October 09, 2012
— Maetenloch
And...I'm back my pretties.
The new Casa Maetenloch now haz internet. There's only one cobra trench so far but the safe room is set up and an attack crow is now circling so it is defensible for the moment.
Oh and I hope you enjoyed the little what-have-you with the Humpstress' pathetic seahorses and cake shit. Just remember that if anything happens to me or you bitch too much to the ewok, this will be your future.
Mark Steyn explains:
Unlike Mitt, I loathe Sesame Street. It bears primary responsibility for what the Canadian blogger Binky calls the de-monsterization of childhood - the idea that there are no evil monsters out there at the edges of the map, just shaggy creatures who look a little funny and can sometimes be a bit grouchy about it because people prejudge them until they learn to celebrate diversity and help Cranky the Friendly Monster go recycling. That is not unrelated to the infantilization of our society. Marinate three generations of Americans in that pabulum and it's no surprise you wind up with unprotected diplomats dragged to their deaths from their "safe house" in Benghazi. Or as J. Scott Gration, the president's special envoy to Sudan, said in 2009, in the most explicit Sesamization of American foreign policy: "We've got to think about giving out cookies. Kids, countries - they react to gold stars, smiley faces, handshakes . . . " The butchers of Darfur aren't blood-drenched machete-wielding genocidal killers but just Cookie Monsters whom we haven't given enough cookies. I'm not saying there's a direct line between Bert & Ernie and Barack & Hillary . . . well, actually I am.
...On the latter point, whether or not everybody loves Sesame Street, everybody has seen it, and every American under 50 has been weaned on it. So far this century it's sold nigh on a billion bucks' worth of merchandising sales (that's popular toys such as the Subsidize-Me-Elmo doll). If Sesame Street is not commercially viable, then nothing is, and we should just cut to the chase and bail out everything.
Even as a kid I always found Big Bird kinda tedious and boring so yeah no tears here if he gets sent off to Libya on a good-will mission handing out cookies to the local jihadis. If Sesame Street the Marketing Machine can't make it on its own, then capitalism is dead.
So bad that we're still finding out the ugly, thuggish details years after it was passed. Here George Will points out how the IPAB will essentially become an extra-Constitutional death panel:
The Independent Payment Advisory Board perfectly illustrates liberalism's itch to remove choices from individuals, and from their elected representatives, and to repose the power to choose in supposed experts liberated from democratic accountability. Beginning in 2014, IPAB would consist of 15 unelected technocrats whose recommendations for reducing Medicare costs must be enacted by Congress by Aug. 15 of each year. If Congress does not enact them, or other measures achieving the same level of cost containment, IPAB's proposals automatically are transformed from recommendations into law. Without being approved by Congress. Without being signed by the president.These facts refute Obama's Denver assurance that IPAB "can't make decisions about what treatments are given." It can and will by controlling payments to doctors and hospitals. Hence the emptiness of Obamacare's language that IPAB's proposals "shall not include any recommendation to ration health care."
By Obamacare's terms, Congress can repeal IPAB only during a seven-month window in 2017, and then only by three-fifths majorities in both chambers. After that, the law precludes Congress from ever altering IPAB proposals.
I don't quite see how it's constitutionally possible for the US Congress to create an entity that cannot be undone by any future Congresses but then I've seen a lot of impossible things during the Obama administration.
Okay granted she probably got some good genetics (well minus that MS part) but by your sixties your lifestyle and life habits do start making a difference.
Myth: Radio Listeners Thought Nixon Won the 1960 Debate with JFK
Another one of those 'facts' that everyone knows and repeats - but doesn't hold up when you look at the evidence.
The End Is Nigh: 10 Apocalypse Films To Watch Before It All Ends in Tears
One of my semi-guilty pleasures is apocalyptic books and movies so here a few to slake your desires for DOOM fantasy. I'm glad to see Delicatessen get a shout-out in this genre.
Life is Harder When You're Stupid
And don't get enough uh, electrolights.
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Posted by: GIJared at October 09, 2012 06:17 PM (VzgFl)
Posted by: andycanuck at October 09, 2012 06:17 PM (vDl/w)
Posted by: GIJared at October 09, 2012 06:18 PM (VzgFl)
Asked and answered.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 09, 2012 06:19 PM (dX4hn)
Posted by: logprof at October 09, 2012 06:20 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: andycanuck at October 09, 2012 06:20 PM (vDl/w)
Posted by: Splunge at October 09, 2012 06:20 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: Peaches hates California at October 09, 2012 06:20 PM (kpCLl)
And yes, our town did not have cable back then, so the F off of mah lawn.
Posted by: MrCaniac at October 09, 2012 06:20 PM (Zd/NW)
Glad you're back, Mætenloch.
Although LauraW did a nice job, filling in.
Someone is going to be sooo disappointed when they don't see the 'posting stats' for last week.
Heh.
Posted by: wheatie at October 09, 2012 06:20 PM (l5RhJ)
However... I was addicted to "Kimba the White Lion."
/for the younger set, it's the original "Lion King."
Posted by: shibumi at October 09, 2012 06:20 PM (z63Tr)
Ann Romney is beautiful and gives hope to us up and coming grizzled hags.
Just an 'ette comment but I hate that style of shoes. Cuts off the ankles which are sexy IMO. Anyway, this lady still pulls it off.
Posted by: Cheri at October 09, 2012 06:20 PM (EAgmr)
Posted by: buzzion - Free Kratos at October 09, 2012 06:21 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: someone at October 09, 2012 06:21 PM (bqjJT)
Posted by: Barack Obama at October 09, 2012 06:23 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: V. at October 09, 2012 06:24 PM (zK+5U)
Posted by: EC at October 09, 2012 06:24 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: huerfano at October 09, 2012 06:24 PM (bAGA/)
Vote Obama save the Billionaire Bird s/
Posted by: ConcealedKerry or SubMitt at October 09, 2012 06:24 PM (eKpCC)
Posted by: Joe Biden at October 09, 2012 06:24 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: dr sigmund fraud at October 09, 2012 06:24 PM (vDl/w)
Heh.
Posted by: wheatie at October 09, 2012 10:20 PM (l5RhJ)
Commenter stats are for closers.
This week the ONT sub-morons are lucky not to get the third place prize.
Posted by: Mætenloch at October 09, 2012 06:25 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: Cheri at October 09, 2012 06:25 PM (EAgmr)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 09, 2012 06:25 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Peaches hates California at October 09, 2012 06:25 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: MrCaniac at October 09, 2012 06:27 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: andycanuck at October 09, 2012 06:28 PM (vDl/w)
Posted by: no good deed at October 09, 2012 06:28 PM (mjR67)
Posted by: Peaches hates California at October 09, 2012 10:25 PM (kpCLl)
Got to remember their mindset. How can there be any such thing as copyright when "You didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen"
Posted by: buzzion - Free Kratos at October 09, 2012 06:28 PM (GULKT)
It's not like the IAPB has any means of enforcing their dictates.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at October 09, 2012 06:28 PM (dX4hn)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 09, 2012 06:29 PM (X3lox)
"Oh and I hope you enjoyed the little what-have-you with the Humpstress' pathetic seahorses and cake shit. Just remember that if anything happens to me or you bitch too much to the ewok, this will be your future."
That there is some fine writin'. You use yer mouth purtier'n a $10 whore.
Posted by: fluffy at October 09, 2012 06:29 PM (O6q63)
Posted by: Peaches hates California at October 09, 2012 06:29 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 46% more DOOM! at October 09, 2012 06:29 PM (MrM2k)
Can I at least get me an ObamaPhone?!?!?!
Posted by: Oscar the Grouch at October 09, 2012 06:29 PM (PIu/i)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 09, 2012 06:29 PM (a0qpy)
Posted by: IdowhatIwant at October 09, 2012 06:29 PM (a4CUi)
#34
I think Obama's campaign got just what it wanted from the Big Bird thing - people saw the ad and once let loose, it will float around the Internet, emails, texts, and Twitter for the rest of the campaign. Everyone now knows that Romney would try to cut PBS and that will push a few more women to vote Obama in swing states.
I hate living her in CA, too, but I can't leave until my kids are grown, unless their mother has the good sense to move.
Posted by: Bummed in CA at October 09, 2012 06:30 PM (p9rYd)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 09, 2012 06:30 PM (sZTYJ)
Yes, it's the wrestler from the '80's. He's 72 years old but he lives the Moron Lifestyle: rises at the crack of noon, drinks beer for several hours, and then tweets hilarious and profane shit the rest of the day, including his hatred for Ahmadinejad, Shep Smith, George Soros, and George the Animal Steel. A sample:
The Iron Sheik @the_ironsheik
who have cold beer today?
The Iron Sheik @the_ironsheik
I am the Steve jobs of twitter
The Iron Sheik @the_ironsheik
Fifty shades of grey or Fifty shades of gay? Tell me or go fuck yourself #sheiktalk
The Iron Sheik @the_ironsheik
the Ahmadinejad have raisin balls
The Iron Sheik @the_ironsheik
the @_Happy_Gilmore win %100000 the Ryder Cup. If you dont agree you can go fuck Tiger Woods wife till she look like hitler
The Iron Sheik @the_ironsheik
Shep Smith deserve to get camel clutch suplexed and fucked old country way
The Iron Sheik @the_ironsheik
you respect the Sheik you buy Sheik shirt http://www.indiemerch.com/theironsheik/ or go fuck yourself
He also has a running flamewar with Jose Canseco:
The Iron Sheik @the_ironsheik
The @JoseCanseco the #1 bash brother or the #1 ass banger? He for sure #1 mexican deserve to die of getting raped by dead dog
The Iron Sheik @the_ironsheik
@JoseCanseco you have taco dick and no balls you are dumb mexican and have no money to buy underwear you piece of shit
Posted by: ol_dirty_/b/tard at October 09, 2012 06:30 PM (KSjsb)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 09, 2012 06:31 PM (sZTYJ)
George Romney was the likely presidential nominee (called 'frontrunner') for the Republican party in 1967 (for the 1968 election). Then he went on a "factfinding" trip to South Viet Nam during the war, and came back and said he had been "brainwashed" by the Brass in South Viet Nam during his visit. This just about destroyed his candidacy, which then opened the door to the 'New Nixon'.
Likely as not, George was told a pack of lies by Westmoreland and his staff during his visit, but it would take a few more years before the rest of the country really got fed up with the war.
What might have been, had George not said that.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...FREE KRATOS! at October 09, 2012 06:31 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: eman at October 09, 2012 06:31 PM (+XD7n)
Posted by: elliot m at October 09, 2012 06:32 PM (zPich)
Posted by: Peaches hates California at October 09, 2012 06:32 PM (kpCLl)
I wonder when PBS is going to come after the RNC for their unlicensed use of The Count.
Posted by: runningrn at October 09, 2012 06:33 PM (WGmy2)
31 ....Commenter stats are for closers.
This week the ONT sub-morons are lucky not to get the third place prize.
Posted by: Mætenloch at October 09, 2012 10:25 PM (pAlYe)
I was referring to someone in the daytime threads, who was pestering Ace to "put them up".
Heh.
I finally tried to explain to him, that Ace do those.
Posted by: wheatie at October 09, 2012 06:33 PM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 09, 2012 06:33 PM (X3lox)
Leo the lion as the new ruler tried to bring human civilization to the animals while trying to protect the animals from poachers.
As for Kimba, never a human to be seen so no human civilization corrupting the animals.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 09, 2012 06:33 PM (a0qpy)
That seems like picking a fight with Sun Tzu. At the right time, Jose will destroy him, ninja-style, and yet, no one will know what happened.
Posted by: Splunge at October 09, 2012 06:33 PM (2IW5Q)
Newbies be naked, by the way.
Posted by: eman at October 09, 2012 10:31 PM (+XD7n)
There's a movie where you can see that.
Posted by: buzzion - Free Kratos at October 09, 2012 06:34 PM (GULKT)
63.....argh....that Ace *doesn't* do those.
This is why I mostly lurk on the ONT...too tired to type very well.
Posted by: wheatie at October 09, 2012 06:34 PM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: steevy at October 09, 2012 06:34 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 09, 2012 06:34 PM (GEICT)
If anything good can come out of this travesty of events - death, murder and mayhem - it is I think finally some MSM are finally questioning Barky and his administration on recent events.
I guess that is something. We have not seen that in 3+ years. Notable is CBS, ABC, MSLSD, and NBC called him out on the "Big Bird" scandal.
Sad to say, but maybe there are some journalist out there that realize that their thin credibility goes down with the SOS SCOAMF.
Posted by: Cheri at October 09, 2012 06:35 PM (EAgmr)
Posted by: EC at October 09, 2012 06:35 PM (doBIb)
I thought that was Howard Stark talking to a young Tony...
Posted by: Torch-Wielding Villager at October 09, 2012 06:35 PM (sTS/8)
Posted by: USS Diversity at October 09, 2012 06:35 PM (0CiTm)
However... I was addicted to "Kimba the White Lion."
/for the younger set, it's the original "Lion King."
Posted by: shibumi at October 09, 2012 10:20 PM (z63Tr)
And for the older set the original Lion King is Hamlet.
Posted by: buzzion - Free Kratos at October 09, 2012 06:35 PM (GULKT)
No tongue.
And you gotta wash them first.
Posted by: GnuBreed at October 09, 2012 06:36 PM (ccXZP)
It's not like the IAPB has any means of enforcing their dictates.
If you likes your doctor, you gets to keeps your doctor...
Posted by: Choomie McBamsters at October 09, 2012 06:36 PM (WGmy2)
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 09, 2012 06:36 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 09, 2012 06:36 PM (sZTYJ)
I've laughed at some of them until I almost soiled myself.
Posted by: toby928© at October 09, 2012 06:37 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: eman at October 09, 2012 06:37 PM (+XD7n)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 09, 2012 06:37 PM (sZTYJ)
Mad Max as he beginning of the apocalypse. Law and order was breaking down and society was starting to fall apart. The war in between the first and second films was the end result of said breakdown.
"Kandalini wants his hand back."
Posted by: Toe Cutter at October 09, 2012 06:38 PM (O6q63)
Posted by: IdowhatIwant at October 09, 2012 06:39 PM (a4CUi)
Posted by: Reggie Love at October 09, 2012 06:39 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 09, 2012 06:39 PM (ktGMW)
Posted by: USS Diversity at October 09, 2012 06:40 PM (0CiTm)
Posted by: Fran Drescher at October 09, 2012 06:40 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Cheri at October 09, 2012 06:40 PM (EAgmr)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 09, 2012 06:41 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at October 09, 2012 06:41 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: Christina Hendricks's Mighty Jugs Reporting for Duty at Romney HQ at October 09, 2012 06:41 PM (4hfU2)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 09, 2012 06:42 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: MSDNC at October 09, 2012 06:42 PM (z1paH)
Posted by: Truman North at October 09, 2012 06:42 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: eman at October 09, 2012 06:42 PM (+XD7n)
W E L C O M E
B A C K
M A E T E N L O C H ! !
Now that thats out of the way....
WHERE
ARE THE
SOCK PUPPET
COUNTS
FROM
THIS PAST
TEN DAY
PERIOD!
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright's Sock Puppet at October 09, 2012 06:43 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: eman at October 09, 2012 06:44 PM (+XD7n)
Posted by: nip at October 09, 2012 06:44 PM (0pg5J)
I hope you realize how...sad that question is.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 09, 2012 06:44 PM (2b4yb)
Posted by: USS Diversity at October 09, 2012 06:44 PM (0CiTm)
Posted by: Jaydee at October 09, 2012 06:44 PM (E5DLT)
No TV in the house growing up, so I never watched Sesame Street. Probably for the best. Mom and Dad, those horrible slavedrivers, were all about 'reading' and 'music' and 'actually learning things', the bastids.
What's wrong with her outfit? I'm a straight dude, so I really can't tell.
Posted by: Secundus at October 09, 2012 06:45 PM (JZpkc)
Posted by: Craig Poe at October 09, 2012 06:45 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: polynikes at October 09, 2012 06:45 PM (Ynbgq)
Posted by: Truman North at October 09, 2012 06:45 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 09, 2012 06:45 PM (a0qpy)
Posted by: Dang© at October 09, 2012 06:46 PM (R18D0)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 09, 2012 06:46 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: andycanuck at October 09, 2012 06:46 PM (vDl/w)
btw, we the people have already spent $7 million on a Pakistan version of Sesame Street. It was a $20 million contract of which $13 million was not spent when it was canceled this year.
Forbes link in my sig.
Posted by: GnuBreed at October 09, 2012 06:46 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: eman at October 09, 2012 06:46 PM (+XD7n)
I hope you realize how...sad that question is.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 09, 2012 10:44 PM (2b4yb)
Next you are gonna tell me that if I have a sock puppet, I didn't build that...someone else made that sock puppet happen.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright's Sock Puppet at October 09, 2012 06:47 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: EC at October 09, 2012 06:47 PM (doBIb)
"Omega Man" (with Heston) ROCKED. One of the staple sci-fi films we watched as kids in the '70s. Those damn night creatures freaked me out.
Posted by: Torch-Wielding Villager at October 09, 2012 06:47 PM (sTS/8)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 09, 2012 06:48 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 09, 2012 06:48 PM (ktGMW)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 09, 2012 06:49 PM (GEICT)
When I waitressed through college I worked at a very popular tourist restaurant in San Diego. What I will never understand - my favorite customers and the nicest were Canadian - but they did not tip.
I had dinner bills in the hundreds were I was left $5.00 and complimented by my guests on how much they loved me!??? Other waiters/waitresses had the same experience. The Canucks were great to wait on but no or little tip...Why?
Posted by: Cheri at October 09, 2012 06:50 PM (EAgmr)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 09, 2012 06:51 PM (X3lox)
>>Hello,
I'd like to see an ad blitz tying Bill Nelson to 0bamacare, He and the dems own it. Something like this perhaps?
"Bill Nelson voted with Barack 0bama one too many times. Bill Nelson voted with Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, and democrats to give us 0bamacare. Did he read the bill? By casting his vote with 0bama, he is responsible for giving FL and the American people hugely unpopular 0bamacare"...que in the taxes, rise in premiums, and jobs lost.
Thanks!<<
Posted by: willy at October 09, 2012 06:51 PM (kUCQ4)
Posted by: Barky McFucknut at October 09, 2012 06:51 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: eman at October 09, 2012 06:51 PM (+XD7n)
Posted by: Christina Hendricks's Mighty Jugs Reporting for Duty at Romney HQ at October 09, 2012 06:51 PM (4hfU2)
Posted by: someone at October 09, 2012 06:51 PM (8Sch8)
Posted by: boulder hobo at October 09, 2012 06:52 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 09, 2012 06:52 PM (a0qpy)
I'll never do that again.
Posted by: Truman North at October 09, 2012 10:45 PM (I2LwF)
Thats why i want the counts.
When i made #3 one week i immeadiately went into posting rehab.
But i have gotten addicted to sock puppeting this week.
I need an assessment of how bad it is.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright's Sock Puppet at October 09, 2012 06:52 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: EC at October 09, 2012 06:52 PM (doBIb)
George Will has been wrong, from time to time.
So I'm not willing to give up on Obamacare being repealed...if we can get Romney in there.
If we don't retake the Senate this year, but Romney wins...then at least he can do a lot with EO's, to cripple the monster.
We have another chance to take the Senate in two years.
Here's a thought...
Since the Dread Justice Roberts declared that it was only 'constitutional' if the individual mandate was considered a 'Tax'....
Then Congress could simply say, "No, we hereby declare that it is Not a Tax".
Therefore...it is Not constitutional.
And then stab IPAB in the heart.
Take that, Roberts.
Posted by: wheatie at October 09, 2012 06:52 PM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: EC at October 09, 2012 10:47 PM (doBIb)
Most depressing book I have ever read. I would not watch the movie for money. Unless it was more than a hundred dollars.
Posted by: huerfano at October 09, 2012 06:52 PM (bAGA/)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 09, 2012 06:53 PM (GEICT)
Next up...
The right kind of food can stop hunger.
The right kind of BM can make you feel less bloated
The right kind of touchdown can score 6 points (nobody's talking to you, Sanchez)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 09, 2012 06:53 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 09, 2012 10:48 PM (ktGMW)
Yeah, and next stop: Off the books doctor care. Cash only and keep your yap shut.
Our government: They give guns to drug dealers and drive doctors out of business. A P.J. O'Rourke said, "Strange things can happen when the government is more corrupt than you are."
Posted by: Secundus at October 09, 2012 06:53 PM (JZpkc)
I thought "Electra Glide in Blue" was apocalyptic, but that's just me
Posted by: Isaac Davis White at October 09, 2012 06:53 PM (Dll6b)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at October 09, 2012 06:54 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: Cheri at October 09, 2012 06:54 PM (EAgmr)
I'll never do that again.
****
I came in first several weeks in a row, ahead of the next commenter by a couple hundred comments.
I knew it was time to get a life.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 09, 2012 06:54 PM (piMMO)
it's a highly specialized sub-set of Apoc. Denver to San Fran in two days, man
Posted by: Isaac Davis White at October 09, 2012 06:55 PM (Dll6b)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 09, 2012 06:55 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: nip at October 09, 2012 06:55 PM (0pg5J)
Posted by: logprof at October 09, 2012 06:55 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: someone at October 09, 2012 10:51 PM (8Sch
---
You mean there's someone else?
Posted by: Craig Poe at October 09, 2012 06:55 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: EC at October 09, 2012 06:55 PM (doBIb)
Do not do a double feature of "The Road" and "Grave of the Fireflies"
Very bad idea.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 09, 2012 06:56 PM (a0qpy)
Posted by: eman at October 09, 2012 06:56 PM (+XD7n)
Yeah. Obviously leftist assholes seeing your American plates. Despite libs in Toronto, I doubt it would have happened to you here.
And for the record, I tip well.
Posted by: andycanuck at October 09, 2012 06:56 PM (vDl/w)
I'd like to see an ad blitz tying Bill Nelson to 0bamacare, He and the dems own it. Something like this perhaps?
====
It's here. Seen it.
Posted by: USS Diversity at October 09, 2012 06:56 PM (0CiTm)
Posted by: toby928© at October 09, 2012 06:57 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: someone at October 09, 2012 06:57 PM (bqjJT)
Posted by: Big Bird at October 09, 2012 06:57 PM (4hfU2)
Yeah, my mom used to talk about that film (from the Neville Shute book) and how eerie it was.
I also remember a TV movie back in the '70s with Peter Graves called, "Where Have All the People Gone?" about the populace being disintegrated into powder after being exposed to a solar flare. Not too dissimilar to "Night of the Comet" in the '80s with (yum) Katherine Mary Stewart, except '70s cornball, not '80s cheese.
Posted by: Torch-Wielding Villager at October 09, 2012 06:57 PM (sTS/8)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 09, 2012 06:58 PM (sZTYJ)
My other fave? Soylent Green.
/yes, that is where the "green" movement is going. Be prepared.
Posted by: shibumi at October 09, 2012 06:58 PM (z63Tr)
Posted by: toby928© at October 09, 2012 10:57 PM (QupBk)
It was confused with 101 Dalmation Alley starring George Peppard and Jan-Michael Vincent.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 09, 2012 06:58 PM (a0qpy)
>>Hello,
I'd like to see an ad blitz tying Bill Nelson to 0bamacare, He and the dems own it. Something like this perhaps?
"Bill Nelson voted with Barack 0bama one too many times. Bill Nelson voted with Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, and democrats to give us 0bamacare. Did he read the bill? By casting his vote with 0bama, he is responsible for giving FL and the American people hugely unpopular 0bamacare"...que in the taxes, rise in premiums, and jobs lost.
Thanks!<<
Posted by: willy at October 09, 2012 10:51 PM (kUCQ4)
Remember, Obamacare is THE WEAPON. Best not unleash it too early. We have to remember the Breitbart tactic of slowly rolling things out for maximum effectiveness.
Posted by: MrCaniac at October 09, 2012 06:58 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: logprof at October 09, 2012 06:58 PM (V/U0X)
The movie selection is pretty strange. "Mad Max" is apocalypse themed, but as pointed out above, technically pre-apocalypse. If you're going to include those, I'd list my fave, Carpenter's "The Thing". "Invasion of the body snatchers" and "12 Monkeys", yes and good movies.
Don't know what "Day the Earth Stood Still" and "Silent Running" are doing in there. DTESS is not even apocalypse themed. "Silent Running", good movie (if only the horrible Joni Mitchell? songs could be erased), but is about overpopulation and whatnot, IIRC?
Dividing movies into pre-apocalyptic, apocalypse and post-apocalypse might be the way to go.
Posted by: otho at October 09, 2012 06:59 PM (yBF/9)
Hell, did it ever explain why it was called "Children of Men"?
Posted by: Torch-Wielding Villager at October 09, 2012 06:59 PM (sTS/8)
Some restaurant up there in one of them NE states recently announced a policy of adding 17% to the tab of any customers speaking French. Apparently the Quebecis don't tip so good.
Now I've met a few Canucks down here on the MS coast and they all tipped the dealer playing poker, but they all spoke English.
Posted by: GnuBreed at October 09, 2012 06:59 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 09, 2012 07:00 PM (a0qpy)
Posted by: Isaac Davis White at October 09, 2012 07:00 PM (Dll6b)
Posted by: EC at October 09, 2012 07:00 PM (doBIb)
Were were you AndyCanuck when I was a starving waitress?! Oh well, I made it anyway. As I wrote, they were really wonderful people but alas, screwed me in the end.
Posted by: Cheri at October 09, 2012 07:00 PM (EAgmr)
Posted by: polynikes at October 09, 2012 07:00 PM (AMsS5)
Posted by: eman at October 09, 2012 07:00 PM (+XD7n)
Posted by: derit at October 09, 2012 07:01 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: USS Diversity at October 09, 2012 07:01 PM (0CiTm)
****
I've seen it as well.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 09, 2012 07:01 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Big Bird at October 09, 2012 07:01 PM (4hfU2)
The bit where Gregory Peck and crew go to San Francisco in "On The Beach", is one of the most memorable sequences in the genre.
Posted by: otho at October 09, 2012 07:01 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 09, 2012 07:01 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: logprof at October 09, 2012 07:02 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: Craig Poe at October 09, 2012 07:03 PM (BVkEs)
Dividing movies into pre-apocalyptic, apocalypse and post-apocalypse might be the way to go.
I think you could count movies like Independence Day and Battle LA to be pre-apocalyptic. Sure, humans win, but what happens next? Everything's destroyed. In fact, you could make pretty good apocalyptic sequels to any of the "We barely beat the aliens" movies.
Posted by: Secundus at October 09, 2012 07:03 PM (JZpkc)
Posted by: eman at October 09, 2012 07:04 PM (+XD7n)
151....Not that it would matter, but even without Romney ObamaScare can be killed by a House GOP. All they have to do is stop raising the debt ceiling without having a full ObamaScare repeal attached to it.
I'm not saying they will do this - as they should have done it in 2011 - but they *can* do it, no matter what the makeup of the Senate and White House.
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Yep.
But they seem to live in fear of the prospect of "shutting down the government" like Clinton did.
Which is what Barky and the Senate Dems threatened them with...if they didn't raise the debt ceiling.
I say...shut the sucker down.
Posted by: wheatie at October 09, 2012 07:04 PM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 09, 2012 07:04 PM (sZTYJ)
"On the Beach" was very depressing, and kind of a 'better Red than dead' kind of a pro-disarmament movie, which had a measure of popularity at the time (late '50's early '60's). Based on a book by Nevil Shute. It was the only book like that by Nevil Shute, who thought he should be pro-nuclear disarmament for at least a few minutes.
"Knowing" is also a rather depressing movie (so would I guess most apocalyptic movies are, duh), although it does have a certain uplifting counter message going for it, too.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...FREE KRATOS! at October 09, 2012 07:04 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: Christina Hendricks's Mighty Jugs Reporting for Duty at Romney HQ at October 09, 2012 07:04 PM (4hfU2)
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Yeah, I enjoyed the "supporting cast" on Sesame Street much more than Big Bird. Oscar the Grouch, the Count, and of course, the Cookie Monster. It was a sad day when they made the Cookie Monster a vegan.
At the risk of blaspheming, I'm the same way about Mickey Mouse. Donald Duck has a right to be as murderously resentful of the mouse as he is....
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at October 09, 2012 07:05 PM (yJYwC)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 09, 2012 07:05 PM (a0qpy)
Posted by: Torch-Wielding Villager at October 09, 2012 07:05 PM (sTS/8)
Posted by: andycanuck at October 09, 2012 07:05 PM (vDl/w)
Untold prosperity is what happens next, due to the huge economic boost from rebuilding. Jobs, jobs, jobs.
Ummm...right?
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 09, 2012 07:06 PM (pzeq+)
Posted by: EC at October 09, 2012 07:06 PM (doBIb)
A spirited exchange of CNBC philosophy on the recent job numbers.
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“Why did you have no doubt, Rick?” Liesman pushed Santelli, attempting to get him to say he believed long ago that the administration would cook the books for positive jobs numbers.
At this point, Kernen audibly muttered “Oh, shit,” reflecting an understanding of the hell that was about to break loose.
Posted by: LC LaWedgie at October 09, 2012 07:07 PM (0It32)
Posted by: Richard at October 09, 2012 07:07 PM (eo6Gw)
Posted by: eman at October 09, 2012 07:07 PM (+XD7n)
Posted by: Robert at October 09, 2012 07:07 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: logprof at October 09, 2012 07:07 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: Torch-Wielding Villager at October 09, 2012 07:07 PM (sTS/8)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 09, 2012 07:08 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at October 09, 2012 07:08 PM (yJYwC)
Posted by: polynikes at October 09, 2012 07:08 PM (AMsS5)
Posted by: logprof at October 09, 2012 07:08 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 09, 2012 07:08 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: EC at October 09, 2012 07:09 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: the real United States Postal Service at October 09, 2012 07:09 PM (PIu/i)
Posted by: Robert at October 09, 2012 07:10 PM (LUnTP)
Except for the whole predictable, "the military are the REAL monsters" subtext bullshit.
Posted by: Torch-Wielding Villager at October 09, 2012 07:10 PM (sTS/8)
Kevin Costner, you mental pygmy who could not leave a masterpiece alone, there was no ever frakkin mule in the book!!! Why put a mule in the movie? To make the dude likeable? A mule? Really? The guy is a survivor, a mule brings too much attention and is hard to hide - try arguing with a mule while avoiding scavengers. Stupid wanker thou art Kevin.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 09, 2012 07:11 PM (a0qpy)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 09, 2012 07:11 PM (X3lox)
Awesome movie. But it definitely takes some absorbing, to put everything together. The central misdirection is a wonderful piece of work, and it's the only movie I've really enjoyed Brad Pitt in, until Burn After Reading. A lot of people didn't like that one, but I think it was underrated, and Pitt's pretentious bicyclist character was hilarious. The moment when he broke out of his phony spy character to protest: "You think that's a SCHWINN?!?" was really funny.
Posted by: Splunge at October 09, 2012 07:11 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: eman at October 09, 2012 07:11 PM (+XD7n)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 09, 2012 07:11 PM (6Zy+s)
Posted by: andycanuck at October 09, 2012 07:12 PM (vDl/w)
Romney makes gains in battleground, national polls
http://tinyurl.com/9u6yrok
Posted by: kbdabear at October 09, 2012 07:12 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: IdowhatIwant at October 09, 2012 07:12 PM (a4CUi)
Posted by: EC at October 09, 2012 07:12 PM (doBIb)
Thanks for the heads up, I'll watch for it.
probably don't watch teevee enough...lol
Posted by: willy at October 09, 2012 07:12 PM (kUCQ4)
Posted by: Fox2! at October 09, 2012 07:12 PM (1Qpmy)
194 Dividing movies into pre-apocalyptic, apocalypse and post-apocalypse might be the way to go.
I think you could count movies like Independence Day and Battle LA to be pre-apocalyptic. Sure, humans win, but what happens next? Everything's destroyed. In fact, you could make pretty good apocalyptic sequels to any of the "We barely beat the aliens" movies.
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This.
I'm still hoping for a sequel to 'Battle Los Angeles'.....they were just getting started, with kicking butt.
And I could even see a sequel to 'Day After Tomorrow'...with showing people surviving in the new Ice Age.
Posted by: wheatie at October 09, 2012 07:12 PM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 09, 2012 11:04 PM
I hear you. I'd always taken it as an "apocalypse" movie, from back when it first came out. IIRC, it didn't really specify what the back story was exactly. Just that things had gone to shit. It wasn't until the sequels that elaboration came into it? Anyway, "Mad Max" seemed apocalyptic at the time.
Posted by: otho at October 09, 2012 07:13 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: Torch-Wielding Villager at October 09, 2012 07:13 PM (sTS/8)
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 09, 2012 07:14 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Nuke1568 at October 09, 2012 07:14 PM (roKgC)
The book "The Postman" is actually pretty good, and once upon a time years ago I met David Brin at an SF Con, and he was actually a pretty cool guy (did really poorly as an Astrophysics Ph.D Candidate so became a successful writer, go figure!).
I don't think he would have approved of the movie, since it undermined the whole idea of the book. Sorta.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...FREE KRATOS! at October 09, 2012 07:14 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: eman at October 09, 2012 07:14 PM (+XD7n)
http://annapuna.blogspot.com/2012/10/big-bird.html
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 09, 2012 10:29 PM (a0qpy)
I have this shirt: http://shirt.woot.com/offers/big-game
Posted by: cthulhu at October 09, 2012 07:14 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Torch-Wielding Villager at October 09, 2012 11:13 PM
"Reign of Fire"
Posted by: otho at October 09, 2012 07:14 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: Torch-Wielding Villager at October 09, 2012 07:15 PM (sTS/8)
I didn't take it that way. Oh, it was a bit contrived, but I don't think there was any sort of subtext. The writers needed a group of men with the means of fending off zombie attacks and...military. Ad in the desperation for some poon and I thought it worked well. Plus Christopher Eccleston plays such a great motherfucker.Posted by: Robert at October 09, 2012 07:15 PM (LUnTP)
I tried watching 'The Road'.....but ended up fast-forwarding through most of it, searching for the good parts.
There weren't any.
It sucked.
Horrible movie.
Posted by: wheatie at October 09, 2012 07:16 PM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: Secundus at October 09, 2012 07:16 PM (JZpkc)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 09, 2012 07:16 PM (a0qpy)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 09, 2012 07:16 PM (pzeq+)
Posted by: I'll tell ya later at October 09, 2012 07:17 PM (Y//vu)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 09, 2012 07:18 PM (a0qpy)
Posted by: Robert at October 09, 2012 07:19 PM (LUnTP)
Anna Puma at 249
Yeah but then again, he (Brin) probably got paid a lot for the rights to the book. I thought his book "The Uplift War" actually stunk.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...FREE KRATOS! at October 09, 2012 07:19 PM (sJTmU)
I saw this long fake-ass documentary (no, seriously fake, not just the usual fake) about mermaids, which was completely ruined by that crap.
Seriously, the US Navy was some kind of mustache-twirling evil entity hiding evidence of the existence of parallel-evolution underwater humans so they could make a pointless non-directional sonar weapon that would kill whales because potato.
The really sad thing is, except for a couple of over-affected sad-sacks, the cast wasn't bad and they put real energy into the effects, they just pissed it down their legs with a lefty temper-tantrum.
The worst thing about lefty filmmakers is that they make things that *might* have been interesting.Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 09, 2012 07:21 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: eman at October 09, 2012 07:21 PM (+XD7n)
Posted by: chemjeff at October 09, 2012 07:21 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: Secundus at October 09, 2012 07:21 PM (JZpkc)
Posted by: whiskey tango at October 09, 2012 07:21 PM (JvP2I)
Which of the Uplift stories? The original trilogy or the sequel trilogy?
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 09, 2012 07:21 PM (a0qpy)
Posted by: Robert at October 09, 2012 07:22 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at October 09, 2012 07:22 PM (yJYwC)
Posted by: Drewbicle at October 09, 2012 07:22 PM (YqP7s)
Thuffering thuccotash. That'th thick.
Posted by: sylvester at October 09, 2012 07:22 PM (vDl/w)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at October 09, 2012 07:23 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Trimegistus at October 09, 2012 07:23 PM (ctdR6)
Posted by: eman at October 09, 2012 07:23 PM (+XD7n)
I saw this long fake-ass documentary (no, seriously fake, not just the usual fake) about mermaids, which was completely ruined by that crap.
For some reason I got a whiff of that kind of thing in "The Abyss," too. After all, it turned out to be the S.E.A.L.S. who were the "bad guys." But maybe I'm just a bit sensitive to that kind of shit and reading too much into it.
Posted by: Torch-Wielding Villager at October 09, 2012 07:24 PM (sTS/8)
Posted by: Captionelli at October 09, 2012 07:24 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 09, 2012 07:24 PM (bxiXv)
I don't care if they're still getting government money or not, I want them brought to heel. Show trials would be a start, although with PBS, I want them all kept on the payroll under contract, while nefarious script writers and producers put a puppetmaster hand up their backside and make them say things that will destroy their street cred forever. Then turn them loose back into the wilds of academe.
The richest ones will quit, of course, and start berating their sell-out comrades who can't afford to leave. Should be like the McCarthy trials all over again, in a sort of MST3K version. Cokie and Mara squirming under those hot Rayburn Building lights...Bill Moyers' towering rage.
Also, I watched Nixon/Kennedy on TV, and I thought Nixon won.
Posted by: comatus at October 09, 2012 07:24 PM (qaVK+)
Posted by: eman at October 09, 2012 07:24 PM (+XD7n)
Posted by: derit at October 09, 2012 07:25 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: Robert at October 09, 2012 07:25 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Al at October 09, 2012 07:25 PM (MzQOZ)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 09, 2012 07:25 PM (d4o2E)
I liked it better when it was called "A Man Called Horse" and starred Richard Harris.
Posted by: Torch-Wielding Villager at October 09, 2012 07:26 PM (sTS/8)
In the "director's cut" of The Abyss, it's not a whiff, it's a fucking hurricane.
They actually have Cabin Boy telling Admiral Nobodycares we won't need a military anymore because now we have super-powerful underwater aliens who can make tidal waves.
And he tells him pretty much like Cabin Boy would.Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 09, 2012 07:26 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 09, 2012 07:26 PM (a0qpy)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 09, 2012 07:28 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 09, 2012 07:28 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: eman at October 09, 2012 07:29 PM (+XD7n)
Posted by: Cheri at October 09, 2012 11:00 PM (EAgmr)
...go on!
Posted by: Some Prick at October 09, 2012 07:29 PM (PRqNc)
They actually have Cabin Boy telling Admiral Nobodycares we won't need a military anymore because now we have super-powerful underwater aliens who can make tidal waves.
And he tells him pretty much like Cabin Boy would.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 09, 2012 11:26 PM
Really? Holy shit. That was a sucky movie the way it was. Cameron added even more suck?
Posted by: otho at October 09, 2012 07:30 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 09, 2012 07:30 PM (bxiXv)
Ancient aliens! Nostradamus!
Posted by: The History Channel at October 09, 2012 07:30 PM (sTS/8)
Apoc movies and I'm reminded of those 50's and 60's nuke apoc movies like "Fail Safe" and "The World the Flesh and the Devil."
Also, Twilight Zone had quite a few apoc episodes.
Posted by: obie doobie at October 09, 2012 07:31 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: Secundus at October 09, 2012 07:31 PM (JZpkc)
Best part of 'Dances With Wolves'...was the scenery.
The rest of it was...'white man - Bad'...and 'noble savages - Good, even when they're killing each other and white men/women'.
Posted by: wheatie at October 09, 2012 07:31 PM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: EC at October 09, 2012 11:03 PM (doBIb)
I thought the theme was "apocalyptic for the Earth", not "apocalyptic for the studio."
Posted by: cthulhu at October 09, 2012 07:32 PM (kaalw)
True story as told by one of the animators for Urusei Yatsura by Rumiko Takahashi. The anime production company was getting fan letters from the US saying how much this one guy loved Lum - alien devil chick in the tiger-stripe bikini with green hair, horns, can levitate, and toss lightning bolts. How much did this guy love Lum? He wanted to marry her.
As long as your crush does not reach that level, you should be okay.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 09, 2012 07:32 PM (a0qpy)
Anna Puma at 261
I think it was the first trilogy. But I read it at an age when I started to dislike science fiction because I had read so much and it was all starting to read the same.
Comatus, you are really old.
I vaguely remember seeing the debates on TV in 1960 (I was like 4 years old), but I did see John Kennedy speak in person, sitting on my mother's shoulders in 1960.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...FREE KRATOS! at October 09, 2012 07:32 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: eman at October 09, 2012 07:32 PM (+XD7n)
Posted by: Dave S. at October 09, 2012 07:33 PM (UvR6d)
The only lasting "take-away" I have from that movie is "Ford Lincoln Mercury".
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 09, 2012 07:33 PM (JMmQ9)
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, for instance.
Posted by: Al at October 09, 2012 07:33 PM (MzQOZ)
It's only a matter of time until they actually do something like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Mq770JKOh4Posted by: The Political Hat at October 09, 2012 07:34 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 09, 2012 07:34 PM (bxiXv)
"...a star of his magnitude can pick and choose, but he read the title and just flipped!"
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 09, 2012 11:30 PM
But I've got to fight a lion!
Posted by: Scott of the Sahara at October 09, 2012 07:34 PM (yBF/9)
Does Betty Rubble count? How about Daphne from "Scooby-Doo"?
Hell, I even wanted to bang Erin Esurance (the hot chick with the pink hair) from those Esurance commercials...
Posted by: Torch-Wielding Villager at October 09, 2012 07:35 PM (sTS/8)
Then there's the dystopia genre like 1984 starring Wm. Hurt and Richard Burton. Although, now that I think about it, there was a nuclear war that led to the totalitarian re-ordering of society.
Atlas Shrugged I and II could be considered apoc and/or dystopian.
Posted by: obie doobie at October 09, 2012 07:35 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: laughing at neck braces at October 09, 2012 07:36 PM (nVqtU)
Posted by: eman at October 09, 2012 07:36 PM (+XD7n)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at October 09, 2012 07:37 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Craig Poe at October 09, 2012 07:38 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 09, 2012 07:38 PM (bxiXv)
#299
It's a good story. Trouble is, it pretty much runs completely opposite everything Hollywood believes and preaches. So they'd mirror-reverse it to make Manny O'Kelly a heroic leftist who wants everyone to have universal healthcare. And they'd change the dialogue because most people are too freaking stupid to get the linguistic references or follow the speech patterns.
And the government on earth would be a corporation. They'd eliminate the line marraige stuff.
Posted by: Secundus at October 09, 2012 07:38 PM (JZpkc)
"The World, the Flesh and the Devil", that was a good movie, before Harry Belafonte went off the rails.
It wasn't a movie, but there was a good "old" Outer Limits epsiode starring Robert Culp called "The Man with the Glass Hand", or something like that, that was apocalyptic in nature. Kind of a a take-off on the Epic of Gilgamesh.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...FREE KRATOS! at October 09, 2012 07:39 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: needs... eye bleach... stat at October 09, 2012 07:39 PM (PIu/i)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at October 09, 2012 07:39 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: chemjeff at October 09, 2012 11:21 PM (d/5qf)
Taking the bluebooks out to the staircase?
Posted by: cthulhu at October 09, 2012 07:39 PM (kaalw)
Talk of crushes on cartoon figures and no one has yet mentioned Betty Boop?
BTW, check her out on youtube, lots of old unPC cartoons with BB in them. Especially the one with BB playing the part of a dentist and everyone getting high on the laughing gas. Very clever use of imagery and transmorgrification. (sp.?)
Posted by: obie doobie at October 09, 2012 07:39 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: andycanuck at October 09, 2012 07:40 PM (vDl/w)
Posted by: Stark Dickflüssig at October 09, 2012 07:40 PM (4YKqF)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 09, 2012 07:40 PM (a0qpy)
Posted by: Torch-Wielding Villager at October 09, 2012 07:41 PM (sTS/8)
Posted by: free tibet with purchase of one at full price at October 09, 2012 07:42 PM (Po/wj)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 09, 2012 07:42 PM (a0qpy)
Posted by: Smiley at October 09, 2012 07:43 PM (2i6Vi)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 09, 2012 07:43 PM (bxiXv)
Hot chick cosplaying Lum:
http://i48.tinypic.com/vh4z2t.jpgPosted by: The Political Hat at October 09, 2012 07:44 PM (sZTYJ)
Remember when the Discovery Channlel actually has shows about science, technology, and nature (that didn't involve Shark Week)?
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 09, 2012 11:28 PM (sZTYJ)
Yeah...but they used to do their share of 'global warming' bullshit, too.
Which they're not doing much of anymore.
They've got two gun shows on now, that we watch.
And now another....with Ted Nugent's show, starting tomorrow night.
I was amazed that the Discovery Channel would be giving the Nuge his own show.
Now, Discovery HD used to have a cool show on in the early morning...called 'Sunrise Earth'.
No talking.
Just scenery....a new part of the world each time...starting at just before dawn, and continuing on as the sun slowly came up.
Good show.
Posted by: wheatie at October 09, 2012 07:44 PM (l5RhJ)
****
On one of the HBO channels now.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 09, 2012 07:44 PM (piMMO)
"Protector" by Larry Niven is a pretty good novel from the same Universe as "Tales of Known Space", "Neutron Star" and "Ringworld".
It pretty much puts our ideas of human origins on its ear, but otherwise a pretty good yarn.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...FREE KRATOS! at October 09, 2012 07:45 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: BignJames at October 09, 2012 07:45 PM (rlFQ+)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 09, 2012 07:45 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes...FREE KRATOS! at October 09, 2012 11:39 PM (sJTmU)
Man With a Glass Hand was Harlan Ellison's.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 09, 2012 07:45 PM (kaalw)
http://kotaku.com/5950077/anime-fans-these-days-are-too-damned-spoiled
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 09, 2012 07:46 PM (a0qpy)
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 09, 2012 07:46 PM (JMmQ9)
Good luck turning Donaldson's wordy prose into film.Posted by: eman at October 09, 2012 07:46 PM (+XD7n)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 09, 2012 07:46 PM (bxiXv)
--Don't get me started. The wifey fell for a Nostradamus DVD set in Costco. Ugh.Posted by: logprof at October 09, 2012 07:46 PM (V/U0X)
Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden series is up to 14 books. Solid characters. Contemporary fantasy. Not "high literature", but the man can turn a phrase very well. The main character could be a Moron with no changes, but he's a Wizard. Says so in the phone book.
Robert Jordan -was- on my list, and he wrote a wall-of-text. He kept a half-dozen plots in the air at any given moment for several thousand pages. But he never, you know, finished -any- of them. And then he croaked. Very irritating.
Posted by: Al at October 09, 2012 07:47 PM (MzQOZ)
Posted by: Trimegistus at October 09, 2012 07:47 PM (ctdR6)
Posted by: The Jackhole at October 09, 2012 07:48 PM (DU15A)
Not really what I was thinking -- I was replying to the comment about seeking out a fantasy series to read. That's the only one that came to mind offhand.
Posted by: Torch-Wielding Villager at October 09, 2012 07:48 PM (sTS/8)
and laura has a hump
and I'm a moron
and I'm drunk
and I love you all
I'm out
Posted by: kinlaw at October 09, 2012 07:49 PM (uLTng)
Posted by: eman at October 09, 2012 07:49 PM (+XD7n)
I don't remember Kimba being a girl OR a boy.
Posted by: concrete girl at October 09, 2012 07:50 PM (y2Ojs)
Posted by: logprof at October 09, 2012 07:50 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 09, 2012 07:50 PM (a0qpy)
Posted by: eman at October 09, 2012 07:51 PM (+XD7n)
Posted by: Secundus at October 09, 2012 07:51 PM (JZpkc)
ooh, I said I was out
well I also said I was drunk
now I'm very drunk'
did I just broach the bestiality wall?
eeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Posted by: kinlaw at October 09, 2012 07:51 PM (uLTng)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 09, 2012 07:52 PM (a0qpy)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 09, 2012 07:52 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 09, 2012 07:53 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: The Dude at October 09, 2012 07:53 PM (tw6Ar)
I am one (although not as youthful as I'd like)
and we know it started with Ringworld
Posted by: kinlaw at October 09, 2012 07:54 PM (uLTng)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 09, 2012 07:54 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: kinlaw at October 09, 2012 07:54 PM (uLTng)
Posted by: Torch-Wielding Villager at October 09, 2012 07:55 PM (sTS/8)
Swords and sorcery, can't help you, but if urban fantasy qualifies, you don't want to miss Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden series. Up to book 13 or so, and headed for around 25 books total, if I remember right. Great stuff.
Posted by: Splunge at October 09, 2012 07:55 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: Trimegistus at October 09, 2012 07:56 PM (ctdR6)
Posted by: RWC at October 09, 2012 07:56 PM (t+Sdx)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 09, 2012 07:56 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: logprof at October 09, 2012 07:57 PM (V/U0X)
http://tinyurl.com/8pbrp5g
Posted by: Ball of Hate at October 09, 2012 07:57 PM (AREf/)
http://tinyurl.com/9ho94k2
Posted by: kinlaw at October 09, 2012 07:58 PM (uLTng)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 09, 2012 07:58 PM (a0qpy)
Posted by: Trimegistus at October 09, 2012 11:56 PM (ctdR6)
rather have Detective Inspector Chen series
Posted by: The Dude at October 09, 2012 07:58 PM (tw6Ar)
I found Kennedy's accent off-putting, and his gestures outlandish. People who have only grown up on Saint John of Hyannis Port don't remember that his appeal was only on-again, off-again, and his policies had serious opposition. Vaughn Meader was really popular.
And Nixon 1960-64 would have been a whole 'nother deal than Nixon 1968-73.
For a pre-, during, and post-apocalyptic film, try on "Things To Come" (1936). Wings Over The World!
Posted by: comatus at October 09, 2012 07:58 PM (qaVK+)
Posted by: eman at October 09, 2012 07:58 PM (+XD7n)
Posted by: formless at October 09, 2012 07:59 PM (Q9hzs)
http://bit.ly/RcyXev
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 09, 2012 11:50 PM (piMMO)
My heart sank, but thanks. Even so.....
Posted by: Craig Poe at October 09, 2012 07:59 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: logprof at October 09, 2012 07:59 PM (V/U0X)
****
THAT'S the type of animal our POTUS wants to make friends with.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 09, 2012 08:00 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at October 09, 2012 08:01 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 09, 2012 08:01 PM (bxiXv)
362....Posted by: Soap MacTavish at October 09, 2012 11:55 PM (vbh31)
Thanks for that report.
Cool.
Posted by: wheatie at October 09, 2012 08:02 PM (l5RhJ)
we're morons for g*ds sakes
Posted by: kinlaw at October 09, 2012 08:02 PM (uLTng)
Posted by: Jerry at October 09, 2012 08:03 PM (4SKYj)
Posted by: logprof at October 09, 2012 08:03 PM (V/U0X)
I guaran-gaddamn-tee you they would have something factual to write about the next day.
Posted by: Ball of Hate at October 09, 2012 08:03 PM (AREf/)
Merovign, death by anime cuties is a bad thing for you?
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 09, 2012 08:04 PM (a0qpy)
Posted by: Samuel Goldwyn at October 09, 2012 08:05 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 09, 2012 08:06 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 09, 2012 08:06 PM (a0qpy)
the deuce you say!
how can this thread be dead when we are laughing about chrissy tingles matthews?
oh wait, are we not laughing at chrissy tingles?
uhhhhhhhhhhhh
Posted by: kinlaw at October 09, 2012 08:07 PM (uLTng)
The premise is that something (explained later) makes Pittsburgh spend 27 of every 28 days on another planet - Elfhome. Character driven, excellent protagonist (junkyard child genius girl/woman).
Illona Andrews' Kate Daniels Series is contemporary fantasy on an alternate earth where "now" there are "magic waves" swapping from 'magic works' to 'science works'. It fits into the whole apocalyptic theme, lots of weird crap going on. Strong "anti-bureaucracy" theme. Some romance aspects. But a fair amount of real historical allusions and mythologies beyond just Grimm.
Posted by: Al at October 09, 2012 08:07 PM (MzQOZ)
Posted by: Pet Shop Owner at October 09, 2012 08:08 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 09, 2012 08:08 PM (a0qpy)
@ 392 Like you once said, Sam--if you want a message, send for Western Union (or words to that effect.)
Speaking of messagey movies, notice how all the serious messagey lib flicks tank at the box office? Someone should make a list.
Posted by: The MGM lion protests at October 09, 2012 08:09 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 09, 2012 08:10 PM (a0qpy)
Posted by: Alex at October 09, 2012 08:10 PM (HwgHt)
Posted by: logprof at October 09, 2012 08:10 PM (V/U0X)
the actual title...
Posted by: Isaac Davis White at October 09, 2012 08:10 PM (Dll6b)
Posted by: Infidel at October 09, 2012 08:11 PM (9tjlm)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows that poor people don't know how to show up for work at October 09, 2012 08:12 PM (AZGON)
"Patriots" by James Wesley Rawles; it's the first of a trilogy, the next two are "Survivors" and "Founders" but the former is meh and the latter, which was just released, hasn't gotten good reviews. "Patriots" is excellent, however, and is predicated on economic collapse.
The other one is "One Second After" by William Forstchen; it covers an EMP scenario.
Posted by: Country Singer (likes teh ginger ladies) at October 09, 2012 08:12 PM (+r4NB)
Posted by: logprof at October 09, 2012 08:12 PM (V/U0X)
You have made the perfect distinction between what you value over what the country needs.
Posted by: Beto at October 09, 2012 08:12 PM (BAnPT)
That would be a hilarious set of movies. I can't imagine it not getting mangled beyond recognition by Hollywood though.
Posted by: Al at October 09, 2012 08:13 PM (MzQOZ)
http://tinyurl.com/8dh39zh (CBS News)
Ain't that the usual way? A fraction here, a fraction there, a brick of bucks in the freezer.
Posted by: LC LaWedgie at October 09, 2012 08:13 PM (0It32)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at October 09, 2012 08:13 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Heart-shaped sunglasses are so iconic at October 09, 2012 08:13 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: logprof at October 09, 2012 08:13 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: George Orwell what knows that poor people don't know how to show up for work at October 09, 2012 08:14 PM (AZGON)
Posted by: eman at October 09, 2012 08:14 PM (+XD7n)
Posted by: andycanuck at October 09, 2012 08:15 PM (vDl/w)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 09, 2012 08:16 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: logprof at October 09, 2012 08:16 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 09, 2012 08:18 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 09, 2012 08:18 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Isaac Davis White at October 09, 2012 08:19 PM (Dll6b)
Posted by: obie doobie at October 09, 2012 08:19 PM (Q2wni)
Otaku no video, Scramble wars, Maddox 01 and a few others have pretty much vanished into the anime memory hole. Scramble Wars is a great 'so you think you are an otaku' film to test knowledge on.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 09, 2012 08:20 PM (a0qpy)
Posted by: logprof at October 09, 2012 08:21 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: Isaac Davis White at October 09, 2012 08:21 PM (Dll6b)
Posted by: The Dude at October 09, 2012 08:21 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 09, 2012 08:22 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 09, 2012 08:22 PM (a0qpy)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 09, 2012 08:23 PM (y4gyq)
Posted by: logprof at October 09, 2012 08:23 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 09, 2012 08:24 PM (a0qpy)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 09, 2012 08:25 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: teddy kennedy in hell at October 09, 2012 08:25 PM (vDl/w)
Posted by: obie doobie at October 09, 2012 08:26 PM (Q2wni)
All in baby.
Posted by: Craig Poe at October 09, 2012 08:26 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 09, 2012 08:26 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: andycanuck at October 09, 2012 08:27 PM (vDl/w)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 09, 2012 11:28 PM (sZTYJ)
Actually I remember even back in the 2000-2001 time frame, the Science Channel would have cool documentaries and stuff, mainly of the ocean and marine life, and I would watch it on a Friday night while grading stacks and stacks of lab reports...
no I did not have a life *sob*
Posted by: chemjeff at October 09, 2012 08:27 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: Infidel at October 09, 2012 08:27 PM (9tjlm)
Posted by: BignJames at October 09, 2012 08:28 PM (rlFQ+)
Posted by: logprof at October 09, 2012 08:28 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 09, 2012 08:29 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: JMKN1 at October 09, 2012 08:30 PM (JMKN1)
Posted by: andycanuck at October 09, 2012 08:31 PM (vDl/w)
Posted by: kbdabear at October 09, 2012 08:31 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 09, 2012 08:31 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 09, 2012 08:31 PM (bxiXv)
Big Bird just flipped the bird at Obama. Regarding product placement violation.
I want to see Betty Boop in campaign ads. She's hawt.
Posted by: Betty Boops' sidekick dog, Bimbo at October 09, 2012 08:33 PM (Q2wni)
You know what cops say about perps -- ignore what they say and watch their hands. I'm just saying...
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 09, 2012 08:33 PM (pzeq+)
Posted by: logprof at October 09, 2012 08:34 PM (V/U0X)
****
Yum?
http://pinterest.com/pin/63261569737092585/
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 09, 2012 08:34 PM (piMMO)
They'll flee to England. Curiously, England is considered a "tax haven" in Europe...which speaks volumes.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 09, 2012 08:35 PM (pzeq+)
Posted by: logprof, also buzzed at October 09, 2012 08:35 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: Infidel at October 09, 2012 08:36 PM (9tjlm)
They'll flee to England. Curiously, England is considered a "tax haven" in Europe...which speaks volumes.
****
And they are so much more enlightened there.
Posted by: Gwyneth at October 09, 2012 08:36 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: logprof, also buzzed at October 09, 2012 08:37 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 09, 2012 08:37 PM (pzeq+)
Posted by: Craig Poe at October 09, 2012 08:38 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Infidel at October 09, 2012 08:38 PM (9tjlm)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 10, 2012 12:23 AM (y4gyq)
you and me both
Posted by: chemjeff at October 09, 2012 08:39 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 09, 2012 08:39 PM (pzeq+)
Posted by: Fruit Loops at October 09, 2012 08:40 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 10, 2012 12:32 AM (kaalw)
But is it the right kind of rain?
Posted by: chemjeff at October 09, 2012 08:40 PM (d/5qf)
Heh, that's a great character.
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 09, 2012 08:40 PM (iiPpa)
They'll flee to England. Curiously, England is considered a "tax haven" in Europe...which speaks volumes.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 10, 2012 12:35 AM (pzeq+)
Michael Douglas will flee "back" to Bermuda, where he is a citizen. The uber wealthy will go to Monaco or one of those tax haven principalities. The wealthy know where to hide their filthy lucre.
Posted by: MrCaniac at October 09, 2012 08:41 PM (Zd/NW)
In this case Love Canal.
Rather then corporate malfeasance, the local government bought the land knowing it was a chemical waste dump, decided to build schools on it, and damaged the stored chemical containment as part of their development after both Hooker Chemical and the construction company hired to build the schools told them they were insane.
http://tinyurl.com/bmcy6
So just think, we have an EPA because school boards can't be held accountable for literally anything...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 09, 2012 08:41 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: andycanuck at October 09, 2012 08:41 PM (vDl/w)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 09, 2012 08:41 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: andycanuck at October 09, 2012 08:43 PM (vDl/w)
Posted by: Craig Poe at October 09, 2012 08:44 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Fruit Loops at October 10, 2012 12:40 AM (Q2wni)
MANGO!
Posted by: MANGO! at October 09, 2012 08:44 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: gettin' old at October 09, 2012 08:44 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 09, 2012 08:45 PM (y4gyq)
****
Yep. Apple.
You should check out that blog of hers for a good laugh.
She gives out tips about how to relax and enjoy life and which includes suggestions such as hitting the spa or hiring a personal chef.
Bitch.
Posted by: Gwyneth at October 09, 2012 08:45 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Infidel at October 09, 2012 08:45 PM (9tjlm)
****
I tried to watch it and was actually lured in by the Indonesian prince promo. Then, I got bored and started playing Peggle.
Posted by: Gwyneth at October 09, 2012 08:46 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 09, 2012 08:47 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: Infidel at October 10, 2012 12:45 AM (9tjlm)
FIFY
Posted by: Country Singer (likes teh ginger ladies) at October 09, 2012 08:47 PM (+r4NB)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 09, 2012 08:48 PM (y4gyq)
Posted by: Al at October 10, 2012 12:45 AM (MzQOZ)
I could cut a hole, only compromise is you have to suck anything that is stuck through the hole
Posted by: The Dude at October 09, 2012 08:49 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: chemjeff at October 10, 2012 12:40 AM (d/5qf)
Well, it seems like a very small cell, but quite intense. It started with a "patter, patter, patter", then washed the gutters, and it seems to have passed already. If tomorrow, I open the door into a technicolor world with a path of golden bricks leading to a city of emerald green, that would prove things.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 09, 2012 08:49 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 09, 2012 08:49 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at October 09, 2012 08:51 PM (sZTYJ)
****
pumpkin toffee cheesecake with a caramel drizzle
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 09, 2012 08:52 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: logprof, also buzzed at October 09, 2012 08:52 PM (V/U0X)
My middle name is Pie.
Posted by: Apple Pie Paltrow at October 10, 2012 12:50 AM (Q2wni)
Time to get the whipped cream...
Posted by: Apple Pie Paltrow's future boyfriend at October 09, 2012 08:52 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 09, 2012 08:53 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 09, 2012 08:53 PM (y4gyq)
The book Unknown Quantity covers a variety of the other counting and symbology of math that's pretty interesting. The early Greeks had some pretty whacked arithmetic and algebraic symbologies.
Posted by: Al at October 09, 2012 08:53 PM (MzQOZ)
http://www.epa.gov/region2/superfund/npl/dewey/
The Loeffel site has contaminate all the lakes, ponds, and groundwater downstream of it for many, many miles rendering huge tracts of land unsalable, wells unusable, cancer clusters, etc, etc.
The govt is still pretty much in denial about it. The locals are up in arms. This shit has been known about since I was a teen growing up in that area 35 years ago. The aquifer contamination is basically impossible to remediate at this point due to the massive scope of the contamination and how far its spread. You'd have to remove literally cubic miles of dirt and whole mountains.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 09, 2012 08:54 PM (pzeq+)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 09, 2012 08:54 PM (y4gyq)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 09, 2012 08:54 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: Infidel at October 09, 2012 08:54 PM (9tjlm)
"It seemed so real, Dad."
************
I'd like a pic of young Mitt sitting in Barack's lap, with the caption, "I see dead people".
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at October 09, 2012 08:55 PM (2c1Cq)
*****
I am going to paint all my keys in glow-in-the-dark paint!
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 09, 2012 08:55 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 09, 2012 08:55 PM (bxiXv)
About Love Canal site in New York.
"The Hooker Chemical company was not a willing seller...
Eventually, Hooker bowed to pressure from the city[Niagara Falls] and to threats that the land might be seized under the doctrine of eminent domain to build a public school. The company deeded the property to the city for the token price of one dollar.
The record shows that Hooker went to great lengths to warn the city about the danger of disturbing the waste area. The deed of conveyance of the land, dated April 28, 1953, contains such specific language.
Once the land was acquired, the Board of Education ignored the company's warnings and soon permitted construction of storm sewers, roads, and utilities. In 1958, some of the canal's waste site covering was breached as homes and schools were built."
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 09, 2012 08:56 PM (a0qpy)
We had one rain cloud go over at about that time...figured it was time to get the dogs in, lest they get soaked, but it was exactly one cloud.
Posted by: JEM at October 09, 2012 08:56 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 09, 2012 08:56 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: andycanuck at October 09, 2012 08:57 PM (vDl/w)
Posted by: MSNBC at October 09, 2012 08:57 PM (sZTYJ)
They would have strung Barky up for saying something so incredibly offensive to the intellect as "profit AND earnings ratio". Literally. They were better people.Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 09, 2012 08:57 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: Robespierre at October 09, 2012 08:58 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: andycanuck at October 09, 2012 08:58 PM (vDl/w)
Posted by: kbdabear at October 09, 2012 08:59 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Barney Frank, Toxic S**t Specialisst at October 09, 2012 08:59 PM (sZTYJ)
incidentally, the book "Maximum Achievement" really is a good book. if you are in the dumps and doubting your abilities, pick it up.
Posted by: chemjeff at October 09, 2012 08:59 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: kbdabear at October 09, 2012 09:00 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Infidel at October 09, 2012 09:00 PM (9tjlm)
****
It must be lovely in Lala Land this time of year.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 09, 2012 09:00 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 09, 2012 09:01 PM (y4gyq)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 09, 2012 09:01 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 09, 2012 09:01 PM (X3lox)
I wonder if it has anything to do with leftist GE being a major player?
Cleaning up Loeffel could quite literally drive GE into bankruptcy. It that big and messy.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 09, 2012 09:01 PM (pzeq+)
****
I'm afraid to ask.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 09, 2012 09:02 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 09, 2012 09:02 PM (y4gyq)
Posted by: kbdabear at October 10, 2012 12:59 AM (wwsoB)
Morgan Smith Goodwin
Posted by: The Dude at October 09, 2012 09:03 PM (tw6Ar)
incidentally, the book "Maximum Achievement" really is a good book. if you are in the dumps and doubting your abilities, pick it up.
*****
I picked up a Brad Thor book, The Apostle, at the Dollar Tree this past weekend.
Just one buck!
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 09, 2012 09:03 PM (piMMO)
Naturally, he sounded apologetic about that, as if he's blasphemed against the Gods of Hollywood. I'm sure he'll make out a check or twelve as penance.
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 09, 2012 09:03 PM (iiPpa)
Posted by: Infidel at October 09, 2012 09:03 PM (9tjlm)
We already got a term for that -- being "Obama'd".
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 09, 2012 09:03 PM (pzeq+)
Or who think that their gangbangers will be able to take on Midwest farmers and ex-military in a war.
Posted by: andycanuck at October 09, 2012 09:04 PM (vDl/w)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 09, 2012 09:05 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 09, 2012 09:05 PM (a0qpy)
He must have some crazy stalkers after him. That sounds directed at some pretty specific people. Its not the sort of thing you mention unless there's something to be gained by it.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 09, 2012 09:06 PM (pzeq+)
Or that the gangbangers would even be on their side.
Posted by: Al at October 09, 2012 09:06 PM (MzQOZ)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 09, 2012 09:06 PM (y4gyq)
http://www.epa.gov/region2/superfund/npl/dewey/
The Loeffel site has contaminate all the lakes, ponds, and groundwater downstream of it for many, many miles rendering huge tracts of land unsalable, wells unusable, cancer clusters, etc, etc.
The govt is still pretty much in denial about it. The locals are up in arms. This shit has been known about since I was a teen growing up in that area 35 years ago. The aquifer contamination is basically impossible to remediate at this point due to the massive scope of the contamination and how far its spread. You'd have to remove literally cubic miles of dirt and whole mountains.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 10, 2012 12:54 AM (pzeq+)
Around here (Silicon Valley), IBM was on the hook for something where the groundwater had 1.2 ppb of some sort of contamination, and the standard for drinking water was less than 1.0 ppb.....so they suggested pumping it up, cutting it 1/1 with aqueduct water from the local reservoirs, and pushing it out directly into the water mains. After all, cut with other water it'd only be 0.6 ppb, and the drinking water standard was 1.0....
The innumerates at the local rag weren't as amused as I was, however, and kept the level of outrage up enough to kill the proposal.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 09, 2012 09:06 PM (kaalw)
****
I agree. I mean, I don't know the context, but unless it's an interview for Guns and Ammo magazine, why would it come up?
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 09, 2012 09:07 PM (piMMO)
****
I think they make GITD paint pens, which should be really easy to use.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 09, 2012 09:08 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 09, 2012 09:08 PM (y4gyq)
Posted by: JParker at October 09, 2012 09:08 PM (8HhF2)
Posted by: inquiring minds wish to know at October 09, 2012 09:09 PM (Q2wni)
they'll be the one with the AK and the beret and not the one tied to a
stick in front of the ditch they just spent two days digging.
*cough* Maurice Bishop *cough* Grenada *cough* *cough*
The hard core types dispatch the soft minded ones very quickly once they become a problem.
VERY. QUICKLY.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 09, 2012 09:10 PM (pzeq+)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 09, 2012 09:10 PM (bxiXv)
Fuller quote:
"America is a country founded on guns. It's in our DNA. It's very strange but I feel better having a gun. I really do. I don't feel safe, I don't feel the house is completely safe, if I don't have one hidden somewhere. That's my thinking, right or wrong. I got my first BB gun when I was in nursery school. I got my first shotgun by first grade, I had shot a handgun by third grade and I grew up in a pretty sane environment."
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 09, 2012 09:11 PM (iiPpa)
I'm not actually here at the moment but for anyone interested the five season of Friday Night Lights are on sale at Amazon for about $10, $11, $11, $11 and $12 bucks each.
http://tinyurl.com/8jgleng
I've never seen it myself but I understand it's great.
Support your local Ewok!
Posted by: Robert at October 09, 2012 09:12 PM (4ixH5)
My understanding is that mu.nu pays for Ace's bandwidth and as such pixy would have to switch over all of the blogs on mu.nu to wordpress. I'm not sure if WP charges for server license or what but I guess he doesn't think it's worth the effort.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at October 09, 2012 09:13 PM (e7w2X)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 09, 2012 09:13 PM (y4gyq)
Posted by: DaveA at October 09, 2012 09:14 PM (wcjj2)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 09, 2012 09:15 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Egalite' Fraternite' but not so much Liberte' at October 09, 2012 09:16 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 09, 2012 09:16 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Big Bird at October 09, 2012 09:16 PM (z9HTb)
Because they're fucking idiots. Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 10, 2012 01:01 AM
I don't know, the barbarian me says fuck the ditch, let their corpses rot in the sun.
Posted by: Berserker at October 09, 2012 09:16 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 09, 2012 09:16 PM (X3lox)
Watched the obama peace prize video from steven crowder on twitchy. Funny shit. Actually better rap then most rappers.
On the yoko ono gives gaga a peace prize story
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 09, 2012 09:17 PM (UantK)
It comes up frequently.
****
Bad A-listers! Bad!
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 09, 2012 09:18 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: AtFirstIWasLike at October 09, 2012 09:19 PM (QTVh2)
Posted by: Ken M at October 09, 2012 09:21 PM (ZdAo1)
Posted by: where they hidin' the Biden? at October 09, 2012 09:21 PM (Q2wni)
http://youtu.be/FFOzayDpWoI
Posted by: derit at October 09, 2012 09:23 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: Ken M at October 10, 2012 01:21 AM (ZdAo1)
****
The ignorance was so strong I couldn't help but think of our own, dear, Ken.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 09, 2012 09:23 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Al Sharpton in bunny slippers at October 09, 2012 09:23 PM (d/67n)
Posted by: Dell at October 09, 2012 09:24 PM (4yFB5)
http://goo.gl/lXJkO
Posted by: AtFirstIWasLike at October 10, 2012 01:19 AM (QTVh2)
Good Lord! You'd be too blotto to count after the first ten minutes!
Posted by: cthulhu at October 09, 2012 09:25 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: logprof, buzzing at October 09, 2012 09:26 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: I know E.T.s and you, Al, are no E.T. at October 09, 2012 09:27 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: Jon Lenon may have written a couple good songs but he had no taste in chicks at October 09, 2012 09:27 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 09, 2012 09:27 PM (y4gyq)
3.9 is hard to distinguish from the DTs.
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 09, 2012 09:28 PM (iiPpa)
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 09, 2012 09:28 PM (UantK)
Wait till you see my meatspin trick!
Don't ruin the surprise and search on google to find out what meatspin is.
Posted by: Joeron Biden Jeremy at October 09, 2012 09:29 PM (ovpNn)
Maybe Justin Trudeau farted, Dell?
Posted by: andycanuck at October 09, 2012 09:29 PM (vDl/w)
Posted by: Down, Libido, down, bad dog! at October 09, 2012 09:30 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: logprof, buzzing at October 09, 2012 09:30 PM (V/U0X)
http://www.epa.gov/region2/superfund/npl/dewey/
**************
Do you have ANY epidemiological data supporting ANY deleterious health outcomes from Love Canal or this site?
Then you should show us the peer-reviewed studies.
For Love Canal there are NONE: if you go to the NY State site they will tell you, after 30 years, they are still looking for evidence.
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at October 09, 2012 09:30 PM (2c1Cq)
Drink!
Posted by: logprof, buzzing at October 10, 2012 01:26 AM (V/U0X)
I call bs on all ya'll. Never a drunk one among you. Always perfectly snarky, and never make an ass out of yourselves, just my opinion!
Not to say I don't love ya, but none ya drunks!
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 09, 2012 09:31 PM (UantK)
Posted by: Teh Chicken at October 09, 2012 09:31 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: logprof, buzzed but not drunk at October 09, 2012 09:32 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 09, 2012 09:33 PM (y4gyq)
The old single-pixel image trick has been used forever for this. Its not like a cookie, the browser just sees it as another bit of junk to be loaded unless its one that's cognizant of the trick.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 09, 2012 09:33 PM (pzeq+)
Posted by: Joey Fredo Biden at October 09, 2012 09:34 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 09, 2012 09:34 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 09, 2012 09:36 PM (X3lox)
Maybe Justin Trudeau farted, Dell?
I dunno, andy. Might have. Those Quebecistanis can cut 'em, that's for sure.
Posted by: Dell at October 09, 2012 09:37 PM (4yFB5)
Posted by: andycanuck at October 09, 2012 09:38 PM (vDl/w)
Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 09, 2012 09:38 PM (y4gyq)
You mean other than health depts telling people not to drink or use the water from their wells? or swim or fish in the lakes/ponds? or all the locals who stayed having to install huge water tanks and have all their water trucked in?
I lived and grew up there FOR DECADES. I didn't just notice it on some blog comment and decide to become an instant expert with a Google search like you did.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 09, 2012 09:40 PM (pzeq+)
Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at October 09, 2012 09:40 PM (YLmUB)
Posted by: Parker Bros. at October 09, 2012 09:41 PM (iiPpa)
Posted by: hidin' the Biden at October 09, 2012 09:41 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: derit at October 09, 2012 09:42 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: logprof, buzzed for sure at October 09, 2012 09:43 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: Omar Little at October 09, 2012 09:45 PM (V/U0X)
"The more Caligula spends on sporting parties and entertainment, the more the people love him."
How little things have changed.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 09, 2012 09:45 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Dell at October 09, 2012 09:46 PM (4yFB5)
Got any?
You know: increased disease rates? WHERE"S THE DATA?
Genetic disorders? Ditto, CHUMP.
Crikey, they never found increases in anything at Udine, Italy or Times Beach.
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at October 09, 2012 09:46 PM (2c1Cq)
Posted by: Zombie Proposition Joe at October 10, 2012 01:44 AM (V/U0X)
And you guys gonna let him get away with this? Teehee
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 09, 2012 09:46 PM (UantK)
Indeed. Caligula fucked his sister. Barack fucked his half-brother.
Posted by: fluffy at October 09, 2012 09:47 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Joe Biden at October 09, 2012 09:47 PM (e8kgV)
@613 As did Tom Hagen.
In Godfather 3 I kept wondering whatever happened to Connie's kids.
And the grownup versions of Michael's kids did not resemble in the least their childhood versions physically.
And where in hell was the Eli Wallach character in the first two movies?
For that matter, Michael Corleone was a completely different character from that portrayed in the first 2 movies.
(In other words, 3 was a letdown.)
Posted by: hidin' the Biden at October 09, 2012 09:48 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 09, 2012 09:49 PM (iiPpa)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 09, 2012 09:50 PM (pzeq+)
Posted by: derit at October 10, 2012 01:42 AM (I88Jc)
I had to take that one in to the BH. She laughed and says, "hello" to all the 'rons and 'ettes.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 09, 2012 09:51 PM (kaalw)
****
He's a fascinating character. Just as, centuries from now, Obama will be.
There will be books written abut how close we came to losing it all.
Obama will be infamous.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 09, 2012 09:51 PM (piMMO)
623 President Barack Obama was a guest at the 1991 wedding of ABC senior foreign correspondent and vice presidential debate moderator Martha Raddatz, The Daily Caller has learned. Obama and groom Julius Genachowski, whom Obama would later tap to head the Federal Communications Commission, were Harvard Law School classmates at the time and members of the Harvard Law Review.
joe biden at 1:47, how dare you!
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 09, 2012 09:51 PM (UantK)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 09, 2012 09:52 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 10, 2012 01:44 AM (kaalw)
Indeed.
Posted by: Omar Little at October 10, 2012 01:45 AM (V/U0X)
Oh, sorry -- did I *poot* there?
Posted by: cthulhu at October 09, 2012 09:53 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 10, 2012 01:52 AM (piMMO)
Well, he's already elevated a horse to DHS....
Posted by: cthulhu at October 09, 2012 09:54 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Catherine the Great at October 09, 2012 09:54 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: logprof at October 09, 2012 09:55 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 09, 2012 09:56 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: fluffy at October 09, 2012 09:56 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Omar Comin' at October 09, 2012 09:56 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: Catherine the Great at October 10, 2012 01:54 AM (Q2wni)
Er.....wasn't that arrow pointed the other direction, there?
Posted by: cthulhu at October 09, 2012 09:56 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: derit at October 09, 2012 09:57 PM (I88Jc)
Two hats!
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 09, 2012 09:58 PM (pzeq+)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 10, 2012 01:50 AM (pzeq+)
Well msm getting him ready for the foreign policy debate. Should be fabulous!! He wont miss a beat, and surprise, the media will kiss hiss ass over it! We know this!
Posted by: lou's a girl at October 09, 2012 09:58 PM (UantK)
Posted by: Omar Comin' at October 09, 2012 09:58 PM (V/U0X)
****
I still giggle my ass off when I think of Sirs O'Toole and Gielgud appearing in Caligula.
And, a young Helen Miren.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 09, 2012 09:59 PM (piMMO)
Obama will be infamous.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 10, 2012 01:51 AM
I'm gonna be more than famous. I'm not gonna be just famous, I'm gonna be IN famous!
Posted by: back door barry soetoro at October 09, 2012 09:59 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: movie buffing at October 09, 2012 10:00 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: logprof at October 09, 2012 10:01 PM (V/U0X)
Had I been unlucky enough to have fathered children when I was younger, there is no fucking way in hell I would have allowed any of them to watch Sesame Street.
Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at October 09, 2012 10:01 PM (tNO27)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 09, 2012 10:03 PM (pzeq+)
Posted by: movie buffing at October 09, 2012 10:03 PM (Q2wni)
I think I'll watch it again this weekend.
Posted by: derit at October 09, 2012 10:04 PM (I88Jc)
"I lived and grew up there FOR DECADES"
Well, that could be a problem right there.
I keed, I keed!
Posted by: Meremortal at October 09, 2012 10:05 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: derit at October 10, 2012 01:57 AM
John Hurt will always be Caligula. He nailed that shit in "I, Clavdivs". It was a f'ckn great series. Could have done with more George Baker's Tiberius and Patrick Stewart's Sejanus, though.
Posted by: otho at October 09, 2012 10:05 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: Senator Incitatus at October 09, 2012 10:06 PM (sZTYJ)
641 That's funny, I was just thinking today about how John Hurt's portrayal of Caligula in "I, Claudius" was so twisted and mesmerizing. And his sister in the program...wow.
Posted by: derit at October 10, 2012 01:57 AM
John Hurt will always be Caligula. He nailed that shit in "I, Clavdivs". It was a f'ckn great series. Could have done with more George Baker's Tiberius and Patrick Stewart's Sejanus, though.
Posted by: otho at October 10, 2012 02:05 AM (yBF/9)
Agreed all around. There was sooooo muuuuuuch win in that series. And the BH and I have so many catchphrases from it -- "he has undergone a meta......morphosis -- a trans.....formation. He has become a god."
Posted by: cthulhu at October 09, 2012 10:11 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: movie buffing at October 09, 2012 10:12 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 09, 2012 10:14 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: logprof at October 09, 2012 10:14 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 09, 2012 10:15 PM (kaalw)
OF WILL IT BE BIG BIRD AND ROMNEY'S GAFFES!!!!!
Posted by: Joeron Biden Jeremy at October 09, 2012 10:16 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: Madame LaFarge at October 10, 2012 02:14 AM (Q2wni)
John Hurt was in "A Tale of Two Cities"?
Posted by: cthulhu at October 09, 2012 10:16 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 09, 2012 10:17 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: logprof at October 09, 2012 10:17 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: The Dude at October 09, 2012 10:17 PM (tw6Ar)
Agreed all around. There was sooooo muuuuuuch win in that series. And the BH and I have so many catchphrases from it -- "he has undergone a meta......morphosis -- a trans.....formation. He has become a god."
Posted by: cthulhu at October 10, 2012 02:11 AM
Claudius: "He's become a god. I'm a god, too. So is she. You're not."
I heard that the BBC is planning on remaking it. That shit cannot be allowed to happen. They will fuck it up, for sure.
Posted by: otho at October 09, 2012 10:17 PM (yBF/9)
I was on the other side of the mountain/hills. Drive through the area and you see Encon/EPA test wells all over the place though. They're trying to track the downstream progress of the contamination...which is pretty quick.
Everything in that area eventually hits the Hudson river the way the watershed is oriented. When that happens, the shits gonna hit the fan and it won't stay hidden and low key for long.
The only reason the govt been able to keep a lid on this for so long is its in a very very rural area and local population impact costs are manageable at this point.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 09, 2012 10:18 PM (pzeq+)
OF WILL IT BE BIG BIRD AND ROMNEY'S GAFFES!!!!!
Posted by: Joeron Biden Jeremy at October 10, 2012 02:16 AM (ovpNn)
"Word has it that bake sales are on the rebound in the midwest, showing that the economy remains in growth mode. In international news, young British princelings behave like wealthy youngsters everywhere."
Posted by: cthulhu at October 09, 2012 10:18 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Madame DuBarry at October 09, 2012 10:19 PM (Q2wni)
Don't forget Alien!
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 10, 2012 02:17 AM
"Alien" FTW.
He was the shit in "Man for all seasons" as Richard Rich, too.
Posted by: otho at October 09, 2012 10:20 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: movie buffing at October 09, 2012 10:25 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: logprof at October 09, 2012 10:26 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: zeera at October 10, 2012 02:14 AM (3dXwx)
Am I fashionably late?
Posted by: Robert at October 09, 2012 10:26 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 10, 2012 02:14 AM (kaalw)
Walked past the living room the other day where the BH was watching a Dr. Who episode where Servalan from Blake's 7 was playing a put-upon character in "The Two Doctors". These guys did more roles in a year than most Hollywood prissy-pants do in a decade.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 09, 2012 10:30 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: D. Parker at October 09, 2012 10:31 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: derit at October 09, 2012 10:32 PM (I88Jc)
Haven't seen the Heston version of AMFAS. Didn't know there was one. Will keep an eye out for it.
Posted by: otho at October 09, 2012 10:32 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: derit at October 10, 2012 02:32 AM (I88Jc)
I thought Rumpole did really well in the original "The Prisoner".
Posted by: cthulhu at October 09, 2012 10:34 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: derit at October 10, 2012 02:32 AM
Holy shit. I'd forgotten about Robert Shaw and Orson Welles. Plus what's his face, Leo McKern? Pretty awesome cast, really.
Posted by: otho at October 09, 2012 10:35 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 09, 2012 10:40 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 09, 2012 10:40 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 09, 2012 10:42 PM (pzeq+)
Posted by: Barky McFucknut at October 09, 2012 10:43 PM (V/U0X)
BBC vid
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-19892972
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 09, 2012 10:48 PM (pzeq+)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 09, 2012 10:49 PM (a0qpy)
Posted by: logprof at October 09, 2012 10:49 PM (V/U0X)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 09, 2012 10:50 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 09, 2012 10:55 PM (pzeq+)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 09, 2012 10:56 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: logprof at October 09, 2012 10:58 PM (V/U0X)
Let me tell you, you haven't felt humiliation until you've been on the receiving end of a swirly, and had to pray that your tormentor didn't let go or else you'd go down the toilet yourself. That's right; I had to count on the bully who was picking on me to keep me safe from the worst aspects of his own bullying!
And now he's a zillionaire on the public dole. Figures. Jerk.
At least Birdie is probably pecking cocks in an alley for crack somewhere these days.
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at October 09, 2012 10:58 PM (RLZvP)
Or "Mila Kunis splits with Macaulay Culkin".
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 09, 2012 11:03 PM (iiPpa)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 09, 2012 11:09 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 09, 2012 11:13 PM (pzeq+)
Recent digs have shown the Romans had much better graffiti...
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 09, 2012 11:15 PM (pzeq+)
Ahhh, the first Brawndo sip of the day is so good. It's the electrolytes, I guess.
Posted by: and irresolute at October 09, 2012 11:21 PM (JvklE)
I don't think the US knob slobberering media are gonna be able to spin this without getting called on it.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 09, 2012 11:24 PM (pzeq+)
Posted by: Up with people! A man. at October 10, 2012 12:00 AM (kzFo5)
Posted by: Jean at October 10, 2012 12:05 AM (hrAg/)
Posted by: JParker at October 10, 2012 12:30 AM (8HhF2)
The best version of anything he ever did. Open tuning goodness...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCngSv8NzS0
Posted by: otho at October 10, 2012 12:32 AM (yBF/9)
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Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 10, 2012 02:26 AM (d4o2E)
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Posted by: Bart who lurks with SMOD 2012, master of his domain at October 10, 2012 02:35 AM (he2LC)
Posted by: rickl at October 10, 2012 02:47 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 10, 2012 02:52 AM (6Zy+s)
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Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 10, 2012 03:00 AM (erYRT)
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Posted by: Jonny Quest at October 10, 2012 04:50 AM (sOtz/)
RE IPAB - Death panel is the right word, Goddamit. Hurrah for Sarah Palin for giving it a worthy title. Congress would never have created something so unconstitional and untouchable unless they INTENDED it to do some seriously evil shit.
Posted by: Bruce in Spring at October 10, 2012 04:56 AM (MifLl)
Posted by: General Jack D. Ripper at October 10, 2012 07:17 AM (TQtmI)
Two more for the list:
1) The Crazies (the 2010 remake of Romero's 1973 version).
Mitchell and Olyphant really make you care about the characters and it's a non-stop roller coaster horrorwise.
2) Carriers (2009)
Saw it the night before last on the Block and it was surprisingly good. Not perfect but worth the time spent.
Now, time to quit screwing around and finish watching "Tucker & Dale vs. Evil".
"Wait, is meatloaf ok?"
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at October 10, 2012 08:12 AM (PMGbu)
Posted by: disa at October 10, 2012 05:05 PM (Zfbfs)
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