April 10, 2012
— Ace Open news thread before the open fun thread.
Ben and I talked about social media destroying society and Ashley Judd and I think John Derbyshire at the end.
Justified Finale: Tonight at 10. My prediction is that Raylan kills a guy or two, assisted by Boyd.
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Posted by: steevy at April 10, 2012 05:40 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: wooga at April 10, 2012 05:45 PM (vjyZP)
Posted by: willow at April 10, 2012 05:46 PM (TomZ9)
social media is destroying society. Actually smartphones are destroying society. Parents, a little tip for you PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR ASSHOLE OFFSPRING NOT YOUR DAMN FACEBOOK PAGE.
Having just returned from vacation where I was surrounded by Satan's offspring, I stand on solid ground when I say this.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at April 10, 2012 05:46 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: L Rob in OK at April 10, 2012 05:46 PM (7yvLv)
Posted by: USS Diversity at April 10, 2012 05:47 PM (vpe0k)
Posted by: willow at April 10, 2012 05:47 PM (TomZ9)
Posted by: Daybrother at April 10, 2012 05:47 PM (WCuHB)
Posted by: L Rob in OK at April 10, 2012 05:48 PM (7yvLv)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at April 10, 2012 05:49 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: steevy at April 10, 2012 05:49 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: Daybrother at April 10, 2012 05:49 PM (WCuHB)
Posted by: jewells45 at April 10, 2012 05:50 PM (UljOc)
Near as I can tell, smartphones (iPads too) are creating an entire generation of zombies. Sitting by the pool in freaking Hawaii and watching as row after row of moms, dads, and kids were on their electronic devices instead of, oh I don't know, noticing that they were in fucking Hawaii and having some fun, was reaaaaaaaallly depressing.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at April 10, 2012 05:51 PM (RZ8pf)
Having just returned from vacation where I was surrounded by Satan's offspring, I stand on solid ground when I say this.
Did you remember to bring your son home with you?
Posted by: fluffy at April 10, 2012 05:51 PM (4pSIn)
Posted by: grease monkey at April 10, 2012 05:51 PM (VSWPU)
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain (Formerly Abdominal Snowman) at April 10, 2012 05:51 PM (BY55s)
Posted by: L Rob in OK at April 10, 2012 05:52 PM (7yvLv)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at April 10, 2012 05:53 PM (ND9u8)
Posted by: willow at April 10, 2012 05:53 PM (TomZ9)
Posted by: L Rob in OK at April 10, 2012 05:54 PM (7yvLv)
Posted by: steevy at April 10, 2012 05:54 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: willow at April 10, 2012 05:55 PM (TomZ9)
Did you remember to bring your son home with you?
No, I left him at Chuck E. Cheese.
jk. He had an awesomely amazing time but was happy to get home to his dog.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at April 10, 2012 05:55 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: toby928© at April 10, 2012 05:55 PM (GTbGH)
for the first time ever, I've had to impose a "no cellphone" rule in lab, it got to be too much
Posted by: chemjeff at April 10, 2012 09:48 PM
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Did you have to text the ones in the back rows to let them know?
Posted by: the new, improved arhooley -- now with 10% more cynicism! at April 10, 2012 05:57 PM (vuKmj)
Posted by: Shiggz RocketSurgeon at April 10, 2012 05:57 PM (RfvTE)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at April 10, 2012 05:58 PM (ND9u8)
Posted by: steevy at April 10, 2012 05:58 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at April 10, 2012 05:58 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: ace at April 10, 2012 05:59 PM (nj1bB)
Posted by: L Rob in OK at April 10, 2012 05:59 PM (7yvLv)
Posted by: Humor Impaired American at April 10, 2012 06:00 PM (MwTP4)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at April 10, 2012 09:58 PM (RZ8pf)
It totally sucks
Posted by: Michelle Bachmann eating a corndog at April 10, 2012 06:00 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at April 10, 2012 09:58 PM (RZ8pf)
Stay the hell away from corndogs, girlfriend. Just a friendly heads-up.
Posted by: Michelle Bachmann at April 10, 2012 06:00 PM (ND9u8)
***
Yeah. We both got suckered in on that one. It was Boulder stirring things up.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 10, 2012 06:00 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Splunge at April 10, 2012 06:00 PM (2IW5Q)
Prosecutors contend that the Los Angeles Fire Department employee filed for workers compensation insurance between Dec. 2, 2008, to May 20, 2011, even as he fought in MMA bouts.
Posted by: steevy at April 10, 2012 09:54 PM
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Well, I just googled and the guy is Black (or half-Black). So it could be that fire is racist.
Posted by: the new, improved arhooley -- now with 10% more cynicism! at April 10, 2012 06:01 PM (vuKmj)
Posted by: Anson Mitchell at April 10, 2012 06:01 PM (IhUxK)
Posted by: Anson Mitchell at April 10, 2012 06:02 PM (IhUxK)
You mean like 45 year old Salma Hayek? Yeah that's old and hot. And not puffy or bitchy.
Posted by: wooga at April 10, 2012 06:02 PM (vjyZP)
In my world, that person would be dead before the shutter clicked. Anytime anyone anywhere aims a camera at me, I just hold up my hand and say "I'm in the witness protection program." LOL!! It's been working for 20+ years now.
Posted by: Peaches at April 10, 2012 06:02 PM (w407e)
Posted by: Splunge at April 10, 2012 06:03 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at April 10, 2012 06:03 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: steevy at April 10, 2012 06:03 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: L Rob in OK at April 10, 2012 06:03 PM (7yvLv)
Posted by: willow at April 10, 2012 10:01 PM (TomZ9)
Sweetie, what's wrong?!? I'm alarmed by your post, babygirl. Tell . . .
Posted by: Peaches at April 10, 2012 06:04 PM (w407e)
Posted by: Peaches at April 10, 2012 10:02 PM (w407e)
very nice.
Posted by: willow at April 10, 2012 06:04 PM (TomZ9)
Posted by: wooga at April 10, 2012 10:02 PM (vjyZP)
She had the two best parts of "Desperado"
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at April 10, 2012 06:04 PM (ND9u8)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 10, 2012 06:04 PM (Bmbjy)
Posted by: Anson Mitchell at April 10, 2012 06:04 PM (IhUxK)
Posted by: willow at April 10, 2012 06:05 PM (TomZ9)
****
Southern Baptist?!
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 10, 2012 06:05 PM (piMMO)
Well done. I was in Las Vegas once, and passed what appeared to be a trendy restaurant in the Hard Rock Cafe. It was called "The Pink Taco," which I thought to be a strange name for a restaurant.
Only after I had flown home did it come to me, and only after I had mentally pictured the titular dish.
Posted by: Splunge at April 10, 2012 06:05 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: Peaches at April 10, 2012 10:02 PM (w407e)
and they are obviously incredibly stupid. People in witness protection don't admit to being in witness protection. Its like they've never seen In Plain Sight.
Posted by: buzzion at April 10, 2012 06:05 PM (GULKT)
I started to say "eating the most delicious taco you've ever had" and then remembered what crowd I was in, and self-edited.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at April 10, 2012 10:03 PM
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Self-editing is futile! All your innuendoes are belogn to us.
Posted by: this crowd at April 10, 2012 06:06 PM (vuKmj)
Posted by: Anson Mitchell at April 10, 2012 06:06 PM (IhUxK)
yeah but with those smartphone cameras you never know these days. You. Never. Know.
Another of my favorite vacation morons is the dads who are glued to either the camera or the video camera while trying to capture every single possible moment of fun their kids are having and end up tripping and falling on their asses.
Is that mean of me?
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at April 10, 2012 06:06 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Ronster at April 10, 2012 06:06 PM (XkVVw)
And we've got a winner at 80. Well done, steevy.
Posted by: L Rob in OK at April 10, 2012 06:06 PM (7yvLv)
Posted by: Anson Mitchell at April 10, 2012 06:07 PM (IhUxK)
Posted by: Daybrother at April 10, 2012 06:08 PM (WCuHB)
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain (Formerly Abdominal Snowman) at April 10, 2012 06:08 PM (BY55s)
Posted by: Ktgreat at April 10, 2012 06:08 PM (TCTPY)
Posted by: USS Diversity at April 10, 2012 06:09 PM (vpe0k)
Posted by: steevy at April 10, 2012 06:09 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 10, 2012 06:09 PM (Bmbjy)
Here ya go. NatGeo TV is running a show called "I Escaped a Cult". Take a
guess what "cult" the first victim escaped from. Go ahead.
Jeremiah Wright's Screamin' House O' Racism?
Posted by: fluffy at April 10, 2012 06:09 PM (4pSIn)
Posted by: L Rob in OK at April 10, 2012 10:06 PM (7yvLv)
The sad thing is they could have gone with some of the scientologists who've escaped, and had a two-hour feature film that was half thriller / suspense movie and half action flick. Seriously - high-speed chases, evil lawyers...it could be riveting.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at April 10, 2012 06:09 PM (ND9u8)
Me too. I had learned about the concept in college, but somehow didn't imagine I would ever see it in person. Then came the 2008 elections, and I learned more about the Cult of Personality than I ever wanted to know.
Posted by: Splunge at April 10, 2012 06:09 PM (2IW5Q)
Helen. Mirren. Argument over.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at April 10, 2012 06:09 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Jimmah at April 10, 2012 06:10 PM (UpwlP)
Posted by: L Rob in OK at April 10, 2012 06:11 PM (7yvLv)
Posted by: willow at April 10, 2012 10:05 PM (TomZ9)
Oh, praise be, willow. I was fearful that you had something horribly wrong. It not you, it's me. I've gone from being worked half to death to being bored stupid and, frankly, I prefer the former. I'm at work all day thinking, should I stick a pen in my eye and go to the ER just for some excitement? It sux.
And, buzzion, I know how stupid that is, but I lived in Santa-fuckin'-Monica for many years and the "news at 11" were always out there and I would say that and they would simply pale and point their cameras elsewhere. Not a lot of rocket scientists among the "journalist" crowd.
Posted by: Peaches at April 10, 2012 06:11 PM (w407e)
you know i had to come here to learn taco was a dirty word.
Posted by: willow at April 10, 2012 10:09 PM (TomZ9)
You've obviously never heard Bob and Tom's song "Camel Toe" Perhaps just a bit NSFW http://tinyurl.com/yc2xq3k
Posted by: buzzion at April 10, 2012 06:12 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: toby928© at April 10, 2012 06:13 PM (GTbGH)
Meg Ryan has destroyed her looks. Then, of course, there's the Queen of Botox Nicole Kidman. I was watching Flirting the other night and holy hell she looks like a completely different person now.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at April 10, 2012 06:14 PM (Gk3SS)
Southland, though, I miss. Come baaack!
Posted by: PJ at April 10, 2012 06:14 PM (DQHjw)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at April 10, 2012 06:14 PM (ND9u8)
****
He's a pretentious shit and I don't like his movies, but his absolute determination to nailing every detail of the Titanic for the movie was impressive. His willingness to put his own ass on the line to dive to the deepest, coldest, darkest, loneliest place on earth is fucking awe-inspiring.
That map in the sidebar really put his accomplishment in context today.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 10, 2012 06:15 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: willow at April 10, 2012 06:16 PM (TomZ9)
I got 99 problems and a bitch ain't one.
Secretary of State can't even attend the damn convention.
Holder looked it up for me. Damn guy's good for something, after all, even if he did mess up my stealth gun control program.
Posted by: Barack Obama at April 10, 2012 06:16 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: toby928© at April 10, 2012 06:17 PM (GTbGH)
Posted by: steevy at April 10, 2012 06:17 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: Anson Mitchell at April 10, 2012 06:17 PM (IhUxK)
Posted by: willow at April 10, 2012 06:18 PM (TomZ9)
Posted by: Anson Mitchell at April 10, 2012 06:19 PM (IhUxK)
Posted by: Ktgreat at April 10, 2012 06:19 PM (TCTPY)
I know! I do not get the botox thing. I am vain as all hell and I would never willingly inject botulism into my body.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at April 10, 2012 06:21 PM (Gk3SS)
I blame the people she calls friends and family , not telling her you are destroying your beautiful face!
Posted by: willow at April 10, 2012 06:21 PM (TomZ9)
Helen. Mirren. Argument over.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at April 10, 2012 10:09 PM (Gk3SS)
http://tinyurl.com/cw26qpj
Homina
Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at April 10, 2012 06:22 PM (Aaxiu)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at April 10, 2012 10:21 PM (Gk3SS)
Pfft. Facial expressions only betray you when you lie. They are less than worthless.
Posted by: Madame Speaker at April 10, 2012 06:22 PM (ND9u8)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at April 10, 2012 10:14 PM (Gk3SS)
She deserves to have this happen to her. http://tinyurl.com/d6ohjts
Posted by: buzzion at April 10, 2012 06:22 PM (GULKT)
when the results are going astray , fcol, why not stop, i don't get it.
Posted by: willow at April 10, 2012 06:23 PM (TomZ9)
Great song by Simon and Garfunkel: "In My Little Town."
****
It would be cool if they surprised folks one day and broke out a song from an old Miami Vice episode.
Damn that was a good show!
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 10, 2012 06:24 PM (piMMO)
I'd like a John Derbyshire discussion, but as Vic said on Easter Sunday after Andy accused him of being a racist, we simply cannot, in this US of A, or on this Ace of Spades, have an honest discussion about race without it devolving into hideousness. I guess.
So quit referring to it or have some balls and quit being, as Holder says," a nation of cowards".
By the way, you can go over to PJ media and see J Christian Adams have a reasonable discussion, or over to the Blaze, where there are also reasonable discussions. But the commenters aren't anywhere near as entertaining or literate as you find here. I'm sorry Ace doesn't trust us to "do the right thing". heh.
Posted by: Derak at April 10, 2012 06:26 PM (VEhDR)
Posted by: Fat Face at at April 10, 2012 06:27 PM (ND9u8)
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Posted by: Anson Mitchell at April 10, 2012 06:29 PM (IhUxK)
Posted by: Worf the Wonder Klingon at April 10, 2012 06:36 PM (ilmdC)
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Yeah, but it was more than that. There was something very new about it: The music, the sun, the hot cars/boats/motorcycles/women.... an alligator.
and this great episode: http://bit.ly/Iwow4Y
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 10, 2012 06:39 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 10, 2012 06:41 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Anson Mitchell at April 10, 2012 06:48 PM (IhUxK)
Posted by: Hoggette Winslow at April 10, 2012 07:25 PM (w1Oat)
Posted by: NukemHill at April 10, 2012 09:01 PM (7WLzC)
The black guy who is a rival gang leader works at a slaughterhouse. I think I know how a few bad guys are gonna get it tonight.
Posted by: PJ at April 10, 2012 09:53 PM (DQHjw)
Posted by: Worf the Wonder Klingon at April 11, 2012 03:42 AM (ilmdC)
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Posted by: grease monkey at April 10, 2012 05:40 PM (VSWPU)