August 23, 2012
— Maetenloch
Dream Team: The 10 Best Conservative Columnists
Okay I'm down with 8 of these but I just don't consider David Brooks or Peggy Noonan (post-2000) particularly conservative or all that great. Falling for Obama in 2008 ought to put you in the cornfield of conservative punditry for a good decade or so.
And frankly I can't recall a single memorable George Will column in years. According to hearsay he's focusing these days on the grandeur of baseball and why blue jeans and football should be banned.
The Election According to Amazon Sales
Even NY is only 56% blue while DC is the bluest in the country with 74%.
Tales from Development Hell: The Greatest Movies Never Made
For all the reboots/remakes/sequels being made these days there were many others that were eagerly awaited yet never got made:
This wasn't always the case, however. Six years passed between Aliens and Alien3, eight between Batman & Robin and Batman Begins -- and an unthinkable eighteen fallow years between Superman IV: The Quest for Peace and Superman Returns. So what was going on for all that time?...With my next book, Tales from Development Hell, I chose a variety of projects -- a few stillborn, others aborted, one or two with a particularly painful gestation -- which aimed to illustrate the kinds of problems which can beset a film, even when some of Hollywood's heaviest hitters are involved.
Why were Oliver Stone's and James Cameron's thrilling takes on the Planet of the Apes property rejected in favor of Tim Burton's unimaginative "re-imagining"? How come even the combined muscle of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Paul Verhoeven, at the height of their powers, couldn't get Crusade off the ground? How did Outbreak get a green light when Ridley Scott's The Hot Zone, set to star Robert Redford and Jodie Foster, did not?
When you're a Scandi stuck on a barren, arctic island, you get your jollies where you can:
Seven-year-old Jón Haukur Vignisson unexpectedly won the highest score among non-professionals in the annual national ram groping tournament organized by the Sheep Farming Museum in HólmavÃk, the Strandir region in the West Fjords, last weekend.
...Ram gropers are of all ages and walks of life. Among the prizes is sperm from the Insemination Center of West Iceland, which is much appreciated among sheep farmers.
How to Eat a Watermelon Correctly
You're doing it all wrong.
The Fork Cartel many years ago sort of brainwashed people into thinking they're supposed to eat a watermelon with a fork just in an attempt to sell forks.
The first problem is that the typical return on a bank robbery is pretty modest. Over a three-year period, one thing or another went wrong and 1/3 of UK bank robbers got away with no money at all. The average haul for a successful heist was around £30,000 (or about $47,000). Even then, about 1/5 of successful robbers were later caught, arrested and convicted, and in some cases the money recovered.The economists did discover a few ways that would-be Dillingers could increase their gains. Their data showed that each additional member of a robbery crew raises the expected value of the haul by £9,033.20 (~ $14,216 USD). "A larger gang may have spent more time on planning and reconnoitering," they write. "In short, it may be more professional, and the larger returns may reflect that." A large crew has one obvious drawback, though: there are more people that have to split the loot. If the crew divvies out the cash equally, "although the total haul goes up, the haul per person goes down."
They also found that packing heat has a positive effect on the take, and "the threat of firearm use in a bank raid raises the unconditional expected value of the robbery by £10,300.50 [$16,210 USD]," on average.
Given that you have a 50/50 chance of being caught by your 3rd heist, clearly you're better off running a brokerage firm and 'losing' a billion or two.
Interview with the Anal Tat Girl
So 22 year-old Maria Louise Del Rosario became internet-famous last week after she was videoed getting an anal tattoo at the Florida Tattoo Expo. And in this interview she explains all - and pretty much confirms every hypothesis you've ever formed about the kind of girl who gets anal tattoos.
On her first anal tat (the video is of her second third?):
"When I got it tattooed, he held my cheeks open while I was choking myself from the pain. Then we ended up breaking up because he said he couldn't see us getting married or starting a family."
On her fame:
Then she met Rockwood, who "hated seeing Vince there when we had sex," so she got "Rockwood" tattooed over her old one for his birthday. She claims Rockwood eventually got her thrown in jail for stealing.
...Now Del Rosario wants to take on a career in "modeling shit," which, according to her Facebook page, is a regular hobby of hers.
Currently the over/under for Maria's lifespan is 39.5 years.
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blue jeans wearing commie
Posted by: The Dude at August 23, 2012 06:28 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Serious Cat at August 23, 2012 06:30 PM (zrpqj)
Posted by: The Dude at August 23, 2012 06:30 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: USS Diversity at August 23, 2012 06:31 PM (0CiTm)
Posted by: Serious Cat at August 23, 2012 10:30 PM (zrpqj)
drill hole, pour vodka in it, seal hole and put into a fridge. Do it for two days and it's great for a party
Posted by: The Dude at August 23, 2012 06:32 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: someone at August 23, 2012 06:33 PM (bqjJT)
Posted by: Adam at August 23, 2012 06:34 PM (/YJYi)
Okay I'm down with 8 of these but I just don't consider David Brooks or Peggy Noonan
Replace Peggy Noonan with Michelle Malkin. Replace David Brooks with fucking anyone.
Posted by: fluffy at August 23, 2012 06:34 PM (4pSIn)
Posted by: derit at August 23, 2012 06:36 PM (ruiF1)
Posted by: logprof at August 23, 2012 06:36 PM (Khf/F)
I've been seeing these Amazon booksales charts and maps lately, and I have to wonder - are sales always conservative leaning, or do conservatives just have more recent books out.
Some of the 'blue' books were pretty old.
Posted by: JustLikeDavidHasselhoff at August 23, 2012 06:36 PM (71iUa)
Posted by: steevy at August 23, 2012 06:37 PM (6o4Fb)
Speaking of delving after dingleberries, I seriously doubt that Cameron or Stone could have delivered a better movie than Burton managed. Cameron would have given us noble-savage nonsense. Stone would have at least given us some gory chimpy face chewing and orang rape, but... actually, that's all he'd have done. The movie would have been disgusting.
Posted by: Boulder Hobo at August 23, 2012 06:37 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: USS Diversity at August 23, 2012 06:38 PM (0CiTm)
Hey gang! Happy almost Friday!
Mark Steyn and Clarice Feldman are tied for first on my list as top conservative columnists - just can't decide between the two.
Posted by: Theresa is 4 Romney/Ryan at August 23, 2012 06:39 PM (W5So8)
Posted by: Trimegistus at August 23, 2012 06:39 PM (mkv9V)
Posted by: Theresa is 4 Romney/Ryan at August 23, 2012 06:40 PM (W5So8)
Posted by: logprof at August 23, 2012 06:41 PM (Khf/F)
Posted by: King Shabazz Dingaling at August 23, 2012 06:42 PM (pUOpM)
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Despite repeated historical failures, self-impressed moral idiots continue to try and implement the Communist blueprint for society. Perhaps Gibson was simply trying to show that we'll hardly be free of idealistic morons in the future.
Posted by: Hagbard Celine at August 23, 2012 06:42 PM (+/VIS)
thankfully, he is an eye doctor, not a chiropractor
Posted by: chemjeff at August 23, 2012 06:42 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: King Shabazz Dingaling at August 23, 2012 06:43 PM (pUOpM)
Posted by: The Dude at August 23, 2012 06:43 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Armando at August 23, 2012 06:43 PM (lyStv)
Posted by: sven10077 at August 23, 2012 06:44 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Big Sis at August 23, 2012 06:45 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: logprof at August 23, 2012 06:45 PM (Khf/F)
Posted by: sven10077 at August 23, 2012 06:45 PM (LRFds)
"So... Mr Ho... um... tell us your background."
Posted by: Hagbard Celine at August 23, 2012 06:46 PM (+/VIS)
It just felt lazy.
Posted by: Trimegistus at August 23, 2012 06:47 PM (mkv9V)
Posted by: holygoat at August 23, 2012 06:47 PM (auGuV)
The odd things one learns on the ONT.
Another odd thing I learned today is that Leonard Lemoy was in the fourth season of Mission Impossible.
Posted by: Polliwogette, teahada hobbit who wants some R & R at August 23, 2012 06:47 PM (8sEhR)
The two good Alien movies both had a corporation as the villain, in effect. It was the Left's caricature of Halliburton / Blackwater.
After all the horribleness that Weyland-Yutani got up to, I wouldn't be surprised if there was a reaction and that by the time of Alien 3, Earth had gone commie.
Posted by: Boulder Hobo at August 23, 2012 06:47 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: JustLikeDavidHasselhoff at August 23, 2012 06:48 PM (71iUa)
Posted by: Theresa is 4 Romney/Ryan at August 23, 2012 06:48 PM (W5So8)
Twenty years ago I had a mild crush on Peggy Noonan. She was pretty and a little winsom. Sometime in the middle of "The Bush Years" something snapped inside her. The combination of the shock of 9/11 (she lived pretty close to that) and then the incredible visceral hatred of Bush by the Left (and a lot of people in NY City) drove her around the bend. I really kind of loathe her these days. She has lost whatever it was that she once believed in, back when she wrote "What I Saw at the Revolution".
Her ex-husband, Richard Rahn, is quite a smart guy and a behind the scenes thinker for the Republican Party.. He only has one eye and wears a patch. So he's a bit of a pirate. ARrrrrrrgh!
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at August 23, 2012 06:48 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: president o'bumbles at August 23, 2012 06:49 PM (vDl/w)
Posted by: sven10077 at August 23, 2012 06:49 PM (LRFds)
It just felt lazy.
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Ah... yeah. I guess maybe if you are going for camp or parody that would work. Hard to play a chest-bursting for laughs tho...
Posted by: Hagbard Celine at August 23, 2012 06:49 PM (+/VIS)
What I didn't know at the time is that it was a peek into what Noonan, herself, was considering; to make a separate peace with liberalism.
Posted by: Boulder Hobo at August 23, 2012 06:50 PM (QTHTd)
But this was simply cutting and pasting the Cold War from 1980s Earth into (whenever the Alien movies take place) Outer Space. As I said, lazy.
Posted by: Trimegistus at August 23, 2012 06:50 PM (mkv9V)
Posted by: Hagbard Celine at August 23, 2012 10:49 PM (+/VIS)
You would be wrong sir!
Posted by: Mel Brooks at August 23, 2012 06:50 PM (GULKT)
Boulder Hobo - that's what she wrote to keep from self-destructing in "The Bush Years". Her social life would have collapsed had she kept support GWB.
So sad.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at August 23, 2012 06:52 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: Hagbard Celine at August 23, 2012 06:53 PM (+/VIS)
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Posted by: USS Diversity at August 23, 2012 06:55 PM (0CiTm)
Posted by: president o'bumbles at August 23, 2012 06:56 PM (vDl/w)
Posted by: AWESOME-O at August 23, 2012 06:57 PM (Khf/F)
Posted by: sven10077 at August 23, 2012 06:57 PM (LRFds)
My wife interviewed for a job where the HR director (or someone) was Terry Hurd. The next person she spoke to fucked up the name.
Apparently, Mrs fluffy handled that with humor and tact and scored big points.
Posted by: fluffy at August 23, 2012 06:57 PM (4pSIn)
Posted by: A cynical but rarely angry Adriane at August 23, 2012 06:58 PM (xNOVO)
Posted by: butters stotch at August 23, 2012 06:58 PM (vDl/w)
Posted by: Adam at August 23, 2012 06:59 PM (/YJYi)
Posted by: Harry Turd at August 23, 2012 07:00 PM (vDl/w)
We've gone from Grace Kelly to women who lie awake at night thinking of external and now internal body parts they can have ink permanently assigned to. It's beyond fucking depressing.
Posted by: Reggie1971 at August 23, 2012 07:01 PM (c9PA0)
Anybody else put salt on their watermelon? My wife is Chinese and she thinks that's insane, but it's the way I've always eaten it since childhood. And she sprinkles sugar on tomato slices, so she's got no right to criticize.
Posted by: 66chevelle at August 23, 2012 07:02 PM (QjSgY)
Posted by: Cicero Kid at August 23, 2012 07:02 PM (tr9ez)
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This is a core problem with socialism.
You cannot effectively centralize all decision making in a modern economy in an insulated and unaccountable group of "experts".
And every year it gets worse as government acquires more power and the economy gets more complex.
This should be the era of freedom - especially with the fall of the Soviet Union - but liberalism has grown, basically unstopped, since the late 90s.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 23, 2012 07:02 PM (AUeaU)
Judge: Mr. Steyn, did you, or did you not, give the Scandi on your left, the Scandi on your right, and the Scandi behind you, anal tattoos?
Mark Steyn: *Look of sheepishness*
Posted by: Lurking Canuck at August 23, 2012 07:03 PM (c/CJd)
I don't understand salt in margaritas, though.
Posted by: Boulder Hobo at August 23, 2012 07:04 PM (QTHTd)
Anyone else watching Titans/Cardinals preseason? Kicker just had to kick 3 field goals in a row because of offensive penalties, and he made all 3. It's been an interesting game.
Posted by: Theresa is 4 Romney/Ryan at August 23, 2012 07:04 PM (W5So8)
Posted by: 66chevelle at August 23, 2012 07:05 PM (QjSgY)
Posted by: Soap MacTavish at August 23, 2012 11:02 PM (vbh31)
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Some may argue this has already occurred.
Posted by: Julia, pronounced "hoo-le-ahh" at August 23, 2012 07:05 PM (+/VIS)
Posted by: sven10077 at August 23, 2012 07:05 PM (73iaV)
I've put salt on chocolate chip cookies before. Seriously, salt goes into cookie dough anyway, and sometimes they don't put enough
Peggie Lawton choco chip cookies are noticably salty.
Posted by: fluffy at August 23, 2012 07:06 PM (4pSIn)
Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis at August 23, 2012 07:06 PM (IlZPo)
Say, did you 'rons know that Big Sis/Eric Withholder appear to have it in for Truthers? If you're a vet you have an even bigger target on your back. Beck spoke with the atty for the former Virginia marine who was taken from his home (sans warrant) and forcibly committed to a psych ward. Vets across the country have been contacting his lawyer at the Rutherford Institute to say it's alarming to say the least.
Posted by: RushBabe at August 23, 2012 07:07 PM (tQHzJ)
Posted by: endeavor to persevere at August 23, 2012 07:07 PM (zZJJp)
What I notice here is that this lady is, I am guessing, Spanish or at least Latina. But her parents aspired for her to be something greater - by which I mean, of course, French.
I wonder if the del Rosarios had a time machine, they'd have just said to hell with it and chosen "Tupac" as a middle name
Posted by: Boulder Hobo at August 23, 2012 07:07 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Jean at August 23, 2012 07:07 PM (WkuV6)
Posted by: JustLikeDavidHasselhoff at August 23, 2012 10:36 PM (71iUa)
I suspect a lot of the 'blue' books are required reading in any number of college courses.
Posted by: Nash Rambler at August 23, 2012 07:07 PM (vXucy)
Posted by: Craig Poe at August 23, 2012 07:07 PM (BVkEs)
I don't do that, but do put salt and pepper on cantaloupe. So it doesn't sound too weird to me.
Posted by: someone at August 23, 2012 07:08 PM (bqjJT)
Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis at August 23, 2012 07:08 PM (IlZPo)
Posted by: LizLem at August 23, 2012 07:08 PM (6VkFb)
Posted by: TheOtherJay at August 23, 2012 07:10 PM (nojhZ)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at August 23, 2012 07:11 PM (e8kgV)
Sometimes a watermelon is just a watermelon
Posted by: Boulder Hobo, ready for his diversity training at August 23, 2012 07:11 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: sven10077 at August 23, 2012 07:12 PM (73iaV)
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I'm always amused by the focus on evil corporations in the State Media, considering how at odds it is with actual history.
The worst corporate action* I can think of would be the Bhopal gas tragedy. Through criminal negligence, Union Carbide killed something like 10,000 people. Horrible indeed.
But the list of governments that have murdered more then that is long. Rommel estimates fifteen in the 20th century that have killed at least a 100x more. Interestingly, in only 3 of those cases has the State Media shown any significant interest in covering them - National Socialist Germany, Imperial Japan, and Communist Cambodia.
*Actually the state government had its hands dirty too...
Posted by: 18-1 at August 23, 2012 07:14 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: andycanuck at August 23, 2012 07:14 PM (vDl/w)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at August 23, 2012 07:15 PM (JKNDp)
Posted by: teej at August 23, 2012 07:16 PM (PNi9V)
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SUCKERS!
Posted by: Lil Timmy Geithner at August 23, 2012 07:17 PM (AUeaU)
I don't do that, but do put salt and pepper on cantaloupe. So it doesn't sound too weird to me.
Posted by: someone at August 23, 2012 11:08 PM (bqjJT)
Love salt on watermelon and cantaloupe (and apples, etc). Never tried pepper. Will try it with a bite next time.
Posted by: Craig Poe at August 23, 2012 07:17 PM (BVkEs)
I'm gonna get one of those squeaker tats. It's going to say I Heart Obama!
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at August 23, 2012 11:16 PM (hvwLi)
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You should go for a portrait- you have the asshole already, just needs some ears.
Posted by: Hagbard Celine at August 23, 2012 07:17 PM (+/VIS)
Posted by: Pólitískur Hattur at August 23, 2012 07:18 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: fluffy at August 23, 2012 11:04 PM (4pSIn)
Are you Southern? Is that a Southern thing? Because most of my family is from the Piedmont region, and there was always a salt shaker sitting by the watermelon at family reunions on both sides of the family.
Posted by: 66chevelle at August 23, 2012 07:18 PM (QjSgY)
Posted by: The littl shyning man at August 23, 2012 07:18 PM (uhW+R)
Those Icelandic hand warmers are crazy. Got any ideas what they use for hand dryers?
Posted by: Ohio Dan at August 23, 2012 07:18 PM (JKNDp)
Posted by: Will Folks at August 23, 2012 07:19 PM (2jQGY)
Posted by: sven10077 at August 23, 2012 07:19 PM (73iaV)
Posted by: Mary Jane Rottencrotch at August 23, 2012 07:21 PM (pqYYP)
18-1, that was a good 'un! :-)
Posted by: Theresa is 4 Romney/Ryan at August 23, 2012 07:22 PM (W5So8)
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at August 23, 2012 11:16 PM (hvwLi)
---You should go for a portrait- you have the asshole already, just needs some ears.
Posted by: Hagbard Celine at August 23, 2012 11:17 PM (+/VIS)
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Agggghhh....the mental picture of those dangling,wobbling earlobes in about 10 years....aaauuuugggghhhhhdamnyou
Posted by: 66chevelle at August 23, 2012 07:22 PM (QjSgY)
I know it's not for everyone, but I'm a bit of a pepperhead: I put black pepper in most things, and cayenne in many others(I especially like a bit in chocolate)
Posted by: someone at August 23, 2012 07:22 PM (bqjJT)
Posted by: 66chevelle at August 23, 2012 11:18 PM (QjSgY)
it's a taste thing as salt pulls out the flavor out of most veggies and fruits
Posted by: The Dude at August 23, 2012 07:22 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Biancaneve at August 23, 2012 07:22 PM (UaBrT)
Posted by: butt ugly at August 23, 2012 07:23 PM (YQHqe)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 23, 2012 07:23 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: navel gazing at August 23, 2012 07:25 PM (YQHqe)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at August 23, 2012 07:25 PM (JKNDp)
Posted by: Caiwyn at August 23, 2012 07:27 PM (9dlCF)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at August 23, 2012 07:27 PM (JKNDp)
Posted by: Jean at August 23, 2012 07:27 PM (WkuV6)
You're talking watermelons. That's racist.
Posted by: spitting seeds into the wind at August 23, 2012 07:28 PM (YQHqe)
I'd be even more upset that we didn't manned interplanetary missions in 2010. We don't even go to the Moon anymore. Only a dozen humans have been beyond low Earth orbit and they're all quite elderly now.
It's as if Columbus came back and the Spanish crown declared it had just been a stunt to show the Brits who really ruled the oceans and no more trips would be necessary.
Posted by: epobirs at August 23, 2012 07:29 PM (kcfmt)
good evening, good people. Today marked one of my favoritest times, the County Fair opened. Love cruising them and sampling the insane food offered. We have a whole week to enjoy this once a year binge, and I make sure to do so.
Posted by: irongrampa at August 23, 2012 07:29 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: Stanley Kubrick at August 23, 2012 07:31 PM (sZTYJ)
May get flamed for this one, but Ann Coulter has got to be included in this list.
Any conservative who can produce eight bestsellers and sell well over 3,000,000 books deserves at least an honorable mention.
Posted by: Icedog at August 23, 2012 07:32 PM (PTS+l)
Also, I lived in a town that had a urologist named Richard Tapper. He specialized in vasectomies. I am not kidding.
But the best married couple's name that I knew of were Ace and Dodo Leske...
Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 23, 2012 07:33 PM (9gJlM)
Posted by: sven10077 at August 23, 2012 07:33 PM (73iaV)
Posted by: Jean at August 23, 2012 07:33 PM (WkuV6)
Lost this on first posting. Belly button tats.
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I figured anus tats wouldn't pass the smell test.
Posted by: Ohio Dan at August 23, 2012 07:34 PM (JKNDp)
Missed that, but way to go kicker!!!! And everybody thinks it's an easy job...
Posted by: NC Ref at August 23, 2012 07:34 PM (/izg2)
Any conservative who can produce eightbestsellers and sell well over 3,000,000 books deserves at least an honorable mention.
Posted by: Icedog at August 23, 2012 11:32 PM (PTS+l)
She's certainly more deserving than Peggy Noonan or David Brooks.
Posted by: buzzion at August 23, 2012 07:35 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Social SCIENCE Graduate Student at August 23, 2012 07:35 PM (sZTYJ)
There's always the trick of sneakily turning the Penn State books upside down in the sport section... strangely, those books don't seem to be on the shelf anymore.
Posted by: Boulder Hobo, ready for his diversity training at August 23, 2012 07:35 PM (QTHTd)
Biancaneve at August 23, 2012 11:22 PM (UaBrT)
I'd bet half the posters here do/did the same thing. Small victories add up!
Posted by: Icedog at August 23, 2012 07:36 PM (PTS+l)
143 I still love Peggy Noonan's writing
isnt she the one who went crazy cause her husband said that teh Sarah!!!! was hot and he had a dream about her?
Posted by: navycopjoe (Dem God of RINO war) at August 23, 2012 07:36 PM (Shrag)
Posted by: Ma Bell, now R squared at August 23, 2012 07:37 PM (uVuwp)
Posted by: steevy at August 23, 2012 07:38 PM (6o4Fb)
my arrested devolpment-counter culture friends are beginning to resemble pedo's that you see in mugshots on tru tv.
dear vegas, your little city-slogan is utter bullshit. and youre always featured on "cops"...holy shit you got some ugly women out there...
most interesting place in america 2012= any walmart.
just had to get that off my chest, thanx.
Posted by: laughing at neck braces at August 23, 2012 07:39 PM (nVqtU)
165 The one who said McCain picked her because she gave him a boner and that was all.
sounds like a great reason to me
Posted by: navycopjoe (Dem God of RINO war) at August 23, 2012 07:39 PM (Shrag)
Posted by: Icedog at August 23, 2012 07:40 PM (PTS+l)
Posted by: sven10077 at August 23, 2012 07:40 PM (73iaV)
Posted by: Craig Poe at August 23, 2012 07:40 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Trimegistus at August 23, 2012 10:39 PM (mkv9V)
Why is this such an improbable issue? I thought we were done with Commies when the wall came down, the USSR and Yugoslavia imploded, and the Chinese decided to work their butts off to flood the West with cheap DVD players....and, yet, here we are with Valerie Jarrett in charge of the US of A.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 23, 2012 07:40 PM (kaalw)
Sandra, I think an anal tattoo that would be a bit more appropriate for you would be the classic Obama logo (http://tinyurl.com/d2pkf4q) with your anus in the dead center. It'd be a perfect metaphor, especially after you eat at a sketchy Indian place.
Posted by: Armando at August 23, 2012 07:42 PM (lyStv)
Posted by: Craig Poe at August 23, 2012 07:42 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: sven10077 at August 23, 2012 11:33 PM (73iaV
There were a bunch of people on the right (including her, Brooks, Charles Fried, Chris Buckley, Doug Kmiec, etc.) who went over to Obama, either 1.) because they saw the Republicans as being on the wane for the foreseeable future and wanted to jump on the bandwagon while they still could or 2.) because saw his academic pedigree vs. Palin's as a more important factor than their stated principles. I never want to hear from any of these people ever again.
Posted by: AD at August 23, 2012 07:42 PM (+2Cea)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at August 23, 2012 07:43 PM (GE1+K)
#97 I didn't read it but Drudge has a link about the Marine having been released or, at least, ordered released by a judge.
He was released. One of the psychiatrists threatened him with "brainwashing," which was interesting as well. The video of him being taken (in his shorts, and not allowed to change) is on The Blaze. His sister filmed the whole thing. He and his lawyer are now suing the gubmint. Virginia has 20,000 civil committments annually, but it's a nationwide thing. Only a handful of states have laws against it.
Posted by: RushBabe at August 23, 2012 07:43 PM (tQHzJ)
As for the 2010 movie... well, in 2012, I suppose we are in a Cold War with Russia, in which one side supports the rights of Christians worldwide and the other is playing footsie with the forefathers of Hamas.
So, the 2010 movie got that much right.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG5e1oaen-M
Posted by: Boulder Hobo, ready for his diversity training at August 23, 2012 07:43 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: butch at August 23, 2012 07:43 PM (nK2Sx)
Posted by: Interested at August 23, 2012 07:43 PM (qRvXu)
A lot of leftists will vehemently swear they aren't commies. But if you're giving aid and comfort to those who fly the banner, how are you different in anything but name?
The only reaction she nailed was her own. That she remembered she was a Republican a few days before the election is cold comfort int he face of what was widely viewed as a pro-Obama stance from someone famous for writing Reagan speeches. This mislead a lot of people who took Noonan's approval as an OK to give in to the feel-good gesture of voting for a black man, regardless of who and what that black man really was.
This same sort of thing got us eight years of Clinton and the continuing annoyance of Mrs. Clinton. Those who were really paying attention tried to warn the country who and what this guy was, while those who lacked the will for a fight interpreted his lack of any real stance on an issue as making him agreeable. Then he turned out to be exactly the guy we were warned about, whose only saving grace was being easily rolled by a Congressional majority.
You'd think the electorate would start to notice that the guys raising the alarm have a pretty good track record in the last few decades.
Posted by: epobirs at August 23, 2012 07:44 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Jake in ID at August 23, 2012 07:44 PM (X92nA)
Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2012 07:45 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: steevy at August 23, 2012 07:45 PM (6o4Fb)
Sandra, I think an anal tattoo that would be a bit more appropriate for you would be the classic Obama logo (http://tinyurl.com/d2pkf4q) with your anus in the dead center. It'd be a perfect metaphor, especially after you eat at a sketchy Indian place.
You, sir, win the intranetz.
Posted by: RushBabe at August 23, 2012 07:46 PM (tQHzJ)
I wish they would make a live action American Macross/Robotech movie. It's got everything you need. Figher jets, giant robots, hot chicks, shit blowing up...what the fuck, Hollywood? What the fuck?
Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2012 11:45 PM (HWUv9)
be expensive and how do you make it for people who doesn't know the property in the span of 120 minutes
Posted by: The Dude at August 23, 2012 07:48 PM (tw6Ar)
Epobirs @ 147 - We abandoned the stars to pay for the Great Society. Good trade, huh?
Now, if only we can work the kinks out of the rocket engines that are fueled by the homeless and minorites!
Posted by: Icedog at August 23, 2012 07:48 PM (PTS+l)
I wish they would make a live action American Macross/Robotech movie. It's got everything you need. Figher jets, giant robots, hot chicks, shit blowing up...what the fuck, Hollywood? What the fuck?
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Did someone say explosions?
Posted by: Michael Bey at August 23, 2012 07:48 PM (+/VIS)
Posted by: The Dude at August 23, 2012 07:49 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Scobface at August 23, 2012 07:50 PM (IoNBC)
Posted by: Michael Bey at August 23, 2012 11:48 PM (+/VIS)
funny thing is Bay would be good as it has his three principals: music, action and explosions. Just keep him away from doing anything with the story
Posted by: The Dude at August 23, 2012 07:50 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2012 07:50 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: Scobface at August 23, 2012 11:50 PM (IoNBC)
Eating watermelon without dog is un-Indonesian.
Posted by: Barry Incognito at August 23, 2012 07:52 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2012 07:52 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: Zakn at August 23, 2012 07:53 PM (7F9i5)
Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at August 23, 2012 07:54 PM (gaUwX)
Posted by: derit at August 23, 2012 11:49 PM (ruiF1)
Katy Perry. This is an American film. And I've always wanted to see her naked.
Posted by: Michael Bay at August 23, 2012 07:54 PM (+/VIS)
Posted by: The Brooksian-Sullivanian Axis at August 23, 2012 07:55 PM (8HhF2)
As for Carrie, never had a problem with them remaking it as it's a timeless story based on well worn tropes. As for them actually being good, that is a different question (one of Bryan Fuller's missteps)
Posted by: The Dude at August 23, 2012 07:55 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: sven10077 at August 23, 2012 07:55 PM (73iaV)
Funny story, at least I think so. Back when I was active duty USAF, my unit in West Berlin had a particular picnic. Most of food (meat, corn-on-the-cob, beans) was already there and was cooked at the park we were in, but after that food was consumed, someone brought a couple of watermelons out from cold storage.
Know this: this was an intel unit and 95% of the unit was white. When the watermelons were brought out, my white compatriots stormed on them like there were never going to be any more of them seen again.
As I watch this, one of my black compatriots walked up beside me and said, 'so much for that stereotype. I guess the commander would frown upon me kicking all the white folks' asses to get some watermelon."
I concurred.
Posted by: baldilocks at August 23, 2012 07:56 PM (6kWFm)
Posted by: Zakn at August 23, 2012 11:53 PM (7F9i5)
TT has made a definitive sstatement that it's off for cert
Posted by: The Dude at August 23, 2012 07:56 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: steevy at August 23, 2012 07:57 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2012 07:57 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2012 07:58 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: sven10077 at August 23, 2012 08:00 PM (73iaV)
...as an aside, I think I need to point out that the only reason why this "poll" is so skewed in Romney's favor is because conservatives actually read, whereas liberals don't, which is why they are stupid and why they are not conservatives.
Posted by: mistress overdone at August 23, 2012 08:01 PM (2/oBD)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at August 23, 2012 11:15 PM (JKNDp)
Arcane and occult rules, found in that tear-stained unholy grimoire: "The Internal Revenue Code."
Posted by: cthulhu at August 23, 2012 08:01 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: joncelli at August 23, 2012 08:03 PM (CWlPF)
Posted by: Scobface at August 23, 2012 08:03 PM (IoNBC)
151 and 159 - I love Ann Coulter, she says exactly what she thinks and she doesn't worry about the consequences. I don't always agree with her, but she's tops on my conservative columnist list, too. Plus, anyone the left hates, etc., etc.
Posted by: Theresa is 4 Romney/Ryan at August 23, 2012 08:04 PM (W5So8)
http://tinyurl.com/23y9dlq
Posted by: Craig Poe at August 23, 2012 08:04 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: sven10077 at August 23, 2012 08:04 PM (73iaV)
Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2012 08:04 PM (HWUv9)
Rick Hunter- Taylor Kitsch (John Carter)
Max Sterling- John Cho
Ben Dixon- Jonah Hill
Absolute Blockbuster. Internet haters will totally shut up about me now.
Posted by: Michael Bay at August 23, 2012 08:05 PM (+/VIS)
If you look at how far things have come since Babylon 5 was made on the cheap (I saw the sound stages during production several times and boy was it shabby compared to the Enterprise bridge on the Paramount lot; B5 put every dollar on the screen and used every trick to cut costs) a Robotech series is doable if you can get a $100 million production commitment up front from some venue like HBO. That may sound like a lot but compared to recent theatrical epics the cost per second of content is far lower. The last Transformers flick cost almost $200 million for 2 hours 34 minutes of run time. At least 5% of that was Shia LaBeouf. A TV series should be able to get through its first season with much lesser cost for actors. If it is successful it doesn't matter if the salary demands increase.
The real trick is convincing the guy who control things that there is a substantial market for this beyond anime geeks. Saying it was a beloved 80s cartoon is not going to endear you to the studio head after G.I. Joe did only so-so business on its $175 million cost.
Posted by: epobirs at August 23, 2012 08:05 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Adam at August 23, 2012 08:06 PM (/YJYi)
Posted by: RWC at August 23, 2012 08:06 PM (gwWRQ)
Posted by: sven10077 at August 23, 2012 08:07 PM (73iaV)
Posted by: Jose at August 23, 2012 08:07 PM (srIqv)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 23, 2012 08:08 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: steevy at August 23, 2012 08:09 PM (6o4Fb)
They don't read but leftists do buy books! What better to accessorize those shelf thingies that came with the house?
Lefties bought Obama's books by the truckload, largely just to have them be seen in their homes. The election results make it abundantly clear that very few actually read those books.
Posted by: epobirs at August 23, 2012 08:09 PM (kcfmt)
LOL.
I couldn't begin to tell you why the political books skew Right. It may just be that the Left just has so many other books to read.
Certainly in the sci-fi section, the main authors are Left these days. The Dozois collections, for instance, have been getting more PC every year.
So, where it's not explicitly Right, I've been sticking with primary sources and really old books from Google.
Posted by: Boulder Hobo, ready for his diversity training at August 23, 2012 08:10 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: B. J. Cobbledick at August 23, 2012 08:11 PM (6uY89)
Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2012 08:11 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: ザ 政治的 帽子 at August 23, 2012 08:12 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: steevy at August 24, 2012 12:09 AM (6o4Fb)
Yeah she left after about 3 months. I think the show ran for a little while longer with just Client #9. And she was crap on that show, nothing more than a token conservative to agree with the democrats about how bad conservatives are. I think many of us were justified in our suspicions that she was only ever on the show in the first place because CNN knew they couldn't get a show on that had only Client #9 on as the host. I wonder how he's doing as Olberman's replacement, or has he gotten canned there too?
Posted by: buzzion at August 23, 2012 08:12 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 23, 2012 08:13 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: ザ 政治的 帽子 at August 23, 2012 08:13 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Boulder Hobo, ready for his diversity training at August 23, 2012 08:13 PM (QTHTd)
There is far more to it than just gathering data for a tiny minority of the human race to pore over. If you don't get that I have no need to waste time speaking to soulless non-sentients.
Posted by: epobirs at August 23, 2012 08:14 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Ghost of Edmund Burke at August 23, 2012 08:14 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Theresa is 4 Romney/Ryan at August 23, 2012 08:15 PM (W5So8)
Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2012 08:15 PM (HWUv9)
http://tinyurl.com/c7hn3wb
Posted by: Robert at August 24, 2012 12:11 AM (HWUv9)
I saw that and i had to share. i loved it.
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 23, 2012 08:15 PM (r7Ddb)
You haven't heard?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fQoh6AIgNE
It's been linked in the ONT a zillion times.
Posted by: epobirs at August 23, 2012 08:16 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Boulder Hobo, ready for his diversity training at August 24, 2012 12:13 AM (QTHTd)
already been done a couple years ago and it was good, buy the blu-ray on your favorite asian movie importer (yesasia, dddhouse etc etc)
Posted by: The Dude at August 23, 2012 08:17 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Craig Poe at August 23, 2012 08:18 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Boulder Hobo at August 23, 2012 08:18 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: derit at August 23, 2012 08:19 PM (ruiF1)
Posted by: The Dude at August 23, 2012 08:20 PM (tw6Ar)
It is hard to imagine Mitt being in a position to hire more intelligent and knowledgable folk than the IRS.
Posted by: sven10077 at August 24, 2012 12:07 AM (73iaV)
i have a friend who takes meds for schizophrenia who works at the IRS. We always laugh that if you think those people there are crazy -- YOURE RIGHT!!!
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 23, 2012 08:20 PM (r7Ddb)
...why?
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Because it's there, dipshit.
Posted by: Michael Bay at August 23, 2012 08:21 PM (+/VIS)
Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2012 08:21 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: BuddyPC at August 23, 2012 08:22 PM (4XesQ)
Posted by: Boulder Hobo, ready for his diversity training at August 24, 2012 12:10 AM (QTHTd)
It's always been true that most sci-fi stories are generally leftist. It's due, in good part, to the fact that leftism is stagnation and stagnation is leftism and it is near impossible for someone to create a truly dynamic world out of thin air that develps in any reasonable way. It's much easier to create a static world in which only a few things change here and there, which forces it to skew left in most ways even if the author doesn't intend it.
If someone could create a truly dynamic world that made sense that person would more than likely be doing something other than writing.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 23, 2012 08:22 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: derit at August 24, 2012 12:19 AM (ruiF1)
G force was the seventies. with the Bird costumes It was Yoshitaka Amano's first project. (Designer of the characters for Final Fantasy)
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 23, 2012 08:23 PM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: Robert at August 24, 2012 12:21 AM (HWUv9)
the way they bastardized Gatchaman for the US still bugs me
Posted by: The Dude at August 23, 2012 08:24 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: sven10077 at August 23, 2012 08:24 PM (73iaV)
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 24, 2012 12:15 AM (r7Ddb)
Actually, it resembles the walker that I was talking to Hummingbird about....
So, Gushka....any availability on doing a moron meetup at DL Sept 22 or 23? The BH and I are trying to put together a SoCal trip.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 23, 2012 08:24 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Hagbard Celine at August 23, 2012 08:25 PM (+/VIS)
Posted by: Craig Poe at August 23, 2012 08:25 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 24, 2012 12:23 AM (r7Ddb)
I think that anime has been released in the US several times with different names. Its like the opposite of Robotech which was actually 3 separate animes in Japan that they connected in the US to get a large enough episode run, and the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers which has actually used multiple japanese series for its source shows.
Posted by: buzzion at August 23, 2012 08:26 PM (GULKT)
Eww, the picture on the homepage of lucianne-dot-com right now creeps me out big time, although it's true that he's the only one he's ever really loved.
Posted by: Theresa is 4 Romney/Ryan at August 23, 2012 08:27 PM (W5So8)
Posted by: Bruce Willis in a Space Suit at August 23, 2012 08:27 PM (+/VIS)
Posted by: logprof at August 23, 2012 08:27 PM (Khf/F)
214 Cthulu,
It is hard to imagine Mitt being in a position to hire more intelligent and knowledgable folk than the IRS.
Posted by: sven10077 at August 24, 2012 12:07 AM (73iaV)
i have a friend who takes meds for schizophrenia who works at the IRS. We always laugh that if you think those people there are crazy -- YOURE RIGHT!!!
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 24, 2012 12:20 AM (r7Ddb)
Actually, the IRS has the same problems getting talent as any other monolithic, bureaucratic enterprise....it just ain't as lucrative or exciting as outside. I have no doubt that Mitt can hire the best.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 23, 2012 08:28 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: kalneva at August 23, 2012 08:28 PM (cQmXn)
Posted by: Hagbard Celine at August 24, 2012 12:25 AM (+/VIS)
You're both right. http://tinyurl.com/5sv7fur
#2. Battle of the Planets Was Recycled Into Three Different Shows
This is like the opposite of all the other examples in this list, because in this case, a single show from Japan was recycled into three different cartoons in America. The first and possibly most famous was Battle of the Planets
Posted by: buzzion at August 23, 2012 08:29 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Shiggz Roketsturgeon at August 23, 2012 08:30 PM (RfvTE)
Posted by: logprof at August 24, 2012 12:27 AM (Khf/F)
Lisa Hayes: Elisabeth Moss
Admiral Gloval: Bryan Cranston
This is getting firm enough for a fake trailer.
Posted by: Michael Bay at August 23, 2012 08:31 PM (+/VIS)
Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2012 08:31 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: Scobface at August 23, 2012 08:31 PM (IoNBC)
Posted by: kalneva at August 24, 2012 12:28 AM (cQmXn)
He was ranting against Bielat in the previous thread.
Posted by: buzzion at August 23, 2012 08:31 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: logprof at August 23, 2012 08:31 PM (Khf/F)
Posted by: Shiggz Roketsturgeon at August 23, 2012 08:31 PM (RfvTE)
So, Gushka....any availability on doing a moron meetup at DL Sept 22 or 23? The BH and I are trying to put together a SoCal trip.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 24, 2012 12:24 AM (kaalw)
of course! i would love to hang with you! beeb i know will go and i might get Grim to come too. (but dont count on it, he hates crowds) im so damn depressed this bay colt is prolly gonna die tomorrow. i dont think i can save him.
And i hate that.
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 23, 2012 08:31 PM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2012 08:32 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: Michael Bay at August 24, 2012 12:31 AM (+/VIS)
be a return for Cranston in the Macross universe
Posted by: The Dude at August 23, 2012 08:32 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: logprof at August 23, 2012 08:33 PM (Khf/F)
Posted by: sven10077 at August 23, 2012 08:33 PM (73iaV)
Wrong.
The samples returned from the moon, decades later, are still being used to generate more scientific papers than, for instance, the MERs.
http://tinyurl.com/89hl3wx
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 23, 2012 08:34 PM (kZYXX)
Item #1... the only way to eat watermelon is to cut that baby in half and dig in with a spoon. oh and make sure the salt shaker is handy.
Item#2... what the fuck is wrong with that anal tattoo chic? I have one small tat in a sensible location and do not object to ink in most cases, however that girl is severely twisted.
Item#3... I have met physicians in the E.R. around here whose names were.. Dr. Doctor, Dr. Ern, Dr. Ruff, and Dr. Hyde. Strange but true.
Posted by: Madamemayhem at August 23, 2012 08:34 PM (iRgZG)
Posted by: logprof at August 23, 2012 08:34 PM (Khf/F)
Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2012 08:34 PM (HWUv9)
Trolling is getting lamer and lamer. You're not even trying.
1/10
Posted by: Hagbard Celine at August 23, 2012 08:34 PM (+/VIS)
Posted by: Truman North, iPhone doofus at August 23, 2012 08:35 PM (NB3rH)
Posted by: jimi ray at August 24, 2012 12:28 AM (79EF9)
Yeah, accusing someone else of being immature while you yourself are acting like an immature dick isn't going to make people respect what you have to say.
Posted by: Adam at August 23, 2012 08:36 PM (/YJYi)
Posted by: sven10077 at August 23, 2012 08:36 PM (73iaV)
Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2012 08:36 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: Truman North, iPhone doofus at August 23, 2012 08:36 PM (NB3rH)
And further, this attack is coupled with the transparent threat that the National Review intends to undertake burdensome and abusive litigation tactics should Dr. Mann have the temerity to attempt to defend himself in court.
*********
We intend to file a lawsuit.
Posted by: Hockey Stick at August 23, 2012 08:37 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Truman North, iPhone doofus at August 23, 2012 08:38 PM (NB3rH)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at August 23, 2012 08:38 PM (xKC/c)
268 jimi ray
" ... when i grow up!!!!"
I asked in a previous thread: you're a sophmore in Liberal Arts, correct?
Posted by: Arbalest at August 23, 2012 08:38 PM (/bHNF)
Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2012 08:38 PM (HWUv9)
The same American turds who cast Rosie O'Donnell as Betty Rubble would probably cast Katy Perry as Minmei.Posted by: logprof at August 23, 2012 08:39 PM (Khf/F)
Posted by: Truman North, iPhone doofus at August 23, 2012 08:39 PM (NB3rH)
They have idealists, careerists, and climbers. The scariest guys and gals om both sides of the table are the forensic datamining accountants. Seeing them winnow out the data and pulse of a persons business life is a spectacle like watching a fortuneteller.
Posted by: sven10077 at August 24, 2012 12:33 AM (73iaV)
Google pays better, and is less restricted in what they mine.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 23, 2012 08:40 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2012 08:41 PM (HWUv9)
My g-d this man is dumb.
Posted by: Boulder Hobo at August 23, 2012 08:42 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at August 23, 2012 08:43 PM (JKNDp)
Posted by: Scobface at August 23, 2012 08:43 PM (IoNBC)
And i hate that.
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 24, 2012 12:31 AM (r7Ddb)
I'm very sorry to hear about the bay. Sometimes even the best of care isn't enough.
Can you confer with BBD and see which day would be best and get back to me this weekend? It'd be awesome to meet the famous Grim as well.....but "DL on a weekend" sounds a lot like "crowds" in the Common Tongue. We have a rough schedule and would like to firm it up soon and start having real days.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 23, 2012 08:45 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2012 08:45 PM (HWUv9)
Let's try that again.
.
Am I the only one that thinks Burn Notice has evolved into tedious crap?
Posted by: Ohio Dan at August 23, 2012 08:45 PM (JKNDp)
Posted by: Boulder Hobo, ready for his diversity training at August 24, 2012 12:10 AM (QTHTd)
I bought the Kindle version of the first Dozois annual collection (stories from 1983) earlier this year, and since it was fairly good I bought the second one only to find that not only did the average quality plummet but there were several stories that seemed to have been included only for their left-wing politics. Does the series get better before again getting worse?
Posted by: DKCZ at August 23, 2012 08:45 PM (9/bcB)
Why, yes, I believe they would.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at August 23, 2012 08:46 PM (xKC/c)
So we found out everything there is to know about the moon from less than a half-ton of rock gathered in six locations?
Are you fucking high?
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 23, 2012 08:48 PM (kZYXX)
Posted by: Alex at August 23, 2012 08:48 PM (KFBsH)
Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2012 08:48 PM (HWUv9)
307 "not really sure how you could possibly have gotten the idea that i'm a student of liberal arts, given the content of most of my academic-related posts
Partly from the mistakes you make (the Southern US refers to a geographic region consisting of certain States, not a direction, or all states south of a certain latitude), ...
... and partly from your reasoning and comments:
"i can see how a straightforward reading of my comment would have been confusing...it DOES sound like i am saying that "we have been to the moon with little scientific benefit", which would of course be a totally ignorant statement to make!
i should have said ... "
... although you might not yet be a college sophmore ...
Posted by: Arbalest at August 23, 2012 08:49 PM (/bHNF)
Posted by: Truman North, iPhone doofus at August 23, 2012 08:50 PM (NB3rH)
Am I the only one that thinksBurn Notice has evolved into tedious crap?
Burn Notice has reached the natural end of it's life and is now being put on life support by writers. It needs to end.
Posted by: Alex at August 23, 2012 08:50 PM (KFBsH)
Posted by: Upperclassmen at August 23, 2012 08:50 PM (IoNBC)
Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2012 08:51 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: eman at August 23, 2012 08:51 PM (Wp4rQ)
It always was to me. Bruce Campbell has such a fan base that to see him subordinate to a relative nobody is frustration, televised.
Posted by: derit at August 23, 2012 08:51 PM (ruiF1)
We're out of money, in case it hasn't been noticed here. There needs to be a dollar value attached to any extraplanetary expeditions.
Asteroid mining? Absolutely. Mars colony? Zubrin seems to think that this would be viable. But I'm not seeing the value of rooting around the lunar regolith once again.
Posted by: Boulder Hobo at August 23, 2012 08:51 PM (QTHTd)
Historical Quote 2012
Posted by: Craig Poe at August 23, 2012 08:52 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Adam at August 23, 2012 08:52 PM (/YJYi)
HereÂ’s the response from NRO editor Rich Lowry:
And this is where you come in. If Mann goes through with it, weÂ’re probably going to call on you to help fund our legal fight and our investigation of Mann through discovery. If it gets that far, we may eventually even want to hire a dedicated reporter to comb through the materials and regularly post stories on Mann.
My advice to poor Michael is to go away and bother someone else. If he doesnÂ’t have the good sense to do that, we look forward to teaching him a thing or two about the law and about how free debate works in a free country.
HeÂ’s going to go to great trouble and expense to embark on a losing cause that will expose more of his methods and maneuverings to the world. In short, he risks making an ass of himself. But that hasnÂ’t stopped him before.
Posted by: Hockey Stick at August 23, 2012 08:53 PM (e8kgV)
God love ya! Glad you're still ranting.
Posted by: baldilocks at August 23, 2012 08:54 PM (6kWFm)
lolz, hope i learn to be as mature as you when i grow up!!!! ._.
uh, to the people who want us to keep going to the moon... ...why?
been there, done that, got the fucking t-shirt!
but there are *plenty* of wikipedia pages and popular-science articles all over the internet
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Your superficial patina of Internet-instant-expert knowledge is truly impressive. Almost as impressive as your ability to try and pivot between Liberal neckbeard stereotypes, faux conservative talking points, and LOL-speak.
*slow clapping*
Posted by: Hagbard Celine at August 23, 2012 08:54 PM (+/VIS)
Posted by: Scobface at August 23, 2012 08:55 PM (IoNBC)
http://tinyurl.com/d9zzwye
Posted by: The Dude at August 23, 2012 08:57 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: eman at August 23, 2012 08:57 PM (Wp4rQ)
re: the bay colt... I sold him, sometimes these things happen. people dont take care of fragile animals like i would and this is what happens.
sigh
i think the kindest thing to do is cut my losses and offer him the solace of the needle. its quick. if he lives the suffering might be the rest of his life. At least hes been home, had time to be comfy, see his cats (yes this is Uncle Horse) and feel like hes with his family again, the hoof is separating, i think what comes next is too much to put him through
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 23, 2012 08:57 PM (r7Ddb)
*slow clapping*
Posted by: Hagbard Celine at August 24, 2012 12:54 AM (+/VIS)
You should have seen him last night.
Posted by: Adam at August 23, 2012 08:58 PM (/YJYi)
Posted by: hobbes at August 23, 2012 08:59 PM (OEQY9)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 23, 2012 08:59 PM (kDokH)
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 23, 2012 09:00 PM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2012 09:00 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: eman at August 23, 2012 09:00 PM (Wp4rQ)
For one thing, they still have the issue upon them -- the historic triumph they don't dare mention but which Republicans happily do.
Second, were Obamacare no longer the law, we might be seeing an uptick in hiring right now. Instead, that will be deferred until after November (and then possibly only if Romney's elected), and unemployment is rising in 44 states. Unemployment rising in 44 states is not what you want when just ten or so states will decide the election and unemployment has been 8 percent or higher for 41 months.
Third, had Roberts done otherwise, they might still have the issue of Medicare, which at this point they do not. When Paul Ryan was chosen to run with Mitt Romney, liberals planned to rip him to pieces over plans to trim Medicare. Somehow, they forgot that their own health care plan did much the same thing, covering 30 million new clients by draining millions from providers of Medicare. Although these cuts will not directly lead Medicare clients to pay more or lose coverage, they will end with many doctors and hospitals refusing to treat them at all.
Posted by: Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard at August 23, 2012 09:00 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: hobbes at August 24, 2012 12:59 AM (OEQY9)
hobbes. i knew when you told me about the foot. Clydes have bad problems with that. Im gad hes good now. hes such a cutie. Grims pesterin me for a mule.
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 23, 2012 09:01 PM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: Adam at August 24, 2012 12:58 AM (/YJYi)
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I did- tried to give him some pointers on how to be a better troll. In one ear and out the other. Kids these days.
Posted by: Hagbard Celine at August 23, 2012 09:01 PM (+/VIS)
Posted by: eman at August 23, 2012 09:02 PM (Wp4rQ)
Posted by: baldilocks at August 23, 2012 09:02 PM (6kWFm)
Posted by: eman at August 23, 2012 09:06 PM (Wp4rQ)
I *Hate* this sort of analysis.
The fact that the Democrats are unpopular because they've rapidly implemented much of their agenda items isn't much of a positive.
Yes, it might let us roll some of the overreach back, but there will be more government in 2016, no matter who wins in 2013, then there was in 2007.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 23, 2012 09:06 PM (AUeaU)
http://ideas.time.com/2012/01/27/newt-for-president-of-the-moon/
It's more useful for that than as a cheap energy source, anyway.
Compare that with all the awesome shit that is on Mars:
http://www.nss.org/settlement/mars/zubrin-colonize.html
Posted by: Boulder Hobo at August 23, 2012 09:07 PM (QTHTd)
Winds are now 45mph.
Storm is now moving at 16kts, was 14kts earlier.
Track has become more straight.
Landfall has shifted east from Haiti to neighboring Dominican Republic. Should happen about 11am on Friday. Storm will still be a TS.
At Forecast 31Hr will make landfall in Cuba west of Gitmo with winds of 50mph.
At 68Hr Isaac will pass over the Florida Keys with 65mph winds.
At 82Hr, Isaac will finally become a Cat 1 Hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico. Location 26.26N 83.90W
That is current predictions. It is subject to change of course.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 23, 2012 09:08 PM (kDokH)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444358404577608112651269078.html
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 23, 2012 09:10 PM (kZYXX)
Posted by: eman at August 23, 2012 09:10 PM (Wp4rQ)
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at August 24, 2012 12:57 AM (r7Ddb)
Oh, no....now I feel even worse. There's no way I'm going to pretend to know 1/100 of what you know about horses -- if you think it's for the best, and the timing is best now, then there it is. Won't that have you working through the weekend to clean up, though?
Posted by: cthulhu at August 23, 2012 09:11 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Serious Cat at August 23, 2012 09:11 PM (zrpqj)
Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2012 09:12 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: derit at August 23, 2012 09:13 PM (ruiF1)
Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2012 09:13 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2012 09:14 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: Gman at August 23, 2012 09:14 PM (JrUrv)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 23, 2012 09:14 PM (kDokH)
Posted by: rickl at August 23, 2012 09:14 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: t-bird at August 23, 2012 09:15 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2012 09:16 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 23, 2012 09:17 PM (kDokH)
Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2012 09:19 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: Craig Poe at August 23, 2012 09:21 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: el gordo at August 23, 2012 09:21 PM (rO8Te)
Posted by: The Dude at August 23, 2012 09:22 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 23, 2012 09:23 PM (kDokH)
Posted by: Peggy Nooner at August 23, 2012 09:23 PM (IoNBC)
That Crony video has been on nearly half a dozen major sites on teh Rightosphere today. AOSHQ needs either a tipline or hawt interns.
Posted by: derit at August 23, 2012 09:23 PM (ruiF1)
Posted by: Joyce at August 23, 2012 09:25 PM (Wp4rQ)
Posted by: The Dude at August 23, 2012 09:26 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: hobbes at August 23, 2012 09:26 PM (OEQY9)
Posted by: Scobface at August 23, 2012 09:27 PM (IoNBC)
Posted by: Craig Poe at August 23, 2012 09:28 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Scobface at August 23, 2012 09:28 PM (IoNBC)
Posted by: Joyce at August 23, 2012 09:29 PM (Wp4rQ)
Posted by: rickl at August 23, 2012 09:30 PM (sdi6R)
Just like right now they are predicting Isaac will follow a straight path through the Gulf of Mexico to landfall in Pascagoula, MS. But take that with a very giant grain of salt.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 23, 2012 09:30 PM (kDokH)
Posted by: Amish Scobface at August 23, 2012 09:32 PM (IoNBC)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 23, 2012 09:32 PM (kDokH)
Posted by: archie goodwin at August 23, 2012 09:32 PM (ctjsq)
Posted by: DebbieWazzermanSlitchz at August 23, 2012 09:33 PM (dvLAs)
Posted by: jimi ray at August 24, 2012 01:24 AM (79EF9)
What exactly are you babbling about? I don't think anyone is angry, annoyed yes. Whenever someone makes a counter point to whatever you're saying you either ignore it, deflect it, or change the subject while acting like a petulant child.
Posted by: Adam at August 23, 2012 09:34 PM (/YJYi)
David Bowie's "Cat People (Putting out the fire with gasoline)" [Annette!]:
http://youtu.be/kj28soFeGl8
Posted by: derit at August 23, 2012 09:36 PM (ruiF1)
Posted by: Amish Scobface at August 23, 2012 09:37 PM (IoNBC)
Posted by: Johnny Rocco at August 24, 2012 01:25 AM (kZYXX)
What's one Rocco, more or less?
Howdy roonz and roonettez!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at August 23, 2012 09:38 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: The Dude at August 23, 2012 09:38 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2012 09:38 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: Joyce at August 23, 2012 09:39 PM (Wp4rQ)
Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2012 09:41 PM (HWUv9)
Even the French. - Joyce
Keep dreaming Joyce, only way you can make a frenchman smell better would be to drown him and leave him on a beach somewhere to bask in the sun for three days.
Posted by: hobbes at August 23, 2012 09:42 PM (OEQY9)
Posted by: Barney Frank at August 23, 2012 09:42 PM (UPoZk)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 23, 2012 09:44 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: eman at August 23, 2012 09:45 PM (Wp4rQ)
Naw, I'm still here.
Lou Brega's "Mambo Number 5":
http://youtu.be/sLeCcbbI_Os
Posted by: derit at August 23, 2012 09:46 PM (ruiF1)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 23, 2012 09:46 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: rickl at August 23, 2012 09:47 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Weirddave at August 23, 2012 09:48 PM (niboB)
Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2012 09:49 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2012 09:50 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: eman at August 23, 2012 09:50 PM (Wp4rQ)
Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2012 09:52 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 24, 2012 01:44 AM (bxiXv)
I'm still here!
.....er......
Posted by: cthulhu at August 23, 2012 09:52 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2012 09:53 PM (HWUv9)
.....er......
Posted by: cthulhu at August 24, 2012 01:52 AM (kaalw)
BACONZZZZ!!!!!!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at August 23, 2012 09:54 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2012 09:57 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: The Dude at August 23, 2012 09:58 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: eman at August 23, 2012 09:58 PM (Wp4rQ)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 23, 2012 09:59 PM (w78gy)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 23, 2012 09:59 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Robert at August 24, 2012 01:57 AM (HWUv9)
the Zinfandel tastes a bit...off...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at August 23, 2012 09:59 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 23, 2012 10:00 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 24, 2012 02:00 AM (bxiXv)
They are supposed to be salt and vinegar flavored.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at August 23, 2012 10:01 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2012 10:02 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 23, 2012 10:02 PM (w78gy)
Posted by: rickl at August 23, 2012 10:02 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Robert at August 24, 2012 02:02 AM (HWUv9)
Asparagus????
<shudder>
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at August 23, 2012 10:03 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2012 10:04 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: eman at August 23, 2012 10:04 PM (Wp4rQ)
Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2012 10:04 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: Robert at August 24, 2012 02:04 AM (HWUv9)
Or you could just roll your chair over to the window...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at August 23, 2012 10:04 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 23, 2012 10:05 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 23, 2012 10:05 PM (w78gy)
I wonder if it has ever occurred to him that there would not be a single scientific instrument in orbit or beyond if not for the deep interest in blowing up our enemies and staging PR stunts against same? Without the non-scientific interests in launch capability, the funding would simply have never existed to develop the technical expertise and infrastructure that made instruments like Hubble possible.
Personally, I don't approve of taxpayers footing the bill for Apollo. But nor do I approve of the taxpayers paying for Hubble. And I'm a guy who enjoys reading the results of pure research. But I cannot give pretend an astrophysicist is any more entitled to pick his neighbor's pocket than a crack ho with ten kids, none of them with a father in common.
My preference would be to do away with NASA entirely and hand over what functions can continue to be justified the DoD for the Air Force and Navy to fight over. DARPA would be expanded to include those technology pursuits needed for advancing the launch systems and other things, as DARPA already does for a variety of military tech interests. That these often find very useful applications in the civilian sector is a happy side effect.
Humans may never do anything of value beyond this planet. This may even extend to human minds embodied in forms better suited to the larger universe. But this fate is guaranteed if we don't even try.
Posted by: epobirs at August 23, 2012 10:05 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: eman at August 23, 2012 10:07 PM (Wp4rQ)
Posted by: Babe Ruth at August 23, 2012 10:08 PM (IoNBC)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 23, 2012 10:08 PM (w78gy)
Posted by: Darth Randall at August 23, 2012 10:09 PM (mV8sg)
Posted by: rickl at August 24, 2012 02:02 AM (sdi6R)
Between them and The Bangles my dreams were pretty well filled up IYKWIMAITYD...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at August 23, 2012 10:09 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: eman at August 23, 2012 10:09 PM (Wp4rQ)
Jane Wiedlin. Had a bit of a solo career and became a fairly annoying PETA type. Had a tiny blink and you'll miss it role in Star Trek IV. I was a bit depressed when a saw a recent picture of the band from a reunion tour. The years have not been kind to Jane.
Posted by: epobirs at August 23, 2012 10:10 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: eman at August 23, 2012 10:11 PM (Wp4rQ)
Posted by: Robert slips on some empty kleenex boxes at August 23, 2012 10:11 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: eman at August 23, 2012 10:13 PM (Wp4rQ)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 24, 2012 02:08 AM (d/5qf)
All better now, except the replacement wheel is the wrong color. No probs, the replacement for the replacement is in, I just need to take it over next week and get it swapped out.
http://tinyurl.com/8r3cgjk
I had a little extra done while they had it in the paint shop.
http://tinyurl.com/9pqc99f
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at August 23, 2012 10:14 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2012 10:14 PM (HWUv9)
Donnie Iris' "Ah Leah":
http://youtu.be/YH5Arbm47IQ
Posted by: derit at August 23, 2012 10:14 PM (ruiF1)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 23, 2012 10:15 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2012 10:15 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: eman at August 23, 2012 10:17 PM (Wp4rQ)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 23, 2012 10:18 PM (w78gy)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 23, 2012 10:19 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2012 10:19 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: eman at August 23, 2012 10:20 PM (Wp4rQ)
http://tinyurl.com/9t8ryxv
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 24, 2012 02:18 AM (w78gy)
So their new corporate logo is...a Rubix cube!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at August 23, 2012 10:22 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Barack O-Akin at August 23, 2012 10:23 PM (HWUv9)
Well...
The double mash of "PENFIEORI CHANTELL GRAPPA half&half with the "INCANTO RISVERA CHIANTI CLASSICO 2008 has caused flashbacks to 1980 and I think one of my primary LVA's just clogged up from the HOOPLA.
May have to call Rosie O'Donnell and get a consult....if she not be getting "LAP DANCED," at the moment....
jus sayin...
Posted by: Richard at August 23, 2012 10:24 PM (wlisC)
Foreigner's "Dirty White Boy":
http://youtu.be/LUDMy-GplkQ
Posted by: derit at August 23, 2012 10:27 PM (ruiF1)
Posted by: Barack O-Akin at August 23, 2012 10:27 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: rickl at August 23, 2012 10:28 PM (sdi6R)
May have to call Rosie O'Donnell and get a consult....if she not be getting "LAP DANCED," at the moment....
jus sayin...
Posted by: Richard at August 24, 2012 02:24 AM (wlisC)
===
are you sure that wouldn't be Lap Banded?
Posted by: jc at August 23, 2012 10:28 PM (ufJKx)
jus sayin...
Posted by: Richard at August 24, 2012 02:24 AM (wlisC)
I think I just threw up a little...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at August 23, 2012 10:30 PM (yh0zB)
Yes, she did but it was a youthful cuteness that didn't transition into a mature beauty. I'm sure it came up here a few nights ago, that I was surprised how good Belinda Carlisle looked in post-GoGos career. I knew her distantly in her high school days and I'd have expected her to just keep getting chubbier and then go the full Mr. Creosote once she had a kid.
Posted by: epobirs at August 23, 2012 10:30 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Whoever this is, it's definitely not Michael at August 23, 2012 10:30 PM (qA5G4)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 23, 2012 10:30 PM (w78gy)
Posted by: eman at August 23, 2012 10:32 PM (Wp4rQ)
jus sayin... ''
The only thing out there that could lap dance her died about 65 million years ago.
Posted by: Berserker at August 23, 2012 10:33 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Barack O-Akin at August 23, 2012 10:33 PM (HWUv9)
As soon as he suggested silverware I knew it was bogus and stopped. The only silverware that should contact the melon is the 16" knife you cut it open and into slices with.
Posted by: bill-o at August 23, 2012 10:34 PM (AWwDY)
Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2012 10:35 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 23, 2012 10:38 PM (w78gy)
Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2012 10:39 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: eman at August 23, 2012 10:41 PM (Wp4rQ)
In a rational world there wouldn't be any large surpluses to apply to such stuff. Whatever was kept in reserve would be solely for dealing with the unpredictable but inevitable, such as natural disasters.
The vast bulk of funds that come under government control would instead stay in private hands. If some wealthy guy wants to launch and operate a Hubble, good for him. It's a gift to all mankind, even if some would complain they saw better uses for the capital. Let them whine. It's his money to do with what he wants so long as he isn't directly inflicting harm on other citizens or citizens of nations whom we're not currently peeved at.
Manned space flight is something I support but the way our government conducted it was just dumb and effectively sabotaged the whole concept ever since. We went to the Moon before we'd really gotten a handle on getting to orbit. Access to orbit had a lot of value for things beyond the military and scientific, as seen in communications.
Letting the military pursue reduced launch costs would have huge benefits for everything you might do in orbit, be it military, scientific, or industrial. Everything follows from what it cost to get a pound of anything to orbit and beyond.
I'd have been perfectly happy to delay setting boot on the Moon for a decade or more if it meant a much better developed ground to orbit capability with a well established civilian infrastructure. Imagine how much cheaper a commercial endeavor like Iridium could have been, and thus more viable with greater availability to more people.
Posted by: epobirs at August 23, 2012 10:43 PM (kcfmt)
B.W. Stevenson's "My Maria":
http://youtu.be/A9iJ1sUDF6g
Posted by: derit at August 23, 2012 10:43 PM (ruiF1)
So their new corporate logo is...a Rubix cube!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at August 24, 2012 02:22 AM (yh0zB)
At least, it wasn't an "O".
I think it looks okay. It's not offensive. As long as they didn't spend more than $250 for it, it would even be a decent expenditure.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 23, 2012 10:44 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: rickl at August 23, 2012 10:44 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Whoever this is, it's definitely not Michael at August 23, 2012 10:45 PM (qA5G4)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 23, 2012 10:47 PM (bxiXv)
Robert,
Yup....Man!!! Wish I could say something even...on topic or otherwise...
I will just drift in the algae bloom somewhere off the surf-line in front of GLADSTONES in MALIBU....fer shure dude
Posted by: Richard at August 23, 2012 10:48 PM (wlisC)
I'm not sure what is more horrifying. The idea that Dancin' Kim might look at this today and think it was pretty cool or the idea that anyone needed a formal explanation of those moves.
Posted by: epobirs at August 23, 2012 10:49 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 23, 2012 10:50 PM (w78gy)
Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2012 10:51 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 23, 2012 10:51 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: derit at August 24, 2012 02:49 AM (ruiF1)
===
good typo. fits the old prune pretty well.
Posted by: jc at August 23, 2012 10:52 PM (ufJKx)
There is no explaining that one. I bet they are obama voters though.
Posted by: Berserker at August 23, 2012 10:52 PM (FMbng)
http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=45342&pl=daddy_hug
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 24, 2012 02:30 AM (w78gy)
WTF is wrong with those people???
Posted by: chemjeff at August 23, 2012 10:53 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2012 10:53 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 24, 2012 02:51 AM (X3lox)
===
somewhere pixy has been hording thousands of missing ampersands. I tried putting my ampersands on milk cartons, but no avail.
Posted by: jc at August 23, 2012 10:54 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2012 10:54 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: Delicious Bar Maid at August 23, 2012 10:56 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 23, 2012 10:56 PM (w78gy)
somewhere pixy has been hording thousands of missing ampersands. I tried putting my ampersands on milk cartons, but no avail.
Posted by: jc at August 24, 2012 02:54 AM (ufJKx)
Pixy must have had some bad experience in junior high school, or something, where he was always confusing ampersands and G-clefs where everyone used to laugh at him and he just never got over the trauma.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 23, 2012 10:57 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 23, 2012 10:58 PM (bxiXv)
Last year I tried to explain to some co-workers that Johnson sold the Space Program to the Southern voting bloc by packaging it as Civil War Reparations. Their minds were blown because they couldn't process the concept of reparations in any other context than gifts to the descendents of slaves. They couldn't comprehend that there was plenty of residual anger among Southerners, especially the middle-age men in government in the early 60s who had parents and grandarents who'd lived through the Civil War era.
Posted by: epobirs at August 23, 2012 10:58 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 23, 2012 11:01 PM (bxiXv)
514
School going cool? Or is the sweating of the fine points taking a toll?
Been there and bailed! Hope you can NAIL!!
Posted by: Richard at August 23, 2012 11:01 PM (wlisC)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 23, 2012 11:01 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 23, 2012 11:03 PM (w78gy)
Posted by: Zakn at August 23, 2012 11:05 PM (7F9i5)
Posted by: derit at August 23, 2012 11:05 PM (ruiF1)
Time to go for the AMERICAN....IN YOR FACE...COCKTAIL.....
MARTINI...SHAKEN...2 LARGE OLIVES..chilled glass...and we SMOKE in this bar ya nanny state FREAKS!!!
Posted by: Richard at August 23, 2012 11:07 PM (wlisC)
Posted by: rickl at August 23, 2012 11:08 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Feminist Harpy at August 23, 2012 11:08 PM (HWUv9)
Or you could just isolate things at the MPOE and go to whatever form of networking you favor from there.
When I first got DSL in 1999 (I was the only subscriber in the entire neighborhood for almost a year because they were really bad at telling people it was available and non-geek weren't inclined to ask for it yet) it was in a house where my sister and her husband formerly ran their business, so it was well set up for multiple phone lines with separate jacks for the business lines in certain locations. So it was really easy to isolate the DSL with a single filter at the MPOE in that case. The jack once used for the business line near my desk became the dedicated DSL inlet where the modem and router connected.
I used HPNA back then for connecting the downstairs. That wouldn't work in the current place because there is only a single jack on each floor, so powerline was the solution until I finally got permission to get to run some Cat 5e while fixing the horrible coax install.
Posted by: epobirs at August 23, 2012 11:10 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 23, 2012 11:10 PM (w78gy)
Good thing the limits of conservatism aren't limited by your shrunken walnut.
I hope that scoop comes with a cone instead of your hands alone.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at August 23, 2012 11:10 PM (Q/1Jp)
Posted by: Harry Reid, Searchlights Dim Bulb at August 23, 2012 11:10 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Robert at August 23, 2012 11:11 PM (HWUv9)
You've been the sole voice of conservatism in the WaPo and on ABC for the past 30 years.
What have you done for us lately?
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at August 23, 2012 11:12 PM (Q/1Jp)
I loved the dancing bass player. I'd like to have seen more of her.
Posted by: rickl at August 24, 2012 02:02 AM (sdi6R)
The bass player doesn't dance much -- you might mean the rhythm guitarist....who, IIRC, was also a dominatrix.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 23, 2012 11:13 PM (kaalw)
True. I was surprised that the author of the book I'm currently reading doesn't seem to get this. (A Farewell To Alms by Gregory Clark.)
Posted by: epobirs at August 23, 2012 11:14 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 23, 2012 11:14 PM (w78gy)
Yeah, and fuck that Reagan bitch too.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at August 23, 2012 11:15 PM (Q/1Jp)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 24, 2012 03:12 AM (Q/1Jp)
he pointed out the evilness of jean. And do you like baseball?
Posted by: The Dude at August 23, 2012 11:16 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: The Dude at August 23, 2012 11:18 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Zakn at August 23, 2012 11:18 PM (7F9i5)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at August 23, 2012 11:20 PM (Q/1Jp)
Posted by: Zakn at August 24, 2012 03:18 AM (7F9i5)
they're not too hot in the game considering how annoying they are
Posted by: The Dude at August 23, 2012 11:21 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 23, 2012 11:21 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 23, 2012 11:22 PM (bxiXv)
http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=42270&pl=daddy_hug
Posted by: rickl at August 24, 2012 02:44 AM (sdi6R)
Wait until you see the winner that Cake Girl hooked up with.....
Posted by: cthulhu at August 23, 2012 11:23 PM (kaalw)
526
Dude...PULL YOURSELF BY YER COCK-STRAPS AND WEE ONE ON THE WALL!! YA BE NO FROTHIN SISSY-BOY IN THIS BLOODY HELL ACRE OF DOOM ANGELS LADDY!!! GET YER KIT THE RAM ROD ME BOYO!! GET YOUR KIT TRUE THE LACES AND IRON OR DIE THE SMOTLIGGEN
not bad.....
Posted by: Richard at August 23, 2012 11:26 PM (wlisC)
Posted by: rickl at August 23, 2012 11:26 PM (sdi6R)
http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=44754pl=daddy_hug
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 24, 2012 02:48 AM (X3lox)
holy shit, I fell down that rabbit hole and got lost for a while...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at August 23, 2012 11:27 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 23, 2012 11:29 PM (w78gy)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at August 23, 2012 11:29 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 23, 2012 11:30 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 23, 2012 11:31 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 24, 2012 03:10 AM (w78gy)
Our entry-hall coat closet has an interesting "upstairs".
There's a coax/twisted pair patch panel on the back, alarm system to the left, networking hub to the right (cablemodem, wireless router, gigabit switch, 2T NAS), and clear boxes of patch cords in the middle.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 23, 2012 11:31 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 23, 2012 11:31 PM (w78gy)
Posted by: Seriously at August 23, 2012 11:40 PM (QTVh2)
Fry's has a 2 TB Hitachi SATA-III 7200 RPM drive for $110.
Or you can get the same drive mechanism in a USB 3.0 enclosure for $90.
Posted by: epobirs at August 23, 2012 11:44 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Jean at August 23, 2012 11:47 PM (WkuV6)
http://youtu.be/SEKZJp-x-Dc
Posted by: derit at August 23, 2012 11:50 PM (ruiF1)
547
MAKO's last I checked. Hear they don't need a blood scent... they just like to FEED on movement or trolling posters. Sometimes they have cellphones and call other MAKO's to give them a lead on prey that is in their LOCAL. You should check out the "ANIMAL PLANET" for how these AMAZING SHARKS are able to communicate
Posted by: Richard at August 23, 2012 11:50 PM (wlisC)
Fry's has a 2 TB Hitachi SATA-III 7200 RPM drive for $110.
Or you can get the same drive mechanism in a USB 3.0 enclosure for $90.
Posted by: epobirs at August 24, 2012 03:44 AM (kcfmt)
But, but, but, but -- it voids the warranty if you take it out of the enclosure!!!!!!
Posted by: cthulhu at August 23, 2012 11:50 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: The Dude at August 23, 2012 11:53 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Zakn at August 23, 2012 11:55 PM (7F9i5)
Checked the local "NEXRAD" radar...no thunderstorms...paint me bummed.....
night all and sweet dreams!
Posted by: Richard at August 23, 2012 11:59 PM (wlisC)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 23, 2012 11:59 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: epobirs at August 24, 2012 12:01 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Zakn at August 24, 2012 03:55 AM (7F9i5)
haven't checked out this week's build but I'm digging the improvements that they are making
my current stats in MWO is so bad since they don't count assists yet
http://i46.tinypic.com/rmtcpi.png
Posted by: The Dude at August 24, 2012 12:02 AM (tw6Ar)
The LG BP-220 ($75 at Best Buy) cannot match a good HTPC but it is something my mother and sister can deal with and can even just pull the plug if they get too confused and need a blunt instrument to get them back to the main menu. Handles all sorts of burned discs, USB devices including NTFS volumes, and networks.
Posted by: epobirs at August 24, 2012 12:06 AM (kcfmt)
Mungo Jerry's "In the Summertime":
http://youtu.be/wvUQcnfwUUM
Posted by: derit at August 24, 2012 12:06 AM (ruiF1)
Posted by: epobirs at August 24, 2012 04:06 AM (kcfmt)
if I lived by ya, I could give you an old HTPC to give to them. It's a bit of a frankenstein of old parts left over from cannibalizing a few of my parents' HTPC. Just need blu-ray software and setting it up and it's good to go. Also think I have an old boxee in one of my closets
Posted by: The Dude at August 24, 2012 12:13 AM (tw6Ar)
If it was just me I'd use one of my old machines with a gpu that was strong on the decode but passively cooled. (My first DVD playback setup was a Quadrat decoder board and a 1x drive of the early generation that couldn't read CD-Rs. This was replaced with a far better Creative Labs kit that they sent multiple units of to Chaos Manor and I volunteered to test. So I'm used to playback systems that lack a bit of polish for the average user.) The real trick is getting something I can set up for the other people in the household. It remains to be seen if my mother can handle the LG deck but at least my sister is able to work it. With an HTPC setup she would inevitably paint herself into a corner the designer never anticipated. So it really needed to be an appliance that can be forcibly rebooted with little or no trauma.
Plus the LG was so dang cheap. That was the big surprise after the general crappiness of the various boxes I'd tried without an optical drive that cost as much or more. All of them tended to be very easy to crash if you fed them a file just a little different from what they expected. Since my content comes from a wide variety of, um, sources, that was a big problem. One of them locked up so badly I couldn't even do a factory reset. Which should have been impossible but it was returned to Fry's in an inoperable state.
For my mother the ideal thing would be a server that pulled down the requested file and put it on a VHS tape very quickly. She was young enough when VHS became big that it got into her brain before she ran out of neurons to use for new concepts. DVDs can get her flustered if they make the menus too elaborate. Her ideal computer would be like an Atari VCS that did 1080p. When she wanted to check her messages she'd plug in a cartridge that was labeled MAIL. She have another cartridge for Free Cell, and still other for each web site she is inclined to visit.
Posted by: epobirs at August 24, 2012 12:30 AM (kcfmt)
"Okay I'm down with 8 of these but I just don't consider David Brooks or Peggy Noonan (post-2000) particularly conservative or all that great."
Agreed. Once you cheerlead for a marxist pimp, your conservative card is revoked for life. Good riddance.
Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at August 24, 2012 12:43 AM (f+TdG)
Posted by: Redd at August 24, 2012 01:01 AM (w062R)
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 24, 2012 01:08 AM (EPbpF)
Posted by: Jean at August 24, 2012 01:10 AM (qjHIb)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 24, 2012 01:11 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 24, 2012 01:14 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 24, 2012 05:14 AM (bxiXv)
Thanks, hubby working tommorow but a couple of his friends are going tommorow. Think I will join them, its only here a short time.
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 24, 2012 01:23 AM (EPbpF)
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 24, 2012 05:08 AM (EPbpF)
I plan on seeing it this weekend when it comes to town. I don't really care if it's good or not. I just want to be a ticket to help the attendance tally and give some money to D'Souza, who though he is a bit incorrect (Barky doesn't get his anti-colonialism from trying to emulate his father) is still on the right track as Barky's anti-Westernism from growing up muslim in Indonesia with that insane cast of characters around him and his own limited pea-brain. It's still good to have D'Souza, who knows about anti-colonialism from India talking about his point of view, anyway.
But I know everything I need to know about the Indonesian Dog-Eater. It's been too obvious for years, already.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 24, 2012 01:27 AM (X3lox)
Posted by: Zakn at August 24, 2012 01:29 AM (7F9i5)
Posted by: Redd at August 24, 2012 01:30 AM (w062R)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 24, 2012 05:27 AM (X3lox)
Yeah, read the reviews Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith linked. I don't go to movies very often, last three movies I saw at a theatre were Passion of The Christ, The Book Of Eli, and the recent Batman. Will spend some money on this one, and I love movie theatre popcorn, so thats a bonus.
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 24, 2012 01:39 AM (EPbpF)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at August 24, 2012 01:46 AM (iO3BG)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 24, 2012 01:48 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 24, 2012 01:50 AM (bxiXv)
City-Journal is on my must read list monthly.
It sure seems that those dumb old redneck crackas sho do read a lot.
My ram groping skills are non-existent and to tell the truth, I like it that way.
We had a salesman at our plant every so often we would get paged over plant intercom -- Dick Salat, please come to the front office.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 24, 2012 02:13 AM (cHZB7)
Posted by: Zakn at August 24, 2012 02:24 AM (7F9i5)
Posted by: Zakn at August 24, 2012 06:30 AM (7F9i5)
yeah, RorO in a bind only to pull the win out of his ass (though helped by shitty play of Seed)
Posted by: The Dude at August 24, 2012 02:31 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Zakn at August 24, 2012 02:32 AM (7F9i5)
Posted by: The Dude at August 24, 2012 02:36 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Zakn at August 24, 2012 02:41 AM (7F9i5)
Posted by: The Dude at August 24, 2012 02:44 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Zakn at August 24, 2012 02:48 AM (7F9i5)
Posted by: Zakn at August 24, 2012 06:48 AM (7F9i5)
will do, talk about the shitstorm between kespa and GSL going on right now
Posted by: The Dude at August 24, 2012 02:52 AM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Zakn at August 24, 2012 02:57 AM (7F9i5)
Posted by: Bill at August 24, 2012 04:59 AM (6E7W2)
A movie that will never be made?
How about an epic encompassing a Nephilim timeline? The scope could be an incredible escape. Antediluvian civilization, Solon & Atlantis legends, the building of the Great Pyramid, Enoch, all the way through the ages to include Alexander the Great and his UFO sighting, Columbus and his sighting, Nazi Germany and their pursuit of human hybridization until the present day UFO sightings and abductions. Portray the "aliens" as the fallen angels seeking to claim that they created us and people would have a new angle to consider.
History of the world through the eyes of Genesis 6:4, assuming the Sons of God were angels.
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