November 27, 2013
— Maetenloch
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A Thanksgiving Wish For All of You....
Act IV of the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case
Just remember that but for an ATM receipt and a security cam image a number of innocent Duke students would be spending much of their lives in prison. And if Crystal Mangum had been imprisoned for all her lying, another man might be alive today.
And the 'Group of 88' faculty? Well since the trial they've been unpunished, uncriticized, and unrepentant over their role in railroading innocent students into prison because of their race and sex.
Sailer's Law of Female Journalism:
The most heartfelt articles by female journalists tend to be demands that social values be overturned in order that, Come the Revolution, the journalist herself will be considered hotter-looking.
Overworked First Grader Writes Letter to Senator
When I was a wee lad, I once wrote a 7 page mostly single-spaced letter to then new President Carter laying out all the problems in my view with the country as well as my suggestions for fixing them. I think I was inspired by the fact that he apparently was accepting advice from Amy on nuclear polices and I figured hey why not me? But he never answered. Bastard. Anyway just a few disastrous and malaise-filled years later I ended up volunteering for Reagan's 1980 campaign at the local GOP office when I was 12 - which meant I never got to actually cast a vote for him. I was a happy but odd kid.
Useful Science: A Pill That Helps Prevent Hangovers
Well if you're over 40.
5 Incredibly Stupid Cons That Managed to Fool People
I'm off to the grocery store to buy some loose onions and maybe an apple or two for 'resale'.
Liberal Asserts Bolt-Action Guns Can't Be Used in Mass KillingsNeither Charles Whitman nor any British Army infantrymen during WWI were available for comment.
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I'm excerpting the full piece for once because it's good and so you can get a sense of the whole thing. Hopefully NRO and Jonah's army of flying monkeys will be cool with this. If not, well... AVENGE ME MY BABIES!!
The Goldberg File
By Jonah GoldbergNovember 22, 2013
Dear Reader (and all conservatives everywhere who apparently are still to blame for a Communist assassin in Dallas 50 years ago today),
I am growing increasingly fascinated by the world-historic craptacular face plant that is HealthCare.gov. You would think it would be the opposite. You'd think that after a month of near-constant argle-bargle and foofaraw it would lose its appeal. But it's more like watching Anchorman over and over again; every time you find something to reward the effort.
An article in Time magazine in June -- June! -- reported that Denis McDonough, the president's chief of staff, spent "two hours a day" on Obamacare implementation.
Let that sink in.
Two hours a day. In the time-based economy of the White House, that's an unfathomable fortune. Taking out my temporal currency converter, that's equivalent to getting a sit down with Don Corleone on his daughter's wedding day for an entire afternoon. It's like Kathryn Lopez getting a papal visit that lasts the entire week of Easter. It'd be like me going on a road trip with Rupert Murdoch and Joss Whedon in which we taste-test every baseball-park hotdog in the United States. In short, that is what students of the inside-the-Beltway space-time continuum call "some serious quality time."
And yet, somehow, McDonough was caught off guard by the extent of HealthCare.gov's craptacularity? How is that possible? It's like going to Tokyo on a fact-finding trip and reporting back that the air quality is surprisingly poor but otherwise everything is fine -- without mentioning the three-day donnybrook between Godzilla and the Smog Monster.
Direct Information?
But even if that was an exaggeration, and McDonough wasn't spending two hours a day every day dealing with the nitty-gritty of Obamacare, it's still hard to get my head around the idea that he was totally in the dark about the problems. And if he wasn't in the dark one can only assume that the president wasn't either. The central job of any chief of staff is to control the flow of information to the president. And yet president Obama says, "I was not informed directly that the website would not be working, as the way it was supposed to."
I've been trying to think through what that means. Did McDonough stage an inscrutably Ibsenesque puppet show about the site's troubles? Maybe they played a game of telephone in the Oval Office which began with McDonough whispering in Valerie Jarrett's ear, "The website isn't going to work by October 1," but by the time the phrase worked its way around the horn, Jay Carney whispered with his school-girl giggle, "I will have cabbage in my trousers this Wednesday." Sure, everyone laughed when Obama repeated, "I will have cabbage in my trousers this Wednesday," so maybe McDonough just didn't have it in him to ruin the good time by telling him what the original phrase was? Or maybe something else is going on?
I know my Schadenfreudarama piece was a bit on the Gonzo side (which is where I will sit at the wedding when Gonzo and Camilla finally tie the knot), but I was quite serious when I was talking about President Obama's hubris. Hubris doesn't just mean overweening pride or self-confidence. It's when arrogant people believe the rules don't apply to them. And I don't mean that in the hypocritical sense. Hubris isn't hypocrisy. Aristocrats who insist the peasants must never rip off their mattress tags but think it's fine for the nobility to slumber deep in the comfort of a tag-free mattress may be hypocrites, but that's not hubris. (And since that was an incredibly dumb sentence . . . ) Nor is it hubris when liberals insist the little people shouldn't have guns, or cars, or use planes, or eat fatty food, because only the elite can be trusted to make those kinds of choices for themselves.
Hubris, at least in part, is when you think the rules of the universe really don't apply to you. Hubris is when you think you are anointed by God, Providence, the Matrix, or your own inner spark of awesomeness to the point where you think you can get out of any knotty situation just because you're you. Playing the odds is for little people.
I remember when I first looked up the word -- I was reading one of the Dune books (Shai Hulud! I loved those books). One of Frank Herbert's big ideas was the inherent tension between hubris and revelation. Take it from a guy named Jonah, it takes a lot of self-confidence and certainty to be a prophet. "Yes, hello people of Ninevah. God sent me. What? No, I don't have any paperwork on that. But you're going to have to stop all of this tomfoolery. Right now. I'm serious you guys."
In literature there are countless examples of hubris. In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Dr. F thinks he can play God. In Marlowe's Doctor Faustus, a different Dr. F thinks he can make a deal with the devil and not pay a price. In Sophocles' Oedipus Rex, Oedipus thinks he can go swimming less than a half hour after eating ("I think you need to reread that one" -- The Couch).
But I think the best example of the kind of hubris I have in mind can be found in the scene from The Other Guys where Dwayne Johnson and Samuel L. Jackson think they're such super-terrific badasses they can leap from a rooftop and they'll be okay if they simply "aim for the bushes."
Which is to say there's a very fine line between self-confidence and stupid. This is a lesson most cocky children learn when they think they can take off their pants without removing their shoes first. But apparently for some people it's the sort of lesson one has to learn by taking over one sixth of the U.S. economy.
Unknown Unknowns
I know a lot of people made fun of Don Rumsfeld -- though I never really understood why -- but his saying about "unknown unknowns" is really one of the most profound and pithy distillations of a core insight to human existence we've seen in a long time.
(I can think of only two recent competitors off the top of my head right now. The first is Arthur Brooks's insight about the importance of "earned success." The other is Charles Murray's summation of what is wrong with the meritocratic elite in this country: They refuse to "preach what they practice." But those are topics for another day.)
Rumsfeld captured both the Socratic insight that a wise man knows he always has more to learn and the Chestertonian paradox of the fence. If you don't know about Chesterton's fence after years of reading this "news"letter I haven't been doing my job ("I've been meaning to ask about that. What exactly do you do?" -- The Couch). The money quote:
In the matter of reforming things, as distinct from deforming them, there is one plain and simple principle; a principle which will probably be called a paradox. There exists in such a case a certain institution or law; let us say, for the sake of simplicity, a fence or gate erected across a road. The more modern type of reformer goes gaily up to it and says, "I don't see the use of this; let us clear it away." To which the more intelligent type of reformer will do well to answer: "If you don't see the use of it, I certainly won't let you clear it away. Go away and think. Then, when you can come back and tell me that you do see the use of it, I may allow you to destroy it."
Obama's Fences
The question -- which really isn't a question -- of Obama's narcissism is one of the most masticated morsels of pundit cud in the op-ed feed trough. There's no need to revisit it here. Suffice it to say, Obama thinks he's kind of a big deal.
But while the psychological term for Obama's stunning self-regard may indeed be "narcissism" I think it's really hubris, specifically the kind of hubris that comes with the blinding conviction that there are no unknown unknowns that a man of his abilities can't handle. A messianic figure doesn't need to sweat the small stuff, because messiahs by definition are immune to the small stuff.
There are now scores of quotes and anecdotes about how Obama has said to aides and allies something like "don't worry about the politics . . . I'll handle the politics." Remember when that Arkansas congressman rightly feared that the passage of Obamacare would trigger a replay of the 1994 shellacking of Democrats? Obama responded that the big difference between '94 and 2010 was "you've got me." When he was looking for a new chief of staff, he remarked that he'd make a great chief of staff. During one of the budget battles he said everything would be easier if he could do it all by himself. He's whined that Chinese autocrats have a much easier time. A couple weeks ago, Obama said that he'd fix the website himself except "I don't write code."
Right. Because if Obama knew Fortran or C++ he'd just be able to roll up his sleeves and bang that thing out. He's just that good. Remember he's a better speechwriter than his speechwriters, better policy guy than his policy guy, yada yada yada. He can cook twelve-minute brownies in seven minutes, bitches.
By the way, my favorite recent example of Obama's stunning ego-centrism came in this Fresh Air interview a friend forwarded me. Terry Gross interviewed the hosts of Key & Peele. Here's the relevant bit:
GROSS: Jordan, when you met President Obama, which I know you did, did you get some insights into how to perform him?
PEELE: I would say so, yeah. I think I walked out of there a little bit more confident with my impression, and I actually did it for him at one point. He says, you know, I do a pretty good me myself . . .
If I had my postmodern-narcissism-irony Geiger counter in the room when that happened it would explode like a phaser set to overload.
Valerie Jarrett's power is reportedly derived from the fact that she knows how Obama ticks and knows how to tell him the things he wants -- needs! -- to hear. So consider this infamous insight:
I think Barack knew that he had God-given talents that were extraordinary. He knows exactly how smart he is. . . . He knows how perceptive he is. He knows what a good reader of people he is. And he knows that he has the ability - the extraordinary, uncanny ability - to take a thousand different perspectives, digest them and make sense out of them, and I think that he has never really been challenged intellectually. . . . So what I sensed in him was not just a restless spirit but somebody with such extraordinary talents that had to be really taxed in order for him to be happy. . . . He's been bored to death his whole life. He's just too talented to do what ordinary people do.
I've met some of the smartest people in America, literally. I don't for a moment claim to be one of them, but I've been in the room with a bunch of them. Truly brilliant people aren't bored like that. They find ways to challenge themselves.
No, Obama's problem is that the only thing that really engages his full attention is . . . Barack Obama. That's why his books are about -- wait for it -- Barack Obama. When it came to his political career he was willing to do the legwork, because it was about advancing him. He loves campaigning but is bored with governing because campaigning is about him and governing is, by definition, about other people. And other people aren't interesting -- unless of course they are the ones we've been waiting for, i.e. the ones who love Barack Obama.
Back to the Website
Obama says he wasn't "directly informed" about the website's problems. But Jay Carney revealed the president was briefed in March about the McKinsey report. He was told of the "red flags," he just wasn't told how serious those red flags were. As brother Geraghty writes:
Now . . . think about it. If you're President Obama, this is your baby. This is your legacy. Draw a parallel to anything big and important that you've done in your life in the past: a big project at work, a home improvement project, writing a book, planning a wedding. This is vitally important, surpassed only by the needs of your family and your own health.
Suddenly someone informs you that something might be going wrong with this hugely important project.
Even if that person says, "don't worry, we're handling it," . . . aren't you a little concerned at that point? It doesn't trigger a bit of worry? Don't you follow up? If they say, "eh, look, it's technical," doesn't your intense concern about the project's success get you to drill down, and get into the weeds?
How do you shrug off something like that? I know the president is a busy man with a full schedule -- I can hear you chuckling about playing golf from here -- but don't you think he would have asked about those potential problems in subsequent meetings about Obamacare? Wouldn't that have nagged at him?
You'd think, yeah. But here's the thing: Obama's like the dog from the Far Side cartoon. You can talk about red flags and broken data hubs all day long and all he'll hear is "blah blah blah blah Obama blah blah blah." Having never run anything, he doesn't even know how to ask questions that any half-way decent manager would ask when it's clear the staff is screwing the pooch. It's not even clear he can tell when the staff is screwing the pooch, even when a naked staffer is standing in front of him with an extremely discomfited canine.
The Arrogance of Liberalism
This isn't just about the man, it's about his ideology. Liberalism has no respect for fences it doesn't understand. No appreciation for the law of unintended consequences. Obama doesn't have the imagination to worry about serious unknown unknowns, never mind known unknowns. When he was campaigning for the stimulus, he'd talk endlessly about "shovel-ready jobs," making it sound like only idiots and fools questioned the existence of such things. Six months later, he was the one who discovered shovel-ready jobs weren't shovel ready. Just this month he discovered that buying health insurance is complicated.
It's like the "you can keep your plan, period" lie. It's impossible to know if he really truly knew it was a lie, or if he thought it was sort of true. The important point is that he's so intellectually incurious he didn't take the time to figure it out. Days before the website went live he was still promising it would work perfectly.
And that's where the hubris comes in. No matter what the circumstance, no matter the potential downside, no matter how loudly God is laughing at his plans, Obama ignorantly strides on in his giant hamster sphere of epistemic closure, thinking that whatever happens he'll be okay, because, "you've got me" as if that will make all the difference. And it never does.
In Defense of Dallas
I've studiously avoided wading into all of the JFK stuff -- you can read what I think about him in Liberal Fascism. I just didn't have it in me to contribute to the utterly pathetic riot of thumbsuckery and babyboomer nostalgia, even when the absolutely ridiculous meme of "the tea parties killed Kennedy" started oozing up like effluvia from a clogged sewer. But Wayne Goodwyn's NPR segment on Dallas's search for redemption after the Kennedy assassination is really just outrageous. I normally like Goodwyn's stuff. But to do five minutes on how Dallas has tried to get out from under the stigma of the assassination without a single clear, declarative sentence explaining that Dallas had nothing to do with the assassination is really infuriating. Yes, there was a lot of right-wing crackpottery in the city before his assassination, but the Right didn't kill him literally, figuratively, or in any other sense. And yet, the MSM knowingly and deliberately act as if it's okay to perpetuate a clear myth as if there's some truth to it.
Various & Sundry
My thanks to everyone who came out to Boston on Wednesday night for the soirée at the Harpoon brewery (and my thanks in particular to the Harpoon gang who were not only incredibly gracious and generous but gave me free good beer). It was such a success that after more than a decade of lobbying, my idea for an NRO cross-country bus tour is finally getting a little traction. My idea is that we get some kind of John Madden tour bus and go from city to city doing little events. Tailgating here, panel discussions there. We could raffle off seats on the bus. Or, even better, we could finally fulfill my dream of making the film Convoy come to life.
By the way, there will be no G-File next week as I will be on family time, though I won't be twerking my turkey.
I will be on Special Report this evening -- my last scheduled appearance in November.
I can't personally send G-Files to people who didn't get them for two reasons. 1) It is a huge pain. 2) It creates some technical problems that only exacerbate the issue. So please save this for future reference. If you don't get the G-File, check your spam folders. But if you just aren't getting it -- and you've definitely signed up -- please send a (polite) request to nationalreview@reply.nationalreview.com. Thanks!
My column today is on how both parties are lagging behind the times and how the public is getting its expectations ahead of reality.
Speaking of expectations, I know it's often meant to be flattering, but I really bristle when readers tell me how they'd prefer it if my columns were funnier or more like the Schadenfreudarama piece (a common complaint today). I am not a humorist. I don't want to be a humorist. The last time I was getting a reputation as a humorist, I stopped writing funny almost entirely for several years. The quickest way to get me to never write jocular G-Files or jocular anything else is to tell me I have to.
Yesterday, the folks at Fox asked me to come on at 1:00 to talk about the new Henry Chao website memo. I said sure, but I'll have to come straight from the airport as I was just getting back from Boston. On the flight, I read up on the latest website stuff. I raced to the Fox bureau. When I got in the chair at the studio, someone says in my ear "Jonah, Senator Thune couldn't make it so we're going to need you to explain the nuclear option and Harry Reid's decision." Such are the perils of live TV when there's breaking news. But, the reason I bring it up is that the only thing that came to mind, at least at first, was Charlton Heston at the end of The Planet of the Apes. Which is what I blurted out on TV, more or less. I said something like "I feel like quoting Charlton Heston, 'You maniacs! You blew it up!'" I think I buttered the line, alas. ("Again, I ask: What is it you do exactly?" -- The Couch.)
Still it could have been worse. I could be in a kimono being chased by a komodo dragon.
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The Germans were sure that the Brits were using some secret form of light machine gun, since they could shoot their bolt-action SMLEs so quickly.
In World War I, the army with the most firepower was the post-1916 Romanian, which had a machine rifle for every squad. They overwhelmed the Germans and Austrians with the sheer numbers of bullets they put in the air.
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Our lawyers will be in touch.
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Only problem is...I can only take so much of DC in one decade (for the purposes of this discussion I consider Alexandria to be part of DC).
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Aw, it feels like Jonah's talking directly to the Moron Horde. His writing's gotten better.
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In and out simply to wish all of you the most Happy Thanksgiving possible.
Goodnite, good people. Stay safe.
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I was on that plane a couple of weeks ago -- at the Reagan Library.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 27, 2013 07:31 PM (T1005)
Only if it's true. And I think we need photographic verification.
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Off to Lullaby Land. See you on the morrow, Gentlefappers, and thanks for all the laffs. Happy Thanksgiving!
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Or we can have it here! It's only 3.5 hours away from DC if you're driving!
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You know the rules....
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Posted by: DB Cooper at November 27, 2013 07:41 PM (rSifo)
Many thanks to the HQ, cobs and commenters for helping Lady Liberty's darkest hours not s*ck as badly as they surely would, without your wit....
Looking forward to a quiet Thanksgiving Day.
Fortunately, no libtards at the table this year to spoil it for us here in Podunk, Flyover Land.
Life is good.
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And Sandra Fluke said " The Big Bang is not theory".
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Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at November 27, 2013 11:39 PM (N/cFh)
I still think we need photographic verification.
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The stuff in the red bottle? It's pretty good for what you spend.
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En route. Bagram till the weekend.
>>> You've been in the sandbox too long.
If you've seen one pair you want to see 'em all.
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Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 27, 2013 07:49 PM (GEICT)
I hope you and yours are safe and have a Happy Thanksgiving!
(Back to Hearthstone...Hey...I'm a Gaming Moron
)Posted by: Zakn at November 27, 2013 07:49 PM (YkUit)
Were there jelly beans? I was told Reagan wouldn't fly without em. Plus there was no rear stairway exit out of the plane...I mean a guys gotta make a living right?
Posted by: DB Cooper at November 27, 2013 11:41 PM (rSifo)
Jelly-Belly jelly beans were prominently displayed in many sections of the exhibits.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 27, 2013 07:50 PM (T1005)
Posted by: shredded chi at November 27, 2013 07:50 PM (QHG6t)
Posted by: Hrothgar at November 27, 2013 07:51 PM (XdnQT)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at November 27, 2013 07:51 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 27, 2013 11:20 PM (GEICT)
Especially the 'ettes.
Now I'm really outta here.
Posted by: Vendette at November 27, 2013 11:20 PM (MpP9p)
*sigh* OK, but only for the roonz and roonettez (especially the ettez).
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 27, 2013 07:51 PM (xa1/W)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 27, 2013 07:51 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at November 27, 2013 11:50 PM (V4CBV)
FFFFFFffffffffftttttt!
Posted by: Cowboy in Blazing Saddles at November 27, 2013 07:53 PM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 27, 2013 11:50 PM (T1005)
If you go to the jelly belly factory in Fairfield, CA they have a huge mural of him made out of jelly bellys.
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at November 27, 2013 07:53 PM (WdbF7)
Posted by: RWC at November 27, 2013 07:53 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 27, 2013 07:54 PM (aDwsi)
Huh... Another one. I didn't think there were many of us around these parts. Did you get any global warming today? I saw a little flurry a few hours ago. Posted by: shredded chi at November 27, 2013 11:43 PM
Nah, all nasty rain here in South Chesapeake, VA.
Shit. we could have a TiVaMoMee. I'm sure CDR M would attend if it were near Battlefield Blvd somewhere.
Posted by: Buck Farack, Gentleman Adventurer at November 27, 2013 07:54 PM (Nk6GS)
Posted by: Bomber at November 27, 2013 11:49 PM (jhZgz)
Pretty much, yeah.
Sorry to say I won't be able to meet up with you a week from Monday, damn this working for a living, but I'll join in the "Welcome Home" chorus.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 27, 2013 07:54 PM (xa1/W)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at November 27, 2013 07:54 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: Judge_Roy_Bean at November 27, 2013 07:55 PM (w7CgS)
Posted by: Buck Farack, Gentleman Adventurer at November 27, 2013 11:54 PM (Nk6GS)
Hell, I'd come to that. Rather be in VaBch than anywhere near DC for damn true, and I don't care much for VaBch.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 27, 2013 07:56 PM (xa1/W)
Posted by: Bomber at November 27, 2013 07:56 PM (jhZgz)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 27, 2013 07:56 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 27, 2013 07:57 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: rickl at November 27, 2013 07:57 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 27, 2013 07:58 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: mindful webworker - thank heaven! at November 27, 2013 07:59 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 27, 2013 07:59 PM (3X3ZR)
Posted by: lous a girl at November 27, 2013 07:59 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: Bomber at November 27, 2013 11:56 PM (jhZgz)
I used to work at The Yard, in That Building (197). Don't miss it. I could tell you all the free street parking nearby.
Posted by: Buck Farack, Gentleman Adventurer at November 27, 2013 07:59 PM (Nk6GS)
Posted by: Carol at November 27, 2013 08:00 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 27, 2013 08:01 PM (3X3ZR)
Posted by: AltonJackson (@SupSidePolitics) at November 27, 2013 08:02 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 27, 2013 11:56 PM
Well, shit, we might have to light the local Moron signal. I tried back in 2010, but I had to cancel due to job in....DC. I'm over that now.
Posted by: Buck Farack, Gentleman Adventurer at November 27, 2013 08:02 PM (Nk6GS)
Posted by: JeanQueenie, out of the kitchen and into the booze at November 27, 2013 08:03 PM (82lr7)
Y'all have a good one too.
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 27, 2013 08:04 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at November 27, 2013 08:06 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 27, 2013 08:07 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 27, 2013 08:07 PM (3X3ZR)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 28, 2013 12:07 AM (aDwsi)
Or super-gluing...
Posted by: Mætenloch at November 27, 2013 08:08 PM (XkotV)
Posted by: RWC at November 27, 2013 08:09 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: shredded chi at November 27, 2013 08:09 PM (QHG6t)
Posted by: Northernlurker AKA Ragnar the Phillips screwdriver of Thor at November 27, 2013 08:10 PM (BLAfs)
Posted by: shredded chi at November 27, 2013 08:11 PM (QHG6t)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at November 27, 2013 08:12 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 27, 2013 08:13 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Shirley Q Liquor at November 27, 2013 08:13 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 27, 2013 08:14 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: The Political Hat at November 27, 2013 08:14 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at November 27, 2013 08:14 PM (N/cFh)
I was at the gym today, focussing on my own workout, when a lovely young women wearing a very low-cut top began to workout in my near vicinity.
I managed to maintain my focus even when she assumed the plank position within range of my peripheral vision--not that I was paying any attention mind.
I noticed that she had a tattoo on one of her, umm, boobs--not that I was paying attention, mind, but it was her left one. Half was exposed, half was covered. Or it could been a third was exposed, two-thirds was covered up, even when she was in plank position.
My question is, how does the gentlemanly Moron find out what was in the covered up portion of the tattoo?
Posted by: Northernlurker AKA Ragnar the Phillips screwdriver of Thor at November 28, 2013 12:10 AM (BLAfs)
I think the classic is, "may I see more of your tit....er, sorry.... your tat?"
Posted by: cthulhu at November 27, 2013 08:15 PM (T1005)
They don't actually give anyone stars on Hollywood Blvd. They inform people that if they wish to pay for one, they will be approved. When I first learned of this the rate was $5,000 but it is likely considerably more now.
This is why you see some names that make you think, "But he was never a really big star." If their management thought it a worthy PR investment, they'd make an inquiry as to whether their guy was big enough and the process went from there.
Posted by: Epobirs at November 27, 2013 08:15 PM (bPxS6)
Posted by: Piercello at November 27, 2013 08:17 PM (P4dpU)
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at November 27, 2013 08:19 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at November 27, 2013 08:19 PM (KCvsd)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 27, 2013 08:19 PM (GEICT)
They don't actually give anyone stars on Hollywood Blvd. They inform people that if they wish to pay for one, they will be approved. When I first learned of this the rate was $5,000 but it is likely considerably more now.
This is why you see some names that make you think, "But he was never a really big star." If their management thought it a worthy PR investment, they'd make an inquiry as to whether their guy was big enough and the process went from there.
Posted by: Epobirs at November 28, 2013 12:15 AM (bPxS6)
None of the schmucks that made millions and millions from Mel Brooks' fountain of talent could cough up a lousy 5 large to give him some credit?!?!?
Posted by: cthulhu at November 27, 2013 08:21 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at November 27, 2013 08:21 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: BacktoGA at November 27, 2013 11:21 PM (4DSQv)
Dude, you just implied that somehow some Duke lacrosse guys who went to HIGH SCHOOL with a guy who then went to the University of Virginia and killed a girl are somehow . . . what? To be looked at negatively because THEY WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH A GUY WHO TURNED OUT LATER TO BE A MURDERER AND PLAYED THE SAME SPORT THEY DID IN HIGH SCHOOL AND IN SEPARATE COLLEGES?
What the fuckety fucking fuck?
I watched OJ Simpson play football on TV, and played football in the street as a kid, and I also watch the Seahawks every week now, so I'm, what? Somehow guilty of cutting Nicole Brown Simpson's head off?
Please tell me you didn't also vote for Obama twice, in addition to that shit you just wrote, BacktoGA.
Posted by: FYNQ at November 27, 2013 08:26 PM (8+xjO)
Posted by: Carol at November 27, 2013 08:26 PM (z4WKX)
A lot of people within the industry don't especially regard it as an honor because it is so rooted in the PR stunt. Picking up Tony awards for stage versions of movies that didn't get so honored is probably a lot more satisfying.
Posted by: Epobirs at November 27, 2013 08:28 PM (bPxS6)
Posted by: Northernlurker AKA Ragnar the Phillips screwdriver of Thor at November 27, 2013 08:28 PM (BLAfs)
All this Mel Brooks negligence is giving me High anxiety.
Posted by: NCwoof at November 28, 2013 12:25 AM (aUQgu)
According to the American Film Institute, Mel Brooks has got 3 out of the top 20 comedy films of all time. What did they do, give him an engraved watch???
Posted by: cthulhu at November 27, 2013 08:30 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at November 27, 2013 08:32 PM (N/cFh)
If you've ever seen the movie 'My Favorite Year,' a lot of the characterization of the junior comedy writer was based on young Mel Brooks. He was one of the 'Kids in the hall' on Sid Caesar's show. And yes, that is where the Canadian sketch group got the name.
Posted by: Epobirs at November 27, 2013 08:32 PM (bPxS6)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at November 27, 2013 08:33 PM (ZyZIo)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 27, 2013 08:33 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at November 27, 2013 08:34 PM (BXLPR)
got a terrible bug. 2.5 days of fevers/chills are over. now, coughing fits. canceled on TG dinner tomorrow cuz I don't want to make my loved ones sick. yuck, poo.
Posted by: jc at November 27, 2013 08:34 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 27, 2013 08:34 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 27, 2013 08:35 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars [/i] [/b] [/s] at November 27, 2013 08:35 PM (s7M3s)
Posted by: DC in Towson at November 27, 2013 08:36 PM (eQJwb)
got a terrible bug. 2.5 days of fevers/chills are over. now, coughing fits. canceled on TG dinner tomorrow cuz I don't want to make my loved ones sick. yuck, poo.
Posted by: jc at November 28, 2013 12:34 AM (PlzOe)
Ick. Stop coughing so close to the USB port -- or, better yet, tape some gauze over it.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 27, 2013 08:36 PM (T1005)
Posted by: RWC at November 27, 2013 08:37 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: DC in Towson at November 27, 2013 08:38 PM (eQJwb)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at November 28, 2013 12:34 AM (BXLPR)
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say what? S.O.B. is a classic.
here's a longer list --
http://www.imdb.com/list/6APyot3T8IA/
Posted by: jc at November 27, 2013 08:38 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: BCochran1981
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I know of a guy who had a crash during a motorcycle race, crushed a testicle, but managed to stay on the bike and finish the race. Lesser men would have simply crawled away to die.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 28, 2013 12:34 AM (aDwsi)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shun_Fujimoto
Posted by: cthulhu at November 27, 2013 08:39 PM (T1005)
Posted by: shredded chi at November 27, 2013 08:40 PM (BR6h1)
Posted by: lous a girl at November 27, 2013 08:40 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at November 27, 2013 08:41 PM (TCmPs)
Posted by: Carol at November 27, 2013 08:42 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 27, 2013 08:42 PM (oFCZn)
That sounds like, to be frank, a truly rude and ungraceful and unprofessional way for the agent to have dealt with someone who had been forthcoming about an issue of concern.
"OK, thanks for letting me know, I appreciate the warning, sit tight while we figure this out," would have been a whole lot more confidence-inspiring.
Posted by: torquewrench at November 27, 2013 08:42 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 27, 2013 08:43 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Jmel at November 27, 2013 08:43 PM (cfFqn)
Evening and Happy Thanksgiving to all.
Hammer: Does your cat wait for nasty weather to want to go out?
Light flurries of Gorebull warming and never got above 30 Deg here N of Cincy.
Posted by: PMRich at November 27, 2013 08:44 PM (x/BtJ)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at November 27, 2013 08:44 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at November 27, 2013 08:45 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: Weirddave at November 27, 2013 08:45 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: GMB Farmyard bully at November 27, 2013 08:46 PM (nkPV9)
Posted by: lous a girl at November 27, 2013 08:47 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 27, 2013 08:47 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: RWC at November 27, 2013 08:47 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at November 27, 2013 08:47 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: shredded chi at November 27, 2013 08:47 PM (BR6h1)
Jug eared fuck
since no answer
Posted by: GMB Farmyard bully at November 27, 2013 08:50 PM (nkPV9)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/mpxycae
I like it the creativity regardless of my doubts about the actual level of spine needed for the job
Posted by: jc at November 27, 2013 08:50 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 28, 2013 12:34 AM (aDwsi)
Mike, I give you Josias Manzanillo, formerly of the Seattle Mariners:
"The Mariners have had cup issues in the past. In 1997, pitcher Josias Manzanillo was not wearing a cup while pitching for the M’s. He was struck in the right testicle by a vicious Manny Ramirez line drive. Manzanillo’s testicle reportedly “exploded.”
Larry Stone of the Seattle Times named Manzanillo the “Most Courageous Player” in Mariners history after he WALKED OFF THE FIELD following the injury. Manzanillo had to have surgery to remove the remainder of his testicle."
I remember watching this game on TV. The dude also fielded the ball and threw out Ramirez at first base before taking a knee.
Fucking Viking.
Posted by: FYNQ at November 27, 2013 08:51 PM (8+xjO)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at November 27, 2013 08:51 PM (BXLPR)
But it seems you cannot just go to Ebay with a perfectly good credit card and buy something, even with an existing account going back to the 90s. Too bad, Mom. No Surface for you.
Posted by: Epobirs at November 27, 2013 08:51 PM (bPxS6)
Posted by: RWC at November 27, 2013 08:52 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: Carol at November 27, 2013 08:54 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 27, 2013 08:54 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Weirddave at November 27, 2013 08:57 PM (N/cFh)
Nancy behind them. He goes 'Shit.' So he calls over one of the agents
and quietly explains the problem. Said the agent turned white: 'Fuck.
Lean forward, SLOWLY. Aw shit, you are. You sit right there, you move
and I blow your brains out in front of your family'".
That sounds like, to be frank, a truly rude and ungraceful and unprofessional way for the agent to have dealt with someone who had been forthcoming about an issue of concern.
"OK, thanks for letting me know, I appreciate the warning, sit tight while we figure this out," would have been a whole lot more confidence-inspiring.
Posted by: torquewrench at November 28, 2013 12:42 AM (gqT4g)
I would guess that someone who had been on the other end of that life-or-death issue would have taken that as speaking frankly between those "in the club".
An old High-School chum of mine had a diamond-cutter take an interest to him and offer to bring him into the biz (he declined -- IIRC, went petroleum geology instead). One thing he did find out was that diamond-cutters (the ones who deal with the big or important stones), regularly say something like, "I'm gonna smack that piece of crap".....because they can then guide their actions through pure reason, instead of muddled up with reverence for the raw stone that nature has provided. Those who are successful can unleash faceted beauty that has immensely more appeal.
You have to have some contempt for the things you work with, else you could never mold them into something better. If a carpenter couldn't put a saw to a piece of lumber, a sculptor couldn't chisel marble, a film director couldn't tell actors to read something differently, or a surgeon couldn't break skin.....they'd all be utterly worthless.
So, I would expect an actual professional who was trained, ready, willing, and able to properly use a firearm might be a bit crass when talking to another professional who had similar experience in such a way. It would show that they both knew the score....and could, thus, bend the rules together.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 27, 2013 08:58 PM (T1005)
http://is.gd/AC5aPH
Seems my niece borrowed it last night, brought it back, and left again without saying anything. I even saw her again this morning -- not a word. I know it didn't happen while I was at the store picking up a few items, as the same car that was parked in the spot next to the one I used was still there when I left. And I know it didn't happen while I was at the gas station, because no vehicle could have hit it without taking out the pumps first.
Oddly enough, my niece is nowhere to be found, and is not answering her cell phone.
Thanksgiving is going to be interesting tomorrow.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at November 27, 2013 08:58 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: jc at November 27, 2013 08:59 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at November 27, 2013 08:59 PM (ZyZIo)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 27, 2013 09:00 PM (DmNpO)
You're gonna have to choke a bitch.
Posted by: EC at November 27, 2013 09:00 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Thunderb at November 27, 2013 09:01 PM (zOTsN)
He got a laurel, and hearty handshake.
Posted by: Weirddave at November 28, 2013 12:57 AM (N/cFh)
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and a full and enthusiastic round of harrumphs.
Posted by: jc at November 27, 2013 09:02 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 27, 2013 09:03 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Carol at November 27, 2013 09:03 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at November 27, 2013 09:03 PM (ZyZIo)
Seems my niece borrowed it last night, brought it back, and left again without saying anything. I even saw her again this morning -- not a word.
This calls for...
a spanking!
Posted by: Zoot at November 27, 2013 09:05 PM (t+jK2)
Posted by: RWC at November 27, 2013 09:05 PM (LpbKr)
Shouldn't take much searching to refute those claims. And what does this person have to say about the MILLION Californians losing their policies, regardless of whether they liked their policies.
I'd pretty much guarantee that nowhere near enough young CA Obots are signing up to cover even a third of the new Medicaid signups.
Posted by: Epobirs at November 27, 2013 09:05 PM (bPxS6)
Posted by: logprof the sauced at November 27, 2013 09:06 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: logprof the sauced at November 27, 2013 09:06 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: logprof the sauced at November 27, 2013 09:06 PM (fETNt)
On cue, lib family member pipes up ......
Posted by: Thunderb at November 28, 2013 01:01 AM (zOTsN)
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My experience with government tragedies is that they are very slow moving. Almost glacial. This person is going to endure a lot.
Give a few predictions about how their misery will unfold over months and years. They will argue the point, but it will add to their agony when they know you were right (although they'll never admit it.)
Posted by: jc at November 27, 2013 09:07 PM (PlzOe)
On cue, lib family member pipes up ......
Posted by: Thunderb at November 28, 2013 01:01 AM (zOTsN)
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My experience with government tragedies is that they are very slow moving. Almost glacial. This person is going to endure a lot.
Give a few predictions about how their misery will unfold over months and years. They will argue the point, but it will add to their agony when they know you were right (although they'll never admit it.)
Posted by: jc at November 27, 2013 09:07 PM (PlzOe)
On cue, lib family member pipes up ......
Posted by: Thunderb at November 28, 2013 01:01 AM (zOTsN)
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My experience with government tragedies is that they are very slow moving. Almost glacial. This person is going to endure a lot.
Give a few predictions about how their misery will unfold over months and years. They will argue the point, but it will add to their agony when they know you were right (although they'll never admit it.)
Posted by: jc at November 27, 2013 09:07 PM (PlzOe)
According to the American Film Institute, Mel Brooks has got 3 out of the top 20 comedy films of all time. What did they do, give him an engraved watch???
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Today, Mel Brooks' movies are bout the only movies I can watch. Freakin genius. The rest from HellWood : crap
Posted by: NCwoof at November 27, 2013 09:07 PM (aUQgu)
According to the American Film Institute, Mel Brooks has got 3 out of the top 20 comedy films of all time. What did they do, give him an engraved watch???
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Today, Mel Brooks' movies are bout the only movies I can watch. Freakin genius. The rest from HellWood : crap
Posted by: NCwoof at November 27, 2013 09:07 PM (aUQgu)
According to the American Film Institute, Mel Brooks has got 3 out of the top 20 comedy films of all time. What did they do, give him an engraved watch???
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Today, Mel Brooks' movies are bout the only movies I can watch. Freakin genius. The rest from HellWood : crap
Posted by: NCwoof at November 27, 2013 09:07 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: Weirddave at November 27, 2013 09:07 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: Weirddave at November 27, 2013 09:07 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: Weirddave at November 27, 2013 09:07 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: andycanuck at November 28, 2013 01:03 AM (ZyZIo)
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absolutely. grrrrrrrrrr.
Posted by: jc at November 27, 2013 09:08 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: andycanuck at November 28, 2013 01:03 AM (ZyZIo)
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absolutely. grrrrrrrrrr.
Posted by: jc at November 27, 2013 09:08 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: andycanuck at November 28, 2013 01:03 AM (ZyZIo)
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absolutely. grrrrrrrrrr.
Posted by: jc at November 27, 2013 09:08 PM (PlzOe)
I'll just say that the young lady has a bit of a avoidance/dependency/self-medication issue.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at November 27, 2013 09:08 PM (m0h0I)
I'll just say that the young lady has a bit of a avoidance/dependency/self-medication issue.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at November 27, 2013 09:08 PM (m0h0I)
I'll just say that the young lady has a bit of a avoidance/dependency/self-medication issue.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at November 27, 2013 09:08 PM (m0h0I)
But nobody I know under thirty who has to pay their own bills is in any hurry to sign up.
Posted by: Epobirs at November 27, 2013 09:09 PM (bPxS6)
Posted by: AltonJackson (@SupSidePolitics) at November 27, 2013 09:12 PM (JMmQ9)
Offer twenty bucks
Posted by: Jean at November 27, 2013 09:13 PM (CMlD4)
Post it to her FB page.
Put the word out to family members tomorrow.
Extract payment from your wayward niece.
Posted by: EC at November 27, 2013 09:14 PM (doBIb)
Doubtless that they should be thankful that Obama has saved them from the black plans of evil insurance companies that sought to oppress them by selling them insurance policies they liked at a price they could afford.
Posted by: Anachronda at November 27, 2013 09:17 PM (U82Km)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at November 27, 2013 09:18 PM (ZyZIo)
http://is.gd/3Qa7iL
You can pick them up at different brick n' mortar stores (like Dollar General, if you have one of those nearby).
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at November 27, 2013 09:19 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: shredded chi at November 27, 2013 09:19 PM (BR6h1)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at November 27, 2013 09:22 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: Baldy at November 27, 2013 09:22 PM (2bql3)
He got a laurel, and hearty handshake.
Posted by: Weirddave at November 28, 2013 12:57 AM (N/cFh)
Damn, that would've been awesome to have in my original snark -- 'cause it's 110% better.
Still warm from your Special Delivery yesterday -- hope that you and Gingy are still glowing from it. There are times -- few and far-between -- when you're frustrated, mucking through things, and dealing with crisis after crisis....and the massed clouds part and a single shaft of sunlight breaks through and shines right down on you, and you know that getting there was worth it.
My best example of that was when I was in California, preparing to visit my grandfather in West Virginia in a couple of months, when something happened to him. I'd talk to my grandmother, and I couldn't tell which details were accurate, which were wishful thinking, which were misunderstood, how bad things were. Over days, I tried to piece it together -- while working and living my own life -- until right after work when my brain just went "click", and I ditched everything and took a redeye to Columbus. I rented a car, unpacked a bunch of the electronic crap I'd brought (a laptop-based GPS!) and started driving. I didn't even know which hospital he was in -- there were two good candidates -- but the one closest to Ohio worked. I got in and talked to the good folks in the ICU and just started to think about getting stuff together....when my grandmother called the ICU to apologize for not being there when visiting hours officially started .
She was in the ER, downstairs, because she hadn't been eating or drinking properly and was all stressed-out and had collapsed. Like I said, you run around in a frenzy, working through tons of obstacles and confusion, you're tense and worried and wound-up and frustrated and stressed -- and the clouds part. The ICU guys told me about her call and I was at her side two minutes later, knowing that I'd Done The Right Thing.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 27, 2013 09:22 PM (T1005)
I had to ask too. And to top it off had to ask what "TFG" stood although that is a bit more arcane.
Posted by: GMB Farmyard bully at November 27, 2013 09:23 PM (nkPV9)
Posted by: Arbalest at November 27, 2013 09:23 PM (FlRtG)
But thanks PMRich and GMB.
Posted by: shredded chi at November 28, 2013 01:19 AM (BR6h1)
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I had to ask, too. The only reason I got TFG was I here on the right day. No way I woulda got SCOAMF without help.
Posted by: jc at November 27, 2013 09:23 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Arbalest at November 27, 2013 09:24 PM (FlRtG)
Posted by: GMB Farmyard bully at November 27, 2013 09:26 PM (nkPV9)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 27, 2013 09:27 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at November 28, 2013 01:22 AM (m0h0I)
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two kinds of substance abuse issues -- 1) stupid kids that learn better and have the physical/emotional control to move on, and 2) kids in big trouble that need to get clean before things get really bad.
I offer you a heartfelt prayer for the right wisdom at the right time.
Posted by: jc at November 27, 2013 09:27 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Perv at November 27, 2013 09:27 PM (O/Xpl)
Posted by: RWC at November 27, 2013 09:29 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: mindful webworker - starting my new diet tomorrow! at November 27, 2013 09:29 PM (vzfrq)
http://is.gd/AC5aPH
Seems my niece borrowed it last night, brought it back, and left again without saying anything. I even saw her again this morning -- not a word. I know it didn't happen while I was at the store picking up a few items, as the same car that was parked in the spot next to the one I used was still there when I left. And I know it didn't happen while I was at the gas station, because no vehicle could have hit it without taking out the pumps first.
Oddly enough, my niece is nowhere to be found, and is not answering her cell phone.
Thanksgiving is going to be interesting tomorrow.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at November 28, 2013 12:58 AM (m0h0I)
That'll buff right out.
Posted by: Auto guy at November 27, 2013 09:30 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Bronco Bama at November 27, 2013 09:30 PM (1I4sj)
Anyway, I hope I run into a hot, young, adventurous young lady who makes red beans n' rice for balding, forty-something tourists.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at November 27, 2013 09:31 PM (m0h0I)
The Drunkening has commenced.
Please, dear world, explode very very soon.
Posted by: Null at November 27, 2013 09:36 PM (xjpRj)
@ 284 [Auto guy] -- That's what I'm hoping -- at least most of it. There is some minor wrinkling around the gas tank lid, but for the most part, it looks like it'll need a new tail light lens and a bit of compound.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at November 27, 2013 09:37 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: Case at November 27, 2013 09:37 PM (VctSv)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at November 27, 2013 09:41 PM (qbnUn)
I do believe Less Nessman made an appearance earlier.
Posted by: GMB Farmyard bully at November 27, 2013 09:41 PM (nkPV9)
Posted by: NCwoof at November 27, 2013 09:41 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at November 27, 2013 09:42 PM (uKmDJ)
Posted by: logprof the observant at November 27, 2013 09:42 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at November 27, 2013 09:43 PM (BXLPR)
@ 284 [Auto guy] -- That's what I'm hoping -- at least most of it. There is some minor wrinkling around the gas tank lid, but for the most part, it looks like it'll need a new tail light lens and a bit of compound.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at November 28, 2013 01:37 AM (m0h0I)
That's what I always say, even with stuff like this:
http://www.dailyhaha.com/_pics/driving_backwards.htm
Posted by: Auto guy at November 27, 2013 09:44 PM (T1005)
Posted by: logprof the turkophage at November 27, 2013 09:45 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at November 28, 2013 01:37 AM (m0h0I)
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I don't envy you.
I had a similar situation with a great kid. Now he has done rehab a couple times and cost his family dearly. If I could go back in time I would have made a big scene in front of absolutely everyone and done all I could to cut it off at the pass -- including trying to get his parents to catch on. May not have worked, but the other choice was way, way wrong.
Posted by: jc at November 27, 2013 09:45 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: shredded chi at November 27, 2013 09:47 PM (BR6h1)
Posted by: Beavis and Butt-Head at November 27, 2013 09:47 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: Thunderb at November 27, 2013 09:49 PM (zOTsN)
Ampersands are agoraphobic. It's just their nature.
Agoraphobia is fear of hamsters, right?
Posted by: Anachronda at November 28, 2013 01:42 AM (U82Km)
Angoraphobia is a fear of excessively furry creatures, like this one -- http://s231.photobucket.com/user/elreydelanime/media/Angora_rabbit.jpg.html .
Posted by: Auto guy at November 27, 2013 09:49 PM (T1005)
According to the American Film Institute, Mel Brooks has got 3 out of
the top 20 comedy films of all time. What did they do, give him an
engraved watch???
He got a laurel, and hearty handshake.
Posted by: Weirddave at November 28, 2013 12:57 AM (N/cFh)
===and a full and enthusiastic round of harrumphs.
Posted by: jc at November 28, 2013 01:02 AM
And not a small amount of cash. Shit, that Jew made ironic money off Hitler: respect.
We don't really know his politics, and that's a good thing. He's old school.
Posted by: Buck Farack, Gentleman Adventurer at November 27, 2013 09:51 PM (Nk6GS)
Posted by: Jean at November 27, 2013 09:55 PM (CMlD4)
Posted by: logprof at November 27, 2013 09:55 PM (fETNt)
Huh huh huhuhuhuhuhuh . . .>>
It's hard enough to get kids to come here to learn in the frozen north. And we can't use the drunken party in our advertisements. Wtf do you want us to do?
Posted by: Argo at November 27, 2013 09:55 PM (vCVhg)
Posted by: The Farmer at November 27, 2013 09:57 PM (eBupg)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 27, 2013 09:58 PM (DmNpO)
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According to the American Film Institute, Mel Brooks has got 3 out of
the top 20 comedy films of all time. What did they do, give him an
engraved watch???
He got a laurel, and hearty handshake.
Posted by: Weirddave at November 28, 2013 12:57 AM (N/cFh)
===and a full and enthusiastic round of harrumphs.
Posted by: jc at November 28, 2013 01:02 AM
And not a small amount of cash. Shit, that Jew made ironic money off Hitler: respect.
We don't really know his politics, and that's a good thing. He's old school.
Posted by: Buck Farack, Gentleman Adventurer at November 28, 2013 01:51 AM (Nk6GS)
Wouldn't that be "old shul"?
Posted by: cthulhu at November 27, 2013 09:58 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Argo at November 27, 2013 09:58 PM (vCVhg)
Posted by: NCwoof at November 27, 2013 10:00 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: Arbalest at November 27, 2013 10:02 PM (FlRtG)
Yeesh. I find that guy mildly frightening, myself.
Posted by: Anachronda at November 27, 2013 10:03 PM (U82Km)
Posted by: Buck Farack, Gentleman Adventurer at November 27, 2013 10:05 PM (Nk6GS)
I hope she can see we still miss her.
Posted by: Argo at November 27, 2013 10:05 PM (vCVhg)
Thing is, for all my idiocy, I managed not to damage anyone else's property (except a mailbox, which I did pay for and replace the next day), and I didn't have any children depending on me. The greatest damage I did was to myself, and costing my parents some sleepless nights.
But, with this kid, she will actually brag that she's an alcoholic, and point to a romanticized notion of a family history to justify it -- as in, "Everyone in my whole family was a partier, so I'm just carrying on the tradition!" -- despite the fact that no one else in the family drinks beyond the socialization level.
Somehow, she's managed to convince herself that it's totally cool that she likes to start drinking the moment her feet hit the floor. She hasn't reached the point where she goes into DT's when she goes without, but it's almost as though she thinks it would be awesome to get to that point.
Her problem is that she's never, ever had to face any real consequences. She's never been thrown in jail, and she's never been dragged out of a ditch, and she's never had her ass kicked because of her drunken mouth and attitude, because there's always someone there to bail her out before it reaches that point.
Ah, but she's young and cute right now. I figure she's got about two or three more years before the partying takes its toll on her, and all of a sudden, the guys will be looking after the younger, prettier ones.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at November 27, 2013 10:06 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: Argo at November 28, 2013 01:55 AM
Heheheh eh heheheh... "it's hard enough"... heheheh eh heheheh
Posted by: beavis at November 27, 2013 10:06 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: NCwoof at November 27, 2013 10:07 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: logprof at November 27, 2013 10:08 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: shredded chi at November 28, 2013 12:09 AM (QHG6t)
FTR, I am one of the morons right across the southern border...I just don't mind traveling. As long as it's warm enough for the convertible.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 27, 2013 10:08 PM (xa1/W)
Posted by: shredded chi at November 27, 2013 10:12 PM (BR6h1)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at November 27, 2013 10:13 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: WOW at November 27, 2013 10:14 PM (6j8ke)
The worst part is watching, waiting, praying for that rock bottom moment.
Maybe find some comfort that there are those that know exactly what you struggle with. Somebody once told me: It doesn't matter what you do, OR
what you don't do when involved with situations such as you have described.
Posted by: NCwoof at November 27, 2013 10:14 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at November 28, 2013 02:06 AM (m0h0I)
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tough spot. I am no expert. I don't have any advice because this is way too serious for internet bullshit. Your post has some excellent words and they may help. I hope you have the right wisdom at the right time.
Posted by: jc at November 27, 2013 10:18 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: shredded chi at November 27, 2013 10:19 PM (BR6h1)
More often than not, I'm just stifling the urge to throttle her and strangle her within an inch of her life. But, I am concerned about her if only for the fact that I have serious doubts about her ability to cope with reality when it finally descends upon her. She's led the Whiffle Life for 25 years, now. The bean ball will come eventually. It always does.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at November 27, 2013 10:25 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: GMB Farmyard bully at November 27, 2013 10:27 PM (nkPV9)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 27, 2013 10:28 PM (DmNpO)
Yep. Makes the watchers almost inconsolable with worry. Wish I could be of more help; been there.
Posted by: NCwoof at November 27, 2013 10:32 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at November 27, 2013 10:35 PM (m0h0I)
His son Max is way left. There is some real WTF stuff in World War Z. Now, Larry Niven has long admonished readers for mistaking the beliefs of a character for those of the author but it's usually pretty obvious which character is the author's mouthpiece. I'm pretty sure Max Brooks believes the words he put in the mouth of the character voiced by Rob Reiner in the audio book version.
Posted by: Epobirs at November 27, 2013 10:36 PM (bPxS6)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at November 27, 2013 10:37 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: Adriane... at November 27, 2013 10:42 PM (jdRXP)
Posted by: NCwoof at November 27, 2013 10:43 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: logprof at November 27, 2013 10:43 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: logprof at November 27, 2013 10:44 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 27, 2013 10:45 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Adriane... at November 27, 2013 10:50 PM (jdRXP)
Posted by: Adriane... at November 28, 2013 02:50 AM (jdRXP)
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Thanks. Has to be delayed this year because I am carrying the plague.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
Posted by: jc at November 27, 2013 10:56 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: logprof at November 27, 2013 11:00 PM (fETNt)
Sorry if I was a buzzkill on this thread. Trust me, I'm all about revelry, despite all my bitching and moaning on here tonight. Hell, my income depends on it!
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at November 27, 2013 11:01 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 27, 2013 11:01 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Adriane... at November 27, 2013 11:02 PM (jdRXP)
Posted by: navycopjoe at November 27, 2013 11:02 PM (JFrBt)
Posted by: Adriane... at November 27, 2013 11:04 PM (jdRXP)
Posted by: logprof at November 27, 2013 11:04 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: Barney Frank at November 27, 2013 11:04 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: flounder at November 27, 2013 11:04 PM (Kkt/i)
You got signed up for Obamacare?!?!?!?!?
Posted by: Adriane... at November 28, 2013 03:02 AM (jdRXP)
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They've already offered to cut off my feet.
Posted by: jc at November 27, 2013 11:04 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: navycopjoe at November 27, 2013 11:05 PM (JFrBt)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 27, 2013 11:06 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Adriane... at November 27, 2013 11:13 PM (jdRXP)
Posted by: Adriane... at November 27, 2013 11:14 PM (jdRXP)
Posted by: Adriane... at November 27, 2013 11:15 PM (jdRXP)
Posted by: GMB in from the cold. at November 27, 2013 11:16 PM (nkPV9)
Posted by: logprof at November 27, 2013 11:22 PM (fETNt)
While I restrained myself from saying anything, I immediately thought:"Gee, the only thing I thought you put on brussels sprouts was a layer of browns so that it'd compost better...."
Posted by: cthulhu at November 27, 2013 11:22 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Jean at November 27, 2013 11:23 PM (CMlD4)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at November 27, 2013 11:28 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: GMB in from the cold. at November 27, 2013 11:33 PM (nkPV9)
Posted by: shredded chi at November 27, 2013 11:34 PM (BR6h1)
It's hard to believe that about 5 years ago my banana tree put out a few bunches of naners. (they didn't taste very good either).
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 27, 2013 11:36 PM (wNF3N)
http://tinyurl.com/oapbse4 See below for the original link with a space in it
http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2013/11/ robert-farago/begins-new-york-sending-gun-confiscation-notices/
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 27, 2013 11:39 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 27, 2013 11:41 PM (wNF3N)
Or else.
Posted by: GnuBreed
How do they even know you have a long gun, much less specific model and magazine information?
Posted by: Jean at November 27, 2013 11:44 PM (CMlD4)
So thanks again Maet, for helping me avoid a fate worse than being a registered 404Care user.
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 27, 2013 11:44 PM (wNF3N)
Because in NY you must register ALL your guns with them.
Not that they would ever use that info against you or anything.
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 27, 2013 11:45 PM (wNF3N)
http://cheezburger.com/7919878144
What has been seen cannot be unseen.
Posted by: Anachronda at November 27, 2013 11:48 PM (U82Km)
That thing needs moar time in the oven.
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 27, 2013 11:50 PM (wNF3N)
I'm gonna be real pissed if I have to wear shoes in the morning.
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 27, 2013 11:53 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: GMB time keeper from Hell at November 27, 2013 11:58 PM (nkPV9)
Posted by: DAve at November 28, 2013 12:06 AM (b7yum)
So they destroyed the paper originals after they transcribed them into a database ... nice.
Posted by: Jean at November 28, 2013 12:17 AM (CMlD4)
390 Yep. One trip to the copier and the letter of the law was satisfied.
Much like the fedgov buys user data from google and thus obeys the letter of the 4th amendment
Posted by: DAve at November 28, 2013 12:21 AM (b7yum)
Posted by: DAve at November 28, 2013 12:25 AM (b7yum)
A Democratic Colorado state senator resigned Wednesday to avoid a possible recall election ... by resigning, Hudak ensures that a Democrat will be appointed in her seat and the party will retain its one-seat majority in the Senate, which they would have lost if Hudak was successfully recalled.
http://tinyurl.com/ojn7h3n
Posted by: Jean at November 28, 2013 01:07 AM (CMlD4)
Posted by: Jean at November 28, 2013 01:17 AM (CMlD4)
Government is only in the business of making sure that the current government stays in business.
It will only end when there is no more wealth to tax away and to be borrowed from others.
I could be wrong but I don't see any other way except to collapse the system from within and be ready to deal with the aftermath.
Posted by: GMB time keeper from Hell at November 28, 2013 01:21 AM (nkPV9)
Looking fiendishly forward for the post-Thanksgiving fallout posts of the Horde.
I won't be able to contribute much unless my PhD seeking cousin spouts off, but she got slammed last year so bad me thinks it will be a quiet one.
Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at November 28, 2013 01:31 AM (ai3uV)
Posted by: Empire1 at November 28, 2013 01:48 AM (gAw3w)
The obligation load and the political power to whom those obligations are due is daunting. At some point, the QE crazy train will go off the rails. Iran and Israel will get it on - spiking oil prices. NOrkland will have a political crisis. China's debt and real estate bubble will pop. Or, something completely unexpected will happen - natural disaster, some jackass anarchist, ...
Posted by: Jean at November 28, 2013 01:59 AM (CMlD4)
With all due respect, I'm not so sure. I think it's more like Saddam and the WMDs: having surrounded himself with toadies and sycophants, nobody would tell him anything they knew he didn't want to hear. Just as nobody wanted to be the guy who told Saddam that his WMDs, well, didn't exist, so, too, nobody wanted to be the guy (or gal) to tell The One that his pet project was about to belly-flop. So, I guess, in that sense The One has plausible deniability.
Of course, none of this contradicts anything Goldberg wrote. If anything, it underscores Obama's hubris, that he thinks he can deny himself information, yet still have everything turn out well; though, being a former professor and "community organizer", he seems to think that being surrounded by fawning, helpless dependents is the natural order of things.
Posted by: Brown Line at November 28, 2013 02:14 AM (a5bF3)
Posted by: GMB time keeper from Hell at November 28, 2013 02:28 AM (nkPV9)
"It's not even clear he can tell when the staff is screwing the pooch, even when a naked staffer is standing in front of him with an extremely discomfited canine."
Posted by: Albie Damned at November 28, 2013 02:48 AM (cGaCp)
Posted by: turkeydaybfast at November 28, 2013 02:56 AM (zSxTm)
Posted by: Brown Line at November 28, 2013 06:14 AM
Nothing new in that.
But "Steiner" won't be saving Choom Boy, either. No troops will march in to bring Final Victory and, unlike a past dictator who, like President Historic First©, was willing to burn down a country to satisfy his own inner urges, not even any hope of miracle weapons.
Posted by: MrScribbler at November 28, 2013 02:58 AM (kaGpp)
Posted by: Judge_Roy_Bean at November 28, 2013 03:02 AM (5Vi5+)
He hasn't told us yet.
Posted by: MrScribbler at November 28, 2013 03:06 AM (kaGpp)
Posted by: Empire1 at November 28, 2013 03:17 AM (gAw3w)
Posted by: sven at November 28, 2013 03:43 AM (9jfyN)
It's hard telling...he probably bought too much cranberry jelly.
Posted by: sven at November 28, 2013 03:44 AM (9jfyN)
Posted by: My Cousin Vinney at November 28, 2013 03:53 AM (MhA4j)
I'm betting this is what Bob the worstest Prophet of God back in the Old Testament Days was marketed like....
"Bob...not quite Moses and not even Solomon...but better than YOU so bow to his glory"....
if Ogabe is the answer it was a stupid fucking question.
Posted by: sven at November 28, 2013 04:02 AM (9jfyN)
Posted by: My Cousin Vinney at November 28, 2013 04:14 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: My Cousin Vinney at November 28, 2013 04:21 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: WannabeAnglican at November 28, 2013 04:59 AM (vFmT2)
I knew a guy who crushed one of his nutz when a helicopter engine dropped in his lap. A few months later, while he sat on his service truck's radiator with his heels on the valve covers, the fan kicked an icepick test light up into,,,,,,,you guessed it,,,,his other nut.
Posted by: EROWMER at November 28, 2013 08:52 AM (OONaw)
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