October 14, 2012
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Posted by: eman at October 14, 2012 10:18 AM (+XD7n)
Posted by: osu at October 14, 2012 10:18 AM (vgMWF)
Posted by: Truman North at October 14, 2012 10:19 AM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Pipeholder at October 14, 2012 10:19 AM (M1PV9)
Posted by: sTevo at October 14, 2012 10:19 AM (VMcEw)
Posted by: TD at October 14, 2012 10:20 AM (+uFux)
Posted by: eman at October 14, 2012 10:20 AM (+XD7n)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 14, 2012 10:21 AM (+tqYo)
Posted by: osu at October 14, 2012 10:21 AM (vgMWF)
Posted by: eman at October 14, 2012 10:21 AM (+XD7n)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 14, 2012 10:22 AM (+tqYo)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 14, 2012 10:22 AM (U6/KF)
Posted by: Truman North at October 14, 2012 10:22 AM (5R8Az)
Much Like Felix, Obama and the massive gasbag ego of his enflated to bursting by the cocksucking media returned safely to earth this month.
Obama is sure to say, "I called to congratulate Felix, now there is another human on the planet who knows what its like to be me."
Posted by: Rubbernecking Spectator at October 14, 2012 10:22 AM (ovpNn)
Posted by: Hussein Obama at October 14, 2012 10:23 AM (eQgOb)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 14, 2012 10:23 AM (U6/KF)
Posted by: Some Came Skipping at October 14, 2012 10:24 AM (Z/irl)
Posted by: eman at October 14, 2012 10:24 AM (+XD7n)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 14, 2012 10:24 AM (+tqYo)
Posted by: Stephanie Cutter Political Strategist, Professional Liar, and Administrations #2 Turd Polisher at October 14, 2012 10:25 AM (ovpNn)
Much Like Felix, Obama and the massive gasbag ego of his enflated to bursting by the cocksucking media returned safely to earth this month.
Obama is sure to say, "I called to congratulate Felix, now there is another human on the planet who knows what its like to be me."
Posted by: Rubbernecking Spectator at October 14, 2012 02:22 PM (ovpNn)
Well Obama says if you read the transcript of the first debate, he beat Romney. So I'm guessing that ego is still pretty inflated.
Posted by: NWConservative at October 14, 2012 10:25 AM (M1gmo)
Posted by: eman at October 14, 2012 10:26 AM (+XD7n)
Posted by: BuddyPC at October 14, 2012 10:26 AM (jfUIE)
Posted by: MrScribbler, banned at TepidAir at October 14, 2012 10:26 AM (ZgX/g)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 14, 2012 10:26 AM (xL7J/)
Posted by: The Mega Independent at October 14, 2012 10:27 AM (6JMZR)
Posted by: osu at October 14, 2012 10:28 AM (vgMWF)
Posted by: Mo the Girl at October 14, 2012 10:28 AM (LPuor)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 14, 2012 10:28 AM (+tqYo)
Legendary Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter died in his home Sunday morning from complications of non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, according to a statement released by his family. He was 82.
Specter, 82, announced in 2005 that he had Hodgkin's disease, for which he underwent chemotherapy. He was treated again in 2008, after the disease returned. He was again hospitalized in August to deal with the disease.
Specter rose to prominence in the 1960s as an aggressive Philadelphia district attorney and as an assistant counsel to the Warren Commission, developing the single-bullet theory that posited just one bullet struck both President Kennedy and Texas Gov. John Connally — an assumption critical to the argument that presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. The theory remains controversial and was the focus of Oliver Stone's 1991 movie "JFK."
Posted by: Judas Priest at October 14, 2012 10:29 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: osu at October 14, 2012 10:29 AM (vgMWF)
Posted by: profligatewaste at October 14, 2012 10:30 AM (q5wLf)
Posted by: Dr. strangeFelix at October 14, 2012 10:30 AM (kzejo)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 14, 2012 10:31 AM (U6/KF)
May it's just a case of the Obama campaign being confused and stupid.
That how I roll.
Hahahahahahahahah.....
Posted by: Smokin' Joe Biden at October 14, 2012 10:31 AM (PlCer)
Posted by: Albie Damned at October 14, 2012 10:31 AM (vvCG5)
Posted by: Dr. strangeFelix at October 14, 2012 10:33 AM (kzejo)
Posted by: Another Joe at October 14, 2012 10:33 AM (f4Cdf)
Posted by: eman at October 14, 2012 10:33 AM (+XD7n)
Posted by: Felix at October 14, 2012 10:34 AM (kzejo)
This is why the jump matters: getting astronauts back onto Earth is damn dangerous. This jump shows it is possible to get astronauts from space onto Earth without all that surrounding crap.
So I'm thinking - don't land the next Shuttle or manned probe or lunar-lander. Put it into dock in a low-orbit space-station. And then just - kick them out.
It should be cheaper and safer, and if there is a mistake (G-d forbid) it doesn't kill over seven people at one time.
Posted by: boulder hobo at October 14, 2012 10:35 AM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Zombie Arlen at October 14, 2012 10:36 AM (kzejo)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 14, 2012 10:36 AM (+tqYo)
Posted by: The Man from Athens at October 14, 2012 10:36 AM (RXQ2T)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 10:37 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Meremortal, keeping quiet at October 14, 2012 10:38 AM (1Y+hH)
and, still, not enough to smoosh Felix's balls in any way
Posted by: boulder hobo at October 14, 2012 10:38 AM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Mo the Girl at October 14, 2012 10:38 AM (LPuor)
Posted by: lowandslow at October 14, 2012 10:38 AM (GZitp)
Posted by: someone at October 14, 2012 10:39 AM (bqjJT)
Posted by: The Man from Athens at October 14, 2012 10:39 AM (RXQ2T)
Posted by: TexasJew at October 14, 2012 10:39 AM (6/bOE)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 10:40 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: grease monkey at October 14, 2012 10:40 AM (VSWPU)
Posted by: Fritz at October 14, 2012 10:41 AM (vm7ot)
Posted by: aliens hitching a ride from outer space at October 14, 2012 10:41 AM (d/5qf)
Posted by: VADM (Red) Cuthbert Collingwood (Mentioned in Dispatches) at October 14, 2012 10:41 AM (p4U6S)
Posted by: Slappy at October 14, 2012 10:41 AM (LTbLf)
Oh so now your Felix Baumgartner.
Hahahahahahahahah.....smrik
Posted by: Slow Smokin' Joe Biden at October 14, 2012 10:42 AM (PlCer)
Posted by: Truman North at October 14, 2012 02:22 PM (5R8Az)
NOOO problemo. I'll do it for you. (and I live in PA so I'm entitled.)
None of this "don't speak ill of the dead" crap. Hell, that's the best time cause they can't sue you from the grave.
Arlen Spector this was your life and you were pretty much a big fucking asshole during most of it. (at least your public persona that I am aware of). maybe you were nice to your dogs and kids. (maybe not, he named one of his boys Shanin. (gheeeyyy)
This is for all the times you pontificated and lorded it over others who knew better than you but you had the seniority. This is for the fucking single bullet theory, which enshrined you in the dumbass hall of fame.
This is for all the times you shafted your supposed fellow Republicans. This is for your last minute flip to Democrat so you could keep your seat and your perks.
I'm not GLAD your dead but I'm not SAD your dead.
Say Hello to Fat Teddy while you're waiting in line for your turn on the end of Satan's barbed cock.
Posted by: Jcw46 at October 14, 2012 10:42 AM (Vh0f5)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 14, 2012 10:42 AM (+tqYo)
Posted by: The Mega Independent at October 14, 2012 10:42 AM (6JMZR)
That douche would be pulling a Gus Grissom before the balloon hit 30,000 feet. Screaming and crying like an infant.
Posted by: lowandslow at October 14, 2012 10:42 AM (GZitp)
Posted by: Tuna at October 14, 2012 10:42 AM (M/TDA)
>> 71Arlen Specter may have been a decent guy in many ways, but you could not trust him at all
I've read where Snarlin' Arlen was considered to be the biggest asshole in the entire Congress and was extremely abusive to his staff
Posted by: Albie Damned at October 14, 2012 10:43 AM (vvCG5)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 10:43 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Slappy at October 14, 2012 10:43 AM (LTbLf)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at October 14, 2012 10:43 AM (jucos)
Some people's greatest contribution to civilization is when they stop contributing.
Obama will join Specter in this regard when he kicks.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 14, 2012 10:44 AM (U6/KF)
Posted by: Joey the Hot VP at October 14, 2012 10:44 AM (LPuor)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 14, 2012 10:45 AM (iJ34D)
Love it. Totally random question in the debate.
Posted by: NWConservative at October 14, 2012 10:45 AM (M1gmo)
Posted by: Barack Obama at October 14, 2012 10:45 AM (LTbLf)
Posted by: Kasper Hauser at October 14, 2012 10:46 AM (YyVZT)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 10:46 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Tuna at October 14, 2012 10:46 AM (M/TDA)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 10:46 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Hank Johnson at October 14, 2012 10:47 AM (d/5qf)
Posted by: eman at October 14, 2012 10:47 AM (+XD7n)
Posted by: Mr Pink at October 14, 2012 10:47 AM (vIg+U)
Posted by: higg at October 14, 2012 10:47 AM (XMD/6)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 02:46 PM (Z9EHQ)
Exactly. Reggie Love has made the same comments about me going down fast and hard.
Posted by: Barack Obama at October 14, 2012 10:48 AM (LTbLf)
116...Apparently basic knowledge of thing like the number of feet in a mile is not required in order to be an AP reporter....
They're used to getting their material fed to them from the DNC, so...
Posted by: wheatie at October 14, 2012 10:48 AM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 10:48 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Astronaut Achmed at October 14, 2012 10:49 AM (qjrjH)
>>Apparently basic knowledge of thing like the number of feet in a mile is not required in order to be an AP reporter....
Posted by: Kasper Hauser at October 14, 2012 02:46 PM (YyVZT)
Hmmm...I know Biden's one son Beau is The Delaware AG. Does he have others?
Posted by: Albie Damned at October 14, 2012 10:49 AM (vvCG5)
Pretty good year for Red Bull.
They got this and holding on to first place in team and driver in Formula One racing.
Posted by: YIKES! at October 14, 2012 10:49 AM (PlCer)
Posted by: Meremortal, keeping quiet at October 14, 2012 10:49 AM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: The Mega Independent at October 14, 2012 10:50 AM (6JMZR)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 10:50 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: eman at October 14, 2012 10:51 AM (+XD7n)
It was 128,714 feet up. The guy made a typo and forgot the first "1"
Posted by: boulder hobo at October 14, 2012 10:51 AM (QTHTd)
Posted by: eman at October 14, 2012 10:52 AM (+XD7n)
No big deal, then; this is soon to be beaten by Elizabeth Warren in November
Posted by: boulder hobo at October 14, 2012 10:52 AM (QTHTd)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 10:52 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Soap MacTavish at October 14, 2012 02:51 PM (vbh31)
dude what's wrong?
I'm taking mine out right after BAL v DAL
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 14, 2012 10:52 AM (8sCoq)
Next flight they're going to take along a celebrity of Germanic descent to make...yep, a Germanic Descent. The Hoff...
The Hoff won't even know they're on the edge of space til Felix depressurizes the capsule, and boots the Hoff out the door. A pressure-crumpled Budweiser tallboy will be all that's left of the Hoff on camera when the Hoff makes his descent.
Sadly for the Hoff, he will have allowed Kid Rock and the Kardashians to pack his chute and do his equipment checks. His chute will turn out to be a wrinkled leather mini-skirt and his O2 supply will be pressurized helium. His high pitched death scream will be comedy gold.
The closing scene will be his impacting a the roof of a car in LA, taking Lindsay Lohan out with his landing.
Must see TV...
Posted by: sandman will resist at October 14, 2012 10:53 AM (zxaA2)
I've decided to give the Congressional Medal of Honor to me for allowing this jump, in spite of all the naysayers that said "you're the best, Barack".
Thank you for listening to me.
Posted by: King Putt at October 14, 2012 10:53 AM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Tuna at October 14, 2012 10:53 AM (M/TDA)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 10:53 AM (Z9EHQ)
I think I heard them say the capsule was returning to ground. I could be wrong.
Posted by: Peaches at October 14, 2012 10:54 AM (kpCLl)
Posted by: eman at October 14, 2012 10:54 AM (+XD7n)
Posted by: Debating Queen at October 14, 2012 10:55 AM (1Y+hH)
They're gonna use it to replace one of Biden's chiclets.
Posted by: The Mega Independent at October 14, 2012 10:55 AM (6JMZR)
Posted by: eman at October 14, 2012 10:55 AM (+XD7n)
And I'd like to give the Peace Prize to NASA, because they had nothing to do with this, would have hindered it if they'd been able to, and... fuck it, we just like unaccountable bureaucracies
Posted by: the Nobel committee at October 14, 2012 10:56 AM (QTHTd)
Multiple layers of fact checking man. Multiple layers. Top people.
L.A.Y.E.R.S.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 14, 2012 10:56 AM (U6/KF)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 10:57 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Red Bull Promotions Department at October 14, 2012 10:57 AM (jucos)
Posted by: Joe Biden at October 14, 2012 10:58 AM (LTbLf)
Posted by: eman at October 14, 2012 10:58 AM (+XD7n)
Posted by: Soap MacTavish at October 14, 2012 02:56 PM (vbh31)
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We didn't have those problems back when the passive alarm was an armed Motorsickle Mama keeping an eye on the bike.
Posted by: Debating Queen at October 14, 2012 10:58 AM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 10:59 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Peaches at October 14, 2012 10:59 AM (kpCLl)
Posted by: West at October 14, 2012 11:00 AM (5pHWa)
Posted by: Barky O'Genius at October 14, 2012 11:00 AM (OTr9t)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 11:00 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: AP reporter at October 14, 2012 11:00 AM (+XD7n)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 11:01 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 02:57 PM (Z9EHQ)
Then you're a better person than me. The only way I'd do something like that is if the only alternative was death. I get dizzy sitting on those elevated toilets in public restrooms.
Posted by: Slappy at October 14, 2012 11:02 AM (LTbLf)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 14, 2012 11:02 AM (U6/KF)
Posted by: Smirkin' Joey B. at October 14, 2012 11:02 AM (jucos)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 11:02 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Soap MacTavish at October 14, 2012 02:51 PM (vbh31)
I was finally able to pump enough wine coolers down the wife's gullet to make her frisky last night, and my little guy decided to perform like Obama at a debate
Posted by: Albie Damned at October 14, 2012 11:02 AM (vvCG5)
When the president brings up Bain at the debate, i want Romney to say.
"The president is complaining about outsourced jobs. You know what he outsources?
The responsibilty for FOUR DEAD AMERICANS"
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at October 14, 2012 11:02 AM (kzejo)
It's the whole "landing alive" part where the athleticism comes into play.
Posted by: chemjeff at October 14, 2012 11:02 AM (d/5qf)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 14, 2012 11:03 AM (GX2fm)
Posted by: ErikW at October 14, 2012 11:03 AM (ln4U7)
Posted by: West at October 14, 2012 03:00 PM (5pHWa)
It worked out better this way anyway, as Joe Kittinger, who held the record from his jump from around 102,000 feet in 1960, was helping this mission and thus was able to keep one record for the longest freefall.
Posted by: Slappy at October 14, 2012 11:03 AM (LTbLf)
Freefall == weightlessness, in terms of the effects on an object. So the freefall record belongs to whatever that Russian guy's name was who got stuck in Mir for longest. (I think)
Posted by: boulder hobo at October 14, 2012 11:03 AM (QTHTd)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 11:04 AM (Z9EHQ)
Amazing feat. I hope the press conference starts soon.
Posted by: johnd01 at October 14, 2012 11:04 AM (js5jY)
I wondered about that, too. Maybe due to the height of the jump, he needed more time to hit a reasonable landing site?
Posted by: Peaches at October 14, 2012 11:04 AM (kpCLl)
Posted by: soothsayer already said it at October 14, 2012 11:04 AM (KeJAW)
Posted by: The Twoosh Master at October 14, 2012 11:04 AM (vvCG5)
16 His sphincter control is unmatched. Years of training.
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Tell me more...with pictures please
Posted by: Bwaney at October 14, 2012 11:04 AM (kzejo)
Posted by: Rachel Corrie at October 14, 2012 11:05 AM (OTr9t)
Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at October 14, 2012 11:05 AM (Cl95C)
Slower/restricted motion and visibility in that clumsy suit. If there's a problem, you want time to deal with it.
That 9-cell elliptical that looked kinda small (even if it was ZP) has me baffled. You can put those into a spin on opening with small errors in body position. 7-cells rectangular is almost failsafe.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 14, 2012 11:05 AM (U6/KF)
166 I am wondering why he opened so high. Standard opening height is 3000 feet, & he opened at 6-7000. That's about 20 secs of freefall he lost, and so he didn't break the longest freefall record.
Posted by: West at October 14, 2012 03:00 PM (5pHWa)
Maybe it had something to do with still having his pressure suit on?
I dunno.
Posted by: wheatie at October 14, 2012 11:06 AM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: boulder hobo at October 14, 2012 11:06 AM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Smirkin' Joey B. at October 14, 2012 11:06 AM (jucos)
http://tinyurl.com/8vu2w3f
Watch the video at the end when his little balloon bursts !
(KindaLikeHisCampaign )
Posted by: AmericanDawg at October 14, 2012 11:06 AM (XIsD/)
Posted by: Peaches at October 14, 2012 11:07 AM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Gunny Highway at October 14, 2012 11:07 AM (ccXZP)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 14, 2012 11:07 AM (U6/KF)
Posted by: nip at October 14, 2012 11:07 AM (11Tdq)
Posted by: Joey the Hot VP at October 14, 2012 11:07 AM (LPuor)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 14, 2012 11:08 AM (U6/KF)
Posted by: Cicero at October 14, 2012 11:08 AM (OTr9t)
Arlen Specter is dead, AND:
Abe Vigoda is alive
Page loaded Sunday October 14 2012 12:07:47 PM PT
Posted by: chemjeff at October 14, 2012 11:08 AM (d/5qf)
baumgartner is apparently a girly man, lost his nerve and pulled the cord early.
Are you fucking crazy? The time to fall from 6,700 feet to the ground at that speed is about .0000047% of a second.
Posted by: Felix at October 14, 2012 11:08 AM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at October 14, 2012 11:08 AM (kzejo)
Posted by: boulder hobo at October 14, 2012 11:08 AM (QTHTd)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 11:08 AM (Z9EHQ)
If you can find a clip of that hearing her entire testimony is pure gold. Honorary moronette platinum membership.
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 14, 2012 03:03 PM (GX2fm)
It is powerful http://tinyurl.com/yedzuu8
Posted by: Albie Damned at October 14, 2012 11:09 AM (vvCG5)
Posted by: Serious Cat at October 14, 2012 11:09 AM (zrpqj)
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How else do you get to fill a 90 min television special?
Posted by: sTevo at October 14, 2012 11:09 AM (VMcEw)
that would have been funny
Posted by: boulder hobo at October 14, 2012 11:09 AM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at October 14, 2012 03:08 PM (kzejo)
Yes, that would be the record held by Roseanne Barr, which she set during a bout of rigorous sex with Tom Arnold back in 1991.
Posted by: Slappy at October 14, 2012 11:10 AM (LTbLf)
Posted by: Mary Jo Kopechne at October 14, 2012 11:10 AM (jqL82)
Posted by: ErikW at October 14, 2012 11:11 AM (ln4U7)
Posted by: AmericanDawg at October 14, 2012 11:11 AM (XIsD/)
Posted by: nip at October 14, 2012 11:11 AM (11Tdq)
Posted by: mediumheadboy at October 14, 2012 11:11 AM (aHR5E)
Posted by: Peaches at October 14, 2012 11:12 AM (kpCLl)
Sorry, Teej here's a better video version of Suzanna Gratia Hupp putting some knowledge to these fucking idiots
http://tinyurl.com/5b9xgq
Posted by: Albie Damned at October 14, 2012 11:12 AM (vvCG5)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 11:12 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Cicero at October 14, 2012 11:12 AM (OTr9t)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 14, 2012 11:13 AM (U6/KF)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at October 14, 2012 11:13 AM (jucos)
Posted by: mediumheadboy at October 14, 2012 11:13 AM (aHR5E)
I watched it on YouTube and the only thing I could make out was, "I'm going home now."
Posted by: ErikW at October 14, 2012 03:11 PM (ln4U7)
I believe the last thing he said before jumping was, "What the fuck am I doing?!?"
Posted by: Slappy at October 14, 2012 11:14 AM (LTbLf)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 14, 2012 11:15 AM (U6/KF)
Posted by: West at October 14, 2012 11:16 AM (5pHWa)
Posted by: mediumheadboy at October 14, 2012 11:16 AM (aHR5E)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 11:17 AM (Z9EHQ)
Again, the balls on this guy!
Posted by: Peaches at October 14, 2012 11:17 AM (kpCLl)
Posted by: NWConservative at October 14, 2012 11:17 AM (M1gmo)
Posted by: Mo the Girl at October 14, 2012 11:17 AM (LPuor)
meh, we've been in a free fall for god known how long and their ain't no sign of slowing down or stopping.
Posted by: Greece at October 14, 2012 11:18 AM (PlCer)
Posted by: mediumheadboy at October 14, 2012 11:18 AM (aHR5E)
Arlen Specter was the consumate shameless deal-maker.
Reagan campaigned for him...lending him some valuable credibility, since Reagan had also switched from Democrat to Republican.
But then, like a worm...Specter stabbed Reagan in the back, by voting against Robert Bork.
Posted by: wheatie at October 14, 2012 11:18 AM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: West at October 14, 2012 11:19 AM (5pHWa)
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Good, maybe the wolf turd will start trolling over there now.
Posted by: mediumheadboy at October 14, 2012 03:18 PM (aHR5E)
I think they already do. I think there is maybe one to three trolls that are here and there. They just have different hashes/registrations.
Posted by: NWConservative at October 14, 2012 11:19 AM (M1gmo)
I think the ballots have already been printed, Mo. I'm lookin' at my Cacafuckya sample ballot right now and there is her filthy name.
Posted by: Peaches at October 14, 2012 11:19 AM (kpCLl)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 11:20 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: eman at October 14, 2012 11:20 AM (+XD7n)
Posted by: mediumheadboy at October 14, 2012 11:20 AM (aHR5E)
Posted by: Arlen Spector at October 14, 2012 11:21 AM (IoNBC)
I think the ballots have already been printed, Mo. I'm lookin' at my Cacafuckya sample ballot right now and there is her filthy name.
Posted by: Peaches at October 14, 2012 03:19 PM (kpCLl)
At least you get a choice. Iit won't matter here in King County, Washington. My ballot has already been filled out and prepped for tabulation. The absentee ballot sent my way is just a formality.
Posted by: NWConservative at October 14, 2012 11:21 AM (M1gmo)
Posted by: Mo the Girl at October 14, 2012 11:21 AM (LPuor)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 14, 2012 11:21 AM (AzDzi)
Posted by: St. Peter at October 14, 2012 11:22 AM (9F2c1)
Posted by: Meremortal, scouting at October 14, 2012 11:23 AM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: RomneylosesOhio at October 14, 2012 03:22 PM (TA5tK)
The well respected IBD/Tipp oversamples Democrats by 7 points you retarded troll. Bring better shit here next time.
Posted by: NWConservative at October 14, 2012 11:23 AM (M1gmo)
Small motions with your hands, legs, hips can induce spins, rolls, back/front flips. All that shit that's attached to a torso acts like control surfaces on an airplane.
Even something as minor as clenching one fist and opening the other palm flat fingers spread will impart a low rotation spin.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 14, 2012 11:23 AM (U6/KF)
Posted by: teej says go K-State at October 14, 2012 11:23 AM (d4o2E)
Oh, yeah, lots of choices here in California.
I was gobsmacked to hear about the 8 point shift after the Romney beatdown. I have not personally run into any of those people, however.Posted by: Peaches at October 14, 2012 11:24 AM (kpCLl)
Posted by: mediumheadboy at October 14, 2012 11:25 AM (aHR5E)
Posted by: eman at October 14, 2012 11:26 AM (+XD7n)
The well respected IBD/Tipp poll has Obama +1, 47-46. Obama has
steadily gained since they started the tracking poll and Romney went up
by 5.
Posted by: RomneylosesOhio at October 14, 2012 03:22 PM (TA5tK)
IBD/Tipp is only well-respected based on their final number right before the election, you bucket of crap. We'll see what happens once they adjust their sample from D+7 to something more reasonable in their last poll before Election Day.
Posted by: Slappy at October 14, 2012 11:26 AM (LTbLf)
Great idea! That can be Plan A for our returning astronauts' flight on the Soyuz. " Seeeeeeeeee Yaaa, Russkis. We're out!..." at 128k ft. Hell with landing in that tin can.
Posted by: Barock the RocketScientist at October 14, 2012 11:26 AM (TFeHR)
Posted by: RomneylosesOhio at October 14, 2012 03:26 PM (oGyUC)
So what were they predicting 3-4 weeks before the 2008 election, dumbass?
Posted by: Slappy at October 14, 2012 11:27 AM (LTbLf)
Posted by: no good deed at October 14, 2012 11:27 AM (mjR67)
Posted by: mediumheadboy at October 14, 2012 03:26 PM (aHR5E)
DON'T TALK TO IT!!!
Posted by: Peaches at October 14, 2012 11:27 AM (kpCLl)
Posted by: mediumheadboy at October 14, 2012 11:28 AM (aHR5E)
Oh, yeah, lots of choices here in California. I was gobsmacked to hear about the 8 point shift after the Romney beatdown. I have not personally run into any of those people, however.
Posted by: Peaches at October 14, 2012 03:24 PM (kpCLl)
We have all mail in voting here in Washington. They just manufacture votes until they win. People in King County vote to raise gasoline and sales taxes on a regular basis. They are worse than California. See 2004 Rossi Vs. Gregoire. My county is nearly 1/3 of the state's vote and votes 70-30 Communist. The rest of the state is either tied or a Red state. We will probably be the first state to pass gay marriage and pot initiatives by popular voting here. If China nukes us, please start with Seattle/Tacoma/Olympia.
Posted by: NWConservative at October 14, 2012 11:28 AM (M1gmo)
Posted by: votermom at October 14, 2012 11:29 AM (0TQYR)
No, it can't. It has a big wad of turd where other people have a brain.
Posted by: Peaches at October 14, 2012 11:29 AM (kpCLl)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 11:29 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 14, 2012 11:30 AM (AeC6r)
Posted by: mediumheadboy at October 14, 2012 11:30 AM (aHR5E)
ROSEANNE/SHEEHAN '12
There's a ticket made in hell. But to the Left, these two are simply hot. This is where feminism has failed us all.
Posted by: Mo the Girl at October 14, 2012 11:31 AM (LPuor)
Not a big deal unless the rotation rate is so fast you blackout. If I heard correctly, there was some sort of accelerometer that would have fired a drogue out if that happened.
Once you get down to where there's a few more air molecules, your control naturally returns.
The first F-104 Starfighters that did high altitude tests experienced the same thing - the engine could punch them up there, but the control surfaces were ineffective and they tumbled for a while on the way back down. After a bit, we fitted those experimental F-104's with RCS maneuver jets like the Shuttle had and the pilot could aim them at altitude with the RCS system.
The F-104 wasn't a particularly pilot friendly design when it was tumbling and spinning. The recovery procedure was to eject and recovery your body and forget the plane. It was getting expensive splattering them all over the desert.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 14, 2012 11:31 AM (U6/KF)
Posted by: RomneylosesOhioSucks at October 14, 2012 11:31 AM (LTbLf)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 11:31 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Evilpens at October 14, 2012 11:32 AM (ck76k)
Answer my question, turd.
Posted by: mediumheadboy at October 14, 2012 03:26 PM (aHR5E)
DON'T TALK TO IT!!!
Posted by: Peaches at October 14, 2012 03:27 PM (kpCLl)
IT KEEPS GETTING BANNED FASTER THAN WE CAN REPLY TO IT!!!!
Posted by: NWConservative at October 14, 2012 11:32 AM (M1gmo)
Posted by: mediumheadboy at October 14, 2012 11:32 AM (aHR5E)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 14, 2012 11:32 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 11:33 AM (Z9EHQ)
We have all mail in voting here in Washington. ...
Posted by: NWConservative at October 14, 2012 03:28 PM (M1gmo)
Shit. I didn't know that.
No voting boothes on election day...at all?
The potential for vote fraud with that is huge.
If a State wants to do that for it's own intra-state elections...fine.
But in National Elections, it is not fair to the rest of the country, for a state to be so cavalier with their voting methods.
Posted by: wheatie at October 14, 2012 11:33 AM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: johnd01 at October 14, 2012 11:33 AM (js5jY)
IBD/TIPP 10/22 - 10/26 824 LV 3.5 47 44 Obama +3
GWU/Battleground 10/20 - 10/26 1000 LV 3.5 49 46 Obama +3
Newsweek 10/22 - 10/23 882 LV 4.0 53 41 Obama +12
Rasmussen Reports 10/20 - 10/22 3000 LV 2.0 52 45 Obama +7
Gallup (Traditional)* 10/20 - 10/22 2399 LV 2.0 50 46 Obama +4
Gallup (Expanded)* 10/20 - 10/22 2349 LV 2.0 51 45 Obama +6
Diageo/Hotline 10/20 - 10/22 769 LV 3.5 48 43 Obama +5
Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby 10/20 - 10/22 1206 LV 2.9 52 40 Obama +12
ABC News/Wash Post 10/19 - 10/22 1335 LV 2.5 54 43 Obama +11
IBD/TIPP 10/18 - 10/22 1060 LV 3.5 45 44 Obama +1
Posted by: RomneylosesOhio at October 14, 2012 03:33 PM (Jk+oU)
LOL STUPID TROLL! LOLOLOL!!!
Posted by: NWConservative at October 14, 2012 11:34 AM (M1gmo)
Posted by: ErikW at October 14, 2012 11:34 AM (ln4U7)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 11:35 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: mediumheadboy at October 14, 2012 11:35 AM (aHR5E)
Posted by: West at October 14, 2012 11:35 AM (5pHWa)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 11:35 AM (Z9EHQ)
Just got back from the grocery store. I was behind a little girl (9 years old or so) who was buying potato chips and soda with a food stamp EBT card. Pisses me off--even when I was a grocery checker (and a liberal at that time), I'd make the kid go get a parent. Back then, it was a scam--you could get change for less than a dollar, so the adult would send the kid in several times to buy like one piece of Brach's candy with a dollar food stamp until they had enough cash for liquor or cigarettes. Don't know what the current scam is with the EBT cards, but I saw the adults in the parking lot take the loot from the kid and send her back for more.
If we have to give food subsidies to people, it should be like WIC--you only get to get certain kinds of food, and they're real food. Oppressive? Yes. If you want more government, don't be surprised when you get a lot of it.
Posted by: Palandine at October 14, 2012 11:35 AM (g7D8V)
We're DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED, I tells ya~!
Posted by: mediumheadboy at October 14, 2012 03:32 PM (aHR5E)
Plus, with a D+7 sample. I wonder if dipshit can figure out what would happen to that one-point lead for Obama in the poll if the actual party split was a more reasonable D+3? Oh, yeah, it would be similar to the two-point lead for Romney today in Gallup and Rasmussen.
Posted by: Slappy at October 14, 2012 11:36 AM (LTbLf)
IBD/TIPP leaned more GOP in 08...
Posted by: RomneylosesOhio at October 14, 2012 03:31 PM (Xa2if)
President Flopears McFuckup is not running against McCain.
You dumb stack of shit.
Posted by: Joe Biden Paste Connoisseur at October 14, 2012 11:36 AM (PlCer)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 14, 2012 11:36 AM (ZifVj)
Posted by: lowandslow at October 14, 2012 11:37 AM (GZitp)
Posted by: NWConservative at October 14, 2012 03:28 PM (M1gmo)
Shit. I didn't know that.
No voting boothes on election day...at all?
The potential for vote fraud with thatis huge.
If a State wants to do that for it's own intra-state elections...fine.
But in National Elections, it is not fair to the rest of the country, for a state to be so cavalier with their voting methods.
Posted by: wheatie at October 14, 2012 03:33 PM (l5RhJ)
That is why I hate early voting. It gives the democrats too much time to commit fraud. The state implemented last year I believe a confirmation that your ballot was received and tabulated, but I wish that they would tell you what you voted for.
We did away will polling places to "save money" so that we could spend it on illegal aliens and welfare queens. You know how well that always works out. We now have around a 3 billion dollar deficit and the teachers are complaining that they won't get a cost of living increase of 3% this year or last or whatever. They still have platinum health coverage and other benefits. Government workers in this state are entitled asshole dickfaces.
Posted by: NWConservative at October 14, 2012 11:38 AM (M1gmo)
Posted by: TD at October 14, 2012 11:38 AM (+uFux)
Posted by: Arlen Specter at October 14, 2012 11:38 AM (IoNBC)
Posted by: mediumheadboy at October 14, 2012 11:39 AM (aHR5E)
There, that's better.
Posted by: mediumheadboy at October 14, 2012 03:39 PM (aHR5E)
LOL, true.
Posted by: NWConservative at October 14, 2012 11:40 AM (M1gmo)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 14, 2012 11:40 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: mediumheadboy at October 14, 2012 11:40 AM (aHR5E)
Posted by: Palandine at October 14, 2012 03:35 PM (g7D8V)
No shit, Palandine. Here in CA, they advertise on the fuckin' radio!! Every time I hear it, I have to remind myself that if I rip the radio out of the dashboard, I will have to pay for it. No sweet gubmint dollah gonna help me.
Posted by: Peaches at October 14, 2012 11:41 AM (kpCLl)
Posted by: NWConservative at October 14, 2012 11:41 AM (M1gmo)
Trolls = trying to ruin the mood of those in a forum. Are trolls here to just ruin the mood because theirs sucks or else do they think we will stay home and not vote if Romney is losing in the polls?
Posted by: Mo the Girl at October 14, 2012 11:41 AM (LPuor)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 11:41 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: mediumheadboy at October 14, 2012 11:44 AM (aHR5E)
Posted by: Peaches at October 14, 2012 11:44 AM (kpCLl)
Posted by: USA at October 14, 2012 11:46 AM (RIg+t)
Posted by: steevy at October 14, 2012 11:47 AM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: mediumheadboy at October 14, 2012 11:47 AM (aHR5E)
Posted by: Peaches at October 14, 2012 03:44 PM (kpCLl)
Dude's getting laid.
Posted by: USA at October 14, 2012 03:46 PM (RIg+t)
plus his balls won't fit thru the doorway
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 14, 2012 11:47 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 11:47 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Y-not at October 14, 2012 11:48 AM (5H6zj)
You know the funny thing about that D+7 poll showing Barry up 1 point? He is still only at FORTY SEVEN. Boy, that Mitt guy is pretty dang smart.
Posted by: TD at October 14, 2012 03:38 PM (+uFux)
Yeah, that "47%" figure keeps showing up in polling.
Romney keeps being a 'nice guy', hoping to persuade the undecideds.
I hope it works.
It's frustrating to watch, though.
I'd like to see him take the gloves off and rip off some heads.
On Cavuto the other day...the CEO of Overstocks.com was blasting Barky for his anti-business attitude.
But when Cavuto asked him if he was voting for Romney....
The guy hummed and hawed.
Then he said that he was probably going to "write in Ron Paul".
Gah!
Posted by: wheatie at October 14, 2012 11:48 AM (l5RhJ)
Trolls = trying to ruin the mood of those in a forum. Are trolls here to just ruin the mood because theirs sucks or else do they think we will stay home and not vote if Romney is losing in the polls?
Posted by: Mo the Girl at October 14, 2012 03:41 PM (LPuor)
I think Lefty trolls do it for one simple reason: they are pathetic assholes.
Posted by: Slappy at October 14, 2012 11:48 AM (LTbLf)
But when Cavuto asked him if he was voting for Romney....
The guy hummed and hawed.
Then he said that he was probably going to "write in Ron Paul".
No fuckin' way . . . my head will explode if that is true. I hope the guy's dick falls off. Right now, today.
Posted by: Peaches at October 14, 2012 11:49 AM (kpCLl)
Posted by: RomneylosesVermont at October 14, 2012 11:50 AM (8HhF2)
Posted by: Peaches at October 14, 2012 03:48 PM (kpCLl)
it's sunday, the sun is shining, the Cowboys are losing, and I'm gearing up for a MC ride
it's a good day so far!
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 14, 2012 11:50 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: mediumheadboy at October 14, 2012 11:50 AM (aHR5E)
They got the idea from Oregon, we started it in the 90s. I hate it. I loved going to the voting booth in person, it made me feel patriotic and part of the nation. Fraud isn't just the half of it; imagine living in a house with some psychotic radical leftist. We already have read news stories of a woman who threw her husband's absentee ballot away because he was voting Republican (federal crime but whatever). Imagine a house with some super leftist parent demanding everyone vote the "correct way" or filling out ballots. A house with a college kid who destroys everyone's ballot who votes the wrong way. The problems are overwhelming, not the least of which the cost of a stamp to vote.
Its a Democrat dream, and ever since its happened, Oregon has lost Republicans in office to the point less than a dozen in the state legislature are anything but Democrats. We haven't had a Republican governor for decades, and the state used to be more GOP than not.
Every time a Republican comes close to winning they count the Portland metro area votes and get just enough to tip it over into a Democrat win. Its happened twice in the governor's election.
They don't even have to go find ballots in car trunks and hotel rooms with this system.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 14, 2012 11:50 AM (AeC6r)
Posted by: Peaches at October 14, 2012 11:51 AM (kpCLl)
Posted by: USA at October 14, 2012 11:51 AM (RIg+t)
Politically safe statement...the Obots won't attack or boycott you for being a Paultard.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 14, 2012 11:52 AM (U6/KF)
Posted by: Toure trying too hard at October 14, 2012 11:53 AM (8HhF2)
Then he said that he was probably going to "write in Ron Paul".
I heard on the radio that you can't "write in" for pres.......anybody know?
Posted by: BignJames at October 14, 2012 11:53 AM (q0Ery)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 14, 2012 11:53 AM (AeC6r)
Posted by: mediumheadboy at October 14, 2012 11:54 AM (aHR5E)
Posted by: Y-not at October 14, 2012 11:54 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Arlen Specter at October 14, 2012 11:55 AM (IoNBC)
From my CA sample ballot: " . . . a voter is entitled to cast a vote for a qualified Write-in candidate for any Party-Nominated office by writing . . . the name and office of the qualified candidate. See Pollworker for a list of qualified candidates."
Whatever the fuck that means.
Posted by: Peaches at October 14, 2012 11:55 AM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Y-not at October 14, 2012 11:55 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: USA at October 14, 2012 11:55 AM (RIg+t)
Posted by: The Mega Independent at October 14, 2012 11:55 AM (6JMZR)
Posted by: marinemom at October 14, 2012 11:55 AM (OKtOV)
http://www.redbullstratos.com/live/
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 14, 2012 03:32 PM (8sCoq)
Is this working for anyone else? The circle just keeps spinning on mine.
Posted by: Tami at October 14, 2012 11:56 AM (X6akg)
Posted by: mediumheadboy at October 14, 2012 11:56 AM (aHR5E)
Posted by: Berserker at October 14, 2012 11:57 AM (FMbng)
Posted by: mediumheadboy at October 14, 2012 11:57 AM (aHR5E)
....They don't even have to go find ballots in car trunks and hotel rooms with this system.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 14, 2012 03:50 PM (AeC6r)
Oh yeah.
And then, there are the Postal workers....who are Union, and could be willing co-conspirators.
Are the ballots in un-marked envelopes?
Or do they send out marked, 'official' envelopes to mail them back in with?
Posted by: wheatie at October 14, 2012 11:57 AM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: RomneylosesOhio at October 14, 2012 11:57 AM (DoXFu)
Posted by: Joe Biden at October 14, 2012 11:58 AM (LTbLf)
Posted by: Tami at October 14, 2012 03:56 PM (X6akg)
same here- guess they're not ready yet
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 14, 2012 11:58 AM (8sCoq)
Perhaps another shout-out for a nuclear Iran? But, who knows, the whole crazy uncle thing is having a banner week, not surprising that lunatic is capitalizing on it.
Posted by: Peaches at October 14, 2012 11:58 AM (kpCLl)
Posted by: USA at October 14, 2012 11:59 AM (RIg+t)
From the Examiner:
Today the confusion only worsened yet again when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told reporters that her agency was not the source of misinformation concerning the attacks, charging instead that the White House was the source of the false mantra that the murders were spurred by an anti-Muslim film made in the United States.
Clinton told reporters that when Susan Rice, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, made her rounds on every Sunday morning news show to claim the film motivated the attacks, the information had been fed to her by the White House and not the intelligence community in the State Department or the CIA.
http://tinyurl.com/9pup6h5
Posted by: Tami at October 14, 2012 11:59 AM (X6akg)
Posted by: Y-not at October 14, 2012 12:00 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 12:00 PM (Z9EHQ)
what's that on your chin?
Oh. Romney's balls.
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 14, 2012 12:02 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Infidel at October 14, 2012 12:02 PM (pzoRG)
Posted by: Y-not at October 14, 2012 12:02 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 14, 2012 12:02 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: mediumheadboy at October 14, 2012 12:03 PM (aHR5E)
Posted by: USA at October 14, 2012 12:03 PM (RIg+t)
Posted by: Y-not at October 14, 2012 12:03 PM (5H6zj)
327...Then he said that he was probably going to "write in Ron Paul".
Politically safe statement...the Obots won't attack or boycott you for being a Paultard.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 14, 2012 03:52 PM (U6/KF)
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Yeah...that could be it.
Cavuto sort of smirked at him, like..."Okay coward-boy. That's if for you."
And ended the discussion right there.
Posted by: wheatie at October 14, 2012 12:04 PM (l5RhJ)
>>he drew 30,000 in Madison this month. Romney's crowds are nowhere near that level.
Posted by: RomneylosesOhio at October 14, 2012 03:57 PM (DoXFu)
Major midwestern state college campuses are the only places Ogabe can draw people. They are pretty much captive audiences. If there isn't a football game happening, the only other thing they have to do is cow-tipping.
...and if the rally is in the afternoon, they're not drunk enough yet to bother the bovine, so they may as well try to cop a feel of the ass in front of them while pressed in a crowd
Posted by: Albie Damned at October 14, 2012 12:04 PM (vvCG5)
Posted by: TD at October 14, 2012 12:04 PM (+uFux)
Posted by: Tami at October 14, 2012 03:59 PM (X6akg)
Looks like the Libs are turning on each other. I'd say "pass the popcorn" but the Libya thing is drenched in shame and not funny. Idiots. Traitors. Narcissists. Hippies. They all deserve each other.
Posted by: katya the designated driver at October 14, 2012 12:05 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 14, 2012 12:05 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Mars/Venus at October 14, 2012 12:05 PM (mjR67)
f**king aerospace history....and i got to talk
to joe kittinger...the previous record holder and (merely 103k ft)...mig killer...transatlantic record holder....and cap com for this mission....wild ass dude...well beyond to any smart-ass wankers doing blogs (and me too) or commenting here...he (and felix) are the real deal...
watching the video, too, it appears felix went in to a pretty severe spin/tumble mode...he recovered very well, but it (to me) looked pretty dicey for a bit...(not that i know anything other then being a flight test engineer for a long time...) watch the reaction of the visitors....felix kind of lost it in the "no air" environ....tbe, i say.... but he recovered and came home with style!
awesome, all concerned!
Posted by: asswipee at October 14, 2012 12:05 PM (eS0nh)
Candy Crowley...just now...doing a glowing, flowery segment on how great Arlen Specter was.
Oh yeah.
She's going to be a real impartial moderator on Tuesday.
Posted by: wheatie at October 14, 2012 12:06 PM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 14, 2012 12:06 PM (OPanm)
Posted by: eman at October 14, 2012 12:07 PM (+XD7n)
Oh yeah.
She's going to be a real impartial moderator on Tuesday.
Posted by: wheatie at October 14, 2012 04:06 PM (l5RhJ)
Yeah lets move on
Posted by: Martha "Impartial" Raddatz (D) at October 14, 2012 12:07 PM (M1gmo)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 14, 2012 12:07 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: USA at October 14, 2012 12:08 PM (RIg+t)
Posted by: Y-not at October 14, 2012 12:08 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 14, 2012 04:06 PM (OPanm)
I don't take crowd estimates very seriously unless they have a wide shot or overhead view of the event. They stated that another Wisconsin event had over 18,000 people there in an arena that holds only 5,000 people. I looked at the pictures there and there was ROOM TO SPARE for the Obama event.
I found that the media was getting their estimates from Tom FREAKING Barret who ran against Walker for Governor in the recall.
Posted by: NWConservative at October 14, 2012 12:09 PM (M1gmo)
351....Posted by: Tami at October 14, 2012 03:59 PM (X6akg)
Yep, Tami....this could be popcorn-worthy.
It's a shame that we've had a weekend hitting, right as this Clinton-Barky feud is starting up.
Posted by: wheatie at October 14, 2012 12:10 PM (l5RhJ)
I think that tells almost the whole story. You forgot to mention they will get credit in their Pol Sc class for attending.
Posted by: Billy Bob, the guy who drinks in SC at October 14, 2012 12:10 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: Y-not at October 14, 2012 12:10 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 12:11 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Y-not at October 14, 2012 12:11 PM (5H6zj)
I saw a segment on some news show about how states are cleaning up the voter rolls and it made me wonder where my card was. I found it and everything's kosher, but it wouldn't hurt to make sure our side is prepared.
Also, anyone see Chris Wallace interviewing Axeldorf? He got pretty worked up, pissed when Axe said we should calm down and wait for the investigation, etc. I have to hand it to Axe though, he's pretty smooth. Full of BS, but he was prepared with answers for all of Chris's questions, some of which were pretty pointed.
I'm glad to see the press applying some pressure, hopefully the story in all its ugliness will break through enough for some tough questions directed at O in this week's debate. Best of all would be if a town hall citizen shows through their questions and body language that they're not buying O's lies.
Posted by: Mayday at October 14, 2012 12:12 PM (F3s39)
Posted by: USA at October 14, 2012 12:12 PM (RIg+t)
Posted by: USS Diversity at October 14, 2012 12:12 PM (0CiTm)
Posted by: Candy Crowley at October 14, 2012 12:12 PM (8HhF2)
Posted by: RomneylosesOhio at October 14, 2012 03:22 PM (TA5tK)
47%?
*snort... chuckle .. . heheheheh*
Romney finally made a mistake. He thought 47% was Obama's floor. It's looking more like 47% is Barky's ceiling.
Fishing report: No monsters on the spawn redds yet. Saw one about 17 inches. Might go after her later. Need to tie some egg flies first.
Did the Cowboys do a Spector or win?
Posted by: Meremortal, back at October 14, 2012 12:14 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 14, 2012 12:14 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: It's Not Just Obama's feet that stink at October 14, 2012 12:14 PM (apLox)
Posted by: eman at October 14, 2012 12:15 PM (+XD7n)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 14, 2012 12:16 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 12:16 PM (Z9EHQ)
CAC is a coblogger. JEF is jug-eared fuck. TFG is that fuckin' guy, the one who is out of a job on 1/20/13
Posted by: Peaches at October 14, 2012 12:16 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: DAve at October 14, 2012 12:16 PM (NwjeK)
Posted by: boulder hobo at October 14, 2012 12:16 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Up, up with people at October 14, 2012 12:17 PM (kzFo5)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 12:17 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 14, 2012 12:17 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Arlen Specter at October 14, 2012 12:17 PM (IoNBC)
Posted by: Infidel at October 14, 2012 04:02 PM (pzoRG)
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Same here in Grand County. But we drop them off early as it lightens the work load on the ladies that do the counting. It will make the night of Nov 6 a little shorter for them. Waiting for ballots to show up in the mail, should be this week.
Posted by: Meremortal, back at October 14, 2012 12:18 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: Jack Hammer at October 14, 2012 12:19 PM (JHbj+)
Posted by: b+rry , The Giver at October 14, 2012 12:19 PM (m/4WR)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 12:19 PM (Z9EHQ)
I've been feeling kinda dead lately.
Posted by: Arlen Specter at October 14, 2012 04:17 PM (IoNBC)
Arlen, you've never been flat or crushed by the opposition and that's a positive.
Posted by: Rachel Corrie at October 14, 2012 12:20 PM (lDWQr)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 14, 2012 12:20 PM (TMB3S)
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 14, 2012 12:21 PM (8sCoq)
So I here votes are actually being counted right now. I thought votes were not counted and not revealed until election day? And why do Democrats vote earlier than Republicans?
Posted by: Confusion Rules at October 14, 2012 12:21 PM (LPuor)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 12:21 PM (Z9EHQ)
Now 1-5.
Next week thankfully is a bye week. Hopefully they won't lose next week too.
Posted by: chemjeff at October 14, 2012 12:22 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: Y-not at October 14, 2012 12:22 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Romneylosesreallybig at October 14, 2012 12:22 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: David Brooks at October 14, 2012 12:23 PM (8HhF2)
Romney up in polls
guy jumps from space and sticks the landing
Ravens win/Cowboys lose
see y'all on the ONT
Posted by: Jones in CO at October 14, 2012 12:23 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Y-not at October 14, 2012 12:23 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 12:24 PM (Z9EHQ)
Next week it's Kansas City vs. Bye. Vote for "Bye".
Posted by: chemjeff at October 14, 2012 12:25 PM (d/5qf)
Posted by: Serious Cat at October 14, 2012 12:25 PM (zrpqj)
The guy jumped two hours ago, but Spectator and Franco are still dead.
News at 11, with video.
Posted by: Billy Bob, the guy who drinks in SC at October 14, 2012 12:25 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 14, 2012 12:25 PM (TMB3S)
Posted by: Prezzy Choom-Choom at October 14, 2012 12:25 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: DAve at October 14, 2012 04:16 PM (NwjeK)
Bush flew the F-102 Delta Dagger which was a difficult plan to fly.
F-104 is the Star Fighter aka "The missile with a man in it".
Posted by: Joe Biden Paste Connoisseur at October 14, 2012 12:26 PM (PlCer)
Posted by: Tuna at October 14, 2012 12:26 PM (M/TDA)
Specter and Kennedy are having a party with chicks, booze and blow, but forgot their dicks no longer work in hell.
Posted by: Doctor Fish at October 14, 2012 12:27 PM (lDWQr)
Posted by: Confusion Rules at October 14, 2012 04:21 PM (LPuor)
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They count them right away here, but they don't talk...
This county will go 2 to 1 for Romney anyway. Hell, the elk would vote for Romney if we'd let 'em.
Posted by: Prezzy Choom-Choom at October 14, 2012 12:28 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 12:28 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: chemjeff at October 14, 2012 04:25 PM (d/5qf)
We already won that today, but we didn't cover the spread.
Posted by: The Suck ass Panthers at October 14, 2012 12:28 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 14, 2012 12:28 PM (TMB3S)
That prick Specter is dead and I'm alive. Glad to be on the right team, living a good moral life with the occasional trip into debauchery to snort a little blow from Chiquita's ass. Ole!
Posted by: Abe Vigoda at October 14, 2012 12:29 PM (lDWQr)
Posted by: johnd01 at October 14, 2012 12:29 PM (js5jY)
Posted by: navybrat at October 14, 2012 12:29 PM (GxyxV)
Posted by: USA at October 14, 2012 12:29 PM (RIg+t)
Posted by: Up, up with people at October 14, 2012 12:30 PM (kzFo5)
Posted by: Y-not at October 14, 2012 12:30 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: AxlerodUpButt at October 14, 2012 12:30 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: Evilpens at October 14, 2012 12:30 PM (ck76k)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 12:31 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Tuna at October 14, 2012 12:31 PM (M/TDA)
Posted by: David Chalian Standup at October 14, 2012 12:32 PM (8HhF2)
Wasn't a big fan of Ohio State when I was working at Purdue, but I will say they always struck me as more conservative leaning than UW-Madison and UM-Ann Arbor. Lots of engineers and an ag school. More like Purdue than UW or UM.
Also, ICYMI:
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/even-martha-raddatz-thinks-joe-bidens-performance-was-too-big/
Posted by: Y-not at October 14, 2012 04:30 PM (5H6zj)
Shh. . . I would like to move on.
Posted by: Martha "Impartial" Raddatz (D) at October 14, 2012 12:32 PM (M1gmo)
Posted by: Peaches at October 14, 2012 12:32 PM (kpCLl)
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A couple of months Ulsterman's insider, the one who worked on O's 08 campaign, said this exact false flag op was planned for this fall, a shooting at either O or a family member or the WH. No one would actually be hurt of course, the purpose would be to gin up sympathy and, raaaaacism if necessary or serve as a distraction.
Posted by: Mayday at October 14, 2012 12:33 PM (F3s39)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 12:33 PM (Z9EHQ)
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Specter and Kennedy are having a party with chicks, booze and blow, but forgot their dicks no longer work in hell.
Wouldn't matter anyway. ...Those aren't really chicks.
Posted by: Satan, laughing... at October 14, 2012 12:34 PM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: Arlen Specter at October 14, 2012 12:34 PM (IoNBC)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 12:35 PM (Z9EHQ)
Remember the Star Trek episode where two guys get trapped between unniverses forever, and they have to fight for eternity?
Barky and Hitlery.
Posted by: AxlerodUpButt at October 14, 2012 12:36 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 12:37 PM (Z9EHQ)
The kegs have holes in them, and the chicks don't.
Posted by: Berserker at October 14, 2012 12:37 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: chemjeff at October 14, 2012 12:38 PM (d/5qf)
"Baumgartner came down in the eastern New Mexico desert minutes after jumping from his capsule 28,000 feet, or 24 miles, above Earth."
Apparently basic knowledge of thing like the number of feet in a mile is not required in order to be an AP reporter....
Posted by: Kasper Hauser at October 14, 2012 02:46 PM (YyVZT)
The One is preoccupied cramming for his tuesday exam and couldnt make a guest appearance on that article in front of the 28,000.
Now if the ladies of the view had written the article...you might have gotten him to stop by.
Posted by: Stephanie Cutter Political Strategist, Professional Liar, and Administrations #2 Turd Polisher at October 14, 2012 12:38 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: Y-not at October 14, 2012 12:38 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 12:38 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Jim Kirk at October 14, 2012 12:39 PM (+XD7n)
Posted by: Y-not at October 14, 2012 12:39 PM (5H6zj)
This is another charming side effect of all mail in elections in WA state. They don't have to be postmarked until election day, so they have to allow a week to 10 days after the election to make sure they have all the ballots.
Results in close races take days to certify.
Posted by: someone at October 14, 2012 12:39 PM (bqjJT)
Posted by: Barney Frank at October 14, 2012 04:38 PM (lDWQr)
Felix wouldn't let you lick the shit out of his pressure suit, ya despicable old freak.
Posted by: Peaches at October 14, 2012 12:40 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 12:40 PM (Z9EHQ)
Oh, so now your Felix Baumgartner!
Posted by: Joey Biden at October 14, 2012 04:39 PM (RIg+t)
It's Bumgartner!
Posted by: Ru Paul at October 14, 2012 12:41 PM (lDWQr)
Posted by: wheatie at October 14, 2012 12:41 PM (l5RhJ)
This is another charming side effect of all mail in elections in WA state. They don't have to be postmarked until election day, so they have to allow a week to 10 days after the election to make sure they have all the ballots.
Results in close races take days to certify.
Posted by: someone at October 14, 2012 04:39 PM (bqjJT)
Yep. And that gives them enough time to tabulate how much votes in Seattle they need to cheat with if it is close.
Posted by: NWConservative at October 14, 2012 12:41 PM (M1gmo)
Posted by: Peaches at October 14, 2012 12:41 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 12:41 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Chris Matthews at October 14, 2012 12:44 PM (RIg+t)
I got a card in the mail recently that said "It appears you may not be registered to vote." That was news to me as I've been registered and getting ballots forever. So I called the state. It seems they were trolling to get more registrations and worded things badly. I am still registered
Posted by: someone at October 14, 2012 12:44 PM (bqjJT)
He's talking about the pressure suit....and how that made it different from other free falls that he's done.
"When you're in a pressure suit...you don't feel anything."
Posted by: wheatie at October 14, 2012 12:44 PM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: Peaches at October 14, 2012 12:45 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Max Power at October 14, 2012 12:45 PM (q177U)
Posted by: Vic at October 14, 2012 12:46 PM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Tuna at October 14, 2012 12:46 PM (M/TDA)
Posted by: Peaches at October 14, 2012 12:47 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 12:47 PM (Z9EHQ)
500 See, even he was a little worried about the tumble. I was on tenterhooks . . . glad to hear it wasn't just me.
Yeah, Peaches.
He was spinning...and his visor was fogged up.
Amazing that he didn't black out.
Posted by: wheatie at October 14, 2012 12:48 PM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 12:49 PM (Z9EHQ)
Severe thunderstorm capable of spawning a tornado is slamming Chicago's western suburbs -
Rahm is pissed about something?
Posted by: Meremortal, with breaking news at October 14, 2012 12:49 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: USA at October 14, 2012 12:50 PM (RIg+t)
Today's jump was amazing, but I think Kittinger's was a bigger feat. After 50 years of research, they had a much better idea of what might happen. Kittinger just stepped out having no clue what might happen. Baumgartner's jump still took huge balls.
Red Bull sponsors all kind of crazy stuff like this. I think their motto is "If you want to do stupid shit that might kill you, Red Bull is the drink for you."
Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at October 14, 2012 12:51 PM (xUI0P)
Posted by: Meremortal, strategizing at October 14, 2012 12:53 PM (1Y+hH)
511....Today's jump was amazing, but I think Kittinger's was a bigger feat.
Kittinger is sitting right beside Felix, in the presser...which is kinda cool.
Posted by: wheatie at October 14, 2012 12:54 PM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: Peaches at October 14, 2012 12:56 PM (kpCLl)
Our house has gotten several phone calls claiming someone isn't registered in it, I'm pretty sure its the Secretary of State project from Soros to get more people registered.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 14, 2012 12:57 PM (AeC6r)
513 OK, I've picked the spotto place "thechair" at the entrance to town. I figure I'll do it on the night before election day for best effect. Don't know how long it will last.
Can you hang it from a tree or something...so it can't be easily stolen?
Posted by: wheatie at October 14, 2012 12:57 PM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 14, 2012 01:02 PM (X3lox)
Posted by: Peaches at October 14, 2012 01:02 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: Felix Baumgartner at October 14, 2012 01:02 PM (js5jY)
...When are they going to endorse Romney/Ryan???
They're science guys, Peaches...so it would surprise me if they did.
But I've been hearing some remarks about "valuable data from this, to be useful in future missions with private enterprise".
So that's something.
Posted by: wheatie at October 14, 2012 01:02 PM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: Fritz at October 14, 2012 01:03 PM (vm7ot)
Posted by: wheatie at October 14, 2012 04:57 PM (l5RhJ)
Secret Service tends to take that personally . . . go figure.
Posted by: Peaches at October 14, 2012 01:04 PM (kpCLl)
Secret Service tends to take that personally . . . go figure.
Oh yeah....what was I thinking.
An empty chair, hanging from a tree.
That would be both 'racist'...and considered a 'threat'.
Posted by: wheatie at October 14, 2012 01:07 PM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 14, 2012 01:09 PM (AeC6r)
FOX NEWS reporting that the Obowmao camp is hinting that Teh Won is going to lay the smackdown on RMoney's Bain Capitol activity at the debate!
ASSAULT ON SUCCESS INCOMING!
This is gonna be goooooooooooood.
My Prediction....Obama wins the debate...
...in his own mind for the next week like he did the last one.
two days....two days....i can hardly wait.
If things go as I expect, by friday Romney will be at 52% in the polls.
The Foreign Policy smackdown coming from Romney should get him to 54%
and Election Day should see a 56% landslide with 330+ EVs.
Fap Fap Fap Fap Fap
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at October 14, 2012 01:10 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: Evilpens at October 14, 2012 01:10 PM (ck76k)
I have a hard time even standing close to the edge of a tall building.
Also, I would have been screaming like a girl that first 4 minutes.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright at October 14, 2012 01:13 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: eman at October 14, 2012 01:16 PM (+XD7n)
Posted by: Arlen Specter at October 14, 2012 01:16 PM (IoNBC)
526 ....FOX NEWS reporting that the Obowmao camp is hinting that Teh Won is going to lay the smackdown on RMoney's Bain Capitol activity at the debate!
So...no matter what the Questions are, Barky is going to attack Mitt about Bain Capital?
Heh.
I hope he does.
Romney can easily parlay that into talking about Jobs, Jobs, Jobs....and how Barky has been demonizing the Job Creators.
If Barky mentions "shipping jobs overseas"...
I hope Mitt brings up how Jeffry Imelt, Barky's Jobs Czar, has been shipping thousands of jobs to China.....*while* acting as Jobs Czar.
And also...
"Where are all those shovel-ready jobs you promised, Mr. President? You laughed about that. ....But people don't think that was funny."
Posted by: wheatie at October 14, 2012 01:19 PM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: Y-not at October 14, 2012 01:20 PM (5H6zj)
Ron Paul is coming to our
FIFY
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 14, 2012 01:25 PM (U6/KF)
Posted by: Evilpens at October 14, 2012 01:28 PM (ck76k)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 14, 2012 01:33 PM (ZifVj)
Posted by: Boomer Redneque knows Mohammad was a goat-fucking kiddie-raper at October 14, 2012 01:33 PM (eQnzo)
Watching the replay of the Jump....since I missed some of it live.
It's loaded into the Youtube thingy above, btw....all 7 hours of it, including the presser at the end.
Jeez...at 128,177 ft....he jumped.
That's just amazing to me.
To be that far up, in such a tiny little capsule...then jumping.
Brass balls.
Posted by: wheatie at October 14, 2012 01:33 PM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 14, 2012 01:36 PM (U6/KF)
If Romney disproves the "He's an evil frightening religious nut who loves to fire people and is a greedy rich kid" image, he wins, no matter how the debate plays out.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 14, 2012 01:37 PM (AeC6r)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 14, 2012 01:38 PM (AeC6r)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 01:39 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 01:40 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Y-not at October 14, 2012 01:41 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Evilpens at October 14, 2012 01:41 PM (ck76k)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 01:42 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Y-not at October 14, 2012 01:42 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 01:42 PM (Z9EHQ)
Once Romney begins to challenge the scoamf bullshit President Thinskin will lose his shit.
Posted by: YIKES! at October 14, 2012 01:44 PM (PlCer)
I've had 3 parachute malfunctions and reserve rides over the years, all below 4,000'. When the SHTF, you gotta do everything right, and do it fast. That suit added a lot of complexity to his malfunction emergency procedures.
I would guess he also had what's called an AAD device hooked to the reserve. AAD's sense speed and altitude by sampling air pressures and attempt to deploy the reserve if you bust through a preset altitude going too fast (i.e. incapacitated and didn't get anything out, or had a high speed malfunction and didn't pull reserve).
I had an AAD, they were cheap insurance.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 14, 2012 01:44 PM (U6/KF)
543 Maybe if it were me up in that suit jumping out I'd have a different perspective, but really, after a certain point the height is irrelevant. You're street pizza if your chute doesn't work at 1000 feet just like 100,000 feet.
Yeah, but when you're up that high...in a capsule that's headed towards the edge of the stratosphere...
Another concern is the door.
If the door doesn't open...you're headed for outer space.
No gravity.
No 911.
Say goodbye.
Posted by: wheatie at October 14, 2012 01:46 PM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: Evilpens at October 14, 2012 01:49 PM (ck76k)
Posted by: Austrian hooker Felix Baumgartner is just in at October 14, 2012 01:52 PM (RIg+t)
Things can/do go sideways in a hard vacuum though. Valves mysteriously stick, seals fail, metals can curiously weld themselves together at the molecular level. Real space is a nasty environment.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 14, 2012 01:52 PM (U6/KF)
Another concern is the door.
If the door doesn't open...you're headed for outer space.
No gravity.
No 911.
Say goodbye.
No!! that is as High as he would Go ! the Air is so Thin the Helium would make him go any higher
Posted by: Evilpens at October 14, 2012 05:49 PM (ck76k)
The capsule was programmed for decent.
Their is a video of the capsule parachute descent after Felix landed.
Posted by: YIKES! at October 14, 2012 01:54 PM (PlCer)
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 14, 2012 01:55 PM (U6/KF)
...I had an AAD, they were cheap insurance.
I would imagine that Felix was equipped with one of those?
One would hope.
What I'm marveling at, in this...is that everything went off without a hitch.
Sometimes a malfunction can happen, no matter how well everything was prepped and planned for.
And knowing that, this guy went for it anyway.
Posted by: wheatie at October 14, 2012 01:57 PM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: USA at October 14, 2012 01:58 PM (RIg+t)
Posted by: Tami at October 14, 2012 01:58 PM (X6akg)
The capsule had a "cut-away" device...that cut it loose from the balloon automatically, at a certain altitude.
[The balloon kept going up, I guess.]
They mentioned this, on the vid above.
Posted by: wheatie at October 14, 2012 02:01 PM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: USA at October 14, 2012 02:01 PM (RIg+t)
Posted by: USA at October 14, 2012 02:03 PM (RIg+t)
I should post some pics of the parachute I had on one of my reserve rides. On deployment, it literally blew to shreds. Every panel in the thing had ripped somewhere...even stabilizers and ribs.
I looked up and realized in about 1/2 sec that flapping mess of rags wasn't gonna get any better and went to Plan B.
Turned out the fabric mill made some processing change in the fabric the mfg used and didn't tell them. So chutes made with that batch of bad fabric were all ticking time bombs.
That cost me a bottle of good scotch. You always stroke the rigger who packed your reserve and saved your worthless ass with a bottle of scotch.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 14, 2012 02:05 PM (U6/KF)
Posted by: USA at October 14, 2012 06:01 PM (RIg+t)
Ok and just to prove I'm not hallucinating......It said it's a short ONT because Maet is finishing his move to his new bunker and Margaret Thatcher is 87.
I need evidence I'm not crazy....well, not that crazy.
Posted by: Tami at October 14, 2012 02:06 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: yankeefifth at October 14, 2012 02:06 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: eman at October 14, 2012 02:07 PM (+XD7n)
Posted by: Arlen Specter at October 14, 2012 02:09 PM (IoNBC)
I should post some pics of the parachute I had on one of my reserve rides. On deployment, it literally blew to shreds. Every panel in the thing had ripped somewhere...even stabilizers and ribs.
Damn, PurpAv.
The phrase...'checked that box'...comes to mind.
You used up one of your nine lives on that one.
Glad your Plan B was okay.
Posted by: wheatie at October 14, 2012 02:09 PM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: USA at October 14, 2012 02:10 PM (RIg+t)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 14, 2012 02:10 PM (X3lox)
Tami, I believe you.
I've seen that happen with threads before, too.
Sometimes they never show up again.
Posted by: wheatie at October 14, 2012 02:12 PM (l5RhJ)
Speaking of ripping, the Giants are ripping the 49ers a new one.
Posted by: Ronster at October 14, 2012 02:14 PM (H5i76)
That's definitely got to do wonders for your constipation problem.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 14, 2012 02:16 PM (AeC6r)
Haven't checked the naked skydive box yet...although I've seen people do it.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 14, 2012 02:17 PM (U6/KF)
Kristoff is the guy...who interviewed Barky in March of 2007...
That was the interview where Barky recited the Shahada, from memory, in a "perfect Arabic accent".
And then went on to proclaim that "the prettiest sound in the world, is the muslim call to prayer".
Or he may have said that first...then recited the Shahada.
Either way...Kristoff is the guy who did that interview, and saw nothing wrong with that picture.
Posted by: wheatie at October 14, 2012 02:18 PM (l5RhJ)
Wind chapping and the little fella flapping around could be uncomfortable, I'd think.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 14, 2012 02:18 PM (AeC6r)
Lowest logged jump - QueenAir's engines catch fire on the ground, I jumped onto the runway and got the fuck out of that bitch as fast as I could...
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 14, 2012 02:22 PM (U6/KF)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 14, 2012 02:24 PM (X3lox)
I pull at 7k, and fly around in some slow circles looking for the real airport...it ain't there, anywhere. At 1,000' feet I give up looking and pick a Plan B landing spot...a bean field 5+ miles from the real airport.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 14, 2012 02:27 PM (U6/KF)
Posted by: USS Diversity at October 14, 2012 02:39 PM (0CiTm)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 14, 2012 02:39 PM (AeC6r)
Posted by: USS Diversity at October 14, 2012 06:39 PM (0CiTm)
The Hell? Why jump then?
Posted by: Ronnie "I'm not gay, i just like to have an occasional cock in my ass and wear a tutu" Reagan Junior at October 14, 2012 02:41 PM (ovpNn)
Well ... it might not have been "from memory". Barky might well have been reading the shahada off of his ring TOTUS
Heh. Good one, PrimOrd².
He probably had it on, too.
I still think that that interview was Barky's way of telegraphing to all those Imams out there..."I'm still one of you."
So that he wouldn't have to be worrying about some fatwah against him...since, you know, that's what they do when someone tries to leave.
Posted by: wheatie at October 14, 2012 02:44 PM (l5RhJ)
I've seen that happen with threads before, too.
Sometimes they never show up again.
Posted by: wheatie at October 14, 2012 06:12 PM (l5RhJ)
Only at the HQ......
Posted by: Tami at October 14, 2012 02:45 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 14, 2012 02:48 PM (AzDzi)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEAh77W_1jE
Wait for it!
Posted by: Gramp Fuggenpantsenpoopins at October 14, 2012 02:48 PM (ovpNn)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 14, 2012 02:49 PM (X3lox)
There's no requirement that a tandem be done first, its just a way for people to get in the air with minimal training.
If you went straight to a static line or AFF program, there's usually a full days worth of ground school before the 1st jump.
The AFF progression has instructor(s) in the air right next to you, but you're not strapped to them. Static line is the old school way
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 14, 2012 02:53 PM (U6/KF)
No doubt. Remember who Barky gave his first Precedential TV interview to (studiously ignored by the MFM). Al Arabiya.
I'd forgotten about that.
Yeah. That was special, wasn't it.
Liberals seem to think that appeasement, butt-kissing and have a muslim-friendly president will keep us safe.
Wrong.
Muslims aren't squeamish about killing other muslims....they kill more other muslims than any other kind of people.
In fact...having someone they might consider 'one of them', is worse.
Because then they look at it as "If you're one of us, then you should be doing more for us!"
Posted by: wheatie at October 14, 2012 02:59 PM (l5RhJ)
Posted by: Ed Anger at October 14, 2012 03:08 PM (tOkJB)
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 14, 2012 03:21 PM (X3lox)
Not a survivable scenario. If you tangle with another jumper at low altitude like that you suck it up and ride that fucked up configuration down just the way it is if there's any fabric overhead at all.
If you had a couple hundred feet, you might consider tossing your reserve out too to get a little more fabric overhead. Two chutes out is usually a stable configuration...unless they downplane, which is bad
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 14, 2012 03:23 PM (U6/KF)
Posted by: Ed Anger at October 14, 2012 03:34 PM (tOkJB)
Posted by: phoenixgirl what did huma abedin know? team dagny at October 14, 2012 03:50 PM (Ho2rs)
Has this been covered yet?
This jump was from 24 miles. The low point of an ISS orbit is 199 miles. The balloon was essentially geostationary. Low orbital velocity is over 15,000 MPH.
Other that that, Geronimo.
This message brought to you by Cincinnati Testing and Research Laboratories, makers of the Mercury heat shield, a division of Studebaker-Packard.
Posted by: comatus at October 14, 2012 03:55 PM (qaVK+)
But yea, it happens. Entangling with other jumpers on landing approaches IS one of the first jump training points. The "book" response to flying towards an unpleasant object or another person, is just turn away, even if its on final approach. A cross/downwind landing is always preferable to hitting something.
Posted by: @PurpAv at October 14, 2012 04:06 PM (U6/KF)
Posted by: rickl at October 14, 2012 05:47 PM (sdi6R)
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