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Posted by: andy at 03:13 AM | Comments (238)
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1 No news is good news I guess.

Posted by: Molly k. at December 20, 2012 03:14 AM (vm/7/)

2 Yeah, I'm newsed out. Ben will be along with some links in a bit, though.

Posted by: Andy at December 20, 2012 03:16 AM (OZPoa)

Good morning, Â‘rons and Â‘ronettes. Instead of some depressing news, how about a little Hollywood story?

Katharine Hepburn (an actress I absolutely loathe, BTW), suffered from a common trait among her peers Â– she thought she was much more popular with film crews than she really was. During the shooting of 1938Â’s Bringing Up Baby, she generally got along well with director Howard Hawks, but at times she tried his patience to the breaking point. One day, he recalled, she got to Â“talking and talking and talkingÂ”, even when the assistant director tried to consult with Hawks.

Â“Quiet on the set!Â” Hawks shouted, but still Hepburn kept going on. Finally, Hawks told the AD to simply tell everyone to sit down and just look at Hepburn. In a moment or two, the actress realized what was happening. Â“What are we waiting for?Â” she asked. Â“I was just wondering when the parrot was going to stop squawking.Â” the director answered.

Â“I want a word with you,Â” Hepburn snapped. She pulled Hawks aside. Â“Howard,Â” she said, gesturing to the crew, Â“these people are friends of mine, and if you say things like that to me. . .well,Â” she smirked, Â“youÂ’re liable to get yourself in trouble.Â”

Hawks looked up. In the flies above was a burly electrician with a huge light. Â“Eddie,Â” he called up, Â“if you had a choice between dropping that lamp on Miss Hepburn or on me, which would you choose?Â”

The electrician yelled back, Â“Step aside, Mr. Hawks!Â”

And thatÂ’s it for now. Hope you all have a wonderful day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 20, 2012 03:18 AM (zF6Iw)

4 Well. No content is good content? That what we're goin with?

Save us Vic! You're our only hope!

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 20, 2012 03:18 AM (da5Wo)

5 I slept in this morning. Weather was too good yesterday. Sorry I am still catching up.

Posted by: Vic at December 20, 2012 03:20 AM (53z96)

6 Â“Step aside, Mr. Hawks!Â”

Classic

Posted by: pep at December 20, 2012 03:20 AM (USJNU)

7 Looks like we got about 5" of the white stuff and the wind is starting to pick up. Supposed to get another 5" with winds gusting to 35 mph. Sounds like a nice day.

Posted by: lowandslow at December 20, 2012 03:23 AM (GZitp)

8 And when did we start naming snowstorms?

Posted by: lowandslow at December 20, 2012 03:25 AM (GZitp)

9 I woke up feeling like crap this morning.

Posted by: The I Always Feel Like Crap Guy at December 20, 2012 03:25 AM (+Gft4)

10 Some news, repost from the ONT

Well after last night there are more people for the Democrats to call millionaires and not be liars.

A ticket worth $50 million in the Powerball lottery was sold in Kansas.
A ticket in OK was sold that matched all five numbers and powerplay for $2 million.
And tickets in CT, FL, IN, NH, NJ, WI, WV matched all five numbers to win $1 million for the lucky people.

The winning numbers are: 5 8 20 23 30 and red ball was 3.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 03:25 AM (J+mgg)

11 Step aside Mr. Biden

Posted by: Opus An Arcus at December 20, 2012 03:26 AM (XRyei)

12 Scott Brown wants to ban assault weapons. I guess a private citizen is entitled to his opinion.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at December 20, 2012 03:26 AM (uhAkr)

13 In the flies above was a burly electrician

Thank you for the story MPPPP
What is/are flies?

Posted by: Bruce at December 20, 2012 03:27 AM (Q6u7O)

14 The snowstorm union finally complained to the Weather Channel? That the hurricanes got all the sexy names and wanted in on the action, or else.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 03:27 AM (J+mgg)

15 >> And when did we start naming snowstorms? That's a stupid Weather Channel thing that should die a quick but painful death.

Posted by: Andy at December 20, 2012 03:28 AM (OZPoa)

16 And when did we start naming snowstorms?

I think this year they started naming the winter storms. You just know that there is someone(s) at the national weather service that is in charge of naming them, and that is allllll they do.

Gives the weather idiots on TV something to orgasm about when another BIG STORM OH MY GOD approaches.

Posted by: Bruce at December 20, 2012 03:29 AM (Q6u7O)

17 On this day in 1803 that evil conservative Thomas Jefferson purchased half of the United States from France for $15 million dollars.

Of course the assholes opposed it. It would be $348 million today in 1913 dollars.

Less than what the chief asshole spends on travel now.

Posted by: Vic at December 20, 2012 03:30 AM (53z96)

18 The unserious President. Tempted to 'shop this down so it looks like he is reacting to seeing his image.

http://tinyurl.com/cbmbvok

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 03:30 AM (J+mgg)

19 It has a name? What? SCOAMF?

Posted by: VW Zao at December 20, 2012 03:31 AM (vWZa0)

20 Happy Apocalypse Eve everyone! I plan to celebrate the traditional way by stuffing pie down my pie hole.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. We're not worthy. at December 20, 2012 03:32 AM (Gk3SS)

21 Less than what the chief asshole spends on travel now.

Posted by: Vic at December 20, 2012 07:30 AM (53z96)

Show some respect, Vic. That's Asshole-in-Chief to you.

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at December 20, 2012 03:33 AM (Gkhxf)

22 The unserious President.

I'll give him a break on this one. He's just playing with a kid.

I know. I'm a RINO.

Posted by: pep at December 20, 2012 03:33 AM (USJNU)

23 "It has a name?"

Draco, evidently he's going to break us.

Posted by: lowandslow at December 20, 2012 03:34 AM (GZitp)

24 Boner will get the House to vote on "Plan B" otherwise known as the "Pelosi Commie Giveaway".

http://is.gd/vCUWSr

Posted by: Vic at December 20, 2012 03:35 AM (53z96)

25 One of my very conservative and outspoken patients told me this AM to tell him how much that implant case we are going to do in 3 months will cost because he wants to pay me this year in advance. MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR! Morning all

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 20, 2012 03:35 AM (79ueO)

26 What time does the apocalypse start? I don't want to be caught with my pants down.

Posted by: Fritz at December 20, 2012 03:36 AM (K/NRd)

27 Katharine Hepburn (an actress I absolutely loathe, BTW)

Oh all hail cthulhu, I do as well. Cannot stand her at all.

Here's some happy (for me) news - in addition to a nice Christmas bonus, the Boss decided that we're going to close on Monday as well, unless two big things can go Monday morning and oh please let them I am about to stompy everyone involved [ but I digress ], so I am looking at a five day weekend.

*jumps up and down in glee*

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. We're not worthy. at December 20, 2012 03:37 AM (Gk3SS)

28 What time does the apocalypse start? I don't want to be caught with my pants down. Posted by: Fritz at December 20, 2012 07:36 AM (K/NRd) Actually I wouldn't mind being caught with my pants down if it is like Nelson Rockefeller did.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 20, 2012 03:37 AM (79ueO)

29 Powerball winners donate $3 million for an Iowa high school to build a new football stadium. One proviso is the visiting team's locker room must be painted pink.
http://tinyurl.com/cxmmehc

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 03:37 AM (J+mgg)

30 <-- Insert pie here.

Posted by: Pie Hole at December 20, 2012 03:38 AM (i7B17)

31 That is great news Alexthechick. Five days off, plenty of time to teach the velicoraptors to drive and perhaps pick locks.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 03:39 AM (J+mgg)

32 get that pie outta my face

Posted by: glory hole at December 20, 2012 03:39 AM (yWfMC)

33 the Boss decided that we're going to close on Monday as well, unless two big things can go Monday morning and oh please let them I am about to stompy everyone involved [ but I digress ], so I am looking at a five day weekend. *jumps up and down in glee* Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. We're not worthy. at December 20, 2012 07:37 AM (Gk3SS) I'm the Boss for me and my Staff and we are taking MOnday of both weeks- XMass and New Years and since Wednesday is our normal day off, that means some nice long weekends 2 weeks in a row.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 20, 2012 03:40 AM (79ueO)

34 In fairness to Ms. Hepburn, what's the guy going to say? It's not like SHE employs any of them...

That movie was and is spectacularly fun, and I don't know whether she was off her medication when they made it or what, but the energy she brought to that role was very unlike anything else she's done.

I mean, it's not like she'd never played a ditzy broad before, it was kind of a cliche for her, but in that movie she went to 11, as they say.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 20, 2012 03:40 AM (BeSEI)

35 Powerball winners donate $3 million for an Iowa high school to build a new football stadium. One proviso is the visiting team's locker room must be painted pink. http://tinyurl.com/cxmmehc Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 07:37 AM (J+mgg) I think that is great

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 20, 2012 03:40 AM (79ueO)

36 Scott Brown wants to ban assault weapons.

What would the asshole say if SC banned him and made it a felony punishable by death if he came into the State?

Come Nikki do it.

Posted by: Vic at December 20, 2012 03:41 AM (53z96)

37 i can haz travel advisory thread?

Posted by: lolzhole at December 20, 2012 03:41 AM (yWfMC)

And when did we start naming snowstorms?

Every time we have a semi-heavy snowfall now the media creams itself with headlines of 'SNOWMAGEDDON!!111!!ELEVENTYSQUARED!!!

Because heavy snowfall is so rare here...in ummm...Canada.

Posted by: Lurking Canuck at December 20, 2012 03:43 AM (BrQrN)

39 The few times I have like Katherine Hepburn in a movie was 'The African Queen' and 'The Lion in Winter.' Then again she was starring with Humphrey Bogart and Peter O'Toole.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 03:44 AM (J+mgg)

40 i can haz travel advisory thread? Posted by: lolzhole at December 20, 2012 07:41 AM (yWfMC) Don't travel. Stay home.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 20, 2012 03:44 AM (79ueO)

41 The few times I have like Katherine Hepburn in a movie was 'The African Queen' and 'The Lion in Winter.' Then again she was starring with Humphrey Bogart and Peter O'Toole. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 07:44 AM (J+mgg) She was a flaming liberal who would have fit in just fine with today's crazy liberals.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 20, 2012 03:44 AM (79ueO)

42 "i can haz travel advisory thread?"

Plows aren't even out here yet, so they made my travel plans to work for me.

Posted by: lowandslow at December 20, 2012 03:45 AM (GZitp)

43 >>>Actually I wouldn't mind being caught with my pants down if it is like Nelson Rockefeller did.

To shuffle off your mortal coil in the throes of passion? With a hooker?

I'm putting that on my bucket list.

Posted by: Fritz at December 20, 2012 03:45 AM (K/NRd)

44 Speaking of Canada, police are busy rounding up a ring of thieves accused of stealing Six Million pounds of maple syrup.
http://tinyurl.com/d7zluaw

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 03:45 AM (J+mgg)

45 not expecting snowmageddon but i am driving midwest on the weekend. i expect delays but timing is everything

Posted by: lolzhole at December 20, 2012 03:46 AM (yWfMC)

46 Nevergiveup. I was speaking of her performances in those movies. Not the idiot actress.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 03:47 AM (J+mgg)

47 The official Chinese government news agency, Xinhua, has demanded the US immediately adopt stricter gun control measures to reduce the number of firearms the US populace is permitted to possess.

The Chinese state-controlled mediaÂ’s statement, titled Â“Innocent Blood Demands No Delay for US Gun Control,Â” is primarily focused on the Newtown tragedy in which 26 Americans were killed by a mad gunman. Twenty of the victims were young children.

The Chinese government stated, Â“Their blood and tears demand no delay for the U.S. gun control.Â”

In an apparent effort to restrict information to their populace, the Chinese government wrote of a number of US mass shootings but failed to mention they were either stopped by a citizen legally carrying a firearm or otherwise only occurred in the controversial gun-free zones that critics say make prime targets for madmen.

Posted by: Fu Man Chu at December 20, 2012 03:47 AM (e8kgV)

48 We have a new Miss Universe. Miss USA Olivia Culpo was crowned the new Miss Universe.
http://tinyurl.com/cq3qef3

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 03:48 AM (J+mgg)

49 44 -

I'm trying to think of a joke for that, but it's kind of hard to top Canadians stealing 6 million pounds of maple syrup.

The only thing missing from the story is the Princess of Canada, and narration by Trey Parker.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 20, 2012 03:48 AM (BeSEI)

50 If there is one virtue voters had every reason to expect from Barack Obama, it is a strong sense of social justice. Yet somehow the one-time community organizer has dropped that ball when it comes to the exercise of his constitutional power to pardon individuals who have committed federal offenses. With only one sentence commutation and 22 pardons (for offenders who served their time), Obama has the lowest pardon rate of any modern president.

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at December 20, 2012 03:48 AM (e8kgV)

51 not expecting snowmageddon but i am driving midwest on the weekend. i expect delays but timing is everything Posted by: lolzhole at December 20, 2012 07:46 AM (yWfMC) Put the "weather underground" apt on your phone. It's a real good weather apt.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 20, 2012 03:49 AM (79ueO)

52 #41 Probably she was a liberal, but she never BOTHERED anyone about it.

Until the Kennedy election of 1960, Hollywood people kept their political opinions to themselves, except for selling War Bonds during WWII.

Peter Lawford (a tangential member of the Rat Pack) brought out a whole bunch of Hollywood people to campaign for his brother-in-law. Once that happened, it was like the damn burst, and we have been bothered by Hollywood stars pontificating over political issues ever since.

Posted by: Miss Marple at December 20, 2012 03:49 AM (GoIUi)

53 Kansas travel advisory - don't. I-70 was closed in the western part of the state last night due to blowing snow. Eastern 1/3 of the state getting snow with 40+ mph wind. Go to KDOT website (sorry, no linky) for latest updates. Travel possible in a worthy vehicle I imagine but if you don't have to... This started out as rain before the temps dropped so snow on ice probable on bridges and overpasses.

Posted by: In Cognito at December 20, 2012 03:49 AM (ZA2xI)

54 I was speaking of her performances in those movies. Not the idiot actress. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 07:47 AM (J+mgg) Yeah I know, but it is becoming increasingly hard for me to separate politics from everything else for me now a days. It has even made cheering for Derek Jeter alot harder now knowing he supported obama. But hey that's just me

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 20, 2012 03:50 AM (79ueO)

55 OMG BCochran is a GINGER!!!!

Posted by: Truman North (D) at December 20, 2012 03:50 AM (I2LwF)

56 Probably she was a liberal, but she never BOTHERED anyone about it. Until the Kennedy election of 1960, Hollywood people kept their political opinions to themselves, except for selling War Bonds during WWII. The cock suckers should have stuck to that policy

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 20, 2012 03:51 AM (79ueO)

57 "flies" = flyspace, the space above the performing area where rigging raises and lowers (flies) scenic elements and lighting.

Posted by: sophistahick at December 20, 2012 03:51 AM (UhXzR)

58 Bruce, "flies" is the name given to the rigging (weights, ropes, decks and lofts) around an enclosed movie set. It's where the electricians hang overhead lights (or stand and move spotlights, if they have to). If you ever go backstage at a theater and look up, what you see are the flies.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 20, 2012 03:52 AM (zF6Iw)

59 The few times I have like Katherine Hepburn in a movie was 'The African Queen' and 'The Lion in Winter.'

"How about eternal peace. Now there's a thought."

I'll watch 'The Lion in Winter' every time I happen to find it on TV.

"If I'd managed boys for good, good Louis I'd still be queen of France and we would not have known each other."

Posted by: Retread at December 20, 2012 03:52 AM (zxitI)

60 hepburn - coolest thing was she never spoke to michael jackson after she figured out what he was about. worst is she didnt have him locked up

Posted by: lolzhole at December 20, 2012 03:52 AM (yWfMC)

61 #50 This has to do with my theory that Obama really despises most of us. I firmly believe he reads those pardon requests and denies them because he knows he is causing more suffering.

I no longer believe he has any redeeming virtues. Not one.

Posted by: Miss Marple at December 20, 2012 03:52 AM (GoIUi)

62 To wash out images of the harridan Katherine Hepburn, Heidi Klum on vacation.
http://tinyurl.com/cevlcds

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 03:52 AM (J+mgg)

63 I don't watch the alphabet news, but it's always funny when they stick some poor schmuck out on an overpass in Chicago to tell you that the weather is or will be crappy and will affect traffic.
Hell, traffic goes to shit around here for no reason at all, so a storm is no biggy.

Posted by: Bruce at December 20, 2012 03:52 AM (Q6u7O)

64 mpppp, beat you.

Posted by: sophistahick at December 20, 2012 03:52 AM (UhXzR)

65 They need to expand storm names. I want to see some idiot reporter getting half blown off on a pier complaining about Beauregard or Shaniqua.

Posted by: AE at December 20, 2012 03:53 AM (HYceo)

66 Catherine Hepburn was a royal B*tch. She made her husband change his name because she thought it was bad. His last name was Smith. While she was screwing Spencer Tracy and still married everyone adored her even in the day when that was not "OK". I tried to watch one of those movies and it made me puke.

Piss on her and all her generations. And she was worst than Kim Darby opposite John Wayne and that is saying a lot.

Posted by: Vic at December 20, 2012 03:53 AM (53z96)

67 Just cannot get over giant Dawg with kiddo. Probably Down's Syndrome , I guess... That's so amazing ! Gigantor Dawg, little tyke...

Posted by: Deety at December 20, 2012 03:54 AM (8eLGd)

68

Thank you sohistachick.

I come for the snark, and stay for the learning.

Posted by: Bruce at December 20, 2012 03:54 AM (Q6u7O)

69 going through chicago indiana wisconsin this weekend. i think that gives those union boys a coupla days to clear a way?

Posted by: lolzhole at December 20, 2012 03:54 AM (yWfMC)

70 I no longer believe he has any redeeming virtues. Not one. Posted by: Miss Marple at December 20, 2012 07:52 AM (GoIUi) Nastiest President EVER. He hates America and all real Americans. And that's just for starters

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 20, 2012 03:54 AM (79ueO)

71 @16: the National Weather Service opposes naming winter storms; it's just another way NBC is ruining the Weather Channel.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 20, 2012 03:55 AM (OevbG)

72 The other day ... I posted a youtube video of a guy who stole a tank from a national guard armory and went on a rampage through San Diego with it (1995). Let that sink in to your brain for a moment . . . the man stole a tank. He stole it from a national guard armory. This man was so determined that he went into a military installation and stole a huge piece of hardware. He didnÂ’t care about the laws he broke, and he certainly didnÂ’t care about the lengths he would have to go to in order to accomplish his task. Yet somehow we Â“defeatists,Â” are supposed to believe that although the law and regulations canÂ’t stop a man from going on a tank rampage, the law and regulations will stop someone from getting a gun and going on a shooting spree?

Posted by: Leopold "Butters" Stotch at December 20, 2012 03:56 AM (e8kgV)

73 61 -

I heard some of the quotes from the press conference yesterday. Rush played his response to Tapper's question, and the only conclusion possible is that this guy, the one who has been reelected President of the United States is a low, shallow, simple-minded jerk.

He didn't even have enough sense to NOT say "it's not like I've been on vacation."

I swear, it's like he doesn't even know.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 20, 2012 03:57 AM (BeSEI)

74 we need tank control

Posted by: lolzhole at December 20, 2012 03:57 AM (yWfMC)

75 My daughter just asked me what the difference was between a hippy and a hobo. 8 years old and wise beyond her years. I am a proud moron.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 20, 2012 03:57 AM (jucos)

76 #70 Seriously, has anyone ever heard of one personal act of kindness Obama has ever done? I don't mean something in a speech or signing a bill, but something he did as a man for someone else?

Every single president, even people like Carter and LBJ, had stories about them helping a neighbor or intervening to help someone, maybe taking the time to write a letter to a sick kid or something.

I have never seen one thing like this about Obama.

Posted by: Miss Marple at December 20, 2012 03:57 AM (GoIUi)

77 Retread exactly. The dialog in 'The Lion in Winter' is some of the most brutal but smart-a@@ on film. And Hepburn is perfect as the cold and calculating Eleanor of Aquataine. And poor poor Anthony Hopkins, being holed by the King of France aka Timothy Dalton.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 03:57 AM (J+mgg)

78 the National Weather Service opposes naming winter storms; it's just another way NBC is ruining the Weather Channel.
Posted by: Ian S.

Thanks, I just figured is was the NWS. Maybe TWC thought we needed more crappy coverage of simple storms. Al Roker in the morning on that channel makes it unwatchable if the volume is on.

Posted by: Bruce at December 20, 2012 03:58 AM (Q6u7O)

79 You butter your Scotch? Well, since that stuff is so nasty no matter how old or expensive, butter is probably an improvement.

Posted by: In Cognito at December 20, 2012 03:59 AM (t9e6Q)

80 TFG only has a story of him in Hawai'i being high on choom, racing in a car, wrecking, almost killing the other person in the car, and giggling after wards.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 04:00 AM (J+mgg)

81 I read the NYT coverage of the press going off-script at that press conference. The tut-tut of the commenters was uniform. Against the press of course for not following the script.

Posted by: Truman North (D) at December 20, 2012 04:01 AM (I2LwF)

Oh all hail cthulhu, I do as well. Cannot stand her at all.

Every day, you continue to earn my devotion and loyalty, Imperial One.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 20, 2012 04:01 AM (zF6Iw)

83 If it makes you feel any better, Vic... Katherine Hepburn was not allowed to attend the funeral of her, ? , Spencer Tracy. Spence would have wanted it that way...

Posted by: Deety at December 20, 2012 04:02 AM (8eLGd)

84 @77 The Lion In Winter gives me some understanding of if not sympathy for kids who like to watch the same Barney vids over and over again.

This quote from it seems appropriate for the moron nation:

"I'd hang you from the nipples but you'd shock the children."

Posted by: Retread at December 20, 2012 04:02 AM (zxitI)

85 70 Nastiest President EVER. He hates America and all real Americans. And that's just for starters Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 20, 2012 07:54 AM (79ueO) --- Let's not forget that Wilson imprisoned over 100,000 dissidents without trial.

Posted by: Tears of John's Boehner at December 20, 2012 04:03 AM (BgIBZ)

86 Or this one from Eleanor

"I even made poor Louis take me on Crusade. How's that for blasphemy. I dressed my maids as Amazons and rode bare-breasted halfway to Damascus. Louis had a seizure and I damn near died of windburn... but the troops were dazzled."

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 04:03 AM (J+mgg)

87 We have a new Miss Universe.

Seems really arrogant that they only allow entrants from Earth.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at December 20, 2012 04:05 AM (hO8IJ)

The other day ... I posted a youtube video of a guy who stole a tank from a national guard armory and went on a rampage through San Diego with it (1995).

Ace's first hobo hunt?

Rachel Corried Hobo is a bit dry for my tastes.

Posted by: Lurking Canuck at December 20, 2012 04:05 AM (BrQrN)

89 The Chinese government stated, Â“Their blood and tears demand no delay for the U.S. gun control.Â”

Tens of millions of dead victims of Chinese communism had no comment.

Posted by: pep at December 20, 2012 04:05 AM (USJNU)

90 I have never seen one thing like this about Obama. Posted by: Miss Marple at December 20, 2012 07:57 AM (GoIUi) Agreed! I posted early this morning about this: there are no "candid" photos of tfg showing any parental or marital affection. Everything is staged. Couple that with no "old and true friends" & no good deeds done ever...it's as if this guy does not exist. I only wish it were so. Oh, and I despise the msm for creating and abetting him.

Posted by: RondinellaMamma at December 20, 2012 04:06 AM (53riN)

91 Its the thoughts that counts.
http://tinyurl.com/cdhgjca

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 04:07 AM (J+mgg)

92 "69 going through chicago indiana wisconsin this weekend. i think that gives those union boys a coupla days to clear a way?"

All the roads will be plowed by noon tomorrow. I'm sure the interstates will be completely free of snow. The backroads won't be melted off but regardless of what most drivers think, all that means is you gotta slow down a little. I think they're calling for another storm after Christmas.

Posted by: lowandslow at December 20, 2012 04:07 AM (GZitp)

93 Bruce, it's Hick not Chick. Do I need to explain the difference for you, or is your learning complete for the day (full snark).

Posted by: sophistahick at December 20, 2012 04:07 AM (UhXzR)

94 No snow predicted for DC, because I dropped a wad on an overkill snowblower.

You're welcome, DC-ites.

Posted by: pep at December 20, 2012 04:08 AM (USJNU)

95 The difference between a hippy and a hobo? Rich parents?

Posted by: Lord Humungous at December 20, 2012 04:09 AM (i7B17)

96 I'm trying to think of a joke for that, but it's kind of hard to top Canadians stealing 6 million pounds of maple syrup.

So they find themselves with 6m pounds of maple syrup on their hands, a sticky situation. The cops are closing in. They'll have to stick together or they'll all be up a tree. One turns to the other and says "Well this is a sweet mess we're in".

Posted by: DaveA at December 20, 2012 04:09 AM (Xefrb)

My favorite Katharine Hepburn story:

When my daughter was 5 or 6, my mom was visiting and pulled the girl's hair back into a ponytail. My mom said "she looks like Audrey Hepburn"; ya know, with the bangs and the rest of the hair pulled back, delicate features, etc.

My husband looks absolutely horrified and we're wondering why...then he relaxes and says, "Oh, *Audrey* Hepburn.

Posted by: Mama AJ at December 20, 2012 04:09 AM (SUKHu)

98 HeatherRadish, yeah Miss Tau Ceti is still on her way for the competition. She should be here in about 36 years.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 04:09 AM (J+mgg)

>>No snow predicted for DC, because I dropped a wad on an overkill snowblower.

I made it rain for 3 days by buying solar powered Christmas lights.

Posted by: Mama AJ at December 20, 2012 04:10 AM (SUKHu)

100 sophistahick,

I guess I should copy and paste instead of relying on my memory. You could explain the difference, but pointy elbow pictures are always better.

Yes snark. More please

Posted by: Bruce at December 20, 2012 04:11 AM (Q6u7O)

101 No nudes is never good news.

Posted by: Hef at December 20, 2012 04:12 AM (1Qpmy)

102 I've had relations with girls of many races Humans are the best.

Posted by: Truman North (D) at December 20, 2012 04:12 AM (I2LwF)

103

Catherine Hepburn was a royal B*tch. She made her husband change his name because she thought it was bad. His last name was Smith. While she was screwing Spencer Tracy and still married everyone adored her even in the day when that was not "OK". I tried to watch one of those movies and it made me puke.

Of course, Hollywood gossip also whispered that the great Tracy / Hepburn love story was nothing but a fraud, she using him to cover her lesbian inclinations and him using her to cover his taste for young male flesh. As far as Tracy goes, I've never seen what the big deal about him was; I only like him in The Last Hurrah (a much better book than movie, IMO) and It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 20, 2012 04:13 AM (zF6Iw)

104 Gun crime- a modest proposal. Since it seems its always criminals that do these shootings, they should pass a law banning criminals. Law abiding people abide by laws, especially when they own guns. We've tried laws abridging our civil right to carry guns. We've tried 22,000 of them. That's the number of anti-gun laws on the books in America. They don't stop criminals from doing criminal things. This is my first proposal: What we really need is laws banning murder, attempted murder, and so forth. With punishments! Threatening criminals with punishment will work. It just hasn't been tried yet. Gun-free zones are great places for criminals to go murdering with guns, which they almost always attain illegally (since they're criminals, you see.) This is probably because they know that it is unlikely that someone who obeys laws will be there to shoot back (since they are law-abiders, you see.) Since 1950, all but one mass killing has happened in a gun-free zone! My second proposal, then, is to ban gun-free zones. If they do not exist, then the criminals won't know where it is safe for them to go murdering. Since criminals are a superstitious, cowardly lot, this may in some way deter them from going for the easy, no-risk murders. It is also clear that where gun laws are strictest, murder rates by guns are the highest. Therefore, I believe national, comprehensive guncare is a pressing issue of the highest priority. This is my third proposal. Let everyone who can afford a handgun buy one, or if they don't, pay a fine. And let them pay just a little more to make sure the most vulnerable among us can get affordable guns that will protect them in dire circumstances. The Affordable Care Act is a good blueprint for what such a law should look like, and I call on Speaker Boner to draft and pass such a comprehensive gun care law for the good of the country- and for the children. Some say we cannot afford to make everyone in America a gun owner. There are still some 100 million of us unprotected. To those folks, I will simply say we cannot afford to see another criminal in a gun-free zone prey upon the most vulnerable; we cannot afford NOT to act to stop the next Newtown massacre.

Posted by: Truman North (D) at December 20, 2012 04:13 AM (I2LwF)

105 You butter your Scotch? Well, since that stuff is so nasty no matter how old or expensive, butter is probably an improvement. Posted by: In Cognito at December 20, 2012 07:59 AM (t9e6Q) more likely a user malfunction.

Posted by: yankeefifth at December 20, 2012 04:14 AM (Z9EHQ)

106 Hi AtC, hope you are enjoying some breakfast pie

Posted by: chemjeff at December 20, 2012 04:14 AM (Ds4No)

107 Audrey! The Hepburn that was as pretty as Katherine thought she, herself, was.

Posted by: In Cognito at December 20, 2012 04:14 AM (t9e6Q)

108 With all the snow, I think I may have to splurge on the full version of Plants vs. Zombies.

Posted by: chemjeff at December 20, 2012 04:15 AM (Ds4No)

109 > we need tank control

Posted by: lolzhole at December 20, 2012 07:57 AM (yWfMC)

Look, when tanks are outlawed, only outlaws will have tanks

Posted by: Jones in CO at December 20, 2012 04:15 AM (8sCoq)

110 The Affordable Care Act is a good blueprint for what such a law should look like, and I call on Speaker Boner to draft and pass such a comprehensive gun care law for the good of the country- and for the children.

*snicker*

Too bad logic is not the strong suit of libs, or SCOAMF.

Posted by: Retread at December 20, 2012 04:16 AM (zxitI)

111 Seriously, has anyone ever heard of one personal act of kindness Obama has ever done? I don't mean something in a speech or signing a bill, but something he did as a man for someone else? A true "progressive" like Obama actually walks the talk. Outsource that shit to the state. After all, it takes a village.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at December 20, 2012 04:17 AM (V3kRK)

112 Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at December 20, 2012 07:26 AM (uhAkr)

I agree with Scott Brown...we should ban assault weapons.

Let's start with baseball bats.

They are shockingly good assault weapons, and most kids in America are trained in their use...by THE SCHOOLS!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 20, 2012 04:18 AM (GsoHv)

113 >>>> The other day ... I posted a youtube video of a guy who stole a tank from a national guard armory and went on a rampage through San Diego with it<<<<<<

Tanks for the memories......

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at December 20, 2012 04:20 AM (KAWvv)

114 All this talk of tanks. Dominion Tank Police.
http://youtu.be/eGTZLuuTPi8

Uni and I ... ggrrrr... that Leona Ozaki and her toy tank!

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 04:21 AM (J+mgg)

115 Let's not forget that Wilson imprisoned over 100,000 dissidents without trial. Posted by: Tears of John's Boehner at December 20, 2012 08:03 AM (BgIBZ) But with a smile on his face

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 20, 2012 04:21 AM (79ueO)

116 Trivia question: Where do you often (a couple of times a year at least) see the very odd fraction 23/30ths?

Posted by: Truman North (D) at December 20, 2012 04:22 AM (I2LwF)

117 But with a smile on his face
Posted by: Nevergiveup

And a song on his lips.

Posted by: Bruce at December 20, 2012 04:22 AM (Q6u7O)

118 re: 'Couple that with no "old and true friends"'

He does have some...in a sense. The guy's weird and doesn't have any friend-friends, but, e.g., he's known Tim Geithner since they were kids. Which points to the problem.

A list of Obama's old pals doesn't fit the I-was-born-a-poor-black-child story, so...we don't get a list. The only pre-Chicago longish-term acquaintance of his who's not a ruling-class big-shit is Sohale Siddiqi, his goofy Pakistani drug buddy.

Can't tell that story either.

So.

Posted by: oblig. at December 20, 2012 04:22 AM (cePv8)

119 i can haz travel advisory thread?

Posted by: lolzhole at December 20, 2012 07:41 AM (yWfMC)

Wear shoes.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 20, 2012 04:22 AM (GsoHv)

120 76 #70 Seriously, has anyone ever heard of one personal act of kindness Obama has ever done? Does a Reach around count?

Posted by: Reggie Love at December 20, 2012 04:23 AM (XYpsB)

121 "We have a new Miss Universe. Miss USA Olivia Culpo was crowned the new Miss Universe.
http://tinyurl.com/cq3qef3

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 07:48 AM (J+mgg)"

Contestants from Alpha Centauri, and Tau Ceti were unable to compete this year due to severe travel delays.

Posted by: Al at December 20, 2012 04:24 AM (V70Uh)

122 >>>Seriously, has anyone ever heard of one personal act of kindness Obama has ever done?

um. No.

Didn't Obama make the Dalai Lama take out the White House trash?

Posted by: Fritz at December 20, 2012 04:24 AM (K/NRd)

123 Smile with a butt on his face? I buy that.

Posted by: Truman North (D) at December 20, 2012 04:25 AM (g45G2)

124

Trivia question:

Where do you often (a couple of times a year at least) see the very odd fraction 23/30ths?

Sounds strange to me......I give up.

Posted by: Lizzy "Shitting Bull" Warren at December 20, 2012 04:26 AM (BrQrN)

125 more likely a user malfunction Look at it this way, people like me help keep the price of scotch down for people who like it. And since you like scotch, you help keep the cost of of a great drink like Blantons down for me. Works out for both of us.

Posted by: In Cognito at December 20, 2012 04:26 AM (kGDRz)

126 Hi Morons and Moronettes. I'm online trying to purchase an AR-15. Actually I think they are girly guns, but in the current atmosphere I thought I better snag one. 100 round AR mags sold out too! None to be had! 75 round AK drums sold out as well! No Saiga 20 round mags either. Could this have anything to do with "Gun Grabby McFlap ears gun announcement?" I think people have voted on gun control with their wallets! Hey I found a great deal on PPS-43C -35 round mags and some 30 round AK mags. I gotta run kids...have fun and be nice to each other , except for the socks! Rip them socks a new A hole!

Posted by: Judge_Roy_bean at December 20, 2012 04:28 AM (XPw+D)

127 >>>I'll watch 'The Lion in Winter' every time I happen to find it on TV. "If I'd managed boys for good, good Louis I'd still be queen of France and we would not have known each other." Posted by: Retread Buy the dvd with the director's commentary. I found it for about 5 bucks 7 years ago. Another great commentary is O'Toole in Beckett.

Posted by: Walkers! at December 20, 2012 04:28 AM (jWwDJ)

128 all the Hepburn comments remind me of that scene in The Aviator, while DiCaprio's character is coming to a slow boil at the luncheon-at-the-country-estate table, and the actress playing Hepburn's mother trills a laugh at his obvious discomfort with the platitudes being batted around and says "Weeeeahh AHHHLLLLLL Socialists heeahh, mistah Huuuuuuuuughes!", and he blows up beginning "Of course you are ma'am, you can all afford to be."

Posted by: barbarausa at December 20, 2012 04:28 AM (WWeoI)

129 1460+ days to go until the next election. When do the Republican primary debates start? After the new year?

Posted by: RWC at December 20, 2012 04:30 AM (fWAjv)

130

I stopped watching TWC when they flooded programming with all the realty show BS.

40 degrees and pouring the rain now. Yeek! Chicken noodle soup for breakfast...

Posted by: Cicero Kid at December 20, 2012 04:31 AM (1+QgF)

131 Ah. So the natural order reasserts itself ...

Posted by: Brother Cavil at December 20, 2012 04:32 AM (mbxHg)

132 Seriously, has anyone ever heard of one personal act of kindness Obama has ever done? um. No. Didn't Obama make the Dalai Lama take out the White House trash? Posted by: Fritz at December 20, 2012 08:24 AM (K/NRd) Fed Netanyahu peanuts while obama went off to diner

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 20, 2012 04:33 AM (79ueO)

133 Judge Roy Bean. Skip the Beta C-mag and its clones. 100rd magazine for the AR-15 is a waste. The C-mag is not reliable to always feed plus how it makes the AR-15 very front heavy unless the gun is used as a light machine gun with a sling. Stick with the 30rd magazines.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 04:33 AM (J+mgg)

134

Seriously, has anyone ever heard of one personal act of kindness Obama has ever done?

I heard he didn't Bogart the joint that one time....

Posted by: Lurking Canuck at December 20, 2012 04:34 AM (BrQrN)

135 Do we have enough garands sitting in Korea to put one in every school office?

Posted by: Jean at December 20, 2012 04:34 AM (+3KBg)

136 Just what I needed to make this season even more miserable: According to the Boston Herald, Democrats here are trying to convince the son of the late, never-great murderer, drunkard, traitor and self-important entitled fuckstick Turd Kennedy to go for the family Senate seat.

bit.ly/12rrobi

Of course they are also looking to run our very own Devil Patrick, a/k/a Choom Boy Lite, for the presidency in '16.

What a worthless POS state this is!

Posted by: MrScribbler at December 20, 2012 04:34 AM (yKUrR)

137 Ok, whoever posted that trivia question regarding 23/30th better not leave before answering.

Posted by: RWC at December 20, 2012 04:35 AM (fWAjv)

138 Buy the dvd with the director's commentary. I found it for about 5 bucks 7 years ago.

Another great commentary is O'Toole in Beckett.

I checked Amazon a few minutes ago and there are some sold by associates so I'll look for one with the commentary. A bit surprised not to find 'new' from Amazon itself, but maybe I just need more coffee.

Posted by: Retread at December 20, 2012 04:36 AM (zxitI)

139 Look at it this way, people like me help keep the price of scotch down for people who like it. And since you like scotch, you help keep the cost of of a great drink like Blantons down for me. Works out for both of us. Posted by: In Cognito at December 20, 2012 08:26 AM (kGDRz)

Posted by: yankeefifth at December 20, 2012 04:36 AM (Z9EHQ)

140 Certain months?

Posted by: Jean at December 20, 2012 04:37 AM (+3KBg)

141 If you swore an oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution, this may be for you: http://preview.tinyurl.com/ne26jy

Posted by: Thorvald at December 20, 2012 04:38 AM (1V6Pv)

142 What Dr. Sowell said: http://preview.tinyurl.com/blfovwt

Posted by: Thorvald at December 20, 2012 04:39 AM (1V6Pv)

143 Katherine Hepburn.
The Barbed Cock of Satan.

Some assembly required.

Posted by: Vizzini [/i] at December 20, 2012 04:40 AM (O7Q1u)

144

Dow Jones Industrial Average is made from 30 stocks...

Yeh, I got nothing.

Posted by: Mama AJ at December 20, 2012 04:40 AM (SUKHu)

145 23/30 ~ ratio of TFG fanboys that prefer bukaki to a donkey punch.

Posted by: Donky Bong at December 20, 2012 04:40 AM (i7B17)

146 23/30? The percentage of the month Moochelle is on the rag?

Posted by: Vizzini [/i] at December 20, 2012 04:42 AM (O7Q1u)

147 "Stick with the 30rd magazines."

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 08:33 AM (J+mgg)

Illegal to possess in the great state of New Jersey.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 20, 2012 04:42 AM (GsoHv)

148 American Christian Pastor jailed in Iran and American Marine jailed in Mexico. The world sure loves obama. Oh hail the peace prize winner

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 20, 2012 04:43 AM (79ueO)

149 Is the commute thru the water gap all that bad?

Posted by: Jean at December 20, 2012 04:43 AM (+3KBg)

150 CBD, well that is certainly 'fun'. Might as well just get an M-1 Garand. 8rds of 30.06 without a detachable magazine to be seen.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 04:44 AM (J+mgg)

151 The NY Jets say they are open to trading Sanchez? I did not know the LA Dodgers need a shitty QB with a Shitty contract?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 20, 2012 04:44 AM (79ueO)

152 Piers Morgan is such a fucking ass ignorant bitch... http://tinyurl.com/cxvd7me (sorry for the early cursing. But fuck I hate that douche.)

Posted by: RWC at December 20, 2012 04:45 AM (fWAjv)

153 I don't know about other states, but here in Ohio, anything over 30 round capacity (excepting .22 LR, I believe) automatically qualifies the weapon as a machine gun, hence illegal.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 20, 2012 04:45 AM (83wHT)

154 I can't decide whether that mexican beauty queen was a victim or an idiot.

Posted by: Walkers! at December 20, 2012 04:45 AM (jWwDJ)

155 @76, 90, et passim... his august man-god presence is sufficient. http://preview.tinyurl.com/9sd265a

Posted by: Thorvald at December 20, 2012 04:46 AM (1V6Pv)

156 The median salary for someone on the bomb squad is $52k/year.
http://tinyurl.com/d6dvhg3

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 04:46 AM (J+mgg)

157 Seems like a slow morning thread. Everybody ~~hung over~~ clearing off the decks before the holiday?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 20, 2012 04:46 AM (zF6Iw)

158 There s an AP story on what to horde for the financial apocalypse: cash, debt free, gold/silver, barter items, and supplies - but no guns?

Posted by: Jean at December 20, 2012 04:46 AM (hjRtO)

159 Hey now Jean, this AP firmly believes in self defense. Now the nozzles on the staff of Associates with Palestinians, well they are special.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 04:47 AM (J+mgg)

160

There s an AP story on what to horde for the financial apocalypse: cash, debt free, gold/silver, barter items, and supplies - but no guns?

What's that reporter's address?

Posted by: Survivors at December 20, 2012 04:48 AM (BrQrN)

161 Gawd, I loathed Katherine Hepburn's voice and ball-shrivelling delivery. Kate Mulgrew is almost as bad. If I was stuck on a deserted island with Hepburn and Mulgrew, and all I had was a pistol and a single bullet, I would shoot myself in the head without hesitation

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at December 20, 2012 04:48 AM (g5jxH)

162 Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 08:44 AM (J+mgg)

I am a proud owner of a very nice M1 Garand, with a bag full of loaded clips.

I think it might be too cumbersome for school defense, although a butt stroke from an M1 is a pretty serious thing.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 20, 2012 04:48 AM (GsoHv)

163 Well MPPP I will be keeping it short. Got things to finalize before going to be with family for Christmas.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 04:49 AM (J+mgg)

164 Thomas Friedman column generator: http://thomasfriedmanopedgenerator.com/Swaziland%27s+Revolution+76d05e

Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 45% more DOOM! at December 20, 2012 04:49 AM (FsUAO)

165 23 / 30 ? On a calendar ?

Posted by: grease monkey at December 20, 2012 04:49 AM (VSWPU)

166 DAY 44 1,416 to go Mayans, Muzzies, Marxists, Maoists, Mau-Maus, MFM's, Moochelle, McCain's, MIRV's, mutants, malcontents, malignant medical mandates, miscreants, momzers, menstruating mons veneri and miscellaneous meshugas notwithstanding.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 20, 2012 04:49 AM (XkWWK)

167 Posted by: Jean at December 20, 2012 08:46 AM (hjRtO) Why would you stockpile an inanimate object that can turn on you and kill you?

Posted by: RWC at December 20, 2012 04:49 AM (fWAjv)

168

Morning, all!

RE: the sidebar article about Chinese scientists creating stem cells. That IS a big effing deal. A HUGE effing deal. I sure hope it's true!

My problem is that the research is coming from China. Call me racist if you will, but I don't exactly trust the Chinese to be terribly truthful about their research findings. And I don't trust many "peer-reviewed" journals anymore thanks to their treatment of AGW research. So yeah, label me suspicious.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at December 20, 2012 04:50 AM (4df7R)

169

>>>whoever posted that trivia question regarding 23/30th better not leave before answering.

Sounds like gasoline pricing to me.

Posted by: uterus cannon at December 20, 2012 04:50 AM (3ZtZW)

170 My central nervous system is damaged... better drink my own piss.

Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 45% more DOOM! at December 20, 2012 04:50 AM (FsUAO)

171 Yiddish word of the day: Vontz (s) vontzen (pl) bedbug

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 20, 2012 04:51 AM (XkWWK)

172

Why would you stockpile an inanimate object that can turn on you and kill you?

Posted by: RWC

Quiet you!

Posted by: Shifty Eyed Gun at December 20, 2012 04:51 AM (BrQrN)

173 Posted by: grease monkey at December 20, 2012 08:49 AM (VSWPU)

Nice!

So, Truman North, what does he win?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 20, 2012 04:53 AM (GsoHv)

174 In other news, I cannot find an AR or AK any where in my area.

Posted by: cajun carrot at December 20, 2012 04:53 AM (UZQM8)

175 168 Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit at December 20, 2012 08:50 AM (4df7R) That's why although their military build-up is certainly something to take notice of, their innate technology is not so hot. They are however great at stealing technology. And I would not want to be on the receiving end of one of their nukes.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 20, 2012 04:53 AM (XkWWK)

176 My central nervous system is damaged... better drink my own piss.

You called?

Posted by: Bear Grylls [/i] at December 20, 2012 04:53 AM (O7Q1u)

177 bedbug Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 20, 2012 08:51 AM (XkWWK) Bedbug Eddie Grant?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 20, 2012 04:53 AM (79ueO)

178 I don't know about other states, but here in Ohio, anything over 30 round capacity (excepting .22 LR, I believe) automatically qualifies the weapon as a machine gun, hence illegal.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 20, 2012 08:45 AM (83wHT)

So if I somehow manage to connect a 30 round magazine to my bolt action Enfield #5 carbine I'd have a machine gun in Ohio?

In the words of Montgomery Scott: "Aye, and if you put wheels on my grandmother she'd be a wagon!"

Posted by: Nighthawk at December 20, 2012 04:53 AM (RSqz2)

179 Is this a flawed analogy? Smoot-Hawley = Fiscal Cliff

Posted by: Thorvald at December 20, 2012 04:53 AM (1V6Pv)

180 Thanks Anna Puma, I've Never owned an AR, so I'm clueless. Maybe I will have to settle for a Ruger Mini -14, because the darn M1-A's are sold out too online! Sheesh! I Have a few AK's , and an Egyptian Hakim (8mm), the PPS-43C, etc. Lots of SKS (10). I passed on an FN-FAL..now I'm regretting it. @135, Gun Grabby McFlap ears will never, I repeat never let those Korean Garands in. CMP has a few Garands. Nice firearms and a definite piece of history. They tell me to go for the correct grade over the service grade because you get a much rifle and to stay away from the collectors grade (too much money!). What is the best value/garand condition ratio at CMP? Some say service grade, others say correct grade.

Posted by: Judge_Roy_bean at December 20, 2012 04:53 AM (XPw+D)

181 CBD, yeah the M-1 has enough furniture to seriously butt-stroke someone into next week.

If you really want to show how stupid the liberal gun grabbers are, show them a picture of this weapon and ask them what it is.
http://tinyurl.com/bqmugo2

This little gem is a Beretta CX-4 Storm fully accessorized. Even has the LE only 20rd magazine. It is also a 9mm carbine.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 04:53 AM (J+mgg)

182

BTW, I think Truman North's semi-serious proposal for the Affordable Gun Act should be tweeted until liberals' eyes bleed.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 20, 2012 04:54 AM (83wHT)

183 174 In other news, I cannot find an AR or AK any where in my area. Posted by: cajun carrot at December 20, 2012 08:53 AM (UZQM

Go south of the border or to the inner city.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 20, 2012 04:54 AM (XkWWK)

184

>>>In other news, I cannot find an AR or AK any where in my area.

Oh well, guess its an FN FAL for you

Posted by: uterus cannon at December 20, 2012 04:54 AM (3ZtZW)

185 Thinking on it, though: This would be an ace time to divest myself of my WASR-10 - been meaning to sell for awhile now. Are prices going up on AK clones?

Posted by: uterus cannon at December 20, 2012 04:56 AM (3ZtZW)

186 Katharine Hepburn (an actress I absolutely loathe, BTW), suffered from a common trait among her peers Â– she thought she was much more popular with film crews than she really was.

----

I thought I was the only one! I despise her and jump for the remote when she appears on TCM nearly as much as I do when TFG comes on.

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 20, 2012 04:56 AM (lTVJy)

187 Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 20, 2012 08:54 AM (83wHT)

Please to explain?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 20, 2012 04:56 AM (GsoHv)

188

174 In other news, I cannot find an AR or AK any where in my area.

Posted by: cajun carrot at December 20, 2012 08:53 AM (UZQM

Call yourself a member of a Mexican drug cartel and put in an order with Stedman Holder. He'll hook you up.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at December 20, 2012 04:57 AM (4df7R)

189 179 Is this a flawed analogy? Smoot-Hawley = Fiscal Cliff Posted by: Thorvald at December 20, 2012 08:53 AM (1V6Pv) I think it is. Smoot-Hawley is more akin to TARP and the Stimulus. The Fiscal Cliff is kabuki theatre, considering we have yearly deficits now set at at leat $1 trillion going forward and a debt in the $60-80 trillion range. Although, SCOAMF said he got Boehner to admit that tax and spending cuts - i.e. CONSERVATISM - do not work and are responsible for the bad economy. So people will now believe that the central tenets of Ronald Reagan, Calvin Coolidge and limited government and economic liberty and opportunity are evil. So, in that sense, it is as damaging as Smoot-Hawley.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 20, 2012 04:58 AM (XkWWK)

190 Wow, a bit pricey. Something to put in the gun safe and never fire.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=322334227

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 04:58 AM (J+mgg)

191 Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 08:53 AM (J+mgg)

It's so cute!

I am currently lusting after one of the bullpup designs, but the nice ones are outrageously expensive, and I'm a left-handed shooter, and some of them eject a bit close for me.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 20, 2012 04:58 AM (GsoHv)

192 The other day ... I posted a youtube video of a guy who stole a tank from a national guard armory and went on a rampage through San Diego with it (1995). Ace's first hobo hunt? Nah, the tank didn't get stuck in a ditch. With all the snow, I think I may have to splurge on the full version of Plants vs. Zombies. Posted by: chemjeff at December 20, 2012 08:15 AM (Ds4No) Obligatory - http://youtu.be/0N1_0SUGlDQ Look, there are far worse things to get stuck in your head all day. Best review I ever read of PvZ had a comment about how you sit down to play five minutes, ten tops, and the next thing you know it's six hours later and you're up on a roof hurling butter at zombies screaming DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Burn you all to ashes, SMOD at December 20, 2012 04:58 AM (VtjlW)

193 Katherine Hepburn's voice could debud the horns off a whole herd of cattle WHILE stripping paint off the side of a barn.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at December 20, 2012 04:59 AM (4df7R)

194 193 Katherine Hepburn's voice could debud the horns off a whole herd of cattle WHILE stripping paint off the side of a barn. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit at December 20, 2012 08:59 AM (4df7R) Can you imagine her having sex with Arnold Stang? The vocalizations would crack the earth's mantle.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 20, 2012 05:00 AM (XkWWK)

195 The eagle grabbing the toddler video was a hoax.

Daily Mail has the details. http://tinyurl.com/c73mqch

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 20, 2012 05:01 AM (ccXZP)

196 Can you imagine her having sex with Arnold Stang? The vocalizations would crack the earth's mantle.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 20, 2012 09:00 AM (XkWWK)

Oh good gawd.

Now I know where H.P. Lovecraft got the inspiration for his language of the Old Ones.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit [/i][/u][/b] at December 20, 2012 05:01 AM (4df7R)

197 66. Hepburn was a royal B*tch. Piss on her and all her generations.

**

Jabbering Hepburn was too full of herself to enjoy. Recall a poignant line from The Aviator, Howard Hughes dissing the Hepburns while at introductory lunch in their home, over their utter pomposity as elitists. The ensuing silence...

My spartan mother was not impressed easily. But she admired Rosalind Russell in Auntie Mame, a classic (195

, as much as we still do.

And there were from the WWII generation of female actresses those who portrayed the down to earth working woman keeping America as America. Remember Patricia Neal, In Harm's Way.

The USS Voyager (2371) role of Captain Katherine Janeway (Mulgrew) is a cheap knock off on Neil, it would seem, emulating Katherine Hepburn's snippy mannerisms as a poor role model for the impressionable youngsters to emulate as if the "ideal leadership" quality in mind.

Posted by: panzernashorn at December 20, 2012 05:01 AM (BAnPT)

198 Can you imagine her having sex with Arnold Stang? The vocalizations would crack the earth's mantle. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 20, 2012 09:00 AM (XkWWK) Arrrrrgggh! Cannot unread! I fear that the ravage of 'raptors may need to be released for this.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Burn you all to ashes, SMOD at December 20, 2012 05:03 AM (VtjlW)

199 Thank you MPPP for something other than the current news. It is better to read about old Hollywood stars than the Fools that are supposed to represent is in this Republic, if we can keep it to quote Ben Franklin. I think we have lost The Republic Due to NO info voters!

Posted by: CarolT at December 20, 2012 05:04 AM (z4WKX)

200 Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 08:53 AM (J+mgg) To get the anti's really stammering I like to ask why this ... http://tinyurl.com/9bttuv6 is more deadly than this (be specific) http://tinyurl.com/cr6jbow

Posted by: RWC at December 20, 2012 05:04 AM (fWAjv)

201 Actually I can imagine Hepburn and Tracey having sex together. Her with some chick and him with a guy.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 20, 2012 05:05 AM (XkWWK)

202

Nighthawk, it might require a semi-automatic action as well, it's been several months since I looked at the statute.

But why would you deface an Enfield like that?

Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 20, 2012 05:05 AM (83wHT)

203 To get the anti's really stammering I like to ask why this ...

It's a weapon of color?

Posted by: Bruce at December 20, 2012 05:06 AM (Q6u7O)

204 66. And she was worst than Kim Darby opposite John Wayne and that is saying a lot.
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Wayne with Hepburn

Rooster Cogburn (and the Lady) -- 1978 sequel to '69 True Grit.

Posted by: panzernashorn at December 20, 2012 05:06 AM (BAnPT)

205

MPPPP, maybe you can tell us if the following Hollywood story is true.

Many years ago in New York City, an elderly woman was sitting in her apartment watching TV, when suddenly the front door of her apartment bursts open and in charge none other than baseball great Joe DiMaggio and his bud Frank Sinatra. They were looking for DiMaggio's then-wife, Marilyn Monroe, as DiMaggio had been told that she was in that apartment engaged in a romantic dalliance with someone.

However, it turns out they got the apartment number wrong. Across the hall from where the DiMaggio/Sinatra commotion was taking place, Marilyn Monroe was indeed present, "visiting" with her lesbian lover. Hearing the racket, and knowing instantly what and who it was, Monroe made good her immediate departure via the building's fire escape.

Posted by: Cave Bear at December 20, 2012 05:07 AM (NKoXJ)

206 I heard some of the quotes from the press conference yesterday. Rush played his response to Tapper's question, and the only conclusion possible is that this guy, the one who has been reelected President of the United States is a low, shallow, simple-minded jerk.

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And this explains his reelection. Millions of ignoramuses that voted for him can be described exactly the same: low, shallow and simple minded.

There is not one redeeming quality about him. Not one virtuous act in his past. Not any indication that he is a good and decent man. He's a small, petty man....a vindictive prick.

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 20, 2012 05:08 AM (lTVJy)

207 I fear that the ravage of 'raptors may need to be released for this. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Burn you all to ashes, SMOD at December 20, 2012 09:03 AM

Ravage of raptors? Is that the plural, like a murder of crows or a pod of whales?

I like it.

Posted by: DC in Towson at December 20, 2012 05:08 AM (P47hr)

208 Posted by: Bruce at December 20, 2012 09:06 AM (Q6u7O) That's what it comes down to. That, and it just looks so scary.

Posted by: RWC at December 20, 2012 05:09 AM (fWAjv)

209 Vic-there are more conservatives here in Massachusetts Than people know, i have found quite a few Here. Brown lost because he is a liberal republican. Carol

Posted by: CarolT at December 20, 2012 05:09 AM (z4WKX)

210 CBD, the Storm is designed to be easily changed over from right hand to left hand. You pop out a triangular key, both halves of the Storm will slide apart.

Pull the bolt back by the cocking handle located on the right side until it stops. Jiggle the cocking handle a bit and it will come right out. Then you pull the whole bolt out - this is one huge piece of metal that comes out

On the left side of the bolt opposite from where the cocking handle there is a piece of plastic that is H shaped. Pop that out and put it on the right side, the shell ejection port has now been changed and you are halfway to making it a left handed shooter.

Slide bolt back in. Look on left side of upper receiver. Fiddle with bolt until you see the hole align with the long opening, put cocking handle in and slide bolt forward by the handle.

Reassemble carbine. Put key back in. You now have a left handed shooting Storm without using any special tools.

The only thing that won't swap over from right to left is the magazine release button.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 05:10 AM (J+mgg)

211 But why would you deface an Enfield like that?

Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 20, 2012 09:05 AM (83wHT)

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Wouldn't dream of it CC- just making an observation on how pig ignorant most lawmakers are on the subject of firearms!

Posted by: Nighthawk at December 20, 2012 05:10 AM (RSqz2)

212 It snowed last night. OMG WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE! I've decided I'm finished getting news from television sources. Morons. Not the good kind.

Posted by: katya the designated driver at December 20, 2012 05:10 AM (DoZD+)

213 @185, yep. Everything ban-able is escalating. I seen a WASR online for 550 tonight! Sheesh! That "Gun Grabby McFlap Ears" be the best gun salesman in the multiverse!

I bet those gun shop and online firearm vendor biz owners secretly vote for that guy! @ Anna Puma, my Dad is a leftie (I was too). He taught himself to shoot right handed just because of the brass ejecting on him. I am having a Red Ryder Christmas this year. My wife says 'You will shoot your eye out!"

Posted by: Judge_Roy_bean at December 20, 2012 05:10 AM (XPw+D)

214

Ravage of raptors? Is that the plural, like a murder of crows or a pod of whales?

I like it.

A projection of liberals?

Posted by: Lurking Canuck at December 20, 2012 05:10 AM (BrQrN)

215 CBD, what I mean is that Truman North has put together a perfect parody of Obama's reasoning for the ACA, applied to firearms. Post it everywhere, let the liberals scream, then ask them to explain the difference between the two. After all, arms are explicitly addressed as a right in the Constitution, show me where the inalienable right to get a sex-change operation is.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 20, 2012 05:10 AM (83wHT)

216 Ravage of raptors? Is that the plural, like a murder of crows or a pod of whales? I like it. Posted by: DC in Towson at December 20, 2012 09:08 AM (P47hr) Yes, the proper term for a group of velociraptors is a ravage of 'raptors.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Burn you all to ashes, SMOD at December 20, 2012 05:11 AM (VtjlW)

217 I should have said "inalienable right to get a sex-change operation, paid by someone else, is" @215.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 20, 2012 05:13 AM (83wHT)

218 Excuse me- I'm a bit confused. Is this the website for Ace Hardware?

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 20, 2012 05:14 AM (1OZSU)

219 RWC, you have your way to prove the idiocy of the gun grabbers. I have my way and I like using the Storm. Only requires one picture. Keeps it simple for the gun grabbers.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 05:15 AM (J+mgg)

220 Hmm. Basically the WASR just turned into a safe queen. Shame since I've got so much crap for it - tons of ammo, 30rd mags, even web gear. I kinda like the round though - what else shoots the 7.62 besides an SKS?

Posted by: uterus cannon at December 20, 2012 05:15 AM (3ZtZW)

221 Detroit's newest music group Ravage of Raptors. So much for the Flock of Seagulls.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 05:16 AM (J+mgg)

222 TFG is miserable SOB and will not be happy until everyone in the US is miserable as he is. Watch 2016 to get an idea of what a jerk he is, idolized an absent, drunken, abiding, wife beating Father, what is to idolize about Hussein Sr?

Posted by: CarolT at December 20, 2012 05:17 AM (z4WKX)

223 @218, Ace Hardware..ROFLMAO

Posted by: Judge_Roy_bean at December 20, 2012 05:17 AM (XPw+D)

224 Nah, this is Ace's Sporting Goods.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 05:18 AM (J+mgg)

225 "The only thing that won't swap over from right to left is the magazine release button."

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 09:10 AM (J+mgg)

I use my left index finger anyway, so the typical right-handed mag release is perfect for me.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 20, 2012 05:18 AM (GsoHv)

226 213 my Dad is a leftie (I was too) Context. That's some important shit, there...lol

Posted by: Rob McNeece at December 20, 2012 05:19 AM (YesJa)

227 Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 20, 2012 09:10 AM (83wHT)

Where? I missed it, and it sounds like fun!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 20, 2012 05:20 AM (GsoHv)

228 What kinda shitty name is "Piers" Morgan anyway?

Posted by: AnnaS at December 20, 2012 05:20 AM (6Uk7l)

229

Cave Bear, that story is absolutely true, except for the lesbian bit. It was a new boyfriend MM was screwing at the time. Look in any biography of Monroe, Sinatra or DiMaggio under the entry "Wrong Door Raid." I think I even told the story a while back.

Speaking of Monroe and Joltin' Joe (whom she said "brings a great bat to the bedroom"), I'll repeat Joe's line when MM, after coming back from a USO tour, said, "Oh, Joe - you never heard such cheering!"

DiMaggio just looked at her. "Yes, I have."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 20, 2012 05:22 AM (zF6Iw)

230 Ben has awakened and posted.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 05:23 AM (J+mgg)

231

>>What kinda shitty name is "Piers" Morgan anyway?

His nickname is Lefty. I mean Socialist.

Posted by: uterus cannon at December 20, 2012 05:25 AM (3ZtZW)

232 @220, Saiga makes something that shoots a 7.62 x 39, (looks a darn AK) so does VEPR (Russian also) . The VEPR has a cool thumbhole stock like a ROMAC or a PSL. Sold out too! Darn it! They also have some bolt actions that shoot that round, since its a decent deer round (like the ole 30-30 in ballistics).

Posted by: Judge_Roy_bean at December 20, 2012 05:25 AM (XPw+D)

233 232 - thanks! Will look into the bolties and decide from there

Posted by: uterus cannon at December 20, 2012 05:27 AM (3ZtZW)

234 @ 226, HAH! I meant left handed. Dad was a WWII vet and hates commies!

Posted by: Judge_Roy_bean at December 20, 2012 05:27 AM (XPw+D)

235 CBD, it's up around 100 or so in this thread--or you can find a direct link on my twitter @conservativecra

Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 20, 2012 05:27 AM (83wHT)

236 Wayne with Hepburn

Rooster Cogburn (and the Lady) -- 1978 sequel to '69 True Grit.

Posted by: panzernashorn at December 20, 2012 09:06 AM (BAnPT)

It was 1975. It was a bit of True Grit meets The African Queen

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 20, 2012 05:42 AM (1Jaio)

237 Katharine Hepburn (an actress I absolutely loathe, BTW),

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 20, 2012 07:18 AM (zF6Iw)

She was one of the more over rated actresses of our time. I couldn't stand her in The Lion in Winter

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 20, 2012 05:47 AM (1Jaio)

238 219 RWC, you have your way to prove the idiocy of the gun grabbers. I have my way and I like using the Storm. Only requires one picture. Keeps it simple for the gun grabbers. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 20, 2012 09:15 AM (J+mgg) And both ways will have them still licking windows.

Posted by: RWC at December 20, 2012 05:49 AM (fWAjv)

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