie at October 28, 2012 06:58 PM (TOBhV)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 28, 2012 06:59 PM (Dnbau)
He's bitching about Benghazi now, and four years ago he was telling Republicans "You have nothing to fear from an Obama presidency."
Retire, already.
Posted by: Palandine at October 28, 2012 06:59 PM (g7D8V)
Posted by: logprof at October 28, 2012 06:59 PM (jKE+Z)
You know I am getting sick of this COVER UP BS...from who once again the MSM GODS!! what is it with Conservatives, if we hate the MSM why the heck do we measure everything based on if they carry it or not...WHO THE HECK CARES for God's Sake. Get over the crying of the MSM...IT WILL NEVER FING CHANGE!! when will that get through some conservatives heads!
Cry and boo hoo over the MSM cover up. Well guess what cry babies...it is all over the Internet, Fox, Talk Radio, Twitter and every place else. There is no Cover Up in coverage it is everywhere. So stop your darned pathetic whining over the MSM...that is all you ever hear...boo hoo..ABC, NBC, CBS, NYT will not cover....like so what!
Lets see how many of us can count on one hand how many people only look to the MSM for News....it is ridiculous. The President is being asked in interviews, he cannot hide, it is dogging him constantly and it is ALIVE AND WELL....the alternative media is sticking it to Obama left and right on his Disgraceful handling of Benghazi.
I cannot stand Obama and his lies and oh yes he is covering up...my point is NO he is not getting away with it. He holds no Press Conferences so when can anyone even ask him. He is a coward. The MSM does not have ratings, they do not control the news...if that was the case...Obama would be up 20 points in the polls...
Be proud that the alternative media is grilling Obama over Libya and it continues to get worse for him...and most people, like most of us, can find news all over the internet about Libya that the MSM does not control or contribute. I am sorry but we need to get past the MSM....it has been over for years and it will not change. Stop whining about it and worrying about it.
Accept the larger alternative media is sticking it to Obama and his disgusting Adm. Independents can read and see what he is doing and not doing just like us. Give others credit! Libya is sinking Obama more and more each day. Fox has the largest Cable News outlet that dwarfs CNN/MSNBC and they have been relentless...it the Internet and US are not going to let Obama get away with it. The MSM is on its way out with smaller audiences and no one trusts them at all...except the far left!
Posted by: bluerose75 at October 28, 2012 06:59 PM (HDcKc)
Sure you do. It's red, kind of, no, more of an orange. It's definitely either red or orange. Reddish orange.
Posted by: comatus at October 28, 2012 07:00 PM (qaVK+)
Posted by: eman at October 28, 2012 07:00 PM (+XD7n)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 28, 2012 07:00 PM (TvoA7)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 28, 2012 07:00 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Liberty Lover at October 28, 2012 07:00 PM (b4W5O)
Posted by: Blacksheep at October 28, 2012 07:01 PM (nvV9F)
The initiative led to at least two US-Iran meetings, the report said. Israel was made aware of the contacts, and opposed them.
But Iran rebuffed the “diplomatic hand” offered by the White House, Maariv reported. The Islamist regime “opposed any sign of normalization with the US, and refused to grant a ‘prize’ to the Americans,” according to an anonymous Israeli source quoted by the paper.
The information — the lead item on Maariv’s front page, headlined “Obama offered to renew relations with Iran” — comes on the heels of reports earlier this month that the US and Iran held back channel contacts toward establishing direct talks over Tehran’s nuclear program. Both the White House and Iran denied those reports.
According to Maariv, Deputy Secretary of State William Burns met with chief Iranian nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili for an hour in 2009, and one other meeting between officials from both sides took place as well.
Included in the diplomatic incentives package offered by Washington would be, in the first stage, the opening of interest sections in Washington and Tehran, with the possibility subsequently of expanding to full diplomatic ties, including US and Iranian embassies and ambassadors in each otherÂ’s capitals, Maariv claimed.
As part of restored diplomatic relations with Iran, Maariv reported, Washington was ready to hold senior level diplomatic contacts, to agree to reciprocal visits, to approve security cooperation between the countries, direct flights between the US and Iran, and the granting of visas to Iranians wishing to visit the US.
The report, if true, would indicate a readiness by Obama to oversee a sea change in American policy toward Iran. The two countries have not had direct diplomatic relations since the Iranian hostage crisis of 1979-1981, when the Shah was overthrown during the Iranian Revolution and workers in the American Embassy held hostage for over a year. The US currently maintains a trade embargo with Iran and any diplomatic contacts are officially handled through third parties
According to Maariv, Iran also rejected the attempt to reestablish ties out of fear that the regime in Tehran would become weakened by normalization with Washington.
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at October 28, 2012 07:01 PM (e8kgV)
What made Geraldo's self aggrandizing , death-defying schtick even more ironic was that Geraldo's already disgusting attempt to obtain approbation for his jug-eared fuck of a god-king from the grieving father WHO'S SON GAVE ALL ...
(breathe,breathe) is that Rivera was probably was actually closer to death than even he realized at that moment .
I am a sub-moron 3rd class but seriously, anyone who has the Ewok red phone needs to put this "interview" with Ty Woods father under a flaming skull.
Posted by: T.Hunter - feeling nauseous at October 28, 2012 07:02 PM (EZl54)
Posted by: comatus at October 28, 2012 10:34 PM (qaVK+)
-------------I seem to recall a Jeff Foxworthy bit in which "you'uns" is defined as being "y'all" plus three.
Posted by: sistrum at October 28, 2012 07:02 PM (SUlmX)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 28, 2012 07:02 PM (GEICT)
The country cannot survive with it's public information channels clogged and cloaked by partisan operatives to such a degree as has happened in the last 25 years.
A code of conduct or ethically oath like lawyers have? (no wise cracks it works)
A system of transparency so that anyone who reports news must reveal their past associations and current investments like politicians have to.
I don't know. It has to be something that will mesh with the first amendment but puts limits on what lies and manipulations they can get away with.
This complete shut out on the news of Benghazi is just beyond the pale. They have NO credibility in any way. They're not even serving their party; they're serving one man.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 28, 2012 07:03 PM (Vh0f5)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 28, 2012 07:03 PM (Z9EHQ)
Yo to the Horde.
They say "y'all" in Missouri too.
The Benghazi story needs to be trumpeted all this week...and thereafter, until we get some justice for the betrayed and fallen heroes.
Fuck Barky and all his lackeys with the barbed cock of satan, for what they have done!
One bright spot today...was reading that Madonna got "Boooed!", in Louisiana, when she told her audience to "Vote for O".
Heh.
Linky to story in my nic, if you haven't heard about it yet.
Posted by: wheatie at October 28, 2012 07:04 PM (ipkPX)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 28, 2012 07:04 PM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Samuel Adams at October 28, 2012 07:04 PM (ZOf1l)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at October 28, 2012 07:04 PM (sQAxA)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 28, 2012 11:00 PM (TvoA7)
Momma bear I'm going to do some heavy praying the night of the 5th
I hope God doesn't answer 'And you arrrrre....?'
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 28, 2012 07:05 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: eman at October 28, 2012 07:05 PM (+XD7n)
Starting with Tom Brokaw, we hang them from lampposts one by one.
Posted by: Samuel Adams at October 28, 2012 07:05 PM (ZOf1l)
Posted by: Mo the Girl at October 28, 2012 07:06 PM (TMSM1)
Posted by: Polliwogette, teahada hobbbit who wants some R & R at October 28, 2012 07:06 PM (NYki8)
Not trying to be condescending, but for a party you have to have a composition of ideologies. If you want your party to be national and not just regional, then you have to accept that a Republican in Mass will not be as conservative as a Republican in Utah.
I'm a conservative and not a Republican, but I recognize that we have two parties in this country and seeking ideological purity guarantees you will get no loaf at all.
Only crybabies take their balls and go home, and in this election we cannot afford to.
Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at October 28, 2012 07:08 PM (vouc9)
I think some federal money must have paid for those ads. No New Yorker (outside NYC) could have made it with a straight face. It buggers belief.
Posted by: comatus at October 28, 2012 07:08 PM (qaVK+)
I guess no one read the story at the link. Brazilian police busted a cannibal ring that was selling home made empanadas on the street. Guess what was in them.
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 28, 2012 07:08 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 28, 2012 07:08 PM (BuSM8)
****
And Baier updates it with new info with each airing.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 28, 2012 07:08 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: logprof at October 28, 2012 07:09 PM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: Arbalest at October 28, 2012 07:09 PM (GKWoO)
You're new here, right?Posted by: eman at October 28, 2012 07:09 PM (+XD7n)
*I've moved to a 2nd shift job where I work from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m., Sunday nights are about it for me re: the ONT. The overtime money is stupidly good, so Imma grind for a year or two.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 28, 2012 07:10 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Arbalest at October 28, 2012 11:09 PM (GKWoO)
That would be cool, but I don't think it gets that precise.
Posted by: Polliwogette, teahada hobbbit who wants some R & R at October 28, 2012 07:10 PM (NYki8)
I have a Paulite buddy who won't vote for Romney b/c Paul is "the only real conservative in politics," and "Romney is the same as Obama." If we weren't in a reliably red state I'd punch him.
Posted by: Blacksheep at October 28, 2012 10:45 PM (nvV9F)
I discussed this with my nephew last week at my sister's birthday party. He was a primary time paul fan, but is voting for Romney no matter what.
But, I was fully willing to go ballistic on him in front of my sister and her husband at her party if he said something as stupid as won't vote for Romney b/c Paul is "the only real conservative in politics," and "Romney is the same as Obama." This election is that important, her (and my) family understands this.
Posted by: rd does not believe the MSM at October 28, 2012 07:10 PM (zLp5I)
On the top story, it shows what we lost. Those were some quality very good brave noble Americans.
I am still waiting for some smart talented person to make a viral video take off of 4 dead in
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 28, 2012 07:11 PM (PHb2k)
Posted by: Blacksheep at October 28, 2012 07:11 PM (nvV9F)
I never voted for Orin Hatch
Posted by: fluffy, Masshole at October 28, 2012 07:12 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 28, 2012 11:08 PM (BuSM
You're new here, right?
Posted by: eman at October 28, 2012 11:09 PM (+XD7n)
Oh right. The hobo thing.
I thought hobos aren't human beings?
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 28, 2012 07:12 PM (BuSM8)
Posted by: eman at October 28, 2012 07:12 PM (+XD7n)
217...Kean is Patraeus' mentor. I think he is trying to give Ham cover, or the JEF. It stinks
I don't know what's up with Kean.
But Gen Ham looked miserable in that presser he did with Panetta.
He looks like a man with a story to tell...
Panetta did all the talking in that press conference.
Gen Ham sat there, looking down at his papers and pen....fidgeting with them, and rearanging them.
It was...telling.
When Gen Ham was in Benghazi with Congressman Chafetz....Chafetz asked him about why no one was sent to help.
He told Chafetz, that forces were ready to go...but no one gave the order.
Posted by: wheatie at October 28, 2012 07:12 PM (ipkPX)
Posted by: Sexypig at October 28, 2012 07:12 PM (Ms7c8)
Well, some cops think so, so you have to be careful.Posted by: eman at October 28, 2012 07:13 PM (+XD7n)
Zimriel: How can you have a first person plural? Seems to defy logic.
Posted by: rabidfox at October 28, 2012 10:46 PM (nVjeq)
Yeah, we want an answer to that one, buddy.
Posted by: eman at October 28, 2012 10:47 PM (+XD7n)
I see what thou didst there.
Posted by: schizoid at October 28, 2012 07:13 PM (/rvfg)
Posted by: Stephanie Cutter's hooch at October 28, 2012 07:13 PM (O0v9Z)
Posted by: Blacksheep at October 28, 2012 07:13 PM (nvV9F)
Tyson Woods father this week broke my heart. I am ready to storm the gates for these SEALS who died needlessly. I am livid.
We have to win. We simply have to send these worthless thugs packing.
Do not let this story die or be blown by the wind of Sandy. I figure Sand is moving pretty fast for a hurricane (we have them stall and loop back on us, or come up the Atlantic, cut across the state, and then loop back. As we are Floriduh and special like that). I am praying for all in Sandy's path, but at least he/she is not stalling (or not the last I checked).
Mr. Windbreaker-pants bossing FEMA around like he knows what he is talking about (see: Bobby Jindal) and posting for cameras is probably hoping to be Super Squirrel to the rescue. In reality, people will be ticked off at him and not have time to vote. Those states would go to him anyway, I guess. But, you know news cycles, in 48 hours pffft, on to something else unless it is Katrina, which it is not. There will be flooding. There will be power outages. There will be mayhem by the Occupy peoples and youths, just because. But I don't think there will be a prolonged news cycle with him looking like he rode into town on his stallion. Maybe a squirrel riding into town on his moped. Have I said, today, how much they disgust me?
I am recording Bret Baier's special on Benghazi. I watched part of it and it is very good. Thank God for FOX. Thank God for people trying to get answers. Do not let these dead Americans down. If you are not evacuating, call the news agencies and ask why they are not reporting the, uh, news.
I am going to be a raving lunatic by November 7th. My husband would say, "What's new?" But he would say this quietly and out of my hearing if he is smart.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, unbanned, ready to get this done at October 28, 2012 07:13 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 28, 2012 07:13 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: logprof at October 28, 2012 11:09 PM (jKE+Z)
At this point, I'd be happy to see my beloved Fighting Irish finish #3. Preseason, I had them at 4-4 at this point. It's all gravy for me now that they're 8-0. They should be 11-0 when they go to LA to play USC and take some revenge for the '05 Bush Push. Go IRISH!
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 28, 2012 07:13 PM (lJJMb)
Hollywood is another story. I'm not sure what to do about entertainment because so far there's not much alternative. But I'll just keep what I have instead of giving more money to it. Ninety-five percent of it is easily missable anyway.
Education is the biggie. We can't keep letting the American-despising mentally dysfunctional PCers educate the majority of the next generation of voters.
Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at October 28, 2012 07:13 PM (vouc9)
Would you extend a contract to someone who did that?
Posted by: Sexypig at October 28, 2012 11:12 PM (Ms7c
I would have fired new hire Obama at the 90 day performance review
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 28, 2012 07:13 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 28, 2012 07:14 PM (Dnbau)
Romney wants to de-fund PBS. Obama wants to replace Joe Biden with Big Bird.
Posted by: fluffy at October 28, 2012 07:14 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: fluffy, Masshole at October 28, 2012 11:12 PM (z9HTb)
___
Bless your New England heart.
Posted by: Mia Love at October 28, 2012 07:14 PM (AUeaU)
Its April 1st already? Damn!
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 28, 2012 07:14 PM (dGzRv)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 28, 2012 07:14 PM (79EF9)
Stop. Who would cross the Test of Death must answer me these questions three, ere the other side he see.
What... is your name?
What... is your quest?
What... is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?
Posted by: cthulhu at October 28, 2012 07:15 PM (kaalw)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffRsVNP81bg
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 28, 2012 07:15 PM (piMMO)
Time after time, Republican just meant "socialism a little slower." I won't make fun of people who don't like that. Not that I'm complaining, mind you.
Republicans are for Missouri statehood, a Kansas with no slavery, and federal subsidy for a transcontinental railroad. Always have been, too. Like a sacred trust.
Posted by: comatus at October 28, 2012 07:15 PM (qaVK+)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 28, 2012 07:15 PM (M5RGl)
yeah.. that just happened.
--------------------------------------------
That guy was either senile or a flat-out liar. He said that everything was over with in ONE HOUR. That is absolutely false. And Herridge has evidence of troop movements which were put on hold.
I have seen that guy on a couple of shows, and he is 100% democrat.
Posted by: Miss Marple at October 28, 2012 07:15 PM (GoIUi)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 28, 2012 07:15 PM (TvoA7)
Pat Caddell Hammers Obama and MSM on Benghazi: “These people have no honor!”
http://tinyurl.com/8cz8dg2
Posted by: kbdabear at October 28, 2012 07:15 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Tony253 at October 28, 2012 07:15 PM (3yMFT)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 28, 2012 07:16 PM (BuSM8)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 28, 2012 07:16 PM (TvoA7)
Posted by: logprof at October 28, 2012 07:16 PM (jKE+Z)
On the 6th, after work I am
1) Voting
2) Saying a rosary
3) Settling in for a long night of (hopefully celebratory) drinking
Posted by: Palandine at October 28, 2012 07:17 PM (g7D8V)
Well, I'll probably lose power tomorrow, so that should cut down on my posting.
Night all.....see ya in a week or so. ;o)
Posted by: Tami at October 28, 2012 07:17 PM (X6akg)
He doesn't need to talk about them. When he pissed on your desk and set your trash can on fire, that kinda spoke for itself.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 28, 2012 07:17 PM (dGzRv)
108 In a sane world, Romney would be up on Obama 75-25 or better.
Unfortunately a lot of the inmates are loose and disguised as "normal" people.
Posted by: That Bitch Karma at October 28, 2012 07:17 PM (wSTfB)
Posted by: eman at October 28, 2012 07:17 PM (+XD7n)
Posted by: Tony253 at October 28, 2012 11:15 PM (3yMFT)
you are correct sir
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 28, 2012 07:18 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 28, 2012 07:18 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 28, 2012 07:19 PM (TvoA7)
No,..... I don't think it was dick in them......(trails off)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 28, 2012 07:19 PM (pFqpP)
Chester, Southern Indiana here, and it is y'all predominantly.
You're to far south. You're in Kentucky.
Posted by: That Bitch Karma at October 28, 2012 07:19 PM (wSTfB)
One that I don't see represented is "y'iz," which is a very local colloquialism to the less-educated on the south coast of Bristol County from Buzzard's Bay through about Attleboro... A very small geographical area with maybe 400k residents and no city bigger than about 55k.
Posted by: Truman North at October 28, 2012 10:25 PM (I2LwF)
I'm a MA resident who uses y'all too, although I have Virginian roots. Agree though, it's just easier to say.
Posted by: Uncle Milty at October 28, 2012 07:19 PM (sCI7M)
We shall see if they (Alabama) survives the test against LSU in Baton Rouge. Take a look...Texas Tech loses to Oklahoma but destroys West Virginia. Kansas State destroys not only Texas Tech but also West Virginia at Morgantown. Kansas State also beats Oklahoma at Norman. Alabama has only played one seriously ranked team at killed them at home. Don't be so assured the SEC is all that this year.
Posted by: Samuel Adams at October 28, 2012 07:19 PM (ZOf1l)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 28, 2012 07:20 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Blacksheep at October 28, 2012 07:20 PM (nvV9F)
I really need a sedative. This chamomile tea ain't working.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, unbanned, ready to get this done at October 28, 2012 07:20 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 28, 2012 07:20 PM (M5RGl)
Posted by: Sexypig at October 28, 2012 07:20 PM (Ms7c8)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 28, 2012 07:21 PM (TvoA7)
Posted by: Lilys at October 28, 2012 07:21 PM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 28, 2012 07:22 PM (Dnbau)
Also: leaping kitteh reminded me of the leaping raptor in Jurassic Park, which I thought at the time was an amazing bit of computer-generated animation, in that it got the animal's muscular dynamics, perspective AND gravitational effects just right.
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at October 28, 2012 07:22 PM (2c1Cq)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 28, 2012 07:22 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: ChrisP at October 28, 2012 07:22 PM (tU8ec)
Posted by: Truman North at October 28, 2012 10:25 PM (I2LwF)
Didn't su Y'unz either. That PA expression. From the place where you "let" a message on an answering machine.
Posted by: Polliwogette, teahada hobbbit who wants some R & R at October 28, 2012 07:22 PM (NYki8)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 28, 2012 07:23 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Blacksheep at October 28, 2012 07:23 PM (nvV9F)
Lyrics
Ohio
Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming,
Four dead in Ohio.
Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are cutting us down
Should have been done long ago.
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?
Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are cutting us down
Should have been done long ago.
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?
Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming,
Four dead in Ohio.
Posted by: rd does not believe the MSM at October 28, 2012 07:24 PM (zLp5I)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 28, 2012 07:24 PM (PNi9V)
I'd pass on that and go to the one for lesbians and make sure I had a lot of spare SD cards for my camera.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 28, 2012 07:24 PM (dGzRv)
Heh.
E.A. Poe would be amused.
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at October 28, 2012 07:24 PM (2c1Cq)
Posted by: Disaffected S03E03 TWD Viewer at October 28, 2012 07:24 PM (3ziXJ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 28, 2012 07:26 PM (Z9EHQ)
Not so FAB-U-LOUS!
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at October 28, 2012 07:26 PM (DKxu1)
****
Celestial Seasonings Sleepytime Tea is amazing stuff. I can't quite place the aroma, but it is incredibly relaxing with a touch of honey added to it.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 28, 2012 07:26 PM (piMMO)
Should have been Okie State and LSU last year.
Posted by: Samuel Adams at October 28, 2012 07:27 PM (ZOf1l)
umm... they're New York City lesbians
they are more likely to be of the bull dyke Rosie O'Donnell type than of the hawt college coed experimentation type
Posted by: chemjeff at October 28, 2012 07:27 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 28, 2012 07:27 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 28, 2012 07:27 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: andycanuck at October 28, 2012 07:27 PM (nkiQM)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 28, 2012 07:27 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 28, 2012 07:27 PM (8sCoq)
"NBC: What story?"
Go to Newsbusters, they have a post on how the Sunday morning shows didn't just ignore Benghazi today, they proactively shut down any conservative that brought it up this morning.
Posted by: lowandslow at October 28, 2012 07:28 PM (GZitp)
For those who have seen it before, does it keep being this awesome throughout?
Posted by: Palandine at October 28, 2012 07:28 PM (g7D8V)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 28, 2012 07:29 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Samuel Adams at October 28, 2012 11:19 PM (ZOf1l)
hmmm...Who else beat OU in Norman in a night game? I'm not saying Notre Dame is on the same level as Bama or KSU, but it makes me happy to see them in the same conversation. I was inclined to believe the gamblers' wisdom that OU would cover, even though they were -12.5, but last night both OU and ND played clean games - few penalties and only one (OU) turnover overall. The Fighting Irish have earned their way back to national prominence.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 28, 2012 07:29 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Roger Goodell at October 28, 2012 07:30 PM (ZOf1l)
Posted by: Palandine at October 28, 2012 07:30 PM (g7D8V)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 28, 2012 07:30 PM (M5RGl)
Posted by: eman at October 28, 2012 07:31 PM (+XD7n)
Re: Kosher shelters--There are 1.5 million Jews in New York City. About 1/3 of them are Orthodox, most of whom live in low-lying parts of Brooklyn that are likely to get swamped by Sandy. The Orthodox take kashruth very seriously, and since there are hundreds of thousands of them, and since kosher food is readily available in NYC, providing them with kosher shelter seems eminently reasonable to me.
By the way, the Orthodox are increasingly likely to vote Republican--treat them nicely.
Posted by: Burke at October 28, 2012 07:31 PM (9N3G1)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 28, 2012 07:31 PM (Dnbau)
***
Because transcontinental jet leg just isn't severe enough. Then again, he's sending over the Jags so, what's it gonna hurt?
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 28, 2012 07:31 PM (piMMO)
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT3+shtml/290247.shtml?
Its a big'un
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 28, 2012 07:31 PM (dGzRv)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 28, 2012 07:32 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 28, 2012 07:32 PM (79EF9)
Our office assistant here is a huge ND fan. She is bummed she isn't going to be able to see any of their games.
Posted by: chemjeff at October 28, 2012 07:32 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: chemjeff at October 28, 2012 07:33 PM (d/5qf)
****
I Binged something a few days ago and BOOM! a topless photo of Miss Marceau popped up.
*tilts head
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 28, 2012 07:33 PM (piMMO)
Yes, I'm being a crybaby by being outraged that the majority of the country's major news outlets are refusing to even mention the worst dereliction of duty by an American president in history, which allowed American citizens to be murdered simply so the president could be reelected.
I'm being a crybaby by being outraged by every single person in the administration--possibly even a man I admire greatly, General Petraeus--letting the president skate on this criminal act.
I'm being a crybaby by being outraged by the corruption and compromising of every single one of our institutions, including the federal government, our media, our military, and our intelligence apparatuses.
This is just whining on my part. I really should grow up.
Thanks for talking sene into me. How can I ever repay you?
Posted by: Llarry at October 28, 2012 07:33 PM (5l2tw)
************
Myself, I want to punch out Hucklebee when he plays bass on the stage.
Someone said they couldn't stand to see him "pickin' and grinnin'".
Perfect.
Me neither.
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at October 28, 2012 07:33 PM (2c1Cq)
I hope I'm not misunderstanding you as you covered a lot of pastures in your post--not to mention I've had a couple of glasses of wine--but what I got was you think conservatives should want to keep everything the same as it's always been. My conservatism is the kind that believes a lot of what we've been doing has worked for a long time. It doesn't mean there's no room for improvement, but that change should be looked at skeptically and with a great appreciation for unintended consequences.
To name a specific, immigration--which seems to divide "country club" Republicans from paleoconservatives (which is more my style). I would love to think Mexicans can be assimilated into the American melting pot just as so many previous waves of immigrants have. What I've seen so far in the American West, however, makes me skeptical.
I will discuss it with country club Republicans, provided they not take the "you're a racist" approach (just as a Democrat would) or the Rick Perry tactic of telling me I don't have a heart. It seems reactionary to me to think immigration is something that can be prevented without draconian methods that are as counter freedom as market controls would be. Even so, let's not commit cultural suicide in the name of libertarian principles.
Pragmatism does not have to mean a lack of principles but rather than one's principles are pragmatic rather than quixotic.
Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at October 28, 2012 07:33 PM (vouc9)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 28, 2012 11:30 PM (M5RGl)
FIFY. "Braveheart" Sophie Marceau is heartbreakingly beautiful.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 28, 2012 07:33 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 28, 2012 07:34 PM (Z9EHQ)
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Yeah. The flu ain't no head-cold, that's for sure.
Hang in there and stay hydrated.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 28, 2012 07:34 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at October 28, 2012 07:34 PM (vouc9)
Brave Seals Saving and Obama leaving ,
We finally want to see.
This Fall I hear the drumming,
Four dead in Benghazi.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 28, 2012 07:34 PM (PHb2k)
Pray for this country. Vote. Then pray some more.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, unbanned, ready to get this done at October 28, 2012 07:35 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: kbdabear at October 28, 2012 07:35 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 28, 2012 07:36 PM (Z9EHQ)
Like, hey what are yinz guys up to?
Posted by: Ben
**************
Missed your comment. Glad to hear they still use it.
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at October 28, 2012 07:36 PM (2c1Cq)
Posted by: Mr Chips at October 28, 2012 07:36 PM (ico3p)
Yes, Roger has been seriously talking about that very thing. Of course he also talks about anal fisting, watersports, and BDSM with guys so there is that.
I hate Roger Goodell with the heat of a thousand suns. He is an example of a CEO politically correct fucking pussy who should be found dead of a GHB overdose at a Manhattan bathhouse.
Posted by: Samuel Adams at October 28, 2012 07:37 PM (ZOf1l)
Posted by: logprof at October 28, 2012 07:37 PM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: booger at October 28, 2012 07:38 PM (HI6wa)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 28, 2012 07:39 PM (M5RGl)
I hate Roger Goodell with the heat of a thousand suns. He is an example of a CEO politically correct fucking pussy who should be found dead of a GHB overdose at a Manhattan bathhouse.
Posted by: Samuel Adams at October 28, 2012 11:37 PM (ZOf1l)
Cut. Jib. Newsletter. Lemme know.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 28, 2012 07:39 PM (lJJMb)
New Venture Bros Halloween special on Adult Swim tonight.
First new episode since -- November 2010? Not counting that Shallow Gravy video short last year.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at October 28, 2012 07:39 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: logprof at October 28, 2012 07:40 PM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 28, 2012 07:40 PM (Z9EHQ)
First new episode since -- November 2010? Not counting that Shallow Gravy video short last year.
****
New episode of, ugh, Superjail tonight too.
I want more Squidbillies!
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 28, 2012 07:41 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 28, 2012 07:41 PM (Z9EHQ)
They found that male and female pilots performed equally well under normal conditions.
Ha ha ha. That's funny.
Posted by: somebody else, not me at October 28, 2012 07:41 PM (nZvGM)
The hottest woman ever in the Sophie Marceau class--European, perfectly-figured brunette--however, is Monica Bellucci.
Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at October 28, 2012 07:42 PM (vouc9)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 28, 2012 11:41 PM (Z9EHQ)
then I brought up Jill St John and declared victory
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 28, 2012 07:42 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 28, 2012 07:43 PM (Z9EHQ)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_Ds6m_vgYc
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 28, 2012 07:43 PM (nmzDX)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 28, 2012 07:43 PM (79EF9)
No, it's always, "Yay, the Democrat won! I wonder why I don't have any money any more, why my friends don't have jobs, why everything costs so much. Oh hey, time to vote! I'm voting for the Democrat."
It's a viewpoint I encounter in a disturbing amount of people. And before you ask, no, they answer any criticism of their methodology with the usual sing-song Liberal talking-points ("Oh, so you want poor people to starve!")
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 28, 2012 07:43 PM (Y0jT/)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 28, 2012 07:44 PM (M5RGl)
The hottest woman ever in the Sophie Marceau class--European, perfectly-figured brunette--however, is Monica Bellucci.
****
I remember what it was I binged the other night. We were talking about David Spade and I looked up the movie he was in with Sophie Marceau and nude photos popped up.
BTW, she doesn't shave..... down there.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 28, 2012 07:44 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: logprof at October 28, 2012 07:45 PM (jKE+Z)
fire island "fairy is absolutely packed, never seen it packed this tightly"
Hey guys! Hurricane bareback party!
Posted by: Barney Frank at October 28, 2012 07:45 PM (ZOf1l)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 28, 2012 07:45 PM (tWrwm)
I prefer Constitutionalist. or some similar form that carries the same connotation that one prefers that the States, Federal Goverment, elected representatives and senators adhere strictly to the original document and amendments.
This would also include the oversight and the reining in of the overreach performed constantly by the SCOTUS by Congress.
The addition of regulations governing swift penalty upon those who deviate from that constitution would be a pro pos but not mandatory.
In the sense we are "conserving" and preserving the original plan as set forth is a possible interpretation that may be useful.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 28, 2012 07:45 PM (Vh0f5)
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I brew a k-cup each night and add in Sourwood honey, which, BTW, has no equal.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 28, 2012 07:45 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 28, 2012 07:46 PM (Z9EHQ)
I love it when there's carpet downstairs. This linoleum craze has gone too far
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 28, 2012 07:46 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 28, 2012 07:46 PM (nmzDX)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 28, 2012 07:47 PM (M5RGl)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 28, 2012 07:48 PM (Z9EHQ)
Can't we at least agree on a landing strip?
Posted by: Samuel Adams at October 28, 2012 07:48 PM (ZOf1l)
SFW and best image I could find.
http://tinyurl.com/9w4qwy5
Posted by: Buzzsaw at October 28, 2012 07:48 PM (tnEex)
Posted by: The Chap with the App at October 28, 2012 07:48 PM (fscec)
Posted by: Jean at October 28, 2012 07:49 PM (bZKG0)
Someone mentioned Barbara Bach upthread. I recall that was one thing sort of turned me off about her. She had one of those very narrow landing strips back before all the anti-pube rage.
Nowadays I'm more, whatever, but used to I thought it was not at all aesthetic.
Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at October 28, 2012 07:49 PM (vouc9)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 28, 2012 07:49 PM (dGzRv)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 28, 2012 07:49 PM (Dnbau)
Posted by: eman at October 28, 2012 07:49 PM (+XD7n)
placing #3 on the commenter's list has forced me to re-examine everything I'm doing, and it's not good
I resolve to drop out of the rankings forthwith
goodnight
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 28, 2012 07:49 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 28, 2012 07:50 PM (M5RGl)
Posted by: eman at October 28, 2012 11:49 PM (+XD7n)
the plusher the better
PEACE OUT
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 28, 2012 07:50 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Samuel Adams at October 28, 2012 07:50 PM (ZOf1l)
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Puhyleeze!
http://tinyurl.com/9m4chrz
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 28, 2012 07:51 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Jean at October 28, 2012 07:52 PM (tmzN0)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 28, 2012 07:52 PM (M5RGl)
Posted by: eman at October 28, 2012 07:53 PM (+XD7n)
There are country clubs and country clubs, I imagine, but my idea of a country-club repub would quietly see to it that the flow of cheap labor was not shut off. While giving a speech on our national honor, of course. And they'd put out a lot of melting-pot gravy, too, so you wouldn't notice that we'd pulled down the fence and left the gate open and not even asked our new citizens to sign in. Those poor anchor babies -- who'll look after them? But I get the feeling you didn't really want to talk about immigration.
One embarrassment in the GOP tradition is that they inherited the Whigs' "internal improvement" yen, and it has caused them again and again to intervene in the economy, and make federal "investments," that play to the other side's advantage. It's been the Wobblies and the Chamber of Commerce arguing over who gets your money, and control over your dealings and this or that aspect of your life.
No one now alive, or their grandparents, ever saw unfettered capitalism, or a market dominated by small businesses. Some conservatives would like to see that once before they die. In a well-rounded, complete and socialized Republican party, they never will. It has never been what the big Party stood for.
Posted by: comatus at October 28, 2012 07:53 PM (qaVK+)
****
A bikini with little cherries on it.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 28, 2012 07:53 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 28, 2012 07:54 PM (Dnbau)
When Shugart and Gordon went down that day to provide cover for the downed Blackhawk, they were not sure how many were still alive (only Mike Durant survived), but were almost sure they were going on a one way mission due to the dearth of any expected relief coming. They were brave men, who gave their last full measure to save their teamates. It wasn't told in "Blackhawk Down", but the wounded and crippled Mike Durant was later clubbed with the arm of one the Delta guys the Sammies had ripped off his body. It was estimated that Shugart and Gordon killed or wounded over 300 Sammies before they ran out of ammo. With their heavily modified M14's that they carried.
Woods and Doherty were expecting relief soon from the mobilized operators that were standing by in Signorella (Sicily). It would have been a couple of hours, but they were expecting relief would come. Their cover fire didn't help Ambassador Stevens, but it did buy time for 20 other embassy employees to escape to the "safe house" nearby. Even the CIA on the ground was mystified by the lack of relief sent.
Why Panetta and Obama did not allow relief to come is a mystery, to be sure. I would not trust Hillary! on anything she says after the fact, because she has played along with the lie just like they did. My guess is that Obama already knew that Stevens was dead, and did not see the point in killing a bunch more "brown people" to extract a couple of ex-military "pawns" in the great game of nations.
Obama, like Clinton before him, is at times very intellectually flaccid, despite claims to his high IQ. They were both lazy about keeping up with their daily intelligence briefs, and tried to catch up. Careless, lazy "intellectuals", careless with people's lives.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...... at October 28, 2012 07:54 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: Jean at October 28, 2012 07:55 PM (tmzN0)
Did the Giants win the WS?
Posted by: eman at October 28, 2012 11:53 PM (+XD7n)
Fraid so
Posted by: Red Shirt at October 28, 2012 07:55 PM (FIDMq)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 28, 2012 07:56 PM (dGzRv)
Five of the Top 6 seeds in FF fell tonight.
I might make it to the Top 6 after tomorrow's game.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 28, 2012 07:56 PM (piMMO)
Anyway, stay safe and dry, East Coast morons. That includes me-- sitting here in coastal CT listening to the wind pick up outside.
Posted by: Basement Cat at October 28, 2012 07:56 PM (xj89Y)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 28, 2012 07:57 PM (GX2fm)
Agreed.
Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at October 28, 2012 07:57 PM (vouc9)
Posted by: logprof at October 28, 2012 07:58 PM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: logprof at October 28, 2012 11:58 PM (jKE+Z)
And less Joe Buck!!
Feel bad for Illitch though, not sure how much longer he will be around
Posted by: Red Shirt at October 28, 2012 07:59 PM (FIDMq)
Posted by: Tickled Pink at October 28, 2012 08:00 PM (wdXri)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 28, 2012 08:00 PM (Dnbau)
Did the Giants win the WS?
Posted by: eman at October 28, 2012 11:53 PM (+XD7n)
Here, too (Santa Clara). I was wondering WTF was special about October 28.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 28, 2012 08:00 PM (kaalw)
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I once asked a friend who was walking a line for Consolidated Freightways why she was doing it.
She: Because the unions are trying to protect us from part-time workers taking our jobs.
Me: So, what happens if the union bankrupts the company? I mean, they aren't making any money while you're out here walking the line for a fraction of your working wages.
She didn't like the tone of my question.
So, I asked her just how damned good her union representation could be if every single time the contract came up for renewal, she found herself on strike or threatening to strike.
She didn't like that question either.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 28, 2012 08:01 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: navybrat in CA at October 28, 2012 08:02 PM (RDSym)
From the time that they were down 3-1 in the NLCS, they won 7 straight
Posted by: chemjeff at October 28, 2012 08:02 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: eman at October 28, 2012 08:03 PM (+XD7n)
Posted by: logprof at October 28, 2012 08:03 PM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: HenryVlosesAgincourt at October 28, 2012 08:05 PM (jn5Ou)
Posted by: navybrat in CA at October 29, 2012 12:02 AM (RDSym)
All y'all requires a "Fuck" in front of it.
Posted by: buzzion at October 28, 2012 08:05 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Tickled Pink at October 28, 2012 08:05 PM (wdXri)
Thou - singular
Ye - plural
Modern English regionalisms to indicate plural: youse, younz, y'all.
And of course: "you guys"
More formal: you all
Posted by: hey, you guys at October 28, 2012 08:05 PM (Q2wni)
at 1700 EDT, heading 55 degrees at 15 mph
at 2000, heading 45 degrees at 15 mph
at 2300, heading 35 degrees at 14 mph 34.5 N 70.5 W
Bending to the north 10 degrees every three hours
Posted by: kbdabear at October 28, 2012 08:06 PM (wwsoB)
I always hear bitching like this, and then I all too frequently watch the very same conservatives who had been bitching then busily sucking down the sports and entertainment product produced by the same left-wing media combines.
Hate ABC "News", for example? Rancid leftist trash like Brian Ross at ABC "News"?
Then you better stop patronizing ABC Sports. And Disney. And Pixar. All part of the very same media conglomerate.
If you want to be free of the beast, start to starve it.
Posted by: torquewrench at October 28, 2012 08:06 PM (ymG7s)
Debates hurt Obama in Ohio.
Ohio college grads favor Romney.
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20121028/NEWS010601/310280047
"Twenty-three percent said the debates made them more likely to vote for Romney, 14 percent for Obama."
" College graduates favored Romney 53 percent to 45 percent. Those with less education were more likely to choose Obama."
All your base are belong to us
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 28, 2012 08:06 PM (dGzRv)
Posted by: kbdabear at October 29, 2012 12:06 AM (wwsoB)
If you have an erection lasting more than 4 hours, consult your doctor immediately.
Posted by: Awkward PSA at October 28, 2012 08:07 PM (FIDMq)
at 1700 EDT, heading 55 degrees at 15 mph
at 2000, heading 45 degrees at 15 mph
at 2300, heading 35 degrees at 14 mph 34.5 N 70.5 W
Bending to the north 10 degrees every three hours
***
The NHS has been doing a fantastic job of predicting landfalls lately. There has been very little change in the forecast model for days.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 28, 2012 08:07 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 28, 2012 08:08 PM (M7Cfv)
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 28, 2012 08:08 PM (JMmQ9)
There goes another lefty meme down the tubes.
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 28, 2012 08:08 PM (nmzDX)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 28, 2012 08:09 PM (Rhie+)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 28, 2012 08:09 PM (kaalw)
In Eva Green I find beauty, that delicate pinch of feminine spice with which she oftens flavors her interludes.
Hmm. I was thinking that I'd like to bang her like a screen door in Hurricane Sandy's winds.
Posted by: somebody else, not me at October 28, 2012 08:10 PM (nZvGM)
Posted by: Trimegistus at October 28, 2012 08:11 PM (+1IUe)
Posted by: Jean at October 28, 2012 08:11 PM (iy7de)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 28, 2012 08:11 PM (bxiXv)
Vietnam! It worked for the left...
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 28, 2012 08:13 PM (dGzRv)
The success of anything is a product of the thing and its environment. I don't think a conservative can be religious even about capitalism and think it optimal for every environment or situation.
As a guiding principle, small is good--in government and in business. Much of the purpose of government in my opinion is to prevent power from being concentrated in violation of this principle: you want a government strong enough only to keep the playing field level, not to--as Romney said in the debate--try to pick winners and losers.
The natural tendency, however, is for power to draw more power to itself, even in the market place. I don't think it's possible for an unfettered capitalism of small businesses to exist--at least not for any reasonable time. As Adam Smith wrote, "People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices."
Posted by: Nicholas Kronos at October 28, 2012 08:13 PM (vouc9)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at October 28, 2012 08:14 PM (tnEex)
Posted by: buzzion at October 28, 2012 08:14 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Red Shirt at October 28, 2012 08:16 PM (FIDMq)
Posted by: logprof at October 28, 2012 08:17 PM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: Red Shirt at October 29, 2012 12:16 AM (FIDMq)
Don't wear the red shirt.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 28, 2012 08:18 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Eric Cartman at October 28, 2012 08:18 PM (jKE+Z)
idea why or where this urge is coming from - my wife says to much
Survivorman, and hopefully drag my 2 boys along when they get old
enough. Any recommendations or reading?
Posted by: Red Shirt at October 29, 2012 12:16 AM (FIDMq)
Don't wear the red shirt.
****
As a safety precaution, don't forget to rub beef jerky all over your body before heading out.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 28, 2012 08:19 PM (piMMO)
It's possible there's something wrong with her firearms handling but I'll need to watch it several times to be sure.
Posted by: DaveA at October 28, 2012 08:20 PM (wcjj2)
Posted by: Trimegistus at October 28, 2012 08:20 PM (+1IUe)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 28, 2012 08:20 PM (bxiXv)
don't ask me why plural address is a sign of respect, but i assume it hearkens back to the use of אלוהים elohim (plural of אלוה eloah, "god") as an epithet for the monotheistic god of the hebrews. i'm sure the royal "we" is related, somehow.Posted by: jimi ray at October 28, 2012 08:20 PM (79EF9)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 29, 2012 12:19 AM (piMMO)
I had forgotten the font of knowledge the AOS was, I must tap it more often
Posted by: Red Shirt at October 28, 2012 08:21 PM (FIDMq)
Posted by: kbdabear at October 28, 2012 08:23 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Trimegistus at October 28, 2012 08:23 PM (+1IUe)
Posted by: logprof at October 28, 2012 08:23 PM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama committed treason at October 28, 2012 08:23 PM (AZGON)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 29, 2012 12:19 AM (piMMO)
I had forgotten the font of knowledge the AOS was, I must tap it more often
Posted by: Red Shirt at October 29, 2012 12:21 AM (FIDMq)
Shouldn't that be hobo jerky?
Posted by: cthulhu at October 28, 2012 08:24 PM (kaalw)
The key is to recognize the problem before they become big businesses.
1) Death penalty as an option for criminal and civil suits against corporations. Not "Eliminate the company", but "Split the company into five slices so they farking realize they've done something wrong and avoid it next time instead of just passing the fees to the consumer." Bankruptcy breaks contracts - allow suits to break the contracts (golden parachutes) with the executives steering the ship.
2) Too big to fail means too big. If you're actually such an important business, we shouldn't be single-sourcing this stuff anyway. Do the same thing as 'Death Penalty', but decide to bail out the slices if you have to.
3) The anti-trust stuff should kick in as soon as there are 10-or-fewer companies in the field. The default answer should be only waver between "No" and "Hell No" on mergers of the top tier.
Posted by: Al at October 28, 2012 08:24 PM (MzQOZ)
Try not to be too driven to reach a objective. My father took me and my brothers on a canoeing trip in the Boundary Waters. He had a goal to travel X miles per day. I would have been happier to have gone out to a remote location, set camp and explore. I may have learned an important life lesson from his goal oriented style but something to think about in planning your trip so the boys will look forward to a second.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at October 28, 2012 08:24 PM (tnEex)
Well, if I may say so, Dude.
That's a quote from Hegel. It's the Hegelian synthesis.
How did I maneuver you way over there? All right, "capitalism" is Marx's term, and real gentlemen don't use it. Maybe I should have said free enterprise, or individual entrepreneurs. Looking past that, if a conservative isn't "religious" (your term) about capitalism, he's just a Tory. You can't possibly mean that, so I'm going to just let this go.
Maybe we'll talk another time.
Posted by: comatus at October 28, 2012 08:25 PM (qaVK+)
How anyone could have a bad word to saw about that Manti T'eo.....they would just have to have a lot of darkness in their soul, I'd say.
Search for his Jim Rome interview. It is the epitome of poised, classy, inspirational.
Posted by: Tickled Pink at October 29, 2012 12:00 AM (wdXri)
And FYI, he's a Mormon - at Notre Dame...
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 28, 2012 08:26 PM (JwW4z)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 28, 2012 08:26 PM (bxiXv)
@ 463
Nope, you're wrong about that. I did a quick check on various etymology sites wrt to English usage. Ye and You were always plural. Thou always singular.
Posted by: hey, you guys at October 28, 2012 08:27 PM (Q2wni)
261 Y'know, chemjeff, we morons could help you write your test:
Stop. Who would cross the Test of Death must answer me these questions three, ere the other side he see.
What... is your name?
What... is your quest?
What... is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?
Posted by: cthulhu at October 28, 2012 11:15 PM (kaalw)
You fotgot the ,most important question... What.... is your favorite color????
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 28, 2012 08:27 PM (JwW4z)
Posted by: YIKES! at October 28, 2012 08:28 PM (PlCer)
Posted by: YIKES! at October 29, 2012 12:28 AM (PlCer)
I am telling you. God is fucking fed up with the liberal coasts.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Benghazi Came Home to Roost Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 28, 2012 08:28 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: Trimegistus at October 28, 2012 08:29 PM (+1IUe)
Posted by: logprof at October 28, 2012 08:29 PM (jKE+Z)
Speaking of Bond broads, Ursula Andress posed nude for Playboy when she was 50. There's probably a pic somewhere on the web.
Posted by: oldie but goodie at October 28, 2012 08:30 PM (Q2wni)
Not if Sandy and massive Cali Earthquakes go postal.
There will only be a red america.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Benghazi Came Home to Roost Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 28, 2012 08:30 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: Ben Ghazi at October 28, 2012 08:30 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 29, 2012 12:28 AM (Dnbau)
I'm OK but this is the second house shaker in eight days.
Posted by: YIKES! at October 28, 2012 08:30 PM (PlCer)
Posted by: Dr. Hans Zarkov at October 28, 2012 08:30 PM (AZGON)
300 Did anyone else look at Pittsburgh's uni today and wonder if the players might have taken too strong a stand against wearing pink and pissed off the wrong person.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 28, 2012 11:23 PM (piMMO)
Howdy y'all (standard Texas greeting...) - just getting caught up, obviously. Didn't see the Steelers game, but when I saw the highlights, I couldn't believe it. Those have to be the WORST "alternate" unis they've come up with yet. I wonder if the Redskins were overcome by hysterical laughter when they first saw 'em.
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 28, 2012 08:30 PM (JwW4z)
Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 12:23 AM (jKE+Z)
Umm...2007 Rockies swept the Diamondbacks and then got swept by RedSox, I think there have been 21 Sweeps in WS history including tonight
Posted by: Red Shirt at October 28, 2012 08:31 PM (FIDMq)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 28, 2012 08:31 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at October 28, 2012 08:31 PM (tnEex)
Posted by: comatus at October 28, 2012 08:31 PM (qaVK+)
Posted by: shake, rattle, and roll at October 28, 2012 08:32 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: Adriane at October 28, 2012 08:32 PM (/OhbZ)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 29, 2012 12:29 AM (Dnbau)
If Frogs start falling from the sky, would libs still vote Obama?
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Benghazi Came Home to Roost Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 28, 2012 08:32 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 28, 2012 08:32 PM (Dnbau)
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 29, 2012 12:26 AM (JwW4z)
--Inneresting. I knew he was religious and Hawaiian, but did not even think Mormon.
Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 12:29 AM (jKE+Z)
After I heard his post-game interview, I got curious and checked - there are a lot of Mormons in Hawaii and especially in the Samoan community - I think the Mormons targeted them a long, long time ago.
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 28, 2012 08:32 PM (JwW4z)
Posted by: logprof at October 28, 2012 08:33 PM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama committed treason at October 28, 2012 08:33 PM (AZGON)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 28, 2012 08:33 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Emperor MING at October 28, 2012 08:33 PM (+1IUe)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 28, 2012 08:34 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 28, 2012 08:35 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 12:23 AM (jKE+Z)
Posting another one, 1990 Oakland A swept the ALCS to get swept by the Reds, I like looking stuff up
Posted by: Red Shirt at October 28, 2012 08:35 PM (FIDMq)
Posted by: Freddy Mercury at October 28, 2012 08:35 PM (+1IUe)
Posted by: logprof at October 28, 2012 08:35 PM (jKE+Z)
--The Broncos has similarly awful throwbacks, with vertical stripes on the socks.
I have to think that such uniforms were designed so as to allow viewers to distinguish between teams back in the days of black-and-white TV.
Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 12:33 AM (jKE+Z)
Ah, the good old days! I remember my dad getting this contraption from Sony - wooden box with three small portable televisions (like 9 inch screens), all black and white, so that you could watch football on all three (total) networks on the weekends...
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 28, 2012 08:36 PM (JwW4z)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 28, 2012 08:36 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Ming the Merciless at October 28, 2012 08:37 PM (AZGON)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 28, 2012 08:37 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: YIKES! at October 29, 2012 12:28 AM (PlCer)
Eh, it's only a 4.2.
Those poor Canadian bastards have had more than 60 4.0's and above over the last 24 hours.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 28, 2012 08:37 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Tickled Pink at October 28, 2012 08:37 PM (wdXri)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 28, 2012 08:38 PM (Z9EHQ)
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lol
Posted by: Jebediah Kerman at October 28, 2012 08:38 PM (1c58W)
Posted by: logprof at October 28, 2012 08:38 PM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 28, 2012 08:38 PM (Dnbau)
After the 1st Gulf War I went to Korea, so I didn't deploy to Somalia. When that mess went down, and it came out that Aspin turned down requests to use armor, as it wouldn't look good (but dead Americans dragged through the streets looked just dandy), you could hear the jaw of every soldier/sailor/airman/marine in the ROK clench, teeth being ground into nubs in anger.
Interestingly, Aspin was in Korea several months later for a big conference. I was tasked to work for said conference (the downside of having a TS clearance). I didn't see a single uniformed individual even look at Aspin, never mind talk to him if not absolutely necessary. I think that the fat fuck died shortly after this.
He broke faith with those soldiers. While on active duty, I was willing to go anywhere my country needed me, no matter the circumstances or danger. All I expected was that the civilian leadership would not abandon me and my brothers in arms. Aspen broke that faith. Now so has Panetta.
Posted by: Mr Chips at October 28, 2012 08:39 PM (ico3p)
Anyone hearing the galloping hooves of four horses?
Maybe the Mayans were right about 2012.
(Yes, I know. I'm mixing my eschatology.)
Posted by: Gabriel, blowing his trumpet at October 28, 2012 08:40 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: Texas Ranger at October 28, 2012 08:40 PM (IvvrO)
Hey, baseball's over. No more hanging curveballs, please.
I think it's high time we do away with this Championship Series, and select the Series teams by popular vote, like the presidency. In Obama's second term, they might not even have to play the games.
TFG didn't come out for Detroit until after they swept the Yankees.
Posted by: comatus at October 28, 2012 08:40 PM (qaVK+)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 28, 2012 08:41 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 28, 2012 08:41 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Ming the Merciless at October 28, 2012 08:41 PM (AZGON)
Is there a problem with that?
Here is the thing with the Mormonism issue. You will hear no one speak of T'eo or his faith in an ill way- and they shouldn't. Catholic or not, he is a superb ambassador for the school itself, and an excellent example of what it means to be a faithful God-fearing human being. Everyone who speaks of T'eo talks about his morals, his character, his decency. Again, as well they should.
BUT, we have a man running for the President of the US. And, he is a Mormon. And people seem to be using his faith to detract from his morality. Some extremists won't even vote for him, because he is not a "real" Christian. He believes in God and proclaims Christ as his Savior, that's good enough for me. Some people on the left use his faith to show how backwards he is. How his non-smoking, non-drinking, non-swearing, is actually a BAD thing. He's less relatible. He thinks its the 1950s. Still others fear the effect that his Mormon faith can have on social issues, like abortion and gay marriage. Those Mormons are so dang intolerant, you know.
Why is it that Manti T'eo's Mormanism is wonderful, because it shaped him into a moral young man, but Mitt Romney's Mormanism is detestable, because it shaped him into a bigoted intolerant man?
Posted by: Tickled Pink at October 29, 2012 12:37 AM (wdXri)
Huh??? I wasn't criticizing him - I was just stating a fact. I happen to have a lot of admiration for Mormons, but Notre Dame is a Catholic school and when T'eo referred to his faith, I thought most people would assume he was Catholic. I figured it would be interesting that he is Mormon, JUST LIKE OUR PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE, who is ALSO a wonderful person, in my estimation. What did I say that set you off?
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 28, 2012 08:42 PM (JwW4z)
Posted by: logprof at October 28, 2012 08:43 PM (jKE+Z)
Obama is at FEMA HQ, runnning the show, looking Presidential.
Just saw it on the news, as he spoke in that idiotic halting fashion of his. Can't he form his thoughts faster than that?
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...... at October 28, 2012 08:43 PM (sJTmU)
The 12 others times, a team that swept an LCS wound up winning the World Series only five times.
Fuck the Giants.
Posted by: Texas Ranger at October 29, 2012 12:40 AM (IvvrO)
Hey Logprof...If Im a baseball loser nerd...what does it make this guy?
Posted by: Red Shirt at October 28, 2012 08:44 PM (FIDMq)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 28, 2012 08:44 PM (Z9EHQ)
Obama is at FEMA HQ, runnning the show, looking Presidential.
Just saw it on the news, as he spoke in that idiotic halting fashion of his. Can't he form his thoughts faster than that?
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...... at October 29, 2012 12:43 AM (sJTmU)
So in other words. Obama is using FEMA for a campaign photo op getting in the way of people actually trying to do their jobs.
Posted by: buzzion at October 28, 2012 08:44 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 28, 2012 08:45 PM (79EF9)
Posted by: Tickled Pink at October 28, 2012 08:45 PM (wdXri)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 28, 2012 08:46 PM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Adriane at October 28, 2012 08:46 PM (/OhbZ)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 28, 2012 08:46 PM (sZTYJ)
I've made the Romney is robotic jokes but they really make more sense with Obama since he never sounds completely human.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at October 28, 2012 08:46 PM (tnEex)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 28, 2012 08:46 PM (Z9EHQ)
When 900 joints you choom, speak as well you will not, hmmm?
Posted by: Weedi Master Baracka O at October 28, 2012 08:47 PM (nmzDX)
Posted by: mst3k wannabe at October 28, 2012 08:47 PM (Q2wni)
I never saw which barrel the morons are actually suffering?
The "Breaks over, back on your heads" or
"Thursday is your turn in the barrel"
Either way I'll just pay teh internetz fine and get out of jail free.
Posted by: DaveA at October 28, 2012 08:48 PM (wcjj2)
Those poor Canadian bastards have had more than 60 4.0's and above over the last 24 hours.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 29, 2012 12:37 AM (kaalw)
Those people must be feeling pretty rattled.
Posted by: YIKES! at October 28, 2012 08:48 PM (PlCer)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 28, 2012 08:48 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at October 29, 2012 12:31 AM (tnEex)
I have looked at a few of those survival sites, interesting to say the least.
Posted by: Red Shirt at October 28, 2012 08:48 PM (FIDMq)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows Obama committed treason at October 28, 2012 08:49 PM (AZGON)
****
The aroma is just wonderful.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 28, 2012 08:50 PM (piMMO)
Those poor Canadian bastards have had more than 60 4.0's and above over the last 24 hours.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 29, 2012 12:37 AM (kaalw)
Those people must be feeling pretty rattled.
Posted by: YIKES! at October 29, 2012 12:48 AM (PlCer)
No kidding! One bump was a 6.3.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 28, 2012 08:50 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 28, 2012 08:50 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 28, 2012 08:51 PM (YMqWj)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 28, 2012 08:51 PM (Z9EHQ)
****
As you said, "looking" presidential.
It's all about optics.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 28, 2012 08:52 PM (piMMO)
the rest of it was not directed at you but more me spewing my annoyance with the left and faaar right evangelicals.
Posted by: Tickled Pink at October 29, 2012 12:45 AM (wdXri)
OK, thanks. I wasn't trying to make any value judgments on the relative merits of either (or any) religion. And I share your annoyance with those who go off on the Mormons... It's hard to imagine a better example of family values than the Romneys. It's funny, I remember when George Romney was running in the primaries in 1968 (yeah, I'm old...), and I don't remember a word being said about his religion.
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 28, 2012 08:53 PM (JwW4z)
Posted by: logprof at October 28, 2012 08:53 PM (jKE+Z)
****
As you said, "looking" presidential.
It's all about optics.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 29, 2012 12:52 AM (piMMO)
Is TOTUS around? or stuttering and taking twice as long to say nothing like usual?
Posted by: Red Shirt at October 28, 2012 08:54 PM (FIDMq)
Posted by: chemjeff at October 28, 2012 08:54 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: JDP at October 28, 2012 08:55 PM (8HhF2)
Posted by: zeera at October 28, 2012 08:55 PM (Lv9bM)
Uh oh.
Posted by: Chicago
The Lord moves in mysterious ways so don't get too cocky Chicago.
http://tinyurl.com/8znj4en
Posted by: Buzzsaw at October 28, 2012 08:56 PM (tnEex)
If O wants to get all the facts then he didn't have the facts when he immediately blamed a youtube video. Of course, no msm-er will ask him about that illogic.
In other words, he didn't have the facts except for the "fact" of a youtube video on which to pin blame.
Posted by: the logic of obama at October 28, 2012 08:57 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 28, 2012 08:57 PM (79EF9)
It's all about optics.
This is why the Hollywood crowd of superficial fuckchimps is so easily taken in. OMG, he's in the situation room with a "serious" mien upon his features! Hire that man!
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 28, 2012 08:57 PM (nmzDX)
Posted by: logprof at October 28, 2012 08:57 PM (jKE+Z)
Obama: goes to FEMA HQ to *look presidential*
Romney: uses his campaign buses to help evacuees, so as to *act presidential*
Posted by: chemjeff at October 28, 2012 08:58 PM (d/5qf)
http://tinyurl.com/8znj4en
Posted by: Buzzsaw at October 29, 2012 12:56 AM (tnEex)
Talking 25'+ waves in middle of Lake Michigan. Probably take a ride to check out the waves on Tues.
Posted by: Red Shirt at October 28, 2012 08:58 PM (FIDMq)
Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 12:57 AM (jKE+Z)
well, mine is a take-home exam that is due on Halloween. so the horror is coincidentally coincident.
Posted by: chemjeff at October 28, 2012 08:59 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 28, 2012 08:59 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: JDP at October 28, 2012 08:59 PM (8HhF2)
Posted by: Obamarama at October 28, 2012 09:00 PM (Q2wni)
Obama: goes to FEMA HQ to *look presidential*
Romney: uses his campaign buses to help evacuees, so as to *act presidential*
***
Quite the distinction between the two
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 28, 2012 09:01 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Adriane at October 28, 2012 09:01 PM (/OhbZ)
Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 12:57 AM (jKE+Z)
Beware All Hallows' Day!
-- soothsayer who didn't get the memo.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 28, 2012 09:01 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Thunderb at October 28, 2012 09:01 PM (Dnbau)
Although it's the same basic report, he updates it with new information as it becomes available so each airing is slightly different.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 28, 2012 09:02 PM (piMMO)
All those Canadian quakes are centered around Queen Charlotte Islands which happen to be on the Cascadia fault. According to geologist it's a more dangerous fault than the San Andres.
Posted by: YIKES! at October 28, 2012 09:02 PM (PlCer)
Posted by: Adriane at October 28, 2012 09:03 PM (/OhbZ)
Posted by: Sir Galahad, the Pure at October 28, 2012 09:04 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: JDP at October 28, 2012 09:05 PM (8HhF2)
George Romney really was a heck of a nice guy -- he made 60's moderate republicanism look good, as opposed to Nelson Rockefeller, who never could. He had rock solid civil rights credibility. People liked him. Maybe just not enough. I was in a good spot to hear any "whispering campaign" against his religion among protestants, and I never did.
Posted by: comatus at October 28, 2012 09:06 PM (qaVK+)
The Major religions had the power back then (had not sold their souls to the govt yet). It was a big deal when Kennedy the first Catholic ever to be elected President happened. Catholics were the minority religion of that time thought to be nuts for their extra bible books. No Idea why a Mormon got a pass back then.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at October 28, 2012 09:07 PM (tnEex)
Posted by: blb at October 28, 2012 09:07 PM (4gjb7)
Posted by: The Computer at October 28, 2012 09:07 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 28, 2012 09:08 PM (79EF9)
Posted by: inquiring minds wish to know at October 28, 2012 09:08 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: blb at October 28, 2012 09:09 PM (4gjb7)
Posted by: logprof at October 28, 2012 09:11 PM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 28, 2012 09:11 PM (sZTYJ)
Quiet, you.
It's only "politicizing" if an opponent of a Dem points out how the chooming asshole who's theoretically in charge is fucking up.
Posted by: your gimlet-eyed MFM at October 28, 2012 09:11 PM (nmzDX)
All those Canadian quakes are centered around Queen Charlotte Islands which happen to be on the Cascadia fault. According to geologist it's a more dangerous fault than the San Andres.
Posted by: YIKES! at October 29, 2012 01:02 AM (PlCer)
Dangerous to rocks and trees, maybe. The one I've got my eye on is the Hayward fault. It tends to pair up with the San Andreas fault system within 30 years (as in, a big one in one strongly implies a big one in the other with a 30-year window), and the San Andreas fault last kicked loose in 1989. The Hayward fault runs under a huge number of people from San Jose to Oakland and up through Richmond.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 28, 2012 09:11 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: inquiring minds wish to know at October 29, 2012 01:08 AM (Q2wni)
Pretty sure only Republicans are capable of doing that, they control the damn things you know.
Posted by: Kos Kid at October 28, 2012 09:12 PM (FIDMq)
The so-called "evangelical" vote as a faction of politics became emergent (again) after Roe v. Wade came to be. I don't really thing that the Evangelicals were all that enthused about Carter, although Jean Carter Stapleton (Jimmy's cousin) was a big Baptist Evangelical at the time.
There have always been cycles to religious involvement in American politics throughout history.
One was the Abolitionist movement prior to the Civil War. John Brown would have been thought of as one of those nutty "Evangelicals" in this day and age (and he was nuts, too). He smuggled guns into Kansas as "Brown's Bibles" to arm the Kansans against raiders from Missouri.
Another period of religious involvement in American politics was the Temperance Movement, which reached a climax in Prohibition.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...... at October 28, 2012 09:14 PM (sJTmU)
--Okay quick question:
If Willard's dad was born in Mexico, how could he run for POTUS?
Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 01:11 AM (jKE+Z)
Well, according to Wikipedia, his parents were US citizens and they chose US citizenship for George Romney (quote from Wiki: The family chose U.S. citizenship for their children, including George.) Here's a link to the whole entry if you want further info: http://tinyurl.com/2zsf2a.
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 28, 2012 09:18 PM (JwW4z)
Posted by: Þe Political Hat at October 28, 2012 09:18 PM (sZTYJ)
--Okay quick question:
If Willard's dad was born in Mexico, how could he run for POTUS?
Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 01:11 AM (jKE+Z)
Well, according to Wikipedia, his parents were US citizens and they chose US citizenship for George Romney (quote from Wiki: The family chose U.S. citizenship for their children, including George.) Here's a link to the whole entry if you want further info: http://tinyurl.com/2zsf2a.
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 29, 2012 01:18 AM (JwW4z)
Of course, if George had made it to the nomination, I imagine this would have been more scrutinized... but then again, we have a Kenyan in office now
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 28, 2012 09:19 PM (JwW4z)
Posted by: Þe Political Hat at October 28, 2012 09:20 PM (sZTYJ)
--Okay quick question:
If Willard's dad was born in Mexico, how could he run for POTUS?
Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 01:11 AM (jKE+Z)
If you can be Kenyan / Indonesian, and run for president, being mexican is definately not a problem.
after all, one of those only requires running across the border, the other two...you need a boat a plane or have to swim real good.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Benghazi Came Home to Roost Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 28, 2012 09:20 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: Willia Wonka at October 28, 2012 09:21 PM (sZTYJ)
If I remember my history right that was the second and last climax suffragettes ever had. Well maybe Roe V Wade was their third.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at October 28, 2012 09:21 PM (tnEex)
Posted by: chemjeff at October 28, 2012 09:22 PM (d/5qf)
If I remember my history right that was the second and last climax suffragettes ever had. Well maybe Roe V Wade was their third.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at October 29, 2012 01:21 AM (tnEex)
You forgot to add voting for Obama...
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 28, 2012 09:23 PM (JwW4z)
That letter thorn has caused some misunderstanding on the use of "Ye." People see all those antique signs, that say "Ye Olde..." but the word is not ye, it's "the" spelled with a thorn in place of "th." It's a pretty letter, and hung around for a long time.
Posted by: comatus at October 28, 2012 09:23 PM (qaVK+)
Posted by: logprof at October 28, 2012 09:26 PM (jKE+Z)
GW Beagle: You mean Willard "Mitt" Romney, not George, his father.
They were Mormons in a "colony" in Mexico to prosletize for Mormonism. His father and his family left during the Mexican Revolution.
The thing that screwed George the father up was his comment about being "brainwashed" by the Generals in Viet Nam after he made a fact-finding trip their in 1967.
In retrospect, although he was ridiculed for it, he probably was "brainwashed". The Obama Administration is trying to brainwash the public right now about what actually happened in Benghazi on Sept 11-12.
With great power comes the great temptation to lie about a lot of things to maintain the appearance of omnipotence and being all knowledgeable.
Obama, being the mis-informed and intellectually flabby poltroon that he is, lies about quite a lot of things, because he is too lazy to be schooled and briefed in the facts by his staff. Clinton lied about a lot of things because he was a pathological liar. It was the only way he could get by in his life, because of his ridiculous propensity for adultery and his other sins of avarice.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...... at October 28, 2012 09:26 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: JDP at October 28, 2012 09:26 PM (8HhF2)
Posted by: Se Léodweardprætt Hæt at October 28, 2012 09:28 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: logprof at October 28, 2012 09:30 PM (jKE+Z)
As is the language of the Quakers that I learned from the 1947 version of Angel and the Badman with John Wayne and Gail Russell.
Thee and Thou were only spoken to members of the religion.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at October 28, 2012 09:30 PM (tnEex)
GW Beagle: You mean Willard "Mitt" Romney, not George, his father.
They were Mormons in a "colony" in Mexico to prosletize for Mormonism. His father and his family left during the Mexican Revolution.
The thing that screwed George the father up was his comment about being "brainwashed" by the Generals in Viet Nam after he made a fact-finding trip their in 1967.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...... at October 29, 2012 01:26 AM (sJTmU)
Nope, I meant George. Probably wasn't clear enough. George Romney's parents were born in Utah (or at least the Utah territory - wasn't a state yet - and moved to Mexico, where George Romney was born. Willard was born in Detroit. Of course, this is from Wikipedia, so it could be all screwed up... Looks like George Romney's parents and grandparents went back and forth from Utah to Mexico a lot. Sorry for the confusion and my sloppy writing
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 28, 2012 09:32 PM (JwW4z)
He must have thought the story would die along with them.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 28, 2012 09:32 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: blb at October 28, 2012 09:32 PM (4gjb7)
Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 12:23 AM (jKE+Z)
Happened in '07 to the Rockies. Might have happened in '06 to the Tigers too...
Posted by: Uncle Milty at October 28, 2012 09:33 PM (sCI7M)
. i just don't see the purpose...how could such a distinction have developed? was there really at some point in the human consciousness a dichotomy between plurals of two and plurals of more than two?
"And yes, I will use þe letter "Þ" to represent the "Th" sound for tonight..."
oh! that means "th"! cool. somehow, i never knew that. but it makes perfect sense, because it looks just like a rounded version of the rune for "th". sometimes we need that sledgehammer to the face to make the connection >.> hay btw how old are you?
"People see all those antique signs, that say "Ye Olde..." but the word is not ye, it's "the" spelled with a thorn in place of "th."
ha-ha! awesome xP two great bits of useless information about this lettre Þ. especially love the "ye old"...good lookin' out, comatus. xDPosted by: jimi ray at October 28, 2012 09:34 PM (79EF9)
I will save you from The Republicans ignorance of both.
The Bamster
Posted by: Buzzsaw at October 28, 2012 09:36 PM (tnEex)
Posted by: inquiring minds wish to know at October 28, 2012 09:36 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: JDP at October 28, 2012 09:37 PM (8HhF2)
I tend to rail on disestablishment. The naive wonder at how the young republic could not deal with the problem of slavery. The reason it was not seen as the foremost ethical issue in the first generation is that the states were dealing, one at a time, with two other big issues: disestablishment of state religion, which involved finding a new place for religion's influence in society; and property rights of women, of course involving many personal and contractual rights as well, which newly modern Europe had glossed over after centuries of what would look to us as deliberate abuse. They were busy -- and besides, that 1808 deadline had looked to the framers as a date certain.
So, the sudden onslaught of "divines" without sinecures, together with women who either had money of their own or were the socially-active half of newly wealthy couples in business, made for fertile ground for American Victorianism and its very good intentions. Perhaps the reason these female-centered ventures so often made the moral mistake of using government as the means of relief and reform was, that near their head was always a disestablished minister, who had gone through divinity school expecting a guaranteed income and a lot of social influence, and felt cheated by being turned out of government.
Posted by: comatus at October 28, 2012 09:37 PM (qaVK+)
Andrew Sullivan is a crazed, dope - smoking Brit who has overstayed his welcome, and is suffering dementia from his HIV-AIDS infection.
He is paraded on the Sunday blab-fests because he speaks with a clever British accent which many Americans mistake for some kind of superior intellect. We have been conditioned to believe that.
His knowledge of American history is quite suspect, as is his ridiculous analogies to the nature of things during the Civil War, War Between the States, whatever.
Indiana will go for Mitt next week, they were never part of the Confederacy. As will Ohio , and possibly New Hampshire, Michigan and Wisconsin (it will be close). And let's not even mention the vast swath of Western states that were only territories in 1865 that will go with Mitt.
Sullivan says hyperbolic things like that to get quoted and repeated. He is getting free advertising for his blog. Who would read this tripe? Well we are told that Barack Obama reads Sullivan's blog. So that right there tells you who is demented and who follows the thoughts of the demented.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...... at October 28, 2012 09:38 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: JDP at October 28, 2012 09:39 PM (8HhF2)
Posted by: JDP at October 28, 2012 09:40 PM (8HhF2)
Well, O called PA voters bitter clingers so I get confused. Do bitter clingers in Northern states=Confederates? I get my tropes mixed up.
The O campaign and their ass-kissing pundits need to simplify. They should just state that anyone who votes for Romney is a bitter clinging neo-Confederate racist, no matter the region.
Posted by: inquiring minds wish to know at October 28, 2012 09:45 PM (Q2wni)
Sully is the posterchild for "Liberalism Is a Mental Disorder". He may have wrote as a conservative for money for a time but he most assuredly has always been afflicted with this disorder.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at October 28, 2012 09:45 PM (tnEex)
GW Beagle - sorry, I misread what you wrote and then re-read it after I made my comment. You are RIGHT. George Romney was born in Mexico of American parents (citizens of the US, born in Utah when it was still possibly a territory). They declared US Citizenship for George at that time. He grew up in Detroit where Mitt was born.
D'oh!
NDH: Yes, he expected them to die, Mr Bond! And the story to die with them. He is one cold fish, that Barack Obama. And Hillary! And Panetta.
I already knew that Hillary! was a cold, lying fish, when the story about Juanita Broderick surfaced in 1998, and it was related that Hillary! knew about it way back when and covered it up for her own political ambitions, tied to Bill.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...... at October 28, 2012 09:45 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: comatus at October 28, 2012 09:47 PM (qaVK+)
Posted by: inquiring minds wish to know at October 28, 2012 09:47 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: Teh Gerbil at October 28, 2012 09:47 PM (jKE+Z)
Good Evening, zeera -
coffee and red bull kind of night?
Got a little sleep before tonight's shift so just coffee. And peanuts/candy. Coke too, to slake the saltiness of the peanuts. Oh and left over wedding reception cupcakes... Sheesh, a couple of calories being intaken I guess
Posted by: zeera at October 28, 2012 09:51 PM (Lv9bM)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...... at October 28, 2012 09:52 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: Charlie Crist at October 28, 2012 09:53 PM (8kIXE)
Comatus @ 636
Well, having been born and grown up in Ohio, and two of my great-great Grandfathers were soldiers in the Union Army, I'm still only a semi-Yankee, according to some nimrod in New York City I was working with 15 years ago.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...... at October 28, 2012 09:56 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: John F. Kerry at October 28, 2012 09:57 PM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: inquiring minds wish to know at October 28, 2012 09:58 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...... at October 29, 2012 01:52 AM (sJTmU)
I'm missing the graphic (woik blocked!) and Bing doesn't respond to Dr Zayess, so without a clue, I'll say FINE, just dandy thanks
Posted by: zeera at October 28, 2012 10:01 PM (Lv9bM)
Posted by: I'd Rather be Surfin at October 28, 2012 10:04 PM (OTWsz)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n8BPv43vhE
And fuck Matt Groening for kiboshing Simpsons clips from YouTube ...
Fuck him in his stupid ass.
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 28, 2012 10:05 PM (nmzDX)
Sullivan was a "9/11" conservative, and pretended to support GW Bush until Bush decided he was not going to support Gay Marriage, and then the bromance was over and Bush was an Evil Man who had stolen the soul of the true Conservatives everywhere.
Because when you are a gay man, it's all about YOU.
Sullivan is demented and insane, and that's not being hyperbolic. He's crazy as a rat in a coffee can, a full scale loon. He speaks fluent Brit-speak, which people mistake for intelligence, but if he said the things he said and wrote the things he writes, and mumbled garbled English like Hunter S. Thompson, then people would know fer shure he was crazy.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...... at October 28, 2012 10:08 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: Adriane at October 28, 2012 10:09 PM (/OhbZ)
Posted by: JDP at October 28, 2012 10:09 PM (8HhF2)
I am loving reading the comments on this post.
They are great
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Benghazi Came Home to Roost Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 28, 2012 10:10 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: zeera at October 28, 2012 10:11 PM (Lv9bM)
Posted by: I'd Rather be Surfin at October 28, 2012 10:15 PM (OTWsz)
Time Magazine's Oracle of Christmases Never, Joe "Unclefucker" Klein, was convinced Huntsman was the GOP's big True Hope.
Huntsman. The "Republican" presidential candidate who spoke at Barky Bartokamus' Coronation II (Crowning not Guaranteed to Occur).
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 28, 2012 10:15 PM (nmzDX)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 28, 2012 10:16 PM (79EF9)
Posted by: JDP at October 28, 2012 10:17 PM (8HhF2)
Posted by: logprof is ashamed at October 28, 2012 10:18 PM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: Adriane at October 28, 2012 10:20 PM (/OhbZ)
Posted by: JDP at October 28, 2012 10:21 PM (8HhF2)
Posted by: Adriane at October 28, 2012 10:21 PM (/OhbZ)
You may want to consult a physician if you're unsure about your nutbusting status.
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 28, 2012 10:22 PM (nmzDX)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 28, 2012 10:22 PM (79EF9)
Posted by: Adriane at October 28, 2012 10:22 PM (/OhbZ)
Posted by: Þe Political Hat at October 28, 2012 10:24 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Adriane at October 28, 2012 10:27 PM (/OhbZ)
I liked Heller's WW2 book about a B-24 squadron.
His later novel unfortunately just re-hashed a lot of his earlier jokes.
Posted by: Waterhouse, deliberately obtuse at October 28, 2012 10:28 PM (nmzDX)
How did O, Hillary, Panetta, Petraus - anyone close to Obama as events were unfolding on 9/11 - think Obama could refuse help, and that it could be kept a secret? I think there were 30-something people evacuated from Benghazi, not to mention all of the CIA, military, state dept, etc people in the US and other places that were aware of what was happening. Way too many people, and way too visible a situation to keep a lid on it, even if he thought the media would help him.
It's inconceivable that the people around Obama thought not sending help could be suppressed, or that the public wouldn't be outraged when they found out. How could O thin he'd get away with this? Even if he cared only about his re-election, leaving the people in Benghazi to twist in the wind doesn't help him at all.
Did he somehow think this was his best course of action? I'm beginning to think something even worse than arms collection is being covered up. (They could spin that as loose arms from when Gaddafi was ousted even if they were US supplied.) In what scenario is O letting people die the better optics for him?
Posted by: Mayday at October 28, 2012 10:31 PM (F3s39)
Posted by: Adriane at October 28, 2012 10:32 PM (/OhbZ)
jimi ray - (and then I am out)
I have known and worked with quite a few "gay" men in my life. My uncle was a gay man, and also a staunch Republican.
Some gay men act in a normal way in social situations with hetero people, and their homosexual proclivities are reserved for private (like my late uncle), which is the way people, hetero or homo-, should behave.
Some people are narcissists and want to display what they are for the whole world to see and demand that you must judge and accept them. Andrew Sullivan is just such a homo-centric man. He is a self-centered narcissist. People, regardless if they are straight or gay, become irritating when they are essentially one issue trick ponies. And that's Sullivan. For all his pretentious preening, the one thing he cares about most is his homosexuality. That drives every other judgement that he makes. He professes to be a Catholic, yet most of his utterances are completely at odds with Catholic teachings, and not just about homosexuality. He thinks Modern Catholicism should be shaped around what he thinks.
So yes, for THAT gay man, it is all about him. He is the male emotional equivalent of some self-centered Diva.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...... at October 28, 2012 10:34 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: Adriane at October 28, 2012 10:36 PM (/OhbZ)
Posted by: Adriane at October 28, 2012 10:40 PM (/OhbZ)
Posted by: D. R. Ainbough at October 28, 2012 10:40 PM (3ziXJ)
Mayday @ 671
It's always been this way with Obama. He made a decision not to intervene to relieve the folks at the consulate, and then tried to back-justify it. The story about the video on YouTube worked for a few weeks, but now reality is leaking in. Obama thinks he can always re-order reality to suit his whim, and his enablers in the MBM have let him do it more often than not in the last four years.
Once the 'truth' (whatever it is, being pieced together by normal people) goes viral, Obama's credibility will be shot. Even if he is re-elected, he is in trouble. And I doubt he gets re-elected.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...... at October 28, 2012 10:41 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 28, 2012 10:41 PM (79EF9)
I am loving reading the comments on this post.
They are great
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Benghazi Came Home to Roost Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 29, 2012 02:10 AM (ovpNn)
--I think I busted a nut.
Posted by: logprof is ashamed at October 29, 2012 02:18 AM (jKE+Z)
At the very bottom of the thread some Libs come in to the rescue.
I guess their argument is
1) Ras and Gallop are notoriously wrong and R enablers and oversample Rs
2) national polls dont matter because Romneys lead is from the souther racist states where he is getting 90% of the vote and the way gallop and ras sample that affects the over all numbers which makes it look like Romney is ahead but he isnt really.
3) Obama is really ahead because the polls skew too favorably to Romney and they are wrong.
4) Obama is winning latinos by 50% and thats gonna win him the election.
5) state polls are the only ones that matter and PPP has obama ahead consistantly
6) the Youth are going to turn out huge for obama because 10 million more youth can now vote that have come of age since 2008 and they will resoundingly vote obama
7) Unicorn farts smell like fabreeze
Obama is half black so he has to have a big cock and if you are going to do it with a guy your first time it should be cause he has a big cock.
9) Just because you see 10x as many yard signs for Romney only means its astroturfing not enthusiasm
10) Romney has never been ahead in OH NC VA FL WI CO NH and he is going to lose all those states.
11) Obama will Win with even more electoral votes than last time or something
12) romney has to win FL VA NC and IOWA WI CO and NH if he cant win OH or something
13) and more shit like that.
DAVE? You there?
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Benghazi Came Home to Roost Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 28, 2012 10:43 PM (ovpNn)
At the very bottom of the thread some Libs come in to the rescue.
I guess their argument is
1) Ras and Gallop are notoriously wrong and R enablers and oversample Rs
2) national polls dont matter because Romneys lead is from the souther racist states where he is getting 90% of the vote and the way gallop and ras sample that affects the over all numbers which makes it look like Romney is ahead but he isnt really.
3) Obama is really ahead because the polls skew too favorably to Romney and they are wrong.
4) Obama is winning latinos by 50% and thats gonna win him the election.
5) state polls are the only ones that matter and PPP has obama ahead consistantly
6) the Youth are going to turn out huge for obama because 10 million more youth can now vote that have come of age since 2008 and they will resoundingly vote obama
7) Unicorn farts smell like fabreeze
8 ) Obama is half black so he has to have a big cock and if you are going to do it with a guy your first time it should be cause he has a big cock.
9) Just because you see 10x as many yard signs for Romney only means its astroturfing not enthusiasm
10) Romney has never been ahead in OH NC VA FL WI CO NH and he is going to lose all those states.
11) Obama will Win with even more electoral votes than last time or something
12) romney has to win FL VA NC and IOWA WI CO and NH if he cant win OH or something
13) and more shit like that.
DAVE? You there?
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Benghazi Came Home to Roost Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 28, 2012 10:45 PM (ovpNn)
Yo, Adriane.
Thanks.
Pray for the folks on the East Coast, that the storm is just wind and rain and noboby gets hurt. It's going to be a big mess, that's fer shure.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...... at October 28, 2012 10:45 PM (sJTmU)
My assumption is that the Fox story is somehow flawed / false. Otherwise, it's one of those situations that has no good explanation other than "our government is run some evil bastards" -- sort of like how Fast and Furious has no good explanation other than as a ploy to run up Mexican deaths as a pretext for more aggressive gun control legislation.
So either monumental incompetence, or sheer evil. For the sake of the country, I keep hoping both end up due to incompetence, but they look more and more like evil.
Posted by: wooga at October 28, 2012 10:47 PM (IhzyJ)
Posted by: logprof at October 28, 2012 10:49 PM (jKE+Z)
That's roughly true. Without Ohio, Romney has to pick up the slack elsewhere, which is probably Wisconsin and either Iowa or NH. And that assumes Romney takes Colorado and loses Nevada and PA.
Posted by: wooga at October 28, 2012 10:49 PM (IhzyJ)
no doubt.
i have no problem with you calling a spade a spade, and "all about him" fits the self-absorbed political fits of andrew sullivan to a "t".
i just don't think it's necessarily responsible to associate an entire subset of the population -- "when you are a gay man" -- with the more narcissistic and immature of their "peers", that's all.
there are more republican gays than you might think, and there are plenty more educated, fiscally conservative guys who just happen to like guys ripe for conversion...but not so long (and i'm not accusing *you* in particular) as some conservatives can't get rid of their reflexive rhetoric.
Posted by: jimi ray at October 29, 2012 02:41 AM (79EF9)
Jimi ray, you always gettin up in peopls grill about teh gays.
You tryin to tell us somethin there fella?
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Benghazi Came Home to Roost Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 28, 2012 10:50 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: JDP at October 28, 2012 10:52 PM (8HhF2)
Posted by: zeera at October 28, 2012 10:53 PM (Lv9bM)
Hotter in Braveheart. Even hotter in that David Spade movie, where somehow Spade is supposed to be her love interest. And he can sing like Neil Diamond.
Posted by: wooga at October 28, 2012 10:54 PM (IhzyJ)
Posted by: zeera at October 28, 2012 10:54 PM (Lv9bM)
So who wants to practice voting for Obama?
I have a giant Hope sausage in my pants ready to Change your socialist Analynski from a metrosexual mom jean wearing manpussy into a real left wing wailing teeth gnashing race baiting mangina so you can waddle to the voting booth and throw that lever for Teh WOn.
Call Me!
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Benghazi Came Home to Roost Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 28, 2012 10:56 PM (ovpNn)
--
I agree about Obama. My amazement is about the people around him - Hillary, Panetta, Petraus, etc. People that are not as delusional and self centered as Obama, that would have foreseen that events could unfold as they have. Again assuming O is mainly concerned about his re-election, some of these people would have appealed to that motive, pointed out to him that refusing to send help could hurt his re-election chances. (If I was in their shoes and wanted to help the people in Benghazi, I'd probably appeal to his ego like this.). I don't love Hillary but I think she's smart enough, and experienced enough, to know what a PR nightmare could happen. And I think she would actually want to help the people in peril. In fact I assume a lot of the leaks are coming from her/Bill/State dept as well as others.
I just don't see how a group of people could have gone along with this, knowing there would be a good chance it would hurt each of them politically not to mention actually wanting to help their fellow Americans. They would have known it was a disaster in the making on multiple levels.
There are 3 major fuckups and cover ups going on...events before, during and after the night of 9/11/12.
Posted by: Mayday at October 28, 2012 10:59 PM (F3s39)
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Benghazi Came Home to Roost Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 28, 2012 10:59 PM (ovpNn)
the tent is gonna have to get bigger in the near future, and it just seems like a group of folks having a well-recognised subset with lots of disposable income and professional, career-oriented lives is a good place to start looking!
j/w, how old are you?
"Jimi ray, you always gettin up in peopls grill about teh gays.You tryin to tell us somethin there fella?"
i don't have anything to hide.Posted by: jimi ray at October 28, 2012 11:00 PM (79EF9)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 28, 2012 11:03 PM (79EF9)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 29, 2012 03:00 AM (79EF9)
Spoken like a true John Edwards.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Benghazi Came Home to Roost Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 28, 2012 11:04 PM (ovpNn)
and j/w, how old are *you*?
your immaturity is more than a bit off-putting. why don't you go hang out in the other tent for a while...you'll find plenty of folks who act just like you to keep you company. just look for the sign that say "occupy wall street".
without you in here with the third-grade rabble rousing, i'm sure we can find plenty of mature, professional gays ready to make the switch but for childish haters like you to help us fill this tent back up.
Posted by: jimi ray at October 29, 2012 03:03 AM (79EF9)
The fuck are you talking about you retard?
I am gay.
Being gay doesn't mean you have to be a simpering woosie.
Take note!
Now get the fuck off my dick if you aren't going to completion.
Greg is waiting.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Benghazi Came Home to Roost Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 28, 2012 11:07 PM (ovpNn)
Seriously?
fuck off you woosie ass bitch.
Take your politically correct homoselectivity of repression back to the liberal left where it belongs.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Benghazi Came Home to Roost Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 28, 2012 11:10 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 03:09 AM (jKE+Z)
Nah. Dont break out the popcorn just yet.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Benghazi Came Home to Roost Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 28, 2012 11:11 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: Adriane at October 28, 2012 11:16 PM (/OhbZ)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 28, 2012 11:16 PM (79EF9)
Posted by: D. R. Ainbough at October 28, 2012 11:18 PM (3ziXJ)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 28, 2012 11:22 PM (79EF9)
Posted by: logprof at October 28, 2012 11:24 PM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: D. R. Ainbough at October 28, 2012 11:26 PM (3ziXJ)
you've done such an excellent job of proving what a mature, reasonable, loving person that i'm almost embarrassed at having called you a childish hater ~.~ you're obviously the *paragon* of bridge-building reason...heck, ALL conservatives should be just like you!
grow up, grandpa.
Posted by: jimi ray at October 29, 2012 03:16 AM (79EF9)
hehehe
try harder and try to make more sense.
childish hater to grampa in two posts?
I don't even have kids yet. Grandpa is a long long way away.
By the Way, Jimi ray, Everytime you post i picture this guy:
http://tinyurl.com/y7ync7s
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Benghazi Came Home to Roost Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 28, 2012 11:26 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: D. R. Ainbough at October 28, 2012 11:27 PM (3ziXJ)
Posted by: D. R. Ainbough at October 28, 2012 11:28 PM (3ziXJ)
Posted by: D. R. Ainbough at October 28, 2012 11:29 PM (3ziXJ)
Maybe a peek.
Posted by: logprof at October 28, 2012 11:32 PM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: D. R. Ainbough at October 28, 2012 11:36 PM (3ziXJ)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 28, 2012 11:37 PM (79EF9)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 28, 2012 11:38 PM (79EF9)
Posted by: D. R. Ainbough at October 28, 2012 11:40 PM (3ziXJ)
No riposte to my posts either. Can't deny that 0bama voted (as opposed to his many "present" votes) to let babies die in closets in the hospital. And the idiot who called me an "asshole" had nothing to say about my logic.Posted by: logprof at October 28, 2012 11:43 PM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: D. R. Ainbough at October 28, 2012 11:44 PM (3ziXJ)
Regarding you/thou, isn't it that the original situation was that English was like German in that there was a second person familiar singular, "thou", and a second person proper that was the same as the second person plural, "you"? And that over time, we lost the second person familiar?
Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis at October 28, 2012 11:44 PM (IlZPo)
Posted by: D. R. Ainbough at October 28, 2012 11:45 PM (3ziXJ)
Posted by: D. R. Ainbough at October 28, 2012 11:46 PM (3ziXJ)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 28, 2012 11:48 PM (79EF9)
Posted by: logprof at October 28, 2012 11:48 PM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 28, 2012 11:51 PM (79EF9)
Posted by: logprof at October 28, 2012 11:54 PM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 28, 2012 11:56 PM (79EF9)
Posted by: D. R. Ainbough at October 28, 2012 11:58 PM (3ziXJ)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 28, 2012 11:58 PM (79EF9)
Posted by: D. R. Ainbough at October 29, 2012 12:02 AM (3ziXJ)
Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 12:03 AM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows bayonets slice like a freaking hammer at October 29, 2012 12:04 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: D. R. Ainbough at October 29, 2012 12:04 AM (3ziXJ)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows bayonets slice like a freaking hammer at October 29, 2012 12:04 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: D. R. Ainbough at October 29, 2012 12:05 AM (3ziXJ)
Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 12:05 AM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: D. R. Ainbough at October 29, 2012 12:06 AM (3ziXJ)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows bayonets slice like a freaking hammer at October 29, 2012 12:07 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: AussieMarcus at October 29, 2012 12:07 AM (RstsB)
Oh man don't say that, I'm turning 27 and soon to be engaged. I wasted enough of my 20s. I don't want to miss my 30s and 40s!
Posted by: D. R. Ainbough at October 29, 2012 04:04 AM
Oh, you won't miss them. Theyll be on top of you before you them coming. After 27, it's all like a roller coaster ride into the abyss. The shit abyss.
Posted by: otho at October 29, 2012 12:07 AM (yBF/9)
P.S. You're damn right marriage adds years, but not nearly as much as fatherhood.
Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 12:08 AM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows bayonets slice like a freaking hammer at October 29, 2012 12:08 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: D. R. Ainbough at October 29, 2012 12:11 AM (3ziXJ)
Posted by: Ricky at October 29, 2012 12:11 AM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 29, 2012 12:16 AM (79EF9)
Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 12:16 AM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: Þe Political Hat at October 29, 2012 12:19 AM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows bayonets slice like a freaking hammer at October 29, 2012 12:21 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 12:21 AM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: You must have been very observant! at October 29, 2012 12:21 AM (3ziXJ)
Posted by: Bubbles at October 29, 2012 12:24 AM (3ziXJ)
Fuck you Randy and fuck you Lahey!
Posted by: Ricky at October 29, 2012 04:11 AM
We're sailing into a shit typhoon, Randy. We'd better haul in the jib before it gets covered in shit.
Posted by: mr. lahey at October 29, 2012 12:25 AM (yBF/9)
Posted by: Gary the Mall Cop at October 29, 2012 12:29 AM (jKE+Z)
I was going to mention that The Political Hat is quite knowledgeable regarding our lost characters, but I see he's already done that!
Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis at October 29, 2012 12:29 AM (IlZPo)
Posted by: Randy at October 29, 2012 04:13 AM
What's a shit abyss? Some kind of shitty abyss?
Posted by: bubbles at October 29, 2012 12:30 AM (yBF/9)
Posted by: logprof is fucking pissed at October 29, 2012 12:30 AM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: D. R. Ainbough at October 29, 2012 12:31 AM (3ziXJ)
Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 12:34 AM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: D. R. Ainbough at October 29, 2012 12:35 AM (3ziXJ)
Posted by: Lord Kitchener at October 29, 2012 12:37 AM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: logprof is fucking pissed at October 29, 2012 04:30 AM
Got seasons 1 thru 7 on DVD. They're on extreme high rotation.
Posted by: otho at October 29, 2012 12:38 AM (yBF/9)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows where thou concealest thy þr0n at October 29, 2012 12:39 AM (AZGON)
http://img.007unleashed.com/albums/userpics/10001/sophiemarceau1.jpg
Posted by: bill-o at October 29, 2012 12:40 AM (bjND7)
Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 12:41 AM (jKE+Z)
I looked at some of the publicly available code for various models NOAA and other govt agencies use a few years ago. Maybe 6-8 of them.
They were crap in terms of the numerical methods they used. They desperately needed to employ the services of a computational math expert. Only one looked like the code was written by a pro, the rest looked like code written by 3rd year engineering or science students.
Lotta comments saying stuff like "I know this isn't really right...but..." and "so and so says they'll fix XXX in the next release"
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 29, 2012 12:43 AM (+6Z2x)
Posted by: Jim Lahey, Sunnyvale Trailer Park Supervisor at October 29, 2012 12:44 AM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: D. R. Ainbough at October 29, 2012 12:45 AM (3ziXJ)
Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 12:47 AM (jKE+Z)
Heh, when I clicked "Random Episode" I got "I Am the Liquor."
Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 04:38 AM
Randy, I got $100 here for groceries, I got $1400 here for liquor, and I got $6000 for you to go and bail out a couple of shit puppets. We might need a couple of more shit puppets for our play, and they gotta be angry shit puppets, Randy and you gotta make em angry shit puppets, and you say whatever it takes to make them angry but they're not angry at us Randy. Shit puppets are supposed to be angry at other shit puppets.
Posted by: mr. lahey at October 29, 2012 12:48 AM (yBF/9)
Posted by: Jim Lahey at October 29, 2012 12:49 AM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 04:47 AM
The liquor's usually blurred out. Like some of the kitty's faces.
Posted by: otho at October 29, 2012 12:51 AM (yBF/9)
Posted by: D. R. Ainbough at October 29, 2012 12:52 AM (3ziXJ)
Posted by: Lahey at October 29, 2012 12:52 AM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 12:56 AM (jKE+Z)
I would rank them (from best on down):
5, 3, 4, 6, 2, 1, 7.
6 I used to dislike but it grew on me. 2, 1, and 7 are super-close.
Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 04:41 AM
I really like season 2. Maybe the best out of all. But seasons 3 and 4 are killer. The only problem with season 7? is the lack of Corey and Trevor. It's just not the same without those 2 idiots. 2 of my favourite recurring characters are Sam the caveman and Cyrus...
"9mm... safety ALWAYS off."
Posted by: otho at October 29, 2012 12:58 AM (yBF/9)
Posted by: The Liquor at October 29, 2012 12:58 AM (3ziXJ)
Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 12:58 AM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 01:02 AM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 01:04 AM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: Ricky at October 29, 2012 01:08 AM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: D. R. Ainbough at October 29, 2012 01:10 AM (3ziXJ)
Posted by: D. R. Ainbough at October 29, 2012 01:10 AM (3ziXJ)
Posted by: j-roc at October 29, 2012 01:13 AM (yBF/9)
Posted by: Up with people at October 29, 2012 01:17 AM (kzFo5)
Posted by: madamex at October 29, 2012 01:24 AM (y3nx3)
Posted by: Up with people at October 29, 2012 01:58 AM (kzFo5)
Posted by: Up with people at October 29, 2012 05:58 AM
Yeah that episode might be my favourite out of all of them The whole thing with Ricky and Trini trying to give up smoking, the gas stealing operation, corey and trevor ending up on oxygen tanks...
Posted by: otho at October 29, 2012 02:06 AM (yBF/9)
Posted by: Up with people at October 29, 2012 02:20 AM (kzFo5)
Posted by: indy at October 29, 2012 02:37 AM (xj3LR)
Posted by: Jeffrey Quick at October 29, 2012 02:42 AM (0v4Ix)
Obama is at FEMA HQ,
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 29, 2012 02:45 AM (k+qpd)
Posted by: AussieMarcus at October 29, 2012 03:04 AM (RstsB)
Posted by: ð represent! at October 29, 2012 04:10 AM (jn5Ou)
Posted by: HenryVlosesAgincourt at October 29, 2012 04:12 AM (jn5Ou)
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at October 29, 2012 05:29 AM (iAUf+)
the "you guys" map is misleading.
in SE PA, it's "yous guys".
in eastern PA, it's "yins".
appropriate correction is requested.
Posted by: jd at October 29, 2012 06:09 AM (zqg7o)
what gets me most is how furiously eager the chinese populace is to accept the Party story hook, line, & sinker.
Posted by: jimi ray at October 28, 2012 11:14 PM (79EF9)
In response to someone's generalization:
wow! what an informed, well-reasoned, and totally sustainable blanket accusation! ...
Posted by: jimi ray at October 29, 2012 02:16 AM (79EF9)
Consdering how much you love to generalize, jimi, I'd think it'd be a bad idea to jump on people for doing it as well.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at October 29, 2012 08:51 AM (oY6Yp)
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