February 17, 2013
— Maetenloch
Since I'm currently traveling to Florida tonight's ONT will be a movie night. This evening's feature presentation is Zulu (1964) starring Michael Caine in his first major movie role.
It recounts the Battle of Rorke's Drift which took place on Jan. 22 1879 in what is now South Africa. A Zulu army had just destroyed a British column of several thousand men and now the only force left defending British territory was a small garrison at Rorke's Drift led by two lieutenants. Consisting of just 150 men, some of them wounded, they made hasty defenses and over the course of 12 hours managed to fight off repeated attacks by over 4,000 Zulu warriors.
By dawn nearly every British soldier was wounded and they were down to their last rounds of ammunition - but the Zulus had retreated back into Zululand leaving hundreds of their dead. 11 Victoria Crosses were awarded to the defenders of Rorke's Drift, the most ever given out to a regiment in a single battle.
I had seen bits of this movie over the years but only saw the full thing a few months ago and was pleasantly surprised at how good it was. I can see why it made Michael Caine a star. Some of the attacks and deaths seem quick and gore-less by today's standards but overall the movie is well done and slowly builds up the tension until the final battle. And yes it has some boobehs in it. It took a few liberties with historical details (often portraying men as worse than they were) but still remained true to the actual history of the battle and gave the Zulu impi their due.
The Zulu warriors of the time were fierce, disciplined, able to march up to 50 miles at a time, and had good leaders; They were probably the most formidable native army the British ever faced. The battle of Rorke's Drift was cited by Victor Davis Hanson in his book, Carnage and Culture, as a landmark battle demonstrating the superiority of Western military tactics - in particular disciplined group defenses and volleys of aimed fire - over all other existing military traditions of the time.
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Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 17, 2013 06:08 PM (4Mv1T)
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Posted by: steevy at February 17, 2013 06:13 PM (9XBK2)
Fireballs reported in skies above Cuba and California
http://tinyurl.com/dxbnfja
Posted by: kbdabear at February 17, 2013 06:13 PM (mCvL4)
Let's see, if you position the pole in a fashion that fits..................
Yeah that can be misunderstood.
Posted by: Samuel Adams at February 17, 2013 06:13 PM (ZOf1l)
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 17, 2013 06:14 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at February 17, 2013 06:14 PM (LZ4nS)
Posted by: Panhandler at February 17, 2013 06:14 PM (rZ5RE)
14 I shall endeavour to not break the blog tonight.
******
So we can say, "Endeavor to preserve"?
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 17, 2013 06:15 PM (qqZuQ)
Zulu Dawn's about the previous battle at Isandlawana.
Posted by: Waterhouse at February 17, 2013 06:15 PM (lMZvt)
Posted by: edmund at February 17, 2013 06:15 PM (qvIc6)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at February 17, 2013 06:15 PM (4Mv1T)
http://tinyurl.com/ajymuzn
"So on the ninth day the devil looked up and said 'How do I destroy God's planned paradise? I need a person with no morals.' So the Devil made a politician."
'I need somebody with his hand out, and a what have you done for me lately attitude;' so the Devil made a politician."
'I need somebody willing to sit up all night with a lobbyist or a hooker eating great meals and drinking fine wines,' so the Devil made a politician."
'I need somebody that can look you in the eye and with a straight face outright lie to you,' so the Devil made a politician.
"I need somebody that can send your sons and daughters off to war without thinking of the consequences and be able to go home and sleep at night.' so the devil made a politician."
'I need someone that can tax hard work and create fees and obstacles, so the lazy or unwilling can live a good life,' so the Devil made a politician.
"But thankfully, God not only made the farmer he (she) also made the teacher, soldier, carpenter, mason, fireman and all the other hard-working good people to keep the devil and his minions in check."
God bless America and the people that make it great.
Posted by: kbdabear at February 17, 2013 06:16 PM (mCvL4)
Danica wins Daytona 500 pole position >>
A better headline is:
Danica to drive the pole on the 24th.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at February 17, 2013 06:16 PM (qo244)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at February 17, 2013 06:16 PM (LZ4nS)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 17, 2013 06:16 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: oblig.'s rapidly mineralizing amygdala at February 17, 2013 06:16 PM (cePv8)
Zulu is one of my favorite war movies. I suspect the post-modernists out there hate it.
Posted by: puddleglum at February 17, 2013 06:17 PM (lNYy5)
Posted by: eman at February 17, 2013 06:17 PM (brZFd)
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Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 17, 2013 06:18 PM (GEICT)
I'm not surprised...well, slightly surprised it didn't happen sooner. She had some serious, serious issues. There was a point a few years ago that we thought she may have turned a corner, but then she took another nose-dive. All in all, very sad, she was quite talented.
Posted by: Country Singer at February 17, 2013 06:19 PM (CgcOa)
Posted by: wattyler1381 at February 17, 2013 06:19 PM (F2Vrz)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at February 17, 2013 06:19 PM (LZ4nS)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 17, 2013 06:20 PM (GEICT)
It was a Welsh regiment, BTW. Hence the singing. Stanley Baker was the dude who got that movie made--using soldiers from the South African army
More VCs per participant than any other engagement in the history of that award.
Posted by: Wally in Walla Walla, not arguing about the Civil War at February 17, 2013 06:21 PM (Dll6b)
Posted by: Robert at February 17, 2013 06:21 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Trimegistus at February 17, 2013 06:22 PM (0VSTU)
No, God's aim would have been better.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 17, 2013 10:16 PM (qqZuQ)
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Perhaps God, like the Coast Guard, is firing a few shots across our bow.
Posted by: USS Diversity at February 17, 2013 06:22 PM (QLJPW)
Posted by: puddleglum at February 17, 2013 06:22 PM (lNYy5)
*******
No, God's aim would have been better. Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 17, 2013 10:16 PM
Maybe a "purpose pitch"
Posted by: kbdabear at February 17, 2013 06:22 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: The Political Hat, a Grand Soviet of One at February 17, 2013 06:22 PM (Vk2pI)
Notice the extremely subtle evolution of desert camouflage patterns from the Brits in South Africa (1879) to the current patterns. Almost no distinguishable difference.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 17, 2013 06:23 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: chemjeff at February 17, 2013 06:24 PM (BBWjt)
He did let the Devil fuck with Job for giggles IIRC.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at February 17, 2013 06:24 PM (qo244)
Posted by: kbdabear at February 17, 2013 10:22 PM (mCvL4)
*******
Yeah, you may be right. Russia has been crowding the plate a little.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 17, 2013 06:24 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: SMOD at February 17, 2013 06:25 PM (Vk2pI)
Rorke's Drift reminds me of what our soldiers have faced in Afghanistan. Deep in the sh*t and only way out is to keep fighting.
As for my commenting statistic, oh dear. #3. And BCochran is off the list.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 17, 2013 06:25 PM (X8n03)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at February 17, 2013 06:25 PM (LZ4nS)
54; Oh. I don't keep up with pop music (country or otherwise). Who was Mindy McCreary then?
Posted by: puddleglum at February 17, 2013 06:25 PM (lNYy5)
I don't think so, I think she was known for hooking up with men, pathetic and abusive men, but males none the less.
Posted by: lowandslow at February 17, 2013 06:26 PM (Fz2C7)
The problem is that the national GOP uses the old style negotiation where you start in good faith, and starting too extreme is in bad faith.
This hit me when someone was talking about how to negotiate with a union. They will always start with an extreme position, and work from there. He mentioned that you could start near what you thought was a good end point and "stand on that" in his words, but he said that would make the union angry.
This is exactly how the democrats negotiate.
Posted by: dantealiegri at February 17, 2013 06:26 PM (Pw5Te)
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Posted by: Kalneva at February 17, 2013 06:26 PM (S+/pH)
Posted by: Thorvald at February 17, 2013 06:27 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 75% more Assault & at February 17, 2013 06:27 PM (FsUAO)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at February 17, 2013 06:27 PM (LZ4nS)
It didn't disappear. You just never received it. Trust us.
Posted by: Google at February 17, 2013 06:27 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: USS Diversity at February 17, 2013 10:22 PM (QLJPW)
*****
So the Coast Guard has a baseball team too?
(see kdabear's #50)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 17, 2013 06:27 PM (qqZuQ)
Mindy became known in the 90's for "Guys Do It All The Time" and "Ten Thousand Angels". She had a lot of drug, depression, and abusive male issues.
Posted by: Country Singer at February 17, 2013 06:28 PM (CgcOa)
Posted by: Thorvald at February 17, 2013 06:28 PM (1V6Pv)
also, that Monty Python tv series skit where they dress up aswomen to re-enact the battle of Waterloo--totally faked
Posted by: Wally in Walla Walla, not arguing about the Civil War at February 17, 2013 06:29 PM (Dll6b)
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 17, 2013 06:29 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: USS Diversity at February 17, 2013 06:30 PM (QLJPW)
Posted by: Robert at February 17, 2013 06:30 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: @PurpAv at February 17, 2013 06:31 PM (1rU+d)
Posted by: CarolT at February 17, 2013 06:31 PM (z4WKX)
http://tinyurl.com/dxbnfja
Posted by: kbdabear at February 17, 2013 10:13 PM (mCvL4)
Just getting in a little practice... Posted by: SMOD at February 17, 2013 10:25 PM
Try to hit this target; 38°53 42.4 N 77°02 12.0 W
Posted by: kbdabear at February 17, 2013 06:31 PM (mCvL4)
I'm sorry to hear about what happened to her. I had heard the name before but couldn't remember why. A shame she took her life.
Posted by: puddleglum at February 17, 2013 06:32 PM (lNYy5)
Because he was an ardent 2nd Amendment supporter, maybe?
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 17, 2013 06:32 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: Voice No. 69 in The Political Hat's Head at February 17, 2013 06:32 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at February 17, 2013 06:32 PM (LZ4nS)
Posted by: Burning Bush at February 17, 2013 06:32 PM (jucos)
Posted by: naturalfake at February 17, 2013 06:33 PM (G9qZk)
Lyndon LaRouche? That's Alex Jones or Joe Farrah territory
Posted by: kbdabear at February 17, 2013 06:34 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 17, 2013 06:34 PM (X8n03)
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 17, 2013 10:29 PM (8sCoq)
oh FFS it's (a) old news and (b) a LaRouchie article
Posted by: Google at February 17, 2013 06:34 PM (BBWjt)
I think she was better known for the last few years as being Roger Clemens long time mistress.
Posted by: lowandslow at February 17, 2013 06:35 PM (Fz2C7)
Posted by: Jesus, Fastball Pitcher at February 17, 2013 06:35 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 75% more Assault & at February 17, 2013 10:27 PM
Shit, in my prime I was doing 10 socks an hour
And I did it without steroids and smaller parks
Posted by: kbdabear at February 17, 2013 06:36 PM (mCvL4)
I think Ace is really on to something with some of the posts last few weeks, and the comments are great. The common thread is of course the mediaculture.
Anyway, maybe we can find a way out of this but if we don't it will surely burn. And that's OK.
Posted by: hannitys_hybrid at February 17, 2013 06:36 PM (MmH0Z)
Posted by: Bob Uecker at February 17, 2013 06:37 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: chemjeff at February 17, 2013 06:37 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Craig Poe at February 17, 2013 06:37 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at February 17, 2013 06:37 PM (qfSUT)
Posted by: Robert at February 17, 2013 06:39 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Jesus, Fastball Pitcher at February 17, 2013 10:35 PM (BVkEs)
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Stick it in his ear, Hay-soos!
Posted by: Loudmouthed Fan at February 17, 2013 06:39 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: Kristophr at February 17, 2013 06:39 PM (wYVte)
Posted by: CarolT at February 17, 2013 06:39 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Steve Michaels at February 17, 2013 06:40 PM (Riyad)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 17, 2013 06:40 PM (X8n03)
Posted by: Sandra Fluke and Her Lubed Baseball Bat at February 17, 2013 06:40 PM (Vk2pI)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V92OBNsQgxU
Posted by: Buzzsaw at February 17, 2013 06:40 PM (qo244)
She'd be out walking her favorite little schnauzer at night
*******
Robert- Your mom should be careful. Andycanuck said a schnauzer exploded at the Westminster Dog Show the other day.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 17, 2013 06:41 PM (qqZuQ)
I'm sipping a lovely peppermint tea. It's really lovely. Did I mention it was lovely?
Posted by: Robert at February 17, 2013 10:21 PM (LUnTP)
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Hey, Roberto
so, do you have an opinion about the tea?
Posted by: jc at February 17, 2013 06:41 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Checker Chubby at February 17, 2013 06:41 PM (lD8ju)
Posted by: Thorvald at February 17, 2013 06:42 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 17, 2013 06:42 PM (X8n03)
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 17, 2013 06:42 PM (8sCoq)
You are right. So is Ace. I say this through clenched teeth. "We will never succeed unless we can master pandering to lazy people and idiots" is a hard lesson. But after the 2012 election, I'm willing to buy in. If anyone has figured out how we smart people can do that, that is.
Posted by: Splunge at February 17, 2013 06:42 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: Robert at February 17, 2013 06:43 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Y-not at February 17, 2013 06:43 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Thorvald at February 17, 2013 06:43 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: Ktgreat at February 17, 2013 06:43 PM (UN/ME)
Posted by: eman at February 17, 2013 06:44 PM (brZFd)
Racist !!!!
Posted by: MSNBC at February 17, 2013 06:44 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: naturalfake at February 17, 2013 06:44 PM (G9qZk)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 17, 2013 06:44 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: Robert at February 17, 2013 06:44 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Trimegistus at February 17, 2013 06:45 PM (0VSTU)
I do, and I don't. Ethanol has its place, in the bloodstream and the liver, and in those wonderfully cheap vodkagallons at the Val-u-Rite. But having just received a lecture about my vehicle from a professional, I now know that Ethanol in the form of E85 gas, has no place in a fuel pump. Some lessons are cheap. This one was not.
Posted by: Splunge at February 17, 2013 06:45 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: otho at February 17, 2013 06:46 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: Robert at February 17, 2013 06:46 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Thorvald at February 17, 2013 06:47 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at February 17, 2013 06:47 PM (LZ4nS)
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 17, 2013 10:42 PM (8sCoq)
*******
That's okay, here, just stir it in with some of this Valu-Rite and everyone will forget.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 17, 2013 06:47 PM (qqZuQ)
Me too. I've read many of his books and articles, going all the way back to the Rolling Stone days, up to Better Than Sex which is about Clinton's first Presidential win. HST was huge for McGovern, but mistrusted government. But if there's one thing he hated, it was a huckster- a scam artist, a phony. I wonder if he would have seen TFG that way.
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 17, 2013 06:47 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Y-not at February 17, 2013 06:47 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Thorvald at February 17, 2013 06:48 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: BumperStickerist at February 17, 2013 06:48 PM (J8DGo)
Never though I'd see you dissing Rob Halford by implication, nosiree.
Posted by: Splunge at February 17, 2013 06:48 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at February 17, 2013 10:47 PM (LZ4nS)
the tweetline was too good to check?
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 17, 2013 06:48 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at February 17, 2013 06:48 PM (1hekh)
Posted by: Dave in Texas at February 17, 2013 06:48 PM (pUqSw)
One avenue of attack might be all the zero-tolerance insanity going on in schools. I think even the LIV understands that its fundamentally stupid to expel a kid for having an aspirin or drawing a stick figure that some douchenozzle deems terroristic or threatening.
Its an easy albatross to hang around the left's neck.
You really only need one really really good wedge. Once people start to say "hey, wait a minute, that's fucking retarded", the people who foisted off that retardation on everyone will start to loose cred.
Posted by: @PurpAv at February 17, 2013 06:49 PM (1rU+d)
Posted by: Robert at February 17, 2013 06:49 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: teej at February 17, 2013 06:49 PM (tWBKX)
Posted by: Waldo Truth at February 17, 2013 06:49 PM (6J6x7)
"I'll have my man clean your kit."
Sorry- I have to throw a challenge flag here. The end of Top Gun? "You can be my wingman anytime." "Bullshit. You can be mine."
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 17, 2013 06:50 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Robert at February 17, 2013 06:50 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 17, 2013 06:50 PM (qqZuQ)
The Washing of the Spears by Donald Morris.
Good account.
Had to read it in college. Prolly one of the only books I kept.
Posted by: USS Diversity at February 17, 2013 06:50 PM (QLJPW)
Posted by: kbdabear at February 17, 2013 06:51 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 17, 2013 06:51 PM (8sCoq)
This sounds good, and I want to believe. But I've been burned by underestimating people's tolerance for "fucking retarded." Low-information types, I mean, not just dedicated libs. I don't understand it. I worry that the basic American spirit, which definitely includes the idea of identifying complete stupidity as "fucking retarded," has been burned out of too much of the populace.
Posted by: Splunge at February 17, 2013 06:52 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: Trimegistus at February 17, 2013 06:52 PM (0VSTU)
Danica wins Daytona 500 pole position
The editor didn't have the balls to go with his first draft "Patrick takes the pole in Daytona, laps Bush "
Posted by: mark c at February 17, 2013 06:52 PM (hnhBR)
Well answered, and well-phrased. Tip of the hat to you.
Posted by: Splunge at February 17, 2013 06:53 PM (2IW5Q)
Even the E10 has been fucking up small engines for years. We have a cabin so the equipment gets used sporadically. Never had an issue with a lot of theses small engines till thy put the ethanol in the fuel. Ethenol is hygroscopic which can be a benefit in certain applications (Heet). But for fuel systems that sit it pulls in water over time and fucks up needles and seats and generally goes bad as a fuel.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at February 17, 2013 06:53 PM (qo244)
Most homoerotic line in movies?
Sorry- I have to throw a challenge flag here. The end of Top Gun? "You can be my wingman anytime." "Bullshit. You can be mine."
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 17, 2013 10:50 PM (8sCoq)
*******
How about Batman- "Quick Robin, into the bat cave"
Posted by: Guy who doesn't want to be smoted at February 17, 2013 06:53 PM (qqZuQ)
Easily one of the most annoying commercials ever aired. And what is that horrible song they play at the end? Sounds like one of those execreble 90s feminist bands.
OTOH, I actually like the Chase Freedom Card "Footloose" spoof. I always prefer an ad that doesn't take itself too seriously.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 17, 2013 06:53 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamlessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at February 17, 2013 06:54 PM (l86i3)
Ostensibly, a review of the Ducati 900SS as published in "Cycle World" magazine, many years ago:
http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html
ChrisP
Posted by: ChrisP at February 17, 2013 06:54 PM (gplxB)
Posted by: BumperStickerist at February 17, 2013 06:54 PM (J8DGo)
Posted by: Trimegistus at February 17, 2013 10:52 PM (0VSTU)
I think it's just as likely HST would have eviscerated Obama
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 17, 2013 06:54 PM (8sCoq)
There's the dedicated hardcore left, and there's the batshit crazy, needs to be in a rubber room, left that's implementing the zero tolerance shit.
Posted by: @PurpAv at February 17, 2013 06:55 PM (1rU+d)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 17, 2013 06:55 PM (MBqvE)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamlessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at February 17, 2013 06:55 PM (l86i3)
About 60?
He ate a .45 bullet while on the phone with his wife
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 17, 2013 06:56 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Waldo Truth at February 17, 2013 06:56 PM (6J6x7)
Posted by: AltonJackson, Barrel™ free at February 17, 2013 06:56 PM (JMmQ9)
Like all journalists he loved to act all worldly and cynical, but when you come right down to it he was a stoner with poor impulse control and very limited education. A natural-born Obama supporter.
All true, but not complete. Thompson occasionally wished for a tyrant, and Obama might have filled the bill perfectly. I don't remember the context, but I do remember Thompson yearning for "a high-powered shark with a fistful of answers".
On the other hand, his cantankerous nature might have led him not to accept Obama as this savior. But like so many of the left, he had this perfect-daddy-dictator-wish.
Posted by: Splunge at February 17, 2013 06:56 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: kbdabear at February 17, 2013 06:56 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamlessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at February 17, 2013 06:56 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamlessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at February 17, 2013 10:54 PM
67 and yes.
Posted by: otho at February 17, 2013 06:57 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: naturalfake at February 17, 2013 06:58 PM (G9qZk)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 17, 2013 06:58 PM (piMMO)
Robert- re: your mom and the stars, have you ever heard James McMurtry's "Levelland"?
Mama used to roll her hair
Back before the central air
We'd sit outside and watch the stars at night
She tell me to make a wish
I'd wish we both could fly
I don't think she's seen the sky
Since we got the satellite dish
(One of my favorite song lyrics)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 17, 2013 06:58 PM (qqZuQ)
I couldn't believe it... it's my new favorite show. Love the way it spoofs how ridiculously sensitive some people are these days, even if Larry David (or was, while he was married to Laurie David) a major-league libtard.
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 17, 2013 06:58 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 17, 2013 06:59 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Trevor (@tjexcite) at February 17, 2013 06:59 PM (Ea64Y)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamlessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at February 17, 2013 07:00 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Thorvald at February 17, 2013 07:00 PM (1V6Pv)
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Save some of that hate for the baby's father who offed himself a month or so ago.
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No hate for her. Still love her. Hate what she did. Da Bitch.
Posted by: Craig Poe at February 17, 2013 07:01 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 17, 2013 07:01 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Robert at February 17, 2013 07:01 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Rectus at February 17, 2013 07:02 PM (kckSn)
Posted by: Robert at February 17, 2013 07:02 PM (LUnTP)
Posted by: Y-not
What did he do now??
Posted by: puddleglum at February 17, 2013 07:03 PM (lNYy5)
No, but I'm listening now!
Posted by: Robert at February 17, 2013 11:01 PM (LUnTP)
*****
I would have posted a link- but I'm basically lazy and selfish.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 17, 2013 07:03 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamlessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at February 17, 2013 07:04 PM (l86i3)
She also shot her dog. (Why????)
Another Dr. Drew success.
Posted by: Ktgreat at February 17, 2013 10:43 PM (UN/ME)
Well, there went my last bit of sympathy for her. Unless the dog was hydrophobic....
Posted by: cthulhu at February 17, 2013 07:04 PM (kaalw)
A bird dropped a fish on the Nats during spring training last week, frightening CF Denard Span. Based on what Span said about the incident, I'm thinking the world did not lose a rocket scientist when he decided to become a baseball player:
"That’s another reason why I was kind of squealing a little bit,” he explained to The Post’s Brad Horn. “I kept thinking, that’s his dinner. That’s his food. As I was looking down at the fish, I didn’t want him to think that I was trying to take his dinner and have the bird come from behind me or come from the sky and try to attack me. I kept my head on a swivel and made sure the bird didn’t catch me slipping.”
“I’ve never seen that on a baseball field,” Span said. “I’ve seen it on T.V., you know, bird carrying their dinner. I’ll tell you what, that bird definitely didn’t have good hands. He dropped his dinner.” “I’m from Florida, but I’ve been fishing maybe twice in my life, he said. “I’m scared of fish, scared of birds. The only thing I’m not scared of is probably, like, an ant or something like that. I don’t know what it is. I don’t like to get my hands dirty, other than clay and dirt.”
"I'm scared of fish, scared of birds????" Who the hell is scared of fish?
If he's afraid of fish and birds, he'll really be pissing himself when the Nats play the Marlins and the Cardinals.
Posted by: Donna V. at February 17, 2013 07:04 PM (BStAJ)
I thought that was Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio on The Abyss.
"Keep your pantyhose on!!"
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 17, 2013 07:04 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: CarolT at February 17, 2013 07:05 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at February 17, 2013 07:06 PM (NzBQO)
Reading the Internet ruined that movie for me. I saw it, I liked it, heroism, tests of manhood, cool machines, stuff blowed up, a sort of vaguely unconvincing romance but who cares if you're a guy watching a movie and the chick is really hot.
Haven't seen it since, but if I saw it now, I worry that all I'd see is lesbians and gays pretending to like eachother, and some sort of homo volleyball game I didn't notice the first time around.
Posted by: Splunge at February 17, 2013 07:06 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamlessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at February 17, 2013 07:06 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Splunge at February 17, 2013 10:52 PM
For some time now I have thought that one of the reasons we are where we are is due to our success as a nation. We've been so successful, we've produced a generation of softness, unable to appreciate what it took to get here. Ironic.
Posted by: hannitys_hybrid at February 17, 2013 07:06 PM (MmH0Z)
and my sons ( who are 18 and 16.) You never ever just kill yourself in a suicide.Posted by: Samuel Adams at February 17, 2013 07:07 PM (ZOf1l)
If Karl Rove and Crossroads are taking over the operations, they'll make every last goddamn mistake over again, and will use 1980's tech and methods.
You see, it wasn't that Karl was getting pantsed on every media there is, it's because THE ARCHITECT! wasn't vigilant about keeping Todd Akin from winning the primary. That's it..
Well ya bald headed prick, if you'd known what the fuck the Dems were doing in Missouri, Akin never would have won the fucking thing. Did your genius organization anticipate that the McCaskill machine might throw a turd in the soup? No, you were too busy getting your ass sucked by Sean Hannity and telling Fox viewers what a sharp tack you are
Karl, if you're ever broke and grubbing change on a freeway off ramp in the rain, I'll aim for a big ass puddle to throw a tsunami on your cardboard box
Posted by: kbdabear at February 17, 2013 07:08 PM (mCvL4)
I half expected Keannu Reaves and Patrick Swayze (RIP) to open a flower shop in Key West by the end of Point Break.
Posted by: mark c at February 17, 2013 07:10 PM (hnhBR)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamlessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at February 17, 2013 07:10 PM (l86i3)
Ya think?
Does Pistorius have a leg to stand on?
Posted by: Craig Poe at February 17, 2013 07:10 PM (BVkEs)
You should try up here for nasty--damn wind is steady at 25 and the temp is -6. I don't mind cold much, but wind just kills. Anothe 2 days of this before it warms.
Posted by: irongrampa at February 17, 2013 07:10 PM (SAMxH)
"Keep your pantyhose on!!"
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 17, 2013 11:04 PM
"Abyss",.. gah. Unwatchable. Michael Biehn gets seriously fucked over in that movie. Having to deal ewith all those extroverted hippies, I'd spaz out too. Poor bastard. Wanted so bad for him to nuke those gay alien fish.
Posted by: otho at February 17, 2013 07:11 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 17, 2013 07:11 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at February 17, 2013 07:11 PM (qo244)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamlessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at February 17, 2013 07:12 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 17, 2013 07:12 PM (jucos)
Posted by: rickl at February 17, 2013 07:12 PM (sdi6R)
Ya think?
Does Pistorius have a leg to stand on?
Posted by: Craig Poe at February 17, 2013 11:10 PM (BVkEs)
There are more holes in his story than his dead girlfriend. Bloody cricket bat? Seriously!?!
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at February 17, 2013 07:12 PM (NzBQO)
Posted by: Thorvald at February 17, 2013 07:13 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: Trimegistus at February 17, 2013 07:13 PM (0VSTU)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at February 17, 2013 07:13 PM (qo244)
Ya think?
Does Pistorius have a leg to stand on?
Posted by: Craig Poe at February 17, 2013 11:10 PM (BVkEs)
*******
I heard the announcers at the Millrose Games track meet tonight discussing the tragic shooting of Pistorius' girlfriend. One of them somberly announced that, "this incident will change his life forever."
Ummm- at least it didn't end his life forever. Whew.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 17, 2013 07:13 PM (qqZuQ)
There is just no saving this ship of state.
It is going to burn. Either slowly by creeping socialism, or quickly by revolution.
Posted by: Mrshad at February 17, 2013 07:13 PM (0yAqu)
I would say that's true
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 17, 2013 07:13 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: CarolT at February 17, 2013 07:14 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 17, 2013 07:15 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Ktgreat at February 17, 2013 07:15 PM (UN/ME)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 17, 2013 07:15 PM (qqZuQ)
Wife is currently reading your book (since she is the owner of the Kindle) and she absolutely loves it. She is almost halfway through and she promises a plug on Amazon when she is done. I will read when she is done.
Posted by: Samuel Adams at February 17, 2013 07:15 PM (ZOf1l)
Posted by: The Political Hat at February 17, 2013 07:16 PM (Vk2pI)
Great scene. "Shoot straight, you bastards. Don't make a mess of it."
Posted by: lowandslow at February 17, 2013 07:16 PM (Fz2C7)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at February 17, 2013 07:16 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamlessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at February 17, 2013 07:17 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Jones in CO at February 17, 2013 07:17 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at February 17, 2013 07:18 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Craig Poe at February 17, 2013 07:18 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Trimegistus at February 17, 2013 07:18 PM (0VSTU)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 17, 2013 07:19 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: AltonJackson, former resident of The Barrel™ at February 17, 2013 07:19 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: USS Diversity at February 17, 2013 07:19 PM (QLJPW)
Yeah, stay behind fast moving cars. Cop radars focus on the biggest things. Or, outrun them and hope there is no helicopter involved.
Posted by: Samuel Adams at February 17, 2013 07:21 PM (ZOf1l)
Posted by: otho at February 17, 2013 07:21 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at February 17, 2013 07:21 PM (hpDVh)
Posted by: awkward davies at February 17, 2013 07:21 PM (USjX1)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 17, 2013 07:21 PM (qqZuQ)
I don't know, I always thought they should have "handicapped" him.
Posted by: Samuel Adams at February 17, 2013 07:23 PM (ZOf1l)
Posted by: 4TZNh at February 17, 2013 07:25 PM (4TZNh)
I think he said he found some photos of british troops torturing the Zulus there.
Posted by: Kristophr at February 17, 2013 07:25 PM (wYVte)
Posted by: Y-not at February 17, 2013 07:26 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: t-bird at February 17, 2013 07:26 PM (FcR7P)
We've been so successful, we've produced a generation of softness, unable to appreciate what it took to get here. Ironic. Posted by: hannitys_hybrid at February 17, 2013 11:06 PM (MmH0Z)
There used to be an expression "Shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in 3 generations," which described a cycle in American life which is more common than people realize. The founder of a successful business would work his way up from nothing to riches, but would still live modestly and retain the values which made him successful. But he wanted his children to have all the advantages and luxuries he had not had as a kid - so they got the expensive private education, trips to Europe, a new sports car for their 16th birthday, etc. And, as a result, they learned how to spend, but not how to create wealth. The children of the founder might be able to skate by on trust fund, but their own children would end up squandering all the family moola and would find themselves poor - or at least not rich. I recall that the authors of "The Millionaire Next Door" repeatedly made the point that, contrary to Marxist theory, wealth in the US is fluid - people make fortunes and also lose them.
They were talking about individuals, but we're seeing it happen to the country as a whole.
Posted by: Donna V. at February 17, 2013 07:27 PM (BStAJ)
Posted by: Waldo Truth at February 17, 2013 07:28 PM (6J6x7)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamlessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at February 17, 2013 07:28 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Ktgreat
Long before it was obvious that Roger Clemons (Clemmons, whatever) was an asshole, I never liked the guy. He just oozed that douchebag vibe. The sports media worship of him didn't disgust me as much as when the turned on him the last few years. The media builds these assholes up, then tears them down. Old story really since the fucking media is all about the narrative at that particular moment.
Posted by: puddleglum at February 17, 2013 07:28 PM (lNYy5)
Posted by: Jake in ID at February 17, 2013 07:28 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamlessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at February 17, 2013 07:30 PM (l86i3)
didn't disgust me as much as when the turned on him the last few years. The media builds these assholes up, then tears them down. Old story really since the fucking media is all about the narrative at that particular moment.
Say what?
Posted by: Ray Lewis, ESPC Deity at February 17, 2013 07:31 PM (QLJPW)
Might have been mentioned too lazy to look, but Harry Brown confirmed my belief that Michael Caine was one for the ages.
Posted by: Samuel Adams at February 17, 2013 07:31 PM (ZOf1l)
Posted by: Thorvald at February 17, 2013 07:33 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: Infidel at February 17, 2013 07:33 PM (vTi1t)
Posted by: Trimegistus at February 17, 2013 07:33 PM (0VSTU)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 17, 2013 07:34 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamlessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at February 17, 2013 07:34 PM (l86i3)
It was no coincidence that the Soviet Union took three generations to collapse.
Posted by: Kristophr at February 17, 2013 07:35 PM (wYVte)
Posted by: CarolT at February 17, 2013 07:35 PM (z4WKX)
In my younger days the thought had crossed my mind. Then someone I still value to this day asked me a question. She said, aren't you at least a little bit curious about what happens next? A silly simple statement, but I thought it was powerful. Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamlessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at February 17, 2013 11:30 PM (l86i3)
I had exactly the same experience. Good or bad, I wanted to know what happened next...
Posted by: Donna V. at February 17, 2013 07:36 PM (BStAJ)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 17, 2013 07:36 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: Waldo Truth at February 17, 2013 07:36 PM (6J6x7)
Gas at 1.99...Bush..... HORRORS from the media
Gas at 3.99.....Jugears..... nothing from the enemedia
Posted by: Ray Lewis, ESPC Deity at February 17, 2013 07:37 PM (QLJPW)
Posted by: Thorvald at February 17, 2013 07:37 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamlessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at February 17, 2013 07:37 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Infidel at February 17, 2013 07:37 PM (vTi1t)
Posted by: USS Diversity at February 17, 2013 11:29 PM (QLJPW)
Yes he is. I think those two pull of being brother's very well though. And its kind of funny because that's about the longest scene of them talking together. As it was pointed out on Talking Dead, they weren't in any scenes together in the first season, and their only interaction in the second season was a dream/hallucination.
Posted by: buzzion at February 17, 2013 07:38 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: and irresolute at February 17, 2013 07:38 PM (DBH1h)
Posted by: AltonJackson (not the clip I wanted, but it'll do at February 17, 2013 07:39 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Thorvald at February 17, 2013 07:39 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: Craig Poe at February 17, 2013 07:40 PM (BVkEs)
I don't know what the electric rate there is but I'd look into it. I switched from oil to electric heat three years ago. I was paying around $1500.00 a year when oil was $3.00 a gallon, now I'm paying around $800.00 a year for electric.
Posted by: lowandslow at February 17, 2013 07:42 PM (Fz2C7)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamlessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at February 17, 2013 07:42 PM (l86i3)
Near the end of "Zulu", the remaining British soldiers (from Wales) are singing "Men of Harlech" to boost their spirits.
Rick Rescorla, was born in Cornwall (west Wales) and would sing songs like that in times of stress to boost moral.
It was probably very likely that Rescorla was singing "Men of Harlech" over his bullhorn in the WTC on Sept 11, to keep people moving down the stairs.
Rescorla had a lot in common with the men of Roark's Drift.
Piers Morgan, not so much.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.... at February 17, 2013 07:42 PM (Md8Uo)
Posted by: USS Diversity at February 17, 2013 07:42 PM (QLJPW)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamlessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at February 17, 2013 07:43 PM (l86i3)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 17, 2013 07:44 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamlessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at February 17, 2013 07:45 PM (l86i3)
Seamus Muldoon, heh, RIP bird. I don't think you could pulzerize a bird more completely if you tossed the thing into a blender.
It's a good thing Span wasn't playing at game. If the guy gets scared when a bird drops a fish on the field, he'd need psychotherapy after seeing bits of feathers and bird guts flying around.
Posted by: Donna V. at February 17, 2013 07:45 PM (BStAJ)
Rick Rescorla,
---------------------------------
Fucking unbelievable hero. There was a book about him by a guy who read about him in Nam and went out of his way to meet him.
Posted by: USS Diversity at February 17, 2013 07:45 PM (QLJPW)
Posted by: Pierced-in-the-Morgan at February 17, 2013 07:45 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Samuel Adams at February 17, 2013 07:46 PM (ZOf1l)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamlessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at February 17, 2013 11:42 PM (l86i3)
Out of the race by the halfway point. Likely not by a wreck that's her fault but I don't think she's good enough of a driver to avoid getting caught up in a wreck that happens ahead of her. Not that a lot of the other drivers are good enough to either.
Posted by: buzzion at February 17, 2013 07:46 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Tour de Force at February 17, 2013 07:47 PM (DTXwh)
Posted by: Donna V. at February 17, 2013 07:48 PM (BStAJ)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamlessly hawking his book Amy
Lynn available on amazon. at February 17, 2013 11:28 PM (l86i3)
If you haven't seen The Quiet American with him, you should rectify that. It was embargoed by the studio after 9-11 for whatever reason and then came out in 'limited release' the next year. Should have gotten an Oscar for it, but, well.....bad, stupid, war-monger Americans. Anyways, he got robbed. What a great movie!
Posted by: 4TZNh at February 17, 2013 07:49 PM (4TZNh)
Posted by: Thorvald at February 17, 2013 07:50 PM (1V6Pv)
Cornwall (west Wales)
Nope, SW England. Penzance is in Cornwall. I spent a week back in the early 90s roaming that region of England.
Posted by: puddleglum at February 17, 2013 07:52 PM (lNYy5)
Michael Caine in a lot of memorable roles
Peachy in "The Man Who Would be King"
All those Harry Palmer roles (The Ipcress Files, Funeral in Berlin, The Billion Dollar Brain, and a couple of others I can't remember)
"Second Hand Lions"
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.... at February 17, 2013 07:53 PM (Md8Uo)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 17, 2013 07:54 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Thorvald at February 17, 2013 07:54 PM (1V6Pv)
Hunter burned out. God bless him. Coke made a lot of shit happen in the 70s and 80's. I think it was good.
Just speed. I still think if you legalized coke and dope, the country would run full bore.
You think ANYONE on SNL in the 70's wasn't snorting? They did their best stuff coked up.
Someone find me a bag!
I didn't type that, my evil twin did.
Posted by: Billy Bob, Pseudo Intellectual at February 17, 2013 07:56 PM (wR+pz)
Many good people were murdered on 9/11/01. Rescorla was a great man who was murdered on 9/11/01.
The fact that he is dead and Michael Moore lives and breathes is one of the things that makes me question what God is up to.
Posted by: Donna V. at February 17, 2013 07:57 PM (BStAJ)
Posted by: AnnaS at February 17, 2013 07:58 PM (ummNV)
Posted by: Thorvald at February 17, 2013 07:59 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: a mindful webworker, theoretically at February 17, 2013 08:01 PM (P1Tw6)
Posted by: SFGoth at February 17, 2013 08:01 PM (E7Dhv)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 17, 2013 08:01 PM (X8n03)
Posted by: 'Lil Chucky Hagel at February 17, 2013 08:02 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: CarolT at February 17, 2013 08:03 PM (z4WKX)
Remember the million dollar race Bill Elliott won?
Totally fucking rigged. I called them out in private, yep. They already had the check made out for the picture. They spelled Elliott's name wrong on the check and I had to photo shop the fucking thing for my book.
The are CROOKS.
Posted by: Billy Bob, Pseudo Intellectual at February 17, 2013 08:04 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: Edge Diffraction at February 17, 2013 08:04 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: Craig Poe at February 17, 2013 11:40 PM (BVkEs)
*thrown tomato* Duck! .... Anyone that can drive open wheeled cars like her does not have to " rig " it! lol! Remember, they turn right also and keep on driving in the rain! Wish she could have been just a smidge better and gotten a F1 seat. Now that would be the tits! (no pun intended!) She will figure out the car control pretty soon and start smokin' these lefties-only on the road courses soon enough. What a bonanza for Go Daddy! The marketing folks there are all having heart attacks probably!
Posted by: and irresolute at February 17, 2013 08:05 PM (DBH1h)
I think it would be far easier to raise the mortality rate for laziness and idiocy. Instead of printing money 24/7 we should be printing Darwin Award certificates.
Posted by: epobirs at February 17, 2013 08:06 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright's Sock Puppet at February 18, 2013 12:02 AM (+OTLF)
But, how do you really feel?
Posted by: Infidel at February 17, 2013 08:06 PM (vTi1t)
Isn't Caine politically conservative? I think I remember reading an interview with him 6 or 7 years ago which put the lefties' undies in a bundle. I can't remember exactly what he said - he defended the troops or praised capitalism or something. You know, one of those shocking, disgusting beliefs that no good Hollywood actor should hold.
I remember a Neil Jordan movie he was in a while back (can't think of the name, and am too lazy to google for it). In fact, the only reason I remember the movie was his performance - he played a London pimp and was great as a cold, evil villian.
Posted by: Donna V. at February 17, 2013 08:07 PM (BStAJ)
Preezy McSkeetSkeet issued a leak on his immigration plans, goes on vacation again, disbands his jobs council, and still no fucking focus on jobs. This cock sucking mother fucking piece of shit needs to fucking choke on that dick he keeps waving in front of the media to suck on.
This fucking joke of a metrosexual mom jean wearing man is a disgrace.
And the citizens who voted for this mother fucking shit head should all be beaten until their skin flakes off and our moral improves.
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright's Sock Puppet at February 18, 2013 12:02 AM (+OTLF)
Ahem.
Don't hate the puppet. Hate the puppeteers.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 17, 2013 08:07 PM (kaalw)
When you say "drive like her", do you mean managing the grand total of one (gifted) victory in years and years of racing with top-flight teams?
Posted by: Waterhouse at February 17, 2013 08:08 PM (lMZvt)
Posted by: lou's a girl at February 17, 2013 08:09 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 17, 2013 08:11 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Thorvald at February 17, 2013 08:11 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: Thorvald at February 18, 2013 12:11 AM (1V6Pv)
Oh I know, how fkn ridiculous was that!
Posted by: lou's a girl at February 17, 2013 08:12 PM (vgd4f)
lou's a girl at February 18, 2013 12:09 AM (vgd4f)
They'll get him on evolution. "Proof" that the right is "anti-science," his brilliant career as a surgeon notwithstanding.
Posted by: Donna V. at February 17, 2013 08:13 PM (BStAJ)
Posted by: Mindy at February 17, 2013 08:13 PM (gBOQE)
Don't worry about Dr.Ben Carson.
He knows what he is doing. He is very intelligent, articulate, has a silver tongue and a spine of cold-rolled steel.
He can take care of himself. And he is giving voice to many since he has spoken. He knows what he is doing.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.... at February 17, 2013 08:14 PM (Md8Uo)
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2013 12:13 AM (gBOQE)
Aww God Bless her!!
Posted by: lou's a girl at February 17, 2013 08:14 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: RWC at February 17, 2013 08:15 PM (sqp6o)
Mama used to roll her hair
Back before the central air
We'd sit outside and watch the stars at night
She tell me to make a wish
I'd wish we both could fly
I don't think she's seen the sky
Since we got the satellite dish
(One of my favorite song lyrics)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 17, 2013 10:58 PM (qqZuQ)
it was this
Flatter than a table top
Makes you wonder why they stopped here
Wagon must have lost a wheel
Or they lacked ambition one
Posted by: redclay at February 17, 2013 08:16 PM (H9Q+3)
Well, another weekend flew by and soon it's going to be deader than the bird hit by Randy Johnson's pitch.
Good night, morons and ettes!
Posted by: Donna V. at February 17, 2013 08:16 PM (BStAJ)
Don't worry about Dr.Ben Carson.
He knows what he is doing. He is very intelligent, articulate, has a silver tongue and a spine of cold-rolled steel.
He can take care of himself. And he is giving voice to many since he has spoken. He knows what he is doing.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.... at February 18, 2013 12:14 AM (Md8Uo)
Warching the tape of him on Hannity, the thing I find hilarious is the shreiking media thought he was disrespectful of obama, when the hell is it wrong to go after somebody who is is hell bent on destroying America? So over the msm, they are dying and I love it.
Posted by: lou's a girl at February 17, 2013 08:17 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at February 17, 2013 08:17 PM (Y5I9o)
Posted by: Thorvald at February 17, 2013 08:18 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: kbdabear at February 17, 2013 08:19 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Donna V. at February 17, 2013 08:20 PM (BStAJ)
Posted by: kbdabear at February 17, 2013 08:21 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Reggie Love at February 17, 2013 08:21 PM (ypzqs)
Posted by: a mindful webworker, theoretically at February 18, 2013 12:01 AM (P1Tw6)
Then one should theoretically look at the Notice at the bottom of the ONT where Maetenloch lists his email address. 
Posted by: buzzion at February 17, 2013 08:23 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at February 17, 2013 08:23 PM (hpDVh)
Posted by: RWC at February 17, 2013 08:24 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Thorvald at February 17, 2013 08:26 PM (1V6Pv)
Fuck the Emperor and his Praetorian Guard in the media.
Posted by: RWC at February 18, 2013 12:24 AM (sqp6o)
Indeed, he took that oppurtunity and ran with it, Love him for that.
Posted by: lou's a girl at February 17, 2013 08:26 PM (vgd4f)
In the original cut of the movie the aliens were threatening the West Coast with a massive tidal wave. They dropped the subplot because the SFX for it came out awful. So as Cameron originally wrote it, Biehn's character had a good reason beyond crazy to nuke the aliens. The final cut was very unkind to that character.
Posted by: epobirs at February 17, 2013 08:26 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: George Takei, aboard the Enterprise at February 17, 2013 08:26 PM (Q2wni)
Thank G*d Dr. Carson saw the opportunity and took it.
Fuck the Emperor and his Praetorian Guard in the media.
Posted by: RWC at February 18, 2013 12:24 AM (sqp6o
And you know its not as if he took direct shots at Obama, unlike say what the Dixie Chicks did to Bush. Really the only way you could consider him attacking Obama is if what he said was going on is if you know that's what Obama is doing.
Posted by: buzzion at February 17, 2013 08:27 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 17, 2013 08:29 PM (673KB)
Posted by: Joe Biden at February 17, 2013 08:29 PM (piMMO)
Fucking unbelievable hero. There was a book about him by a guy who read about him in Nam and went out of his way to meet him.
http://www.mudvillegazette.com/000307.html
Posted by: 80sBaby at February 17, 2013 08:31 PM (YjDyJ)
Posted by: AltonJackson (not the clip I wanted, but it'll do at February 17, 2013 08:31 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Thorvald at February 17, 2013 08:33 PM (1V6Pv)
Posted by: Synnerman at February 17, 2013 08:34 PM (0Bdlg)
Posted by: buzzion at February 18, 2013 12:27 AM (GULKT)
I agree. But its about time someone when after obama, I know we have talk radio, blogs, etc. But damn, obama hate America, and has shown it since day one. First thing he did was delete his records from being searched, the n went after the military i think.
Posted by: lou's a girl at February 17, 2013 08:34 PM (vgd4f)
"And you know its not as if he took direct shots at Obama, unlike say what the Dixie Chicks did to Bush."
Well, the Dixie Scrunts didn't criticize Bush to his face - but Steve Colbert did. He mocked him at some dinner and was praised to the skies for "speaking truth to power."
If an unfunny comedian insults a Republican president to his face, the MSM acts like it's the equivalent of Rosa Parks refusing to sit in the back of the bus. But let a distinguished physician express doubts about His Lordship's policies and, well, you know...
Posted by: Donna V. at February 17, 2013 08:34 PM (BStAJ)
Sounds like Mona Lisa, starring Bob Hoskins. Posted by: epobirs at February 18, 2013 12:29 AM (kcfmt)
That's it!. Hoskins is also a very good actor.
OK, now I'm really off to bed...
Posted by: Donna V. at February 17, 2013 08:37 PM (BStAJ)
Posted by: Synnerman at February 17, 2013 08:37 PM (0Bdlg)
Posted by: RWC at February 17, 2013 08:38 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: zeera at February 17, 2013 08:38 PM (3dXwx)
Posted by: RWC at February 17, 2013 08:40 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: a mindful webworker, theoretically at February 17, 2013 08:41 PM (waJ+2)
Posted by: kbdabear at February 17, 2013 08:43 PM (mCvL4)
I swear that wasn't there before. How did you do that?
gooooood night
Its always there that's why you probably miss it.
Posted by: buzzion at February 17, 2013 08:44 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at February 17, 2013 08:44 PM (wbeNt)
Posted by: parker at February 17, 2013 08:44 PM (LCb5K)
Posted by: Mindy at February 17, 2013 08:45 PM (gBOQE)
Americans for Prosperity Set to Clash Against Rove's Super PAC: Americans for Prosperity, the conservative group...
http://bit.ly/Ux2SnA
Posted by: kbdabear at February 17, 2013 08:46 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 17, 2013 08:47 PM (X8n03)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at February 17, 2013 08:51 PM (wbeNt)
Posted by: Infidel at February 17, 2013 08:53 PM (vTi1t)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at February 17, 2013 08:55 PM (wbeNt)
Posted by: Infidel at February 17, 2013 08:56 PM (vTi1t)
But at least once a day they send me a message wanting me to acknowledge if I know any of the people listed. Usually the list will have a few distant acquaintances I barely recognize and some semi-famous people like writers who get connected to me because a distant mutual acquaintance relationship.
Just now I got the first Facebook message in which the list of people is a complete mystery to me. Maybe it's because I'm not a teenage girl but I just don't get the purpose of Facebook
Posted by: epobirs at February 17, 2013 08:57 PM (kcfmt)
Bien Venido: 1897- http://bit.ly/Ys7rgS : "St. Augustine, Florida, circa 1890s. 'The Alcazar and Cordova from the Ponce de Leon.' Three of Henry Flagler's landmark Florida hotels, with a welcome spelled out in Edison lights. 8x10 negative by William Henry Jackson."
The Great Race: 1915- http://bit.ly/Li1rQl : "May 1915. 'York, Pa., auto races -- start of Washington, D.C., cars.' Please ignore the mold. National Photo Company Collection glass negative."
Market Street: 1910- http://bit.ly/O4HoWa : "Philadelphia City Hall ca. 1910. 'Market St. west from 12th.' An embarrassment of riches for you signage buffs. 8x10 inch glass negative."
Posted by: 80sBaby at February 17, 2013 08:57 PM (YjDyJ)
Posted by: Assault Citizen Anachronda at February 17, 2013 09:00 PM (1c58W)
The purpose of Facebook is to sell your personal data and lists of who you know.
When the service is free, you are the product being sold.
Posted by: Kristophr at February 17, 2013 09:00 PM (wYVte)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at February 17, 2013 09:02 PM (wbeNt)
Posted by: epobirs at February 18, 2013 12:57 AM (kcfmt)
Well originally it was just about like a free version of "Classmates.com" Which is of course what it will become if they ever try to start charging people for its services. Depending on your information you gave they might be looking for people you know based on location and interests and stuff you've liked.
Posted by: buzzion at February 17, 2013 09:03 PM (GULKT)
...its like talking to a fucking potted palm.
Posted by: @PurpAv at February 17, 2013 09:04 PM (1rU+d)
Posted by: Kristophr at February 17, 2013 09:04 PM (wYVte)
I had exactly the same experience. Good or bad, I wanted to know what happened next...
Posted by: Donna V. at February 17, 2013 11:36 PM (BStAJ)
If you give a damn what happens next, you're not suicidally depressed.
Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at February 17, 2013 09:05 PM (s1qKD)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 17, 2013 09:05 PM (piMMO)
Twitter is the internet version of the high school bathroom wall.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at February 17, 2013 09:05 PM (xjpRj)
But that is just so funny.
Well night all.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 17, 2013 09:07 PM (X8n03)
Posted by: @PurpAv at February 17, 2013 09:13 PM (1rU+d)
Posted by: Waterhouse at February 18, 2013 12:08 AM (lMZvt)
No. I do not mean "victory", I mean the ability to drive those cars at that level and not get mangled . Her formula Ford victories, her karting skill, her formula Atlantic experince, the all around dedication to her path. Her "top-flight" team placement is a credit to the vision of the folks running those teams. May I mention Kathy Rude who may have been this lucky, but a little too early, and had it not been for the unfortunate event at Sears Point and her devastating crash there might be whom I cheer for today. Step up, Danica! Continue your record of being running at the end.
Posted by: and irresolute at February 17, 2013 09:14 PM (DBH1h)
Zulu is one of my all time favorites! Great film, even though as I have grown older I have realized that Attenborough slipped a lot of his left wing Weltanshaung into the film. To wit, the officer of Engineers (Chard) was actually from an aristocratic family, while the Caine character was from a more middle class background. One supposses the characters were flipped to support the more socially aware conclusion that the aristocracy were a bunch of toffs who only owed their positions to heredity. Some other poster has already commented on the fact that Clour Sergeant Bourne was not quite as grizzled a veteran as portrayed in the film. I also believe that the character of Pvt. Hook was portrayed as some sort of gallow's rat, when in reality he was a much more typical sort of soldier. I believe that some of his decendants actually sued for defamation due to Attenborouh's portrayal of him.
Still, it is definitely a cracking good Victorian period piece, and I really can't imagine such a film being made today (i.e. the European Imperials as the good guys).
Posted by: BigDaddyD at February 17, 2013 09:15 PM (S4N/h)
Posted by: Exasperated Expat at February 17, 2013 09:15 PM (9ISXu)
Posted by: Adriane ... at February 17, 2013 09:16 PM (TvO05)
I gave the absolute bare minimum of info I could at signup. AFAIK just about all of the connections they've made are based on other people linking to my name in assorted ways, like letting FaceBook look at their Contacts list.
#386
Maybe I'd understand better if I appeared in the yearbook for any of the high schools I attended. To the best of my knowledge none of them even list my name with 'No photo available.'
Posted by: epobirs at February 17, 2013 09:20 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: sven10077 at February 17, 2013 09:20 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: sven10077 at February 17, 2013 09:22 PM (LRFds)
What goes bad when the shaft wobbles a little is the seal get whupped out and it starts leaking water.
There is some crap auto parts stores have you can dump in the radiator that will swell up the seal and make it seal better...*temporarily*.
If you lay in 5 or 10gal of water, you'll probably be able to make it quite a bit further keeping a watchful eye on the water temp gauge.
Posted by: @PurpAv at February 17, 2013 09:23 PM (1rU+d)
Posted by: Exasperated Expat at February 17, 2013 09:33 PM (9ISXu)
Posted by: t-bird at February 17, 2013 09:36 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: JHW at February 17, 2013 09:36 PM (B38OD)
Posted by: t-bird at February 17, 2013 09:42 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: JHW at February 17, 2013 09:49 PM (B38OD)
Posted by: t-bird at February 17, 2013 10:02 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Die Trying at February 17, 2013 10:04 PM (Tzn43)
In the original cut of the movie the aliens were threatening the West Coast with a massive tidal wave. They dropped the subplot because the SFX for it came out awful. So as Cameron originally wrote it, Biehn's character had a good reason beyond crazy to nuke the aliens. The final cut was very unkind to that character.
Posted by: epobirs at February 18, 2013 12:26 AM
I did not know that. That's one hell of a re-edit. Coffey was the only character I liked. When they give him a hard time in the bomb prep scene, it's like "just shoot the lippy bitch, man, noone will blame you. Gah!" I could never get why they just didn't let Biehn nuke the site from the precipice... just to be sure.
Posted by: otho at February 17, 2013 10:13 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: The Political Hat at February 17, 2013 10:15 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: The Political Hat at February 17, 2013 10:17 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: JDP at February 17, 2013 10:30 PM (8HhF2)
Posted by: otho at February 17, 2013 10:30 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: Icedog at February 17, 2013 10:34 PM (9ScGj)
Posted by: Icedog at February 17, 2013 10:36 PM (9ScGj)
Where are the good guy puppetmasters. There has to be some that oppose them. Or are there none...
Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka wright's Sock Puppet at February 18, 2013 02:26 AM (+OTLF)
It's the same story throughout recorded history -- and VDH does a good job documenting it. Good guys are tending their fuckin' farms. Bad guys are looking to government to help seize them.
Good guys, when successful with their own "farm", expand it by buying up the less successful "farms" of their neighbors and remaking them as successful ones. Bad guys bleed out the "farm" they seize and look to seize a more successful one to continue their looting.
Good guys turn failure into success by repurposing. Bad guys turn success into personal gain through looting.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 17, 2013 10:36 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: The Political Hat at February 17, 2013 10:39 PM (Vk2pI)
We saw the Abyss in such a screening and the shot of the underwater alien city/mothership was instead a painting with Jim's name plainly visible. Our group of about a dozen started cheering wildly at that point and baffled the living shit out of the studio execs observing the screening.
Whenever it was a fantasy or SF movie the fannish community tended to be severely overrepresented and really skewed things when they bothered to do surveys. When they screened Star Trek V (as if they were actually going to do anything based on audience response) I noted that I recognized every face in the theater and could put names to about a third of them. So, an effective sample of the movie going public.
When the movie ended and the lights came up, they handed out surveys and pencils. We started talking amongst ourselves, seeking the right words to express the problems with the movie. A fanboy in the row ahead of us turned around and demanded to know, "You aren't going to write anything bad, are you?" Which is why it seemed so odd that they bothered to have a screening.
Posted by: epobirs at February 17, 2013 10:44 PM (kcfmt)
and the tree-hugging moralizing was way over the top.
Avatar allowed Cameron to go all in with his liberal bullshit. You can see that he sort of wanted to do this with Titanic as well, but he was partially held back in that he wanted it to be a story happening during a historical event. So he couldn't show all the rich upperclass passengers as selfish greedy assholes only concerned with themselves because that's not what the accounts portrayed as having happened.
Posted by: buzzion at February 17, 2013 10:44 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: epobirs at February 17, 2013 10:48 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: epobirs at February 18, 2013 02:48 AM
Yeah, True Lies is ok. Can't badmouth it really. It's a fun ride. But, it's one of those films that are awesome on first viewing, but just don't have the same punch with revisiting.
Posted by: otho at February 17, 2013 10:51 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: Some Guy in Wisconsin at February 17, 2013 10:51 PM (OlV9H)
Posted by: Gleen Greeweld at February 17, 2013 10:55 PM (8HhF2)
Posted by: epobirs at February 18, 2013 02:48 AM
So, Cameron was hot to do NF:AOS, with Steranko on preproduction? Didn't know that. Interesting, because Cameron was keen to do X-Men and was in talks with Marvel, in the late 80's, I think? Could have been early 90's... not sure. Can't recall why it fell through, might have been due to one of the fuckup periods that Marvel went through regularly. It couldn't have been worse than the crap that got made later.
Posted by: otho at February 17, 2013 11:06 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: otho at February 17, 2013 11:13 PM (yBF/9)
Posted by: Navybrat at February 17, 2013 11:25 PM (PrXue)
Posted by: and irresolute at February 17, 2013 11:36 PM (DBH1h)
Posted by: and irresolute at February 17, 2013 11:42 PM (DBH1h)
Eastwood would have been all wrong for Wolverine as he is the opposite physical type, being tall and lanky. OTOH, Judge Dredd was modeled on him from its beginning in 2000 A.D.
At the right age Eastwood could also have been Jonah Hex. In a lot of ways 'The Outlaw Josey Wales' was a Jonah Hex movie.
Posted by: epobirs at February 17, 2013 11:48 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: epobirs at February 17, 2013 11:51 PM (kcfmt)
Derivative? Try direct rip-off.
'Call Me Joe' by Poul Anderson. As a lifelong SF geek there is simply no way Cameron wasn't familiar with that book. He could have thrown a million bucks at Karin Anderson for the rights, just from the change under his couch cushions. But that would mean admitting it wasn't his original concept.
Posted by: epobirs at February 17, 2013 11:54 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: and irresolute at February 17, 2013 11:54 PM (DBH1h)
Posted by: and irresolute at February 17, 2013 11:57 PM (DBH1h)
Posted by: The Political Hat at February 18, 2013 12:22 AM (Vk2pI)
He at least paid him the compliment of acknowledging the inspiration. It was Lucas and Spielberg who presented Kurosawa with his lifetime achievement Oscar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRiBBehTnZU
This is a big difference from refusing to acknowledge your sources, especially when you're extremely wealthy while the source's widow is in near poverty.
Posted by: epobirs at February 18, 2013 12:23 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: The Political Hat at February 18, 2013 12:43 AM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: The Political Hat at February 18, 2013 12:44 AM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: David Cameron, Ultimate Tory RINO at February 18, 2013 01:14 AM (8HhF2)
Posted by: otho at February 18, 2013 01:34 AM (yBF/9)
Posted by: CarolT at February 18, 2013 02:25 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: CarolT at February 18, 2013 03:18 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamlessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at February 18, 2013 03:43 AM (l86i3)
... especially with Michelle off skiing in Vail, CO
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at February 18, 2013 03:44 AM (e8kgV)
"They have elected a Russian Pope."
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 18, 2013 03:48 AM (X8n03)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 18, 2013 03:48 AM (DcbLC)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamlessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at February 18, 2013 03:50 AM (l86i3)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamlessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at February 18, 2013 03:52 AM (l86i3)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 18, 2013 03:52 AM (X8n03)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 18, 2013 03:54 AM (X8n03)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamlessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at February 18, 2013 03:55 AM (l86i3)
Posted by: Soviet Russia Meme Guy at February 18, 2013 03:56 AM (NF2Bf)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ drinking heavily at February 18, 2013 03:57 AM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamlessly hawking his book Amy
Lynn available on amazon. at February 18, 2013 07:43 AM (l86i3)
Thank you for a great book. Wifey is reading it now and she is hooked.
Posted by: Vic at February 18, 2013 03:57 AM (53z96)
Posted by: eman at February 18, 2013 04:00 AM (7gJzD)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 18, 2013 04:01 AM (1V3hm)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamlessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at February 18, 2013 04:03 AM (l86i3)
A tag-team of sorts.
I vote for The Hart Foundation.
That will be three Hail Mary's and one anvil thrown at you!
Posted by: Lurking Canuck at February 18, 2013 04:03 AM (NF2Bf)
Posted by: The Catholic Church at February 18, 2013 04:04 AM (1V3hm)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 18, 2013 04:04 AM (X8n03)
Posted by: zsasz at February 18, 2013 04:04 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamlessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at February 18, 2013 04:06 AM (l86i3)
They have a competition on TV where the candidates compete and call it Vatican Idol.
The audition episodes are always the best. I particularly like all the lapsed Catholics that just want to get on TV.
Posted by: Lurking Canuck at February 18, 2013 04:06 AM (NF2Bf)
People forget how many different experiments have been tried, most forced from outside. Avignon Captivity n'est ce pas? Never worked out well.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 18, 2013 04:07 AM (X8n03)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamlessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at February 18, 2013 04:07 AM (l86i3)
Who will MC it?
I say we combine the Vatican Idol and WWF themes. Paul Orndorff piledrives you when you get voted out.
Posted by: Lurking Canuck at February 18, 2013 04:07 AM (NF2Bf)
Not to mention SCOAMF has to be the star and in that twosome it just isn't going to happen.
Posted by: Retread at February 18, 2013 04:08 AM (zxitI)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamlessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at February 18, 2013 04:08 AM (l86i3)
Posted by: Jerry Seinfeld at February 18, 2013 04:09 AM (X6akg)
When he gets something wrong, which will be often. Let a Jesuit school him.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 18, 2013 04:09 AM (X8n03)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 18, 2013 04:10 AM (X8n03)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet is no longer shamlessly hawking his book Amy Lynn available on amazon. at February 18, 2013 04:11 AM (l86i3)
Posted by: Tomas de Torquemada O.P. at February 18, 2013 04:12 AM (1V3hm)
Shoebuy now has the same boots on sale for 'only' 41% off! Or just $99.95.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 18, 2013 04:14 AM (X8n03)
Another character to read up on was Cecile Rhodes, and I think there is a movie about him but I can only recall fragments of the early history prior to or around the time of the discovery of the Kimberly diamond fields.
It is interesting to read modern comments from liberals who reject the history of that time refusing to even study it because of the racism.
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at February 18, 2013 04:14 AM (Nyb+H)
Posted by: zsasz at February 18, 2013 04:15 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 18, 2013 08:14 AM (X8n03)
I love news like this!
Posted by: Tami[/i] at February 18, 2013 04:16 AM (X6akg)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 18, 2013 04:19 AM (X8n03)
Of course, both books were written in the 1960's when the times were quite different.
Posted by: Miss Marple at February 18, 2013 04:20 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 18, 2013 04:24 AM (PxYrx)
NEW YORK (AP) — The reporter for Mother Jones magazine who broke the story of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's remarks that 47 percent of Americans "believe they are victims" is among the winners of the 64th annual George Polk Awards in Journalism.
David Corn, Mother Jones' Washington bureau chief, received the political reporting prize for his work, which shook up the campaign when he reported on the remarks in September.
What a surprise.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at February 18, 2013 04:24 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: Dang at February 18, 2013 06:58 AM (R18D0)
Let's not sell ourselves short. Yorktown.
Posted by: MattP at February 18, 2013 07:41 AM (GInM9)
Posted by: shoeless at February 18, 2013 10:33 AM (dY+4R)
Posted by: kvjsbarandgrill at February 18, 2013 02:29 PM (kNiw0)
@498
Isandlwana and Roarke's Drift were battles in the Zulu War or 1879, not the Boer War of 1899-1902. In the first the British Empire fought against the Zulu Kingdom, with the Afrikaaners helping out the Brits. In the Boer War, it was the Brits fighting to annex the remaining Afrikaaners into the British Empire.
For a good movie regarding the latter conflict, I recommend "Breaker Morant", with Edward Woodward (the Equalizer, for those old enough to remember that one) in the title role.
Posted by: BigDaddyD at February 18, 2013 02:32 PM (S4N/h)
The scene where the Welsh sing "Men of Harlech" while the Zulus are giving their shield bashing, foot-stomping war chant is one of those scenes that make the hairs on my neck stand up no matter how many times I watch that film.
Unfortunately, as I have come to find out over the years, it never actually happened. The 24 Regiment of Foot which fought at Rorkes drift was not a Welsh regiment either. Most of the soldiers in the first battalion were from the English industrial Midlands, while the second battalion did have a number of Welshmen in it, it was not by any means an exclusively Welsh regiment.
The Zulus also did not salute the British defenders and then march off into the sunset. A relief column from the main British force was headed towards Rorke's Drift, which the Zulus saw and hauled ass.
In spite of all the historical innaccuracies, and in spite of Attenborough's insertion of 1960's British class consciousness into a Victorian era context, I still regard the film as one of my all time favorites.
Posted by: BigDaddyD at February 18, 2013 02:48 PM (S4N/h)
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