December 04, 2013
— Maetenloch
The Family from the Carol Burnett Show
So I've been on a kick of watching old Carol Burnett episodes especially the classic Family skits. Some of these I haven't seen since they originally aired and I was pleased to see that they're still as funny and timeless as I vaguely remembered. (Mama's Birthday and Forgive Your Enemies are classics)
Of course I see a lot of Eunice, Mama and Ed in my own extended family (I suspect I'm not alone in this which is what made them so appealing) and watched many a family holiday start out with high hopes and a veneer of good cheer and joviality while the tension and periodic squabbling slowly built until you just knew a Scene was about to erupt. Entertaining as long you're not involved and just accept Christmas screaming matches and reconciliation as another family holiday tradition. Good times, good times. Norman Rockwell they weren't but that doesn't mean that they don't love each other (mostly) and aren't a real family.
Another thing I noticed is that the skits are rather long by today's standards. Some are as short as 10 minutes but most run around 20 minutes or more which allows for a good amount of build-up and character development. After watching a few I've realized that they were essentially written as short one act comedy plays with recurring characters (as well as an underlying layer of pathos).
You can watch practically the entire collection here.
Blog Alert: CAC will be on The Wrap with Bruce Carroll and Amy Otto at 10:30pm eastern discussing his blog treason excellent piece for the Federalist. You can listen here.
Some guy named Josh did this to me tonight, because he thought I was rude when he tried to run me over. http://t.co/j2zVnrwYb1
- Jim Treacher (@jtLOL) December 04, 2013
I think the sooner he gets back to Indiana the better his life will be. And despite the various kerfuffles here the Morons wish him well. There are people who are willing to help him - if he'll let them.
'12 Years A Slave' Is Making People Crazy
The award for craziest response to 12 Years a Slave has to go to Jonathan Chait, however. Chait claims** to have been so emotionally devastated that he laid in bed unable to sleep for five hours, tossing and turning and tearing up the sheets even though he saw a morning matinee and didn't go to bed until 10 hours later. Indeed, the movie so deeply and profoundly affected Chait that it reminded him that all conservatives are engaging in racist tropes every time they criticize the president.
Granted, it doesn't take much to make Chait think that conservatives are super-terrible race-baiting bad guys. For instance, did you know that Republicans who seized on Obama's "you didn't build that" gaffe were engaging in a racist assault on the president? Don't worry, Chait was all over it. Dog whistles and such.
The Facebook Messenger app requires users agree to be monitored by microphone at any time without their permission. ? pic.twitter.com/NLokWsNlrtStop it, Facebook. Just stop.- Richard J. Wood (@RichardJWood) November 29, 2013
And apparently they also make you agree that they can monitor your phone camera as well. Did no normal human being ever review this?
An identity defined in terms of victimhood needs fresh injections of oppression to sustain its existence. Those African-Americans who define "blackness" not in terms of positive values but in terms of negative values, need white racism, the real thing or the fake one, to remind them of who they are. And the same holds true for other minorities who define themselves not by their culture or values, but by their resentments.The left's need for victimisation means that increasing levels of tolerance actually lead to escalating confrontations with these manufacturers of intolerance. The assertion that all white people are innately racist because of their privilege is one such response to increasing tolerance. By claiming that whiteness itself is racist, the left gets back to political identity, rather than actual discrimination, as the source of conflict, and redefines even the most tolerant university multicultural spaces as racist.
The manufacturers of intolerance, whether they're tenured academics like Ward Churchill, professional politicians like Barack Obama or angry waitresses like Dayna Morales, respond to tolerance with provocations. Their goal is to elicit evidence of intolerance to sustain their political identity. The more tolerance they encounter, the more they escalate their provocations. Their goal is not a tolerant society. It's not a multiracial society or a post-racial society. It is a society perpetually at war over identity politics. That conflict is what gives them power.
It sure seems that way. The fact that there's no due process of any sort with the no-fly list has always bothered me.
How to Sell Hockey Tickets in Russia
Hockey is as Russian as gulags and alcoholism. So who would've thought the Magnitogorsk Magnitogorsk of the Kontinental Hockey League would need grassroots marketing to sell out a home stand for a team that is 18-7 and third in its division?
Mostly SFW I think.
Space Suits and the Picard Maneuver
We moved on to wool gabardine. When you're doing heroes, when you want the characters to look heroic, there are certain things that you must do to make them seem that way - Broader shoulder, narrow of hip, as vertical as possible, chest out, ready to go after evil. As well as being more comfortable for the actors, changing the uniform to a shirt and pants combo, rather than a jumpsuit, meant that Patrick Stewart's shirt almost constantly rode up, thus creating the iconic Picard Maneuver. Starfleet Uniforms Part 3: 2350s - 2370s
Japanese Waterpark Lets Tourists Watch, Play with and Eat Dolphins
Well whenever I go to an aquarium or Sea World it always make me crave seafood so this makes perfect sense to me. Mmmmm...Flipper. Who's on top of the food chain now MFer?
Teh Tweet!
Le AoSHQ groupe de Yahoo. Ooh la la!
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Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at December 04, 2013 06:46 PM (0HooB)
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The Bay State senior senator has been mentioned in the preliminary talk about the presidential race, but fellow Democrat Hillary Clinton has generated the most buzz.
"I'm not running for president and I plan to serve out my term," Warren said at a press conference in Boston with Mayor-elect Martin J. Walsh.
When peppered about her intentions, she added: "I pledge to serve out my term.
"I am not running for president. I am working as hard as I can to be the best possible senator I can be," she said. "I am working as hard as I can to be the best the possible senator that I can be and to fight for the things that I promised during my campaign that I would fight for. I am fighting for bank accountability. I am fighting hard to help rebuild AmericaÂ’s middle class."
When asked if she sees a clash looming between Hillary Clinton's centrist wing of the party vs her liberal branch, Warren dodged any mention of the former U.S. Secretary of State.
Posted by: Frankie Goes 10**-99 Cherokee at December 04, 2013 06:51 PM (e8kgV)
Go look for Moe Lane and find the post!
I broke it up and I can't do tiny url and Pixy is being a complete dildo! Bleep Pixy! And all of the Pixy-ites!
This is not a mastermind following a plan; this is a doofus that has got by always winging it.
Which thing can we distract with today? That old health care thing keeps coming up? Why? I gave a speech...
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Death Capades - ObamaCare on Ice! Sponsored by the Outrage Outlet at December 04, 2013 06:52 PM (gmoEG)
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Posted by: Dack Thrombosis
Don't let the date on the camera fool you. That thing hadn't been charged for nearly a year... LOL. I'm "that guy", who doesn't even look at the settings on the old, old digital camera.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 04, 2013 06:52 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 04, 2013 06:53 PM (GEICT)
Yep Maetenloch, those were great sketches. IMHO however, and if you looked at them a certain way, they were as sad as they were funny. The writing was just deep enough to make it seem that Eunice never felt loved or appreciated, and Mama was constantly getting criticized.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 04, 2013 06:53 PM (T/XcG)
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Posted by: rickl at December 04, 2013 06:53 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: EC at December 04, 2013 06:53 PM (doBIb)
Well then, I know a certain Pixy who's sleeping with Mommy tonight.
Posted by: Cartman's Mom at December 04, 2013 06:54 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 04, 2013 06:54 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at December 04, 2013 06:55 PM (oFCZn)
Posted by: The Galaxy Class Warp-Capable Hat at December 04, 2013 06:55 PM (Vk2pI)
Yes, it does.
Grumble, grumble...at least it isn't the ObamaCare site...so far as we know.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Death Capades - ObamaCare on Ice! Sponsored by the Outrage Outlet at December 04, 2013 06:55 PM (gmoEG)
Posted by: ncj at December 04, 2013 06:55 PM (JFrBt)
Posted by: rickl at December 04, 2013 06:56 PM (sdi6R)
Some dude got a fulbright scholarship and is moving his wife and son to Rwanda.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 04, 2013 10:51 PM (GEICT)
Future Darwin Award recipients. The poor son.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 04, 2013 06:56 PM (lVPtV)
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Posted by: katya, the designated driver at December 04, 2013 06:58 PM (DoZD+)
Blog Alert: CAC will be on The Wrap with Bruce Carroll and Amy Otto at 10:30pm eastern discussing his blog treason excellent piece for the Federalist. You can listen here.
CAC: George Michael
Ace: Andrew Ridgeley
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 04, 2013 06:58 PM (kdS6q)
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Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 04, 2013 06:58 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Thrawn at December 04, 2013 06:58 PM (ZyqBH)
The hell?
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 04, 2013 06:58 PM (lVPtV)
A: For a very long time. He's a real douche.
You said it brother!!!!!1!
Posted by: Dr. Sheldon Cooper at December 04, 2013 06:59 PM (T/XcG)
Posted by: EC at December 04, 2013 06:59 PM (doBIb)
Prolly gonna require an EMP over their server farm. FB is like a roach motel - you check in but you can never check out.,
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at December 04, 2013 06:59 PM (L0b3J)
Posted by: Speak Softly and Carry a Red Stick at December 04, 2013 06:59 PM (vQTNc)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 04, 2013 06:59 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 04, 2013 10:57 PM (lVPtV)
Hindus think the same of us.
Fuck 'em all. Animals were put on this earth for us to eat.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 04, 2013 06:59 PM (oJ5Fd)
He's a big fan of nationalized healthcare, probably because he has enough money to escape it.
Posted by: Cartman's Mom at December 04, 2013 07:00 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: The Japanese at December 04, 2013 07:00 PM (qZPXs)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 04, 2013 10:58 PM (GEICT)
Jeebus. Let me guess. He sports a "Coexist" sticker on one of his vehicles.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 04, 2013 07:01 PM (lVPtV)
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Posted by: HeatherRadish™ trinken trinken trinken at December 04, 2013 07:02 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at December 04, 2013 07:02 PM (L0b3J)
My fave moments were of course when Conway would crack up Korman. Conway's "old man", short golfer, and Mr. Tudball were the funniest. I thought Lyle Waggoner was very dreamy. Steve Lawrence was awesome, too... good looking and funny impersonating Cagney.
Oh, and it's nice to know Conway is a Christian and I'm guessing a conservative since he's been on Huckabee.
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at December 04, 2013 07:03 PM (KL49F)
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Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 04, 2013 07:04 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Carol at December 04, 2013 07:05 PM (z4WKX)
No one liked him.
Posted by: EC at December 04, 2013 11:04 PM (doBIb)
But...he spells his name with one "L" so he's cool and edgy.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 04, 2013 07:05 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Dave in Texas at December 04, 2013 07:05 PM (l7DqC)
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at December 04, 2013 07:05 PM (N/cFh)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQIZkbeSGtU
(1 minute long) and...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0qLaO7Ib2U
(approx. 4 minutes long)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 04, 2013 07:06 PM (4NEdy)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 04, 2013 10:57 PM (lVPtV)
Dudette - it is the Japanese. Weird is what they do. Just accept and move on.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Death Capades - ObamaCare on Ice! Sponsored by the Outrage Outlet at December 04, 2013 07:06 PM (gmoEG)
Posted by: Mindy at December 04, 2013 07:06 PM (lCBX+)
*Commission
Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 04, 2013 11:04 PM (aDwsi)
I'm finally over (almost) the upper respiratory crap I've had for over a month (it's going around down here). I really need a flu shot, but I don't want to feel like crap all over again.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 04, 2013 07:07 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 07:07 PM (DmNpO)
Have a friend in his early 30's. We were talking about his reading assignments and film screenings for english when he went to school. He bitched about the crap they pushed on students. They were flavour of the month books and films with "a message", that changed from from year to year. When I told him that I got reading assignments on stuff like "1984" and "Lord of The flies", he asked...
"What's 1984?"
I thought he was shitting me. I said that there's no fucking way you could go through high school, without 1984 getting referenced in one subject, or another. "It was never mentioned", he told me. I knew schools were getting bad... but, holy shit, they never even mentioned Orwell... ever.
Posted by: otho at December 04, 2013 07:07 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 04, 2013 07:07 PM (GEICT)
5. Accused of sexual harassment by co-workers for putting up a poster in his office... not of Pamela Anderson, but of Matt Lauer dressed up as Pamela Anderson
4. Would call in sick with the "blue flu" every year on Che Guevara's birthday
3. Ate all of Alec Baldwin's sardine sandwiches in the break room fridge even before Baldwin had a chance to come back to get them
2. Last time he washed Phil Griffin's Tesla, he forgot to polish with the NuFinish
1. Kept stealing the Viagra from Rachel Maddow's dressing room
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 04, 2013 07:07 PM (T/XcG)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 04, 2013 07:07 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 04, 2013 07:07 PM (aDwsi)
Dudette - it is the Japanese. Weird is what they do. Just accept and move on.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Death Capades - ObamaCare on Ice! Sponsored by the Outrage Outlet at December 04, 2013 11:06 PM (gmoEG)
I've got plenty of stories from our son. He partook of poison viper sake. Once.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 04, 2013 07:08 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Mindy at December 04, 2013 07:08 PM (lCBX+)
Different issue, and I agree.
Animals are for our use, but we should still respect them and not waste their bounty.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 04, 2013 07:09 PM (oJ5Fd)
Thanks for sharing!"
Posted by: Mindy
Thanks for the compliment, Mindy. I love them enough to hurt myself and
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 04, 2013 07:09 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at December 04, 2013 07:09 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: Prop Joe at December 04, 2013 07:10 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: The Galaxy Class Warp-Capable Hat at December 04, 2013 10:55 PM (Vk2pI)
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What did he do now?
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He's a big fan of nationalized healthcare, probably because he has enough money to escape it.
Posted by: Cartman's Mom at December 04, 2013 11:00 PM (hO8IJ)
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I doubt that, the money part. I read his autobiography in which he admitted that he was stupid to leave Star Trek: The Next Gen, and that his was dodging "Final notice" and Collection letters for years following the drought that was his career in the late 90's-late 2000s. He's done some guest spots here and there, but I can't imagine he's rolling in the dough.
Posted by: Darth Randall at December 04, 2013 07:10 PM (KlVdw)
The best way is to post tasteful topless photos.
Seriously....just start mentioning that you want to organize a meet, create an e-mail address for the horde, and start collecting e-mail addresses and suggestions for a date, time and location.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 04, 2013 07:11 PM (oJ5Fd)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 04, 2013 11:07 PM (aDwsi)
Husband and son stocked up on shotgun shells and ammo last Wednesday at Bass Pro. They camped out last Friday at a friend's farm with some other guys, shooting stuff, cooking venison, and drinking bourbon. Had a blast. Pun intended.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 04, 2013 07:11 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Butch at December 04, 2013 07:11 PM (EV3Uf)
Posted by: Snerkel at December 04, 2013 07:11 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 04, 2013 07:11 PM (+7hPM)
Posted by: Winston Smith at December 04, 2013 07:12 PM (qCtp4)
Be prepared, be worried, and be careful."
-Jim Rogers
Posted by: Frankie Goes To Wall Street at December 04, 2013 07:12 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 04, 2013 07:12 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 04, 2013 07:13 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at December 04, 2013 07:13 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 04, 2013 07:13 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: logprof at December 04, 2013 07:13 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 04, 2013 07:13 PM (aDwsi)
Ouch...
Posted by: mrp at December 04, 2013 07:14 PM (HjPtV)
I own you FOREVER!!!!! Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaa!!!
Posted by: Mark Zuckerberg at December 04, 2013 07:14 PM (T/XcG)
Posted by: logprof at December 04, 2013 07:15 PM (fETNt)
I'm sure one of the COBs would be happy to put in on top of the side bar.
When were you planning to do the meetup?
Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 04, 2013 07:15 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 04, 2013 07:15 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 04, 2013 11:08 PM (lVPtV)
As Van Der Leun at American Digest says "The Japanese - Nuked Too Much Or Not Enough?"
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Death Capades - ObamaCare on Ice! Sponsored by the Outrage Outlet at December 04, 2013 07:15 PM (gmoEG)
Posted by: Harry Reid, uh, Jones at December 04, 2013 07:15 PM (qCtp4)
Posted by: Mindy at December 04, 2013 07:17 PM (lCBX+)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 07:17 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Naes1984 at December 04, 2013 07:17 PM (zeV2E)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at December 04, 2013 07:17 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at December 04, 2013 07:18 PM (L0b3J)
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at December 04, 2013 07:18 PM (N/cFh)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Maple_Leaf_Hockey_Club#Conn_Smythe_era
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 04, 2013 07:19 PM (4NEdy)
If I'm back on here later speaking gibberish, just ignore me.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 04, 2013 07:19 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at December 04, 2013 07:19 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 04, 2013 07:19 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: AltonJackson (@SupSidePolitics) at December 04, 2013 07:19 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Purp at December 04, 2013 11:18 PM (L0b3J)
Hah! That might mean Reagan speeches to their L.I.V. staff.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 04, 2013 07:19 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Mindy at December 04, 2013 07:19 PM (lCBX+)
Do number one on Wesley.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at December 04, 2013 07:19 PM (BrrWI)
Posted by: Kas(ktgreat) at December 04, 2013 07:20 PM (Bl4dy)
Posted by: AltonJackson (@SupSidePolitics) at December 04, 2013 07:20 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Frankie Goes To Blazes at December 04, 2013 07:20 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: AltonJackson (@SupSidePolitics) at December 04, 2013 11:19 PM (JMmQ9)
Bless your heart. 
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 04, 2013 07:20 PM (lVPtV)
Actually, my usual Leafs' joke is... "We don't have a pro team where I live; I'm from Toronto," so I'm more upset about Gingy stealing my move!
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 04, 2013 07:21 PM (4NEdy)
Posted by: Hobos R Us at December 04, 2013 07:21 PM (qCtp4)
Posted by: Mindy at December 04, 2013 07:21 PM (lCBX+)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 04, 2013 11:16 PM (T/XcG)
WRIF - The Bruiser Band.
God, am I old....
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Death Capades - ObamaCare on Ice! Sponsored by the Outrage Outlet at December 04, 2013 07:21 PM (gmoEG)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 04, 2013 07:22 PM (GEICT)
Do you know "Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight" by the Rezillos? (Early new wave, approximately 1978.)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 04, 2013 07:23 PM (T/XcG)
Obamacare took $700 billion from Medicare and $300 billion from Medicare Advantage alone for its own funding, according to the subcommittee. The cuts to Medicare Advantage beneficiaries will “begin to be fully realized in the next year,” according to the subcommittee.
“There was a promise made to seniors as well. The promise was that we’re going to use your Medicare dollars as a piggy bank to fund the Affordable Care Act, and in doing that we’ll improve Medicare and allow seniors to keep their doctors if they liked. So, do you have an opinion as to whether or not this is another broken promise?” subcommittee vice chairman Rep. Michael Burgess said in a statement.
Posted by: Frankie Goes To HHS at December 04, 2013 07:23 PM (e8kgV)
OMG!!!!!!!eleventy!!! I just replied to a William Shatner tweet!!!!eleventy!!!
Posted by: AltonJackson (@SupSidePolitics) at December 04, 2013 11:19 PM (JMmQ9)
Okay officially I can't condone the coming wedgie but I do understand it.
Posted by: Mætenloch at December 04, 2013 07:24 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: logprof at December 04, 2013 07:24 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: eman at December 04, 2013 07:24 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: Pres**ent Barack “Unexpectedly Humble Thug” Obama at December 04, 2013 07:25 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 04, 2013 11:23 PM (T/XcG)
Now that one I do not know and I am going to stay up a lot later than I should trying to track it down.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Death Capades - ObamaCare on Ice! Sponsored by the Outrage Outlet at December 04, 2013 07:25 PM (gmoEG)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 11:17 PM (DmNpO)
It's like any other "art form". You either like it or you don't.
I like the Honeymooners but don't care much for Mama's Family.
I like Captain Beefheart and MST3K. All a matter of personal taste.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at December 04, 2013 07:25 PM (BrrWI)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 04, 2013 07:25 PM (GEICT)
I (heart) the internet!! ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 04, 2013 07:26 PM (T/XcG)
Posted by: Mindy at December 04, 2013 11:08 PM
Bannion culled a list of email address thru the yahoo group, then confirmed by email with a location.
Posted by: Jean at December 04, 2013 07:26 PM (cLM8I)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 04, 2013 07:27 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Mindy at December 04, 2013 07:27 PM (lCBX+)
Posted by: Y-not at December 04, 2013 07:28 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: Libtardo at December 04, 2013 07:28 PM (HA2Ey)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 04, 2013 07:28 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: Mindy at December 04, 2013 07:30 PM (lCBX+)
I...actually recall...hearing that (or somethings like that) way back in the early 1980's back at some parties when I was at Dearborn High. The theater and video (Gibb-let) crowd were pretty tight with each other and all of the music was pretty eclectic...so to say.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Death Capades - ObamaCare on Ice! Sponsored by the Outrage Outlet at December 04, 2013 07:30 PM (gmoEG)
Posted by: eman at December 04, 2013 07:30 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: logprof at December 04, 2013 07:30 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: Mexican Truck Hijacker at December 04, 2013 07:30 PM (ktPHV)
Posted by: Libtardo at December 04, 2013 11:28 PM (HA2Ey)
Er... not a choice I'd make unless you've gone long in machetes.
Africa will always suck more than anywhere else on the planet.
Posted by: Sheldon at December 04, 2013 07:31 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: andycanuck
Yeah
I run into a Ottawa native once in a while. He likes talking about hockey, but he'd rather talk about other teams. A die-hard Leafer, though.;Posted by: mrp at December 04, 2013 07:31 PM (HjPtV)
Posted by: tbodie at December 04, 2013 07:31 PM (kUq7A)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 07:31 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 04, 2013 07:32 PM (4NEdy)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 04, 2013 07:33 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: logprof at December 04, 2013 07:33 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: AltonJackson (@SupSidePolitics) at December 04, 2013 07:33 PM (JMmQ9)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8hDw6mS2pI
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 04, 2013 11:27 PM (T/XcG)
In the time you posted that I found it, listened, and commented. That says a lot for our 'youtube' skills, eh?
Note: I mostly use YouTube to send links of Nat King Cole and Tony Bennett songs to my parents - they really appreciate that and I do too - my God, here are people who can actually sing! Who knew?
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Death Capades - ObamaCare on Ice! Sponsored by the Outrage Outlet at December 04, 2013 07:34 PM (gmoEG)
I've had responses from Dana Perino, Sharyl Attkisson, Neal Boortz, Jamie Dupree, and Nick Searcy.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 11:31 PM (DmNpO)
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But of course, I knew that.
Posted by: Darth Randall at December 04, 2013 07:34 PM (KlVdw)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 07:34 PM (DmNpO)
Die you little mammals. And I'll sit hear drinking scotch so I don't have to listen to you tonight.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 04, 2013 11:27 PM (4Mv1T)
My sister in ATL had mice in her walls. One day her terrier was yapping like crazy, and she looked out the back door and a large black snake was disappearing into a hole between the house and an outside storage closet into her walls.
Mice problem solved.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 04, 2013 07:34 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 04, 2013 11:31 PM (T1005)
Dude! It's like 2 outside. And Colorado! My ice cubes staged a revolt and demanded blankets.
Posted by: Sheldon at December 04, 2013 07:34 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Y-not at December 04, 2013 07:34 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 04, 2013 07:35 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 04, 2013 07:35 PM (kkbgQ)
There are a few celebs who, if I got a response from them on Twitter, Facebook, email or wherever, it would make my year.
I've also been retweeted by John Nolte (just recently), have a friendly Twitter relationship with national columnist Gustavo Arellano (he's a lefty but can be friendly when he's in the mood), and have actually chatted a few times on FB with Ruben Navarette. Like I said, I (heart) the internet.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 04, 2013 07:35 PM (T/XcG)
I agree about The Honeymooners. I cannot believe for one minute that practical Alice would let her apartment look like crap the way she does. Look at Trixie's place upstairs, it's adorable! Lace curtains and a skirt around the sink. Alice's looks like a dive. Trixie isn't any wealthier, but she makes her place look sweet. The only thing I ever liked about that show was Art Carney.
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at December 04, 2013 07:35 PM (KL49F)
Posted by: GMB at December 04, 2013 07:35 PM (nkPV9)
Posted by: logprof at December 04, 2013 07:36 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 04, 2013 07:36 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at December 04, 2013 07:37 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: science ?? at December 04, 2013 07:37 PM (SXDDj)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at December 04, 2013 07:38 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: Henry Waxman at December 04, 2013 07:38 PM (fETNt)
Wish NKC were still around. IMHO he performed the all-time best version of "Stardust" ever.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 04, 2013 07:38 PM (T/XcG)
The key thing, I believe, is a culture that has “maturity”, basically self-restraint. That was clearly demonstraited in English culture in the English Revolution (also the first American revolution, and a precurser to the 1775 American Revolution.
In order for rule of law to work, you need a culture of virtue, one where people follow the rule of law because that is what is done, even if they donÂ’t agree with the results.
Banana republics result from people not following the rule of law, but doing what benifits them or what they think is best.
It requires a POTUS who follows the rule of law, and a population (including his supporters) who insist he does.
The fundamental problem is that no constitution enforces its provisions. El presidente or the party in power can always violate any written rule of law if willing and sufficient people are willing to look the other way.
It reallly comes down to culture, not the specific set of rules
involved. ObamaÂ’s Democratic party is the banana republic party.
Posted by: William Sydney Porter at December 04, 2013 07:38 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Buzzion at December 04, 2013 07:38 PM (gjrdQ)
***
Heh. He'll get over it.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 11:34 PM (DmNpO)
Who is Nick Searcy? He the idiot that married the nobel laureate blonde that cried because she couldn't figure out how to do laundry?
Posted by: tangonine at December 04, 2013 07:39 PM (x3YFz)
Many years ago I read a report from a Cuban exile doctor (maybe via WND?) who said the peons are treated by veterinarians so it might not be that bad for your pooch.
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 04, 2013 07:39 PM (4NEdy)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 07:39 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Mindy at December 04, 2013 07:39 PM (lCBX+)
Posted by: science ?? at December 04, 2013 07:39 PM (SXDDj)
Posted by: Carol at December 04, 2013 07:40 PM (z4WKX)
Cool that you got those responses! I've gotten responses from Brit Hume... he corrected me that he didn't say what he said so I showed him video of him saying it and then he quit replying. Oh, and Hannity blocked me because I was a Perry supporter.
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at December 04, 2013 07:40 PM (KL49F)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 07:40 PM (DmNpO)
Hah... and then didn't he make like a whole album over how devastated he was that his brain dead nitwit of a wife left him for a shiny object on the ground?
Thank God they didn't reproduce.
Posted by: tangonine at December 04, 2013 07:40 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 04, 2013 07:41 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 11:40 PM (DmNpO)
eh, fuck it. what's the difference?
Posted by: tangonine at December 04, 2013 07:41 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 07:41 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: AltonJackson (@SupSidePolitics) at December 04, 2013 07:41 PM (JMmQ9)
I think I'd scream more about the snake than the mice, lol!
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at December 04, 2013 07:42 PM (KL49F)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 07:42 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 04, 2013 07:42 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 04, 2013 07:42 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Upper Decker at December 04, 2013 07:43 PM (1j9qS)
Cool on the Cruz follow! I was excited when Perry's office and Issa followed me.
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at December 04, 2013 07:43 PM (KL49F)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 04, 2013 07:43 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: RWC at December 04, 2013 07:43 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: science ?? at December 04, 2013 07:44 PM (SXDDj)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 04, 2013 07:45 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 04, 2013 07:47 PM (uCNam)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 04, 2013 07:47 PM (8Fl6F)
Posted by: science ?? at December 04, 2013 11:44 PM (SXDDj)
I teach on a college campus. It reminds me of several things, the relevant point being: everyone is hot at 18.
Shoot even I was hot at 18. Now... children flee.
Time is brutal.
Posted by: tangonine at December 04, 2013 07:47 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: science ?? at December 04, 2013 07:47 PM (SXDDj)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 07:47 PM (DmNpO)
I can't remember all the details, but he blocked a whole bunch of Perry supporters and I'm pretty sure I was one... it was probably around the time Hannity accused Gingrich and Perry of being Occupiers for the way they went after Romney.
Oh, and once Ann Coulter retweeted me... that made my day and I got 10 new followers thanks to her. I also loved it when I've made twitchy; I save the screenshot to my computer, lol.
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at December 04, 2013 07:48 PM (KL49F)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 04, 2013 07:48 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 04, 2013 07:48 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 07:48 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 07:50 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: science ?? at December 04, 2013 07:50 PM (SXDDj)
Posted by: Jean at December 04, 2013 07:50 PM (cLM8I)
I've since forgiven Hannity... time, and his going after Obama makes it hard for me to be mad at him long.
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at December 04, 2013 07:51 PM (KL49F)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 07:51 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 04, 2013 07:51 PM (4NEdy)
Well mom is 82 and dad is 83 so sending music clips sends me back down to those who could sing without AutoTune or a DrumMachine...you know, those like Sarah Vaughaun, those with actual talent.
Me? I am in my mid-40's and have been rediscovering people like Linda Ronstadt and Judy Collins, you know - singers that actually have talent.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Death Capades - ObamaCare on Ice! Sponsored by the Outrage Outlet at December 04, 2013 07:51 PM (gmoEG)
Posted by: Jean at December 04, 2013 07:51 PM (cLM8I)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 04, 2013 07:52 PM (8Fl6F)
Posted by: Sandra Flukke at December 04, 2013 07:52 PM (SXDDj)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 04, 2013 11:45 PM (4Mv1T)
Miserable little fuckers
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 04, 2013 11:48 PM (HVff2)
I used to see mices and be all "socute!" then they ate all the wiring in my car (thanks, Ford, for using corn starch in your wires. assholes). Now I poison them and laugh.
Seriously: 1 little idiot mouse on 1 wire = fire in the walls of your house = you homeless or dead.
I love critters, but these little bastards are a direct threat.
Posted by: tangonine at December 04, 2013 07:52 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at December 04, 2013 07:53 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 04, 2013 07:53 PM (4NEdy)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 07:54 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at December 04, 2013 07:54 PM (AX8EA)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 07:55 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 04, 2013 07:55 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Meremortal at December 04, 2013 07:55 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: Cicero Kid at December 04, 2013 07:55 PM (6fSty)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at December 04, 2013 07:55 PM (AX8EA)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 04, 2013 07:55 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: RWC at December 04, 2013 07:55 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 04, 2013 07:55 PM (4NEdy)
Posted by: Jean at December 04, 2013 07:56 PM (cLM8I)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 07:56 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: AltonJackson (@SupSidePolitics) at December 04, 2013 07:56 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Death Capades - ObamaCare on Ice! Sponsored by the Outrage Outlet at December 04, 2013 07:56 PM (gmoEG)
Posted by: Science ?? at December 04, 2013 07:56 PM (SXDDj)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 04, 2013 07:57 PM (uCNam)
Posted by: elaine at December 04, 2013 07:58 PM (GNZ0/)
Posted by: Science ?? at December 04, 2013 07:58 PM (SXDDj)
Can definitely relate. Hard for me to find new stuff I really like, and when I do, it seems to always turn out that that's the *only* song by that artist that I like, although Adele is a welcome exception. I assume she's out of the spotlight right now because she's working on a new album.
I did like Katy Perry quite a bit, but lost all my interest in her when she went whole-hog for Obama last year (and IMHO basically implied her 'true' fans were Obamabots as well).
OTOH I could listen to artists like Ronstadt and Collins all day.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 04, 2013 07:58 PM (T/XcG)
Keeps the wife and kids from seeing the blood splatters as well. On a good hit, the bag will actually come upright as the trap and mouse settle at the bottom.
Posted by: Jean at December 04, 2013 07:58 PM (cLM8I)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at December 04, 2013 07:59 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: The Cat at December 04, 2013 07:59 PM (6fSty)
LOL! I watch him in small doses that very reason; I also can't stand his townhall thingies. But,when he's good, he's good.
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at December 04, 2013 07:59 PM (KL49F)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 07:59 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 11:47 PM (DmNpO)
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Sorry, no. I'm not in the twitterverse, I was just making a call-back to Nick Searcy's "Acting School" videos on youtube in which he says, "I'm Nick Searcy, but you knew that."
Posted by: Darth Randall at December 04, 2013 08:00 PM (KlVdw)
Posted by: Science ?? at December 04, 2013 08:01 PM (SXDDj)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 04, 2013 08:01 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 04, 2013 08:01 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Felicity the Cat, after Dawson's Creep on the WB at December 04, 2013 08:02 PM (R6JT1)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at December 04, 2013 08:02 PM (AX8EA)
Posted by: Science ?? at December 04, 2013 08:02 PM (SXDDj)
I know I'm weird, but I helped me to deal with the (thankfully only occasional) roach I'd find in the kitchen by singing to myself a spoof of that old Jan and Dean song, "Surf City."
They're gonna crawl all over the silverware
And then they're gonna laugh because they don't care......
Goin' to roach city where it's ten to one
Oh yeah I'm goin' to roach city where it's a hundred to one
Hey yeah I'm goin to roach city where it's a thousand to one
Oh yeah I'm goin' to roach city where it's a million to one...
and so on. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 04, 2013 08:03 PM (T/XcG)
OTOH I could listen to artists like Ronstadt and Collins all day.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 04, 2013 11:58 PM (T/XcG)
Ronstadt can sing, but she said some hateful things about conservatives & Christians during the Bush years:
'On the issue of the ongoing battle in Iraq, Ronstadt added, "I worry that some people are entertained by the idea of this war. They don't know anything about the Iraqis, but they're angry and frustrated in their own lives. It's like Germany, before Hitler took over. The economy was bad and people felt kicked around. They looked for a scapegoat. Now we've got a new bunch of Hitlers."
"This is an election year, and I think we're in desperate trouble and it's time for people to speak up and not pipe down. It's a real conflict for me when I go to a concert and find out somebody in the audience is a Republican or fundamental Christian. It can cloud my enjoyment. I'd rather not know."'
http://tinyurl.com/m6ybojy
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at December 04, 2013 08:03 PM (KL49F)
I'm not telling how I know that...
*whistles as I walk away* Posted by: elaine
Don't know about you, but I was browsing through Netflix a few months ago, and that was one weird movie.
Posted by: mrp at December 04, 2013 08:04 PM (HjPtV)
In our old work building, we had these smartassed little fucking ninja mice that would eat the peanut butter off of the mousetrap triggers. Cleaned 'em right up and left the trap untripped. After several weeks of feeding the damned things, I made up a long, narrow cardboard box and set TWO traps in the thing, with the baited trap deeper inside so the mouse had to climb over the first trap to get the goodies.
Nabbed one of the little bastards first time out with that trick. Had a really odd, surprised look on his face lying under the trap bail. Within a week, we were mouse free.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 04, 2013 08:04 PM (MBqvE)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 08:04 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Science ?? at December 04, 2013 08:04 PM (SXDDj)
Now the group may have to answer embarrassing questions about its own finances.
A Watchdog.org review of financial documents reveals the Madison-based CMD, which bills itself as a journalism organization, received $520,000 in 2011 from the Schwab Charitable Fund. ThatÂ’s 60 percent of the $864,740 CMD received that year.
CMD lists no donors on its tax returns, but its website identifies numerous financial backers without any financial data. Several are highlighted in bold and labeled “current donors.” But one important name is missing: Schwab.
Schwab is a so-called donor-advised fund -- a financial institution that manages contributions to nonprofits so that donors remain anonymous. Such donor-advised funds are legal. Like many nonprofits, Watchdog.orgÂ’s parent, the Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity, uses one, too.
But CMD and allied organizations have worked feverishly to suggest the practice is shady — and limited to conservatives. As recently as Monday, CMD attacked the practice on its own website.
Posted by: John Stauber at December 04, 2013 08:05 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: RWC at December 04, 2013 08:05 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 08:05 PM (DmNpO)
Move down south, maybe with some luck Atilla the Hun Mexican will liberate you you for a mere 10% tax each year instead of the 50% you are gettingnow.
Posted by: Burnt Toast at December 04, 2013 08:06 PM (80R0X)
But as I recall it, Ronstadt got bitchslapped back pretty hard for her stupid statements. In fact I believe some time later, she basically pledged not to talk politics publicly any more. At least that's what I heard.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 04, 2013 08:06 PM (T/XcG)
The Skyfall theme is the only one of hers I have heard that I know is hers; and that works because she does not have the 'squeaky let me crack it on the high note' thing, and the song sounds like a Bond song - like the 'Goldfinger' theme.
http://
www.youtube.com
/watch?
v=eSnbaPW1Cfw
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Death Capades - ObamaCare on Ice! Sponsored by the Outrage Outlet at December 04, 2013 08:06 PM (gmoEG)
It is war I say
Posted by: Science ?? at December 04, 2013 11:58 PM (SXDDj)
Yup. They're cute. and fuzzy.
But they must die.
I have parrots, and huge cages for them (like 7' x 5') and those little mousey sonsa crawl UP the cage and shit in the parrots' food.
Last year we had a family of owls in a nearby tree. Kept the lot clean, pretty much. This year it's golden eagles and they tend toward the bunnies more than the mice so I'm on my own.
Posted by: tangonine at December 04, 2013 08:06 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 08:07 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 04, 2013 08:07 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Mindy at December 04, 2013 08:08 PM (lCBX+)
Details of the giant database of location-tracking information, and the sophisticated ways in which the NSA uses the data to establish relationships between people, have been revealed by the Washington Post, which cited documents supplied by whistleblower Edward Snowden and intelligence officials.
Posted by: Hemi-Demi-Semi-Anonymous at December 04, 2013 08:09 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: andycanuck
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Orkin wanted $700 for an annual contract.
Next two pest control folks didn't do rodents.
Last one was local and sounded good, and I made an appointment. But after talking to all four I discovered that what they do is first determine where the little buggers are getting in (1/4" is all a mouse needs). Plugging the holes with steel wool, or bigger (aluminum foil works).
Then killing the little mothertruckers that are stuck inside.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 04, 2013 11:36 PM (4Mv1T)
Actually, you do the anticoagulant bait thing, and when they start to bleed out they get real thirsty and head out of the walls looking for water. Only then do you use the steel wool.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 04, 2013 08:10 PM (T1005)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 04, 2013 08:10 PM (T/XcG)
I want to make sure you know about a moron meet up in Wheat Ridge on Dec. 14th.
Posted by: Mindy at December 05, 2013 12:08 AM (lCBX+)
It wasn't me.
I have no knowledge of that.
I want a lawy...
...oh wait. Where the hell is Wheat Ridge?
Posted by: tangonine at December 04, 2013 08:10 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Science ?? at December 04, 2013 08:10 PM (SXDDj)
Posted by: Science ?? at December 04, 2013 08:12 PM (SXDDj)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 04, 2013 08:12 PM (T/XcG)
Posted by: Mindy at December 04, 2013 08:12 PM (lCBX+)
Posted by: The Cat at December 04, 2013 08:13 PM (6fSty)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 08:14 PM (DmNpO)
And this is all underwritten by the PPDS (Pizza Place Delivery Service) so that they can cross-reference the toppings requested for their clients' delivery areas to make more efficient the delivery of pizza and avoid the thirty minute cut-off.
*ahem*
Hee Hee.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Death Capades - ObamaCare on Ice! Sponsored by the Outrage Outlet at December 04, 2013 08:15 PM (gmoEG)
Posted by: Mindy at December 04, 2013 08:15 PM (lCBX+)
Posted by: Or a man named Andy at December 04, 2013 08:16 PM (R6JT1)
Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at December 04, 2013 08:16 PM (bIXMV)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 05, 2013 12:04 AM (MBqvE)
same here, dry dog food wedged under th 'catch' in steel triggers
boom! muddafucka
Posted by: Science ?? at December 05, 2013 12:10 AM (SXDDj)
We did the 'live trap' thing where you get a gravity trap and put some peanut butter at one end, they walk in and get trapped.
Problem was we had like 20 of them set around the house on every corner and who checks 20 mousetraps a day, every day? I don't. And so they die a horrible death of dehydration. Not a fan of that.
So now we go chemical and just poison the shit out of them. So far so good; two years running and we've got like 6 dead mices a year. Guess word got out.
Posted by: tangonine at December 04, 2013 08:16 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at December 04, 2013 08:16 PM (4Mv1T)
Because if we cannot joke at the AoSHQ then...
*checks clock*
Oh...past bedtime - g'night.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Death Capades - ObamaCare on Ice! Sponsored by the Outrage Outlet at December 04, 2013 08:17 PM (gmoEG)
Posted by: Mindy at December 05, 2013 12:11 AM (lCBX+)
I'm allergic to anything north of the AF Academy. But I'll be there in spirit
Posted by: tangonine at December 04, 2013 08:18 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork
By AoSHQ Stylebook Standards, it was a form of Weasel and I had to "take care of it".
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 04, 2013 08:18 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 05, 2013 12:12 AM (T/XcG)
Well it was right there in her song. She said "No, No, No."
Posted by: buzzion at December 04, 2013 08:18 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: Mindy at December 04, 2013 08:19 PM (lCBX+)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 04, 2013 08:20 PM (uCNam)
Posted by: junior at December 04, 2013 08:21 PM (BsbbB)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 05, 2013 12:12 AM (T/XcG)
Well it was right there in her song. She said "No, No, No."
Posted by: buzzion at December 05, 2013 12:18 AM (LI48c)
Reminds me to update the deadpool betting. Whoda thunk the Fast and Furious guy? I'm going long on Wesley Snipes. And then John Elway. I'm tellin' ya, I have a nose for this.
Posted by: tangonine at December 04, 2013 08:21 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Burnt Toast at December 04, 2013 08:23 PM (80R0X)
Posted by: RWC at December 04, 2013 08:24 PM (wOiRl)
You hate meeses to pieces.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at December 04, 2013 08:24 PM (BrrWI)
Posted by: Burnt Toast at December 04, 2013 08:24 PM (80R0X)
Posted by: junior at December 05, 2013 12:21 AM (BsbbB)
He used to be buddies with a kid on the old "Screen Savers" show before Tech TV became "G4". I guess he was "in good" with the modding and hacking community.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 04, 2013 08:24 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 08:25 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at December 05, 2013 12:24 AM (BrrWI)
They are cute. And I detest killing anything. However, when they chew the wires in the walls and threaten my family... (makes lock and loading sound... cue the music) It's on.
Posted by: tangonine at December 04, 2013 08:26 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Weirddave at December 04, 2013 08:26 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: Ace's Sloth at December 04, 2013 08:26 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Mister Jinx at December 04, 2013 08:27 PM (Vk2pI)
***ZZZZZZZTT*** ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
"Oops, guess that's the end of that problem."
;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 04, 2013 08:28 PM (T/XcG)
I don't have the NFL network and, given that the game tomorrow is Jax v Hou, would anyone really miss it?
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 05, 2013 12:25 AM (DmNpO)
It is a bad idea all around for obvious reasons. They scream and cry over here about concussions and then throw dudes back into the gladiator pit 4 days after a Sunday game?
Posted by: tangonine at December 04, 2013 08:28 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at December 04, 2013 08:28 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Science ?? at December 04, 2013 08:28 PM (SXDDj)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at December 04, 2013 08:28 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 08:29 PM (DmNpO)
***ZZZZZZZTT*** ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
"Oops, guess that's the end of that problem."
;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 05, 2013 12:28 AM (T/XcG)
Rats are easy: 1 bowl of Coke-a-Cola. They can't burp. They lap it up and explode internally. It's fucked up but it works.
Posted by: tangonine at December 04, 2013 08:30 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at December 04, 2013 08:31 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 04, 2013 08:31 PM (uCNam)
Posted by: Judge_Roy_Bean at December 04, 2013 08:32 PM (Sedwk)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 08:32 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: tangonine at December 05, 2013 12:30 AM (x3YFz)
They're just pissed that ther's no rum in the coke, leave for better lodgings.
Posted by: PMRich at December 04, 2013 08:32 PM (KDUNf)
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 05, 2013 12:24 AM (lq3Ak)
The Rodney Dangerfield of the franchise. Don't get no respect.
Probably unjustifiably criticized just for being a youngster.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at December 04, 2013 08:32 PM (BrrWI)
Posted by: The Farmer at December 04, 2013 08:32 PM (eBupg)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 05, 2013 12:29 AM (DmNpO)
This may sound crass, but every time I've seen a dead person, I note their clothes and think "when they got dressed today, they probably didn't think this is what they'd die in."
12 years of warfare fucks with your head, but yeah.
Posted by: tangonine at December 04, 2013 08:32 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at December 04, 2013 08:33 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 05, 2013 12:04 AM (MBqvE)
Like I said earlier, raisins. Many people promote peanut butter as mousetrap bait, and sure, the little bastards like it, but they can delicately lick the trigger right clean without springing the trap. Wedge a raisin into the little toothed jaws of the trigger, and it will stay there for months. And raisins stay supple and smelly for months, to attract the little bastards. Go ahead, try it. Works a treat.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 04, 2013 08:33 PM (8Fl6F)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 08:33 PM (DmNpO)
Just a couple of true believers who happen to work for the IRS
Posted by: Burnt Toast at December 04, 2013 08:33 PM (80R0X)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 08:34 PM (DmNpO)
I am very happy to be able to get an LA AM radio station in So Cal (KFI) because Tim Conway Jr. is the host from 7-10pm. So when I am coming home from my evening adult ed class on Thursdays, I laugh my ass off with his feature "what the H*** did Jesse Jackson say?"
Any LA peeps know this contest sounds easy but it actually very challenging and hysterical!
He's of that Carol Burnett show heritage--Tim Conway Sr.
Posted by: keena at December 04, 2013 08:36 PM (RiTnx)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
*SNAP*
AHHH -- My Nose!!!
...damnit if you ain't right.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 04, 2013 08:36 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 08:37 PM (DmNpO)
Maybe she should join the No Labels Party.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at December 04, 2013 08:38 PM (BrrWI)
Posted by: The Geek Hat at December 04, 2013 08:38 PM (Vk2pI)
- *SNAP* AHHH -- My Nose!!!
So according to this, the rats in Horde homes look like Larry David and sound like Marcia from the Brady Bunch.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 04, 2013 08:38 PM (T/XcG)
I need to somehow convince him that he needs to put out Cheetos, too.
Posted by: The Rats at December 04, 2013 08:40 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 05, 2013 12:37 AM (DmNpO)
Is it odd that I consider exactly that every time I brush my teeth or put on my socks? Don't get me wrong I don't dwell on death and I'm not living in fear, far from it. But at the same time I make certain, daily, that everyone who means anything to me knows I love them.
Habit, I guess.
And I have clean spidey undies for the response team with "you are here" taped to my nuts for the coroner just fucking because.
Posted by: tangonine at December 04, 2013 08:40 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: The Geek Hat at December 05, 2013 12:38 AM (Vk2pI)
Yup. He's a smarmy little bastard who thinks he has a force-field around him.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 04, 2013 08:41 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Jan Brady - Middle Child at December 04, 2013 08:41 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at December 04, 2013 08:41 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Jan Brady - Middle Child at December 04, 2013 08:41 PM (DmNpO)
Better yet, leave the rats some Flamin' Hot Cheetos. It won't kill them but it'll leave them with diarrhea for so long, they'll wish they were dead.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 04, 2013 08:41 PM (T/XcG)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 08:42 PM (DmNpO)
375- making sure loved ones know you love them, normal.
worrying about underwear and an ambulance? my eastern european grandma!
Posted by: keena at December 04, 2013 08:43 PM (RiTnx)
Posted by: Bobby Brady at December 04, 2013 08:44 PM (RwLo0)
Posted by: junior at December 04, 2013 08:45 PM (BsbbB)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at December 04, 2013 08:45 PM (ZPrif)
worrying about underwear and an ambulance? my eastern european grandma!
Posted by: keena at December 05, 2013 12:43 AM (RiTnx)
Not just your grandma. It's universal: don't die with tire marks in your undies.
Posted by: tangonine at December 04, 2013 08:45 PM (x3YFz)
Probably unjustifiably criticized just for being a youngster.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at December 05, 2013 12:32 AM (BrrWI)
Clearly coming from someone that never watched the first couple of seasons of the Next Generation.
The actor that portrayed Jake Sisko was younger and never gets the dislike that Wheaton gets.
Posted by: buzzion at December 04, 2013 08:46 PM (LI48c)
And then just yesterday, Mom told me not to play with my balls outside.
Posted by: Bobby Brady at 16 at December 04, 2013 08:46 PM (T/XcG)
I'm fairly sure my middle-finger will be extended and my teeth will have been brushed.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 04, 2013 08:46 PM (lq3Ak)
What I did was hang with my gang of friends and play games. When we weren't riding our bikes we were playing one of the following:
Hockey- either in the street or on roller-skates in our basements.
Basketball- there were two parks with hoops we could walk to.
Baseball- in the park with tennis balls, only after overly-sensitive neighbors complained about broken windows and dented aluminum siding. Oh and then there was whiffle-ball in our driveways
Football- and then there was football. From sun up to sun down. Full on tackle football.
Now I am pretty much *on-line* all the time. I cant imagine how these kids today, who are growing up in the internet age are dealing with their reality.
Posted by: cm9000 at December 04, 2013 08:49 PM (3qZbZ)
I know she's a Christian and relatively conservative and a good person and all, but damn, I think she's more Plastic than Woman at this stage.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 04, 2013 08:49 PM (T/XcG)
Posted by: Baldy at December 05, 2013 12:47 AM (2bql3)
He is fully functional you know. Soong was a pervert.
Posted by: buzzion at December 04, 2013 08:50 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 04, 2013 08:51 PM (uCNam)
I know she's a Christian and relatively conservative and a good person and all, but damn, I think she's more Plastic than Woman at this stage.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 05, 2013 12:49 AM (T/XcG)
Kind of like the wax museum version of herself.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at December 04, 2013 08:51 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: junior at December 04, 2013 08:52 PM (BsbbB)
Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at December 04, 2013 08:52 PM (bIXMV)
375- making sure loved ones know you love them, normal.
worrying about underwear and an ambulance? my eastern european grandma!
Posted by: keena at December 05, 2013 12:43 AM (RiTnx)
Not just your grandma. It's universal: don't die with tire marks in your undies.
Posted by: tangonine at December 05, 2013 12:45 AM (x3YFz)
I hate to be the one to speak up for pure reason here, but if you're unexpectedly hospitalized in such condition that you can't manage your own undies, sartorial inelegance should be the least of your concerns.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 04, 2013 08:53 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 08:54 PM (DmNpO)
My dad and I would rush home from my Boy Scout meetings on Tuesday nights to catch that show.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 04, 2013 08:55 PM (T/XcG)
Posted by: junior at December 05, 2013 12:52 AM (BsbbB)
If I recall correctly, when I was a kid we played football from the time we left school until we were late for dinner.
Full contact with all the force and momentum an 80lb kid could bring to a tackle. On grass and sometimes concrete.
And on the off days we'd play basketball (also full contact) or baseball (fast pitch... Ts are for pussies).
Seems we all got through it just fine.
Posted by: tangonine at December 04, 2013 08:55 PM (x3YFz)
That's sad, man. There's nothing better for preparing you for the real world than dealing with a bunch of kids debating the rules for an *actual*, outdoor contact-type game.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 04, 2013 08:56 PM (lq3Ak)
- Happy Days
- L&S
- Three's Company
- Soap (and then Too Close for Comfort, with Ted Knight)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 04, 2013 08:56 PM (T/XcG)
Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at December 05, 2013 12:52 AM (bIXMV)
I asked myself the same thing. Not sure what they did to the boobehs but they definitely looked way fuller.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at December 04, 2013 08:58 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: tangonine at December 05, 2013 12:45 AM (x3YFz)
Actually, come to think of it, if I were to find myself unexpectedly hospitalized, I'd certainly hope that the medical staff would pay more attention to the tire marks on my head than in my undies.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 04, 2013 08:58 PM (T1005)
Posted by: tangonine at December 05, 2013 12:40 AM (x3YFz)
Tangonine, that's funny.
Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at December 04, 2013 08:58 PM (bIXMV)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 05, 2013 12:58 AM (T1005)
You overestimate medical staff.
Posted by: tangonine at December 04, 2013 08:59 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 08:59 PM (DmNpO)
Second, they'd need to find a place where they could all play. We're talking LA County here, and you want to keep the kids away from the kinds of people who typically hang out in municipal parks... It doesn't help that front and back yards are practically non-existent these days.
Posted by: junior at December 04, 2013 08:59 PM (BsbbB)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 09:00 PM (DmNpO)
The only Farley was actually Mr. Furley, played by Don Knotts after Norman Fell and Carol Lynley left for their own ill-fated sitcom, "The Ropers."
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 04, 2013 09:01 PM (T/XcG)
After school 'un-organized' sports built character and kept us out of trouble.
We got through it all with mostly minor injuries.
Posted by: PMRich at December 04, 2013 09:02 PM (KDUNf)
Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at December 05, 2013 12:16 AM (bIXMV)
"What about me?Posted by: Ace's Sloth at December 05, 2013 12:26 AM (Vk2pI)"
It's not you, A'sS. It's me. (Unless you're one of those Pleistocene giant ground sloths? In which case, it mjust might work out.)
Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at December 04, 2013 09:02 PM (bIXMV)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 09:02 PM (DmNpO)
I joked with her that it was too bad it wasn't "John Ritter's" and that it wasn't a Three's Company-themed restaurant.
He seemed like a really nice guy, by the way. John Ritter, I mean.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 04, 2013 09:02 PM (T/XcG)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 04, 2013 09:03 PM (uCNam)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 05, 2013 01:00 AM (DmNpO)
Hah! I remember my dad used to shuffle my narrow ass off to bed because the Ropers were "inappropriate" for my age.
Compare that to today.
Posted by: tangonine at December 04, 2013 09:03 PM (x3YFz)
What makes you smart is not a letter grade from an employee. It is scars healed over into knowledge. Knowledge is valuable. Smart not so much.
Posted by: Dane County WI at December 04, 2013 09:04 PM (LUuLj)
...at around the twenty-one minute mark? Great Song!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGmHaMRAXuI
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 04, 2013 09:04 PM (lq3Ak)
We never watched that much TV. Parents didn't like how much the oldest sis watched it, so they ditched the TV (1957)
Not another TV until right before the 1976 Olympics
Posted by: PMRich at December 04, 2013 09:04 PM (KDUNf)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 09:05 PM (DmNpO)
We got through it all with mostly minor injuries.
Posted by: PMRich at December 05, 2013 01:02 AM (KDUNf)
And good friends.
And experience.
And toughness.
And desire.
And all the hot chicks
(ok... mostly... there was that one girl that wasn't so hot but it was dark behind the bleachers... I'm digressing)
Posted by: tangonine at December 04, 2013 09:06 PM (x3YFz)
I joked with her that it was too bad it wasn't "John Ritter's" and that it wasn't a Three's Company-themed restaurant.
He seemed like a really nice guy, by the way. John Ritter, I mean.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 05, 2013 01:02 AM (T/XcG)
A couple of items -- first, he was the son of Tex Ritter, one of the "singing cowboys" when such things were popular (I used to live just up the canyon from Gene Autry's Melody Ranch). Second, he died just days before his 55th birthday when his aorta blew out (which I think about now and again since I just turned 51).
Posted by: cthulhu at December 04, 2013 09:12 PM (T1005)
Goofed off the entire summer after HS, waiting to go to Navy bootcamp. Seems like half the neighborhood went into the military, none of us got a job that year - we just played baseball all day for the whole summer.
None of our parents even brought up jobs, I guess they all figured we were going to be growing up pretty quick soon anyway.
But I was never late for dinner. I could eat a horse and gain no weight back then.
Posted by: PMRich at December 04, 2013 09:12 PM (KDUNf)
...at around the twenty-one minute mark? Great Song!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGmHaMRAXuI
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 05, 2013 01:04 AM (lq3Ak)
Good stuff! I liked the intro to the original fallout, "Maybe" played off of vinyl. Fantastic.
Posted by: tangonine at December 04, 2013 09:12 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: PMRich at December 05, 2013 01:12 AM (KDUNf)
Heh, that comes to an end, don't it?
Posted by: tangonine at December 04, 2013 09:13 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Weirddave at December 04, 2013 09:13 PM (N/cFh)
Sad, sad, sad. He went much too young.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 04, 2013 09:14 PM (T/XcG)
Posted by: tangonine
Ain't it, though?!? The first game I played was Fallout 3, (a couple-a years ago), and I was hooked. Not just on the franchise, but the soundtrack!
It pulled me in like an enormous vortex of "neato!"
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 04, 2013 09:16 PM (lq3Ak)
It was kind of the same for me with "Taxi," although I know most of the people who worked on it later went on to produce one of the all-time classic sitcoms, "Cheers." And of course, quite a few greats (Christopher Lloyd, Tony Danza, Andy Kaufman, Danny DeVito) came from that show.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 04, 2013 09:16 PM (T/XcG)
Posted by: tangonine at December 05, 2013 01:06 AM (x3YFz)
And then there was that subtlety hot chick that was just within your reach that somehow got away.
Posted by: cm9000 at December 04, 2013 09:17 PM (3qZbZ)
Posted by: tangonine at December 04, 2013 09:18 PM (x3YFz)
As I recall I kind of liked it, but it was cancelled before I could get attached.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 04, 2013 09:18 PM (T/XcG)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 09:18 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: tangonine at December 04, 2013 09:18 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 04, 2013 09:19 PM (T/XcG)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 05, 2013 01:19 AM (T/XcG)
brother, I remember that show. Bell bottoms, anyone? silk shirts?
Posted by: tangonine at December 04, 2013 09:20 PM (x3YFz)
Went to the lav.
Checked this.
http://www.youtube
.com/watch?v=nz3
WMFEC9Gs
You think you're cool? Check again sunshine.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Death Capades - ObamaCare on Ice! Sponsored by the Outrage Outlet at December 04, 2013 09:20 PM (gmoEG)
As I recall it was endlessly controversial at the time for its positive portrayal of an (over-the-hill, largely sexless) gay man, played by Randall.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 04, 2013 09:21 PM (T/XcG)
It was kind of the same for me with "Taxi," although I know most of the people who worked on it later went on to produce one of the all-time classic sitcoms, "Cheers." And of course, quite a few greats (Christopher Lloyd, Tony Danza, Andy Kaufman, Danny DeVito) came from that show.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 05, 2013 01:16 AM (T/XcG)
Hmmm....I liked Barney Miller, never got into Taxi at all....but let us not forget the glory that was WKRP.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 04, 2013 09:22 PM (T1005)
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 04, 2013 09:22 PM (Vk2pI)
Me thinks he's still be a star today if he could have just held on and lived instead of shooting himself.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 04, 2013 09:22 PM (T/XcG)
It worked wonderfully. Just wish the ratings had been better, as it was gone within three years of its premiere unfortunately.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 04, 2013 09:23 PM (T/XcG)
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Death Capades - ObamaCare on Ice! Sponsored by the Outrage Outlet at December 05, 2013 01:20 AM (gmoEG)
I entered your link and got a BBC thing about a guy being shagged by a parrot. Which is funny, but I'm thinking that's not what you were after.
Posted by: tangonine at December 04, 2013 09:23 PM (x3YFz)
Me thinks he's still be a star today if he could have just held on and lived instead of shooting himself.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 05, 2013 01:22 AM (T/XcG)
too much coke. there's a documentary out there somewhere on him. He was a good guy but natural selection struck again.
Posted by: tangonine at December 04, 2013 09:25 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 09:25 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Weirddave at December 04, 2013 09:25 PM (N/cFh)
Just checked the "Carter Country" wikipedia page. Not only was it *Carter* Country, it took place in the fictional town of...
Clinton Corners.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 04, 2013 09:28 PM (T/XcG)
Posted by: Weirddave at December 04, 2013 09:29 PM (N/cFh)
http://www.ford.com/
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 05, 2013 01:25 AM (DmNpO)
I'll be in my bunk.
Posted by: tangonine at December 04, 2013 09:29 PM (x3YFz)
http://www.ford.com/
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 05, 2013 01:25 AM (DmNpO)
Not a big fan of the interior but that's goddam sexy outside.
Posted by: tangonine at December 04, 2013 09:30 PM (x3YFz)
...You liked that?!?
I've seen solemn individuals laugh at the stupidest shit. I've seen simpletons "get something", when I "missed it". The dour like the silly, the rambunctious like the dead-pan, the oddballs who swear by the conservative humor.
I can tell you this much:
-A bar full of people Will Not Laugh at Late-Nite Comedians' Jokes.
I've ripped them off as "filler". It is personality that sells. ...period.
People are people and they know if you're being true to yourself.
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 04, 2013 09:30 PM (lq3Ak)
Oh and just remembered: Ann Jillian and "It's a Living." I watched it pretty much just to stare at the mostly-female cast's legs. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 04, 2013 09:31 PM (T/XcG)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 09:31 PM (DmNpO)
And I can still remember when Hill Street Blues first came on. It was like a new religion for some people.
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 04, 2013 09:32 PM (T/XcG)
Posted by: qdpsteve
It came on right after Sanford (ampersand) Son. It was just getting good before the suicide of "Chico".
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 04, 2013 09:32 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Weirddave at December 04, 2013 09:32 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 09:33 PM (DmNpO)
Only us old dogs who actually worked on mustangs and watched them catch fire in the barn (yup) even notice. And now we're old so we want leather and updated goodies.
If we want retro we go find an old 'stang and restore it. Don't bring old shit to a new game.
Posted by: tangonine at December 04, 2013 09:34 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 05, 2013 01:32 AM (T/XcG)
So, you're saying Fish wasn't sexy?
Posted by: tangonine at December 04, 2013 09:36 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Fox 2! at December 04, 2013 09:36 PM (XFTOV)
I do remember though, Fish actually got a spinoff show. Called just "Fish."
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 04, 2013 09:37 PM (T/XcG)
...a pleasant evening to you all.
*static*
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 04, 2013 09:38 PM (lq3Ak)
I do remember though, Fish actually got a spinoff show. Called just "Fish."
Posted by: qdpsteve at December 05, 2013 01:37 AM (T/XcG)
LOL I remember! That grumpy old bastard is what I aspire to. Funny part is one of my good friends is a retired NYCPD detective and is just as miserable as Fish.
Posted by: tangonine at December 04, 2013 09:39 PM (x3YFz)
...but before I go. I must show off my pride and joy this year.
My Christmas lights:
http://tinyurl.com/peld2er
...fade to black.
*static*
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 04, 2013 09:41 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: lous a girl at December 04, 2013 09:42 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: Abe Vigoda at December 04, 2013 09:44 PM (Ua6T/)
http://youtu.be/zOC78uXRZT8
Posted by: The Dude at December 05, 2013 01:41 AM (vJdyz)
Not bad. Little techie for me. I still love the intro to Skyrim. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsnRQJxanVM
Posted by: tangonine at December 04, 2013 09:45 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 09:45 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: elaine at December 04, 2013 09:45 PM (GNZ0/)
Ed Schultz equates the Auburn return to a glorious Obamacare comeback, if only people believe enough. Hope is not a strategy, Ed.
"Holy smokes, weÂ’ve got a return by Obamacare. This is Chris Davis. HeÂ’s a believer! HeÂ’s got all those Obama blockers out there. HeÂ’s going to go all the way. ItÂ’s going to work! ItÂ’s going to work. Look at Obamacare, going to work. They ainÂ’t giving up."
http://tinyurl.com/m45foyd
Also, War Damn Eagle
Posted by: Dave S. at December 04, 2013 09:46 PM (UvR6d)
Posted by: Fox 2! at December 04, 2013 09:48 PM (XFTOV)
Posted by: tangonine at December 05, 2013 01:45 AM (x3YFz)
of course if you want THE best videogame music, need to peruse the OSTs of the Ys series
Posted by: The Dude at December 04, 2013 09:49 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: PMRich at December 04, 2013 09:50 PM (KDUNf)
Posted by: lous a girl at December 05, 2013 01:42 AM (vgd4f)
Cold in Nevada? Whats that, 90 degrees?
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at December 04, 2013 09:50 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: The Political Hat at December 04, 2013 09:53 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at December 04, 2013 09:54 PM (4NEdy)
Posted by: The Dude at December 04, 2013 09:54 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 09:55 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: lous a girl at December 05, 2013 01:42 AM (vgd4f)
Cold in Nevada? Whats that, 90 degrees?
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at December 05, 2013 01:50 AM (FMbng)
Enjoying the warmth while it lasts. Can't believe it's 60 Deg right now in Cincinnati. Forecast is for snow by the weekend.
Posted by: PMRich at December 04, 2013 09:55 PM (KDUNf)
Anyone remember "Hot L Baltimore"? Or "Detective School" and "Operation Petticoat" (the TV series, not the movie)?
Posted by: elaine at December 05, 2013 01:45 AM (GNZ0/)
Hell, I remember "Petticoat Junction".
Posted by: cthulhu at December 04, 2013 09:59 PM (T1005)
Posted by: lous a girl at December 04, 2013 10:00 PM (vgd4f)
http://youtu.be/qD8Kh7Pmzho
Posted by: The Dude at December 04, 2013 10:01 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: elaine at December 04, 2013 10:04 PM (GNZ0/)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 10:04 PM (DmNpO)
-quick read-
Halo CE Soundtrack FTW... Orchestra, Gregorian Monks, Studio Sound.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8vaCrVIR-Q
You can thank me tomorrow. I'm really off to bed now.
*static*
Posted by: Slapweasel at December 04, 2013 10:04 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 04, 2013 10:05 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: lous a girl at December 05, 2013 01:55 AM (vgd4f)
Yeah thats cold. What about Vegas? Is it that cold there too??
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at December 04, 2013 10:09 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: lous a girl at December 05, 2013 02:00 AM (vgd4f)
The fundamental error of the governing class -- the "original sin", as it were -- is to think that better decisions are made by people who have "no skin in the game" -- whether by virtue of their superior intellect, superior education, remove from the tawdry details, or whatever. They all want to put taxpayer money where their mouth is, while making bank and keeping it.
And those global warming assholes are among the worst. I well remember the "Coming Ice Age" alarms being rung in the 70s, and here these same clods come back to the trough singing "global warming" in the 90s and expect us to be so stupid as to not remember when they said the exact opposite. Now the "hockey stick" is busted, we're looking at a possible Maunder minimum, and the ink is barely dry on the last batch of lies.....whaddaya wanna bet they'll start agitating about cooling again?
Posted by: cthulhu at December 04, 2013 10:09 PM (T1005)
Posted by: lous a girl at December 04, 2013 10:12 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: lous a girl at December 04, 2013 10:13 PM (vgd4f)
***
Don't drink from the same place you pee.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 05, 2013 02:05 AM (DmNpO)
I think the "rural purge" of 1971 was when the media decided to go all-in with urban socialism [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_purge ].
Posted by: cthulhu at December 04, 2013 10:16 PM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 05, 2013 02:09 AM
No...
All our models predict a global milding disaster. Steps must be taken to prevent a catastrophic man made lukewarming apocalypse.
Posted by: IPCC at December 04, 2013 10:17 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: lous a girl at December 05, 2013 02:12 AM (vgd4f)
You think this -- http://tinyurl.com/mlj4nm5 -- might have something to do with this -- http://news.psu.edu/tag/climate-change ?
Posted by: cthulhu at December 04, 2013 10:22 PM (T1005)
Going a completely different path for music:
I like this better than the original, just down to the piano - brilliant
Posted by: PMRich at December 04, 2013 10:22 PM (KDUNf)
Posted by: lous a girl at December 05, 2013 02:13 AM (vgd4f)
Holy shit. I knew deserts get cold at night, but I didn't think anything could help Vegas. I was there on the 30th of june about 8 years ago. It was the hottest frigging thing I ever felt in my life. It was retarded hot. I swore the next time I went would be in February during a nuclear winter.
29 would have been paradise. lol
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at December 04, 2013 10:22 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 05, 2013 02:09 AM
No...
All our models predict a global milding disaster. Steps must be taken to prevent a catastrophic man made lukewarming apocalypse.
Posted by: IPCC at December 05, 2013 02:17 AM (9gNQd)
Oh, yeah -- nice models you got there, guys -- http://tinyurl.com/lfac93e [note: six sigma is more-or-less the same as "about the same chance as getting hit by a meteorite"].
Posted by: cthulhu at December 04, 2013 10:25 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Dave S. at December 04, 2013 10:26 PM (UvR6d)
Posted by: lous a girl at December 04, 2013 10:28 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: Arbalest at December 04, 2013 10:34 PM (FlRtG)
http://www.ford.com/
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 05, 2013 01:25 AM (DmNpO)
I wish they had kept the fake gas cap in the middle of the rear, it looks kind of plain without it. I also wish they had kept the scoop indent just ahead of the rear wheels. The rest of it...yeah, I guess I can live with it, but I still like my 2011 better. I like the 2011 better than the 2013 also, and even though I initially liked the 2005-2009 better than the 2010-2012, I find I prefer the 2011 now.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 04, 2013 10:44 PM (xa1/W)
Posted by: DAve at December 04, 2013 10:46 PM (b7yum)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 05, 2013 02:25 AM
You're worse than Hitler. Don't you realize the balmy climate crisis will kill the polar bears? They won't know whether it's hot or cold... They'll walk around in circles until they drop dead from clement weather induced exhaustion. The Temperate Climate Armageddon will overwhelm us all with mildness.
Posted by: al gore at December 04, 2013 10:49 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 04, 2013 10:53 PM (xa1/W)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 05, 2013 02:25 AM
You're worse than Hitler. Don't you realize the balmy climate crisis will kill the polar bears? They won't know whether it's hot or cold... They'll walk around in circles until they drop dead from clement weather induced exhaustion. The Temperate Climate Armageddon will overwhelm us all with mildness.
Posted by: al gore at December 05, 2013 02:49 AM (9gNQd)
It's even worse than that -- http://tinyurl.com/bps483b . Key section: "But many Inuit communities said the researchers were wrong. They said the bear population was increasing and they cited reports from hunters who kept seeing more bears." [Translation: "I dunno what you Penn State idiots are smokin', but we've got the world's largest land carnivore all up in our kiesters."]
Posted by: cthulhu at December 04, 2013 11:05 PM (T1005)
I have something for everyone.
http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/trans/conventn/signalse.pdf
Posted by: GMB at December 04, 2013 11:06 PM (nkPV9)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 04, 2013 11:22 PM (T1005)
Heh when I lived in Springs my dad (USAF) had the same allergy.
Posted by: bill-o at December 04, 2013 11:27 PM (AWwDY)
Posted by: 100% free range, non-gmo organic hate at December 04, 2013 11:41 PM (+Ps3k)
As an aside, this house was built in 1955 as a rectangle with an attached garage, forming an L -- and probably had zero insulation. In the 80's, the garage was converted to a family room and gained fiberglass insulation all around. The rectangle was extended about 6' farther on the non-garage side, and that extension was insulated. A new garage was built on the other side from the old garage, making the house into a U. Some idiot used blow-in insulation in the attic.
Then we bought the place. We removed all the blown-in attic crap and laid down fiberglass batts, and also put in fiberglass under the floor. We remodeled the kitchen in 2004, which was at the bottom inside of the U, and insulated that. In addition, the wall that was originally the long wall of the L that was 1/2 originally garage got insulated because it was paneling over studs (no drywall, no insulation) and you couldn't even hang a picture on it without tearing a hole.
So attic and crawl are insulated, but from the front door [bottom of the U] you have: 1' 1955 nothing; 6' 2004 insulated (turn); 25' 1986 insulated (turn); 20' 1986 insulated [end of one side of U]; 20' 1986 insulated; 6' 1955 nothing; 24' 2002 insulated (turn); 50' 1955 nothing; 6' 1986 insulated (turn); 25' 1986 insulated (turn) 6' 1986 insulated [cutting into the house to skip the new garage]; 29' of "I have no clue".
Reason I bring this up is that I was in a discussion group about energy efficiency consultants who would evaluate your home and tell you what parts weren't designed right and nearly busted a gut laughing.....and, when invited to "share the joke", got nearly all the participants either boggling or laughing outright. The only reason that I was such a radical is because I'd been behind the wallboard so many times and actually knew what was there -- most people will look at a 1955 house with a 2012 paint job and assume that the guts are 2012.
Then we bought the place
Posted by: cthulhu at December 04, 2013 11:59 PM (T1005)
Friday morning I have a meeting with Maxine Waters.
THE Maxine Waters
Posted by: DAve at December 05, 2013 03:37 AM (b7yum)
Take the gom jabbar.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 05, 2013 12:00 AM (T1005)
Posted by: DAve at December 05, 2013 12:07 AM (b7yum)
Posted by: DAve at December 05, 2013 04:07 AM (b7yum)
Define "lately" -- I see that's a moron-affiliated site, and I've chased links there occasionally, but I don't monitor it separately.
Posted by: cthulhu at December 05, 2013 12:10 AM (T1005)
Posted by: and irresolute at December 05, 2013 12:17 AM (RqHWH)
Posted by: DAve at December 05, 2013 12:18 AM (b7yum)
Posted by: and irresolute at December 05, 2013 04:17 AM (RqHWH)
What episode?
Posted by: cthulhu at December 05, 2013 12:18 AM (T1005)
No doubt and the funny thing is the solution will be the same: "give us more control over your lives and hand over more of your money."
Posted by: bill-o at December 05, 2013 12:28 AM (AWwDY)
the "Coming Ice Age" alarms being rung in the 70s, and here these same
clods come back to the trough singing "global warming" in the 90s and
expect us to be so stupid as to not remember when they said the exact
opposite. Now the "hockey stick" is busted, we're looking at a possible
Maunder minimum, and the ink is barely dry on the last batch of
lies.....whaddaya wanna bet they'll start agitating about cooling again?"
No doubt and the funny thing is the solution will be the same: "give us more control over your lives and hand over more of your money."
Posted by: bill-o at December 05, 2013 04:28 AM (AWwDY)
Yeah. Funny how that always stays the same. How 'bout we start with "you predict something that doesn't happen, you live in a refrigerator box under an overpass" and see how that works out?
Posted by: cthulhu at December 05, 2013 12:32 AM (T1005)
Posted by: bill-o at December 05, 2013 12:38 AM (AWwDY)
//Mike Mann
Posted by: sven at December 05, 2013 12:41 AM (9jfyN)
Posted by: model_1066 at December 05, 2013 12:44 AM (lokJh)
so send swag to: I am a moonbat fraud who post lies you willfully misinterpret dot com
Posted by: sven at December 05, 2013 12:57 AM (9jfyN)
They admit openly and freely that their goal is political control of the means of production by less overt methods than communism.
I decided the media was worthy of a Fatwa right around the time they became members of the Green Church.
Posted by: sven at December 05, 2013 01:06 AM (9jfyN)
How's the weather up there CAC?
Yeah Ison alive or dead...subject of the next Frito Star Chronicles
Posted by: sven at December 05, 2013 01:12 AM (9jfyN)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 05, 2013 01:20 AM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at December 05, 2013 05:20 AM
It's only 16 degrees C in Sydney, 9C in Canberra at the moment. It's well into summer and approaching mid summer now...
if it's any consolation.
Posted by: otho at December 05, 2013 01:29 AM (9gNQd)
Comrade leave the programming to us...
//Your Friends at the EPA and Sierra Club
y'all have a great morning
Posted by: sven at December 05, 2013 01:29 AM (9jfyN)
Posted by: The Farmer at December 05, 2013 01:49 AM (eBupg)
Posted by: AltonJackson (@SupSidePolitics) at December 05, 2013 02:02 AM (JMmQ9)
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