October 29, 2012
— Maetenloch
OMG 18% of Americans Think Obama is Jewish!
Well that's the breathless coverage that a recent AP poll has been getting:
Eighteen percent of Americans inexplicably think that President Barack Obama is Jewish, according to a new poll.
A survey commissioned by the Associated Press and conducted by GfK asked respondents to identify Obama's religion from a list of possibilities. Thirty five percent said Obama had no religion, 28 percent correctly identified Obama as a protestant Christian, another 28 percent declined to answer, 18 percent said he was Jewish, 10 percent said he was Muslim and five percent said he was Catholic. Another two percent each said they didn't know, or named some other religion.
More think he's Jewish than Muslim? This seems well....just weird.
Is it true? Nope.
No - 18% of Americans Do NOT Think Obama is Jewish
In fact the whole thing was just the result of a typo in the AP's results:
The Associated Press/GfK poll statistic, absurdly indicating that more Americans believe Obama is Jewish (18%) than Muslim (10%), is inaccurate and the consequence of a simple typographical error, AP quickly ascertained and confirmed, after The Times of Israel called to point out the mistake. AP immediately moved to correct the error in its survey data.
The self-evidently ridiculous finding, which was nonetheless widely reported by the Jewish Chronicle, Israel National News, Haaretz and numerous minor websites on Sunday and Monday, is a consequence of a missing zero in the tabulated results of the survey, as the most cursory glance at the polling data immediately shows.
But apparently cursory glancing is simply beyond the layers and layers of media fact-checking. In fact when it comes to statistics most reporters seem to be dumber than even the average person - who bless their little hearts are quite special themselves in this area.
Other giveaways to the non-retarded that this result might be bogus:
- No one thought he was Jewish in 2010 - why would this suddenly jump to 18%? Likewise why would 28% of people start refusing to answer?
- All the percentage figures on the right add up to 128%. WTF?
- Does this result even make sense at all - has anyone anywhere ever claimed Obama was Jewish?
And this media stats tardation was no exception. For instance how much of this hand-wringing quote from NPR's Robin Young is actually true?
A new survey conducted by Chicago's McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum, which has yet to open, finds that only 28 percent of Americans are able to name one of the constitutional freedoms, yet 52 percent are able to name at least two Simpsons family members.
Correct answer: 0%
In the passage quoted above, Robin Young states the survey result incorrectly - actually, 73% of respondents, not 28%, were able to name one of the five freedoms guaranteed by the first amendment - and she spins it in a doubtful direction to boot, because only 65% were able to name one of the Simpsons characters.
Was this mere stupidity or journalistic incompetence? Well when it comes to the MSM, the answer is yes!
But one thing you can be sure of is that whenever you see an article titled that says 'Fewer/More Than X% of Americans Believe Y', you can be 98.6% sure it's bullshit.
Chicago's New Plan to Tax Guns Out of Existence
If you can't just ban'em, maybe you can tax'em to death:
Toni Preckwinkle, president of Illinois's Cook County Board, which includes Chicago, has proposed new taxes of $25 on each gun sold and a nickel for each bullet sold. According to the Wall Street Journal, the bullet levy would amount to a 200% tax on .22 caliber ammunition.
Preckwinkle's message to the NRA? "You're welcome to sue," she said. "We've looked at this and we believe we can survive any challenge."
But it turns out that the Supreme Court has ruled that states may not take away fundamental rights nor put undue (tax) burdens on them:
The Supreme Court has recognized that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right "to keep and bear arms," which cannot be denied by the state. That means government cannot banish guns directly - nor can it do so indirectly by taxing guns out of existence.
Consider the First Amendment. The Supreme Court has struck down taxes that burden First Amendment rights: In 1983, it declared that Minnesota's excise taxes on ink and paper violated freedom of the press. In 1936 the Court struck down Louisiana law that imposed special taxes on large-circulation papers. Liberals celebrate these precedents, and have waged a preemptive battle against any taxes that would burden the Roe v. Wade right to abortion.
Challenge accepted.
Argo: An Iranian Hostage's Review
The movie has been getting pretty good reviews and here Mark Lijek, one of the hostages smuggled out of Iran in 1980 by CIA agent Tony Mendez, gives his take on the movie.
Argo, Ben Affleck's new movie about the rescue of six Americans from Iran, is a terrific thriller, even if you know the ending. I left the theater sweating-just as when I exited the airport bus to board a Swissair flight out of Tehran in January of 1980, one of the six Americans who were rescued by Tony Mendez, the CIA employee Affleck plays. Affleck's version of events is not only a well-told tale, but a useful story, a necessary and enjoyable mechanism for introducing a younger generation to the origins of our confrontation with Iran. But for me, Argo is also a peek into a nightmarish alternate universe of how things might have been.
Reason #24 Why You Must Guard Your Sperm Carefully
Whenever anyone just wants a wee sample with no strings attached - there are always strings attached:
Mark Langridge didn't want children, but his lesbian friends did - so he agreed to donate his sperm.Now his 'act of kindness' has come back to haunt him 13 years later, after he received a letter demanding child support payments.
Mr Langridge has not spoken to the family he helped create since 2004.
He was not named on the birth certificates of the two children, and played no role in their upbringing - but the Child Support Agency insists he has to pay £26 a week to support them.
Also: Fun Facts About Halloween
Russian Driving - The Video Compilation
To be fair alcohol was involved in 68% of these accidents.
[Stupid fucking auto-playing video removed]Do you know how Tina Fey got the scar on her face?
You have been warned. (thanks to David D)
The Yahoo AoSHQ group. Bla bla bla.
And my twitter thang.
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Posted by: Jcw46 at October 29, 2012 06:15 PM (Vh0f5)
Obama Runs to the Situation Room for a Fabulous Photo Op during Sandy because lets face it...
...To this Mother fucking stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure...
...The Rise of the Oceans is More relevant than the lives of our Navy Seals.
Obama Called, and the Navy Seals went in and got Bin Laden.
The Navy Seals called and Obama went upstairs and jumped in bed.
Now he is constantly saying how OFFENDED he is that people would dare to accuse him of not being forthcoming.
Offended?
YOU LEFT OUR MEN TO DIE WHEN THEY WERE BEGGING FOR HELP!
OFFENDED?
No you motherfucking shitstain Traitor, you should be ARRESTED!
You are a fucking failure!
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Benghazi Came Home to Roost Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 29, 2012 06:16 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 29, 2012 06:18 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Dang at October 29, 2012 06:18 PM (R18D0)
Posted by: Truman North at October 29, 2012 06:19 PM (W4PwN)
We'll see about that.
Posted by: The Traitor John Roberts at October 29, 2012 06:19 PM (hO9ad)
Shark in flooded New Jersey front yard.
http://tinyurl.com/9lj8gu6 Posted by: BCochran1981
FX original movie in 5, 4, 3, 2...
Posted by: Dang at October 29, 2012 06:19 PM (R18D0)
Posted by: cm9000 at October 29, 2012 06:20 PM (vfB2N)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 29, 2012 06:21 PM (Y0jT/)
Posted by: 8 days at October 29, 2012 06:22 PM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 29, 2012 06:22 PM (sZTYJ)
Jake Tapper reporting that Obama says if someone didn't do their job in Benghazi they will be punished. What a joke---how about him. The comments at ABC are mostly bad for the president. Some are blaming Paul Ryan. Misinfomed dorks.
Posted by: Mo the Girl at October 29, 2012 06:22 PM (4uEUr)
All Calibers, no waiting. Step right up ladies and gentlemen.
Get your bullets here.
Can't defend yourself without ammo.
Posted by: Vendor in Calumet City IN at October 29, 2012 06:23 PM (Vh0f5)
Posted by: Y-not at October 29, 2012 06:24 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at October 29, 2012 06:24 PM (/LkSO)
Posted by: 8 days at October 29, 2012 06:24 PM (LpQbZ)
Posted by: Blacksheep at October 29, 2012 06:24 PM (nvV9F)
Posted by: CMU VET at October 29, 2012 06:25 PM (dPSpR)
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Except the movie got the background story wrong. Otherwise, yeah.
Oh, and it would have been interesting to see a little information on how badly the guy the Shah handed power to...and Jimmy Carter...fucked up.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 29, 2012 06:25 PM (AUeaU)
Twitter parody page;
https://twitter.com/ElBloombito
Posted by: gergie at October 29, 2012 06:26 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Average Joe at October 29, 2012 06:26 PM (JsCdW)
Posted by: Darth Randall at October 29, 2012 06:26 PM (mV8sg)
Posted by: DC in Towson at October 29, 2012 06:27 PM (CJwi5)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at October 29, 2012 06:27 PM (/LkSO)
Posted by: Truman North at October 29, 2012 06:28 PM (W4PwN)
Posted by: Ed Anger at October 29, 2012 06:28 PM (tOkJB)
Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 06:28 PM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: Y-not at October 29, 2012 06:28 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Spider Goat at October 29, 2012 06:28 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Navycopjoe will shiv you over Da BEARS at October 29, 2012 06:28 PM (yZxXI)
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Note to staff, when I say don't wake me up for any fucking reason short of the Russians nuking us, that does not mean wait until the next day for me to make a decision. Make one your own damn self. I'll only crucify you if you don't do what I would have done after three days of talking to Axlerod and Jarrett.
PS: Merry Eid!
Posted by: Barack Obama at October 29, 2012 06:28 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: Marmo at October 29, 2012 06:28 PM (pcgW1)
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 29, 2012 06:28 PM (Vh0f5)
Posted by: MrCaniac at October 29, 2012 06:28 PM (Zd/NW)
@37- Esch with an armored dildo!!! Yay!
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at October 29, 2012 06:29 PM (/LkSO)
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Oh, I know there is a god, and damn is he good looking.
Posted by: Barack Obama looking in a mirror at October 29, 2012 06:29 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 29, 2012 10:24 PM (JMmQ9)
AJ, your in MI right? Have you heard any polling on the ballot props? or senate?
Posted by: Red Shirt at October 29, 2012 06:29 PM (FIDMq)
Ninja, please.
Posted by: L Ron Hubbard at October 29, 2012 06:29 PM (9XVgh)
Posted by: CMU VET at October 29, 2012 06:29 PM (dPSpR)
Posted by: Navycopjoe will shiv you over Da BEARS at October 29, 2012 06:29 PM (yZxXI)
Posted by: Marmo at October 29, 2012 10:28 PM (pcgW1)
Nope. Not even close. It means he is out for Number One. We, of course, consider him more like number two.
Posted by: tcn at October 29, 2012 06:30 PM (VLG62)
Kwanza, anyone?
Posted by: Dang at October 29, 2012 06:30 PM (R18D0)
May you have sand blown back in your face.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 29, 2012 06:30 PM (Vh0f5)
Posted by: Blacksheep at October 29, 2012 10:24 PM (nvV9F)
SHHHHHHHHH!
Posted by: Red Shirt at October 29, 2012 06:30 PM (FIDMq)
Posted by: Navycopjoe will shiv you over Da BEARS at October 29, 2012 06:30 PM (yZxXI)
Boobies and kitties is always a good combo. I had a sudden urge to go motorboating and stroke a pussy.
Posted by: GnuBreed at October 29, 2012 06:31 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 29, 2012 06:31 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 29, 2012 06:31 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Miguel Bloomez at October 29, 2012 06:31 PM (wwsoB)
Cardinals look worse than KC Chiefs. Is that possible?
Posted by: Ronster at October 29, 2012 06:32 PM (BvzwK)
Posted by: Truman North at October 29, 2012 06:32 PM (W4PwN)
"List all religions that could consider Barack Obama a member."
Posted by: Al at October 29, 2012 06:32 PM (MzQOZ)
Posted by: Dang at October 29, 2012 10:30 PM (R18D0)
Had a friend from Cameroon who is Catholic ask, loudly, of her black American friends, "What the hell is Kwaaaaaaanzaaaaa?"
Posted by: tcn at October 29, 2012 06:32 PM (VLG62)
Posted by: esch at October 29, 2012 06:32 PM (9XVgh)
Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 06:32 PM (jKE+Z)
I don't think he is a atheist. I just don't think he believes in the same God as we do.
His God is much, much more like Allah.
Posted by: Bart at October 29, 2012 06:32 PM (he2LC)
Posted by: Navycopjoe will shiv you over Da BEARS at October 29, 2012 06:32 PM (yZxXI)
Posted by: CMU VET at October 29, 2012 10:29 PM (dPSpR)
Probably praying for help in his campaign.
Posted by: MrCaniac at October 29, 2012 06:33 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: Methos at October 29, 2012 06:34 PM (hO9ad)
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In "enlightened" Islamic Granada professing a Christian belief if your father was a Muslim was apostasy - a capital offense.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 29, 2012 06:34 PM (AUeaU)
I'm confused. The URL bar says "minx.cc" but this comment looks like the hourly Durden rant at ZeroHedge.
Posted by: average boulder joe 'bo at October 29, 2012 06:34 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 06:34 PM (jKE+Z)
Hey, I heard that Obastard went to church last Sunday/yesterday for like the third time in 4 years,
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He needed to brush up on his US of KKK history.
Posted by: USS Diversity at October 29, 2012 06:35 PM (9ghZ6)
Posted by: Truman North at October 29, 2012 06:35 PM (W4PwN)
Posted by: Navycopjoe will shiv you over Da BEARS at October 29, 2012 06:35 PM (yZxXI)
Posted by: CMU VET at October 29, 2012 06:35 PM (dPSpR)
Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 06:36 PM (jKE+Z)
Perils of Pre-Tapes: President Obama Talks iPod on Radio as Hurricane Hits
http://tinyurl.com/8eoosbx
Posted by: kbdabear at October 29, 2012 06:36 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: BignJames at October 29, 2012 06:36 PM (j7iSn)
Meanwhile, in California:
An Irvine resident is requesting that the city install a sign to memorialize the hundreds of fish killed in a traffic crash in early October as they were being taken to Irvine Ranch Market.
In the letter, Dina Kourda, on behalf of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, asks the city's street maintenance superintendent to place the sign at the site of the crash on Walnut and Yale avenues.
Tow rig operators hook up to a truck that overturned Oct. 11 carrying 1,600 pounds of fish. The hundreds of pounds of saltwater fish shut down an Irvine intersection for hours while the mess was cleaned up. The sign would read, "In memory of hundreds of fish who suffered and died at this spot," to remind tractor-trailer drivers of their responsibility to the animals who are "hauled to their deaths every day," according to the letter provided by PETA.
"Although such signs are traditionally reserved for human fatalities, I hope you'll make an exception because of the enormous suffering involved in this case," the letter read.
You know, if the mortal remains of the dearly departed are typically breaded and pan fried, a memorial isn't really necessary....
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at October 29, 2012 06:37 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Timon at October 29, 2012 06:37 PM (DmeYJ)
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I am so stealing that!
Posted by: Uncle Mikey at October 29, 2012 06:37 PM (8qoXL)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 29, 2012 06:37 PM (GEICT)
fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap
Posted by: The Paul Krugman at October 29, 2012 06:37 PM (Zd/NW)
(Another graduate from the MSNBC School of Logic)
Posted by: RoadRunner at October 29, 2012 06:37 PM (rIOWj)
Posted by: CMU VET at October 29, 2012 06:38 PM (dPSpR)
Posted by: boulder hobo remembers his college Plato at October 29, 2012 06:38 PM (QTHTd)
Is this Ace's live blog from the basement of Planned Parenthood in Queens? What's the situation there Ace? Has the eye of the storm passed yet?
Posted by: some idiot that can't turn on a tv to get the lastest update on the storm at October 29, 2012 06:38 PM (41iIO)
Posted by: Burn the Witch at October 29, 2012 06:38 PM (uD2fR)
Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 06:38 PM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at October 29, 2012 10:37 PM (kdS6q)
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Testament to a life well-lived...yummm! Praise the Lord and pass the tartar sauce!
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at October 29, 2012 06:39 PM (/LkSO)
1) Black Liberation Theology - "That's my church!"
2a) Islam - Father is a muslim.
2b) Islam - Performs and enjoys the "Call to prayer", which is apparently a sufficient "entrance" ceremony.
2c) Islam - Ring
3) Atheist
4) Narcissism
5) Gaia-ism
6) Nihilism
7) Marxism
AnticolonialismPosted by: Al at October 29, 2012 06:40 PM (MzQOZ)
Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 10:34 PM (jKE+Z)
I'm hoping the Chiefs win at least 5 games so they don't get any good pix in the upcoming draft.
Posted by: Ronster at October 29, 2012 06:40 PM (BvzwK)
Posted by: esch at October 29, 2012 06:40 PM (9XVgh)
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Allah is 1/3 Jewish Yahweh, 1/3 Christian Yahweh, and 1/3 pagan Arabic Moon God.
Muhammad was a brilliant warlord, and a pretty damn good presenter, but not much of an original thinker.
Of course if the Byzantines and Persians hadn't been in a death struggle right when Muhammad united the Arab tribes no one would have heard of Islam besides a few Byzantine historians (though there would be a lot more of them today since the Empire would likely still exist).
Posted by: 18-1 at October 29, 2012 06:40 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: Ron Paul at October 29, 2012 06:41 PM (8HhF2)
Always figured Apollo, especially, as a god-of-the-copybook-headings.
"Headed for Bangkok ... to see the 'architecture' and 'culture', eh? *notches an arrow*"
Posted by: boulder hobo remembers his college Plato at October 29, 2012 06:41 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 29, 2012 06:41 PM (79EF9)
Posted by: Uncle Mikey at October 29, 2012 06:42 PM (8qoXL)
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 29, 2012 06:42 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: CMU VET at October 29, 2012 06:42 PM (dPSpR)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 29, 2012 06:43 PM (d0Dmj)
Posted by: toby928© at October 29, 2012 06:43 PM (QupBk)
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In all seriousness, I think it is clear he is culturally Muslim, but he is not religiously a Muslim.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 29, 2012 06:43 PM (AUeaU)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqKk-4a44U0
Posted by: BILL M at October 29, 2012 06:43 PM (B5XJH)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at October 29, 2012 06:44 PM (/LkSO)
Posted by: Inspector Asshole at October 29, 2012 06:44 PM (jZn+7)
When your lights flicker, don't think it's necessarily a precursor for yours to go off.
It does happen but think; are there loads that come on all at once in the house when it's cold/windy or rainy especially? the flicker may just be those loads triggering when usually they don't all come on at the same time.
Advice: check how many breakers you have and find out what they service and their normal loads. if one side of the circuit breaker box has higher loads that come on more frequently, you'll have flicker. And it means your house's load is unbalanced.
Not too critical but you should look into an upgrade.
next; when you get that flicker, it could also be that the grid is shifting load from one district to another or rerouting a load.
This can happen for many reasons. In a storm it could be because of increased power usage or it could be someone's house or transformer feed has gone out. This removal of load will cause a rapid imbalance that has to be shifted quickly hence the flicker as this happens.
Finally. Note the next time your power goes out. It used to be in some places there would be 3 flickers and if the power didn't stabilize the local grid went down. This is an attempt to shift load or compensate for a sudden heavier load (car accident knocking down wires and shorting them) or the absence of the local line transformer causes a shift.
If the imbalance is great enough and it won't stabilize the district is taken out of service to protect the infrastructure.
so, flickers can be your house load, or district load shift.
Repeated flickers close together means some big imbalance has happened. and it happens pretty fast so you miss the other flickers.
And don't forget that water (though technically an insulator) will pass electricity so during a rainstorm, there are higher line losses and that has to be balanced also.
It's done more rapidly these days as they don't use mechanical switches as much or they are phased in better so the flicker is less noticeable during normal times.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 29, 2012 06:44 PM (Vh0f5)
Posted by: Ed Anger at October 29, 2012 06:44 PM (tOkJB)
After January, we'll never have to hear about him again.
Not so fast my friend. He will be around like Billy Boy Clinton on steroids for at least the next 40 years.
Posted by: Ronster at October 29, 2012 06:44 PM (BvzwK)
Posted by: Truman North at October 29, 2012 06:44 PM (W4PwN)
Posted by: toby928© at October 29, 2012 10:43 PM (QupBk)
I think him and Keith Olbermann are going to start their own talk show. On Chicago Public Television, right after Wayne's World--in that prime Friday night 11:00 pm slot...
Posted by: Uncle Mikey at October 29, 2012 06:45 PM (8qoXL)
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 29, 2012 10:42 PM (JMmQ9)
mostly 2 and 3, but why not, the rest as I have not heard much over here just north of GR
Posted by: Red Shirt at October 29, 2012 06:45 PM (FIDMq)
At least, in my alternate Hearts of Irons modded playthrough at least.
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Heh - I loved that game. Nothing like conquering the world as Brazil in the 1940s. Take that Germany, USSR, and Japan.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 29, 2012 06:45 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: VJay at October 29, 2012 06:46 PM (q5NFp)
Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 06:46 PM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: Adriane at October 29, 2012 06:46 PM (/OhbZ)
Posted by: toby928© at October 29, 2012 06:46 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 29, 2012 06:46 PM (pFqpP)
Posted by: jewells45 says Romney wins in a landslide at October 29, 2012 06:46 PM (1hNQS)
Posted by: Joe Bidenopolous at October 29, 2012 06:47 PM (eHIJJ)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 29, 2012 06:47 PM (kUnhC)
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You might want to think that one through.
Posted by: Coriolanus at October 29, 2012 06:47 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: concrete girl at October 29, 2012 06:47 PM (y2Ojs)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 29, 2012 06:47 PM (d0Dmj)
Posted by: Navycopjoe will shiv you over Da BEARS at October 29, 2012 06:47 PM (3uIOB)
Posted by: joncelli at October 29, 2012 06:48 PM (CWlPF)
He'll have to get in line behind Clinton. Remember when he left office, all of the lefties in the MSM (but I repeat myself) were all breathless with the possibility of Slick Willie being the UN Secretary General. The whole crew of MSNBC had wet panties while talking about it. Except for Rachel Maddow. She had a boner.
Posted by: Uncle Mikey at October 29, 2012 06:48 PM (8qoXL)
Yeah, the Byzantines and the Persians at the time weren't a picnic, either. So keep that in mind.
Oh, I know! Suppose the fucking Avars or Bulgars had come up with a prophet. Or the vikings....
We'd all be huddled in a European hovel sending letters by pony-express, wishing that the Arabs had come up with a prophet first.
Posted by: boulder hobo at October 29, 2012 06:48 PM (QTHTd)
Unfortunately, we thought the same thing about Carter, but he still shows up with nauseating regularity. Not as bad as Billy's idiot brother, though.
Notice that you don't see or hear about the Bush's very much? Hmmm.
Posted by: RoadRunner at October 29, 2012 06:48 PM (rIOWj)
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Hey, I got a full 8 inches last night. And he told me he'll call me against tomorrow. Take that bitches!
Posted by: Gerg at October 29, 2012 06:48 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 06:48 PM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: some idiot that can't turn on a tv to get the lastest update on the storm at October 29, 2012 06:49 PM (41iIO)
Posted by: Up with people at October 29, 2012 06:49 PM (kzFo5)
Posted by: Truman North at October 29, 2012 06:49 PM (W4PwN)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 29, 2012 06:49 PM (kUnhC)
Posted by: Up with people at October 29, 2012 10:49 PM (kzFo5)
Anything I can do?
Posted by: Snake Plissken at October 29, 2012 06:50 PM (FIDMq)
Posted by: Low Bandwidth Guy in the Woods at October 29, 2012 06:50 PM (2I55/)
Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 06:50 PM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: GnuBreed at October 29, 2012 06:50 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 29, 2012 06:50 PM (d0Dmj)
Posted by: Peaches at October 29, 2012 06:51 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Trevor (@TJexcite) at October 29, 2012 06:51 PM (Ea64Y)
Posted by: Peaches at October 29, 2012 10:51 PM (kpCLl)
Thread winner!
Posted by: Uncle Mikey at October 29, 2012 06:52 PM (8qoXL)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 29, 2012 06:52 PM (79EF9)
Posted by: CMU VET at October 29, 2012 06:52 PM (dPSpR)
Posted by: Truman North at October 29, 2012 06:52 PM (W4PwN)
No, but I got mine fighting for a lady's honor. Unfortunately she wanted to keep it.
Posted by: harleycowboy at October 29, 2012 06:52 PM (wSTfB)
Posted by: Up with people at October 29, 2012 06:52 PM (kzFo5)
I'm taking bets there will be a speech by teh won before the weekend containing the phrases "extraordinary and unprecedented circumstances", "disenfranchisement prevention", and "extended voting window".
And don't try to tell me that's unconstitutional. You might as well try telling a bear it's illegal to shit in the woods. Who's going to stop him?
Posted by: Xavier at October 29, 2012 06:52 PM (t7ylY)
We had some electricity flutters a couple days ago and when I turned on the 'puter the next morning my monitor had this green tinge for everything on screen. I don't know if the monitor is toast or the graphics card. I'm computer stupid. It is annoying as hell.
Posted by: Ronster at October 29, 2012 06:53 PM (BvzwK)
Posted by: Bacchus at October 29, 2012 06:53 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at October 29, 2012 06:53 PM (2I55/)
Posted by: Peaches at October 29, 2012 10:51 PM (kpCLl)
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Yeah, but it would still cost a bazillion dollars!
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at October 29, 2012 06:53 PM (/LkSO)
Posted by: E. Warren at October 29, 2012 06:54 PM (wSTfB)
Posted by: model_1066 at October 29, 2012 06:54 PM (SwHqo)
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Isn't that....racist?
Oh the fun I would have that were I president of the US.
Oh hey UN, sorry we can't give you a quarter of your funding anymore. I can't justify paying a bunch of racists to send rapists to third world countries.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 29, 2012 06:54 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: Uncle Mikey at October 29, 2012 10:52 PM (8qoXL)
Stolen from some proggy douchenozzle in Long Island who failed to evacuate, but was still texting another proggy douchenozzle here in El Lay. Cracked my ass up, though. He had A-Rod's pic imposed on a sat-pic of the giant storm. At first I thought it was Barry, I denounce myself.
Posted by: Peaches at October 29, 2012 06:54 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: CMU VET at October 29, 2012 10:52 PM (dPSpR)
*****
That's if you don't consider the UN charter a "living breathing document"
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at October 29, 2012 06:55 PM (/LkSO)
Posted by: USA at October 29, 2012 06:55 PM (RIg+t)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 29, 2012 06:55 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 29, 2012 10:18 PM (GEICT)
No.... LANDSHARK! Damit.... I mean... Pizza Guy....
Posted by: Someone in New York Knockin on the door at October 29, 2012 06:55 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 06:55 PM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: CMU VET at October 29, 2012 10:52 PM (dPSpR)
Isn't it any country with a seat on the security council?
Posted by: Red Shirt at October 29, 2012 06:56 PM (FIDMq)
Posted by: 翠星石 ~です at October 29, 2012 06:56 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: toby928© at October 29, 2012 06:56 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Uncle Mikey at October 29, 2012 06:57 PM (8qoXL)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 29, 2012 10:54 PM (AUeaU)
Nah.... barry will suddenly discover those old school papers... that showed he was a Kenyan Prince.... not 'just' an American...
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 29, 2012 06:57 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: Inspector Asshole at October 29, 2012 06:57 PM (jZn+7)
Posted by: Plague Infested Rat at October 29, 2012 06:57 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: CMU VET at October 29, 2012 06:57 PM (dPSpR)
Pepsi es no permissio! Esta mi last wordo!
Posted by: Miguel Bloomez at October 29, 2012 06:58 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 29, 2012 06:58 PM (OWHjl)
youtube makes you log in to view restricted material rather than clicking a button to prove you're 18. And the account is shared with Google.
So, no thanks.
Posted by: Methos at October 29, 2012 06:58 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: Ronster at October 29, 2012 06:59 PM (BvzwK)
Posted by: Old Glazier at October 29, 2012 06:59 PM (YGHl3)
Posted by: Peaches at October 29, 2012 10:51 PM (kpCLl)
Did I leave my webcam on again?
Posted by: MrCaniac turning off his webcam at October 29, 2012 07:00 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 07:00 PM (jKE+Z)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 29, 2012 07:00 PM (piMMO)
Nah.... barry will suddenly discover those old school papers... that showed he was a Kenyan Prince.... not 'just' an American...
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 29, 2012 10:57 PM (lZBBB)
Nah, to the nth...Barry was the princess of Kenny!
Posted by: model_1066 at October 29, 2012 07:00 PM (SwHqo)
Posted by: CMU VET at October 29, 2012 07:01 PM (dPSpR)
Posted by: Peaches at October 29, 2012 07:01 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 29, 2012 10:55 PM (piMMO)
The lowest atlantic storm was Hurricane Wilma with a MB pressure of 882
Posted by: Red Shirt at October 29, 2012 07:01 PM (FIDMq)
Posted by: Ronster at October 29, 2012 10:59 PM (BvzwK)
Is she happy? Undeniably ecstatic? If so, that should make you a bit more at ease. I think.
Posted by: model_1066 at October 29, 2012 07:02 PM (SwHqo)
Genghis Khan made the mistake when he didn't destroy the Muslims when he had the chance.
Posted by: BILL M at October 29, 2012 07:02 PM (B5XJH)
Don't know what the daughter expects as far as money for a wedding. Probably more than I want to spend. Damn
Posted by: Ronster at October 29, 2012 07:02 PM (BvzwK)
Posted by: Gordon undead Ramsay at October 29, 2012 07:02 PM (9HhTH)
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 29, 2012 07:02 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 29, 2012 07:02 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 29, 2012 07:02 PM (OWHjl)
Posted by: Miguel Bloomez at October 29, 2012 07:02 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Adriane at October 29, 2012 07:03 PM (/OhbZ)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 29, 2012 11:02 PM (AUeaU)
Even that turncoat Roberts would have to smite him on that, no? Please, someone, tell me that is correct because, uh, shivers!!
Posted by: Peaches at October 29, 2012 07:03 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 29, 2012 07:04 PM (JMmQ9)
16,000,000,000,000%
Posted by: Al at October 29, 2012 07:04 PM (MzQOZ)
Posted by: model_1066 at October 29, 2012 11:02 PM (SwHqo)
Of course she is. Aren't they all at this point in the process?
Posted by: Ronster at October 29, 2012 07:05 PM (BvzwK)
He can expect a call from the commish and probably a large fine, too.
Posted by: Uncle Mikey at October 29, 2012 07:05 PM (8qoXL)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 29, 2012 11:02 PM (AUeaU)
**************
Won't matter- NY's electoral votes are going Dem regardless. Worry more about PA or NH.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at October 29, 2012 07:05 PM (/LkSO)
Secret video of Ace in the storm!!!
I thought he was the one running around with the horse head.
Posted by: harleycowboy at October 29, 2012 07:05 PM (wSTfB)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 29, 2012 07:06 PM (piMMO)
***
Hey the Mongols taught them what happens when you kill diplomats and merchants.
That's right - the Muslims were taught a thing or two about civilization from the Mongols...
Of course he did it by killing hundreds of thousands of people...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 29, 2012 07:06 PM (AUeaU)
If Obama hadn't pissed away trillions, there might be a few bucks left now for reconstruction...
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 29, 2012 07:06 PM (voFL/)
Posted by: Peaches at October 29, 2012 07:06 PM (kpCLl)
Amen to all that, Prop 2 yard signs are around here, I saw 1 no on 2 today. Usually a prop 2 with a Obama sign in the yard, tells me all I need to know about that.
Posted by: Red Shirt at October 29, 2012 07:07 PM (FIDMq)
Regrettably, Kratos killed them all.
Posted by: Methos at October 29, 2012 07:07 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: Temujin, to the Muslims at October 29, 2012 07:08 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: model_1066 at October 29, 2012 11:02 PM (SwHqo)
Of course she is. Aren't they all at this point in the process?
Posted by: Ronster at October 29, 2012 11:05 PM (BvzwK)
I guess it's your job as her dad to determine that. Best wishes at any rate.
Posted by: model_1066 at October 29, 2012 07:08 PM (SwHqo)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 29, 2012 07:08 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 29, 2012 07:08 PM (79EF9)
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 29, 2012 11:04 PM (JMmQ9)
I think we should, either a late celebration or a delayed drowing of sorrows
Posted by: Red Shirt at October 29, 2012 07:10 PM (FIDMq)
Posted by: Peaches at October 29, 2012 11:06 PM (kpCLl)
Peaches, please don't use such big words. To answer your question, she is 26, and has avoided 3 really bad decisions thanks in part to me.
Posted by: Ronster at October 29, 2012 07:10 PM (BvzwK)
Posted by: logprof at October 29, 2012 07:10 PM (jKE+Z)
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Are they just fuckin' with me or what???
Posted by: Peaches at October 29, 2012 07:10 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Ernie McCracken at October 29, 2012 07:10 PM (ZETiK)
Does anybody else see BHO aspiring to be Secy General of the UN someday
God I hope so. It might spark the public support we need to withdraw from that Third World bitchfest and get some prime Manahattan real estate back.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at October 29, 2012 07:11 PM (uD2fR)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 29, 2012 07:12 PM (voFL/)
Posted by: mpfs at October 29, 2012 07:12 PM (Mkhiu)
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Are they just fuckin' with me or what???
Posted by: Peaches at October 29, 2012 11:10 PM (kpCLl)
nix the "Cancer" bit and yes, truly hi-larious!
Posted by: model_1066 at October 29, 2012 07:12 PM (SwHqo)
Posted by: Red Shirt at October 29, 2012 07:12 PM (FIDMq)
Are they just fuckin' with me or what???
Posted by: Peaches at October 29, 2012 11:10 PM (kpCLl)
they need to have a moron proof read before sending out emails. Either that or we morons need to get our minds functioning at a somewhat higher level.
Posted by: someone at October 29, 2012 07:13 PM (bqjJT)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 29, 2012 07:13 PM (voFL/)
Posted by: Ronster at October 29, 2012 07:13 PM (BvzwK)
Posted by: mpfs at October 29, 2012 11:12 PM (Mkhiu)
I think the formula is one hobo for every 5 monster rats.
Posted by: model_1066 at October 29, 2012 07:13 PM (SwHqo)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at October 29, 2012 07:14 PM (/LkSO)
Posted by: Secundus at October 29, 2012 07:14 PM (DFR46)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 29, 2012 07:14 PM (kUnhC)
http://tinyurl.com/8hgvc7z
****
Great, albeit scary pics
The one of "cop cars floating" has an ominous dark shape barely visible to the left. Cthulhu?
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 29, 2012 07:14 PM (Y0jT/)
Of course. Water melts steel. Google it.
Posted by: Rosie O’Donnell at October 29, 2012 07:15 PM (eHIJJ)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 29, 2012 11:13 PM (voFL/)
Wouldn't that drive them to the surface, here comes the zombie invasion...morons, dont crawl...RUN to the polls
Posted by: Red Shirt at October 29, 2012 07:15 PM (FIDMq)
Not many is my guess. The 'bo grapevine is pretty solid. ("Amsterdam Times", and all that.) Most of them are upstate or hitching trains out west already, would be my guess.
The seriously mentally ill, though... they might be at risk
Posted by: boulder hobo at October 29, 2012 07:16 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Red Shirt at October 29, 2012 11:12 PM (FIDMq)
Yes, I've heard that and thought the same thing. Sue your broker because you agreed to buy a stock that went south? wtf
Posted by: Ronster at October 29, 2012 07:16 PM (BvzwK)
What possible difference could that make?
Posted by: BILL M at October 29, 2012 07:17 PM (B5XJH)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 29, 2012 07:17 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at October 29, 2012 11:14 PM (/LkSO)
Unless used in proper context, negative.
Posted by: model_1066 at October 29, 2012 07:17 PM (SwHqo)
Posted by: Adriane at October 29, 2012 07:17 PM (/OhbZ)
Posted by: Alex at October 29, 2012 07:18 PM (HwgHt)
Posted by: Benedickhead Roberts at October 29, 2012 07:19 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 29, 2012 07:19 PM (79EF9)
Posted by: Adriane at October 29, 2012 11:17 PM (/OhbZ)
OMG, I heard that on the car radio on my way home, they said 4 stories worth of brick face came down and you could see the lights and the sofas and the stuff. Those people are well and truly fucked.
Posted by: Peaches at October 29, 2012 07:20 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: CMU VET at October 29, 2012 07:22 PM (dPSpR)
Posted by: Adriane at October 29, 2012 11:17 PM (/OhbZ)
OMG, I heard that on the car radio on my way home, they said 4 stories worth of brick face came down and you could see the lights and the sofas and the stuff. Those people are well and truly fucked.
Posted by: Peaches at October 29, 2012 11:20 PM (kpCLl)
my first thought/image was that of an ant farm....not dissing NYC morons tho....
Posted by: model_1066 at October 29, 2012 07:22 PM (SwHqo)
Could it have been a local ad? Not all the commercials that play during his show are his product. The affiliate stations have to generate revenue too.
Posted by: Dept. of Accuracy Dept. at October 29, 2012 07:24 PM (BAnPT)
Posted by: Peaches at October 29, 2012 07:24 PM (kpCLl)
Wind blew the brick facade off an apartment building? This is a cat 4 or 5 thing, right? What was the facade held together with? Scotch tape? They did use mortar with the bricks, right?
Posted by: otho at October 29, 2012 07:25 PM (yBF/9)
Just had a transient load shift that knocked everything out for about 2 sec.
I think we've got such a good system where I am because of the Gas fired Electric plant about 5 mi away.
As to solid state switchers. I have to assume they have developed something other than mechanical even for very high voltages because mechanical switches are very cumbersome expensive and prone to degradation even when enclosed and surrounded by a non conductive liquid to minimize the arching between contacts during a switchover.
Ganging, series, parallel or something should work to spread the amperage below the break down point of the substrate.
So I'm not SURE but I'd be willing to bet they do. Plus the switching takes place so fast, it has to be solid state.
I've been looking since your question intrigued me but I that's not something that's really available on line unless you know exactly what you're looking for by name or manufacturer.
I've got to go reset some clocks.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 29, 2012 07:25 PM (hqI/K)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 29, 2012 07:26 PM (79EF9)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 29, 2012 07:26 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 29, 2012 07:26 PM (piMMO)
The one of "cop cars floating" has an ominous dark shape barely visible to the left. Cthulhu?
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 29, 2012 11:14 PM (Y0jT/)
Not me.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 29, 2012 07:27 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 29, 2012 07:27 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Adriane at October 29, 2012 07:27 PM (/OhbZ)
Posted by: Dept. of Accuracy Dept. at October 29, 2012 07:28 PM (BAnPT)
Someone mentioned the song OHIO last night.
I looked at the lyrics and took a stab at an update (apologies to CSNY):
4 Dead and He DonÂ’t Know
Dead SEALS and Obama Lying,
Abandoned by their own,
This Fall I hear the crying,
Four dead and he donÂ’t know
Gotta get down to it,
Obama let them down,
Narrative failed long ago.
What if you knew them
And found them dead on the ground
How can he lie when you know?
Dead SEALS and Obama Running,
Abandoned by their own,
This Fall I hear the drumming,
Four dead but he donÂ’t know
Gotta get down to it,
Barack let them down,
His Story failed long ago.
What if you knew them
And found them dead on the ground
How can he run when you know?
Posted by: rd at October 29, 2012 07:28 PM (zLp5I)
Being a god is pretty cool sometimes. People worship you even if you haven't done shit, and you score the best native strange ..
Stay away from sharp objects though ...
Posted by: Capt James T Kir-ock at October 29, 2012 07:29 PM (wwsoB)
Look for the Union label...
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 29, 2012 11:27 PM (JMmQ9)
That's not nice. However, I agree 100%.
Posted by: Ronster at October 29, 2012 07:29 PM (BvzwK)
Posted by: Up with people at October 29, 2012 07:29 PM (kzFo5)
http://tinyurl.com/8u4hq4k
they talk about reducing an 800 ton transformer to 75 pounds.
It's green electric stuff so it may just be pie in the sky and they go broke in a year but this is not limited to green tech only as a smaller xformer uses less electricity which means money for the power companies.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 29, 2012 07:30 PM (hqI/K)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 29, 2012 07:30 PM (79EF9)
Posted by: Robert at October 29, 2012 07:30 PM (LUnTP)
I always thought of lugubrious as sort of hang doggy, like a Bassett hound, but the dictionary gives it a darker, almost demonic sense in the definition. I just like the sound of the word. Call me weird...
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at October 29, 2012 07:30 PM (/LkSO)
Posted by: jake in ID at October 29, 2012 07:30 PM (2CiZb)
Posted by: Robert at October 29, 2012 07:31 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 29, 2012 07:31 PM (voFL/)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 29, 2012 11:02 PM (OWHjl)
Ditto - and I'm in your same vicinity, wishing for some rain, too...
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 29, 2012 07:32 PM (JwW4z)
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 29, 2012 07:32 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: The MSM at October 29, 2012 07:32 PM (vm7ot)
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 29, 2012 07:33 PM (JwW4z)
You must whip it.
Facade falling.
You must whip it.
Posted by: Adriane at October 29, 2012 11:27 PM (/OhbZ)
Sorry that seemed to fit. Listening to that Devo song now!
Posted by: model_1066 at October 29, 2012 07:33 PM (SwHqo)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 29, 2012 07:33 PM (kaalw)
I recall reading years ago that you have to be local royalty and very stable mentally to get one though...like Alec Baldwin.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 29, 2012 07:33 PM (voFL/)
Posted by: Peaches at October 29, 2012 11:20 PM
The humanity! Why isn't Bush here now saving these people!!! There are rapes and cannibalism at Madison Square Garden !!!
Sob!!!
Mr Ailes, I'm ready for my closeup now ..
Posted by: Shep Smith-Cooper at October 29, 2012 07:33 PM (wwsoB)
How about being called a complete arsehole?
'Cause I'm fine with calling you that.
Posted by: boulder hobo at October 29, 2012 07:33 PM (QTHTd)
http://tinyurl.com/96wa9te (from the DoE)
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 29, 2012 07:34 PM (hqI/K)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 29, 2012 07:34 PM (79EF9)
I read somewhere that NYC has 'allowed' approx 1800 CCW's in the city limits.
boy that'll make one feel safe
Posted by: jake in ID at October 29, 2012 11:30 PM (2CiZb)
Jake.. the no crimp -06 loads shot great had one group of 5 all touching
Posted by: The Jackhole at October 29, 2012 07:36 PM (DU15A)
When I was contracting we used Latex additives and polymer grout in our Portland Mix. That brick will NEVER come apart. The brick will break before the mortar comes off.
Posted by: Dept. of Accuracy Dept. at October 29, 2012 07:36 PM (BAnPT)
I recall reading years ago that you have to be local royalty and very stable mentally to get one though...like Alec Baldwin.
****
I just looked up their laws tonight and, yeah, you have to demonstrate that you are in some way more in danger than the average citizen, and celebrities pass that test.
Other than that, you can own a gun, but they make it a PITA to take it to a range and you can't keep it loaded in your home.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 29, 2012 07:36 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 29, 2012 07:37 PM (OWHjl)
Posted by: Adriane at October 29, 2012 07:37 PM (/OhbZ)
Lotta old brick in NYC...from the era of lime based mortars. All of that will become unstable and very weak after a salt water soaking. The lime leaches out and you're left with just sand.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 29, 2012 11:31 PM
Ok, understood. But still, just how strong was the wind?
Posted by: otho at October 29, 2012 07:37 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: mpfs at October 29, 2012 07:38 PM (Mkhiu)
Obama orders a postponement of election. 29 Republican governors refuse the illegal order. All 20 Democrats acquiesce. Texas secedes from the union. Second Confederacy ensues. Andrew Sullivan says "I told you so!"
http://wizbangblog.com/2012/10/29/49554/
Posted by: BILL M at October 29, 2012 07:39 PM (B5XJH)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 29, 2012 07:39 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 29, 2012 07:39 PM (OWHjl)
Posted by: jimi ray at October 29, 2012 07:40 PM (79EF9)
Maybe it's just me, but my first reaction was Bad Fuckin' Idea.
Posted by: Peaches at October 29, 2012 07:40 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Joe Scarborough at October 29, 2012 07:40 PM (YYyqq)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, wearing my GIANTS jersey, team dagny at October 29, 2012 07:42 PM (E+0bY)
I've been looking since your question intrigued me but I that's not something that's really available on line unless you know exactly what you're looking for by name or manufacturer.
I've got to go reset some clocks.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 29, 2012 11:25 PM (hqI/K)
The electrical reclosers are mechanical switches. The switches open and close fast enough that there is little time to overheat the contacts. Usually there are two sets of contacts, primary and arcing. The primary carry the current, and open first. The arcing contacts are designed to do just that, arc when opening. The arcing contacts protect the primary contacts from arc damage.
One advantage of high voltage, is the current is usually low, only hundreds of amps.
You will see the same arrangement in circuit breakers too. (Air break, vacuum, oil, and SF6 gas circuit breakers) Except they usually do not reclose when they trip open.
FYI Morons, do not count on the utility power staying off if there are downed wires that do not appear to be live. The reclosers will RECLOSE and re-energize the lines after they trip open. The number of times and delays vary from utility to utility. IF you see downed lines, STAY AWAY!
Posted by: rd at October 29, 2012 07:43 PM (zLp5I)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 29, 2012 07:43 PM (voFL/)
Posted by: Craig Poe at October 29, 2012 07:43 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, wearing my GIANTS jersey, team dagny at October 29, 2012 11:42 PM (E+0bY)
Gird your loins...the blog breaker is here!!
kidding!!!
Posted by: Red Shirt at October 29, 2012 07:43 PM (FIDMq)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 29, 2012 07:44 PM (OWHjl)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 29, 2012 11:39 PM (piMMO)
At their exorbitant personal expense, I hope.
Posted by: model_1066 at October 29, 2012 07:44 PM (SwHqo)
probably related to the power wink I experienced about 1/2 hour ago.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 29, 2012 07:45 PM (hqI/K)
Posted by: DaveA at October 29, 2012 07:45 PM (wcjj2)
Posted by: jake in ID at October 29, 2012 07:45 PM (2CiZb)
And two dimensional ones on the roads.
Posted by: BILL M at October 29, 2012 07:46 PM (B5XJH)
So what are the odds Obama tries to keep NY polls open past the election considering the damage in NYC?
Obama orders a postponement of election. 29 Republican governors refuse the illegal order. All 20 Democrats acquiesce. Texas secedes from the union. Second Confederacy ensues. Andrew Sullivan says "I told you so!"
http://wizbangblog.com/2012/10/29/49554/
Posted by: BILL M at October 29, 2012 11:39 PM (B5XJH)
And in the 20 states that the dem governors acquiesce, how many County Sheriffs defy the state and open the polls anyway?
It could get real ugly, real fast.
Posted by: rd at October 29, 2012 07:47 PM (zLp5I)
three-dimensional armadillos we see in Texas are in zoos
And two dimensional ones on the roads.
Posted by: BILL M at October 29, 2012 11:46 PM (B5XJH)
I actually managed to hit a fucking roadrunner outside of Pecos...guess they're not as fast as advertised.
Posted by: model_1066 at October 29, 2012 07:48 PM (SwHqo)
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 29, 2012 07:48 PM (JMmQ9)
Obama sends out Bill Clinton to spread a lie. This is rich:
http://tinyurl.com/9nxeezv
Posted by: Craig Poe at October 29, 2012 07:50 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 29, 2012 07:50 PM (kUnhC)
i thought I heard the sound of heavy arching and a xformer buzz like noise. (once you've heard an overloaded xformer, you never forget it)
I just thought I was imagining things. It must have shorted out his power.
Oh and for you all out there who think that underground lines are the bees knees? WE have underground lines in this area.
See the problem is that the lines eventually come up to the house. sometimes through the basement and sometimes through an above ground wall.
What happened I think was just before it went BZZZZZZ and lights went out there was a sustained gust. (by ear maybe 60mph +++)
that knocked something down onto his main power wires coming in. That's all it took. BZZZZZZ. I'm gonna go look what's up.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 29, 2012 07:50 PM (hqI/K)
Posted by: باراك حسين أوبام at October 29, 2012 07:52 PM (sZTYJ)
Hope everyone is safe.
Watching Halloween 2, so lame, hubby keeps doing the shew shew shew noise. Don't know why these movies were ever scary.
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 29, 2012 07:53 PM (2Nzn8)
Posted by: Hentai Horse at October 29, 2012 07:53 PM (sZTYJ)
NO fire next door but it must've taken 10 years off their lives when that 200 amp service shorted out.
BBBZZZZZZZZZZ.
The fire trucks just left so no damage except to his electric feed.
He'll have to wait till tomorrow to get that fixed.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 29, 2012 07:53 PM (hqI/K)
Watching Halloween 2, so lame, hubby keeps doing the shew shew shew noise. Don't know why these movies were ever scary.
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 29, 2012 11:53 PM (2Nzn
If I recall, 3 is a clusterfark of epic proportions
Posted by: Red Shirt at October 29, 2012 07:54 PM (FIDMq)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 29, 2012 07:54 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: DC in Towson at October 29, 2012 07:54 PM (CJwi5)
Posted by: Rob Zombie at October 29, 2012 07:54 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: buzzion at October 29, 2012 07:55 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Spider Goat at October 29, 2012 07:56 PM (sZTYJ)
Wow, just drifted onto "Judgement at Nuremburg" on TCM and while I would watch it anyway due to the undying WWII historical obsession and the fact I've never seen it, I was amazed to see a youthful William Shatner and younger Werner Klemperer (Colonel Klink), alongside Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Spencer Tracy, and Judy Garland (so far!).
Having been neck-deep in another famous war crimes trial, it's of special interest, of course.
Posted by: non-purist at October 29, 2012 07:56 PM (UViC2)
Posted by: Rob Zombie at October 29, 2012 11:54 PM (sZTYJ)
I was thinking of Halloween 3, season of the witch(82 I think). I dont think MM is even in it.
Posted by: Red Shirt at October 29, 2012 07:57 PM (FIDMq)
Posted by: Soona at October 29, 2012 07:57 PM (ThVD9)
Posted by: boulder hobo - don at October 29, 2012 07:57 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: boulder hobo - don't ask him how he knows this at October 29, 2012 07:57 PM (QTHTd)
Or he just doesn't give a crap if a few people die.
One or the other.
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 29, 2012 11:50 PM (kUnhC)
Dont you worry, they are getting him ready for the press conference of a lifetime to come through for all those affected by this storm. I guarantee it.
ABC,CBS,NBC,CNN, MSNBC,NPR,ETC will be their gushing about how great he is, etc etc.
If I am wrong, I will eat a worm.
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 29, 2012 07:58 PM (2Nzn8)
Posted by: jake in ID at October 29, 2012 07:58 PM (2CiZb)
Till a few days ago I found out the accent is not on the second fucking syllable, but on the first, which gives you a really shitty sounding ponce-word.
So fuck me, I guess.
Well, at least I'm not stuck in a fucking hurricane. So fuck me again, I guess.
Posted by: Enby at October 29, 2012 07:58 PM (ptlfZ)
It's not a "scar" on her soul (which implies a healed old wound), but a suppurating, festering, maggot-writhing gash that is slowly but inexorably eating out her moral substance.
Posted by: Russia from My House at October 29, 2012 07:59 PM (2c1Cq)
Unless of course you're afraid of the reaction.
if that's the case then maybe you need to find an al jazzeera type blog to haunt. You'll be happier I'm sure.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 29, 2012 08:00 PM (hqI/K)
Posted by: boulder hobo - don't ask him how he knows this at October 29, 2012 08:00 PM (QTHTd)
What possible difference could that make?
Posted by: BILL M at October 29, 2012 11:17 PM (B5XJH)
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Probably not a whole lot, unless keeping the polls open late means they find not only more votes in boxes, but more electoral votes to assign to the state. Nearly zero chance the fate of the final result hinges on who wins NY.
You'd have to go into VA or possibly PA to start to consider potential delays having an effect.
Posted by: Dan K. at October 29, 2012 08:00 PM (c32CV)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 29, 2012 08:01 PM (OWHjl)
It really, really eats at her that she got more attention by pretending to be Sarah Palin than she's ever had in her entire career up till then.
And it still goes on. She's getting awards just because. and she knows it. and it's eating her up inside.
Good.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 29, 2012 08:02 PM (hqI/K)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 29, 2012 08:02 PM (kUnhC)
--
Look for the union label!
Posted by: Mayday at October 29, 2012 08:03 PM (F3s39)
One flaw in the roof drainage, and the whole building begins to separate. I've seen trees growing between the roof deck and the front wall. They often used iron threaded rods, with big end plates, to bind the side walls along the beams, but no such luck for end walls.
Now, you can build an all-new building behind those brick fronts, and keep the nice old look, but you can't make a brickpile permanent unless you pay a lot of attention to internal maintenance. Wrong neighborhood for that.
In the old world, those would burn down often enough to keep them from falling down -- the beams and floors being all wood. Cotton mill operators found out how explosive lint was (the hard way), and their insurance men convinced them to invent "fire-proof" construction, which used plaster or other coatings (eventually, asbestos) to protect the beams from infiltration, and a building would survive a number of minor fires in its life. So a fundamentally unsound load-bearing method was saved from obvious obsolescence, and got to hang around until water or earthquakes could do it in, instead.
Posted by: comatus at October 29, 2012 08:03 PM (qaVK+)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at October 29, 2012 08:03 PM (e8kgV)
Hello!
Posted by: Earthworm Jim at October 29, 2012 11:59 PM (9XVgh)
How 'bout "nameless annelid found on ocean floor last week"?
even more yucky!
Posted by: model_1066 at October 29, 2012 08:04 PM (SwHqo)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, wearing my GIANTS jersey, team dagny at October 29, 2012 08:04 PM (E+0bY)
So what are the odds Obama tries to keep NY polls open past the election considering the damage in NYC?
What possible difference could that make?
Posted by: BILL M at October 29, 2012 11:17 PM (B5XJH)
----------------Probably not a whole lot, unless keeping the polls open late means they find not only more votes in boxes, but more electoral votes to assign to the state. Nearly zero chance the fate of the final result hinges on who wins NY.You'd have to go into VA or possibly PA to start to consider potential delays having an effect.
Posted by: Dan K. at October 30, 2012 12:00 AM (c32CV)
Actually, isn't NY without NYC almost a red state? New Hampshirish, maybe?
Posted by: cthulhu at October 29, 2012 08:04 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 29, 2012 08:04 PM (JMmQ9)
Yup the kind I see on route 287 are mostly of the 2 dimensional variety !!!! Poor things !!!!
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 29, 2012 11:39 PM (OWHjl)
If I remember correctly (which is always a crapshoot), the first 3D armadillo I saw was a stuffed one in a museum... after seeing so many flattened on the highway, I was kinda surprised that they were actually sort of round...
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 29, 2012 08:05 PM (JwW4z)
didn't get to chat very much tonight, too tired and busy
ugh
have a safe time, all you NE morons
and be safe everyone else, all you drunk morons
Posted by: chemjeff at October 29, 2012 08:05 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: Adriane at October 29, 2012 08:05 PM (/OhbZ)
Why do the people being chased by a pitchfork wielding madman, get into the vw bug that did not start earlier with a soft top roof and think it will end well.
OK she got out kicked him in the nuts, so theres that.
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 29, 2012 08:05 PM (2Nzn8)
More Pennsylvania-ish... lots of middle-aged to old white people in medium towns who vote for Social Security and Medicare.
Posted by: boulder hobo at October 29, 2012 08:07 PM (QTHTd)
----------------Probably not a whole lot, unless keeping the polls open late means they find not only more votes in boxes, but more electoral votes to assign to the state. Nearly zero chance the fate of the final result hinges on who wins NY.You'd have to go into VA or possibly PA to start to consider potential delays having an effect.
Posted by: Dan K. at October 30, 2012 12:00 AM (c32CV)
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Plus, I think the States control their own elections - even for Federal offices. BarkyPants would have to go to court to force any of the states to do anything different than what they plan to do.
Of course, I wouldn't put it past him to do just about anything to get the results he wants.
Posted by: Not an Artist at October 29, 2012 08:07 PM (uRumV)
If they think they are losing, they WILL seek out and WILL find judges to order the polls to stay open. Make sure that it doesn't matter by voting (Ohioans, Iowans, Nevadans, Coloradans, Wisconsonites, etc.)
Posted by: BILL M at October 29, 2012 08:07 PM (B5XJH)
OH yeah. Like upstate CT or Western MA.
How Vermont ever went socialist, I'll never understand. It must be the canucks and frenchies.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 29, 2012 08:08 PM (hqI/K)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, wearing my GIANTS jersey, team dagny at October 29, 2012 08:08 PM (E+0bY)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 29, 2012 08:08 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: DC in Towson at October 29, 2012 08:09 PM (CJwi5)
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 29, 2012 08:09 PM (hqI/K)
I actually managed to hit a fucking roadrunner outside of Pecos...guess they're not as fast as advertised.
Posted by: model_1066 at October 29, 2012 11:48 PM (SwHqo)
Bee-beep....
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 29, 2012 08:10 PM (JwW4z)
Just realized (I think) that Widmark's prosecution colleague is a younger, beefier Jose Ferrer - could it be? His face and voice. Now I'll go look at IMDB to see if I'm right.
Great scene - where the prosecution shows the films of concentration camps - now the defendants are talking about the film at dinner ....
Posted by: non-purist at October 29, 2012 08:10 PM (UViC2)
Posted by: Tickled Pink at October 29, 2012 08:10 PM (wdXri)
Posted by: zeera at October 29, 2012 08:11 PM (Lv9bM)
I see that the wind might have been around the 80mph range in NY? That's pretty respectable. I thought it had gone down to storm/depression awhile ago...
Posted by: otho at October 29, 2012 08:11 PM (yBF/9)
Might get around to seeing it (for free later on) if Silverman has a sufficiently despondent night on Twitter next week.
Posted by: Dan K. at October 29, 2012 08:12 PM (c32CV)
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 29, 2012 08:12 PM (JMmQ9)
So. I suppose you think all squirrels are flat?
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 29, 2012 08:12 PM (hqI/K)
Posted by: Tickled Pink at October 30, 2012 12:10 AM (wdXri)
Umm, I think Gallup said the early voting went with Romney by a large margin.
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 29, 2012 08:12 PM (2Nzn8)
The real question I had once asked is how NH avoided that shit, except that 2008 proved that it didn't.
Posted by: boulder hobo at October 29, 2012 08:12 PM (QTHTd)
With Sandy as an excuse, they WILL be open for weeks.
Posted by: tell me I'm wrong at October 29, 2012 08:13 PM (DtNNC)
Ann Coulter (on Hannity, I think) actually suggested that Illinois might go for Romney. I can't see that, but that would be sweet, eh?
Posted by: BILL M at October 29, 2012 08:14 PM (B5XJH)
Posted by: TD, one of the proud 53% at October 29, 2012 08:15 PM (+uFux)
With Sandy as an excuse, they WILL be open for weeks.
Posted by: tell me I'm wrong at October 30, 2012 12:13 AM (DtNNC)
OK good, this will hurt obama, more people are seeing that he allowed the murders in Bengazi, the media will have to cover it.
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 29, 2012 08:15 PM (2Nzn8)
Posted by: rd at October 29, 2012 11:28 PM (zLp5I)
Mind if I quote that for my blog?
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 29, 2012 11:54 PM (sZTYJ)
Go for it!
Everyone can use it, abuse it, rewrite it, whatever. I think that parody and satirical uses cover the copyright issues.
If anyone can get the story of Benghazi out, please do. We have 7 days left.
Posted by: rd at October 29, 2012 08:15 PM (zLp5I)
Now there's someone who needs to be put in a bad neighbor hood in a decrepit town somewhere at midnight with no money, no phone and just her charm for a resource.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 29, 2012 08:16 PM (hqI/K)
Nope, not Jose Ferrer (too early - 1961). The voice at one point was uncannily like Ferrer's.
Posted by: non-purist at October 29, 2012 08:17 PM (UViC2)
Now there's someone who needs to be put in a bad neighbor hood in a decrepit town somewhere at midnight with no money, no phone and just her charm for a resource.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 30, 2012 12:16 AM (hqI/K)
Or made an ambassador to Libya in Benghazi. Same thing.
Posted by: model_1066 at October 29, 2012 08:18 PM (SwHqo)
Maine's moon battery just boggles my mind. You can't live in backwoods maine unless you can get dirty, wet and cold without whining.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 29, 2012 08:19 PM (hqI/K)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 29, 2012 08:19 PM (OWHjl)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at October 29, 2012 08:20 PM (WnOUm)
So. I suppose you think all squirrels are flat?
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 30, 2012 12:12 AM (hqI/K)
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No - only road squirrels are flat! Backyard squirrels are nice and plump - just ask the beagle. EVERY morning he has to go out and try to grab one, but they are just too fast for him. Then they taunt him from the trees and drop nuts around him...
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 29, 2012 08:20 PM (JwW4z)
If they think they are losing, they WILL seek out and WILL find judges to order the polls to stay open. Make sure that it doesn't matter by voting (Ohioans, Iowans, Nevadans, Coloradans, Wisconsonites, etc.)
Posted by: BILL M at October 30, 2012 12:07 AM (B5XJH)
The Dems already do that in "The Community" during every election. It seems that some precincts need to stay open much later to accommodate voters who can't seemed to be bothered to show up in a 12 to 14 hour time frame to vote, but they seem to be able to get their right as the polls are about to close, so a local judge will say that those precincts can stay open longer, but not the other precincts.
Posted by: MrCaniac at October 29, 2012 08:21 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 29, 2012 08:23 PM (2Nzn8)
I was like: "but they've got armor?"
Sadly not bullet proof.
I understand they transmit leprosy. myth?
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 29, 2012 08:24 PM (hqI/K)
Actually, it would be worrisome. All voters intelligent enough to see the truth of Libya will already have voted. The only ones left would be the dregs that Obama and his henchmen can round up. whether they've already voted or not.
Posted by: BILL M at October 29, 2012 08:24 PM (B5XJH)
Posted by: Hiroshi Abe (AKA Lucius) at October 29, 2012 08:24 PM (sZTYJ)
Sometimes a film shortage is not a bad thing ...Posted by: Adriane at October 29, 2012 08:25 PM (/OhbZ)
Ya know, if anyone but the dumbass cop who ran through the woods with his gun in the holster, had a gun, this movie would have been a lot shorter, with a lot less victims.
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 30, 2012 12:23 AM (2Nzn
That applies to half the movies ever made, including the love stories.
Posted by: grumpy movie viewer at October 29, 2012 08:25 PM (zLp5I)
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 30, 2012 12:15 AM
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Color me skeptical that votes coming in after normal voting hours will be Republican-friendly.
Posted by: tell me I'm wrong at October 29, 2012 08:26 PM (DtNNC)
If you're sure he's loyal to you get him a shotgun. That's how I take care of the little bastards that ruin my hunt for other game.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at October 29, 2012 08:26 PM (WnOUm)
Actually, it would be worrisome. All voters intelligent enough to see the truth of Libya will already have voted. The only ones left would be the dregs that Obama and his henchmen can round up. whether they've already voted or not.
Posted by: BILL M at October 30, 2012 12:24 AM (B5XJH)
Trying to be a smartass, I really don't see this happening.
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 29, 2012 08:26 PM (2Nzn8)
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 29, 2012 08:27 PM (JMmQ9)
No, not a myth. Armadillos have low body temp, so they collect bacteria, and Hansen's Disease is a bacterium.
Posted by: boulder hobo at October 29, 2012 08:27 PM (QTHTd)
I was like: "but they've got armor?"
Sadly not bullet proof.
I understand they transmit leprosy. myth?
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 30, 2012 12:24 AM (hqI/K)
They emit (but not transmit) cuteness!
Posted by: model_1066 at October 29, 2012 08:27 PM (SwHqo)
"I've got an idea. Let's split up and go look for (insert name of missing person here) in the woods."
right dumbass. You go first.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 29, 2012 08:28 PM (hqI/K)
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 29, 2012 08:29 PM (2Nzn8)
- just ask the beagle. EVERY morning he has to go out and try to grab
one, but they are just too fast for him. Then they taunt him from the
trees and drop nuts around him...>>
If you're sure he's loyal to you get him a shotgun. That's how I take care of the little bastards that ruin my hunt for other game.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at October 30, 2012 12:26 AM (WnOUm)
Haha - a beagle with a shotgun! Unfortunately, my beagle is TERRIFIED of all loud noises - guns, fireworks, thunder, loud wind - sometimes even the air conditioner cycling on makes him shake. We've been through puppy prozac, xanax, etc., and now he takes clomipramine every day to try to calm him down. It's a good thing I'm not a hunter....
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 29, 2012 08:31 PM (JwW4z)
I see two other people have mentioned that Gallup shows Romney with a 52/45 edge in early voting. At 15% of the total expected vote, that should be quite predictive of the final result. At least I hope so anyhow.
But this thought came to mind -- There are now a large number of independent people, bloggers, that are analyzing various polling and voting results. Maybe it will turn out that obvious areas of voter fraud will be more readily caught and dealt with. For example, you have a precinct with 200 registered voters and 300 votes recorded. In the past this was hard to spot and catch, particularly with a little collusion from the election officials in that precinct.
But this stuff is public record, and hard to hide from some local nosy activist. Plus, the soapbox to stand and shout it from is worldwide in scope.
Posted by: GnuBreed at October 29, 2012 08:31 PM (ccXZP)
My dad used to own an old industrial revolution era mill building that had the iron rod ties. He sold it to some assholes (and held the paper) who cut a huge hole in the 2nd story floor so they could hoist shit up there easily. When they cut the huge hole, they cut those iron ties because they were in the way...
...the assholes stopped paying on the mortgage, I went down and looked at the joint again after dad died, saw what had happened, and walked away and let the city repo the building for the back taxes the assholes didn't bother paying either. It would have taken me 10 years to unfuck all the electric code violations they'd installed too.
By that time, the side walls had taken on a visible 12" outward bow where the ties had been cut and the building was near collapse. Amazingly, some imbecile paid about $90k for it at auction. Even leveled, the lot would only have been worth about $10k.
I got the better part of that deal just abandoning it to taxes.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 29, 2012 08:31 PM (voFL/)
Having captured one in a metal garbage can (remember those?) when I was nine-ish, I can tell you from experience that they are angry and mean (but lovable) little fuckers
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 30, 2012 12:27 AM (JMmQ9)
I remember those cans! Times have sure changed.... I bet a 'dillo in a metal can made quite a racket!
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 29, 2012 08:33 PM (JwW4z)
"I've got an idea. Let's split up and go look for (insert name of missing person here) in the woods."
right dumbass. You go first.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 30, 2012 12:28 AM (hqI/K)
Yeah, my hubby tells me to go somewhere else without him, no, not gonna happen. I am on him like glue.
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 29, 2012 08:33 PM (2Nzn8)
I remember those cans! Times have sure changed.... I bet a 'dillo in a metal can made quite a racket!
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 30, 2012 12:33 AM (JwW4z)
I hate the fucker with the heat of a thousand suns, but there's a Dan Ratherism in there somewhere.
Posted by: model_1066 at October 29, 2012 08:35 PM (SwHqo)
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 29, 2012 08:35 PM (hqI/K)
Posted by: GnuBreed at October 29, 2012 08:35 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Oldcat at October 29, 2012 08:36 PM (rzSn3)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at October 29, 2012 08:37 PM (WnOUm)
One good thing ... they didn't expect to have so many states in play. They expected to have to steal votes in Ohio (and maybe Florida), but they didn't think they would need to steal votes in Iowa, and Wisconsin, and Michigan, and Minnesota, and Pennsylvania. Their vaunted "ground game" in Ohio won't be enough (I hope).
Posted by: BILL M at October 29, 2012 08:37 PM (B5XJH)
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 30, 2012 12:34 AM (hqI/K)
Sending a prayer and a hug,
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 29, 2012 08:38 PM (2Nzn8)
http://tinyurl.com/8fe6b7g
"On Sunday, Malloy signed Executive Order 21 which extended the in-person voter registration deadline in Connecticut to Thursday, November 1, at 8 p.m. The deadline had been Tuesday, October 30."
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 29, 2012 08:38 PM (voFL/)
Posted by: tangonine at October 30, 2012 12:35 AM (x3YFz)
Synonymous with 'liberal' or 'progressive'...
Posted by: model_1066 at October 29, 2012 08:38 PM (SwHqo)
p.m. The deadline had been Tuesday, October 30."
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 30, 2012 12:38 AM (voFL/)
Well, here we go, wheeeeeee
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 29, 2012 08:39 PM (2Nzn8)
Feeder bands.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 29, 2012 08:39 PM (voFL/)
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 29, 2012 08:40 PM (hqI/K)
Posted by: jake in ID at October 29, 2012 08:41 PM (2CiZb)
Let me guess -- no voter ID requirements either.
Posted by: GnuBreed at October 29, 2012 08:41 PM (ccXZP)
http://tinyurl.com/8fe6b7g
"On Sunday, Malloy signed Executive Order 21 which extended the in-person
voter registration deadline in Connecticut to Thursday, November 1, at 8
p.m. The deadline had been Tuesday, October 30."
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 30, 2012 12:38 AM (voFL/)
Maryland did something similar. Of course I think they actually cancelled two days of early voting as well instead of just giving democrats more time to shove people into the booths.
Posted by: buzzion at October 29, 2012 08:42 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: GnuBreed at October 30, 2012 12:35 AM (ccXZP)
Reminds me of the chipmunk metropolis in my small patio garden when I lived in Tennessee - it was amazing what those little critters could do underground. Now that I'm back in Texas, we mainly see possums in the back yard at night (while the squirrels are sleeping).
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 29, 2012 08:42 PM (JwW4z)
Posted by: RWC at October 29, 2012 08:42 PM (t+Sdx)
Eventually she figured it out, then promptly 'borrowed' one of my pistols
sucks to be unarmed
Posted by: jake in ID at October 30, 2012 12:41 AM (2CiZb)
No shit...carry a .45 for awhile, then you feel naked without it.
Posted by: model_1066 at October 29, 2012 08:43 PM (SwHqo)
It's old but it looks like it's built like a tank.
I'm guessing there's some arcing around the terminals and someone keeps calling it in because the neighbor down the street took a hit and got his power knocked out.
Trust me, if there was something wrong with the transformer, I wouldn't have any power. Nor would anyone else on the street. Or the street lamp.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 29, 2012 08:44 PM (hqI/K)
Yeeagh!
Howard Dean
Priceless!
Posted by: BILL M at October 29, 2012 08:45 PM (B5XJH)
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 29, 2012 08:46 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 29, 2012 08:47 PM (voFL/)
It is more about survival for the moment till a better plan comes up. It has to be better than grass/bark soup that the Norks live on.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at October 29, 2012 08:48 PM (WnOUm)
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 29, 2012 08:49 PM (2Nzn8)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 29, 2012 08:49 PM (voFL/)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 30, 2012 12:47 AM (voFL/)
Aw, c'mon...I heard they're grape flavored!
Night, youse all!
Posted by: model_1066 at October 29, 2012 08:52 PM (SwHqo)
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 29, 2012 08:58 PM (JwW4z)
Just people nervous and concerned.
They should've lived in florida a while back when the transformers would explode sometimes. (early '80's. I'm guessing from the moisture or bad connections. don't know if the xformers went or there was just a superheating of the air by and arc as I never SAW one go just heard them go bang.)
Ahh the sound of high amperage shorting to ground.
the ozone, the blue flashes, the deep humm and then wham.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 29, 2012 08:59 PM (hqI/K)
Does the air ever stop? is there a molecule somewhere that's never been inhaled or exhaled and has gone round and round never stopping.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 29, 2012 09:01 PM (hqI/K)
Posted by: Buffalobob at October 29, 2012 09:03 PM (x+7qA)
You've never eaten silage, have you? Or corn stored for feed.>>
It is more about survival for the moment till a better plan comes up. It has to be better than grass/bark soup that the Norks live on.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at October 30, 2012 12:48 AM (WnOUm)
It is the same as the grass/bark soup the Norks eat.
Posted by: grumpy movie viewer at October 29, 2012 09:09 PM (zLp5I)
Now silage is where they add grain and the cobs and stalks and mix in something smells sweet maybe molasses and then in the silo, it seems to ferment a bit. Dairy cows like it and it will carry them thru the winter but they still need some roughage so their stomachs work correctly.
never tried to taste it though.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 29, 2012 09:11 PM (hqI/K)
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Benghazi Came Home to Roost Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 29, 2012 09:12 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 29, 2012 09:12 PM (hqI/K)
Bullshit there is way more nutrition in field corn than grass/bark. (see the Mayan Empire) There are some things you need to know to make it that way but that's another discussion.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at October 29, 2012 09:13 PM (WnOUm)
So what are the odds Obama tries to keep NY polls open past the election considering the damage in NYC?
What possible difference could that make?
Posted by: BILL M at October 29, 2012 11:17 PM (B5XJH)
----------------Probably not a whole lot, unless keeping the polls open late means they find not only more votes in boxes, but more electoral votes to assign to the state. Nearly zero chance the fate of the final result hinges on who wins NY.You'd have to go into VA or possibly PA to start to consider potential delays having an effect.
Posted by: Dan K. at October 30, 2012 12:00 AM (c32CV)
I always figured it was essentially sauerkraut -- which I can't stand, either.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 29, 2012 09:13 PM (kaalw)
winds are calming.
time for beddy bye.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 29, 2012 09:13 PM (hqI/K)
OK. a serious question, why dont people leave when they are warned about a frankenstorm? I understand people dont have a ton of money from the last four years, but damn, if they tell you to leave, get on the fucking bus and go.
And if people are too stupid to buy insurance, why is that my fault? I pay our premiums every month. Come on people, take care of your family, for Gods sake!
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 29, 2012 09:14 PM (2Nzn8)
Bullshit there is way more nutrition in field corn than grass/bark. (see the Mayan Empire) There are some things you need to know to make it that way but that's another discussion.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at October 30, 2012 01:13 AM (WnOUm)
Would that be -- oh, I dunno -- nixtamalization?
Posted by: cthulhu at October 29, 2012 09:15 PM (kaalw)
Are there better bunkers yes it was just one option that I came up with off the top of my head for a siege attack.
But in thinking about it my plan fails due to water not the nastiness of the corn.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at October 29, 2012 09:21 PM (WnOUm)
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 29, 2012 09:21 PM (2Nzn8)
Or read "The Great Divide".
The New World had lots of starch; protein was the problem. That's why they resorted to cannibalism.
Posted by: Howard Dean at October 29, 2012 09:26 PM (QTHTd)
So, NY was given more money then God, yet they cannot evacuate people when a really bad storm hits NY?
Incompetence!
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 29, 2012 09:27 PM (2Nzn8)
Posted by: otho at October 29, 2012 09:31 PM (yBF/9)
The same can be said of a pure protein diet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_starvation
Posted by: Buzzsaw at October 29, 2012 09:31 PM (WnOUm)
Incompetence!
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 30, 2012 01:27 AM (2Nzn
Well, y'know, there is precedent.... http://polisat.com/images/Ragin%27Nagin%27sPlaguing-FullSize-01.gif
Posted by: cthulhu at October 29, 2012 09:31 PM (kaalw)
No, it would have been part of the Axis, naturally. And ended up nuked.
At least, in my alternate Hearts of Irons modded playthrough at least. Posted by: Inspector Asshole
Dude, you play Heart of Iron??? I've been playing HOI 2 for a couple of years, almost always as Germany. I disagree with a handful of generals' stats, but after a few years of experimenting, by mid-1946, all of Europe is Axis except der Sweitz, Benelux (invaded France through Italy), and Sweden. Annexed the entire USSR, conquered England (fairly easily), all of India, most of Africa, etc.
Posted by: SFGoth at October 29, 2012 09:38 PM (r6sf3)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 29, 2012 09:40 PM (sZTYJ)
It has to be a mixture of burninig every bridge and family contact. Who of u would not sent a $100 to a friend in need to get to our house and give them a couch?
These people have fucked up or have way to much pride to admit they need help.
Or I'm odd in having friends/family in many states.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at October 29, 2012 09:40 PM (WnOUm)
Bebe is pretty shook up tonight, she could use a prayer too. I think shes got not neves left and is running on gut courage and spite at this point. Im worried for her. Shes been doing this mom care, practically single handed.
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at October 29, 2012 09:41 PM (r7Ddb)
In all seriousness, I think it is clear he is culturally Muslim, but he is not religiously a Muslim.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 29, 2012 10:43 PM (AUeaU)
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If for no other reason than he is too fucking lazy to pray five times a day.
Posted by: sistrum at October 29, 2012 09:45 PM (SUlmX)
Prayers for all the East coast m and m's hope the sun comes up on your homes intact and needing only cleaning.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at October 29, 2012 09:48 PM (WnOUm)
http://politicalhat.com/?p=379
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 30, 2012 01:40 AM (sZTYJ)
So, is this good or bad news?
Oh who the hell am I kidding.
When NV went completely Republican in 2010, and Reid still won, I knew NV was fucked. Thanks for the update.
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 29, 2012 09:49 PM (2Nzn8)
Added an extra special prayer for Bebe and her Mom.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at October 29, 2012 09:52 PM (WnOUm)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 29, 2012 09:53 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at October 29, 2012 09:53 PM (r7Ddb)
Added an extra special prayer for Bebe and her Mom.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at October 30, 2012 01:52 AM (WnOUm)
Prayers for Bebe and her mom!!
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 29, 2012 09:53 PM (2Nzn8)
Posted by: RWC at October 29, 2012 09:56 PM (t+Sdx)
Posted by: Adriane at October 29, 2012 09:58 PM (/OhbZ)
Posted by: Obama, The Lightbringer at October 29, 2012 09:59 PM (sZTYJ)
Was going to bed but this is a subject I will soon deal with. Both parents (still married since the 50s) and are now in their 80s. Both are doing well at the moment but there have been a couple scares so far. It has so far always turned out okay but would it have if the people around them didn't care.
I am a big believer that having a purpose to live keeps people alive and everyone that cares, no matter how remote adds to that. So I add my support for that reason. (oh and maybe selfishly that it comes back when I need it.)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at October 29, 2012 10:06 PM (WnOUm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 29, 2012 10:06 PM (pFqpP)
Bebe is pretty shook up tonight, she could use a prayer too. I think shes got not neves left and is running on gut courage and spite at this point. Im worried for her. Shes been doing this mom care, practically single handed.
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at October 30, 2012 01:41 AM (r7Ddb)
You came to the right place. Thoughts and prayers are winging their way.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 29, 2012 10:06 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: RWC at October 29, 2012 10:09 PM (t+Sdx)
10 to 20 billion dollars. Wow, they went there!
Dammit, a cab with a tree on the hood. oh the humanity!!
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 29, 2012 10:16 PM (2Nzn8)
Not to be a dick but any other prayer is just talking to a tree.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at October 29, 2012 10:23 PM (WnOUm)
Posted by: Twig Worshipping Hippies at October 29, 2012 10:26 PM (sZTYJ)
I'll respond to this obvious sarcasm because I need to go to bed and don't want to leave that snide comment hanging. My point was that if prayer isn't to a higher power than what's the point and why mention that you are praying to such. Also "Not to be a dick" isn't really an excuse for being a dick though and I should have just gone to bed before I wrote that.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at October 29, 2012 10:33 PM (WnOUm)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 29, 2012 10:37 PM (OWHjl)
But when the goat is attacked and starts screaming for seven hours, during which you have an hour chat with Bibi Netanyahu, and the goat and the tiger are on monitors in real time all around your house, then you go to bed early so you can look good in Vegas the next day, all the while you are telling the riflemen to stand down -- well, choomly.....you're going to lose the ASPCA endorsement.
And when you have your staff go to the cameras a couple of days later and say, "I didn't stake that goat -- the tiger was enraged because some other guys in the village were having a barbecue or making a video or something....." -- well, then, you're going to lose anyone who doesn't appreciate being treated like an idiot.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 29, 2012 10:52 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Inspector Asshole at October 29, 2012 10:56 PM (jZn+7)
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at October 29, 2012 11:00 PM (r7Ddb)
BREAKING
BREAKING
BREAKING
Obama to make Historic Speech on Flood Damage and Sandbagging!
ABC News Will Air Special from the INSIDE THE SITUATION ROOM with the Amazing President of the UNITE-D+11 States Covering how to Bag Sand and Roll up your Pant Legs!
BREAKING
BREAKING
BREAKING
unfortunately this will postpone the hard hitting Benghazi Special that We were planning to run hosted by our very own impartial and inbiased George Stuffinobamacockinmymouthafolous and Investigate Reporter Brian T. Partee-Ross until will after the election.
Posted by: Sandra Lena Dunham Fluke - Le Lady Parts Vagina of DEATH! at October 29, 2012 11:43 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Benghazi Came Home to Roost Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 29, 2012 11:47 PM (ovpNn)
It is one of his absolutely best shows in a long time.
He does a spectacular takedown of the scoamf.
you can listen to it here.
http://tunein.com/topic/?TopicId=42191463
Its so good i have listened to it three times over the weekend.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Benghazi Came Home to Roost Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 29, 2012 11:49 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: RWC at October 30, 2012 01:56 AM (t+Sdx)
I am become SCoaMF
Destroyer of economies
Posted by: Obama, The Lightbringer at October 30, 2012 01:59 AM (sZTYJ)
THOU SHALT HAVE NO OTHER SCOAMF BUT ME!
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Benghazi Came Home to Roost Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 29, 2012 11:51 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: GnuBreed at October 30, 2012 12:07 AM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Adriane at October 30, 2012 12:09 AM (/OhbZ)
Posted by: D. R. Ainbough at October 30, 2012 12:50 AM (3ziXJ)
Posted by: D. R. Ainbough at October 30, 2012 12:54 AM (3ziXJ)
Posted by: Adriane at October 30, 2012 01:09 AM (/OhbZ)
Posted by: D. R. Ainbough at October 30, 2012 01:14 AM (3ziXJ)
Posted by: Adriane at October 30, 2012 01:22 AM (/OhbZ)
Posted by: Adriane at October 30, 2012 05:22 AM
I don't get it.
Posted by: otho at October 30, 2012 01:26 AM (yBF/9)
Posted by: Adriane at October 30, 2012 01:26 AM (/OhbZ)
Posted by: D. R. Ainbough at October 30, 2012 01:26 AM (3ziXJ)
Posted by: Adriane at October 30, 2012 01:27 AM (/OhbZ)
Posted by: D. R. Ainbough at October 30, 2012 01:27 AM (3ziXJ)
Posted by: otho at October 30, 2012 01:27 AM (yBF/9)
Posted by: Viva the Revolution - 33 1/3 at October 30, 2012 01:30 AM (/OhbZ)
Posted by: A cynical but rarely angry Adriane at October 30, 2012 01:32 AM (/OhbZ)
Posted by: D. R. Ainbough at October 30, 2012 01:33 AM (3ziXJ)
Posted by: A cynical but rarely angry Adriane at October 30, 2012 01:37 AM (/OhbZ)
Posted by: A cynical but rarely angry Adriane at October 30, 2012 01:38 AM (/OhbZ)
Posted by: D. R. Ainbough at October 30, 2012 05:33 AM
I don't what the hell that was. But it's funny.
Posted by: otho at October 30, 2012 01:46 AM (yBF/9)
Posted by: otho at October 30, 2012 05:42 AM (yBF/9)
Its an exceptional film...if you are in the animation industry.
Absolutely spectacular
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Benghazi Came Home to Roost Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 30, 2012 02:22 AM (ovpNn)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 30, 2012 03:09 AM (3R0Zs)
The SIX liberties in the First Amendment are:
The Establishment Clause
The Free Exercise of Religion
The Freedom Speech
The Freedom of the Press
The Freedom to Assemble
The Freedom to Petition
Posted by: Carl at October 30, 2012 01:47 PM (jqxbo)
Posted by: Smokey Behr at October 31, 2012 02:49 PM (QyeW7)
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