November 15, 2013
— JohnE. A few years ago, I picked up a fun book on Amazon titled "The Lost States". It's filled with stories of states that almost existed, like "South Jersey" to states that kinda did for a while, like "Franklin" and potential annexations, like British Columbia and Alberta.
Some of these ideas seem crazy, but people forget that our map has been changing pretty routinely throughout the history of the United States. We are currently in the longest span of an unchanged map since the founding of the country, after Alaska and Hawaii were added in 1959. In recent years we've seen the idea of "South California" being floated and there was even a somewhat serious attempt to create "North Colorado" this year.
In any event, one chapter stood out to me as particularly bizarre: the 51st state of Albania. Really. Albania seems to have a major crush on the United States. From the book:
Thousands of Albanians would love for their country to become the fifty-first state. And it's not just some offbeat splinter group requesting the inclusion. The whole country seems rabidly pro-American.Oh, and they were serious about becoming the 51st state, too:When President George W. Bush visited in 2007, no one protested. No one. (I couldn't believe it either.) It seems that Bush enjoyed higher approval ratings in Albania than a roomful of oil executives. In fact, his visit invoked newspaper headlines that read: "Please Occupy Us!" No kidding.
This odd love affair with America dates even earlier. During Bill Clinton's presidency, thousands of Albanians named their babies Bill and Hillary. Again, all true.
Albania was also among the first nations to join the United States in Afghanistan and Iraq, and it unflinchingly supports every American policy in the region. When the United States couldn't find any country in the world to accept deported Guantanamo detainees, Albania stepped up and took them off American's hands.
Secretary of State James Baker was mobbed like a rock star when he visited the country in 1991. There was even a move to hold a referendum declaring the country as America's 51st state around that time.
Why am I bringing this up? Well, here's what just happened today:
Albania rejected on Friday a U.S. request to host the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons, dealing a blow to a U.S.-Russian accord to eliminate the nerve agents from the country's protracted civil war.Weird, huh? I can't figure out what's changed.Negotiations went down to the wire, delaying the scheduled adoption on Friday of a step-by-step plan to get rid of 1,300 metric tons of Syria's sarin, mustard and other agents.
Albania's refusal marked an unprecedented break from its traditionally staunch allegiance to NATO ally Washington. It followed a storm of protest in the Adriatic republic, where protesters complained of exploitation.
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Posted by: FYNQ at November 15, 2013 11:48 AM (ybXJL)
Posted by: "Coach" Ernie Pantuso at November 15, 2013 11:48 AM (uhAkr)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/s][/b] at November 15, 2013 11:49 AM (4df7R)
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Posted by: Joe Biden at November 15, 2013 11:50 AM (DrWcr)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 15, 2013 11:51 AM (DmNpO)
Posted by: OregonMuse at November 15, 2013 11:51 AM (xm1A1)
Posted by: King Barry XIV at November 15, 2013 11:51 AM (DrWcr)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at November 15, 2013 11:51 AM (uhAkr)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 15, 2013 11:52 AM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at November 15, 2013 11:52 AM (A0sHn)
You just have to wonder if they're just getting tired of Obama's bullshit.
Posted by: OregonMuse at November 15, 2013 11:52 AM (xm1A1)
Posted by: Mama AJ at November 15, 2013 11:52 AM (SUKHu)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 15, 2013 11:53 AM (olDqf)
I remember listening to Radio Albania on teh car shortwaves when I was in Europe in the late 1980s. IIRC, Hoxha was as rabidly anti-American as the sainted Dr Castro.
Wonder what changed? (Well, the dude died, the Evil Empire collapsed and the Wall fell, but aside from that.)
Posted by: MrScribbler at November 15, 2013 11:53 AM (kaGpp)
Posted by: SFGoth at November 15, 2013 11:53 AM (Rjrgs)
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Posted by: OregonMuse at November 15, 2013 03:51 PM (xm1A1)
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When Little Winger was stationed in Kosovo, he said the Albanians were crazy about all things America. He also remarked on the attractiveness of their women.
Posted by: mama wingr at November 15, 2013 11:54 AM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: WalrusRex at November 15, 2013 11:54 AM (Hx5uv)
Posted by: chique d'afrique, formerly Chelsea, now back to being an actual female at November 15, 2013 11:54 AM (r+7wo)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 15, 2013 03:53 PM (DmNpO)
People who have actually lived under communism tend to hate the shit out of it. Stands to reason they'd feel the same way about a communist.
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2013 11:55 AM (DrWcr)
Posted by: RioBravo at November 15, 2013 11:55 AM (eEfYn)
I did trivia contests at various places and one of American History trivia questions I gave was ' everyone knows that Alaska and Hawaii were the 49th and 50th state. Who was the 48th state?'
Needless to say , the LIV locations had a hard time with this one.
Posted by: polynikes at November 15, 2013 11:55 AM (m2CN7)
Posted by: JEM at November 15, 2013 11:55 AM (o+SC1)
Posted by: rickb223 at November 15, 2013 11:55 AM (p9JxP)
Now I'm off to pacify the golf course! I have a 1 pm tee time, and as it's 2:15 I better hustle. Toodles!
Posted by: President and Chief Commisar Barack 'Skippy' Obama at November 15, 2013 11:55 AM (DLu2s)
@exjon @AP_Ken_Thomas
#Peruvia has also refused on the grounds that they like to mix that stuff in with their whiskey
Posted by: kbdabear at November 15, 2013 11:55 AM (aTXUx)
This reminds me of a bit from one of my favorite books, "The Long, Dark Tea-Time of the Soul" by Douglas Adams:
"It was a large, heavy, serious-looking van that was almost on the verge of being an actual lorry, and it was painted in a uniform dark metallic grey. It reminded Kate of the huge gun-metal-grey freight lorries which thunder through Bulgaria and Yugoslavia on their way from Albania with nothing but the word "Albania" stencilled on their sides. She remembered wondering what it was that the Albanians exported in such an anonymous way, but when on one occasion she had looked it up, she found that their only export was electricity - which, if she remembered her high school physics correctly, was unlikely to be moved around in lorries."
Personally, I've always had this impression of Albania as being "a place that MacGyver would have to find a way out of."
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/s][/b] at November 15, 2013 11:56 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at November 15, 2013 11:56 AM (uhAkr)
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Posted by: Barky at November 15, 2013 11:57 AM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Adil Hoxha at November 15, 2013 11:57 AM (/Crba)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at November 15, 2013 03:56 PM (uhAkr)
God's penguin?
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2013 11:57 AM (DrWcr)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 15, 2013 11:57 AM (GMIOa)
South Elbonia banned Communism, so they split.
Oh, ALbania. Nevermind.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at November 15, 2013 11:57 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Bryan Mills at November 15, 2013 11:58 AM (m2CN7)
Posted by: thunderb at November 15, 2013 11:58 AM (QwbAt)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 15, 2013 11:58 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: chique d'afrique, formerly Chelsea, now back to being an actual female at November 15, 2013 11:58 AM (r+7wo)
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Posted by: Lauren at November 15, 2013 11:59 AM (hFL/3)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 15, 2013 11:59 AM (GMIOa)
Posted by: rickb223 at November 15, 2013 11:59 AM (p9JxP)
Posted by: thunderb at November 15, 2013 11:59 AM (QwbAt)
Albania, the Mexico of Europe.
Did you know that in Albanian the word "car" would be interpreted as the word for "penis" and that the word "peach" would be interpreted as "vagine."
So, if you were to say "Might have a taste of that peach while I'm polishing my car"..........
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 15, 2013 11:59 AM (LA7Cm)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 15, 2013 11:59 AM (olDqf)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at November 15, 2013 03:56 PM (uhAkr)
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Which is weird in itself, as most of the country is muslim.
Posted by: mama wingr at November 15, 2013 12:00 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 15, 2013 03:59 PM (GMIOa)
Is it close to Athens?
Posted by: Bryan Mills at November 15, 2013 12:00 PM (m2CN7)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 15, 2013 12:00 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: rickb223 at November 15, 2013 12:00 PM (p9JxP)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 15, 2013 12:01 PM (olDqf)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 15, 2013 12:01 PM (olDqf)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 15, 2013 03:59 PM (GMIOa)
Is it close to Athens?
Posted by: Bryan Mills at November 15, 2013 04:00 PM (m2CN7)
No, Rome
Posted by: James from Plains at November 15, 2013 12:01 PM (Pr6hk)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 15, 2013 12:02 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: alexthechick - Here SMOD SMOD SMOD at November 15, 2013 12:02 PM (VtjlW)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 15, 2013 12:02 PM (olDqf)
They were unequivocal: "They're animals."
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 15, 2013 12:02 PM (oJ5Fd)
Posted by: Goofy at November 15, 2013 12:02 PM (eEfYn)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 15, 2013 04:01 PM
Seems to me "Albania" was a popular baby name in the 'Hood for a while....
Posted by: MrScribbler at November 15, 2013 12:02 PM (kaGpp)
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I met yesterday with a high school age sex assault victim to begin to prepare her to testify. I have anecdote about U.S. Grant that I sometimes use to encourage witnesses who are scared. She had no clue who Grant was.
Posted by: WalrusRex at November 15, 2013 12:02 PM (Hx5uv)
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at November 15, 2013 12:02 PM (Xlbr8)
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Posted by: Homer Simpson at November 15, 2013 12:04 PM (/Crba)
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Posted by: jakeman at November 15, 2013 12:05 PM (vH4YP)
Posted by: Barack Fredo Obama at November 15, 2013 12:05 PM (wmU4G)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/s][/b] at November 15, 2013 12:05 PM (4df7R)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 15, 2013 04:03 PM
Since I have never, ever actually MET anyone of Albanian extraction, I must defer to your enhanced expertise.
Posted by: MrScribbler at November 15, 2013 12:05 PM (kaGpp)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 15, 2013 12:05 PM (olDqf)
Posted by: t-bird at November 15, 2013 12:05 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: navycopjoe at November 15, 2013 12:05 PM (oi+Yq)
Posted by: Fred Q. at November 15, 2013 04:04 PM (W6iIX)
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Mostly islamic yes, with a small orthodox population.
Posted by: mama wingr at November 15, 2013 12:05 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: WalrusRex at November 15, 2013 04:02 PM (Hx5uv)
Well, fifty dollar bills aren't the most common bill around so I'll give her a pass.
Posted by: polynikes at November 15, 2013 12:06 PM (m2CN7)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 15, 2013 12:06 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: BlueStateRebel at November 15, 2013 12:06 PM (7ObY1)
Posted by: gp at November 15, 2013 12:06 PM (mk9aG)
Posted by: chris farley at November 15, 2013 12:06 PM (GMIOa)
I worked at 2 diff jobs with 2 diff Albanians.
Both were culturaly islamic I'd say.
One drank Budwiser one didn't
Posted by: Fred Q. at November 15, 2013 12:07 PM (W6iIX)
Posted by: jakeman at November 15, 2013 12:07 PM (vH4YP)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 15, 2013 12:07 PM (olDqf)
come on, the important stuff
Posted by: navycopjoe at November 15, 2013 04:05 PM (oi+Yq)
I'm thinking a lot of deforrestation is necessary.
Posted by: polynikes at November 15, 2013 12:07 PM (m2CN7)
come on, the important stuff
Posted by: navycopjoe at November 15, 2013 04:05 PM (oi+Yq)
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My son says, very. He spent a year in Kosovo, which has a large ethnic Albanian population.
Posted by: mama wingr at November 15, 2013 12:07 PM (P6QsQ)
Hope yer happy you leftist girly boy. look at what we're missin out on.
http://tinyurl.com/kucm2c2
sfw kinda
Posted by: dananjcon at November 15, 2013 12:08 PM (wmU4G)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at November 15, 2013 12:08 PM (uhAkr)
If there's one in Indiana, they'll pronounce it "Elbonia."
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at November 15, 2013 12:08 PM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 15, 2013 12:08 PM (olDqf)
Posted by: Goofy at November 15, 2013 04:06 PM
Damn, I though the kids today were more "liberated" than us oldsters.
Got my first hijab in the 11th Grade. From a nice Catholic girl.
Posted by: MrScribbler at November 15, 2013 12:08 PM (kaGpp)
Posted by: jakeman at November 15, 2013 04:07 PM (vH4YP)
To which teh only valid response is, "It's not."
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/s][/b] at November 15, 2013 12:09 PM (4df7R)
A couple months after I got my current job, a client called me up to give me his new address. Blah blah blah Fuquay Varina and I was all excuse me what now?
Posted by: alexthechick - Here SMOD SMOD SMOD at November 15, 2013 12:09 PM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at November 15, 2013 12:09 PM (/Crba)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at November 15, 2013 12:09 PM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: t-bird at November 15, 2013 12:09 PM (FcR7P)
Checking into a Canadian hospital for surgery? You might want to bring your own bed[Purp
Looky whats coming to us. This was first made popular in Albania.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 15, 2013 12:09 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: navycopjoe at November 15, 2013 12:09 PM (oi+Yq)
Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at November 15, 2013 12:10 PM (A0sHn)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 15, 2013 12:10 PM (olDqf)
Posted by: thunderb at November 15, 2013 12:10 PM (QwbAt)
Posted by: rickb223 at November 15, 2013 12:10 PM (p9JxP)
Posted by: navycopjoe at November 15, 2013 12:11 PM (oi+Yq)
Isn't there a town Albania in Georgia?
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at November 15, 2013 04:08 PM (ZKzrr)
In NH it would be "Alba-NEE-a," just to be contrary.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/s][/b] at November 15, 2013 12:11 PM (4df7R)
This is correct. I remember that Barry Goldwater was considered by some to be ineligible to run for president because he was born in AZ before it became a state.
Posted by: MrScribbler at November 15, 2013 12:11 PM (kaGpp)
Posted by: rickl at November 15, 2013 12:11 PM (zoehZ)
Posted by: Zombie Christopher Hitchens at November 15, 2013 12:11 PM (A0sHn)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 15, 2013 12:11 PM (olDqf)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 15, 2013 12:12 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 15, 2013 12:12 PM (olDqf)
Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at November 15, 2013 12:12 PM (rpnNZ)
Another of my questions. Can you name from left to right the Presidents on Mount Rushmore?
I like this one because people have seen pics of Mt Rushmore hundreds of times and its at best 50/50 knowing the order.
Posted by: polynikes at November 15, 2013 12:12 PM (m2CN7)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at November 15, 2013 12:13 PM (uhAkr)
Posted by: Roy at November 15, 2013 12:13 PM (VndSC)
OT: The City of San Francisco is Making a Wish come true for a little boy whose leukemia is in remission - the entire city has transformed itself into Gotham City for Batkid.
LiveStream of the event can be found here:
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX (@Teresa_Koch) at November 15, 2013 12:13 PM (PZ6/M)
My retired mother and a college friend of hers went to Croatia, Greece, ect last year on a vacation.
My mom's friend is a Farm wife in the intermountain west.
Anyway in Serbia or Croatia my mom's college friend exclaimed, "hey, there are no mexicans here"
My mom was like Kathy, we're in Eastern Europe.....everybody is white
Posted by: Fred Q. at November 15, 2013 12:13 PM (W6iIX)
I don't see a lot of hijab going on there.
Posted by: WalrusRex at November 15, 2013 12:13 PM (Hx5uv)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 15, 2013 12:13 PM (olDqf)
Another of my questions. Can you name from left to right the Presidents on Mount Rushmore?
Gah...
Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Teddy?
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/s][/b] at November 15, 2013 12:14 PM (4df7R)
Mrs. Jakeman has a few co-workers from there, and she says the same thing. Actually, all of her co-workers from ex-commie countries do, and a lot of them come right out and ask "WTF is the U.S. thinking?"
Posted by: jakeman at November 15, 2013 04:07 PM (vH4YP)
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Same with the Polish guys i work with. One guy is considering going back to Poland.
Posted by: dananjcon at November 15, 2013 12:14 PM (wmU4G)
"Another of my questions. Can you name from left to right the Presidents on Mount Rushmore? "
Um....Preezy McSchnizzle......Clinton.....er.....FDR.......Karl Marx.......and.........um.........
Posted by: LIV at November 15, 2013 12:15 PM (LA7Cm)
George Washington, Ben Franklin, Hillary Clinton, David Palmer
Posted by: LIV at November 15, 2013 12:15 PM (LwqhW)
Posted by: moki at November 15, 2013 12:15 PM (EvHC8)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 15, 2013 12:15 PM (olDqf)
OT: The City of San Francisco is Making a Wish come true for a little boy whose leukemia is in remission - the entire city has transformed itself into Gotham City for Batkid.
Dang it. Guess I'll have to go one day without wishing for Frisco to sink to the bottom of to Pacific.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/s][/b] at November 15, 2013 12:15 PM (4df7R)
Posted by: thunderb at November 15, 2013 04:08 PM (QwbAt)
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That's right. But if you go to visit her birthplace, it is now located in Macedonia. Boundaries change so violently over there.
Posted by: mama wingr at November 15, 2013 12:15 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: gp at November 15, 2013 12:16 PM (mk9aG)
Weak.
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I've got my eye on Poland. The girls there are good looking but none too smart.
Posted by: WalrusRex at November 15, 2013 12:16 PM (Hx5uv)
Posted by: Icedog at November 15, 2013 12:16 PM (and2K)
Posted by: t-bird at November 15, 2013 12:16 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at November 15, 2013 04:14 PM (4df7R)
Like Price is Right. You got two right.
Posted by: polynikes at November 15, 2013 12:16 PM (m2CN7)
And date-rape drugs. I hear those Newphies are deadly.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 15, 2013 12:16 PM (olDqf)
Posted by: jjshaka at November 15, 2013 12:16 PM (LiMYg)
Dang it. Guess I'll have to go one day without wishing for Frisco to sink to the bottom of to Pacific.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at November 15, 2013 04:15 PM (4df7R)
Complete with a transsexual dressed up as Poison Ivy, no doubt.
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2013 12:16 PM (DrWcr)
Posted by: polynikes at November 15, 2013 04:16 PM (m2CN7)
Dang it!
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/s][/b] at November 15, 2013 12:16 PM (4df7R)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 15, 2013 12:17 PM (olDqf)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 15, 2013 12:17 PM (ZPrif)
"Yup Lambro Field, named after Curly Lambro
j/k"
Yeah, playing a Stooge was good money back in the day.
Posted by: Hollywood at November 15, 2013 12:17 PM (LA7Cm)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2013 04:16 PM (DrWcr)
No doubt.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/s][/b] at November 15, 2013 12:17 PM (4df7R)
And awesome dogs!!
Except they are teetotalers, they refuse to carry the brandy barrel about their necks.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 15, 2013 12:17 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: alexthechick - Here SMOD SMOD SMOD at November 15, 2013 12:17 PM (VtjlW)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 15, 2013 04:16 PM (olDqf)
for a good time, Newphie yourself.
I saw how to do it in the first Hangover movie
Posted by: Fred Q. at November 15, 2013 12:17 PM (W6iIX)
Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at November 15, 2013 12:18 PM (rXcBX)
OT: The City of San Francisco is Making a Wish come true for a little boy whose leukemia is in remission - the entire city has transformed itself into Gotham City for Batkid.
That requires me to re-post my Deep Thought of The Day.
The most important think in life is to be yourself. Unless you can be Batman. Always be Batman.
Posted by: polynikes at November 15, 2013 12:18 PM (m2CN7)
Posted by: Lincolntf at November 15, 2013 12:18 PM (ZshNr)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 15, 2013 12:18 PM (olDqf)
Posted by: polynikes
James Cromwell, Martin Sheen, Harrison Ford, and Kevin Kline
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at November 15, 2013 12:18 PM (rSTkb)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2013 12:18 PM (DrWcr)
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So they were like military Obamacare.
Posted by: WalrusRex at November 15, 2013 12:18 PM (Hx5uv)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 15, 2013 04:17 PM (olDqf)
At the very least add him on to the right.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/s][/b] at November 15, 2013 12:18 PM (4df7R)
We just mothballed Umatilla only a few months ago so its got all the latest and greatest chem weapons disposal gear already on-site.
Crank Umatilla back up for a bit and deal with it. Problem solved with none of the security problems of having chem weapons getting toted around sketchy parts of the world. The Russians would be familiar and comfortable with the Umatilla site's capability as well.
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at November 15, 2013 12:18 PM (Xlbr8)
Posted by: Fritz at November 15, 2013 12:18 PM (TKFmG)
Weak.
If GWB was really the greedy war-mongering oil profiteer he's been painted as for the past 13 years, he'd have annexed Mexico.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at November 15, 2013 12:18 PM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: t-bird at November 15, 2013 12:18 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 15, 2013 04:18 PM (olDqf)
And that's a problem why?
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2013 12:19 PM (DrWcr)
Posted by: panzernashorn at November 15, 2013 12:19 PM (MhA4j)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 15, 2013 12:19 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at November 15, 2013 04:18 PM (rXcBX)
Albanian gansters seem to have a reputation as well
Posted by: Fred Q. at November 15, 2013 12:19 PM (W6iIX)
There's a lot of countries around the world that used to love love love the USA. Now, after five years of Dear Leader, not so much.
Posted by: Soona at November 15, 2013 12:20 PM (66ULQ)
Posted by: rickb223 at November 15, 2013 12:20 PM (p9JxP)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 15, 2013 04:18 PM (olDqf)
*ears perk up* Oh? Where may I find this magical melody?
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/s][/b] at November 15, 2013 12:20 PM (4df7R)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 15, 2013 12:20 PM (olDqf)
"Albanian health care is still heavily reliant on vice-grips and car batteries."
Yeah, but is it free?
Posted by: LIV at November 15, 2013 12:20 PM (LA7Cm)
Posted by: jakeman at November 15, 2013 12:20 PM (vH4YP)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 15, 2013 12:20 PM (olDqf)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 15, 2013 12:20 PM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Stirner at November 15, 2013 12:21 PM (l1p2K)
Posted by: panzernashorn at November 15, 2013 12:21 PM (MhA4j)
You still have 9 seconds! Rearrange!
Posted by: rickb223 at November 15, 2013 04:20 PM (p9JxP)
LOL.
I KNOW I got Washington and Jefferson right, so it must be Teddy then Lincoln.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/s][/b] at November 15, 2013 12:21 PM (4df7R)
If GWB was really the greedy war-mongering oil profiteer he's been painted as for the past 13 years, he'd have annexed Mexico
Naw, that's for John "Lurch" Kerry
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 15, 2013 12:21 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at November 15, 2013 12:21 PM (/Crba)
Posted by: alexthechick - Here SMOD SMOD SMOD at November 15, 2013 12:21 PM (VtjlW)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 15, 2013 12:22 PM (olDqf)
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Helen Thomas?
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at November 15, 2013 04:21 PM (/Crba)
Sandra Fluke, if you take into account mileage.
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2013 12:22 PM (DrWcr)
Posted by: alexthechick - Here SMOD SMOD SMOD at November 15, 2013 04:21 PM (VtjlW)
*winsome smile*
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/s][/b] at November 15, 2013 12:22 PM (4df7R)
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2013 04:22 PM (DrWcr)
Thread winner?
Posted by: Fred Q. at November 15, 2013 12:23 PM (W6iIX)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 15, 2013 04:20 PM (olDqf
You can also find it on any of his greatest hits. Todd hasn't release a new LP in years. However, he did tour with the Cars a few years ago.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 15, 2013 12:23 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 15, 2013 12:23 PM (olDqf)
Posted by: panzernashorn at November 15, 2013 12:23 PM (MhA4j)
Posted by: t-bird at November 15, 2013 12:23 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: alexthechick - Here SMOD SMOD SMOD at November 15, 2013 12:23 PM (VtjlW)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 15, 2013 12:23 PM (olDqf)
Posted by: Boone at November 15, 2013 12:24 PM (3p8HS)
Posted by: t-bird
Ah, Goatly.
Posted by: Dr. Krieger [/i] [/b] at November 15, 2013 12:24 PM (rSTkb)
Posted by: Boone at November 15, 2013 04:24 PM (3p8HS)
Yeah, but it punches above its weight.
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2013 12:24 PM (DrWcr)
Posted by: Tiger Woods at November 15, 2013 12:24 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at November 15, 2013 04:21 PM (4df7R)
Awesome . You made it to the showcase!
Posted by: polynikes at November 15, 2013 12:25 PM (m2CN7)
Do they know their name would be interpreted "penis" in Albanian?
I learn so much here.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at November 15, 2013 12:25 PM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 15, 2013 12:25 PM (0LHZx)
I've got my eye on Poland. The girls there are good looking but none too smart.
Posted by: WalrusRex at November 15, 2013 04:16 PM (Hx5uv)
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I worked with a couple of Polish women that grew up in communist Poland. They had an intense hatred for socialism/communism and would make 90% of the graduate students in the US look like hopeless retardos.
Posted by: Soona at November 15, 2013 12:25 PM (66ULQ)
"Sounding of ancient trumpet in York warns of Viking apocalypse on 22 February 2014
Legend has it that on this day, the god Odin will be killed by the wolf Fenrir
The soil and the sky will be stained with poison and the sea will rear up
Prior to the apocalypse, three freezing winters would follow each other
The sound of the horn is supposed to call the sons of Odin to the battlefield, where Odin will ultimately be killed
Ragnarok, which translates to ‘Doom of the Gods’, is due to be preceded by the winter of winters.
Vikings believed, prior to the apocalypse, three freezing winters would follow each other with no summers in between.
Better make plans. I was hoping it would end, on or about the day before Valentines day."
Posted by: WalrusRex at November 15, 2013 12:25 PM (Hx5uv)
My goddaughter's father was raised in Albania while it was still communist. Do NOT get him started on the dump that is Albania...
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 15, 2013 12:26 PM (knoK7)
Posted by: Soona at November 15, 2013 04:25 PM (66ULQ)
that is not really fair.
90% of the grad students in the US are retardos
Posted by: Fred Q. at November 15, 2013 12:26 PM (W6iIX)
Posted by: Chrissy Liebowitz at November 15, 2013 12:27 PM (EUKai)
Why?
Or did Gaylord Focker manage to close Johnston Island by mistake?
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 15, 2013 12:27 PM (0fdrC)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 15, 2013 12:28 PM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 15, 2013 12:28 PM (0LHZx)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 15, 2013 04:28 PM (0LHZx)
that is because they actually lived it.
Unlike the JEF who had how wonderful sosialism is read to him in his nursury rhymes
Posted by: Fred Q. at November 15, 2013 12:29 PM (W6iIX)
They're not going to host the Syrian chemical weapons deal?
Could we maybe interest them in hosting the X Games then ?
Posted by: BurtTC at November 15, 2013 12:30 PM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Aviator at November 15, 2013 12:30 PM (DI+ja)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, cognito at November 15, 2013 12:30 PM (naUcP)
Posted by: Singing Barky country boy who drops his Gs on cue at November 15, 2013 12:30 PM (nTgAI)
Posted by: rickb223 at November 15, 2013 12:31 PM (p9JxP)
Some of the prettiest women I have seen per capita : Poland
Also one of the coolest places I've been
Posted by: Singing Barky country boy who drops his Gs on cue at November 15, 2013 12:31 PM (nTgAI)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 15, 2013 12:32 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 15, 2013 12:32 PM (olDqf)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 15, 2013 12:33 PM (olDqf)
Posted by: rickb223 at November 15, 2013 12:33 PM (p9JxP)
One of the guys who does compiler writing for Microsoft (and previously Borland) escaped from CZ when it was still commie. He got stories to tell...
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at November 15, 2013 12:34 PM (Xlbr8)
Posted by: Jay Carney at November 15, 2013 12:35 PM (8/DeP)
Posted by: Waterhouse at November 15, 2013 12:35 PM (LwqhW)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 15, 2013 12:35 PM (olDqf)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at November 15, 2013 12:35 PM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Purp at November 15, 2013 04:34 PM (Xlbr
If Barkey gets a 3rd and 4th term, WE might get some good stories
Posted by: Fred Q. at November 15, 2013 12:35 PM (W6iIX)
Posted by: Purp at November 15, 2013 04:34 PM (Xlbr
I'd wager he doesn't think too highly of the SCOAMF.
Posted by: Insomniac at November 15, 2013 12:35 PM (DrWcr)
Posted by: D-Lamp at November 15, 2013 12:35 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 15, 2013 12:35 PM (IXrOn)
Starring the Gaylord Focker clan. Tell them there will be a film crew following them as they try to hide out from Rep. Issa. And if they manage to hide for seven years, get $2 million.
Then never send the film crew. And only run the pilot episode, the Fockers boarding a plane and flying off into the sunset.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 15, 2013 12:36 PM (0fdrC)
A stripper gal I knew once asked me if I wanted an Albanian watchdog.
I had no idea what an Albanian watchdog is, but I said yes anyway...
Never let a stripper give you an Albanian watchdog.
Posted by: BurtTC at November 15, 2013 12:36 PM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Fritz at November 15, 2013 12:38 PM (TKFmG)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 15, 2013 12:38 PM (IXrOn)
"Never let a stripper give you an Albanian watchdog. "
Nor it's cousin the "the Macedocian Mule."
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 15, 2013 12:39 PM (LA7Cm)
Posted by: D-Lamp at November 15, 2013 04:35 PM (bb5+k)
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Agree. But I'm afraid that Baraka has killed the chance of another black president for some time to come.
Posted by: Soona at November 15, 2013 12:40 PM (66ULQ)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 15, 2013 12:41 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: JoeyBagels at November 15, 2013 12:41 PM (BzJC5)
Posted by: Blacksheep at November 15, 2013 12:41 PM (8/DeP)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at November 15, 2013 12:41 PM (LA7Cm)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 15, 2013 12:42 PM (DmNpO)
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Posted by: Tiger Woods at November 15, 2013 12:42 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: citizen khan at November 15, 2013 12:44 PM (5HuMr)
Posted by: Blacksheep at November 15, 2013 12:44 PM (8/DeP)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 15, 2013 04:42 PM (DmNpO)
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I know that. But consider the average LIV. They don't think very logically.
Posted by: Soona at November 15, 2013 12:46 PM (66ULQ)
Posted by: dananjcon at November 15, 2013 12:46 PM (wmU4G)
Posted by: JHW at November 15, 2013 12:47 PM (OKpSE)
Then came the coconuts and chillbillies.
Posted by: RolandTHTG at November 15, 2013 12:48 PM (QM5S2)
Posted by: D-Lamp at November 15, 2013 12:50 PM (bb5+k)
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Albian Watchdog??
Is that like a Moroccan Mangy Mutt??...If so, I'll pass.
Posted by: dananjcon at November 15, 2013 12:50 PM (wmU4G)
Posted by: JoeyBagels at November 15, 2013 12:50 PM (BzJC5)
Posted by: Jim in PA at November 15, 2013 12:55 PM (eZ02b)
90-91, He and his wife would spend hours in the supermarket in awe of
all the different brands and varieties of food. At times they were overwhelmed, didn't know what to buy so they stuck with what they knew until they eventually tried enough different foods and watched enough TV to figure out what they liked.
Same experience,same time period, but with a visiting Estonian couple. They were staggered by the variety, and in particular couldn't believe the selection and quality of the meat and produce.
They asked, "How do you choose"??? And "how do you get all this stuff here w/o it spoiling"?
But that was then. Estonia went full-bore capitalist as soon as they got out from under the Soviet both, and the enterprising couple are now very well off, having formed their own successful import business.
Posted by: Hari Seldon at November 15, 2013 01:01 PM (iD/v0)
Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, Vermont at November 15, 2013 01:05 PM (vBud5)
OK, that's our thread winner right there.
Posted by: OregonMuse at November 15, 2013 01:22 PM (xm1A1)
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