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December 15, 2013

Eight and a Half Years After Kelo: Nothing Stands Upon the Condemned Property, But Mayor Has an Exciting New Plan for a "Green" Parking Lot and Micro-Housing Lots!
— Ace

Thank God we seized these people's century-old homes.

Why, they were standing in the way with progress, which begins with P which rhymes with G which stands for Green Parking Lot, whatever the hell that is.

A "tiny house neighborhood" and a symbolic cleansing of the Kelo ruling "stain" are among the development options discussed for Fort Trumbull by New London Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio in his recent meeting with The Day editorial board. What remains murky is the mayor's vision for how any development takes place on the long barren peninsula and who will be in charge of guiding and promoting it.
The 2005 Supreme Court decision in New London v. Kelo, in which the court by a 5-4 majority constitutionally validated the New London Development Corp.'s use of eminent domain to purchase and raze the homes of Fort Trumbull residents who refused to sell, remains a "black stain" on the city, said its mayor.
... Mayor Finizio said he would like New London to symbolically overturn Kelo by undertaking a true "public use" of the seized private properties. He offered as an example a parking garage, under discussion recently as a means of meeting the parking demands generated by Electric Boat's offices in the former Pfizer buildings, the one major project resulting from NLDC's corporate development vision.
This would not be any municipal parking garage, but one with solar panels to power it, landscaping and design to fit it into the setting, and first-floor shops to generate revenues.

They're also going to build small homes there, which will supposedly be "sustainable" or whatever.

You know who had small, environmentally sustainable homes there? The people whose small homes were condemned and taken from them by the Supreme Court and given to a land developer.

And those homes were more "green," have no doubt. There's a saying among greenies -- the greenest brick is the brick that's already in place. That is, the "greenest" house is the house that's already built, not the one that requires new lumber to be cut from the forest, transported by gas-powered truck, and assembled using all manner of gas- and electric-powered machinery.

Thank to Just the Tip. He means "news tips." I think.

Posted by: Ace at 01:58 PM | Comments (293)
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1 Yet more Progressive Forward! to failure.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2013 01:58 PM (vjloV)

2 "Green Parking Lot, whatever the hell that is."

A field?

Posted by: forest at December 15, 2013 01:59 PM (stMuz)

3 Why do we need parking lots in this Green Progressive future? Shouldn't we all be taking a light rail to our good middle-class job?

Posted by: Pilot141 at December 15, 2013 02:02 PM (o8/wy)

4 In a later press release Mayor Finizo had this to say - "We admire how green the Shire is represented in the Peter Jackson movies. So we will build earth covered houses in that style, subsidize people who have a height disability to live there, and market a new tourist attraction that will boost the town's tax base."

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2013 02:02 PM (vjloV)

5 After the ruling Congress should have passed a law nullifying the Supreme fuck-up. Sadly, Congress is stuffed to the gills with assholes, too.

Posted by: eman at December 15, 2013 02:02 PM (AO9UG)

6 Oh this is that Connecticut thing, right? Worst abuse of eminent domain that I've ever heard of. May they all roast on spit in hell and prayers up for those poor old people they fucked over.

Posted by: Peaches at December 15, 2013 02:03 PM (8lmkt)

7 Why did I just blurt out Mother F@#%ers!!?

Posted by: Dept. Of Acuracy at December 15, 2013 02:04 PM (MhA4j)

8 Peaches, don't forget the special carve outs for the drinking club that all the old boy politicians drank at (since boarded up iirc) and some other well-connected party.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 15, 2013 02:05 PM (sQ0LB)

9 They are Shameless And Unaccountable. I always thought a reckoning was coming. Not anymore. A Thousand Year Rule Of The Great Deceiver is only thing coming.

Posted by: soothsayer at December 15, 2013 02:05 PM (oq+sa)

10 This would not be any municipal parking garage oh no!

But a magical parking garage that would soothe the theft of private property by providing free parking to the mayor and many of his "special friends"....

Posted by: K.Underwood at December 15, 2013 02:06 PM (5ikDv)

11
The Kelo decision shows why it's so important we have a Republican Senate and a Republican President. So justices who would make decisions like won't get picked.

What? Three of the five yes votes were Republican appointees? Oh, oh dear.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 15, 2013 02:06 PM (kdS6q)

12 This nation's Rendezvous With Destiny has somehow altered course.

Posted by: soothsayer at December 15, 2013 02:07 PM (oq+sa)

13 As I understand it, "small homes" are houses that are under 800 sq. feet or so. You know, a storage shed.

Posted by: alexthechick - Really Universe Really? at December 15, 2013 02:07 PM (Gk3SS)

14 /sock off, ya'll

Posted by: noone, really [/i] [/b] at December 15, 2013 02:07 PM (5ikDv)

15 Sadly, Congress is stuffed to the gills with assholes, too. Posted by: eman Yes indeed but they're electable. Principled, ethical and honest people are not. That qualifies as a Litmus Test.

Posted by: Dept. Of Acuracy at December 15, 2013 02:07 PM (MhA4j)

16 Green Parking Lot, whatever the hell that is. Woodstock.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at December 15, 2013 02:07 PM (IXrOn)

17 I understand the theoretical need for some sort of eminent domain. What I don't understand is why there isn't a law that says, "If land seized under eminent domain is not used for the stated purpose of its seizure within five years, then ownership reverts back to the original owner and the government must provide additional compensation equal to 2x the orginal price paid." You could go even further and state that failure to either use the land or return it to the owner within five years would be considered evidence of fraud by the politicians involved.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 15, 2013 02:07 PM (lr3d7)

18 They could not get away with that shit here. Public use turned into public purpose which totally changes the meaning of the Constitution.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 15, 2013 02:08 PM (T2V/1)

not the one that requires new lumber to be cut from the forest, transported by gas-powered truck, and assembled using all manner of gas- and electric-powered machinery.

Actually it will be built by the natural and available self sustaining items nearby. Think a worn tarp draped over a stolen shopping cart. Heating will be provided by small fire built in a discarded coffee can made up of what can be found in every McDonalds or Taco Bell trash bin! Think of it a hobo-chic!!

Posted by: puddleglum at December 15, 2013 02:08 PM (Ibmpw)

20 Ah, judges. So wise they can figure out how to misunderstand plain language. It's almost as if they went to school for something like that.

Posted by: AmishDude at December 15, 2013 02:08 PM (xSegX)

21 "Green Parking Lot, whatever the hell that is.">>

It will made from "Green Materials" but mostly it will transfer a metric fuckton of green money to the favored contractor/relative picked to build it. And it will be crap that needs to be redone in 5 years.

Posted by: The Hickster at December 15, 2013 02:09 PM (TI3xG)

22 As I understand it, "small homes" are houses that are under 800 sq. feet or so. You know, a storage shed.

Posted by: alexthechick - Really Universe Really? at December 15, 2013 06:07 PM (Gk3SS)

800 sq feet would be considered family housing in NYC. You know, the city our moral betters claim should be the inspiration for how the rest of us live.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 15, 2013 02:09 PM (lr3d7)

23 800 sq ft? See such cabanas being touted on the Gulf Coast post Katrina.

What it all means is the authority has determined that you the people shall live with diminished means in order to protect the environment.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2013 02:10 PM (vjloV)

24
As I understand it, "small homes" are houses that are under 800 sq. feet or so. You know, a storage shed.

Posted by: alexthechick - Really Universe Really? at December 15, 2013 06:07 PM (Gk3SS)

I think this is the point where we link the MFM's constant efforts to tell us that those trendy 400 sq ft "microhomes" are cool and "sustainable". They've been pushing that shit for at least 5-6 years now.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 15, 2013 02:10 PM (MBqvE)

25 What? Three of the five yes votes were Republican appointees? Oh, oh dear. Too bad there's nobody who's observed that the legal profession is corrupt from top to bottom.

Posted by: AmishDude at December 15, 2013 02:11 PM (xSegX)

26 Thanks, I rant on this a lot.

You know when I am not being cryptic or zany?

This is a fucking monstrosity and fuck SCotUS.

Posted by: sven at December 15, 2013 02:11 PM (9jfyN)

27 A house on the lot is worth two parking lots.

Posted by: County Tax Assessor Collector at December 15, 2013 02:11 PM (HsJeN)

28 the people shall live with diminished means in order to protect the environment. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) Actually, it's to protect their power structure.

Posted by: Dept. Of Acuracy at December 15, 2013 02:11 PM (MhA4j)

29 I suggest this be the site of the first permanent FEMA Work Camp of the Obama Revolution. Arbeit macht frei, proles.

Posted by: --- at December 15, 2013 02:11 PM (MMC8r)

30 800 sq feet would be considered family housing in NYC. You know, the city our moral betters claim should be the inspiration for how the rest of us live.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 15, 2013 06:09 PM (lr3d7)

Oh, I know full well that those enthusing the most about small houses are those who think that paying $3,500 a month for a sixth floor walk up in a "transitional" neighborhood with the same square footage as my spare room is a fantastic deal.

Posted by: alexthechick - Really Universe Really? at December 15, 2013 02:12 PM (Gk3SS)

31 The Kelo decision shows why it's so important we have a Republican Senate and a Republican President. So justices who would make decisions like won't get picked.

What? Three of the five yes votes were Republican appointees? Oh, oh dear.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 15, 2013 06:06 PM (kdS6q)

That shithead Souter, appointed by RINO Poppy Bush, needs to have that shanty eyesore he flops in Kelo'd STAT.

Posted by: Captain Hate at December 15, 2013 02:12 PM (+pNWX)

32 You know what else was eight years ago? Those asshole liars who said it wasn't worth extracting oil from ANWR because it'd take 10 years to produce oil/gasoline. AND, the same liars said Iran was 10 years away from nuclear cabalities so don't worry about it.

Posted by: soothsayer at December 15, 2013 02:12 PM (oq+sa)

33
Green Parking Lot, whatever the hell that is.

Woodstock.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at December 15, 2013 06:07 PM (IXrOn)

Wouldn't that be more.....brown? Like mud?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 15, 2013 02:12 PM (MBqvE)

34 I'm a small, environmentally sustainable home.

Posted by: A coffin at December 15, 2013 02:12 PM (R6JT1)

35 Or they could be a tube hotel like ones in Tokyo.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2013 02:12 PM (vjloV)

36 Green parking lot for bicycles made by elves using only sustainable craftsmanship and unicorn manure .

Posted by: awkward davies at December 15, 2013 02:13 PM (WK8VM)

37 I'm starting to think this Obama fellow may not be the problem. It just might be his supporters.

Posted by: ScoggDog at December 15, 2013 02:13 PM (6/+vz)

38 That shithead Souter, appointed by RINO Poppy Bush, needs to have that shanty eyesore he flops in Kelo'd STAT. Just take his entire salary. 100% of it. It's perfectly legal. It's a tax.

Posted by: AmishDude at December 15, 2013 02:14 PM (xSegX)

39 The Green Parking Lot is an EPA concept -
http://www.epa.gov/region2/sustainability/parking/index.html

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo: free toby at December 15, 2013 02:14 PM (Nsoq9)

40 ....and unicorn manure . Posted by: awkward davies Sorry, the entire supply belongs to the U.S.N.

Posted by: Dept. Of Acuracy at December 15, 2013 02:14 PM (MhA4j)

41
Green parking lot for bicycles made by elves using only sustainable craftsmanship and unicorn manure .

Posted by: awkward davies at December 15, 2013 06:13 PM (WK8VM)

Elves are magicians with petroleum-based carbon fiber/epoxy......

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 15, 2013 02:15 PM (MBqvE)

42 34 I'm a small, environmentally sustainable home.

Posted by: A coffin

pfft, I'm signifgantly better for the enviroment. no need for wood. just dig a hole.

Posted by: killing fields at December 15, 2013 02:15 PM (Ibmpw)

43 Just another miserable fail by progressive flaming assholes. Those clowns couldn't organize a two car funeral.

Posted by: Comanche Voter at December 15, 2013 02:15 PM (VAche)

44 New London? If Electric Boat and the Sub Base ever move out, it will be worse than Camden NJ

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 15, 2013 02:15 PM (nzKvP)

45
"This would not be any municipal parking garage, but one with solar panels to power it, landscaping and design to fit it into the setting, and first-floor shops to generate revenues."

Also, a Frisbee golf course and a unicorn petting zoo.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 15, 2013 02:15 PM (kdS6q)

46 We are no longer a country with a government, we are now a government with a country. We are headed for trying times where all of our freedoms will be tested. Buckle up

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at December 15, 2013 02:16 PM (jucos)

47 Oh evening all.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 15, 2013 02:16 PM (nzKvP)

48 3 Why do we need parking lots in this Green Progressive future? Shouldn't we all be taking a light rail to our good middle-class job? Posted by: Pilot141 at December 15, 2013 06:02 PM (o8/wy) Good point. How cogent.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 15, 2013 02:16 PM (teFlO)

49 MOAR ELITE

Posted by: 2 x 4 at December 15, 2013 02:17 PM (9Yfg6)

50 Shouldn't we all be taking a light rail to our good middle-class job? Posted by: Pilot141 The law says we remain in our ghetto and wait for Soylent rations.

Posted by: Dept. Of Acuracy at December 15, 2013 02:18 PM (MhA4j)

51 Mayor Finizio said he would like New London to symbolically overturn Kelo by undertaking a true "public use" of the seized private properties. And by 'symbolically overturn' he means validate.

Posted by: t-bird at December 15, 2013 02:18 PM (FcR7P)

52 Posted by: alexthechick - Really Universe Really? at December 15, 2013 06:12 PM (Gk3SS) "Good God, your master bedroom is bigger than your sister's entire apartment." "Yes, and I have a yard, and my mortgage is less than her rent, there's a reason the wife and I live in St. Louis and not Chicago." "This house would cost over a million in Chicago, it's bigger than my parents." "Yes, well I like you, so I'm not going to repeat myself even louder." (Actual conversation with my sister's boyfriend. I cut him some slack though, he might be a useful contact to have in the future.)

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at December 15, 2013 02:19 PM (GaqMa)

We used to walk our dogs there. It is a $hithole of the first order. That place is a disaster.

Posted by: Registered Voter at December 15, 2013 02:19 PM (0DC/m)

54 SIGN: This empty lot was built with union labor.

Posted by: --- at December 15, 2013 02:19 PM (MMC8r)

55
Why do we need parking lots in this Green Progressive future? Shouldn't we all be taking a light rail to our good middle-class job?

Posted by: Pilot141 at December 15, 2013 06:02 PM (o8/wy)

Geez, have you SEEN the sort of people who use public transportation? No self-respecting progressive would be caught dead sitting next to a homeless schizophrenic with 3 weeks of body funk on a light rail car.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 15, 2013 02:19 PM (MBqvE)

56 I couldnÂ’t believe that decision! There should be a limit to their terms as Justices, but we canÂ’t urge that now with TFG as president.

Posted by: Carol at December 15, 2013 02:19 PM (z4WKX)

57 The fact that the law has become a poisoned knot of barbed wire is sure and certain proof a grand correction is long overdue.

Posted by: eman at December 15, 2013 02:19 PM (AO9UG)

58 Mayor Finizio said he would like New London to symbolically overturn Kelo by undertaking a true "public use" of the seized private properties.

How exactly does that overturn Kelo, Guido?

Posted by: Captain Hate at December 15, 2013 02:20 PM (+pNWX)

59 8-1/2 years... so did the mayor get his kickback?

Posted by: Burnt Toast at December 15, 2013 02:20 PM (80R0X)

60 As a local, I can assure you the mayor of New London is a freaking idiot. His screw ups the last 2-3 years he has been in office are the stuff of legend. I'm damn glad I moved out of the town 15+ years ago and never, ever regretted it. Born and raised there, got out while I could.

Posted by: gdonovan at December 15, 2013 02:20 PM (8fSh8)

61 The Kelo decision shows why it's so important we have a Republican Senate and a Republican President. So justices who would make decisions like won't get picked. What? Three of the five yes votes were Republican appointees? Oh, oh dear. I'm not there yet, but whenever I'd like to argue with the anti-elitist segments of the Tea Party, I look at our Supreme Court nominees and think maybe they have a point. At minimum, they need to earn the benefit of the doubt that they are on our side.

Posted by: AD at December 15, 2013 02:20 PM (e3Jm2)

62 51 t-bird at December 15, 2013 06:18 PM (FcR7P)

Eminent Domain was being set up for these scams since ~83. I did my first college term paper on a case in Iowa IIRC where they attacked a hobby ranch using the endangered species act for a plant that required cross pollination. They bankrupted the rancher and voila suddenly it became townhouses.

Why am I in favor of break-up?

Break-up will be a lot less bloody than what is being built.

Posted by: sven at December 15, 2013 02:20 PM (9jfyN)

63 Some how, some way, a judge has made the high speed train project here in california follow the law they wrote. Pretty much has shut it down.

Posted by: trains at December 15, 2013 02:21 PM (hqVUe)

64 We are no longer a country with a government, we are now a government with a country.

No truer words, Truck.

Posted by: Peaches at December 15, 2013 02:22 PM (8lmkt)

65
Some how, some way, a judge has made the high speed train project here in california follow the law they wrote. Pretty much has shut it down.

Posted by: trains at December 15, 2013 06:21 PM (hqVUe)

Well, the legislature here in my beloved Clownifornia are a bunch of illiterate fucking retards that can't even write a gun ban without it, you know, banning the guns they want to ban. Thank goodness.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 15, 2013 02:24 PM (MBqvE)

66 Ace, dude. Posting an outrage-o-rama on Sunday is not cool. Church is supposed to cover my sinful thoughts for the upcoming week. Now it's all used up by Sunday afternoon. On second thought, I think I will follow Martin Luther's advice: If one is to sin, he should sin boldly. Any recommendations for the next 7 days?

Posted by: ObjectionSustained at December 15, 2013 02:24 PM (eB5pB)

67 If one is to sin, he should sin boldly. Any recommendations for the next 7 days?

Seduce Michelle O?

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo: free toby at December 15, 2013 02:26 PM (Nsoq9)

68 MONORAIL!

Posted by: --- at December 15, 2013 02:26 PM (MMC8r)

69 67 If one is to sin, he should sin boldly. Any recommendations for the next 7 days? Seduce Michelle O? Posted by: boulder toilet hobo: free toby at December 15, 2013 06:26 PM (Nsoq9) In what category of sin would that fit?

Posted by: eman at December 15, 2013 02:27 PM (AO9UG)

70 I think Kell was decided correctly. Don't get me wrong, I think the policy is horrible. But the court interpreted the actual language as meaning what it said. I think congress should have acted to corrected the abysmal policy but the court was not responsible for the inaction of congress.

Posted by: WalrusRex at December 15, 2013 02:27 PM (E+uky)

71 66 "To boldly sin where no moron has sinned before!"

Posted by: Dept. Of Acuracy at December 15, 2013 02:27 PM (MhA4j)

72 Because they have to take a lot of land using the kelo dec. via the supreme court. But it also calls for private investment which isn't happening. Not to mention the enviromental hurdles they have. And the whole thing is starting in the middle of nowhere. The worst part was when they had to ax the disney route because of cost over runs.

Posted by: trains at December 15, 2013 02:27 PM (hqVUe)

73 67 boulder toilet hobo: free toby at December 15, 2013 06:26 PM (Nsoq9)

He's hard core! He's HARDCORE ECW ECW!

http://youtu.be/uypCYi8KP8I

Posted by: sven at December 15, 2013 02:28 PM (9jfyN)

74 Any recommendations for the next 7 days?
Posted by: ObjectionSustained at December 15, 2013 06:24 PM (eB5pB)

Orgy?

Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 15, 2013 02:28 PM (lr3d7)

75 Seduce Michelle O? ------------------- Crap. I'm already in hell...

Posted by: ObjectionSustained at December 15, 2013 02:28 PM (eB5pB)

76 Seduce Michelle O? Posted by: boulder toilet hobo: free toby at December 15, 2013 06:26 PM (Nsoq9) That would be penance for sinning!

Posted by: Carol at December 15, 2013 02:28 PM (z4WKX)

77 In what category of sin would that fit?>>

The Suicide one.

Posted by: The Hickster at December 15, 2013 02:28 PM (TI3xG)

78 Nice place for an ObamaCare Insurance Policy Cancellation Center. Jobs!

Posted by: eman at December 15, 2013 02:28 PM (AO9UG)

79 Some how, some way, a judge has made the high speed
train project here in california follow the law they wrote. Pretty much
has shut it down.

Posted by: trains at December 15, 2013 06:21 PM (hqVUe)

It's just about the funniest thing ever!!! tee hee

Posted by: Peaches at December 15, 2013 02:29 PM (8lmkt)

80 Wouldn't that be more.....brown? Like mud Don't do the brown acid!

Posted by: Fox2! at December 15, 2013 02:29 PM (XFTOV)

81 About ten years ago there was a huge push by state and local busybodies to build "energy saver" homes. They build some of these homes down the street from where I currently live.

It sounds nice - in theory - but the the interior rooms were hacked up into tiny sharp angled nightmares and the closet space was nearly nonexistent.

Interestingly, most of these homes were designed and constructed used non-standardized framing / joist and truss, which means they wasted lots of bits and ends of 2 by 4's and hacked up extra sheet rock for the weird wall dimensions and closet spaces.

Posted by: 13times at December 15, 2013 02:29 PM (fGPLK)

82 Seduce Michelle O? That's penance.

Posted by: --- at December 15, 2013 02:29 PM (MMC8r)

83 Parking lots are made of concrete rebar and asphalt. Not green materials whatever they are. These materials are produced as cheap as possible, while maintaining highest quality.

Posted by: redenzo at December 15, 2013 02:29 PM (H0EEx)

84 Seduce Michelle O?
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo: free toby at December 15, 2013 06:26 PM (Nsoq9)

Wow talking about taking one for the team. Even Reggie would never do that.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2013 02:30 PM (vjloV)

85 So will the Lollipop Guild be in charge of building these houses?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2013 02:31 PM (vjloV)

86 At least they could soak the taxpayers for some wind energy subsidies, put up some windmills and start killing birds. That would be a net plus, n'est ce pas?

Posted by: TexasDan at December 15, 2013 02:31 PM (Fa3Hi)

87 Orgy? ..... Crap. We're all in hell.

Posted by: Members of Orgy what Saw Objects Naked Body at December 15, 2013 02:32 PM (eB5pB)

88 sin, he should sin boldly. Any recommendations for the next 7 days?

Posted by: ObjectionSustained at December 15, 2013 06:24 PM (eB5pB)

Hookers and blow?

Posted by: Ook? at December 15, 2013 02:32 PM (FBkKA)

89 That would be a net plus, n'est ce pas?

You're talkin' ne plus ultra here, non?

Posted by: Peaches at December 15, 2013 02:33 PM (8lmkt)

90
sin, he should sin boldly. Any recommendations for the next 7 days?
Posted by: ObjectionSustained at December 15, 2013 06:24 PM (eB5pB)

Hookers and blow?

Posted by: Ook? at December 15, 2013 06:32 PM (FBkKA)

Shit, that costs some serious cash. Gotta come up with something attainable for us broke Morons.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 15, 2013 02:35 PM (MBqvE)

91 Fuck that Supreme Court in particular.

Here in MS, we had a similar land grab several years back for a Nissan plant; we now have a shiny new amendment to our state constitution forbidding such a move again.

And OT, but did you hear that Kerry is even more worried about the Norks acquiring nuclear weapons?

"To have a nuclear weapon, potentially, in the hands of somebody like Kim Jong In Â— Jun Â— just becomes even more unacceptable."

http://tinyurl.com/owp742m (Weekly Standard)

Oh yes, boys and girls, we are led by the best and brightest.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 15, 2013 02:35 PM (wNF3N)

92 I was thinking of something involving hobos and a wading pool full of cream corn.

Posted by: Members of Orgy what Saw Objects Naked Body at December 15, 2013 02:36 PM (eB5pB)

93 The "elite" Prius buying frenzy was Idiocracy, as well. It is common sense that all it takes to manufacture parts, build, ship, etc, a new car is so "black" versus green. Finally, it was proven even the fuel saved versus the cost and black footprint were a detriment to the environment. People do not stop to think, anymore. No one reads. No one ponders. Critical thinking is dead; thrown out with common sense. Cause and effect means nothing to the emo-crowd.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at December 15, 2013 02:36 PM (IXrOn)

94 "Microhousing"?

Look, eco-fascist scrunts, if you want to stuff us all into dorm rooms, just come out and say so.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ BEAT IOWA at December 15, 2013 02:36 PM (hO8IJ)

95 Wouldn't that be more.....brown? Like mud? Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 15, 2013 06:12 PM (MBqvE) rainbowy and psychedelic, man green is in there, man

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at December 15, 2013 02:37 PM (IXrOn)

96 In what category of sin would that fit? Self Mutilation.

Posted by: Johannes Gratian at December 15, 2013 02:38 PM (XFTOV)

97
"Microhousing"?

Look, eco-fascist scrunts, if you want to stuff us all into dorm rooms, just come out and say so.

Posted by: HeatherRadishÂ™ BEAT IOWA at December 15, 2013 06:36 PM (hO8IJ)

Hell, they want to get us into barracks housing in the camps.

On the bright side, I hear that the barracks will be co-ed.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 15, 2013 02:38 PM (MBqvE)

98 Oops. I needed that sock for something more...shall we say...satisfying.

Posted by: ObjectionSustained at December 15, 2013 02:38 PM (eB5pB)

99 Shit, that costs some serious cash. Gotta come up with something attainable for us broke Morons.>>

Goats and Energy drinks?

Posted by: The Hickster at December 15, 2013 02:39 PM (TI3xG)

100 Just imagine the scene from The Fifth Element where Dallas Corbin lives. We will all be meat popsicles if these Progressives have their way.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2013 02:39 PM (vjloV)

101 69 67 If one is to sin, he should sin boldly. Any recommendations for the next 7 days? Seduce Michelle O? Posted by: boulder toilet hobo: free toby at December 15, 2013 06:26 PM (Nsoq9) In what category of sin would that fit? Self abuse?

Posted by: Northernlurker, moron wannabe at December 15, 2013 02:39 PM (BLAfs)

102 I wish I had something pithy to say but the subject of Kelo just sends me into a tourettes like episode of cursing.

Posted by: toby928© still effin banned and forced to comment from the Phantom Zone at December 15, 2013 02:42 PM (evdj2)

103 A Christmas present suggestion for many of the 'Ettes.

http://bit.ly/196LKgK

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at December 15, 2013 02:43 PM (Gk3SS)

104 Parking lots are made of concrete rebar and asphalt, and the occasional errant Teamster . Not green materials whateverthey are. These materials are produced as cheap as possible, while maintaining highest quality.

Posted by: redenzo at December 15, 2013 06:29 PM (H0EEx)

Fixed it for you.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 15, 2013 02:45 PM (60Q+L)

105 Toby- Why you still on the outside of here?

Posted by: grammie winger at December 15, 2013 02:45 PM (P6QsQ)

106 Nothing pithy either, but for God sakes, can you please free toby928?

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 15, 2013 02:45 PM (teFlO)

107 Again, I say, 1776 is the answer to 1984

Posted by: from my cold dead hand at December 15, 2013 02:45 PM (hqVUe)

108 and a symbolic cleansing of the Kelo ruling "stain"

F'ing liberals always wanting symbolism over substance.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 15, 2013 02:46 PM (MaP11)

109 LOL AlextheChick, I think the F word needs to be bolded on that t-shirt.

Guard dog for the Raptor and Emu cages -
http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/selection-du-weekend-66-47.jpg

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2013 02:47 PM (vjloV)

110 37 I'm starting to think this Obama fellow may not be the problem. Obama isn't the problem. It's those stupid f*cks who voted for him.

Posted by: Socrateae at December 15, 2013 02:48 PM (1jViy)

111 104 >> Parking lots are made of concrete rebar and asphalt, and the occasional errant Teamster .

In that mix of materials, I estimate you can use about 4% by weight of chopped Teamsters without adversely affecting parking lot structural integrity.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 15, 2013 02:48 PM (wNF3N)

112 I am waiting for Mayor F to have a brain storm. To have an East Coast Burning Man on the site.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2013 02:49 PM (vjloV)

113 Guard dog for the Raptor and Emu cages -
http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/selection-du-weekend-66-47.jpg
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2013 06:47 PM (vjloV)

SQUIRREL!

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at December 15, 2013 02:49 PM (Gk3SS)

114 Toby not sure if this will help but saved this from last year. http://ace.mu.nu/archives/335281.php

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 15, 2013 02:49 PM (teFlO)

115 800sq ft "small homes?" You mean mobile homes. And not the double wides.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 15, 2013 02:50 PM (BAS5M)

116 Why you still on the outside of here?

Poor communication skills on my part I think. I sent an email to Ace asking to be reinstated and then just waited, instead of looking for a reply. He sent me a question abut it oon Wednesday, but I didn't even check my email again until late Friday. I finally replied to his reply but the wheels of the Pixyverse grind slowly.

I possess myself with patience, and the occasional outburst.

Posted by: toby928© still effin banned and forced to comment from the Phantom Zone at December 15, 2013 02:50 PM (evdj2)

117 In what category of sin would that fit? Leviticus 18:23 And you shall not lie with any animal and so make yourself unclean with it

Posted by: Weirddave at December 15, 2013 02:50 PM (N/cFh)

118 Kelo was a terrible decision. I do think it had a direct bearing on the people of Texas overturning the building of the TransTexas Corridor.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 15, 2013 02:51 PM (98vzv)

119 Kelo is not a binding precedent. Kennedy wrote a concurrent opinion to make a majority, but it was very narrowly drawn to recognize the Kelo appellants were not fighting for their homes at all, but attempting to hold up the city for more money. Several had purchased their property after the plan had been announced, they were trying to flip them.

It is not correct to say the procedures followed in the case was endorsed by SCOTUS. It was a win for government authority, but only insofar as the taking for economic reasons was not ruled illegal. As the law now stands, such instances must be judged on a case by case basis.

Posted by: Adjoran at December 15, 2013 02:52 PM (473jB)

120 Hey you guys. Lay off poor Michelle. You'd be bitter, too, after hearing for the thousandth time TFG call out his own name in the throes of sexual conquest. That and she is sick and tired of cleaning up TFG's and Reggie's wet spot.

Posted by: ObjectionSustained at December 15, 2013 02:53 PM (eB5pB)

121 BTW, a warning. If you want to get inadvertently banned, try to comment on a really old thread. I think that's what happened to me. It appears that Pixy has a Spammer trap where if you try to comment on a thread past a certain point, you will get a messages saying that comments are closed, but the next time you try to comment on a current thread, the dreaded banned message.

Posted by: toby928© still effin banned and forced to comment from the Phantom Zone at December 15, 2013 02:54 PM (evdj2)

122 117 Leviticus 18:23
And you shall not lie with any animal and so make yourself unclean with it

hmmm, shouldn't someone mention this to the muzzies?

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 15, 2013 02:54 PM (wNF3N)

123
Hey you guys. Lay off poor Michelle. You'd be bitter, too, after hearing for the thousandth time TFG call out his own name in the throes of sexual conquest. That and she is sick and tired of cleaning up TFG's and Reggie's wet spot.

Posted by: ObjectionSustained at December 15, 2013 06:53 PM (eB5pB)

Fuck her. She made her bed, now she can sleep in it.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 15, 2013 02:54 PM (MBqvE)

124 Is the left ever right about anything? Ever?

Posted by: Chris M at December 15, 2013 02:54 PM (4lyMJ)

125 You'd be bitter, too, after hearing for the thousandth time TFG call out his own name in the throes of sexual conquest.

I've never been so desperate I'd hear it once.

And I'm an old maid cat lady.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ BEAT IOWA at December 15, 2013 02:55 PM (hO8IJ)

126 Daily reminder: We are living in East Germany, minus the manly "female" Olympians.

Posted by: WOW at December 15, 2013 02:55 PM (6j8ke)

127
8.5 years into the future:

The city of New London has demolished a crime ridden enviro parking lot and mini-homes due to non-use and as a magnet for homeless, prostitutes and drug dealers. The site never gain acceptance from the public after building delays, re-designs, cost-overruns and poor quality workmanship.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 15, 2013 02:56 PM (MaP11)

128 117 In what category of sin would that fit? Leviticus 18:23 And you shall not lie with any animal and so make yourself unclean with it Posted by: Weirddave at December 15, 2013 06:50 PM (N/cFh) Heh.

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 15, 2013 02:56 PM (teFlO)

129 are closed, but the next time you try to comment on a current thread, the dreaded banned message.

Posted by: toby928Â© still effin banned and forced to comment from the Phantom Zone at December 15, 2013 06:54 PM (evdj2)

That happened to me once. Then I went to utube and watched a couple of videos on how to changer your router's ip address.

Posted by: Ook? at December 15, 2013 02:57 PM (FBkKA)

130 Other industries would stand accused of damning conflicts of interest but when it comes to global warming, anything goes...

The Mail on Sunday today reveals the extraordinary web of political and financial interests creating dozens of eco-millionaires from green levies on household energy bills.

A three-month investigation shows that some of the most outspoken campaigners who demand that consumers pay the colossal price of shifting to renewable energy are also getting rich from their efforts.

Enquiries by this newspaper have revealed:

Four of the nine-person Climate Change Committee, the official watchdog that dictates green energy policy, are, or were until very recently, being paid by firms that benefit from committee decisions.

A new breed of lucrative green investment funds, which were set up to expand windfarm energy, are in practice a means of taking green levies paid by hard-pressed consumers and handing them to City investors and financiers.

Â£3.8 billion of taxpayersÂ’ money funds the new Green Investment Bank, set up by the Department of Business and Skills. One of its biggest deals involved energy giant SSE selling windfarms to one of the new green funds, Greencoat Wind. The Green Investment BankÂ’s chairman, Lord Smith of Kelvin, is also chairman of SSE. The bank says it Â‘provided expertiseÂ’ to enable BIS to take a Â£50 million stake in Greencoat, which helped fund the SSE sale.

The same bankÂ’s chief executive, Shaun Kingsbury, is one of the UKÂ’s highest-paid public sector employees. His Â£325,000 salary is more than twice the Prime MinisterÂ’s.

Firms lobbying for renewables can virtually guarantee access to key Government policy-makers, because they are staffed by former very senior officials Â– a striking example of WhitehallÂ’s Â‘revolving doorÂ’.

Posted by: Stephanie Ogburn at December 15, 2013 02:58 PM (e8kgV)

131 OMG!!!!

Posted by: grammie winger at December 15, 2013 02:58 PM (P6QsQ)

132 AlextheChick, but the guard dog needs laser beams on that harness. Don't you think?

Good news, looks like Godzilla has kept up with the growth of government.
http://tinyurl.com/kjnl5n5

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2013 02:59 PM (vjloV)

133 Sorry, packer exuberance

Posted by: grammie winger at December 15, 2013 03:00 PM (P6QsQ)

134 >>> the New London Development Corp.'s use of eminent domain to purchase and raze the homes of Fort Trumbull residents who refused to sell, remains a "black stain" on the city, said its mayor.<<<<<

Then give those people their land back, rebuild their homes, and apologize.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at December 15, 2013 03:00 PM (P/gm7)

135 New Orleans D needs to make a game changing play, or at least a 3 and out.

Posted by: toby928© still effin banned and forced to comment from the Phantom Zone at December 15, 2013 03:01 PM (evdj2)

136 Evening morons. Whoever recommended the Poinsettia drink recipe earlier was right. I'm having one now, added a dash of bitters because I don't have an orange. Very, very good.

Posted by: DC in Towson at December 15, 2013 03:01 PM (eQJwb)

137 I wait with baited breath for Bob Costas to tell me what I care about this week.

Posted by: tell me what i think at December 15, 2013 03:03 PM (hqVUe)

138 or at least get off the field on a 3rd down and give the offense a chance.

Posted by: toby928© still effin banned and forced to comment from the Phantom Zone at December 15, 2013 03:03 PM (evdj2)

139 Fuck "Sustainability". I do not give a fuck about "Sustainability". "Sustainability" is just a bullshit lie that rich progressive fucktards use to try and impoverish me and my family. Humanity isn't gonna fucking die out if I buy an SUV or a home with more square footage. Future society is gonna be a hell of a lot richer than me. I'll be damned if I impoverish myself so some future left-wing dickwad in 2050 has more excess energy to power his XBox 25, GoogleGlass 15, and RobotFleshLight 6000. If I could time travel into the future and steal directly from those assholes I would. I can't. So I'm gonna take as much from them now as I can. They'll be fine.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at December 15, 2013 03:03 PM (ZPrif)

140 AlextheChick, but the guard dog needs laser beams on that harness. Don't you think?

Good news, looks like Godzilla has kept up with the growth of government.
http://tinyurl.com/kjnl5n5
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2013 06:59 PM (vjloV)

Of course the guard dog has laser beams on that harness, I mean, duh.

I was watching Ghidorah last night and I'd completely forgotten that the Mothra babes are in it.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at December 15, 2013 03:05 PM (Gk3SS)

141 Private property is "racist." Later, all. God bless. :-)

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at December 15, 2013 03:05 PM (gnLTi)

142 In a later press release Mayor Finizo had this to say - "We admire how green the Shire is represented in the Peter Jackson movies. So we will build earth covered houses in that style, subsidize people who have a height disability to live there, and market a new tourist attraction that will boost the town's tax base." Posted by: Anna Puma WTF, is this dope for real. Tourists are gonna come to gawk and underground houses and the midgets and dwarfs that live in them? I've seen underground houses. What's the big deal? Of course they didn't have little people milling around. Sounds like he suffers from heightism! LOL

Posted by: The Farmer at December 15, 2013 03:06 PM (eBupg)

143 The original Mothra twins, the Peanuts?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2013 03:07 PM (vjloV)

144 89 That would be a net plus, n'est ce pas? You're talkin' ne plus ultra here, non? Posted by: Peaches at December 15, 2013 06:33 PM (8lmkt) Only if there were massive overruns involving a borked website thrown into the mix somehow.

Posted by: TexasDan at December 15, 2013 03:08 PM (Fa3Hi)

145 I hope to God that nobody during the Great Depression conserved any goddamn energy so that I can play Call of Duty and stream Asian porn.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at December 15, 2013 03:09 PM (ZPrif)

146 *gambols and bounces*

No its not real. But that guy is such a mouth breathing imbecile, it would be something I would expect from such a negative intellect.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2013 03:10 PM (vjloV)

147 >>>I was watching Ghidorah last night and I'd completely forgotten that the Mothra babes are in it.<<<<

I watched that with my grand daughter a couple of weeks ago. She loved it. The bit where Mothra hoses down Rodan with the silly string cocoon sent her into uncontrollable giggles.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at December 15, 2013 03:12 PM (P/gm7)

148 "Yes, and I have a yard, and my mortgage is less than her rent, there's a reason the wife and I live in St. Louis and not Chicago." San DiegoÂ’s not nearly as bad as Chicago in that respect, but IÂ’m a few days out from moving from a one-bedroom in San Diego to a nice little 2,000 square foot house in Round Rock TX on a third of an acre. Not only is the mortgage less than the San Diego rent, the mortgage + insurance + taxes is only slightly more than the San Diego rent.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 15, 2013 03:12 PM (CeNUw)

149 MONORAIL! I could go for some MORON ALE, instead. If we go full commie, they've got to subsidize the beer production, too.

Posted by: t-bird at December 15, 2013 03:13 PM (FcR7P)

150 Can't hear _Kelo_ mentioned without also remembering that it was yet another example of Sotomayor's epic bullshit.

SoSo said at her coronation hearing, er, pardon, her confirmation hearing, that gee, it's too bad that people are upset, but after all, there is ample precedent in the Court's previous rulings for the seizure of blighted properties for redevelopment, which makes _Kelo_ okay, so calm down, everybody.

Except for the eensy weensy teensy tiny fact that the Wise Latina completely failed to mention, which is that THE GODDAMNED PROPERTIES SEIZED UNDER KELO WERE NOT BLIGHTED. It has never even been alleged that they were.

Posted by: torquewrench at December 15, 2013 03:14 PM (gqT4g)

151 Big Chuck and Little John, now that was a comedy force while hosting your weekend monster movie fix. What did you watch growing up?

Posted by: lived in cleveland at December 15, 2013 03:15 PM (hqVUe)

152 Every redneck has a green parking lot in the front of their house.

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at December 15, 2013 03:17 PM (qZr+9)

153 Heh, dame History has had her joke on those greedy bastards. They ran Kelso and her neighbors off their land in time for the housing bubble to burst and leave them holding the bag, and with lost money as the market shrank. We hope those developers enjoyed their verdict!

Ia parking lot or garage is all that results, it should be photographed and referenced forever the next time a story in similar vein occurs.

Posted by: exdem13 at December 15, 2013 03:17 PM (lJaja)

154 The original Mothra twins, the Peanuts?
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2013 07:07 PM (vjloV)

Yup.

I suggest that the part where Godzilla and Ghidorah are standing there hurling rocks at each other is a fantastic visual representation of the GOP and what used to be the base.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at December 15, 2013 03:17 PM (Gk3SS)

155 I live a fairly green lifestyle. But not because I think I need to save the earth. But because I have Scott ancestors. Energy costs money and I am a cheap bastard.

Posted by: The Hickster at December 15, 2013 03:17 PM (TI3xG)

156 I watched that with my grand daughter a couple of weeks ago. She loved it. The bit where Mothra hoses down Rodan with the silly string cocoon sent her into uncontrollable giggles.
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at December 15, 2013 07:12 PM (P/gm7)

Then there's always this:

http://youtu.be/-50AdcMBNOM

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at December 15, 2013 03:20 PM (Gk3SS)

157 I can see that. When Godzilla starts bouncing up and down, that's Boehner.

That was Ghidorah giving Godzilla a free OB/GYN exam... since it was covered by 404Care

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2013 03:23 PM (vjloV)

158 >>>>What did you watch growing up?<<<<

Channel 44 out of Tampa had the Creature Feature with Dr. Paul Bearer. Lots of Corman/Poe movies, Hammer flicks, Godzilla, Val Lewton, and Jack Arnold.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at December 15, 2013 03:25 PM (P/gm7)

159 Re 155: That is how most people are being green this year. Cheap = green.

Unless you are Algore and are eating imported portabello mushroom sandwiches in your heated, throughly illuminated mansion.

Posted by: exdem13 at December 15, 2013 03:25 PM (lJaja)

160 Peter O'Toole RIP... Your liver will follow you next year old boy. My Favorite Year

Posted by: sven10077 at December 15, 2013 03:26 PM (9jfyN)

161 Then there's always this: http://youtu.be/-50AdcMBNOM

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at December 15, 2013 07:20 PM (Gk3SS)

I like Godzilla's dance moves at the start of the clip.

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at December 15, 2013 03:26 PM (ohV1B)

162 Cade Foster just emailed to say Suck it, Hartly!

Posted by: toby928© still effin banned and forced to comment from the Phantom Zone at December 15, 2013 03:26 PM (evdj2)

163 Don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you got til it's gone? They paved property rights and put up a green parking lot.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at December 15, 2013 03:26 PM (qyfb5)

164 I remember how the Supreme Court was explained to me in Government class oh those many years ago in high school. It sounded so reasonable at the time. Being chosen for a lifetime appointment, a justice could focus on just the law and not be beholden to political interests. Who could have predicted such power with no accountability would be a bad idea?

Posted by: Darth Randall at December 15, 2013 03:27 PM (Zswg6)

165 Okay. I don't want to alarm anyone. But, in a huge shock, Romo just threw an interception in the fourth quarter of an important December game.

I know, I know, that has never happened ever before.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at December 15, 2013 03:29 PM (Gk3SS)

166 Several had purchased their property after the plan had been announced, they were trying to flip them. Posted by: Adjoran at December 15, 2013 06:52 PM (473jB) Hide posts from (473jB) Also, their skirts were too short and thus inflamed the passions on the authorities.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at December 15, 2013 03:30 PM (qyfb5)

167 Does AlextheChick have a Romo voodoo doll?

There is one movie I would nuke Hollywood if they tried to remake it - The Thin Man.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2013 03:32 PM (vjloV)

168 AtC

Kaiju electrostim?

Kinky......

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at December 15, 2013 03:33 PM (P/gm7)

169 Does AlextheChick have a Romo voodoo doll?

There is one movie I would nuke Hollywood if they tried to remake it - The Thin Man.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2013 07:32 PM (vjloV)

*shifty eyes*   No.   *shifty eyes*

Gah, a Thin Man remake would be an abomination.   Not to mention that you could never have anyone drink as much as they do in the movies these days.

I got the entire Thin Man series for Christmas one year.   It's awesome.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at December 15, 2013 03:34 PM (Gk3SS)

170 wow it's like the Cowboys are helping the Packers score the Cowboys are pushing the Packers towards the end zone, almost carrying them

Posted by: soothsayer at December 15, 2013 03:35 PM (oq+sa)

171 "Green parking lot?!" you ask, its about the money they make from stealing .

Posted by: Temper Tantrum at December 15, 2013 03:35 PM (AWmfW)

172 I could go for some MORON ALE, instead. If we go full commie, they've got to subsidize the beer production, too.

Posted by: t-bird at December 15, 2013 07:13 PM (FcR7P)

Would taste like obamacare.

Posted by: Temper Tantrum at December 15, 2013 03:38 PM (AWmfW)

173 and this game, too, will end with an INT ...or a sack

Posted by: soothsayer at December 15, 2013 03:39 PM (oq+sa)

174 Nick, "How did you like Grant's Tomb?"

Nora, "I am thinking of having one made just like it for you."

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2013 03:39 PM (vjloV)

175 A parking garage! How romantic.

I guess giving it back to the rightful owners is out of the question and all, and racist.

Posted by: PJ at December 15, 2013 03:39 PM (ZWaLo)

176 The Game is in the hands of Tony Romo. God help us.

Posted by: toby928© still effin banned and forced to comment from the Phantom Zone at December 15, 2013 03:40 PM (evdj2)

177
And Romo throws another....romo.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 15, 2013 03:42 PM (MaP11)

178 Speaking of The Thin Man their dog Asta a Wire Hair Fox Terrier was popular in movies of that era. Like Bringing Up Baby with Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant and many others.

Posted by: The Hickster at December 15, 2013 03:42 PM (TI3xG)

179 >>>> they've got to subsidize the beer production, too.<<<<

Victory Gin.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at December 15, 2013 03:42 PM (P/gm7)

180 Ha, the Thin Man was just on Turner Classic Movies.

Posted by: Darth Randall at December 15, 2013 03:42 PM (Zswg6)

181 OMG!!!!!!!

Posted by: grammie winger at December 15, 2013 03:43 PM (P6QsQ)

182 Romo being Romo

Posted by: Captain Hate at December 15, 2013 03:43 PM (k5DxY)

183 69 67 If one is to sin, he should sin boldly. Any recommendations for the next 7 days? Seduce Michelle O? Posted by: boulder toilet hobo: free toby at December 15, 2013 06:26 PM (Nsoq9) In what category of sin would that fit? Posted by: eman at December 15, 2013 06:27 PM (AO9UG) Bestiality.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 15, 2013 03:43 PM (UAMVq)

184 ROMO!!

Posted by: toby928© still effin banned and forced to comment from the Phantom Zone at December 15, 2013 03:44 PM (evdj2)

185 The Game is in the hands of Tony Romo. God help us.
Posted by: toby928Â© still effin banned and forced to comment from the Phantom Zone at December 15, 2013 07:40 PM (evdj2)

Obligatory:

http://bit.ly/1jm03Qk

Game ending interception. Tomorrow's NFL QBs on Facebook is going to be fantastic.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at December 15, 2013 03:44 PM (Gk3SS)

186 Unbelievable!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!

Posted by: grammie winger at December 15, 2013 03:44 PM (P6QsQ)

187 NEW YORK (AP) -- Actor-writer-director Tom Laughlin, whose production and marketing of "Billy Jack" set a standard for breaking the rules on and off screen, has died.

He was 82. RIP, Billy Jack.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 15, 2013 03:45 PM (wNF3N)

188 Can you believe it??? Can you????? Yes!

Posted by: grammie winger at December 15, 2013 03:45 PM (P6QsQ)

189 Some stompy boots for AlextheChick
http://tinyurl.com/kfm3qr3

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2013 03:45 PM (vjloV)

190 BTW, if you let a hand full of Juniper berries steep in you Val-u-rite vodka for about a week you end up with Victory Gin.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at December 15, 2013 03:46 PM (P/gm7)

191 And December throws Tony Romo on the pinball machine one more time.

Posted by: garrett at December 15, 2013 03:46 PM (xP4Wj)

192 190 BTW, if you let a hand full of Juniper berries steep in you Val-u-rite vodka for about a week you end up with Victory Gin. Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at December 15, 2013 07:46 PM (P/gm7) My favorite swill. In fact, my only swill.

Posted by: Winston Smith at December 15, 2013 03:47 PM (UAMVq)

193 Billy Jack could kick *that* side of a man's with *this* foot... but, as Vic would remind us, he was a COMMIE!

Posted by: soothsayer at December 15, 2013 03:47 PM (oq+sa)

194 It's a good thing I root for the Texans, who no longer throw game-losing interceptions.

... because the rest of the team now sucks so bad that the interceptions don't swing the result.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo: free toby at December 15, 2013 03:47 PM (Nsoq9)

195 You didn't build that.
You didn't own that.
You didn't earn that.
You can't keep that.

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at December 15, 2013 03:47 PM (XO6WW)

196 Congrats on your win GrammieW. Heart OK?

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 15, 2013 03:48 PM (teFlO)

197 OT: Dallas Cowboys = BWHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Posted by: puddleglum at December 15, 2013 03:48 PM (aOhXG)

198 Some stompy boots for AlextheChick
http://tinyurl.com/kfm3qr3
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2013 07:45 PM (vjloV)

Very nice. I approve.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at December 15, 2013 03:49 PM (Gk3SS)

199 "This would not be any municipal parking garage, but one with solar panels to power it, landscaping and design to fit it into the setting, and first-floor shops to generate revenues."

In other words, a Mini-Mall.

Yeah just what was needed there. How much electricity does a freaking parking garage need? During the day (when the sun's out and the juice is flowing) you don't need light. During the Night (when the juice is NOT flowing) you need the light but there isn't any electricity.

This may be dumber than the original plan.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 15, 2013 03:50 PM (LSDdO)

200 I'm not sure if you guys have ever noticed, but that Tony Romo fellow tends to choke quite often.

Posted by: Blacksheep at December 15, 2013 03:50 PM (bS6uW)

201 If you drive North 15 to Las Vegas, about 90 mile out you see a exit sign Cima Road. It has a shell station and little else ,but a gateway to Mojave. Inside you find a sign stating that the men's room has a waterfall that is used as a communal urinal. You are urged to stand up to three abreast to Pee. I opened the door and yep , some one took a landscaping waterfall and made a communal pee hole with it. As I looked at this marvel of adaptation, I thought to myself what at least 2 other dicks thought, something is just wrong about this. I carried my pee down the road 100 yards and left it at the gate to Mojave' I am just funny that way.

Posted by: 7 Days in May at December 15, 2013 03:51 PM (j6DTo)

202 But... draft pick!1!!

BTW, Texans / Broncos next week should be fun to watch. Which team cares about winning more? Ask the bookies in Vegas

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo: free toby at December 15, 2013 03:51 PM (Nsoq9)

203 Congrats on your win GrammieW. Heart OK?

Posted by: olddog in mo at December 15, 2013 07:48 PM (teFlO)

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Ya but I think my dentures might have flown behind the couch.

brb looking for teeth

Posted by: grammie winger at December 15, 2013 03:51 PM (P6QsQ)

204 How about them cowboys?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 15, 2013 03:52 PM (HVff2)

205
Actually a Tony Romo themed pinball machine would be pretty funny. Just before you score enough to win a game, it auto-tilts.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 15, 2013 03:53 PM (MaP11)

206 While we are on the government sucks kick, the phasing out of 40w and 60w incandescent light bulbs begins in 15 days.

http://tinyurl.com/kdelv98

Posted by: Kreplach at December 15, 2013 03:54 PM (Xkr8I)

207 Down 26 - 3 at the half and they come back to WIN IT !!

aw gee my gums are flappin again

Posted by: grammie winger at December 15, 2013 03:54 PM (P6QsQ)

208 If you google "Tony Romo" the first story that comes up is "Tony Romo throws critical interception"

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo: free toby at December 15, 2013 03:54 PM (Nsoq9)

209 Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 15, 2013 06:38 PM (MBqvE)

And the showers will be extra large.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 15, 2013 03:56 PM (LSDdO)

210 206 While we are on the government sucks kick, the phasing out of 40w and 60w incandescent light bulbs begins in 15 days. http://tinyurl.com/kdelv98 Posted by: Kreplach at December 15, 2013 07:54 PM (Xkr8I) Fuckers. I liked my 100 watt bulbs. Now they want the 60w and 40w ones too. Fuck Fred Upton with a razor blade strap-on.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 15, 2013 03:58 PM (UAMVq)

211 Wow, a foot of snow in Jerusalem, Isreal.

Posted by: Darth Randall at December 15, 2013 03:59 PM (Zswg6)

212 If you google "Tony Romo" the first story that comes up is "Tony Romo throws critical interception" He starts out OK, I guess. But you can't rely on him to finish.

Posted by: Carrie Underwood at December 15, 2013 03:59 PM (xP4Wj)

213 It should be pointed out that some 25 States now have Anti-Kelo legislation in place. Some even went so far as to add it to their State constitutions. But yes the original owners got the shaft.

Posted by: JohnMc at December 15, 2013 03:59 PM (RHBWt)

214 I remember when this decision came down and I said to myself, "Self, the USA you knew is no more."

Posted by: navybrat at December 15, 2013 04:00 PM (AW7Gr)

215 I stocked up on 40, 60, 75 and 100 pure edisonian bulbs.

anybody wanting any cough up 20 9mm or 40 .22lr

Limited time offer

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 15, 2013 04:02 PM (LSDdO)

216 "This would not be any municipal parking garage, but one with solar panels to power it, landscaping and design to fit it into the setting, and first-floor shops to generate revenues."

I sell sore pommels.

Posted by: Rod from Birdemic: Shock and Horror at December 15, 2013 04:02 PM (azHfB)

217 @210

At current prices a 60w led equivalent is only 25x more expensive than the incandescent bulb it's replacing.

We are surely in the best of hands.

Posted by: Kreplach at December 15, 2013 04:03 PM (Xkr8I)

218 "While we are on the government sucks kick, the phasing out of 40w and 60w incandescent light bulbs begins in 15 days."

That is more properly phrased as a "Bush family sucks kick", since we have Dumbya to thank for the utterly idiotic light bulb ban.

If I ever invent a time machine, I'm going to go back to the first Constitutional Convention with an incandescent light bulb, and a power source with which to demonstrate the thing.

First, I'll amaze everyone by proclaiming it to be a marvelous invention of the future which has banished the darkness without recourse to smoky, firestarting candles or lanterns. Then, I'll tell them that the government they're about to charter decided it had both the authority and the urgent necessity to ban said invention.

Posted by: torquewrench at December 15, 2013 04:03 PM (gqT4g)

219 I remember when this decision came down and I said to myself, "Self, the USA you knew is no more."

That's why it's so important to vote for and re-elect Republican Presidents and Senators who will appoint good judges.

Posted by: 2004 at December 15, 2013 04:03 PM (Nsoq9)

220 I probably have 500 light bulbs in storage, most of them 100 watt, some 60s and 75s.

Posted by: grammie winger at December 15, 2013 04:03 PM (P6QsQ)

221 211 Wow, a foot of snow in Jerusalem, Isreal. Posted by: Darth Randall at December 15, 2013 07:59 PM (Zswg6) Is there another one?

Posted by: Caliban at December 15, 2013 04:04 PM (2ArJQ)

222 It may be time to once again invest in buggy whips.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 15, 2013 04:04 PM (LSDdO)

223 Well I guess it's time to go back to the future and install gas lighting in the house.

http://humphreygasproducts.com/gas_lights/gas_lights.html

Posted by: The Hickster at December 15, 2013 04:05 PM (TI3xG)

224 When I signed up for my Affordable Health Care Insurance I did use my credit card and I did receive a charge without receiving confirmation on my policy. I have no problem with this because I trust President Obama and he will resolve this credit card problem unlike Bush that lied for 8 years. I am excited about 2014 because of my new Healthcare benefits given to me by our first black president.

Posted by: Chrissy Liebowitz at December 15, 2013 04:06 PM (iB0Q2)

225 >>211 Wow, a foot of snow in Jerusalem, Isreal.
Posted by: Darth Randall

Is there another one?

Posted by: Caliban

"10 cities listed for Jerusalem in Arizona, Ohio, Rhode Island, 2 in Alabama (Lawrence and Fayette County), Georgia (Camden and Pickens County), Maryland (Frederick, Montgomery, and Harford County). "

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 15, 2013 04:07 PM (B0gqn)

226 I'm the tax man!

Posted by: Justass Roberts at December 15, 2013 04:07 PM (AWmfW)

227 *blinks* Gimme the eggnog stat

Santa Claus elf boots -
http://www.shoebuy.com/funtasma-frolic-125/266292/566267

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2013 04:07 PM (vjloV)

228 You guys know anyone hiring?

Posted by: Jason Garrett at December 15, 2013 04:08 PM (IV4od)

229 222 It may be time to once again invest in buggy whips. Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 15, 2013 08:04 PM (LSDdO) To flog the assholes that took away our light bulbs.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 15, 2013 04:09 PM (UAMVq)

230 "At current prices a 60w led equivalent is only 25x more expensive than the incandescent bulb it's replacing."

In big shouting flashy print on the front of the LED bulb package: LASTS UP TO 30 YEARS!!!!

In sotto voce, inconspicuous very small print on the back of the LED bulb package: one year warranty.

As Monty Python pointed out, the phrase "up to" includes any number up to, including the number zero.

I bought an LED 60w equivalent out of curiosity because I figured, hey, it's at Home Cheapo, I can take it back up to ninety days from now if it blows goats.

It blows goats. I put it in a bedside lamp with a dimmer socket. Incandescents had worked perfectly in that socket for many years. The LED flickers. Randomly. Maddeningly.

Is there anyplace left on the entire fucking planet where I can go to not be plagued with a government that thinks it needs to tell me what kind of light bulbs I can use, whether I can burn wood in my fireplace, or put salt on my food?

Because America used to be that place and it sure as hell is not that place today.

Posted by: torquewrench at December 15, 2013 04:09 PM (gqT4g)

231 Unfortunately there is one thing standing between me and that sustainable parking lot . . . the rightful owners.

Posted by: Daryl Justin Finizio at December 15, 2013 04:10 PM (Nsoq9)

232 ... we really do seem to be reliving the late 19th century huh.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at December 15, 2013 04:11 PM (Nsoq9)

233 Don't forget Jerusalem, Artichoke

Posted by: W. Atlee Burpee at December 15, 2013 04:12 PM (l3vZN)

234 Nothings wrong with flushing the toilet 4 times either. I am glad my Feral Gubmint betters got between me and my toilet seat.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at December 15, 2013 04:14 PM (jucos)

235 If you've ever been to the city of New London you know it's a progressive's dream. It's Detroit on the Sound. That weedy field is a thumb in the eye of everyone who believed they had the right to the lovely little homes of those good people. Screw 'em now.

Posted by: aine at December 15, 2013 04:17 PM (iksC9)

236 @234

Don't forget low flowing shower heads, pappy Bush signed that one into law in '92.

The Bush family - The worst thing to happen to the GOP!

Posted by: Kreplach at December 15, 2013 04:19 PM (Xkr8I)

237 I live a fairly green lifestyle. But not because I think I need to save the earth. But because I have Scott ancestors. Energy costs money and I am a cheap bastard. Posted by: The Hickster Same here Hickster. But I tell my wife I'm frugal not cheap. Seems to me conserving resources and the planet is natural for a conservative. Just not w/ all the libtard stuff. My family was closer to the farm than most, my Dad was raised on the farm I later farmed for 32 years, farmers are naturally savers, recyclers and carers of the earth. I recycle, compost for my vegetable garden, heck even rinse aluminum foil and Ziploc bags, etc. Just don't believe anything should be mandated. Forcing people to live in 800 sq. ft. cublicles, F that! The 2 of us live in a 3000 ft Victorian, I put the heat as low as we can tolerate and the air as high, but it's no one else's effing business! And some of these lefty "green" things aren't what they are cracked up to be, actually the opposite. Not sure if it's true but I've read that wind energy is a net energy loss when you consider all the energy that goes into the project from start to finish. Same w/ ethanol. Does anyone know the truth on those issues? Drill baby, drill!

Posted by: The Farmer at December 15, 2013 04:19 PM (eBupg)

238
For any of you needing some blood pressure reduction after discussion of light bulb bans, 404Care, etc, I recommend an hour or so of quality time with the NukeMap which has occasionally been linked here.

http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/

Guaranteed to put a smile on your face, for hours and hours of family fun.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 15, 2013 04:19 PM (MBqvE)

239 Finally!

Posted by: Joni Mitchell at December 15, 2013 04:20 PM (KQp38)

240

Micro-housing lots? For the poor?

Are those like stay free mini pads?

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 15, 2013 04:21 PM (N/Sup)

241 I've read that wind energy is a net energy loss when you consider all the energy that goes into the project from start to finish. Same w/ ethanol. Ethanol belongs in my jelly glass, not my gas tank.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 15, 2013 04:21 PM (UAMVq)

242 These assholes that commandeer private property in service of an ever intrusive government need to be publicly shamed. With fire. And lots of it.

Posted by: model_1066 at December 15, 2013 04:21 PM (x5Ei/)

243

I used to tell foreigners they should be more like the US.

I don't do that anymore.

Posted by: Ook? at December 15, 2013 04:21 PM (FBkKA)

244 Nothings wrong with flushing the toilet 4 times either. I am glad my Feral Gubmint betters got between me and my toilet seat. Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at December 15, 2013 08:14 PM (jucos) dude, Since Clinton/Gore know more about toilets than everyone else and mandated 6L toilets. AS a free citizen my process is. 1. Flush it when you get there so it is not plugged from the prior user 2. do the needful 3. Flush it 2x after the needful, cause the first time does not acomplish the task. 4. Some times a 3rd or 4th flush is necessary, so at this point I used more water than a 4 or 5 gallon toilet. but fuck the feds, I'm paying my own water and sewer bill

Posted by: Arles at December 15, 2013 04:23 PM (aeZx0)

245 If you've ever been to the city of New London you know it's a progressive's dream. It's Detroit on the Sound.

Brother went to Trinity in Hartford (which fucked him up for life btw). I've driven by New London. Looked like some pics of Dresden I saw once.

Connecticut (and Rhode Island) are in a bad neighbourhood: Boston on one side, New York City on the other. They are ex-urban retreats for leftists. They want a safe place for themselves, but in proximity with cheap labour and maybe some charity cases to make themselves feel good.

See also: http://www.denverpost.com/ci_19642218

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at December 15, 2013 04:23 PM (Nsoq9)

246 Holy shit. More MFM self-censorship re. the Colorado shooting initial reports... armed deputy who was at the school as a "resource officer" intervened probably getting the perp to off himself before shooting more people because he knew an armed cop was on the scene. See the sock link.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 15, 2013 04:24 PM (PDhMJ)

247 I probably have 500 light bulbs in storage, most of them 100 watt, some 60s and 75s.
Posted by: grammie winger
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I worked for Sylvania from 79-89. We came out with all sorts of energy saving innovations while I was there.

What do I use today?

60-75-100 watt light bulbs. They work. That is all.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 15, 2013 04:24 PM (4Mv1T)

248 "Game ending interception. Tomorrow's NFL QBs on Facebook is going to be fantastic. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD" So glad you turned me on to this a few months ago. As a Texans fan, I need all the laughs I can get.

Posted by: Hobbitopoly at December 15, 2013 04:24 PM (080XV)

249 Connecticut (and Rhode Island) are in a bad neighbourhood: Boston on one side, New York City on the other. They are ex-urban retreats for leftists. They want a safe place for themselves, but in proximity with cheap labour and maybe some charity cases to make themselves feel good. See also: http://www.denverpost.com/ci_19642218 Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at December 15, 2013 08:23 PM (Nsoq9) Those states have a five year waiting period for reality.

Posted by: model_1066 at December 15, 2013 04:25 PM (x5Ei/)

250
And Joan Fontaine just died at 96. RIP

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 15, 2013 04:25 PM (MBqvE)

251 You can circumvent the low flow shower heads. There is a gasket that restricts the water flow that can be taken out if you take the shower head apart. I have done it on all of my shower heads. Canada sells the high flow toilets that can be smuggled into the US if you know the right people.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at December 15, 2013 04:26 PM (jucos)

252 But you must hide the hi-flow toilets in cases of Romulan Ale.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2013 04:28 PM (vjloV)

253 Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at December 15, 2013 08:26 PM (jucos) Just go to 123 Fake Street in Toronto, knock twice and ask for Big Louie. He'll hook you up with a primo shitter.

Posted by: model_1066 at December 15, 2013 04:28 PM (x5Ei/)

254 Ever try to fill a chainsaw or other small device with one of these new 'press down' gas cans? I've spilled more fuel than ever would have escaped as vapor from an old style can.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at December 15, 2013 04:29 PM (l3vZN)

255 228 You guys know anyone hiring? Posted by: Jason Garrett at December 15, 2013 08:08 PM (IV4od) Could be. You do play-by-play?

Posted by: Small market radio station at December 15, 2013 04:30 PM (teFlO)

256 146 LOL Anna, ya got me there. Tho it seemed plausible from some of these idiots.

Posted by: The Farmer at December 15, 2013 04:30 PM (eBupg)

257 Canada sells the high flow toilets that can be smuggled into the US if you know the right people. Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at December 15, 2013 08:26 PM (jucos) It is illegal to sell them in the US, but you can bring your own in?

Posted by: Arles at December 15, 2013 04:31 PM (aeZx0)

258 America is shit now. Sorry to all those who bled for it, but it wasn't worth your blood.

Posted by: Dan at December 15, 2013 04:32 PM (gR5OX)

259 The ethanol also ruins small motors like lawn mowers and snow blowers. It heads with the planned obsolescence of said items. You just throw the old one out after 3 or 4 years.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at December 15, 2013 04:32 PM (jucos)

260 258 America is shit now. Sorry to all those who bled for it, but it wasn't worth your blood. Posted by: Dan at December 15, 2013 08:32 PM (gR5OX) Nah, we're just on a binge...stick around for the purge.

Posted by: model_1066 at December 15, 2013 04:33 PM (x5Ei/)

261 Big Louie. No. I'm not familiar with that name.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 15, 2013 04:33 PM (PDhMJ)

262 It is illegal to sell them in the US, but you can bring your own in?

Posted by: Arles at December 15, 2013 08:31 PM (aeZx0)

_______________________

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at December 15, 2013 04:33 PM (jucos)

263 Ever try to fill a chainsaw or other small device with one of these new 'press down' gas cans? I've spilled more fuel than ever would have escaped as vapor from an old style can.
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They suck. I have four of them in the 5 gal. variety. But my 5th one has a regular, non-government-fucked-with design.

I fill my fleet of gas powered stuff from that one, and then refill it with the others.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 15, 2013 04:34 PM (4Mv1T)

264 I've spilled more fuel than ever would have escaped as vapor from an old style can. Posted by: Jinx the Cat at December 15, 2013 08:29 PM (l3vZN) what state you in? have not seen one of those

Posted by: Arles at December 15, 2013 04:35 PM (aeZx0)

265 244 Arles So ... That's how one gets the Browns to the SuperBowl.

Posted by: Slab Manly, Member, The League of Ugly Shirted Gentlemen at December 15, 2013 04:35 PM (FlRtG)

266 261 Big Louie. No. I'm not familiar with that name. Posted by: andycanuck at December 15, 2013 08:33 PM (PDhMJ) He's friends with Jimmy and Sally, who are also from Canada. Nice people.

Posted by: model_1066 at December 15, 2013 04:35 PM (x5Ei/)

267 armed deputy who was at the school as a "resource officer" intervened probably getting the perp to off himself before shooting more people because he knew an armed cop was on the scene. See the sock link. Posted by: andycanuck at December 15, 2013 08:24 PM (PDhMJ) Hide posts from (PDhMJ) Liars like every other day. I don't know how some people live with themselves but history makes it pretty clear that people can live with a lot worse than just lying for power.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at December 15, 2013 04:35 PM (qyfb5)

268 what state you in?

have not seen one of those
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Go to Lowes, Home Depot, Northern Equipment, the hardware store, or shop on-line. It's all you can buy now.

They are the friggin worst.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 15, 2013 04:36 PM (4Mv1T)

269 We are becoming the state in "Brazil" where everything is overly complex and nothing works.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at December 15, 2013 04:36 PM (P/gm7)

270 Woodstock - Darlingside & Heather Maloney

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyotn-3qycM#t=80

Posted by: Joni Mitchell at December 15, 2013 04:39 PM (KQp38)

271 Well, there goes everybody...

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at December 15, 2013 04:43 PM (qyfb5)

272 They are the friggin worst. Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 15, 2013 08:36 PM (4Mv1T) hmmm, I'm a rebel. If I come across one I'll just take the entire cap off and use a mega funnel Just like I did in the 1980's when I worked at a golf course.

Posted by: Arles at December 15, 2013 04:44 PM (aeZx0)

273 I have a spout from one of those gas cans -- used it once successfully (pure luck I guess) and couldn't figure it out a second time.

Posted by: Steck at December 15, 2013 04:45 PM (RL7U1)

274 @272

You can go to ebay and get some green NATO jerry cans and paint them red.

They have usable spouts unlike the government mandated garbage available on most gas cans.

Posted by: Kreplach at December 15, 2013 04:49 PM (Xkr8I)

275 Re 246: The MSM wants you to not look at the armed man behind the curtain.

Posted by: exdem13 at December 15, 2013 04:50 PM (lJaja)

276 See also: http://www.denverpost.com/ci_19642218

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at December 15, 2013 08:23 PM (Nsoq9)

I went to high school down valley from Aspen, and we had probably 40-50% illegal immigrant students in my high school. They lived packed in run down apartments, the girls would drop out at 16 and get pregnant while the boys would go to work. Now the housing prices have driven them even further down valley since the prices in my town have shot up to almost a half-million for a 1000 square foot house. Of course, it's not just illegals; everyone down valley works in the tourism industry in some way and suffers. Oh, and these same liberal millionaires tried to use the promise of light rail as a way to sneak in running a trash train through our town every night.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 15, 2013 04:51 PM (lr3d7)

277 I have a spout from one of those gas cans -- used it once successfully (pure luck I guess) and couldn't figure it out a second time.
Posted by: Steck
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My gas sits in them a while, and the last time I filled them I had to look at the directions imprinted on them.

My gallon can that I mix for 2 stroke? It has a rubber stopper. I've had it 25 years. A flawless design...

like beer, whiskey, and 1911's.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 15, 2013 04:51 PM (4Mv1T)

278 Ever try to fill a chainsaw or other small device with one of these new 'press down' gas cans? I've spilled more fuel than ever would have escaped as vapor from an old style can. Posted by: Jinx the Cat You're right I hate those dumbass f*ckers. Never saw one till lately as I always had old ones from the farm. When an older friend at work had to mow the yard it he had to ask a young kid how to work the bugger.

Posted by: The Farmer at December 15, 2013 04:55 PM (eBupg)

279 I am going to look at Mexican gas cans next time I'm in Nogales. Is this fucked up or what?

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at December 15, 2013 04:56 PM (l3vZN)

280 My gallon can that I mix for 2 stroke? It has a rubber stopper. I've had it 25 years. A flawless design...

like beer, whiskey, and 1911's.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 15, 2013 08:51 PM (4Mv1T)

I passed along the suggestion to the BH to use this damn can only to refill the other cans. Fortunately we have one (the "live" one) with a long slender spout with (essentially) a pry-off cap on the end. Dirt-simple.

Posted by: Steck at December 15, 2013 04:57 PM (RL7U1)

281 The Boeing Co. announced today it acquired 468 acres in North Charleston Â— including the 267 acres it previously planned to close on today Â— to accommodate future growth.

The land acquisition announcement came the morning after Machinists union leaders rejected BoeingÂ’s counteroffer that would have secured the 777X work for Washington state.

Palmetto Railways, a division of the S.C. Department of Commerce, is offering a long-term lease to Boeing for the additional 201 acres in North Charleston. The land was purchased with state bond funds allocated to Boeing. The price was not disclosed.

Boeing was planning to close on the original 267 acres today in a $13.8 million land deal. The Charleston County Aviation Authority previously sold the land to Palmetto Railways, which in turn leased the land to Boeing.

The company has an option to purchase all of the 468 acres at the end of the initial lease term at the end of 2027.

Boeing also announced today that it will begin construction in the second half of 2014 on a new paint facility at its main campus in North Charleston.

Posted by: Tom Wroblewski at December 15, 2013 04:57 PM (e8kgV)

282 Sidebar stories.

MiG-31 could kill the SR-71? Unless Soviet metallurgy had got gotten better, then the Foxhound would have the same problems as the Foxbat. Hit Mach 3+ once and the engines are burnt up junk. Which is why it sounds like the MiG-31 was supposed to get in the ball-park and loft those AA-9s in the hope one missile would work, track, and defeat Blackbird ECM while the pilot is giving the plane the gas. Right.

As for the reporter going into WoW to find terrorists? Chasing people down to ask. Wow I guess it is humour. But an awfully special way to get ganked. Makes me think of the agents the Nazis put ashore by U-boat to link up with the IRA in Ireland in WWII. Would make it to the pub and get picked up there.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 15, 2013 04:58 PM (PWHzv)

283 Â“If youÂ’re working here and in the middle of the day you just stopped and said, Â‘You know what? I want to get something, but I donÂ’t know Â– I donÂ’t know exactly what IÂ’m going to get, but IÂ’m just going to stop working until I get something,Â’Â” Obama began. Â“And IÂ’m going to shut down the whole plant until I get somethingÂ…Â”

Â“YouÂ’re fired,Â” an audience member volunteered.

Â“YouÂ’d get fired,Â” Obama agreed. Â“Right?Â”

October 3rd, 2013

Posted by: Hilarity Clinton at December 15, 2013 05:02 PM (e8kgV)

284 I passed along the suggestion to the BH to use this damn can only to refill the other cans. Fortunately we have one (the "live" one) with a long slender spout with (essentially) a pry-off cap on the end. Dirt-simple.
Posted by: Steck
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Yup. My "good" five gallon is that same design the way they made them 8-9 years ago. Plus my 2.5 gallon can for the lawn mower is the same.

Once you get one of those wonky spouts working, just fill the others.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 15, 2013 05:07 PM (4Mv1T)

285 Or sometimes I'll take the good spout off and use it on whichever can I need to pour from.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 15, 2013 05:08 PM (4Mv1T)

286 They did this shit here in Brooklyn for the Barclay's Center. "Green parking" is bike racks and what was previously residential parking. They'd never put in an actual parking lot that would encourage driving. They really wanted big fancy condos but the market went tits up/

Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at December 15, 2013 05:09 PM (Y92Nd)

287 >>Look, eco-fascist scrunts, if you want to stuff us all into dorm rooms, just come out and say so.

Bloomberg already has (big surprise, eh?).
http://preview.tinyurl.com/7qjttmt

Posted by: Lizzy at December 15, 2013 05:24 PM (JRmiD)

288 Dear President Obama,

I wanted to take a moment to say thank you for all you have done and are doing. You see I am a single Mom located in the very small town of Palmer, Texas. I live in a small rental house with my two children. I drive an older car that I pray daily runs just a little longer. I work at a mediocre job bringing home a much lower paycheck than you or your wife could even imagine living on. I have a lot of concerns about the new Â“ObamacareÂ” along with the taxes being forced on us Americans and debts you are adding to our country. I have a few questions for you Mr. President.

Have you ever struggled to pay your bills? I have.

Have you ever sat and watched your children eat and you eat what was left on their plates when they were done, because there wasnÂ’t enough for you to eat to? I have.

Have you ever had to rob Peter to pay Paul, and it still not be enough? I have.

Have you ever been so sick that you needed to see a doctor and get medicine, but had no health insurance because it was too expensive? I have.

Have you ever had to tell your children no, when they asked for something they needed? I have.

Have you ever patched holes in pants, glued shoes, replaced zippers, because it was cheaper than buying new? I have.

Have you ever had to put an item or two back at the grocery store, because you didnÂ’t have enough money? I have.

Have you ever cried yourself to sleep, because you had no clue how you were going to make ends meet? I have.

My questions could go on and on. I donÂ’t believe you have a clue what Americans are actually going through and honestly, I donÂ’t believe you care. Not everyone lives extravagantly. While your family takes expensive trips that cost more than most of us make in two-four years, there are so many of us that suffer. Yet, you are doing all you can to add to the suffering. I think you are a very selfish and cold hearted man, who does not care what is best for the people he was elected by (not by me) to represent, but more so out for the glory of your name attached to history. So thank you Mr. President, thank you for pushing those of us that are barely staying afloat completely under water and driving America into the ground. You have made your mark in history, as the absolute worst and most hated president of the United States. God have mercy on your soul!

Sincerely,

Yolanda Vestal

Average American

Posted by: Yolanda Burroughs-Vestal at December 15, 2013 05:26 PM (e8kgV)

289 As clearly as I recall the moment I heard of Kennedy's assassination and the Challenger disaster, I remember the moment I heard the Kelo decision. Really lost faith in the " wisdom" of the Supreme Court.

Posted by: die trying at December 15, 2013 05:32 PM (Xzj0B)

290 Yolanda, that would be something awesome to post again, earlier in another thread

Posted by: die trying at December 15, 2013 05:37 PM (Xzj0B)

291 from his Kelo dissent, one of my favorite Justice Thomas quotes: "Something has gone seriously awry with this CourtÂ’s interpretation of the Constitution."

Posted by: steve l. at December 15, 2013 05:46 PM (R0MFk)

292 You rock Yolanda!

Posted by: The Farmer at December 15, 2013 05:51 PM (eBupg)

293 I live near New London. What havoc shall I reek?

Posted by: Corona at December 15, 2013 06:44 PM (fh2Y7)

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