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June 02, 2012

Removal of Costa Concordia to Begin
— rdbrewer

I missed this a couple of weeks ago. From the New York Times:

The companies, Titan Salvage, which is based in Florida, and Micoperi, an Italian underwater construction and offshore contractor, plan to lift the half-submerged vessel with pullers mounted on a platform and a subsea platform to roll it on, using water-filled caissons to stabilize it, and finally tow it to a yet unidentified Italian port. There, it will be demolished.
. . .
The 951-foot-long Costa Concordia is estimated to weigh 54,000 tons, 6,000 of which are the water and debris that have been cramming its 17 decks for four months. Raising such a tremendous weight from its right side, now deformed by the granite rocks underneath, has to be an inch-by-inch movement, experts said. Just rolling it onto the platform will take a few days, the company said.
Â“It would have been easier to cut it up in sections, but itÂ’d have produced a tremendous amount of debris,Â” said Joseph Farrell Jr., chief executive of Resolve Marine Group, based in the United States, which had also bid to salvage the Costa Concordia. Â“Authorities wanted to have it removed in one hunk.Â”
Salvagers are set to stabilize the wreck by the end of August and then start building the underwater platform to help rotate the vessel. According to the companiesÂ’ schedule, the ship will be rotated at the beginning of December and floated one month later.

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Posted by: rdbrewer at 11:07 AM | Comments (184)
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1 Ooo....shiney.

Posted by: wheatie at June 02, 2012 10:59 AM (YzQ1g)

2 Foistest!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 02, 2012 10:59 AM (MCDCp)

3 Ba fangoul! Tre!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 02, 2012 10:59 AM (MCDCp)

4 I could drive it outta there.

Posted by: Capt. Francesco Schettino at June 02, 2012 11:00 AM (qhHI4)

5 I'm in Europe now, in Austria. Seriously, why did the US/UK bails these countries out twice? So everyone here can drink wine for lunch, smoke cigarettes and chat on the curbside all day long having retired at 52?

Posted by: Frank at June 02, 2012 11:05 AM (79bOq)

.....Â“Authorities wanted to have it removed in one hunk.Â”

Local economy hardest hit.

I'll bet the locals in that seaside town will be sorry to see it go. ....It has got to have been a boost to their tourist trade.

Posted by: wheatie at June 02, 2012 11:05 AM (YzQ1g)

7 Makes a guy want to go on a cruise, no? You guys, being a smart military blog, should post an update on the soldier exoskeleton. (hulc?)

Posted by: Morseus at June 02, 2012 11:07 AM (0UQeo)

8 We will be featuring this operation as a repositioning cruise at a very attractive discount.

Posted by: Costa Cruises at June 02, 2012 11:09 AM (qhHI4)

9 whack! whack! whack!

Posted by: Whack-a-Post at June 02, 2012 11:09 AM (jUytm)

10 Iron Sky Anyone see it?

Posted by: Soothsayer at June 02, 2012 11:10 AM (jUytm)

11 Say goodbye to the Failboat.

Posted by: SilverGTP at June 02, 2012 11:10 AM (MnSRY)

12 5 I'm in Europe now, in Austria. Seriously, why did the US/UK bails these countries out twice? So everyone here can drink wine for lunch, smoke cigarettes and chat on the curbside all day long having retired at 52?

Posted by: Frank at June 02, 2012 03:05 PM (79bOq)

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Our esteemed politicians keep telling us that Europe buys a lot of our stuff.

So we have to keep bailing them out.

So they can keep buying our stuff.

...Or something.

This must be what the Chinese keep telling their people too.

Posted by: wheatie at June 02, 2012 11:12 AM (YzQ1g)

13
Don't worry Captain, we'll buff out those scratches.

Posted by: sTevo at June 02, 2012 11:12 AM (VMcEw)

14 I hope they make a documentary on the salvage operation of this ship. They could probably add a tidy profit to their bottom line that way.

Posted by: Anchovy at June 02, 2012 11:15 AM (E127k)

15 Isn't that how they get Rosie O'Donnell out of bed?

Posted by: nickless at June 02, 2012 11:17 AM (MMC8r)

16 15...Like!

Posted by: sTevo at June 02, 2012 11:18 AM (VMcEw)

17 nickless i think they just dangle twinkies in front of her......but that may be how they get her out of the tub

Posted by: phoenixgirl clinging to my bible, gun and coca cola at June 02, 2012 11:19 AM (Ho2rs)

18 17...Like^2!

Posted by: sTevo at June 02, 2012 11:20 AM (VMcEw)

19 15 Isn't that how they get Rosie O'Donnell out of bed? Dammit, I'm sick and tired of people confusing me with Roseanne!

Posted by: Rosie O'Donnell at June 02, 2012 11:21 AM (IoNBC)

20 I'm going to raise Obama in his campaign just like the Concordia. All he has to do is grow a pencil-thin mustache and this race is ovah!

Posted by: Mr. AxelNimrod at June 02, 2012 11:22 AM (Usk3+)

21 Hey Soothsayer, Yeah, seen it. It's a parody. They use an actress with a more prominent nose and receding chin and bigger chest to portray Palin. Also do a downfall parody of Downfall. Sort of Leningrad Cowboys type of movie, keeping in mind that Leningrad Cowboys are from FINLAND!

Posted by: bigmike at June 02, 2012 11:24 AM (xM0Ue)

22 The plan to raise the Concordia Step 1: create a simulation using computer graphics Step 2:

Posted by: Soothsayer at June 02, 2012 11:26 AM (jUytm)

23 Hey... look... a mystery sunken cruiseliner... let's watch..

Posted by: Capt'n Crunch at June 02, 2012 11:27 AM (Mrdk1)

24 Are you serious, bigmike? They mock Sarah Palin in Iron Sky?

Posted by: Soothsayer at June 02, 2012 11:27 AM (jUytm)

25 Set a course for adventure, Your mind on a new romance.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 02, 2012 11:29 AM (aEwHy)

26 OMG Open Thread! Someone posted this morning: 162 Red China against US gun rights. Shocker. http://tinyurl.com/77jjemu Posted by: real joe at June 02, 2012 10:13 AM (PD2ad) Slightly misleading headline, it's worse than that - China says US gun rights are in fact a violation of human rights. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, a country that has murdered between 60 and 100 million of its own disarmed citizens thinks you will be safer if you're disarmed. Or, more accurately, *they* will be safer if you're disarmed.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 02, 2012 11:29 AM (bxiXv)

27 step 1. refloat Concordia
step 2. ....
step 3. Profit!

... and step 6... The head of the Choom gang is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure

Posted by: smurf- stealing underpants at June 02, 2012 11:30 AM (Mrdk1)

28 The Chinese Volkswagen ad reminds me of the recent fraud out of China of the "wind-powered electric car" that took in some idiot ignorant reporters and not a few ignorant internet commenters. Seeing the arguments in the article comments on that was worth 37 or 38 headdesks.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 02, 2012 11:31 AM (bxiXv)

29 I hope they get the strawberries out of the wardroom icebox.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 02, 2012 11:32 AM (aEwHy)

30
Elizabeth Warren lands party endorsement with record 95 percent support at Massachusetts Democratic Convention

Bring it...

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 02, 2012 11:32 AM (kdS6q)

31 Oh, and when the start raising the Costa Concordia, get ready for FailBlog to be flooded with 2,138 almost-identical pictures. For true gaming geeks, the name of the Carrier/dreadnought you served on in the early Wing Commander games was: The TCS Concordia. It got blowed up. Don't name a ship Concordia.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 02, 2012 11:33 AM (bxiXv)

34
Elizabeth Warren lands party endorsement with record 95 percent support at Massachusetts Democratic Convention

Is this...official?

Does this mean that there will be no Dem primary in September?

Posted by: wheatie at June 02, 2012 11:34 AM (YzQ1g)

33 Isn't it a grave site?

Posted by: eman at June 02, 2012 11:36 AM (6KkLK)

34
@36

Yep and yep.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 02, 2012 11:36 AM (kdS6q)

35 In Rite Aid there was a whole series of cards about getting rid of Obama? I thought that was very weird.

Posted by: Dagny at June 02, 2012 11:36 AM (WCAIB)

36 Oh. And I bought them all.

Posted by: Dagny at June 02, 2012 11:36 AM (WCAIB)

37 CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! Oh nevermind! Darn it! I accidentally clicked on AllenG's name and got transported to a Tenth Commandmet blog or some such.

Posted by: Slow Clap Guy...Again at June 02, 2012 11:38 AM (xhupI)

38 Ugh! Democrats speakum with forked tongue!

Posted by: Zombie Tonto at June 02, 2012 11:38 AM (x2CNJ)

39
and further:

"We've been endorsing candidates this way for 30 years and we've never had a candidate get 86 percent of the delegates votes," said party Chair John Walsh of the 15 percent threshold needed to appear on the party's primary ballot.

With Warren shattering the record and preventing Marisa DeFranco from getting the 15 percent support she needed, the immigration attorney's candidacy now effectively ends.

Warren, who was the party favorite to take on Brown since she entered the race in late 2011, took on the Republican incumbent in her speech to the delegates and in her speech accepting the party's official endorsement.

"Thank you Marisa for your passion and commitment to Democratic values," Warren said. "And now, I've got just one thing to say, I'm ready!"

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 02, 2012 11:38 AM (kdS6q)

40 Leaving my mountain redoubt to play a wedding in the city. Should be fun, if the bride doesn't go bridezilla on us. I hear she wants to sing White Rabbit. That should be interesting.

Posted by: Meremortal at June 02, 2012 11:38 AM (Usk3+)

41 Remember Manny, if I get stuck, push.

Posted by: Mrs. Rosen at June 02, 2012 11:39 AM (aEwHy)

42 "Thank you Marisa for your passion and commitment to Democratic values," Warren said.

-------------------------

Not to be confused with Democrat values, which mainly consist of lying about everything.

Posted by: meekrob at June 02, 2012 11:40 AM (x2CNJ)

43 Elizabeth Warren lands party endorsement with record 95 percent support at Massachusetts Democratic Convention Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 02, 2012 03:32 PM (kdS6q) HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! HA HA HA HA HA! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! Why do we have no liar's club in my town? Because we have a Democrat Party office! I said before she was the PERFECT candidate for the Democrats. She's a liar, she claims minority status but she's a total suburban whitey, she's a "victim" but largely of her own actions, which she blames on others. If only she were on drugs or an illegal immigrant.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 02, 2012 11:40 AM (bxiXv)

44 Italians + alcohol + lotsa water = PERICOLOSO ----( dangerous )

Posted by: SantaRosaStan. uber alles at June 02, 2012 11:41 AM (Dll6b)

45 38
@36

Yep and yep.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 02, 2012 03:36 PM (kdS6q)

Thanks.

This is good. ....I was worried that DeFranco might be harder to beat.

I guess it's true then, that the Dems in Massachusetts have inbred themselves to the point of being intelligence impaired.

Posted by: wheatie at June 02, 2012 11:41 AM (YzQ1g)

46 Can't believe they canceled ALCATRAZ. It was just getting good. But they renewed Falling Skies, which sucks. And they canceled Terra Nova, which also sucked.

Posted by: Soothsayer at June 02, 2012 11:43 AM (jUytm)

47 I'm looking forward to the inevitable NOVA documentary about this.

Posted by: Waterhouse at June 02, 2012 11:43 AM (LG4Kz)

48
and from her speech to the deleagates before the vote:

Warren, as she made her pitch to delegates, several times mentioned the late Senator Ted Kennedy, honoring the man who Brown replaced following his death and drawing comparisons between the two.

"Like many of you, I was deeply blessed to have had the chance to support Senator Kennedy in his fight for working families. To this day, I keep a voicemail from Senator Kennedy thanking me for my help on consumer work," Warren said.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 02, 2012 11:46 AM (kdS6q)

49 What a bunch of fags! I could fix it, no problem. My dad has an awesome set of tools; he's a tv repairman.

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at June 02, 2012 11:46 AM (4q5tP)

50 Tonight, on NOVA: The Costa Concordia - how Bush's disastrous anti-science foreign policies caused the loss of a great ship, and the 43-part chain of connection between a disgraced Captain and Mitt Romney. Hey, it's PBS, what do you expect?

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 02, 2012 11:48 AM (bxiXv)

51 That picture has obviously been Photoshopped.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at June 02, 2012 11:48 AM (I8JGE)

52 Hey Soothsayer, Yup. The Obama mocking, on the other hand is subtle. The second crewman on the moon mission is a male model of the n*e*a*r persuasion, who gets turned caucasian by the Nazis.

Posted by: bigmike at June 02, 2012 11:48 AM (xM0Ue)

53 Warren, as she made her pitch to delegates, several times mentioned the late Senator Ted Kennedy, honoring the man who Brown replaced following his death and drawing comparisons between the two. Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 02, 2012 03:46 PM (kdS6q) Like how Brown didn't drive drunk and leave a woman to die, and also hwo Brown didn't try to sell his country out to the Soviets? That kind of comparison? I'm just glad, as a Californian, that there are still States I can look down on.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 02, 2012 11:49 AM (bxiXv)

54 /scratches Iron Sky off list

Posted by: Soothsayer at June 02, 2012 11:51 AM (jUytm)

55 Wait for global warming to raise the sea level, problem solved for free. Doh!

Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at June 02, 2012 11:51 AM (tWWSF)

56 It will not be demolished. It will be fixed with a name change and outside retrofit and be sailing in a few years under new owners and or a new flag. If they do demolish that is just more proof and why Europe needs to be demolished. That is one billion dollar piece of metal and half that in scrap value.

There is still unsung heroes that made the ship be grounded over sink fast in open water thus saving many lives.

Posted by: Tjexcite at June 02, 2012 11:52 AM (ovjF+)

57 60 - but think of all the jobs created!

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at June 02, 2012 11:54 AM (I8JGE)

58 First words out of Capt Schettino's mouth that night: "Hey, who put-a that rock-a there? Sunavabeech."

Posted by: Soothsayer at June 02, 2012 11:54 AM (jUytm)

59 The middle class is getting hammered!

Posted by: Lizzy Warren at June 02, 2012 11:55 AM (bcNec)

60 I thought Belmont Stakes race was today. It's next Saturday. Sunavabeech.

Posted by: Soothsayer at June 02, 2012 11:57 AM (jUytm)

61 The middle class is getting hammered!

I've got the Mad Dog!

Posted by: Diane Sawyer at June 02, 2012 11:58 AM (tGh6R)

62 63 The middle class is getting hammered! Posted by: Lizzy Warren at June 02, 2012 03:55 PM (bcNec) Just not enough for your tastes?

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 02, 2012 11:58 AM (bxiXv)

63 lol boortz just spelled out scoamf

Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 02, 2012 11:59 AM (aEwHy)

64 Teddy was a fat, drunk, murdering traitor. Other than that...

Posted by: nickless at June 02, 2012 12:00 PM (MMC8r)

65 59 Wait for global warming to raise the sea level, problem solved for free. Doh! UH--UGH--AAAHHHH!! My second chakra thanks you, comrade.

Posted by: AlGore at June 02, 2012 12:00 PM (IoNBC)

66 The plan to raise the Concordia Step 1: create a simulation using computer graphics Step 2: Posted by: Soothsayer at June 02, 2012 03:26 PM (jUytm) Step 3: Profit!!

Posted by: Bill H at June 02, 2012 12:03 PM (3sZO1)

67 Damn, the smurf thief beat me to it....

Posted by: Bill H at June 02, 2012 12:04 PM (3sZO1)

George Will sends Wisconsin Democrats to bed without any supper:

http://is.gd/M00ik5

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at June 02, 2012 12:05 PM (0xqzf)

69 I'd like to see the CarFax on that ship?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 02, 2012 12:08 PM (05RcU)

70 15 Isn't that how they get Rosie O'Donnell out of bed?

No, she has one of those suits like Baron Harkonnen.

Posted by: Beto at June 02, 2012 12:10 PM (lpWVn)

71 It seems like forever ago since the ship capsized.

Is that captain still living the free life?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 02, 2012 12:11 PM (piMMO)

72 72 George Will sends Wisconsin Democrats to bed without any supper: Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at June 02, 2012 04:05 PM (0xqzf) "Sandbox Socialists" is far too kind a term for the ignorant spoiled brats that want to drag the banner of Mass Murder and Slavery into American politics. Make them admit the truth in public, and shun them. Which won't happen as long as the MSM is made up of the same ignorant spoiled brats.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 02, 2012 12:12 PM (bxiXv)

73 Embattled US Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren survived a challenge by Marisa DeFranco and secured her party's nomination today at the Massachusetts state convention in Springfield. Warren's campaign has been under fire for a series of gaffes and mis-steps over her claim of Cherokee heritage but today, the state's Democratic Party establishment rallied around the Harvard Professor giving her a solid victory with a solid 95.7% of the vote. ??? 95.7%? That sounds like a total that some commie bastard would get in a Banana Republic....oh wait it's Democratic Mass. Never mind

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 02, 2012 12:14 PM (05RcU)

74 American soldier attacked by "Nationalist" Turks this is sad http://tinyurl.com/coe3y3l turkey is a cesspool

Posted by: sickening at June 02, 2012 12:14 PM (HOOye)

75
Plans for a Cherokee protest outside the arena fizzled out, with only three people braving a late morning downpour to blast WarrenÂ’s unsubstantiated claim to Native American heritage. Â“I think the rain had a lot to do with it,Â” said one woman who refused to give her name or hometown, Â“and there were only two daysÂ’ notice.Â”

No no no, first the protest THEN the rain dance....

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 02, 2012 12:14 PM (kdS6q)

76 American soldier attacked by "Nationalist" Turks this is sad

It's not surprising. There are problems between US servicemen and Turks in Germany.

Posted by: Alex at June 02, 2012 12:17 PM (tGh6R)

77 >>>I'm going to raise Obama in his campaign just like the Concordia. All he has to do is grow a pencil-thin mustache and this race is ovah! You're gonna need a bigger boat.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 02, 2012 12:19 PM (aEwHy)

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

Posted by: steevy at June 02, 2012 12:21 PM (Xb3hu)

79 I hope nobody minds but I'm going to repost a couple of comments from the ONT:

The Queen: 60 Years in 60 Photos

Take note of #49, as she exited a memorial for the victims of 9/11, and her usually cool facade had cracked a little.

http://tgr.ph/KWMCBn

What a remarkable life.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 02, 2012 12:23 PM (piMMO)

80 There are problems between US servicemen and Turks in Germany. Posted by: Alex at June 02, 2012 04:17 PM (tGh6R) Don't ya just wish sometimes the muslims would just go, go away

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 02, 2012 12:23 PM (05RcU)

81 Queen rocks.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 02, 2012 12:24 PM (aEwHy)

82 And, it's easy to forget that she was once just a little girl:

The Telegraph has put together some great stuff for her jubilee, including this from an opinion piece titled We won the lottery with Elizabeth II

The lottery of destiny meant that, from the age of 11 years and eight months, she knew that, thanks to flaky Uncle EdwardÂ’s abdication, and barring her parents producing a male heir, she would one day be Queen. According to her maternal grandmother, Lady Strathmore, every night little Lilibet prayed fervently for a baby brother.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 02, 2012 12:25 PM (piMMO)

83 What a remarkable life. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 02, 2012 04:23 PM (piMMO) The Old Broad served ( in her own way) in WW2 and I got no complaints with her. She's OK in my book.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 02, 2012 12:25 PM (05RcU)

Queen rocks.

Waste of a great guitarist if you ask me.

Posted by: garrett at June 02, 2012 12:26 PM (JPhll)

85 87 What a remarkable life. I much prefer Prince Charles.

Posted by: AlGore at June 02, 2012 12:26 PM (IoNBC)

86 72 George Will sends Wisconsin Democrats to bed without any supper: http://is.gd/M00ik5 Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at June 02, 2012 04:05 PM (0xqzf) ======== "If he wins, progressives will have inadvertently demonstrated that entrenched privilege can be challenged, and they will have squandered huge sums that cannot finance progressive causes elsewhere. " Win or lose, LARGE sums of money went into this that will not be helping dumbo win this November.

Posted by: sickening at June 02, 2012 12:26 PM (HOOye)

87 I much prefer Prince Charles.

Posted by: AlGore at June 02, 2012 04:26 PM (IoNBC)

****

Ugh.

All the dignity and dedication the queen has conveyed all these years will vanish in an instant if he assumes the thrown.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 02, 2012 12:29 PM (piMMO)

88 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD6Solpy4aQ

Posted by: fluffy at June 02, 2012 12:31 PM (z9HTb)

89 >>assumes the thrown. Good one.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 02, 2012 12:31 PM (aEwHy)

90 Ugh. All the dignity and dedication the queen has conveyed all these years will vanish in an instant if he assumes the thrown. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 02, 2012 04:29 PM (piMMO) People like Charles are the result of to much inbreeding

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 02, 2012 12:31 PM (05RcU)

91 The SAS and Navy SEALS rescue 4 hostages in Afghanistan:

http://tgr.ph/JIH8zC

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 02, 2012 12:32 PM (piMMO)

92 Heh. First Jon Stewart, now the Onion's ode to banning the big sodas: http://tinyurl.com/c43hj5z

Posted by: funny boneberg at June 02, 2012 12:32 PM (HOOye)

93 "Thank you Marisa for your passion and commitment to Democratic values," Warren said. "And now, I've got just one thing to say, I'm ready!"

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 02, 2012 03:38 PM

I guess Ace's concern that the Dems might replace Warren with someone who wasn't an embarrassing clown was unfounded

Posted by: kbdabear at June 02, 2012 12:33 PM (Y+DPZ)

94 94 Ugh. All the dignity and dedication the queen has conveyed all these years will vanish in an instant if he assumes the thrown. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 02, 2012 04:29 PM (piMMO) People like Charles are the result of to much inbreeding Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 02, 2012 04:31 PM (05RcU) Prince Charles notoriously wrote a love note to his mistress Camilla wishing he was her tampon. What could be more dignified than that?

Posted by: CoolCzech at June 02, 2012 12:35 PM (niZvt)

95 95 The SAS and Navy SEALS rescue 4 hostages in Afghanistan:

http://tgr.ph/JIH8zC

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 02, 2012 04:32 PM

All in a day's work!

Don't thank me, just send money

Posted by: King Barry the Slayer at June 02, 2012 12:35 PM (Y+DPZ)

96 The SAS and Navy SEALS rescue 4 hostages in Afghanistan: http://tgr.ph/JIH8zC Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 02, 2012 04:32 PM (piMMO) 2 fine organizations

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 02, 2012 12:36 PM (05RcU)

97 Wanting to be a douchebag?

Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 02, 2012 12:36 PM (aEwHy)

98 I'm not retarded or anything. I'm a man of the world!

Posted by: Prince Charles at June 02, 2012 12:37 PM (IoNBC)

Prince Charles notoriously wrote a love note to his mistress Camilla wishing he was her tampon. What could be more dignified than that?

Who hasn't used that line in a love letter?

Posted by: Best, Mike at June 02, 2012 12:38 PM (JPhll)

100 American soldier attacked by "Nationalist" Turks

this is sad

http://tinyurl.com/coe3y3l

turkey is a cesspool

Posted by: sickening at June 02, 2012 04:14 PM

Valerie, could you help me out with the apology to the Turks?

Posted by: King Barry the Sorry at June 02, 2012 12:38 PM (Y+DPZ)

101 Prince Charles notoriously wrote a love note to his mistress Camilla wishing he was her tampon. What could be more dignified than that? Posted by: CoolCzech at June 02, 2012 04:35 PM (niZvt) Ya know I consider myself relatively well read and did not know that, but probably could have lived with out knowing?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 02, 2012 12:38 PM (05RcU)

102 Getting back to the shipwreck removal: I would imagine that the plan is similar to the Secret Service's plan for removing Barry and Moochelle from the White House this coming January.

Posted by: CoolCzech at June 02, 2012 12:38 PM (niZvt)

103 Prince Charles notoriously wrote a love note to his mistress Camilla wishing he was her tampon. What could be more dignified than that? Who hasn't used that line in a love letter? Posted by: Best, Mike at June 02, 2012 04:38 PM (JPhll) OK that's pretty funny

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 02, 2012 12:39 PM (05RcU)

104 Maybe he wanted to be someone on whom she DependsÂ™.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 02, 2012 12:39 PM (aEwHy)

105 What's the likelihood that they can salvage an old sea dog's career?

Posted by: Francesco Schettino at June 02, 2012 12:39 PM (ZN5qR)

106

Prince Charles notoriously wrote a love note to his mistress Camilla wishing he was her tampon. What could be more dignified than that?

You are totally taking that out of context-

It was a bloody metaphor!

Posted by: Prince Charles at June 02, 2012 12:40 PM (JPhll)

107 The Prince Charles Tampon story: http://tinyurl.com/6rl9fdj "I want to live inside your trousers... as a tampon." No, really.

Posted by: CoolCzech at June 02, 2012 12:42 PM (niZvt)

108

"I want to live inside your trousers... as a tampon."

I thought that was what Ace said to Atlas Juggs?

Posted by: garrett at June 02, 2012 12:43 PM (JPhll)

109 I was just trying to make her feel young again.

Posted by: Prince Charles at June 02, 2012 12:43 PM (IoNBC)

110 I guess Ace's concern that the Dems might replace Warren with someone who wasn't an embarrassing clown was unfounded

Posted by: kbdabear at June 02, 2012 04:33 PM (Y+DPZ)

I would be admitting what a fraud she is and has been while their establishment participated in it.

Posted by: Beto at June 02, 2012 12:43 PM (lpWVn)

111 The Royal Bloodline
Gently running down her thigh
I sponge for her love

Posted by: Prince Charles at June 02, 2012 12:44 PM (ZN5qR)

112 @112: Really? I thought Ace was caught on a "hot mike" telling Atlas Juggs, "I want to live inside your pants as your diapers."

Posted by: CoolCzech at June 02, 2012 12:45 PM (niZvt)

113 I have to say that I am disappointed at the overall lack of Cherokee Hair Tampon jokes and/or allusions during this whole Fauxcahontas event.

Posted by: garrett at June 02, 2012 12:45 PM (JPhll)

114 Tampons may not come in King Size but, Prince Size....

Posted by: Beto at June 02, 2012 12:45 PM (lpWVn)

115 116 I thought Ace was caught on a "hot mike" telling Atlas Juggs, "I want to live inside your pants as your diapers."

I thought he said "Pictures or they're not real."

Posted by: Beto at June 02, 2012 12:47 PM (lpWVn)

116 Send me down there! I can still get it up!

Posted by: Wm. Jefferson Clinton at June 02, 2012 12:48 PM (c3mby)

117 111The Prince Charles Tampon story:

http://tinyurl.com/6rl9fdj

"I want to live inside your trousers... as a tampon."

No, really.

Posted by: CoolCzech at June 02, 2012 04:42 PM (niZvt)

Vodka-soaked tampons explained.

Posted by: Cicero Kid at June 02, 2012 12:50 PM (O2ehV)

118 Tampons are great for diarrhea.

Posted by: Barney Frank at June 02, 2012 12:50 PM (niZvt)

119 Tampons are an insult to the Earth. I use a single piece of toilet paper, because I love the Earth. And the stank.

Posted by: Sheryl Crowe at June 02, 2012 12:51 PM (IoNBC)

120

'The world is a tampon, without a string-y-ing-y-ing.'

Posted by: Billy Corgan at June 02, 2012 12:55 PM (JPhll)

121 This thread seems to be off the rails. But what the hell.

Posted by: Your Conscience at June 02, 2012 12:56 PM (IoNBC)

122 How are MSNBC Hostess Tamron Hall and tampons alike? They're both stuck up scrunts!

Posted by: CoolCzech at June 02, 2012 12:56 PM (niZvt)

123 Honest to God, Tampons have been used to field dress bullet wounds.

Posted by: Beto at June 02, 2012 12:57 PM (lpWVn)

124 Another thread successfully subverted

Posted by: CoolCzech at June 02, 2012 12:58 PM (niZvt)

125 132 you seem very talented.

Posted by: Beto at June 02, 2012 12:58 PM (lpWVn)

126 I'd hit that so hard that whoever pulled me out would be the next Duke of Cornwall.

Posted by: Prince Charles at June 02, 2012 12:58 PM (ZN5qR)

127

Tampons make great scent wicks for bowhunting.

...probably make good bear bait, too?

Posted by: garrett at June 02, 2012 12:59 PM (nZ+tJ)

128 If a something wasn't a sitting on me and a rotating, this wouldn't have a happened.

Posted by: captain francesco schettino at June 02, 2012 12:59 PM (nrW1y)

129 ...probably make good bear bait, too? Do tell...

Posted by: Bawney Fwank at June 02, 2012 01:00 PM (IoNBC)

130 134 132 you seem very talented. Posted by: Beto at June 02, 2012 04:58 PM (lpWVn) Just don't tell Peaches on me

Posted by: CoolCzech at June 02, 2012 01:00 PM (niZvt)

131 I find this thread to be feckless and jejune

Supposedly all of George V's boys were Twisted Sisters. Bertie was the least strange...

Posted by: SantaRosaStan, tampon-free at June 02, 2012 01:00 PM (Dll6b)

132 If a something wasn't a sitting on me and a rotating, this wouldn't have a happened. Posted by: captain francesco schettino at June 02, 2012 04:59 PM (nrW1y) So your blaming a Bush just like obama?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 02, 2012 01:01 PM (05RcU)

133 140 How much more is there to be said about the Concordia and the amorous Captain Francesco Schettino, but the Tampon story could become another historic "smart military blog" unending saga. Posted by: Michelle Obama at June 02, 2012 05:00 PM (hvwLi) A good tampon story could stop the bleeding...

Posted by: CoolCzech at June 02, 2012 01:02 PM (niZvt)

134

I thought Ace was caught on a "hot mike"

FYI - there's no way of keeping Ace off a hot Mike.

Posted by: garrett at June 02, 2012 01:02 PM (nZ+tJ)

135 124 Tampons are an insult to the Earth. I use a single piece of toilet paper, because I love the Earth. And the stank. Posted by: Sheryl Crowe at June 02, 2012 04:51 PM (IoNBC) ======= And, now you know why I ditched her...

Posted by: Tour de Lance at June 02, 2012 01:04 PM (HOOye)

136 the thread is dead, Jim!!

Posted by: SantaRosaStan, tampon-free at June 02, 2012 01:05 PM (Dll6b)

137 I'm sure the queen is very, very proud of her son.

Posted by: Fritz at June 02, 2012 01:05 PM (ZN5qR)

138 Regarding the vote in Massachusetts, I'll paraphrase Eros from P9fOS: "How can a party be so stupid?"

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 02, 2012 01:07 PM (i0App)

139 146 the thread is dead, Jim!! It's pinin.'

Posted by: Michael Palin at June 02, 2012 01:07 PM (IoNBC)

140

Posted by: Tour de Lance at June 02, 2012 05:04 PM (HOOye)

Why don't you grow a pair and say that shit to my face?

Posted by: Sheryl Crow at June 02, 2012 01:07 PM (nZ+tJ)

141 Florida set to present two fingers to the DOJ Holder mob:

"Despite a Justice Department letter, objections from county elections officials and evidence that a disproportionate number are voters of color, Florida Secretary of State Ken DetznerÂ’s office planned to continue scrubbing the election rolls, a spokesman said Friday. Gov. Rick Scott (R) ordered the search for potentially ineligible voters."

#WAR

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at June 02, 2012 01:08 PM (famk3)

142 A good tampon story could stop the bleeding...

OK,
I was working at a hick town convenience store and this lady comes in and asks if we have any Tampax.
My second day so I ask the old guy stocking the cooler if we had Tampax and he thinks I said Thumb Tacks and asks "Do they want the kind you shove in with your thumb or the heavy duty ones that need a hammer?"

Posted by: Beto at June 02, 2012 01:08 PM (lpWVn)

143 is this for real? http://tinyurl.com/bnm2839 publishing WI residents who don't vote, as intimidation tactic?

Posted by: Tour de Lance at June 02, 2012 01:08 PM (HOOye)

144 Why don't you grow a pair and say that shit to my face? Posted by: Sheryl Crow at June 02, 2012 05:07 PM (nZ+tJ) ========== Ouch, that hurts!

Posted by: Tour de Lance at June 02, 2012 01:09 PM (HOOye)

145

Because a Man in a Kilt...is a man and a half!

https:/ /www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2ak24w8xPs&feature=related

Posted by: wheatie at June 02, 2012 01:09 PM (YzQ1g)

146 This thread is deader than Hosni Mubarak...in a couple of weeks.

Posted by: Doctor Fish at June 02, 2012 05:05 PM (hvwLi)

At least he's getting a trial, all I got was a stick in the ass.

America, what an ally.

Posted by: Zombie Moammar Gaddafi at June 02, 2012 01:10 PM (nZ+tJ)

147 157 Why don't you grow a pair and say that shit to my face? Posted by: Sheryl Crow at June 02, 2012 05:07 PM (nZ+tJ) ========== Ouch, that hurts! Posted by: Tour de Lance at June 02, 2012 05:09 PM (HOOye) ======= I agree!

Posted by: Tom Green at June 02, 2012 01:10 PM (HOOye)

148 Though not a huntsman
Prince Charles loves his Welsh rarebit
The rabbit still lives

Posted by: Fritz at June 02, 2012 01:14 PM (ZN5qR)

149 The rabbit still lives Filthy bastard.

Posted by: Jimmy Carter at June 02, 2012 01:16 PM (IoNBC)

150 publishing WI residents who don't vote, as intimidation tactic? Posted by: Tour de Lance at June 02, 2012 05:08 PM (HOOye) Because a day without your greasy grubbies in somebody else's bidness is just not a day at all to a Progressive!

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 02, 2012 01:16 PM (bxiXv)

151 Why do tampons have a string? So you can floss after you eat.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 02, 2012 01:16 PM (Rhie+)

152 So you can floss after you eat. OWWWW!

Posted by: Andrew Dice Clay at June 02, 2012 01:18 PM (IoNBC)

153

Because a Man in a Kilt...is a man

in a skirt.

Posted by: garrett at June 02, 2012 01:21 PM (nZ+tJ)

154

Sport Kilt Fishing.....because a man in a kilt, is a man and a half...

https:/ /www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ4zV_4d2Gg&feature=related

Posted by: wheatie at June 02, 2012 01:23 PM (YzQ1g)

155

Man's Body Pulled From Potomac River in DC

Crabs gotta eat, same as worms.

Posted by: Josey Wales at June 02, 2012 01:26 PM (ptb3t)

156
Obama is just like this post.

His economic plan is a computer-graphic simulation of an economic recovery.

Posted by: soothsayer at June 02, 2012 01:27 PM (8g+yb)

157 Someone other than Monica Lewinsky squeezed Clinton's nuts on this issue. I don't squeeze, white boy.

Posted by: Jesse Jackson at June 02, 2012 01:27 PM (IoNBC)

158 Amid pressure for the United States and other western countries to intervene in SyriaÂ’s bloody 14-month uprising, Florida Congressman and retired U.S. Army officer Allen West warned that the troubled nation represents a smoldering powder keg that could trigger World War III. Read more on Newsmax.com

Posted by: tellin' it like it is at June 02, 2012 01:31 PM (HOOye)

159 Ya'all can't stuff a tampon in my mouf!

Posted by: Lizzy Warren at June 02, 2012 01:36 PM (bcNec)

160 oh, this is goood "(Reuters) - Florida, a key electoral battleground where the 2000 presidential election was decided by a few hundred ballots, will defy the Justice Department's warning to stop its effort to purge ineligible voters, a state spokesman said on Saturday. The warning issued this week by the head of the Justice Department's voting section said the move to purge voters appeared to violate the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which protects minorities. It demanded a response by Wednesday. But a spokesman for Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner said the state must ensure only eligible voters cast ballots, and intends to go forward with the campaign. "We have a year-round obligation to ensure the integrity of Florida's elections. We will be responding to (the Justice Department's) concerns next week," Chris Cate said in an email message."

Posted by: tellin' it like it is at June 02, 2012 01:37 PM (HOOye)

161 @174. And where is this supposed pressure coming from?

Posted by: teej at June 02, 2012 01:38 PM (sbimF)

162

This is good - sidebar-worthy, even:

"The Importance of Failure"

http://is.gd/yOl2D5

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at June 02, 2012 01:38 PM (0xqzf)

163 Ran across this forum, crazy tons of pictures and links, mostly unusual vehicles (odd aircraft, WIGE airplanes, amphibious cars, etc.) Cob loggers feel free to steal for an ONT or split up individual links for such. http://tinyurl.com/7qkrkfr

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 02, 2012 01:39 PM (bxiXv)

164 177 The MSM sucks. Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at June 02, 2012 05:38 PM (hXJOG) That is a massive understatement.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 02, 2012 01:40 PM (bxiXv)

165 BillyBob,

What picture are you referring to?

Posted by: Alex at June 02, 2012 01:41 PM (kLlbZ)

166 Greatest Italian Drivers:

http://scoamf.us/uD

Posted by: scottst at June 02, 2012 01:42 PM (Ubyjl)

167 Non-political surrogates making the case for Romney include Staples founder Tom Stemberg, who worked with Romney at Bain Capital, actor Jon Voight, NFL player Nick Mangold, comedian Jeff Foxworthy, and singer Kid Rock. Read more on Newsmax.com: Romney Enlists Diverse Cast to Carry GOP Message Kid Rock, heh.

Posted by: tellin' it like it is at June 02, 2012 01:44 PM (HOOye)

168 Take note of #49, as she exited a memorial for the victims of 9/11, and her usually cool facade had cracked a little. NDH, she also ordered our national anthem played at the changing of the guard at buckingham palace. From what I read at the time it's the only time another county's anthem has been played.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at June 02, 2012 01:44 PM (rVkqa)

169

Is there any Dem that doesn't lie or embellish their life stories? Not only is Obama a Birther, once claiming he was born in Kenya to sell his stupid book, the VP plaigerized the Kinnock speech down to the part of being from a family of coal miners. Clinton wasn't from Hope Arkansas. Hillary was not fired upon in Kosovo or wherever. Kerry made up the magic hat. Harkin billed himself a "Vietnam War pilot" because he flew planes while the Vietnam War was going on. Al Gore learned to sing some union song before it was written. Carter and the killer bunny. Some other dork remembers all the church burnings etc. Now She Who Hides in Snow [hat tip to another moron]

In other words, are there people any more full of shit than Dems? Seems unlikely.

Posted by: The Poster Formerly Known As Mr. Barky at June 02, 2012 01:44 PM (pOwMg)

170

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo-intellectual at June 02, 2012 05:43 PM (hXJOG)

Was it? I thought I'd heard something like that in the last couple of years but don't remember details.

Posted by: Polliwog, Teahada hobbit at June 02, 2012 01:46 PM (CQ1cz)

171

176.....But a spokesman for Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner said the state must ensure only eligible voters cast ballots, and intends to go forward with the campaign.

"We have a year-round obligation to ensure the integrity of Florida's elections. We will be responding to (the Justice Department's) concerns next week," Chris Cate said in an email message."

Posted by: tellin' it like it is at June 02, 2012 05:37 PM (HOOye)

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Yes yes. ....This is very goood.

Signs of spinal fortitude in Florida.

I hope they give Holder the flying finger.

Posted by: wheatie at June 02, 2012 01:46 PM (YzQ1g)

172 Save us OpenBlogger. You're our only hope!

Posted by: garrett at June 02, 2012 01:46 PM (ptb3t)

173 I much prefer Prince Charles. Gag, they need to go straight to Will & Kate. Say what you want about Diana, but she made sure the bits experienced the real world with real people. They do a lot of charity work on the downlow at off hours without publicity.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at June 02, 2012 01:51 PM (rVkqa)

174 Kid Rock, heh.

He actually supported W as well. He's well known as a Republican.

Posted by: Alex at June 02, 2012 01:51 PM (kLlbZ)

175

When is Holder going to run out of jack-booted thugs to send out to intimidate the states?

Wouldn't it be great if all the R governors immediately started pushing some issue that Holder is against? Like liberty, or something?

Posted by: Slurpee Liberation Front at June 02, 2012 01:52 PM (NVu2l)

176
CAC, what's the poll for Mulberry Ave in Osh Kosh?

Odd side only.

Posted by: soothsayer at June 02, 2012 01:52 PM (8g+yb)

177
CAC, what's the general sentiment on Walker among women in WI between the ages of 49 and 51 with brown hair and a median income of $38K?

Posted by: soothsayer at June 02, 2012 01:54 PM (8g+yb)

178 .....Florida Congressman and retired U.S. Army officer Allen West warned that the troubled nation represents a smoldering powder keg that could trigger World War III.

Posted by: tellin' it like it is at June 02, 2012 05:31 PM (HOOye)

----------

I would love to see Romney pick Allen West for VP.

If he did that.....then I would join those who are saying he will win in a landslide.

And also....the Dems would totally shit themselves if he picked West.

Posted by: wheatie at June 02, 2012 01:56 PM (YzQ1g)

179
ace made a pot of noodles

Posted by: soothsayer at June 02, 2012 01:57 PM (8g+yb)

180

Unfortunately, I don't have much to say about tampons.

Posted by: The Poster Formerly Known As Mr. Barky at June 02, 2012 01:59 PM (pOwMg)

181 Please dude, feminine hygiene product is the preferred nomenclature.

Posted by: Walter Subchek at June 02, 2012 02:01 PM (pOwMg)

182 NDH, she also ordered our national anthem played at the changing of the guard at buckingham palace.

It used to be on YouTube, and may still be.

In last night's ONT, M80sBaby linked a couple of vids done by Prince Charles for the Jubilee. They're mostly home movies with him giving context. One amusing bit is from a week-end at Balmoral in Scotland with the former Prime Ministers as guests. Churchill sits on the bank with a stick in his hand, armed and ready in case the Loch Ness Monster appears.

Posted by: Retread at June 02, 2012 02:12 PM (joSBv)

183 197
ace made a pot of noodles

Posted by: soothsayer at June 02, 2012 05:57 PM (8g+yb)

----------------------------

I ate a pot of poodles.

Posted by: B+rry Obow+mao at June 02, 2012 02:20 PM (ZT9IP)

184 199 Please dude, feminine hygiene product is the preferred nomenclature. Posted by: Walter Subchek at June 02, 2012 06:01 PM (pOwMg) I thought it was "twat plugs."

Posted by: CoolCzech at June 02, 2012 03:12 PM (niZvt)

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