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November 29, 2012

Overnight Open Thread (11-29-2012)– Loafing Edition
— Maetenloch

At least if you're a single mom. And the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare admits as much:

"the single mom is better off earning gross income of $29,000 with $57,327 in net income & benefits than to earn gross income of $69,000 with net income and benefits of $57,045."

If you're a PA single mom, have a job and make between $29K and $70K, you're ~~a fool~~ actually making yourself poorer by working.

Behold the Welfare Cliff:

What you subsidize, you get more of.

Dennis Prager: 'Leftism is a Religion'

I know that certain pundits claim that leftism is a mental disorder but here I think Prager makes the stronger case that it truly is a religion - the most dynamic one in the world. Does anyone doubt that Leftism has its own belief system, moral judgments with angels and devils along with taboos and shared rituals?

You cannot understand the Left if you do not understand that leftism is a religion. It is not God-based (some left-wing Christians' and Jews' claims notwithstanding), but otherwise it has every characteristic of a religion. The most blatant of those characteristics is dogma. People who believe in leftism have as many dogmas as the most fundamentalist Christian.
One of them is material equality as the preeminent moral goal. Another is the villainy of corporations. The bigger the corporation, the greater the villainy. Thus, instead of the devil, the Left has Big Pharma, Big Tobacco, Big Oil, the "military-industrial complex," and the like. Meanwhile, Big Labor, Big Trial Lawyers, and - of course - Big Government are left-wing angels.
And why is that? Why, to be specific, does the Left fear big corporations but not big government?

The answer is dogma - a belief system that transcends reason. No rational person can deny that big governments have caused almost all the great evils of the last century, arguably the bloodiest in history. Who killed the 20 to 30 million Soviet citizens in the Gulag Archipelago - big government or big business? Hint: There were no private businesses in the Soviet Union.

So why isn't Leftism recognized as a religion? Because it declares itself to be a rational un-religion:

One reason is that leftism is overwhelmingly secular (more than merely secular: It is inherently opposed to all traditional religions), and therefore people do not regard it as a religion. Another is that leftism so convincingly portrays itself as solely the product of reason, intellect, and science that it has not been seen as the dogma-based ideology that it is. Therefore the vast majority of the people who affirm leftist beliefs think of their views as the only way to properly think about life.

That, in turn, explains why anyone who opposes leftism is labeled anti-intellectual, anti-progress, anti-science, anti-minority, and anti-reason (among many other pejorative epithets): Leftists truly believe that there is no other way to think.

Spectre Gunships Are Now Day Hunters

"They are currently flying during the day," Air Force Special Operations Command chief Lt. Gen. Eric E. Fiel said of his AC-130s at a recent industry conference.

The potential impact of the flight expansion, which had been anticipated for more than a year, is hard to overestimate. AC-130s fly longer, carry more weaponry and fire more precisely than most other planes. "Gunships are in a class all by themselves when it comes to close air support," Bob Seifert, a former AC-130 pilot who flew combat missions over Iraq, tells Danger Room. In adding daytime missions "you've literally increased your overall effectiveness by 100 percent," Seifert points out.

And this was desperately needed:

In part because it flew during daylight, a single Marine Corps KC-130 tanker with bolt-on Hellfire and Griffin missile launchers - a sort of half-gunship codenamed "Harvest Hawk" - flew 8 to 10 percent of all close-air-support missions over southern Afghanistan last year, according to Lt. Col. Charles Moses, who commanded the KC-130 squadron. That's "a significant number considering it's only a single aircraft," Moses said.

Yet Another Bummer: Federal Judge Dismisses Walker v. Kimberlin Federal Lawsuit

Apparently the judge decided it was just a political dispute and washed his hands of it.

The court decided to duck the entire matter as a "dispute between political enemies", and we disagree with his assessment as to the Court's inability to grant the remedies sought. We disagree with the ruling and its failure to address in any way even a single point of substantive law raised by either party, nor did it take into consideration our response to Rule 11 filed yesterday, or our forthcoming Opposition to the Motion to Dismiss by the Organizations, which the court should have considered before granting that particular motion.
We plan to pursue all available options, including an appeal, once our focus is no longer on the 12/04 hearing in Virginia.

So perjury and violating discovery rules are fine if it's a 'political' thing. Kimberlin skates again. For now.

Did Lincoln Scribble the Gettysburg Address on the back of an Envelope?

Nope. He worked hard on it.

The myth dates back at least to 1866, when Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote that she had seen the president jot down the speech "in only a few moments," and industrialist Andrew Carnegie later claimed that, as a young man, he himself had handed Lincoln the pencil he used to write the speech!

...The historical record is actually fairly clear: Lincoln spent almost two weeks on the speech. This was typical for him. As president, he often turned down opportunities to speak off the cuff, considering himself a poor impromptu speaker. John Hay, one of Lincoln's private secretaries, remembered in 1891 that the speech was "carefully considered." On November 15, three days before leaving for Gettysburg, the president told Noah Brooks, a reporter friend, that the speech was "written but not finished."

Hurricane Sandy Proves Cash Is Still King

I know people who swear that cash is now passÃ© but this isn't even true when everything is working perfectly. When things aren't working, there is no substitute for old fashioned actual cash-in-hand currency.

Le Shock: Belgian man discovers his wife used to be a man after 19 years

If you catch your wife cheating and think it couldn't get any worse - well always remember that yes it could in fact get even worse. And then even worser:

The couple are still living under the same roof after a judge refused to grant Jan an order to evict her.

Thanks to RL.

The Ten Chick Flicks Guys Love But Refuse to Admit Watching

Well love is a pretty strong term - perhaps not-a-complete-waste-of-time/mildly amusing is more apt description. And Twilight is just a damned filthy lie.

So believe me when I say that I've never seen one of those movies. That being said...I've also told people I've never seen Notting Hill or Pitch Perfect. I once even told a cop that no, I didn't see that nice Italian man shoot that snitch and dump the body in the river my house overlooked, but that was for different, far more disturbing reasons. Point being, sometimes chick flicks are actually pretty enjoyable--the dialogue is witty, there's hot trim to stare at and sooner or later the main chick usually ends up in her underwear.

Well Notting Hill and Pitch Perfect were pretty good and even Bridget Jones' Diary had its redeeming moments....from what I've heard from my p-whipped friends.

The fabulous French fry and hash brown diet

I'd like to believe - but it would be nigh impossible to really lose 5lbs of fat in 3.5 days even on a fast much less a diet of wonderfully delicious fried potato products.

Yahoo group. That is all.

And my Twitter spew.

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1 the president is a scoamf

Posted by: phoenixgirl at November 29, 2012 05:52 PM (GVxQo)

2 Top ten.

Posted by: GnuBreed at November 29, 2012 05:53 PM (ccXZP)

3 Oh the times! Oh the morels!

Posted by: Some Roman dude ... who likes mushrooms ... at November 29, 2012 05:54 PM (gh+mp)

4 3 you sure they're not shitakes?

Posted by: Grover's at November 29, 2012 05:55 PM (9aKQB)

5 And the last thread? POOF!!

Posted by: Tobacco Road, is running out of pavement fast at November 29, 2012 05:56 PM (4Mv1T)

6 Okay, just saw the UN vote to recognize Palestine as an independent state. Great. Wonderful. Shockingly, the US did not vote for it. Again, shocking. God forbid we offend anyone in the middle east, you know. Curiously, the Vatican praised the decision and said some malarkey about Jerusalem giving special status amongst Israel and Palestine. Anyone know why the Vatican would do this? I was not aware that the Holy See was a pro-Palestine player. I assumed they were firmly in Team Israel's corner. How could they not be?

Posted by: Tickled Pink at November 29, 2012 05:57 PM (E1Vkf)

7 g'evenin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 29, 2012 05:57 PM (JMmQ9)

8 I have to say that I don't mind watching Romy and Michelle, but really just because I would love to bang both of them.

Is that wrong?

Posted by: MrCaniac at November 29, 2012 05:58 PM (Zd/NW)

9 you sure they're not shitakes? not really... I've been tempted to tell some folks to tawke their shit ake elsewhere lately ...

Posted by: Some Roman dude ... who likes mushrooms ... at November 29, 2012 05:58 PM (gh+mp)

10 The french fry and hash brown diet? I'm all in.

Posted by: GnuBreed at November 29, 2012 05:59 PM (ccXZP)

11 How are you guys on this fine Friday eve? This week went really fast, surprisingly.

Posted by: Peaches at November 29, 2012 05:59 PM (kpCLl)

12 Totally LMAO at the mock NFL thingy int he sidebar

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 06:00 PM (piMMO)

13 British Healthcare Policy: Killing Babies Slowly & Painfully The recent case out of the U.K. of a baby Â“to die like an abandoned animalÂ” is not an isolated case. As has been noted previously, socialized medicine often leads to the Â“weakÂ” being removed from the population. Sometimes it is based on some deluded idea of racial supremacy or eugenics, but the most pernicious is when a childÂ’s life is considered less than zero simply it would tax the stretched and already heavily rationed socialized healthcare system. This has become even more clear with the revelation that it is the policy of the U.K.Â’s National Health Service to let Â“weakÂ” babies die a prolonged and horrible death. Cash incentives to doctors and hospitals may have been given to put ill babies on the Â“Liverpool Care Pathway,Â” which is nothing more than a sick and twisted euphemism for involuntary passive euthanasia that involved removal of all care, food, and water, as revealed in the British Medical Journal. Now, it has been revealed by the U.K.Â’s Daily Mail just how painful and inhuman this Â“care pathwayÂ” is. Below is a letter from the Daily Mail. It is being quoted as it appeared on the Mail Online because unless we sear this horror upon our souls as the horrors of the NAZI death camps were seared upon the liberators of those camps. "The voice on the other end of the phone describes a newborn baby and a lengthy list of unexpected congenital anomalies. I have a growing sense of dread as I listen. "The parents want Â‘nothing doneÂ’ because they feel that these anomalies are not consistent with a basic human experience. I know that once decisions are made, life support will be withdrawn. "Assuming this baby survives, we will be unable to give feed, and the parents will not want us to use artificial means to do so. "Regrettably, my predictions are correct. I realise as I go to meet the parents that this will be the tenth child for whom I have cared after a decision has been made to forgo medically provided feeding. "The mother fidgets in her chair, unable to make eye contact. She dabs at angry tears, stricken. In a soft voice the father begins to tell me about their life, their other children, and their dashed hopes for this child. "He speculates that the list of proposed surgeries and treatments are unfair and will leave his baby facing a future too full of uncertainty. "Like other parents in this predicament, they are now plagued with a terrible type of wishful thinking that they could never have imagined. They wish for their child to die quickly once the feeding and fluids are stopped. "They wish for pneumonia. They wish for no suffering. They wish for no visible changes to their precious baby. "Their wishes, however, are not consistent with my experience. Survival is often much longer than most physicians think; reflecting on my previous patients, the median time from withdrawal of hydration to death was ten days. "Parents and care teams are unprepared for the sometimes severe changes that they will witness in the childÂ’s physical appearance as severe dehydration ensues. "I try to make these matters clear from the outset so that these parents do not make a decision that they will come to regret. I try to prepare them for the coming collective agony that we will undoubtedly share, regardless of their certainty about their decision. "I know, as they cannot, the unique horror of witnessing a child become smaller and shrunken, as the only route out of a life that has become excruciating to the patient or to the parents who love their baby. "I reflect on how sanitised this experience seems within the literature about making this decision. "As a doctor, I struggle with the emotional burden of accompanying the patient and his or her family through this experience, as much as with the philosophical details of it. "Debate at the front lines of healthcare about the morality of taking this decision has remained heated, regardless of what ethical and legal guidelines have to offer. "The parents come to feel that the disaster of their situation is intolerable; they can no longer bear witness to the slow demise of their child. "This increases the burden on the care-givers, without parents at the bedside to direct their childÂ’s care. "Despite involvement from the clinical ethics and spiritual care services, the vacuum of direction leads to divisions within the care team. "It is draining to be the most responsible physician. Everyone is looking to me to preside over and support this process. "I am honest with the nurse when I say it is getting more and more difficult to make my legs walk me on to this unit as the days elapse, that examining the baby is an indescribable mixture of compassion, revulsion, and pain. "Some say withdrawing medically provided hydration and nutrition is akin to withdrawing any other form of life support. Maybe, but that is not how it feels. The one thing that helps me a little is the realisation that this process is necessarily difficult. It needs to be. "To acknowledge that a childÂ’s prospects are so dire, so limited, that we will not or cannot provide artificial nutrition is self selecting for the rarity of the situations in which parents and care teams would ever consider it." I encourage you all to visit the Mail Online article and express your outrage, and give them the web traffic they deserve for uncovering such unabashed evil. More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=691

Posted by: The Political Hat at November 29, 2012 06:00 PM (sZTYJ)

14 How are you guys on this fine Friday eve? This week went really fast, surprisingly. Still working on the leftover turkey and brisket ... How 'bout your self?

Posted by: Adriane at November 29, 2012 06:01 PM (gh+mp)

15 And OH GOODY! Newt on Greta tonight to give his opinion about the GOP.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 06:01 PM (piMMO)

16 Friday?

Posted by: eman at November 29, 2012 06:01 PM (57VGh)

17 In the "new economy" for 2013, hash browns and fries, baby, It's Whats for Dinner! And that is all.

Posted by: Tobacco Road, is running out of pavement fast at November 29, 2012 06:01 PM (4Mv1T)

18 Evening, Morons

Posted by: fluffeh at November 29, 2012 06:01 PM (z9HTb)

19 Never mind.

Posted by: eman at November 29, 2012 06:01 PM (57VGh)

20 eman eve

Posted by: phoenixgirl at November 29, 2012 06:01 PM (GVxQo)

21 Hey! I was on that french fry and hash brown diet, and I dropped 20 pounds!!!!

Posted by: Meghan McCain at November 29, 2012 06:02 PM (Zd/NW)

22 The PA single mom is a perfect example of why Obama won. You can do nothing and make $60K a year, Why in the hell wold you want to vote for a guy that promises to make you work for $60K a year instead?

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 29, 2012 06:02 PM (HDgX3)

23 The Political Hat at November 29, 2012 10:00 PM (sZTYJ) read ArthurK's sidebar this a.m. It is pretty gut wrenching.

Posted by: Adriane at November 29, 2012 06:02 PM (gh+mp)

We'll see how the "Vatican" feels when St. Paul's Cathdral is turned into a mosque.

My children will live to see that, by the way.

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch is not the Easter Bunny at November 29, 2012 06:03 PM (Md8Uo)

25 21 Hey! I was on that french fry and hash brown diet, and I dropped 20 pounds!!!!
Posted by: Meghan McCain at November 29, 2012 10:02 PM

Yeah, from your belly to your ass. Owwwww!!!

Posted by: Andrew Dice Clay at November 29, 2012 06:03 PM (Zd/NW)

26 I'll put it back up in the morning.. I wasn't watchin the clock. My bad.

Posted by: Dave in Texas at November 29, 2012 06:04 PM (pUqSw)

27 Feh.

Posted by: eman at November 29, 2012 06:04 PM (57VGh)

28 Oh gosh, that idiot judge. I feel so bad for Aaron Walker. This is so depressing. The bad guys win 9 times out 10, don't they?

Posted by: L, Elle at November 29, 2012 06:04 PM (0PiQ4)

29 I have to say that I don't mind watching Romy and Michelle, but really just because I would love to bang both of them. Is that wrong? If that's wrong, I don't want to be right.

Posted by: jakeman at November 29, 2012 06:06 PM (96M6e)

30 The town of Gettysburg celebrates the Address in a big way--parade, re-enactors, etc. This year I was watching the parade from a tavern and when the Confederate units marched past a guy in front of me held up a sign that read, "This time, we're on YOUR side". It had Obama's name with a slash through.

Posted by: USS Diversity at November 29, 2012 06:06 PM (85EaA)

31 "Curiously, the Vatican praised the decision and said some malarkey about Jerusalem giving special status amongst Israel and Palestine. Anyone know why the Vatican would do this? I was not aware that the Holy See was a pro-Palestine player. I assumed they were firmly in Team Israel's corner. How could they not be?"

Is this a serious question? The Vatican has always been rabidly anti-Jew.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 29, 2012 06:06 PM (HDgX3)

32 Article V convention NOW.

Posted by: Hopeless at November 29, 2012 06:06 PM (R6s86)

33 32 Article V convention NOW. Posted by: Hopeless at November 29, 2012 10:06 PM (R6s86) Well, since you used caps....right on that.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at November 29, 2012 06:08 PM (GEICT)

34 Why do these top 10 lists always have to be a slide show? Show me the damn list on 1 page. If not, I won't click 10 times to see the list.

And yes I too would like to bang Romy and Michelle.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 29, 2012 06:08 PM (HDgX3)

35 Okay, just saw the UN vote to recognize Palestine as an independent state. Did they set it's borders?

Posted by: toby928© at November 29, 2012 06:09 PM (QupBk)

36 The Holy See's vote doesn't get tallied. The Vatican chooses to have a strange member state observer status. At the UN the Vatican and the muzzies actually team up on a lot of stuff involving pr0n, abortion, contraception, war, etc. As much as we Catholics don't get along with muzzies, we REALLY don't get along with secularists.

Posted by: Hopeless at November 29, 2012 06:09 PM (R6s86)

37 Prager makes the stronger case that it truly is a religion Yep..... The Church of Liberal Progressive Fundamentalism. Been calling it that for years.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at November 29, 2012 06:09 PM (CxJM2)

38 Hey PA Moms! My illegitimate, gov't approved temporary sperm is yours for a fraction of your future benefits!!! Dial 1-800-Aos-Blog! But don't worry, I have no connection to that web address. It's just a "virtual" commitment.

Posted by: I'm Your Huckleberry! at November 29, 2012 06:10 PM (AzwZn)

39 I'll put it back up in the morning.. I wasn't watchin the clock. My bad. I'm still commenting on it.

Posted by: toby928© at November 29, 2012 06:10 PM (QupBk)

40 Mencius Moldbug had been making the case that liberalism is post-Calvinism for some years now. It was kinda his thing.

Posted by: boulder hobo at November 29, 2012 06:10 PM (QTHTd)

41 Is this a serious question? The Vatican has always been rabidly anti-Jew. Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 29, 2012 10:06 PM (HDgX3) --It's bizarre: One explanation I have heard is that to protect the rights of the ~2% of Palestinians who are Christian, the Vatican cares jack shit for the Jewish State.

Posted by: logprof at November 29, 2012 06:10 PM (gBuIk)

42 I'm hoping Drudge leaves up the HAHAHAHAHA cutline for like a week, and just keeps changing the photo and story link to other idiotic, counterproductive antics by TFG and Co. Is that too much to hope for?

Posted by: jakeman at November 29, 2012 06:11 PM (96M6e)

43 Tht list missed a flick that is far better and more appreciated than any they mentioned. Actually, two: The outstanding She's Having A Baby and He Said, She Said My BF's really liked those.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 06:11 PM (piMMO)

44 Mr Moo Moo.....er yes, serious question. You have to understand I am relatively young, so the whole Israel/Palestine thing is complex for me to understand. I still try to wrap my head around certain aspects of it, and learn something new every day. That said, my family is devout Catholic, I am Catholic, and I have always considered us to be very much pro-Israel. Plus, the priest at our church often talks about how important it is to protect Israel and protect the Holy Land and things like that. Come on, it's Israel.....how can the Vatican not support them? I guess I just assumed.....very weird that the Vatican is pro-Palestinian.

Posted by: Tickled Pink at November 29, 2012 06:12 PM (E1Vkf)

45 (repeated from the previous thread)

The fakeastinians already have a state. It's called Jordan.

Posted by: Palandine at November 29, 2012 06:12 PM (g7D8V)

46 OH! And Singles. Matt Dillon is fall-down-funny.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 06:12 PM (piMMO)

47 At my house, Mrs fluffy does the NetFlix ordering. Today in the mail, we received The Hunger Games.

That will start some conversation.

Posted by: fluffy at November 29, 2012 06:12 PM (z9HTb)

48 rights of the ~2% of Palestinians who are Christian, the Vatican cares jack shit for the Jewish State. There are Christians in Israel, too. It is a secular state.

Posted by: Tobacco Road, is running out of pavement fast at November 29, 2012 06:13 PM (4Mv1T)

49 Actually, two: The outstanding She's Having A Baby and He Said, She Said

The wolf man doll approves.

Posted by: Mætenloch at November 29, 2012 06:13 PM (pAlYe)

50 Cob in the ONT!!!! Quick, pants on!!!

Posted by: BCochran1981 at November 29, 2012 06:14 PM (GEICT)

51 How is a fried potato "very low fat"?

Posted by: toby928© at November 29, 2012 06:14 PM (QupBk)

52 Taking the daughter to see The Nutcracker tomorrow. Husband said he would rather have his nuts cracked than go with us. Outrage!

Posted by: Jmel at November 29, 2012 06:15 PM (c+D8V)

53 In part because it flew during daylight, a single Marine Corps KC-130 tanker with bolt-on Hellfire and Griffin missile launchers - a sort of half-gunship codenamed "Harvest Hawk" - flew 8 to 10 percent of all close-air-support missions over southern Afghanistan last year, according to Lt. Col. Charles Moses, who commanded the KC-130 squadron. That's "a significant number considering it's only a single aircraft," Moses said. too bad they wouldn't let one of those things fly over Benghazi

Posted by: Thunderb at November 29, 2012 06:15 PM (Dnbau)

54 Fluffy, we Netflixed Hunger Games this weekend. It was a pretty solid take on the books, which I thought were highly entertaining. (I'm not going to be one of those the-book-was-better snobs, because I think they need to be looked at as separate works.)

Posted by: jakeman at November 29, 2012 06:15 PM (96M6e)

55 48 rights of the ~2% of Palestinians who are Christian, the Vatican cares jack shit for the Jewish State. There are Christians in Israel, too. It is a secular state. Posted by: Tobacco Road, is running out of pavement fast at November 29, 2012 10:13 PM (4Mv1T) --That's true, but too many in the Vatican see the Christians in Israel as some oppressed people like Blacks in South Africa under Apartheid.

Posted by: logprof at November 29, 2012 06:15 PM (gBuIk)

56 hi everyone. I'm channeling chemjeff today. "thursday, ugh."

Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 06:15 PM (oU9pV)

57 Tickled, If you've never been to a Latin Mass, do so ASAP. Life changing. The Vatican does support Israel. It also supports the Palestinians. It's the two state solution formula. It isn't the worst of ideas. Not saying I agree, just letting you know their position.

Posted by: Hopeless at November 29, 2012 06:16 PM (WFZEf)

58 Titanic had a stupid bitch sub-plot but I still thought it was not a bad historical movie. Albeit with a bunch of factual errors.

Posted by: USS Diversity at November 29, 2012 06:17 PM (85EaA)

59 The thing about leftism being a religious faith is that it is true. They are even diests. The leftist ideology is one of collectivism. Their GOD is a collective and fictitious being. The Jacobins had Rousseau's "VolontÃ© gÃ©nÃ©rale" The Communists had "The Proletariat" The NAZIs had "Die Volk" People tend to be genetically predisposed to religion. The left are no different, though their GODs are certainly far more evil...

Posted by: The Political Hat at November 29, 2012 06:17 PM (sZTYJ)

60 I made about 80,000 last year on the farm. Sent it 20,000 for taxes, so that puts me on par with a single Mom in P.A.

Posted by: Picric at November 29, 2012 06:17 PM (aYZRC)

too bad they wouldn't let one of those things fly over Benghazi

....or West Philly.

Posted by: USS Diversity at November 29, 2012 06:18 PM (85EaA)

62 The Notebook?! THE EFFIN' NOTEBOOK!?!??!

Posted by: moviegique at November 29, 2012 06:18 PM (Cepxj)

63 It could be argued that Life is Beautiful is a chick flick, but it's really kind of pro-male. One of my favorites. I also must admit that I like Amelie.

Posted by: logprof at November 29, 2012 06:18 PM (gBuIk)

64 I like Bill Paxton's acting chops as much as anyone, but Titanic would have been a snorefest without Brian Dennehey.

Posted by: jakeman at November 29, 2012 06:18 PM (96M6e)

65 The wolf man doll approves. ***** haruph?! *tilts head*

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 06:19 PM (piMMO)

66 It was a pretty solid take on the books, which I thought were highly entertaining.

She mentioned wanting to download the books, also.

"Look, Honey, DOOM!! That could be our future."

Posted by: fluffy at November 29, 2012 06:19 PM (z9HTb)

67 A Quick PSA ... If you sent me your IP address to get out of spambucket/banning hell, Pixy's working on it now. If you're having trouble commenting and haven't sent me your info yet, see here: http://goo.gl/HTzMX

Posted by: Andy at November 29, 2012 06:19 PM (OZPoa)

Latin Mass is just a ritual.

Aceptance of Jesus Christ is life changing.

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch is not the Easter Bunny at November 29, 2012 06:20 PM (Md8Uo)

69 That article about the Liverpool Care Pathway makes me sick, as a woman with a developmentally disabled brother. It's like 1930s Germany all over again.

It's also why, between the leftists' love of abortion and eugenics, there are now more gay people in the world than there will ever be in the future. I believe that for most gay people, it _is_ a genetic reality and not a choice (why else would gaydar work, or would there be stereotypical traits that extend beyond western cultures?). The genetic marker for homosexuality will be discovered, and leftists will begin aborting gay babies in droves. Why not? They already abort more girls than boys, despite their "feminism," and they already abort handicapped children, despite their "compassion." The beautiful and unique snowflake life of a leftist demands that they get their every whim, and the whim of most parents is to eventually become grandparents. Won't happen with a gay kid, so they'll give her the scrape and try again.

And it will all be under the umbrella of choice, and not of the genocide Margaret Sanger sought...

Posted by: Palandine at November 29, 2012 06:20 PM (g7D8V)

70 From a Christian perspective, is pilgrimage important? (This is a serious question. Pilgrimage is central to Islam. To Judaism, too. Christianity is different; for instance, Christians pray to the east, not to a central shrine.)

Another point here is that sovereignty is force, and that if Christians and Jews don't keep Jerusalem, Muslims will.

If pilgrimage is important to Christianity, it is in the Christian interest to keep Jerusalem and the routes to Jerusalem under pro-Christian control. That means that Jerusalem must fall under Christian control directly or, second-best, under a trusted neutral party.

To that, the state of Israel is to be trusted as a protector of Christian holy places. The Israelis have been blameless in their handling of the Holy Sepulchre. By contrast the Palestinians have completely failed to keep up Nativity - desecrated it in fact - let alone the shrines common to Jews and Christians.

If pilgrimage matters to Christianity, and there are no Christian churches willing to take over and rule Jerusalem directly, then the Christian churches should unite in support of Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem.

Posted by: boulder hobo at November 29, 2012 06:20 PM (QTHTd)

71 The Notebook?! THE EFFIN' NOTEBOOK!?!??! **** I typed a comment over at the article that just because a man will sit through a flick in the hopes of getting some action afterwards doesn't mean he secretly likes it. Then I realized that you can only comment through FB, so fuck 'em.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 06:21 PM (piMMO)

72 I've lost five pounds in less than 4 days many times. It doesn't really mean anything without a long-term trend. Water weight, bowel movements, having a big-ass bulky meal right before the first weigh-in, etc. Get back to me in a month.

Posted by: moviegique at November 29, 2012 06:21 PM (Cepxj)

73 #24 "We'll see how the "Vatican" feels when St. Paul's Cathdral is turned into a mosque." Orthodox Christians learned the hard way with the desecration of Hagia Sophia.

Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at November 29, 2012 06:21 PM (KCvsd)

74 Those aren't Greek letters in Catholic church? It's Greek to me.

Posted by: Butters at November 29, 2012 06:21 PM (NIZHJ)

75 "thursday, ugh."

i hear ya

Posted by: chemjeff at November 29, 2012 06:21 PM (d/5qf)

76 It's also important to recall that the UN (in it's charter I believe) condemns as genocide the forced displacement and relocation of peoples. That's the whole challenge with the palestinians, the way international views work, you can't just kick them all out and take the land they live on. You've got 500,000 people in Gaza, for example, who aren't Israeli citizens and never will be. They live behind a wall built by the Israelis and have their own "administration.". Why aren't they a state again? Not saying I agree. Just saying that's the argument for a 2 state solution, and it has merit.

Posted by: Hopeless at November 29, 2012 06:22 PM (WFZEf)

re 52: from an episode of "Married with Children":

Peggy: Al, you know I wanted to be a ballerina when I was a girl!

Al: well, you've always been my nutcracker...

Posted by: mallfly at November 29, 2012 06:22 PM (jDjlM)

78 Fluffy, I've been on a dystopia kick for the past year, rereading 1984, Brave New World, Fahrenheit 451, Darkness At Noon, Snow Crash. Hunger Games may someday join the canon, even categorized as adolescent lit. Very, very good character development and a plot that zings right along.

Posted by: jakeman at November 29, 2012 06:22 PM (96M6e)

79 My kids school is looking for cookies for Christmas that are from other countries. Can I just bake sugar cookies that are in the shape of that country?

Posted by: Picric at November 29, 2012 06:22 PM (aYZRC)

80 And it will all be under the umbrella of choice, and not of the genocide Margaret Sanger sought... Posted by: Palandine at November 29, 2012 10:20 PM (g7D8V) You say that like it's a bad thing! No shut up while I kill some more Black babies in utero...

Posted by: Margaret Sanger at November 29, 2012 06:23 PM (sZTYJ)

81 60 I made about 80,000 last year on the farm. Sent it 20,000 for taxes, so that puts me on par with a single Mom in P.A.

Posted by: Picric at November 29, 2012 10:17 PM (aYZRC)

yup and the $25K or so that the single mom makes at a real job can't be more than some part time gig.

let me guess, your work on the farm was more than part-time, right?

Posted by: chemjeff at November 29, 2012 06:23 PM (d/5qf)

82 NDH-- That list is just plain stupid. The true "chick flick" has a pretty particular formula: It's dominated by women who treat each other like shit, until one of them gets a terminal disease, and they all rally around. This tends to support the hypothesis that women are awful. RomComs are NOT chick flicks, or they weren't until Nora Effin' Ephron.

Posted by: moviegique at November 29, 2012 06:24 PM (Cepxj)

83 57, I have been to Latin mass before......eh. I can take it or leave it. Well, in everything I have read, their "pro-Israel" stance seems to be on par with Obama's........quiet and secret. They don't mind speaking out loudly in support of oppressed Palestinians, but they play their pro-Israel stance close to the vest. I still don't understand exactly WHY they support the two-state solution. What do they get out of it? It baffles me that they don't mind that Jerusalem, the central rock of Judeo- Christian history, the Holy of Holies, would become partially if not fully occupied as an Islamic stronghold.

Posted by: Tickled Pink at November 29, 2012 06:24 PM (E1Vkf)

84 just because a man will sit through a flick in the hopes of getting some action afterwards doesn't mean he secretly likes it. Post-The Notebook sex is better than makeup sex, because there's no idiotic brawling beforehand.

Posted by: jakeman at November 29, 2012 06:24 PM (96M6e)

My kids school is looking for cookies for Christmas that are from other countries. Can I just bake sugar cookies that are in the shape of that country?

=====

You got MY vote.

Posted by: USS Diversity at November 29, 2012 06:24 PM (85EaA)

86 Fairly easy to find cheap crappy cookies from Denmark.

Posted by: Butters at November 29, 2012 06:24 PM (NIZHJ)

87 "And to think you were so worried that you came from Iran. I don't care where you're from--Iran, France--it doesn't bother me. I'm very modern."
"Not Iran... a man! I said I used to be a man!"
MORTAL KOMBAT!!!

Posted by: mephistefales at November 29, 2012 06:24 PM (6skVj)

88 you sure they're not shitakes? **** I will never again think of a shitake without thinking of Hangover II.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 06:25 PM (piMMO)

89 My girl and I were both too disgusted by The Notebook to do anything afterwards.

Posted by: moviegique at November 29, 2012 06:25 PM (Cepxj)

90 My kids school is looking for cookies for Christmas that are from other countries. Can I just bake sugar cookies that are in the shape of that country? Posted by: Picric at November 29, 2012 10:22 PM You could always make dirt or sawdust cookies and ~~make up~~ look up some shit about some impoverished nation

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 29, 2012 06:25 PM (JMmQ9)

91 so, I hear tawny kitaen is looking for a husband again. I am assuming she would do well to look here; interested and appropriate candidates.

Posted by: yankefifth at November 29, 2012 06:25 PM (Z9EHQ)

92 Can I just bake sugar cookies that are in the shape of that country?

bake cookies in the shape of Texas. if anyone asks "but Texas isn't a separate country", just say "... not yet"

Posted by: chemjeff at November 29, 2012 06:26 PM (d/5qf)

93 If you catch your wife cheating and think it couldn't get any worse - well always remember that yes it could in fact get even worse. And then even worser:
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I think there was a similar story in the news recently where some married man got a sex change. The wife divorced him/her not long after.

I was following a leftist board talking about it...oh the names they had for the wife not sticking by her...uh...husband.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 29, 2012 06:26 PM (AUeaU)

94 NDH, is Hangover II worth Netflixing? We loved and own #1.

Posted by: jakeman at November 29, 2012 06:26 PM (96M6e)

95 @48 All kinds of Christians in Israel! Jerusalem can be kind of a field trip for Christian taxonomists. Start in the Armenian Quarter. Nazareth, which used to be a very charming place (haven't been there lately), was infamous for electing Communist mayors (well, at least one, but that used to make you infamous). It is an Arab town, and on my last trip there I saw a green sign that said, "Schweinefleisch". In Christian Arab Jish, in the northern Galilee, a school has revived teaching Aramaic. http://preview.tinyurl.com/bmcl5qs Aramaic was the native tongue of Jesus (see Mt 27,46).

Posted by: Thorvald at November 29, 2012 06:26 PM (1V6Pv)

96 Haitian Dirt Cookies anyone?

Posted by: Butters at November 29, 2012 06:26 PM (NIZHJ)

97 No offense of ay Catholics here, but I do not listen to the Catholic Church when it comes to the defense of Israel. Catholics have been friends to Jews, the Catholic Church, not so much.

Posted by: Thunderb at November 29, 2012 06:27 PM (Dnbau)

98 The leftist ideology is one of collectivism. Their GOD is a collective and fictitious being. You will be assimilated.

Posted by: The Borg at November 29, 2012 06:27 PM (4Mv1T)

99 I will never again think of a shitake without thinking of Hangover II. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 10:25 PM (piMMO) I have always found the spittake more useful especially in public settings.

Posted by: yankefifth at November 29, 2012 06:27 PM (Z9EHQ)

100 My kids school is looking for cookies for Christmas that are from other countries. Can I just bake sugar cookies that are in the shape of that country? NO! Since you asked ... : -)) vanillapretzen from Germany are very simple ...

Posted by: Adriane at November 29, 2012 06:28 PM (gh+mp)

101 Late, again....howdy, all!

Posted by: cthulhu at November 29, 2012 06:28 PM (kaalw)

102

The Kingdom of God is not in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, or in St. Peter's Basilica, or anywhere else.

According to Jesus Christ, the Kingdom of God is in the hearts of men. Pilgrimages? Why? Why will this bring you closer to God?

A place is just a place. If you don't visit those "places", are you a poorer Christian than if you do?

It is the shadow of paganism that is still cast over the world. It is typical of Islam that it has pagan rituals, such as the "Hadj" when you visit Mecca. Spike Lee lied about converting to Islam so he could film in Mecca for the Malcom X biography.

Meaningless.

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch is not the Easter Bunny at November 29, 2012 06:28 PM (Md8Uo)

103 No offense of ay Catholics here, but I do not listen to the Catholic Church when it comes to the defense of Israel. Catholics have been friends to Jews, the Catholic Church, not so much. Posted by: Thunderb at November 29, 2012 10:27 PM (Dnbau) What makes you say that? A little mood music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqgZnvfJ9Jg

Posted by: Torquemada at November 29, 2012 06:28 PM (sZTYJ)

104 Chemjeff: Texas cookies are a go. And if 4:30 am to about 6:00 pm is part time, then yes I work part time.

Posted by: Picric at November 29, 2012 06:29 PM (aYZRC)

105 hi cthulhu

Posted by: chemjeff at November 29, 2012 06:29 PM (d/5qf)

106 So random info about the 1981 fam. The eldest daughter heard my wife telling some story about a "daddy/daughter date". The girl my wife was talking about was older, but my 5 yr old decided this was the greatest thing ever. So there she sits giving me the Cindy LooHoo (sp?) eyes. So I agree. Tell her she can pick what restaurant. Red Lobster. Really? At 5? Can't wait till your 16 and Prom rolls around. So I get home from work, she changes from school clothes into some frilly fancy dress and off we go. A decent bit of odd looks. "And what occasion are we celebrating?" "Dinner. We're here to have dinner." "Oh." What's your problem? Dad can't take his kid out for a dinner? Anywho. Good time had by The Princess, so that's what counts.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at November 29, 2012 06:29 PM (GEICT)

107 I've been on a dystopia kick for the past year, rereading 1984, Brave New World, Fahrenheit 451, Darkness At Noon, Snow Crash.

We are half way there, aren't we?

Who was the former aristocrat that Gletkin was interrogating? He was saddened that certain fine points of the culture just didn't register with Gletkin.

If we slide far enough, a lot of things will disappear.

Posted by: fluffy at November 29, 2012 06:30 PM (z9HTb)

108 My take:

Mean Girls: Decent
The Proposal: No interest in seeing
The Notebook: No interest in seeing
Bridget JonesÂ’ Diary: No interest in seeing
Titanic: Stupid, stupid, stupid. I was rooting for the iceberg
Sweet Home Alabama: Pretty Good
Never Been Kissed: Pretty Good
Legally Blonde: Decent - but is this really a chick flick anyway?
Love, Actually: No interest in seeing
13 Going On 30 Pretty Good

Posted by: 18-1 at November 29, 2012 06:30 PM (AUeaU)

109 I believe Ace noted that Hangover II _is_ Hangover I, beat-for-beat, just in a new setting. I'd agree.

Posted by: moviegique at November 29, 2012 06:30 PM (Cepxj)

110 Hopeless: I don't care what the UN says. Maybe I'll start caring if the UN agrees to pay reparations to all the Jews whom the Iraqis kicked out of their country, lets them come back home and guarantees their security in perpetuity.

This is unlikely.

As to Gaza - it should be shotgun-married to Lebanon or Egypt. They can choose to which country. If they choose "Palestine" then it should be walled off and made a vast prison, as they deserve.

Posted by: boulder hobo at November 29, 2012 06:30 PM (QTHTd)

111 I'm so out of it tonight I can't even stir up enough passion to comment on the cookie question. I'd better go finish my hot chocoloate.

Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 06:31 PM (oU9pV)

112 aww BCochran you are a good dad

Posted by: chemjeff at November 29, 2012 06:31 PM (d/5qf)

113 Christians pray to the east

Er, not to pick a fight or anything, but which Christians do that? I usually don't consider the direction I face when praying, and when I do I specifically avoid east since that is generally what muslims do.

Posted by: Methos at November 29, 2012 06:31 PM (hO9ad)

114 Bridget JonesÂ’ Diary was pretty decent actually.

Posted by: boulder hobo at November 29, 2012 06:31 PM (QTHTd)

115 and I misspelled chocolate!!!!!! wtf is wrong with me!

Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 06:31 PM (oU9pV)

116 Although If I make the Haitian Dirt Cookies I will never be asked to cook again. Tempting right now, but I think Obama would try something like that so I am going to give it my all baby.

Posted by: Picric at November 29, 2012 06:31 PM (aYZRC)

117 Very good tonight maet. But why is there always at least one story on the ONT that has appeared a couple times on the blog already? LOL

Posted by: Truman North at November 29, 2012 06:31 PM (I2LwF)

118 That list is just plain stupid. The true "chick flick" has a pretty particular formula: It's dominated by women who treat each other like shit, until one of them gets a terminal disease, and they all rally around. This tends to support the hypothesis that women are awful. RomComs are NOT chick flicks, or they weren't until Nora Effin' Ephron. **** Heh. Well, in that case, they missed a few. How about the horrible My Best Friend's Wedding where Julia Roberts is out-acted by a factor of 10-to-1 by an adorable Cameron Diaz? Sleepless in Seattle where an adorable Meg Ryan lies to her fiance, whom she quietly resents, whilst using a young boy to stalk a grieving widower on the other side of the country.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 06:32 PM (piMMO)

119 Tickled, International diplomacy is rarely all that rational, and there are always layers and layers of subterfuge. Sometimes a position is advocated just because someone you don't like advocated a position you didn't like 40 years ago, so fuck them. Etc. Beaurocratic inertia takes over, and next thing you know you support a position as a nation and have no idea why, other than it's what that segment if career personell in the State Department have always supported, and no one remembers a time when it was different. Changing positions is viewed as weak and involves fighting inertia. So you end up with the Vatican voting for Palestinian statehood because potato. George Washington re: entangling alliances was about avoiding all that.

Posted by: Hopeless at November 29, 2012 06:32 PM (ThQzX)

120 This Catholic supports Israel. This Catholic also knows that leftists have made a long march through that institution as well, and that it has some rot within--the sort of rot that sees "peace" as such an end to itself that it doesn't always distinguish right from wrong anymore (see also the Church's love of illegal aliens).

And this Catholic has been accused of pagan idolatry enough that it doesn't really bug her that much. Been going on for 2000 years.

Posted by: Palandine at November 29, 2012 06:32 PM (g7D8V)

121 I'd have to add "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" to the chick flicks that guys watch list. My father and my husband quote it all of the time.

Posted by: no good deed at November 29, 2012 06:32 PM (mjR67)

122 Er, not to pick a fight or anything, but which Christians do that? [pray to the East]

Orthodox and Catholic: http://www.ots.org.in/main/Articles/whyturn.asp

This was a BIG DEAL back in the 700s AD, because the Christian apologists were then differentiating themselves from Islam . . .

Posted by: boulder hobo at November 29, 2012 06:33 PM (QTHTd)

123 Bridget JonesÂ’ Diary was pretty decent actually. **** Being a single 30-something chub when that movie came out, it held a very definite appeal to, ahem, some.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 06:33 PM (piMMO)

124 Anywho. Good time had by The Princess, so that's what counts. Posted by: BCochran1981 at November 29, 2012 10:29 PM (GEICT) okay, that cheered me up. =) Red Lobster, LOVE IT! I just had a baby girl (first girl), I hope she does this to her dad when she is five.

Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 06:33 PM (oU9pV)

125 It is typical of Islam that it has pagan rituals, such as the "Hadj" when you visit Mecca.
***
The pilgrimage is as much a control think as a leftover pagan ritual (though it is both). If you are supposed to go to the seat of the Caliphate you better be on good terms with the Caliph when you get there.

Unfortunately for Muhammed though the center of the Arab world moved out of Mecca right after his death.

I'll say this, if you look at Islam not as a religion but as a tool to build a war state out of a disparate group of petty warlords in the 600s it is almost perfect.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 29, 2012 06:33 PM (AUeaU)

126 117 Very good tonight maet. But why is there always at least one story on the ONT that has appeared a couple times on the blog already? LOL
Posted by: Truman North at November 29, 2012 10:31 PM (I2LwF)

Because -
1) blog tradition
2) usually I picked the stories days or weeks beforehand
3) no one reads the blog
4) blog tradition

Posted by: Mætenloch at November 29, 2012 06:34 PM (pAlYe)

127 Why do these top 10 lists always have to be a slide show? Show me the damn list on 1 page. If not, I won't click 10 times to see the list.

That always fries my ass. But, hey, the list of what doesn't fry my ass these days is getting shorter by the minute.

Have you guys seen the NFL QB Twitter Chat funny? I almost pissed myself laughing. Google it. You will thank me.

Posted by: Peaches at November 29, 2012 06:34 PM (kpCLl)

128 elizabethe, here is a kitteh for you

http://tinyurl.com/co94vlo

Posted by: chemjeff at November 29, 2012 06:34 PM (d/5qf)

129 Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 10:33 PM (piMMO)

So....you're a chick?

Topless photos (tasteful please) or it isn't true.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 29, 2012 06:35 PM (GsoHv)

130 Mean Girls: Decent The Proposal: No interest in seeing The Notebook: No interest in seeing Bridget JonesÂ’ Diary: No interest in seeing Titanic: Stupid, stupid, stupid. I was rooting for the iceberg Sweet Home Alabama: Pretty Good Never Been Kissed: Pretty Good Legally Blonde: Decent - but is this really a chick flick anyway? Love, Actually: No interest in seeing 13 Going On 30 Pretty Good **** Love, Actually is a terrific flick. I'm not sure about men liking it because I've ever watched it with a one, but it is not the average chick-flick.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 06:35 PM (piMMO)

131 I recently "experimented" with Ground Hog's Day as a date flick - the results were pretty good.

It is a romantic comedy...but it is anything but stupid...and actually funny.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 29, 2012 06:36 PM (AUeaU)

132 Oh, they missed a ton of them. Thank, God.

Posted by: moviegique at November 29, 2012 06:36 PM (Cepxj)

133 Potato-diet guy is being raked over the coals at BoingBoing. Heh.

Posted by: moviegique at November 29, 2012 06:37 PM (Cepxj)

134 Have you guys seen the NFL QB Twitter Chat funny? I almost pissed myself laughing. Google it. You will thank me. **** The thing over int he sidebar, yeah. Seriously LMAO. Nice closing with Ryan popping in at the end.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 06:37 PM (piMMO)

135 117 Very good tonight maet. But why is there always at least one story on the ONT that has appeared a couple times on the blog already? LOL Posted by: Truman North at November 29, 2012 10:31 PM (I2LwF) Because - 1) blog tradition 2) usually I picked the stories days or weeks beforehand 3) no one reads the blog 4) blog tradition Posted by: MÃ¦tenloch at November 29, 2012 10:34 PM Pardon me, but you left out two important data-points: 5) ??? 6) Profit!!!!

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 29, 2012 06:37 PM (JMmQ9)

136 112 aww BCochran you are a good dad Posted by: chemjeff at November 29, 2012 10:31 PM (d/5qf) Thanks. The daddy/daughter date thing is something I'm seeing more and more of. Frankly, it's sad. In reality, the point of the daddy/daughter date is for the father to show the girl how she should be properly treated on a date.As a lady and with respect. That father of the daughter has to install this lesson instead of the father of the boy teaching it to his son is pitiful.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at November 29, 2012 06:37 PM (GEICT)

137 Christians pray to the east

Er, not to pick a fight or anything, but which Christians do that? I usually don't consider the direction I face when praying, and when I do I specifically avoid east since that is generally what muslims do.

Posted by: Methos at November 29, 2012 10:31 PM (hO9ad)

Many, though not all, Catholic Churches face East. As far as praying, though, there's no rule. You can pray facing wherever.

Posted by: AD at November 29, 2012 06:37 PM (GPoE7)

138 I would suggest going to the store and buying chocolate cookie mix or even cookie dough. Then, buy a tub of the Coconut Pecan frosting. (Or make your own if you feel ambitious) Bake cookies, let them cool, top them with the frosting. Bam.....German Chocolate Cookies. Easy peasy lemon squeezy. Mean Girls is not decent. It is a cult classic, I suppose. It has some good lines. But, I find it cringe-worthy. You should give Love Actually a try. Not overly sappy. Good for the holidays. Great cast (hello, Severus Snape....er, I mean Alan Rickman) Lovely soundtrack. Some humor.

Posted by: Tickled Pink at November 29, 2012 06:37 PM (E1Vkf)

139 This Catholic supports Israel. This Catholic also knows that leftists have made a long march through that institution as well, and that it has some rot within--the sort of rot that sees "peace" as such an end to itself that it doesn't always distinguish right from wrong anymore (see also the Church's love of illegal aliens). And this Catholic has been accused of pagan idolatry enough that it doesn't really bug her that much. Been going on for 2000 years. Posted by: Palandine at November 29, 2012 10:32 PM (g7D8V) the rot arches thru Israel as well. A few useful Israeli idiots marched in support of Abbas and against their own government today. Leftism is a religion.

Posted by: Thunderb at November 29, 2012 06:38 PM (Dnbau)

140 Tradition is racist

Posted by: Obumbles supporter at November 29, 2012 06:38 PM (aPAIU)

141 Went to our local bar/restaurant (the only place with good food in this culinary wasteland).

Both bartenders work their asses off and are really good at their craft.

Two yuppie bitches come in, order two glasses of wine, and leave a $1 tip.

Their next round? Same thing.

They are single, and will stay that way.

Bitches!....because some of the moronettes don't like the word I am thinking.

[and yes....we made up for it]

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 29, 2012 06:38 PM (GsoHv)

142 picric, make some St. Nicholas Speculatius. Essentially sugar cookies with a lot of spices in it shaped like St. Nicholas (not Santa Claus) with his Bishop's Staff and whatnot. They are German. You can stick it to the lefties at school who want to take Christmas out of the Holiday season at the same time as fulfilling your mom slave labor. (wtf do public schools need all this extra labor from moms for? Don't they tax us enough to buy some fricking cookies for world cookie day or whatever? And why can't they teach my kid to read and do multiplication tables instead of doing this bullshit cookie world culture assignment anyway?).

Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 06:39 PM (oU9pV)

143

There is no legitimate reason for Jerusalem to be an Islamic Holy Site. They invented some bullshit dream of Mohammed's to justify claiming it, but the real reason is the same as that for the Ground Zero Mosque: to appropriate and desecrate the holy sites of other religions.

Also see the Bamiyan Buddhas. Or the latest asshole whacknoodle Muslim cleric calling for the destructionof the Pyramids and Sphinx (and they already tried that with the latter once before - its nose didn't just fall off on its own).

Posted by: Steve Skubinna at November 29, 2012 06:39 PM (HoGA+)

144 @108 Love actually is a really good film. Bill nighy is great in it.

Posted by: General Woundwort at November 29, 2012 06:39 PM (0fxcV)

145 I recently "experimented" with Ground Hog's Day as a date flick - the results were pretty good. It is a romantic comedy...but it is anything but stupid...and actually funny. **** National Review once made it a cover story with the question "Is it the perfect movie?"

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 06:39 PM (piMMO)

146 Niedermeyer's Dead Horse: I think the Iceberg does win in Titantic, but it does take its time to finish it off.

Posted by: Picric at November 29, 2012 06:39 PM (aYZRC)

147 139: most of Israel's leftists stopped being so god damn suicidal once suicide bombers started killing them. Go figure

Posted by: Alex the intellectual at November 29, 2012 06:39 PM (aPAIU)

148 Posted by: MÃ¦tenloch at November 29, 2012 10:34 PM (pAlYe)

Ace has a blog?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 29, 2012 06:39 PM (GsoHv)

149 That baby killing story has made me so depressed that I might need to rewatch 14 Sai no Haha (Mother at 14) again: http://tinyurl.com/bpg3t27

Posted by: The Political Hat at November 29, 2012 06:40 PM (sZTYJ)

150 Titanic would have been a snorefest without Brian Dennehey.

Posted by: jakeman at November 29, 2012 10:18 PM (96M6e)

He did a great job playing the iceberg, but did you see that he was also the 1912 Renault?

Evening roonz and roonettez!

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2012 06:40 PM (yh0zB)

151 So....you're a chick? Topless photos (tasteful please) or it isn't true. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 29, 2012 10:35 PM (GsoHv) 1) LMAO. Welcome to thread CBD. 2) You didn't know NDH was a chick? 3) Tasteful? Where the fuck you think you are?

Posted by: BCochran1981 at November 29, 2012 06:40 PM (GEICT)

152 143: they technically used the bricks from the Great pyramid to rebuild a mosque, but you are right, they did destroy the nose

Posted by: Alex the intellectual at November 29, 2012 06:41 PM (aPAIU)

153 Love actually is a really good film. Bill nighy is great in it. **** I love the ending to his vignette.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 06:41 PM (piMMO)

154 The Kill Bill movies count as chick flicks, right

Posted by: Hollowpoint at November 29, 2012 06:41 PM (X9Mnx)

155 elizabethe, here is a kitteh for you http://tinyurl.com/co94vlo Posted by: chemjeff at November 29, 2012 10:34 PM (d/5qf) lol chemjeff. that kitteh is like, wtf is all this sugar free bullshit doing in here? well, maybe it's not that bad. I'll try this one.

Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 06:42 PM (oU9pV)

156

18-1 @ 125

Yes, Islam was all about organizing the Arab to be a nation of looting thieves rather than an assortment of looting tribes.

Jihad is sanctified razza, the Arab on the move, stealing what he could not create or build himself.

Islam for the most part re-inforces all the typical cultural characteristics of the Arab. Mohammed stole or glued a few of the qualities of Judaism and Christianity, but pretty much perverts anything else.

It's interesting when something about the Middle East is on You Tube and the commenters and their comments about Islam. The barbarians are out there and not afraid to strut their stuff.

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch is not the Easter Bunny at November 29, 2012 06:42 PM (Md8Uo)

157 That is the difference between the mamluks and the early muslims, the mamluks at least tried to justify there actions. That and they beat the mongols.

Posted by: Alex the intellectual at November 29, 2012 06:42 PM (aPAIU)

158 Ok so what is the basic plot of Love Actually?

Posted by: 18-1 at November 29, 2012 06:42 PM (AUeaU)

159 No Donny...these men are cowards!

Posted by: Walter Sobchak at November 29, 2012 06:43 PM (uis79)

160 That father of the daughter has to install this lesson instead of the father of the boy teaching it to his son is pitiful. As the father of two males 16 and 20, and the older brother of two baby sisters 43 and 48, I can tell you that the dads of both genders need to set the expectation of behavior. And even if they do, it can still get sideways. Today's "hook-up" culture with our youth is scary...even for this product of the late 60's early 70's.

Posted by: The Borg at November 29, 2012 06:43 PM (4Mv1T)

161 The daddy/daughter date thing is something I'm seeing more and more of. Frankly, it's sad. In reality, the point of the daddy/daughter date is for the father to show the girl how she should be properly treated on a date.As a lady and with respect. That father of the daughter has to install this lesson instead of the father of the boy teaching it to his son is pitiful. Posted by: BCochran1981 at November 29, 2012 10:37 PM (GEICT) At least there is a father there! The thing that hurts girls the most is not having a father. I've seen it far too often (including from relatives): A fatherless girl becomes physically agressive, dismissive towards other women, and far too submissive towards ANY man. Alas, births are trending towards illegitimacy. This will not end well...

Posted by: The Political Hat at November 29, 2012 06:43 PM (sZTYJ)

162 154: does he rape the corpses, if yes, chick flick

Posted by: Alex the sick fuck of an intellectual at November 29, 2012 06:43 PM (aPAIU)

163 Wait. They added Mean Girls but not Clueless? Do men like Clueless?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 06:43 PM (piMMO)

164 112 aww BCochran you are a good dad Posted by: chemjeff at November 29, 2012 10:31 PM (d/5qf) Thanks. The daddy/daughter date thing is something I'm seeing more and more of. Frankly, it's sad. In reality, the point of the daddy/daughter date is for the father to show the girl how she should be properly treated on a date.As a lady and with respect. That father of the daughter has to install this lesson instead of the father of the boy teaching it to his son is pitiful. Posted by: BCochran1981 at November 29, 2012 10:37 PM (GEICT) They had Daddy/daughter date night in the town we lived in, in NJ. It was very sweet. They tried to have a Mother/son night too. The moms all got plastered and the boys destroyed the place. True story. Next year they had to send around a letter telling the moms to lay off the sauce.

Posted by: Thunderb at November 29, 2012 06:43 PM (Dnbau)

165

I read closely on the "ban" posts the other day. Very informative. And, BTW, I am kind of running a side "AoSHQ handbook", simultaneously.

-There are a lot of "what not to do's". And I've seen this 'Jimi Rae', and the Greg/Gerg troll thing. And I have actually been present when the "Ban-hammer of the Gods" has been utilized. I am actually losing sleep. Can a blog be qualified as an addiction? While we are "Cloward-Piven'ing" the system, does I qualify for teh disability entitlement? I have a pretty legitimate claim. No?

-I am still learning, but I love this blog.

Posted by: Just Another Moron (Formerly New and Semi-New) at November 29, 2012 06:43 PM (mkb9H)

166 Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 10:41 PM (piMMO)

Fun flick, and not a chick flick at all! Just a good character driven movie.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 29, 2012 06:44 PM (GsoHv)

167 "the single mom is better off earning gross income of $29,000 with $57,327 in net income & benefits than to earn gross income of $69,000 with net income and benefits of $57,045."
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And in that this doesn't immediately cause an entire reworking of the system shows how far we have fallen.

Also, it gives evidence to what a crock the notion of the poor getting poorer is.

Thanks to Helicopter Ben $57k isn't what it was 5 years ago...but one can live better then the average working stiff by getting a part time job and living the life of Julia.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 29, 2012 06:44 PM (AUeaU)

168 He did a great job playing the iceberg, but did you see that he was also the 1912 Renault?

Dude, he was the ship. Most people didn't even notice. He's that good.

Posted by: AD at November 29, 2012 06:44 PM (GPoE7)

169 I like Clueless. I was surprised 50 First Dates or Wedding Singer wasn't on there.

Posted by: Walter Sobchak at November 29, 2012 06:45 PM (uis79)

170 165: to be an addiction, you must have a physical or psychological need for the item. Do you need Ace of Spades

Posted by: Alex the antintellectual at November 29, 2012 06:45 PM (aPAIU)

171 It is a romantic comedy...but it is anything but stupid...and actually funny. **** National Review once made it a cover story with the question "Is it the perfect movie?" Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 10:39 PM (piMMO Groundhog Day illustrates better than most that a real romcom is an allegory for getting into heaven. You have to make sacrifices, make changes in yourself, become a better person to win the love of your love. modernity has fubar'ed it by making finding and winning true love the quest of finding the person who actually likes your bullshit as long as you will tolerate theirs. It's not good.

Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 06:45 PM (oU9pV)

172 Dennehy might have been miscast as Bridgett Jones in the Bridgett Jones Diary Movie. I don't mean to pick at nits here but I just felt the part might have been better if it were played by someone else.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at November 29, 2012 06:46 PM (jucos)

173 @153 I think it's a very under appreciated film. I even like the surprise appearance of Brian dennehy as Liam neeses wife's cancer.

Posted by: General Woundwort at November 29, 2012 06:46 PM (0fxcV)

174 @170 Fap.Fap.Fap.Fap....

Posted by: Walter Sobchak at November 29, 2012 06:46 PM (uis79)

175 Do men like Clueless?
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I did like it when I saw it...but I would guess the movie hasn't aged well...unlike the second female lead.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 29, 2012 06:46 PM (AUeaU)

176 At least there is a father there! The thing that hurts girls the most is not having a father. I've seen it far too often (including from relatives): A fatherless girl becomes physically agressive, dismissive towards other women, and far too submissive towards ANY man. Alas, births are trending towards illegitimacy. This will not end well... **** I am a fatherless woman, he having deserted my mother when he learned she was pregnant. I am neither physically aggressive towards, nor dismissive of, anyone and I'm DAMNED sure not submissive to men. You'd better point that finger elsewhere.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 06:46 PM (piMMO)

177 "Groundhog Day" is NOT perfect. Though I do love it and it is very watchable. But Miss French-Lit Major Andie MacDowell was really pretty insufferable. The more you watch it, the more insufferable she gets. "I only drink to World Peace". Yeah, I'm sticking with the hot chipmunk-nose blonde.

Posted by: moviegique at November 29, 2012 06:47 PM (Cepxj)

178 Mining.com: Obama's Preferred Candidate for Secretary of State Holds Major Stakes in Canadian Oil

HAH! How perfect is that?

Posted by: Feynmangroupie at November 29, 2012 06:47 PM (lfbyR)

179 does he rape the corpses, if yes, chick flick Posted by: Alex the sick fuck of an intellectual at November 29, 2012 10:43 PM (aPAIU) I love the dead http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYM7cxxm2i0

Posted by: Alice Cooper at November 29, 2012 06:47 PM (sZTYJ)

180 Facing East for prayer is a symbolic liturgical inside baseball Catholic thing. Not trying to down play it, it's important, but to put it in more modern American-evangelical terms, "whenever we pray, we pray in the spirit facing the heavenly Jerusalem and the throne of mercy in unity with all other believers, no matter the posture or direction of the body."

Posted by: Hopeless at November 29, 2012 06:47 PM (0DMvp)

181 We'll see how the "Vatican" feels when St. Paul's Cathedral is turned into a mosque.
St. Paul's is in London; St. Peter's is in Rome.

Posted by: andycanuck at November 29, 2012 06:47 PM (jPVBi)

182 Most humans are naturally religious. Take away religion, and they turn politics into a religion to fill that need.

Posted by: JustLikeDavidHasselhoff at November 29, 2012 06:47 PM (QyMDY)

183 158- Well, it follows the lives of 5 or 6 random groups of people- the British PM, an adult couple with marital issues, pornstars, a creepy rock star and so on- during the holidays, and you just see them work things out or not work things out as the case may be, and then in the end, you see everything and everyone interwoven together. I forgot.....You've Got Mail is great! Technology is obsolete now, of course, but again, not overly sappy, and Tom Hanks is super charming. And this was the last film before Meg Ryan destroyed her face so she is super cute too.

Posted by: Tickled Pink at November 29, 2012 06:47 PM (E1Vkf)

184 Damn sock off- sorry

Posted by: Tobacco Road at November 29, 2012 06:47 PM (4Mv1T)

185 Do men like Clueless?

Two words: Dan muthafuckin Hedaya

Posted by: fluffy at November 29, 2012 06:47 PM (z9HTb)

186

I've seen the Proposal, which was meh. Never Been Kissed is an ok movie. Legally Blonde is funny and I will actually leave the channel on when its on. And I've seen Titanic once, and don't ever plan to do that again.

The rest of the list have not seen and do not care to watch.

Posted by: buzzion at November 29, 2012 06:47 PM (GULKT)

187 Dude, he was the ship. Most people didn't even notice. He's that good.

Posted by: AD at November 29, 2012 10:44 PM (GPoE7)

Wow...I didn't even notice. How did they get both him as the ship and him as the iceberg in the same scene? Masterful!

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2012 06:47 PM (yh0zB)

188 Wait. They added Mean Girls but not Clueless? Do men like Clueless? Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 10:43 PM (piMMO) Seriously. Whoever wrote that is 20, 25 tops.

Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 06:48 PM (oU9pV)

189 165: to be an addiction, you must have a physical or psychological need for the item. Do you need Ace of Spades Posted by: Alex the antintellectual at November 29, 2012 10:45 PM Yes. Although I believe the most correct response is FYNQ.

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 29, 2012 06:48 PM (JMmQ9)

190 I did like it when I saw it...but I would guess the movie hasn't aged well...unlike the second female lead **** It has held up very well. At least in my eyes it has. It has become a magnet movie, like the Godfathers. If I'm scrolling the channel guide and it pops up, I always detour to watch it.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 06:49 PM (piMMO)

191 174: Yes that can be a true addiction

Posted by: Alex the antintellectual at November 29, 2012 06:49 PM (aPAIU)

192 I like anything with Drew Barrymore. Feed Bags are yummy

Posted by: Walter Sobchak at November 29, 2012 06:49 PM (uis79)

193 171 -- Yes! That's the Ephron effect: Awful self-involved women act like jerk around men and fall apart at the slightest problem but the man of their dreams finds them irresistible anyway! What happened to strong-minded, if stubborn, people butting heads until they find a way to make it work?

Posted by: moviegique at November 29, 2012 06:49 PM (Cepxj)

194 LETS RAPE SOME CAMELS IN CELEBRATION OF GETTING THE SAME STATUS AS THE HOLY SEE, WHICH ISN'T A REAL COUNTRY

Posted by: Palestinians at November 29, 2012 06:50 PM (aPAIU)

195 187 Dude, he was the ship. Most people didn't even notice. He's that good. Posted by: AD at November 29, 2012 10:44 PM (GPoE7) ------------- Wow...I didn't even notice. How did they get both him as the ship and him as the iceberg in the same scene? Masterful! Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2012 10:47 PM (yh0zB) He was also the monster in the deep. Don't let em fool you, DiCaprio didn't "sink" all on his own.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at November 29, 2012 06:50 PM (GEICT)

196 Drew Barrymores Funbags? Played by Dennehy.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at November 29, 2012 06:50 PM (jucos)

197

Yes, St. Paul's Cathedral is in London, and it will become a mosque before my children are old.

It will be 30-50 years, but it will happen, unless there is some earth-shattering awakening in the UK, which I don't expect.

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch is not the Easter Bunny at November 29, 2012 06:50 PM (Md8Uo)

198 so, I hear tawny kitaen is looking for a husband again. I am assuming she would do well to look here; interested and appropriate candidates. Posted by: yankefifth at November 29, 2012 10:25 PM (Z9EHQ) Pros: used to be smokin' but still exceedingly doable in her middle age, libertarian/Republican, probably still has some bucks Cons: bad facial plastic surgery/collagen injections/botox, banged OJ, rehab revolving door, beat the shit out of Chuck Finley before he divorced her, batshit insane by all accounts Yeah, I'd do it. 'sup jackwagons

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 29, 2012 06:50 PM (Rhie+)

199 Posted by: BCochran1981 at November 29, 2012 10:40 PM (GEICT)

At the risk of making a serious comment when I am half in the bag.......

One of the wonderful things about AOSHQ is the perfect egalitarianism of the comments. While I might detect the sex of a particular commenter based on his or her nic, the vast majority of the time I am mildly surprised when someone actually points out what lies between their legs(metaphorically of course...usually). I then forget immediately. For instance, "fluffy" is, apparently, a man, but i never remember that, because let's face it, fluffy is a faggy, terminally ghey nic.....

The left-wing sites are aggressively sexist, in that they constantly proclaim their gender, as if it makes any difference. Of course for them, it does.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 29, 2012 06:50 PM (GsoHv)

200 Seriously. Whoever wrote that is 20, 25 tops. *** I typed in this comment before I realized I would have to sign into FB. I would be tempted to laugh, but I realize this article is only UNINTENTIONALLY funny. Just because a guy grits his teeth through a movie in the hopes of getting laid, doesn't mean he secretly likes it. On the other hand, there are a few that men do tend to like: Singles, She's Having A Baby, and He Said She Said which didn't make your list. And, let's not even get into the classics because, well, it appears you are only interested in appealing to those who couldn't name a Hepburn with a loaded Spencer Tracy pointed at their head.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 06:50 PM (piMMO)

201 I did like it when I saw it...but I would guess the movie hasn't aged well...unlike the second female lead. Posted by: 18-1 at November 29, 2012 10:46 PM (AUeaU) I still like clueless. it's aged pretty well, I think. as well as Jane Austen typically does.

Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 06:51 PM (oU9pV)

202
Good evening, good people. It's jingle belling lightly here tonite--the outside lights look particularly nice through it. No real accumulation is expected,darn it.

Posted by: irongrampa at November 29, 2012 06:51 PM (SAMxH)

203 190 -- Agreed. "Clueless" is of its time without being dated. It's actually charming and a little quaint 18-20 years on. Helps to steal from Austen, I guess.

Posted by: moviegique at November 29, 2012 06:51 PM (Cepxj)

204 194: you mean like "Much ado about nothing" or "The Shrew"

Posted by: Palestinians at November 29, 2012 06:51 PM (aPAIU)

205 Most humans are naturally religious. Take away religion, and they turn politics into a religion to fill that need
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When a Man stops believing in God he doesnÂ’t then believe in nothing, he believes anything.

Posted by: Chesteron at November 29, 2012 06:51 PM (AUeaU)

206 Pros: used to be smokin' but still exceedingly doable in her middle age, libertarian/Republican, probably still has some bucks

Cons: bad facial plastic surgery/collagen injections/botox, banged OJ, rehab revolving door, beat the shit out of Chuck Finley before he divorced her, batshit insane by all accounts nice tits.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 29, 2012 10:50 PM (Rhie+)

FIFY

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 29, 2012 06:52 PM (GsoHv)

207 45 (repeated from the previous thread) The fakeastinians already have a state. It's called Jordan. Posted by: Palandine at November 29, 2012 10:12 PM (g7D8V) This.

Posted by: Truman North at November 29, 2012 06:52 PM (I2LwF)

208 LETS RAPE SOME CAMELS IN CELEBRATION OF GETTING THE SAME STATUS AS THE HOLY SEE, WHICH ISN'T A REAL COUNTRY Posted by: Palestinians at November 29, 2012 10:50 PM (aPAIU) Just like Canada http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOR38552MJA

Posted by: Sheila Broflovski at November 29, 2012 06:52 PM (sZTYJ)

209 199: WHO YOU CALLING AGGRESSIVE!?!?!?!?!?!

Posted by: Alex, the guy with the 4 inch penis at November 29, 2012 06:53 PM (aPAIU)

210 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 29, 2012 10:50 PM (GsoHv) I'm gonna be honest here....tl;dr

Posted by: BCochran1981 at November 29, 2012 06:53 PM (GEICT)

211 CJ, Thomas Aquinas laid it out hard core in the 1200s. He called Islam what it is, a political ideology masquerading as a religion that wins followers by promises of fulfilling carnal desires. Google Aquinas and Islam and you'll get shops glimpse of the full weight and might of the Christian intellectual tradition brought down with earthshattering force to pwn fools and convert nations.

Posted by: Hopeless at November 29, 2012 06:53 PM (/jmMj)

212
It will be 30-50 years, but it will happen, unless there is some earth-shattering awakening in the UK, which I don't expect.
***
The only question in London is well it be EngSoc or the current Iran in 50 years?

Posted by: 18-1 at November 29, 2012 06:53 PM (AUeaU)

213 At least there is a father there!

The thing that hurts girls the most is not having a father.

Posted by: The Political Hat at November 29, 2012 10:43 PM (sZTYJ)

^^^ this ^^^

My very first question...where is/was that little girl's daddy? NDH, sad to say many fatherless girls don't do well. I'm glad you did.

The little girl in Texas whos daddy killed her attacker with his bare hands...she will never doubt her fathers love for her. This holds true for boys as well; DL Hughly has a line in his routine that says "can't be a man 'less you see a man." Sad that so many of our boy children are growing up without that.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2012 06:54 PM (yh0zB)

214 Two words: Dan muthafuckin Hedaya **** Do you think the death of Sammy Davis Jr. left an opening in the Rat Pack?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 06:54 PM (piMMO)

215 i'm a chick and the only movies on that list that i've seen are titanic and sweet home alabama...the only one i've seen in the theater is titanic and the only one i've seen more than once is sweet home alabama

Posted by: phoenixgirl at November 29, 2012 06:54 PM (GVxQo)

216

Fap. Fap. Fap. Yes. I need it. For the most part my workmates are Conservative, but not "engaged". I know what I am going to get here. I NEED IT!

We are over the fiscal cliff. I like to talk about it with grown-ups. With teh boobehs and kittehs. Qualify much?

Posted by: Just Another Moron (Formerly New and Semi-New) at November 29, 2012 06:54 PM (mkb9H)

217 The Room wasn't on that list? Everybody betrayed me! I'm fed up with this world!

Posted by: Tommy Wiseau at November 29, 2012 06:55 PM (SOGo4)

218 Yo ITC, how they hangin.

Posted by: The Mega Independent at November 29, 2012 06:55 PM (6JMZR)

219 Orthodox and Catholic: http://www.ots.org.in/main/Articles/whyturn.asp

This was a BIG DEAL back in the 700s AD, because the Christian apologists were then differentiating themselves from Islam . . .

Thanks, I didn't know that. The churches near me (protestant and catholic) all seem to face north (or rather the congregation inside the worship area).

Posted by: Methos at November 29, 2012 06:55 PM (hO9ad)

220 Wedding Crashers is about as Romantic Comedy is I get. Rachel McAdams' Pooper aint bad, and when Hommie got the hand job at the dinner table I had to take a little personal vacation...if you know what I mean mean! You throw in Christopher Walken and you got a Winner!

Posted by: Walter Sobchak at November 29, 2012 06:55 PM (uis79)

221 The little girl in Texas whos daddy killed her attacker with his bare hands...she will never doubt her fathers love for her. ***** She knows for a fact that her father will go to any lengths to protect her. That is a gift.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 06:55 PM (piMMO)

222 I liked Beaches. Also liked A Walk In The Clouds and Going The Distance and Kate and Leopold and ......hell I better quit while I'm behind.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 29, 2012 06:55 PM (+kzsa)

223 So the DOC handle sucked. I still can do push-ups til I turn blue.

Posted by: Richard at November 29, 2012 06:55 PM (Nape+)

224 207: But I like the monarch of Jordan. He is one of the few good monarchs in the world. He tries his hardest to keep the vermin who inhabit his country under control and makes sure there is complete religious freedom in his country. He truly is an ally of both Israel and the West, and we should do all we can to keep him in power. On a side note, Amman, the capital of Jordan, has a pizza hut.

Posted by: Alex, the guy with the 4 inch penis at November 29, 2012 06:56 PM (aPAIU)

225 well, since Semi-New Moron asked (on the previous thread):

yes, I am still seeing Transylvanian Velma

but, I think I am moving into the "friend zone"

that is my own fault, though, as I cannot find it in myself to "close the deal"

I hope to engineer a mistletoe moment at my Christmas party though

Posted by: chemjeff at November 29, 2012 06:56 PM (d/5qf)

226 let's face it, fluffy is a faggy, terminally ghey nic.

I was pretending that I am too aloof to respond, but really, I just can't think of a good reply.

I scratched twice and belched once while typing this comment.

Posted by: fluffy at November 29, 2012 06:56 PM (z9HTb)

227

I'm sure someone's already said it, but I would hate my husband if he liked rom-coms. But I also hate him for liking action-adventure. Too f'ing loud!

J/K. I love my hubby! Because he's a man! An awesome, go-to-work, fix shit, take-out-the-garbage, reload on weekends during halftime, CDL carrying (even though he doesn't ever have to drive truck, anymore, but JUST IN CASE!) And, because he's a man, he gets to like man things.

Posted by: kalneva at November 29, 2012 06:57 PM (S+/pH)

228 Why is this group called Celtic Woman instead of Celtic Women?

Posted by: logprof at November 29, 2012 06:57 PM (gBuIk)

229 liked Beaches. Also liked A Walk In The Clouds and Going The Distance and Kate and Leopold and ......hell I better quit while I'm behind. Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 29, 2012 10:55 PM (+kzsa) I will confess to a certain fondness for Kate and Leopold.

Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 06:57 PM (oU9pV)

230 Do men like Clueless? I'd like to think any GenX guy worth his salt digs it. I do/did.

Posted by: jakeman at November 29, 2012 06:57 PM (96M6e)

231 chemjeff when is the party? if it's not next weekend you better make a move or that ship will sail....

Posted by: phoenixgirl at November 29, 2012 06:57 PM (GVxQo)

232 Anything happens to my daughter, I got a .45 and a shovel, I doubt anybody would miss you.

Posted by: Butters at November 29, 2012 06:58 PM (NIZHJ)

233 You've got mail is a remake of The Shop around the corner w/Jimmy Stewart and some chick and a young Brian Dennehy

Posted by: Kraftwerk at November 29, 2012 06:58 PM (ZRoGl)

234 that is my own fault, though, as I cannot find it in myself to "close the deal" I hope to engineer a mistletoe moment at my Christmas party though Posted by: chemjeff at November 29, 2012 10:56 PM (d/5qf) dude trust your instincts. If you're not closing the deal, maybe you're just not that into her? just helping you explore, here.

Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 06:58 PM (oU9pV)

235 Hiya, chemjeff! I keep thinking that your whole class might've whiffed on the quiz, and how maybe you shouldn't work too hard on an answer key before you check a few.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 29, 2012 06:58 PM (kaalw)

236 207: But I like the monarch of Jordan. He is one of the few good monarchs in the world. He tries his hardest to keep the vermin who inhabit his country under control and makes sure there is complete religious freedom in his country. He truly is an ally of both Israel and the West, and we should do all we can to keep him in power. On a side note, Amman, the capital of Jordan, has a pizza hut. Posted by: Alex, the guy with the 4 inch penis at November 29, 2012 10:56 PM (aPAIU) Isn't his wife, Queen Raina, a Palestinian?

Posted by: Thunderb at November 29, 2012 06:58 PM (Dnbau)

237 I used to be "fluffy" till I couldn't fit in my jeans anymore.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at November 29, 2012 06:58 PM (4Mv1T)

238 226: where did you scratch

Posted by: Alex, who doesn't want Jordan Going to the Goat FUCKERS at November 29, 2012 06:59 PM (aPAIU)

239 Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2012 10:54 PM (yh0zB) That Texas story made me smile for a long time. I believe the first words outa my mouth after reading it were something along the lines of "fucking A right!" I've got a close fam member whose husband walked out when she was 13 weeks pregnant. She tried a reconciliation around when the baby was born. He was still a POS so it didn't work. Baby is a boy, cute as he can be. I don't care what the Father's level of involvement is, I'll be there for the boy. "Can't be a man, unless you see a man" is the damn truth.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at November 29, 2012 06:59 PM (GEICT)

240 Posted by: BCochran1981 at November 29, 2012 10:53 PM (GEICT)

Fine.....this will teach you!

http://tinyurl.com/c7d45g4

NSFW

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 29, 2012 06:59 PM (GsoHv)

241

There is a need in all normal (not psychotic) people for a "metaphysical life", or an inner life. A need to believe in something transcendant that can sustain you. Because man does not live by bread alone.

We have thoughts, and beliefs (learned, taught or aquired), and wish to see them vindicated in the real "meat" world.

There are things to believe in that are real and true, and will sustain and nourish the "inner life" and lead you to more happiness. Some parts of religions will do that.

The Secular Left has a belief system that is part of the culture of death. One of their 'sacraments' is "a women's right to choose", meaning to choose abortion. Few actually know or care to know who or what Margaret Sanger was or believed, but they unconsciously follow her culture of death.

It is a sickness that is rotting out our society. It is broadcast everyday through pop culture in songs and TV shows. It has prepared the way for their redeemer, Obama. Only he will only bring more grief, suffering and unpleasantness. Much more to come.

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch is not the Easter Bunny at November 29, 2012 06:59 PM (Md8Uo)

242 I hope to engineer a mistletoe moment at my Christmas party though

Maine Surprise

Posted by: fluffy at November 29, 2012 07:00 PM (z9HTb)

243 I used to like "You've Got Mail," until Tom Hanks went all Commie and shit!

Posted by: Walter Sobchak at November 29, 2012 07:00 PM (uis79)

244 Neidermeyer's Dead Horse have you caught up on Grimm yet? b/c it was a great cliffhanger from two Fridays ago!

Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 07:00 PM (oU9pV)

245 236: Yes

Posted by: Alex, who doesn't want Jordan Going to the Goat FUCKERS at November 29, 2012 07:00 PM (aPAIU)

246 I tend to like chick flicks because, a) they tend to have simple enjoyable themes and b) have happy endings. Four weddings and a funeral are what the perfect romcom should be.

Posted by: General Woundwort at November 29, 2012 07:01 PM (0fxcV)

247 i'm a chick and the only movies on that list that i've seen are titanic and sweet home alabama...the only one i've seen in the theater is titanic and the only one i've seen more than once is sweet home alabama **** BJD is a terrific movie but never, ever watch the sequel. Mean Girls is fun. It reminds me of Clueless in that the girls are hip and the fashions are fun, but it's nowhere near Shakespearean. 13 Going On 30 is good. Love, Actually is wonderful. Never Been Kissed is really good as are other Barrymore rom-coms, 50 First dates and The Wedding Singer. Barrymore has seriously grown on me.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 07:01 PM (piMMO)

248 Damn, no pass protection for the Ain'ts. No figgie for them.

Posted by: logprof at November 29, 2012 07:01 PM (gBuIk)

249 236: although she was born in Kuwait and does not act like a traditional muslim female

Posted by: Alex, who doesn't want Jordan Going to the Goat FUCKERS at November 29, 2012 07:01 PM (aPAIU)

250 Posted by: fluffy at November 29, 2012 10:56 PM (z9HTb)

And just to be absolutely sure, I was speaking completely tongue-in-cheek.

[Say hi to your husband for me.]

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 29, 2012 07:01 PM (GsoHv)

251 Zerobama and all the DemonRATs in government need to suck the Barbed Cock of Satan (tm) and die from the volcanic ejaculate that eviscerates them. Then they need to die. Again. Horribly. I hates me some DemonRATs with the heat of a quadrillion suns.

Posted by: RomneyLosesASockInTheDryer at November 29, 2012 07:02 PM (4P4ww)

252 239

In. My. Mind!!

Posted by: fluffy at November 29, 2012 07:02 PM (z9HTb)

253 Posted by: Alex, who doesn't want Jordan Going to the Goat FUCKERS at November 29, 2012 11:01 PM (aPAIU)

The pallies killed his grandfather, and yet he kowtows to them.

(my wife used to drink with him and his bodyguards in frat basements).

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 29, 2012 07:03 PM (GsoHv)

254 I used to like "You've Got Mail," until Tom Hanks went all Commie and shit! **** I think the final scene, Meg Ryan's facial expressions as Tom Hanks turns the corner, is some seriously underrated acting.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 07:03 PM (piMMO)

255 "Barrymore has seriously grown on me." Don't forget the FeedBags!

Posted by: Walter Sobchak at November 29, 2012 07:03 PM (uis79)

256 252: Okay..................................

Posted by: Alex, who doesn't want Jordan Going to know how to scratch his mind at November 29, 2012 07:03 PM (aPAIU)

257 Posted by: cthulhu at November 29, 2012 10:58 PM (kaalw)

eh I still have to write the answer key anyway, since they will use it to study from for the exam

Posted by: chemjeff at November 29, 2012 07:03 PM (d/5qf)

258 Groundhog Day illustrates better than most that a real romcom is an allegory for getting into heaven. So, heaven = vagina......that explains the "liberalism as religion" thing.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 29, 2012 07:03 PM (Rhie+)

259 240 Fine.....this will teach you! http://tinyurl.com/c7d45g4 NSFW Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 29, 2012 10:59 PM (GsoHv) I'm a slow learner.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at November 29, 2012 07:03 PM (GEICT)

260 Last scotch is empty. Off to see the sandman.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at November 29, 2012 07:03 PM (4Mv1T)

261 Oh, and Meg Ryan sans Tom Hanks = When Harry Met Sally

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 07:03 PM (piMMO)

262
but, I think I am moving into the "friend zone"

that is my own fault, though, as I cannot find it in myself to "close the deal"
***
Get her to go for a walk somewhere romantic, point out something to the side, and when she turns to look back towards, presuming you are feeling some romantic tension, go in for the kiss.

Works 100% of the time half the time.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 29, 2012 07:04 PM (AUeaU)

263 253: He has to considering the demographics of his country. At least he doesn't Fuck the goats with them

Posted by: Alex, who doesn't want Jordan Going to know how to scratch his mind at November 29, 2012 07:04 PM (aPAIU)

264 If you want to hide cash/dope/bling, just install a non-functioning electrical panel in a wall that's not hooked up to anything and put a few (cheap) plain 15/20A breakers in it for looks.

Most people are scared shitless of electricity and will steer clear of that faux panel while tossing other parts of the house with considerable diligence if they have the time.

A real electrical panel of a small/medium volume at Home Depot is WAY cheaper than built-in safes.

Posted by: @PurpAv at November 29, 2012 07:04 PM (upmAr)

265

I couldn't access that list but of the ones I've seen the horde talking about, I've seen Titanic and Sweet Home Alabama. I recognize the pic at the top from Romey and Michelle's High School Reunion, which was funny (saw it once). I have seen the first 2 Twilight movies once each, under duress. I like a (very) vew chick movies but mostly enjoy shoot and blow up the bad guy movies, zombies, and scifi and some fantasy.

Now where's my man card?

Posted by: katya the designated driver at November 29, 2012 07:04 PM (DoZD+)

266 Posted by: Alex, who doesn't want Jordan Going to the Goat FUCKERS at November 29, 2012 11:01 PM (aPAIU) The pallies killed his grandfather, and yet he kowtows to them. (my wife used to drink with him and his bodyguards in frat basements). Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 29, 2012 11:03 PM (GsoHv) his country is kind of full of palis. He was a good fried to the US, and probably Israel too, on the down low. Don't know if that is true anymore. He is probably just trying to avoid his own "arab spring"

Posted by: Thunderb at November 29, 2012 07:05 PM (Dnbau)

267 So, heaven = vagina......that explains the "liberalism as religion" thing. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 29, 2012 11:03 PM (Rhie+) did you even read what I wrote? Nope, straight to the vagina jokes. jk! in case you can't tell.

Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 07:05 PM (oU9pV)

268 Where is Chemjeff?

Posted by: Alex, who doesn't want to know how to scratch his mind at November 29, 2012 07:05 PM (aPAIU)

269 "Barrymore has seriously grown on me." Don't forget the FeedBags! **** She's an underrated beauty and hasn't plumped herself full of chemicals yet, which is rare in Hollywood. (well, unless you count her pre-teen chemicals)

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 07:05 PM (piMMO)

270 219 Orthodox and Catholic: http://www.ots.org.in/main/Articles/whyturn.asp

This was a BIG DEAL back in the 700s AD, because the Christian apologists were then differentiating themselves from Islam . . .

Thanks, I didn't know that. The churches near me (protestant and catholic) all seem to face north (or rather the congregation inside the worship area).

Posted by: Methos at November 29, 2012 10:55 PM (hO9ad)

My Catholic Church you would pray facing south. Same for several others around here too. Another you would face north. And still another would have you facing west. And that website can fuck itself for saying "Palestine"

Posted by: buzzion at November 29, 2012 07:05 PM (GULKT)

271 Of the chick flicks, I've seen Legally Blonde (well, some of it as I nodded off) and Bridget Jone's Dairy, which was okay but predictable.

Strangely enough, there is no RomCom list on my Netflix 'because you watched bla bla bla movie'. Go figure.

Posted by: GnuBreed at November 29, 2012 07:05 PM (ccXZP)

272 yes, I am still seeing Transylvanian Velma

but, I think I am moving into the "friend zone"

that is my own fault, though, as I cannot find it in myself to "close the deal"

I hope to engineer a mistletoe moment at my Christmas party though

Posted by: chemjeff at November 29, 2012 10:56 PM (d/5qf)

yes, I am still seeing Transylvanian Velma

but, I think I am moving into the "friend zone"

that is my own fault, though, as I cannot find it in myself to "close the deal"

I hope to engineer a mistletoe moment at my Christmas party though

Posted by: chemjeff at November 29, 2012 10:56 PM (d/5qf)

Chemjeff, if you will take a fool's advice...do it. Just sack up and do it. Let it go, grab that girl and put a liplock on her that will make her toes curl and drive every thought of any other male on the planet straight out of her head. Yes you risk total annihilation. That is not the worst thing that can happen. The second worst thing that can happen is she walks away. The worst thing that can happen...is that you never know.

Better to live with scars than regrets.

So there it is. A fools advice from the king.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2012 07:06 PM (yh0zB)

273 It has prepared the way for their redeemer, Obama. Only he will only bring more grief, suffering and unpleasantness. Much more to come.
***
Second look at exactly how Obama got that head scar?

Posted by: 18-1 reading the Book of Revelation at November 29, 2012 07:06 PM (AUeaU)

274 242 I hope to engineer a mistletoe moment at my Christmas party though *winks*

Posted by: Helen Thomas at November 29, 2012 07:06 PM (CxJM2)

275 Get her to go for a walk somewhere romantic, point out something to the side, and when she turns to look back towards, presuming you are feeling some romantic tension, go in for the kiss. Works 100% of the time half the time. Posted by: 18-1 at November 29, 2012 11:04 PM (AUeaU) ----------------------------------------------------- Take her to the movies and circular cutout at the bottom of the popcorn bucket.....

Posted by: Truck Monkey at November 29, 2012 07:06 PM (jucos)

276 As noted, "You've Got Mail" is a remake of "Shop Around the Corner" as noted, by the great Ernst Lubitsch. And Stewart was a patriot, so it's got that going for it. But my favorite Lubitsch film is "Heaven Can Wait" which they couldn't make today. For one thing, it wouldn't make any senseÂ—everybody acts like Don Ameche's character these days, even the women.

Posted by: moviegique at November 29, 2012 07:06 PM (Cepxj)

277 Posted by: Alex, who doesn't want Jordan Going to know how to scratch his mind at November 29, 2012 11:04 PM (aPAIU)

His father had his Bedouin kill about 10,000 of them (Black September).

He sucks their dicks.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 29, 2012 07:06 PM (GsoHv)

278
The left-wing sites are aggressively sexist, in that they constantly proclaim their gender, as if it makes any difference. Of course for them, it does.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 29, 2012 10:50 PM (GsoHv)

Makes it easier to tell the wimmenz to go make some sammiches.

Posted by: MrCaniac at November 29, 2012 07:06 PM (Zd/NW)

279 hey chemjeff, the old thread is dead as a metaphorical doornail, but wanted to say thanks for your thoughtful reply to my comment. Unfortunately, as you've laid it out, I think the answer is Option #2. In other words, we're skrewed.

Posted by: jakeman at November 29, 2012 07:07 PM (96M6e)

280 Don't waste time.

1. End dates with a kiss goodbye

2. After a few dates, put your hands on her hips.

Posted by: derit at November 29, 2012 07:07 PM (I88Jc)

281 Â“So my number one bit of advice to the congressional Republicans is simple: Back out of of all of this negotiating with Obama. The president is overwhelmingly dominant in the news media. You start setting up the definition of success finding an agreement with Obama, you just gave Obama the ability to say to you, Â‘Not good enough,Â’Â” Gingrich said. The onetime presidential hopeful ridiculed the idea of the fiscal cliff, saying it was a manufactured crisis. (RELATED: Boehner: Democrats Â‘yet to get serious about real spending cutsÂ’ Â“There is no fiscal cliff. ItÂ’s absolute, total, nonsense,Â” Gingrich said. Â“It is an excuse to panic. ItÂ’s a device to get all of us running down the road so we accept whatever Obama wants because otherwise we have failed the fiscal cliff, and how can you be a patriot if you donÂ’t do what the fiscal cliff requires, and the fiscal cliff will appear to us one afternoon, much like the land of Oz, where there will be this person hiding behind the machine who will say, Â‘Raise taxes now,Â’Â” Gingrich intoned, Â“and if you donÂ’t raise taxes youÂ’ll have violated the fiscal cliff.Â” Â“Now, do any of you want to be the person who stands up and destroys America by violating the fiscal cliff? Do you want to go on one of the national networks and explain that you are so reactionary, so out of touch with life, that you donÂ’t care that America is going to die late on Thursday?Â” Gingrich scoffed. He also addressed the recent focus on Grover Norquist and his no-raising taxes pledge, which some Republicans have abandoned in recent weeks, calling it a Â“distraction.Â” Â“I give Obama great credit for this. I have never seen anybody better at finding trivial distractions in order to avoid responsibility,Â” Gingrich said.

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at November 29, 2012 07:07 PM (e8kgV)

282 Jews are racist

Posted by: Helen Thomas naked in the room with you at November 29, 2012 07:07 PM (aPAIU)

283 Good evening. Of those chick flicks I've seen Bridget Jones' Diary, which was pretty funny as I recall (but then I just saw it the once) and...Titanic? Titanic has a romance in it but it's mostly about a sinking boat. Lots of people die. That's a chick flick? Naaaaaahhhh!!!!! So...just those two I guess.

Posted by: Robert at November 29, 2012 07:07 PM (LUnTP)

284 And nothing I'd love more than some hash browns about now.

Posted by: Robert at November 29, 2012 07:08 PM (LUnTP)

285 HI Robert! how is it?

Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 07:08 PM (oU9pV)

286 Neidermeyer's Dead Horse have you caught up on Grimm yet? b/c it was a great cliffhanger from two Fridays ago! *** Nope. I got so engaged in following politics that I got too far behind and kind of gave it up. Someday I'll catch up on Hulu.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 07:08 PM (piMMO)

287 Hilarious rom com with Ryan Reynolds and Anna Farris, "Just Friends". Too funny.

Posted by: Thunderb at November 29, 2012 07:08 PM (Dnbau)

288 My speech has changed by the Aos "vocabulary". I made a Dennehy reference and used "stompy boots" at Thangsgiving, and got crickets. I have been extending invitations to the "worthy" un-initiated, though. I hope that I have not over-stepped by extending invitations. But, I have beloved that are Patriots and seem (to me, at least) deserving of the comeraderie. This, however is a pretty tough, seemingly clse-ranked clique. Just sayin'

Posted by: Just Another Moron (Formerly New and Semi-New) at November 29, 2012 07:08 PM (mkb9H)

289 Yo ITC, how they hangin. Posted by: The Mega Independent at November 29, 2012 10:55 PM (6JMZR) Water's cold. Deep, too.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 29, 2012 07:09 PM (Rhie+)

290 Posted by: @PurpAv at November 29, 2012 11:04 PM (upmAr)

That is a good idea!

I was going to install a gun lock mounted to the floor and wall for my sister, but that may be much easier!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 29, 2012 07:09 PM (GsoHv)

291 "Take her to the movies and circular cutout at the bottom of the popcorn bucket.." Get her drunk!

Posted by: Walter Sobchak at November 29, 2012 07:09 PM (uis79)

292 elizabethe well I have to consider my options. she obviously likes me, at least, and I am not getting any younger.

it is my irrational fear which is holding me back, that is all.

my Christmas party is going to be next Friday, I think.

I hope to have another outing with her in the mean time.

Posted by: chemjeff at November 29, 2012 07:09 PM (d/5qf)

293 Howdy, Elizabethe! Purty good. Just got done with my exercises and showering. Lost my Thanksgiving weight! How you doin'?

Posted by: Robert at November 29, 2012 07:09 PM (LUnTP)

294 I thought Natural Born Killers was a nice Romantic Comedy

Posted by: Walter Sobchak at November 29, 2012 07:10 PM (uis79)

295 Nope. I got so engaged in following politics that I got too far behind and kind of gave it up. Someday I'll catch up on Hulu. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 11:08 PM (piMMO) sigh. okay. sigh.

Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 07:10 PM (oU9pV)

296 "Whip It" is a must watch for Barrymore fans.

/man-card is long gone, shaddap

Posted by: boulder hobo at November 29, 2012 07:10 PM (QTHTd)

297 277: That was an existential crisis that was caused by Syria. That and the PLO was nothing but a terrorist organization back then (today it is a terrorist organization that controls a piece of land and has backers in the West)

Posted by: Alex the fact lover at November 29, 2012 07:10 PM (aPAIU)

298

Go to youtube and search for Swipe yo EBT.

A parody video done by a black rapper/artist who says she lived this life as a child and did the song and video to show the rest of the world how some people live their lives. If you listen closely to the lyrics, it will recite to you how, if you're a single mom, to work the system. Definitely NSFW.

Oh and google hipsters and food stamps if you really want to have your head explode. A Salon article from a few years ago about hipsters using food stamps at farmers markets to buy arugula and hand raised salmon.

Posted by: the other coyote at November 29, 2012 07:11 PM (DmLAM)

299 Any list of romcoms that omits Shaun of the Dead is bullshit.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 29, 2012 07:11 PM (Rhie+)

300 Is Gone With The Wind a chick flick? Awesome movie. Rhett Butler's a stud and Scarlet's a fox. I practically memorized Butler's speech about the South's inability to win just before war breaks out. Great put down by Ashley (of his cousin Charles): "He didn't refuse to fight. He refused to take advantage of you."

Posted by: SFGoth at November 29, 2012 07:11 PM (iBXwM)

301 Nothing Oliver Stone is a nice anything. "Motel Hell" is a nice romantic comedy. Sort of a downer ending, tho'.

Posted by: moviegique at November 29, 2012 07:12 PM (Cepxj)

302 The left-wing sites are aggressively sexist, in that they constantly proclaim their gender, as if it makes any difference. Of course for them, it does. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 29, 2012 10:50 PM (GsoHv) Of course they have to! Do you have any idea just how many genders there are? Gender and sex are different things! http://tinyurl.com/yc9gmpp

Posted by: Gender Studies Graduate Student at November 29, 2012 07:12 PM (sZTYJ)

303 Back to destroying the non-christian world in a Geo-political simulator. Back in ten

Posted by: Alex is destroying india right now and can't be bothered at November 29, 2012 07:12 PM (aPAIU)

304 If you want to hide cash/dope/bling, just install a non-functioning electrical panel in a wall that's not hooked up to anything and put a few (cheap) plain 15/20A breakers in it for looks. @PurpAv, that is goddamn flipping brilliant. I've had an empty safe for years that I haven't put anything in because there's no good place to hide it and it's frankly just a hassle. Home Depot, here I come.

Posted by: jakeman at November 29, 2012 07:12 PM (96M6e)

305

I do not know if I can survive the next 4 years. I do try to be upbeat....for the sake of my children...yet..I did not buy enough ammo...nor do I have a "Prepper" bunker all laid out. I just hope the "Blinding Flash" will be Rusky and not Muzzie. Least the Rusky has better and more efficient nukes than the GOAT FUCKERS...would hate to be taken out by a GOAT FUCKER bomb.....that just slopped death over a wide range over a VERY long period of time.....because they et LARGE suck at world war and will just make a fucking mess of the whole thing....such are muzzies....such are muzzies!

Posted by: Richard at November 29, 2012 07:12 PM (Nape+)

306 She's an underrated beauty and hasn't plumped herself full of chemicals yet, which is rare in Hollywood.

(well, unless you count her pre-teen chemicals)

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 11:05 PM (piMMO)

That was more snorting than pumping though wasn't it?

Posted by: buzzion at November 29, 2012 07:12 PM (GULKT)

307 How you doin'? Posted by: Robert at November 29, 2012 11:09 PM (LUnTP) I am okay. chemjeff sent me a kitteh pic and that was helpful. =) congratulations on doing so well!

Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 07:12 PM (oU9pV)

308 Take her to the movies and circular cutout at the bottom of the popcorn bucket..... *** The perfect gift. http://bit.ly/vsQeYL

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 07:12 PM (piMMO)

309 Shawn of the Dead is some funny shit

Posted by: Walter Sobchak at November 29, 2012 07:12 PM (uis79)

310 Not to get all Lubitsch but Trouble in Paradise was the best-in my opinion-made before the moral code so double entendres etc. Plus- the froze his head and he is an honorary member of Kraftwerk

Posted by: Kraftwerk at November 29, 2012 07:12 PM (ZRoGl)

311 I'm a slow learner.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at November 29, 2012 11:03 PM (GEICT)

Don't make me warn you again!

http://tinyurl.com/cy3qq9g

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 29, 2012 07:12 PM (GsoHv)

312 GGE, you are right. that is what I have read elsewhere too. I just have to do it.

Posted by: chemjeff at November 29, 2012 07:13 PM (d/5qf)

313 I would volunteer to pump Drew Barrymore!

Posted by: Truck Monkey at November 29, 2012 07:13 PM (jucos)

314 did you even read what I wrote? Nope, straight to the vagina jokes. jk! in case you can't tell. Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 11:05 PM (oU9pV) If teh Ewok doesn't read his own blog, I'll be damned if I read the comments.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 29, 2012 07:13 PM (Rhie+)

315 it is my irrational fear which is holding me back, that is all.

Posted by: chemjeff at November 29, 2012 11:09 PM (d/5qf)

Better scars than regrets.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2012 07:13 PM (yh0zB)

316 *pokes* Robert

Posted by: Adriane at November 29, 2012 07:13 PM (gh+mp)

317 So here's a question - is there an actual real battle of the sexes going on?

I ended up on some women's relationship site the other day and noticed the most common comments were that men are fat, immature, only interested in sex, and bitterly full of hate for women - and in the aggregate there is some truth to it.

Of course as a man I can see plenty of similar faults - many women I see are intentionally unattractive, masculine, drama queens (I know an odd combo) and bitterly full of hate for men.

It is almost as if there is no interest in either side in making yourself appealing to the other sex anymore and no one is happy about it...

Posted by: 18-1 at November 29, 2012 07:14 PM (AUeaU)

318 Â“I give Obama great credit for this. I have never seen anybody better at finding trivial distractions in order to avoid responsibility,Â” Gingrich said. *ahem* *cough cough* * gives what the fuck stare*

Posted by: Blamestream® Media at November 29, 2012 07:14 PM (CxJM2)

319 Read WSJ editorial, we are worse off than fiscal cliff: http://tinyurl.com/cmaky4o

Posted by: CarolT at November 29, 2012 07:14 PM (z4WKX)

320 I'll say this, if you look at Islam not as a religion but as a tool to build a war state out of a disparate group of petty warlords in the 600s it is almost perfect.

Almost like it was designed. Who by? Could it be SATAN.

Posted by: Church Lady Voice at November 29, 2012 07:14 PM (Xefrb)

321 I would volunteer to teach Drew Barrymore how to listen to her ankles! FIFY

Posted by: Walter Sobchak at November 29, 2012 07:14 PM (uis79)

322 Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 11:12 PM (oU9pV) Danke schoen!

Posted by: Robert at November 29, 2012 07:14 PM (LUnTP)

323 Of course they have to! Do you have any idea just how many genders there are? Gender and sex are different things! http://tinyurl.com/yc9gmpp Posted by: Gender Studies Graduate Student at November 29, 2012 11:12 PM (sZTYJ) I once frequented a website where people announced their identity like so: I am biologically female, but I gender identify as a teenage androgynous male with a leather fetish.

Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 07:15 PM (oU9pV)

324 And that website can fuck itself for saying "Palestine"

Meh.

I was asked about praying to the east, I've been reading article after article about Orthodox Christians praying to the east, I linked to a website where Orthodox Christians are still praying to the east.

As to why they call it "Palestine": that's what the (then-Orthodox) Roman (then-Byzantine) Empire was calling it at the point at which they lost it to the Arabs. This is slack I will grant them.

Posted by: boulder hobo at November 29, 2012 07:15 PM (QTHTd)

325 311 I'm a slow learner. Posted by: BCochran1981 at November 29, 2012 11:03 PM (GEICT) Don't make me warn you again! http://tinyurl.com/cy3qq9g Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 29, 2012 11:12 PM (GsoHv) I think I get what you're going for, but not quite sure I get the point(s).

Posted by: BCochran1981 at November 29, 2012 07:15 PM (GEICT)

326 I hope to have another outing with her in the mean time.

Posted by: chemjeff at November 29, 2012 11:09 PM (d/5qf)

It's a date. It is not a referendum on your worth as a human being.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 29, 2012 07:16 PM (GsoHv)

327 Don't make me warn you again!

http://tinyurl.com/cy3qq9g

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 29, 2012 11:12 PM (GsoHv)

I think you should hit him again...just to be sure, y'know...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2012 07:16 PM (yh0zB)

328 *NABS* Adriane

Posted by: Robert at November 29, 2012 07:16 PM (LUnTP)

329 Is Gone With The Wind a chick flick? Awesome movie. Rhett Butler's a stud and Scarlet's a fox. I practically memorized Butler's speech about the South's inability to win just before war breaks out. Great put down by Ashley (of his cousin Charles): "He didn't refuse to fight. He refused to take advantage of you." ***** Perhaps. I was tempted to mention it earlier but I, to, was unsure about it's chickitude quality.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 07:16 PM (piMMO)

330 Hologram storefront in Berlin

http://tinyurl.com/4xey7dv

Posted by: kbdabear at November 29, 2012 07:16 PM (wwsoB)

331 Hanks is still a good guy. He's a gentleman, and respectable, and a real rarity in Hollywood. I can respect differences of opinion and politics, as long as you are not a complete nut and/or jerk about it (see Jamie Foxx, Michael Moore, Samuel L. Jackson, Matt Damon)

Posted by: Tickled Pink at November 29, 2012 07:16 PM (E1Vkf)

332 too, damnit

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 07:16 PM (piMMO)

333 Better to live with scars than regrets. I amso using that tomorrow at the salt mine

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 29, 2012 07:17 PM (JMmQ9)

334 yes, I am still seeing Transylvanian Velma

but, I think I am moving into the "friend zone"

that is my own fault, though, as I cannot find it in myself to "close the deal"

I hope to engineer a mistletoe moment at my Christmas party though

Posted by: chemjeff at November 29, 2012 10:56 PM

Friends let friends drink as much liquor as they want. And some they don't.

Posted by: otho at November 29, 2012 07:17 PM (yBF/9)

335 If teh Ewok doesn't read his own blog, I'll be damned if I read the comments. Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 29, 2012 11:13 PM (Rhie+) You know, for the longest time I thought this was just a funny joke. Then I realized it really is true.

Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 07:17 PM (oU9pV)

336 BTW, Scarlet has an awesome rack. Stop action when she's bending over, getting dressed. Yummo.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 29, 2012 07:17 PM (iBXwM)

337 323 I once frequented a website where people announced their identity like so: I am biologically female, but I gender identify as a teenage androgynous male with a leather fetish. Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 11:15 PM (oU9pV) This, this right here, is the reason for Rule #1.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at November 29, 2012 07:17 PM (GEICT)

338 I once frequented a website where people announced their identity like so: **** eew Why?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 07:17 PM (piMMO)

339 I once frequented a website where people announced their identity like so:

I am biologically female, but I gender identify as a teenage androgynous male with a leather fetish.

Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 11:15 PM (oU9pV)

something something meteors something...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2012 07:18 PM (yh0zB)

340 Get her Drunk and Take advantage of her...just any other self respecting Man does. Get the Sand out of your Vagina and take it to the Hoop..........Dude

Posted by: Walter Sobchak at November 29, 2012 07:18 PM (uis79)

341 Read WSJ editorial, we are worse off than fiscal cliff: http://tinyurl.com/cmaky4o Steyn has been riffing on this pretty hard for as long as I can remember, and went on about it subbing for Rush on Monday. We're in Wonderland, CarolT.

Posted by: jakeman at November 29, 2012 07:18 PM (96M6e)

342 310-- I'll check it out. Lubitsch had such a light touch. I'm at a loss to explain fully how "Heaven Can Wait" works, and you end up rooting for Ameche.

Posted by: moviegique at November 29, 2012 07:18 PM (Cepxj)

343

#282

I'm BLIND.

Posted by: the other coyote at November 29, 2012 07:19 PM (DmLAM)

344 It is almost as if there is no interest in either side in making yourself appealing to the other sex anymore and no one is happy about it... I'm not happy about the price of chocolate, but I don't bitch and moan on websites about it... or something like that ...

Posted by: Adriane at November 29, 2012 07:19 PM (gh+mp)

345 I am so using that tomorrow at the salt mine

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 29, 2012 11:17 PM (JMmQ9)

Feel free to spread it around. It should become the Moron Nation Creed.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2012 07:20 PM (yh0zB)

346 Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 11:12 PM (piMMO)

lol that might have to wait until the New Year's party

Posted by: chemjeff at November 29, 2012 07:20 PM (d/5qf)

347 Better to live with scars than regrets.

True, but I've found that is not an either/or proposition.

Posted by: AD at November 29, 2012 07:20 PM (GPoE7)

348 I hope to have another outing with her in the mean time.

Dude. Youtube Kezia Noble.

Gotta understand what they actually need, not what they say. Get that hamster spinning.

Posted by: esch at November 29, 2012 07:20 PM (9XVgh)

349 I ended up on some women's relationship site the other day and noticed the most common comments were that men are fat, immature, only interested in sex, and bitterly full of hate for women - and in the aggregate there is some truth to it. **** Don't look at sites like that. There's plenty of male-female interaction at sites such as this to know that men and women can interact in harmony, appreciating the differences between us, and poking fun without cruelty.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 07:20 PM (piMMO)

350 I once frequented a website where people announced their identity like so: I am biologically female, but I gender identify as a teenage androgynous male with a leather fetish. Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 11:15 PM (oU9pV) The thing is that a dirty old man just has to say this his "gender" is female, and his sexuality is "lesbian" and he can get away with declaring he is a little girl and should be able to shower with the same... Yup, Western Civilization is being put down lilke a baby on the "Liverpool Care Pathway"...

Posted by: The Political Hat at November 29, 2012 07:20 PM (sZTYJ)

351 Oh, I've seen Legally Blonde several times. It cracks me up.

Posted by: katya the designated driver at November 29, 2012 07:20 PM (DoZD+)

352

PALESTINE

NEVER..EVER..EVEN...BEFORE...EVER...A...COUNTRY!!

Just a peoples played like puppets on the world stage...

OH....I'm not a JEW!

Just better informed than most....

Posted by: Richard at November 29, 2012 07:20 PM (Nape+)

353 And that website can fuck itself for saying "Palestine"

If you aren't going to call it Israel, why not call is Canaan? Or conversely, the next time start just using Roman names for everywhere.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 29, 2012 07:21 PM (AUeaU)

354 I think you should hit him again...just to be sure, y'know...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2012 11:16 PM (yh0zB)

Much more of this and I will be accused of misogyny.

Oh...wait....that has already happened.

http://tinyurl.com/ctt5y6b

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 29, 2012 07:21 PM (GsoHv)

355 eew Why? Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 11:17 PM (piMMO) It was about some sci-fi/fantasy genre stuff that I liked. the gender identity stuff was just incidental. It wasn't a sex sight at all, that's what was so weird about it. anyway, I don't go there anymore.

Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 07:21 PM (oU9pV)

356 lol that might have to wait until the New Year's party **** Ha! As much as I dislike SNL, I never miss it when Justin Timberlake is on.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 07:21 PM (piMMO)

357 329 Is Gone With The Wind a chick flick? According to my mother, it sure is.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at November 29, 2012 07:22 PM (CxJM2)

358 I'm not happy about the price of chocolate, but I don't bitch and moan on websites about it... or something like that ... Posted by: Adriane at November 29, 2012 11:19 PM (gh+mp) How you doin'?

Posted by: Lindt at November 29, 2012 07:22 PM (LUnTP)

359 Did Chem Jeff buy the winning lottery ticket?

Posted by: Stormy at November 29, 2012 07:22 PM (YaGvi)

360 *NABS* Adriane I hope you had a good a good holiday ... weight gain, excluded ... we had a fun dinner with various friends/family on various days ... and are still microwaving left overs as we type ...

Posted by: Adriane at November 29, 2012 07:22 PM (gh+mp)

361 So why have you not rededicated your lives to loyally serving your President, Barack Obama, whose multiracial wisdom I and everyone I know supports completely?

Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, VT at November 29, 2012 07:22 PM (oN/VZ)

362 "I never miss it when Justin Timberlake is on." WTF????

Posted by: Walter Sobchak at November 29, 2012 07:23 PM (uis79)

363
If you aren't going to call it Israel, why not call is Canaan? Or conversely, the next time start just using Roman names for everywhere.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 29, 2012 11:21 PM (AUeaU)

Yeah I doubt those little pussies there say Constantinople. So fuck them.

Posted by: buzzion at November 29, 2012 07:23 PM (GULKT)

364 There's plenty of male-female interaction at sites such as this to know that men and women can interact in harmony, appreciating the differences between us, and poking fun without cruelty.
***
Oh, I'm aware there are plenty of places and people that are not like that...but in the aggregate, isn't this what our culture has become in the last 20 or so years? Liberalism teaches you to look out for #1 while cloaking it in virtue...and so the majority has.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 29, 2012 07:23 PM (AUeaU)

365 354 Much more of this and I will be accused of misogyny. Oh...wait....that has already happened. http://tinyurl.com/ctt5y6b Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 29, 2012 11:21 PM (GsoHv) That has to be a photoshop.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at November 29, 2012 07:24 PM (GEICT)

366 ... and are still microwaving left overs as we type ... Posted by: Adriane at November 29, 2012 11:22 PM (gh+mp) Uh...pass me the 'tater salad?

Posted by: Robert at November 29, 2012 07:24 PM (LUnTP)

367 This is a pretty good resource for gun hiding places http://scoamf.us/placestohidefirearms One thing that I do that's related, I have a 2 pistol locking case that I keep in an easily found spot (sock drawer). Easy to find, and small, so it's easy to carry out the door. There's a cheap 5 pound dumbbell locked inside. Nothing else.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 29, 2012 07:24 PM (Rhie+)

368 Beer!

Posted by: fluffy at November 29, 2012 07:24 PM (z9HTb)

369 So if Palestine's a "state" (i.e., "country" to us Americans) and it keeps lobbing rockets, does that mean it gets DOW'd? Wall it off from the Israeli side and let it have whatever borders with Egypt it wants, with the understanding that if it tries anything it gets wiped out.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 29, 2012 07:24 PM (iBXwM)

370 Beer! Posted by: fluffy at November 29, 2012 11:24 PM (z9HTb) *Looks left* *Looks right* Where?

Posted by: Robert at November 29, 2012 07:24 PM (LUnTP)

371 313 GGE, you are right. that is what I have read elsewhere too. I just have to do it.

Posted by: chemjeff at November 29, 2012 11:13 PM (d/5qf)

Put yourself in the frame of mind where you have gone the extra step and figure out how to get to it the *second* time.....and that can tell you a lot about how to approach the first time.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 29, 2012 07:25 PM (kaalw)

372

GGE- 'sup Carolina. I like that "scars v. regrets" thang.

Ours is "if you're 'gonna be stupid, you better be tough", and " If you can't be a role model, or a good example, then at least serve as a horrible warning", and, "It is better to look back on life and say 'I can't believe I did that' than to look back and say 'I wish I had done that'".

And, of course, the requisite: "Hey ya'll, watch this!" Famous last words.

Posted by: Just Another Moron (Formerly New and Semi-New) at November 29, 2012 07:25 PM (mkb9H)

373 interact in harmony, appreciating the differences between us, and poking fun without cruelty ...and enjoying the occasional sharp elbow, stompy boot, or pudding cup without judging or hating. I love this place. *sniff*

Posted by: jakeman at November 29, 2012 07:25 PM (96M6e)

374 "That has to be a photoshop."

Posted by: BCochran1981 at November 29, 2012 11:24 PM (GEICT)

I would be shocked if it weren't, but it's a good one.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 29, 2012 07:25 PM (GsoHv)

375 "I never miss it when Justin Timberlake is on." WTF???? **** there is almost no humiliation he won't suffer for a laugh. He's surprisingly funny and self-deprecating.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 07:25 PM (piMMO)

376 Justin Timberlake is not bad. He went to that military dinner when that girl asked him and he was raving about it and how great military culture and camaraderie was afterwards.

Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 07:25 PM (oU9pV)

377 Thanks Elizabethe although I am looking to make a Israel cookie since it is where Bethlehem is and also I want other cookies to know they can get creamed by my "Mossad Cookies." Don't even try throwing things at them, cause I over baked them and they will hurt you bad.

Posted by: Picric at November 29, 2012 07:25 PM (7OPoo)

378

Gone With The Wind is a chick flick. When I lived in Atlanta, it was playing at Turner's building 24/7. We went in there drunk a couple of times... classmates passed out, I watched it 3 times straight through (ok, maybe not just drunk...)

At the time I lived on N. Decatur Road, and I loved the part where Rhett tells Scarlett that her husband Charles (?) is out lying dead on the North Decaur Road. I can just imagine his body out in traffic with everyone honking at it...

Posted by: the other coyote at November 29, 2012 07:25 PM (DmLAM)

379

A Salon article from a few years ago about hipsters using food stamps at farmers markets to buy arugula and hand raised salmon.

Holy hell, was I pissed off today with the Dear Prudie feature, which, for some unknown reason, is delivered to my inbox. I can't imagine I would ever have signed up for that. Anyhoo. The letter-writer was all concerned that he was being racist, due to the fact that he wanted to have a white surrogate egg donor, even though his wife is Asian. The response is egregious. Not gonna link. You can find it if you want. But the opening paragraph contains this:

Reince Priebus, is that you? I can see how increasing the white population might be a good strategy for raising GOP turnout on election day. However, if youÂ’re not the chairman of the Republican National Committee

Posted by: kalneva at November 29, 2012 07:25 PM (S+/pH)

380 I once frequented a website where people announced their identity like so:
I am biologically female, but I gender identify as a teenage androgynous male with a leather fetish.

Dang, elizabethe. I was wondering why they added a "Q" to LGBT. I guess that answers it.

Posted by: no good deed at November 29, 2012 07:26 PM (mjR67)

381 lots of kinky stuff was said while I was gone

Posted by: Alex is back from destroying india at November 29, 2012 07:26 PM (aPAIU)

382 there is almost no humiliation he won't suffer for a laugh. He's surprisingly funny and self-deprecating. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 11:25 PM (piMMO) I have to admit it turns out he's a pretty talented guy.

Posted by: Robert at November 29, 2012 07:26 PM (LUnTP)

383 Guys, your opinions have been requested. http://bit.ly/V7zqPv

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 07:26 PM (piMMO)

384 "I never miss it when Justin Timberlake is on."

WTF????"

If you listened to contemporary pop hits in the '90s and '00s, search youtube for "Dick in a Box" and "I'll Be Your Mother's Lover".

Posted by: derit at November 29, 2012 07:26 PM (I88Jc)

385 "Take her to the movies and circular cutout at the bottom of the popcorn bucket.."

Get her drunk!

While these are both important and should be given due consideration (and I know absolutely nothing about the background here), this is very simple. Either she is letting you buy her dinner or she isn't. If you have bought her dinner, she's happily gone along with it, and you're still progressing towards the friend zone, she's probably wondering why you haven't made any moves by now.

Posted by: AD at November 29, 2012 07:26 PM (GPoE7)

386 re: "Kimberlin skates again. For now."

Always.

He's not just some crazed attack dog. He's *somebody's* crazed attack dog, and whoever's he is, they let him run off-leash.

I'd bet he's an FBI informant. It's their tradition to not only allow but to aid their informants in freely living lives of crime.

But there are several other possibilities. Some are slightly less scary than "He's a fed," and a couple are scarier.

Regardless, if he decides to target you, there's no lawful remedy.

So.

(Also: Told y'all.)

Posted by: oblig. at November 29, 2012 07:27 PM (cePv8)

387 Nah, Charles was her first one, who died of pneumonia during the war. The one lying out on the road was "ol' whisker face" (forget his name) who was engaged to her sister.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 29, 2012 07:27 PM (iBXwM)

388 I hope to have another outing with her in the mean time.

Posted by: chemjeff at November 29, 2012 11:09 PM (d/5qf)

You need to get more innings in your outings.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 29, 2012 07:27 PM (kaalw)

389 Oh...wait....that has already happened.

http://tinyurl.com/ctt5y6b
___
Why was I not informed Kristen Bell was entering the topless photo portion of the female celebrity's career?

Like http://tinyurl.com/cf3s8ha

Posted by: Some Moron at November 29, 2012 07:28 PM (AUeaU)

390

163Wait.
They added Mean Girls but not Clueless?
Do men like Clueless?

Oh, absolutely. I'm a guy and I like westerns and war movies, etc., and Clueless is hilarious. It's a take-off on a Jane Austen novel.

And I'd very highly recommend Romy and Michelle's Class Reunion. A GREAT buddy film. I'm surprised they didn't do a sequel. Very funny dialouge.

I would argue that both are far, far better than Sleepless in Seattle or My Best friend's Wedding.

Remember this from Clueless?

Dad - Awwww, how could anyone not love my princess?

Daughter, serious as can be - I don't know!

Posted by: Vertov at November 29, 2012 07:28 PM (rRr9n)

391 Overboard is the best romcom for both genders.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 29, 2012 07:29 PM (DgUzc)

392 Formicophilia This is deriving sexual pleasure from insects crawling on the body, specifically on the genitals. It is more common in developing countries, perhaps because homes are infested with insects. This could lead to an individual's genitals being exposed to insects (especially if they have outdoor bathrooms, as many developing countries do), and if this happens at a young age when they are sexually developing, they may derive pleasure from it.

Posted by: Alex is grossing you out at November 29, 2012 07:30 PM (aPAIU)

393 Where?

Right here.

Simpler Times Lager. Cheap and strong.

Posted by: fluffy at November 29, 2012 07:30 PM (z9HTb)

394 Overboard is the best romcom for both genders. Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 29, 2012 11:29 PM (DgUzc) Classic!

Posted by: Robert at November 29, 2012 07:30 PM (LUnTP)

395 At the time I lived on N. Decatur Road, and I lovedthe part where Rhett tells Scarlett thather husband Charles (?) is out lying dead on the North Decaur Road. I can just imagine his body out in traffic with everyone honking at it... **** LOL

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 07:30 PM (piMMO)

396 I came up with this joke after watching Clueless:

How does a fruit insult a fly?

He gets her to buy him drinks all night and then refuses to compliment her shoes.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 29, 2012 07:30 PM (iBXwM)

397 Alright I'm out. Hope you Rons and Ettes have a good one. Don't break shit.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at November 29, 2012 07:30 PM (GEICT)

398 Brees caught a break.

Posted by: logprof at November 29, 2012 07:31 PM (gBuIk)

399

Oh...wait....that has already happened.

http://tinyurl.com/ctt5y6b

Got to be a photoshop. Hot body but I don't think Kristen Bell's legs are that long, and the "Kristen Bell by: norelation" is a pretty good indication.

Posted by: buzzion at November 29, 2012 07:31 PM (GULKT)

400 The thing I love about Justin Timberlake is that whenever he's in a movie, the reviews have to say something like "As much as I hate to admit it, he's very talented!" Lotta rancor toward him.

Posted by: moviegique at November 29, 2012 07:31 PM (Cepxj)

401 391 Overboard is the best romcom for both genders. Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth

I'd go with Undead Wedding, but I'm....

Posted by: SFGoth at November 29, 2012 07:31 PM (iBXwM)

402 There's plenty of male-female interaction at sites such as this to know that men and women can interact in harmony, appreciating the differences between us, and poking fun without cruelty.
I agree with big nose. She's absolutely right.

Posted by: andycanuck at November 29, 2012 07:31 PM (jPVBi)

403 Klismaphilia This is deriving sexual pleasure from receiving an enema. It's not too surprising that people can get aroused from it, especially if they enjoy anal sex. A klismaphile may also enjoy pornographic films that portray someone receiving an enema and deriving sexual pleasure from it. See tub girl for example

Posted by: Alex is grossing you out at November 29, 2012 07:31 PM (aPAIU)

404

My elderly aunt passed away last Sunday. One thing I learned from her and from my grandmother (born in 1897) is exactly how easy we have it. They were busy figuring out how they were going to eat; bitching on websites about how horrible men were wasn't exactly in their schedule. If you were stuck with a real bastard, I guess you might divorce him (plenty of people did, my grandmother said that Burning Bed shit was utter crap, but she wore the pants in that whole town, not just her family). But most of the tiime you were trying to raise kids and figure out how to eat.

My aunt was convinced that Obama won because white people won't grow up. She said it used to be that by the time you could vote (21) you were married and probably had a kid, and were worried about the future. Now 21 year olds are babes in arms and 30 year olds still haven't settled down. You have too many voters who aren't grown up. Her 2 cents. Not sure JEF winning didn't push her over the edge.

Posted by: the other coyote at November 29, 2012 07:32 PM (DmLAM)

405 Chemjeff,

Just go for the roofies. It takes care of those awkward moments from the first kiss to the first climax. She'll thank you for it later.

If she doesn't thank you, catch the next flight to Belize.

Posted by: MrCaniac at November 29, 2012 07:32 PM (Zd/NW)

406 Women are Chicken Shits...be up front and tell her exactly what you want and you how want it, and she stumbles, walk away from her...if you don't put her on the spot...she gonna play you like a video game.

Posted by: Walter Sobchak at November 29, 2012 07:32 PM (uis79)

407 BC! Next time take your daughter to Applebees!

Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 07:32 PM (oU9pV)

408 Oh...wait....that has already happened. http://tinyurl.com/ctt5y6b *** the girl is nothing but legs!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 07:32 PM (piMMO)

409 "It is better to look back on life and say 'I can't believe I did that' than to look back and say 'I wish I had done that'".
-
And, of course, the requisite: "Hey ya'll, watch this!" Famous last words.

Posted by: Just Another Moron (Formerly New and Semi-New) at November 29, 2012 11:25 PM (mkb9H)

Yep.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2012 07:33 PM (yh0zB)

410 @405 That is some Funny Stuff right there!

Posted by: Walter Sobchak at November 29, 2012 07:33 PM (uis79)

411 So if Palestine's a "state" (i.e., "country" to us Americans)
***
I was playing Scattagories with a room full of overeducated blue starters a few years ago (don't ask) and for the category of "State" the letter came up C.

Knowing everyone would pick California, I went with China...because state can mean country...and they all told me my answer was BS, "cause China is, uh, a country dude...uh...not a state."

Posted by: 18-1 at November 29, 2012 07:33 PM (AUeaU)

412 126 Because -1) blog tradition 2) usually I picked the stories days or weeks beforehand 3) no one reads the blog 4) blog tradition I'm wondering if tradition might be one reason?

Posted by: rickb223 Let. It. Burn. at November 29, 2012 07:33 PM (d0Dmj)

413 alex, please stop.

Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 07:33 PM (oU9pV)

414

Cash is King. I do cash or I stay home. I`ve been staying home alot lately. I was staying home alot beforely too.

Good evening `rons n `ettes, and a better one tomorrow.

Posted by: rightlysouthern(aim low boys,theys ridin ponies) at November 29, 2012 07:33 PM (WkS/c)

415 I agree with big nose. She's absolutely right. **** No problem, assface.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 07:34 PM (piMMO)

416 DENDROPHILIA: Sexual attraction to Trees Hippy Pervs

Posted by: Alex is grossing you out at November 29, 2012 07:34 PM (aPAIU)

417 These QBs need to learn what their jerseys look like

Posted by: Methos at November 29, 2012 07:34 PM (hO9ad)

418 Alright, time for me to get ready for woik. Good night, ONT! I'll try to be on later.

Posted by: Robert at November 29, 2012 07:34 PM (LUnTP)

419 It's always been a good versus evil kind of world.

Posted by: CraigPoe at November 29, 2012 07:34 PM (BVkEs)

420 415: I love you Morons and your buffoonery .

Posted by: Alex is grossing you out at November 29, 2012 07:35 PM (aPAIU)

421 ood night, ONT! I'll try to be on later. Posted by: Robert at November 29, 2012 11:34 PM (LUnTP) that robert is always so upbeat.

Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 07:35 PM (oU9pV)

422 See tub girl for example

Seriously, don't.

Posted by: Methos at November 29, 2012 07:35 PM (hO9ad)

423 Mommmm! andycanuck and NDH are fighting!!!

Posted by: jakeman at November 29, 2012 07:35 PM (96M6e)

424 This game will not be featured on Brees's HOF video.

Posted by: logprof at November 29, 2012 07:36 PM (gBuIk)

425 the girl is nothing but legs!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 11:32 PM (piMMO)

yeah...legs...all the way to her ass...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2012 07:36 PM (yh0zB)

426 When a Man stops believing in God he doesnÂ’t then believe in nothing, he believes anything.

Posted by: Chesteron at November 29, 2012 10:51 PM (AUeaU)

THIS ^^^^^

I have come to understand some things lately:

Demonrats vote like politics IS their religion, cuz, it is...Duh...

Demonrats like gubmint and gubmint jobs cuz it's work that feels like religious activity to them. Working in the vineyards of the Cause, so to speak...

Conservatives tend to want to work and live private lives separately from each other until the two meet, like in a business.

The Demonrats like to work in jobs where they are surrounded and buoyed by their beliefs. gubmint, NFPs, etc...

Conservatives like laissez faire gubmint and little as possible of it. Faith is for God and Church.

Demonrats detest most Churches and God , and go forgod with a little G, as in god, and church with little c, as in manageable: in a box. Human regulations and rules can do the rest of the heavy lifting from their point of view.

Conservatives like live and let live excepting 'socons', it seems. Few of the Demonrats I meet are willing to let others live without the benefit of their blinding brilliance. So they are almost all 'sodems', as regards supporting the main Dem propaganda points. They all like spending, entitlements, factions and divisiveness and most condone cheating "if it means getting the needed result", since they usually have situational morals at best.

The Left, in its long pursuit of power and control, with its over-arching strain of OCD control mania and its thin-to-none moral fiber, has purposely destroyed the US as a functioning society and nation. One of the founders said Â“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.Â” That was John Adams. He was right and the Left is wrong.

Wrong on everything.

If you believe in God, then our Union is dying by suicide and lack of Faith.

If you don't believe, in God or anything, it still appears our Union is in its death throes. Either one arrives at the same point: Death.

With a former political neophyte re-elected as Presidential Cipher and (hidden past) Leader, our demise will come even more swiftly. Romney was a moral, honorable man and would probably have slowed the speed of the decline for a time. For a short time, then it would pick up speed again. Now it will just steam-roll FORWARD over the edge. No brakes.

With luck, God's Providence and time, another nation, in whole or in part might emerge from the selfish, self-destructive wreckage. Perhaps the lessons of the people voting themselves wealth, ill-gotten and illicit, from the Treasury, will be re-learned at great cost. War may come to our shores, from within or from the outside. Death will surely come, and great darkness. And that darkness, that will snuff out the God Given Light of America, will snuff out the light of most free or somewhat free nations.

As America retreats and falls, darkness will rise and expand: it is a symbiotic equation. And the world stands to lose as much as America and Americans do.

Sadly, most people don' realize how much American power and influence keeps other nations free. But the Demonrats do, and as surely as they embrace the Left and socialistic Fascism, they embrace the coming darkness.

Being Godless, the Demonrats, having only little 'g' gods, like their politicians and causes, they need the darkness. It is made for them: it is who they are.

As it turns out, it will advance the cause of God, as the Good Book says. So while I mourn the coming darkness and the heavy price we'll pay, it's necessary, and a better day will come out of it.

I'm done now. I apologize for the long rant.

Like Ace said: "Let It Burn."

Indeed. Let It Burn.

Posted by: sandman is has hate to spare at November 29, 2012 07:36 PM (zxaA2)

427 Posted by: jakeman at November 29, 2012 11:35 PM (96M6e) they're just having a discussion. it's okay to disagree with people, as long as you use your words, and not your fists.

Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 07:36 PM (oU9pV)

428

369

Still...brain dead..and the U.N procto-approval just means that PALESTINE, remains a people....(read the fine print on THAT piece of U.N cockspur)

If
I were BEBE...."HERE COMES THE BOOM!!!!!!)

HOW YA LIKE ME NOW???..here comes the BOOM....here comes the BOOM!.."HERE COMES THE BOOM!!!"HOW YA LIKE ME NOW???!!!!"

Posted by: Richard at November 29, 2012 07:36 PM (Nape+)

429 Knowing everyone would pick California, I went with China...because state can mean country...and they all told me my answer was BS, "cause China is, uh, a country dude...uh...not a state."

Posted by: 18-1 at November 29, 2012 11:33 PM (AUeaU)

And they'd all fail high school civics.

Posted by: buzzion at November 29, 2012 07:36 PM (GULKT)

430 Got to be a photoshop. Hot body but I don't think Kristen Bell's legs are that long, and the "Kristen Bell by: norelation" is a pretty good indication. **** I thought so too, but then looked for the obvious signs and they aren't there. Check out her upper arm. Usually, the back of the squished arm will be shopped out. The same with the flyaway hair. And they probably would have shrunken her ear a bit.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 07:37 PM (piMMO)

431 That letter about starving and dehydrating the babies --- I wonder. I wonder if the doctor is telling us that we are doing wrong or if he is making an argument for euthanasia. He says that the parents "love" the baby, doesn't he? He feels sorry for them....and for himself. Yes. I think he is telling us that he should be allowed to kill the baby. It would be so much nicer, so much easier on us all, so much cleaner and sanitary, so compassionate. It's for the children!!!! Mark my words. That is what he is saying.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at November 29, 2012 07:37 PM (C8mVl)

432 See tub girl for example
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I for one love Tub Girl. Her book about the evils of Slavery is one of the most important books of the 20th century.

Posted by: Joe Biden at November 29, 2012 07:37 PM (AUeaU)

433 I will stop now

Posted by: Alex is done at November 29, 2012 07:37 PM (aPAIU)

434 Brees TD Streaks Ends at 54.

Posted by: CraigPoe at November 29, 2012 07:37 PM (BVkEs)

435 Posted by: logprof at November 29, 2012 11:36 PM (gBuIk) so, logprof. I've been wondering about this for a while. do you teach logs, or do you teach people ABOUT logs?

Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 07:37 PM (oU9pV)

436 No problem, assface.
So you did get the photo I emailed you!
<3 <3 <3

Posted by: andycanuck at November 29, 2012 07:38 PM (jPVBi)

437 Just go for the roofies. It takes care of those awkward moments from the first kiss to the first climax. She'll thank you for it later.

If she doesn't thank you, catch the next flight to Belize.

Posted by: MrCaniac at November 29, 2012 11:32 PM (Zd/NW)

Can't go wrong with the classic lines. One of my favorites is "Hey, does this smell like cloroform to you?"

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2012 07:38 PM (yh0zB)

438 My favorite lines from Clueless: Amber - I'm sorry, but my doctor says I can't be a part of any activities where balls are flying at my face. Dionne - Well there goes your social life.

Posted by: no good deed at November 29, 2012 07:38 PM (mjR67)

439 I will stop now Posted by: Alex is done at November 29, 2012 11:37 PM (aPAIU) thank you, thank you so much. Here, have a hot chocolate.

Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 07:38 PM (oU9pV)

440 "It's always been a good versus evil kind of world."

Until it becomes "GvsE" and gets cancelled soon after.

Posted by: derit at November 29, 2012 07:38 PM (I88Jc)

441 DENDROPHILIA: Sexual attraction to Trees Hippy Pervs *** This explains a lot about Daryl Hannah

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 07:38 PM (piMMO)

442 I have a cat on my lap right now.

Posted by: Alex is done at November 29, 2012 07:38 PM (aPAIU)

443 as long as you use your words, and not your fists. ***insert sound of two iron skillets passing in midair and connecting simultaneously with their targets***

Posted by: jakeman at November 29, 2012 07:39 PM (96M6e)

444 My favorite lines from Clueless: Amber - I'm sorry, but my doctor says I can't be a part of any activities where balls are flying at my face. Dionne - Well there goes your social life. **** Do you like Billie Holiday? I looove him.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 07:39 PM (piMMO)

445 Just stay on your side of the comments, jakeman./cosby

Posted by: andycanuck at November 29, 2012 07:39 PM (jPVBi)

446 439: Was that hypocritical?

Posted by: Alex is done at November 29, 2012 07:39 PM (aPAIU)

447 Yes. I think he is telling us that he should be allowed to kill the baby. It would be so much nicer, so much easier on us all, so much cleaner and sanitary, so compassionate. It's for the children!!!!
***
Europe is descending into the 30s again.

Most people don't realize it, whether because of the ideological gloss of the NEA, or just their pure incompetence...but in the 30s eugenics was all the rage among the liberal elite, just as it is now.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 29, 2012 07:40 PM (AUeaU)

448 and I apologize for the huge text blocks. Formatting no so important here, at the HQ.

Sorry. I'll relurk now.

Posted by: sandman is has hate to spare at November 29, 2012 07:40 PM (zxaA2)

449 Christie: So, Mi-chelle! What are you up to?
Michele: Oh, okay. Um, I invented Post-Its.
Christie: No offense, Michele, but how in the world did *you* think of Post-Its?
Michele: Uh...
[looks across the room at Romy talking to Billy Christianson]
Romy: And I thought of them completely by myself. I mean, all Michele did was say: "What about making them yellow?"
Michele: [turns to the A Group] Actually I invented a special kind of glue.
Christie: Oh really? Well then I'm sure you wouldn't mind giving us a detailed account of exactly how you concocted this miracle glue, would you?
Michele: No. Um, well, ordinarily when you make glue first you need to thermoset your resin and then after it cools you have to mix in an epoxide, which is really just a fancy-schmancy name for any simple oxygenated adhesive, right? And then I thought maybe, just maybe, you could raise the viscosity by adding a complex glucose derivative during the emulsification process and it turns out I was right.

Posted by: Vertov at November 29, 2012 07:40 PM (rRr9n)

450 Guys, your opinions have been requested.

http://bit.ly/V7zqPv

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 11:26 PM (piMMO)

Snooki and Chelsea Handler are listed as "power brokers" along with Condoleezza Rice and Kate Middleton, yikes. Speaking of Alex Morgan, Team USA put up a video of her doing yoga on YouTube.

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at November 29, 2012 07:41 PM (NzBQO)

451 This explains a lot about Daryl Hannah

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 11:38 PM (piMMO)

*looks up tree costumes*

my luck I'd just get squirrels...looking for my...bark...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2012 07:41 PM (yh0zB)

452 Brees TD Streaks Ends at 54. **** If you missed the piece in the sidebar, go check it out.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 07:41 PM (piMMO)

453 So perjury and violating discovery rules are fine if it's a 'political' thing. Kimberlin skates again. For now. The left are allowed to break the law. Just remember that, that's a fact. Their own won't go after 'em, our side won't go after 'em. They are *allowed*. You live in a banana republic.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at November 29, 2012 07:41 PM (bxiXv)

454 I established a simple rule in my marriage: I will go see chick flicks with my wife, but only if she takes off her bra.

Posted by: Trimegistus at November 29, 2012 07:42 PM (QFVx5)

455 39: Was that hypocritical? Posted by: Alex is done at November 29, 2012 11:39 PM (aPAIU)j no, no, not at all. Genuine thanks for stopping. you didn't have to. I'm not the boss of you.

Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 07:42 PM (oU9pV)

456 So here is a question for the Let It Burn folks.

What is the next step?

This isn't a challenge - I'm interested in the answer.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 29, 2012 07:43 PM (AUeaU)

457 Ten chick flicks that homosexuals love to watch with their fag hags.

Posted by: somebody else, not me at November 29, 2012 07:43 PM (nZvGM)

458 Do men tell Darryl Hannah, "I'm checking for squirrels!"?

Posted by: fluffy at November 29, 2012 07:44 PM (z9HTb)

459 Alrighty, amigos. I need one more cocktail to eke out a 500-word article before I hit the hay. Stay classy...or whatever the AOSHQ equivalent of classy is. *mwah*

Posted by: jakeman at November 29, 2012 07:44 PM (96M6e)

460 Would I get into trouble if I said Susan Rice walks like a man, and quacks like a duck?

Posted by: CraigPoe at November 29, 2012 07:44 PM (BVkEs)

461 Lucy, you know I don't speak Mexican.

Posted by: no good deed at November 29, 2012 07:44 PM (mjR67)

462 This isn't a challenge - I'm interested in the answer. Posted by: 18-1 at November 29, 2012 11:43 PM (AUeaU) If they had an answer, they wouldn't let it burn.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at November 29, 2012 07:44 PM (bxiXv)

463 I was going to install a gun lock mounted to the floor and wall for my sister, but that may be much easier!

The small 4/8-slot GE panel I used for the tankless project I wrote about a couple of years ago was under $20.

There's a clickable pic of it still online at the blog post

http://minx.cc/?post=297983

Posted by: @PurpAv at November 29, 2012 07:44 PM (upmAr)

464 Eesh. Maybe I should be drinking more, but I'm giving out a lot of 1-3s in that askmen rating thing linked upthread.

Posted by: Methos at November 29, 2012 07:45 PM (hO9ad)

465 Would I get into trouble if I said Susan Rice walks like a man, and quacks like a duck?
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RACIST! Everyone knows duck is a French Colonial Portuguese racial insult!

Posted by: The State Media at November 29, 2012 07:45 PM (AUeaU)

466 HI Merovign. waves.

Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 07:46 PM (oU9pV)

467 Is 'The Perils of Gwendolyn' a "chick flick"? 'Cause it has chicks in it.

Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at November 29, 2012 07:46 PM (YmI3c)

468 So here is a question for the Let It Burn folks.

What is the next step?

This isn't a challenge - I'm interested in the answer.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 29, 2012 11:43 PM (AUeaU)

Piss on the ashes.

OK, serious now, I'm pretty sure the LiB folks are advocating letting the system crash and then trying to build something from the pieces. History isn't kind to this approach, but I'm guessing they are just frustrated at what is going on and don't know what to do to reverse the trend.

I don't know that the trend can be reversed. I think no matter what your philosophy we are going to have to ride this into the ground and hope that there is something left to work with when we hit.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2012 07:46 PM (yh0zB)

469 Lucy, you know I don't speak Mexican. **** Have you seen my white shirt from Fred Segal? It's my most responsible-looking ensemble!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 07:46 PM (piMMO)

470
If they had an answer, they wouldn't let it burn.
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No, I mean after the collapse.

Traditionally the group that comes out on top of any societal collapse is the one with the most guns and organization.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 29, 2012 07:47 PM (AUeaU)

471 Romy: You have absolutely no proof that you're cuter.
Michele: Oh, proof. You want proof? Ok, fine. Who lost their virginity first?
Romy: Oh, big wow, with your cousin Barry. I wouldn't brag about it.

Posted by: Vertov at November 29, 2012 07:47 PM (rRr9n)

472 466 HI Merovign. waves. Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 11:46 PM (oU9pV) How are you doing? I just validated at NaNo...

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at November 29, 2012 07:47 PM (bxiXv)

473 So here is a question for the Let It Burn folks.

What is the next step?

Not sure. Not sure what is meant by let it burn, not sure if I am on board (as if I have a choice) and not sure what is next.

Fuckin Chinese and their "interesting times"

Posted by: fluffy at November 29, 2012 07:47 PM (z9HTb)

474 thank you, thank you so much. Here, have a hot chocolate.
It ticked me off.

Instapundit linked to some Psychology Today piece quite a while ago that had to do with positive reinforcement or something similar so I commented something like, "That was a very intelligent article, Dr. So-and-So. Would you like a chocolate?" and I socked it as Dr Sheldon Cooper and when I checked back later in the day they had removed it! Even if they didn't get the Big Bang Theory reference, it still fit the context. Spoiled sports. (And I misread the original comments as "have a chocolate" thus this rambling anecdote.)

Posted by: andycanuck at November 29, 2012 07:47 PM (jPVBi)

475 Yes. I think he is telling us that he should be allowed to kill the baby. It would be so much nicer, so much easier on us all, so much cleaner and sanitary, so compassionate. It's for the children!!!!

Mark my words. That is what he is saying.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at November 29, 2012 11:37 PM (C8mVl)

That was my understanding of it -- he wasn't particularly upset about the death, just the lingering nature of it.....which leads to the obvious corollary -- "speed it up, already!"

Posted by: cthulhu at November 29, 2012 07:47 PM (kaalw)

476 wishing I started watching Sword Art Online earlier, show has been pretty good

Posted by: The Dude at November 29, 2012 07:47 PM (tw6Ar)

477 468: As long as the physical damage is not extreme I think we will be fine

Posted by: Alex is done at November 29, 2012 07:47 PM (aPAIU)

478 BCochrane. Although I suppose it doesn't mean much (from me the semi-newbie), I see you, and I have failed (previously) to give you "props". If I had a hat, I would take it off. Wicked sense! (golf claps).

Posted by: Just Another Moron (Formerly New and Semi-New) at November 29, 2012 07:47 PM (mkb9H)

479 I'm going to have to watch that tomorrow, NDH. I caught Love Actually the other day on cable.

Posted by: no good deed at November 29, 2012 07:47 PM (mjR67)

480 Do men tell Darryl Hannah, "I'm checking for squirrels!"?

Posted by: fluffy at November 29, 2012 11:44 PM (z9HTb)

I'd tell her "Just stand there and shut up. Don't ruin this for me."

Alternately I'd like to tell her "Don't talk with your mouth full..."

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2012 07:48 PM (yh0zB)

481 "This isn't a challenge - I'm interested in the answer." Let them have what they.......and formally and publicly hand over responsibility to them. Until Republicans aren't the Scapegoat, and voters know who Democrats really are...they won't learn.

Posted by: Walter Sobchak at November 29, 2012 07:48 PM (uis79)

482 435 Posted by: logprof at November 29, 2012 11:36 PM (gBuIk) so, logprof. I've been wondering about this for a while. do you teach logs, or do you teach people ABOUT logs? Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 11:37 PM (oU9pV) --Neither.

Posted by: logprof at November 29, 2012 07:48 PM (gBuIk)

483 Hey logprof, Go Gators. Just messin` with you a little.

Posted by: rightlysouthern(aim low boys,theys ridin ponies) at November 29, 2012 07:49 PM (WkS/c)

484 How are you doing? I just validated at NaNo... Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at November 29, 2012 11:47 PM (bxiXv) good for you! I'm okay =). I really enjoyed NaNoWriMo. My word count was pitiful but I found out what a reasonable daily word count expectation is for me right now.

Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 07:49 PM (oU9pV)

485 I'm going to have to watch that tomorrow, NDH. I caught Love Actually the other day on cable. **** Oh good. How did you like it?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 07:49 PM (piMMO)

486 Harvard approves BDSM club

Posted by: Alex is done at November 29, 2012 07:50 PM (aPAIU)

487 Â“The Harvard MunchÂ”

Posted by: Alex is done at November 29, 2012 07:50 PM (aPAIU)

488 What is the next step?

There's one legitimate purpose to letting it burn: Trying to get either the rest of the American public to come to grips with the fact liberals' fiscal policies won't work.

Sure, there should be easier ways of doing that...for instance, one of our leaders taking the time to explain that we can't fix the deficit by taxing the rich even if we wanted to (I'm pretty sure I could do this in 30 seconds flat)...but apparently none of those are happening or look like they're going to happen. So, that leaves us with letting it burn.

Once we're at that point, continue what we've been trying to do pre-letting-it-burn.

Posted by: AD at November 29, 2012 07:51 PM (GPoE7)

489

Buy more ammo,

get more better guns...and learn how to USE THEM!!

Night dildos...M and M's and others now idendified as legal residents with the newly issued JERRY BROWN SUCK MY DICK AND GET IN FREE CARD!

Posted by: Richard at November 29, 2012 07:51 PM (Nape+)

490 Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at November 29, 2012 11:47 PM (bxiXv) Is the finished product ready for reading yet? Congrats on your word count.

Posted by: Adriane at November 29, 2012 07:51 PM (gh+mp)

491 Posted by: andycanuck at November 29, 2012 11:47 PM (jPVBi) I'm so confused and sad now. hot chocolate is always to be used for joy and warmth. I thought this was universally understood. I should have offered beer.

Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 07:52 PM (oU9pV)

492 do you teach logs, or do you teach people ABOUT logs?

Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 11:37 PM (oU9pV)

http://tinyurl.com/3vxa2c3

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2012 07:52 PM (yh0zB)

493

What is the next step?

Take charge.

Posted by: rightlysouthern(aim low boys,theys ridin ponies) at November 29, 2012 07:53 PM (WkS/c)

494 NDH and others talking about Love Actually, I find that I will watch anything that Hugh Grant is in. He is just universally great in romantic comedies. Maybe he's personally a jerk, but please don't tell me.

Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 07:54 PM (oU9pV)

495 Sure, there should be easier ways of doing that...for instance, one of our leaders taking the time to explain that we can't fix the deficit by taxing the rich even if we wanted to (I'm pretty sure I could do this in 30 seconds flat)...but apparently none of those are happening or look like they're going to happen. So, that leaves us with letting it burn.

Once we're at that point, continue what we've been trying to do pre-letting-it-burn.

Posted by: AD at November 29, 2012 11:51 PM (GPoE7)

Paul Ryan tried that. You are suggesting trying to teach basic economics to the gimmie generation that has the attention span of a goldfish and has been taught that all good comes from the almighty State.

Good luck with that.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2012 07:54 PM (yh0zB)

496 So here is a question for the Let It Burn folks.

What is the next step?

Attempt to survive and figure out where we are once the transition has happened. An economic system based on credit must clear bad debts periodically (the wave of defaults and bank failures that accompany normal recessions) and can collapse completely if the fake growth period goes on too long. Which is where we are.

Where we also are is the inevitability of government spending, in terms of real stuff, contracting to what it can afford, like anyone else. All the whining about fiscal cliff is basically a lament that the lies of government can't continue forever.

"Let It Burn" is in popular use because it sounds better than "Watch It Burn." It has to happen anyway, so we may as well pretend to invite it.

Posted by: Methos at November 29, 2012 07:54 PM (hO9ad)

497 492/ Geez, GGE. How the heck did you remember that?!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 07:55 PM (piMMO)

498 Is the finished product ready for reading yet? Congrats on your word count. Posted by: Adriane at November 29, 2012 11:51 PM (gh+mp) Oh no. It may not be that long, but I'm concentrating on some other projects after the month ends, that will be done sooner. Hopefully for Cashey Moneys. I'll throw something up when that happens.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at November 29, 2012 07:55 PM (bxiXv)

499 elizabethe at November 29, 2012 11:52 PM (oU9pV) usually adding 'or the delicious beverage of your choice...' might help. I'll take a hot chocolate if you're still stirring ...

Posted by: Adriane at November 29, 2012 07:55 PM (gh+mp)

500 I'm so confused and sad now. hot chocolate is always to be used for joy and warmth. I thought this was universally understood.
~~Well, as I wrote, I missed the "hot" out of that.~~

I see what you did there. LOL.

Posted by: andycanuck at November 29, 2012 07:55 PM (jPVBi)

501 I find that I will watch anything that Hugh Grant is in.

Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 11:54 PM (oU9pV)

even Lair of The White Worm?

Posted by: The Dude at November 29, 2012 07:55 PM (tw6Ar)

502 Collapsed public unions and frivolous higher education will not result in famine and lawlessness.

And if it does, union thugs are plentiful in fat and hippies of fiber for one's diet.

Posted by: derit at November 29, 2012 07:56 PM (I88Jc)

503 http://tinyurl.com/3vxa2c3 Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2012 11:52 PM (yh0zB) it's funny because it's true.

Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 07:56 PM (oU9pV)

504 NDH and others talking about Love Actually, I find that I will watch anything that Hugh Grant is in. He is just universally great in romantic comedies. Maybe he's personally a jerk, but please don't tell me. ***** His is probably my 3rd favorite vignette, but mostly for the gal that's in it. She is oddly charming.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 07:56 PM (piMMO)

505 Let them have what they want....and then hold them responsible.

Posted by: Walter Sobchak at November 29, 2012 07:56 PM (uis79)

506 Let the president present his plan. Let the republicans vote present. Let the democrats own it.

Sounds like a plan to me.

Posted by: CraigPoe at November 29, 2012 07:56 PM (BVkEs)

507 492 do you teach logs, or do you teach people ABOUT logs?

Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 11:37 PM (oU9pV)

http://tinyurl.com/3vxa2c3

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2012 11:52 PM (yh0zB)

Awesome. The best part of Ren and Stimpy. Second best is Don't Whizz on the Electric Fence.

Posted by: buzzion at November 29, 2012 07:57 PM (GULKT)

508 DENDROPHILIA: Sexual attraction to Trees Hippy Pervs Posted by: Alex is grossing you out at November 29, 2012 11:34 PM (aPAIU) So, every time you enjoy that sweet sticky maple syrup...

Posted by: The Political Hat at November 29, 2012 07:57 PM (sZTYJ)

509 Where we also are is the inevitability of government spending, in terms of real stuff, contracting to what it can afford, like anyone else. All the whining about fiscal cliff is basically a lament that the lies of government can't continue forever.

Quiet! You do know what they do with Math Witches around these parts, don't you?

Posted by: Free Shit Army at November 29, 2012 07:58 PM (z9HTb)

510 I'll throw something up when that happens. t'anks... I am still thinking about a scribing software so I started using the mac 'speakable' to see how it worked. So far, so-so. A better microphone might help. The computer is training me fairly well to talk like it wants. : -))

Posted by: Adriane at November 29, 2012 07:58 PM (gh+mp)

511 Geez, GGE.

How the heck did you remember that?!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 11:55 PM (piMMO)

Allow me to introduce myself. I am GGE, master of trivial bullshit.

Seriously, I don't really know, but I can remember things I read when I was in the first grade. I can't remember if I put my pants on before I left the house but I can tell you the story of the English kids who found an abandoned railroad tunnel beneath the moors...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2012 07:58 PM (yh0zB)

512 even Lair of The White Worm? I've never played snakes and ladders since!!!!!

Posted by: Adriane at November 29, 2012 07:59 PM (gh+mp)

513 "Let the president present his plan. Let the republicans vote present. Let the democrats own it." This is what "Let it Burn" means to me, because we know what that means and we know the low information voters are going to hate it.

Posted by: Walter Sobchak at November 29, 2012 07:59 PM (uis79)

514 I need wood. Does anyone have wood?

Posted by: dr. sheldon cooper at November 29, 2012 08:00 PM (jPVBi)

515 So, every time you enjoy that sweet sticky maple syrup... **** DUUUUDE! No! Just. no.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 08:00 PM (piMMO)

516 even Lair of The White Worm? Posted by: The Dude at November 29, 2012 11:55 PM (tw6Ar) OMG, How did I not know about this movie?

Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 08:00 PM (oU9pV)

517 So, every time you enjoy that sweet sticky maple syrup...

Posted by: The Political Hat at November 29, 2012 11:57 PM (sZTYJ)

O.O

That's it, I'm sticking to ~~bee poop~~ honey.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2012 08:01 PM (yh0zB)

518 514 I need wood. Does anyone have wood?

Posted by: dr. sheldon cooper at November 30, 2012 12:00 AM (jPVBi)

hehehe

Posted by: three other nerds snickering at November 29, 2012 08:01 PM (GULKT)

519 515: Agreed

Posted by: Alex is done at November 29, 2012 08:01 PM (aPAIU)

520 usually adding 'or the delicious beverage of your choice...' might help. I'll take a hot chocolate if you're still stirring ... Posted by: Adriane at November 29, 2012 11:55 PM (gh+mp) okay thanks for the tip. how many marshmallows?

Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 08:01 PM (oU9pV)

521 and we know the low information voters are going to hate it.

Good news comrades! The chocolate ration has been increased from 20gm to 15gm!

Posted by: Winston Smith at November 29, 2012 08:03 PM (upmAr)

522 hehehe

Posted by: three other nerds snickering at November 30, 2012 12:01 AM (GULKT)

he said wood...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2012 08:03 PM (yh0zB)

523 heh. http://t.co/2d5kLk66

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 08:03 PM (piMMO)

524 Okay, I have to go to sleep now. Talk to everyone soon!

Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 08:03 PM (oU9pV)

525 I know that this will not "format" properly, because I'm in the man-cave, on the ancient laptop, and I'm into the Valu-Rite, but for-what-it's-worth, LIB was part of the original concept: - Â“Whenever the legislators endeavor to take away and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary power, they put themselves into a state of war with the people, who are thereupon absolved from any further obedience.Â” - John Locke

Posted by: Just Another Moron (Formerly New and Semi-New) at November 29, 2012 08:03 PM (mkb9H)

526 Good news comrades! The chocolate ration has been increased from 20gm to 15gm!

Posted by: Winston Smith at November 30, 2012 12:03 AM (upmAr)

Hold on a minute, 15gm is le...

someone at the door. BRB.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2012 08:04 PM (yh0zB)

527 Paul Ryan tried that. You are suggesting trying to teach basic economics to the gimmie generation that has the attention span of a goldfish and has been taught that all good comes from the almighty State.
Good luck with that.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2012 11:54 PM (yh0zB)

He really didn't though, at least not during the campaign when he would have had a higher profile. He just faded into the background.

With the Bush tax cuts, this is simple.

* How much revenue did we collect in 1999? $1.82 trillion

* How much revenue did we collect in 2004 (after Bush passed cuts in 2001 and 2003)? $1.88 trillion

* So how the fuck does reverse his cuts, much less reversing only a portion of his cuts get us anywhere near taking care of a $1.4 trillion deficit?

Simple. Fucking Simple.

It would take our guys 30 seconds to explain that, but they don't do it.

Posted by: AD at November 29, 2012 08:04 PM (GPoE7)

528 GGE: I have the same thing but with geography and the sciences. I can't remember my mothers birthday or phone number but can tell you a dozen facts about the city of Sao Paulo. 1.Sao Paulo has 12 million people 2.Sao Paulo is the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd largest city in the Americas depending on the definition. Defined by the municipality itself, its 1st, based on urban area its second, and based on metropolitan area its third

Posted by: Alex is done at November 29, 2012 08:04 PM (aPAIU)

529 The left hasn't owned anything bad for over two centuries, and they didn't have the level of message control the whole time that they do now. It's either go after the MFM, the academy and entertainment *and* make them obey the law, or it will burn, just like it always does. *And* they won't own it. They never do. As I keep saying, the primary hobby of the left for over two centuries has been slaughtering peasants, and the poor are their biggest voting block.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at November 29, 2012 08:05 PM (bxiXv)

530 "OMG, How did I not know about this movie [LOTWW]?"

It might have to do with you previous request, "alex, please stop."

The impaled victims on enormous spiked dildoes is an acquired taste.

Posted by: derit at November 29, 2012 08:05 PM (I88Jc)

531 Good Night elizabethe ... Don't mistake the pillow for a marshmallow ... or not, as you see fit ...

Posted by: Adriane at November 29, 2012 08:06 PM (gh+mp)

532 Since Elizabeth is gone, can i start again

Posted by: Alex is done at November 29, 2012 08:06 PM (aPAIU)

533 He really didn't though, at least not during the campaign when he would have had a higher profile. He just faded into the background.

With the Bush tax cuts, this is simple.

* How much revenue did we collect in 1999? $1.82 trillion

* How much revenue did we collect in 2004 (after Bush passed cuts in 2001 and 2003)? $1.88 trillion

* So how the fuck does reverse his cuts, much less reversing only a portion of his cuts get us anywhere near taking care of a $1.4 trillion deficit?

Simple. Fucking Simple.

It would take our guys 30 seconds to explain that, but they don't do it.

Posted by: AD at November 30, 2012 12:04 AM (GPoE7)

LIES!!! HALIBUSHITLER!!! CLINTON HAD A SURPLUS!!!

sqwerl!

Posted by: GGE Channels the Libs at November 29, 2012 08:07 PM (yh0zB)

534 It would take our guys 30 seconds to explain that, but they don't do it. Posted by: AD at November 30, 2012 12:04 AM (GPoE7) Stupid Party.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at November 29, 2012 08:07 PM (bxiXv)

535 The impaled victims on enormous spiked dildoes is an acquired taste.

Posted by: derit at November 30, 2012 12:05 AM (I88Jc)

heh though it always reminds me of the native in Cannibal Holocaust

Posted by: The Dude at November 29, 2012 08:07 PM (tw6Ar)

536 I bet this thread could get 1000 posts. How many posts has the largest ONT gotten and if possible could someone link to it

Posted by: Alex is done at November 29, 2012 08:07 PM (aPAIU)

537 Good evening Hordsters. Last shift of my work week. woo-woo!

Posted by: zeera at November 29, 2012 08:08 PM (Lv9bM)

538

Posted by: Alex is done at November 30, 2012 12:07 AM (aPAIU)

eesh, the longest one I remember was about 4000 posts but that was fucking forever ago

Posted by: The Dude at November 29, 2012 08:09 PM (tw6Ar)

539 535: not a real snuff film. I prefer the Zapruder Film.

Posted by: Alex is done at November 29, 2012 08:09 PM (aPAIU)

540

From the time of our Founders and their disagreement, Federalism declining faster and faster with local governments cedeing more and more power to the one above them in the hierarchy, kicking the can down the road, urban vs rural, agrarian vs industrial, the coming of the welfare state of thought, we were always destined to divorce at some point. Maybe that time is quickly appoaching as we get further devisive.

As for myself, give me my Liberty back and quit calling me a dumb teabagger.

Posted by: rightlysouthern(aim low boys,theys ridin ponies) at November 29, 2012 08:09 PM (WkS/c)

541 Good evening, zeera

Posted by: alfred Hitchcock's Proper British Accent at November 29, 2012 08:09 PM (gh+mp)

542 I bet this thread could get 1000 posts. How many posts has the largest ONT gotten and if possible could someone link to it

Posted by: Alex is done at November 30, 2012 12:07 AM (aPAIU)

'Twas a Memorial Day thread...ONT, of course...and it was epic. One might even say...infamous...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2012 08:09 PM (yh0zB)

543 The Blood mist releases all this pent up sexual tension, there is almost nothing better

Posted by: Alex is Disgusting again YAY at November 29, 2012 08:10 PM (aPAIU)

544 540: then stop sucking my balls

Posted by: Alex is Disgusting again YAY at November 29, 2012 08:11 PM (aPAIU)

545 LIES!!! HALIBUSHITLER!!! CLINTON HAD A SURPLUS!!!

sqwerl

I know, but you know how you guarantee it doesn't work? Don't even make the fucking argument.

These are stats anybody could pull out of an almanac. It's not like the amount of revenue the government collected in those years is disputed. It's such an easy argument to make and they don't do it.

Posted by: AD at November 29, 2012 08:11 PM (GPoE7)

546 535: not a real snuff film. I prefer the Zapruder Film.

Posted by: Alex is done at November 30, 2012 12:09 AM (aPAIU)

no shit but it was a good especially when you factor in the time of release. It was an interesting evolution of Mondo Cane and Africa Addio

Posted by: The Dude at November 29, 2012 08:11 PM (tw6Ar)

547 http://tinyurl.com/c7mdj4g Look if you dare (not Tub girl disgusting)

Posted by: Alex is Disgusting again YAY at November 29, 2012 08:12 PM (aPAIU)

548 529 The left hasn't owned anything bad for over two centuries, and they didn't have the level of message control the whole time that they do now.

It's either go after the MFM, the academy and entertainment *and* make them obey the law, or it will burn, just like it always does.

*And* they won't own it. They never do.

As I keep saying, the primary hobby of the left for over two centuries has been slaughtering peasants, and the poor are their biggest voting block.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at November 30, 2012 12:05 AM (bxiXv)

---

Excellent points. It's time to intensify citizen journalism. One tact would be to interview students on the fly (which is being done) and ask them some questions. What school do (did) you go go to? What's your favorite subject? Who's your favorite teacher? Who was the third president of the United States?

The Shame Game is a strategy.

Posted by: CraigPoe at November 29, 2012 08:12 PM (BVkEs)

549 link to epic Memorial Day ONT: http://minx.cc/?post=287683

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2012 08:13 PM (yh0zB)

550 I wish I could get a hold of Charles Ng's tapes. Those would be interesting

Posted by: Alex is Disgusting again YAY at November 29, 2012 08:13 PM (aPAIU)

551 549: Thank You GGE

Posted by: Alex is Disgusting again YAY at November 29, 2012 08:13 PM (aPAIU)

552 I bet this thread could get 1000 posts. How many posts has the largest ONT gotten and if possible could someone link to it

We got up to 1400, once.

Long. Ago.

Posted by: Methos looks over his shoulder warily for the banhammer at November 29, 2012 08:13 PM (hO9ad)

553

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 30, 2012 12:13 AM (yh0zB)

could have sworn there was one that ended up lasting for a full weekend

Posted by: The Dude at November 29, 2012 08:14 PM (tw6Ar)

554 record of the fallout here: http://minx.cc/?post=316908

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2012 08:14 PM (yh0zB)

555 What ever happened to Genghis, I vaguely remember him back when I didn't comment?

Posted by: Alex is Disgusting again YAY at November 29, 2012 08:14 PM (aPAIU)

556 could have sworn there was one that ended up lasting for a full weekend

Posted by: The Dude at November 30, 2012 12:14 AM (tw6Ar)

hmmm...thought that was it...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2012 08:14 PM (yh0zB)

557 It's such an easy argument to make and they don't do it. Posted by: AD at November 30, 2012 12:11 AM (GPoE7) They're like Melvin in Office Space.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at November 29, 2012 08:15 PM (bxiXv)

558 There's one legitimate purpose to letting it burn: Trying to get either the rest of the American public to come to grips with the fact liberals' fiscal policies won't work. What concerns me is that, when they do come to grips with it they will clamor for full blown totalitarianism. I mean, they have to have an in-your-face, up close and personal example of the failure, but they will likely draw the wrong conclusions. Being willing sheep is their default existence explained by their absolutely bizzarre fascination with the Pwezzy Pleasing Fucking Baritone...fuckstick, traitor, dickwad, claptrap whore, pedestrian intelligence piece of shit.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at November 29, 2012 08:17 PM (CxJM2)

559 hmmm...thought that was it...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 30, 2012 12:14 AM (yh0zB)

nah, I want to say it was 07. Hell even the bl@zer meltdown was more epic than last years memorial thread

Posted by: The Dude at November 29, 2012 08:17 PM (tw6Ar)

560

Obama campaigned on his assertion that taxing the rich "a little more" will fix the economy. Let's give him that. Don't even bother with any cuts. Just raise taxes like they want. Shout it out. "Clinton's Tax Rate. Bay-bees".

"We're letting Obama have his fix for the economy!" Elections having consequences. "Ya'll won".

Call their bluff. BUT, refuse to raise the debt ceiling.

At what point does it ever become "Obama's Economy?"

All Republicans should vote "present" on everything Obama wants to do.

Give the people what they want. Let us have a "teachable moment".
All on Obama. You OWN IT!

L. I. B.

Posted by: Just Another Moron (Formerly New and Semi-New) at November 29, 2012 08:18 PM (mkb9H)

561 ya know I am having way too much beer for a school night.
damn this Sam Adams porter.

Posted by: chemjeff at November 29, 2012 08:18 PM (d/5qf)

562 Call it the Obama Tax Hike.

Posted by: andycanuck at November 29, 2012 08:19 PM (jPVBi)

563 Posted by: Just Another Moron (Formerly New and Semi-New) at November 30, 2012 12:18 AM (mkb9H) --Amen. "Present" it is.

Posted by: logprof at November 29, 2012 08:19 PM (gBuIk)

564 >217 "The Room" wasn't on that list?< Please tell me that one of the other commenters on the ONT at least knows about this train wreck of a movie, the "Plan 9 From Outer Space" of romantic dramas. Oh, and, is it safe?

Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at November 29, 2012 08:19 PM (SBNDR)

565 damn this Sam Adams porter.
Did he spill beer on you, chemjeff?

Posted by: andycanuck at November 29, 2012 08:19 PM (jPVBi)

566 nah, I want to say it was 07. Hell even the bl@zer meltdown was more epic than last years memorial thread

Posted by: The Dude at November 30, 2012 12:17 AM (tw6Ar)

Oh no, it wasn't LAST year's Memorial Day ONT. It's been a few years ago. The comments got rather...graphic...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2012 08:20 PM (yh0zB)

567 Oh, and, is it safe?

You really like to drill down to the important questions.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at November 29, 2012 08:22 PM (xKC/c)

568 oh yeah, the great THQ firesale of 2012 started today
http://tinyurl.com/856hdv2

Posted by: The Dude at November 29, 2012 08:23 PM (tw6Ar)

569 I mean, they have to have an in-your-face, up close and personal example of the failure, but they will likely draw the wrong conclusions.

That is my concern as well.

I'm reminded of Mark Steyn's constant reminder that a government *can* change society over time. If government drifts even further towards a liberal agenda, I fear it will pull more people over to join the FSA and then there is absolutely no chance in turning back.

Posted by: chemjeff at November 29, 2012 08:23 PM (d/5qf)

570 The problem is you're trying to explain things to brainwashed people who are threatened by your explanation. "Uphill battle" doesn't even *begin* to describe it, and that's if you can keep them out of their MFM cocoon.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at November 29, 2012 08:27 PM (bxiXv)

571 andycanuck heh

Posted by: chemjeff at November 29, 2012 08:28 PM (d/5qf)

572 I don't think I've seen one of those metromovies. Granted, watched 'The Sisterhood' and 'How to lose' Happy that more of the Repubs are pushing the 'give the King everything.'

Posted by: RWC at November 29, 2012 08:28 PM (sqp6o)

573 ;^)

Posted by: andycanuck at November 29, 2012 08:30 PM (jPVBi)

574 Well folks I'm out for the night. Going to go hunt Bambi tomorrow, hopefully I'll have better luck at it than I did last time.

Later roonz and roonettez!

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 29, 2012 08:31 PM (yh0zB)

575 It's a sad thing to spend a night scrolling through movie posters on IMDB to find a match for the blurred teaser of Red Letter Media's next Plinkett review.

...not that I did that last night (there's no 'effing way it could be "Starman").

Posted by: derit at November 29, 2012 08:31 PM (I88Jc)

576 LEFT means never having to say you're sorry.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at November 29, 2012 08:31 PM (C8mVl)

577 Mean Girls is a chick flick?

I tried re-watching Titanic amid all the hubbub of the re-release. I didn't make it past fifteen minutes; the ham-handed cliche-ridden shittiness of it all was just too much.

Posted by: Waterhouse at November 29, 2012 08:33 PM (1Pe2s)

578 That was the worst Top Ten list of chick flicks ever. I'd toss Devil Wears Prada into the mix, then, of course, the Dark Knight, the Amazing Spider Man reboot, Iron Man, Act of Valor and all those other chick flicks.

Posted by: John the Libertarian at November 29, 2012 08:33 PM (oshol)

579 I tried re-watching Titanic amid all the hubbub of the re-release. I didn't make it past fifteen minutes; the ham-handed cliche-ridden shittiness of it all was just too much.

Posted by: Waterhouse at November 30, 2012 12:33 AM (1Pe2s)

the sinking is the only part to watch (looks great in 3D)

Posted by: The Dude at November 29, 2012 08:34 PM (tw6Ar)

580 Oh yeah, and Gladiator was a decent chick flick.

Posted by: John the Libertarian at November 29, 2012 08:35 PM (oshol)

581 Going to go hunt Bambi tomorrow, hopefully I'll have better luck at it than I did last time. GGE, Dude ... Netflix, man, Netflix

Posted by: Albert Einstein, Certified Genius at November 29, 2012 08:35 PM (gh+mp)

582 569 I'm reminded of Mark Steyn's constant reminder that a government *can* change society over time. If government drifts even further towards a liberal agenda, I fear it will pull more people over to join the FSA and then there is absolutely no chance in turning back. I think we just witnessed that, between 2008 and 2012. It's the only explanation how TFG won a second term. Let it burn.

Posted by: rickl at November 29, 2012 08:35 PM (sdi6R)

583 Â“Everything which might cause doubt about the wisdom of the government or create discontent will be kept from the people. The basis of unfavorable comparisons with elsewhere, the knowledge of possible alternatives to the course actually taken, information which might suggest failure on the part of the government to live up to its promises or to take advantage of opportunities to improve conditions--all will be suppressed. There is consequently no field where the systematic control of information will not be practiced and uniformity of views not enforced.Â”
Â¯ Friedrich A. von Hayek "The Road to Serfdom"

Posted by: harleycowboy at November 29, 2012 08:36 PM (+9AX9)

584 Also, as an antidote to chick flicks: Albert Brooks' "Modern Romance". Truly the anti-romcom.

Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at November 29, 2012 08:36 PM (SBNDR)

585 Terminator - awesome chick flick

Posted by: chemjeff at November 29, 2012 08:38 PM (d/5qf)

586 it is interesting that the THQ bundle has made almost 20% of THQ's total worth in a day

Posted by: The Dude at November 29, 2012 08:40 PM (tw6Ar)

587 It will burn. Shed your normalcy bias. Having done that, prepare, if you have not already done so.

And then...... Partaaaaay.... This next year we are committing ourselves to enjoying every kernal of fortune we have amassed. And then? Hunker down.

It will burn. No assembly required.

Posted by: Derak at November 29, 2012 08:41 PM (lkjWK)

588

These spending cut "deals" never work out. NEVER. Wait for the Christmas Eve Surprise. I'm wagering that the Dems have about 2,000 pages worth waiting in the wings. "You'll have to pass it to see what's in it". Mark my words...

Democrats knew they'd get slaughtered in 2010 with Obamacare. They.
Did. Not. Care. It was worth losing one mid-term election in order to get
nationalized health-care passed. This is how they "play the game". They do what they "have to do" to advance progressive-socialism.

And, evidently, Republicans will never learn.

They've already suggested that their "cuts" will consist mostly of "war savings" from pulling out of Iraq and A'Stan.

In other words, not spending money on something there's no longer a need or a plan to spend money on. They'll claim having "agreed to" hundreds of billions in painful spending cuts -- without lifting a finger. Because they're "so darned bi-partisan and reasonable", don't cha know?!

Then, they'll blame Republicans for hurting teh "Childrens" with their "extreme" cuts.

Tip O'Neil swindled Reagan. Bush '41 cost himself his re-election and started a ten-year R feud and was still swindled by Foley and Mitchell.

Sequestration is, of course, very scary when it comes to defense. But it is guaranteed budget cuts. We may have to sacrifice it for the near-term, until we can build a coalition with a few "reasonable" pragmatic Dems.

You want to know what the fiscal cliff is?

It's the interest paid on this year deficit: $260,100,000,000 (*about $71 per month per every man, woman and child).

It's the current $16T in debt. $1T+ deficit spending each year.

We are already over the fiscal cliff. We are ALL truely f'd. Let. It. Burn.

Posted by: Just Another Moron (Formerly New and Semi-New) at November 29, 2012 08:42 PM (mkb9H)

589 Please tell me that one of the other commenters on the ONT at least knows about this train wreck of a movie, the "Plan 9 From Outer Space" of romantic dramas. **** It acquired cult status due to its unintentional hilarity but, frankly, I can't find any humor in it other than its use as a Rick Roll. It's just that bad.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 08:42 PM (piMMO)

590 577 I tried re-watching Titanic amid all the hubbub of the re-release. I didn't make it past fifteen minutes; the ham-handed cliche-ridden shittiness of it all was just too much. Forget the plot and the actors. Concentrate on the sets and the decor. The ship herself was the real star of that movie, and no expense was spared to bring her back to life. I loved the movie for that reason, and I've been a Titanic buff for years. It's the closest I'll ever come to walking on her decks, at least until 3D holographic virtual reality movies come along.

Posted by: rickl at November 29, 2012 08:44 PM (sdi6R)

591 Plan 9 From Outer Space is one of those forgettable movies.

Posted by: harleycowboy at November 29, 2012 08:46 PM (+9AX9)

592 Lookoot behind ya, rickl! The steam valve's aboot to fookin' burst!

Posted by: 3D scottish engineer at November 29, 2012 08:47 PM (jPVBi)

593 NDH - The amazing thing about The Room is that it got made and marketed at all. When test audiences laughed at the dramatic trailer, they slapped a few extra overdubs on it that said "Come see this quirky black comedy!" to try and save it. Nowadays they still show it at midnight screenings at Hollywood art house theaters, and Tommy Wiseau himself sometimes hosts the screenings, where he pretends he made it horrible/funny on purpose. Apparently there is still no self-awareness there at all, none.

Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at November 29, 2012 08:48 PM (SBNDR)

594 Plan 9 From Outer Space is one of those forgettable movies. It's not the movie, per se ... it's the drink you take every time you see 'The Door' ...

Posted by: Adriane at November 29, 2012 08:48 PM (gh+mp)

595 Well the Keith's couldn't be all together for official Thanksgiving last week so we had our own today. Pat cooked all day, Erin brought hors d'oeuvre snack sammiches and a heap of mashed potatoes. Lauren brought two delicious pumpkin cheesecake pies, or punkin as Ryleigh called them. Pat prepared the turkey, stuffing, waldorf salad and her famous greenbeans oregano. YUM! Best of all was waching young parents (our kids) and their families. Oh yeah, Devin made a giant gingerbread man. I am so thankful for the love of my family.

Posted by: Ohio Dan at November 29, 2012 08:48 PM (JKNDp)

596 501 I find that I will watch anything that Hugh Grant is in.
Posted by: elizabethe at November 29, 2012 11:54 PM (oU9pV)
even Lair of The White Worm?
Posted by: The Dude at November 29, 2012 11:55 PM (tw6Ar)

Especially Lair of the White Worm. IIRC, it has boobehs.

Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at November 29, 2012 08:49 PM (YmI3c)

597 State East of Indiana Dan at November 30, 2012 12:48 AM (JKNDp) May you and your family be blessed ...

Posted by: Adriane at November 29, 2012 08:51 PM (gh+mp)

598 "I loved the movie for that reason, and I've been a Titanic buff for years."

After hiking mountains of red tape, a scuba to Britannic isn't good enough? Yeesh!

Posted by: derit at November 29, 2012 08:52 PM (I88Jc)

599 Dan, that is awesome

Posted by: chemjeff at November 29, 2012 08:53 PM (d/5qf)

600

We may be idiots as a state but we love our families.

Posted by: Ohio Dan at November 29, 2012 08:53 PM (JKNDp)

601 Is Drudge trying to develope a sence of humor? He titled his headline about Geitners A"balanced plan" hahahahaha!

Posted by: Ohio Dan at November 29, 2012 08:56 PM (JKNDp)

602 For what it is worth, I am in the let it burn camp.

Posted by: Ohio Dan at November 29, 2012 08:57 PM (JKNDp)

603

Ohio Dan

It may be wise to change your moniker. We're not happy with you people.

Posted by: harleycowboy at November 29, 2012 08:58 PM (+9AX9)

604 I was in the Let The GOP Burn camp way before it was cool

Posted by: The Dude at November 29, 2012 09:00 PM (tw6Ar)

605 590 577
I tried re-watching Titanic amid all the hubbub of the re-release. I didn't make it past fifteen minutes; the ham-handed cliche-ridden shittiness of it all was just too much.

Forget the plot and the actors. Concentrate on the sets and the decor. The ship herself was the real star of that movie, and no expense was spared to bring her back to life.

I loved the movie for that reason, and I've been a Titanic buff for years. It's the closest I'll ever come to walking on her decks, at least until 3D holographic virtual reality movies come along.

Posted by: rickl at November 30, 2012 12:44 AM (sdi6R)

I couldn't watch it, myself -- I already know the ending: the ship sinks. Every moment would be tinged with grief. I had to read "A Night To Remember" in High School, and further relived it in my Jacques Futrelle phase.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 29, 2012 09:00 PM (kaalw)

606 I officially don't care about the fiscal "cliff anymore." Fuckin used car sales man warning me if I don't get the under carriage of the car I'm buying weatherized I'm going to get terminal rust. We have already gone over the cliff. I just got this. A V8 moment. I feel so dumb all of the sudden.

Posted by: Max Power at November 29, 2012 09:01 PM (+wxCD)

607 "We're not happy with you people."

That's right! Let's get him!

Posted by: Flori derit at November 29, 2012 09:01 PM (I88Jc)

608 okay, too much beer for a week night.
time for bed.
good night all

Posted by: chemjeff at November 29, 2012 09:03 PM (d/5qf)

609 The ONT is dead? I don't even know youpeople anymore. http://tinyurl.com/bwo59gs

Posted by: Ohio Dan at November 29, 2012 09:04 PM (JKNDp)

610 I couldn't watch it, myself -- I already know the ending: the ship sinks. Every moment would be tinged with grief. I had to read "A Night To Remember" in High School, and further relived it in my Jacques Futrelle phase.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 30, 2012 01:00 AM (kaalw)

could never get through A Night to Remember, just bored the hell out of me but yet I really dig the film

Posted by: The Dude at November 29, 2012 09:05 PM (tw6Ar)

611

One last thing before I call, it quits for this night:

For the womernz, who I love-

I believe (as do/does my Mrs., Moms, Sisters, and besties), unlike the JEF/ SCoaMF, and "Person-of-the-Year" Sandy (slut) Fluke, and evidently a lot of the females that associate themselves to/with their "lady parts", that women should not be condescended to, nor treated like children who can do nothing for themselves (outside of the Big-Daddy, GuvMint patriarchy), and who need an army of government bureaucrats to take care of them.

Blech. Dreck. Bullshit. Fuck that. Not any of the adult females that I know and love.

'Night morons. Keep the faith...

Posted by: Just Another Moron (Formerly New and Semi-New) at November 29, 2012 09:06 PM (mkb9H)

612

Hell, I don't like Ohio anymore. You won't get any arguement from me.

Posted by: Ohio Dan at November 29, 2012 09:06 PM (JKNDp)

613 I'm more in the "Make It Stop" camp than the "Let It Burn" camp. Under NO circumstances should they raise or abolish the debt limit. In fact, they should amortize it away to nothing in 21 years, so a kid born today will be debt-free when he can hoist one.

And if that means that granny's going on the Alpo diet, the kid can do something about that in the meantime. The kid -- not the government.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 29, 2012 09:07 PM (kaalw)

614 612
Hell, I don't like Ohio anymore. You won't get any arguement from me.

Posted by: Ohio Dan at November 30, 2012 01:06 AM (JKNDp)

Yeah, ohio sucks on the demon tit!

Posted by: lou's a mean girl at November 29, 2012 09:08 PM (adaoe)

615 cthulhu, well said.

Posted by: Ohio Dan at November 29, 2012 09:10 PM (JKNDp)

616 The best part of all the Titanic re-hype was that, because of it, I ended up stumbling across this short instrumental hymn on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsXNjm6LsA4

Posted by: Waterhouse at November 29, 2012 09:11 PM (1Pe2s)

617

Ohio, look at me, look at me, please look at me..

And then they fucked us this election, Thanks ohio you worthless assholes who fuck the so-called gop every election! You vote dem all the time, over it asshole OHIO!!!!!

Posted by: lou's a mean girl at November 29, 2012 09:13 PM (adaoe)

618 For what it's worth, this is one Ohioan who thinks government is a leech on society, isn't afraid of guns (unless their pointed at me), likes an occasional scotch, wants women to be feminine and men masculin, wants his children to be independent and hates the fact that the USA was so stupid and small as to re-elect the JEF.

Posted by: Ohio Dan at November 29, 2012 09:13 PM (JKNDp)

619 http://tinyurl.com/bwo59gs HERESY!! BURN THE UNBELIEVER !!!!111!

Posted by: The People's Front of Tasty Bacon at November 29, 2012 09:14 PM (gh+mp)

620 We have already gone over the cliff.

Exactly this. The fiscal cliff is a consequence of past action. If we want to avoid something like it, then everyone has to live within their means. Only. No more credit cards, mortgages, student loans, auto loans, or government borrowing to hand out free shit. Actual capitalism (lending of accumulated wealth-the surplus of past production-to productive purposes) is good, but folks need to understand risk-not be brainwashed into flinging money into the stock market because it will always go up.

Posted by: Methos at November 29, 2012 09:14 PM (hO9ad)

621 I'm out for the night. Here is some early Alice Cooper Band: "Reflected" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JvaQaVE0nE

Posted by: The Political Hat at November 29, 2012 09:15 PM (sZTYJ)

622 I saw Titanic. Everything else? Pfft. No interest.

Any "guy" who sits through them will have moobs when he hoists himself from his Lay-Z-Boy afterwards.

(not that he didn't have them before he sat down)

p.s. God Forbid that Ace liked those flicks, because the last time I mocked interest in "certain" movies, Ace was up my ass like Satan's Proctologist, with all the usual barby stabby probes.

Posted by: Jim Sonweed at November 29, 2012 09:16 PM (riIMi)

623 "Fiscal cliff" is just a propaganda term. Part of the "blame someone else" caucus. They set up sequestration and then desperately tried (and succeeded) shifting the blame for it. MFM delenda est.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at November 29, 2012 09:17 PM (bxiXv)

624 Merovign, before I take off, how is your health?

Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at November 29, 2012 09:18 PM (SBNDR)

625 Hey, I drank some beers. I hope I don't get banned. I would hate that. No, seriously, I would hate it if I got banned.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 29, 2012 09:19 PM (i0App)

626 624 Merovign, before I take off, how is your health? Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at November 30, 2012 01:18 AM (SBNDR) Meh. I am not dying, but they have me warehoused, it sucked. Meaning I'm kind of not getting better at this point and for the most part the doctors are not trying to make things better as much as avoid hyopothetical risks. Am trying to get into a stem-cell program but SURPRISE the FDA made it much harder to get into those.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at November 29, 2012 09:20 PM (bxiXv)

627 Thanks for asking. How are you, liberal person?

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at November 29, 2012 09:20 PM (bxiXv)

628 Batman has no right to engage in suggestions of philosophical subject matter.

Whaaa?

Posted by: derit at November 29, 2012 09:24 PM (I88Jc)

629 BeckoningChasm at November 30, 2012 01:19 AM (i0App) Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy ... about 6 to 20 proof ...

Posted by: The People's Front of Tasty Bacon at November 29, 2012 09:24 PM (gh+mp)

630 I have never understood the whole "financial cliff" thingy. We are going back to the Clinton era tax rates, and there will be huge cuts in defense.These are the Dems' wet dreams.

LET THEM OWN IT

Posted by: MrCaniac at November 29, 2012 09:25 PM (Zd/NW)

631 Well, Merovign, I'm glad to still see you kicking out 1's and 0's around here. Hang in there. I'm good. Been on tour, non-stop-traveling since September. Spent October & early November in Europe, now touring the U.S. with a different act. Off to Vladivostok, Russia in December, then I finally stop moving near X-Mas. Physically exhausted but career is good. Wife is touring (backing vocals) with Martina McBride! Right now I'm trying to get Robert to come to a TX show I'm doing. Call it a white turkey chili heavy metal summit. Would be the first time I've ever met a moron IRL. We'll see if it happens.

Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at November 29, 2012 09:25 PM (SBNDR)

632 dang. about to invoke the too tired to sock rule ... BeckoningChasm - how are things going?

Posted by: Adriane at November 29, 2012 09:26 PM (gh+mp)

633 Voting NO on the debt ceiling should be sold as helping SCoaMF take credit for balancing the budget overnight.

Posted by: Whatev at November 29, 2012 09:26 PM (2t6Gz)

634 Okay. I'll say it. God bless you Ohio Dan. Fuck the rest of the dumbass bastards. I'm afraid it's going to be like the alky/addict that has to hit rock bottom before they realise what they've done to the country. But I think it will be like a commenter said that they will want a totalitarian government.

Posted by: harleycowboy at November 29, 2012 09:27 PM (+9AX9)

635 A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at November 30, 2012 01:25 AM (SBNDR) Wishing you safe travel ...

Posted by: Adriane at November 29, 2012 09:28 PM (gh+mp)

636 Would be the first time I've ever met a moron IRL. We'll see if it happens. Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at November 30, 2012 01:25 AM (SBNDR) Good for you, sometimes that works out.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at November 29, 2012 09:28 PM (bxiXv)

637 LET THEM OWN IT Posted by: MrCaniac at November 30, 2012 01:25 AM (Zd/NW) You have to *make* them own it, and you have to get past almost all of the schools and press and hollywood to do it. Note that nobody else has done it for over 200 years.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at November 29, 2012 09:29 PM (bxiXv)

638 "Note that nobody else has done it for over 200 years."

Nyet!

Posted by: derit at November 29, 2012 09:31 PM (I88Jc)

639 616 The best part of all the Titanic re-hype was that, because of it, I ended up stumbling across this short instrumental hymn on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsXNjm6LsA4 Try this one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g73kOrhAai4 There is endless speculation about whether the last song was "Nearer My God To Thee", the hymn "Autumn", or the waltz "Songe d'Automne". The truth will probably never be known, but "Songe d'Automne" is haunting as hell.

Posted by: rickl at November 29, 2012 09:32 PM (sdi6R)

640 Posted by: Methos at November 30, 2012 01:14 AM (hO9ad)

One of the many fun things about being in business is that you learn about loan covenants. You go to a bank, hat-in-hand, looking for money to do something, and you get handed this telephone-book of crap.

If Bank A loans you the money for this project, you promise to put all your other money in Bank A. You promise to never give your customers more than 30-day terms. You promise to give them quarterly reviewed financial statements that have been sniffed by a CPA acceptable to them; you must promptly report any lawsuit filed against you.....

And, of course, the price of not doing all this is that your loan gets yanked today.....not in six months, when you could find someone more reasonable to replace it -- and not in five years, when the project reaches breakeven and everything is paid back.....TODAY!

What we're seeing today is another cycle like the "church and state" cycle of the 1500s, when it became obvious that intermixing the two was too totalitarian to function......except that we're currently doing "bank and state". We're going for "debt slavery" on a national scale, rather than "excommunicated and declared 'outlaw'".

It is not a coincidence that the head of the IMF, Christine Lagarde, comes from the same shady world of Chicago politics as does our current SCoaMF.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 29, 2012 09:32 PM (kaalw)

641

Time to hit it folks. Keep the faith.

Posted by: Ohio Dan at November 29, 2012 09:32 PM (JKNDp)

642 Thanks Adriane! Merovign, if we manage to put it together (it would be this Saturday night) we'll make sure there are pix for the non-believers. :-) Night all.

Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at November 29, 2012 09:33 PM (SBNDR)

643 Good Night, Ohio Dan ... Better tomorrows.

Posted by: Adriane at November 29, 2012 09:34 PM (gh+mp)

644 Is Drudge trying to develope a sence of humor? He titled his headline about Geitners A"balanced plan" hahahahaha! **** McConnell laughed out loud at Geitner today. That might account for the HAHAHA reference.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 29, 2012 09:34 PM (piMMO)

645 Dennis Prager makes a nice argument, but it is not exactly original. Ann Coulter's book Godless: The Church of Liberalism (2007-ish) covered that ground really well.

But why let is not be repeated...over and over. Just like "war on women..."

Posted by: Tocquevillian at November 29, 2012 09:36 PM (iuY0Y)

646 With the Bush tax cuts, this is simple.
* How much revenue did we collect in 1999? $1.82 trillion
* How much revenue did we collect in 2004 (after Bush passed cuts in 2001 and 2003)? $1.88 trillion
* So how the fuck does reverse his cuts, much less reversing only a portion of his cuts get us anywhere near taking care of a $1.4 trillion deficit?
Simple. Fucking Simple.
It would take our guys 30 seconds to explain that, but they don't do it.
Posted by: AD
///
Yet you guys blamed Perot for bequeathing us Clinton even though Perot got 23% of the vote because he used pie charts and plain talk to make it (deficit reduction) very simple for the American public whereas GHWXYZBush couldn't be bothered to avoid looking bored at the debate. Perot didn't give us Clinton, Bush did.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 29, 2012 09:36 PM (iBXwM)

647 Time for a glass of leftover wine and then a visit to see Morpheus.

Posted by: harleycowboy at November 29, 2012 09:38 PM (+9AX9)

648 Time for a glass of leftover wine and then a visit to see Morpheus.

Personally, I'd rather visit Trinity. Or whoever Monica Bellucci played.

Posted by: Waterhouse at November 29, 2012 09:40 PM (1Pe2s)

649 On top of all the other irritants in my life, I'm getting spam emails titled "Is a Walk-in Bathtub Right for You?"

Jeebus, I just turned 50.....not f'in' 90! I'm fine. I can stand up and walk and everything.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 29, 2012 09:44 PM (kaalw)

650 Jeebus, I just turned 50.....not f'in' 90! I'm fine. I can stand up and walk and everything. Posted by: cthulhu at November 30, 2012 01:44 AM (kaalw) Oh, you don't even know. Get a heart condition, they will sign you up for AARP without asking if you're 12, I swear. I get hearing aid ads and catalogs for incontinent people who can't walk. Effin' mailing lists.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at November 29, 2012 09:46 PM (bxiXv)

651 "Jeebus, I just turned 50.....not f'in' 90! I'm fine. I can stand up and walk and everything."

Falls are very dangerous for people at your stage of life, sonnyboy.

Posted by: derit at November 29, 2012 09:47 PM (I88Jc)

652 "Is a Walk-in Bathtub Right for You?" If it had Ben Browder as my personal bath attendant, HELL YES!!!! Lordy, did I just type that out loud?

Posted by: Adriane at November 29, 2012 09:48 PM (gh+mp)

653 You cold lose fat on a hash brown and french fry diet. You couldn't lose it that quickly though. And you'd have to be fairly overweight and unhealthy to begin with.

But most people are.

The reason is two fold.

One: simply not eating all of the garbage in the SAD will bring health improvements. You can go from the SAD to a vegan diet and improve your health and feel great... for a while.

Two: the one or two item only diets are an easy way to alter your brain's food reward system. So, you eat less even though you feel full.

It's not healthy per se, and it's definitely not a long term health strategy, but it's an interesting experiment.

Posted by: runninrebel at November 29, 2012 09:51 PM (J4gw3)

654 Yet you guys blamed Perot for bequeathing us Clinton even though Perot got 23% of the vote because he used pie charts and plain talk to make it (deficit reduction) very simple for the American public whereas GHWXYZBush couldn't be bothered to avoid looking bored at the debate. Perot didn't give us Clinton, Bush did.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 30, 2012 01:36 AM (iBXwM)

Don't paint with a broad brush. I think (and always have thought) the whole idea Perot gave us Clinton is pretty dubious. Not just because of that reason, but because when you break down where his votes came from, it's not clear at all Bush would have won if he wasn't in siphoning votes from each candidate.

Posted by: AD at November 29, 2012 09:52 PM (GPoE7)

655 A few years ago a woman stopped her car on the local bridge, rolled up the windows, locked the doors and just sat there.

The cop who tried to talk to her described her as an elderly lady of about 50.

I was 58 at the time. I was surprised to discover that I was elderly. I'm nearly 65 now, and I still don't feel elderly ....

Posted by: Lee at November 29, 2012 09:52 PM (RtwOA)

656 And St. Paul's is Anglican, not Catholic. The current building has never been ours.

Posted by: Fox2! at November 29, 2012 09:52 PM (1Qpmy)

657 BTW, Bush's biggest problem wasn't that he wasn't able to explain his position on the deficit. It's that he clearly wasn't on the same page as we all were.

Posted by: AD at November 29, 2012 09:54 PM (GPoE7)

658 Lee at November 30, 2012 01:52 AM (RtwOA) Live long and keep the whippersnappers off your lawn ...

Posted by: Adriane at November 29, 2012 09:54 PM (gh+mp)

659 It's raining here in socal, people drive like morons.

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at November 29, 2012 09:55 PM (NzBQO)

660 Damn! Just saw 'The Hobbit' ! 'Dildo Faggins' Momma named him right! Thought I was watchin' a Tyler Perry joint! Damn! Movie gay as all get out! My lord and savior in the WH will dig it! Barry on the down - low dontchyaknow.

Posted by: Jamie Foxx at November 29, 2012 09:55 PM (wIgpo)

661 Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at November 30, 2012 01:55 AM (NzBQO) Driving back to hotel on a rainy night in LA - about 10 miles, 3 bad accidents including a rollover ...

Posted by: Adriane at November 29, 2012 10:00 PM (gh+mp)

662 Not to mention the night - 2 a.m. ish - I'm the only thing on the road when somebody comes up behind me at 90 mph or more (left hand lane) pulls in front of me with inches to spare and races for the off ramp ... Nothing else on the road. Why the heckem he/she/it didn't pull behind me to ext the freeway, I can only speculate as psychotic ...

Posted by: Adriane at November 29, 2012 10:03 PM (gh+mp)

663 Roses are red, Violets are blue, This is the wrong time in history, I think, To have decided to stop sniffing the roses along the way ...

Posted by: Adriane at November 29, 2012 10:05 PM (gh+mp)

664 So Obama walks into a bar ...

Posted by: Adriane at November 29, 2012 10:06 PM (gh+mp)

665 Toastmasters.

Posted by: derit at November 29, 2012 10:07 PM (I88Jc)

666 I need to knead ... Used to make a killer apricot bread at Christmas time and have gotten out of the habit.

Posted by: Adriane at November 29, 2012 10:08 PM (gh+mp)

667 You know what makes a lot of those chick flicks watchable?

RiffTrax.

Posted by: epobirs at November 29, 2012 10:08 PM (kcfmt)

668 Mastery of the toast takes heat!

Posted by: Adriane at November 29, 2012 10:08 PM (gh+mp)

669 661 Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at November 30, 2012 01:55 AM (NzBQO)

Driving back to hotel on a rainy night in LA - about 10 miles, 3 bad accidents including a rollover ...

Posted by: Adriane at November 30, 2012 02:00 AM (gh+mp)

I had a 35 minute commute that went to 3 hours when it rained in So Cal.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 29, 2012 10:08 PM (kaalw)

670 665 Toastmasters.

Posted by: derit at November 30, 2012 02:07 AM (I88Jc)

What about Toastmasters? The BH is big into it....she's going to be knighted soon, or some such.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 29, 2012 10:10 PM (kaalw)

671 epobirs at November 30, 2012 02:08 AM (kcfmt) I wouldn't know. Other than Titanic, which was force fed to us on the aeroplane, I haven't seen any of them...

Posted by: Adriane at November 29, 2012 10:10 PM (gh+mp)

672 This is the wrong time in history, I think,
To have decided to stop sniffing the roses along the way ...

Posted by: Adriane at November 30, 2012 02:05 AM (gh+mp)

You're sniffing the wrong flowers. You want the other red ones.

Posted by: AD at November 29, 2012 10:10 PM (GPoE7)

673 Public speaking is a flirtation with disaster that can make you feel alive, I guess.

Posted by: derit at November 29, 2012 10:12 PM (I88Jc)

674 You're sniffing the wrong flowers. You want the other red ones. Poinsettias? Tulips - I can tiptoe thru those ...

Posted by: Adriane at November 29, 2012 10:13 PM (gh+mp)

675 We're going for "debt slavery" on a national scale

That probably has been the plan. You only get a house if you agree to help the bankers' cash flow. Or car or HDTV or whatnot. Student loans are training for accepting debt and the bank vig. I spoke with someone in the last year or two that let their teenager run up a credit card debt, not to prove the folly of paying interest (versus saving first), but to teach them to be responsible and make monthly payments.

Posted by: Methos at November 29, 2012 10:14 PM (hO9ad)

676 Methos at November 30, 2012 02:14 AM (hO9ad) My credit card purchases are by choice ... Paying for Peggy Joseph's gas, not so much ...

Posted by: Adriane at November 29, 2012 10:17 PM (gh+mp)

677 Poinsettias?

Tulips - I can tiptoe thru those ...

Posted by: Adriane at November 30, 2012 02:13 AM (gh+mp)

Poppies.

Posted by: AD at November 29, 2012 10:18 PM (GPoE7)

678 674 You're sniffing the wrong flowers. You want the other red ones.

Poinsettias?

Tulips - I can tiptoe thru those ...

Posted by: Adriane at November 30, 2012 02:13 AM (gh+mp)

Actually six years older than Tiny Tim's version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ_wkH4AUeM

Posted by: cthulhu at November 29, 2012 10:18 PM (kaalw)

679 675 We're going for "debt slavery" on a national scale

That probably has been the plan. You only get a house if you agree to help the bankers' cash flow. Or car or HDTV or whatnot. Student loans are training for accepting debt and the bank vig. I spoke with someone in the last year or two that let their teenager run up a credit card debt, not to prove the folly of paying interest (versus saving first), but to teach them to be responsible and make monthly payments.

Posted by: Methos at November 30, 2012 02:14 AM (hO9ad)

It's not the cash flow, it's the control. If your first earned dollar goes to credit cards rather than food, why worry about the Bill of Rights?

Posted by: cthulhu at November 29, 2012 10:24 PM (kaalw)

680 I had a 35 minute commute that went to 3 hours when it rained in So Cal.

There's a nicely-twisty bit on my commute to work, and in the last year I've seen four cars in the ditch there. Latest one was upside-down. I have no idea what these people are doing.

/watch snarky me end up in a tree tomorrow

Posted by: Waterhouse at November 29, 2012 10:24 PM (1Pe2s)

681 n.B, to make more sense, all these accidents happened in rain.

Well, one was just kind of a foggy morning.

Posted by: Waterhouse at November 29, 2012 10:27 PM (1Pe2s)

682 AD at November 30, 2012 02:18 AM (GPoE7) http://www.essentialart.com/acatalog/Georgia_O_Keeffe_prints_Poppy_1927.html

Posted by: Adriane at November 29, 2012 10:28 PM (gh+mp)

683 Here's possible ONT theme song (cuz it's about sex!):

Bob Seger's "We've Got Tonight":

http://youtu.be/a4SxQ5BSJPc

Posted by: derit at November 29, 2012 10:29 PM (I88Jc)

684 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ_wkH4AUeM : -)))

Posted by: Adriane at November 29, 2012 10:31 PM (gh+mp)

685 derit at November 30, 2012 02:29 AM (I88Jc) Slightly less depressing than Shine On You Crazy Diamond ... so what the hay!

Posted by: Adriane at November 29, 2012 10:33 PM (gh+mp)

686 The debt slavery is just one of the fronts on which we're getting boned. Yay.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at November 29, 2012 10:34 PM (bxiXv)

687 The debt slavery is just one of the fronts on which we're getting boned. Yay.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at November 29, 2012 10:34 PM (bxiXv)

688 Yeah, 100% did not double-post that. Again.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at November 29, 2012 10:35 PM (bxiXv)

689 Happiness: trade in that old, broken-down Ben Browder model in for shiny, new Chris Hemsworth!

Vroom! Vroom!

Posted by: derit at November 29, 2012 10:35 PM (I88Jc)

690 684 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ_wkH4AUeM

: -)))

Posted by: Adriane at November 30, 2012 02:31 AM (gh+mp)

Yeah, nobody's old enough to realize why "STOMP.... through the nasties..." is funny.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 29, 2012 10:38 PM (kaalw)

691 Debt slavery seems clever right up to the point that it become onerous to the guy who needs to work to keep the cash flow going. Then you get Greece. No one works and the bankers have to keep making ever larger loans to maintain the pretense of the flow.

Posted by: Methos at November 29, 2012 10:50 PM (hO9ad)

692 691 Debt slavery seems clever right up to the point that it become onerous to the guy who needs to work to keep the cash flow going. Then you get Greece. No one works and the bankers have to keep making ever larger loans to maintain the pretense of the flow.

Posted by: Methos at November 30, 2012 02:50 AM (hO9ad)

Exactly. It's a form of "rent-seeking" where -- instead of an actual, defensible piece of real estate -- you're seeking to encumber some youngster's entire future. And, somehow the youngsters always have the right to say, "if it don't benefit me, it ain't happenin'."

Posted by: cthulhu at November 29, 2012 10:55 PM (kaalw)

693 Diane Macedo's smile magically turns a plain girl into a pretty one.

Witchcraft!

Posted by: derit at November 29, 2012 11:04 PM (I88Jc)

694 The eyes ... they close more often that I would like ... Good Night, good people ... Better tomorrows ...

Posted by: Adriane at November 29, 2012 11:10 PM (gh+mp)

695 GOOD MORNING, VIC!!!

Posted by: Adriane at November 29, 2012 11:10 PM (gh+mp)

696 Billowing clouds of smoke, out there on the horizon! It must be a house on fire. No .... wait ... that's not a house! That's a country! ... let it burn!

Posted by: and irresolute at November 29, 2012 11:34 PM (DBH1h)

697 http://tinyurl.com/cvqnpgo

Posted by: The Dude at November 29, 2012 11:34 PM (tw6Ar)

698 When I think of all of those Occupy pukes, pooping on cars etc., having to deal with this, on-down-the-road, I get kind of a warm glow. .... no, maybe that is Makers Mark that is causing that warm glow... but anyhow, I hope those fools suffer the most. spit on this, flower child!!

Posted by: and irresolute at November 29, 2012 11:37 PM (DBH1h)

699 Comedy is irreverence but to whom?

The Hollies' "The Air that I Breathe":

http://youtu.be/Bb7S8-Iewi0

Posted by: derit at November 29, 2012 11:58 PM (I88Jc)

700 The Kinks' "Destroyer":

http://youtu.be/r9ObLGRq33o

Posted by: non sequitur at November 30, 2012 12:09 AM (I88Jc)

701 Prager's observations are dead on but not new. I've had this filed away for some time; don't recall where I got it but...

Most simply, a religion is any systematized framework whereby people try to understand and explain life, the universe and everything, even though basic facts are unobtainable by proven observation but must be taken on faith (whether adherents realize or admit it or not) and then seek to live accordingly...and, as is often the case with modern atheists, to force others to live accordingly or at least not exhibit evidence of competing faiths.

In that sense, atheism falls under the umbrella just as much as any other faith.

Specifically, atheism has at its core many faith-based dogmas which cannot be questioned without penalty of being put at odds with the devout. It has its own form of priesthood to whom adherents look for the revelation of truths; this priesthood is largely comprised of scientists and philosophers but now includes others like that arrogant English dude. From the dogmas and priests, atheists derive the many moralistic judgments they will not hesitate to levy against unbelievers. Atheism's 'scriptures' are whatever are passed down from its priesthood on high. It even has its own evangelists seeking to convert others to the faith and away from all others; its own angels to be admired and devils to be attacked; taboos not to be broken.

Looked at that way, atheism very much is a religion. It just does not have a deity as such, even though atheism - whenever it's held absolute rule - always make the State into a "God" that causes people die at the "command" of that "God" just as surely as they did in the service to the "God" of medieval Catholics or John Calvin, or today for Muslims and "Allah." ALL of them killed people for, in one way or another, violating the majority's beliefs regarding the will of whatever "God" they worshiped. Atheists are absolutely not exempt from this.

Posted by: anti-atheist at November 30, 2012 12:55 AM (mV5Rx)

702 Black Friday Antique Shop Reed Instrument Update:

So I told y'all how we went antiquing and I was looking for reed instruments. Well I stumbled on an alto sax for $275 and I passed on it. Yesterday I called and offered $200 and they said sold. Details to follow.

Posted by: sTevo at November 30, 2012 02:46 AM (VMcEw)

703 58 Titanic had a stupid bitch sub-plot but I still thought it was not a bad historical movie. Albeit with a bunch of factual errors. I hate when they take a fact-based movie and ruin it with a bunch of made up bullshit!

Posted by: Pearl Harbor at November 30, 2012 03:00 AM (IJHzz)

704 Meme of the day: Farm murders highlight apartheid's toxic legacy in South Africa.
http://tinyurl.com/ctktxjg

It's genocide, unfolding in a slow and disorganized way as suits the people carrying it out, but genocide just the same, and the anti-Whites in the mass media can't even mention it without justifying it.

Posted by: The Lightworker at November 30, 2012 03:08 AM (8O+O4)

705 Sad story. Woman contacted me about helping find her friends little sister. They were separated in the 1930s or so. She gave me the nme of the family they lived with. Couldn't find info. Just now, looked again, found family, but she had given me the wrong name of the adoptive family when I ws messaging her 2 years back. So, I might find the answer, yet now I look nd see I never had the woman's last name, and she hasn't logged into the website she contacted me through in 1 year... Still don't know if I can find out what happened to his sister 70-80 years ago, though.

Posted by: Baldy at November 30, 2012 03:57 AM (opS9C)

706 anti-atheist TL;DR

LAST! :^)

Posted by: boulder hobo at November 30, 2012 07:12 PM (QTHTd)

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