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October 22, 2013

Overnight Open Thread (10-22-2013)
— Maetenloch

Shit. IÂ’m still in Munich. All I wanted was a goddamned decent internet connection Â– and for my sins they gave me one.

Death of a Mouse

My mouse is dying...This morning, I found Baldy tucked in a corner of her cage, as far from her little den (and her sister) as she could possibly be. Whether her sister kicked her out or Baldly, like the elephant, went off to die, I do not know. ItÂ’s clear, though, that she has at most a few hours left. She lies perfectly still, with only the slightest movement of her chest showing that she still slowly breathes. Her rheumy eyes are half shut and unblinking. Occasionally, a slight tremor shakes her body.

I realize as I watch her that this is the first time IÂ’ve ever been in the presence of dying.

The Vaunted British NHS May Soon No Longer Be Free

Nothing is as ever expensive as something the government gives you for free.

Stagnant health spending combined with ever rising costs and demand mean the NHS is facing "the most challenging period in its 65-year existence," the NHS Confederation said ... In a frank assessment of the dangers faced by the health service, senior officials at the confederation say that the two years following the next general election will be pivotal in deciding whether the NHS can continue to provide free health care for all patients.

The Vaunted British NHS: Now Paying Doctors a Â£50 Bonus to Put Patients on the Â‘Death PathwayÂ’

But at least itÂ’s still free. For now.

What 'Let It Burn' Means

These Days Everyone Knows You're a Dog

Can You Guess Who Said This?

Television is a mental illness. Wanting to be on television is a mental illness. Wanting to be president of the United States, wanting to be an actorÂ—these are degrees of the same mental illness. If you need to be approved of simultaneously by more people than are in this room now, thereÂ’s a problem. I donÂ’t know what would happen if televisionÂ—or fameÂ—stopped tomorrow for all the people who are pursuing it, what they would do. I suspect the idea of the zombie apocalypse is based on thatÂ…

IÂ’m gonna eat your flesh unless you applaud me! And thatÂ’s the predicate here of my own self-analysis. But you find yourself at various times in your life being fearful, because you donÂ’t know how to function in some environment in which youÂ’re not being applauded by a thousand people or more at once. So many times IÂ’ve looked back with a kind of sympathetic disgust at my personal conduct till age 40.

University: IDF Soldiers So Racist They Won't Even Rape Palestinian Women

Apparently Muslim men are very non-racist.

You're No Longer a Crazy PMSing Bitch

According to the DSM-V youÂ’re now a mentally ill bitch.

25 Abandoned Monuments From the Future

Or possibly Zardoz.

Police State: Sweden Bans Jacking Off in the Library

The AoSHQ group. Yeah.

Teh Tweet!

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Posted by: Maetenloch at 05:45 PM | Comments (682)
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1 Nice ONT Maet.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at October 22, 2013 05:48 PM (4Mv1T)

2 Hey all. Tired of random commenters asking for me to be banned. Especially when I'm just talking about music and shooting the shit.

I'm sure they think it's funny. I've grown very tired of it.

Posted by: Jeff B. at October 22, 2013 05:50 PM (n/+FT)

3 Jets tie up Caps again, 3-3. Nice to see they've tightened up. Ovie will still probably get a hat trick, though.

Posted by: logprof at October 22, 2013 05:50 PM (4BA+Y)

4 ProgressivesÂ’ Double Standard on Women The Progressive Left fancy themselves as champions of women, ready to defend women against misogyny and the PatriarchyÂ™. Yet they are quite willing to attack a successful reformist governor who is pro-life and otherwise conservative. That is but one of the many, many, many, many examples of the Â“pro-womynÂ” Left attacking women who dare think other than what they are told to think. More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=3657

Posted by: The Political Hat at October 22, 2013 05:50 PM (Vk2pI)

5 Damn AP, wrap your junk up! http://nypost.com/2013/10/17/adrian-peterson-could-have-7-kids-ex/

Posted by: logprof at October 22, 2013 05:51 PM (4BA+Y)

6 University: IDF Soldiers So Racist They Won't Even -

So much for boring topics !

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at October 22, 2013 05:51 PM (d7tB2)

7 So it took 65 years to implode free healthcare in Britain. The next 5-10 years there should be VERY interesting to watch. Can anyone say "Soylent Green"?

Posted by: Tobacco Road at October 22, 2013 05:51 PM (4Mv1T)

8 Evening morons. Finishing up a shift in the salt mines, then department meeting at 7 am. At least I get paid for attending the meeting.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at October 22, 2013 05:51 PM (sQ0LB)

NINE!

Posted by: Slapweasel at October 22, 2013 05:52 PM (lq3Ak)

10 If I had a pet mouse, I would name him Trackball, just to blow people's minds.

Posted by: Null at October 22, 2013 05:52 PM (xjpRj)

11 You mean the NHS is going to kill more than the 14,000 who already 'needlessly' died?

Talk about cost cutting.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 22, 2013 05:53 PM (/n91x)

12 Maet: do you like Germany? Son wanting to have us go there next year. I woud prefer to stay in the UK, myself, but he and dtr-in-law trying to see a lot pre-grandchildren. So I go along with it. I am thinking of Alps from France to Austria. My heart (and one lung after plague of 2013) remain in Scotland.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Redneck Queen of Tea Party, Eleventy District at October 22, 2013 05:53 PM (baL2B)

13 Get me one of those Palestinian women. I'll show you the meaning of openmindedness and tolerance.

Posted by: Bob Filner at October 22, 2013 05:53 PM (OoJ4T)

14 25 Abandoned Monuments From the Future Or possibly Zardoz. The gun is good. The monument is evil.

Posted by: Zardoz at October 22, 2013 05:53 PM (Vk2pI)

15 Hey morons. Another blah ending to another blah day. Nice ONT though.

Posted by: Insomniac at October 22, 2013 05:53 PM (NEIxp)

16 I love Munich. One of my favorite places in fact ... Marienplatz, the Glockenspiel, Schloss Nymphenburg, the English Gardens, Funf Hofe for business, etc. All in all, a beautiful city ... with bad Internet connections.

Posted by: Blacksheep at October 22, 2013 05:53 PM (bS6uW)

17 When he said his mouse was dying I thought, "just put in a new battery". The when I read it more closely I thought, "get a cat".

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at October 22, 2013 05:53 PM (l0lja)

18 Can anyone say "Soylent Green"?

Our secret ingredient isn't just all the things you love about Grandma, it is Grandma!

Soylent Green, made from the best stuff on earth: people.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 22, 2013 05:54 PM (JawqV)

19 Evening y'all! Speaking of fapping, a couple of weeks ago I was a bachelor for a week while the wife took the family out of town. It was great! I missed how much freedom I had living alone, except for the dogs. I could eat whatever I wanted, do whatever I wanted , stay up as long as I wanted, etc. I could also fap whenever I wanted, and most importantly WHEREVER I wanted. I almost wished the wife didn't come home!

Posted by: EC at October 22, 2013 05:54 PM (doBIb)

20 I have mostly kept up with the posts the past week or so, but not the comments. Have I missed any notable/fun flame wars or bannings?

Posted by: logprof at October 22, 2013 05:54 PM (4BA+Y)

21 As a female, I always laugh at the PMS excuse. Hate to break it to y'all, but I can become an argumentative mentally unbalanced psycho at any time of the month. Of course, I choose not to be.

Posted by: shibumi at October 22, 2013 05:55 PM (25HWz)

22 Hey all. Tired of random commenters asking for me to be banned. Especially when I'm just talking about music and shooting the shit. I'm sure they think it's funny. I've grown very tired of it. ------------------------------------- Not to continue the tension, because I left the thread as a result, but some of your "reviews" of classic rock musicians were, well, ... I left as a result.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at October 22, 2013 05:56 PM (4Mv1T)

23 http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/217135.php

I'm already feeling the hangover and I'm not even drinking

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at October 22, 2013 05:56 PM (d7tB2)

24 What up, TR!

Posted by: EC at October 22, 2013 05:57 PM (doBIb)

25 >>>
Not to continue the tension, because I left the thread as a result, but some of your "reviews" of classic rock musicians were, well,

... I left as a result

Dude, it's MUSIC. It's gonna be subjective. Feel free to disagree, I'm not going to hold it against you. Hard to know what you had a problem with though...the only person I said anything negative about was Hendrix, and I didn't dismiss him, I said that he was an all-time great but still overrated by people. Is that what it was? Or do you just hate Robert Fripp or something?

Posted by: Jeff B. at October 22, 2013 05:57 PM (n/+FT)

26 Have I missed any notable/fun flame wars or bannings? Posted by: logprof --------------------------- Some new troll laid into NDH for no reason whatsoever after she put up a well thought out post. The guy needed the can. Ace provided same.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at October 22, 2013 05:57 PM (4Mv1T)

27 MORE OF THAT Â“MYTHICALÂ” VOTER FRAUD:Â Fla. congressmanÂ’s ex-chief of staff jailed for voter fraud scheme.Â Â“The former chief of staff of a Democratic Florida congressman will serve 90 days in jail after admitting to a voter fraud scheme during the 2012 election. WSVN reports Jeffrey Garcia pled guilty Monday to one felony charge and three misdemeanor charges after admitting he illegally requested hundreds of absentee ballots while he was running the campaign for Rep. Joe Garcia, who he is not related to.Â”

Posted by: sound awake at October 22, 2013 05:58 PM (ICZYk)

28 Ministry of Pre-Crime British police now have greater powers to curtail the civil rights and freedoms of an insidious class of peasant: People who have committed no crime. More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=3628

Posted by: The Political Hat at October 22, 2013 05:58 PM (Vk2pI)

29 EC, if the wife never came home then you would be reduced to watching tribal belly dancing on YouTube.

http://youtu.be/RaV6FUcG31g

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 22, 2013 05:59 PM (/n91x)

30 Don't worry old chaps, euthanasia will still be free.

Posted by: NHS at October 22, 2013 05:59 PM (2vl2+)

31 Some new troll laid into NDH for no reason whatsoever after she put up a well thought out post. The guy needed the can. Ace provided same. ------------------------ Good. Glad to hear it. That was an excellent NDH post.

Posted by: Dinah Lord at October 22, 2013 05:59 PM (46UXb)

32 So...we flaming it tonight? Either way I'm out early, I'm just trying to determine how early.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 22, 2013 05:59 PM (GEICT)

33 Dude, it's MUSIC. It's gonna be subjective. Feel free to disagree, I'm not going to hold it against you. Hard to know what you had a problem with though...the only person I said anything negative about was Hendrix, and I didn't dismiss him, I said that he was an all-time great but still overrated by people. Is that what it was? Or do you just hate Robert Fripp or something? Posted by: Jeff B. at October 22, 2013 09:57 PM (n/+FT) --It's like debates about sports. In the end, it's inconsequential and ought to be fun. That said, if TR just quit the thread, that's a fine reaction, unlike calling for a banning.

Posted by: logprof at October 22, 2013 06:00 PM (4BA+Y)

34 Jeff B.- I got a little tense with your dismissal of Hendrix. And you're right, it's subjective. People have strong feelings about him. I am one. Rather than jump in with both feet, I left. No need to bring it in here.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at October 22, 2013 06:00 PM (4Mv1T)

35 Nice ONT Maet,

I need to get my MD evidently...

I'm pretty sure the genius had "been near death" before....bugs, roadkill, the Welsh....

death is in the air, there are flies on the windscreen for a start.

Posted by: sven10077 at October 22, 2013 06:00 PM (9jfyN)

36 News about the stepson: http://www.wral.com/loud-but-necessary-training-rocks-fort-bragg/13026071/

Posted by: EC at October 22, 2013 06:00 PM (doBIb)

37 Shit. IÂ’m still in Munich.

I hope you at least got to go to the Deutsches Museum.

Posted by: Anachronda at October 22, 2013 06:00 PM (U82Km)

38 Speaking of sports, any Eagles fans here? I went all-in with Foles last week in my three fantasy teams and paid dearly.

Posted by: logprof at October 22, 2013 06:00 PM (4BA+Y)

39 Maybe an optimistic note: The Brits are the best in the world at bureaucracy. Their Socialized Medicine edifice has lasted 65 years.

Americans suck at bureaucracy, to our credit. I'd give ours...8 months. Maybe not even that, to judge by the Magic Unicorns Website.

Posted by: Splunge at October 22, 2013 06:00 PM (bKA83)

40 Anna, I keep trying to get her to do cabaret style like Didem, but hates it.

Posted by: EC at October 22, 2013 06:01 PM (doBIb)

41 Man, I wish I could run my car off aggro, 'cause then I'd never have to stop to get gas.

Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 22, 2013 06:01 PM (qyfb5)

42 wait, what? When did Spock get added to Rock-Paper-Scissors? What else have I missed? g'evenin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at October 22, 2013 06:02 PM (JMmQ9)

43 31 Some new troll laid into NDH for no reason whatsoever after she put up a well thought out post. The guy needed the can. Ace provided same. ------------------------ Good. Glad to hear it. That was an excellent NDH post. Posted by: Dinah Lord at October 22, 2013 09:59 PM (46UXb) --Which one was it?

Posted by: logprof at October 22, 2013 06:02 PM (4BA+Y)

44 Shit. IÂ’m still in Munich.

Drink moar beer. Recommendation: the Paulaner outlet in the square with the super-elaborate clock. Also: Weisswurst.

Posted by: Splunge at October 22, 2013 06:02 PM (bKA83)

45 2 Jeff B,

you got banned?

Posted by: sven10077 at October 22, 2013 06:02 PM (9jfyN)

46 Green's Let It Burn poem/quip/drive-by post is good, but as usual, needs a few more paragraphs for a decent explanation. A significant % on the Right side of the internet are still accuse the LIB'ers of literally wanting to hurt people.

If I had to only pick one point to for the confused to understand it would be: No, dipshits, we are not advocating running on a platform of "WE TOLD YOU SO"

LIB means that the GOP needs to stop pretending they can be heroes playing fireman to the Left's pyromaniacs.

We don't have to taunt victims. Just don't pretend you can incur moral hazards by the truckload without setting up greater conflagration two days hence.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at October 22, 2013 06:02 PM (AA6QE)

47 EC- Howdy do. Mike Hammer visited us over at the local gun thread finally. Trying to get an ID on an obscure ancient gun oiler.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at October 22, 2013 06:03 PM (4Mv1T)

48 Well wasn't there a car that was electrically powered by Facebook likes wasn't there?

Not as powerful as aggro but ...

EC, heh.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at October 22, 2013 06:03 PM (/n91x)

49 Hey morons. Your Government At Work Anecdote of the Day: As one of the only US citizens at my job, and THE only one that knows two of our products, I occasionally have to go places that won't admit non-citizens, usually military/govt installations. A prominent federal agency is having a "technology expo" sometime in the future. But you almost literally cannot bring any real technology in. You can't even bring in your own powerstrips. Laptops are allowed, but you have to give security your BIOS password, and there cannot be a built-in webcam, etc. Now, I understand security restrictions. It's not that. It's that in spite of all of that, they would be claiming to have a technology expo on site. It's literally going to be impossible to present anything other than pamphlets at this thing. At a convention center down the street, maybe people would get something out of it because there could be, you know, actual displays of modern technology! But no, at this tech fair, we get to use 10 year old laptops that won't run our software, and hand out paper forms that describe it instead.

Posted by: grognard at October 22, 2013 06:03 PM (jrrjM)

50 Okay..., so PMS is a disease, but ..., no , never mind.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 22, 2013 06:03 PM (aDwsi)

51 >>>It's like debates about sports. In the end, it's inconsequential and ought to be fun.

As long as we agree that the St. Louis Cardinals are literally worse than Nazi Germany. Then, yes, you're right.

Posted by: Jeff B. at October 22, 2013 06:03 PM (n/+FT)

52 German tourism recommendation. Go east of Munich and visit Salzburg Austria. Not far and well worth it. Anywhere just south of there will take you into some quiet beautiful mountains and out of the way spots.

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at October 22, 2013 06:04 PM (l0lja)

53 But no, at this tech fair, we get to use 10 year old laptops that won't run our software, and hand out paper forms that describe it instead. Posted by: grognard --------------------- Why, it's almost as if people in government are clueless.

Posted by: Obamacare at October 22, 2013 06:05 PM (aDwsi)

54 According to the DSM-V youÂ’re now a mentally ill bitch. Which means if a woman kills someone while she's PMSing, there's a chance she can plead not guilty by reason of mental disease/defect. The insanity defense. Awesome.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 22, 2013 06:05 PM (GEICT)

55 44 Shit. IÂ’m still in Munich. Drink moar beer. Recommendation: the Paulaner outlet in the square with the super-elaborate clock. Also: Weisswurst. Posted by: Splunge at October 22, 2013 10:02 PM (bKA83) --I am drinking from my big Paulaner mug as we speak.

Posted by: logprof at October 22, 2013 06:05 PM (4BA+Y)

56 Just the same old, same old for the NHS http://politicalhat.com/tag/nhs/

Posted by: The Political Hat at October 22, 2013 06:05 PM (Vk2pI)

57 IÂ’m still in Munich.

Johan hat einen langen Schnurrbart.

Posted by: AoS Double Naught Spy at October 22, 2013 06:05 PM (Dwehj)

58 Someone watched a mouse die? Well, couple hundred more, maybe a thousand and they'll have caught up with me

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (tablet) at October 22, 2013 06:05 PM (GaqMa)

59 --Which one was it? ------------------ A Conscious Slumber: My Take On What Ails Us [Niedermeyer's Dead Horse] http://ace.mu.nu/archives/344201.php#344201

Posted by: Dinah Lord at October 22, 2013 06:06 PM (46UXb)

60 be right back

Posted by: AltonJackson at October 22, 2013 06:07 PM (JMmQ9)

61 As long as we agree that the St. Louis Cardinals are literally worse than Nazi Germany. Then, yes, you're right.

Posted by: Jeff B. at October 22, 2013 10:03 PM (n/+FT)

I'll give you figuratively. Unfortunately since they're playing the BoSox, I will have to root for a meteor strike. /Cub Fan

Posted by: Japan at October 22, 2013 06:07 PM (un8zR)

62 60 A Conscious Slumber: My Take On What Ails Us [Niedermeyer's Dead Horse]
http://ace.mu.nu/archives/344201.php#344201

I just think of it as "the most awesome 'unions suck' thread ever."

Posted by: Splunge at October 22, 2013 06:07 PM (bKA83)

63 Posted by: Tobacco Road at October 22, 2013 09:56 PM (4Mv1T)

You had a good idea for a food post, but I read it while slightly incapacitated by devil rum.

What was it?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2013 06:07 PM (oJ5Fd)

64 53 German tourism recommendation. Go east of Munich and visit Salzburg Austria. Not far and well worth it. Anywhere just south of there will take you into some quiet beautiful mountains and out of the way spots. Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at October 22, 2013 10:04 PM (l0lja) --Salzburg is awesome. Compact, super-walkable. The Festung and the two Mozart houses are great visits. Buy the tourist card and cram those sites in while saving some Euros. I have never been to Munich, but a friend who went to both on her honeymoon preferred Salzburg, no contest.

Posted by: logprof at October 22, 2013 06:09 PM (4BA+Y)

65 Rodents make nice, affectionate pets. The problem is that you can grow just as attached to them as to a dog or cat, but they only live a couple of years.

Posted by: toby928© at October 22, 2013 06:09 PM (QupBk)

66 Slavs + Socialism + an absolute dictator like Tito.

I was *expecting* various riffs on the themes of "dour", "concrete" and "dehumanising". But those monuments really go beyond the call of duty.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at October 22, 2013 06:09 PM (d7tB2)

67 Back tonight after being in the Penna. backwoods for five days. I didn't miss the news at all, nor the cell phone or anything. And being in rural Pennsylvania I enjoyed being the most slender person in sight.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at October 22, 2013 06:10 PM (l3vZN)

68 Why, it's almost as if people in government are clueless. Posted by: Obamacare at October 22, 2013 10:05 PM (aDwsi) Did I mention we have to itemize everything we're bringing in, down to the last business card? And this has to be done by Friday, no extensions? And we can't even obtain a new laptop without wifi and a webcam, so the IT guy might let me borrow his personal one, but there's no guarantee if I get there with it that some guard having a bad day won't confiscate the damn thing? (disclaimer is right on the form). Naturally, we can't write down any contact info for the employees there, either. So no business leads to follow up on. Maybe some cross-vendor networking. Maybe. But I'm not in sales, fuck that noise. I'm a docs guy and a trainer who happens to have the right passport. At what point does this shit become worth it, for 5 hours in an agency, just to say you were physically on the property?

Posted by: grognard at October 22, 2013 06:10 PM (jrrjM)

69 You had a good idea for a food post, but I read it while slightly incapacitated by devil rum. What was it? Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2013 10:07 PM (oJ5Fd) Lightweight.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 22, 2013 06:10 PM (GEICT)

logprof--yeah, missed the game fortunately, I would have been pissed if I had wasted 3 hours watching them suck.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at October 22, 2013 06:10 PM (sQ0LB)

Still no pics of Dirndled hooters. Maet's not in Germany. I strongly suggest he is in a Library someplace in Sweden.

Posted by: Cicero Kid at October 22, 2013 06:10 PM (DHQv9)

72 What was it?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2013 10:07 PM (oJ5Fd)

Spatchcocked possum with redeye gravy.

Posted by: Japan at October 22, 2013 06:10 PM (un8zR)

73 Posted by: Dinah Lord at October 22, 2013 10:06 PM (46UXb) --Thanks!

Posted by: logprof at October 22, 2013 06:10 PM (4BA+Y)

74 NatSecWonk @NatSecWonk

I feel sorry for the husband of @jrubinblogger He has to have sex with her every five years.

Posted by: kbdabear at October 22, 2013 06:11 PM (aTXUx)

75 58 Johan hat einen langen Schnurrbart.

Not gonna check urbandictionary. Wouldn't be prudent.

Posted by: Anachronda at October 22, 2013 06:12 PM (U82Km)

76 Re: the "glitches" in the roll-out of Ogabedeath...
http://preview.tinyurl.com/3ok82os

Posted by: Cretin, high grade moron isotopes in thousands of centrifuges at October 22, 2013 06:12 PM (tfSla)

77 Speaking of fools and money ...

SF Giants reached a deal with Tim Lincecum for $35 million over 2 years

Not bad for a guy whose velocity has dropped to 90 and ERA has risen to 4.76 in a pitcher friendly park

Posted by: kbdabear at October 22, 2013 06:12 PM (aTXUx)

78 soooo, this is all there is ?

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 06:12 PM (Z9EHQ)

79 G'evening!

Nifty cosplay of League of Legend's newest character, Jinx.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/lm6o5j3

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at October 22, 2013 06:12 PM (0wHyk)

80 I liked the addition of Spock and Lizard, though personally I get more results adding just Glock.

Posted by: EROWMER at October 22, 2013 06:12 PM (OONaw)

81 Naturally, we can't write down any contact info for the employees there, either. So no business leads to follow up on. Maybe some cross-vendor networking. Maybe. But I'm not in sales, fuck that noise.

Posted by: grognard

As a former sales douche, that is literally insane.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at October 22, 2013 06:12 PM (AA6QE)

82 79 soooo, this is all there is ? Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 10:12 PM (Z9EHQ) TWSS

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 22, 2013 06:13 PM (GEICT)

83 Lightweight.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 22, 2013 10:10 PM (GEICT)

Yeah....a six-pack of Keystone Light is not my idea of heavy drinking, but then, I am not genetically predisposed to maudlin ballads and losing bar fights when I have more than two drinks.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2013 06:13 PM (oJ5Fd)

84 75 NatSecWonk @NatSecWonk

I feel sorry for the husband of @jrubinblogger He has to have sex with her every five years.

I thought pon farr came around in seven year cycles.

Posted by: Anachronda at October 22, 2013 06:13 PM (U82Km)

85 You had a good idea for a food post, but I read it while slightly incapacitated by devil rum. What was it? Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo ---------------------------------- The topical suggestion was Kosher Food! Hot pastrami! Educate us Confederates down here. Good delis are few and far between here. I worked with a dozen Jewish guys for about a dozen years. One I grew up with, another was married to the Rabbi, but most us Suth'nas don't know good Kosher food. Besides HeBrew Nationals

Posted by: Tobacco Road at October 22, 2013 06:13 PM (4Mv1T)

86 59 Someone watched a mouse die? Well, couple hundred more, maybe a thousand and they'll have caught up with me

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (tablet) at October 22, 2013 10:05 PM (GaqMa)

Am still slightly traumatized from watching a guy kill a trapped rat with boiling water as a young'n. Some methods are too cruel. = /

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at October 22, 2013 06:13 PM (0wHyk)

87 This site saved @NatSecWonk's tweets

http://favstar.fm/users/NatSecWonk/recent

Posted by: kbdabear at October 22, 2013 06:13 PM (aTXUx)

88 TR - Thanks for the help on that other site. Last night, ExSniper sent me this link. Ebayer's have little to loose by asking absurd prices. I think this guy is off by a couple orders of magnitude. http://tinyurl.com/k7fo98h

Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 22, 2013 06:14 PM (aDwsi)

89 If MWR has anything to say about this, I'm headed for the barrel, but I can't not post this...

http://tinyurl.com/cwzwlbp

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 22, 2013 06:14 PM (lxD2I)

90 And being in rural Pennsylvania I enjoyed being the most slender person in sight.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at October 22, 2013 10:10 PM (l3vZN)

____________________

Ahhhhh, the land where Mountain Dew and Moon Pies are their own food groups.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at October 22, 2013 06:14 PM (jucos)

91 'loose'? 'Lose', dangit...

Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 22, 2013 06:14 PM (aDwsi)

92 NatSecWonk @NatSecWonk

Me thinks @peggynoonannyc and @chrismatthews should get together and swap stories, share some drinks and discuss why they are irrelevant

Posted by: kbdabear at October 22, 2013 06:14 PM (aTXUx)

93 @76 "John has a long mustache".
Ich bin Ihre verlorene Metall Geld.

Posted by: Cretin, high grade moron isotopes in thousands of centrifuges at October 22, 2013 06:14 PM (tfSla)

94 Besides HeBrew Nationals -------------------------- Don't know how that "B" got capitalized. No alternate meanings there.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at October 22, 2013 06:14 PM (4Mv1T)

95 As a former sales douche, that is literally insane. Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 22, 2013 10:12 PM (AA6QE) Other than the initials of the agency in question, I can't see why everyone thinks this is some amazing opportunity. It's an opportunity to look like a shithead because we aren't allowed to show them anything. Oh, yeah, and we pay for the pleasure of showing up and having nothing to offer.

Posted by: grognard at October 22, 2013 06:15 PM (jrrjM)

96 Wait, NDH is a female? I had no idea.

Posted by: Null at October 22, 2013 06:15 PM (xjpRj)

97 Yeah....a six-pack of Keystone Light is not my idea of heavy drinking, but then, I am not genetically predisposed to maudlin ballads and losing bar fights when I have more than two drinks. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2013 10:13 PM (oJ5Fd) Who doesn't at least have two drinks? And losing bar fights? Sure nancy, sure.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 22, 2013 06:15 PM (GEICT)

98 Yeah....a six-pack of Keystone Light is not my idea of heavy drinking, but then, I am not genetically predisposed to maudlin ballads and losing bar fights when I have more than two drinks.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2013 10:13 PM (oJ5Fd)

There's nothing wrong with ballads, and if I were in NJ I'd whip your foodie ass for saying so!

Posted by: Japan at October 22, 2013 06:15 PM (un8zR)

99 Re the article on the HS allowing ambulance drivers to refuse to take terminally ill folks to the hospital if their directive says that they want to die at home... My mother was in a nursing home and did not want to die in a hospital. Actually, she didn't want to die in the nursing home either, but was in too much pain to go home and I could not have managed the situation alone, so she remained in the nursing home. She had made her peace with death. She knew it was upon her and she had been making peace with the family for days. Then, late one night, she became frightened. She wanted to go to the hospital and I told the nursing home to call the ambulance. At the hospital, of course there was nothing they could do. She had since calmed a bit, again accepting her fate, but was still quite uneasy. The doctors and nurses pulled me aside and said that it's normal. That the drive in humans is to live and that whether one has accepted their fate or not, most do not simply lay down and take it. My mother went home that night and died just a few days later as I was holding her hand. She was on Medicare and, sure, there was a cost associated with her visit to the hospital that night, but there's no way in hell I would ever have denied her, or anyone else struggling for a final reprieve, that last desperate quest. It's inhumane to tell a person with the capacity to plead for help that they might get it.... if only they hadn't signed that piece of paper.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 22, 2013 06:15 PM (DmNpO)

100 NatSecWonk @NatSecWonk

Does anyone really care what @sulliview thinks? The NY Times Public Editor is a joke. Never seen more navel self-gazing in my life.

Posted by: kbdabear at October 22, 2013 06:16 PM (aTXUx)

101 97 Null,

yup....so is Shibumi, Zombie, et al

Posted by: sven10077 at October 22, 2013 06:16 PM (9jfyN)

102 Hammer, sorry the forum was a bust. I say post it on EBay for $399.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at October 22, 2013 06:17 PM (4Mv1T)

103 Posted by: Tobacco Road at October 22, 2013 10:13 PM (4Mv1T)

That was it!

But....Kosher and Jewish are two different things.

Kosher is sort of boring, but Jewish food, in particular the glories of a good deli, can be fantastic. There is however a lot of overlap, so it will be interesting.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2013 06:17 PM (oJ5Fd)

104 So it took 65 years to implode free healthcare in Britain.
The next 5-10 years there should be VERY interesting to watch.
Can anyone say "Soylent Green"?
Posted by: Tobacco Road at October 22, 2013 09:51 PM (4Mv1T)
I started reading the comments at that site and the defenders of government care are out in force.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at October 22, 2013 06:17 PM (WLywR)

105 I once shot a mouse who was getting uppity around our house.

Posted by: Guy who relates everything to a Frank Zappa song at October 22, 2013 06:17 PM (xhhsI)

106 oh, I misread maudlin ballads as maudlin bastards, more cognitively cohesive.

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 06:17 PM (Z9EHQ)

107 So, if have a chinchilla ranch, you don't have to slaughter them? Just go in and rake up the dead ones every day?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 22, 2013 06:17 PM (aDwsi)

108 Utter catastrophic sock failure. Ugh.

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 06:17 PM (un8zR)

109 soooo, this is all there is ?

Posted by: yankeefifth

/PeggyLee
LIB Special

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at October 22, 2013 06:18 PM (AA6QE)

110 88 This site saved @NatSecWonk's tweets http://favstar.fm/users/NatSecWonk/recent Posted by: kbdabear at October 22, 2013 10:13 PM (aTXUx) --While the fact that the trolling is done on the public dime irks me, I cannot disagree with all of its takes, including the Noonan/Matthews and Plame/Wilson ones.

Posted by: logprof at October 22, 2013 06:18 PM (4BA+Y)

111 Utter catastrophic sock failure. Ugh. Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 10:17 PM (un8zR) Happens everyone at some point. It's not a big deal. You can try again later.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 22, 2013 06:18 PM (GEICT)

112 "...if I were in NJ I'd whip your foodie ass for saying so!"

Posted by: Japan at October 22, 2013 10:15 PM (un8zR)

I don't fight women, although in BCochran's case I might make an exception.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2013 06:19 PM (oJ5Fd)

113 65 years to start to fall apart? That will be plenty of time to fix Me-care.

Posted by: Barack Obama at October 22, 2013 06:19 PM (Zswg6)

114 Aloha!

Posted by: cthulhu at October 22, 2013 06:19 PM (T1005)

115 105 Bertram Cabot jr,

the funny thing is if England went free market I'd ponder "going home" and trying to forget the Unpleasantness of the 1600s

Posted by: sven10077 at October 22, 2013 06:20 PM (9jfyN)

116 Off great mouse slayer sock!

Posted by: Freaked Out! at October 22, 2013 06:20 PM (xhhsI)

117 Aloha!u Posted by: cthulhu you only just got here?

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 06:20 PM (Z9EHQ)

118 Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 22, 2013 10:15 PM (DmNpO)

It is so easy to intellectualize death, but when it is fast upon us it becomes a very different thing.

I hope that I am as lucky as you when my parents' time comes.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2013 06:21 PM (oJ5Fd)

119 Hammer, sorry the forum was a bust. I say post it on EBay for $399. Posted by: Tobacco Road ------------------- Too early tell. Not everyone reads everything in one day. We'll see. I'm thinking $9.99, free shipping

Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 22, 2013 06:21 PM (aDwsi)

120 I don't fight women, although in BCochran's case I might make an exception. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo well fight them no, but according to the video of you from the jets game you may smack em.

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 06:21 PM (Z9EHQ)

121 Oh, yeah, and we pay for the pleasure of showing up and having nothing to offer.

Posted by: grognard

Wait, is this one of those, "Let's go out for 'entertainment' and drinks later," kind of arrangements? Because I can't see any reason for it other than a trip to an exotic locale like Albuquerque.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at October 22, 2013 06:22 PM (AA6QE)

122 Could someone, please, make me a video of Baroque as Hitler discussing his stellar legislation this week? After taking down the website for third weekend, etc, the f-you 800 number, the 800 number that revolves back to website circular firing squad. Honestly, if you tried you could not write this script. I am enjoying the daily press beating of Jay Carney. The press is in full, mocking revolt at this point. LOVE IT.

I also would like a Japanese animation thing of the Clemson bus pre-Seminole massacre last Saturday.

I don't ask for much. xoxo

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Redneck Queen of Tea Party, Eleventy District at October 22, 2013 06:22 PM (baL2B)

123 Happens everyone at some point. It's not a big deal. You can try again later.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 22, 2013 10:18 PM (GEICT)

It happens frequently to me, and at the most inopportune times. Here I was, poised to defend my people against a malicious slur by defending our ballads and challenging him to a fight, and I post as "Japan". Fuck me, that's so Irish it's not even funny.

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 06:22 PM (un8zR)

124 Time to walk the cat.., bbl

Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 22, 2013 06:22 PM (aDwsi)

125 Nice ONT, Maet. >>I realize as I watch her that this is the first time IÂ’ve ever been in the presence of dying. Even the death of a mouse can affect someone. I guess the closest I've come to the moment of death was my old Siamese cat, who died in my arms of natural causes (old age). Every time I tried to leave her in the kitty bed I'd made her, she'd grip my finger - really. She didn't want me to leave. My mom waited until my dad, sister, and I had left her room for the night before she passed away, which may have been for the best as I was really not ready for her to go.

Posted by: Y-not at October 22, 2013 06:23 PM (5H6zj)

126 Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 10:21 PM (Z9EHQ)

Yeah....the manslaughter conviction from 20 years ago was an aberration. He was just looking out for his mom.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2013 06:23 PM (oJ5Fd)

127 I shot a mouse in Reno just to watch it die.

Posted by: Johnny Cat at October 22, 2013 06:23 PM (WLywR)

128 At least the mouse didn't go to the Mountain City, TN Police dept for help.

http://www.inquisitr.com/1002111/cop-fired-for-macing-shooting-squirrel/

Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 06:23 PM (x3YFz)

129 GOAL! Jets even it up again, 4-4.

Posted by: logprof at October 22, 2013 06:24 PM (4BA+Y)

130 "...and I post as "Japan". Fuck me, that's so Irish it's not even funny."

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 10:22 PM (un8zR)

Epic failure. It's in your genes.

Embrace it!

[and....this is all just tongue-in-cheek. No offense is intended]

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2013 06:25 PM (oJ5Fd)

131 My mom waited until my dad, sister, and I had left her room for the night before she passed away, which may have been for the best as I was really not ready for her to go.

Posted by: Y-not at October 22, 2013 10:23 PM (5H6zj)

I am sorry, Y-not. Blessings.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Redneck Queen of Tea Party, Eleventy District at October 22, 2013 06:25 PM (baL2B)

132 129 At least the mouse didn't go to the Mountain City, TN Police dept for help.

http://www.inquisitr.com/1002111/cop-fired-for-macing-shooting-squirrel/

Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 10:23 PM (x3YFz)

They're a special breed out east. There was a time not long ago where the guy putting the bracelets on you could have had a longer rap sheet, and I've seen no proof it's entirely ended.

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 06:25 PM (un8zR)

133 Yeah...the manslaughter conviction from 20 years ago was aberration. He was just looking out for his mom. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2013 10 I am amused, not surprised, by the coverage in the media going off on how a man hit a woman. I agree and would never hit a woman, however, legally, it should not matter since it appears she hit him before he gave her a smack. she can really take a punch, I am guessing she has had a chance to build up a tolerance.

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 06:26 PM (Z9EHQ)

134 Time to test-fire the GAU-8.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/yvxrpk

Posted by: Cretin, high grade moron isotopes in thousands of centrifuges at October 22, 2013 06:26 PM (tfSla)

135 126 Y-not,

it's hard only thing harder probably is a child....

be safe

Posted by: sven10077 at October 22, 2013 06:27 PM (9jfyN)

136 I'm a horrible person because I laughed at the squirrel story. I'm picturing a scene similar to the squirrel scene from Natl Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 22, 2013 06:27 PM (GEICT)

137 Wait, is this one of those, "Let's go out for 'entertainment' and drinks later," kind of arrangements? Because I can't see any reason for it other than a trip to an exotic locale like Albuquerque. Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 22, 2013 10:22 PM (AA6QE) Oh no, there will be no fraternization. You will walk 10 minutes to the door, you will have your rectum examined, then you will spend 5 hours talking to people you cannot actually "meet" because that involves knowing their name. Then, when you're done, you get to wait for armed agents to escort you out the door, walk 10 minutes to your vehicle, and leave. Fuck that, there's the website. There. Saved the company 6 grand.

Posted by: grognard at October 22, 2013 06:27 PM (jrrjM)

138 Epic failure. It's in your genes.

Embrace it!

[and....this is all just tongue-in-cheek. No offense is intended]

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2013 10:25 PM (oJ5Fd)

Intended and given are two different things. Should I find myself in New Jersey, I will rally my people to make war upon you, with the ultimate goal of

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 06:28 PM (un8zR)

139 Godammit this is exactly where we mess it up every time! Planning is not so much our bag.

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 06:28 PM (un8zR)

140 Plan? Drink, fight, drink more. That's the plan.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 22, 2013 06:29 PM (GEICT)

141

108 So, if have a chinchilla ranch, you don't have to slaughter them? Just go in and rake up the dead ones every day?
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 22, 2013 10:17 PM (aDwsi)

****

How many chins could a chinchilla chill if a chinchilla could chill chins?

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at October 22, 2013 06:29 PM (N/Sup)

142 That death of a mouse story was touching. I finally have a decent bedtime story for my kids.

Posted by: d-CON at October 22, 2013 06:29 PM (okL9f)

143 CA Court of Appeals lays foundation for near total gun ban On Monday October 21st 2013, CaliforniaÂ’s 4th District Court of Appeal held that the Second Amendment does not apply to semi-automatic firearms like Â“AKÂ” platform rifles. http://tinyurl.com/lt5ecjw

Posted by: The Political Gun at October 22, 2013 06:29 PM (Vk2pI)

144 Strong Islamic king Barack Obama has had one more day of laughing at all your feeble efforts to criticize him, which is forbidden under the sharia. Under Islamic court, you are all guilty.

Posted by: Boko Haram at October 22, 2013 06:29 PM (G6U3l)

145 she can really take a punch, I am guessing she has had a chance to build up a tolerance.

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 10:26 PM (Z9EHQ)

Probably. Although I loved the response from one of her relatives when some idiot reporter called the house.

It was something along the lines of: "Go fuck yourself."

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2013 06:29 PM (oJ5Fd)

146 They're a special breed out east.

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 10:25 PM (un8zR)

I'm resisting the urge... low hanging fruit and all that. Also afraid I'll walk out the door and find "YANKEE GO HOM" painted on my neighbor's car.

Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 06:29 PM (x3YFz)

147

I'm a horrible person because I laughed at the squirrel story. I'm picturing a scene similar to the squirrel scene from Natl Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.

I laughed too, but then I still hate squirrels for eating all our corn last summer. I have a brother in the Chattanooga police force, and I am pondering sending him a link to that story with a suitably witty comment, if only I could think of one.

Posted by: Grey Fox at October 22, 2013 06:30 PM (fue/I)

148 How many chins could a chinchilla chill if a chinchilla could chill chins? Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at October 22, 2013 10:29 PM (N/Sup) Twelve. You have to know these things when you are KingÂ…

Posted by: Arthur, King of the Britons at October 22, 2013 06:30 PM (Vk2pI)

149 Heh. That cop pepper-sprayed the skwerl (read: seasoned) after he shot it. He probably already had the barbeque going.

Posted by: Cicero Kid at October 22, 2013 06:30 PM (DHQv9)

150 >>53 German tourism recommendation. After spending a month in Heidelberg back in my science days, my tourism advice is take the train to Strasbourg! ;-)

Posted by: Y-not at October 22, 2013 06:30 PM (5H6zj)

151 Probably. Although I loved the response from one of her relatives when some idiot reporter called the house. It was something along the lines of: "Go fuck yourself." Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22 I didn't hear that that's funny.

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 06:30 PM (Z9EHQ)

152 I laughed too, but then I still hate squirrels for eating all our corn last summer. I have a brother in the Chattanooga police force, and I am pondering sending him a link to that story with a suitably witty comment, if only I could think of one. Posted by: Grey Fox at October 22, 2013 10:30 PM (fue/I) "Friend of yours?"

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 22, 2013 06:31 PM (GEICT)

153 I will rally my people to make war upon you, with the ultimate goal of....

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 10:28 PM (un8zR)

Passed out drunk already?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2013 06:31 PM (oJ5Fd)

154 Remember the Asshole Kitteh that Ace put a vid of last week?

My fat kitteh just decided to be asshole kitteh

Posted by: kbdabear at October 22, 2013 06:32 PM (aTXUx)

155 Fuck that, there's the website. There. Saved the company 6 grand.

Posted by: grognard

Yikes. And people wonder why Northrup/Boeing/ et al buy TV ads... and or donate millions to PACs.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at October 22, 2013 06:32 PM (AA6QE)

156 144 CA Court of Appeals lays foundation for near total gun ban

On Monday October 21st 2013, CaliforniaÂ’s 4th District Court of Appeal held that the Second Amendment does not apply to semi-automatic firearms like Â“AKÂ” platform rifles.

http://tinyurl.com/lt5ecjw

Posted by: The Political Gun at October 22, 2013 10:29 PM (Vk2pI)

Next it'll be pointy sticks and mean looking assault sunglasses.

Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 06:32 PM (x3YFz)

157 #7

Consider when the NHS started. Medical technology was extremely limited compared to today and expenses were easy to contain because the range of things that could be done for a patient just weren't that great.

With today's state of the art and a burgeoning elderly demographic, we should be able to see this collapse in just a few years. Of course, with the kind of talent they have developing their web portal, they've got a great head start on the odds.

Posted by: Epobirs at October 22, 2013 06:32 PM (kcfmt)

158 I'm resisting the urge... low hanging fruit and all that. Also afraid I'll walk out the door and find "YANKEE GO HOM" painted on my neighbor's car.

Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 10:29 PM (x3YFz)

Sounds like you've met some mountain people, but I'm skeptical as your spelling is too close to English. There's so much weirdness up in Appalachia that it's nearly another country.

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 06:32 PM (un8zR)

159 Posted by: Y-not at October 22, 2013 10:23 PM (5H6zj) (((Hug))) God bless. An animal friend's passing is heart wrenching.

Posted by: Blacksheep at October 22, 2013 06:32 PM (bS6uW)

160 151 After spending a month in Heidelberg back in my science days, my tourism advice is take the train to Strasbourg! ;-) Great place. And the foie gras is so good that you will never want to leave.

Posted by: Splunge at October 22, 2013 06:33 PM (bKA83)

161 I didn't hear that that's funny.

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 10:30 PM (Z9EHQ)

"The Post also reported it tried to reach the alleged victim in the video, but when representatives from the paper visited the address of a woman who shares the name sources have given as the victim's name, "a man who identified himself as her brother said the family had only just learned of the incident before adding 'Go screw!' and declining further comment."

http://tinyurl.com/kodyxzo

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2013 06:33 PM (oJ5Fd)

162

"Friend of yours?"

"Never go squirrel hunting with a pistol. They issued you that AR-15 for a reason!"

Posted by: Grey Fox at October 22, 2013 06:33 PM (fue/I)

163 Can someone fill me in on what the NatSecWonk thing was? I missed it but kept seeing references to it on Twitter.

Posted by: Y-not at October 22, 2013 06:34 PM (5H6zj)

164 Happy-ish Tuesday Evening, all y'all ...

Posted by: Adriane ... at October 22, 2013 06:34 PM (KoFMU)

165 I'm a horrible person because I laughed at the squirrel story. I'm picturing a scene similar to the squirrel scene from Natl Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. It's a little squeaky sound.

Posted by: EC at October 22, 2013 06:34 PM (doBIb)

166 Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 22, 2013 10:15 PM (DmNpO) You raise a good point NDH about the role of caring in medicine. There does need to be a better way to handle these cases, I just don't know what it is. I've got casebooks full of stories of well meaning family members who get worried at the last minute, especially after the family member loses consciousness and calls 911. Ambulances being trained in "load and go" have little discretion in how to handle it. The NHS approach of course is the opposite extreme and really undercuts human experience and frankly autonomy.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (tablet) at October 22, 2013 06:34 PM (GaqMa)

167 had only just learned of the incident before adding 'Go screw!' and declining further comment. That man belongs in Congress.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 22, 2013 06:34 PM (GEICT)

168 I laughed too, but then I still hate squirrels for eating all our corn last summer. I have a brother in the Chattanooga police force, and I am pondering sending him a link to that story with a suitably witty comment, if only I could think of one.

Posted by: Grey Fox at October 22, 2013 10:30 PM (fue/I)

Noted.

http://greyttimes.com/?p=778

Posted by: commander, 3d Squirrel BDE at October 22, 2013 06:34 PM (x3YFz)

169 Mmm. Soylent Green.
Yech! Jeff B. flavor.
Anyone got any Soylent Beer?

Posted by: future homer simpson at October 22, 2013 06:34 PM (tHXgZ)

170 Heh, wouldn't it be funny if the Cowboys traded for AP and the Vikings ended up with the same haul they gave away for Herschel Walker 25 years earlier?

Posted by: logprof at October 22, 2013 06:34 PM (4BA+Y)

171

"I realize as I watch her that this is the first time IÂ’ve ever been in the presence of dying."

Count yourself lucky. I hope a mouse is the only thing you have to see die.

Posted by: maddogg at October 22, 2013 06:35 PM (K6Z/a)

172 Next it'll be pointy sticks and mean looking assault sunglasses. Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 10:32 PM (x3YFz) Don't forget the raspberries! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piWCBOsJr-w

Posted by: Instructor for Self-Defense against Fruit at October 22, 2013 06:35 PM (Vk2pI)

173 Ok, I'm a bundle of cheer so I better sign off, and prepare myself to go in tomorrow and talk my boss out of wasting his money and my time. Sweet dreams, morons and moronettes.

Posted by: grognard at October 22, 2013 06:35 PM (jrrjM)

174 There's so much weirdness up in Appalachia that it's nearly another country.

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 10:32 PM (un8zR)

I don't know it at all....I only drive through.

But it is a beautiful part of the country.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2013 06:35 PM (oJ5Fd)

175 Passed out drunk already?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2013 10:31 PM (oJ5Fd)

I went for the 139 / 140 combo and nailed it. An ambitious joke for a comments section that moves this fast, but I pulled it off. I'd explain it, but why? Philistine.

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 06:35 PM (un8zR)

176 That story about the poor dying mouse reminded me of when my family's little budgie passed away a few years ago. brb. Crying like a baby.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at October 22, 2013 06:35 PM (CA2NO)

177 Good night y'all

Posted by: Joethefatman™ (@joethefatman1) at October 22, 2013 06:36 PM (MnSla)

178 That mouse story was a bit sad

I've watched three kittehs I've had hold on when they were dying of cancer, then the final trip to the vet when they got the final needle

Some people can't watch, but I didn't want my kittehs last moments to be in a vet's office and not have me there to comfort them

Posted by: kbdabear at October 22, 2013 06:36 PM (aTXUx)

179 Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (tablet) at October 22, 2013 10:34 PM (GaqMa)

Probably a system that encourages a personal relationship with one's physician is the way to go. But that is fraught with problems too.

Death sucks for the most part, and there isn't any way around that.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2013 06:38 PM (oJ5Fd)

180 Sounds like you've met some mountain people, but I'm skeptical as your spelling is too close to English. There's so much weirdness up in Appalachia that it's nearly another country.

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 10:32 PM (un8zR)

Well, I can't make the "E's" in yankee backwards, so there's that.

I have a friend from Harlan County KY. Ok, "friend" is a bit strong, perhaps "very odd associate" would be better.

Really have to keep him away from the silly water and firearms.

Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 06:38 PM (x3YFz)

181 #DrownYourTown Here's a guy who developed a way to visualize the effects of rising sea levels in Google Earth. Below are some examples: http://www.southernfriedscience.com/?p=15665 Here he gives step-by-step instructions how to do it yourself: http://www.southernfriedscience.com/?p=15682&cpage=1 OK, maybe the guy is a global warming cultist, but it's fun to play with. Here are a couple I made. First is the Philadelphia area with a 50m sea level rise: http://tinyurl.com/mzmtgbe Here are the northern suburbs at 92m, which would make my house oceanfront property. At 93m I'm under water: http://tinyurl.com/ldgydt7

Posted by: rickl at October 22, 2013 06:38 PM (sdi6R)

182 Good night y'all Posted by: Joethefatman aloha

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 06:38 PM (Z9EHQ)

183 The squirrel story was great. We have a squirrel who leaves peanuts by my front door. We have no idea where he is getting them or why he is putting them on the door. The little bastid also digs up seeds I plant in pathetic attempt to have flowers on the coast of Floriduh. Maybe he is trying to make amends.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Redneck Queen of Tea Party, Eleventy District at October 22, 2013 06:38 PM (baL2B)

184 That mouse story was a bit sad Close to home ...

Posted by: Adriane ... at October 22, 2013 06:38 PM (KoFMU)

185 Philistine.

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 10:35 PM (un8zR)

Okay....I laughed.

Fuck you.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2013 06:38 PM (oJ5Fd)

186

So, I read that squirrel story earlier today. It said the cop fired his pistol at the squirrel and missed, then pulled out the pepper spray. The final line in the story said the squirrel was confirmed dead. Did the pepper spray finish him off?

Or did he die laughing?

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at October 22, 2013 06:39 PM (N/Sup)

187 is ti true that the cross in the grayson ws taken at his family kwanza celebration?

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 06:39 PM (Z9EHQ)

188 Posted by: ConservativeMonster at October 22, 2013 10:13 PM (0wHyk) Heh, even before my professional days as a mouse wrangler when I'd catch a mouse or vole in a the vacuum I'd finish him with car fumes. No sense on adding to the pain. (of course I suppose these days I'm familiar with handling them so I could use other AVA conditionally approved methods.)

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (tablet) at October 22, 2013 06:40 PM (GaqMa)

189 I don't know it at all....I only drive through.

But it is a beautiful part of the country.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2013 10:35 PM (oJ5Fd)

Just stay on the main roads and you're golden. Maine to Georgia, that rule holds. Do not just drive off sightseeing into some holler to see where the road goes.

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 06:40 PM (un8zR)

190 ooops, "grayson ad"

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 06:40 PM (Z9EHQ)

191 The little bastid also digs up seeds I plant in pathetic attempt to have flowers on the coast of Floriduh. Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Redneck Queen of Tea Party, Eleventy District at October 22, 2013 10:38 PM (baL2B) We can't grow anything. If you dig down about 6 inches, soil starts getting really sandy. We've killed basically everything we've planted.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 22, 2013 06:40 PM (GEICT)

192 Do any of you morons read the footbawl blog, Everyday Should Be Saturday? They are nearly as insane as most of you. That Spencer guy cracks me up. For a drunk he can really write well. g'night.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Redneck Queen of Tea Party, Eleventy District at October 22, 2013 06:41 PM (baL2B)

193 Or did he die laughing?

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at October 22, 2013 10:39 PM (N/Sup)

Probably trampled the all the other shoppers who were fleeing the building after being subjected to CS pepper spray in an enclosed space.

Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 06:41 PM (x3YFz)

194 @102 Sven - yeah, I know about most of them, but NDH's nic is from Animal House, which is like a total guy's movie. Every female I know who is confronted with Animal House is pretty much, "Ew, that. That's one of those stupid, juvenile, idiotic, gross movies that guys like, right? EEEEWWWWWW [cue scene of the "dates" walking home after the club scene]."

So, yeah, it's a bit surprising.

Posted by: Null at October 22, 2013 06:41 PM (xjpRj)

195

When my granddaughter was little, a pet goldfish died. Her mom flushed the fish down the toilet and told her "Goldie had gone to be with the angels."

It took my granddaughter several years before she was able to look at a toilet without thinking of angels.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at October 22, 2013 06:41 PM (N/Sup)

196 hey, wanna know something funny? I was walking by a coffee shop earlier which had a had a "walk-by window - you could walk up to the window, on the sidewalk, and order your coffee without going in. line of people walking dog outside the window.

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 06:42 PM (Z9EHQ)

197 Do not just drive off sightseeing into some holler to see where the road goes.

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 10:40 PM (un8zR)

If you hear banjos, yer fucked.

Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 06:42 PM (x3YFz)

198 Do not just drive off sightseeing into some holler to see where the road goes.

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 10:40 PM (un8zR)

The only places where I have feared for my safety have been in cities.

And Irish bars, but that's because anal sex ain't my thing.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2013 06:42 PM (oJ5Fd)

199 If you read the account of the Cop Shoots Squirrel story in the Mountain City Tomahawk - the local Tennessee paper -- he actually maced the squirrel first, THEN shot it. The WBIR/Breitbart story has it reversed. It still seems like ridiculous overkill for a frigging squirrel. Call animal control. Hell, call Cousin Jimmy down the road who collects the squirrel tails. Twelve gets you a free fishing lure!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at October 22, 2013 06:43 PM (CA2NO)

200 Sounds like you've met some mountain people, but I'm skeptical as your spelling is too close to English. There's so much weirdness up in Appalachia that it's nearly another country. Posted by: StPatrick_TN ----------------- Let's see...., east Tennessee , or Manhattan, or Berkley, or Chicago, or Detroit. No brainer.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 22, 2013 06:43 PM (aDwsi)

201 Just stay on the main roads and you're golden. Maine to Georgia, that rule holds. Do not just drive off sightseeing into some holler to see where the road goes. Posted by: StPatrick_TN ------------------------------ I do that routinely in the two Carolinas where I have lived forever. On two wheels and four. What part of Appalachia are you referring? Not doubting, just curious.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at October 22, 2013 06:44 PM (4Mv1T)

202 118 Aloha!u
Posted by: cthulhu

you only just got here?

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 10:20 PM (Z9EHQ)

Yeah, it's been a busy day.

Posted by: cthulhu at October 22, 2013 06:45 PM (T1005)

203 I have a friend from Harlan County KY. Ok, "friend" is a bit strong, perhaps "very odd associate" would be better.
Is his name "Raylan" by any chance?

Posted by: art mullen at October 22, 2013 06:45 PM (tHXgZ)

204 Just stay on the main roads and you're golden. Maine to Georgia, that rule holds. Do not just drive off sightseeing into some holler to see where the road goes. Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 10:40 PM (un8zR) You got a purty mouth. *strums on hickabilly New Hampshire banjo*

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at October 22, 2013 06:45 PM (CA2NO)

205 196 When my granddaughter was little, a pet goldfish died. Her mom flushed the fish down the toilet and told her "Goldie had gone to be with the angels." My childhood cat, "Kitty," was buried in our backyard. I can still remember Mom painting her tombstone: Here lies Kitty. A good cat. Of course, after we were finished with the ceremony and went back inside my grandmother said, "Are you sure she's dead?" Nice grandma!

Posted by: Y-not at October 22, 2013 06:45 PM (5H6zj)

206 I have a friend from Harlan County KY. Ok, "friend" is a bit strong, perhaps "very odd associate" would be better.

Really have to keep him away from the silly water and firearms.

Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 10:38 PM (x3YFz)

Well now you know the type, but even lawless Harlan was more modernized during the wars than were many spots up and down the range. I'd wager most Americans don't realize that there are, or at least recently were, near-lawless tribal areas in this country that aren't native American in nature. There were still Scots-Irish communities in the KY / TN / VA / NC hills as late as the 1970s that spoke a strain of English not used in cities for over a century. TVA contractors used to run into isolated communities (rarely) that had no road access up to that time, and of course had no utilities. I have no idea if they're connected now, but damn. Shit gets weird in the hollers.

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 06:45 PM (un8zR)

207 197 hey, wanna know something funny? I was walking by a coffee shop earlier which had a had a "walk-by window - you could walk up to the window, on the sidewalk, and order your coffee without going in. line of people walking dog outside the window.

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 10:42 PM (Z9EHQ)

*****

You ought to see if you could drive up in a car.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at October 22, 2013 06:46 PM (N/Sup)

208 Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea at October 22, 2013 10:43 PM (CA2NO)

10 to 1 says it was a liquor store.

Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 06:46 PM (x3YFz)

209 If you hear banjos, yer fucked. Posted by: tangonine ----------------------------- We consider it lucky to hear 'em live

I play five string, and not even interested in butsecks.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at October 22, 2013 06:46 PM (4Mv1T)

210 Haven't seen it on DVD, but if you have a chance to see a documentary called "An American Hollow," check it out. Yes, it was done by a Kennedy family type, but it's a really watchable portrayal of one of those backwoods families.

Posted by: Splunge at October 22, 2013 06:46 PM (bKA83)

211 Death sucks for the most part, and there isn't any way around that. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2013 10:38 PM (oJ5Fd) Indeed, although i'd note that my experience with the medical system suggests that it is uncomfortable with death itself, and as such often avoid discussing it, leaving family and patients ill prepared.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (tablet) at October 22, 2013 06:47 PM (GaqMa)

212 193 Do any of you morons read the footbawl blog, Everyday Should Be Saturday? They are nearly as insane as most of you. That Spencer guy cracks me up. For a drunk he can really write well. g'night. Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Redneck Queen of Tea Party, Eleventy District at October 22, 2013 10:41 PM (baL2B) --Have not read it, but heard it is good. I'm mainly a 'Noles fan, and I have so many of my friends on FB from my time there (including one who was on the team during the Warrick Dunn era) that I get most commentary and from-the-game updates from them.

Posted by: logprof at October 22, 2013 06:47 PM (4BA+Y)

213 Of course, after we were finished with the ceremony and went back inside my grandmother said, "Are you sure she's dead?"

Granny's a Stephen King fan, I see

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at October 22, 2013 06:47 PM (d7tB2)

214 197 hey, wanna know something funny? I was walking by a coffee shop earlier which had a had a "walk-by window - you could walk up to the window, on the sidewalk, and order your coffee without going in. line of people walking dog outside the window. Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 10:42 PM (Z9EHQ) ***** You ought to see if you could drive up in a car. Posted by: Seamus Muldoon hey it is nyc, you can do anything, only question is how much do you have to pay the cabbie?

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 06:47 PM (Z9EHQ)

215 Of course, after we were finished with the ceremony and went back inside my grandmother said, "Are you sure she's dead?"

Nice grandma!

Posted by: Y-not at October 22, 2013 10:45 PM (5H6zj)

*****

You know what that cat would be doing today if it were alive?

Clawing furiously at the lid of that shoebox.

(I denounce myself)

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at October 22, 2013 06:48 PM (N/Sup)

216 http://preview.tinyurl.com/lrpey48
"The more the plans fail, the more the planners plan." fo shizzle

Posted by: Cretin an' his isotopes again at October 22, 2013 06:48 PM (tfSla)

217 Jets and Caps go to OT.

Posted by: logprof at October 22, 2013 06:48 PM (4BA+Y)

218 The dying pet thing is brutal. I lost two dogs in the last two years and thought I was going to die with them. I'm embarrassed to admit I took the smaller dog's collar with me in my pocket to Mass each day until I got through it. I cried like a pussy after each of their deaths. I guess I take that shit too hard. I am now in the second month of owning an eighteen-month old abused German Shepherd we adopted from a local protection league; he is now a key part of our family life (my wife and I have no children) and it finally feels right to have another dog in the house. God gives, and God takes away. I submit to His will.

Posted by: Blacksheep at October 22, 2013 06:49 PM (bS6uW)

219 Jets and Caps go to OT.

Posted by: logprof at October 22, 2013 10:48 PM (4BA+Y)

*****

Too early in the thread.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at October 22, 2013 06:49 PM (N/Sup)

220 I have to say I am really enjoying how everyone on obamas team and obama are managing the collision of reality with their world. you know math and facts and all.

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 06:50 PM (Z9EHQ)

221 Well now you know the type, but even lawless Harlan was more modernized during the wars than were many spots up and down the range. I'd wager most Americans don't realize that there are, or at least recently were, near-lawless tribal areas in this country that aren't native American in nature. There were still Scots-Irish communities in the KY / TN / VA / NC hills as late as the 1970s that spoke a strain of English not used in cities for over a century. TVA contractors used to run into isolated communities (rarely) that had no road access up to that time, and of course had no utilities. I have no idea if they're connected now, but damn. Shit gets weird in the hollers. Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 10:45 PM (un8zR) Damn revenooers!!

Posted by: Snuffy Smith at October 22, 2013 06:50 PM (4BA+Y)

222 Death sucks for the most part, and there isn't any way around that. *** This is true, but each of us experiences only one birth and one death and each is precious in its own way. And when that dying person puts up that one last fight against it, they deserve to not be denied the comfort of of having tried.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 22, 2013 06:51 PM (DmNpO)

223 There's so much weirdness up in Appalachia that it's nearly another country. Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 10:32 PM (un8zR) And to think I used to like you.....

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 06:51 PM (B3K4S)

224 Maet, I'v been close with death. In the past 5 years I've lost my wife, father, father in law, and several beloved pets, all of whom died in my presence. It sucks. Death is a part of life. We'll all be there soon enough. The only thing you can do is take care of your loved one until the end, support those remaining, and of course, be right with the Almighty

Posted by: Ombudsman at October 22, 2013 06:51 PM (vQU1z)

225 I have to say I am really enjoying how everyone on obamas team and obama are managing the collision of reality with their world. you know math and facts and all. Posted by: yankeefifth ---------------------------- The problem is, they are going to spackle up the holes with taxpayer $, and completly fuck up the medical care industry.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 22, 2013 06:51 PM (aDwsi)

226
We can't grow anything. If you dig down about 6 inches, soil starts getting really sandy. We've killed basically everything we've planted.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 22, 2013 10:40 PM (GEICT)

We have some kind of daisy going nuts and spreading like ground cover, which is fine with me. Hibiscus. Daylilies had to be transferred near house as after 2004 hurricanes roses and things croaked...a few stubborn ones remain, in garden that had dirt put in over stupid sand. Gardenias. Palms. You "can" grow stuff this time of year that will bloom in spring...when the squirrels don't notice, little bastids. I have given up except for stuff on porch, thanks to snakes and bugs and other varmits. I am too delicate for this.

I have some concern the giant stinging hornets in China will come here and kill me, imported on a banana boat or with aliens in vans on the turnpike. I saw the article a few weeks ago in Daily Mail and read they are in France, killing bees. In China they appear to have a taste for children (of course, it could all be made up, but, hey!). They are huge. I will pack up and leave if they are spotted her, like this summer's giant mosquitoes, this land of giant lizards and pythons in toilets from Everglades. I am not made for the jungles.

On the bright side I am not in California and finding sea monsters on shores----which were warning prior to 8.9 earthquake in Japan! Yehaw.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Redneck Queen of Tea Party, Eleventy District at October 22, 2013 06:51 PM (baL2B)

227 Holy shit. Miss Tammy!!!!!

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 22, 2013 06:52 PM (GEICT)

228 221 I have to say I am really enjoying how everyone on obamas team and obama are managing the collision of reality with their world. you know math and facts and all.

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 10:50 PM (Z9EHQ)

It's like a scene out of a vampire movie where the window is breaking and shafts of sunlight are creeping toward the vampire.

Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 06:52 PM (x3YFz)

229 Speaking of obscure dialects, there is Tangier Island, Virginia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangier_Island

Posted by: logprof at October 22, 2013 06:52 PM (4BA+Y)

230 I do that routinely in the two Carolinas where I have lived forever. On two wheels and four. What part of Appalachia are you referring? Not doubting, just curious.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at October 22, 2013 10:44 PM (4Mv1T)

The west side of the range, at least here in TN if you're not local. If you're in a "nice" town on the edge, the locals can tell you where the no-go zones are.

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 06:52 PM (un8zR)

231 Tammy? WTF...., where have *you* been?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 22, 2013 06:52 PM (aDwsi)

232 Jets and Caps go to OT.

Posted by: logprof at October 22, 2013 10:48 PM (4BA+Y)

Team figure skating!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2013 06:52 PM (oJ5Fd)

233 Posted by: Blacksheep at October 22, 2013 10:49 PM (bS6uW) Affinity matters, no doubt. The less attached your are to the dying creature, the easier it is. of course the reverse is also true, and there in lies the rub as it were.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (tablet) at October 22, 2013 06:52 PM (GaqMa)

234 You know what that cat would be doing today if it were alive? Clawing furiously at the lid of that shoebox. ------ Heh. No kidding! Actually, Kitty was a pretty mellow furbaby. Our old Siamese, otoh, was the (at times) the spawn of Satan. All those years Dungeon Master experience came in handy for Mr Y-not when he buried that kitty, I can tell you. Basically built a tomb for her. Not sure what he used for holy water.

Posted by: Y-not at October 22, 2013 06:53 PM (5H6zj)

235 221 I have to say I am really enjoying how everyone on obamas team and obama are managing the collision of reality with their world. you know math and facts and all. And how. Normally the Fed Govt is this distant thing. Lefties tell themselves that it is handling so very much, and doing a beautiful job of it. When conservatives point out how the constant screwups, they scoff and deny. Now that same incompetence is in everyone's face. The schadenfreude is so very tasty.

Posted by: Splunge at October 22, 2013 06:53 PM (bKA83)

236 Death is a part of life. Having said that, I will acknowledge that in my career I have seen too many babies and young children die. I carry a small piece of each of their lives in my memories. And a little piece of me died each time it happened. I tend to be pretty fatalistic about death and dying, it comes to all of us eventually. Be thankful for each day you have and accept your good fortune along with the bad. It could always be worse.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at October 22, 2013 06:54 PM (N/Sup)

237 they deserve to not be denied the comfort of of having tried.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 22, 2013 10:51 PM (DmNpO)

I agree completely.

Dylan Thomas said it better than I can.

http://tinyurl.com/b3esm

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2013 06:55 PM (oJ5Fd)

238 Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 10:42 PM (Z9EHQ) We have had these at the Dairy Queens since I was a tiny girl, mr yankee man.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 06:55 PM (B3K4S)

239 >> Posted by: Ombudsman at October 22, 2013 10:51 PM So sorry for all of your losses.

Posted by: Y-not at October 22, 2013 06:55 PM (5H6zj)

240 The problem is, they are going to spackle up the holes with taxpayer $, and completly fuck up the medical care industry. Posted by: Mike Hammer ----------------------------------- With 200-300% increases on existing insurance policy renewals in NC, I think we are toast. My wife works for a surgical practice owned by a large hospital here, and the stories she tells me of the number of patients who already don't pay, even their $3 Medicaid co-pay... ...unbelievable.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at October 22, 2013 06:55 PM (4Mv1T)

241 he was as derogatory about the Huntress, but then so are some of the horde, so following the Waxman piece, in the FreeBeacon, it seems the first stories fingered CGI and left the administration, out of the snafu.

Posted by: jeffrey pelt at October 22, 2013 06:55 PM (Jsiw/)

242 And to think I used to like you.....

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 10:51 PM (B3K4S)

I'm sure you could make your way with no problem, but my citified ass would either get fed to pigs or married in short order.

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 06:56 PM (un8zR)

243 Speaking of obscure dialects, there is Tangier Island, Virginia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangier_Island Posted by: logprof For the auditory inclined: http://youtu.be/AIZgw09CG9E

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at October 22, 2013 06:56 PM (AA6QE)

244 It's like a scene out of a vampire movie where the window is breaking and shafts of sunlight are creeping toward the vampire. Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 10:52 PM (x3YFz) Perfect analogy.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 06:56 PM (B3K4S)

245 --Have not read it, but heard it is good. I'm mainly a 'Noles fan, and I have so many of my friends on FB from my time there (including one who was on the team during the Warrick Dunn era) that I get most commentary and from-the-game updates from them.

Posted by: logprof at October 22, 2013 10:47 PM (4BA+Y)

It has been a traumatic decade. We are due for Jameis Winston and the rest of this fine team. If you are a Clemson moron, well, bless your heart and I love you as a moron, but I bleed garnet and gold this time of year. My son and dtr in law are real Seminoles, we are by choice (husband is a Ute, I am by way of marriage and MS State Bulldawgs). The blog is pretty funny. I have to read there or here to maintain sanity (or what is left of it). I also am really enjoying the fubar of obamacare in my spare time. I may start watching the press conference daily on C-Span today's was so entertaining.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Redneck Queen of Tea Party, Eleventy District at October 22, 2013 06:57 PM (baL2B)

246 Hey Mike, hey BCoch! Been busy losing my mind. How's everyone? What have I missed? Where Peaches at?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 06:57 PM (B3K4S)

247 Affinity matters, no doubt. The less attached your are to the dying creature, the easier it is. of course the reverse is also true, and there in lies the rub as it were.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (tablet) at October 22, 2013 10:52 PM (GaqMa)

I'm a softie. When a bird hit our window and broke its neck I felt horrible. Can't kill hardly anything. Don't hunt, barely fish (trout aren't really alive, right? right!?). I live trap mice and release them near my neighbor's house (heh! trust me, he deserves it).

Three exceptions: poisonous snakes, black widows and brown reclus'. They all get a .45 to the head.

Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 06:58 PM (x3YFz)

248 Well, I hope you found it! Same as always. We have daily Fresh Hell, but it's basically the same Hell as normal.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 22, 2013 06:58 PM (GEICT)

249 Dylan Thomas said it better than I can. *** It brings me to tears.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 22, 2013 06:58 PM (DmNpO)

250 @JohnEkdahl @redsteeze Looks like the morons who tried to hide price data on HC dot gov behind a login screen didnÂ’t https://t.co/AI71GRmgMM

Posted by: DavidR at October 22, 2013 06:59 PM (m0mFH)

251 126 Nice ONT, Maet.

>>I realize as I watch her that this is the first time IÂ’ve ever been in the presence of dying.

Even the death of a mouse can affect someone.

I guess the closest I've come to the moment of death was my old Siamese cat, who died in my arms of natural causes (old age). Every time I tried to leave her in the kitty bed I'd made her, she'd grip my finger - really. She didn't want me to leave.

My mom waited until my dad, sister, and I had left her room for the night before she passed away, which may have been for the best as I was really not ready for her to go.

Posted by: Y-not at October 22, 2013 10:23 PM (5H6zj)

I've been in the room for two people's passings -- the BH's mom and my grandpa. In both cases, the patient was unresponsive but clearly in distress, and a person in the room (the BH's sister in the first case, me in the second) talked a little about how cherished they were, and how we wanted greedily to have them stay.....but didn't want to hold them in pain if they needed to let go, to rest. We'd find a way to go on and hold them dear in our hearts though they were no longer corporally with us.

And then they were gone.

The first time, I was just amazed -- it was like, "doesn't there have to be some medical event?!?" But the more I thought about it, the better it felt -- not in the sense that it wasn't painful, but that it was doing something difficult but the right thing to do. With my grandfather, I knew going in what might happen, and was unsurprised when it did....and felt even more sure that it was for the best.

I wish I didn't have to. I miss my grandfather terribly.

Posted by: cthulhu at October 22, 2013 06:59 PM (T1005)

252 Now shootout between Winnipeg and Washington.

Posted by: logprof at October 22, 2013 06:59 PM (4BA+Y)

253 It's like a scene out of a vampire movie where the window is breaking and shafts of sunlight are creeping toward the vampire. Posted by: tangonine oh yes, yes it is indeed?

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 06:59 PM (Z9EHQ)

254 Beware the Moon Stay off the Moars

Posted by: AltonJackson (new content up) (I know, it's been a long time) at October 22, 2013 06:59 PM (JMmQ9)

255 Posted by: Ombudsman at October 22, 2013 10:51 PM (vQU1z) Prayers out. There's nothing else I can say. God bless.

Posted by: Blacksheep at October 22, 2013 07:00 PM (bS6uW)

256 I'm a softie. When a bird hit our window and broke its neck I felt horrible. Can't kill hardly anything. Don't hunt, barely fish (trout aren't really alive, right? right!?). I live trap mice and release them near my neighbor's house (heh! trust me, he deserves it).

Three exceptions: poisonous snakes, black widows and brown reclus'. They all get a .45 to the head.

Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 10:58 PM (x3YFz)

I respectfully request you add Armadillos and Coyote to the list, if you live east of the Mississippi, and feral hogs no matter what.

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 07:00 PM (un8zR)

257 I'm sure you could make your way with no problem, but my citified ass would either get fed to pigs or married in short order.

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 10:56 PM (un8zR)

Oh yeah, good point (writing) "a v o i d p i g f a r m s."

Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 07:00 PM (x3YFz)

258 247 Hey Mike, hey BCoch!

Been busy losing my mind.

How's everyone? What have I missed?

Where Peaches at?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 10:57 PM (B3K4S)

TAMMY!!!!!

Posted by: cthulhu at October 22, 2013 07:01 PM (T1005)

259 Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 22, 2013 10:51 PM (DmNpO) While I agree in principle, I'm not sure that every encounter is anywhere approaching that ideal. When the hospitals use technology an procedures I plane of care and comfort, I'm no sure thing don't get worse.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (tablet) at October 22, 2013 07:01 PM (GaqMa)

260 I'm sure you could make your way with no problem, Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 10:56 PM (un8zR) I do so on a fairly regular basis now and have my entire life, that's a fact!

And oh, the stories I have heard about when that whole TVA thing started in.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 07:01 PM (B3K4S)

261 The first time, I was just amazed -- it was like, "doesn't there have to be some medical event?!?" -- I can completely understand that reaction. When you consider how complicated just the simple mechanics of being alive are, not to mention the greater meaning of a person's soul etc, the line between life and death seems so slim.

Posted by: Y-not at October 22, 2013 07:02 PM (5H6zj)

262

I'm out, y'all. (Hey Tammy!)

Always trust your cape!

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at October 22, 2013 07:02 PM (N/Sup)

263 Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 10:42 PM (Z9EHQ) We have had these at the Dairy Queens since I was a tiny girl, mr yankee man. Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 wow, I guess everyone is right, if I stand in the back of a red pick up and say "MissTammy" backwards - "ymmaTssiM" a hundred and one times she will appear!

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 07:02 PM (Z9EHQ)

264 Alright Miss Tammy, I have to ask. Did you have to choke a bitch?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 22, 2013 07:03 PM (GEICT)

265 I wish I didn't have to. I miss my grandfather terribly.

Posted by: cthulhu at October 22, 2013 10:59 PM (T1005)

A good friend of mine had the same experience. His father was fighting like hell against pancreatic cancer but had lost the war, and expired shortly after his wife and children said it was okay for him to go. Literally minutes.

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 07:03 PM (un8zR)

266 TAMMY! *flings self at Tammy* ... *cough* Err... sorry. That was... That was kind of a bit much, huh? Um... Cookie? *offers cookie*

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at October 22, 2013 07:03 PM (CA2NO)

267 Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 10:57 PM (B3K4S) You missed me begging for help and advice on trimming my hybrid tea roses

(i'll still take NT advice)

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (tablet) at October 22, 2013 07:03 PM (GaqMa)

268 Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 10:42 PM (Z9EHQ) We have had these at the Dairy Queens since I was a tiny girl, mr yankee man. Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 I suppose they are similar but mine was on a paved sidewalk and did not have wagon wheel ruts.

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 07:03 PM (Z9EHQ)

269 cthulu!!!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 07:04 PM (B3K4S)

270 Hannity's call with the ObamaGal was pretty amazing. She's probably already been fired.

Posted by: Blacksheep at October 22, 2013 07:05 PM (bS6uW)

271 Extra shooters. This game is going the distance.

Posted by: logprof at October 22, 2013 07:05 PM (4BA+Y)

272 For the auditory inclined:
http://youtu.be/AIZgw09CG9E

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 22, 2013 10:56 PM (AA6QE)

Enjoyed that video. You can hear Ireland in their speech (or to my ear).

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Redneck Queen of Tea Party, Eleventy District at October 22, 2013 07:05 PM (baL2B)

273 Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 11:03 PM (Z9EHQ) Oh, please....like any of us had anything with wheels. We were lucky enough to have shoes on our hillbilly feets.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 07:05 PM (B3K4S)

274 I respectfully request you add Armadillos and Coyote to the list, if you live east of the Mississippi, and feral hogs no matter what.

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 11:00 PM (un8zR)

Good points. Armadillos and their nefarious leprosy. Coyotes killing the chickens. No hogs here in the rockies.

We have mt lions and bears, but you're best off just slowly backing away and not tromping through the woods like you just stepped off the Berkeley campus.

Wait.

For those that just stepped off the Berkeley campus I have a patch of woulds that are perfectly safe for them to tromp through. Perfect safe.

Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 07:05 PM (x3YFz)

275 Indeed, although i'd note that my experience with the medical system suggests that it is uncomfortable with death itself, and as such often avoid discussing it, leaving family and patients ill prepared. Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (tablet) at October 22, 2013 10:47 PM (GaqMa) In my opinion that is why Hospice is so very important. Getting past the docs who aren't ready to admit that curative medicine cannot do anything more is a pain but once the move is made into palliative care, everyone can start to learn to cope. The tragedy is when we aren't called in until the patient has only a few days left and the family is already in great distress. The guidelines are that if left with no curative steps the patient is likely to pass within 6 months. Doesn't mean they have to die in 6 months, just means they have recognized that 'normal medicine' isn't doing anything more than prolonging the inevitable (usually at great cost and discomfort). Great relationships can be formed between care givers and pts and their families during the Hospice time and it helps families prepare (and cares for them after). Often it isn't the dying who need us near as much as the living. I was a Hospice chaplain. I have the odd honor of having performed 4 funerals and a wedding. Hubby was a Hospice Medical director.

Posted by: Ragamuffin at October 22, 2013 07:05 PM (fzFF6)

276 "woulds" lol... there's irony in there somewhere.

Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 07:06 PM (x3YFz)

277 > Posted by: Ombudsman at October 22, 2013 10:51 PM

So sorry for all of your losses.

Posted by: Y-not at October 22, 2013 10:55 PM (5H6zj)

Thanks, Y, appreciate it. Upon further review, it seems like my post was kind of an "I can top your misery" post. I apologize. Nothing could be further from the truth. Just saying, you goota trust God and move on

Posted by: Ombudsman at October 22, 2013 07:06 PM (vQU1z)

278 While I agree in principle, I'm not sure that every encounter is anywhere approaching that ideal. When the hospitals use technology an procedures I plane of care and comfort, I'm no sure thing don't get worse. *** In the case of my mother, they did little more than hold her hand and calm her. I had signed the Hospice agreement and would not have permitted extreme measures in a futile attempt to save her life. And, she knew when she arrived at the hospital that they could do nothing for her, but I could never... would never... have told her to lie quietly in her bed and accept the inevitable when her body and spirit were reaching out for.... something.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 22, 2013 07:06 PM (DmNpO)

279 ??If you hear banjos, yer fucked. Posted by: tangonine Actually, I think that comes right after you hear the phrase "shor do have a pretty mouth".

Posted by: Aviator at October 22, 2013 07:06 PM (DI+ja)

280 The incident occurred last Thursday in Mountain
City, when according to police documents, now-former Officer Jody Putnam
found himself at the right place at the right time.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea at October 22, 2013 01:13 PM

Ain't no use in goin' home
Jody shot your squirrel and gone
Ain't no use in feelin' blue
Jody shot your kitteh too

Posted by: Sgt Hartman at October 22, 2013 07:06 PM (aTXUx)

281 Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea at October 22, 2013 11:03 PM (CA2NO) Cookies always accepted, though not necessary! *hugs MWR fiercely*

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 07:07 PM (B3K4S)

282 For those that just stepped off the Berkeley campus..."

Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 11:05 PM (x3YFz)

My Alma Mater.

Can I bring my AR-15?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2013 07:07 PM (oJ5Fd)

283 Shit, Caps win in shootout. Still, Jets got a point and finally showed fight for a full 60 minutes plus.

Posted by: logprof at October 22, 2013 07:08 PM (4BA+Y)

284 Alright, I gotta get to bed. Night all. Miss Tammy, it's great seeing you back and you damn sure better drop in over at the Yahoo Group.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at October 22, 2013 07:08 PM (GEICT)

285 Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (tablet) at October 22, 2013 11:03 PM (GaqMa) Oh, goodness, it's been awhile since I had to prune HTs...I assume you mean for the winter?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 07:08 PM (B3K4S)

286 My Alma Mater.

Can I bring my AR-15?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2013 11:07 PM (oJ5Fd)

Sure! That black bear will go right down. *cough*

g'luck!

Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 07:09 PM (x3YFz)

287 It's time for Joe Manchin to put up or shut up. He talks a good game, but when push comes to shove he lines up and blows his master, same as all the others. What it gonna' be Joe?

Posted by: Blacksheep at October 22, 2013 07:10 PM (bS6uW)

288 fnord.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at October 22, 2013 07:10 PM (guRK6)

289 g'luck!

Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 11:09 PM (x3YFz)

Yup.

.450 Bushmaster.

That should be enough for bear.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2013 07:10 PM (oJ5Fd)

290 Upon further review, it seems like my post was kind of an "I can top your misery" post. ---- I didn't take it that way. I doubt anyone did. You've had a really rough patch. I hope you get some respite from such difficult times.

Posted by: Y-not at October 22, 2013 07:10 PM (5H6zj)

291 266 I wish I didn't have to. I miss my grandfather terribly.

Posted by: cthulhu at October 22, 2013 10:59 PM (T1005)

A good friend of mine had the same experience. His father was fighting like hell against pancreatic cancer but had lost the war, and expired shortly after his wife and children said it was okay for him to go. Literally minutes.

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 11:03 PM (un8zR)

It's not pleasant to do, but you stand up a little straighter when you look in the mirror afterwards.

Posted by: cthulhu at October 22, 2013 07:11 PM (T1005)

292 Can I bring my AR-15?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2013 11:07 PM (oJ5Fd)

I would. It seems like the thing should be a black ~~tie~~ rifle event.

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 07:11 PM (un8zR)

293 The Yahoo Group email strings confuse me. Plus the last time I tried, it told me I had to do it a different way and I was Greatly Annoyed. G'night, BCochran!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 07:11 PM (B3K4S)

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Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 07:11 PM (Z9EHQ)

295 *hugs Tammy!*

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at October 22, 2013 07:12 PM (CA2NO)

296 270 cthulu!!!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 11:04 PM (B3K4S)

Where you been? How you been? Are you back? Whatzup? Sit right down and tell, tell, tell....

Posted by: cthulhu at October 22, 2013 07:12 PM (T1005)

297 Sure! That black bear will go right down. *cough*

g'luck!

Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 11:09 PM (x3YFz)

Oops! I thought the bear and mountain lions weren't the intended...

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 07:12 PM (un8zR)

298 My Alma Mater. Can I bring my AR-15? ----------- No.

Posted by: CA Court of Appeals at October 22, 2013 07:12 PM (aDwsi)

299 I had to do it a different way and I was Greatly Annoyed. G'nighty , BCochran! Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 11 hey girlfriend, we can do it any way you want, you just tell me how.

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 07:13 PM (Z9EHQ)

300 Yup.

.450 Bushmaster.

That should be enough for bear.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2013 11:10 PM (oJ5Fd)

That would work!

Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 07:13 PM (x3YFz)

301 Night, BC!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at October 22, 2013 07:13 PM (CA2NO)

302 Welcome back, Miss Tammy. You've been missed.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 22, 2013 07:13 PM (JawqV)

303 Cheers y'all.

Posted by: NC Ref at October 22, 2013 07:13 PM (Myqtp)

304 No.

Posted by: CA Court of Appeals at October 22, 2013 11:12 PM (aDwsi)

Tough.

Posted by: 2nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution at October 22, 2013 07:14 PM (oJ5Fd)

305 Oops! I thought the bear and mountain lions weren't the intended... Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 11:12 PM (un8zR) Shhhhh! Everything's to be noncontroversial, remember? BE BORING.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at October 22, 2013 07:14 PM (CA2NO)

306 Hitting the rack, thanks for the forum as always. You guys and gals are good eggs.

Posted by: Blacksheep at October 22, 2013 07:14 PM (bS6uW)

307 For Tangonine and CBD (Philistine) - I'm slowly amassing the parts to do a build in 6.5 Grendel / .264 LBC. Should be fun.

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 07:14 PM (un8zR)

308 you and all y'alls tiny little toes were missed greatly.

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 07:15 PM (Z9EHQ)

309 Miss Tammy is back??? *waves*

Posted by: NC Ref at October 22, 2013 07:15 PM (Myqtp)

310 Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 11:11 PM (Z9EHQ) Well, now you're just showin' off, aintcha??

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 07:15 PM (B3K4S)

311 Oops! I thought the bear and mountain lions weren't the intended...

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 11:12 PM (un8zR)

Heh.

We have some scary golden eagles here, too.

There are. no. cats. Where I live. For miles. Between them, the hawks, and falcons; if it's between 4 oz and 40 lbs, it gets et.

Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 07:16 PM (x3YFz)

312 Shhhhh! Everything's to be noncontroversial, remember? BE BORING.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea at October 22, 2013 11:14 PM (CA2NO)

Trust me, I'm boring.

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 07:16 PM (un8zR)

313 Well, now you're just showin' off, aintcha?? Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22 makin sure ya stay.

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 07:16 PM (Z9EHQ)

314 308 For Tangonine and CBD (Philistine) - I'm slowly amassing the parts to do a build in 6.5 Grendel / .264 LBC. Should be fun.

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 11:14 PM (un8zR)

about 5 years ago I was tempted, but that ammo is fraking rare and expensive.

Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 07:17 PM (x3YFz)

315 Three exceptions: poisonous snakes, black widows and brown reclus'. They all get a .45 to the head. Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 10:58 PM (x3YFz) I respectfully request you add Armadillos and Coyote to the list, if you live east of the Mississippi, and feral hogs no matter what. Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 11:00 PM (un8zR) Don't forget to add furries to that listÂ…

Posted by: Yiff in Hell Furf*gs! at October 22, 2013 07:18 PM (Vk2pI)

316 Hey, Blanca! Still think that's the best nic evah! Hey NC! We're kinda neighbors now! cthulu..... major drama with Thor, then huge move, then things kinda sorta settled down, now he just works and works and works and works and I wonder why I'm even married. Love of money truly is the root of all evil. I"m better than I sound though, now. It's been rough, but I'm a tough ol' geezer!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 07:18 PM (B3K4S)

317 Speaking of things that get themselves killed, my son got to see his first skunk road kill this week. We have watched it progress from smashed in the middle of the road to flattened along the side of the road. He asked me why the birds haven't eaten it or something else dragged it off into the woods. I had to remind him what he was smelling.

So, I cued up Loudon Wainwright III's Dead Skunk song, and now he is in heaven, belting it out at the top of his lungs. I think he will be the pride of the 2nd grade tomorrow, at least at recess.

Posted by: tcn at October 22, 2013 07:18 PM (fwcEs)

318 There are. no. cats. Where I live. For miles. Between them, the hawks, and falcons; if it's between 4 oz and 40 lbs, it gets et.

Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 11:16 PM (x3YFz)

We have so much cover here that all those shitass species just keep on keepin' on. Plenty of hawks and even a ton of eagles, but there's no such thing as bare scrub down here.

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 07:19 PM (un8zR)

319 Don't forget to add furries to that listÂ…

Posted by: Yiff in Hell Furf*gs! at October 22, 2013 11:18 PM (Vk2pI)

(writing all this down)

What about Bronies?

Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 07:20 PM (x3YFz)

320 hey girlfriend, we can do it any way you want, you just tell me how. Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 11:13 PM (Z9EHQ) Promises, promises......

****************************** Blanco, I meant! BlancO. Sorry about that!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 07:20 PM (B3K4S)

321 >>For Tangonine and CBD (Philistine) - I'm slowly amassing the parts to do a build in 6.5 Grendel / .264 LBC. Should be fun. Posted by: StPatrick_TN I built one in .50 Beowulf. It is fun.

Posted by: Aviator at October 22, 2013 07:20 PM (DI+ja)

322 Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 11:14 PM (un8zR)

I am torn. I really don't know which direction to go. I would love something heavy, but that sort of defeats the purpose of the semi-auto. The .450 Bushmaster is a five-round mag.

6.5 Grendel is a nice round, but damn, there isn't much of it out there if you don't reload.

Posted by: 2nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution at October 22, 2013 07:20 PM (oJ5Fd)

323 out, damned sock!

Well, not really "damned."

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 22, 2013 07:20 PM (oJ5Fd)

324 319 There are. no. cats. Where I live. For miles. Between them, the hawks, and falcons; if it's between 4 oz and 40 lbs, it gets et. Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 11:16 PM (x3YFz) We have so much cover here that all those shitass species just keep on keepin' on. Plenty of hawks and even a ton of eagles, but there's no such thing as bare scrub down here. Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 11:19 PM (un8zR) Are there any shit hawks there?

Posted by: Bubbles at October 22, 2013 07:21 PM (4BA+Y)

325 "He didn't see the station wagon car The Skunk squashed, and there you are.."

Posted by: CA Court of Appeals at October 22, 2013 07:21 PM (aDwsi)

326 Blanco, I meant! BlancO. Sorry about that!

Eh, shit happens.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 22, 2013 07:21 PM (JawqV)

327 about 5 years ago I was tempted, but that ammo is fraking rare and expensive.

Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 11:17 PM (x3YFz)

Vanity project - build a slick paper-puncher that still has enough ass to make an ethical kill on TN-sized deer. Rare ammo isn't that big a deal as I'm getting into handloading and there's a huge support community for that here. Lots of wildcatters.

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 07:21 PM (un8zR)

328 hey girlfriend, we can do it any way you want, you just tell me how. Posted picby: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 11:13 PM (Z9EHQ) Promises, promises...... Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 11 you continuing to pick on shiny rocks by dragging them around on your fingers and making them feel insecure and self conscious?

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 07:22 PM (Z9EHQ)

329 Evenin' all. So Sebelius can't make it for a hearing. How the FUCK was she on AC360?!? Dictatorship voted in American Idol style. Fuck. Them. All.

Posted by: RWC at October 22, 2013 07:22 PM (LpbKr)

330 What about Bronies? Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 11:20 PM (x3YFz) If they are adult males, then yes.

Posted by: The Anti-Brony Hat at October 22, 2013 07:22 PM (Vk2pI)

331 Some moms are cooler than other moms. I'll bet none of the other kids know that song worth a damn.

Posted by: tcn at October 22, 2013 07:22 PM (fwcEs)

332 where the fuck is Peaches / sehcaeP? If we have MissTammy and Peaches we can do spells.

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 07:23 PM (Z9EHQ)

333 @Tammy, Indeed, winter pruning. I'm going to take my chances that the internets are mostly telling me right and trim everything smaller than a #2 pencil. We'll see. If I fail, it was fun experiment.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (tablet) at October 22, 2013 07:23 PM (GaqMa)

334 just FYI, Mike Church is an assmuncher

Posted by: no one at October 22, 2013 07:24 PM (i9tfZ)

335 If they are adult males, then yes.

Posted by: The Anti-Brony Hat at October 22, 2013 11:22 PM (Vk2pI)

I think by definition they are (the "bro" part).

*added to list.

Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 07:24 PM (x3YFz)

336 333 where the fuck is Peaches / sehcaeP? If we have MissTammy and Peaches we can do spells.

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 11:23 PM (Z9EHQ)

Worked better when we included Rum.

Posted by: tcn at October 22, 2013 07:24 PM (fwcEs)

337 333 where the fuck is Peaches / sehcaeP? If we have MissTammy and Peaches we can do spells. Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 11:23 PM (Z9EHQ) Taking requests? Smite McAullife. Please.

Posted by: RWC at October 22, 2013 07:25 PM (LpbKr)

338 Are there any shit hawks there?

Posted by: Bubbles at October 22, 2013 11:21 PM (4BA+Y)

If you mean vultures of the avian kind, there are hordes. No turkey vultures, just the red-headed kind. Ample cover means that if something dies by a road or fenceline, there will be 30 of the ugly brutes within minutes.

If you mean pretend hardass conservatives, we have two senators and a governor that fit that mold.

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 07:25 PM (un8zR)

339 where the fuck is Peaches / sehcaeP? If we have MissTammy and Peaches we can do spells. Posted bphy: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 11:23 PM (Z9EHQ) Worked better when we included Rum. Posted by: tcn at October 22, 2013 1 sounds as if you are describing a spectator sport there, me and my iphone.

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 07:26 PM (Z9EHQ)

340 Taking requests? Smite McAullife. Please. Posted by: RWC at October 22, mcauliffe can go smite himself

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 07:26 PM (Z9EHQ)

341 339 Are there any shit hawks there? Posted by: Bubbles at October 22, 2013 11:21 PM (4BA+Y) If you mean vultures of the avian kind, there are hordes. No turkey vultures, just the red-headed kind. Ample cover means that if something dies by a road or fenceline, there will be 30 of the ugly brutes within minutes. If you mean pretend hardass conservatives, we have two senators and a governor that fit that mold. Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 11:25 PM (un8zR) Shit hawks don't exist, Bubbles; he's just drunk.

Posted by: Julian at October 22, 2013 07:26 PM (4BA+Y)

342 @NDH, I mea no disrespect of course and your outcome was ideal both for end of life and medicine in general. I worry though about the failures of the ideal.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (tablet) at October 22, 2013 07:27 PM (GaqMa)

343 >>We'll see. If I fail, it was fun experiment. FWIW I didn't know what I was doing last year and they survived fine. I think they're hard to kill.

Posted by: Y-not at October 22, 2013 07:27 PM (5H6zj)

344 *added to list.

Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 11:24 PM (x3YFz)

Seconded, enthusiastically. "Invasive Species" really needs to be a more diverse and inclusive term. After all, who's not for more diversity and inclusivity?

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 07:27 PM (un8zR)

345 Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 11:22 PM (Z9EHQ) I am building up a goodly collection, yes. Turns out 5 cts are a bit gaudy. 3 seems to be just right. Emerald or Asscher cut. ( I kind of like the old mine cut ones as well, nice and sparkly in candlelight!) And I can do spells all on my own, but with Peaches...well, my goodness, the sky is the limit!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 07:28 PM (B3K4S)

346 Evening everyone!

Posted by: Colorado Alex at October 22, 2013 07:28 PM (lr3d7)

347 Ok horde, long day of taking care of the sick wife, i'm going to bed

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (tablet) at October 22, 2013 07:28 PM (GaqMa)

348 If you mean pretend hardass conservatives, we have two senators and a governor that fit that mold.

Which reminds me, McCain's thinking of trying to hold on for yet another term in 2016.

Ugh.

Anyone know if you can fund a political campaign through kickstarter?

Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 22, 2013 07:28 PM (JawqV)

349 The dead skunk issue reminded me of the rash of dead opossums I've seen around here. It's the oddest thing. I've never seen a live opossum here in NH, though they clearly exist, but in the past few months I've seen at least six dead ones on the side of the road. And the oddest part is that nothing eats them. Even if they were clearly squashed by a car, so they didn't die of some illness that might keep the scavengers away, nothing eats them. I've seen the crows around my house eat damn near anything remotely edible, but they leave the opossums alone. Odd that.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at October 22, 2013 07:28 PM (CA2NO)

350 The foreign policy mess that the next President is going to inherit from Obama might be a bigger CF than 404Care (although not by much). Russia steps in to improve military ties with Iran http://tinyurl.com/muaz2sm

Posted by: Thrawn at October 22, 2013 07:28 PM (ZyqBH)

351 I went to a funeral today. The mother of a friend. Married 53 years to the love of her life. He adored her. They started a business together that became incredibly successful. They had three boys, now middle aged men, all work in the family business and very successful in their own right. She did her best work raising her kids and keeping them close. Grand kids gave a joint eulogy. She started no less than four charities. All while battling illness for years. No stone unturned in her life. So humbled by such a life

Posted by: Thunderb at October 22, 2013 07:28 PM (zOTsN)

352 Seconded, enthusiastically. "Invasive Species" really needs to be a more diverse and inclusive term. After all, who's not for more diversity and inclusivity?

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 11:27 PM (un8zR)

I like where you're headed with this...

Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 07:29 PM (x3YFz)

353 I suppose if I want to get our Peaches I has to start talkin smack about some pandas and how much I would enjoy removing them from their position as least useful animal in the jungle .

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 07:29 PM (Z9EHQ)

354 When shall we three meet again
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?
BTW, is that a hurlyburly in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?

Posted by: a weird sister at October 22, 2013 07:30 PM (tHXgZ)

355 And don't waste your bullets on the bronies. Most of them don't mate anyways.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at October 22, 2013 07:30 PM (lr3d7)

356 I mea no disrespect of course and your outcome was ideal both for end of life and medicine in general. I worry though about the failures of the ideal. *** I know that and I took your comment as intended. There were others within my mom's facility that I know will not receive the same attention. Some will have families who will never agree to Hospice and will want to try every desperate measure while others will be too eager to see their "loved one" depart.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 22, 2013 07:30 PM (DmNpO)

357 The stuff about dying mice reminds me . . . we foster orphaned kittens for the local Humane Society. Of the last batch we got, one was really sick (I don't think the vet or anyone else even glanced at the poor critter before releasing it to us, it was that sick). Anyway, for a week or so we did the best we could for the kitten, but one evening something changed. It was as if the kitten had been struggling to get better, but after a while it gave up. Like it didn't want to struggle anymore, or maybe it was weary of the pain. Anyway, I fell asleep with it next to me, and sure enough, when I woke up it was dead. Anyway there was a distinct change in the animal over the course of a couple of hours before it expired, there was no mistaking the fact that these were its last hours.

Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at October 22, 2013 07:30 PM (+dRYK)

358 342 339 Are there any shit hawks there?
Posted by: Bubbles at October 22, 2013 11:21 PM (4BA+Y)

Shit hawks don't exist, Bubbles; he's just drunk.

Posted by: Julian at October 22, 2013 11:26 PM (4BA+Y)

You certainly proved something there.

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 07:31 PM (un8zR)

359 Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (tablet) at October 22, 2013 11:23 PM (GaqMa) Pruning never hurt anything! Take out half your canes (definitely the smaller ones) and whack the rest down to a foot or so off the ground. You seriously can't hurt them by pruning!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 07:31 PM (B3K4S)

360 Anyone know if you can fund a political campaign through kickstarter? Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 22, 2013 11:28 PM (JawqV) The Kickstarter guidelines include this provision: "No offensive material (hate speech, etc.); pornographic material; or projects endorsing or opposing a political candidate." Dunno about a political campaign per se. Speaking of Kickstarter, the Cyan project "Obduction" Kickstarter is almost 1/2 funded, with a little over 3 weeks to go. I think they'll make it, *crosses fingers*

Posted by: Thrawn at October 22, 2013 07:32 PM (ZyqBH)

361 6.5 Grendel is a nice round, but damn, there isn't much of it out there if you don't reload. I'd go with 6.8 SPC II. Seems to be catching on, and powerful enough for deer.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at October 22, 2013 07:32 PM (X9Mnx)

362 I went to a funeral today. The mother of a friend. Married 53 years to the love of her life. He adored her. They started a business together that became incredibly successful. They had three boys, now middle aged men, all work in the family business and very successful in their own right. She did her best work raising her kids and keeping them close. Grand kids gave a joint eulogy. She started no less than four charities. All while battling illness for years. No stone unturned in her life. So humbled by such a life *** May she rest in peace.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 22, 2013 07:32 PM (DmNpO)

363 Q: Why did the chicken cross the road? A: To show the possum it could be done.

Posted by: Freaked Out! at October 22, 2013 07:32 PM (xhhsI)

364 307 Hitting the rack, thanks for the forum as always. You guys and gals are good eggs.

Posted by: Blacksheep at October 22, 2013 11:14 PM (bS6uW)

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Well, I tend to smell a little of sulfur.

Posted by: jc at October 22, 2013 07:32 PM (PlzOe)

365 Possums don't smell all that great either, so maybe the birds are just as discriminating concerning them as they are about skunks. That would be my guess.

Posted by: tcn at October 22, 2013 07:32 PM (fwcEs)

366 G'd evening, everyone.

And welcome back, Miss Tammy. (Bends down to kiss Miss Tammy's hand)

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at October 22, 2013 07:33 PM (5J54Q)

367 356 And don't waste your bullets on the bronies. Most of them don't mate anyways.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at October 22, 2013 11:30 PM (lr3d7)

Had more of a bear trap/punji pit plan.

Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 07:33 PM (x3YFz)

368 On a lighter note I asked my AA Obamabot how Chocolate Jesus was doing with his Ocare rollout. He frickin' loved the 'Chocolate Jesus' name. (He's really a conservative, just doesn't have the balls to admit it.')

Posted by: RWC at October 22, 2013 07:33 PM (LpbKr)

369 I do miss Rum. MWR, trust me on this, once you taste a possum, you're not interested in trying it again!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 07:34 PM (B3K4S)

370 AA Obamabot coworker

Posted by: RWC at October 22, 2013 07:34 PM (LpbKr)

371 Hello, Captain! How have you been? Still at your same station?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 07:35 PM (B3K4S)

372 Are dead skunks eligible to be nominated for Senate primaries in Arizona?

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at October 22, 2013 07:35 PM (d7tB2)

373 Are dead skunks eligible to be nominated for Senate primaries in Arizona? *** You can always write them in.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 22, 2013 07:36 PM (DmNpO)

374 Had more of a bear trap/punji pit plan. Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 11:33 PM (x3YFz) Toe-Poppers are a good choice as well. Hit or miss though.

Posted by: RWC at October 22, 2013 07:36 PM (LpbKr)

375 MWR, trust me on this, once you taste a possum, you're not interested in trying it again! Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 11:34 PM (B3K4S) lol. I'll take your word on it!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at October 22, 2013 07:36 PM (CA2NO)

376 I recorded my first Christmas ad at work today. I am not ready for this skubalon.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at October 22, 2013 07:37 PM (5J54Q)

377 So humbled by such a life Wow, she sounds like an incredible lady, and one who will be terribly missed.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 07:37 PM (B3K4S)

378 O.O

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 07:37 PM (Z9EHQ)

379 grognard, sounds like every day of the week for me. Have to leave my phone in the car, after switching the sim card to an ancient Nokia candy bar without a camera or a USB port. Now, inside I have the equipment to setup everything from a old pactor modem using the plumbing as an antenna to a multi-threaded satellite hook-up, but no cellphones.

Posted by: Eye of Newt at October 22, 2013 07:37 PM (CMlD4)

380 I've never eaten possum, but I have eaten squirrel once. ONCE.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at October 22, 2013 07:37 PM (5J54Q)

381 I do miss Rum. MWR, trust me on this, once you taste a possum, you're not interested in trying it again! Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22 o.o

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 07:37 PM (Z9EHQ)

382 Oh come come now, Capt...never too early for Christmas!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 07:38 PM (B3K4S)

383 334 @Tammy,

Indeed, winter pruning.
I'm going to take my chances that the internets are mostly telling me right and trim everything smaller than a #2 pencil.
We'll see. If I fail, it was fun experiment.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (tablet) at October 22, 2013 11:23 PM (GaqMa)

In California, you prune coming out of winter -- 'cause 80% of the time, they've been growing straight through. In general, you want to prune roses so that they look like a hand above the graft -- there are about 5 major canes, they spread out and don't cross, and they leave room for growth. You want the top bud in each cane to face away from the center of the plant. On older roses, each of the old canes' "fingers" can come up to a "hand" of its own, but the same general rules apply -- thin out the little things and the stuff that makes a bramble, and sort into sturdy platforms for the next year's growth -- always with the top buds facing away from the center.

Posted by: cthulhu at October 22, 2013 07:38 PM (T1005)

384 "Are dead skunks eligible to be nominated for Senate primaries in Arizona?Â " Only if they are in the middle of the road.

Posted by: Freaked Out! at October 22, 2013 07:38 PM (xhhsI)

385 projects endorsing or opposing a political candidate

Yeah, I think a campaign would be considered a project endorsing a candidate.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 22, 2013 07:38 PM (JawqV)

386 I've never eaten possum, but I have eaten squirrel once. ONCE. Posted by: Captain Whitebread at October 22 tastes like lead and pepper?

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 07:38 PM (Z9EHQ)

387 I'd go with 6.8 SPC II. Seems to be catching on, and powerful enough for deer.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at October 22, 2013 11:32 PM (X9Mnx)

I looked at it, but decided in favor of 6.5 / .264 LBC because the 6.8 was intended to perform best out of a shorter barrel, with terminals along the line of the 7.62x39 out of a compact package. It looks like a great CQB round, but is not nearly as efficient with longer barrels, especially beyond 200 yards. I'm building the rifle just because I can, so I picked 6.5 as it is more versatile. 6.8 SPC II is catching on lately, so I haven't ruled it out. My upper and lower won't show up until Christmas, and I haven't picked a barrel yet, so it's still on the table.

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 07:38 PM (un8zR)

388 Are dead skunks eligible to be nominated for Senate primaries in Arizona? Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at October 22, 2013 11:35 PM (d7tB2) They have since 1986Â…

Posted by: The Political Hat at October 22, 2013 07:38 PM (Vk2pI)

389 Last night, Peaches said she was feeling a little peaked; also had kitteh trouble in that one chowed down on a mess of floss and she was er awaiting the results.

And hello, Miss Tammy! Glad to see you back.

Posted by: RovingCopyEditor at October 22, 2013 07:39 PM (vRdWg)

390 373 Are dead skunks eligible to be nominated for Senate primaries in Arizona?

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at October 22, 2013 11:35 PM (d7tB2)

Well, they stink to high heaven (or so I have been told, in song), and so does the reigning Senator. So, fight fire with fire?

Posted by: tcn at October 22, 2013 07:39 PM (fwcEs)

391 Belize real estate commercial on Fox. Hmmmmm

Posted by: RWC at October 22, 2013 07:39 PM (LpbKr)

392 383 Oh come come now, Capt...never too early for Christmas!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 11:38 PM (B3K4S)

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I think nearly 30 years in radio have left me more than a bit jaded when it comes to Christmas.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at October 22, 2013 07:39 PM (5J54Q)

393 Oh Tammy you have been missed! I am so glad you are here

Posted by: Thunderb at October 22, 2013 07:40 PM (zOTsN)

394 Are dead skunks eligible to be nominated for Senate primaries in Arizona? Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at October 22, 2013 11:35 PM (d7tB2) Definitely. After decades of sending a pudgy lump of pizza dough to the Senate for nearly thirty years, the Arizona Republican Party would be in clear violation of anti-discrimination laws and various clauses of the Voting Rights Act if they refused to allow a festering dead skunk to run for that same seat.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at October 22, 2013 07:40 PM (CA2NO)

395 Don't you have some offs to fuck?

playbackonline.ca/2013/07/04/ricky-julian-and-bubbles-buy-trailer-park-boys-ip/

Posted by: Ricky at October 22, 2013 07:40 PM (tHXgZ)

396 MWR, trust me on this, once you taste a possum, you're not interested in trying it again!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 11:34 PM (B3K4S)

And behold, a pale horse, an on him rode a real estate broker from Belize.

Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 07:40 PM (x3YFz)

397 Tammy! How are you? Have you been lurking lately?

Posted by: Conservative Crank at October 22, 2013 07:41 PM (sQ0LB)

398 I like squirrel. Haven't had any in a good while, but I ate plenty as a kid. Possum is just nasty. Dark and gamey and greasy. I guess Yankeefifth won't love me any more now.....

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 07:42 PM (B3K4S)

399 385 "Are dead skunks eligible to be nominated for Senate primaries in Arizona? "

Only if they are in the middle of the road.

Posted by: Freaked Out! at October 22, 2013 11:38 PM (xhhsI)

That right there was funny. I LQtMS (Laughed Quietly to MySelf).

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 07:42 PM (un8zR)

400 Opossums are clearly forbidden meat under the sharia. Strong Islamic king Barack Obama shall issue a commandment against them shortly.

Posted by: Boko Haram at October 22, 2013 07:42 PM (G6U3l)

401 381 I've never eaten possum, but I have eaten squirrel once. ONCE. Posted by: Captain Whitebread at October 22, 2013 11:37 PM (5J54Q) Once is ENOUGH! Bastid!

Posted by: Morrocco Mole at October 22, 2013 07:42 PM (LpbKr)

402 As far as unusual/exotic meats go, I've tried: Squirrel Rattlesnake Alligator ...and Rocky Mountain Oysters. Out of those four, alligator is the only one I'd try again.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at October 22, 2013 07:42 PM (5J54Q)

403 Golf clap.

Posted by: tcn at October 22, 2013 07:43 PM (fwcEs)

404 MissTammy lurk? does marylin monroe sit in the corner unnoticed?

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 07:43 PM (Z9EHQ)

405 No stone unturned in her life. So humbled by such a life As we all are. God bless her, and may she rest in peace.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at October 22, 2013 07:43 PM (CA2NO)

406 OK. I'm out tomorrow night. mi amigoes

Posted by: AltonJackson (new content up) (I know, it's been a long time) at October 22, 2013 07:43 PM (JMmQ9)

407 Toe-poppers? Sounds... interesting.

Posted by: rex ryan at October 22, 2013 07:43 PM (tHXgZ)

408 Yeah, I think a campaign would be considered a project endorsing a candidate.>>

How hard would it be for a Tea Party site to set up a kickstarter type section on their site?

So unknown candidates can see if they have a shot?

Posted by: d-CON at October 22, 2013 07:43 PM (okL9f)

409 Hey, Thunderb! And thank you, Roving Copy Editor! I should email Peaches, sounds like she is having a time of it.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 07:44 PM (B3K4S)

410 401 Opossums are clearly forbidden meat under the sharia. Strong Islamic king Barack Obama shall issue a commandment against them shortly.

Posted by: Boko Haram at October 22, 2013 11:42 PM (G6U3l)

But dogs are okay?!?!? That right there is enough to make me hate Islam with the heat of a thousand suns. I mean, even without all the murdering and raping and raging and other malfeasance.

And once again, King Baraka Obama can kiss my lazy white ass.

Posted by: tcn at October 22, 2013 07:44 PM (fwcEs)

411 100 Re the article on the HS allowing ambulance drivers to refuse to take terminally ill folks to the hospital if their directive says that they want to die at home... My mother was in a nursing home and did not want to die in a hospital. Actually, she didn't want to die in the nursing home either, but was in too much pain to go home and I could not have managed the situation alone, so she remained in the nursing home. She had made her peace with death. She knew it was upon her and she had been making peace with the family for days. Then, late one night, she became frightened. She wanted to go to the hospital and I told the nursing home to call the ambulance. At the hospital, of course there was nothing they could do. She had since calmed a bit, again accepting her fate, but was still quite uneasy. The doctors and nurses pulled me aside and said that it's normal. That the drive in humans is to live and that whether one has accepted their fate or not, most do not simply lay down and take it. My mother went home that night and died just a few days later as I was holding her hand. She was on Medicare and, sure, there was a cost associated with her visit to the hospital that night, but there's no way in hell I would ever have denied her, or anyone else struggling for a final reprieve, that last desperate quest. It's inhumane to tell a person with the capacity to plead for help that they might get it.... if only they hadn't signed that piece of paper. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 22, 2013 10:15 PM (DmNpO) Don't let that sick fuck jwest here that story.

Posted by: Buzzion at October 22, 2013 07:45 PM (YnDfQ)

412 In the time of sharia law, there shall be no Internet. All shall be as it was in time of the Prophet. Western "progress" shall be destroyed.

Posted by: Boko Haram at October 22, 2013 07:45 PM (G6U3l)

413 I guess Yankeefifth won't love me any more now..... Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22 oh now don't you go sayin silly things, nothing that we cannot solve with a bottle of scotch.

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 07:45 PM (Z9EHQ)

414 no, dogs are haram in Islam too.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at October 22, 2013 07:46 PM (d7tB2)

415 403 As far as unusual/exotic meats go, I've tried: Squirrel Rattlesnake Alligator ...and Rocky Mountain Oysters. Out of those four, alligator is the only one I'd try again. Posted by: Captain Whitebread at October 22, 2013 11:42 PM (5J54Q) --I had gator when I was at FSU. Also elk, kudu, oryx, springbok, zebra, and some creature from the Amazon whose name escapes me in my buzziness. Zebra was the best: tender and delicious.

Posted by: logprof at October 22, 2013 07:46 PM (4BA+Y)

416 I'm sure they think it's funny. I've grown very tired of it.

Posted by: Jeff B. at October 22, 2013 09:50 PM (n/+FT)

BAN HIM.

BAN HIM NOW.

(You should know better. You and Barabara Streisand)

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Ecclesiates 9:11) at October 22, 2013 07:47 PM (lAZep)

417 MissTammy lurk? does marylin monroe sit in the corner unnoticed? Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 11:43 PM (Z9EHQ) I am trying to decide if you're complimenting me, or accusing me of always needing to be the center of attention... and I'll have you know, I do sometimes lurk, so do not answer that!

DamnDirty Rhino lured me in with the music thread.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 07:47 PM (B3K4S)

418 TCN, you mock strong Islamic king. This is forbidden under the sharia, which Barack Obama shall bring to America shortly.

Posted by: Boko Haram at October 22, 2013 07:48 PM (G6U3l)

419 Posted by: logprof at October 22, 2013 11:46 PM (4BA+Y)

It's mostly how it's prepared.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Ecclesiates 9:11) at October 22, 2013 07:48 PM (lAZep)

420 Rattlesnake
Alligator
...and Rocky Mountain Oysters.

All of these, but not squirrel. I did eat an armadillo once though.

RMO's are good eatin'. If you're ordering them at a bar, though, try not to teabag 'em while others are watching

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at October 22, 2013 07:48 PM (d7tB2)

421 Anybody know who's swinging the big hammer tonight? We actually have a decently-skilled spammer on, or else a completely grabastic and unorganized troll. 4BA+Y tHXgZ

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at October 22, 2013 07:48 PM (un8zR)

422 Anyone ever try guinea pig (cuy s.america)? Its some tasty rodent.

Posted by: fastfreefall at October 22, 2013 07:48 PM (Tz35j)

423 Where I live there are dozens of feral cats. There was one cat in particular that I always liked I named him George because he had a very large face which reminded me of George Foreman.

George would always come up the back steps of the deck and lay about in the sun.

My dogs used to go crazy when they saw George but he wouldn't flinch he would just kind of shrug and laugh in his cat way and say stupid dogs you got nothing on me.

I always tried to lure him in to the house when the weather turned bad but his feral ways would not allow it.

Last winter on a particularly cold snap I tried repeatedly to get him to come inside or go into the shed, I had left the door open and left food on the floor but he would not go inside. His feral ways would not allow him to.

I found him frozen stiff the next day.

I wrapped him in burlap and buried him in the bog in my backyard.

That was very sad almost as sad as my dad passing in many respects because it didn't have to happen.

Posted by: Kreplach at October 22, 2013 07:48 PM (dwtaK)

424 Hey Miss Tammy, Mrs. Crank is preggers! We go for the ultrasound tomorrow afternoon.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at October 22, 2013 07:49 PM (sQ0LB)

425 402 381 I've never eaten possum, but I have eaten squirrel once. ONCE.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at October 22, 2013 11:37 PM (5J54Q)

Once is ENOUGH!

Bastid!

Posted by: Morrocco Mole at October 22, 2013 11:42 PM (LpbKr)

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Yeah!!!

Posted by: Rocky at October 22, 2013 07:49 PM (PlzOe)

426 Truth be told, I prefer vodka. If truth be really told, my drink of choice is Dr. Pepper. And I love iced tea, but I am terribly picky about it, so I usually just get Dr. Pepper or Co-Cola.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 07:49 PM (B3K4S)

427 I am trying to decide if you're complimenting me, or accusing me of always needing to be the center of attention... and I'll have you know, I do sometimes lurk, so do not answer that! DamnDirty Rhino lured me in with the music thread. Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22 oh now, you know precisely what I meant and do not even pretend otherwise - MissTammy does not ever have to be the center of attention but she is not ever able to avoid being the center of attention.

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 07:49 PM (Z9EHQ)

428 4BA+Y is logprof, not a spammer or troll. And he's already been banned once before for I-don't-know-what.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at October 22, 2013 07:49 PM (d7tB2)

429 Hey Miss Tammy, Mrs. Crank is preggers! We go for the ultrasound tomorrow afternoon. Posted by: Conservative Crank at October 22, 2013 11:49 PM (sQ0LB) Oh, how WONDERFUL! Oh, congratulations!!!! You must be on top of the world!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 07:51 PM (B3K4S)

430 Halloween costume for neighborhood party Thinking about going as Lady Liberty and having hubby go as NPS with a traffic cone to block me off

Posted by: Thunderb at October 22, 2013 07:51 PM (zOTsN)

431 It's inhumane to tell a person with the capacity to plead for help that they might get it.... if only they hadn't signed that piece of paper. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 22, 2013 10:15 PM (DmNpO) Don't let that sick fuck jwest here that story. Posted by: Buzzion at October 22, 2013 11:45 PM (YnDfQ) jwest, The Granny Slayer, is all heart wanting to put people on government healthcare, and then is a stone-colder killer once he decides his compassion now costs too much. He told us here a few days ago how he made big bucks investing funeral homes. No wonder he wants the death trains to start rolling.

Posted by: eman at October 22, 2013 07:51 PM (AO9UG)

432 In the future, everybody will be banned.

Posted by: Kreplach at October 22, 2013 07:51 PM (dwtaK)

433 There's a restaraunt here in the hippie part of town that's supposedly high end. The Craftwood Inn. They specialize in odd fare like roast gerbils in cheese and neck of ostrich and the like.

Very expensive place, like $100/plate stuff.

Tastes like shit. lol.

Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 07:52 PM (x3YFz)

434 Thinking about going as Lady Liberty and having hubby go as NPS with a traffic cone to block me off

Posted by: Thunderb at October 22, 2013 11:51 PM (zOTsN)

Hah!

Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 07:53 PM (x3YFz)

435 415 no, dogs are haram in Islam too.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at October 22, 2013 11:46 PM (d7tB2)

Guess the Asshat-in-Chief isn't a very good little Muslim after all.

Posted by: tcn at October 22, 2013 07:53 PM (fwcEs)

436 Thinking about going as Lady Liberty and having hubby go as NPS with a traffic cone to block me off Posted by: Thunderb at October 22, 2013 11:51 PM (zOTsN) EPIC. And congratulations, Conservative Crank!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at October 22, 2013 07:53 PM (CA2NO)

437

Oh, how WONDERFUL! Oh, congratulations!!!! You must be on top of the world!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 11:51 PM (B3K4S)

I am! Hopefully she will be more excited once the puking stops. It's messing her up something good so far.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at October 22, 2013 07:53 PM (sQ0LB)

438 427 Truth be told, I prefer vodka. If truth be really told, my drink of choice is Dr. Pepper. And I love iced tea, but I am terribly picky about it, so I usually just get Dr. Pepper or Co-Cola. For me, it's Mountain Dew (also known as The Elixir Of Life). I seldom drink alcohol.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at October 22, 2013 07:53 PM (5J54Q)

439 no, dogs are haram in Islam too.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo

to eat, right

Posted by: Jean at October 22, 2013 07:54 PM (CMlD4)

440 Dog is unclean. Cannot be eaten, some can be kept to guard sheep and goats.

Posted by: Boko Haram at October 22, 2013 07:54 PM (G6U3l)

441 Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 11:49 PM (Z9EHQ) Oh, you are entirely too sweet! But no one would look twice at me now. I"m skin and bone and my hair is falling out. I swear to God, I'm pining away. Actually pining away, like some maudlin Victorian chick. You need to quit working so hard, and make sure Mrs Yankeefifth isn't lonesome.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 07:54 PM (B3K4S)

442 Thanks MWR! I first posted 2 nights ago I think, I thought most of the regulars had heard by now.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at October 22, 2013 07:54 PM (sQ0LB)

443 Yeah!!! Posted by: Rocky at October 22, 2013 11:49 PM (PlzOe Pfft. You liked it and you know it. Those flying goggles don't hide the shame!

Posted by: Morrocco Mole at October 22, 2013 07:54 PM (LpbKr)

444 431 Halloween costume for neighborhood party
Thinking about going as Lady Liberty and having hubby go as NPS with a traffic cone to block me off

Please tell me he will have one of those blue-and-white "HELLO My Name Is" tags with "Barry Cade" written in the white part.

Posted by: Splunge at October 22, 2013 07:54 PM (bKA83)

445 How hard would it be for a Tea Party site to set up a kickstarter type section on their site?

So unknown candidates can see if they have a shot?

As long as the credit card verification works that should be legal.

It may not be, but it should be.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 22, 2013 07:54 PM (JawqV)

446 I am! Hopefully she will be more excited once the puking stops. It's messing her up something good so far.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at October 22, 2013 11:53 PM (sQ0LB)

Just wait until the little snapper is a teenager and she sees her grocery bills.

Posted by: tcn at October 22, 2013 07:54 PM (fwcEs)

447 433 In the future, everybody will be banned.

Posted by: Kreplach at October 22, 2013 11:51 PM (dwtaK)

====

come on and joooooiiiiinnnn together, come on and joooooiiiiiinnn together, join together with the banned.

Posted by: jc at October 22, 2013 07:54 PM (PlzOe)

448 For me, it's Mountain Dew (also known as The Elixir Of Life). I seldom drink alcohol.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at October 22, 2013 11:53 PM (5J54Q)

Code Red

Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 07:55 PM (x3YFz)

449 She has all my sympathies! The very idea of morning sickness was enough to swear me off having kids. (Among other things!) We will need regular updates!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 07:55 PM (B3K4S)

450 Hopefully she will be more excited once the puking stops. It's messing her up something good so far. ----------- CC, next time she's puking, tell her its for a good cause, smile andoffer her a glass of water. You'll be a real gent

Posted by: fastfreefall at October 22, 2013 07:55 PM (Tz35j)

451 Alan Grayson is saying the Tea Party is the new KKK.

If John McCain or any other "republican" agrees--

It's long past time to get rid of the GOP banner.

Posted by: Null at October 22, 2013 07:55 PM (xjpRj)

452 440 no, dogs are haram in Islam too. Posted by: boulder toilet hobo to eat, right Posted by: Jean at October 22, 2013 11:54 PM (CMlD4) Or pet I believe. If your religion forbids petting dogs then buh-bye.

Posted by: RWC at October 22, 2013 07:56 PM (LpbKr)

453 I seldom drink alcohol.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at October 22, 2013 11:53 PM (5J54Q)

Then just what DO you do with it?

Posted by: tcn at October 22, 2013 07:56 PM (fwcEs)

454 If you prick us, do we not bleed? if you tickle us, do we not laugh? if you poison us, do we not die? and if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?

Posted by: a troll, a bannable troll; 'do' a deer a female deer at October 22, 2013 07:57 PM (tHXgZ)

455 In the time of sharia law, there shall be no Internet. All shall be as it was in time of the Prophet. Western "progress" shall be destroyed. Posted by: Boko Haram So will 'sockpuppeting,' kafir.

Posted by: Beaucoup Haram[/i] [/b] at October 22, 2013 07:57 PM (AA6QE)

456 Alan Grayson is saying the Tea Party is the new KKK.

If John McCain or any other "republican" agrees--

It's long past time to get rid of the GOP banner.

Alan Grayson is a self absorbed carpetbagging pile of shit.

Not disagreeing with you, just thought it should be said.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 22, 2013 07:57 PM (JawqV)

457 452 Alan Grayson is saying the Tea Party is the new KKK.

Alan Grayson is Anthony Weiner by another name. He needs to start tweeting pictures of his "manhood", stat. But, having observed the guy, I'm not sure he'll be sending it to girls.

Posted by: Splunge at October 22, 2013 07:57 PM (bKA83)

458 LOL, jc! I haven't heard that song in ages! I'd kinda like to open a funeral home; a no-frills, don't-rip-people-off, plain and simple and dignified kind of place. And no dang embalming. Jews and Muslims have the right idea...just get 'em in the ground already.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 07:58 PM (B3K4S)

459 Alan Grayson is Anthony Weiner by another name. He needs to start tweeting pictures of his "manhood", stat. But, having observed the guy, I'm not sure he'll be sending it to girls.

Posted by: Splunge at October 22, 2013 11:57 PM (bKA83)

I'm not entirely sure he knows what that is. He sure doesn't act like anything I would call a man.

Posted by: tcn at October 22, 2013 07:58 PM (fwcEs)

460 RWC, my mind was somewhere lets just say worse

Posted by: Jean at October 22, 2013 07:58 PM (CMlD4)

461 But, having observed the guy, I'm not sure he'll be sending it to girls.

Sheep?

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at October 22, 2013 07:59 PM (d7tB2)

462 Crank Tell her to drink water, and keep soda crackers in her purse. Have nuts and nibbles available.

Posted by: Thunderb at October 22, 2013 07:59 PM (zOTsN)

463 just get 'em in the ground already.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 11:58 PM (B3K4S)

You could work with the Trappists who make those very cool caskets. Could be the high end of the business.

Posted by: tcn at October 22, 2013 07:59 PM (fwcEs)

464 Tastes like shit. lol.

Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 11:52 PM (x3YFz)

Never tasted shit myself (nor roast gerbils in cheese), but I thank you for your advice to stay away.

Posted by: NC Ref at October 22, 2013 07:59 PM (Myqtp)

465 Then just what DO you do with it? Posted by: tcn at October 22, 2013 11:56 PM (fwcEs) I'd tell you, but Ace wants us to keep things calm around here.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at October 22, 2013 07:59 PM (5J54Q)

466 I have never had a Mountain Dew. Red Bull, on the other hand.....

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 07:59 PM (B3K4S)

467 Apparently, Al Gore is about to come on Kimmel... I was just flipping chi annals and heard. I may open a beer and subject myself -just to see what the windbag has to say

Posted by: shredded chi at October 22, 2013 08:00 PM (jRs7b)

468 Comedy Central has a new program, @Midnight, that's coming on now. I stumbled on to it last night and it was pretty entertaining.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 22, 2013 08:00 PM (DmNpO)

469 462 But, having observed the guy, I'm not sure he'll be sending it to girls.

Sheep?

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at October 22, 2013 11:59 PM (d7tB2)

*quietly leaves the room*

Posted by: the chicken at October 22, 2013 08:00 PM (x3YFz)

470 Thanks MWR! I first posted 2 nights ago I think, I thought most of the regulars had heard by now. Posted by: Conservative Crank at October 22, 2013 11:54 PM (sQ0LB) I have been regrettably incommunicado the last few nights here at the HQ, so I must have missed it.

But I'm glad I know now!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at October 22, 2013 08:00 PM (CA2NO)

471 For the morning sickness? Oyster crackers in a little ziplock bag. Don't stop noshing--if it is going down, it ain't comin' up. And sips of water, just plain.

My sister also ate tiny pieces of ginger root. That's safe for preggers, and other illin' folk.

Posted by: tcn at October 22, 2013 08:01 PM (fwcEs)

472 test test testing my keyboard to see if it has recovered from a coffee spill seems okay

Posted by: eman at October 22, 2013 08:01 PM (AO9UG)

473 You could work with the Trappists who make those very cool caskets. Posted by: tcn at October 22, 2013 11:59 PM (fwcEs) Those are beautiful! Thor's best friend got one for his dad. I'd never seen one before.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 08:01 PM (B3K4S)

474 Never tasted shit myself (nor roast gerbils in cheese), but I thank you for your advice to stay away.

Posted by: NC Ref at October 22, 2013 11:59 PM (Myqtp)

Don't sweat it. HHS is making a nice sandwich for you as we speak.

Posted by: Chef Sebelius at October 22, 2013 08:02 PM (x3YFz)

475 Yeah!!!
Posted by: Rocky at October 22, 2013 11:49 PM
Huh?

Posted by: rocky balboa at October 22, 2013 08:02 PM (tHXgZ)

476 Posted by: Captain Whitebread at October 22, 2013 11:53 PM (5J54Q) Code Red Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 11:55 PM (x3YFz) Naw, the purple one. Not so thick in the sugary thickness.. And Ginseng!

Posted by: RWC at October 22, 2013 08:02 PM (LpbKr)

477 Hows this for a funeral home concept: Goodfellas Funeral Services. A caddy with a big trunk, body wrapped in sheets of plastic (save on the price of casket), some bags of lime,picks, shovels and the funeral party gets in on the action. I bet this would fly in Vegas

Posted by: fastfreefall at October 22, 2013 08:02 PM (Tz35j)

478 *sigh* Tis after midnight here on the East coast. You know what that means? It means this Hobbit is 34 years old. *looks around* Yep. Country still sucks.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at October 22, 2013 08:03 PM (CA2NO)

479 Those are beautiful! Thor's best friend got one for his dad. I'd never seen one before.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 23, 2013 12:01 AM (B3K4S)

I'm thinking of getting one now, and using it as a coffee table or something. They are really gorgeous. Works of art.

Posted by: tcn at October 22, 2013 08:03 PM (fwcEs)

480 Happy Birthday!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 22, 2013 08:03 PM (DmNpO)

481

My response to pusillanimous RINO twats who sermonize about civility and reaching across the aisle will be simply two words.....

Alan Grayson

Posted by: Reggie1971 at October 22, 2013 08:03 PM (S11Oq)

482 He needs to start tweeting pictures of his "manhood", stat.

He may need to invest in a Keyence scope.

http://tinyurl.com/q4zsl3x

Posted by: d-CON at October 22, 2013 08:03 PM (okL9f)

483 479 *sigh*

Tis after midnight here on the East coast. You know what that means? It means this Hobbit is 34 years old.

*looks around*

Yep. Country still sucks.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea at October 23, 2013 12:03 AM (CA2NO)

Merry Birthday!

Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 08:04 PM (x3YFz)

484 happy birthday, MWR

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at October 22, 2013 08:04 PM (d7tB2)

485 MWR happy birthday!

Posted by: Thunderb at October 22, 2013 08:04 PM (zOTsN)

486 WOOOHOOO!!!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MWR!!! A mere infant......

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 08:04 PM (B3K4S)

487 429 4BA+Y is logprof, not a spammer or troll. And he's already been banned once before for I-don't-know-what. Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at October 22, 2013 11:49 PM (d7tB2) --I still don't know, either.

Posted by: logprof at October 22, 2013 08:04 PM (4BA+Y)

488 MissTammy is the second person to use maudlin on this thread. Are you not well these days? pining for Thor?

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 08:04 PM (Z9EHQ)

489

CC, next time she's puking, tell her its for a good cause, smile andoffer her a glass of water. You'll be a real gent

Posted by: fastfreefall at October 22, 2013 11:55 PM (Tz35j)

She'd rather me write her another prescription for Zofran, but at $5 a pill, we're trying to ration them.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at October 22, 2013 08:05 PM (sQ0LB)

490 HBD MWR

Posted by: logprof at October 22, 2013 08:05 PM (4BA+Y)

491 MWR: Congrats, youngster! Is it time for cake yet?

Posted by: RovingCopyEditor at October 22, 2013 08:05 PM (vRdWg)

492 Happy Bday MWR!

Posted by: fastfreefall at October 22, 2013 08:05 PM (Tz35j)

493

I guess the closest I've come to the moment of death was my old Siamese cat, who died in my arms of natural causes (old age). Every time I tried to leave her in the kitty bed I'd made her, she'd grip my finger - really. She didn't want me to leave.
My mom waited until my dad, sister, and I had left her room for the night before she passed away, which may have been for the best as I was really not ready for her to go. Posted by: Y-not at October 22, 2013 10:23 PM (5H6zj)

............................Y-not, my Grandma, who passed away 3 yrs ago at almost 104 did the same w/ my aunt. My aunt spent the last several days w/ her 24/7, sleeping there. Grandma passed after my aunt fell asleep after midnight one night.

As for cats, here's my weird Sally the cat story. We got home from vacation, wife goes in and comes out saying "I think Sally's dead". I go in, she's laying under the coffeetable, no breathing evident and cold, no heartbeat.

I go dig a hole in the backyard, pick her up to carry her out and as we get to the backdoor I hear a noise! Stop and check again for breathing, heartbeat, nothing. We decide it's just air escaping from a dead body being moved, as we'd heard of.

I lay her down in the cold ground, prepare to cover her and then she moves! Take her inside, lay her down and start petting her, talking to her. She revives enough to see visible breathes, but nothing more. After a few minutes I realize it is her time and it's best to let her go. Se lasted a few more minutes and was gone.

I'm convinced she hung on as best she could till we got home. Then my touch helped to bring her back just a bit. It was comforting and helped us w/ her loss. (Other than the fact I almost buried her alive!)

Posted by: The Farmer at October 22, 2013 08:05 PM (0R7Os)

494 461 RWC, my mind was somewhere lets just say worse Posted by: Jean at October 22, 2013 11:58 PM (CMlD4) Gotcha.

Posted by: RWC at October 22, 2013 08:05 PM (LpbKr)

495 Happy Birthday, MWR!

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at October 22, 2013 08:06 PM (5J54Q)

496 Arigatou, fellow Horders. I keep having to remind myself my bday is today, not next week. I blame the shut down.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at October 22, 2013 08:06 PM (CA2NO)

497 I'm thinking of getting one now, and using it as a coffee table or something. Posted by: tcn at October 23, 2013 12:03 AM (fwcEs) Hah, Thor and I are both Scorpios, so that'd be perfect for us! Problem is, the way things are going these days, I'd be tempted to shove him in it for real!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 08:06 PM (B3K4S)

498 489 MissTammy is the second person to use maudlin on this thread. Are you not well these days? pining for Thor? Posted by: yankeefifth at October 23, 2013 12:04 AM (Z9EHQ) http://youtu.be/cLFlNDsGrFQ

Posted by: logprof at October 22, 2013 08:06 PM (4BA+Y)

499 34??? I remember those days.

Happy Birthday MWR!!!

Posted by: RWC at October 22, 2013 08:07 PM (LpbKr)

500 Mrs.YankeeFifth is a little more old school about my working habits, less of 'we should spend more time together" and more "hey, turn off your effin alarm and get to work - bitch."

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 08:07 PM (Z9EHQ)

501 I bet this would fly in Vegas

The desert outside Vegas has been a people farm since the 50's. The mob has been stacking them for decades due to lack of space.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 22, 2013 08:07 PM (l5zzX)

502 Happy Birthday MWR! Here's hoping for an abundance of trampolines and brownies, and death to the face-hugging spiders!

Posted by: Conservative Crank at October 22, 2013 08:07 PM (sQ0LB)

503 Ah, Farmer.... she wanted to say goodbye!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 08:08 PM (B3K4S)

504 497 Arigatou, fellow Horders. I keep having to remind myself my bday is today, not next week. I blame the shut down. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea at October 23, 2013 12:06 AM (CA2NO) Bullshit. It wasn't the shut down. CRUUUUUUUUUUUZ!!!!

Posted by: RWC at October 22, 2013 08:08 PM (LpbKr)

505 501 Mrs.YankeeFifth is a little more old school about my working habits, less of 'we should spend more time together" and more "hey, turn off your effin alarm and get to work - bitch."

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 23, 2013 12:07 AM (Z9EHQ)

It's cyclic. If I work too much I'm not spending enough time, if I spend time I'm not working enough.

They do it to keep us guessing.

Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 08:08 PM (x3YFz)

506 it is why all those buildings are so tall, can't go horizontal.

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 08:08 PM (Z9EHQ)

507 Alles Gute zum Geburtstag, MWR.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 22, 2013 08:08 PM (JawqV)

508 It's cyclic. If I work too much I'm not spending enough time, if I spend time I'm not working enough. They do it to keep us guessing. Posted by: tangonine at October 23, 2 yeah that is the politically correct answer, in the fifties it was called crazy.

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 08:09 PM (Z9EHQ)

509 Posted by: yankeefifth at October 23, 2013 12:07 AM (Z9EHQ) It's just an act! How are the escape plans coming along??

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 08:10 PM (B3K4S)

510 They specialize in odd fare like roast gerbils in cheese Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 11:52 PM (x3YFz) That's not cheeseÂ…

Posted by: Richard Gere at October 22, 2013 08:10 PM (Vk2pI)

511 yeah that is the politically correct answer, in the fifties it was called crazy.

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 23, 2013 12:09 AM (Z9EHQ)

She's watching me post. And, I have to sleep sometime.

Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 08:10 PM (x3YFz)

512 Hah, Thor and I are both Scorpios

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 23, 2013 12:06 AM (B3K4S)

Them crazy scorpios.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Div at October 22, 2013 08:11 PM (FMbng)

513 Happy Birthday MWR! Here's hoping for an abundance of trampolines and brownies, and death to the face-hugging spiders! Posted by: Conservative Crank at October 23, 2013 12:07 AM (sQ0LB) I'll drink to that! Specifically I will drink something hot, because it is literally freezing outside. *shiver* Winter's coming, and I don't mean that in a "game of Thrones" way. And alas, with that, this Hobbit must head to bed. ^_^ Y'all be good now and don't break the blog!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at October 22, 2013 08:12 PM (CA2NO)

514 And just for MWR's birthday: http://youtu.be/SiXCZ-Ew0b0

Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 22, 2013 08:13 PM (JawqV)

515 All right, I'm out, gonna crash at the hotel for a few hours before my 7 am meeting. Good night horde, and welcome back Miss Tammy!

Posted by: Conservative Crank at October 22, 2013 08:13 PM (sQ0LB)

516 It's cyclic. If I work too much I'm not spending enough time, if I spend time I'm not working enough. Not with me. I didn't want him to take this god damned job; we were supposed to be retiring. Now he's either at the office or in his home office downstairs and I never see him. He fucking sleeps in there half the time.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 08:13 PM (B3K4S)

517 Damn Farmer and Y--Not I must be allergic to you two.

Posted by: RWC at October 22, 2013 08:13 PM (LpbKr)

518 Night Crank, and congrats again!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 08:13 PM (B3K4S)

519 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Div at October 23, 2013 12:11 AM (FMbng) LOL!! What's up with your new nic?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 08:14 PM (B3K4S)

520 Night MWR! Sweet birthday dreams!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 08:15 PM (B3K4S)

521 ooooops, its later than I thought, gotta run to the gym. y'all come back now - especially MissTammy.

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 22, 2013 08:15 PM (Z9EHQ)

522 Night yankee! Good grief, the gym at midnight???

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 08:15 PM (B3K4S)

523 Happy Birthday, Planet Earth! http://tinyurl.com/qcq92pw

Posted by: rickl at October 22, 2013 08:16 PM (sdi6R)

524 479 *sigh*

Tis after midnight here on the East coast. You know what that means? It means this Hobbit is 34 years old.

*looks around*

Yep. Country still sucks.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea at October 23, 2013 12:03 AM (CA2NO)

Happy Birthday to You!

Happy Birthday, dear MWR!

Watch out for the Death Panels!

Posted by: cthulhu at October 22, 2013 08:17 PM (T1005)

525 Good evening Horde. Friends had their house broken into yesterday. They're insured so they'll get all of their stuff replaced, but they're pretty upset. Jerk thieves.

Posted by: Gingy at October 22, 2013 08:20 PM (TnsBL)

526 526 Good evening Horde. Friends had their house broken into yesterday. They're insured so they'll get all of their stuff replaced, but they're pretty upset. Jerk thieves.

Posted by: Gingy at October 23, 2013 12:20 AM (TnsBL)

That sucks. What kind of area are they in? Is it out in the country, or were there neighbors around?

Posted by: cthulhu at October 22, 2013 08:21 PM (T1005)

527 I am thinking that somehow Ted Cruz is responsible for those dead oarfish that beached in Oceanside and Catalina and now portend doom and major earthquakes for So Cal.

Posted by: Keena at October 22, 2013 08:24 PM (RiTnx)

528 Gingy, that really does suck. We had that happen once and it takes a long time to get over.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 08:28 PM (B3K4S)

529 It's a very nice neighborhood, in fact, Dave grew up a few blocks south of there. He says the problem is likely because of it's proximity to the light rail. It was during the daytime, while they were both at work.

Posted by: Gingy (phone) at October 22, 2013 08:29 PM (8emxS)

530 Awright, I'm gonna haul my redheaded, squirrel-eatin' hillbilly ass off to bed now. Twas lovely "seeing" y'all again! Sleep sweet!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 08:30 PM (B3K4S)

531 so someone found a link to a database of the Obamacare exchange rates

Remember they don't want anyone to see these rates without giving your personal information so their will be an accompanying subsidy. But someone fucked up.

http://is.gd/6M9Lbj

Posted by: Jose at October 22, 2013 08:31 PM (zc/sw)

532 Amazing! Bob Beckel said on The Five that the White House should delay Obamacare, and immediately got a call from the White House reprimanding him. This administration's casual use of power is chilling, but not as much as the fact that it is never called on it.

Posted by: Boone at October 22, 2013 08:31 PM (tIyK2)

533 Home Internet went out, this is such a pain on my phone. Good night, Horde.

Posted by: Gingy (phone) at October 22, 2013 08:33 PM (8emxS)

534 Goodnight, Tammy

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 22, 2013 08:34 PM (DmNpO)

535 Zebra was the best: tender and delicious. Posted by: logprof at October 22, 2013 11:46 PM (4BA+Y) Yannow, I think some Wildebeest Helper would go good right about now. If truth be really told, my drink of choice is Dr. Pepper. And I love iced tea, but I am terribly picky about it, so I usually just get Dr. Pepper or Co-Cola. Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at October 22, 2013 11:49 PM (B3K4S) I'm very much the same way- Dr Pepper is the preferred soft drink. I'm partial to the Diet- still sorta tastes like the 'real' stuff, but since I'm supposed to watch the sugars I imbibe... Iced tea is the poison of choice, though. No lemon, no sweetener, no "flavors", and strong enough to make your hair stand on end. By the quart.

Posted by: Bill H at October 22, 2013 08:34 PM (3sZO1)

536 G'Night, Miss Tammy.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 22, 2013 08:35 PM (JawqV)

537

Posted by: Jose at October 23, 2013 12:31 AM (zc/sw)

The Health insurance companies also have rates on their sites.... and how much subsidy you get .... without having to put in the information....

Because I leave a lot of money in the business... and only take out what I need.... it turns out I could get 3600 worth of subsidy for myself on a silver plan... but I don't need it as I'm retired Navy...

Whole thing is about Wealth redistribution.... and the YOUNG need to be warned..

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 22, 2013 08:39 PM (lZBBB)

538 This administration's casual use of power is chilling, but not as much as the fact that it is never called on it. Posted by: Boone at October 23, 2013 12:31 AM (tIyK2) Ask the CIA Station Chief in Pakistan (was it 2009 0r10?). Everybody assumed it was the ISI that outed him, but from what I have been reading it was the fucking WH that wanted to score points in Pakistan and delay anything that got close to UBL.

Posted by: Ma Bell at October 22, 2013 08:40 PM (RLdcX)

539 502 I bet this would fly in Vegas

The desert outside Vegas has been a people farm since the 50's. The mob has been stacking them for decades due to lack of space.
Posted by: Purp at October 23, 2013 12:07 AM

A lotta holes in that desert ain't been filled yet!

Posted by: Nicky Santoro at October 22, 2013 08:41 PM (aTXUx)

540 532 so someone found a link to a database of the Obamacare exchange rates Remember they don't want anyone to see these rates without giving your personal information so their will be an accompanying subsidy. But someone fucked up. http://is.gd/6M9Lbj Posted by: Jose at October 23, 2013 12:31 AM (zc/sw) --Um, somebody best screencap that shit before it gets disappeared.

Posted by: logprof at October 22, 2013 08:42 PM (4BA+Y)

541 Iced tea is the poison of choice, though. No lemon, no sweetener, no "flavors", and strong enough to make your hair stand on end. By the quart.

Posted by: Bill H at October 23, 2013 12:34 AM (3sZO1)

Wife got me going on apple cider vinegar (1 tbsp in a glass) with ice cubes and lime. At first, it was tough going, but within a week I was craving it.

Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 08:43 PM (x3YFz)

542 In the spirit of keeping the blog boring this week

Anyone want to talk about the Interstate Highway numbering system?

Posted by: kbdabear at October 22, 2013 08:44 PM (aTXUx)

543 Hi, nightowls; fwiw, linked in nic, a 2nd, but still not-quite-final release of a vid compilation of scenes from the Million Vet March. Uploaded anyway, because, who knows, I may never get the final version done. It's like, eat desert first; you may not live through dinner, right? Darn. Now I want pie.

Posted by: mindful "Cecil B. de" webworker at October 22, 2013 08:44 PM (U13jb)

544 BREAKING: Direct link to healthcare.gov's pricing and plan data discovered, no registration or log-in required to access: https://data.healthcare.gov/dataset/QHP-Individual-Medical-Landscape/ba45-xusy

Posted by: DavidR at October 22, 2013 08:46 PM (m0mFH)

545
Posted by: Jose at October 23, 2013 12:31 AM (zc/sw)

--Um, somebody best screencap that shit before it gets disappeared.

Posted by: logprof at October 23, 2013 12:42 AM (4BA+Y)

Downloaded as an excel file. w00t.

Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 08:46 PM (x3YFz)

546 541 532 so someone found a link to a database of the Obamacare exchange rates Remember they don't want anyone to see these rates without giving your personal information so their will be an accompanying subsidy. But someone fucked up. http://is.gd/6M9Lbj Posted by: Jose at October 23, 2013 12:31 AM (zc/sw) --Um, somebody best screencap that shit before it gets disappeared. Posted by: logprof at October 23, 2013 12:42 AM (4BA+Y) Any way to save that. I'm on a tablet so pretty limited.

Posted by: RWC at October 22, 2013 08:47 PM (LpbKr)

547 Anyone want to talk about the Interstate Highway numbering system? Posted by: kbdabear at October 23, 2013 12:44 AM (aTXUx) Well, they wanted to name RT. 66 into RT. 60, problem was there already was a Rt. 60

Posted by: Ma Bell at October 22, 2013 08:48 PM (RLdcX)

548 meant to say "rename"

Posted by: Ma Bell at October 22, 2013 08:50 PM (RLdcX)

549 I guess tangonine did it. WOOT is right.

Posted by: RWC at October 22, 2013 08:50 PM (LpbKr)

550 In the spirit of keeping the blog boring this week

Anyone want to talk about the Interstate Highway numbering system?

YES! I thought no one would ever ask.

/s

Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 22, 2013 08:51 PM (JawqV)

551 single 27 year old out $555 a month? hah.... good fucking luck with that.

Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 08:52 PM (x3YFz)

552 The person who found the healthcare.gov database link, as far back as I can track it, is on Twitter as "DC Dude": @JohnEkdahl @redsteeze Looks like the morons who tried to hide price data on HC dot gov behind a login screen didnÂ’t https://t.co/AI71GRmgMM https://twitter.com/DCDude1776/status/392838132644986880

Posted by: DavidR at October 22, 2013 08:52 PM (m0mFH)

553 550 I guess tangonine did it.

WOOT is right.

Posted by: RWC at October 23, 2013 12:50 AM (LpbKr)

I'll shoot it to Ace.

Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 08:53 PM (x3YFz)

554 I currently pay $500.00 per month for a family plan from United Healthcare.

Office copay is $30.00. $0.00 deductible.

Under Obozocare it's $1098.00 a month and a 12K deductible!!!!

A 120% percent increase in monthly premiums and a 10% tax on my gross salary.

How the fuck is this a better deal for me and my family?

My plan "qualifies" under Obozocare but what if it didn't?

The fact that the GOP can't run these numbers and come up with an effective strategy to attack this shit is sickening.

Posted by: Kreplach at October 22, 2013 08:53 PM (dwtaK)

555 A lotta holes in that desert ain't been filled yet! Posted by: Nicky Santoro at October 23, 2013 12:41 AM (aTXUx) Lotta "holes" in Congress, as wellÂ…

Posted by: The Political Hat at October 22, 2013 08:55 PM (Vk2pI)

556 The fact that the GOP can't run these numbers and come up with an effective strategy to attack this shit is sickening.

Posted by: Kreplach at October 23, 2013 12:53 AM (dwtaK)

Probably because the establishment GOP leadership can't count their balls and come up with the same number twice.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Div at October 22, 2013 08:57 PM (FMbng)

557 https://data.healthcare.gov/dataset/QHP-Individual-Medical-Landscape/ba45-xusy

Look for the lighter blue tab labelled "Export" near the top of the data table. Click that and you'll get a choice of what format to download the file in.

I chose "csv".

Many people should save it off so that there's always a file out there, somewhere.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 22, 2013 08:57 PM (JawqV)

558 557 The fact that the GOP can't run these numbers and come up with an effective strategy to attack this shit is sickening.

Posted by: Kreplach at October 23, 2013 12:53 AM (dwtaK)

Probably because the establishment GOP leadership can't count their balls and come up with the same number twice.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Div at October 23, 2013 12:57 AM (FMbng)

===

dividing by zero is undefined.

Posted by: jc at October 22, 2013 08:59 PM (PlzOe)

559 >>>Lotta "holes" in Congress, as wellÂ…

Posted by: The Political Hat at October 23, 2013 12:55 AM (Vk2pI)<<<

How you doin?

Posted by: Barbara Mikyukski at October 22, 2013 09:00 PM (/C6Mj)

560 kbd, I think, having spent almost a decade north of the 49th, one fascinating aspect of highway numbering is the synergy across borders. For example, MB Provincial Highway 59 (in Winnipeg, Lagimodiere Boulevard) becomes Federal Highway 59 in MN, and PH 75 (the main link from Winnipeg to the USA) immediately becomes Interstate 29, but just a hop, skip, and a jump over the border you can take ND Highway 59 through Pembina, thence over the Red River to link up with US 75 to go through Minnesota.

Posted by: logprof at October 22, 2013 09:01 PM (4BA+Y)

561 Many people should save it off so that there's always a file out there, somewhere.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 23, 2013 12:57 AM (JawqV)

wow just followed the link. its really rather chilling. I just got in from belated birthday party with bebe, where we all went out and ate dumb wonderful stuff in Sunset beach, and i see THIS.

im glad to get in on the discussion but the numbers give me heartburn

Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at October 22, 2013 09:01 PM (r7Ddb)

562 export as a JSON, with that and the XML schema I could have their website up by morning.

Posted by: Jean at October 22, 2013 09:02 PM (CMlD4)

563 562 Many people should save it off so that there's always a file out there, somewhere.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 23, 2013 12:57 AM (JawqV)

Oh, it goes on a USB flash drive.

Posted by: tangonine at October 22, 2013 09:03 PM (x3YFz)

564 >>>Many people should save it off so that there's always a file out there, somewhere.<<<

Yes. Yes. Please do.

Posted by: The NSA at October 22, 2013 09:03 PM (/C6Mj)

565 export as a JSON, with that and the XML schema I could have their website up by morning.

Not quite, your version would probably work.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 22, 2013 09:03 PM (JawqV)

566 as a pdf, its 2010 pages of data. So, I doubt its a spoof or a tarbaby, it might be old or outdated - but I suspect its real

Posted by: Jean at October 22, 2013 09:04 PM (CMlD4)

567 Yes. Yes. Please do.
Posted by: The NSA

Like you don't already know what I'll have for breakfast tomorrow.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 22, 2013 09:04 PM (JawqV)

568 >>>Like you don't already know what I'll have for breakfast tomorrow.<<<

Kaboom.

Posted by: The NSA at October 22, 2013 09:05 PM (/C6Mj)

569 ^{Someboy should tweet this to gabe and the various reporters so they can write some stories around it}

Posted by: Jean at October 22, 2013 09:06 PM (CMlD4)

570 kbd, I think, having spent almost a decade north of the 49th, one fascinating aspect of highway numbering is the synergy across borders. For example, MB Provincial Highway 59 (in Winnipeg, Lagimodiere Boulevard) becomes Federal Highway 59 in MN, and PH 75 (the main link from Winnipeg to the USA) immediately becomes Interstate 29, but just a hop, skip, and a jump over the border you can take ND Highway 59 through Pembina, thence over the Red River to link up with US 75 to go through Minnesota.

Posted by: logprof at October 23, 2013 01:01 AM (4BA+Y)

Highway 97 in British Columbia links up with the Alaska highway at its northern end in Dawson Creek, and it crosses the 49th at Osoyoos, BC/Omak, WA. It continues south through Washington, Oregon, and California as Hwy. 97, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 22, 2013 09:09 PM (60Q+L)

571 https://data.healthcare.gov/dataset/QHP-Individual-Medical-Landscape/ba45-xusy Look for the lighter blue tab labelled "Export" near the top of the data table. Click that and you'll get a choice of what format to download the file in. I chose "csv". Many people should save it off so that there's always a file out there, somewhere. Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 23, 2013 12:57 AM (JawqV) What exactly is this information?

Posted by: The Political Hat at October 22, 2013 09:09 PM (Vk2pI)

572 What exactly is this information?

The monthly premiums offered through the Obamacare exchanges in every state. The ones they don't want you to see without logging in first.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 22, 2013 09:11 PM (JawqV)

573 I love how single parent family pays about $300-400 less per month than a two parent family. Further destroy the family unit, all going as planned.

Posted by: mugiwara at October 22, 2013 09:13 PM (hpYnL)

574 What exactly is this information? The monthly premiums offered through the Obamacare exchanges in every state. The ones they don't want you to see without logging in first. Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 23, 2013 01:11 AM (JawqV) I see said the blindmanÂ…

Posted by: The Political Hat at October 22, 2013 09:13 PM (Vk2pI)

575 833/mon for an equivalent plan with a higher deductible and no dental, for me - thats 430/mon more.

Posted by: Jean at October 22, 2013 09:13 PM (CMlD4)

576 The fact that the GOP can't run these numbers and come up with an effective strategy to attack this shit is sickening.

All part of the plan, comrade...

Posted by: Cryin' John Boner's Hammer and Sickle tattoo at October 22, 2013 09:14 PM (eAY4A)

577 573 What exactly is this information?

The monthly premiums offered through the Obamacare exchanges in every state. The ones they don't want you to see without logging in first.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 23, 2013 01:11 AM (JawqV)

the craaaaazzzy prices they want ever living soul in the US to pay for health insurance. MY advice? go long on Top Ramen futures if they ever figure out how to sell and enforce this stuff. we wont have anything for food or aroof over the head after this SS and state and federal taxes

Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at October 22, 2013 09:14 PM (r7Ddb)

578 Is this nifty little table tool they stole without attribution. I like the views and filter tool if its embedded with no extra coding

Posted by: Jean at October 22, 2013 09:15 PM (CMlD4)

579 What exactly is this information? The monthly premiums offered through the Obamacare exchanges in every state. The ones they don't want you to see without logging in first. Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 23, 2013 01:11 AM (JawqV) I see said the blindmanÂ… Posted by: The Political Hat at October 23, 2013 01:13 AM (Vk2pI) FYI to everybody, it's for Federal exchange only.

Posted by: The Political Hat at October 22, 2013 09:16 PM (Vk2pI)

580 573 What exactly is this information?

The monthly premiums offered through the Obamacare exchanges in every state. The ones they don't want you to see without logging in first.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 23, 2013 01:11 AM (JawqV)

=== at least in Alaska (don't know elsewhere) it is sorted by the names of the boroughs (same as counties in other states). not much logic in the differing prices.

Posted by: jc at October 22, 2013 09:16 PM (PlzOe)

581 If you elect to do a JSON dump, reload it - it seems to dump the state of the file after you've filtered it.

Posted by: Jean at October 22, 2013 09:17 PM (CMlD4)

582 not much logic in the differing prices. Posted by: jc at October 23, 2013 01:16 AM (PlzOe) Logic? In Obamacare??? Why start now?

Posted by: The Political Hat at October 22, 2013 09:17 PM (Vk2pI)

583 You don't even get the nice little - your on a federal website so watch your language notice

Posted by: Jean at October 22, 2013 09:19 PM (CMlD4)

584 If that's real, a competent GOP would have no problem steam-rolling the DemCong next year. And running as a conservative is soooo hard; your opposition is running through a field of of growling chainsaws and rakes.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at October 22, 2013 09:19 PM (AA6QE)

585 583 not much logic in the differing prices.

Posted by: jc at October 23, 2013 01:16 AM (PlzOe)

Logic? In Obamacare???

Why start now?

Posted by: The Political Hat at October 23, 2013 01:17 AM (Vk2pI)

===touche.

Essay suggestion -- the people who vote left in the U.S. are unable to understand the concept of consequences.

Posted by: jc at October 22, 2013 09:20 PM (PlzOe)

586 https://data.healthcare.gov/developers/docs/local-help

Posted by: Generic Username [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 22, 2013 09:21 PM (qyfb5)

587 Heh, speaking of the highway numbers, I was geo-curious about the Pembina River since it enters the Red very close to the 49th, yet has an expansive valley in southern Manitoba. Wow, what a tortuous course it runs, following it on Mapquest.

Posted by: logprof at October 22, 2013 09:22 PM (4BA+Y)

588 Been hating on linux all night. Hi gushka!

Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 22, 2013 09:23 PM (qyfb5)

589 I did look for security warnings, I don't believe there was an attempt to secure this information. I think it's supposed to be public, they just haven't advertised it. There are probably laws requiring at least this *sort* of information to be available. I would need to look that up (you would think they would not care about that, but maybe someone does).

Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 22, 2013 09:25 PM (qyfb5)

590 As long as we agree that the St. Louis Cardinals are literally worse than Nazi Germany. Then, yes, you're right.

Posted by: Jeff B. at October 22, 2013 10:03 PM (n/+FT)

BAN HIM!!!!!

(jk)

Evening roonz and roonettez!

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 22, 2013 09:25 PM (xa1/W)

591 damn, 96% piracy rate on Volgarr the Viking. Game is really fun too

Posted by: The Dude at October 22, 2013 09:25 PM (vJdyz)

592 Hi gushka!

Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith at October 23, 2013 01:23 AM (qyfb5)

hi Mero! we had fun and we missed you tonight. we plotted going back up to the bay area, pretty soon and since it will be just grim and beeb and me we shall have time to hang out with friends and that means maybe a Mini MO Meetup!

Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at October 22, 2013 09:27 PM (r7Ddb)

593 Essay suggestion -- the people who vote left in the U.S. are unable to understand the concept of consequences. Posted by: jc at October 23, 2013 01:20 AM (PlzOe) Of course we do! We get free stuff because the 99% and stuff and we stick it to THE MAN and then everyone lives in a paradise and stuff just like in college when I worked on that medical pot co-op farm and then Obama gave me cool stuff that Daddy wouldn't pay for and I HATE Daddy for doing that so I just slept with every non-straight white cis-gendered male oppressor just to show him!!1! NO JUSTIC!!1! NO PIECE!!1!`~eleventy!!1! NO JUSTIC!!1! NO PIECE!!1!`~eleventy!!1! NO JUSTIC!!1! NO PIECE!!1!`~eleventy!!1! NO JUSTIC!!1! NO PIECE!!1!`~eleventy!!1! NO JUSTIC!!1! NO PIECE!!1!`~eleventy!!1!

Posted by: 2nd Year Undergrad at Berkeley at October 22, 2013 09:27 PM (Vk2pI)

594 hi Mero! we had fun and we missed you tonight. we plotted going back up to the bay area, pretty soon and since it will be just grim and beeb and me we shall have time to hang out with friends and that means maybe a Mini MO Meetup! Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at October 23, 2013 01:27 AM (r7Ddb) Hide posts from (r7Ddb) That would be *awesome*! I will find a way to be there. Maybe we can just do things and hang out and it can be like one of those vacation things people tell me about.

I'm glad you had some fun though.

Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 22, 2013 09:30 PM (qyfb5)

595 FYI to everybody, it's for Federal exchange only. Posted by: The Political Hat at October 23, 2013 01:16 AM (Vk2pI) What does that mean?

Posted by: RWC at October 22, 2013 09:30 PM (LpbKr)

596 RWC, the local State exchanges may have more options

Posted by: Jean at October 22, 2013 09:36 PM (CMlD4)

597 Like you don't already know what I'll have for breakfast tomorrow.<<<

Kaboom.

Posted by: The NSA at October 23, 2013 01:05 AM (/C6Mj)

*whispers* yes...

*hangs head in shame*

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 22, 2013 09:36 PM (xa1/W)

598 If jacking off in the Library is a measure of personal freedom then San Francisco is a gummy paradise.

Posted by: navybrat at October 22, 2013 09:36 PM (AYGBr)

599 That was fun. Back to work now!

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 22, 2013 09:37 PM (xa1/W)

600 As long as we agree that the St. Louis Cardinals are literally worse than Nazi Germany.

They at least play baseball in StL! :-p

Posted by: bill-o at October 22, 2013 09:39 PM (AWwDY)

601 Wife got me going on apple cider vinegar (1 tbsp in a glass) with ice cubes and lime. At first, it was tough going, but within a week I was craving it. Posted by: tangonine at October 23, 2013 12:43 AM (x3YFz) Vickie tried to get me going on that, but no lime- just the vinegar. I just could not do that.

Posted by: Bill H at October 22, 2013 09:44 PM (3sZO1)

602 That was fun. Back to work now! That and the munificent clusterfuck that is Obamacare reminds me of my favorite hell joke. "OK!!! Break time is over! Everybody! Back on your heads!!!"

Posted by: Bill H at October 22, 2013 09:50 PM (3sZO1)

603 532 so someone found a link to a database of the Obamacare exchange rates
Remember they don't want anyone to see these rates without giving your personal information so their will be an accompanying subsidy. But someone fucked up.
http://is.gd/6M9Lbj
Posted by: Jose at October 23, 2013 12:31 AM (zc/sw)

.............Thanks Jose for posting this here. This, and the following moron comments helps me understand WTF is going on. My wife has been investigating this, never able to log on to the Obamacare, like MILLIONS of others.

In our situation, if it can possibly help anyone else, w/ the limited knowledge out there...

Our BC/BS said we could still carry our current policy. It's high-deductible HSA. Now I'm hearing that's not going to be allowed, so I'm not sure about that. They sent a letter that we could keep it! It's pricey IMO, 720 for 2 per month, 3500 deductible w/ a 9000 end of out of pocket. But it will go up in Nov. like every year, I'm afraid to over 1000, really not affordable.

So BC/BS sends us to look up other stuff at their site and Jules finds we get some subsidies that will reduce premiums, but greatly raise our deductibles from the high level they are and also the out of pocket exps. So as someone said here, you can look on your providers site and also see what is available from the "Affordable" exchanges if you have one of the providers participating. We looked, it sucks, but everyone has to check for them selves.

Now those of us doing our research look at it like we have good choices. But what is going to happen to the less informed? They just go to the ER as before and we pay for it?

Posted by: The Farmer at October 22, 2013 09:52 PM (0R7Os)

604 Been hating on linux all night.

Repeat after me, "All hardware sucks, all software sucks."

Once that is understood any OS can be dealt with. Usually by installing another OS.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 22, 2013 09:53 PM (JawqV)

605 who'd pay $4.99 to see the Mooch{TM} go down on Nancy Pelocy in 1990? or vice versa? not today, that would cost us $$ hi Stacy at the NSA! Name my thought crime

Posted by: those porn remake guys at October 22, 2013 09:54 PM (dCOAf)

606 593 Hi gushka!

Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith at October 23, 2013 01:23 AM (qyfb5)

hi Mero! we had fun and we missed you tonight. we plotted going back up to the bay area, pretty soon and since it will be just grim and beeb and me we shall have time to hang out with friends and that means maybe a Mini MO Meetup!

Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at October 23, 2013 01:27 AM (r7Ddb)

***sigh***

...and I'm obviously chopped liver....

Posted by: cthulhu at October 22, 2013 09:55 PM (T1005)

607 wish I understood the point of someone remaking an ero RPG with out the porn

Posted by: The Dude at October 22, 2013 09:58 PM (vJdyz)

608 Once that is understood any OS can be dealt with. Usually by installing another OS. Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 23, 2013 01:53 AM (JawqV) Hide posts from (JawqV) Yeah I was trying to find a low-overhead OS for a particular PC, went through four distros and had to settle on the most annoying one because it was the only one that would complete the install. Shoulda used BSD. But it would not have been any easier.

Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 22, 2013 09:59 PM (qyfb5)

609 ...and I'm obviously chopped liver.... Posted by: cthulhu at October 23, 2013 01:55 AM (T1005) Hide posts from (T1005) Wow, I'm glad you were the one to say it.

Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 22, 2013 10:00 PM (qyfb5)

610 Healthcare.gov navigators names, phone numbers, and addresses exposed on data.healthcare.gov: http://weaselzippers.us/2013/10/22/hc-navigators/

Posted by: DavidR at October 22, 2013 10:03 PM (m0mFH)

611 Yeah I was trying to find a low-overhead OS for a particular PC, went through four distros and had to settle on the most annoying one because it was the only one that would complete the install.

Just out of morbid curiosity, which distro did you end up using?

Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 22, 2013 10:05 PM (JawqV)

612 wish I understood the point of someone remaking an ero RPG with out the porn Posted by: The Dude at October 23, 2013 01:58 AM (vJdyz) It is hypothetically possible that the story is good enough to not need the porn. But then, I doubt the presence of porn hurt it much in the first place.

Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at October 22, 2013 10:07 PM (Vk2pI)

613 wish I understood the point of someone remaking an ero RPG with out the porn Posted by: The Dude at October 23, 2013 01:58 AM (vJdyz) Dare I ask which game?

Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at October 22, 2013 10:08 PM (Vk2pI)

614 14 planned parenthood organizations are navigators.

Posted by: Thunderb at October 22, 2013 10:09 PM (zOTsN)

615 610 ...and I'm obviously chopped liver....

Posted by: cthulhu at October 23, 2013 01:55 AM (T1005) Hide posts from (T1005)

Wow, I'm glad you were the one to say it.

Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith at October 23, 2013 02:00 AM (qyfb5)

Entirely snark. Behind the scenes, I'm working on a MoMe with Bebe and Gushka down south at the Land that is Disney. Wanna come down and see me cozen my way into getting a Birthday button that says "cthulhu"?

Posted by: cthulhu at October 22, 2013 10:10 PM (T1005)

616 In case not noted: CaliforniaÂ’s 4th District court may or may not have banned AK style rifles. " Although other courts have rejected this expansive reading of Heller as precluding a state from banning assault weapons, and he (William Zondorak, defendent) cites no case applying Heller's principles to invalidate a state's ban on semi-automatic assault weapons, Zondorak asserts that we should construe Heller to bar California from criminalizing his possession of a semi-automatic AK series rifle. We conclude the ban on specified semi-automatic assault weapons under the AWCA does not transgress theSecond Amendment, and affirm Zondorak's conviction."" Yeah, I know; sky:blue, Pope:Catholic, bear:woods.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at October 22, 2013 10:10 PM (AA6QE)

617

I forgot to mention...

We are in AZ for the in-laws 60th anniv. John McCain just announced he may run again for Senate when his term expires. Sad example of those that can't just give up the attention and political scene and power.

Posted by: The Farmer at October 22, 2013 10:10 PM (0R7Os)

618 I forgot to mention...
We are in AZ for the in-laws 60th anniv. John McCain just announced he may run again for Senate when his term expires. Sad example of those that can't just give up the attention and political scene and power.

Can we talk Blaine Cooper into running?

http://youtu.be/F5TSmkOEijI

Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 22, 2013 10:13 PM (JawqV)

619 Just out of morbid curiosity, which distro did you end up using? Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 23, 2013 02:05 AM (JawqV) Hide posts from (JawqV) Slack. Maybe. Kind of putting off trying to switch back to the generic kernel to save resources because it kind of runs now.

Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 22, 2013 10:14 PM (qyfb5)

620 Entirely snark. Behind the scenes, I'm working on a MoMe with Bebe and Gushka down south at the Land that is Disney. Wanna come down and see me cozen my way into getting a Birthday button that says "cthulhu"? Posted by: cthulhu at October 23, 2013 02:10 AM (T1005) Hide posts from (T1005) I'm gonna have to roll a lot of blue hairs to get enough to pay for that, and SSI pays out tomorrow, you didn't give me much warning!!! I mean, um, maybe.

Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 22, 2013 10:15 PM (qyfb5)

621 619 I forgot to mention...
We are in AZ for the in-laws 60th anniv. John
McCain just announced he may run again for Senate when his term expires.
Sad example of those that can't just give up the attention and
political scene and power.

Can we talk Blaine Cooper into running?

http://youtu.be/F5TSmkOEijI

Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 23, 2013 02:13 AM (JawqV)

It'd be 17 kinds of awesome if the rocket scientist that ran against the toad for a House seat got into the Senate instead.

Posted by: cthulhu at October 22, 2013 10:16 PM (T1005)

622 Dare I ask which game?

Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at October 23, 2013 02:08 AM (Vk2pI)

Imageepoch is remaking Toushin Toshi 2 with the help of AliceSoft for the 3DS

Posted by: The Dude at October 22, 2013 10:17 PM (vJdyz)

623 Slack. Maybe. Kind of putting off trying to switch back to the generic kernel to save resources because it kind of runs now.

I can't put it any better than this guy: http://youtu.be/TQkFNVhppXo

Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 22, 2013 10:18 PM (JawqV)

624 We conclude the ban on specified semi-automatic assault weapons under the AWCA does not transgress theSecond Amendment, and affirm Zondorak's conviction."" Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 23, 2013 02:10 AM (AA6QE) Hide posts from (AA6QE) Some motherfucker's always tryin' ta ice-skate uphill. I don't actually know the case well but if that *issue* is passed up to a higher court these dickweeds will not only be overturned but probably with a stern note and an order to "go back to elementary school you lawtards." Pretty much the entire history of 2nd Amendment jurisprudence is looking at these dudes like they just ran into the courtroom with underoos on their heads. I mean, come on, that's as stupid as ruling a fine that's called a fine in the law not a fine but a tax, just so the law can stand for political reasons. Wait, what?

Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 22, 2013 10:21 PM (qyfb5)

625 621 Entirely snark. Behind the scenes, I'm working on a MoMe with Bebe and Gushka down south at the Land that is Disney. Wanna come down and see me cozen my way into getting a Birthday button that says "cthulhu"?

Posted by: cthulhu at October 23, 2013 02:10 AM (T1005) Hide posts from (T1005)

I'm gonna have to roll a lot of blue hairs to get enough to pay for that, and SSI pays out tomorrow, you didn't give me much warning!!!

I mean, um, maybe.

Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith at October 23, 2013 02:15 AM (qyfb5)

I'm still trying to nail jello to trees, schedule-wise -- especially coming off the wreckage from the northern escapade. I really didn't expect for you to make it -- I was just pointing out the duplicity in saying "chopped liver" while partying with the crowd. Which is not to say that it wouldn't be a hoot if you showed.

Posted by: cthulhu at October 22, 2013 10:22 PM (T1005)

626 I can't put it any better than this guy: http://youtu.be/TQkFNVhppXo Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 23, 2013 02:18 AM (JawqV) Hide posts from (JawqV) Yeah, I liked Tennant better than the red-headed step-child, too. Five Distros and Slack was the only one to get past the install. *Hate.* Slack is so *Linux Personality*, too. It's like working in the same cubicle as a Brony.

Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 22, 2013 10:23 PM (qyfb5)

627 I like Jello.

Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 22, 2013 10:24 PM (qyfb5)

628 I'm still trying to nail jello to trees remember: lime for spring and orange/raspberry for fall...

Posted by: Adriane ... at October 22, 2013 10:24 PM (KoFMU)

629 629 I'm still trying to nail jello to trees

remember: lime for spring and orange/raspberry for fall...

Posted by: Adriane ... at October 23, 2013 02:24 AM (KoFMU)

Dear god! -- I thought sure it was cherry for spring.....

Posted by: cthulhu at October 22, 2013 10:27 PM (T1005)

630 Slack is so *Linux Personality*, too. It's like working in the same cubicle as a Brony.

Wait, does it still come on floppies?

Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 22, 2013 10:27 PM (JawqV)

631 cherry pie, cherry cobbler, cherry strudel ....

Posted by: Adriane ... at October 22, 2013 10:35 PM (KoFMU)

632 631 Slack is so *Linux Personality*, too. It's like working in the same cubicle as a Brony.

Wait, does it still come on floppies?

Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 23, 2013 02:27 AM (JawqV)

The only thing worse than Bronies is floppy Bronies......

Posted by: cthulhu at October 22, 2013 10:37 PM (T1005)

633 Okay this whole "floppy Brony" thing is going in a direction I am frankly not comfortable with.

Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 22, 2013 10:39 PM (qyfb5)

634 The only thing worse than Bronies is floppy Bronies......

Quit severing their spinal cords and it won't be as big a problem.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 22, 2013 10:39 PM (JawqV)

635 >>The only thing worse than Bronies is floppy Bronies...... Quit severing their spinal cords and it won't be as big a problem. Posted by: Blanco Basura Way to kill the point, grandpa.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at October 22, 2013 10:41 PM (AA6QE)

636

Elk is awesome, tender and tasty, but needs to be rare ...

Reptile goes on the no eat list after trying, tastes of swamp ...

Rocky Mt oysters were, well, interesting ...

I must admit I liked those monuments, although they seem to be crumbling.

Posted by: Joe at October 22, 2013 10:42 PM (/oZbq)

637 jc at October 22, 2013 11:54 PM (PlzOe) hee hee hee Thread winner!

Posted by: Adriane ... at October 22, 2013 10:46 PM (KoFMU)

638 Night all. Here is "Isak" from Baroness: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc_SEBcXs1o

Posted by: The Political Hat at October 22, 2013 10:50 PM (Vk2pI)

639 638 jc at October 22, 2013 11:54 PM (PlzOe)

hee hee hee
Thread winner!

Posted by: Adriane ... at October 23, 2013 02:46 AM (KoFMU)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPBYN3KblEc

Posted by: cthulhu at October 22, 2013 10:52 PM (T1005)

640 YAWN.....scatch, scratch *****looks around***** RINOs

Posted by: navycopjoe at October 22, 2013 10:53 PM (qVKcL)

641 I want my 35 floppies to update Ace of Spades HQ.

Posted by: John the Libertarian at October 22, 2013 10:55 PM (/rhjC)

642 I want my 35 floppies to update Ace of Spades HQ. Posted by: John the Libertarian at October 23, 2013 02:55 AM (/rhjC) It'll cost you 1 bag of hamster feed per 1.44 MB floppyÂ…

Posted by: The Political Hat at October 22, 2013 10:57 PM (Vk2pI)

643 It'll cost you 1 bag of hamster feed per 1.44 MB floppyÂ…

Posted by: The Political Hat at October 23, 2013 02:57 AM (Vk2pI)

It's merely a tax! -- John Roberts

Posted by: John the Libertarian at October 22, 2013 11:00 PM (/rhjC)

644 And now for something completely different -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuxss1kBQWw

Posted by: cthulhu at October 22, 2013 11:01 PM (T1005)

645 Good night everyone.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at October 22, 2013 11:01 PM (JawqV)

646 Who knew there were morons in the Ukraine?

@Odessa_Novosti ЯндексNews → В Одессе два инспектора "проверили" бар и сбежали, не уплатив за шашлык и коньяк

In Odessa, two inspectors "test" a bar and run off without paying for kabobs and cognac.

Posted by: Anachronda at October 22, 2013 11:18 PM (U82Km)

647 645 And now for something completely different -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuxss1kBQWw

I was expecting a man with a tape recorder up his nose.

Posted by: Anachronda at October 22, 2013 11:19 PM (U82Km)

648 ....and, seriously, for those near despair -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DSIp7zyXO0 -- please wake up in the morning, and come back to us.

Posted by: cthulhu at October 22, 2013 11:22 PM (T1005)

649 648 645
And now for something completely different -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuxss1kBQWw

I was expecting a man with a tape recorder up his nose.

Posted by: Anachronda at October 23, 2013 03:19 AM (U82Km)

Maybe next time.

Posted by: cthulhu at October 22, 2013 11:23 PM (T1005)

650 I just had a *really* nice thing happen. Everything's so down so often I just wanted to throw up a "good thing happened" message. It's nothing exciting, just a weight off my mind. I might even sleep well tonight.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s][/u] at October 23, 2013 12:04 AM (qyfb5)

651 I still hate Linux, though. FYI.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s][/u] at October 23, 2013 12:05 AM (qyfb5)

652 The only thing worse than Linux is Linix.

Posted by: Arbalest at October 23, 2013 12:13 AM (FlRtG)

653 652 I just had a *really* nice thing happen.

Everything's so down so often I just wanted to throw up a "good thing happened" message.

It's nothing exciting, just a weight off my mind. I might even sleep well tonight.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile at October 23, 2013 04:04 AM (qyfb5)

So, what is it?

Posted by: cthulhu at October 23, 2013 12:16 AM (T1005)

654 So, what is it? Per the Law of Birthday Wishes ... can't tell ... : -))

Posted by: Adriane ... at October 23, 2013 12:21 AM (KoFMU)

655 Now for something TNEREFFID YLLAER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sxFyu_U2go

Posted by: Adriane ... at October 23, 2013 12:28 AM (KoFMU)

656 Postng from my new (old) laptop that I've been poking at for weeks and has had like 9 OSes fail or be useless on it.

Told you it wasn't exciting.

Mind you, even Haiku was less work than this, though a little unstable.

It has a 16" 5:4 ratio screen, though, so it will be good for writing.

My old (new) laptop has an issue where it randomly shuts down, tested the heck out of the memory and that's not it. I think it's actually the SATA controller.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other, Other Mobile [/i][/b][/s][/u] at October 23, 2013 12:30 AM (qyfb5)

657 For anyone who might say "Lawha?" Haiku is the descendant of the obscure BeOS operating system. It's "lightweight" and consistent and quick and stuff, but it's also in alpha testing, which means not entirely stable and parts won't work. But you can go online and browse and do basic stuff. It's a small dev team and could die out before it's done. Though I did notice the ReactOS team is meeting again after like years without progress, that's a non-MS-code Windows XP clone, though it sounds like they're refocusing a little.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s][/u] at October 23, 2013 12:40 AM (qyfb5)

658 a ha new laptop well, that's nice, pleasant even, so glad you could share ...

Posted by: Adriane ... at October 23, 2013 12:47 AM (KoFMU)

659 Roses are red, Violets are blue, I'm fading fast, How 'bout all's of you?

Posted by: Adriane ... at October 23, 2013 12:48 AM (KoFMU)

660 Roses are red,

Violets are blue --

To hit the number,

Your aim must be true.

Posted by: cthulhu at October 23, 2013 12:50 AM (T1005)

661 Just in time?

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 23, 2013 12:53 AM (xa1/W)

662 maybe a bit early...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 23, 2013 12:53 AM (xa1/W)

663 or maybe

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 23, 2013 12:54 AM (xa1/W)

664 now?

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 23, 2013 12:54 AM (xa1/W)

665 somehow it's not as much fun when you're the only one playing...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 23, 2013 12:54 AM (xa1/W)

666 Daisies are white

And lilacs are purple

When DOOM is the topic

Then sixes are ample.

Posted by: cthulhu at October 23, 2013 12:56 AM (T1005)

667 Howdy, GGE!

Posted by: cthulhu at October 23, 2013 12:57 AM (T1005)

668 And, with that, I'm off to do that "dead, but dreaming" thing.

Posted by: cthulhu at October 23, 2013 12:58 AM (T1005)

669 I was very enthused for BeOS at one point. Built a dual processor machine for it using the BP6 board. This was back when almost all Intel CPUs and chipset supported two sockets but only the more expensive ones were officially supported. Ran two 533 MHz Celerons and performed very nicely for its day. It was a dual boot BeOS and Win2K box but eventually just ran Win2K on a daily basis.

It's a shame. BeOS was multi-core ready before multi-core became a mainstream feature. Probably would have adapted well to ARM and mobile devices. I suspect that was part of the attraction when Palm acquired the IP. Supposedly you could see some of the ancestry in WebOS but I never got a chance to play with that enough to see for myself.

Posted by: Epobirs at October 23, 2013 12:58 AM (kcfmt)

670 My old (new) laptop has an issue where it randomly shuts down, tested the heck out of the memory and that's not it. I think it's actually the SATA controller.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other, Other Mobile at October 23, 2013 04:30 AM (qyfb5)

My laptop does that too, reload (or system restore) Vista (yeah, yeah, I know) and it's OK for a while again.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 23, 2013 01:02 AM (xa1/W)

671 Hello cthulhu. Goodnight cthulhu.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 23, 2013 01:03 AM (xa1/W)

672 And now that I'm caught up again...break time over, back to the salt mines.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 23, 2013 01:04 AM (xa1/W)

673 That's not right. What that guy said about "Let it Burn". He is wrong. Let it burn means, in the simplest terms, throw gas. Throw bricks. Throw shoes into the machine. Let it burn means let it burn. All of this waiting for some kind of soft-landing is total bullshit. Slam it into the side of the mountain and let it burn. Anyone checking for fingerprints at that point will either be on our side or they won't. No middle ground. Let it burn and then start over. They all hate us anyway. Come swiftly, Lord.

Posted by: and irresolute at October 23, 2013 01:43 AM (RqHWH)

674 My new (old) laptop is 13 years old and cost (me) $20, BTW. Which is why it's a treat that it's working properly (it seems) now.

Posted by: Merovign , Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at October 23, 2013 01:47 AM (qyfb5)

675 Here is something that might amuse you.

http://image-store.slidesharecdn.com/2ee016e0-30c1-11e3-ac1e-22000a93d993-medium.jpg

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at October 23, 2013 01:59 AM (q1sF4)

676 222 Snuffy Smith,

Grab the scattergun, I'll put sugar in their tank....

Posted by: sven10077 at October 23, 2013 02:11 AM (9jfyN)

677 you know....

what if Ogabecare is just a way for the donks to steal the EITC and CTC off people?

Posted by: sven10077 at October 23, 2013 02:22 AM (9jfyN)

678 Let us stand near the campfire and summon the Vic.

Posted by: MTF at October 23, 2013 02:41 AM (X+q7f)

679 Last?

Posted by: Strategic Corporal USMC at October 23, 2013 03:24 AM (16MQc)

680 I held a loved one's dog once as it was put to sleep. She couldn't do it - she had already broken down. So I held little Dinky as he slipped away. Then I buried him as respectfully as I could in her backyard. Was one of the suckiest jobs I ever had... but I did it anyway - for her.

Posted by: GWB at October 23, 2013 07:56 AM (Yv2t4)

681

I've enjoyed this website for a while. I won't be coming back and I want to explain to Ace why: The first sentence to this post. Appreciate all of your hard work, Ace, and wish you continued success. But I have a choice and while I think your website is extremely good, I do not care for that kind of stuff.

Posted by: just me at October 23, 2013 08:46 AM (2JCMO)

682

Speaking of voter fraud, oh no it never happens and mail-in ballots couldn't possibly contribute:

http://tinyurl.com/ngkewah

Posted by: Joe at October 23, 2013 07:59 PM (/oZbq)

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