August 03, 2013
— Purple Avenger The good news is, everything that could possibly go wrong already has.
Mr Mugabe, 89, won 61% of the vote, against Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's 34%.Fraudulent elections in Zimbabwe? Pshaw.Mr Tsvangirai earlier said the elections for parliament and president were fraudulent and promised to take legal action
Open thread. This one doesn't smell like an abattoir, just stale farts.
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Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at August 03, 2013 05:39 PM (8JJ6O)
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 03, 2013 05:40 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2013 05:40 PM (Oc/Nv)
Posted by: awkward davies at August 03, 2013 05:40 PM (WK8VM)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at August 03, 2013 05:40 PM (XIxXP)
him and Obama can only leave office by way of..............
don't need the secret service visiting
Posted by: navycopjoe at August 03, 2013 05:41 PM (V75zy)
Posted by: CarolT at August 03, 2013 05:41 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at August 03, 2013 05:42 PM (XIxXP)
Posted by: zsasz at August 03, 2013 05:42 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at August 03, 2013 05:42 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: t-dubya-d at August 03, 2013 05:42 PM (u6lBN)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at August 03, 2013 05:43 PM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Dr. Todd Ambrosius at August 03, 2013 05:43 PM (qwLsa)
We had sirens and loudspeakers blaring, and one of the neighbours fled by car.
Very stupid neighbours, to escape a house by car during a tornado. The homes around here are tract homes and they were built with basements. You're safer down there than stuck in a traffic jam with other idiots.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo, remembering Hurricane Rita at August 03, 2013 05:43 PM (d7tB2)
Posted by: Al & the Kayduhs at August 03, 2013 05:44 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: Guido - 'now with 75+% more hate!' at August 03, 2013 05:44 PM (A96MH)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at August 03, 2013 05:44 PM (Gk3SS)
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Not me.
Posted by: F. Castro at August 03, 2013 05:45 PM (aDwsi)
Africa is one messed up continent.
While I recognize that some of that has to do with the various imperial forces that marched through there in the 16-19th centuries, surely it can't all be that bad.
I mean, the Brits got the Chinese addicted to Opium, and they recoverd somewhat.
Never mind India and Pakistan. I'm not saying these are fully functioning countries, but Africa makes them look first world.
Posted by: tsrblke at August 03, 2013 05:45 PM (GaqMa)
Posted by: CarolT at August 03, 2013 05:45 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at August 03, 2013 05:45 PM (XIxXP)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at August 03, 2013 05:45 PM (GEICT)
No clue where Michelle and the girls are...
Posted by: Reggie Love at August 03, 2013 05:45 PM (Lhux0)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo, remembering Hurricane Rita at August 03, 2013 05:45 PM (d7tB2)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at August 03, 2013 09:44 PM (Gk3SS)
Sanity is relative and in the eye of the beholder...just sayin AtC.
Posted by: Guido - 'now with 75+% more hate!' at August 03, 2013 05:46 PM (A96MH)
Posted by: eman at August 03, 2013 05:46 PM (AO9UG)
wtf? where they gonna go?
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 03, 2013 05:47 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2013 05:47 PM (Oc/Nv)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at August 03, 2013 05:47 PM (XIxXP)
Posted by: CarolT at August 03, 2013 05:47 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at August 03, 2013 05:48 PM (XIxXP)
Posted by: awkward davies at August 03, 2013 05:48 PM (WK8VM)
I once believed that there is no way this nation could become a banana republic, with some charismatic leader who inevitably lets the mask slip.
But, I am a wee less certain that "this could never happen here." The Sun King is doing far too many of the same things as others like Mussolini and Idi Amin. The difference is that instead of gaudy military uniforms, our guy is wearing ill-fitting suits on his gangly frame.
Posted by: Gordon Crisp, Leaner, Meaner at August 03, 2013 05:48 PM (6rcHp)
Posted by: In the not too distant future… at August 03, 2013 05:48 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Weimar Republican at August 03, 2013 05:48 PM (XdnQT)
Posted by: Baron bon Mot at August 03, 2013 05:49 PM (V+Gkh)
Posted by: Craig Poe at August 03, 2013 05:49 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: eman at August 03, 2013 05:49 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: Mallfly at August 03, 2013 05:50 PM (jDjlM)
Posted by: ZANU PF at August 03, 2013 05:50 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: nothinglefttolose at August 03, 2013 05:50 PM (SFZtG)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at August 03, 2013 05:50 PM (XIxXP)
You're always only one generation of inattentiveness away from tyranny.
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at August 03, 2013 05:50 PM (S3yfV)
Also, as always when I watch The Dark Knight, fuck you, Gary Oldman. Commissioner Gordon is many, many thing but he's not ever supposed to be hot ass. The tactical gear is just not. fucking. fair. And how do you make the mustache work? How?
Just not right. All the not right.
Crappity, now I want to watch Multeepass again.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at August 03, 2013 05:51 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: awkward davies at August 03, 2013 05:51 PM (WK8VM)
Our president has gone to the trouble of closing 22 embassies and then announcing it. Gee, think they'll take care of that opportunity?
Posted by: Reggie Love at August 03, 2013 05:51 PM (Lhux0)
Posted by: Synova at August 03, 2013 05:52 PM (7/PU+)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at August 03, 2013 05:52 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Miss Marple at August 03, 2013 05:53 PM (GoIUi)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo, remembering Hurricane Rita at August 03, 2013 09:45 PM (d7tB2)
*shifty eyes*
Why, no, no, I've never falling into a Flipside hole, why, what have you heard?
*shifty eyes*
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at August 03, 2013 05:53 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Gordon Crisp, Leaner, Meaner at August 03, 2013 05:54 PM (6rcHp)
Posted by: CDR M at August 03, 2013 05:54 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2013 05:54 PM (Oc/Nv)
Posted by: eman at August 03, 2013 05:55 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: CDR M at August 03, 2013 09:54 PM (dKV5k)
Last I heard, they may be closed indefinitely depending on what the intel shows over the next few days.
But that could just be CNN making stuff up.
Also, @AtC, I'm lazy, so just pretend I made a joke about my recent growing of a mustache with the classic "How you doin'" line, and release the raptors.
Posted by: tsrblke at August 03, 2013 05:56 PM (GaqMa)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at August 03, 2013 05:56 PM (XIxXP)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2013 05:56 PM (Oc/Nv)
Posted by: Peaches at August 03, 2013 05:56 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at August 03, 2013 05:57 PM (S3yfV)
Posted by: eman at August 03, 2013 05:57 PM (AO9UG)
@67. "The top ten things we said about Peruvia"
Most of which seemed to involve exotic liquors and the grooming habits of the lady-folk, IIRC?
Posted by: Gordon Crisp, Leaner, Meaner at August 03, 2013 05:57 PM (6rcHp)
Posted by: CDR M at August 03, 2013 05:57 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: CarolT at August 03, 2013 05:57 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2013 05:57 PM (Oc/Nv)
Posted by: Baron bon Mot at August 03, 2013 05:57 PM (V+Gkh)
In the running for the chicken dinner!
Posted by: t-dubya-d at August 03, 2013 05:58 PM (u6lBN)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at August 03, 2013 05:58 PM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Weimar Republican at August 03, 2013 05:58 PM (XdnQT)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2013 05:58 PM (Oc/Nv)
Eclectic. The proper term is eclectic.
Idiosyncratic also works.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at August 03, 2013 05:59 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at August 03, 2013 09:58 PM (XIxXP)
No, you're wrong.
It's actually a furlough day for them.
Posted by: tsrblke at August 03, 2013 05:59 PM (GaqMa)
Reminds me of how Obama announced the Bun Laden killing within hours, destroying the opportunity to take advantage of the intel they recovered from his home. Oh, and them telling AQ exactly which team pulled it off, too. Might as well have painted a target on their backs.
And then there are the continued leaks of Israel's secrets.
Posted by: Reggie Love at August 03, 2013 05:59 PM (Lhux0)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at August 03, 2013 05:59 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at August 03, 2013 06:00 PM (S3yfV)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at August 03, 2013 06:00 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: CDR M at August 03, 2013 06:01 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at August 03, 2013 06:01 PM (CA2NO)
The two tribes have been enemies for generations. Same as it ever was
Posted by: Ronny the Red-Nosed Reindeer at August 03, 2013 06:01 PM (omBWL)
we should learn from China, where green energy is powering over a billion eclectic cars (Joe Biden, on a good day)
Posted by: Mallfly at August 03, 2013 06:01 PM (jDjlM)
Posted by: eman at August 03, 2013 06:01 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at August 03, 2013 06:02 PM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Gordon Crisp, Leaner, Meaner at August 03, 2013 06:02 PM (6rcHp)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at August 03, 2013 06:02 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: bob from table9 at August 03, 2013 06:03 PM (H7qrs)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at August 03, 2013 06:03 PM (furPs)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at August 03, 2013 06:04 PM (XIxXP)
Posted by: CarolT at August 03, 2013 06:04 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Ronny the Red-Nosed Reindeer at August 03, 2013 06:04 PM (omBWL)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at August 03, 2013 06:04 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at August 03, 2013 06:05 PM (S3yfV)
Posted by: ZANU PF at August 03, 2013 06:05 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at August 03, 2013 06:06 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at August 03, 2013 10:01 PM (CA2NO)
Oh. Fuck. Yes.
All the yes.
Of course, I also like this a helluva lot.
http://youtu.be/NhU_XnWXgH4
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at August 03, 2013 06:06 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Zombie Chris Stevens at August 03, 2013 06:06 PM (Aif/5)
Posted by: Mallfly at August 03, 2013 06:06 PM (jDjlM)
Posted by: zsasz at August 03, 2013 06:06 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2013 06:07 PM (Oc/Nv)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at August 03, 2013 06:08 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: [/i][/b][/s]akula_51 at August 03, 2013 06:08 PM (HkQRm)
"Thank you for calling your local United States Embassy. The embassy is currently closed. Please listen to the following menu for further assistance.
"If you are a consulate employee under fire, please hang up immediately and call the Department of State in Washington DC at 202-261-8081.
"If you are an independent YouTube artist, please press 2.
"If you have discovered a secret Libyan arms cache and wish to turn it over to US authorities, please press 3.
"If you are a Muslim Brotherhood member with a grant proposal, please press 4.
"For all other inquiries, please call during regular business hours. Thank you for calling your local United States Embassy. Goodbye."
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 03, 2013 06:08 PM (8sCoq)
re 117: "Or a completely contrived fake to let Presnit Prissypants pose like he's 'on the job.' "
kind of like responding to rumors of race riots by announcing that all the police stations will be closed for the weekend.
Posted by: Mallfly at August 03, 2013 06:08 PM (jDjlM)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at August 03, 2013 06:09 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Fritz at August 03, 2013 06:09 PM (K7xnX)
Idiosyncratic also works.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at August 03, 2013 09:59 PM (Gk3SS)
Oh my! And here I thought the term was "electric". As in, "takes two C-cells, batteries not included."
Denounces self.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2013 06:09 PM (fNpC1)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2013 06:10 PM (Oc/Nv)
Inside job potential, eh?
Posted by: Reggie Love at August 03, 2013 06:10 PM (Lhux0)
Posted by: Mallfly at August 03, 2013 06:10 PM (jDjlM)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at August 03, 2013 06:10 PM (CA2NO)
You are generous like that.
Nearly October!
For the rest of the Horde, a wee bit of the ultraviolence:
http://youtu.be/ZxnEH8JmsfY
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at August 03, 2013 06:13 PM (Gk3SS)
Lets think about black rule and Islam.
How long will it be before black ruled countries begin again to sell their people to Arabs?
My guess? Less than 20 years.
Posted by: Jack at August 03, 2013 06:13 PM (gWHwW)
President Barack Obama kicked off his birthday weekend Saturday with a round of golf with friends and a getaway to Camp David.
Due to the limited number seats, only Reggie Love, who for years had been Obama's personal assistant or "body man," three other players -- got to join Obama on the presidential helicopter.
First lady Michelle Obama traveled to Camp David separately.
"The Looooove Boat!"
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 03, 2013 06:15 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at August 03, 2013 06:15 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2013 06:15 PM (Oc/Nv)
Posted by: Mallfly at August 03, 2013 06:16 PM (jDjlM)
Posted by: Ma Bell at August 03, 2013 06:16 PM (RLdcX)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2013 06:17 PM (Oc/Nv)
>>> Preaching to the choir here, AtC. You're looking at the woman who had (and continues to have) a raging crush on Steve Buscemi.
That's just wrong.
Posted by: Carlos Danger at August 03, 2013 06:17 PM (6Svi4)
Posted by: Mallfly at August 03, 2013 06:17 PM (jDjlM)
Posted by: awkward davies at August 03, 2013 09:51 PM (WK8VM)
But at least it's in HD.
Posted by: Ostral B Heretic at August 03, 2013 06:18 PM (2vl2+)
See, I read shit like this, and I think - no goddamn way is this what it looks like. He's got to be trolling.
either that or michelle's putting out an ad on "adult friend finder" as soon as hubby's term is up
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at August 03, 2013 06:18 PM (d7tB2)
Hellooo, he single-handedly killed Bin Laden. And the sprained his left shoulder with all of the self back-patting.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 03, 2013 06:19 PM (Lhux0)
Posted by: Miss Marple at August 03, 2013 06:19 PM (GoIUi)
Denounces self.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2013 10:09 PM (fNpC1)
I totally don't have a tunnel and separate connection to the local nuke plant for such necessities. Not I.
Am a good girl I am.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at August 03, 2013 06:19 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Gozer the Gozerian at August 03, 2013 06:20 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at August 03, 2013 06:20 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: bob from table9 at August 03, 2013 06:21 PM (H7qrs)
I know! I mean, um, I have no idea that to which you could be referring.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at August 03, 2013 06:21 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2013 06:21 PM (Oc/Nv)
Posted by: t-dubya-d at August 03, 2013 06:24 PM (u6lBN)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 03, 2013 06:24 PM (Oc/Nv)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at August 03, 2013 06:24 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Purp at August 03, 2013 10:05 PM (S3yfV)
Hopefully, that's not announced until AFTER any action.
Posted by: CDR M at August 03, 2013 06:25 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: t-dubya-d at August 03, 2013 06:26 PM (u6lBN)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at August 03, 2013 06:26 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Gozer the Gozerian at August 03, 2013 10:20 PM (Vk2pI)
Damn that made me laugh.
Posted by: CDR M at August 03, 2013 06:26 PM (dKV5k)
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Clearly you have forgotten the killer instinct indicated by the captured fly.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 03, 2013 06:26 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at August 03, 2013 06:27 PM (d7tB2)
Posted by: bob from table9 at August 03, 2013 10:21 PM (H7qrs)
bob, it sure seems that way. It's a racket, i tell ya. C-cells contain something like 4 times the energy of AA cells, but cost only a fraction more. AAA cells are even worse. And device designers typically design to use the smallest battery available, so they can crow about how small their device is.
An mp3 player configured to use a C-cell, or better still, a D-cell would be little more bulky, but would cost a metric fuckton less money to operate.
And don't get me started on "N" cells....
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 03, 2013 06:29 PM (fNpC1)
As I said the other day, I'm not sure if it's tinny hatty to think that guns were being run out of Benghazi or if it's tin hatty to think they weren't.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at August 03, 2013 06:29 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Gingy at August 03, 2013 06:31 PM (aH+zP)
Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at August 03, 2013 06:31 PM (8JJ6O)
Pretty decent flick.
A little romance for the spousal unit.
An atom bomb and some charred flesh for Road Boy #2.
And Tommy Lee Jones as the Supreme Commander, Douglas MacArthur.
Not bad at all.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at August 03, 2013 06:31 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: gushie can has mobile phone at August 03, 2013 06:32 PM (byHYG)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at August 03, 2013 10:29 PM (Gk3SS)
whatever it was, the JEF thought it could cost him re-election, and Hillary! thinks it could keep her from the WH in '16
It must really be baaa-aad....
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 03, 2013 06:32 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at August 03, 2013 06:32 PM (CA2NO)
That's seriously disturbing even if they didn't actually set them up by having Stevens travel to an unsecured consulate on 9/11. But the fact they were left so vulnerable.....? That raises some seriously chilling thoughts.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 03, 2013 06:32 PM (Lhux0)
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Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at August 03, 2013 05:38 PM (8JJ6O)