May 24, 2012
— Maetenloch
If you want to go visit the International Space Station these days, the only way is through Baikonur. In fact Russia and China are the only countries currently that are capable of launching humans into orbit.
Baikonur, Russia's primary space launch facility since the 1950s, is the largest in the world, and supports multiple launches of both manned and unmanned rockets every year. With the U.S. manned space program currently on hold, Baikonur is now the sole launching point for trips to the ISS.
But before you get too depressed the good news is that privately-owned SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket was successfully launched on Wednesday and is on track to dock at the ISS tomorrow and deliver supplies.
And if you were wondering why it's taking so long to get there, well the answer is that all approaching ships must pass a series of tests:
No craft is allowed near the ISS without a battery of tests to show that the crew is in control and the capsule won't crash into the station, so the flight will be marked by a series of such demonstrations by SpaceX, such as testing the Dragon's GPS system and showing off its ability to veer away from the station if the docking procedure were to go awry.
...As the capsule moves closer to the station, the tests come faster. The laser-radar range finding needs to be tested, as does the capsule's ability to accelerate and brake on command. As it passes these tests, the SpaceX capsule is allowed to go to incrementally closer hold points. Finally, the Dragon will be allowed to enter the hallowed Keep Out Sphere, an imaginary circle drawn 566 feet around the station. Dragon will stop at just 98 feet from ISS, hold, and-if the final docking is given a "go"-proceed to just 32 feet from the fragile, irreplaceable space station.
And Scotty has finally made it into space. Longtime ONTers will also know why he had to use a hand double during transporter scenes.
The whole Brétt Kìmberlin episode is no joking matter so please don't make it any easier for BK to find a pretext to sue ace by making gratuitously nasty comments about him:
Now, when he eventually does sue me, I am of course counterclaiming for everything he might still have, as well as having a special master appointed to keep track of any payouts to him from his, um, charities, so that any judgment is satisfied (and not evaded, as a previous victim judgment was).But understand this: I am going to be sued, and my life is going to be one of constant harassment and intimidation and fear.
Please do not put me in a worse position than I've chosen to be for the sake of some silly blogwar joke.
This is not a blogwar. This is not Amanda Marcotte. Amanda Marcotte does not write lists of people to be murdered.
Liberals Choose More Conservative Names?
And conservatives choose trendier ones according to BabyNameWizard.com:
Styles of baby names, it seems, are nearly as different in various parts of the country as voting habits. "There is an enormous red state and blue state divide on names," says Laura Wattenberg, founder of BabyNameWizard.com and author of The Baby Name Wizard, which claims to be "the expert guide to baby name style."
But this doesn't play out the way you might expect. More progressive communities, Wattenberg says, tend to favor more old-fashioned names. Parents in more conservative areas come up with names that are more creative or androgynous.
But later she offers an explanation for the difference:
The reason for more outlandish-sounding names cropping up in conservative quarters is simple, Wattenberg says. Women in red states tend to have their first children earlier than women in blue states. A 23-year-old mom is more likely to come up with something out of the ordinary than one who is 33.
6 Ridiculous Lies You Believe About the Founding of America
Well not so much 'lies' as fibs and misinformation that live on because they make a much better narrative-compatible story.
There's a pretty important detail our movies and textbooks left out of the handoff from Native Americans to white European settlers: It begins in the immediate aftermath of a full-blown apocalypse. In the decades between Columbus' discovery of America and the Mayflower landing at Plymouth Rock, the most devastating plague in human history raced up the East Coast of America. Just two years before the pilgrims started the tape recorder on New England's written history, the plague wiped out about 96 percent of the Indians in Massachusetts.
In the years before the plague turned America into The Stand, a sailor named Giovanni da Verrazzano sailed up the East Coast and described it as "densely populated" and so "smoky with Indian bonfires" that you could smell them burning hundreds of miles out at sea. Using your history books to understand what America was like in the 100 years after Columbus landed there is like trying to understand what modern day Manhattan is like based on the post-apocalyptic scenes from I Am Legend.
And then there's epic story of Squanto who much more than just some helpful local guide:
Squanto had been kidnapped from Cape Cod as a child and sold into slavery in Spain. He escaped like the boy Maximus he was, and spent his better years hoofing it west until he hit the Atlantic Ocean. Deciding that swimming back to America would take too much time, he learned enough English to convince someone to let him hitch a ride to "the New World." When he finally got back home, he found his town deserted. The plague had swept through two years before, taking everyone but him with it.
And yeah yeah I know that Iron Eyes Cody wasn't really an indian either.
High tech for consumers sure was expensive back then. Now most of us carry video cameras in our pockets capable of broadcasting an event for about the same price.
Garrett McNamara, a 44-year-old Hawaii pro surfer caught this wave off the coast of Nazaré Portugal in November 2011. It was 78 feet high and the Guinness Book of World Records has confirmed this is a new record for the largest wave ever surfed.
"The government of a Middle Eastern state is recruiting a senior torturer to work in a well-equipped prison. Our ideal candidate would be prepared to inflict extreme pain and suffering. Candidates will be expected to inspire a small but enthusiastic team."
Well with all the régimes falling in the middle east it's no surprise that there's been a shakeup in the excruciation industry as well. But in chaos there's always opportunities opening up for go-getters who aren't squeamish and are willing to learn new skills.
Yahoo group. That is all.
And my Twitter spew.
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You know who rode a pretty big wave back in 08?
Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at May 24, 2012 06:16 PM (XNk0Y)
Posted by: SantaRosaStan at May 24, 2012 06:18 PM (Dll6b)
Seriously this is going to piss you off. Prepare yourself.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 24, 2012 06:19 PM (1Br1X)
Posted by: SantaRosaStan at May 24, 2012 06:19 PM (Dll6b)
Our ideal candidate would be prepared to inflict extreme pain and suffering. Candidates will be expected to inspire a small but enthusiastic team."
Sounds like my ex and her lawyers.
Howdy, morons.
Posted by: L Rob in OK at May 24, 2012 06:26 PM (7yvLv)
Posted by: NC Ref at May 24, 2012 06:26 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: Horatius at May 24, 2012 06:27 PM (Qp2GE)
Posted by: Peaches at May 24, 2012 06:27 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: cm9000 at May 24, 2012 06:27 PM (lzvtR)
Posted by: L Rob in OK at May 24, 2012 06:29 PM (7yvLv)
Posted by: Pinhead at May 24, 2012 06:29 PM (iDLnf)
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The whole point in having government is to restrain those who would do violence against their fellow citizens. The fact that our government will no longer do that is yet another sign of how far we have fallen as a society.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 24, 2012 06:29 PM (3aXbg)
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Yo, do you have a mike?
Posted by: Eminem at May 24, 2012 06:30 PM (3aXbg)
Posted by: moki at May 24, 2012 06:31 PM (dZmFh)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 24, 2012 06:31 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Pinhead at May 24, 2012 06:31 PM (iDLnf)
Posted by: Datou at May 24, 2012 06:31 PM (jUalk)
We go shoulder to shoulder for the Ewok overlord, NC Ref. I'm surprisingly fierce for someone of my weight class.
Posted by: Peaches at May 24, 2012 06:32 PM (kpCLl)
You might have missed this earlier but ace asked that there be no penis jokes.....well, none about you know who.
Posted by: Tami at May 24, 2012 06:32 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: Jimbo at May 24, 2012 06:32 PM (O3R/2)
Posted by: andycanuck at May 24, 2012 06:33 PM (FTuxU)
Posted by: moki at May 24, 2012 06:33 PM (dZmFh)
Posted by: Peaches at May 24, 2012 06:34 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Pinhead at May 24, 2012 06:34 PM (iDLnf)
Posted by: Some Moron at May 24, 2012 06:35 PM (3aXbg)
Posted by: DC in Towson, bleeding heart piece of shit at May 24, 2012 06:35 PM (I/cLr)
Oh damn. So anything that happens now will be MY fault. FML.
Posted by: NC Ref at May 24, 2012 06:36 PM (/izg2)
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Hey, I love Rubik's cubes!!! Can I borrow it? And hey, you know we've got Obamacare to take care of those trips to the emergency room now, right?
Posted by: Joe Biden at May 24, 2012 06:36 PM (3aXbg)
Posted by: moki at May 24, 2012 06:36 PM (dZmFh)
Anyone who takes anything that Cracked says about history seriously is a fool. This one is worse than usual because it is longer.
Posted by: Grey Fox, crouched in his mountain fastness at May 24, 2012 06:37 PM (spXaz)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 24, 2012 06:37 PM (bxiXv)
Good evening, good people. Lots of satisfying noises and smoke clouds at the range today. Shot some of the black powder stuff along with the M-14. Humid, still days are a ton of fun burning charcoal. Good cover to hide behind.
Posted by: irongrampa at May 24, 2012 06:37 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: Justamom at May 24, 2012 06:38 PM (Sptt8)
Posted by: steevy at May 24, 2012 06:38 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: Some Moron at May 24, 2012 10:35 PM (3aXbg)
Is it? I don't know. By the way what is the origin of the therm fap/fapping? I have never seen or heard it used anywhere but this here website.
Posted by: cm9000 at May 24, 2012 06:38 PM (lzvtR)
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There were European traders, scouts, and fisherman before European colonists.
In fact, they might have been in the New World before Columbus -
some claim European fisherman were off the coast of Newfoundland before 1492, and the Portuguese might have beat the Spanish by a few years...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 24, 2012 06:39 PM (3aXbg)
Old Weller Antique 107 proof is making tonight....acceptable.
Is there someplace I can see just a one-page summary of the whole Kimberlin saga? I saw on Twitter that some bloggers were relocated, etc., but apparently can't type in the right search phrase to see an overview of what's going on...
Posted by: Prosqtor at May 24, 2012 06:39 PM (8AV+0)
Nah, thanks for the heads up about the ix-nay on enis-pay okes-jay. That's the first place I would have gone.
Posted by: DC in Towson, bleeding heart piece of shit at May 24, 2012 06:39 PM (I/cLr)
Posted by: Pinhead at May 24, 2012 06:40 PM (iDLnf)
I'm not comfortable leaving it in the hands of career bureaucrats and politicians.Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 24, 2012 06:40 PM (bxiXv)
Good evening, good people. Lots of satisfying noises and smoke clouds at the range today. Shot some of the black powder stuff along with the M-14. Humid, still days are a ton of fun burning charcoal. Good cover to hide behind.
Posted by: irongrampa at May 24, 2012 10:37 PM (SAMxH)
If you're unsure what that weirdness emanating your way was, I apologize. It was 200 proof jealousy.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at May 24, 2012 06:40 PM (ND9u8)
Posted by: MrCaniac channeling the KosKiddehs at May 24, 2012 06:40 PM (1grxW)
Posted by: Peaches at May 24, 2012 06:41 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: NC Ref at May 24, 2012 10:36 PM (/izg2)
Yes, yes....it is all your fault. You and the dozen other people that made the same joke.
Actually, he wants NO jokes about the guy.....peni or otherwise.
Posted by: Tami at May 24, 2012 06:41 PM (X6akg)
You could dock a fucking boulder with a strapon OMS pack using that scheme.
Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at May 24, 2012 06:41 PM (DNzhk)
51:
Although it probably predates this, "fapping" to the idea (or images) of women was on fark.com sometime around 2001 - it's roughly the sound of masturbation.
Posted by: Prosqtor at May 24, 2012 06:41 PM (8AV+0)
Posted by: DC in Towson, bleeding heart piece of shit at May 24, 2012 06:42 PM (I/cLr)
Meggie Mac bashes Andrew Breitbart .
http://tinyurl.com/c2s5pxe
For trashing a dead man, she deserves a Twitter insult fest so severe she'll develop another eating disorder
Posted by: kbdabear at May 24, 2012 06:42 PM (Y+DPZ)
No, the Vikings wouldn't have a problem squaring off against flint arrows. They wore chainmail.
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at May 24, 2012 06:42 PM (uhAkr)
51 By the way, I think the Ms Fapper thing is a fake...
It's from the FX show "Louis", in a scene where Louis CK defends masturbation.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at May 24, 2012 06:43 PM (ND9u8)
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=2f2_1327074002
"Wow masturbating is really important to you."
Posted by: 18-1 at May 24, 2012 06:43 PM (3aXbg)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 24, 2012 06:43 PM (bxiXv)
In fact, they might have been in the New World before Columbus -
some claim European fisherman were off the coast of Newfoundland before 1492, and the Portuguese might have beat the Spanish by a few years...
Two words: Lief Ericksen.
Posted by: L Rob in OK is a Swede at May 24, 2012 06:45 PM (7yvLv)
some claim European fisherman were off the coast of Newfoundland before 1492, and the Portuguese might have beat the Spanish by a few years...
I've read that the Basque beat them by couple centuries or more.
Posted by: fluffy at May 24, 2012 06:45 PM (z9HTb)
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Oh certainly, the Vikings got here long before the Portuguese/Basque/Spanish. But it isn't clear what order the other three got to the new world in...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 24, 2012 06:46 PM (3aXbg)
Posted by: Z Ryan at May 24, 2012 06:46 PM (tsC/8)
http://tinyurl.com/c2s5pxe
Posted by: kbdabear at May 24, 2012 10:42 PM
Well, if a beautiful genius like Meghan says that Breitbart was a hateful extremist, I guess he was. She knows things
Posted by: AllahFrumDit at May 24, 2012 06:47 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: toby928© at May 24, 2012 06:48 PM (NG097)
Time now for our audio daily double!
Posted by: Alex Trebek at May 24, 2012 06:48 PM (HNn1q)
Posted by: L Rob in OK is a Swede at May 24, 2012 10:45 PM (7yvLv)
Typical Scandi. Leif Ericson is the accepted spelling.
/sorry you're the white people other white people get to pick on
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at May 24, 2012 06:48 PM (ND9u8)
The facial features on those giant Olmec heads looks distinctly African.
Posted by: fluffy at May 24, 2012 06:49 PM (z9HTb)
Had my second interview with a company and I'm pretty sure I'm still in the ranks of the underemployed. Met with the VP of Manufacturing and the first words out of his mouth were, "So, you still can't find a job, huh?" He later on said that he thought it was "suspicious" that I didn't want to stay in law enforcement. He then wrapped up by telling me that they decided they wanted someone with a 2-year engineering technology degree rather than a 4-year mechanical engineering degree.
What really pissed me off was that they wasted my time. If they didn't want to hire me, why call me back in for a second interview that had to be scheduled right away? It was a very strange experience.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop at May 24, 2012 06:49 PM (M0NzJ)
Posted by: USA at May 24, 2012 06:49 PM (6Cjut)
That's not news.
Posted by: Z Ryan at May 24, 2012 06:49 PM (tsC/8)
They group a fair amount looser, DC. Not objectionable, the stuff will do the job if needed. I compared groups with some Cabela's, definitely tighter with the brass ammo.
And life lately has been good. That is satisfying by itself.
Posted by: irongrampa at May 24, 2012 06:49 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: Jake, moron #4 at May 24, 2012 06:49 PM (RQjPS)
Meggie Mac bashes Andrew Breitbart .
http://tinyurl.com/c2s5pxe
For trashing a dead man, she deserves a Twitter insult fest so severe she'll develop another eating disorder
Posted by: kbdabear at May 24, 2012 10:42 PM (Y+DPZ)
I expect an endorsement of Obama, "regrettably forced by right-wing intolerance" sometime in July or August.
Posted by: cm9000 at May 24, 2012 06:49 PM (lzvtR)
Posted by: DC in Towson, bleeding heart piece of shit at May 24, 2012 06:50 PM (I/cLr)
A lot of *specific* claims have been debunked, but I don't believe there's much doubt about the general fact of contact and settlements long before 1492.
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One tantalizing bit of evidence - look at the line the Portuguese negotiated with the Spanish in 1492/93 as opposed to the line the Pope suggested originally - note that supposedly the Portuguese didn't know about Brazil at the time.
http://tinyurl.com/arkcp6
Posted by: 18-1 at May 24, 2012 06:50 PM (3aXbg)
Jeez, dude, that sucks donkey balls, I'm so sorry . . . You were on the pitiful peaches prayer list, too. Maybe I should just cut that shit out, eh?
Posted by: Peaches at May 24, 2012 06:51 PM (kpCLl)
Guess her democrat bosses told her bashing Palin doesn't really bring in the hateful lib assholes anymore so it's on to Breitbart, gotta keep that gig at MSDNC dont'cha know.
Posted by: booger at May 24, 2012 06:51 PM (HI6wa)
IÂ’m back ItÂ’s still less than a 150 replies?
Thanks Maetenloch. Good Job
Posted by: Mike in CFL at May 24, 2012 06:51 PM (motsG)
Posted by: runninrebel at May 24, 2012 10:45 PM (N/1Dm)
Yeah it's pretty clear that the plague arrived in North America sometime around when the European starting regularly sailing there.
Of course the Indians returned the favor by giving the Europeans syphilis which was fairly deadly when it spread through Europe. Today's version is but a shadow of the original disease.
Posted by: Mætenloch at May 24, 2012 06:51 PM (pAlYe)
No, the Vikings wouldn't have a problem squaring off against flint arrows. They wore chainmail.
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at May 24, 2012 10:42 PM (uhAkr)
---------------------The Vikings didn't do all that well simply because there weren't very many of them - I don't think that there were ever more than a hundred or so in Vinland. The author doesn't take into account differences in technology (i.e., a more advanced technology) and socio-economic and political developments that drove seventeenth-century emigration. He doesn't mention how much disagreement there is over Pre-Columbian Indian numbers, the difference between old-growth and new-growth forest (the earthworm may be a European import, which is why those original forests were park-like- no earthworms, harder for undergroth to spring up), ad nauseum. Really bad article.
Posted by: Grey Fox, crouched in his mountain fastness at May 24, 2012 06:51 PM (spXaz)
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I've had this argument as a hiring manager before - why are we bringing this person in (or phone interviewing them) if we aren't going to hire them no matter what? I never got a good answer.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 24, 2012 06:53 PM (3aXbg)
Plus, as they say in Minnesota, you can always tell a Norwegian . . . you just can't tell him much. (sorry, that always cracked me up, but you have to say it with the Minnesota twang)
Posted by: Peaches at May 24, 2012 06:53 PM (kpCLl)
What really pissed me off was that they wasted my time. If they didn't want to hire me, why call me back in for a second interview that had to be scheduled right away? It was a very strange experience.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop
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Are they a government contractor?
I knew someone who worked at the University of California who heard people being interviewed for her job regularly. State regs required the U to put the job up for grabs every so often and they had to list the opening, collect resumes, and interview a number of hapless hopefuls who had zero chance of getting the job because the fact was, it wasn't open.
Posted by: the new, improved arhooley -- now with 10% more cynicism! at May 24, 2012 06:54 PM (Dz0Iq)
Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at May 24, 2012 06:55 PM (DGIjM)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop at May 24, 2012 10:49 PM (M0NzJ)
Few years ago a similar thing happened to my husband....except they had him come back THREE times. HR person contacts him via e-mail after the 3rd interview and says, "Everything went well! Will contact you in a few days."
She did and said they were hiring someone else.
Posted by: Tami at May 24, 2012 06:55 PM (X6akg)
If you are in San Francisco this summer, the Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park has a very cool earthquake exhibit. I got to see it last night, and it's fun.
Posted by: Dianna at May 24, 2012 06:55 PM (mKMj1)
rats in the grain shipments, etc. Another gift from the enlightened Orient
Posted by: SantaRosaStan at May 24, 2012 06:55 PM (Dll6b)
2 questions: why is Fox pushing the "out of state money" thing regarding the Walker recall - with the focus on Walker's out of state fundraising, and why is Greta dressed like Pat Summitt at an SEC final game?
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at May 24, 2012 06:55 PM (ND9u8)
Posted by: Jake, moron #4 at May 24, 2012 06:56 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: DC in Towson, bleeding heart piece of shit at May 24, 2012 06:56 PM (I/cLr)
Posted by: moki at May 24, 2012 06:56 PM (dZmFh)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 24, 2012 10:53 PM (3aXbg)
If some doesn't make sense and persists despite being a waste of time and money, thank a lawyer.
Posted by: cm9000 at May 24, 2012 06:57 PM (lzvtR)
Posted by: kbdabear at May 24, 2012 10:42 PM (Y+DPZ)
She's loving it....retweeting every single one of them.
Posted by: Tami at May 24, 2012 06:57 PM (X6akg)
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At the peak they got up to about 5k in Greenland and maybe a hundred in Newfoundland. The American Indians killed off the former, and global cooling the latter.
Speaking of which, supposedly they found wild grapes in Newfoundland when they got there (global warming my ass).
Posted by: 18-1 at May 24, 2012 06:58 PM (3aXbg)
Posted by: Peaches at May 24, 2012 10:51 PM (kpCLl)
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No, maybe that was your prayer being answered. This VP of Manufacturing really seemed like someone I'm not sure I'd want to work for.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop at May 24, 2012 06:58 PM (M0NzJ)
well ok then, whatever floats your boat.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 24, 2012 06:58 PM (0VxrB)
I am going to try something:
I accidentally hit the "compatibility mode" button earlier today, and just noticed that I seem to have got the ability to put spaces between lines back.
So I am giving it a try.
Posted by: Grey Fox, crouched in his mountain fastness at May 24, 2012 06:59 PM (spXaz)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 24, 2012 06:59 PM (bxiXv)
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Well, sometimes you do have two candidates you *really* like...and one wins out in the end.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 24, 2012 06:59 PM (3aXbg)
Wow, beach day and your food sound so amazing, you are soooo together with the food thing. I'm just happy I will not be "there" at the icky office of the shitbird lawyers. Baby steps . . . and, of course, beer.
Posted by: Peaches at May 24, 2012 06:59 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: DC in Towson, bleeding heart piece of shit at May 24, 2012 10:56 PM (I/cLr)
My jealousy came from a simple place - if you compare Grampa's day with mine, his day throws mine down on the ground and has its way with it. Also, the man has an M-14, which may be a factor. My poodle-shooter doesn't quite compare.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at May 24, 2012 07:00 PM (ND9u8)
There's a robotic surgery outfit here (Mako Surgical) in south FL that has had the same job listings advertized for a couple of years now. I think they're just resume trolling just in case the business really takes off...which it isn't.
Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at May 24, 2012 07:00 PM (DNzhk)
What really pissed me off was that they wasted my
time. If they didn't want to hire me, why call me back in for a second
interview that had to be scheduled right away? It was a very strange
experience.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop at May 24, 2012 10:49 PM (M0NzJ)
I'm sorry, man. Getting jerked around like that really sucks. I had a similar experience several years ago. I drove two hours to another city to interview for a position. I found out later they were specifically looking for someone with a different background. They had my resume in hand well in advance, so why jerk me off like that?
Posted by: Insomniac at May 24, 2012 07:01 PM (GjDnP)
Posted by: L Rob in OK is a Swede at May 24, 2012 07:01 PM (7yvLv)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 24, 2012 10:59 PM (3aXbg)
I think it was internal fighting and one of them brought in someone he had worked with.
Posted by: Tami at May 24, 2012 07:01 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: DC in Towson, bleeding heart piece of shit at May 24, 2012 07:02 PM (I/cLr)
I expect within the next 50 years all of the American Indian pablum that is currently accepted will be overturned, even in the public mind.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 24, 2012 07:02 PM (3aXbg)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 24, 2012 10:58 PM (3aXbg)
Vinland = Newfoundland. At least we have found traces of Norse settlement there, and it matches the descriptions in the sagas, minus the grapes.
The Domesday Book mentions grapes growing in England, and I have a little theory about why Erik the Red named Greenland "Greenland"...
Posted by: Grey Fox, crouched in his mountain fastness at May 24, 2012 07:02 PM (spXaz)
Posted by: Tami at May 24, 2012 11:01 PM (X6akg)
Well, sometimes it's not who you know, but who you blow that counts.
Posted by: Insomniac at May 24, 2012 07:02 PM (GjDnP)
I am going to try something:
I accidentally hit the "compatibility mode" button earlier today, and just noticed that I seem to have got the ability to put spaces between lines back.
So I am giving it a try.
Posted by: Grey Fox, crouched in his mountain fastness
Has compatibility view been my problemt this whole time?
Let's see!
Posted by: Z Ryan at May 24, 2012 07:03 PM (tsC/8)
I've left a couple jobs where I was required to interview and recommend my replacement. Even if I found an outstanding replacement on the first or second interview, I was required to continue interviewing idiots just to show....uh....that we kept the job open to all applicants or something. Was a waste of everyone's time at that point.
Posted by: NC Ref at May 24, 2012 07:04 PM (/izg2)
Politically unacceptable. Any research that might show that will be defunded and the researchers relegated to sorting a warehouse full of arrowheads.
Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at May 24, 2012 07:04 PM (DNzhk)
Posted by: moki at May 24, 2012 07:05 PM (dZmFh)
Posted by: Rex Harrison's Hat at May 24, 2012 07:05 PM (iaDpU)
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You too?
Posted by: Barack Obama at May 24, 2012 07:05 PM (3aXbg)
Of course the Indians returned the favor by giving the Europeans syphilis which was fairly deadly when it spread through Europe. Today's version is but a shadow of the original disease.
Posted by: Mætenloch at May 24, 2012 10:51 PM (pAlYe)
Hey, they gave me to the world too!
Posted by: Tobacco, teh wonder weed at May 24, 2012 07:05 PM (1grxW)
Let's see!
Posted by: Z Ryan at May 24, 2012 11:03 PM (tsC/
It helps. At least my comments are on a seperate line than the material I am quoting. I really hate it when the post I am responding to and my response are run together.
Posted by: Grey Fox, crouched in his mountain fastness at May 24, 2012 07:05 PM (spXaz)
Posted by: cm9000
So I've been told.
By the way, does anyone understand all the posting requirements? I got an order form today for an "updated" poster about hazardous chemicals. We're a two-person office, and I think the most hazardous material we deal with is toner. I'm always careful with it, and my assistant isn't an idiot, so what is this all about?
Posted by: Dianna at May 24, 2012 07:06 PM (mKMj1)
I got to spend some time behind a .308 AR.
pretty sweet!Posted by: Jake, moron #4 at May 24, 2012 07:07 PM (RQjPS)
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When there isn't a market for leftist pablum at universities, they'll stop making it.
And looking at the current national debt, and the education bubble, will likely be soon.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 24, 2012 07:07 PM (3aXbg)
Posted by: Tami
Not the brightest crayon in the box, is she?
Posted by: Dianna at May 24, 2012 07:07 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at May 24, 2012 07:07 PM (ND9u8)
Posted by: ChrisValentine at May 24, 2012 07:08 PM (E9kgB)
Posted by: Y-not at May 24, 2012 07:09 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: somebody else, not me at May 24, 2012 07:09 PM (nZvGM)
Posted by: Jake, moron #4 at May 24, 2012 07:10 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: Peaches at May 24, 2012 10:32 PM (kpCLl)
That's hot 
Posted by: NC Ref at May 24, 2012 07:10 PM (/izg2)
I got to spend some time behind a .308 AR.
pretty sweet!
Posted by: Jake, moron #4 at May 24, 2012 11:07 PM (RQjPS)
Nice. Which manufacturer?
Posted by: Insomniac at May 24, 2012 07:10 PM (GjDnP)
One of the things that is interesting to me about shooting the black powder pistols is how well they compare with modern handguns. Example, the Remington shoots a 238 grain ball at 1000fps. That is faster than my beloved 1911.
Lots of guys consider them toys, but getting hit with that ball at that velocity would really ruin your week.
Posted by: irongrampa at May 24, 2012 07:11 PM (SAMxH)
@102, 104
I kind of got the impression that the two engineers that interviewed me last week wanted to hire me. Then apparently one of this company's junior engineers bailed to go to another company for $10K more and broke the bad news a couple of days ago. Now the owner of the company is pissed and changed his mind about hiring mechanical engineers with 4-year degrees.
This is a privately owned company. When we got to the issue of money, frankly I was shocked at how far below the average salary for an entry-level engineer they talked about. Like I said, they actually want technicians, not engineers. That's OK, it's their company, but they need to define their needs better.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop at May 24, 2012 07:11 PM (M0NzJ)
Posted by: Dianna at May 24, 2012 11:07 PM (mKMj1)
===============
Dana Loesch's was the best:
@DLoesch: Have an "emoticon" of respect, @McCainBlogette
Posted by: Tami at May 24, 2012 07:12 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: Y-not at May 24, 2012 07:12 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Jake, moron #4 at May 24, 2012 07:12 PM (RQjPS)
American intel assets suddenly go silent all around the world in...5...4...3...2
Any foreign national who trusts this administration to not fuck them over via incompetence or malice is a damn fool. This administration is freaking lethal.
Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at May 24, 2012 07:12 PM (DNzhk)
Posted by: thunderb at May 24, 2012 07:13 PM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Jake, moron #4 at May 24, 2012 07:13 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: irongrampa at May 24, 2012 11:11 PM (SAMxH)
I assume you're rolling your own - are you casting as well?
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at May 24, 2012 07:13 PM (ND9u8)
BBB also rates/evaluates charities, but I don't know how those evaluations are triggered. But iirc Charity Navigator has a way for you to request a charity be reviewed. Posted by: Y-not
I am looking; time constraints being what they are (I do have to work), I'm not finding much. I've tried checking linkage for both JTMP and VR, but it's very slow going. I will say I've spotted some fairly interesting...call them elisions of fact in the boiler plate "About Us" sections.
Posted by: Dianna at May 24, 2012 07:14 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: somebody else, not me at May 24, 2012 11:09 PM (nZvGM)
Because of me?
Posted by: Immunity at May 24, 2012 07:14 PM (1grxW)
Posted by: Y-not at May 24, 2012 11:12 PM (5H6zj)
Twins?
Posted by: Tami at May 24, 2012 07:14 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: DC in Towson, bleeding heart piece of shit at May 24, 2012 10:50 PM (I/cLr)
The fuck you say?
Evening roonz and roonettez!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at May 24, 2012 07:15 PM (yh0zB)
way fun rifle
Posted by: Jake, moron #4 at May 24, 2012 11:13 PM (RQjPS)
Good stuff. Shooting is a fantastic (albeit expensive!) hobby.
Posted by: Insomniac at May 24, 2012 07:15 PM (GjDnP)
"There's probably a good reason to not beat off very often..."
Posted by: runninrebel at May 24, 2012 10:32 PM (N/1Dm)
I don't know, my urologist told me that more frequent happy endings would relieve the symptoms of BPH. He was probably the hundredth doc I saw, and my insurance got cancelled along the way, but I finally got a diagnosis that I can believe in.
Posted by: somebody else, not me at May 24, 2012 07:16 PM (nZvGM)
Posted by: Jake, moron #4 at May 24, 2012 07:17 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at May 24, 2012 11:07 PM (ND9u
O'Reilly has an amazing knack for talking over his guests most insightful points. His obtuseness is a thing of wonder.
Posted by: cm9000 at May 24, 2012 07:17 PM (lzvtR)
Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at May 24, 2012 07:17 PM (Y5I9o)
And she's so conservative that she's blocked nearly every conservative on twitter.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at May 24, 2012 07:17 PM (1Br1X)
Posted by: navycopjoe at May 24, 2012 07:18 PM (3gUvw)
Posted by: Insomniac at May 24, 2012 11:15 PM (GjDnP)
From Shit Jefferson Actually Said:
"A strong body makes the mind strong.
As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun.
While this gives moderate exercise to the body,
it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind.
Games played with the ball, and others of that nature,
are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind.
Let your gun therefore be the constant companion of your walks."
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at May 24, 2012 07:18 PM (ND9u8)
I used to own a book published in 1584 that claimed the Welsh came to the New World before Columbus.
It offered as much evidence as most other such claims, i.e. nothing concrete. Columbus may not have been first, but it was his voyages that got Europe interested in colonizing a "New World". Not the Vikings or anyone else.
If 20 million Indian died of smallpox, why didn't the European settlers who went there also die of smallpox?
If the local Indian populations were reduced to nearly nothing, then why did a smallpox epidemic carry off a whole lotta Indians in Mass. and RI a few years after the settlers arrived?
If 20 million died just before arrival of Europeans in the early 1600's, why didn't the early settlers come upon hundreds of ruined and abandoned cities and towns?
If the early settlers admired the Indians so much, why were there Indians around to admire? After all, if 96% of them died of smallpox, wouldn't the survivors be far and few between, with their culture and polities crushed by smallpox?
One claim is that two Indians arrived in Holland in 60BC. Its source is a book that claimed two Indians arrived in Holland in 60BC. That book cites no source.
A purported myth: "Even after he landed in America, Columbus didn't realize he'd discovered an entire continent because maps of America were far less reliable back then"
Huh? Unless you mindlessly ascribe to the forgery called the Vinland Map, there were no maps of America before Europeans made them.
The article claims that the Indians had cut down all the forests in the east just before they died off from smallpox, leaving the European settlers with cleared land to grow crops on.
Hah! New Englanders know that the early settlers had to dig out and carry away bazillions of tons of rock deposited by retreating glaciers in order to make the land tillable. You can see the old stone fences all over the rural landscapes throughout the Northeast.
And so on.
Go read the comments, and weep for the fast-approaching Idiocracy.
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at May 24, 2012 07:18 PM (qPCyi)
Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at May 24, 2012 11:17 PM (Y5I9o)
I'm guessing the TARDIS would be packed full of explosives in that series.
Posted by: MrCaniac at May 24, 2012 07:19 PM (1grxW)
Posted by: Deli LLama at May 24, 2012 07:20 PM (uv9eO)
Posted by: Y-not at May 24, 2012 11:12 PM (5H6zj)
Hi Y-not! A while back you posted a link to the Foundation Center for chemjeff I think. I will be using it tomorrow for a presentation to try to start raising money for our football program. Thank you thank you thank you!!!!
Posted by: NC Ref at May 24, 2012 07:20 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: misc. Sicilian at May 24, 2012 07:21 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 24, 2012 07:21 PM (cb/OT)
Hey, I wonder if this might be where the word "faps" came from?
Evening, everyone!
Posted by: Theresa ~ yelling FUCK! 1 more time at May 24, 2012 07:22 PM (d9OAD)
Posted by: moki at May 24, 2012 07:22 PM (dZmFh)
Yep I do cast, although I prefer to use Hornaday balls for the consistency. A .451 leaves a thin ring of lead and does away with the need for Crisco. Shit is way messy anyhow. If I'm plinking with 26 to 30 grains of 3fg, corn meal works great as filler.
Posted by: irongrampa at May 24, 2012 07:22 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: horny elf at May 24, 2012 07:23 PM (FTuxU)
Posted by: Y-not at May 24, 2012 07:23 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at May 24, 2012 11:21 PM (DGIjM)
Pass me a line yo!!!
Posted by: Barack Obama at May 24, 2012 07:24 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: Peaches at May 24, 2012 10:53 PM (kpCLl)
Always with the Norwegian jokes. Damn Swede.
Posted by: Norwegian Defense Lueage at May 24, 2012 07:24 PM (YYyqq)
Hey, I wonder if this might be where the word "faps" came from?
Evening, everyone!
Posted by: Theresa ~ yelling FUCK! 1 more time at May 24, 2012 11:22 PM (d9OAD
Does "fps" stand for "faps per second"? I hope that's some kind of aggregated measurement across the entire population of morons, otherwise, OUCH!
Posted by: Insomniac at May 24, 2012 07:24 PM (GjDnP)
Posted by: Y-not at May 24, 2012 07:24 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: The Dude at May 24, 2012 07:25 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: DC in Towson, bleeding heart piece of shit at May 24, 2012 07:25 PM (I/cLr)
http://tinyurl.com/cgzmrad
Posted by: fan at May 24, 2012 07:25 PM (oZfic)
Have you checked them on Guidestar or with the Foundation Center? I got the 990's that way, but I didn't check to see their transparency ratings or anything like that - I'm afraid I head directly to the financials every time.
Posted by: Dianna at May 24, 2012 07:26 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: Samuel Adams at May 24, 2012 07:26 PM (ZOf1l)
Posted by: Peaches at May 24, 2012 07:26 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at May 24, 2012 07:27 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: The Dude at May 24, 2012 11:25 PM (tw6Ar)
Why is this so unpossible?
Posted by: Allen Jerkoff at May 24, 2012 07:27 PM (YYyqq)
Posted by: moki at May 24, 2012 07:27 PM (dZmFh)
Posted by: Son of Norway at May 24, 2012 07:28 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: The Dude at May 24, 2012 11:25 PM (tw6Ar)
Why is this so unpossible?
Posted by: Allen Jerkoff at May 24, 2012 11:27 PM (YYyqq)
No shit . . .
Posted by: Dick Trickle at May 24, 2012 07:28 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: JAke, moron #4 at May 24, 2012 07:29 PM (RQjPS)
If that's true then hats off to Maet for finding this.
If I hadn't seen it I wouldn't believe it. (I'm kinda doubting it anyway. It's just too . . too . . . delicious.)
P.S. who's making jokes. I want to be the target of Brett's next lawsuit.
Better me than Ace. I'm probably better equipped psychologically and materially than him. (not much to lose.) Money might be a problem but I can request the courts assistance because of my low income.
They should rename themselves Christians Opposing Masturbation Everywhere.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and all that at May 24, 2012 07:30 PM (CP+yl)
Posted by: Gene Rottenberry at May 24, 2012 07:30 PM (c3mby)
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 24, 2012 07:30 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Theresa ^..^ at May 24, 2012 07:31 PM (d9OAD)
Posted by: Jake, moron #4 at May 24, 2012 07:31 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: Ass Hole OWS organizer type at May 24, 2012 07:33 PM (Qr9Rc)
Posted by: James Doohan at May 24, 2012 07:33 PM (c3mby)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 24, 2012 07:34 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 24, 2012 07:34 PM (cb/OT)
a single stage press like a Rock Chucker kit is $300
Plus some dies, misc. stuff, etc $400 to $500 invested
Posted by: Jake, moron #4 at May 24, 2012 11:31 PM (RQjPS)
hmmm...looks like I need to look into dies and such for 6.5 Japanese. I have a friend who reloads, maybe I can get the dies for his machine and he can show me how it's done before I go full Moron...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at May 24, 2012 07:34 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Jake, moron #4 at May 24, 2012 07:35 PM (RQjPS)
I was at a shooting. Not that kind, the kind where you do something in the background while a TV crew films. We put on a car show, it was a lot of fun.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at May 24, 2012 07:36 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at May 24, 2012 07:37 PM (yh0zB)
GGE, heya. Reloading is a good way to go, but you can spend a fair bit on brass, bullets, primer and powder, remember. Still, there is a savings over buying manufactured ammo. I think even with today's prices,the savings are commensurate with earlier times.
How difficult is it to get Arisaka brass, anyway?
Posted by: irongrampa at May 24, 2012 07:38 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: Jake, moron #4 at May 24, 2012 07:39 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at May 24, 2012 07:39 PM (yh0zB)
The basic Rock Chucker kit is a good place to start, but it is the nice to haves that add up
but reloading for a single caliber to start definately under $400
Posted by: Jake, moron #4 at May 24, 2012 11:39 PM (RQjPS)
How difficult is it to do your own reloading? It's something I've wanted to try doing but have been hesitant without some one-on-one instruction first.
Posted by: Insomniac at May 24, 2012 07:40 PM (GjDnP)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 24, 2012 07:40 PM (Rhie+)
Sounds awesome....if you need a Camaro that looks great but won't move on its own power I can have my towing buddies park one nearby
Posted by: NC Ref at May 24, 2012 07:40 PM (/izg2)
Somebody tell me how you can stand up for free speech by being silent? Please enlighten me.
It's like say throw away your weapon and attack.
Don't. Make. Sense.
No matter how clean we keep stuff, Brett Kimberlin can still sue Ace. It's not the winning that counts with Brett, it's the harassment and the discovery process whereby he finds out your address (if unknown) and where you live and work (if unknown).
He'll file a suit no matter what is said here if he takes offense at it so I don't see the point of pussy footing around about whether we might make things harder or easier in the suit. Kimberlin won't care.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and all that at May 24, 2012 07:42 PM (CP+yl)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at May 24, 2012 11:39 PM (yh0zB)
ugly looking cars, someone in town has one
Posted by: The Dude at May 24, 2012 07:45 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 24, 2012 07:47 PM (Rhie+)
And, yet, the good morons respect Ace's wishes. It's his house, we play by his rules, kapish?
Posted by: Peaches at May 24, 2012 07:48 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 24, 2012 07:49 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: irongrampa at May 24, 2012 11:38 PM (SAMxH)
Grafs and Sons has it in their catalog from PRVI at $52 per 100 or $468 for 1000. PRVI 139gr soft point boat tails are $22 per 100 or $198 for 1000. Primers run 25-35 per 1000 depending on brand. Powder runs 150-160 for 8 pounds which is enough to load 1000 rounds and still have enough to make a pretty good mess if it isn't stored properly.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at May 24, 2012 07:49 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: The Dude at May 24, 2012 07:50 PM (tw6Ar)
Thanks for the advice. One of these days I'll just have to, uh, bite the bullet and give it a shot. It's two for one on puns today...
Posted by: Insomniac at May 24, 2012 07:50 PM (GjDnP)
Posted by: irongrampa at May 24, 2012 11:44 PM (SAMxH)
Yep, all right handers. The pickup and the delivery van came from England as a matched set, the wagon was original unrestored (it was his grandmother's car) and the sedan he got here in the US. Mid 50's, I didn't catch all the years exactly.
ugly looking cars, someone in town has one
Posted by: The Dude at May 24, 2012 11:45 PM (tw6Ar)
Beauty is in the eye of the guy who has all four of them to take to shows...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at May 24, 2012 07:53 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 24, 2012 07:54 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Insomniac at May 24, 2012 11:50 PM (GjDnP)
I've been thinking the same thing, I just haven't made the jump yet. I don't shoot the T30 enough to bother with it, mostly cause the ammo is a buck fifteen just for FMJ target rounds, but if I reloaded the ammo wouldn't be as expensive.
On the other hand, it's cheaper to buy hunting rounds for the Mosin rather than reload for it.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at May 24, 2012 07:54 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Jake, moron #4 at May 24, 2012 07:55 PM (RQjPS)
Yes, but not nearly at rates of 96%. (I should have made that clearer.) Twenty people on the Mayflower died of it, for example, and other outbreaks in the early colonies followed. . Europeans likely had a higher level of immunity than the Indians , the former having been exposed to outbreaks of the disease for many hundreds of years.
As another poster has noted, a very high mortality rate tends to burn out quickly, making a genocidal outbreak sweeping the East Coast highly unlikely.
Way I see it, the 20 million dead Indians conveys a far better "narrative" to blame Europeans for having invaded and destroyed an indigenous population. But the fact is, AmerIndians were hunter/gatherers and slash-and-burn Paleolithic farmers, livelihoods requiring large territories to survive in. Twenty million Indians would have been unable to range freely and support themselves. Slash-and-burn requires continually moving populations, as the land become exhausted.
Bottom line: too little space, too many Indians. Didn't happen.
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at May 24, 2012 07:56 PM (qPCyi)
Posted by: teej at May 24, 2012 07:56 PM (sbimF)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at May 24, 2012 07:57 PM (yh0zB)
They are gonna tip this island over if they don't all move to the middle!
Posted by: Hank Johnson D-dumbass at May 24, 2012 07:57 PM (/izg2)
Somebody tell me how you can stand up for free speech by being silent? Please enlighten me."
Yeah I said that on the Kimberlin thread. I doesn't even make any sense.
Posted by: lowandslow at May 24, 2012 07:59 PM (GZitp)
Posted by: Jake, moron #4 at May 24, 2012 11:39 PM (RQjPS)
If I was going to reload for the Arisaka I'd probably load .45 ACP, too. I talk myself into saying "AND THAT'S ALL!" but I know how it goes from here...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at May 24, 2012 08:00 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 24, 2012 08:00 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at May 24, 2012 08:01 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Jake, moron #4 at May 24, 2012 08:01 PM (RQjPS)
Somebody tell me how you can stand up for free speech by being silent? Please enlighten me.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and all that at May 24, 2012 11:42 PM (CP+yl)
No one said you couldn't mention his name but the parameters for doing so were set out pretty clearly by the proprietor of this blog. If you cant understand it you just may be an idiot.
Posted by: cm9000 at May 24, 2012 08:01 PM (lzvtR)
Posted by: teej at May 24, 2012 11:56 PM (sbimF)
in my younger days, a long long time ago. 1972-ish
Posted by: SantaRosaStan at May 24, 2012 08:02 PM (Dll6b)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 24, 2012 08:02 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: SantaRosaStan at May 24, 2012 08:04 PM (Dll6b)
Time for the old folk. I would humbly suggest that at some point this weekend all should stop for a moment and give thanks to those who made it possible to celebrate this time.
May they forever know peace.
Posted by: irongrampa at May 24, 2012 08:05 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and all that at May 24, 2012 11:42 PM (CP+yl)
So why care about what he might do, and instead respect what ace has asked of the commenters here. Oh and no one has said you're not allowed to mention the Speedway Bomber. Just that you don't go off into the nasty jokes for him. Because Ace believes that will make things easier for himself not Kimberlin. There are plenty of other targets out there to unload your dickjokes on.
Posted by: buzzion at May 24, 2012 08:05 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 24, 2012 08:06 PM (Rhie+)
Posted by: steveha at May 24, 2012 08:06 PM (P0N+7)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 24, 2012 08:06 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Michael the Hobbitt at May 24, 2012 08:09 PM (hzV1U)
Posted by: Jake, moron #4 at May 24, 2012 08:09 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: teej at May 24, 2012 08:13 PM (sbimF)
Posted by: Jake, moron #4 at May 24, 2012 08:18 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: buzzion at May 24, 2012 08:18 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 24, 2012 08:18 PM (Rhie+)
Posted by: teej at May 24, 2012 08:18 PM (sbimF)
Posted by: Mætenloch at May 24, 2012 08:20 PM (VDusq)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 24, 2012 08:21 PM (3aXbg)
Re: Syphilis and contagious disease
There is some evidence that syphilis was a European disease long before the New World 'discovery'. I've looked for the link but can't find it - there was an archeological find with syphilitic-type bone lesions circa: Cesearian Rome.
In my childhood my parents knew a Latvian pathologist who told me (yes, I remember - that's why I noticed the archeology report) that syphilis explains why so many historical greats started showing signs of mental instability at about the middle-50's age. He called it syphilitic paresis.
VDH (I think in 'Culture and Conflict') discusses the issue of Cortez and ensemble surviving contagious disease being due to the comparatively advanced medical knowlege (esp. quarantine) vs. the native populations reliance on shamanistic superstition.
Posted by: Old Bob at May 24, 2012 08:22 PM (0+Nue)
Posted by: teej at May 24, 2012 08:22 PM (sbimF)
Posted by: Jake, moron #4 at May 24, 2012 08:24 PM (RQjPS)
Free Mallamutt. Oh he is free? This doesn't detract from the brutal injustice of The Six Hour Ban.
Posted by: Justice for Mallamutt at May 24, 2012 08:25 PM (lzvtR)
Posted by: Jake, moron #4 at May 24, 2012 08:25 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: Jake, moron #4 at May 24, 2012 08:28 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: Rocket Surgery at May 24, 2012 08:29 PM (4qU0l)
Re: Firearms
A fond memory is one day at the range with a Nam-era Marine vet sniper shooting from his collection:
Stier/Manlicher sniper rifle with double-set trigger. The wind from the wings of a passing butterfly would trip that second one.
HK-91 - Wow! The brass was thrown FORWARD. Germans don't like their opponents.
Barret and McMillan 50's - my shoulder still complains when I remember them. What a thrill, though, to walk up that 1000 yards afterwards and find the paper punches in a 4" pattern.
Posted by: Old Bob at May 24, 2012 08:30 PM (0+Nue)
Posted by: Jake, moron #4 at May 24, 2012 08:32 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: teej at May 24, 2012 08:33 PM (sbimF)
Posted by: The Dude at May 24, 2012 08:33 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 24, 2012 08:36 PM (cb/OT)
Taste of beer becomes an oxymoron after 4 or 5.
Posted by: Justice for Mallamutt at May 24, 2012 08:40 PM (lzvtR)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 24, 2012 08:41 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: zeera at May 24, 2012 08:42 PM (XtxRN)
Posted by: zeera at May 25, 2012 12:42 AM (XtxRN)
other than having to dig the hole, can't wait to drop the pig into the ground
Posted by: The Dude at May 24, 2012 08:46 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Larry Flint at May 24, 2012 08:47 PM (oipCQ)
Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at May 24, 2012 08:48 PM (oipCQ)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 24, 2012 08:48 PM (Rhie+)
Jake @288
Bad ass is an understatement. But those 50's! The Marine complained that they weren't available to him during Tet. Half-joked that he and five others would have ended the Hue mess is 2 days if they'd had Barretts.
Posted by: Old Bob at May 24, 2012 08:52 PM (0+Nue)
Posted by: Jake, moron #4 at May 24, 2012 08:53 PM (RQjPS)
I think I see some grease in there...
Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at May 25, 2012 12:48 AM (oipCQ)
Um, if its a new rifle you shouldn't really need to clean it before its first use.
Posted by: cm9000 at May 24, 2012 08:54 PM (lzvtR)
Posted by: Jake, moron #4 at May 24, 2012 08:56 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 24, 2012 08:58 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Rocket Surgery at May 24, 2012 08:59 PM (4qU0l)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 24, 2012 09:01 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 24, 2012 09:04 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 24, 2012 09:06 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Jake, moron #4 at May 24, 2012 09:09 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 24, 2012 09:09 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: cm9000 at May 25, 2012 12:54 AM (lzvtR)
the manufacture generally puts gunk on it so it won't rust before it is sold,
gotta clean that stuff out first
Posted by: Jake, moron #4 at May 25, 2012 12:56 AM (RQjPS)
OK, I stand corrected, my ignorance knows no bounds.
Posted by: cm9000 at May 24, 2012 09:10 PM (lzvtR)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 24, 2012 09:10 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 24, 2012 09:10 PM (fHyXI)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 24, 2012 09:11 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 24, 2012 09:12 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 25, 2012 01:10 AM (fHyXI)
You crazy grrrl, you! How you doin?
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 25, 2012 01:12 AM (bxiXv)
I must say, had a great day. Won $1400 on a dime keno machine, so I am buying the next round. Since it seems only a few left on here, I will buy the good stuff..
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 24, 2012 09:13 PM (fHyXI)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 25, 2012 01:11 AM (bxiXv)
Like that ever happens here ;-)
I've read great stories about hanging up a cosmoline-laden rifle in a black garbage bag in a hot place for a week, and letting it drip off. Wish I'd known about that for my M1...
Posted by: Steck at May 24, 2012 09:14 PM (RL7U1)
Posted by: Jake, moron #4 at May 24, 2012 09:17 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: Jake, moron #4 at May 24, 2012 09:18 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: Rocket Surgery at May 24, 2012 09:19 PM (4qU0l)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 24, 2012 09:21 PM (bxiXv)
Re: my 288
For those interested in Old World syphilis found a link that talks about congenital syphilitic bone lesions Pompeii skeletons.
I'm too bloody damn new at this whole internet protocol stuff (and too damn old to work very hard at learning it) so I have no &*^%(*! idea what a 'tiny url' is. Instead I'll try to give you the address in pieces and see if it'll post that way:
http://
www.
bbc.co.uk./
news/
world-europe-
11952322
garrrummmphhh.
Posted by: Old Bob at May 24, 2012 09:21 PM (0+Nue)
Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at May 24, 2012 09:22 PM (oipCQ)
Posted by: zeera at May 24, 2012 09:23 PM (XtxRN)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 25, 2012 01:21 AM (bxiXv)
Not gonna spoil the moment. I like gambling, it gets me away from all the garbage for a few hours
I look at it like this, I could have a little more money in the bank if I never gambled, but obamas government would be taking it to pay someone elses rent and groceries, phone bill, child support, etc etc.
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 24, 2012 09:25 PM (fHyXI)
Posted by: zeera at May 25, 2012 01:23 AM (XtxRN)
yeah, dunno what as my friend is doing it as he's actually done it before
Posted by: The Dude at May 24, 2012 09:26 PM (tw6Ar)
#s 310 and 314 -
He talked about that but didn't mention Gunny Hathcock - problem from his point of view was getting hold of a .50 and then having to lug the damn thing around.
Posted by: Old Bob at May 24, 2012 09:28 PM (0+Nue)
Posted by: Rocket Surgery at May 24, 2012 09:28 PM (4qU0l)
Posted by: Jake, moron #4 at May 24, 2012 09:29 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: Rocket Surgery at May 25, 2012 01:28 AM (4qU0l)
Your first problem was waiting for carrot top.
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 24, 2012 09:29 PM (fHyXI)
Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at May 24, 2012 09:30 PM (oipCQ)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 24, 2012 09:32 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Jake, moron #4 at May 24, 2012 09:33 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 24, 2012 09:34 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 25, 2012 01:25 AM (fHyXI)
The money you would have had in the bank if you hadn't gambled it away would be Obama exempt, at least as things stand now.
Posted by: cm9000 at May 24, 2012 09:34 PM (lzvtR)
i will check in off and on and let you know how its going.
Posted by: gushka haz a new Kitty what plays fetch! ! at May 24, 2012 09:36 PM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: Jake, moron #4 at May 24, 2012 09:37 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 24, 2012 09:39 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Rocket Surgery at May 24, 2012 09:40 PM (4qU0l)
#338 - oh yeah, and the BMG is probably 3 times the weight and awkward of a Barrett of McMillan.
BTW - I kinda' bragged about a 4" group at 1000 yards. His were an inch and a half and he grumbled about being 'too old to shoot straight'.
Posted by: Old Bob at May 24, 2012 09:41 PM (0+Nue)
Posted by: cm9000 at May 25, 2012 01:34 AM (lzvtR)
True. But if I were like other girls, I would have 200 pairs of $500 dollar shoes, $500 dollar handbags, clothes etc that are out of style according to vogue magazine.. I buy none of those things. And really close to owning my home in a year, and be pretty much debt free, so theres that.
I live for each day, I like to gamble, I smoke and drink beer and eat food I shouldnt.
Live for today, for tommorow you may be in Ut.
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 24, 2012 09:43 PM (fHyXI)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 24, 2012 09:44 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at May 24, 2012 09:44 PM (qPCyi)
Posted by: Rocket Surgery at May 25, 2012 01:40 AM (4qU0l)
True story, I worked at the mgm for seven years and saw him at least 40 times, I worked in the showrooms. He was funny then.
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 24, 2012 09:45 PM (fHyXI)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 24, 2012 09:45 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 24, 2012 09:46 PM (bxiXv)
In other words, you have fun. lol
Posted by: Berserker at May 24, 2012 09:46 PM (FMbng)
Live for today, for tommorow you may be in Ut.
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 25, 2012 01:43 AM (fHyXI)
You sound like the girl of my dreams.
Posted by: cm9000 at May 24, 2012 09:47 PM (lzvtR)
Posted by: Jake, moron #4 at May 24, 2012 09:49 PM (RQjPS)
Like I always say, if you're gonna dream, dream big. I still want my own island, and a custom pirate ship to hold my jacuzzi.
Posted by: Berserker at May 24, 2012 09:49 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 24, 2012 09:51 PM (bxiXv)
Won't be staying long as I've got a stack of Hellboy comics staring at me. Just ripping some music into me lappy top.
And it's just been a wierd day.
And I have nothing to drink and it's too late to buy anything cause Big Poppa Gub'mint Man knows best.
Posted by: Robert at May 24, 2012 09:51 PM (F79HU)
Posted by: Rocket Surgery at May 24, 2012 09:51 PM (4qU0l)
I've got a stack of This old House magazines from the parents ... since I am working on an old house, they've logiced ...
Posted by: A less cynical Adriane at May 24, 2012 09:55 PM (NgwbY)
Truthfully if I knew in my 20's what I know now I would have a bit more money. But lets face it, rfk jr's wife killed herself and she had a compound in CT that had 25 bedrooms, yet she killed herself, so money is not the key to happiness, just my opinion.
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 24, 2012 09:55 PM (fHyXI)
Posted by: Jake, moron #4 at May 24, 2012 09:56 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: Jake, moron #4 at May 24, 2012 09:58 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: Rocket Surgery at May 25, 2012 01:56 AM (4qU0l)
Aww, sleep tight. Have a great Memorial day weekend. Hope You got an extra day off.. Bless our soldiers!! Cant put our flag up, gonna be windy as hell here, but Ya'll make sure you do!
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 24, 2012 09:59 PM (fHyXI)
Posted by: A less cynical Adriane at May 25, 2012 01:55 AM (NgwbY)
Admit it, you're just checking out the Bob Villa centerfolds.
Posted by: Robert at May 24, 2012 10:00 PM (F79HU)
I did that once too. Hit that bitch for 80 quarters. Winning!!!
G'night y'all.
Posted by: NC Ref at May 24, 2012 10:00 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: Rocket Surgery at May 24, 2012 10:01 PM (4qU0l)
happiness is from what you 'do'
Posted by: Jake, moron #4 at May 25, 2012 01:58 AM (RQjPS)
Like doing a redhead or doing two blondes.
Posted by: Robert at May 24, 2012 10:01 PM (F79HU)
Posted by: Rick Perry at May 24, 2012 10:01 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 24, 2012 10:02 PM (DZCdi)
Posted by: Robert at May 24, 2012 10:02 PM (F79HU)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 24, 2012 10:03 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Rocket Surgery at May 25, 2012 02:01 AM (4qU0l)
kindred soul, how long you lived in this harry reid hell hole?
373
happiness is from what you 'do'
Posted by: Jake, moron #4 at May 25, 2012 01:58 AM (RQjPS)
Like doing a redhead or doing two blondes.
Posted by: Robert at May 25, 2012 02:01 AM (F79HU)
Robert........
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 24, 2012 10:03 PM (fHyXI)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 24, 2012 10:04 PM (bxiXv)
Well ... if that's all it takes to get of the Ben Browder e-stalker list ... than OK.
Otherwise, I'm a'gain it!!!!
Posted by: Strategy is NOT my strong point at May 24, 2012 10:06 PM (NgwbY)
Posted by: t-bird at May 24, 2012 10:08 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 24, 2012 10:09 PM (bxiXv)
We used an assembler called MARS to learn on. So once, the teacher is pointing and clicking and asks "Where's MARS?"
Some idiot, that shall forever remain nameless, chimes in with "Between Earth and Jupiter?"
So that became a running joke of the rest of the class ...
Posted by: Mr. Spock's Logic Instructor at May 24, 2012 10:10 PM (NgwbY)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 25, 2012 02:03 AM (bxiXv)
I agree, and like I said, I wish I would have been a lot smarter with my money when I was making a ton. That horse has done left the barn. Now I am greatful to have a roof over my head. Doing ok. Almost debt free
And wish I could see Ireland,or Australia, or anywhere fun, but aint gonna let the tsa do a pap smear on me if ya know what I mean. So a camping trip to ut or a road trip to Co or winning a little money on a dime is ok with me.
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 24, 2012 10:10 PM (fHyXI)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 24, 2012 10:12 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 24, 2012 10:13 PM (fHyXI)
Otherwise, I'm a'gain it!!!!
Posted by: Strategy is NOT my strong point at May 25, 2012 02:06 AM (NgwbY)
Being against Bob Villa makes Bob Villa cry.
Do you want to make Bob Villa cry?
Posted by: Robert at May 24, 2012 10:16 PM (F79HU)
Posted by: t-bird at May 24, 2012 10:16 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 24, 2012 10:16 PM (S89yg)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 24, 2012 10:18 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 25, 2012 02:16 AM (S89yg)
Kudos to Beck and The Blaze.
Posted by: cm9000 at May 24, 2012 10:25 PM (lzvtR)
Damn, I should have gotten an external harddrive while prices were low. I don't have enough room on this thing.
Posted by: Robert at May 24, 2012 10:26 PM (F79HU)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 25, 2012 02:16 AM (S89yg)
Excellent. That dude might regret fucking with a big fish.
Posted by: Robert at May 24, 2012 10:27 PM (F79HU)
OMG the local news and commercials in vegas are truly pathetic. Damn, if God gave me a chance for a do-over to live anywhere in my life, I would not have chosen Las Vegas,
Fun place to visit but you damn sure would not want to live here, sheesh.
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 24, 2012 10:28 PM (fHyXI)
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 25, 2012 02:28 AM (fHyXI)
And so many grizzly murders that happen every week. William Peterson can't possibly solve them all!
Posted by: Robert at May 24, 2012 10:36 PM (F79HU)
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 25, 2012 02:28 AM (fHyXI)
And so many grizzly murders that happen every week. William Peterson can't possibly solve them all!
Posted by: Robert at May 25, 2012 02:36 AM (F79HU)
Well, In Vegas defense, all the criminals from the east coast or the left coast hide here. So we got that going for us.
Unless you count washington dc, and those mfr's do it in the open with the blessing of cnn, abc nbc cbs msnbc npr etc.
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 24, 2012 10:39 PM (fHyXI)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 24, 2012 10:39 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 25, 2012 02:39 AM (fHyXI)
If we had to give any advice to would be thieves, we'd say you're doing it wrong. You need an apparatus!
Posted by: Pick Any Politician at May 24, 2012 10:47 PM (F79HU)
Weird fact of the day according to the msm, romneys a bully, the 2009 budget/aka non budget is President Bush fault even though the dems had the house and senate.
Is the rnc retarded, coming up with the dems ran things for 6 years is not that fucking hard.. And had a super majority for Obamas first two years, WTF, This is not that difficult assholes.
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 24, 2012 10:49 PM (fHyXI)
Liberals now calling Bain vulture capitalists and JP Morgan casino capitalists.
Posted by: Lampshade at May 24, 2012 10:51 PM (lkdo/)
What is up with hot college chicks liking progressive college men?
Posted by: Lampshade at May 24, 2012 10:51 PM (lkdo/)
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 25, 2012 02:49 AM (fHyXI)
What is "Yes", Alex?
Posted by: Robert at May 24, 2012 10:55 PM (F79HU)
What is up with hot college chicks liking progressive college men?
Posted by: Lampshade at May 25, 2012 02:51 AM (lkdo/)
Well, progressive america brainwashed them, and now they are stupid!
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 24, 2012 10:55 PM (fHyXI)
Well, progressive america brainwashed them, and now they are stupid!
They are still hot. I know I guy who got involved in a progressive community organization to meet some hot chicks. Yes he is a scumbag. Anyway, he claimed to be liberal and got some action.
Posted by: Lampshade at May 24, 2012 10:59 PM (lkdo/)
Good night, Lou!
Good night, Adriane! (And stop drooling all over Bob.)
Good night, Mero!
Good night, Cthulhu!
Posted by: Robert at May 24, 2012 11:00 PM (F79HU)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 24, 2012 11:01 PM (bxiXv)
Well, progressive america brainwashed them, and now they are stupid!
They are still hot. I know I guy who got involved in a progressive community organization to meet some hot chicks. Yes he is a scumbag. Anyway, he claimed to be liberal and got some action.
Posted by: Lampshade at May 25, 2012 02:59 AM (lkdo/)
Hot and diseased is no way to go through life.
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 24, 2012 11:03 PM (fHyXI)
Posted by: Lampshade at May 24, 2012 11:13 PM (lkdo/)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 25, 2012 03:01 AM (bxiXv)
Sadly, Bush went along with it because he was beaten by our msm. The liberals in the press know how to play dirty very well. And they win the majority of the time, even though this country is center right.
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 24, 2012 11:14 PM (fHyXI)
Posted by: Lampshade at May 25, 2012 03:13 AM (lkdo/)
Fuck You. Go to daily kos or democrat underground and be with the people smarter then you. And that is scary, they are smarter then you.
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 24, 2012 11:19 PM (fHyXI)
"this country is center right."
Seems like center right in 2012 would be liberal ten years ago. How times change.
Posted by: Lampshade at May 24, 2012 11:19 PM (lkdo/)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 24, 2012 11:21 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 24, 2012 11:22 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 25, 2012 03:21 AM (bxiXv)
Well they reach across the aisle, and get stabbed in the back. When do they say enough?
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 24, 2012 11:24 PM (fHyXI)
Posted by: schizoid at May 24, 2012 11:26 PM (TGgjD)
lou's a girl. Are you ok?
I am a tea partay conservative. I guess a RINO like you considers me a troll.
Posted by: Lampshade at May 24, 2012 11:27 PM (lkdo/)
I would assume that pretty much anying goes.
Posted by: Lampshade at May 24, 2012 11:29 PM (lkdo/)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 24, 2012 11:29 PM (bxiXv)
lou's a girl. Are you ok?
I am a tea partay conservative. I guess a RINO like you considers me a troll.
Posted by: Lampshade at May 25, 2012 03:27 AM (lkdo/)
God Bless, the alligator will eat you first.
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 24, 2012 11:31 PM (fHyXI)
I just keep my liberal pet alligatorsin a cage. They are fine contained in a cage. . I just don't stick my hand in the cage.
Posted by: Lampshade at May 24, 2012 11:37 PM (lkdo/)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 24, 2012 11:37 PM (bxiXv)
I would assume that pretty much anying goes.
Posted by: Lampshade at May 25, 2012 03:29 AM (lkdo/)
I'm glad we have the internet to preserve information. It makes you wonder how much we think we know about the past is wrong because accurate information was lost or suppressed for some dumb reason or another.
Posted by: schizoid at May 24, 2012 11:48 PM (TGgjD)
I am a tea partay conservative. I guess a RINO like you considers me a troll.
Posted by: Lampshade at May 25, 2012 03:27 AM (lkdo/)
The lampshade series mouthed random conservative phrases and had rubber skin. We spotted them easy, but then came the new ones...
Posted by: Mætenloch at May 25, 2012 12:07 AM (VDusq)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 25, 2012 12:36 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 25, 2012 12:38 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Comrade Arthur at May 25, 2012 12:39 AM (5H1lG)
@ComradeArthur is the twitter feed.
Posted by: Comrade Arthur at May 25, 2012 04:39 AM (5H1lG)
Yep. Patterico's post is truly epic, shocking, frustrating and maddening all in one. He's been hinting for a long time about the harassment he's endured but I had no idea about the severity.
http://bit.ly/KK5cie
It's hard to read this and think that this whole situation will end without some kind of violence.
Posted by: Mætenloch at May 25, 2012 12:57 AM (VDusq)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 25, 2012 01:13 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 25, 2012 01:13 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 25, 2012 01:16 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 25, 2012 05:13 AM (bxiXv)
Late but have to get up early so off to bed... :-(
Posted by: Mætenloch at May 25, 2012 01:20 AM (VDusq)
Posted by: rickl at May 25, 2012 01:50 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 25, 2012 01:53 AM (bxiXv)
Research by me.
1. As to no entrys in Wikipedia (this has been mentioned a few times and a search shows little about Mr. Kimberlin on the usual sites.)
Wikipedia deleted articles about Brett Kimberlin on 13 Sept 2011 and on 14 March 2010 for being unsourced or an attack page.
Notes by 3 current editors discussing the lack of an entry have stated: "I've had a couple of emails from right-wing bloggers, but nothing from anyone I'd trust to write a neutral article" to another editor (I have only user names which isn't very useful so I've left them off)
Next they discuss the book about Mr. Kimberlin as a resource for a rewritten article: Mark Singer, Citizen K: The deeply weird American journey of Brett Kimberlin, Knopf, 1996.
And mention that an article about the Speedway Bombings might also be useful as most of references to Mr. Kimberlin point to that series of events. (duh)
So apparently Wikipedia got some e-mails and realized they had assumed that Mr. Kimberlin being a left winger like themselves (wikipedia has a known left wing bias) had maybe screwed up by deleting the articles about him. (quite possibly because of a complaint by himself)
2. Mr Kimberlin is apparently so confidant of himself and of Conservative sense of propriety to let his phone number and address be listed in the White Pages.
I have that address and number but since I can't verify that it IS the Mr. Kimberlin who is the focus of our efforts, I will not post it here.
However feel free to try and locate it yourself, it's not that hard. It's public knowledge that he lives in Betheseda, MD and his middle initial is C. (that from court records) so anyone curious can locate him as I did in about 2 minutes.
I think Mr. Kimberlin may have stuck his hand in a wasps nest.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and all that at May 25, 2012 02:16 AM (CP+yl)
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Posted by: Libra at May 25, 2012 03:52 AM (kd8U8)
Posted by: chuck in st paul at May 25, 2012 04:58 AM (EhYdw)
Those lies about the founding of the country are shocking!!!
Surely teachers and the media would not change the way they report things just to fit a narrative?
Posted by: Norcross at May 25, 2012 05:52 AM (RM0br)
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Totrturing old people?
Would that be easier or harder?
Posted by: garrett at May 24, 2012 06:16 PM (XNk0Y)