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November 26, 2013

Overnight Open Thread (11-26-2013)
— Maetenloch

Because I'm entering Holiday Mode you get le ONT en advance.

As I've always said I like bicycling but not bicyclists. There's something about putting on spandex and taking an enjoyable pastime just a bit too seriously that brings out the ugly part of human nature in people. Christopher Caldwell of the Weekly Standard agrees:

Late last August, along the coast of New Hampshire, Kevin Walsh, police chief in the town of Rye, got a lecture on law enforcement from a bunch of grown-up bicyclists. Local law requires bikers to ride single-file when there is traffic. But this day, a pack of a dozen or so bikers were racing down Ocean Boulevard, at high speed, up to five abreast, according to an interview the chief later gave. Walsh decided to flag them down and tell them what they were doing was unsafe, "out of control," and "an accident waiting to happen."

He stood in the middle of Ocean Boulevard and signaled them to stop. The bikers blew past him in a whoosh! of Lycra, sweat, and profanity. Walsh got in his cruiser and cut off the bikers four miles up the road. When he stopped them, they began to chew him out. "You almost killed somebody back there, standing in the middle of the road," one of them screamed at the cop. "Do you understand we can't stop? Do you understand we can't stop like a car?"

And Sunny Bunch points out the obvious - that physics works against bicycles:

I just like that anecdote because it so perfectly captures the self-righteousness of the bicycling class and their utter refusal to deal with the simple physics of the situation they find themselves in. When it comes to roads, bicycles can neither accelerate properly nor decelerate properly nor defend themselves properly from the 3,000 lb. behemoths on the roads.

As does Bookworm:

My thinking has always been that the bicyclists believe that their environmental chops mean that they are wrapped in an invincibility cloak, one that allows them to ignore the law of physics. That is, I've thought that, in their overweening bicyclist arrogance, they truly believe that, even as they break all known traffic rules, they cannot be hurt because they're on the side of angels.

Oh and Bike Lanes Are Racist Too.

Apparently Fish DO Need Bicycles

That women prefer part-time work is simply irrefutable. It was true back in 2007, and it's even true among Ivy League graduates! Study after study, both here and abroad (the majority of women in the UK, Spain and other countries seek some combination of paid work and family work) shows women as a whole (the Sheryl Sandbergs notwithstanding) want multifaceted lives. They want balance.

And there's only one way to get it: rely on a man's more linear career goals. Unlike women, a man's identity is inextricably linked to his paycheck. That's how most men feel a sense of purpose. Indeed, research shows men see it as their duty to support their families even when their wives make as much money (or more) as they do!

Well as Instapundit points out women with husbands tend to vote Republican and the government can't have that.

Immigration Reform Fail: "A powerful, well-organized coalition did everything it could, with no results. Now advocates are preparing to shift from lobbying to revenge."

Well good luck with that.

They Finally Did It

San Rafael, CA banned smoking in your own home - if you share a wall with another person. Apparently second-hand smoke - like spirits and cosmic rays - can penetrate solid walls and get at you.

Knew It!

I'm now putting notes to waitresses in the same category as racial attacks on campuses: hoaxes until proven true.

Why Do They Hate Plastic: Philly Bans 3D-Printed Guns and Gun Parts

Vice President Biden Will Gladly Pay You Tuesday For a Sandwich Today

Amazingly 25% of Americans still think Biden would make an awesome president.

The Man Who Saved the World

51 years ago Vasilli Arkhipov single-handedly prevented the Cuba Missile Crisis from going nuclear hot.

50 years ago, at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, second-in-command Vasilli Arkhipov of the Soviet submarine B-59 refused to agree with his Captain's order to launch nuclear torpedoes against US warships and setting off what might well have been a terminal superpower nuclear war.

The US had been dropping depth charges near the submarine in an attempt to force it to surface, unaware it was carrying nuclear arms. The Soviet officers, who had lost radio contact with Moscow, concluded that World War 3 had begun, and 2 of the officers agreed to 'blast the warships out of the water'. Arkhipov refused to agree - unanimous consent of 3 officers was required and thanks to him, the world was saved from being scarred badly.

Bus Stops Around the World

So. Much. Awesome

Deep Fried Macaroni & Cheese with Chipotle Bacon & Garlic Aioli. Want.

For the Man Who Needs a Place to Hide Everything

Meet the Q-Shelves. (guns and books not included)

Want a Piece of Sydney Leathers?

Well she's auctioning off some of her excess labia so start counting those pennies!

The AoSHQ group. Yeah.

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1 Evening, Morons

Posted by: fluffy at November 26, 2013 04:48 PM (Ua6T/)

It's nitetime already?

Posted by: Cicero Kid at November 26, 2013 04:50 PM (6fSty)

3 Ok, the Sidney Leathers news put me off dinner.

Posted by: RS at November 26, 2013 04:51 PM (YAGV/)

4 Wait. Excess labia? Like there's extra, unallocated labia not being used? That's a thing?

Posted by: Todd Wiley at November 26, 2013 04:52 PM (lrkg9)

5 "There's something about putting on spandex and taking an enjoyable pastime just a bit too seriously that brings out the ugly part of human nature in people." Whatever do you mean? *innocent face*

Posted by: Cahrles Jhonson at November 26, 2013 04:52 PM (ZyqBH)

6 Just wait until you run into a self righteous herd of Critical Ass on their monthly "Let's piss off all the normal people," calvalcade.

Posted by: rd at November 26, 2013 04:53 PM (D+lxs)

7 "Anthony Weiner's sexting partner Sydney Leathers has something special for you -- the extra vagina skin she's having surgically removed ... and it could be yours!" Didn't take long for a "celeb" to auction off something more vile and disgusting than a vag-kin.

Posted by: Sarah Silverman, failed comic at November 26, 2013 04:53 PM (ZyqBH)

8 I saw Excess Labia open up for Tool...not recently enough.

Posted by: fluffy at November 26, 2013 04:54 PM (Ua6T/)

9 OMG that Sidney Leathers thing was way disgusting. That takes attention whoring to a whole new level.

Posted by: Molly k. at November 26, 2013 04:54 PM (S3EdD)

10 The problem is that cycling like they're doing is nothing more than an indicator of a certain social status. These people often have the wealth and the education and type of office job that they can afford to ride around on $3000 bikes wearing $500 lycra shorts and pretend that they're somehow tough.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at November 26, 2013 04:55 PM (lr3d7)

People are douchebags.

Some of them ride bikes.

Posted by: garrett at November 26, 2013 04:55 PM (WUUyn)

12 Part-time work? Holy moley. All of us want part-time work. If only we could afford it.

Posted by: Jimbo at November 26, 2013 04:55 PM (V70Uh)

13 There is something medically wrong with Sydney Leathers' brain. She ought to be in a hospital.

Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Phone at November 26, 2013 04:56 PM (3dsv+)

14 Al Gore became a vegan because he watched a certain movie and decided he needed superpowers.

Posted by: exdem13 at November 26, 2013 04:56 PM (lJaja)

15 The excess? Only if it is attached.

Posted by: dogfish at November 26, 2013 04:56 PM (nsOJa)

16 Mightier than the finger, indeed.

Posted by: garrett at November 26, 2013 04:56 PM (WUUyn)

17 @10 Colorado Alex It's a political statement, not a mode of transportation.

Posted by: RS at November 26, 2013 04:57 PM (YAGV/)

18 Mighty early. So what's the NFL game tonight? What, oh fuck, guess I'll have to make stupid comment on the ONT.

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 26, 2013 04:57 PM (0FSuD)

19 Al Gore becomes a vegan only because some women he wants is a vegan. Biology is easy.

Posted by: dogfish at November 26, 2013 04:57 PM (nsOJa)

20 I'll bet removing that excess labia will make her bike rides more enjoyable.

Posted by: garrett at November 26, 2013 04:57 PM (WUUyn)

21 10 The problem is that cycling like they're doing is nothing more than an indicator of a certain social status. These people often have the wealth and the education and type of office job that they can afford to ride around on $3000 bikes wearing $500 lycra shorts and pretend that they're somehow tough. Posted by: Colorado Alex at November 26, 2013 08:55 PM (lr3d7) And I even failed at that *le sigh*. http://tinyurl.com/4fcm3ft

Posted by: President Barack Obama, SCOAMF at November 26, 2013 04:57 PM (ZyqBH)

22 8 *golf clap*

Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Phone but Likes Innuendo And Running Jokes at November 26, 2013 04:58 PM (3dsv+)

23 Al Gore isn't a Vegan. There was a typographical error.

Al Gore is a Vagina.

Posted by: Jimbo at November 26, 2013 04:58 PM (V70Uh)

24 I'm still alive.

Posted by: jewells45 trying to keep from going crazy at November 26, 2013 04:59 PM (u25eL)

25 Yeah, the Asshole Bikers come out here in the country, cover the whole road and act like WE are the problem.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at November 26, 2013 04:59 PM (mTD9t)

26 >>> Mightier than the finger, indeed. Suck it, Trebek!

Posted by: Sean Connery at November 26, 2013 04:59 PM (Ua6T/)

27 jewells45, we're glad. Now practice on your guitar.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at November 26, 2013 05:01 PM (mTD9t)

28 Interesting. I've started bicycling during my lunch breaks and over the course of about 6 months I've gone from a meek stop sign obeying milquetoast to a stop light running asshole. The thing is, it fucking sucks when you have to stop. The loss of momentum is such a buzz kill.

Posted by: Eton Cox at November 26, 2013 05:01 PM (q177U)

29 Hey horde

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 26, 2013 05:01 PM (HVff2)

30 Not like that is a bad thing. It's just a truth in advertising issue.

Posted by: Jimbo at November 26, 2013 05:02 PM (V70Uh)

31 Well that bookshelf hide away WAS a nice idea...

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 26, 2013 05:02 PM (787tI)

32 Is that real? Too awesome if it is.

Posted by: Y-not at November 26, 2013 05:03 PM (zDsvJ)

"4 Wait. Excess labia? Like there's extra, unallocated labia not being used?"

I'm rich!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Helen Thomas' wheel-barrow toted labia at November 26, 2013 05:03 PM (6fSty)

34
Want a Piece of Sydney Leathers? Well she's auctioning off some of her excess labia so start counting those pennies!

So much for that corned beef sandwich I was having for dinner. Just lost my appetite...

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at November 26, 2013 05:04 PM (kdS6q)

35 Excess Labis is the opening act for Pussy Riot.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 26, 2013 05:04 PM (787tI)

I ride. A lot. Both on and off road.

I follow all traffic rules, even on the lonely back roads of Montucky.

I am the only cyclist I know (or see) who does, though.

Posted by: garrett at November 26, 2013 05:04 PM (WUUyn)

37 Early ONT! Woo hoo!

Posted by: Insomniac at November 26, 2013 05:04 PM (UAMVq)

38 28, I used to feel the same way when I was driving my mom's vw beatle back in the 70's.

LOL, I remember the kidding we gave my mom when she got a ticket for rolling through a Stop sign.

Posted by: Jimbo at November 26, 2013 05:05 PM (V70Uh)

39 I should be annoyed by her, but for some reason I find Rachel Bloom to be kind of adorable, despite being from New York and most likely a raging lefty.

http://www.cracked.com/video_18705_the-sexy-side-hanukkah.html

Posted by: Colorado Alex at November 26, 2013 05:05 PM (lr3d7)

40 Second-hand smoke may not be able to get through walls, but it can get through shared ventilation. Made a friend of mine very unhappy that her whole apartment smelled like that, even though all apartments were supposed to be non-smoking.

Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at November 26, 2013 05:06 PM (WD0KF)

...and you can stop a bike every bit as well as a car. You have to throw your weight back over the rear axle to do it, though.

Good luck if you hit any sand or gravel, though.

Posted by: garrett at November 26, 2013 05:06 PM (WUUyn)

42 Whew. Saved by the early ONT. I made mac 'n cheese with a lot of roasted garlic. Was really really good. Even without being deep fried.

Posted by: Mama AJ at November 26, 2013 05:06 PM (SUKHu)

43 Don't care for Mac & cheese, but that photo above could change my mind

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 26, 2013 05:06 PM (HVff2)

44 The problem is that cycling like they're doing is nothing more than an indicator of a certain social status.

I've noticed the people who ride their crappy bikes to work b/c that's all they've got can manage to stop for the four-way stop, unlike the assfucks with the spandex.

My hypothesis is that regard for the rules of the road is inversely proportional to the bicyclists' ability to sue the fuck out of the motorist with the right of way.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at November 26, 2013 05:06 PM (hO8IJ)

45 Sorry, I call total horse shit on the Sub story. No one on our side has evah said anything about depth charges against a sub. Someone would have said something. The Soviets could barely launch a fucking ICBM, having nuclear torpedoes in 1962 is a total stretch. I don't think we even had them in 62. Really, the smell factor is 100% horse shit.

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 26, 2013 05:06 PM (0FSuD)

46 Yeah, the Asshole Bikers come out here in the country... ---- Didn't The Asshole Bikers tour with Butthole Surfers?

Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Phone but Likes Innuendo And Running Jokes at November 26, 2013 05:07 PM (3dsv+)

47 Every so often I like to look for cars hitting bicycles videos on youtube. And by every so often I mean frequently.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 26, 2013 05:07 PM (oFCZn)

48 4 Wait. Excess labia? Like there's extra, unallocated labia not being used? That's a thing? Posted by: Todd Wiley at November 26, 2013 08:52 PM (lrkg9) Those greedy "1%ers" are hoarding it.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at November 26, 2013 05:07 PM (BXLPR)

49 Why the f**k is Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer on tv tonight?

Posted by: Frosty the Snowman at November 26, 2013 05:07 PM (9cOf5)

50 How much for Sidney's Leather pissflaps? Om nom nom nom!

Posted by: Zombie Ed Gein at November 26, 2013 05:08 PM (UAMVq)

Excess labia? Like there's extra, unallocated labia not being used? That's a thing?

You can hide your weed in it.

Posted by: Jim Brewer at November 26, 2013 05:08 PM (WUUyn)

52 Congrats Jenny. I tee them up, you hammer them.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at November 26, 2013 05:09 PM (mTD9t)

53 >>Second-hand smoke may not be able to get through walls, but it can get through shared ventilation. The cheaper the construction, the worse it is. There was this one time, in military housing...

Posted by: Mama AJ at November 26, 2013 05:09 PM (SUKHu)

54 49 Why the f**k is Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer on tv tonight? Posted by: Frosty the Snowman at November 26, 2013 09:07 PM (9cOf5) That's what the Mrs. said.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 26, 2013 05:09 PM (HVff2)

'Some guys have all the luck,

Some gals have all the labe.'

Posted by: Rod Stewart at November 26, 2013 05:09 PM (WUUyn)

56 I ride. A lot. So do I.

Posted by: George Brownridge at November 26, 2013 05:09 PM (vgH+s)

57 The precedent having been set, expect Al Gore to auction off his hemorrhoids any day now.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 26, 2013 05:10 PM (aDwsi)

58
My hypothesis is that regard for the rules of the road is inversely proportional to the bicyclists' ability to sue the fuck out of the motorist with the right of way.

My theory is that it has more to do with their life outside of cycling. If you're a selfish asshole who expects the world to jump through hoops for you at work, then why would that change on the road?

Posted by: Colorado Alex at November 26, 2013 05:10 PM (lr3d7)

59 I've noticed the people who ride their crappy bikes to work b/c that's all they've got can manage to stop for the four-way stop, unlike the assfucks with the spandex. There's a whole shitload of those spandex-clad douchenozzles around where I live. See them mostly on weekends. They have no fucking clue what a stop sign is for.

Posted by: Insomniac at November 26, 2013 05:10 PM (UAMVq)

60 I know a lib jerk who has a $5,000 bike and the total Euro-weenie biking outfit. I told him I get my workout done much faster on my $120 WalMart bike while wearing jeans and no helmet. He hates me. I'm very happy about that.

Posted by: MFM at November 26, 2013 05:11 PM (1Y+hH)

61 One thing to consider is that some bicyclists are type-A/endorphin junkies with a strong sense of entitlement. The enviro-arrogance combined with either of those things can send the douche-ometer off the scale.

Posted by: --- at November 26, 2013 05:11 PM (MMC8r)

62 Why the f**k is Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer on tv tonight?

I can't watch it.
The Misfit Toys make me cry.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at November 26, 2013 05:11 PM (hO8IJ)

63 I saw Excess Labia open up for Biggus Dickus .

Posted by: Whoa it's cool at November 26, 2013 05:11 PM (l0lja)

64 Mr. Hammer what the fuck has your cat been doing?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 26, 2013 05:11 PM (HVff2)

65 I ride. A lot. --- Me too! Oh, you meant bikes? Like...exercise?

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at November 26, 2013 05:12 PM (3dsv+)

66 25 Yeah, the Asshole Bikers come out here in the country, cover the whole road and act like WE are the problem. Posted by: Mr. Dave at November 26, 2013 08:59 PM (mTD9t) We get some of the locals training for the Tour De France going down a main street in our neighborhood 4-5 abreast on their way up to the Blue Ridge Parkway so that they can go 4-5 abreast down the parkway at dusk. Most every night they are at the 7-11 berating someone who dared pass them.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at November 26, 2013 05:12 PM (BXLPR)

67 I saw Excess Labia open up for Biggus Dickus .

They open for everyone, usually at seedy dive bars and frat parties.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at November 26, 2013 05:12 PM (lr3d7)

68 Mama AJ. you know the rules.

Recipe, or it didn't happen.

Roasted garlic Mac and Cheese? Sounds like heaven to me.

Posted by: Jimbo at November 26, 2013 05:12 PM (V70Uh)

69 65 I ride. A lot. --- Me too! Oh, you meant bikes? Like...exercise? Posted by: Sandra Fluke at November 26, 2013 09:12 PM (3dsv+) You should know, being the village bicycle and all.

Posted by: Insomniac at November 26, 2013 05:13 PM (UAMVq)

70 That's what the Mrs. said.
-----------------------

Doesn't make a lot of sense. Geez, at least wait until the day after Thanksgiving.

Posted by: Frosty the Snowman at November 26, 2013 05:13 PM (9cOf5)

71 Oops, sock off. We're also the same age and I've been retired for 5 years and he's still teaching. He hates me. Yay.

Posted by: MFM at November 26, 2013 05:13 PM (1Y+hH)

72 damn sock!

Posted by: Meremortal at November 26, 2013 05:13 PM (1Y+hH)

73 Why the f**k is Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer on tv tonight?

Posted by: Frosty the Snowman at November 26, 2013 09:07 PM (9cOf5)

Why is "The Ten Commandments" televised on Easter?

Posted by: Jimbo at November 26, 2013 05:13 PM (V70Uh)

74 If you're a selfish asshole who expects the world to jump through hoops for you at work, then why would that change on the road?

Lot of truth in that.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at November 26, 2013 05:14 PM (hO8IJ)

75 >>> Why is "The Ten Commandments" televised on Easter? And another thing...

Posted by: Andy Rooney's caterpillar at November 26, 2013 05:16 PM (Ua6T/)

76 Interesting read on the Senkaku Islands that Beijing is trying to steal.

http://thediplomat.com/2013/11/getting-senkaku-history-right/?allpages=yes

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 26, 2013 05:16 PM (787tI)

77 Bicyclists suck

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at November 26, 2013 05:16 PM (l0lja)

78 I used to ride a bike. A Sun brand 3 speed cruiser. Then then the breathalyzer refusal suspension expired. So I gave up the bike riding. It just sits in the garage now.

Posted by: UWP at November 26, 2013 05:16 PM (fdXMW)

79 77 Bicyclists suck Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at November 26, 2013 09:16 PM (l0lja) So, I should buy a bike?

Posted by: Barney at November 26, 2013 05:16 PM (0FSuD)

80 If you can't slow down like a car, don't go as fast as one.

Posted by: eman at November 26, 2013 05:17 PM (AO9UG)

81 Yep, I hate bicyclists. And it's especially stupid that, even as society is aging, we keep setting aside wide swaths of roadway for these bastards. First they try to block every new road and highway. And then they steal lane space from any road that actually gets built. All this for a tiny, tiny minority of rich, left-wing fucks. Why is the rest of society subsidizing this self-righteous pricks so much. The subsidy per mile-biked vs mile-driven must be orders of magnitude higher. Great, we just spent $20M so 50 rich, self-entitled pricks can bike to work once a month. Fucking brilliant use of limited resources.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 26, 2013 05:17 PM (ZPrif)

82 More evidence that Iran is going to live up to that deal they got from Obama and the civilized nations. Iran, North Korea Secretly Developing New Long-Range Rocket Booster for ICBMs http://tinyurl.com/lu2dbkj I'm sure it's for Iran's super-duper peaceful space program.

Posted by: Thrawn at November 26, 2013 05:17 PM (ZyqBH)

83 Interesting read on the Senkaku Islands that Beijing is trying to steal. Interesting. They still want the oil don't they?

Posted by: EC at November 26, 2013 05:17 PM (doBIb)

84 What is Sydney mightier than?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 26, 2013 05:17 PM (BrrWI)

85 For asshole bikers: slingshot, 5/8" nut, six feet of 100# test monofilament, treble hook. Some assembly required.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 26, 2013 05:17 PM (60Q+L)

86 49 Why the f**k is Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer on tv tonight? Posted by: Frosty the Snowman at November 26, 2013 09:07 PM (9cOf5) Because Christmas is less than a month away? This is a scene from the only decent Christmas special. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yon2YuXssvo

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at November 26, 2013 05:17 PM (BXLPR)

87 Mr. Hammer what the fuck has your cat been doing? Posted by: Misanthropic ------------------------------- Just the usual. Sleep 16 hours a day, eat during waking periods, stench up the litter box, complain ceaselessly (when awake), bite the piss out of me when I give his head a stroke, scare the hell out of the dog..., that sort of thing. I've become vigilant about shutting down the computer, so except for that unfortunate incident last week, he has been unable to get to the keyboard.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 26, 2013 05:18 PM (aDwsi)

88 My hypothesis is that regard for the rules of the road is inversely proportional to the bicyclists' ability to sue the fuck out of the motorist with the right of way.

Yep.

I hit a bicyclette in Boulder '11. I was obeying the traffic laws; she was blasting across a pedestrian walk. I had no way of seeing her. She lost a bike and got scraped up (no hospitalisation required, praise G-d). I got a ticket for being at fault for, I guess, not having perfect clairvoyance.

I moved out of Boulder proper soon after that (since I was pretty much homeless then, that part wasn't so hard). I don't go back much.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 26, 2013 05:18 PM (Nsoq9)

89 Can't stand some of the hardcore cyclists, every time they fly by, "On your left!!!" I know asshole, I've heard you coming. I'm not suddenly moving into your path. And mock me all you want Lance but there's a hill coming with a 30% grade, I will see you at the top.

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at November 26, 2013 05:18 PM (WdbF7)

90 >>Roasted garlic Mac and Cheese? The recipe I used was long and complicated but it was sooo good I made it a second time. Probably you could just make it however you usually do and throw the garlic in, but here's the hard way: http://tinyurl.com/ma4gq8q I changed two things: I used only about half a head of garlic and it was plenty for us. If you add 5 cups of *cold* milk, you will be stirring forever. I warmed it in the microwave before adding it.

Posted by: Mama AJ at November 26, 2013 05:19 PM (SUKHu)

91 I'm thinkin I could ride a Bicycle Insurance Law to some filthy Gov pension money. If it saves just one person! To get campaign mullah I will tie it into your car insurance rates. Get ticket on bike, car insurance goes up.

Posted by: nip at November 26, 2013 05:19 PM (jI23+)

92 Re, the Syd Leathers pic: "This Flag Is Full Of Spiders"

That's all

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 26, 2013 05:20 PM (Nsoq9)

93 EC its always about the oil...

Funny the libtards are not protesting in Beijing over their illegal grab for oil.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 26, 2013 05:20 PM (787tI)

94 @90 Mama AJ Thanks for the recipe. My contribution to Thanksgiving is now determined.

Posted by: RS at November 26, 2013 05:20 PM (YAGV/)

95 rd refers to "Critical Ass", a.k.a. "Critical Mass", which is the obnoxious obstructive militant bike bunch here in San Francisco, and perhaps now elsewhere as well.

There's no other way to describe these people than as total jerks.

They spit on drivers through open car windows, they throw various shit, they make a whole lot of noise, and they deliberately ride slow in gaggles to snarl vehicular traffic, and they do all of the above at peak commute hours. In SF. Which is a tiny hilly city with narrow inefficient roadways that tends to lock up frozen even without being deliberately interfered with.

I've spent a lot of my own life on two wheels, both engine powered and human powered forms, and I give anyone riding on two wheels considerable respect and distance when I'm behind the wheel of a car. But, the Mass-holes make me want to get out of the car and start throwing punches.

Posted by: torquewrench at November 26, 2013 05:20 PM (gqT4g)

96 Funny the libtards are not protesting in Beijing over their illegal grab for oil. Or all the mining for the rare earth metals used in their hybrid batteries.

Posted by: EC at November 26, 2013 05:21 PM (doBIb)

97 "San Rafael, CA banned smoking in your own home - if you share a wall with another person"

Hmm, for condos, duplexes, and apartments but not for single family homes. So laws are only for poor people apparently.

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at November 26, 2013 05:21 PM (WdbF7)

98 Don't get me started on bike riders. I've had around 5 or 6 near misses with them b/c they ignore the rules of thw road. I always defer to them but I can't do so when I can't fucking see them because they are not following the rules of the road. They are based on safety. Assholes.

Posted by: François Villon at November 26, 2013 05:21 PM (kkbgQ)

99 Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 26, 2013 09:18 PM (aDwsi Well I'm pissed at him. He's been communicating with my setters. I was gone Thursday night thru this afternoon. I find my nic still in the top 10 and you are #1. I guess my Xmas bonus is going to Caesar Milan, damn

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 26, 2013 05:21 PM (HVff2)

100 Serious bicyclists are always smug asslickers. I have a fuck you attitude toward them especially when riding a 600 pound motorcycle around them. And that bullshit about not being able to stop like a car, well thats just a fucking lie. I used to ride them myself, but I got tired of idiots who were superior. I mean seriously, what kind of idiot feels superior for spending a grand on a derailer? A smug idiot, thats who.

Posted by: maddogg at November 26, 2013 05:21 PM (zX1xs)

101 91 I'm thinkin I could ride a Bicycle Insurance Law to some filthy Gov pension money. If it saves just one person! You are covered by your auto insurance on a bike. A bike is a motor vehicle by state law, that is why they must obey traffic laws and can not ride, legally, on sidewalks.

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 26, 2013 05:22 PM (0FSuD)

102 Al Gore became that flabby fatass by going vegan?

Posted by: --- at November 26, 2013 05:22 PM (MMC8r)

103 I bet if you gathered up enough of Sydney's labia, you could stretch them out and used them boot laces. Leather boot laces. Get it???? hyuck hyuck hyuck....

Posted by: EC at November 26, 2013 05:22 PM (doBIb)

104 Over 30 years ago, I got laid off when a project got cancelled. I was being driven home after drinking way too much. In Boulder, Colorado, we (as I wrote, I wasn't driving) were driving north on the main road. There was a bicyclist taking up way too much of the bike lane. I suggested that he hug the curb. LOL. No he thought that he owned the whole bike lane.

Posted by: Jimbo at November 26, 2013 05:23 PM (V70Uh)

105 103 I bet if you gathered up enough of Sydney's labia, you could stretch them out and used them boot laces. Or just make boots out of it. And a pair of chaps.

Posted by: Insomniac at November 26, 2013 05:23 PM (UAMVq)

106 Excess labia? That's gross.

Posted by: François Villon at November 26, 2013 05:24 PM (kkbgQ)

107 Sydney Leathers ought to get a Kraken tattooed on and about her scamper. Then she could work the strip club circuit as Sydney Leathers and her Squidly Nethers.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 26, 2013 05:25 PM (60Q+L)

108 Anyways, I thought it was illegal to sell human artifacts?

Posted by: EC at November 26, 2013 05:25 PM (doBIb)

109 The militant bike-riders - we don't have Critical Mass in Boulder, but it's a matter of time - are basically to be understood in the same way the Klan is to be understood in those Sundown Towns of yore.

They figure they have a town Just Like Us, and they want to keep it for those Just Like Us. Cars are generally driven by outsiders. The main shopping areas are okay. But don't dare take your car to the "cool" parts of town.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 26, 2013 05:25 PM (Nsoq9)

110 NHL signed a huge TV deal in Canada. Huge.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 26, 2013 05:25 PM (ZPrif)

111 I'm thinking Sydney has enough lab-flab to stretch it out and glide like a flying squirrel.

Posted by: --- at November 26, 2013 05:25 PM (MMC8r)

112 106 Excess labia? ( That's gross.) it's what for dinner or so said Sam Elliot said

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 26, 2013 05:25 PM (HVff2)

113 Wabia are gwoss!

Posted by: Bawney Fwank at November 26, 2013 05:25 PM (UAMVq)

114 "You are covered by your auto insurance on a bike." I doubt it, as this makes no sense.

Posted by: nip at November 26, 2013 05:26 PM (jI23+)

115 Excess labia?

Send some over my way. I know what to do with it.

Posted by: Jimbo at November 26, 2013 05:26 PM (V70Uh)

116 Dedicated to Charles Johnson.

Posted by: Cluebat at November 26, 2013 05:26 PM (Nz3Yx)

117 Sydney Leathers ought to get a Kraken tattooed on and about her scamper. Then she could work the strip club circuit as Sydney Leathers and her Squidly Nethers.

I love this place.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at November 26, 2013 05:26 PM (lr3d7)

118 It's a little scary how many of these "near Apocalypse" events have popped up ...

There was that other story about an officer who over-rode the judgement of a Soviet ICBM launch detector seeing flashes over the US - which turned out to be cloud reflections.

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at November 26, 2013 05:26 PM (oXyNY)

119 Barky makes no sense either, and he is pres. Must ponder.

Posted by: nip at November 26, 2013 05:26 PM (jI23+)

120 Even Ed Gein wouldn't touch Sydney's labia remnants.

Posted by: EC at November 26, 2013 05:26 PM (doBIb)

121
Q: How is it that Big Lots can sell a 1lb 12oz can of DelMonte whole peeled tomatoes for $1.00, and everyone in the production process makes some sort of profit, but you gotta consult your banker before investing in tomatoes at a freaking grocery store?

Not some brand you never heard of packed in Zimbabwe or Estonia -- DelMonte.

Riddle me that Batman.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at November 26, 2013 05:27 PM (Xlbr8)

122 Sidney might have enough to make a new carpet for my living room.

Posted by: maddogg at November 26, 2013 05:27 PM (zX1xs)

123 Around here they are selling snow bikes can't wait to see one of them assholes try one out in a blizzard. Snow plows are big man.

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at November 26, 2013 05:27 PM (ad0Ft)

124 Evening, fappers and fappettes.

Posted by: DC in Towson at November 26, 2013 05:27 PM (eQJwb)

125 Alrighty then, who wants some Leather's cooch?

Posted by: Sydney Leathers at November 26, 2013 05:27 PM (DI+ja)

126 You are covered by your auto insurance on a bike. A bike is a motor vehicle by state law, that is why they must obey traffic laws and can not ride, legally, on sidewalks. Posted by: Nip Sip at November 26, 2013 09:22 PM (0FSuD) How many bikes get registered at the DMV?

Posted by: eman at November 26, 2013 05:28 PM (AO9UG)

127 Finally, an all-new wardrobe!

Posted by: Jame Gumb at November 26, 2013 05:28 PM (MMC8r)

128 122 Sidney might have enough to make a new carpet for my living room. Posted by: maddogg at November 26, 2013 09:27 PM (zX1xs) It'll really tie the room together, man.

Posted by: The Dude at November 26, 2013 05:28 PM (UAMVq)

129 Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at November 26, 2013 09:27 PM (ad0Ft) For all our southern morons. Never, I repeat never fuck with a snow plow. You will lose

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 26, 2013 05:28 PM (HVff2)

130 "If you can't slow down like a car, don't go as fast as one."

Again here in SF, one of the asshole local bicycle community came blasting down an extremely steep hill into an intersection as pedestrians were starting to cross on the far side (with the green light for the peds). He was going far too fast to even think about braking to a stop, and dumped the bike, but still had more than enough kinetic energy to slide into the crosswalk and kill some luckless old fart on foot.

The cyclist actually then put up a bunch of social media posts largely about himself and his chewed-up gear and bike. No real expression of interest in the person who had just died on the pavement in a huge pool of their own blood thanks to him.

Last I heard, he was going on trial. Which in San Francisco, for manslaughter, means most likely a time-served suspended sentence with probation. IF THAT. It would blow your mind the stuff for which SF juries won't convict.

Posted by: torquewrench at November 26, 2013 05:28 PM (gqT4g)

131 It's all pissflaps and bicycle hate with you people.

Posted by: garrett at November 26, 2013 05:28 PM (WUUyn)

132 As for Sydney Leathers, too bad they don't sell the Chrysler Cordoba any more.

Posted by: RS at November 26, 2013 05:28 PM (YAGV/)

133 Fucking nihilists

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at November 26, 2013 05:29 PM (ad0Ft)

134 can't wait to see one of them assholes try one out in a blizzard

There's a term for people like that -- cops call'em "missing persons". They'll all turn up come spring snow melt though.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at November 26, 2013 05:29 PM (Xlbr8)

135 132 As for Sydney Leathers, too bad they don't sell the Chrysler Cordoba any more. Posted by: RS at November 26, 2013 09:28 PM (YAGV/) Rrrrrich Corinthian Leathers!

Posted by: Insomniac at November 26, 2013 05:30 PM (UAMVq)

136 132As for Sydney Leathers, too bad they don't sell the Chrysler Cordoba any more.

Posted by: RS at November 26, 2013 09:28 PM (YAGV/)

I miss the genuine cuntinthian leathers seats.

Posted by: maddogg at November 26, 2013 05:31 PM (zX1xs)

137 @135 Nice to know someone else remembers the "pre-Khan" Ricardo Montalban.

Posted by: RS at November 26, 2013 05:32 PM (YAGV/)

138 121 I believe Big Lots operates on close-out and overstock lots.

Posted by: --- at November 26, 2013 05:32 PM (MMC8r)

139

125 Alrighty then, who wants some Leather's cooch

Tan it and have cooch leather! Tougher than wang leather?

Posted by: Helen Thomas' wheel-barrow toted labia at November 26, 2013 05:32 PM (6fSty)

140 San Rafael?

Are there any shared-wall structures there?

Posted by: Jimbo at November 26, 2013 05:32 PM (V70Uh)

141 Posted by: torquewrench at November 26, 2013 09:28 PM (gqT4g) I live near SF, but ignore the local news; when did the bike event you describe happen?

Posted by: eman at November 26, 2013 05:32 PM (AO9UG)

142 Every day, bicyclists come up on the right side of my vehicle, when I am in the rightmost lane of traffic trying to make a right turn! One day I am going to get my Road Warrior on. ARGH!

Posted by: Codec717 at November 26, 2013 05:33 PM (jXG+o)

143 Gone with the Wind all day tomorrow on AMC! Frankly my dear I DO give a damn!!

Posted by: jmel at November 26, 2013 05:33 PM (cfFqn)

144 Where I live they have spent thousands of dollars on Bike trials and these assholes still ride on the rode.

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at November 26, 2013 05:33 PM (b6koZ)

145 Cyclists are almost as insufferable as jazz musicians.

Posted by: Mata Hari at November 26, 2013 05:33 PM (3SzC3)

146 139 125 Alrighty then, who wants some Leather's cooch Tan it and have cooch leather! Tougher than wang leather? Posted by: Helen Thomas' wheel-barrow toted labia at November 26, 2013 09:32 PM (6fSty) Smoke cure it and make 'gina jerky.

Posted by: Insomniac at November 26, 2013 05:33 PM (UAMVq)

147 Aloha!

Posted by: cthulhu at November 26, 2013 05:33 PM (T1005)

148 Thanks for the heads up jmel.. love that movie.

Posted by: jewells45 trying to keep from going crazy at November 26, 2013 05:34 PM (u25eL)

149 Sydney Leathers is making a silk purse out of a sow's cunt?

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at November 26, 2013 05:34 PM (JQuNB)

150 where is my jello? starting the senior citizen thread before 2100? bicyclists are not evil overall, it is the commuter variety that is evil, especially the urban variety. my special pet peeve is when they decide it is fine for them to ride on sidewalks and wrong way on streets. a heavily laden book bag on a strap is a good solution for some bike nazi prick. at least the food delivery guys that ride bikes are providing a higher and better purpose.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 26, 2013 05:34 PM (ya3AJ)

151 Is Leathers selling her cooch by the pound?

Posted by: maddogg at November 26, 2013 05:35 PM (zX1xs)

152 Haters gonna hate. I don't like the asshole wrong way red light running hipsters, militant anti-car zealots, faux messenger, and the spandex crowd giving the rest of us law abiding cyclists a bad name.

Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston bikes every day at November 26, 2013 05:35 PM (KCvsd)

153 Jury nullification. It's the logical conclusion of democracy. Steal from your "rich" neighbor. Let the thief go because he needed it.

Posted by: Jimbo at November 26, 2013 05:35 PM (V70Uh)

154 Ricardo: rich Corinthian leather.

Sydney? Theban. After the Persian army passed through

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 26, 2013 05:35 PM (Nsoq9)

155 I ride a fair amount still -used to ride about 350 miles/wk. But the whole reason I got into cycling is because I don't like people, and it's solo sport. That means riding (or commuting) ALONE, you smug asshats. A year or so ago, there was a bit of news about groups douchebags taking over the roads in Sandblasted, a remote area of Va. Beach. A local had enough of their attitude and bad behavior, and threw a 25 cent box of racks on the road at one point. The $75 flat tires and skinned knees & elbows made most of us laugh heartily, while the "riding community" howled at our hatred for telling them to not ride 5 abreast breaking every traffic law on a two- lane road. Good times.

Posted by: shredded chi at November 26, 2013 05:36 PM (2njrJ)

156 man, sydney has got to have enough to make a set of luggage and a pair of boots. given that she is hiv positive are there any concerns from the cdc or fda ?

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 26, 2013 05:36 PM (ya3AJ)

157 Critical Mass in Brazil. The VW Golf is mightier than the Schwinn. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnR2ysyaoH4

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at November 26, 2013 05:37 PM (BXLPR)

158 *Sandbridge

Posted by: shredded chi at November 26, 2013 05:37 PM (2njrJ)

159 Posted by: yankeefifth at November 26, 2013 09:36 PM (ya3AJ) ...and a western saddle.

Posted by: BignJames at November 26, 2013 05:37 PM (j7iSn)

160 @154 BTH You win the "Antiquity Reference Award" for the night. Please go to the front desk to collect your trophy.

Posted by: RS at November 26, 2013 05:37 PM (YAGV/)

161 114 "You are covered by your auto insurance on a bike." I doubt it, as this makes no sense. Posted by: nip at November 26, 2013 09:26 PM (jI23+) Doubt all you want. I was hit by a car while riding a bike and my lawyer said if we could not get a settlement from the driver, my uninsured motorist coverage would cover my expenses. Just the facts here.

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 26, 2013 05:37 PM (0FSuD)

162 A team of six scientists went missing on a mission to explore the Sydney Leathers formation. A rescue team was sent in and it also failed to check in shortly after the helicopter dropped them off and recorded them entering the target. A third mission is on stand by, awaiting orders.

Posted by: eman at November 26, 2013 05:38 PM (AO9UG)

163 V. A. Arkhipov. Proof that good people can be found in the darkest of worlds. I need to read more about this man... To the Interwebs!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Hibernian Hooligan at November 26, 2013 05:38 PM (6rcHp)

164 Cherry Pie ... Sugar Walls ... Honey Wilder (vintage) ... Sydney Leathers ? That's just shitty marketing.

Posted by: ScoggDog at November 26, 2013 05:38 PM (6/+vz)

165 Samsung has a Penis Mightier? They're sitting on a gold mine!

Posted by: Sean and Nick at November 26, 2013 05:39 PM (KQZd+)

166 44 I've noticed the people who ride their crappy bikes to work b/c that's all they've got can manage to stop for the four-way stop, unlike the assfucks with the spandex. Posted by: HeatherRadishÂ™ at November 26, 2013 09:06 PM (hO8IJ) Years ago, I lived pretty close to work and rode a bike when the weather was nice. Maybe it was because I was used to driving a car, but I always just assumed I had to follow the same rules of the road that drivers did. Also because I had this quaint notion that carelessness on a bike could have a much worse outcome than carelessness while driving. Because physics.

Posted by: rickl at November 26, 2013 05:39 PM (sdi6R)

167
I'm still alive.

Posted by: jewells45 trying to keep from going crazy at November 26, 2013 08:59 PM (u25eL)

Word.

Posted by: Abe Vigoda at November 26, 2013 05:39 PM (MBqvE)

168 "bicyclists are not evil overall, it is the commuter variety that is evil, especially the urban variety. I think a big part of the problem is that the 20 something crowd has picked up on cycling as a rebel movement and goes out of its way to be assholes. The rest of us lifelong commuters have been making inroads getting infrastructure marked during road restriping only to have a bunch of showboating assholes piss off the public against us.

Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston bikes every day at November 26, 2013 05:40 PM (KCvsd)

169 >>Tan it and have cooch leather! Tougher than wang leather? Posted by: Helen Thomas' wheel-barrow toted labia Hmm, a cooch leather purse.

Posted by: Aviator at November 26, 2013 05:40 PM (DI+ja)

170 162 A team of six scientists went missing on a mission to explore the Sydney Leathers formation. A rescue team was sent in and it also failed to check in shortly after the helicopter dropped them off and recorded them entering the target. A third mission is on stand by, awaiting orders. Posted by: eman at November 26, 2013 09:38 PM (AO9UG) Even the Eye of Terror is less horrific than the SLF. Nuke it all from afar. It's the only way to be sure.

Posted by: Thrawn at November 26, 2013 05:40 PM (ZyqBH)

171 Apparently second-hand smoke - like spirits and cosmic rays - can penetrate solid walls and get at you.

It's true, you bastids.

Posted by: That guy who quit 10 years ago still craves a smoke at November 26, 2013 05:40 PM (Dwehj)

172 The Lady GaGa must have this magnificent hat!

Posted by: Lady GaG-a at November 26, 2013 05:40 PM (3SzC3)

173 "The Soviets could barely launch a fucking ICBM, having nuclear torpedoes in 1962 is a total stretch. I don't think we even had them in 62."

An ex-USN bubblehead observed to me that there was a reason that extremely large diameter torpedo tubes showed up early on in Russkie boats. (Early as in just that early.)

Because, if you think about it, a nuclear torpedo does away with a lot of problems involving precision terminal guidance and discrimination of decoys. It just has to get within a few kilometers of the target to accomplish the job. A nuclear torpedo is also a neat way to wreck a harbor.

He said that when things were tense and they were patrolling with warshots loaded, their tactical posture always assumed the risk that if they fired on a Red sub, they might get a nuke-tipped revenge shot coming right back along that bearing.

Posted by: torquewrench at November 26, 2013 05:41 PM (gqT4g)

174 Doubt all you want. I was hit by a car while riding a bike and my lawyer said if we could not get a settlement from the driver, my uninsured motorist coverage would cover my expenses. Just the facts here. Posted by: Nip Sip at November 26, 2013 09:37 PM (0FSuD) That means you were covered by an accident caused by another person's vehicle. It does not mean your bike is covered by insurance. if you crashed your bike and damaged property other than a car your car insurance would not apply.

Posted by: eman at November 26, 2013 05:41 PM (AO9UG)

175 How many bikes get registered at the DMV? Posted by: eman at November 26, 2013 09:28 PM (AO9UG) You are by definition on a motor vehicle when you are on a bike. It is an unregistered vehicle, BUT they, still by state law, must obey all motor vehicle laws. Lights on the front and back, drive on the right, obey traffic signals.

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 26, 2013 05:41 PM (0FSuD)

176 A third mission is on stand by, awaiting orders. It's....it's full of stars! Or are those fuckin' spiders...

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at November 26, 2013 05:42 PM (JQuNB)

177 @161 Nip Sip UM coverage is based on the fact that the other car is uninsured. It doesn't matter whether you are in a car or on foot or in your house, if you get injured by the vehicle. Bikes themselves aren't covered under auto policies because they're not considered "motor vehicles."

Posted by: RS at November 26, 2013 05:42 PM (YAGV/)

178 So this excess labia - is it detachable? There could be a song in that....

Posted by: King Missile at November 26, 2013 05:42 PM (JRmiD)

179 Gabe stomped ont

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 26, 2013 05:42 PM (HVff2)

180 According to navweaps.com. the US had nuke torpedos in 1963.

And many cyclists present a very clear danger on public roads.

Posted by: irongrampa at November 26, 2013 05:43 PM (SAMxH)

181 #175, you are also required to have a bell or horn in most states as a signaling device and have at least one mechanical brake. Both things which the douchebag hipsters like to go without.

Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston bikes every day at November 26, 2013 05:43 PM (KCvsd)

182 I am a Cuban Missile Crisis Baby. My Dad jumped my Mom "one last time" before heading back to duty in the Titan II Missile Silo he was in charge of in Arkansas, in late October, 1962. Almost exactly 9 months later, out popped me. He was certain that he would be part of a nuclear exchange when he said goodbye to my Mom and older sister that day.

I'll bet that Russian bubblehead caught three bullets in the back of the head for his trouble, right after being awarded the Order of the Red Star for making the right decision.

Posted by: FYNQ at November 26, 2013 05:44 PM (8+xjO)

183 never heard the Depth Charge story. Been studying the C.M. C. for long time, but it's News to me.

Posted by: Jerry Jack in Jacksonville at November 26, 2013 05:44 PM (omBWL)

184 Calling Sydney Leathers a slut, whore, or ho is a grave insult to sluts, whores, and hos (sp?) of all stripes. Her parents must be thrilled. Regarding the bike Nazis: woah, liberals have issues. Traffic justice? What the hell.

Posted by: chique d'afrique, formerly Chelsea, now back to being an actual female at November 26, 2013 05:44 PM (r+7wo)

185 This thread is making me want to put on that giant, goofy helmet, hop on my Lady Schwinn and take a spin around the Rose Garden.

Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at November 26, 2013 05:45 PM (Dwehj)

186 184 Calling Sydney Leathers a slut, whore, or ho is a grave insult to sluts, whores, and hos (sp?) of all stripes. She's got to be kin to Tiny Tim.

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at November 26, 2013 05:45 PM (JQuNB)

187 "I live near SF, but ignore the local news; when did the bike event you describe happen?"

March of 2012.

I had to go look it up, and I found an article about how the cyclist had pled out earlier this year. But with no time behind bars. (Goddamned SF.)

http://tinyurl.com/l5568cn

Posted by: torquewrench at November 26, 2013 05:46 PM (gqT4g)

188 I'll bet that Russian bubblehead caught three bullets in the back of the head for his trouble, right after being awarded the Order of the Red Star for making the right decision. He died in 1998. Maybe did time.

Posted by: EC at November 26, 2013 05:46 PM (doBIb)

189 "And many cyclists present a very clear danger on public roads." What I see daily while biking from drivers, and have the video to prove, would make you feel a whole lot less safe driving anywhere. Half the people under 30 are playing angry birds, candy crush, or bejeweled in between texting while driving. Surprised more people don't get killed because of it. I can literally pick out the LIVs from their driving habits. They need constant video stimulation like a fricken toddler and can't pay attention to anything while puttering along at 40mph in a 25mph zone.

Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston bikes every day at November 26, 2013 05:47 PM (KCvsd)

190 That means you were covered by an accident caused by another person's vehicle. It does not mean your bike is covered by insurance. if you crashed your bike and damaged property other than a car your car insurance would not apply. Posted by: eman at November 26, 2013 09:41 PM (AO9UG) No, not the case. Primary liability is registered to the individual car and bikes are not registered, they ARE still classified as motor vehicles. If I hit a car with my bike, I can assure you in NC the trial lawyer would first go after my car insurance, if I had any, then he would go after my homeowners insurance. The same rule would apply if I was driving a moped or ATV. Read your car insurance liability clause.

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 26, 2013 05:47 PM (0FSuD)

191 The Sydney Leathers thing: Doesn't anyone here remember when Ace postee the "Large Labia Project" - A tumblr page where ugly women post pics of their uglier vaginas? NSFW - no. I won't link it, but add 'dot org' to the quoted 3 words above of you're brave enough.

Posted by: shredded chi at November 26, 2013 05:47 PM (2njrJ)

192 I saw Detachable Labia open for Madonna back in '88.

Posted by: Low Information Voter at November 26, 2013 05:47 PM (Dwehj)

193 >>> Gabe stomped ont This aggression will not stand, Man!

Posted by: fluffy, not a golfer at November 26, 2013 05:48 PM (Ua6T/)

194 watch me, and learn !!!!

Posted by: The Bedford Incident at November 26, 2013 05:48 PM (omBWL)

195 Bikes themselves aren't covered under auto policies because they're not considered "motor vehicles." Posted by: RS at November 26, 2013 09:42 PM (YAGV/) In the state of NC they are.

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 26, 2013 05:48 PM (0FSuD)

196 182 I am a Cuban Missile Crisis Baby. My Dad jumped my Mom "one last time" before heading back to duty in the Titan II Missile Silo he was in charge of in Arkansas, in late October, 1962. Almost exactly 9 months later, out popped me. He was certain that he would be part of a nuclear exchange when he said goodbye to my Mom and older sister that day. My son was the product of a bad movie date. Wife and I went go see Jeepers Creepers and it was so bad we came home and made our own movie. Nine months later, out popped the boy.

Posted by: EC at November 26, 2013 05:49 PM (doBIb)

197 Fuckity fuckity fuck, I get home, I see, whoa, early ONT, cool beans. Then I see that fuckin' Malor has stomped it. {shakes head, spits, remembers how cool the Sox and the Pats are}

Posted by: Peaches at November 26, 2013 05:49 PM (8lmkt)

198 In wis mopeds and at vs aren't covered under homeowners unless scheduled. State insurance laws vary on the bike/auto accident type of thing. What might be the case in NC could be different in Iowa for example

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at November 26, 2013 05:50 PM (HVff2)

199 I think someone posted an ONT article about a Critical Asshat that killed a guy in SF a while back.

The DA did the right thing and tried his ass. However, he only got probation and service. He should have been thrown in a Fed lockup and fined severely.

Poking around I see that those assholes have killed three people in NorCal.

I rode a bike while in college and rode through some rough urban locales. I get the danger involved with doing so. But the idea that there's no malicious recklessness in these cases is GD insane.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at November 26, 2013 05:50 PM (nq+/u)

200
You know, I'm thinking that fogging the bike lane with a cloud from one of those pepper spray foggers would do wonders for the attitude of a spandex mob. Especially if it's around a blind corner.

And I still love my Surly singlespeed. Lots of fun.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 26, 2013 05:50 PM (MBqvE)

201 "In Boulder, Colorado, we (as I wrote, I wasn't driving) were driving north on the main road. There was a bicyclist taking up way too much of the bike lane." I'm on the western slope. I'm surprised those castratis still allow autos in Boulder.

Posted by: Meremortal at November 26, 2013 05:50 PM (1Y+hH)

202 Traffic laws?

We don't need no traffic laws

Posted by: Cyclists everywhere at November 26, 2013 05:50 PM (V70Uh)

203 Me and my truck will win against any bike fag. Every time.

Posted by: EC at November 26, 2013 05:51 PM (doBIb)

204 Bikes are considered legal vehicles in many states, but with restrictions which require them to yield the lane whenever safe to do so and not ride more than two abreast. Almost every state requires a headlight, taillight, or both if operating after dusk. Probably the most unsafe thing done by cyclists, aside from the habitual red light runners, is failure to use proper lights and wearing dark clothing at night. Idiots complain about being buzzed when they are dressed like ninjas with nothing to make themselves visible.

Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston bikes every day at November 26, 2013 05:51 PM (KCvsd)

205 Posted by: The Bedford Incident at November 26, 2013 09:48 PM (omBWL) Nuke 'me, Dan-o!

Posted by: fluffy, at November 26, 2013 05:51 PM (Ua6T/)

206 Cyclists in FL have a more conservative riding style. They know the Q-tips and snow birds will cut them down like a scythe and never even notice the bump...

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at November 26, 2013 05:51 PM (Xlbr8)

207 201, it was 30 years ago.

Posted by: Jimbo at November 26, 2013 05:51 PM (V70Uh)

208 So is this here the gamey thread?

Posted by: John Kerry at November 26, 2013 05:51 PM (JQuNB)

209 I've already gotten some excellent pointers from a preeminent Moron who hails from New Orleans, but I figured I'd ask the Horde for other ideas. Seems I'll be in the city for a few days next week with photography as my prime objective. Aside from the standard fare (e.g., Bourbon St. and cemeteries), what are some good places to go in order to capture the feel of the city?

I've already been warned about Rampart, and recommended several eateries (including Cafe Du Monde for beignets). But, as far as capturing images of the city that give a fair, reasonably accurate sense of the place (without risking life, liberty or property, of course), where should I go?

Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at November 26, 2013 05:51 PM (m0h0I)

210 Gabe need a boycott for stomping on the ONT. Just my opinion.

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 26, 2013 05:52 PM (0FSuD)

211 Headlights? Taillights? No comprende.

Posted by: Cyclists everywhere at November 26, 2013 05:53 PM (V70Uh)

212 #206, Florida has a mandatory sidepath law. If a marked lane exists cyclists are required to use it.

Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston bikes every day at November 26, 2013 05:53 PM (KCvsd)

213 >> Nuke 'me, Dan-o! From fuckin orbit. "Nuke 'em, Dan-O!"

Posted by: fluffy, at November 26, 2013 05:53 PM (Ua6T/)

214 DamnDirtyRINO: looking for great cajun food in Nawlins?

First thing you gotta do is find the nearest location of Popeye's Chicken...
;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 26, 2013 05:53 PM (T/XcG)

215 "My son was the product of a bad movie date. Wife and I went go see Jeepers Creepers and it was so bad we came home and made our own movie. Nine months later, out popped the boy." He's not named Justin, is he?

Posted by: Thrawn at November 26, 2013 05:53 PM (ZyqBH)

216 When I used to ride, I had two rules: One, ride like I was invisible and Two, assume everyone was out to run me over. I was one of those who understood that even though I was a car for the purposes of a law, it didn't matter how much law I had on my side, the mass/velocity equation was not in my favor.

Posted by: Blake at November 26, 2013 05:54 PM (M1cQU)

217 it is easy stomp an overnight thread if you put it up before prime time starts.

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 26, 2013 05:54 PM (ya3AJ)

218 He's not named Justin, is he? Mac Boy? No way!

Posted by: EC at November 26, 2013 05:54 PM (doBIb)

219 Peaches: your team is playing against my team (Texans) next week.

Any chance you could convince Belichek to forfeit the game? To spare us the humiliation?

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 26, 2013 05:54 PM (Nsoq9)

220 Nip Sip, In my state, they're not. Negligence on a bicycle is covered by homeowners insurance, not motor vehicle insurance which is vehicle specific.

Posted by: RS at November 26, 2013 05:54 PM (YAGV/)

221 Being a long-time resident of Front Range Colorado I have developed a rather healthy distaste for cyclists. There are numerous county roads that I actively avoid because of the FUCKING PELETONS that swarm the roads like sweat bees during certain times of the year. Almost as bad are the douches who ride during snowstorms on their single-speeds with skinny tires, swaddled in their natural fabrics as they slowly pedal their way to whatever job they have. I need to move to another place.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Hibernian Hooligan at November 26, 2013 05:55 PM (6rcHp)

222 friend of mine was XO on one of those cute little gray Navy ships ( in the Persian Gulf , mid-70s ) and says his captain was a clone for Richard Widmark in The Bedford Incident.

Posted by: Wally in Walla Walla at November 26, 2013 05:55 PM (omBWL)

223 #216, Rule No.3 is be polite to everyone and follow the damn law. Rule No.4 do everything possible to be obnoxiously conspicuous visibility wise to the point it would hold up in court.

Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston bikes every day at November 26, 2013 05:55 PM (KCvsd)

224 >>> 210 Gabe need a boycott for stomping on the ONT. Or we could just not go to his thread.

Posted by: fluffy, at November 26, 2013 05:55 PM (Ua6T/)

225 Peaches, thanks for reminding me about fuckity fuck fuck! I have searched but can't find the video. I saw it once, probably here. It's a daytrader, right? It's hysterical, anybody know how to find it? 'Fuckity fuck' didn't work.

Posted by: Meremortal at November 26, 2013 05:56 PM (1Y+hH)

226 Re the Critical Massholes, two points:

- Sorry but given most of their malfeasance is in SF, not sure why it should bother people. It's left-libs annoying left-libs, which is what most of them deserve IMHO.

- Would love to see them try that crap in places like Texas. There'd be so many of them crushed into the pavement, the state would probably deem "deceased CMer" a regular asphalt ingredient for the best road ride.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 26, 2013 05:56 PM (T/XcG)

227 224 >>> 210 Gabe need a boycott for stomping on the ONT. Or we could just not go to his thread. Posted by: fluffy, at November 26, 2013 09:55 PM (Ua6T/) Wouldn't that be a boycott?

Posted by: Insomniac at November 26, 2013 05:56 PM (UAMVq)

228
   Oct 62 I was doing my usaeur tour. We provided security for a missile co near stuttgart.

   In our kaserne, over the doors in the separate rooms was a light board with 3 lights. Yellow--most practice alerts where you moved most of the equipment to a preassigned area.

   Green, same drill, but more stuff went out and you stayed for a day or so.

   Red, EVERYTHING mobile went.

    the 24th, we woke up to the klaxon and saw that red light blinking. Scared the shit out of everyone.

    Out we went, I set up our perimeter and issued ammo. We loaded and locked weapons hot. Stayed that way for 18 hours and then stood down.

   Scary time, because we all were aware that we wouldn't survive an nuclear exchange.

Posted by: irongrampa at November 26, 2013 05:57 PM (SAMxH)

229 ONT stomped by food thread!

Posted by: Y-not at November 26, 2013 05:57 PM (zDsvJ)

230 DDR When I went, friends took us to some kind of open air market - I guess it was the French market in French quarter. I spent most of my time walking outside the venue. It's on the river, with some nice scenery. And eateries.

Posted by: shredded chi at November 26, 2013 05:57 PM (2njrJ)

231 - Sorry but given most of their malfeasance is in SF, not sure why it should bother people. It's left-libs annoying left-libs, which is what most of them deserve IMHO. Unfortunately they aren't just limited to SF.

Posted by: Insomniac at November 26, 2013 05:58 PM (UAMVq)

232 Gabe if I remember correctly is another bike guy, hence why he dropped a deuce on the ONT.

Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston bikes every day at November 26, 2013 05:58 PM (KCvsd)

233 189 "And many cyclists present a very clear danger on public roads." What I see daily while biking from drivers, and have the video to prove, would make you feel a whole lot less safe driving anywhere. Half the people under 30 are playing angry birds, candy crush, or bejeweled in between texting while driving. Surprised more people don't get killed because of it. I can literally pick out the LIVs from their driving habits. They need constant video stimulation like a fricken toddler and can't pay attention to anything while puttering along at 40mph in a 25mph zone. Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston bikes every day at November 26, 2013 09:47 PM (KCvsd) The LIV's under 20 I see driving are either texting or talking on their phones, going 20 in a 55mph zone while driving in two lanes.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at November 26, 2013 05:58 PM (BXLPR)

234 Wasn't 'Jeepers' directed by a pedobear? As in - an actual convicted pedo?

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 26, 2013 05:58 PM (Nsoq9)

235 Oh and forgot to mention re CM:

I guarantee that someday, someone is going to make a FREAKIN' FORTUNE by inventing a two-sided auto license plate holder that can be set up to quickly swivel to a blank side or fake license side from the dash.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 26, 2013 05:58 PM (T/XcG)

236 >>> Wouldn't that be a boycott? Look, we don't want to alienate the moderates, you longbow purist.

Posted by: fluffy at November 26, 2013 05:59 PM (Ua6T/)

237 Maybe it was because I was used to driving a car, but I always just assumed I had to follow the same rules of the road that drivers did.

If people actually read the rules, bikers actually do have to follow all the traffic rules that other vehicles do.

It always seemed foolish to me to ever do otherwise - acting unpredictably makes it harder for car-drivers to avoid hitting you.

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at November 26, 2013 05:59 PM (oXyNY)

238 Pug Mahon Deer Creek Canyon Road. AArrgh!! Gave it up, and there was some nice hiking to be had there, as well as one hell of a ufo sighting one day.

Posted by: Meremortal at November 26, 2013 05:59 PM (1Y+hH)

239 Gabe also doesn't like the hoo-ha. Mind you... since the hoo-ha in question is Syd's, I'd almost join his team myself

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 26, 2013 06:00 PM (Nsoq9)

240 Wasn't 'Jeepers' directed by a pedobear? As in - an actual convicted pedo?

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo

Yes.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at November 26, 2013 06:00 PM (nq+/u)

241 227 224 >>> 210 Gabe need a boycott for stomping on the ONT. Or we could just not go to his thread. Posted by: fluffy, at November 26, 2013 09:55 PM (Ua6T/) Wouldn't that be a boycott? Posted by: Insomniac at November 26, 2013 09:56 PM It would be more polite to ignore that post

Posted by: Beto at November 26, 2013 06:00 PM (MhA4j)

242 Wasn't 'Jeepers' directed by a pedobear? As in - an actual convicted pedo Yeah. Funny thing, in both movies, the monster goes after only the boys, not the hawt girls. Harry Reid probably has a signed copy of the movie.

Posted by: EC at November 26, 2013 06:00 PM (doBIb)

243 209: Lived there for 17 years (until Katrina). Photo-wise, try St. Charles Avenue (the trolley goes there) for those big ol' houses. French Market, too, and Louis Armstrong Park (before dark) for "local color." Royal Street is the area for swanky shops.

Posted by: RovingCopyEditor at November 26, 2013 06:00 PM (vRdWg)

244 #233, here in Boston it's usually them speeding to catch up to the next light, since they missed the last green paying attention to their phone, and usually almost running the next red because of paying attention to their phone. Everyone jaywalks here for a reason. Many times it is simply unsafe to follow a walk signal because of all the idiots running over the crosswalk stop line distracted by their phones.

Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston bikes every day at November 26, 2013 06:00 PM (KCvsd)

245 Peaches: your team is playing against my team (Texans) next week.

Any chance you could convince Belichek to forfeit the game? To spare us the humiliation?

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 26, 2013 09:54 PM (Nsoq9)

Heh, much as I love you (and I really, really do), uh, SUCKAH!

Posted by: Peaches at November 26, 2013 06:01 PM (8lmkt)

246 as well as one hell of a ufo sighting one day

Please call my West of the Rockies Hotline.

Posted by: George Snoory at November 26, 2013 06:01 PM (Dwehj)

247 acting unpredictably makes it harder for car-drivers to avoid hitting you.

Stupidity is a self correcting defect

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at November 26, 2013 06:01 PM (Xlbr8)

248 We don't need no traffic laws

You don't get to break us.

Posted by: Newton's laws of motion at November 26, 2013 06:02 PM (hO8IJ)

249 @238, Meremortal. Blech. Every canyon, every gulch, every road leading into the hills. Wonder if the floods took any of them out. Not that I would wish for that. Just curious, academically and whatnot.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Hibernian Hooligan at November 26, 2013 06:02 PM (6rcHp)

250 Okay, wait, all this "biker" talk. You guys talking about Harleys or are you talking about those assholes I would cheerfully crumple with the Jeep o' Death were it not illegal? Because I am a seething ball of hate about bicycles on the road, anywhere, anytime.

Posted by: Peaches at November 26, 2013 06:02 PM (8lmkt)

251 Whoa... Person of Interest opens with Johnny Cash! Nice.

Posted by: EC at November 26, 2013 06:02 PM (doBIb)

252 SoÂ….what the hell are we doing? Staying here or going OT on the food thread?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 26, 2013 06:03 PM (GEICT)

253 Peaches: they're talking about the richie rich douchewaffle Green Party voters in the tight spandex pants.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 26, 2013 06:03 PM (T/XcG)

254 Google released a new voice search extension for Chrome. Pretty slick.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 26, 2013 06:03 PM (ZPrif)

255 Cochran, they've got 25 comments, don't screw that up, eh? Just stay calm and Brady on . . .

Posted by: Peaches at November 26, 2013 06:04 PM (8lmkt)

256 "Want a Piece of Sydney Leathers? Well she's auctioning off some of her excess labia so start counting those pennies!" And there are people out there who think that slut shaming is a bad thing? When it comes to trash like this I have no problem with slut shaming. By the way, a reasonable amount of shame helps us to exercise some restraint over our behavior.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 26, 2013 06:04 PM (6da/j)

257 250 Okay, wait, all this "biker" talk. You guys talking about Harleys or are you talking about those assholes I would cheerfully crumple with the Jeep o' Death were it not illegal? Because I am a seething ball of hate about bicycles on the road, anywhere, anytime. Posted by: Peaches at November 26, 2013 10:02 PM (8lmkt) We're talking about spandex clad douchenozzles on bicycles with no regard for the life, safety, or property of anyone.

Posted by: Insomniac at November 26, 2013 06:04 PM (UAMVq)

258 And they're usually riding a bike whose cost could have fed 500 poor starving kids in Africa for a decade.

But, you know. When you're liberal you're allowed to be a complete and utter sociopath/narcissist. See: Alec Baldwin, et al.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 26, 2013 06:05 PM (T/XcG)

259 Added bonus is Google gets to listen to you all the time.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 26, 2013 06:05 PM (ZPrif)

260 Google released a new voice search extension for Chrome.
Pretty slick.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe

( cough ) You're welcome.

Posted by: Your Friends in the NSA [/i] [/b] at November 26, 2013 06:05 PM (nq+/u)

261 256 "Want a Piece of Sydney Leathers? No. Fuck no. No. That's Crying Game Shower Scene Level skeevy.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Hibernian Hooligan at November 26, 2013 06:05 PM (6rcHp)

262 as well as one hell of a ufo sighting one day Please call my West of the Rockies Hotline. Posted by: George Snoory at November 26, 2013 10:01 PM Our Scout Troop walked up on one during a survival hike. It took off and hauled ass like I never saw before or after. Boy Scouts of America has DOZENS of reported sightings

Posted by: Beto at November 26, 2013 06:06 PM (MhA4j)

263 Here's my fuckin' recipe:

Take one perfectly good ONT

Stomp the fuck out of it with your stupid fuckin' berries and creamy poofter annoyance

Piss off the horde

(I almost posted this over there, but apparently I'm not drunk enough . . . yet) (can I get a hug, please?)

Posted by: Peaches at November 26, 2013 06:06 PM (8lmkt)

264 Please call my West of the Rockies Hotline. Posted by: George Snoory at November 26, 2013 10:01 PM (Dwehj) Meh. I was a certified MUFON investigator at the time. When I say UFO, I mean it was a flying object that appeared to be constructed, and was not identifiable as anything in my experience, which is somewhat formidable when it comes to aircraft ID. Civil Air Patrol, etc. I assume any such thing is local, the odds, I'm a slave to the odds.

Posted by: Meremortal at November 26, 2013 06:06 PM (1Y+hH)

265 Julian Assange wants the U.S. to shit or get off the pot. LOL. Didn't he already know what a lawless administration he is dealing with?

Posted by: Jimbo at November 26, 2013 06:06 PM (V70Uh)

266 Would love to hear some of the questions they get at the Butterball Hotline.

"No, Mr. Olbermann, we know you're very very lonely, but we can't recommend the stuffed and prepared turkey for any sort of, er, 'social concern'..."

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 26, 2013 06:07 PM (T/XcG)

267 Just stay calm and Brady on . . . Posted by: Peaches at November 26, 2013 10:04 PM (8lmkt) You want me to grow my hair like a fag and have my wife bitch out the people I work with? I dunnoÂ…..

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 26, 2013 06:08 PM (GEICT)

268 it is not entirely gabe's fault, who was even looking for this thread at 830?

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 26, 2013 06:08 PM (ya3AJ)

269 Posted by: qdpsteve at November 26, 2013 10:07 PM (T/XcG)

hearty guffaw, qdpsteve!! nicely played

Posted by: Peaches at November 26, 2013 06:08 PM (8lmkt)

270 No hug, Peaches. I'm kinda afraid... But I will push a beer and a cigarette through the USB port.

Posted by: shredded chi at November 26, 2013 06:09 PM (2njrJ)

271 >>> You want me to grow my hair like a fag and have my wife bitch out the people I work with? Is your shit all retarded?

Posted by: fluffy at November 26, 2013 06:09 PM (Ua6T/)

272 Peaches, thanks. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 26, 2013 06:09 PM (T/XcG)

273 Oh, I am very careful distinguishing between "bikers" and "cyclists." Bikers are those people who tend to be patriots, veterans and hard-working blue-collar types... and ride large machines that can keep up with traffic rather than impede it. Cyclists are the skinny ones in those stretchy togs that manage to piss me off on sight. Nerve touched, BTW.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Hibernian Hooligan at November 26, 2013 06:09 PM (6rcHp)

274 Posted by: Pug Mahon, Hibernian Hooligan at November 26, 2013 10:02 PM (6rcHp) Oh ye gods no, can't flood down there, the Nudist Camp is one of my favorite gigs! The flooding was from about Eldorado Springs and north

Posted by: Meremortal at November 26, 2013 06:10 PM (1Y+hH)

275 it is not entirely gabe's fault, who was even looking for this thread at 830?

Um... anyone northeast of Phoenix in late November?

It was dark here at 6 MST / 8 EST

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 26, 2013 06:10 PM (Nsoq9)

276 But I will push a beer and a cigarette through the USB port.

totes kind of you, chi, but what in the name of all that is holy makes you think I don't already have that?

plus, that fuckin' cochran is already over there trading recipes on the creamy poof thread. all is lost, i am like sad kitteh, only no kibble. sigh

Posted by: Peaches at November 26, 2013 06:10 PM (8lmkt)

277 a video -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSJI0o7T4sk

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 26, 2013 06:12 PM (Nsoq9)

278 Posted by: Pug Mahon, Hibernian Hooligan at November 26, 2013 10:09 PM (6rcHp) Have you seen the story about the BACA motorcycle club? Bikers Against Child Abuse Basically they "adopt" in and take care of kids that have been abused. For instance, a little girl was molested repeatedly by a family member. She's like 9. She'll have to testify. So the bikers, who have spent weeks hanging out with her, even getting her her own vest made, will surround her, walk her to the witness stand, fill out almost every seat of the first two rows and when she's excused they go get her from the box, surround her and walk her back out.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 26, 2013 06:13 PM (GEICT)

279 @Fascinatingpics Two baby platypuses wearing fedoras. You're welcome. pic.twitter.com/Mhe93v363K

Posted by: Y-not at November 26, 2013 06:13 PM (zDsvJ)

280 that fuckin' cochran is already over there trading recipes on the creamy poof thread. all is lost, i am like sad kitteh, only no kibble. sigh Posted by: Peaches at November 26, 2013 10:10 PM (8lmkt) First of all, food is fucking delicious and I enjoy it. Secondly, the discussion was on venison. One of the most unpoofter of meats. And finally, I simply can do multiple things at once.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 26, 2013 06:14 PM (GEICT)

281 I love my bike and I always follow all traffic laws every time I ride. No exceptions. Ever. And I ride a lot.

Posted by: NCKate at November 26, 2013 06:15 PM (huQFw)

282 279 @Fascinatingpics Two baby platypuses wearing fedoras. You're welcome. pic.twitter.com/Mhe93v363K Posted by: Y-not at November 26, 2013 10:13 PM (zDsvJ) Perry had a brother? Who knew?

Posted by: Insomniac at November 26, 2013 06:15 PM (UAMVq)

283 California State law encourages the "bicycle menace", motorists must give a 3 foot buffer to said bicyclists or face the consequences. Lots of bike fatalities here in orange county; many euro riders (denoted by the weird space helmets) and motorists talking and texting = bad outcomes.

Posted by: the amazing cult of kool aid at November 26, 2013 06:15 PM (eQZZW)

284 @ 278. This is why bikers are so friggin' awesome.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Hibernian Hooligan at November 26, 2013 06:16 PM (6rcHp)

285 NCKate: you're not the problem. Critical Massholes are.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 26, 2013 06:17 PM (T/XcG)

286 284 @ 278. This is why bikers are so friggin' awesome. Fuck yeah. The Patriot Guard was there to welcome my BIL home from Afghanistan.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 26, 2013 06:17 PM (GEICT)

287 I'm sorry. I apologize, most sincerely, to all the bicycle-y 'rons and 'ettes. I also apologize to Cochran. I live in LA and I did not have a super sparkly day (guess who was here, screwing up traffic? oh, you know . . . not an excuse, more of an explanation).

Posted by: Peaches at November 26, 2013 06:17 PM (8lmkt)

288 4 Wait. Excess labia? Like there's extra, unallocated labia not being used? That's a thing? Posted by: Todd Wiley at November 26, 2013 08:52 PM (lrkg9) I'm assuming it's all stretched out from over use or the type of use. And it probably really is like leather at this point.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 26, 2013 06:18 PM (6da/j)

289 And finally, I simply can do multiple things at once.

You have Intel Inside, right BCochran? ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 26, 2013 06:18 PM (T/XcG)

290 Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 26, 2013 10:13 PM (GEICT)

I can think of a simpler solution to the problem of a child having to testify in a molestation case.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 26, 2013 06:18 PM (oJ5Fd)

291 BC, I cannot do multiple things at once, so,I'm staying here. Mostly in lurk mode, as I'm too pissed and drunk to type well.

Posted by: DC in Towson at November 26, 2013 06:18 PM (eQJwb)

292 Hold it..., the ONT has been stomped?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 26, 2013 06:19 PM (aDwsi)

293 I'm assuming it's all stretched out from over use or the type of use. And it probably really is like leather at this point. There's like an inner and outer one right?

Posted by: EC at November 26, 2013 06:19 PM (doBIb)

294 So folks: what are we all thankful for this Thanksgiving?

I'm thankful for my family, my relative health, and my Ibuprofen and Indomethacin. (Been having foot and back pain lately.)
;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 26, 2013 06:20 PM (T/XcG)

295 Posted by: Peaches at November 26, 2013 10:17 PM (8lmkt) Pfffft. No worries. I'm not much in the mood myself. Found out I got a medical procedure getting done on Tues. Weeeeeeeeeee! And yeah, CBD, about $.50 would cover it.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 26, 2013 06:21 PM (GEICT)

296 Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 26, 2013 10:14 PM (GEICT)

Venison chili.

That's what the last 10 pounds of my last deer died for.

And it was worth it....at least for me!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 26, 2013 06:21 PM (oJ5Fd)

297 As the universe's arbiter of what constitutes racism, and as an imaginary thin young black person, I hereby declare that bicycle lanes are NOT racist.

You're racist and I ban you from Charlestan

Buy a calendar and follow me on Twitter

Posted by: Carshel Joshnon at November 26, 2013 06:21 PM (aTXUx)

298 Have you seen the story about the BACA motorcycle club? Bikers Against Child Abuse Basically they "adopt" in and take care of kids that have been abused. For instance, a little girl was molested repeatedly by a family member. She's like 9. She'll have to testify. So the bikers, who have spent weeks hanging out with her, even getting her her own vest made, will surround her, walk her to the witness stand, fill out almost every seat of the first two rows and when she's excused they go get her from the box, surround her and walk her back out. Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 26, 2013 10:13 PM (GEICT) Feets don't fail me now!!!!

Posted by: Roman Polanski at November 26, 2013 06:22 PM (BXLPR)

299 Regarding the bicyclist stuff. Sometimes cops SHOULD deliver a beat down. There's something about seeing grown men in spandex shorts and bicycle helmets that just makes me feel mean. I could handle the helmets if it weren't for the douchebag shorts.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 26, 2013 06:22 PM (6da/j)

300 DC! Get you fucking drunk ass out here RIGHT NOW. None of that lurker shit from you. You're every bit a part of this Horde of Morons. Now come on! Your Chairman says so.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 26, 2013 06:22 PM (GEICT)

301 Mmm, chili. Haven't had some for awhile.

I love the story that chili basically came from deep southern prisons who were basically forced to make near-completely rotten leftover beef palatable to inmates. So they just hacked it to almost molecule-size bits and added so much hot spice, chiles and other ingredients, it became the beginning of the legendary stew we know today.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 26, 2013 06:23 PM (T/XcG)

302 So folks: what are we all thankful for this Thanksgiving?

Good idea. I am thankful for my (remaining) family, for my ratty sweats, for the fact that I don't have to go to skeevy-town again until Monday, for the fact that however bad my life sucks, the people who would trade theirs for it are legion, for barky fucking up left, right and center lately, FOR THE HORDE!!!, for the feline overlords, for beer, for parlies, for the occasional hit of pharmaceutical weed, for my awesome doctor, and FOR THE HORDE!!!! love you guys, truly, madly, deeply

Posted by: Peaches at November 26, 2013 06:24 PM (8lmkt)

303 I am thankful for my husband and son both being healthy, my great team of doctors and the kid getting a full scholarship to his first choice school. Lots to be thankful for. Not dwelling on the small stuff.

Posted by: NCKate at November 26, 2013 06:24 PM (huQFw)

304 Sorry but given most of their malfeasance is in SF, not sure why it should bother people. You've obviously never been in the South Bay of Los Angeles on a weekend. Those cockholsters move further INTO the traffic lane to block you when they hear the cars coming. I'm hoping the tide is starting to turn because Hermosa Beach now has big flashing traffic signs that say "bicyclists must obey all traffic laws". Be nice to see el segundo pd go all batshit & arrest some. Hey, an 'ette can dream.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at November 26, 2013 06:25 PM (gmzvT)

305 about $.50 would cover it.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 26, 2013 10:21 PM (GEICT)

Or spring for the deluxe package....a nice aluminum bat. But that's about $50.00.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 26, 2013 06:25 PM (oJ5Fd)

306 Used to have a bike as a kid with no seat, just a bar, tapered at the end where a seat would attach. Very uncomfortable.

Posted by: UWP at November 26, 2013 06:25 PM (fdXMW)

307 303 No chicky parm love?

Posted by: NCKate at November 26, 2013 06:25 PM (huQFw)

308 Here's the left's latest apeshit alert over Hobby Lobby in an analogous term

"My employer won't pay for my beer. What business of it of my boss what I do at home"

The left is having bowel movements over contraception provision which Hobby Lobby doesn't even have a problem with paying for, it's paying for abortions or abortion inducing drugs.

Posted by: kbdabear at November 26, 2013 06:25 PM (aTXUx)

309 I'm thankful for ketchup.

Posted by: John Kerry at November 26, 2013 06:26 PM (JQuNB)

310 So I figured out why I've been waking up at 3 AM every morning lately. Seems the neighborhood has a new newspaper deliveryman. It's not teenager driving through the streets loud, but his bass is thumping loud enough to wake me up. And the minpin. And my house sits a good 120 ft off the road. I might taKe the dog for a pre-emptive walk and get a plate number tonight.

Posted by: shredded chi at November 26, 2013 06:27 PM (2njrJ)

311 bebe's: that's bad, and I share your dream of LAPD/LASD going nuts on the spandextards, but I guess I should consider myself fortunate because I'm in the Long Beach area and have rarely if ever had to deal with obnoxious cyclists.

Then again, I'm not usually in Belmont Shore on the weekend. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 26, 2013 06:27 PM (T/XcG)

312 Thankful? Wow. Too much to list.

Posted by: Meremortal at November 26, 2013 06:28 PM (1Y+hH)

313 308 303 No chicky parm love?

Sadly, NCKate, the chicky parm went straight to shit many moons ago. So awesome for your kid getting a full ride, though, that is very sweet!!! Congratulations!

Posted by: Peaches at November 26, 2013 06:28 PM (8lmkt)

314 what are we all thankful for this Thanksgiving?

I am thankful I don't have to drive anywhere, and I can cook whatever the fuck I want and eat it in my pajamas.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at November 26, 2013 06:28 PM (hO8IJ)

315 those assholes I would cheerfully crumple with the Jeep o' Death were it not illegal? Yeah, these

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at November 26, 2013 06:28 PM (gmzvT)

316 I might taKe the dog for a pre-emptive walk and get a plate number tonight.

Posted by: shredded chi at November 26, 2013 10:27 PM (2njrJ)

wouldn't hurt to take a side-arm. just sayin' . . .

Posted by: Peaches at November 26, 2013 06:29 PM (8lmkt)

317 Thanks, Peaches.

Posted by: NCKate at November 26, 2013 06:30 PM (huQFw)

318 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 26, 2013 10:25 PM (oJ5Fd) Aint nothin that sends a message like a bat. That takes time, calculation and almost psychopathic in it's never-ending bludgeoning. If some one doesn't know what they're doing, poor fucker could be dead instantly or crawling around for hours. A gun now. Even if one doesn't get the shot, it disables. And it disables to the of peopin about to walk up and put tow to the chest with litteral.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 26, 2013 06:30 PM (GEICT)

319 Posted by: shredded chi at November 26, 2013 10:27 PM (2njrJ) A spike strip would be ever so much fun. Police supply websites.

Posted by: Meremortal at November 26, 2013 06:30 PM (1Y+hH)

320 HeatherRadish: I hear ya there. ;-)

My idea of a fantastic Thanksgiving spread is seven or more different kind of hot/spicy wings from Buffalo Wild Wings.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 26, 2013 06:31 PM (T/XcG)

321 Thankful for my family, nephew, niece-to-be; thankful for teh Horde (and for not being banned herefrom at my dark moments); thankful for not (literally) being homeless (now); thankful for those who read my dense and weird essays on the Umayyads and even bought the books.

For some of this I can thank my brothers for having the kids in wedlock; and of course I can thank you for much of the rest. As for the getting-off-the-Craigslist-homes and shitty apartments into a more permanent abode, I might have to credit G-d for that.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 26, 2013 06:31 PM (Nsoq9)

322 Great, we just spent $20M so 50 rich, self-entitled pricks can bike to work once a month. Fucking brilliant use of limited resources. Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 26, 2013 09:17 PM (ZPrif) Those type of bicyclists are pretty much hated in Michigan. Not the kids and people who do light bicycling for pleasure, but the douchebags who take themselves so seriously. Michigan may be a blue state, but it is also a car state and we hate being held up by bicyclists who don't know their place.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 26, 2013 06:32 PM (6da/j)

323 Aint nothin that sends a message like a bat.

BCochran, you said it. Can I assume you've seen how Joe Pesci ends up in "Casino"??

Great flick. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 26, 2013 06:32 PM (T/XcG)

324
    Looking round at my sweet wife, kids and grandkids makes me VERY thankful.

   Couple that with the fact I live in what is still the most exceptional country on the planet is just icing on the cake.

    Then there's the myriad of small enjoyments during the days that blunts the impact of the current political situation.

    If things weigh you down badly, then I suggest you try this--sit you down, take a deep breath and let it out.

     Then ponder the alternative.

Posted by: irongrampa at November 26, 2013 06:32 PM (SAMxH)

325 >>>None of that lurker shit from you. Sorry buddy, but I'm not in a real good mood right now. I didn't get the job.

Posted by: DC in Towson at November 26, 2013 06:33 PM (eQJwb)

326 , and I can cook whatever the fuck I want and eat it in my pajamas. Paper plates are pretty freaking cheap these days. Just saying.

Posted by: shredded chi at November 26, 2013 06:33 PM (2njrJ)

327 that fuckin' cochran is already over there trading recipes on the creamy poof thread. all is lost, i am like sad kitteh, only no kibble. sigh Posted by: Peaches at N scotch everywhere. PEACHES!

Posted by: yankeefifth at November 26, 2013 06:34 PM (ya3AJ)

328 Aint nothin that sends a message like a bat.

Holy crap, who said that? Can't believe I missed it, thinking of turning it into a mantra.

Posted by: Peaches at November 26, 2013 06:34 PM (8lmkt)

329 Have y'all ever been to Rye, NH? It's uber-richville. My dream is to someday have enough money to live in Rye. I will buy a nice big plot of land and build a very small house on it, just to annoy the neighbors. I'm not at all surprised a bunch of self-righteous, self-absorbed cyclists would roost in Rye. Anyway, "Ocean Boulevard" is the fancy name for Route 1A. Anyone who has driven Route 1A knows that it is a narrow-ass two lane road that curves right along the coast through MA, NH and Maine. You literally have the ocean on one side and a bunch of fancy houses on the other. Check out "Ocean Boulevard, Rye, NH" on Google Maps and check out the street view. That's Route 1A. By riding more than one abreast, those damn cyclists were putting themselves and motorists in a lot of danger. Drivers are already going to be distracted by the gorgeous ocean views and/or the lovely, occasionally ostentatious houses. The road is also very curvy, because hello, the coast isn't a straight line. The cyclists were ALSO no doubt slowing down and inhibiting traffic flow. And again, anyone who's driven route 1A knows how FUCKING ANNOYING IT IS when traffic is crawling at a snail's pace and you can't get the fuck around it. That makes people do stupid things, like try to zoom around a pack of cyclists on a corner and end up running headlong into oncoming traffic. So fuck those cyclists.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at November 26, 2013 06:35 PM (CA2NO)

330 Oh, DC, I'm so sorry, buddy. I know hugs don't help, but I'm sending you one anyway.

Posted by: Peaches at November 26, 2013 06:35 PM (8lmkt)

331 DC: what are your options ?

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 26, 2013 06:38 PM (Nsoq9)

332 Lots of anger today by some celebrities at their boyfriend president

It's ok for him to shove the serfs aside for his royal needs, but when the Beautiful People are kept out of their own homes in Beverly Hills or tied up in traffic, why it's time for a revolution!

Twitchy has Charlie Sheen and Kelly Osborne complaining about him on Twitter over it

http://twitchy.com/

Posted by: kbdabear at November 26, 2013 06:39 PM (aTXUx)

333 I'm so sorry to hear you didn't get the job, DC. *HUG* Any other prospects on the horizon?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at November 26, 2013 06:40 PM (CA2NO)

334 DC in Towson: send you my empathy. I feel I can relate as there's an establishment nearby me that I've been applying to for jobs for *over three years.* I know everyone in the Personnel department by now. Of course there's always a reason why they won't or can't hire me.

Am thinking it's time to give up on that road. At least a few more jobs are available elsewhere in SoCal than before.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 26, 2013 06:40 PM (T/XcG)

335 295 So folks: what are we all thankful for this Thanksgiving? I'm thankful for my family, my relative health, and my Ibuprofen and Indomethacin. (Been having foot and back pain lately.) ;-) Posted by: qdpsteve at November 26, 2013 10:20 PM (T/XcG) Thankful for my family and my health. Thankful that my stepfather is no longer suffering in pain. Thankful that I had his wisdom and guidance for over 30 years of my life. Thankful that he wanted us to have his most prized possesion, his dog. Thankful that the hospital let us bring in his dog to spend some time with him while he was still coherent. Thankful that I have a warm home, nutritious food, clean water, and clothes on my back. Thankful to live in the US which means that I am in the top 1-2% of the world.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at November 26, 2013 06:40 PM (BXLPR)

336 Honest, I would never squirt a bicyclist with a water bottle as I drove by them as safely as possible, officer.

Posted by: innocent until proven guilty at November 26, 2013 06:41 PM (uE8kb)

337 Ah crap DC. Hit up cougar for a hummer? That ought to cheer you right up.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at November 26, 2013 06:41 PM (gmzvT)

338
DC - Anything I might say would sound like a platitude..., would BE a platitude, but fuck.., hang tough man.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 26, 2013 06:41 PM (aDwsi)

339 If you live between downtown Denver and Castle Rock, you could be a literal gorilla and get a code-monkey job in the DTC

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 26, 2013 06:41 PM (Nsoq9)

340 The local Velo club routinely blocks traffic on a twisting narrow canyon road near my house, one of them got "squirreled" a few years ago, but that didn't stop them from being jerks.

[skwur-uhl, skwuhr- or, esp. Northern California, skwir-uhl] noun, plural road squirrels (especially collectively Velo-collective ) squirrel, verb, squirreled, squirreling or (especially Central Valley) squirrelled, squirrelling.
1. any of numerous roadkill, flattened spandex cyclists of the genus Touring, of the family Equus Jackassus.

Posted by: 13times at November 26, 2013 06:42 PM (fGPLK)

341 Thankful that he wanted us to have his most prized possesion, his dog. Thankful that the hospital let us bring in his dog to spend some time with him while he was still coherent.

I think I got something in my eye

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 26, 2013 06:42 PM (Nsoq9)

342 Well shit, buddy. I don't know what to say. You need something, call. Don't wait. Call. You hear me?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 26, 2013 06:44 PM (GEICT)

343 g'evenin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 26, 2013 06:45 PM (JMmQ9)

344 Sorry about the bad news, DC. Yeah , I should carry something with me - of it weren't for that darned boating accident last summer...

Posted by: shredded chi at November 26, 2013 06:46 PM (2njrJ)

345 When it comes to roads, bicycles can neither accelerate properly nor decelerate properly nor defend themselves properly from the 3,000 lb. behemoths on the roads. I has a sad...I remember the days when the behemoths were 5,000 lbs...

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 26, 2013 06:48 PM (JMmQ9)

346 Honest, I would never squirt a bicyclist with a water bottle as I drove by them as safely as possible, officer.

"Well, based on our initial investigation, it wasn't water."

"What makes you think that?"

"The cyclist's face just melted."

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 26, 2013 06:48 PM (T/XcG)

347 So what's my new hash now?

Posted by: andycanuck at November 26, 2013 06:49 PM (ZyZIo)

348 You guys are incredible. I'm ok, though. Still employed, but this is the third time I've been turned down for an internal promotion. I'll be fine. I can outwork any motherfucker out there, but I've now gotta feign enthusiasm for a job I hate, so I can get a job I don't hate. Again, you guys are outstanding.

Posted by: DC in Towson at November 26, 2013 06:49 PM (eQJwb)

349 I think I got something in my eye Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 26, 2013 10:42 PM (Nsoq9) Trust me, when the dog climbed into the bed with him, all of our allergies kicked in. At that point after his stroke, he wasn't responding to anyone, but he actually said the dog's name when he climbed into bed with him. That was the last time he said anything. His kids didn't want the dog, they just wanted his "stuff". They can have it all. For the last 30 years I got to spend all the holidays with him, they would just call him for money.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at November 26, 2013 06:49 PM (BXLPR)

350 Regarding the bicyclist stuff. Sometimes cops SHOULD deliver a beat down. There's something about seeing grown men in spandex shorts and bicycle helmets that just makes me feel mean. I could handle the helmets if it weren't for the douchebag shorts. Posted by: nerdygirl Simpler: apply for gang injunctions. Groups bigger than 2 abreast get curbed, carded, and hauled off for minor traffic violations. Hey, time for whitey to experience the wonder of post-modern criminal law. Anything less is... RACIST!

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at November 26, 2013 06:50 PM (nq+/u)

351 Thankful for my family and my health.
----------------------

Ashely - Every night as lie in bed, I wonder how the hell it is that I have been so fortunate. It isn't as though my life has been something that anyone would envy (though most of the world might, actually) but I am safe and warm, comfortable, and not hungry. I'm not so ego involved as to believe that I can thank myself for this.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 26, 2013 06:50 PM (aDwsi)

352 Whoa at that Russian submarine story. Never heard about that before.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 06:52 PM (0LHZx)

353 @ 243 [RovingCopyEditor] -- Louis Armstrong Park sounds like the kind of thing I'm looking for, and I definitely plan to hitch a ride on the trolley while I'm there.

Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at November 26, 2013 10:20 PM (m0h0I)

Go here: www.wwoz.org

The website has some photos and ideas for visitors to N.O. And some awesome music, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 26, 2013 06:53 PM (60Q+L)

354 I'm not so ego involved as to believe that I can thank myself for this. Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 26, 2013 10:50 PM (aDwsi) ________ Huh? Who else but you can you thank?

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 06:53 PM (0LHZx)

355 Huh? Who else but you can you thank?

How about me?

Posted by: God at November 26, 2013 06:55 PM (T/XcG)

356 DC, 3rd time? No, it's time to look elsewhere while feigning enthusiasm. Fuck 'em if they don't appreciate & reward excellence. Find someone who does. I made that mistake & sucked it up for 8 long years instead of bailing after 2. I almost had a stroke at 40mumble mumble. NOT. WORTH. IT.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at November 26, 2013 06:55 PM (gmzvT)

357 Whoa at that Russian submarine story. Never heard about that before. Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo
---------------

Nip Sip threw a caution flag on the story. There is debate regarding the authenticity.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 26, 2013 06:55 PM (aDwsi)

358 More fun from the Cold War:
http://www.amazon.com/Red-Star-Rogue-Submarines-Nuclear/dp/1416527338

How we managed not to nuke each other over those forty years. . . I don't know.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 26, 2013 06:55 PM (Nsoq9)

359 If any of y'all are IT types and out of a job, there's always work here in west Georgia. I know AFLAC is always hiring. Kia is, too.

Posted by: Country Singer at November 26, 2013 06:55 PM (NV0Hr)

360 So anyhow, a couple of weeks ago, I called a woman who had contacted me with questions about health insurance. She was really nice, and we had a nice long conversation. Talking to her though, I could tell times were tough. She wasn't working as she has a chronic condition, her husband was on disability with PTSD from his service in the sandbox and that was what they and their 4 kids were living off of. We chatted about Thanksgiving, neither of them had family close, they were just going to do "something at home". Hmmm, thinks I. Tonight I knocked on their door. He answered, I asked "Are you Mr. so-and-so?". He corrected my pronunciation, said he was, I said "Great, just a minute, please" and walked back to the car. "What's this about?" he asked suspiciously. I explained who I was, and how much I had enjoyed talking to his wife (who wasn't home), and added "It sounded like Thanksgiving was going to be a bit sparse this year.", he admitted that it was with a brief "Yeah". Gingy an I puled a couple of boxes out of the car and took them inside. Inside was the whole McGillicuddy, a big turkey, yams, potatoes, salad, stuff for green bean casserole, stuffing, a pumpkin pie, all of it. "To my way of thinking, you earned this with your service. I'm just doing my own small part to pay those debts." He's gaping at me. "I'm...flabbergasted". I told him "One of the things I'm most thankful for is people who are willing to serve this country. God bless you sir." I shook his hand, smiled, and we walked out. He's standing behind us with his mouth hanging open. So yea, I had a pretty good day.

Posted by: Weirddave at November 26, 2013 06:57 PM (N/cFh)

361 How we managed not to nuke each other over those forty years. . . I don't know.
Don't look at me. I was trying my hardest.

Posted by: allah at November 26, 2013 06:57 PM (ZyZIo)

362 Country - Columbus?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 26, 2013 06:57 PM (aDwsi)

363 "I love the story that chili basically came from deep southern prisons who were basically forced to make near-completely rotten leftover beef palatable to inmates."

Near as I can figure, chili long predates the era of such prisons, and is a general manifestation of having to make old gamey meat palatable from the era before refrigeration. A long era, needless to say. We forget the recency of ubiquitous cold.

I asked a cheerful Thai guy who cooked absolutely rocket hot (hot enough to make me pop out in sweat, which is REALLY SERIOUSLY FUCKING PRAY FOR INSTANT DEATH HOT) when his family began to use that level of pepper in their cooking.

He said, "Oh, about a thousand years ago."

Posted by: torquewrench at November 26, 2013 06:58 PM (gqT4g)

364 For every bikehole there is a carhole. They really do not belong on the same roads together

Posted by: eman at November 26, 2013 06:59 PM (AO9UG)

365 That's AWESOME, Weirddave. Good for you and Gingy! What a wonderful Thanksgiving gift.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at November 26, 2013 06:59 PM (CA2NO)

366 Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 26, 2013 10:57 PM (aDwsi)

Columbus is where Aflac HQ is, there's a Kia plant in West Point.

Posted by: Country Singer at November 26, 2013 06:59 PM (NV0Hr)

367 >>>Posted by: Weirddave at November 26, 2013 10:57 PM I fucking love you. And Gingy too, of course. Seriously, job well done.

Posted by: DC in Towson at November 26, 2013 07:00 PM (eQJwb)

368 He said, "Oh, about a thousand years ago." High in Vitamin C and kills intestinal worms ...

Posted by: Adriane... at November 26, 2013 07:00 PM (jdRXP)

369 Those bicyclists who almost ran over that cop while blowing past them are lucky their PD isn't like most in the country, as most would have opened fire on them

It might make one instance where the cop was justified in doing so.

Posted by: kbdabear at November 26, 2013 07:00 PM (aTXUx)

370 Yeesh! I just looked at the Amazon reviews for that book "Red Star Rogue". I'd not looked at any reviews since I saw the book on the shelf in '05.

It looks like the book might be a large pile of shit.

Sorry for dumping the link into this thread. Where's that barrel... I'll get some bleach

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 26, 2013 07:01 PM (Nsoq9)

371 So yea, I had a pretty good day.

Posted by: Weirddave at November 26, 2013 10:57 PM (N/cFh)

Good on ya, Weirddave!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 26, 2013 07:01 PM (60Q+L)

372 I look awesome biking around in my mom jeans and a helmet designed for a hydrocephalic.

Posted by: Barry Obama at November 26, 2013 07:01 PM (oFCZn)

373 Them Gingy and Dave be good people.
Really good people.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 26, 2013 07:01 PM (aDwsi)

374 "95
rd refers to "Critical Ass", a.k.a. "Critical Mass", which is the obnoxious obstructive militant bike bunch here in San Francisco, and perhaps now elsewhere as well."

They do this in Seattle as well.
It's gonna get to the point where people that need to get where they're trying to go are going to start killing somebody.

They deserve it. Fuck'em...

Posted by: ChrisP at November 26, 2013 07:03 PM (BpTC0)

375 Totally cool, dave.

Posted by: NCKate at November 26, 2013 07:03 PM (huQFw)

376 Good job weirddave!

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at November 26, 2013 07:03 PM (gmzvT)

377 Country - (sigh) I remember when West Point was known for textiles..., now it's Korean autos.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 26, 2013 07:03 PM (aDwsi)

378 361 WeirdDave That's outstanding!! Bless you and Gingy.

Posted by: speedster1 on the iPad at November 26, 2013 07:03 PM (noB3y)

379 Did the Far East's spicy chili peppers all come from South America via the Spanish and Portuguese?

Posted by: andycanuck at November 26, 2013 07:03 PM (ZyZIo)

380 So yea, I had a pretty good day. Posted by: Weirddave Holy crap. Thanks for making the rest of us look bad! (kidding! Way2Go. Good vibes sent your way and theirs )

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at November 26, 2013 07:04 PM (nq+/u)

381 Ashely - Every night as lie in bed, I wonder how the hell it is that I have been so fortunate. It isn't as though my life has been something that anyone would envy (though most of the world might, actually) but I am safe and warm, comfortable, and not hungry. I'm not so ego involved as to believe that I can thank myself for this. Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 26, 2013 10:50 PM (aDwsi) When all of these leftys start bitching about food and "corporate farms" and shit like that, I know they just don't get it. Gone are the days when you have to grow and slaughter your own food. That if you want to be a vegan, you can be because Kroger, Food Lion, or Piggly Wiggly has those foods on the shelf. 500 years ago, those people would have starved or been seen gnawing on a chicken bone. They don't understand what it takes to bring that heat and light to your home. What it means to actually have clean drinking water, something that 2/3rds of the world doesn't really have access to. Hell, I am thankful for the waste treatment and trash collection guys. If we didn't have them removing trash and waste from around our homes, disease and vermin would be rampant. But hey, the leftists want power generated by unreliable sources with brownouts, and that we should be buried in wicker caskets, and that we should use our shit for fertilizer, so who am I to argue with sound advice like that. Advice that was ignored for over a hundred years while this country prospered and the 3rd world stayed the same.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at November 26, 2013 07:05 PM (BXLPR)

382 Weirddave, you win.

Posted by: EC at November 26, 2013 07:05 PM (doBIb)

383 So yea, I had a pretty good day. Posted by: Weirddave at November 26, 2013 10:57 PM (N/cFh) I tip my hat. Well done! This calls for a glass of wine.

Posted by: Meremortal at November 26, 2013 07:05 PM (1Y+hH)

384 Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 26, 2013 11:03 PM (aDwsi)

You should hear the commercials..."Support your local economy, get a new Kia at Kia of LaGrange!"

Posted by: Country Singer at November 26, 2013 07:05 PM (NV0Hr)

385 How about me? Posted by: God at November 26, 2013 10:55 PM (T/XcG) ___________ Sigh... No, God had nothing to do with where you are in life. Just like he had nothing to do with the kid who got cancer just like he had nothing to do with the TD scored by your favorite team (despite the fact that the guy who scored it thanked god).

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 07:07 PM (0LHZx)

386 Had two Taiwan roomies at UCSD. They had some kick ass little dried black peppers they'd put in stuff that were awesome...

...the beaks, claws, and bones they left in, not so much.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at November 26, 2013 07:08 PM (Xlbr8)

387 Did the Far East's spicy chili peppers all come from South America via the Spanish and Portuguese? Posted by: andycanuck Almost all peppers are from the Americas. As are termaters, corn, and a few other crops.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at November 26, 2013 07:08 PM (nq+/u)

388 I wonder what they did in Szechuan province before then?!

Posted by: andycanuck at November 26, 2013 07:09 PM (ZyZIo)

389 "So yea, I had a pretty good day."

Thread winner.

Posted by: torquewrench at November 26, 2013 07:09 PM (gqT4g)

390 I figured out Mr Moo Moo.

He's Christoph, but without the social skills.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 26, 2013 07:10 PM (Nsoq9)

391 Almost all peppers are from the Americas. As are termaters, corn, and a few other crops.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 26, 2013 11:08 PM (nq+/u)

Potatos.

Posted by: Dan Quayle at November 26, 2013 07:10 PM (uE8kb)

392 "323 Great, we just spent $20M so 50 rich, self-entitled pricks can bike to work once a month" The bigger question should be why painting a single extra lane marker costs $20 million dollars. Really it's insane that something as simple as painting another glorified road shoulder with a little bike logo somehow is a complicated engineering project requiring millions of dollars worth of planning expertise and skilled labor. "bicyclists who don't know their place." A public right of way is a public right of way and open to all forms of transportation. Limited access highways are the special places where cars and trucks are kings and can expect to not have to share any space. If its a legal vehicle, deal with it and pass them. Whining that you have to share, assuming there isn't a marked lane, 5' fucking worth of space for a few seconds is silly. You have a few hundred horses under the hood. Press the little pedal and pass.

Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston bikes every day at November 26, 2013 07:11 PM (KCvsd)

393 >>> He's Christoph, but without the social skills. Ouch.

Posted by: fluffy at November 26, 2013 07:11 PM (Ua6T/)

394 Moo Moo - So..., you're a self-made man, eh?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 26, 2013 07:11 PM (aDwsi)

395 Every night as lie in bed, I wonder how the hell it is that I have been so fortunate...

I've thought about doing a post about how we live in an "age of magic". Almost everything in our live would be considered magic 200 years ago.

I found some pic of Gandalf the Gray holding an AK-47 looking at it curiously that suggested it to me.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at November 26, 2013 07:12 PM (Xlbr8)

396 Oh yes, I opened this lovely the other night and it's still good. Velvety but not timid. 2010 La Valentina, Montepulciano d' Abruzzo.

Posted by: Meremortal at November 26, 2013 07:14 PM (1Y+hH)

397 Sydney puts the beef in "beef drapes". Heh. She should sell the remnants as "Leathers' Leathers".

Posted by: FYNQ at November 26, 2013 07:14 PM (a33IE)

398 Of course, if we don't discover some new antibiotics soon, there's gonna be a lot less magic in the world.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 26, 2013 07:14 PM (ZPrif)

399 If Sydney has that much extra labia skin she must use a bucket full of Vagisil to clean her pooter every morning.

Posted by: mpfs at November 26, 2013 07:14 PM (x8AwZ)

400 I found some pic of Gandalf the Gray holding an AK-47 looking at it curiously that suggested it to me.

Posted by: Purp at November 26, 2013 11:12 PM (Xlbr

Child's play!

Posted by: Tim the Enchanter at November 26, 2013 07:14 PM (NV0Hr)

401 I found some pic of Gandalf the Gray holding an AK-47 looking at it curiously that suggested it to me. Wizards - Ralph Bakshi ...

Posted by: Adriane... at November 26, 2013 07:15 PM (jdRXP)

402 >>> So yea, I had a pretty good day. Mine was going ok until you made my allergies flare up.

Posted by: fluffy at November 26, 2013 07:15 PM (Ua6T/)

403
I found some pic of Gandalf the Gray holding an AK-47 looking at it curiously that suggested it to me.

Posted by: Purp at November 26, 2013 11:12 PM (Xlbr

An M-16 can be mystifying too! http://tinyurl.com/3zotoyk

Posted by: algore at November 26, 2013 07:15 PM (uE8kb)

404 358 Whoa at that Russian submarine story. Never heard about that before. Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo --------------- Nip Sip threw a caution flag on the story. There is debate regarding the authenticity. Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 26, 2013 10:55 PM (aDwsi) There's a show on PBS..."tales of the dead"....or some such......they did an episode on this....seemed legit.

Posted by: BignJames at November 26, 2013 07:16 PM (j7iSn)

405 Forcibly Enriched By Vibrant Diversity on Threat of Ostracism from Polite Society Government dictated education has long been used as a tool to indoctrinate youth to the Â“correctÂ” thinking, so as to effectively control them when they are adults. Daniel Hannan, MEP, has uncovered a letter from a U.K. school that declares that attendance to a multi-cultural (AKA multi-culti) Â“workshopÂ” that is designed to have the child Â“explore other religions.Â” More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=4064

Posted by: The Political Hat at November 26, 2013 07:16 PM (Vk2pI)

406 Parent Fined for ChildÂ’s Â“UnhealthyÂ” Ritz-Cracker Free Lunch A parent in Manitoba was fined ten Canadian Dollars for not having a serving of Â“grainÂ” in her childÂ’s lunch. The lunch of Â“homemade roast beef and potatoes, carrots, an orange and some milkÂ” was deemed to be insufficient and unhealthy, and had to be suplemented withÂ… Ritz Crackers! More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=4069

Posted by: The Political Hat at November 26, 2013 07:16 PM (Vk2pI)

407 Almost all peppers are from the Americas. As are termaters, corn, and a few other crops. As is syphilis. I wonder if tobacco and syph killed more of us than small pox etc.. did of them. In raw numbers almost certainly. Thanks for the kind words, but I didn't share to make myself look big. I'm hoping that maybe my story will inspire some of y'all to find a similar situation close to home. Gingy and I are no better or kinder than the rest of y'all, this just fell in our laps. Any of you would have done the same.

Posted by: Weirddave at November 26, 2013 07:16 PM (N/cFh)

408 Time for the old folk. Got pies to bake tomorrow.

Goodnite, good people. Stay safe.

Posted by: irongrampa at November 26, 2013 07:17 PM (SAMxH)

409 Whining that you have to share, assuming there isn't a marked lane, 5' fucking worth of space for a few seconds is silly A few seconds? What part of they are purposely blocking roads all over the country did you miss? I've seen them completely block Vista del Mar in El Segundo on weekends. That's 4, count them 4, lanes of traffic going max 5mph behind gangs of hipster douchebags in spandex. There is no going around them while they look back at traffic, laughing & flipping off cars. And oh yeah, they like to lean in & pepper spray drivers that try to go around. I know somebody that used to cycle who told me all about how the bulk of these assholes like to cause problems

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at November 26, 2013 07:17 PM (gmzvT)

410 Adriane - It must have been you that I traded quips with regarding 'Wizards' a couple of months ago.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 26, 2013 07:17 PM (aDwsi)

411 That's a batch of crap. I don't own a car, I bike when I go places or carpool. You can stop a bicycle just as fast as a car, or faster. You can't accelerate as quickly but unless you're a complete waste of space you can stop just fine.
What's really going on here is that it sucks to get started again on a bike, especially one of those $1500 5-ounce jobs with the pedals that clip on to your feet. Its tiring and frustrating to get going again. And it feels wonderful to fly along rapidly. That's it. They don't want to stop, there's no physics against them. Idiots.
Bicyclists are a serious menace in the Northwest. They are basically insane to be biking around in a city to begin with in the NW, but they treat cars like they don't belong on the road. They beat on your car, cut you off, block the entire road with swarms of bikes trying to shut off car traffic, and so on. And the city loves it, they want more in Seattle and Portland.
And if you ever, EVER hit a bicyclist... you're at fault, no matter what. Its idiotic.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 26, 2013 07:17 PM (zfY+H)

412 I feel all edgy and rebellious and stuff for not going to the top thread. hic*

Posted by: Meremortal at November 26, 2013 07:18 PM (1Y+hH)

413

413 I feel all edgy and rebellious and stuff for not going to the top thread.

hic*

Ditto. It was "all yams" up there last time I checked.

Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at November 26, 2013 07:22 PM (X3xYu)

414 There's a debate as to whether they had syph in Morocco / southern Spain prior to the conquest. . . I'm not aware that they've decided that yet. New World leprosy is also bacterial and has similar symptoms.

The potato and the peanut are South American. Inbred potato-breeds with no resistance to fungus helped build up the population of Ireland... and kill it off again

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 26, 2013 07:22 PM (Nsoq9)

415 Thankful to live in the US which means that I am in the top 1-2% of the world.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at November 26, 2013 10:40 PM (BXLPR)

Yes, we should be thankful for this, no matter how the Left attacks the foundations of of this blessed inheritance.

Posted by: cm9000 at November 26, 2013 07:23 PM (3qZbZ)

416 Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 26, 2013 11:22 PM (Nsoq9) I thought the peanut was from Africa.

Posted by: BignJames at November 26, 2013 07:23 PM (j7iSn)

417 Meanwhile Iran seems to still be holding a retired FBI agent. Six years and change.
http://tinyurl.com/p5wtw6j

We have a President and Sec of State who will bend over to the Mullahs without getting this guy sprung.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 26, 2013 07:23 PM (787tI)

418 Summer squash is from America too, even the zucchini. It was ported to Italy, bred into its familiar form then made its way back to America.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 26, 2013 07:24 PM (zfY+H)

419 Ugh.... *sips*

Posted by: Meremortal at November 26, 2013 07:24 PM (1Y+hH)

420 Another cyclist asshole http://t.co/9LGKVeBhh7

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 26, 2013 07:25 PM (DmNpO)

421 Mr. Moo Moo has arrived to invoke his FISCON powers of persuasion! Praise Jesus the Savior and Redeemer!

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 26, 2013 07:25 PM (oFCZn)

422 Mike Hammer at November 26, 2013 11:17 PM (aDwsi) Maybe so. It is a favorite ...

Posted by: Adriane... at November 26, 2013 07:25 PM (jdRXP)

423 Posted by: Weirddave at November 26, 2013 10:57 PM (N/cFh)

Damn straight, Weirddave! I'm proud to know you.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 26, 2013 07:25 PM (T1005)

424 417 Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 26, 2013 11:22 PM (Nsoq9) I thought the peanut was from Africa. Posted by: BignJames at November 26, 2013 11:23 PM (j7iSn) Nope....what I get for thinkin'.

Posted by: BignJames at November 26, 2013 07:25 PM (j7iSn)

425 Id become a biker just to join BACA if I could. Give me a bike chain and ten minutes in a room with one of those scumbag molesters.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 26, 2013 07:25 PM (zfY+H)

426 BignJames: http://www.boiled-peanut-world.com/peanut-plant.html

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 26, 2013 07:26 PM (Nsoq9)

427 And if you ever, EVER hit a bicyclist... you're at fault, no matter what. Its idiotic. Posted by: Christopher Taylor at November 26, 2013 11:17 PM try driving around The People's Rebublik of AnnArbor...there's a reason I take the long way home

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 26, 2013 07:27 PM (JMmQ9)

428 And hopefully one of the Moron Horde just won the Mega Millions. $110 million cash jackpot.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 26, 2013 07:27 PM (787tI)

429 Sigh... No, God had nothing to do with where you are in life. Just like he had nothing to do with the kid who got cancer just like he had nothing to do with the TD scored by your favorite team (despite the fact that the guy who scored it thanked god). Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 11:07 PM (0LHZx) That's right. I was there to help them all do that dickmitten.

Posted by: HRH Barack Obama at November 26, 2013 07:27 PM (BXLPR)

430 'Mr. Moo Moo has arrived' He's calculating the cost of a thankgiving dinner with all the trimmings and the gas to drive it over to another house. It's not a pretty scene.

Posted by: Meremortal at November 26, 2013 07:27 PM (1Y+hH)

431 Also, bicycles are made of metal, and can scratch the finish on shiny cars.

Posted by: Shawn at November 26, 2013 07:28 PM (OL2RI)

432 The People's Rebublik of AnnArbor? Makes Cambridge look like a bastion of conservatism. I pity you for having to be anywhere near that cursed place.

Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston bikes every day at November 26, 2013 07:29 PM (KCvsd)

433 #433, the spandex crowd wouldn't be caught dead on a metal bike. They are all on 2-3k carbon fiber jobs.

Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston bikes every day at November 26, 2013 07:30 PM (KCvsd)

434 I'm a frequent bicyclist myself - and I think that's fine. I don't do it for environmental reasons, I do it because I enjoy it - and the fact that it is a healthier way to get around is certainly a nice side perk. I try not to be self-righteous about it, and worry (reading articles like this) that the fact that I dress *somewhat* like a traditional bicyclist, for the simple reason that bicycling clothes do work well for bicycling, is going to get me stereotyped in a way that doesn't befit me. I also have to say that I love the idea of making streets that work for people (sidewalks), and bikes (bike lanes), and cars - we all pay taxes that fund these roads. (And just remember, next time you're sitting in traffic or looking for a parking spot, that every bicycle you see is one less car you have to deal with.)

Posted by: creationwaits at November 26, 2013 07:30 PM (CVVLU)

435 @ 354 [Alberta Oil Peon] -- Thanks for the link. Looks like I may be there for a couple of interesting events, if I can manage to fit them into my time frame.

I'm going to try like hell for the next few days to connect with a local photographer who might be able to show me some of the more interesting places to shoot.

Wish me luck!

Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at November 26, 2013 07:31 PM (m0h0I)

436 Meremortal, I thought he would be calculating how much extra food and desserts your family could have at Thanksgiving if you had a college degree.

Posted by: mpfs at November 26, 2013 07:32 PM (x8AwZ)

437 #434, most of the hate toward bikes here seems to be related to the critical-masshole militant cyclists and the spandex roadies, both groups are assholes deliberately to drivers and other cyclists not of their clique as well.

Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston bikes every day at November 26, 2013 07:32 PM (KCvsd)

438 Hipster douche biker gangs.

Sans Marlon Brandon and the leather jackets. Or the motorcycles.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 26, 2013 07:33 PM (787tI)

439 I thought he would be calculating how much extra food and desserts your family could have at Thanksgiving if you had a college degree. Posted by: mpfs at November 26, 2013 11:32 PM (x8AwZ) I have three degrees! Pass the mashed potatoes...because I'm keeping all of them!

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 26, 2013 07:33 PM (oFCZn)

440 Maybe so. It is a favorite ... Posted by: Adriane... --------------- A favorite moment (from memory): Avatar (About to question assassin) - "I have ways of making you talk.." Assassin - "No pain.." Avatar - "..and you'll be screaming for mercy in the first five seconds."

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 26, 2013 07:33 PM (aDwsi)

441 eerr Brando without electrolytes...

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 26, 2013 07:34 PM (787tI)

442 The People's Rebublik of AnnArbor? Makes Cambridge look like a bastion of conservatism. I pity you for having to be anywhere near that cursed place. Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston bikes every day at November 26, 2013 11:29 PM

thank you for understanding my plight

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 26, 2013 07:34 PM (JMmQ9)

443 - we all pay taxes that fund these roads.>>

Just three letters as a response ROI

Posted by: The Hickster at November 26, 2013 07:35 PM (DUGve)

444 " (And just remember, next time you're sitting in traffic or looking for a parking spot, that every bicycle you see is one less car you have to deal with.)" And you were doing so well. Next thing, you'll be claiming you stop at red lights. I keed!

Posted by: Meremortal at November 26, 2013 07:35 PM (1Y+hH)

445 431 'Mr. Moo Moo has arrived' He's calculating the cost of a thankgiving dinner with all the trimmings and the gas to drive it over to another house. It's not a pretty scene. Posted by: Meremortal at November 26, 2013 11:27 PM (1Y+hH) _________ No clue what you're talking about. Tell me this then...if god is the reason you are well off, is god also the reason some people are poor? How about the kid with cancer...is that god's doing?

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 07:35 PM (0LHZx)

446 So yea, I had a pretty good day. Posted by: Weirddave at November 26, 2013 10:57 PM (N/cFh) Truly you and Gingy are good souls and the light still burns in the darkness.

Posted by: eman at November 26, 2013 07:35 PM (AO9UG)

447 "GAZE"

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 26, 2013 07:35 PM (Nsoq9)

448 Glaze?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 26, 2013 07:36 PM (787tI)

449 When Obama the community organizer took over foreign policy, along with his idiot Powers/Rice/Kerry/Clinton cohort helping him, we all thought we'd be lucky to avoid world war 3. Here's Ambrose Evans-Pritchard now worried too. This shit is getting real. http://bit.ly/IhK2wc

Posted by: MTF at November 26, 2013 07:36 PM (vZNbm)

450 Psssst wanna hear a secret? A college degree will do a lot more to help you out in life than the spirit in the sky. Pass it on....

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 07:36 PM (0LHZx)

451 He's Christoph, but without the social skills. Ouch. Posted by: fluffy at November 26, 2013 11:11 PM (Ua6T/) Christoph's lawyers are sliding down the Bat Poles right now.

Posted by: eman at November 26, 2013 07:36 PM (AO9UG)

452 Any biker who would lean in my window and pepper spray me would be a biker about to be hit by my car. At a very minimum he should pay for his stupidity by having his bike crushed by me.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at November 26, 2013 07:37 PM (jucos)

453 Re: 445, I was actually stopped at a red light (on my bicycle) about a year ago - another cyclist zoomed past me at high speed right through the light. Second in line across the street was a local police car - which turned around, and "pulled the biker over".

See, I make bad bikers look bad.

Posted by: creationwaits at November 26, 2013 07:37 PM (CVVLU)

454 I thought he would be calculating how much extra food and desserts your family could have at Thanksgiving if you had a college degree. Posted by: mpfs at November 26, 2013 11:32 PM (x8AwZ) People without college degrees can have Thanksgiving???!!

Posted by: Meremortal at November 26, 2013 07:38 PM (1Y+hH)

455 No clue what you're talking about. Tell me this then...if god is the reason you are well off, is god also the reason some people are poor? How about the kid with cancer...is that god's doing? Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 11:35 PM (0LHZx) I'm a bitch I admit.

Posted by: Free Will at November 26, 2013 07:39 PM (oFCZn)

456 455 Sure, they just can't enjoy it on so many levels

Posted by: DAve at November 26, 2013 07:40 PM (b7yum)

457

Hey babies! I'm too wiped tonight to participate, but just noticed, watching the SCOAMF on Fox, that one of the things that grates so much is his stupid, teenage-thug-style swagger. Jeez. Presidential? Umm, no. Reminds me of my teenage-thug stepson. (Used to be. Now he's actively employed in a better paying job than I, but he was a little prick. Reality caught up to him, unlike the Thug in Chief.)

Posted by: kalneva at November 26, 2013 07:40 PM (XyrkB)

458 The scene : little children with their dirty little noses pressed against a neighbor's dining room window. Snow swirling in the freezing temperatures. The littlest one sniffles, a single tear rolls down her face... "Daddy, why do these people have more Thanksgiving food than us?" Daddy replies "Because Mr. Mom Moo went to college and your daddy didn't."

Posted by: mpfs at November 26, 2013 07:40 PM (x8AwZ)

459 456 My dog doesn't understand why I do what I do and I don't understand the ways of God

Posted by: DAve at November 26, 2013 07:41 PM (b7yum)

460 >>> I'm a bitch I admit. You certainly are.

Posted by: John Milton at November 26, 2013 07:41 PM (Ua6T/)

461
So folks: what are we all thankful for this Thanksgiving?

I'm thankful for my family, my relative health, and my Ibuprofen and Indomethacin. (Been having foot and back pain lately.)
;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 26, 2013 10:20 PM (T/XcG)

Thankful for my family, bacon, Firestone 805, The Horde and the continued legacy of John Moses Browning.

But mostly I'm thankful for the women who are too beautiful for porn, but are nice enough to do it anyway.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 26, 2013 07:41 PM (MBqvE)

462 Moo Moo- I do not not pretend to understand why other people do the things they do. Hell..., sometimes I don't understand why *I* did things *I* did. And you are suggesting that I should understand why God does the things that God does?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 26, 2013 07:41 PM (aDwsi)

463 I'm going to try like hell for the next few days to connect with a local photographer who might be able to show me some of the more interesting places to shoot Strike up conversations everywhere. I was really surprised at how engaging the people were. I had offers from total strangers for airboat rides, gator hunting, etc. I told a security guard at the superfine that I was on a mission to find the best red beand rice in N.O. And he sIs hold on. Took out a piece of paper and wrote an address and phone number. "where is this place?" I asked him. "My house! Be there tomorrow night at 6."

Posted by: shredded chi at November 26, 2013 07:42 PM (2njrJ)

464 "Tell me this then...if god is the reason you are well off, is god also the reason some people are poor? How about the kid with cancer...is that god's doing? "

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 11:35 PM (0LHZx)

In one word.

Yes.

God also gave the ability to the poor person to improve their situation by working or other means and God is also the reason the Doctors are sent to cure the child with cancer.

God also gave the ability to the chemist to design the drugs that will help cure the child and the desire of Doctors and Nurses to help heal the child.

He also made you a dorkwad but thats another story

Posted by: GMB-Schoolyard bully at November 26, 2013 07:42 PM (nkPV9)

465 At my thanksgiving dinner will be the following: Me and the mrs: both living comfortable upper middle class lives My parents: both retired from well paying jobs who now travel and enjoy retirement without any money worries My in-laws: both retired from good paying jobs, travel, no money worries My brother in law (wife's brother): constantly broke, lives in shithole low-income apartment, his parents pay for his cell phone and he's pushing 30 My brother in law's girlfriend: works at a salon for a little more than minimum wage (but she's hot as fuck so she'll probably dump his sorry ass soon enough when she meets the right sugar daddy) I'll give you 3 guesses as to who has a degree in this group and who doesn't....

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 07:42 PM (0LHZx)

466 451 Psssst wanna hear a secret? A college degree will do a lot more to help you out in life than the spirit in the sky. Pass it on.... Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 11:36 PM (0LHZx) Psssttt, wanna hear a secret? Most of those colleges were started because of funding from people who worship that spirit in the sky. Pass it on.....

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at November 26, 2013 07:42 PM (BXLPR)

467 Tell me this then...if god is the reason you are well off, is god also the reason some people are poor? How about the kid with cancer...is that god's doing?

Mind. Blown.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 26, 2013 07:43 PM (BlS34)

468 Oh, edited to add, that stepson is still a little prick, but at least he's not under our auspices anymore. So easier to take.

Posted by: kalneva at November 26, 2013 07:44 PM (XyrkB)

469 God also gave the ability to the poor person to improve their situation by working or other means and God is also the reason the Doctors are sent to cure the child with cancer. God also gave the ability to the chemist to design the drugs that will help cure the child and the desire of Doctors and Nurses to help heal the child. He also made you a dorkwad but thats another story Posted by: GMB-Schoolyard bully at November 26, 2013 11:42 PM (nkPV9) _________ LOL! Yeah what a great guy this god is, giving cancer to kids only to allow doctors to help them. Here's a wacky thought god...how about the fuck you don't give the kids cancer to begin with? Hmmmm....too radical?

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 07:44 PM (0LHZx)

470 Oooooh..... G-d talk. Adolph Hitler was sent by G-d to create the state of Israel..... and he was successful. If it wasn't for Hitler Israel would not have come together again.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at November 26, 2013 07:45 PM (jucos)

471 No clue what you're talking about. Tell me this then...if god is the reason you are well off, is god also the reason some people are poor? How about the kid with cancer...is that god's doing? Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 11:35 PM (0LHZx) Look, I am a skeptic about the existence of God, but I respect those who believe. Try it, you might like it. I would be heartbroken if something I said caused another person to lose their Faith. Their Faith is precious to them, it is part of who they are. Defend what you believe, but step lightly on the hearts and minds of others. I don't always do that, and it shames me.

Posted by: eman at November 26, 2013 07:45 PM (AO9UG)

472 Glad to see so many people here so thankful.

I forgot to mention above that of course I'm thankful for all of you, aka "the Horde." In this crazy Obamacare world, you're all part of one of the last things keeping me sane these days.

Hope everyone here has a fabulous holiday season.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 26, 2013 07:45 PM (T/XcG)

473

I'll give you 3 guesses as to who has a degree in this group and who doesn't....>

1) the hot chick

2) the maid

3) the tablecloth

Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at November 26, 2013 07:46 PM (X3xYu)

474 Good gosh, Snowden's leaks have exposed Australia's bugging of the Indonesian President's phone.

http://thediplomat.com/2013/11/indonesia-and-australia-deteriorating-diplomacy/

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 26, 2013 07:46 PM (787tI)

475 >>> Here's a wacky thought god...how about the fuck you don't give the kids cancer to begin with? Hmmmm....too radical? ***sigh***

Posted by: Job at November 26, 2013 07:46 PM (Ua6T/)

476 Moo Moo, when you've lost the agnostics and atheists at Ace's, all you have left is that chicken.

And from the look of it, it's getting mighty bored at your attentions.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 26, 2013 07:46 PM (Nsoq9)

477 boulder toilet hobo, that's a rubber chicken. The real one has escaped.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 26, 2013 07:47 PM (787tI)

478 Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 11:42 PM (0LHZx) [redacted]

Posted by: Meremortal at November 26, 2013 07:47 PM (1Y+hH)

479 mau mau bringing the troll He's alienated all the people in his own life, he feels compelled to alienate strangers. What a dick.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 26, 2013 07:47 PM (ZPrif)

480 He also made you a dorkwad but thats another story Beautiful. I laughed out loud!

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at November 26, 2013 07:47 PM (gmzvT)

481 There's a debate as to whether they had syph in Morocco / southern Spain prior to the conquest. . . I'm not aware that they've decided that yet. Posted by: boulder toilet hobo Last I read the epidemiologists had a 'split the baby' answer; syph did exist in Errp prior to new world exploration, but it was 'suboptimal.'

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at November 26, 2013 07:47 PM (nq+/u)

482 Anyone seeking to blame God for the bad surely must give him credit for the good.

Posted by: GMB-Schoolyard bully at November 26, 2013 07:48 PM (nkPV9)

483 Have any colleges been established by atheists?

Posted by: NCKate at November 26, 2013 07:48 PM (huQFw)

484 466 I thought only sixteen year old girls lacked empathy. I was wrong. What a tool. I am so grateful Bovine isn't part of my family. He would have his ass kicked out the door every holiday for being such a self centered snobbish prick. My 80 year old mother would have the honors.

Posted by: mpfs at November 26, 2013 07:48 PM (x8AwZ)

485 NCKate: excellent question... :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 26, 2013 07:49 PM (T/XcG)

486 Look, I am a skeptic about the existence of God, but I respect those who believe. Try it, you might like it. I would be heartbroken if something I said caused another person to lose their Faith. Their Faith is precious to them, it is part of who they are. Defend what you believe, but step lightly on the hearts and minds of others. I don't always do that, and it shames me. Posted by: eman at November 26, 2013 11:45 PM (AO9UG) ___________ Fair enough. But when I hear people say that God is the reason their lives turned out this way or that way or that god gives cancer to kids so that doctors can help them....I can't just take that shit. Sorry. But it's fucking ridiculous. I can understand someone thinking there's some spirit out there that guides the world or something. Fine. But to think that a god gives a fuck about you Joe Shmoe Nobody is kinda narcissistic dontha think? And to claim with a straight face that kids with cancer = God's great plan.....I'll punch you in the face if you ever say that to me in person.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 07:49 PM (0LHZx)

487

Have a very Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. And GOD BLESS us all, for we are a very good crew of morons, who deserve God's blessings, and we work damn hard for them. Night, night, 'Rons, and 'Ettes. xoxo

Posted by: kalneva at November 26, 2013 07:50 PM (XyrkB)

488 I'll give you 3 guesses as to who has a degree in this group and who doesn't....>>

My parents had 6 kids. 3 got College degrees and 3 didn't. The only difference in our lives is the badge on our cars and size of our houses. The ones with degrees like what they do and would hate what I do and vice versa.

Posted by: The Hickster at November 26, 2013 07:50 PM (DUGve)

489 Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 11:44 PM (0LHZx) Try this, the world is broken. It isn't as it should be. Therefore natural disasters (from typhoons to cancer) occur. Humanity is broken and not as it should be. Free will can allow people to make both horrific and beneficent choices. God promises to walk through both the good and the bad, to shelter and comfort, to rejoice and to weep and to occasionally even intervene in ways that can only be considered miraculous. (This would be a great place for a discussion on Incarnation but I'll restrain myself) God also promises that the world is steadily being recreated to be what it was meant to be, that the Kingdom is come. Eventually, all will be remade and there will be no more sorrow, no more death, the former things will all pass away. Until that time there is no promise of an easy life, just a life you don't have to walk through alone.

Posted by: Ragamuffin at November 26, 2013 07:51 PM (fzFF6)

490 And there you have it, folks.

Posted by: Meremortal at November 26, 2013 07:51 PM (1Y+hH)

491 Too late for a gay marriage or an abortion discussion?

Posted by: NCKate at November 26, 2013 07:51 PM (huQFw)

492 Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 11:49 PM (0LHZx) You are inching your way towards respecting others. Keep going.

Posted by: eman at November 26, 2013 07:52 PM (AO9UG)

493 it was 'suboptimal.' What does that mean? The sheep were less attractive then?

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at November 26, 2013 07:52 PM (gmzvT)

494 "I'll punch you in the face if you ever say that to me in person."

Tough guy huh?

Posted by: GMB-Schoolyard bully at November 26, 2013 07:52 PM (nkPV9)

495 Evening morons. Mrs. Crank's test results came back today...no chromosomal abnormalities, and it's a boy!!

Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at November 26, 2013 07:53 PM (R+XDI)

496 So let me get this straight... God can create the path of people on an individual basis. But he can't stop aids from happening. He can't stop the school bus from going off the cliff with 50 kids on it. He can't stop the holocaust from happening. But he can make sure your football team wins because your QB prays a lot. Yeah that makes sense.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 07:53 PM (0LHZx)

497

Moo stubbed his toe once and blamed it on God and it changed his life.

If cancer, why not any suffering at all?

My nuts itch. What kind of God would allow such a tragedy???

Posted by: DAve at November 26, 2013 07:53 PM (b7yum)

498 Congratulations, Conservative Crank!! Brilliant news!

Posted by: Ragamuffin at November 26, 2013 07:54 PM (fzFF6)

499 496 Yay! Congrats!

Posted by: NCKate at November 26, 2013 07:54 PM (huQFw)

500 Congrats, C Crank!

Posted by: RovingCopyEditor at November 26, 2013 07:54 PM (vRdWg)

501 495 I know. Shall we set a place and time???

Posted by: DAve at November 26, 2013 07:54 PM (b7yum)

502 >>> But to think that a god gives a fuck about you Joe Shmoe Nobody is kinda narcissistic dontha think? No, that is His nature. Sparrows, trolls, nobodies.

Posted by: fluffy at November 26, 2013 07:54 PM (Ua6T/)

503 Anyone think that Bovine is Louis Winthrop III?

Posted by: mpfs at November 26, 2013 07:55 PM (x8AwZ)

504 Cranky, excellent! Another new moron to grab at the screen when the NFL elbow pics get posted

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 26, 2013 07:56 PM (Nsoq9)

505

497 Your ignorance is showing. Who said God CAN'T???

Having a petulant child's understanding of things supernatural is unbecoming

Posted by: DAve at November 26, 2013 07:56 PM (b7yum)

506 Yeah C. Crank. God bless you and yours!

Posted by: mpfs at November 26, 2013 07:56 PM (x8AwZ)

507 While I find religion in general to be ridiculous, I also despise people who try to ban religion. If you want to believe wacky things, by all means believe them. I disagree with what you believe, but I'll fight for your right to practice your beliefs. For example the Obamacare birth control mandate. Total fucking bullshit. Even though I am all for birth control (and GHASP abortion), forcing companies to provide it when it goes against their beliefs is wrong. Very wrong. So there.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 07:56 PM (0LHZx)

508 Good news crank! Don't anybody thank God or mr bovine pucky will get his panties all in a bunch.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at November 26, 2013 07:56 PM (gmzvT)

509 >> it was 'suboptimal.' What does that mean? The sheep were less attractive then? Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy Just dousing the Left with their own weasel words ala the latest O-care deflection ( earlier aoshq article ) "Periods of Suboptimal Performance" is the New Subeffective Level"

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at November 26, 2013 07:57 PM (nq+/u)

510 Great news CC! Congrats.

Posted by: RWC at November 26, 2013 07:57 PM (LpbKr)

511 We used to live in a world without cancer.

Posted by: DAve at November 26, 2013 07:58 PM (b7yum)

512 All I know is I love living in a nation with a lot of Christians. I'm not one myself but I'm as close to that as you can probably get. They're good people and at worst maybe one of them shows up at your door to try and get you to listen. I much prefer living with these people than with Muslims. For obvious reasons.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 26, 2013 07:58 PM (oFCZn)

513 Crank - Geeze, a BOY. Good on you. Not so long ago, I would have been in the queue for a cigar.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 26, 2013 07:58 PM (aDwsi)

514 498 Moo stubbed his toe once and blamed it on God and it changed his life. If cancer, why not any suffering at all? My nuts itch. What kind of God would allow such a tragedy??? Posted by: DAve at November 26, 2013 11:53 PM (b7yum) ________ Quite the opposite. There is no god so I don't blame anyone but myself when I stub my toe. Just like I don't give accolades to anyone but myself when good things happen to me. We are the masters of our domains (insert Seinfeld joke here). Cancer....bad shit happens. To good people, to bad people, to everyone. God has nothing to do with any of it.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 07:58 PM (0LHZx)

515

Oh, crap, I had to come back to say that my dad, like many of your dads, I'm sure, had an eighth grade education, but he's the smartest guy I know. Not just in farming, or mechanical, but all around SMART! He hates playing Trivial Pursuit or any game with us, but he'll pipe in with the correct answer if he hears us floundering. The key: reading. He's read more books than I could ever hope to. And I read a LOT! And thanks to my dad, he instilled that in me. People are always so mystified about how I know things. Duh. Read. (This looks like a humble brag, but it's not. I am just thankful that my Dad gave me a love of reading.)

Posted by: kalneva at November 26, 2013 07:59 PM (XyrkB)

516 If you want to believe wacky things, by all means believe them. I disagree with what you believe, but I'll fight for your right to practice your beliefs. >>

Maybe you could word that to be slightly less condescending to those of us that believe. Assuming you truly don't care.

Posted by: The Hickster at November 26, 2013 08:00 PM (DUGve)

517 Congrats to Crank and family. Truly the circle of life too, as a conservative FB friend of mine, George Roper, just passed away earlier today.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 26, 2013 08:00 PM (T/XcG)

518 Mau mau. I'm sorry your life sucks. I'm sorry you are depressed. I know the holidays get people down. Especially people that have sad and lonely lives. But spreading your misery around won't make you feel any better. It just makes that hole in your soul bigger. Here's an idea. Try to be 10% less of a dick. And here's a tip for how to be less of a dick. Don't shit on people's most deeply felt beliefs during the holidays.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 26, 2013 08:00 PM (ZPrif)

519 513 All I know is I love living in a nation with a lot of Christians. I'm not one myself but I'm as close to that as you can probably get. They're good people and at worst maybe one of them shows up at your door to try and get you to listen. I much prefer living with these people than with Muslims. For obvious reasons. Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 26, 2013 11:58 PM (oFCZn) ____________ I agree. A Christian hates you, he calls you bad names. A Muslims hates you, he kills you. No comparison.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 08:00 PM (0LHZx)

520 We used to live in a world without cancer.

Mainly because we'd be speared by some other tribe's warrior at the age of 22.

Or, if female, bleed to death at the breech-birth of baby #4, same age.

Primitive humankind: not a fun time.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 26, 2013 08:00 PM (Nsoq9)

521 ( earlier aoshq article ) "Periods of Suboptimal Performance" is the New Subeffective Level" Posted by: weft cut-loop ------------------ I haul out "Horrible Customer Service" at appropriate moments. You know...., like when SS numbers are stolen.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 26, 2013 08:00 PM (aDwsi)

522 If you want to believe wacky things, by all means believe them. I disagree with what you believe, but I'll fight for your right to practice your beliefs. Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo I'm sure that line works on all the nuns you hit up.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at November 26, 2013 08:00 PM (nq+/u)

523 I think I'm mostly thankful for civilisation, the existence thereof.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 26, 2013 08:01 PM (Nsoq9)

524 He almost pissed off the N/A-theist community also. Then I remembered I don't give a shit.

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at November 26, 2013 08:01 PM (O0Mgt)

525 LOL...so now I am miserable because I don't believe in a spirit in the sky. Ohhh kay. Shit man, look around you. Everyone here is constantly talking about SMOD and letting it burn. Real happy go lucky types huh? But I'm the angry/depressed one? Come on.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 08:02 PM (0LHZx)

526 While I find religion in general to be ridiculous So there. Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 11:56 PM (0LHZx) While I find Mr. Moo Moo in general to be ridiculousÂ…

Posted by: YHWH at November 26, 2013 08:02 PM (Vk2pI)

527 446 ---Tell me this then...if god is the reason you are well off, is god also the reason some people are poor? How about the kid with cancer...is that god's doing? Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 11:35 PM (0LHZx) ------------------------------ Here's a tip to avoid coming across as a sophomoric, middle-school twit. When you are using the word "god" as a proper name, it should be capitalized. We usually learn this in 2nd grade. Thus, we write God, Allah, Zeus, Apollo, Thor, Obama, etc. If your own superstitions are so strong that writing the name God frightens you, then modify the common noun. You might use "your god," for example.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at November 26, 2013 08:02 PM (dfYL9)

528 The Kiwi High Court has rejected an appeal by a guy claiming 'climate change refugee' status. So the guy, his wife, and three NZ born children will be deported. New Zealand does not recognize children born of illegal immigrants as citizens.

http://tinyurl.com/ptgofx7

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 26, 2013 08:02 PM (787tI)

529 Primitive humankind: not a fun time. Posted by: boulder toilet -------------------- Having bad eyesight, I imagine myself 10,000 years approaching a leopard, "Here kitty, kitty...." Or, as a chronic snorer, sounding the dinner bell for night-roaming lions.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 26, 2013 08:03 PM (aDwsi)

530 460 456 My dog doesn't understand why I do what I do and I don't understand the ways of God Posted by: DAve at November 26, 2013 11:41 PM (b7yum) ________ So you're equating your intelligence with that of a dog. Not helping your cause amigo.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 08:04 PM (0LHZx)

531 Shit man, look around you. Everyone here is constantly talking about SMOD and letting it burn. Real happy go lucky types huh? But I'm the angry/depressed one? Come on. Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo They aren't looking for fights. You are. Again, we're not your problem.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at November 26, 2013 08:04 PM (nq+/u)

532 Congrats Crank! Excellent news!

Posted by: Weirddave at November 26, 2013 08:05 PM (N/cFh)

533 But DAve's dog may have a degree from obedience school.

Posted by: NCKate at November 26, 2013 08:05 PM (huQFw)

534 Thus, we write God, Allah, Zeus, Apollo, Thor, Obama, etc.

Margarita: Zinger of the night. Thanks. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 26, 2013 08:06 PM (T/XcG)

535 Moo-moo is a self-made man. For which fact, God is eternally grateful.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 26, 2013 08:06 PM (60Q+L)

536 Thanks for all the congratulations horde! I think I'm going to have some JW Blue to celebrate...

Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at November 26, 2013 08:06 PM (R+XDI)

537 God in Heaven the Bovine shits all over the ONT again. Christians : mock Jews : mock All other religious denominations : mock Upper middle class money obsessed : his kind of people. I feel sorry for you. I've had enough. Night all. Making pies in my middle class kitchen tomorrow and will enjoy every moment and thank God for my family.

Posted by: mpfs at November 26, 2013 08:07 PM (x8AwZ)

538 So you're equating your intelligence with that of a dog. Not helping your cause amigo. Compared to God? Flatworm would be closer. Not having the intellect and humility to recognize and admit your limitations may be part of your problem Moo Moo.

Posted by: Weirddave at November 26, 2013 08:07 PM (N/cFh)

539 And to claim with a straight face that kids with cancer = God's great plan.....I'll punch you in the face if you ever say that to me in person. Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 11:49 PM (0LHZx If that's their faith and belief why should it worry you? Some would like to think there is a higher power and reasoning behind a child with cancer, a child run over, a child drowning, etc. if their belief helps them deal with it then let it be. 'Cause if you go to them and say your belief in a cloud spirit is BS and run down actually how the cancer ate their child there would be another punch coming.

Posted by: RWC at November 26, 2013 08:07 PM (LpbKr)

540

531 That's f'n RETARDED, dude. Then I'm equating myself with God???

FAIL!1111111!!!!!1!!

Posted by: DAve at November 26, 2013 08:08 PM (b7yum)

541 "People without college degrees can have Thanksgiving???!!"

Sure they can.

But only the cheap pretend version which is allowed to Unpeople in Jesusland who lack the appropriate academic credentials.

Real people with college degrees, outside of Jesusland, get the genuine article.

Posted by: torquewrench at November 26, 2013 08:08 PM (gqT4g)

542 interior of Winchester Cathedral:
http://grimmly2007.blogspot.com/2011/11/ verdis-requiem-in-winchester-cathedral.html

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 26, 2013 08:08 PM (Nsoq9)

543 bored music video

http://youtu.be/1LVYofRct-s

Posted by: The Dude at November 26, 2013 08:08 PM (vJdyz)

544 It's amazing how doing something nice for someone random for no particular reason can make you feel better about your day and yourself. How's your strategy working tonight, Moo?

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at November 26, 2013 08:08 PM (O0Mgt)

545 Jeez. Last week it was abortion. Now the existence of God... I'm thankful for others out there willing to play with this twit. I bet you're all kinds of fun on to be around, moomer. Ever wonder why your brother turned to drugs and alcohol ans became such a loser?

Posted by: shredded chi at November 26, 2013 08:08 PM (2njrJ)

546 Hey Weirddave!! If she's still conscious, let Gingy know that I got her DM and will email when I figure out the family agenda.

Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at November 26, 2013 08:08 PM (R+XDI)

547 I don't about DAve's dog, but both of my labs were infinitely smarter than bovine pucky.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at November 26, 2013 08:08 PM (gmzvT)

548 at least your labs don't poo on the ONT

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 26, 2013 08:09 PM (Nsoq9)

549 451 Psssst wanna hear a secret?

A college degree will do a lot more to help you out in life than the spirit in the sky.

Pass it on....

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 11:36 PM (0LHZx)

===

Psssst. Wanna better secret?

Any job where demand is larger than supply will do better than any job where supply=demand and a whole shitload better than any job where supply is larger than demand.

Some degrees are worth it.

Posted by: jc at November 26, 2013 08:09 PM (PlzOe)

550 Moo Moo, this has nothing to do with religion, but I will never get over the embarrassment of belonging to the same species as you. You are a malformity, a monster, an ogre. You have the appeal of a paper cut. An osprey should pick you up, drive its beak into your brain, and drop you on the mountain rocks below, splattering your forthy pink worthless brain matter for the ants. And I mean that in the nicest possible way.

Posted by: Meremortal at November 26, 2013 08:10 PM (1Y+hH)

551 By the Buddha Amida may the non-sacred bovine find Enlightenment.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 26, 2013 08:10 PM (787tI)

552 Russian dude is hot. Men in uniforms! Rawr.

Posted by: katya, the designated driver at November 26, 2013 08:10 PM (DoZD+)

553 I think Sydney Leathers suffers from the same mental disorder that Miley Cyrus does.

Posted by: katya, the designated driver at November 26, 2013 08:11 PM (DoZD+)

554 How about if I spell it G*d? Would that make it better?

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 08:11 PM (0LHZx)

555 I worship the Goddess Irony because when she fucks with me I get it. BTW, her newest End Zone Dance is awesome.

Posted by: eman at November 26, 2013 08:12 PM (AO9UG)

556 553 Russian dude is hot. Men in uniforms! Rawr. Posted by: katya, the designated driver at November 27, 2013 12:10 AM (DoZD+) I knew my nekkid Kossack hat pics would get leaked!

Posted by: RWC at November 26, 2013 08:12 PM (LpbKr)

557 473 Glad to see so many people here so thankful. I forgot to mention above that of course I'm thankful for all of you, aka "the Horde." In this crazy Obamacare world, you're all part of one of the last things keeping me sane these days. Hope everyone here has a fabulous holiday season. Posted by: qdpsteve at November 26, 2013 11:45 PM (T/XcG) ----------------------------------- Amen! I am very thankful for the horde too. It's a great blessing to be able to communicate with conservatives from all over the country, to know that there are others who see the same dangers and have the same hopes. I like the sharing of ideas, to be sure, but especially appreciate the humor. Even at the darkest moments, it's a blessing to be able to chuckle.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at November 26, 2013 08:13 PM (dfYL9)

558 spell it n-e-m-e-s-i-s. and it's coming.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 26, 2013 08:13 PM (Nsoq9)

559 How about if I spell it G*d? Would that make it better? Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo Meh. You still have something you want to tell us.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at November 26, 2013 08:13 PM (nq+/u)

560 eman, sure that is not Eris instead of Irony?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 26, 2013 08:13 PM (787tI)

561 How about if I spell it G*d? Would that make it better? *** God doesn't GAS how you spell it but if you are going to debate with those who do, a modicum of respect for such a simple request isn't out of order.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 26, 2013 08:13 PM (DmNpO)

562 551 Moo Moo, this has nothing to do with religion, but I will never get over the embarrassment of belonging to the same species as you. You are a malformity, a monster, an ogre. You have the appeal of a paper cut. An osprey should pick you up, drive its beak into your brain, and drop you on the mountain rocks below, splattering your forthy pink worthless brain matter for the ants. And I mean that in the nicest possible way. Posted by: Meremortal at November 27, 2013 12:10 AM (1Y+hH) ________ Yeah but according to you I am not responsible for any of it. The almighty G*D is. I can't help what I do. It's G*D's will. I am but a mere mortal.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 08:13 PM (0LHZx)

563 556.. It has some "Walk Like and Egyptian" and some "I Like Big Butts" in it.

Posted by: eman at November 26, 2013 08:14 PM (AO9UG)

564 God doesn't GAS how you spell it but if you are going to debate with those who do, a modicum of respect for such a simple request isn't out of order. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 27, 2013 12:13 AM (DmNpO) _________ You're right.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 08:14 PM (0LHZx)

565 534 But DAve's dog may have a degree from obedience school. Posted by: NCKate at November 27, 2013 12:05 AM (huQFw) You owe me a new laptop.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at November 26, 2013 08:14 PM (BXLPR)

566 anyway, goodnight morons.

sorry about teh troll.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 26, 2013 08:15 PM (Nsoq9)

567 If you like living in a country filled with Christians, why mock them all the time? I don't. In fact, once I looked into the matter I started noticing things. Interesting things they were. Like when God said don't do this it made sense when I looked around. Because the world as it stands is pretty much the opposite of what God says and it's falling apart. Imagine that! Those who adhere to a strict fiscal conservative stance are clueless buffoons. It's the social rot that all those eveeellll socons keep harping on that drains the treasury because of the higher taxes required to take care of those who have no morals.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 26, 2013 08:15 PM (oFCZn)

568 I'm out. Best wishes to all, most especially to MM, and be careful if traveling.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 26, 2013 08:16 PM (aDwsi)

569 ...Even at the darkest moments, it's a blessing to be able to chuckle.

Exactamundo, Margarita.
Thanks.
:-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 26, 2013 08:16 PM (T/XcG)

570 I do see a pretty strong correlation between belief in a God and a lack of advanced education. Interesting...

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 08:16 PM (0LHZx)

571 Oh and you do know the whole SMOD thing is a joke/wail of frustration, right?

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 26, 2013 08:16 PM (oFCZn)

572 "Psssst wanna hear a secret? A college degree will do a lot more to help you out in life than the spirit in the sky."

I got about 90 minutes of sleep last night. The local raccoon family got into it with a neighbor's dogs just after I dropped off. Sounded like World War III, the director's cut. I never got back to dreamland.

Extra caffeine was required as I headed out this morning. Fortunately, I had a coffee bar fully staffed by college graduates with straight-A degrees in Grievance Studies to make sure that my caffeine requirements were fully taken care of. I like reliability and constancy in life, and it's great to know that those very same college graduates will still be there to handle my brewing requirements in the year 2033.

Posted by: torquewrench at November 26, 2013 08:16 PM (gqT4g)

573 Yeah but according to you I am not responsible for any of it. The almighty G*D is. I can't help what I do. It's G*D's will. I am but a mere mortal. Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 27, 2013 12:13 AM (0LHZx) Even the staunchest of 5 point Calvinists wouldn't agree with that statement on its face. I'm a Wesleyan and I sure as heck don't.

Posted by: Ragamuffin at November 26, 2013 08:16 PM (fzFF6)

574 eman, sure that is not Eris instead of Irony? Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 27, 2013 12:13 AM (787tI) Pretty sure, but Irony lurks.

Posted by: eman at November 26, 2013 08:16 PM (AO9UG)

575 563 Moo your assertion COMPLETELY neglects the effect of free will. You're just displaying in spades that you've never studied nor thought about this much at all. So then ask yourself whatyour motivation is to make such bold assertions???

Posted by: DAve at November 26, 2013 08:18 PM (b7yum)

576 I have lurked at quite a few forums over the years. I have seen Mr. Moo Moo or someone else using that name before.

Maybe one of chuckles long forgotten socks?

Posted by: GMB-Schoolyard bully at November 26, 2013 08:18 PM (nkPV9)

577 572 Oh and you do know the whole SMOD thing is a joke/wail of frustration, right? Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 27, 2013 12:16 AM (oFCZn) _________ All comedy is rooted in reality.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 08:18 PM (0LHZx)

578 Moo, Again, as convenient as we are, your anger isn't with us. What's up?

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at November 26, 2013 08:19 PM (nq+/u)

579 I do see a pretty strong correlation between belief in a God and a lack of advanced education. Interesting... Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 27, 2013 12:16 AM (0LHZx) So, my husband's doctorate, my double Master's, the multiple PhD's I know of deep and abiding faith... which is false? Our faith or our education?

Posted by: Ragamuffin at November 26, 2013 08:19 PM (fzFF6)

580 571 Well that's BULLSHIT. I'm Christian, I went to college for 13 years fulltime and scored 1350 on the GRE. Et tu???

Posted by: DAve at November 26, 2013 08:19 PM (b7yum)

581 Moo Moo, you might get a warmer reception if you showed some f*cking contrition once in a while. No one is demanding you convert, but your continued snark and crucifying of straw men demonstrates not only disrespect for every God-fearing moron here but a complete lack of empathy. I won't go for low blows about your family, but I will gladly humiliate and shred you like so much tissue paper if you insist on being an ass all the time.

Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at November 26, 2013 08:19 PM (R+XDI)

582 571 I do see a pretty strong correlation between belief in a God and a lack of advanced education. Interesting... Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 27, 2013 12:16 AM (0LHZx) Seriously? Go fuck yourself you little shit.

Posted by: RWC at November 26, 2013 08:20 PM (LpbKr)

583 Posted by: DAve at November 27, 2013 12:18 AM (b7yum) Amen. I see this all the time when some old liberal stands up and starts railing about teh kids and teh cancer and OMG! how could God allow it!!11!! Read the Bible you moron. It's all right there.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 26, 2013 08:20 PM (oFCZn)

584 I do see a pretty strong correlation between belief in a God and a lack of advanced education. Yeah, Einstein sure was an unedumacated dumbfuck.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at November 26, 2013 08:20 PM (gmzvT)

585 Moo Moo, I am not talking about religion. I wasn't in on that conversation and it doesn't interest me.

Posted by: Meremortal at November 26, 2013 08:21 PM (1Y+hH)

586 576 563 Moo your assertion COMPLETELY neglects the effect of free will. You're just displaying in spades that you've never studied nor thought about this much at all. So then ask yourself whatyour motivation is to make such bold assertions??? Posted by: DAve at November 27, 2013 12:18 AM (b7yum) _____________ You're contradicting yourself twice over. You've told me that God is responsible for your well being. And God is responsible for kids with cancer (since it then gives God the chance to send nurses and doctors to help them). But if I say I have nothing to do with my actions, it's all due to God, I'm not well learned on the finer points of religion. You can't have it both ways. Either the Big Guy runs the show or he doesn't.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 08:21 PM (0LHZx)

587 When you can't even get DAve to stick up for you, and he's defended the shitheads jimi ray and Tom Sawyer, you really are an unlikeable worthless little turd on the blog.

Posted by: buzzion at November 26, 2013 08:21 PM (LI48c)

588 <-- No degree, and an N/A-theist. This strawman is burning pretty damned good at this point. Marshmellows, anyone?

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at November 26, 2013 08:21 PM (O0Mgt)

589 581 What's boring about this is that we've been highjacked into focussing on moo. That's his motivation in the end. There is no earnest seeking in him tonight.

Posted by: DAve at November 26, 2013 08:21 PM (b7yum)

590 Good evening, Horde. I wrote two papers for school today. The first, an opus of 1075 words which took all of an hour, was a paper worthy of 99%. The second hasn't be marked yet. Prof was astounded when I told her I'd be back in an hour with the second... 54 minutes and 1050 words later, I was. I I'm so ready for a break.

Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at November 26, 2013 08:21 PM (N/cFh)

591 Whats yourmeducation Moo Moo?

Posted by: RWC at November 26, 2013 08:22 PM (LpbKr)

592 I had faith before I had my doctorate.

Posted by: NCKate at November 26, 2013 08:22 PM (huQFw)

593 Mentioned earlier todayÂ… Scott Adams, creator of tha Dilbert comic, wants to kill his father and kill you if you don't agree http://tinyurl.com/optyo94

Posted by: Hatbert at November 26, 2013 08:22 PM (Vk2pI)

594 This strawman is burning pretty damned good at this point. Marshmellows, anyone? Shit, missed my first part - no degree, and I'm an an N/A-theist.

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at November 26, 2013 08:23 PM (O0Mgt)

595 571 I do see a pretty strong correlation between belief in a God and a lack of advanced education. Interesting... Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 27, 2013 12:16 AM (0LHZx) Good thing you feel that way since a good chunk of the doctors of this country are religious or work for a religious institution. If you are talking about lawyers, well, most of them are the spawn of Satan.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at November 26, 2013 08:23 PM (BXLPR)

596 581 571 Well that's BULLSHIT. I'm Christian, I went to college for 13 years fulltime and scored 1350 on the GRE. Et tu??? Posted by: DAve at November 27, 2013 12:19 AM (b7yum) _________ Never took the GRE. 1460 SATs (when it was still out of 1600) 660 GMAT

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 08:23 PM (0LHZx)

597 *hugs Gingy, offers some JW Blue* sit back, relax, and toast with me to my unborn son!

Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at November 26, 2013 08:23 PM (R+XDI)

598 Of course the big "Guy" runs the show. He gave you free will over your own actions.

He gave you the will to believe or not as you will. That does not have any effect on what his will is. If it his will for you to experience pain and suffering, you will.

Your reaction to that is of your own free will.

Hope that clarifies it for you.

Posted by: GMB-Schoolyard bully at November 26, 2013 08:24 PM (nkPV9)

599 "I do see a pretty strong correlation between belief in a God and a lack of advanced education."

For what would Mr. MM require belief in God?

Near as I can figure, Mr. MM relies upon his wife and her friends as absolutely infallible oracles with regard to all of life's vexing questions.

For instance, Mr. MM's wife and her friends think that assault rifles are "scary".

Ban them already! Sufficient grounds, Your Honor.

On to the next question.

Posted by: torquewrench at November 26, 2013 08:25 PM (gqT4g)

600

588 Hahaha I DO like to extend the benefit of the doubt.

I wait for the posters in question to either show that they're really just high-functioning Aspies or, conversely, that they just like being little shits

Posted by: DAve at November 26, 2013 08:25 PM (b7yum)

601 590 581 What's boring about this is that we've been highjacked into focussing on moo. That's his motivation in the end. There is no earnest seeking in him tonight. Posted by: DAve at November 27, 2013 12:21 AM (b7yum) Praise be to allah. Ace's 'scharmueta'

Posted by: RWC at November 26, 2013 08:25 PM (LpbKr)

602 Nice Moo Moo. I'll raise you 1500 SATs, 34 on the MCAT, my 2 bachelors degrees in bio and philosophy, my MD, and my lifetime of being a Lutheran. Don't make me go Scandinavian terrorist up in here.

Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at November 26, 2013 08:26 PM (R+XDI)

603 Oh well, no worries morons. Time to get a clue: Meremortal In the mancave With a fretless bass Have a great rest of the night!

Posted by: Meremortal at November 26, 2013 08:26 PM (1Y+hH)

604 Ah, I see Moo Moo is tilting at windmills and imagining that he is the first person to ever ask the question, "Why do bad things happen to good people?" Such staggering intellect. Such courage in the face of adversity. ...Oh, sorry, I meant such buffoonish arrogance. Anyway, g'night, all. To those traveling tomorrow, especially on the east coast with this crappy weather, be safe! Your family would rather have you arrive late but healthy than on time and broken. TTFN!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at November 26, 2013 08:26 PM (CA2NO)

605 For instance, Mr. MM's wife and her friends think that assault rifles are "scary".

Ban them already! Sufficient grounds, Your Honor.

On to the next question.

Posted by: torquewrench at November 27, 2013 12:25 AM (gqT4g)

Well cows probably aren't too fond of guns.

Posted by: buzzion at November 26, 2013 08:26 PM (LI48c)

606 Ah, I see Moo Moo is tilting at windmills and imagining that he is the first person to ever ask the question, "Why do bad things happen to good people?" Such staggering intellect. Such courage in the face of adversity. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea at November 27, 2013 12:26 AM (CA2NO) Tell me about it.

Posted by: Job at November 26, 2013 08:27 PM (Vk2pI)

607 Good thing you feel that way since a good chunk of the doctors of this country are religious or work for a religious institution. ________ The data says otherwise... Doctors are much less religious than the general population. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1490160/table/tbl4/ And even within the profession, those that are most specialized are the least religious...ie those with the most education believe the least.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 08:27 PM (0LHZx)

608 Moo, We get that you are angry. You wouldn't be commenting if you weren't. What's up?

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at November 26, 2013 08:28 PM (nq+/u)

609 Well cows probably aren't too fond of guns. Posted by: buzzion at November 27, 2013 12:26 AM (LI48c) I wouldn't bet on thatÂ… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQMbXvn2RNI

Posted by: The Leather Hat at November 26, 2013 08:28 PM (Vk2pI)

610 I think I figured out why Moo Moo doesn't believe in God

He doesn't like competition

Posted by: kbdabear at November 26, 2013 08:28 PM (aTXUx)

611 Moo Moo, Religions are like mountains. They rise up, are worn away, and rise up again. It is not our place to mock those who believe. Our job is to defend what we believe. I am not a Christian, but I respect those who are. Even when I think the worst about them and the worst about their religion, I leave the door open a crack so I can see how I could be completely wrong. Show some humility. The Christians could be full of shit, but your so could you and so could I and none of it smells very nice.

Posted by: eman at November 26, 2013 08:28 PM (AO9UG)

612 594 Mentioned earlier todayÂ… Scott Adams, creator of tha Dilbert comic, wants to kill his father and kill you if you don't agree http://tinyurl.com/optyo94 Posted by: Hatbert at November 27, 2013 12:22 AM (Vk2pI) I don't see the outrage in that. I am actually in favor of assisted suicide.

Posted by: RWC at November 26, 2013 08:28 PM (LpbKr)

613 or work for a religious institution. or work for a religious institution. or work for a religious institution. or work for a religious institution.

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at November 26, 2013 08:29 PM (O0Mgt)

614 I'm not the first to ask it of course. But the question is still valid and nobody has ever given a decent answer other than...God Works In Mysterious Ways. It was bullshit the first time the answer was given and it's bullshit now and will be bullshit 1000 years from now.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 08:29 PM (0LHZx)

615

Haha Cranky last month I did my first colonoscopy 'cuz I just turned 50. Invasive adenocarcinoma. Partial colectomy.

Lab pathology reports negative and ct scans clear. I had colon cancer for one month.

Thought you'd like a happy story

Posted by: DAve at November 26, 2013 08:29 PM (b7yum)

616 1460 SATs (when it was still out of 1600)
660 GMAT>>

Can you fix your own car, furnace,electrical plumbing?

Posted by: The Hickster at November 26, 2013 08:30 PM (DUGve)

617 @598 Dr. Crankypants! Dave told me the news as soon as I walked in the door. I said it was too early for ultrasound, was I right, or is my timeline screwed up? I. Sent you a Twitter DM, but haven't heard back about this weekend. --- 383 Weirddave, you win. Posted by: EC at November 26, 2013 11:05 PM (doBIb) -- Nope, I do.

Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at November 26, 2013 08:30 PM (N/cFh)

618 No, mau mau, you're a troll. A sad, bitter troll. You've decided to shit on people's religion right as they are searching for hope during the holidays. And I say all this as someone who is not religious. Many of the people here are frustrated. Many are struggling. At the holidays they take time out to give thanks for the good in their life. They try to overlook their pain and hardships. They give thanks for the good people and good fortune in their lives. And since most are religious, they give thanks to God. Many did that tonight on this thread. And you saw that. And your reaction to their noble attempt to rise above their pain and struggles, to reach for something spiritual and transcendent and divine ... was to shit on them. You are a bad person. You've taken a seriously wrong path in life. You purposefully spread misery and darkness. You make the world a worse place. You saw these people, who are real people, reaching out to others for some sympathy and support and shared humanity .. and you chose to shit on them. You couldn't hold keep your mouth shut. You couldn't ignore it. You had to try and derail the thread of people giving thanks, on Thanksgiving, to you and your sad, miserable existence. I've seen you do this often enough on the ONTs. I assume the night gets to you. The emptiness. Perhaps you get to drinking. I don't know. This isn't the first time you've angrily, insultingly trolled a thread. It won't be the last. You'll probably try to pick a fight on Christmas, too. Maybe Easter. Maybe when someone loses a loved one you'll pipe up. You are not a good human being. You don't try to lift people up. You consistently try to shit on people and bring them down. Over and over again. Personally, I think you should be banned. You add nothing to the conversation. You purposefully bring misery. And you've done it repeatedly. You know the effect you are having. You desire the effect you're having. You want to spread your unhappiness. That's inexcusable.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 26, 2013 08:30 PM (ZPrif)

619 This is beyond tiresome. Time to do something more fun, like give myself a bikini wax. Nite nite

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at November 26, 2013 08:30 PM (gmzvT)

620 614 or work for a religious institution. or work for a religious institution. or work for a religious institution. or work for a religious institution. Posted by: akula51 at November 27, 2013 12:29 AM (O0Mgt) ___________ What's your point?

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 08:31 PM (0LHZx)

621 I don't see the outrage in that. I am actually in favor of assisted suicide.

Posted by: RWC at November 27, 2013 12:28 AM (LpbKr)

But what if they put up a fight?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 26, 2013 08:31 PM (60Q+L)

622 Damn typos.

Posted by: eman at November 26, 2013 08:31 PM (AO9UG)

623 Free will, motherf*cker, do you grok it? It's in the first few chapters of the first book of the Bible, it wouldn't take you but an hour to read it if you started from the first verse!

Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at November 26, 2013 08:32 PM (R+XDI)

624 Time to land. Happy evening to all of you.

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at November 26, 2013 08:32 PM (O0Mgt)

625

616 And the most blessed miracle of all was that I was only gone from posting here for three days.

EVERYONE must be thankful for THAT-

Posted by: DAve at November 26, 2013 08:32 PM (b7yum)

626 Having been a Christian believer myself, I have the warmest sympathy for all who still wear the yoke of supernaturalism. But I have no pity for error. I will not consult its pleasure. I will not spare it.
...
As the Bible is the work of Jewish authors, and as I say quite a little about Jews and Judaism in this book, I wish to take pains to explain my position in advance. Rationalism is much indebted to the educated Jew. Even more is the Jew indebted to Rationalism. The only miracle in the history of Israel was performed by Rationalism. All the Bible miracles are nothing in comparison. Rationalism has saved the Jew from his greatest enemy - the Bible.
...
the poet Heine exclaimed: "Judaism is not a religion; Judaism is a misfortune" (Philosophy and Religion in Germany). The same poet congratulates himself upon the hastening departure of Jehovah: "It is the old Jehovah himself that is preparing for death. Hear ye not the bells resounding? Kneel down, they are bringing the sacraments to a dying God."
-- The Neglected Book pg. 7 - 8. By M.M. Mangasarian. The Truth Seeker Company New York. 1926.

Does this all sound familiar? I would think by now almost 100 years later the detractors would have better and more refined arguments.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 26, 2013 08:32 PM (787tI)

627 I don't see the outrage in that. I am actually in favor of assisted suicide. Posted by: RWC at November 27, 2013 12:28 AM (LpbKr) His urge to kill is the problem. As is his insistance that doctors become killers, and that homicide become a standard medical practice. If you think a person is better off dead, then you should be willing to put a 12 gauge in their face and pull the trigger. The "going off to sleep" homicide of not just the terminally ill in pain, but of the elderly and children who are not capable of consenting, is meant to hide the violence we are perpetuating on loved ones. If you have a problem with blowing off Grandma's head, then perhaps you should reconsider if you have a problem or not putting her down like a dog. Heck, even the kid who shot his dog Old Yeller, was willing to do the dirty deed himself.

Posted by: The Docto-Assisted Hat at November 26, 2013 08:32 PM (Vk2pI)

628 It is exceedingly difficult to enjoy a little ONT when there's so much troll poop.

Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at November 26, 2013 08:32 PM (N/cFh)

629 615 I'm not the first to ask it of course. But the question is still valid and nobody has ever given a decent answer other than...God Works In Mysterious Ways. It was bullshit the first time the answer was given and it's bullshit now and will be bullshit 1000 years from now.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 27, 2013 12:29 AM (0LHZx)

Disingenuous bullshit from you which is not surprising. This is all you're saying, "I demand you give me a 'decent' answer to my question. I am the one who gets to decide what constitutes 'decent' and you will never give one that qualifies. Now answer my question!"

Go back to the barn with your wife.

Posted by: buzzion at November 26, 2013 08:32 PM (LI48c)

630 Can you fix your own car, furnace,electrical plumbing? Posted by: The Hickster at November 27, 2013 12:30 AM (DUGve) _______ Nope. But I can easily afford to hire someone to do all that for me without getting my hands dirty. Funny you mention that as I had someone do an HVAC call this week. Furnace was making a weird noise. Dude came over, I paid him $119, he fixed it. Could I have figured it out myself? Maybe. Maybe not. But to me paying someone $119 to not have to worry about it was fine. Same with paying someone $30 to change my oil.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 08:33 PM (0LHZx)

631 Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 27, 2013 12:30 AM (ZPrif) +++

Posted by: RWC at November 26, 2013 08:35 PM (LpbKr)

632 I'm not the first to ask it of course. But the question is still valid and nobody has ever given a decent answer other than...God Works In Mysterious Ways. It was bullshit the first time the answer was given and it's bullshit now and will be bullshit 1000 years from now. Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 27, 2013 12:29 AM (0LHZx) And if you believe that "because God works in mysterious ways" is the only attempt at answering the question, then you have clearly never touched a book of theological scholarship, nor invested any time in the words and meditations of scholars and philosophers who have pondered that very question since time immemorial. But that's okay. You've got a college degree, so you're all cool and shit. Right on. Anyway, for realsies this time, night all!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at November 26, 2013 08:35 PM (CA2NO)

633 Personally, I think you should be banned. You add nothing to the conversation. You purposefully bring misery. And you've done it repeatedly. You know the effect you are having. You desire the effect you're having. You want to spread your unhappiness. That's inexcusable. Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 27, 2013 12:30 AM (ZPrif) ____________ Give me a fucking break. If you are so weak that someone saying God doesn't exist brings you misery, you have some major issues in life. Seriously man, what are you a 12 year old girl who was just told Justin Bieber sucks? Grow the fuck up.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 08:36 PM (0LHZx)

634 587 576 563 Moo your assertion COMPLETELY neglects the effect of free will. You're just displaying in spades that you've never studied nor thought about this much at all. So then ask yourself whatyour motivation is to make such bold assertions???
Posted by: DAve at November 27, 2013 12:18 AM (b7yum)

_____________

You're contradicting yourself twice over.

You've told me that God is responsible for your well being. And God is responsible for kids with cancer (since it then gives God the chance to send nurses and doctors to help them).

But if I say I have nothing to do with my actions, it's all due to God, I'm not well learned on the finer points of religion.

You can't have it both ways. Either the Big Guy runs the show or he doesn't.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 27, 2013 12:21 AM (0LHZx)

I think the fundamental problem is that you're trying to talk down to everyone here....but you're doing it with a bunch of word games that everyone else outgrew before they hit High School. If you were actually curious about why God allows suffering, hit Bing -- there's 3,230,000 results, you could maybe read a few. Instead, you come here to badger people with your preening condescension.

Or maybe you could read some C. S. Lewis -- tightly reasoned works that he put together painstakingly over years which, to his mind, inevitably lead to Faith. Not getting in the face of a bunch of drunks who want to hang out and have a good time. You'd get better answers, and you wouldn't piss people off.

Now, mind you, there are a lot of folks on the blog who may have read and understood Lewis' works, and who might be going, "er, ummm....if I could just say it half as beautifully as he did, I'd sound like a fookin' genius next to this moo-guy." But what that is effectively saying is that they've forgotten more than you ever knew. Go get yourself some learnin' -- take a class or something, maybe go to one of them there collitches you keep runnin' on about.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 26, 2013 08:37 PM (T1005)

635 Gingy, your timing is it wrong. This was blood work that tests for fetal DNA. We should be able to see the boy parts on the next ultrasound at the end of January.

Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at November 26, 2013 08:37 PM (R+XDI)

636 Night MWR, sweet dreams of drumsticks, throat punching, and non scared bovines.

And I need to get back to writing.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 26, 2013 08:37 PM (787tI)

637 Nope. But I can easily afford to hire someone to do all that for me without getting my hands dirty. Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 27, 2013 12:33 AM (0LHZx) LOL. That shit is going away. You're fucked. And I'm glad.

Posted by: RWC at November 26, 2013 08:38 PM (LpbKr)

638 Don't let Moo Moo get to ya. Whats he got to do with the price of value-rite anyway??

Posted by: GMB-Schoolyard bully at November 26, 2013 08:38 PM (nkPV9)

639 Yeah, that's about what I thought, u/s 20 weeks to show dangly bits. So I wasn't wrong

Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at November 26, 2013 08:39 PM (N/cFh)

640 Isn't! Bloody iPhone!

Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at November 26, 2013 08:39 PM (R+XDI)

641 Not getting in the face of a bunch of drunks who want to hang out and have a good time. Posted by: cthulhu Could that have been done without insulting the rest of us?

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at November 26, 2013 08:39 PM (nq+/u)

642 Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 27, 2013 12:33 AM (0LHZx) Yet you would punch someone in the face for bringing up God.

Posted by: RWC at November 26, 2013 08:40 PM (LpbKr)

643

635 Yes, the unfortunate dynamic about situations like this is that our silence is taken as either consent or surrender.

I don't try to explain free will to my dog, nor will I waste time here trying to uncover truth to a non-seeker thereof

Posted by: DAve at November 26, 2013 08:40 PM (b7yum)

644 Moo, we look to God as our father. As our father, he allows for free will. He allows us the freedom to choose to love and obey. As with an Earthly father, her could pin us down and force us to worship him. He could force us to obey. But... that would not be love. Not on his part, nor on ours. The Blessing that is bestowed upon us during tragedy is the opportunity to reach out and show love and compassion for those who are suffering. The Blessing, too, is to learn from our mistakes and from tragedy and to inspire us to great deeds. My mother suffered with pain at the end of her life and then, more than ever, she felt in the presence of God. She felt the love and support of those around her and the promise of what was to come. If you gave yourself half a chance at learning, simply for the purpose of learning itself, you might be surprised at how it touches you.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 26, 2013 08:41 PM (DmNpO)

645 642 Not getting in the face of a bunch of drunks who want to hang out and have a good time. Posted by: cthulhu

Could that have been done without insulting the rest of us?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 27, 2013 12:39 AM (nq+/u)

The only insult is that I am not drunk because I have to be at work at 9 am tomorrow

Posted by: buzzion at November 26, 2013 08:41 PM (LI48c)

646 Now, mind you, there are a lot of folks on the blog who may have read and understood Lewis' works, and who might be going, "er, ummm....if I could just say it half as beautifully as he did, I'd sound like a fookin' genius next to this moo-guy." But what that is effectively saying is that they've forgotten more than you ever knew. Go get yourself some learnin' -- take a class or something, maybe go to one of them there collitches you keep runnin' on about. Posted by: cthulhu at November 27, 2013 12:37 AM (T1005) _________ You can use all the big words you want. The fact remains religion is panacea for the weak minded. Don't blame me, God did it. 200, 300, 400 years ago, people didn't know any better. So it's understandable they believed the stories. It makes sense we're only 5000 years old after all it says so right there in the bible. Sure God created the universe in a few days...again the bible. Today, given everything we know, it's beyond comprehension how anyone can still believe the stories.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 08:41 PM (0LHZx)

647 Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 27, 2013 12:30 AM (ZPrif) Wow! Amen brother! I know for a ckufing fact if I got sick and came here and announced it I would have dozens of good people praying for my health. And they would do it knowing I'm not a Christian.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 26, 2013 08:41 PM (oFCZn)

648 597 581 571 Well that's BULLSHIT. I'm Christian, I went to college for 13 years fulltime and scored 1350 on the GRE. Et tu???
Posted by: DAve at November 27, 2013 12:19 AM (b7yum)

_________

Never took the GRE.
1460 SATs (when it was still out of 1600)
660 GMAT

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 27, 2013 12:23 AM (0LHZx)

Hey, congrats on the SATs -- I got a 1420 when I took 'em for practice in 11th grade, and never went back to retake 'em "for realsies".....and, come to think of it, I sounded a bit like you do right about then.

Of course, I was 15 at the time....

Posted by: cthulhu at November 26, 2013 08:42 PM (T1005)

649 Could that have been done without insulting the rest of us? Huh? We're not a bunch of drunks, trying to have a good time?

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at November 26, 2013 08:43 PM (gmzvT)

650 And, darn it. I missed my capitalization of He. Emotion that.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 26, 2013 08:43 PM (DmNpO)

651 Niedermeyer: Wow, exquisitely said. Thanks.

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 26, 2013 08:43 PM (T/XcG)

652 taco bell's new triple stack steak sandwich is delightful. Believe THAT

Posted by: DAve at November 26, 2013 08:43 PM (b7yum)

653 And even within the profession, those that are most specialized are the least religious...ie those with the most education believe the least.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 27, 2013 12:27 AM

Oldest joke in the medical profession

Q: What's the difference between God and a doctor?

A: God doesn't think he's a doctor

Posted by: kbdabear at November 26, 2013 08:43 PM (aTXUx)

654 Okay, I have a question for the Horde. A co-worker of mine is infatuated with another co-worker who happens to be his boss. I know she has no interest in him and he is a friend of mine. Here is where it gets sticky. She and I had lunch today (just a friendly co-worker lunch) and at the end she said we should go out again, and for a beer. I said sure. (Yeah, chicks dig me. Many Morons know how it is.) I like like this gal, but nothing is going to develop between us (I think). My question is how should I let my friend know she wants to see me again? BTW, this dude is a total novice on dating and is completely confused about how to handle feelings of attraction and rejection. I'm thinking I should be bold and lay it out for him, let him know I ain't stepping on his toes, and that I know she thinks he is about as important as static cling.

Posted by: eman at November 26, 2013 08:43 PM (AO9UG)

655 Hey, congrats on the SATs -- I got a 1420 when I took 'em for practice in 11th grade, and never went back to retake 'em "for realsies".....and, come to think of it, I sounded a bit like you do right about then. Of course, I was 15 at the time.... Posted by: cthulhu at November 27, 2013 12:42 AM (T1005) ______________ By 8 most people figure out there's no Santa. By 12 most people figure out there's no God. So yeah at 15 you most likely figured it out. Congrats! Someone with a 1420 most likely was smart enough to figure it out well before then.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 08:44 PM (0LHZx)

656 Huh? We're not a bunch of drunks, trying to have a good time? Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy I meant in *theory*. Sheesh! Give an ewok a chance.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at November 26, 2013 08:45 PM (nq+/u)

657 Eman, be honest with him. Gently.

Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at November 26, 2013 08:45 PM (N/cFh)

658 Primary Specialty (N)

For small values of N, data is no better than random.

Radiology, 25 data points? Dood...that's not even one radiologist per fucking state in the nation.

That sample is so small it degenerates to random noise. There's no signal there dude. None.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at November 26, 2013 08:45 PM (Xlbr8)

659 Thanks DAve, now I'm hungry again. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at November 26, 2013 08:45 PM (T/XcG)

660 To paraphrase Kant, who I guarantee was smarter than you or me, faith begins where knowledge and reason end.

Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at November 26, 2013 08:46 PM (R+XDI)

661 By 12 most people figure out there's no God. *** This is simply not true and it is disingenuous to try to pass it off as such.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 26, 2013 08:46 PM (DmNpO)

662 There's no Santa???

Posted by: DAve at November 26, 2013 08:46 PM (b7yum)

663 eman, cancel the beer date. There be dangerous shoals you will have to navigate. Something will founder or many things.

Why is she asking you out? Is she trying to get the other dude jealous? Danger lies here. Along with such paltry things as dragons and sea serpents.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 26, 2013 08:46 PM (787tI)

664 Today, given everything we know, it's beyond comprehension how anyone can still believe the stories. Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 27, 2013 12:41 AM (0LHZx) Science has NEVER been wrong douchefuck?? And again, it's called 'Faith' you fucknut. You have some good comments, but really you're a fucking ass Moo Moo.

Posted by: RWC at November 26, 2013 08:46 PM (LpbKr)

665 642 Not getting in the face of a bunch of drunks who want to hang out and have a good time. Posted by: cthulhu

Could that have been done without insulting the rest of us?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 27, 2013 12:39 AM (nq+/u)

Maybe, but I'd've had to put down my beer....

Posted by: cthulhu at November 26, 2013 08:47 PM (T1005)

666 By 8 most people figure out there's no Santa. Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 27, 2013 12:44 AM (0LHZx) Nuh-uh! I just met him at the mall and he promised me a choo-choo train!

Posted by: Little Joey Biden at November 26, 2013 08:47 PM (Vk2pI)

667

hey purp if radio waves are a form of electromagnetic radiation how would covering it with aluminum foil defeat an antenna???

I unscrewed my antenna incidentally. Duh. Thanks tho

Posted by: DAve at November 26, 2013 08:48 PM (b7yum)

668 659 Primary Specialty (N) For small values of N, data is no better than random. Radiology, 25 data points? Dood...that's not even one radiologist per fucking state in the nation. That sample is so small it degenerates to random noise. There's no signal there dude. None. Posted by: Purp at November 27, 2013 12:45 AM (Xlbr

_____________ Seriously? You're going with the "polls are meaningless because how can someone find out the views of 300 million people by asking only 1000 people a question" theory? I guess we should call the boys over at unskewed polls and let them tell us the "REAL" number.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 08:49 PM (0LHZx)

669 hey purp if radio waves are a form of electromagnetic radiation how would covering it with aluminum foil defeat an antenna??? I unscrewed my antenna incidentally. Duh. Thanks tho Posted by: DAve at November 27, 2013 12:48 AM (b7yum) Aluminum? It has to be tin, or else it's useless.

Posted by: Mulder at November 26, 2013 08:49 PM (Vk2pI)

670 Science has NEVER been wrong douchefuck?? And again, it's called 'Faith' you fucknut. You have some good comments, but really you're a fucking ass Moo Moo. Posted by: RWC at November 27, 2013 12:46 AM (LpbKr) _____________ But I'm the angry one?

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 08:50 PM (0LHZx)

671 Maybe, but I'd've had to put down my beer.... Posted by: cthulhu Sounds like the response of a mad god trying to order his second pint of blood.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at November 26, 2013 08:50 PM (nq+/u)

672 how would covering it with aluminum foil defeat an antenna???

Halfass Faraday cage.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at November 26, 2013 08:50 PM (Xlbr8)

673 Science has been wrong. But science is pretty clear on the fact that the earth is more than 5000 years old. I don't see this one being revised from 4.5 billion to 5000 any time soon. Do you?

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 08:51 PM (0LHZx)

674 I'm thinking I should be bold and lay it out for him, let him know I ain't stepping on his toes, and that I know she thinks he is about as important as static cling.

Posted by: eman at November 27, 2013 12:43 AM (AO9UG)

===

Nobody likes to get played. Choose your words carefully, but don't wait to tell him what is up. He is your friend (your choice of words) and that throws a responsibility on you to give him straight info.

Posted by: jc at November 26, 2013 08:51 PM (PlzOe)

675 Aluminum? It has to be tin, or else it's useless.>>

Use Mu metal just to be safe.

Posted by: The Hickster at November 26, 2013 08:52 PM (DUGve)

676

Faraday was a DUMBFCUK!!! Devout Christian!11111!

Posted by: DAve at November 26, 2013 08:53 PM (b7yum)

677 The earth is estimated to be 4.5 billion years old, homo sapiens estimated to be here maybe 1 million of those. Years since that guy Moo Moo said was just another Jew carpenter, 2013, not even a rounding error.

We're massively ahead of where we were technologically just 100 years ago, less than the blink of an eye

Physicists have theorized other universes, other dimensions. What the best minds know scientifically compared to what can be known probably puts us at the timeline just a little ahead of the first time Oog figured out how to create fire

The God that exists would be in that advanced plane of knowledge that laughs its ass off at Moo Moo's degree

Posted by: kbdabear at November 26, 2013 08:54 PM (aTXUx)

678 Fun discussion all. Don't get so upset over this stuff. If you're right and I'm wrong, you'll get the last laugh as I burn in hell while you're hangin' with God. If I'm right and you're wrong, who gives a fuck, we're all ant food in the end but you'll never know the difference. Either way, it's all good, you're in a win-win situation. Time for bed. G'night.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 08:55 PM (0LHZx)

679 Ok. Too much braining today. Nighty night, Horde.

Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at November 26, 2013 08:55 PM (N/cFh)

680 673 So the aluminum foil acts like the foil of a capacitor and holds the charge on its surface???

Posted by: DAve at November 26, 2013 08:55 PM (b7yum)

681 Sigh...

No, God had nothing to do with where you are in life. Just like he had nothing to do with the kid who got cancer just like he had nothing to do with the TD scored by your favorite team (despite the fact that the guy who scored it thanked god).

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 11:07 PM (0LHZx)

But for some reason He is tolerating your sorry ass. The ways of God are often inscrutable.

Posted by: tcn at November 26, 2013 08:56 PM (fwcEs)

682 Don't get so upset over this stuff. If you're right and I'm wrong, you'll get the last laugh as I burn in hell while you're hangin' with God *** And in this you state your most blatant lack of knowledge regarding Christians.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 26, 2013 08:57 PM (DmNpO)

683 eman, cancel the beer date. There be dangerous shoals you will have to navigate. Something will founder or many things. Why is she asking you out? Is she trying to get the other dude jealous? Danger lies here. Along with such paltry things as dragons and sea serpents. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 27, 2013 12:46 AM (787tI) Hi Anna. I think she just had a good time at lunch. We will both be going our separate ways soon. I will be moving out of California and she will be moving on to another career. If I cancel she'll wonder why. I really think my friend has to face the fact his infatuation is fruitless and he has a long journey through the Dating Swamp ahead of him.

Posted by: eman at November 26, 2013 08:57 PM (AO9UG)

684 Faraday was a DUMBFCUK!!! Devout Christian!11111! Posted by: DAve at November 27, 2013 12:53 AM (b7yum) I built one of those cage thingys and heard the voice of God!!!

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 26, 2013 08:58 PM (oFCZn)

685 663 There's no Santa???

Posted by: DAve at November 27, 2013 12:46 AM (b7yum)

Oh crap. Now the cat's outta the bag.

Posted by: tcn at November 26, 2013 08:59 PM (fwcEs)

686 Yeah if there's no Santa I might have to rethink this Bible thing.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 26, 2013 08:59 PM (oFCZn)

687 heh so after a dude stripped a passed out girl naked and motorboated her, Twitch and Sony takes down streaming the Playroom app

Posted by: The Dude at November 26, 2013 09:00 PM (vJdyz)

688 The Arkipov story is mostly self serving bs as is most of the 'we almost had a nuclear war !!111!!!Elebenty 111!! crap that was spread to prop up Kennedy after the incident in later years by folks like MacNamara.

Posted by: whatmeworry? at November 26, 2013 09:00 PM (dZGNV)

689 671 Science has NEVER been wrong douchefuck??

And again, it's called 'Faith' you fucknut.

You have some good comments, but really you're a fucking ass Moo Moo.
Posted by: RWC at November 27, 2013 12:46 AM (LpbKr)

_____________

But I'm the angry one?

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 27, 2013 12:50 AM (0LHZx)

Yes.

Posted by: redclay at November 26, 2013 09:00 PM (5hJ18)

690 I theorize that somewhere on planet earth exists an institution where the nuts chase the squirrels. Someone in that institution has determined that it is a good way to keep some of the residents occupied by giving them a keyboard and access to the ONT.

Watch for a specific bed time when the orderlies lead specific participants back to there charming little alcoves and administer the potions.

Posted by: jc at November 26, 2013 09:00 PM (PlzOe)

691 Science has been wrong.

But science is pretty clear on the fact that the earth is more than 5000 years old. I don't see this one being revised from 4.5 billion to 5000 any time soon.

Do you? Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 27, 2013 12:51 AM

You're painting the entire spectrum of Christianity and other monotheistic religions with the believes of a small minority. For such a brilliant mind, you love to set fire to the same strawmen as a 15 year old Kos diarist or Bill Maher

Then again, you have proven that a pretentious twit with a degree can be just as ignorant as the clientele of Walmart who believe along with the creme de la creme of the Ivy League that a community organizer with no private sector experience or military service has all the answers

Posted by: kbdabear at November 26, 2013 09:00 PM (aTXUx)

692 Nobody likes to get played. Choose your words carefully, but don't wait to tell him what is up. He is your friend (your choice of words) and that throws a responsibility on you to give him straight info. Posted by: jc at November 27, 2013 12:51 AM (PlzOe) That's my thinking. What would I want my friend to say to me? Lay it out and deal with it.

Posted by: eman at November 26, 2013 09:02 PM (AO9UG)

693 woot

Posted by: DAve at November 26, 2013 09:02 PM (b7yum)

694 Caught the ONT just as it hit 666. You guys sure are making up for last night.

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at November 26, 2013 09:02 PM (oXyNY)

695 671 Science has NEVER been wrong douchefuck??

And again, it's called 'Faith' you fucknut.

You have some good comments, but really you're a fucking ass Moo Moo.
Posted by: RWC at November 27, 2013 12:46 AM (LpbKr)

_____________

But I'm the angry one?

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 27, 2013 12:50 AM (0LHZx)

No, you're the smug, condescending one that's trying to muscle in and demand good people stop whatever they're doing and explain stupid shit that you could actually research if you weren't (a) so lazy, and (b) so full of yourself that you'd rather smear better minds than yours rather than reading their books, which are classics in the field.

For someone with such a high regard for going to college, you sure have managed to turn out undereducated. Do you go storming into bars and demanding that people recite Paradise Lost? Do you accost people on streetcorners and demand they explain quantum theory? Do you burst into bus terminals and demand that the guy sleeping on a bench tell you how to make Bechamel sauce? So why the hell are you here nattering on about "why does God allow suffering" when there are thousands of more authoritative sources?

You're just as pathetic here as you would be at the Greyhound station, loudly declaiming to a bunch of people who could care less, "He doesn't know how to make white sauce!!!!" How can he consider himself educated if he can't make a white sauce?

Posted by: cthulhu at November 26, 2013 09:02 PM (T1005)

696 Faraday was a DUMBFCUK!!! Devout Christian!11111!

Posted by: DAve at November 27, 2013 12:53 AM (b7yum)

===

Newton and Descartes were pretty stupid, too.

Posted by: jc at November 26, 2013 09:02 PM (PlzOe)

697 Gosh Folks, it's almost as if this were Hot Air. Kindly ignore the Lib freak, and just get on with normal biz. Why give the Libtard top billing? Think, folks.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at November 26, 2013 09:02 PM (ojnk6)

698 693 Protip: don't start with the phrase "smell my finger"

Posted by: DAve at November 26, 2013 09:03 PM (b7yum)

699 I'm thinking some of us don't work tomorrow, and therefore have more time to screw around commenting here.

Or, we just have it all pent up for too long and this is the night to let it all hang out.

And no, there will be no pics.

Posted by: tcn at November 26, 2013 09:03 PM (fwcEs)

700 I theorize that somewhere on planet earth exists an institution where the nuts chase the squirrels. Someone in that institution has determined that it is a good way to keep some of the residents occupied by giving them a keyboard and access to the ONT.

Watch for a specific bed time when the orderlies lead specific participants back to there charming little alcoves and administer the potions.
Posted by: jc at November 27, 2013 01:00 AM

We took a vote and we want to see the World Series!! .. and boobehs

Posted by: Randall McMurphy at November 26, 2013 09:03 PM (aTXUx)

701 670 hey purp if radio waves are a form of electromagnetic radiation how would covering it with aluminum foil defeat an antenna???
I unscrewed my antenna incidentally. Duh. Thanks tho
Posted by: DAve at November 27, 2013 12:48 AM (b7yum)

The EM waves induce voltages on the aluminum foil. If the foil is resonant at the wave's frequency and not grounded, it will re-radiate the radio waves since it's effectively an antenna. If it's grounded or non-resonant, most of the energy will be dissipated via currents to ground or in the form of heat due to eddy currents (i.e. the sparking fork in the microwave)

Posted by: Mætenloch at November 26, 2013 09:04 PM (XkotV)

702

697 Descartes was a world-class dumbfcuk. He spends half that book just trying to establish his own existence

AND YES, i READ IT

Posted by: DAve at November 26, 2013 09:05 PM (b7yum)

703 Stipulating a secular humanist, all things are knowable universe, I know of no possible way to mathematically DISPROVE the existence of god(s).

It would take infinite time to even attempt via enumeration, yet there are possible truths in that universe that are unprovable, yet true.

That was the crux of Godel's work. There can be true things its impossible to prove true using the rules of a system. They may however be proven true in a higher order system operating with somewhat expanded rules.

trivial ex. The volume of a cube in 3D space is LxLxL, yet making that statement in flatland, while manifestly true, is unprovable because flatlander rules only allow for 2D operations.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at November 26, 2013 09:05 PM (Xlbr8)

704 702 wtF?? I had no idea Maet was a STEM guy. very sexy young man

Posted by: DAve at November 26, 2013 09:07 PM (b7yum)

705 For some some reason God has decided to fuck with the Giants this year. Brady probably said just the right prayer.

Posted by: eman at November 26, 2013 09:07 PM (AO9UG)

706 Freshman year in college dorm, and in runs one of the cute coeds holding her pillow, screaming at the top of her lungs.

"Does this pillow fucking exist!!!"

All that philosophic crapola is pretty much exactly that.

Posted by: tcn at November 26, 2013 09:07 PM (fwcEs)

707 Posted by: cthulhu at November 27, 2013 01:02 AM (T1005)

Haven't had the time to read AoS as much lately, but I can't help noticing that every ONT I've dropped in this past week, the same someone's been dropping incendiary comments.

No point in giving it the reactions it's fishing for.

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at November 26, 2013 09:08 PM (oXyNY)

708 yo chris angel sucks, that is all

Posted by: navycopjoe at November 26, 2013 09:08 PM (JFrBt)

709 if I hadn't been such a lazy shit I bet I'D know smart things to say TOO

Posted by: DAve at November 26, 2013 09:08 PM (b7yum)

710 You have some good comments, but really you're a fucking ass Moo Moo. Posted by: RWC at November 27, 2013 12:46 AM (LpbKr) _____________ But I'm the angry one? Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 27, 2013 12:50 AM (0LHZx) Oh, i'm not angry. Just speaking the truth. Frustrated and bored with you would be a better descriptor.

Posted by: RWC at November 26, 2013 09:09 PM (LpbKr)

711 When I lived in Dallas some years ago they had a real nice park surrounding White Rock Lake. People use to take their family there for a picnic or fishing. A road went around the lake. It was very nice. As time went by the road was changed to a bike path. Yuppies would take their bikes to the park strapped to their cars roof. They could or would not 'ride' their bikes to the park. Most came from north Dallas or the surrounding area. Smug was in the air. Between them and the gays, they took over the park. It use to be a nice park. shame.

Posted by: Case at November 26, 2013 09:09 PM (9mWut)

712 708 ???? I haven't trolled Da BEARS!!!! in a while

Posted by: navycopjoe at November 26, 2013 09:09 PM (JFrBt)

713 God created the boobeh. For that He gets megatons of slack.

Posted by: eman at November 26, 2013 09:10 PM (AO9UG)

714 yo
chris angel sucks, that is all

Posted by: navycopjoe at November 27, 2013 01:08 AM (JFrBt)

QB CONTROVERSY

Posted by: The Dude at November 26, 2013 09:10 PM (vJdyz)

715 And He created them in pairs. Think about THAT.

Posted by: tcn at November 26, 2013 09:10 PM (fwcEs)

716 I am wondering how knowing the exact age of this planet will help me in my day to day life. Will knowing this help me raise a better crop next season?

Posted by: GMB-Schoolyard bully at November 26, 2013 09:11 PM (nkPV9)

717 And He created them in pairs. Think about THAT. Posted by: tcn at November 27, 2013 01:10 AM (fwcEs) I do think about that. Well, I think about boobehs, and pairs of them. Is that what you meant?

Posted by: eman at November 26, 2013 09:12 PM (AO9UG)

718 But science is pretty clear on the fact that the earth is more than 5000 years old. I don't see this one being revised from 4.5 billion to 5000 any time soon. Do you? Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 27, 2013 12:51 AM (0LHZx) O Rly?

Posted by: Slartibartfast at November 26, 2013 09:13 PM (Vk2pI)

719

That's it. I'm going to taco bell.

Can I get you guys anything???

Posted by: DAve at November 26, 2013 09:14 PM (b7yum)

720 wtf? the hunger games was done in Hawaii? when was this and where was I? just heard about Godzilla was done here too I live in a spam infused bubble

Posted by: navycopjoe at November 26, 2013 09:14 PM (JFrBt)

721 720 I'm going to taco bell the new 3 level steak thingie is great but your toilet will hate you the next day

Posted by: navycopjoe at November 26, 2013 09:15 PM (JFrBt)

722 I am wondering how knowing the exact age of this planet will help me in my day to day life. Will knowing this help me raise a better crop next season? Posted by: GMB-Schoolyard bully at November 27, 2013 01:11 AM (nkPV9) No, it won't. It will help you pass a Geology exam and maybe help you bang a Hippie chick, but that's about it.

Posted by: eman at November 26, 2013 09:15 PM (AO9UG)

723 That's it. I'm going to taco bell. Can I get you guys anything??? *** double-steak quesadilla please

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 26, 2013 09:17 PM (DmNpO)

724 621 614 or work for a religious institution. or work for a religious institution. or work for a religious institution. or work for a religious institution. Posted by: akula51 at November 27, 2013 12:29 AM (O0Mgt) ___________ What's your point? Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 27, 2013 12:31 AM (0LHZx) That you lack reading comprehension. Unlike you, I didn't cherry pick from the article you listed. If you want to see whether doctors believe in God or not, you picked the wrong chart to link to. This would be the chart you should have linked to: http://tinyurl.com/o8ygbcc From that, you will see that 13.3% of the general population considers themselves the Agnostic/Atheist/None, while only 10.6% of doctors consider themselves that.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at November 26, 2013 09:17 PM (BXLPR)

725 God created the boobeh.

For that He gets megatons of slack.

Posted by: eman at November 27, 2013 01:10 AM (AO9UG)

Hell yeah.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Div at November 26, 2013 09:17 PM (FMbng)

726 722 Your problem is that you're probably used to real food made by a woman who actually likes you. My stomach has acclimated to my bleaker reality

Posted by: DAve at November 26, 2013 09:18 PM (b7yum)

727 708 Posted by: cthulhu at November 27, 2013 01:02 AM (T1005)

Haven't had the time to read AoS as much lately, but I can't help noticing that every ONT I've dropped in this past week, the same someone's been dropping incendiary comments.

No point in giving it the reactions it's fishing for.

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at November 27, 2013 01:08 AM (oXyNY)

I think it got a few answers tonight that it wasn't fishing for. Besides, I've been amusing myself by thinking up the adventures of "Dr. Oink-Oink, Sooper Geeeneeeus, with credentials to prove it!"

I agree that he's just stirring up shit, but the fact that this has been repeated so many times means that we need either (a) bannination, (b) toleration, or (c) something that induces him to want to play nice or stay away. I'm going with (c) and a solid dose of Alinsky #5 -- not quite as pleasant as Chanel #5, but fragrant nonetheless.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 26, 2013 09:18 PM (T1005)

728 Geology is one of my interests. The hippie chick is out. So says my wife.

Posted by: GMB-Schoolyard bully at November 26, 2013 09:18 PM (nkPV9)

729 God blessed us with the Stratocaster and the Firebird

Posted by: DAve at November 26, 2013 09:19 PM (b7yum)

730 Man, a cheeseburger would be so good right now. I was born a thousand years too early. In the future people will think "I want a cheeseburger" and it will appear before them. With fries. And a shake.

Posted by: eman at November 26, 2013 09:19 PM (AO9UG)

731 I'm thankful for the way In n Out smells

Posted by: DAve at November 26, 2013 09:21 PM (b7yum)

732 Hardees makes the best fast-food hamburger. Hands down.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 26, 2013 09:22 PM (DmNpO)

733 @707 I think the proper response is: What do you mean by pillow? Or exist?

Posted by: .87c at November 26, 2013 09:23 PM (qZPXs)

734 Six feet under yes someday we will all be there. I would rather go with the guy who died on a cross so that I may live. Stage 4 breast cancer yes,a doctor that has kept me alive for a year and a half yes.grateful to be here and in the company of so many wonderful Morons yes,yes,yes! When the father sent the son he gave us all a choice I made mine a long time ago, did the cancer shake my beliefs no it only strengthened them and me.

Posted by: Fourth Horseman at November 26, 2013 09:23 PM (KuZ6A)

735 727 you're probably used to real food made by a woman who actually likes you I found the only southern belle who can't cook, she could screw up ice....but no one rocks the stompy boots better 730 and after rest...God made the Charvel San Dimas and it was good

Posted by: navycopjoe at November 26, 2013 09:24 PM (JFrBt)

736 G*d bless the first poor soul in the Barrel tomorrow. Taco Bell? No mas!

Posted by: RWC at November 26, 2013 09:24 PM (LpbKr)

737 703
697 Descartes was a world-class dumbfcuk. He spends half that book just trying to establish his own existence
AND YES, i READ IT

Posted by: DAve at November 27, 2013 01:05 AM (b7yum)

I thought the book sucked, too, and for mostly the same reason. I also thought he did a fine job of writing exactly what the powers-that-were-at-the-time wanted to hear.

On the other hand, he did have a reputation for some math skills.

Posted by: jc at November 26, 2013 09:24 PM (PlzOe)

738 Late to teh ONT, too tired to read all of the comments. What did I miss?

Posted by: Piercello (new content up) at November 26, 2013 09:24 PM (P4dpU)

739 I want some Meximelts

Posted by: The Dude at November 26, 2013 09:24 PM (vJdyz)

740 I live in a time where hot Asian chicks populate California like mice in a cornfield. For this I give thanks. In fact, I saw one at work today for whom I would kneecap my Mom. Sorry, Mom. Dad, would understand.

Posted by: eman at November 26, 2013 09:24 PM (AO9UG)

741

733 Wait. Isn't Hardee's known as Carl's jr. out here in civilized America???

Farmer Boys or Fatburger better than that

Posted by: DAve at November 26, 2013 09:25 PM (b7yum)

742 Told BF Barry that "it's like riding a bike". Mmmmm-mmmm-mmmm!

Posted by: Reggie Love at November 26, 2013 09:26 PM (/1ATA)

743 God made yoga pants and I live near a 24hr fitness all those candles I lit paid off

Posted by: navycopjoe at November 26, 2013 09:27 PM (JFrBt)

744 Oh SHIT Piercello discusses things which make me brain feel all jellified

Posted by: DAve at November 26, 2013 09:28 PM (b7yum)

745 Could I have figured it out myself? Maybe. Maybe not. But to me paying someone $119 to not have to worry about it was fine. Same with paying someone $30 to change my oil. Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 27, 2013 12:33 AM

For somebody who has all the answers, you haven't considered the answer to; "what happens if the lights go out for 2 weeks or the dollar collapses"

I'm pretty sure your faith as it were begins and ends with "I'm so smart, nothing bad will happen to me and I'm my own deux ex machina"

If we're ever in a situation where The Burning, SMOD, or other massive shit getting real happens, your college degree won't be worth shit if you think you're still going to hand out a few bucks to have a lesser intellect do your work for you, especially if the ATM's don't work and the lackey you expect to do the little things only takes cash or bartered goods

Posted by: kbdabear at November 26, 2013 09:28 PM (aTXUx)

746 only good burger chain is Culvers'

Posted by: The Dude at November 26, 2013 09:28 PM (vJdyz)

747 Anybody want to hear my story of hitting a douchenozzle on a ten speed with my truck? Happened last year, his fault.

Posted by: model_1066 at November 26, 2013 09:28 PM (lokJh)

748 730 God blessed us with the Stratocaster and the Firebird

Posted by: DAve at November 27, 2013 01:19 AM (b7yum)

Actually, I'm more partial to the wider fingerboard [fat fingers] and tonal options available from a splittable-pickup Les Paul clone. You lose a touch of the brittley-bright Strat sound (but get close), but can also get into great washy fullness. I'm notso hotso on the set neck, so I actually prefer the clones -- although, to be truthful, it's not like anyone's shoved a $6000 1959 goldtop into my hands for comparison.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 26, 2013 09:28 PM (T1005)

749 I suspect Godel is why more mathematicians than any other STEM field at least allow for the possibility of god(s) existence. They understand the mathematical basis of the notion. If you accept Godel, and accept the universe we observe as knowable with a non-infinite rule set, you have to accept the possibility.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at November 26, 2013 09:28 PM (Xlbr8)

750 747 Closest Culvers' is in AZ

Posted by: DAve at November 26, 2013 09:30 PM (b7yum)

751 The breakfast cook at the cafeteria where I work, Mario, makes the most awesomestly awesome breakfast items ever. For reals. A bacon, cheeeese (yeah, four e's) and spinach omelet shall be made early Wednesday morning, and I shall partake of it.

Posted by: eman at November 26, 2013 09:30 PM (AO9UG)

752 5 Guys gets no love? Only about a buck or two more for a real burge.

Posted by: RWC at November 26, 2013 09:30 PM (LpbKr)

753 God made yoga pants and I live near a 24hr fitness all those candles I lit paid off Posted by: navycopjoe at November 27, 2013 01:27 AM (JFrBt) High five.

Posted by: eman at November 26, 2013 09:30 PM (AO9UG)

754

749 My fat fingers enjoyed the longer scale of the Strat.

Course my hands are so trashed now I can't play at all any more.

Lousy God.

Posted by: DAve at November 26, 2013 09:31 PM (b7yum)

755 Why is MaetÂ’s last comment at 10 pm but people posted to ONT at 8:48 pm? Another time trick? I had too much to do at work and had to deal with things that people should have asked me about three plus months ago with an email or call, instead I recÂ’d a memo dated in November when itÂ’s too late to file a claim. The two days this week have been like this. In addition to my regular work I had to fix other peopleÂ’s mistakes or fix things that they did not Â“have timeÂ” for when they initially set things up. I have been at work over 12 1/2 hours today and then had to stop and pick up a prescription for a week until I see my doctor. She only gave me enough so I donÂ’t get sick. Oh well, at least she gave me them. How is everyone? I would like to try fried Mac & cheese but with regular bacon. Anyone have receipe?

Posted by: Carol at November 26, 2013 09:31 PM (z4WKX)

756 I thought 5 guys kinda sucked, esp. for $10

Posted by: DAve at November 26, 2013 09:32 PM (b7yum)

757 No SoA tonite. No wonder the ONT's blowin' up

Posted by: DAve at November 26, 2013 09:33 PM (b7yum)

758 Believe it or not, Sears made a really good burger back in the day.

Posted by: eman at November 26, 2013 09:33 PM (AO9UG)

759 lol DAve @ 745, mine too.

Posted by: Piercello (new content up) at November 26, 2013 09:34 PM (P4dpU)

760 Posted by: eman at November 27, 2013 01:30 AM (AO9UG) I see you found the secret..'make friiends with the cooks!' We had a subsitute chef in today and damn if I didn't think I was eating bread with a smidgen of turkey. Normally it's a fistful of meat on a bun.

Posted by: RWC at November 26, 2013 09:34 PM (LpbKr)

761 756 Why is MaetÂ’s last comment at 10 pm but people posted to ONT at 8:48 pm? Another time trick?

Posted by: Carol at November 27, 2013 01:31 AM

Haven't you heard? Maet is the 13th Doctor

Posted by: kbdabear at November 26, 2013 09:34 PM (aTXUx)

762 I cheated on a cheater.

Posted by: Sheryl Crow at November 26, 2013 09:34 PM (/1ATA)

763 739 Late to teh ONT, too tired to read all of the comments. What did I miss?

Posted by: Piercello (new content up) at November 27, 2013 01:24 AM (P4dpU)

Sadly, about 75% of it was Dr. Oink-Oink trying to justify his existence among the petty bourgeoisie that infest this place.

Lotta bike hatred. Crank's moron-in-waiting is already getting good scores on tests. Weirddave is auditioning for some sentimental holiday special. And Gabe's got some serious stomping issues.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 26, 2013 09:34 PM (T1005)

764 749 it's not like anyone's shoved a $6000 1959 goldtop into my hands for comparison. i'd run away with the bad boy if someone was foolish enough to hand me one

Posted by: navycopjoe at November 26, 2013 09:34 PM (JFrBt)

765 to have a lesser intellect do your work for you, especially if the ATM's don't work and the lackey you expect to do the little things only takes cash or bartered goods

Posted by: kbdabear at November 27, 2013 01:28 AM (aTXUx)

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First, there is nothing lesser about the intellect. Problem solving is useful. Regurgitating some edjumacation is a trivial skill. It may be paying him at the moment. It may not forever.

Second, things don't have to get anywhere near as bad as you described before that kind of ego will bring him miseries.

Posted by: jc at November 26, 2013 09:35 PM (PlzOe)

766 Bikers in Boston suck! they ignore traffic laws, go through red lights or go straight when IÂ’m about to turn right, etc. They donÂ’t stay on the right side of the road either. On certains streets you have to drive watching your rear view mirror.

Posted by: Carol at November 26, 2013 09:35 PM (z4WKX)

767 Haven't you heard? Maet is the 13th Doctor Posted by: kbdabear at November 27, 2013 01:34 AM (aTXUx) WaitÂ… isn't he the Valeyard?

Posted by: APseudo-Random Time Lord at November 26, 2013 09:36 PM (Vk2pI)

768 autocoprophagy can be considered racist.

Gorillas eat their own feces and the feces of other gorillas.
Similar behavior has also been observed among chimpanzees.

Posted by: Frankie Goes To Coprophagia at November 26, 2013 09:36 PM (e8kgV)

769 742
733 Wait. Isn't Hardee's known as Carl's jr. out here in civilized America???
Farmer Boys or Fatburger better than that

Posted by: DAve at November 27, 2013 01:25 AM (b7yum)

If you're in the original home state of Carl Karcher Enterprises, wtf are you doing outside an In-N-Out Burger?

Posted by: cthulhu at November 26, 2013 09:36 PM (T1005)

770 763 I cheated on a cheater.

Posted by: Sheryl Crow at November 27, 2013 01:34 AM (/1ATA)

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and you didn't call.

Posted by: jc at November 26, 2013 09:36 PM (PlzOe)

771 761 on my last ship we had two reservists who were actual executive chefs weekend duty when they were onboard was amazingly good

Posted by: navycopjoe at November 26, 2013 09:36 PM (JFrBt)

772 Â“I would like to work here,Â” Obama told the crowd. Â“I have asked Jeffrey. The only concern I had was the lights were kind of dim in the offices, and IÂ’m pretty sure IÂ’d fall asleep. But thereÂ’s a natural connection between me and DreamWorks. I donÂ’t know if you know this Â— but my ears were one of the inspirations for Shrek. ThatÂ’s true, true story.Â”

... whatever you do don't mention "Love Story" around Al Gore

.... RELAX .. don't do it .. when you want to go to it

Posted by: Frankie Goes To Hollywood at November 26, 2013 09:38 PM (e8kgV)

773 Mentioning Kurt Godel must be like waving kryptonite at hard core atheists...

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at November 26, 2013 09:39 PM (Xlbr8)

774 750 I suspect Godel is why more mathematicians than any other STEM field at least allow for the possibility of god(s) existence. They understand the mathematical basis of the notion. If you accept Godel, and accept the universe we observe as knowable with a non-infinite rule set, you have to accept the possibility.

Posted by: Purp at November 27, 2013 01:28 AM (Xlbr

I actually waded through Godel-Escher-Bach about 30 years ago, and it did help sand-off a bit of being a jerkwad about stuff I didn't know [or couldn't know] that much about.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 26, 2013 09:39 PM (T1005)

775 748 Anybody want to hear my story of hitting a douchenozzle on a ten speed with my truck? Happened last year, his fault.

Posted by: model_1066 at November 27, 2013 01:28 AM (lokJh)

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was there acclamation like shooting a mime?

Posted by: jc at November 26, 2013 09:40 PM (PlzOe)

776 Night all. Here is "Cornucopia" by Black Sabbath: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CREJXaUZ6-g

Posted by: The Political Hat at November 26, 2013 09:40 PM (Vk2pI)

777 772 761 on my last ship we had two reservists who were actual executive chefs weekend duty when they were onboard was amazingly good Posted by: navycopjoe at November 27, 2013 01:36 AM (JFrBt) Good chef is happiness.

Posted by: RWC at November 26, 2013 09:41 PM (LpbKr)

778 During the decade I lived in New England, I never did ride my bike. Wrong mentality for it, I guessÂ—not bourgeoisie enough?Â—plus I had a healthy fear of Boston drivers on narrow streets.

Posted by: Piercello (new content up) at November 26, 2013 09:41 PM (P4dpU)

779 But science is pretty clear on the fact that the earth is more than 5000 years old. I don't see this one being revised from 4.5 billion to 5000 any time soon.

Do you? Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 27, 2013 12:51 AM

Pretty neat trick, generalizing that all Christians believe that the earth is 5000 years old based on the beliefs of a small sect

What if we judged all scientists by the beliefs of the theorists on Ancient Aliens?

Posted by: kbdabear at November 26, 2013 09:41 PM (aTXUx)

780 Wasn't Kurt Godel a vj on mtv? I prefered Daisy Fuentes and Marsha Quinn....

Posted by: DAve at November 26, 2013 09:42 PM (b7yum)

781 781 Wasn't Kurt Godel a vj on mtv? I preferedDaisy Fuentesand Marsha Quinn....

Posted by: DAve at November 27, 2013 01:42 AM (b7yum)

Let's evaluate....*ding* *ding* *ding* -- you are correct! Four boobehs to one.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 26, 2013 09:44 PM (T1005)

782 Every so often I like to look for cars hitting bicycles videos on youtube.

When I see a bicyclist, I think Prractise!

Arrgghh!

Posted by: Trevor Phillips at November 26, 2013 09:45 PM (hO9ad)

783 G/E/B is the "layman" version and relatively comprehensible.

I got a couple semesters worth of the hard core version in grad school...there's still mental scars from wrapping the human brain around that stuff.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at November 26, 2013 09:45 PM (Xlbr8)

784 I saw GÃ¶del, Escher, Bach open for Heisenberg in Manhattan.

Posted by: Piercello (new content up) at November 26, 2013 09:45 PM (P4dpU)

785 Posted by: Frankie Goes To Hollywood at November 27, 2013 01:38 AM (e8kgV) 'Shrek' was in 2001. Just around the time his 'folks' conceived him during the civil rights marches and his Uncle fought in the Somme before liberating Auschwitz. Delusional liar for a President. FUN!

Posted by: RWC at November 26, 2013 09:46 PM (LpbKr)

786 I saw GÃ¶del, Escher, Bach open for Heisenberg in Manhattan. Posted by: Piercello (new content up) at November 27, 2013 01:45 AM (P4dpU) Only because you opened the box.

Posted by: eman at November 26, 2013 09:47 PM (AO9UG)

787 I thought Godel was something fat chicks wore

Posted by: DAve at November 26, 2013 09:47 PM (b7yum)

788 SchrÃ¶dinger made me do it.

Posted by: Piercello (new content up) at November 26, 2013 09:47 PM (P4dpU)

789 Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 27, 2013 12:30 AM (ZPrif)
Yep. I vote for banning, not because he's insulting, although he is, but because he hijacked a thread that was meant to be a way to share all the things for which we are grateful and made it about himself - and he isn't all that interesting.

Posted by: vivi at November 26, 2013 09:48 PM (+/8mE)

790 790 That's NOT a bannable offense

Posted by: DAve at November 26, 2013 09:48 PM (b7yum)

791 Martha Quinn you heathens. Girl next door...

Posted by: RWC at November 26, 2013 09:49 PM (LpbKr)

792 If you know you will be valuable in Barter Town, the future should cause you no concern.

Posted by: eman at November 26, 2013 09:49 PM (AO9UG)

793 Godel isn't a garment, its a torture device used on grad students...kinda like the rack or pear of anguish. By the time you're done, something is never gonna quite be the same shape it started out.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at November 26, 2013 09:50 PM (Xlbr8)

794 According to the bmi calculator if you're 6'2" you should weigh 160

Posted by: DAve at November 26, 2013 09:51 PM (b7yum)

795 Hide whiskey, soap, and cigarettes in places only you can find, and the warlords will keep you alive and feed you well. Know how to make them and you will be a treasure for which much blood will be shed.

Posted by: eman at November 26, 2013 09:52 PM (AO9UG)

796 Stuffin' Martha's muffin.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at November 26, 2013 09:52 PM (V4CBV)

797 CBS News correspondent Lara Logan is no longer hosting the Committee to Protect Journalists' press freedom awards dinner Tuesday night in New York.

... the word IRONY comes to mind

Posted by: Frankie Goes To Press at November 26, 2013 09:54 PM (e8kgV)

798 Posted by: NiedermeyerÂ’s Dead Horse at November 27, 2013 01:22 AM (DmNpO) NDH, IÂ’m late to the ONT and rather glad after reading a few of the comments. I couldnÂ’t sleep Sunday night/Monday morning and watched the first two episodes of Masters of Sex. I enjoyed them. I think IÂ’m going to leave here before another fight breaks out and watch episode 3. Good Night & God Bless, Horde! Carol

Posted by: Carol at November 26, 2013 09:55 PM (z4WKX)

799 @Purp, I'm with you, re GÃ¶del. Never did finish Hofstadter's book, although I'm working through his latest. "Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking"

Posted by: Piercello (new content up) at November 26, 2013 09:55 PM (P4dpU)

800 According to the bmi calculator if you're 6'2" you should weigh 160>>

If your from Somalia that might be right. Not so right as a European mutt.

Posted by: The Hickster at November 26, 2013 09:56 PM (DUGve)

801 My boss is taking the day off tomorrow. I may do some bowling in the hallways.

Posted by: eman at November 26, 2013 09:56 PM (AO9UG)

802 "Pretty neat trick, generalizing that all Christians believe that the earth is 5000 years old based on the beliefs of a small sect"

What is wrong with believing in a young earth?

Posted by: GMB-Schoolyard bully at November 26, 2013 09:57 PM (nkPV9)

803 To my way of thinking, you earned this with your service. I'm just doing my own small part to pay those debts." He's gaping at me. "I'm...flabbergasted". I told him "One of the things I'm most thankful for is people who are willing to serve this country. God bless you sir." I shook his hand, smiled, and we walked out. He's standing behind us with his mouth hanging open. So yea, I had a pretty good day. Posted by: Weirddave at November 26, 2013 10:57 PM (N/cFh) WeirdDave, Thank you! You and our Gingy must have felt great. Was it our Gingy?

Posted by: Carol at November 26, 2013 09:57 PM (z4WKX)

804 After learning what those shitheads in Egypt did to Lara Logan, I would tuck her her into bed, read her a story, and tell her to sleep tight.

Posted by: eman at November 26, 2013 09:58 PM (AO9UG)

805 804 To my way of thinking, you earned this with your service. I'm just doing my own small part to pay those debts." He's gaping at me. "I'm...flabbergasted". I told him "One of the things I'm most thankful for is people who are willing to serve this country. God bless you sir." I shook his hand, smiled, and we walked out. He's standing behind us with his mouth hanging open.

So yea, I had a pretty good day.
Posted by: Weirddave at November 26, 2013 10:57 PM (N/cFh)

WeirdDave, Thank you! You and our Gingy must have felt great. Was it our Gingy?

Posted by: Carol at November 27, 2013 01:57 AM (z4WKX)

The Weirddave and Gingy that comment here are married and have a fine brood of proto-morons.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 26, 2013 10:00 PM (T1005)

806 What is wrong with believing in a young earth? Posted by: GMB-Schoolyard bully at November 27, 2013 01:57 AM (nkPV9) There is not anything wrong with it. It just isn't true.

Posted by: eman at November 26, 2013 10:01 PM (AO9UG)

807 one of my late husband's finest moments, one of many, was dooring some Critical Masshole member who tied up traffic in Times Square about fifteen minutes before curtain time.

Posted by: vivi at November 26, 2013 10:01 PM (+/8mE)

808 Dr. Doolittle or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Burning.

Posted by: runes on ruins at November 26, 2013 10:02 PM (R6JT1)

809 I'm 5'10" ish. If I ever weighed 160, I'd be dead from starvation.

BMI is such a load of crap. My legs are like tree trunks -- I can leg press 700lb+ with ease and my rib cage is about 1/3 deeper than most. I'm that "squatty/powerful" form factor that's fairly common among those of Sicilian heritage.

I might make it to 190 without looking like an Auschwitz victim. Might.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at November 26, 2013 10:03 PM (Xlbr8)

810 "It just isn't true."

eman,

And you know this how?

Posted by: GMB-Schoolyard bully at November 26, 2013 10:04 PM (nkPV9)

811

$6000 1959 goldtop into my hands for comparison.

You forgot a 0...

unless you are talking about a re-issue.

Here you go NCJ, saw this for sale and thought of you.

http://tinyurl.com/op4xsob

Posted by: garrett at November 26, 2013 10:05 PM (4iiS2)

812 Well, I'm out. This place is awesome.

Posted by: Piercello (new content up) at November 26, 2013 10:06 PM (P4dpU)

813 So i decided to bake a can of those pillsbury cinnamen rolls. Big can of 8 with the frosting? I'm looking at a plate with 2 left on it and wondering if I would be a pig if I ate them...

Posted by: shredded chi at November 26, 2013 10:06 PM (2njrJ)

814 Got to stretch that stomach out for Thursday, Chi.

Posted by: garrett at November 26, 2013 10:07 PM (4iiS2)

815 Look up "Chicago Hockey"...

Posted by: Auntie M at November 26, 2013 10:08 PM (AIC5Z)

816 Hijacked by the extreme Tea Party, the Republican Party is on a path to destruction and despair Â— and they wonÂ’t be satisfied unless they take the whole country with them.

Their disastrous cuts to programs like Food Stamps, Head Start and public housing are now being blamed by both the CBO and the business community for undermining the economy.

Their little stunt where they shut down the government in hopes of delaying Obamacare cost the US economy $2 billion and 120,000 jobs.

They're doing their best to shut down Congress too, refusing to allow a vote on popular bills like raising the minimum wage and comprehensive immigration reform.

We know you are sick and tired of it. And frankly, we are too.

... Oh wow ! Why no mention of ObamaDoesn'tCare ?

Posted by: Frankie Goes To Insane at November 26, 2013 10:11 PM (e8kgV)

817 Mesomorph, Purp. But I get the feeling you knew that. I'm right at 6' about 160 -165, almost 47 and have never been over 12% bodyfat. A classic ectomorph. I'm thankful for good genes. And good jeans.

Posted by: shredded chi at November 26, 2013 10:12 PM (2njrJ)

818 812
$6000 1959 goldtop into my hands for comparison.

You forgot a 0...
unless you are talking about a re-issue.

Here you go NCJ, saw this for sale and thought of you.

http://tinyurl.com/op4xsob

Posted by: garrett at November 27, 2013 02:05 AM (4iiS2)

I knew the right widget to specify and did a quick ebay search to find a number....shoulda looked in "completed auctions". Point still stands, however. I've briefly played with LPs in stores and actually prefer some clones (including [very much] my Ibanez Musician MC500s).

Posted by: cthulhu at November 26, 2013 10:13 PM (T1005)

819 Actually, I'm more partial to the wider fingerboard [fat fingers] and tonal options available from a splittable-pickup Les Paul clone. You lose a touch of the brittley-bright Strat sound (but get close), but can also get into great washy fullness. I'm notso hotso on the set neck, so I actually prefer the clones -- although, to be truthful, it's not like anyone's shoved a $6000 1959 goldtop into my hands for comparison.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 27, 2013 01:28 AM (T1005)

I have an original '57 goldtop. Words can't describe it really.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Div at November 26, 2013 10:13 PM (FMbng)

820 Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 11:42 PM (0LHZx) Mr Moo Moo, IÂ’m so happy for you that you have degrees, but you have no manners. Go to another blog where you havenÂ’t pissed off half of us that DO Believe in GOD! I am late here tonight and saw one ONT last week and said itÂ’s not worth it, but stop pissing off more than half the people here because you do NOT belong here! Go AWAY!

Posted by: Carol at November 26, 2013 10:13 PM (z4WKX)

821 "It just isn't true." eman, And you know this how? Posted by: GMB-Schoolyard bully at November 27, 2013 02:04 AM (nkPV9) Well, on Earth we find many elements. Some are radioactive and some are not. The half-lives of the radioactive ones have been measured. We find that the Earth contains many radioactive elements and their decay products, and many elements that are not radioactive. We have made elements in laboratories and elsewhere and we have measured their decay rates and have catalogued their daughter elements. We find that the only radioactive elements found here on Earth are those with very long half-lives and those that are created continuously (Carbon 14, for example). Elements with short half-lives are not found, but their decay products are found. How can you explain this using only natural causes? It's easy. The Earth is billions of years old. This idea explains why the only radioactive elements left are long-lived ones and why all the decay products of short-lived ones are here, but their parent isotopes are not. This is just one set of facts and reasoning that shows the Earth and the Universe are billions of years old.

Posted by: eman at November 26, 2013 10:17 PM (AO9UG)

822

I have an original '57 goldtop. Words can't describe it really.

PAFs or P-90s?

Posted by: garrett at November 26, 2013 10:20 PM (4iiS2)

823 eman,

Refresh my memory if you don't mind. Save me the expense of scrolling up to where ever.

You are not a Christian or Jewish believer correct?

Posted by: GMB-Schoolyard bully at November 26, 2013 10:21 PM (nkPV9)

824 Lieut: "We're searching for a xenomorph--" Grunt: "Excuse me, sir. A xeno--what?!" Lieut: "It wraps its tail around your throat, stuffs a parasitic egg down your gullet, and blames you for not having the good sense to die soon enough."

Posted by: runes on ruins at November 26, 2013 10:22 PM (R6JT1)

825 Good Night, Horde. IÂ’ve been up since 3 am and could not sleep the night before. I have to work tomorrow & Friday from home.

Posted by: Carol at November 26, 2013 10:22 PM (z4WKX)

826 PAFs or P-90s?

Posted by: garrett at November 27, 2013 02:20 AM (4iiS2)

It was originally a P-90 guitar, but was plugged and routed for humbuckers, and was done really good. It came with original PAFs in it when I got it. It has a 9K bridge paf, so its real aggressive sounding. It just has that thing.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Div at November 26, 2013 10:25 PM (FMbng)

827 Actually, besides the pickup routes and newer larger frets its all original. Other than the pickup wire solder joints the electronics are untouched.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Div at November 26, 2013 10:27 PM (FMbng)

828

9k? That's hot.

My old man has one with P-90s. The thing is a dream to play. Neck from heaven.

Posted by: garrett at November 26, 2013 10:27 PM (4iiS2)

829 821 Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at November 26, 2013 11:42 PM (0LHZx)

Mr Moo Moo, IÂ’m so happy for you that you have degrees, but you have no manners.

Go to another blog where you havenÂ’t pissed off half of us that DO Believe in GOD!

I am late here tonight and saw one ONT last week and said itÂ’s not worth it, but stop pissing off more than half the people here because you do NOT belong here!

Go AWAY!

Posted by: Carol at November 27, 2013 02:13 AM (z4WKX)

He's pissed off more than those who believe in God. He's pissed off people who are friends of normal, decent folk in the Moron Horde. His whole, "swing my dick around because I'm important enough to ask questions that books are written about....none of which I've read" schtick is rude and childish.

Unfortunately, he won't leave if he can get a rise out of someone through his antics.....he will probably only leave when he continually looks like a buffoon -- fortunately, this isn't a stretch.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 26, 2013 10:28 PM (T1005)

830 WeirdDave, Thank you! You and our Gingy must have felt great. Was it our Gingy? Well, I thought she was my Gingy, but you can borrow her for a bit I suppose.

Posted by: Weirddave at November 26, 2013 10:37 PM (N/cFh)

831 9k? That's hot.
My old man has one with P-90s. The thing is a dream to play. Neck from heaven.

Posted by: garrett at November 27, 2013 02:27 AM (4iiS2)

Yeah its a screamer. I'm usually a hot ceramic magnet pickup dude, but this thing breaths some fire. Yeah this has a great neck on it, really comfy. I have routed '55 custom with a duncan distortion in the bridge (to appease the metal gods). That has a soft V neck, and its flat out fucking possessed. My only complaint was they did the full 57 conversion, so it had 3 pafs in it when I got it, and I had to lower that middle pickup down, because I hate middle pickups with the heat of 1000 suns, they get in the way. There is something to those old suckers, thats for sure. Those are the only two 50's vintage guitars I have. I didn't even want to START going down that road.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Div at November 26, 2013 10:37 PM (FMbng)

832 831 WeirdDave, Thank you! You and our Gingy must have felt great. Was it our Gingy?

Well, I thought she was my Gingy, but you can borrow her for a bit I suppose.

Posted by: Weirddave at November 27, 2013 02:37 AM (N/cFh)

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the funny unintended consequence of your wonderful act is you probably lowered their guard a lot for the next solicitor that shows up on their door.

Posted by: jc at November 26, 2013 10:40 PM (PlzOe)

833 Next time Mr. Moo Moo shows up send him here.
http://blogsforvictory.com/

They could use the business.

Posted by: GMB-Schoolyard bully at November 26, 2013 10:44 PM (nkPV9)

834 Well, for some reason this reminded me of our travels here tonight: http://tinyurl.com/lyle285

Posted by: DAve at November 26, 2013 10:46 PM (b7yum)

835

I didn't even want to START going down that road.

It's nice down there.

Posted by: garrett at November 26, 2013 10:47 PM (4iiS2)

836 Yeah I was never sure about this whole god thing. I always leaned more on science. At the same time I was always fascinated how some seriously ancient cultures that existed 1000's of years before the bible had so many similar stories. I was always on the fence.

The night my mom died I had a seriously fucked up experience that I'll never be able to explain away. Lets just say it's shifted my attitude. I'm still not really religious, but man, I have very little doubts after that night.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Div at November 26, 2013 10:47 PM (FMbng)

837 Posted by: eman at November 27, 2013 12:43 AM (AO9UG)

Don't.

If you do, you'll screw up 2 relationships. Of course if they don't meant that much then . . .

And then there's the old "don't dip your pen in the company ink" to consider.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at November 26, 2013 10:47 PM (LSDdO)

838 I watched "Sharknado" tonight. After all the hoopla, I was unprepared for how boring it all was.

Posted by: Null at November 26, 2013 10:49 PM (xjpRj)

839 Pretty neat trick, generalizing that all Christians believe that the earth is 5000 years old based on the beliefs of a small sect It's ridiculous for him to say that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 26, 2013 10:51 PM (23Kgq)

840 837 Yeah I was never sure about this whole god thing. I always leaned more
on science. At the same time I was always fascinated how some seriously
ancient cultures that existed 1000's of years before the bible had so
many similar stories. I was always on the fence.

The night
my mom died I had a seriously fucked up experience that I'll never be
able to explain away. Lets just say it's shifted my attitude. I'm still not really religious, but man, I have very little doubts after that night.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Div at November 27, 2013 02:47 AM (FMbng)

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I am probably an agnostic but I haven't reached a conclusion yet.

Posted by: jc at November 26, 2013 10:52 PM (PlzOe)

841 I think therefore I am.

He wrote a BOOK about that?

Talk about someone with too much time on their hands.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at November 26, 2013 10:54 PM (LSDdO)

842

721 wtf?
the hunger games was done in Hawaii?
when was this and where was I?

I noted the Hawaii section in the credits, but I only watched the credits because the huge 'Georgia Film' logo at the beginning of the credits. I was wanting to know where in GA.

Oh, hey there horde - sak pase?

Posted by: PMRich at November 26, 2013 10:55 PM (x/BtJ)

843 It's nice down there.

Posted by: garrett at November 27, 2013 02:47 AM (4iiS2)

Yeah the problem for me is I don't have much of a physical need for the old vintage stuff because me being an asshole headbanger I really don't play anything that would make use of them unless they are routed for humbuckers. I had a chance to buy a really clean '59 double cut Jr and I passed because I just wouldn't do anything with it. There is a real '62 strat sitting in the rack that I barely touch, but I'll grab the newer one next to it with the jumbo frets and hot rails. Yeah I know, thats fucked up. lol

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Div at November 26, 2013 10:57 PM (FMbng)

844 824 eman,

Refresh my memory if you don't mind. Save me the expense of scrolling up to where ever.

You are not a Christian or Jewish believer correct?

Posted by: GMB-Schoolyard bully at November 27, 2013 02:21 AM (nkPV9)

The problem that arises is twofold. First, there is a wide variety of evidence that is based on reasonably well-understood phenomena within the scientific framework that would lead to the earth being pretty darned old. This goes from radioactive decay (as eman mentioned) to plate tectonics, speciation, geologic core dynamics, archeology, selenology (examination of craters), and many more. This leads to observation #1 -- God obviously wants the sciences to believe in this way because he has arranged for the evidence to overwhelmingly show this.

Second, the evidence for 4000 years is somewhat flaky. If you own a couple of Bibles, why is the King James so different from the New English? Why is the New American Standard version different from both? Simply put, the Bible comes from a variety of sources which may or may not accurately track the original inerrant word of God, and -- in any case -- none of those versions are in modern, colloquial English [of either the UK or American sort]. From what I understand, a great deal of the Old Testament uses words that can translate as "years", "cycles", "phases", or "ages"; "days", "periods", or "phases"; or "seasons", "cycles", "phases", or "turns" -- and these are normally translated as "years", "days", and "seasons", respectively. In addition, 4000-year-estimates are generally constructed by splicing all known events together into a seamless timeline....which may make as much sense as splicing together events at your home based on whether you were using the 2012 AT+T yellow pages or the 2013 "Good Neighbor" yellow pages.

So we're left with an "angels dancing on the head of a pin" issue -- how many can? Depends on what God feels like -- he can shrink the angels, grow the pin, increase the angels' agility.....or not. He has decided that science should show the world being old. OK, fine -- it's old.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 26, 2013 10:59 PM (T1005)

845 So...anyone have any thoughts on the Pope kerfuffle (see hot Air's QOTD)? I already walked away from my church over a deceitful lefty pastor and I don't much trust any institution these days, but I am curious how those of you who remain in the RC church in particular are handling this.

Most of what I know about the matter was Father Jonathan's attempts on FNC earlier to paper it over, which was not entirely reassuring.

Posted by: Methos at November 26, 2013 10:59 PM (hO9ad)

846 cthulu,

Old Earth vs. Young Earth is not really an argument meant for non believers.

Bout the best way I can say it.

Posted by: GMB-Schoolyard bully at November 26, 2013 11:03 PM (nkPV9)

847 I always figured the earth had to be really fucking old, or else some alien race has been burying their pet dinosaurs here without anybody knowing it.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Div at November 26, 2013 11:06 PM (FMbng)

848 I always figured the earth had to be really fucking old, or else some alien race has been burying their pet dinosaurs here without anybody knowing it.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Div at November 27, 2013 03:06 AM (FMbng)

OR

The History Monks have a branch here.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at November 26, 2013 11:08 PM (LSDdO)

849 The current Pope is a disaster.

And, some say, the Church deserves him.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at November 26, 2013 11:09 PM (LSDdO)

850 I'm not a Roman Catholic, but I greatly appreciate certain things about it and I like to read things in context so herer in actually much more of what the Pope said. I don' t want to print the whole thing so here's the time stamp and name from Hot Air with a larger quote: The thing I try to remember about the media quoting the Pope is that they ALWAYS wan to put leftist spin on it, so what comes out is not what the Pope actually said in fully context: Thought I would quote the relevant bit. The man is not wrong. I disagree with him that any so called Â“stateÂ” could do much about it. But the man is not wrong. Aquateen Hungerforce on November 26, 2013 at 10:32 PM

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 26, 2013 11:09 PM (23Kgq)

851 Guess I'll go for three and then fade away.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at November 26, 2013 11:09 PM (LSDdO)

852 The wind woke me. Howling. (The wind, not me.) The ice cubes in the super big gulp of water on my bedside table have barely melted in five hours, so my room must be very, very cold. But weather.com tells me it's 61 degrees F outside. The downspouts are rumbling. This would be 30 inches of snow if tonight was as cold as last night.

Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at November 26, 2013 11:13 PM (a5ljo)

853 841 837
Yeah I was never sure about this whole god thing. I always leaned more

on science. At the same time I was always fascinated how some seriously

ancient cultures that existed 1000's of years before the bible had so

many similar stories. I was always on the fence.

The night

my mom died I had a seriously fucked up experience that I'll never be

able to explain away. Lets just say it's shifted my attitude. I'm
still not really religious, but man, I have very little doubts after
that night.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Div at November 27, 2013 02:47 AM (FMbng)

===I am probably an agnostic but I haven't reached a conclusion yet.

Posted by: jc at November 27, 2013 02:52 AM (PlzOe)

When I was 15, I was seriously, "rah, rah, rah -- atheism!" and did the big intellectual sneer at believers like Dr. Oink-Oink is doing today, but I soon grew out of it. Fact is, atheism is as much a statement of belief as any other creed -- and when you start thinking about what is able to be known, you start looking at atheists as assholes. Then you start seeing the world without so much filtering, and quite a lot of stuff makes you go, "hmmmm....".

Now, that doesn't mean I've got God's email addy, or that He phones me up twice a week to check up on things. But I'll act like He's around, and sometimes things happen that sort-of hint that He is. But in the meantime, the very least I can do is to respect the Faith of others.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 26, 2013 11:16 PM (T1005)

854 851 I'm not a Roman Catholic, but I greatly appreciate certain things about it and I like to read things in context so herer in actually much more of what the Pope said. I don' t want to print the whole thing so here's the time stamp and name from Hot Air with a larger quote:

The thing I try to remember about the media quoting the Pope is that they ALWAYS wan to put leftist spin on it, so what comes out is not what the Pope actually said in fully context:

Thought I would quote the relevant bit.

The man is not wrong. I disagree with him that any so called Â“stateÂ” could do much about it. But the man is not wrong.

Aquateen Hungerforce on November 26, 2013 at 10:32 PM

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 27, 2013 03:09 AM (23Kgq)

The Pope will never get a fair shake in the current media. Everything about him will be slanted, misquoted, badly contextualized, or spun into the aether. 48-hour rule applies.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 26, 2013 11:19 PM (T1005)

855 What did the pope say??

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Div at November 26, 2013 11:20 PM (FMbng)

856 Any modellers here? I need some helpful hints on weathering model vehicles that are easy to do.

Posted by: GMB-Schoolyard bully at November 26, 2013 11:22 PM (nkPV9)

857 I don't really understand why people allow what the Pope says about politics get in the way of their faith unless they cannot agree with what the Pope says ex cathedra-published doctrinal enccylicals. etc. My Bishop sends out letters the politics of which I often disagree with. Does that stand in my way of celebrating the sacraments, my prayer life, my reading of devotional books-no? I think it's sad when people allow their personal politics to get in the way of receiving the Holy Eucharist. Just my two cents.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 26, 2013 11:31 PM (23Kgq)

858 He said things that were critical of capitalism

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 26, 2013 11:35 PM (23Kgq)

859 856 What did the pope say??

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Div at November 27, 2013 03:20 AM (FMbng)

Ring-ding-ding-ding-dingeringeding!
Gering-ding-ding-ding-dingeringeding!
Gering-ding-ding-ding-dingeringeding!"
What the Pope say?

Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow!
Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow!
Wa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pow!"
What the Pope say?

Hatee-hatee-hatee-ho!
Hatee-hatee-hatee-ho!
Hatee-hatee-hatee-ho!"
What does the Pope say?

Joff-tchoff-tchoffo-tchoffo-tchoff!
Tchoff-tchoff-tchoffo-tchoffo-tchoff!
Joff-tchoff-tchoffo-tchoffo-tchoff!"
What the Pope say?

Posted by: cthulhu at November 26, 2013 11:35 PM (T1005)

860 >> What did the pope say??

Basically that he gives down twinkles to capitalism.

Posted by: GnuBreed at November 26, 2013 11:36 PM (wNF3N)

861 What did the pope say??

Check hotair.com for large chunks of quotations from folks who like what they hear and those who properly recognize it as madness. Stuff like capitalism causing poverty, and allowing poverty to continue is a violation of Thou shalt not kill.

And of course no recognition that all redistribution immediately runs afoul of Thou shalt not steal.

It's a document rather than a speech, which makes misinterpretation less likely, unless deliberate. Which as cthulhu notes is always possible.

Posted by: Methos at November 26, 2013 11:41 PM (hO9ad)

862 So...anyone have any thoughts on the Pope kerfuffle (see hot Air's QOTD)? I already walked away from my church over a deceitful lefty pastor and I don't much trust any institution these days, but I am curious how those of you who remain in the RC church in particular are handling this. Posted by: Methos Not exactly a practicing RC'er here, but always, always, a gigantic warning applies to all media reports of what exactly the Pope or other Catholic officials say in interviews applies here and forever. That said, it should be worth knowing that the Church is still an institution of mankind. It is not a perfect thing. It can't be. There will always be imperfect people in the Church. That alone is not a reason to reject the it entirely. IMHO, all caveats, etc.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at November 26, 2013 11:44 PM (nq+/u)

863 But in the meantime, the very least I can do is to respect the Faith of others.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 27, 2013 03:16 AM (T1005)

====

exactly.

Further, do I really care why someone is motivated to be a decent person or should I just be thankful that they always make an effort to be a decent person? (side note -- I hate the whole 'hypocrite' political weapon -- the only people that are never hypocrites have zero for standards. All of the rest of us fail to meet our own standards at least sometimes. The higher one sets one's standards, the more often one will miss [although the negative consequences of the miss will diminish more and more.])

Should I really worry about where my rights come from, or should I just continue enforcing the statement that they all come from God so I can carefully explain to all the fucking slavers that I will kill each and every one of them before I give up those rights?

Should I really go out of my way to piss on people whose only "crime" is annoying people by trying the help them?

Should I really pick on people with the foresight to store canned goods and dry blankets? Should I make snide comments about the charitable organizations they run, the universities they fund (even if the asshole professors inside it shit on them the whole time) and the hospitals they build and operate?

Only an idiot (or obnoxious prick or both) spends time shitting on the nuances of someone's faith rather than noticing actual, tangible, measurable deeds and recognizing the benefits of those deeds.

Posted by: jc at November 26, 2013 11:44 PM (PlzOe)

864 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 27, 2013 03:31 AM (23Kgq)

I left my church because I have no intention of making efforts on behalf of those building Satan's kingdom, of which socialism/government idolatry is a prominent part these days.

I know for Roman Catholics, a lot of weight is put on the importance of being part of The Church, but for a lot of the rest of us Christians, we prefer to form congregations and denominations based on shared beliefs and the values they generate.

Posted by: Methos at November 26, 2013 11:50 PM (hO9ad)

865 #862

Capitalism causes poverty? The phrase unclear on the concept comes to mind. Poverty is the natural state of mankind. How can an artificial system of mutually beneficial interaction cause the default condition that preceded its existence?

Posted by: Epobirs at November 26, 2013 11:50 PM (bPxS6)

866 So far as the Pope goes, there's just one little thing....

If someone swoops in and takes something from A and gives it to B, A is going to be hurt and B will be better off. Looking at the overall society, this can be net good or bad.

If someone swoops in and swaps something from A for something from B, then A and B can feel better off, A and B can feel worse off, A can feel better off and B could feel worse off, or A can feel better off and B can feel worse off. From the view of overall society, this can be net good or bad.

But in a free market, A and B meet, look at each other's stuff, maybe adjust amounts, and decide to trade -- and both A and B will feel better off afterward or they will not trade at all. This makes a free market the only guaranteed winner, where overall society benefits with a net good from all participants.

Now there are all sorts of criticisms to raise about free-market capitalism, but the one overriding factor that needs to be taken into account is that it has net benefit to all society.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 26, 2013 11:55 PM (T1005)

867 Ann Barnhardt is always the one to go to on Pope Francis: http://tinyurl.com/q4cxufy

Posted by: DAve at November 26, 2013 11:57 PM (b7yum)

868 Grays. Browns. Red Browns.

Use actual dust/grit. (very very fine. think scale; the smaller the scale the finer the dirt)

Apply in layers a little at a time.

Go look at rusty, dusty, dirty old abandoned vehicles/metal structures to see how rust and weather streaks.

Think dulled colors, flats no shiny (unless it's a chemical).

use metal brushes (very carefully and modestly. Remember SCALE. To make scrapes in paint.

Use Scotch dish pads for fine abrasion. Any High points should be points of streaking/rust. The highest blade gets cut first.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at November 27, 2013 12:09 AM (LSDdO)

869
Now there are all sorts of criticisms to raise about free-market capitalism, but the one overriding factor that needs to be taken into account is that it has net benefit to all society.

Posted by: cthulhu at November 27, 2013 03:55 AM (T1005)

====

The best irony of the whole thing --- "The invisible hand" takes a little faith. It works just like you described as long as the underlying assumptions of the Law of S/D hold true (scarcity, multiple wants, rationality, substitutability, diminishing marginal valuation).

And, where the underlying assumptions do not hold true, people have the option of forming governments to address the issues presented by that set of facts.

Posted by: jc at November 27, 2013 12:10 AM (PlzOe)

870 868 Ann Barnhardt is always the one to go to on Pope Francis: http://tinyurl.com/q4cxufy

Posted by: DAve at November 27, 2013 03:57 AM (b7yum)

Oh, FFS!

Look, guys -- I want you to remember this.....the Conclave of Cardinals that selects a Pope? -- there's nothing that says the Pope has to be a Cardinal. Or even a Catholic. So the next time it goes vacant, I just want you to remember: "Cthulhu for Pope -- it's the only way to be sure."

Posted by: cthulhu at November 27, 2013 12:10 AM (T1005)

871 Bye Kids, CYA.

Posted by: jc at November 27, 2013 12:12 AM (PlzOe)

872 Ann Barnhardt is always the one to go to on Pope Francis

Ahhh, yes, crazy Annie I call her these days.

Not that she's wrong or a nut case but that she's a . . . zealot and a TRUE BELIEVER. (not dissing anyone's faith here just noting that TRUE BELIEVER'S come in all shapes and sizes and tend to be physical and intense and borderline. NTTAWWT. I tend to back away from people like that. Just to be safe.)

She's like a canary in a mine but a little bit too sensitive and maybe here current circumstances have . . shifted her perceptions a tad.

She always says stuff that makes me think though and that's always good.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at November 27, 2013 12:16 AM (LSDdO)

873 One thing is for sure, I will never win any prizes with my modelling skills or lack there of.

Especially with camouflage patterns. i have a very hard time duplicating them.

Posted by: GMB-Schoolyard bully at November 27, 2013 12:24 AM (nkPV9)

874 Does Maet ride a fixie?

Posted by: otho at November 27, 2013 12:46 AM (9gNQd)

875 Heh. I read that as, "Does Maet ride a pixy." Elephant + rhinoceros.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at November 27, 2013 12:58 AM (0HooB)

876

Heh. I read that as, "Does Maet ride a pixy."

Elephant + rhinoceros.

ah..

the way that you wander is the way that you choose

Posted by: dDan at November 27, 2013 01:17 AM (hwYmz)

877 Well, I ride a bike. Took it up for my health. Frankly, there are problems with everyone - cyclist, drivers, pedestrians. My approach is, I think, to just keep everyone in mind. For example, I'm legally allowed to "take the lane". That is take the entire right lane which is actually the safe thing to do because some drivers cut it WAY to close when they try to pass if you stay to the right. However, I rarely take the lane. I use a mirror and keep my eye on any car approaching in my lane (most of my riding is on multi-lane roads). I also try to keep in mind how long I may be in the way of cars. Yes, I'll make them wait in some cases, but I try to make that brief. For example, if I'm at a traffic light, I'll wait off to the side until all the backed up traffic gets past me (if there isn't a separate bike lane). Then I make a run for the next light. Some cars might still catch me, but I'll be out of the way in a very short time (less than 30 seconds) even if they do. Sometimes I'll go up on a sidewalk if there isn't a pedestrian issue. The thing is, it's just about not making things worse then necessary while still being able to ride myself.

Now, drivers can be quite stupid and inconsiderate too. Besides passing why too close, some idiots will have a passenger roll down their window and suddenly yell just as they go past. Have they no clue that if they are successful in startling the cyclist that that person may well lose control and crash into their car or fall behind it to be hit by another car? It isn't just a matter of losing complete control because of someone yelling. On a bike you are often very restricted in the path you can follow because of rocks or potholes. So even a tiny fluctuation can cause you to hit something that leads to loss of control.

People, all of them, just need to use a little common sense and be considerate.

Posted by: DaBigKahuna at November 27, 2013 01:58 AM (tD6KX)

878 I've been spending time on the Dell Education site for some certifications so I can prove I know how to change out components in a PC. I've only been assembling my own PCs for over twenty years, so what do I know.

I just finished the Alienware course. A big chunk of it revolved around a single model. Anyone who ever bought an Aurora R4 had better have excessive wealth because the incredible amount of superfluous whizbangs on the machine will add hours to any service call. The kind of person who takes his $100K+ car into the dealer to have the ashtrays emptied.

Posted by: Epobirs at November 27, 2013 02:05 AM (bPxS6)

879

Posted by: Epobirs at November 27, 2013 06:05 AM (bPxS6)

don't know much about it, seems to be specialized..

...superfluous whizbangs...seems to be hardware.

hours spent on hardware probs or hard/soft?

Posted by: dDan at November 27, 2013 02:25 AM (hwYmz)

880 "People, all of them, just need to use a little common sense and be considerate." Soooo, riding your bike and taking the whole lane on one of the busiest streets in town at 5:30 pm on a Thursday Â…. would that be common sense or merely considerate?

Posted by: Queequeg the Harpooner at November 27, 2013 02:54 AM (O7OxF)

881 Best parody video evarr of douchy bikers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgCqz3l33kU

Posted by: Brass Bancroft at November 27, 2013 02:58 AM (niuxr)

882 By the end of the year, Chicago will have 22 miles of protected bike lanes, bringing the total to 33 miles. The cost, according to Klein is about $140,000 a mile $140,000 a mile but they don't have the money to hire more cops

Posted by: Cicero Skip at November 27, 2013 03:11 AM (3m9Uc)

883 Bicyclists are a lot like democrats with the economy playing the part of physics for one or the other.

Posted by: sven10077 at November 27, 2013 03:12 AM (9jfyN)

884 884 Cicero Skip at November 27, 2013 07:11 AM (3m9Uc)

and there's no money for schools and by golly we can't afford x, y, and Z....

I don't ask the government to buy my gaming PCs.

Posted by: sven10077 at November 27, 2013 03:13 AM (9jfyN)

885 "28 Interesting. I've started bicycling during my lunch breaks and over the course of about 6 months I've gone from a meek stop sign obeying milquetoast to a stop light running asshole.

The thing is, it fucking sucks when you have to stop. The loss of momentum is such a buzz kill.

Posted by: Eton Cox at November 26, 2013 09:01 PM (q177U)"

It's not so much that it is a buzz kill as much as the fact that accelerating from a dead stop takes a lot more effort than rolling through at even a half a mile an hour. You really notice this if you drive a car with a stick shift and an engine that is underpowered for the weight of the vehicle. Like a Toyota Matrix. American traffic signs are set up for vehicles with automatic transmissions and a lot of horsepower. I used to wonder why European roads were set up with so many more yield signs than stop signs but driving that underpowered Matrix and experiencing the same kind of issues that you encounter on a bicycle was an enlightening, if frustrating experience.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at November 27, 2013 03:14 AM (BcCwi)

886 881 Queequeg the Harpooner at November 27, 2013 06:54 AM (O7OxF)

BACK OFF! They're saving the planet man!

Posted by: sven10077 at November 27, 2013 03:14 AM (9jfyN)

887 867 cthulhu at November 27, 2013 03:55 AM (T1005)

Nanzi Pelousy said it for years...I am at last accepting that criticism of the Pope when he sticks his nose into secular business is valid.

Fuck Pope Francis and his mad love for Marxism.

Posted by: sven10077 at November 27, 2013 03:20 AM (9jfyN)

888 Bicyclists are all wannbe one-nut Armstrongs...they want everyone to see them riding around in their dumb ass outfits. We all have France to thank for all these ass clowns who think their daily commute to Starbucks for overpriced bad coffee is the Tour de France.

Posted by: IrishEd at November 27, 2013 03:22 AM (D0NZx)

889 862 Methos at November 27, 2013 03:41 AM (hO9ad)

No I am out of passes to give the Catholic Church on the matter.

I bought into the "what the holy Father meant to say was..."

and Poppin' Fresh's...ah the media shows once again that they can hear the sound he speaks but not understand his nuanced meaning.

Francis is a Socialist at a minimum and may be one of the Communist infiltrators of the Church.

Posted by: sven10077 at November 27, 2013 03:22 AM (9jfyN)

890 890 IrishEd at November 27, 2013 07:22 AM (D0NZx)

Pretty much, I bought a bike a nostalgia Huffy....

I will never be confused for the Tour D'Sven.....for exercise I go to the indoor track at the gym and listen to Engineering Disasters for a 45 minute power walk then lift...

Oddly I am a lot less likely to mind meld with a POV there.

Posted by: sven10077 at November 27, 2013 03:24 AM (9jfyN)

891 "85 For asshole bikers: slingshot, 5/8" nut, six feet of 100# test monofilament, treble hook. Some assembly required.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 26, 2013 09:17 PM (60Q+L)"

It is because of assholes like you and the cars full of Mexican teenagers throwing half full beer cans that I *always* carry when I ride.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at November 27, 2013 03:24 AM (BcCwi)

892 The thing is, it fucking sucks when you have to stop. The loss of momentum is such a buzz kill. Smacking off the side of a bus is just a kill. I wonder if the bus driver gets a rubber stamp of a bicycle under his window?

Posted by: rickb223 at November 27, 2013 03:25 AM (ix+5k)

893 893 Obnoxious A-hole at November 27, 2013 07:24 AM (BcCwi)

Nice...I would love to see your concealed carry rig for it....

I am also enjoying wargaming what caliber can penetrate a dashboard if the evil driver tempests himself and what the differential force of a 9mm and a car going 65 mph is.

Posted by: sven10077 at November 27, 2013 03:27 AM (9jfyN)

894 894 rickb223 at November 27, 2013 07:25 AM (ix+5k)

I've got a hundred bucks for a Kickstarter.

Posted by: sven10077 at November 27, 2013 03:27 AM (9jfyN)

895 891 -

No morning thread?

So... I'm right there with you, Sven. Been listening to the man for months now, wondering if there was some nuance I was missing...

Nope. The man is a commie.

Oh well, I'm not one of those people who think the Holy Spirit always moves the people who make these calls, and frankly (pun intended), I think they got this one wrong.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 27, 2013 03:28 AM (BeSEI)

896 Morning all. No Vic? No morning thread? Looks like my day's off to a great start.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 27, 2013 03:30 AM (zF6Iw)

897 897 BurtTC at November 27, 2013 07:28 AM (BeSEI)

Yup I caved and caved and caved.

Nah seriously he could not be making these 7th grader edicts on economics and advocating the State acting as Church in distributing "charity."

No that is precisely what he is doing.

The Templars were quite literally robbed.

Posted by: sven10077 at November 27, 2013 03:30 AM (9jfyN)

898 I am also enjoying wargaming what caliber can penetrate a dashboard if the evil driver tempests himself I started wargaming car vs bike. Gave it up after a half hour. Bike lost every time. Just saying.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 27, 2013 03:31 AM (ix+5k)

899 898 Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 27, 2013 07:30 AM (zF6Iw)

Seems it'll be late....

I may try to dust off my mad linking skills later...gonna take a high school buddy out to breakfast shortly.

Posted by: sven10077 at November 27, 2013 03:32 AM (9jfyN)

900

I was skimming through the ONT, and stopped at Moo Cow's "religion is a panacea for the weak-minded." Yeah, Bossy, you go tell Benedict XVI that he's weak minded.

What a fucking tool.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 27, 2013 03:34 AM (zF6Iw)

901 900 rickb223 at November 27, 2013 07:31 AM (ix+5k)

Heh....

I keep having this vision of the Moon, Boulders weighing oh 3600 tons and Orbital Physics dancing in my head.

Posted by: sven10077 at November 27, 2013 03:34 AM (9jfyN)

902 Well, at least you have the day off, MP4!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at November 27, 2013 03:34 AM (b/lt+)

903 902 Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 27, 2013 07:34 AM (zF6Iw)

Yeah it's a strange day when he and I are partially on the same page.

Pope Francis understands Economics about as well as I understand his 9-line direct call power to God.

Posted by: sven10077 at November 27, 2013 03:35 AM (9jfyN)

904 Bbiaf. Shower time. Have to go to work one more day this week.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 27, 2013 03:36 AM (ix+5k)

905 Where's the morning threads????

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 27, 2013 03:37 AM (olDqf)

906 you can hate bikers but is it really any skin off your balls?

Posted by: RokShox at November 27, 2013 03:38 AM (8MMMw)

907

Oh, I wish I had the day off, Jerry!

Anyway, here's the morning story:

Morning, Â‘rons and Â‘ronettes.

When you watch a movie, how often do you think of the editor? According to editor Edward Dmytryk, it is the art of film-making, and without it, movies ould be little more than photographed stage plays.

In the early days, of course, films were unedited. Cameras recorded a scene in one continuous shot from the front, producing a static, stagey view. It wasnÂ’t until Edison director Edwin S. Porter (of the first Â“blockbuster,Â” The Great Train Robbery) began piecing strips of film containing different scenes together that he realized the possibilities the medium had to offer.

When talkies came in, the editorÂ’s job became more difficult; now he (often she) had to contend with words as well as pictures. Many times, when performers blew their lines, a good editor could piece together a strand of dialogue from different takes rather than call everyone back for retakes. The height of this art may have come during the filming of 1953s Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, where legend holds that every line of Â“Diamonds Are A GirlÂ’s Best FriendÂ” had to be spliced together because Marilyn Monroe was incapable of singing the song straight through.

Another example comes from the 1935 movie Ruggles of Red Gap. Director Leo McCarey was having difficulties with a scene where Charles Laughton, as the English butler Marmaduke Ruggles, was to recite the Gettysburg Address in a Western saloon. The problem was that Laughton became so overwrought with emotion as he recited the address that the scene turned into a joke Â– which was not what anyone wanted. The scene went through nearly 50 retakes before Laughton begged for mercy and McCarey agreed to hold off on filming for a while.

At this point, Dmytryk (remember him?) suggested that they use the best parts of the various takes and edit them together into a seamless recitation. McCarey agreed and Dmytryk went to work. Using a line here or a phrase there or sometimes even single words, he finally pieced together a complete version of the speech. And for years afterward, radio networks asked Laughton to recite the Gettysburg Address whenever LincolnÂ’s birthday rolled around.

Ruggles also starred Mary Boland and ZaSu Pitts*, neither of whom are remarkably attractive women, so no real cheesecake today. Instead, hereÂ’s a chilling shot of Pitts in Erich von StroheimÂ’s lost masterpiece Greed. She is the doomed Trina, paranoid winner of a lottery prize, sleeping on her bed of gold coins:

http://tinyurl.com/pr3sl66

Hope you all have a happy Thanksgiving and a wonderful day. See you all on Monday.

*Her name was a portmanteau word made from her given names of Eliza Susan; itÂ’s pronounced ZAY-sue.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 27, 2013 03:39 AM (zF6Iw)

908 909 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 27, 2013 07:39 AM (zF6Iw) Hey MP4: The art of editing was really perfected by the Russians, most notably Sergei Eisenstein. The Odessa Steps sequence in "Battleship Potemkin" is de rigeur for film students. It's about 10 minutes long but has something like 100 individual cuts. Set the standard of cutting really to this day.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 27, 2013 03:43 AM (olDqf)

909 At Wicked-pedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battleship_Potemkin#The_Odessa_Steps_sequence

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 27, 2013 03:46 AM (olDqf)

910

The Odessa Steps sequence in "Battleship Potemkin" is de rigeur for film students.

And directors. Brian De Palma ripped it off for The Untouchables.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 27, 2013 03:46 AM (zF6Iw)

911 915 The Odessa Steps sequence in "Battleship Potemkin" is de rigeur for film students. And directors. Brian De Palma ripped it off for The Untouchables. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 27, 2013 07:46 AM (zF6Iw) We say "paid homage." DePalma is a piece of shit. And misogynist, but of the right kind (leftist). So all is forgiven.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 27, 2013 03:47 AM (olDqf)

912

Rightly or wrongly, my opinion of bicyclists who stray onto the public roads crystallized a few years back when this happened:

My family -- wife, two boys and I -- were coming back from riding our own bikes on the Silver Comet Trail one Sunday morning. At one particular point, the Trail (an old railroad right-of-way) dips down to cross a road at an intersection with a traffic light. We were sitting in our Odyssey at the light when it turned green. Something made me hesitate before moving forward -- and a bicyle flashed by in front of us, clearing the front bumper by no more than a foot! Someone had decided he didnÂ’t need to break his momentum by stopping for the newly-red traffic light, and if I had not hesitated, he would have smeared himself across the right-hand side of our van, and likely killed himself in front of my childrenÂ’s eyes.

When I recoved my wits, I leaned on the horn and looked left at the bicyclist pedalling up the grade onto the Trail. He was a young guy in bugeye sunglasses, an Â‘AlienÂ’ helmet, and blue spandex. He hadnÂ’t had time to stop for a red light or to preserve his own life, but he had time to stand up on his pedals and give me the finger. I wish I could recognize him in street clothes; I would like to meet him. Socially.

ThatÂ’s what I find infuriating about that certain class of bicyclists who insist on mingling with motorized traffic that weighs ten times what they do and moves at speeds three times theirs. ItÂ’s not territoriality on my part, or even having to occasionally slow down to get around them. ItÂ’s that they engage in inherently reckless, dangerous behavior -- and put the burden of their safety in my hands. I donÂ’t want to kill anyone, even by accident and even if the law eventually decides it was an accident.

Posted by: RNB at November 27, 2013 03:56 AM (fe/Mk)

913

DePalma is a piece of shit.

And a hack. What he did to The Black Dahlia should be criminal.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 27, 2013 03:56 AM (zF6Iw)

914 "767 Bikers in Boston suck! they ignore traffic laws, go through red lights or go straight when IÃ¯Â¿Â½m about to turn right, etc. They donÃ¯Â¿Â½t stay on the right side of the road either. On certains streets you have to drive watching your rear view mirror.

Posted by: Carol at November 27, 2013 01:35 AM (z4WKX)"

Everybody operating any kind of vehicle in Boston sucks. I will never drive there again. Every time I visit my sister I either fly into a different airport or, if I fly into Logan, I get a cab to someplace outside of Boston where I rent a car.

When I am at home, if I see a car with Massachusetts plates I change lanes to get away from them on the chance that they are from Boston. If I were running the state government, I would not recognize a Massachusetts driver's license and direct the state police to pull them over and escort them to the nearest state border so that they can crash into people some place else.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at November 27, 2013 03:59 AM (BcCwi)

915 Another victim of obamacare: http://goo.gl/IwWTfP

Posted by: François Villon at November 27, 2013 04:27 AM (kkbgQ)

916 "Nice...I would love to see your concealed carry rig for it....

I am also enjoying wargaming what caliber can penetrate a dashboard if the evil driver tempests himself and what the differential force of a 9mm and a car going 65 mph is.

Posted by: sven10077 at November 27, 2013 07:27 AM (9jfyN)"

Since I drive and ride, I encounter assholes in cars and on bikes. Since I understand the enormous difference in mass and because I have lived long enough to understand my own vulnerability I try to avoid busy streets wherever possible, even to the extent of riding 22 miles on a trip that is 14 miles by car on heavily traveled roads. I always stop at red lights but I will roll through stop signs after seeing that there is nobody else on either road and no cops nearby. If there is a shoulder on the road, I will usually ride there unless it is too full of potholes or debris. I almost always ride by myself and never with a pack five abreast blocking traffic. Since I am carrying a handgun, I don't give people the finger because I do not want social situations to escalate to something really unfortunate if it can be avoided.

As you have pointed out, a bicycle rider is very vulnerable. Deliberately swerving into his path or opening a car door in their face is at least as likely to cause death or serious injury as sucker punching somebody in "the knock out game". What do you think is an appropriate response to unprovoked assault with a deadly weapon? How about if someone has premeditated a deadly assault enough to assemble a weapon from a slingshot, a bolt, high strength fishing line and a fish hook?

Even FMJ 9mm will not reliably penetrate through a car door or dashboard. However 7.62x25 Tokarev will go through car doors even if it hits the window crank mechanism. If my state goes to open carry, I will be wearing it in a holster on the left side to discourage asshats from getting a foot behind me and honking their horn or throwing stuff at me.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at November 27, 2013 04:41 AM (BcCwi)

917 921 Obnoxious A-hole at November 27, 2013 08:41 AM (BcCwi)

I must have missed the "honked at me" justification for clean shoots....

this work for car on car relations?

Posted by: sven10077 at November 27, 2013 05:50 AM (9jfyN)

918 Bicycles are contemporaries of the horse and buggy era and should have been removed from the roads at the same time.

Posted by: Speller at November 27, 2013 06:19 AM (J74Py)

919 No. Years ago I ived in a state with open carry and used to see a bicycle rider on my morning commute. He wore a hogleg pistol in a left hand holster. I noticed that most drivers gave him more space than they did for other bicyclists. Open carry for bicyclists is kind of free riding on crazy people. While I am not going to shoot at somebody because he honked at me or if he is no longer threatening me with death or serious injury, there are people who would. Most people have shorter fuzes than I do.

Posted by: Obnoxious A Hole at November 27, 2013 07:33 AM (TKk/U)

920

Been to several funerals which were attended by the Patriot Guard. In Holland, MI, a year or two back, the Westboro shits were rumored to be showing up for a Marine's funeral. The local Baptist preachers wanted to take the brand back from the Phelps brood and get their folks to turn out.

Got to be a big deal.

The procession passed an assisted living place. The old folks were out there in their wheel chairs, with staff, holding flags.

I estimate about eight thousand people. The PG had, said one guy, 600 bikes, and there were other clubs.

Am I a bad person for presuming the spandex crowd would consider that hopelessly lower-class?

Posted by: Richard Aubrey at November 27, 2013 07:53 AM (0EYmc)

921 Every now and then when I'm motoring along a semi-rural road somewhere, I'll see a couple of bicyclists that are riding side-by-side, and one of them is inevitably further out in the traffic lane than they should be. Many times they'll hear someone coming and move out, but on occasions there will be someone who doesn't. Why is it necessary to socialize on the fucking road? Whatever it is that's so important to talk about, can't it wait until the destination is reached, or a suitable location for a pit stop encountered?

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at November 27, 2013 10:09 AM (VVsZ2)

922 "Soooo, riding your bike and taking the whole lane on one of the busiest streets in town at 5:30 pm on a Thursday Â…. would that be common sense or merely considerat"

Strange, but I never said I ride on one of the busiest streets at 5:30 PM, taking the whole road, did I?

But, even if I did, as I pointed out, I would not be taking the lane or otherwise obstructing traffic for more than a matter of less than 30 seconds.

Then there is the fact that if I was even out on the road at that time where I live, I would have no trouble going as fast as car traffic anyway! In fact, I'd probably be going faster than traffic on a bike lane or sidewalk in that situation.

You see, I account for EVERYTHING in MY particular situation in order to be considerate.

Posted by: DaBigKahuna at November 27, 2013 10:34 AM (tD6KX)

923 138 121 I believe Big Lots operates on close-out and overstock lots. Posted by: --- at November 26, 2013 09:32 PM (MMC8r) Correct. The companies that bought the product the first time around took a bath on them before they get resold to places like Big Lots and Dollar General.

Posted by: BornLib at November 27, 2013 10:49 AM (zpNwC)

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