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July 15, 2012

Overnight Open Thread (7-15-2012)
— Maetenloch

Congratulations - you've been working exclusively for the government all year until today. And now you get to keep what you earn.^*

Come sundown on Sunday, you all are free of your 2012 obligations to the government. Which now takes 197 days out of your year. My advice: you begin telling every "progressive" and Democrat you know who tries to engage you or approach you or talk to you or ask something of you, that you're now closed for business, and would they kindly piss off.

And believe it or not we're actually worse than the UK which left annual tax-serfdom back in June:

Tax Freedom Day only measures the money actually raised by the government in taxes, not the full amount it spends. The government borrows one pound for every four it raises in taxes, so if the full cost of government is considered the Cost of Government Day, this would fall on 23rd June.

^{* Unless you live in CT, NY, or NJ in which case you've got a few more weeks to go.}

Remembering Telstar

Just over 50 years ago the world got smaller with the launch of the first commercial communications satellite:

The launch of the original Telstar satellite on 10 July 1962 was a true communications breakthrough, allowing for television, phone, and even fax transmissions to be beamed around the world via space rather than through transcontinental cables. It also allowed for even more precise time synchronization between North American and Europe.
Telstar was a truly international project, combining the efforts of American, British and French agencies. They created a satellite that is a mere 34.5 inches in diameter and weighs just 77 pounds.
It runs on just 14 watts of power, provided by a series of solar panels placed around the spherical surface.

Sadly it failed within a year most likely due to radiation left over from the space nuclear test, Starfish Prime. But it revolutionized communications and had an immense effect on pop culture influencing everything from robots to soccer balls. And it's still up there orbiting even today.

Universities Going Full-Tilt Left

Academia is strongly tilted to the left today but there are conservative faculty members. But based on these statistics universities will be conservative-free in 25 years or so.

The slant is even now rapidly increasing. At Berkeley the 2004-5 imbalance in political affiliation for the most senior faculty (full professors) was 8.3-1, but for the next rank (associate professors) it was an overwhelming 30-1. And for the most junior level (assistant professors) the figure was almost exclusionary at 64-1. Assistant professors are the most recent hires, and associate professors the ones immediately preceding. These strongly suggest that the university of tomorrow will virtually exclude political or social perspectives that are not left of centre. Attempts to stop this trend, or even to draw attention to it, are dismissed as partisan. Campus liberals are too comfortable with the status quo to worry about a problem that seems to trouble only people unlike themselves. What will happen when the world of academia has finally taken an ideological shape completely unlike that of the world beyond the campus gates?

Over-priced and ideologically out of step with the rest of the country is not a sustainable business model.

Investors: America is Where to Send Your Money

Despite all of our issues to investors we're still the best bet:

The U.S.-the world's most popular destination for capital-is becoming more appealing relative to other economies. Foreign investment into China-the second-most-popular destination-grew around 8% in 2011 from the previous year, to $124 billion, compared with the U.S.'s 15% gain.

Dating Advice for Engineers

"The first rule of dating is to be yourself -- That's not going to work for you."

Why the Official Pictures of US Olympic Athletes Sucked So Much

I saw some of these on a news site and I thought they looked like crap but assumed that since they were the official ones, maybe it was some kind of new ironic instagram-like aesthetic of bad photography.

But no - it turns out that the photographer was just unprepared:

"I was under the impression that I was going to be photographing athletes on a stage or during press conference where I would take their headshots for our archives," he explained. "I really had no idea that there would be a possibility for setting up a studio." It was the first time AFP had been invited to participate in the U.S. Olympic Committee's Media Summit, which was held this year, in May, at a Hilton Hotel in Dallas.

Joe had come armed with two cameras and three lenses (17-35, 70-200 and 300), plus one flash and a 12-inch laptop. To his horror, he saw upon arriving that his colleagues from other news agencies and media organizations had set up studio booths with professional lights, backdrops and prop assistants.

How To Shave Really Old School

As in cave man-style. Mike Cook is no slave to the razor-blade industrial complex - he just knaps off a piece of obsidian and starts shaving.

Some of you sissies are still shaving with sharpened shovels. But Mike Cook does it old school-as in using Stone Age technology. Watch him knap a slice of obsidian off a block and then shave his face with it.

Cook refers to obsidian as "the sharpest substance known to science." I don't know if that's true, but at the link, you can see electron micrographs of a surgical scalpel and an obsidian blade. The obsidian appears to have a sharper edge.

Weekly AoSHQ Commenter Standings

Top 10 commenters:
1 [477 comments] 'toby928?' [66.95 posts/day]
2 [285 comments] 'Jane D'oh'
3 [283 comments] 'Niedermeyer's Dead Horse'
4 [258 comments] 'garrett'
5 [250 comments] 'Vic'
6 [248 comments] 'Robert'
7 [231 comments] 'just me'
8 [231 comments] 'kbdabear'
9 [229 comments] 'Cicero'
10 [220 comments] 'MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter'

Top 10 sockpuppeteers:
1 [76 names] 'kbdabear' [10.67 unique names/day]
2 [73 names] 'Cicero'
3 [71 names] 'Ed Anger'
4 [54 names] 'toby928?'
5 [53 names] 'Joe Biden'
6 [49 names] 'Doctor Fish'
7 [42 names] 't-bird'
8 [41 names] 'Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual'
9 [37 names] 'Romeo13'
10 [37 names] 'The Huggable Robot Devil'

The group. Yeah.

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1 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: steevy at July 15, 2012 06:18 PM (Xb3hu)

2 Walt and deputies go to investigate a rodeo's tie in to a crime, music playing in the back ground... "Ace of Spades."

Posted by: new Longmire episode at July 15, 2012 06:20 PM (EBjQ/)

3 Amelia Earhart was,by many accounts,a poor pilot.

Posted by: steevy at July 15, 2012 06:22 PM (Xb3hu)

4 Tonight's ONT Special Guest: Milton Berle!

Posted by: eman at July 15, 2012 06:22 PM (ejmiE)

5 This is the Peoples' Republik of AnnArbor, comrad g'evenin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 15, 2012 06:23 PM (JMmQ9)

6 Amelia Earhart sank two Japanese cruisers before she died.

Posted by: eman at July 15, 2012 06:23 PM (ejmiE)

7 Finish the destruction of the USA. The Hill: President Obama dismissed suggestions that young voters who backed him in 2008 were less enthusiastic this election cycle, saying that he believed they wanted to Â“finish what we started.Â” In an interview with local Washington D.C. station WJLA released Sunday, the president predicted young voters would again rally behind his presidency. Â“2008, obviously your first time around in some ways it was lightning in a bottle. There were so many young people who just automatically got involved and, you know, weÂ’ve gone through three and a half tough years. The economy is tough, especially for young people,Â” Obama acknowledged, according to a transcript of the interview. But Obama said he was Â“encouragedÂ” by the number of young voters volunteering for his campaign. Â“We are still seeing just tons of volunteers getting involved, a lot of passion, a lot of interest. And I think the reason is they understand in some ways this election is more important than 2008,Â” he said. Â“The choice in terms of the direction we want to take the country is very stark this time, so the stakes are big, and I think people want to finish what we started in 2008.Â”

Posted by: steevy at July 15, 2012 06:25 PM (Xb3hu)

8 Obama: all your cash are belong to us

Posted by: @PurpAv at July 15, 2012 06:25 PM (FCTSt)

9 I hereby give this, ummmm ONT, a uhhhh, solid C-.

Posted by: TEH WON at July 15, 2012 06:26 PM (GsBJY)

10 Damn, the gaming thread has a stronger pulse.

Posted by: eman at July 15, 2012 06:28 PM (ejmiE)

11 Didn't tax freedom day used to occur much earlier?

Posted by: buzzion at July 15, 2012 06:28 PM (GULKT)

12 the pirates win the pirates win

Posted by: newrouter at July 15, 2012 06:29 PM (kfeRL)

13 And that's why I moved to TN last year. . .

Posted by: David C. at July 15, 2012 06:29 PM (ZtMso)

14 Finally.

Posted by: rickl at July 15, 2012 06:30 PM (sdi6R)

15 More like New Year's Eve Mallamutt.

Posted by: CDR M at July 15, 2012 06:30 PM (dKV5k)

16 Any chance of nuking the moby troll in the previous thread?

Posted by: buzzion at July 15, 2012 06:30 PM (GULKT)

17 There was a baseball team named the Browns?

Posted by: CDR M at July 15, 2012 06:31 PM (dKV5k)

18 Shaving with a chunk of rock? Er no thanks, this beard looks great on me.

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 15, 2012 06:31 PM (ccXZP)

19 Maybe Obama is right. Maybe people can't say they accomplished anything on their own. After all, the Earth and Sun were here first.

Posted by: eman at July 15, 2012 06:32 PM (ejmiE)

20 I think terrorists just figured out how to sneak razor sharp bladed onto a plane...carry on rocks.

Posted by: @PurpAv at July 15, 2012 06:32 PM (FCTSt)

21 Why yes officer, that's my pet rock collection.

Posted by: Al Queda at July 15, 2012 06:33 PM (dKV5k)

22 152,000-piece Lego jet engine model:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHsao-IhyQQ

Posted by: Waterhouse at July 15, 2012 06:34 PM (DNB5Z)

23 Listening to the 'Telstar' song, I have the feeling whoever wrote the theme song from Titanic ripped off Telstar a little bit

sounds like the Los Straightjackets version of 'my heart will go on'

Posted by: Jones in CO at July 15, 2012 06:34 PM (8sCoq)

24 The 1937 Cubs were quite good.They went 93-61 and finished in second place.

Posted by: steevy at July 15, 2012 06:34 PM (Xb3hu)

25 "Dating Advice for Engineers" - informative, but this is AoSHQ ... something much stronger is needed ... and it can't involve Val-U-Rite, longbows or hunting, anything-Star-Wars ... yeah, it's going to be rough.

Posted by: Arbalest at July 15, 2012 06:35 PM (e/G9r)

26 If I remember correctly, the Browns subsequently became the Baltimore Orioles around 1950.

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at July 15, 2012 10:34 PM (OWjjx)

So what you're saying is that Baltimore has a thing for taking teams named "The Browns" and giving them bird names.

Posted by: buzzion at July 15, 2012 06:35 PM (GULKT)

27 So soon?....But the gaming thread just went up.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 15, 2012 06:36 PM (61yvg)

28 Academia is strongly tilted to the left today but there are conservative faculty members. But based on these statistics universities will be conservative-free in 25 years or so.

But, as has often been pointed out, what cannot continue, will not. It's perfectly obvious that "higher ed" cannot go on as it is, so something will change, and most likely that will be the hard-left culture that teaches nothing useful.

The trouble is, college grads in the "humanities" (or at least in English and Literature) cannot think and don't have the faintest idea how to analyze anything.

Posted by: Dianna at July 15, 2012 06:36 PM (mKMj1)

29 The 1937 Cubs were quite good

Crude lie - the Cubs were never good. Only in some parallel universe...

Posted by: @PurpAv at July 15, 2012 06:36 PM (FCTSt)

30 So Cost of Govt Day is July 15? My fucking birthday. Just....awesome. /sigh

Posted by: Bcochran1981 at July 15, 2012 06:36 PM (GEICT)

31 Noooo Achmed don't hide the obsidian in your anus.

Posted by: omed at camp jihaddi. at July 15, 2012 06:36 PM (HiKk0)

32 my favorite version of 'my heart will go on' is by Switchblade Kittens

http://tinyurl.com/7u9dk4e

Posted by: Jones in CO at July 15, 2012 06:37 PM (8sCoq)

33 "But Obama said he was Â“encouragedÂ” by the number of young voters volunteering for his campaign." Young, WHITE voters judging from the photo of his campaign headquarters. Was that from his headquarters in Chicago? They're so sure of the black vote that they couldn't even go to the trouble of bringing in a few tokens?

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 15, 2012 06:38 PM (HAnzX)

34 Earhart would have made it if her dilithium crystals hadn't fractured and caused the matter anti-matter flow to phase shift.

Posted by: eman at July 15, 2012 06:38 PM (ejmiE)

35 33 They've won 2 World Series.Of course,virtually no one alive today was there at the time.

Posted by: steevy at July 15, 2012 06:39 PM (Xb3hu)

36 28 >> The 1937 Cubs were quite good.They went 93-61 and this was the last time they finished ~~in second place~~ above 0.500.

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 15, 2012 06:39 PM (ccXZP)

37 I'll admit I was expecting something entirely different from a group called The Tornados.

Posted by: Waterhouse at July 15, 2012 06:39 PM (DNB5Z)

38 37 Only white people volunteer I guess.

Posted by: steevy at July 15, 2012 06:39 PM (Xb3hu)

39 Gonna feel bad for all those fucking liberal asshats who loose their job when the 'Higher Education Bubble" pops. real bad,

Posted by: honey Badger #5 at July 15, 2012 06:40 PM (RQjPS)

40 8 Obama: all your cash are belong to us. Because you aren't responsible for earning it. I am responsible for your earning it because I built the roads you drive to work on. Or something.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 15, 2012 06:41 PM (HAnzX)

41 They were on a roll, riding high, T-shirts were printed...and then they met the Marlins.

Posted by: @PurpAv at July 15, 2012 06:41 PM (FCTSt)

42 40 I know you are joking but in fact they went to the WS in 1938.

Posted by: steevy at July 15, 2012 06:41 PM (Xb3hu)

43 The dating tips for engineers was funny.

Posted by: Alex at July 15, 2012 06:42 PM (3+RPg)

44 "11 Damn, the gaming thread has a stronger pulse. Posted by: eman" Maybe people are out watching fireflies with their dogs. I was just outside with my beagle and she's fascinated.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 15, 2012 06:42 PM (HAnzX)

45 We used to use electron microscopy grade glass for cutting sections. I could cut 100 nanometer thick scetions for the electron microscope. The glass has the sharpest edge known. Unfortunately since it is still a liquid the edge last only for an hour or so and is very brittle. I would not shave with it.

Posted by: Picric at July 15, 2012 06:42 PM (GQTcf)

46 @ 46 and what happened in 1938.

Posted by: omed at camp jihaddi. at July 15, 2012 06:43 PM (HiKk0)

47 Isn't that nice? The catpiss troll was in the top comments spewing its stupidity wonderful!

Posted by: phoenixgirl, team dagny at July 15, 2012 06:43 PM (Ho2rs)

48 Apparently the franchise got off to a great start,they are still over .500. Chicago Cubs (8605-8442 W-L, 1903 - 2012) - 2 World Championships, 10 Pennants, and 16 Playoff Appearances

Posted by: steevy at July 15, 2012 06:43 PM (Xb3hu)

49 "12 Didn't tax freedom day used to occur much earlier? Posted by: buzzion" Yup, it used to be in May. They are doing a much better job of bleeding us dry.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 15, 2012 06:43 PM (HAnzX)

50 50 Swept,by a monster Yankees team.The Yankees were so fucking good in the mid to late 30's it's unbelievable.

Posted by: steevy at July 15, 2012 06:45 PM (Xb3hu)

51 Gonna feel bad for all those fucking liberal asshats who loose their job when the 'Higher Education Bubble" pops. real bad, Posted by: honey Badger #5 at July 15, 2012 10:40 PM (RQjPS) Some can be tour guides. "And if you look to your right, you will see the Faculty Lounge. This where the faculty took their breaks and meals and bitched about President Bush."

Posted by: eman at July 15, 2012 06:45 PM (ejmiE)

52 You'll never take me alive bitches!

Posted by: Amelia Earhart at July 15, 2012 06:45 PM (BVkEs)

53 Someone switched Amelia Earhart's sextant with Folger's Coffee Crystals, and now you see what happened!

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at July 15, 2012 06:45 PM (sJTmU)

54 54 And you don't blame that poor fan do you?They had other chances to win.

Posted by: steevy at July 15, 2012 06:46 PM (Xb3hu)

55 Quite an impressive total considering it didn't have that nic for the entire week

Posted by: phoenixgirl, team dagny at July 15, 2012 06:46 PM (Ho2rs)

56 The rain just eased off...I'm headed to Walmart to support evil corporate America in its quest to keep the little people down and impoverished.

I will drink that soda and eat that foof with the greatest contempt in my heart only because I need hydration and sustenance to continue the struggle comrades.

Pray for me as I walk straight into the belly of the beast.

Posted by: @PurpAv at July 15, 2012 06:46 PM (FCTSt)

57 Actually,Amelia Earhart was lost because her male navigator refused to ask for directions.

Posted by: steevy at July 15, 2012 06:48 PM (Xb3hu)

58 Nice troll busting!

Posted by: eman at July 15, 2012 06:49 PM (ejmiE)

59 Posted by: Katechon at July 15, 2012 10:48 PM (H/oCN) Ah. The Moby finally found out a new thread was up.

Posted by: Scobface at July 15, 2012 06:49 PM (IoNBC)

3 Amelia Earhart was,by many accounts,a poor pilot.

There were a few other female pilots who were close to setting some "Firsts" back then too.

Some said, the whole reason she became a pilot in the first place.....was to go after the "first female pilot" records.

Male or female....setting records should be a secondary concern to developing good piloting skills.

Or the consequences could be deadly.

Posted by: wheatie at July 15, 2012 06:49 PM (MbB0O)

61 If I recall correctly, the wartime St. Louis Browns had a one armed outfield in the lineup.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at July 15, 2012 06:50 PM (0/KEo)

62 Wow, that was fast.

Posted by: Scobface at July 15, 2012 06:50 PM (IoNBC)

63 33 Crude lie - the Cubs were never good. Only in some parallel universe...

"Cecil Adams" (a pseudonym that has passed through a few hands) once made my favorite Cubs comment. Someone asked:

Q: Is it true that turkeys will open their mouths when it rains, and then drown?

A: If it were, the godforsaken Chicago Cubs would never be able to field a team.

Posted by: Splunge at July 15, 2012 06:50 PM (2IW5Q)

64 66 Yep.

Posted by: steevy at July 15, 2012 06:50 PM (Xb3hu)

65 67 Exactly.Poor Bartman still gets blamed though by many.

Posted by: steevy at July 15, 2012 06:51 PM (Xb3hu)

66 Lightning quick, SeÃ±or TB3K. Grassy-ass.

Posted by: DC in Towson at July 15, 2012 06:51 PM (N/WI2)

67 Transcripts? Certainly, citizen. For which speech?

Posted by: Barakus Obamus I at July 15, 2012 06:52 PM (FcR7P)

68 My daughter is a geological engineer. She married one of her own kind and ... it didn't work out. Wonders never cease.

Posted by: Pecos at July 15, 2012 06:52 PM (2Gb0y)

69 Cubs don't get no respect.

Posted by: Steve Bartman at July 15, 2012 06:52 PM (0/KEo)

70 Or the consequences could be deadly.

Posted by: wheatie at July 15, 2012 10:49 PM (MbB0O)

Yeah why you could end up crashing somewhere in the pacific and doom you and your male co-pilot.

Posted by: buzzion at July 15, 2012 06:52 PM (GULKT)

71 Obama will release an EO making the Chicago Cubs World Series Champions for Life.

Posted by: eman at July 15, 2012 06:52 PM (ejmiE)

72 77 Obama will release an EO making the Chicago Cubs World Series Champions for Life.

I hope he does. It might wake up the country in a way that none of his outrages has yet.

Posted by: Splunge at July 15, 2012 06:53 PM (2IW5Q)

73 "The trouble is, college grads in the "humanities" (or at least in English and Literature) cannot think and don't have the faintest idea how to analyze anything. Posted by: Dianna" That wasn't as true years ago. I went to a not particularly demanding state university in the late sixties, early seventies, and professors didn't let you get away with just spouting of opinions. You had to justify what you said and at least show some logic. History professors could really tear apart your reasoning, and you learned the first few weeks of freshman year not to just write a bunch of drivel. They were also like that in classroom discussions. And people who were of a more conservative bent were not disrespected.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 15, 2012 06:53 PM (HAnzX)

74 They didn't account for the weight of her cosmetics.

Posted by: eman at July 15, 2012 06:53 PM (ejmiE)

75 St. Louis Browns (3414-4465 W-L, 1902 - 1953) - 1 Pennant and 1 Playoff Appearance

Posted by: steevy at July 15, 2012 06:54 PM (Xb3hu)

76 The Tornados vid. Goovy.
Combination sounds of Waikikis, Santana and Emerson Lake and Palmer.

Posted by: Deli LLama at July 15, 2012 06:54 PM (uv9eO)

Okay, looking for the Moron Horde collective info again.

The deal is, since I'm attempting to live on the income from John's life insurance (and Aid to Dependant Children for a bit) it would behoove me to be in a state with low taxes and low cost of living. As much as I'd like to go back to family in CO, housing prices and living costs make it less attractive than it normally would be. I also need a state that is accepting of home-schooling, is relatively sunny, and has a moderate climate.

The question is, which states qualify best?

Posted by: Polliwogette, teahada Hobbit at July 15, 2012 06:55 PM (h6HiH)

78 I love the barely perceptible hum of the TB3K in the evenings. Sounds like....victory

Posted by: Lt.Col Kilgore at July 15, 2012 06:55 PM (JMmQ9)

79 What I believe happened in universities is that people like Bill Ayers and Bernaboob Dorn got higher degrees and became profs, because, well, they were useless in the real world. They changed the entire culture at universities.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 15, 2012 06:55 PM (HAnzX)

80 shit...raining again.

Posted by: @PurpAv at July 15, 2012 06:55 PM (FCTSt)

81 >The question is, which states qualify best?

Posted by: Polliwogette, teahada Hobbit at July 15, 2012 10:55 PM (h6HiH)

Colorado housing is cheap at the moment, thanks to Barney Frank and Chris Dodd

Posted by: Jones in CO at July 15, 2012 06:57 PM (8sCoq)

82 I think people want to finish what we started in 2008. Push Tax Freedom Day all the way to Christmas?

Posted by: t-bird at July 15, 2012 06:58 PM (FcR7P)

83 I think the future for higher ed lies in self-paced on-line instruction, similar to the program recently announced in the University of Wisconsin system.

Posted by: Scobface at July 15, 2012 06:58 PM (IoNBC)

84 86 What I believe happened in universities is that people like Bill Ayers and Bernaboob Dorn got higher degrees and became profs, because, well, they were useless in the real world.

They changed the entire culture at universities.

One interesting claim is that this all can be laid at the feet of the Vietnam War draft, and the college exemption. The lefties stayed in college as long as they could, rather than serve, collecting advanced degrees, then found that they were only fit for professorships, so they stayed on.

Posted by: Splunge at July 15, 2012 06:58 PM (2IW5Q)

85 When I was young Telstar hit the radio and it was on the charts for a loong time. It was different from anything on the playlists at the time and the whole satellite phenomena spoke of optimism for the future.

Posted by: Steve Bartman at July 15, 2012 06:58 PM (0/KEo)

86 I think terrorists just figured out how to sneak razor sharp bladed onto a plane...carry on rocks. Posted by: @PurpAv at July 15, 2012 10:32 PM (FCTSt) ------------------------------------------------------ And your point is?

Posted by: Muslim Geologist at July 15, 2012 06:59 PM (jucos)

87 Those lefty academia numbers are really kind of frightening. What it means is there will be NO exposure to conservative thinking outside of a few STEM subjects in the future for college students.

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 15, 2012 06:59 PM (ccXZP)

88 Rats! Silly baseball sock.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at July 15, 2012 06:59 PM (0/KEo)

89 93 When I was young Telstar hit the radio and it was on the charts for a loong time. It was different from anything on the playlists at the time and the whole satellite phenomena spoke of optimism for the future.

Might want to revert that sock if you want an accepting ear for your words...

Posted by: Splunge at July 15, 2012 06:59 PM (2IW5Q)

90 how to stop a conversation with a liberal - "I've been noticing a lot of dead Mexicans lately, like 300 of 'em"

Posted by: DHChron at July 15, 2012 06:59 PM (FpBe1)

91 One interesting claim is that this all can be laid at the feet of the Vietnam War draft, and the college exemption. The lefties stayed in college as long as they could, rather than serve, collecting advanced degrees, then found that they were only fit for professorships, so they stayed on. Posted by: Splunge at July 15, 2012 10:58 PM (2IW5Q) I remember plenty of teachers who said they stayed in school to beat the draft. They were all lefties.

Posted by: eman at July 15, 2012 07:00 PM (ejmiE)

92 The best way to fix college is to get the federal government out of the financial aid equation. If student loans were guaranteed by actual banks or if the universities guaranteed their own loans, you wouldn't see a lot of loans being awarded to people majoring in women's studies or (fill in the blank) science. Banks would make loans to people majoring in subjects that actually lead to good paying jobs cuz they kind of want their money back some day. (Sorry Occupiers)

I suspect that the cost of a college education would actually go down because, just like the housing bubble, the cost of college will keep going up until the money tap is turned off.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 15, 2012 07:01 PM (61yvg)

93 Malamutt wrut @ 78,

They also sent up a midget to take one at bat......the midget got walked on 4 pitches and was promptly pitch ran for.

Eddie Gaedel was the guy. Bill Veeck, who owned the Browns at the time, snuck Gaedel's contract through the AL front office in such a way that they never got wind of the prank, the point of which (of course) was to put a guy up whose strike zone was so tiny that a pitcher would find it nearly impossible to get a ball through it.

Veeck warned Gaedel never to take the bat off his shoulder, under penalty of death. He told Gaedel that he'd be stationing a sniper in the owner's box with instructions to shoot to kill if he swung.

Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis at July 15, 2012 07:01 PM (IlZPo)

94 Those lefty academia numbers are really kind of frightening. What it means is there will be NO exposure to conservative thinking outside of a few STEM subjects in the future for college students. Posted by: GnuBreed at July 15, 2012 10:59 PM (ccXZP) The University system is dying.

Posted by: eman at July 15, 2012 07:01 PM (ejmiE)

95 So I thought the italics were fixed. Apparently not.

Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis at July 15, 2012 07:02 PM (IlZPo)

96 Cost of living is very good in Utah polli and a lot of folks hoomeschool or pursue online education even at secondary level. Universities, esp UVU, are cheap and offer a lot of programs for non-traditional students. And you would be driving distance to CO. I cant stay but DM me on twitter uf you want to talk. Im the collie you follow.

Posted by: Y-not on phone at July 15, 2012 07:02 PM (5H6zj)

97 Colorado housing is cheap at the moment, thanks to Barney Frank and Chris Dodd

3 BDR / 2 BTH, 1600 SF. Slight smoke damage. Recently discounted.

Posted by: Real Estate Classified at July 15, 2012 07:02 PM (3+RPg)

98 Obama will release an EO making the Chicago Cubs World Series Champions for Life.

That's just so untrue. Let me be clear, I am a long time, passionate Chicago White Sox fan. I've spent many a day at Cominsky Field watching many of my favorite players, like the great...

... uh, yeah. Big time Sox fan.

Posted by: new Longmire episode at July 15, 2012 07:02 PM (EBjQ/)

99
I remember dodging the draft by enlisting.

Posted by: irongrampa at July 15, 2012 07:02 PM (SAMxH)

100 Oh, and he wore the number "7/8".

Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis at July 15, 2012 07:02 PM (IlZPo)

101 Yea, I like the Soxes, but growing up overseas in the Hawaiis, I's also followeds the Oakland Asses.

Posted by: Barrys Husseinns Obamas at July 15, 2012 07:03 PM (BVkEs)

102 I get to keep what I earn? What sort of crazy teabagger notion is that anyway? I mean shouldn't I be turning it over to some lazy good for nothing shitheel who's never worked a day in their life? Isn't that the "compassionate" thing to do? Ain't socialism grand?

Posted by: StuckonStupid at July 15, 2012 07:04 PM (R5yLq)

103 The one armed outfielder was named Pete Gray,here is his complete ML line. 51-234 .218 BA 6 doubles 2 triples,no homeruns 26 runs scored 13 RBI 5 steals caught 6 times 13 walks 11 strikeouts .259 OBP .261 Slugging pct

Posted by: steevy at July 15, 2012 07:04 PM (Xb3hu)

104

Posted by: Jones in CO at July 15, 2012 10:57 PM (8sCoq)

My understanding is that it's cheap relative to itself vs. a couple of years ago. Compared to small town MO, which is where I'd need to *sell* a house, it would be tough to get anything remotely comprable.

Posted by: Polliwogette, teahada Hobbit at July 15, 2012 07:04 PM (h6HiH)

105 54 And you don't blame that poor fan do you?They had other chances to win. Posted by: steevy at July 15, 2012 10:46 PM (Xb3hu) -------------------------------------------------------- Yeah, fuck you guys.

Posted by: Steve Bartman at July 15, 2012 07:04 PM (jucos)

106 112 Better than any of us could do,I'd bet.

Posted by: steevy at July 15, 2012 07:05 PM (Xb3hu)

107 "There was a baseball team named the Browns?"

Started as the Milwaukee Brewers, moved to St. Louis the on to Baltimore as the Orioles.

Posted by: lowandslow at July 15, 2012 07:05 PM (GZitp)

108 The plan for the inauguration speech launching the second term is to announce that Tax Freedom day will now be February 29th.

Obama voters will be overjoyed with this victory over dreary Austrian economics.

Posted by: epobirs at July 15, 2012 07:06 PM (kcfmt)

109 The University system is dying.

It isn't dying, it's just overinflated in it's importance.

One big solution is to get rid of the graduate level programs that don't need to be graduate level. If the requirements for the bar were the same as those for getting your CPA, you'd see a lot Poli-Sci departments take a hit. Same with if Medical School was not restricted by so many state regulations.

Posted by: Alex at July 15, 2012 07:07 PM (3+RPg)

110 And IIRC, after the Gaedel incident the AL instituted a policy of delaying new player activations for 24 hours, to prevent further such pranks by Veeck.

There's a great bio of Veeck, VeeckÂ—as in Wreck, that's probably long out of print but worth finding for any baseball fan.

Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis at July 15, 2012 07:07 PM (IlZPo)

111 The Peoples Cube just repaid the link earlier via FB. Weird seeing a link to AoS on my FB feed.

Posted by: Hal Burton at July 15, 2012 07:07 PM (iYvMQ)

112 Im the collie you follow.

Posted by: Y-not on phone at July 15, 2012 11:02 PM (5H6zj)

I know you're probably already gone, but wanted to thank you for the grin that line gave me.

Posted by: Polliwogette, teahada Hobbit at July 15, 2012 07:07 PM (h6HiH)

113 My neighbor across the street just bought a 2006 vintage repo a few miles dowb the road that sold for $400k in 2006 for $160k. He had to dump about $30k in to make it habitable again.

The FL real estate market is still in a coma, many bargains to be had.

Posted by: @PurpAv at July 15, 2012 07:07 PM (FCTSt)

114

I guess Stanley Ann never told him if would stay like that if he kept doing it:

http://tinyurl.com/7qyjbo9

Someone must have told him it looks like Mussolini's Frown.

Posted by: 66chevelle at July 15, 2012 07:07 PM (QjSgY)

115 Srsly, Jones? Home prices are going down in CO?

I hadn't noticed out here. Is this a mountain / west-slope thing?

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 15, 2012 07:07 PM (QTHTd)

116 Utah weather is good too btw. Siuthern utah is desert but its economy tracks to vegas so i wld not recommend. Utah or salt lake counties is where i wld recommend. Unemployment rate is improving too downside is salaries are lower bit cost of living seems to compensate.

Posted by: Y-not on phone at July 15, 2012 07:08 PM (5H6zj)

117 111 I get to keep what I earn? What sort of crazy teabagger notion is that anyway? I mean shouldn't I be turning it over to some lazy good for nothing shitheel who's never worked a day in their life? Isn't that the "compassionate" thing to do?

You didn't earn it. I mean, did you build the road you drove over to get to work? Huh? Huh? Did you?

Posted by: Barack H. Obama at July 15, 2012 07:08 PM (2IW5Q)

118 Geez, I didn't realize I could kill an ONT so early.

Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis at July 15, 2012 07:10 PM (IlZPo)

119 Even more amazing is that Pete Gray had 3 OF assists including one resulting in a double play.Throwing with the same arm he caught with.He was good in CF but in LF he made 6 errors,probably in switching to the throw,he made only one error in CF.

Posted by: steevy at July 15, 2012 07:10 PM (Xb3hu)

120 Midget pinch-hitters have never killed an ONT yet, and they're not going to start now.

Posted by: Splunge at July 15, 2012 07:11 PM (2IW5Q)

121 Obama 2008: Hope and Change

Obama 2012: Let Me Tap That Ass Again

Posted by: Craig Poe at July 15, 2012 07:11 PM (BVkEs)

122

Posted by: @PurpAv at July 15, 2012 11:07 PM (FCTSt)

Did he do the work himself or pay someone to do it? I'd need to pay someone, one of the problems I'm running into here, so have to take that into account. I believe Moki recently commented that FL was difficult about home-schooling, although if she's around and I misunderstood I'd be happy to be corrected.

Posted by: Polliwogette, teahada Hobbit at July 15, 2012 07:11 PM (h6HiH)

123 Midget pinch-hitters have never killed an ONT yet, and they're not going to start now.

Looks like this one's been cut off at the knees.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 15, 2012 07:12 PM (xKC/c)

124 We're cunning, baffling, and powerful.

Posted by: Secret Society of Midget Pinch Hitters at July 15, 2012 07:12 PM (IoNBC)

125 The University system is dying. It is a dead man walking. When the bubble bursts plenty of Universities will survive, but 20 years later almost all will be gone. Replaced by computers and freelancing teachers. Something similar will happen to Government education.

Posted by: eman at July 15, 2012 07:12 PM (ejmiE)

126 We the students collective are fighting to save higher education from oppressors like you all! We must purge the colleges is andro-normative, anglo-normative and heteronormative thinking by giving the social SCIENTISTS more money and power to revision humanity into a non-hierarchical utopia of consensus. Also we need to kick out all the strait white males who do not admit their own privilege because of kyriarchy and stuff! NO juSTice NO PEACe!!;!1!

Posted by: Social SCIENCE Graduate Student at July 15, 2012 07:12 PM (6ypGG)

127 "88 SCOAMF isa White Sox fan. " I don't believe he's a fan at all. I think he just said that to seem like one of the guys. The guy's a fraud even when he discusses sports.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 15, 2012 07:13 PM (HAnzX)

128 So when Sen. John Kyl (R-Ariz.) raised an objection in January of 2009 to the idea of a tax credit for people who donÂ’t pay income taxes, the presidentÂ’s haughty responseÂ—Â”I won. So I think on that one, I trump youÂ”Â—did not in his view fan the flames of resentment or hostility.

Posted by: Baron Vladimir Harkonnen at July 15, 2012 07:13 PM (e8kgV)

129 Boring thread tonight. So thought I would comment on the stone age shave. There is a mountain in Modoc Ca called glass mountain that is entirely obsidian. Driving near it shreds your tires and walking slices open your boots but it is amazing to see but it is very remote and not worth the drive. So there, more boring info for this thread.

Posted by: Unclezeb at July 15, 2012 07:13 PM (Nvirt)

130 What's all this talk about poor woman pilots? I suggest that you don't fucking talk about it unless you strap yourself into the seat and give it a try for yourself.

Posted by: Kara Hultgreen at July 15, 2012 07:14 PM (jucos)

131 @ 138 - Is that at Lava Beds National Monument?

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 15, 2012 07:14 PM (xKC/c)

132 Okay haters, you're asking for a mini rampage.

Posted by: Zombie Billy Barty at July 15, 2012 07:15 PM (BVkEs)

133

Even the last Bush/GOP budget (06) left our Cost of Government day a full /month/ earlier... to think what it could have been if we'd gotten him to reign in the budget like he should have (without Medicare D, DHS, etc)...

Posted by: knob at July 15, 2012 07:15 PM (54hYa)

134 >Srsly, Jones? Home prices are going down in CO?

it's clear I don't know what I'm talking about

Posted by: Jones in CO at July 15, 2012 07:15 PM (8sCoq)

135 Obsidian glass is characterized by conchoidal fractures.

Posted by: eman at July 15, 2012 07:16 PM (ejmiE)

136 no coitis fractures here bro, please keep yo' obsisian away from this mans junk if you please

Posted by: honey Badger #5 at July 15, 2012 07:18 PM (RQjPS)

137 Welcome, Mr. West!

Posted by: Dr. Miguelito Loveless at July 15, 2012 07:18 PM (ejmiE)

138 Little people's unemployment rate is at an all time low.

Posted by: Zombie Billy Barty at July 15, 2012 07:19 PM (BVkEs)

139 So there, more boring info for this thread. Posted by: Unclezeb at July 15, 2012 11:13 PM (Nvirt) don't hold back, go ahead and liven the joint up

Posted by: honey Badger #5 at July 15, 2012 07:19 PM (RQjPS)

140 De plane! De plane!

Posted by: Just Another Dead Midget at July 15, 2012 07:19 PM (IoNBC)

141 Here's some more boring info (FT linky): Fears grow over SyriaÂ’s chemical arms http://tinyurl.com/7kxm5te

Posted by: Kratos at July 15, 2012 07:20 PM (c1WVm)

142 I drove across Massachusetts today, about 200 miles on the nose. Went to Six Flags, so I saw a disproportionate percentage of cars from out of state. Tens of thousands of cars from all over the liberal northeast corridor. One. Obama bumper sticker. One.

Posted by: Truman North, iPhone snob at July 15, 2012 07:20 PM (nZ0lP)

143 Jones: generally houses in the mountains with beautiful views can be had for a song around the Front Range. 200k range. Cheaper than downtown Boulder. (Much cheaper.) Only twice as much as the house in da ghetto I moved out of in Houston. I noticed this when I first moved here. Damn, I thought - what a steal!

That's because of fire insurance, which for some reason is pretty steep in these pine-forested foothills . . .

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 15, 2012 07:20 PM (QTHTd)

144 I tried shaving with a straight edge razor for a month. It was a bad idea. I wasn't good at it and it doesn't provide a real close shave if you're not good at it. You end up pulling your hair out with the blade, not cutting it.

Posted by: Ben at July 15, 2012 07:21 PM (VPxJg)

145 Yeah, shaving with obsidian is an art that's been lost to popular culture.

Posted by: Lizzie "Bald Pits" Warren at July 15, 2012 07:22 PM (IoNBC)

146 154 I tried shaving with a straight edge razor for a month. It was a bad idea.

At least you can use the razor to cut garlic for Mafia Jailhouse Spaghetti.

Posted by: Splunge at July 15, 2012 07:23 PM (2IW5Q)

147 Good episode of Breaking Bad. It's the only show in recent memory that has been consistently good.

Posted by: Ben at July 15, 2012 07:23 PM (VPxJg)

148
Someone mentioned fireflies earlier, they have made a comeback here in the last year, this summer especially.

I can recall as a kid, seeing the back yard literally aglow with them. In recent years, just seeing one was worth a comment.

Posted by: irongrampa at July 15, 2012 07:23 PM (SAMxH)

149 so is Hillary going for the 'sexy grandma' look and boy o boy does she have a big caboose. Pretty sure she is glad Bill has heart issues so he is not fooking strangers....

Posted by: honey Badger #5 at July 15, 2012 07:24 PM (RQjPS)

150 I see Hillary is traveling with her own furniture nowadays; that is: her ass looks like a couch.

Posted by: Craig Poe at July 15, 2012 07:25 PM (BVkEs)

151 154,
Ben, then, there's the bleeding thing, right along the jawbone...

Posted by: ChrisP at July 15, 2012 07:25 PM (fCiv+)

152 There's a number of 300k-range homes up in Nederland, for instance :
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/ 5729-Magnolia-Dr-Nederland-CO-80466/13193235_zpid/

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 15, 2012 07:25 PM (QTHTd)

153 159 so is Hillary going for the 'sexy grandma' look

and boy o boy does she have a big caboose.

Never thought I'd say it, but for today I'm on her side -- a bunch of filthy savages threw tomatoes and shoes at her car while she was representing the U.S. That dog won't hunt.

Posted by: Splunge at July 15, 2012 07:26 PM (2IW5Q)

154

"Amelia Earhart was,by many accounts,a poor pilot."

And she couldn't park a car either.

. http://tinyurl.com/7qpzxh4

Posted by: 66chevelle at July 15, 2012 07:26 PM (QjSgY)

155 I haven't said this for a while, so I'll just pause here for a bit.

Thank you, steevy. It really helps keep it in mind.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 15, 2012 07:26 PM (kaalw)

156 154,
>>Ben, then, there's the bleeding thing, right along the jawbone...

Fortunately, I never cut myself. If you cut yourself with a straight edge razor then you're fucked. It's never a knick, it's a large slice.

I thought it would be need to try and it might give me a closer shave, but it didn't.

Posted by: Ben at July 15, 2012 07:27 PM (VPxJg)

157 There is a world of difference between "good" and "best thing going". I'll take good any day.

Posted by: Lessons from the Ceramic Throne at July 15, 2012 07:27 PM (0QXZO)

158

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 15, 2012 11:20 PM (QTHTd)

To put it in perspective, our 3 story "gracious living" home here in MO was only a couple thousand more than our *very* average ranch home on a small lot in Windsor, CO. I'd like to keep having a studio area if possible and four kids can't fit just anywhere all without going any more into debt than absolutely necessary.

Posted by: Polliwogette, teahada Hobbit at July 15, 2012 07:27 PM (h6HiH)

159

Y'know, I'm of a mixed feeling about old Hillary! today.

She did her best to kneecap Bush and humiliate Petraeus in 2007 and 2008, and now, executing her incompetent foreign policy, believing in all the BS her own flacks put about "the Muslim Brotherhood" becoming secular.

I mean it's one thing to mouth this BS with the public, but are they actually stupid enough to believe their own lies?

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at July 15, 2012 07:29 PM (sJTmU)

160

Some classy folk down at the TSA:

US airport security guard opens jar of man's ashes, spills them on the floor, then 'stands and laughs' as grandson scrambles to gather them up

Posted by: Hal Burton at July 15, 2012 07:30 PM (iYvMQ)

161 Truman North,

Is it too soon to talk about your (ex) candidate ?

Posted by: Steck at July 15, 2012 07:30 PM (RL7U1)

162 >I thought it would be need to try and it might give me a closer shave, but it didn't.

Posted by: Ben at July 15, 2012 11:27 PM (VPxJg)

it sounds like your razor wasn't sharp enough- you gotta keep it honed, and then do the leather strop thing every time

Posted by: Jones in CO at July 15, 2012 07:30 PM (8sCoq)

163 169 Yes,and they don't care anyway.

Posted by: steevy at July 15, 2012 07:31 PM (Xb3hu)

164 "One. Obama bumper sticker. One. Posted by: Truman North" I think I've seen about 2 Obama bumper stickers in the past couple months here in Michigan. And that includes areas with large black populations. The enthusiasm is gone.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 15, 2012 07:31 PM (HAnzX)

165 Never thought I'd say it, but for today I'm on her side -- a bunch of filthy savages threw tomatoes and shoes at her car while she was representing the U.S. That dog won't hunt. Posted by: Splunge at July 15, 2012 11:26 PM (2IW5Q) Well they were Coptic Christians who got tossed under the bus by Hillary and BHO you do know the Muslim Brothers want to eradicate all non Suni moslems from Egypt, ? or they heard tomatoes cure smelly Bill Clinton inseminated vajayjay

Posted by: honey Badger #5 at July 15, 2012 07:32 PM (RQjPS)

166 >>it sounds like your razor wasn't sharp enough- you gotta keep it honed, and then do the leather strop thing every time

I did, I did. I think I just couldn't get the angle right no matter how hard I tried.

In hindsight, it's good that it didn't work. I was bound to slice open my jugular at some point by accident.

Posted by: Ben at July 15, 2012 07:32 PM (VPxJg)

167 I don't think the dems will get good turn out in Nov.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 15, 2012 07:32 PM (HAnzX)

168 163 Thank you for your support Mr. Splunge.

I'd like to remind you of what I said, way back in the 2008 Dem primary --

"I like to think of myself as a Progressive".

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at July 15, 2012 07:33 PM (ccXZP)

169 174 They'll still vote for him,they just realize he's not that popular.

Posted by: steevy at July 15, 2012 07:33 PM (Xb3hu)

170 >In hindsight, it's good that it didn't work. I was bound to slice open my jugular at some point by accident.

Posted by: Ben at July 15, 2012 11:32 PM (VPxJg)

the learning curve is steep and bloody

Posted by: Jones in CO at July 15, 2012 07:34 PM (8sCoq)

171 Posted by: Polliwogette, teahada Hobbit I can't believe I'm doing this but look into Idaho. Tel all your liberal friends we are raaaacist up here though......

Posted by: honey Badger #5 at July 15, 2012 07:35 PM (RQjPS)

172
Awfully glad to have no mortgage to worry about. The sale of our other house paid for the current one. Not too bad an appreciation for a 30k investment. The market at the time we sold was strong in our area, luckily. This home is smaller--just the two of us now--and has a full finished basement--aka my Man Cave.

Now if I can keep the gov't the hell out of my retirement I'll be well pleased.

Posted by: irongrampa at July 15, 2012 07:35 PM (SAMxH)

173 How is Hawaii not on the top of that list? Giganto Tourism dollars? They consistently go harder left than other states and I know they have a high percentage of government employees (or at least I *think* I know that - it's cheating to look things up when making factual claims!).

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 15, 2012 07:36 PM (bxiXv)

174 Polliwogette - yeah, Windsor's in an increasingly-urban part of CO. It's between FtCollins, Loveland and "The Exact Opposite Of Hawaii", Greeley. I can see that there wouldn't be a lot of open space out there.

If you needed open space, North Park is your kinda place! Only about 1000 people in a huge county. (of frozen tundra)

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 15, 2012 07:36 PM (QTHTd)

175 Too soon? No. Just havent got it down on paper yet. Give it a few days. Although I don't expect another check, I'm still technically on payroll. That will wrap up this week.

Posted by: Truman North, iPhone snob at July 15, 2012 07:36 PM (nZ0lP)

176

Never thought I'd say it, but for today I'm on her side -- a bunch of filthy savages threw tomatoes and shoes at her car while she was representing the U.S. That dog won't hunt.

------

No one in this administration deserves any respect from anyone on the planet.

Its like when they say give SCoaMF the respect of the office of the presidency. Bullshit. Heckle him down anytime he shows his face in public, and if you can get away with not receiving a 20 year prison sentence, throw a tomato at his face too.

Posted by: Hal Burton at July 15, 2012 07:37 PM (iYvMQ)

177 I remember watching a barber shave folks with a straight razor. It was like watching a violinist/surgeon at work.

Posted by: eman at July 15, 2012 07:37 PM (ejmiE)

178 If you want a nice,close straight razor shave,visit a good barber.The hot lather and straight razor make for a great shave.

Posted by: steevy at July 15, 2012 07:38 PM (Xb3hu)

179

Don' t underestimate the power of the Democrat GOTV effort.

They will call in every favor and chip from the unions and party loyalists. AFSCME. SEIU, and Teacher's unions.

They are playing for keeps and they will not lose power without a fight.

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at July 15, 2012 07:38 PM (sJTmU)

180

Posted by: Pecos at July 15, 2012 10:52 PM (2Gb0y)

She'd have better luck with a knifesmith or scissors-maker. But she should avoid men in the paper products industry...too smothering.

Posted by: eenymeeny-Harmony at July 15, 2012 07:38 PM (QjSgY)

181 Pete Gray went back to NE Pennsylvania but never got over losing his job in the majors and had a troubled life. He was from Nanticoke or Wilkes-Barre.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at July 15, 2012 07:39 PM (0/KEo)

182 I don't know why I would use a straight razor (steel or obsidian) any more than I'd commute on an ox. I guess if you're nostalgic, sure, go ahead... but carry a bag and a shovel. And stay out of the passing lane!

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 15, 2012 07:39 PM (bxiXv)

183 Plus, I don't know how much interest there is in the inside baseball stuff, even here at the HQ.

Posted by: Truman North, iPhone snob at July 15, 2012 07:39 PM (nZ0lP)

184 175 Well they were Coptic Christians who got tossed under the bus by Hillary and BHO

Didn't know that. Still don't like the SOS getting bombarded, but it would be even worse to think that my country deserved to have that happen to her representative. Under Obama, I guess that's possible. Ouch.

Posted by: Splunge at July 15, 2012 07:39 PM (2IW5Q)

185 No one who respects the office of president would have elected this anti-American piece of shit to that office. So fuck them if they think I'm going to respect a worthless POS, just because they elected him. THAT dog don't hunt.

Posted by: Hal Burton at July 15, 2012 07:40 PM (iYvMQ)

186 Amelia Earhart commanded Steiner's Detachment in a brilliant pincer manuever and saved Berlin from occupation by the Soviets.

Posted by: Cicero at July 15, 2012 07:40 PM (zMouK)

187 They are playing for keeps and they will not lose power without a fight. Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at July 15, 2012 11:38 PM (sJTmU) Expect five or six Florida 2000 repeats.

Posted by: eman at July 15, 2012 07:40 PM (ejmiE)

188 Heh. Over on Warm Gas, tried to post the following with regard to "the candidates must produce a plan to deal with the train wreck we're headed into":

The plan we need is very simple. There's going to be pain -- things have gone on too long in too many fields to avoid that. So let's choose where the pain hits.

I think that the pain shouldn't hit the farmers of Nebraska, the oil workers of North Dakota, the furniture builders in North Carolina, the casinos of Nevada, the insurance companies of Connecticut, our brave men and women in the military, the media workers in Hollywood, or timbermen in Oregon....half as hard as it hits the worthless Federal bureaucrats in Washington, D. C. that got us to this ugly place.

Fire 3/4 of them, and cut the salaries of the rest. Tell the EPA to stop blowing smoke, the Dept. of Education to stop stuffing dollars into its entire program of failure, open up the resources in the land of the United States to the ingenuity of the people of the United States, end market-distorting subsidies and grants across the board. Put each agency's servers onto the internet, so people can see the dripping contempt and scheming that drives their every action, pink-slip the employees, and sell the buildings so they don't come back.

And every time we hear a sob story from anywhere in the country, fire more bureaucrats. It's not like they've ever helped anything.

****************************

It's been in moderation for about 15 minutes already.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 15, 2012 07:41 PM (kaalw)

189 I keep reading that "Pollywoggate" instead of Pollywogette." Damnable dyslexia. I was wondering if it was the "vanishing frogs" hysteria that turned out to be biologists spreading a disease while studying frogs and not glowball worming after all.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 15, 2012 07:41 PM (bxiXv)

190 If it had been Poles pelting her car with tomatoes, I might bite my tongue.

But Egyptian Islamists don't have the moral authority to smack at a cockroach, IMO. Old-fashioned Victorian gunboat diplomacy is called for, here.

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 15, 2012 07:42 PM (QTHTd)

191 Straight razors do have a certain inexplicable charm one you get used to them.

Posted by: Sweeney Todd at July 15, 2012 07:42 PM (zMouK)

192 Re#133

Yes, but without help are they too much for you?

Posted by: Its a little problem at July 15, 2012 07:42 PM (yVsIQ)

193 Truman, it's inside baseball yes, but most of us wonder like HELL what really goes on on the inside! Also, there's great value in studying what doesn't work as well as what does work ... the whole "I serve as a warning to others" thing.

Posted by: Steck at July 15, 2012 07:43 PM (RL7U1)

194 irongrampa,
Yep, not having a mortage in my old-age is very cool. We owned the land, bought appliances at Lowes, lumber and roofing/siding from the lumber-yard, and built a 3 br. 2 1/2 bath with attached 2 car ourselves.
The prop-taxes suck, but we get a little break due to age/income. WA pretty much sucks, but there we are...

Posted by: ChrisP at July 15, 2012 07:43 PM (fCiv+)

195 I think I've seen about 2 Obama bumper stickers in the past couple months here in Michigan. And that includes areas with large black populations. The enthusiasm is gone. Posted by: nerdygirl at July 15, 2012 11:31 PM IIRC, you're on the west-ish side of the state. I have very different results here in the shadows of The Peoples' Republik of AnnArbor and the fringes of Detroit (Rock City). As an odd data point, I only saw one Barack Milhous Kardashian bumper sticker in Bennington, Vermont when I was there for all of last week. That said, I saw zero point nothing Romney stickerage

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 15, 2012 07:43 PM (JMmQ9)

196 193 Plus, I don't know how much interest there is in the inside baseball stuff, even here at the HQ. Posted by: Truman North, iPhone snob at July 15, 2012 11:39 PM (nZ0lP) I think we don't want you to hurt yourself, and we're wondering how helpful the info will be, as opposed to interesting.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 15, 2012 07:43 PM (bxiXv)

197 >Never thought I'd say it, but for today I'm on her side -- a bunch of filthy savages threw tomatoes and shoes at her car while she was representing the U.S. That dog won't hunt.

Obama's amateurish and incompetent administration has damaged the US' prestige around the world. I'd throw shit at her car too. I despise the whole damn lot of them.

Posted by: Jones in CO at July 15, 2012 07:43 PM (8sCoq)

198 193 Plus, I don't know how much interest there is in the inside baseball stuff, even here at the HQ.

Posted by: Truman North, iPhone snob at July 15, 2012 11:39 PM (nZ0lP)

We can always skip over your comment and yell at you for posting it. Come on, we have to put up with soothsayer all damn day long. One rant about a crappy campaign effort won't kill us.

Posted by: buzzion at July 15, 2012 07:43 PM (GULKT)

199 It's been in moderation for about 15 minutes already. Posted by: cthulhu at July 15, 2012 11:41 PM (kaalw) Warmair has a lot of odd "banwords" that put a post on hold.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 15, 2012 07:43 PM (bxiXv)

200 And every time we hear a sob story from anywhere in the country, fire more bureaucrats

Translate that into French, and add the phrase "pour encourager les autres" and we may have a deal.

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 15, 2012 07:43 PM (QTHTd)

201 201 Straight razors do have a certain inexplicable charm one you get used to them. Uh, no.

Posted by: Rambo at July 15, 2012 07:43 PM (c1WVm)

202 They are playing for keeps and they will not lose power without a fight. Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at July 15, 2012 11:38 PM (sJTmU) Sounds a bit too revolutionary to them, I bet. Must be giving them the vapors big time.

Posted by: eman at July 15, 2012 07:44 PM (ejmiE)

203 But Egyptian Islamists don't have the moral authority to smack at a cockroach, IMO. It wasn't Islamists who were protesting Clinton's visit. It was Christians who very clearly see that the administration is supporting the Islamists.

Posted by: Scobface at July 15, 2012 07:44 PM (IoNBC)

204 AltonJackson, at least here in NE Illinois we don't have Romney stickers because it's too much hassle to keep repairing the mysterious deep scratches that appear in the paint shortly thereafter.

Posted by: Steck at July 15, 2012 07:44 PM (RL7U1)

205 I really liked the Breaking Bad premiere tonight too although I didn't care for the very, very final scene. It was good to see Mike returned.

Posted by: andycanuck at July 15, 2012 07:45 PM (vDl/w)

206 Scobface, missed that. In that case, what a waste of tomatoes when I'm sure there was perfectly serviceable poo lying around

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 15, 2012 07:45 PM (QTHTd)

207

The only time I was able to see fireflys was on my Aunt's place in Rockford Illinois. She had a HUGE front yard full of trees and my brother Max and I armed with glass jars used for canning, ran back and forth just after sunset catching em. We wanted to use them for night-lights. My Aunt made us quit early and made us sit down in the living room to watch the moon landing. I, as a young lad, distracted by fireflys, did not appreciate the full impact of the history making event I was watching on Aunt Maxine's Black(and)White T.V that night....

Fireflys..

P.S, I've mined all the spaces with claymores and trip wires tonight....

Posted by: Richard at July 15, 2012 07:45 PM (uiPAK)

208 Yeah, Truman. Tell us all about how the guy got caught screwing a midget.

Posted by: Scobface at July 15, 2012 07:45 PM (IoNBC)

209 Tel all your liberal friends we are raaaacist up here though......

Posted by: honey Badger #5 at July 15, 2012 11:35 PM (RQjPS)

Lol, that would require *having* liberal friends. Idaho is indeed beautiful and Sifty certainly seems to like being there. Does anyone know anything about their rules for homeschooling (or where I could look that up)?

Posted by: Polliwogette, teahada Hobbit at July 15, 2012 07:46 PM (h6HiH)

210

Posted by: irongrampa at July 15, 2012 11:02 PM (SAMxH)

Yeah, I remember avoiding the draft by enlisting

the aid of Senator Fulbright. Hard times, man...hard times.

Posted by: Bill Clinton at July 15, 2012 07:46 PM (QjSgY)

211 In that case, what a waste of tomatoes when I'm sure there was perfectly serviceable poo lying around Heh.

Posted by: Scobface at July 15, 2012 07:47 PM (IoNBC)

212 They are playing for keeps and they will not lose power without a fight. Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at July 15, 2012 11:38 PM (sJTmU) Sounds a bit too revolutionary to them, I bet. Must be giving them the vapors big time. Posted by: eman at July 15, 2012 11:44 PM (ejmiE) Crap. Bloody copy/paste fuck up. *sigh*

Posted by: eman at July 15, 2012 07:47 PM (ejmiE)

213 If you use a straight razor, make sure it is properly sharpened: either the edge gets an ~90deg edge (~45deg bevel on either side), so it will shave hair off your arm (a good test), or use one that uses razor blades ... and make sure the blade ends are rounded. The ones with square ends will leave very fine scratches (i.e., blood) on your face.

Posted by: Arbalest at July 15, 2012 07:47 PM (e/G9r)

214 As a kid I liked to hunt fireflies with a wiffle bat.You'd hit them and they'd look like a tracer.I burned ants with a magnifying glass too.

Posted by: steevy at July 15, 2012 07:47 PM (Xb3hu)

215 Yeah, MAGNETS!

Posted by: Z Jesse Pinkman at July 15, 2012 07:47 PM (tsC/8)

216

OOP's!!

So sorry your missing that leg space stealer.

AND DANG!!! tuck that eyeball back in the socket will ya??

Posted by: Richard at July 15, 2012 07:48 PM (uiPAK)

217 If Breaking Bad starred ICP instead of Walter White, they'd all be fucked.

Posted by: Z Ryan at July 15, 2012 07:48 PM (tsC/8)

218

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 15, 2012 11:36 PM (QTHTd)

Actually, I grew up on a small farm outside of Loveland and know that I prefer being in easy reach of a library so the lack of land isn't a real issue.

Posted by: Polliwogette, teahada Hobbit at July 15, 2012 07:50 PM (h6HiH)

219 > or use one that uses razor blades ... and make sure the blade ends are rounded. The ones with square ends will leave very fine scratches (i.e., blood) on your face.

Posted by: Arbalest at July 15, 2012 11:47 PM (e/G9r)

you're talking about a safety razor, which despite the name will also slice you to ribbons if you're not careful

Posted by: Jones in CO at July 15, 2012 07:50 PM (8sCoq)

220 As a kid I liked to hunt fireflies with a wiffle bat.You'd hit them and they'd look like a tracer.I burned ants with a magnifying glass too. Posted by: steevy at July 15, 2012 11:47 PM (Xb3hu) I dropped molten flaming plastic on ants. Damn, I was a sick little fuck.

Posted by: eman at July 15, 2012 07:50 PM (ejmiE)

221 Actually, it was a tremendous effort, which was killed by a few liabilities. Some of them were my fault, which I can discus. Others were the result of some really basIc shortcomings on behalf of the candidate, due to some specifics which I can sort of talk around. But nOt tonight. I'm bushed Nd I have a very early morning and a long day.

Posted by: Truman North, iPhone snob at July 15, 2012 07:50 PM (nZ0lP)

222 AltonJackson, at least here in NE Illinois we don't have Romney stickers because it's too much hassle to keep repairing the mysterious deep scratches that appear in the paint shortly thereafter. Posted by: Steck at July 15, 2012 11:44 PM Spot on, Steck. A Romney sticker around here earns you four flats, both side mirrors busted, and a bashed windshield.

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 15, 2012 07:51 PM (JMmQ9)

223 Does anyone know anything about their rules for homeschooling (or where I could look that up)? Posted by: Polliwogette, teahada Hobbit at July 15, 2012 11:46 PM (h6HiH) I went to Bing and searched on 'home schooling rules in idaho' and got some good info. In general Idaho is pretty liberty oriented, tell all your friends is sucks here racists, or whatever boogie amn they have small towns around boise have some cheap housing, just don't pick a mexican area and you will be ok

Posted by: honey Badger #5 at July 15, 2012 07:52 PM (RQjPS)

224 >I dropped molten flaming plastic on ants.

Damn, I was a sick little fuck.

Posted by: eman at July 15, 2012 11:50 PM (ejmiE)

when we played with our army men, sometimes we'd put some model glue on the tanks and trucks and light it with a match. This way our pretend battle ground had burning vehicles and stuff. As I recall, sometimes the Germans would get horribly burned in combat.

Posted by: Jones in CO at July 15, 2012 07:53 PM (8sCoq)

225 Heh,
Put a Romney sticker on your car in Seattle. Then come back and try to FIND your car...

Posted by: ChrisP at July 15, 2012 07:53 PM (fCiv+)

226 I haven't been to Loveland's library. Longmont's library (like Boulder's) is unfortunately where hobos go to sleep off their benders. Louisville's is still nice, though.

I prefer that libraries be for reading books, personally. (I sleep off my benders under bridges.)

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 15, 2012 07:54 PM (QTHTd)

227 230 I dropped molten flaming plastic on ants.

Damn, I was a sick little fuck.

Yeah, my magnifying glass was much more humane.

Posted by: Splunge at July 15, 2012 07:54 PM (2IW5Q)

228

If Breaking Bad starred ICP instead of Walter White, they'd all be fucked.

LOL. (After Googlin icp and adding 'magnet'.) The M-word was the first thing I said to myself too.

Posted by: andycanuck at July 15, 2012 07:54 PM (vDl/w)

229 In fact... Good night, friends. Tomorrow...!

Posted by: Truman North, iPhone snob at July 15, 2012 07:54 PM (nZ0lP)

230

you're talking about a safety razor,

No, there are single edge razor blades available at Home Depot (in a spring-loaded cartridge, ejected by thumb) that are for general purpose "stuff" and will fit one of the straight razor variants (frequently used by barbers) that takes a blade.

These will leave marks ... I was 18 ... thought I knew better. The blades barbers use have rounded corners. They are NOT available at Home Depot.

which despite the name will also slice you to ribbons if you're not careful

Yes.

Posted by: Arbalest at July 15, 2012 07:54 PM (e/G9r)

231 I have considered the damage to the car, but decided it was too important a year not to take a stand. In August I'll take my Romney sticker to Detroit, Hamtramck and East Lansing.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at July 15, 2012 07:54 PM (0/KEo)

232 209 It's been in moderation for about 15 minutes already.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 15, 2012 11:41 PM (kaalw)

Warmair has a lot of odd "banwords" that put a post on hold.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 15, 2012 11:43 PM (bxiXv)

I know, but I thought I'd dodged 'em. The longer it's "moderated", the better I reckon my chances of being on a DHS list.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 15, 2012 07:55 PM (kaalw)

233 every comment I make is contradicted- this is awesome

Posted by: Jones in CO at July 15, 2012 07:55 PM (8sCoq)

234

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 15, 2012 11:41 PM (bxiXv)

Lol. I was already Polliwog, but that was taken on Twitter and I wanted to give a nod to the HQ anyway so that's how the name came about.

Posted by: Polliwogette, teahada Hobbit at July 15, 2012 07:55 PM (h6HiH)

235 this is awesome Posted by: Jones in CO at July 15, 2012 11:55 PM (8sCoq) Hell no it's not.

Posted by: Scobface at July 15, 2012 07:56 PM (IoNBC)

236 Ginger was way hotter than Mary Ann

Posted by: Jones in CO at July 15, 2012 07:56 PM (8sCoq)

237 cthulhu: you're posting here. Stinky and I can see you. So can DHS

Posted by: Larches Sojnnoh at July 15, 2012 07:56 PM (e/G9r)

238 every comment I make is contradicted- this is awesome Posted by: Jones in CO at July 15, 2012 11:55 PM (8sCoq) --------------------------------------------------- No they aren't.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at July 15, 2012 07:57 PM (jucos)

239 246 Ginger was way hotter than Mary Ann

No she wa...wait, never mind.

Posted by: Splunge at July 15, 2012 07:57 PM (2IW5Q)

240 243 every comment I make is contradicted- this is awesome

Posted by: Jones in CO at July 15, 2012 11:55 PM (8sCoq)

Not its not.

Posted by: buzzion at July 15, 2012 07:58 PM (GULKT)

241 243 every comment I make is contradicted- this is awesome Posted by: Jones in CO at July 15, 2012 11:55 PM (8sCoq) No it's not.

Posted by: Who said argument? at July 15, 2012 07:58 PM (gIrkv)

242 Ginger was way hotter than Mary Ann

Key word there being was. It didn't last long.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at July 15, 2012 07:59 PM (xKC/c)

243

Ginger was way hotter than Mary Ann - Jones in CO

No she wasn't. Mary Ann was a real nympho.

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at July 15, 2012 08:00 PM (sJTmU)

244

Posted by: honey Badger #5 at July 15, 2012 11:52 PM (RQjPS)

Thanks. I keep forgetting Bing, which I realize is pathetic.

Posted by: Polliwogette, teahada Hobbit at July 15, 2012 08:00 PM (h6HiH)

245 That's it, no wonder they are saying "romney's done". He's afraid of a girl!
And he's displaying the same small minded pettiness you all accuse the current office holder of displaying on a regular basis. But this petty petty petty move towards Sarah Palin is going to come back to haunt romney, particularly with the tea party people and women voters: "Romney Adviser: Sarah Palin Will Not Be Speaking at GOP Convention" http://tiny.cc/octihw

The folks who said he had to ditch the people running his campaign may have been right. If the crew that set palin up with katy couric are involved with romney and it comes out, watch how many people who are republicans/conservatives....re think romney.

Posted by: annoyed at July 15, 2012 08:01 PM (oZfic)

246 I was in a bar one time and I ran into Ginger. Yeah, THAT Ginger. I was makin' jokes and shit and said, "Hey, pull my finger." She laughed her ass off, then got up from the barstool and cut one that made my eyes water, man. True story.

Posted by: Joe Biden at July 15, 2012 08:01 PM (IoNBC)

247 One reason I loved going to grad school at Norwich. Mostly conservative military profs.

Posted by: SGT Dan's Cat at July 15, 2012 08:03 PM (x3vvv)

248 Damn it, there's cat piss on the counter. Someone fetch me a bottle of Pledge

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 15, 2012 08:03 PM (QTHTd)

249 And TIGHAR how has Niku VII - The Search for Amelia Again.

http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Niku7/niku7expedition.html

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 15, 2012 08:03 PM (PHI4f)

250

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 15, 2012 11:54 PM (QTHTd)

Both Loveland and Windsor have very nice libraries, at least up to the last couple of years. I appreciate the warning about the Longmont one. Louisville seems like a nice town, it's actually where my b-i-l lives.

Posted by: Polliwogette, teahada Hobbit at July 15, 2012 08:03 PM (h6HiH)

251 I hope you didn't come here for a good argument, Jones in CO.

Posted by: andycanuck at July 15, 2012 08:04 PM (vDl/w)

252 Over-priced and ideologically out of step with the rest of the country is not a sustainable business model.
***
Only if Republicans ever do something about it.

We need to end most federal assistance for college education since it is only making things worse, and that is a rail Republicans won't dare touch.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 15, 2012 08:06 PM (AUeaU)

253 I was in a bar one time and I ran into Ginger. Yeah, THAT Ginger. I was makin' jokes and shit and said, "Hey, pull my finger."

She laughed her ase off, then got up from the barstool and cut one that made my eyes water, old chap.

Posted by: arthur scargill at July 15, 2012 08:06 PM (vDl/w)

254 Model glue was good for fiery Matchbox/Hotwheels car accidents.

Posted by: steevy at July 15, 2012 08:06 PM (Xb3hu)

255 every comment I make is contradicted- this is awesome Posted by: Jones in CO at July 15, 2012 11:55 PM Everyone else beat me to it

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 15, 2012 08:06 PM (JMmQ9)

256 Good evening moron nation!

Posted by: zeera at July 15, 2012 08:07 PM (XtxRN)

257

Put up a Romney sign on your front lawn.

But dig a bunch of ankle breaker pits around it. Maybe put some razor sharp steel rods pointing up on the bottom. Get u some Val-U-Rite and a Vid cam with "night vision", then jus sit back and watch the FUN!!

Serious folks, they pouse and threaten, we STAND and DEFEAT!

Posted by: Richard at July 15, 2012 08:07 PM (uiPAK)

258 >I hope you didn't come here for a good argument, Jones in CO.

Posted by: andycanuck at July 16, 2012 12:04 AM (vDl/w)

I'm just here for the recipes and kitteh videos

Posted by: Jones in CO at July 15, 2012 08:07 PM (8sCoq)

259 I like Samantha from Bewitched better than Ginger AND MaryAnn.

Posted by: steevy at July 15, 2012 08:08 PM (Xb3hu)

260 I hope you didn't come here for a good argument, Jones in CO.

That vacuous, toffee-nosed, malodorous pervert . . .

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 15, 2012 08:08 PM (QTHTd)

261 Hi zeera!

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 15, 2012 08:09 PM (QTHTd)

262 >Model glue was good for fiery Matchbox/Hotwheels car accidents.

Posted by: steevy at July 16, 2012 12:06 AM (Xb3hu)

I don't know why but this made me think of "The Addams Family" and how Gomez was always staging those model train disasters

Posted by: Jones in CO at July 15, 2012 08:09 PM (8sCoq)

263 Dating Advice for Engineers
***
Sadly, there is a lot of truth in that...but are you really going to be happy if you have to be so radically different from the real you?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 15, 2012 08:10 PM (AUeaU)

264 Breaking Bad memes.

Posted by: andycanuck at July 15, 2012 08:11 PM (vDl/w)

265

<<I drove across Massachusetts today, about 200 miles on the nose.>>

That'll get you all the way to the next county out here.

Posted by: Kramer at July 15, 2012 08:12 PM (71pNg)

266 Congratulations - you've been working exclusively for the government all year until today. And now you get to keep what you earn.^{*
***
You know serfs only had to work half the year for their masters.}

Posted by: 18-1 at July 15, 2012 08:12 PM (AUeaU)

267 Ok, I'm out tomorrow night, mi amigos.

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 15, 2012 08:14 PM (JMmQ9)

268 I like Samantha from Bewitched better than Ginger AND MaryAnn.

Posted by: steevy at July 16, 2012 12:08 AM (Xb3hu)

yes

http://tinyurl.com/7fb673g

Posted by: Jones in CO at July 15, 2012 08:14 PM (8sCoq)

269 thread is flatlining

Posted by: Jones in CO at July 15, 2012 08:16 PM (8sCoq)

270 She was lovely back they, but weren't we all...

Posted by: ChrisP at July 15, 2012 08:16 PM (fCiv+)

271 CosmosockOFF!

Posted by: garrett at July 15, 2012 08:17 PM (71pNg)

272 Back then, dammit!

Posted by: ChrisP at July 15, 2012 08:17 PM (fCiv+)

273 The folks who receive from the gov't teat (aka Takers) don't understand the significance of Tax Freedom Day. And that's what, 52% of the country now? And their vote counts exactly the same as mine? DOOM

Posted by: zeera at July 15, 2012 08:18 PM (XtxRN)

274 What about Barbara Eden in I dream of Jeanie?

Posted by: Thunderb at July 15, 2012 08:18 PM (Dnbau)

275

Ok, I'm caught up. A lot of shaving talk tonight.

I joined a beach vollyball league. Anyone wanna talk about that?

Posted by: Z Ryan at July 15, 2012 08:19 PM (tsC/8)

276 Amelia Earhart was,by many accounts,a poor pilot. Posted by: steevy at July 15, 2012 10:22 PM (Xb3hu) If, by poor pilot you mean that she violated the first rule of powered flight: The number of landings must match the number of take-offs. Here's a bit of cheer for you. Imagine that Earhart and her navigator both survived the landing on that desert island. Two or three weeks later, the food runs out.........which of the two aviators starts thinking about long pork first? 'sup jackwagons.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 15, 2012 08:20 PM (Rhie+)

277 Mostly conservative military profs.
***
Now there is one idea we could adopt from Starship Troopers.

Ex-military "History and Moral Philosophy" teachers/profs in every school.

It would be a good counter to the normal pablum pushed on kids by their edumication teachers.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 15, 2012 08:20 PM (AUeaU)

278 I joined a beach vollyball league. Anyone wanna talk about that?
***
You aren't secretly female by any chance are you?

Posted by: The Male Morons at July 15, 2012 08:21 PM (AUeaU)

279 meh, Munsters had the hotter girls for that period in TV, Yvonne de Carlo and Patrica Priest.

Posted by: The Dude at July 15, 2012 08:22 PM (tw6Ar)

280 And their vote counts exactly the same as mine? DOOM
***
Dude, you need to relax more.

Posted by: The Grasshopper at July 15, 2012 08:22 PM (AUeaU)

281 Now there is one idea we could adopt from Starship Troopers.

It's harder to find ideas in that movie not to adopt.

Anyhoo, nini 'rons

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 15, 2012 08:22 PM (QTHTd)

282 I have a girlfriend, but if you're single, vollyball is the way to go. I got hooted at by two Asian girls after practice today. I should go full Mcconaughey and never wear a shirt.

Posted by: Z Ryan at July 15, 2012 08:23 PM (tsC/8)

283 NYTOL.

Posted by: ChrisP at July 15, 2012 08:23 PM (fCiv+)

284 285 Ok, I'm caught up. A lot of shaving talk tonight.
I joined a beach vollyball league. Anyone wanna talk about that?

Posted by: Z Ryan at July 16, 2012 12:19 AM (tsC/

Hmmmm....beach volleyball and shaving.....what could they have in common?

Posted by: cthulhu at July 15, 2012 08:24 PM (kaalw)

285 I have a girlfriend, but if you're single, vollyball is the way to go.
***
Isn't volleyball normally single sex?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 15, 2012 08:25 PM (AUeaU)

286 Hmmmm....beach volleyball and shaving.....what could they have in common?
***
Brazillians?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 15, 2012 08:26 PM (AUeaU)

287 Our league has a rules that half our team on the court has to be female, and we have to alternate hits between genders.

Posted by: Z Ryan at July 15, 2012 08:28 PM (tsC/8)

288 Hmmmm....beach volleyball and shaving.....what could they have in common?

Posted by: cthulhu at July 16, 2012 12:24 AM (kaalw)

Homoerotic scenes with Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer.

Posted by: buzzion at July 15, 2012 08:31 PM (GULKT)

289

Posted by: Z Ryan at July 16, 2012 12:28 AM (tsC/

sounds uncompetitive

Posted by: The Dude at July 15, 2012 08:31 PM (tw6Ar)

290 Our league has a rules that half our team on the court has to be female, and we have to alternate hits between genders.
***
Have you advocated a shirts and skins rule to keep the teams straight?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 15, 2012 08:32 PM (AUeaU)

291 We'll see. Our first game is on Thursday.

Posted by: Z Ryan at July 15, 2012 08:32 PM (tsC/8)

292 297 Our league has a rules that half our team on the court has to be female, and we have to alternate hits between genders. lol, they are trying to avoid the "Top Gun" effect.

Posted by: Kratos at July 15, 2012 08:32 PM (c1WVm)

293 Our league has a rules that half our team on the court has to be female, and we have to alternate hits between genders. Somehow, I don't think the wimmens will have problems getting hit on.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 15, 2012 08:33 PM (Rhie+)

294 Is it past the trade deadline for US senators?

We here in Illinois would like to know what we could get for senior senator Dick Durbin.

Will settle for any junior up and coming prospect or one-legged dogcatcher, and the dogcatcher would be preferred. Legislative experience not necessary, since they don't do no stinkin' legislating in the Senate anymore anyway.

Posted by: dissent555 at July 15, 2012 08:35 PM (yR6A1)

295 Media silent as Obama tells fainting supporters to get help from 'paralegals'
Nghhh.

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at July 15, 2012 08:37 PM (Qxdfp)

296 oh, and must be less of a dumbass that Durbin.

Posted by: dissent555 at July 15, 2012 08:37 PM (yR6A1)

297 We here in Illinois would like to know what we could get for senior senator Dick Durbin. I'm on extended leave, and resignation isn't out of the question.

Posted by: Jesse Jackson, Jr. at July 15, 2012 08:37 PM (IoNBC)

298 Hey, all! S'new? Everybody ready to start another week?

Next week I should get all my stuff back from the 2 companies who are cleaning it after the apartment complex fire. I should have all the boxes unpacked by this time next week. I didn't realize I had so much. It's saved me money, though. I went to Leavenworth last Saturday and didn't buy anything, even though I really wanted a few things I saw, so there's that, I guess.

Posted by: Theresa at July 15, 2012 08:38 PM (36Yg+)

299 Now that last requirement could pose a problem.

Posted by: Jesse Jackson, Jr. at July 15, 2012 08:38 PM (IoNBC)

300 I went to Leavenworth last Saturday and didn't buy anything, even though I really wanted a few things I saw, so there's that, I guess.

Cigarettes? Shivs made from toothbrush handles? Crude chess pieces carved from rocks?

Inquiring minds want to know.

Posted by: Cicero at July 15, 2012 08:40 PM (zMouK)

301 112 The one armed outfielder was named Pete Gray,here is his complete ML line.

51-234 .218 BA
6 doubles 2 triples,no homeruns
26 runs scored
13 RBI
5 steals caught 6 times
13 walks 11 strikeouts .259 OBP .261 Slugging pct

Posted by: steevy at July 15, 2012 11:04 PM (Xb3hu)

Still beats Uecker, but who made more money off the game?

Posted by: tcn at July 15, 2012 08:41 PM (eFcVx)

302 Outsourcing!(from Gatewaypundit) ItÂ’s going to be a very busy month for the Obama Campaign. Fundraisers are scheduled in Switzerland: Sweden: Paris: And Communist China:

Posted by: steevy at July 15, 2012 08:41 PM (Xb3hu)

303 Heh, forgot to say which Leavenworth, didn't I?

Posted by: Theresa at July 15, 2012 08:42 PM (36Yg+)

304 I've read several books about Amelia Earhart. One was Ric GillespieÂ’s book Â“Finding Amelia: The True Story of the Earhart DisappearanceÂ”, published in 2006. Apparently the British found human remains on GardnerÂ’s Island in 1940 that were since misplaced. The account of the radio distress calls heard by Betty Klenck is absolutely chilling. On the other hand, thereÂ’s also Â“Amelia Earhart: The Mystery SolvedÂ” by Elgen M. Long, published in 1999. He took into account the fuel usage of the Electra (a young Lockheed engineer by the name of Kelly Johnson was involved in calculating those figures) and concluded that there was no way in hell she could have made it to GardnerÂ’s Island, and likely ditched in the ocean near Howland. Earlier, there was Â“The Search for Amelia EarhartÂ” by Fred Goerner, published in 1966. He theorized that she landed in the Marshall Islands and was interned by the Japanese and later died on Saipan. Admiral Chester Nimitz was featured prominently in that book, encouraging Goerner in his investigation. All three books are utterly fascinating, and point in completely different directions. The only way this thing will be settled one way or another is to find the Electra. If the TIGHAR people think she ended up on GardnerÂ’s Island, then they should be focusing on searching the waters around the island for the planeÂ’s remains. But Goerner recounted an eyewitness claim that the plane was found during WWII and was deliberately destroyed.

Posted by: rickl at July 15, 2012 08:43 PM (sdi6R)

305 it's not an embarrassing athlete injury list without mentioning Gus Frerotte
http://tinyurl.com/d8mbfm6

His only good season and he did that.....fucking hilarious watching that live

Posted by: The Dude at July 15, 2012 08:45 PM (tw6Ar)

306 Good evening, M&M's ... router crapped out completely, now hooking directly to the modem

Posted by: kbdabear at July 15, 2012 08:45 PM (Y7XKa)

307 Good evening, MM's ... router crapped out completely, now hooking directly to the modem

Wires are soooo '90's.

Posted by: Cicero at July 15, 2012 08:46 PM (zMouK)

308 315 it's not an embarrassing athlete injury list without mentioning Gus Frerotte
http://tinyurl.com/d8mbfm6

His only good season and he did that.....fucking hilarious watching that live
Posted by: The Dude at July 16, 2012 12:45 AM

Hey, I thought it was funny!

Posted by: Heath Schuler at July 15, 2012 08:47 PM (Y7XKa)

309 314 I don't think the Japanese had any reason to hold her prisoner in 1937.What could she have seen?

Posted by: steevy at July 15, 2012 08:47 PM (Xb3hu)

310 21 Shaving with a chunk of rock? Er no thanks, this beard looks great on me.

Just think of it as a cheap chemical peel. The diff is, of course, that you scrape off three layers of skin instead of two.

Posted by: Jim Sonweed at July 15, 2012 08:48 PM (s+i9F)

311 Still beats Uecker, but who made more money off the game?

Posted by: tcn at July 16, 2012 12:41 AM (eFcVx)

Uecker is the man, even in his age, he still has no problem in doing some of the Usinger commercials

Wish he would get drunk in the booth again

Posted by: The Dude at July 15, 2012 08:49 PM (tw6Ar)

312 Wish he would get drunk in the booth again Me too, man.

Posted by: Joe Namath at July 15, 2012 08:50 PM (IoNBC)

313 263 I was in a bar one time and I ran into Ginger. Yeah, THAT Ginger. I was makin' jokes and shit and said, "Hey, pull my finger."

She laughed her ase off, then got up from the barstool and cut one that made my eyes water, old chap.
Posted by: arthur scargill

*************

I saw what you did there, Arthur....

Posted by: Maggie Thatcher at July 15, 2012 08:50 PM (s+i9F)

314 I like razors that sound like high performance vehicles. Razors with words like "fusion," "mach," and "glide" in the name. And I want as many fucking blades as you can pack into that thing.

Posted by: Z Ryan at July 15, 2012 08:51 PM (tsC/8)

315 Uecker is the man, even in his age, he still has no problem in doing some of the Usinger commercials

Wish he would get drunk in the booth again

Posted by: The Dude at July 16, 2012 12:49 AM (tw6Ar)

Clearly you were not listening to the game today.

Posted by: tcn at July 15, 2012 08:52 PM (eFcVx)

316 I saw what you did there, Arthur....
Misspelt "arse" I'm afraid. :^(

Posted by: arthur scargill at July 15, 2012 08:55 PM (vDl/w)

317 I don't think the Japanese had any reason to hold her prisoner in 1937.What could she have seen?
***
The Japanese had some interesting air/naval technology in the lead up to the war.

As one out of the blue possibility - imagine you are a Japanese commander and spot a couple of Americans hiding in the jungle where you are testing out your new Kawanishi H6K (an airboat).

So you send them to an internment camp and there the commander finds out he has one of America's biggest celebrities imprisoned...and since the Japanese government does not want to piss off the US more then they have to, he takes care of the problem and Earhart disappears...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 15, 2012 08:57 PM (AUeaU)

318 If irongrandpa or other classic car motorheads are still on, there's a few companies that actually stamp out new steel into bodies for classic cars, there's one in MI that does the 55 to 57 Chevy.

If I had all sorts of money, I'd buy one, with the new frame it'll set you back about 35K, but for 70K you'd have a brand new 55 Chevy with up to date technology underneath. You'd spend that for a medium range Audi, Beemer, or Mercedes

Posted by: kbdabear at July 15, 2012 09:00 PM (Y7XKa)

319 #316

Make sure you're running a software firewall.

Posted by: epobirs at July 15, 2012 09:00 PM (kcfmt)

320 hmm Albion Prelude for $2.50 as a flash deal

Posted by: The Dude at July 15, 2012 09:03 PM (tw6Ar)

321 #327 18-1 that is the theory if Earhart managed to be taken to Saipan. She and Noonan were simply killed by the Japanese troops. There have even been 'eyewitness' accounts from locals of a white woman and white man being killed.

In 1943 the Japanese commander of captured Wake Island had the 93 civilian contractors, who were captured when Maj. Devereux surrendered, murdered.

Or in 1944. During the American attack on the island of Truk in the Carolines, around 100 women, (most of them 'Comfort Women' girls forced into prostitution by the Japanese Army) took shelter in a dugout behind the Naval base where they worked. With defeat staring them in the face, the Japanese, fearing that the 'comfort women' would be an encumbrance and an embarrassment, should they fall into American hands, decided to dispose of them. During a lull in the fighting, three ensigns were sent to the dugout. Armed with machine guns, they approached to find a few women emerging from the pitch-dark interior. The women were immediately shot on the spot. Entering the dugout with guns blazing, the ensigns fired randomly in the darkness. When the screams of the women had died down and only the moans of the wounded could be heard, the ensigns flicked on their torches to find around seventy bodies, drenched in blood, lying on the floor

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 15, 2012 09:05 PM (PHI4f)

322 Fat kitteh is on my lap, and she's biting my arm for attention.

Usually she swats at my bare feet from under the desk

Posted by: kbdabear at July 15, 2012 09:10 PM (Y7XKa)

323 Posted by: Anna Puma at July 16, 2012 01:05 AM

That's ok though, because they were racists

Posted by: Tom Hanks at July 15, 2012 09:12 PM (Y7XKa)

324

Done!

Eyes to the "Jolly Roger!!"

"AVAST, ye scurvy DOGS!!" Ye souls be taken, and you nothing left, for the digger, save yer final ditch covered or' by your brothers that wait their own end!

"SO THEN!!" WE must SLAY THEM who mean US HARM!! "WE MUST SHOW THE BEAST OF OUR CAUSES AND SMITE THEM IN FEARFUL MANNER that they may be OVERCOME and RUN FOR FEAR OF COMPLETE RUIN of their kind.

Such as we are ready to lay our lives down......yeah right.....

Posted by: Richard at July 15, 2012 09:13 PM (uiPAK)

325 So, has anybody heard from Miss Tammy lately?

Posted by: Theresa at July 15, 2012 09:18 PM (36Yg+)

326 too bad Moving isn't on, the X games would be something he was asking for in the gaming thread

Posted by: The Dude at July 15, 2012 09:20 PM (tw6Ar)

327 night

Posted by: Richard at July 15, 2012 09:22 PM (uiPAK)

328 Suckers.

Posted by: General Tom Thumb at July 15, 2012 09:22 PM (Q3WfW)

329 Theresa @335 Tammy was on the book thread earlier.

Posted by: Polliwog, Teahada hobbit at July 15, 2012 09:28 PM (h6HiH)

330 time to play The Walking Dead

Posted by: The Dude at July 15, 2012 09:28 PM (tw6Ar)

331 Thanks, Polliwog! I miss seeing her on the ONTs and on the Twitter.

Posted by: Theresa at July 15, 2012 09:30 PM (36Yg+)

332 So you send them to an internment camp and there the commander finds out he has one of America's biggest celebrities imprisoned...and since the Japanese government does not want to piss off the US more then they have to, he takes care of the problem and Earhart disappears... Posted by: 18-1 at July 16, 2012 12:57 AM (AUeaU) Or you give Earhart back as a conciliatory gesture, which makes a hell of a lot more sense given that we had diplomatic relations with Tokyo until just a few hours before Pearl Harbor.

Posted by: Yoshi, Aggrieved Victim of the White Man at July 15, 2012 09:31 PM (csi6Y)

333

There was a TV show in the late 1970s or early 1980s that made a good case for Earhart being a Japanese prisoner. They had a number of GIs that told of finding her plane on some island they captured. Some even wrote down numbers. A special plane was sent from Hawaii, and after looking at it and working on it, an American pilot fly it off the island. The GI that opened the safe on the Japanese commander of the island said on camera that he found her leather monogrammed flight case in the safe and her scarf. That was taken away by the Hawaiian contingent. Officers from that party told the guys that found the plane to keep their mouths shut--they didn't see anything. The show found an old native woman that told of seeing a white woman as a special prisoner. She was often raped publicly by some of the officers. She saw them execute the woman and bury her when the Americans were starting their attack.

The Japanese were worried about US spies viewing their pre-war operations and preparations. The Americans were worried about the US public reaction with a beloved celebrity like Amelia Earhart in light of plans for post-war plans for Japan.

Posted by: Darrell at July 15, 2012 09:35 PM (TY6d2)

334 I'm more liberal than most all of you, but I was told that there'd be no chance of me ever getting a tenure-track position because I was so "conservative." Apparently, not buying into the full Communist philosophy is conservative. Sometimes I wish I could teach...

Posted by: Quint&Jessel, Sea of Azof, Bly, UK at July 15, 2012 09:35 PM (7v5Ct)

335 But when is Telstar coming back? I say we send a team of drillers and roughnecks up now to blow it in half...

Posted by: KZnextzone at July 15, 2012 09:38 PM (UXEgP)

336 I'm more liberal than most all of you
***
Perhaps the treatment you received at the hands of the tolerant, compassionate left might make you reconsider...?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 15, 2012 09:39 PM (AUeaU)

337 Hello mother, hello mother's life partner ...

Occupooper Summer Camp!

http://tinyurl.com/79ktsco

Posted by: kbdabear at July 15, 2012 09:39 PM (Y7XKa)

338 Wait a minute , it stopped hailing, guys are swimming guys are sailing...

Posted by: KZnextzone at July 15, 2012 09:41 PM (UXEgP)

339 343 There was a TV show in the late 1970s or early 1980s that made a good case for Earhart being a Japanese prisoner.

Posted by: Darrell at July 16, 2012 01:35 AM

You're thinking of "In Search Of" hosted by Leonard Nimoy

http://tinyurl.com/7lbvjw8

Posted by: kbdabear at July 15, 2012 09:42 PM (Y7XKa)

340 Or you give Earhart back as a conciliatory gesture, which makes a hell of a lot more sense given that we had diplomatic relations with Tokyo until just a few hours before Pearl Harbor. Posted by: Yoshi, Aggrieved Victim of the White Man at July 16, 2012 01:31 AM (csi6Y) If the diplomats even knew that they had her, yeah, possibly. But the Jap military in '37 wasn't exactly what one would call civilized. They'd likely use 'em for bayonet practice just......because.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 15, 2012 09:42 PM (Rhie+)

341 Posted by: kbdabear at July 16, 2012 01:10 AM (Y7XKa) When my Sadie wants attention she walks across my stomach and rubs her face against my laptop. She only gets bitey when she's overexcited or annoyed.

Posted by: Robert at July 15, 2012 09:42 PM (4ixH5)

342 And good evening.

Posted by: Robert at July 15, 2012 09:42 PM (4ixH5)

343 I find your comments very interesting that they explain the subject of discussion. I didn't think it was possible to get paid to post annoying spam in comment threads all over the internet until my neighbor explained her secret: http://www.democrats.org/

Posted by: David A. at July 15, 2012 09:44 PM (LCWgc)

344

352

I lay in wait...

Posted by: Richard at July 15, 2012 09:46 PM (uiPAK)

345 Theresa @341 I was glad to hear from her as well. Apparently she's back in CA for the moment.

Posted by: Polliwog, Teahada hobbit at July 15, 2012 09:46 PM (h6HiH)

346 After the Japanese government failed to squash the mutiny of the Manchurian army it was only a matter of time. One of the things for a government to form the Prime Minister need a Minister for the Army, the officer selected had to be on active duty. If a PM appointed someone the Army did not like, that guy was immediately retired. So that is how the Army had the veto on the civilian government of Japan in the 1930s. Plus the odd assassination of problem politicians.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 15, 2012 09:47 PM (PHI4f)

347 I lay in wait...

Posted by: Richard at July 16, 2012 01:46 AM (uiPAK)

And I'm waiting to get laid.

I should probably be somewhat moer proactive.

Posted by: Robert at July 15, 2012 09:49 PM (4ixH5)

348

357

You should know....

yes

Posted by: Richard at July 15, 2012 09:51 PM (uiPAK)

349 Although I know it was ahead of its time, I've always had difficulty listening to the song "Telstar". I have OCD and whenever I get wind of that blasted 1962-era battery-operated Clavioline synthesizer (yeah, I've read about it) that sounds to my ears like literally a billion filthy flies all buzzing at once, it practically takes listening to my entire Eagles, Led Zeppelin, and several other classic rock catalogs non-stop for a month to drill it back out.

It didn't help either, of course, when I looked up the history of the song. It turns out its producer, Joe Meek, was not only one of the unluckiest folks on the earth, he was crazy as a loon to boot. Thanks to not paying attention to the contracts he'd already signed, all the royalties from sales of Telstar got tied up in court, leaving Meek virtually penniless, until he was finally awarded said monies in February 1967... exactly one month *after* he had murdered his London landlady, then immediately killed himself in his studio afterwards. Yeesh.

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 15, 2012 09:59 PM (7B7jB)

350 354
352
I lay in wait... Posted by: Richard

*********

Prone?

Supine?

Legs in the air?

Posted by: Jim Sonweed at July 15, 2012 10:03 PM (s+i9F)

351

There are so many things I wish to say,

Yet the space stealers...foil my way....

North Hollywood. is the new COMMIE ENCLAVE,,,,,

Posted by: Richard at July 15, 2012 10:04 PM (uiPAK)

352 Mr. Tech Support Man, I really appreciate the help, I really do. Now stop being an asshole. Thanx, Rob

Posted by: Robert at July 15, 2012 10:07 PM (4ixH5)

353

Posted by: Richard at July 16, 2012 01:51 AM (uiPAK)

Tell me your secrets!

Posted by: Robert at July 15, 2012 10:08 PM (4ixH5)

354

360

Is that a 30 round clip in your pants...or are you just HAPPY to see me?

Posted by: Richard at July 15, 2012 10:08 PM (uiPAK)

355

363

I want to be...just like Gen. Patton......or maybe.....a sniper with wild ass talents out to a mile range and then some...

Love ya "R"

Posted by: Richard at July 15, 2012 10:12 PM (uiPAK)

356 The Obama says Â“if youÂ’ve got a business, you didnÂ’t build that.Â”, well that is just about crazy enough to convince almost everyone who never built a business. Or convince anyone who ever worked at a business where the guy/gal that started it worked harder than anyone else, or convince anyone who ever got up in the morning and went to work somewhere that has been in business for more than two weeks! What a moe-ron! This can't go on. Crush him, Mitt. Right hook! Uppercut! Forget the jabs, man, just pound him! Wade in!

Posted by: and irresolute at July 15, 2012 10:17 PM (Q492A)

357

Posted by: Richard at July 16, 2012 02:12 AM (uiPAK)

Not quite what I meant but...alright, let me see what I can do for ya.

First, get a giant flag for you to speechify in front of.

Posted by: Robert at July 15, 2012 10:19 PM (4ixH5)

358

Hi Polliwog:

I'm late to this thread but here's an interesting site that gives you the ability to input your choices on just about everything and comes up with quite a few towns/cities that match your criteria.

http://www.findyourspot.com/how-it-works

If I recall, you need to register first and then you can Start the Quiz and play forever.

Posted by: orangeblossom at July 15, 2012 10:28 PM (/HOof)

359

Is it JUST POSSIBLE,

That we can now remove the "O SO PROPER LACEY-GRACEY BULL-SHIT that was the GIVE (our side) and the TAKE (Always the Democraps side) and start STOMPING THE SHIT OUT OF THESE FECKLESS BASTARDS ONCE AND FOR ALL!!!??? SERIOUS!!!

TAKE NO POS DEMOCRATES for anything...just stomp them into earth

and make their rubble grow something....for once.

Posted by: Richard at July 15, 2012 10:34 PM (uiPAK)

360

367

O.K

"A Bridge too Far!"

Posted by: Richard at July 15, 2012 10:37 PM (uiPAK)

361

"HOLEY MOLLEY!!!!"

Way to much input.....

"Sorry for the overload tonight...my bad...merlot....bad

Night now M(and)M's

Posted by: Richard at July 15, 2012 10:42 PM (uiPAK)

362 Hellooooooooo Miss Texas 2012!!!!

http://tinyurl.com/cqsylre

Posted by: Robert at July 15, 2012 10:43 PM (4ixH5)

363 Good night, Richard! Take care!

Posted by: Robert at July 15, 2012 10:44 PM (4ixH5)

364 Night Robert.

Posted by: Richard at July 15, 2012 10:48 PM (uiPAK)

365 Merlot...I'm a shiraz/cabernet kinda guy. I made the mistake of hardly eating Thursday night and drinking...a lot. Was only a little tipsy but woke up with an awful hangover. I guess this weight loss thing means I can't drink as much as I used to without feeling it more.

Posted by: Robert at July 15, 2012 10:51 PM (4ixH5)

366 Actually, if you're a poor guy or gal, you're going to have to work a few more days, since you likely spend a higher-than-average proportion of your income on taxation. Keep working for the man.

Posted by: Jordan at July 15, 2012 11:17 PM (RSG1I)

367 This ONT is dead and gay. I mean gone.

Posted by: Robert at July 15, 2012 11:32 PM (4ixH5)

368 the Walking Dead game has more action that the tv show and comic combined and only the second of 5 parts are out

Posted by: The Dude at July 15, 2012 11:53 PM (tw6Ar)

369 Still dead and gay? Here's a picture of two old ladies with big fucking guns. http://tinyurl.com/7gsv3ln

Posted by: Robert at July 16, 2012 12:39 AM (4ixH5)

370 Is that a 30 round clip in your pants...or are you just HAPPY to see me?

Posted by: Richard at July 16, 2012 02:08 AM (uiPAK)

MAGAZINE!!!!!

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 16, 2012 12:41 AM (xa1/W)

371

Consider the amount of expendable income you have left after paying the necessities of life...rent or mortgage, groceries, gas, utilities.

Now consider that the amount you pay in taxes is likely 10 times what you have left over.

Even a 10% reduction in your tax burden would double the money you have available discretionary (i.e., quality-of-life) spending.

Taxes should always be compared to discretionary income, not total income.

Posted by: RokShox at July 16, 2012 12:57 AM (r2y+f)

372 Morning morons. I guess we're in for a week of Mitt the Felon talk. Romney should take Rahm's advice - stop whining, and talk about THE ECONOMY instead.

Posted by: CoolCzech at July 16, 2012 02:19 AM (niZvt)

373 Damn you Malor!!!

Nothing worse than waking up to bad breath and stinky feet leftover from the ONT. It does not go with my rich, delicious Folger's crystals.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 16, 2012 02:42 AM (sbV1u)

374 What is going on in academia has to do with hiring criteria. Many of these positions almost require a social activism type of experience which conservative students just don't have (or don't have the correct kind of). In addition, many rely on applicants having received "Fellowships" (often from government agencies) that have ways of filtering out conservative students. I have actually seen these government "Requests for Application" (which are available online), and they deliberately mix in activist criteria (such as creating better environments for "disadvantaged communities"). So you all are surprised by the results?

Posted by: Isophorone at July 16, 2012 03:48 AM (7HTKr)

375 Concerning Tax Freedom Day....WHERE IS NEW YORK? Working in Manhattan and having to pay two state taxes as a non-resident (yeah...that's right...my state and NY both require state taxes regardless of domicile) I can't help thinking that NY should be just above or below the Nutmeg state.

Posted by: Zippy the chinfed at July 16, 2012 07:52 AM (mZ8RS)

376 The Tax Freedom Day chart was brought to you by our Liberal Arts educated masses, apparently. 51 lines, 26 labels, and what state is IO? Geez.

Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at July 16, 2012 12:07 PM (TZmjF)

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