December 25, 2013
— Maetenloch
Merry Christmas All. Leftovers are on the table and the port-a-potty is next to the garage. I'm claiming this here bottle of cheap champagne sparkling wine and going back into my cave to keep working on Plans and Projects. I'll check back in later to make sure we won't be losing our deposit.
No One Is Beyond the Reach of the Comedy Police
Not even Steve Martin.
The storm started Friday when he invited people to ask him grammar questions on Twitter.Someone wrote, "Is this how you spell lasonia?" to which Martin replied: "It depends. Are you in an African-American neighborhood or at an Italian restaurant."
The Perpetually Offended Humor Monitors were not amused and Martin quickly tried to explain:
"I knew of the name Lasonia. I did not make it up, nor do I find it funny. So to me the answer was either Lasonia (with a capital), or Lasagna, depending on what you meant. That they sounded alike in this rare and particular context struck me as funny. That was the joke," he wrote on his website.
But it was too late - he was already condemned as a hateful thought-criminal and the internet mob was summoned based on misquotes from Salon and TMZ. On the other hand Steve does know a lot of people so with a bit of groveling he'll probably still be allowed to keep working.
[Update: This quote seems to have come from comedian John Fugelsang instead of Carter. I still stand by my rant though based on prior offenses.]
And still casting out nasty slurs and insults inside a soft drawled voice. Having the government take money from people and then give it to other people isn't Christian charity - it's really theft and redistribution of income designed to make you feel all charitable and decent without having to lift a finger. But then Jimmy Carter has never been charitable to anyone who dares disagree with him.
Okay I Did Not Know This Factoid
Mannheim Steamroller I understand. A Mannheim Steamroller Christmas sounds exactly like what it is: an electro-classical New Age Christmas record made by an advertising jingle-writer from Nebraska. Strangely enough, Chip Davis, the founder of Mannheim Steamroller, was also the songwriter behind the completely fictitious country music star C.W. McCall and his 1975 #1 hit "Convoy," so that either proves my cultural dis-overlap/star-cluster theory or refutes it. Either way, the incongruity of a plains-state advertising executive writing both the theme to a Kris Kristofferson trucker movie and a proto-steampunk bleep-bloop Xmas album is somehow easier for me to understand and enjoy than of a shiksa Texas millennial contest-winner singing lewd gospel-voiced country-rock Christmas carols. If you told me that Kelly Clarkson was an invention of a Nebraskan jingle-writer I would be expected to smirk knowingly because that conforms to the blue-state counter-narrative of my own narrative of hipster superiority. But Kelly Clarkson is real.
Chris Matthews' Christmas Hate
Because politics and hate never take a holiday. What a sad way to go through life.
Most Americans view Christmas as a time to consider such lofty things as peace on earth and good will toward men.
Not MSNBC's Chris Matthews who actually devoted his entire Christmas Eve Hardball show to mercilessly attacking eleven conservatives with assistance from a panel of some of the most conservative-hating liberals in the nation.
Icelandic Highway Delayed Due to Impact on Endangered Elves
In case you thought the American EPA and its allies didn't have some trump cards up their sleeves.
Elf advocates have joined forces with environmentalists to urge the Icelandic Road and Coastal Commission and local authorities to abandon a highway project building a direct route from the tip of the Alftanes peninsula, where the president has a home, to the Reykjavik suburb of Gardabaer.They fear disturbing elf habitat and claim the area is particularly important because it contains an elf church.
The project has been halted until the Supreme Court of Iceland rules on a case brought by a group known as Friends of Lava, who cite both the environmental and the cultural impact - including the impact on elves - of the road project. The group has regularly brought hundreds of people out to block the bulldozers.
After first robbing the wife the man came back 12 hours later to rape her on video tape. The couple were forced to fight off the would-be rapist with fists, wasp spray, a baseball bat and eventually a knife - fatally wounding him.
An intruder who was stabbed to death after breaking into a gym owner's house had been planning to sexually assault his wife and video tape it, according to reports this week.Ken Boonstra was stabbed to death by a 26-year-old woman while her husband attacked Boonstra in their Washington home.
Police have now revealed that Boonstra, 48, had a camera and tripod in his pocket when he broke into the couple's home.
The couple, who own a local branch of a gym, are not being identified because they are the victims of a crime. The wife's mother and the couple's 7-month-old daughter were both in the home at the time of the attack.
The Original Reviews of 10 Classic Christmas Movies
Some were seen as classics from day one while others barely got made.
Snoopy and his pals overcame a lot of troubles to make it to the small screen in 1965. Executives didn't like the slow pace of the show. They didn't want Linus to recite Bible verses. They hated that there was no laugh track. And they thought having the children be voiced by real children instead of adult voice actors was the worst idea in broadcast history.
Turns out they were wrong about all of it. It's been estimated that nearly 50 percent of households with televisions tuned in to watch A Charlie Brown Christmas that November, and they've been coming back ever since.
Being Right vs Being Happy - A Scientific Study
InterventionThe intervention was for the male to agree with his wife's every opinion and request without complaint. Even if he believed the female participant was wrong, the male was to bow and scrape.
Main outcome measure
We measured quality of life with a Likert score of 1 to 10 (10 being the best possible quality of life). Although our tool was unvalidated, it was thought to have face validity. It was justified on the grounds that brevity was essential, given that the intervention was administered in a potentially complex domestic environment.
And here were the results:
But the researchers believe that more study is needed.
Many people in the world live as couples, and we believe that it could be harmful for one partner to always have to agree with the other. However, more research is needed to see whether our results hold if it is the male who is always right.
As performed by the Choir of King's College, Cambridge.
"When the River Meets the Sea"
Teh Tweet!
Le AoSHQ groupe de Yahoo. Ooh la la!
Tonight's post brought to you by some of my favorite things:
You know the world could use more whips and whipping.
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anyway holidays and family
yikes
o sure when i forgot to type in my name and email i lost 1st!
just damn you BCochran.
(not really)
Posted by: willow at December 25, 2013 06:21 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 25, 2013 06:24 PM (JpFMR)
of course we know it' always Other people that are to give up.
Posted by: willow at December 25, 2013 06:24 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Northernlurker, moron wannabe at December 25, 2013 06:24 PM (BLAfs)
Posted by: Northernlurker, moron wannabe at December 25, 2013 06:25 PM (BLAfs)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2013 06:26 PM (BC6cY)
Posted by: Carol at December 25, 2013 06:26 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: PabloD at December 25, 2013 06:28 PM (AX7G+)
Yeah. Kiss that deposit goodbye.
I tell people about the sloths and the peanut butter and I tell them . . . .
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at December 25, 2013 06:28 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Northernlurker, moron wannabe at December 25, 2013 06:28 PM (BLAfs)
Posted by: willow at December 25, 2013 06:29 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 25, 2013 06:30 PM (WX3R9)
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 25, 2013 06:30 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 25, 2013 06:30 PM (b1/nQ)
Posted by: #7 moron at December 25, 2013 06:31 PM (uk1X0)
please sooth my ravaged soul.
Posted by: willow at December 25, 2013 10:30 PM (nqBYe)
Noooo, willow!
*flips over table and snags best whip*
Okay, that's IT! Everyone be nice to willow or so help me.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at December 25, 2013 06:31 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Carol at December 25, 2013 06:31 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 25, 2013 06:31 PM (b1/nQ)
Hrm, too bad. I was going to ask him which book of the Bible has the chapter where Jesus teaches his followers to demand Caesar take the wages of others to give unto the poor.
Posted by: Weird Aunt HeatherRadish at December 25, 2013 06:32 PM (xW2bf)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 25, 2013 06:32 PM (JpFMR)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2013 06:33 PM (BC6cY)
Steam is giving away Left 4 Dead free until tomorrow. ( Need to install Steam first, of course )
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 25, 2013 06:33 PM (dwArK)
Posted by: Howard Johnson at December 25, 2013 06:33 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: #7 moron at December 25, 2013 06:34 PM (uk1X0)
Christian charity is VOLUNTARY.
Taxes are CONFISCATORY.
Get the difference?
*probably not*
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at December 25, 2013 06:34 PM (LSDdO)
what a mess life can be. (yes i was good but fgs. i want to delve into a gallon of someone Elses wine.
lefts and right should NEVER mix on weeks that are special.
Posted by: willow at December 25, 2013 06:35 PM (nqBYe)
Did the bad older brother show? Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 25, 2013 10:32 PM (JpFMR)
Nope. He finally called around 6:30 or so tonight and they're coming up on Sunday.
I'm being more than a bit unfair, they're finishing up some work on the house because they're thinking of putting it on the market but still. It's freaking Christmas. Go a tiny bit out of your way to see your parents.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at December 25, 2013 06:35 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: Carol at December 25, 2013 06:36 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 25, 2013 10:30 PM (WX3R9)
This could be true. I didn't bother tracking it down since Carter has said similar things in the past but he may not be guilty here.
Posted by: Mætenloch at December 25, 2013 06:37 PM (XkotV)
Posted by: willow at December 25, 2013 06:37 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 25, 2013 06:38 PM (JpFMR)
Posted by: Mrs. Mittens at December 25, 2013 06:38 PM (UbPfp)
Posted by: Trimegistus at December 25, 2013 06:39 PM (SXVnH)
Posted by: shredded chi, the young curmudgeon at December 25, 2013 06:39 PM (5aFK0)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 25, 2013 06:39 PM (b1/nQ)
Posted by: willow at December 25, 2013 10:35 PM (nqBYe)
No, people need to learn a little basic human decency. I could not even begin to tell you what some of my family members' politics are, other than my dad's twin who is an Obot and whom I finally told that we are never discussing politics ever again, because when we are together for family things, we don't talk politics.
When you know that you don't agree, you don't bring it up. It's that simple.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at December 25, 2013 06:39 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 25, 2013 06:40 PM (JpFMR)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 25, 2013 06:41 PM (wPr7T)
Posted by: Carol at December 25, 2013 06:41 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Weird Aunt HeatherRadish at December 25, 2013 06:41 PM (xW2bf)
Posted by: Northernlurker, moron wannabe at December 25, 2013 06:42 PM (BLAfs)
Posted by: yankeefifth at December 25, 2013 06:42 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: #7 moron at December 25, 2013 06:42 PM (uk1X0)
Posted by: Carol at December 25, 2013 06:43 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: t-bird at December 25, 2013 06:43 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Mephitis at December 25, 2013 06:43 PM (GLwVs)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 25, 2013 06:43 PM (b1/nQ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2013 06:44 PM (BC6cY)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 25, 2013 06:45 PM (JpFMR)
Posted by: Ribald Conservative riding Orca at December 25, 2013 06:45 PM (dCwZe)
Posted by: Carol
Bostonian. I think his accent is called 'Boston Brahmin.'
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 25, 2013 06:46 PM (dwArK)
Posted by: #7 moron at December 25, 2013 06:46 PM (uk1X0)
Posted by: ChrisP at December 25, 2013 06:47 PM (BpTC0)
Posted by: shredded chi, the young curmudgeon at December 25, 2013 06:48 PM (5aFK0)
Sometimes when I look at my children I say to myself,
"Lillian, you should have stayed a virgin."
-Lillian Carter, Jimmah Cartah's mother
Posted by: Doctor Fish at December 25, 2013 06:48 PM (pJF+c)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2013 06:48 PM (BC6cY)
The ones who got me bourbon for Christmas rule.
Chris Mathews and Jimmah should be locked up together.
I like wasp spray as a home defense tool
Steve Martin is awesome and should never explain himself.
Another awesome Maet post.
Posted by: scottst at December 25, 2013 06:48 PM (6POyG)
Posted by: #7 moron at December 25, 2013 06:49 PM (uk1X0)
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 25, 2013 06:49 PM (JMmQ9)
Merry Christmas alll
I'm being more than a bit unfair, they're finishing up some work on the house because they're thinking of putting it on the market but still
We drove 900 miles for Aunt and Uncles 50th wedding anniversary. One of my cousin's, their daughter, couldn't be bothered to drive 85 miles for the party. Maybe the phone call I made after that is a reason we don't speak any more.
Posted by: Infidel at December 25, 2013 06:50 PM (6bvBO)
we were raised to not "do" politics in dinnerparties or family get together
(so no one would git kilt) i'm fakin an accent from i don't know where.
but we had religion and politics go BAM simultaneously .
and i swear my eyes crossed.
for a feww days my phone will be blocked from everyone.
Posted by: willow at December 25, 2013 06:50 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Captain's daughter at December 25, 2013 06:50 PM (LTDDd)
Posted by: Carol at December 25, 2013 06:50 PM (z4WKX)
@CNN
Man dressed as Santa robs a bank in XXXXX http://cnn.it/1eEu7Hw
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 25, 2013 06:50 PM (dwArK)
Posted by: Ribald Conservative riding Orca at December 25, 2013 06:50 PM (dCwZe)
Posted by: shredded chi, the young curmudgeon at December 25, 2013 06:50 PM (5aFK0)
Posted by: ChrisP at December 25, 2013 06:51 PM (BpTC0)
Posted by: willow at December 25, 2013 06:51 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: #7 moron at December 25, 2013 06:52 PM (uk1X0)
please sooth my ravaged soul."
I'm with willow!
Let's do this!
Posted by: ChrisP at December 25, 2013 10:47 PM (BpTC0)
growls. me first!
Posted by: willow at December 25, 2013 06:52 PM (nqBYe)
Be nice to willow. Be not horrid to each other.
Do not get us all pinch face scolded tomorrow.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at December 25, 2013 06:53 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 25, 2013 06:54 PM (JMmQ9)
"LA Story" has aged surprisingly well. I hate rom coms, but that's a damn good movie. Steve Martin should tell them all to fuck off. He's got nothing left to prove.
Posted by: otho at December 25, 2013 06:54 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Infidel at December 25, 2013 06:54 PM (6bvBO)
Posted by: #7 moron at December 25, 2013 06:54 PM (uk1X0)
---------------------------------
Those things squirt 20 feet, and you see where you're shootin'.
Interesting idea, but it might just piss off the BG.
I still opt for large bore firepower with defense rounds so you don't kill the kids and neighbors.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 25, 2013 06:54 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: ChrisP at December 25, 2013 06:54 PM (BpTC0)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 25, 2013 06:55 PM (JpFMR)
Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at December 25, 2013 06:55 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: #7 moron at December 25, 2013 06:56 PM (uk1X0)
alex.
o sure leave me with my whine and misery
all. alone.
Posted by: willow at December 25, 2013 10:54 PM (nqBYe)
*wanders back in for a second*
BC, you are on willow duty. And she will totes tell on you if you are not awesome in fulfilling your duties so there.
I'll figure out some way to get planning type info to you. But that's for tomorrow.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at December 25, 2013 06:56 PM (Gk3SS)
Posted by: otho
It's one of my Top 10.
I do not think I could date let alone marry a chick who doesn't like it.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 25, 2013 06:57 PM (dwArK)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 25, 2013 06:58 PM (JpFMR)
Posted by: #7 moron at December 25, 2013 10:56 PM
Hahaha! Great line. I think I like that movie more now, than when it came out.
Posted by: otho at December 25, 2013 06:58 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Steve Martin at December 25, 2013 06:58 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: willow at December 25, 2013 06:59 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Captain's daughter at December 25, 2013 07:00 PM (LTDDd)
Posted by: steve in la story at December 25, 2013 07:00 PM (rn0EN)
Posted by: t-bird at December 25, 2013 07:00 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at December 25, 2013 07:01 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: rickl at December 25, 2013 07:03 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: free tibet, etc. at December 25, 2013 07:03 PM (jAc/f)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 25, 2013 10:58 PM (JpFMR)
Not if you ever want to have sex again!
Posted by: Mrs. BCochran at December 25, 2013 07:03 PM (QFxY5)
Posted by: Weird Aunt HeatherRadish at December 25, 2013 07:04 PM (xW2bf)
We original monotheists had our own celebration of Chinese food and movies.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 25, 2013 07:05 PM (QFxY5)
Posted by: Christopher Buckley at December 25, 2013 07:05 PM (JQuNB)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2013 07:08 PM (BC6cY)
First off, I notice the wife got happier. Duh. Second, that chart should have no more than a few days data before the guy offs himself.
Which also makes the wife happy. "See, I was right all along. He just couldn't stand it." Guy re-offs himself in the grave, using nails he pulls from inside the coffin.
Merry Christmas everyone, and especially Maet for putting up with us on a regular basis.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 25, 2013 07:08 PM (UslzM)
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 25, 2013 07:08 PM (JMmQ9)
I live in upstate New York.
Pee on Cuomo and the safe act. (I refuse to capitalize that).
No ballbag politician is going to drive me from my state.
Somehow, someway, we will defeat him and his feculent toadying sycophants.
And I'll be pointing and laughing as he goes down in defeat.
Posted by: irongrampa at December 25, 2013 07:08 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at December 25, 2013 07:08 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: Darth Randall at December 25, 2013 07:10 PM (Zswg6)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 25, 2013 11:08 PM (BC6cY)
Ironman 3 on DVD (my wife hadn't seen it).
Good, solid movie.
We are going to American Hustle or Philomena this weekend.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 25, 2013 07:10 PM (QFxY5)
Posted by: Epobirs at December 25, 2013 07:10 PM (bPxS6)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 25, 2013 07:11 PM (aDwsi)
Makes sense.
Chicken under brick uses the same tools.
I'm signing off, but I would love to hear how that recipe turned out!
I will nag you tomorrow.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 25, 2013 07:11 PM (QFxY5)
Posted by: #7 moron at December 25, 2013 07:11 PM (uk1X0)
Posted by: Alana at December 25, 2013 07:12 PM (de7OM)
Posted by: Carol at December 25, 2013 07:13 PM (z4WKX)
I do not think I could date let alone marry a chick who doesn't like it.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 25, 2013 10:57 PM
I can totally see that. It's a very overlooked movie that has a kind of "Goundhog Day" thing going on. It all come together and is wonderfully handled for overall. It might be the best one he did and I rate "Planes Trains and Automobiles" very highly. I'll probably get lambasted for it, but, I think "Bowfinger" is underrated. Very funny flick.
Posted by: otho at December 25, 2013 07:13 PM (9gNQd)
be well, live life, try to be good.
Posted by: willow at December 25, 2013 07:13 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: #7 moron at December 25, 2013 07:14 PM (uk1X0)
Almost every upstate county sheriff and many locals are indicating they will make no effort to do so.
We'll see if it's talk or walk shortly, I'm thinking.
Posted by: irongrampa at December 25, 2013 07:14 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at December 25, 2013 07:15 PM (JQuNB)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 25, 2013 07:15 PM (b1/nQ)
Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at December 25, 2013 07:15 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 25, 2013 07:17 PM (aDwsi)
stepped out on his wife, who was the daughter of a CIA agent, who was a friend of his father, and his immediate boss,
Posted by: jeffrey pelt at December 25, 2013 07:17 PM (Jsiw/)
Posted by: #7 moron at December 25, 2013 07:17 PM (uk1X0)
Posted by: toby928© remote from planet Dad at December 25, 2013 07:18 PM (M49Xq)
Posted by: Mike Hammer's hot neighbor at December 25, 2013 07:18 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: t-bird at December 25, 2013 07:18 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: AltonJackson at December 25, 2013 07:19 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Carol at December 25, 2013 07:20 PM (z4WKX)
Captain's Daughter, if you ever want to plan a road trip and get to know the West, I'd be happy to share some favorite routes with you. I bet there's lots of others here who'd be happy to share, too.
Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at December 25, 2013 07:20 PM (t8H/O)
The bulk of the OS install doesn't require any input. And the various updates take a looong time but again don't require much input.
The only complication is that there is a bug that has cropped up in how XP deals with updates that requires a workaround of manually installing the IE8 upgrade and its cumulative patch rollup. Microsoft is aware of the problem but considering that XP support ends in April and installing XP from scratch isn't a very common task any more, whether it is high on their priority list is doubtful.
Most businesses of any size use imaging to rebuild machines that need it. That would be the case with these but I was completely uninvolved with the original setup of these machines and any other using that particular imaging setup, and nobody who knows where the files are stored has been answering the phone, so I just elected to do it the hard way. Fortunately, I have a full set of Dell OS install ISOs, so it starts off at SP3 with no need for activation or key entry.
Posted by: Epobirs at December 25, 2013 07:21 PM (bPxS6)
Goodnite, good people. Stay safe.
Posted by: irongrampa at December 25, 2013 07:21 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: Guido fa la la at December 25, 2013 07:23 PM (yICtd)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 25, 2013 07:24 PM (JpFMR)
Another bit of automation is Ninite.com, a great tool for getting all of the common freeware items installed with a single file. Chrome, Firefox, anti-virus, PDF read/write, optical disc burning, and some other stuff only takes a single click to install once you've created the file, which takes about five minutes if you know what you want.
Posted by: Epobirs at December 25, 2013 07:25 PM (bPxS6)
Posted by: Carol at December 25, 2013 07:25 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at December 25, 2013 07:26 PM (t8H/O)
Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at December 25, 2013 07:27 PM (zDsvJ)
Whew, tough day today. Glad everyone had a fine Christmas.
Work starts again tomorrow here at Big Christmas. We are planners, of course, so 2014 and 2015 are pretty much in the pipeline and I'll be looking at 2016 in the morning.
In 2008 and 2012 I gave you all a metrosexual, bi-racial, community organizer and a paste eating, brain damaged twit for President and Vice President.
For 2016 I'm thinking a bag of donuts, mafia capo wannabe, and a tan in a can, alcoholic stumblebum.
Santa's a funny guy, ain't he?
Or maybe I'll bring you a geriatric lesbian, with a foul mouth and a philandering spouse, and a French speaking douchebag, with an inflated ego and a rich alcoholic wife.
How about that?
I'm a funny jolly prick? aren't I?
Posted by: Santa A. Claus at December 25, 2013 07:30 PM (AG1j1)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 25, 2013 07:32 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Fourth horseman at December 25, 2013 07:32 PM (KuZ6A)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 25, 2013 07:33 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Fourth horseman at December 25, 2013 07:33 PM (KuZ6A)
Posted by: scottst at December 25, 2013 07:36 PM (6POyG)
Posted by: Fourth horseman at December 25, 2013 07:36 PM (KuZ6A)
Go SMOD go.
Posted by: [/i] [/s] [/u] [/b] An Observation at December 25, 2013 07:37 PM (ylhEn)
Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at December 25, 2013 07:38 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at December 25, 2013 07:39 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: Santa A. Claus at December 25, 2013 11:30 PM (AG1j1)
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did you forget the fat asshole that started a death cult and then sold out to Al Jizzera?
Posted by: Howard Johnson at December 25, 2013 07:39 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at December 25, 2013 07:42 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: Fourth horseman at December 25, 2013 07:47 PM (KuZ6A)
Posted by: ALH at December 25, 2013 07:47 PM (JXhDv)
Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at December 25, 2013 07:48 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: lindafell at December 25, 2013 07:48 PM (PGO8C)
Mrs. Claus, who by the way is a long time feminist, and a true Bitch, but I repeat myself, suggests we look at a total distaff ticket for 2016.
So, I'm thinking a faux Indian, (feather not dot) princess with a hard on for straight up Marxism and a botox injecting stutterer with a hard on for baby killing.
Nah, even Santa has standards.
Maybe I'll give you a diversity duo. Maybe a latino gangbanger and a somali pirate.
Let me sleep on this?
Posted by: Santa A. Claus at December 25, 2013 07:50 PM (AG1j1)
Posted by: Wiccapundit at December 25, 2013 07:51 PM (pwb0T)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at December 25, 2013 07:51 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: t-bird at December 25, 2013 07:52 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: CAC at December 25, 2013 07:55 PM (j+/nT)
Posted by: t-bird at December 25, 2013 11:52 PM (FcR7P)
Probably like his GLADD card is in the mail.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at December 25, 2013 08:01 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: #7 moron at December 25, 2013 08:05 PM (uk1X0)
http://tinyurl.com/k5jxdgb
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 25, 2013 08:06 PM (bMD9v)
Posted by: madamemayhem at December 25, 2013 08:07 PM (S2RnE)
Posted by: Twoslaps at December 25, 2013 08:07 PM (NjSBi)
Posted by: t-bird at December 25, 2013 11:52 PM (FcR7P)
Probably like his GLADD card is in the mail.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at December 26, 2013 12:01 AM (FMbng)
"For the female of the species is more deadly than the male."
Posted by: Rudyard Kthulhut at December 25, 2013 08:07 PM (T1005)
Posted by: mpfs, Christmas Fishstick at December 25, 2013 08:08 PM (ocjHE)
Posted by: speedster1 on the iPad at December 25, 2013 08:08 PM (noB3y)
Posted by: ightlysouthern (aim low boys,they ridin ponies) at December 25, 2013 08:08 PM (uOxBm)
Posted by: #7 moron at December 25, 2013 08:09 PM (uk1X0)
Posted by: madamemayhem at December 26, 2013 12:07 AM (S2RnE)
Which one did you get? I have been agonizing over which one to get.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at December 25, 2013 08:09 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Insomniac at December 25, 2013 08:09 PM (UAMVq)
Posted by: Northernlurker, moron wannabe at December 25, 2013 10:28 PM (BLAfs)
Good news! Me, I am in Arizona, and it's nice and warm here. I could see this snowbird thing becoming a habit. Might be buying a house here.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2013 08:09 PM (TKUw7)
Posted by: Noah at December 25, 2013 08:10 PM (8x2NO)
Posted by: #7 moron at December 25, 2013 08:10 PM (uk1X0)
Posted by: ightlysouthern (aim low boys,they ridin ponies) at December 25, 2013 08:10 PM (uOxBm)
Posted by: Insomniac at December 25, 2013 08:10 PM (UAMVq)
Posted by: Noah at December 26, 2013 12:10 AM (8x2NO)
One you revere , the other you wipe your ass with.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at December 25, 2013 08:11 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 25, 2013 08:12 PM (wPr7T)
don't do blood any more HIV, Hepititis etc.
no thanks, i'll just shoot you
it's science
Posted by: #7 moron at December 26, 2013 12:05 AM (uk1X0)
Same here. Home invader gets hot lead injection, end of story.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 26, 2013 12:10 AM (UAMVq)
Except when it isn't. Magazine capacity is a good thing.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 25, 2013 08:12 PM (T1005)
Posted by: #7 moron at December 25, 2013 08:13 PM (uk1X0)
Posted by: madamemayhem at December 25, 2013 08:13 PM (S2RnE)
Posted by: Insomniac at December 25, 2013 08:14 PM (UAMVq)
Posted by: #7 moron at December 25, 2013 08:16 PM (uk1X0)
Posted by: The TFools' Golden Hat at December 25, 2013 08:17 PM (/YkzI)
Posted by: madamemayhem at December 25, 2013 08:17 PM (S2RnE)
"I like wasp spray as a home defense tool "
I like .45 ACP.
To each his own...
Posted by: ChrisP at December 25, 2013 10:51 PM (BpTC0)
Yeah, in this instance, the wasp spray AND the baseball bat worked so well, the lady had to resort to using a nasty, stabby knife. If she had had a gun, she could have just pointed it at the creep, and he'd have shit himself.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2013 08:17 PM (TKUw7)
They are trying to get him to run for President again...
Everything old is new again.......and still fucked up.
Posted by: puddleglum at December 25, 2013 08:19 PM (15w2J)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 25, 2013 08:19 PM (wPr7T)
191 Evening, fappers. Looks like I'm a little late to the party. I was expecting to have a somewhat depressing Christmas, but it turned out rather well. Ate a lot, drank a lot, and things were overall pretty cheery. Merry Christmas to the Horde, and I hope your day was full of joy!
Same here, was expecting it to be "alright", yet it turned out to be awesome on several levels. You never know what you will get, eh?
Posted by: BunkerInTheBurbs at December 25, 2013 08:20 PM (X3xYu)
Posted by: #7 moron at December 25, 2013 08:20 PM (uk1X0)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 25, 2013 08:25 PM (wPr7T)
Early 80's Yank 'reality' show Amazing (people)?
Hosts trifecta and I know the first one is right.
Fran Tarketon, John Davidson and the 'amazing' Cathly Lee Gifford(?)
weird flashbacks
Posted by: Forty Baht Barack at December 25, 2013 08:27 PM (tw+o7)
Posted by: Insomniac at December 25, 2013 08:27 PM (UAMVq)
Posted by: RWC at December 25, 2013 08:28 PM (Q6HBD)
Posted by: #7 moron at December 26, 2013 12:10 AM (uk1X0)
I don't know. Did the Palins buy a home here? And where does McCain live? Tucson? I am looking in Apache Junction.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2013 08:29 PM (TKUw7)
Posted by: RWC at December 25, 2013 08:31 PM (Q6HBD)
Nerf guns have played an important role with my kids.
Nerf->Airsoft->BB's->22lr->
By the time they got to the latter they understood range rules and were really good shots.
OT- just saw a clip of the WH "Christmas message" on Fox, is it just me or did the Wookie sneak in some plastic surgery (on our dime, natch)?
Posted by: BunkerInTheBurbs at December 25, 2013 08:32 PM (X3xYu)
The McCain family home is in Sedona, so you're probably safe.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 25, 2013 08:33 PM (JawqV)
Posted by: #7 moron at December 25, 2013 08:34 PM (uk1X0)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 25, 2013 08:36 PM (f6z8e)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2013 08:38 PM (TKUw7)
Posted by: Epobirs at December 25, 2013 08:39 PM (bPxS6)
Cut and paste from thread below:
FWIW, the Iowa trip is a go. Plans are to cruise the southerly route through Memphis TN, St Louis MO, KCMO, then north to SW Iowa.
I'm taking off from Raleigh early on the 2nd and hope to be in Memphis (well, Millington actually, just north of Memphis) by 8 PM (7 PM local time), then I'll head out from there early next morning.
St Louis between 12:30 and 1, stop for dinner, KCMO around 6 PM and stop for supper, and SW Iowa two and a quarter hours after leaving KCMO (whenever that happens to be).
Any morons/ettes along the route that want to do a meet n' greet, I'm amiable.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 25, 2013 08:40 PM (xa1/W)
Posted by: Insomniac at December 25, 2013 08:40 PM (UAMVq)
Posted by: andycanuck at December 26, 2013 12:36 AM (f6z8e)
Naw, Arugula is the currency in Peruvia, so they have all their capital in Arugula.
But it's an easy mistake to make. Merry Christmas.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2013 08:40 PM (TKUw7)
Posted by: BunkerInTheBurbs at December 25, 2013 08:40 PM (X3xYu)
Thank you! *bows
Incredible instead of amazing Cathy.
tangent> John Davidson was the 2nd host of Hollywood Squares replacing (Peter Marshall)
Gawd... and who was the ventriliquist(spchk) whose puppet was Madam that appeared on Soap?
*back to bed
Posted by: Forty Baht Barack at December 25, 2013 08:45 PM (tw+o7)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 25, 2013 08:46 PM (wPr7T)
Posted by: The Huldufolk at December 25, 2013 08:46 PM (1xUj/)
Posted by: t-bird at December 25, 2013 08:47 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: #7 moron at December 25, 2013 08:47 PM (uk1X0)
It is a nice place to go to from Alaska in the winter?
Posted by: #7 moron at December 26, 2013 12:47 AM (uk1X0)
Works for me.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 25, 2013 08:49 PM (TKUw7)
Posted by: Kalneva at December 25, 2013 08:51 PM (/G7TA)
The ventriloquist on Soap was Jay Johnson.
Madam was not on that show. That character was voiced by Wayland Flowers, who died in 1988.
Posted by: Epobirs at December 25, 2013 08:51 PM (bPxS6)
Posted by: RWC at December 25, 2013 08:51 PM (Q6HBD)
Posted by: Rusty Nail at December 25, 2013 08:53 PM (WtVhX)
Thank you too! Crosby not Gifford.
Gifford had to suffer through Frank's pre-Clinton 'I did not have sex with that woman'
(checks mushrooms from Xmas dinner)
Posted by: Forty Baht Barack at December 25, 2013 08:54 PM (tw+o7)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 25, 2013 08:54 PM (wPr7T)
Posted by: t-bird at December 25, 2013 08:56 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: RWC at December 25, 2013 08:58 PM (Q6HBD)
Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at December 25, 2013 11:15 PM (zDsvJ)
Battleship game shooty targets! Can't wait to try them out!
Posted by: #7 moron at December 26, 2013 12:16 AM (uk1X0)
one for the 9mm, two for the .45ACP because the 9mm is 15rd mags and the .45 is 7rd mags. Also, I only have one spare mag for the 9mm (I know, I need more of them).
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 25, 2013 08:59 PM (xa1/W)
Love my sweety. We had a 25th anniverary/Wright Brothers celebration combined with Christmas this year. It was special. So special I got a combat-mod Remington 870 with a wide assortment of ammunition. Did I say I love my sweety. She got some some new-fangled tablet or pad or whatever.
Now, get off my range.
Posted by: Pecan Scandi at December 25, 2013 09:00 PM (Uamfo)
Posted by: Jean at December 25, 2013 09:06 PM (4JkHl)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 25, 2013 09:06 PM (xa1/W)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 25, 2013 09:07 PM (wPr7T)
Well, I guess it's "Lights Out" east coasters. It's only 10:05 out here, 60 miles west of Spokane. I blinking my porch lights in Morse code: "SOS, please send more beers."
Posted by: Pecan Scandi at December 25, 2013 09:08 PM (Uamfo)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 25, 2013 09:08 PM (xa1/W)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 26, 2013 01:08 AM (xa1/W)
If she's moving to get away from assholes and ended up closer to McCain, it doesn't speak well for her judgment.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 25, 2013 09:11 PM (T1005)
Posted by: rickl at December 25, 2013 09:11 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: RWC at December 25, 2013 09:13 PM (Q6HBD)
Posted by: shredded chi, the young curmudgeon at December 25, 2013 09:13 PM (5aFK0)
Posted by: Pecan Scandi at December 26, 2013 01:10 AM (Uamfo)
Neither did I for about 6 min or so... 
Posted by: cthulhu at December 26, 2013 01:11 AM (T1005)
eh...good point...
Well, back to work. Later roonz and roonettez, fear no evil.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 25, 2013 09:16 PM (xa1/W)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 25, 2013 09:17 PM (wPr7T)
Posted by: RWC at December 25, 2013 09:18 PM (Q6HBD)
<Besides , I don't think she is there to challenge McCain but, rather, to be anointed by him when he decides to retire. You think she don't have any political debts to him?>
She does not need him- it's likely just geography. Gets her closer to TV studios by many miles, which is likely a good thing. And a real airport. I agree with others that she might not be the perfect candidate, but her influence can/will be enormous.
Posted by: BunkerInTheBurbs at December 25, 2013 09:22 PM (X3xYu)
Posted by: Epobirs at December 25, 2013 09:22 PM (bPxS6)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sQuidProQuo at December 25, 2013 09:22 PM (OqeDl)
260 Evenin'.
May i be so bold as to recommend 'Black Ridge' Bourbon?
Hmm. Was not not aware of it until now. Will check it out CBD.
Posted by: BunkerInTheBurbs at December 25, 2013 09:33 PM (X3xYu)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 25, 2013 09:34 PM (T1005)
Posted by: rickl at December 25, 2013 09:35 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Pecan Scandi at December 26, 2013 01:08 AM (Uamfo)
You in Ritzville? I'm in Spokane.
Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at December 25, 2013 09:36 PM (t8H/O)
266 248
Well, I guess it's "Lights Out" east coasters. It's only 10:05 out
here, 60 miles west of Spokane. I blinking my porch lights in Morse
code: "SOS, please send more beers."
Posted by: Pecan Scandi at December 26, 2013 01:08 AM (Uamfo)
You in Ritzville? I'm in Spokane.
Those must be some porch lights...Are you taking him beer?
Posted by: BunkerInTheBurbs at December 25, 2013 09:39 PM (X3xYu)
The Matriarch of a family, from which, spawned my Two Best Friends...
...has taken ill.
I ask for your prayers.
-This woman requested I take my hat off every time I entered her home.
-She, with daughter, requested Doors Remain Open amidst "Mixed Company".
-This woman has been a Faithful Servant of Jesus Christ our Lord for over sixty years. She will have deserved her place in Heaven, should that be the case.
On Thursday, January 2nd, this beloved woman will have her bladder, and all reproductive organs removed.
Her doctor teaches other doctors in the "art" of these procedures. She is in good hands. (Cleveland Clinic).
I ask of you prayers because I know of no other collective of talent and caring greater than you fine people.
As I found myself on my knees earlier this evening, I bore emotional tears that I hadn't expressed in years.
Please pray for this fine woman; this beautiful soul whose advice and example have served me well over these many years.
Thank You All...
...Slapweasel
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 25, 2013 09:39 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 25, 2013 09:42 PM (m3Cp/)
Posted by: BunkerInTheBurbs at December 25, 2013 09:44 PM (X3xYu)
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 25, 2013 09:44 PM (/YkzI)
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 25, 2013 09:45 PM (/YkzI)
Posted by: whoever at December 25, 2013 09:47 PM (zu9Ee)
Posted by: mary clogginstien's juicy clitoris at December 25, 2013 09:50 PM (lJUnI)
Posted by: Inspector Cussword at December 25, 2013 09:53 PM (zZ+Bs)
Posted by: Adriane... at December 25, 2013 09:54 PM (m3Cp/)
A huge number of Alaskans took advantage of the last housing crash to buy homes in sunny areas for wintertime getaways. I know more than a dozen of folks that did and I am related to 4. I have the name of a AZ real estate sales lady that had the good sense to specialize in AZ properties for Alaskans.
Most Alaskans do no more than 90 days out of AK at any one time for a host of reasons that I won't bother explaining right now.
No matter how much someone loves Alaska, most people have a set number (different for each individual) of Alaska winters in them. Once they go over the number, they can do no more. It is not a crime. If you haven't experienced it, you just don't know.
Posted by: jc at December 25, 2013 09:56 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: garrett at December 25, 2013 09:57 PM (+Ct0R)
I haven't been this "ocularly impaired" since the Bomber-coming-home-to-his-kids video.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 25, 2013 09:59 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 25, 2013 10:00 PM (T1005)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sQuidProQuo at December 25, 2013 10:00 PM (OqeDl)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sQuidProQuo at December 25, 2013 10:01 PM (OqeDl)
There are quite a few morons from Spokompton.Posted by: garrett at December 26, 2013 01:57 AM (+Ct0R)
That made me laugh, Garrett. Not snort beer out my nose, but Laugh Out Loud, yes.
Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at December 25, 2013 10:02 PM (t8H/O)
There are quite a few morons from Spokompton.Posted by: garrett at December 26, 2013 01:57 AM (+Ct0R)
If you're right, (and I don't question your truthiness) then we ought to have an Inland Empire Moron Meetup.
Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at December 25, 2013 10:04 PM (t8H/O)
Posted by: Carol at December 25, 2013 10:07 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at December 25, 2013 10:07 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sQuidProQuo at December 25, 2013 10:08 PM (OqeDl)
Posted by: garrett at December 25, 2013 10:09 PM (+Ct0R)
Posted by: garrett at December 25, 2013 10:10 PM (+Ct0R)
Posted by: Carol at December 25, 2013 10:14 PM (z4WKX)
When I called this fine Lady, she said: "I'd just like to get this over with."
That's "human" for, "I'd just like to get this over with."
When I know that this beautiful lady is allowed to eat something other than Hospital Food, I'm going to make a diet-based meal and bring it over.
She's a "Mom". From beginning-to-end, she's a "Mom".
The least I can do is prepare a fine meal for her and her husband.
I'll wait for the instruction from one of her sons.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 25, 2013 10:20 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: garrett at December 26, 2013 02:09 AM (+Ct0R)
I would return to Wyoming for the smallest excuse . . . one of my favorite states. Maybe my favorite. Montana is right up there too . . . spent a week in the mtns. near Thompson Falls last summer . . . lovely.
Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at December 25, 2013 10:23 PM (t8H/O)
Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at December 25, 2013 10:26 PM (t8H/O)
When I called this fine Lady, she said: "I'd just like to get this over with."
That's "human" for, "I'd just like to get this over with."
When I know that this beautiful lady is allowed to eat something other than Hospital Food, I'm going to make a diet-based meal and bring it over.
She's a "Mom". From beginning-to-end, she's a "Mom".
The least I can do is prepare a fine meal for her and her husband.
I'll wait for the instruction from one of her sons.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 26, 2013 02:20 AM (lq3Ak)
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Merry Xmas and Slappy NY to you and yours. I will also add prayers for a fine lady that touched the souls of others.
Posted by: jc at December 25, 2013 10:27 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: garrett at December 25, 2013 10:31 PM (eCYIt)
Posted by: garrett at December 26, 2013 02:10 AM (+Ct0R)
Yeah exactly. A few months ago I tried a cab a friend of mine has. He had put a set of eminence redcoat private jacks in it. Those fuckers are just amazing. They are supposed to their copy of the 25 watt greenback, but they sound more like an H30 but way tighter and bigger. I have vintage cabs, but they don't leave the house anymore, and I only really used them with a few old marshalls that were tweaked for big gain and voiced for the old H30 speakers. I plugged the heads into my friends cab and was blown away. The private jacks sounded incredible, so I figured seeing I had a ton of the more newer cabs with the 75 watt speakers I could pull 2 aside and load them with the private jacks. I love them fucking speakers and was going to get a set. The wife conspired with a friend who owns a music store, so I got them today. The new celestions are made in china, so fuuuuck that. The private jacks are American, and they sound great.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at December 25, 2013 10:32 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Thunderb at December 25, 2013 10:33 PM (UNXAo)
Posted by: Thunderb at December 25, 2013 10:33 PM (UNXAo)
Didn't this only take a few days in The Taming of The Shrew? She must be doing it wrong.
Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at December 25, 2013 10:38 PM (DL2i+)
Posted by: garrett at December 25, 2013 10:38 PM (eCYIt)
We had Christmas dinner at our house this year on Christmas Eve, with the BH's Sister and her Partner, and the Sister said something about God or Bless Us or something, and immediately apologized for being too religious, saying that she didn't want to be ramming this down our throats or anything. When we went on our hike today, the BH and I were discussing this because it is just so odd.
The Sister and her Partner go to church every Sunday in San Francisco -- 50 miles from where they live. The Sister teaches Sunday school; the Partner's taking courses at a seminary. They are both flaming libs, and their church choir has actually sung for Obama. And, of course, they're immersed in fabulous culture, IYKWIMAITYD.
By comparison, the BH and I are not much into churches, but are respectful of those who are -- the BH got a scarf to cover her head while we were in Russia because that was the proper garb inside the Orthodox churches that we wanted to visit. We experience God on our weekend hikes, when we can see His trees and mountains firsthand, and know Him by his works -- but have little reason to talk about it. And, of course, as non-Progressives generally are, we tend to be polite.
And, yet, the CHURCH-GOERS thought to get all stumblingly apologetic about bringing up RELIGION at a CHRISTMAS dinner to people who RESPECT it.
My personal take? This Duck Dynasty imbroglio has got bat-signals going out on all Progressive groupthink channels that say, "keep Progressivism rabidly secular." Problem is, some of the groupthink channels are churches.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 25, 2013 10:46 PM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 25, 2013 11:03 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Tim in Urbana at December 25, 2013 11:14 PM (nkPV9)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 26, 2013 03:03 AM (T1005)
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Pretty vicious of you I must say.Posted by: jc at December 25, 2013 11:15 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at December 25, 2013 11:15 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at December 26, 2013 03:15 AM (FMbng)
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well, we woulda buried it, but then Ace woulda felt obligated to exhume it in case there was something on the body that had a few pence of value.
Posted by: jc at December 25, 2013 11:20 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: mindful webworker in Santa's laundromat & ew at December 25, 2013 11:20 PM (p74mI)
Posted by: mindful webworker in Santa's laundromat & ew at December 25, 2013 11:22 PM (p74mI)
Posted by: jc at December 26, 2013 03:20 AM (PlzOe)
You mean go through the pockets and look for loose change.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at December 25, 2013 11:23 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 25, 2013 11:25 PM (b2cFu)
Posted by: jc at December 25, 2013 11:28 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Katja at December 25, 2013 11:28 PM (LmCTZ)
felt obligated to exhume it in case there was something on the body that
had a few pence of value.
Posted by: jc at December 26, 2013 03:20 AM (PlzOe)
You mean go through the pockets and look for loose change.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at December 26, 2013 03:23 AM (FMbng)
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I figger Thread never has loose change due to his pinball addiction.
Posted by: jc at December 25, 2013 11:29 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: mindful webworker in Santa's laundromat & ew at December 26, 2013 03:22 AM (p74mI)
Mine, or some other one? Seriously, the incident @305 had us both going, "WTF?"
Posted by: cthulhu at December 25, 2013 11:31 PM (T1005)
I have attended some of those churches at times. You never hear the name of Jesus. Not once. Every sermon is all about anything but Jesus.
I attend a church where it is all Jesus, all the time. His life, his teachings, his trial, his death on the cross, his resurrection, his return.
Big difference.
Posted by: navybrat at December 25, 2013 11:33 PM (AW7Gr)
Posted by: Katja at December 25, 2013 11:33 PM (LmCTZ)
Posted by: Katja at December 25, 2013 11:39 PM (LmCTZ)
I have attended some of those churches at times. You never hear the name of Jesus. Not once. Every sermon is all about anything but Jesus.
I attend a church where it is all Jesus, all the time. His life, his teachings, his trial, his death on the cross, his resurrection, his return.
Big difference.
Posted by: navybrat at December 26, 2013 03:33 AM (AW7Gr)
It's one of those things like "liberation theology" being mired in slavery or critical theory being dismissive of critical thinking. It's a groupthink indoctrination center disguised as a place of worship, but very well-connected politically.....just as Jim Jones was.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 25, 2013 11:46 PM (T1005)
Posted by: model_1066 at December 26, 2013 12:05 AM (6O+h7)
Posted by: and irresolute at December 26, 2013 12:08 AM (RqHWH)
cthulhu, it sounds exactly like that (@322). Homosexual-friendly churches are not a problem, but homosexual-dominated churches seem kind of inauthentic to me, as much of the liberal homosexual political agenda cannot square the circle with several thousand years of Judeo-Christian teachings. My (very limited) contact with individuals of that sort seems more of a vague spiritualism with a veneer of good works in the Catholic tradition, without the other elements (namely sin and personal suffering, along with a truly faith-based rationale for redemption).
@316 jc--Got a few days around New Year's to recover. Almost as busy next month, but days off are spread around a bit more and not quite as many shifts to work. I'm probably going balls to the walls until late spring when baby boy Crank arrives.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 26, 2013 12:32 AM (b2cFu)
Posted by: Moki at December 26, 2013 12:47 AM (EvHC8)
cthulhu, it sounds exactly like that (@322). Homosexual-friendly churches are not a problem, but homosexual-dominated churches seem kind of inauthentic to me, as much of the liberal homosexual political agenda cannot square the circle with several thousand years of Judeo-Christian teachings. My (very limited) contact with individuals of that sort seems more of a vague spiritualism with a veneer of good works in the Catholic tradition, without the other elements (namely sin and personal suffering, along with a truly faith-based rationale for redemption).
@316 jc--Got a few days around New Year's to recover. Almost as busy next month, but days off are spread around a bit more and not quite as many shifts to work. I'm probably going balls to the walls until late spring when baby boy Crank arrives.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 26, 2013 04:32 AM (b2cFu)
I just thought it quite peculiar that the wheels seemed to be coming off.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 26, 2013 12:50 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 26, 2013 12:55 AM (b2cFu)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 26, 2013 12:59 AM (b2cFu)
329. ... the inherent contradictions of it...
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 26, 2013 04:55 AM (b2cFu)
this will strike to the core of some, some not.
when it starts to hit the core, things get awkward ( a forced apology where not needed, a backing off of talking points, etc.)
inauthentic is a good descriptor.
Posted by: dDan at December 26, 2013 01:17 AM (hwYmz)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 26, 2013 04:55 AM (b2cFu)
Their church does some good works -- feeding the hungry, providing some organization to the scrambled.....but spends an awful lot of time providing photo ops for SF politicos. And I have no idea of what theology they're pushing and very likely do not want. I think a lot of the contradictions you mention are usually resolved by omission......but, like I said, the folks who are in the church WEEKLY are now APOLOGIZING for introducing the slightest bit of religion into CHRISTMAS.
Totally off topic -- I was the controller of this manufacturing company a few years back and was trying to get the production activities to track with backlogged sales orders.....and our purchasing was getting this total bullshit slow-boat over lasers -- we were buying them for an "off-label" use with the provision that we could try 'em out and return the ones that didn't work for us, but they kept whinging around about the returns and creating artificial impediments....and, in the meantime, our purchasing guys needed to be on-the-ball for hundreds of parts we needed to get shit made. We were up to about 150 lasers sitting around in boxes needing to be returned, at about $1000 each, and it was taking up 2/3 the time of the purchasing guys just to maintain forward momentum.
Now the BH and her sister are from NYC, and the Sister was "between jobs", so I sought (and got) authorization to temp her in to just get the lasers returned. Our rep on this deal was a guy named Dudley, who we referred-to internally as "Studly Dudley" and he had evidently been tasked to do anything in his power to slow and/or stop the returns.
So we brought the Sister in, explained the situation, gave her the pile of stuff, told her who the players were, showed her the communications to-date, and gave her total control while telling purchasing that it was completely not their problem.
About Day 3, I'm walking by the office we stuck her in, and I hear her slammin' on Dudley....."what ELSE do you need for us to get RMA numbers and ship 'em back? What do you mean you need facility information, don't you know where your own goddamned factories are?" A week later, we didn't have laser boxes all over the place. One of the coolest and easiest things I'd ever done, and I still crack a smile about it all these years later -- getting a bunch of bureaucratic stonewalling? Recruit an NYC hardass with a mandate and go have a cup o' tea. Studly Dudley didn't know what hit him.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 26, 2013 01:34 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 26, 2013 01:40 AM (b2cFu)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 26, 2013 05:40 AM (b2cFu)
I'd put them as over 50% socialist social club, and 30% more political pandering.....but they do actual good as well and I'd like to give due credit for that.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 26, 2013 01:44 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 26, 2013 01:46 AM (b2cFu)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes, it's what you pray for in your Christmas Stocking! at December 26, 2013 01:47 AM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 26, 2013 05:46 AM (b2cFu)
Can you just imagine the GLAAD assholes or #HasJustineLandedYet mob even having this sort of discussion? And yet, us brutish clingers continue to see what (limited) good is in our sworn enemies.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 26, 2013 01:53 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 26, 2013 01:55 AM (b2cFu)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI at December 26, 2013 02:06 AM (1gP/E)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 26, 2013 05:55 AM (b2cFu)
I prefer to think that it's because we are called to toleration, then love; while they are called to intolerance, then hate.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 26, 2013 02:08 AM (T1005)
Moring, all. Too busy to read the comments (like a true moron). But this, in relation to Pissy Chrissy:
cthulhu, that's because we realize that hatred is a precious resource, and should be deployed only against existential threats, not against the trivial outrage du jour.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 26, 2013 05:55 AM (b2cFu)
The problem with that CC, as I see it, is that it cedes the battleground to the enemy. Steve Martin could have just said, "it's a joke! Fuck off!" But because the left is perpetually angry, he was bullied into an apology. When Chris Matthews spends an entire program demonizing conservatives, he stokes their anger which, in turn, encourages the left to commit vandalism, refuse to deal fairly with conservatives and encourage / abet outright treason.
When we bully the left and punch back twice as hard, they back off (see "DD"). I realize that perpetually angry and outraged is no way to go through life, but how else do you hold the bastards' feet to the fire?
Oh, and happy Boxing Day to you all.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 26, 2013 02:21 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 26, 2013 02:30 AM (b2cFu)
Posted by: Carol at December 26, 2013 02:46 AM (z4WKX)
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Posted by: Mr. Dave at December 26, 2013 02:51 AM (6+VDx)
Posted by: Panhandler at December 26, 2013 02:54 AM (LqVNJ)
Posted by: Carol at December 26, 2013 02:55 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Mr. Dave at December 26, 2013 02:57 AM (6+VDx)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 26, 2013 02:57 AM (b2cFu)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at December 26, 2013 03:00 AM (b2cFu)
In theory, now-ish. However, due to the vagaries of shift change and the fact that no one will on the floors will take a patient at shift change, I'm probably stuck at work for another 15-20 minutes.
I just got in about an hour ago. Morning paperwork's ready to go, so time for me to grab a cup of tea and wait for either Teh Vic or the morning thread, whichever's first.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 26, 2013 03:01 AM (zF6Iw)
It would be nice if our tax dollars went to the poor, but they don't. They go to communist politicians such as Jimmy Carter. I grew up on the side of needy - which is why I hate Democrats. The poor would be so much better off if Democrats weren't taxing and stealing the first dollar you make. One of the first things Carter did was bring back all the draft dodgers from Canada.
Posted by: burt at December 26, 2013 04:15 AM (1+kJ5)
Posted by: Warren Bonesteel at December 26, 2013 05:28 AM (klGLB)
Posted by: pst314 at December 26, 2013 06:30 AM (T4dRn)
Posted by: losthusker at December 26, 2013 07:45 AM (Ej428)
Posted by: AmishDude at December 26, 2013 08:08 AM (xSegX)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gODZzSOelss
They've also got a recurring bit where a black teacher pronounces all of the names of the white kids as if they were "black" names, so "Blake" becomes "Ba-lakay", and "Denise" becomes "De-Nice". The best one, I thought, was "A-A-Ron" instead of Aaron.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd7FixvoKBw
I enjoy these guys' comedy, despite the fact that I'm a middle-aged, conservative white guy.
I'm also a fan of Steve Martin, and remember how his early film, The Jerk, started with him narrating how he was born a poor, black child.
Posted by: Reno_Dave at December 26, 2013 12:28 PM (bsDPd)
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