March 07, 2013
— Maetenloch
The Top 102 Non-fiction Stories of 2012
As collected by Conor Friedersdorf (yeah yeah I know). Some of these have already appeared on previous ONTs. And even ones that I just picked out at random were all pretty good reads.
Warning: Some of the stories in Conor's list may contain <gasp> liberal views. If that freaks you out, best to move on and spare yourself the anger and tears.
No. 15 Why Things Fail by Robert Capps
From tires to helicopter blades, everything breaks eventually.
Wired, October 2012
"In our Moore's law-driven age, we expect devices to continuously be getting smaller, lighter, more powerful, and more efficient. All this is great for innovation, but it's terrible for reliability."
No. 57 The Meme Generation by Matt Labash
Hide your kids, hide your wife, hide your husband. The end is nigh.
The Weekly Standard, Jun 2012
"Rarely in history have so many truly smart people applied their intelligence to something as dumb as aggregating and propagating LOLcats."
No. 58 The Expendables by William Langewiesche
It's the dark romance of the French Foreign Legion: haunted men from everywhere, fighting anywhere, dying for causes not their own. Legionnaires need war, certainly, and Afghanistan is winding down. But there's always the hopeless battle against rogue gold miners in French Guiana . . .
Vanity Fair, Dec 2012
"An old legionnaire told me about a lesson he learned as a young recruit, when a veteran sergeant explained dying to him. He said, 'It's like this. There is no point in trying to understand. Time is unimportant. We are dust from the stars. We are nothing at all. So fuck off with your worries about war.'"
No. 85 The Landlord's Tale by Bert Stratton
A member of a maligned class explains, among other things, how he keeps up the neighborhood.
City Journal, Dec 2012
"I used to feel guilty about charging rent. I hadn't done anything to deserve it, other than maintaining a building-a building I hadn't even built. Now that I'm middle-aged, though, I feel fine collecting rent."
Now you might think that the benefits of liberty and freedom would be pretty much self-evident to all Western educated people but you'd be wrong. In fact Bowdoin professor Sarah Conly thinks personal autonomy is a bad thing and has written a whole book, Against Autonomy: Justifying Coercive Paternalism, arguing against it.
No this is not a joke:
I argue that autonomy, or the freedom to act in accordance with your own decisions, is overrated - that the common high evaluation of the importance of autonomy is based on a belief that we are much more rational than we actually are. We now have lots of evidence from psychology and behavioral economics that we are often very bad at choosing effective means to our ends. In such cases, we need the help of others-and in particular, of government regulation-to keep us from going wrong.A classic example of Kip's Law.
And guess what her next book is about:
I've now started on my next book, tentatively titled One: Do We have a Right to More Children? We tend to think of regulating the number of children people may have as morally reprehensible.
And given her previous book you can predict exactly what her opinion is. #NotEvenPretendingAnymore
Someone Alert Clueless Joe: Even shotguns use AR-15s in self defense
Deputies say Mendoza took several items and fled from the home on foot. He returned to the farm and placed the stolen items behind a barn. They say he then stole a pickup truck belonging to the farm and returned to the home he burglarized stealing more items and a shotgun and AR-15 rifle.
Det. Williams with the Polk County Sheriff's Department tells KOIN 6 News that they believe a piece of the shotgun was caught in the trigger area of the AR-15. While crossing the field the truck hit a bump causing the weapon to fire once striking and killing Mendoza.
Heh.
Probably - maybe - it all depends on where you are. Check out these rent heat maps for major cities.
5 Clearly Fake News Stories The Media Told You Were True
Deadly alar, the coming epidemic of heterosexual AIDS, and a lion killing 42 midgets in a Cambodian ring fight are just some of the media's fake stories that don't appear in this article.
"Briefly stated, the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect is as follows. You open the newspaper to an article on some subject you know well. In Murray's case, physics. In mine, show business. You read the article and see the journalist has absolutely no understanding of either the facts or the issues. Often, the article is so wrong it actually presents the story backward-reversing cause and effect. I call these the "wet streets cause rain" stories. Paper's full of them.
In any case, you read with exasperation or amusement the multiple errors in a story, and then turn the page to national or international affairs, and read as if the rest of the newspaper was somehow more accurate about Palestine than the baloney you just read. You turn the page, and forget what you know."
-- Michael Crichton
"..the grocer's apostrophe is a weeping pustule on the shining face of English."
You know who loves grammar pedants? Their mothers. Well mostly, but not always.
Yes, I know, the grocer's apostrophe is a weeping pustule on the shining face of English, and people who don't know the difference between "less" and "fewer" should be marooned on a small, ice-covered island in the Arctic Sea. You, as a person of intelligence, are entitled to that opinion. I will defend to the death your right to think that "less" and "fewer" should only be used in very specific ways (even though history proves you wrong), and I will even agree that I don't understand how the grocer's apostrophe came to be (though apostrophes can be tricky, and we know all how weird English plurals can be). What I cannot defend, however, is asshattery in the name of grammar.You may think you are some great Batman of Apostrophes, flitting through the dark aisles of the Piggly-Wiggly, bringing Truth and Justice to tormented signs everywhere! But in reality, you are a jerk who has defaced a sign that some poor kid, or some poor non-native English speaker, or some educated and beleaguered mom who is working her second job of the day, spent time making.
..The reality is that many of the bits of grammar that we think of as wrong are actually just a matter of preference.
And aren't even grammar per se - they're just preferences in usage that are mostly arbitrary, often regional, and rarely make any difference at all in terms of meaning and communication. But they do help keep those ignant hoi polloi out of your fancy soirees and such.
Oh and then you have PJ O'Rourke's guide to speaking proper English:
A) At the present, I am impecunious.
B) I ain't got me more than no three nor four million in the dang stock market.
One of these statements will open the doors of society and culture to you and one won't.
Rob Lowe Isn't Sorry to See Hugo Chavez Gone
And calls him what he was. After watching Lowe in Parks and Recreation I've realized that he's naturally funny and should have gone into comedy much earlier in his career (Tommy Boy was an early hint).
Oh and one of the horde makes an appearance as well.
My greatest regret at the passing of America-hating strongman Hugo Chavez, is that he didn't live long enough to party with Dennis Rodman. -
Rob Lowe (@RobLowe) March 06, 2013 "@Warden_AoS: @RobLowe That tweet was so good, I'll forgive you the time I unwillingly saw your junk in About Last Night."
I'm so sorry.-
Rob Lowe (@RobLowe) March 06, 2013
11 Words and Phrases Popularized by Teddy Roosevelt
1. Nailing Jelly To The Wall
Definition: An impossible task.
"Somebody asked me why I did not get an agreement with Columbia. They may just as well ask me why I do not nail cranberry jelly to the wall." -TR, 1912.
4. Weasel Words
Definition: Soft and ambiguous language.
"One of our defects as a nation is a tendency to use what have been called 'weasel words.' When a weasel sucks eggs, the meat is sucked out of the egg. If you use a 'weasel word' after another, there is nothing left of the other." -TR, 1916. (According to a 1916 New York Times article, Roosevelt was accused of plagiarizing the term, which appeared in The Century Magazine in 1900. Roosevelt said he heard it from a friend years earlier.)
Yahoo group. That is all.
And my Twitter spew.
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Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 07, 2013 06:10 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: L, elle at March 07, 2013 06:11 PM (0PiQ4)
Also I tried to spot the comet PonFarr just after sunset but did not spy it. Will try again.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 07, 2013 06:13 PM (IFT6K)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 07, 2013 06:14 PM (IFT6K)
Posted by: CarolT at March 07, 2013 06:14 PM (z4WKX)
Kroger used to have signs over in the bakery with packages of their cookies saying "10¢". Everyone thought they were ten cents per package, but in very small letters it said "per cookie". Of course Kroger didn't sell them by the cookie, only the package for about 2 bucks.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 07, 2013 06:15 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: Jeff B. at March 07, 2013 06:16 PM (/COnL)
Posted by: sven10077-ArkLaTex travelogue and Researcher at March 07, 2013 06:16 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: puddleglum at March 07, 2013 06:17 PM (s5ntS)
hey just wait until they start naming fog...
here we have atmospheric destabilize Manuel rolling in off the Smoky Mountains...when will AGW quit attacking us?
Send in 5% of all your wealth and find out!
//TWC
Posted by: sven10077-ArkLaTex travelogue and Researcher at March 07, 2013 06:18 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Miss Marple at March 07, 2013 06:18 PM (GoIUi)
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 07, 2013 06:18 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: mpfs, assault fishstick at March 07, 2013 06:20 PM (TCy/B)
I am an old hand at deciphering Kroger prices. I would write an app for it, if I knew code.
MIT has an online Android App writer that handles all that. It's pretty much just drag and drop. I whipped out a quick resistor color code decoder with it, just playing around.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at March 07, 2013 06:21 PM (eyJh9)
Posted by: Robert at March 07, 2013 06:21 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: General Woundwort at March 07, 2013 06:22 PM (zOP5o)
Good Evening, everyone!
So Rob Lowe and Robert Downey Jr are both on the official Moron Party invite list?
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 07, 2013 06:22 PM (3D74W)
Watching Barney Miller reruns right now. Still funny and amazingly Abe Vigoda is still alive.
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What channel?
Posted by: USS Diversity at March 07, 2013 06:22 PM (+bZOu)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 07, 2013 06:22 PM (0Vc6l)
Posted by: logprof at March 07, 2013 06:23 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: Mark Sanford's Campaign Staff at March 07, 2013 06:23 PM (1AAJW)
Posted by: mpfs, assault fishstick at March 07, 2013 06:23 PM (TCy/B)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at March 07, 2013 06:24 PM (jucos)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 07, 2013 06:25 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 07, 2013 10:22 PM (3D74W)
--I would say no to the latter.
Posted by: logprof at March 07, 2013 06:25 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: Robert at March 07, 2013 10:21 PM (LUnTP)
I'm convinced that a BIG reason young adults make such poor choices today, is that they were sheltered from the consequences of bad decisions as children...
We are so concerned about them getting hurt, that we don't let them do even wimpy stuff anymore... thus they don't learn that mistakes can suck.... until they are adults when the consequences are much greater....
And with many... by then.... its too late to learn.
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 07, 2013 06:25 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: eman at March 07, 2013 06:25 PM (dZnxf)
--I would say no to the latter.
Huh. I thought RDJ had made some conservative statements in the past. Not fire-breathing Reagan fan, but certainly not a complete leftard.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 07, 2013 06:26 PM (3D74W)
Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at March 07, 2013 06:26 PM (XvrTA)
Posted by: Thorvald at March 07, 2013 06:27 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at March 07, 2013 06:27 PM (IRkcN)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 07, 2013 06:27 PM (qqZuQ)
Local San Diego channel.
Posted by: mpfs, assault fishstick at March 07, 2013 10:23 PM (TCy/B)
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Shit. Thanks tho
Posted by: USS Diversity at March 07, 2013 06:27 PM (+bZOu)
Posted by: L, elle at March 07, 2013 06:28 PM (0PiQ4)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 07, 2013 06:28 PM (GEICT)
McCain and Graham were sucking up to Zero while Rand Paul was carrying the water for them. I hope that becomes fodder for their next election campaigns.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 07, 2013 06:28 PM (DHBCd)
Posted by: zombie teddy roosevelt at March 07, 2013 06:28 PM (ORGYc)
I'm convinced that a BIG reason young adults make such poor choices today, is that they were sheltered from the consequences of bad decisions as children...
Ding ding ding. Mom and Dad have always bailed them out of trouble so they never learn from it, or even become convinced that they will never suffer for their behavior.
I think it also creates risk adverse adults. If you've never experienced negative consequences, you don't know how to deal with them, or with failure.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 07, 2013 06:28 PM (3D74W)
Rob Lowe, from Dayton, Ohio (as was Martin Sheen).
Rob's Dad was a Captain in the city police force when he retired. We are about the same age, and I might have briefly known him (?) when we were teen agers, because we were attending a public school financed arts program at the same time.
He used to be somewhat of a jerk (but then, that's true of a lot of us), but seems to be maturing nicely.
"I am not the man I want to be, I am not the man I should be, but thank God, I am not the man I used to be."
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch at the Ides of/ at March 07, 2013 06:29 PM (Md8Uo)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 07, 2013 10:26 PM (3D74W)
--He hosted a big fundraiser for Baraka last year.
Posted by: logprof at March 07, 2013 06:29 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: eman at March 07, 2013 06:30 PM (dZnxf)
Posted by: Checker Chubby at March 07, 2013 06:30 PM (lD8ju)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 07, 2013 06:30 PM (qqZuQ)
"I am not the man I want to be, I am not the man I should be, but thank God, I am not the man I used to be."
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Where did that come from, CJ Burch?
Posted by: USS Diversity at March 07, 2013 06:30 PM (+bZOu)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 07, 2013 06:31 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at March 07, 2013 06:31 PM (IRkcN)
Alas her flying saucer uses Tesla batteries and a Fisker-Karman transmission. So as she hops into it to subjugate Washington DC, the anti-water seals made by UAW allow in sea air which corrodes the battery terminals and dissolves the transmission. So when last seen the flying saucer was trailing smoke and parts as it crashed into Lemuria. Thus capsizing and sinking Lemuria, again.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 07, 2013 06:32 PM (IFT6K)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 07, 2013 06:33 PM (3D74W)
Posted by: Robert at March 07, 2013 06:34 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 07, 2013 06:35 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: CarolT at March 07, 2013 06:35 PM (z4WKX)
You know who loves grammar pedants? Their mothers.
*********
How about their grammars and grampas?
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 07, 2013 06:35 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at March 07, 2013 06:36 PM (IRkcN)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 07, 2013 06:36 PM (IFT6K)
--He hosted a big fundraiser for Baraka last year.
Posted by: logprof at March 07, 2013 10:29 PM (+iA5G)
Wasn't there an actor that said there was an actor in Hollywood that gave every public appearance as being a Dem, but in private was a conservative? This actor even said the "undercover actor" would contribute to Dems because he didn't want to have his career destroyed. That might be RD, Jr. While he is doing well these days, a few "whispers around town" might make him unemployable again.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 07, 2013 06:36 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: Assault Citizen Anachronda knows you all were thinking it at March 07, 2013 06:37 PM (1c58W)
Denied.
Have an effective and efficient day.
Posted by: eman at March 07, 2013 10:30 PM (dZnxf)"
What Sarah-types don't realize is that there are a lot of people a lot smarter than her, who would end up as "deciders for everyone else" before she would, if such powers were ever granted to the government. Right now, she's just competing in the "who can write the most asinine book" job market. If she got her wish, she'd be competing in a much more cutthroat job market and she would lose.
Posted by: BS Inc. at March 07, 2013 06:38 PM (jnIO+)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 07, 2013 06:38 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: Thorvald at March 07, 2013 06:38 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: andycanuck at March 07, 2013 06:39 PM (ORGYc)
Paraphrasing a quote from John Newton:
“I am not what I ought to be, I am not what I want to be, I am not what I hope to be in another world; but still I am not what I once used to be, and by the grace of God I am what I am”
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch at the Ides of/ at March 07, 2013 06:39 PM (Md8Uo)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 07, 2013 06:39 PM (GEICT)
Fuck them old fuckers.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 07, 2013 06:39 PM (4Mv1T)
I was one of them grammar pedants for years, and I was blind to the eye-rolls and deaf to the snorts of "what-the-fuck ever."
Thankfully I grew up and shit. Now I have at least three friends, and keep my compulsion crammed down in a tight little black ball in my gullet.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, So Very Tired at March 07, 2013 06:40 PM (6rcHp)
Posted by: andycanuck at March 07, 2013 10:39 PM (ORGYc)
*****
Isn't a pendant, by definition, something that swings both ways?
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 07, 2013 06:40 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 07, 2013 10:36 PM (IFT6K)
--Stephen Crane
Posted by: logprof at March 07, 2013 06:41 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, So Very Tired at March 07, 2013 06:41 PM (6rcHp)
You are not Ms. Sarah Connor, your request for scholarship funds has been denied. We also notice you have received funds from us in error as our systems confused you with Ms. Sarah Connor. We are sending a T-800 Collection Agent to acquire said funds.
Thank you and have a nice day.
Sincerely,
CyberDyne Collection Agency, Dept. of Education. Washington DC.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 07, 2013 06:41 PM (IFT6K)
Posted by: Ktgreat at March 07, 2013 06:42 PM (/vGyg)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/cbzn83s
On the way back:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/y9fvcld
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I was expecting one of them to be Yakkity Sax.
Posted by: Assault Citizen Anachronda at March 07, 2013 06:42 PM (1c58W)
Posted by: eman at March 07, 2013 06:42 PM (dZnxf)
Posted by: Thorvald at March 07, 2013 06:43 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 07, 2013 06:43 PM (IFT6K)
Paraphrasing a quote from John Newton (Olivia, that is)
"Let's get physical, physical"
(sung to the tune of "Let's Get Physical")
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 07, 2013 06:43 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: Baldy at March 07, 2013 06:44 PM (opS9C)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, So Very Tired at March 07, 2013 06:44 PM (6rcHp)
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at March 07, 2013 06:44 PM (n8LUb)
Posted by: CarolT at March 07, 2013 06:44 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Sarah Conly at March 07, 2013 06:44 PM (1AAJW)
Fuck them old fuckers.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 07, 2013 10:39 PM (4Mv1T)
No country for old men.
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at March 07, 2013 06:45 PM (/7Xis)
Two cheap-ass assistant skank-whores.
Eman, you gotta way with words. Thanks for saying that. I like.
Posted by: L, elle at March 07, 2013 06:45 PM (0PiQ4)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 07, 2013 06:45 PM (pC72t)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 07, 2013 06:45 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: The Hobo Hooker Waitress Model Actress Who Never Was But Might Have Been Wears Prada at March 07, 2013 06:46 PM (jopHG)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 07, 2013 06:46 PM (IFT6K)
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at March 07, 2013 06:46 PM (n8LUb)
Posted by: Kalneva at March 07, 2013 06:46 PM (S+/pH)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 07, 2013 06:47 PM (IFT6K)
Posted by: Robert at March 07, 2013 06:47 PM (LUnTP)
Is he married? I honestly have no clue except he's McCain's BFF in the senate.
Posted by: CarolT at March 07, 2013 10:44 PM (z4WKX)
Nope.
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am (not large, but wonderful anyway) at March 07, 2013 06:47 PM (usDF9)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, So Very Tired at March 07, 2013 06:47 PM (6rcHp)
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Mistaking one thing for another isn't actually a grammar problem. As long as it's plugged into the sentence correctly, the grammar is A-OK.
Posted by: Assault Citizen Anachronda at March 07, 2013 06:48 PM (1c58W)
Posted by: Kalneva at March 07, 2013 06:49 PM (S+/pH)
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at March 07, 2013 10:46 PM (n8LUb)
--If you have not yet read the Sultan Knish post about Huge Hugo, get the there in haste!
Posted by: logprof at March 07, 2013 06:49 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 07, 2013 06:49 PM (IFT6K)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 07, 2013 06:49 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 07, 2013 06:50 PM (pC72t)
Hey Morons- Mrs. Muldoon and I coined a new word when we were in Durango earlier this week.
(background briefing: Durango is a small mountain tourist town with a small town college and a ski area, so it is largely populated by and the restaurants staffed by ironic hipster type trustfunders. There's a whole sort of insouciant, ski bum, mountain biking enviroweenie vibe going on.)
So, we came up with a hybrid term for the mountain version of the ironic doofus- "hipsterbilly"
Whaddya think?
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 07, 2013 06:50 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: Robert at March 07, 2013 06:50 PM (LUnTP)
It'd sure be great to have another thread to rip on Chavez. What we really need is for Castro to kick to bucket so we can really party.
I'd pay good money to see those two curled in an embalmed embrace.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at March 07, 2013 06:50 PM (eyJh9)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 07, 2013 06:51 PM (IFT6K)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 07, 2013 06:51 PM (GEICT)
So, we came up with a hybrid term for the mountain version of the ironic doofus- "hipsterbilly"
Whaddya think?
It has potential.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 07, 2013 06:51 PM (3D74W)
Yeah, McCain really is sore about not being the center of attention.
His whole "maverick" act , stabbing other Republicans in the back, all his famous reach-across-the-aisle nonsense, it's all clear now. It was all about being the center of attention.
What a pathetic egomaniac. Really. And Lindsey Graham is his enabler, his co-dependent. Their con is playing this game to get asked onto the talk shows, the Sunday morning TV news. And now, all of a sudden, Rand Paul does something really dramatic and has electrified a lot of the base like nothing in years. And McCain is jealous like a little school girl.
What a small man.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch at the Ides of/ at March 07, 2013 06:51 PM (Md8Uo)
Posted by: clemenza at March 07, 2013 06:51 PM (ZQNq7)
...and yet McCain appears to be the bloomingest idiot of all, exceeding all our wildest expectations. No point in discussing why he didn't win in '08, but EGAD, what if he had?
Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 07, 2013 06:51 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Assault Citizen Anachronda at March 07, 2013 10:48 PM (1c58W)
*******
Okay, where's a vocabulary pedant when I need one?
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 07, 2013 06:51 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: Kalneva at March 07, 2013 06:51 PM (S+/pH)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, So Very Tired at March 07, 2013 06:52 PM (6rcHp)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Lonely Dude at March 07, 2013 06:52 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: Thorvald at March 07, 2013 06:52 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at March 07, 2013 06:52 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 07, 2013 10:51 PM (3D74W)
*******
You know the ones I mean Alex.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 07, 2013 06:52 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 07, 2013 06:53 PM (JMmQ9)
Aloha Cthulhu!
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 07, 2013 06:53 PM (IFT6K)
Whaddya think?
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 07, 2013 10:50 PM (qqZuQ)
--Works for me! 
Posted by: logprof at March 07, 2013 06:53 PM (+iA5G)
I have worked in failure analysis for 25 years now. And dam if this aint true. Things now just fail catastrophically without warning. But on the other side when they fail it's so cheap to replace them.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at March 07, 2013 06:53 PM (qo244)
You know the ones I mean Alex.
Indeed, I do. 
Oh and *taps heels together*
"Where the fuck is Peaches?"
"Where the fuck is Peaches?"
"Where the fuck is Peaches?"
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 07, 2013 06:53 PM (3D74W)
Posted by: Robert at March 07, 2013 06:54 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: eman at March 07, 2013 06:54 PM (dZnxf)
Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at March 07, 2013 06:54 PM (XvrTA)
Posted by: clemenza at March 07, 2013 06:54 PM (ZQNq7)
Posted by: Thorvald at March 07, 2013 06:54 PM (1V6Pv)
Seamus, I live in the Fort. Im surrounded by them. Hey, did you two take the train ride in Durango? It's supposed to be something spectacular, I here.
Posted by: L, elle at March 07, 2013 06:55 PM (0PiQ4)
he put on 100 lbs and his face got all warty
Posted by: Wally in Walla Walla at March 07, 2013 06:55 PM (Dll6b)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 07, 2013 06:55 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Lonely Dude at March 07, 2013 06:56 PM (5J54Q)
You are as perverted as I am.
Disgusting!
http://tinyurl.com/aqzmgml
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 07, 2013 06:56 PM (GsoHv)
Please do not say or write " the reason is because..."
Omit "because".
Posted by: eman at March 07, 2013 10:54 PM (dZnxf)
--Amen.
Posted by: logprof at March 07, 2013 06:56 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, So Very Not Drunk at March 07, 2013 06:56 PM (6rcHp)
Like many of her profession, the insularity of the college campus has shielded them from their own lunacy, so therefore they believe their "intellect" makes them perfectly credentialed to be the Big Mommies
Keep in mind that Dr Amy Bishop was a respected colleague until she spent too much time in the real world
Even though the bursting of the student loan bubble will wreak collateral damage we'll all feel, it'll be somewhat mitigated by the knowledge that a lot of nutty professors will be fighting each other for those diminished chairs
Posted by: kbdabear at March 07, 2013 06:56 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Robert at March 07, 2013 06:57 PM (LUnTP)
http://www.cosplay.com/photo/3358628/
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 07, 2013 06:57 PM (IFT6K)
Posted by: Kalneva at March 07, 2013 06:57 PM (S+/pH)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/bpoacab
Posted by: Reticent Rodent at March 07, 2013 06:58 PM (jKKoz)
Posted by: Lindsey Graham's wife at March 07, 2013 06:58 PM (Dll6b)
Not bad, I just call them kooks
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at March 07, 2013 10:56 PM (/7Xis)
Or acorn eaters
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at March 07, 2013 06:58 PM (/7Xis)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 07, 2013 06:59 PM (IFT6K)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 07, 2013 06:59 PM (GEICT)
And he is C-level.
Gah.
Posted by: johnd01 at March 07, 2013 06:59 PM (r0+v0)
Barney Miller is shown on a channel called AntennaTV which is a syndicated kind of thing. Go to http://www.antennatv.tv/ to see if it is available in your area.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 07, 2013 06:59 PM (gzboS)
Posted by: L, elle at March 07, 2013 10:55 PM (0PiQ4)
*******
The Durango-Silverton narrow gauge train does not make its run in the winter. We were there this week for work so no real time for tourist activities. My grandfolks lived in Durango BITD and I took the train ride when I was 8 or 9 years old. Not since. We did take the drive over Red Mountain pass north of Silverton this week. That's always a fun knuckle clenching trip.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 07, 2013 06:59 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: fixerupper at March 07, 2013 07:00 PM (9MmIU)
Posted by: Robert at March 07, 2013 07:00 PM (LUnTP)
I used to cut McCain some slack because of his service. But no more.
He is a cocksucking piece of shit.
Fuck you John McCain. Stop milking the sacrifice of your fellow prisoners.
You are a political whore, and you are beneath contempt.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 07, 2013 07:00 PM (GsoHv)
The weather forecasters have nothing else to do but to try to alarm the entire northeast.
I believe they are trying to prove they are legitimate journalists. Number one: they shouldn't cause most people nowadays detest legitimate journalists. Number two: who cares? You're weather forecasters. Do yer dang job.
Posted by: katya the designated driver at March 07, 2013 07:00 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: Lindsey Graham's wife>>
Oh I guesss it'ss time for a trip to Tiffanyss Honeey.
Posted by: Lindsey Graham at March 07, 2013 07:00 PM (qo244)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at March 07, 2013 07:00 PM (e8kgV)
P.S. How does Obama's cock taste?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 07, 2013 07:00 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Kalneva at March 07, 2013 07:01 PM (S+/pH)
Posted by: Robert at March 07, 2013 07:01 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 07, 2013 07:01 PM (pC72t)
Posted by: fixerupper at March 07, 2013 07:02 PM (9MmIU)
Makes one start to wonder if he survived by being a snitch dosen't it.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at March 07, 2013 07:02 PM (qo244)
His whole "maverick" act , stabbing other Republicans in the back, all his famous reach-across-the-aisle nonsense, it's all clear now. It was all about being the center of attention.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch at the Ides of/ at March 07, 2013 10:51 PM
Speaking of attention whores named McCain;
Meghan McCain @McCainBlogette
I hope you feel like you've accomplished something truly noble & important in the world when you tweet me nasty comments about my father.
KBDaBear KBDaBear @kbdabear
@McCainBlogette Have you told him you're an "impressionable libertarian kid" yet? Or about the scrape on the garage door?
KBDaBear @kbdabear
@McCainBlogette Have you told him you're an "impressionable libertarian kid" yet? Or about that grade you got in English class?
Posted by: kbdabear at March 07, 2013 07:02 PM (mCvL4)
I had an employee who would pick his nose, vigorously and gleefully, during most meetings.
He also did not understand what I was talking about when I told him to stop.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 07, 2013 07:02 PM (GsoHv)
if you and your bride havent done so already, you need to take a ride on the Royal Gorge. Breathtaking and Dramatic as all hell.
Posted by: L, elle at March 07, 2013 07:02 PM (0PiQ4)
Posted by: eman at March 07, 2013 07:02 PM (dZnxf)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 07, 2013 07:03 PM (IFT6K)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 07, 2013 07:03 PM (Vk2pI)
I have three words for you.
Scotch.
In my view, English is not a particularly rational language. If you are OC enough to remember all its quirks and foibles, good on you. Me? Not so much. 'specially after, you know, scotch.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 07, 2013 07:03 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: A cynical but rarely angry Adriane at March 07, 2013 07:03 PM (TvO05)
*********
How about their grammars and grampas?
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 07, 2013 10:35 PM (qqZuQ)
Oooof!
Posted by: cthulhu at March 07, 2013 07:04 PM (kaalw)
I guess it has become obvious to me that professional politicians use PR professionals to actually write the press releases for the media. That way they get it right. They also publish the unabashed biased information.
I'm not sure conservatives are doing this as consistently as the libs do. They should probably start.
I know, for a fact, that Senators (etc) plant news in the major papers, just so they can offer some pet legislation and debate it. I personally witnessed that multiple times during my time as a senate staffer.
Posted by: carolina at March 07, 2013 07:04 PM (wI9Ya)
Posted by: Robert at March 07, 2013 07:04 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Kalneva at March 07, 2013 07:04 PM (S+/pH)
kalneva-
Nobody likes watching TV with me. I am hypercritical of the wording on commercials. Like fer instance:
State Farm- "Being in good hands is the place to be"
Arrrgh
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 07, 2013 07:05 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at March 07, 2013 07:05 PM (DoZD+)
Well... you are forgiven, because you are from the South, and uh....reading isn't your strong suit.
Shrimp and Grits is another story.
I love you folks for that!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 07, 2013 07:05 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, So Very Not Drunk at March 07, 2013 07:05 PM (6rcHp)
Posted by: kbdabear at March 07, 2013 07:06 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Lonely Dude at March 07, 2013 07:06 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: Robert at March 07, 2013 07:06 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 07, 2013 07:06 PM (IFT6K)
Posted by: CarolT at March 07, 2013 07:07 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Lonely Dude at March 07, 2013 07:07 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 07, 2013 07:08 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: A cynical but rarely angry Adriane at March 07, 2013 07:08 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 07, 2013 07:09 PM (IFT6K)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 07, 2013 11:07 PM (8sCoq)
*******
I like that, but the "p" and the "b" sort of get caught when I try to say that out loud. Maybe Hippiebillie?
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 07, 2013 07:09 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: A cynical but rarely angry Adriane at March 07, 2013 07:09 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Robert at March 07, 2013 07:10 PM (LUnTP)
Come on, we're all thinking it, Joy Behar is a cunt.
wait disregard, disregard, disregard, I've been #hacked!!!!
hahahaha, the hilarity never ends...
Posted by: prescient11 at March 07, 2013 07:10 PM (/gSV+)
Posted by: A cynical but rarely angry Adriane at March 07, 2013 07:11 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Lonely Dude at March 07, 2013 07:12 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 07, 2013 07:12 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 07, 2013 07:13 PM (IFT6K)
Disgusting!
http://tinyurl.com/aqzmgml
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 07, 2013 10:56 PM (GsoHv)
Misrepresentation! That photo is falsely captioned.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 07, 2013 07:13 PM (673KB)
Posted by: Robert at March 07, 2013 07:14 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Kalneva at March 07, 2013 07:14 PM (S+/pH)
Omit the first 'is', troglodyte.
Posted by: fluffy at March 07, 2013 11:05 PM (z9HTb)
********
May I suggest eliminating both the first and the second 'is' and replace them with a new, unaffiliated 'is'.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 07, 2013 07:14 PM (qqZuQ)
..or Charleston, S.C.?
We can't help it if we all try to talk like Shelby Foote.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 07, 2013 07:14 PM (4Mv1T)
Maybe we name the various varieties of assholes the way they name birds
this would give us the Flannel-chested Douchebagger
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 07, 2013 07:14 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Kalneva at March 07, 2013 10:46 PM (S+/pH)
Hell, my church is a member of the Presbyterian Church (USA), and the PCUSA doesn't follow the Bible, so I can't see the people trying to follow the Ten Commandments any longer, and the Ten Commandments are pretty easy to follow.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 07, 2013 07:14 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 07, 2013 07:15 PM (IFT6K)
Posted by: Robert at March 07, 2013 07:16 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 07, 2013 07:16 PM (IFT6K)
Posted by: A cynical but rarely angry Adriane at March 07, 2013 07:16 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 07, 2013 11:14 PM (8sCoq)
*********
Nice!!
How about the Baggy Pantalooned Snowboarder?
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 07, 2013 07:17 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 07, 2013 07:17 PM (pC72t)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 07, 2013 07:18 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: Baracka of Borg at March 07, 2013 07:18 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 07, 2013 07:18 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 07, 2013 07:19 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at March 07, 2013 07:19 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: Robert at March 07, 2013 07:19 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 07, 2013 07:19 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at March 07, 2013 07:20 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 07, 2013 07:20 PM (8sCoq)
Should give one of those pizza pies in a box to Slo Joe. Will keep him amused for months and perhaps break his paste addiction.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 07, 2013 07:20 PM (IFT6K)
Posted by: Boomer Redneque votes Galt/Rearden '16! Burn, baby, burn... at March 07, 2013 07:20 PM (eQnzo)
May I suggest eliminating both the first and the second 'is' and replace them with a new, unaffiliated 'is'.
That depends upon what the definition of "is" is.
Posted by: Bill Clinton at March 07, 2013 07:20 PM (wSTfB)
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 07, 2013 11:18 PM (BAS5M)
It's geometrically delicious
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 07, 2013 07:21 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 07, 2013 07:22 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 07, 2013 07:22 PM (IFT6K)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, So Very Not Drunk at March 07, 2013 07:22 PM (6rcHp)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 07, 2013 07:23 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Baldy at March 07, 2013 07:23 PM (opS9C)
A crazy-eyed loon? A titwillow?
Oh, wait a minute, those are real birds.
But somehow still seem to fit.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 07, 2013 07:24 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: Bill Clinton at March 07, 2013 07:25 PM (wSTfB)
Posted by: Robert at March 07, 2013 07:25 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: John Spartan at March 07, 2013 07:25 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 07, 2013 07:26 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at March 07, 2013 07:27 PM (/7Xis)
Posted by: A cynical but rarely angry Adriane at March 07, 2013 07:27 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: cthulhu at March 07, 2013 10:49 PM (kaalw)
Pass the poi, maholo.
Posted by: Robert at March 07, 2013 10:50 PM (LUnTP)
On our first trip to Hawaii, we kept seeing all these "mahalo" signs all over the place -- and we figured they either meant, "thank you" or "douchebag".
'Cause there'd be a sign that said, "keep off the grass, mahalo" and another one saying, "no parking here, mahalo", and one on the wall saying "put all garbage in proper receptacles, mahalo"....and it seemed like either translation was plausible.
Eventually we asked.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 07, 2013 07:28 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Þe Political Hat at March 07, 2013 07:28 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 07, 2013 07:28 PM (pC72t)
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Perhaps that's what was in Gene Roddenberry's mind when he did that Vulcan IDIC thing for Star Trek. The symbol was a square with a circle and a triangle...
"I need a logo. Hey, pizza's here! Whoa...."
Posted by: Assault Citizen Anachronda at March 07, 2013 07:29 PM (1c58W)
AOSHQ. The smart political blog where the cutting edge meets the lunatic fringe.
And with that pithy thought I bid you adios muchachos/-as
Another road trip early in the a.m.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 07, 2013 07:29 PM (qqZuQ)
Maybe we name the various varieties of assholes the way they name birds
this would give us the Flannel-chested Douchebagger
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 07, 2013 11:14 PM (8sCoq)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lolz
The purple lipped cocksucker
Posted by: Reticent Rodent at March 07, 2013 07:30 PM (jKKoz)
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When I was about 12 or so, we landed in Rome and were driving around. After a while, I asked my dad "What is this 'Una Via' place and why are so many people wanting to go there?"
Posted by: Assault Citizen Anachronda at March 07, 2013 07:31 PM (1c58W)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 07, 2013 07:31 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 07, 2013 11:16 PM (IFT6K)
Pretty much. MrsCaniac and I just got a nice thick envelope from our church regarding our membership in the PCUSA. It is pretty unbelievable some of the shit that the Church's governing body has come up with. Pretty much the rank and file of the church is conservative, but the liberals have infiltrated the church government, and boy howdy, this material from our church really pointed out some things like the "Voices of Sophia" groups that are promoted by the PCUSA's hierarchy.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 07, 2013 07:32 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: A cynical but rarely angry Adriane at March 07, 2013 07:32 PM (TvO05)
Funny now that realize their asses are on the line they start telling the truth.
What POS they all are.
Posted by: An Observation at March 07, 2013 07:34 PM (ylhEn)
Posted by: Assault Citizen Anachronda at March 07, 2013 11:31 PM (1c58W)
******
When I was stationed in Germany, Mrs. Muldoon, who shall remain nameless to protect her innocence, kept asking me why this one town went on for hundreds of kilometers, with an exit every few miles. She kept seeing the signs for "Rastplatz"
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 07, 2013 07:34 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: Boomer Redneque votes Galt/Rearden '16! Burn, baby, burn... at March 07, 2013 07:35 PM (eQnzo)
Posted by: A cynical but rarely angry Adriane at March 07, 2013 07:35 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 07, 2013 07:36 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 07, 2013 07:36 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Baldy at March 07, 2013 11:23 PM (opS9C)
Not being done for national security, for PR. If it was for national security, they would never have announced he was arrested and would have been taken to Gitmo ASAP.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 07, 2013 07:37 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: RWC at March 07, 2013 07:38 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: bgates at March 07, 2013 07:40 PM (bVnuh)
Posted by: Phinn at March 07, 2013 07:42 PM (oFH2D)
Posted by: RWC at March 07, 2013 07:45 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Dante at March 07, 2013 07:45 PM (0m62M)
http://www.robertwservice.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=312
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 07, 2013 07:46 PM (673KB)
cause and effect
Posted by: Jones in CO at March 07, 2013 11:36 PM (8sCoq)
If Rodman was thier first taste of Americana, I can see why
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at March 07, 2013 07:46 PM (/7Xis)
Jerry Pournelle's Iron Law of Bureaucracy Stirkes Again!
Posted by: A cynical but rarely angry Adriane at March 07, 2013 11:35 PM (TvO05)
Pretty much what has happened. More interested in New Age religious BS and "social justice".
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 07, 2013 07:46 PM (Zd/NW)
Cordwood.
A tretsie on "Obamacare."
There will be those of US that will be deemed the burden and....
will be stacked based our our History and Physicals with our baseline
illness, Cancer, long term problems due to our age being ticked off in a box.
A select group will indeed see the boxes and make an evaluation......based on boxes and state a need for care.......or not.
Thus is boxes.
How will you be "Stacked?".....like cordwood no doubt......
Posted by: Richard at March 07, 2013 07:48 PM (6T/yJ)
The Weather Channel is totally worthless except with the sound turned off on the 8's. They have told every lie possible about global warming so have to introduce space weather to the mix. Well, what the eff? Our weather, all our damn weather is caused by the SUN. I'm just a ignorant farmer and I know that. Always did.
Posted by: EROWMER at March 07, 2013 07:48 PM (kxlCQ)
Posted by: derit at March 07, 2013 07:50 PM (I88Jc)
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Personally, I'm hoping for some animatronics.
Posted by: Assault Citizen Anachronda at March 07, 2013 07:52 PM (1c58W)
Posted by: Richard at March 07, 2013 07:53 PM (6T/yJ)
Posted by: EROWMER at March 07, 2013 11:48 PM
Like all the MSM, they don't throw that AGW at you constantly, they sneak it in at their discretion. What I can't stand is the non-stop "Morning Show" cutesy type of format they do all day long. When they're not rerunning their painfully boring reality shows.
Naturally, they went to shit once NBC bought them
Posted by: kbdabear at March 07, 2013 07:53 PM (mCvL4)
Soooo.... if'n I get the Bin L Son in Law thing right...
He was around Bin L... and made some speaches to support Al Q... but no one has said he either carried a gun, nor was in tactical or strategic command, nor planned any ops. Sounds like he is a mouthpiece.... ie... an Islamic Politican.
If true, then he was arrested for Speach supporting Al Q.
The CIA then went to Jordan, and grabbed this guy without extradition... which is kidnaping.... and then an extraordinary rendition... which we are not supposed to be doing anymore...
We are not at War with Jordan, so this could be considered a Cassus Beli Act of War...
Now, he will get his day in COURT? Question... CIA is NOT a Law enforcement entity.... can they even arrest someone? If not, then if the CIA grabs someone and hands them over to the FBI, in an illegal operation (ie kidnaping him from another country)... does that not constitute an illegal arrest?
Lawyers are going to have a field day with this.... unless they can proove he is an enemy combatant.... ie... actualy did or planned somthing... vice just being on Obama's List...
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 07, 2013 07:53 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: EROWMER at March 07, 2013 07:54 PM (kxlCQ)
Posted by: a fat lighterd stump at March 07, 2013 07:56 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: somebody else, not me at March 07, 2013 07:56 PM (nZvGM)
Posted by: andycanuck at March 07, 2013 07:57 PM (ORGYc)
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The Asian chick.
Ivan lost in the Segway maze. Apparently, it's not as hard to fall off those things as they say.
Pink-haired chick lost in nerd jeopardy because she didn't know Nolan Bushnell created Pong.
Then all the loser nerds voted between Celeste and Genevieve and chose Celeste.
I was expecting them to do the whole "truly being a nerd is about not getting picked" that they sprung on the first show, but no.
Posted by: Assault Citizen Anachronda at March 07, 2013 07:58 PM (1c58W)
Posted by: RWC at March 07, 2013 08:02 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Star Trek, TOS Snob at March 07, 2013 08:03 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Assault Citizen Anachronda at March 07, 2013 11:58 PM
That reminds me of Piers Morgan mocking Bush for injuring himself when falling from one;
His paper, the Daily Mirror, ran the headline in 2003: "You'd have to be an idiot to fall off, wouldn't you Mr President." It added: "If anyone can make a pig's ear of riding a sophisticated, self-balancing machine like this, Dubya can."
Then, the world laughed at the genius Piers when he broke three ribs falling off a Segway while riding on the sidewalk along the Santa Monica beach
Posted by: kbdabear at March 07, 2013 08:04 PM (mCvL4)
Then there is a small...little thing that causes most with a functioning pee-pee to state......"What the Fuck did he just say?"
Then again, I could very well be on the wrong thread...........
Posted by: Richard at March 07, 2013 08:06 PM (6T/yJ)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 07, 2013 08:06 PM (sD9nP)
Genevieve's boobehs were somewhat (ok, a lot) enhanced by photoshopping
She's not a poor man's Bernadette Rostenkowski ... damn
Posted by: kbdabear at March 07, 2013 08:07 PM (mCvL4)
Somewhat related to #304, Big Bang Theory really sucked tonight and that's saying alot in this very poor season.
I missed it, on account of the hotel channel numbers being all different, faggy, and retarded. Brief synopsis, if you have the time?
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at March 07, 2013 08:07 PM (eyJh9)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 07, 2013 08:10 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 07, 2013 08:10 PM (Vk2pI)
I don't know--white guys, 20s and older?
I watched it a couple of times and it was funny
The earlier four (?) seasons are fine and I've enjoyed them plenty but they've now run out of steam IMHO and I've got two friends who aren't like me personality-wise who think that too.
but it seems like it's everywhere lately.
Yeah, it's syndicated all over including at competing network Fox. (Or our local Buffalo affiliate at least.)
Posted by: andycanuck at March 07, 2013 08:11 PM (ORGYc)
The guys speak to a middle school class of girls to encourage them to enter the sciences; the girls go to Disney World and get princess makeovers; and Raj has a date with the shy girl he met at the comic book store party where they text to each other because neither can speak aloud to each other.
Posted by: andycanuck at March 07, 2013 08:16 PM (ORGYc)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 08, 2013 12:10 AM (Vk2pI)
Link: http://tinyurl.com/cr7uxk7
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 08, 2013 12:10 AM (Vk2pI)
Back in the day, I was startled to hear someone say that 40% of all videotape produced ended up as porn. So I asked around. Anecdotally, at least, anyone involved with selling videotapes nodded and said, "yep, 'bout that".
Posted by: cthulhu at March 07, 2013 08:18 PM (kaalw)
Lawyers are going to have a field day with this.... unless they can proove he is an enemy combatant.... ie... actualy did or planned somthing... vice just being on Obama's List...
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 07, 2013 11:53 PM (lZBBB)
PR move by the JEF's administration. Not done for anything remotely national security related, but it will make for great PR on the Sunday shows and Sunday papers.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 07, 2013 08:19 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: zeera at March 07, 2013 08:21 PM (3dXwx)
Posted by: A cynical but rarely angry Adriane at March 07, 2013 08:21 PM (TvO05)
Serious,
All I wanted to post about tonight was my dream for a good salmon run off of Ventura....that, and a banana-split, with extra sprinkles....or 40SW hollow-points by the caseload......you know....like that!
Posted by: Richard at March 07, 2013 08:21 PM (6T/yJ)
Posted by: kbdabear at March 07, 2013 08:23 PM (mCvL4)
Back in the day, I was startled to hear someone say that 40% of all videotape produced ended up as porn. So I asked around. Anecdotally, at least, anyone involved with selling videotapes nodded and said, "yep, 'bout that".
Posted by: cthulhu at March 08, 2013 12:18 AM (kaalw)
The reason why VHS beat out Betamax in the 80's was because of pron. So Sony made sure to sign up the pron studios for BluRay whereas Toshiba didn't for HD-DVD. Guess which one won the high def disc race. Pron is the King of Video.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 07, 2013 08:24 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: andycanuck at March 07, 2013 08:27 PM (ORGYc)
You mean you can use it for something else?!?!?!?!?
Posted by: A cynical but rarely angry Adriane at March 08, 2013 12:21 AM (TvO05)
Security cameras.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 07, 2013 08:30 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: archie goodwin at March 07, 2013 08:30 PM (Jsiw/)
.....a good salmon run off of Ventura......
How was it last year?
When I still lived in CA, I went out several times a year, either on party boats, or with a friend of mine that had a commercial license out of Moss Landing. Sometimes we'd hit em, sometimes not. Even when the slamon weren't playing, hooking shark, or mackerel was always fun. Salmon, of course, was always a thousand times better...if you could pull them past the gauntlet of hungry sea lions.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at March 07, 2013 08:32 PM (eyJh9)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 08, 2013 12:19 AM (Zd/NW)
Going to be an interesting legal question. When he made those speaches for Bin L and Al Q, America had already declared War on them.
He made speaches in a foreign country... dong the EXACTY same thing Politicians were doing in America.... making speaches saying we are going to kill the enemy, and trying to get people on our side.
Speach is Protected.... sooo.... can you Prosecute, under US Law, an ENEMY for making speaches saying Kill Americans? Outside of America... AFTER you have already declared War on them?
I think we jumped the Shark on this one.... UNLESS they have evidence he actualy planned an op.... or carried a gun.
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 07, 2013 08:34 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: DC in Towson, assault human at March 07, 2013 08:35 PM (pC72t)
http://tinyurl.com/aajjegf
Posted by: kbdabear at March 07, 2013 08:35 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: A cynical but rarely angry Adriane at March 07, 2013 08:36 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: zeera at March 07, 2013 08:37 PM (3dXwx)
Posted by: archie goodwin at March 08, 2013 12:30 AM (Jsiw/)
The Geneva convention... UCMJ... and other legal authorities make big distinctions between Politicians, Criminals, or those who are 'under arms'.
Did we prosecute the Guy who got Japan to make a Treaty with Germany pre WWII?
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 07, 2013 08:38 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: archie goodwin at March 07, 2013 08:42 PM (Jsiw/)
Posted by: kbdabear at March 08, 2013 12:23 AM (mCvL4)
--Even on Friends Cox was the least hot babe.
Posted by: logprof at March 07, 2013 08:42 PM (+iA5G)
http://tinyurl.com/aajjegf
Posted by: kbdabear at March 08, 2013 12:35 AM
My plot would have succeeded too, if it wasn't for those meddling libertarian kids !!!
Posted by: John McCain at March 07, 2013 08:42 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Buzzion at March 07, 2013 08:46 PM (HfqI6)
Posted by: Baldy at March 07, 2013 08:46 PM (opS9C)
Posted by: zeera at March 08, 2013 12:37 AM (3dXwx)
--Also R.I.P. Stompin`Tom Connors: http://youtu.be/UxJvrD80nJ4
Posted by: logprof at March 07, 2013 08:47 PM (+iA5G)
If he isn't a US citizen, someone making speeches on foreign soil is subject to the laws of that country, not the US.
If he is a POW's, then every POW from no on is going to demand access to our courts for a trial.
These asshats still have not understood the law of unintended consequences after 4 years in office. It's almost as if Holder is inept.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 07, 2013 08:48 PM (Zd/NW)
I hope to have a run this year like back in 93'...when we hooked em in the shallows just off Ventura Highway......in "The SUNSHINE!!"
Serious, We were all limited out by 10 A.M and heading back to the docks.
I had a 32lb and 25lb King Salmon in the ice box.....good day fishing that....
Yes indeed!
Posted by: Richard at March 07, 2013 08:48 PM (6T/yJ)
(1) opens with a list of top nonfiction journalism of last year--all of which adheres to standards of good English usage;
(2) continues with an attack on good English usage as mere snobbery and elitism (roll over, Bill Buckley); and
(3) concludes with a paean to Teddy Roosevelt, who was a master of good English usage.
As I started out with, weird.
Posted by: Mr. T. Tek Nilp at March 07, 2013 08:49 PM (+Qbug)
Posted by: Richard at March 07, 2013 08:51 PM (6T/yJ)
--Even on Friends Cox was the least hot babe.
Posted by: logprof at March 08, 2013 12:42 AM (+iA5G)
Wasn't the show supposed to be a vehicle to make her a star, and all that happened was that Jennifer Anniston became the star?
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 07, 2013 08:53 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: archie goodwin at March 07, 2013 08:53 PM (Jsiw/)
Posted by: zeera at March 07, 2013 08:56 PM (3dXwx)
Posted by: kbdabear at March 07, 2013 08:57 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 08, 2013 12:53 AM (Zd/NW)
--Maybe if CC had not been an botox-laden anorexic she would have been a hot star.
Posted by: logprof at March 07, 2013 08:57 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 07, 2013 08:58 PM (xjpRj)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 08, 2013 12:58 AM (xjpRj)
I really liked the show you had. Are you actually in Knoxville?
Posted by: cthulhu at March 07, 2013 08:59 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 08, 2013 12:48 AM (Zd/NW)
Politicians are not combatants under the Geneva Convention.
"IF" the only thing they got on this guy is making speaches we don't like, in a foreign country where they would be legal??? ie... one we just INVADED?
The precedent this sets will come back to haunt us.... just like the 'drone' program will IMO.
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 07, 2013 08:59 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: zeera at March 07, 2013 09:00 PM (3dXwx)
As I started out with, weird.
Posted by: Mr. T. Tek Nilp at March 08, 2013 12:49 AM (+Qbug)
Isn't Teddy the guy that pushed getting rid of the U from words like colour and flavour as well as turning some PH's into F's?
Posted by: buzzion at March 07, 2013 09:01 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: hipster Firefly fan ... at March 07, 2013 09:01 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 08, 2013 12:59 AM (lZBBB)
....or like the whole idea of binding up war in chains of legalism.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 07, 2013 09:02 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Adriane ... at March 07, 2013 09:04 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Tooth to Power at March 08, 2013 01:01 AM (I88Jc)
--Linky, please?
Posted by: logprof at March 07, 2013 09:09 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: Adriane ... at March 07, 2013 09:11 PM (TvO05)
....or like the whole idea of binding up war in chains of legalism.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 08, 2013 01:02 AM (kaalw)
Problem is we're not at war.... hell, we can't even say who the Enemy is (ie... any Moslem who actualy follows the writings of the Koran)....
In WWII, we were not just fighting Germany... but the Nazis. When we won, we forced them to give it up.... made it illegal... but we did not prosecute every stinkin German Politician who had ever made a speach saying Kill Americans...
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 07, 2013 09:11 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: archie goodwin at March 07, 2013 09:16 PM (Jsiw/)
Posted by: Jake in ID at March 07, 2013 09:17 PM (4Nkxq)
Posted by: cthulhu at March 08, 2013 01:02 AM (kaalw)
Problem is we're not at war.... hell, we can't even say who the Enemy is (ie... any Moslem who actualy follows the writings of the Koran)....
In WWII, we were not just fighting Germany... but the Nazis. When we won, we forced them to give it up.... made it illegal... but we did not prosecute every stinkin German Politician who had ever made a speach saying Kill Americans...
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 08, 2013 01:11 AM (lZBBB)
After WWI, they got the bright idea to make war illegal, so it'd stop -- and we got the League of Nations. After WWII, the LoN was looked at as an ineffectual stupidity, so we got the UN instead. The problem is that there is such a thing as an "outlaw" -- one who puts himself outside the law, or "laws of war" -- and the only way to ensure compliance is to be ready to go in and get 'im -- and when someone does, they're bound to break the "laws of war" themselves because they're unworkable by design.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 07, 2013 09:18 PM (kaalw)
www.google.com
Posted by: Waterhouse at March 08, 2013 01:13 AM (vysQJ)
--So what?
I found the greatest anti-0bama column at bing.com.
Posted by: logprof at March 07, 2013 09:18 PM (+iA5G)
So,
I am waiting for the Thunder-Storms
I LIKE thunder-storms.....
I NEED THUNDER STORMS!
and sushi....with Saki....hot!
Posted by: Richard at March 07, 2013 09:19 PM (6T/yJ)
--Oh FFS.
Posted by: logprof at March 07, 2013 09:21 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: Adriane ... at March 07, 2013 09:22 PM (TvO05)
380
Only if they bulldoze the entire into the ocean....and start over.
cause I live here...I'll build a boat....
Posted by: Richard at March 07, 2013 09:24 PM (6T/yJ)
And thank you, thank you all, for your kindness. You cannot know what it means to me.
I feel that when I paint, I am actually asking the universe, "Do I matter?"
The answer for a long, long time has been "No. And quit asking."
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 07, 2013 09:24 PM (xjpRj)
It's quite easy to figure out which wars are illegal, any of the one's that Bush started.
At least that is what the leftys tell me all the time.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 07, 2013 09:25 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: Y physics nerds shouldn't tell jokes ... at March 07, 2013 09:27 PM (TvO05)
And vietnam because Nixon started it.
Kidding. Everyone knows Vietnam was an illegal war because communism is the wave of the future, man.
Posted by: Some high leftist pissant at March 07, 2013 09:31 PM (hO9ad)
--Maybe if CC had not been an botox-laden anorexic she would have been a hot star.
Posted by: logprof at March 08, 2013 12:57 AM (+iA5G)
She went from the "girl next door that I want to bang really hard" when she was in the "Dancing in the Dark" video, to whatever she became on that show to the "coke and wine whore" look that she has today. Anniston and even Kudrow look pretty damn good today, while Cox hasn't aged too gracefully.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 07, 2013 09:32 PM (Zd/NW)
Serious, We were all limited out by 10 A.M and heading back to the docks.
I had a 32lb and 25lb King Salmon in the ice box.....good day fishing that....
Yes indeed!
Posted by: Richard at March 08, 2013 12:48 AM (6T/yJ)
---------------------
That year was awesome, we conked em for months.
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at March 07, 2013 09:33 PM (/7Xis)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at March 08, 2013 01:32 AM (Zd/NW)
--Yeah, watching Cougar Town will make any cub want to stick with mates their own age.
Posted by: logprof at March 07, 2013 09:35 PM (+iA5G)
Now complaining of electronics blowing out, including their Xbox.
Posted by: Methos at March 07, 2013 09:37 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: Oz, The Great and Powerful at March 07, 2013 09:39 PM (N22zW)
Posted by: Harry Potter Snob... at March 07, 2013 09:40 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: archie goodwin at March 07, 2013 09:46 PM (Jsiw/)
And thank you, thank you all, for your kindness. You cannot know what it means to me.
I feel that when I paint, I am actually asking the universe, "Do I matter?"
The answer for a long, long time has been "No. And quit asking."
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 08, 2013 01:24 AM (xjpRj)
I'll actually be there next month. Any exhibitions then?
Posted by: cthulhu at March 07, 2013 09:48 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 07, 2013 09:57 PM (cHZB7)
Posted by: A cynical but rarely angry Adriane at March 07, 2013 09:59 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at March 07, 2013 10:00 PM (/7Xis)
Oh,
Just for something......diff,
If you are a "Fag".....by in large," you are a bitch."
However, if you are a BITCH, there is only a 50/50 chance that you are..in fact.. a Fag.
Something I did do learn while living Very close to Hollywood...and smelling the stink that is here.....Whore-Ray for HOLL-y-WOOD.....
smank-de-smank
Posted by: Richard at March 07, 2013 10:02 PM (6T/yJ)
Posted by: CaptainSenator at March 07, 2013 10:10 PM (HtUkt)
Posted by: derit at March 07, 2013 10:14 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: Richard at March 07, 2013 10:19 PM (6T/yJ)
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 07, 2013 10:20 PM (cHZB7)
Posted by: Deety at March 07, 2013 10:23 PM (jVk2G)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 07, 2013 10:24 PM (yh0zB)
Is Lou's a girl here to enlighten us all what it takes to be a TRUECON?
And do a "proper" filibuster?
She was very confuzzled last night about how this shit works but had no problem calling Senator Paul out for being a RINO pussy.
Posted by: Deety at March 08, 2013 02:23 AM (jVk2G)
--Please.
Stop that shit and move on.
Posted by: logprof at March 07, 2013 10:25 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: Deety at March 07, 2013 10:29 PM (jVk2G)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 08, 2013 02:17 AM (xjpRj)
I would love to see your works in person.
Two years ago, the BH and I went to Saint Petersburg, Russia -- partially because of the inspiration from an art exhibit. It seems the Musee d'Orsay in Paris needed huge refurbishment (it is a repurposed train station, after all...) and was persuaded to send some of its best stuff on tour. Not the usual attic-gleanings and mold-covered crap from the basement -- top-drawer masterworks -- everything from Whistler's mother to Van Goghs to Monets and Manets and Seurats (who really could paint, who knew? -- they had the studies for his pointillist works). And one that just took my breath away was a picture of a train station that just pulsed with life and light and energy....but you look at the reproduction in the catalog, and it was merely beautiful. Something about the brushstrokes caught the light and changed with your position....even your breathing....and made the actual painting something magical.
The experience impressed us with a renewed focus to see actual works and not just browse the internet for paintings.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 07, 2013 10:29 PM (kaalw)
Dirt Cowboys who would have been.....
Barney Franks and his long ago soft skin banjo play songs from the 1930's dust bowl....with added skin flute whormonies....in stores now on BVD!
Posted by: Richard at March 07, 2013 10:37 PM (6T/yJ)
So Sarah Conly has written a book explaining why humanity needs religion? Apparently.
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at March 07, 2013 10:38 PM (rQem3)
A boast? An deflecting insult to put you on the defensive?
Many gays seek to obfuscate morality by magnifying their own persecution complexes.
God has plenty with which to judge me already, but sodomy will never be one of them.
Posted by: derit at March 07, 2013 10:39 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 07, 2013 10:40 PM (cHZB7)
Lady Gaga is posting Pics of her surgical slit
5 dolla's
You will pay it....
cuz you all want to see the slit...
Posted by: Richard at March 07, 2013 10:43 PM (6T/yJ)
Posted by: cthulhu at March 07, 2013 10:43 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: BignJames at March 07, 2013 10:50 PM (HtUkt)
Posted by: GaGa is a MAN, baby! at March 07, 2013 10:50 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: cthulhu at March 08, 2013 02:43 AM (kaalw)
Doing more searching, I think it's the right work -- but the drab, blurry picture would certainly make you think otherwise. With the actual painting in front of you, there are little glints and sparkles to suggest movement -- and, where there is blur, it obscures the sparkles like steam attenuates reflected sunlight. A beautiful, beautiful painting....but, sadly, not so photogenic.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 07, 2013 10:52 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 07, 2013 10:53 PM (Vk2pI)
You will pay it....
cuz you all want to see the slit...
Posted by: Richard at March 08, 2013 02:43 AM (6T/yJ)
No I won't, cause no I don't.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 07, 2013 10:55 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: BignJames at March 08, 2013 02:50 AM (HtUkt)
We hit it at the perfect time -- our last full day was City Day -- and the weather played along very nicely. It was gloriously, heart-achingly beautiful the entire time we were there.
Where are you staying? It's a capital city, so there are restaurants from the whole of the empire -- dining is superb. And there was a very interesting tension between being open about the evil empire and the current regime.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 07, 2013 10:58 PM (kaalw)
I am missing...
the world passed me over, and, I so small in the day to day stories, was left to be missing.
No one will know my life now, no one will know or care to ask why because my life was that small that the world passed me over and no-one will even care.....
that I am missing......
Posted by: Richard at March 07, 2013 11:02 PM (6T/yJ)
Posted by: BignJames at March 07, 2013 11:03 PM (HtUkt)
I was thinking about a child that I do not even know.....
Africa?
The Sudan?
Syria?
North Korea?
Pick a place on the globe in general...my story is true....and sad....
Posted by: Richard at March 07, 2013 11:10 PM (6T/yJ)
Because you're not in their heads, you just can't see the important things that you've done in other people's lives.
Posted by: derit at March 07, 2013 11:10 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: BignJames at March 08, 2013 03:03 AM (HtUkt)
Try to make it to City Day (in May). To give you some idea of how wacked the seasons are there, tulips are fully in bloom and lilacs are just starting.
There is a whole lot more than just the Hermitage there -- although it was one of the reasons we went. Prepare for total overload, BTW, at the Hermitage -- for example, there are 15 known works by da Vinci and 2 are in Saint Petersburg [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_works_by_Leonardo_da_Vinci]. Even more wild, there are central asian nations and empires that you never hear of represented in the collections, and they've got stuff from Egypt and Greece that isn't run-of-the-mill. You thought you knew European art? Ha! You thought you knew major antiquities? Ha! You thought you knew civilizations? Ha! The Hermitage blows through all that.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 07, 2013 11:28 PM (kaalw)
Don't know where we're staying....that's her thing...she has family
there. The only things I'm aware of are the latitude, the siege and the
Hermitage.
Posted by: BignJames at March 08, 2013 03:03 AM (HtUkt)
And make sure to do the Russian Museum -- home of a painting of one of the most glorious "FU"s of all time, the reply to an Islamic Sultan's "submit or die": "So the Zaporozhians declare, you lowlife. You won't even be herding Christian pigs. Now we'll conclude, for we don't know the date and don't own a calendar; the moon's in the sky, the year with the Lord, the day's the same over here as it is over there; for this kiss our arse!" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reply_of_the_Zaporozhian_Cossacks]
Posted by: cthulhu at March 07, 2013 11:43 PM (kaalw)
Holy-Bum-Fuck Batman!
Seems I have been posting after being plung'd up to me "nut-cups" in personal family drama that was hammered upon my being without notice.
I will not look up-thread to see what damage I might have inflicted..I dare not.
I will only say....WTF....and leave it at that
Sorry for any bent fenders or broken china....I was not quite there
weak sister excuse....for what it is worth.......
night.
Posted by: Richard at March 07, 2013 11:46 PM (6T/yJ)
Posted by: BignJames at March 07, 2013 11:49 PM (HtUkt)
She wanted to go at Christmas time (grandkids) but her Russian pport expired and she was afraid she'd be stuck there..sooo we're waiting to get that stuff ironed out which will be? I'd prefer going in the spring/summer....I've seen winter pictures....hey, I'm a southern boy. I wasn't aware until recently that It's one of the larger cities in the world.
Posted by: BignJames at March 08, 2013 03:49 AM (HtUkt)
First, do not go in early spring -- a couple of people get killed every year or two when the blocks of ice fall off the faces of buildings. Second, do not go during the actual white nights (when the sun doesn't set), because the city is full of drunken Euro assholes. Third, regard official statistics as being extremely suspect. Fourth, take some time to explore the Peter and Paul Fortress on Hare Island.....especially the prisons, used in czarist times, used in soviet times, and now exhibits.
St. Pete is an extraordinary city -- just amazing.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 08, 2013 12:05 AM (kaalw)
Posted by: BignJames at March 08, 2013 12:16 AM (HtUkt)
Posted by: cthulhu at March 08, 2013 04:05 AM (kaalw)
And it's a planned city....Peter brought in some Italian guy to do the layout....sucking up to the euros....some things never change.
Posted by: BignJames at March 08, 2013 04:16 AM (HtUkt)
There's so much strange there.....it's a city designed for conspiracies. Each city block is comprised of a couple of buildings with an atrium and limited (controlled) entrances.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 08, 2013 12:20 AM (kaalw)
I don't wish to sleep just yet,
The rain has started to fall heavy here in N. Hollywood and I feel things are afoot.
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