May 16, 2012
— Maetenloch
Communism vs. Capitalism in Pictures
PJ O'Rourke once remarked on flying into East Germany that you knew an economic system was terrible when its failure was visible even from 25,000 feet.
Well here are some photos of scenes from East Germany under communism and then later under capitalism. Everything looks a bit brighter and even the trash seems more upscale.
I also highly recommend O'Rourke's essay "What Do They Do For Fun in Warsaw?" based on his 1986 visit to Poland - no one snarked on communism like PJ.
And see if you can guess what economic system these photos came from?
Trick question - both are of modern-day Detroit which has been under the rule of Democrats for almost a century.
Remember When Blowing An Agent's Cover Mattered?
Well me too - but I guess it's different when a Democrat is in the White House and their polls are a bit low:
The leaks about the operation from the American side have infuriated British intelligence officials, who had hoped to continue the operation. The leaks not only scuttled the mission but put the life of the asset in jeopardy. Even CIA officials, joining their MI5 and MI6 counterparts, were describing the leaks as "despicable," attributing them to the Obama administration.
And thanks to the gutless cocksuckers at Wikileaks an Iranian man who may or may not have been an Israeli spy was identified and executed by the government there:
Iran may have used a secret cable published by whistleblower website WikiLeaks to target and hang an alleged Israeli spy.The disturbing development emerged after the alleged spy, kickboxer Majid Jamali Fashi, was executed in Tehran on Tuesday for assassinating an Iranian nuclear scientist in 2010.
Although WikiLeaks redacted the name of the intelligence source on a leaked US diplomatic cable, it published a description of him as 'a licensed martial arts coach and trainer', writing from Azerbaijan.
According to a report yesterday, Fashi, 24, had visited Azerbaijan for a kickboxing tournament just days before the cable was sent.
Experts said they believe the US Embassy document could have raised Iranian suspicions.
Well all of these ideas are pretty clever but the bust-enhancing 'wine rack' is pure genius.
Coffee shop provides Coffee, paternity tests, urine tests, notary, and tax prep
Camden, NJ's City Coffee has managed to thrive, despite the retail mass-collapse in Camden's city center. The coffee shop's secret is to offer every conceivable service. So in addition to coffee and pastries, you can also get a urine test, a paternity test, financial planning, tax prep, a studio photo-portrait, and, soon, a specialist cleanup service for landlords whose houses have been rented by compulsive hoarders. The counter-staff also serve as unofficial fixers for local lawyers, because all the judges and clerks eat there
Well if they also offered dry-cleaning and chakra release, it'd be my one-stop destination.
Best Version of Ode to Joy Ever?
If you're into Ludwig Van even a bit, you'll enjoy this version performed by a 10,000 member (!) amateur choir from Osaka, Japan. The real magic starts at the 6:40 mark.
I only knew of him as a famous hair dresser but that apparently was just one facet of his life:
A veteran of Israel's 1948 War of Independence, Sassoon also had a lifelong commitment to eradicating anti-Semitism. In 1982, he established the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem..
He sold his business interests in the early 1980s to devote himself to philanthropy. The Boys Clubs of America and the Performing Arts Council of the Music Center of Los Angeles were among the causes he supported through his Vidal Sassoon Foundation. He later became active in post-Hurricane Katrina charities in New Orleans.
And before that he was fighting fascists in London - and not the goofy Sir Roderick Spode-types either:
Oswald Mosley, founder of the British Union Of Fascists, had been jailed by Churchill but after his release in 1943 he tried to reignite his campaign against London's Jewish population. "Suddenly there were fascists preaching hate on every corner," Sassoon explained in the early Nineties when he broke his silence over those days.
The young Sassoon - whose parents were both Jewish - took little time in joining an organisation called the 43 Group, which was originally composed of 43 Jewish former servicemen but which swelled to be 1,000 strong. They were a crudely armed paramilitary force with the aim of breaking up Mosley-inspired meetings - with force if necessary. Sassoon likened the clashes between fascists and the 43 Group to "pitched battles" and he was usually in the thick of the fray
Did You Know Abraham Lincoln Had a Patent?
And that makes him unique among all US presidents.
Yet before he became the 16th president of the United States, Lincoln, who had a long fascination with how things worked, invented a flotation system for lifting riverboats stuck on sandbars.Though his invention was never manufactured, it serves to give Lincoln yet another honor: he remains the only U.S. president to have a patent in his name. According to Paul Johnston, curator of maritime history at the National Museum of American History (NMAH), Lincoln's eminence and the historical rarity of his patent make the wooden model he submitted to the Patent Office "one of the half dozen or so most valuable things in our collection."
Lincoln's patent, No. 6,469, was granted on May 22, 1849, for a device for "Buoying Vessels Over Shoals," when he was back in Springfield practicing law after one term as an Illinois congressman in Washington. His idea, to equip boats with inflatable bellows of "india-rubber cloth, or other suitable water-proof fabric" levered alongside the hull, came as a result of river and lake expeditions he made as a young man, ferrying people and produce on the Mississippi and the Great Lakes.
Who needs pron kingpins when you can crowd-finance your own smut?
GoGoFantasy is a patent-pending system for crowdfunding porn. Folks with fetishes, grandmas with groin urgings, and couples into copulating can create projects and request cash in return for filming certain acts. For example, one young lady will mount two cameras in a small plane and film her activity in the cabin. And she won't be reading her Kindle and eating peanuts, if you catch my meaning.
...So far they've raised $26,000 from over 600 active users from 17 countries. Considering the Pebble watch just made $3 million, these are still small potatoes. Like the famed Diane Peerless Productions, a "male order fantasy" outfit in LA once run by a pair of charming brothers, GoGoFantasy is aiming at a certain class of porn connoisseur looking for custom content.
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Posted by: the new, improved arhooley -- now with 10% more cynicism! at May 16, 2012 05:55 PM (E3EVz)
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Posted by: the new, improved arhooley -- now with 10% more cynicism! at May 16, 2012 05:57 PM (E3EVz)
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Posted by: JewishOdysseus at May 16, 2012 06:00 PM (1X/a4)
Posted by: Trimegistus at May 16, 2012 09:58 PM (Qd7eZ)
Christine O'Donnell
Posted by: Dagny at May 16, 2012 06:02 PM (mFIbw)
Posted by: hope you guessed my name at May 16, 2012 06:02 PM (NG097)
Posted by: steevy at May 16, 2012 06:02 PM (7W3wI)
ItÂ’s not going to be pretty - instead of an improvement it will be a decline.
Come on Mitt, you must win!
Posted by: Mike in CFL at May 16, 2012 06:03 PM (motsG)
Posted by: toby928© at May 16, 2012 06:03 PM (NG097)
Posted by: grease monkey at May 16, 2012 06:03 PM (VSWPU)
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Posted by: the new, improved arhooley -- now with 10% more cynicism! at May 16, 2012 06:04 PM (E3EVz)
Posted by: toby928© at May 16, 2012 06:05 PM (NG097)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 16, 2012 06:05 PM (noo6E)
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Posted by: toby928© at May 16, 2012 06:08 PM (NG097)
Posted by: Justamom at May 16, 2012 06:08 PM (Sptt8)
I read one of the pushback comments was :
Thomas Jefferson made the Lousiana purchase for $223 million. Obama has spent that in the time it took you to read this.
Posted by: KZnextzone at May 16, 2012 06:08 PM (UXEgP)
Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at May 16, 2012 06:09 PM (+ZI77)
Steve King brilliantly countered that it should all die.
Boehner and his ilk must go. Let Lugar's demise be the start.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 16, 2012 10:05 PM (noo6E)
Well given that it's an unsourced Politico story it's a shame to blow perfectly good gaskets needlessly.
Posted by: Mætenloch at May 16, 2012 06:09 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 16, 2012 06:12 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Dagny at May 16, 2012 06:12 PM (mFIbw)
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Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 16, 2012 06:13 PM (bxiXv)
phoenixgirl at May 16, 2012 10:11 PM
I already have: Barry's patent to get boats over shallow shoals...Throw wife out of boat when it goes aground.
You should be thanking me.
Posted by: Preanit Barkypants at May 16, 2012 06:14 PM (UXEgP)
Posted by: toby928© at May 16, 2012 06:14 PM (NG097)
Palm Coast.
Right smack in the middle of a brand new Congressional district. John Mica is out of my life.
Several good new Rs running in the primary.
Posted by: Mike in CFL at May 16, 2012 06:14 PM (motsG)
Posted by: JewishOdysseus at May 16, 2012 06:15 PM (1X/a4)
Posted by: Trimegistus at May 16, 2012 06:16 PM (Qd7eZ)
I haven't needed any porn videos or firewood, so have no need to check the place out. Seriously, that is so analog!
I have read and own all of P.J. O'Rourke's books. To include his interpretation of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations. Years ago, I had a subscription to The Atlantic Monthly, just to read his articles.
Posted by: Feynmangroupie at May 16, 2012 06:16 PM (oI744)
President Obama repealed "Don't ask, don't tell," making it possible for boys who love boys to be out in the US Navy.
Posted by: huerfano at May 16, 2012 06:17 PM (bAGA/)
Posted by: JewishOdysseus at May 16, 2012 10:15 PM (1X/a4)
If for no other reason than to read Iowahawk's tweets.
Posted by: Tami at May 16, 2012 06:17 PM (X6akg)
Yes, Detroit's biggest problem is that it is ruled by Democrats! You are either a shameless liar or woefully stupid.
Posted by: pickles at May 16, 2012 06:18 PM (wUldG)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at May 16, 2012 06:18 PM (JKNDp)
Posted by: moki at May 16, 2012 06:18 PM (dZmFh)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 16, 2012 06:21 PM (RZ8pf)
Yes, Detroit's biggest problem is that it is ruled by Democrats!
Barky O wants to claim he is saving or creating jobs, he can claim Detroit.
Suck it, pickle licker.
Posted by: fluffy, dick at May 16, 2012 06:21 PM (7hqDb)
Posted by: grease monkey at May 16, 2012 10:03 PM (VSWPU)
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Nah. They got killed before they reached Bombay
Posted by: Boomer Redneque knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at May 16, 2012 06:22 PM (eQnzo)
Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at May 16, 2012 06:23 PM (DGIjM)
"Thomas Jefferson made the Lousiana purchase for $223 million. Obama has spent that in the time it took you to read this."
I love that on and stole it to post to my FB page.
Re: Boehner and national health care. No one will convince me he is for it in any way shape or form. John fought Hillary care tooth and nail in the nineties. When it was defeated he to my wife, Pat you don't know how close we came to losing our country.
Posted by: Ohio Dan at May 16, 2012 06:23 PM (JKNDp)
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Posted by: AltonJackson at May 16, 2012 06:24 PM (JMmQ9)
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Posted by: AltonJackson at May 16, 2012 06:26 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: JewishOdysseus at May 16, 2012 06:26 PM (1X/a4)
Posted by: Truman North at May 16, 2012 06:26 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: somebody socking pixy at May 16, 2012 06:27 PM (7yvLv)
Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at May 16, 2012 06:28 PM (+ZI77)
I'm voting Romney. Never liked Obama.
Posted by: pickles at May 16, 2012 06:28 PM (wUldG)
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You have to crack a few eggs to make an omelet
Posted by: Some Award Winning Journalist at May 16, 2012 06:28 PM (3aXbg)
Posted by: Baraka Obama, PhD, SCOAMF at May 16, 2012 06:28 PM (CyvzM)
Posted by: Tami
I will second that, Tami! And stay for the fun with the hash tags. There are some great ones, and #MorePopularThanTheObamaBudget has been a trend all day with some hilarious tweets.
Posted by: Theresa at May 16, 2012 06:28 PM (ZNYaG)
Posted by: WC Fields at May 16, 2012 06:29 PM (IoNBC)
Posted by: KZnextzone at May 16, 2012 06:29 PM (UXEgP)
There is a diversity of opinion as to why Detroit has become what it has become.
I read one particularly stupid comment on some blog a few weeks ago that business men had intentionally ruined the city to drive down property values so they could buy them at a bargain, or some such nonsense.
"Run by Democrats" is part of the clue to the answer, but just doesn't go quite far enough.
If you dare to be interested in some depth to this, go to sbpdl. It will disturb you and perhaps make you angry, but there is an eery ring of truth to much you will read there.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.... at May 16, 2012 06:30 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at May 16, 2012 06:30 PM (JKNDp)
Posted by: L Rob in OK at May 16, 2012 06:30 PM (7yvLv)
Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at May 16, 2012 06:31 PM (DGIjM)
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 16, 2012 10:24 PM (JMmQ9)
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Thank you <bows>
Posted by: Boomer Redneque knows Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure at May 16, 2012 06:31 PM (eQnzo)
Good evening, good people. Nice rainy day here, fortunately. Grass wasn't growing fast enough, but that's all fixed now.
Posted by: irongrampa at May 16, 2012 06:31 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at May 16, 2012 06:31 PM (+ZI77)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at May 16, 2012 06:32 PM (JKNDp)
So, Robert F. Kennedy keeping with family tradition. Good to see.
Posted by: stillers at May 16, 2012 06:32 PM (wbyfw)
Chicago has all of that in spades and it's probably even more corrupt than Detroit ever was and yet it still doesn't look like a Third World country. Detroit's decline into the shithole that it is today is a little more complicated than: the Democrats did it!
Posted by: pickles at May 16, 2012 06:32 PM (wUldG)
What am I? Chopped liver???
I posted the URL to that before-after series here last night, and suggested viewing it in reverse to see what would happen to us if Obama were not defeated.
Is "Maetenloch" an anagram for "Joe Biden", or "Neil Kinnock"?
(OK, it's not plagiarism. It's just lifting URLs and pretending you noticed them first)
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at May 16, 2012 06:32 PM (qPCyi)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at May 16, 2012 06:33 PM (5SkeZ)
Posted by: moki at May 16, 2012 06:33 PM (dZmFh)
Posted by: Allahpundit at May 16, 2012 06:34 PM (rgd1E)
Posted by: t-bird at May 16, 2012 06:34 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: President Barack H. Obama, Healer of Planets and Suppressor of Tides at May 16, 2012 06:35 PM (ZGqLi)
Off to the salt mines. See you folks later.
Posted by: Zakn at May 16, 2012 06:36 PM (zyaZ1)
Posted by: someguy at May 16, 2012 06:36 PM (sEXZ/)
Posted by: JewishOdysseus at May 16, 2012 06:36 PM (1X/a4)
So what does P.J. O'Rourke do now? I'm too lazy to look it up.
Unfortunately I haven't read anywhere near as much of his stuff as I should have, he strikes me as somebody on our side. And someone who needs a bigger platform to snark from.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 16, 2012 06:36 PM (rX1N2)
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at May 16, 2012 10:32 PM (qPCyi)
Nope - I always give credit if I can. I happened to see this last week and didn't have it scheduled until tonight. My news sweeping is pretty thorough so you can consider what appears on the ONT to be a distant early warning of what will percolate up later.
Posted by: Mætenloch at May 16, 2012 06:38 PM (pAlYe)
Detroits problems are due to
1) collapse of the auto and loss of auto production due to excessive union problems. Unions are a huge portion of the democrat base.
2) A huge minority population that has been supported by a dehumanizing welfare system, also a reliable democrat voting block.
I suppose there are a few other problems but I bet they can pretty much all be traced back to the democrat policyies and values. So yeah It is a typical Democrat success story.
Posted by: Ohio Dan at May 16, 2012 06:38 PM (JKNDp)
Posted by: zombie marilyn monroe at May 16, 2012 06:39 PM (FTuxU)
Posted by: stillers at May 16, 2012 10:32 PM (wbyfw)
Joe Kennedy 3 hasn't said bupkis the whole Congressional campaign, except when he came out against affordable energy. I wonder if he'll make a public statement about this murder?
Crap, did I say murder? I meant murder.
Posted by: Truman North at May 16, 2012 06:39 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: auscolpyr at May 16, 2012 06:39 PM (BwDfs)
Posted by: Peaches at May 16, 2012 06:39 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at May 16, 2012 06:40 PM (+ZI77)
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 16, 2012 06:41 PM (JMmQ9)
Hello from Occupied Chicago, yet again, my fellow morons. As for Pickles at #98, Chicago has had the benefit of being a major financial center with many diversified businesses, whereas Detroit has generally been a pure manufacturing town. As hard as Chicago tries to kill themselves, they have far more heads to chop off than Detroit. The result may end up the same, but it will take longer.
Forward!
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at May 16, 2012 06:41 PM (gxURz)
Posted by: Truman North at May 16, 2012 06:41 PM (I2LwF)
I'm not sure I am getting the "50 Shades of Grey" phenomenon. It's been the top seller on Amazon for weeks, Obama got a question about it, it's bizarre to me why suddenly a book that from what I've read in a number of reviews is badly written drivel has become the big thing, there's already a film optioned for it, and the writer got her start writing fanfic for Twilight. I don't understand why everyone in America is suddenly into reading fiction about BDSM. Don't we get enough of that daily in the news?
I suppose I shall now have hot coals heaped upon my head for stating this opinion, since that seems to be how I'm trending these days.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 16, 2012 06:42 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: moki at May 16, 2012 06:43 PM (dZmFh)
Posted by: Ezra's Equal at May 16, 2012 06:44 PM (rgd1E)
Posted by: Peaches at May 16, 2012 06:44 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Theresa at May 16, 2012 06:45 PM (ZNYaG)
been run by Democrats for thirty years. Thirty years of corruption,
incompetence, and race-baiting socialism can ruin any city."
Chicago has all of that in spades and it's probably even more corrupt than Detroit ever was and yet it still doesn't look like a Third World country. Detroit's decline into the shithole that it is today is a little more complicated than: the Democrats did it!
Posted by: pickles at May 16, 2012 10:32 PM (wUldG)
Chicago has Democrats and crooks; Detroit has Democrats and unions.....clearly, Chicago got first choice.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 16, 2012 06:45 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: KZnextzone at May 16, 2012 06:45 PM (UXEgP)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 16, 2012 06:45 PM (SB0V2)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 16, 2012 06:45 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: jenny tries too hard at May 16, 2012 06:45 PM (snRY5)
Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at May 16, 2012 06:45 PM (+ZI77)
If you're doing a guy, just reverse the steps. That way you have a full hour to savor the vintage, plus a face-saving excuse when round two fails to materialize, and you're home in time for Greta.
Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at May 16, 2012 06:45 PM (a5ljo)
Posted by: the new, improved arhooley -- now with 10% more cynicism! at May 16, 2012 06:47 PM (E3EVz)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 16, 2012 10:45 PM (RZ8pf)
OMG, PGiS, I was so distraught at the ending, I couldn't even come back to the HQ and post the "noooooooooooooo" that blasted through my head watching Ducky collapse. Still hoping it's not him (and that it IS the JLC person, who is just so irritating to me). I guess next week we find out. Shivers.
Posted by: Peaches at May 16, 2012 06:47 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: KZnextzone at May 16, 2012 06:48 PM (UXEgP)
Some of the abuse being heaped upon my son-in-law by me. Can you feel the love?
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Ahh the joys of fatherhood. Some day we'll look back on this and laugh! I may get a head start on you though.
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A real man would have cussed a couple times, shown it to his wife making her sick, poured aftershave on it, gotten some kleenex and duct tape and taken care of business while his wife begged him to go to the doctor. Just sayin.
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Isn't it great when you can take you pulse by counting the throbs.
Posted by: Ohio Dan at May 16, 2012 06:48 PM (JKNDp)
It's not just being Democrats. It's not the unions.
Pittsburgh is a Democrat union town and though it is past its glory, it is not an unihabitable shithole, with miles of wrecked or abandoned houses.
There are plenty of suburb towns around Detroit that are still union and Democrat that are habitable. A lot of autofactories are still surrounding Detroit.
What is it about Detroit that has caused this?
Think again. Go read at : sbpdl
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.... at May 16, 2012 06:48 PM (sJTmU)
BlackOrchid, one review I read said that the reason why it is so popular is because lots of women read Twilight and wanted more sex in it, and the 50 Shades books provide that since the writer has a similar tone to Stephanie Meyer.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 16, 2012 06:48 PM (RZ8pf)
When Ann Romney is the new First Lady, I intend to write letters, emails, etc to all the daytime programs and magazines, asking them if they intend to host and be "friends" with her in the same way they have done to Michelle Obama.
Michelle was on yet, another show today. What's it called; the View knockoff with Sharon Osborne.
Sick of it.
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at May 16, 2012 06:48 PM (bMLFV)
That's similar to what a no name convenience store around here has done, it's one of those run down places that has a crappy hand painted sign, looks likes it's been there since 1952, milk always 1 day from expiration, you get the idea, it clearly wasn't rolling in the dough. So, the guy who owned it, who barely speaks english, took some quicky tax course and put up another homemade sign offering his services to do your taxes. Guess you'd have to see it to see how funny it is for this rundown pile of shit store and it's barely literate owner offering to do your taxes.
Posted by: booger at May 16, 2012 06:49 PM (HI6wa)
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In fiction don't you normally get, uh, release after Mistress Pelosi "taxes" you?
Posted by: Some Award Winning Journalist at May 16, 2012 06:50 PM (3aXbg)
Ann Romney won't even return their calls. It's time we rid the White House of craven attention whores like the Obamas.
Posted by: Peaches at May 16, 2012 06:50 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 16, 2012 06:51 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at May 16, 2012 06:51 PM (5SkeZ)
Posted by: jenny tries too hard at May 16, 2012 06:51 PM (snRY5)
Posted by: pickles at May 16, 2012 06:51 PM (wUldG)
Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at May 16, 2012 06:51 PM (+ZI77)
Posted by: booger at May 16, 2012 06:52 PM (HI6wa)
My dad (who follows all of this quite carefully) says that last night was not, in fact, the finale.
And, whee doggies, I finally gots italics. Doin' the snoopy dance again.
Posted by: Peaches at May 16, 2012 06:52 PM (kpCLl)
I think I read today that Meeshell and her boob belt and ample backside are going to be on some cooking show. Can't remember the name of the show, but it's one I've never watched.
Posted by: Theresa at May 16, 2012 06:52 PM (ZNYaG)
Posted by: t-bird at May 16, 2012 06:52 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Jimbo at May 16, 2012 06:53 PM (O3R/2)
Posted by: JewishOdysseus at May 16, 2012 06:53 PM (1X/a4)
{i don't really mean that. or do i?}
Posted by: Peaches at May 16, 2012 06:53 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at May 16, 2012 06:54 PM (a5ljo)
Posted by: moki at May 16, 2012 06:54 PM (dZmFh)
"Dog . . . it's what's for dinner?"
I wouldn't watch it either, but my cats might.
Posted by: Peaches at May 16, 2012 06:54 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 16, 2012 06:55 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: jenny tries too hard at May 16, 2012 06:55 PM (snRY5)
Posted by: Ezra's Equal at May 16, 2012 06:56 PM (rgd1E)
Posted by: Mætenloch at May 16, 2012 06:56 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 16, 2012 06:57 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Hummingbird at May 16, 2012 06:57 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at May 16, 2012 06:57 PM (D5FQB)
Posted by: Z Ryan at May 16, 2012 06:57 PM (tsC/8)
Maybe because you can buy a whole city block for, like, a dollar? They're looking to establish beachheads and where better? If Detroit didn't suck so hard, I'd probably move there myself, just to amass real estate.
Posted by: Peaches at May 16, 2012 06:57 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: someguy at May 16, 2012 06:58 PM (sEXZ/)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 16, 2012 06:58 PM (NeLzm)
Posted by: L Rob in OK at May 16, 2012 06:59 PM (7yvLv)
Posted by: jenny tries too hard at May 16, 2012 10:55 PM (snRY5)
Maybe it reminds them of home...
I denounce myself.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at May 16, 2012 06:59 PM (5SkeZ)
Posted by: someguy at May 16, 2012 07:00 PM (sEXZ/)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 16, 2012 07:00 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: jenny tries too hard at May 16, 2012 07:01 PM (snRY5)
So my cousin posted a "YAY, Bo goes for gay marriage," thing on Facebook. Her husbands black family flooded it with comments of, "I'll never vote for him again."
Posted by: Z Ryan at May 16, 2012 07:01 PM (tsC/8)
Posted by: jenny tries too hard at May 16, 2012 10:55 PM (snRY5)
I've read here and there, at this and that site that what happens is some of these groups (the one I have in mind involved Somalis) would basically find an area with generous welfare benefits and immediately start taking advantage.
Michigan might be more willing to dole out the free shit with fewer questions asked I guess.
Posted by: Robert at May 16, 2012 07:01 PM (F79HU)
Posted by: moki at May 16, 2012 07:01 PM (dZmFh)
You're thinking of Dearborn. One third of the population is Arab and most of them are Muslim.
Posted by: pickles at May 16, 2012 07:01 PM (wUldG)
Detroit versus Pittsburgh. A tale of two cities:
Why? You may not like the answer, and it may not be 100% correct, and is certainly not "PC" in any way shape or form.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.... at May 16, 2012 07:02 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: Tjexcite at May 16, 2012 07:02 PM (ovjF+)
Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at May 16, 2012 07:02 PM (+ZI77)
Posted by: JewishOdysseus at May 16, 2012 07:02 PM (1X/a4)
Apparently a lot of women like to fantasize about being whipped.
Posted by: Alex at May 16, 2012 07:03 PM (EnhSM)
Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at May 16, 2012 07:03 PM (+ZI77)
Posted by: Ezra's Equal at May 16, 2012 07:03 PM (rgd1E)
Posted by: Jimmah at May 16, 2012 07:04 PM (UpwlP)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 16, 2012 11:00 PM (RZ8pf)
Sheesh, PGiS, that is good news, but I'm going to have to give the dadster some shit about the misinformation he has disseminated to me. 
Posted by: Peaches at May 16, 2012 07:04 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at May 16, 2012 07:04 PM (D5FQB)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 16, 2012 07:04 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at May 16, 2012 07:05 PM (e8kgV)
In the grim future of Hello Kitty, there is only war...
Posted by: Alex at May 16, 2012 07:05 PM (EnhSM)
Posted by: Publishers Behind Shades and Twilight at May 16, 2012 07:05 PM (snRY5)
Wow - it was truly wonderful to see Chris Wallace wipe up the floor with his opponents on 'Power Player Jeopardy' especially since one of his competitors was Dr. Oz. That lovely doctor that Oprah foisted on us decided to do an expose on 'poison' in apple juice a few months ago. Nasty little twit. Please go find Meryl Streep (Alar expert) and the two of you had better not show your faces in Central or Eastern Washington state.
Chris ended up with over $22,000, the lady from BBC- America (Katty Kay? Really? Quite the nom de plume!) had $8000 and Mr. I-know-what's-best-for-you only had $5900. And that was only because he got really lucky with the final jeopardy softball question. (What book was the 'last great contribution from the Confederacy'? My cats even chorused, "Gone With The Wind!")
Posted by: dwagyak at May 16, 2012 07:05 PM (s7nLO)
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 16, 2012 07:05 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Z Ryan at May 16, 2012 11:01 PM (tsC/
Remember how Democrats would always push the draft to try to scare independents away from Republicans?
Republicans need to push gay marriage to scare black voters away from Obama.
Hey, could work.
Posted by: Robert at May 16, 2012 07:06 PM (F79HU)
Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at May 16, 2012 07:06 PM (+ZI77)
Posted by: Scobface at May 16, 2012 07:06 PM (IoNBC)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 16, 2012 07:06 PM (NeLzm)
Posted by: TypicalBlackAmerican at May 16, 2012 07:07 PM (1X/a4)
Posted by: clemenza at May 16, 2012 07:07 PM (Epz9+)
Posted by: moki at May 16, 2012 07:07 PM (dZmFh)
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 16, 2012 07:08 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at May 16, 2012 07:09 PM (+ZI77)
Posted by: L Rob in OK at May 16, 2012 07:09 PM (7yvLv)
sbpdl = stuff black people don't like
It started out as a joke, but it has now become deadly serious in chronicalling political and social dysfunction in black majority cities. Detroit is the biggest (and worst) example, but hardly the only one.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.... at May 16, 2012 07:09 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: clemenza at May 16, 2012 07:10 PM (Epz9+)
Posted by: Tjexcite at May 16, 2012 11:02 PM (ovjF+)
Then the Canadians came storming through the gates. Only then was all hope lost.
Posted by: Robert at May 16, 2012 07:10 PM (F79HU)
Posted by: JewishOdysseus at May 16, 2012 07:11 PM (1X/a4)
Posted by: Jinxthecat at May 16, 2012 07:11 PM (l3vZN)
Posted by: Peaches at May 16, 2012 07:12 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at May 16, 2012 07:12 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at May 16, 2012 11:09 PM (+ZI77)
Whatever do you mean, sir?
Posted by: Robert hiding behind a stockpile of guns, ammo and Penthouse magazines at May 16, 2012 07:12 PM (F79HU)
Posted by: Publishers Behind Shades and Twilight at May 16, 2012 07:13 PM (snRY5)
If the law is partially or fully overturned they’ll draw up bills to keep the popular, consumer-friendly portions in place — like allowing adult children to remain on parents’ health care plans until age 26, and forcing insurance companies to provide coverage for people with pre-existing conditions. Ripping these provisions from law is too politically risky, Republicans say…
Posted by: 18-1 at May 16, 2012 07:13 PM (3aXbg)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 16, 2012 07:13 PM (RZ8pf)
The problem with that post is that it's premised entirely on skin color, i could take him to some trailer parks in East Texas that are just as bad and the residents are all white, it's not skin color, it's a mindset.
Posted by: booger at May 16, 2012 07:13 PM (HI6wa)
***
Arkansas primary? Never heard of it.
Posted by: Charles Gibson at May 16, 2012 07:14 PM (3aXbg)
Posted by: Hummingbird at May 16, 2012 07:14 PM (R5yLq)
Thought was an easy hour. Turned into a horrible five.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 16, 2012 07:14 PM (kaalw)
Don't worry, Robert. I will be a munificent Governor-General.
Posted by: andycanuck at May 16, 2012 07:15 PM (FTuxU)
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 16, 2012 07:15 PM (JMmQ9)
I thought he was talking about me
Yeah, me, too. Then I remembered that I really don't give a shit.
Posted by: Peaches at May 16, 2012 07:15 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Publishers Behind Shades and Twilight at May 16, 2012 11:13 PM (snRY5)
Canadians don't need to be shapeshifters. They already look just like the rest of us. They could be here right now! You could be a secret Canadian for all I know!
Screw this, I'm going to Mexico.
Posted by: Robert at May 16, 2012 07:15 PM (F79HU)
while 38 percent support his underfunded and relatively unknown primary challenger, Tennessee lawyer John Wolfe, Jr
Well, this guy's not a prisoner (yet), but he could do some damage.
Posted by: L Rob in OK at May 16, 2012 07:15 PM (7yvLv)
***
Oh come on, if we ever get a Red State Nation Romney will head up the minority leftwing party.
Combine the conservative states with an objective, if not right leaning, media and you'll get candidates like DeMint or Rand Paul winning the presidency.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 16, 2012 07:17 PM (3aXbg)
Posted by: Hummingbird at May 16, 2012 07:17 PM (R5yLq)
This is the fucking master detective who investigated the "Dungeon Master" case -- when James Dallas Egbert vanished from the Michigan State campus in 1979.
Hercule Fucking Poirot Dear deduces instantly that Egbert, a devoted Dungeons & Dragons player, had gone insane and was wandering around the steam tunnels under the campus. To get inside the head of the missing kid, Dear even played some games of live-action D&D.
Meanwhile, James Dallas Egbert, who was gay and hadn't come out to his parents, was off in Louisiana working in an oil rig crew. He heard about the search, decided to give himself up.
Lord Peter Fucking Wimsey Dear promptly wrote a book about how he'd cracked this impossible case, and Rona Jaffe used it as the basis for a novel (Mazes & Monsters). It laid the foundation for the "Dungeons & Dragons is dangerous and makes you go INSANE!" hysteria fanned later by Pat Pulling and her "Bothered About Dungeons and Dragons" organization.
James Dallas Egbert did kill himself, probably because he was a young gay man in 1979 with substance abuse issues.
So I'd take anything William Dear says with a 40-lb. sack of driveway salt.
Posted by: Trimegistus at May 16, 2012 07:18 PM (Qd7eZ)
Posted by: Hummingbird at May 16, 2012 07:18 PM (R5yLq)
After I've signed your travel visa, Robert, and you've paid your Canadian Territory exit fee.
Posted by: andycanuck at May 16, 2012 07:18 PM (FTuxU)
http://tinyurl.com/7qek5xe
Posted by: Theresa at May 16, 2012 07:19 PM (ZNYaG)
***
That theory has been floating around for a while. It would be about the only possible explanation that would vindicate OJ.
Of course if he was covering up for his son, I have trouble he would write a book called If I Did It.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 16, 2012 07:19 PM (3aXbg)
Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at May 16, 2012 07:19 PM (+ZI77)
Posted by: L Rob in OK at May 16, 2012 07:19 PM (7yvLv)
Posted by: doctor watson at May 16, 2012 07:20 PM (FTuxU)
WTF is sbpdl?
Posted by: Ed Anger - Certified Kos Kid at May 16, 2012 11:04 PM (7+pP9)
I'm probably late here, but don't spend any time finding out. It's Derbyshire-esque.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at May 16, 2012 07:20 PM (gxURz)
Posted by: moki at May 16, 2012 07:20 PM (dZmFh)
1. The minority population of Detroit is white. The next minority is Mexican. It has been that way since the 80's- maybe a bit before.
2. The decline happened due to white flight in the late 60's because of the race riots, and a hostile black mayor (Coleman Young) who was openly racist and hated the suburbs. It also did not help that during aforementioned, "black youths" were heard bragging that they would come into the burbs and start killing white kids. This is, of course, never reported and did not encourage white taxpayers to "help" Detroit.
3. To this day, Detroit voters will NOT elect a white or a Republican. Case in point: a few weeks ago, a local talk show had a segment on "is Detroit ready for a white mayor?' The majority opinion was that sure, that could happen, but we must, we MUST, no matter what, continue to have black leadership in city hall. Which means: no white mayors.
Draw whatever conclusions you want.
Posted by: shibumi at May 16, 2012 07:20 PM (z63Tr)
Posted by: andycanuck at May 16, 2012 11:18 PM (FTuxU)
Hell no, I'll hire some cartel goons and hide in the dashboard of some beat up Pinto under a giant pile of cocaine, thankyew!
Posted by: Robert at May 16, 2012 07:21 PM (F79HU)
The difference I see between Detroit and Chicago is that the dems are fucking up the entire state of Illinois just like there doing in California.
Posted by: YIKES! at May 16, 2012 07:21 PM (fgJMi)
Posted by: jenny tries too hard at May 16, 2012 07:22 PM (snRY5)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at May 16, 2012 07:22 PM (D5FQB)
Posted by: L Rob in OK at May 16, 2012 07:22 PM (7yvLv)
Heh, cool, reminded me of one of my (bazillion) fave tunes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P55RlFLWIOU
srsly, check it out, you will thank me . . .
Posted by: Peaches at May 16, 2012 07:22 PM (kpCLl)
Pittsburgh is great but you don't have to go too see something like Detroit. See New Castle, PA and Youngstown, OH. I grew up near both. Neither town is huge but both are mini-Detroits.
Posted by: stillers at May 16, 2012 07:22 PM (wbyfw)
Posted by: Hummingbird at May 16, 2012 07:23 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: L Rob in OK at May 16, 2012 11:22 PM (7yvLv)
No, L Rob, they are smallish swarthy men who own gas stations. And now we're even. Big hug!
Posted by: Peaches at May 16, 2012 07:24 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: L Rob in OK at May 16, 2012 11:22 PM (7yvLv)
I think so. I frequently fantasize about Lebanese girls.
Posted by: Robert at May 16, 2012 07:24 PM (F79HU)
Posted by: L Rob in OK at May 16, 2012 07:25 PM (7yvLv)
There's also a Stuff White People Like site too.
Posted by: andycanuck at May 16, 2012 07:25 PM (FTuxU)
We're gonna need some pics, girlfriend. This is not a mere suggestion.
Posted by: Peaches at May 16, 2012 07:25 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Hobo from Heck at May 16, 2012 07:25 PM (gYsnd)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 16, 2012 11:13 PM (RZ8pf)
If you'd ask the aggrieved to wait until Friday afternoon, it would be appreciated, lady.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at May 16, 2012 07:25 PM (gxURz)
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 16, 2012 07:25 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: L Rob in OK at May 16, 2012 07:26 PM (7yvLv)
Gotta get ready for work.
But first I'ma take a mansize dump.
If you missed my Manbungo link above I highly recommend you check it out.
Really.
HIGHLY recommend.
It'll make you laaaaauuuuggghhh!
Be back later.
Posted by: Robert at May 16, 2012 07:27 PM (F79HU)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 16, 2012 07:28 PM (RZ8pf)
Detroit has been in a downward spiral since the 67 riots. I remember driving through it in the 70's an there were still bullet holes in walls from the riots.
Posted by: Ohio Dan at May 16, 2012 07:28 PM (JKNDp)
Posted by: stillers at May 16, 2012 07:28 PM (wbyfw)
Posted by: L Rob in OK at May 16, 2012 11:26 PM (7yvLv)
OMG, I think it's all dialed in so I can shake free of the shitbirds and make mo' money with the ones I like. Apparently the Indians (feather, not dot) are going to take up some of the slack and make us all some happy pink people! Yeehaw! Even if it all goes to shit next week, I choose to bask in it right now. Because, always bask if you get the chance . . .
Posted by: Peaches at May 16, 2012 07:28 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Hummingbird at May 16, 2012 07:28 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: stillers at May 16, 2012 07:29 PM (wbyfw)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at May 16, 2012 07:29 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at May 16, 2012 07:31 PM (oipCQ)
Posted by: Trimegistus at May 16, 2012 07:31 PM (Qd7eZ)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at May 16, 2012 07:31 PM (swVzi)
Posted by: L Rob in OK at May 16, 2012 07:34 PM (7yvLv)
Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at May 16, 2012 07:34 PM (+ZI77)
That is so bizarre! Stuck has been working on remodeling the upstairs bathroom this week.
Posted by: Hummingbird at May 16, 2012 11:17 PM (R5yLq)
At least he's probably starting with something sane. This house was originally built in 1955, but has been added onto and changed around ever since.
Might have something to do with being around the corner from this place -- http://winchestermysteryhouse.com/
Posted by: cthulhu at May 16, 2012 07:35 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: navybrat at May 16, 2012 07:37 PM (MKfej)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 16, 2012 11:14 PM (kaalw)
Only one unexpected difficultly? Heh. Last home improvement project here took 3 extra trips to hardware store (after I thought I had everything)
Posted by: someone at May 16, 2012 07:37 PM (bqjJT)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at May 16, 2012 11:31 PM (swVzi)
Psychologists have found that people will identify patterns where none exist, and try to connect unrelated events in order to understand the world. Some things are just subject to the random nature of life, though people will try to make a connection between them in order to understand what goes on around them.
Posted by: Not Associated with the Government, we swear! at May 16, 2012 07:38 PM (gxURz)
Posted by: Clarence Boddicker at May 16, 2012 07:39 PM (rgd1E)
SBPDL's thesis is that white nations and cities choose, or don't choose, to fail; black nations and cities have no choice. SBPDL's thesis is that blacks cannot run their own nations. If you *like* blacks, then, you should oppose their civil rights.
I happen to agree with him. But....
... I also think that most *whites* also can't, in the end, run *their* own nations. Again: Greece. And Orange County, closer to home. Newfoundland went bankrupt too at one point; it wasn't *always* "part of" Canada.
Moldbug is right. I've always said that.
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at May 16, 2012 07:40 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: booger at May 16, 2012 07:41 PM (HI6wa)
Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at May 16, 2012 07:41 PM (+ZI77)
Screw this, I'm going to Mexico.
Heh, cool, reminded me of one of my (bazillion) fave tunes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P55RlFLWIOU
srsly, check it out, you will thank me . .
***********
Yeah, that might have worked when they weren't leaving fifty headless bodies by the side of the road.
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at May 16, 2012 07:42 PM (qPCyi)
Posted by: jenny tries too hard at May 16, 2012 07:43 PM (snRY5)
Posted by: Hummingbird at May 16, 2012 07:44 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Corona at May 16, 2012 07:45 PM (fh2Y7)
I found that out when I tried to make it level.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 16, 2012 07:45 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at May 16, 2012 07:45 PM (oipCQ)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at May 16, 2012 07:46 PM (swVzi)
(oh, man... that phrase... I'll restrain myself.)
May I suggest Tórshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands, which averages 884 hours of sunshine per year.
Posted by: grouchy old fart at May 16, 2012 07:46 PM (vNZOv)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at May 16, 2012 07:46 PM (gxURz)
Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at May 16, 2012 07:47 PM (+ZI77)
Posted by: DC in Towson, bleeding heart piece of shit at May 16, 2012 07:47 PM (I/cLr)
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at May 16, 2012 11:42 PM (qPCyi)
Yeah, I'm so fuckin sorry, but that's fifty people I don't have to support with my Califuckya tax dollars.
I denounce myself. Again.
Posted by: Peaches at May 16, 2012 07:47 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at May 16, 2012 07:49 PM (oipCQ)
Posted by: Hummingbird at May 16, 2012 07:49 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: someone at May 16, 2012 11:37 PM (bqjJT)
Well, I knew that wasn't going to happen, because of the car thing. So I had to get creative. Used a sawzall to open the fixture, tin snips to cut it apart, and a metal-cutting jigsaw blade (without the jigsaw) to cut through the retainer ring that was buried in the wall.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 16, 2012 07:49 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: DC in Towson, bleeding heart piece of shit at May 16, 2012 07:50 PM (I/cLr)
Posted by: Alex at May 16, 2012 07:52 PM (EnhSM)
Oh, and it's humid about 8 months a year here. We use the side door a lot.
Posted by: DC in Towson, bleeding heart piece of shit at May 16, 2012 11:50 PM (I/cLr)
You could just shave a bit off the edges of the door using a power planer. I've done that to several in this house.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 16, 2012 07:53 PM (kaalw)
Evening y'all.
I love seeing side by side comparisons like that....of the differences between communism and capitalism. ....Whether it is 'before-communism', or 'after-communism'....the differences are always stark. ....That's what happens when you punish people for achievement and for owning property.
That video of the Osaka mega choir is amazing. ....10,000 amateurs? ...Amateurs? Wow.
Damn Wikileaks coxucker and the assholes in Barky's administration who got that Iranian asset killed. ....Damn them all to hell.
I remember learning in school, that Lincoln had a patent. ....He also worked with his hands so much, in his early life...before 'work gloves'...that his hands were often so painful, that writing his lessons by candlelight at night, was an ordeal in itself. ....I was lucky to have gotten my education before the Dept of Education was created....and schools still taught such things.
Nice ONT. Thanks Mætenloch, for your efforts on these. ...I read them, but am usually too sleepy to post anything. ....Last night's ONT was great too.
Posted by: wheatie at May 16, 2012 07:53 PM (dHMPi)
Alex, jeez, have you seen a doctor, or at least given it serious consideration? Because this has gone on for too long, buddy. I'm getting worried about you.
Posted by: Peaches at May 16, 2012 07:54 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at May 16, 2012 07:54 PM (+ZI77)
Posted by: Hummingbird at May 16, 2012 07:56 PM (R5yLq)
-- Cleaning crew
-- A staffer with a drug/gambling problem
-- An Obama black bag crew
Posted by: Purple Avenger at May 16, 2012 07:56 PM (swVzi)
Posted by: The Dude at May 16, 2012 07:56 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Corona at May 16, 2012 07:56 PM (fh2Y7)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 16, 2012 07:57 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at May 16, 2012 07:57 PM (swVzi)
Posted by: navybrat at May 16, 2012 11:37 PM (MKfej)
Was that so they could learn from the beginning how to build car bombs?
Posted by: MrCaniac at May 16, 2012 07:58 PM (1grxW)
Posted by: Hummingbird at May 16, 2012 07:58 PM (R5yLq)
315 Who's robbing House members' offices?
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The article only mentions Republicans. ....So it's just R's whose offices are being burglarized? ....Why does this not surprise me.
Posted by: wheatie at May 16, 2012 07:59 PM (dHMPi)
Theresa, thanks for the link, what an interesting read. Warmed my evil little heart.
Time for the old folk. Doing some obedience training with another lab tomorrow. Should be fun.
Goodnite, good people. Stay safe.
Posted by: irongrampa at May 16, 2012 08:00 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at May 16, 2012 08:01 PM (+ZI77)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at May 16, 2012 08:01 PM (swVzi)
The D.C. police assure us this is pure coincidence. If 50 Republican offices were robbed, it would still be pure coincidence and completely baffling.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at May 16, 2012 08:04 PM (swVzi)
Thanks. I'm getting better slowly. Fever broke yesterday and last night, and I'm hoping that the cough and sore throat will go away in the next few days.
Posted by: Alex at May 16, 2012 08:06 PM (EnhSM)
Posted by: DC in Towson, bleeding heart piece of shit at May 16, 2012 08:06 PM (I/cLr)
Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at May 16, 2012 08:09 PM (+ZI77)
Posted by: DC in Towson, bleeding heart piece of shit at May 17, 2012 12:06 AM (I/cLr)
Definitely plane when stuck. Stop when no longer sticks.
If it leaks in the winter, you need weatherstripping -- foam that it closes into that forms a nice seal. Also makes it go "fwoof" when you slam the door, instead of "bang".
Posted by: cthulhu at May 16, 2012 08:10 PM (kaalw)
Avoid wood doors and that problem pretty much goes away. The fiberglass and steel ones are much more dimensionally stable.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at May 16, 2012 08:10 PM (swVzi)
Posted by: Hummingbird at May 16, 2012 08:12 PM (R5yLq)
Avoid wood doors and that problem pretty much goes away. The fiberglass and steel ones are much more dimensionally stable.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at May 17, 2012 12:10 AM (swVzi)
Problem is, he'll still have wood frames.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 16, 2012 08:12 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at May 16, 2012 08:13 PM (swVzi)
I'm not a political expert but is anyone else getting the feeling that the rats are fleeing the ship?
Posted by: Hummingbird at May 17, 2012 12:12 AM (R5yLq)
I'm guessing that their private polls are looking very much like France, 1793.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 16, 2012 08:15 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: zeera at May 16, 2012 08:15 PM (XtxRN)
Posted by: Piercello at May 16, 2012 08:16 PM (L4NUg)
Posted by: Purple Avenger at May 16, 2012 08:16 PM (swVzi)
Posted by: DC in Towson, bleeding heart piece of shit at May 16, 2012 08:16 PM (I/cLr)
Posted by: the new, improved arhooley -- now with 10% more cynicism! at May 16, 2012 08:17 PM (E3EVz)
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 16, 2012 11:25 PM (JMmQ9)
Where are you Alton? I'm on the "east side." And by east side I mean "pretty much crime free northeast suburbs." LOL.
Posted by: shibumi at May 16, 2012 08:17 PM (z63Tr)
352 YESSSSSS Lakers lose")
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Yes! ....This one's been a nail biter. ....Not like Monday night's game, when Thunder lead by 30 most of the time.
Not sure what this bullshit is that's going on now....
Posted by: wheatie at May 16, 2012 08:17 PM (dHMPi)
"Louis XVI ascended to the throne amidst a financial crisis; the state was nearing bankruptcy and outlays outpaced income.[6] This was because of FranceÂ’s financial obligations stemming from involvement in the Seven Years War and its participation in the American Revolutionary War.[7] In May 1776, finance minister Turgot was dismissed, after he failed to enact reforms. The next year, Jacques Necker, a foreigner, was appointed Comptroller-General of Finance. He could not be made an official minister because he was a Protestant.[8]
Necker realized that the country's extremely regressive tax system subjected the lower classes to a heavy burden,[8] while numerous exemptions existed for the nobility and clergy.[9] He argued that the country could not be taxed higher; that tax exemptions for the nobility and clergy must be reduced; and proposed that borrowing more money would solve the country's fiscal shortages. Necker published a report to support this claim that underestimated the deficit by roughly 36 million livres, and proposed restricting the power of the parlements.[8]
This was not received well by the King's ministers and Necker, hoping to bolster his position, argued to be made a minister. The King refused, Necker was fired, and Charles Alexandre de Calonne was appointed to the Comptrollership.[8] Calonne initially spent liberally, but he quickly realized the critical financial situation and proposed a new tax code.[10]
The proposal included a consistent land tax, which would include taxation of the nobility and clergy. Faced with opposition from the parlements, Calonne organised the summoning of the Assembly of Notables. But the Assembly failed to endorse Calonne's proposals and instead "
Posted by: cthulhu at May 16, 2012 08:18 PM (kaalw)
I wainscoated a few rooms a while ago and made new trim for them with a router table. The joint was built in1880. Nothing was level, nothing was strait.
Posted by: Purple Avenger at May 16, 2012 08:19 PM (swVzi)
Haaa! Thunder picks up another point! .....Lakers 75, Thunder 77! ....Thunder's now 2 and Lakers 0.
Posted by: wheatie at May 16, 2012 08:19 PM (dHMPi)
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Yes! ....This one's been a nail biter. ....Not like Monday night's game, when Thunder lead by 30 most of the time.
Not sure what this bullshit is that's going on now....
Posted by: wheatie at May 17, 2012 12:17 AM (dHMPi)
Wheww, the refs suck, trying to give the lakers a chance, well it is the nba bastads.
Posted by: lous a girl at May 16, 2012 08:21 PM (fHyXI)
Posted by: booger at May 16, 2012 08:22 PM (HI6wa)
George Washington appears on the $1 bill.
Barack Obama will appear on the $3 bill.
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at May 16, 2012 08:22 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: Hummingbird at May 16, 2012 08:23 PM (R5yLq)
"Louis XVI ascended to the throne amidst a financial crisis; the state was nearing bankruptcy and outlays outpaced income.[6] This was because of FranceÂ’s financial obligations stemming from involvement in the Seven Years War and its participation in the American Revolutionary War.[7] In May 1776, finance minister Turgot was dismissed, after he failed to enact reforms. The next year, Jacques Necker, a foreigner, was appointed Comptroller-General of Finance. He could not be made an official minister because he was a Protestant.[8]
Necker realized that the country's extremely regressive tax system subjected the lower classes to a heavy burden,[8] while numerous exemptions existed for the nobility and clergy.[9] He argued that the country could not be taxed higher; that tax exemptions for the nobility and clergy must be reduced; and proposed that borrowing more money would solve the country's fiscal shortages. Necker published a report to support this claim that underestimated the deficit by roughly 36 million livres, and proposed restricting the power of the parlements.[8]
This was not received well by the King's ministers and Necker, hoping to bolster his position, argued to be made a minister. The King refused, Necker was fired, and Charles Alexandre de Calonne was appointed to the Comptrollership.[8] Calonne initially spent liberally, but he quickly realized the critical financial situation and proposed a new tax code.[10]
The proposal included a consistent land tax, which would include taxation of the nobility and clergy. Faced with opposition from the parlements, Calonne organised the summoning of the Assembly of Notables. But the Assembly failed to endorse Calonne's proposals and instead "
Posted by: cthulhu at May 17, 2012 12:18 AM (kaalw)
Is this when Count the Money was appointed?
Posted by: MrCaniac at May 16, 2012 08:23 PM (1grxW)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at May 16, 2012 08:24 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: booger at May 16, 2012 08:25 PM (HI6wa)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at May 17, 2012 12:24 AM (3yCFy)
Yeah, but gotta tell ya, I don't think anyone can bet the Spurs. They look really good.
Posted by: lous a girl at May 16, 2012 08:27 PM (fHyXI)
Posted by: booger at May 17, 2012 12:22 AM (HI6wa)
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Yeah. It was cgi'd onto a skinny body. ....That guy is actually rather buff.
Posted by: wheatie at May 16, 2012 08:27 PM (dHMPi)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at May 16, 2012 08:28 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: DC in Towson, bleeding heart piece of shit at May 16, 2012 08:28 PM (I/cLr)
Hi, Lou! Used to love it when the Lakers lost, back when I watched the NBA. One of my ex-roommates, who was a real a-hole, was a Lakers fan, and when he got back from watching the game at the bar he'd be so mad he'd go in his room and not come out to talk all damn night and then would be so mad he wouldn't talk for most of the next day.
Posted by: Theresa at May 16, 2012 08:29 PM (ZNYaG)
Posted by: Theresa at May 17, 2012 12:29 AM (ZNYaG)
Yep, they win so much, they are the worst sports when they lose. Good God, how many championships do these fans need?
If any of my teams would win just 1 championship I would be happy for awhile, not the laker/yankee fans. Bitch and moan.
Posted by: lous a girl at May 16, 2012 08:33 PM (fHyXI)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at May 17, 2012 12:24 AM (3yCFy)
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For a 'young' team....Thunder is doing real good. ...Even when they lose, they make us proud with their sportsmanlike behavior.
Posted by: wheatie at May 16, 2012 08:34 PM (dHMPi)
Posted by: Hummingbird at May 16, 2012 08:36 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: andycanuck at May 16, 2012 08:36 PM (FTuxU)
Ulfff.....the sleepies are starting to take over. ....Better head to bed.
Night all. ....Try not to trash the place.
Posted by: wheatie at May 16, 2012 08:39 PM (dHMPi)
BUT
The first thing I thought of was giant robot soldiers stomping the shit out of our emmenies while we fly around overhead thinking about it. YEAH.
Posted by: the new, improved arhooley -- now with 10% more cynicism! at May 16, 2012 08:42 PM (E3EVz)
Posted by: kbdabear at May 17, 2012 12:42 AM
Gotta support the team
Posted by: David Puddy at May 16, 2012 08:43 PM (Y+DPZ)
True, bad teams have smaller fanbases in most sports. But in the NBA it feels like the cause and effect are backwards. When the commissioner feels comfortable openly stating what teams he'd like to see play for the championship, due to their bigger TV markets, and the refs are known to gamble on games they officiate, it feels pointless to back a team with a small or medium-sized TV market because the odds are so heavily stacked against them.
Is it any wonder NBA players skew left more than most athletes?
And with that in mind, it makes total sense that NBA players are getting lazier. It really annoys me to hear a commentator saying, "Wow, that's his fourth double-double this year, and we've just hit the All-Star break!", when I remember Fat Lever racking up like thirty triple-doubles every season. And he wasn't even considered a superstar!
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at May 16, 2012 08:43 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at May 16, 2012 08:51 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at May 16, 2012 08:52 PM (+ZI77)
Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at May 16, 2012 08:54 PM (+ZI77)
Posted by: Robert at May 16, 2012 08:54 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at May 17, 2012 12:43 AM (3yCFy)
Sad, but true. The SEC seems to get the nod every year in college football. It takes less to get in an sec school than every other conference, and they can give your scholarship away to the next recruit due to performance, and the other conferences dont.
Posted by: lous a girl at May 16, 2012 08:56 PM (fHyXI)
Posted by: t-bird at May 16, 2012 08:57 PM (FcR7P)
Ronnie James Dio.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHkNl758-YM
Posted by: Robert at May 16, 2012 08:58 PM (4ixH5)
Yeah, that might cut into all the profits the NBA is making off the Lakers if the other LA team could compete with them.
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at May 16, 2012 08:59 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: The Dude at May 16, 2012 09:01 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Robert at May 16, 2012 09:02 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at May 17, 2012 12:59 AM (3yCFy)
Yep
Posted by: lous a girl at May 16, 2012 09:03 PM (fHyXI)
I was really irked that Alabama got to play for the national championship this year against the undefeated team that beat them in the regular season. I don't care that Alabama won; IMO, they lost the right to play for the national championship when LSU beat them, given that there were still-undefeated teams out there not playing for it.
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at May 16, 2012 09:05 PM (3yCFy)
WTF, I think I post, everyone goes to bed. My feelings gettin hurt
Posted by: lous a girl at May 16, 2012 09:06 PM (fHyXI)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at May 16, 2012 09:09 PM (D5FQB)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvLX3vnUKMkPosted by: Robert at May 16, 2012 09:11 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at May 17, 2012 01:05 AM (3yCFy)
Thats not what i was saying. But ok, was a great game both times, yawn....
Posted by: lous a girl at May 16, 2012 09:12 PM (fHyXI)
Posted by: lous a girl at May 17, 2012 01:06 AM (fHyXI)
Don't feel sad, Lou! Here, watch this video. It'll brighten your day.
Manbungo has bigger boobs then me
Posted by: lous a girl at May 16, 2012 09:15 PM (fHyXI)
With that in mind, how you doin'? You, uh, come here often?
That's a joke. I know you comment here frequently.
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at May 16, 2012 09:16 PM (3yCFy)
With that in mind, how you doin'? You, uh, come here often?
That's a joke. I know you comment here frequently.
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at May 17, 2012 01:16 AM (3yCFy)
Yes, there is another Lou that posts here, I think its a dude. I am a girl. See my having to check who won the national championship for a ruling
.
However, i was pissed it was a do-over, and a boring one at that.
Posted by: lous a girl at May 16, 2012 09:19 PM (fHyXI)
To ease the hurt:
http://icanhascheezburgerafterdark.com/ 2012/05/12/funny-pictures-meee-tooo/
Remove spaces to make it a real link
Posted by: fluffy at May 16, 2012 09:20 PM (z9HTb)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IDx2U4WpT8
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at May 16, 2012 09:21 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: lous a girl at May 16, 2012 09:26 PM (fHyXI)
Posted by: Rocket Surgery at May 16, 2012 09:28 PM (4qU0l)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at May 16, 2012 09:28 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: lous a girl at May 16, 2012 09:33 PM (fHyXI)
Posted by: lous a girl at May 16, 2012 09:37 PM (fHyXI)
Posted by: PJ at May 16, 2012 09:38 PM (DQHjw)
Posted by: Rocket Surgery at May 17, 2012 01:32 AM (4qU0l)
We must summon him forth!
http://tinyurl.com/88r3myh
Posted by: Robert at May 16, 2012 09:40 PM (4ixH5)
Ola Horde,
Posted by: beanervt at May 16, 2012 09:40 PM (KZLoo)
Posted by: lous a girl at May 17, 2012 01:37 AM (fHyXI)
That show is still on?
Posted by: Robert at May 16, 2012 09:41 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: swagga at May 16, 2012 09:41 PM (ZSMS+)
Posted by: swagga at May 17, 2012 01:41 AM (ZSMS+)
OH burn..
Posted by: lous a girl at May 16, 2012 09:42 PM (fHyXI)
Posted by: Robert at May 17, 2012 01:41 AM (4ixH5)
Yean, guilty. Still watch it.
Posted by: lous a girl at May 16, 2012 09:43 PM (fHyXI)
Eeeyowwwzzza Robert,, now that's a chocolate sammich I would like to devour...
Posted by: beanervt at May 16, 2012 09:43 PM (KZLoo)
Posted by: lous a girl at May 17, 2012 01:33 AM (fHyXI)
Well, here's a pair that would qualify: http://tinyurl.com/bsveqgo -- and abnormally so, besides.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 16, 2012 09:45 PM (kaalw)
What the ncaa allows, and what football programs do with it are two different things, just my opinion.
And I am a football fan. Sorry if I pissed ya off, just my opinion, that game was boring as fuck!
Posted by: lous a girl at May 16, 2012 09:45 PM (fHyXI)
Posted by: Rocket Surgery at May 16, 2012 09:45 PM (4qU0l)
Whether B & C are medium or closer to one end of the spectrum or the other depends on your height and build.
I'm not exactly picky about breast size, but I do slightly prefer the shape of the smaller ones. And I like them to be proportionate. It's all purely an aesthetic thing, though, and not a big deal. The last girl I dated was 5'1" and a double-D, so that should tell you how crucial this particular trait is to me.
Most guys prefer bigger ones, but it's not generally that big a deal to them, either. They'll date a less busty girl if they have other reasons to like her.
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at May 16, 2012 09:45 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 16, 2012 09:49 PM (kaalw)
See that you buttwipes in DC, we don't hafta fund every fuckin' project on the planet.
Posted by: GnuBreed at May 16, 2012 09:49 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: swagga at May 16, 2012 09:50 PM (ZSMS+)
Posted by: lous a girl at May 17, 2012 01:50 AM (fHyXI)
Oh, no! We've shocked her into speechlessness!
Posted by: cthulhu at May 16, 2012 09:52 PM (kaalw)
Haven't been commenting for quite awhile and honestly, haven't been lurking much either but have been reading the posts (there's no point in giving that up!).
Evidently, I feel chatty tonight.
Posted by: viking at May 16, 2012 09:52 PM (rw33o)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 16, 2012 09:52 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: swagga at May 17, 2012 01:50 AM (ZSMS+)
Yep, kick em off
Posted by: lous a girl at May 16, 2012 09:53 PM (fHyXI)
I'm not a big fan of plastic surgery in general, except for reconstructive purposes.
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at May 16, 2012 09:53 PM (3yCFy)
Posted by: Robert at May 16, 2012 09:55 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at May 16, 2012 09:57 PM (3yCFy)
Well. my friend. I've no real complaints. Hoping you're well too.I have a seaking suspicion that the book advised on the last Sunday book thread was that w3ritten by our own Merovign. I could be flat out wrong. No question. But I suspect. (!)
Posted by: viking at May 16, 2012 09:59 PM (rw33o)
Posted by: wankette at May 16, 2012 10:03 PM (qNhTJ)
Posted by: Rocket Surgery at May 17, 2012 01:45 AM (4qU0l)
There's a joke?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ywgcMpNL9c
Posted by: cthulhu at May 16, 2012 10:03 PM (kaalw)
Pig or Connoisseur,, Pig or Connoisseur???? Guess I'll just nibble a little of each till I can decide..
Hey Viking,,,
and Gern I missed earlier ..
Posted by: beanervt at May 16, 2012 10:04 PM (KZLoo)
Posted by: lous a girl at May 16, 2012 10:07 PM (fHyXI)
Well. my friend. I've no real complaints. Hoping you're well too.I have a seaking suspicion that the book advised on the last Sunday book thread was that w3ritten by our own Merovign. I could be flat out wrong. No question. But I suspect. (!)
Posted by: viking at May 17, 2012 01:59 AM (rw33o)
We've got some amazing, talented, and creative people around....but while they're in the comments, they're still Morons -- and I mean that in the best possible way.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 16, 2012 10:08 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: lous a girl at May 17, 2012 02:07 AM (fHyXI)
When I went to college in the UC system, there were 3 faculty per administrator.....guess what the ratio is now. http://tinyurl.com/84pdl96
Posted by: cthulhu at May 16, 2012 10:10 PM (kaalw)
Also, my typing has never been anywhere near professional . . . its kinda what I thought secretaries were for, they're good at it and I'm not.
Hey beanervt!
Posted by: viking at May 16, 2012 10:12 PM (rw33o)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 17, 2012 02:10 AM (kaalw)
There you have it. That right there is our federal government times infinity.
Posted by: lous a girl at May 16, 2012 10:13 PM (fHyXI)
Posted by: lous a girl at May 16, 2012 10:15 PM (fHyXI)
I couldn't agree with you more. Its obvious though, to everyone. Don't forget that. Hold your fire.
Posted by: viking at May 16, 2012 10:19 PM (rw33o)
Posted by: lous a girl at May 16, 2012 10:22 PM (fHyXI)
Screw you, hippies! We pay you plenty. Lay off some of your million-dollar administrators, and you'll have plenty of money for, you know, the things you're supposed to do with your budget.
I'm so glad we have TABOR, the TAxpayer's Bill Of Rights, here. It forbids tax increases without explicit voter approval.
Sadly, it doesn't seem to keep government from reallocating funds approved for one purpose to another purpose. But at least we can say, "No more money for you!"
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at May 16, 2012 10:22 PM (3yCFy)
Man, I'd hate to have an autopsy when I wasn't injured. You're just sittin' there in front of the TV with your skittles and some crazy ME starts dicin' you up with a scalpel.
I suppose you could be dead from a gunshot without "injury" if the noise triggered a coronary or something....
Posted by: cthulhu at May 16, 2012 10:25 PM (kaalw)
Don't worry about that attitude issue. You're not wrong. Its okay to say your frustrated about it, for heaven's sake.
Posted by: viking at May 16, 2012 10:26 PM (rw33o)
Posted by: lous a girl at May 17, 2012 02:22 AM (fHyXI)
If you're not pissy about the government these days, you're not paying attention.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 16, 2012 10:27 PM (kaalw)
singing to and saving the dogs.... Wonder if it will include a message on the evils of EATing da dog... (turns them into socialist commies)
Posted by: beanervt at May 16, 2012 10:28 PM (KZLoo)
Posted by: JewishOdysseus at May 16, 2012 10:28 PM (1X/a4)
Posted by: cthulhu
Exactly!
Posted by: viking at May 16, 2012 10:32 PM (rw33o)
Posted by: Genetic Tunder at May 17, 2012 02:22 AM (3yCFy)
Went to pay property taxes, huge brand new building empty except for government employees. Actually given a number to pay our fucking property taxes by one person, of course we were sent to the next worthless employee to pay our taxes . Could have been done by computer/atm machine.
Posted by: lous a girl at May 16, 2012 10:32 PM (fHyXI)
Saw that, liars lie!!bastads
Posted by: lous a girl at May 16, 2012 10:36 PM (fHyXI)
Posted by: lous a girl at May 17, 2012 02:32 AM (fHyXI)
Forgot to mention, they had our one ows tent set up in the lobby as a shrine, Not kidding.
Posted by: lous a girl at May 16, 2012 10:37 PM (fHyXI)
that's total bullshit Lou's,, no religious or local memorabilia is allowed so why are they promoting what could rightly be called irresponsible bum pandering. Someone needs to toss a match on the f'er...
Posted by: beanervt at May 16, 2012 10:55 PM (KZLoo)
Posted by: viking at May 16, 2012 10:56 PM (rw33o)
Posted by: viking
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What? Just where have you (not) been lurking then?
Posted by: the new, improved arhooley -- now with 10% more cynicism! at May 16, 2012 10:59 PM (E3EVz)
Posted by: Robert at May 16, 2012 11:01 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: lous
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And what do you want to bet you'd have been arrested if you tried to occupy it?
Posted by: the new, improved arhooley -- now with 10% more cynicism! at May 16, 2012 11:01 PM (E3EVz)
Posted by: lous a girl
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Shhhhhhh. They'll get big ideas about automated payment and just levy your bank account for your convenience.
Posted by: the new, improved arhooley -- now with 10% more cynicism! at May 16, 2012 11:04 PM (E3EVz)
Posted by: lous
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And what do you want to bet you'd have been arrested if you tried to occupy it?
Posted by: the new, improved arhooley -- now with 10% more cynicism! at May 17, 2012 03:01 AM (E3EVz)
Tee hee, my hubby kicked it and told the hippie assholes to wake up. We knew it was empty, but still funny.
Posted by: lous a girl at May 16, 2012 11:05 PM (fHyXI)
Posted by: the new, improved arhooley -- now with 10% more cynicism!
Here and there, everywhere (except the enemy zone, haven't felt any desire to go there.)
Posted by: viking at May 16, 2012 11:07 PM (rw33o)
Posted by: beanervt at May 17, 2012 03:07 AM (KZLoo)
I'm catching up on season five and he PASSES on the opportunity to nail Karen Gillen? Really?!? That FAGGOT!
Man, I'd hit that shit so hard I'd be brought up on charges.
Posted by: Robert at May 16, 2012 11:11 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: viking at May 16, 2012 11:14 PM (rw33o)
Is Obama great?
Find out the astonishing answer in OBAMA IS GREAT, a mini-jumbo guide to your leader in handy book form!
Act NOW and you will also be eligible for a chance to bathe with Obama!
Posted by: White House Publishing Office at May 16, 2012 11:20 PM (E3EVz)
Posted by: jc at May 16, 2012 11:20 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: Robert at May 16, 2012 11:21 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: viking at May 16, 2012 11:22 PM (rw33o)
Howdee JC...
Yep Robert that's the problem with them scientist types... they alway miss all fine shit right in front of there nose... and Karen on that chair makes me want to do things,,, my gawd....
Posted by: beanervt at May 16, 2012 11:23 PM (KZLoo)
Posted by: Robert at May 16, 2012 11:24 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: beanervt at May 17, 2012 03:23 AM (KZLoo)
Give her the old sonic screwdriver?
Posted by: Robert at May 16, 2012 11:25 PM (4ixH5)
Seems a little daunting since all the Prez's were so insignificant when compared to him.
Posted by: jc at May 16, 2012 11:26 PM (ufJKx)
Greatest at pissing away money and being a total fuckup... I don't believe he deserves any award for that however...
Posted by: beanervt at May 16, 2012 11:26 PM (KZLoo)
Violets are blue,
I'm on the 9th floor of an 8 floor Home Depot,
Where the heck are the rest of you?
Posted by: Adriane at May 16, 2012 11:27 PM (uqZVH)
Short burst only on that lass,, don't look like she be needing much priming....
Posted by: beanervt at May 16, 2012 11:28 PM (KZLoo)
Is Obama great?
Find out the astonishing answer in OBAMA IS GREAT, a mini-jumbo guide to your leader in handy book form!
Act NOW and you will also be eligible for a chance to bathe with Obama!
Posted by: White House Publishing Office at May 17, 2012 03:20 AM (E3EVz)
Is this available with a red cover in a pocket edition?
Posted by: Millions of Chinese at May 16, 2012 11:29 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: beanervt at May 17, 2012 03:28 AM (KZLoo)
Careful, she looks like she could go a few rounds. She's got the sexual eneergy of a clown car full of blondes!
Posted by: Robert at May 16, 2012 11:30 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: White House Publishing Office at May 17, 2012 03:20 AM (E3EVz)
Greatest fuck up we've ever had since James Buchanan.
Posted by: Robert at May 16, 2012 11:30 PM (4ixH5)
How the heck do you do that Adriane?? sky crane for the elevator?
Posted by: beanervt at May 16, 2012 11:31 PM (KZLoo)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 16, 2012 11:32 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: viking at May 16, 2012 11:33 PM (rw33o)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 17, 2012 03:32 AM (kaalw)
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didn't we hear Eric Holder say that?
Posted by: jc at May 16, 2012 11:34 PM (ufJKx)
The 9th floor is where all the extra mannikins are kept ... and sometimes late at night you can hear them whispering ...
Posted by: Adriane at May 16, 2012 11:34 PM (uqZVH)
Posted by: Robert at May 16, 2012 11:36 PM (4ixH5)
Kewl,,, I like the spooky... do the wimminzkins play dress up/down too???
Posted by: beanervt at May 16, 2012 11:42 PM (KZLoo)
Posted by: Robert at May 16, 2012 11:43 PM (4ixH5)
The 9th floor is where all the extra mannikins are kept ... and sometimes late at night you can hear them whispering ...
Posted by: Adriane at May 17, 2012 03:34 AM (uqZVH)
OK, we know where Adriane is -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpK6GcViC88
Posted by: cthulhu at May 16, 2012 11:46 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Adriane at May 17, 2012 03:34 AM (uqZVH)
What about the extra mankinis?
http://tinyurl.com/8xonnmz
Posted by: Robert at May 16, 2012 11:47 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 16, 2012 11:48 PM (kaalw)
These are Home Depot mannikins ... they whisper things like 'You should have Kilnzed before you used that pastel blue paint, shouldn't you?'
or at least, that's what I hear ...
Posted by: Adriane at May 16, 2012 11:48 PM (uqZVH)
Posted by: viking at May 16, 2012 11:49 PM (rw33o)
Perfect.. if that don't bring on the Cooth I don't know what will...
Posted by: beanervt at May 17, 2012 03:48 AM (KZLoo)
He looks vaguely familiar, and she doesn't....which is a sad commentary on my social life.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 16, 2012 11:49 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: viking at May 17, 2012 03:40 AM (rw33o)
Will there be math?
Posted by: Robert at May 17, 2012 03:44 AM (4ixH5)
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and thermodynamics??
Posted by: jc at May 16, 2012 11:50 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: Adriane at May 17, 2012 03:51 AM (uqZVH)
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where the term 'making friends' is not what you thought it would be.
Posted by: jc at May 16, 2012 11:53 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: Preznit Jugears McFuckstick at May 16, 2012 11:54 PM (4ixH5)
Heh,, metrosexual mannikins eh??? I'll pass.
Posted by: beanervt at May 16, 2012 11:54 PM (KZLoo)
http://tinyurl.com/6m4mrv6
Posted by: Robert at May 17, 2012 03:36 AM (4ixH5)
To tell the truth, I'm not much of a fan of the squid girl manga or anime or whatever. I suspect there's a different emotional loading on squid in Japanese culture. But this one is pretty cool.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 16, 2012 11:54 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: jc at May 17, 2012 03:50 AM (ufJKx)
If I've told Lisa time and again this is the only law this family obeys!
Posted by: Homer Simpson at May 16, 2012 11:54 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: viking at May 16, 2012 11:57 PM (rw33o)
Wow! Party at J.F. Sebastian's place !!!
Posted by: Adriane at May 17, 2012 03:51 AM (uqZVH)
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where the term 'making friends' is not what you thought it would be.
Posted by: jc at May 17, 2012 03:53 AM (ufJKx)
That, my friends, is Kratos' apartment in 15 years.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 16, 2012 11:57 PM (kaalw)
What's even more scary is when he asks if you want any copies made !!!!
Posted by: Adriane at May 16, 2012 11:58 PM (uqZVH)
Posted by: Robert at May 17, 2012 12:16 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Zakn at May 17, 2012 04:16 AM (2TqDD)
Speaking of panties, I'm gonna need to get new boxers. And pants. Everything is starting to fall off me!
Posted by: Robert at May 17, 2012 12:17 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Zakn at May 17, 2012 12:18 AM (2TqDD)
555 comments ah that's more like it.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and all that at May 17, 2012 12:18 AM (CP+yl)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and all that at May 17, 2012 12:18 AM (CP+yl)
Posted by: viking at May 17, 2012 12:20 AM (rw33o)
Posted by: Zakn at May 17, 2012 04:18 AM (2TqDD)
Finally! A celebration I can take part in.
Posted by: Robert at May 17, 2012 12:20 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Zakn at May 17, 2012 04:16 AM (2TqDD)
Speaking of panties, I'm gonna need to get new boxers. And pants. Everything is starting to fall off me!
Posted by: Robert at May 17, 2012 04:17 AM (4ixH5)
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Yesterday I had a 'keeps falling out of the briefs' days. WTF? How in hell can that even happen?
Posted by: jc at May 17, 2012 12:21 AM (ufJKx)
Posted by: Mini Pearl's Price Tag at May 17, 2012 04:18 AM (uqZVH)
Posted by: Robert at May 17, 2012 12:22 AM (4ixH5)
Well. um. OK ...
Here's some music to get you started ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo9riZYUpTw
Posted by: NTTAWWT at May 17, 2012 12:23 AM (uqZVH)
Posted by: viking at May 17, 2012 12:23 AM (rw33o)
Posted by: viking at May 17, 2012 04:20 AM (rw33o)
It just so happens I need a new human shield.
Posted by: The Doctor at May 17, 2012 12:23 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: viking at May 17, 2012 04:20 AM (rw33o)
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Of course you realize the sky is a really funny color and the birds all fly upside down.
Posted by: jc at May 17, 2012 12:25 AM (ufJKx)
Posted by: NTTAWWT at May 17, 2012 04:23 AM (uqZVH)
Shock it, strangle it, slap it, everything but lick it. I'ma a need volunteers for that.
Posted by: The Doctor at May 17, 2012 12:25 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: jc at May 17, 2012 04:21 AM (ufJKx)
Quantum superfoam?
Posted by: Robert at May 17, 2012 12:26 AM (4ixH5)
um. You're a bad lawyer?
Posted by: Mr. Spock's Logic Instructor at May 17, 2012 12:29 AM (uqZVH)
Posted by: viking at May 17, 2012 12:30 AM (rw33o)
Posted by: the new, improved arhooley -- now with 10% more cynicism! at May 17, 2012 12:32 AM (E3EVz)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 17, 2012 12:33 AM (kaalw)
No ... unless huskies and yellow snow is involved. Now that's disgusting!
Posted by: It's All Good, Man at May 17, 2012 12:35 AM (uqZVH)
Oh, okay.
I want to write a letter to the historian of the future who gets his hands on the records of the defunct "workers unions" as they were called in the quaint days of 2012. The things he'll discover, the money flushed down the drain, the desperate missives. Whoever it is, he really needs to know how excited I am.
Posted by: the new, improved arhooley -- now with 10% more cynicism! at May 17, 2012 12:36 AM (E3EVz)
Posted by: It's All Good, Man at May 17, 2012 04:35 AM (uqZVH)
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How come things are never gusting. Why aren't my co-employees ept? When will I be gruntled? Maybe when I understand these things I will be fused.
Posted by: jc at May 17, 2012 12:37 AM (ufJKx)
Dude, the wind is gusting outside my window like a Banshee that just saw Helen Thomas nekkid!!!!
Posted by: Al Sleet, your Hippy Dipyy Weatherman at May 17, 2012 12:41 AM (uqZVH)
So I'm chopped liver, huh?
Posted by: The Wind at May 17, 2012 04:39 AM (X3lox)
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So I am to take it that disgusting = calm? Now I am more confused than before. My hope to be fused is dwindling.
Posted by: jc at May 17, 2012 12:43 AM (ufJKx)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 17, 2012 12:44 AM (kaalw)
Posted by: Robert at May 17, 2012 12:44 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: the new, improved arhooley -- now with 10% more cynicism! at May 17, 2012 04:36 AM (E3EVz)
So how excited are you?
Posted by: Karen Gillan wearing nothing but a smile at May 17, 2012 12:46 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 17, 2012 12:47 AM (kaalw)
Posted by: jc at May 17, 2012 04:37 AM (ufJKx)
What kinda welds you want applied in that case?
Posted by: Robert at May 17, 2012 04:44 AM (4ixH5)
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around here I just try to avoid having my butt welded to my elbow.
Posted by: jc at May 17, 2012 12:47 AM (ufJKx)
Well, the teachers of Wisconsin DID do their job. By acting like idiots, they have caused CAC to keep making maps of their state, and now I can finally pick it out from among the other 56 or 67 flyovers.
Posted by: the new, improved arhooley -- now with 10% more cynicism! at May 17, 2012 12:47 AM (E3EVz)
Posted by: jc at May 17, 2012 04:43 AM (ufJKx)
The word probably developed in the same sort of strange way that inflammable did. People always mistake it for the opposite of "flammable" because it naturally feels to have come from "flame", but inflammable derives from inflame.
I know this isn't the same but I would guess that something of the sort is there in the etymology.
I love seeing how words develop like this. I don't know the answer to disgruntled, but I figure it has to do with someone wanting to grunt but having to keep his mouth shut ... leading to "murmur murmur murmur ...". Sounds good to me, but it's just a guess.
The other words ... who knows?
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at May 17, 2012 12:49 AM (X3lox)
Hey JC,, just be thankful your not liberal and try to quell the confusion by changing meanings,, which just makes it even more confused or is it disfused? or unfused which they did to the meaning... hope that makes you so confused you'll at least forget what fuse you used the penny for...
Posted by: beanervt at May 17, 2012 12:49 AM (KZLoo)
Posted by: Karen Gillan wearing nothing but a smile at May 17, 2012 04:46 AM (4ixH5)
I suspect arhooley is less excited than I am. Although I'll keep it muted for the BH's sake.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 17, 2012 12:49 AM (kaalw)
Hey JC,, just be thankful your not liberal and try to quell the confusion by changing meanings,, which just makes it even more confused or is it disfused? or unfused which they did to the meaning... hope that makes you so confused you'll at least forget what fuse you used the penny for...
Posted by: beanervt at May 17, 2012 04:49 AM (KZLoo)
I think you're niggardly limiting the amount of time you spend on this subject.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 17, 2012 12:52 AM (kaalw)
Posted by: beanervt at May 17, 2012 04:49 AM (KZLoo)
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I used the penny for my thoughts and I am pretty sure I got gypped.
Posted by: jc at May 17, 2012 12:54 AM (ufJKx)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at May 17, 2012 12:56 AM (X3lox)
Yeah Cooth,, but I still get paid by the hr..so in my "doing my part" to keep cost's down will sometimes put a crimp on it....
Posted by: beanervt at May 17, 2012 12:58 AM (KZLoo)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at May 17, 2012 04:56 AM (X3lox)
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I have always been a fan of 'embarrass' -- the word that sounds like what it means.
Posted by: jc at May 17, 2012 12:58 AM (ufJKx)
Posted by: viking at May 17, 2012 12:59 AM (rw33o)
Posted by: Robert at May 17, 2012 01:00 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 17, 2012 01:00 AM (kaalw)
Posted by: viking at May 17, 2012 04:59 AM (rw33o)
Come back again and see us sometime!
Posted by: cthulhu at May 17, 2012 01:01 AM (kaalw)
http://tinyurl.com/ctmlsgm
Posted by: Robert at May 17, 2012 05:00 AM (4ixH5)
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Wow. none of them have anything to be embarrassed about.
Posted by: jc at May 17, 2012 01:01 AM (ufJKx)
I would go with the other Con- = "against" in the fuse instance. It's still not a great fit, but ...
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at May 17, 2012 01:02 AM (X3lox)
I have always been a fan of 'embarrass' -- the word that sounds like what it means.
Posted by: jc at May 17, 2012 04:58 AM (ufJKx)
LOL. I never thought of that. Sounds good to me.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at May 17, 2012 01:03 AM (X3lox)
http://tinyurl.com/ctmlsgm
Posted by: Robert at May 17, 2012 05:00 AM (4ixH5)
Oooh! Shiny!!!
Posted by: cthulhu at May 17, 2012 01:03 AM (kaalw)
Posted by: viking at May 17, 2012 04:59 AM (rw33o)
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http://tinyurl.com/6nwq92k
Posted by: jc at May 17, 2012 01:04 AM (ufJKx)
....wondering if anyone picks up on the vulpine connection.....
Posted by: cthulhu at May 17, 2012 01:04 AM (kaalw)
Posted by: Robert at May 17, 2012 05:00 AM (4ixH5)
Damn! That's a nice looking family, there.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at May 17, 2012 01:05 AM (X3lox)
Posted by: viking at May 17, 2012 01:10 AM (rw33o)
Posted by: viking at May 17, 2012 05:10 AM (rw33o)
Who says we did? We took it for what it was.....and responded to it in our own fashion. We're not minimizing it, we're synthesizing it.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 17, 2012 01:15 AM (kaalw)
Crimey,,, where did the floss go??
Posted by: beanervt at May 17, 2012 05:14 AM (KZLoo)
Ooh, baby, baby
Where did our floss go?
Ooh, don't you want me
Don't you want me no more
Ooh, baby
Baby, baby
Where did our floss go
And all your toothbrushes
Of a mouth forever more
Posted by: cthulhu at May 17, 2012 01:19 AM (kaalw)
Very well, I bow down to cthulu's excitedness.
Please, the rest of you, check the box below and tell me the level of how psyched you are.
__ Not daring to dive into pudding yet
__ Confused, happy (your dog can answer this, too)
__ 1/32nd
Posted by: the new, improved arhooley -- now with 10% more cynicism! at May 17, 2012 01:24 AM (E3EVz)
Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot
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Are you trying?
Posted by: the new, improved arhooley -- now with 10% more cynicism! at May 17, 2012 01:25 AM (E3EVz)
It's got top chart potential Cooth,,, just need a beat that gets them jiggling....
Posted by: beanervt at May 17, 2012 01:26 AM (KZLoo)
Posted by: Robert at May 17, 2012 01:27 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: the new, improved arhooley -- now with 10% more cynicism! at May 17, 2012 01:28 AM (E3EVz)
Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at May 17, 2012 01:28 AM (+ZI77)
Posted by: With fuses at May 17, 2012 05:26 AM (uqZVH)
Oh baby!
fapfapfapfapfapfap fapfapfapfapfapfapfap
Posted by: Timothy Treadwell at May 17, 2012 01:29 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at May 17, 2012 05:28 AM (+ZI77)
Did you sacrifice her to Cthulhu?
Posted by: Robert at May 17, 2012 01:29 AM (4ixH5)
Aluminum Christmas trees are shiny ...
There are some wimmins in this world,
With some very fine hinney ...
Burmashave...
Posted by: Adriane at May 17, 2012 01:30 AM (uqZVH)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 17, 2012 01:30 AM (kaalw)
Though I'm sure our Cooth would love a few sacrifices in his honor here and there.
Posted by: Robert at May 17, 2012 01:30 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at May 17, 2012 01:31 AM (+ZI77)
Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at May 17, 2012 05:31 AM (+ZI77)
Mormons sacrifice to Elder Gods? 
Shit yes, I'm convertin'!
Finally, a religion I can get into.
Posted by: Robert at May 17, 2012 01:32 AM (4ixH5)
You people make me do these things,
Those are awesome,, love the nerdy girl.. you know if we could get Maet to billboard those at the top it would really draw the crowd in...
Posted by: beanervt at May 17, 2012 01:35 AM (KZLoo)
That's not a dream Joffen,, that's a nightmare...
Posted by: beanervt at May 17, 2012 01:38 AM (KZLoo)
Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at May 17, 2012 01:43 AM (+ZI77)
Posted by: viking at May 17, 2012 01:46 AM (rw33o)
Posted by: viking at May 17, 2012 05:46 AM (rw33o)
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Bullshit. An image of Bashful being all red-faced after being kissed by Snow White was appropriate, responsive, and as far from unkind as possible. So, maybe you don't know the imagery. Here take a look.
http://tinyurl.com/6rxqjqe
Then just let it go. Enough already.
Posted by: jc at May 17, 2012 01:50 AM (ufJKx)
Posted by: Robert at May 17, 2012 01:51 AM (4ixH5)
http://tinyurl.com/yl9kye6
The Moonies sure have a handle up on them pesky rising wedding costs... you gotta give them credit for that...sucks for all the unemployed wedding planners I suppose...
Posted by: beanervt at May 17, 2012 01:52 AM (KZLoo)
30 more to go and Robert's out ...
Come back here, ye coward. I'll bite yer leg off !!!
Posted by: Post Fightum Blackius Knighticus at May 17, 2012 01:53 AM (uqZVH)
Well I thought that was really the cutest thing myself JC.. as most Morons would get flushed at the suggestion of being loved..We ain't the Romeos we appear hehee...
Posted by: beanervt at May 17, 2012 01:57 AM (KZLoo)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t5AAW0L9bw
Posted by: Adriane at May 17, 2012 01:57 AM (uqZVH)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aKAH_t0aXA
Posted by: Adriane at May 17, 2012 02:07 AM (uqZVH)
Posted by: Adriane at May 17, 2012 02:08 AM (uqZVH)
Posted by: Adriane at May 17, 2012 02:18 AM (uqZVH)
Posted by: viking at May 17, 2012 02:20 AM (rw33o)
Actually it's getting hotter here,, not the temps you get Adriane but we will be in the 80's days/50's nites for the rest of the week, heats a welcome commodity round these parts.. the lake is still 40 and I don't put my boat in until 50's so this will be good for me...
Posted by: beanervt at May 17, 2012 02:24 AM (KZLoo)
Posted by: JPS at May 17, 2012 04:45 AM (X11yt)
And yes, The Pesthole, aka The Crescent City, has been under the Dem thumb since Reconstruction. We've had a couple of Repub governors, but not enough to reverse the entrenched damage and corruption. (Possibly because the Rs were just as corrupt in their own way.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 17, 2012 08:16 AM (exvgC)
I hope they wash their hands before they dole out your java.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at May 17, 2012 08:16 AM (exvgC)
Posted by: 32/32 Not Cherokee at May 17, 2012 12:07 PM (M7Mal)
Posted by: red speck at May 17, 2012 02:29 PM (9Xu0X)
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Posted by: the new, improved arhooley -- now with 10% more cynicism! at May 16, 2012 05:55 PM (E3EVz)