December 10, 2012
— Maetenloch
We've analyzed Scarborough Research data, which includes 200,000 interviews with American adults, to determine the politics of beer drinkers. As the bubble chart shows, Dos Equis is a bipartisan brew - Republicans and Democrats both like to drink it. So Mr. Goldsmith's [the Most Interesting Man actor] public foray into the 2012 race could alienate a large share of Dos Equis fans. Ironically, this is in contrast to its corporate sister Heineken, which as it turns out is the most Democratic beer of all. On the other hand, Republicans love their Coors Light and favor Sam Adams, which is brewed just a few miles away from Romney campaign headquarters and whose namesake was an original tea partier.
Unfortunately there's no word on where the only Hopper-approved (PBUH) beer falls on the political spectrum.
Eh - there may be correlations between certain brands and politics but I'm just going to drink what I like and not drink what I don't. Life is too short to drink swill just because of politics.
Almost 10% too many.
The U.S. Marine Corps is having a hard time reducing its strength from 202,000 to 182,000. At first recruiting efforts were cut, reenlistment bonuses were eliminated and standards for reenlisting were increased. This did not get the job done. With a recession on too many first term marines wanted to stay in and too many well qualified, but unemployed, people wanted to get in....The marines are also offering early retirement to officers with less than 20 years. Again, this gets rid of people the marines would sorely need if there were another war. But now the battle the marines must win is getting strength down by 20,000.
This order to shed good people was pretty sudden. Last year, just as the marines were completing their expansion (ordered by Congress) from 180,000 to 202,000, they were told that the expansion must be reversed.
Sadly this yo-yoing is nothing new:
After World War II, the marines were ordered to cut strength from 475,000 to 75,000 and do it by 1950. Just as the marines finished those cuts, the Korean War broke out and the Cold War got a lot warmer. By 1955, strength was back up to 200,000. Then it dipped but shortly went up during Vietnam in the 1960s. Then it came down a bit in the 1970s and managed to keep it at around 180,000-200,000 until the present.
I'm guessing those 20,000 men will be sorely missed in a few years.
Six years ago, Mexico was the world's ninth largest exporter of cars. Today the country is ranked fourth-behind Germany, Japan and South Korea-with exports expected to total more than 2.14 million vehicles this year.
One in 10 cars sold last year in the U.S. was made in Mexico. Next year, every new taxi in New York's fleet-made by Nissan Motor Co. -will carry the "Hecho en Mexico" label. Mexico is now exporting vehicles to China, and even helped Japan keep up with orders after last year's tsunami.
Mexico's Economy Minister Bruno Ferrari boasted that a batch of new factories planned by car makers will help Mexico surpass South Korea in a few years.
Though China is geographically larger than the United States, it has far less arable land per capita available: 0.08 hectares per person versus 0.53 per person here. And the arable land available in China is shrinking, mostly because of extreme desertification.
So China imports food to help feed its huge and growing population. But its imports vastly outweigh its exports in agricultural products (see the chart below, courtesy Zero Hedge & FAO). And that deficit is going to grow: There will be lots more mouths to feed in the future, and as more and more Chinese enter the middle class, appetites evolve.
Good times to come.
A recent cob discussion over the Dutch proposed 'scum villages' reminded me of this article from a few years ago. It turns out that the US has been experimenting with the opposite of scumvilles - spreading the poor and dysfunctional around the city via section 8 housing. The hope was that the better environment would lift up the section 8ers. In practice it just spread crime around but now with multiple nuclei for murder and mayhem.
About six months ago, they decided to put a hunch to the test. Janikowski merged his computer map of crime patterns with Betts's map of Section8 rentals. Where Janikowski saw a bunny rabbit, Betts saw a sideways horseshoe ("He has a better imagination," she said). Otherwise, the match was near-perfect. On the merged map, dense violent-crime areas are shaded dark blue, and Section8 addresses are represented by little red dots. All of the dark-blue areas are covered in little red dots, like bursts of gunfire. The rest of the city has almost no dots.
Betts remembers her discomfort as she looked at the map. The couple had been musing about the connection for months, but they were amazed-and deflated-to see how perfectly the two data sets fit together. She knew right away that this would be a "hard thing to say or write." Nobody in the antipoverty community and nobody in city leadership was going to welcome the news that the noble experiment that they'd been engaged in for the past decade had been bringing the city down, in ways they'd never expected.
Last time we heard of Jack Stuef he was mocking Trig Palin while working as an editor at Wonkette. Well that got him fired and he's now fallen into the great catch basin of snarky assholes, Buzzfeed, where he's maintaining his usual levels of decorum and professionalism.
This time he wrote a article on Matt Inman, the cartoonist behind the Oatmeal, that was so utterly un-fact-checked as to approach libel. This led Inman to do a full-scale no-mercy Fisking of Stuef's article. The fact that Jack Stuef still gets a check for journalism should give hope to all the nasty un-professional wannabe writers of the world.
Attention anti-Western medicine hippies: natural != safe. Lots of things that are natural like cyanide, cobra venom, hemlock and Chuck Norris will also kill you dead - naturally.
Aristolochia has been widely used in herbal medicine, but it contains aristolochic acid-a powerful kidney toxin and a carcinogen. As a result of including Aristolochia in the regimen (for a period of two years), 105 women attending the clinic developed rapidly progressing kidney failure and had to go on dialysis or have kidney transplants. Many of the women went on to develop cancer of the upper urinary tract. Cases of kidney failure due to the ingestion of herbal products containing aristolochic acid have also been reported in the United States, Europe, and Asia.
...People failed to recognize the nephrotoxic effects of Aristolochia in spite of its use in many cultures worldwide over thousands of years. In an interview, Grollman explained why: "The reason, of course, is quite simple. It's painless, and the damage happens much later, so you don't put together the fact that you took this medicine and four years later, you have kidney failure. It's been part of Ayurvedic, European, Chinese, and South American medicine for centuries. All of the great civilizations have used it. And not one reported its toxicity until the Belgians did 20 years ago. There are certain things that tradition can't tell you."
5 Things You Didn't Know About Dave Brubeck
Among them the fact that he graduated with a music degree even though he couldn't read music.
Brubeck's other teachers protested that he was a very gifted musician even if he couldn't read music, so the dean cut a deal with the jazz man: Brubeck could graduate, but only if he promised never to teach music and embarrass the school by revealing his shortcoming. Brubeck later laughingly told the website JazzWax, "I kept that promise ever since, even when I was starving."
He did learn to read music later in life.
7 Makeup Techniques to Make You Look Slim
I hear stripes and standing next to your fat friends work as well.
The Yahoo AoSHQ group. Bla bla bla.
And my twitter thang.
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Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 10, 2012 05:49 PM (HwgHt)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 10, 2012 05:50 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 10, 2012 05:50 PM (HwgHt)
Cheap, with 25% more alcohol.
Posted by: fluffy at December 10, 2012 05:51 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Anne B. at December 10, 2012 05:51 PM (dTXIW)
I still believe that any Chinese expansion will not be into the Pacific but instead will be westward into Central Asia. They need the resources and the available land.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 10, 2012 05:52 PM (HwgHt)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 10, 2012 05:53 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 10, 2012 05:56 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: gm at December 10, 2012 05:56 PM (K0tm3)
Posted by: Michael the Hobbit at December 10, 2012 05:58 PM (7zk6v)
Posted by: eman at December 10, 2012 05:59 PM (9gcmf)
Posted by: rickl at December 10, 2012 06:01 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Zakn at December 10, 2012 06:02 PM (zyaZ1)
It was an uncomfortable Thanksgiving dinner at Mr. and Mrs. Mothra's house...
Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 10, 2012 06:02 PM (HwgHt)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 06:03 PM (Fhaif)
It was an uncomfortable Thanksgiving dinner at Mr. and Mrs. Mothra's house...
Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 10, 2012 10:02 PM (HwgHt)
But they were glad that at least he wasn't Korean or Chinese.
Posted by: Mætenloch at December 10, 2012 06:03 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 06:03 PM (Fhaif)
Posted by: no good deed at December 10, 2012 06:03 PM (mjR67)
Frosty could have flown first class to the North Pole, and had 15K to blow on hookers and blow for the same price as getting screwed by Buffet and Biden on their choo choo trains.
Posted by: MrCaniac at December 10, 2012 06:04 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 10, 2012 06:05 PM (sZTYJ)
It was an uncomfortable Thanksgiving dinner at Mr. and Mrs. Mothra's house...
Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 10, 2012 10:02 PM (HwgHt)
But they were glad that at least he wasn't Korean or Chinese.
Posted by: Mætenloch at December 10, 2012 10:03 PM (pAlYe)
Did she attend Berkeley?
Posted by: Tami at December 10, 2012 06:06 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: Zebra at December 10, 2012 06:07 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Robert at December 10, 2012 06:07 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Robert at December 10, 2012 06:08 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 06:09 PM (Fhaif)
Posted by: rickl at December 10, 2012 06:09 PM (sdi6R)
wtf, Leinenkugel is a Republican beer? And a high-turnout one?
okay somebody explain that one please
Posted by: chemjeff at December 10, 2012 06:09 PM (d/5qf)
I did.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 10, 2012 10:08 PM (GsoHv)
I know....I'm sure you have your own plaque in the library. 
Posted by: Tami at December 10, 2012 06:09 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 10, 2012 06:10 PM (jucos)
Posted by: CDR M at December 10, 2012 06:11 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: Robert at December 10, 2012 06:11 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Secundus, Life Coach at December 10, 2012 06:12 PM (yExak)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 06:12 PM (Fhaif)
Posted by: Some Horny Chinemen at December 10, 2012 06:13 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Walter Sobchak at December 10, 2012 06:13 PM (uis79)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 10, 2012 06:14 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Zakn at December 10, 2012 06:14 PM (zyaZ1)
Posted by: Secundus, Life Coach at December 10, 2012 06:14 PM (yExak)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 10, 2012 06:14 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 10, 2012 10:14 PM (GsoHv)
You obviously haven't seen last night's ONT.......
Posted by: Tami at December 10, 2012 06:14 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: fluffy at December 10, 2012 06:15 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at December 10, 2012 06:15 PM (B9aMH)
Posted by: sTevo at December 10, 2012 06:15 PM (jTr5F)
Posted by: Zakn at December 10, 2012 10:14 PM (zyaZ1)
Your HANDS ache? I'm in agony here!
Posted by: Bucky at December 10, 2012 06:15 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at December 10, 2012 06:15 PM (suQ++)
Chicago, Boston and San Francisco have large Irish-American populations.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 10, 2012 06:15 PM (GsoHv)
http://tiny.cc/yxt4ow
I really don't think she'd enjoy it. It's not NSFW or anything, but I just really like Alexthechick, and don't think she should click on the link. Can you guys help me out with that?
Thanks.
Posted by: Weirddave at December 10, 2012 06:15 PM (aH+zP)
Run it though a set of kidneys or two.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 10, 2012 06:15 PM (HwgHt)
Posted by: Robert at December 10, 2012 06:16 PM (LUnTP)
The "code of conduct" of the air was not as commonplace as the article suggests. Plenty of pilots on both sides were machine gunned in their parachutes after they bailed out, and gun camera footage shows that pilots routinely kept firing at aircraft even as they were going down.
I never understood the need for historical revisionism. It was total war at that time. A pilot who survived would come back the next day to kill you or your compatriots.
The article talks about the "chivalry" of World War I pilots. That's more bunk. Read about AEF pilot Captain Douglas Campbell, who shot down a German observation plane after the gunner ran out of ammunition. Campbell wrote later that the now-helpless German observer tore up his maps and then stood in his cockpit with his arms folded until Campbell shot down the plane.
"He took his medicine like a man" Campbell said.
Most of the Red Baron's 80 victories were over observation planes that he shot from below. They were defenseless against him. Edward "Mick" Mannock of the RFC loved it when his victims went down in flames.
"Got another flamer today," he'd tell his squadron mates. "Sizzle sizzle, all the way down!"
The truth should always be told, even if it's unpleasant.
Posted by: Llarry at December 10, 2012 06:16 PM (nMCEa)
Oops.
Have I just inextricably linked myself to something horrid and left-wing and new-age and in every respect disgusting?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 10, 2012 06:16 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: The Dude at December 10, 2012 06:17 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: JonathanEllis at December 10, 2012 06:18 PM (BdzEV)
Posted by: Robert at December 10, 2012 06:18 PM (LUnTP)
Last night's ONT featured a cheap Chinese knockoff of Sandra Fluke blabbering about how she had sex in the school library.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 10, 2012 06:18 PM (HwgHt)
Posted by: Llarry at December 10, 2012 10:16 PM (nMCEa)
Thanks dad.
Can we get ice cream now?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 10, 2012 06:19 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 06:19 PM (Fhaif)
Posted by: Llarry at December 10, 2012 10:16 PM (nMCEa)
I thought the rule was, you could shoot a guy in a parachute if he was going to land in his own territory.
Posted by: Secundus, Life Coach at December 10, 2012 06:20 PM (yExak)
Posted by: Lauren at December 10, 2012 06:21 PM (wsGWu)
I do need to look slimmer but I think the GAYNESS might make me look too bold.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger (aka Ol' 3 tooth) at December 10, 2012 06:22 PM (3E2th)
Posted by: Llarry at December 10, 2012 10:16 PM (nMCEa)
Thanks dad.
Can we get ice cream now?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 10, 2012 10:19 PM (GsoHv)
Don't make me pull over this ONT and give everyone a long heart-felt but tedious lecture on civility and loving your fellow Moron no matter how jackholish he can be.
Posted by: Mætenloch at December 10, 2012 06:22 PM (pAlYe)
Yeah. Probably true.
I came home one night to find two people fucking in my driveway. Not on the curb. Right smack dab in the middle of my driveway.
Berkeley was, and I am sure still is, quite fucked up.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 10, 2012 06:22 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: The Dude at December 10, 2012 06:23 PM (tw6Ar)
Can we get ice cream now?
Mr. Dildo, there's no need for you to feel inferior to me. I'm just jabbering away here, exactly like you are. I don't feel the need to try and bring you down. I'm not threatened by you.
You really don't need to be threatened by me, either. We'll never meet. You'll never have to compare your life to mine. We don't even have to compare our intellects. You have certain interests, and I have others. So what?
You need to give up your obsession with me. It's unhealthy.
Posted by: Llarry at December 10, 2012 06:24 PM (nMCEa)
Posted by: AltonJackson really misses the land of his birth at December 10, 2012 06:24 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 10, 2012 06:25 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: CBD's Berkeley Hippie Driveway Fuckers at December 10, 2012 10:23 PM (d/5qf)
You can quite now. You already have the thread winner. #62
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 10, 2012 06:25 PM (GsoHv)
I came home one night to find two people fucking in my driveway. Not on the curb. Right smack dab in the middle of my driveway.
Berkeley was, and I am sure still is, quite fucked up.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 10, 2012 10:22 PM (GsoHv)
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Thanks for not calling the Po po.
Posted by: That Cho Girl With Loose Morals at December 10, 2012 06:25 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Mætenloch at December 10, 2012 06:25 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 10, 2012 06:25 PM (GE81t)
Posted by: sTevo at December 10, 2012 06:26 PM (vroT8)
Robert Johnson, P-47 pilot, was struggling to nurse his shot to bits Jug across the English Channel when he looked up. He had a German fighter flying formation with him. He could see the pilot in other plane giving his a thorough examination. After awhile the German fighter broke off to return to France and Johnson landed safely back in England.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 06:26 PM (Fhaif)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 10, 2012 06:27 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 10, 2012 06:27 PM (GEICT)
Regular Coors (the Banquet Beer) in the 16 ounce aluminum bottles..
That and a pint glass mixed with equal parts Jack Daniels, Bailey's and Egg Nog....On ice.
Woof!
Posted by: Portnoy at December 10, 2012 06:27 PM (A5Abh)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at December 10, 2012 06:28 PM (e8kgV)
Slacker "independents" go for Bud lite. That's about right.
Make a decision bitches! Get off the fence and take a stand.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger (aka Ol' 3 tooth) at December 10, 2012 06:29 PM (3E2th)
Posted by: USS Diversity at December 10, 2012 06:29 PM (85EaA)
Posted by: General Woundwort at December 10, 2012 06:30 PM (0fxcV)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 10, 2012 06:30 PM (Z9EHQ)
The one with the old Punjabi swing song in the Asian nightclub is the worst. I could never figure what a hot Asian chick was doing on a date with a goofy and homely hipster
And the "Golden Age" singer sounded like The Chipmunks on helium
Posted by: kbdabear at December 10, 2012 06:31 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Robert at December 10, 2012 06:31 PM (LUnTP)
You *have* done your shopping, yes? I'm all done. I haven't started. One of these statements is true.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 10, 2012 06:31 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 10, 2012 06:32 PM (Z9EHQ)
You owe my wife an apology. She came downstairs and asked what was so funny.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 10, 2012 06:32 PM (GsoHv)
To paraphrase an illiterate, "Expecting civility from someone whose user name is CharlieBrown'sDildo. Hilarious!"
As for love, that's precisely Mr. Dildo's issue. His unrequited love is creepy.
Posted by: Llarry at December 10, 2012 06:33 PM (nMCEa)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger (aka Ol' 3 tooth) at December 10, 2012 06:33 PM (3E2th)
Line of Death?
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 10, 2012 10:27 PM (GEICT)
The Line of Death was the middle seam in the back seat of the car that separated my sister and myself when I was growing up. It was sorta like the Korean DMZ mixed with the Neutral Zone of Star Trek.
Posted by: Mætenloch at December 10, 2012 06:33 PM (pAlYe)
The one with the old Punjabi swing song in the Asian nightclub is the worst. I could never figure what a hot Asian chick was doing on a date with a goofy and homely hipster
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I always thought she was a man, baby.
Posted by: USS Diversity at December 10, 2012 06:33 PM (85EaA)
As for love, that's precisely Mr. Dildo's issue. His unrequited love is creepy.
Posted by: Llarry at December 10, 2012 10:33 PM (nMCEa)
Zip it Mr. Talky.
Posted by: Mætenloch at December 10, 2012 06:34 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger (aka Ol' 3 tooth) at December 10, 2012 06:34 PM (3E2th)
Posted by: Secundus, Life Coach at December 10, 2012 06:34 PM (yExak)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 10, 2012 06:35 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Robert at December 10, 2012 06:36 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 06:36 PM (Fhaif)
It occurs to me though that one reason that we lose consistently is that we consistently fight in areas liberals hold strongly - the media, the government, etc.
Why aren't we as the productive class trying to take the fight to our stronghold - namely the private sector as a whole?
And then it hit me. Why aren't we doing to the left in the private sector what the left does to us in academia? Namely, holding liberal politics against liberals and kicking their asses out of the private sector.
Layoffs coming up? Instead of laying off the least competent or newest hires...who is the most liberal? Trying to decide between two candidates? See what they had to say about election 2012 on Facebook...etc...etc...etc
Thoughts?
Posted by: 18-1 at December 10, 2012 06:36 PM (AUeaU)
I agree. My issue is that the mercy and chivalry shown were the exception, not the rule. That article made it seem like most pilots adhered to a code of honor, but all you have to do is watch the gun camera film from WWII to see that it just isn't true. All sides were ruthless.
Posted by: Llarry at December 10, 2012 06:36 PM (nMCEa)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 10, 2012 10:30 PM (Z9EHQ)
That's a good point.
A two ounce portion of my favorite Scotch is $5. From my own bottle. In a bar (I have never ordered it) it must be $25.
But you are comparing Scotch in "appropriate" quantities to beer in normal quantities. That's apples to piglets.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 10, 2012 06:36 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: no good deed at December 10, 2012 06:36 PM (mjR67)
Posted by: boulder hobo at December 10, 2012 06:36 PM (QTHTd)
Speaking of helium. I though about helium when I saw the cheerleader picture from the previous thread.
Posted by: harleycowboy at December 10, 2012 06:37 PM (wSTfB)
First, they're hamsters. For a car commercial. Is this a way to show that your cars are *roomy*? Umm, no.
Second, they're *gangsta* hamsters. WTF?
Posted by: chemjeff at December 10, 2012 06:37 PM (d/5qf)
http://www.aviationartstore.com/pilot_Robert_Johnson.htm
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 06:37 PM (Fhaif)
Posted by: Lauren at December 10, 2012 06:37 PM (wsGWu)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 10, 2012 10:34 PM (d/5qf)
Trust me -- it was weirder to read!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 10, 2012 06:38 PM (GsoHv)
All right!!! Dave Brubeck!
Compared to last night this ONT already has more sax and less violins!!
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 10, 2012 06:39 PM (1OZSU)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 10, 2012 06:39 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Robert at December 10, 2012 06:39 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger (aka Ol' 3 tooth) at December 10, 2012 10:34 PM
Old Milwaukee is hobo beer. "Arn City" (Iron City) too
No hobo ever begs for change to buy Rolling Rock
Posted by: kbdabear at December 10, 2012 06:39 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Robert at December 10, 2012 10:36 PM (LUnTP)
If you're going to piss on the face of Western society and culture, you'd better be advertising something a hell of a lot better than a fucking Kia shoebox van.
Posted by: Secundus, Life Coach at December 10, 2012 06:39 PM (yExak)
Posted by: 18-1 at December 10, 2012 10:36 PM (AUeaU)
Well, it's illegal, for starters.
Posted by: chemjeff at December 10, 2012 06:39 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 10, 2012 06:40 PM (GE81t)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at December 10, 2012 06:41 PM (C8mVl)
Posted by: lou's a girl at December 10, 2012 06:41 PM (adaoe)
And that's the problem with most Government efforts. This was a completely foreseeable possible outcome and they should have been LOOKING for this as the program took effect to judge whether it was being successful or just spreading the problem around. But Noooooo, they just start the program and assume it's going to work perfectly until years later when somebody makes the totally unsurprising discovery that the entirely predictable has happened.
Posted by: Formerly known as Skeptic at December 10, 2012 06:41 PM (5z6T9)
Or Yuengling. I can't get Yuengling out here
Posted by: Zakn at December 10, 2012 09:59 PM
I could kill some Yuenglings right about now.
Posted by: Anakin "Annie" Skywalker at December 10, 2012 06:41 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 06:41 PM (Fhaif)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 10, 2012 06:41 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: The Dude at December 10, 2012 06:41 PM (tw6Ar)
It's the Subaru hipster ads that make me want to go Elvis on the tv set
Posted by: kbdabear at December 10, 2012 06:42 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Robert at December 10, 2012 06:42 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: no good deed at December 10, 2012 06:42 PM (mjR67)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 10, 2012 10:41 PM (d/5qf
No, he was a choreographer, ballroom scene.
Posted by: lou's a girl at December 10, 2012 06:42 PM (adaoe)
Posted by: Jean at December 10, 2012 06:43 PM (ICwOo)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 10, 2012 06:43 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 10, 2012 06:43 PM (GE81t)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 06:43 PM (Fhaif)
Posted by: kbdabear at December 10, 2012 06:43 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: AltonJackson really misses the land of his birth at December 10, 2012 06:43 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Tami at December 10, 2012 06:44 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 10, 2012 10:39 PM (GEICT)
That is quite a sexy image.
Sometimes covered up is sexier than bared.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 10, 2012 06:45 PM (GsoHv)
I'm tweeting her that this is it, I'm leaving her
Posted by: kbdabear at December 10, 2012 06:45 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 10, 2012 06:45 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 10, 2012 06:46 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: The Editors of GQ, FHM, etc etc etc... at December 10, 2012 06:46 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: lou's a girl at December 10, 2012 10:42 PM (adaoe)
Does he know Empire of Jeff?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 10, 2012 06:46 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: The Ghost of Flannery O'Connor at December 10, 2012 06:46 PM (WE5bx)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 10, 2012 06:46 PM (Z9EHQ)
***
That bans discrimination based on grounds of race, color, religion or national origin - liberalism may be a religion, but liberals well never agree that it is...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 10, 2012 06:47 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 10, 2012 10:46 PM (GsoHv)
Sorry ?
Posted by: lou's a girl at December 10, 2012 06:47 PM (adaoe)
That Mozzarella Chicken sandwich by the Wendy's Ginger?
I notice they don't use the *actual* Wendy anymore.
Posted by: Secundus, Life Coach at December 10, 2012 06:47 PM (yExak)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 06:47 PM (Fhaif)
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 10, 2012 06:47 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: sTevo at December 10, 2012 06:48 PM (L1YgQ)
Posted by: Jean at December 10, 2012 06:48 PM (ICwOo)
Posted by: lou's a girl at December 10, 2012 10:47 PM (adaoe)
Inside Baseball joke.
EOJ was a theater major, so of course it is fodder for making fun of him at every opportunity.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 10, 2012 06:49 PM (GsoHv)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAD7Vmh17-4
Posted by: kbdabear at December 10, 2012 06:50 PM (wwsoB)
Fuck. Guinness skews Democrat? Now I gotta see if Murphy's Stout made that chart.
Yeah, I saw that too. Not gonna make me stop drinking, tho'. The local Wal-Mart grocery just lowered their price a lot.
Guinness, it's not just for breakfast anymore.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at December 10, 2012 06:50 PM (yiIja)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 10, 2012 10:49 PM (GsoHv)
Wow, would have never guessed that!
Posted by: lou's a girl at December 10, 2012 06:50 PM (adaoe)
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
Just trying a simple declarative sentence as Ace suggested earlier!
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 10, 2012 06:51 PM (1OZSU)
I think that depends on your definition, but it doesn't matter if it was full frontal nudity...it isn't sexy, so I don't want to look.
Weird that a woman's breasts, almost totally exposed, look rather unappealing.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 10, 2012 06:51 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 10, 2012 10:49 PM (GsoHv)
He was also outed by ace as a closeted intellectual.
Posted by: Mætenloch at December 10, 2012 06:51 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: sTevo at December 10, 2012 06:52 PM (L7std)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 06:52 PM (Fhaif)
Posted by: General Woundwort at December 10, 2012 06:53 PM (0fxcV)
So...no tramp stamp and thongs pulled up to your ears?
I approve.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 10, 2012 06:53 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 06:53 PM (Fhaif)
Posted by: Walter Sobchak at December 10, 2012 06:54 PM (uis79)
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 10, 2012 06:54 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Mætenloch at December 10, 2012 10:51 PM (pAlYe)
Which is more embarrassing?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 10, 2012 06:54 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 10:52 PM
Sorry, but that was Brian Dennehy in the video
Posted by: kbdabear at December 10, 2012 06:54 PM (wwsoB)
And if the item can be pulled that far up. Ugh.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 06:55 PM (Fhaif)
Posted by: General Woundwort at December 10, 2012 10:53 PM (0fxcV)
Good. I'll be over for cocktails.What time?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 10, 2012 06:55 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: General Woundwort at December 10, 2012 10:53 PM (0fxcV)
***
I used to drink Glenlivet, but not so neat. In fact, I usually sloshed half of it on my shirt!
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 10, 2012 06:56 PM (1OZSU)
Posted by: Jean at December 10, 2012 06:56 PM (ICwOo)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 10:52 PM (Fhaif)
I assume you mean Robert Palmer? Although a video by Plant might be of interest.
Palmer's dead though so he's out. Unless they're doing a Zombie reboot a la Touch of Grey by the Grateful Dead.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger (aka Ol' 3 tooth) at December 10, 2012 06:56 PM (3E2th)
It's the Civil Service Act that bans discrimination against political affiliation when it comes to working in the civil service. But I guess you can discriminate by political view all you want in the private workplace.
Posted by: chemjeff at December 10, 2012 06:56 PM (d/5qf)
Couldn't make it through that article.
Posted by: Llarry at December 10, 2012 06:56 PM (nMCEa)
Posted by: Walter Sobchak at December 10, 2012 06:57 PM (uis79)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 06:57 PM (Fhaif)
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 10, 2012 06:57 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 10, 2012 06:57 PM (83wHT)
Posted by: General Woundwort at December 10, 2012 06:58 PM (0fxcV)
Posted by: Robert at December 10, 2012 06:58 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 10:52 PM (Fhaif)
That was Robert Palmer....hot models. One with no bra! Good times....good times.
Posted by: Cicero Kid at December 10, 2012 06:58 PM (hq+RW)
I make pork rillettes, so will that work?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 10, 2012 06:59 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Donna V. at December 10, 2012 06:59 PM (BStAJ)
Before the internet, there was a story that went around, about a toast offered in a RFC mess by an ace, to the consternation of his comrades. It began "To our gallant foe," and was full of all the fantastical bullshit that we fantasists always attribute to early aviators. Being full of bullshit, of course, it's quite likely a Brit pilot really did say it. Every year or so I go through the motions of looking it up, and it has vanished. Have you ever seen a reference to it?
Posted by: comatus at December 10, 2012 06:59 PM (qaVK+)
Posted by: Lauren at December 10, 2012 07:00 PM (wsGWu)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at December 10, 2012 07:00 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: no good deed at December 10, 2012 07:01 PM (mjR67)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 07:01 PM (Fhaif)
Posted by: Donna V. at December 10, 2012 10:59 PM (BStAJ)
*****
Who knows? Maybe there will be a 'happy ending'!
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 10, 2012 07:01 PM (1OZSU)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at December 10, 2012 07:03 PM (sZTYJ)
Once you go plastic, you never go back
Posted by: palin steele at December 10, 2012 07:03 PM (d/5qf)
She just completely grates on my nerves, and I can't figure out why.
I think it might be her mouth. Totally Julia Robertsesque.
Posted by: Lauren at December 10, 2012 11:00 PM (wsGWu)
I liked her as catwomen,
However watched Love and other drugs with her in it, was a porno, swear she and jake gyllenhall (sic?) had sex in that movie. So like a good wife, saved it for hubby to view,
Posted by: lou's a girl at December 10, 2012 07:03 PM (adaoe)
Posted by: Tami at December 10, 2012 10:06 PM (X6akg)
I did.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 10, 2012 10:08 PM (GsoHv----------------Just out of curiosity, what is your vocation?
Posted by: TwiceBlessed at December 10, 2012 07:04 PM (cxl8k)
Posted by: Walter Sobchak at December 10, 2012 07:04 PM (uis79)
Posted by: The Dude at December 10, 2012 07:04 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Bill at December 10, 2012 07:04 PM (id/J+)
Apparently, this has made the lawn ormament even sexier to the dumb sad-assed buck, who is now getting bolder, and starting to get closer to this hunk of wicker that he is mistaking for a doe. Geez, it's like a man falling in love with an inflatable doll. You'd think a deer would be able to tell by scent that a wicker lawn ornament is not a real doe, but this buck is even a bigger idiot than your average Obama voter. This will not end well.
We're gonna take up a collection for your Christmas present: a bottle of Doe-in-heat and a disposable camera.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at December 10, 2012 07:05 PM (yiIja)
Posted by: Jean at December 10, 2012 07:05 PM (ICwOo)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at December 10, 2012 07:06 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Lauren at December 10, 2012 11:00 PM (wsGWu)
*****
I actually liked her in the Beverly Hillbillies
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 10, 2012 07:06 PM (1OZSU)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 07:08 PM (Fhaif)
Posted by: Walter Sobchak at December 10, 2012 07:08 PM (uis79)
Posted by: D. Hopper at December 10, 2012 07:09 PM (AVfT8)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at December 10, 2012 07:10 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: kbdabear at December 10, 2012 07:10 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 07:10 PM (Fhaif)
Posted by: Bill at December 10, 2012 07:10 PM (id/J+)
Posted by: Robert at December 10, 2012 07:10 PM (LUnTP)
The only reference I know of that phrase was a wreath placed on von Richtofen's grave by the RFC, but it was "To Our Gallant and Worthy Foe." When Oswald Boelke--the father of modern fighter tactics--died in an air accident, the British dropped a wreath on his aerodrome that read "To Our Brave and Chivalrous Foe."
Werner Voss was likely one of the greatest pilots who ever lived. He flew a Fokker Triplane and liked to go out alone. In his last battle, he faced seven of the best British pilots in service at the time, and they were flying SE-5As that totally outclassed the Fokker.
Yet Voss put bullet holes in all seven and managed to damage three severely enough that they had to be scrapped. The British reported that he was able to make his aircraft turn 180 degrees so he could fire at them while flying backwards. He seemed everywhere at once, looping around them like a hummingbird. All the Brits said he was the best pilot they'd ever seen.
But they killed him anyway. He didn't have a chance, seven to one. Only his superhuman skill allowed him to survive as long as he did.
The chivalry of the air was pretty much a myth.
Posted by: Llarry at December 10, 2012 07:11 PM (nMCEa)
Posted by: Bill at December 10, 2012 07:13 PM (WZQdF)
Posted by: Dieter Sh*tst*rrer at December 10, 2012 07:14 PM (eHIJJ)
She just completely grates on my nerves, and I can't figure out why.
She's smug. It's one of the most unattractive qualities an actor can have.
Posted by: Llarry at December 10, 2012 07:15 PM (nMCEa)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at December 10, 2012 07:15 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Bill at December 10, 2012 07:15 PM (WZQdF)
Posted by: Jean at December 10, 2012 07:15 PM (ICwOo)
Yes, no doubt when Iranian forces land off the Gulf Shores and begin marauding inland.
Posted by: limks at December 10, 2012 07:16 PM (x+59A)
Posted by: The Dude at December 10, 2012 07:17 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 10, 2012 07:17 PM (1OZSU)
Posted by: Peaches, Pats fan for life at December 10, 2012 07:17 PM (kpCLl)
We're gonna take up a collection for your Christmas present: a bottle of Doe-in-heat and a disposable camera. Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at December 10, 2012 11:05 PM (yiIja)
I was thinking there must be a serious doe shortage in these parts if a buck is reduced to lusting after a wicker lawn ornament, but on second thought, perhaps he, like the Berkeley woman, is just into "transgressive sex." He's a hip, progressive deer and sees no reason to limit himself to sex with actual does, or even with animate objects.
Posted by: Donna V. at December 10, 2012 07:17 PM (BStAJ)
How y'all doin' tonight?
Posted by: Peaches, Pats fan for life at December 10, 2012 11:15 PM (kpCLl)
*****
'Sup?
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 10, 2012 07:18 PM (1OZSU)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at December 10, 2012 07:19 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: filbert at December 10, 2012 07:19 PM (NaNKB)
Posted by: Walter Sobchak at December 10, 2012 07:19 PM (uis79)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 10, 2012 07:21 PM (1OZSU)
I've read it. Erich Hartmann is the highest-scoring ace of all time.
The Nazis didn't allow their men to serve tours of duty. You served until you were killed. That's why German pilots racked up such massive scores.
In the USAAF, you served your tour of duty and then went home and trained new pilots. The Germans and Japanese had run out of pilots by the end of WWII.
Posted by: Llarry at December 10, 2012 07:21 PM (nMCEa)
I was thinking there must be a serious doe shortage in these parts if a buck is reduced to lusting after a wicker lawn ornament, but on second thought, perhaps he, like the Berkeley woman, is just into "transgressive sex." He's a hip, progressive deer and sees no reason to limit himself to sex with actual does, or even with animate objects.
Either that or he's really nearsighted.
Howdy Peaches and cthulu. Peaches, your Pats are kicking ass.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at December 10, 2012 07:22 PM (yiIja)
Posted by: kbdabear at December 10, 2012 07:22 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Corona at December 10, 2012 07:23 PM (fh2Y7)
Posted by: Jean at December 10, 2012 07:23 PM (ICwOo)
Someone who is overlooked a lot -
http://annapuna.blogspot.com/2011/07/star-of-africa.html
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 07:23 PM (Fhaif)
Posted by: Peaches, Pats fan for life at December 10, 2012 07:24 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Lauren at December 10, 2012 07:24 PM (wsGWu)
Posted by: Weirddave at December 10, 2012 07:25 PM (pmDdf)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at December 10, 2012 07:26 PM (NzBQO)
Posted by: kbdabear at December 10, 2012 07:26 PM (wwsoB)
She is dumber than a bag of hammers trying to outrun a box of rocks. It's appalling. Very cute girl, super cute . . . just don't listen when she talks, it ruins the entire thing.
Posted by: Peaches, Pats fan for life at December 10, 2012 07:26 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Thorvald at December 10, 2012 07:26 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: AltonJackson is out at December 10, 2012 07:27 PM (JMmQ9)
http://annapuna.blogspot.com/2011/07/star-of-africa.html
Yup. Nice write-up. He was acknowledged as one of the best shots in the Luftwaffe, IIRC.
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 10, 2012 07:28 PM (Z7Nt0)
Posted by: Thorvald at December 10, 2012 07:33 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 10, 2012 07:33 PM (Z9EHQ)
You mean after pilots survived crashes?
Posted by: Llarry at December 10, 2012 07:34 PM (nMCEa)
" Soledad O'Brien about to get her walking papers?"
That's the best news I've heard since I read that Hugo Chavez has one foot in the grave.
Good night, morons. Hopefully my sister will have her cell phone camera at the ready if she witnesses some some hot buck-wicker deer action.
Posted by: Donna V. at December 10, 2012 07:34 PM (BStAJ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 10, 2012 07:35 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at December 10, 2012 07:36 PM (yiIja)
If only those Republican Shiner drinkers knew how closely the Shiner brewing family is with the Texas Democratic Party.
Might as well write a check every time you pick up a six-pack.
Posted by: Michael Rittenhouse at December 10, 2012 07:38 PM (2Oas0)
Posted by: helofixer at December 10, 2012 07:38 PM (REgvX)
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 10, 2012 07:38 PM (Z7Nt0)
Posted by: Thorvald at December 10, 2012 07:38 PM (1V6Pv)
There are billionaires who are scum, and dirt poor who are princes.
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 10, 2012 07:38 PM (bodka)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 07:38 PM (Fhaif)
Hard Christmas candy, I cant quit you
Posted by: lou's a girl at December 10, 2012 07:39 PM (adaoe)
Posted by: Lauren at December 10, 2012 07:40 PM (wsGWu)
Typhoon from the RAF did a shit ton of damage to the Germans in Normandy trying to bring up re enforcements to the front.
Posted by: helofixer at December 10, 2012 07:40 PM (REgvX)
Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB or SMOD (for the Children) at December 10, 2012 07:40 PM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 10, 2012 07:41 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 07:41 PM (Fhaif)
Someone who is overlooked a lot -
I could never figure the meaning of JG27's unit badge.
Posted by: Llarry at December 10, 2012 07:42 PM (nMCEa)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 07:42 PM (Fhaif)
Posted by: Peaches, Pats fan for life at December 10, 2012 07:43 PM (kpCLl)
Anne Hathaway as PonyGirl.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 11:38 PM (Fhaif)
Well that would mean she'd have a bridle in her mouth and couldn't talk right?
Posted by: buzzion at December 10, 2012 07:43 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Thorvald at December 10, 2012 07:43 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 10, 2012 07:44 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 07:44 PM (Fhaif)
Here's a piece about it:
http://www.dddnews.com/story/1655929.html
Posted by: Llarry at December 10, 2012 07:44 PM (nMCEa)
Posted by: Lauren at December 10, 2012 07:45 PM (wsGWu)
Sierra Nevada can be found in every liquor and grocery store in California but you'll be hard-put to find Sam Adams in say.. the general store in Fort Bidwell, Ca.
...
Anchor Steam Porter.
Divine.
Posted by: 13times at December 10, 2012 07:45 PM (h6XiD)
I accompanied the missus to the hospital today, a little outpatient thing. Anyway a nurse attended her, same nurse I had a few months back. We nodded. I noticed that she was likely pregnant.
BUT! DID I SAY A WORD?
No. I was not born yesterday.
Later, as I was still sitting there with my mouth shut the nurse says she will be taking 4-5 months off.
I asked "Vacation?"
And both women, more or less in unison said "NO, you idiot, she's (I'm) pregnant!"
One word. One word sunk my battleship.
Posted by: navybrat at December 10, 2012 07:45 PM (Ty7ja)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 10, 2012 07:45 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 07:46 PM (Fhaif)
Posted by:Islamic Rage Boy at December 10, 2012 11:06 PM (e8kgV)
But what about the trillions that we budgeted as savings from canceling those unnecessary wars started by that warmonger Bush so Cheney's Halliburton could make a profit?
Glad to see that we got Congressional authorization for THIS operation!
Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB or SMOD (for the Children) at December 10, 2012 07:46 PM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: Weirddave at December 10, 2012 07:47 PM (iy7de)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 07:48 PM (Fhaif)
You might get lucky and find some of the old WWII era hangers still intact. AirGlades in Clewiston FL was a big training base for foreign ally pilots during the war and has some memorabilia at the FBO. There was a WWII hanger still there until around 2005 when one of the hurricanes flattened it.
Old stuff has a way of hanging around in the corners of hangers and storage lofts at smaller airports
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 10, 2012 07:49 PM (bodka)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 10, 2012 07:49 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: navybrat at December 10, 2012 07:50 PM (Ty7ja)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 07:50 PM (Fhaif)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 10, 2012 07:51 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Jean at December 10, 2012 07:51 PM (ICwOo)
Sierra Nevada Tumbler is excellent.
Also try Lagunitas "Brown Shugga" (seasonal) if you can find it. Wowza!
I always felt that since Becks complies with Reinheitsgebot, I could drink a lot more of it and still wake up without a hangover than any other readily available bar brand. In my testing, this theory usually seemed to hold up well.
Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB or SMOD (for the Children) at December 10, 2012 07:51 PM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 07:52 PM (Fhaif)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 07:54 PM (Fhaif)
Posted by: Weirddave at December 10, 2012 07:54 PM (iy7de)
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 10, 2012 07:54 PM (bodka)
Posted by: navybrat at December 10, 2012 11:45 PM (Ty7ja)
"You got a new destroyer in drydock?"
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 10, 2012 07:56 PM (29+x5)
Posted by: rockmom at December 10, 2012 07:56 PM (qe2/V)
Ta-152 was an improved FW-190D-9. Some D-9/-12s were even fitted with Ta-152 tails.
The Ta-154 Moskito was an all wooden twin fighter designed to kill the DeHavilland Mosquito. Luckily an RAF bombing raid wiped out the plant that made the special glue the Ta-154s needed.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 07:57 PM (Fhaif)
Posted by: Thorvald at December 10, 2012 07:57 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: helofixer at December 10, 2012 07:58 PM (REgvX)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at December 10, 2012 07:58 PM (+zZLi)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at December 10, 2012 07:58 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at December 10, 2012 11:58 PM (sZTYJ)
Didn't know there was a Strike Witches movie
Posted by: The Dude at December 10, 2012 07:59 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 08:00 PM (Fhaif)
Posted by: Jean at December 10, 2012 08:00 PM (X6eYN)
Speer pushed for diffusing that which could be diffused pretty early on. Component integration was still an issue with the rail getting hammered all the time, and a lot of war machinery assembly serialized (and stalled) through Schweinfurt's ability to crank out ball bearings...
...we (wisely) pounded the crap out of the ball bearing plants early and often.
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 10, 2012 08:00 PM (bodka)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 10, 2012 10:39 PM (GEICT)
------------
I can't see a thing at all now.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread is glad he learned how to touch-type at December 10, 2012 08:01 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 10, 2012 08:03 PM (2CiZb)
Posted by: helofixer at December 10, 2012 08:03 PM (REgvX)
Posted by: RWC at December 10, 2012 08:03 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at December 10, 2012 08:04 PM (NzBQO)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 11, 2012 12:00 AM (Fhaif)
the show was a lot fun though
Posted by: The Dude at December 10, 2012 08:04 PM (tw6Ar)
Germany was churning out fighters like hotcakes. ME-262 production was dispersed widely. The 'rail' production in the forests was something. But lack of fuel and good pilots doomed all the efforts. Bodenplatt did not help either.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 08:04 PM (Fhaif)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at December 10, 2012 08:06 PM (+zZLi)
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 10, 2012 08:06 PM (Z7Nt0)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at December 11, 2012 12:06 AM (+zZLi)
nothing beats MD 20/20 though
Posted by: The Dude at December 10, 2012 08:06 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at December 10, 2012 08:06 PM (+zZLi)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread is glad he learned how to touch-type at December 10, 2012 08:06 PM (5J54Q)
Gonna homebrew some mead - think oak honey / orange marmalade.
Posted by: 13times at December 10, 2012 08:07 PM (h6XiD)
how are the tentacles tonite
Posted by: chemjeff at December 10, 2012 11:15 PM (d/5qf)
Howdy, tiger! Tentacles are drooping a bit -- spent much of the afternoon under a bathroom sink....and, while much improved, I had to salvage some parts I should have replaced and it looks like I'll be taking another swing at it tomorrow.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 10, 2012 08:07 PM (kaalw)
http://youtu.be/kGh9DEGGuMo
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 08:08 PM (Fhaif)
Posted by: Lauren at December 10, 2012 08:09 PM (wsGWu)
Posted by: Lauren at December 10, 2012 08:10 PM (wsGWu)
Posted by: harleycowboy at December 10, 2012 08:10 PM (+9AX9)
Posted by: Peaches, Pats fan for life at December 11, 2012 12:03 AM (kpCLl)
Ms. Peaches, have you tried to buy beer in quantity lately? A twelver has gone up around $3 in the last two years. Mostly due to fields that would have been barley going to corn to get sweet ethanol premiums, much like a loaf of bread is more expensive, since wheat fields are going to corn, and on and on.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 10, 2012 08:10 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 10, 2012 08:11 PM (2CiZb)
That was the whole idea behind the Ploesti raids (which were largely ineffective).
There were dribbles of coal syn-fuel being produced, but those plants were constant targets.
If Hitler had cooled his heels for 5 years he'd have won the war, the Kriegsmarine would have been in top form, the syn-fuel plants built and operational (because you know the other guys are coming after your dead dinosaur oil supplies), and they might even have developed the A-bomb.
Fucker got greedy and it cost...
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 10, 2012 08:11 PM (bodka)
I'm glad we have ethanol-free gasoline here in Oklahoma. Whenever I fill the tank, I imagine I'm telling the Feds where to stick it.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at December 10, 2012 08:12 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 10, 2012 08:12 PM (2CiZb)
Make it a capital crime. If you're not doing it, you don't care, right?
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 10, 2012 08:15 PM (bodka)
Posted by: helofixer at December 11, 2012 12:03 AM
The losses that the 9th USAAF took on Operation Tidal Wave at the Ploesti oil fields put a damper on that. 53 B-24's lost and 660 men killed or captured
Posted by: kbdabear at December 10, 2012 08:15 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at December 11, 2012 12:12 AM (5J54Q)
Color me jealous. I pay full price for 15% ethanol and have no choice, despite the fact that it is less efficient. There's no discount. Perhaps that's a good place to open up the next front in local politics, but it looks like a loser, since our governor and his family made their money by way of selling gas and diesel.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 10, 2012 08:16 PM (lJJMb)
As a kid, I once got a book on "Military aircraft of the world" for Christmas, spanning from pre-WWI to (then) modern-day. It included graphs of aircraft production by various nations by year during WW2.
I distinctly recall giggling a little when I saw that the American bars went completely off their chart in 1943 and 1944.
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 10, 2012 08:16 PM (v3AGq)
Oh, please, I got a twelver of natty lite at target over the weekend for $6.99 and, so far, only one has failed to open. I regularly buy 18-packs of Coors lite at the corner am/pm for $12.99, it's some kind of permanent sale and 2 bucks cheaper that target. I also have personal knowledge of 30-packs of natty for about 16 bucks, I just can't really carry that from the car to the house, so I rarely partake.
Posted by: Peaches, Pats fan for life at December 10, 2012 08:17 PM (kpCLl)
Make it a capital crime. If you're not doing it, you don't care, right?
Those dead people are still voting.
Posted by: harleycowboy at December 10, 2012 08:18 PM (+9AX9)
Fun facts: It's no longer brewed in Latrobe PA which is the only place they pronounce it LAYtrobe, everywhere else it's Lah -trobe.
Posted by: DaveA at December 10, 2012 08:18 PM (Xefrb)
I just can't really carry that from the car to the house, so I rarely partake.
Try it one at a time!
Posted by: harleycowboy at December 10, 2012 08:19 PM (+9AX9)
Red wine........
Now that's a subject I could enjoin with my own knowledge....cept I'm already a bottle and a half in so....I'll just lurk on this one.
Posted by: Richard at December 10, 2012 08:19 PM (WsDIO)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 10, 2012 08:19 PM (2CiZb)
Posted by: DaveA at December 10, 2012 08:20 PM (Xefrb)
Posted by: harleycowboy at December 10, 2012 08:21 PM (+9AX9)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 10, 2012 08:22 PM (2CiZb)
Posted by: RWC at December 10, 2012 08:23 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Ed Anger at December 10, 2012 08:24 PM (tOkJB)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 10, 2012 08:24 PM (29+x5)
60 B-17's shot down=600 men lost/POW. then we hit it a second time and lost another 60 or so aircraft. Ball bearing production was affected for a short time, but Germany had built up a massive reserve of ball bearings both local manufacture and imported from Italy Switzerland and Sweden.
Posted by: helofixer at December 10, 2012 08:25 PM (REgvX)
Posted by: Peaches, Pats fan for life at December 11, 2012 12:17 AM (kpCLl)
TN has the highest "sin tax" in the country, which applies to tobacco and beer. The tobacco tax is much less than for beer, since we make almost all the round-can dip / snuff produced worldwide. The beer and liquor taxes are ridiculous. Even Bud Light runs about $1 /can these days. See the repression inherent in the system!
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 10, 2012 08:25 PM (lJJMb)
Make it a capital crime. If you're not doing it, you don't care, right?
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 11, 2012 12:15 AM (bodka)
With the extra added bonus that those ACORN jerks would be up against the wall.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 10, 2012 08:27 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 08:27 PM (Fhaif)
Richard at December 11, 2012 12:23 AM
I think my taste buds are too shot for the subtle nuances of wine.
Posted by: harleycowboy at December 10, 2012 08:28 PM (+9AX9)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 10, 2012 08:29 PM (2CiZb)
Posted by: The Dude at December 10, 2012 08:29 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 08:30 PM (Fhaif)
the undoing of the Luftwaffe was the lack of
gas for their aircraft.
Posted by: helofixer at December 11, 2012 12:03 AM
And the killing of their own pilots. Haven't got the exact figure right now, But, IIRC they were putting so many experienced pilots into combat seats, that they kept exhausting their training cadre. I think the figure was that they lost more in training, than in combat.
Posted by: otho at December 10, 2012 08:30 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 11, 2012 12:30 AM (Fhaif)
if you can get over the eurojank, it's not bad of a dogfighter sim
Posted by: The Dude at December 10, 2012 08:31 PM (tw6Ar)
A few executions would get their attention. You always need a few examples to demonstrate that you're actually serious.
That combined with a tasty $1M reward to whistle blowers would have them falling all over themselves to turn each other in the moment anyone even looked a little bent.
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 10, 2012 08:31 PM (bodka)
Posted by: Maetenloch at December 10, 2012 08:32 PM (XkotV)
Posted by: ApacheWarrior at December 10, 2012 08:33 PM (0cklW)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 11, 2012 12:32 AM (Fhaif)
Eastern Europe/Russia have their own style of jank in videogames
Posted by: The Dude at December 10, 2012 08:33 PM (tw6Ar)
390
Damn shame,
Wine is so woven into the history of man's evolution dating ALL way the back.
There are some wines (reds) that with the first taste, give one a sense of the good things of mankind. Which is why I do love me the red.....especially now.
A way to remind me of the good things of mankind in the quiet of the evening, under my orange tree......
Posted by: Richard at December 10, 2012 08:36 PM (WsDIO)
Well, except that he was both a tactical and strategic idiot. He forbade his men to conduct fighting retreats, thus ensuring that the best of the German army and SS were killed.
He insisted on building tank destroyers instead of more vital tanks, and then he demanded that the same superstructure go on two different chassis. He used the first jet fighter as a bomber, and he diverted scarce resources into insane weapons like the Maus, a tank so heavy it couldn't cross any bridges without crushing them. German tanks were built to last decades, while the average tank had a combat lifespan of three weeks.
With Hitler in charge, the Germans were destined to lose, thank God.
Posted by: Llarry at December 10, 2012 08:37 PM (nMCEa)
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 10, 2012 08:37 PM (v3AGq)
I felt weird about sending those to my sister and niece. They went to a lot of effort to have an excuse to constantly have a POV between a very young looking girl's thighs.
Posted by: epobirs at December 10, 2012 08:38 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Jix at December 10, 2012 08:38 PM (3GvbU)
I did a few jumps from a DC-3. Godawful loud, and that port engine whips the living crap out of you standing in the door. Its a wonderful aircraft.
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 10, 2012 08:38 PM (bodka)
Posted by: RWC at December 10, 2012 08:38 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 11, 2012 12:37 AM (v3AGq)
in videogames, it means you have loftier ambitions than your abilities can handle
Posted by: The Dude at December 10, 2012 08:39 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 10, 2012 08:40 PM (xjpRj)
Think I'll use the word "jank" to describe some of our developers, SAP admins, DBAs, etc.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 10, 2012 08:40 PM (xKC/c)
Posted by: RWC at December 10, 2012 08:41 PM (sqp6o)
390
Damn shame,
Wine is so woven into the history of man's evolution dating ALL waythe back.
There are some wines (reds) that with the first taste, give one a sense of the good things of mankind. Which is why I do love me the red.....especially now.
A way to remind me of the good things of mankind in the quiet of the evening, under my orange tree......
Posted by: Richard at December 11, 2012 12:36 AM (WsDIO)
Beer actually predates wine -- it was made by the Sumerians over 4000 years ago.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 10, 2012 08:41 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Weirddave at December 10, 2012 08:41 PM (aH+zP)
And i'm not googling it.
Posted by: RWC at December 11, 2012 12:41 AM (sqp6o)
Dogfighting anime with girls being the planes. They were no pants
Posted by: The Dude at December 10, 2012 08:42 PM (tw6Ar)
The Colombians have AC-47s! Here's video of one in action. They call them the Fantasma or Ghost.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fs6QuxXcwk
Posted by: Llarry at December 10, 2012 08:43 PM (nMCEa)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 10, 2012 08:45 PM (2CiZb)
If what I recently read was true, this was a failing of the US Army as well.
They conducted exercises in '42? ... can't remember the details ... and erroneously concluded (it was a pre-conceived conclusion, I believe) that tanks were shit, and tank destroyers were the more important weapon. This influenced their armor decision-making from then on in WW2.
Tank Tactics: From Normandy to Lorraine, that's the book.
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 10, 2012 08:48 PM (v3AGq)
Posted by: Icedog at December 10, 2012 08:49 PM (PTS+l)
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 10, 2012 08:51 PM (v3AGq)
Posted by: RWC at December 10, 2012 08:52 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 10, 2012 08:54 PM (lJJMb)
Beer actually predates wine -- it was made by the Sumerians over 4000 years ago.
Does Noah getting drunk on wine count predate the Sumerians?
Posted by: harleycowboy at December 10, 2012 08:54 PM (+9AX9)
Posted by: Joseph Hazelwood at December 10, 2012 08:56 PM (v3AGq)
Harshed my mellow and you are correct once again
I'll savor that since it's my first time ever at being right.
Posted by: harleycowboy at December 10, 2012 08:59 PM (+9AX9)
Posted by: Icedog at December 11, 2012 12:49 AM (PTS+l)
Agreed. China has the population, plenty of Russian 0.5 technology, and a need to eat. If the former sovs start looking weak enough, the Chicoms will eat. They have the numbers, but are at a definite hardware disadvantage. 5 years from now, China's advantage regarding the ability to throw hordes of young unmarried men without purpose, since they can't have jobs - since those went to children of the party, into battle may be enough to overcome all else. There's potential for a new crusade, but coming from the West this time.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 10, 2012 09:02 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Secret Squirrel's Balls und Sheft at December 10, 2012 09:03 PM (0SmH0)
They conducted exercises in '42? ... can't remember the details ... and erroneously concluded (it was a pre-conceived conclusion, I believe) that tanks were shit, and tank destroyers were the more important weapon. This influenced their armor decision-making from then on in WW2.
Never understood the tank-destroyer mania. U.S. tank destroyers had open turrets made of thin metal. You could kill the crews with a shrapnel shell or heavy machine-gun fire.
The speed of tank destroyers were supposed to save them, but how do you outrun artillery or machine-gun bullets?
Posted by: Llarry at December 10, 2012 09:04 PM (nMCEa)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 10, 2012 09:09 PM (xjpRj)
Posted by: Secret Squirrel's Balls und Sheft at December 11, 2012 01:03 AM (0SmH0)
Speaking for Tennesseeans, I'm willing to accept the dumbass taxes on consumer goods...to a point, being as we also do not have a state income tax. We have a 9.375% sales tax on nearly everything, and that should just be the end of it. Why, on an Earth where Ben Franklin himself declared "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." should a single cent be added to a purchase of beer or spirits? It's last-century puritan belief enacted as 21st century policy.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 10, 2012 09:09 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 09:11 PM (Fhaif)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 11, 2012 01:09 AM (xjpRj)
My condolences to you. Painting is awful, and something I avoid at all costs. I say that as a guy who builds things at every opportunity.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 10, 2012 09:12 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 10, 2012 09:13 PM (xjpRj)
Posted by: Mamma B at December 10, 2012 09:18 PM (V3vec)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 09:20 PM (Fhaif)
Dive bombers from the Enterprise severely damaged it. The Japanese assessed it as a total loss and scuttled it to keep it out of American hands.
Posted by: fluffy at December 10, 2012 09:20 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Weirddave at December 10, 2012 09:20 PM (aH+zP)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 11, 2012 01:13 AM (xjpRj)
Isn't art supposed to free you to make what has yet to be made emotionally, esthetically, and physically?
That was a weak attempt at a joke. I've tried writing songs a time or two, so I have to imagine the visual arts are more difficult, if only because a musician can start over at any time, whereas paint is permanent. Is there a worse feeling while making something than the creeping suspicion that doing it just a little differently would be a little better?
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 10, 2012 09:21 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Llarry at December 11, 2012 12:37 AM
The Germans also lacked the heavy bombers that the USAAF and RAF had in abundance. The Luftwaffe was designed more as a defense against bombers and close air support instrument for ground battles
The Kreigsmarine had top notch subs and scary ass battlewagons like the Bismarck, but imagine what a difference even light carriers would have made for them. Hitler lacked interest, as he was afraid of the sea
Posted by: kbdabear at December 10, 2012 09:23 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 09:23 PM (Fhaif)
Posted by: Dovakhin at December 10, 2012 09:24 PM (NIZHJ)
Doenitz was livid with Hitler's stumble into war. Just a couple more years and he would have had enough U-boats to starve England. As it is he still came close.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 09:26 PM (Fhaif)
Yes, China is starting to import a lot of food, and it looks like that will continue for a while. I saw a presentation last week that 5 different companies are investing $400-$500 million dollars in the next 2-5 years to expand grain export facilities in the Pacific Northwest (not sure if that was just U.S. Pac NW, or U.S. & Canadian Pac Nw) by about 450-585 million bushels. That is mostly due to expectations of increased exports to China.
And yes, the Chinese are using up their own arable land at a frightening pace. Not sure if it's currently mostly due to desertification, but about 10 years ago I saw an article saying they were losing arable land due to cities -- most of their arable land was in river valleys, which is where most of their cities were too, and they were expanding their cities over the top of their arable land.
And as Moe Lane commented, communists (and all central planners) are horrible at taking care of the land. P.J. O'Rourke made many observations along those lines when he was traveling in communist (and former communist) countries in the 1980s and 1990s.
Posted by: camille at December 10, 2012 09:27 PM (E29pD)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 09:27 PM (Fhaif)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 11, 2012 01:11 AM
Explorations of the Bismarck wreck by Robert Ballard turned up evidence that backed German claims that the ship was scuttled by the crew because the British hadn't done enough damage to sink it.
As I said, thankfully for history the Germans never developed an aircraft carrier
Posted by: kbdabear at December 10, 2012 09:27 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 09:28 PM (Fhaif)
Posted by: Mamma B at December 11, 2012 01:18 AM (V3vec)
Mamma B, I'm an Irish-Catholic and come from a long line of them. Guiness was ours first in spite of their attempts to take it away. Let them think they have it, and it means they've made some kind of victory. I doubt they've done any such thing, seeing as modern manufacturing is not often informed of history. I'll continue to drink Guinness in Pub Cans or Draft at every opportunity. Their bottle offering is shit, and I recommend nobody try to drink them. There's not a glass in the world you can pour a Guinness pressurized bottle into which turns it into draft Guinness. What you get is a miserable hops-forward(!) flat version of a stout at first taste - the nose is unlike any pint you've ever had. The mouthfeel is awful, it has the metallic aftertaste of a bad red ale, and has nothing in common with a proper Guiness.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 10, 2012 09:30 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Weirddave at December 10, 2012 09:31 PM (aH+zP)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 11, 2012 01:26 AM
Close until the US Atlantic fleet added light carriers to the escort groups. Cut down the numbers of U-Boats considerably
Posted by: kbdabear at December 10, 2012 09:32 PM (wwsoB)
Also, nuking New York and Los Angeles.
/denounces self
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 10, 2012 09:33 PM (v3AGq)
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 10, 2012 09:35 PM (v3AGq)
The Royal Navy used steel flight decks, while for some reason the US Navy stayed with wooden decks
Posted by: kbdabear at December 10, 2012 09:35 PM (wwsoB)
Things to Say to an Obama Voter Who Just Got Laid Off
1. "Hey, at least that successful Mormon businessman didn't win."
2. "Didn't your lady parts warn you t...his would happen?"
3. "Look at the Bright Side, Gay marriage passed in four states."
4. "Hey, Big Bird still has a job. Isn't that the important thing?"
5. "I am sure Obama cares deeply about your situation. Maybe he'll send you a postcard from Hawaii."
6. "Well, look at the bright side, Rush Limbaugh is getting a massive tax increase."
7. "Hey! Now you'll have more time to play with your unicorn."
8. "Isn't it worth losing your job to know that religious organizations now have to pay for abortions and contraceptives?"
9. "Well, now you and Keith Olbermann have something else in common."
10. "Forward!"
Posted by: Icedog at December 10, 2012 09:36 PM (PTS+l)
Close until the US Atlantic fleet added light carriers to the escort groups. Cut down the numbers of U-Boats considerably
Posted by: kbdabear at December 11, 2012 01:32 AM (wwsoB)
True as stated. What do you see happening if Doenitz gets his wish in terms of planning? This an aspect of WWII I am thoroughly unfamilar with.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 10, 2012 09:36 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Zakn at December 10, 2012 09:36 PM (2jh8d)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 09:37 PM (Fhaif)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 10, 2012 09:40 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at December 10, 2012 09:40 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 11, 2012 01:02 AM (lJJMb)
The Chinese have proven time and time again that they have no reservations when it comes to sacrificing millions of their young men in order to achieve a political goal.
You expand your lands, and rid yourself of the problem you created with your single child (aka, abort all your females) policy. Win-win!
Posted by: Icedog at December 10, 2012 09:41 PM (PTS+l)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at December 10, 2012 09:41 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Zakn at December 11, 2012 01:36 AM (2jh8d)
Fanfest? Where you going?
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 10, 2012 09:42 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Weirddave at December 10, 2012 09:42 PM (aH+zP)
Posted by: International Rescue at December 10, 2012 09:43 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 11, 2012 01:36 AM
American production was as such that no matter how many U-Boats that Doenitz got, we could produce far more than they could have shot down
The Sherman tank was considered to be a widow making piece of shit by all sides, but we made so many of them the superior quality of the Mark IV's, Tigers, and Panthers.
It also worked to our advantage that the Battle of Kursk cut down on the quantity of Wehrmacht tanks considerably
Posted by: kbdabear at December 10, 2012 09:44 PM (wwsoB)
The 'Q rulez!
I don't remember if the guys from "Shattered Sword" have an opinion.
Other than that Japanese damage control and fire-fighting techniques were ultra-crap.
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 10, 2012 09:44 PM (v3AGq)
Posted by: Weirddave at December 10, 2012 09:46 PM (aH+zP)
Posted by: Ace's liver at December 10, 2012 09:47 PM (1+XRG)
Zakn,
Spent three and a half years stationed in Iceland (was on Keflavik, with the squids). Loved that place....the people refuse to wear any color other than black and the women are gorgeous...although the men there REALLY don't like foreigners banging their women (more so than other countries).
Also, I'm not a big lamb eating guy, but you must get a lamb dog while you are there (with the frie onions and mustard). Best hotdog you will ever eat!
Posted by: Icedog at December 10, 2012 09:49 PM (PTS+l)
The American theory was the most airplanes per ship. The Essex class was designed before Pearl Harbor for such large air groups and more importantly to be series produced. So the US went for no armored hanger decks and wood over steel flight decks. So USS Franklin ended up being a gutted ship that never saw combat again.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 09:49 PM (Fhaif)
Iceland
Posted by: Zakn at December 11, 2012 01:44 AM (hQFp3)
They have things in Iceland? In that case, have a (non-volcanic) blast! KSP 0.18.1 has been fun today. That kurtjmac guy I mentioned awhile ago does a good KSP series whenh he's on it. Seems like he's getting paid on the Minecraft side, but when he does KSP, it's worth watching.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at December 10, 2012 09:49 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at December 11, 2012 01:40 AM (sZTYJ)
There are some full body pillows of Charlotte
Posted by: The Dude at December 10, 2012 09:50 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Moochelle of Obama, Stalwart Defender of Teh Nutritions at December 10, 2012 09:50 PM (v3AGq)
Posted by: Butters at December 10, 2012 09:54 PM (NIZHJ)
Compare with the mind-blowing shit-ton of Essex-classes beyotches American shipyards churned out in WW2.
Yes, yes, quantity vs quality and all that.
Still.
Fuck.
Lose one of those new CVNs in an actual conflict, and ponder how long to replace it.
Pray it never comes to that.
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 10, 2012 09:54 PM (v3AGq)
Posted by: Weirddave at December 10, 2012 09:55 PM (aH+zP)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 10, 2012 09:56 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 10, 2012 09:58 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Ace's liver at December 10, 2012 09:58 PM (1+XRG)
The British were a bit put out when they received American built CVEs. The ship captains were offended by the lack of a bath, they had to adapt to American style showers. Poor dears.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 10:02 PM (Fhaif)
Posted by: Zakn at December 10, 2012 10:04 PM (Qci+c)
You had to read it to find out what was in it.
WASHINGTON -- Your medical plan is facing an unexpected expense, so you probably are, too. It's a new, $63-per-head fee to cushion the cost of covering people with pre-existing conditions under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
The charge, buried in a recent regulation, works out to tens of millions of dollars for the largest companies, employers say. Most of that is likely to be passed on to workers.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 10, 2012 10:04 PM (n/ubI)
Japanese damage control never got better. Taiho sank more from the post torpedo explosions than the torpedo. Shinano, good gosh what were the Japanese thinking, sending an unfinished aircraft carrier without watertight doors out to sea where the rookie US submarine Archer-Fish got lucky and sank her.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 10:07 PM (Fhaif)
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 10, 2012 10:07 PM (v3AGq)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 11, 2012 02:02 AM
The crews probably appreciated the size of the galleys and commissaries though. All parties were astonished over how well fed American military personnel were, although by our standards today they were starvation rations
Posted by: kbdabear at December 10, 2012 10:09 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: kbdabear at December 10, 2012 10:12 PM (wwsoB)
It gives a really good, well-grounded, description of why the Japanese did what they did, when they did, at Midway. In other words, it wasn't all unicorn farts and sunshine, it was not a little rigid Japanese doctrine which lead to their mistakes.
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 10, 2012 10:17 PM (v3AGq)
Anywhere along the I-95 corridor? My birth mother lives in Florida, and even though we're on outs at the moment due to the election, I'm sure I'll be driving down there sometime this coming year.
Waterhouse, let me know what you think whenever you get around to the book. Weirddave at gmail dot com.
And Anna, they never did get any better at damage control, did they? Yorktown avoided Lexington's fate by changing damage control procedures, specifically WRT fuel lines, Taiho blew up because a junior officer vented gas fumes into the ship at large. One spark...BOOM! Funny that. On such minor details do empires swing.
Posted by: Weirddave at December 10, 2012 10:18 PM (aH+zP)
Posted by: Ace's liver at December 10, 2012 10:21 PM (1+XRG)
Posted by: zeera at December 10, 2012 10:22 PM (3dXwx)
To spiral off in an entirely different direction:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3H7kFDpQDM
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 10, 2012 10:25 PM (v3AGq)
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 10, 2012 10:25 PM (sZTYJ)
But yeah the switch over to purging the fuel lines of all gas and filling them with CO2 was a major step forward. Still did not help Wasp when she caught Long Lance while fueling. BOOM. Major kudos has to go to the damage control parties who seemed to always perform miracles. Yorktown at Midway for shaking off two air attacks and still being able to carry the fight to the enemy.
As for location, Jackson, MS.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 10:28 PM (Fhaif)
I'd love to see the reaction from the base if they decided to limit the EBT card purchases to "healthy" foods only. Methinks they wouldn't be happy.
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at December 10, 2012 10:29 PM (yJYwC)
Posted by: Ace's liver at December 10, 2012 10:33 PM (1+XRG)
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/g10000/g16331.jpg
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 10, 2012 10:33 PM (NPdGx)
The only 'good' thing about the US losing Wasp and Hornet, their air group survivors went ashore at Henderson Field where they helped turn the tide.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 10:33 PM (Fhaif)
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 10, 2012 10:34 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 10, 2012 10:35 PM (sZTYJ)
After the loss of Lexington and Yorktown, Wasp was transferred to the Pacific. Which brought Nimitz' up to four carriers - Saratoga, Enterprise, Hornet, and Wasp. The escort carrier Long Island was being used as an aircraft ferry. After supporting Operation Watchtower, Wasp was hit by a torpedo while refueling her aircraft. And she quickly went down.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 10:40 PM (Fhaif)
Posted by: Truman North at December 10, 2012 10:41 PM (UFQGb)
Posted by: zeera at December 10, 2012 10:41 PM (3dXwx)
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at December 10, 2012 10:42 PM (yJYwC)
Posted by: Truman North at December 10, 2012 10:43 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Ace's liver at December 10, 2012 10:45 PM (1+XRG)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 10, 2012 10:46 PM (Fhaif)
Ecccch,
The longer gerbil worming casts its spell this winter, the better for me, as I try to decide between a new set of snows on a tired old car, and a new used car.
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 10, 2012 10:47 PM (NPdGx)
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http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1145/660/1600/bofors.jpg
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favoured by the neo-cons♪
/dark slashes through trendy Moleskine notebook
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 10, 2012 11:30 PM (NPdGx)
It's in the 33 minute "extended" Suicide Mission Score on youtube. It's about 25 minutes in.Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 10, 2012 11:32 PM (bxiXv)
Moid-eh-ah-ah!
Seriously, how could those unimaginative Swiss fucks not think to record the characteristic stammer of an Oerlikon?
Toblerone-chewing bastards.
Posted by: Waterhouse at December 11, 2012 12:01 AM (NPdGx)
Great, a night with nothing to do but now mi estomago is feeling muy malo.
Aye!
Posted by: Robert at December 11, 2012 12:11 AM (4ixH5)
So no one will see me mention the fact that the Lord Of The Rings: Extended Edition bluray boxset is on sale for $39.99 at Amazon, the Alien Anthology is on sale for $30 bucks and the X-Men Trilogy is on sale for $20.
Support your local Ewok, motherfuckers!
Posted by: Robert at December 11, 2012 12:12 AM (4ixH5)
Gushka was around a couple of days ago, and was looking for you to pose on a TPAKTOP,
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Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at December 11, 2012 12:45 AM (Y5I9o)
Maybe it was a reference to the character from House.
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Posted by: cthulhu at December 11, 2012 04:22 AM (kaalw)
I haven't been on Facebook much in the past week. Hell, I haven't checked my email much either!
I should do that.
*Poses heroicly*
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Posted by: K-Bob at December 11, 2012 01:50 AM (rqdgP)
Same thing with Molsen. Molsen tastes like crap south of New York. Up in Canada, it's pretty decent.
Same with Bud. Bud is bottled in Columbus, OH, which is closer to me than Miller or LaBatts, so it tastes a LOT better than either of those, down here.
Yuengling is also bottled closer to me down here, so it tastes a LOT better than Miller or Coors. Up north, Yuengling tastes like crap.
Geography matters.
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Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 10, 2012 05:48 PM (4Mv1T)