January 01, 2013
— Maetenloch
Well the good news is that most of the stains came out but I'm guessing Ace still won't be getting all of his deposit back.
But hey let's not quibble over who stabbed who or which moron/moronette broke the lamp - we're on to a new year here.
Here's where we are:
* U.S. Tax revenue: $2,170,000,000,000
* Fed budget: $3,820,000,000,000
* New debt: $ 1,650,000,000,000
* National debt: $14,271,000,000,000
* Recent budget cuts: $ 38,500,000,000Let's now remove 8 zeros and pretend it's a household budget:
* Annual family income: $21,700
* Money the family spent: $38,200
* New debt on the credit card: $16,500
* Outstanding balance on the credit card: $142,710
* Total budget cuts so far: $38.50
Now most households would go bankrupt fairly quickly at this rate but then this household can print money and make you accept it.
I'm pretty sure the birds and the black cat had some kind of arrangement going on.
How to Make Poor-Man's Liquid Nitrogen
With some dry ice and isopropyl alcohol. AoSHQ LLC not responsible if you freeze off something important.
Your Government at Work: Spearmint
The USDA has some new rules regarding spearmint oil:
This rule revises the quantity of Class 1 (Scotch) and Class 3 (Native) spearmint oil that handlers may purchase from, or handle on behalf of, producers during the 2012-2013 marketing year under the Far West spearmint oil marketing order. This rule increases the Scotch spearmint oil salable quantity from 782,413 pounds to 2,622,115 pounds, and the allotment percentage from 38 percent to 128 percent. In addition, this rule increases the Native spearmint oil salable quantity from 1,162,473 pounds to 1,348,270 pounds, and the allotment percentage from 50 percent to 58 percent. The marketing order regulates the handling of spearmint oil produced in the Far West and is administered locally by the Spearmint Oil Administrative Committee (Committee). The Committee recommended this rule for the purpose of maintaining orderly marketing conditions in the Far West spearmint oil market.
How did we ever get along without the government regulating the spearmint oil market - it was pure chaos I tell you!
Richard Francis Burton was a hard-living combination of Thomas Jefferson and Teddy Roosevelt. By 1853, he'd already swashbuckled his way through enough adventures for several lifetimes. The British explorer, writer, ethnologist, polyglot, and spy had spent his youth traveling Europe and drinking in its culture, learning as much about history and poetry as he did about sword fighting and bordellos. He'd worked undercover investigating his fellow English officers' behavior in Indian brothels. And he'd penned travelogues and anthropological studies detailing his adventures.
But Burton craved more. During an extended leave from the military, he began devising one of the greatest adventures of the Victorian era. Burton wanted to be the first Englishman to walk into the forbidden city of Mecca.
Read the rest to find out how he pulled it off and the rest of his adventures which include searching for the source of the Nile and translating the Kama Sutra.
These Fists Were Made for Punching
Human hands evolved so that men could make fists and fight, and not just for manual dexterity, new research finds.The study, published in the Journal of Experimental Biology, adds to a growing body of evidence that humans are among the most aggressive and violent animals on the planet.
...Gorilla hands are closer in proportion to human hands than are other apes' hands, but they and no other ape -- aside from us -- hits with a clenched fist.
The researchers additionally point out that humans use fists during threat displays. There is also a difference in body size between males and females, particularly evident with hands and arms. This, Carrier said, is "consistent with the hand being a weapon."
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Posted by: andycanuck at January 01, 2013 05:57 PM (jPVBi)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 01, 2013 05:59 PM (IvVLN)
Come on, I am using a cheaper cut of panda--I'm getting the males now and not the pregnant females.
Posted by: andycanuck at January 01, 2013 05:59 PM (jPVBi)
https://www.rinkya.com/new/en/auction-g122662705
BCochran, as for your lass in the red bikini. Gravity.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2013 06:00 PM (TCGmg)
* Fed budget: $3,820,000,000,000
* New debt: $ 1,650,000,000,000
* National debt: $14,271,000,000,000
* Recent budget cuts: $ 38,500,000,000
Let's now remove 8 zeros and pretend it's a household budget:
* Annual family income: $21,700
* Money the family spent: $38,200
* New debt on the credit card: $16,500
* Outstanding balance on the credit card: $142,710
* Total budget cuts so far: $38.50
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This is the argument that needs to be made. Put it in simple terms people understand. Telling people we have a 1.6 trillion deficit is meaningless since 90% of public school graduates don't even know what a trillion means.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 01, 2013 06:00 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: Dawth Bawney at January 01, 2013 06:01 PM (ueckd)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2013 06:01 PM (TCGmg)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 01, 2013 06:02 PM (IvVLN)
Happy New Year, roundeyes.
Ah hell. The Japs tried it in the 80's, and look where it got them. They've been backing up for decades.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at January 01, 2013 06:03 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Waterhouse at January 01, 2013 06:03 PM (06cUt)
Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at January 01, 2013 06:03 PM (Y5I9o)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 01, 2013 06:04 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2013 06:04 PM (TCGmg)
Evening roonz and roonettez! Stopping in on break, working yet another holiday (yay me).
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 01, 2013 06:04 PM (xa1/W)
Let's say, You come home from work and find there has been a sewer backup in your neighborhood....
and your home has sewage all the way up to your ceilings. What do you think you should do ......
Raise the ceilings, or remove the shit?
Posted by: ALH at January 01, 2013 06:05 PM (eqV3Q)
Mornidine®. (See the sock.)
Posted by: andycanuck at January 01, 2013 06:05 PM (jPVBi)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2013 06:06 PM (TCGmg)
Posted by: BumperStickerist at January 01, 2013 06:06 PM (RuUvx)
also?
All of your base are belong to us.
ho ho ho
We have enough women to ensure that we have a new generation, even if it is screwed. How about you?
Posted by: Grey Fox at January 01, 2013 06:06 PM (/D/u1)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2013 06:06 PM (TCGmg)
Posted by: Skookumchuk at January 01, 2013 06:06 PM (Zjc90)
Heh. Epic Kitteh fight.
The white cat is the republicans right?
The first bird is the media (constantly pecking and nitpicking) and the second bird is obama and the dem party above the fray...
The black cat is the American public exercising its vote.... blindsiding the republicans.... basically kicking the sh*t out of 'em...
The two birds and the black cat then chase the republicans off into the abyss...
Poetry man, poetry.
Posted by: Some Guy in Wisconsin at January 01, 2013 06:07 PM (78z9I)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 01, 2013 06:07 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Totes waiting until after March Madness. at January 01, 2013 06:07 PM (Gk3SS)
One of the many TZ episodes that have become prophesies
Posted by: kbdabear at January 01, 2013 06:07 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at January 01, 2013 06:08 PM (AC0lD)
Posted by: steevy at January 01, 2013 06:08 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2013 06:09 PM (TCGmg)
Burn it down and start over.
Posted by: @PurpAv at January 01, 2013 06:09 PM (hc3eM)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at January 01, 2013 06:09 PM (o1kXv)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2013 10:06 PM (TCGmg)
mmmmaybeee...but I didn't break the lamp so you can't pin that one on me.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 01, 2013 06:09 PM (xa1/W)
Posted by: eman at January 01, 2013 06:10 PM (EWsrI)
We are not opposed to allowing you to work off your debt with a little trade IYKWIMAITTYD
ni hao , Yankee bitchez
Posted by: Wen Jiabao at January 01, 2013 06:10 PM (EZl54)
Posted by: andycanuck at January 01, 2013 06:10 PM (jPVBi)
Posted by: Waterhouse at January 01, 2013 10:03 PM (06cUt)
The drug? The joy she will have after cleaning up that mess, rubbing her husband's aching feet, making him a sandwich, then servicing him. Damn straight she is happy!
Posted by: MrCaniac 2013 Reboot at January 01, 2013 06:10 PM (Zd/NW)
All my small arms give me this illusion of security. Probably not how we'll go out.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at January 01, 2013 06:11 PM (4Mv1T)
...
Let's now remove 8 zeros and pretend it's a household budget:
...
* Total budget cuts so far: $38.50"
Er, you have an arithmetic error here.
Not to mention that the spineless squishes in the House were not even able to get $30B in cuts, to say nothing of the touted $38.5B.
Posted by: torquewrench at January 01, 2013 06:11 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: Resolute Desk at January 01, 2013 06:11 PM (5Jhmf)
Posted by: Al at January 01, 2013 06:11 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: Moron #3 at January 01, 2013 06:11 PM (jfSqj)
We're willing to part with Michael Moore and Rosie O'Donnell for a good half billion writeoff.
Rendering their fat should garner at least that much on the world market.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 01, 2013 06:12 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Al at January 01, 2013 10:11 PM (V70Uh)
______________
We?
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 01, 2013 06:12 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: Ben at January 01, 2013 06:14 PM (xTHBC)
We are not opposed to allowing you to work off your debt with a little trade IYKWIMAITTYD
ni hao , Yankee bitchez
Heh. Or we could just keep them, raise a new generation, and then tell your aging population to get lost...
Posted by: Grey Fox at January 01, 2013 06:14 PM (/D/u1)
That mean guy in the really hot tight pants *hit* me! I'm filing a lawsuit and organizing a protest right after I make out with him!
Posted by: Berkeley Football Team Quarterback at January 01, 2013 06:14 PM (BBWjt)
Maybe we can ship'em California and call it a wash, eh?
Posted by: @PurpAv at January 01, 2013 06:14 PM (hc3eM)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 01, 2013 06:14 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: steevy at January 01, 2013 06:14 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 01, 2013 10:00 PM
Because charts fascinate the low information voter. Makes them excited like a PowerPoint presentation at a meeting at work.
All trumped by a few celebtards in a black and white PSA saying "The Republicans hate teachers! The Republicans hate firefighters! Think of the CHILLLLDRENNNN !!! "
Posted by: kbdabear at January 01, 2013 06:15 PM (wwsoB)
As the late Ron Smith said "America has a two party system. There is the Evil party and the Stupid party. Whenever politicians reach across the aisle and do something in a bi-partisan manner, the one thing you can be sure of is that it will be both evil and stupid."
Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB (for the Children) at January 01, 2013 06:15 PM (Cnqmv)
Hey Maet, would it be like a super lot of work to do the top 10 commentors for the year, or is there something you just look at and copy?
If its work don't do it, but otherwise it would be interesting to see.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 01, 2013 06:16 PM (69Mdf)
Maybe we can ship'em California and call it a wash, eh?
Posted by: @PurpAv at January 01, 2013 10:14 PM (hc3eM)
Do Hawaii this December and tell em we will throw in $500 billion if they also take Barky. That alone should save us enough.
Posted by: MrCaniac 2013 Reboot at January 01, 2013 06:17 PM (Zd/NW)
Bush was fighting two hot wars with less military spending than what we got now. I have no idea what the fuck Obama is doing with the money.
Posted by: @PurpAv at January 01, 2013 06:17 PM (hc3eM)
Posted by: Bon Qui Qui at January 01, 2013 06:18 PM (AjZV3)
Posted by: Jenny tries too hard at January 01, 2013 06:19 PM (b+8h9)
Posted by: Bon Qui Qui at January 01, 2013 06:19 PM (AjZV3)
You mean
Pin Ying Moore codename "Glorious Prancing Diarrhea" and
Rosie Guang Fi codename "Red Thigh Grease " ?
They're ours.
Posted by: Wen Jiabao at January 01, 2013 06:20 PM (EZl54)
Posted by: White Cat at January 01, 2013 06:20 PM (Ea64Y)
West 2016/Not a Dime for the R Party
Posted by: Hrothgar - LIB or SMOD (for the Children) at January 01, 2013 06:20 PM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 01, 2013 06:20 PM (BBWjt)
Air Force One etc. vacation, fund-raising and campaigning flights.
Posted by: andycanuck at January 01, 2013 06:21 PM (jPVBi)
Here are three new paintings. All based on the same theme, of having an ocean view. Update: Okay, the site here doesn't let you use three tinyurls at once. Grr.
Image one:
http://tinyurl.com/bdoq7d5
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 01, 2013 06:22 PM (xjpRj)
If its work don't do it, but otherwise it would be interesting to see.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 01, 2013 10:16 PM (69Mdf)
That's a good idea.
My script is supposed to be smart enough to go back any distance in time but I've never tested it for this long of a period. It might take a few hours to run since it has to go through every single comment thread over the past year.
Posted by: Mætenloch at January 01, 2013 06:22 PM (XkotV)
Posted by: steevy at January 01, 2013 06:22 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Bon Qui Qui at January 01, 2013 06:22 PM (AjZV3)
Posted by: Baldy at January 01, 2013 06:22 PM (opS9C)
Posted by: toby928© for TB at January 01, 2013 06:23 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 01, 2013 06:23 PM (BBWjt)
Or Doris Day there is a Stepford Wife. Just make sure she is plugged in.
Nah, if she was a Stepford Wife, she'd have kept her heels on.
Posted by: katya the designated driver at January 01, 2013 06:23 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 01, 2013 06:25 PM (JMmQ9)
Wtched bit of a PC movie (what isn't) with a white bike messenger in love with a brown messenger, vying against black messenger and trying to help Chinese woman with a liberal goal (dont want to give way too much). BORING and so tired of Hollywood.
Is that the one with Joseph Gordon Leavitt whatsisname?
Posted by: katya the designated driver at January 01, 2013 06:25 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 01, 2013 06:25 PM (69Mdf)
Posted by: Qwinn at January 01, 2013 06:25 PM (OtZzt)
Posted by: steevy at January 01, 2013 06:25 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Ostral B Heretic at January 01, 2013 06:26 PM (79AXR)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 01, 2013 06:27 PM (piMMO)
That we forgot to report.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at January 01, 2013 06:28 PM (4Mv1T)
The one with that Joseph Gordon-Leavitt dude?(who is,I believe,the child of leftist radicals)
Yeah but he's cute and I wanted to see that. Besides, aren't they all these days?
Posted by: katya the designated driver at January 01, 2013 06:28 PM (DoZD+)
As viewed from a German defensive position in France?
http://wp.flytogo.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/IMG_8330.jpg
Posted by: Dems/MFM at January 01, 2013 06:29 PM (Y6HTt)
Later roonz and roonettez!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 01, 2013 06:29 PM (xa1/W)
Posted by: Thorvald at January 01, 2013 06:29 PM (1V6Pv)
A man and his wife go to their honeymoon hotel for their 25th anniversary. As the couple reflected on that magical evening 25 years ago, the wife asked the husband, "When you first saw my naked body in front of you, what was going through your mind?"
The husband replied, "All I wanted to do was to fuck your brains out, and suck your tits dry."
Then, as the wife undressed, she asked, "What are you thinking now?"
He replied, "It looks as if I did a pretty good job."
Posted by: grease monkey at January 01, 2013 06:30 PM (VSWPU)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile at January 01, 2013 06:30 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: toby928© for TB at January 01, 2013 06:30 PM (QupBk)
What firearm is best suited to panda hunting?
Posted by: andycanuck at January 01, 2013 10:28 PM (jPVBi)
Good question. Ed Norton's character in Fight Club wanted to put a bullet in the head of every panda who wouldn't screw to save its own species but he never mentioned the caliber of said bullet.
Posted by: Sandra Fluke's solid gold diaphragm at January 01, 2013 06:30 PM (T7gPe)
What firearm is best suited to panda hunting?
Posted by: andycanuck at January 01, 2013 10:28 PM (jPVBi)
Crossbow.
Posted by: MrCaniac 2013 Reboot at January 01, 2013 06:30 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: andycanuck at January 01, 2013 10:28 PM
Some say crossbow, some say longbow.
Posted by: huerfano at January 01, 2013 06:31 PM (bAGA/)
Posted by: Jenny tries too hard at January 01, 2013 06:31 PM (b+8h9)
And he was shtupping the Alice that Lewis Carroll lusted after.
Posted by: epobirs at January 01, 2013 06:31 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Ed Wood VS Godzilla at January 01, 2013 06:31 PM (obHYs)
where they did not feed us.
Well you're going to the wrong meetings. Church meetings always have enough food to feed an army.
Posted by: katya the designated driver at January 01, 2013 06:31 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 01, 2013 06:32 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at January 01, 2013 06:32 PM (4Mv1T)
Just play them William Shatner Poetry Recordings and bore them to death.
Posted by: Beto Ochoa at January 01, 2013 06:33 PM (BAnPT)
Posted by: andycanuck at January 01, 2013 10:28 PM (jPVBi)
Taurus Judge shooting .410 Dragons breath ammo. Cook 'em where they stand.
Posted by: Ostral B Heretic at January 01, 2013 06:34 PM (79AXR)
Posted by: Ed Wood VS Godzilla at January 01, 2013 06:34 PM (obHYs)
Posted by: toby928© for TB at January 01, 2013 06:34 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at January 01, 2013 06:35 PM (8hrco)
I'm sure I've said it before but I keep hoping the insane spending turns out to be for the Stargate program and related starship construction.
Posted by: epobirs at January 01, 2013 06:35 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Kalneva at January 01, 2013 06:35 PM (S+/pH)
Posted by: toby928© for TB at January 01, 2013 10:30 PM (QupBk)
Student apartment living, Isla Vista, California -- went away for Easter Break. When the first roommate got back to the apt, the windows were black on the inside -- from flies. Sewer line had plugged beneath our apt, anything that went into the drains upstairs came up in the kitchen sink and overflowed onto the kitchen floor. Never flowed further than the hallway, but created prodigious amounts of food for flies.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 01, 2013 06:36 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Gerry at January 01, 2013 06:36 PM (Iz9jN)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 01, 2013 06:37 PM (piMMO)
This beautiful woman one day walks into a doctors office and the doctor is bowled over by how stunningly awesome she is. All his professionallism goes right out the window...
He tells her to take her pants, she does, and he starts rubbing her thighs.
"Do you know what I am doing?" asks the doctor?
"Yes, checking for abnormalities." she replies.
He tells her to take off her shirt and bra, she takes them off. The doctor begins rubbing her breasts and asks, "Do you know what I am doing now?", she replies, "Yes, checking for cancer."
Finally, he tells her to take off her panties, lays her on the table, gets on top of her and starts having sex with her. He says to her, "Do you know what I am doing now?"
She replies, "Yes, getting herpies - thats why I am here!"
Posted by: grease monkey at January 01, 2013 06:37 PM (VSWPU)
Posted by: Fists of Furby at January 01, 2013 06:37 PM (I88Jc)
"My wife, how does she do it? She takes speed."
Posted by: epobirs at January 01, 2013 06:37 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at January 01, 2013 10:32 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 01, 2013 06:38 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Ed Wood VS Godzilla at January 01, 2013 06:39 PM (obHYs)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile at January 01, 2013 06:40 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Thorvald at January 01, 2013 06:41 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: Deety Bloomberg at January 01, 2013 06:41 PM (aOVhq)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 01, 2013 06:42 PM (IvVLN)
I was quoting that to someone just two days ago. "The tiny diet pill you don't need to be overweight to use."
Posted by: andycanuck at January 01, 2013 06:43 PM (jPVBi)
Posted by: BlackOrchid-StillMissingDagny at January 01, 2013 06:45 PM (J6kXj)
Posted by: rickl at January 01, 2013 06:45 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 01, 2013 06:45 PM (RHeYi)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 01, 2013 06:46 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: georgeofthedesert at January 01, 2013 06:47 PM (Eq2MX)
Early on, they had dialogue to the effect that they couldn't open the gate for trivial purposes because the energy required was a horrific cost per instance.
I suppose that got a lot better once they had the Naquadah generators and a good supply. Sneaking Naquadah setups into some power plants around the country should have serve nicely to offset the entire cost of the program.
Posted by: epobirs at January 01, 2013 06:47 PM (kcfmt)
I'm sure I've said it before but I keep hoping the insane spending turns out to be for the Stargate program and related starship construction.
Posted by: epobirs
1. Space Arks to evacuate our doomed planet.
2. Passengers composed primarily of Senate, House and White House members, staff and families to ensure continuity of our civilization.
3. Remaining passengers selected to confirm to diversity mandates based on gender, race, ethnicity, GLBITS and social-economic status.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 01, 2013 06:47 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Deety at January 01, 2013 06:47 PM (aOVhq)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile at January 01, 2013 06:48 PM (bxiXv)
People LOVE conspiracy theories and even cling to them for comfort. The most obvious example is the JFK assassination. It HAD to be a conspiracy, otherwise the worse fears of a nation that couldn't protect its leader from a lone nutjob with a cheap rifle in the midst of the Cold War would unsettle the children. If there was a conspiracy, surely the conspirators would someday be exposed and brought to justice, right? Just like in the movies!
During that same Cold War, the USAF created Project Blue Book to investigate UFO sightings. Not so much to cover up or confirm, but to make the Russians think we were hiding UFO existence from our people, not experimental aircraft.
Posted by: kbdabear at January 01, 2013 06:50 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile at January 01, 2013 06:50 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 01, 2013 06:51 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 01, 2013 06:52 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: kbdabear at January 01, 2013 06:52 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Ed Wood VS Godzilla at January 01, 2013 06:53 PM (obHYs)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 01, 2013 06:53 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Jake in ID at January 01, 2013 06:53 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 01, 2013 06:53 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 01, 2013 06:54 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 01, 2013 06:54 PM (Z9EHQ)
A classic followup to the misdirection used against the Germans in th ebuidup to D-Day. Or the claim that British spotters were detecting German bombers at extraordinary ranges due to high consumption of carrots rather than having much more advanced use of radar than the Germans believed existed.
Posted by: epobirs at January 01, 2013 06:54 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile at January 01, 2013 06:54 PM (bxiXv)
2. Passengers composed primarily of Senate, House and White House members, staff and families to ensure continuity of our civilization.
3. Remaining passengers selected to confirm to diversity mandates based on gender, race, ethnicity, GLBITS and social-economic status.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 01, 2013 10:47 PM (kdS6q)"
Don't forget the "Marketing Staff, the "Czars", and the "Telephone Sanitizers":
They can all go out first on the "A" Ark.
We'll be right behind them on the "B" Ark.
Sure we will...
Posted by: ChrisP at January 01, 2013 06:54 PM (+6191)
Posted by: kbdabear at January 01, 2013 06:55 PM (wwsoB)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 01, 2013 06:55 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at January 01, 2013 06:55 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 01, 2013 06:55 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 01, 2013 06:55 PM (piMMO)
Mother's little helper?
http://tinyurl.com/b6djxxz
Posted by: Dems/MFM at January 01, 2013 06:56 PM (Y6HTt)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 01, 2013 06:56 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at January 01, 2013 06:56 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 01, 2013 06:57 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 01, 2013 06:57 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Jake in ID at January 01, 2013 06:57 PM (jfSqj)
Oh, fuckberries.
Posted by: Merovign
4. Space Arks built by UAW workers and with 100% mandated American sourced parts.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 01, 2013 06:58 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: 80sBaby at January 01, 2013 06:58 PM (YjDyJ)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 01, 2013 06:58 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 01, 2013 06:58 PM (Z9EHQ)
In my village, the old women tell stories of the gato that makes trophies of men...
Posted by: Fists of Furby at January 01, 2013 06:59 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 01, 2013 06:59 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 01, 2013 07:00 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Thorvald at January 01, 2013 07:00 PM (1V6Pv)
Watching Iron Sky on Netflix. It's actually a decently funny movie. Cheesy as hell, but it doesn't take itself seriously.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at January 01, 2013 07:00 PM (o1kXv)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at January 01, 2013 07:01 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile at January 01, 2013 07:01 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 01, 2013 07:01 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Buffalo Bill at January 01, 2013 07:01 PM (XLuH2)
Posted by: DAve at January 01, 2013 07:02 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Thorvald at January 01, 2013 07:02 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 01, 2013 07:02 PM (GsoHv)
Posted by: Six at January 01, 2013 07:03 PM (gW5fI)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 01, 2013 07:05 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 01, 2013 07:06 PM (Z9EHQ)
heh. Ryan - the guy we were all happy to see Mitt pick as hope for fiscal conservatives votes yes.
We really need to have a 2nd party in this country.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 01, 2013 07:06 PM (69Mdf)
Posted by: DAve at January 01, 2013 07:06 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile at January 01, 2013 07:07 PM (bxiXv)
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Interesting. He's my rep and I always assumed (being the whip) he was in Boehner's back pocket.
I bet he got *permission* to vote no.
Posted by: Citizen Anachronda at January 01, 2013 07:07 PM (1c58W)
Posted by: From the twitterverse at January 01, 2013 07:07 PM (P/UF9)
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 01, 2013 07:07 PM (JMmQ9)
"The "Fiscal Cliff" bill just passed with GOP support. Say hello to a Dem controlled House in 2014."
Posted by: Six at January 01, 2013 11:03 PM (gW5fI)
I wouldn't be so sure about that. 2014 is a long way away. There's no way they were going to LIB. Let's see what happens on the debt ceiling negotation.
Posted by: Hey-Zeus at January 01, 2013 07:07 PM (5Jhmf)
I expect to part with a thicker wad of cash if I opt for the long shots. For now, just an alternate for iron sights. 1-4x shouldn't be rocket science. Good reviews and all. I'll let you know how it works once I get it zeroed.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at January 01, 2013 07:07 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Buffalo Bill at January 01, 2013 07:08 PM (XLuH2)
Posted by: Arbalest at January 01, 2013 07:08 PM (9oUZv)
Posted by: 80sBaby at January 01, 2013 07:09 PM (YjDyJ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 01, 2013 07:09 PM (Z9EHQ)
"Watching Iron Sky on Netflix. It's actually a decently funny movie. Cheesy as hell, but it doesn't take itself seriously."
I don't pay left-wing entertainment mavens a thin dime, thanks. Not a polished penny.
I won't even bother to rip it off via file-sharing. Why should I waste my time watching a crude and inaccurate caricaturing of a thinly disguised Sarah Palin in a movie when I already have watched the actual Palin get the identical treatment in the media all through the 2008 campaign and beyond?
Posted by: torquewrench at January 01, 2013 07:09 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: Jake in ID at January 01, 2013 07:10 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at January 01, 2013 07:10 PM (KCvsd)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at January 01, 2013 07:10 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at January 01, 2013 07:11 PM (Y6HTt)
Posted by: Secret Squirrels Balls Und Sheft at January 01, 2013 07:11 PM (0SmH0)
Posted by: DAve at January 01, 2013 07:12 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Hey-Zeus at January 01, 2013 07:13 PM (5Jhmf)
not on my part. pretty sure it was all agreed upon weeks and weeks ago.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 01, 2013 07:13 PM (69Mdf)
Posted by: RWC at January 01, 2013 07:13 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 01, 2013 07:14 PM (piMMO)
The far-reaching agreement will have lasting implications for the tax code, future budget battles and the balance of power in Washington. It raises income-tax rates for the first time in almost two decades and fulfills Mr. Obama's signature campaign promise to prevent rates from rising on the middle class. Not since 1991 has a Republican in Congress supported such a move—a challenge to its brand as the antitax party.
WSJ
Hey, it worked like a charm in the 92 elections. What's to worry?
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 01, 2013 07:14 PM (kdS6q)
I hefted a 3lb hammer while I was out Christmas shopping. Faintly heard "The Immigrant Song"
Posted by: fluffy, Skandi at January 01, 2013 07:15 PM (z9HTb)
Plenty of arms, with nary any glass, to date, so I'm going to school on this. Was surprised to see the wide range of prices for optics.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at January 01, 2013 07:15 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Jake in ID at January 01, 2013 07:16 PM (jfSqj)
Are you sure? Slavery is supposedly out of the question here as well but why do I increasingly feel like I've been bought and sold?
Posted by: epobirs at January 01, 2013 07:16 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: 80sBaby at January 01, 2013 07:16 PM (YjDyJ)
Acetone and Dry Ice slurry works real well. We used that all the time in cold traps and cold baths in the lab. I think this gets down to -64C (dry ice temperature)
Also Methanol and Dry Ice slurry. ( I think this gets down to -30 C). IPA is actually a little expensive for this.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.... at January 01, 2013 07:16 PM (Md8Uo)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 01, 2013 07:16 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: DAve at January 01, 2013 07:16 PM (XDC0v)
http://tinyurl.com/bxgopg7
Intend to get decent with Iron sights before I do it, but it gets a little hard for me to see targets past 200 these days, and hit where I want to.
Posted by: BoGart at January 01, 2013 07:16 PM (Ugngr)
Ok, Julia Dietz needs to be spanked repeatedly.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at January 01, 2013 07:16 PM (o1kXv)
Posted by: From the twitterverse at January 01, 2013 07:17 PM (P/UF9)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 01, 2013 07:17 PM (Z9EHQ)
Have to go to Pasadena tomorrow to start loading up for CES.
Posted by: epobirs at January 01, 2013 07:18 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Jake in ID at January 01, 2013 07:19 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: DAve at January 01, 2013 07:19 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at January 01, 2013 07:19 PM (jucos)
http://sportsoptics.zeiss.com/hunting/en_us/riflescopes.html
Posted by: Buzzsaw at January 01, 2013 07:19 PM (Y6HTt)
"Ryan - the guy we were all happy to see Mitt pick as hope for fiscal conservatives votes yes."
Well, I wasn't happy with the party picking Mitt, and I wasn't happy with Mitt picking Ryan, and I'm entirely unsurprised to find Ryan turning squish at the last minute.
As I've said before, anyone thinking that a Romney-Ryan victory would have meant anything other than minor polite technocratic tinkering around the edges of Fedzilla was succumbing to delusion.
However, there's a whole large bloc of unelected people who get to vote, who can't be vetoed, who haven't voted yet, and whose votes will be very consequential. You may be hearing their hoofbeats in the distance shortly.
Who are they? The bond market vigilantes. Same bunch who blew the British out of the ERM in 1992, same ones who flattened Argentina in 2000, same who put paid to Greece in the last three years. They're on their way here.
Posted by: torquewrench at January 01, 2013 07:19 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: TexasJew at January 01, 2013 07:20 PM (lD8ju)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 01, 2013 07:20 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: DAve at January 01, 2013 07:20 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at January 01, 2013 07:20 PM (4Mv1T)
I think that Boehner just shot his own party in the head. Obama the Bastard must be laughing out loud in his office.
This is the most rancid piece of shit foisted on us in the name of comity that I can recall in many years.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.... at January 01, 2013 07:21 PM (Md8Uo)
Posted by: RWC at January 01, 2013 07:21 PM (sqp6o)
Ryan committed political hari-kari tonight
This will never be forgotten
Yup, and it's going to be ugly for the GOP come 2014.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at January 01, 2013 07:21 PM (o1kXv)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 01, 2013 07:22 PM (piMMO)
Yeah. Riiiight.
BTW, the JEF is making a statement about the vote now (or soon).
Posted by: andycanuck at January 01, 2013 07:22 PM (jPVBi)
Posted by: Thorvald at January 01, 2013 07:22 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: Jake in ID at January 01, 2013 07:23 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 01, 2013 07:24 PM (piMMO)
I'm with ya there torque, just thought Ryan was a bigger believer since he could read a graph. oh well.
The problem though is there is no more hope for let it burn, its just going to be watch it boil. Endless pain, no relief for the producers.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 01, 2013 07:24 PM (69Mdf)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 01, 2013 07:25 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: DAve at January 01, 2013 07:28 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Jake in ID at January 01, 2013 07:28 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: DAve at January 01, 2013 07:30 PM (XDC0v)
"Gorilla hands are closer in proportion to human hands than are other apes' hands, but they and no other ape -- aside from us -- hits with a clenched fist."
Does the author of that sentence understand that the conjunction "but" is used to introduce contrast, not agreement? If gorilla hands are more like human hands than other primate hands, you would expect - not be surprised - to see them used in similar fashion. All research is bullshit.
Posted by: somebody else, not me at January 01, 2013 07:30 PM (nZvGM)
Cantor, McCarthy, and Roskam waited until the bill was passed to vote "nay".
Posted by: 80sBaby at January 01, 2013 07:31 PM (YjDyJ)
http://www.morovision.com/weaponsights.htm
Posted by: ChrisP at January 01, 2013 07:31 PM (+6191)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 01, 2013 07:32 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: RWC at January 01, 2013 07:32 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: somebody else, not me at January 01, 2013 07:33 PM (nZvGM)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 01, 2013 07:34 PM (BBWjt)
Just be glad he didn't say "that's how we bowl" cause then we would be doublefucked.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at January 01, 2013 07:34 PM (Y6HTt)
I'm seriously thinking about using this year to pay off my credit card debt and as much of my car payment as I can, and then requesting a pay cut next year. I have almost no debts, and can very easily live comfortably on <40k a year, and hopefully then my tax contribution to these scumbags will be minimized.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at January 01, 2013 07:34 PM (o1kXv)
Posted by: BoGart at January 01, 2013 07:35 PM (Ugngr)
Posted by: Sassy at January 01, 2013 07:35 PM (lhBr9)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 01, 2013 07:37 PM (Z9EHQ)
I also look quite a bit like Sean Connery! You'd think that would be great -- except Sean Connery is my dad's age. Women now don't even get the Trebek jokes.
Posted by: comatus at January 01, 2013 07:37 PM (qaVK+)
Posted by: Deety at January 01, 2013 07:37 PM (aOVhq)
you may be better off squirreling away as much cash as you can and waiting for obama and his evil minions to write your ccs off for you.
No. Whatever else, I have a sense of honor, and I'll pay my own debts.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at January 01, 2013 07:38 PM (o1kXv)
Posted by: RWC at January 01, 2013 07:39 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 01, 2013 07:40 PM (Z9EHQ)
The most likely reason he voted the way he did is because he wanted to "bank" the tax cuts. I also have reasons to doubt he is running in 2016.
Posted by: 80sBaby at January 01, 2013 07:40 PM (YjDyJ)
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/roll659.xml
Posted by: 80sBaby at January 01, 2013 07:41 PM (YjDyJ)
I am not saying you should default, however, if obama ans his evil minions force something through are you saying you would pay even if the cc company said no need?
Yes.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at January 01, 2013 07:44 PM (o1kXv)
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/roll659.xml
Posted by: 80sBaby at January 01, 2013 11:41 PM (YjDyJ)
thanks 80sBaby
my chickenshit representative didn't even vote on it
Posted by: chemjeff at January 01, 2013 07:47 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at January 01, 2013 07:48 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 01, 2013 07:49 PM (BBWjt)
"The danger to America is not Barack Obama, but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency. It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president. The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails America. Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The Republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools, such as those who made him their president"
Posted by: kbdabear at January 01, 2013 07:51 PM (wwsoB)
If he had aspirations to climb up the political ladder he certainly had the opportunity to run for the Senate either this year or in 2010, but he declined.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 01, 2013 07:52 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at January 01, 2013 07:53 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: BoGart at January 01, 2013 07:54 PM (Ugngr)
We need to stop this terminology crapfest. There aren't any tax cuts. These are the same tax rates 1 day ago. Except for high earners, then its a tax rate increase.
plus all the payroll tax rises.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 01, 2013 07:55 PM (69Mdf)
Posted by: RWC at January 01, 2013 07:58 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: rickl at January 01, 2013 07:59 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 01, 2013 08:02 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Robert at January 01, 2013 08:03 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Robert at January 01, 2013 08:04 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Thorvald at January 01, 2013 08:04 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: Deety at January 01, 2013 08:05 PM (aOVhq)
Posted by: Steck at January 01, 2013 08:07 PM (RL7U1)
The 257-167 roll call passed with 172 Democratic votes and only 85 Republicans.
Well, so much for that whole "majority of the majority" promise.
Nice job passing Democratic legislation, Team Republican.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 01, 2013 08:08 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 02, 2013 12:02 AM (Z9EHQ)
On an individual, "micro" level I agree with you. Individuals can and do use credit responsibly. But on a cultural, "macro" level I can't agree. Our reliance on credit has led us to where we are today. If we are serious about wanting to change the culture, then this is one thing that we have to change about ourselves and stop relying on credit to finance our lifestyle, because that is essentially what is happening in DC right now.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 01, 2013 08:09 PM (BBWjt)
I remember that statement, but not its context. Depending on the structure, glass break sensors and thermal motion detectors pose a problem to intruders.
Posted by: derit at January 01, 2013 08:11 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: Robert at January 01, 2013 08:15 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Steck at January 01, 2013 08:15 PM (RL7U1)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2013 08:15 PM (TCGmg)
Posted by: Sassy at January 01, 2013 08:17 PM (lhBr9)
Posted by: rickl at January 01, 2013 08:17 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2013 08:17 PM (TCGmg)
Posted by: Richard at January 01, 2013 08:18 PM (qsbdU)
Posted premature.
Anywho...
Took my mom to Chili's where I proceeded to, strangely and appropriately, freeze my ass off.
Chilly was an understatement.
Posted by: Robert at January 02, 2013 12:04 AM (LUnTP)
I dunno if you've been experiencing the same -- but since my BH lost so much weight, she's been acting like she feels "underinsulated". We used to regularly drop the temp in the house to 62 while we slept.....now she needs a down comforter.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 01, 2013 08:18 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 01, 2013 08:19 PM (BBWjt)
The way I look at is that debt has its uses, for example taking out a mortgage to buy a house, or taking out a loan to buy a new piece of machinery if you own a business. In the latter case you expect the machine to make money for you, which would help you pay back the loan.
Agreed. My credit card bills are from my time unemployed and the first month of my job when I hadn't yet received a paycheck. Other than that, I keep the credit cards for emergencies like car repairs, or I pay it off at the end of the month.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at January 01, 2013 08:19 PM (o1kXv)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 01, 2013 08:19 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: Steck at January 01, 2013 08:20 PM (RL7U1)
That is a good idea but that doesn't really get at the heart of the matter. It takes a change of attitude to forswear debt, at least to the extent of using it to finance a lifestyle.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 01, 2013 08:20 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2013 08:21 PM (TCGmg)
Posted by: Robert at January 01, 2013 08:21 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Robert at January 01, 2013 08:23 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 01, 2013 08:24 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2013 08:25 PM (TCGmg)
People like to use household budget analogies with the federal budget. Okay, that is fine. But it also cuts both ways. If I have a salary of $50k but I have $250k of mortgage debt, student loan debt, and consumer debt, and I am "okay" with this level of debt burden, why should I consider it "outrageous" that the federal government has approximately the same ratio of tax revenue to national debt? (which it does, BTW) The point here is to trigger a shift in the way people think about debt. If people aren't willing to tolerate a 5-1 debt-to-income ratio in their own lives, they are going to be less willing to vote for people who don't mind such a debt burden on everyone.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 01, 2013 08:27 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 01, 2013 08:28 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Sassy at January 01, 2013 08:28 PM (lhBr9)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 01, 2013 08:28 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 01, 2013 08:28 PM (IvVLN)
Couldn't think of a better way to start the new year.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 01, 2013 08:29 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2013 08:30 PM (TCGmg)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2013 08:30 PM (TCGmg)
Posted by: Robert at January 01, 2013 08:31 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 01, 2013 08:31 PM (IvVLN)
in Dino oilandgas
http://encarsglobe.com/data_images/models/ferrari-dino/ferrari-dino-04.jpg
Posted by: Waterhouse at January 01, 2013 08:32 PM (SAKXY)
Posted by: Ed Wood VS Godzilla at January 01, 2013 08:32 PM (obHYs)
Posted by: Robert at January 01, 2013 08:33 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 01, 2013 08:33 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: andycanuck at January 01, 2013 08:33 PM (jPVBi)
" then some."
16 hour days, E.R, everyone is coming in sick with the flu or other viral bug.
staff is calling out, so working short handed and feeling my age in this vocation?...business? When Obamacare fully kicks in,,,I'm sure it will be just like working at the Post Office.....with no doctors.
Just remember, there are many people you know who voted for this.....
Damn Fucking Shame is all I can say! We USED to have the best medical care on the planet.....get used to saying "used."
Tell the people you know who voted for this to "Choke On USED!"
It will free up more hospital beds at the very least......
Yup.
Posted by: Richard at January 01, 2013 08:33 PM (qsbdU)
ummmmm I am not sure how to broach that topic
actually I pissed her off a little bit last night, so I don't know
Posted by: chemjeff at January 01, 2013 08:33 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Thorvald at January 01, 2013 08:33 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 01, 2013 08:34 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Deety at January 01, 2013 08:34 PM (aOVhq)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2013 08:35 PM (TCGmg)
Posted by: Robert at January 01, 2013 08:36 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Sassy at January 01, 2013 08:36 PM (lhBr9)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 01, 2013 08:36 PM (IvVLN)
Though if I suddenly get a windfall or win a lottery....
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2013 08:37 PM (TCGmg)
Posted by: Robert at January 01, 2013 08:37 PM (LUnTP)
The intro to "Magnum, p.i.":
http://youtu.be/JBVHKwf5mSc
Posted by: derit at January 01, 2013 08:37 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: Darth Vader likes to watch Barney at January 01, 2013 08:37 PM (RXQ2T)
Posted by: Sassy at January 01, 2013 08:38 PM (lhBr9)
Posted by: Robert at January 01, 2013 08:38 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Robert at January 02, 2013 12:37 AM (LUnTP)
Did I mention the cover charge?
Posted by: chemjeff at January 01, 2013 08:38 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2013 08:39 PM (TCGmg)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 01, 2013 08:39 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: Robert sez what? at January 01, 2013 08:39 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Sassy at January 01, 2013 08:39 PM (lhBr9)
People like to use household budget analogies with the federal budget. Okay, that is fine. But it also cuts both ways. If I have a salary of $50k but I have $250k of mortgage debt, student loan debt, and consumer debt, and I am "okay" with this level of debt burden, why should I consider it "outrageous" that the federal government has approximately the same ratio of tax revenue to national debt? (which it does, BTW) The point here is to trigger a shift in the way people think about debt. If people aren't willing to tolerate a 5-1 debt-to-income ratio in their own lives, they are going to be less willing to vote for people who don't mind such a debt burden on everyone.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 02, 2013 12:27 AM (BBWjt)
Debt spends just like cash or savings, but it is really a different animal. If debt is "in-lieu-of-rent", like a mortgage, it's no big deal. If debt is explicitly against reasonably assured future earnings -- like STEM student-loan debt, equipment financing, or stock portfolio margin debt -- it's no big deal. If it's debt for some transient pleasure -- like blackjack, gender studies PhDs, scoring drugs, paying off gangs, widescreen LED TVs, or hookers......well, son, you've got a problem.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 01, 2013 08:39 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Robert at January 02, 2013 12:33 AM (LUnTP)
If you find a place that does that, please let me know.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 01, 2013 08:41 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: rickl at January 01, 2013 08:41 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 01, 2013 08:41 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: Robert sez what? at January 01, 2013 08:41 PM (LUnTP)
So yes get the book written and published.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2013 08:41 PM (TCGmg)
Posted by: Robert sez what? at January 01, 2013 08:42 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2013 08:43 PM (TCGmg)
Posted by: Robert sez what? at January 01, 2013 08:43 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Black Bart about to get his at January 01, 2013 08:44 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Sassy at January 02, 2013 12:36 AM (lhBr9)
The only one I had that was out-and-out painful was the day after I got back from an internal audit gig in London and flew back coach. The bad news, I hurt like hell for 24 hours......the good news -- and then I was fine. The 24 hours of pain was baked into the cake during the plane ride home, but the deep tissue massage turned it around in hour 25.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 01, 2013 08:45 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Nanobot draggin' on a cig at January 01, 2013 08:48 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 01, 2013 08:49 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: Sassy at January 01, 2013 08:49 PM (lhBr9)
So yes get the book written and published.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 02, 2013 12:41 AM (TCGmg)
Do you live somewhere reasonable for human occupancy, or off in the frozen tundra somewhere? [Speaking as someone born in Santa Monica, CA, never left the state, and has never seen snow fall.]
Posted by: cthulhu at January 01, 2013 08:49 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 02, 2013 12:39 AM (kaalw)
But it *is* a big deal, even for "good" debt like a mortgage, because it promulgates a cultural way of thinking about debt. The idea is not to debate the merits of a particular type of debt, but to nudge the culture away from debt in a general sense, with the idea that over time it will result in the election of politicians who actually do want less debt, not more. Now I'll be honest, I have a mortgage myself, I have a very conservative mortgage (15 yr fixed rate), so I am not morally opposed to debt, but I think that if we are to change the culture so that we actually get to a sane position nationally, we have to stop promoting debt as just another financial tool. It's not.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 01, 2013 08:51 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 01, 2013 08:52 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2013 08:54 PM (TCGmg)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 02, 2013 12:51 AM (BBWjt)
The problem is not that debt is just another financial tool -- it's that handguns are just another security tool, table saws are just another woodworking tool, and dynamite is just another earthmoving tool. Tools are not toys -- they have impressive abilities to get things done but must be utilized in an educated and sensible fashion.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 01, 2013 08:55 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 01, 2013 08:55 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 01, 2013 08:58 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: rickl at January 01, 2013 08:58 PM (sdi6R)
http://tinyurl.com/ax74oou
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2013 08:58 PM (TCGmg)
"Right on a state highway" is not on my list of desirable places to be.
Not even way out in the sticks.
In an Argentina scenario, once the federal teat ceases to flow, the ugly urban masses are going to explode outwards in looting, raping, killing rage. On stolen fuel, running on adrenaline and stimulant drugs, some of them will get all the way to the sticks. You will not want to be found by them.
I went to a party at a rural place being rented by a co-worker. If I had not had his written directions, there would be no way in hell I would ever have been able to tell that there was a house or a driveway. THAT is the ideal for which to strive.
Note that overhead imaging is fucking up everyone's privacy in rural areas. You have to plan around that now, too. Ask some careful questions.
Posted by: torquewrench at January 01, 2013 09:01 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 01, 2013 09:02 PM (piMMO)
The point here is that we'd like to create a class of citizens such that, if tempted with the idea of taking out $100k of student loan debt in order to pursue a degree in Central American Cultural Studies (or whatever), that they would refuse the offer, finding the very thought appalling. We aren't there, and we aren't going to be there in the short term, but we *can* be there in the long term, by treating things like student loan debt and other types of debt much more skeptically and harshly than we have been treating it in the past. That's the point.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 01, 2013 09:02 PM (BBWjt)
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Posted by: chemjeff at January 02, 2013 12:52 AM (BBWjt)
I've never seen snow fall -- and I turned 50 a couple of months back. I've seen snow on the ground -- even outside my house -- but I wasn't awake to see it fall.
And you probably missed my snow story, so I'll tell it again. My mom was a professor of mathematics at a JC in the LA area, and was on the textbook review committee -- so we had science texts for bathroom reading during most of my "formative years". In just about every single science textbook, there was a module about "phases of matter" -- and every single one of those suckers had an illustration of snowflakes......magnified to be about 3" across.
Since I was growing up in Southern California, I had little personal experience with which to evaluate this -- so from the age of six to about the age of 20, I figured that 3" snowflakes came hurtling out of the sky like the throwing stars in the "Kung-fu" television series, and it was a damned good thing that I only saw the shattered remains laying on the ground in the morning....'cause those suckers looked dangerous.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 01, 2013 09:05 PM (kaalw)
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Posted by: chemjeff at January 01, 2013 09:09 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: rickl at January 01, 2013 09:09 PM (sdi6R)
We hope you understand. We apologise for the inconvenience. Care for some cucumber sandwiches? Oh I regret to inform you we are short of lemon-scented napkins. So care for some tea?
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Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 01, 2013 09:10 PM (IvVLN)
Posted by: Sassy at January 01, 2013 09:11 PM (lhBr9)
exactly.
Can you imagine paying upwards of $1,000 to take a class on "The History of Pornography and Prostitution", which at minimum wage will require about 100 hours of labor, which for a part-time job amounts to about 5 weeks worth of work, most likely unpleasant work, and then the grade for the class that you worked so hard to pay for, won't even show up on your transcript as a legitimate grade? It boggles the mind
Posted by: chemjeff at January 01, 2013 09:12 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Sassy at January 01, 2013 09:13 PM (lhBr9)
I am reminded of something David Gerrold wrote in one of his Chtorr books when I run into these circumstances - "Too bad common sense isn't."
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2013 09:14 PM (TCGmg)
Posted by: rickl at January 01, 2013 09:15 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 02, 2013 01:03 AM (Z9EHQ)
That's not really what I'm arguing for - I'm arguing for a more skeptical view of debt, that is all. Again I'm not morally opposed to debt. I do want to nudge the culture away from debt-financed lifestyles though because I think it will lead to a more fiscally sane government in the long run.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 01, 2013 09:15 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2013 09:16 PM (TCGmg)
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Posted by: chemjeff at January 02, 2013 01:06 AM (BBWjt)
It's funny enough now, but such was my experience with snow until well past when I'd graduated college.
The BH still likes to push another button -- if I'm watching footage from the arctic, or in a blizzard, or suchlike......and it's less that about 80 degrees where I'm at.....I'll eventually start to shiver and look to bundle up. She thinks that's the funniest thing.......(N.B. -- she went to college in Rochester, NY; I went to college in Santa Barbara, CA).
Posted by: cthulhu at January 01, 2013 09:17 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at January 02, 2013 01:10 AM (4u2LN)
If it's from me, it's my Better Half.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 01, 2013 09:19 PM (kaalw)
The Krone Experiment. A microscopic black hole is slowly devouring the Earth.
http://tinyurl.com/a7qg93s
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"Just yew wait Hehnry Hhiggins!"Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2013 09:34 PM (TCGmg)
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Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 01, 2013 09:38 PM (IvVLN)
https://www.rinkya.com/new/en/auction-l155921490
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2013 09:39 PM (TCGmg)
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Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2013 09:40 PM (TCGmg)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 01, 2013 09:41 PM (IvVLN)
That's a habit that has to be stopped.
Posted by: f2000 at January 01, 2013 09:43 PM (abiX9)
Original art and cels are easy to store, nice Itoya binders are a blessing since they can hold multiple items and be put on a bookshelf. Its the other stuff that takes up space.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2013 09:43 PM (TCGmg)
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Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 01, 2013 09:50 PM (IvVLN)
I caught the lung crud at the start of December when I went to visit a friend at their shop. They were hosting a kid's birthday party. And soon after that I got sick. So I can sympathize with your kid being under the weather. I hope she has a speedy recovery.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2013 09:50 PM (TCGmg)
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Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2013 10:00 PM (TCGmg)
La Marseillaise, French National Anthem (Fr/En):
http://youtu.be/4K1q9Ntcr5g
Posted by: derit at January 01, 2013 10:03 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 01, 2013 10:05 PM (BBWjt)
That right there looks like a legit colored sketch of Nausicaa from 1987 by the writer/artist/founder of Studio Ghibli - Hayao Miyazaki. Studio Ghibli produced all those titles I just listed. And Disney brought them to the US market.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2013 10:06 PM (TCGmg)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 01, 2013 10:12 PM (IvVLN)
Porco Rosso is most often quoted with "I'd rather be a pig than a fascist." Movie is set during the rise of Mussolini in the Adriatic with a pig who flies a seaplane and battles air pirates. Plus he has a few love interests along the way.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2013 10:15 PM (TCGmg)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at January 01, 2013 10:16 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Deety at January 01, 2013 10:31 PM (aOVhq)
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Posted by: otho at January 01, 2013 11:00 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2013 11:03 PM (TCGmg)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2013 11:04 PM (TCGmg)
Sounds like a good feature for an alien world in an SF story.
First time I saw snow falling was Manhatten in 2000. I was there for 48 hours on my way to Germany to do some work for Byte at CeBIT. Growing up in Thousand Oaks, snow was something that you grabbed some altitude for but never expected at home.
December 2011 was the first time I ever saw snow falling where I lived. First time for snow in Castaic since something like 1948, because warmening.
Posted by: epobirs at January 01, 2013 11:09 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: epobirs at January 02, 2013 02:59 AM
hahaha. Never heard that one. Fantastic.
Weird Al... better than the original
Posted by: otho at January 01, 2013 11:12 PM (yBF/9)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PKVlPEz4PQ
Posted by: epobirs at January 01, 2013 11:12 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2013 11:18 PM (TCGmg)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2013 11:20 PM (TCGmg)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2013 11:27 PM (TCGmg)
Funny, I was just watching this one, which survey the original Star Wars movies after the prequels and their changes.
Posted by: epobirs at January 01, 2013 11:33 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2013 11:35 PM (TCGmg)
One of the worse things about Episode III is Obi-Wan's final battle with Anakin. Anakin is crippled and on fire. If Obi-Wan was really true to character as a Jedi and thought of Anakin as a brother he would have mercifully killed Anakin. Instead because of what has already been filmed, Obi-Wan has to go against character and leave Anakin there. Which makes Obi-Wan a real bastich.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2013 11:48 PM (TCGmg)
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at January 01, 2013 11:51 PM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: The Political Hat \m/ at January 01, 2013 11:56 PM (Vk2pI)
Naw, it was entirely intentional sabotage of the Empire. Obi-Wan knew Palpatine had a serious stiffy for Anakin and would go to great lengths to keep him at his side. But Anakin was a serious bad luck charm. Anybody that embraced him would ultimately regret it, even if it took a couple of decades. Because it turns out that bring balance to the Force is best expedited by completely fucking up the shit of any major Force adept.
Letting Anakin live was playing the long game.
Posted by: epobirs at January 01, 2013 11:57 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Deety at January 01, 2013 11:58 PM (aOVhq)
Come to AoS for the circular firing squads. Stay for the semi-intelligent spam!
*crosses fingers* Still winning bid.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 01, 2013 11:59 PM (TCGmg)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 02, 2013 12:01 AM (TCGmg)
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at January 02, 2013 12:01 AM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: The Political Hat at January 02, 2013 12:03 AM (Vk2pI)
Come to AoS for the circular firing squads. Stay for the semi-intelligent spam!
*crosses fingers* Still winning bid.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 02, 2013 03:59 AM (TCGmg)
pretty convinced that Machines for sale is my most avidly read poster here. was a sight for sore eyes
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at January 02, 2013 12:05 AM (r7Ddb)
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at January 02, 2013 04:01 AM (r7Ddb)
Fixed.
Posted by: The Political Hat at January 02, 2013 04:03 AM (Vk2pI)
and bacons ( i forgot) and grim would mention its safer and smells better.
Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at January 02, 2013 12:06 AM (r7Ddb)
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Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 02, 2013 12:37 AM (TCGmg)
It's kind of like the commie ideal of absolute fairness. If you cannot make everybody rich, make everybody poor. Ergo, if you cannot give everybody the high midichlorien levels to be a Force jockey, eliminate the Force using population.
Balance.
This is how you know Valdemort wasn't a commie. If he was he would have had wiping out the whole magic using population as his goal, making everybody a muggle and thus all fair. But his ambition was just the opposite. That this would be better achieved by improving fertility among magic users and encouraging incorporation of mudbloods rather than killing many of them outright was a fatal flaw in his plan. His real problem was one of demography and failure to recognize that was his undoing. That and entrusting his soul to an idiot snake and an assortment of random objects.
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