February 06, 2014
— Maetenloch
Yet Another ObamaCare Surprise: The Mandatory Race Questionnaire
If you want to see your doctor, you are now required to declare your race and ethnicity and fill out a questionnaire.
The image below was sent to me by a reader who went for a visit to a physician, and was told that she could not be seen unless she filled out this race and ethnicity questionnaire, and put her name on the form.
She initially refused, but they insisted that it was required or she could not see the doctor. The form does indicate that it is mandatory under Section 4302 of Obamacare.
Thanks Obama and Congress. These days I always put myself down as 'Mixed' since a) it's true in the larger sense and b) it fucks up all their statistics.
Anti-PIV RadFeminist Very Unhappy That Men Read Her PIV=Rape Blog Post
If you're wielding a P, just reading her rant is a threat. And thinking that someone who regularly generates several thousand words screeds on the utter perfidy of all men might have some screws loose is a form of misogynistic gaslighting. And criticizing her criticisms is a form of assault. (thanks to red)
When men view our blogs in such large numbers, it's a threat. They're not just looking at it, they view it with the intent of harming radical feminists and women in general. They do it to collect information so they know what next to do to prevent women from going there. They batter radfem work in public for all women to see and show the result of their verbal and written battering as an example of what will await women if they do, think or say the same.
...Unlike a normal blogger, attracting 85,000 hits isn't something I want to celebrate. It's threatening: you know they're after you, it only means you've hit men's radar and you have no idea what they plan to do. Will they attempt to hack into my blog? Will they try to find info about me? The kinds of thought this leads me to is 85,000 men going after me in real life.
Scrolling through page after page of angsty driven man-hate I can't help but think that some therapy would lead to a much, much happier life for her. But I'm sure that's just the P-driven non-nurturing result-centric hetero-patriarch in me talking.
The Congressional Class of 1974 is Almost gone, Thank God
With Waxman, Baucus, and Harkin retiring or resigning we're down to two remaining member of the 1974 class - Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Rick Nolan (D-MN)*.
And Moe Lane isn't sorry to see them go.
.and good riddance to bad rubbish. That was the Congress (specifically: those were the Congressional Democrats) who decided to make the USA break its promise, and thus condemned several million people in South Vietnam to a life of slavery and want. In a just world, they would have been long since hounded from office; alas, I have to settle for watching them settle into the indifferent embraces of entropy. Admittedly, that has its compensations.
Remember That Time the US Invaded a Japanese Submarine Base in Alaska?
The Aleutians Campaign is mostly forgotten these days and many of the battlefields are still not open to visitors.
An absolutely fascinating but little-known story-described as a "forgotten theater" by the U.S. Navy itself-is the tale of Kiska and Attu, Alaska: two remote Aleutian islands where the Japanese military established a submarine base during World War II.
The islands-surprisingly close to the outer edge of the Japanese archipelago-were to serve as a landing point and restocking way-station for the Japanese on their way to a much larger invasion of the American mainland.
What ensued, however, was a harrowing 13-month period of submarine and naval warfare, including the all-out shelling and aerial bombardment of an enemy encampment constructed on U.S. territory-but not yet a U.S. state, as Alaska would only become the 49th state of the Union in 1959.
If Your Parents Were Long-Lived, Will You Be Too?
Not necessarily but you might get a few years beyond the average.
But in fact the correlation of longevity between individual parents and children is very low. For the people dying in England in the period 1858-2012 with the rare surnames used in chapter 4, we can measure the correlation of longevity between fathers and sons for more than four thousand sons surviving until at least age 21. That correlation is only 0.13. If we take the average of both parents' ages at death, that correlation increases to 0.26. But it is still low. In reality, your age at death is not strongly predictable from your parents' age at death. All those saving more for retirement simply because both parents are fit, healthy, and in their nineties should stop immediately. Your expected additional longevity relative to the average is only three years.
Cop Arrests Firefighter at Accident Scene For Not Moving Fire Truck
Good thing it was caught on camera, or it would be tough to believe: A California Highway Patrol officer put an on-duty Chula Vista firefighter in handcuffs for refusing to move his truck while tending to victims of a car crash.As he was being handcuffed on the side of the 805 Freeway near Orange County, the firefighter, 12-year veteran Jacob Gregoire, told reporters who had gathered, "I just want to let you all know he's arresting me."
Later, according to CBS News 8, Gregoire told the arresting officer, whose name has not been released, "It's unbelievable you guys have to treat us like this. We are trying to help you guys."
The officer replied, "We asked you to clear the road, you said 'No.' You are being arrested for not moving."
It seems the Highway Patrol and Fire Department have different views on what the priorities after an accident should be (keeping traffic flowing vs treating victims on the freeway) and the conflict got more heated this time around.
Frank Herbert "Reviews" a Beer
Part of the Something Awful's 'Great Authors Series':
There came a hazy pour, like the refraction pattern of a Torbit Shield, dropping into a Helfmann's Suspension Flask from a distance of two meters. The house imbibery was immediately filled with the sunny smell of hops. These were faraway hops from the rockfalls of the west wall and tasted of soft desert mingled with the Sea of Peace, pine, stone, and fresh baked bread.The beardman was Quali and was called Yult Cherrik and came from a long line of blood-encrypted hypno-barbacks. His brewery conditioning had long ago been unraveled by a need to serve his customers spirits to their liking. As one of the elect of Quali, his arrogance persisted, and he approached my order with some hostility.
"Firestone Walker Double Jack?" he said and held out the Helfmann's Suspension Flask. I took it from him with a crackle of field refrigeration. He frowned. "Adjust two degrees by five five copy one."
Underwear Statue at Wellesley Causes Angst
"[T]his highly lifelike sculpture has, within just a few hours of its outdoor installation, become a source of apprehension, fear, and triggering thoughts regarding sexual assault for many members of our campus community," says the petition. "While it may appear humorous, or thought-provoking to some, it has already become a source of undue stress for many Wellesley College students, the majority of whom live, study, and work in this space."
Well I thought art was supposed to be all transgressive and shit. But apparently only as long as it upsets the proper people.
Yahoo group. That is all.
The group thingy. And the middle class.
And my Twitter spew.
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Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 06, 2014 06:54 PM (yh0zB)
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Posted by: conscient webtravailleur at February 06, 2014 06:57 PM (U13jb)
We've found that these statistics will be particularly helpful for the camp resettlements.
Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at February 06, 2014 06:57 PM (Dwehj)
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Pass...it....on!!!
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Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 06, 2014 07:00 PM (GEICT)
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Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at February 06, 2014 07:01 PM (JQuNB)
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Posted by: tmitsss at February 06, 2014 07:02 PM (Pa9vP)
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Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 06, 2014 07:03 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Adam at February 06, 2014 07:03 PM (Aif/5)
Kiska...
Yaak.
The last Aleutian Isle had an AFB with a newspaper, "The New Yaak Times", back in the (I think) 1960's.
Heh
Posted by: Jack London at February 06, 2014 07:03 PM (BYZzw)
Posted by: Secundus at February 06, 2014 07:03 PM (22dRD)
Posted by: mindful webworker remembers at February 06, 2014 07:03 PM (U13jb)
Even I'm glad to hear that, and I rarely think of anyone but me.
Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at February 06, 2014 07:03 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 06, 2014 07:03 PM (Qr7/Z)
http://tinyurl.com/n7vcpes
Obama's comments at National Day of Prayer breakfast.
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at February 06, 2014 07:03 PM (BZAd3)
The Japanese looked at the map and saw how they could be great places to put airfields. Plus act as a diversion for Operation MI.
Admiral Fuzzy Theobald when briefed could not believe the Japanese would attack Dutch Harbor. So his cruiser force was not close to intercept the two Japanese light carriers which had to operate in those fog covered waters. It was from this diversionary attack, one A6M2 crash landed that the US Navy was able to repair and find all of its secrets and weaknesses.
As for those islands being suitable for airfields. Everyone familiar with Alaska and the construction of the airfield at Umiak had a good laugh. The airfield would ripple when P-40s took off or landed.
Before Surigao Strait, it was in the Aleutians that the only IJN USN gun duel occurred without any naval aviation occurred. It was a cruiser battle with inconclusive results.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 06, 2014 07:03 PM (BzAbx)
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at February 06, 2014 07:03 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 06, 2014 07:04 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 06, 2014 11:00 PM (4Mv1T)
And GGE can tell you that it's still impossible to make a NC meet up happen. He's tried, serially. Where's Titus Cincinnaticus or whatshisname....apparently we hang out in the same places on campus at the peoples educational republic of UNC-CH.
And aren't we all supposed to go play golf or shoot things or drink together soon???
Posted by: NC Ref at February 06, 2014 07:04 PM (Myqtp)
Posted by: tmitsss at February 06, 2014 07:04 PM (Pa9vP)
Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at February 06, 2014 07:04 PM (jVaLp)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at February 06, 2014 07:05 PM (l3vZN)
Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at February 06, 2014 07:05 PM (JQuNB)
Two hydrogen atoms walk into a bar.
One starts searching his pockets, and says, "I think I've lost an electron."
The other says, "Are you certain?"
Answer: "I'm positive."
Posted by: Zombie Niels Bohr at February 06, 2014 07:05 PM (BYZzw)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 06, 2014 07:05 PM (DmNpO)
Also... what is "tamla motown music?"
Posted by: shibumi at February 06, 2014 07:06 PM (25HWz)
Posted by: The Hat of 85,000 Men at February 06, 2014 07:06 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 06, 2014 07:07 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at February 06, 2014 07:07 PM (HsTG8)
Posted by: NCwoof at February 06, 2014 07:08 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 06, 2014 07:08 PM (Qr7/Z)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 06, 2014 07:08 PM (04r5u)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at February 06, 2014 07:08 PM (rq9aV)
Posted by: The Political Hat at February 06, 2014 07:08 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 06, 2014 07:08 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 06, 2014 07:08 PM (JMmQ9)
Mens' Rights Activists.
I admit, I think they make some good points, including about how the courts tend to screw over men in any kind of contentious divorce.
www.avoiceformen.com
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 06, 2014 07:09 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at February 06, 2014 07:09 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 06, 2014 07:09 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Carol at February 06, 2014 07:09 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at February 06, 2014 07:09 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 06, 2014 07:09 PM (Qr7/Z)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 06, 2014 07:09 PM (BzAbx)
And aren't we all supposed to go play golf or shoot things or drink together soon???
Posted by: NC Ref
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EC and I got together at the last proposed meet-up. We drank beer, and shot battle rifles.
Not in that order.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 06, 2014 07:10 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: GnuBreed at February 06, 2014 07:10 PM (cHZB7)
Posted by: fymnyst cut-loop [/i] [/b] at February 06, 2014 07:10 PM (cxs6V)
Posted by: PMRich at February 06, 2014 07:10 PM (KDUNf)
Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at February 06, 2014 07:11 PM (JQuNB)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 06, 2014 07:11 PM (GEICT)
***
If the relationship is what I think it is, she's going to be giving him a good shtupping with a strap-on.
No reach-arounds, either.
Posted by: Reggie Love at February 06, 2014 07:11 PM (BYZzw)
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 06, 2014 07:11 PM (Qr7/Z)
Posted by: "Bones" McCoy at February 06, 2014 07:12 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at February 06, 2014 07:12 PM (VuDcL)
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Funny how we are never quite what we expect in person, eh?
Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 06, 2014 07:12 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at February 06, 2014 07:12 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at February 06, 2014 07:12 PM (4Chvm)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 06, 2014 07:12 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Mitch McConnell at February 06, 2014 07:12 PM (Q6pxP)
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 06, 2014 07:12 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 06, 2014 07:13 PM (DmNpO)
One of their funny/endearing traits to me is how they've taken a number of common phrases they and other people use and turned them into acronyms. To name just a few:
MGTOW = Men Going Their Own Way (i.e., rejecting marriage so they can't get screwed in divorce court or in other ways)
NAWALT = Not All Women Are Like That (a common defense against MRA allegations from women who identify as non-feminist)
NAFALT = Not All Feminists Are Like That (same as NAWALT, but this defense is from moderate feminists)
PUA = Pick-Up Artist (supposedly someone well-versed in seducing and sleeping with women; used as a term of extreme derision by A Voice For Men, as they believe men who want women are basically asking to be destroyed emotionally and financially)
There are others, but you can probably get the gist.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 06, 2014 07:13 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Carol at February 06, 2014 07:13 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: --- at February 06, 2014 07:13 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 06, 2014 07:13 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 06, 2014 07:13 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: cm9000 at February 06, 2014 07:13 PM (3qZbZ)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 06, 2014 07:14 PM (DmNpO)
And aren't we all supposed to go play golf or shoot things or drink together soon???
Posted by: NC Ref at February 06, 2014 11:04 PM (Myqtp) Hide posts from (Myqtp)
Hell, you even manage to meet up with Californians....
Posted by: cthulhu at February 06, 2014 07:14 PM (T1005)
http://tinyurl.com/pwemqot
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at February 06, 2014 07:14 PM (BZAd3)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at February 06, 2014 07:14 PM (4Chvm)
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Okay. Okay. You can have a chicken salad sandwich.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 06, 2014 07:14 PM (4Mv1T)
Wasn't Harry Reid first elected to Congress in 1666?
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 06, 2014 07:15 PM (HVI5a)
Daytona
Posted by: Dendritic at February 06, 2014 11:12 PM (8Z8Vp)
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February 23 -- The Great All American Race
Posted by: NCwoof at February 06, 2014 07:15 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: Bourbonchicken at February 06, 2014 07:15 PM (O+0br)
SEC. 4302. UNDERSTANDING HEALTH DISPARITIES: DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS.
‘(h) Requirement for Implementation- Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, data may not be collected under this section unless funds are directly appropriated for such purpose in an appropriations Act.
So, the Republicans can stop the race data collection by just not appropriating funds for it.
Yeah -- I know. #opportunityforall
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 06, 2014 07:16 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 06, 2014 07:16 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 06, 2014 07:16 PM (TGgNi)
IqaD_in_pIqaD.pngPosted by: fymnyst cut-loop [/i] [/b] at February 06, 2014 07:16 PM (cxs6V)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at February 06, 2014 07:16 PM (4Chvm)
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 06, 2014 07:16 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: NCwoof at February 06, 2014 07:17 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: John "Deeply Closeted" Boehner at February 06, 2014 07:17 PM (JQuNB)
Posted by: Ribald Conservative riding Orca at February 06, 2014 07:17 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: Stan at February 06, 2014 07:17 PM (WlWt+)
Posted by: GnuBreed at February 06, 2014 07:18 PM (cHZB7)
Posted by: fymnyst cut-loop [/i] [/b] at February 06, 2014 07:18 PM (cxs6V)
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EC showed up with some damn fine firearms. Bought a handgun on the way to the bar. Directed us to a brewhouse I had heard of, but hadn't been. Saw more pictures of his wife that he can't post here. (Okay, I made that up)
But most importantly, he told me what EC stands for.
I am sworn to secrecy.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 06, 2014 07:18 PM (4Mv1T)
She is so far out there, I do not know if she is ever coming back. Once you've convinced yourself that you are the center of a grand conspiracy, who can convince you elsewise?
Posted by: Kinley Ardal at February 06, 2014 07:18 PM (Y9x3L)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at February 06, 2014 07:19 PM (VuDcL)
Posted by: Eddie Baby at February 06, 2014 07:19 PM (QS2cP)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 06, 2014 07:19 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: mpfs at February 06, 2014 07:19 PM (tUTbV)
lol, I had no idea the 'FRED' played a lawyer on matlock.
I know, imma dork. It's background noise.
Posted by: Infidel at February 06, 2014 07:19 PM (6bvBO)
Posted by: Cato at February 06, 2014 07:19 PM (i+Vw2)
And now...given the choice between fire-rescue and police, I'll pick fire-rescue.
Cause if push comes to shove, I can shoot my own criminals.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 06, 2014 07:20 PM (yh0zB)
Yeah -- I know. #opportunityforall
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 06, 2014 11:16 PM (kdS6q) <<<
*hic*
This is not a hill to stand on. Largely because I'm to drunk to stand at all...*hic*
Posted by: John "My Race Is Oompa Loompa" Boehner at February 06, 2014 07:20 PM (R5Pm3)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 06, 2014 07:20 PM (TGgNi)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 06, 2014 07:20 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: K-Bob at February 06, 2014 07:20 PM (nboDK)
Posted by: Fox2! at February 06, 2014 07:20 PM (cHwSy)
Posted by: Sarahw with lees blood than is reccomeneded at February 06, 2014 07:20 PM (Lbv/k)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 06, 2014 07:21 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: --- at February 06, 2014 07:21 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 06, 2014 07:21 PM (04r5u)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 06, 2014 07:21 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: L, elle at February 06, 2014 07:21 PM (Cuj/g)
Posted by: GLAAD at February 06, 2014 07:22 PM (RTs7Y)
Posted by: Sarahw with lees blood than is reccomeneded at February 06, 2014 07:22 PM (Lbv/k)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 06, 2014 07:22 PM (DmNpO)
OH, and anger 'issues'.
Posted by: First Name, Last Name at February 06, 2014 07:22 PM (A2d4H)
Posted by: fymnyst cut-loop [/i] [/b] at February 06, 2014 07:22 PM (cxs6V)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 06, 2014 07:22 PM (aDwsi)
And:
SEC. 4302. UNDERSTANDING HEALTH DISPARITIES: DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS.
(1) IN GENERAL- The Secretary shall make the analyses described in (b) available to--
‘(A) the Office of Minority Health;
‘(B) the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities;
‘(C) the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality;
‘(I) other entities as determined appropriate by the Secretary.
Data is going straight to the "equality of outcome" race baiters.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 06, 2014 07:22 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Inspector Cussword at February 06, 2014 07:22 PM (FApZx)
Posted by: Ponch at February 06, 2014 07:22 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 06, 2014 07:22 PM (TGgNi)
Posted by: mpfs at February 06, 2014 07:23 PM (tUTbV)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 06, 2014 07:23 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: NCwoof at February 06, 2014 07:23 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 06, 2014 07:23 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 06, 2014 07:23 PM (04r5u)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at February 06, 2014 07:23 PM (VuDcL)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 06, 2014 07:23 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, Vermont at February 06, 2014 07:24 PM (UWbv/)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 06, 2014 07:24 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Cato at February 06, 2014 07:24 PM (i+Vw2)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 06, 2014 07:24 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 06, 2014 07:24 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at February 06, 2014 07:25 PM (Dwehj)
Did you log in on your Trash 80?
Otherwise, hypocrite.
Posted by: GnuBreed at February 06, 2014 07:25 PM (cHZB7)
CHP have a reputation for being royal pricks.
They are, I have been pulled over by then. Think Walking Tall with a uniform and a badge. Only with more attitude.
Posted by: Infidel at February 06, 2014 07:25 PM (6bvBO)
Posted by: --- at February 06, 2014 07:25 PM (MMC8r)
Lol. Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk
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And soft spoken. When he walked up to the shack at the range where we met, I had seen his picture before here at the HQ, and I was already there, so in TR fashion I sorta hollered out to him from 50 feet away.
EC is a scientist. He doesn't "holler".
Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 06, 2014 07:25 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 06, 2014 07:25 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Dendritic at February 06, 2014 07:26 PM (8Z8Vp)
And that's not all. Sander Levin and his brother Carl have been in Congress for at least an Ice Age or two.
And look how swell things are in Detroit!
Lucky they had the Levin and Dingell families around to look after them.
Posted by: K-Bob at February 06, 2014 07:26 PM (nboDK)
Is there some way I could now find out what tribe?
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 06, 2014 11:21 PM (DmNpO)
Just go with the flow. Don't ask too many questions.
Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at February 06, 2014 07:26 PM (3qZbZ)
I holler. Just ask anyone at the NoVaMoMee last year.Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 06, 2014 07:26 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: mpfs at February 06, 2014 07:26 PM (tUTbV)
and I hit refresh, and there you were.
I had an old shotgun buddy (he fired at double skeet from the hip!) who was in that. They say it was the longest single naval artillery duel in history. That was the covering force for troopships, and they never got where they were going, so it's got to be rated a little better than "inconclusive."
Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 06, 2014 07:27 PM (xq1UY)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 06, 2014 07:27 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: jeffrey pelt at February 06, 2014 07:27 PM (Jsiw/)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 06, 2014 07:27 PM (04r5u)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at February 06, 2014 07:27 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, Vermont at February 06, 2014 11:24 PM (UWbv/)
Salutes are a product of the kyriarchy, part of white male colonialist privilege used to oppress minorities and women, yadda yadda yadda. Anywho, I'm sure this makes you a traitor to the radfem cause. Turn in your Birkenstocks at the door.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 06, 2014 07:27 PM (R+XDI)
Lmao.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 06, 2014 11:08 PM (GEICT)
The sad thing is such legislation is needed, apparently.
And yes, a NC meetup would be divine, and I'll be sure to bring extra sauce for Mike Hammer, the h8r. I'll even make it Lexington Dip since apparently he can't handle the good stuff. 
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 06, 2014 07:28 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Commander Tomalak, of the Romulan Star Empire at February 06, 2014 07:28 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: Pavel Checkov at February 06, 2014 07:29 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Mr. Dave at February 06, 2014 07:29 PM (545zi)
http://www.ussgrunion.com/
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 06, 2014 07:29 PM (BzAbx)
You'd settle for a window curtain.
You'll get the Iron Curtain (cameras/surveillance peeping on you).
Posted by: Sochi Olympics at February 06, 2014 07:29 PM (R5Pm3)
And I believe I saw some M29C Weasels in the Kiska pics. I believe the Aleutian campaign was the first time those vehicles were used in action.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 06, 2014 07:29 PM (pFqpP)
Posted by: Bill Maher at February 06, 2014 07:29 PM (Aif/5)
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Great to hear your news, too!
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at February 06, 2014 07:30 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: Proud Kyriarch at February 06, 2014 07:30 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 06, 2014 07:30 PM (R+XDI)
Otherwise, hypocrite."
Posted by: GnuBreed at February 06, 2014 11:25 PM (cHZB7)
XP Box still goin' strong. Keep it fully updated with all the latest viruses and stuff.
Posted by: K-Bob at February 06, 2014 07:30 PM (nboDK)
Posted by: lindafell at February 06, 2014 07:30 PM (PGO8C)
Posted by: Carol at February 06, 2014 07:31 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: ndh's indian great, great-uncle at February 06, 2014 07:31 PM (LLfr9)
Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 06, 2014 07:31 PM (jRs7b)
Cool. Do they get degrees in Men's Studies?
Are they blubbering because there aren't enough male nurses and male kindergarten teachers?
Are they insisting that they should be hired by Hooters?Posted by: nerdygirl at February 06, 2014 07:31 PM (Qr7/Z)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at February 06, 2014 07:32 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: Lauren at February 06, 2014 07:33 PM (hFL/3)
Posted by: Thrawn at February 06, 2014 07:33 PM (WlWt+)
Posted by: mpfs at February 06, 2014 07:33 PM (tUTbV)
"a landing point and restocking way-station for the Japanese on their way to a much larger invasion of the American mainland"
Dunno about that. Not sure it's exactly clear why the Japs took that toe-hold in the Aleutians. Was part of the Midway operation (simultaneous), but it's too far north to be a "covering" operation for Midway.
One small bonus from it: an IJN pilot had to make an emergency landing, landed on a bright green "field" that of course in June in the Aleutians is actually deep dense wet muck, and killed hisself instantly when his Zero flipped over. We found it, brought it to San Diego, where it was repaired and Navy pilots flew/examined/tested it extensively, giving us the first direct insights into its structure and weaknesses (no self-sealing fuel lines/tanks, prop torque so high given the overall weight that it was sluggish turning left compared to right in a dive, couldn't dive as fast as a Wildcat). (Anna Puma, correct me here if I have erred)
Oh, and the I-805 in Chula Vista is "near Orange County" the way the JFK Bridge into Delaware is "near the Capital Beltway", i.e., it isn't. It's down near the "border" (always remember to use scare quotes on that one), the OC is about 75 miles north.
Posted by: non-purist at February 06, 2014 07:33 PM (afQnV)
Posted by: Pavel Checkov at February 06, 2014 07:33 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Iasonas at February 06, 2014 07:33 PM (FHNkr)
I am pleased.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 06, 2014 07:33 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 06, 2014 07:33 PM (R+XDI)
So what's a PIV?
Posted by: K-Bob at February 06, 2014 07:33 PM (nboDK)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 06, 2014 07:34 PM (dfYL9)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 06, 2014 07:34 PM (04r5u)
Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 06, 2014 07:34 PM (jRs7b)
Posted by: Carol at February 06, 2014 07:35 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 06, 2014 07:35 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: JEM at February 06, 2014 07:35 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 06, 2014 07:35 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 06, 2014 07:36 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: cm9000 at February 06, 2014 07:36 PM (3qZbZ)
Posted by: K-Bob at February 06, 2014 07:36 PM (nboDK)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at February 06, 2014 07:36 PM (VuDcL)
Posted by: Thrawn at February 06, 2014 07:37 PM (WlWt+)
218 That ethnicity questionnaire is unbelievable.
Unbelievable.
Balearic Islands?! Andalusian?!? They have all of these sub-ethnic groups of Spain (a white European country, BTW) but no Sicilian? No Italian? No Bulgarian? No Polish? No German? No Irish? No English?
Those ethnicities don't exist!
And no Klingon!
Posted by: Cato at February 06, 2014 07:37 PM (i+Vw2)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 06, 2014 07:37 PM (TGgNi)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 06, 2014 07:37 PM (R+XDI)
Posted by: Piers Morgan at February 06, 2014 07:38 PM (JQuNB)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at February 06, 2014 07:38 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at February 06, 2014 07:38 PM (VuDcL)
I have American Indian in me but when my grandfather told me about it as a child I just tuned him out. Is there some way I could now find out what tribe?
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse
Up front, those stories are almost allays incorrect, especially for people from Back East, however --
The three major DNA testing services, 23andMe, AncestryDNA and Family Tree DNA each have population tools that will, with reasonable accuracy, determine a minimum amount of Native American markers in your DNA. Population genetics is in rapid flux right now, so a maximum amount determination is iffy at this time.
Tribal affiliation can't be directly determined, there are essentially no official American Indian reference populations to compare against because of US laws and our goofy racial politics. But, if you have a high enough amount, you can make a rough cut determination between South of the Border NA, Western NA or Eastern NA. The higher the amount, the more you can zero in on possible tribal areas thru various means.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 06, 2014 07:38 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 06, 2014 07:38 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at February 06, 2014 07:38 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: fuktard at February 06, 2014 07:38 PM (RTs7Y)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 06, 2014 07:38 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 06, 2014 07:38 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: JEM at February 06, 2014 11:35 PM (o+SC1)
That's what I'm thinking. If I were the fire/rescue on scene, unless the CHP'r was in danger of dying he'd stay wrapped up in the wreckage for a while. Might just leave his ass for his buddies to rescue if it was a single vehicle.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 06, 2014 07:39 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 06, 2014 07:39 PM (04r5u)
Posted by: Carol at February 06, 2014 07:39 PM (z4WKX)
oops
...I mean, for "carry".
Was I projecting there, just a little?
Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 06, 2014 07:39 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Darth Randall at February 06, 2014 07:39 PM (KlVdw)
Now it seems to be about becoming as freaking abnormal as humanly possible, including becoming trans-human.
Posted by: K-Bob at February 06, 2014 07:40 PM (nboDK)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 06, 2014 07:40 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Chris M at February 06, 2014 07:41 PM (4lyMJ)
Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at February 06, 2014 07:41 PM (7DqGU)
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 06, 2014 07:41 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Dendritic at February 06, 2014 07:41 PM (8Z8Vp)
I think it was the 1990 census, last one I think I answered. In the section for race, I printed very neatly something like "This sort of question is best rendered in German or Afrikaans, and is of course inherently offensive to an American".
Would be grand if a social media campaign took off to get everyone to check "Inuit - Chuckchi Sea branch" or whatever is the most obscure group with a box on that form.
Is there any penalty for answering however we please? If not, then dammit let's show at least some humor and defiance as the country slips under the waves. I think a mass erroneous answer campaign would be the perfect middle finger to to racist authoritarian anti-American cretins who have taken over the society and government.
Posted by: non-purist at February 06, 2014 07:42 PM (afQnV)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 06, 2014 07:42 PM (04r5u)
Posted by: garrett at February 06, 2014 07:42 PM (0m2vl)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 06, 2014 07:42 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at February 06, 2014 07:42 PM (cxs6V)
***
So THAT'S what the side-by-side commodes are for!
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 06, 2014 11:25 PM (DmNpO)
I believe in-phase and out-of-phase are separate events.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 06, 2014 07:42 PM (pFqpP)
Keep your chin up and your eyes focused straight ahead, OK?
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at February 06, 2014 07:42 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: Chris M at February 06, 2014 11:41 PM (4lyMJ)
If he's actively engaged in saving someones life, you don't fuck with him. Period. I don't care how he's parked, if it's such a big f'n deal to you move the car yourself, don't be a douche.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 06, 2014 07:43 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: RWC at February 06, 2014 07:43 PM (9+w3c)
Posted by: I'm So Much Smarter Than You at February 06, 2014 07:43 PM (JQuNB)
here in Florida that would prevent any disciplinary action against
students who bite, tear or otherwise make any pastry or snack into a gun
shape. The language would also cover legos.
Lmao.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 06, 2014 11:08 PM (GEICT)
The sad thing is such legislation is needed, apparently.
And yes, a NC meetup would be divine, and I'll be sure to bring extra sauce for Mike Hammer, the h8r. I'll even make it Lexington Dip since apparently he can't handle the good stuff.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 06, 2014 11:28 PM (yh0zB) Hide posts from (yh0zB)
Hey, I liked Lexington BBQ......I've even got a bunch of the table sauces in my pantry.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 06, 2014 07:43 PM (T1005)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 06, 2014 07:44 PM (04r5u)
"Inconclusive" since neither side sank a major combatant.
The Japanese looked at the maps and saw the Aleutians as a sword poised at the Home Islands. What if B-17s and B-24s took off from there to strike Hokkaido was their thinking. And after Doolittle upset their sense of complacency, is it any wonder they thought that? So Operation MO was launched to take Attu and Kiska and thus deny the Americans possible airbases to attack the Home Islands.
Correct the A6M2 flipped and broke the pilot's neck. And like the TAIU in SWPA would find out at Eagle Farms, the Zero was not tough. It was maneuverable as all get out, but like the Spitfire it was not good in a dive. The Japanese had a mania about reducing the weight which combined with the concept of always attacking meant no armor plating. Hence it did not take a lot of hits to bring it down.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 06, 2014 07:44 PM (BzAbx)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 06, 2014 07:45 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 06, 2014 07:45 PM (R+XDI)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 06, 2014 07:45 PM (TGgNi)
What stories are almost always incorrect?
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse
The stories are so common that they're called the "Indian princess myth" in genetic genealogy circles. "Gramdma told us her Great Grandma was a full blooded Cherokee, and Grandma would never lie. Beside we have a picture of Great Grandma and she has straight black hair, high cheekbones and ruddy skin...." and so on.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 06, 2014 07:45 PM (kdS6q)
That seems just a tad delusional. Pretty sure that just because they're rubbernecking a car crash doesn't mean they want to be a part of it.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at February 06, 2014 07:45 PM (eHIJJ)
Posted by: Dendritic at February 06, 2014 11:26 PM (8Z8Vp)
Heh. The Conservative government in Canada shit-canned the mandatory long-form census (there were penalties if you got one and didn't fill it out completely), and made it elective. The Liberals and the left-wing press, BIRM, twisted themselves into knots spinning this as an anti-freedom action.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 06, 2014 07:45 PM (pFqpP)
So when my kid was born, there was a block to check on the birth certificate application. We were stunned. I started explaining the Indian bits (two strains), and the various Eurodetails, and the registrar (guess what "ethnicity") stopped me cold. "He black or not?" And that was that.
I don't really think that "mixed" does any good. A Certain Party is drooling for the day they can declare "white" a non-majority (you do know you'll never be a Minority, don't you?) and it's playing into their hands.
Funny how these things go. My mother was Ojibwa enough to enroll in the tribe if she'd wanted, and she hoped no one would find out.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 06, 2014 07:45 PM (xq1UY)
Posted by: RWC at February 06, 2014 07:46 PM (9+w3c)
The good news is that some decent doctors and treatments will still be here for a few more months before barack's turned us into Cuba.
Posted by: K-Bob at February 06, 2014 07:46 PM (nboDK)
Krebs, OK, I thought that was the name of the bridge from MD to DE on the 95. Used it many times, guess I have the name mixed up with another one. Anyway, that one.
Point stands, that Chula Juana, er, Vista is nowhere close to Orange County, and it's a bizarre geographical error to say it is.
Posted by: non-purist at February 06, 2014 07:46 PM (afQnV)
Posted by: Gem at February 06, 2014 07:46 PM (zw+pb)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 06, 2014 07:48 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Sheila Jackson Lee at February 06, 2014 07:48 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at February 06, 2014 07:49 PM (eHIJJ)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 06, 2014 11:43 PM (T1005)
Far be it from me to argue with an Elder God...but these Carolinians take their sauce seriously.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 06, 2014 07:49 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 06, 2014 07:49 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Carol at February 06, 2014 07:49 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: RWC at February 06, 2014 07:49 PM (9+w3c)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 06, 2014 07:49 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at February 06, 2014 07:50 PM (cxs6V)
Posted by: lindafell at February 06, 2014 07:51 PM (PGO8C)
Posted by: whatmeworry? at February 06, 2014 07:51 PM (dZGNV)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 06, 2014 07:51 PM (04r5u)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 06, 2014 07:51 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Teh Most Interesting Man at February 06, 2014 07:52 PM (dTh2r)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 06, 2014 07:52 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at February 06, 2014 07:52 PM (JQuNB)
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 06, 2014 07:52 PM (hTDbY)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at February 06, 2014 07:53 PM (cxs6V)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at February 06, 2014 07:53 PM (LLfr9)
Thanks, Anna. Wonder whatever happened to the Zero they had over at North Island (which was still sort of an island, then). Might be worth poking around the Navy historian's office to see if anyone knows.
I believe the last fully authentic A-6M flying resides about 100 miles north of North Island, at the Chino museum. Original Nakajima engine, last one of its kind.
Posted by: non-purist at February 06, 2014 07:53 PM (afQnV)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at February 06, 2014 07:54 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at February 06, 2014 07:54 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: Alana at February 06, 2014 07:54 PM (haOV6)
That's so they can continue to make the absurd claim that "whites" will be a minority before 2050.
Of course, they act like that's like, next Monday or something.
But "White" is not an ethnicity anymore than "Hispanic" is. People who think they have essentially "white" skin color will still be in a plurality well into the next century.
Besides, from K-Bob'c Codex, #3: Only leftists care about skin color
Posted by: K-Bob at February 06, 2014 07:54 PM (nboDK)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at February 06, 2014 07:54 PM (VuDcL)
Posted by: garrett at February 06, 2014 07:55 PM (0m2vl)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 06, 2014 11:45 PM (aDwsi)
Yes, in an off-beat sort of way.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 06, 2014 07:56 PM (pFqpP)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 06, 2014 07:56 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 06, 2014 07:57 PM (TGgNi)
If you came from Europe before the Ellis Island days, unless you were claiming membership in the aristocracy or there was a war on, the natives were just people. My mother's mother's people cam from France to the Maritimes in the 17th cent. and got busy intermarrying tout-de-suite. Just guv it up recently; they'd about run out of Indians.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 06, 2014 07:57 PM (xq1UY)
Posted by: Carol at February 06, 2014 07:57 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: garrett at February 06, 2014 07:57 PM (0m2vl)
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 06, 2014 07:58 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 06, 2014 07:58 PM (Qr7/Z)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 06, 2014 07:58 PM (04r5u)
Posted by: Mr. Dave at February 06, 2014 07:59 PM (NV66d)
Posted by: Carol at February 06, 2014 08:00 PM (z4WKX)
Lord, I just skimmed through the comments on that anti-PIV crazy womyn's blog. That is some serious insanity - all of these utterly crazy, miserable women (one wants all men to die because her brother was mean to her when they were little) reinforcing each other's insanity. And they're all congratulating the blogger on her "bravery" because the evil P people are going to come after her and kill her - 'cause she's huge threat to all with dangly bits.
Really, it stopped being funny for me. Those are some sick, sad, delusional nutjobs.
Posted by: Donna V. at February 06, 2014 08:00 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at February 06, 2014 08:00 PM (LLfr9)
Tom Servo - no surprise, completely believable. Unlike today, when any casualties are (understandably) a cause of distress, in those days training alone would generate numbers that now would be considered disastrous. And it's not so hard to understand how landing at Kiska as though it would be defended might generate casualties, given the environment.
Harrison Bergeron - I assume you are referring to the devastating impact of O-care re your coronary surgery decision??
Outrageous. If I weren't already long-since in a sort of numbed stupor from the degradation, idiocy, and dishonor of the country's majority and collapsed institutions, your story would raise MY blood pressure.
Posted by: non-purist at February 06, 2014 08:01 PM (afQnV)
Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 06, 2014 08:02 PM (jRs7b)
Posted by: Kennewick Man at February 06, 2014 08:02 PM (04r5u)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at February 06, 2014 08:02 PM (VuDcL)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at February 06, 2014 08:02 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 06, 2014 08:03 PM (04r5u)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 06, 2014 08:03 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: The Serious Hat at February 06, 2014 08:03 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: rickl at February 06, 2014 08:04 PM (sdi6R)
Looking at this web-site I get the feeling I should write a book on the TAIU.
http://www.ozatwar.com/usaaf/atiu.htm
Because once the Philippines were taken, TAIU moved to Clark. And had a grand old time with left over Japanese planes. Their Raiden, Allied code name Jack, was found abandoned on a boulevard in Manila. And then when Japan surrendered they moved there. Of the Philippine aircraft they examined, only one would survive until the 1960s - an IJA Oscar mounted on a pole at Clark.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 06, 2014 08:04 PM (BzAbx)
Posted by: Mister Blue at February 06, 2014 08:04 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at February 06, 2014 08:05 PM (cxs6V)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at February 06, 2014 08:05 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: Samuel Mother Effin' Jackson at February 06, 2014 08:05 PM (qYvEa)
Krebs, thanks, that's it. JFK was in there somewhere.
When I first hit the east coast many years ago, I was stunned and appalled by the tolls. Such a stupid way to finance roadways, I thought (and that was before I learned the unionized toll-both folks in some places made vast incomes). CA's still got few tolls, but has managed to almost destroy everything else it did right in the 50s and 60s. But hey in 124 years we'll have high-speed rail!! or something
Posted by: non-purist at February 06, 2014 08:05 PM (afQnV)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at February 06, 2014 08:05 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: RWC at February 06, 2014 08:06 PM (9+w3c)
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 06, 2014 08:06 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 06, 2014 08:06 PM (04r5u)
Posted by: Iasonas at February 06, 2014 08:06 PM (FHNkr)
Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at February 06, 2014 08:07 PM (JQuNB)
Posted by: gracepmc at February 06, 2014 08:07 PM (rznx3)
Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at February 06, 2014 11:52 PM (JQuNB)
HB, I'm in a similar boat, and having an innards-ectomy in two weeks for the same reason.
Posted by: Steck at February 06, 2014 08:07 PM (5i94q)
Posted by: Meremortal at February 06, 2014 08:07 PM (jTKU5)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 06, 2014 08:07 PM (04r5u)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 06, 2014 08:08 PM (R+XDI)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 06, 2014 08:08 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 06, 2014 08:09 PM (TGgNi)
That's a disturbing questionnaire. I haven't been to my doctor in a while, and I'm still under Mr. Black's co. insurance. But I expect it's coming.
And speaking of instusive forms, Jr. Black came in today with a permission slip for me to fill out, allowing him to take part in the SC "Communities That Care Youth Survey." I looked through this 12 page questionnaire that is supposed to be anonymous. The questions were amazing: After identifying themselves by age, RACE, gender, etc., it moves on to your grades. Pretty harmless. Then comes the barrage of question upon question about drug. Do you buy, do you use, if offered to you would you take it, specific drug use is asked; LSD, heroin, marajuana, oxycontin, a lots of others I'd never heard of. Huffing paint or glue. Lots of questions on alcohol use. When, where, how much, at school? What about your 4 closest friends? Do they do drugs or drink. How would you react to this situation (anger question to determine just how far you'd go), other questions about stealing if you could get away with it. Then......came the gun questions. Questions upon questions. Have you ever handled a gun, used a gun, carried one into school. Many questions related to handguns. Many questions to determine how angry you are.. I thought they were way out of bounds asking those personal questions. Their responsibility starts and ends with teaching my kid the 3 R's. This other stuff is not their business, unless there is a problem with a child that needs to be addressed with parents, counselor and the child in question. I signed Jr. note that, no, he will be opting out.
Posted by: Lady in Black, undler an Ambien influence, so don't hold my grammar accountable at February 06, 2014 08:09 PM (Oa7B2)
I blame the hackers at the Winter Ha><or-lympics
Posted by: K-Bob at February 06, 2014 08:09 PM (nboDK)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at February 06, 2014 08:09 PM (cxs6V)
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 06, 2014 08:10 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: RWC at February 06, 2014 08:10 PM (9+w3c)
Posted by: Carol at February 06, 2014 08:10 PM (z4WKX)
And now, in educational and government and every part of business they can get to, it's "their turn." Going to be a whole sick, sad world if it works out that way.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 06, 2014 08:11 PM (xq1UY)
Anna, whoa, thanks for that TAIU link - had not heard of them. Sounds like a fun part of the war, such as that is.
Speaking of WWII Pacific theater trivia for no good reason, the museum where I volunteer had two separate small groups of people visit in the last few weeks from New Caledonia. Pretty weird. They all said WWII history is a big deal there (as it obviously was the biggest thing to ever happen there), and that a small museum is opening this year. My oldest friend's father was an Army observation pilot who got a concussion on his first mission at Saipan and ended up spending most of the war doing paperwork in New Caledonia, a very pleasant assignment.
Posted by: non-purist at February 06, 2014 08:11 PM (afQnV)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at February 06, 2014 08:11 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at February 06, 2014 08:11 PM (cxs6V)
Posted by: The Farmer at February 06, 2014 08:11 PM (eBupg)
Posted by: RWC at February 06, 2014 08:12 PM (9+w3c)
Posted by: Adriane can be a Bowies Contender is she dressed a little more snappy ... at February 06, 2014 08:12 PM (qoKTg)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 06, 2014 08:12 PM (04r5u)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 06, 2014 08:12 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Dorcus Blimline at February 06, 2014 08:13 PM (iB0Q2)
Posted by: Lady in Black, undler an Ambien influence, so don't hold my grammar accountable at February 06, 2014 08:14 PM (Oa7B2)
Posted by: moron lifestyle at February 06, 2014 08:14 PM (F3rNE)
Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at February 06, 2014 08:15 PM (JQuNB)
Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 06, 2014 08:15 PM (jRs7b)
Pretty sure that's illegal."
Not for me, sucka!
Posted by: Barack al-Husseini Vissarionovich Obama at February 06, 2014 08:15 PM (nboDK)
Posted by: Adriane... at February 06, 2014 08:15 PM (qoKTg)
New Caledonia, truly a pleasant place to spend the war. Can I ask what museum they toured?
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 06, 2014 08:16 PM (BzAbx)
And I'm sure that has nothing to do with you not letting Junior fill-in the drugs use survey.
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at February 06, 2014 08:16 PM (LLfr9)
Posted by: Dorcus Blimline at February 07, 2014 12:13 AM (iB0Q2)
If you'd quit buying the Cheetos with your EBT card, you could be Dorcus Slimline, instead of Dorcus Blimpline.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 06, 2014 08:16 PM (pFqpP)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at February 06, 2014 08:16 PM (ojnk6)
Harrison, OK, now I'm furious again.
I know how it sounds. But somehow, I still cannot fucking believe what this country is doing to itself and its medical system.
Not a large, diverse country in the world with anything close to our medical quality and success (and almost no small rich countries, either). And some third-rate academic fascists and idiotic populist authoritarians are allowed to come in and simply dismantle it instead of fixing its (fairly easily solved) problems.
It's possible (barely?) that the catastrophe of O-care will be undone and some seriousness and sanity restored. What can never be restored is my respect for the country or its populace, and most importantly for its failed and degraded institutions.
Posted by: non-purist at February 06, 2014 08:16 PM (afQnV)
Posted by: RWC at February 06, 2014 08:17 PM (9+w3c)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at February 06, 2014 08:17 PM (cxs6V)
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Duly noted. I hope you put the screws to 'em. God knows how much they've gotten away with in the past because they had clients who weren't quite so prepared.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at February 06, 2014 08:17 PM (m0h0I)
>>> I have American Indian in me
According to a former coworker (full Sioux ) , the Cherokee tribe obviously had the most sex of any of the American Indians.
Whenever people say thay have indian in their bloodline - majority of the time it's said to be Cherokee.
Posted by: PMRich at February 06, 2014 08:17 PM (KDUNf)
Hell, you even manage to meet up with Californians....
Posted by: cthulhu at February 06, 2014 11:14 PM (T1005)
And y'all are awesome...I recommend you make your escape asap and offer y'all shelter for a short time in exchange for valurite and whatnot....
Posted by: NC Ref at February 06, 2014 08:17 PM (Myqtp)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at February 06, 2014 08:18 PM (HsTG8)
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 06, 2014 08:18 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 06, 2014 08:18 PM (BzAbx)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 06, 2014 08:18 PM (30eLQ)
Posted by: seamrog at February 06, 2014 08:18 PM (u+FIf)
Posted by: Misheard John and Yoko lyrics ... at February 06, 2014 08:18 PM (qoKTg)
Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at February 06, 2014 08:18 PM (JQuNB)
Posted by: TickledPink at February 06, 2014 08:19 PM (TZEUg)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 06, 2014 08:19 PM (04r5u)
Posted by: Dorcus Blimline at February 06, 2014 08:19 PM (iB0Q2)
what does that mean, in English?
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 07, 2014 12:10 AM (JMmQ9)
If you have to ask, you're not a potential client. Thank you and goodbye.
Posted by: Fluke U Services Inc at February 06, 2014 08:19 PM (Myqtp)
need paragraphs!
Dear Abby,
I was attacked by a wall of text on AOS....
==
I accept my penance. I didn't know it was so in need of paragraphs. I took a heavy sleeping pill. Not sleepy yet, but it sure is making my head not right. The words seem like they're floating.
Posted by: Lady in Black, undler an Ambien influence, so don't hold my grammar accountable at February 06, 2014 08:20 PM (Oa7B2)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 06, 2014 08:20 PM (yh0zB)
Anna, think it was an L-4, can check the LoC vets' interview I did with him. Actually his plane was taken under fire by our fleet when he passed over from the east to the western side of the island, he made a quick landing at an airfield already held by our side. But that night there was a gigantic ammo dump explosion (think this one is famous in its own right) - he was close enough in his cot to get a concusion. No more flying for him.
Actually prefer my anonymity to the point of preferring to share the museum name via email if you'd like (genyus at yahoo).
Posted by: non-purist at February 06, 2014 08:21 PM (afQnV)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 06, 2014 08:21 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Carol at February 06, 2014 08:22 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Reine70809 at February 06, 2014 08:22 PM (5JsCL)
Also, re: the Aleutians. Last time I was out there I took the military hop from Elmendorf to King Salmon to Dutch Harbor to Shemya. Thank heaven they stopped so often--not bathrooms on those planes. Ended up taking a little over 12 hours all told. And Shemya is no picnic either. They still string ropes from one building to the other, in case of "weather." And there is always weather. It rains up. The difference between the North Pacific and the Arctic Ocean is dramatic, weatherwise. But in the middle of the island is a big slab of concrete with a huge piece of rebar curved and set into it. It is the plug. So far, nobody had pulled it, but I doubt many would miss that island if it just sank.
Posted by: tcn at February 06, 2014 08:22 PM (fwcEs)
Posted by: K-Bob at February 06, 2014 08:22 PM (nboDK)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at February 06, 2014 08:22 PM (WdbF7)
Posted by: The Political Hat at February 06, 2014 08:22 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 06, 2014 08:22 PM (04r5u)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at February 06, 2014 08:22 PM (cxs6V)
Posted by: nerdygirl at February 06, 2014 08:23 PM (Qr7/Z)
seconding this 24 hour rule invocation
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 06, 2014 08:24 PM (30eLQ)
Posted by: Editors of Crack Whore Magazine at February 06, 2014 08:24 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at February 06, 2014 08:24 PM (JQuNB)
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 06, 2014 08:25 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at February 06, 2014 08:25 PM (m0h0I)
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Well, it would justify that WOT I dumped upthread. But no, I haven't even been asleep yet. Just under the influence of the mighty 5mcg Ambien. It does a number on me once I take it. It can make me feel strangely high. Cloudy thinking.
Posted by: Lady in Black, undler an Ambien influence, so don't hold my grammar accountable at February 06, 2014 08:26 PM (Oa7B2)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 06, 2014 08:26 PM (30eLQ)
Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 06, 2014 08:26 PM (jRs7b)
Posted by: Y-not at February 06, 2014 08:26 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: The Political Hat at February 06, 2014 08:27 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 06, 2014 08:27 PM (04r5u)
The worst thing you can possibly do is try to pernoonce it correctly from the spelling, though.
Just mumble "something, something, the Shire" and glare at they person next to you till they figure out what you want.
Posted by: K-Bob at February 06, 2014 08:27 PM (nboDK)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at February 06, 2014 08:28 PM (cxs6V)
Posted by: Adriane the Giver! at February 06, 2014 08:28 PM (qoKTg)
Posted by: JEM at February 06, 2014 08:28 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at February 06, 2014 08:28 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: A Professional at February 06, 2014 08:28 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: rickl at February 06, 2014 08:29 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 06, 2014 08:29 PM (04r5u)
Salopians (from Shropshire) pronounce it "Lea And Perrinz".
Posted by: boulder terlit old-salopian at February 06, 2014 08:30 PM (30eLQ)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 06, 2014 08:30 PM (dfYL9)
Posted by: JEM at February 06, 2014 08:30 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at February 06, 2014 08:30 PM (LLfr9)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at February 06, 2014 08:30 PM (cxs6V)
The Akutan Zero has it's own Wiki page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akutan_Zero
But the Japanese Zero pilot on his dates might be correct. The IJN stayed on Tokyo time, even as far east as Midway. And Midway adds its own complication since that area straddles the International Date Line.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 06, 2014 08:31 PM (BzAbx)
The worst thing you can possibly do is try to pernoonce it correctly from the spelling, though.
Just mumble "something, something, the Shire" and glare at they person next to you till they figure out what you want.
Posted by: K-Bob at February 07, 2014 12:27 AM (nboDK) Hide posts from (nboDK)
When I was on my very first trip to Europe, I walked up to the check-in desk for our hotel in London, pulled a slip of paper out, and asked, "how do you pronounce this?" That was the word on the paper.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 06, 2014 08:31 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at February 06, 2014 08:32 PM (JQuNB)
Posted by: K-Bob at February 06, 2014 08:32 PM (nboDK)
Posted by: The Political Hat at February 07, 2014 12:22 AM (AymDN)
The innards-ectomy was a piece of cake.
The pre-innards-ectomy flush was da shitzus. Literally.
No one will laugh at you if you vasaline the TP ....
Posted by: Adriane the Giver! at February 07, 2014 12:28 AM (qoKTg)
TPH, HB, thank you. Actually, I'm perversely looking forward to it.
Adriane, it's girl stuff coming out, not rectal stuff (though who knows what's needed for prep work.)
Posted by: Steck at February 06, 2014 08:32 PM (5i94q)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 06, 2014 08:34 PM (04r5u)
Posted by: rickl at February 06, 2014 08:35 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 06, 2014 11:26 PM (GEICT)
indeed.
evening morons.
congratulations to Baldy and Sarahw above on those health issues.
Posted by: rich@gmu at February 06, 2014 08:36 PM (ga+7c)
Posted by: RWC at February 06, 2014 08:38 PM (9+w3c)
I won't be seeing doctors under any circumstance, but I wish you're effort well.
For my part, I will no longer donate blood. As I live in a county overrun with democrats it was mostly being wasted anyway.
Posted by: Methos at February 06, 2014 08:38 PM (hO9ad)
Last time I axxed for it I called it "Woostersheer".
See, now I slow-smoke my steak over apple wood chips or hickory. I also jab a fork in 'em a few times and splash Mrs. Braggs Liquid Aminos over them about ten minutes before sticking them on the barbie.
Lately I use Tony's extra spice as the seasoning.
You just don't need no steenkin' "sauce" on one a' them steaks.
Posted by: K-Bob at February 06, 2014 08:38 PM (nboDK)
And 'shire' is 'shur'.
So it's 'worster-shur', close enough.
Posted by: JEM at February 07, 2014 12:30 AM (o+SC1)
Not a Brit, but I have broken bread with them. It's not "worster", it's "wooster", with the double-O having the same sound as it does in "wood".
So if you ask for "woostershur sauce", you'd be close.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 06, 2014 08:38 PM (pFqpP)
Posted by: RWC at February 06, 2014 08:40 PM (9+w3c)
Posted by: gracepmc at February 06, 2014 08:40 PM (rznx3)
Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at February 06, 2014 08:41 PM (JQuNB)
I can about see Jay Leno pulling that off. Good lead-in to RedEye, too.
Leno must be the first guy since Brezhnev to retire because he wanted to spend more time with his car collection. Having seen a little of it, I believe him.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 06, 2014 08:42 PM (xq1UY)
Worcestershire can be properly pronounced a few ways: "WUST-ter-shire, "WOOS-ter-sheer", or "WOOS-ter-sher" sauce. But the easiest way to say Worcestershire Sauce is Lea & Perrins®.
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at February 06, 2014 08:42 PM (LLfr9)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 07, 2014 12:31 AM (T1005)
Bwwaaahhhh. How did they react? Better yet, did they react? Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 07, 2014 12:34 AM (04r5u) Hide posts from (04r5u)
They looked at me a bit oddly, but the English are usually quite polite. Then they said it. There's actually a whole lot of those -- Leicester Square in London is pronounced "Lester".
Posted by: cthulhu at February 06, 2014 08:43 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 06, 2014 08:43 PM (ZPrif)
I shall now return to my duties.
Thanks for the hang, 'roons! And the good ONT, Maet.
I'll be around.
Shambling commences ...now
Posted by: K-Bob at February 06, 2014 08:43 PM (nboDK)
Posted by: non-purist at February 06, 2014 08:44 PM (afQnV)
http://is.gd/HyQaQI
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at February 06, 2014 08:47 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: Reine70809 at February 06, 2014 08:47 PM (5JsCL)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at February 06, 2014 08:47 PM (ojnk6)
Didn't he destroy his leg about a month ago? The other guy practiced a knee parry for the rematch because the kicks were so annoying, which dissuaded his sparring partners from throwing them, but in the actual match lead to Silva's leg being shattered. I was under the impression he might not walk again, much less fight.
Posted by: Methos at February 06, 2014 08:49 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: The Commenting Hat at February 06, 2014 08:50 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at February 06, 2014 08:51 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at February 06, 2014 08:53 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 06, 2014 08:53 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Socrateae at February 06, 2014 08:54 PM (1jViy)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at February 06, 2014 08:54 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: rickl at February 06, 2014 08:55 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 06, 2014 08:55 PM (BzAbx)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at February 06, 2014 08:55 PM (04r5u)
Posted by: andycanuck at February 07, 2014 12:42 AM (LLfr9)
There was an old lady from Worcester, Who bought herself a new rooster. She dropped half a crown, And when she bent down, The rooster, the bugger, he goosed her.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 06, 2014 08:56 PM (pFqpP)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at February 06, 2014 08:57 PM (ojnk6)
Hah. Nice. Maybe one of my ironworker grandsires forged a sword for him
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at February 06, 2014 08:57 PM (30eLQ)
Posted by: The Dude at February 06, 2014 08:57 PM (bStrg)
Posted by: The Political Hat at February 06, 2014 08:57 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at February 07, 2014 12:54 AM (m0h0I) Hide posts from (m0h0I)
The many varieties of pizza are evidence that variety is a good thing in and of itself.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 06, 2014 08:57 PM (T1005)
Posted by: garrett at February 06, 2014 08:57 PM (0m2vl)
Posted by: The Other Political Hat at February 06, 2014 08:58 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: Piercello at February 06, 2014 08:58 PM (jJ97i)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at February 06, 2014 08:59 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at February 06, 2014 09:00 PM (JQuNB)
Posted by: garrett at February 06, 2014 09:00 PM (0m2vl)
Posted by: The Dude at February 07, 2014 12:57 AM (bStrg) Hide posts from (bStrg)
Dammit! I already have too many tees!
Posted by: cthulhu at February 06, 2014 09:01 PM (T1005)
Temps dropping. Low expected of 25F. So another night with the four furry minions staking out bed space and away from me. Assuming they don't knock over the garbage can four times also.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 06, 2014 09:04 PM (BzAbx)
Posted by: Piercello at February 07, 2014 12:58 AM (jJ97i)
that was kind but sorry about the car. where are you driving to?
Posted by: rich@gmu at February 06, 2014 09:05 PM (ga+7c)
Why, it's almost Friedmanesque, isn't it?
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@ 482 [garrett] -- Smooth. Why would anyone want a crunchy sandwich?
Actually, I usually only eat crunchy peanut butter on toast -- which is awesome.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at February 06, 2014 09:06 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at February 06, 2014 09:06 PM (HubSo)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at February 06, 2014 09:06 PM (ojnk6)
"Yes, except when I leave the toilet seat up."
(but I don't believe legally we patients are required to answer.)
The owning-a-weapon crap should be met with a stony silence, a nonsensical answer ("Yes, a stone hand ax") or a claim of Fifth Amendment rights--let them refuse to give people medical treatment then.
And, of course, be sure to follow up by jeering at your doctor that he's let himself become a pawn, a factotum, of the state.
Watch them squirm in shame.
Meanwhile, I've just spent a few minutes on Genealogy.com locating my Tatar ancestor from the 14th century. "Mixed race", baby!!!
Posted by: Half Polish Guy at February 06, 2014 09:07 PM (BYZzw)
Posted by: Piercello at February 06, 2014 09:07 PM (jJ97i)
Posted by: garrett at February 06, 2014 09:08 PM (0m2vl)
Don't answer!
Posted by: Half Polish Guy at February 06, 2014 09:09 PM (BYZzw)
Posted by: Dendritic at February 06, 2014 09:09 PM (8Z8Vp)
If it's late at night when traffic is low and the threat from chemically altered drivers is highest, my sympathies lie with the FD guys. I have to admit I had a very scary moment Tuesday in the late morning while stone cold sober. I was headed east on the 210 to get to a job site and allowed myself to get distracted for a moment. Ahead was an accident that left one car sideways across the left-most lane. I was going about 75 and had to react fairly quick to avoid smashing into that already smashed car. Fortunately there was nothing in the lane to my right.
Fact is, my wandering attention could have had really serious consequences if I'd been distracted just a second longer. In broad daylight and sober. So if the fire department is coming to a wreck at 2 AM, let them block some lanes for a while to keep them safe.
Posted by: Epobirs at February 06, 2014 09:10 PM (bPxS6)
Posted by: BignJames at February 06, 2014 09:10 PM (j7iSn)
Posted by: Piercello at February 07, 2014 01:07 AM (jJ97i)
safe travels and keep warm. SD burrrrrrr.
Posted by: rich@gmu at February 06, 2014 09:11 PM (ga+7c)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at February 06, 2014 09:13 PM (4Chvm)
Posted by: garrett at February 06, 2014 09:13 PM (0m2vl)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at February 06, 2014 09:15 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: garrett at February 07, 2014 01:13 AM (0m2vl)
if you're gonna do bacon, do it right with some super thick applewood smoked bacon
Posted by: The Dude at February 06, 2014 09:15 PM (bStrg)
First, whoever asked what happened to the Aleutian Zero- it got wiped out in a ground accident in 1945. Somebody ran it over and chopped the shit out of it with a Curtiss Helldiver, and some parts of it are left. By that point it wasn't a huge deal any longer. There are actually a fair number of surviving Zeros- some of the late-war Japanese fighters like the Tony are completely extinct.
As for the Aleutian campaign- Tully and Paschall's book "Shattered Sword" totally changed my thinking on the Aleutian campaign. Yamamoto didn't want a distraction- he wanted the American carrier force concentrated somewhere where he could destroy it. It was supposed to be Tsushima Straits all over again, with the USN standing in for the Imperial Russians like we had when they'd reenacted Port Arthur at Pearl Harbor. It happened too close to the planned invasion of Midway to be a diversion- it was an irrelevancy, an "expedient land grab" as those two put it.
Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, Vermont at February 06, 2014 09:16 PM (UWbv/)
Posted by: The Gastronomic Hat at February 06, 2014 09:16 PM (AymDN)
-- like crunch/smooth peanut butter.
Now that's a low blow. Everybody knows that they only make smooth PB so you can make cookies out of that stuff.
Posted by: PMRich at February 06, 2014 09:17 PM (KDUNf)
Posted by: rickl at February 06, 2014 09:18 PM (sdi6R)
Why aren't there individual check boxes for English, Scottish, Irish, French, Belgian, German, Polish, Bulgarian, Russian, Scandi, Nigerian, Kenyan, Ghanan, Burundi, and so on and so on and so on, ad nauseam?
Posted by: rickl
I knew this Armenian girl who used to complain* about not being being able to get Affirmative Action preference because she wasn't considered a minority, but Caucasian.
To which I pointed out, you can't get much more Caucasian than someone from -- you know -- the actual Caucasus.
Went over about as well as you'd expect.
*endlessly, about everything
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at February 06, 2014 09:18 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: garrett at February 06, 2014 09:18 PM (0m2vl)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at February 06, 2014 09:18 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Madaline Albright at February 06, 2014 09:18 PM (AymDN)
http://youtu.be/ZCUXQivaHII
Maybe this explains a certain person's fungus phobia.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 06, 2014 09:18 PM (BzAbx)
o.O
*facepalm*
I certainly hope this movie gets better...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 06, 2014 09:19 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Dendritic at February 06, 2014 09:20 PM (8Z8Vp)
Posted by: PMRich at February 07, 2014 01:17 AM (KDUNf)
Old Home's honey peanut butter is fucking awesome
Posted by: The Dude at February 06, 2014 09:21 PM (bStrg)
Posted by: Adriane, currently sock free, but wearing pants ... at February 06, 2014 09:21 PM (qoKTg)
Posted by: Ranba Ral at February 06, 2014 09:21 PM (G99e4)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at February 06, 2014 09:22 PM (ojnk6)
MARY!!! I'm shocked, SHOCKED that you would cheerlead for such martial imperialism!
Posted by: cthulhu at February 06, 2014 09:22 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 06, 2014 09:22 PM (dfYL9)
Posted by: The Political Hat at February 06, 2014 09:22 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: garrett at February 06, 2014 09:23 PM (0m2vl)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 06, 2014 09:23 PM (xq1UY)
There are a lot of burger chains that started there.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 06, 2014 09:25 PM (T1005)
Posted by: rickl at February 06, 2014 09:26 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: The Dude at February 06, 2014 09:27 PM (bStrg)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 06, 2014 09:27 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at February 06, 2014 09:28 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Adriane is easily confused ... at February 06, 2014 09:29 PM (qoKTg)
Posted by: Dendritic at February 06, 2014 09:30 PM (8Z8Vp)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 07, 2014 01:23 AM (xq1UY)
No they were not, tonnage be damned. There is exactly one type of ship that can project power (superior to) the way battleships could, and they surely are not destroyers.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 06, 2014 09:30 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: The Political Hat at February 06, 2014 09:31 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at February 06, 2014 09:31 PM (ojnk6)
Pretty well-regarded. It's a religious duty for them.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 06, 2014 09:31 PM (T1005)
You need to get the water out of them and infuse them with some flavor. Posted by: garrett at February 07, 2014 01:23 AM (0m2vl) Hide posts from (0m2vl)
I could see that -- thrown on raw and cooked on the pie is disgusting.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 06, 2014 09:32 PM (T1005)
Posted by: The Political Hat at February 07, 2014 01:31 AM (AymDN)
though there is quite a few in the midwest, it's a Wisconsin thing. They make butter burgers which are awesome when eaten in the first 10 minutes of it being made
Posted by: The Dude at February 06, 2014 09:33 PM (bStrg)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 06, 2014 09:34 PM (BzAbx)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at February 06, 2014 09:35 PM (cxs6V)
Posted by: Bill H at February 06, 2014 09:35 PM (3sZO1)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 06, 2014 09:36 PM (dfYL9)
Posted by: Erik Estrada at February 06, 2014 09:37 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: RickZ at February 06, 2014 09:37 PM (qX6KH)
523 I'm completely ignorant of such an abundance and i wish I wasn't 'cuz I live here.
I don't get the overwhelming orgasms people have over five guys and in n out. I panfry better burgers
Posted by: MAx at February 06, 2014 09:37 PM (b7yum)
Posted by: The Dude at February 06, 2014 09:37 PM (bStrg)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 06, 2014 09:37 PM (DmNpO)
If USS George Washington is not refuelled in 2015, the days of power projection just might be over for the US Navy.
US Navy is already saddled with two white elephant classes - Zumwalt and LCS. Luckily they stopped the Zs at three hulls and a cost of about $1.5 billion each. The LCS they are pushing ahead to build 32 of those sitting ducks.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 06, 2014 09:37 PM (BzAbx)
The question goes to one of a number of what are known in the polling business as "ameliorated issues". The direct question referred to here is relevant to the issue of 'perception of racial identity', and that's it.
And that's also as far as the insurance industry wants to go any more. When insurers could use preexisting complaints, conditions, diseases and disorders in dealing with individual applicants and claimants, the questions in this area tended to be far more detailed, because the answers had real, practical meaning to insurers.
But now, no more: now, relationships between genetic background and types and frequencies of patients, complaints, conditions, diseases and disorders are left entirely to the direct care giver, the doctors, nurses and medical experts -- as they should be, and at the level where it actually matters.
I'm not saying the main posters on this website are in the business of deliberate misinformation, but this sure looks like it. Posted by: Deshroomius Bandersnatch at February 07, 2014 01:33 AM (w45V0) Hide posts from (w45V0)
If you believe two words of that, you haven't been paying attention. The entire reason for mandating electronic medical records is so that the government can mine 'em for partisan purposes
Posted by: cthulhu at February 06, 2014 09:38 PM (T1005)
Kids now days, I swear. If it's not on their corner, it never existed.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 06, 2014 09:38 PM (xq1UY)
Posted by: Erik Estrada at February 06, 2014 09:38 PM (AymDN)
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Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 07, 2014 01:37 AM (BzAbx)
I saw a post over at CDR Salamander's place that said they may be possibly considering the idea that perhaps the whole LCS idea was maybe not quite what they precisely needed...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 06, 2014 09:40 PM (yh0zB)
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About 10 years ago I was digging around on the net and found the genealogy research of a French guy who had traced my family up to my great-grandfather. I dug around for a few days and the records went all the way back to some surprising folks. I reached out to him repeatedly and not only would he not respond, he shut off access to his file. Now, I'm on the LDS site and finding essentially the same history, and it's making me feel like a fucking loser. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 07, 2014 01:37 AM (DmNpO) Hide posts from (DmNpO)
I'm sorry, NDH. Why would you feel like a loser?
Posted by: cthulhu at February 06, 2014 09:41 PM (T1005)
I would keep getting away with it too, if not for Pixy and this stupid fucking hash system.
I used to only post as Mary from my work computer and do all my other posts from home, but then the contract went on hold. And resetting the router every time I want to say something out of character is such a pain in the ass.
Why do you guys think Mary hates the "reich-wing war criminals" at Norwich so much? That's where I got my master's (military history)- I'm just putting in a plug for the alma mater.
Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, Vermont at February 06, 2014 09:43 PM (UWbv/)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 06, 2014 09:43 PM (R+XDI)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子~です at February 07, 2014 01:39 AM (AymDN)
though no one brought the first game over, hope someone brings this one over
Posted by: The Dude at February 06, 2014 09:43 PM (bStrg)
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Posted by: 政治的な帽子~です at February 06, 2014 09:44 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: Auntie M at February 06, 2014 09:45 PM (AIC5Z)
I would keep getting away with it too, if not for Pixy and this stupid fucking hash system.
I used to only post as Mary from my work computer and do all my other posts from home, but then the contract went on hold. And resetting the router every time I want to say something out of character is such a pain in the ass.
Why do you guys think Mary hates the "reich-wing war criminals" at Norwich so much? That's where I got my master's (military history)- I'm just putting in a plug for the alma mater.
Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, Vermont at February 07, 2014 01:43 AM (UWbv/) Hide posts from (UWbv/)
Why didn't you just use an anonymizer?
Posted by: cthulhu at February 06, 2014 09:45 PM (T1005)
That is what needs to be built and in large numbers, say 50 to 80. Put a 5in forward, CIWS, 4 Harpoons, SH-60, at least three .50cals, 4 ASW torpedo tubes, two or more squads of Marines, and a RIB. A small ship of death that can go close inshore and raise a ruckus or ruin a sub's day.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 06, 2014 09:46 PM (BzAbx)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子~です at February 07, 2014 01:44 AM (AymDN)
I know that (I sadly own a copy) but I was thinking Yandere Hell was a sequel but apparently I am wrong
Posted by: The Dude at February 06, 2014 09:48 PM (bStrg)
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Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, Vermont at February 06, 2014 09:49 PM (UWbv/)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at February 06, 2014 09:49 PM (ojnk6)
and intermediate range missiles."
Negative. Our current surface ship heavy power protection is done by dumb bombs and precision guided munitions dropped from attack aircraft. The projection of power...which was the main purpose of the battleship...is done by carriers now. That's why a carrier's airwing is referred to as it's main battery. Why waste a million dollar missile when a thousand dollar bomb will do the trick?
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 06, 2014 09:49 PM (yh0zB)
Anyway, quoting a paper I did for 530 at Norwich:
Kido Butai would be understrength for the attack.CarDiv5, Shokaku and Zuikaku, had returned from their detachment for the attempted invasion of Port Moresby, New Guinea. They also had to fight the Battle of Coral Sea while absent, dueling two American carriers they had not expected to find. Shokaku was heavily damaged, and Zuikaku was undamaged but had taken heavy losses to her air group. Shokaku went into drydock and Zuikaku was anchored until replacement planes and pilots were available.
The Americans had suffered at Coral Sea as well. The logistical response to their losses illustrates the philosophical differences between the American and Japanese navies. Lexington had been sunk, and Yorktown heavily damaged, her air wing mauled. LexingtonÂ’s surviving aircraft had landed on Yorktown, which limped to Pearl Harbor for repairs. Forty-eight hours after she entered the drydock, she steamed back out, still damaged but now functional. The air group was mostly borrowed from the Saratoga which was not yet back from a West Coast refitting period, and was reinforced by what was left of her own and LexingtonÂ’s.
Using YorktownÂ’s example as an ideal in how to
reconstitute a damaged carrier, Zuikaku
could have been given ShokakuÂ’s air
group and joined Kido Butai for the
Midway campaign, reclaiming Japanese numerical superiority. But the American
notion of the carrier air group as a separate unit from the ship itself that
could be rotated or replaced as needs demanded did not exist in the IJN. Pilots
were another member of the shipÂ’s crew like signalmen or mechanics.
Posted by: SGT Dan at February 06, 2014 09:51 PM (UWbv/)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 06, 2014 09:51 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 06, 2014 09:52 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Bill H at February 06, 2014 09:52 PM (3sZO1)
Aaaaaaaggggghhhh!!!! DON'T QUOTE THE PAPER!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: cthulhu at February 06, 2014 09:53 PM (T1005)
Posted by: JEM at February 06, 2014 09:53 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at February 06, 2014 09:53 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: The Honorable Senator Adriane Warren... at February 06, 2014 09:55 PM (qoKTg)
Posted by: The Santa Hat at February 06, 2014 09:55 PM (AymDN)
I could have probably phrased that better, but I was referring specifically to ship launched munitions, like you would get out of a dreadnaught and the train of thought on why those lighter ships are often considered to be "filling the role" (long range, heavy firepower, at least in theory). Also thus the quotation marks on "filling the role".
I would argue that the battleship role really ceased to exist with the creation of the aircraft carrier and its use in WWII. It just took an entire war to convince everyone.
Posted by: Ranba Ral at February 06, 2014 09:55 PM (G99e4)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at February 06, 2014 09:56 PM (ojnk6)
By the end of WWII most of our BBs were basically floating AA islands.
Posted by: JEM at February 07, 2014 01:53 AM (o+SC1)
that's just wrong...accurate, but wrong...but yeah, a carrier battle group is a force to be reckoned with. And a carrier is not as fragile as you may expect, yeah it's a big fat floating target, but we learned a lot about survivability and damage control during WW2.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 06, 2014 09:57 PM (yh0zB)
Of course Clancy did explore what happens when you have 96 SAMs and 140+ inbounds...it gets embarrassing.
Posted by: SGT Dan at February 06, 2014 09:58 PM (UWbv/)
That left the SB2Us and SBDs completely undefended when they found the First Air Fleet. They paid accordingly. Ditto with the 4 22d Med Bomb Gp B-26A Maruaders trying to play torpedo bomber. Then the sad fate of VT-8 Detached of 6 TBF-1 Avengers. No fighter cover, only one made it back to Midway. The B-17s with their high altitude bombing hit nothing.
So for actual results, Midway was a negative on the US side. On the Japanese side with Tomonaga reporting the runway was still useable and First Air Fleet steering all over the ocean due to these attacks, it affected Nagumo and his staff to launch his second wave at Midway.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 06, 2014 09:58 PM (BzAbx)
Posted by: Sharkman at February 06, 2014 10:00 PM (8+xjO)
There is something a real battleship can do that no other vessel can: take a direct hit from a torpedo and still float. Once you're talking about "close-in littoral combat," like for instance anything within sight of a coast, the high technology of one-inch aluminum wears a little thin. Electric submarines are very quiet if they never go far enough from port to need recharging. Mines and rubber boats are cheap.
We gave up on bomb shelters because no one could imagine one that could withstand a hundred-kiloton blast. So we just decided to die. Surface ships went that way: if there's a missile out there that can take you out regardless of armor, why even bother trying to withstand conventional torpedoes and mines?
Turns out the Strait of Hormuz is shaped a lot like the Skagerrak.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 06, 2014 10:00 PM (xq1UY)
Posted by: SGT Dan at February 06, 2014 10:01 PM (UWbv/)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 07, 2014 01:58 AM (BzAbx)
Japanese air power was all but destroyed at Midway. I wouldn't call that a negative on the US side.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 06, 2014 10:02 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: rich@gmu at February 06, 2014 10:02 PM (ga+7c)
Posted by: JEM at February 06, 2014 10:03 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: Fox2! at February 06, 2014 10:04 PM (cHwSy)
ahem...
Posted by: USS Saratoga (CV-3) at February 06, 2014 10:04 PM (yh0zB)
#592, I was there for a week for a grad school residency and graduation week. Everything else had been pain via Internet.
And very good point regarding armor in littorals- if I want to fight inshore I want something armored up like a Civil War river ironclad, not a beer-can LCS.
Posted by: SGT Dan at February 06, 2014 10:04 PM (UWbv/)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 06, 2014 10:05 PM (R+XDI)
Posted by: Sharkman at February 06, 2014 10:05 PM (8+xjO)
Long term, the Solomon Islands and New Guinea campaigns were the graveyard for both IJN and IJA air power. Japan just kept pouring in pilots and never rotating any out unless wounded. So, besides the four fighter groups held in Japan and what was in the CBI, the cream of Japanese pilots died in those fetid jungles.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 06, 2014 10:05 PM (BzAbx)
Posted by: JEM at February 06, 2014 10:05 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 06, 2014 10:06 PM (R+XDI)
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Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 06, 2014 10:07 PM (R+XDI)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at February 06, 2014 10:08 PM (ojnk6)
And she pulled into Pearl Harbor after those repairs the day the Battle of Midway ended. IIRC they took the time during those repairs to pull her 8in barbettes off the flight deck.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 06, 2014 10:08 PM (BzAbx)
Posted by: The Political Hat at February 06, 2014 10:09 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at February 06, 2014 10:11 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at February 07, 2014 02:11 AM (AymDN)
looks like an almost 1:1 of the first OAV
Posted by: The Dude at February 06, 2014 10:12 PM (bStrg)
CV-4 Ranger was purpose built as a carrier but less than 15,000 tons. She stayed in the Atlantic for all of WWII.
CV-5 Yorktown and CV-6 Enterprise were sister ships of about 20,000 tons. Built from the keel up as carriers.
CV-7 USS Wasp used up the last of the Treaty tonnage for carriers so was only 14,700 tons.
CV-8 was laid down as a modified Yorktown class to cover the gap before USS Essex CV-9 was launched. Commissioned October 1941. Hornet violated the Treaty tonnage limit. She would be sunk on Oct 26th, 1942 at the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 06, 2014 10:13 PM (BzAbx)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at February 06, 2014 10:14 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: lou's a girl at February 06, 2014 10:15 PM (VgMBx)
Ranger (CV-4) was the first keel-up American carrier build, but she was small and weird and spent the whole war in the Atlantic.
Yorktown (5), Enterprise (6), and Hornet (
were sisters. Only the Enterprise made it, and in what I consider a national disgrace was scrapped in 1960. Wasp (7) was a smaller sister built to use up the last of the allotted Washington Naval Treaty carrier tonnage. Too small to take a hit, she was in the Atlantic at first, pulled to the Pacific post-Midway, and was lost in '42.
After that it was an assembly line of Essex-class carriers.
Posted by: SGT Dan at February 06, 2014 10:15 PM (UWbv/)
The ghost of Billy Mitchell lives on. Unless there is some nervous genius working wonderful anti-missile feats in a basement room in the Joshua Humphrey Building, the carrier is going to be obsolete as soon as the Chinese have their own GPS galaxy. I'm not sleeping well over ASW either.
When the Spanish had their bad day at Santiago, at least someone in Spain noticed. Here, maybe, not so much.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 06, 2014 10:15 PM (xq1UY)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at February 07, 2014 02:06 AM (R+XDI)
Ranger was the first to be built as a carrier, Saratoga was a converted battlecruiser, Big E was a Yorktown class carrier. Lady Lex was also a converted battlecruiser.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 06, 2014 10:15 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at February 06, 2014 10:16 PM (dfYL9)
Hi, lou's!!!
Posted by: cthulhu at February 06, 2014 10:17 PM (T1005)
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Happens to me all the time. And, yes -- I always do.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at February 06, 2014 10:17 PM (m0h0I)
(FWIW, Forrestal was originally designed as a straight deck, Saratoga was designed as an angle deck, but the plans were changed just before the keel was laid and Forrestal came out first.)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 06, 2014 10:19 PM (yh0zB)
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G'night, Mary!
Posted by: cthulhu at February 06, 2014 10:20 PM (T1005)
Oh well, I comment not so much anymore!
Thanks for saying hi
Posted by: lou's a girl at February 06, 2014 10:20 PM (VgMBx)
She was transferred to the Pacific to compensate for the loss of Lexington and Yorktown. It was after the start of Operation Watchtower, the invasion of Guadalcanal, that USS Wasp was struck by Long Lance torpedoes while carrying out refueling of her air group. So *boom* she went down quick.
As opposed to Enterprise's half-sister Hornet at Santa Cruz. Not only had she taken hits from Japanese air attacks plus one enemy plane crashing into her. She was still afloat and was being fixed when Japanese forces got too close. So US DDs were ordered to sink her. They tried, Hornet refused to sink even with torpedo hits. Then the DDs were chased off by the Japanese who tried to take Hornet in tow. When that proved impossible, they finally gave the tough ship the coupe de grace and she finally sank.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 06, 2014 10:22 PM (BzAbx)
On the bigger carriers, yeah.
Most of the smaller carriers, like the Independence-class were laid down as Cleveland class light cruisers and converted before they got to the superstructure construction stage. Grandpa said Cowpens (CVL-25) (he was one of the signalman) took a pounding a couple of times, though nothing compared to the bigger carriers.
Posted by: Ranba Ral at February 06, 2014 10:22 PM (G99e4)
I live in Castaic and my employer offices are on Del Mar in Pasadena, though the job site was in El Monte that day, which meant exiting on Rosemead and heading down to Valley Blvd.
I guess I was about two-thirds of the way to Pasadena.
Posted by: Epobirs at February 06, 2014 10:23 PM (bPxS6)
(FWIW, Forrestal was originally designed as a straight deck, Saratoga was designed as an angle deck, but the plans were changed just before the keel was laid and Forrestal came out first.)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 07, 2014 02:19 AM (yh0zB) Hide posts from (yh0zB)
The BH and I visited the USS Midway during our November SoCal trip. It was quite impressive.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 06, 2014 10:24 PM (T1005)
And am a bit drunkPosted by: lou's a girl at February 06, 2014 10:25 PM (VgMBx)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 06, 2014 10:26 PM (BzAbx)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at February 06, 2014 10:26 PM (m0h0I)
I live in Castaic and my employer offices are on Del Mar in Pasadena, though the job site was in El Monte that day, which meant exiting on Rosemead and heading down to Valley Blvd.
I guess I was about two-thirds of the way to Pasadena.
Posted by: Epobirs at February 07, 2014 02:23 AM (bPxS6) Hide posts from (bPxS6)
Near Tujunga? I spent a summer there with a college gf.
BTW, do you have a good suggestion for an anonymizer for 'Mary'?
Posted by: cthulhu at February 06, 2014 10:28 PM (T1005)
Posted by: lou's a girl at February 06, 2014 10:28 PM (VgMBx)
And am a bit drunk Posted by: lou's a girl at February 07, 2014 02:25 AM (VgMBx) Hide posts from (VgMBx)
Congrats!!!! ....and it's nice to hear about the job, too!
Posted by: cthulhu at February 06, 2014 10:29 PM (T1005)
So it's time I "ring off." Got to let those fiber-optics untense.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 06, 2014 10:30 PM (xq1UY)
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Not only did I hear the news -- I saw the picture! And, of course, immediately thought......"I don't have one of those........" She's a beaut! Got the twang?
Posted by: cthulhu at February 06, 2014 10:31 PM (T1005)
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I thought it was supposed to be a smallish carrier.....or is she a smallish carrier that carries a metric buttload of planes?
Posted by: cthulhu at February 06, 2014 10:32 PM (T1005)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at February 06, 2014 10:32 PM (m0h0I)
My knowledge of such things is purely hypothetical. I've never had occasion to actually one to use.
Posted by: Epobirs at February 06, 2014 10:32 PM (bPxS6)
My knowledge of such things is purely hypothetical. I've never had occasion to actually one to use.
Posted by: Epobirs at February 07, 2014 02:32 AM (bPxS6) Hide posts from (bPxS6)
Hmmm....Merovign might know. I know they're out there (and figure none of them work against the NSA, Russians, or Chinese), but was thinking that one could probably handle Pixy's hash dealie.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 06, 2014 10:35 PM (T1005)
Her lower hull design was lifted from a never-produced super dreadnaught called the Montana-class
Posted by: Ranba Ral at February 06, 2014 10:36 PM (G99e4)
Once I get my Orange combo amp (hopefully this upcoming week), it should be a piece of cake. Right now, all I have is a little Behringer.
And, to be honest, I've mostly been overdriving it. Can't help myself; there's still a little wannabe metal god inside of me.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at February 06, 2014 10:36 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: lou's a girl at February 06, 2014 10:38 PM (VgMBx)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at February 06, 2014 10:38 PM (TK34O)
When compared to a Nimitz class at 82,000 tons it is. Midway class started out at 40,000 tons. Essex class was 27,000 tons.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 06, 2014 10:40 PM (BzAbx)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at February 06, 2014 10:41 PM (TK34O)
Posted by: Epobirs at February 06, 2014 10:42 PM (bPxS6)
Her lower hull design was lifted from a never-produced super dreadnaught called the Montana-class
Posted by: Ranba Ral at February 07, 2014 02:36 AM (G99e4) Hide posts from (G99e4)
OK, that makes sense -- 1943, largest ship, new designation "Battle Carrier"....fast forward seventy years.....not the largest, small for current carriers.
Very impressive. The BH has sort of a NYC lefty upbringing buried in her that usually has her shy away from "militarism", even though she supports our troops.....but after a couple of hours onboard, she was ready to belt out a few verses of "We're gonna kick the Kaiser...." and throw a big hug on all the veteran volunteers who staff the place.
*Yeah, I know, wrong war....
Posted by: cthulhu at February 06, 2014 10:45 PM (T1005)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at February 06, 2014 10:46 PM (TK34O)
And everybody knows everybody & everybody who gets to work for this really small town knows someone.
And so on a lark I applied for a job, not thinking anything would come if it, and surprise surprise they called me for an interview.
So I went & interviewed and it was like crazy inquisition interview for the job I applied for, and didnt go well.
Came home, told hubby no way in hell I get job.
Fuck me running, I got it!
Posted by: lou's a girl at February 07, 2014 02:38 AM (VgMBx) Hide posts from (VgMBx)
That's great, lou's! You don't even have to put up with a commute from hell!
Posted by: cthulhu at February 06, 2014 10:47 PM (T1005)
When compared to a Nimitz class at 82,000 tons it is. Midway class started out at 40,000 tons. Essex class was 27,000 tons.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 07, 2014 02:40 AM (BzAbx) Hide posts from (BzAbx)
And....numbers.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 06, 2014 10:49 PM (T1005)
Posted by: lou's a girl at February 06, 2014 10:50 PM (VgMBx)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at February 06, 2014 10:50 PM (TK34O)
Answer to your last ? to me on yesterday's ont
Some cutting fluids contain additives that are blended to work best only with certain metals or alloys.
Some shouldn't be used at all for very close tolerance work.
Can cause over cutting, chips scratching the finish or the chips not being chipped off correctly for the metal/alloy finish.
There's also heat to be considered and the tool that's being used and at what speed.
For most work it's not critical just match the type of fluid to the metal/alloy.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 06, 2014 10:51 PM (LSDdO)
And gotta say. I came home after the interview, and prayed and said whatever happens is for a reason.
And I got the job, so that's that! Posted by: lou's a girl at February 07, 2014 02:50 AM (VgMBx) Hide posts from (VgMBx)
When do you start? What are the hours?
Posted by: cthulhu at February 06, 2014 10:53 PM (T1005)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at February 06, 2014 10:53 PM (TK34O)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 06, 2014 10:55 PM (BzAbx)
wtf
Posted by: The Dude at February 07, 2014 02:47 AM (bStrg)
It would be impossible for me to care less.
Unpossible even.
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at February 07, 2014 02:50 AM (TK34O)
The parade of inferior nations is the best part!
Aside from the faceplant highlights, I mean.
Posted by: Methos at February 06, 2014 10:56 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 06, 2014 10:57 PM (BzAbx)
>>> NBC isn't even going to stream the opening ceremony live
I grew up without TV, until the parents got one just to watch the '76 Olympics. They would show almost entire competitions back then
Now I won't watch the Olympics because they never show enough of the actual competition.
It's all personal interest stories about the various athletes and you get lucky if they show more than 3 competitors.
It's not like we have a couple hundred channels available to spread out the viewing opportunities.
Posted by: PMRich at February 06, 2014 10:57 PM (KDUNf)
It would be as if a bunch of white folks got together and called themselves
THE WHITE PEOPLE
Somehow, I think someone would have something to say about that.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 06, 2014 10:57 PM (LSDdO)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at February 06, 2014 10:58 PM (TK34O)
Posted by: Ranba Ral at February 06, 2014 10:58 PM (G99e4)
Posted by: BignJames at February 06, 2014 10:59 PM (j7iSn)
Answer to your last ? to me on yesterday's ont
Some cutting fluids contain additives that are blended to work best only with certain metals or alloys.
Some shouldn't be used at all for very close tolerance work.
Can cause over cutting, chips scratching the finish or the chips not being chipped off correctly for the metal/alloy finish.
There's also heat to be considered and the tool that's being used and at what speed.
For most work it's not critical just match the type of fluid to the metal/alloy. Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 07, 2014 02:51 AM (LSDdO) Hide posts from (LSDdO)
So it's like one of those phase change diagrams (like this one -- http://tinyurl.com/mo95s7d -- and, no there's nothing particularly significant about that one)? You could spend a long time doing a lot of things without ever encountering the yellow zone, and if you spend most of your time doing normal-ish things you might never get out of the pink?
Posted by: cthulhu at February 06, 2014 11:00 PM (T1005)
Posted by: PMRich at February 07, 2014 02:57 AM (KDUNf)
it's why nowadays the Olympics are awesome as say CBC who streams anything and everything during the games. Just need a VPN
Posted by: The Dude at February 06, 2014 11:01 PM (bStrg)
Posted by: lou's a girl at February 06, 2014 11:02 PM (VgMBx)
Posted by: Methos at February 07, 2014 02:57 AM (hO9ad) Hide posts from (hO9ad)
The real tradition is to make sure everyone's having a good time distracted by other interests....then zip in and steal Teh Nubmer!
Congrats.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 06, 2014 11:02 PM (T1005)
Gonna go night night. God bless Cthulhu & damn dirty & y'all's.
be Happy! Posted by: lou's a girl at February 07, 2014 03:02 AM (VgMBx) Hide posts from (VgMBx)
Happy for you, lou's! Nighty-night.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 06, 2014 11:04 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 06, 2014 11:05 PM (BzAbx)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at February 06, 2014 11:06 PM (TK34O)
OH. Wait.
PIXY
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 06, 2014 11:08 PM (LSDdO)
OH. Wait.
PIXY
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 07, 2014 03:08 AM (LSDdO) Hide posts from (LSDdO)
It's a really cool add-on that Merovign gave me. I just got it and quashed one the other day. Lemme find the post.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 06, 2014 11:09 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Ranba Ral at February 06, 2014 11:09 PM (G99e4)
Posted by: fastfreefall at February 06, 2014 11:10 PM (v2JGC)
Tool overheated, Part became discolored and I had the sh!t scared out of me.
Luckily it was just tooling for a fixture and not critical or costly.
I had smoke I had a screeching tool and the part looked really weird.
Apparently it has certain chemical additives/acids that help keep aluminum from clogging the tool when used at the correct speeds and on ALUMINUM.
So I learned not to just throw any old lubricant into the mix.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 06, 2014 11:12 PM (LSDdO)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at February 06, 2014 11:12 PM (TK34O)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 06, 2014 11:12 PM (T1005)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at February 06, 2014 11:12 PM (m0h0I)
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Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 07, 2014 03:14 AM (LSDdO)
lets you block people by hashes
Posted by: The Dude at February 06, 2014 11:15 PM (bStrg)
Tool overheated, Part became discolored and I had the sh!t scared out of me.
Luckily it was just tooling for a fixture and not critical or costly.
I had smoke I had a screeching tool and the part looked really weird.
Apparently it has certain chemical additives/acids that help keep aluminum from clogging the tool when used at the correct speeds and on ALUMINUM.
So I learned not to just throw any old lubricant into the mix.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 07, 2014 03:12 AM (LSDdO) Hide posts from (LSDdO)
Ah.....I (currently) expect to be mainly working with aluminum, brass, plastic, wood, and polymer clay (don't ask). Would you characterize this as something I could put off learning about until I think of steel?
Posted by: cthulhu at February 06, 2014 11:16 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 07, 2014 03:14 AM (LSDdO)
lets you block people by hashes
Posted by: The Dude at February 07, 2014 03:15 AM (bStrg) Hide posts from (bStrg)
Yeah -- the guy was being a jerk across several threads and *poof*. Now if he shows up again -- even with a different name -- I won't be reading it.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 06, 2014 11:18 PM (T1005)
Don't want to, mind you, but really need to.
So, off I go. Later roonz and roonettez, fear no evil!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at February 06, 2014 11:23 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 06, 2014 11:25 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at February 06, 2014 11:27 PM (qyfb5)
For the last mission of Yamato, A Glorious Way to Die is a good read.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 06, 2014 11:32 PM (BzAbx)
Brass and aluminum are soft and normal lubricants work for them ok.
We had this stuff as a specialized coolant/lubricant for some other job.
I think it was for an automatic tapping machine.
Just read up about any lubricants you use. That may be something the Machinists Handbook might cover.
I kind of enjoy it when someone goes all weird and talking smack.
I get to let my inner demon out. (I'm a pushover in person but it's good to talk sh!t to someone now and then. Gets the testosterone flowing.)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 06, 2014 11:34 PM (LSDdO)
Posted by: The Dude at February 06, 2014 11:36 PM (bStrg)
I won't use Steam and I won't buy eBooks.
I'm retro baby.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 06, 2014 11:37 PM (LSDdO)
Posted by: The Dude at February 06, 2014 11:42 PM (bStrg)
For no reason I can understand, whenever I see a post from Yankeefifth, I read it as Yankeefilth. Some odd brain artifact.
Posted by: Epobirs at February 06, 2014 11:43 PM (bPxS6)
Posted by: Jean at February 06, 2014 11:43 PM (4JkHl)
Posted by: Epobirs at February 06, 2014 11:45 PM (bPxS6)
Posted by: Jean at February 06, 2014 11:51 PM (4JkHl)
Brass and aluminum are soft and normal lubricants work for them ok.
We had this stuff as a specialized coolant/lubricant for some other job.
I think it was for an automatic tapping machine.
Just read up about any lubricants you use. That may be something the Machinists Handbook might cover.
I kind of enjoy it when someone goes all weird and talking smack.
I get to let my inner demon out. (I'm a pushover in person but it's good to talk sh!t to someone now and then. Gets the testosterone flowing.)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 07, 2014 03:34 AM (LSDdO) Hide posts from (LSDdO)
Here's the thing -- I'm not a machinist and, at 51, probably never will be.....but I'm not a contractor and have remodeled a kitchen, I'm not a programmer and have designed an internal audit application (that the BH coded), I'm not an athlete but have been to places that roads don't go, I'm not a landscape architect but laid out the hardscaping in our garden.
So I'm looking at machining as a way to let me do kewl things, rather than a rigorous discipline. There are constraints -- a whole lot of machining can go horribly wrong and start throwing things about with wild abandon.....but I'm not interested in learning too much. When I want to do something new, I'll learn something new (and I'd like to know where the gateways are), but my muse may never lead me to do something more technical than a dovetail joint in metal.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 06, 2014 11:52 PM (T1005)
For no reason I can understand, whenever I see a post from Yankeefifth, I read it as Yankeefilth. Some odd brain artifact.
Posted by: Epobirs at February 07, 2014 03:43 AM (bPxS6) Hide posts from (bPxS6)
Heh.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 06, 2014 11:54 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 07, 2014 12:22 AM (BzAbx)
Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 07, 2014 12:22 AM (jRs7b)
Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 07, 2014 04:22 AM (jRs7b)
nope. still here, 'til the sunrise.
most everyone else has me on ignore.
Posted by: rich@gmu at February 07, 2014 12:27 AM (ga+7c)
Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 07, 2014 12:28 AM (jRs7b)
http://tinyurl.com/k2r4xl2
Posted by: Jean at February 07, 2014 12:33 AM (4JkHl)
Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 07, 2014 12:34 AM (jRs7b)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 07, 2014 12:38 AM (BzAbx)
Is everyone gone? Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 07, 2014 04:22 AM (jRs7b) Hide posts from (jRs7b)
Oh, shit -- I was just putting together a stunt for your morning.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 07, 2014 12:41 AM (T1005)
Posted by: rich@gmu at February 07, 2014 12:41 AM (ga+7c)
Posted by: rich@gmu at February 07, 2014 12:42 AM (ga+7c)
Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 07, 2014 12:43 AM (jRs7b)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 07, 2014 04:41 AM (T1005)
oooh glad I'm around for the entertainment.
Posted by: rich@gmu at February 07, 2014 12:44 AM (ga+7c)
Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 07, 2014 12:50 AM (jRs7b)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 07, 2014 12:51 AM (BzAbx)
>>>I tried to eat, drink and sleep off a bad mood<<<
sorry to hear that. maybe I can come up with some dirty limericks...
Posted by: rich@gmu at February 07, 2014 12:53 AM (ga+7c)
_______
I'm not too sure how I feel about it. I tried to eat, drink and sleep off a bad mood (not necessarily in that order).
Should I be afraid, cth? Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 07, 2014 04:50 AM (jRs7b) Hide posts from (jRs7b)
email.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 07, 2014 12:57 AM (T1005)
oh and the dirty limerick...
there once was a girl
from gmu I took on a date
found out too late her food fetish
it didn't work
yes it was weird
Posted by: rich@gmu at February 07, 2014 01:07 AM (ga+7c)
Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 07, 2014 01:12 AM (jRs7b)
________
I think everyone should have a little friend. no cats for me, but whatever works...
I really want to get up and go make coffee right now, but I have a min-pin curled up and sleeping on me. He's halfway in my t-shirt, and I can't bear to make him up. Plus, he's really warm! Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 07, 2014 05:12 AM (jRs7b) Hide posts from (jRs7b)
I haven't had a little furry friend of my own for about 30 years....since I figured out that I was allergic. The state of the art, at the time, involved massive doses of antihistamines or repeated injections for subcutaneous allergen immunotherapy. I'd like to think my options are better now.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 07, 2014 01:20 AM (T1005)
Did I see earlier that you're a Virginian?
Anna, after your name - (+SmuD)
SO Close to SMOD. Posted by: shredded chi
Family has been here since at least 1720, so Virginian. It pisses the liberals off.
Posted by: Jean at February 07, 2014 01:22 AM (4JkHl)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at February 07, 2014 01:23 AM (H24g2)
Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 07, 2014 01:29 AM (jRs7b)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 07, 2014 05:20 AM (T1005) Hide posts from (T1005)
I should also like to note that I'm extremely phobic about being punctured, to the point where I'll have dental crowns done without anesthesia -- I find the actual pain to be less than my reaction to an injection -- in fact, I'm having a crown replaced next Tuesday, wish me luck. Allergy shots would be a bit of a stretch.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 07, 2014 01:31 AM (T1005)
We got our first pet in many years just after Thanksgiving. Kitten from local shelter. Forgot just how entertaining the little critters can be.
Cth - totally understand that needle phobia. I tell everyone that 'if was supposed to be inside me, I would be able to eat or drink it'
Posted by: PMRich at February 07, 2014 01:53 AM (KDUNf)
Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 07, 2014 01:56 AM (jRs7b)
So now everyone is showing the video of the substation shooting incident.
Don't they realize that people that were too stupid to think of something like this watch the news on occasion? This has now become a tutorial on 'how to knockout the power grid'
Posted by: PMRich at February 07, 2014 01:58 AM (KDUNf)
The family homestead is near Lexington, they just made it a historic site a few years back. We're scattered on a line from Lexington VA to Lexington KY, look for properties without plumbing and a faint whiff of cooking corn mash. I'm in Falls Church, feels like Mars.
Posted by: Jean at February 07, 2014 01:59 AM (4JkHl)
Don't they realize that people that were too stupid to think of something like this watch the news on occasion? This has now become a tutorial on 'how to knockout the power grid' Posted by: PMRich
Are you sure thats' a feature not a bug. It happens a few times - OMG crisis - money flows into DHS to save us from these cruel bastards who would deny us television.
Posted by: Jean at February 07, 2014 02:01 AM (4JkHl)
Posted by: Handsome Hansen at February 07, 2014 02:06 AM (VMscK)
What always (or at least since the terrorists won) got me is that they are so lightly protected, are placed in unsecure locations and the critical items aren't individually protected.
I suppose now I've triggered an InstaWatch™ alert at the local NSA monitoring facility.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 07, 2014 02:13 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 07, 2014 02:14 AM (jRs7b)
Posted by: panzernashorn at February 07, 2014 02:16 AM (MhA4j)
9/11 couldn't have happened without the refusal of the airlines to reinforce the cockpit doors and change their hijack protocols EVEN THOUGH THEY'D BEEN WARNED.
Also airport security was under the direction of FAA AND the Airlines themselves.
They FAILED MISERABLY, yet we paid/pay the price.
Now the Utilities are the target. They have for years used insecure infrastructure, including things that can be hacked, and ignored warnings to beef up their security. But they can't be bothered.
Every widespread black out could've been localized had the utilities done a better job.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 07, 2014 02:18 AM (LSDdO)
I’ve been reading your blog for several weeks now, and I have found here so much in the way of validation and (good, clearly written) explication concerning how women are groomed into heterosexuality and abusive relationships. And about the psychological and emotional pain that causes–especially when we’re only partially, dimly awake to it.
Her parents must be proud...or terrified!
Posted by: boned to the bone at February 07, 2014 02:20 AM (Ph479)
Yeah. As an electrician, I knew how to take out a transformer, but I don't like the world knowing that all you have to do is go after the cooling lines.
Jean,
NoVa is certainly a different planet compared to the beauty of Lexington. I've spent plenty of time in your neck of the woods, and no offense, but I hated it. hopefully, you get to make it home regularly. Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 07, 2014 06:14 AM (jRs7b) Hide posts from (jRs7b)
The silliest thing about the whole shebang is that it involves hitting about 1 square inch at a significant distance -- and if they shrouded stations in something opaque, the chance of such a shot would instantly become insignificant.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 07, 2014 02:21 AM (T1005)
I've always felt like an OTHER.
I'm an OTHER from an other M other.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 07, 2014 02:22 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 07, 2014 02:24 AM (LSDdO)
We're already PAYING for them whether we have one or not where I am. (it's like a dollar a month)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 07, 2014 02:26 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 07, 2014 02:27 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 07, 2014 02:27 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 07, 2014 02:40 AM (jRs7b)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Lone Wolf Lunatic) at February 07, 2014 06:27 AM (LSDdO)
still here. some coffee before the drive home.
Posted by: rich@gmu at February 07, 2014 02:41 AM (ga+7c)
It's gonna be big! BIG!, with rap and drum circles, and SWAT hooooAH!.
Posted by: Somulent Sam at February 07, 2014 02:41 AM (VMscK)
Posted by: Empire1 at February 07, 2014 02:43 AM (s48Gy)
Posted by: Baldy at February 07, 2014 02:44 AM (2bql3)
Posted by: panzernashorn at February 07, 2014 02:46 AM (MhA4j)
>>>Posted by: Empire1 at February 07, 2014 06:43 AM (s48Gy)<<<
start at wordpress...go from there. good luck with the new site.
Posted by: rich@gmu at February 07, 2014 02:47 AM (ga+7c)
Posted by: shredded chi - cereal killer at February 07, 2014 02:48 AM (jRs7b)
Posted by: Empire1 at February 07, 2014 02:53 AM (s48Gy)
Posted by: Lester at February 07, 2014 04:10 AM (2UPXV)
Posted by: Mrs Compton at February 07, 2014 04:33 AM (LxcRK)
Someone pass this to Rush. She needs 20,000,000 hits to let her know how popular her ideas are.
Posted by: Anon at February 07, 2014 04:41 AM (PQ3tU)
Posted by: Jim_B at February 07, 2014 04:44 AM (XIF5o)
Here's something EVERONE can agree on-- PIV=Rape radical feminists should go fuk themselves.
Posted by: dirks strewn at February 07, 2014 04:48 AM (kfcYC)
Posted by: E.F. Taylor at February 07, 2014 04:56 AM (mzCga)
Okay, then what's with the victimization crap about men reading and commenting on her blog. She wishes to express her feelings, especially the negative ones regarding men, but desires no feedback from men, aka bitching session. It's as if she feels that reading her blog is somehow ogling at her mind in a rape-y sort of way! It is beyond my comprehension.
Posted by: boned to the bone at February 07, 2014 07:05 AM (Ph479)
Posted by: E.F. Taylor at February 07, 2014 07:15 AM (mzCga)
I did not do it. I refused two more requests to fill it out and then I retired. But it's coming everywhere. The bureaucracy will enforce quotas one day. They will fire white people or Republicans or whatever the hell they feel like. It's oppression, straight up.
It's time for some people to step aside, as one Obama appointee put it.
Posted by: PJ at February 07, 2014 07:23 AM (ZWaLo)
"Men created money to put women in poverty and suffering and keep women dependent on men but I know an upper middle class woman who has a husband who is a control freak and she shares a bank account with him and has to ask for any little amount of money out of it despite that she works."
I'm impressed that she actually knows a married woman, pretty tolerant of her I know. Feel free to discuss... and roll on the floor laughing at the total lack of reasoning ability feminist activists display.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at February 07, 2014 07:25 AM (c1eTK)
Posted by: Comanche Voter at February 07, 2014 09:37 AM (wdHk6)
Thank God I was drinking water as it made cleaning my laptop that much easier. Quoting the Garland Green character in Con Air, and swapping out the gender pronouns:
"She's a font of misplaced rage. Name your cliché; Mother held her too much or not enough, last picked at kickball, late night sneaky uncle, whatever. Now she's so angry moments of levity actually cause her pain; gives her headaches. Happiness, for that woman, hurts."
Posted by: boned to the bone at February 07, 2014 09:42 AM (Ph479)
I had to stop reading the comments. It reminded me of a NPR Book Review program where they interviewed an author who's an abortionist. Without exception, every caller(had an abortion) was simultaneously praising the doctor and sobbing uncontrollably. The event had a profound effect on their lives. It was probably one of the most disturbing shows I'd ever witnessed on television.
Posted by: boned to the bone at February 07, 2014 09:58 AM (Ph479)
Posted by: I'd rather be surfin at February 08, 2014 05:01 AM (mYt+J)
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