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November 03, 2013

Better Sunday Morning Open Thread Than Andy's
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Posted by: JohnE. at 05:11 AM | Comments (116)
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1 Doctor Cynic, whatever happens, don't step on the butterfly. Don't step on the butterfly!!!

Posted by: The Bourbon in Boehner's Belly at November 03, 2013 05:49 AM (CRY7r)

2 Doc, whatever you do, don't step on a butterfly.

Posted by: eman at November 03, 2013 05:49 AM (AO9UG)

3 @141 Good stuff, thanks Tami.

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 03, 2013 05:49 AM (0FSuD)

Okay, doc, try pinching your nose and holding your breath.

Or smoke some crack or something.

Posted by: redstatedeb at November 03, 2013 05:49 AM (vBhIF)

5 Holy cow! That was freaky!

Posted by: eman at November 03, 2013 05:50 AM (AO9UG)

6 149 Not necessarily shot out,aircraft were replaced by newer models,wore out,were written off in hard landings etc. Posted by: steevy He's famous with us old timers here in Texas. A MOH recipient and a State Hero. An unusually brave man.

Posted by: Dept. Of Acuracy at November 03, 2013 05:50 AM (MhA4j)

7 @141 He feasts in Valhalla tonight! Godspeed.

Posted by: Amos Singletary, but west of the Mississippi at November 03, 2013 05:50 AM (553LD)

8 160 Wait, first? Surely not. NO, and don't call me........ http://tinyurl.com/28npcph

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 03, 2013 05:51 AM (0FSuD)

9 Ahhh, now I get it. Just being pushed down every post.

Odd punishment, but there 'ya go.

Posted by: HH at November 03, 2013 05:51 AM (XXwdv)

10 no you aren't! Esau .

Posted by: Yaakov at November 03, 2013 05:51 AM (nqBYe)

11 Not necessarily shot out,aircraft were replaced by newer models,wore out,were written off in hard landings etc. Posted by: steevy at November 03, 2013 09:47 AM

Okay, serious question: did "kill markings" transfer with the pilot, or stay with the plane?

Posted by: MrScribbler at November 03, 2013 05:52 AM (kaGpp)

12 Here is an article on Kearby. http://acepilots.com/usaaf_kearby.html

A Hamp fighter was an A6M3 Zero with clipped wings. It was called Hap initially because someone wanted to honor Gen. Hap Arnold. Until one briefing he was told how many Hap fighters got shot down. Soon the name was changed to Hamp.

The Tony was Japan's only inline engine fighter. Powered by a copy of the Daimler Benz DB-601. Also had reliability issues so more often than not was shot up on the ground.

Wewak is along the turkey's back of New Guinea. Hence the Port Morseby reference.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 03, 2013 05:52 AM (uVVG+)

13 So aces time was borrowed by doc cynic. Doc while you're traipsing around time and all, could you see if Helen of Troy was in reality a hottie? Or if they meant the face that launched a thousand ships to mean she was ugly as sin?

Posted by: Joethefatman™ (@joethefatman1) at November 03, 2013 05:52 AM (MnSla)

14 no, not the first man on the moon either!

Posted by: Yaakov at November 03, 2013 05:52 AM (nqBYe)

Did doc lose his health insurance?

Posted by: redstatedeb at November 03, 2013 05:53 AM (vBhIF)

16 149 PS He continued to fly combat missions after he had the CMOH hung around his neck. Rare man.

Posted by: Dept. Of Acuracy at November 03, 2013 05:53 AM (MhA4j)

17 nood

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 03, 2013 05:53 AM (0FSuD)

18 Remember what I told you, Doctor Cynic. Put it all on Seabiscuit, then right to the numbered account at First Metropolitan Bank.

Posted by: Lincolntf at November 03, 2013 05:53 AM (ZshNr)

19 " 156 Doctor Cynic, whatever happens, don't step on the butterfly. Don't step on the butterfly!!! Posted by: The Bourbon in Boehner's Belly at November 03, 2013 09:49 AM (CRY7r) 157 Doc, whatever you do, don't step on a butterfly." Shit. He stepped on the butterfly, didn't he?

Posted by: Lauren at November 03, 2013 05:53 AM (hFL/3)

20 75 My mental image of Ken Burns has him sitting around with Bill Moyers and laughing about how they get over on taxpayers. Posted by: Captain Hate on the iPhone at November 03, 2013 09:29 AM

There are no known photographs or eyewitness accounts of Bill Moyers ever smiling.

Posted by: kbdabear at November 03, 2013 05:53 AM (aTXUx)

21 nor Adam , nor eve.

Posted by: willow at November 03, 2013 05:54 AM (nqBYe)

22 166 Depends,at some times guys rarely flew the same plane,though they had pne assigned.They flew whatever was available.At those times they often went on the plane they used.Which might have kills from multiple guys.Guy would put their personnel scoreboard on their assigned plane most times.

Posted by: steevy at November 03, 2013 05:54 AM (zqvg6)

23 166 Those kills belong to the pilot, not the plane.

Posted by: Dept. Of Acuracy at November 03, 2013 05:54 AM (MhA4j)

He's on the healthcare.gov website, I know it!

He's signaling us that he's trapped....like so many millions of others now!

Posted by: redstatedeb at November 03, 2013 05:54 AM (vBhIF)

25 There are no known photographs or eyewitness accounts of Bill Moyers ever smiling. Posted by: kbdabear at November 03, 2013 09:53 People have seen him laughing on his way to the bank though.

Posted by: Dept. Of Acuracy at November 03, 2013 05:56 AM (MhA4j)

26 Everyone keep an eye out for Biff. If he keeps Doc Cynic from re-joining this spectral plane we will be locked in the alternative time line, and Christopher Lloyd will be president.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at November 03, 2013 05:56 AM (mvenn)

I think Moyers smiled when he briefly dated Ann Coulter.

Probably smiled a lot.

Posted by: redstatedeb at November 03, 2013 05:57 AM (vBhIF)

28 So now I'm curious to see if Doc gets out of his prison at 12 after...

Posted by: HH at November 03, 2013 05:58 AM (XXwdv)

29 It depends. A plane would officially be assigned to one pilot. But if an aircraft needed repair from last fight or was down for scheduled maintenance then the pilot would grab any plane that was available. So an aircraft assigned to Lt. X got flown by Capt Y who ended up getting shot down. So Lt. X would then fly whatever was available until he was assigned a new plane.

And the kill markings would follow the pilot. Best example is Col. John Howard's P-51 Mustang named Ding Hao! that clearly shows both his Japanese and German victories.
http://354thfightergroup.homestead.com/DingHao1.html

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 03, 2013 05:59 AM (uVVG+)

30 Of course Bill Moyers never smiles; saving the world one boring pack of lies at a time is serious bidness.

Posted by: Captain Hate on the iPhone at November 03, 2013 05:59 AM (00Mvj)

31 182 redstatedeb at November 03, 2013 09:57 AM (vBhIF)

Using Bill Maher's face...or did Anne really get THAT around?

Posted by: sven at November 03, 2013 05:59 AM (9jfyN)

32 Testy testy. Is this thread posting messages back in the stream, or at the end? 'Cause the earlier one is screwy.

Posted by: mindful webworker - got software demons? at November 03, 2013 05:59 AM (U13jb)

33 HH, i hope people keep commenting here until His release.

or maybe he will be trapped forever!

Posted by: willow at November 03, 2013 05:59 AM (nqBYe)

34 Doc...can you hear us....hit the escape key....

Posted by: redstatedeb at November 03, 2013 06:00 AM (vBhIF)

35 Look at the kill markings, all meatballs. Japanese aircraft. The all white tail and leading edge of wing means South West Pacific Area. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at Duh, need coffee, the time vortex is killing my two functioning synapses.

Posted by: Gmac - Pondering the coming implosion at November 03, 2013 06:00 AM (IanLz)

36 Kind-of. Congratulations, Doctor Cynic. Good trick.

Posted by: mindful webworker - got software demons? at November 03, 2013 06:01 AM (U13jb)

37 We must fall back to the future Marty

Posted by: sven at November 03, 2013 06:01 AM (9jfyN)

38 Just before your time loop re-enters this one, give the end a 180 degree twist.

Posted by: Mobius Dick at November 03, 2013 06:01 AM (mvenn)

39 Doctor Cynic, would you look at this floater in my eye?

Posted by: Captain Hate on the iPhone at November 03, 2013 06:02 AM (00Mvj)

40 Posted by: willow at November 03, 2013 09:59 AM (nqBYe)

He's getting closer. I wonder if time has slowed down for him...

Posted by: HH at November 03, 2013 06:02 AM (XXwdv)

41 Andy's thread no longer accepts comments. Posted by: Boss Moss the Redskin Savage Yeah they are. They're just being posted before a bunch of other comments. REPEAL! REPEAL! REPEAL DST! FOR PIXY'S SAKE!!

Posted by: mindful webworker - got software demons? at November 03, 2013 06:02 AM (U13jb)

42 7-8 more minutes.

only time will tell.

Posted by: willow at November 03, 2013 06:04 AM (nqBYe)

43 @141 Good stuff Tami

Posted by: ontherocks at November 03, 2013 06:04 AM (wcT52)

44 Doc!! Eject eject eject

Posted by: Gmac - Pondering the coming implosion at November 03, 2013 06:04 AM (IanLz)

45 125 Posted by: Ken Burn's "Daylight Savings Time"

Nice. Posted by: toby928Â© at November 03, 2013 09:40 AM

You forgot the cut to the analysis by Doris Kearns Goodwin.

Ken Burns doesn't believe anyone outside of his New England social set has anything intelligent to say. Rumor has it that his plane was forced to land at Newark on time and as his limo pulled onto the NJ Turnpike his driver say him curled up muttering something about "we're in klan country now"

Posted by: kbdabear at November 03, 2013 06:04 AM (aTXUx)

46 Wow, if this ever happens to me, somebody delete me. I just wouldn't want to live like this....

Posted by: redstatedeb at November 03, 2013 06:05 AM (vBhIF)

47 Quick, someone grab a grappling hook, he's going to be moving at the speed of light. Be on your toes.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at November 03, 2013 06:05 AM (mvenn)

48 Someone call Atropo and her snippers...

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 03, 2013 06:05 AM (uVVG+)

49 I figure the time zone change guy just woke up and flipped the switch in Niue. Or the Cocos Islands.

Posted by: mindful webworker - got foreign servers? at November 03, 2013 06:06 AM (U13jb)

50 Starting to detect something on the outer standard time nav bouy.

Posted by: toby928© at November 03, 2013 06:06 AM (QupBk)

51 Does anybody have one of those trampoline thingies that the fire department always uses when there is a jumper in a movie?

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at November 03, 2013 06:06 AM (mvenn)

52 Good Lord, the sonuvabitch is coming in like a meteor. Doc, if you can hear us, you need to starting dumping your reserve time now.

Posted by: toby928© at November 03, 2013 06:07 AM (QupBk)

53 I wonder if His hash has magical properties or a clue of a formula.

Posted by: willow at November 03, 2013 06:07 AM (nqBYe)

54 MWR has the AoSHQ official trampoline.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 03, 2013 06:07 AM (uVVG+)

55 You gotta wonder...is he trying to post another thought or is he simply trapped in this undending loop of embarrassment...thinking he was first when he wasn't even second. Man. That's gotta be rough.

Posted by: redstatedeb at November 03, 2013 06:07 AM (vBhIF)

56 It feels so wrong to just leave him trapped like this.

Posted by: willow at November 03, 2013 06:08 AM (nqBYe)

57 T minus 5.

Posted by: Boss Moss the Redskin Savage at November 03, 2013 06:08 AM (Kud5A)

58 5 minutes people. Riggers, deploy the temporal net. Emergency personnel to your stations. Doc is coming in hot.

Posted by: toby928© at November 03, 2013 06:08 AM (QupBk)

59 Willow, the time stream is moving. So he is not quite trapped in solidified amber yet. There just might be a chance.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 03, 2013 06:08 AM (uVVG+)

60 iirc Bill Moyers pretty much authored The Great Society legislation that set this country back 200 years. Meanwhile he rakes in big bucks not only at taxpayers expense, but with public broadcasting as production support in his media ventures.

Posted by: ontherocks at November 03, 2013 06:08 AM (wcT52)

61 What happens if a new thread starts up???

Posted by: Bruce at November 03, 2013 06:09 AM (CN6VQ)

This reminds me of watching the space shuttles scorch across the skies when they had an evening landing in Florida. We could see the trail of sparks in the twilight from San Antonio.

Wait, I think I see something.

(Hope Doc Cynic has all his tiles in place, this is gonna be a scorcher.)

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at November 03, 2013 06:09 AM (mvenn)

63 4 minutes. We're only going to get one shot at this. Maximum effort.

Posted by: toby928© at November 03, 2013 06:09 AM (QupBk)

64 Neu Thread has not waited. Upon swift wings it hath already yon appeared.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 03, 2013 06:09 AM (uVVG+)

65 And the first shall be last. This almost Biblical. Well, not really.

Posted by: Severe Conservative Riding Orca at November 03, 2013 06:10 AM (v6hyJ)

66 Man, this is more exciting than waiting for the start of 'Sharknado'!

Posted by: HH at November 03, 2013 06:10 AM (XXwdv)

67 Gonna miss you, doc...new thread!

Posted by: redstatedeb at November 03, 2013 06:10 AM (vBhIF)

68 180-179-178-177...

Posted by: willow at November 03, 2013 06:10 AM (nqBYe)

69 2 minutes. Spin Dizzys to max power.

Posted by: toby928© at November 03, 2013 06:10 AM (QupBk)

70 Ezekiel Emanuel is losing his shit defending 404Care on FNS. Pretty fucking hilarious and embarrassing.

Posted by: Captain Hate on the iPhone at November 03, 2013 06:10 AM (00Mvj)

71 220 I thought C.S. Lewis wrote that.

Posted by: Boss Moss the Redskin Savage at November 03, 2013 06:11 AM (Kud5A)

72 uh oh, my time is off!

shit what's going to happen iif i can't count time properly>?

Posted by: willow at November 03, 2013 06:11 AM (nqBYe)

73 One minute. God be with us.

Posted by: toby928© at November 03, 2013 06:11 AM (QupBk)

74 Ground Control to Doctor Cynic

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 03, 2013 06:11 AM (uVVG+)

75 I got this catalog in the mail the other day. It mostly has toys, knickknacks, puzzles, and so on. But I almost want this: http://www.bitsandpieces.com/stone-face-tissue-holder/p/47360/

Posted by: rickl at November 03, 2013 06:11 AM (sdi6R)

Nobody better post after 10:12

That would be epic!

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at November 03, 2013 06:11 AM (mvenn)

77 Hang on Doc! Almost there!

Posted by: HH at November 03, 2013 06:11 AM (XXwdv)

78 the suspense is killing me, will he make it?

Posted by: PMRich at November 03, 2013 06:11 AM (KDUNf)

79 Steady

Posted by: toby928© at November 03, 2013 06:11 AM (QupBk)

80 225 Captain Hate on the iPhone at November 03, 2013 10:10 AM (00Mvj)

We had to do something for the 17, 25, 35, 55 , 505 million Americans without Health Insurance by knocking 45 million Americans off health insurance.

Posted by: sven at November 03, 2013 06:11 AM (9jfyN)

81 Ezekiel Emanuel is losing his shit defending 404Care on FNS. Pretty fucking hilarious and embarrassing. Posted by: Captain Hate I hope he has his Depends on and doesn't shit all over the studio. That would be downright embarrassing.

Posted by: Severe Conservative Riding Orca at November 03, 2013 06:11 AM (v6hyJ)

82 Easy now

Posted by: toby928© at November 03, 2013 06:12 AM (QupBk)

83 Go Doc GO!

Posted by: sven at November 03, 2013 06:12 AM (9jfyN)

84 Wait, first? Surely not.

Posted by: Doctor Cynic at November 03, 2013 06:12 AM (3TTMv)

85 He's finally right !

Posted by: willow at November 03, 2013 06:12 AM (nqBYe)

86 And

Posted by: toby928© at November 03, 2013 06:12 AM (QupBk)

87 Safe Landing Doc

Posted by: sven at November 03, 2013 06:12 AM (9jfyN)

88 And now, time itself is annihilated. Or, back to your regular broadcasting.

Posted by: Severe Conservative Riding Orca at November 03, 2013 06:12 AM (v6hyJ)

89 We got him. Nice work people. And caught the three wire. Good landing Doc.

Posted by: toby928© at November 03, 2013 06:12 AM (QupBk)

90 Your hand! Give me your hand!!!

Posted by: HH at November 03, 2013 06:12 AM (XXwdv)

91 Welcome home Doc. How was Athens?

Posted by: Joethefatman™ (@joethefatman1) at November 03, 2013 06:12 AM (MnSla)

92 Is he with us, or did we just catch up to an image of him?

Posted by: PMRich at November 03, 2013 06:13 AM (KDUNf)

93 kapow! crash! bam!
\
shakes doc off wipes down his coat.

Posted by: willow at November 03, 2013 06:13 AM (nqBYe)

94 Cracking up reading this thread. Already chuckling aloud when I ran across this. Godspeed, Doctor Cynic, kill Hitler and come back safe! -Lincolntf Thank you, Pixy.

Posted by: mindful webworker - got time travel? at November 03, 2013 06:13 AM (U13jb)

95 nice.

Posted by: willow at November 03, 2013 06:14 AM (nqBYe)

96 Saved from eternal humiliation, err damnation.

Good job people...

Posted by: HH at November 03, 2013 06:14 AM (XXwdv)

97 Ewww. He looks like a blob of goo, like when the transporter on the Enterprise malfunctions.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at November 03, 2013 06:14 AM (mvenn)

98 who was dr. cynic? and why wouldn't he wait?

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at November 03, 2013 06:14 AM (8JJ6O)

99 I don't know about you guys, but I need a cigarette.

Posted by: toby928© at November 03, 2013 06:16 AM (QupBk)

100

And the time pelaton reels in the time breakaway group.

/L' Tour de Temps

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at November 03, 2013 06:16 AM (mvenn)

101 Now there was a man of whom you could absolutely say was "Ahead of his time".

Posted by: HH at November 03, 2013 06:16 AM (XXwdv)

102 Whew, good catch, toby.

Posted by: redstatedeb at November 03, 2013 06:16 AM (vBhIF)

103

I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.

Posted by: Boss Moss the Redskin Savage at November 03, 2013 06:17 AM (Kud5A)

104 And the time pelaton reels in the time breakaway group.

/L' Tour de Temps
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon

Those early morning breakaways usually don't succeed.

Posted by: Bruce at November 03, 2013 06:18 AM (CN6VQ)

105 Holy shit, that was funny. I love you geeks.

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at November 03, 2013 06:19 AM (celt+)

106 And, I'm caught up to Doc's safe landing. Whew. Hard to believe the incredible suspense. Good thing I was laughing uncontrollably.

Posted by: mindful webworker - got jocularity? at November 03, 2013 06:19 AM (U13jb)

107 56 Okay. Time Bandit or Time Lord. What do you want to be today? Posted by: Severe Conservative Riding Orca at November 03, 2013 09:26 AM (v6hyJ) --- I like my TARDIS.

Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at November 03, 2013 06:19 AM (N/cFh)

108 Watched that docudrama on Irena Sendler She smuggled 2500 kids out of the Warsaw Ghetto before the Gestapo caught up with her and broke both her feet and legs. The day she was to be executed, the resistance bribed the guard and were able to rescue her. In 2007, she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize but lost out to that grifter, al gore. You would think gore would feel shame...

Posted by: Zombie Eddard Stark at November 03, 2013 06:23 AM (mpTrn)

109 Damn. Doc blew three busses and melted a couple of gigawatt relays in that landing. I hope nobody else fucks up because it will be weeks before we can start recovery operations again.

Posted by: toby928© at November 03, 2013 06:23 AM (QupBk)

110 Posted by: toby928Â© at November 03, 2013 10:23 AM (QupBk)

No kidding. Let's just hope ace doesn't show up and double posts.

Not sure the site could handle the strain.

Posted by: HH at November 03, 2013 06:30 AM (XXwdv)

111 This what happens, Doc, when you slingshot your computer around the Sun at Warp 5. Leave it to the pros, please.

Posted by: Jim Kirk at November 03, 2013 06:37 AM (AO9UG)

112 See, this thread illustrates just how hazardous time changes can be. DST is no joke, people. It's deadly serious business.

Posted by: rickl at November 03, 2013 06:40 AM (sdi6R)

113 I like my TARDIS. Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth If you like your TARDIS, you can keep your TARDIS.

Posted by: Stephen Hawking, talking through that voice modem at November 03, 2013 06:40 AM (v6hyJ)

114 Sock off

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at November 03, 2013 09:14 AM (mvenn)

115 Made it safely, but now there are two of me. Great.

Posted by: Doctor Cynic at November 03, 2013 09:27 AM (3TTMv)

116 I'm sure Mrs Cynic is excited.