July 03, 2012
— Maetenloch
What Makes America the Greatest Country in the World?
Well per Aaron Sorkin in The Newsroom: nothing
There's absolutely no evidence to support the statement that we're the greatest country in the world. We're seventh in literacy, 27th in math, 22nd in science, 49th in life expectancy, 178th in infant mortality, third in median household income, number 4 in labor force, and number 4 in exports. We lead the world in only 3 categories: number of incarcerated citizens per capita, number of adults who believe angels are real, and defense spending where we spend more than the next 26 countries combined, 25 of whom are allies.
Okay a lot of these statistics are rather bullshitty and this is a classic example of liberals loving the America that could be rather than the one we have.
But of course what truly makes the US great is our overall score which include among other things the ideals we hold ourselves to, the opportunities and freedom available to everyone, the minor miracles of accomplishments that happen daily, plus a long-running stable, robust culture and government along with a certain coolness factor and joie de vie.
That's a quite rare combination and the reason why the lines to get into the US are so much longer than say Norway.
Update: Slate also gets in on the America-not-so-great bandwagon.Don't be these guys. Let your drunker, not-so-close acquaintances be these guys.
The 12 best Online Reviews of Swords
Well swords are serious business and it pays to heed the wisdom of previous purchasers.
Of the itty-bitty-titty lover's closet that is. NTTAWWT with certain prison-type situations excepted.
Pardon the expression, but when the guys got together to go to what they always called "t*tty bars." Weird, huh? It just bothered me. That's when I knew I was different.I just never got it. Those kind of places just never did and still don't "do" anything for me.
...If people want to judge me, talk about me behind my back ... there goes the guy who doesn't like big t*ts. Fine. Go for it. I don't care anymore.
I'm out. I like myself. The fact is, I like small breasts, always have, always will, and I couldn't be any more happy, comfortable with myself, and proud.
Well we're a big-tent party so I guess if we can accept the libertarians and the Irish, we can somehow accept the non-breast-men too. But just never, ever let them onto the entertainment planning committees.
Show Business For Ugly People: The Yearbook Photos of Politicians
Who knew that a bunch of stoners from the mid-70s would get themselves a White House administration?
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Posted by: steevy at July 03, 2012 05:59 PM (Xb3hu)
Posted by: Gerry at July 03, 2012 06:00 PM (ZTuQe)
Posted by: wierd flunky at July 03, 2012 06:01 PM (tlhtD)
You know I would chose a lacating moose over you so why the patronizing ***bar jokes?
Posted by: Jedediah at July 03, 2012 06:02 PM (lZ7vo)
Posted by: The Political Hat (@ThePoliticalHat) at July 03, 2012 06:02 PM (XYqoq)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 06:02 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 06:04 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 06:05 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Clemenza at July 03, 2012 06:06 PM (8N4Z3)
Posted by: Hrothgar Now with CJSC Approved Serf Status at July 03, 2012 06:06 PM (i3+c5)
Posted by: DaveA at July 03, 2012 06:06 PM (864A5)
Posted by: NewBrunswicker at July 03, 2012 06:07 PM (WBLGe)
About a week ago, I asked supporters like you to share your thoughts on how you want to see this campaign shape up. I'm thrilled to share that hundreds of thousands of supporters responded -- and I wanted to make sure you know it's not too late to add your voice.
The feedback we're getting from this survey is already helping shape the campaign. As we make important strategic decisions over the final four months, your input would mean a lot. Can you take a minute to answer a few questions?
Here are just a few things we've learned from the first respondents:
-- This campaign is made up of a wide range of voices -- one in five respondents identify as health care professionals, one in five as veterans or current military members, one in five as business owners or entrepreneurs, and one in four as students.
-- Of the various reasons listed for supporting this campaign, there was a clear standout: This election should be decided by everyday Americans, not by special-interest and PAC spending. (And we agree.)
-- More than 80 percent believe this will be a very close race.
Early results like this tell me a lot of good things about this campaign and our supporters. We're coming together to build something special -- and it's going to take all of us to get it done at the end of the day.
The stakes in this election are too high to sit back right now. This is your chance to have your voice heard and help shape the campaign:
http://bit.ly/OlrGKt
Thanks,
Messina
Jim Messina
Campaign Manager
Obama for America
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 03, 2012 06:07 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: epobirs at July 03, 2012 06:08 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Dick Nixon at July 03, 2012 06:08 PM (VrVBw)
So -- Kim Kardashian and The Mooch do it for you?
I'd rather hump a running blender.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 03, 2012 06:09 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Clemenza at July 03, 2012 06:09 PM (8N4Z3)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 06:09 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 03, 2012 06:09 PM (XYqoq)
Posted by: teej at July 03, 2012 06:10 PM (8xOfO)
Posted by: Bill Clinton at July 03, 2012 06:10 PM (AUeaU)
The first time around there was a big problem with the grease that could lead to fires. The second time around it was much less greasy but resulted in something like hot pork jerky. NTTAWWT but it seemed to lack a market.
Posted by: epobirs at July 03, 2012 06:10 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Ben at July 03, 2012 06:10 PM (VPxJg)
Posted by: derit at July 03, 2012 06:10 PM (ruiF1)
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 03, 2012 06:11 PM (XYqoq)
Damn right.
The single most important attribute for a set of boobehs is the willingness of the owner of said boobehs to show them off.
Posted by: Bomber at July 03, 2012 06:11 PM (Nev4X)
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 03, 2012 06:13 PM (ccXZP)
Tell you what, you go find me a more exceptional country on the planet and we'll discuss the subject.
I'll wait right here.
Posted by: irongrampa at July 03, 2012 06:13 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: big al at July 03, 2012 06:13 PM (4nxhP)
Posted by: Bomber at July 03, 2012 10:11 PM (Nev4X)
^^^this^^^
http://tinyurl.com/735why7
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 06:13 PM (yh0zB)
Waxman was what, number 58? He's apparently always been hideous, wow.
Hate to say it, but Pelosi was kinda hot. So was Barbara Boxer.
Shame.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at July 03, 2012 06:14 PM (rX1N2)
And just about every negative presented can be attributed to leftist policies.
Posted by: epobirs at July 03, 2012 06:14 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Ben at July 03, 2012 06:15 PM (VPxJg)
(-hidden, half-hidden, between two waves of the sea )
Posted by: Wally in Walla Walla at July 03, 2012 06:15 PM (Dll6b)
Posted by: Bomber at July 03, 2012 06:15 PM (Nev4X)
>>"The President promised us our premiums would go down $2,500 per family per year if we passed his reform; family premiums increased 9 percent last year. President Obama promised us we could keep our plans and our doctors; as many as 20 million Americans will lose their employer-provided health plans. President Obama promised us he would “protect Medicare;” Medicare’s Chief Actuary says the Obamacare cuts to providers are “unrealistic” and not sustainable, and millions of seniors will lose access to Medicare Advantage plans and benefits. The President promised us he wouldn’t raise taxes on middle class families making less than $250,000 a year; Obamacare raises taxes on health plans, medical devices, prescription drugs, and employers, and 75% of the individual mandate tax will fall on the middle class. Over 20 million individuals will remain uninsured, and health care spending will be higher than it would have been if the law had not passed. President Obama campaigned against Hillary Clinton’s individual mandate and John McCain’s tax increase on generous health care insurance, and included both in Obamacare.<<"
Posted by: willy at July 03, 2012 06:16 PM (kUCQ4)
Well shit, by that definition, the only real ones in the world belong to Mrs Bomber. And they're not real all the time.
Posted by: Bomber at July 03, 2012 06:16 PM (Nev4X)
Posted by: CDR M at July 03, 2012 06:17 PM (EFzYw)
What the hell?
This is more like it:
http://is.gd/gGrSFi
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 03, 2012 06:17 PM (nEUpB)
Posted by: irongrampa at July 03, 2012 10:13 PM (SAMxH)
I'll just sit here with you for a while. Greatest. Country. Ever. Anyone that doesn't believe it...well you know.
And now we've had the moonlight, I know it's early, but how about some sunrise as well?
http://tinyurl.com/yded29t
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 06:17 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 03, 2012 06:18 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 03, 2012 06:19 PM (Rhie+)
Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at July 03, 2012 06:19 PM (a5ljo)
Posted by: epobirs at July 03, 2012 06:19 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 06:19 PM (yh0zB)
I assume you are talking about America. If so...do you need company?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 03, 2012 06:19 PM (nEUpB)
Posted by: Mark at July 03, 2012 06:20 PM (fEXaF)
Posted by: Bomber at July 03, 2012 06:20 PM (Nev4X)
Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at July 03, 2012 10:19 PM (a5ljo)
Oh, is it the Memorial Day ONT already? My how time flies...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 06:20 PM (yh0zB)
Libs want us first in that statistic - they hate babies.
Posted by: zmdavid at July 03, 2012 10:16 PM (oZLqu)
And this is a bullshit statistic anyway since unlike the US many countries don't count stillbirths or deaths within so many days of birth in their mortality stats.
Posted by: Mætenloch at July 03, 2012 06:21 PM (pAlYe)
Which ones? DC scares me more than Afghanistan.
Posted by: Bomber at July 03, 2012 06:21 PM (Nev4X)
I think if we got rid of every stinking liberal and their policy failures in virtually every category we would rise to #1 in every category pretty damn quick.
And we're still the greatest country in the world DESPITE the aforementioned idiot liberals.
Posted by: jjmurphy at July 03, 2012 06:21 PM (gWO5X)
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 03, 2012 06:22 PM (XYqoq)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 03, 2012 06:22 PM (piMMO)
http://tinyurl.com/cfcu5aa
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 06:22 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Bomber at July 03, 2012 06:23 PM (Nev4X)
And not at half staff!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 03, 2012 06:23 PM (nEUpB)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 03, 2012 06:23 PM (Rhie+)
Posted by: Bon Qui Qui at July 03, 2012 06:24 PM (Nq0e3)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 03, 2012 06:25 PM (Rhie+)
Ann Coulter had a pretty good column a few years back in which the large field of wouldbe Democrat nominees for President was considered from the perspective of the owner of a 7-11 store. Would you leave any of these guys on their own behind the counter for a full shift?
Posted by: epobirs at July 03, 2012 06:25 PM (kcfmt)
***
If not now, when? If not here, where? If not YOU, who?
Posted by: Some Brad Johnson (seriously who the hell is Brad Johnson) at July 03, 2012 06:25 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: andycanuck at July 03, 2012 06:27 PM (nrW1y)
http://tinyurl.com/424hq3d
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 06:27 PM (yh0zB)
Libs want us first in that statistic - they hate babies.
Posted by: zmdavid at July 03, 2012 10:16 PM (oZLqu)
And this is a bullshit statistic anyway since unlike the US many countries don't count stillbirths or deaths within so many days of birth in their mortality stats.
Posted by: Mætenloch at July 03, 2012 10:21 PM (pAlYe)
It also include births of infants born below a certain weight. We count them in our statistics so if they die ours go up. WHO doesn't require it so many places like Cuba get to be ahead of us because they can just let underweight babies die without affecting their ranking.
Posted by: buzzion at July 03, 2012 06:28 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: NewBrunswicker at July 03, 2012 06:29 PM (WBLGe)
>>You go to tinyurl.com and the rest should be obvious.
Thanks!
@ RS: Declaration of Independence, not Dependence
http://tinyurl.com/73qsd2f
Posted by: willy at July 03, 2012 06:29 PM (kUCQ4)
Uh, Aaron. Think about this one. Which institution is responsible for making sure that America is higher in those categories?
And who runs that institution?
Hint: Think "Wisconsin".
Posted by: AmishDude at July 03, 2012 06:30 PM (T0NGe)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 03, 2012 10:23 PM (nEUpB)
Nope, that deserves full...er...cocked...
http://tinyurl.com/89tk2xq
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 06:30 PM (yh0zB)
The beauty of what used to be our healthcare system saved a lot of premature babies. Who knows what those stats will look like if O-care remains the law of the land.
Posted by: no good deed at July 03, 2012 06:31 PM (0lYad)
Posted by: Waterhouse at July 03, 2012 06:31 PM (Ems1E)
Posted by: AD at July 03, 2012 06:31 PM (RjIvD)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative)
Well-said, and echoed.
Posted by: Dianna at July 03, 2012 06:31 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: Grey Fox at July 03, 2012 06:32 PM (IPRN+)
http://youtu.be/AHcjjxYbgNM
Posted by: derit at July 03, 2012 06:32 PM (ruiF1)
As I date women in their late 40's and early 50's.... I've found that I prefer women with smaller breasts...
At our Age, Gravity is NOT our Friend...
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 03, 2012 06:32 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: General Woundwort at July 03, 2012 06:33 PM (DWgdc)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at July 03, 2012 06:34 PM (QJbZH)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 03, 2012 10:28 PM (piMMO)
I don't want a woman I'm afraid of breaking. Too many of them are like fine china, they're pretty and all but it's best to leave them on the shelf.
Youse guys get all dried out down there? Eldest Daughter said it rained like a cow pissing on a flat rock.
http://tinyurl.com/7cshw7n
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 06:34 PM (yh0zB)
Reid looks like a ginger. Never trust a ginger. Never.
All that dog, cat, fox picture needs is a bunny.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and all that at July 03, 2012 06:35 PM (CP+yl)
Posted by: Truman North, iPhone snob at July 03, 2012 06:35 PM (I2LwF)
The "Bat Boy" from Weekly World News.
Posted by: Not Drinking Nearly Enough at July 03, 2012 06:36 PM (HtUdo)
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at July 03, 2012 06:36 PM (pJbuO)
Some company would be nice. You, me and GGE could have a beer and discuss the subject.
I'd be quite honored.
Posted by: irongrampa at July 03, 2012 06:36 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 10:34 PM (yh0zB)
We got two inches in a couple hours up here along the Blue Ridge a couple nights ago. It was very welcome.
Posted by: Grey Fox at July 03, 2012 06:37 PM (IPRN+)
Posted by: AD at July 03, 2012 10:31 PM (RjIvD)
Where is that "like" button...
http://tinyurl.com/6hxopxy
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 06:37 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: steevy at July 03, 2012 06:39 PM (Xb3hu)
Most of our illiteracy in Language and Mathematics is derived from the influx of illegal border crossers and visa overstayers and their progeny.
Remove those numbers and the US does quite nicely.
Which is another reason all those other countries do better; all their citizens are of one racial group with the same local ethnicity and mores.
The US on the other hand is a blend of cultures and races with language, mores ethnicities and religions mixed together intermingling and rubbing each other the wrong way.
It's one of the US's many charms.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and all that at July 03, 2012 06:40 PM (CP+yl)
Youse guys get all dried out down there? Eldest Daughter said it rained like a cow pissing on a flat rock.
****
Not quite yet, and it's been in the high 90s so it's muggy as hell and mold is forming everywhere. As with Fay a few years ago, the rain overwhelmed the capacity for drain-off in my yard and filled my crawlspace. Now the soil underneath my house is smelly.
We got hammered much harder by Debby than by Beryl, and Beryl was a direct hit. A one pint, the fire department blocked off my neighborhood to traffic. http://flic.kr/p/cmven3
Where's your daughter located?
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 03, 2012 06:41 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Adriane Loves the Classics but is Easily Confused at July 03, 2012 06:41 PM (qmMAj)
Finally: why does it piss you off so much for Americans to assert that we are NOT ordinary, but exceptional?
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at July 03, 2012 06:41 PM (pJbuO)
And for the owner, quite painful.
I wouldn't turn the one on the left away though.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and all that at July 03, 2012 06:41 PM (CP+yl)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VaazQfxGso&feature=related
Posted by: epobirs at July 03, 2012 06:41 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: irongrampa at July 03, 2012 10:36 PM (SAMxH)
Cheers!
We got two inches in a couple hours up here along the Blue Ridge a couplenights ago. It was very welcome.
Posted by: Grey Fox at July 03, 2012 10:37 PM (IPRN+)
We got a gullywasher down here in Raleigh a couple of days ago, too. Small limbs out of the trees and now I have a tree I have to cut down cause it cracked the trunk. Not looking forward to that, good thing it's a small tree and well away from any structures.
Now that Jimmy Stewart, he was a great American. BGEN James Stewart, I should say. Man, what would it have been like to call home and say "Jimmy Stewart is my CO!"
http://tinyurl.com/849owwh
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 06:42 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 03, 2012 06:42 PM (XYqoq)
Posted by: blindside at July 03, 2012 06:42 PM (ajjwb)
****
There are assholes down here who refer to Gov. Scott as Bat Boy.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 03, 2012 06:43 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and all that at July 03, 2012 06:43 PM (CP+yl)
We got two inches in a couple hours up here along the Blue Ridge a couplenights ago. It was very welcome.
Posted by: Grey Fox at July 03, 2012 10:37 PM (IPRN+)
My wife got a couple of inches along the gulf coast a couple of nights ago. She was very welcome.
Posted by: Ammo Dump at July 03, 2012 06:44 PM (YYyqq)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 03, 2012 06:45 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 03, 2012 10:41 PM (piMMO)
She's on the westside just off of Commonwealth. Not a great neighborhood, she moved there for the school. Son In Law's folks are in Arlington. They had a problem with their septic system flooding, I was surprised to hear Arlington is not on the city sewer system.
http://tinyurl.com/7psvhpp
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 06:45 PM (yh0zB)
The Framers declared their independence from a huge, efficient and all-powerful central government 236 years ago.
Alas, no. George III never had nearly as much power over his American subjects as our own government has over us now. As a matter of fact, the revolution started as a way of preserving the status quo, of keeping the colonists' existing rights as English subjects from perceived attempts to turn back towards absolutism, and only got into the grand, universal ideals stuff when we realized that we had to declare ourselves independent to keep what we already had as British subjects! It was an essentially conservative revolution, at least at the beginning, and in that may lie the reason why it never headed into guillotine territory and dictatorship.
Posted by: Grey Fox at July 03, 2012 06:45 PM (IPRN+)
I popped the new Rush album into my comp, and the track display listed everything in Chinese characters.
Posted by: Waterhouse at July 03, 2012 06:45 PM (Ems1E)
Posted by: fluffy at July 03, 2012 10:02 PM (z9HTb)
How you doin'!
Posted by: RushBabe at July 03, 2012 06:46 PM (qxsyW)
Posted by: EROWMER at July 03, 2012 06:46 PM (sIm3i)
Well per Aaron Sorkin in The Newsroom: nothing
When Sorkin and his fellow Hollywood elitist leftists are begging for change on Sepulveda Blvd, then America may have a chance to reclaim greatness
There's absolutely no evidence to support the statement that we're the greatest country in the world. We're seventh in literacy, 27th in math, 22nd in science
Yet we're number 1 in spending per student. What's Sorkin's flippant 60 minute solution for that?
Posted by: kbdabear at July 03, 2012 06:46 PM (Y+DPZ)
The only flag I routinely fly is on my little boat. I used to fly flag every time I went out, but after the vote on O-care I switched to the first Naval Ensign (snake with stripes). I was hoping that after last week I could go back, but the snake will stay.
Probably a foolish sentiment, but there it is.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at July 03, 2012 06:46 PM (QJbZH)
Posted by: Booger at July 03, 2012 06:47 PM (HI6wa)
a superabundance of self-esteem in K-12, except when the kiddies are being trained to rage at injustices, both archaic and imagined.
Posted by: derit at July 03, 2012 06:48 PM (ruiF1)
Posted by: Ammo Dump at July 03, 2012 10:44 PM (YYyqq)
How many tries did it take you to accomplish that much?
I'd link another tune but this one's not done yet...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 06:48 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Dianna at July 03, 2012 06:48 PM (mKMj1)
Posted by: kbdabear at July 03, 2012 06:49 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 03, 2012 06:49 PM (XYqoq)
There are so many things wrong with this statement. Ranking is useless without knowing some details about the distribution of scores. 7th in literacy when you have 97% literacy and the 1st place has 99% is a lot less shocking. It's the same with the math and science scores. We score something like 50-60 points less than the 1st place scores, a difference of usually less than 10%. The question is do we want to spend the resources to move up in place, or do we want to direct those resources towards a better return somewhere else.
Posted by: Alex at July 03, 2012 06:50 PM (rjeWV)
Posted by: toby928© at July 03, 2012 06:50 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 03, 2012 06:50 PM (XYqoq)
I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism.
Everyone's exceptional and special, you see.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 03, 2012 06:50 PM (ccXZP)
Yeah, fuckwad uses his (previously unknown in history) constitutionally protected freedoms to amass tens of millions of dollars in the free market of history's oldest democracy, protected by a fighting force and people that has borne the brunt of seeing off the world's various totalitarian movements, allowing the rest of the West to blow their wads on candy ass 'social goods' while America continues to lead the world in technological innovations which have lifted billions out of poverty and horrible suffering....but yeah, America isn't the greatest country in the world.
Fuck you dickhead. Lick my hairy fuckin' balls.
Posted by: Lurking Canuck at July 03, 2012 06:51 PM (Mfvci)
And, horrifically, I would've hit on that early version of H-Rod.
Posted by: Waterhouse at July 03, 2012 06:51 PM (Ems1E)
Posted by: Ammo Dump at July 03, 2012 10:44 PM (YYyqq)
How many tries did it take you to accomplish that much?
I'd link another tune but this one's not done yet...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 10:48 PM (yh0zB)
Went three times that night. In, out, and in. Oh yeah!
Damn, even joking around isn't as fun after the O-tax ruling.
Posted by: Ammo Dump at July 03, 2012 06:52 PM (YYyqq)
You can see but can't touch. You have to pay just to watch. One false move and you're 86'd. And you can't even "help yourself" while watching.
What. Is. The. Point?
If I want to look at naked women while getting drunk, I'll go home.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and all that at July 03, 2012 06:52 PM (CP+yl)
"I believe that hurricanes are caused by high barometric pressure, not gay marriage"
I may give him a pass if Jim Cantore told him that
Posted by: kbdabear at July 03, 2012 06:53 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: epobirs at July 03, 2012 06:53 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: TJexcite at July 03, 2012 06:53 PM (N+7to)
You are aware that many of those places are merely showrooms for take-home service, are you not?
Posted by: epobirs at July 03, 2012 06:54 PM (kcfmt)
Best Independence Day video ever! I just watched it for the five thousandth time...
http://tinyurl.com/7grwbcy
Ima let you have that one, but this one still makes my hair stand on end.
Posted by: RushBabe at July 03, 2012 06:54 PM (qxsyW)
Damn, even joking around isn't as fun after the O-tax ruling.
Posted by: Ammo Dump at July 03, 2012 10:52 PM (YYyqq)
ROFL!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 06:55 PM (yh0zB)
Yet Sorkin continues to live and work in this place he thinks is a hellhole.
I guess he ruled France out when he discovered that Jews aren't exactly loved there
Posted by: kbdabear at July 03, 2012 06:56 PM (Y+DPZ)
At one of our ice cream places in town all the muscle cars gather on weekends, along with a raft of oldies. Think American Graffiti if you will. The people who run the stand made a designated parking area, and everyone wanders by to look over the machinery.
It's grown into a custom and I love it.
Posted by: irongrampa at July 03, 2012 06:56 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: toby928© at July 03, 2012 06:57 PM (QupBk)
Who the Hell is Aaron Sorkin and what has he ever done in his life that gives him the knowledge or authority to speak about anything except what a small dick he must have?
I mean the classic would be "Aaron Sorkin - never heard of him!" - Charles Gibson.
But really, who are these man-punks and why does anybody pay any attention to a bunch of rabbit chested pencil neck geeks like Sorkin or Maher or any of the rest of the jelly spined boy children of Hollyweird?
He's a punk and the only power he has is what is granted to him because of his "celebrity". Worthless and weak and all the more reason to ignore him and his pathetic little TV show.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at July 03, 2012 06:57 PM (sJTmU)
Republicans and more men than women?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and all that at July 03, 2012 06:57 PM (CP+yl)
Are you kidding? He's a self-loathing Jew of course. He ruled out France because of their high taxes on the rich.
Posted by: chemjeff at July 03, 2012 06:58 PM (LK3ef)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 03, 2012 06:58 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Booger at July 03, 2012 06:58 PM (HI6wa)
http://tinyurl.com/c5tcley
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 06:59 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at July 03, 2012 06:59 PM (ZhEoC)
Posted by: Berserker at July 03, 2012 06:59 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 03, 2012 07:00 PM (J6kXj)
There's too many Mick Jagger mannerism and not enough peeping-tomism in that video.
Posted by: derit at July 03, 2012 07:01 PM (ruiF1)
What!
That. That would be ILLEGAL!!!!!!!
That cannot BEEEEE.
No self respecting woman would sell her body for mere coins!!!
I've never seen the point of THAT either.
Pay? To have sex with her previous "lovers"? Plus they're very cold and indifferent. Oops. I mean I THINK they'd be very cold and indifferent.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and all that at July 03, 2012 07:01 PM (CP+yl)
Posted by: Ammo Dump at July 03, 2012 10:44 PM (YYyqq)
If she was "welcome" over a couple of inches, you've got to check out one of those penis enhancement sites, PDQ.
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at July 03, 2012 07:02 PM (pJbuO)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 03, 2012 07:02 PM (05RcU)
Posted by: irongrampa at July 03, 2012 10:56 PM (SAMxH)
There's a cruise-in in the small town of Lenoir NC that is a must-see. One of those Mayberry kind of towns, they close off 4 blocks of the Main Street 3 blocks deep and it gets filled with cars of all types, from the old classics (oldest one I saw last time was a 1914 Model T touring car in original condition, beautiful!) to brand-new ponycars.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 07:02 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 03, 2012 07:03 PM (05RcU)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 03, 2012 07:04 PM (JMmQ9)
http://tinyurl.com/78736fg
and a gal in Kalamazoo
http://tinyurl.com/798j4pm
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 07:05 PM (yh0zB)
She's on the westside just off of Commonwealth. Not a great neighborhood, she moved there for the school. Son In Law's folks are in Arlington. They had a problem with their septic system flooding, I was surprised to hear Arlington is not on the city sewer system.
***
She's less than 10 miles from me. The Westside really got nailed with the flooding. Is she in college?
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 03, 2012 07:06 PM (piMMO)
really?
umm.... how can you tell? is there like a secret code word or something?
Posted by: chemjeff at July 03, 2012 07:06 PM (LK3ef)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, New Caprica Sanitation Department at July 03, 2012 07:06 PM (x8wJs)
Posted by: blindside at July 03, 2012 10:42 PM (ajjwb)
I took mine down and replaced it with a Gadsden when SCOAMF came to town. It will be replaced with Old Glory when a real prez is installed.
Posted by: RushBabe at July 03, 2012 07:06 PM (qxsyW)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 03, 2012 11:06 PM (piMMO)
Nope, she's there for the grandkid's school. She actually works all the way out in Baldwin, that's where we lived when Cecil Field was still NAS Cecil Field.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 07:07 PM (yh0zB)
http://bit.ly/IREhAD
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 03, 2012 07:07 PM (piMMO)
It's grown into a custom and I love it.
Posted by: irongrampa at July 03, 2012 10:56 PM
It's a Friday night custom at Bob's Big Boy on Riverside Drive in Burbank. Sometimes Jay Leno shows up to take a look at the machines
Posted by: kbdabear at July 03, 2012 07:07 PM (Y+DPZ)
Not the good ones. Which is to say the expensive ones.
Terry Pratchett put it best with the phrase 'ladies of negotiable affection.'
Posted by: epobirs at July 03, 2012 07:09 PM (kcfmt)
Not far at all.
Didn't ever post any pics, I am still trying to master that, and it seems to be above my pay grade yet.
Posted by: irongrampa at July 03, 2012 07:09 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, New Caprica Sanitation Department at July 03, 2012 11:06 PM (x8wJs)
ALL of my Glenn Miller links are intentional! lol
Here's a repeat...
http://tinyurl.com/cd3dykx
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 07:09 PM (yh0zB)
"I believe that hurricanes are caused by high barometric pressure, not gay marriage"
I may give him a pass if Jim Cantore told him that
**********
If Jim Cantore told him that, he would be a shocking full frontal incompetent.
Hurricanes occur during very LOW barometric pressure.
Why do you think weathermen are always talking about tropical depressions?
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at July 03, 2012 07:09 PM (pJbuO)
I know the symbolism but it implies an inevitability. It is only used in that manner when a vessel is irretrievably lost but still afloat.
Due to the Constitution AND the power vested in the PEOPLE, we are not lost yet.
We may have a bloody battle on our hands in the future and we well may lose then but we still have many options.
Black pennant would be more appropriate along with other flags signalling one's inclination to fight. (the American Way)
Turn THEIR icons upside down. Use the red circle and slash over THEIR favored positions and deities.
Just flying the flag is sufficient to piss most liberals off.
Fly it proud and Fly it loud.
We haven't been beaten YET.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and all that at July 03, 2012 07:09 PM (CP+yl)
Posted by: Booger at July 03, 2012 07:09 PM (HI6wa)
Suck on that, Sorkin.
My first trip to a strip club? I went with the wife and my dad. I may have wandered into a couple in the French Quarter prior to that, but I didn't pay or stay then.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 03, 2012 07:09 PM (ccXZP)
Fly the flag as you would normally.
And fix bayonets.
People, get over your acute funk. If we let this stuttering bumblefuck of a dork president buffalo this country with his band of incompetent goofs, then we are not nearly as tough and resilient as we thought we were. Brave men have given up all their tomorrows in far away places, far from home, that we might live in Freedom. I'll be damned if I let this blithering loser of a president and his ninny sycophants undermine that which was so nobly and terribly paid for.
When I was a kid, my Mom told me we never got as close to a dictatorship as we were under Franklin Roosevelt. We somehow survived that madness (although the damage he did to the Republic still is with us today), and shook a lot of it off. We will shake off this nonsense too. It is going to be painful and difficult, but this is not a job for weak willies. Some of us won't live long enough to see this corruption upended completely, but as sure as day follows night, we will overcome this idiocy of the Obama era, and this country shall see a new birth of freedom
"....that this nation of the people, by the people and for the people, shall not perish from the earth!"
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at July 03, 2012 07:10 PM (sJTmU)
Used to see him at the Rock Store a lot back in the late 70s/early 80s when he wasn't very well known. His ride for a lot of that period was a Honda CBX.
Posted by: epobirs at July 03, 2012 07:10 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Bob at July 03, 2012 07:11 PM (HWUv9)
But since then, we've given the world the internet, Oprah, Lady Gaga, and SCOAMF.
One outta four ain't bad. In soccer.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at July 03, 2012 07:11 PM (hO8IJ)
We don't care who your daddy is.
We don't care about your tribe's blood feud from a hundred generations ago.
We don't care about what scrap of sheepskin that has your name on it.
We care about what you can do now.
What else am I missing?
Posted by: derit at July 03, 2012 07:11 PM (ruiF1)
That is my first thought when I hear the bullshit about 'America is a very young country.' As if our population just sprang into existence rather than coming from existing cultures and all the world was full of nations that had been under a stable regime for over two centuries.
Even if you consider the Civil War a reboot we're still very old compared to most other governments. France change ownership how many times since the US was founded?
Posted by: epobirs at July 03, 2012 07:13 PM (kcfmt)
I'm not, it's not a friendly history.
Posted by: DaveA at July 03, 2012 07:13 PM (864A5)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 03, 2012 07:13 PM (Rhie+)
Another Euroweenie complained how scary American cities are. First, don't go sightseeing to check out the "gangsta" culture, and second, British and French cities are as bad as Philly and Chicago nowadays
Posted by: kbdabear at July 03, 2012 07:14 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, New Caprica Sanitation Department at July 03, 2012 11:10 PM (x8wJs)
Aye aye Sir! Carrying on, Sir!
http://tinyurl.com/ces5lpl
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 07:14 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 03, 2012 07:14 PM (JMmQ9)
It's mostly me who perceives the cold and indifferent. Let's face it, unless they personally know you, it's an act. It's an act more contrived than that scene from When Harry Met Sally.
I can't get involved with that lack. (my hangup)
As to picking one out at a tatta bar? Hmm again, unless you've spent a shit load of dough or are personally known to them, not many are so inclined due to "legal repercussions". (and you've been spending your money from the wrong direction IMO.)
I'm just an old fashioned guy and have been that way since 2.
Sometimes I wish otherwise as I've seen many seem to have more "fun" than me but then I hear of the pitfalls and dangers that can occur and feel just fine with my decisions.
YMMV
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and all that at July 03, 2012 07:15 PM (CP+yl)
****
Ahhhh. There's a GREAT prep school over there.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 03, 2012 07:15 PM (piMMO)
****
Oh! And I didn't know there were any parts of the inner loop isn't on city services.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 03, 2012 07:16 PM (piMMO)
There is some software out there that has a very odd interpretation of the Red Book standard. If the CD was mastered with that software it can cause a lot of systems that implement the more elaborate features to have problems.
Posted by: epobirs at July 03, 2012 07:16 PM (kcfmt)
Goodnite, good people. Have a fine 4th, and stay safe.
Posted by: irongrampa at July 03, 2012 07:17 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: honey Badger #5 at July 03, 2012 07:17 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: DaveA at July 03, 2012 11:13 PM (864A5)
So I hear.
And fix bayonets.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at July 03, 2012 11:10 PM (sJTmU)
I got a Commie tomato stake rifle with a foot and a half of bayonet, damn thing is as tall as I am with the pigsticker attached. Commie rifle for a commie sonsabitch, bring it on!
I'm probably gonna run out of music pretty soon so I'll have to start repeating them.
http://tinyurl.com/825tfel
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 07:18 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 03, 2012 07:18 PM (Rhie+)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 03, 2012 07:18 PM (05RcU)
"........And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor."
I hope that we can do as well, with as much at stake. This is going to be a great struggle and we should embrace it. Ignore the suck, and grab for the gusto. As long as we are alive, we should be glad for the opportunity to redeem the great gift our forefathers have given us.
Up the Republic! Down with the tyranny of the SCOAMF!
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at July 03, 2012 07:19 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: Garrison Keillor at July 03, 2012 07:19 PM (7+pP9)
When dissent reared it's ugly head,
He bravely turned his tail and fled ..
Chief Justice John Roberts Has Escaped To Malta
http://tinyurl.com/88jll4d
Posted by: kbdabear at July 03, 2012 07:19 PM (Y+DPZ)
Wikipedia indicates San Marino has the only constitution older than ours.
I'm older than the constitutions of Greece, Spain, and Portugal, FFS.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at July 03, 2012 07:19 PM (hO8IJ)
Boobeh and kitteh
Posted by: DaveA at July 03, 2012 07:21 PM (864A5)
I was visiting an Indiana University-affiliated hospital tonight, and spotted a minivan with Ontario license plates. Enjoy it while you can, suckers.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at July 03, 2012 07:21 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at July 03, 2012 11:19 PM (hO8IJ)
And in much better condition, so you have that going for you...
http://tinyurl.com/cfcu5aa
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 07:21 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 03, 2012 07:22 PM (JMmQ9)
Yup. I've never had it do that before. Seems like an odd first choice.
Posted by: Waterhouse at July 03, 2012 07:22 PM (Ems1E)
It started back during LBJ and Medicare/Medicaid. That's when the 'crats interferred with the doctor patient relationship and started telling doctors how much they were worth.
The doctors thought it would be neat to have a secure paycheck until the government started screwing them on payments and being slow in paying and all the paper work but by then the system was entrenched and the distortion in the Medical Industry was too far gone to retrace the steps.
It will get worse under ACA and there' s limited time window to stop it. Trouble is it still will leave us with a distorted system that many depend on for their livelihood and for their life.
I don't have a workable answer and really, neither does either party.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and all that at July 03, 2012 07:23 PM (CP+yl)
We lead the world in health care innovation, which is why a lot of countries are expecting ObamaCare to be bad for them because their own nationalized systems produce few advances.
We also foot the bill for nearly all of the new drug development because we're just about the only place on the planet that doesn't threaten to violate patents if we don't get the goods for the same price as a generic of a drug introduced thirty years ago.
Say goodbye to both of those. Without a profit motive the business of drug research is likely to grind to a halt. Research is too easy to cut when the takers are demanding more free doses of the existing stuff.
Posted by: epobirs at July 03, 2012 07:23 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: dwagyak at July 03, 2012 07:24 PM (N7K64)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 03, 2012 07:26 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 03, 2012 11:22 PM (JMmQ9)
Yeah! what he said!
http://tinyurl.com/7oadhtq
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 07:27 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Johnny at July 03, 2012 07:28 PM (AfBnQ)
Lets tax medical devices too, that should really help innovation!
Posted by: Hrothgar Now with CJSC Approved Serf Status at July 03, 2012 07:28 PM (i3+c5)
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 03, 2012 07:29 PM (mO2XR)
Posted by: honey Badger #5 at July 03, 2012 07:29 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 03, 2012 07:29 PM (05RcU)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 03, 2012 07:30 PM (Rhie+)
Him and Axelrod are to the scariest by a wide margin... even Al Gore looks only like a semi-douche in comparison
Posted by: Bob's Country Bunker at July 03, 2012 07:30 PM (Bxm/r)
Posted by: honey Badger #5 at July 03, 2012 07:31 PM (RQjPS)
Didn't FDR go after Hitler to make sure Uncle Joe had breathing room?
After all the Nazis didn't attack Pearl Harbor!
Posted by: Hrothgar Now with CJSC Approved Serf Status at July 03, 2012 07:31 PM (i3+c5)
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 03, 2012 07:32 PM (mO2XR)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 03, 2012 11:29 PM (05RcU)
I thought he was a Captain, but maybe he was posthumously promoted?
http://tinyurl.com/7hwht4k
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 07:32 PM (yh0zB)
Goes back farther than that. The wage freezes ordered by FDR turned medical insurance from an obscure little corner of the business into a very useful bargaining tool for convincing someone to leave a job for your company when it was illegal for you to simply offer more money.
Typical hamfisted social engineering from the FDR crowd. By the time the wage freezes were relaxed the growth in medical insurance had the insurance industry abuzz at the potential for a new growth sector. Naturally, the incumbents formed lobbying associations to conspire against new competitors. They also came up with new scheme to replace the wage freeze as a means to make medical insurance into a major employment perk. In 1953 they bought enough influence to get Congress to pass a law that gave a hefty tax break to large employers who offered coverage. Those big companies loved it because it in turn gave them another weapon against new entries to their respective fields.
This in turn gave the bleeding hearts, who'd long pushed for following the UK nationalization of medical services, a new approach to getting the government involved.
Not quite a march through the institutions but very similar.
Posted by: epobirs at July 03, 2012 07:32 PM (kcfmt)
Wikipedia indicates San Marino has the only constitution older than ours.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at July 03, 2012 11:19 PM (hO8IJ)
According to Wiki, the defense of San Marino is the responsibility of Italy, by arrangement between the two governments. I would submit that therefore, the age of San Marino's constitution doesn't count.
No nation can honorably call itself such unless they are willing to defend themselves.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 03, 2012 11:30 PM (Rhie+)
Were they ever conquered in between the constitutions implementation and today? Because I believe that would reset their government even if they went back to the old constitution once becoming sovereign again.
Posted by: buzzion at July 03, 2012 07:32 PM (GULKT)
The highschool recap: Scott Walker is just hotter than shit.
Repeat: Hotter Than. Shit.
Posted by: Derak at July 03, 2012 07:33 PM (9elvY)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 03, 2012 07:33 PM (05RcU)
When dissent reared it's ugly head,
He bravely turned his tail and fled ..
Chief Justice John Roberts Has Escaped To Malta
http://tinyurl.com/88jll4d
****
This isn't the media praise and adulation he was looking for..
Posted by: willy at July 03, 2012 07:33 PM (kUCQ4)
Posted by: toby928© at July 03, 2012 07:33 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Senator John Blutarsky at July 03, 2012 07:33 PM (Rhie+)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 03, 2012 07:34 PM (05RcU)
I wondered why the history was so botched until I saw interviews with NBC News personalities and lefty celebrities, so I figured NBC News produced it and it's worthless as a history documentary
Posted by: kbdabear at July 03, 2012 07:34 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 03, 2012 07:35 PM (XYqoq)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 03, 2012 07:35 PM (05RcU)
Any nation dependent on another for its defense is a vassal. We don't exert our will over Europe overmuch but we don't really want to be responsible for them. It was simply a lot cheaper for us to take on the job of keeping the USSR in check than let Europe descend into war again. Especially with the knowledge that the oceans wouldn't serve as an effective barrier much longer as long range aircraft development continued.
Posted by: epobirs at July 03, 2012 07:37 PM (kcfmt)
http://tinyurl.com/8a4sxcx
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 07:37 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 03, 2012 07:37 PM (05RcU)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 03, 2012 07:38 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Ricky Minor at July 03, 2012 07:38 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Jake at July 03, 2012 07:38 PM (RQjPS)
Regarding the size of breasts, ( or lack thereof)
I was lucky enough to import my wife from China.
They are not exactly famous for their buxom qualities.
I maintain that there is much to be said for a 100 lb
"spinner"
Posted by: al zimer at July 03, 2012 07:39 PM (h1lXu)
Posted by: ICBM engineers at July 03, 2012 07:39 PM (mO2XR)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 03, 2012 07:40 PM (05RcU)
I will try and recall some history of San Marino. If I recall they elected a Marxist government in the 1950's and then, after it went to hell, threw them out in a popular election. For many years that was the only Communist government overturned peaceably.
They are quite old, from the top of my head the 9th Century or so?
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at July 03, 2012 07:40 PM (QJbZH)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 03, 2012 07:41 PM (Rhie+)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 07:43 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 03, 2012 07:44 PM (XYqoq)
Posted by: ICBM engineers at July 03, 2012 07:44 PM (mO2XR)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 03, 2012 11:41 PM (Rhie+)
Yes. IF they had that.
Posted by: buzzion at July 03, 2012 07:45 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: B5D - 19K, call me Gordon Freeman at July 03, 2012 07:45 PM (qqlqB)
Posted by: al zimer at July 03, 2012 07:46 PM (h1lXu)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 03, 2012 07:47 PM (Rhie+)
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 03, 2012 07:47 PM (mO2XR)
Posted by: DAve at July 03, 2012 07:49 PM (h+/7G)
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 03, 2012 07:49 PM (XYqoq)
Regarding the size of breasts, ( or lack thereof)
I was lucky enough to import my wife from China.
They are not exactly famous for their buxom qualities.
I maintain that there is much to be said for a 100 lb
"spinner"
OK.
But... how many RPMs....?
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at July 03, 2012 07:50 PM (pJbuO)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 03, 2012 07:50 PM (Rhie+)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 03, 2012 07:51 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 03, 2012 07:51 PM (XYqoq)
I got this at wikianswers so no linkable source, but:
Sorry but from 1923 to 1943, San Marino was under the rule of the Sammarinese Fascist Party. That constitutes a break in the Government and means the San Marino is not the oldest government in the world.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 03, 2012 07:51 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 07:52 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: USS Diversity at July 03, 2012 11:53 PM (cjTjM)
Not me, I'll be the guy they are talking about when they say "Remember that crazy old dude on the roof with the Mosin?"
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 07:55 PM (yh0zB)
I got this at wikianswers so no linkable source, but:
Sorry but from 1923 to 1943, San Marino was under the rule of the Sammarinese Fascist Party. That constitutes a break in the Government and means the San Marino is not the oldest government in the world.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 03, 2012 11:51 PM (ccXZP)
You can check just the regular wikipedia, and it makes it sound like the fascists gained power through the government so I don't know if that would be considered a break, since later on the Communists gained power there through democratic means as well.
Posted by: buzzion at July 03, 2012 07:55 PM (GULKT)
"Why does Axelrod always look like he needs [to put us in the] 'shower'?"
Posted by: derit at July 03, 2012 07:56 PM (ruiF1)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 03, 2012 07:56 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 03, 2012 07:57 PM (mO2XR)
Posted by: DAve at July 03, 2012 07:57 PM (h+/7G)
Posted by: Jake at July 03, 2012 07:57 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: al zimer at July 03, 2012 07:57 PM (h1lXu)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 03, 2012 07:58 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: steevy at July 03, 2012 07:58 PM (Xb3hu)
Posted by: zeera at July 03, 2012 07:59 PM (XtxRN)
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 03, 2012 07:59 PM (XYqoq)
Posted by: booger at July 03, 2012 08:00 PM (HI6wa)
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 03, 2012 08:00 PM (XYqoq)
Posted by: DAve at July 03, 2012 08:01 PM (h+/7G)
Posted by: Jake at July 03, 2012 08:01 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 03, 2012 11:57 PM (mO2XR)
There was a post on it here yesterday.
Posted by: buzzion at July 03, 2012 08:01 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 03, 2012 08:01 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 03, 2012 08:02 PM (XYqoq)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 03, 2012 11:26 PM (JMmQ9)
I'm sick and coughing somewhat, but my husband has a hankering for it and I'm always game to read out loud. If I'm truly daring, I'll drag out my "Illuminated Declaration of Independence", a facsimile of a 1905 gonzo-penmanship rendering of it, and try to decipher its crazy curlicues on the fly.
Trivia question -- first government to recognize our independence? The city of Dubrovnik (at the time an independent city-state).
Posted by: sistrum at July 03, 2012 08:02 PM (AyryN)
Posted by: Jake at July 03, 2012 08:03 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at July 03, 2012 08:05 PM (QJbZH)
Posted by: DAve at July 03, 2012 08:09 PM (h+/7G)
Posted by: LiveFreeOrDie at July 03, 2012 08:10 PM (IS2o0)
Posted by: Jean at July 03, 2012 08:11 PM (C/Pop)
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 03, 2012 08:11 PM (mO2XR)
Posted by: kbdabear at July 03, 2012 08:11 PM (Y+DPZ)
Like a prepper show?
***
They interviewed folks who had survived disasters or trauma and others who had lost family members to tragedy. It was about the psychology involved in the reactions required to survive: Freezing, normalizing, denial, etc....
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 03, 2012 08:13 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 03, 2012 08:13 PM (mO2XR)
Posted by: Jake at July 03, 2012 08:14 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: DAve at July 03, 2012 08:15 PM (h+/7G)
My children and I will be breaking the law.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 03, 2012 08:16 PM (EtuU3)
Posted by: Scobface at July 03, 2012 08:17 PM (IoNBC)
A Fourth of July remembrance of one boy's journey to the land of his dreams.
http://spectator.org/archives/2012/07/03/walking-to-america/
Posted by: Miss80sBaby at July 03, 2012 08:17 PM (d6QMz)
Posted by: DAve at July 03, 2012 08:17 PM (h+/7G)
Posted by: Jean at July 03, 2012 08:17 PM (C/Pop)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 03, 2012 08:18 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Jake at July 03, 2012 08:18 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: DAve at July 03, 2012 08:19 PM (h+/7G)
Pfft, science! God blessed man with a fecund anus, said Anderson Cooper.
Posted by: derit at July 03, 2012 08:20 PM (ruiF1)
Posted by: Jean at July 03, 2012 08:22 PM (C/Pop)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at July 03, 2012 08:23 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 03, 2012 08:25 PM (mO2XR)
Posted by: Jake at July 03, 2012 08:26 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: Scobface at July 04, 2012 12:17 AM (IoNBC)
How many sharts?
Posted by: cthulhu at July 03, 2012 08:27 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: AltonJackson is not going to at July 03, 2012 08:27 PM (JMmQ9)
http://tinyurl.com/77x36y6
beats the hill around the block where you can get massive air but it launches you into the middle of a crossway
Posted by: The Dude at July 03, 2012 08:28 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: AltonJackson is not going to at July 03, 2012 08:29 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 03, 2012 08:30 PM (V/Aej)
"There's absolutely no evidence to support the statement that we're the greatest country in the world. We're seventh in literacy, 27th in math, 22nd in science, 49th in life expectancy, 178th in infant mortality, third in median household income, number 4 in labor force, and number 4 in exports. We lead the world in only 3 categories: number of incarcerated citizens per capita, number of adults who believe angels are real, and defense spending where we spend more than the next 26 countries combined, 25 of whom are allies."
Right. So if we are going with junk statistics, I'll stick with junk confirmation sources. According to Wikipedia:
The U.S. is tied at 10th in literacy with several other nations. Above us are such nation as . . . Kyrgyzstan? at 99.3% Funny though, the individual article for Kyrgyzstan lists its literacy rate at 98.7% - for a nation of semi-nomadic herders. Top of the list of course is Cuba, with a literacy rate of 99.9%. I'm sure. Hmm, what's that note? "Data refer to national literacy estimates from censuses or surveys conducted
between 1995 and 2005, unless otherwise specified. Due to differences in
methodology and timeliness of underlying data, comparisons across countries and
over time should be made with caution. For more details, see Unesco.org." Oh. So basically they pulled some numbers out of their butts for a bunch of these countries and figured nobody would notice the difference.
Right then, so essentially the U.S. is in a tie for first for literacy with a ton of other nations at 99%.
As for math and science, we may be 27th and 29th, but it looks like we are 2nd in patents applied for and granted, and 1st in patents in force to Japan. That's not particularly awesome given relative population, but we still manage rather well.
For infant mortality, that was covered in an article recently. It seems Sorkin read the chart wrong, and the U.S. is 178th from the bottom, that is around 35th overall. Of course it also seems that most of the countries above us on the list quirk their reporting for premature and low birthweight babies, not actually counting them as "live births" unless they survive 24+ hours depending on the country. How much of an effect that has on the overall standings is difficult to tell, but it would also have an effect on overall life expectancy rankings.
Looking at median income, it seems we are actually tied for second with Norway, with Luxembourg beating us both out by $3K. How horrible that a pocket nation in the Alps is doing 10% better than us.
The next two are particularly fun. We are 4th in labor force - well, Wikipedia says we are 3rd - and 4th in exports - though Wikipedia says we are 2nd. So that's two errors to begin with. What is more important is that we are . . . 3rd in population. Gee, you think the country with the most people would have the largest labor force, wouldn't you? And that would mean it would have the largest exports. Hmmm . . . No, that would make sense. Note: we do drop a rank in labor force and exports if the EU is considered a single country, but then we also drop a rank in population. Further, it should be noted that the countries with more population that us, China and India both about 4x our population, and the EU at about 1.6x our population, have generally proportional labor forces, but with exports, China has about 1.2x our exports, India has about 1/5th, and the EU has about 1.4x our exports, so on a per capita basis we easily beat them, though of course we are beaten by a host of smaller countries, including various "constituent elements" of the EU, and even by Puerto Rico when treated separately.
Now for the bad.
Yes, we have the per capita number of inmates. We also have the most excessive drug laws without execution, which pretty much everyone acknowledges is the cause of that. I'll leave rants on legalization to others.
For number of adults who believe in angels, I call outright lie. Islam has angels, and we know the survival rate for heresy against Islam, so clearly Islamic countries have a much higher rate of people who believe in angels. That would almost certainly mean that Indonesia, which has about 2/3rds our population but is heavily Islamic almost certainly has a greater raw number of non-atheists who believe in angels or other spirits.
As for defense spending, yes we do spend several metric buttloads. There has also not been a major international war in 67 years. Especially, there has been no European war in 67 years, particularly among those nations that our military spending has supported. While I'm sure it is a horrific thought to proper "progressive" idiots like Sorkin and his Eurotrash cohorts that said massive American spending has maintained a worldwide Pax Americana for 2/3rds of a century, and indeed even irks quite a few reasonable Americans that so much of our wealth goes for ungrateful Eurotrash, the general benefits of said Pax Americana are hardly to be sneered at. And of course that leaves aside that we can spend so much in the first place, an achievement not to be casually dismissed.
Meanwhile . . .
We are 1st in number of immigrants.
We are 1st in giving humanitarian aid.
We are 1st in giving private humanitarian aid.
But then far be it for "progressives" to think those might make the U.S. the "best" at something.
Posted by: Sam at July 03, 2012 08:30 PM (6VSdJ)
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 03, 2012 08:31 PM (mO2XR)
Posted by: DC in Towson, bleeding heart piece of shit at July 03, 2012 08:32 PM (N/WI2)
So my son is shooting rats off the telephone lines with his propane powered SAW gun...(I kid not!). Dang these air-soft rigs are so real I won't let him out in the front yard with any of them for fear getting LAPD all up in my face!
I see all my spaces prior to post, and they are true...
Posted by: Richard the (....) at July 03, 2012 08:32 PM (fjxG4)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at July 03, 2012 08:33 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 03, 2012 08:33 PM (mO2XR)
If this 'ette be single, an eligible 'ron needs to step up, stat.
Posted by: derit at July 03, 2012 08:33 PM (ruiF1)
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 04, 2012 12:31 AM (mO2XR)
odd thing is the signs never made it around here (haven't seen any in the state)
I still think Deep Impact is better than Armageddon.
Posted by: USS Diversity at July 04, 2012 12:31 AM (cjTjM)
because it was the better film
Posted by: The Dude at July 03, 2012 08:34 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: DC in Towson, bleeding heart piece of shit at July 03, 2012 08:35 PM (N/WI2)
Posted by: DAve at July 03, 2012 08:35 PM (h+/7G)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at July 03, 2012 08:36 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: hmmmm at July 03, 2012 08:36 PM (e9LVX)
Posted by: AltonJackson is not going to camp at July 03, 2012 08:37 PM (JMmQ9)
Religious vigilantes claimed responsibility for the death of a Student in Suez on Facebook Monday, after attacking him for walking with his fiancée.
That was his 'crime' -- walking with a girl not yet his wife. They stabbed him to death. It was the second incident in a week. The grass definitely ain't greener over there.
http://tinyurl.com/6vqpt45 (weaselzippers link)
To think we are sending these nonhuman butchers $1.4 billion in military aid (thank you JEF) is mind boggling.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 03, 2012 08:37 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at July 03, 2012 08:37 PM (R5yLq)
360
Look for something "Black" in 308 and a 10 round box mag. A tad bit heavy, yet, if you desire the "stand-off" aspect, an M-14 with a floating Winchester barrel and approp optics will do just fine...just ask the USMC in the later aspects of the Iraq war.
Posted by: Richard the (....) at July 03, 2012 08:40 PM (fjxG4)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at July 03, 2012 08:40 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: HvyMtlHntr at July 03, 2012 08:40 PM (1eiQB)
Posted by: Jake at July 03, 2012 08:41 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 03, 2012 08:41 PM (mO2XR)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at July 03, 2012 08:41 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: DAve at July 03, 2012 08:42 PM (h+/7G)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at July 03, 2012 08:43 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 03, 2012 08:44 PM (mO2XR)
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 04, 2012 12:37 AM
Those are MODERATE nonhuman butchers, you hater!
Posted by: New York Times at July 03, 2012 08:44 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at July 03, 2012 08:46 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Jim Sonweed at July 03, 2012 10:36 PM (pJbuO)
Weeell, that's as far as I've gotten, and maybe it has already been refuted down-thread . . . but man, that's a really rude remark. Really rude.
All cats are grey in the dark. But, a nice double-handful at twenty is still a nice double handful at fourty-something.
Cockroaches, really? You must know/have known some dirty skanks. Maybe you could meet some women who aren't meth-monsters if you cleaned yourself up. They might even have teeth.
Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at July 03, 2012 08:47 PM (2TVb6)
Posted by: DAve at July 03, 2012 08:48 PM (h+/7G)
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 03, 2012 08:48 PM (mO2XR)
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 03, 2012 10:42 PM (XYqoq)
I assume you're referring to the list of "abuses & usurpations" at the end of the declaration. Well played, Mr. Hat.
Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at July 03, 2012 08:49 PM (2TVb6)
Posted by: Dale Peterson at July 03, 2012 08:49 PM (IoNBC)
Posted by: Jake at July 03, 2012 08:50 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at July 03, 2012 08:52 PM (R5yLq)
Might wanna go with about 100 boxes of shells.... Winter is coming.Posted by: cajun carrot at July 03, 2012 08:52 PM (mO2XR)
Posted by: DAve at July 03, 2012 08:52 PM (h+/7G)
Posted by: Sean at July 03, 2012 08:53 PM (/oHBS)
We also produced The Greatness........That Is...........Zach Greinke.
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life
Tony LaRussa might not necessarily be on board with that.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at July 03, 2012 08:53 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: A Mindful Webworker at July 03, 2012 08:54 PM (lBpVP)
Posted by: DAve at July 03, 2012 08:54 PM (h+/7G)
Posted by: David C. at July 03, 2012 08:55 PM (mBMit)
Posted by: Jake at July 03, 2012 08:56 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: Fizz at July 03, 2012 08:56 PM (Q993j)
Such have been known as "ladies of negotiable virtue" for a hundred or fifty years or so, here in the West.
Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at July 03, 2012 08:57 PM (2TVb6)
Posted by: AltonJackson is not going to camp at July 03, 2012 08:57 PM (JMmQ9)
Fuckin' Bacon is the Best.
I don't care if you throw it in the blender and then serve it with a martini.
Posted by: _Dave_ at July 03, 2012 08:57 PM (/nxRb)
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 03, 2012 08:57 PM (mO2XR)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 03, 2012 08:58 PM (r4wIV)
In my experience chicks w/ bigguns are less fun to be around unless they're nekkid
Posted by: DAve at July 03, 2012 08:59 PM (h+/7G)
Posted by: DAve at July 04, 2012 12:48 AM (h+/7G)
10k fast zombies coming at you; some will get through.
It's why Gatling, Vickers, Vollmer, Remington et al are heroes.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and all that at July 03, 2012 09:00 PM (CP+yl)
In light of our fear for the Republic, given recent events, I wish to
High-jack the ONT and begin thusly in honor of the Birth of the USA.
I ask that all M(and)M's follow my lead and pick up where I leave off.
WHEN in the Course of Human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political Bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the Earth, the separate and equal Station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent Respect to the Opinions of Mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the Separation.
Posted by: Richard the (....) at July 03, 2012 09:00 PM (fjxG4)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 09:00 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at July 03, 2012 09:01 PM (R5yLq)
I love tits. I would like to be the mayor of Tit Town if I could. I'd like to drive a big truck full of tits down the Tit Turnpike right through the middle of Tit Town. I'd like to have my own talk show about tits, "Tit Talk". That's how passionate I am about the tits, I love 'em all. I actually love the small tits better than the big tits because the big tits get all the attention. The peach and plum little hand-shaped tits, they're great.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 03, 2012 09:01 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Jake at July 03, 2012 09:02 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at July 03, 2012 09:02 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 03, 2012 09:02 PM (mO2XR)
Posted by: DAve at July 03, 2012 09:03 PM (h+/7G)
Posted by: Jake at July 03, 2012 09:03 PM (RQjPS)
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 03, 2012 09:04 PM (mO2XR)
Posted by: the pink cracker formerly known as the hobbit Donna at July 03, 2012 09:05 PM (ZHge+)
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 09:05 PM (yh0zB)
And to the asshat talking about roaches crawling out from under nice big'uns after 50, you also obviously haven't been hanging out with moronettes.
Large and proud, mine are, and no, I won't post pics, any more than the asshat will post pics of his moobs.
Posted by: tcn at July 03, 2012 09:06 PM (eFcVx)
Posted by: DAve at July 03, 2012 09:06 PM (h+/7G)
Posted by: Flex Crush at July 03, 2012 09:07 PM (rn2Ru)
I believe a song is in order.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ylRplLnU84Posted by: cajun carrot at July 03, 2012 09:07 PM (mO2XR)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at July 04, 2012 01:02 AM (R5yLq)
Nope, not just you. 
That to secure these rights Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their powers from the Consent of the Governed...and I'll have to look the rest of it up cause it's been a long time.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 09:08 PM (yh0zB)
That small boobed girl is hot. The other one looks like anime.
Posted by: JustLikeDavidHasselhoff at July 03, 2012 09:09 PM (MNWe/)
Posted by: tcn at July 04, 2012 01:06 AM (eFcVx)
No one wants to see that.
Large and proud, mine are
That, on the other hand...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 09:10 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 09:12 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 03, 2012 09:12 PM (mO2XR)
Posted by: The Great Satan's Ghost at July 03, 2012 09:12 PM (08Pe8)
--That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
Posted by: DAve at July 03, 2012 09:12 PM (h+/7G)
Posted by: The Jackhole at July 03, 2012 09:12 PM (DU15A)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at July 03, 2012 09:13 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 04, 2012 01:12 AM (yh0zB)
Any relation to Steve Miller?
Posted by: Bob at July 03, 2012 09:13 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: The Jackhole at July 04, 2012 01:12 AM (DU15A)
That is a singularly un-attractive human being...if he is, in fact, human. We might have to have an independent ruling on that...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 09:14 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 03, 2012 09:15 PM (mO2XR)
Posted by: derit at July 03, 2012 09:15 PM (ruiF1)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 09:16 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: The Hive Mind of Talos IV at July 03, 2012 09:16 PM (4ixH5)
These are strange times good sir. Irony is abundant, but don't take it for granted.
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 04, 2012 01:15 AM (mO2XR)
Yes! That is MY state!!!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 09:16 PM (yh0zB)
If they can get on top, they can pop.... another one for the collective.Posted by: cajun carrot at July 03, 2012 09:17 PM (mO2XR)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 04, 2012 01:16 AM (yh0zB)
Only good?
http://tinyurl.com/7uevxrh
How about now?
Posted by: Bob at July 03, 2012 09:17 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 09:18 PM (yh0zB)
How about now?
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 01:17 AM (4ixH5)
WELL DONE !
Posted by: The Jackhole at July 03, 2012 09:19 PM (DU15A)
Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at July 03, 2012 09:19 PM (2TVb6)
Posted by: Where're my ping pong balls at July 03, 2012 09:23 PM (YxaXw)
We've got the World's First Black President and every.single.thing.he.does. is **unprecedented**
eleventy!!!!111!!!1!!!!11!!1
On the bright side--
Once we're a full-fledged socialist/communist shithole, the libs will finally STFU, we won't have an immigration problem and the rest of the world won't be able to blame us for their woes.
/
*sigh* (drinks)
Posted by: Palookaville Peasant at July 03, 2012 09:25 PM (szPD/)
Posted by: TexasJew at July 03, 2012 09:26 PM (KWL1E)
Men who prefer smaller breasts usually just prefer smaller women, period. A fit, tight-bodied little thing isn't as likely to have a huge floppy rack as a chunkier girl (though there are nitable exceptions to the rule.) There's nothing unusual or queer about it.
PC-era "body acceptance" bullshit has given rise to the supersized ghetto booty ideal. Just ask your grandfathers if they ever chased girls with beerguts and divergent udders. Femininity had changed.
Posted by: Dorian Taupe at July 03, 2012 09:26 PM (IfM3l)
Posted by: Patrick Henry's Ghost at July 03, 2012 09:27 PM (h+/7G)
Posted by: Grumpy the Younger at July 03, 2012 09:28 PM (jts1f)
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 03, 2012 09:29 PM (mO2XR)
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 03, 2012 09:31 PM (mO2XR)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at July 03, 2012 09:31 PM (R5yLq)
Okay a lot of these statistics are rather bullshitty and this is a classic example of liberals loving the America that could be rather than the one we have.
But of course what truly makes the US great is our overall score which include among other things the ideals we hold ourselves to, the opportunities and freedom available to everyone, the minor miracles of accomplishments that happen daily, plus a long-running stable, robust culture and government along with a certain coolness factor and joie de vie.
That's a quite rare combination and the reason why the lines to get into the US are so much longer than say Norway.
--I have not the time even to scan the above 465+ comments but it's worth noting in passing that libtard policies (e.g., mass immigration of illiterates, shitty teacher unions) like the ones Sorkin adores are part of the reason those stats are depressed.
Hi all!
Posted by: logprof at July 03, 2012 09:32 PM (1yYh1)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at July 03, 2012 09:32 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at July 03, 2012 09:33 PM (R5yLq)
I still think Deep Impact is better than Armageddon.
Posted by: USS Diversity at July 04, 2012 12:31 AM (cjTjM) ------------------- because it was the better film
Posted by: The Dude at July 04, 2012 12:34 AM (tw6Ar)
---------------------------
Are you kidding?
'Deep Impact'.....centered around liberal news caster, Tia Leone, dripping with lots of liberal, touchy-feely people, showing them dealing with "omg we're going to die".
Versus...
'Armageddon'.....centered around all-go-no-quit Harry Stamper, Bruce Willis, and his roughnecks, with great meteor scenes tearing up shit, great gadgets, tech gear and strippers on the side.
You guys need to turn in your Man Cards.
Posted by: wheatie at July 03, 2012 09:37 PM (MbB0O)
Act of Valor is great; even if you know zilch of the background it's a fun action movie and patriotic (but of course if you know the background, it is 100x the awesome).
Also saw for the first time an all-time Hollywood Golden Age epic: Qvo Vadis. Awesome performances, and I was laughing aloud (and not just solely because of my buzz) at the stark similarities between Nero and a certain contemporary SCOAMF: accusing the mob of ingratitude; whining about lack of privacy; wrecking the Eternal City to realize his grand vision; and on and on. Damn, I was not even alive when Hollywood stopped making 'em like they used to.
Happy Independence Day, y'all!
Posted by: logprof at July 03, 2012 09:38 PM (1yYh1)
"Volunteers" by Jefferson Airplane:
http://youtu.be/SboRijhWFDU
Posted by: derit at July 03, 2012 09:38 PM (ruiF1)
Posted by: Just Call Me Tom At This Point You Scre at July 03, 2012 09:39 PM (MG6Y6)
That, and Robert Service's The Cremation of Sam McGee.
So, patriotic only goes so far.
Posted by: tcn at July 03, 2012 09:40 PM (eFcVx)
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 04, 2012 01:31 AM (mO2XR)
That's some ass!
Posted by: Bob at July 03, 2012 09:40 PM (4ixH5)
How about now?
Oh yeah, love that one.
Your motivational poster of the day:
http://tinyurl.com/7xtw9wh
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 09:40 PM (yh0zB)
Um.. well, ya, actually I've got a pretty good idea on that one. Ouch.. ribs.. lol
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at July 04, 2012 01:32 AM (R5yLq)
--As a postscript to my above Qvo Vadis review . . . damn, Deborah Kerr was smokin', and I don;t even particularly care for gingers.
Posted by: logprof at July 03, 2012 09:42 PM (1yYh1)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at July 03, 2012 09:45 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: TexasJew at July 04, 2012 01:26 AM (KWL1E)
I've heard that. I know he was a perfectionist.
U have no idea how crazy us gingers can be, we may be fun to look at but you better not take us home. Because we don't negotiate.
IMO more of a feature than a bug...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 09:45 PM (yh0zB)
475....Happy Independence Day, y'all!
Back atcha, logprof....and I'll second that.
Happy Independence Day, y'all.
Liberals rarely call it that anymore.....I guess they don't like the part about 'declaring our independence from a tyrannical form of government'.
Posted by: wheatie at July 03, 2012 09:45 PM (MbB0O)
Posted by: And Irresolute at July 03, 2012 09:46 PM (Q492A)
Posted by: Richard the (....) at July 03, 2012 09:47 PM (fjxG4)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, team dagny at July 03, 2012 09:47 PM (Ho2rs)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 09:47 PM (yh0zB)
485Said he was a real prick.
Posted by: TexasJew at July 04, 2012 01:26 AM (KWL1E)
I've heard that. I know he was a perfectionist.
He was an amatuer.
Posted by: Paul Anka at July 03, 2012 09:47 PM (YxaXw)
but you better not take us home. Because we don't negotiate."
Louise Ann Robey
Posted by: derit at July 03, 2012 09:48 PM (ruiF1)
wheatie shoots.....and scores. Dumb hero liberal runs to stand in front of tsunami to die whimpering vs. Wrath of Khan style spitting defiance until his last breath. Plus I give bonus points for shooting at Affleck.
It's just a matter of taste though I suppose.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 03, 2012 09:49 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: wheatie at July 04, 2012 01:45 AM (MbB0O)
--Similar phenomenon in the Great White North. Mark Steyn himself has lamented constantly the change from Dominion Day to Canada Day.
Posted by: logprof at July 03, 2012 09:49 PM (1yYh1)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at July 03, 2012 09:50 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Bob at July 03, 2012 09:51 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at July 03, 2012 09:52 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Sam Adams at July 03, 2012 09:52 PM (h+/7G)
I approach it like a lion tamer. (I have a hat, says 'LION TAMER' in glowing letters...) Go into the cage with a taser in one hand and a vibrator in the other.
It can take a bit of experimentation to determine which is the positive and which is the negative with each subject.
Posted by: epobirs at July 03, 2012 09:52 PM (kcfmt)
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to finally shed themselves of the lazy, unproductive, leeches who would take all that they can produce while simultaneously blaming them for all that they lack because they refuse to labor for it themselves, it requires that the productive should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at July 04, 2012 01:50 AM (R5yLq)
and then staple their winkies to their foreheads !!!
Posted by: jc at July 03, 2012 09:53 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at July 03, 2012 09:54 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: jc at July 04, 2012 01:53 AM (ufJKx)
===
it is also OK to use an air nailer.
Posted by: jc at July 03, 2012 09:55 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: Grumpy the Younger at July 03, 2012 09:55 PM (jts1f)
Posted by: TJ at July 03, 2012 09:55 PM (h+/7G)
Posted by: epobirs at July 04, 2012 01:54 AM (kcfmt)
which is the whole point of the PC bullshit.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 09:55 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at July 03, 2012 09:55 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: And Irresolute at July 03, 2012 09:55 PM (Q492A)
Woikin'. How goes it over yonder?
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 01:51 AM (4ixH5)
--Drinkin'. Getting ready to pack in the morriw for 1) first flights with the babeh, and 2) babeh meeting his only living great-grandparent.
Posted by: logprof at July 03, 2012 09:56 PM (1yYh1)
Posted by: Grumpy the Younger at July 04, 2012 01:55 AM (jts1f)
Hear hear!!!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 09:56 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at July 03, 2012 09:56 PM (lJJMb)
In that Ultimate Fireworks Fail video above.....
Watcha bet those guys stuffing fireworks up their butts are Dem-voters?
If they even vote at all.
I mean, really....who would think that that was a good idea?
Posted by: wheatie at July 03, 2012 09:57 PM (MbB0O)
Posted by: DAve at July 03, 2012 09:57 PM (h+/7G)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at July 03, 2012 09:57 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 03, 2012 09:58 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: TexasJew at July 03, 2012 09:58 PM (KWL1E)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at July 03, 2012 09:58 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: A cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 03, 2012 10:01 PM (qmMAj)
Posted by: Grumpy the Younger at July 03, 2012 10:01 PM (jts1f)
Jaws really falls in love with the pretty spirals, doesn't he
Posted by: kbdabear at July 03, 2012 10:02 PM (Y+DPZ)
Half mast? Nope. Upside down maybe.
Like my little Johnny after I accidentally saw Kagan with her pants down the other day. I didn't mean to walk in on her, honest! How was I supposed to know she used the men's dressing room?
Still, great lady that one. Keen mind.
Posted by: John Roberts, CJ at July 03, 2012 10:05 PM (YxaXw)
I wouldn't let anyone on the road until they can pull a decent lap on the sit-down version of the Sega Daytona USA game.
Posted by: epobirs at July 03, 2012 10:07 PM (kcfmt)
I live in a red state.
We've been flying a flag out front for years.
If I were to turn our flag upside down.....chances are, my neighbors would come running with their firearms, thinking we were being held hostage by some home invaders or something.
Posted by: wheatie at July 03, 2012 10:08 PM (MbB0O)
Jaws really falls in love with the pretty spirals, doesn't he
Posted by: kbdabear at July 04, 2012 02:02 AM (Y+DPZ)
--Didn't he have Tony Homo insanely high as well?
Posted by: logprof at July 03, 2012 10:10 PM (1yYh1)
Posted by: A cynical but rarely angry Adriane at July 03, 2012 10:11 PM (qmMAj)
Good night, y'all!
Posted by: logprof at July 03, 2012 10:11 PM (1yYh1)
--Didn't he have Tony Homo insanely high as well?
Posted by: logprof at July 04, 2012 02:10 AM
Yes, Jaws was a big Romosexual last year too. In that Monday night game against the Skins last year with his busted rib, I think Jaws was fapping like Chris Matthews at a SCOAMF speech
He ranked Romo 10th
Posted by: kbdabear at July 03, 2012 10:13 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: epobirs at July 04, 2012 02:07 AM (kcfmt)
just watch them play iRacing in a proper setup (chair and wheel), it will be easy to see how they can handle the road outside of snow
Posted by: The Dude at July 03, 2012 10:13 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Bob at July 03, 2012 10:14 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Bob at July 03, 2012 10:15 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at July 03, 2012 10:15 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at July 03, 2012 10:17 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at July 03, 2012 10:18 PM (R5yLq)
Interesting.
I'd like something like this but for like household items and prepackaged stuff like...Truvia...*cough cough*...but for things like freats, veggies and meats that's still something you'd need to do in person. Not all fruits are created equal, after all.
Posted by: Bob at July 03, 2012 10:19 PM (4ixH5)
How is your Obamadependence Day going?
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 02:20 AM (4ixH5)
Well, I would be better off wirhout him.
Posted by: lou's a girl at July 03, 2012 10:24 PM (fHyXI)
Drink for liberty, baby!
Posted by: Bob at July 03, 2012 10:25 PM (4ixH5)
The infant mortality stats are b*llshit. There is a huge difference in how infant mortality is counted in the US versus other countries.
For example in some countries if a baby is born live but dies within 48 hours it is not counted as a live birth. Or if the baby is under a certain weight and dies. Instead it is listed as a stillbirth. So it doesn't show up in the infant mortality statistics.
The US counts babies live at the moment of birth. Aggressive neonatal care in the US skews the statistics even more
Posted by: Huusker at July 03, 2012 10:26 PM (+GTBC)
Posted by: stillers at July 03, 2012 10:26 PM (gVUg0)
Aww...you're welcome, Stuck.
The leeches and titsuckers haven't completely taken over yet.
There are still some areas that are holdouts, still some folks who are mindful of what is 'right' and what is 'wrong'.
Even though it felt like the earth shifted beneath our feet last week, with Roberts doing what he did.....I still have hope, that we can get things back on track.
It will take a while, though.
And if we can't.....and things go even further down this dark path that we've been put on....into chaos and anarchy....
Then we can console ourselves by participating in the resulting Open Season on the leeches and titsuckers.....no limit.
Posted by: wheatie at July 03, 2012 10:26 PM (MbB0O)
http://tinyurl.com/7oqr85t
http://tinyurl.com/8abf873
http://tinyurl.com/77uxfel
of course, the team will need these -- they are leftists after all.
http://tinyurl.com/87wygr3
http://tinyurl.com/8ynsha7
Posted by: jc at July 03, 2012 10:27 PM (ufJKx)
Drink for liberty, baby!
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 02:25 AM (4ixH5)
Get your ass to NV for a moron meetup. You might find I am a pretty cool girl. Who chooses to get drunk and smoke cigs..And at this point, knows my vote does not count!!!!!!Harry the tourists stinks is my senator, wtf
Posted by: lou's a girl at July 03, 2012 10:29 PM (fHyXI)
Posted by: Huusker at July 04, 2012 02:26 AM (+GTBC)
Which is why I support born alive bills so that every aborted fetus born alive can be tossed into a bucket to die quietly and to help boost our poll numbers. Europe can't have all the fun, you know.
Posted by: Obastard at July 03, 2012 10:29 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: rickl at July 03, 2012 10:31 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: lou's a girl at July 04, 2012 02:29 AM (fHyXI)
You heard Lou, everybody, drinks at her place!
Posted by: Bob at July 03, 2012 10:33 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: wheatie at July 04, 2012 02:26 AM (MbB0O)
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and little birdies cheeping --- "mommy, mommy, puke in my mouth!"
Posted by: jc at July 03, 2012 10:33 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: The Dude at July 03, 2012 10:36 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Bob imaginies some kinda croissant at July 03, 2012 10:37 PM (4ixH5)
555 every good idea needs a plan
I think I saw a nail gun, hiding in there with the staplers.....I call dibs on that.
Posted by: wheatie at July 03, 2012 10:37 PM (MbB0O)
I live in a red state.
We've been flying a flag out front for years.
If I were toturn our flag upside down.....chances are, my neighbors would come running with their firearms, thinking we were being held hostage by some home invaders or something.
Posted by: wheatie at July 04, 2012 02:08 AM (MbB0O)
If only I lived in such a state. I walked our precinct for the 2010 election -- every house with a flag was Republican. Every single one.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 03, 2012 10:39 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 02:15 AM (4ixH5)
Azathoth? He's around here, somewhere.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 03, 2012 10:41 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: lou's a girl at July 04, 2012 02:29 AM (fHyXI)
You heard Lou, everybody, drinks at her place!
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 02:33 AM (4ixH5)
And I will make breakfast in the AM. Night all.
Posted by: lou's a girl at July 03, 2012 10:41 PM (fHyXI)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 04, 2012 02:41 AM (kaalw)
Don't tell them! Shit still hasn't blown over since the last album came out.
Posted by: Morbid Angel's Trey Azagthoth at July 03, 2012 10:43 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: TexasJew at July 03, 2012 10:43 PM (KWL1E)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at July 03, 2012 10:44 PM (R5yLq)
The Yearbook Photos of Politicians
MSNBC Host Rachel Maddow
"Hey girls, Rachel has invited us to a sleep over at her place. We're going to bake brownies then practice kissing for when we have boyfriends!"
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 03, 2012 10:45 PM (kdS6q)
The infant mortality stats are b*llshit.There is a hugedifference in how infant mortality is counted in the US versus other countries.
For example in somecountries if a baby is born live but dies within 48 hours it is not counted as a live birth. Or if the baby is under a certain weight and dies. Instead it is listed as a stillbirth. So it doesn't show up in the infant mortality statistics.
The US counts babies live at the moment of birth. Aggressive neonatal care in the US skews the statistics even more
Posted by: Huusker at July 04, 2012 02:26 AM (+GTBC)
It's even worse -- babies are counted at the moment of medical engagement. A fourteen-week preemie that has a Caesarean is counted in our stats.....and nowhere else is given a chance.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 03, 2012 10:45 PM (kaalw)
566....If only I lived in such a state.
If things get too crazy where you are.....come to OK....or TX.
You'd be welcome.
Here in OK, we get open carry in a few months....which should be nice.
Posted by: wheatie at July 03, 2012 10:47 PM (MbB0O)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at July 03, 2012 10:53 PM (R5yLq)
No worries, now that we have Bammycare I'm sure they'll start rigging those statistics the same way they do with the unemployment figures.
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at July 04, 2012 02:53 AM (R5yLq)
rigging those statistics=having no medical engagement at all
Posted by: model_1066 at July 03, 2012 10:54 PM (PWwbk)
572....God help me if it comes to that. God help us all.
Oh, I know, Stuck....I don't like to even contemplate how awful it would be.
I was being facetious, for the most part.
These little occupier types, that talk in glowing terms about 'anarchy'....like it's something good.....spray painting their little 'A' on things.
They have....no....idea.....what they are talking about.
Posted by: wheatie at July 03, 2012 10:55 PM (MbB0O)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at July 03, 2012 10:55 PM (R5yLq)
566....If only I lived in such a state.
If things get too crazy where you are.....come to OK....or TX.
You'd be welcome.
Here in OK, we get open carry in a few months....which should be nice.
Posted by: wheatie at July 04, 2012 02:47 AM (MbB0O)
I'm a native-born Californian, trapped in a truly Golden State ruined by government. Our farms, our oil wells, our mines, our artisans regulated out of business. California used to lead in aerospace, automobiles, aviation, etc.....now, it squirms to exist beneath the unrelenting disdain of Statists.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 03, 2012 10:55 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: rickl at July 03, 2012 10:56 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at July 04, 2012 02:53 AM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Obastard at July 03, 2012 10:56 PM (4ixH5)
True, but its for the childrenz, so it's all good.
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at July 04, 2012 02:55 AM (R5yLq)
let's just say that the line between 'a mass of tissue' and a childroon is like everything else with the left: defined to meet current needs.
Posted by: model_1066 at July 03, 2012 10:57 PM (PWwbk)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at July 03, 2012 10:59 PM (R5yLq)
that object is a stem cell harvesting opportunity.
Posted by: librul dickface at July 03, 2012 11:00 PM (ufJKx)
Not the first damn clue. I guess it is kind of ironic that those who are in most ways the most dependent on government and the charity of others are the ones that usually advocate anarchy.
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at July 04, 2012 02:59 AM (R5yLq)
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and the least likely to survive the first week of it.
Posted by: jc at July 03, 2012 11:01 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: librul dickface at July 04, 2012 03:00 AM (ufJKx)
don't forget about all those calories that might go to waste....
Posted by: model_1066 at July 03, 2012 11:02 PM (PWwbk)
@581
It really is sad what has happened to California, cthulhu.
Such a breathtakingly gorgeous place.
Last time I was out there, was to see the Spruce Goose, when it was on display in Longbeach.....and toured some of the coastline.
Things weren't that crazy there, yet, at that time. *sigh*
Posted by: wheatie at July 03, 2012 11:03 PM (MbB0O)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at July 03, 2012 11:03 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 03, 2012 11:04 PM (kaalw)
and the least likely to survive the first week of it.
Posted by: jc at July 04, 2012 03:01 AM (ufJKx)
teh funneh is that they can't grasp the difference between taking something and demanding that it be given to them. The wakeup call entailed in having that made obvious to you for the first time in your life will be devastating.
Posted by: model_1066 at July 03, 2012 11:04 PM (PWwbk)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 03, 2012 11:05 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: model_1066 at July 03, 2012 11:06 PM (PWwbk)
Jerry Reed's "Eastbound and Down":
http://youtu.be/uHZJej98_T0
Posted by: derit at July 03, 2012 11:07 PM (ruiF1)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 03, 2012 11:10 PM (kaalw)
Well should it ever come to that I will have pity on them. I won't be able to afford to have mercy on them, but at least I can still pity them after the fact.
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at July 04, 2012 03:03 AM (R5yLq)
mercy is for the weak...conjuring up a smidgen of pity is just giving your fair share and junk...
Posted by: model_1066 at July 03, 2012 11:11 PM (PWwbk)
Posted by: rickl at July 03, 2012 11:12 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: model_1066 at July 03, 2012 11:13 PM (PWwbk)
Harrison Bergeron's anagram name is A HORROR'S BEGINNER
Posted by: model_1066 at July 03, 2012 11:15 PM (PWwbk)
Posted by: rickl at July 03, 2012 11:19 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 03, 2012 11:19 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: rickl at July 03, 2012 11:20 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 04, 2012 03:19 AM (kaalw)
and shall be limited to cities with a population not to exceed 500,000
Posted by: model_1066 at July 03, 2012 11:21 PM (PWwbk)
593....and links still don't work. Harrison Bergeron --
I remember that now....I read it in college.
It seemed so far fetched at the time.
Handicapping people for being too talented....or for being achievers.
Truly scary to see how close we are to that now.
Posted by: wheatie at July 03, 2012 11:21 PM (MbB0O)
Posted by: model_1066 at July 04, 2012 03:13 AM (PWwbk)
Read it.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 03, 2012 11:22 PM (kaalw)
I haven't read Harrison Bergeron...that name made me immediately think
that it is an anagram. Don't know why and it's probably not...
Posted by: model_1066 at July 04, 2012 03:13 AM (PWwbk)
Read it.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 04, 2012 03:22 AM (kaalw)
sounds like Blade Runner meets Happy Gilmore
Posted by: model_1066 at July 03, 2012 11:24 PM (PWwbk)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 03, 2012 11:26 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: rickl at July 03, 2012 11:28 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 04, 2012 03:19 AM (kaalw)
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I offer Amchitka. We could remove everything except 5 quonset huts: one would be painted white - the whitehouse -- the rest would be ladies barracks, gents barracks, assembly hall, and mess hall. Your choice on indoor/outdoor plumbing, cuz I don't care.
The only other amenity would be gun emplacements to sink the lobbyist yachts.
Even if we had a rule that the bastards could not leave until they passed a balanced budget, I guarantee no legislative session would last over 3 weeks. Preznit JEF would be required to spend 50 weeks/year in the white house, or ....tweezer/stapler time!!
Posted by: jc at July 03, 2012 11:29 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: DAve at July 03, 2012 11:29 PM (h+/7G)
589
@581
It really is sad what has happened to California, cthulhu.
Such a breathtakingly gorgeous place.
Last time I was out there, was to see the Spruce Goose, when it was on display in Longbeach.....and toured some of the coastline.
Things weren't that crazy there, yet, at that time.*sigh*
I grew up a few miles from there in the 70s and 80s, and I still live in CA. As cthulhu says it really is a breathtakingly beautiful state but the state of the state is ugly.
Posted by: Where're my ping pong balls at July 03, 2012 11:29 PM (YxaXw)
The hiding-in-plain-sight, secret weapon,"All of Me":
http://youtu.be/wFzxo-XI8As
Posted by: derit at July 03, 2012 11:31 PM (ruiF1)
Posted by: DAve at July 03, 2012 11:31 PM (h+/7G)
Posted by: Where're my ping pong balls at July 03, 2012 11:33 PM (YxaXw)
A week in Bakersfield will cure that.
Kidding aside, the most beautiful city in the US I've been to is San Luis Obispo....just a notch ahead of Ketchikan, AK.
Posted by: model_1066 at July 03, 2012 11:35 PM (PWwbk)
609 Just remember -- the right views dystopian novels as horrific speculations; the left sees them as "how-to" manuals.
Heh.
So true.....and yet, the leftists will twist themselves into pretzels, trying to argue that what they advocate is "better for everyone"....while seeking privately to exempt themselves from the horrors they want to inflict on everyone else.
Posted by: wheatie at July 03, 2012 11:37 PM (MbB0O)
Posted by: Where're my ping pong balls at July 04, 2012 03:33 AM (YxaXw)
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the bigger problem is we voters refilled the place with the most vile swamp creatures from all over the country.
Posted by: jc at July 03, 2012 11:45 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: jc at July 04, 2012 03:45 AM (ufJKx)
same ghoulish, subhuman cheats as before, now with better PR and perfect hair.
Posted by: model_1066 at July 03, 2012 11:47 PM (PWwbk)
Posted by: model_1066 at July 04, 2012 12:02 AM (PWwbk)
Kidding aside, the most beautiful city in the US I've been to is San Luis Obispo....just a notch ahead of Ketchikan, AK.
I've been to both, although it was raining when I was in Ketchikan and I only stopped for a day on a cruise.
They're both nice but I'll give the nod to Ketchikan for it's rusticness(sp?) and the nice native art museum. I'm a sucker for NW Coast art.
Posted by: Where're my ping pong balls at July 04, 2012 12:04 AM (YxaXw)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 04, 2012 12:06 AM (i0App)
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they look less creepy lining the bottom of urinals.
Posted by: jc at July 04, 2012 12:07 AM (ufJKx)
Kidding aside, the most beautiful city in the US I've been to is San Luis Obispo....just a notch ahead of Ketchikan, AK.
I've been to both, although it was raining when I was in Ketchikan and I only stopped for a day on a cruise.
They're both nice but I'll give the nod to Ketchikan for it's rusticness(sp?) and the nice native art museum. I'm a sucker for NW Coast art.
Posted by: Where're my ping pong balls at July 04, 2012 04:04 AM (YxaXw)
Saint Petersburg, Russia, is breathtakingly beautiful, as is Florence, Italy and Santa Barbara, California. Beauty is nice, but it ain't everything.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 04, 2012 12:24 AM (kaalw)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 04, 2012 12:30 AM (kaalw)
My first chance to see it will be Thursday. See if any of my nerd buddies are going then.
Too many retards shall populate the theater Wednesday so I shant go then.
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 12:34 AM (4ixH5)
Mostly out.
But now mostly back in.
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 04:32 AM (4ixH5)
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she's supposed to know that without further explanation.
Posted by: jc at July 04, 2012 12:35 AM (ufJKx)
Saint Petersburg, Russia, is breathtakingly beautiful, as is Florence, Italy and Santa Barbara, California. Beauty is nice, but it ain't everything.
There was a link from that "Best sword reviews" to a list of photobombs, one of which was at the Duomo in Milan. That got me googling the Duomo in Florence, where I was on 9/11, literally, as I got drunk and hung out on the steps of the Duomo that night with a friend and some random Europeans. Florence and Tuscany in general are awesome.
Beauty isn't everything, but it can make some of the rest less painful.
Posted by: Where're my ping pong balls at July 04, 2012 12:36 AM (YxaXw)
Mostly out.
But now mostly back in.
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 04:32 AM (4ixH5)
Yay! боб and his TPAKTOP!
Posted by: cthulhu at July 04, 2012 12:36 AM (kaalw)
Posted by: jc at July 04, 2012 04:35 AM (ufJKx)
I asked her if she wanted it up the wrong 'un. She declined. Her damn loss, I say.
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 12:37 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 04, 2012 04:36 AM (kaalw)
Poses heroically with vodka in hand
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 12:38 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 04:38 AM (4ixH5)
*Fans self, but is unaccountably thirsty.*
Posted by: cthulhu at July 04, 2012 12:42 AM (kaalw)
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 12:50 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 12:51 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 12:52 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 12:53 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 12:53 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 12:55 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 12:57 AM (4ixH5)
Rachel Madow was actually pretty hot in HS.
Then she turned into a fucking dude. What a waste. Ugly dyke.
Posted by: thebronze at July 04, 2012 12:58 AM (1qXkR)
Melt about a pat and a half of butter in a small skillet over lowest heat. Add a shake of savory, two shakes of dill, three shakes of parsley, a goodly spinkle of garlic, and ample black pepper. Crack in two eggs and stir until (a) uniform and (b) bottom is solidifying.
Turn heat up to high, and start running a turner under the edge to separate. Insert a pat of butter under edge. When omelet slides freely, turn heat to low.
When bubbles at edge turn brown, flip. As soon as possible thereafter, sprinkle on shredded cheese and, if you're lucky, bacon. When cheese melts, fold in half over melted cheese and serve.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 04, 2012 01:06 AM (kaalw)
But really, guy, if you don't want to have problems don't go out making them.
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 01:07 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 01:09 AM (4ixH5)
644And I am a man that appreciates having a good dump.
How you doin'? Huh? Oh, my bad I though you said "dumper". Never mind.
Posted by: Anderson Cooper at July 04, 2012 01:09 AM (YxaXw)
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 01:10 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 04, 2012 05:06 AM (kaalw)
Mmmmmmmmmm, this sounds *most* delicious.
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 05:08 AM (4ixH5)
Well, *I* like 'em.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 04, 2012 01:10 AM (kaalw)
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 01:11 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 01:12 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 05:11 AM (4ixH5)
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I had a chicken breast the other day that coulda fed 3 -- just one breast. I think I am on hormone overload for the next 42 weeks.
Posted by: jc at July 04, 2012 01:13 AM (ufJKx)
Posted by: Carb nazi at July 04, 2012 01:13 AM (kaalw)
Posted by: Helen Thomas at July 04, 2012 01:13 AM (YxaXw)
Posted by: jc at July 04, 2012 05:13 AM (ufJKx)
Peck at the ground any?
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 01:14 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 04, 2012 01:15 AM (kaalw)
Posted by: jc at July 04, 2012 05:13 AM (ufJKx)
Peck at the ground any?
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 05:14 AM (4ixH5)
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true grit
Posted by: jc at July 04, 2012 01:15 AM (ufJKx)
Posted by: Carb nazi at July 04, 2012 05:13 AM (kaalw)
No, but I can thertainly feel it.
Posted by: Big Gay Al at July 04, 2012 01:16 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 04, 2012 05:13 AM (kaalw)
Now is where we all hang our heads in shame and wonder what went wrong with our lives.
Well, it's what I do anyway.
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 01:17 AM (4ixH5)
670Yeeeesh! Right next to HT....I gotta go wash off.
Ah, come on. I like your tentacles octo-boy, and your natural moistness could make up for my, well, lack thereof.
Posted by: Helen Thomas at July 04, 2012 01:17 AM (YxaXw)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 04, 2012 01:19 AM (kaalw)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 04, 2012 05:13 AM (kaalw)
Now is where we all hang our heads in shame and wonder what went wrong with our lives.
Well, it's what I do anyway.
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 05:17 AM (4ixH5)
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or you could get your tweezers and a itty bitty wittle stapler and take care of dingy harry for the team.
Posted by: jc at July 04, 2012 01:19 AM (ufJKx)
Posted by: Helen Thomas at July 04, 2012 01:19 AM (YxaXw)
Posted by: Helen Thomas at July 04, 2012 05:18 AM (YxaXw)
There ya go -- we have that much in common.....mutual nausea.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 04, 2012 01:21 AM (kaalw)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 04, 2012 05:19 AM (kaalw)
There was a thread about this last week. Consensus was USDA is full of shit.
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 01:23 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: jc at July 04, 2012 05:19 AM (ufJKx)
I can do that. Lou'll get me tanked up before and after.
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 01:24 AM (4ixH5)
Dogs, cats, and Foxes sleeping together! What is the world coming to? Why isn't there a rabbit nestled in there as well?
And tonight's ad, bacon in a toaster?? What could go wrong with that? I hope nobody actually tried to use that crap. I can see it now, floods of bacon grease oozing out the bottom of the toaster into the heating elements and wiring. Bacon grease that is wasted and subject to a fire and an awful mess. That stuff and the idea was obviously the product of an idiot who had never cooked bacon, or anything else for that matter.
And its July 4th!
Posted by: Vic at July 04, 2012 01:24 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Helen Thomas at July 04, 2012 05:18 AM (YxaXw)
If it makes you feel better I lol'd hard.
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 01:24 AM (4ixH5)
If it makes you feel better I lol'd hard.[/]
Well thanks but I had to envision it to write it. I'm not sure what's worse, gaving upon R'lyeh and it's no longer slumbering occupant or Helen Thomas having sex with an octopus.
Good night.
Posted by: Where're my ping pong balls at July 04, 2012 01:27 AM (YxaXw)
Posted by: Where're my ping pong balls at July 04, 2012 01:28 AM (YxaXw)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 04, 2012 01:29 AM (kaalw)
Posted by: Where're my ping pong balls at July 04, 2012 01:29 AM (YxaXw)
Reddi-Bacon (1964) was precooked and there was very little extra fat involved when the foil packets were heated. However, there was occasional slight leaking from torn or damaged foil packages, and that undoubtedly caused some smoking and ruined toasters.
The problems with the packaging was vexing enough to the company that Reddi-Bacon never really made it out of test markets before the product was pulled from the market.
This is why I never heard of it before.
Posted by: Vic at July 04, 2012 01:30 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Where're my ping pong balls at July 04, 2012 01:31 AM (YxaXw)
Posted by: cthulhu at July 04, 2012 05:29 AM (kaalw)
Which I believe is ganking everyone else's shit.
Everyone know where your nearest Occupy encampment is located?
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 01:32 AM (4ixH5)
If it makes you feel better I lol'd hard.[/]
Well thanks but I had to envision it to write it.I'm not sure what's worse, gaving upon R'lyeh and it's no longer slumbering occupant or Helen Thomas having sex with an octopus.
Good night.
Posted by: Where're my ping pong balls at July 04, 2012 05:27 AM (YxaXw)
Oh, no you don't. Octopi have standards, dammit, and.... >disgusting sounds<
Posted by: cthulhu at July 04, 2012 01:34 AM (kaalw)
Get crackin', y'all. And stop whining.
Ya know, I've been without health insurance for the last 5 years. I've paid cash for every visit and every test and every pill. I am now a criminal.
Fuck you JEF and John Roberts. May you both choke on your own cum.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 04, 2012 01:42 AM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Vic at July 04, 2012 01:46 AM (YdQQY)
The problems is we have too many bleeding heart liberal dumb asses in congress. That started because in the early 1800s states started removing the requirement to own property to vote. By the 1850s I think all had completed it. I think AL was the last state to remove it (and they had not been a state long).
This allowed the looters to vote. People who had no stake in the system cold now vote themselves bread circuses.
But still this didn't have much impact because the states still jealously guarded their authority vis-a-vis Washington. It wasn't until after the states were eviscerated at the end of the war of 1861 and the start of the progressive era that this folly became the rule of the land and we began the long torturous slide into socialism and now communism.
And we were no longer protected by the court because Adams and Marshall started destroying it in 1801.
Posted by: Vic at July 04, 2012 01:52 AM (YdQQY)
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Posted by: teej at July 04, 2012 03:00 AM (9ek7+)
Armageddon was the tits. Shit blows up, more shit blows up and then shit keeps blowing up which is why Michael Bay is my personal lord and savior. Bonus, Steve Buscemi and the space dementia. Man alive but William Fichtner should have gotten an award just for delivering that line with a straight face.
Dammit, I really should be working.
Bye bye again.
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 03:09 AM (4ixH5)
Armageddon had Bruce Willis
Deep Impact had Vanessa Redgrave
Armageddon had Liv Tyler
Deep Impact virtually boring up until the end
Armageddon started hot and stayed hot
AsI said Armageddon all the way
Posted by: Vic at July 04, 2012 03:14 AM (YdQQY)
Posted by: lowandslow at July 04, 2012 03:19 AM (GZitp)
Posted by: Bob at July 04, 2012 03:37 AM (4ixH5)
Yesterday, the Army admitted a clerical error had added the designation to his records despite him washing out of SF training 3 times. They have now revoked it. His NCO buddy has retracted his letter and demanded it be removed from the website. He has also apologized to his fellow soldiers, saying that he trusted Aden to have told him the truth.
Aden has said nothing but insists that the designation is accurate.
Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at July 04, 2012 03:55 AM (xUI0P)
Posted by: zippodar at July 04, 2012 04:38 AM (jNNWD)
For instance, they decided to have an Orion ship as the only realistic way to reach the comet in time to do anything about it. All well and good. But the ship was a long narrow spindle, the exact opposite of what an Orion ship, propelled by nuclear bombs, would look like.
www.up-ship.com/apr/michael.htm
When the astronomer first detects the comet and plots its course, he does it with far too little data to make any useful analysis. A quick montage sequence could easily have covered that, taking place over a lengthy period as he gets increasingly anxious. This in turn would have made his death by poor driving more believable.
It will always piss me off that the genre owes so much to 'Lucifer's Hammer' and Hollywood will never make that movie. Recall that the climax is a battle to SAVE a nuclear power plant from a horde of former urbanites turned into a nihilist cannibal cult. Some critics have taken this to mean the horde was all of a certain ethnic derivation and pointed their fingers and shrieked like a pod person from the 70s remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers ever since.
Armageddon was a fantasy action movie that made no apologies for being ridiculous. It was a far better movie for its honesty with itself.
Posted by: epobirs at July 04, 2012 05:36 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Kevin at July 04, 2012 08:31 AM (NGrk0)
He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the
public good.
He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and
pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should
be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
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