July 12, 2012
— Maetenloch
I spent the afternoon at the dentist so that means you're gonna get a half-assed ONT and like it.
Unemployment Trends Over Time, State-by-State
Here's an chart showing the relative unemployment rates of different states over the past 40 years. They're ranked from from the worst long-term average to the best with shades of red denoting higher than national average rates and blue lower than average.
It's pretty clear that West Virginia, Michigan and Alaska have been under-performers for a long time but I was surprised to see that California had only slightly better employment.
Interestingly the rankings don't really change that much when you just look at employment rates since 2010. And unshockingly the best long-term employment states are mostly Red ones with ND, SD, and Nebraska currently dominating.
Why suffer in the Blue state doldrums when a better future awaits you in the off-world colonies Red states?
The 50 Best Movies That You've Never Seen
I've heard good things about most of these but have only actually seen four of them. And those 4 were pretty good actually.
Likely Voters Can't Rank Presidents for Shit
Here's their 10 Best Presidents:
1. Abraham Lincoln, +27 points (28 percent place in top-2, 1 percent place in bottom-2)
2. Ronald Reagan, +25 points (31 percent place in top-2, 6 percent place in bottom-2)
3. Franklin D. Roosevelt, +22 points (23 percent place in top-2, 1 percent place in bottom-2)
4. John F. Kennedy, +19 points (19 percent place in top-2, 0 percent place in bottom-2)
5. (tie) George Washington, +15 points (16 percent place in top-2, 1 percent place in bottom-2)
5. (tie) Bill Clinton, +15 points (28 percent place in top-2, 13 percent place in bottom-2)
7. Thomas Jefferson, +6 points (6 percent place in top-2, 0 percent place in bottom-2)
8. (tie) Teddy Roosevelt, +5 points (5 percent place in top-2, 0 percent place in bottom-2)
8. (tie) Harry S. Truman, +5 points (5 percent place in top-2, 0 percent place in bottom-2)
10. Dwight D. Eisenhower, +4 points (5 percent place in top-2, 1 percent place in bottom-2)
Alana Goodman comments:
Lincoln - great; Reagan - good; FDR - definitely not my choice, but okay, let liberals have their guy in the top three. But hold on here, JFK beats out George Washington? Bill Clinton outranks Jefferson, TR, Truman and Eisenhower? What is Bill Clinton even doing on this list, and how is it that he's tied with the Father of Our Country in fifth place?
And here's their 10 Worst Presidents:
33. (tie) Andrew Johnson, -2 points (0 percent place in top-2, 2 percent place in bottom-2)
33. (tie) Warren G. Harding, -2 points (0 percent place in top-2, 2 percent place in bottom-2)
33. (tie) Calvin Coolidge, -2 points (0 percent place in top-2, 2 percent place in bottom-2)
36. (tie) Lyndon B. Johnson, -3 points (1 percent place in top-2, 4 percent place in bottom-2)
36. (tie) Gerald Ford, -3 points (1 percent place in top-2, 4 percent place in bottom-2)
38. Herbert Hoover, -4 points (0 percent place in top-2, 4 percent place in bottom-2)
39. George H.W. Bush, -9 points (4 percent place in top-2, 13 percent place in bottom-2)
40. Jimmy Carter, -20 points (5 percent place in top-2, 25 percent place in bottom-2)
41. Richard Nixon, -24 points (2 percent place in top-2, 26 percent place in bottom-2)
42. Barack Obama, -25 points (11 percent place in top-2, 36 percent place in bottom-2)
43. George W. Bush, -39 points (4 percent place in top-2, 43 percent place in bottom-2)
The fact that George W. is so far down is a sign of just how successful the Democratic demonization campaign against him was. On the more positive side Obama has already fallen beneath the worst president and ex-president of all time.
Obama Plays The Fundraising Pauper But Is He?
Well to hear him tell it he's just trying to catch up to Romney:
Since losing the monthly fundraising battle for the first time in May to Mitt Romney, the president appears to have changed his fundraising strategy to suggest he's just trying to keep pace."We might not out raise Mitt Romney," the president said Saturday in an email to supporters. "But I am determined to keep the margin close enough that we can win this election the right way."
But looking at the funds raised through June 1st Obama has about 8x times as much cash on hand as Romney which means Mitt has a long way to go even with his ObamaCare reaction bump.
Rebuilt Engine: 11 Months, 3000 pictures and a lot of coffee
Who was hot back then. Of all of these Rob Lowe is about the only one who could still make the A-list.
Yahoo group. That is all.
And my Twitter spew.
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Posted by: steevy at July 12, 2012 06:22 PM (Xb3hu)
MIA LOVE
(I kid, I kid)
Posted by: ArcadeHero at July 12, 2012 06:22 PM (zt7SE)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 12, 2012 06:23 PM (sTQDb)
Posted by: Drudge at July 12, 2012 06:23 PM (O/xJS)
Posted by: kbdabear at July 12, 2012 06:24 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: nickless at July 12, 2012 06:24 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: steevy at July 12, 2012 06:24 PM (Xb3hu)
Posted by: ArcadeHero at July 12, 2012 06:25 PM (zt7SE)
Posted by: kbdabear at July 12, 2012 06:25 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: steevy at July 12, 2012 06:26 PM (Xb3hu)
Had he lived, Vietnam would have been his albatross, not LBJ's
Posted by: kbdabear at July 12, 2012 06:27 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: Waterhouse at July 12, 2012 06:29 PM (iLc7u)
Posted by: kbdabear at July 12, 2012 10:27 PM
I'm sorry, it's just this war and that lying son of a bitch Kennedy!
Posted by: Hippie who belted Jenny at July 12, 2012 06:29 PM (Y+DPZ)
Mitt has spent that much, and has that little cash on hand? That can't be up to date.
(He raised $107M last month and only has $16M cash on hand?)
Posted by: knob at July 12, 2012 06:31 PM (54hYa)
***
Take all the democrat complaints against him - he started a minor war not in American interest, spent too many deficit dollars, and had a recession on his watch.
Well...doesn't that fit also fit President Precedent to a T?!?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 12, 2012 06:31 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at July 12, 2012 06:31 PM (UTq/I)
Posted by: fluffy at July 12, 2012 06:32 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: toby928© at July 12, 2012 06:33 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Ben at July 12, 2012 06:34 PM (VPxJg)
Posted by: toby928© at July 12, 2012 10:33 PM (QupBk)
Damn and I was just inwardly gloating that the TB3K had finally broken his spirit.
Posted by: Mætenloch at July 12, 2012 06:35 PM (xROTy)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 12, 2012 06:35 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: Wonkish Rogue at July 12, 2012 06:37 PM (R6s86)
Posted by: Comrade Arthur at July 12, 2012 06:37 PM (d9tUw)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 12, 2012 06:38 PM (Rhie+)
Posted by: Ruby at July 12, 2012 06:38 PM (QAUe4)
Posted by: The Lefties in 1952 at July 12, 2012 06:38 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: toby928© at July 12, 2012 06:38 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Michael at July 12, 2012 06:38 PM (Hl5ka)
Posted by: Comrade Arthur at July 12, 2012 06:39 PM (d9tUw)
Posted by: steevy at July 12, 2012 06:39 PM (Xb3hu)
I haven't seen any of the other movies, and doubt if I will.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at July 12, 2012 06:39 PM (UTq/I)
Posted by: kbdabear at July 12, 2012 06:40 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: BlackOrchidPinesForDagny at July 12, 2012 06:41 PM (J6kXj)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 12, 2012 06:41 PM (9Y0Lz)
I saw that...before you even heard of it.
Posted by: fluffy, hipster douche-bag at July 12, 2012 06:41 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: kbdabear at July 12, 2012 06:42 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: steevy at July 12, 2012 06:42 PM (Xb3hu)
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 12, 2012 06:43 PM (PY7fo)
Posted by: fluffy, hipster douche-bag
...........
Wow.. well, I guess you really meant it when you said you were a hipster, then!.. or a douche-bag.. one of those..
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at July 12, 2012 06:43 PM (UTq/I)
Isn't Vermont run by Democrats? It's been doing great lately! It's almost as if the base population of the region has more of a hand in how well they do, than over which team they vote for. . .
Texas has two problems. Yes, the economy there is awesome, but unfortunately everyone knows it's awesome, so unemployed people who aren't bums move there. That runs up the people-looking-for-work metric; and that... is the unemployment rate. The other problem of course is illegal immigration, which pushes citizens out of that work they were looking for.
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 12, 2012 06:43 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Deety at July 12, 2012 06:44 PM (ttkVJ)
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 12, 2012 06:44 PM (PY7fo)
Posted by: toby928© at July 12, 2012 06:44 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Y-not at July 12, 2012 06:45 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: toby928© at July 12, 2012 06:46 PM (QupBk)
No; it's a sign as to what a pile of dung he left behind him. John Roberts, Medicare D, Afghanistan, the massive Wall Street crash. . . and if that idiot had had his way, instead of Alito there'd be Harriet Myers on the Court.
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 12, 2012 06:47 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at July 12, 2012 06:47 PM (UTq/I)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 12, 2012 06:48 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Waterhouse at July 12, 2012 06:49 PM (iLc7u)
Posted by: BlackOrchidPinesForDagny at July 12, 2012 06:49 PM (J6kXj)
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 12, 2012 10:43 PM
I'd like to discuss any pills you have left over
Posted by: Dr Gregory House at July 12, 2012 06:50 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 12, 2012 06:50 PM (PY7fo)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 12, 2012 06:50 PM (9Y0Lz)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 12, 2012 06:50 PM (Rhie+)
Posted by: stillers at July 12, 2012 06:50 PM (gVUg0)
Thank you sir, may I have another?!
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at July 12, 2012 10:41 PM (9Y0Lz)
Bebe's other ass cheek is lonely.
Posted by: buzzion at July 12, 2012 06:51 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: BlackOrchidPinesForDagny at July 12, 2012 06:51 PM (J6kXj)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 12, 2012 06:51 PM (yh0zB)
It is not mid 2004; it is 2012. And we are amongst colleagues here. It is okay to admit that George Bush was not all that as a Chief Executive.
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 12, 2012 06:52 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 12, 2012 06:52 PM (PY7fo)
Explanation please. What did you morons do with Dagny?
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 12, 2012 06:53 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: BlackOrchid"
Ha, next you'll tell me that Clay Aiken is gay. Not a chance!
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at July 12, 2012 06:53 PM (d6TfZ)
Posted by: Mel at July 12, 2012 06:53 PM (qPebx)
I'm going to commit heresy here and admit that I liked Duran Duran and INXS
Posted by: kbdabear at July 12, 2012 06:54 PM (Y+DPZ)
Lance Bass is going to be my husband.
Posted by: Dense girls of the 1990's at July 12, 2012 06:54 PM (QAUe4)
Posted by: Scobface at July 12, 2012 06:54 PM (IoNBC)
Brit Hume tweeted:
Romney-still-at-Bain-after-1999 story apparently based on misunderstanding of securities law. Explained here:http://bit.ly/N4deaX
Is Obama's staff pointing out, once again, a complete lack of understanding of just what the fuck they are doing?
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 12, 2012 06:54 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at July 12, 2012 06:54 PM (d6TfZ)
Posted by: toby928© at July 12, 2012 06:54 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: BlackOrchidPinesForDagny at July 12, 2012 06:55 PM (J6kXj)
Posted by: comatus at July 12, 2012 06:55 PM (ZOlM3)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 12, 2012 10:52 PM (QTHTd)
I was more than willing to admit it. Patriot Act? Homeland Security? TSA fer fucksakes???Thanks George, you fucking idiot. There were lots of things he did that I did like, but when he screwed the pooch he did it famously. With all that said, I never doubted that he loved America and was trying to do his best by her, and that was enough.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 12, 2012 06:55 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: BlackOrchidPinesForDagny at July 12, 2012 06:56 PM (J6kXj)
Posted by: thunderb at July 12, 2012 06:56 PM (Dnbau)
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 12, 2012 06:56 PM (PY7fo)
No wonder Coulter's so fond of him.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 12, 2012 06:56 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Scobface at July 12, 2012 06:56 PM (IoNBC)
Posted by: toby928© at July 12, 2012 06:57 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: BlackOrchidPinesForDagny at July 12, 2012 10:55 PM (J6kXj)
Oh, I see. Not banned though, right? She will be back at some future date?
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 12, 2012 06:57 PM (yh0zB)
Bucking for sergeant in the moron army I see!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 12, 2012 06:57 PM (nEUpB)
Posted by: Waterhouse at July 12, 2012 06:58 PM (iLc7u)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 12, 2012 06:58 PM (Rhie+)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 12, 2012 10:48 PM (QTHTd)
Girls were really that dense. I tried to tell a girl I worked with at the time that he was the gayest of the gay but she would have none of it.
Posted by: Ostral B Heretic at July 12, 2012 06:59 PM (oSbSN)
Posted by: Scobface at July 12, 2012 10:54 PM (IoNBC)
Its not worth it anyways. I consider only three on that list worth watching. Idiocracy, The Ref, and The Iron Giant. You must see the Iron Giant. Vin Diesel's best work.
Posted by: buzzion at July 12, 2012 06:59 PM (GULKT)
Harding gets a bad rap. So does Andrew Johnson.
The worst:
Buchanan, LBJ, Van Buren, Pierce, Carter . . . and the current incumbent.
Posted by: Trimegistus at July 12, 2012 06:59 PM (pfOPH)
I was wondering who was generous enough to donate for my "normalization" surgery. Thanks!
Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 12, 2012 07:00 PM (xKC/c)
Posted by: thunderb at July 12, 2012 07:01 PM (Dnbau)
My high school was a hotbed of Erasure fans. It was also all boys. make of that what you will
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 12, 2012 07:01 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Zombie Franklin Pierce at July 12, 2012 07:02 PM (Rhie+)
Posted by: Scobface at July 12, 2012 07:02 PM (IoNBC)
Posted by: BlackOrchidPinesForDagny at July 12, 2012 10:58 PM (J6kXj)
Good. Hopefully she will be back soon then.
Worst Presidents should also include that commie FDR. The more I learn about his administration the more I hate the bastard.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 12, 2012 07:02 PM (yh0zB)
Harding gets a bad rap. So does Andrew Johnson.
Okay, damnit man, I usually follow you, but how does Johnson get a bad rap?
Posted by: AD at July 12, 2012 07:02 PM (uUsyW)
Some asshole talked shit to him while he was buying ice cream for his family on the boardwalk in Seaside Heights.
Maybe not the smartest thing to do, but at least it shows that he is a man and willing to fight.
Unlike some other
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 12, 2012 07:03 PM (nEUpB)
Posted by: Zombie Ulysses S. Grant at July 12, 2012 07:03 PM (pfOPH)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 12, 2012 07:03 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: OregonMuse at July 12, 2012 07:03 PM (qYiIT)
Posted by: The Feminist Activist in the apartment above the garage at July 12, 2012 07:04 PM (Rhie+)
I'm Jewish as well as being conservative. How do you think I feel about FDR?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 12, 2012 07:04 PM (nEUpB)
Posted by: Zombie Ulysses S. Grant at July 12, 2012 11:03 PM (pfOPH)
And did coke!
Posted by: Mark Twain at July 12, 2012 07:04 PM (uUsyW)
Posted by: toby928© at July 12, 2012 07:04 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Deety at July 12, 2012 07:04 PM (ttkVJ)
Posted by: Zombie Ulysses S. Grant at July 12, 2012 07:04 PM (pfOPH)
Posted by: thunderb at July 12, 2012 07:05 PM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at July 12, 2012 07:05 PM (ZhEoC)
Okay, it was funny the first time...but...actually, it's funny the second time too.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 12, 2012 07:06 PM (nEUpB)
Posted by: thunderb at July 12, 2012 11:01 PM (Dnbau)
That may be how it was written, but I think the attempt at that message gets completely subverted in the movie. Only the one guy comes across as being bad and he wasn't military.
Posted by: buzzion at July 12, 2012 07:06 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: David C. at July 12, 2012 07:06 PM (ZtMso)
Posted by: Zombie Ulysses S. Grant at July 12, 2012 07:07 PM (pfOPH)
Grudgingly. Let's not go overboard...she is a Papist after all.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 12, 2012 07:07 PM (nEUpB)
Posted by: Lon in Lonsdale at July 12, 2012 07:07 PM (Dll6b)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 12, 2012 11:04 PM (nEUpB)
SS St Louis. I got it.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 12, 2012 07:07 PM (yh0zB)
Friend --
The more everyone finds out about Mitt Romney's finances, the more questions they have. Perhaps that's why he's hiding as much as he thinks he can get away with.
Today, The Boston Globe reported that Romney was still running Bain Capital two years after he claims he left the firm, directly contradicting his campaign's denial that he was involved in deals that led to layoffs, bankruptcies, and American jobs getting shipped overseas.
It's a pattern of secrecy, and this is just the latest example of him trying to hide the truth from voters. There are a number of issues in play right now -- and voters deserve answers:
1) Mitt Romney refuses to release multiple years of taxes, ignoring decades of precedent.
2) He won't disclose his "bundlers," the people raising millions for his campaign.
3) He is the sole owner of a questionable shell corporation in Bermuda.
4) Until recently, Romney kept cash in a Swiss bank account.
5) According to the Globe, he hasn't been honest about when he was running Bain Capital, even though legal documents refute his claims.
Please forward this email and share this with everyone you know who cares about the outcome of this election.
Everyone deserves the right to judge for themselves whether Romney's motivations, experience, and perspective are what they want in a president. But Mitt Romney doesn't want people to have the information they need to make those judgments.
More to come,
Stephanie
and then there's a graphic:
Five Facts about Romney's secrecy
1. Romney refuses to release multiple years of taxes, ignoring decades of precedent.
2. He won't disclose his "bundlers", the people raising millions for his campaign.
3. He is the sole owner of a questionable shell corporation in Bermuda.
4. Until recently, Romney kept cash in a Swiss bank account.
5. According to the Boston Globe, he hasn't been honest about when he was running Bain Capital, even though legal documents refute his claims.
Note the attention to referencing the Boston Globe so that they can later claim that someone else did the fact-checking. They never reference any other source. They KNOW they are wrong.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 12, 2012 07:07 PM (piMMO)
125 Apparently the author of the Iron Giant wrote a sequel called the Iron Woman, all about pollution and love of Gaia, etc
Posted by: thunderb at July 12, 2012 11:05 PM (Dnbau)
And I bet there is no plan at all to make that into a movie.
Posted by: buzzion at July 12, 2012 07:08 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 12, 2012 07:08 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: thunderb at July 12, 2012 07:08 PM (Dnbau)
Moon!
Solid, underrated movie. Rockwell was excellent. Even Spacey did a good job.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 12, 2012 07:08 PM (nEUpB)
Posted by: The Grantster at July 12, 2012 07:08 PM (IoNBC)
I leafed through this. That book is interesting in that it compares the MSM's ratings against how people rated them at the time. It's doubly interesting in that it (often) takes the peoples' side. So, yes, Harding does get raised up over MSM opinion here, and Coolidge especially gets raised up.
(But there, still, can be no polishing of the turds that were Pierce and Buchanan.)
The book seems to be saying, as subtext and hush-hush, that professional historians nowadays tend to the Left and have been over-rating the Left's presidents, whilst downgrading presidents who weren't that bad (Harding) or were actually good (Coolidge).
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 12, 2012 07:09 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: buzzion at July 12, 2012 11:06 PM (GULKT)
Just a mindless .gov bureaucrat dweeb.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 12, 2012 07:10 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 12, 2012 07:10 PM (Rhie+)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at July 12, 2012 07:10 PM (ZhEoC)
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 12, 2012 07:10 PM (PY7fo)
Posted by: Trimegistus at July 12, 2012 07:10 PM (pfOPH)
And total disregard for any military intervention, however trivial, that would have decreased the number of Jews being sent to the Death camps.
One bomber sortie could have saved thousands upon thousands of Jews, but he chose not to do anything.
And most of my idiot relatives think that he walks on water.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 12, 2012 07:11 PM (nEUpB)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 12, 2012 11:10 PM (yh0zB)
Yep, and thus obviously a liberal.
Posted by: buzzion at July 12, 2012 07:12 PM (GULKT)
You were boring with another name last year, and you haven't gotten any better.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 12, 2012 07:12 PM (nEUpB)
Posted by: toby928© at July 12, 2012 07:12 PM (QupBk)
Naturally they persist. What else do they have? They are in the position of OJ's legal team. Nothing to sell but epic failure and manifest guilt. Rather than try to sell it, they must invent a continuous stream of straw men.
Posted by: Splunge at July 12, 2012 07:12 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: Mindy at July 12, 2012 07:13 PM (0NRBl)
Posted by: Jones in CO at July 12, 2012 07:13 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 12, 2012 07:13 PM (QTHTd)
Good evening, good people, from the sun baked Adirondacks. We're getting to need some rain here and none is forecast.
The bass were cooperative all day on a top water lure. Love it when a largemouth inhales half the pond along with the lure. Took Spastic Lab along, and she proved again that labs have no concept of boating safety, and no inclination to learn. Still a bunch of fun.
Posted by: irongrampa at July 12, 2012 07:13 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: thunderb at July 12, 2012 07:13 PM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Achmed the Enlightened at July 12, 2012 07:14 PM (IoNBC)
Wendy and Lucy makes me want to punch baby seals in the face.
Enter the Void is amazing if, and only if, you want a movie that is all about amazing visuals and nothing else.
I do not understand why The Iron Giant is on there since it's my understanding it's had a pretty damn successful dvd run.
The Ref is Leary at his utter best.
Lilya 4-Ever makes you wish that Taken were true.
I'm still torn about Moon. Rockwell is amazing but it just falls flat for me. Primer is better I think.
Rare Exports is great. Creepy as fuck but great.
Perfect Blue. Yeah. It'll confirm every single thing you think about Japan, wtf.
I hate Walking and Talking with the heat of 10,000 burning suns.
Ghost Dog. Fuck yeah.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at July 12, 2012 07:14 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 12, 2012 07:14 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Mindy at July 12, 2012 07:15 PM (0NRBl)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at July 12, 2012 07:15 PM (ZhEoC)
I saw it, but it was an ordeal, and, like The Deer Hunter and The King of Comedy, I'm glad I saw it, but have no desire ever to see it again.
A piece of advice: do not watch "Pi" if you have a headache. Even a tiny one.
Posted by: Splunge at July 12, 2012 07:15 PM (2IW5Q)
Shameless.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 12, 2012 07:15 PM (piMMO)
You didn't get the memo?
You are supposed to bring the beer and the barbecue.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 12, 2012 07:15 PM (nEUpB)
Posted by: andycanuck at July 12, 2012 07:16 PM (vDl/w)
Posted by: toby928© premature drunk with power at July 12, 2012 07:16 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Trimegistus at July 12, 2012 11:10 PM (pfOPH)
Beg your pardon?
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 12, 2012 07:16 PM (yh0zB)
FDR refused to even designate the Auschwitz rail line as a secondary target. Missions to re-wreck the IG Farbin synfuel plant repeatedly (which had been rendered inoperative by sabotage long prior) repeatedly came home when it was clouded over. The rail line was only a few miles away.
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 12, 2012 07:16 PM (PY7fo)
Posted by: Scobface at July 12, 2012 07:16 PM (IoNBC)
Posted by: toby928© premature drunk with power at July 12, 2012 07:17 PM (QupBk)
You are supposed to bring the beer and the barbecue.
shit man. too late. I'm already in my underwear, drinking whisky
Posted by: Jones in CO at July 12, 2012 07:17 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Reno_Dave at July 12, 2012 07:18 PM (OL4L4)
Posted by: toby928© at July 12, 2012 11:12 PM (QupBk)
OK, that makes sense now...looks like I stepped into someone elses line of fire. 
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 12, 2012 07:19 PM (yh0zB)
***
And irongrampa, unlike some squishy iron-giant, is spouting anti-war rhetoric.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 12, 2012 07:19 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: thunderb at July 12, 2012 11:13 PM (Dnbau)
Yeah, and I'm sure you are right. I just don't think that intent wound up coming through in the movie.
Posted by: buzzion at July 12, 2012 07:19 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Lon in Lonsdale at July 12, 2012 07:20 PM (Dll6b)
Posted by: Everybody's Shrinking It at July 12, 2012 07:21 PM (h+1kU)
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 12, 2012 07:21 PM (PY7fo)
Posted by: Ed Anger at July 12, 2012 07:21 PM (7+pP9)
Posted by: Trimegistus at July 12, 2012 07:22 PM (pfOPH)
Posted by: Mark at July 12, 2012 07:22 PM (lbwY3)
Never let a good crisis go to waste. I didn't.
Posted by: Franklin "I hire Commies" Roosevelt at July 12, 2012 07:22 PM (2IW5Q)
(For the record, I've seen five: Idiocracy, Chuck and Buck, Ghost Dog, Murderball, & Bubba Ho-Tep)
Casting Bruce Campbell as Elvis was a stroke of genius.
Posted by: Oschisms at July 12, 2012 07:23 PM (pfVS8)
Posted by: teej at July 12, 2012 07:24 PM (Xfofp)
Hey, buddy. I'm ready for you. And way ahead of you. Ever heard of Quaaludes?
Posted by: Joe Biden at July 12, 2012 07:24 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 12, 2012 07:24 PM (PY7fo)
I owned a 1970 Spitfire Mk III in the late '70s. Fun car to drive but I was always repairing it. Sold it in 1978 before going off to college. Posted by: Reno_Dave at July 12, 2012 11:18 PM
Any British Leyland built car had as many miles going up and down on the lift as they did on the road. Miles per gallon meant oil, not gas.
And then there was the bizarre Lucas Electric wiring
Posted by: kbdabear at July 12, 2012 07:25 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: Trimegistus at July 12, 2012 07:25 PM (pfOPH)
Posted by: Trimegistus at July 12, 2012 11:22 PM (pfOPH)
Oh COME ON!!! That was YEARS ago, and I've told you, I was JUST A PAWN!!!!! *sob*
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 12, 2012 07:25 PM (yh0zB)
Ghost Dog - Forest Whitaker is great but you can see little LRH bugz in his eyes already.
Posted by: DaveA at July 12, 2012 07:25 PM (864A5)
Posted by: A Mindful Webworker at July 12, 2012 07:25 PM (lBpVP)
Was in some lilypads, using a Snag-proof rubber frog. Those things have been super consistent for me. They really are darn near snag proof. All the bass were 2 to 3 lbs, the water temp is ideal for them right now so they gots lotsa fight.
Posted by: irongrampa at July 12, 2012 07:25 PM (SAMxH)
51 Went to the dentist today too. Got a Vicodin script to hold me until the BIG PAIN scheduled for Wednesday.
He'll probably prescribe you Percocets, which are highly dangerous. Send them to me and I'll flush them down the toilet for you.
Posted by: Ed Anger at July 12, 2012 07:26 PM (7+pP9)
Matt Dillon is genuinely funny in it.
It isn't available in Netflix streaming but Amazon streaming has it for rent for $2.99
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 12, 2012 07:26 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: BlackOrchidPinesForDagny at July 12, 2012 07:26 PM (J6kXj)
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at July 12, 2012 07:26 PM (d6TfZ)
I really enjoyed the engine rebuild. Been there, done that a few times. My fastest turnaround was about two weeks; the longest, about 7 years.
Oh, And I'm channeling Mr. Coolidge tonight when he says about that 10 worst list -- You lose.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 12, 2012 07:27 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 12, 2012 07:27 PM (PY7fo)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 12, 2012 07:28 PM (yh0zB)
Not his fault if Valerie Jarrett doesn't give him the right boxes to check.
Anyway, that oblivious narcissist? He'd be calmly telling himself, and us, that he was doing a great, and underappreciated, job, even if Vladimir's troops were knocking on the White House door.
Posted by: Splunge at July 12, 2012 07:28 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: BlackOrchidPinesForDagny at July 12, 2012 07:28 PM (J6kXj)
Posted by: Scobface at July 12, 2012 07:29 PM (IoNBC)
Posted by: Jones in CO at July 12, 2012 07:29 PM (8sCoq)
****
Have you seen this yet?
http://bit.ly/MZHjZi
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 12, 2012 07:29 PM (piMMO)
Omfg, this. All of this. I am about to curl into a fetal ball just thinking about it.
I can't believe Donnie Darko and Run Lola Run aren't on that list.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at July 12, 2012 07:29 PM (Gk3SS)
I've had them for a hernia post-op pain. Good effective shit they were...
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 12, 2012 07:30 PM (PY7fo)
Posted by: Jones in CO at July 12, 2012 07:30 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 12, 2012 07:30 PM (Rhie+)
Those are the choices you get, re Lincoln. There are no others.
Likewise, if you're pro-Confederacy - you're objectively racist. Your choices there are to accept race realism and white supremacy; or else, to be liberal, and democratic, and ultimately socialist.
History is no comfort to those who want their beliefs to be easy.
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 12, 2012 07:31 PM (QTHTd)
or Pearl Harbor? He'd go into brainlock -- and would hightail his ass
to some "undisclosed location" for the remainder of his term.
***
Nope. He'd instinctively act to place blame on the war-mongering Bush administration for inflaming tensions throughout the world.
He wouldn't miss a beat.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 12, 2012 07:31 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 12, 2012 07:32 PM (PY7fo)
Posted by: steevy at July 12, 2012 07:32 PM (Xb3hu)
Posted by: Waterhouse at July 12, 2012 07:32 PM (iLc7u)
Posted by: Iowa Bob at July 12, 2012 07:33 PM (gIrkv)
Posted by: Trimegistus at July 12, 2012 11:28 PM (pfOPH)
Is e' gone yet? Geez, what a drama queen. Word of advice, never castle with a...well you get the idea.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 12, 2012 07:33 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: steevy at July 12, 2012 07:34 PM (Xb3hu)
On both Netflix instant streaming and Amazon Prime (PRRRIIIIIMMMMEE) streaming. Great flick.
I'm in the middle of rewatching Dog Soldiers and I'd forgotten just how much better than it should be it is.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at July 12, 2012 07:34 PM (Gk3SS)
http://huff.to/LcOsPW
Artist my ass!
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 12, 2012 07:35 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 12, 2012 07:35 PM (Rhie+)
Posted by: Peaches at July 12, 2012 07:35 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 12, 2012 07:36 PM (PY7fo)
Posted by: Scobface at July 12, 2012 07:36 PM (IoNBC)
****
I, too, have both Netflix and Amazon Prime. I originally thought they would have the same movies and t.v. shows, but frequently one has it when the other doesn't.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 12, 2012 07:36 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Ronulan at July 12, 2012 07:37 PM (xEpMJ)
Oh, hi Democrats.
Also - Woodrow Wilson? Why isn't he at dead bottom?
Posted by: longerthoughts at July 12, 2012 07:37 PM (CVVLU)
Which is precisely why I can't believe it's not on that list.
Run Lola Run really should be, it's much much much better than Sliding Doors and Melinda and Melinda in exploring alternate outcomes.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at July 12, 2012 07:39 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Y-not at July 12, 2012 07:40 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 12, 2012 07:40 PM (Rhie+)
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 12, 2012 07:41 PM (PY7fo)
Posted by: longerthoughts at July 12, 2012 11:37 PM (CVVLU)
Because Carter and Obama are in the way.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 12, 2012 07:41 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Y-not at July 12, 2012 07:41 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 12, 2012 07:41 PM (Rhie+)
****
Nope. Just fishing from their deck. They were surprised as all get out.
Bull sharks have attacked people miles inland in fresh water. They've been spotted here in Jax in the St. Johns River as well.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 12, 2012 07:41 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at July 12, 2012 07:42 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 12, 2012 07:42 PM (PY7fo)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 12, 2012 11:40 PM (Rhie+)
For a brief shining instant I saw it for under 3.00/gal here. Two or three days, and then it was back up to 3.20 or so.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 12, 2012 07:42 PM (yh0zB)
You could have at least said 'good knight' to Tri.
Posted by: andycanuck at July 12, 2012 07:42 PM (vDl/w)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 12, 2012 07:43 PM (Rhie+)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 12, 2012 11:41 PM (Rhie+)
To his deaf wife, as their crippled children ran by and a mute dog barked in the distance.
Posted by: buzzion at July 12, 2012 07:44 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Scobface at July 12, 2012 07:44 PM (IoNBC)
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 12, 2012 07:44 PM (PY7fo)
Posted by: andycanuck at July 12, 2012 11:42 PM (vDl/w)
Well played, Sir. You have won the internets for the evening.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 12, 2012 07:44 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 12, 2012 07:44 PM (Rhie+)
Written by Joe (hisowndamnself) Lansdale. If you haven't read anything by him give him a try. He's like the present day Sam Clemens (ok, so as close as we can get nowadays).
Posted by: JMKN1 at July 12, 2012 07:45 PM (JMKN1)
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 12, 2012 11:44 PM (PY7fo)
Tunnels.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 12, 2012 07:45 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: andycanuck at July 12, 2012 07:46 PM (vDl/w)
Hilarious movie! Those poor guys...you won't believe their luck.
Posted by: JMKN1 at July 12, 2012 07:47 PM (JMKN1)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 12, 2012 07:48 PM (Rhie+)
Posted by: Scobface at July 12, 2012 07:48 PM (IoNBC)
We'd been low earlier in the year, but it's crept up.
http://gasbuddy.com/gb_gastemperaturemap.aspx
****
Shell and Winn Dixie grocery stores have teamed up to offer discounts. I spent $300 at Winn-Dixie and after the sales were applied, I paid about $240 for the groceries. Then, my rewards card was credited with a 95 cents per gallon discount on fuel and I waited until there was barely a drop in the engine before filling up, so I saved $18 on gas.
They award 5 cents per gallon for every $50 spent but then they have special items that offer bonus awards. For instance, they had BOGO corndogs so I bought those and got another 20 cents per gallon off. All in all, a pretty good deal.
Winn-Dixie also does bundled deals like Buy three GM cereals and the rest of the breakfast; milk, orange juice, muffin mix, and grape jelly are free.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 12, 2012 07:48 PM (piMMO)
Gas here went from 3.41 to 3.56 in a 4 hour span today. I suspect it will reach 3.60 in a couple days, and hang there.
Just my luck my old Dodge SUV cant get past 16mpg no how, no way. Even if I drive like a human.
Posted by: irongrampa at July 12, 2012 07:48 PM (SAMxH)
Being in California, I am of course very excited about paying even more taxes to get this great boon. I cannot wait until I can take this rail line from (craphole I've never been to) to (craphole I never want to visit). It's just like when we went to the moon!
Posted by: Splunge at July 12, 2012 07:49 PM (2IW5Q)
Shell and Winn Dixie grocery stores have teamed up to offer discounts. I spent $300 at Winn-Dixie and after the sales were applied, I paid about $240 for the groceries. Then, my rewards card was credited with a 95 cents per gallon discount on fuel and I waited until there was barely a drop in the engine before filling up, so I saved $18 on gas.
Shell also has a deal out here in ohio with Kroger.
Posted by: buzzion at July 12, 2012 07:49 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Y-not at July 12, 2012 07:52 PM (5H6zj)
****
{{{Shiver}}} That guy gives me the creeps AND he never....EVER.... pulled off the sunglasses trick like this guy.
http://bit.ly/NaVudm
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 12, 2012 07:53 PM (piMMO)
I kind of felt obliged. I think my new movie to flog is Frailty. Sadly, that is not streaming on either Netflix or Prime (prrriiimmeee). Interesting plot that ends in a way I was not expecting at all. I was hoping that Take Shelter would go somewhat the same route but it didn't.
Once The Raid: Redemption comes out, August I think, everyone should see that.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at July 12, 2012 07:53 PM (Gk3SS)
also weak, the steam sale so far
Posted by: The Dude at July 12, 2012 07:53 PM (tw6Ar)
JFK was a mediocrity at best.
At worst, he was a bumbler who nearly invited a nuclear war.
Posted by: nickless at July 12, 2012 10:28 PM
And JFK fucked up by "demilitarizing" Laos before the Vietnam War became big. That gave the NVA a transport route / pipeline into South Vietnam and Cambodia called the Ho Chi Minh Trail. And that trail allowed North Vietnam to supply its insurgents along hundereds of miles of border from the sanctuary of "neutral" Laos and "neutral" Cambodia.
That caused the insurgency to succeed in 1964-1967.
LBJ's micro management and bombing halts did not do any good either.
South Vietnam and the ARVN had the war under control until the cocksucking, quisling, communist sympathizing, traitors in the Democrat Congress and Democrat party cut off funding for the ARVN. South Vietnam was overrun by ARMORED divisions with Tanks, Armored Personnel Carriers, SAM missiles and artillery. The NVA in 1975 was not a peasant army. They were better equipped than most warsaw pact countries.
We could have stopped them in 1975 like we did in the Easter Offensive in 1972 if we committed US Air Power to support the ARVN, and if we had supplied the ARVN like we promised we would.
But the Democrats did not want the US to win. Look at the cold war, Nicaraugua, El Salvador, Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan. They want us to lose. They undercut the US EVERY TIME.
bastards.
Posted by: rd at July 12, 2012 07:55 PM (9sUlj)
Posted by: Scobface at July 12, 2012 07:56 PM (IoNBC)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 12, 2012 07:57 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: steevy at July 12, 2012 11:34 PM
Keeps our cash flow healthy!
Posted by: Car stereo and 24 inch wheel stores at July 12, 2012 07:58 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at July 12, 2012 07:59 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Car stereo and 24 inch wheel stores at July 12, 2012 11:58 PM
Us too !!!
Posted by: Nail salons at July 12, 2012 07:59 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: thunderb at July 12, 2012 07:59 PM (Dnbau)
http://huff.to/NEqReS
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 12, 2012 08:00 PM (piMMO)
try again
JFK was a mediocrity at best.
At worst, he was a bumbler who nearly invited a nuclear war.
Posted by: nickless at July 12, 2012 10:28 PM
And JFK fucked up by "demilitarizing" Laos before the Vietnam War became big. That gave the NVA a transport route / pipeline into South Vietnam and Cambodia called the Ho Chi Minh Trail. And that trail allowed North Vietnam to supply its insurgents along hundreds of miles of border from the sanctuary of "neutral" Laos and "neutral" Cambodia. That caused the insurgency to succeed in 1964-1967. LBJ's micro management and bombing halts did not do any good either.
South Vietnam and the ARVN had the war under control until the cocksucking, quisling, communist sympathizing, traitors in the Democrat Congress and Democrat party cut off funding for the ARVN. South Vietnam was overrun by ARMORED divisions with Tanks, Armored Personnel Carriers, SAM missiles and artillery. The NVA in 1975 was not a peasant army. They were better equipped than most Warsaw pact countries.
We could have stopped them in 1975 like we did in the Easter Offensive in 1972 if we committed US Air Power to support the ARVN, and if we had supplied the ARVN like we promised we would.
But the Democrats did not want the US to win. Look at the cold war, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan. They want us to lose. They undercut the US EVERY TIME.
bastards.
Posted by: rd at July 12, 2012 08:00 PM (9sUlj)
Posted by: Scobface at July 12, 2012 08:02 PM (IoNBC)
Nowadays you have to be a NASA engineer just to take it out of the car
Posted by: kbdabear at July 12, 2012 08:03 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 12, 2012 08:03 PM (yh0zB)
If only there was an Amalgamated Hookers 'n Blow to which the average retail investor could allocate some funds.
Posted by: Waterhouse at July 12, 2012 08:04 PM (iLc7u)
almost twice that amount in economic activity for the community,” states
the federal government pamphlet. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (SNAP) is the official name of the food stamps program.
***
uh huh.
Speaking of the magical math, can someone explain this infographic to me?
http://bit.ly/M5g9hX
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 12, 2012 08:04 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 12, 2012 08:05 PM (Rhie+)
We could have ended that fucking war in 6 months, had we been allowed to FIGHT the Goddamned thing. You cant run boots on the ground from Washington, thank you so much, LBJ, you micro-managing asshole.
We didn't lose on the battlefield, it was lost at HOME.
I get too pissed yet about that time,so that's all the comment on it.
Posted by: irongrampa at July 12, 2012 08:05 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: DrSmith at July 12, 2012 08:05 PM (oGyUC)
Posted by: Golfing at July 12, 2012 08:06 PM (QTVh2)
Posted by: honey Badger #5 at July 12, 2012 08:06 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: honey Badger #5 at July 12, 2012 08:08 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 12, 2012 08:10 PM (Rhie+)
And since I am trashing Kennedy legends, can someone please explain to me what the hell is the fascination with RFK? I really can not think of one accomplishment of RFK.
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at July 13, 2012 12:04 am
He died before he could do anything wrong as president. He was supposed to be the second coming of JFK, and would take us back to Camelot, where there was no Vietnam War and no Race Riots at home.
Posted by: rd at July 12, 2012 08:13 PM (9sUlj)
Goodnite, good people. Stay safe.
Posted by: irongrampa at July 12, 2012 08:13 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: DrSmith at July 12, 2012 08:14 PM (Xa2if)
Yup. It's great and twisted and creepy and one of those movies that you're watching and really feel like you're watching a foreign film. What I mean by that is that it's Finnish and it seemed to me, at least, that this was something coming from a truly different view of legends.
Troll Hunter is really good as well.
Re: Frailty. Yup, it's incredibly disturbing if only because it really pushes the line as to whether or not what was done was the holy thing to do. In a somewhat different vein, Identity always leaves me a bit shaken. That's a movie that ended in a way I could not believe the filmmakers went.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at July 12, 2012 08:17 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Scobface at July 12, 2012 08:18 PM (IoNBC)
Well, he did cripple the old school mob opening up the field for gangs and narcos who were much worse and far more diverse.
You gotta give him that.
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 12, 2012 08:19 PM (PY7fo)
Written by Joe (hisowndamnself) Lansdale. If you haven't read anything by him give him a try. He's like the present day Sam Clemens (ok, so as close as we can get nowadays).
Posted by: JMKN1 at July 12, 2012 11:45 PM (JMKN1)
You can't go wrong with "Bad Chili," by Lansdale, my first encounter with Hap (good ol' white boy) and Leonard (gay black guy). They should be honorary Morons. The dialogue is killer. The only book conversation more authentic is the witty patter in Harlan Coban's "Myron Bolitar" series, the first of which is "Drop Shot," I believe.
Posted by: RushBabe, lurking but lured in by Joe R. Lansdale at July 12, 2012 08:20 PM (tQHzJ)
I enjoyed it so much I watched it twice in one week.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 12, 2012 08:20 PM (piMMO)
It was a bit cooler today, only hit the mid 90s.
This would have been more appropriate for last night's ONT, but here it is, anyway.
http://is.gd/U8vMDe
Posted by: Theresa at July 12, 2012 08:20 PM (36Yg+)
Posted by: logprof at July 12, 2012 08:21 PM (xCzBd)
Posted by: honey Badger #5 at July 13, 2012 12:06 AM
You'd be amazed at all the data settings that can frustrate the shit out of you. One narrative I read about a car that had a Corvette engine dropped into it wouldn't stay running for more than a few seconds. After looking everything over and over and finding nothing wrong, finally someone discovered that the computer coding wasn't right for the theft detection, and the computer shut off thinking the car had been hot wired.
I couldn't get my Firebird to even try to start one time, had to start it by using a screwdriver I could start it by touching the battery lead to the solenoid lead. Turns out the ignition key lost its coding and I had to order another from a GM dealership
Posted by: kbdabear at July 12, 2012 08:22 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at July 13, 2012 12:17 AM (Gk3SS)
huh? thought that ending was telegraphed. Still a great under-rated flick but the ending was kinda obvious to me
Posted by: The Dude at July 12, 2012 08:23 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 12, 2012 08:23 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 12, 2012 08:23 PM (PY7fo)
Posted by: Scobface at July 12, 2012 08:23 PM (IoNBC)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 13, 2012 12:23 AM
I think that's Peaches. As a Jets fan, I am required to hate her guts on every Sunday football thread.
Pats cheerleaders all have sharp elbows
Posted by: kbdabear at July 12, 2012 08:25 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: logprof at July 13, 2012 12:21 AM (xCzBd)
if you want another that is on the list, Wristcutters really is a good flick. The Will Arnett part is a bit hokey (it's like they realized they needed a "villian" in a film half way through it) but great acting in a film that doesn't take itself too seriously. And Tom Waits as an angel is pretty cool
Posted by: The Dude at July 12, 2012 08:26 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's
Nope, NDH, I am the Cowboys fan. Our dear Ms. Peaches is one of the Pats fans here. I think there are a couple of others, too.
Posted by: Theresa at July 12, 2012 08:27 PM (36Yg+)
I think that's Peaches. As a Jets fan, I am required to hate her guts on every Sunday football thread.
Pats cheerleaders all have sharp elbows
****
Well, even a Jets fan can appreciate this:
http://read.bi/Ldnn3R
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 12, 2012 08:27 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 12, 2012 08:28 PM (piMMO)
A friend who has a newish Chevy SUV had to pay like $300 to get a new fob when the battery when dead in his. I'd have cut/pried the damn thing open and replaced the battery. You KNOW they gotta be using some COTS battery in them.
My Jetta's fob uses a pair of common CR2016's and its designed to be field replaceable by the owner. The Germans wouldn'tput up with the horseshit Americans will.
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 12, 2012 08:28 PM (PY7fo)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 13, 2012 12:23 AM
Her IQ and lack of ancestors who married their sisters mean that she cannot be an Eagles, Cowboys, or Redskins fan
Posted by: Eli the NFC East Comic at July 12, 2012 08:28 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: RushBabe, lurking but lured in by Joe R. Lansdale at July 13, 2012 12:20 AM (tQHzJ)
Wow..another Lansdale fan. Hap & Leonard is a great series. Old Joe has written a lot of other great stuff too. He's even delved into the YA market recently. He's got a site where he posts a different story every week, just in case you'd like to catch some of his short stories.
Haven't read any Coban, will have to rectify that. Thanks for the heads up!
Posted by: JMKN1 at July 12, 2012 08:29 PM (JMKN1)
I'd wait. Then you can savor their shrieks of betrayal that much more.
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 12, 2012 08:30 PM (PY7fo)
And since I am trashing Kennedy legends, can someone please explain to me what the hell is the fascination with RFK? I really can not think of one accomplishment of RFK.
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at July 13, 2012 12:04 AM (OWjjx)
A shitload of the people in the media in the 60's, 70's and 80's were from JFK's administration. Much like Clinton's staffers in the media now. That is the sole reason why there is the cult of Camelot that exists to this day.
Posted by: MrCaniac at July 12, 2012 08:33 PM (1grxW)
****
I got lucky with the fobs. Right after I bought my jeep there was a recall because the fob could separate from the emergency door key and be lost. S, they had me go to the dealership to pick up two replacements but, instead of keeping the originals, they gave them back to me. Now I have spares.
The batteries may go dead from non-use but shouldn't die as quickly as the ones I am using.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 12, 2012 08:34 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Eli the NFC East Comic
FIFY. YQW.
Posted by: Theresa at July 12, 2012 08:35 PM (36Yg+)
Posted by: Joe Biden at July 12, 2012 08:36 PM (IoNBC)
That wonderful car went cross country many times with no incident, and most issues could be resolved on the side of the road. I flogged it hard, offroaded in the desert, went into the mountains.
Damn, I wantanother one.
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 12, 2012 08:40 PM (PY7fo)
Posted by: Joe Biden at July 12, 2012 08:41 PM (IoNBC)
Posted by: Eli the NFC East Comic
FIFY. YQW.
Posted by: Theresa at July 13, 2012 12:35 AM
What's the difference between a baby and a Cowboys fan?
The baby stops crying after a while
Posted by: Eli the NFC East Comic at July 12, 2012 08:41 PM (Y+DPZ)
http://is.gd/LwkcGh
Posted by: Theresa at July 12, 2012 08:41 PM (36Yg+)
Posted by: Scobface at July 12, 2012 08:43 PM (IoNBC)
Well, at least I don't have to look in the mirror each morning and realize - "OMG, I'm Joe Biden notorious imbecile...I might as well slash my wrists right now"
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 12, 2012 08:43 PM (PY7fo)
Posted by: Eli the NFC East Comic
Even this 'ette knows this, surprised that you don't. There's NO crying in football!
Posted by: Theresa at July 12, 2012 08:47 PM (36Yg+)
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 12, 2012 08:47 PM (PY7fo)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 12, 2012 08:47 PM (piMMO)
That wonderful car went cross country many times with no incident, and most issues could be resolved on the side of the road. I flogged it hard, offroaded in the desert, went into the mountains.
Damn, I wantanother one.
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 13, 2012 12:40 AM
On Top Gear's Africa Trip epidsode, a VW Beetle followed them, and if one of them could not finish the trip in their cars, they would be forced to finish in the Beetle. The Bug was the only car to make the trip that didn't break down or have to be stripped or altered to the conditions
Woody Allen's "Sleeper" has a scene where he finds a 200 year old VW Bug in a cave and it starts right up. I wouldn't be surprised if that could really end up happening (not counting a fresh battery)
After the engine wore out, you could do a rebuild with a floor jack and a work bench in your garage
Posted by: kbdabear at July 12, 2012 08:50 PM (Y+DPZ)
Damn, I wantanother one.
Posted by: @PurpAv at July 13, 2012 12:40 AM
Did you know that a Subaru Impreza engine easily fits into an old VW Beetle? Makes for a scary fast Beetle so it's a really good idea to upgrade the suspension and brakes too
Posted by: kbdabear at July 12, 2012 08:55 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: Arms Merchant at July 12, 2012 08:58 PM (+XVQe)
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 12, 2012 09:02 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: kbdabear at July 13, 2012 12:55 AM
I should add that it's the WRX Turbo setup
Posted by: kbdabear at July 12, 2012 09:05 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 12, 2012 09:05 PM (ccXZP)
Not recommended since the Hippie Bus was a nightmare to handle even at its top speed of 65.
Unless you're a hippie or hipster. Then I would highly recommend it
Posted by: kbdabear at July 12, 2012 09:07 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 12, 2012 09:07 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: honey Badger #5 at July 12, 2012 09:12 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 13, 2012 01:07 AM (r4wIV)
Ike! Do your impression of David Caruso's career! http://tinyurl.com/75c7ka4
Posted by: buzzion at July 12, 2012 09:12 PM (GULKT)
http://is.gd/2bYve7
Nice legs. And yellow really isn't your color.
Posted by: Theresa at July 12, 2012 09:12 PM (36Yg+)
Tony tried to shoot him, but the bullet was intercepted
Posted by: Eli the NFC East Comic at July 12, 2012 09:21 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: Berserker at July 12, 2012 09:21 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Deety at July 12, 2012 09:24 PM (ttkVJ)
Posted by: Robert at July 12, 2012 09:28 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: Robert at July 12, 2012 09:30 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: Robert at July 13, 2012 01:30 AM (HWUv9)
I thought it was dull but I'm in the minority
Posted by: The Dude at July 12, 2012 09:32 PM (tw6Ar)
WooHoo for Pike actually breaking the lure, the net, the pole, etc.
SmallMouth jumping out like Marlin and then looking like they'd take a swing at you if they had arms while your unhooking them.
I gotta get well soon and get some fishing in.
Posted by: DaveA at July 12, 2012 09:32 PM (864A5)
Posted by: Robert at July 12, 2012 09:32 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: Deety at July 12, 2012 09:37 PM (ttkVJ)
Posted by: jc at July 12, 2012 09:37 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: Robert at July 12, 2012 09:38 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: Robert thinks he's finally got this internet thing figured out at July 12, 2012 09:39 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: Herpglerble at July 12, 2012 09:44 PM (Rilbs)
Posted by: Deety at July 12, 2012 09:46 PM (ttkVJ)
http://tinyurl.com/83gwc2o
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 12, 2012 09:46 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 12, 2012 09:48 PM (i0App)
Posted by: Abe Lincoln's Ghost at July 12, 2012 09:49 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 12, 2012 09:57 PM (sTQDb)
http://vimeo.com/45563669
Posted by: The Dude at July 12, 2012 09:59 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Deety at July 12, 2012 10:03 PM (ttkVJ)
Posted by: Robert at July 12, 2012 10:04 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: hutch1200 at July 12, 2012 10:18 PM (Xx6Lw)
Well what do you know, the cover story for this week's Bloomberg Businessweek is "Inside the Mormon Empire".
Our non-partisan press in action.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 12, 2012 10:26 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at July 12, 2012 10:44 PM (kCw7A)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at July 12, 2012 10:45 PM (kCw7A)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at July 12, 2012 10:52 PM (kCw7A)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at July 12, 2012 10:53 PM (kCw7A)
how are the tentacles tonite
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at July 13, 2012 02:53 AM (kCw7A)
Nice and rubbery. It's been somewhat toasty during the day, but it's supposed to cool off from here.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 12, 2012 10:55 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at July 12, 2012 10:55 PM (kCw7A)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at July 12, 2012 10:56 PM (kCw7A)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at July 13, 2012 02:56 AM (kCw7A)
Do you have to AC that, or is it cool enough outside to just vent?
Posted by: cthulhu at July 12, 2012 11:00 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at July 12, 2012 11:01 PM (1B/np)
cj, you got to get your business to send you out here so you can bask in the sweet sweet hawaiian sun
and buy me beer of course
Posted by: navycopjoe at July 12, 2012 11:01 PM (TvbvY)
it looks like the white sux have a shot this year
until the obama curse kicks in of course
the bears will play in the super bowl after his ass is out so they are saved
Posted by: navycopjoe at July 12, 2012 11:03 PM (TvbvY)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at July 12, 2012 11:05 PM (1B/np)
T gets it now
i'll so miss it if she goes into private practice unless she makes the big bucks of course
Posted by: navycopjoe at July 12, 2012 11:09 PM (TvbvY)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at July 13, 2012 03:03 AM (1B/np)
Bummer. It's probably been heating for days and it'll take a while for the walls, furniture, and countertops to cool down.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 12, 2012 11:09 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: chemjeff on the phone at July 12, 2012 11:11 PM (1B/np)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 12, 2012 11:17 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Robert at July 12, 2012 11:41 PM (HWUv9)
So let's listen to Babe Ruth playing A Fistful Of Dollars.
Because why not: http://tinyurl.com/7dnq2xq
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 12, 2012 11:48 PM (ccXZP)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru7whay-nhs
Sorta Bloodrock in their sound.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 12, 2012 11:52 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Robert might have been drinkin' at July 12, 2012 11:53 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: Robert at July 12, 2012 11:55 PM (HWUv9)
I've shed a few pounds myself, but then I usually do in the summer when I get more active. It's winters that whip my ass.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 12, 2012 11:58 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Robert at July 13, 2012 12:14 AM (HWUv9)
Posted by: twoslaps at July 13, 2012 12:21 AM (DHVYl)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 13, 2012 12:25 AM (bxiXv)
I had one of those Gazelle things and while it was kind of fun, it just didn't seem to work for me, calorie-burning-wise. Plus, those free floating peddles had a major grudge on my shins. Or I'm a super-clutz. I choose to believe in the grudge.
Robert, I hope you find something that works for you. I lost about 30 lbs when I started working again and had to walk back and forth from the train every day for my commute. That was it...didn't really alter my diet at all.
And speaking of shoes, I just bought some Tretorn tennis shoes and a tennis skirt - I'm reliving my 80's preppy fetish!
Well, it was fun catching up with blog. G'day, morons!
Posted by: Gem at July 13, 2012 02:15 AM (zw+pb)
--Barack Obama
Tell a story? Once upon a time ... they lived happily ever after.
The guy just can't shut up. He has NEVER been missing from the microphone during his perpetual campaign called his "first term" during which he acted stupidly.
Posted by: Beto at July 13, 2012 02:28 AM (BAnPT)
Posted by: Lyford at July 13, 2012 03:39 AM (7XNc2)
The JFK idolization is a perfect example of media creation at its best.
1. He accomplished nothing.
2. He was not a Berliner.
3. He traded off missle bases in Turkey for those in Cuba which was trumpeted as a feat of tough diplomacy while pissing off a bunch of Turks.
4. Managed to kill or imprision our Cuban allies with his botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs.
5. Got himself shot whereof the media could blame the city of Dallas and their police department, the FBI, the CIA, more Cuban allies, and conservatives everywhere while ignoring the fact that he was nailed by a genuine card-carrying communist.
6. Gave rise to the adoration of a horde of Kennedy drunks, murderers, idiots of various stripe and imbecilic children and their progeny.
Somehow his image is pushed so hard that he constantly pops up in a list of the greats. Got me stumped.
Posted by: Libra at July 13, 2012 04:20 AM (kd8U8)
Posted by: gxbacher at July 13, 2012 09:18 AM (mClIH)
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