April 03, 2012
— Maetenloch
Due to unforeseen circumstances tonight's ONT will be teh suck minimal. So instead we're having a movie night.
Tonight's feature presentation is Idiocracy - a under-rated 2006 movie from Mike Judge that's a moron favorite. While it's labeled a comedy, it's more accurately described as a comedic pre-documentary of our coming future.
Private Joe Bauers, the definition of "average American", is selected by the Pentagon to be the guinea pig for a top-secret hibernation program. Forgotten, he awakes 500 years in the future. He discovers a society so incredibly dumbed-down that he's easily the most intelligent person alive.
So What Does It Feel Like To Be Stupid?
I had an arterial problem for a couple of years, which reduced blood supply to my heart and brain and depleted B vitamins from my nerves (to keep the heart in good repair). Although there is some vagueness as to the mechanisms, this made me forgetful, slow, and easily overwhelmed. In short, I felt like I was stupid compared to what I was used to, and I was.It was frightening at first because I knew something wasn't right but didn't know what, and very worrying for my career because I was simply not very good any more.
However, once I got used to it and resigned myself, it was great. Even though I knew I had a worrying illness, I was happy as a pig in mud.
And there's more of that retarded fag talk from this moron.
The Yahoo AoSHQ group. You know the way.
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Posted by: USS Diversity at April 03, 2012 04:31 PM (vpe0k)
Your premature ONT confuses and frightens me.
Posted by: fluffy at April 03, 2012 04:31 PM (4pSIn)
Posted by: Jimbo at April 03, 2012 04:31 PM (O3R/2)
Posted by: steevy at April 03, 2012 04:32 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: Comrade Arthur at April 03, 2012 04:32 PM (d9lOz)
Posted by: Lord Monochromicorn at April 03, 2012 04:32 PM (6IwWE)
Posted by: House of Representin' at April 03, 2012 04:32 PM (zyaZ1)
Posted by: NC Ref at April 03, 2012 04:33 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: DC in Towson at April 03, 2012 04:33 PM (I/cLr)
"He told me to lead follow of get out of the way. So I got out of the way."
(one of the best lines in the movie).
Posted by: Jimmah at April 03, 2012 04:35 PM (UpwlP)
Posted by: steevy at April 03, 2012 04:35 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 04:36 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Joe Biden at April 03, 2012 04:36 PM (6TB1Z)
Posted by: DC in Towson at April 03, 2012 04:36 PM (I/cLr)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at April 03, 2012 04:37 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: USS Diversity at April 03, 2012 04:37 PM (vpe0k)
Posted by: DC in Towson at April 03, 2012 04:37 PM (I/cLr)
Posted by: no good deed at April 03, 2012 04:38 PM (mjR67)
Posted by: steevy at April 03, 2012 04:38 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 03, 2012 04:38 PM (Af3Wg)
I propose that only real (as in real estate) property owners be given the right to vote.
How about this? If you swear to "faithfully uphold and defend the Constitution" and a jury of 12 finds that you didn't, we take you out and hang you.
Posted by: Jimbo at April 03, 2012 04:39 PM (O3R/2)
Posted by: no good deed at April 03, 2012 04:40 PM (mjR67)
Posted by: CoolCzech at April 03, 2012 04:40 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 03, 2012 04:41 PM (Af3Wg)
I propose that only real (as in real estate) property owners be given the right to vote.
How about this? If you swear to "faithfully uphold and defend the Constitution" and a jury of 12 finds that you didn't, we take you out and hang you.
Posted by: Jimbo at April 03, 2012 08:39 PM (O3R/2)
"Interstate commerce must have two parties in different states."
Posted by: cthulhu at April 03, 2012 04:41 PM (kaalw)
Then think...half the population is even dumber...
Posted by: Brother Cavil, in Cylon hell at April 03, 2012 04:41 PM (Fs7RJ)
Posted by: Clubber Lang at April 03, 2012 04:42 PM (ZPrif)
I have only ever been in a bar a handful of times, though. And I didn't stay long!Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 04:42 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: mama winger at April 03, 2012 04:43 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at April 03, 2012 04:43 PM (nXrrW)
Posted by: Jimbo at April 03, 2012 04:44 PM (O3R/2)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 03, 2012 04:44 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at April 03, 2012 04:45 PM (UR5vq)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at April 03, 2012 04:45 PM (nXrrW)
Posted by: CoolCzech at April 03, 2012 04:45 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: DC in Towson at April 03, 2012 08:43 PM (I/cLr)
Well......I am, for one. I just got back from taking my car into the shop, so I thought I'd check the internet to see if anything was happening without me.....and, lo! There's an ONT!
Posted by: cthulhu at April 03, 2012 04:46 PM (kaalw)
You didn't perchance vote at an Elementary School today, did you?
We might be neighbors
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 03, 2012 04:46 PM (PVB6D)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at April 03, 2012 04:47 PM (nXrrW)
I definitely had trouble thinking. Hell, I had trouble doing anything, period, but I had trouble with even basic thought processes.
Thor is a saint, he really is.
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 04:47 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: CoolCzech at April 03, 2012 04:47 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at April 03, 2012 04:48 PM (nXrrW)
Posted by: USS Diversity at April 03, 2012 04:48 PM (vpe0k)
It's the new hair. You like it? It's "Autumn Sunrise".
Posted by: toby928© at April 03, 2012 04:48 PM (GTbGH)
Posted by: DC in Towson at April 03, 2012 04:48 PM (I/cLr)
As they should be, for hoarding all those silver dimes.
Posted by: Nor Pula at April 03, 2012 04:48 PM (vjyZP)
Posted by: USA at April 03, 2012 08:47 PM (6Cjut)
That's a standard deviant....which reminds me...what's the equivalent of a spelling bee in Asia?
Posted by: model_1066 at April 03, 2012 04:48 PM (PWwbk)
Posted by: steevy at April 03, 2012 04:49 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: Jimbo at April 03, 2012 04:50 PM (O3R/2)
I honestly have no idea what Maya Rudolph's extraction is.
Posted by: toby928© at April 03, 2012 04:50 PM (GTbGH)
Posted by: no good deed at April 03, 2012 04:50 PM (mjR67)
Posted by: CoolCzech at April 03, 2012 04:51 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 04:51 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 04:51 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 03, 2012 04:51 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: polynikes at April 03, 2012 04:52 PM (IiDIW)
LOL, My U.S. History teacher (a retired USMC Colonel) said that as soon as the women got the vote, they voted for Warren G. Harding.
He was handsome, and a boob.
Posted by: Jimbo at April 03, 2012 04:53 PM (O3R/2)
I thought that Maya Rudolph was the other modern day hibernator, so she wasn't one of the "idiots". Been a few years since I saw it.
Posted by: wooga at April 03, 2012 04:53 PM (vjyZP)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 03, 2012 04:53 PM (QTHTd)
That ship has sailed. Thor made me take my (in no way provocative) picture off of the Yahooo group, then I quick-slapped one up on Facebook so Bers could find my page and even TOLD him that I did it, and he had a fit again.
Mid Life Crisis, I'm telling ya, he's having one.
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 04:53 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: steevy at April 03, 2012 04:53 PM (7W3wI)
The kids build a nuclear-powered two-man spaceship from scratch.
No, I'm actually serious...kids here have to learn intricacies about our own language, and express it in 26 letters or less....what do you have to do in Chinese or Japanese?
Posted by: model_1066 at April 03, 2012 04:53 PM (PWwbk)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 03, 2012 04:53 PM (Af3Wg)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 03, 2012 04:53 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at April 03, 2012 04:53 PM (nXrrW)
Posted by: USS Diversity at April 03, 2012 08:48 PM (vpe0k)
Actually, it was women were allowed to own property.
Posted by: Hrothgar at April 03, 2012 04:54 PM (i3+c5)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 04:54 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: DC in Towson at April 03, 2012 04:54 PM (I/cLr)
Posted by: steevy at April 03, 2012 04:54 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: USA at April 03, 2012 04:54 PM (6Cjut)
Posted by: alexthechick at April 03, 2012 04:55 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 03, 2012 04:56 PM (QTHTd)
Calligraphy.
The character set for a japanese high school grad is about 1400 plus common names. The chinese set is over 10k.
Posted by: Rick Horsey-assy Santorum [/i] at April 03, 2012 04:56 PM (JEpGb)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 03, 2012 04:56 PM (Af3Wg)
I thought that was a done deal, commuted to life already.
Posted by: toby928© at April 03, 2012 04:56 PM (GTbGH)
Despite your objections, did you see the movie? Do you understand what the rest of us are discussing?
Posted by: Jimbo at April 03, 2012 04:56 PM (O3R/2)
If intelligence is heritable it is only very weakly so. But one can trace the continual weakening of ideology, partially due to liberalism, partially due to the collapse of many independent communities competing with each other into ever fewer all led by the same technocratic elites.
So if people who are nominally stupid are the ones having kids and the brainiacs are not, the issue is not that every generation is being genetically weakened, but instead that each generation is being raised into a less efficient and dumbed down society that will not allow competition to determine what works and what doesn't.
Consider - take 100 people on welfare who are given initial resources and nothing more from the outside beyond what they can bargain for in a fair market, versus 100 individuals with advanced degrees put into a commune with unlimited resources from the federal teat.
If you come back in 100 years which society will be innovating? Which society will have actually accomplished something of worth to mankind as a whole?
Posted by: 18-1 at April 03, 2012 04:56 PM (3aXbg)
Early ONT is early.
Iron Maiden anyone?
Prowler
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Kmn_9CILtM
Posted by: Robert at April 03, 2012 04:56 PM (F79HU)
Posted by: steevy at April 03, 2012 04:56 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 04:56 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: USA at April 03, 2012 04:58 PM (6Cjut)
Posted by: USS Diversity at April 03, 2012 08:31 PM (vpe0k)
How dare you sir. President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho is a patriot and loves this country. He's also held real jobs, and is clearly 10 times smarter than Obama.
Posted by: buzzion at April 03, 2012 04:58 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: @SOEarpiece at April 03, 2012 04:58 PM (GTbGH)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 04:58 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at April 03, 2012 04:58 PM (UR5vq)
Even if it's weakly so, stretch that over a few 100 years... or a few 10,000. Then, denounce self
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 03, 2012 04:59 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: CoolCzech at April 03, 2012 04:59 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: Cheri at April 03, 2012 05:00 PM (BA8k3)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 08:56 PM (R5yLq)
Is it invitation only? I can bring dip.
Posted by: Robert at April 03, 2012 05:00 PM (F79HU)
Posted by: DC in Towson at April 03, 2012 05:00 PM (I/cLr)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 05:01 PM (R5yLq)
Does the term misfeasance have no meaning anymore?
Posted by: toby928© at April 03, 2012 05:01 PM (GTbGH)
So it's not very weakly, or even weakly. It is *heavily* heritable.
And it's not just wiki. First, wiki is a liberal site - famously - so if they have to admit that there, they know they have no choice. Second, there's footnotes and shit
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 03, 2012 05:01 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: CoolCzech at April 03, 2012 05:01 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 05:02 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 05:02 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 05:02 PM (R5yLq)
"The lamentations will be utterly epic if Mumia ever fries."
If the Festival of St. Pancake is held at IHOPs, how and where should the Penance of Mumia be observed ... a Bloomin' Onion at Outback Steakhouse?
Posted by: Arbalest at April 03, 2012 05:03 PM (Cr+zC)
Could Obama pardon something as big as murder???
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 05:03 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: pep at April 03, 2012 05:03 PM (6TB1Z)
http://tinyurl.com/778t6d4
During our investigation it became evident that there was an error made in the production process that we deeply regret. We will be taking the necessary steps to prevent this from happening in the future and apologize to our viewers.
Posted by: kbdabear at April 03, 2012 05:04 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: Waterhouse at April 03, 2012 05:04 PM (bpT90)
Posted by: polynikes at April 03, 2012 08:52 PM (IiDIW)
Make it an honorary title for her to roam Bobby Jones' tourney, allow her to do whatever and then kindly scoot her off the course.
Sorry but it's a boy's club, ladies.
Posted by: ErikW at April 03, 2012 05:05 PM (oNmsi)
^^^
Why yes, yes it was indeed! I enjoyed watching ol' shifty squirm there.
Jay Carney looks extremely uncomfortable in his own skin.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at April 03, 2012 05:05 PM (nXrrW)
he also thinks i know what to do with stalkers if hes not here and if he is... well they won't be much problem for long.
Posted by: gushka haz a new Kitty what plays fetch! ! at April 03, 2012 05:05 PM (r7Ddb)
That supplies us hope that Michelle and Barack Obama's children will be more intelligent.
Posted by: Jimbo at April 03, 2012 05:05 PM (O3R/2)
Posted by: DC in Towson at April 03, 2012 05:05 PM (I/cLr)
Posted by: nevergiveup at April 03, 2012 05:05 PM (i6RpT)
Posted by: CoolCzech at April 03, 2012 05:05 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 09:03 PM (SsG4J)
I know you hate it when I say this but that pic was t3h cy00t. 
Posted by: Robert at April 03, 2012 05:05 PM (F79HU)
An error implies inadvertancy. There was absolutely nothing inadvertant about it.
we deeply regret = we got caught
Posted by: pep at April 03, 2012 05:06 PM (6TB1Z)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 05:06 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Jumbo Jogging Shrimp at April 03, 2012 05:06 PM (DGIjM)
Every time I see Sasha and Malia in photos, I'm struck by the decency of Sasha and the arrogance of Malia
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 03, 2012 05:06 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 05:06 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 09:03 PM (SsG4J)
sadly yes. even treason. like Bradley manning.
Posted by: gushka haz a new Kitty what plays fetch! ! at April 03, 2012 05:06 PM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 05:07 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: CoolCzech at April 03, 2012 05:07 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: nevergiveup at April 03, 2012 05:07 PM (i6RpT)
Bret was great. He would not let Jay get away with not answering the question.
Posted by: Jimbo at April 03, 2012 05:08 PM (O3R/2)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 09:07 PM (bxiXv)
Wait...so that's not a style of Japanese sushi?
Posted by: Robert at April 03, 2012 05:08 PM (F79HU)
I don't think the President can pardon state crimes, but I've been wrong before.
Posted by: toby928© at April 03, 2012 05:08 PM (GTbGH)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 05:09 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 05:09 PM (bxiXv)
I only hate it cuz I feel like I put you on the spot, and also because seriously, wth else are ya gonna say???
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 05:09 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: USA at April 03, 2012 05:09 PM (6Cjut)
I think it's the Japanese word for 'eel'.
/denounces self for making a Friends reference.
Posted by: Waterhouse at April 03, 2012 05:09 PM (bpT90)
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 09:09 PM (SsG4J)
Hubba hubba. 
Posted by: Robert at April 03, 2012 05:10 PM (F79HU)
Posted by: t-bird at April 03, 2012 05:10 PM (l/xhO)
Posted by: DC in Towson at April 03, 2012 05:10 PM (I/cLr)
Posted by: nevergiveup at April 03, 2012 09:07 PM (i6RpT)
oh yeah! there is that! but i said COULD. Not that he would be INCLINED TO. wow. if he was jewish he might even execute him...
Posted by: gushka haz a new Kitty what plays fetch! ! at April 03, 2012 05:10 PM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 05:10 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: CoolCzech at April 03, 2012 05:11 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: Jumbo Jogging Shrimp at April 03, 2012 05:11 PM (DGIjM)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 03, 2012 09:06 PM (QTHTd)
A lot of Malia's arrogance can probably be credited to her being a teenager. They all have the capacity to be little pit vipers at that age.
Of course, she's also a product of her upbringing, so there's that...
Posted by: antisocialist at April 03, 2012 05:11 PM (j/nZn)
Posted by: mpfs at April 03, 2012 05:12 PM (QpiLC)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 05:12 PM (bxiXv)
About what?
Budget and health care. You can see it on FoxNews.com
Posted by: pep at April 03, 2012 05:12 PM (6TB1Z)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 09:10 PM (R5yLq)
I think I know what Japanese word Miss Hannah Minx should highlight next.
While covered in syrup.
Posted by: Robert at April 03, 2012 05:13 PM (F79HU)
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 05:13 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 05:13 PM (R5yLq)
I propose that only real (as in real estate) property owners be given the right to vote.
How about this? If you swear to "faithfully uphold and defend the Constitution" and a jury of 12 finds that you didn't, we take you out and hang you.
Posted by: Jimbo at April 03, 2012 08:39 PM (O3R/2)
Jimbo 2012.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 03, 2012 05:14 PM (JuTti)
Posted by: steevy at April 03, 2012 05:14 PM (7W3wI)
Malia's also the spitting image of Barack Obama, so maybe that upturned nose thing is just a mannerism she picked up from her dad. As much as I despise the SCOAMT and his mate, I'm not willing to make any judgment on the girls.
In the meantime, I'm watching my alma mater get stomped by Baylor and their 6'8" (!) center. That's the tallest girl I've ever seen.
Posted by: Palandine at April 03, 2012 05:14 PM (g7D8V)
Posted by: mpfs at April 03, 2012 05:14 PM (QpiLC)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 05:15 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Cheri at April 03, 2012 05:15 PM (BA8k3)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 03, 2012 05:15 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 05:15 PM (bxiXv)
Agree.
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 05:16 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: steevy at April 03, 2012 05:16 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at April 03, 2012 05:16 PM (UR5vq)
Posted by: CMU VET at April 03, 2012 05:16 PM (p7ZkL)
I find it useful to remember that those big wig executives put their pants on one leg at a time -- and that they can fire your ass for any reason.
Feel calmer now?
I'd go with the xanax.
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 03, 2012 05:17 PM (ccXZP)
"When a law is declared unconstitutional, every legislator that voted for it and the President who signed it are immediately removed from office and barred for life from holding any position in government."
The government will be happy to bailout any improvident business, provided that the CEO and board of directors of said business is executed for their collective incompetence.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 03, 2012 05:17 PM (JuTti)
Posted by: Tarzan at April 03, 2012 05:17 PM (i6RpT)
The Left Posted by: xxx at April 03, 2012 09:12 PM
Well, there goes my theory that you were Chris Brown
Posted by: kbdabear at April 03, 2012 05:17 PM (Y+DPZ)
YAY ME!
Grim is out back heating iron rods and torturing them into weird shapes with a hammer. I think its frightened the feral cats. But he says "Its good for the soul, and strengthens the body."
Translation: "I am out here imagining these iron rods as my assmunch brother's hands. Please dont disturb my therapy, i am almost over this weekend." He let slip last night that the older one things everything O does is great and that hes the best leader we ever had. I suspect there will be quite a few afternoons spent out back beating on metal.
Posted by: gushka haz a new Kitty what plays fetch! ! at April 03, 2012 05:17 PM (r7Ddb)
I remember seeing that. Agreed, she is a cutie. Thor's a lucky guy.
Posted by: Alex at April 03, 2012 05:17 PM (tlK1P)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 05:17 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: USS Diversity at April 03, 2012 05:18 PM (vpe0k)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 03, 2012 05:18 PM (JIDLg)
Posted by: Cheri at April 03, 2012 05:18 PM (BA8k3)
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 09:16 PM (SsG4J)
Totally agree. They're just kids. Let 'em be kids.
Posted by: antisocialist at April 03, 2012 05:19 PM (j/nZn)
Posted by: mpfs at April 03, 2012 05:19 PM (QpiLC)
Posted by: Cheri at April 03, 2012 09:00 PM (BA8k3)
Cheri I find myself speaking in public quite a bit, and I question myself and my performances frequently. The most important thing I've found in public speaking is to believe completely in the message you're there to convey, and speak from your heart. And if I screw something up, the ability to laugh at myself and start over goes a long way to winning over the audience in spite of my jackassery.
If you believe in your message the audience will realize that. Good luck!!!...and if all else fails, picture them naked!!!
Posted by: NC Ref at April 03, 2012 05:19 PM (/izg2)
Not to mention that you'd see increasing violence over resources. Wars can thin the herd pretty quick. Ask France.
Posted by: Alex at April 03, 2012 05:20 PM (tlK1P)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 05:20 PM (R5yLq)
So don't you say anything untoward about her. I am sure that she is fine Christian, chaste young woman.
Posted by: Jimbo at April 03, 2012 05:21 PM (O3R/2)
Posted by: Palandine at April 03, 2012 05:21 PM (g7D8V)
First of all, the greeks had a word for a government by the worst citizens, it's called "kakistocracy." Since they invented just about every other word we use for types of government, let's go with that. It even has juvenile implications if you like that. "Caca."
Secondly, the prefix "idio" means "ones own," or "private," it's not short for "idiot." So an "idiocracy" is one's own, personal government.
Thirdly, our problem is not stupid politicians, as much as we like to say the phrase, it's *corrupt* politicians, *dishonest* politicians, and politicians with sick, twisted ideologies.
So, basically, with one made up word, Luke Wilson pretty much got *every* fucking thing wrong, and now I keep hearing that idiot word everywhere because most people are just parrots with clothes and cars. It's like fingernails on a chalkboard.
The movie is just a ripoff of "The Marching Morons" by Cyril Kornbluth, anyway.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 08:51 PM (bxiXv) <<<<
I like chair.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 03, 2012 05:21 PM (JDIKC)
Posted by: steevy at April 03, 2012 09:16 PM (7W3wI)
I love the Di'Anno stuff but it sounds like a completely different band. Cause it practically is. Got Steve Harris and Dave Murray and...well, they're the only two that have been on every album.
Each Maiden era has it's unique qualities. Hell, I'm even one of the few that loves the Blaze Bailey era. X-Factor? Love it.
Posted by: Robert at April 03, 2012 05:21 PM (F79HU)
My grandmother had a couch like that. There wasn't a male on my father's side, myself included, who could sit on that thing for more than ten minutes without starting to drift off.
Posted by: Alex at April 03, 2012 05:21 PM (tlK1P)
Posted by: nevergiveup at April 03, 2012 05:21 PM (i6RpT)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 05:22 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 09:13 PM (SsG4J)
NO red spots on Moe. he was such a good kitty. He didnt even try to get in the way, just slept nearby while i was hangin out waiting for the henna to do its thang. love that little kitty.
Posted by: gushka haz a new Kitty what plays fetch! ! at April 03, 2012 05:22 PM (r7Ddb)
Gushie, good for Grim for channeling his anger!
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 05:22 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 05:22 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Cheri at April 03, 2012 05:23 PM (BA8k3)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 05:23 PM (R5yLq)
@210, I'm a chick (or a lady, as Raykon would call me), and it was my school.
Oh I just meant this time of year is sports hell, with or without clothing.
Posted by: USS Diversity at April 03, 2012 05:24 PM (vpe0k)
Maet apparently has far better things to do than hang out with us this evening. Hence the 20somethinghundred start time for his ONT tonight. Hope he gets some tonight, because that's the only excused absence note that's acceptable.
Posted by: NC Ref at April 03, 2012 05:24 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: DC in Towson at April 03, 2012 05:25 PM (I/cLr)
Don't waste your time.
Posted by: Jimbo at April 03, 2012 05:25 PM (O3R/2)
Posted by: The Harvard Law Review at April 03, 2012 05:26 PM (Fvey9)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 05:26 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: DC in Towson at April 03, 2012 05:26 PM (I/cLr)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy aka st tits at April 03, 2012 05:26 PM (4Oajw)
There are blacksmithing classes in most parts of the country. And if you look online, there are a lot of guides on how to set up a forge.
Posted by: Alex at April 03, 2012 05:27 PM (tlK1P)
VIA, nope didn't vote. First election I ever missed. But no, I would have voted at a church. separation of church and state!! Theocracy!! Christofascists!1!1!!
Posted by: DC in Towson at April 03, 2012 08:54 PM (I/cLr)
Speaking of Idiocracy, the idiot light on my Honda is intermittently turning on. It's only when I first start the car after a cool night, and it signals that the VTEC sensor is unhappy.....which isn't supposed to happen until over 4000 rpm. It turns on around 2500.
Problem is, once the car is turned off, it's done for the day. So I can drive it to the garage, point at it and complain, but when they turn it off and hook it up to instruments, it won't recur. So I'm leaving it overnight.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 03, 2012 05:29 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Cheri at April 03, 2012 05:29 PM (BA8k3)
102 The lamentations will be utterly epic if Mumia ever fries.
And I was so looking forward to someone determining his current-voltage characteristic.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 03, 2012 05:30 PM (JuTti)
Posted by: DC in Towson at April 03, 2012 05:30 PM (I/cLr)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBR-A_YfxJ8
This one is dedicated to all the 'Rons past, present and future.
Posted by: Robert at April 03, 2012 05:32 PM (F79HU)
What! He couldn't afford to get a hotel room near the airport and take the next flight out in the morning? Oh! The mini-bar would not have been complementary.
Posted by: Jimbo at April 03, 2012 05:32 PM (O3R/2)
You're welcome. A lot of places seem to offer 2-3 day weekend classes, so you may have enough time after all. There's one around here that I'm looking into that does that.
Posted by: Alex at April 03, 2012 05:33 PM (tlK1P)
Posted by: DC in Towson at April 03, 2012 05:33 PM (I/cLr)
Posted by: CoolCzech at April 03, 2012 05:34 PM (niZvt)
So What Does It Feel Like To Be Stupid?
Ask Willard Romney, the dumbfuck who's running another McCain campaign.
So Preznit Obama attacks the Supreme Court as “an unelected group of people.” Willard lamely replied by calling the president’s comments a “curious turn of events.”
Will fuckstick Mittens grow the balls to call Obama out on all of his czars being an "unelected group of people”?
No, and no.
He lacks the brains and the balls to do it, and all he'll say is what his pussy ass McCain type advisers tell him to say.
"The economy is improving" Romney is gonna let Obama beat him like a rented mule, just like McCain did. If you liked the way the GOP candidate took on Obama in 2008, you're gonna love the 2012 campaign.
Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at April 03, 2012 05:34 PM (7+pP9)
Posted by: Alex at April 03, 2012 09:23 PM (tlK1P)
A mess. And S shaped hooks that can be used for various things. He got into it by watching my Farriers make custom shoes. I think he wants to work his way up to forging knives. Right now i think he wants to keep busy do something like therapy and not get in trouble with the law.
Alex, hes got some papers that are in the works that got messed up too. You cant BELIEVE what almost happened to him. Getting it fixed now, but wow. yeah. I think i am gonna have a lot of weird hooks for lanterns and flowerpots in my garden this year and stuff to hang bridles off of.
Posted by: gushka haz a new Kitty what plays fetch! ! at April 03, 2012 05:35 PM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: OregonMuse at April 03, 2012 05:35 PM (xm1A1)
Posted by: CoolCzech at April 03, 2012 05:35 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: Comrade Arthur at April 03, 2012 05:35 PM (d9lOz)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 05:35 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at April 03, 2012 05:36 PM (75ggp)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJXN6lPrXV8
Iron Maiden's
Gonna get you
No matter how faarr!!!
Posted by: Robert at April 03, 2012 05:36 PM (F79HU)
Posted by: CoolCzech at April 03, 2012 05:37 PM (niZvt)
Yes we know that Romney is flawed. Let it go. The primary process has spoken.
I wanted Perry. Too bad he was hopped up on drugs.
Let it go. If Obama is re-elected, contact me. Only LEGAL insurrection.
Posted by: Jimbo at April 03, 2012 05:37 PM (O3R/2)
102 The lamentations will be utterly epic if Mumia ever fries.
And I was so looking forward to someone determining his current-voltage characteristic.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 03, 2012 09:30 PM (JuTti)
I always figured that he'd be "special boy" one too many times, and he'd "slip and fall" in the men's room, hitting his head a dozen or so times on the sink on the way down.
If you're in for murder yourself, and he's getting all the special stroking from the left while you're in solitary for cussing a guard for waking you up, you probably aren't the type to keep it to yourself forever.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 03, 2012 05:38 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 05:38 PM (R5yLq)
261 The "conservativeballs" troll on previous threads reminds me of palinsteele/proudonkey. A lot.
Posted by: OregonMuse at April 03, 2012 09:35 PM (xm1A1)
He never once mentioned comic books.
Posted by: buzzion at April 03, 2012 05:38 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Comrade Arthur at April 03, 2012 09:35 PM (d9lOz)
Fun Fact: The amendment you talking about was approved by Congress along with the Bill of Rights.
Posted by: Robert at April 03, 2012 05:38 PM (F79HU)
Posted by: elizabethe is all dead inside at April 03, 2012 05:39 PM (T03Ll)
Okay, this is not fair. SO NOT FAIR.
Morons are already sexy as hell, and now y'all are gonna start in being blacksmiths????
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 05:40 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: CoolCzech at April 03, 2012 05:41 PM (niZvt)
She doesn't realize I'm annoyed at her after I stepped in her hairball.
Posted by: Robert at April 03, 2012 05:41 PM (F79HU)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 05:41 PM (R5yLq)
"Where do you like to keep your unagi?"
Posted by: CoolCzech at April 03, 2012 09:41 PM (niZvt)
Where indeed?
Posted by: Robert at April 03, 2012 05:41 PM (F79HU)
Alex, hes got some papers that are in the works that got messed up too. You cant BELIEVE what almost happened to him. Getting it fixed now, but wow. yeah. I think i am gonna have a lot of weird hooks for lanterns and flowerpots in my garden this year and stuff to hang bridles off of.
Good for him. I think making knives would be cool, but I'm also interested in making useful stuff for around the house. Fireplace stuff, furniture, the like. And you can always use more places to hang stuff.
I probably could believe what happened to him. I'm glad that it's getting fixed, however. BTW, is he a reservist, or is he leaving active duty?
Posted by: Alex at April 03, 2012 05:42 PM (tlK1P)
Don't be a grudge holder, now. Miss Sadie cannot help her furball issues.
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 05:42 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 05:42 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Jimbo at April 03, 2012 05:42 PM (O3R/2)
Posted by: steevy at April 03, 2012 05:42 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at April 03, 2012 09:36 PM (75ggp)
Yeah, he's got the error code. It's just that you need to move the sensor to see if the condition signified by the error code is actually in effect.....and you have to turn the car off to move the sensor. So you get "sensor says that something's wrong in bay 3"; "really? Let's open bay 3 and see if it really is." *opens* "We've opened bay 3 and there's nothing wrong." "That's right, sensors show nothing wrong."
Posted by: cthulhu at April 03, 2012 05:43 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 09:41 PM (R5yLq)
The government needs to do something about this! There needs to be a law! FOr the CHILDREN!!!!
Posted by: Lefty Douchebag at April 03, 2012 05:43 PM (F79HU)
Posted by: USS Diversity at April 03, 2012 05:43 PM (vpe0k)
Posted by: elizabethe is all dead inside at April 03, 2012 05:44 PM (T03Ll)
Did Allen check in after the storm?
Posted by: Pecos, at April 03, 2012 05:44 PM (2Gb0y)
I sooo want it to happen
Posted by: Alex at April 03, 2012 05:45 PM (tlK1P)
It occurs to me that if you made one quick quip about every exact-opposite meaning caused by misspellings on this thread...ah, hell.
quasi-illeterate Ammendments and Capitol punishment.
Would you buy it for a quarter?
Posted by: comatus at April 03, 2012 05:45 PM (ZOlM3)
Posted by: steevy at April 03, 2012 05:46 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: Alex at April 03, 2012 09:42 PM (tlK1P)
would you forgive me if i said i made a promise to never directly talk about his work online?
Posted by: gushka haz a new Kitty what plays fetch! ! at April 03, 2012 05:46 PM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 09:42 PM (SsG4J)
Well, woke me up quicker'n coffee. ;p
Hey! Woah. Clear violation of the "what happens in Vegas stay's in Vegas" rule.
Lol
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 09:42 PM (R5yLq)
She's a great pussy, really.
Posted by: Lefty Douchebag at April 03, 2012 05:46 PM (F79HU)
Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston would be forever alone without AoS at April 03, 2012 05:46 PM (KCvsd)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 05:46 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at April 03, 2012 05:46 PM (UR5vq)
Damn straight. Real manhood baby
Posted by: Alex at April 03, 2012 05:47 PM (tlK1P)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 05:47 PM (R5yLq)
Vtec problems are fun, they can range from low oil level to poor ground at the solenoid, internal solenoid malfunctions (sticking plunger), and more I've probably forgotten about.
What you described sounds like hydraulic . Oil viscosity is important in these engines, and clean, proper weight oil is a must.
Posted by: irongrampa at April 03, 2012 05:48 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 03, 2012 05:49 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: dagny at April 03, 2012 05:49 PM (CMM9V)
Posted by: Jimbo at April 03, 2012 05:49 PM (O3R/2)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 05:50 PM (Z9EHQ)
No worries, I understand completely. I was simply curious because I've worked with a few reservists and I remember that the way the system was set up they always had paperwork issues.
Posted by: Alex at April 03, 2012 05:50 PM (tlK1P)
Posted by: steevy at April 03, 2012 09:42 PM (7W3wI)
I don't know who it was for me. I can't remember in the slightest. But speaking of denim jackets when I was itty bitty I did have a denim jacket with a big ass GNR patch on the back and a bunch of others covering the whole thing. It was the shit.
Posted by: Robert at April 03, 2012 05:50 PM (F79HU)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 05:52 PM (bxiXv)
OTOH, if she recently converted, sweet.
Posted by: Jimbo at April 03, 2012 05:52 PM (O3R/2)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at April 03, 2012 05:52 PM (UR5vq)
Posted by: steevy at April 03, 2012 05:52 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 05:53 PM (Z9EHQ)
Blacksmithing is useful in any SHTF scenario. All of those cars mean plenty of steel available for salvage, and you can pair it with a book or two on simple machines to make yourself useful to any community.
Posted by: Alex at April 03, 2012 05:54 PM (tlK1P)
The only people who like that movie are the ones who continually stroke themselves over how smart they think they are and how stupid they think everyone else is.
Posted by: Fart at April 03, 2012 05:54 PM (Zk68F)
At some part you have to start factoring the portion of the economy attached to the real estate pyramid scheme that brought on the crash. As in the Depression and Dot.Bomb, much of what was lost was an illusion in the first place. But crashes never stop with the fake assets.
OTOH, the deadly policies that made this possible were in all three cases promoted and defended by the left, so they own it.
Posted by: epobirs at April 03, 2012 05:54 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Trimegistus at April 03, 2012 05:54 PM (xAp2X)
Posted by: elizabethe is all dead inside at April 03, 2012 05:54 PM (T03Ll)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 05:54 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 03, 2012 05:55 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 05:55 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Alex at April 03, 2012 09:50 PM (tlK1P)
that has been my experience. but i seem to be noticing more and more stuff getting fucked up becoming a widespread issue. Thats why when your shit was all cattywhumpus i was SOOO not surprised.
I just told someone who wanted to join up to hold off for a while. give it a year or two and then see.
Posted by: gushka haz a new Kitty what plays fetch! ! at April 03, 2012 05:55 PM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 05:55 PM (O3R/2)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 05:56 PM (bxiXv)
Blacksmithing is useful in any SHTF scenario. All of those cars mean plenty of steel available for salvage, and you can pair it with a book or two on simple machines to make yourself useful to any community.
How hard can it be? Fire, hammer, water, repeat.
Posted by: USS Diversity at April 03, 2012 05:56 PM (vpe0k)
Posted by: Arbalest at April 03, 2012 05:56 PM (Cr+zC)
A mess. And S shaped hooks that can be used for various things. He got into it by watching my Farriers make custom shoes. I think he wants to work his way up to forging knives. Right now i think he wants to keep busy do something like therapy and not get in trouble with the law.
Posted by: gushka haz a new Kitty what plays fetch! ! at April 03, 2012 09:35 PM (r7Ddb)
Tell him to make you a few hooks that can screw into the wall - flatten one end and use a punch to make a hole in it while it is still hot. They are very useful, and make good gifts for Christmas, etc., as well. Also, making tongs and other tools is a good way to develop skills while expanding his tool set at the same time.
Posted by: Grey Fox at April 03, 2012 05:56 PM (oqYdg)
Posted by: Pecos, at April 03, 2012 05:57 PM (2Gb0y)
C'mon Ed, It's time to "let go and let God"
I know it's over. And for the people who haven't heard me say it before, Santorum is dead to me. The dumbass took McCain's proposition that we should get involved in Syria just like we did in Libya seriously.
That sealed it for me.
Besides, I never was a big Santorum fanboy. I defended him calling G. Terry Madonna a Democrat hack because at least he showed some balls. But he was already dead to me by then.
You can even look back to when Santorum became the latest "anybody but Romney". I said at the time just wait for Santorum to implode.
All I want to do is push Romney to the right and get him to run a truly aggressive campaign against Obama. Is that so bad?
I cannot stand by and keep my mouth shut while watching another 2008 style campaign by the GOP nominee unfold.
To everybody who dislikes me because of what I stated in the two paragraphs above, I ask: WTF is so objectionable about what I'm trying to do?
Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at April 03, 2012 05:57 PM (7+pP9)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy aka st tits at April 03, 2012 05:57 PM (4Oajw)
Posted by: USA at April 03, 2012 05:57 PM (6Cjut)
Posted by: DC in Towson at April 03, 2012 05:57 PM (I/cLr)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 05:57 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 05:58 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: logprof at April 03, 2012 05:58 PM (ykSKg)
The main reason why Swiss Family Robinson is the one book from my childhood I refuse to re-read. I loved it SO much. I don't want my illusions shattered.
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 05:58 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 05:59 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: USS Diversity at April 03, 2012 05:59 PM (vpe0k)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 05:59 PM (R5yLq)
That's like saying that building a house is "measure, cut, nail, repeat." It leaves out a huge amount if technical details and technique that needs to be learned. For example, temperature plays a huge role, AFAIK, since you need certain temps to get certain results, and treating the final product so it has the right properties and doesn't simply shatter when it's put under strain.
Posted by: Alex at April 03, 2012 06:00 PM (tlK1P)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 09:54 PM (Z9EHQ)
no dummy. hes not that cool.
Posted by: gushka haz a new Kitty what plays fetch! ! at April 03, 2012 06:00 PM (r7Ddb)
^^^
It's nice when people feel like they can participate in the ONT. Sheesh. Jimbo's a valued commenter - he shouldn't have to go anywhere just because you snap your fingers.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at April 03, 2012 06:00 PM (hAhFX)
am too stupid to understand Idiocracy. In the film, they were using Gatorade to water plants. Only the fucking Libtards would feed Gatorade to plants. It's not Fascism or Conservatism. It's Corporatism. See General Electric and and General Motors for examples.
Your Honor, I rest my case.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 06:01 PM (O3R/2)
Posted by: steevy at April 03, 2012 06:01 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: DC in Towson at April 03, 2012 06:01 PM (I/cLr)
Posted by: AltonJacksonat April 03, 2012 09:55 PM (JMmQ9)
Nope. They suck.
Posted by: garrett at April 03, 2012 06:02 PM (+CrrB)
Posted by: Alex at April 03, 2012 09:54 PM (tlK1P)
Just be sure you know how to obtain fuel! I am getting ready to make my first batch of charcoal for smithing as soon as the weather and schedule permits. I am too poor to buy to buy lump charcoal, but it turns out that all that mountain pine in my backyard that that is so useless for heating the house in winter makes ideal charcoal for forging. When life gives you dead pine trees...
Posted by: Grey Fox at April 03, 2012 06:02 PM (oqYdg)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 06:02 PM (R5yLq)
I confess the first few times it happened I got irritated, because I get irritated when people do stupid things. I had to learn to think of it as something happening to her rather than something she was doing.
Posted by: Trimegistus at April 03, 2012 06:02 PM (xAp2X)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 06:02 PM (bxiXv)
That's like saying that building a house is "measure, cut, nail, repeat."
I was joking. Been trying to find a decent smithing course for a long time.
Posted by: USS Diversity at April 03, 2012 06:02 PM (vpe0k)
It must be done shirtless, and pics must be taken and posted forthwith.
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 06:03 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 06:03 PM (Z9EHQ)
Malia's also the spitting image of Barack Obama, so maybe that upturned nose thing is just a mannerism she picked up from her dad. As much as I despise the SCOAMT and his mate, I'm not willing to make any judgment on the girls.
Posted by: Palandine at April 03, 2012 09:14 PM (g7D8V)
Unless one of the girls has an epiphany of common sense, I don't see either of them growing up being anything less than a full blown commie, just like Mom and Dad.
Posted by: ErikW at April 03, 2012 06:03 PM (oNmsi)
Idiocracy was a comedy. Unlike a lot of shit the left puts out, I laughed.
Why? Because there was an element of truth.
Posted by: Jimbo at April 03, 2012 06:04 PM (O3R/2)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 06:04 PM (R5yLq)
^^^
I'll take "Because you came on here whining like a petulant child over a goddamn comedy", for $200 Alex.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at April 03, 2012 06:04 PM (hAhFX)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 06:05 PM (R5yLq)
Worse, Idiocracy was primarily an exercise in snobbery. It was Mike Judge saying, what if the people in NASCAR country were the norm? This is a guy whose parents raised him in small town Texas and grew up resenting it. He is very aware of the contradiction in his work, as shown in any number of 'King of the Hill' stories.
In the movie supposedly everyone is a moron by our standards but most things appear on par with America as we know in terms of the TV broadcasts working, cars still run meaning fuel is being delivered. Apparently it wasn't just Luke Wilson who was in stasis. It was the entire continent except for the people. Because it isn't about the future, it's about right now.
I don't find any entertainment in 99% of NASCAR. I regard watching professional sports as slow torture. But I know better than to assume those who do like these things are idiots. Just as I also know not to assume those whose entertainment choices are aligned with my own are especially bright.
Posted by: epobirs at April 03, 2012 06:05 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 06:06 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 06:07 PM (R5yLq)
The idea was that both she and Luke Wilson were underachievers in 2005 but seemed exceptionally bright centuries hence. Kind of like John Carter being a superman in the conditions of Barsoom.
Posted by: epobirs at April 03, 2012 06:07 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Pecos, at April 03, 2012 09:57 PM (2Gb0y)
i have a farrier friend who makes cable welded steel daggers and spear tips. They are FREAKIN expensive. He does three day eventing and thinks alot of himself, but frankly he can. Hes a good farrier, a good rider, and his knives are really nice. I think this was Grim's Inspiration. A different friend of mine was the one who offered to help him out, however. Hes from Montana and is a little bit cooler person, if you know what i mean.
Grim would be the very first to say hes just a big goober with a hammer beatin on shit. I am so glad my pal was willing to be patient with him.
Posted by: gushka haz a new Kitty what plays fetch! ! at April 03, 2012 06:07 PM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: DC in Towson at April 03, 2012 06:07 PM (I/cLr)
Darn, I thought there would be a modicum of good humor here tonite, due to today's events.
Y'all ought to be a LITTLE pleased?
Posted by: irongrampa at April 03, 2012 06:07 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 06:08 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 06:08 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 10:06 PM (SsG4J)
Tuesday was named for Tyr, the Norse god of combat and glory.
I don't know if that's relevent but I thought I'd mention it anyway.
Posted by: Robert at April 03, 2012 06:08 PM (F79HU)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 06:09 PM (Z9EHQ)
I don't think Wikipedia is liberal so much as it reflect the mindset of a certain kind of person who thinks they can make something true if they outlast their opponents in an edit war.
Posted by: epobirs at April 03, 2012 06:09 PM (kcfmt)
For those worried about an EMP threat. The Soviets and the Chinese would need to pull that one off. Its above my pay grade, but a pay(wall) site I go to has explained it, for which I'll paste a little bit below:
The Mullahs are trying to build an atomic fission bomb (atoms splitting apart, like Little Boy/Fat Man at Hiroshima/Nagasaki) of between 15 to 30 kilotons - 50 to 100 times smaller than Starfish Prime which knocked out the street lights on Kalakaua Avenue for a few hours. All an Iran EMP attack would do to us is really tick us off.
The potential threat is not from IranÂ’s small atomic bombs but from a volley of ChinaÂ’s multi-megaton hydrogen bombs (up to 20 times as powerful as Starfish Prime, 1,000 times more than what Iran and North Korea are trying to make). This could be capable of causing a cascade of EMPs capable of serious damage to, say, the big transformers for interstate power lines which act like long antennas for an EMP. These need bigger and better circuit breakers and lightning arrestors.
EMP threat of a full-on nuclear war with China in the distant future - not an immediate Iran or terrorist EMP threat, for there is no such thing.
Posted by: Jimmah at April 03, 2012 06:09 PM (UpwlP)
Posted by: Jumbo Jogging Shrimp at April 03, 2012 06:09 PM (DGIjM)
Posted by: steevy at April 03, 2012 06:10 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 06:10 PM (R5yLq)
I am sorry that I socked a regular commenter. I did not like that he commented (or I thought that he commented) on a movie that he did not view.
I am truly sorry if he felt offended.
Take your pick.
Posted by: Jimbo at April 03, 2012 06:10 PM (O3R/2)
Posted by: elizabethe is all dead inside at April 03, 2012 06:10 PM (T03Ll)
SO smart, my son! And my ancestors were clearly prescient, no?
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 06:11 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 10:01 PM (O3R/2)
Pull the whiny stick out of your ass Jimbo. And I hope you know that can get you banned.
Posted by: buzzion at April 03, 2012 06:11 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: '52 Esquire at April 03, 2012 06:11 PM (Cd7jR)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 09:55 PM (O3R/2)
Cut the shit, Jimbo. You are just being an agitator now.
Posted by: jem at April 03, 2012 06:11 PM (0oYHO)
I confess the first few times it happened I got irritated, because I get irritated when people do stupid things. I had to learn to think of it as something happening to her rather than something she was doing.
Posted by: Trimegistus at April 03, 2012 10:02 PM (xAp2X)
Yep. And this makes diabetes a piss-poor thing to try to keep to yourself, because just when you need help most you won't be able to explain the help you need.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 03, 2012 06:12 PM (kaalw)
What the heck? I log in around 9 and we're 350+ into the ONT? The new is already worn off this one.
All you TX morons safe after the tornados?
Posted by: L Rob in OK at April 03, 2012 06:12 PM (7yvLv)
Ditto!!! We're near about bunk territory here.
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 06:12 PM (SsG4J)
For those desiring some details on blacksmithing, metal casting, and related endeavors, nd the amount of effort needed to become skilled : http://www.thecrucible.org/
If you live near Oakland, the program is convenient.
Posted by: Arbalest at April 03, 2012 06:12 PM (Cr+zC)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 06:13 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: CMU VET at April 03, 2012 06:14 PM (p7ZkL)
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 10:11 PM (SsG4J)
And the chicks were hot, too.
Posted by: Some Norseman at April 03, 2012 06:14 PM (F79HU)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at April 03, 2012 06:14 PM (UR5vq)
A lot of fun commenters are no longer around at night anymore. Wonder why that is?
No wait, I don't have to wonder - I already know why.
Goodbye.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at April 03, 2012 06:15 PM (hAhFX)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 06:15 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 06:16 PM (R5yLq)
Take your pick.
Posted by: Jimbo at April 03, 2012 10:10 PM (O3R/2)
The apology of a liberal.
Posted by: buzzion at April 03, 2012 06:16 PM (GULKT)
Today was a great day. I fished a creek that I'd bet not 3 people a year get to. It was a catch and release day,good for some extreme exercise. Feel good and limber, tho'.
Posted by: irongrampa at April 03, 2012 06:16 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: DC in Towson at April 03, 2012 06:17 PM (I/cLr)
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 10:12 PM (SsG4J)
http://tinyurl.com/88tcxd4
Posted by: Robert at April 03, 2012 06:17 PM (F79HU)
Posted by: Jimmah at April 03, 2012 06:17 PM (UpwlP)
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 06:17 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 06:17 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: L Rob in OK at April 03, 2012 06:17 PM (7yvLv)
Forget it, Jake, it's Hollywoodland . . .
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 03, 2012 06:18 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 10:09 PM (Z9EHQ)
what i think my guy is a badass? I dont talk about his business, but hes a fucking nobody and i have never intimated any different. You must be confused. I have cool friends but i didnt hook up with them. Maybe you are thinking of them, since i feel free to discuss them. BTW this is why i try only to talk about my cats.
Posted by: gushka haz a new Kitty what plays fetch! ! at April 03, 2012 06:18 PM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: USS Diversity at April 03, 2012 06:18 PM (vpe0k)
Posted by: L Rob in OK at April 03, 2012 06:18 PM (7yvLv)
Posted by: Jimbo at April 03, 2012 06:19 PM (O3R/2)
Goodbye.
****
What?
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 03, 2012 10:17 PM (piMMO)
No kidding. The daytime threads are so much nastier.
Posted by: buzzion at April 03, 2012 06:19 PM (GULKT)
Not the best picture of him, but I do appreciate your ability to send both genders runnin' for the bunk!
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 06:19 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 06:19 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 03, 2012 06:20 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Pecos, at April 03, 2012 06:20 PM (2Gb0y)
Posted by: AuthorLMendez at April 03, 2012 06:20 PM (8beAV)
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 03, 2012 06:20 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: teej at April 03, 2012 06:20 PM (MYQ7K)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 06:20 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 10:19 PM (SsG4J)
Him who?
Posted by: Robert at April 03, 2012 06:21 PM (F79HU)
Posted by: AuthorLMendez at April 03, 2012 06:21 PM (8beAV)
Posted by: Birkenstock_Cowboy at April 03, 2012 06:21 PM (wnZ4S)
Yes, unless it's a liveblog event. Then only the wittiest are selected to impart their wisdom and humor amongst the moron horde.
Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston would be forever alone without AoS at April 03, 2012 06:22 PM (KCvsd)
Posted by: CMU VET at April 03, 2012 06:22 PM (p7ZkL)
yes, cat piss is a valued commenter to, according to rdbrewer.
If ya don't want to be treated like a troll, don't act like a fucking troll.
That's all I'm going to say on the subject.
Posted by: jem at April 03, 2012 06:22 PM (0oYHO)
Is that what we decided to call it???
Oh, and Grimmy? Definitely not a nobody. He is a hero of my heart. But I do get what you're saying, and will let it rest. But just so you know.......my admiration knows no bounds.
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 06:22 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston would be forever alone without AoS at April 03, 2012 10:22 PM (KCvsd)
And sometimes one of my comments gets posted too.
Posted by: buzzion at April 03, 2012 06:23 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at April 03, 2012 06:23 PM (UR5vq)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy aka st tits at April 03, 2012 06:23 PM (4Oajw)
Posted by: AuthorLMendez at April 03, 2012 06:23 PM (8beAV)
He likely could have the death penalty reduced to life imprisonment.
Then it would turn into a Reuben 'Hurricane' Carter situation. As one man put it, if Bob Dylan writes a song in your defense you almost certainly guilty. The only reason Carter won that last court case is the he was due to be released in less than two years and the New Jersey (IIRC) decided it had better things to do with several hundred thousand dollars in court expense than try to keep for the short time remaining. Despite the depiction in that Denzel Washington movie, which nastily smeared many of those involved in the investigation and prosecution, the real life case was pretty solid.
Mumia has nothing else going on. He'd keep fighting the case forever until everyone on the other side was dead or exhausted. Then, if he gets out, it'll be trumpeted as a great vindication.
He committed murder in front of numerous witnesses. He should have been executed a long, long time ago. Instead he has cost the taxpayers millions in court costs.
Posted by: epobirs at April 03, 2012 06:23 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: steevy at April 03, 2012 06:24 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 06:24 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: AuthorLMendez at April 03, 2012 06:24 PM (8beAV)
I really am sorry for crapping on the blog. Please forgive me.
Posted by: Jimbo at April 03, 2012 06:24 PM (O3R/2)
***
Yeah. The political threads can be brutal.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 03, 2012 06:25 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: L Rob in OK at April 03, 2012 06:25 PM (7yvLv)
Heh. Word, bitches. This is the ONT, it's supposed to be fun-time. Or fun-bags time, either one is ok by me.
Posted by: NC Ref at April 03, 2012 06:25 PM (/izg2)
Brook trout.
Obama making a total ass of himself, coming across a petulant, whiny bitch.
Marines taking up blacksmithing ....
What else am I missing?
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 06:27 PM (SsG4J)
Good point about the Kalakaua Avenue, but wouldn't an a small scale EMP strike be more effective now because greater computerization and an overtaxed electrical grid?
Just asking.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at April 03, 2012 10:14 PM (UR5vq)
------
That I don't know. But if it would take a bomb 1000 times more powerfull than anything Iran can hope to develop in the next two generations to just knock out some street lights I get the feeling this whole EMP thing is on par with the Y2K "crisis".
But if anyone has a spare 9 bucks a month the whole article can be read here:
Posted by: Jimmah at April 03, 2012 06:27 PM (UpwlP)
I really am sorry for crapping on the blog. Please forgive me.
Posted by: Jimbo at April 03, 2012 10:24 PM (O3R/2)
People get pissy sometimes. It happens. And besides Merovign can definitely let his anger out at a lot of things. For instance: The user interface on Skyrim is the greatest ever!
Posted by: buzzion at April 03, 2012 06:27 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 10:22 PM (SsG4J)
Yeah, THIS.
Posted by: NC Ref at April 03, 2012 06:27 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: Pecos, at April 03, 2012 10:20 PM (2Gb0y)
thise kinda people are good to have!
and Yankee no worries i took a double dose of bitch pills today when i did my hair. you have no idea what a frustrating exercise it is to sit for three hours with green slime on your hair.
Posted by: gushka haz a new Kitty what plays fetch! ! at April 03, 2012 06:28 PM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: L Rob in OK at April 03, 2012 06:28 PM (7yvLv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 06:28 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 06:28 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: USS Diversity at April 03, 2012 06:29 PM (vpe0k)
Wow, getting a little heated in here. Over the movie Idiocracy? I actually really like the movie. I don't think it's eugenics propaganda like some have said, nor do I think it's a slam on "NASCAR" culture as somebody else said.
I think it's a well done slam on our society at large and where we're headed. We had 52% of the people vote for Obama last time, and he'll probably get damn near 50% of the vote next time. One of our top rated shows involves washed up celebrities dancing and I bet most people on this thread know who Snooki is.
I agree with whoever said earlier that Judge is probably a libertarian or even leans conservative. He also had a short lived show on ABC I think that was a complete slam on everything liberal.
Posted by: landofskybluewater at April 03, 2012 06:29 PM (JoIcn)
Posted by: CMU VET at April 03, 2012 06:29 PM (p7ZkL)
Sometimes I get pissed about my typing speed of 150 wpd. By the time I type a reply, the thread's moved onto another subject, and here I am back at square 2. Never could type fast.
Posted by: irongrampa at April 03, 2012 06:29 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy aka st tits at April 03, 2012 06:30 PM (4Oajw)
****
I dunno why. There are lots of regulars here.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 03, 2012 06:31 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 06:31 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 06:31 PM (R5yLq)
I loved this sentence from Taranto in Best of the Web Today regarding SCOAMF.
"But really, doesn't he have an aide who can tell him that the symbol of America is not the bald ego?"
Posted by: Theresa at April 03, 2012 06:32 PM (6/tED)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 06:32 PM (Z9EHQ)
"But really, doesn't he have an aide who can tell him that the symbol of America is not the bald ego?"
Posted by: Theresa at April 03, 2012 10:32 PM (6/tED)
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 06:32 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Pecos, at April 03, 2012 06:32 PM (2Gb0y)
Posted by: AuthorLMendez at April 03, 2012 06:33 PM (8beAV)
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 03, 2012 06:33 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 10:28 PM (bxiXv)
Uh-oh.....how does one "get ready"? Does it involve restraints? A leather strap?
Posted by: cthulhu at April 03, 2012 06:34 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: CMU VET at April 03, 2012 06:34 PM (p7ZkL)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 10:32 PM (Z9EHQ)
Stealing that. YOINK!
Posted by: Robert at April 03, 2012 06:34 PM (F79HU)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 10:31 PM (R5yLq)
I figured that the 180 that you mentioned involved the entry of Hummingbird into your life, not her exit, but glad to see that confirmed.
Posted by: Grey Fox at April 03, 2012 06:34 PM (oqYdg)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy aka st tits at April 03, 2012 06:34 PM (4Oajw)
Don't dwell on that. Focus on the positive. Or at least replace the negative with some horror like the one Robert posted above, to drive out the negative for awhile, anyway.
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 06:34 PM (SsG4J)
I suspect Iran is betting against the Samson Option. If they can manage a decapitation strike on Israel while a militarily weak President is in office, they figured there will be no nuclear counterstrike and the expense of a conventional attack will be unacceptably high. So the world will just stand around looking very cross at them while they take control of a new Caliphate of sorts.
This depends on Israel not automatically nuking every major Islamic capital within 800 miles of them if a nuke goes off within their borders. Of course, if an outside player that had no favored side in that part of the world but was solely interested in resources, were to nuke Tel Aviv and make it look like it was Iran's doing....
Posted by: epobirs at April 03, 2012 06:34 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: elizabethe is all dead inside at April 03, 2012 06:37 PM (T03Ll)
Posted by: AuthorLMendez at April 03, 2012 06:37 PM (8beAV)
Posted by: steevy at April 03, 2012 06:37 PM (7W3wI)
. Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at April 03, 2012 06:37 PM (UR5vq)
Posted by: Robert at April 03, 2012 10:30 PM (F79HU)
Dude. I like the way you're thinking, but maybe we should, uh, focus on a smaller target group of higher value. Just sayin'.......
Posted by: NC Ref at April 03, 2012 06:37 PM (/izg2)
Here's one for the road.
Iron Maiden - Como Estais Amigos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvCuiv37TqY
Posted by: Robert at April 03, 2012 06:38 PM (F79HU)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy aka st tits at April 03, 2012 06:39 PM (4Oajw)
Posted by: elizabethe is all dead inside at April 03, 2012 06:39 PM (T03Ll)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 06:39 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: DC in Towson at April 03, 2012 06:39 PM (I/cLr)
Posted by: AuthorLMendez at April 03, 2012 06:39 PM (8beAV)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 06:40 PM (Z9EHQ)
487I am truly sorry if he felt offended.<<<<
The non-apology. Classic, solid effort. There's only one play that could possibly-
I accept your apology in the spirit in which it is offered.<<<<
Shit just got real.
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 03, 2012 06:40 PM (JDIKC)
Posted by: L Rob in OK at April 03, 2012 06:41 PM (7yvLv)
Posted by: Ktgreat at April 03, 2012 06:42 PM (TCTPY)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 06:42 PM (R5yLq)
I am too stupid to do FB. I just don't get it.
I always shame myself by thinking I am messaging someone when I am on a Wall, or forgetting whose Wall I'm on, or that half the world can read MY Wall, and did I mention that I am not always capable of remembering whose exact Wall I am on?
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 06:42 PM (SsG4J)
If ya don't want to be treated like a troll, don't act like a fucking troll.
That's all I'm going to say on the subject.
Posted by: jem at April 03, 2012 10:22 PM (0oYHO)
If you're gonna call somebody a troll, make the fuck sure to pick the right target.
Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at April 03, 2012 06:43 PM (7+pP9)
People wrote movies... movies that had stories,
so you cared whose ass it was and why it was farting,
And I believe that time can come again.
Posted by: President Luke Wilson at April 03, 2012 06:43 PM (2S8JC)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at April 03, 2012 06:43 PM (UR5vq)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 06:43 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: steevy at April 03, 2012 06:43 PM (7W3wI)
Even though it sorta kinda looks like a smoking a cigarette smiley.
Posted by: Theresa is handing out smooches :-* at April 03, 2012 06:43 PM (6/tED)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy aka st tits at April 03, 2012 06:43 PM (4Oajw)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 06:44 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: elizabethe is all dead inside at April 03, 2012 10:37 PM (T03Ll)
That's it! I couldn't think of the name. Only saw a little bit of it. The show itself was definitely not "goode".
Posted by: landofskybluewater at April 03, 2012 06:44 PM (JoIcn)
Posted by: DC in Towson at April 03, 2012 06:44 PM (I/cLr)
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 06:45 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy aka st tits at April 03, 2012 10:39 PM (4Oajw)
Nobody liked the way I linked 'em the first time I tried to share. And as adversarial as things have been around here lately, I'll just wait till fappier times to try sharing the boobeh pics again.
Posted by: NC Ref at April 03, 2012 06:46 PM (/izg2)
"Barely concealing anger: shut up, dickbag. Sadly: might as well have burned that sixty bucks and hundred-plus hours of playing tech support."
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 10:31 PM (bxiXv)
Badassfully, See I told you. Oh and someone did a 39 minute Red Letter Media style takedown on Mass Effect 3's ending. Oh and some people sent 400 red blue and green cupcakes to Biowares offices with A B and C written on them.
Posted by: buzzion at April 03, 2012 06:46 PM (GULKT)
WTH??? Who said that?
Hey, Peaches......kind of rough in here tonight, as you can see.
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 06:46 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 06:47 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Alex at April 03, 2012 06:47 PM (tlK1P)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at April 03, 2012 06:47 PM (UR5vq)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 06:47 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 06:47 PM (Z9EHQ)
IDIOCRACY is a movie that caters to whom? What age group does it resonate with ? What gender ?
What family members ? Moms ? Dads? Oldest children ? Middle Children ?
Alls I can tell you is this. I did not know how to tie my shoes until the age of 7 ( I still carry that shame with me 50 years later )
I can remember things back to the age of 4. I can remember certain glimpes of being in the crib, but I was ( and still am ) an idiot by most social standards.
I wanted to be an astronomer or a physicist or a mathematician when I was in fourth grade back in 1964 and I got straight a's all through catholic grade school ( the one with the NUNS ) Except in handwriting. Altar boy too yes, and choir and boy scout, but always on the fringes, always mostly an outcast, still am and do not freakin care a bit.
I quit high school, I went back and quit again. I got a ged through some poor people's program, was offered college help, but was so far down in the economic and other spectrums that it did not happen.
One day after drinking a 6 pack at the age of 24 i decided I wanted to know what smart people are up to, so I got on the highway drove 15 miles and took a test for mensa. I did not qualify for them, I qualified for the next higher group, and I said yay I belong to something. Then I quit that too, they still send me letters.
Now I work on computers in your town, my fingers go so fast in dos or where ever keyboard shortcuts work that is still pisses 19 yr olds off. Even mouse jockeying cannot be followed by the people who's computers I remote into to fix them.
In between I have taken courses, worked on electrical equipment, railroads, hydraulic equipment, trucks, cars, managed small businesses for working class owner but I am like Jack Nicholson in Ironweed, I refuse to give up the valurite and I refuce to be judged.
Back to the main point, Memory is the root of all intelligence, I work with very smart people every day that can not remember DICK. I am always the low person on the totem, hell I am UNDER the totem, but I am the one they run to to tell them what to do, where something is at, what is the procedure, who do we go to. It is all memory.
I think Elephants shouldbe the MOST PROTECTED SPECIE on EARTH, besides humans
Carry on and have a beer
Posted by: Tom_Ohio at April 03, 2012 06:47 PM (ysWJ9)
Posted by: L Rob in OK at April 03, 2012 06:47 PM (7yvLv)
Posted by: steevy at April 03, 2012 06:48 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: elizabethe is all dead inside at April 03, 2012 06:48 PM (T03Ll)
Posted by: DC in Towson at April 03, 2012 06:48 PM (I/cLr)
Posted by: AuthorLMendez at April 03, 2012 06:49 PM (8beAV)
Yes, and then next thing you know you're married to a doggone red-haired redneck who needs spanking on a regular basis, right??
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 06:49 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 03, 2012 06:50 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 06:50 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 06:50 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: willow at April 03, 2012 06:50 PM (TomZ9)
Posted by: elizabethe is all dead inside at April 03, 2012 10:48 PM (T03Ll)
So, same shit, different day, eh? Color me surprised!
Posted by: Peaches at April 03, 2012 06:50 PM (w407e)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 10:43 PM (Z9EHQ)
Good new anvils are hideously expensive, but most hobbyists either get them used or (more commonly, I believe) make an improvised one. Given that the London-pattern anvil that we are most familiar with is a pretty recent invention and that for most of history an anvil was a square or rectangular chunk of metal of fairly small size, a useful anvil is a lot easier to find than you might think.
Posted by: Grey Fox at April 03, 2012 06:50 PM (oqYdg)
I'm all for laser-like focus on the blacksmiths.
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 06:51 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Joe Elizondo Mt. Dew Biden at April 03, 2012 06:51 PM (l/xhO)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 06:52 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: willow at April 03, 2012 10:50 PM (TomZ9)
Come over here by me, sweet girl, and help me Google shirtless blacksmith images. I'll protect you.
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 06:52 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 06:52 PM (Z9EHQ)
Time for this old guy. Good night, morons everywhere. Keep yer powder dry.
Posted by: L Rob in OK at April 03, 2012 06:52 PM (7yvLv)
Posted by: elizabethe is all dead inside at April 03, 2012 06:53 PM (T03Ll)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 06:53 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Big T Party at April 03, 2012 06:53 PM (EhUTA)
Posted by: DC in Towson at April 03, 2012 06:53 PM (I/cLr)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy aka st tits at April 03, 2012 06:53 PM (4Oajw)
And, major prayers for any D-FW morons, they had a time of it today, for sure. Jeez, from what I saw that was pure hectic crazy.
Posted by: Peaches at April 03, 2012 06:53 PM (w407e)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 06:53 PM (bxiXv)
What I'm wondering is if the bra intentionally suggests watermelons or my mind is running with it.
Posted by: epobirs at April 03, 2012 06:54 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: elizabethe is all dead inside at April 03, 2012 06:55 PM (T03Ll)
546535anvils are a little pricier than I had thought they were.
ACME has specials....check them out sometime.
Posted by: Wile E. Cayote. at April 03, 2012 06:55 PM (paGZQ)
Let me see if i can calm Merovign down over here. I haven't told him how much i like him in mths.
i'd show my breast but i already told em they aren't all that.
Posted by: willow at April 03, 2012 06:55 PM (TomZ9)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 06:55 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Wile E. Cayote. at April 03, 2012 10:55 PM (paGZQ)
I LOLd!
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 06:56 PM (SsG4J)
People wrote movies... movies that had stories,
****
Speaking of, I watched Hopscotch this weekend and quite enjoyed it.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 03, 2012 06:56 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 10:50 PM (bxiXv)
Here's the link for it. It kind of analyzes the genre of Mass Effect and why the ending fails. And it shows about of minute of Shepard at the end, shooting at "it" http://tinyurl.com/c26oa5f
Posted by: buzzion at April 03, 2012 06:56 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: whiskey tango at April 03, 2012 06:56 PM (JvP2I)
Posted by: Castle Anthrax at April 03, 2012 06:56 PM (4Oajw)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 06:57 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: willow at April 03, 2012 10:53 PM (TomZ9)
*makes it rain* *throws down some silver dimes just because*
Posted by: NC Ref at April 03, 2012 06:57 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 06:57 PM (Z9EHQ)
EXCELLENT idea. Oh indeed, there is Balm in Gilead yet.
The temps on the thread are simultaneously cooling down and heating up.
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 06:57 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy aka st tits at April 03, 2012 06:58 PM (4Oajw)
I give you what should be a happy-fun ONT and you decide to be assholes to each other instead.
Oh and LrLv1 - your racist bullshit is not welcome here so consider yourself banned.
Posted by: Mætenloch at April 03, 2012 06:58 PM (+B3Nr)
Posted by: DC in Towson at April 03, 2012 06:58 PM (I/cLr)
The show was essentially 'what if Mr. Van Dreisen managed to marry and reproduce?'
It got more annoying than funny very quickly. It may have worked if did in ten minute chunks in between Beavis and Butthead episodes.
Posted by: epobirs at April 03, 2012 06:58 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: elizabethe is all dead inside at April 03, 2012 06:58 PM (T03Ll)
Posted by: steevy at April 03, 2012 06:59 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 06:59 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 06:59 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: buzzion at April 03, 2012 06:59 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy aka st tits at April 03, 2012 06:59 PM (4Oajw)
One day Mr. Smith, the president of a large corporation, called his vice-president, Dave, into his office and said, "We're making some cutbacks, so either Jack or Barbara will have to be laid off." Dave looked at Mr. Smith and said, "Barbara is my best worker, but Jack has a wife and three kids. I don't know whom to fire."
The next morning Dave waited for his employees to arrive. Barbara was the first to come in, so Dave said, "Barbara, I've got a problem. You see, I've got to lay you or Jack off and I don't know what to do?" Barbara replied, "You'd better jack off. I've got a headache."
Posted by: Theresa at April 03, 2012 06:59 PM (6/tED)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at April 03, 2012 06:59 PM (UR5vq)
so stressed, i cn hardly wait till the elections are over, and i know one way or the other, if i have to smoke a tail pipe.
Posted by: willow at April 03, 2012 06:59 PM (TomZ9)
Posted by: DC in Towson at April 03, 2012 07:00 PM (I/cLr)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 07:00 PM (R5yLq)
Hey! get your own lap!
Posted by: willow at April 03, 2012 07:01 PM (TomZ9)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy aka st tits at April 03, 2012 10:53 PM (4Oajw)
A vista I recommend all morons view. Wanna see a pic? Heh don't bitch about the formatting next time lol.
Posted by: NC Ref at April 03, 2012 07:01 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 07:01 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 07:02 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 07:02 PM (SsG4J)
You're doing this to relay information, so do just that. Most people fail at that because they think what they're doing is giving a performance. Put that out of your head and just pass on what you know to them. When you think of it those terms there really isn't any need to be anxious about it.
Posted by: lowandslow at April 03, 2012 07:03 PM (GZitp)
Posted by: Merovign
tis true. you're a great man.
Posted by: willow at April 03, 2012 07:04 PM (TomZ9)
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 11:02 PM (SsG4J)
How much bacon can you grow? Heh, I'm kidding. My fondest dream in the whole world is to go live in Arkansas and be your neighbor, Tammy. I ain't lyin' at all here. {{{tammy}}}
Posted by: Peaches at April 03, 2012 07:04 PM (w407e)
Posted by: Theresa at April 03, 2012 07:04 PM (6/tED)
Posted by: DC in Towson at April 03, 2012 07:04 PM (I/cLr)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy aka st tits at April 03, 2012 07:04 PM (4Oajw)
Endings are hard. I've lost count of the number of great books and movies that left me disappointed because they didn't know what to do at the end. Some people have been very annoyed at Neal Stephenson because he was in the habit for a long time of not having an ending, just a fade out without much resolution of major threads.
One huge annoying item in a lot of anime series is hitting the cosmic rest button instead of an ending.
Posted by: epobirs at April 03, 2012 07:05 PM (kcfmt)
This youtube - http://youtu.be/7MlatxLP-xs
It's not RedLetterMedia, but it's a very good pastische which RLM likely wishes he had done
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 03, 2012 07:05 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: willow at April 03, 2012 07:06 PM (TomZ9)
Posted by: Jamie at April 03, 2012 07:06 PM (XXajJ)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 07:06 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 07:06 PM (Z9EHQ)
Damn, something has took and got in my eye and made it all watery.
Welcome ANY time, dear lady. {{{{{{Peaches}}}}}}}
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 07:07 PM (SsG4J)
I in no way indorse or represent the Acme Company. Just something I have heard aroundabouts.
And with that!...I'm of to sleep..perhaps to dream!
Good night you ONT you!
Posted by: jem at April 03, 2012 07:07 PM (0oYHO)
Can't get upset too bad, the euphoria from the series of face plants by the left with the probability of a major victory later on is too strong. Stop and think about the events that have transpired, and what is yet to come. Things WILL get better despite the struggle we will endure.
So smile a little. And exult in the left's dismay.
Posted by: irongrampa at April 03, 2012 07:08 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 03, 2012 07:09 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at April 03, 2012 07:09 PM (UR5vq)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 10:53 PM (bxiXv)
The thread earlier resembled something like this.
Posted by: landofskybluewater at April 03, 2012 07:09 PM (JoIcn)
Posted by: DC in Towson at April 03, 2012 07:09 PM (I/cLr)
Posted by: elizabethe is all dead inside at April 03, 2012 07:09 PM (T03Ll)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 07:10 PM (bxiXv)
Compared to the rest of life on Earth, humans have incomprehensibly advanced intellects. Even a sub-normal human is orders of magnitude beyond any animal. The girl with Down Syndrome who bags groceries at the supermarket is intelligent in ways that the smartest chimp or dolphin simply cannot even comprehend. She can use money. She can read. She can use money to buy a bus ticket and travel to another town. That is simply impossible for a chimp. Compared to any non-human animal, that girl with Down Syndrome is a giant-headed Star Trek superintellect.
...which means that there really isn't much distance between her and, say, a real-world superintellect like Freeman Dyson. He can do stuff she can't -- but he can't do anything that she can't imagine the possibility of. He could explain some of his work to her, but he could never explain it to a chimp. He's a Star Trek superintellect with a marginally bigger rubber head than hers.
IQ tests should use a much larger scale. Instead of having "normal" be IQ 90 to 110, it should be something like IQ 999,990 to 1,000,010 to give a better sense of how little the difference actually is.
I used to be a lot more elitist, back when I was a skinny highschooler with no girlfriend and good SAT scores. Unfortunately, far too many skinny highschoolers with no girlfriends and high SAT scores go into government.
Posted by: Trimegistus at April 03, 2012 07:10 PM (xAp2X)
Oh, we can raise plenty of hogs. Long as I don't have to kill 'em, we're good. My uncles will process 'em and we can build a smokehouse to cure 'em and good old country hams, too.
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 07:10 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 07:11 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: landofskybluewater at April 03, 2012 07:11 PM (JoIcn)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy aka st tits at April 03, 2012 07:11 PM (4Oajw)
Posted by: elizabethe is all dead inside at April 03, 2012 07:11 PM (T03Ll)
Posted by: cherry at April 03, 2012 07:11 PM (OhYCU)
Posted by: packsoldier at April 03, 2012 07:12 PM (9tLNI)
Posted by: DC in Towson at April 03, 2012 07:12 PM (I/cLr)
Welcome ANY time, dear lady. {{{{{{Peaches}}}}}}}
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 11:07 PM (SsG4J)
Well, plus, I kinda got my mind's eye on one of them good ol' boys you call family, Tammy. I can cook and drink and cuss and raise hell with the best of 'em.
Posted by: Peaches at April 03, 2012 07:12 PM (w407e)
Posted by: Wile E. Cayote. at April 03, 2012 11:09 PM (paGZQ)
There IS quite a snake issue. I am not sure I am brave enough to swim in the pond, but there's a lake about 3 miles up the road!
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 07:12 PM (SsG4J)
630"I've thought for some time now that intelligence is kind of overrated."
Life is tough. Tougher if you're stupid.
Posted by: The Duke at April 03, 2012 07:12 PM (paGZQ)
Posted by: mama winger at April 03, 2012 07:13 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy aka st tits at April 03, 2012 07:13 PM (4Oajw)
Posted by: USS Diversity at April 03, 2012 07:13 PM (vpe0k)
Maet, We Are Not Worthy. Love the TB3K!!!
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 11:08 PM (SsG4J)
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Well, I am feeling sleepy. Is this part of your new hypnosis training?
Posted by: jc at April 03, 2012 07:14 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: mama winger at April 03, 2012 07:14 PM (P6QsQ)
Y'all Morons need to plan better. If you love her in to a comatose state, you can hardly expect her to make sammitches afterwards. She should do so before hand. Maybe pack a cooler to keep by the side of the bed so you don't have to walk far or anything.
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 07:14 PM (SsG4J)
There's a lot to learn to be a blacksmith, starting with learning how hot the iron should be for whatever you're trying to do with it. You can basically tell by the color, usually shades from red to cherry.
There's a "feel", however, you have to develop to work metal whether it is hot or cold. You don't just bang on it -- that just spreads it around. To draw metal towards you, you have to pull the hammer towards you as you strike. And you have to know where to strike and how hard to strike with each successive blow to smoothly draw metal.
I'd love to try blacksmithing. I know someone who bought a furnace and never got around to using it. Unfortunately, right now I'm too poor to build a shed for it and buy the most basic tools. You can make most of your tools you need yourself but you have to buy some of them.
I know, however, I could learn to do it and I'm sure I'd enjoy it. Someday, perhaps, I will. If I was sure I could earn money doing it I'd find a way to pay for it. If I can get the guy I know who has the furnace to give it to me or let me borrow it this summer I'll do some reading, watch some videos, buy some stock and try it. I hope I can muster the effort needed.
Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at April 03, 2012 07:15 PM (7+pP9)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 07:16 PM (Z9EHQ)
Part, yes. Other parts include hugs. And other parts are yet to be revealed.
It's a TRAP.
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 07:16 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: willow at April 03, 2012 07:16 PM (TomZ9)
Wow, that's really interesting, EA. Very cool . . .
Posted by: Peaches at April 03, 2012 07:17 PM (w407e)
Dammit, I missed 15 minutes.
Posted by: Waterhouse at April 03, 2012 11:16 PM (bpT90
I think the release it as a podcast later. Maybe tomorrow
Posted by: buzzion at April 03, 2012 07:17 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Village Smithy beneathe the spreading Chestnut tree standeth at April 03, 2012 07:17 PM (paGZQ)
Yes. So you will be making me a pair of snakeskin boots to go with my wolverine rug, then.
Nice.... verra, verra nice.
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 07:17 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: elizabethe is all dead inside at April 03, 2012 07:18 PM (T03Ll)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 07:19 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: willow at April 03, 2012 07:19 PM (TomZ9)
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 07:19 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Peaches at April 03, 2012 07:19 PM (w407e)
Posted by: Jumbo Jogging Shrimp at April 03, 2012 07:19 PM (DGIjM)
Oh, another one to drool over. God bless you Morons, you rock so hard!
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 07:20 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 07:20 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 07:20 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at April 03, 2012 07:21 PM (ZiYQG)
Posted by: Theresa at April 03, 2012 07:21 PM (6/tED)
Posted by: landofskybluewater at April 03, 2012 07:21 PM (JoIcn)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 07:21 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 03, 2012 07:21 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 07:22 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 07:23 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: landofskybluewater at April 03, 2012 07:23 PM (JoIcn)
Posted by: willow at April 03, 2012 11:16 PM (TomZ9)
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Don't worry. Be happy. Americans always do the right thing. Right after we try everything else. We are going to have some tough times, but we'll be fine.
Posted by: jc at April 03, 2012 07:23 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: elizabethe is all dead inside at April 03, 2012 07:23 PM (T03Ll)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 07:24 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 11:20 PM (SsG4J)
Y'all probably know I am not a church-goin' woman, but I am very, very solid with the Big Guy and I do NOT stand by idly when His name is taken in vain. It's disrespectful and wrong. /soapbox off/
Posted by: Peaches at April 03, 2012 07:24 PM (w407e)
Goodnite, good people. Stay safe.
Posted by: irongrampa at April 03, 2012 07:24 PM (SAMxH)
See you tomorrow, unless you have me banned.
;(
Posted by: Jimbo at April 03, 2012 07:24 PM (O3R/2)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 07:25 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Jimmah at April 03, 2012 07:26 PM (UpwlP)
Posted by: Jumbo Jogging Shrimp at April 03, 2012 07:26 PM (DGIjM)
Posted by: elizabethe is all dead inside at April 03, 2012 07:26 PM (T03Ll)
Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at April 03, 2012 07:26 PM (ZiYQG)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 07:26 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: DC in Towson at April 03, 2012 07:26 PM (I/cLr)
Posted by: Peaches at April 03, 2012 07:27 PM (w407e)
Y'all sleep sweet, and give my best to anyone who shows up later!
cowboyup and Larsen E, I have missed you! Don't go AWOL already, now.
Night, all.
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 07:27 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at April 03, 2012 07:27 PM (UR5vq)
Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at April 03, 2012 07:27 PM (ZiYQG)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 07:28 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: elizabethe is all dead inside at April 03, 2012 07:28 PM (T03Ll)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 07:29 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: The Dude at April 03, 2012 07:29 PM (M8yfa)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at April 03, 2012 07:30 PM (UR5vq)
Posted by: DC in Towson at April 03, 2012 07:30 PM (I/cLr)
Well, heck, gotta come back and say...I AM SO JEALOUS, especially of Jerusalem. A dream of mine, someday. Thor, too.
SO glad it went well, on all levels!!! And I bet His Eminence was glad to have you back to boss around and pay proper homage!
Catch ya later, awesome to "see" you again!
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 07:31 PM (SsG4J)
I'll leave the long, lingering, langorous hug to your sweetie.
BTW everyone, laughing is very good for your liver, or so I've heard.
Posted by: Theresa at April 03, 2012 07:31 PM (6/tED)
Posted by: mama winger at April 03, 2012 11:14 PM (P6QsQ)
Can I haz "slow, sultry, with a dirty mind"?
Posted by: cthulhu at April 03, 2012 07:31 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Jumbo Jogging Shrimp at April 03, 2012 07:31 PM (DGIjM)
Posted by: whiskey tango at April 03, 2012 07:32 PM (JvP2I)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 07:32 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 07:32 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 03, 2012 07:32 PM (QTHTd)
Glad to get back to blacksmithing here. Pecos, if you like car spring swords but find them too soft, try to find some discarded Studebaker spring leaves. Deeper heat-treat, harder arrn.
I'm anvil-rich, and have my "vices" too. But it makes you think twice about survival strategies, since extensive collections of heavy tools don't lend themselves to the teotwawki-bag rapid departure concept. My bug-out vehicle is a one-ton, but imagine the planning rig you need to load everything from shop to cargo-box in, say, 45 minutes. Hmm.
One great tool you can make for yourself is a Tennessee forge. It's a conical hole in the ground, best if lined with arrn or firebrick, with a large buried pipe to introduce air at the bottom. With a leaf blower, you can get decent firewood hot enough to soften iron and steel for working. A manual bellows and charcoal yields ore-smelting heat.
Strongly agree that knowing how to bake charcoal is a vital skill. My grandfather made a damn good living 100 years ago cutting New England hardwood for charcoal in the Gun Valley shops. They used it for bronze alloys. To make hard iron or steel the old way, you need to stack charcoal and ore together. That's how you introduce carbon to the mix.
The beauty part is, the hole-forge makes a great cooking platform for a dutch oven, too. I can bake a chicken on just sticks with no heat loss, and I can use real coal for an all-day fire to make apple butter or ketchup. Stupid waste of a day at Heinz' prices, but if the world goes to hell, I will have apple butter and ketchup. And an anvil.
Posted by: comatus at April 03, 2012 07:33 PM (ZOlM3)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy aka st tits at April 03, 2012 07:33 PM (4Oajw)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 07:33 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: elizabethe is all dead inside at April 03, 2012 11:26 PM (T03Ll)
I agree. I thought it was just kind of....meh. It must've done ok at the box office since they put out that sequel. Either that or their latest remake or movie based on 80's pop culture wasn't ready to go yet. We're probably just a couple years away from "Growing Pains:The Movie"
Posted by: landofskybluewater at April 03, 2012 07:34 PM (JoIcn)
Posted by: whiskey tango at April 03, 2012 11:32 PM (JvP2I)
This one gets the long languorous lingering hugs......
Thank you WT!
And really, goodnight, Y'all really are like crack, even on Aggro Tuesdays!
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 07:34 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: The Dude at April 03, 2012 11:29 PM (M8yfa)
Wow. The most alarming part is that your mom finds it amusing. I don't even know your dad, but he's on the prayer list as of now, for two reasons. Maybe 3.
Posted by: Peaches at April 03, 2012 07:34 PM (w407e)
I believe we have this show. It's called "America's Funniest Home Videos".
Also, if you've watched Idiocracy as many times as I have, you'll notice the next episode of "Ow My Balls!" playing in the background while Frito and Joe are tussling has Hormel Chavez in Paris near the Eiffel Tower. The French are apparently no better than us.
Posted by: La Mauvaise New Yorkaise at April 03, 2012 07:35 PM (dQOQe)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 07:35 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: elizabethe is all dead inside at April 03, 2012 07:35 PM (T03Ll)
Posted by: elizabethe is all dead inside at April 03, 2012 07:36 PM (T03Ll)
Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at April 03, 2012 07:36 PM (ZiYQG)
Ahhhhhh, my Black Swamp Man....... more hugs.
And I mean it this time, seriously.
Posted by: Tammy al Thor at April 03, 2012 07:36 PM (SsG4J)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 03, 2012 07:37 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Peaches at April 03, 2012 07:37 PM (w407e)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 07:38 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 07:39 PM (bxiXv)
When utilize comes out of someone's mouth incorrectly it's the surest sign they have an out-of-proportion sense of their own intelligence, or that they were educated in a liberal/public school where they don't actually teach grammar and vocabulary because they are too busy deconstructing things on race, class, and gender.
Posted by: elizabethe is all dead inside at April 03, 2012 11:36 PM (T03Ll)
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it can also mean we spent our time on math, chem, physics, and a host of other actually useful things that can be applied to improving the lives of everyone around us.
Posted by: jc at April 03, 2012 07:39 PM (ufJKx)
Not surprising at all. As I said above, the heart of the movie is snobbery, which is active in the leftist soul.
Posted by: epobirs at April 03, 2012 07:40 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Peaches at April 03, 2012 11:34 PM (w407e)
haha, this is nothing that my family has done for others being drunk.
Ever pass out drunk in a dog cage? Yeah, my mom got my brother to do that one night as a joke.
Apparently my dad was happy as a pig in shit as he found out that he makes more money with his pension and social security than he did when he was still working
Posted by: The Dude at April 03, 2012 07:40 PM (M8yfa)
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 03, 2012 07:40 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 07:40 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: elizabethe is all dead inside at April 03, 2012 07:41 PM (T03Ll)
Posted by: DC in Towson at April 03, 2012 07:41 PM (I/cLr)
Posted by: jc at April 03, 2012 07:41 PM (ufJKx)
so i'll give up and hope everyone has a great night.
Sos, no stealing laps while i'm gone!
nite all.
Posted by: willow at April 03, 2012 07:41 PM (TomZ9)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy aka st tits at April 03, 2012 07:41 PM (4Oajw)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 07:42 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 07:42 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Peaches at April 03, 2012 11:19 PM (w407e)
I will admit to socking "Jesus" a couple days ago. Wasn't going to do it but after making and then deleting my joke I saw a WZ link to a story where Sharpton et al was comparing Trayvon to our Savior and then then went ahead with my racist Jesus sock. Still not sure if it was the right thing to do, but no one jumped on me for it, like I kinda expected. I am willing to do penance for it tho.....
Posted by: NC Ref at April 03, 2012 07:42 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: USA at April 03, 2012 07:43 PM (6Cjut)
Posted by: Trayvon at April 03, 2012 07:44 PM (WUWb9)
Posted by: elizabethe is all dead inside at April 03, 2012 07:44 PM (T03Ll)
Y'all gonna "kiss and make up" again? Sweet.
Posted by: NC Ref at April 03, 2012 07:46 PM (/izg2)
I'd request pics but my ribs are sore as hell already.. lol
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 11:42 PM (R5yLq)
Sharp elbows?
Posted by: cthulhu at April 03, 2012 07:46 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 07:46 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: DC in Towson at April 03, 2012 07:47 PM (I/cLr)
Some morons can't wait for Opening Day to vent. Fans of Teh Cubbies, BTW, can take the Cubs Pledge here:
http://tinyurl.com/8ynes9n
Posted by: Basement Cat at April 03, 2012 07:47 PM (oHnw7)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 07:47 PM (Z9EHQ)
... "A sitting president who is, reputedly, a Con Law Professor and Harvard Grad questions the Supreme Court's power to review and strike unconstitutional laws" ...
... it's a WELL KNOWN fact ...
Posted by: Arbalest at April 03, 2012 07:48 PM (Cr+zC)
744 I just remember the remake being very.........forgettable, as oxymoronic as that sounds. I don't remember the line you mentioned......just because I don't remember much about the movie.
Without people remembering the original version, I think it would've disappeared from theaters pretty quickly, and you WOULDN'T be seeing this sequel coming out.
Posted by: landofskybluewater at April 03, 2012 07:48 PM (JoIcn)
Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at April 03, 2012 07:49 PM (ZiYQG)
Meh, you're cool, NC Ref. I'm the wrong one to ask. I'm more of an Old Testament type. Plus, I live in Mexifornia so half the people I know are named Jesus, although it is pronounced a little differently. shrugs
Posted by: Peaches at April 03, 2012 07:49 PM (w407e)
Posted by: elizabethe is all dead inside at April 03, 2012 07:50 PM (T03Ll)
Posted by: DC in Towson at April 03, 2012 07:50 PM (I/cLr)
Posted by: jc at April 03, 2012 11:39 PM (ufJKx)
This too. Sorry! I don't really mean everyone (hence, it's a rant). I mean more reporters, writers, and other wordsmiths whose business is communicating with words and are supposed to know what things mean.
Also, blog comments are off limits for grammar police, IMO. It's all about context.
Posted by: elizabethe is all dead inside at April 03, 2012 11:44 PM (T03Ll)
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I never actually knew that 'utilize' wasn't a synonym for 'use,' so I appreciate the info. Utilize is a word I try to avoid though cuz it sounds so damn pompous. That said, if I have to write a few paragraphs with 721 repetitions of the same word, it is nice to have a synonym to throw in once just to break it up. I'll have to find a replacement.
Posted by: jc at April 03, 2012 07:51 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 07:51 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at April 03, 2012 07:52 PM (ZiYQG)
Posted by: USA at April 03, 2012 07:53 PM (6Cjut)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 07:53 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 07:53 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy aka st tits at April 03, 2012 07:54 PM (4Oajw)
Posted by: DC in Towson at April 03, 2012 07:54 PM (I/cLr)
Posted by: elizabethe is all dead inside at April 03, 2012 07:55 PM (T03Ll)
Posted by: DC in Towson at April 03, 2012 07:56 PM (I/cLr)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy aka st tits at April 03, 2012 07:56 PM (4Oajw)
Posted by: elizabethe is all dead inside at April 03, 2012 07:56 PM (T03Ll)
Posted by: NC Ref at April 03, 2012 07:57 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: DC in Towson at April 03, 2012 07:57 PM (I/cLr)
Posted by: USA at April 03, 2012 11:53 PM (6Cjut)
What tickles me is the "or else".....as in, the DOJ shows up to argue something and the court denies them a place to argue their case.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 03, 2012 07:57 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Truman North at April 03, 2012 07:57 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: elizabethe is all dead inside at April 03, 2012 07:57 PM (T03Ll)
By far the best thing about today was the 5th circuit calling Obama out for his remarks yesterday and giving his @ss and his corrupt DOJ a little homework to do in specific terms, with a deadline. That's had me pretty much smiling all damn day.
Posted by: Theresa at April 03, 2012 07:58 PM (6/tED)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 07:59 PM (R5yLq)
Road Runner! There was that Wile E-lookalike wolf in one cartoon who went after sheep. Punched into work with the sheepdog. Good stuff.
Posted by: Waterhouse at April 03, 2012 07:59 PM (bpT90)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 07:59 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Zakn at April 03, 2012 08:00 PM (7F9i5)
Posted by: Arbalest at April 03, 2012 11:57 PM (Cr+zC)
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it was also just a smartass comment. no disrespect intended.
Posted by: jc at April 03, 2012 08:01 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at April 03, 2012 08:01 PM (ZiYQG)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 08:02 PM (Z9EHQ)
I'm glad it worked out smoother for you, you have a family to look after!Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 08:03 PM (bxiXv)
Lack of adult supervision?
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 03, 2012 11:09 PM (JMmQ9)
for me it was severe lack of burrito.. i got dinner and it sweetened me up more than a little. Grim said i was gettin scary.
Posted by: gushka haz a new Kitty what plays fetch! ! at April 03, 2012 08:03 PM (r7Ddb)
Is that a euphamism???
Posted by: NC Ref at April 03, 2012 08:06 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 08:06 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 08:06 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at April 04, 2012 12:01 AM (ZiYQG)
how is your kitty? is he still better? my new kitten is really super sweet. Moe is the best kitten EVAH. or at least thats what i tell him. His father calls him a naughty little bastard. Strangely, he seems to like Daddy best. I think the Naked pusseh let him know i was HERS.
Posted by: gushka haz a new Kitty what plays fetch! ! at April 03, 2012 08:07 PM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: Peaches at April 03, 2012 08:07 PM (w407e)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 08:08 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Zakn at April 03, 2012 08:08 PM (7F9i5)
{Delurks}
Merovign, you had viral heart failure? I ask because I got hit with the same thing last fall. I had never even heard of the condition before. Brought me down hard.
How did it work out for you? I seem to have gotten lucky with the drug therapy, but it was pretty scary for a while. Slowly building back to normal now (I hope).
Posted by: Dr. Heywood R. 'Pink' Floyd at April 03, 2012 08:08 PM (L4MV+)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 08:09 PM (Z9EHQ)
Sigh.
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 04, 2012 12:06 AM (R5yLq)
i do that all the time. I often say things and then realize ... oh whoops O_O
Posted by: gushka haz a new Kitty what plays fetch! ! at April 03, 2012 08:10 PM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 08:11 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at April 03, 2012 08:12 PM (ZiYQG)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 08:12 PM (R5yLq)
I'm fully of the opinion that officers should settle personal disputes with a pair of singlesticks and some privacy.
Yes, it's annoying that fencing is hard to find, although that seems to be changing. Most decent sized cities have a club, and most of those have adult beginner classes. It's nice as well that the historical European martial arts are starting to develop a following, as it means that there is more than Olympic fencing available.
Posted by: Alex at April 03, 2012 08:12 PM (tlK1P)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 08:14 PM (R5yLq)
They've re-organized the university departments since then. Some people get pretty confused about where they really stand. The most complex, dangerous, and two-sided tool you will ever use, especially if you've been convinced you're a STEM Prince, is language. You do not inherit it, you do not pick it up as you go along, and you're not going to understand its use by reading in your spare time.
Engineering used to be a five-year program. There was a reason for that. We used to think they needed a college education along with their engineering training. Many now take offense at that notion.
I've built cars, brewed up chemical compounds, and designed and built my house and some other buildings. I don't think I'm an engineer, and certainly not a scientist. Yet every engineering apprentice (and with a B.S., that is what you are) thinks he's got language, rhetoric and grammar down pat because his buds appear to understand him when he orders a round. Sooner or later, deliberate ignorance of language thinking gets you, and your project and your clients, into trouble.
Posted by: comatus at April 03, 2012 08:15 PM (ZOlM3)
Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at April 03, 2012 08:16 PM (ZiYQG)
Posted by: Scrat at April 03, 2012 08:17 PM (FU4t1)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 08:17 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: whiskey tango at April 03, 2012 08:18 PM (JvP2I)
Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at April 03, 2012 08:20 PM (ZiYQG)
Posted by: Peaches at April 04, 2012 12:07 AM (w407e)
I love teh burritos. I think the little guy's trying to get me to play with me EVEN MORE. he LOVES to play. Grimmy adores him but just can belive hes run into an animal that considers everything in THE WHOLE WORLD his toy. Dogs are playful but not quite in the kitten way.
But its hilarious, Grim named the kitty, and the tiny little white booger sleeps curled up between me and his dad, or in his daddys arms. The other kitteh glares at him balefully if she is on me, and he gets too close. Shes protecting her turf.
Grim was expecting Moe to be all in the way while i did the henna thing with my hair. nope. he was civilized, came over then knock out next to me, while i sat with my slime and watched the daywalkers comment on the controversies of the day. I was really out of sorts though. three hours and fourty minutes with green slime on my knee length hair was a flippin drag, but little kitty stayed the whole time and cuddled, the good little boy.
Posted by: gushka haz a new Kitty what plays fetch! ! at April 03, 2012 08:20 PM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 08:21 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: The Dude at April 03, 2012 08:22 PM (M8yfa)
One great tool you can make for yourself is a Tennessee forge. It's a conical hole in the ground, best if lined with arrn or firebrick...
Posted by: comatus at April 03, 2012 11:33 PM (ZOlM3)
comatus:
What in hell is "arrn"? Can't find it at Bing or Dictionary.com.
Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at April 03, 2012 08:23 PM (7+pP9)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 08:23 PM (bxiXv)
He'll probably be more successful at that when Grim is out of town, lol!
Okay, I'm out, fappers. The only way I can stop drinking these days is to go to bed. I'm hanging in by the skin of my teeth these days. But, this too shall pass.
God bless us, every one!
Posted by: Peaches at April 03, 2012 08:25 PM (w407e)
I've built cars, brewed up chemical compounds, and designed and built my house and some other buildings. I don't think I'm an engineer, and certainly not a scientist. Yet every engineering apprentice (and with a B.S., that is what you are) thinks he's got language, rhetoric and grammar down pat because his buds appear to understand him when he orders a round. Sooner or later, deliberate ignorance of language thinking gets you, and your project and your clients, into trouble.
I used to be regular on a bulletin board that had a lot of STEM types and they had precisely that problem. Most of them were very liberal as well, which I don't think was a coincidence.
Posted by: Alex at April 03, 2012 08:26 PM (tlK1P)
New kitten!! Moe. Very cute. Congrats. But, uh, what/who is "Naked pusseh?"
Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at April 04, 2012 12:16 AM (ZiYQG)
i have a hairless cat. She is adorable, and my darling baby. She got very depressed when he older (very aged) fuzzy sisters died this winter. She was miserable when she was alone, because shed never in her life been in the house by herself, if i left... so i got moe.
Moe is a defective hairless cat born with fur. (the breeder is a friend of mine.) But he is perfect for me. The Naked one now views him as a naughty younger brother she is willing to accept, and tolerate but not love. But shes not leaving my room again and doesnt sit by the door till i get home when i leave any more.
Posted by: gushka haz a new Kitty what plays fetch! ! at April 03, 2012 08:26 PM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at April 03, 2012 08:27 PM (ZiYQG)
I am just not effing going to let this thing kill me. Period.
Now that I wrote all that I see I may have misspoken earlier, I got a good job and two years later the stupid bug tried to kill my heart.Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 08:29 PM (bxiXv)
Fe, element 26. There's a city named after it in southern Ahia, Arrntn. My "utilization" of it is entirely arronic.
Posted by: comatus at April 03, 2012 08:31 PM (ZOlM3)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 08:31 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at April 03, 2012 08:33 PM (R5yLq)
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There are other issues at play other than snobbery. One is groupthink. Our country has a lot of worthwhile people from a wide spectrum of places that have something to offer. Yet, our government is becoming the mental version of the royal hemophiliacs because it is relying on a group of people that is too small and too closely knit-- as if they alone have all the answers and there is simply no possibility that someone else might have a better answer.
Another problem is one of complex reality. No one has ever been smart enough to actually succeed at what some of the 'elites' think they can do. Unfortunately, a percentage of those people also tend to become pretty abusive and dismissive when they are reminded of that fact, no matter how gently it is done. That generates resentment that has probably become palpable to you.
So, the backlash comes in multiple forms. Three of them are: snobs tend to draw fire, some people are just trying to combat the dangers of groupthink and they are right to do so, and some people are just trying to keep those who are over-impressed with their own intelligence from hurting the rest of society by undertaking ventures they are not capable of doing successfully. There are probably others as well.
Posted by: jc at April 03, 2012 08:34 PM (ufJKx)
THAT many cardiologists? So sorry to hear that. I lucked out, I guess, because the initial guy I got in the hospital called the diagnosis right away and had me on a drug regimen out of the gate that seems to have worked (took 5 months to go from an EF of 10 to 45 - still not out of the woods, but... better). They run blood/urine tests every month to monitor the kidneys. I was throwing out a lot of protein when first diagnosed, but that seems to have cleared up.
At peak "cocktail" here's what I was taking: Carvedilol 50mg; Spironolact 25mg; Furosemide 80mg; as well as Lisinopril (slightly high BP pre-condition) and a statin (they seem to prescribe this to anyone who walks in with heart problems now) and a baby aspirin.
Best of luck to you. I hope the new guy stabilizes things and you start feeling better.
Posted by: Dr. Heywood R. 'Pink' Floyd at April 03, 2012 08:35 PM (L4MV+)
Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at April 03, 2012 08:37 PM (ZiYQG)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 04, 2012 12:31 AM (bxiXv)
Gushka encouraged me to seek medical help when I was trying to get through this stupid infection (NOT where y'all morons think it was!) on my own. She rocks.
Posted by: NC Ref at April 03, 2012 08:38 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: whiskey tango at April 03, 2012 08:38 PM (JvP2I)
Posted by: Alex at April 03, 2012 08:38 PM (tlK1P)
Posted by: Dr. Heywood R. 'Pink' Floyd at April 03, 2012 08:40 PM (L4MV+)
Posted by: NC Ref at April 04, 2012 12:38 AM (/izg2)
Gushie loves her friends is all. (i want to keep you around)
Posted by: gushka haz a new Kitty what plays fetch! ! at April 03, 2012 08:40 PM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy aka st tits at April 03, 2012 08:44 PM (4Oajw)
Posted by: Truman North at April 03, 2012 08:47 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 08:47 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy aka st tits at April 04, 2012 12:44 AM (4Oajw)
certainly higher standards for reading comprehension, memorization, algebra, shop skills, analytical and critical thinking skills. (and i dont mean deconstruction, i mean logic and rhetoric.)
Posted by: gushka haz a new Kitty what plays fetch! ! at April 03, 2012 08:49 PM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 08:50 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 08:51 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at April 03, 2012 08:51 PM (a5ljo)
Speaking of logic versus deconstruction... I learned deconstruction. or as they call it, Marxist reasoning throughout my college career. But I was already strong at logic and I took two logic course, and I feel like learning both made me a better thinker. Specifically, a better advocate for those things which I believe. I can deconstruct that which is deconstructible, I can compare it to that which isn't, and I know what I know and why I "know" it.
Don't discount deconstruction as an alternate way of understanding things. Just don't take it to be complete and self-sufficient. In fact, understanding Marxist thought processes makes it easier for me to talk about things with academics, political types, and liberals. I think it makes it easier for me to explain what I believe and to persuade them that we conservatives aren't crazy or evil.
Posted by: Truman North at April 03, 2012 08:53 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at April 03, 2012 08:57 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at April 03, 2012 08:57 PM (ZiYQG)
I had no idea of its existence and now I am frightened for our future.
Sasha and Malia deserve a better kiddie pool out front the Whitehouse.
Posted by: Derak at April 03, 2012 08:57 PM (VEhDR)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 04, 2012 12:51 AM (bxiXv)
i know the value of good people, and want to keep them in my life. Thats a fact too. if you are suffering or dead that would be teh suck. SO i am being a little selfish as well
Posted by: gushka haz a new Kitty what plays fetch! ! at April 03, 2012 08:59 PM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at April 03, 2012 09:01 PM (ZiYQG)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 09:01 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 09:02 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at April 03, 2012 09:04 PM (ZiYQG)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 09:05 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at April 03, 2012 09:06 PM (ZiYQG)
Yeah. Unlike heart failure.
I guess it makes sense the government bureaucrats would not see doing without a heart as a big disability.
Or a brain. Every try to get SSDI for anencephaly?Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 09:06 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at April 03, 2012 09:06 PM (ZiYQG)
You could "press" them, of course. Or, East Coast, "send them out."
I can't transliterate what I think is the right way to say iron, because I haven't installed "schwa" in my symbol toolkit. But it kinda, sorta, rhymes with "I earn." Over the years, I have been surprised by the variant forms.
And oh yeah, of the actual metal too. There are high-carbon irons (the plural, that's a tricky one) that make a decent knife blade, holding an edge well, and not brittle. In compression, iron is often superior to steel for weight-bearing. Some wrought iron is almost rustproof. And cast has amazing thermal properties. It's the very stuff, and we've lost our sense of wonder at how we used it to change the world.
Posted by: comatus at April 03, 2012 09:07 PM (ZOlM3)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 04, 2012 01:02 AM (bxiXv)
indeed. i read Atlas Shrugged when i was 13 and i was scarred for life. its sorta weird to now be living it. i guess we know who Cuffy Meigs is.
Posted by: gushka haz a new Kitty what plays fetch! ! at April 03, 2012 09:07 PM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: comatus at April 04, 2012 01:07 AM (ZOlM3)
people have lost their sense of wonder, period. i think its because they have no self respect, or respect for anything, actually. i think the wonder starts there.
Posted by: gushka haz a new Kitty what plays fetch! ! at April 03, 2012 09:11 PM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 09:13 PM (bxiXv)
JC, I had a long reply to your post but I decided that it was teh suck. Basically I was saying that there's a conservative groupthink as well, it's not exclusive property of liberals, look at the way conservative media behaves, etc. But too many words and too close to midnight, so I hit delete.
Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at April 04, 2012 01:01 AM (ZiYQG)
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My guess is I would not argue your point. Groupthink is dangerous and it takes a truly accurate mirror to avoid those dangers.
One distinction I would make however, is that I was being specific about 'elites in government.' For example, how many current members of the SCOTUS are not from Harvard or Yale? Out of the last 4 Prez's, how many did not go to Harvard or Yale?
To me, the worst part is when they start congratulating themselves on how diverse they are.
Posted by: jc at April 03, 2012 09:14 PM (ufJKx)
OTOH, a lot of the stuff civilians were asked to put up with during WWII was a fraud intended to increased feelings of participation in the war effort. Much of the items that were rationed were never remotely in short supply. A consideration that helped inspired the Marshall Plan was that it would be insanely expensive to ship back the massive amount of non-battlefield stuff we'd shipped overseas to support our troops. It was cheaper to leave it there as a contribution to the rebuilding.
It might have been a good reason to cut entitlements but in general, without a real existential threat requiring factory conversion or new factories entirely, there wasn't any good reason to take a dump on the economy paying for all of this. When WWII began, Roosevelt had already spent most of two terms doing that.
Posted by: epobirs at April 03, 2012 09:25 PM (kcfmt)
Elitist #2: Really? I'm a gay African-American sociologist interested in issues of income inequality and poverty!
Elitist #3: Really? Wow that is so interesting! I'm a Latino environmental activist who fights Big Oil and promotes green technology!
Elitist #1: Wow, that's so awesome!
Elitist #2: Yeah, look at us, we are so smart and culturally aware and... diverse!
Elitist #3: You got it! Say, where did you go to college?
Elitist #1: I went to Yale.
Elitist #2: Really? Me too!
Elitist #3: So did I!
Elitist #1: Wow, what a *coincidence*!
Posted by: A Conversation on the Upper West Side at April 04, 2012 01:20 AM (7FadD)
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Exactly. Now let's add just a couple more tests: could any of them actually feed, clothe, house, or transport themselves if they did not have someone else to do it for them? Exactly how 'elite' is that?
Posted by: jc at April 03, 2012 09:26 PM (ufJKx)
If I were insanely rich I'd want my padded cell lined with mink and all my straight jackets would be silk.
Posted by: epobirs at April 03, 2012 09:27 PM (kcfmt)
I had to deal, some time ago, with hidebound high-school-educated bureaucrats who owed their jobs to The Party, and distrusted anyone with more education than they had, paying no attention to major or school. Fun times, as we like to say here. There are plenty of those still around.
That backlash is not quite the same as the new one against what I'll call "what higher education has become." Some common ground, but still. Many people feel that the entire education hierarchy has been transformed into a weapon aimed at their way of life. I understand.
In between, there was a backlash against old-boyism, even though many of my high school fellow prisoners went to Big State because they said, cynically I thought, that they could make better connections there. Some did.
And there was a backlash (not nearly enough) against turning higher education into a training ground for what Horace Mann called "agents of the State." That's how two-year normal schools became universities.
I get a little backlashy (sorry) on this trade-school thing, even though in My Republic you wouldn't earn a degree without demonstrating either a marketable skill or current employment, besides expertise in your field.
I had a Yalie for a Shakespeare class at a state school. He did a very good job of sharing the insights he had absorbed there, and that was it. Hard grader, too. He left the PhD program to sell insurance.
But I also met a philosophy professor fresh from a Harvard post-doc, who studied with Nozick under Rawls. He mentored, more or less, the last two years of my education. We became very close friends and I reckon him the best thinker I've ever known. As I said, there you go.
Posted by: comatus at April 03, 2012 09:34 PM (ZOlM3)
Totally not looking at porn.
Couldn't get the porn if I wanted to.
So totally not looking.
Posted by: Robert at April 03, 2012 09:34 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Robert at April 03, 2012 09:37 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Adriane at April 04, 2012 01:37 AM (crQEo)
And he's twirling it. Twirling!
Oh, I'm almost finished with Farscape season three. Just finished the next to last episode.
Crais, you magnificent bastard!
Posted by: Robert at April 03, 2012 09:39 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Morgan Freeman at April 04, 2012 01:40 AM (7FadD)
Posted by: Angelina Jolie's Brother at April 03, 2012 09:42 PM (4ixH5)
One of my predecessors, Roooootherfurd BeHayes, had a house about 40 miles from me. When asked why he didn't run for another term, he said "I'm going home to Spiegel Grove. I have trees to plant."
We could do worse than to emulate his sentiment.
Posted by: comatus at April 03, 2012 09:44 PM (ZOlM3)
Yeah verily,
Lani Tapu's (sp?) delivery of "Talyn, Starburst..." was superb...
Posted by: Adriane at April 03, 2012 09:44 PM (crQEo)
John has a long mustache ...
Posted by: Adriane at April 04, 2012 01:37 AM (crQEo)
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schzzzzjjooonnnnn haz a lowongg mooostaashchz.
Posted by: jc at April 03, 2012 09:44 PM (ufJKx)
is it good?
Posted by: chemjeff at April 04, 2012 01:44 AM (7FadD)
yes, very much so
Posted by: The Dude at April 03, 2012 09:45 PM (M8yfa)
is it good?
Posted by: chemjeff at April 04, 2012 01:44 AM (7FadD)
And the stories are very good, too.
I dig it.
Posted by: Robert at April 03, 2012 09:46 PM (4ixH5)
You (and they) are unlikely to change anyone's mind so bitterness is all that's left.
So to change it up a bit here the band Babe Ruth playing A Fistful of Dollars. I like the studio version better, but this all that's uploaded:
http://tinyurl.com/6shkxcn
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 03, 2012 09:47 PM (ccXZP)
I get a little backlashy (sorry) on this trade-school thing, even though in My Republic you wouldn't earn a degree without demonstrating either a marketable skill or current employment, besides expertise in your field.
Posted by: comatus at April 04, 2012 01:34 AM (ZOlM3)
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And yet, law school is just a trade school and for whatever reason we have turned our entire government over to that small, non-diverse, groupthinking bunch. Bad error on the part of the voters.
Posted by: jc at April 03, 2012 09:48 PM (ufJKx)
It doesn't take a history to acquire an attitude. People invent themselves every day. Some of the worst I've ever met came from the humblest of beginnings and looked upon that with shame rather than pride of accomplishment. (OTOH, some can remind you so often of their started from nothing staus it becomes parody ala The Four Yorkshiremen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlIXn0r0AY8 )
A big part of comes from wanting to impress those who do care about what your predecessor did rather than what you've done or might do. We had a war to be rid of the idea of hereditary royalty but it crept back in. It is an essential flaw in the human makeup.
Posted by: epobirs at April 03, 2012 09:48 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Zakn at April 03, 2012 09:49 PM (7F9i5)
Ninja, please! a 5-4 SCOTUS vote is a 56-44 majority. This monstrosity squeaked through the House 51-49. Obama himself won a 52-48 majority.
Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at April 03, 2012 09:50 PM (a5ljo)
Easily among the best SF series in TV history.
The lead played by Ben Browder was remarkable in being able to simultaneously be cocky and lacking confidence at the same time.
"Is it a bad plan? Of course it is. We thought of it. But it's our plan and they don't know we have one this bad and they're not prepared for it!"
Posted by: epobirs at April 03, 2012 09:52 PM (kcfmt)
Ninja, please! a 5-4 SCOTUS vote is a 56-44 majority. This monstrosity squeaked through the House 51-49. Obama himself won a 52-48 majority.
Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at April 04, 2012 01:50 AM (a5ljo)
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Odumbcluck is completely innumerate. I challenge anyone to come up with any evidence to the contrary. I have looked and come up empty every time. I think one of the reasons why trillion dollar deficits don't bother him is he has absolutely no idea what the difference between million, billion, and trillion really mean.
He is so innumerate that the concept of runaway compounding is just as foreign to him as the most complex math would be to most folks.
Posted by: jc at April 03, 2012 09:55 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 03, 2012 09:56 PM (bxiXv)
Is that weird or what? Yeah, the embarrassment stuff is *less* funny. Is it because they're short, I'm not watching someone be humiliated for an hour like a movie?
Same for me. For me, it seems cruel to use a guy/gal as a continuous punching bug for jokes.
Am a much bigger fan of humor that laughs at yourself. = P
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at April 03, 2012 09:56 PM (zkh84)
I think he understand brazillions though ...
Posted by: Adriane at April 03, 2012 09:56 PM (crQEo)
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at April 03, 2012 09:57 PM (zkh84)
Posted by: Jerry at April 03, 2012 10:00 PM (4SKYj)
is he has absolutely no idea what the difference between million,
billion, and trillion really mean.
I think he understand brazillions though ...
Posted by: Adriane at April 04, 2012 01:56 AM (crQEo)
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that might explain why he walks so funny.
Posted by: jc at April 03, 2012 10:01 PM (ufJKx)
I thought it was the mom jeans but no, no, you could be on to something ...
Posted by: Adriane at April 03, 2012 10:03 PM (crQEo)
http://tinyurl.com/7b2cwfr
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 03, 2012 10:05 PM (ccXZP)
The thing to look for are the exclusives to the machine. Nearly all of the big hits from last several years are there but the exclusives are what defines a platform. (And some items, like the Orange Box, were handed to teams that didn't have good PS3 skills and produced an inferior version.)
God of War series.
Resistance series
Uncharted series.
Ratchet & Clank series.
Also, some prominent PS2 exclusives have been gathered in remastered PS3 versions in high def.
Jak and Daxter series
Devil May Cry series
Sly Cooper series
Prince of Persia series (the good early ones before the awful movie tie-ins, not PS3 exclusive but a good item if you didn't play them on an earlier system)
And several more on the way.
You can make a similar list for other systems. On Xbox the Halo series is a big draw, plus access to most of the original Xbox library, which can be had for cheap.
Posted by: epobirs at April 03, 2012 10:06 PM (kcfmt)
Not recently, but I did acquire a 55 GB complete set of DVD rips and a 600 MB collection of the comics, which are better than most tie-ins due to participation form the show creators.
On Monday I loaded those, all of Lexx, several of the Doctors, and a bunch of other stuff on a little 500 GB and sent it to my brother. He's paranoid about using torrents and it was painful to try uploading the stuff a file at a time.
Posted by: epobirs at April 03, 2012 10:09 PM (kcfmt)
Seriously?
The Blue fucking Lagoon?
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Wait, didn't they recently remake this and actually put it in movie theaters? So this is a re-remake?
Jeez, the only redoing of the thing worth watching is the parody bit in Top Secret.
Posted by: sistrum at April 03, 2012 10:12 PM (AyryN)
Posted by: Zakn at April 03, 2012 10:12 PM (7F9i5)
Posted by: epobirs at April 03, 2012 10:13 PM (kcfmt)
Want to play Journey and see what thats all about
Posted by: Zakn at April 04, 2012 01:49 AM (7F9i5)
I'm just gonna go down wiki's list and pick out the better ones
3D Dot Heroes (zelda made with voxels)
Afrika (photographer in Afrika, think along the lines of Pokemon Snap)
Bladestorm (Medieval times RTS)
Castlevania Lords of Shadows (a 3D Castlevania that is actually good)
Demon Souls and Dark Souls (hardcore third person RPG)
Disgaea 3 (grid based tactile strategy rpg)
Dynasty Warriors 7 (button masher)
Hot Shots (three click golf game)
Heavy Rain (new style of the old classic point and click. falls apart in the last chapter)
ICO & Shadow of the Colossus (they went back and made these classics in HD with finally not much slowdown in Shadow)
Infamous (open world spuerhero game with a shit story, quite fun though)
Nier (have to like JRPGs but one of the finest of the gen)
Sengoku Bassara (Capcom's take on Dynasty Warriors and frankly a bit more fun with the anime story)
The Darkness (great storydriven FPS)
Uncharted games (Tomb Raider but good)
Valkyrie Chronicles (must play if you like tactical strategy games with a great watercolor aesthetic and good story)
Vanquish (Japan doing a balls out Gears of War game but it's short and makes no sense)
Way of the Samurai 3 (third person action game...kinda. Everything is realtime and a shit load of paths to go down so it has high replay ability. Can be boring at times though)
Yakuza games (3D beat em up with a lot of similar stuff of Shenmue)
and then there are a bunch of stuff on the PSN
Posted by: The Dude at April 03, 2012 10:14 PM (M8yfa)
Hey JC,, I'm gonna stick with he's so full of shit it's coming out his mouth... *makes him walk funny too*
Posted by: beanervt at April 03, 2012 10:16 PM (KZLoo)
The Brooke Shields version was a re-remake, too. The first was in 1923 and again in 1949 with a 20 year old Jean Simmons.
Posted by: epobirs at April 03, 2012 10:16 PM (kcfmt)
I have a PS3 and a Wii. PS3 is a wonderful machine. Never had a single problem with it or its software.
What kinds of games do you like to play?
Posted by: Truman North at April 03, 2012 10:16 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: epobirs at April 04, 2012 02:06 AM (kcfmt)
the Resistance games suck hard though, same with Killzone. Plus the controller is a piece of shit without the sticks being offset
Posted by: The Dude at April 03, 2012 10:16 PM (M8yfa)
Posted by: The Dude at April 03, 2012 10:17 PM (M8yfa)
Hey JC,, I'm gonna stick with he's so full of shit it's coming out his mouth... *makes him walk funny too*
Posted by: beanervt at April 04, 2012 02:16 AM (KZLoo)
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then, if his eyes ever turn blue you will know he's a quart low.
(Hey, Bean)
Posted by: jc at April 03, 2012 10:17 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: The Dude at April 03, 2012 10:19 PM (M8yfa)
Posted by: Robert at April 03, 2012 10:20 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Robert at April 04, 2012 02:20 AM (4ixH5)
not metal, butt rock
Posted by: The Dude at April 03, 2012 10:20 PM (M8yfa)
Posted by: Robert at April 03, 2012 10:22 PM (4ixH5)
I feel like David Lynch is around the corner filming me.
Posted by: Robert at April 03, 2012 10:23 PM (4ixH5)
Special bonus: Among the cast is Wayne Pygram, Farscape's Scorpius!
Not the Blue Lagoon but an incredible simulation: Paradise, starring the glorious Phoebe Cates and Willie Ames, is a desert instead of desert island version of the Blue Lagoon.
Posted by: epobirs at April 03, 2012 10:25 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Adriane at April 04, 2012 02:22 AM (crQEo)
Ditto.
According to IMDB there have been no remakes of Brooke Shields' Titties The Blue Lagoon since 1980. There was a 1992 sequel with Milla Jovavich, though.
Someone inform Kratos.
Posted by: Robert at April 03, 2012 10:25 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: The Dude at April 03, 2012 10:28 PM (M8yfa)
Posted by: Zakn at April 03, 2012 10:28 PM (7F9i5)
Haven't played, just going by reputation. They're part of my immense unplayed backlog of games that will be my full time occupation when I win the lottery. I got the third game as part of a bundle with the Move three-piece setup and the gun accessory when Best Buy had it down to $50 for the whole thing.
I've made a move that should help with the backlog. I got a 3DS in a nice deal and eight games for it. That will make things better, I'm sure.
Posted by: epobirs at April 03, 2012 10:29 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: epobirs at April 04, 2012 02:25 AM (kcfmt)
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somehow, with her, the word 'whipping' doesn't seem to apply. slipping 'em out? sliding? I don't even think 'pulling' works. flopping definitely doesn't work. maybe Robert knows.
Posted by: jc at April 03, 2012 10:31 PM (ufJKx)
heh.
heh.
heh.
Feel the BURN, baby ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51f9uEYGeKw
Posted by: Adriane at April 03, 2012 10:31 PM (crQEo)
I have read internet-ish that casting has begun for Ender's Game. I have hope it might be nicely done ...
Posted by: Adriane at April 03, 2012 10:33 PM (crQEo)
Posted by: The Dude at April 03, 2012 10:34 PM (M8yfa)
And I kept replying, "this is such a spectacularly beautiful place, and the people here are so welcoming and wonderful....why would I pass up so much of a glorious experience to go see a place where Hollywood stuck some cameras?"
And, BTW, it's true. Fiji is just amazing and mind-bending.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 03, 2012 10:34 PM (kaalw)
Whatever. They're real and spectacular, whereas Teri Hatcher's don't look so good unadorned. Best viewed in 'The Cool Surface' with Robert Patrick, who had forgotten to switch his personality back on after T2.
Posted by: epobirs at April 03, 2012 10:35 PM (kcfmt)
3D Dot Heroes (zelda made with voxels)
Afrika (photographer in Afrika, think along the lines of Pokemon Snap)
Bladestorm (Medieval times RTS)
Castlevania Lords of Shadows (a 3D Castlevania that is actually good)
Demon Souls and Dark Souls (hardcore third person RPG)
Disgaea 3 (grid based tactile strategy rpg)
Dynasty Warriors 7 (button masher)
Hot Shots (three click golf game)
Heavy Rain (new style of the old classic point and click. falls apart in the last chapter)
ICO & Shadow of the Colossus (they went back and made these classics in HD with finally not much slowdown in Shadow)
Infamous (open world spuerhero game with a shit story, quite fun though)
Nier (have to like JRPGs but one of the finest of the gen)
Sengoku Bassara (Capcom's take on Dynasty Warriors and frankly a bit more fun with the anime story)
The Darkness (great storydriven FPS)
Uncharted games (Tomb Raider but good)
Valkyrie Chronicles (must play if you like tactical strategy games with a great watercolor aesthetic and good story)
Vanquish (Japan doing a balls out Gears of War game but it's short and makes no sense)
Way of the Samurai 3 (third person action game...kinda. Everything is realtime and a shit load of paths to go down so it has high replay ability. Can be boring at times though)
Yakuza games (3D beat em up with a lot of similar stuff of Shenmue)
and then there are a bunch of stuff on the PSN
Posted by: The Dude at April 03, 2012 10:37 PM (M8yfa)
Posted by: The Dude at April 03, 2012 10:38 PM (M8yfa)
Posted by: jc at April 04, 2012 02:31 AM (ufJKx)
Chicks can whip 'em out.
Posted by: Robert, Keeper Of The Breastesses at April 04, 2012 02:33 AM (4ixH5)
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of course they can, but whipping implies a particular form of motion that I don't think applies to her.
Posted by: jc at April 03, 2012 10:38 PM (ufJKx)
somehow, with her, the word 'whipping' doesn't seem to apply. slipping 'em out? sliding? I don't even think 'pulling' works. flopping definitely doesn't work. maybe Robert knows.
Posted by: jc at April 04, 2012 02:31 AM (ufJKx)
shimmy.
Mila definitely shimmies them out.
Posted by: gushka haz a new Kitty what plays fetch! ! at April 03, 2012 10:39 PM (r7Ddb)
Not in the budget and such things tend to be noisier than I can stand anymore. I haven't bothered with E3 in years, even though I live in LA and flew to Atlanta for the two years it was there.
I was working on CES related stuff for ten days in January and never went on the show floor. Felt like I'd seen everything that mattered already online. That would have been blasphemy ten year earlier but I'm burned out on trade show. I just want to do the job and go home.
They don't do WinHEC anymore. I'd go to that if it came around again.
Posted by: epobirs at April 03, 2012 10:39 PM (kcfmt)
shimmy.
Mila definitely shimmies them out.
Posted by: gushka haz a new Kitty what plays fetch! ! at April 04, 2012 02:39 AM (r7Ddb)
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I can go for shimmy.
Posted by: jc at April 03, 2012 10:40 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: Jerry at April 03, 2012 10:41 PM (4SKYj)
Whatever. They're real and spectacular, whereas Teri Hatcher's don't look so good unadorned.
Oh, I don't know about that. I think they'd do in a pinch.
Posted by: landofskybluewater at April 03, 2012 10:41 PM (JoIcn)
If you could arrange the get together, gladly. I'll even supply the camera and film.
Posted by: landofskybluewater at April 03, 2012 10:47 PM (JoIcn)
I've got ME 1 and 2 on the Xbox and have never so much as inserted the disc. I'm reluctant to take count but the backlog is in the three digits, possibly four.
A mitigating factor is that I'm also an obsessive bargain hunter. I like to say I was a Cheap Ass Gamer long before cheapassgamer.com existed.
Of those 3DS games, five were $10 each, one was $14 but was bundled with hardshell I wanted, and the other three were full price (Mario, Zelda, Starfox) but purchased in a Buy 2 Get 1 Free deal. Plus this was at Best Buy so I got Reward Zone points and used my Toys R Us credit card to get points on that, too.
I used to do a good profit on flipping stuff from blowout sales but it's too much of a hassle these days. Back when Sega pulled the plug on the Saturn, Best Buy marked everything down to $9.50 or less. I drove all other to buy about $2700 worth of it. The I converted that to $7000 by offering to the small stores that knew how to move it.
Those were the days.
Posted by: epobirs at April 03, 2012 10:47 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: epobirs at April 04, 2012 02:47 AM (kcfmt)
still wish I had my copies of Dragonforce and Panzer Dragoon Saga 
Dragonforce, still one of my favorite games of all time. Game was magical and WD did a great job with that release even with it not being one of their blow out special editions
Posted by: The Dude at April 03, 2012 10:50 PM (M8yfa)
Posted by: Adriane at April 04, 2012 02:33 AM (crQEo)
It's being directed by Gavin Hood, I believe.
Gavin Hood directed that piece of shit X-Men Origins: Wolverine movie.
This tells me Ender's Game will, sadly, suck giant donkey balls.
Posted by: Robert at April 03, 2012 10:54 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: beanervt at April 04, 2012 02:34 AM (KZLoo)
I didn't find a school girl but I think this one wants to talk to you...
Posted by: Robert at April 03, 2012 10:56 PM (4ixH5)
I think.
I can't see it.
http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/140127/
Posted by: Robert at April 03, 2012 11:00 PM (4ixH5)
Still got those and pretty much the whole Saturn US library with the exception of most sport titles like Madden. (The biggest per unit money maker in the aforementioned blowout at $25 per.) Likewise for Dreamcast, PS1, PS2, Xbox, GameCube, Lynx, Game Gear (another big money maker for me upon a time) GBA, and more recent stuff.
I sold off a bunch of older stuff last year. Sega Genesis with CD and 32x, SNES, N64, and 3DO. Freed up a few cubic yards of storage space. The first three can be reduced to a few DVDs and emulated. Almost everything worth having on 3DO is also on the PS1 and Saturn, or PC.
I might have sold the Saturn group if there were a decent emulator. I've got the ISOs but the only good emulator got bought by Sega to sell Saturn games on PC in Japan and they've never released the final version. It's a much more difficult emulation target than most and nobody has managed it yet.
I'm at a loss as to why Panzer Dragoon Saga was never ported elsewhere. An HD remake should do some decent business on the current machines.
Posted by: epobirs at April 03, 2012 11:03 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: epobirs at April 04, 2012 03:03 AM (kcfmt)
the code was lost about a month or two after the US release (I want to say it was from a power outage)
Posted by: The Dude at April 03, 2012 11:06 PM (M8yfa)
Sounds like bullshit to me that could only be believed by a tweedy literary type whose insurance won't cover Viagra,
- - - - - -
The blowjob has fallen on hard times. Or, to put it in the form of a crude question, who can really get it up for fellatio these days? Back in the 1960s and '70s, fellatio was all the rage. Its curative powers are powerfully conveyed by the moment in John Updike's Bech when the protagonist's mistress tries "to bring his weakling member to strength by wrapping it in the velvet bandages of her lips." Abandoning the protective modesty of fiction in the poem "Fellatio," Updike celebrated the way "that each of these clean secretaries / at night, to please her lover, takes / a fountain into her mouth."
When I first came across these lines, in 1972, aged fourteen, they seemed excitingly rude — if a little yucky. Now, a harmless poem can't be expected to support a zeitgeisty theory, but something, evidently, was in the air: 1972 was the year of Deep Throat, about a woman with a clitoris in her throat, so that she achieves orgasm by performing oral sex. In retrospect, this seems like a premise dreamed up by feminists as a way of showing, in ludicrously exaggerated fashion, the underlying misogyny of male fantasies. Or maybe not so exaggerated after all. At roughly the same time, a joke made the rounds about the ideal woman being three feet tall with a flat head — so you'd have someplace to rest your beer while she gave you head. One way or another, the early '70s were a time when the culture was bigging up the blowjob. Tellingly, Bech's mistress was "following less her own instincts than the exemplary drift of certain contemporary novels."
Some of this enthusiasm lived on into the late twentieth century. In 1995's To Die For, Nicole Kidman reacts with disingenuous astonishment to the story of how a famous broadcaster got her big break because a self-penned reference commended her ability to "suck your cock till your eyes pop out!" (Shouldn't that read "cave in" or "implode"?) In the same year, there's a fun exchange in Martin Amis's The Information in which a male character proposes to a lady friend that they "do 68." What's that? she asks. "You do me and I owe you 1," he shoots back. Later in the novel, the humiliation of failed writer Richard Tull is complete when his wife fellates his rival, the successful Gwyn Barry.
If this all seems rather quaint, then Susan Minot's 2002 novella, Rapture — about a single blowjob — was perhaps a last, jaw-aching hurrah. A genuinely twenty-first-century spokesman can be found in Jonathan Franzen's Freedom, in the form of young Joey Berglund, whose sexual maturity — compared with the guys he's at college with — is conveyed simply and vehemently. Their yearnings center on the blowjob, which Joey considers "little more than a glorified jerkoff."
I recently undertook a small survey of some more mature male friends, and the results, while not unanimous, were overwhelming. To speak plainly, given the choice, eight of the ten men surveyed preferred eating pussy to having their dicks sucked. Or, to put it in entirely numerical terms, 80 percent of males would opt for a 70 rather than a 68. And what about the other two men? Yes, you guessed it: They're gay! To be strictly accurate, the heterosexual respondents were partial to this kind of thing — but only in the mathematically blissful reciprocity of 70 minus 1. The gob-job continues to thrive in hetero pornography, of course, for the simple — literally obvious — reason that it lends itself to being filmed in a way that cunnilingus cannot.
I'm not claiming that the latter did not exist back in the 1970s, but it was regarded in much the same way as paying for a round at the bar: You had to do it, but if you could avoid it, you did. It would be a mistake, though, to see this change as meaning that men have gone from being selfish recipients to selfless givers of pleasure; it's just that what constitutes pleasure has shifted. As the Michael Fassbender character in Shame says to a woman he's seducing in a bar by telling her how badly he wants to go down on her (before getting beaten up by her boyfriend): "That's what I like to do."
The scale of the sea change can be observed at the Great Canadian Beaver-Eating Contest, at Burning Man, an event so popular that participants line up as if for a half-off sale. In the more discreet context of my survey, this enthusiasm was endorsed by the respondent who claimed that the only time he experienced "absolute contentment" was when his face was between his wife's legs. He wished to make clear that he was not talking just about sex; he meant in life generally.
Posted by: epobirs at April 03, 2012 11:07 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: The Dude at April 03, 2012 11:09 PM (M8yfa)
and my choices for the 4 requested would be,
Yoko Reon Miyabi and Miri
Posted by: beanervt at April 03, 2012 11:25 PM (KZLoo)
Posted by: beanervt at April 04, 2012 03:16 AM (KZLoo)
You have an assortment to choose from...
Posted by: Robert at April 03, 2012 11:32 PM (4ixH5)
I'm...saving this one for me.
Posted by: Robert at April 04, 2012 03:32 AM (4ixH5)
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greedy bastidge
Posted by: jc at April 03, 2012 11:36 PM (ufJKx)
http://tinyurl.com/6qqsp7k
Posted by: Robert at April 04, 2012 03:04 AM (4ixH5)
You are such a giver.....
Posted by: cthulhu at April 03, 2012 11:37 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Robert at April 03, 2012 11:37 PM (4ixH5)
She's not trying to read the whole ONT, is she?
I must summon her.
I SUMMON VIKA!
http://tinyurl.com/csg6jg9
Posted by: Robert at April 03, 2012 11:40 PM (4ixH5)
Heh Heh,,, they be sporting stompy boots yum yum.. 'n yours si very nice Robert... cute innocent look ...
Posted by: beanervt at April 03, 2012 11:41 PM (KZLoo)
The code wouldn't really be needed. At this late date you'd just want the art assets and pseudo-code logic. The Saturn was such a strange beast inside that you'd hardly gain anything trying to port the code. Besides, I've seen excellent hobbyist recreations done by people with zero access to any of the original materials except the running game itself.
I expect it had more to do with internal politics within Sega.
GameTap supposedly had the rights to make the game available on PC via emulation but didn't think there was enough audience to make it worth the cost.
Posted by: epobirs at April 03, 2012 11:43 PM (kcfmt)
I hope Cooths not being sarcastic... his pick haz all the tentacles.. 'n the pool..
Posted by: beanervt at April 03, 2012 11:46 PM (KZLoo)
Posted by: jc at April 04, 2012 03:36 AM (ufJKx)
I got a little somethin' somethin' for ya, JC!
http://tinyurl.com/bncd8w7
Posted by: Robert at April 04, 2012 03:37 AM (4ixH5)
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http://tinyurl.com/4b5tf26
Posted by: jc at April 03, 2012 11:47 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: Adriane at April 04, 2012 03:46 AM (crQEo)
Mmmmmmm, no that doesn't raise me in the slightest.
This on the other hand...
Posted by: Robert at April 03, 2012 11:49 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: jc at April 04, 2012 03:47 AM (ufJKx)
They look cold.
I should go warm them up.
Posted by: Robert at April 03, 2012 11:50 PM (4ixH5)
Yellow is the sun ...
I can't remember when the ONT ...
Was ever this much fun ...
But now the sun has set,
And the stars come out to shine ...
Time to go to bed, it may ...
not yet be yours, but's mine ...
Posted by: Adriane at April 03, 2012 11:57 PM (crQEo)
Posted by: beanervt at April 04, 2012 03:56 AM (KZLoo)
I want to lick her face. Is that so wrong?
Posted by: Robert really wants to lick it at April 04, 2012 12:02 AM (4ixH5)
No not at all.. she is wearing glasses for protection..
Posted by: beanervt at April 04, 2012 12:05 AM (KZLoo)
No not at all.. she is wearing glasses for protection..
Posted by: beanervt at April 04, 2012 04:05 AM (KZLoo)
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we will reassess if you start humping her leg.
Posted by: jc at April 04, 2012 12:06 AM (ufJKx)
True 'nuff JC,, we don't want this getting outta hand..
Posted by: beanervt at April 04, 2012 12:14 AM (KZLoo)
Posted by: Robert at April 04, 2012 12:16 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Random at April 04, 2012 12:23 AM (OKGi3)
or you could modify a telephone pole climber strap to work nicely... take all the stain off the back.
Posted by: beanervt at April 04, 2012 12:23 AM (KZLoo)
Posted by: beanervt at April 04, 2012 04:14 AM (KZLoo)
I'll hold her tight and won't let go.
Posted by: Robert at April 04, 2012 04:16 AM (4ixH5)
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as long as your duclaws don't scratch her up too much.
Posted by: jc at April 04, 2012 12:24 AM (ufJKx)
Posted by: beanervt at April 04, 2012 04:28 AM (KZLoo)
I'll bite, where's the chocolate hidden?
Posted by: Robert at April 04, 2012 12:41 AM (4ixH5)
and in local snooze it was commie cone giveaway day *ben n jerrys* the ice cream is probably laced with a addiction to shitty overpriced ice cream drug.... hook 'um before summer...
Posted by: beanervt at April 04, 2012 12:58 AM (KZLoo)
About four days ago, a guy asked me to sign to get a candidate on the ballot here in MA-4. Last night, the candidate himself called me and we talked for like half an hour.
Is this a good thing or a bad thing? I think it's bad, because if the guy is getting signatures now, it may already be too late for him. Additionally, if he has 30 minutes to chat with some dude who happened to sign his petition and leave a phone number, there may not be too many people signing for him.
Posted by: Truman North at April 04, 2012 01:07 AM (I2LwF)
and not to be outdone by the liberal lameassmedia,, local police have been stopping more black drivers then PC quotas allow... so all blacks may now evade which ever law you so choose... coppers won't touch ya..
The hidden statistic in this whole study should be black drivers are more apt to have defective equipment, or speed or not stop at stop lights... hence the numba's.. but it's probably more likely racial... ya right.
Posted by: beanervt at April 04, 2012 01:11 AM (KZLoo)
Posted by: Vic at April 04, 2012 01:12 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: beanervt at April 04, 2012 04:47 AM (KZLoo)
This one is definitely going to require some salt and lime.
http://tinyurl.com/7zxaeur
Posted by: Robert at April 04, 2012 01:13 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Vic at April 04, 2012 01:13 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Truman North at April 04, 2012 05:07 AM (I2LwF)
Republican in Mass? Probably a bad thing.
Posted by: Robert at April 04, 2012 01:14 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Truman North at April 04, 2012 01:14 AM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Vic at April 04, 2012 01:16 AM (YdQQY)
Mass just went from 10 to 9 CDs in the last census. Two of those have been Gerrymandered into majority-minority districts. And this part of Mass, MA-4, has a good share of Republicans. So, if a Republilcan Rep is going to win in Mass, it'll be in MA-4.
That being said, there's already two GOP candidates for the seat ahead of this guy, and one of them is Sean Bielat.
Posted by: Truman North at April 04, 2012 01:18 AM (I2LwF)
Posted by: beanervt at April 04, 2012 01:18 AM (KZLoo)
For me it is as all the Masshole Demtards move up here...I think the R's are gaining from them moving out...
Posted by: beanervt at April 04, 2012 01:22 AM (KZLoo)
Some are moving South and West though.
Posted by: Vic at April 04, 2012 01:23 AM (YdQQY)
I looked that up. It has a half-life of 8 days.
Hopin' for the best for ya'll.
Posted by: Robert at April 04, 2012 01:24 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: beanervt at April 04, 2012 05:18 AM (KZLoo)
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Supposed to hit 90° here today.
Posted by: Vic at April 04, 2012 01:24 AM (YdQQY)
But even though the I-131 is gone, the effects are still there.
Posted by: Vic at April 04, 2012 01:27 AM (YdQQY)
I undertsand the demographic trends here in MA. Fortunately we still have some industry and a great high tech and medicine base. Unemployment (U3) is around 7%. I'm pretty sure it's despite the government rather than because of it, though.
Posted by: Truman North at April 04, 2012 01:28 AM (I2LwF)
Oh, this is news. I came across a little butterfly on the ground yesterday. It had no wings! So I poured some Red Bull on it.
The fucker drowned.
Posted by: Truman North at April 04, 2012 01:30 AM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Truman North at April 04, 2012 01:33 AM (I2LwF)
I was reading an essay about how capitalism has affected the South Pacific, and the author says, "capitalism literally catapulted the Tahitian Islands into the modern era."
Where can I get one of these gargantuan, time-altering catapults?
Posted by: Truman North at April 04, 2012 01:35 AM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Vic at April 04, 2012 01:37 AM (YdQQY)
and now that we've had a dry spell the question turns to will gorebull warming increase wildfires.... weez all gonna burn oh no....
Posted by: beanervt at April 04, 2012 01:43 AM (KZLoo)
The fucker drowned.
Posted by: Truman North at April 04, 2012 05:30 AM (I2LwF)
I wouldn't be so sure about that...
http://tinyurl.com/7sxh4c6
Posted by: Robert at April 04, 2012 01:44 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Truman North at April 04, 2012 01:45 AM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Truman North at April 04, 2012 01:47 AM (I2LwF)
Posted by: beanervt at April 04, 2012 05:43 AM (KZLoo)
--------------------
From my collection for the news thread:
It has to happen. AGW cultists fast to blame TX tornadoes on AGW.
http://is.gd/bmzXd1
Posted by: Vic at April 04, 2012 01:48 AM (YdQQY)
And Leon's getting laaaarrrrggerrrr!!!!!
Posted by: Robert at April 04, 2012 01:53 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Vic at April 04, 2012 01:54 AM (YdQQY)
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“This global warming is really kind of a FRAUD,” Steele should have said.
Posted by: Vic at April 04, 2012 01:55 AM (YdQQY)
I think we need some more debates hosted by the MFM.
Posted by: Vic at April 04, 2012 01:57 AM (YdQQY)
Yeah I call bullshit on gorebull... weather will change no matter how much it cost...
Posted by: beanervt at April 04, 2012 01:57 AM (KZLoo)
Posted by: Robert at April 04, 2012 02:00 AM (4ixH5)
Anyway, I lost yesterday to some virus and woke up at 2100 blog time. I'm still up, and intend to keep being up until maybe 1700, at which point I can nap for a while, and then get up to transport kids at around 1900. And then maybe go to bed.
It's the sleep cycle equivalent of nuking it from orbit.
Posted by: Truman North at April 04, 2012 02:01 AM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Vic at April 04, 2012 02:09 AM (YdQQY)
Ah, no, I'm feeling fatigued. Even my Adonis-like physique has its limits.
Adonis picture linked in sig.
Posted by: Truman North at April 04, 2012 02:12 AM (I2LwF)
Okay, I'm out. Things need to get done.
Good night, Bean.
Good morning, Truman.
Good morning, Vic.Posted by: Robert at April 04, 2012 02:17 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: CoolCzech at April 04, 2012 02:28 AM (niZvt)
Posted by: Truman North at April 04, 2012 02:34 AM (I2LwF)
chances of "rest of day depression" are greatly reduced,, here.
Posted by: beanervt at April 04, 2012 02:34 AM (KZLoo)
Posted by: meet oza at April 04, 2012 02:38 AM (lnsoG)
Nothing made me want to giggle more, though, than having an 8th grade student in a class I was substituting recently argue with me that Gatorade was good for you because "it had electrolytes."
Posted by: Scoop11 at April 04, 2012 02:58 AM (kzfsZ)
suggest to the student that urine has electrolytes, too.
Posted by: model_1066 at April 04, 2012 03:04 AM (PWwbk)
Then I saw commenters writing that half the population is dumber than the average.
Now I don't feel so bad.
Posted by: lizardbrain at April 04, 2012 04:46 AM (fWdId)
Posted by: A Mindful Webworker at April 04, 2012 08:51 AM (lBpVP)
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