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June 10, 2013

A Rare Sight in the Skies Tonight?
— CAC

One night only: the return of the Gamma Delphinid meteors?
Guide map and some background below.

Per the American Meteor Society, some background and why one scientist is predicting their return tonight:

On the evening of June 11, 1930, three members of the American Meteor Society (AMS) reported that they observed a flurry of meteor activity occurring between the hours of 2215 and 2245 (1015-1045pm EST) from Maryland, USA. These meteors were seen despite the fact that a nearly full moon was present in the sky during the entire display. No other reports of this activity was reported, leading to some doubts of the authenticity of this outburst. Of course one would not expect many meteor observers to be out observing under such unfavorable lunar conditions. In subsequent years this radiant was monitored but no further activity was seen on or near this date....Peter Jenniskens, in his study of outbursts from long-period comets, has proposed that the 1930 event was real and may be repeated on Tuesday morning June 11, 2013...No one knows the strength of this display or whether it will occur at all. It would most likely be of short duration (less than one hour and perhaps as short as 15 minutes).

Meteor showers are unpredictable, and given this year's lunar cycle, most of the better ones will be washed out. I strongly suggest you night owls try your luck. It's not every day someone sees a shower with less frequency than Comet Halley.

As always, dark skies to you and keep looking up!

Posted by: CAC at 03:13 PM | Comments (260)
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1 First?

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at June 10, 2013 03:13 PM (wR+pz)

2 Are these rapey Delphinids?

Posted by: Juan McCain (R) Chihuahua at June 10, 2013 03:14 PM (8ZskC)

3 >As always, dark skies to you and keep looking up! Thanks. I always keep looking up, but for different reasons than yours CAC. *taps foot impatiently for SMOD*.

Posted by: Thrawn at June 10, 2013 03:15 PM (UR5vq)

4 The sad thing is I have two telecopes, one with a computer hook up. Totally worthless in the city. They use to be fun at the beach, but now every asshole leaves security light on.

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at June 10, 2013 03:15 PM (wR+pz)

5 If you look closely, you may see the American flag we put on Halleys comet.

Posted by: Sheila Jackson Lee (D)umbass at June 10, 2013 03:15 PM (8ZskC)

6 no view in the NY area. oh well.

Posted by: mallfly, connoisseur at June 10, 2013 03:16 PM (bJm7W)

7 SMOD! SMOD ! SMOD!
We summon thee!

Moth-a-ra-ha!

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 10, 2013 03:17 PM (AKcpz)

8 The American Meteor Society can have tax-exempt status as long as it doesn't mention meteors or astronomy and shit.

Posted by: The IRS at June 10, 2013 03:18 PM (8ZskC)

9 I once dry-humped a Gamma Delphinid in the transporter room while Scotty wasn't looking.

Posted by: James Tiberius Kirk at June 10, 2013 03:20 PM (xw77v)

10 Clouds, clouds and more clouds. And downstairs it's clods, clods and more clods.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at June 10, 2013 03:21 PM (4Mv1T)

11 That reminds me of the day I arrived on this planet. Stupid busted transport.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at June 10, 2013 03:22 PM (qyfb5)

12 So, based on a single disputed observation in 1930, we're going with 2013? My money is on a secure border.

Posted by: t-bird at June 10, 2013 03:22 PM (FcR7P)

13 Follow me, you bubble-headed boobie.

Posted by: Dr. Smith at June 10, 2013 03:23 PM (8ZskC)

14 I once dry-humped a Gamma Delphinid in the transporter room while Scotty wasn't looking. Posted by: James Tiberius Kirk You thought.

Posted by: Scotty at June 10, 2013 03:23 PM (FcR7P)

15 It says it will occur on 6/11 -- tomorrow.

Posted by: Waldo at June 10, 2013 03:24 PM (araOs)

16 Oh Great and Mighty SMOD, I beseech thee to put us out of our misery.

Pleeeeaaaassssseeee?

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at June 10, 2013 03:26 PM (Gk3SS)

17 One night only: the return of the Gamma Delphinid meteors?

***

So it's like Rubio. shines brightly for a short period of time and then is gone forever.

Posted by: WalrusRex at June 10, 2013 03:27 PM (XUKZU)

18 > It's not every day someone sees a shower with less frequency than Comet Halley. yes- if something comes around less than once every 86 years, it follows you don't see it every day

Posted by: Jones in CO at June 10, 2013 03:27 PM (8sCoq)

19 4:28AM EDT. Hmm. I made it till 2:45 AM on the ONT last night/ this morn. No chance of staying up that late tonight, or getting up that early.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at June 10, 2013 03:27 PM (4Mv1T)

20 2 Are these rapey Delphinids? ------- Aren't they all?

Posted by: Anachronda at June 10, 2013 03:29 PM (IrbU4)

21 A little mood music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr8pgN195Zw

Posted by: Psychedlicat at June 10, 2013 03:30 PM (XvHmy)

B'Gal just got a new smartphone. Can anyone suggest a good app for stargazing? I've seen one, but can't remember the name. It shows the orbits of the planets and the sun and moon, and moves around when you move the phone.

Star Tracker?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at June 10, 2013 03:30 PM (0HooB)

23 I dated a girl from Gamma Delphinid once. She smelled like fish.

Posted by: Cicero, DOCTOR of Jurisprudence and Shit at June 10, 2013 03:32 PM (8ZskC)

24 A rabbi, a priest, and a Gamma Delphinid walk into a bar. At approximately seven miles per second.

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Lois Lerner lies at June 10, 2013 03:33 PM (xw77v)

25 Unless there are multiple different comets (totaling 365 X 86), Timed so that there is one every day for the entire 86 years.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 10, 2013 03:33 PM (pxDth)

26 The fat lady is singing. Linked on Hot Air. Solid majority says okey dokey to NSA snooping. When asked during the Bush reign of terror, only 37% of Donks were OK with it but now that His Holiness is in office 64% are fine with it.

Posted by: WalrusRex at June 10, 2013 03:33 PM (XUKZU)

27 I once dry-humped a Gamma Delphinid in the transporter room while Scotty wasn't looking. Posted by: James Tiberius Kirk You thought. Posted by: Scotty Hey, those who can't do, watch.

Posted by: James Tiberius Kirk at June 10, 2013 03:34 PM (xw77v)

28 428 EDT. That means I can catch it on the way to work. The new normal.

Posted by: Golfman60 in NC at June 10, 2013 03:35 PM (/djtm)

29 I dated a girl from Gamma Delphinid once. She smelled like fish. I'm afraid to ask about her taste.

Posted by: James Tiberius Kirk at June 10, 2013 03:35 PM (xw77v)

30 #22 SkEye and Star Walk

Posted by: CAC at June 10, 2013 03:35 PM (OSLhm)

31 Tebow picked up by NE

Posted by: Jones in CO at June 10, 2013 03:35 PM (8sCoq)

32 29 I dated a girl from Gamma Delphinid once. She smelled like fish.

I'm afraid to ask about her taste.

Posted by: James Tiberius Kirk at June 10, 2013 07:35 PM (xw77v)

Like fingers?

Posted by: Hilarity Clinton at June 10, 2013 03:36 PM (GgPam)

33 16 Oh Great and Mighty SMOD, I beseech thee to put us out of our misery.

Pleeeeaaaassssseeee?

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at June 10, 2013 07:26 PM (Gk3SS)

I think you'll need to offer a virgin sacrifice to get a hearing.

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at June 10, 2013 03:37 PM (oY6Yp)

34
"We're moving the Hubble!"

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 10, 2013 03:39 PM (kdS6q)

35 Tebow picked up by NE Posted by: Jones in CO Yeah, welcome to two threads ago, do try to keep up...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, totally not nuking the Colonies this week at June 10, 2013 03:39 PM (m9V0o)

36 At least Total Shit won't bother with this thread. Have fun, folks but unfortunately I have to leave now.

Posted by: andycanuck at June 10, 2013 03:40 PM (9+vDU)

37 I think you'll need to offer a virgin sacrifice to get a hearing. Well, that rules out any of the women I know.

Posted by: James Tiberius Kirk at June 10, 2013 03:40 PM (xw77v)

38 I think you'll need to offer a virgin sacrifice to get a hearing. Posted by: ConservativeMonster Around here? Good luck with that...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, totally not nuking the Colonies this week at June 10, 2013 03:40 PM (m9V0o)

39 Hey Fi will it take troll offerings instead?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 10, 2013 03:40 PM (AKcpz)

40 I think you'll need to offer a virgin sacrifice to get a hearing.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at June 10, 2013 07:37 PM (oY6Yp)

But where will I find a virgin? *taps chin*

Cobs? Can we disable TBK3 for a minute? Thanks!

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at June 10, 2013 03:40 PM (Gk3SS)

41 >Yeah, welcome to two threads ago, do try to keep up... you just made The List, buddy

Posted by: Jones in CO at June 10, 2013 03:41 PM (8sCoq)

42 Greta Van Susteren ‏@gretawire 4m Guardian reporting Germ's Angela Merkel is going to ask PRes Obama for answers about the US collection of data

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 10, 2013 03:42 PM (DPdf7)

43 Copy that, CAC. Thanks.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at June 10, 2013 03:42 PM (0HooB)

44 I think you'll need to offer a virgin sacrifice to get a hearing. Posted by: ConservativeMonster at June 10, 2013 07:37 PM (oY6Yp) You'll need the heart of Rooder, freshly "harvested" immediately after her 15th birthday. But leave some of the blood for me, as I wish to become and Entity.

Posted by: Lord Burroughs at June 10, 2013 03:43 PM (UR5vq)

45 Merkel asking about NSA data collection? Drone strike.

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense ...... at June 10, 2013 03:43 PM (I2uSp)

46 Tebow picked up by NE Posted by: Jones in CO **** Ahhhh! You missed all the fun on an earlier thread.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 10, 2013 03:43 PM (DPdf7)

47 >Guardian reporting Germ's Angela Merkel is going to ask PRes Obama for answers about the US collection of data but Obama doesn't speak Austrian...

Posted by: Jones in CO at June 10, 2013 03:43 PM (8sCoq)

48 you just made The List, buddy Posted by: Jones in CO ...I wasn't there already? Oh well, now we have the NSA scrambling for this "List" at least, should keep them busy a while...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, totally not nuking the Colonies this week at June 10, 2013 03:44 PM (m9V0o)

49 Merkel asking about NSA data collection? Drone strike. *** I'm sure not everyone is going to be hunky dory with their citizens' calls and emails being captured.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 10, 2013 03:44 PM (DPdf7)

50 but Obama doesn't speak Austrian... *** Looks like sh out of luck then.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 10, 2013 03:45 PM (DPdf7)

51 As long as TOTUS speaks Austiran...

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 10, 2013 03:46 PM (AKcpz)

52 I thought Alton had "The List".

Posted by: Tobacco Road at June 10, 2013 03:47 PM (4Mv1T)

53 I could swear Gamma Delphinid was a planet the Enterprise once visited. I think I got to blow up a lot of cool stuff with my phaser, and the women were green, busty and loose as a jimmied slot machine. At least I think that was the place. On the other hand, that sounds like every planet I visit. No point in going anywhere without that stuff.

Posted by: James Tiberius Kirk at June 10, 2013 03:47 PM (xw77v)

54 Why not target Germany? That's where the boxer bomber flew out of. Fix your own shiT bitch.

Posted by: Golfman60 in NC at June 10, 2013 03:49 PM (/djtm)

55 Merkel asking about NSA data collection? ............Can we audit that bitch?

Posted by: IRS at June 10, 2013 03:49 PM (DLwhg)

56 Why not target Germany? That's where the boxer bomber flew out of. Fix your own shiT bitch *** This is where Snowden has fucked us.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 10, 2013 03:53 PM (DPdf7)

57 34 "We're moving the Hubble!"Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 10, 2013 07:39 PM (kdS6q)
They're going to turn it around and look straight at YOU!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 10, 2013 03:55 PM (Bcaz1)

58 I'm sure nothing bad will happen.

Posted by: That Guy at June 10, 2013 03:57 PM (w2k9R)

59 A good couple of years ago, my Dad bought a telescope, whole kit and kaboodle. (I think we still have it in storage somewhere). Somehow, I became in charge of the star gazing (I was going to College? Had to study Copernicus?)and I have always looked to the writings of H.A. Rey to guide me. H.A. Rey is the cat who wrote the Curious George books for those of you who have been a kindergardener, ever. So, I've learned how to identify 3 or 4 more constellations but mostly I just point at the darkish southern horizon and say, "Behold!". Usually does the trick... "No, Jaysus! DON'T look directly at the Moon! I don't care if it's upside-down, it's still bright enough to knock your eye out!"

Posted by: Deety at June 10, 2013 03:57 PM (Y4Lwq)

60 >>>They're going to turn it around and look straight at YOU! Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr Not necessary. Google Earth already has it covered.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at June 10, 2013 03:58 PM (4Mv1T)

61 Call me when the Phoenix Asteroids show up.

Posted by: TB at June 10, 2013 03:58 PM (FZAiO)

62 I can't see any stars from Southern CA. I can barely see the moon.

Posted by: Cicero, DOCTOR of Jurisprudence and Shit at June 10, 2013 03:59 PM (8ZskC)

63 "No, Jaysus! DON'T look directly at the Moon! I don't care if it's upside-down, it's still bright enough to knock your eye out!"

Posted by: Deety at June 10, 2013 07:57 PM (Y4Lwq)

Rather impressive that the sun is bright enough to do that sort of damage off a reflection.

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at June 10, 2013 04:00 PM (oY6Yp)

64 You know, you don't have to pine for SMOD. A well-timed supernova in a star a dozen light-years away should erase all life quite nicely.

Posted by: James Tiberius Kirk at June 10, 2013 04:01 PM (xw77v)

Rainy down here now. I'll take a quick peek outside if I happen to get up early enough tomorrow morning.

I have no schedule anymore.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at June 10, 2013 04:02 PM (0HooB)

66 I think the NSA must be scanning the blog. It's loading slow, and my nose is bleeding. Oh. Ketchup from the fries.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at June 10, 2013 04:02 PM (4Mv1T)

67 Eh. It's overcast here.

Posted by: rickl at June 10, 2013 04:05 PM (sdi6R)

68 Probably can't see it through a tidal wave of rain.

Posted by: RWC at June 10, 2013 04:05 PM (Wl/Ht)

69 62 I can't see any stars from Southern CA. I can barely see the moon. Posted by: Cicero, DOCTOR of Jurisprudence and Shit at June 10, 2013 07:59 PM (8ZskC) I remember a line from the movie "Repo Man", where two characters are sitting on a hill overlooking the lights of LA: "What a beautiful night. You can almost see the stars."

Posted by: rickl at June 10, 2013 04:06 PM (sdi6R)

70 It's raining here.

Posted by: The USGA at June 10, 2013 04:06 PM (/djtm)

Rather impressive that the sun is bright enough to do that sort of damage off a reflection.

There's lot of interesting things up and out there. I sure wish I'd had my feces amalgamated at a younger age so's I could've been something like a planetary physicist. Or an astronaut.

I always wanted to be somebody. I should've been more specific.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at June 10, 2013 04:08 PM (0HooB)

72 Let's see... peak times for the east coast, four thirty AM? Ace will be just going to bed.

Posted by: James Tiberius Kirk at June 10, 2013 04:08 PM (xw77v)

73 Rather impressive that the sun is bright enough to do that sort of damage off a reflection. It really is, isn't it? I have much respect for the word, the concept of albedo. Don't ask me how I earned it. Derp!

Posted by: Deety at June 10, 2013 04:08 PM (Y4Lwq)

74 Rather impressive that the sun is bright enough to do that sort of damage off a reflection. Posted by: ConservativeMonster at June 10, 2013 08:00 PM (oY6Yp) Or with the right mirror, melt frickin' rock. Still trying to find a way to weaponize that.

Posted by: RWC at June 10, 2013 04:09 PM (Wl/Ht)

75 Or with the right mirror, melt frickin' rock.

Still trying to find a way to weaponize that.

First, get a frikkin' shark.

Posted by: Dr. Evil at June 10, 2013 04:11 PM (8ZskC)

76 They're going to turn it around and look straight at YOU! Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr The mirror blank for the Hubble came from the Air Force. So the KeyHole satellites of the 80's probably had the same optical resolution, looking down on us, as Hubble did.

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense ...... at June 10, 2013 04:12 PM (I2uSp)

77 Allah wants you to try it.

Posted by: model_1066 at June 10, 2013 04:13 PM (tSYHH)

78 Video: Jordan Sekulow on Fox News with Geraldo: Scandals Plague Obama Admin http://commoncts.blogspot.com/2013/06/video-jordan-sekulow-on-fox-news-with.html

Posted by: Steve at June 10, 2013 04:14 PM (GSwIn)

79 So, the trolls avoid stoner star threads? Good to know.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 10, 2013 04:14 PM (GEICT)

80 No one knows the strength of this display or whether it will occur at all. It would most likely be of short duration (less than one hour and perhaps as short as 15 minutes). Wait... are we talking about meteors or... oh, I see. Anyhow, my most egregious display lasted for more than four hours, so I had to head to sick bay.

Posted by: James Tiberius Kirk at June 10, 2013 04:15 PM (xw77v)

81 Still hoping someone can recommend a good Astro app...

Posted by: Juan de Hattatime at June 10, 2013 04:16 PM (CqZmo)

82 So, the trolls avoid stoner star threads? Good to know. *** Their minds can't focus for long at a stretch.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 10, 2013 04:17 PM (DPdf7)

Speaking of things falling from the sky...

I watched the season premier of Falling Skies last night.

They fast-forwarded seven months...and left some gaps.

Eh...I guess they had to do it, because of the kids in the story who had aged a year.

But we are left to wonder, about what happened in parts of the storyline.

Posted by: wheatie at June 10, 2013 04:17 PM (ZiafE)

84 76 The mirror blank for the Hubble came from the Air Force. So the KeyHole satellites of the 80's probably had the same optical resolution, looking down on us, as Hubble did. Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense ...... at June 10, 2013 08:12 PM (I2uSp) Hubble's mirror was made by Perkin-Elmer Corporation, who also made mirrors for spy satellites. It has been suggested that Hubble's original misconfigured optics (which required a special Shuttle mission to correct) was done on purpose in order to disguise the true capabilities of our spy satellites. /tinfoil hat off Still, you'd think that Perkin-Elmer knew what they were doing, since they had done it before. Just not with Hubble.

Posted by: rickl at June 10, 2013 04:18 PM (sdi6R)

85 I always wanted to be somebody. I should've been more specific. Eh, it's a rigged game. They ask you when you are 4 years old what you want to be when you grow up and it's: Fireman, Policeman, Astronaut or Doctor/Nurse (for those of us from the 70's). Who EVER answered CPA or Orthodontist when they were 4 yrs old, other than the Korean kids?

Posted by: Deety at June 10, 2013 04:18 PM (Y4Lwq)

This seems oddly appropriate: Buzz Aldrin and Thomas Dolby, together at last.http://tinyurl.com/kx4l2wh

it's funny.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at June 10, 2013 04:18 PM (0HooB)

87 So, the trolls avoid stoner star threads? Good to know. Moar stoner threads! I never thought I'd ever ask CAC to show me all 11 dimensions....

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 10, 2013 04:19 PM (pgKGJ)

88 Their minds can't focus for long at a stretch. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 10, 2013 08:17 PM (DPdf7) But wouldn't that make them more likely to identify with the stoners?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 10, 2013 04:19 PM (GEICT)

89 I never thought I'd ever ask CAC to show me all 11 dimensions.... Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 10, 2013 08:19 PM (pgKGJ) I'm just gonna assume you're already drunk. Btw, you get my email?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 10, 2013 04:20 PM (GEICT)

90 But wouldn't that make them more likely to identify with the stoners? **** So you would think

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 10, 2013 04:20 PM (DPdf7)

91 I admit it. I'm watching The Voice.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 10, 2013 04:21 PM (DPdf7)

92 I'm just gonna assume you're already drunk. Btw, you get my email? Sadly, no. I did get the message. TY. It's starting to shape up to be an "intimate" (read small) group. Which I was warned would happen. So, if any of you homos touch my stuff....I'll kill you

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 10, 2013 04:23 PM (pgKGJ)

93 Meteor shit!

Posted by: Jordy Verrill at June 10, 2013 04:24 PM (jz0+s)

94 I did get the message. TY. It's starting to shape up to be an "intimate" (read small) group. Which I was warned would happen. So, if any of you homos touch my stuff....I'll kill you Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 10, 2013 08:23 PM (pgKGJ) Really? How small we talking?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 10, 2013 04:24 PM (GEICT)

95 how many of you remember laser light shows?

Posted by: phoenixgirl@phxazgrl..back home at June 10, 2013 04:24 PM (8JJ6O)

96 I admit it. I'm watching The Voice. That takes guts. And a degree of tone deafness.

Posted by: James Tiberius Kirk at June 10, 2013 04:24 PM (xw77v)

97 81 Still hoping someone can recommend a good Astro app... Posted by: Juan de Hattatime at June 10, 2013 08:16 PM (CqZmo) Have Astromist and Starmap on iPad / iPod Touch.

Posted by: Cate in IN at June 10, 2013 04:25 PM (1JJGO)

98 so where in the sky is this shit supposed to appear here if Failifornia?

Posted by: redc1c4 at June 10, 2013 04:25 PM (8MasJ)

99 15

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 10, 2013 04:25 PM (pgKGJ)

100 So, if any of you homos touch my stuff....I'll kill you Maybe they will just stare.

Posted by: James Tiberius Kirk at June 10, 2013 04:25 PM (xw77v)

101 off to the south and east...

just wonderful: that's where the ridge line and June Gloom fog will be.

:-P

Posted by: redc1c4 at June 10, 2013 04:27 PM (8MasJ)

102 So, if any of you homos touch my stuff....I'll kill you

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 10, 2013 08:23 PM (pgKGJ)

*sniffle*

*sniffle*

*sniffle*

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at June 10, 2013 04:27 PM (Gk3SS)

103

how many of you remember laser light shows?

Yes, Relayer tour. Great show.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at June 10, 2013 04:27 PM (0HooB)

104 In California? Right behind the Moon. Good luck with that, buddy.

Posted by: Deety at June 10, 2013 04:27 PM (Y4Lwq)

105 *sniffle* Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at June 10, 2013 08:27 PM (Gk3SS) *Hands AtC a tissue and some dark chocolate*

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at June 10, 2013 04:28 PM (u8ZVh)

106 A troll-free thread. *happy sigh*

Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 10, 2013 04:28 PM (lVPtV)

107 99 15 Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 10, 2013 08:25 PM (pgKGJ) $50 a pop. Ouch. *sniffle* Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at June 10, 2013 08:27 PM (Gk3SS) If you made the Empress cry Bannion, you're likely a dead man.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 10, 2013 04:29 PM (GEICT)

108 Aaaannnd here comes another storm.

Night, all.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at June 10, 2013 04:29 PM (lVPtV)

109 Thank you, vendette. *noms* *the chocolate you jackholes*

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at June 10, 2013 04:29 PM (Gk3SS)

110 Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at June 10, 2013 08:27 PM (Gk3SS) My Queen I enjoyed your response to the NoVAMoMee email......especially coming as it did in the middle of a Littlest Bannion meltdown.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 10, 2013 04:29 PM (pgKGJ)

111 8 so where in the sky is this shit supposed to appear here if Failifornia? Posted by: redc1c4 at June 10, 2013 08:25 PM (8MasJ) Look for the bright summer triangle. after about midnight it will be rising about halfway- up to zenith in the east. one of the stars also forms the head of a "cross", called Cygnus. Look southwards but not directly at Delphinus, because that's the radiante point- the point from which the meteors seem to be originating. youll miss them staring at it. best to just relax in a chair, look up around the summer triangle and points south east north and west. also, listening to Tangerine Dream helps.

Posted by: CAC at June 10, 2013 04:29 PM (OSLhm)

112 My Queen I enjoyed your response to the NoVAMoMee email......especially coming as it did in the middle of a Littlest Bannion meltdown. Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 10, 2013 08:29 PM (pgKGJ) Oooooo...share?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 10, 2013 04:30 PM (GEICT)

113 >>>>how many of you remember laser light shows? First time? Pink Floyd. Dark Side of the Moon tour. '72 or '73. Sound was in Quadrophonic. Talk about stoners.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at June 10, 2013 04:30 PM (4Mv1T)

114 $50 a pop. Ouch. Not necessarily.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 10, 2013 04:30 PM (pgKGJ)

115 Tangerine Dream did a great score for the movie "Sorcerer."

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Lois Lerner lies at June 10, 2013 04:31 PM (xw77v)

116 Good evening, Empress. Despair not. Your name is already written among the stars.

Posted by: Cate in IN at June 10, 2013 04:31 PM (1JJGO)

117 95 how many of you remember laser light shows? Posted by: phoenixgirl@phxazgrl..back home at June 10, 2013 08:24 PM (8JJ6O) Remember? They have them here all summer long at the planetarium.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 10, 2013 04:31 PM (GEICT)

118 My Queen I enjoyed your response to the NoVAMoMee email......especially coming as it did in the middle of a Littlest Bannion meltdown. Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 10, 2013 08:29 PM (pgKGJ)

I'm glad. Did Littlest Bannion settle down?

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at June 10, 2013 04:32 PM (Gk3SS)

119 Oooooo...share? Can't recall it all but something like, "Yada, yada, yada, that cretin Cochran, yada, yada, yada."

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 10, 2013 04:32 PM (pgKGJ)

120 I'm glad. Did Littlest Bannion settle down? Yeah, once Daddy started laughing she surely did.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 10, 2013 04:33 PM (pgKGJ)

121 Can't recall it all but something like, "Yada, yada, yada, that cretin Cochran, yada, yada, yada." Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 10, 2013 08:32 PM (pgKGJ) Oh look, you're Number 1.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 10, 2013 04:33 PM (GEICT)

122 Tangerine Dream did a great score for the movie "Sorcerer." Posted by: George Orwell what knows Lois Lerner lies at June 10, 2013 08:31 PM (xw77v) Froese's Stuntman is epic

Posted by: CAC at June 10, 2013 04:33 PM (OSLhm)

123 Good evening, Empress.
Despair not.
Your name is already written among the stars. Posted by: Cate in IN at June 10, 2013 08:31 PM (1JJGO)

Awwww, thank you. Bannion! Moar lemon bars!

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at June 10, 2013 04:34 PM (Gk3SS)

124 New video of a SpaceX test of their new upgraded Falcon 9: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgIghRD4-ao A full-duration first stage firing is about 3 minutes, and this one lasted just under 2 minutes. I'm hearing that it was aborted, and things don't look quite right after shutdown. Something is still burning, and I think I can hear fire extinguishers. Still, turn up your volume, and if you have a subwoofer, so much the better. This thing is almost as powerful as a Saturn I from the 1960s.

Posted by: rickl at June 10, 2013 04:34 PM (sdi6R)

125 Awwww, thank you. Bannion! Moar lemon bars! *slides a heaping platter of lemon bars* The ones on the left are Meyer lemon bars.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 10, 2013 04:36 PM (pgKGJ)

126 111 best to just relax in a chair, look up around the summer triangle and points south east north and west. Posted by: CAC at June 10, 2013 08:29 PM (OSLhm) That's an important thing to emphasize. Watching meteor showers requires no telescopes or binoculars, just a lawn chair. And a beverage of your choice.

Posted by: rickl at June 10, 2013 04:37 PM (sdi6R)

127 rickl @ 84 The mirror was figured (ground) by Perkin-elmer, but the glass blank came from the Air Force, from a batch of glass (well, not really pure glass) blanks made for Keyhole surveillance satellites.

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense ...... at June 10, 2013 04:39 PM (I2uSp)

128 That's an important thing to emphasize. Watching meteor showers requires no telescopes or binoculars, just a lawn chair. And a beverage of your choice. What about pants? Are pants required?

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 10, 2013 04:39 PM (pgKGJ)

129 Evening all. Construction of the Ark proceeds according to schedule.

Posted by: DC in Towson at June 10, 2013 04:40 PM (jIaZt)

130 What about pants? Are pants required? What are pants?

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Lois Lerner lies at June 10, 2013 04:41 PM (xw77v)

131 Evening all. Construction of the Ark proceeds according to schedule. Under flash flood watch here. Very likely in my neighborhood. Vendette's too.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 10, 2013 04:42 PM (pgKGJ)

132 What about pants? Are pants required? Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 10, 2013 08:39 PM (pgKGJ)

Oh come on. You know that pants are against the Moron Way.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at June 10, 2013 04:42 PM (Gk3SS)

133 Wow. This thread is a nice change from earlier. Sah Sah-v Sah-vill Sah-vill-ah Sah-vill-ah-tee Ouch. Hurts the jaw.

Posted by: RWC at June 10, 2013 04:42 PM (Wl/Ht)

134 What are pants? Father!!! :::: hug ::::

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 10, 2013 04:42 PM (pgKGJ)

135 Look southwards but not directly at Delphinus, because... She will so totally cut a bitch and you DO NOT want your little weekend stay at County Jail for DUI, to become COMPLICATED, now do we, Alex Trebec? That was phrased as a question, no?

Posted by: Deety at June 10, 2013 04:43 PM (Y4Lwq)

136 Under flash flood watch here. Very likely in my neighborhood. Vendette's too. Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 10, 2013 08:42 PM (pgKGJ) I live up the hill. The people a couple blocks down the hill are the perpetually screwed. Orioles and Angels are playing in a downpour with puddles on the field.

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at June 10, 2013 04:44 PM (u8ZVh)

137 131 Evening all. Construction of the Ark proceeds according to schedule. ------------------- Under flash flood watch here. Very likely in my neighborhood. Vendette's too. Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 10, 2013 08:42 PM (pgKGJ) Huh. For 3 or 4 days now we're supposed to get "heavy thunderstorms late afternoon/early evening". What we actually get.....thunder and then nothing.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 10, 2013 04:45 PM (GEICT)

138 >>>What are pants? A fascist invention of the ruling class to oppress Persons of Nudity.

Posted by: DC in Towson at June 10, 2013 04:45 PM (jIaZt)

139 A fascist invention of the ruling class to oppress Persons of Nudity. No pants!!!! Know peace!!!!

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 10, 2013 04:45 PM (pgKGJ)

140 What are pants? Posted by: George Orwell what knows Lois Lerner lies at June 10, 2013 08:41 PM (xw77v) An instrument of oppression, apparently.

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at June 10, 2013 04:46 PM (u8ZVh)

141 It's really coming down now, and I just realized my gutters are clogged. Yay. This O's game is freaking sloppy.

Posted by: DC in Towson at June 10, 2013 04:46 PM (jIaZt)

142 So I get a fundraiser letter from the RNC today and it starts out like this: From The Desk Of Sen. John McCain..... Really RNC? How much more fucking clueless can you be?

Posted by: JQP at June 10, 2013 04:47 PM (+EVcO)

143 Someone downstairs said that the Texas power grid is independent of the other 47 contiguous states. So if you're anywhere else when the grid crashes, there will be some spectacular stargazing.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at June 10, 2013 04:47 PM (4Mv1T)

144 >>No pants!!!! Know peace!!!! Know pants? No peace!!!

Posted by: DC in Towson at June 10, 2013 04:47 PM (jIaZt)

145 A Rare Sight in the Skies Tonight? An honest democrat?

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at June 10, 2013 04:47 PM (wR+pz)

146 Pants? If they were made in Israel the German .gov will let you know with a special sign. (Weasel zippers)

Posted by: RWC at June 10, 2013 04:47 PM (Wl/Ht)

147 Persons of Nudity. Let us pray FLOTUS is not in this protected class.

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Lois Lerner lies at June 10, 2013 04:47 PM (xw77v)

148 Really RNC? How much more fucking clueless can you be? Time to hire better junk mail writers.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 10, 2013 04:48 PM (pgKGJ)

149 >>> How much more fucking clueless can you be? Dear. Republican Friends...

Posted by: Sen. Marco Rubio at June 10, 2013 04:49 PM (aKDNN)

150 Orioles-Angels are finally in a rain delay, but it's a legal game if the ump decides to call it.

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at June 10, 2013 04:49 PM (u8ZVh)

151

An honest democrat?

CAC said rare, not miraculous.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at June 10, 2013 04:49 PM (0HooB)

152 Jamie Dupree ‏@jamiedupree 7m Rep Tom Massie R-KY on Snowden/NSA leak: "Based on what I know so far, I don't think he should be prosecuted"

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 10, 2013 04:49 PM (DPdf7)

153 ~~Time to hire~~ better junk ~~mail writers.~~ Well, I don't like to brag, but...

Posted by: DC in Towson at June 10, 2013 04:50 PM (jIaZt)

154 143 Someone downstairs said that the Texas power grid is independent of the other 47 contiguous states. So if you're anywhere else when the grid crashes, there will be some spectacular stargazing. Posted by: Tobacco Road at June 10, 2013 08:47 PM (4Mv1T) --------- Only if the skies are clear....which mine are not. Most of the time. Sigh.

Posted by: Cate in IN at June 10, 2013 04:50 PM (1JJGO)

155 Well, I don't like to brag, but... Live, from the centerfold of Play'ette.....

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 10, 2013 04:51 PM (pgKGJ)

156 Apropos of nothing, an oldie but a goodie. http://youtu.be/tieA5wfcgH4

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Lois Lerner lies at June 10, 2013 04:52 PM (xw77v)

157 152 Jamie Dupree ‏@jamiedupree 7m Rep Tom Massie R-KY on Snowden/NSA leak: "Based on what I know so far, I don't think he should be prosecuted" Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 10, 2013 08:49 PM (DPdf7) Has a warrant been issued? Or do they even do that anymore?

Posted by: BignJames at June 10, 2013 04:52 PM (20Mmk)

158 An honest democrat? CAC said rare, not miraculous. *** There was once an honest Democrat, but Charlie Bennett died in 2003.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 10, 2013 04:52 PM (DPdf7)

159 Has a warrant been issued? Or do they even do that anymore? *** Last I heard they were "preparing" a prosecution.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 10, 2013 04:53 PM (DPdf7)

160 Any big meteors ready to jar loose up there?

Posted by: SarahW at June 10, 2013 04:53 PM (LYwCh)

161 A link to Charlie Bennett's Wiki page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Edward_Bennett

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 10, 2013 04:53 PM (DPdf7)

162 I've got my purple cloth and black Nike's ready to go! Wrong party?

Posted by: Hal E. Bopp at June 10, 2013 04:54 PM (+EVcO)

163 Alright! AtC cannot be an Empress, that title has to be reserved for Theatre Major, EoJ's most favored concubine. (There's a whole deal about the legitimacy of the Master Race etc...) I think that AtC could be called "Mistress" if one were so minded, without all of the legal hassle.

Posted by: Deety at June 10, 2013 04:55 PM (Y4Lwq)

164 Don't know if I can make the ONT. I am being to think this NSA mole is a fucking Chinese mole, making out to be a patriot. Why is he in HK? The smell test is not working for me.

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at June 10, 2013 04:56 PM (wR+pz)

165 Posted by: Deety at June 10, 2013 08:55 PM (Y4Lwq) It was nice knowing you. If you get a mysterious box in the mail, don't open it.

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at June 10, 2013 04:56 PM (u8ZVh)

166 AtC cannot be an Empress, that title has to be reserved for Theatre Major, EoJ's most favored concubine. BLASPHEMY!!!! Guards!!!

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 10, 2013 04:57 PM (fc7D+)

167

How far out of the realm of possibility is it that this whistleblower guy gets droned? I believe he is a red herring. He will disappear and then the dummycraps can say it's all over, let's move on.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at June 10, 2013 04:58 PM (jucos)

168 >>AtC cannot be an Empress Yeah, you go ahead and tell AtC what she cannot do. I'm just gonna bravely hide in this fallout shelter and whimper manfully.

Posted by: DC in Towson at June 10, 2013 04:58 PM (jIaZt)

169 163 Alright! AtC cannot be an Empress, that title has to be reserved for Theatre Major, EoJ's most favored concubine. (There's a whole deal about the legitimacy of the Master Race etc...) I think that AtC could be called "Mistress" if one were so minded, without all of the legal hassle. Posted by: Deety at June 10, 2013 08:55 PM (Y4Lwq) AtC is Empress. Period. The theater major takes a back seat to Empress Alexthechick of Alextopia. Enjoy your emu.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 10, 2013 04:59 PM (GEICT)

170 I'm just gonna bravely hide in this fallout shelter and whimper manfully. Psssssst. Pass me an MRE, will ya?

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 10, 2013 04:59 PM (fc7D+)

171 I see our Empress has trained her loyal minions well.

Posted by: DC in Towson at June 10, 2013 04:59 PM (jIaZt)

172 >>Psssssst. Pass me an MRE, will ya? Fine. But if it's got peanut butter crackers, I'll trade you my jalapeÃ±o "cheese".

Posted by: DC in Towson at June 10, 2013 05:01 PM (jIaZt)

173 153 better junk Well, I don't like to brag, but... Posted by: DC in Towson at June 10, 2013 08:50 PM (jIaZt) Given that we've yet to get a shirtless pic, I have to call bullshit on the whole package

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at June 10, 2013 05:01 PM (pIgz0)

174 I see our Empress has trained her loyal minions well. Hey. The lemon bars are that good. Besides...the pallet isn't so bad.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 10, 2013 05:01 PM (fc7D+)

175 I see our Empress has trained her loyal minions well. Posted by: DC in Towson at June 10, 2013 08:59 PM (jIaZt) I am convinced that if she had a serious problem and put out a call for help, there would be Morons/ettes jumping in cars and even in airplanes to rush to her aid.

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at June 10, 2013 05:01 PM (u8ZVh)

176 Oh my! I go empty the dryer and return to find heresy breaking out in Alextopia? The natives are restless tonight...

Posted by: Cate in IN at June 10, 2013 05:01 PM (1JJGO)

177 AtC is Empress. Period. The theater major takes a back seat to Empress Alexthechick of Alextopia. I don't understand the command structure. Does a Theatre Major outrank a Major Domo? And where do the Theatre Lieutenant and Ballet Captain fit in?

Posted by: George Orwell what knows Lois Lerner lies at June 10, 2013 05:02 PM (xw77v)

178 I will gladly live under AtC's Jackboots. Happily.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at June 10, 2013 05:02 PM (jucos)

179 Hey. The lemon bars are that good. Besides...the pallet isn't so bad. Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 10, 2013 09:01 PM (fc7D+) Plus, the Racktasticness.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 10, 2013 05:02 PM (GEICT)

180 Plus, the Racktasticness. This is a given. ..... And it keeps giving, and giving, and giving....

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 10, 2013 05:03 PM (fc7D+)

181 We can all dress like Clowns in Alextopia.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at June 10, 2013 05:03 PM (jucos)

182 181 Hey. The lemon bars are that good. Besides...the pallet isn't so bad. Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 10, 2013 09:01 PM (fc7D+) Plus, the Racktasticness. Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 10, 2013 09:02 PM (GEICT) Plus the not getting fed alive to the Raptors. And the racktasticness. (which autocorrect thinks should be "rack tastiness")

Posted by: DC in Towson at June 10, 2013 05:04 PM (jIaZt)

183 And the racktasticness. (which autocorrect thinks should be "rack tastiness") Wait. Aren't they synonyms anyway?

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 10, 2013 05:05 PM (fc7D+)

184 I see our Empress has trained her loyal minions well. Posted by: DC in Towson at June 10, 2013 08:59 PM (jIaZt)

Darn tootin'.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at June 10, 2013 05:05 PM (Gk3SS)

185

B'Gal was flipping through the channels just now and ran upon a new channel called BYUTV. They show old shows, but the best part was the ads for "RFD Magazine."

Then we looked at the upcoming programming, and from 9am to 2pm is the Rural Report. Damn, does that bring back memories of Alabama.

I will be watching.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at June 10, 2013 05:05 PM (0HooB)

186 >>Wait. Aren't they synonyms anyway? Yeah, I almost didn't bother fixing it.

Posted by: DC in Towson at June 10, 2013 05:05 PM (jIaZt)

187 165 Do I need eye protection to look at the meteors? Posted by: Low Information Voter at June 10, 2013 08:56 PM (vbh31) If you get one the size of Tunguska, yes.

Posted by: rickl at June 10, 2013 05:06 PM (sdi6R)

188 Bannion: There's flooding down the hill from me.

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at June 10, 2013 05:06 PM (u8ZVh)

189 All I see tonight is rain, dammit.

Posted by: Trimegistus at June 10, 2013 05:07 PM (1NbZy)

190 Bannion: There's flooding down the hill from me. Cameron Run wasnt looking too friendly when I got home from work.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 10, 2013 05:08 PM (fc7D+)

191

I am convinced that if she had a serious problem and put out a call for help, there would be Morons/ettes jumping in cars and even in airplanes to rush to her aid.

Of our own free will. Mostly.

The rest would be the fear of a box on the front porch that makes emu sounds. She is a great and fearsome Queen she is.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at June 10, 2013 05:08 PM (0HooB)

192 Shooting Star...

http://tinyurl.com/3oazyfn

Posted by: Bad Company at June 10, 2013 05:09 PM (93bRa)

193 Cameron Run wasnt looking too friendly when I got home from work. Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 10, 2013 09:08 PM (fc7D+) People are being told to move their cars to higher ground.

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at June 10, 2013 05:09 PM (u8ZVh)

194

Pants? If they were made in Israel the German .gov will let you know with a special sign.

How come only the bad history repeats itself?

Posted by: Infidel at June 10, 2013 05:09 PM (gqEUi)

195 I am convinced that if she had a serious problem and put out a call for help, there would be Morons/ettes jumping in cars and even in airplanes to rush to her aid. Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at June 10, 2013 09:01 PM (u8ZVh)

That is very very sweet and I hope never to have to find out.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at June 10, 2013 05:09 PM (Gk3SS)

196 That is very very sweet and I hope never to have to find out. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at June 10, 2013 09:09 PM (Gk3SS) As do we.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 10, 2013 05:10 PM (GEICT)

197 I'm still waiting for an Earth smashing asteroid. Those asteroids that are promised to merely hurtle near but not collide are nothing more than astronomical cockteasers IMHO. I'm wanting the apocalyptic Wormwood promised us in Revelation and in cheesy B disaster flicks. As for meteors-- meh. Eclipses are more my thing. At least you have the possibility of going blind when you view them directly - not mass disaster perhaps but something.

Posted by: What a smash at June 10, 2013 05:10 PM (qKpun)

198 American Meteor Society? Huh. Tell me your prayers. Who are your members? You can't hide from me

Posted by: Lois Fifth Amendment Lerner "proud of my public service" at June 10, 2013 05:11 PM (p4U6S)

199 Posted by: Bad Company at June 10, 2013 09:09 PM (93bRa) Don't you wish that airplanes in the night sky were like shooting stars... Um, no because that would mean that the planes were on fire and crashing toward the ground.

Posted by: Thrawn at June 10, 2013 05:12 PM (UR5vq)

200 Blizzard of Snowdens Steyn Online "So the same government that presumes the right to know my phone calls, my emails and my MasterCard purchases doesnÂ’t know how many security clearances it issued in a given year."

Posted by: panzernashorn at June 10, 2013 05:14 PM (MhA4j)

201 200 American Meteor Society? Huh. Tell me your prayers. Posted by: Lois Fifth Amendment Lerner "proud of my public service" at June 10, 2013 09:11 PM (p4U6S) "O SMOD, please deliver us from these totalitarian assholes."

Posted by: rickl at June 10, 2013 05:14 PM (sdi6R)

202

200 American Meteor Society? Huh. Tell me your prayers.

Posted by: Lois Fifth Amendment Lerner "proud of my public service" at June 10, 2013 09:11 PM (p4U6S)

Oh Great Smod... could you do us a favor an 'visit' Washington DC... and I mean visit with 'authohity'!

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 10, 2013 05:16 PM (lZBBB)

203 Is Mark Steyn that gay Brit who fills in for Fat Rush?

Posted by: Herbert Hymenhopper at June 10, 2013 05:16 PM (p8RjH)

204 I'm bored. Well, there's a scotch that's giving me the eye. I accept your challenge.

Posted by: DC in Towson at June 10, 2013 05:17 PM (jIaZt)

205 Do I need eye protection to look at the meteors? Usually, no. As with all things in life, depends on where and when.

Posted by: Deety at June 10, 2013 05:17 PM (Y4Lwq)

206 We were doing so well in this thread, troll-wise. Sigh.

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at June 10, 2013 05:17 PM (u8ZVh)

207 I am convinced that if she had a serious problem and put out a call for help, there would be Morons/ettes jumping in cars and even in airplanes to rush to her aid. Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at June 10, 2013 09:01 PM (u8ZVh) And in some cases, these would not even be hijackings.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at June 10, 2013 05:17 PM (qyfb5)

208 *sniff* Ozone, huh?

Posted by: DC in Towson at June 10, 2013 05:17 PM (jIaZt)

209 And I see the troll got busted. Yay!

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at June 10, 2013 05:17 PM (u8ZVh)

210 I am being to think this NSA mole is a fucking Chinese mole, making out to be a patriot. ---------------------------------- If he was Chinese mole he wouldn't be doing interviews. I'm not saying he's a patriot either. The truth lies in the netherworld of lies. You'd be shocked to know it, but you just don't have the security clearance to get there. But hey, Simon Cowbell got egged the other night!

Posted by: Col. Jessup at June 10, 2013 05:18 PM (0vWqa)

211

"Hey. The lemon bars are that good. Besides...the pallet isn't so bad... Plus, the Racktasticness."

So is there some graven HD image or anatomically correct statuary we can gaze wistfully upon or bow meekly down to when we're not under the stompy boots of the Empress?

Cause you know...if I can look up once in while; well you know. I have fresh Red Jet Chocolate Cream Echo cupcakes to offer...

Looking down holding out the platter

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 10, 2013 05:19 PM (HfyFm)

212 Belmont Club: Maybe thatÂ’s why the White House erroneously refers to its authority to bug domestic communications as deriving from the Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act. Not the Â“Foreign Intelligence Surveillance ActÂ”, which actually exists, but by some slip of the fat finger, the Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act, which are the words which occur in the White House transcript. Richard Fernandez

Posted by: panzernashorn at June 10, 2013 05:19 PM (MhA4j)

213 Gamma Delphinid Meteors: How do the little bastards do it?

Posted by: eleven at June 10, 2013 05:19 PM (fsLdt)

214 @189 It's been theorized that the Tunguska devastation might have been wrought by a mini blackhole.

Posted by: BubbaLou at June 10, 2013 05:20 PM (qKpun)

215 Nothing is as it seems. But sometimes it is. Just to throw off the professionals.

Posted by: Col. Jessup at June 10, 2013 05:20 PM (0vWqa)

216 Looking down holding out the platter
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 10, 2013 09:19 PM (HfyFm)

You may sleep inside.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at June 10, 2013 05:21 PM (Gk3SS)

217 Over at Powerline, Scott Johnson writes of Mr Snowden: "Read the Guardian profile and the Post articles and you will see that Snowden professes no loyalty to the United States. He conceives of himself as a citizen of the world, or of the realm of Digitalia. He does not sound like anyone to be trusted with an assessment on our behalf the costs and benefits of the course of action he has undertaken." Just so. One reason for the citizenry not to entrust its personal information to the government is that the big, bloated, blundering government is stupid enough to entrust it to Edward Snowden, as it was previously stupid enough to entrust it to Bradley Manning (the Wikileaks leaker). ItÂ’s only a matter of time before the halfwit leviathan entrusts it to a Major Hasan or a Tamerlan Tsarnaev. "A Blizzard of Snowdens" Mark Steyn

Posted by: panzernashorn at June 10, 2013 05:21 PM (MhA4j)

218 Gamma Delphinids. Weren't they the sorority sisters in Animal House? And we get to watch them shower tonight - cool!

Posted by: BubbaLou at June 10, 2013 05:23 PM (qKpun)

219 111 Thanks CAC!

Posted by: redc1c4 at June 10, 2013 05:24 PM (8MasJ)

220 4:28 AM? ugh

Posted by: SamIam at June 10, 2013 05:24 PM (HMI9a)

221 Dear Verizon, you may want to rename your 'Share Everything' plan for small businesses.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 10, 2013 05:25 PM (AKcpz)

222 You may sleep inside. Welcome CoJ, report to supply to pick up you hair shirt, and burlap mattress cover. Gruel will be served promptly at 0455. Don't be late.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 10, 2013 05:26 PM (fc7D+)

223 Did the TB3K get dialed in on some NEW troll meat? Or one of the already banned ones?

Posted by: Tobacco Road at June 10, 2013 05:27 PM (4Mv1T)

224 Alan Parsons - Return to Tunguska
http://youtu.be/kEVUX8FI7zs

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 10, 2013 05:27 PM (AKcpz)

225 Did the TB3K get dialed in on some NEW troll meat? Or one of the already banned ones? Posted by: Tobacco Road at June 10, 2013 09:27 PM (4Mv1T) It was dialed in on Herbert, who hasn't met a hymen in decades.

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at June 10, 2013 05:28 PM (u8ZVh)

226 ...headline comments, Obama administration: "You don't need privacy if you have nothing to hide." Transcripts Passport Mother's Passport

Posted by: panzernashorn at June 10, 2013 05:29 PM (MhA4j)

227 Thanks Vendette- Had to fold laundry over a fresh scotch and missed it.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at June 10, 2013 05:29 PM (4Mv1T)

228 Are the banner ads giving anyone else seizures?

Posted by: SarahW at June 10, 2013 05:29 PM (LYwCh)

229 It was dialed in on Herbert, who hasn't met a hymen in decades. Always a joy when TB3K is at full rpm Gives me the same warm fuzzy I used to get when falling asleep to the sound of AC-130s overhead.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 10, 2013 05:29 PM (fc7D+)

230 Are the banner ads giving anyone else seizures? Posted by: SarahW at June 10, 2013 09:29 PM (LYwCh) I use Firefox with NoScript. No banner ads.

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at June 10, 2013 05:31 PM (u8ZVh)

231 We can all dress like Clowns in Alextopia Alright, I was totally trying to curry favor with BOTH sides, just in case... Now that I know that I can dress like a Clown (not that I ever would, yearch!)if I so choose, that makes all the difference. Still not gonna wheedle for pallets though... (That's kinda ghey.) When the shit hits the fan, I imagine I will be grateful for a cold and lonely concrete corner.

Posted by: Deety at June 10, 2013 05:31 PM (Y4Lwq)

232

"You may sleep inside." Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch.

Well; alrighty then. Thank you kindly.....Bowing deeply... :-)

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 10, 2013 05:31 PM (HfyFm)

233 I tend not to note nor mourn the zapping of the under the bridge dwellers.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 10, 2013 05:31 PM (AKcpz)

234 Ever ponder a fully functional TB3K in the wrong hands? ***{{{{shudders}}}***

Posted by: Tobacco Road at June 10, 2013 05:31 PM (4Mv1T)

235

Hey all.

What did I miss today?

... and is CAC ever going to pass that pipe or just Bogart it?

Posted by: garrett at June 10, 2013 05:31 PM (Jzn7Z)

236 Oh, great! Rain, clouds, thunder, lightning! Nothing but the best viewing tonight ... right! There is no justice!

Posted by: and irresolute at June 10, 2013 05:33 PM (DBH1h)

237 235 Ever ponder a fully functional TB3K in the wrong hands? ***{{{{shudders}}}*** Posted by: Tobacco Road at June 10, 2013 09:31 PM (4Mv1T) Well, we've seen a dysfunctional TB3K. Ace being banned from his own blog is beyond hysterical.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 10, 2013 05:33 PM (GEICT)

238 When the shit hits the fan, I imagine I will be grateful for a cold and lonely concrete corner. Posted by: Deety at June 10, 2013 09:31 PM (Y4Lwq)

Oh, sweetie, that's no longer even a possible option.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at June 10, 2013 05:34 PM (Gk3SS)

239 >>>I tend not to note nor mourn the zapping of the under the bridge dwellers. When one gets zapped you know someone is on that wall. Although they can still lurk just outside the light like they did with Vin Diesel.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at June 10, 2013 05:35 PM (4Mv1T)

240 >>Oh, sweetie, that's no longer even a possible option. Hmm. "sweetie"? No cursing? Bannion, pass out the MOPP gear! BC, bar the doors!

Posted by: DC in Towson at June 10, 2013 05:36 PM (jIaZt)

241 Hmm. "sweetie"? No cursing? Bannion, pass out the MOPP gear! BC, bar the doors! Posted by: DC in Towson at June 10, 2013 09:36 PM (jIaZt) Females have a way with words, don't they, hon?

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at June 10, 2013 05:38 PM (u8ZVh)

242 Hmm. "sweetie"? No cursing? Roh Roh, Rastro! Man, I hope I still have those 3 50 lb bags of lime in the supply room.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 10, 2013 05:38 PM (fc7D+)

243

>>> Oh, sweetie, that's no longer even a possible option.

You mean I'm going to lose my pallet?

Posted by: garrett at June 10, 2013 05:39 PM (Jzn7Z)

244

OK, been at work all day and then had a class this evening...WTF!

I come home and read Chu's statement on Solyndra, and the comments that idiot Cunningham had regarding Issa's missives and I just have to ask: when did it become acceptable to tell a baldface lie and pretend that there's no foul if there's no harm. I mean seriously, its like listening to the Russians back in the day tell everyone how great their economy was doing and watching them scrounge for toilet paper and cat food.

I mean really, does ANYONE take the word of this turd seriously?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 10, 2013 05:39 PM (HfyFm)

245 garrett, I think you're good. You didn't insult her earlier in the thread.

Posted by: Vendette (formerly I lurk, therefore I am) at June 10, 2013 05:40 PM (u8ZVh)

246 Well garrett it seems Teebow is a Patriot. One of the US ambassadors in Europe been cruising Marx Strasse for some female action. Snowden is proving to be as pure as the driven type.

This morning TCM drove me to the brink with two movies. First was Kapo about a Jewish woman who collaborates with the Nazis to keep living. Pretty harsh. Not any happy ending to be seen. They even built their own concentration camp outside of Belgrade for the filming. Had to post billboards saying it was a movie set to keep the locals from freaking. Then a movie called The Search filmed in bombed out Germany in 1948 starring Montgomery Clift. About the child survivors of WWII including ones from the concentration camps. Focuses on an almost feral boy who can't speak who escapes from an UNRRA ambulance with other kids because they think they are being gassed since the ambulance exhaust started to leak in. So a GI manages to adopt him and starts to help him. Meanwhile the boy's mother is going from UNRRA camp to another searching for him.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 10, 2013 05:40 PM (AKcpz)

247 You mean I'm going to lose my pallet? No, I think she's saying you're about to get a pallet upgrade. Not many Morons have a duvet cover made if human skin.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 10, 2013 05:40 PM (fc7D+)

248 >>Man, I hope I still have those 3 50 lb bags of lime in the supply room. Me too. Otherwise the Logistics Directorate is gonna need a new Chief. And some more lime.

Posted by: DC in Towson at June 10, 2013 05:41 PM (jIaZt)

249 Ah shoot, I almost forgot to mention that I am all for hanging anyone who breaks their oaths of secrecy. Bradley, and whatever this newest traitors name is, both should swing at the end of a good strong rope, IMHO. We cannot afford to encourage weaklings. Way too much good is being done to allow these limp ones to break the rules. Actions must have consequences. (Oh, gee, I don't think we should land in Normandy, so I'm going to blow the whistle!)

Posted by: and irresolute at June 10, 2013 05:41 PM (DBH1h)

250 95 how many of you remember laser light shows? heh...the company I work for produces the planetarium projection systems for Laserium 2.0. It's kind of cool; the most important aspect is the ability to project black. "Velvet" is the name of the current projection system.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at June 10, 2013 05:41 PM (qpah5)

251 Hmm. "sweetie"? No cursing? *swoons* That's about the best I can hope for, I think.

Posted by: rickl at June 10, 2013 05:41 PM (sdi6R)

252 ONT

Posted by: DC in Towson at June 10, 2013 05:43 PM (jIaZt)

253 Me too. Otherwise the Logistics Directorate is gonna need a new Chief. And some more lime Pffft. Dude, I still have 2 2,500 gallon tankers in the motorpool filled with muriatic acid. It's just that the lime is so...you know..."old school" It's a nice touch.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 10, 2013 05:44 PM (fc7D+)

254 250 Ah shoot, I almost forgot to mention that I am all for hanging anyone who breaks their oaths of secrecy. Bradley, and whatever this newest traitors name is, both should swing at the end of a good strong rope, IMHO. We cannot afford to encourage weaklings. Way too much good is being done to allow these limp ones to break the rules. Actions must have consequences. (Oh, gee, I don't think we should land in Normandy, so I'm going to blow the whistle!) Posted by: and irresolute at June 10, 2013 09:41 PM (DBH1h) Don't they set up some sort of trap to isolate the squealers, so they can be caught? Seems like they should.

Posted by: model_1066 at June 10, 2013 05:45 PM (tSYHH)

255

"sweetie".....I think in the southern vernacular that moniker translates loosely as "heathen rat bastard" or some similar term of endearment.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 10, 2013 05:49 PM (HfyFm)

256 187 B'Gal was flipping through the channels just now and ran upon a new channel called BYUTV. They show old shows, but the best part was the ads for "RFD Magazine."

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Huh. Wouldn't expect to see ads for RFD Magazine on BYU TV.

RFD TV (channel 345 on the ol' DirecTV boxamajig), however, is another matter. They're just chock full of rural goodness like old tractor shows, ag reports, Hee Haw reruns, and Big Joe Polka.

Posted by: Anachronda at June 10, 2013 05:49 PM (U82Km)

257 256 "sweetie".....I think in the southern vernacularthat moniker translates loosely as "heathen rat bastard" or some similarterm of endearment. Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 10, 2013 09:49 PM (HfyFm) Like I said, that's about the best I can hope for.

Posted by: rickl at June 10, 2013 05:55 PM (sdi6R)

258 Oh, sweetie, that's no longer even a possible option. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at June 10, 2013 09:34 PM (Gk3SS) I think you are WRONG! I'm quite sure that if I eat enough dirt and rat poo, in my North Korean prison, I could possibly get enough calories to survive all of the rapes and beatings! Don't Stop Thinkin' About Tomorrow! I LOVE Fleetwood Mac!

Posted by: Deety at June 10, 2013 06:24 PM (Y4Lwq)

259 Hmm. "sweetie"? No cursing? It's because EVERYONE knows that I am most likely to chew my own wrist off and replace my missing limb with some sort of kick-ass blade. Check the notes in my Yearbook if you don't believe me!

Posted by: Deety at June 10, 2013 06:35 PM (Y4Lwq)

260 Not many Morons have a duvet cover made of human skin. See! This is what I am constantly SAYING. I don't care how leathery your hobo is. Human skin is a crap insulator! There, I said it.

Posted by: Deety at June 10, 2013 06:54 PM (Y4Lwq)

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