August 27, 2012
— Maetenloch
Little House on the Prairie - Now With Serial Killers?
When Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote her Little House on the Prairie books, she also left out some details that would be too uh, colorful for children. Here's an account she gave in a lecture in 1937:
There were Kate Bender and two men, her brothers, in the family and their tavern was the only place for travelers to stop on the road south from Independence. People disappeared on that road. Leaving Independence and going south they were never heard of again. It was thought they were killed by Indians but no bodies were ever found.Then it was noticed that the Benders' garden was always freshly plowed but never planted. People wondered. And then a man came from the east looking for his brother, who was missing.
... In the cellar underneath was the body of a man whose head had been crushed by the hammer. It appeared that he had been seated at the table back to the curtain and had been struck from behind it. A grave was partly dug in the garden with a shovel close by. The posse searched the garden and dug up human bones and bodies. One body was that of a little girl who had been buried alive with her murdered parents. The garden was truly a grave-yard kept plowed so it would show no signs. The night of the day the bodies were found a neighbor rode up to our house and talked earnestly with Pa. Pa took his rifle down from its place over the door and said to Ma, "The vigilantes are called out." Then he saddled a horse and rode away with the neighbor. It was late the next day when he came back and he never told us where he had been. For several years there was more or less a hunt for the Benders and reports that they had been seen here or there. At such times Pa always said in a strange tone of finality, "They will never be found."
The Benders of Kansas were actual serial killers but unfortunately for Wilder's account they weren't discovered until 1873, two years after the Ingalls family left Kansas. Still I would enjoy hearing more of the 'uncensored' version of her books.
Are Millenials Rejecting Cars and Houses?
Well that's what a recent article in The Atlantic claims:
... Millennials have turned against both cars and houses in dramatic and historic fashion. Just as car sales have plummeted among their age cohort, the share of young people getting their first mortgage between 2009 and 2011 is half what it was just 10 years ago, according to a Federal Reserve study.
I suspect the drop in mortgages is mostly due to the ongoing recession/depression and new tightened lending requirements. But the lack in interest in cars and driving seems to be a real trend that appeared long before the crash.
The fact is, today's young people simply don't drive like their predecessors did. In 2010, adults between the ages of 21 and 34 bought just 27 percent of all new vehicles sold in America, down from the peak of 38 percent in 1985. Miles driven are down, too. Even the proportion of teenagers with a license fell, by 28 percent, between 1998 and 2008.
I've heard the same thing from friends and co-workers with high school-age kids - students these days just aren't into driving and many don't get licenses until they go to college.
It turns out that Thompson isn't the only urban explorer who's ventured into the Red State Wastelands - before him there was Iowahawk who went in search of missing Washington Post Magazine reporter, David Von Drehle. Thanks to genghis for remembering this.
After crossing the muddy mud-colored mud of the Missouri river we had finally arrived in Omaha, the last stop before our maps became strictly conjectural. From here on out, until we reached Austin, we would have to rely on our wits and our training in journalism to navigate through hostile red enclaves.Luckily we stumbled upon a primitive university in Lincoln. We were surprised to encounter a native maiden, Heather, who had taken graduate studies in Lacan and Franz Fanon. She directed us to the cinderblock hut of a kindly Semiotics missionary, Professor Mintz.
"We may be doing the Lord's work here, gentlemen, but the local tribes do not always look kindly on it," he warned. "Last month one of our tenured friars merely told his students that Bush was the anti-Christ, and he was viciously attacked by counterarguments. He was so traumatized he had to report the student to the disciplinary committee."
Are Any Hate Crimes Non-hoaxes?
As opposed to crime-crimes which do happen. At this point I just assume any hate crime that's a little too perfect or happens at a university is fake-fake-fake.
Pro-tip: Do not announce your hate crime hoaxing plans on facebook.
Can you name all of these small arms and count the number of explosions?
And did you notice the gorilla walking around in the background?
Geekery Alert: Is The Wizarding Gene Dominant?
That's what JK Rowling has said but then why aren't there more wizards and how do you explain Hermione?
I read your statement that the wizarding gene is dominant. I have heard criticism that this does not explain muggle-borns, squibs, or the steady inheritance pattern of magical abilities; but I got your back. Magical ability could be explained by a single autosomal dominant gene if it is caused by an expansion of trinucleotide repeats with non-Mendelian ratios of inheritance.
It turns out that US Patent and Trademark office will allow you to trademark distinctive sounds such as this Federal Q2B siren. But Harley-Davidson's distinctive exhaust sound was rejected.
Just wait until he starts working for the TSA.
The Yahoo AoSHQ group. Bla bla bla.
And my twitter thang.
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Posted by: steevy at August 27, 2012 05:52 PM (6o4Fb)
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Posted by: IdowhatIwant at August 27, 2012 06:01 PM (a4CUi)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at August 27, 2012 06:01 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Socail SCIENCE Gratuate Student at August 27, 2012 06:02 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Hurricane Isaac at August 27, 2012 06:02 PM (w062R)
Posted by: steevy at August 27, 2012 06:02 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at August 27, 2012 10:01 PM (jucos)
I hate ink. but theres something so sexy about her
Posted by: Ombudsman at August 27, 2012 06:02 PM (zXLtf)
Just watched War of the Arrows last night. This was the theme.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2025526/
I give it a 5 out of 5.
Posted by: sTevo at August 27, 2012 06:03 PM (VMcEw)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at August 27, 2012 06:03 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 27, 2012 06:04 PM (9TTOe)
ehhh maybe....they were active from '71-'73 half-pint may have been basing it on rumors...
or she could be having a Fauxohontas flashback sequence...
She was maybe 5-7....
Posted by: sven10077 at August 27, 2012 06:04 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 27, 2012 06:04 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: steevy at August 27, 2012 06:04 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: steevy at August 27, 2012 10:02 PM (6o4Fb)
True, that's only what we can SEE.
Posted by: Ombudsman at August 27, 2012 06:04 PM (zXLtf)
Posted by: IdowhatIwant at August 27, 2012 06:05 PM (a4CUi)
Posted by: ErikW at August 27, 2012 06:05 PM (qfnU0)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at August 27, 2012 06:05 PM (jucos)
There was another couple living with them in "The Long Winter," which never gets mentioned. She never mentioned when they lived in Burr Oak Iowa (which admittedly may have been depressing for a kids' book), where they all worked in a hotel and her infant brother Frederick died.
An interesting genetic question is why all the Ingalls boys died. Charles and Caroline had four girls and a boy who died in infancy. Laura's son died in infancy, and her daughter Rose's son died in infancy. That branch of the family is extinct now.
Posted by: Palandine at August 27, 2012 06:05 PM (g7D8V)
I am contemplating watching Columbo....
the episode with Dick VanDyke as an evil photographer is pretty funny....
Posted by: sven10077 at August 27, 2012 06:05 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at August 27, 2012 06:06 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: IdowhatIwant at August 27, 2012 10:01 PM (a4CUi)
actually, I am. kootch cooties can jump ya know.
Posted by: jc at August 27, 2012 06:06 PM (i8c5b)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at August 27, 2012 06:07 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at August 27, 2012 10:03 PM (jucos)
A-stan may be a semi-strategic pile of rocks, but it will always be a pile of rocks. Peopled by primitive goatherds. Ungovernable. We should un-ass this locale and let our B-52s do the talking from now on.
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 27, 2012 06:07 PM (8sCoq)
"Millennials have turned against both cars and houses in dramatic and historic fashion."
So that's why they are living in OWS tents.
As far as Pa Ingalls. I heard he was a beast of a lover. I can neither confirm or deny that.
Posted by: Ms. Madeleine A. at August 27, 2012 06:07 PM (rpt6C)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 27, 2012 06:08 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Infidel at August 27, 2012 06:08 PM (ZO/oN)
Posted by: booger at August 27, 2012 06:09 PM (HI6wa)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 27, 2012 06:10 PM (9TTOe)
And, the show really didn't care about continuity by the later years, but it has a whopper of a continuity error. After Albert recovers from his morphine addiction (!), Laura says in a voiceover that he later returned to Walnut Grove as "Dr. Albert Ingalls." However, in one of the tv movies, it's strongly implied he dies of leukemia in his late teens. Oops.
That show was a complete trip at the end--drug addiction, rape and pregnancy thereof, Edwards having a orangutan. The very definition of jumping the shark.
Posted by: Palandine at August 27, 2012 06:10 PM (g7D8V)
Posted by: steevy at August 27, 2012 06:11 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at August 27, 2012 10:05 PM (jucos)
Did you ever sit around the office and wonder about the ink under the prim skirts, blouses, and business suits of your female co-workers?
(Yes 'Nettes, we men are THAT creepy. And any man who says he doesn't is a liar)
Posted by: Ombudsman at August 27, 2012 06:11 PM (zXLtf)
Posted by: Cathy in The Chi at August 27, 2012 06:12 PM (XxFyq)
My brother was hired on by Conrail in '76. He followed a tie-gang and ran a spike maul the first few years. There were camp cars where the workers could sleep, like a mobile home on the tracks, so brother would pack a bag and take advantage of the lodging and meals. One day he unpacked his suitcase and discovered that the cat had pissed all over his clothes in the bag!
Upon returning home he placed the cat in his bedroom about where his suitcase would have been, closed the door, and chased the poor beast around his room for about 15 minutes with the vacuum cleaner.
Cat NEVER approached his room again and walked wobbly for a few years thereafter. True story.
Posted by: Cicero Kid at August 27, 2012 06:12 PM (krPCi)
Walnut Grove had natural hallucinogens in the well water in the later parts of the series...
mom and my bother loved the show and I endured as bravely as I could...the clown rape episode with Albert's life shattered in a million pieces was both powerful and horrifying
Posted by: sven10077 at August 27, 2012 06:13 PM (LRFds)
Then again, the show would have been more depressing than it was if it cleaved too close to the books.
Posted by: Palandine at August 27, 2012 06:13 PM (g7D8V)
sheeeit. they just can't afford anything any more. every one of the wonderful gov't ideas over the last 60 years have had the effect of sawing the low rungs off all the ladders. now you have to be 1/2 up before you can start to climb. throw in the student debt to get 1/2 up, and there is just no way to pay for the stuff that previous generations could afford.
Posted by: jc at August 27, 2012 06:14 PM (i8c5b)
Posted by: Cheetos® Mystic Story Teller at August 27, 2012 06:14 PM (fU2qZ)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at August 27, 2012 06:14 PM (jucos)
"Watching American Pickers. Danielle. Wouldya?"
>
Ink on a woman is a complete turnoff to me. So the answer is nope. One should also factor in the likelyhood of her being attracted to a really old fart like myself lacking the billions of dollars that inspires May/december daliances. Further, my wife of 37 years is most likely opposed to a testing of that hypothesis.
Posted by: Ohio Dan at August 27, 2012 06:14 PM (JKNDp)
Posted by: IdowhatIwant at August 27, 2012 09:59 PM (a4CUi)
New thread, old sock. I hate it when I do that.
Posted by: 66chevelle at August 27, 2012 06:14 PM (QjSgY)
Posted by: sven10077 at August 27, 2012 06:15 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 27, 2012 06:16 PM (9TTOe)
I'm 28, but you can count me as one of the non-drivers, at least until I have kids, when it will probably become a necessity. I don't know, I don't like many of the changes cars have produced in our society - the enormous amount of urban space we have to spend on parking lots, for example. Our own church is soon-to-move from a prime location adjacent to a university to a much less prime location further away because we need more parking. I can't really disagree with that decision, and I'm glad our church is getting bigger, but it makes me sad.
And I've never liked all the snap-decisions you have to make while driving, or the fact that you miss so much of your community that way - it's kind of like stepping into an elevator at your home, and stepping out at your workplace. Who knows what was happening on all those "floors" in between?
And as a biker who pays very close attention to how much drivers are paying attention - let me just tell you that they aren't. 1 in 87 people will die in a car accident - I wonder if OSHA wouldn't outlaw cars if they were invented today!
Posted by: longerthoughts at August 27, 2012 06:17 PM (CVVLU)
I was always really confused why Pa and Mr. Edwards became angels...but "yeah"....
I was drinking by then the show made a lot more sense the drunker I was...
Posted by: sven10077 at August 27, 2012 06:18 PM (LRFds)
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I often worry about Generation Y - not only have they drunk deeply of the liberal koolaide, but they seem to have embrace the sort of infantilization that the left wants the young to adopt.
They may well swing back right politically as previous generations have done, but their inability to separate from mommy and daddy makes me wonder if they won't just live "lives of Julia"
Posted by: Rorschach at August 27, 2012 06:19 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 27, 2012 06:19 PM (d6TfZ)
Posted by: steevy at August 27, 2012 06:20 PM (6o4Fb)
some of them definitely cleave to the "magic money tree" paradigm of toy acquisition....
Posted by: sven10077 at August 27, 2012 06:20 PM (LRFds)
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If you own a car you can go where you want, when you want.
That's freedom right there.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 27, 2012 06:20 PM (AUeaU)
I believe that was "Hell Comes to Walnut Grove" in season 3.....
or was that the episode where Ma has to cauterize a sucking chest wound or die....
man it was a tough decade
Posted by: sven10077 at August 27, 2012 06:21 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 27, 2012 06:21 PM (9TTOe)
Just watched War of the Arrows last night. This was the theme.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2025526/
I give it a 5 out of 5.
I'll second the recommendation. Good story, not overly stylized like a lot of Asian action (and Western) films.
Posted by: Grey Fox at August 27, 2012 06:21 PM (W79Mp)
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 27, 2012 06:22 PM (d6TfZ)
Posted by: eman at August 27, 2012 06:23 PM (Wp4rQ)
Yes, just like I am rejecting private jets, yachts, Ferrari's and supermodels.
Posted by: Ostral B Heretic at August 27, 2012 06:23 PM (6uY89)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at August 27, 2012 06:23 PM (JKNDp)
Why would you ALLOW your kids to stick around?
Isn't the point of raising them to sort of, ya know, get rid of them?
(Oh, stop. You know what I mean.)
Posted by: Cathy in the Chi at August 27, 2012 06:23 PM (oiTOF)
Posted by: steevy at August 27, 2012 06:23 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: sven10077"
Yeah, that episode where Mary wakes up one morning and is completely blind scared the hell out me for years afterwards.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 27, 2012 06:24 PM (d6TfZ)
Albert (ooh, maybe he _was_ a serial killer) accidentally starts a fire in the basement of the blind school by smoking a pipe with one of his buddies.
The baby battering ram was Mary and Adam's son (Mary did go blind in real life, but never married). The one doing the ramming was Alice Garvey, the wife of Merlin Olsen's character. They both died, horribly.
It's a family show. My folks never let me watch it as a kid, and then I got hooked as a grownup.
Posted by: Palandine at August 27, 2012 06:24 PM (g7D8V)
Posted by: FORWARDS! at August 27, 2012 06:25 PM (kzFo5)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 27, 2012 06:25 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: steevy at August 27, 2012 06:25 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at August 27, 2012 06:25 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Palandine"
Ahhh, now I remember!
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 27, 2012 06:25 PM (d6TfZ)
Posted by: IdowhatIwant at August 27, 2012 06:26 PM (a4CUi)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at August 27, 2012 06:26 PM (SkyIE)
Posted by: Cathy in the Chi at August 27, 2012 06:26 PM (oiTOF)
Posted by: steevy at August 27, 2012 06:26 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: booger at August 27, 2012 06:26 PM (HI6wa)
Posted by: Infidel at August 27, 2012 06:26 PM (ZO/oN)
Posted by: TJexcite at August 27, 2012 06:27 PM (PNDql)
Posted by: Cathy in the Chi at August 27, 2012 06:27 PM (oiTOF)
And shame, shame on our military brass and political fucktards that would punish our best and brightest, for what? Pissing on some bad guy that was trying to kill them? They should have cut his fucking head off and put it on a stick.
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You know the Roman model is pretty damned proven for how you pacify the locals.
Hell, give me one Roman legion...with current American military and logistical technology...and I coul eliminate Islamism in the time we've been in Afghanistan.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 27, 2012 06:27 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: Cathy in the Chi"
I liked him, too, but he always looked like he smelled bad. I couldn't imagine anyone actually marrying him. Maybe she was secretly glad he was a drunk so she could get rid of him.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 27, 2012 06:28 PM (d6TfZ)
Posted by: Cheetos® Mystic Story Teller at August 27, 2012 06:28 PM (fU2qZ)
Posted by: AmishDude at August 27, 2012 06:28 PM (T0NGe)
Posted by: steevy at August 27, 2012 06:28 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Peaches at August 27, 2012 06:28 PM (kpCLl)
It's been an open secret it is coming...the liberals at the fed want it now, the conservatives want it not at all....the moderates will rule the day.
Posted by: sven10077 at August 27, 2012 06:29 PM (LRFds)
God.
Between that and Edith Bunker getting raped...
Posted by: Cathy in the Chi at August 27, 2012 06:29 PM (oiTOF)
That's freedom right there.
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Sure, but in making it easy to get around town in a car, we've made it difficult to get around town by foot or on a bike. That I don't like.
Posted by: longerthoughts at August 27, 2012 06:29 PM (CVVLU)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at August 27, 2012 06:29 PM (jucos)
That was disturbing. I could watch M*A*S*H when I was young and not really see the politics of it. If it were a series that were new today I am sure I would never watch it. - Truck Monkey
I wonder if they tried to make MASH today if OSHA would prevent it because it was just so dangerous?
I mean, just the name, MASH! It's so......violent.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch (fake Internet person) writes..... at August 27, 2012 06:29 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: toby928© at August 27, 2012 06:29 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Cathy in the Chi at August 27, 2012 06:30 PM (oiTOF)
only if you gots gas . . . just sayin'
Posted by: Peaches at August 27, 2012 06:30 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Cathy in the Chi
No, you're correct.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 27, 2012 06:30 PM (d6TfZ)
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Actually, Denzel Washington made a good movie of the first half of your idea.
But what has be been in that hasn't been good?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 27, 2012 06:31 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: Harry Reid at August 27, 2012 06:31 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at August 27, 2012 06:31 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Underground Vulagarian at August 27, 2012 06:31 PM (QITcm)
Hard to build a nation out of something that doesn't really want to be one. Its a mistake to apply western values and goals to other places.
Any reasonable person could see that A-stan is easily 300 years away from anything resembling a nation in the usual sense.
We should have just killed the scum we came to kill, then left. The locals would have understood that because retribution and score settling is a big part of the culture. What they don't like is the people who stick around and try to actively change their way of life.
Influences need to be very subtle, so subtle locals just notice you doing something small a bit differently and it seems to work better than whatever they're doing. You don't even talk about it, just allow them to notice it. Then they go away for a while, mull it around, and allow it to become THEIR IDEA if they like it. At that point you can offer narrow limited assistance on that one specific thing. Maybe they'll take it, maybe they won't. Don't push the issue. The whole key to survival for outsiders in xenophobic societies is to appear completely non-threatening and benign to them.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 27, 2012 06:31 PM (COZLs)
Posted by: eman at August 27, 2012 06:32 PM (Wp4rQ)
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 27, 2012 06:32 PM (ovpNn)
Back when I was a youngun, if you wanted to get somewhere you walked or rode your bicycle to it. Getting your license opened a whole new domain for us. Judging from the higher percentage of Pugsleys in the Juicebox Generation, I assume they're not doing a whole lot of either.
Since they're living at home longer, I suppose that they're having mom chauffeur them around longer too.
Nothing like the freedom of your own set of wheels, juiceboxers. Of course with freedom comes cost of the car, gas, repairs, and most of all insurance.
Well, it's freedom unless you're the blonde teen in the Subaru commercial with the anal helicopter dad. I'm surprised he didn't ask her if her chastity belt was locked.
Posted by: kbdabear at August 27, 2012 06:32 PM (wwsoB)
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In my town I can drive or bike just as easily, and that's been true of everywhere I've lived honestly.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 27, 2012 06:32 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: steevy at August 27, 2012 06:32 PM (6o4Fb)
the stock market would jump as soon as the volume of the hit was factored in and the amount used to prop EUtopia was decided....
Gas prices would leap up too because you never know how much it will devalue the buck's power....
it is already getting late in the race to avoid the inflationary pressure as well...
Posted by: sven10077 at August 27, 2012 06:33 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Icedog at August 27, 2012 06:33 PM (9ScGj)
Posted by: Infidel at August 27, 2012 06:33 PM (ZO/oN)
only if you gots gas . . . just sayin' - Peaches
If gas were invented today, do you think that OSHA or the EPA would permit it?
I mean, gas is so.....dangerous. It can burn and explode. Very disconcerting.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch (fake Internet person) writes..... at August 27, 2012 06:33 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 27, 2012 06:33 PM (GEICT)
And my folks having to explain to a little girl what rape even is was probably one of their great traumas...
Posted by: Palandine at August 27, 2012 06:33 PM (g7D8V)
Well let's see
1.Obama's Cash for Clunkers went and destroyed a whole bunch of used cars that mom and dad would have likely given their kids as their first car.
2.Housing prices are still likely too high for a lot younger people because the economy is still shit and they aren't getting jobs that will allow them to purchase a home. And since they've just seen a lot of parents and relatives watch the value of their home plummet why would they want to get involved in that.
3.Combination of 1 and 2. They don't have that first car and they can't really afford that new/pre-owned but nice car.
Posted by: buzzion at August 27, 2012 06:34 PM (GULKT)
When you have $120,000 in student loans debt for getting your PhD in wymyns' studies with an emphasis on the post-modern lesbian dialectic and you are a 5'4" dude, your job prospects are nil and so new cars and houses are but a dream for the far distant future. We have some new hires in my IT department who are just out of college, they want the same things as everyone else does and they are sort of wistful about the fact that they are one of the first generations to NOT do better than their parents.
Posted by: Will Be Taking Applications and Assimilating The Love-slaves at August 27, 2012 06:34 PM (kXoT0)
Posted by: steevy at August 27, 2012 06:34 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Bender "Bending" Rodriguez at August 27, 2012 06:34 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at August 27, 2012 06:34 PM (QITcm)
or Arnold getting molested on Differn't strokes....
ARGGGGHHHH
we were harder then because by God TV made us so....
Posted by: sven10077 at August 27, 2012 06:34 PM (LRFds)
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Well, good, but that hasn't been my experience.
I don't think we should go "full environmentalist" and actively search for ways to discourage people from / punish people for driving. But neither should we say "want to get around? Then buy a car". I like things like Complete Streets ordinances for example. If we're going to have local governments pay for the roads, then let's make sure they work for cars and bikes and people.
Posted by: longerthoughts at August 27, 2012 06:35 PM (CVVLU)
Then again, the show would have been more depressing than it was if it cleaved too close to the books.
Posted by: Palandine at August 27, 2012 10:13 PM (g7D8V)
No wonder I hated that show. No offense to those of you who liked it, but it bore no resemblance to the books, whatsoever. I found it cheesy and saccharine, simultaneously. Pa would not have looked like that, either. Nor would any of them. Bah!
Posted by: kalneva at August 27, 2012 06:35 PM (cQmXn)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 27, 2012 06:36 PM (9TTOe)
And my folks having to explain to a little girl what rape even is was probably one of their great traumas...
Posted by: Palandine at August 27, 2012 10:33 PM (g7D8V)
Edith Bunker getting raped....lulz, seriously where do they come up with this fairy tale shit.
Not that rape is a laughing matter, but seriously, is an erection even possible with a mug like that staring at you?Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 27, 2012 06:36 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: Peaches at August 27, 2012 06:36 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 27, 2012 06:36 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: IdowhatIwant at August 27, 2012 06:36 PM (a4CUi)
True fact, Alan Alda actually served in the Korean conflict as an artillery man. - steevy
You mean he was a cannon - cocker in Korea?
And then later he became just a cocker.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch (fake Internet person) writes..... at August 27, 2012 06:36 PM (sJTmU)
Well, there's about a $3,000/yr baseline insurance/fuel cost for one of them to just keep a car on the road. Its a lot cheaper to borrow mom/dad's second car if you really need one.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 27, 2012 06:37 PM (COZLs)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at August 27, 2012 10:25 PM (jucos)
After the first three seasons it wasn't really worth watching.
Posted by: Adam at August 27, 2012 06:37 PM (/YJYi)
Posted by: steevy at August 27, 2012 06:37 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at August 27, 2012 06:37 PM (jucos)
***
Something like that actually happened in Israel.
A couple of Palestinians snuck into Israel on a raid to kill/capture civilians.
They broke into one family's house and captured the father and a toddler. The mother managed to hide in an air vent with the baby who she accidentally suffocated keeping her quite.
Samir Kuntar shot the father and beat the toddler to death with his rifle before being captured. And he was later exchanged, and is now considered a hero by the Palestinians.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 27, 2012 06:38 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: kbdabear at August 27, 2012 06:38 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: eman at August 27, 2012 06:38 PM (Wp4rQ)
Posted by: Millenials at August 27, 2012 06:38 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Harry Reid at August 27, 2012 06:38 PM (r2PLg)
no fuckin' way, dude, he cannot be that old. is he?? srsly?????
Posted by: Peaches at August 27, 2012 06:38 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Peaches at August 27, 2012 10:28 PM (kpCLl)
hi Peaches
well, it was the first day of classes
and I'm drunk, if that tells you anything
Posted by: chemjeff at August 27, 2012 06:38 PM (d/5qf)
Haven't spent much time out of cities, have you?
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at August 27, 2012 06:38 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 27, 2012 06:39 PM (j1gX1)
Posted by: Goldie Whoopberg at August 27, 2012 06:40 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 27, 2012 06:40 PM (sZTYJ)
Why buy a car or a house when you can live at mom's and borrow hers?
If she really loves you she will even keep that tank full and make sure there is a spare pack of cigs and some condoms in the glove box for you each time you take it for a spin.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 27, 2012 06:40 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: Peaches at August 27, 2012 06:40 PM (kpCLl)
Edith Bunker getting raped....lulz, seriously where do they come up with this fairy tale shit
-----
I thought I read that she wasn't actually raped in that episode.
Posted by: USS Diversity at August 27, 2012 06:41 PM (0CiTm)
***
By far the bigger problem is many cities and towns are actively trying to force people to be unable to travel to or through them by car.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 27, 2012 06:41 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: USS Diversity"
She wasn't really, just terrorized for an afternoon. She escapes from the rapist.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 27, 2012 06:41 PM (d6TfZ)
The older guys have their own places and their own cars. Only the craziest lefty hipster girls are OK with first dates telling them which bus stop to meet them at.
Posted by: kbdabear at August 27, 2012 06:41 PM (wwsoB)
Way too advanced a topic to even bother with in that sort of society. We should just accept that to be what it is.
I'm talking about really simple shit like substituting a metal spike for plowing rather than a pointy stick that wears out quick.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 27, 2012 06:42 PM (COZLs)
A wiser man than I once said (paraphrased): "You cannot have a Thomas Jefferson without first having a Martin Luther." Since the people of the ME tend to behead dissenters, there's no short-term hope for them, much less long term.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at August 27, 2012 06:42 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Peaches at August 27, 2012 06:42 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Tom Smith at August 27, 2012 06:43 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: toby928© at August 27, 2012 06:43 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: steevy at August 27, 2012 06:43 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 27, 2012 06:43 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Peaches at August 27, 2012 10:36 PM (kpCLl)
that is crazy. I think my house has more than 1500 sq ft and I paid only $120k for it
Posted by: chemjeff at August 27, 2012 06:43 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: t-bird at August 27, 2012 06:44 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Cathy in the Chi at August 27, 2012 06:44 PM (oiTOF)
Posted by: Polliwogette, Teahada hobbit who wants some R&R at August 27, 2012 06:45 PM (NhGgS)
Posted by: eman at August 27, 2012 06:45 PM (Wp4rQ)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 27, 2012 06:45 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: steevy at August 27, 2012 06:45 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Peaches at August 27, 2012 06:46 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: steevy at August 27, 2012 06:46 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Cathy in the Chi at August 27, 2012 06:46 PM (oiTOF)
Posted by: eman at August 27, 2012 06:47 PM (Wp4rQ)
Posted by: Palandine at August 27, 2012 06:47 PM (g7D8V)
***
Our elites have indeed become just as corrupt as theirs, and this quote seems as true today as it did at the end of the Roman Republic;
The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no more, and longs eagerly for just two things - bread and circuses!
Posted by: 18-1 at August 27, 2012 06:47 PM (AUeaU)
You call it sexual assault, he calls it "Obamacare"...or financial assault
//Chris Matthews
Posted by: sven10077 at August 27, 2012 06:47 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Cathy in the Chi at August 27, 2012 06:48 PM (oiTOF)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch"
Amen, brother. My 2800 sq. ft. house cost us $149K about 13 years ago. Texas, baby.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 27, 2012 06:48 PM (d6TfZ)
Posted by: IdowhatIwant at August 27, 2012 06:48 PM (a4CUi)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch (fake Internet person) writes.... at August 27, 2012 06:48 PM (sJTmU)
you fuckin' slay me, my friend . . . and congrats on placing in the sunday nite rankings. numero tres, iirc? try harder!!!
Posted by: Peaches at August 27, 2012 06:48 PM (kpCLl)
The hermetically sealed nature of Islam precludes any notions of a reform movement ever happening. Challenge the koran, you're apostate. Apostates must be killed. Lather rinse repeat.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 27, 2012 06:48 PM (COZLs)
Posted by: toby928© at August 27, 2012 06:49 PM (QupBk)
all evil kidding aside, you are correct....
the point is gratification through exertion of domination and it is vile...
there's a reason it used to be a capital offense.
Posted by: sven10077 at August 27, 2012 06:49 PM (LRFds)
Alan Alda was born in 1936, he would have been all of 14 when the conflict started and all of 17 when the truce was signed.
Better check that one again
Posted by: kbdabear at August 27, 2012 06:49 PM (wwsoB)
They get calm in cycles through laziness...or the proper application of HE and point fire.
Posted by: sven10077 at August 27, 2012 06:50 PM (LRFds)
I saw some low priced cars on a lot in Nashua, NH yesterday.
The one that sticks in my is was a BMW for $3995
Posted by: fluffy at August 27, 2012 06:50 PM (3SvjA)
Posted by: Peaches at August 27, 2012 10:48 PM (kpCLl)
I trolled the akin panic as hard as i could before i got bored.
I cant take more than three days on hot air at a time.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 27, 2012 06:51 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 27, 2012 06:51 PM (j1gX1)
Posted by: toby928© at August 27, 2012 06:51 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 27, 2012 06:52 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: steevy at August 27, 2012 06:52 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: fluffy"
Some guy probably died in it and they can't get the smell out.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 27, 2012 06:52 PM (d6TfZ)
They took out the BMW engine and put in a chevy volt engine
***
I hear it has explosive get up and go.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 27, 2012 06:52 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 27, 2012 06:52 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 27, 2012 06:53 PM (COZLs)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 27, 2012 06:53 PM (j1gX1)
Posted by: steevy at August 27, 2012 06:53 PM (6o4Fb)
Despicable: Samuel L. Jackson: ‘Unfair shit: GOP spared by Isaac,’ ‘not understanding God’s plan’; Update: Faux-pologizes, continues rant
http://tinyurl.com/8duf38s
Posted by: kbdabear at August 27, 2012 06:54 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 27, 2012 10:48 PM (COZLs)
Glad you agree - more people need to accept that reality. It's the strongest argument available for energy independence from the mideast. They will not change, so why support their awful regimes with US dollars? We and they are simply not compatible, except in the "warheads on foreheads" sense. Economic marginalization is a reasonable response.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at August 27, 2012 06:54 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 27, 2012 10:51 PM (ovpNn)
Are ya daft, man? I have not been there in years . . . those fuckers will drive you to drink . . . hard . . . buncha fuckin' lunatic shitweasels.
Posted by: Peaches at August 27, 2012 06:54 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 27, 2012 06:54 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: Robert at August 27, 2012 06:54 PM (HWUv9)
___
Hand cart?
It was good enough for medieval peasants.
And hey...why do you need so much food? Don't you care about the Eurf?
Or you could just get your maid to pick up your food like any normal person.
Posted by: Some Egalitarian Liberal at August 27, 2012 06:54 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: IdowhatIwant at August 27, 2012 06:54 PM (a4CUi)
Posted by: Nevergiveup"
Don't bother. I'm sure those cars already smell like shit.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at August 27, 2012 06:55 PM (d6TfZ)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 27, 2012 06:55 PM (COZLs)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 27, 2012 06:55 PM (9TTOe)
***
To this day Liberals whine about Pat Roberston.
I'm guessing this will be swept under the rug in a week.
BTW, when Robertson was at it the hurricane did veer away from his facility in VA and head straight for the North East. MUHAHAHA
Posted by: 18-1 at August 27, 2012 06:56 PM (AUeaU)
Indeed, the strict literalist interpretation of the Koran precludes the tolerance of any dissent.
Witness the centuries long strife between Sunni's and Shiites over the descendants of the Prophet Mohammed. This has been going on for over one thousand years, and flares up with lots of killing and stuff (like ......now?).
There is virtually no chance of Islam producing some kind of lasting reform movement. They still want to kill anyone born a Muslim and then renouncing it for Christianity or something like that. There were a few times in the last century when it appeared that Islam would modernize, but see where we are now?
And we literally play with fire by inviting these people into this country. This will end with blood in the streets of our country. It will be awful.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch (fake Internet person) writes.... at August 27, 2012 06:57 PM (sJTmU)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 27, 2012 06:57 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Icedog at August 27, 2012 06:57 PM (9ScGj)
Posted by: DC in Towson at August 27, 2012 06:57 PM (N/WI2)
Steevy, per the Right Scoop, the rule change conflict has been avoided.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at August 27, 2012 06:57 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Robert at August 27, 2012 06:57 PM (HWUv9)
And grocery shopping without a car sucks, trust me. I've done it for decades, and you just can't carry beyond a certain amount or you destroy half your groceries and pass out on the way home.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 27, 2012 06:58 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 27, 2012 10:36 PM (9TTOe)
I remember a conversation going something like this...kids? Yes..2 boys..thankfully.
Why is that? I only have to keep track of 2 peckers, if you have girls, you have to keep track of them all.
Posted by: Red Shirt at August 27, 2012 06:58 PM (FIDMq)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 27, 2012 06:58 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: steevy at August 27, 2012 06:58 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 27, 2012 10:57 PM (sZTYJ)
THAT!! Times eleventy
Posted by: Peaches at August 27, 2012 06:58 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 27, 2012 10:52 PM (BAS5M)
Clearly the 5 bags of groceries is excessive and is just evidence that corporate America is ripping you off and that you hate Mother Gaia. Oh and racist.
Posted by: typical libtard at August 27, 2012 06:58 PM (d/5qf)
http://tinyurl.com/bvfy8uy
I think the guy in the ads is one of us Morons
Posted by: kbdabear at August 27, 2012 06:59 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 27, 2012 07:00 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 27, 2012 07:00 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: steevy at August 27, 2012 07:01 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 27, 2012 07:01 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at August 27, 2012 10:57 PM (lJJMb)
Link?
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 27, 2012 10:58 PM (sZTYJ)
Ask and ye shall receive: http://tinyurl.com/9hv8drx
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at August 27, 2012 07:02 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Some Young Budding Ass Kissing High School Quarterback at August 27, 2012 07:02 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: eman at August 27, 2012 07:02 PM (Wp4rQ)
Posted by: IdowhatIwant at August 27, 2012 07:03 PM (a4CUi)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 27, 2012 07:03 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at August 27, 2012 07:04 PM (GEICT)
http://tinyurl.com/ybnagyz
Posted by: kbdabear at August 27, 2012 07:04 PM (wwsoB)
6th grade, 1990, the black album. It led me directly to Master of Puppets, the best thrash-metal album of all time (PBUIt), along with many other good works.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at August 27, 2012 07:05 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Samuel L. Jackson at August 27, 2012 07:05 PM (oiTOF)
Posted by: Icedog at August 27, 2012 07:05 PM (9ScGj)
In a community without cars, Home Depot, Lowe's Costco, Sam's and WalMart would go under.
"Sure, I could carry 4 4' X 8' sheets of 3/4" plywood under one arm, balance 3 bundles of asphalt roof shingles on my head, and carry a roll of roofing felt and a tub o' nails with the other arm. Easy Peasy.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 27, 2012 07:06 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: Peaches at August 27, 2012 07:08 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Cathy in The Chi at August 27, 2012 07:08 PM (oiTOF)
Posted by: steevy at August 27, 2012 07:08 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: IdowhatIwant at August 27, 2012 07:09 PM (a4CUi)
Posted by: steevy at August 27, 2012 11:07 PM (6o4Fb)
holy shit, so did I. so we are about the same age? that is freaky.
Posted by: typical libtard at August 27, 2012 07:09 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: Some Young Budding Ass Kissing High School Quarterback at August 27, 2012 07:09 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at August 27, 2012 07:09 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 27, 2012 07:09 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: small town girl at August 27, 2012 07:10 PM (QMRMM)
Posted by: chemjeff at August 27, 2012 07:10 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: Some Young Budding Ass Kissing High School Quarterback at August 27, 2012 07:10 PM (HWUv9)
Long story.
Woohoo, 40 year olds representin' tonight.
Posted by: Cathy in The Chi at August 27, 2012 07:10 PM (oiTOF)
Posted by: Robert at August 27, 2012 07:10 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: Icedog at August 27, 2012 07:10 PM (9ScGj)
Posted by: Baal at August 27, 2012 07:11 PM (sZTYJ)
I'm glad I'm not a dad with a daughter. I'm sure she'd hate me (no tattoos. you can't pierce your lip. No you can't wear that. No you can't wear that. No you can't go out with him alone until you're 18. No you can't have a cellphone yet. No you can't lock yourself in your room with your computer and webcam). It would be so hard to protect her from the world and her friends and all those guys. I'd end up in a padded room or a prison cell before she graduated.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 27, 2012 07:11 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Chief Baraka at August 27, 2012 07:11 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 27, 2012 07:11 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: Robert at August 27, 2012 07:12 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: Robert at August 27, 2012 07:13 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: steevy at August 27, 2012 07:13 PM (6o4Fb)
They took out the BMW engine and put in a chevy volt engine
==
That would raise the price to around $500,000
Posted by: fluffy at August 27, 2012 07:13 PM (O6q63)
Posted by: Wayne Brady at August 27, 2012 07:13 PM (2K2M6)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 27, 2012 07:13 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Robert at August 27, 2012 07:14 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: The Political Hat \m/ at August 27, 2012 07:14 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 27, 2012 07:14 PM (j1gX1)
Posted by: Robert at August 27, 2012 07:15 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: Icedog at August 27, 2012 07:15 PM (9ScGj)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 27, 2012 07:15 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at August 27, 2012 07:15 PM (NzBQO)
Posted by: Robert at August 27, 2012 07:15 PM (HWUv9)
...and AoS is on top of their "friends" list.
Posted by: Icedog at August 27, 2012 11:05 PM (9ScGj)
The site has great content and features breaking news far earlier than Ace, as news tends to happen before the crack of noon at times, but the comments section is fairly dominated by angry Palinites, SoCons ready to die on the next hill, whatever it may be, and others inclined to histrionics. The commentors seem to be fairly biased towards social issues and passionate about them, whereas this blog is more focused on economic and national security issues. There's no discussion on any topic, which is my biggest complaint. It's all a big shouty mess, where disagreement is answered by some anonymous person, or more likely a pigpile of persons, who explain (or scream) why you're not a "true" conservative for holding an opinion contra the commentariat. Frankly, the whole thing is tiring. The moron horde does manage to tolerate a little bit of dissent, most times.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at August 27, 2012 07:15 PM (lJJMb)
By 83 we were covering Maiden, Priest, et al. (Yeah, I could sing like a motherfucker ... covered Victim of Changes successfully, then could do a mean Tate).
Carry on, juniors ... do me proud.
Posted by: eastvalleyphx at August 27, 2012 07:16 PM (GRvW4)
Posted by: IdowhatIwant at August 27, 2012 07:16 PM (a4CUi)
Posted by: Robert at August 27, 2012 07:16 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: steevy at August 27, 2012 07:16 PM (6o4Fb)
Unfortunately for us, our ruling class is too stupid to realize that some problems cannot be fixed with anything less than lots and lots of high explosives and an ability to say "Why yes we broke it, but it is up to you to fix it lest we return."
Posted by: Hrothgar unhinged for Romney/Ryan 2012 at August 27, 2012 07:17 PM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: steevy at August 27, 2012 11:08 PM (6o4Fb)
Wrong. That was a great album, but it's only a close number 2.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at August 27, 2012 07:17 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Robert at August 27, 2012 07:17 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: Soona at August 27, 2012 07:17 PM (fiSRu)
Posted by: steevy at August 27, 2012 07:18 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Redd at August 27, 2012 07:18 PM (w062R)
Posted by: DC in Towson at August 27, 2012 07:18 PM (N/WI2)
Posted by: Polliwogette, Teahada hobbit who wants some R&R at August 27, 2012 07:18 PM (NhGgS)
Posted by: Robert at August 27, 2012 07:18 PM (HWUv9)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 27, 2012 07:19 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 27, 2012 07:19 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: kalneva at August 27, 2012 07:19 PM (cQmXn)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 27, 2012 10:52 PM (BAS5M)
Apparently you eat too fucking much. A bag of rice and a slab of fat back just aint that heavy.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 27, 2012 10:54 PM (9TTOe)
A true meat eater wouldnt go to the store to get dinner, it would wait for dinner to drop by and hopefully bring a bottle of wine with it.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 27, 2012 07:20 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: Robert at August 27, 2012 07:20 PM (HWUv9)
"After the "Black Album" came out, it was all downhill from there."
Death Magnetic has some great tracks. I like some of the covers they did too, but they really lost their way for a while after the Black album.
My problem with Hot Air is that like most big blogs and sites (Town Hall, Michelle Malkin, Free Republic, etc) the noise to signal ratio is awful. There's almost never a comment on this blog, for example, that's a waste to read and it flows. Those blogs are like a bunch of screaming 5 year olds and a few adults trying to have a conversation.
Somehow Ace managed to pull together a bunch of smart, adult, creative people here like a family and its special. Breitbart was no fool.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 27, 2012 07:20 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: steevy at August 27, 2012 07:20 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: kalneva at August 27, 2012 07:21 PM (cQmXn)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 27, 2012 07:21 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: RWC at August 27, 2012 07:22 PM (gwWRQ)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 27, 2012 11:13 PM (r4wIV)
Great album. Puppets gets my nod because it doesn't sound like it was mixed by some community college intern. "Justice" has no mids, and you can't hear the bass. Great songs, but they sound like they were recorded via tin can. I still love it, just not as much. Re: Megadeth, all I can say is F yeah. "Tornado of Souls" - Marty's guitar solo is my favorite ever.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at August 27, 2012 07:22 PM (lJJMb)
Do you KNOW how much it costs to own a car in a city? Insanity, that's how much.
(I pay it, twice over, but it's insanity.)
Posted by: Cathy in The Chi at August 27, 2012 07:22 PM (oiTOF)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 27, 2012 07:22 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: Berserker at August 27, 2012 07:23 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: RWC at August 27, 2012 11:22 PM (gwWRQ)
If i was into Manly girls whose boyfriends are really their gay roommates runnin cover for them while they shill for the Obama campaign to get woman free birth control, i might toon in...but...nah.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 27, 2012 07:24 PM (ovpNn)
Orion is my favorite song, bar none. Good choice, but it's much better with all the overlaid guitars. Clearly, you're a bass-junkie.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at August 27, 2012 07:24 PM (lJJMb)
What's he been right about?
The political 'informant' predicted wall-to-wall race riots this summer. Well?
Predicting QE3 in the 3rd quarter of this year ain't exactly going out on a limb.
He's forgetting the first rule of
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at August 27, 2012 07:24 PM (Q/1Jp)
Posted by: Enby at August 27, 2012 07:24 PM (ptlfZ)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 27, 2012 07:24 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: steevy at August 27, 2012 07:24 PM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 27, 2012 07:24 PM (r4wIV)
Do you KNOW how much it costs to own a car in a city? Insanity, that's how much.
(I pay it, twice over, but it's insanity.)
Posted by: Cathy in The Chi at August 27, 2012 11:22 PM (oiTOF)
Why own a car in the city? There are plenty of nice cars in any parking structure you come across...get a slim jim and learn to hotwire.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 27, 2012 07:25 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: DC in Towson at August 27, 2012 07:25 PM (N/WI2)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 27, 2012 07:25 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Icedog at August 27, 2012 07:25 PM (9ScGj)
so went on limbaugh and sawthat he has been told that establishment republicans running the convention are going with the "Obama's a nice guy, but incompetant". And Rush is saying that estblishment repubs think we are going to lose the election, and when we do they are going to blame conservatives, sort of a Jeb Bush et al vs the Tea Party.
Is this true?
Posted by: thunderb at August 27, 2012 07:26 PM (Dnbau)
Posted by: IdowhatIwant at August 27, 2012 07:26 PM (a4CUi)
Posted by: navybrat at August 27, 2012 07:27 PM (dHp7Y)
All kinds of people out there, I try not to judge people based on their goodies or what they own.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 27, 2012 07:27 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: steevy at August 27, 2012 07:27 PM (6o4Fb)
Deed restrictions in the neighborhood prevent any gutting, slaughtering, rendering, curing, hide-tanning, or smoking of meat and meat byproducts. So I have to get mine from the grocery store.
Like HEB's current sale on family pack ground chuck already preformed into patties for under $3/lb. Gotta load up the freezer.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 27, 2012 07:28 PM (BAS5M)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2XMbspYDmQ
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 27, 2012 11:19 PM (sZTYJ)
I say Pantera. Dime was better than Slash, and Slash was / is better than all the lead players to that point. SOUL, as opposed to "go fast by the numbers" approach. Let me get my Nomex suit, as I expect some flameage.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at August 27, 2012 07:28 PM (lJJMb)
***
Yeah, but you never see the same story posted 3 times on HA before the crack of 2 PM do you?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 27, 2012 07:29 PM (AUeaU)
I don't think the GOP establishment expects to lose, but they're always ready to blame the Tea Party and conservatives. They nominated John McCain and Mitt Romney for president, for crying out loud. They love them some moderacy.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 27, 2012 07:29 PM (r4wIV)
Yes, the turd to gold nugget comment ratio on HA is higher than here (although the bastards only open registration for 10 minutes once a year), but there are some regulars that would fit in perfectly here. ....and they have some regular libtards that get smacked around beautifully. Although Ed is a little quick and random with the banhammer.
Posted by: Icedog at August 27, 2012 11:25 PM (9ScGj)
Yeah i got banned for calling Moochelle the First Wookie.
Apparently calling an america hating entitlement mentality mooch that lives high on the hog on our dime while telling y'all to share your pie and looks like a fucking wildebeast on two legs with the ass of a hippo, apparently call it a wookie is racist or something.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 27, 2012 07:29 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 27, 2012 07:29 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 27, 2012 07:29 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Donald Rumsfeld at August 27, 2012 07:30 PM (IoNBC)
Posted by: The littl shyning man at August 27, 2012 07:30 PM (yjA3C)
I don't think the GOP establishment expects to lose, but they're always ready to blame the Tea Party and conservatives. They nominated John McCain and Mitt Romney for president, for crying out loud. They love them some moderacy.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 27, 2012 11:29 PM (r4wIV)
Malkin sold Hot Air
She made a nice bundle too.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 27, 2012 07:30 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: mpfs, at August 27, 2012 07:30 PM (jWxJU)
Posted by: Icedog at August 27, 2012 07:30 PM (9ScGj)
With great freedom comes great responsibility. Probably why they don't want none.
Posted by: Mr. Spock at August 27, 2012 07:31 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: steevy at August 27, 2012 07:31 PM (6o4Fb)
Its frustrating to me that Axl was such a flake, because that band could have been so huge. Instead he shreiked and whined his way out of any real chance of a career.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 27, 2012 07:32 PM (r4wIV)
First there was this guy. I was just listening, not watching so do not know which stupid idiot it was. But my IQ dropped a few points because of what he said. He said New Orleans was fearful of loose debris being wind damage. Okay, that is understandable. Then he heaped a whole stinking turd of stupid atop that when he said New Orleans was busy cleaning up debris left from Katrina to prevent such damage. Katrina was 2005? WTF?
Next towering paragon of vapidity was dressed in a red dress and had blond hair. 'bubbleheaded bleached blond' she proved to be. She is talking of how there is a fear of major flooding because Isaac is moving so slowly. That is non-objectionable. Then in her next breath she mentions Katrina but fails to note Katrina's slow speed was one of the big reasons places flooded and levees broke.
Weather Channel is totally dead to me.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 27, 2012 07:32 PM (Z2fb7)
Posted by: steevy at August 27, 2012 07:33 PM (6o4Fb)
#Fixed
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at August 27, 2012 07:33 PM (Q/1Jp)
And I don't think most carless in cities consider themselves imprisoned. Everything, and I mean everything, you need for day to day life, is within walking or bus distance at worst.
And if you need to go to somewhere in a car, Zipcar.
They're everywhere, cheap, and easily accessible.
Carless ain't my cup of tea (hell no not with two kids) but if I, like my friend, lived downtown and worked at the Sears Tower, there's no way I'd pay a couple hundred bucks a month to park a car somewhere that I used twice a month.
Posted by: Cathy in The Chi at August 27, 2012 07:34 PM (oiTOF)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 27, 2012 07:34 PM (9TTOe)
BREAKING NEWS
BREAKING NEWS
BREAKING NEWS
CHRIS MATTHEWS CHOKING
RUSHED TO EMERGENCY ROOM
IN SURGERY NOW
Doctors are trying to remove Obama's Dick from his mouth but the prognosis looks grim.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 27, 2012 07:35 PM (ovpNn)
Is this true?
***
Probably. Even after the Palin nomination and the 2010 elections much of the Republican establishment believes they need to hide from conservativism to win elections.
Expect them to blame Ryan and his "extremism" if Romney loses, just like they blamed Palin.
Of course a more accurate analysis would be that Republicans haven't won running an out and proud moderate since 1972...
Posted by: 18-1 at August 27, 2012 07:35 PM (AUeaU)
I remember liking Cinderella but having the same problem: dude if you could only sing.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 27, 2012 07:35 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 27, 2012 07:36 PM (Z2fb7)
Posted by: steevy at August 27, 2012 11:31 PM
Well there "may" be a little truth to that. There were some songs written pretty early, but overkill got signed a little later. They may have has the sound early, but game to the game later.
Posted by: Berserker at August 27, 2012 07:36 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: The Jackhole at August 27, 2012 07:36 PM (DU15A)
Posted by: Soona at August 27, 2012 07:36 PM (fiSRu)
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 27, 2012 07:36 PM (EPbpF)
Posted by: A. at August 27, 2012 07:37 PM (hCAcB)
Ok thats fucked up.
they may have had the sound early, but came to the game later.
Posted by: Berserker at August 27, 2012 07:37 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Barack Obama's Secret Gay Boyfriend at August 27, 2012 07:37 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: RWC at August 27, 2012 07:37 PM (gwWRQ)
Posted by: AD at August 27, 2012 07:37 PM (ViYCz)
And if you need to go to somewhere in a car, Zipcar.
They're everywhere, cheap, and easily accessible.
Good luck with escaping the city in a Zipcar (whatever that is) when Contagion strikes. Best be up on ZombieLand Rule #1: Cardio!
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 27, 2012 07:37 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 27, 2012 07:37 PM (Z2fb7)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 27, 2012 11:24 PM (r4wIV)
Most bands sold the rights to their songs back when they were desperate for money, so in their later years they no longer get the residuals from them playing or being sold. So what they do is re-record their songs, put them in a "Greatest Hits" type of package, and then they get paid.
Rule number one of the music business is that it is all about the money, not the music.
All other rules of the music business, see rule number 1.
Posted by: MrCaniac at August 27, 2012 07:37 PM (1grxW)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 27, 2012 11:32 PM (r4wIV)
Agreed. They could have been a modern Stones...balls-out rock and roll, since they were never really a metal band. They had the chops, the attitude, but just wasted it.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at August 27, 2012 07:37 PM (lJJMb)
The frozen slush -- sidewalk, carstreet or bikeway -- will put you right on your ass, with consequences. Add another 2-3 months in which one very well may encounter a freezing rain or sleet storm. I'm fairly strong but have an annoying tendency to contract pneumonia after being soaked in the cold and then having to ride a mile, gently so as not to disturb the groceries, before drying and warming. Don't give me that shit about rain suits, I was president of a motorcycle club for 10 years. Rain suits suck.
So, you get a solid maybe on 5-6 months. When it's above 90/90, I do not ride a bicycle, run or jog. And only a self-punishing idiot would. This year, about half of the summer was in that range.
In the urban paradises of the past in which these dreamers dwell, no one had 5 sacks of groceries because everyone had to stop to buy one day's groceries on the way home each day. They had no refrigerator, you see. The buyer was at the mercy of whatever the vendor wished to sell that day, and the amount he wished to charge for it. Some of it was damned unhygienic.
The first thing people did when they got cars was to drive to other shopping venues outside their neighborhoods, or out into the country side. Those splendid picturesque little shoppes were ripping da fokes off bigtime, and the automobile broke their grip on their captive markets. Anyone who really had longerthoughts would have goddam well thought that through.
I don't get it with these sassy twerps. Most days I do not leave my property. I drive a 4 mile loop once a week for food, liquor, tobacco and medicine. Another 15 once a week to teach little boys to shoot guns. If that's what's destroying their future, there wasn't much future to worry about in the first place. I built these roads, they didn't, kiss my ass.
Posted by: comatus at August 27, 2012 07:38 PM (qaVK+)
***
I remember that feeling.
Posted by: Someone Stuck in New Orleans right befroe Katrina at August 27, 2012 07:38 PM (AUeaU)
The horror isn't from the deaths. It's from the evil. Real evil, found. Undeniable evil. Resident.
Posted by: A. at August 27, 2012 11:37 PM (hCAcB)
The Dunhams used to live in Kansas too...
just sayin...
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 27, 2012 07:38 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 27, 2012 07:38 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: IdowhatIwant at August 27, 2012 07:39 PM (a4CUi)
I've never used one but see them all the time.
Mostly in the Ikea parking lot.
Posted by: Cathy in The Chi at August 27, 2012 07:39 PM (oiTOF)
Posted by: Icedog at August 27, 2012 07:40 PM (9ScGj)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 27, 2012 07:40 PM (Z2fb7)
He is not a nice guy.
But maybe the GOP is running a head fake to keep the Obamamedia off the trail til the speeches start.
Can that be possible? are they that smart?
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 27, 2012 07:40 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: Peaches at August 27, 2012 10:36 PM (kpCLl)
Ha! I bought 10% more square footage for about 9% of their cost. I'll drink to that! Cheers!
Posted by: NC Ref at August 27, 2012 07:41 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: steevy at August 27, 2012 07:41 PM (6o4Fb)
You can put it together with household tools in just a few minutes!
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 27, 2012 07:41 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 27, 2012 07:42 PM (Z2fb7)
The reasons for their original existence are over.
And their purpose in modern America appears to be to cluster large number of permanently unemployed people where there is nothing for them to do except cause trouble for each other.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 27, 2012 07:42 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at August 27, 2012 07:43 PM (lJJMb)
And I don't think most carless in cities consider themselves imprisoned.
***
I remember that feeling.
Posted by: Someone Stuck in New Orleans right befroe Katrina at August 27, 2012 11:38 PM (AUeaU)
I guess all the easily accessible, cheap and ubiquitous Zipcars were already spoken for. Like the lifeboats on the Titanic.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 27, 2012 07:43 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 27, 2012 11:30 PM
Just so you know. And it's clear. I don't respect a single thing you have to say. You're a bullshit artist and a concern-troll extraordinaire. Congratulations.
Pretty sure you're in your mid-late twenties, maybe a little older than that, and haven't really figure out what you're doing. Being a loud-mouth beacon of "concern" seems to be your way of seeming important.
If that works for you, well, that's unfortunate.
Posted by: IdowhatIwant at August 27, 2012 11:39 PM (a4CUi)
wtf? all that in reponse to a message where i said Malkin sold Hot Air and made a nice bundle?
You forget your meds tonight?
Breaking News - I don't give a fuck what you think but if it makes you feel better to anal-eyes people, you go right ahead.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 27, 2012 07:44 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: DC in Towson at August 27, 2012 07:44 PM (N/WI2)
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 27, 2012 07:44 PM (JMmQ9)
***
I remember that feeling.
Posted by: Someone Stuck in New Orleans right befroe Katrina at August 27, 2012 11:38 PM (AUeaU)
Proof of how horribly managed NOLA was (ok probably IS) was the pictures of all the school buses supposed to be used for evacuating folks that were sitting in a parking lot instead of being used for their intended use under the New Orleans evacuation plan. Worthless fkn Dems.
But NO, it was Bush's fault!
Posted by: NC Ref at August 27, 2012 07:45 PM (/izg2)
"Leave," said the authorities.
"No," said the peoples.
Very few people were totally without an option to leave.
Many people chose not to.
I'm not talking about the poverty-stricken. FFS, if you can't afford a car because you need medicine, you can't afford a car. THAT was a tragedy - the old folks.
Posted by: Cathy in The Chi at August 27, 2012 07:45 PM (oiTOF)
The biggest attraction of cities at this point is culture - opera, night clubs, concerts, etc - and diversity of food. In NYC you can get greek, indonesian, arabic, french, spanish, egyptian, korean, russian, and brazilian food within a 10 block radius. You don't get that in Albany Oregon.
Is it worth it to live in a crime ridden leftist hell hole with grossly over priced housing for that? Not for me, but for some yeah.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 27, 2012 07:45 PM (r4wIV)
No no, that's ridiculous, no race riots in the summer. Expect them in November.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 27, 2012 07:47 PM (r4wIV)
Proof of how horribly managed NOLA was (ok probably IS) was the pictures of all the school buses supposed to be used for evacuating folks that were sitting in a parking lot instead of being used for their intended use under the New Orleans evacuation plan. Worthless fkn Dems.But NO, it was Bush's fault!
***
Ever notice any fuck up by any level of branch of government from 2001-2009 was George Bush's fault, but there isn't a damn thing lil Barry is responsible for after being president for almost a full term?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 27, 2012 07:47 PM (AUeaU)
I believe shit may have just gotten real. Gonna refill my beverage and grab some popcorn.
Posted by: DC in Towson at August 27, 2012 11:44 PM (N/WI2)
Nah its just an Akin Supporter Sock puppet...probably his wife.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 27, 2012 07:47 PM (ovpNn)
And when I speak of cities and mass transit, I am N-O-T even considering NOLA.
Mostly, I'm talking NYC or Chicago.
Anywhere else, I'd think a car a necessity.
But Jesus, if you can't afford a car, you can't afford a car.
Posted by: Cathy in The Chi at August 27, 2012 07:47 PM (oiTOF)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 27, 2012 07:48 PM (Z2fb7)
Yes. **headdesk**
Posted by: NC Ref at August 27, 2012 07:49 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at August 27, 2012 07:49 PM (lJJMb)
Posted by: Enby at August 27, 2012 07:49 PM (ptlfZ)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at August 27, 2012 07:49 PM (tRJ+w)
Posted by: RWC at August 27, 2012 07:49 PM (gwWRQ)
This kind of crap happens all the time, most times you get a look at how well the govt has really been carrying on its work, outside of the divisions that have actual values like the military. One thing that amazes me is how much lefties love government, and how utterly disinterested they are in keeping an eye on how well it executes on its supposedly essential work. I guess everyone has to have faith in something.
Posted by: Splunge at August 27, 2012 07:50 PM (2IW5Q)
***
We've already seen it happen to Detroit.
I would think it would be smart politics for Republicans to stop mimicking the Democrat's pro-urban policies, perhaps even adopt explicitly anti-urban ones.
Imagine, for example, if state welfare policies were pushed down to the city or county levels? The wealthy urban liberals would have a perfect opportunity to put their money where there mouths are...
Posted by: 18-1 at August 27, 2012 07:50 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at August 27, 2012 07:51 PM (tRJ+w)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 27, 2012 07:51 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: RWC at August 27, 2012 11:49 PM (gwWRQ)
Obama and the UN have an agenda for that!
Posted by: Hrothgar unhinged for Romney/Ryan 2012 at August 27, 2012 07:51 PM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: DC in Towson at August 27, 2012 07:51 PM (N/WI2)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 27, 2012 07:51 PM (Z2fb7)
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 27, 2012 07:51 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Icedog at August 27, 2012 07:51 PM (9ScGj)
Does some shit here suck? Yep.
As did shit in Cheyenne, Columbia, Miami, Fort Pierce, Jacksonville, Spencer, IA....
In the interest of full disclosure, I might as well live in the 'burbs.
I would NOT live in many parts of the city.
NW Chicago is fab.
Posted by: Cathy in The Chi at August 27, 2012 07:52 PM (oiTOF)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at August 27, 2012 07:53 PM (tRJ+w)
Its fucking brilliant!
http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahawk/
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Wright at August 27, 2012 07:53 PM (ovpNn)
You like where you live? You can keep where you live.
Don't paint with such a broad brush.
Posted by: Cathy in The Chi at August 27, 2012 07:54 PM (oiTOF)
Posted by: Splunge at August 27, 2012 11:50 PM (2IW5Q)
That's because they consider the essential work of government to be to funnel money away from what its supposed to be doing and into their pockets. They can always just raise taxes to cover the shortfall, and then they'll raise taxes again because they just sucked that money off into their other pocket.
Posted by: buzzion at August 27, 2012 07:54 PM (GULKT)
We used to see the ability to ship food by rail as a hedge against regional famine and drought. The development of hemispheric commodity markets made every 40-acre family a member of the world market, and forced farmers to expand through credit, specialize in just one or two crops, and sell into that market, or go broke. Few would ship jobs to China if it cost something to ship product back.
Jack up the cartage rates to the good old days, so prices reflect the actual environmental and human cost of artificially thumping those goods down a continent away from where they grow, and the lovely cities would empty right out PDQ. It's supposed to be the job of the cities to make stuff for their hinterlands, not the job of the restofus to send food, water, power, and now products, down their gaping maw.
Posted by: comatus at August 27, 2012 07:56 PM (qaVK+)
Imagine if the federal government abandoned welfare entirely and the states took it over. They could give the same level of coverage with less in taxes because there'd be no middle man and smaller individual bureaucracy to cover it.
Each state could handle things its own way, and the grand experiment could help states learn what works and does not with 50 different labs. People could move from state to state to where they preferred. Individual voters would have more power over the decisions made. More efficient, more swiftly applied, more tailored to the communities they serve.
And best of all it wouldn't violate the US Constitution.
Every leftist should love this plan, if they really wanted to help those in need. If their motivation was truly to help the needy and most helpless among us, rather than concentrate power as much as possible in as few hands as possible then put themselves in charge of it.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 27, 2012 07:57 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Icedog at August 27, 2012 07:57 PM (9ScGj)
A couple days after Katrina came thru I found the evacuation plan document on the New Orleans' city website. Was taking a public policy course at a local liberal university at the time and had planned to use it in class, but reconsidered when I realized the prof would probably fail me for pointing out the truth. Apparently they paid upwards of a million fkn dollars for that "study." None of it was ever implemented.
Still have that document on one of my computers...not sure which...but it was disappeared from the web shortly thereafter. Go figure.
Posted by: NC Ref at August 27, 2012 07:57 PM (/izg2)
note to country folks: the rumours of your economic integrity are *vastly* over-stated. if every single rural community in america simply disappeared overnight, the country would hardly bat its collective anthropomorphic eye.
At least, once they starved to death.
God you are a fucking retard.
Posted by: garrett at August 27, 2012 07:58 PM (sSLmn)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at August 27, 2012 07:59 PM (tRJ+w)
Posted by: t-bird at August 27, 2012 07:59 PM (FcR7P)
Indeed, but urbanites like jimi ray don't comprehend that basic truth. For them, everyone exists to serve the city.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 27, 2012 07:59 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: DC in Towson at August 27, 2012 07:59 PM (N/WI2)
Posted by: Chrissy Matthews at August 27, 2012 08:00 PM (q/891)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 27, 2012 08:00 PM (BAS5M)
Isn't this, like, too obvious?
Posted by: cthulhu at August 27, 2012 08:00 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 27, 2012 08:01 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at August 27, 2012 08:01 PM (tRJ+w)
Posted by: Thorvald at August 27, 2012 08:02 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: mpfs, at August 27, 2012 08:02 PM (jWxJU)
Posted by: the pink cracker formerly known as the hobbit Donna at August 27, 2012 08:03 PM (W2Z3C)
>>Better plan would have been to use the National Guard from up State.
So, self deportation works...
Self preservation, not so much?
Posted by: garrett at August 27, 2012 08:03 PM (sSLmn)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 27, 2012 08:03 PM (9TTOe)
And where did all of Harry Potter's mountains of gold come from? Nothing about his past or parents indicates any money at all, they lived in a modest town home in all the pictures and have no indications of vast wealth in their past.
I know it made for a quaint story but... huh?
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 27, 2012 08:04 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: thunderb at August 27, 2012 08:04 PM (Dnbau)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at August 27, 2012 08:04 PM (tRJ+w)
Posted by: Cathy in The Chi at August 27, 2012 08:04 PM (oiTOF)
Posted by: mpfs, at August 27, 2012 08:05 PM (jWxJU)
***
Quite the opposite.
The modern city is perfect for the economy of 1912, not 2012. Rail and water links to transport in large amounts of raw goods. Large scale, low skill manufacturing. A populace with low needs (by current standards) for living space and material goods.
I've been watching American tech companies slowly realize that locating in cities is a mistake and moving to the burbs. The trend will only continue as big companies compare the costs of locating near the CEO's penthouse - and far from the people they want to hire.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 27, 2012 08:05 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: garrett at August 27, 2012 08:05 PM (sSLmn)
The Governor is supposed to call out the National Guard? No way!
Posted by: Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco at August 27, 2012 08:06 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: A Mindful Webworker at August 27, 2012 08:06 PM (lBpVP)
Posted by: Icedog at August 27, 2012 08:07 PM (9ScGj)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 27, 2012 08:07 PM (9TTOe)
I know it made for a quaint story but... huh?
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 28, 2012 12:04 AM (r4wIV)
Life insurance proceeds......his parents selected the 2000:1 payout for evil wizard prophecy-involved-assassination option.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 27, 2012 08:07 PM (kaalw)
The moderate / establishment republicans do not understand this nation well. They are trapped in the DC-NYC group think almost as much as the democrats are.
The only reason I voted for and contributed to McCain was Palin and that I realized Obama was a disaster. I was going to vote Barr instead. They are missing the lessons of 2010. Yeah we lost Delaware and NV senate seats. Will Romney take either state in 2012? Maybe?
I think we may see a major break up in political parties coming. I can see us breaking up into three parties; the communist/socialist dems, the DLC/old school dems and establishment republicans; and Tea Party-Libertarians.
I think we are seeing some of this with the Republicans now. I can see some of this with the Democrats now, and after Obama is defeated, I think there will be an internecine bloodbath when they see they have been badly neutered for atleast 2-4 years. They are out of office both nationally and at the state and local levels.
The coming Chinese and European economic collapses will add stress to the political landscape too.
Posted by: rd ABO 2012 at August 27, 2012 08:08 PM (9sUlj)
Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at August 27, 2012 08:08 PM (ZiYQG)
Posted by: DC in Towson at August 27, 2012 08:08 PM (N/WI2)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 28, 2012 12:03 AM (9TTOe)
Just coors light here
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 27, 2012 08:08 PM (EPbpF)
Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2012 12:05 AM (sSLmn)
Fapping?
Posted by: cthulhu at August 27, 2012 08:08 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Enby at August 27, 2012 08:08 PM (ptlfZ)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at August 27, 2012 08:09 PM (tRJ+w)
Hell, what about sex? The second the girls hit puberty, at least half would have J-cup breasts that defy gravity.
And where did all of Harry Potter's mountains of gold come from?
Actually, I think her intention was that it was actually ill-gotten, having been horded by generations of family members who used the invisibility cloak. Maybe they were ashamed of it (but not so ashamed as to give it up) and horded it rather than spend it.
Posted by: AmishDude at August 27, 2012 08:09 PM (T0NGe)
Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at August 27, 2012 08:09 PM (ZiYQG)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 27, 2012 08:11 PM (Z2fb7)
Posted by: jimi ray at August 28, 2012 12:06 AM (79EF9)
Really ont, really?
Posted by: lou's a girl at August 27, 2012 08:11 PM (EPbpF)
I take medicine for frequent brutal headaches and to digest food my body recently decided it has problems with but I'm not really on any medication.
Getting old is hell, though.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 27, 2012 08:11 PM (r4wIV)
Through sheer lack of expenses you should have plenty of money so why do the Weaselys live like Charlie in the Chocolate Factory books?
They're the Joe Biden's of the wizarding world?
Posted by: buzzion at August 27, 2012 08:12 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 27, 2012 08:12 PM (Z2fb7)
Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at August 28, 2012 12:09 AM (ZiYQG)
I take it your tour went well? Last time I saw you around you were just getting ready to head out.
Posted by: garrett at August 27, 2012 08:12 PM (sSLmn)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at August 27, 2012 08:12 PM (tRJ+w)
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 27, 2012 08:12 PM (33KBJ)
Posted by: rickl at August 27, 2012 08:12 PM (sdi6R)
No, this was all part of the plan. Lawton Chiles had done the same thing to GHWBush with Hurricane Andrew.
I'm surprised W didn't learn the lesson. If you can't help, just go there and look concerned.
Posted by: AmishDude at August 27, 2012 08:13 PM (T0NGe)
Really changes it for the better, shame they don't seem interested in going back and re-releasing it as it should be.
Posted by: booger at August 27, 2012 08:15 PM (HI6wa)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 27, 2012 08:15 PM (9TTOe)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 27, 2012 08:15 PM (Z2fb7)
Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at August 27, 2012 08:15 PM (ZiYQG)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 27, 2012 08:15 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at August 27, 2012 08:15 PM (tRJ+w)
Posted by: DC in Towson at August 27, 2012 08:15 PM (N/WI2)
Posted by: comatus at August 27, 2012 11:38 PM (qaVK+)
Growing up, my neighbor and I always had a paper route delivering either the Detroit News or the Free Press. We always lived up to the postman's motto about rain sleet or snow. The worst was flipping your bike in a tire rut and your papers spilling into the snow. But somehow we made it and never got more than the usual winter cold. Looking back, those days were fun but I don't think I'd want to do it now.
Posted by: Bill R. at August 27, 2012 08:16 PM (QnRSM)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0L--WTMGtE
which led to this
http ://www.youtube.com/ watch?NR=1&v=V_imPt3NIhg&feature=endscreen
If Ian Anderson still tours he probably doesn't do the one leg bit nearly as much.
Posted by: DaveA at August 27, 2012 08:16 PM (Ve9V9)
I still say you announce a new welfare program that you have to sign up for in person. Tell everyone they can have a Platinum EBT Card if they go and sign up at the Mall of America, the day after tomorrow.
New Orleans would have been empty in 45 minutes.
Posted by: garrett at August 27, 2012 08:16 PM (sSLmn)
Posted by: NC Ref at August 27, 2012 11:45 PM
That's why I don't take those fears of "inner city people coming out to the suburbs to rape and rob" seriously. Even if they could get the buses mobilized, a few spike strips would hold the hordes off
Posted by: kbdabear at August 27, 2012 08:16 PM (wwsoB)
It doesn't cover up sound though, that could get awkward.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 27, 2012 08:16 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at August 27, 2012 08:17 PM (ZiYQG)
He could have gone on television or in front of a podium and defended himself (essentially just explain what was happening).
Apparently this didn't occur to Bush during the second half of his Presidency, but it was possible.
Posted by: AD at August 27, 2012 08:18 PM (ViYCz)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at August 27, 2012 08:18 PM (SZDWs)
Posted by: DC in Towson at August 27, 2012 08:18 PM (N/WI2)
Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at August 27, 2012 08:18 PM (ZiYQG)
Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at August 28, 2012 12:15 AM (ZiYQG)
Saw LoG open for GWAR a few years back. Crazy story about the lead singer, though...sorry to hear about that as it seemed as though you were pretty jacked for those gigs.
My offer stands for the next time you are out in the rockies.
Posted by: garrett at August 27, 2012 08:19 PM (sSLmn)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 27, 2012 08:19 PM (Z2fb7)
Posted by: thunderb at August 27, 2012 08:19 PM (Dnbau)
Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at August 27, 2012 08:20 PM (ZiYQG)
Posted by: zeera at August 27, 2012 08:20 PM (wwuGd)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at August 27, 2012 08:20 PM (tRJ+w)
Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at August 27, 2012 08:21 PM (ZiYQG)
***
I remember that story.
The Lesson - don't go to the Czech Republic without asking them if they have a warrant for your arrest first.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 27, 2012 08:21 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 27, 2012 08:21 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at August 27, 2012 08:21 PM (9TTOe)
That worked out quite well for him. (Sorry, some bitterness here)
Posted by: AD at August 27, 2012 08:22 PM (ViYCz)
Yep. Montuckey.
It's rare we get any good shows...usually have to go to Spokane, SLC or Portland to catch anything.
Posted by: garrett at August 27, 2012 08:22 PM (sSLmn)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 27, 2012 08:23 PM (Z2fb7)
Posted by: Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco at August 27, 2012 08:23 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at August 27, 2012 08:24 PM (ZiYQG)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 27, 2012 08:25 PM (Z2fb7)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at August 27, 2012 08:25 PM (SZDWs)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at August 27, 2012 08:25 PM (tRJ+w)
I'm sure there's some kind cone of silence spell.
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 27, 2012 08:26 PM (33KBJ)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 27, 2012 08:27 PM (Z2fb7)
506 AmishDude, GW Bush would have had to invade Louisiana then if Blanco kept refusing. He even pleaded with her. She did not budge. The woman is criminally stupid.
He could have gone on television or in front of a podium and defended himself (essentially just explain what was happening).
Apparently this didn't occur to Bush during the second half of his Presidency, but it was possible.
He should have announced this on TV, at a western WH press conference. Compare and contrast her response to MS and AL. Announce that he was federalizing the LA Nat'l Guard and that they were to report and implement the LA disaster plans.
Posted by: rd ABO 2012 at August 27, 2012 08:27 PM (9sUlj)
Don't actually go in and override authority. At least defend yourself, though. If he thought it's noble, fine, but when he took hits without answering them, we all took hits without answering them. When you don't answer attacks, the presumption becomes that there isn't an answer. It's not just a question of defending himself; it's a question of defending us. He was in the best position in the entire party to do so and he didn't.
Posted by: AD at August 27, 2012 08:28 PM (ViYCz)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 27, 2012 08:30 PM (r4wIV)
George Bush doesn't care about black people.
Posted by: kanye w at August 27, 2012 08:30 PM (cQmXn)
Posted by: Peckerwood Fringe at August 27, 2012 08:30 PM (gaZmg)
Posted by: Berserker at August 27, 2012 08:31 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 27, 2012 08:31 PM (Z2fb7)
Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at August 27, 2012 08:32 PM (ZiYQG)
Posted by: Peckerwood Fringe at August 27, 2012 08:33 PM (gaZmg)
Yugoslavia after Tito fell. It doesn't take long. The veneer of civilization is very very thin. The tards in D.C. don't understand this. About all it takes is a 10 day interruption in services and supply before the collapse begins.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 27, 2012 08:33 PM (COZLs)
Posted by: thunderb at August 27, 2012 08:33 PM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 27, 2012 08:33 PM (Z2fb7)
Posted by: A Liberal AoSHQ Reader, Really! at August 27, 2012 08:33 PM (ZiYQG)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at August 27, 2012 08:34 PM (SZDWs)
Posted by: DC in Towson at August 27, 2012 08:34 PM (N/WI2)
I'm just mocking your choice, is all. There's absolutely no subtext of you trying to outlaw my way of life. It's all "live and let live" with you, I'm sure.
But I don't hate cities. Only that invaders like you have been allowed to take them over, and then send your ward-heelers to muzzle the rest of the nation, because you.are.not.man.enough.
Soon, troll. Soon.
Posted by: comatus at August 27, 2012 08:35 PM (qaVK+)
All those folks in Yugoslavia carry grudges for centuries. Tito managed to keep the lip on it while alive.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 27, 2012 08:36 PM (Z2fb7)
But, to buy a new car and go deep in to hock for it takes a special kind of spendthrift. I have bought new cars in my life, but I have paid cash for them.
Just lease, and write it all off, if you NEED to be seen in a hot, nice car.
Posted by: navybrat at August 27, 2012 08:36 PM (dHp7Y)
Most people just don't realize how close we all are to the edge of the cliff. It doesn't take long for loss of basic supplies like power and water for everything to just fall to pieces.
And like I've said so often before, most people would die out of sheer ignorance, not knowing how to do anything outside their routine. Not knowing where food comes from, how to build a fire, where to get water, how to heat and defend yourself. Thinking food comes from the supermarket rather than the world around you. Thinking you can always just call someone else to help you with any problem.
Shelter, water, food. You can go just a little while without each of those, and we take them all for granted.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 27, 2012 08:36 PM (r4wIV)
You're still thinking that he has to do something. All he had to do was appear. Show up.
The media can't and won't explain mandatory evacuations and posse comitatus. But they can cover a president looking concerned or shoveling. Maybe his advisers thought it would make him look weak.
Substantively, you're right, but the media would rather have dour faces than meaningful help.
Posted by: AmishDude at August 27, 2012 08:36 PM (T0NGe)
On the off chance you're still here, what word count are you up to?
(dangling participles be damned!)
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 27, 2012 08:37 PM (33KBJ)
I think there's always been an unwritten law in stage performance -- anyone who climbs onto the stage is subject to a vicious beat down or being bodily tossed off the stage, whichever comes first.
The performers have to assume hostile/crazy intent. That's the world we live in.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 27, 2012 08:37 PM (COZLs)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 27, 2012 08:37 PM (Z2fb7)
Vaguely related:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5agCr45Ev4
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 27, 2012 08:39 PM (33KBJ)
Posted by: Peckerwood Fringe at August 27, 2012 08:40 PM (gaZmg)
"About all it takes is a 10 day interruption in services and supply before the collapse begins."
10 days is very generous. It begins on the 4th day, sooner in the city cores.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 27, 2012 08:44 PM (BAS5M)
If Bush thought that (and I believe he did), it should have been clear to him within a year or two of his second term that he was mistaken. The weaker he was in the polls and the weaker we were in the polls, the less political capital he had, the less he was able to accomplish, and the less we were able to accomplish moving forward.
People in his administration justified their tactics by making comparisons to Harry Truman--how he had low approval ratings, but is now well regarded by historians... five decades later. That's great, but in the meantime we were and are in a much more tenuous position because he wouldn't defend himself--because there were more things on the line than his popularity.
I really don't think Obama's chief problem in being hated is defending himself. Bill Clinton took the opposite route (never letting an attack go unanswered) and it worked out well for him. Even Reagan, who had far fewer possibilities for sympathetic media made a point to defend himself. That worked out better.
Posted by: AD at August 27, 2012 08:44 PM (ViYCz)
...you're KIDDING me, right?
yes, indeed, cities: those BASTIONS of unemployment and troublemaking.
probably 95% of the country's economy is concentrated in cities, with a few wal-mart superstores in between to provide employment for all of the uneducated rural nobodies who LOVE to tak shit about all the taxes they pay, when the taxes off of their meagre farm-bred salaries, after deductions and write-offs, couldn't sustain the alaskan government.
note to country folks: the rumours of your economic integrity are *vastly* over-stated. if every single rural community in america simply disappeared overnight, the country would hardly bat its collective anthropomorphic eye.
if every *city* disappeared?
...
no, cities don;t exist just because people like something more to do than go to the same public waterin' hole to square dance every time they want to go out.
they exist because they are an efficient and effective concentration of capital and labour that afford the sort of fast-moving economic progress that rural communities would *never* be able to sustain.
Posted by: jimi ray at August 27, 2012 11:54 PM (79EF9)
First of all, I can tell that you are not from the United States, don't ask, I just know.
95% of the economy concentrated in the city? Bull fucking shit. The energy production of this country is surely not concentrated in the city, it is concentrated in the rural areas. Agriculture is most definitely concentrated in the rural areas. Manufacturing is not concentrated in urban areas because of the fucking logistical nightmare that cities are today.
If the rural areas disappeared, you would fucking starve in 3 days. Your power would be off in 5 minutes, and your beloved Starbucks would be up in flames 15 minutes later. When you need the military to come in and save your bacon, they won't be there, the military is made up of the "hicks" that you dislike so much.
Where I live lost power for a week this summer. 100 degrees, no where to go, but everybody was able to survive and not riot. Power goes out in a city shithole, the place goes up in flames within hours.
I hate to be the one to tell you, but banks and other financial institutions are moving away from the cities because they are too expensive, and people don't want to be in them. Because of that, those companies are now moving their operations out to the sticks. Why? Cheaper, and with telecommunications, you don't have to be in the middle of Shitville City. So the whole moving at the speed of business in the city, is a big load of shit.
Posted by: MrCaniac at August 27, 2012 08:45 PM (1grxW)
The hatred and divisions with the US are just as strong. The US govt is Tito. The cities will burn, and a lot of hatreds will boil over. The Democrats have been fostering and using this hate as a political tool for 50 years or more. You can't poison that many generations without having it bear fruit when social constraints are removed.
There's not enough full time military/guard/police to keep a lid on it if it happens. Quite a few of them won't report or will go AWOL too. Its not going to be like a localized disaster response where people know the normality still exists outside the perimeter and will eventually return.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 27, 2012 08:45 PM (COZLs)
More of the muffins, please. MMmmmmm.... green chili.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at August 27, 2012 08:47 PM (xKC/c)
Yeah, I spent my whole life in speed metal/thrash bands, including a short stint in one of the bands mentioned in this thread, believe it or not. I know the deal. I was just curious if it was some "attitude" thing like singers like to have occasionally.
I had one dude jump up and do some hysterical sissy slap fest on the strings of my guitar one night, and then dove into the crowd, like he got his jollies out. I laughed over that one, but yeah I guess you can't be too careful these days. I never pushed anybody off the stage though. I did somewhat spear one dude with the sharp point of the Jackson Rhoads V I was playing at the time, only because he was grabbing the whammy bar and fucking up my pitch. lol
Posted by: Berserker at August 27, 2012 08:49 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: MrCaniac at August 28, 2012 12:45 AM (1grxW)
Hell to the yeah. Well said. Now I won't feel so bad about you kicking my ass in the FFL this year.
Posted by: NC Ref at August 27, 2012 08:49 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at August 27, 2012 08:50 PM (SZDWs)
Posted by: Enby at August 27, 2012 08:51 PM (ptlfZ)
Posted by: Peckerwood Fringe at August 27, 2012 08:51 PM (gaZmg)
Posted by: Ma Bell, now R squared at August 27, 2012 08:52 PM (uVuwp)
When you drive at night like I do you see a different America. At night you really notice the transport infrastructure that serves the cities. The greater NYC metro area literally has thousands and thousands of trucks descending on it in the 3am-6am time frame every single day bringing in supplies.
When the diesel pumps that fill those trucks tanks stop working due to power failures, the trucks stop rolling and the city stops getting fed.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 27, 2012 08:52 PM (COZLs)
Posted by: Arbalest at August 27, 2012 08:56 PM (fU2qZ)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 27, 2012 08:56 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Peckerwood Fringe at August 27, 2012 08:56 PM (gaZmg)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at August 27, 2012 08:57 PM (SZDWs)
Posted by: rickl at August 27, 2012 08:57 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Berserker at August 27, 2012 08:58 PM (FMbng)
You can't beat the taste of a McHobo.
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 27, 2012 08:58 PM (33KBJ)
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 28, 2012 12:58 AM (33KBJ)
FIFM
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 27, 2012 09:00 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: teej at August 27, 2012 09:00 PM (QbKVX)
Posted by: Peckerwood Fringe at August 27, 2012 09:02 PM (gaZmg)
Posted by: AD at August 27, 2012 09:03 PM (ViYCz)
Posted by: teej at August 27, 2012 09:05 PM (/tk/V)
I'm in between NYC and Philly I'll be able to see the mushroom clouds in stereo. lol
Posted by: Berserker at August 27, 2012 09:05 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at August 27, 2012 09:05 PM (SZDWs)
Posted by: Peckerwood Fringe at August 27, 2012 09:05 PM (gaZmg)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at August 27, 2012 09:07 PM (SZDWs)
Posted by: Peckerwood Fringe at August 27, 2012 09:08 PM (gaZmg)
Hell to the yeah. Well said. Now I won't feel so bad about you kicking my ass in the FFL this year.
Posted by: NC Ref at August 28, 2012 12:49 AM (/izg2)
Aw shucks, but I bet all of you will be butthurt about it.
Posted by: MrCaniac at August 27, 2012 09:09 PM (1grxW)
Posted by: Peckerwood Fringe at August 28, 2012 01:08 AM
Yeah wtf is up with Vermont? You would think the state license plates would have a hammer and sickle on them.
Posted by: Berserker at August 27, 2012 09:09 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Peckerwood Fringe at August 27, 2012 09:12 PM (gaZmg)
Agriculture has been made obsolete by supermarkets. Duh!
Posted by: fluffy at August 27, 2012 09:13 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: AD at August 27, 2012 09:14 PM (ViYCz)
Rats and cats -- the other white meat.
When I was younger, I knew this old guy Bernie who was working on a vacant 100yo warehouse rehab project. He used to trap a half dozen pigeons a day and cook'em up. He also ate these huge 6" long slugs that lived under the 100 year old wood flooring that was coming out. The pigeons were all hugely lice infested and quite disgusting. He'd skin'em quick and hang the carcasses off a board for the rest of the day while the lice would wander off looking for another ride. Flies didn't seem to bother him.
There are ways in an urban setting, but you gotta be willing to lower your standards quite a bit.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 27, 2012 09:14 PM (COZLs)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at August 27, 2012 09:15 PM (SZDWs)
Vermont doesn't have to go, just its statehood. Turn it into a colony. Or add it to the colony of Southeast Canadia.
Posted by: fluffy at August 27, 2012 09:15 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 27, 2012 09:17 PM (BAS5M)
It's just sadly overrun with galactic assdicks.
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 27, 2012 09:18 PM (33KBJ)
Posted by: Peckerwood Fringe at August 27, 2012 09:18 PM (gaZmg)
Posted by: Zakn at August 27, 2012 09:20 PM (6uuu8)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 27, 2012 09:20 PM (COZLs)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at August 27, 2012 09:20 PM (SZDWs)
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 28, 2012 01:18 A
Galactic assdicks.... that made me fucking laugh.
Posted by: Berserker at August 27, 2012 09:21 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Peckerwood Fringe at August 27, 2012 09:21 PM (gaZmg)
Posted by: teej at August 27, 2012 09:22 PM (erYRT)
Posted by: Peckerwood Fringe at August 27, 2012 09:22 PM (gaZmg)
Ew.
I just saw a Survivorman where he went to the Australian Outback. He was really keen on the larvae of some kind of moth. 3 inches long or so, they're (according to him), actually quite tasty as long as you don't eat the head or ass.
Each one takes 2+ years to grow to edible size, though.
And obviously not urban food, really.
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 27, 2012 09:22 PM (33KBJ)
Gotta deal with'em. Free range hippies will have lice.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 27, 2012 09:23 PM (COZLs)
I have to wonder, is he trolling, or is Jimmy Ray actually dumber than Prius drivers sporting bumper stickers that read "No Farms, No Food"?
Posted by: fluffy at August 27, 2012 09:23 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Peckerwood Fringe at August 27, 2012 09:24 PM (gaZmg)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at August 27, 2012 09:25 PM (SZDWs)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 27, 2012 09:27 PM (COZLs)
Posted by: teej at August 27, 2012 09:28 PM (/tk/V)
Posted by: Peckerwood Fringe at August 28, 2012 01:24 AM
Parts of NJ. Its a pretty red state outside of the few dem shithole cities. Feel free to eradicate those.
Posted by: Berserker at August 27, 2012 09:29 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: fluffy at August 27, 2012 09:29 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Peckerwood Fringe at August 27, 2012 09:30 PM (gaZmg)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at August 27, 2012 09:32 PM (SZDWs)
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 27, 2012 09:33 PM (COZLs)
He writes quite well, I think. Tends to make things up as he goes along, though.
Posted by: fluffy at August 27, 2012 09:34 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Bob in Baltimore at August 27, 2012 09:36 PM (Dll6b)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at August 27, 2012 09:37 PM (SZDWs)
I might be back to blather more mindless crap.
Posted by: fluffy at August 27, 2012 09:38 PM (z9HTb)
Now I know why Jefe spends so much time at Fapplebees.
http://tinyurl.com/cdjhgo4
Posted by: Robert at August 27, 2012 09:38 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: jc at August 27, 2012 09:38 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: teej at August 27, 2012 09:38 PM (HEWhR)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 27, 2012 09:41 PM (bxiXv)
every.f_ckin. mile ( except for the occasional power plant left over from mid-century )
Big Sur is everything you imagine, and better; the entire coast from the Golden Gate bridge north is............................magnificant
but to play, you pay. Big time. and not to sound Stormfront, but the coastal counties north of San Fran are Whiter than Edgar Winter in a snowstorm
Posted by: Bob in Baltimore at August 27, 2012 09:44 PM (Dll6b)
Posted by: Robert at August 27, 2012 09:45 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at August 27, 2012 09:45 PM (SZDWs)
Posted by: teej at August 27, 2012 09:45 PM (M7Cfv)
Neutron bombs unfortunately do not distinguish between Matt Damons and esteemed CA AoSHQers.
We need new technology.
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 27, 2012 09:45 PM (33KBJ)
Posted by: Peckerwood Fringe at August 27, 2012 09:46 PM (gaZmg)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 27, 2012 09:46 PM (Z2fb7)
Posted by: Peckerwood Fringe at August 27, 2012 09:48 PM (gaZmg)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at August 27, 2012 09:49 PM (SZDWs)
Posted by: Peckerwood Fringe at August 27, 2012 09:49 PM (gaZmg)
Posted by: teej at August 27, 2012 09:50 PM (erYRT)
I have to wonder, is he trolling, or is Jimmy Ray actually dumber than Prius drivers sporting bumper stickers that read "No Farms, No Food"?
Posted by: fluffy at August 28, 2012 01:23 AM (z9HTb)
I think his Volt has a "Eat Local" bumper sticker on it. Those roof gardens can feed an army!
I was the one who pointed out that he wasn't from the US. I have worked with a lot of non US English speakers, and he definitely follows the patterns.
Posted by: MrCaniac at August 27, 2012 09:51 PM (1grxW)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at August 28, 2012 01:46 AM (Z2fb7)
Wouldn't you rather stay up to see the sun rise?
Posted by: Robert at August 27, 2012 09:51 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 27, 2012 09:51 PM (kaalw)
Examples must be made. As a practical matter, large urban concentrations are always going to be prone to having too many single points of failure that enable complete systemic collapse.
Towns and small cities of say under 50k pop with production distributed among them and localized food/power generation (MHD, small hydro, etc) is a much more resilient model for the uncertain world we live in.
Large metro areas are the stuff of utopian fantasy. Sounded good on paper, but it didn't really work out as planned. I think crime levels would go down considerably with a smaller population concentration model too.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 27, 2012 09:51 PM (COZLs)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at August 27, 2012 09:52 PM (SZDWs)
I live to the southern side of what is known as the Grapevine, which is the road through the mountains separating Southern CA from the Central Valley region. (It's also a reason why the High Speed Rail proposal is insane)
Until just a few years ago, Castaic's sole reason to exist was to service the massive amount of high volume transport traffic coming and going through those mountains. Sometimes in the late fall or early winter there are fogs that completely shut down the I-5 for hours. Semi rigs backup for miles, all the way back to the San Fernando Valley on the worst occasions.
If somebody with nukes wanted to create a LOT of trouble with little expenditure, they'd just hit either end of the Grapevine with something small but dirty.
Posted by: epobirs at August 27, 2012 09:52 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at August 27, 2012 09:53 PM (SZDWs)
We are *awfully* close to the finish line, and my brain is like jelly tonight. I am going to *try* to get a few hours in after I get up, but I am such a drained brain at that point...Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 27, 2012 09:53 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: teej at August 27, 2012 09:55 PM (QbKVX)
Posted by: Peckerwood Fringe at August 28, 2012 01:22 AM (gaZmg)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 27, 2012 09:55 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Bob in Baltimore at August 28, 2012 01:36 AM (Dll6b)
As did "labour".
Posted by: MrCaniac at August 27, 2012 09:56 PM (1grxW)
Posted by: Peckerwood Fringe at August 27, 2012 09:57 PM (gaZmg)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at August 27, 2012 09:57 PM (SZDWs)
Unfortunately, it is the coast that must be hit hard. Some folks did an analysis a while back and found that if you sawed off a ten mile wide swath of the coast, what remained of CA would be a red state.
Posted by: epobirs at August 27, 2012 09:57 PM (kcfmt)
And a lot of those leftist moonbats that populate the area are more racist than the Stormfront crowd when they don't think anyone is listening. The Stormfront guys are just upfront about it.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 27, 2012 09:58 PM (COZLs)
We need new technology.""
The Douchetron bomb?
Posted by: Berserker at August 27, 2012 10:01 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: teej at August 27, 2012 10:01 PM (HEWhR)
So basically we're talking monster quake/tsunami with no expenditure of ordinance.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 27, 2012 10:01 PM (COZLs)
Posted by: Peckerwood Fringe at August 27, 2012 10:02 PM (gaZmg)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 27, 2012 10:02 PM (bxiXv)
The Douchetron bomb?
Posted by: Berserker at August 28, 2012 02:01 AM (FMbng)
This is some of your best work.
Posted by: garrett at August 27, 2012 10:03 PM (ut3u1)
Bio-weapon that only attacks people with spray on tans or a high patchouli concentration in the bloodstream?
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 27, 2012 10:03 PM (COZLs)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at August 27, 2012 10:03 PM (SZDWs)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 27, 2012 10:03 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: Peckerwood Fringe at August 27, 2012 10:04 PM (gaZmg)
That is, benders are parasites that take over human brains and turn nice people into serial killers and even sometimes into Republicans.
*******
Huh.
I always thought of us Benders as rude alcoholic robots of a low level sort. You know, to bend metal.
p.s. why does Leela have two ample tits but only one eye? Straighten me out!?
Posted by: Bender in Futurama at August 27, 2012 10:05 PM (41zfH)
Posted by: Peckerwood Fringe at August 27, 2012 10:05 PM (gaZmg)
He recorded Apostrophe/Overnight Sensation in a wheelchair.
Posted by: epobirs at August 27, 2012 10:05 PM (kcfmt)
The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, it's that they know so much that just isn't so.
Ronald Reagan
Or to put it in AoS lingo, now go fetch your fucking shinebox Jimi.
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 27, 2012 10:06 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 27, 2012 10:06 PM (sZTYJ)
Whose afraid of Vagina Wolf?
Posted by: IdowhatIwant at August 27, 2012 10:01 PM (a4CUi)
actually, I am. kootch cooties can jump ya know.
************
There's worse. Much, much worse.
Posted by: Vagina Dentata at August 27, 2012 10:06 PM (41zfH)
Posted by: Will Folks at August 27, 2012 10:06 PM (ut3u1)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at August 27, 2012 10:07 PM (SZDWs)
Posted by: Barack Obama, being fabulous at August 27, 2012 10:08 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at August 27, 2012 10:09 PM (SZDWs)
Posted by: Remilia Scarlet at August 27, 2012 10:10 PM (sZTYJ)
Hmm, that might actually be feasible.
Posted by: epobirs at August 27, 2012 10:11 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: teej at August 27, 2012 10:13 PM (JCIjD)
Posted by: epobirs at August 27, 2012 10:14 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at August 27, 2012 10:15 PM (SZDWs)
Posted by: teej at August 27, 2012 10:17 PM (JCIjD)
Posted by: teej at August 27, 2012 10:19 PM (JCIjD)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at August 27, 2012 10:20 PM (SZDWs)
Posted by: navycopjoe at August 27, 2012 10:23 PM (eYiNi)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at August 27, 2012 10:23 PM (SZDWs)
Something occurred to me. Jimmy Dean seems to think that farmers are poor. Somebody knows way less about America than he likes to think.
Posted by: fluffy at August 27, 2012 10:24 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: teej at August 28, 2012 02:19 AM (JCIjD)
Posted by: Robert at August 27, 2012 10:24 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: teej at August 27, 2012 10:24 PM (6Zy+s)
Posted by: navycopjoe at August 27, 2012 10:25 PM (eYiNi)
Posted by: Peckerwood Fringe at August 27, 2012 10:25 PM (gaZmg)
I did have a "Q2B" mounted on the left fender of my "Miller Meteor" Cadillac
Ambulance back when I did EMS in Alameda back around 1980's. TRUTH!!!
That sucker could shatter windows if ya whined it all the way up..which is why they put a curcuit break to keep that from happening...Still, that sucker could clear the streets for blocks ahead...not like the electronic crap that LAFD uses...dang these posurers are the most fake compared to days past!
fucking pussy wanabe's most...."Give me my pension!!!!"
Fuckin turd wads...fuckin turd wads!!!!!
Posted by: Richard at August 27, 2012 10:26 PM (wlisC)
>>>Ill be home in about three weeks!!! WOOHOO!!
Boystown will have extra pickles on hand for you!
Posted by: Chicago Values Homecoming Council at August 27, 2012 10:27 PM (ut3u1)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at August 27, 2012 10:27 PM (SZDWs)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=filKJSGIhc8
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 27, 2012 10:27 PM (33KBJ)
Posted by: navycopjoe at August 27, 2012 10:30 PM (eYiNi)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at August 27, 2012 10:30 PM (SZDWs)
Love each other fellow babies.
Posted by: teej at August 28, 2012 02:24 AM
It does roll off the tongue good.
I was working on one for the dreadlock mofos, something along the lines of an Assrack MkII air to hair missile. lol
Posted by: Berserker at August 27, 2012 10:30 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: teej at August 27, 2012 10:31 PM (ma+gB)
Robert?
Ya in the house? I be most flexin the YYYAARRR tonight. Unless, alas, that would not be....prudent.
Posted by: Richard at August 27, 2012 10:32 PM (wlisC)
>>The beast is mad that she can't go...
You better be nice to her... unless you have room in the gunsafe for your guitars.
Posted by: garrett at August 27, 2012 10:33 PM (ut3u1)
Tall order there. There are no hound dogs in metal. lol
Posted by: Berserker at August 27, 2012 10:34 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: and irresolute at August 27, 2012 10:34 PM (Q492A)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC in Johnson County laughing at Cook County at August 27, 2012 10:35 PM (SZDWs)
Posted by: navycopjoe at August 27, 2012 10:36 PM (gLXfE)
Sorry, don't remember that.
Going to bed where I'll dream about Bailey Quarters.
Posted by: fluffy at August 27, 2012 10:36 PM (z9HTb)
that would make it extra good. no fuss. no muss. no mess.
Posted by: jc at August 27, 2012 10:37 PM (ufJKx)
Posted by: navycopjoe at August 27, 2012 10:38 PM (gLXfE)
Posted by: Robert at August 27, 2012 10:39 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Average Guy at August 27, 2012 10:40 PM (xoSyk)
Posted by: Richard at August 27, 2012 10:41 PM (wlisC)
Posted by: and irresolute at August 27, 2012 10:42 PM (Q492A)
Posted by: navycopjoe at August 28, 2012 02:38 AM
Niiice. I just got one of the pro mod charvels a few days ago. It holds its own real good against my early 80's san dimas one. I should put you in touch with my friend who is a dealer. He can get you a good deal.
Posted by: Berserker at August 27, 2012 10:44 PM (FMbng)
There are jumping-jack videos??? Well...I, never! Oh wait, think I've got one of those in my M'ette files. Off to my bunk!!! G'night y'all....
Posted by: NC Ref at August 27, 2012 10:47 PM (/izg2)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 27, 2012 10:48 PM (sZTYJ)
The only problem I see is that the perpetually aggrieved generally to have nothing worth stealing.
It may be more effective to take the possession from several and dump at the home of yet another. Leave clues as to the address of the latter and watch unkempt fur fly.
Posted by: epobirs at August 27, 2012 10:48 PM (kcfmt)
the White House's commemoration of Neil Armstrong with a dramatic photo of SCOAMF
I'm still pissed nobody liked the 'Ate Dog Moon' comment I left on that thread.
I thought that would at least get an honorable mention.
Posted by: garrett at August 27, 2012 10:50 PM (ut3u1)
Posted by: epobirs at August 28, 2012 02:48 AM (kcfmt)
Wonderful! So let it be written, so let it be done!
Posted by: and irresolute at August 27, 2012 10:50 PM (Q492A)
I thought that would at least get an honorable mention.
Posted by: garrett at August 28, 2012 02:50 AM
Post it again. I missed it.
Posted by: Berserker at August 27, 2012 10:52 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: navycopjoe at August 27, 2012 10:54 PM (KZ5KD)
Posted by: Richard at August 28, 2012 02:41 AM (wlisC)
If you see Slash there, tell him I said "hey". 
Posted by: Robert at August 27, 2012 10:54 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Richard at August 27, 2012 10:54 PM (wlisC)
nothing else to post...that was my 'Caption this' for the photo of Obama staring at the moon.
Probably should have posted it with a Dwight K. Schrute sock.
Posted by: garrett at August 27, 2012 10:54 PM (ut3u1)
Posted by: Berserker at August 27, 2012 10:55 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Average Guy at August 27, 2012 10:59 PM (xoSyk)
Obama
Obama
Obama.....dang, place your add or HELLFIRE BITCH SLAPDOWN...
RIGHT.....(.........) HERE!!
Posted by: Richard at August 27, 2012 11:00 PM (wlisC)
Got ripped off in a burglary in san Diego
They missed the 85 kramer pacer thank god, guess it wasn't flashy enough even though it was by far better and more expensive.""
I'm not too far from where they made the kramers. The one cool thing about that is a lot of the blem bodies and necks ended up in area stores pretty cheap.
Posted by: Berserker at August 27, 2012 11:00 PM (FMbng)
America deploys its newest set of deep space antennae. Defective Kenyan workmanship is noted early in the calibration phase.
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 27, 2012 11:06 PM (oBCQr)
The Los Angeles Police Department considers Lindsay Lohan a suspect in the theft of $100,0000-worth of watches and sunglasses — and the “Herbie Fully Loaded” star could be facing serious jail time if she is found to have violated her probation, TMZ reported last night.
Lohan’s latest legal woes erupted last week when she and her assistant, Gavin Doyle, were party guests at the Hollywood Hills home of millionaire Sam Magid — who later called cops to report a jewel theft.
Lohan tried to leave the all-night party at around noon the next day, Aug. 20, but the owner realized several expensive watches and some sunglasses were missing before she got the chance. He told everyone to stay and then called cops.
Although Magid recanted his story about his missing goods just days after reporting the theft, sources said cops have continued with their investigation and believe they have independent witnesses who will identify Lohan and Doyle as the thieves, the Web site said.
Hey LAPD, keep dreaming. This is LA. We don't convict celebrities for MURDER, let alone Grand Theft.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 27, 2012 11:06 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Cathy in The Chi at August 27, 2012 11:10 PM (oiTOF)
damn kids...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at August 27, 2012 11:08 PM (xa1/W)
'No, there is another. Well, he has potential anyhow.'
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 27, 2012 11:08 PM (ccXZP)
By BOOM of course I mean a Thundering reveal of past tactics of political nature used by the Democrates to slime their opponents. I mean no reference to violence or firearms....shoot, this we gotta play now?
SO BE IT!!!
Posted by: Richard at August 27, 2012 11:14 PM (wlisC)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 28, 2012 02:54 AM (sZTYJ)
Jason Newsted played on a couple of Voivod albums. His stage name was "Jasonic".
Posted by: Robert at August 27, 2012 11:15 PM (4ixH5)
Its certainly on higher moral ground than the burglars who hit places of surviving family members who are at funerals. That shit just ain't right.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 27, 2012 11:19 PM (COZLs)
Posted by: GnuBreed at August 27, 2012 11:20 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 27, 2012 11:20 PM (sZTYJ)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 27, 2012 11:23 PM (sZTYJ)
Lohan case closed. Filing false police reports case opened.
Posted by: @PurpAv at August 27, 2012 11:24 PM (COZLs)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 27, 2012 11:28 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Truman North at August 27, 2012 11:32 PM (I2LwF)
Dear barry
you have less than 75 days to get some major link time in...
better get swinging bitch.....your days be numbered....
and for all of ya that put this POS at the helm in 2008....
hope ya be most REGRETTING. MOST SORRY...MOST WANTING TO MAKE AMMENDS!! AND IF NOT...MOVE YOUR PATHETIC FUCKING ASS TO FRANCE OR CANADA OR SOMEWHERE OTHER THAN HERE....cause we will be on your ass from day 1, post election...
COUNT ON IT!!!!
jus saying...
Posted by: Richard at August 27, 2012 11:34 PM (wlisC)
Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis at August 27, 2012 11:46 PM (IlZPo)
Posted by: The Dude at August 27, 2012 11:46 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: tcn at August 27, 2012 11:51 PM (VF1AD)
G'morning, 'rons & 'netz,
Probably can't wait for Vic, but I am jazzed today! Although disappointed to hear that the tone will be: "Obama, nice guy, failed president" when we all know it should be: "Obama, useless arrogant fucked-up prick, epic failed president."
And new "Bow to Nobody" ad! Can't wait to see that.
The salt mines beckon...
Posted by: Gem at August 28, 2012 02:15 AM (zw+pb)
Posted by: Case at August 28, 2012 02:21 AM (ZPlWT)
Posted by: sven10077 at August 28, 2012 02:29 AM (LRFds)
Well Mitt's just too nice to try to kill 2/3ds of the press corps by calling out their false godling direct and all...
Posted by: sven10077 at August 28, 2012 02:32 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Case at August 28, 2012 02:36 AM (ZPlWT)
Posted by: sven10077 at August 28, 2012 02:37 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: tocquevillian at August 28, 2012 02:37 AM (iuY0Y)
Vanderleun linked this...
The history of politics, it all starts with beer.
Posted by: sTevo at August 28, 2012 02:39 AM (VMcEw)
Posted by: sven10077 at August 28, 2012 02:40 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Case at August 28, 2012 02:41 AM (ZPlWT)
Posted by: sven10077 at August 28, 2012 02:42 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: sven10077 at August 28, 2012 02:44 AM (LRFds)
Go out to Intellicast.com and click on the Command View Interactive Weathermap and you can see the radar image of Issac, a broken up RAIN storm.
All hype. I wish it would head for Texas. We need it.
Posted by: TexBob at August 28, 2012 02:45 AM (I3fT9)
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Posted by: CSMBigBird at August 28, 2012 03:12 AM (tRJ+w)
The basic premise is "What if Harry Potter had foster parents who 1) cared for him, and 2) were university professors?". And no, not like the political activists masquerading as professors we usually talk about on this blog.
Posted by: Darkmage at August 28, 2012 04:44 AM (qXNVo)
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he had that Ed Gein vibe...
Posted by: sven10077 at August 27, 2012 05:51 PM (LRFds)