October 04, 2012
— Maetenloch
A Fascinating Interview with Nolan Bushnell
Nolan Bushnell is most famous for founding Atari and creating the entire video game industry in the 70's and starting the Chuck E Cheese pizza chain in the 80's. These days he's now focusing on micro-games and software to improve learning.This may not sound so exciting but then this is Bushnell we're talking about.
Bushnell is also famous for hiring a local kid - Steve Jobs - despite his lack of a college degree or any formal training in electronics. Later Jobs brought in his friend, Steve Wozniak, as consultant on the Atari video game, Breakout. Jobs always admired Bushnell and considered him a mentor in business and in life. Watch this video and you can begin to see why Jobs was so impressed with him.
It's a long interview but well worth it to hear Bushnell discuss the connection between video games and learning, the importance of 'flow', why college loans are slavery, how welfare is a poison to the soul, the Arab Spring, the existence of God, as well as how to protect your privacy on Facebook and Twitter. I think I now know where Dos Equis got the idea for their ad campaign.
If you're in a hurry and don't care about Atari history, jump to 18:00 where it really starts getting good.
During the memorial service for Libyan ambassador, Chris Stevens, Obama said this:
Chris Stevens loved his work. He took pride in the country he served, and he saw dignity in the people that he met.
Two weeks ago, he traveled to Benghazi to review plans to establish a new cultural center.
And Mark Steyn points out how wrong this was and how it fails the classic test for aspiring diplomats:
What does that phrase "the country he served" mean? The country Ambassador Stevens was supposed to be serving was the United States, just as Libyan diplomats in Washington are supposed to serve the national interest of Libya. Yet in the context of his surrounding remarks (which are all about the place he was posted to: Chris "crafted a vision for the future", "supported the birth of a new democracy", etc) the President appears to give the impression that he thinks "the country he served" was Libya.
This would seem to be a failure, at the very top, of the old George Schultz test.
But how about a nod to the man who predicted tonight's outcome well over a month ago, in Tampa, with a speech and prop that were widely derided at the time by the chattering class. We refer, of course, to Clint Eastwood and that famous empty chair. Well, that empty chair (and empty brain at the other end) were on full display in Denver tonight.
Do you use : ) or :-) as a smiley? Well one marks you as a young punk and the other as an old fogey:
But emoticons with noses cluster separately from variants without noses. So one cluster includes : ) ; ) : D and = D and another contains :-) :- D) ;-) and :-P. Emoticons with noses are historically older. Since it is words that unite and distinguish clusters, this means that people who use old-fashion noses also use a different vocabulary-nose users don't mention Bieber or omg.
Could Japanese Troops Protect the Senkaku Islands?
Probably not at the moment which is why Japan is scrambling to get up to speed in amphibious warfare in case they have to retake the islands from a Chinese force.
As China steps up its activities in the waters of East Asia, the Japanese military is building up its capabilities for defending remote islands. That's why 40 troops from the Ground Self Defense Force have been on Guam and nearby islands in the past few weeks, receiving training from U.S. Marines on amphibious war tactics.
In a worst-case scenario - highly unlikely at this point - where Japanese troops actually have to defend an island, how would they do? During our recent trip to Guam, JRT posed the question to some real pros from Japan and the U.S. Their conclusion: GSDF troops are well-trained, professional soldiers, but when it comes to specific skills required for landing on and defending an island, they still need training.
A WSJ interview with Count Anton Wolfgang von Faber-Castell, famous for his pencils, where he points out the marvel of modern pencils and answers such questions as where does "Mongol" come from on the pencil label, how we ended up with hexagonal and now triangular pencils, and what is best pencil in the world.
An Interview with Ms Hannah Minx
From 2010 so it's a younger, less worldly yet minxier H. Minx. Also sadly it's with the execrable Cenk Uygur but he's less obnoxious than usual here.
Yahoo group. That is all.
And my Twitter spew.
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Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at October 04, 2012 06:08 PM (+MryV)
Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2012 06:09 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: wolf at October 04, 2012 06:09 PM (oGyUC)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at October 04, 2012 06:10 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: Clint Eastwood at October 04, 2012 06:10 PM (/YJYi)
Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2012 06:10 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Wm T Sherman at October 04, 2012 06:11 PM (8hBZi)
Posted by: wolf at October 04, 2012 06:11 PM (/YJYi)
Posted by: Navin R Johnson at October 04, 2012 06:12 PM (RRbuy)
I love pencils. Yeah.. I'm weird.. so??
Posted by: jewells45 says Romney wins in a landslide at October 04, 2012 06:12 PM (UljOc)
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at October 04, 2012 06:12 PM (+MryV)
Posted by: JEM at October 04, 2012 06:13 PM (M+WZt)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at October 04, 2012 06:13 PM (/OhbZ)
Posted by: logprof at October 04, 2012 06:13 PM (V/U0X)
***
Why doesn't he just have the media declare unemployment to be 0%?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2012 06:13 PM (AUeaU)
CNN
- Panel Recommends parole for Manson Follower
- Analysis: 5 Reasons Obama Fumbled
- Obama accuses Romney of Dishonesty
MSNBC
- Free birth control cuts abortion rate dramatically
- Energized Obama fights back after lackluster debate
- GOP rival: Democratic candidate leads 'bizarre double life' as an Orc.
ABC
- Obama and Romney's Body Language Deciphered
- Panel Grants Ex-Manson Follower Parole
- Father in Iraq Watches Birth of Twins via Skype
CBS
- Obama Retools, Romney Rebuilds
- Romney: "I love Big Bird"
- Obama: "If you're 54 or 55, listen up"
- Arctic melt opens door for big oil's next boom
FOX
- Debate Done: Next Up. Jobs Report
- Fisker to Romney: We're not Losers
- Biden: We want $1T tax hike on the wealthy
USA Today
- Big Bird tries to fly above Romney fray
- Democrats try to regroup in wake of the debate
- GOP enthused after Romney debate performance
- New Film to depict Osama Bin Laden manhunt
- Free Birth Control cuts teen births, abortions
Posted by: General Woundwort at October 04, 2012 06:14 PM (DWgdc)
Posted by: Adam at October 04, 2012 06:15 PM (/YJYi)
Posted by: USS Diversity at October 04, 2012 06:15 PM (0CiTm)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 04, 2012 06:15 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: wolf at October 04, 2012 10:09 PM (oGyUC)
Horse shit.... it takes 150K jobs a month to keep up with Population growth and LEGAL immigration...
So 100K more jobs, is 50K more in the Red...
And even if they torture the stats to be less than 8%, which they probably will... the Electorate can smell bullshit if you pile it on deep enough.
Posted by: Obama, looking for a shovel at October 04, 2012 06:16 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2012 06:16 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Adam at October 04, 2012 06:16 PM (/YJYi)
Posted by: jewells45 says Romney wins in a landslide at October 04, 2012 06:16 PM (UljOc)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at October 04, 2012 06:16 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Stank Wigger at October 04, 2012 06:16 PM (8hBZi)
Posted by: Crazee (@Crazizzle) at October 04, 2012 06:16 PM (626t3)
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at October 04, 2012 06:17 PM (azHfB)
Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2012 06:17 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Truman North at October 04, 2012 10:13 PM (I2LwF)
102 He's going to be in my town on Monday. Toying with the idea of refusing to host his yard sign.Posted by: Truman North at October 04, 2012 10:14 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Truman North at October 04, 2012 06:18 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 04, 2012 06:19 PM (n5HoR)
There's a place for pens, such as a field book that might be evidence of an observation or invention, but a pencil always has been and always will be my go-to writing instrument.
Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at October 04, 2012 06:19 PM (p4vL5)
***
The business case around their ET licensed game and what happened should be something they teach in school to every kid in America.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2012 06:19 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2012 10:17 PM (6o4Fb)
Yup, and with a historic HIGH amount of ice in the Antarctic.... GLOBAL warming... I guess it aint GLOBAL anymore...
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 04, 2012 06:20 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: kqb29 at October 04, 2012 06:20 PM (b1NQB)
Posted by: Jishin at October 04, 2012 06:20 PM (uk04h)
Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2012 06:21 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at October 04, 2012 06:21 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2012 10:13 PM (AUeaU)
The choice is either 0% unemployment or blowjobs from Shep and Anderson.
Guess what he chose.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2012 06:21 PM (2b4yb)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at October 04, 2012 06:21 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: logprof at October 04, 2012 06:22 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: A Mindful Webworker at October 04, 2012 06:22 PM (lBpVP)
That guy can be weird some of the time, I mean I love to doodle myself, but sticking two on your mouth at a truck stop? He must have been really drunk or something.
Posted by: Joe Biden at October 04, 2012 06:22 PM (AUeaU)
Flatbush Brooklyn, or Flatbush Indiana?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2012 06:22 PM (2b4yb)
:=)
;=)
:=O
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at October 04, 2012 10:17 PM
pornstar 'stache.
; [o
Posted by: otho at October 04, 2012 06:23 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: DeepBeam at October 04, 2012 06:23 PM (eKWTg)
Posted by: A Mindful Webworker at October 04, 2012 06:24 PM (lBpVP)
Posted by: Cajun Carrot at October 04, 2012 06:24 PM (t0hSy)
Posted by: USS Diversity at October 04, 2012 06:24 PM (0CiTm)
Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2012 06:25 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 04, 2012 06:25 PM (dX4hn)
I noticed that too.
Why is it that most Democrat administration women look like they know 50 ways to fellate?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2012 06:25 PM (2b4yb)
+1
That last clip made me think about a Burnett-Cutter sandwich ...
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 04, 2012 06:25 PM (n5HoR)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 04, 2012 06:26 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: jewells45 says Romney wins in a landslide at October 04, 2012 06:26 PM (UljOc)
Posted by: Truman North at October 04, 2012 06:26 PM (I2LwF)
Obama needs some help and old Sheriff Joe is coming!
I'm ready to get our reelection back on track. I will completely demolish my opponent, Paul Simon, in the upcoming VP debate. He's going to slink back to Romney with his little bowtie shoved up his ass.
It's ON, wingnuts!!!11!
Posted by: Joe Biden at October 04, 2012 06:26 PM (eNgxB)
Ace has dibs on Burnett. If you lust after her he'll ban you.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2012 06:27 PM (2b4yb)
BREAKING!
BREAKING!
BREAKING!
UE DROPS TO 5.5%
Unexpectedly!
Apparently 5 million unemployed obama supporters dropped dead from shock after last night when their plastic jesus and self proclaimed smartest man in the room turned out to be not so jesusey and not the smartest man in that room, and as a result, their still warm corpses have been removed from the unemployment roles - They all requested early voting ballots and even though they are dead now, these will still be votes counted.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at October 04, 2012 06:27 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: Boomer Redneque knows Mohammad was a goat-fucking kiddie-raper at October 04, 2012 06:28 PM (eQnzo)
okay try this again.
I just saw my first Sean Bielat TV ad. Not surprisingly, they had his wife do the talking. He has absolutely no charisma.He's going to be in my town on Monday. Toying with the idea of refusing to host his yard sign.
I'll say, "I'll vote against Joe Kennedy, but I draw the line at supporting you. I've already got a long history of supporting sure losers."
Posted by: Truman North at October 04, 2012 06:28 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 06:29 PM (Z9EHQ)
Where I come from, ice melts in summer.
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 04, 2012 06:29 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 10:29 PM (Z9EHQ)
No need to negotiate when he has more flexibility.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at October 04, 2012 06:29 PM (ovpNn)
So what do we have there then? Posted by: Cajun Carrot
They were deployed to Oki this year. Okinawans don't want any US mil there. The plane isn't the issue.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at October 04, 2012 06:30 PM (vY2x+)
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at October 04, 2012 06:30 PM (ovpNn)
I use the nose :-)
Reason for that is I hate when a browser or chat program substitutes a .gif for it. 
Posted by: fluffy at October 04, 2012 06:30 PM (3SvjA)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at October 04, 2012 06:30 PM (RZ8pf)
I expected the Ryan - Biden debate to be a serious ass-kicking, I also expected that Mitt would be taking the preparation much more seriously then the President.
Having to overcome an adversial MFM has helped hone Mitt's chops and handicapped the President.
Good to see the harder working guy got the prize last night.
Posted by: GT 5.0 at October 04, 2012 06:31 PM (3W1+C)
There were world leaders galore at the UN recently, but he couldn't be bothered. The guy couldn't put together a coalition if his life depended on it, and if only ours depended on it, he wouldn't bother to try.
Posted by: Splunge at October 04, 2012 06:31 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 06:32 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at October 04, 2012 10:30 PM (RZ8pf)
ARE YOU INSANE MAN?
Daniel Craig is awesome! He just drips dirty monkey sexiness and is a man's man. Best bond since Connery.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at October 04, 2012 06:32 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: DeepBeam at October 04, 2012 06:32 PM (eKWTg)
Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2012 06:32 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at October 04, 2012 10:30 PM (RZ8pf)
My wife absolutely refused to watch him as Bond. But then I tricked her into watching it by starting it a few minutes in, past the Bond-ish exposition, and she was enraptured.
Try it. He really is the best Bond since Sean.
Posted by: Truman North at October 04, 2012 06:33 PM (I2LwF)
The conservative (?) loser John McCain answering why Obama didn't perform better during the debate. Has Greta lose her mind? Asking a person who had his ass kicked why Obama screwed up?
Posted by: Doctor Fish at October 04, 2012 06:33 PM (lDWQr)
Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2012 10:32 PM (6o4Fb)
I no longer like you. And i wont be sending you an x-mas card.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at October 04, 2012 06:33 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 04, 2012 06:33 PM (dX4hn)
Posted by: logprof at October 04, 2012 06:33 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: Adam at October 04, 2012 06:34 PM (/YJYi)
***
He looks more like a Bond villain then a Bond.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2012 06:35 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 04, 2012 06:35 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at October 04, 2012 06:35 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: logprof at October 04, 2012 06:35 PM (V/U0X)
There are plenty of awesome things about England.
Unfortunately, they all originated prior to 1910 and are now either outright banned or politically incorrect there.
Posted by: Truman North at October 04, 2012 06:35 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: eman at October 04, 2012 06:36 PM (Wp4rQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 06:36 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: logprof at October 04, 2012 06:37 PM (V/U0X)
The conservative (?) loser John McCain answering why Obama didn't perform better during the debate. Has Greta lose her mind? Asking a person who had his ass kicked why Obama screwed up?
Posted by: Doctor Fish at October 04, 2012 10:33 PM (lDWQr)
You know, there is always a silver lining.
If i ever meet Miss Megan All UR TWINKIES R BELONGS TO ME McCain on the street, I will relish being able to say to her:
Oh Hi! Aren't you the fat daughther of the old guy whose ass Obama kicked in the debates?
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at October 04, 2012 06:37 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at October 04, 2012 06:37 PM (RZ8pf)
Don't despise the UK. The image you get is what the BBC and the other media manufacture. It's like other people in Europe and Asia think Americans are weird, because they judge us by our TV shows and movies, and most of them are pretty bad.
I work with a lot of British people, and most of them are really good guys (and gals).
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.....FREE KRATOS! at October 04, 2012 06:37 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2012 06:37 PM (6o4Fb)
It was warmer in the 30s, and much warmer in the 1100s, but global warming will kill us all...somehow.
Spanking makes kids dumb and mean...but kids are generally dumber and meaner since we stopped spanking them.
Modern agricultural methods will kill us all...but it has allowed the world population to continue to increase without the famines the Left predicted.
Etc...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2012 06:38 PM (AUeaU)
bangers and mash
Kate Beckinsale
Kate Beckinsale again
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 04, 2012 06:38 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Ostral B Heretic at October 04, 2012 06:38 PM (+vJSW)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 04, 2012 06:39 PM (dX4hn)
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 04, 2012 06:39 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2012 06:39 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: cajun carrot at October 04, 2012 06:39 PM (3jgI1)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 06:39 PM (Z9EHQ)
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I wonder if CS Lewis would be arrested today for Islamaphobia...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2012 06:40 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: Peaches always finds something to be pissed about at October 04, 2012 06:40 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2012 06:40 PM (6o4Fb)
Yeah she is dumb like a rock, so who is filming and editing these videos?
Da huh.
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at October 04, 2012 06:40 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 04, 2012 06:40 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 04, 2012 06:41 PM (dX4hn)
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Oddly all the French people I've gotten to know hate French people as a general rule.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2012 06:41 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 04, 2012 06:41 PM (Rhie+)
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at October 04, 2012 06:41 PM (+MryV)
***
He looks more like a Bond villain then a Bond.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2012 10:35 PM (AUeaU)
He's Batman in a tuxedo.
Posted by: Truman North at October 04, 2012 10:36 PM (I2LwF)
Exactly!
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at October 04, 2012 06:41 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2012 10:25 PM
Pffftt. Amateurs.
Posted by: back door barry soetoro at October 04, 2012 06:41 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: Tim in Timbuktu at October 04, 2012 06:41 PM (Dll6b)
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 04, 2012 06:42 PM (n5HoR)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at October 04, 2012 06:42 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 04, 2012 06:42 PM (dX4hn)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 04, 2012 06:42 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 04, 2012 10:38 PM (8sCoq)
The other good thing about England is Kate Beckinsale.
Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2012 06:42 PM (XRQoG)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 06:42 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: A Mindful Webworker at October 04, 2012 06:42 PM (lBpVP)
( leading up to Nov 11 ) get a poppy pin for a donation
Posted by: Tim in Timbuktu at October 04, 2012 06:43 PM (Dll6b)
The Okinawans don't really consider themselves Japanese, and considering how poorly the mainlanders have historically treated them, it's easy to understand why.
The US has a bigger footprint in Oki than in the mainland comparatively so the Okinawans just don't want the US there at all, consequences be damned.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at October 04, 2012 06:43 PM (vY2x+)
Posted by: Truman North at October 04, 2012 06:43 PM (AZ/Cd)
>>Kate Beckinsale is hot but she's also yet another left wing cunt.
Only until I tongue-punch her dirtbox. Then she's all ours!
Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2012 06:43 PM (XRQoG)
Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2012 06:44 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: kbdabear at October 04, 2012 06:44 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Tim in Timbuktu at October 04, 2012 06:44 PM (Dll6b)
Posted by: eman at October 04, 2012 06:45 PM (Wp4rQ)
In Paris they are too busy making out in public to care.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 04, 2012 06:45 PM (dX4hn)
Posted by: Peaches always finds something to be pissed about at October 04, 2012 06:45 PM (kpCLl)
Yes, Britain peaked around 1910. Just as in Mary Poppins.
Mr Banks: [singing]
It's grand to be an Englishman in 1910
King Edward's on the throne; it's the age of men.
That song always makes me smile for some reason.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 04, 2012 06:45 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at October 04, 2012 06:45 PM (wR+pz)
http://tinyurl.com/8kq6rvf
Posted by: Adam at October 04, 2012 06:45 PM (/YJYi)
Posted by: logprof at October 04, 2012 06:46 PM (V/U0X)
And I yam... gone. Good night, Gracies. Posted by: A Mindful Webworker at October 04, 2012 10:42 PM
Good luck with the new kitteh
Posted by: kbdabear at October 04, 2012 06:46 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2012 06:46 PM (6o4Fb)
***
Up until recently the Japanese Navy outclassed China on its own. It is interesting what happens when you start spending all your money on state welfare projects....
Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2012 06:46 PM (AUeaU)
I think it's disgusting when people objectify women.
http://is.gd/V9yCdu
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2012 06:46 PM (2b4yb)
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at October 04, 2012 06:46 PM (yJYwC)
SkyNet has a song now?
Is there anything the Machines can't do?
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 04, 2012 10:39 PM
bust a move?
Posted by: Young MC at October 04, 2012 06:46 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: USS Diversity at October 04, 2012 06:47 PM (0CiTm)
From Mætenloch's text: "....the connection between video games and learning"
It makes sense that there would be a connection.
I've heard/read that the idea of 'First Person Shooter' type games, was originally put out for bid, for training for our military...
And that the ones which didn't get the bid...ended up out on the market.
But video makers now swear, that there is no connection between the school shooters...who've played hours and hours of first-person-shooter games...and the way that these kids seemed to have a detachment towards their real life targets.
The difference is, that in a military application...the trainees have someone giving them guidance about 'Who is the enemy'.
But the kids sitting alone in their rooms...have no one like that.
Posted by: wheatie at October 04, 2012 06:47 PM (l5RhJ)
also, their football fields are too long and wide
Posted by: Tim in Timbuktu at October 04, 2012 06:47 PM (Dll6b)
The French have a positive view of America at about a 65-35 clip, whereas the English only like us about 55-45.
Strange but true.
Posted by: Truman North at October 04, 2012 06:48 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 04, 2012 06:48 PM (dX4hn)
Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2012 06:48 PM (6o4Fb)
"Could Japanese Troops Protect the Senkaku Islands?"
In this context, it's not about the troops. It's about the navy behind them.
Consider an example in a context from the other side of the world. The UK's soldiers and marines, as individually good as they are, would never have been able to retake the Falklands if it had not been for the Royal Navy. (Note that the current RN would have a hard time repeating their 1982 performance. They have been horribly decapitalized.)
The Japanese navy are pretty damned good in a technical sense. Their surface warfare community have our Aegis radars and computers. Their submarines are some of the stealthiest in the world.
It's impossible to tell how a force that's been under peacetime conditions for decades will perform in real combat. Sometimes it's a disaster, sometimes it's a triumph. No one knows precisely why. But the Japanese at least have what they need in terms of weaponry to meet an overt "hard" military challenge, should China mount one.
More worrisome by far should be China's "soft" sallies, such as cutting off the supply of technologically critical rare earth minerals to Japanese industrial businesses.
Posted by: torquewrench at October 04, 2012 06:48 PM (ymG7s)
Mitt as in Mittens
I read somewhere today that, henceforth, no one should refer to Romney as "Mittens." He should be referred to as "boxing gloves." tee hee, I loved that!
And, Maet, wherever you are, my friend, uh, 10-4!!
Posted by: Peaches always finds something to be pissed about at October 04, 2012 06:48 PM (kpCLl)
>>is that not a net loss of 267,000 jobs? Or are they somehow mutually exclusive?
Because shut the fuck up.
Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at October 04, 2012 06:49 PM (XRQoG)
Posted by: Reggie Love at October 04, 2012 06:49 PM (wIgpo)
Posted by: logprof at October 04, 2012 06:49 PM (V/U0X)
My experience is that the farther from Paris and the closer to Normandy....the nicer, friendlier and more pro-American the French get.
Plus, the food in Normandy is fucking fabulous.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2012 06:49 PM (2b4yb)
Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2012 06:50 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at October 04, 2012 10:46 PM (yJYwC)
BURN THIS MATH WITCH AT THE STAKE!
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at October 04, 2012 06:50 PM (ovpNn)
"HA has rumor that big donor scandal about to break on Obama. Possibly about millions in illegal foreign donations he gets by disabling all credit card security on his donation page."
The rot in that lazy half-black stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure is gargantuan..."So rare that you get to use gargantuan in a sentence.", Elle driver...
Posted by: You heard it here first at October 04, 2012 06:50 PM (cBYCG)
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at October 04, 2012 06:50 PM (+MryV)
Posted by: logprof at October 04, 2012 06:50 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 06:51 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 04, 2012 06:51 PM (dX4hn)
Posted by: Adam at October 04, 2012 10:15 PM
So, what was trolledyaso's prediction for the debate last night?
Posted by: kbdabear at October 04, 2012 06:51 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2012 06:52 PM (6o4Fb)
http://iamnotachef.com/2008/08/18/la-promenade-jullouville-france/
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2012 06:52 PM (2b4yb)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2012 10:49 PM (2b4yb)
Moi aussi
Posted by: Tim in Timbuktu at October 04, 2012 06:52 PM (Dll6b)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at October 04, 2012 06:52 PM (jucos)
170 Can one of the morons help me out here? If the new unemployment claims rise to 367,000, and the "jobs created" number is 100,000 or so...is that not a net loss of 267,000 jobs? Or are they somehow mutually exclusive?
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I've stopped trying to apply any common sense to the games they're playing with the numbers.
But yeah, that would/should be a net loss of 267K jobs.
If they're even telling us the truth about it.
Posted by: wheatie at October 04, 2012 06:52 PM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: logprof at October 04, 2012 06:52 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: Hello, it's just me Donna at October 04, 2012 06:52 PM (9+ccr)
Posted by: Mitt Fuckin' Romney at October 04, 2012 06:52 PM (XRQoG)
Posted by: Truman North at October 04, 2012 06:52 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 06:53 PM (Z9EHQ)
It's hard to pay attention to the obvious bullshit at times.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 04, 2012 06:53 PM (dX4hn)
***
Indeed, people forget, or gloss over, the fact that in the first phases of WWII, the European left was calling Churchill a Germano-phobic war monger...
I think we suffered this same phenomenon to a lesser extent from Vietnam, and even slightly after 2002, when you'll note the Republican party took a hard left turn...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2012 06:53 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: logprof at October 04, 2012 06:54 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: Barney Frank and Sandra Fluke World Tour 2012 at October 04, 2012 06:54 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 04, 2012 06:54 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Hello, it's just me Donna at October 04, 2012 10:52 PM (9+ccr)
Well that's it, election's over. Time to finalize my plans to move to Belize.
Posted by: Truman North at October 04, 2012 06:54 PM (I2LwF)
Drudge gots it, too. I srsly hope that the SS has that poor dog in a safe house somewhere. I don't mind if he (tries to) beat his wife, we all know how that would turn out, lol!!!
Posted by: Peaches always finds something to be pissed about at October 04, 2012 06:54 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2012 06:54 PM (6o4Fb)
Don't know about procul, but I know this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4dWfQ7Vhvo
Posted by: LC LaWedgie at October 04, 2012 06:55 PM (0It32)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at October 04, 2012 06:55 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Hello, it's just me Donna at October 04, 2012 10:52 PM (9+ccr)
How much is the D+ ?
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at October 04, 2012 06:55 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: eman at October 04, 2012 06:55 PM (Wp4rQ)
I am completely torn whether to go back to France. I want to take my wife to Normandy, but I also feel like retching at the thought of giving those pricks in Paris any of our money.
We'll go, because Normandy is an amazing place. It is the best part of France, and in some ways the greatest part of America.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2012 06:56 PM (2b4yb)
I did briefly see Barky soaking up the adoration and grinning in a windbreaker today. He was practicing his late night comedy routine for his next job by making jokes about the debate last night.
Oh, to have seen how the 20th Anniversary late dinner was spent...traditional gift for this day is "china." I am thinking some got thrown at The Won.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky, unbanned, ready to get this done at October 04, 2012 06:56 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 06:56 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Tim in Timbuktu at October 04, 2012 10:52 PM
Crikey, mate! You can speak Austrian, too?
Posted by: back door barry soetoro at October 04, 2012 06:56 PM (yBF/9)
The spectacle of the MSM tripping over themselves today to try and cover for their idol's crash-and-burn last night was sobering -- and, yet, quite enjoyable at the same time.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 04, 2012 06:56 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: cajun carrot at October 04, 2012 06:57 PM (3jgI1)
Posted by: Truman North at October 04, 2012 06:57 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Ktgreat at October 04, 2012 06:57 PM (yhM4N)
Posted by: kbdabear at October 04, 2012 06:57 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at October 04, 2012 06:58 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 06:58 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 04, 2012 06:58 PM (bxiXv)
***
The problem is China has been increasing the size and ability of their navy rapidly. Japan has not.
It is reminiscent of WWII in some senses were the German started way behind France in 1933, but by 1940 they had technical parity and doctrinal dominance...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2012 06:58 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: logprof at October 04, 2012 06:58 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: RoyalOil at October 04, 2012 06:58 PM (imtbm)
Posted by: Ktgreat at October 04, 2012 10:57 PM (yhM4N)
But oh so tight.
Objectify, and all will be well.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2012 06:58 PM (2b4yb)
Posted by: mediumheadboy at October 04, 2012 06:58 PM (aHR5E)
Posted by: Truman North at October 04, 2012 06:58 PM (I2LwF)
me, neither, Christy! it's like i have the epic mind-boner of all time . . . and if this is wrong, I don't want to be right.
Posted by: Peaches always finds something to be pissed about at October 04, 2012 06:59 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 06:59 PM (Z9EHQ)
C'est vrai.
A glorious culture is being dragged into the gutter by its own success.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2012 06:59 PM (2b4yb)
>>NBC News: Procul Harum nominated for Rock HoF
Procol Harum has one of the great guitarists of their generation. Robin Trower deserves a seat in the HoF.
Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2012 06:59 PM (XRQoG)
You ready?
Here goes: Romney told 27 lies in 38 minutes.
Well, thats it, game over, game over.
How can you defeat that?
Posted by: RoyalOil at October 04, 2012 10:58 PM (imtbm)
Obama lied once in four years. He just keeps getting interrupted whenever he has to stop talking or doing things.
Posted by: Truman North at October 04, 2012 07:00 PM (I2LwF)
I think we are starting to get holiday hiring, but that would be a lot of Walmart greeters.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 04, 2012 07:00 PM (dX4hn)
Posted by: nip at October 04, 2012 10:57 PM (11Tdq)
It's the unadjusted rate and the best they've seen in more than a year. Hoe convenient...
Posted by: Hello, it's just me Donna at October 04, 2012 07:00 PM (9+ccr)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 07:00 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2012 07:00 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 04, 2012 07:01 PM (Rhie+)
>>But oh so tight.Objectify, and all will be well.
Not anymore. Sacred Honor compels me to leave it at that.
Posted by: Will Folks at October 04, 2012 07:01 PM (XRQoG)
there ya go, steevy, that pretty much says it all (sadly)
Posted by: Peaches always finds something to be pissed about at October 04, 2012 07:01 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Thorvald at October 04, 2012 07:01 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2012 07:02 PM (6o4Fb)
They try to mimic the format without any real chemistry or originality. Adam Ferrara is a professional comic, yet James May comes up with dry ad libs that are hilarious
And love him or hate him, Jeremy Clarkson is the Simon Cowell of that show, he's never boring
Posted by: kbdabear at October 04, 2012 07:02 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: logprof at October 04, 2012 07:03 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: mediumheadboy at October 04, 2012 07:03 PM (aHR5E)
Posted by: Peaches always finds something to be pissed about at October 04, 2012 07:04 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at October 04, 2012 07:04 PM (yJYwC)
Posted by: Larry Flynt: Pornmeister at October 04, 2012 07:04 PM (wIgpo)
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at October 04, 2012 07:04 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 04, 2012 07:04 PM (dX4hn)
Yes, the Cards lulled us into a false sense of security here in New England by springing their cunning plan of waiting for automatic Stephen Gotskowski to miss a 42 yarder with no wind.
Fucking dumb luck!
Posted by: Truman North at October 04, 2012 07:04 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: USS Diversity at October 04, 2012 07:05 PM (0CiTm)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 07:05 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2012 07:05 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 04, 2012 07:05 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at October 04, 2012 07:05 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: The littl shyning man at October 04, 2012 07:05 PM (PH+2B)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 04, 2012 11:04 PM (dX4hn)
I don't think that Just went to see if there was any idea what the jobs numbers will be tomorrow...
Posted by: Hello, it's just me Donna at October 04, 2012 07:06 PM (9+ccr)
Don't despair.
7.9% is not a glorious recovery. America isn't quite that stupid....yet.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2012 07:06 PM (2b4yb)
***
Up until recently, and even still to an extent in Europe, the word liberal meant the opposite of what it does today.
Liberal: Minimal government, socially conservative society enmeshed with a pluralistic religious tradition.
Conservative: Corporatist state with an aristocrat society on top of a largely illusionary democratic apparatus, socially conservative government tied to a state church.
Socialist: Totalitarian state with illusionary representative government. Religion banished.
Modern conservativism and libertarianism evolved from earlier, classical liberalism. One can see this clearly by looking at American politics prior to the Progressives.
Modern liberalism is a synthesis of the previous conservatives and socialists. One can see the birth of this horror in Bismark's Germany creating the first modern welfare state.
Basically, the autocrats were perfectly willing to buy of the lower classes, and give up on religion, to hold on to power...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2012 07:06 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 04, 2012 07:06 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 04, 2012 07:06 PM (dX4hn)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 07:07 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at October 04, 2012 07:07 PM (yJYwC)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 04, 2012 11:04 PM (dX4hn)
Ya know, Dave, it's not going to fool anyone who hasn't seen a paycheck in a good long time. Smoke and mirrors is simply not gonna cut it this time. Sleep easy and say your prayers and try not to worry, 'kay?
Posted by: Peaches always finds something to be pissed about at October 04, 2012 07:07 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Truman North at October 04, 2012 07:07 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2012 07:07 PM (XRQoG)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 04, 2012 11:06 PM (dX4hn)
okay, I knew that didn't sound like you... good night...
Posted by: Hello, it's just me Donna at October 04, 2012 07:07 PM (9+ccr)
Agreed, I was just being a bit snarky because they have "Procol" spelled wrong.
Paul Butterfield band also nominated. Just as good.
Posted by: LC LaWedgie at October 04, 2012 07:07 PM (0It32)
Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2012 07:07 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Stephen Harper at October 04, 2012 07:08 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: mediumheadboy at October 04, 2012 07:08 PM (aHR5E)
Math. He's a natural at it.
I'm here 'til Thursday...try the veal!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 04, 2012 07:08 PM (2b4yb)
Posted by: Red Buns Barry at October 04, 2012 07:08 PM (jrKGM)
the bad news to drop on the U3 number. Once it hits 7.9 it's game over
man, game over.
explain to me- I'm just a caveman. Your economic statistics frighten and confuse me.
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 04, 2012 07:09 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2012 07:09 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: CDR M at October 04, 2012 07:09 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 04, 2012 07:09 PM (dX4hn)
***
The interesting question is what would have happened when AQ started operating out of Iraq and seriously injuring the oil industry in Saudi Arabia?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2012 07:09 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at October 04, 2012 11:07 PM (yJYwC)
Yes, THAT! Bush was picture perfect on 9/11 and for that I will forgive him much. Not everything, but I have real love for the man. Not everything he did, but his decency is unassailable.
Posted by: Peaches always finds something to be pissed about at October 04, 2012 07:10 PM (kpCLl)
This was at the height of the Romney is doomed hysteria.
After the Obama debate disaster this is starting to look more and more like a safe baseline. The next states in line are NV, MN, MI, and PA.
Now we have the dream scenario; Romney winning by 7% with around 350 EVs.
Posted by: cm9000 at October 04, 2012 07:10 PM (vfB2N)
Paul Butterfield band also nominated. Just as good.
Posted by: LC LaWedgie at October 04, 2012 11:07 PM (0It32)
It says a lot about the quality of music over the last couple decades that the HOF is defining fame down to a level where bands many people would react to with a "who? Oh, THOSE guys" response are nominated.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 04, 2012 07:10 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Stephen Hawking at October 04, 2012 07:10 PM (I2LwF)
MITT ROMNEY HATES BIG BIRD!!! no way in hell he'll get my vote
oh wait..... this isnt kos.....
oops....ignore that please
ummmm, down with the democrats!!!11!!!!
Posted by: navycopjoe has an iphone5 and you don't at October 04, 2012 07:11 PM (cyGNg)
Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2012 07:11 PM (6o4Fb)
No, wait, this one is better.
Obama looked professorial at the debates. Like Professor Stephen Hawking to be precise.
Posted by: Truman North at October 04, 2012 07:11 PM (I2LwF)
The American version of Top Gear is not just 'unwatchable'...it's also an embarrassment.
The guys on the American Top Gear are trying too hard to be funny, or witty.
And fall short.
They don't seem old enough to have credibility...or to have a grasp for, or an appreciation for, the history of high performance automobiles.
Which are the things that make the Original Top Gear show so much fun to watch.
There are American guys out there who could've made the US show a winner...something worth watching.
But no.
They used these guys instead.
Posted by: wheatie at October 04, 2012 07:12 PM (l5RhJ)
Still, it was worth a read.
http://www.debka.com/article/22412/
Posted by: GnuBreed at October 04, 2012 07:12 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: nip at October 04, 2012 07:13 PM (11Tdq)
Posted by: cm9000 at October 04, 2012 11:10 PM (vfB2N)
Whither Wisconsin in those figures? I don't buy Marquette's latest numbers after the way the state has voted in 2010 and 2011.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 04, 2012 07:13 PM (lJJMb)
Better. Bloomfield!
Posted by: garrett at October 04, 2012 11:09 PM (XRQoG)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8UA7Ue1fE4
heh
Posted by: LC LaWedgie at October 04, 2012 07:13 PM (0It32)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 07:13 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Peaches always finds something to be pissed about at October 04, 2012 07:14 PM (kpCLl)
But no.
They used these guys instead.
Posted by: wheatie at October 04, 2012 11:12 PM (l5RhJ)
Adam Carolla would have been perfect.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 04, 2012 07:14 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Gergle at October 04, 2012 07:14 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 07:15 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: steevy at October 04, 2012 07:15 PM (6o4Fb)
299 nah, thats total fail right there
everyone knows that hawking's chair is never empty
Posted by: navycopjoe has an iphone5 and you don't at October 04, 2012 11:13 PM (cyGNg)
Slow clap...and go Bears!
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 04, 2012 07:15 PM (lJJMb)
Or this: http://tinyurl.com/9bjojsn
Embattled former pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright provided matchmaking and “counseling” services for career-conscious gay black men at Trinity – including Barack Obama.
ThereÂ’s also been widespread suspicion around the murders of homosexual men with whom Obama was acquainted and may have had relationships. In a column on Sept. 14, Chicago journalist Kevin Dujan cited two Chicago area sources from diplomatic circles who claimed that Ambassador Stevens was homosexual as well.
So there’s a Chicago connection there. We also know that Obama lived more or less the bachelor’s life in Washington D.C. – where Stevens was also working – from 2005 to 2008, commuting between Chicago and D.C. while Michelle and the girls remained home. Would it be outside the realm of possibility to postulate that either there had been a relationship between the closeted gay Senator and the gay diplomat (who later wound up working for the former), or that said diplomat was simply more well-apprised of the Senator’s sexual proclivities than the rest of us?
Obama, knowing of the imminent unrest in the Middle East, capitalized on this in order to carry out a hit on the intentionally ill-protected diplomat. Did Stevens know something that someone preferred he carry to his grave without disclosing? Did it involve embarrassing personal matters, or other chicanery performed in his official capacity?
To the average network news viewer, unaware of the odious worldview and extreme treachery of which this party is capable, all of this will appear preposterous – as preposterous as Obama being a dedicated Marxist and Islamist sympathizer who wishes to punish America for its centuries of living off the backs of “the workers” and the little brown people of the world.
Posted by: sickinmass at October 04, 2012 07:15 PM (bcNec)
299 nah, thats total fail right there
everyone knows that hawking's chair is never empty
Posted by: navycopjoe has an iphone5 and you don't at October 04, 2012 11:13 PM (cyGNg)
dingdingding winner winner chicken dinner
I wonder if Hawking and his wife ever hatefuck, and if so, does he pre-program the dirty talk?
Posted by: Truman North at October 04, 2012 07:16 PM (I2LwF)
OK, it's hard to imagine having a fascinating 'anything' with someone named Nolan Bushnell.
Posted by: Meremortal at October 04, 2012 07:16 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: The littl shyning man at October 04, 2012 07:16 PM (PH+2B)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 04, 2012 11:10 PM
Yet they still won't induct Link Wray.
Posted by: otho at October 04, 2012 07:16 PM (yBF/9)
I'm rewatching the debate because I saw it in bits and pieces last night. At the beginning when O starts out wishing Mooch happy anniversary, we won't be celebrating next year in front of 40k people, etc, he does not smile. Does not crack a smile at all. Try to sincerely wish your spouse a happy anniversary without a hint of a smile or a gleam in your eye. I backed up and watched twice, thinking I must've missed something.
Barry goes on blabbing, answering the "jobs" question by not answering it at all. (invest in teachers, wtf, doesn't he know "jobs" means outside of gov't?) Oops, digressing, let me get back to the good part.
So Romney begins to talk and addresses the fact that it's O's anniversary. Says he's sure Obama is happy to be spending it up there (stage) with him. Romney laughs and O looks right at him and grins and laughs, that big huge moneymaker smile of his. Not the fake pissed smile we see later (this is before R has laid into him), a genuine bigass smile and laugh. Obama was far more happy and emotive looking at Romney than looking and speaking to his wife while wishing her a happy anniversary. Call the body language experts, does this mean O is more affectionate towards an older white alpha male than his own wife? (a la Hillbuzz)
Posted by: Axledoof at October 04, 2012 07:17 PM (F3s39)
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 04, 2012 07:17 PM (Py1Ag)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 07:17 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 04, 2012 07:17 PM (JMmQ9)
It's true that hiring should picking up starting this month for Halloween, Turkey Day, and the Christmas rush. However, those hiring numbers are supposed to be weighted, or adjusted, for seasonal variances.
This does of course lead to some room to game the numbers a bit.
Posted by: GnuBreed at October 04, 2012 07:17 PM (ccXZP)
ThereÂ’s also been widespread suspicion around the murders of homosexual men with whom Obama was acquainted and may have had relationships. In a column on Sept. 14, Chicago journalist Kevin Dujan cited two Chicago area sources from diplomatic circles who claimed that Ambassador Stevens was homosexual as well.
There was any doubt? That dude was PRETTY
Posted by: Truman North at October 04, 2012 07:18 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Mayday at October 04, 2012 07:18 PM (F3s39)
317 does he pre-program the dirty talk?
you know, i bet the japanese have porn based on this
freaks man, just freaks
every time i see a cute young jap tourist i think of tenticles
Posted by: navycopjoe has an iphone5 and you don't at October 04, 2012 07:19 PM (cyGNg)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 04, 2012 11:13 PM (lJJMb)
I have Romney winning Wisconsin. I listed it as WI.
Posted by: cm9000 at October 04, 2012 07:19 PM (vfB2N)
Posted by: Nucky Thompson at October 04, 2012 07:19 PM (C3KwS)
310...Adam Carolla would have been perfect.
Oh yeah.
And maybe Kelsey Grammer, too...who reportedly loves powerful cars.
Posted by: wheatie at October 04, 2012 07:20 PM (l5RhJ)
It's not the case for every European country, but, yeah, it's definitely historically true and is true in a bunch of places to this day.
The number of countries in the world that are classically liberal, in all respects, is still pretty limited.
Posted by: AD at October 04, 2012 07:20 PM (dfVq9)
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at October 04, 2012 07:20 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 07:21 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Peaches always finds something to be pissed about at October 04, 2012 07:21 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 04, 2012 07:22 PM (Rhie+)
Posted by: nip at October 04, 2012 07:22 PM (11Tdq)
I have Romney winning Wisconsin. I listed it as WI.
Posted by: cm9000 at October 04, 2012 11:19 PM (vfB2N)
Every day where you learn something is a good day. I've learned that I can't read for comprehension while drinking. It's a good day!
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 04, 2012 07:22 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at October 04, 2012 11:20 PM (ovpNn)
I will be doing exactly this, along with my parents, wife, and two children
Posted by: Truman North at October 04, 2012 07:24 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Tommy Flanagan, the Pathological Liar at October 04, 2012 07:24 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 07:25 PM (Z9EHQ)
umm, probably just the beer
and perhaps some bacon
and maybe some puddin' cups
Posted by: chemjeff at October 04, 2012 07:25 PM (m/eXi)
Posted by: Calyx the Commoner at October 04, 2012 07:25 PM (r6UQf)
MITT ROMNEY HATES BIG BIRD!!! no way in hell he'll get my vote
oh wait..... this isnt kos.....
oops....ignore that please
ummmm, down with the democrats!!!11!!!!
Posted by: navycopjoe has an iphone5 and you don't at October 04, 2012 11:11 PM (cyGNg)
Mitt Romney would prefer that you thought of Big Bird with Mr. Hoople and pledge drives, not with IRS agents and liens.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 04, 2012 07:25 PM (kaalw)
American Top Gear is getting better, although its not really a car show as much as a silly show with funny guys and cars. I wish they'd focus more on cars than on events, but the star in a car bit is weak (the cool wall was much worse, I'm glad they didnt' do that).
Posted by: Tommy Flanagan, the Pathological Liar at October 04, 2012 07:26 PM (r4wIV)
Then again, he's arrogant and foolish enough to think he can win it on Bin Laden alone.
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at October 04, 2012 07:26 PM (yJYwC)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at October 04, 2012 07:27 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: eman at October 04, 2012 07:28 PM (Wp4rQ)
338 I gotta say this. Romney's hair has always bugged me (too Ken-doll, John Edwards). Last night he ROCKED the hair. He looked srsly hot. I would pretty much kill to get his hair person's number. He look a-fuckin-mazing. I only wish my mom were still alive to see this, she loved that fucker years ago.
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Peaches, have you seen the pictures of his hair when he was younger...like in his twenties?
The man has got a seriously thick head of hair.
I've never really had a problem with his hair.
I was afraid that he would be another squish...like McCain...and not fight.
That was my big reservation about Romney.
I worried that he would just take it on the chin, and lose.
But he is proving to be a fighter.
So, I have more hope now than ever before...that he can pull this off.
Posted by: wheatie at October 04, 2012 07:29 PM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at October 04, 2012 07:30 PM (+MryV)
Seriously? If that was really true, then we should be having school shootings everyday, given how many play fpses.
Posted by: KG at October 04, 2012 07:30 PM (IPz9m)
Posted by: logprof at October 04, 2012 07:30 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at October 04, 2012 07:31 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at October 04, 2012 07:31 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: IdowhatIwant at October 04, 2012 07:32 PM (a4CUi)
wheatie, unlike that fuckin' McCain, Boxing Gloves is in it to win it. Remember that cringeworthy mavericky debate, where he told us what a fine president barky would be? it still raises my hackles. We ARE going to get this thing done. Soon . . . soon . . . it's ours for the taking.
Posted by: Peaches always finds something to be pissed about at October 04, 2012 07:32 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: logprof at October 04, 2012 07:33 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: Adam at October 04, 2012 07:33 PM (/YJYi)
One of the things they owned was the Atari brand.
Sadly, MTBF rate were not 10k hours as the prototypes showed, but were more in the 500 hour category. So they flopped and I lost most of my investment. I lost about a grand on them.
Posted by: GnuBreed at October 04, 2012 07:33 PM (ccXZP)
Ironocally the best pencil is the black warrior
no joke
I once was looking for them in staples
and I had to ask the guy with the red shirt
who happened to be aa I think he thought I was racist
and there realy is a pencil name black warrior engineers/architects and drafstmen
love em the're like a hb lead
Posted by: vizzy at October 04, 2012 07:33 PM (GmfkE)
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I've stopped trying to apply any common sense to the games they're playing with the numbers.
But yeah, that would/should bea net loss of 267K jobs.
If they're even telling us the truth about it.
Posted by: wheatie at October 04, 2012 10:52 PM (l5RhJ)
Expect a pro-Obama number - and then, sometime after the next debate or two, a "revised" number that's much worse... They've done that almost every month, just another of their lying tactics 
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 04, 2012 07:34 PM (sZRY5)
Obama is giving it up for the 35M Hawaii digs. He told Mitt himself during the debate. "You'll have the longest first day as President" -something like that..
Posted by: sickinmass at October 04, 2012 07:36 PM (bcNec)
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 04, 2012 07:36 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at October 04, 2012 07:37 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Mayday at October 04, 2012 07:37 PM (F3s39)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 07:38 PM (Z9EHQ)
How many of you are going to watch the VP debate naked with a basket of lotion , salsa, chips and beer?
I can just imagine the Dem schedulers...."and there'll have to be a debate with Slow Joe.....we'll make it second, right after Obama mops the floor with Romney, so as to bury the embarrassment of having Ryan and Biden on the same stage......"
Posted by: cthulhu at October 04, 2012 07:39 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 07:39 PM (Z9EHQ)
don't tke my Wheeler Dealers!
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 04, 2012 07:40 PM (8sCoq)
And then there was Ryan . . . . ahahahahahahahahahaha!!!! So tasty, so good, so smart, so going to lay Biden out like an autopsy slice. I can't wait.
Posted by: Peaches always finds something to be pissed about at October 04, 2012 07:40 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 07:40 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: cm9000 at October 04, 2012 07:41 PM (vfB2N)
Just finished listening to the 'Skyfall' song...
Meh.
I think the big furor over it...is because it is Adele.
I really liked her breakout song...'Rolling in the Deep'.
It was awesome.
Still waiting to hear some more of that same awesomeness again, in her other work.
Still waiting...
Posted by: wheatie at October 04, 2012 07:41 PM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: Peaches always finds something to be pissed about at October 04, 2012 07:42 PM (kpCLl)
What's the consensus on the drug use/illness topics. I'm pretty naive about how druggies act because I'm just not around them to my knowledge. It would have to be beyond blatant for me to catch it. And, I'm not sure I think that he looks chronically ill - but again I'm willing to be reeducated.
Posted by: someone at October 04, 2012 07:42 PM (bqjJT)
Posted by: AltonJackson is channeling his inner Biden at October 04, 2012 07:43 PM (JMmQ9)
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That was a particularly stupid thing for Obama to say. He's painting a picture of Romney on the job as president, ie, beating him. He also said he'd be busy repealing Obamacare on day 1. Must've forgotten the majority of the country wants it repealed, thus reminding 67 million people of another reason to vote Romney.
So many great moments last night. The pundits kept saying there was no one soundbite that would be replayed over and over this week. That's fortuitous, because the story became R's ass whipping of O instead.
Posted by: Mayday at October 04, 2012 07:43 PM (F3s39)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 07:43 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Inspector Asshole at October 04, 2012 07:44 PM (SgVM9)
...don't take my Wheeler Dealers!
What?
No more...Ed?
I can do without the other guy, but they can't take Ed China!
Noooo.
Ed's got a bigger shop now...and tools!
Posted by: wheatie at October 04, 2012 07:45 PM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 07:45 PM (Z9EHQ)
Maybe something will fill the void if the eventual Fox Sports channel becomes another dreary fucking golf-filled piece of shit.
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 04, 2012 07:46 PM (Py1Ag)
I'm not and that story is borderline credible to me. There is definitely something going on there. They also posit that it could be AIDS. He's done. For the first time ever, he knows something we don't. I think he knows, absolutely, without a doubt, that he is headed to Hawaii in January. I think he can hardly wait. Presidentin' is hard and he never enjoyed that part. He loves the attention and the perks and hangin' with the rappers and the movie starts, but he NEVER engaged with the job. He didn't know how and it wasn't his thing. He can still have all the things he likes, without the stuff he didn't. More and more, this is looking like a foregone conclusion to me.
Posted by: Peaches always finds something to be pissed about at October 04, 2012 07:46 PM (kpCLl)
What's the consensus on the drug use/illness topics. I'm pretty naive about how druggies act because I'm just not around them to my knowledge. It would have to be beyond blatant for me to catch it. And, I'm not sure I think that he looks chronically ill - but again I'm willing to be reeducated.
Posted by: someone at October 04, 2012 11:42 PM (bqjJT)
Such is my faith in God-given, natural stupidity, that I don't automatically assume that someone acting stupidly is on drugs. But the choomer-in-chief pretty much put it out there in his autobiographies.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 04, 2012 07:46 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Mike Gundy at October 04, 2012 07:47 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: Love Tunnel Hill, IL at October 04, 2012 07:47 PM (o6M9y)
I love the MBM "MITT WANTS TO KILL BIG BIRD!" narrative. If he's going to defund PBS, can he retroactively fire Charlie Rose too? Always hated that snake-oil shitheel.
Posted by: Karusky at October 04, 2012 07:47 PM (dO4L7)
From WWI:
"In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields."
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at October 04, 2012 07:47 PM (2c1Cq)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at October 04, 2012 07:48 PM (o6M9y)
Thanks - I can't imagine actively using once you've assumed the responsibilities of POTUS (even if you hate the US and want to destroy it, you still kind of need your wits about you). So, it's kind of beyond my comprehension that he'd still be using, but.... I guess nothing is impossible.
Posted by: someone at October 04, 2012 07:50 PM (bqjJT)
Posted by: Moochelle at October 04, 2012 07:51 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: logprof at October 04, 2012 07:51 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 07:52 PM (Z9EHQ)
For me, the oddest moment was hearing Obama say 'Obamacare'.
I guess he doesn't understand it's something of an epithet.
and that Hillbuzz post was a load of amateurish horseshit
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 04, 2012 07:53 PM (8sCoq)
Once an addict,, always....
Posted by: sickinmass at October 04, 2012 07:54 PM (bcNec)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 07:54 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 04, 2012 07:54 PM (8sCoq)
--
I have learned the hard way that when people here tell you not to look at something, DON'T LOOK.
This blog has corrupted me in so many ways.
Posted by: Mayday at October 04, 2012 07:54 PM (F3s39)
Posted by: GGE Is Looking For Brazilian Ginger Twins at October 04, 2012 07:54 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 04, 2012 07:55 PM (JMmQ9)
Probably inspired by anime porn.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 04, 2012 07:55 PM (xKC/c)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 07:55 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Mayday at October 04, 2012 11:54 PM (F3s39)
Feel the power of the dark side!
Posted by: GGE Is Looking For Brazilian Ginger Twins at October 04, 2012 07:55 PM (yh0zB)
sometimes it's reverse psychology and the link is really a hot babe or puppies or bacon
go ahead, look
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 04, 2012 07:56 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: GGE Is Looking For Brazilian Ginger Twins at October 04, 2012 07:56 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 07:56 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 11:39 PM (Z9EHQ)
Well, there's always Annie Haslam.
Posted by: LC LaWedgie at October 04, 2012 07:58 PM (0It32)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 11:56 PM (Z9EHQ)
Dude, if you're looking at her feet ur doin it rong
Posted by: GGE Is Looking For Brazilian Ginger Twins at October 04, 2012 07:58 PM (yh0zB)
2) barky doesn't think the rules apply to him, and, to be fair, they apparently never have
3) love you all, sleep sweet and God bless!
Posted by: Peaches always finds something to be pissed about at October 04, 2012 07:58 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 04, 2012 07:59 PM (r4wIV)
405...For me, the oddest moment was hearing Obama say 'Obamacare'.
Yeah.
He keeps saying "I love it".
We should start calling it...'HusseinCare'.
That's his name too.
HusseinCare sounds more...deadly.
Which it is.
Posted by: wheatie at October 04, 2012 07:59 PM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 04, 2012 11:46 PM
I strongly suspect that Barry is still using. Not just the choom and not just the blow.
Posted by: otho at October 04, 2012 07:59 PM (yBF/9)
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I've always wondered if they are unofficially tasked with keeping an eye on his mental fitness too (any prez, not just O). If a president were to really start to crack up, his inner circle would protect him but the SS are always around and would be a good source to keep tabs on increasingly bizarre behavior.
Posted by: Mayday at October 04, 2012 07:59 PM (F3s39)
Posted by: Inspector Asshole at October 04, 2012 11:44 PM (SgVM9)
Everything you said is true, except I don't think it's 9 of 10 kids today without a functioning brain, more like 4 or 5. And it really isn't entirely their fault, they have parents who never told them you can't do that or you can't have that or stop acting like a little shit in public or I'll beat your butt right here on the steps of the church instead of waiting until we get home. But, their self-esteem is through the roof!
Posted by: huerfano at October 04, 2012 07:59 PM (bAGA/)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 08:00 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: huerfano at October 04, 2012 11:59 PM (bAGA/)
My youngest has hit that time in his life...those teen years...where he's convinced he has all the answers and the rest of us are just f'n stupid. It pains me to think I was just that kind of pain in the ass, it's been long ago enough that I'm not quite sure how to talk to him about it because I just want to kill the little shit.
Posted by: GGE Is Looking For Brazilian Ginger Twins at October 04, 2012 08:02 PM (yh0zB)
I don;t even know if the US version does the Star in the Car deal. Fucking embarrassing is right.
How about some love for Pass Time on speed.
Posted by: nip at October 04, 2012 11:22 PM (11Tdq)
They did the Star in A Car thingy the first season, but it was a lot of C list movie stars and has been/never was rock stars.
Overall, it's not a bad bit of fluff, but I wish they would actually test drive some cars and give a review of them. Even if they aren't car experts, it would be neat to hear about what they think of cars they test drive. Being a tall fellow, I kind of like when Clarkson test drives a car because I can see how that car would actually fit me.
The show to look for is Richard Hammond's Crash Course. He has another season coming up this month, IIRC, where he travels around the US learning how to operate special vehicles. He really likes the US, and it shows in the series.
Posted by: MrCaniac at October 04, 2012 08:02 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: logprof at October 04, 2012 08:03 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: Y-not on the phone at October 04, 2012 08:04 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 08:05 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: MrCaniac at October 05, 2012 12:02 AM (Zd/NW)
That's a great show, I think my favorite so far was the episode where he was driving the tank. He's also a fan of the American pony cars.
Posted by: GGE Is Looking For Brazilian Ginger Twins at October 04, 2012 08:05 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: RWC at October 04, 2012 08:05 PM (t+Sdx)
Posted by: logprof at October 04, 2012 08:06 PM (V/U0X)
Probably too late now for Tim but... we've got bigger balls too, Tim.
Posted by: andycanuck at October 04, 2012 08:06 PM (vDl/w)
431...My youngest has hit that time in his life...those teen years...where he's convinced he has all the answers and the rest of us are just f'n stupid.
"We are all lucky that our parents let us...live...past the teenage years."
Say this.
Then tell him not to press his luck.
Posted by: wheatie at October 04, 2012 08:06 PM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 05, 2012 12:00 AM (Z9EHQ)
There are no feet. She doesn't walk, she floats on her bewbs, like twin Hindenbergs (without the fire).
Posted by: GGE Is Looking For Brazilian Ginger Twins at October 04, 2012 08:07 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 08:07 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: RWC at October 04, 2012 08:08 PM (t+Sdx)
Say this.
Then tell him not to press his luck.
Posted by: wheatie at October 05, 2012 12:06 AM (l5RhJ)
Like the Cosby routine. "I made you, I can take you out and make another just like you."
Posted by: GGE Is Looking For Brazilian Ginger Twins at October 04, 2012 08:09 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 08:09 PM (Z9EHQ)
In Flanders fields."
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at October 04, 2012 11:47 PM (2c1Cq)
I was raised enough in the old school to know that poem and part of the story behind it....but I learned something new in spring of last year.
Turns out, poppies have long been associated with war, and the reason is perfectly natural. Everyone has seen the seeds on poppy-seed bagels, and knows that they're tiny -- and each poppy flower produces a whole lot of them, but natural poppy patches fade away over a couple of years in meadows and fields, because most of the seeds will lie dormant in the earth.
They awaken when the soil is freshly churned-up. We had a patch that had poppies seven or eight years ago, and decided to stir-in a few inches of compost and plant some new things there -- and, all-of-a-sudden, we had poppies springing up all over the place!
So, imagine you're a peasant, and you've been grazing your cattle in a field for years, when fighting men appear and march across it, then a charge of knights in armor, followed by a counter-charge and rout.....and when spring comes along the next year, among the arrow-heads and broken spears, clumps of poppies pop-up where the fighting was fiercest. And then imagine the Great War, with artillery and mass movements, bringing the industrial age to bear against mass forces.....and re-read the poem. It wasn't just clumps where the fighting was fiercest....it was horror and wonder at masses of poppies carpeting Europe from the large new graveyards to fields in the country.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 04, 2012 08:09 PM (kaalw)
436 The show to look for is Richard Hammond's Crash Course.
Fun show!
My favorite one was the tank one, too.
Posted by: wheatie at October 04, 2012 08:09 PM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 04, 2012 08:09 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: GGE Is Looking For Brazilian Ginger Twins at October 05, 2012 12:02 AM (yh0zB)
That phase lasted for me until I was around 25 and realized my parents weren't quite so clueless as I had supposed. They were certainly smarter than the people I had been listening to for the previous ten years.
Posted by: huerfano at October 04, 2012 08:09 PM (bAGA/)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 08:10 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 05, 2012 12:07 AM (Z9EHQ)
Yeah, he's certainly got the f'n attitude.
Posted by: GGE Is Looking For Brazilian Ginger Twins at October 04, 2012 08:10 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at October 04, 2012 08:12 PM (ZPrif)
446 speaking of hot, who is the french hottie sophia marceau?
She was in Braveheart, right?
I think I've seen her in some other things...can't remember what they were.
Posted by: wheatie at October 04, 2012 08:13 PM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 08:13 PM (Z9EHQ)
Couldn't they just have taken the intercontinental railway to get to the Maldives?
Posted by: president o'bumbles at October 04, 2012 08:14 PM (vDl/w)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 05, 2012 12:09 AM (Z9EHQ)
Ohhhh yes. Sophie Marceau circa "Braveheart" was stunning. She hasn't been in movies I've seen since then, and I'm good with that. That kind of natural beauty is the rarest of rare, so I'll just continue to picture her as the French princess.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 04, 2012 08:14 PM (lJJMb)
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I've always wondered if they are unofficially tasked with keeping an eye on his mental fitness too (any prez, not just O). If a president were to really start to crack up, his inner circle would protect him but the SS are always around and would be a good source to keep tabs on increasingly bizarre behavior.
Posted by: Mayday at October 04, 2012 11:59 PM (F3s39)
Nope. Protection only. It is the only way they can have the protection at all times. They do not pay attention to what the President is doing, they are only doing threat assessments. If they start paying attention to who they protect, they miss what they are protecting them from.
Posted by: MrCaniac at October 04, 2012 08:14 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 08:15 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 08:17 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 05, 2012 12:09 AM (lJJMb)
Think I'll do that, too - he certainly earned it last night!!
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 04, 2012 08:17 PM (sZRY5)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 08:18 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 05, 2012 12:15 AM (Z9EHQ)
Forgot about that one. The lady was stunningly gorgeous in that one as well.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 04, 2012 08:18 PM (lJJMb)
The film is being distributed by the Weinstein Company, owned by a Harvey Weinstein, a major backer of President Barack ObamaÂ’s re-election campaign.
Titled, “SEAL Team Six: The Raid on Osama bin Laden,” the feature-length film will chronicle the raid in Pakistan, an event that Obama’s campaign touts as one of his crowning achievements.
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at October 04, 2012 11:55 PM (e8kgV)
Well, that should incite a riot or two...
Posted by: George W Beagle at October 04, 2012 08:18 PM (sZRY5)
Posted by: cm9000 at October 04, 2012 08:18 PM (vfB2N)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at October 04, 2012 08:18 PM (jucos)
That's a great show, I think my favorite so far was the episode where he was driving the tank. He's also a fan of the American pony cars.
Posted by: GGE Is Looking For Brazilian Ginger Twins at October 05, 2012 12:05 AM (yh0zB)
I loved the one where he was working as a lumberjack and they turned the trees into huge darts and threw them at the mini van.
Posted by: MrCaniac at October 04, 2012 08:18 PM (Zd/NW)
444...Like the Cosby routine. "I made you, I can take you out and make another just like you."
That one is classic.
Heh.
Posted by: wheatie at October 04, 2012 08:19 PM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: Y-not on the phone at October 04, 2012 08:19 PM (5H6zj)
PJ O'Rourke is an automotive writer as well as a political one, he would have been brilliant and brought a biting wit to the show.
Posted by: kbdabear at October 04, 2012 08:21 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at October 04, 2012 08:21 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 08:21 PM (Z9EHQ)
Even if you're not a gun person, you'll enjoy it. After all, it's a slam on IL Dems.
Also, this is the point in the ONT where I remind everyone that my hash contains "JMB" and yours does not.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 04, 2012 08:22 PM (lJJMb)
I said, "Of course you will. I removed the sights from your gun."
- Emo Phillips
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at October 04, 2012 08:23 PM (vY2x+)
Posted by: logprof at October 04, 2012 08:24 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at October 04, 2012 08:24 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 05, 2012 12:09 AM (lJJMb)
Last night. MOAR PLEASE!
Posted by: cthulhu at October 04, 2012 08:24 PM (kaalw)
Course. He has another season coming up this month, IIRC, where he
travels around the US learning how to operate special vehicles. He
really likes the US, and it shows in the series.
Posted by: MrCaniac at October 05, 2012 12:02 AM (Zd/NW)
That's a great show, I think my favorite so far was the episode where he was driving the tank. He's also a fan of the American pony cars.
Posted by: GGE Is Looking For Brazilian Ginger Twins at October 05, 2012 12:05
Here's BBC America's promotional for the upcoming season
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lroU0-ob3tc
Posted by: kbdabear at October 04, 2012 08:25 PM (wwsoB)
My hash contains THC, man.
What?
Posted by: Tommy Chong at October 04, 2012 08:25 PM (xKC/c)
Posted by: kbdabear at October 05, 2012 12:21 AM (wwsoB)
You are absolutely right - his essay on cars and America (from year ago, but it's in his "Driving Like Mad" book) was hilarious. I still kick myself in the ass for not getting an autograph from him when I *literally* bumped into him at Midway. I had a copy of "Witness" in my laptop bag, and it would have been awesome and fitting to have his sig on the first page. I managed to get out "I love your work", and then it was over.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 04, 2012 08:26 PM (lJJMb)
I'm looking forward to Ted Nugent's new show, on the Discovery Channel.
It starts next week.
It's supposed to be about 'history of guns', or something.
The Nuge is always entertaining.
Posted by: wheatie at October 04, 2012 08:26 PM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: MrCaniac at October 05, 2012 12:14 AM (Zd/NW)
I thought it was, "if they start paying attention to who they protect, they say 'fuck it, let's have some hookers!'"
Posted by: cthulhu at October 04, 2012 08:26 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: cm9000 at October 04, 2012 08:27 PM (vfB2N)
What?
Posted by: Tommy Chong at October 05, 2012 12:25 AM (xKC/c)
That's your bloodstream you're thinking of. At your age, I can see where you could be confused. Sorry to harsh your mellow, because in all honesty, if it was legal, I'd probably smoke a couple times a year. Any more than that, and pot becomes very boring. The people that come with smoking the tweeds are even more boring.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 04, 2012 08:29 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: cm9000 at October 05, 2012 12:27 AM (vfB2N)
erm what?
See this is the problem with rhinos. They try to eat their own.
You dont hear a single lib saying Mathews who is far more idiotic than hannity could ever be, is humiliating to the left.
GTFO and either stand up for your side or cut your nuts off already put on a god damn skirt and vote obama Peggy Noonan.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at October 04, 2012 08:30 PM (ovpNn)
But Dad, I'm Jesus Christ!
I quoted that one a bunch of months ago too.
Bill Cosby was a great standup.
Posted by: andycanuck at October 04, 2012 08:31 PM (vDl/w)
Posted by: DC in Towson at October 04, 2012 08:31 PM (CJwi5)
It starts next week.
It's supposed to be about 'history of guns', or something.
The Nuge is always entertaining.
Posted by: wheatie at October 05, 2012 12:26 AM (l5RhJ)
As a devoted "gun dick", as Ace used to describe those of my ilk, I'd be worried that all these sensationalist guns shows on TV would hurt one of my favorite causes. Since there's no such thing as a gun control debate, my side having won the war, I'll watch. It should be stupid, but might be funny.
I DO love the fact that there's so much firearms related content on non-sporting / hunting channels. Exposure to guns for the unfamiliar and afraid populace is good, even if the shows themselves suck.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 04, 2012 08:32 PM (lJJMb)
That's a lot of words, man. I got lost and smoked another bowl. Now I need a nap.
Posted by: Tommy Chong at October 04, 2012 08:32 PM (xKC/c)
Posted by: DC in Towson at October 05, 2012 12:31 AM (CJwi5)
after last night sleep seems so...pedestrian.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at October 04, 2012 08:33 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: stillers at October 04, 2012 08:34 PM (kixVK)
Ever notice the older you get, the smarter your parents become?
Posted by: irongrampa
speak truth.
What amazes me is that if I had accepted that truth much earlier, i might have been president too.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at October 04, 2012 08:34 PM (ovpNn)
http://tinyurl.com/9qnoobg
Posted by: 18-1 at October 05, 2012 12:33 AM (AUeaU)
The lecherous look puts anything bill could come up with to shame.
Only thing missing is the word bubble
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at October 04, 2012 08:35 PM (ovpNn)
Something I've noticed with tv shows...
When something is a 'hit' and gets good ratings, you get more shows like that.
So...since I would like to see more conservative shows...I try to do my part to boost their ratings.
Even though Sean Hannity isn't as hard-hitting as I would like him to be...
He's better than O'Really...and Gretta....who are not very conservative.
I keep hoping that Fox will move up Red Eye to an earlier slot.
Posted by: wheatie at October 04, 2012 08:35 PM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 04, 2012 08:35 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 08:35 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: DC in Towson at October 04, 2012 08:36 PM (CJwi5)
In a letter obtained by Univision News and sent to Attorney General Eric Holder, Issa and Grassley inquired about the previously unreported Fast and Furious guns that were linked to violent crimes and featured in the Univision News report. The letter pays special attention to three firearms connected to an ATF gun-tracing operation that were used in a massacre of 15 teenagers in Villas de Salvarcar.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder speaks during a news conference in Towson, Md., Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012, to announce $2.4 million in grants that are intended to assist 13 jurisdictions with intellectual property law enforcement efforts.
"The three Fast and Furious weapons allegedly used in the [Villas de Salvarcar] attack were not referenced either in your September 9, 2011 or your June 7, 2012 letters responding to our requests for information on recoveries, and particular recoveries associated with violent crimes," Darrell and Issa write to Holder.
The letter includes ten questions about this particular crime and about how Operation Fast and Furious was related to violent crimes in Mexico. The answers to those questions are expected "by no later than October 14, 2012."
Posted by: Harry Reid's secret investor at October 04, 2012 08:36 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Mayday at October 04, 2012 08:37 PM (F3s39)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 04, 2012 08:37 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 04, 2012 08:38 PM (HEWhR)
Ever notice the older you get, the smarter your parents become?
Posted by: irongrampa at October 05, 2012 12:32 AM (SAMxH)
Irongrampa! Good to see you. I went through my "my parents may know a thing or two epiphany" around age 25. That's one of the drawbacks of the modern "everyone go to college" track. I was securely in the university bubble from 18-21. It took a long time for that bubble to burst, because it persists long after you've left college. If I could go back and speak to myself in August of 2001, I'd say "self, it's about to get real ugly. If you go sign up to fly helicopters for the Army today, you won't regret not doing so for the rest of your life."
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 04, 2012 08:39 PM (lJJMb)
493...I DO love the fact that there's so much firearms related content on non-sporting / hunting channels.
Yep...it's kind of amazing isn't it.
I liked Ermy's show, too.
Shame it got cancelled.
Posted by: wheatie at October 04, 2012 08:40 PM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 08:40 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: DC in Towson at October 04, 2012 08:40 PM (CJwi5)
The broadcast, which appeared unexpectedly over many US television stations, superficially seems to be a debate between US president Barack Obama and an unnamed other person, possibly the president's debate coach John Kerry. However, the incendiary and invidious intent of the presentation soon makes itself obvious.
Mr. Lerher, who appears in the role of moderator, continually allows the opponent to berate and insult the president by citing the latter's record as chief executive as well as quoting his words directly. Mr. Lerher also repeatedly fails to stop the opponent from going over his allotted 30% of speaking time. At one point, Mr. Lerher threatens the president's life directly, telling him “you’re way over the two minutes.”
Posted by: Today's satire, Tomorrow's reality at October 04, 2012 08:41 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Mayday at October 05, 2012 12:37 AM (F3s39)
If the left can embrace Mathews Maddow Schultz and Olbervaginamann
We should have no damn problem or false PC shame accepting Hannity.
Hannity is lite compared to Levine...a lot of people see him as cuddley non threatening teddy bearish conservative wannabe firebrand that sometimes gets a little spark going.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at October 04, 2012 08:41 PM (ovpNn)
political one, he would have been brilliant and brought a biting wit to
the show.
Posted by: kbdabear at October 05, 2012 12:21 AM (wwsoB)
Best advice I ever read about cars was PJ in National Lampoon. When discussing which car can go anywhere, you can fill up the trunk with ice and beer, throw into reverse at 60mph, his answer: A rental car. That has stuck with me for 35 years now.
Posted by: MrCaniac at October 04, 2012 08:41 PM (Zd/NW)
Ever notice the older you get, the smarter your parents become?
Posted by: irongrampa at October 05, 2012 12:32 AM (SAMxH)
My parents have five degrees between them -- three in math and two in engineering. What was this time you speak of when my parents weren't smart?
Posted by: cthulhu at October 04, 2012 08:42 PM (kaalw)
The broadcast, which appeared unexpectedly over many US television stations, superficially seems to be a debate between US president Barack Obama and an unnamed other person, possibly the president's debate coach John Kerry. However, the incendiary and invidious intent of the presentation soon makes itself obvious.
Mr. Lerher, who appears in the role of moderator, continually allows the opponent to berate and insult the president by citing the latter's record as chief executive as well as quoting his words directly. Mr. Lerher also repeatedly fails to stop the opponent from going over his allotted 30% of speaking time. At one point, Mr. Lerher threatens the president's life directly, telling him �you�re way over the two minutes.�
Posted by: Today's satire, Tomorrow's reality at October 05, 2012 12:41 AM (e8kgV)
haha....i got a good chuckle. do the full story.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at October 04, 2012 08:42 PM (ovpNn)
Maybe pixy will let Platinum Members get a custom hash when we get the new website *cough*.
I hear it's just around the corner.
Posted by: DC in Towson at October 05, 2012 12:36 AM (CJwi5)
I'll bet you would, but my days on the ONT are numbered. My company is adding a 2nd shift, and I'll be one the guys running that crew. Unless my modem craps out in the next couple weeks, you're out of luck. It's been about 6-8 months since my hash changed, not counting when I posted from my work computer while in occupied Chicago.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 04, 2012 08:43 PM (lJJMb)
Experts said the price increases could continue for weeks and the average might even break the $5 mark. Already by Thursday afternoon, at least five Los Angeles area gas stations had crossed the $5 per gallon mark, according to GasBuddy.com, including one charging $5.29 per gallon in Burbank and another at $5.11 in Norwalk. One station in Calabasas was even charging $5.69.
"We are looking at the highest California prices ever," said Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst for Oil Price Information Service, which compiles the price data for AAA.
A refinery closure, a contaminated pipeline and the state's strict pollution limits are all, in part, to blame, experts said. Gasoline inventories across the state are lower than they have been in more than 10 years.
The cost of gasoline in California jumped 8.3 cents Thursday to $4.32 per gallon, up 18 cents over last week, according to the AAA's Daily Fuel Gauge. The national average Thursday was $3.78.
Posted by: Obama's retirement planner at October 04, 2012 08:44 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 08:45 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at October 04, 2012 08:45 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 04, 2012 08:46 PM (bxiXv)
I am picking up something you might enjoy.
OBR™ 7.62 | LaRue Tactical in 18"
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 05, 2012 12:40 AM (Z9EHQ)
Nice stick. By all accounts, LaRue is awesome to deal with and goes above and beyond for their customers.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 04, 2012 08:46 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: MrCaniac at October 05, 2012 12:41 AM (Zd/NW)
He had me at: "Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys."
Posted by: cthulhu at October 04, 2012 08:47 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 08:47 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Clint Eastwood at October 04, 2012 08:47 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 05, 2012 12:45 AM (Z9EHQ)
Only if you are choking the chicken.
Posted by: MrCaniac at October 04, 2012 08:48 PM (Zd/NW)
505 On Tuesday, Congressman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) pressed the Department of Justice to provide information about 57 Fast and Furious weapons found at Mexican crime scenes, which were first exposed by a Univision News special investigation on September 30.
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Good for them.
The election coverage is overshadowing pretting much everything else.
So it's great that they keep chipping away at this.
Posted by: wheatie at October 04, 2012 08:49 PM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 08:49 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at October 04, 2012 08:50 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 04, 2012 08:50 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: DC in Towson at October 04, 2012 08:50 PM (CJwi5)
My mother is confused by complicated concepts like pie.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, stuck on the analogy at October 04, 2012 08:51 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 04, 2012 08:51 PM (bxiXv)
Time for the old folk. Tomorrow will be the start of prepping the Toy for Winter storage. Sad time, but it always involves one last, good workout.
Goodnite, good people. Stay safe.
Posted by: irongrampa at October 04, 2012 08:51 PM (SAMxH)
522 speaking of chickens coming home to roost. is running by the white house tossing live chickens over the fence protected as free speech?
As long as you don't blaspheme the prophet while you do it.
Posted by: wheatie at October 04, 2012 08:51 PM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: Golan Globus at October 04, 2012 08:52 PM (/1U3u)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 08:52 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 05, 2012 12:47 AM (Z9EHQ)
Sorry for your predicament. Hopefully you get an opportunity to live in a state more respectful of your rights / hobbies someday. I can have a loaded mag in my AR, sitting in the passenger seat, so long as there's no round chambered. I don't do it, since it's a range toy, but I *could*.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 04, 2012 08:53 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 04, 2012 08:53 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 04, 2012 08:54 PM (UantK)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 04, 2012 08:54 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at October 04, 2012 08:55 PM (ovpNn)
Also the stunts have to be "honest" or obviously fake. British TG crosses those lines sometimes.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 05, 2012 12:51 AM (bxiXv)
Can't be afraid to offend either.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imhBoE56OEs
Posted by: MrCaniac at October 04, 2012 08:55 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 08:55 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 04, 2012 08:56 PM (xKC/c)
Posted by: DC in Towson at October 05, 2012 12:50 AM (CJwi5)
I have a fancy phone, but since our (semi-unionized) hourly workers aren't allowed to have them on their person, it needs to stay in my pocket. Trust me, I considered that possibility.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 04, 2012 08:56 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Berserker at October 04, 2012 08:56 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 05, 2012 12:54 AM (UantK)
I thought he said the way he said it was wrong.
I wouldnt sweat it. He is playing jedi mindtrick jujitsu.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at October 04, 2012 08:56 PM (ovpNn)
"That ass engined nazi slot car"
Posted by: kbdabear at October 04, 2012 08:57 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 08:57 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 04, 2012 08:58 PM (Rhie+)
I thought he said the way he said it was wrong.
I wouldnt sweat it. He is playing jedi mindtrick jujitsu.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at October 05, 2012 12:56 AM (ovpNn)
No he said it was completely wrong to say it. Reagan never apologized, and neither has obama!
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 04, 2012 08:58 PM (UantK)
According to the FTC, after getting the consumers on the phone, the telemarketers allegedly claimed they were affiliated with legitimate companies, including Dell, Microsoft, McAfee, and Norton, and told consumers they had detected malware that posed an imminent threat to their computers. To demonstrate the need for immediate help, the scammers directed consumers to a utility area of their computer and falsely claimed that it demonstrated that the computer was infected. The scammers then offered to rid the computer of malware for fees ranging from $49 to $450. When consumers agreed to pay the fee for fixing the “problems,” the telemarketers directed them to a website to enter a code or download a software program that allowed the scammers remote access to the consumers’ computers. Once the telemarketers took control of the consumers’ computers, they “removed” the non-existent malware and downloaded otherwise free programs.
Posted by: Bill Gates at October 04, 2012 08:58 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 04, 2012 08:59 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 08:59 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at October 05, 2012 12:55 AM (ovpNn)
He seems to have moved to Twitter. He's @Harlekwin15
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 04, 2012 08:59 PM (lJJMb)
536 Also, the show has to be able to mock cars and manufacturers. This may cause bad blood, but that itself can be a running joke.
Also the stunts have to be "honest" or obviously fake. British TG crosses those lines sometimes.
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The original Top Gear is on BBC...which is funded by tax dollars over there.
So that allows them to mock cars and manufacturers with a little more autonomy.
I've noticed that they seem to love mocking American-made cars.
Not all of them...but a lot of them.
And Britian is not exactly a hotbed of automotive manufacturing...so they can afford to mock everyone else.
And yeah...some of their 'challenges' have been pretty silly.
Some have been irksome, like the one where they mocked the baby Jesus, by using a baby Stig.
But we still watch it.
Because so much of what is on tv is pure shit.
Posted by: wheatie at October 04, 2012 09:00 PM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 04, 2012 09:00 PM (UantK)
Posted by: Flo at October 04, 2012 09:01 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 04, 2012 09:01 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 05, 2012 12:58 AM (Rhie+)
No idea - is that something he does?
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 04, 2012 09:02 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, stuck on the analogy at October 05, 2012 12:51 AM (hO8IJ)
What's so hard about 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841 ...?
Posted by: AmishDude at October 04, 2012 09:02 PM (xSegX)
Posted by: DC in Towson at October 04, 2012 09:03 PM (CJwi5)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 04, 2012 09:04 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 09:05 PM (Z9EHQ)
We got this. Mitt didn't make himself and a mess of other people really, really wealthy by being a dumbass.
Posted by: DC in Towson at October 05, 2012 01:03 AM (CJwi5)
Well it has over 4000 comments so far, a huge mistake, huge!
obama did not bring it up, now Romney put it out front and center, and the media will run with it tommorow!! Mark my word!
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 04, 2012 09:06 PM (UantK)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 09:06 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: comatus at October 05, 2012 01:05 AM (qaVK+)
Who was he -- Benedict Arnold's second-in-command?
Posted by: cthulhu at October 04, 2012 09:06 PM (kaalw)
Her ratings stink, I'm surprised she's still on the air. Christ even Lawrence O'Donnell beats her every once and a while.
Posted by: lowandslow at October 04, 2012 09:06 PM (GZitp)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 04, 2012 09:07 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 04, 2012 09:07 PM (Rhie+)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 09:08 PM (Z9EHQ)
Just to plug it again.
Went to Cinemark/Tinseltown to watch Lawrence of Arabia tonight. Awesome movie.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 04, 2012 09:09 PM (fLln5)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 04, 2012 09:10 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: logprof at October 04, 2012 09:10 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: Hello, it's just me Donna at October 04, 2012 09:11 PM (9+ccr)
Posted by: 1950 at October 04, 2012 09:11 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 04, 2012 09:11 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 04, 2012 09:12 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: DC in Towson at October 04, 2012 09:13 PM (CJwi5)
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 04, 2012 09:13 PM (UantK)
Would that be okay? Because I think that would be nice. Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 05, 2012 01:12 AM
My only comment on this thread was about Hannah Minx's epic rack. I'm clean. lol
Posted by: Berserker at October 04, 2012 09:15 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: logprof at October 04, 2012 09:15 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: andycanuck at October 04, 2012 09:16 PM (vDl/w)
Talk radio will be talking about it tommorow. Morning, noon and night!
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 04, 2012 09:16 PM (UantK)
Posted by: DC in Towson at October 04, 2012 09:16 PM (CJwi5)
Posted by: Mayday at October 04, 2012 09:18 PM (F3s39)
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 04, 2012 09:18 PM (UantK)
Posted by: DC in Towson at October 04, 2012 09:18 PM (CJwi5)
Posted by: logprof at October 04, 2012 09:18 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 05, 2012 01:18 AM (UantK)
Take a deep breath...
Posted by: Hello, it's just me Donna at October 04, 2012 09:18 PM (9+ccr)
Posted by: zeera at October 04, 2012 09:19 PM (3dXwx)
That means I was evidently toasting you about six times a little while ago.
Let's see, propagation delay, times the square root of the radius of the Earth... Yeah, I think it still applies.
Posted by: K~Bob at October 04, 2012 09:20 PM (D4CT+)
Posted by: Hello, it's just me Donna at October 05, 2012 01:17 AM (9+ccr)
Well maybe you should, talk radio keeps us in the game! Without talk radio, the conservatives would have been gone along time ago!
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 04, 2012 09:20 PM (UantK)
Posted by: DC in Towson at October 04, 2012 09:20 PM (CJwi5)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子~で げそ at October 04, 2012 09:20 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: andycanuck at October 05, 2012 01:16 AM (vDl/w)
FIFY. /murrica!
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 04, 2012 09:21 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Hatsune Miku at October 04, 2012 09:22 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 04, 2012 09:23 PM (UantK)
My server is in the Great White North, eh.
Anyway, learning a second language is often useful.
Posted by: andycanuck at October 04, 2012 09:23 PM (vDl/w)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 04, 2012 09:23 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: logprof at October 04, 2012 09:24 PM (V/U0X)
It would have been asked at the next debate mark my words and they knew it. You can't stress at everything that comes out that you think is so devastating. He defused it. Enough already...
Posted by: Hello, it's just me Donna at October 04, 2012 09:25 PM (9+ccr)
Posted by: logprof at October 04, 2012 09:25 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 04, 2012 09:25 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 04, 2012 09:26 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: andycanuck at October 04, 2012 09:27 PM (vDl/w)
Posted by: logprof at October 04, 2012 09:27 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 05, 2012 01:23 AM (UantK)
--Your concern is duly noted.
Posted by: logprof at October 05, 2012 01:25 AM (V/U0X)
Yeah, I am a concern troll, Thanks! Night!
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 04, 2012 09:28 PM (UantK)
Posted by: andycanuck at October 05, 2012 01:27 AM (vDl/w)
No it isn't... The last debate is on Foreign policy. The next debate is a town hall. What are the odds that the 47% question wouldn't be asked by the stacked audience?
Posted by: Hello, it's just me Donna at October 04, 2012 09:28 PM (9+ccr)
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 05, 2012 01:20 AM (UantK)
I doubt that Rush, Hannity and Levine are going to talk about it. They will probably spend tomorrow talking about Obama continuing his "Mitt's Tax Hike" meme. By Monday, talk radio will probably be talking about Obama's fund raising scandal.
If it is liberal talk radio, I'm sure both listeners have already crayoned in their vote for TFG.
Posted by: MrCaniac at October 04, 2012 09:29 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 05, 2012 01:09 AM (fLln5)
*adds to blogroll*
Posted by: GGE Is Looking For Brazilian Ginger Twins at October 04, 2012 09:29 PM (yh0zB)
It's *my* birthday!
Posted by: logprof at October 05, 2012 01:15 AM (V/U0X)
Happy birthday, logprof!!!!
Posted by: cthulhu at October 04, 2012 09:30 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: andycanuck at October 04, 2012 09:30 PM (vDl/w)
Posted by: andycanuck at October 05, 2012 01:30 AM (vDl/w)
No problem!
Posted by: Hello, it's just me Donna at October 04, 2012 09:30 PM (9+ccr)
Posted by: logprof at October 04, 2012 09:31 PM (V/U0X)
It's always Taco Night at the State Department!
*******************
With warm Slurpys to wash them down!
Posted by: Donna Sha lay-la-la-la-la-la-la at October 04, 2012 09:31 PM (2c1Cq)
Posted by: Craig Poe at October 04, 2012 09:32 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Janet Incompetano at October 04, 2012 09:32 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: GGE Is Looking For Brazilian Ginger Twins at October 04, 2012 09:32 PM (yh0zB)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't she married to Tony Wiener?
Posted by: GGE Is Looking For Brazilian Ginger Twins at October 04, 2012 09:33 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: logprof at October 04, 2012 09:34 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: Bawney Frank at October 04, 2012 09:35 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: GGE Is Looking For Brazilian Ginger Twins at October
Right no need to panic. I just wanted one day to bask in success.Need mu buzz to last a little longer...
Posted by: Hello, it's just me Donna at October 04, 2012 09:35 PM (9+ccr)
Posted by: logprof at October 04, 2012 09:37 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: andycanuck at October 04, 2012 09:37 PM (vDl/w)
--I agree. I'm buzzing and Lou is a fucking buzzkill.
Posted by: logprof at October 05, 2012 01:37 AM (V/U0X)
No need! Have a great Birthday!
Posted by: Hello, it's just me Donna at October 04, 2012 09:38 PM (9+ccr)
Posted by: andycanuck at October 05, 2012 01:37 AM (vDl/w)
Nah, it's the sound of someone who can't type well..
Posted by: Hello, it's just me Donna at October 04, 2012 09:39 PM (9+ccr)
Posted by: sistrum at October 04, 2012 09:39 PM (SUlmX)
As long as I get my fill of Mexican food and a little beer I'll be happy, even if I don't get laid.Posted by: logprof at October 04, 2012 09:39 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: The REAL J.Lo at October 04, 2012 09:39 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: SGT Dan's Cat at October 04, 2012 09:39 PM (9OdDd)
Posted by: logprof at October 05, 2012 01:34 AM (V/U0X)
Understand.
Happy Birthday!
http://tinyurl.com/d8gs5aw
Posted by: GGE Is Looking For Brazilian Ginger Twins at October 04, 2012 09:41 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: andycanuck at October 04, 2012 09:41 PM (vDl/w)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子~で げそ at October 05, 2012 01:20 AM (sZTYJ)
************
OK, I'll bite: "seijiteki na boshi de...geso", wa, nan to iu imi desu ka? Zenzen wakaranai kara.
Posted by: Donna Sha lay-la-la-la-la-la-la at October 04, 2012 09:42 PM (2c1Cq)
Posted by: Twinkie Victem Harvey Milk at October 04, 2012 09:42 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: logprof at October 04, 2012 09:42 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: GGE Is Looking For Brazilian Ginger Twins at October 04, 2012 09:42 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 04, 2012 09:43 PM (IDzng)
"10/4." Get it?
This was widely hilarious 40 years ago. It would show up in several comic strips and comedy spots every year. I ran it past my office custodian about 20 years back, and he about died. Also, he remembered Crawford's great starring roles (he once played a man from our hometown, rarely seen in film, in a Berlin-based cold war espionage film noir). I reitred, but we still look each other up every 10/4 for a poke in the ribs.
Never heard of him? Oscar for Willie Stark in All The King's Men, and the Washington gangster in Born Yesterday. Tough as nails and nobody's sweetheart.
Posted by: comatus at October 04, 2012 09:43 PM (qaVK+)
Posted by: Jesus, Hey!!! at October 04, 2012 09:43 PM (BVkEs)
If it is liberal talk radio, I'm sure both listeners have already crayoned in their vote for TFG.
Posted by: MrCaniac at October 05, 2012 01:29 AM (Zd/NW)
Tomorrow everyone was going to talk about the debate,but tomorrow everyone will be talking Romney admitting he was completely wrong!
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 04, 2012 09:43 PM (UantK)
Posted by: GGE Is Looking For Brazilian Ginger Twins at October 04, 2012 09:43 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: andycanuck at October 04, 2012 09:44 PM (vDl/w)
Posted by: cajun carrot at October 04, 2012 09:44 PM (3jgI1)
Posted by: logprof at October 04, 2012 09:45 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at October 04, 2012 09:45 PM (/OhbZ)
--I agree. I'm buzzing and Lou is a fucking buzzkill.
Posted by: logprof at October 05, 2012 01:37 AM (V/U0X)
Sorry, I did not put the bs out there, Romneys camp did!
Happy Birthday!
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 04, 2012 09:45 PM (UantK)
Posted by: andycanuck at October 05, 2012 01:44 AM (vDl/w)
Haven't seen ol Wyatt around lately. Hope everything is good in his world.
Posted by: GGE Is Looking For Brazilian Ginger Twins at October 04, 2012 09:46 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at October 04, 2012 09:46 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: cajun carrot at October 04, 2012 09:47 PM (3jgI1)
Posted by: logprof at October 04, 2012 09:48 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 04, 2012 09:48 PM (bxiXv)
He just asked what you're name is supposed to mean. It doesn't make sense.
Metaphors don't translate well into other languages.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at October 04, 2012 09:48 PM (vY2x+)
Posted by: Little Boy and Fat Man at October 04, 2012 09:49 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 04, 2012 09:49 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at October 04, 2012 09:51 PM (/OhbZ)
Posted by: logprof at October 04, 2012 09:51 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: cajun carrot at October 04, 2012 09:52 PM (3jgI1)
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 04, 2012 09:53 PM (UantK)
Posted by: cajun carrot at October 04, 2012 09:53 PM (3jgI1)
http://i47.tinypic.com/ojdp9w.jpg
Damn, dude...
Posted by: FLOTUS at October 04, 2012 09:55 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: cajun carrot at October 04, 2012 09:55 PM (3jgI1)
may she have more good health than you have tentacles !!!
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at October 05, 2012 01:51 AM (/OhbZ)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 04, 2012 09:56 PM (kaalw)
If you are in or near Raleigh this weekend: http://tinyurl.com/8scjb9e
If you are in or near Fayetteville NC next weekend: http://tinyurl.com/9ufjkqe
I need a vacation.
Posted by: GGE Is Looking For Brazilian Ginger Twins at October 04, 2012 09:59 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at October 04, 2012 10:00 PM (/OhbZ)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 04, 2012 10:01 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at October 04, 2012 10:01 PM (/OhbZ)
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 05, 2012 01:43 AM (UantK)
Nope. The hosts and producers have already done their show prep for tomorrow's shows. That is how they just happen to find that obscure bit from 4 years ago.
Posted by: MrCaniac at October 04, 2012 10:02 PM (Zd/NW)
For those of us who remember 1973, it wasn't oil embargoes on supplies that caused gasoline rationing....it was government reaction to oil supply issues that caused rationing. The free market will yank up the price; government intervention will dry up the supply.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 04, 2012 10:02 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: logprof at October 04, 2012 10:04 PM (V/U0X)
If TFG can just panic a bit over the shortages in CA a tiny bit (and set off the massive gas lines through fixing), he'll have recreated nearly every farking bad thing from the 70's but disco.
Posted by: Al at October 04, 2012 10:06 PM (MzQOZ)
still. them's hurt.
Had to DIY one back in college days ...
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at October 05, 2012 02:00 AM (/OhbZ)
Yeah, it's not a happy circumstance.....but there's little reason for prayers or conniptions, or sympathy to family. It's more like how splinting a sprain used to be. Complications make everything risky, but we *expect* that this will be straightforward.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 04, 2012 10:08 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Al at October 05, 2012 02:06 AM (MzQOZ)
I'm just waiting for him to show up on the TV wearing a sweater and telling us all how fucked up we are. I think he's already sort of done his malaise speech, but I'm too lazy to go find it.
Aaaand...I'm out. See you tomorrow night roonz and roonettez!
Posted by: GGE Is Looking For Brazilian Ginger Twins at October 04, 2012 10:08 PM (yh0zB)
If TFG can just panic a bit over the shortages in CA a tiny bit (and set off the massive gas lines through fixing), he'll have recreated nearly every farking bad thing from the 70's but disco.
Posted by: Al at October 05, 2012 02:06 AM (MzQOZ)
The one thing to look forward to is that the USA will win the Gold medal in hockey in 2014, in Russia.
Posted by: MrCaniac at October 04, 2012 10:08 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: logprof at October 04, 2012 10:09 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 04, 2012 10:10 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 04, 2012 10:10 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 05, 2012 01:16 AM (UantK)
Oh for fucks sake give it a rest before you become a full blown concern troll.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at October 04, 2012 10:13 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 04, 2012 10:17 PM (IDzng)
Posted by: schizoid at October 04, 2012 10:17 PM (0hial)
Posted by: logprof at October 04, 2012 10:17 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 05, 2012 02:10 AM (kaalw)
===
it's the prep and the trip out of the office that put the icing on the cake.
http: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rRWI83yhRc
I laughed hard when they wanted my ID. I asked the receptionist if they get a lot of imposters. She didn't seem to get it.
Posted by: jc at October 04, 2012 10:17 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: Sandra Fluke Now with Free Contraception at October 04, 2012 10:17 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: Fwank and Sullivan at October 04, 2012 10:18 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: Monica Lewinski at October 04, 2012 10:19 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: logprof at October 04, 2012 10:19 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 ~です at October 04, 2012 10:19 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: DAve at October 04, 2012 10:20 PM (QWH7M)
Posted by: Hillary's Cankle at October 04, 2012 10:22 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: Dutch Doctor at October 04, 2012 10:22 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: anal retentive intrusion at October 04, 2012 10:22 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: Mitt Romney's Rape Sperm at October 04, 2012 10:23 PM (ovpNn)
Doctors owning hospitals? God forbid... Why that would cut too many cronies out of the loop!
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 04, 2012 10:23 PM (IDzng)
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at October 04, 2012 10:23 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 04, 2012 10:23 PM (sZTYJ)
Canadians are weird...they probably charged him with littering for leaving a dead body laying around.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 04, 2012 10:24 PM (IDzng)
*************
Yes, I understood that when I read it.
but ...what does it mean? And what does the "de" mean in that context? Is the expression an idiom? Something like..
''with my political hat on..." ?
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at October 04, 2012 10:25 PM (2c1Cq)
Posted by: logprof at October 04, 2012 10:26 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 04, 2012 10:28 PM (IDzng)
Posted by: logprof at October 04, 2012 10:29 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: Jimmah Carter The Second Worst Preisdent Evah! at October 04, 2012 10:29 PM (ovpNn)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oy-qFt9M8LQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=debcDZTWbo8
Posted by: schizoid at October 04, 2012 10:29 PM (qCdOl)
Posted by: Drew in MO at October 04, 2012 10:29 PM (ZgvAc)
Again metaphors don't really translate. I'm not aware of the use of 'hat' to mean skill or occupation.
There's a reason why 'Engrish' makes little sense.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at October 04, 2012 10:29 PM (vY2x+)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at October 04, 2012 10:30 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 05, 2012 02:28 AM (IDzng)
If you need Malpractice Insurance you are doing it wrong.
Posted by: Dr Hannibal Lecter at October 04, 2012 10:30 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: and irresolute at October 04, 2012 10:32 PM (JvklE)
Posted by: Fwank and Sullivan at October 04, 2012 10:32 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: Drew in MO at October 05, 2012 02:29 AM (ZgvAc)
If the media can save Obama's ass after that horrible debate, its time for the conservatives with billions to buy up the media outlets, and the conservatives with guns hunt the mother fuckers down and exterminate them with extreme prejudice.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at October 04, 2012 10:33 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: schizoid at October 05, 2012 02:17 AM
That's an interesting take on it. Weird thing about a disco revival is that it doesn't surprise me. Used to hate disco with a passion, but, the way poipular music has gone, disco now sounds pretty good by comparison. I can remember why I hated it at the time, but damn, today it sounds like mozart, or something.
Posted by: otho at October 04, 2012 10:33 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: Cartman at October 04, 2012 10:33 PM (V/U0X)
http: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rRWI83yhRc
I laughed hard when they wanted my ID. I asked the receptionist if they get a lot of imposters. She didn't seem to get it.
Posted by: jc at October 05, 2012 02:17 AM (ufJKx)
Yeah, Dave Barry prepared me for the prep -- http://tinyurl.com/yc8emc8 -- but I'm still a bit concerned. I've had two dental crowns done without anesthesia because I've got a phobia about needles. Note how this doesn't relate to pain.....I've had two dental crowns done without anesthesia.
I understand that you can have things shoved up your ass without injected drugs -- and I live close enough to San Francisco to know that this sometimes costs extra -- but I'm not sure how this will work.
What I do know, however, is that I need to have this done in 2012 -- because the Obamacare clusterfuck is going to overwhelm medicine as we know it over 2013-2015. Which gives colon polyps 3 extra years to try to kill me if I don't deal with them now.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 04, 2012 10:34 PM (kaalw)
712 People listened to disco in the 1970s because the rock of the time was worse. But then they got embarrassed and pretended to like the bad rock. If they had just been honest we could have been spared decades of awful "classic rock."
Posted by: schizoid at October 05, 2012 02:17 AM
That's an interesting take on it. Weird thing about a disco revival is that it doesn't surprise me. Used to hate disco with a passion, but, the way poipular music has gone, disco now sounds pretty good by comparison. I can remember why I hated it at the time, but damn, today it sounds like mozart, or something.
Posted by: otho at October 05, 2012 02:33 AM (yBF/9)
It wouldnt have happened if men hadn't started wearing platform shoes....thats what killed Disco.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at October 04, 2012 10:35 PM (ovpNn)
Morons who post Asian letters or Viking runes can shampoo my crotch. Same goes for morons who post long undecipherable acronyms.
Posted by: Jack Nicholson at October 04, 2012 10:35 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: Se Léodweardprætt Hæt at October 04, 2012 10:36 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Moron who posts FYNQ at October 04, 2012 10:36 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: logprof at October 04, 2012 10:37 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: Jack Nicholson at October 04, 2012 10:38 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at October 04, 2012 10:38 PM (/OhbZ)
Posted by: Hat Siasa at October 04, 2012 10:39 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Compensated Date at October 04, 2012 10:40 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Jack Nicholson at October 04, 2012 10:42 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at October 05, 2012 02:35 AM
Haha. Yeah. The wing collared polyester shirts didn't help, either. I blame the Bee Gees Prior to the falsetto, lush sound period, there was a fair chunk of genuinely funkay stuff coming out.
Posted by: otho at October 04, 2012 10:44 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: Early Barky in his pimp hat with the cig in his mouth at October 04, 2012 10:46 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at October 04, 2012 10:47 PM (/OhbZ)
Posted by: Early Barky in his pimp hat with the cig in his mouth at October 05, 2012 02:46 AM (Q2wni)
Disco became House Music.
Funky Disco became Deep House.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at October 04, 2012 10:47 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 04, 2012 10:48 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: Early Barky in his pimp hat with the cig in his mouth at October 05, 2012
I can dig it, soul brother! You ain't no jive turkey. Let's get down and boogie!
Posted by: back door barry soetoro at October 04, 2012 10:49 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: schizoid at October 04, 2012 10:54 PM (46nfq)
Preach it, Bro!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjKFCYzqq-A
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at October 05, 2012 02:47 AM
Bitchin'! Gimme 5 on the downside, muh maaaaaan!
Posted by: otho at October 04, 2012 10:55 PM (yBF/9)
Which gets you to: "What's the difference between a colonoscopy and a girlfriend trying to schedule your event into her work calendar?" -- "one's a medical procedure and the other's a pain-in-the-ass."
Posted by: cthulhu at October 04, 2012 10:57 PM (kaalw)
===
"jive" is a very old word.
http://tinyurl.com/yfcafq4
Posted by: jc at October 04, 2012 10:58 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: schizoid at October 05, 2012 02:54 AM
It was worth it, I guess. Disco was terminal and Big Seventies Rock had gone zombie by then.
Posted by: otho at October 04, 2012 11:01 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: Something silly this way comes at October 04, 2012 11:02 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 04, 2012 11:03 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: schizoid at October 05, 2012 02:54 AM (46nfq)
===
not really. disco just choked on it's own bullshit.
early 70's rock is not even really similar to late 70's stuff, which got to be a whole orchestral over-done thing that lost it's way. a return to simplicity gave rise to punk. new wave was born out a mixture of punk and good poly synths.
Posted by: jc at October 04, 2012 11:07 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 04, 2012 11:11 PM (kaalw)
@742
Love the sentiment, Dr. Lecter, but unfortunately if your goal is to NOT kill patients, then it becomes imperative to have malpractice because no one will accept a bad outcome, it must be the doctor's fault. And since in the ER I will have a few patients die every month no matter what I do because they are already dying or dead when they arrive, I kind of need it.
Posted by: Conservative Crank, yet another work computer at October 04, 2012 11:11 PM (d7H2D)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at October 04, 2012 11:12 PM (/OhbZ)
early 70's rock is not even really similar to late 70's stuff, which got to be a whole orchestral over-done thing that lost it's way. a return to simplicity gave rise to punk. new wave was born out a mixture of punk and good poly synths.
Posted by: jc at October 05, 2012 03:07 AM
Yeah, early 70's was a period all it's own. Not really '60's, not really late '70's.
Posted by: otho at October 04, 2012 11:13 PM (yBF/9)
Our beloved President, Barack Obama, who I support completely, does not need friends like you. While he will not win 45 states, racism is that entrenched in flyover country, but he WILL win. We control the coasts and the cities. The hicks in the sticks will be forced to play along.
Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, VT at October 04, 2012 11:14 PM (up/so)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbDekaqw3lQ
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 05, 2012 03:07 AM
That, they did. Arguably the most under rated band in terms of influence on the pop landscape.
Posted by: otho at October 04, 2012 11:17 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at October 04, 2012 11:21 PM (/OhbZ)
Posted by: Conservative Crank, yet another work computer at October 04, 2012 11:22 PM (d7H2D)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at October 04, 2012 11:24 PM (/OhbZ)
Posted by: Conservative Crank, yet another work computer at October 05, 2012 03:22 AM (d7H2D)
====
Mary is soooooo method !!!
Posted by: jc at October 04, 2012 11:26 PM (ufJKx)
Oh, hai! RadicalRedneck sends his love.
At least that's what I think he said. Something about you and his cock anyway.
Posted by: GGE Is Looking For Brazilian Ginger Twins at October 04, 2012 11:30 PM (yh0zB)
That said, if I have to listen to 1970s music, I choose disco. Call me a homo if you want.
Posted by: schizoid at October 04, 2012 11:34 PM (46nfq)
Posted by: a cynical but rarely angry Adriane at October 04, 2012 11:35 PM (/OhbZ)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 04, 2012 11:53 PM (kaalw)
If you started paying attention about the time Styx started that Mr. Roboto shit, I don't blame you a bit. But if you missed all the AO rock from 72-76 you missed a lot. Unfortunately, you don't hear a lot of the best stuff now.
Also, from the Beatles on, the whole biz was mostly about hype. And, it got worse and worse until the punks showed up and told everyone to shove their hype. But, then it didn't take long for the punks to be swallowed by hype, too.
In a big way hype killed disco, too. A lot of soul/funk dance music was pretty good before it went so over-the-top-commercial that it ended up starting the disco riots.
Posted by: jc at October 04, 2012 11:53 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: schizoid at October 05, 2012 03:34 AM
You can just call me. The number's 555-LUVLOG.
Posted by: back door barry soetoro at October 04, 2012 11:56 PM (yBF/9)
That said, if I have to listen to 1970s music, I choose disco. Call me a homo if you want.
Posted by: schizoid at October 05, 2012 03:34 AM
Nah. Not now. Disco sounds pretty good with hindsight. Not my cup of tea, exactly, but it has a simple, effective charm that rocks in it's own way and usually boasts some excellent musicianship. I gotta give it props compared to today's sludge.
Posted by: otho at October 05, 2012 12:08 AM (yBF/9)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 05, 2012 12:26 AM (kaalw)
I was still pooping my diapers in 1972, so I guess I missed a lot.
Posted by: schizoid at October 05, 2012 12:30 AM (46nfq)
A pre-debate prediction from some supposed classmate of both candidates:
“When they debate, Barack will smoke Romney,” Barthwell, 64, told The Daily in May. “Mitt Romney is smart,” he said at the time. “Having said all that, I still think he’s going to get smoked. The best he can do is hopefully come out not looking like a fool. Mitt will find out the hard way as soon as they have their first debate: You don’t debate Obama.”
Posted by: Up with people! A man. at October 05, 2012 12:33 AM (kzFo5)
I was still pooping my diapers in 1972, so I guess I missed a lot.
Posted by: schizoid at October 05, 2012 04:30 AM (46nfq)
==
If you have an open mind about it, you might want to look around a little. This is the birth of all the metals, southern rock, the big horn bands, the gospel rock time, country rock, and a lot of other genres. A lot of the musicianship was stellar. And, a lot of the pop was sheer crap.
Posted by: jc at October 05, 2012 12:50 AM (ufJKx)
In the late 1970s there was rock and there was disco. And there was a ridiculous war between the two. If you looked at the charts it was clear disco was winning.
But then the tide turned, disco became homo music, and rock won. We've been forced to listen to horrible 1970s rock ever since.
According to Wikipedia, the Bee Gees' "Spirits Having Flown" (1979) album sold 20 million copies. Good luck finding someone who admits to buying one.
Posted by: schizoid at October 05, 2012 01:35 AM (46nfq)
Posted by: IdowhatIwant at October 05, 2012 01:44 AM (a4CUi)
Posted by: Jean at October 05, 2012 01:53 AM (g2ldK)
Posted by: Invictus at October 05, 2012 01:54 AM (OQpzc)
In the late 1970s there was rock and there was disco. And there was a ridiculous war between the two. If you looked at the charts it was clear disco was winning.
But then the tide turned, disco became homo music, and rock won. We've been forced to listen to horrible 1970s rock ever since.
According to Wikipedia, the Bee Gees' "Spirits Having Flown" (1979) album sold 20 million copies. Good luck finding someone who admits to buying one.
Posted by: schizoid at October 05, 2012 05:35 AM (46nfq)
===
you are not technically incorrect, but it is way too simplistic -- sort of a Rolling Stone magazine fly over the top look at things. There is a lot more to know.
To each his own I guess. So you like the BGs. OK. you win. Have a nice night.
Posted by: jc at October 05, 2012 01:58 AM (ufJKx)
Posted by: Barack Obama at October 05, 2012 02:08 AM (H643i)
Posted by: schizoid at October 05, 2012 02:13 AM (46nfq)
I should have been an economist. I could have had a very successful career without ever being right once.
Posted by: Invictus at October 05, 2012 02:13 AM (OQpzc)
Posted by: schizoid at October 05, 2012 02:31 AM (46nfq)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 05, 2012 02:36 AM (QbKVX)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 05, 2012 02:40 AM (QbKVX)
Personal favorite, 65-75. Such a wide variety. Was young enough to enjoy the british invasion. Old enough and starting to play when the late 60's hit. Imagine if you will, being 14, playing the drums for a couple of years, and Innagaddadavida comes out. Radio stations are playing everything from folk, to Motown, to Led Zeppelin.
If it lifted my spirits, it was good music.
When rock went "beat your head against a wall", it lost me.
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 05, 2012 06:36 AM
Yeah, I'm very partial to that particular decade. It was a good era for mainstream sound. '75 to '85 it was more indie/alternate for me.
Posted by: otho at October 05, 2012 02:49 AM (yBF/9)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 05, 2012 03:07 AM (M7Cfv)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 05, 2012 03:08 AM (M7Cfv)
I especially like his views on education and apprenticeships. I encouraged my kids to attend two community college certificate programs in order to stay out of from under the mountain of debt.
I have also experienced the 'flow' in certain phases of my career. Searching for flow causes me to relocate every decade or so. I'm overdue.
Posted by: sTevo at October 05, 2012 03:10 AM (VMcEw)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 05, 2012 03:21 AM (3R0Zs)
Posted by: sTevo at October 05, 2012 03:29 AM (VMcEw)
And I hear people talk about mainstream but to me that would mean it all sounds the same to get played.
Let's see: Zeppelin, Hendrix, Doors, Doobies, Eagles, Ten Years After, Tull, Moody Blues, I could go on but you get the picture.
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 05, 2012 07:07 AM
Don't mean "mainstream" as a bad term. It's what was selling, getting high rotation etc at the time. Generally speaking it was pretty eclectic during that decade. There were bursts of uniformity, but it didn't usually last too long. Even when something was the dominant thing for a year or so, the results were pretty good. The "indie" part is more a shorthand for the change in the mid 70's away from the "big" acts/labels, back to bar/pub sized outfits + limited pressings etc. It didn't stay that way, but it had a big effect.. Dunno, Ramones is a good example. One of the earliest, anyway.
Posted by: otho at October 05, 2012 04:23 AM (yBF/9)
Apparently, by "Atari history" you meant "Apple fanboy asking questions about Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs" That may be part of computer and gaming history, but it isn't Atari history.
:wq!
Posted by: Insert Clever Name Here at October 07, 2012 02:20 PM (SS8WM)
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