December 18, 2012
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You never know although having a reddish beard or cursing soul-challenged children might be a sign.
Research to be released this week indicates millions of Britons carry 'silent' genes for redheadedness.While this does not turn their hair ginger, it may expose them to a range of increased health risks that afflict redheads, such as increased sensitivity to pain, skin cancer, Parkinson's disease and even Tourette's syndrome.
In England, 6 per cent of people have red hair; in Scotland, the rate is estimated at 13 per cent. Across the rest of Europe the figure is only around 4 per cent.
There is strong statistical evidence for a link between hidden red-hair genes and a significantly increased risk of Tourette's syndrome, the neurological disorder characterised by repetitive involuntary movements and vocalisations called tics.
...Furthermore, more than half of the Tourette's syndrome patients had relatives with red hair, suggesting a genetic link.
Oh Noes - Watching Online Pr0n Makes You Lose Short-Term Memory
But luckily only while you're actually watching it. Fappatory multi-tasking is pretty much a myth anyway.
Oh and for good measure Nativity plays gone bad, slut riots, and broken MMA penises.
Time to End the State/Local Tax Loophole?
If voters in blue states like high taxes so much, why should the federal government lessen their burden when it's already running a mega deficit?
if you're a Democrat talking tax hikes and you are NOT talking about ending the deduction of state/local taxes from federal returns, then you are simply NOT being serious on fiscal responsibility. Particularly since it's a tax that mostly avoids the middle class (NRO worked it out as "households in the $200,000-and-up range would pay an average of $5,166 more without the deduction, while those in the $30,000-to-$50,000 range would pay only $70 more"). But, of course, if that happens then a lot of high-tax states - which, shock! Surprise! vote Democratic - are likely to discover that their constituents will suddenly have a remarkably different (and more jaundiced) view over what exactly constitutes a reasonable state/local income tax burden.
Mass shootings are no more common than they have been in past decades, despite the impression given by the media.In fact, the high point for mass killings in the U.S. was 1929, according to criminologist Grant Duwe of the Minnesota Department of Corrections. . . .
With just one single exception, the attack on congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson in 2011, every public shooting since at least 1950 in the U.S. in which more than three people have been killed has taken place where citizens are not allowed to carry guns.
What Actually Ends School Massacres
Nearly always it's the approach of men with guns. And if they're already at the school, it ends the shooting much quicker.
Fearing another attack, Israeli educators asked the military for assistance. But the IDF told them it was impractical to station troops at all schools and college campuses. So, the Israelis began training teachers, counselors, administrators and parent volunteers to carry weapons, and provide protection for their schools. While virtually no teachers carry guns in the classroom, every school soon had an armed sccurity detail, professional or volunteer. Realizing that Israeli schools were no longer a "soft" target, the terrorists began looking elsewhere. It would be more than 25 years before the jihadists would again target an Israeli school.
And in the US too:
But Assistant Principal Joel Myrick took another approach. Long concerned about the possibility of shooting incident, Myrick kept a .45 pistol in his car. When shots rang out on that October morning, Myrick dashed to his car and retrieved the weapon, then returned to the school in search of the gunman. When the assistant principal confronted Woodham, the gunman surrendered. When police arrived, they found Myrick holding Woodham at gunpoint, his foot across the assailant's neck.
Jackson Toby on How to Prevent School Shootings
This is mostly targeted at students who shot fellow students but the point is a good one - if kids are so miserable in school that they're willing to shoot other students, why force them to go?
Why do white middle-class kids from seemingly normal families kill their classmates in suburban high schools like Columbine, Santana, and Granite Hills? ...Why should excellent schools incubate mass murderers? Because the more exalted the reputation of a school, the worse it is for a student who feels trapped in such a school.
A more practical approach to preventing some mass murders at school would be to give children who are miserable at school for whatever reason more options. For those old enough to drop out and go to work, make it legitimate to stop school for a while and try a job in the real world. (The Swedes speak of kids being "school-tired" and do not stigmatize those who leave for a time-out; most eventually return a year or two later.) In the torrent of words commenting on the murders at Columbine in Littleton, Colorado, an obvious question was not raised: Why, if Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were so miserable at school, didn't they simply drop out and try a job in a nearby ski resort?
The Modern Single Life or Just Urban Anomie
I am not usually comfortable in a bar by myself, but I had been in San Francisco for a week and the apartment I sublet had no chairs in it, just a bed and a couch. My friends in town were married or worked nights. One Tuesday I had lentil soup for supper standing up at the kitchen counter. After I finished, I moved to the couch in the empty living room and sat under the flat overhead light refreshing feeds on my laptop. This was not a way to live. A man would go to a bar alone, I told myself. So I went to a bar alone.
...I waited to be approached. A few stools down, two men broke into laughter. One came over to show me why they were laughing. He handed me his mobile and pointed to a Facebook post. I read the post and smiled obligingly. The man returned to his seat. I drank my beer.
The story of how a team of doctors went to New Guinea in the 60s to help treat sufferers of kuru, the laughing sickness, and ended up discovering an entirely new kind of disease.
On the professor's Fremantle kitchen table lies a black and white photograph of the little girl whose story he now recounts, so many years later. She was the second of five field autopsies Alpers conducted during that period. The photo is a still taken from some of the kilometres of footage he filmed over the years, to document the progress of the disease. The girl is leaning on a stick in front of some village huts, looking shyly into the camera. "That's Kigea," he says, tapping the picture. "She was from my own village, Waisa. A wonderful little 11-year-old girl who died of kuru." Her end was lingering and awful. Her father despaired and ran away until it was over; her mother had already long-since been claimed by kuru, as so many young women were.
But Kigea's death led to the breakthrough that showed that kuru was an entirely new kind of infection but also one that could be prevented. There haven't any new cases since 2009 and this may well be the end of this particular prion-based disease.
An Arctic route is shorter and doesn't involve pirates or Suez canal fees.
A massive liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker arrived in Japan on Wednesday, becoming the first vessel of its kind to successfully test a new trade route though Arctic waters.The new marine route, opening up as Arctic sea-ice continues to shrink, offers traders a chance to shave nearly three weeks off voyage times from LNG plants in the Barents Sea to energy-hungry Asia.
LNG tanker Ob River was chartered on the voyage to Japan by the trading arm of Russia's Gazprom from the world's northernmost liquefaction plant, operated by Norway in the Barents Sea.
...The route is currently open only four months of the year, but could now boost Russian plans to build an LNG plant in the Arctic.
Al Gore weeps.
Oh Noes - Watching Online Pr0n Makes You Lose Short-Term Memory
But the good news is that it only affects you while you're actually watching it.
Christmas Dinner - Deep Fried Style
And for once frying news isn't coming out a red state state fair or carnival - this time it's Birmingham, England:
Hollywood Fish Bar owner Chris Christoforou has created a battered Christmas dinner consisting of a turkey, roast potatoes, stuffing, brocolli, carrots, pigs in blankets and brussel sprouts - all indidually dipped in batter and deep fried.
If you haven't had enough crispy batter by that point, he also offers a battered Christmas pudding followed by crispy mince pies.
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Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 18, 2012 06:15 PM (QdVWw)
I posted this on the previous thread a minute ago. Then the ONT went up. So here it is again.
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I received a call from one of my renters. Aguy I let live at my warehouse was passed out on the floor, inside the door. He said he looked like he was beat up. I went to the warehouse and Larry was still on the floor with a blanket. He had blood on his face. He came around a bit and I asked what happened. Woozy, he answered he didn't know. He said he had vomited and crapped blood the night before. I looked in the bathroom and there was a pool of blood on the floor. He tried to stand but quickly sank back to the floor. He seemed to have a temperature and was shaking violently. I called 911 and they took him to the emergency. They rehydrated him and he is currently in ICU. Tests will begin tomorrow to see where the GI bleed is and why. I may have saved a mans life today.
Posted by: Ohio (Must a been on crack) Dan at December 18, 2012 06:17 PM (JKNDp)
Posted by: Mbruce at December 18, 2012 06:18 PM (Fr8N6)
Posted by: huerfano at December 18, 2012 06:18 PM (bAGA/)
I loled when I got it.
Posted by: Methos at December 18, 2012 06:19 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 06:19 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Capt. Backfire at December 18, 2012 06:19 PM (mkb9H)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 18, 2012 06:20 PM (QdVWw)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at December 18, 2012 06:21 PM (NzBQO)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at December 18, 2012 06:21 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: joncelli at December 18, 2012 06:21 PM (CWlPF)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 18, 2012 06:21 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: epobirs at December 18, 2012 06:22 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Robert at December 18, 2012 06:23 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Thorvald at December 18, 2012 06:23 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Helping it burn. at December 18, 2012 06:23 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Robert at December 18, 2012 06:23 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: AltonJackson is home again at December 18, 2012 06:24 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: huerfano at December 18, 2012 06:24 PM (bAGA/)
Posted by: joncelli at December 18, 2012 06:25 PM (CWlPF)
Posted by: Thorvald at December 18, 2012 06:25 PM (1V6Pv)
Hey Morons- good news bad news for me-
Remember how Andy Warhol predicted in 1968 that "In the future, everybody will be famous for 15 minutes." Well, I just found out this week that my turn was in 1988. Ah well...
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 18, 2012 06:25 PM (1OZSU)
Posted by: Robert at December 18, 2012 06:25 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 18, 2012 06:26 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: joncelli at December 18, 2012 10:25 PM (CWlPF)
*****
A prion is like a jumbo shrimp.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 18, 2012 06:26 PM (1OZSU)
Posted by: Brendan at December 18, 2012 06:26 PM (2jQGY)
Eric Holders gun found at the scene of a mexican beauty queens murder. Best headline evah!!!!!!!
Posted by: t-dubyah-d at December 18, 2012 06:26 PM (WX65W)
The biodiversity in tundra or worse glacial regions, is terrible. Terrestrial life mostly needs temperatures above the freezing point of ice...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 18, 2012 06:26 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 18, 2012 06:27 PM (QdVWw)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 18, 2012 10:26 PM
Don't come the raw prion with me, mate.
Posted by: otho at December 18, 2012 06:27 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 18, 2012 10:27 PM (QdVWw)
I figured it was the clown bed.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Helping it burn. at December 18, 2012 06:27 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Brendan at December 18, 2012 10:26 PM (2jQGY)
IMO the current call for gun control has NOTHING to do with Gun Control.... its all about distracting the Right about all the other shit going on right now...
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 18, 2012 06:28 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: Thorvald at December 18, 2012 06:28 PM (1V6Pv)
Am I not remembering correctly, or was the gun control talk just drowned out by the calls for "civility"?
Posted by: Brendan at December 18, 2012 10:26 PM (2jQGY)
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I don't recall much call for gun control either. It was Tea Party Control mainly.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 18, 2012 06:28 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: John F Not Kerry (@jfd65) at December 18, 2012 06:28 PM (HF2US)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 06:28 PM (Z9EHQ)
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The Dems just won an election, so the State Media is using the tragedy to push them towards gun control. In 2011, most analysts believed the Dems were going to get trounced and endorsing gun control would have been a bad idea.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 18, 2012 06:28 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 18, 2012 06:28 PM (piMMO)
An ex girlfriend I still remember fondly would love to take showers together. I just couldn't. I'd come out medium rare. We're talking serious pain, here! That woman could shower and you could throw a lobster in and it would be done when she was.
Posted by: Lurking Flaneur at December 18, 2012 06:28 PM (ay6+/)
Posted by: Robert at December 18, 2012 06:29 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Seasons Flappings over the wireless at December 18, 2012 06:29 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 06:29 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Capt. Backfire at December 18, 2012 06:29 PM (mkb9H)
So...why is the amount of permanent ice on the planet now the mark of its health?
Because we are up to our ears in fatuous people.
Make them live in tar paper shacks for a couple winters and they'll burn baby seals to keep warm.
Posted by: fluffy at December 18, 2012 06:29 PM (4pSIn)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 18, 2012 06:30 PM (QdVWw)
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 18, 2012 06:30 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Lurking Flaneur at December 18, 2012 10:28 PM (ay6+/)
*****
Add a bottle of wine and some clarified butter and that would be the perfect date.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 18, 2012 06:30 PM (1OZSU)
Posted by: joncelli at December 18, 2012 06:31 PM (CWlPF)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 18, 2012 06:31 PM (Rhie+)
Tentacle pr0n on the clown bed perhaps? With Andy Warhol prints hanging on the walls.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 18, 2012 06:31 PM (QdVWw)
Posted by: Thorvald at December 18, 2012 06:32 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 18, 2012 06:33 PM (QdVWw)
Posted by: AltonJackson is home again at December 18, 2012 06:33 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 18, 2012 10:30 PM (sZTYJ)
But a HEN is a female chicken.... so how is that neutral?
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 18, 2012 06:33 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 06:34 PM (Z9EHQ)
also, I think it's because the Left feels they are on a roll with TFG's re-election. Might as well go for broke- gun confiscation, political re-education, forced labor
Posted by: Jones in CO at December 18, 2012 06:34 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: elizabethe at December 18, 2012 06:34 PM (xzxDr)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 18, 2012 06:34 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 18, 2012 10:31 PM (QdVWw)
That would do it.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Helping it burn. at December 18, 2012 06:34 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 18, 2012 06:34 PM (QdVWw)
Posted by: Robert at December 18, 2012 06:35 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Capt. Backfire at December 18, 2012 06:35 PM (mkb9H)
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Obama sens a diplomat into a terrorist hot bed with no real security, and then refuses to send aide when the ambassador is attacked. Not his fault.
A crazy guy steals a gun from his mother because she is about to commit him (?), shoots her and other people before sane people with guns can get there...the NRA's fault.
Obama adds a trillion dollars to the federal budget by working with a Democrat congress. Not his fault.
A crazy guy shoots Gabby Giffords because she is controlling his mind with language...or something...Sarah Palin's fault.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 18, 2012 06:35 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: Thorvald at December 18, 2012 06:35 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 18, 2012 06:36 PM (QdVWw)
Posted by: elizabethe at December 18, 2012 10:34 PM (xzxDr)
tell him you want a gift card to Sear's tool dept
Posted by: Jones in CO at December 18, 2012 06:36 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: elizabethe at December 18, 2012 10:34 PM (xzxDr)
Personally, I would go for this - http://bit.ly/t6mEDp
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Helping it burn. at December 18, 2012 06:36 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 06:36 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Robert at December 18, 2012 06:37 PM (LUnTP)
A prion is actually like an upscale virus.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 18, 2012 06:37 PM (1OZSU)
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Apparently based on the discussion last night, you want gloves, and a scarf.
Oh, and if you want a gift for him add an overcoat and...nothing else.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 18, 2012 06:37 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: joncelli at December 18, 2012 06:37 PM (CWlPF)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 18, 2012 06:38 PM (QdVWw)
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I could care less about earrings...but necklaces just get in the way.
Posted by: Some Moron at December 18, 2012 06:38 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 18, 2012 06:38 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 18, 2012 10:38 PM (QdVWw)
That was mean. You made Polly sad.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Helping it burn. at December 18, 2012 06:39 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: David Duke at December 18, 2012 06:39 PM (m50qE)
Posted by: Thorvald at December 18, 2012 06:39 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 18, 2012 10:33 PM
So, who's having sex with the hen?
Posted by: frank costanza at December 18, 2012 06:39 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: BurtTC at December 18, 2012 06:39 PM (BeSEI)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 18, 2012 06:39 PM (1OZSU)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 18, 2012 06:40 PM (QdVWw)
Posted by: Infidel at December 18, 2012 06:40 PM (z/wx3)
Posted by: elizabethe at December 18, 2012 06:40 PM (xzxDr)
Posted by: Robert at December 18, 2012 06:41 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 06:41 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Thorvald at December 18, 2012 10:39 PM (1V6Pv)
*****
I would say leaner, meaner. No outer capsule, no DNA or RNA- just some bad ass protein.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 18, 2012 06:41 PM (1OZSU)
Posted by: elizabethe at December 18, 2012 06:41 PM (xzxDr)
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Including your eye brows?
Posted by: 18-1 at December 18, 2012 06:41 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 18, 2012 06:41 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: elizabethe at December 18, 2012 06:42 PM (xzxDr)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 18, 2012 06:43 PM (QdVWw)
I would say leaner, meaner. No outer capsule, no DNA or RNA- just some bad ass protein.
haha. Not sure. Seems to have the same fu attitude at 11 years old.
Posted by: Infidel at December 18, 2012 06:43 PM (z/wx3)
Posted by: Doc at December 18, 2012 06:43 PM (RgWBf)
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Including your eye brows?
Posted by: 18-1 at December 18, 2012 10:41 PM (AUeaU)
*****
Yep, musta had some weird prion-triggered disease.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 18, 2012 06:43 PM (1OZSU)
Posted by: tubal at December 18, 2012 06:43 PM (BoE3Z)
Okay, could somebody tell me what a prion is?
It's a protein that can't be destroyed by cooking. So if you cook somebodys brain and eat it you F'D
Posted by: harleycowboy at December 18, 2012 06:44 PM (+9AX9)
Dad GUM that's some fine telebision
Posted by: Jones in CO at December 18, 2012 06:45 PM (8sCoq)
Whoa. How did the hell did that happen. That was in response to the prince harry question.
Twilight Zone.
Posted by: Infidel at December 18, 2012 06:45 PM (z/wx3)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 18, 2012 06:45 PM (QdVWw)
Posted by: DAve at December 18, 2012 06:46 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 18, 2012 06:46 PM (QdVWw)
Posted by: elizabethe at December 18, 2012 06:47 PM (xzxDr)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 06:47 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Doc at December 18, 2012 06:47 PM (RgWBf)
Posted by: Jones in CO at December 18, 2012 06:47 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 18, 2012 06:47 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: DAve at December 18, 2012 10:46 PM (XDC0v)
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So you're not so much opposed to socialism, you just don't like specific socialists. Got it.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 18, 2012 06:47 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: elizabethe at December 18, 2012 06:47 PM (xzxDr)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 06:48 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: DC in Towson at December 18, 2012 06:48 PM (Ai+tZ)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 18, 2012 06:48 PM (QdVWw)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 18, 2012 06:48 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Capt. Backfire at December 18, 2012 06:48 PM (mkb9H)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 18, 2012 06:49 PM (xa1/W)
Posted by: toby928© for TB at December 18, 2012 06:49 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 18, 2012 06:49 PM (jPVBi)
Posted by: Ohio (Must a been on crack) Dan at December 18, 2012 06:50 PM (JKNDp)
Posted by: DAve at December 18, 2012 06:50 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 18, 2012 06:51 PM (jPVBi)
Posted by: Walter Sobchak at December 18, 2012 06:52 PM (uis79)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 18, 2012 06:52 PM (QdVWw)
" We talked about Cascadian black metal bands and the idea of resisting capitalism through unlistenable music and sustainable agriculture."
Hmmm and you say you can't find a good man? I. AM. SHOCKED.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 18, 2012 06:52 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 18, 2012 06:52 PM (QdVWw)
Are you a Let it Burn guy?
Posted by: Walter Sobchak at December 18, 2012 10:52 PM (uis79)
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I have my lighter and gallon of gasoline ready to go!!
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 18, 2012 06:52 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: AltonJackson needs to seek professional help at December 18, 2012 06:53 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: t-bird at December 18, 2012 06:53 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: filbert at December 18, 2012 06:53 PM (NaNKB)
Posted by: CraigPoe at December 18, 2012 06:53 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: DAve at December 18, 2012 06:53 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 06:53 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Ohio (Must a been on crack) Dan at December 18, 2012 10:50 PM (JKNDp)
*****
Good on you Ohio Dan- doing the right thing is usually the right thing to do!
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 18, 2012 06:53 PM (1OZSU)
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 18, 2012 06:54 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: elizabethe at December 18, 2012 06:54 PM (xzxDr)
Posted by: Walter Sobchak at December 18, 2012 06:54 PM (uis79)
Posted by: DAve at December 18, 2012 10:53 PM (XDC0v)
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The saddest image in the world is a stupid person who tries to be clever.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 18, 2012 06:55 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 18, 2012 06:55 PM (QdVWw)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 06:55 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Peaches at December 18, 2012 06:56 PM (kpCLl)
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I've only had 15 shots and a couple of hits. And 2 beers. Honestly.
Posted by: CraigPoe at December 18, 2012 06:56 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Walter Sobchak at December 18, 2012 06:56 PM (uis79)
It will shrink the economy.
Posted by: Walter Sobchak at December 18, 2012 10:54 PM (uis79)
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I don't really care either way. I'm getting out of this country next year. 35% 39%, 250K 500K I don't give a fuck really.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 18, 2012 06:56 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: elizabethe at December 18, 2012 06:56 PM (xzxDr)
Posted by: elizabethe at December 18, 2012 06:58 PM (xzxDr)
Posted by: Infidel at December 18, 2012 06:58 PM (z/wx3)
Posted by: Capt. Backfire at December 18, 2012 06:58 PM (mkb9H)
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence,[note 1] promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." Is this a socialist manifesto? Why or why not?
Posted by: DAve at December 18, 2012 06:58 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 18, 2012 06:58 PM (xKC/c)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 18, 2012 06:58 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: epobirs at December 18, 2012 10:57 PM (kcfmt)
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Makes you lose what?
Posted by: CraigPoe at December 18, 2012 06:58 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: DAve at December 18, 2012 06:58 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 06:59 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: harleycowboy at December 18, 2012 10:58 PM (+9AX9)
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Close a 30 something single chick in NYC looking for love on the internets.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 18, 2012 06:59 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 18, 2012 06:59 PM (jPVBi)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 07:00 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Peaches at December 18, 2012 07:00 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: joncelli at December 18, 2012 07:00 PM (CWlPF)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 18, 2012 07:00 PM (1OZSU)
Posted by: Peaches at December 18, 2012 11:00 PM
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He'd tell us but it seems that he has a hard time remembering.
Posted by: Lurking Flaneur at December 18, 2012 07:01 PM (ay6+/)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 07:02 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 11:00 PM (Z9EHQ)
What the heck are you guys talking about again?
Posted by: filbert at December 18, 2012 07:02 PM (NaNKB)
Posted by: AltonJackson spent the past 36 hours in Canada, and cannot be held accountable for his comments at December 18, 2012 07:03 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 18, 2012 07:03 PM (QdVWw)
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 18, 2012 10:38 PM (sZTYJ)
Hitler: My dog has no nose.
Crowd: How does he smell?
Hitler: Awful!
Posted by: somebody else, not me at December 18, 2012 07:03 PM (nZvGM)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 18, 2012 07:04 PM (jPVBi)
Posted by: joncelli at December 18, 2012 07:04 PM (CWlPF)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 18, 2012 07:04 PM (1OZSU)
Men have penis bones.
Someone, likely a red headed woman, stole mine. It's probably pulling a wagon in Kansas, I bet.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 18, 2012 07:04 PM (ccXZP)
For the next four years, baby.
For the next four years.
Posted by: filbert at December 18, 2012 07:04 PM (NaNKB)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 18, 2012 07:04 PM (jfSqj)
Sultan Knish has a good post about the Road To Damascus! Goes on to explain that every major power in the world is backing a different Islamic faction in the war in Syria. Interesting read.
Posted by: t-dubyah-d at December 18, 2012 07:05 PM (WX65W)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 18, 2012 07:05 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 18, 2012 07:06 PM (jPVBi)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 18, 2012 07:06 PM (bxiXv)
** Not looking to insult anyone, I just don't get how this works
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 18, 2012 07:07 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: Walter Sobchak at December 18, 2012 07:07 PM (uis79)
Oh, wait, I know this one, I know the answer to this one . . .
. . .
damn.
Posted by: filbert at December 18, 2012 07:07 PM (NaNKB)
Posted by: DAve at December 18, 2012 07:07 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: mon nom est mpfs at December 18, 2012 07:08 PM (Mkhiu)
http://tinyurl.com/d9qp2bd
Posted by: kalneva at December 18, 2012 11:06 PM (S+/pH)
________________________
That is one of the best shows on TV. Yet nobody seems to know about it. That video "Dream of the 90s" cracks me up every time I see it. And I've seen it a bazillion times.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 18, 2012 07:08 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 18, 2012 07:08 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Walter Sobchak at December 18, 2012 07:08 PM (uis79)
Posted by: Ronster at December 18, 2012 10:24 PM (JgkPs)"
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No. The Daywalkers are too cunning for that.
Posted by: Eric C. at December 18, 2012 07:09 PM (C942P)
Posted by: mon nom est mpfs at December 18, 2012 07:09 PM (Mkhiu)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 07:10 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 18, 2012 07:10 PM (jLiVY)
My aunt lived in Detroit in the 1980's when the city was Murder City USA, if it isn't still.
One winter day, she looked out of her window and saw a body in the middle of the road. It being Detroit, she didn't want to risk going out there and called EMS.
As she watched out the window, fear came over her as she saw a car coming down the street. She thought the car was going to hit the body. Fortunately, the car slowed down. The car stopped, the driver got out of the car, went up to the body, dragged it to the side of the road and drove off.
EMS never showed up. The guy in the middle of the road eventually got up, puked in her bushes and staggered off.
True story.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at December 18, 2012 07:10 PM (AC0lD)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 18, 2012 11:07 PM (HDgX3)
Well, I think one could say that you obviously don't understand what people mean by "God". Dictionary. Omniscience. Look it up.
Posted by: somebody else, not me at December 18, 2012 07:11 PM (nZvGM)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 18, 2012 11:07 PM (HDgX3)
Well, I think one could say that you obviously don't understand what people mean by "God". Dictionary. Omniscience. Look it up.
Posted by: somebody else, not me at December 18, 2012 07:11 PM (nZvGM)
To make sure that Knife Control is extended to our babies?
Posted by: filbert at December 18, 2012 07:11 PM (NaNKB)
To make sure that Knife Control is extended to our babies?
Posted by: filbert at December 18, 2012 07:11 PM (NaNKB)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 18, 2012 07:11 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 18, 2012 07:11 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: mon nom est mpfs at December 18, 2012 07:11 PM (Mkhiu)
Posted by: mon nom est mpfs at December 18, 2012 07:11 PM (Mkhiu)
Some babies are tougher than others.
Posted by: andycanuck at December 18, 2012 07:11 PM (jPVBi)
Some babies are tougher than others.
Posted by: andycanuck at December 18, 2012 07:11 PM (jPVBi)
Posted by: Walter Sobchak at December 18, 2012 07:11 PM (uis79)
Posted by: Walter Sobchak at December 18, 2012 07:11 PM (uis79)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 18, 2012 07:12 PM (QdVWw)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 18, 2012 07:12 PM (QdVWw)
Posted by: DAve at December 18, 2012 07:12 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: DAve at December 18, 2012 07:12 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 18, 2012 07:12 PM (1OZSU)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 18, 2012 07:12 PM (1OZSU)
Posted by: CausticConservative at December 18, 2012 07:12 PM (gT3jF)
Posted by: CausticConservative at December 18, 2012 07:12 PM (gT3jF)
Posted by: DAve at December 18, 2012 07:13 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: DAve at December 18, 2012 07:13 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 07:13 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 07:13 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 18, 2012 07:13 PM (1OZSU)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 18, 2012 07:13 PM (1OZSU)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 07:14 PM (Z9EHQ)
Use reverse psychology.
Bagpipes. Tell him you've decided to take up bagpipe playing. He'll flinch at that and get you something nice instead.
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 18, 2012 07:14 PM (INNvP)
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It's a little lengthy, but it'll do you good to watch it.
http://tinyurl.com/d6gqj9a
Posted by: CraigPoe at December 18, 2012 07:14 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 18, 2012 07:14 PM (QdVWw)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 18, 2012 07:15 PM (jfSqj)
"How does he know which baby it is?"
Because he is God?
Posted by: Walter Sobchak at December 18, 2012 11:08 PM (uis79)
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OK so god is a mind reader and he knows exactly what baby it is you're praying for?
If that's the case and he knows about the sick baby already, why the fuck does he allow it to be sick in the first place? I know, I know. He works in mysterious ways. And suffering children are part of his will. Nice guy.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 18, 2012 07:15 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 18, 2012 07:15 PM (1OZSU)
True story. Posted by: Stateless Infidel at December 18, 2012 11:10 PM
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I didn't think anyone saw me.
Posted by: Lurking Flaneur at December 18, 2012 07:16 PM (ay6+/)
Posted by: filbert at December 18, 2012 07:16 PM (NaNKB)
Posted by: mon nom est mpfs at December 18, 2012 07:16 PM (Mkhiu)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 18, 2012 07:16 PM (QdVWw)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 07:16 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 18, 2012 11:15 PM (jfSqj)
________________________________________________
He was a fascist and a communist. Aside from that, cool guy.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 18, 2012 07:16 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 18, 2012 07:16 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 18, 2012 07:17 PM (QdVWw)
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 18, 2012 11:14 PM (INNvP)
*****
Well, yeah, and then there's the possibility he will buy her bagpipes.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 18, 2012 07:17 PM (1OZSU)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 18, 2012 07:17 PM (jLiVY)
Posted by: Peaches at December 18, 2012 07:17 PM (kpCLl)
We're now praying for babies to eat peas with their knives?
WTF is that Commie shit? I am Concerned.
Posted by: filbert at December 18, 2012 07:17 PM (NaNKB)
in case they get out of the crib on maneuvers- plus the strained prunes are really tough these days
Posted by: Jones in CO at December 18, 2012 07:17 PM (8sCoq)
That's the guy the Hugo Award in science fiction is named for.
The Australian research doctor was just finding about ritual funeral transformational cannibalism in 1961. In that year, Heinlein published "Stranger in A Strange Land."
That Heinlein sure got around.
Posted by: comatus at December 18, 2012 07:18 PM (qaVK+)
Wouldn't a spoon be easier?
Posted by: mon nom est mpfs at December 18, 2012 11:16 PM (Mkhiu)
*****
I eat my peas with honey, I've done it all my life.
It makes the peas taste funny, but it keeps 'em on my knife.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 18, 2012 07:18 PM (1OZSU)
Posted by: Steck at December 18, 2012 07:18 PM (RL7U1)
Posted by: Grumpy the Younger at December 18, 2012 07:18 PM (jts1f)
WTF is that Commie shit? I am Concerned.
Posted by: filbert at December 18, 2012 11:17 PM (NaNKB)
At least we're not praying for them to eat soup with a knife.
Posted by: somebody else, not me at December 18, 2012 07:18 PM (nZvGM)
I don't remember seeing it in the thread.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 18, 2012 07:18 PM (xKC/c)
The Baby Peashooter Knife Fight app is a killer.
Posted by: filbert at December 18, 2012 07:19 PM (NaNKB)
http://tinyurl.com/d9tsxjf
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 18, 2012 07:19 PM (INNvP)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 18, 2012 07:19 PM (QdVWw)
Mr. Moo Moo
How does one learn compassion?
Posted by: harleycowboy at December 18, 2012 11:18 PM (+9AX9)
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I'll tell you after you tell me why god allows babies to be sick as part of the "works in mysterious ways" shtick of his. He's kind of a sick homeboy is you ask me.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 18, 2012 07:19 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: Jones in CO at December 18, 2012 11:17 PM (8sCoq)
*****
Now that you mention it, I have seen diapers with camo design. "Rambo- the Early Years!"
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 18, 2012 07:20 PM (1OZSU)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 18, 2012 07:20 PM (QdVWw)
Posted by: AltonJackson spent the past 36 hours in Canada, and cannot be held accountable for his comments at December 18, 2012 07:20 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 18, 2012 07:21 PM (jPVBi)
because their wittle fingers can't hold guns?
Posted by: Peaches at December 18, 2012 07:21 PM (kpCLl)
First Bib Part 2
Posted by: Jones in CO at December 18, 2012 07:21 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Walter Sobchak at December 18, 2012 07:21 PM (uis79)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 07:22 PM (Z9EHQ)
I don't like FDR either but I don't think he was an evil person. There was a lot of new economic techniques attempted during FDR...some of them worked some didn't.
Great wartime leader, but a man who wanted to be King, and tried to be. Threatening to pack the Supreme Court to get his Socialist crap enacted was a total dick move. No, worse than that -- an Obamalike move. He had not a clue about economics, and a for-real Commie VP. He is more responsible for the predicament that this country is in now than any other man. The hell with him.
Posted by: Splunge at December 18, 2012 07:22 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: DAve at December 18, 2012 07:22 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 18, 2012 11:17 PM
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Oh, yeah, absolutely! I'm going to download "Baa Baa Black Sheep" with Bill Conrad when I get home just to look at more of them. Is that Mt Everest on your blog background?
Posted by: Lurking Flaneur at December 18, 2012 07:22 PM (ay6+/)
Posted by: concrete girl at December 18, 2012 07:22 PM (y2Ojs)
This presumes a degree of literacy not yet in evidence.
And why are these camo-clad baby knife-wielders beginning to surround that poor innocent panda, anyway? I thought I knew, but seem to have forgotten . . .
Posted by: filbert at December 18, 2012 07:22 PM (NaNKB)
Perhaps, but its still a win.
That's a lesson he'll only have to learn once. A couple of weeks of amateur bagpipe playing and he'll be putty in her hands willing to buy or do anything to get it to stop.
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 18, 2012 07:22 PM (INNvP)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 07:23 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: mon nom est mpfs at December 18, 2012 07:23 PM (Mkhiu)
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 18, 2012 07:24 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 18, 2012 07:24 PM (bxiXv)
That was one of the good things about that TV series, they kept a few Corsairs flying. Bit of trivia about the movie 'Catch-22.' Tallmantz Aviation actually assembled a squadron of 18 B-25 Mitchells for the movie. Then build a replica WWII air base in Mexico. Shot miles of footage. And most of the aerial footage was never used.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 18, 2012 07:24 PM (QdVWw)
Estrogen. That's my final answer and I don't need a lifeline.
But a crash helmet might be useful right now.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 18, 2012 07:25 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: concrete girl at December 18, 2012 11:22 PM (y2Ojs)
Schulz was going through his surrealist phase.
Posted by: somebody else, not me at December 18, 2012 07:25 PM (nZvGM)
Cool, then she can learn to play the solo parts from "Under the Milky Way" and "Long Way to the Top".
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 18, 2012 07:25 PM (xKC/c)
It developed over time. They were kind of nice at the beginning, except for Lucy. But it kept becoming more and more about hassling Charlie Brown. You can read the whole series from the beginning here:
http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts
Posted by: Splunge at December 18, 2012 07:25 PM (2IW5Q)
You try eating a steak without teeth.
Posted by: A baby at December 18, 2012 07:25 PM (mjR67)
An outside is trying to kill you infographic for atc.
Posted by: DaveA at December 18, 2012 07:25 PM (Xefrb)
Baby Peashooter Knife Fight
Never bring a knife to a peashooter fight.
Posted by: harleycowboy at December 18, 2012 11:21 PM (+9AX9)
*****
Ladies and Gents, we have an early nominee for thread winner!
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 18, 2012 07:25 PM (1OZSU)
Posted by: NCKate at December 18, 2012 07:26 PM (4zFn7)
Bagpipe-playing, knife-wielding babies clad in panda skins, out at night searching for BRAAAAIIINSSSSS to feed their prion hunger to feebly discuss college-dorm-room theology.
Have I pretty much caught the zeitgeist of tonight's ONT?
Posted by: filbert at December 18, 2012 07:26 PM (NaNKB)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 18, 2012 07:26 PM (jLiVY)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at December 18, 2012 07:26 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: Peaches at December 18, 2012 07:26 PM (kpCLl)
Hugo Gernsback was one of the first inductees in the Consumer Electronics Association's Hall of Fame. In those days the guys writing about the future were also making it.
Posted by: epobirs at December 18, 2012 07:26 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: mon nom est mpfs at December 18, 2012 07:26 PM (Mkhiu)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 18, 2012 10:56 PM (HDgX3)
Don't let my fuckin' stompy boot hit you in the ass on your way out, douchebag.
Posted by: Peaches at December 18, 2012 07:27 PM (kpCLl)
I could escape a play pen, open the drawers of a dresser incrementally like ladder steps and climb to the top...before I could walk.
She had pictures. I was busted.
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 18, 2012 07:27 PM (INNvP)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 18, 2012 07:27 PM (piMMO)
I dunno. I was watching some "home movies" in another tab and forgot what we were talking about.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 18, 2012 07:27 PM (xKC/c)
What an AoS innovator.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 18, 2012 07:28 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 18, 2012 07:28 PM (piMMO)
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Wha wha wha whawhawhawha wha wha
Posted by: Charlie Brown's Teacher Puttin' You Some Knowledge...Punk at December 18, 2012 07:28 PM (ay6+/)
Posted by: blicken at December 18, 2012 07:29 PM (vLHZU)
This is a thing that if you say it in front of a bunch of Republicans, what you'll find out is that the majority of Christians, just like the majority of the rest of us, are absolute fucking assholes.
Religion is a language you can't speak, not a set of propositions you can't understand or believe. Ask old books about it, not believers. All a believer will do is get haughty and bitchy with you...or, if he's not an asshole, tell you to read an old book.
You should know better.
Posted by: oblig. at December 18, 2012 07:29 PM (cePv8)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 18, 2012 07:29 PM (jLiVY)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 18, 2012 07:29 PM (QdVWw)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 18, 2012 07:29 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 18, 2012 07:29 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Woodstock at December 18, 2012 07:30 PM (I88Jc)
I've been gone most of the day, so I'm sure this has already been posted.
But WTF
Female cop caught on tape giving two women body cavity search during routine traffic stop...
Posted by: spypeach at December 18, 2012 07:30 PM (pwTow)
Posted by: DAve at December 18, 2012 07:30 PM (XDC0v)
Bagpipe-playing, knife-wielding babies clad in panda skins, out at night searching for BRAAAAIIINSSSSS to feed their prion hunger to feebly discuss college-dorm-room theology.
Have I pretty much caught the zeitgeist of tonight's ONT?
Posted by: filbert at December 18, 2012 11:26 PM (NaNKB)
*****
Yup. But everyone has pants.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 18, 2012 07:30 PM (1OZSU)
Did you miss the part about short term memory loss? Or suffering from it?
Posted by: Country Singer, has red in his beard at December 18, 2012 07:30 PM (svK4p)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 18, 2012 07:30 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Peaches at December 18, 2012 11:27 PM (kpCLl)
OHHH Peaches from the top rope!
Posted by: Jones in CO at December 18, 2012 07:30 PM (8sCoq)
That would explain the balls-too-tight nature of some of the posts, then.
Posted by: filbert at December 18, 2012 07:31 PM (NaNKB)
I don't really care either way. I'm getting out of this country next year. 35% 39%, 250K 500K I don't give a fuck really.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 18, 2012 10:56 PM (HDgX3)
I'm sure there are several countries in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa bidding furiously for your mad skillz.
Posted by: somebody else, not me at December 18, 2012 07:31 PM (nZvGM)
Yet the same people believe they can prevent crazy people going on rampages by denying guns to honest citizens.
Posted by: epobirs at December 18, 2012 07:31 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 18, 2012 07:31 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Lurking Flaneur at December 18, 2012 07:31 PM (ay6+/)
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 18, 2012 07:32 PM (INNvP)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 18, 2012 11:28 PM (piMMO)
Thank you, Niedermeyer! And, whoa, I was so excited to see you posting on the blog yesterday!!!! So, so cool! 
I posted a super-sparkly congrats to you on last night's ont , but you weren't there. I thought you were just being snooty, although I did NOT want to believe it and am glad it was not true. {{{{{}}}}}
Posted by: Peaches at December 18, 2012 07:32 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: DAve at December 18, 2012 07:32 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: NCKate at December 18, 2012 11:26 PM (4zFn7)
Hah! Did a trade show at Cisco once and they played the instrumental song ALL DAY LONG. Non-stop loop, lol.
Posted by: concrete girl at December 18, 2012 07:32 PM (y2Ojs)
http://tinyurl.com/ckoncx8
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 18, 2012 07:32 PM (QdVWw)
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 18, 2012 07:33 PM (INNvP)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 18, 2012 07:33 PM (QdVWw)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 18, 2012 10:37 PM (1OZSU)
I thought it was a Prius that someone turned into a hot rod...with a bitchin' flame job.
Posted by: model-1066 at December 18, 2012 07:34 PM (E23Tl)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 18, 2012 11:31 PM (piMMO)
Me too, I can't get over that video, and she used the same glove on both of them, and not only that she went rear then front, just gross. What the hell.
Posted by: spypeach at December 18, 2012 07:34 PM (pwTow)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 18, 2012 07:35 PM (bxiXv)
Sadly, not about forgetful red-haired, knife-wielding infant panda killers. Without pants. At a traffic stop. With blood. And theology. And dick bones.
Posted by: filbert at December 18, 2012 07:35 PM (NaNKB)
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 18, 2012 11:33 PM (INNvP)
*****
The black and white layers look like parfait, and everybody likes parfait!
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 18, 2012 07:35 PM (1OZSU)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at December 18, 2012 07:35 PM (5J54Q)
Once you've used the Gerber knife on them they are.
Posted by: andycanuck at December 18, 2012 07:35 PM (jPVBi)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 07:36 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: epobirs at December 18, 2012 07:36 PM (kcfmt)
@PurpAv at December 18, 2012 11:32
I wondered that myself. The mil. did it all the time in WWII.
Posted by: harleycowboy at December 18, 2012 07:37 PM (+9AX9)
Posted by: RWC at December 18, 2012 07:37 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: t-bird at December 18, 2012 07:38 PM (FcR7P)
I think that's when you hit someone with a rolled copy of "Time".
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 18, 2012 07:38 PM (xKC/c)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 18, 2012 07:38 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 18, 2012 07:39 PM (jPVBi)
Posted by: Jolly Roger at December 18, 2012 07:39 PM (TggD9)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 18, 2012 07:39 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: filbert at December 18, 2012 07:39 PM (NaNKB)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 18, 2012 07:39 PM (QdVWw)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at December 18, 2012 07:39 PM (5J54Q)
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Proof that coconuts ARE, in fact, migratory. Amiright?
Posted by: Lurking Flaneur at December 18, 2012 07:39 PM (ay6+/)
Posted by: DAve at December 18, 2012 07:39 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 18, 2012 07:39 PM (1OZSU)
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 18, 2012 11:33 PM (INNvP)
You are teh BEST, Purp . . . in a class all by yourself (you haven no idea how long it took to make teh beerfingers accord you that accolade)
Posted by: Peaches at December 18, 2012 07:39 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 07:40 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Jolly Roger at December 18, 2012 07:40 PM (TggD9)
Posted by: RWC at December 18, 2012 07:40 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Walter Sobchak at December 18, 2012 07:40 PM (uis79)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at December 18, 2012 07:40 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: Tuna at December 18, 2012 07:41 PM (M/TDA)
What are the regulations on this?
The regulations should be the same as the regulations governing hospitals so that germs don't spread.
But some niggling little sense is telling me that the TSA isn't held under quite the same scrutiny.
Posted by: boulder hobo at December 18, 2012 07:41 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: John Stark Dark at December 18, 2012 07:41 PM (PALjS)
Country Singer, it just doesn't seem like Maet is the fapping to pron type.
I'm thinking more in the vein of strap-ons, leather, whips, velvet handcuffs and high heels.
Which sounds suspiciously familiar somehow.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 18, 2012 07:42 PM (ccXZP)
God bless us, every one!
Posted by: Peaches at December 18, 2012 07:43 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: t-dubyah-d at December 18, 2012 07:43 PM (WX65W)
Posted by: Lurking Flaneur, Psycho Killer at December 18, 2012 07:43 PM (ay6+/)
Hold on...assault....magazine???
SOF?
Posted by: harleycowboy at December 18, 2012 11:40 PM (+9AX9)
Well, Pelosi is the dumb bitch who claimed that '500 million' jobs would be lost in the US for some reason or another...she said that twice in the same interview. So what do you expect?
Posted by: model-1066 at December 18, 2012 07:43 PM (E23Tl)
Posted by: John Stark Dark at December 18, 2012 07:44 PM (PALjS)
Yes, you should never allow a crisis to go to waste. Leftist have always understood this. There was no over-reach. It was all quite intentional.
And something about porn I forget.
Posted by: epobirs at December 18, 2012 07:44 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: General Motors at December 18, 2012 07:45 PM (jLiVY)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 07:45 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 18, 2012 07:45 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at December 18, 2012 07:45 PM (5J54Q)
Wife (upstairs, in bed) just texted me (downstairs) to remind me to put out the trash.
So I'm off. (Yes, yes, you figured that out already).
Don't give any babies any knives tonight, hokay?
Posted by: filbert at December 18, 2012 07:45 PM (NaNKB)
Posted by: RWC at December 18, 2012 07:45 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 18, 2012 07:46 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: elizabethe at December 18, 2012 07:46 PM (xzxDr)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 11:45 PM (Z9EHQ)
full employment! huzzah! Still, I'd like to ask Pelosi what the US capitol is on live TV. Bet she'd say 'Topeka' or something.
Posted by: model-1066 at December 18, 2012 07:47 PM (E23Tl)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at December 18, 2012 07:47 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: RWC at December 18, 2012 07:47 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Walter Sobchak at December 18, 2012 07:48 PM (uis79)
Posted by: buzzion at December 18, 2012 07:48 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Exasperated Expat at December 18, 2012 07:48 PM (xV30b)
[while smoking, drinking, and eating....explain that]
Posted by: Walter Sobchak at December 18, 2012 11:48 PM (uis79)
Prehensile tail?
Posted by: model-1066 at December 18, 2012 07:48 PM (E23Tl)
Posted by: elizabethe at December 18, 2012 07:49 PM (xzxDr)
Posted by: DAve at December 18, 2012 07:49 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 18, 2012 07:50 PM (QdVWw)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 18, 2012 07:50 PM (jfSqj)
Sandy Hook never happened
That fuckin' stupid bint put her awful child in an institution before he turned 18
That baby Everett did not have neuroblastoma at 9 months
That I really do get that month's salary as a bonus, even if it is at the end of January
That Moki has a perfectly excellent result from her surgery tomorrow
That every moron lives forever in a place of gratitude and joy
Oh, yeah, that Pats shirt would also be cool, but not a deal-breaker.
Posted by: Peaches at December 18, 2012 07:50 PM (kpCLl)
elizabethe. I have a suggestion for your christmas list. A set of "Free massage with no BJ as payment" cards.
Posted by: buzzion at December 18, 2012 07:50 PM (GULKT)
You're made of tough stuff. I empathize.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 18, 2012 07:51 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 18, 2012 07:51 PM (jPVBi)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at December 18, 2012 07:51 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 18, 2012 11:51 PM (jPVBi)
I think they should be deep fried instead.
Posted by: model-1066 at December 18, 2012 07:52 PM (E23Tl)
Posted by: RWC at December 18, 2012 07:52 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 07:52 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 18, 2012 07:52 PM (4Mv1T)
Golden eagles also keep on effing up the rotors of windmills too. Of course the birds should be banned.
Posted by: andycanuck at December 18, 2012 11:51 PM (jPVBi)
I think they should be deep fried instead.
Posted by: model-1066 at December 18, 2012 11:52 PM (E23Tl)
Posted by: buzzion at December 18, 2012 07:53 PM (GULKT)
http://www.warbirdconnection.com/images/invader2/A-26_2o.jpg
You can thank DAve.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 18, 2012 11:50 PM
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Nice guns.
Posted by: Lurking Flaneur at December 18, 2012 07:53 PM (ay6+/)
Posted by: elizabethe at December 18, 2012 07:54 PM (xzxDr)
I know...they're supposed to leave a tip of at least 15% or something, right?
Posted by: model-1066 at December 18, 2012 07:55 PM (E23Tl)
Posted by: NukemHill at December 18, 2012 07:55 PM (7WLzC)
Posted by: model-1066 at December 18, 2012 11:48 PM
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actually lol'd.
But really, can I get one of those?
Posted by: Lurking Flaneur at December 18, 2012 07:55 PM (ay6+/)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 18, 2012 07:55 PM (QdVWw)
Posted by: elizabethe at December 18, 2012 07:55 PM (xzxDr)
I haven't seen the grandbaby in 6 months. I wasn't even sure that I'd have money for bills and groceries for the rest of the month, but I've been incredibly blessed in the last 72 hours...everything's paid up and extra left over for the trip. Posted by: Captain Whitebread at December 18, 2012 07:57 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: DAve at December 18, 2012 07:57 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: elizabethe at December 18, 2012 07:57 PM (xzxDr)
Don't be ridiculous, elizabethe, you are a huge bean and the finest kinda people. Love you and hope you get everything you want!!
Posted by: Peaches at December 18, 2012 07:57 PM (kpCLl)
'Ariel' by Steven R. Boyett. About a boy and his unicorn familiar.
http://tinyurl.com/cbsuabt
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 18, 2012 07:58 PM (QdVWw)
Posted by: LucysJarOfPeanutButter at December 18, 2012 07:58 PM (GULKT)
That's pretty cool, Whitebread. Merry Christmas to you and your family!!! It's a blessing just to hear about such a blessing.
Posted by: Peaches at December 18, 2012 07:59 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 18, 2012 07:59 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: LucysJarOfPeanutButter at December 18, 2012 11:58 PM (GULKT)
I'm patiently waiting for the CharlieBrownsDildo Christmas Special.
Posted by: model-1066 at December 18, 2012 08:00 PM (E23Tl)
Posted by: elizabethe at December 18, 2012 08:00 PM (xzxDr)
Posted by: DAve at December 18, 2012 08:01 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 18, 2012 08:01 PM (jPVBi)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 08:01 PM (Z9EHQ)
I tend to have them jump out of my pocket so I don't get very expensive ones
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 18, 2012 11:59 PM (jfSqj)
That's like my relationship with sunglasses. The expensive ones are lost or broken within a week, the $20 cheapos (polarized) last years it seems.
Posted by: model-1066 at December 18, 2012 08:02 PM (E23Tl)
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I want a perfectly restored PBY...and a P-51.
Posted by: Lurking Flaneur at December 18, 2012 08:02 PM (ay6+/)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 08:02 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: elizabethe at December 18, 2012 08:02 PM (xzxDr)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at December 18, 2012 08:03 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: Arbalest at December 18, 2012 08:03 PM (1AYWG)
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You could just can and paste the phone book. Even without a CharlieBrown'sDildo, I would still love your nic.
Posted by: Lurking Flaneur at December 18, 2012 08:04 PM (ay6+/)
Posted by: Walter Sobchak at December 18, 2012 08:04 PM (uis79)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 18, 2012 08:04 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 18, 2012 08:04 PM (jLiVY)
Posted by: model-1066 at December 19, 2012 12:02 AM (E23Tl)
I have a weakness for expensive Italian made sunglasses
Posted by: Jones in CO at December 18, 2012 08:05 PM (8sCoq)
yankeefifth and Peaches get to be the "others" for the night 
Posted by: buzzion at December 18, 2012 08:05 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Marcie has the whips ready at December 18, 2012 08:05 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: elizabethe at December 18, 2012 08:05 PM (xzxDr)
Posted by: Peaches at December 18, 2012 08:06 PM (kpCLl)
Arba, I do believe you are right. That fuselage is a bit too thin for an F-84 Thunderstreak.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 18, 2012 08:06 PM (QdVWw)
Posted by: elizabethe at December 18, 2012 08:07 PM (xzxDr)
expensive ones are lost or broken within a week, the $20 cheapos
(polarized) last years it seems.
Posted by: model-1066 at December 19, 2012 12:02 AM (E23Tl)
I have a weakness for expensive Italian made sunglasses
Posted by: Jones in CO at December 19, 2012 12:05 AM (8sCoq)
What brand? I've never shelled out for anything more than some mid-grade Gargoyles...they were around $75 IIRC. I liked them because they fit perfectly. Alas, they were snagged from my face when tangling with some brush on the riverbank when fly fishing and downstream they went. Diving into the stream after them proved to be pretty funny, according to my fishing buddies.
Posted by: model-1066 at December 18, 2012 08:08 PM (E23Tl)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 18, 2012 08:09 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at December 18, 2012 08:10 PM (Y5I9o)
Glock 36, or 27. Either will work. I prefer the .40 cal, but .45 works for me as well. YMMV...
Posted by: ChrisP at December 18, 2012 08:10 PM (HiPJm)
Posted by: Sam The Eagle at December 18, 2012 08:10 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 08:11 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: RWC at December 18, 2012 08:12 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: DAve at December 18, 2012 08:12 PM (XDC0v)
Good night and hugs.
Posted by: elizabethe at December 19, 2012 12:11 AM (xzxDr)
'night, babygirl . . . sweet dreams
Posted by: Peaches at December 18, 2012 08:12 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: model-1066 at December 18, 2012 08:13 PM (E23Tl)
Posted by: DAve at December 19, 2012 12:06 AM
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Jeez, between You, Anna, and all the smart military bloggers milling about, I'm going to have to learn my aircraft more thoroughly. That said, after 30 seconds of research on Wikipedia, I'll have to say the last model - the PBY-6A. More power and other nifty design changes from the PBN-1.
Posted by: Lurking Flaneur at December 18, 2012 08:13 PM (ay6+/)
Flaunders, there is a PBY-6 that has been stranded near the Gulf of Aqaba since 1960. Someone was doing a world tour, landed there, and the locals thought they were Israeli commandos. Two were wounded and the plane shot up.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 18, 2012 08:13 PM (QdVWw)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at December 18, 2012 08:14 PM (5J54Q)
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Stop the h8, h8ter.
Posted by: Linus'ButtPlug at December 18, 2012 08:14 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 18, 2012 08:15 PM (jPVBi)
Posted by: DAve at December 18, 2012 08:16 PM (XDC0v)
LucysJarOfPeanutButter at December 18, 2012 11:58 PM
At this time of night we really don't give a flying coitus about your opinion. Go perform an anatomical impossibility upon yourself.
Posted by: harleycowboy at December 18, 2012 08:16 PM (+9AX9)
So...someone's going to start posting with a name involving pig-pen and fisting, right? Or maybe woodstock and a tattooed anus?
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Stop the h8, h8ter.
Posted by: Linus'ButtPlug at December 19, 2012 12:14 AM (BVkEs)
So THAT is what Linus was hiding under that so-called 'security blanket'!!
Posted by: model-1066 at December 18, 2012 08:16 PM (E23Tl)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread...not that innocent? at December 18, 2012 08:16 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 18, 2012 08:16 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 18, 2012 08:17 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: DAve at December 18, 2012 08:17 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: RNC-we're f'ing MENSA! at December 18, 2012 08:17 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 18, 2012 08:18 PM (QdVWw)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 18, 2012 08:19 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 18, 2012 08:19 PM (jLiVY)
I have 3 pairs of Ray-Bans- Predator, Wayfarer, and Clubmaster
the Predators are great for motorcycling because of the wraparound style and they fit close to the face. Keeps the wind off the eyeballs real well
Posted by: Jones in CO at December 18, 2012 08:19 PM (8sCoq)
So...someone's going to start posting with a name involving pig-pen and fisting, right? Or maybe woodstock and a tattooed anus?
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Stop the h8, h8ter.
Posted by: Linus'ButtPlug at December 19, 2012 12:14 AM (BVkEs)
Yeah!
Posted by: LittleRedHeadedGirlsBallGag at December 18, 2012 08:19 PM (GULKT)
LucysJarOfPeanutButter at December 18, 2012 11:58 PM
At this time of night we really don't give a flying coitus about your opinion. Go perform an anatomical impossibility upon yourself.
Posted by: harleycowboy at December 19, 2012 12:16 AM (+9AX9)
Seriously? Are you like 4 feet tall or something? I mean for the joke to go that far over your head...
Posted by: buzzion at December 18, 2012 08:20 PM (GULKT)
That 'equality of outcome' in this case has a lot to do with the idiotic argument of 'disparate impact', right? Then again, I suppose it all does.
Posted by: model-1066 at December 18, 2012 08:21 PM (E23Tl)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 18, 2012 08:21 PM (QdVWw)
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Are there any decent Republicans left in New Jersey?
(rhetorical)
Posted by: CraigPoe at December 18, 2012 08:21 PM (BVkEs)
http://tinyurl.com/cnolkeh
Facebook bought Instagram in October, so it's not surprising that they think of you as a cash cow to be milked with no compensation, no notification that your photos are being sold to third parties, nor any respect of privacy or consent to be used by someone you may detest
Posted by: kbdabear at December 18, 2012 08:21 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at December 18, 2012 08:22 PM (5J54Q)
I have 3 pairs of Ray-Bans- Predator, Wayfarer, and Clubmaster
the Predators are great for motorcycling because of the wraparound style and they fit close to the face. Keeps the wind off the eyeballs real well
Posted by: Jones in CO at December 19, 2012 12:19 AM (8sCoq)
I had some bug-eyed sunglasses I used for motorcycling made by Panoptix that I got off Sierra Trading Post for a song...so comfy, because of the thin layer of foam around the edges to keep wind out.
Posted by: model-1066 at December 18, 2012 08:23 PM (E23Tl)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 08:24 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Walter Sobchak at December 18, 2012 08:25 PM (uis79)
Booker got on Obama's shit list for publicly calling bullshit on the Bain stories during the campaign. It's not some newfound brotherhood over Sandy that Christie became TFG's new butt buddy.
Christie got an endorsement from a union today. Think that didn't happen without a push from Obullshit?
Posted by: kbdabear at December 18, 2012 08:25 PM (wwsoB)
Seriously? Are you like 4 feet tall or something? I mean for the joke to go that far over your head...
Like you didn't get mine?
Posted by: harleycowboy at December 18, 2012 08:26 PM (+9AX9)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 18, 2012 08:26 PM (QdVWw)
Posted by: kbdabear at December 19, 2012 12:21 AM (wwsoB)
Well they've got to figure out how to make money somehow. Glad I've never used instagram, and don't think I've logged into facebook in over a year and only have an e-mail address on there.
Posted by: buzzion at December 18, 2012 08:26 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 18, 2012 08:27 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 08:27 PM (Z9EHQ)
(rhetorical)
Posted by: CraigPoe at December 19, 2012 12:21 AM
Me, but I could never run for public office. I have more skeletons in my closet than a mass grave. lol
Posted by: Berserker at December 18, 2012 08:28 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 18, 2012 08:28 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: DAve at December 18, 2012 08:28 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 18, 2012 08:28 PM (jLiVY)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 18, 2012 08:29 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Avenging Disco Godfather at December 18, 2012 08:30 PM (1AYWG)
Posted by: buzzion at December 18, 2012 08:30 PM (GULKT)
Have a good night, kids, try not to wreck the place. Oh, what am I saying???
Posted by: Peaches at December 18, 2012 08:30 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 18, 2012 08:30 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at December 18, 2012 08:30 PM (NzBQO)
Posted by: Krispy Kreme coming thru a brick wall...only to have his skull hammered at December 18, 2012 08:31 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Ma Bell at December 18, 2012 08:31 PM (uVuwp)
Posted by: t-dubyah-d at December 18, 2012 08:31 PM (WX65W)
definately F80 something series
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 19, 2012 12:29 AM (jfSqj)
While I don't really have the slightest guess about the plane, I would be interested to know who made it. Boeing? Wright Brothers? Buell?
Posted by: model-1066 at December 18, 2012 08:31 PM (E23Tl)
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 18, 2012 08:32 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 18, 2012 08:32 PM (jLiVY)
Yes, it was awesome. One of the greatest periods of wealth expansion in the history of the nation. When you fly high you crash hard and crashes do happen when the market gets overheated and lots of people with little understanding throw money at it.
But there is no reason other than government meddling why the recovery was delayed so long. Glass-Steagal was just another example. Many financial analyst believe it did little for stability and killed a lot of opportunities. Technically, killing opportunity that involves risk aids stability but only in the same way that shooting your dog keeps it from digging up the yard.
The sort of things that created the 2007 crash was the stuff of dreams a few decades ago and should have stayed that way. People keep going back to derivatives no matter how bad and inevitably they blow up. And Credit Default Swaps? How were those ever legal outside of Las Vegas?
Posted by: epobirs at December 18, 2012 08:33 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at December 18, 2012 08:33 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: Walter Sobchak at December 18, 2012 08:33 PM (uis79)
The Seventh Seal has been broken
Posted by: kbdabear at December 18, 2012 08:34 PM (wwsoB)
The Seventh Seal has been broken
Posted by: kbdabear at December 19, 2012 12:34 AM (wwsoB)
That got mentioned already. Were you watching porn and forgot?
Posted by: buzzion at December 18, 2012 08:35 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 18, 2012 08:35 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 19, 2012 12:32 AM (jLiVY)
I'm eating frozen green beans right now...my grandmother lives a rifle shot away from the Jolly Fucking Green Giant statue in Minnesota. They grow green beans down there. Not sure why you should know that.
Posted by: model-1066 at December 18, 2012 08:36 PM (E23Tl)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 18, 2012 08:37 PM (jLiVY)
Posted by: kbdabear at December 19, 2012 12:34 AM (wwsoB)
That got mentioned already. Were you watching porn and forgot?
Posted by: buzzion at December 19, 2012 12:35 AM
Late to the party, didn't read all 500 comments
No comment on the porn
Anyway, I got here late and I didn't go through all the comments
Posted by: kbdabear at December 18, 2012 08:37 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Ma Bell at December 19, 2012 12:31 AM
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I'm so sorry but I think you stand a good chance of ending up in the Atlantic. In the dark...and the cold.
Get really good and drunk on that plane.
Have a great trip!
Posted by: Lurking Flaneur at December 18, 2012 08:38 PM (ay6+/)
Posted by: Walter Sobchak at December 18, 2012 08:38 PM (uis79)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 18, 2012 08:38 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 18, 2012 08:39 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 18, 2012 08:39 PM (jLiVY)
I just don't see the point of it. Posted by: nerdygirl at December 19, 2012 12:37 AM
Are You Fuckin' Kidding Me (The Facebook Song)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7MuwPlOiNQ
Posted by: kbdabear at December 18, 2012 08:39 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 08:40 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Fox2! at December 18, 2012 08:41 PM (1Qpmy)
Perfect example of bullshit meddling by the government. That tax wasn't paid by the companies buying farm products. It was passed on to consumers as all such taxes are and thus directly took money from consumers to prop up a small portion of the populace. This was largely due to the power wielded by farm state senators.
After that bit of chicanery the outrages carried out on behalf of various types of farmers (increasingly large corporations) have have grown almost completely unchecked to this day.
Posted by: epobirs at December 18, 2012 08:41 PM (kcfmt)
AMLate to the party, didn't read all 500 commentsNo comment on the pornAnyway, I got here late and I didn't go through all the comments
Repeating yourself is a self indictment to watching memory destroying po......
Posted by: harleycowboy at December 18, 2012 08:41 PM (+9AX9)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 19, 2012 12:40 AM (Z9EHQ)
I'd bet that a lonely rat terrier would destroy your house faster than a tornado.
Posted by: model-1066 at December 18, 2012 08:41 PM (E23Tl)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 08:42 PM (Z9EHQ)
Which, btw, anyone who isn't following Booker on twitter, should.
The dude is friggin GOOD. Scary good.
Does that mean TFG is not the chocolate Jesus? If so, we are truly well and fucked.
Jeez, I won't even qualify for a reverse mortgage by then.
Posted by: Infidel at December 18, 2012 08:42 PM (z/wx3)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 18, 2012 08:42 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 08:44 PM (Z9EHQ)
The dude is friggin GOOD. Scary good. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 19, 2012 12:39 AM
Watch out, you're aiding the AntiChrist according to TPH
Posted by: kbdabear at December 18, 2012 08:44 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 18, 2012 08:44 PM (jLiVY)
They've advised me to take a sleeping pill to get through it.
Wouldn't that make your apnea worse?
Posted by: harleycowboy at December 18, 2012 08:45 PM (+9AX9)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 18, 2012 08:46 PM (jLiVY)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 18, 2012 08:47 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: model-1066 at December 19, 2012 12:41 AM (E23Tl)
ours dose not she just sits on the couch and stares at the door. someone Iam married to decided to get a methlab to keep her company. did not go as well as you might think - rat terrier hates the methlab and is constantly plotting her demise.
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 19, 2012 12:44 AM (Z9EHQ)
them terriers are plotting something or someone's demise at all times, by my guess...I have a friend who has one, and I have an American bully-dog...if they join forces, the squirrels in the hood are history.
Posted by: model-1066 at December 18, 2012 08:47 PM (E23Tl)
No, the CDS was invented several years before the bulk of changes to G-S. And as many analysts have pointed out, G-S had no jurisdiction over many of the practices that lead to the crash.
Posted by: epobirs at December 18, 2012 08:47 PM (kcfmt)
I would put "financial analysts" in front of the wall long before I get around to the liberals.
Posted by: boulder hobo at December 18, 2012 08:47 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: kbdabear at December 18, 2012 08:48 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 18, 2012 08:50 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 08:51 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Infidel at December 18, 2012 08:51 PM (z/wx3)
it did little for stability and killed a lot of opportunities.
I would put "financial analysts" in front of the wall long before I get around to the liberals.
Posted by: boulder hobo at December 19, 2012 12:47 AM (QTHTd)
598 What was that article about porn again?
Posted by: kbdabear at December 19, 2012 12:48 AM (wwsoB)
Financial Porn Analysts In Front Of The Wall? Does not sound sexy.
Posted by: model-1066 at December 18, 2012 08:51 PM (E23Tl)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 18, 2012 08:52 PM (piMMO)
I never comment on Booker's tweets but I always read them.
You'll be impressed. Frightened by his potential, but impressed.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 19, 2012 12:50 AM (piMMO)
And that could be his downfall for a presidential run. Being his own man instead of being just the frontman for the policies all the cronies in the back want to push.
Posted by: buzzion at December 18, 2012 08:52 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 18, 2012 08:52 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 08:53 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 18, 2012 08:53 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: booger at December 18, 2012 08:55 PM (HI6wa)
Posted by: CraigPoe at December 18, 2012 08:55 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: fluffy at December 19, 2012 12:53 AM (z9HTb)
That's the best compliment I've had all day!
Posted by: model-1066 at December 18, 2012 08:56 PM (E23Tl)
Posted by: CraigPoe at December 19, 2012 12:55 AM (BVkEs)
For whatever reason, I recall a Dr. Who episode I saw in 1987 or so when he said "sleep is for tortoises".
Posted by: model-1066 at December 18, 2012 08:57 PM (E23Tl)
Posted by: nerdygirl at December 18, 2012 08:57 PM (jLiVY)
Not to mention mayor of one of the biggest shitholes in America. A place so foul it has its own sign on the turnpike-
You are leaving Newark, please flush.
Posted by: Berserker at December 18, 2012 08:57 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 19, 2012 12:53 AM (piMMO)
Well would that really matter? I mean even if he was willing to do that, wouldn't the ones in power and at the helm to help determine the Democratic nominee go for the guy that will just go along with their plans and give them their crony positions, rather than the guy that might go with their agenda but not give them that power and control they crave.
Posted by: buzzion at December 18, 2012 08:58 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Infidel at December 18, 2012 08:59 PM (z/wx3)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 19, 2012 12:53 AM (Z9EHQ)
She never uses the low setting
Posted by: buzzion at December 18, 2012 08:59 PM (GULKT)
Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 19, 2012 12:52
I was thinking more like it would depress your breathing more so that the period between breaths would be longer.
Posted by: harleycowboy at December 18, 2012 08:59 PM (+9AX9)
Ring! Ring! Ring!
Posted by: crichton ringing his bell and pointing at harry reid at December 18, 2012 09:00 PM (jPVBi)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 09:00 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 09:01 PM (Z9EHQ)
I hope you don't own an Urban Sombrero®.
Posted by: andycanuck at December 18, 2012 09:01 PM (jPVBi)
I've been looking for my report from 8 years ago for a week and I can't find it, looks like I'll be going in for a new appointment tomorrow with no records.Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 18, 2012 09:02 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 18, 2012 09:03 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Infidel at December 18, 2012 09:03 PM (z/wx3)
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 18, 2012 09:04 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 19, 2012 01:02 AM (bxiXv)
That long ago, wouldn't it be almost useless anyway? Like Joe Biden?
Posted by: model-1066 at December 18, 2012 09:04 PM (E23Tl)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 18, 2012 09:05 PM (piMMO)
;^)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 18, 2012 09:05 PM (jPVBi)
Posted by: DAve at December 18, 2012 09:07 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 18, 2012 09:07 PM (piMMO)
ARB Benghazi Report is out!
Merry Christmas Gus/Gals
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/202446.pdf
Posted by: canopfor at December 18, 2012 09:08 PM (d5Jw0)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 18, 2012 09:08 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: DAve at December 19, 2012 01:07 AM (XDC0v)
Seen it, and variants of it. This doom is careful to not leave fingerprints.
Posted by: model-1066 at December 18, 2012 09:10 PM (E23Tl)
Posted by: RWC at December 18, 2012 09:11 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 09:11 PM (Z9EHQ)
the spelling,thats,
Guys,not Gus...le Ugh
Posted by: canopfor at December 18, 2012 09:11 PM (d5Jw0)
Posted by: RWC at December 18, 2012 09:14 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Gus at December 18, 2012 09:14 PM (BVkEs)
the spelling,thats,
Guys,not Gus...le Ugh
Posted by: canopfor at December 19, 2012 01:11 AM (d5Jw0)
Internet protocol requires you to drop the 'y' when changing time zones. Only when you lose an hour, or bang a hot flight attendant.
Posted by: model-1066 at December 18, 2012 09:15 PM (E23Tl)
Inflation -- its some green hairy monster that crawled out of the lagoon. It wasn't created in one of our labs, oh, no, we didn't do that, it just happened, like an earthquake or hurricane.
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 18, 2012 09:15 PM (Evf4b)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 18, 2012 09:17 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: CraigPoe at December 18, 2012 09:17 PM (BVkEs)
****
NO WAY!!!
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 19, 2012 01:17 AM (piMMO)
How long between breaths does it have to be before being counted as stopped?
Posted by: model-1066 at December 18, 2012 09:18 PM (E23Tl)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 09:18 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 19, 2012 01:00 AM
Did I mention its honorable mention in bathroom wall graffiti ?
Flush twice, its a long way to newark.
Posted by: Berserker at December 18, 2012 09:19 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 18, 2012 09:19 PM (bxiXv)
I'm long past worrying about it as a problem. It just is.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 18, 2012 09:19 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 18, 2012 09:20 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: CraigPoe at December 19, 2012 01:17 AM (BVkEs)
I've heard sleeping on your stomach in a men's prison results in worse
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 19, 2012 01:18 AM (Z9EHQ)
The pressure probably isn't exactly on your heart, however.
Posted by: model-1066 at December 18, 2012 09:20 PM (E23Tl)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 19, 2012 01:19 AM (bxiXv)
Its sitting on top of a pile of socks.
Posted by: buzzion at December 18, 2012 09:20 PM (GULKT)
I've proved that it is impossible for human action to cause inflation.
Posted by: Ben Bernanke at December 18, 2012 09:21 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 19, 2012 01:18 AM (Z9EHQ)
---
Teh funneh...
Posted by: CraigPoe at December 18, 2012 09:21 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 09:21 PM (Z9EHQ)
They've advised me to take a sleeping pill to get through it.
Wait, isn't sleep apnea where your breathing becomes shallow or irregular during sleep? Seems like taking a sleeping pill would be the last thing you'd want to do.
Posted by: booger at December 18, 2012 09:21 PM (HI6wa)
Posted by: Ace's liver at December 18, 2012 09:23 PM (1+XRG)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 18, 2012 09:24 PM (jfSqj)
I'm long past worrying about it as a problem. It just is.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 19, 2012 01:19 AM (ccXZP)
My 2 cents:
A. You know your sleep patterns for the last ten years to within 30 minutes? No big deal about that but I have to ask: why? And has Ambien been around ten years?
B. Everyone does.
C. Yes.
D. I wish I could but I live in the light-polluted city.
Posted by: model-1066 at December 18, 2012 09:24 PM (E23Tl)
I created a FB account for one sole purpose: to enter contests. Nearly all of the companies running giveaways of some sort were using FB instead of their own sites to handle entries. Not a very productive use of my time but it's as close as I come to gambling.
I recently got curious after FB sent me a 'Do you know any of these people?' email, to which the answer was no. I looked at the full list of suggested contacts the site offered and out of about 400 I recognized only perhaps 50 were names I knew and less than half of those are people who would recognize me if we met. Trying to figure out the 'Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon' type linkage involved here is astonishing in that some people think this is a basis for labeling a complete stranger as a friend.
Posted by: epobirs at December 18, 2012 09:24 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 09:24 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Ace's liver at December 18, 2012 09:25 PM (1+XRG)
Posted by: t-dubyah-d at December 18, 2012 09:25 PM (WX65W)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 09:26 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 18, 2012 09:26 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 19, 2012 01:19 AM (bxiXv)
Is that the galaxy you lost last Thursday?
Posted by: model-1066 at December 18, 2012 09:27 PM (E23Tl)
Posted by: Jones in CO at December 19, 2012 01:25 AM (8sCoq)
more like zeal before nod......goodnight all.
Posted by: model-1066 at December 18, 2012 09:28 PM (E23Tl)
Yeah, because I've tried everything to sleep longer....working to exhaustion, staying up 48 hours straight, getting blitzed....it just doesn't matter.
Typical length is more like 4 hours at night, but occasionally I can make it to 5+.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 18, 2012 09:29 PM (ccXZP)
Hey! Get off my lawn.
It's not the years, it's the mileage.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 18, 2012 09:32 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: RWC at December 18, 2012 09:32 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 18, 2012 09:35 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 18, 2012 09:36 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: RWC at December 18, 2012 09:37 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 18, 2012 09:38 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 09:38 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 18, 2012 09:39 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: RWC at December 18, 2012 09:40 PM (sqp6o)
This "debate" has been going on for enough decades now that they know full well exactly what they're saying, and that its false.
They are NOT ignorant. They are willing, very deliberate, propagandists.
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 18, 2012 09:40 PM (Evf4b)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 09:41 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Ace's liver at December 18, 2012 09:42 PM (1+XRG)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 09:43 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Ace's liver at December 18, 2012 09:43 PM (1+XRG)
If you took out a life insurance policy on a complete stranger you'd probably soon get a visit from the cops wanting to know why you were so interested in this person's demise. Some people made huge money from betting on the collapse of the MBS market. They weren't taking out insurance against the collapse of their own position in MBS products They expected them to fail and so of course kept their money away from those items. No, the geniuses at AIG, who stood to take a major blow if the MBS market collapsed, thought it was cool to go all in and owe otherwise uninvolved people a huge amount of money if the collapse occurred.
This isn't insurance. This is gambling.
Posted by: epobirs at December 18, 2012 09:43 PM (kcfmt)
"Systematic failures and leadership and management deficiencies at senior levels within two bureaus of the State Department resulted in a Special Mission security posture that was inadequate for Benghazi and grossly inadequate to deal with the attack that took place," the panel said.
The report singled out the Bureau of Diplomatic Security and the Bureau of Near East Affairs for criticism, saying there appeared to be a lack of cooperation and confusion over protection at the mission in Benghazi, a city in eastern Libya that was relatively lawless after the revolution that toppled Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi.
Despite those failures, the Accountability Review Board determined that no individual officials ignored or violated their duties and recommended no disciplinary action now.
But it also said poor performance by senior managers should be grounds for disciplinary recommendations in the future.
Posted by: Wolf Blitzer at December 18, 2012 09:44 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 18, 2012 09:46 PM (bxiXv)
Can't be looking at prospective mates that care about marriage, self responsibility, lasting commitments, having children, or any of that other icky stuff.
That would just be so tacky. Have a lonely life, screwhead.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 18, 2012 09:46 PM (ccXZP)
Hasan judge might allow beard at trial
Directly addressing Hasan during a scheduling hearing at the Army post, Osborn said: “I’m not going to hold (the beard) against you, but people on the (jury) panel may. Do you understand?”
Soak his head in Veet.
Posted by: LC LaWedgie at December 18, 2012 09:47 PM (vhwRj)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 09:48 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Ace's liver at December 18, 2012 09:48 PM (1+XRG)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 18, 2012 09:48 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Eaton Cox is kind of a LIBNO at December 18, 2012 09:49 PM (+wxCD)
There have been a few tweaks here and there over the years, but the core of what we have now has been relatively constant since 1968 -- over 40 years.
Ignorance doesn't fly anymore. We're well past happenstance and coincidence, and well into enemy action territory.
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 18, 2012 09:50 PM (Evf4b)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 18, 2012 09:51 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Ace's liver at December 19, 2012 01:49 AM
If Obama had a brother...
Posted by: LC LaWedgie at December 18, 2012 09:51 PM (vhwRj)
Posted by: Ace's liver at December 18, 2012 09:53 PM (1+XRG)
Don't be surprised if you stopped breathing more than 100 times a night.
****
NO WAY!!!
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 19, 2012 01:17 AM (piMMO)
How long between breaths does it have to be before being counted as stopped?
Posted by: model-1066 at December 19, 2012 01:18 AM (E23Tl)
10 seconds -- and I clocked 90 in single hour during my sleep study.
If it's OSA (Obstructive Sleep Apnea), your windpipe needs muscles to hold it open while you breathe, and when you sleep they switch off. These would be the same muscles as you'd use to resist being strangled and the effect is similar to them being overpowered -- except that you then wake up, and your brain reasserts control over the muscles, your airway opens, and you get a deep breath.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 18, 2012 09:54 PM (kaalw)
All insurance is gambling. So is 'investing' in stocks, bonds, mutual funds, commodities, real estate, precious metals, art, or even your house. The gubmint might subsidize certain types of losing gambles by allowing you to deduct part of your loss and carry the rest forward; it doesn't change the fact that you gambled and lost.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 18, 2012 09:54 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 18, 2012 09:55 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 18, 2012 09:55 PM (bxiXv)
Obviously, there's something even more embarrassing to the government that would come out in a trial than already has.
Hassan probably isn't interested in a speedy trial because he'll get the needle.
When its in the interest of both side to stall, things drag on over trivialities like beards and such.
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 18, 2012 09:56 PM (Evf4b)
Also, lose some weight. And I mean, you don't have to lose 100 lbs., lose something. A pound. It's a start.
Posted by: navybrat at December 18, 2012 09:57 PM (CF7ax)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 18, 2012 09:58 PM (jfSqj)
Yet the distortions and lies never seem to break the other way as one might expect if it was random incompetence and laziness.
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 18, 2012 09:59 PM (Evf4b)
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 18, 2012 10:02 PM (ccXZP)
There are some legal definitions designating differences between insurance and gambling. The most essential is skin in the game. The matter at risk must have a connection to you that would result in injury of some sort if it were to be lost or lose its value. The question is why those simple considerations were so readily forgotten when it came to CDS.
Posted by: epobirs at December 18, 2012 10:02 PM (kcfmt)
Probably. I'm planning on some weekend stuff for when things get slowish.
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 18, 2012 10:04 PM (Evf4b)
Yet the distortions and lies never seem to break the other way as one might expect if it was random incompetence and laziness.
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 19, 2012 01:59 AM (Evf4b)
VDH's latest -- http://tinyurl.com/d48rxmp -- suggests that it's an intrinsic part of human nature that has been around for a long, long time (note -- most relevant bit is at the top of page 3, so if you glance and go: "huh?"......well, it's a bit of a ramble, but it gets there.).
Posted by: cthulhu at December 18, 2012 10:04 PM (kaalw)
Is there another kind of gambling of which I am unaware?
Posted by: navybrat at December 18, 2012 10:05 PM (CF7ax)
This makes me really nervous.
In fact, the more I thought about it, the more freaked out I became.
Retailers are going the way of the media.
"The government doesn't want guns, so we're going to stop selling them to make Uncle Barack happy, even though he hasn't even asked. We love him that much."
Media is voluntarily lying for the Admin.
Retailers are voluntarily halting gun sales for the Admin.
This will not end well.
Posted by: shibumi at December 18, 2012 10:07 PM (z63Tr)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 18, 2012 10:11 PM (jfSqj)
Yes,
How perplexin that a man shouting his goat-sthupin Goat-God's name do gun down 13 U.S Military people's and wounds another 32 members and we are still going round and round bout if he SHOULD SHAVE HIS FUCKING BEARD OFF????
OH LETS ALL BAN GUNS....yes for THE CHILDREN!!!!!
Lets all ban guns.......remember you bitches.....you voted for this
Posted by: Richard at December 18, 2012 10:11 PM (98kcW)
Posted by: shibumi at December 19, 2012 02:07 AM (z63Tr)
Heck, we're in year four and it hasn't been "well" once.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 18, 2012 10:12 PM (kaalw)
Insurance is a negative bet, like playing the don't pass line on a craps table. You are betting that something BAD happens to you or your family, that will cause a payout higher than if you hadn't bet.
The fact that by using actuarial tables, the company intends for almost every player to lose and the house to win in the long run doesn't change the fundamental nature of a bet being made.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 18, 2012 10:13 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 18, 2012 10:13 PM (jfSqj)
ugh
Posted by: chemjeff at December 19, 2012 02:10 AM (Ds4No)
Howdy, CJ -- what's the haps?
Posted by: cthulhu at December 18, 2012 10:13 PM (kaalw)
IMHO, guns are the only thing keeping the commie bastards in the white house from taking over.
Posted by: shibumi at December 18, 2012 10:14 PM (z63Tr)
Apparently. Insurance is a wager against loss. Gambling is simply a wager. No amount of payout from a life insurance policy is going to remove the loss of the person, assuming you liked them. Your health insurance may get you a first rate hospital room if you get hit by a car but most people would rather skip the experience.
Gambling is something you do to try to make an easy profit. Insurance is something you do to minimize loss.
Posted by: epobirs at December 18, 2012 10:15 PM (kcfmt)
After age 50, kids are on their own. Wife is OK. House is paid for. So I cut it loose. I think they call it being self insured.
AND I remember being totally pissed off that I DID NOT die and collect.
Of course, that feeling passed.
Posted by: navybrat at December 18, 2012 10:20 PM (CF7ax)
729
It is fact that Bigearship has to pause on pulling the lever on the complete plan because he knows how many people are armed to the teeth.
He would lose a civil war right now and he KNOWS IT!
Better to let this last mass shooting give him the legal power to disarm us.
Posted by: Richard at December 18, 2012 10:22 PM (98kcW)
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 18, 2012 10:23 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 10:24 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: navybrat at December 18, 2012 10:27 PM (CF7ax)
This is how bad it may be......
What will we do about it when the time comes to be counted.....
jus sayin....
Posted by: Richard at December 18, 2012 10:28 PM (98kcW)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 10:28 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: The Dude at December 18, 2012 10:28 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: DAve at December 18, 2012 10:29 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: navybrat at December 19, 2012 02:27 AM (CF7ax)
My understanding is that there are several obscure bets in craps that are marginally better -- like 48.56 to 100-ish -- but that's splitting hairs.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 18, 2012 10:29 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: DAve at December 18, 2012 10:30 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Ace's liver at December 18, 2012 10:30 PM (1+XRG)
Posted by: epobirs at December 18, 2012 10:31 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 18, 2012 10:31 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Ace's liver at December 18, 2012 10:31 PM (1+XRG)
Posted by: Daybrother is very very nervous at December 18, 2012 10:32 PM (+paCV)
Posted by: epobirs at December 19, 2012 02:31 AM (kcfmt)
rather watch fakeagent as then it's not the same girl most of the time
Posted by: The Dude at December 18, 2012 10:32 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 18, 2012 10:34 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Ace's liver at December 18, 2012 10:35 PM (1+XRG)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 18, 2012 10:38 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 10:38 PM (Z9EHQ)
Two points for you there --
First, make sure the wheel only has ONE green zero; some have two which makes your odds twice as bad.
The tightest table game is craps, where the house allows 10:1 or better backing of your line bet. You must fully back each rolled number, and you can cut the house edge down to well under 1%. You can't go venturing off into side bets, however, as the odds there are considerably worse.
The real best table play in the house is blackjack, if the rules are favorable (they vary all over the place) and you know how to do a rudimentary count and how to use 1:4 bet variation. You can get the house odds down to near zero doing this, but it takes study and practice.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 18, 2012 10:39 PM (ccXZP)
Blackjack, using a point system, proper bankroll management(higher bets with deck favorable, lower when unfavorable), favorable table position(your far left, dealer's far right), fullish tables(more visible cards out by the time it gets to you), can pay better than even odds, even in multi deck games.
Its a grind though, you're working hard to eek out a 1% or so advantage, and if the casinos catch on they'll blacklist you.
I was into this about 25 years ago and got pretty good at it in practice. In Vegas it took me about 24 hours of straight play to eek out a few hundred dollars profit at a $5 table.
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 18, 2012 10:39 PM (Evf4b)
Depends on how many decks are in the shoe.
Posted by: navybrat at December 18, 2012 10:40 PM (CF7ax)
Posted by: Daybrother is very very nervous at December 18, 2012 10:41 PM (+paCV)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 18, 2012 10:42 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Daybrother at December 18, 2012 10:45 PM (+paCV)
Posted by: Ace's liver at December 18, 2012 10:46 PM (1+XRG)
Posted by: Daybrother at December 18, 2012 10:46 PM (+paCV)
Posted by: navybrat at December 18, 2012 10:47 PM (CF7ax)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 18, 2012 10:49 PM (bxiXv)
Yes. Each pair of decks added to a shoe reduces your potential edge by 0.1% to 0.2%. So ideally you want to look for single deck or double deck games. Nowadays, for single deck games they shuffle after every hand, wiping out any edge for playing single deck.
So double deck is the best right now.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 18, 2012 10:50 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 18, 2012 10:50 PM (bxiXv)
The goal isn't to "win" in asymmetric warfare. Its to raise the cost to the other side so high that they don't want to be there anymore.
The more diffuse a resistance is, the harder it is to crack. How do you go about hunting down a solo guy who goes out and snipes one opponent every 6 months or a a year? You don't. You can't. His pattern is lost in the noise.
This is why the FBI believes there's 30 or so active serial killers working the USA in any given year but is pretty much powerless to stop them until they escalate or make a mistake and suddenly raise above noise level.
Failed resistances organize too much in the early stages, are too vocal, and get too greedy.
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 18, 2012 10:51 PM (Evf4b)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 18, 2012 10:52 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Daybrother at December 18, 2012 10:53 PM (+paCV)
I'm just going to throw out a very dangerous thought...
What if this last mass shooting tips the scales and given the current commies running the show, think it is time for some REAL tweeking of our Constitution........
Now what?
Posted by: Richard at December 18, 2012 10:54 PM (98kcW)
Posted by: DAve at December 18, 2012 10:56 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: navybrat at December 18, 2012 10:56 PM (CF7ax)
Posted by: Ace's liver at December 18, 2012 10:58 PM (1+XRG)
Posted by: Richard at December 18, 2012 10:59 PM (98kcW)
Posted by: Daybrother at December 18, 2012 10:59 PM (+paCV)
Posted by: DAve at December 18, 2012 11:00 PM (XDC0v)
The leftists don't have 3/4 of the states needed to ratify anything too crazy. Amendment is by state, not popular national vote distribution. CA has the same single ratification vote as Delaware does.
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 18, 2012 11:00 PM (Evf4b)
good enough reason for me to cancel their stupid loyalty card thing
Posted by: chemjeff at December 18, 2012 11:00 PM (Ds4No)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 18, 2012 11:02 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 18, 2012 11:02 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: DAve at December 18, 2012 11:02 PM (XDC0v)
how are the tentacles tonite?
Posted by: chemjeff at December 19, 2012 02:57 AM (Ds4No)
A bit tired -- been doing a bit of a push to get stuff done since there's been a pause in the rain. And trying to get year-end weirdisms out of the way. How's 'bout with you? Don't you get a break about now before classes recommence?
Posted by: cthulhu at December 18, 2012 11:03 PM (kaalw)
A populace resisting occupation by an unpopular government isn't a civil war. That's a revolution.
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 18, 2012 11:04 PM (Evf4b)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 18, 2012 11:04 PM (Ds4No)
Posted by: chemjeff at December 18, 2012 11:04 PM (Ds4No)
Posted by: DAve at December 18, 2012 11:06 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 18, 2012 11:06 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: DAve at December 18, 2012 11:07 PM (XDC0v)
776
Hope then that the middle states may save the day? I live in Calibonya where most of the populus on the left coast is too stupid to breath, let alone make a valid political statement that works past their collective "I want to FEEL GOOD" life span........fuckin hippies...throat cancer....that you may speak no more.....
Posted by: Richard at December 18, 2012 11:07 PM (98kcW)
it's a bit overwhelming.
sorry about the craziness.
Posted by: chemjeff at December 18, 2012 11:07 PM (Ds4No)
Which is a good reason for continued pushes on Tenth Amendment issues, which puts the power back at the State where it belongs.
We must make the feds as inconsequential in our lives as possible. It seems impossible, but through the states we CAN accomplish this.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 18, 2012 11:08 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: DAve at December 18, 2012 11:08 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Ace's liver at December 18, 2012 11:09 PM (1+XRG)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 18, 2012 11:10 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Ace's liver at December 18, 2012 11:10 PM (1+XRG)
Posted by: DAve at December 18, 2012 11:11 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 18, 2012 11:12 PM (jfSqj)
Meh. There are lots of ways to funnel favorable kill zones.
All it takes to cripple an interstate highway is a hijacked tanker truck full of fuel. I learned that about 20 years ago when one overturned down around Boca Raton and burned.
All the asphalt burned off into loose pebbles for about a 60' stretch across all the lanes. High speed traffic was paralyzed for days until the roadbed was rebuilt.
Constrain rapid mobility, and you constrain your opponent.
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 18, 2012 11:12 PM (Evf4b)
Posted by: Ace's liver at December 18, 2012 11:13 PM (1+XRG)
Posted by: DAve at December 18, 2012 11:15 PM (XDC0v)
umm, no
the antioxidant ability of ascorbic acid is limited to slowing down enzymes and the like, it can't extinguish a conflagration
Posted by: chemjeff at December 18, 2012 11:16 PM (Ds4No)
Posted by: DAve at December 18, 2012 11:17 PM (XDC0v)
That's OK. If they don't actively resist the revolution, then they're not a factor. Once the EBT cards start to bounce, their allegiance will waver.
Historically, it only takes about 10-30% support to pull off revolutions and coups. You don't need a majority. You just need the majority to not care one way or the other.
Posted by: @PurpAv at December 18, 2012 11:17 PM (Evf4b)
Posted by: Jake in ID at December 18, 2012 11:20 PM (jfSqj)
I already said too much. If you'd read the paper you'd already know. http://tinyurl.com/9592nav
Posted by: DAve at December 18, 2012 11:20 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: DAve at December 18, 2012 11:21 PM (XDC0v)
792
Serious 53%?? I think your MSM totals are based on MSM totals and given the garbage in-garbage-out from the DOJ, DOD, FEMA, HUD, ACORN, and Miss Crissy's pussy......I see 50/50 at the very least.....53%???? u must be a CRACK WHORE statin for your next drop......Berry will hook you up no doubt!!
53%????? get ya to re-hab bitch....
Posted by: Richard at December 18, 2012 11:22 PM (98kcW)
it's a bit overwhelming.
sorry about the craziness.
Posted by: chemjeff at December 19, 2012 03:07 AM (Ds4No)
Don't be sorry! If you have craziness, it means you're living in the real world. All the assholes we loathe so much in government see craziness and think: "this would be a great time to do something against people's core beliefs based on an appeal to authority."
Posted by: cthulhu at December 18, 2012 11:22 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: DAve at December 18, 2012 11:24 PM (XDC0v)
Bullets don't rise. Rifles are sighted so that the barrel is pointing slightly upwards. The bullet is continually falling, even as it nears the top of the ballistic arc.
Posted by: Kristophr at December 18, 2012 11:26 PM (wYVte)
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 18, 2012 11:28 PM (sZTYJ)
If he has a 1 in 7 twist, then the lightest bullet he can fire without risk of keyholing is a 62 grn. He should be able to fire the heavy bullets fine with that.
Although a 14.5"/16" barrel with a 1 in 7 is kinda weird. A short barrelled bullet hose should have a 1 in 9 in order to be able to shoot anything he can stuff in the magazine.
Posted by: Kristophr at December 18, 2012 11:31 PM (wYVte)
The wind is strong in North Hollywood....
hoping the BIG tree in my backyard won't crush my house.
yet I post....
Posted by: Richard at December 18, 2012 11:41 PM (98kcW)
SMoD, LiB, whatever -- just let it not involve smug ivy-league statist assholes overrunning what was great and good in this place.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 18, 2012 11:50 PM (kaalw)
There was an incident in Southern California not long ago in which a trailer rig caught fire and the driver stopped under an over pass before fleeing the cab in hopes it would minimize the travel of flying debris. It possibly worked but the intense fire wrecked the overpass and cut off an entire neighborhood from easy access.
Getting in and out of my own neighborhood could become a real chore if something happened to the nearby stretch of the I-5 and the road that parallels it.
Posted by: epobirs at December 19, 2012 12:24 AM (kcfmt)
That is an incomplete analysis. As I mentioned already, you don't want that bet to pay off. That is a simple guideline for distinguishing insurance from gambling.
The analyst who bet big on the MBS collapse had nothing to lose from being right. They weren't invested in MBS products and told anyone who would listen this was going to blow up in a big way. Michael Lewis documents this in 'you have to laugh to keep from crying' fashion in 'The Big Short.'
Allowing AIG to be both a bank and a insurer was not the cause of the disaster. Allowing AIG to be a bank, an insurer, and a casino was a big problem.
Posted by: epobirs at December 19, 2012 12:32 AM (kcfmt)
Think about it in terms of Obama claiming that he can tell when someone has made enough money. The sheer wrongness of this is easy for most people not ruled by class envy to understand. OK, now imagine Obama declaring that there is a point when you have enough bullets.
No. Fuck you, Barry. The only one who gets to make that determination is me.
Let the government decide how many bullets you are allowed to have at the ready and you'll find that number under constant attack by those who want to see it reduced ever further. Give them a few years and the only personal firearm permitted will be a Derringer.
Look at all of the areas where they've whittled away at our choices and taken command of 'normal' until the argument becomes over things that were once far left and really far left.
Don't give them an inch. They'll take and immediately start pushing for the next inch.
Posted by: epobirs at December 19, 2012 12:52 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 19, 2012 01:06 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 19, 2012 01:08 AM (Z9EHQ)
http://youtu.be/lrEP3RPgEao
Posted by: Not Ready to Unsock at December 19, 2012 05:05 AM (BgIBZ)
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Hint: "I'll be the one to protect from your and I know your demons. I'll be the one to protect from a will to survive and a voice of reason. I'll be the one to protect from your enemies and your choices son, they're one and the same and I must isolate you, isolate and save you from yourself."
And of course, the begging that we see from the GOP:
"Just stay with me, safe and ignorant."
Fuck 'em. LiB?
Posted by: Not Ready to Unsock at December 19, 2012 01:10 AM (BgIBZ)
Yes, I avoid invoking the term because too many people immediately stop listening if they think Glenn Beck is somehow involved. I look at it more as an extension of Gramsci's march through the institutions.
Posted by: epobirs at December 19, 2012 01:10 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 19, 2012 05:08 AM (Z9EHQ)
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Y5, you're a wise man, you know damned well we're not supposed to protect ourselves from that. Our deaths are convenient to the prog agenda.
I used to think that was conspiratorial bullshit but there's a reason why they jump to politicize this shit from the get go.
Posted by: Not Ready to Unsock at December 19, 2012 01:13 AM (BgIBZ)
Posted by: Zakn at December 19, 2012 01:14 AM (Bvf82)
Every time Obama or one of his surrogates gets up on their pulpit to talk about the necessity of taxing the wealthy, I want to slug them and launch into a lecture about the simple math underlying the big lie. They could jack rates for the top three brackets to their historical highest levels and, assuming it doesn't put a major dent in revenues, it wouldn't make a noticeable dent in the deficit and only push back by a few months the date when the interest on the debt is greater than the GDP of the nation.
Hell, you could seize outright the entire personal wealth of the 100 richest Americans and it wouldn't knock down the deficit but a fraction, and that is trick you can pull only once. You soon run out of kulaks.
Nothing has made me feel contempt for my countrymen more than this class warfare idiocy and how they lap it up. There is a certain grim satisfaction in knowing that a collapse would have the highest body count among the core Obama voters in the cities. Stop stocking the store shelves and they'll soon eat each other.
Posted by: epobirs at December 19, 2012 01:20 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 19, 2012 01:36 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 19, 2012 01:50 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at December 19, 2012 01:52 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 19, 2012 02:06 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 19, 2012 02:47 AM (piMMO)
2 comments: I've got the red head gene and I dealt with Tourettes as a child. Also I graduated from Santana in '86. It was a blue collar town and the high school had a less than stellar reputation. As far as I know the rep is still the same. Not exalted at all.
Posted by: digitalbrownshirt at December 19, 2012 04:15 AM (G1aEt)
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