February 18, 2013
— Maetenloch
Sorry - no internet until just a few minutes ago which means the AoSHQ Premium members get shortchanged again. :-(
The rest of you freeloaders get the usual slop though.
Thank God Slate Has Solved All Problems: There's No Such Thing as an Illegal Immigrant and Don't Repay the National Debt
UK Military Replacing Browning Hi-Powers with Glocks
Boulder Toilet-Peeping Hobo Pleads Insanity
Apparently Rape Culture is Alive and Well
Since somebody added a comment on to a single anti-rape poster. Oh the humanity!!
A flyer for a New School University screening of the new Jennifer Baumgardner documentary "It Was Rape," which chronicles eight women's experiences of being raped, was defaced by someone on the New School's campus. The flyer - which was defaced with the phrase "And It Felt Great" - was spotted by a student in one of the campus buildings, taken down and then handed over to the school's wellness center. That's where it was then passed on to Rhiannon Auriemma, a graduate student at the university and a peer health advocate at the school's Student Health Services.
Auriemma has a degree in Women's Studies and works on the university's Yes Means Yes campaign, which aims to engage student voices around sexual assault while educating the New School community around issues of rape culture and sexual violence. She believes the flyer incident needs to be examined in the greater context of rape culture. And though it may, on its face, seem like a small agression, as Auriemma explains it, "Because we are socialized within a culture that excuses and, at time, supports, gender based and sexual violence, micro-aggressions such as the defacing of the It Was Rape flyer take place." And, she notes, we need to be vigilant - even in places and within institutions that we presume to be safe spaces. "While The New School is a liberal institution that attempts to subvert larger, structural oppressions, we are not exempt from the reality of these oppressions," she said.
What's also alive and well is the utter humorlessness and clueless self-seriousness of the Women's Studies culture.
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And my twitter thang.
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Posted by: sluggo at February 18, 2013 06:31 PM (vVv3V)
Oh Maet- those scientists who discovered the orgasm- that's hilarious!
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 18, 2013 06:32 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: Tami [/i] at February 18, 2013 06:32 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: Arbalest at February 18, 2013 06:33 PM (t6GxT)
Posted by: The Political Hat at February 18, 2013 06:33 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: sluggo at February 18, 2013 06:33 PM (vVv3V)
yeah I read that Yglesias article about "never pay off the debt"
It was his typical idiocy
he was also big into the trillion-dollar coin idea
so now, whenever Yglesias ever whines about "how do we pay for Obama's program X" I always throw out there "hey, Yglesias, why don't you mint a trillion dollar coin for that" or "hey, Yglesias, why don't you just hand out a few consols for that"
Posted by: chemjeff at February 18, 2013 06:34 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: toby928© presents at February 18, 2013 06:34 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 18, 2013 06:34 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: Stu-22 at February 18, 2013 06:35 PM (k4bdL)
Posted by: Cicero Kid at February 18, 2013 06:35 PM (UrENZ)
Posted by: The Political Hat at February 18, 2013 06:35 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: toby928© presents at February 18, 2013 06:35 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: BignJames at February 18, 2013 06:36 PM (HtUkt)
Is there any site that truly captures the narcissism and faux intellectualism of the left better than Slate?
Posted by: Colorado Alex at February 18, 2013 06:36 PM (PQgoW)
Guten Abend. I am Professor Schtuppenfuehrer. I haff discovered ein organism of immense proportions.
Wass? Wass? Oh, ein or-gasm. Neffer mind.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 18, 2013 06:37 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 18, 2013 06:37 PM (X8n03)
you want your first time to be special
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If it's anything like the first time I got laid, Tami is really just feeling confused and wondering what all the fuss is about.
Posted by: sluggo at February 18, 2013 06:37 PM (vVv3V)
Posted by: toby928© presents at February 18, 2013 06:37 PM (QupBk)
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There are numerous websites dedicated to people who deface signs in funny ways - see for example:
http://tinyurl.com/6ewxhfd
Was this funny? No. Was this a jackass trying to be funny? Yes. Does it require "deep thought" about the "rape culture"? Hell no.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2013 06:37 PM (zPVBH)
you want your first time to be special
Posted by: chemjeff at February 18, 2013 10:35 PM (BBWjt)
Thanks CJ. It was....I'm having a smoke now.
Posted by: Tami [/i] at February 18, 2013 06:37 PM (X6akg)
I haven't had nearly enough beer to justify work in the AM tomorrow
Posted by: chemjeff at February 18, 2013 06:37 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: chemjeff at February 18, 2013 06:38 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: t-bird at February 18, 2013 06:38 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at February 18, 2013 06:38 PM (Zd/NW)
I'm pretty sure the top seven sex-offender suspects they find would look less creepy than that photo.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at February 18, 2013 06:38 PM (QTHTd)
....and then the internet proves that there is no such point as 'too far'.
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at February 18, 2013 06:38 PM (w8h1r)
I'd like some lefties who kill because they're doing it for the cause.
Posted by: joeindc44 at February 18, 2013 06:38 PM (rQHoF)
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Not impressed by Ace in chaps animated gifs? The 24-7 webcam of Marco Rubio's garbage?
Posted by: Some Proud Ace PRIME Subscriber at February 18, 2013 06:39 PM (zPVBH)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 18, 2013 10:37 PM (X8n03)
Oh shit, that's right Anna! I keep forgetting to open that box. I'm slipping....taking this long to open up box with new boots. WTF is wrong with me. Going now!
Posted by: Tami [/i] at February 18, 2013 06:39 PM (X6akg)
It becomes funny when one anticipates the reaction by the Gender Justice crowd. That's there the joke is.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at February 18, 2013 06:39 PM (QTHTd)
I wonder if it was good for her too?
I took the whistle.
Posted by: LeRoy the CO rapist. at February 18, 2013 06:40 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: David Frum at February 18, 2013 06:40 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2013 06:40 PM (NEIxp)
Matthew Yglesias is now on the writing staff at Slate?
And we are all stupider for the effort. The legendary Dennis the Peasant (now retired) would specifically target stupid Matty and Amanda Marcotte for endless ridicule to illustrate their overarching stupidity.
And that New School? Nuke it from orbit, just to be sure. Wasn't Bob Kerrey the President or Provost of that nut house some years ago?
Those people are full of facist illusions of power and thought control.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.... at February 18, 2013 06:40 PM (Md8Uo)
Posted by: joeindc44 at February 18, 2013 06:40 PM (rQHoF)
Posted by: Easily creeped out at February 18, 2013 06:41 PM (Q2wni)
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Hey, a little rap'n never hurt nobody.
Posted by: Bill Clinton at February 18, 2013 06:41 PM (zPVBH)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 06:41 PM (bxiXv)
It's official, then. The United States of America is a nation of Barbary pirates.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at February 18, 2013 06:41 PM (QTHTd)
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Not impressed by Ace in chaps animated gifs?
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Go on. Type more slowly this time.
Posted by: sluggo at February 18, 2013 06:41 PM (vVv3V)
Posted by: Steck at February 18, 2013 06:41 PM (RL7U1)
Posted by: toby928© presents at February 18, 2013 06:42 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2013 06:42 PM (NEIxp)
Posted by: eman at February 18, 2013 06:43 PM (7gJzD)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 06:43 PM (bxiXv)
Yes, he is their "economics editor" - no joke
Posted by: chemjeff at February 18, 2013 06:43 PM (BBWjt)
So today I found out one of my cousins has a fear of cotton balls. Like had a scratch on her nose and started crying when her friend came at her with a cotton ball with peroxide fear. Like her brothers would torment her by putting cotton balls in her shoes. They would have to be the ones to take it out.
So just out of curiousity I look up if it has a phobia name and it does. So I go to show her my phone as this site: http://tinyurl.com/ba6f6xb And when I turned it to her it hadn't finished loading so I didn't see the picture at the top, but she did and recoiled like I was putting a spider in front of her. It was just really funny. Especially when you see what the picture is.
Posted by: buzzion at February 18, 2013 06:43 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 18, 2013 06:44 PM (X8n03)
Posted by: sven10077 at February 18, 2013 06:44 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Alec Baldwin at February 18, 2013 06:44 PM (JQuNB)
Don't repay the national debt? Are you kidding? Do you guys even know what 16 trillion dollars is?
Well, imagine one of Ace's movie reviews. And imagine paying one dollar per word.
Hmmmmm...now that I think of it 16 trillion ain't so much.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 18, 2013 06:44 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 06:44 PM (bxiXv)
@Stalin_Noel
#LiberalTips2AvoidRape RAPE IS NOT AN ACCIDENT. YOU DO NOT AVOID RAPE. YOU TEACH PEOPLE NOT TO RAPE. i hate you all
Teach people not to rape! Why didn't we think of that!!!
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at February 18, 2013 06:45 PM (Ipj15)
Thanks for the tip!
Posted by: Tami [/i] at February 18, 2013 06:45 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: sven10077 at February 18, 2013 06:46 PM (LRFds)
http://tinyurl.com/6ewxhfd
those are pretty damn funny
Posted by: chemjeff at February 18, 2013 06:46 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Deli LLama at February 18, 2013 06:47 PM (lGu1O)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at February 18, 2013 06:47 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: sven10077 at February 18, 2013 06:48 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 18, 2013 06:48 PM (X8n03)
Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2013 06:48 PM (NEIxp)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 18, 2013 10:45 PM (Ipj15)
I took an incomplete in dat class.
Posted by: LeRoy the CO rapist. at February 18, 2013 06:49 PM (wR+pz)
Dweebs in white coats have always turned me on. I'd volunteer to be a test subject.
Free associating here-- but remember the Orgasmatron in the '70s movie, Sleeper? Huccome old futuristic flicks never got it right as far as gadgetry goes? The hell with hovercars and personal jetpacks. I want me an Orgasmatron booth.
Posted by: is the future here yet? at February 18, 2013 06:49 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: chemjeff at February 18, 2013 06:49 PM (BBWjt)
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Lee Harvey Oswald
Ted Kaczynski
Diana Oughton, Ted Gold, and Terry Robbins (died building a bomb to attack an attack an army dance)
Leon Czolgosz
"Reverend" Jim Jones
Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2013 06:50 PM (zPVBH)
Maetenloch are you playing with the weather on a satellite connection? Mine at home has been out most of the day.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at February 18, 2013 06:50 PM (qo244)
Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at February 18, 2013 06:50 PM (JQuNB)
Posted by: Deli LLama at February 18, 2013 06:50 PM (lGu1O)
Posted by: SFGoth at February 18, 2013 06:52 PM (wFA6y)
Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2013 06:52 PM (NEIxp)
"Why doesnt every gun automatically indicate whether there's a bullet in the chamber?"
And here's some other questions David Frum most likely has about life, the universe, and everything:
- "Why don't food makers just remove calories from food? That way no one would ever get fat."
- "Why don't girls like me?"
- "Why does it burn so bad when I pee?"
Posted by: qdpsteve at February 18, 2013 06:53 PM (7B7jB)
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See this is why no one listens to your right wingers, everyone knows the internet, or "AOL" as we called it at the time, was invented in 1995.
Posted by: Joe Biden at February 18, 2013 06:53 PM (zPVBH)
Posted by: no name at February 18, 2013 06:53 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: sven10077 at February 18, 2013 06:54 PM (LRFds)
yeah I read that Yglesias article about "never pay off the debt"
It was his typical idiocy
he was also big into the trillion-dollar coin idea
so now, whenever Yglesias ever whines about "how do we pay for Obama's program X" I always throw out there "hey, Yglesias, why don't you mint a trillion dollar coin for that" or "hey, Yglesias, why don't you just hand out a few consols for that"
If I had to name the one thing that most drives me bug nuts about the Democratic Party these days, it is that their solution to the debt/spending crisis is "pretend that it does not exist." WTF??
Posted by: Splunge at February 18, 2013 06:55 PM (2IW5Q)
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There was an article about a woman getting pretty sweet government housing and bitching about the hardwood floors. In the pictures in the story you can see she has a big screen TV and some nice furniture.
I first heard about it when Snopes got butthurt over it, which is doubly amusing.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2013 06:55 PM (zPVBH)
Now that Mrs. Muldoon has gone to bed I can tell a funny story about her. In nursing school she was learning about how to report out the microscope findings on a urinalysis. If bacteria or other microorganisms were seen, they were to be counted, and if beyond a certain range were to be designated as TNTC (too numerous to count).
She dutifully recorded in a patient's chart the following:
"Orgasms- TNTC "
We were married shortly thereafter.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 18, 2013 06:55 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2013 06:55 PM (NEIxp)
Posted by: Tami [/i] at February 18, 2013 06:56 PM (X6akg)
If I had to name the one thing that most drives me bug nuts about the Democratic Party these days, it is that their solution to the debt/spending crisis is "pretend that it does not exist." WTF??
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It works for many a 16 year old.
Study for a test tomorrow? NO FARKING WAY DUDE...YOLO!!!
Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2013 06:57 PM (zPVBH)
Posted by: AlGore at February 18, 2013 06:58 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 18, 2013 06:58 PM (BuSM8)
Posted by: t-bird at February 18, 2013 10:38 PM (FcR7P)
I bet they do, but the sport they call "football", we call "soccer".
Actually, what they call "football", we call "hacky sack".
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at February 18, 2013 06:59 PM (Zd/NW)
No, but we can make Matt Yglesias an object of ridicule and expose him as the lazy thinking hack he is. The same goes for most of the MFM.
Posted by: cm9000 at February 18, 2013 07:01 PM (vfB2N)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at February 18, 2013 07:01 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at February 18, 2013 10:58 PM (BuSM
Most of them dream of it being the strap on variety though.
Posted by: buzzion at February 18, 2013 07:01 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2013 07:01 PM (NEIxp)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at February 18, 2013 10:59 PM (PQgoW)
*******
I guess you could consider it another 'cure' for modern medicine.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 18, 2013 07:01 PM (qqZuQ)
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Meh, its not as exciting as you might think.
And the number of condoms you need? Wow. Some weeks I go through 100 or more.
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at February 18, 2013 07:01 PM (zPVBH)
leftists tend to be people who think in the present
rightists tend to be people who think in the future
so leftists are people who tend to focus only on current material needs and dismiss any concern about moral hazard or looming debt crises in the future
but rightists are concerned about the long-term concerns, and so that is why they get a bad rap in a culture that is also mostly short-term oriented.
Posted by: chemjeff at February 18, 2013 07:01 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: no name at February 18, 2013 07:02 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: helofixer at February 18, 2013 07:02 PM (x42H5)
Posted by: Insomniac at February 18, 2013 11:01 PM (NEIxp)
*****
Nice!
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 18, 2013 07:02 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: The littl shyning man at February 18, 2013 07:03 PM (ndp2I)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 07:03 PM (bxiXv)
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People widely dislike and distrust the government now but don't do much about it.
Pursuing draconian gun control is a great way to turn that into active Resistance and getting a lot of people killed.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2013 07:03 PM (zPVBH)
I should barrel myself for only now knowing about where to find the Mentions.
#humbleBrag
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at February 18, 2013 07:04 PM (Ipj15)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 07:04 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at February 18, 2013 07:04 PM (NzBQO)
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What was the tweet?
Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2013 07:04 PM (zPVBH)
Posted by: no name at February 18, 2013 07:04 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at February 18, 2013 07:05 PM (RZ8pf)
Wired have been fuckups for years. I don't even bother, the conflux of the self-aggrandizing Anonymous wannabes, the twitchy one-eye-wide-open Paulian set, and the smug ignorant leftist set.
One of those dipshits recent wrote an article criticizing the Empire's activities during the Battle of Hoth. The whole thing was absurdity trying to pass as intellectualism.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at February 18, 2013 07:06 PM (PQgoW)
Posted by: Toby TL at February 18, 2013 07:06 PM (dbt/7)
Posted by: BignJames at February 18, 2013 07:07 PM (HtUkt)
Posted by: teej at February 18, 2013 07:07 PM (yrHcy)
http://tinyurl.com/bkmj298
Posted by: chemjeff at February 18, 2013 11:03 PM (BBWjt)
*******
You can hardly tell that it has been surgically altered. IYKWIM.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 18, 2013 07:07 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at February 18, 2013 07:07 PM (qo244)
I guess because the effective ones join the system and become President.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2013 07:08 PM (zPVBH)
Posted by: 18-1
Going off Ace's "The New Republic is so white..."
@DietPublicola
#tnrdiversity TNR's New Year's Eve Party was sponsored by Wonderbread, Helmann's, and Knudsen's 2%.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at February 18, 2013 07:09 PM (Ipj15)
Posted by: model_1066 at February 18, 2013 07:09 PM (7xPCu)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at February 18, 2013 07:09 PM (wbeNt)
Posted by: helofixer at February 18, 2013 07:09 PM (x42H5)
Posted by: Steck at February 18, 2013 07:09 PM (RL7U1)
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There was a "Buzz" here in Calibonya years ago about the healing effects of bee stings to the affected areas of those suffering from arthritis....maybe a tie-in...maybe not.
Posted by: Richard Wines at February 18, 2013 07:10 PM (SpEuH)
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2013 07:11 PM (gBOQE)
Posted by: BignJames at February 18, 2013 07:12 PM (HtUkt)
I saw a lefty site that was displaying "stats" about shootings committed by Concealed Carry Permit holders.
They included Jared Loughner, because Arizona doesn't require a permit to carry concealed weapons. Nice try but no sale.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 18, 2013 07:12 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: The littl shyning man at February 18, 2013 07:13 PM (ndp2I)
http://tinyurl.com/b6dpjuj
http://tinyurl.com/bgt8w5m
http://tinyurl.com/ajvkvhr
Posted by: EC at February 18, 2013 07:13 PM (doBIb)
It is pretty amazing for someone so young.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2013 07:14 PM (zPVBH)
Posted by: Arbalest at February 18, 2013 07:14 PM (t6GxT)
Posted by: Runt at February 18, 2013 07:14 PM (eC9YO)
Perhaps I am a little sensitive, being a former rape victim and all.
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2013 11:11 PM (gBOQE)
*******
Understandable. So what's your view on handguns for self-defense if you don't mind me asking?
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 18, 2013 07:14 PM (qqZuQ)
@141 Bee stings a form of acupuncture? Except acupuncture doesn't inject venom.
If that lady was really daring she'd use snake bites.
I've watched that show, My Strange Addiction on Netflix and it's actually quite addictive, like being a spectator at a sideshow. One guy was into eating glass.
Posted by: no name at February 18, 2013 07:15 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: Polliwog
Thx!
@DietPublicola
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at February 18, 2013 07:15 PM (Ipj15)
Yeah, so Yglesias' brilliant point is that in some time in the past, the British, when they were the world's empire, issued "consols" which were basically bonds with no maturity date. People would buy them and then just collect the interest forever, because apparently there was never any doubt that the government wouldn't be around to default on its debt. So Yglesias thinks we should do the same thing.
Tell Ygleisas to put his entire savings into these things, or STFU.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 18, 2013 07:15 PM (IDSI7)
It is pretty amazing for someone so young.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 18, 2013 11:14 PM (zPVBH)
*******
Would be even more amazing if it was an 11-year-old bear named Emily.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 18, 2013 07:15 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: Barack "Abe" Obama at February 18, 2013 11:06 PM (EZl54)
As sad as it is, Obama will probably be rated the best president by the next generation of idiots.
Posted by: cm9000 at February 18, 2013 07:16 PM (vfB2N)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 07:17 PM (bxiXv)
"To be specific, CBO expects the deficit to shrink from 8.7% of GDP in fiscal 2011 to 5.3% in fiscal 2013 if the sequester takes effect and to 5.5% if not."
Posted by: Herbert Hymenhopper at February 18, 2013 07:17 PM (rhu8R)
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2013 07:18 PM (gBOQE)
Posted by: Barack "Abe" Obama at February 18, 2013 11:06 PM (EZl54)
Kinda hard to be Lincolnesque with Blacks against Samolians, Latino's against Blacks, Blacks and Latino's against Asians.... it just gets too confusing for uncivil civic civil wars.
Posted by: Deli LLama at February 18, 2013 07:18 PM (lGu1O)
Posted by: That Guy Who Has To Walk, Metaphorically Speaking at February 18, 2013 07:18 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 07:19 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: teej at February 18, 2013 07:20 PM (EWy0D)
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2013 07:20 PM (gBOQE)
Posted by: AltonJavkson (new content up) at February 18, 2013 07:21 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at February 18, 2013 07:21 PM (NzBQO)
There were a couple of HiPowers in my family before the boating accident.
Sacred honour compels me to leave EC's wife out of this whole sordid ONT affair.
Posted by: garrett at February 18, 2013 07:22 PM (j3gOo)
@84
the return of the FBOTUS
Via the pool report:
AF1 wheels down Andrews at 7:45pm. POTUS came back to have a 10-minute off the record talk with pool at the end of the flight.
Reggie Love departed AF1 soon after POTUS, apparently a guest for the weekend.
Marine One wheels up 7:55 pm
bow chicka wowow!
Posted by: Barack at February 18, 2013 07:22 PM (EZl54)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 07:23 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2013 11:18 PM (gBOQE)
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Yeah- my wife's father was murdered a few years ago. The likely culprit still hangs around the vicinity. There's no way I would give up my right to defend my self and my family. Just wouldn't be prudent. The scumbag was a convicted felon who had no problems with possessing a gun illegally. I often wonder what might have happened if my F-I-L had been armed that day. Might not have made a difference, but then again.
(link in my nick)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 18, 2013 07:23 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.... at February 18, 2013 07:24 PM (Md8Uo)
Huh, I wonder where Matt's expertise or experience in such economic matters comes from. Let me see, oh a degree in philosophy from Harvard.
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at February 18, 2013 11:21 PM (NzBQO)
That would make him a ... uh ... superannuated high school graduate.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 18, 2013 07:24 PM (IDSI7)
Posted by: model_1066 at February 18, 2013 07:24 PM (7xPCu)
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2013 07:25 PM (gBOQE)
Maybe it was a terrible accident caused by the bullet meter being on the fritz.
Posted by: David Frum, Firearms Master at February 18, 2013 07:26 PM (gAyZv)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at February 18, 2013 07:27 PM (qo244)
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2013 07:27 PM (gBOQE)
Posted by: Womyns Studies Graduate Student at February 18, 2013 07:28 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 07:29 PM (bxiXv)
Reggie Love departed AF1 soon after POTUS, apparently a guest for the weekend.
I already saw Snakes on a Plane, it wasn't that good.
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at February 18, 2013 07:29 PM (NzBQO)
@156 As far as Obama being rated one of the greatest by idiots--- depends on how the economy goes. Of course, the media will continue to work mightily to see that no one notices if we end up with hyperinflation or a depression. Some on the left dream of revolution, if so let's hope the MSM are the first loaded into the tumbrils.
I think the media are the truly soulless unprincipled ones. You can't blame politicians for being power mad. But the mainstream media are the enablers. They now comfort and protect the powerful and afflict the powerless. We're living in an alternate bizarro universe.
Posted by: no name at February 18, 2013 07:29 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: David Frum, Firearms Master at February 18, 2013 11:26 PM (gAyZv)
******
Either that or he forgot to put the trigger lock on. Just our bad luck!
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 18, 2013 07:30 PM (qqZuQ)
Mindy
35 or so years ago, I girl I knew very well was raped one Sunday afternoon walking from the college library to her car. It messed her up in the head for several years.
Another girl I knew (well, +30 year old woman) was raped in her own house, when she came home some stalker was waiting for her.
Guns aren't for everyone, but if a woman was at risk, they should have the right to carry. Rape is ugly and cruel, and no real man would ever do something like that. You would have every right to plug that unspeakable scum dead if you felt threatened.
That Salazar donkey is a real asshat.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.... at February 18, 2013 07:30 PM (Md8Uo)
Blurph.
I wonder who/what the Foist Lady had for
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at February 18, 2013 07:30 PM (Qxdfp)
Posted by: RWC at February 18, 2013 07:30 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2013 07:31 PM (gBOQE)
Posted by: The Political Hat at February 18, 2013 07:31 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2013 11:27 PM (gBOQE)
*******
Thanks. Mrs. Muldoon and I believe in God's justice, and understand that it may not happen as we envision it, but that it will happen.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 18, 2013 07:32 PM (qqZuQ)
Posted by: teej at February 18, 2013 07:32 PM (EWy0D)
Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at February 18, 2013 07:33 PM (JQuNB)
Posted by: chemjeff at February 18, 2013 11:30 PM (BBWjt)
*******
Why should 'they' get all the fun?
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 18, 2013 07:33 PM (qqZuQ)
Now I'm debating if I succumb to the temptation in the next debate to either delete all the things I disagree with or edit them to something like "you're wrong because I suck dicks". Normally I wouldn't because I think censorship is bullshit, but since we're having censorship against the stipulated rules anyway, does the moron horde think I should get some payback to illustrate a point?
Posted by: Ranba Ral at February 18, 2013 07:34 PM (G99e4)
Reggie spent the weekend with BHO while Michele and the girls were in Colorado skiing?
Okay, who scripted this, the Onion?
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.... at February 18, 2013 07:34 PM (Md8Uo)
Payback!
Posted by: EC at February 18, 2013 07:35 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2013 07:37 PM (gBOQE)
Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at February 18, 2013 07:38 PM (JQuNB)
I will always support payback for leftist bullshit.
Posted by: Methos at February 18, 2013 07:38 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: andycanuck at February 18, 2013 07:39 PM (ORGYc)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 18, 2013 07:39 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at February 18, 2013 07:40 PM (qqZuQ)
Ranba Ral @ 205
The next time you get to moderate the discussion, the topic should be censorship and you should get the weasel who deleted your posts to crawl on his belly to explain why he wasn't a little Stalin freak. Also sounds like your discussion circle might be heading for the troubles - the kind of troubles that seem to make some people think they are justified thought controllers.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.... at February 18, 2013 07:40 PM (Md8Uo)
That is me though, my free advice may be worth only what you paid for it.
Posted by: chemjeff at February 18, 2013 07:40 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at February 18, 2013 07:41 PM (JQuNB)
Posted by: model_1066 at February 18, 2013 07:43 PM (7xPCu)
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2013 07:44 PM (gBOQE)
Posted by: joeindc44 at February 18, 2013 07:45 PM (rQHoF)
Posted by: RWC at February 18, 2013 07:45 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: David Metis at February 18, 2013 07:45 PM (MRyPF)
Posted by: thunderb at February 18, 2013 07:46 PM (Dnbau)
I was debating that too. Most of the lefties in our group (just the slight majority of the group in our case) are okay other than being libs and will give you a listen without being dicks. The mod tonight's always been pretty much a total toadrocket though.
Posted by: Ranba Ral at February 18, 2013 07:47 PM (G99e4)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 18, 2013 07:47 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at February 18, 2013 07:48 PM (wbeNt)
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2013 07:48 PM (gBOQE)
Posted by: David Metis at February 18, 2013 07:48 PM (MRyPF)
to me, "womyn's studies" champions dilute their case by marching around dressed like vaginas or prostitutes, sponsor "slut walks", talk about "vagendas", protest topless,erect OWS"rape tents", ignore clitorectomies and honor killings in the ME, all the while they are proclaiming American womyn are being abused by the culture if we don't want to pay for their birth control or abortion on demand.
Posted by: thunderb at February 18, 2013 11:46 PM (Dnbau)
Bottom line: womyn's studies was ginned up by Reds, and its champions are Reds. They don't give a shit about women per se, any more than "enviromentalists" give a shit about the environment. The putative issue is just a vehicle for agitation, no more, no less.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 18, 2013 07:49 PM (IDSI7)
Posted by: David Metis at February 18, 2013 07:50 PM (MRyPF)
---------------------------
We've resigned ourselves to the fact that the country is going down either way. <--- See? There it is.
Posted by: sluggo at February 18, 2013 07:50 PM (vVv3V)
If I was one of the Koch brothers, an eevil Reichwing billionaire bastard hellbent on worldwide domination as per lefty assumptions, I would probably try to live up their expectations and do the following: Invite the leaders of the cartels in Mexico and Colombia to my remote fortress in Antarctica, and after a dinner of endagered species and the blood of the innocent, give them one hundred million dollars and a lengthy list of names of every prominent AGW fraud, Sierra Club/Greenpeace bigwig, commie academic, and other such assholes, and say "I'm sure you know what to do, mi amigos. Ciao."
Posted by: model_1066 at February 18, 2013 11:43 PM (7xPCu)
Ah, the "Freikorps dipsy doodle."
That would be a shame. A cryin' shame.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 18, 2013 07:50 PM (IDSI7)
Posted by: David Metis at February 18, 2013 07:51 PM (MRyPF)
Posted by: model_1066 at February 18, 2013 11:43 PM (7xPCu)
You should add to make it look like an accident. Put down a whole bunch of cocaine at the crime scene, we don't need any martyrs. With Kate Upton at your side, while petting your cat.
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at February 18, 2013 07:51 PM (NzBQO)
Posted by: RWC at February 18, 2013 07:51 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Steck at February 18, 2013 07:51 PM (RL7U1)
So I'm 99.99999% sure it was some dude trying to be funny and failing rather than some triumphant rapist gloating over his attacks. Guys do stupid things like this. Especially in college. It doesn't mean there's a culture of rape or really anything about else about society in general.
But you do some kind of sense of humor even to recognize failed attempts at humor.
Posted by: Mætenloch at February 18, 2013 07:52 PM (zV/vc)
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2013 07:52 PM (gBOQE)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 18, 2013 07:52 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: David Metis at February 18, 2013 07:52 PM (MRyPF)
Posted by: model_1066 at February 18, 2013 07:53 PM (7xPCu)
Don't forget the nehru suit and monocle!
Posted by: EC at February 18, 2013 07:53 PM (doBIb)
I'd always been weary of the militant feminists. The definitive BING moment for me overall was early in college. Had to go to <pick your lib topic for sensitivity> special guest speaker events twice for Ethnic Studies 101. I picked the feminist speakers because they seemed the least objectionable overall. They had a couple of the modern leaders of the movement up there, but I can't recall now which ones. My first one they talked about the middle east stuff. Basically how things weren't perfect in America, but focus needed to shift abroad to the developing world too, and they talked a lot about the middle east and clitoral circumcision. Then 9/11 happened. The event afterwords, I saw people get kicked out for asking about and quoting the same ladies' earlier statements.
Posted by: Ranba Ral at February 18, 2013 07:54 PM (G99e4)
Posted by: t-bird at February 18, 2013 07:54 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2013 11:48 PM (gBOQE)
If I actually had an extra I would gladly donate it. Unfortunately I'm in a state where you're grateful to own a frigging ping pong paddle.
Posted by: Berserker at February 18, 2013 07:54 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: JDP at February 18, 2013 07:54 PM (8HhF2)
Blurph.
I wonder who/what the Foist Lady had for fishing skiing lessons?
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at February 18, 2013 11:30 PM (Qxdfp)
Ben and Jerry?
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at February 18, 2013 07:55 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: model_1066 at February 18, 2013 07:55 PM (7xPCu)
Posted by: Leonard Cohen at February 18, 2013 07:55 PM (C8mVl)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 18, 2013 07:55 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: David Metis at February 18, 2013 07:55 PM (MRyPF)
Some asshat (a cop type?) suggested, not a gun, just pee on him... not a good idea given a phrase,
"Effed the piss out of her"
Might have the opposite effect than intended.
get your gat. whatever fits yer hands that is available.
Posted by: Johnny Got His Gun at February 18, 2013 07:56 PM (JtyGg)
Posted by: The Political Hat (@ThePoliticalHat) at February 18, 2013 07:56 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: David Metis at February 18, 2013 11:45 PM (MRyPF)
You are living in the decline and fall of the United States. What more doom and gloom do you want?
Posted by: cm9000 at February 18, 2013 07:56 PM (vfB2N)
Posted by: model_1066 at February 18, 2013 07:57 PM (7xPCu)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 18, 2013 07:57 PM (4Bd7s)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 18, 2013 07:57 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: DAve at February 18, 2013 07:57 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: DaveA at February 18, 2013 07:59 PM (SSsn7)
Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at February 18, 2013 07:59 PM (JQuNB)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 18, 2013 11:52 PM (piMMO)
With our lickspittle media, he knows he can get away with just about anything. He could shoot heroin on live TV, and the jackanapes on MSNBC would gurgle and coo about how awesome he is.
Posted by: model_1066 at February 18, 2013 11:55 PM (7xPCu)
His poor daughters.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 18, 2013 07:59 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: RWC at February 18, 2013 07:59 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Witchfinder at February 18, 2013 07:59 PM (s/PhC)
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2013 07:59 PM (gBOQE)
Posted by: The Political Hat at February 18, 2013 07:59 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Saturn [/i] [/b] at February 18, 2013 08:00 PM (Ipj15)
*coughs*
Posted by: tentacle hentai at February 18, 2013 08:00 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: David Metis at February 18, 2013 08:02 PM (MRyPF)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 18, 2013 08:02 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 08:03 PM (bxiXv)
He wasn't even trying to be directly funny himself. He (or even "she" - misanthropes do exist on the distaff side) was trolling. As a troll, he didn't think about how actual rape-survivors would react.
Which goes back to an earlier Ace post today.
Anyhoo. When I said "it becomes funny"? Yeah, I'm not going to defend that. That was the misanthropic troll side of me talking. Certain comments in here have pointed out exactly why it is not funny. To whom it concerns I am deeply sorry.
There needs to be a troll code of ethics.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at February 18, 2013 08:03 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at February 18, 2013 08:03 PM (Ipj15)
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2013 08:04 PM (gBOQE)
Posted by: model_1066 at February 18, 2013 08:05 PM (7xPCu)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 18, 2013 08:05 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2013 08:05 PM (gBOQE)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 08:06 PM (bxiXv)
He's oblivious to optics because he's a first-rate narcissist.
This. The fundamental thing about narcissists is that they are faking having a personality. There's a lot they don't know about what it's like to really have one.
What is scary is how well his narcissist "mask" has worked to get him where he is, and to get him so much success in his socialist dictator project. It says something about the nature of politics, and about the nature of the modern left. Not sure exactly what, but it'll probably make a good thesis someday.
Posted by: Splunge at February 18, 2013 08:07 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: joeindc44 at February 18, 2013 08:08 PM (rQHoF)
Posted by: model_1066 at February 18, 2013 08:08 PM (7xPCu)
Posted by: David Metis at February 18, 2013 08:08 PM (MRyPF)
Posted by: Sqiudophobe at February 18, 2013 08:09 PM (XLuH2)
So, what is the problem? I carry on the "Q-T"...which means silent but deadly.
I waited for 10 years in Calibonya for a permit...even tried that Law Dog outside of Fresno who gave em out like candy and paid a hefty price for the mail box to prove my zip code......wasted gold. So I just go by the old adage,
"Better to be tried by 12 than carried by 6." Getting rounds for practice has become a critical issue....thanks to HLS.....you know what THEIR drill is....
Posted by: Richard Wines at February 18, 2013 08:09 PM (SpEuH)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 08:09 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Leonard Cohen at February 18, 2013 08:10 PM (C8mVl)
Posted by: model_1066 at February 18, 2013 08:11 PM (7xPCu)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 18, 2013 08:12 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: David Metis at February 18, 2013 08:12 PM (MRyPF)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at February 18, 2013 08:13 PM (Ipj15)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 18, 2013 08:14 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at February 19, 2013 12:03 AM (bxiXv)
This.
Everywhere I turn, stuff has been turned to shit by lefties messing with it and good-thinking people getting disgusted and walking away. Well, now it's coast-to-coast.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 18, 2013 08:14 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 08:16 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: DAve at February 18, 2013 11:57 PM (XDC0v)
Like everything else American that has been perverted and ruined by the left, it may be coming to an end soon. Government uses student loans and other taxpayer funded means to finance the poisoning of young minds by tenured losers; after graduating with a worthless degree, many vote Democrat and want student loans forgiven, again financed by productive people. Same old same old. But the weaknesses of that model are becoming evident despite the efforts of the MFM. Let it burn.
Posted by: model_1066 at February 19, 2013 12:05 AM (7xPCu)
Funny thing is -- all the lefties send their own kids to private schools (righties tend to be more homeschoolers).
Posted by: cthulhu at February 18, 2013 08:16 PM (kaalw)
273
The censorship discussion sounds like a good one to go with. Initial post was made just after the deletion, so I was a bit pissed. Being pissed and in "enemy territory" is also why I bailed on the rest of the discussion for tonight.
Posted by: Ranba Ral at February 18, 2013 08:17 PM (G99e4)
Posted by: Navybrat at February 18, 2013 08:17 PM (7zvJ4)
Some presumably well-intentioned group placed ads in the box frames above the urinals in campus bathrooms.
The ad read something along the lines of, "The power to stop rape is in your hands."
Yes, they were accusing you of being a rapist, or a potential rapist. It sucks, and it happens all the time, with this sort of propaganda. It's damned insulting, and it reflects the fundamental idiocy of the left. Everyone with a male organ is a potential rapist, and everyone who's armed is a potential murderer. Because singling out actual criminals, and the characteristics that lead to criminality (hint to the left: that envy you seek to stoke is one of them), is judgmental, you know.
Posted by: Splunge at February 18, 2013 08:17 PM (2IW5Q)
Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at February 18, 2013 08:19 PM (JQuNB)
Posted by: Leonard Cohen at February 18, 2013 08:19 PM (C8mVl)
290
I wish NOT to get started on that very aspect because.....
I could get very ugly...and TRUE....but still ugly, which is "NON PC AMIGO" in Sacramento language........VIVA BATH HOUSE BROWN!!!!!
Posted by: Richard Wines at February 18, 2013 08:20 PM (SpEuH)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 18, 2013 08:20 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at February 18, 2013 08:21 PM (6IMhu)
Posted by: model_1066 at February 18, 2013 08:21 PM (7xPCu)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 08:22 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Splunge at February 19, 2013 12:07 AM (2IW5Q)
"He" is a figurehead -- "I serve as a blank screen on which people of vastly different political stripes project their own views." He's too stupid and narcissistic to even realize that all these "different political stripes" were all-Left, all the time. Muslims think, "he's pro-Muslim"; blacks think, "he's black"; the poor thinks, "he'll get us free stuff"; college students say, "he sound just like our professors, he must be so smart".....but the right says, "he's another goddamned red-diaper leftist."
The real lefties don't trust him either -- which is why he's got "minders" like Valjar.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 18, 2013 08:24 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Eaton Cox at February 18, 2013 08:24 PM (+wxCD)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 18, 2013 08:24 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at February 18, 2013 08:25 PM (Ipj15)
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2013 08:25 PM (gBOQE)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 08:25 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 18, 2013 08:26 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Splunge at February 19, 2013 12:07 AM (2IW5Q)
He's a figurehead with wide coattails. *Those* people worked behind the scenes to get themselves access to the halls of power, for their varies but similar agendas.
America didn't just elect Obama, they elected the Corrupt Chicago Political Machine.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at February 19, 2013 12:09 AM (bxiXv)
Took me 15 extra minutes to get around to saying the same thing....
Posted by: cthulhu at February 18, 2013 08:26 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 08:28 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at February 18, 2013 08:28 PM (Y5I9o)
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2013 08:28 PM (gBOQE)
Posted by: model_1066 at February 18, 2013 08:29 PM (7xPCu)
Posted by: t-bird at February 18, 2013 08:29 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at February 18, 2013 08:30 PM (Y5I9o)
Or you look for someone who did it before that surface was made vertical. Like whoever put it up. Because hey, look at that--why is it rolled like somebody was sneakin' it around at the bottom of a pile of rolled things? Well, maybe it was just at the bottom of the rolled pile of them and then later it got written on...so lightly that the pressure of writing--that big hot wet rapin' hand slowly sliding across it--didn't visibly change how rolled it is on that side. For whatever reason.
Point: maybe wait before deciding exactly what kind of people-you-already-hate need to all go to all the hells for not having done this arguably annoying thing which may be a different thing than you want to think it is. Or not.
Posted by: detective oblig. is too old for this shit at February 18, 2013 08:30 PM (cePv8)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at February 18, 2013 08:31 PM (Ipj15)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 08:32 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: sven10077 at February 18, 2013 08:33 PM (LRFds)
They held.... hands---which is more than I am authorized to say....
Posted by: Secret Service Guy who Knows at February 18, 2013 08:33 PM (o6qwg)
Posted by: Jake in ID at February 18, 2013 08:34 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 08:34 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at February 19, 2013 12:30 AM (Y5I9o)
There are a lot of things going on. Has anyone else been noticing that the statute of limitations for financial crimes leading up to the 2008 collapse runs out in Obama's second term? I have a sneaky suspicion that's a big reason why 2012 went the way it did.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 18, 2013 08:35 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Commie Tommy Hayden at February 18, 2013 08:35 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 08:37 PM (bxiXv)
America didn't just elect Obama, they elected the Corrupt Chicago Political Machine.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at February 19, 2013 12:09 AM (bxiXv)
Obama is indeed a figurehead of something bigger. I would put the percentage of people aware of the Chicago/Illinois combine corruption that spawned Obama at 0.02%.
Posted by: cm9000 at February 18, 2013 08:37 PM (vfB2N)
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2013 08:38 PM (gBOQE)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 18, 2013 08:38 PM (X8n03)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 18, 2013 08:38 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 18, 2013 08:38 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 08:39 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 08:39 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 18, 2013 08:40 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Made Sea at February 18, 2013 08:41 PM (ozR87)
We had a Faculty Development inservice today at our community college. One of the speakers said he needed to do a Marco Rubio and took a drink of water (chuckles from the attendees). I responded, "There goes your career." (more chuckles).
Did I manage to aim my snark in the right direction?
Posted by: Mindy at February 19, 2013 12:38 AM (gBOQE)
Not to worry, you devalued his remark subtly and mocked the MSM's ownership of the spin cycle.
Of course, some probably thought that you'd joined in the groupthink and that you reinforced their position.....but it's too late for them.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 18, 2013 08:41 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: model_1066 at February 18, 2013 08:42 PM (7xPCu)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 08:44 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: model_1066 at February 18, 2013 08:44 PM (7xPCu)
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2013 08:44 PM (gBOQE)
Posted by: Steck at February 18, 2013 08:45 PM (RL7U1)
Posted by: model_1066 at February 18, 2013 08:46 PM (7xPCu)
Posted by: Jake in ID at February 18, 2013 08:46 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2013 08:47 PM (gBOQE)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 08:47 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 08:48 PM (bxiXv)
Anyone here a web-designer / web-layout person?
(See? Don't even know the right working.)
Need to pay $ to have someone put together a simple WordPress (or the like) site, just a couple pages to start.
Anyone here interested? Would much rather give to the Horde than to the shudder other.
Posted by: Steck at February 19, 2013 12:45 AM (RL7U1)
The problem that I've found with such projects is that it frequently takes more knowledge and effort to describe such a thing to have it executed properly than it does to cut'n'paste something "close enough".
Posted by: cthulhu at February 18, 2013 08:49 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Jake in ID at February 18, 2013 08:49 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2013 08:52 PM (gBOQE)
Posted by: zeera at February 18, 2013 08:52 PM (Lv9bM)
I'm not sure that he wasn't also mocking the media treatment of Rubio. We have a lot of conservatives on our campus. I'd say maybe as high as 50%.
Posted by: Mindy at February 19, 2013 12:47 AM (gBOQE)
Where is this fortunate land? I'm stuck out in California and education is owned lock, stock, and barrel by the Left.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 18, 2013 08:52 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Steck at February 18, 2013 08:53 PM (RL7U1)
Posted by: model_1066 at February 18, 2013 08:53 PM (7xPCu)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 18, 2013 08:53 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Mindy at February 19, 2013 12:44 AM (gBOQE)
You are on a fools errand. The MFM reigns supreme and the LIVs are never to be dissuaded.
Posted by: cm9000 at February 18, 2013 08:53 PM (vfB2N)
Reading Greenwald's latest column at the Guardian and seeing the comments makes me think that some of the posters have to be parodying the left. The anti-American tropes are so over-the-top and cliched it's like an Onion spoof. (If the Onion wasn't so damned anti-Republican. They hardly ever lay a glove on Obama and the Dems.)
Someone should launch a site that mocks the Onion and in the Onion style.
Posted by: no name at February 18, 2013 08:54 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2013 08:55 PM (gBOQE)
Posted by: Splunge at February 18, 2013 10:55 PM (2IW5Q)
====
Serious question -- can anyone name any solution proposed by those assholes that actually stands any chance of successfully solving the problem they claim to be working on without unintended consequences worse than the problem itself?
Posted by: jc at February 18, 2013 08:55 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: model_1066 at February 18, 2013 08:57 PM (7xPCu)
Posted by: zeera at February 19, 2013 12:52 AM (Lv9bM)
===
you will be warmer soon cuz we are getting colder.
Posted by: jc at February 18, 2013 08:57 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Rhiannon Auriemma at February 18, 2013 08:58 PM (BuSM8)
The "Boy Scouts",
The best thing I did with my youth....besides....Baseball......and finding out about......girls!
Posted by: Richard Wines at February 18, 2013 09:00 PM (SpEuH)
Posted by: Steck at February 19, 2013 12:53 AM (RL7U1)
Copy main site. Delete content. Disable security. Reflect on received wisdom from Horde.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 18, 2013 09:00 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 09:00 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2013 09:01 PM (gBOQE)
Posted by: jc at February 19, 2013 12:55 AM (PlzOe)
I really wish the GOP would run a series of Ads.... show how places like California, or Chicago, where the Dems have ruled for years.... suck statisticly compared to Republican run areas...
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 18, 2013 09:02 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: Steck at February 18, 2013 09:03 PM (RL7U1)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 09:04 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Jake in ID at February 18, 2013 09:05 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: tasker at February 18, 2013 09:05 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 09:06 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2013 09:06 PM (gBOQE)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 09:06 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 09:07 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: model_1066 at February 18, 2013 09:07 PM (7xPCu)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 18, 2013 09:07 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 19, 2013 12:52 AM (kaalw)
We are in a little corner of Colorado, and we have escaped some of the decay. I fear the family breakdown and increasing government dependence are going to bring us down, though. Also, for some reason, our city council will make your life hell if you try to start a business here.
Posted by: Mindy at February 19, 2013 01:01 AM (gBOQE)
I'll give you a hint -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourgeoise -- "Historically, the mediæval French word bourgeois denoted the inhabitants of the bourgs (walled market-towns), the craftsmen, artisans, merchants, and others, who constituted "the bourgeoisie", they were the socio-economic class between the peasants and the landlords, between the workers and the owners of the means of production." In other words, people who own and run a business.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 18, 2013 09:07 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 19, 2013 01:02 AM (lZBBB)
That would be divisive and would alienate swing-voters.
Posted by: MFM at February 18, 2013 09:07 PM (vfB2N)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 09:07 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: tasker at February 18, 2013 09:08 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: model_1066 at February 18, 2013 09:09 PM (7xPCu)
Check out this graph which shows the incidence of sexual assault before and after concealed carry was permitted on Colorado St. U.campus.
http://t.co/EIn4ESYy
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 19, 2013 01:07 AM (piMMO)
Nice!
Posted by: cthulhu at February 18, 2013 09:10 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: MINEMINEMINE!! at February 18, 2013 09:11 PM (nqXsF)
Posted by: model_1066 at February 18, 2013 09:11 PM (7xPCu)
Posted by: Jake in ID at February 18, 2013 09:12 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 09:12 PM (bxiXv)
Microsoft's FrontPage isn't bad for doing basic websites. Comes with all sorts of templates and such, and there's a ton of training materials available for it.
If its static information with no interaction with a backend server, e-commerce shit, etc than you can even do it with MS Word and tell it to save the files as HTML
Posted by: The Sea Slugs at February 18, 2013 09:12 PM (1rU+d)
Posted by: The Political Hat at February 18, 2013 09:15 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Soona at February 18, 2013 09:16 PM (oeNQu)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 09:16 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Steck at February 18, 2013 09:16 PM (RL7U1)
Posted by: MINEMINEMINE!! at February 18, 2013 09:16 PM (nqXsF)
Posted by: Jake in ID at February 18, 2013 09:16 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Steck at February 18, 2013 09:18 PM (RL7U1)
show how places like California, or Chicago, where the Dems have ruled
for years.... suck statisticly compared to Republican run areas...
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 19, 2013 01:02 AM (lZBBB)
That would be divisive and would alienate swing-voters.
Posted by: MFM at February 19, 2013 01:07 AM (vfB2N)
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they need to adopt a strategy of focusing only on problems -- (never even mention solutions unless forced to do so) and telling real stories about real people that have been screwed over -- and give concrete examples that link all of those stories directly back to the assholes in power and the stupid shit they did.
Posted by: jc at February 18, 2013 09:18 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Steck at February 18, 2013 09:20 PM (RL7U1)
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2013 09:20 PM (gBOQE)
Posted by: MINEMINEMINE!! at February 18, 2013 09:22 PM (nqXsF)
Posted by: Case at February 18, 2013 09:22 PM (FKGw9)
Posted by: Jake in ID at February 18, 2013 09:22 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Richard Wines at February 18, 2013 09:22 PM (SpEuH)
I really wish the GOP would run a series of Ads.... show how places like California, or Chicago, where the Dems have ruled for years.... suck statisticly compared to Republican run areas...
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 19, 2013 01:02 AM (lZBBB)
After the media has been running stories about all the great things happening in those areas. It's hard to talk about how shitty California is when the California government is running ads with all the celebrities about how great it is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l01KuG0VU5U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIs7-K_5EVs
Or Detroit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKL254Y_jtc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1NCSrwa2Us
No matter how much we spend, the propaganda wins.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at February 18, 2013 09:24 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 09:24 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Steck at February 18, 2013 09:25 PM (RL7U1)
Posted by: Jake in ID at February 18, 2013 09:25 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: epobirs at February 18, 2013 09:26 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: tasker at February 18, 2013 09:26 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 09:27 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: tasker at February 18, 2013 09:27 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at February 19, 2013 01:24 AM (Zd/NW)
===
then a change in tactics is due.
Posted by: jc at February 18, 2013 09:29 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2013 09:30 PM (gBOQE)
417
Not braggin, maybe it was the fear of the range master coming back sooner....
but I did do spank them plates.....at combat range... like a bell... out of fear you understand!
Posted by: Richard Wines at February 18, 2013 09:32 PM (SpEuH)
Posted by: tasker at February 18, 2013 09:32 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at February 18, 2013 09:35 PM (Ipj15)
Posted by: Mindy at February 19, 2013 01:20 AM (gBOQE)
Sorry to hear about that, but the same thing is going on here in Virginia, and boy howdy are the leftists pissed about it.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at February 18, 2013 09:35 PM (Zd/NW)
@411 But are they the old style hippies who were anti-establishment or the new hippies who are pro-establishment (statists in other words.)
Remember way back when when the students took over the campuses and the dean's office? Can you imagine today's students doing that now that the former revolutionaries run things in academia and are now The Man.
Today's students are no longer anti-establishment because the establishment is perceived as non-conformist and so the students conform. The irony is so thick it can't be cut with a machete.
Posted by: no name at February 18, 2013 09:36 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: model_1066 at February 18, 2013 09:37 PM (7xPCu)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at February 19, 2013 01:24 AM (Zd/NW)
Yeah.... as someone who is trying to RUN a business in Central California.... those commercials and Celebs REALLY piss me off...
There are two distinct States here now... the Haves in their Gated Communities of the Bay Area and Sourthen California.... and the rest of us...
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 18, 2013 09:38 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2013 09:39 PM (gBOQE)
Posted by: Jake in ID at February 18, 2013 09:39 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 09:39 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: MINEMINEMINE!! at February 18, 2013 09:39 PM (nqXsF)
Posted by: no name at February 19, 2013 01:36 AM (Q2wni)
There are the outliers though... the OWS types... or the anti bank anarchists who are still out there....
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 18, 2013 09:39 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: Steck at February 18, 2013 09:40 PM (RL7U1)
Posted by: DAve at February 18, 2013 09:40 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at February 19, 2013 01:24 AM (Zd/NW)
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then a change in tactics is due.
Posted by: jc at February 19, 2013 01:29 AM (PlzOe)
It would be nice, but when you are up against the Dems, the Government, the media, and the favored Corporations, you cannot outspend all of that.
Hell, I live in a Dem dominated city, and no matter how bad or corrupt the city government is, they just keep re-electing those crooks.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at February 18, 2013 09:41 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: Jake in ID at February 18, 2013 09:41 PM (jfSqj)
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2013 09:41 PM (gBOQE)
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2013 09:42 PM (gBOQE)
Posted by: DAve at February 18, 2013 09:43 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2013 09:43 PM (gBOQE)
Posted by: DAve at February 18, 2013 09:44 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at February 18, 2013 09:45 PM (Ipj15)
Posted by: cm9000 at February 18, 2013 09:47 PM (vfB2N)
Posted by: Arbalest at February 18, 2013 09:48 PM (t6GxT)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 09:50 PM (bxiXv)
Yeah.... as someone who is trying to RUN a business in Central California.... those commercials and Celebs REALLY piss me off...
There are two distinct States here now... the Haves in their Gated Communities of the Bay Area and Sourthen California.... and the rest of us...
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 19, 2013 01:38 AM (lZBBB)
Sounds like Virginia. Northern Virginia and the rest of the state.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at February 18, 2013 09:51 PM (Zd/NW)
That's the online training for FrontPage. It really is pretty easy. If you can use an editor or create a basic Powerpoint, doing a simple web site is cake.
Posted by: The Sea Slugs at February 18, 2013 09:52 PM (1rU+d)
Posted by: MINEMINEMINE!! at February 18, 2013 09:52 PM (nqXsF)
I HOPE, but don't expect, that they will put two and two together. Unfortunately, as a developmental math instructor, I see how difficult that is for some people.
Posted by: Mindy at February 19, 2013 01:39 AM (gBOQE)
They were told why by the Governor, but they say that it violates the "spirit of Obamacare", I shit you not.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at February 18, 2013 09:54 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at February 18, 2013 09:54 PM (Ipj15)
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2013 09:54 PM (gBOQE)
Hell, I live in a Dem dominated city, and no matter how bad or corrupt the city government is, they just keep re-electing those crooks.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at February 19, 2013 01:41 AM (Zd/NW)
=====
tough problem without an easy solution. However, I think it is safe to say that the same-old-same-old is very unlikely work.
Posted by: jc at February 18, 2013 09:55 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: model_1066 at February 18, 2013 09:56 PM (7xPCu)
In math it's either right or wrong. There is no 'well intended' answer that will get a passing grade. In writing, you can play on the instructors emotions and if they're bad at their job they'll excuse lousy writing if they like what they thing the student is saying.
I had a film class around 1982 where an essay assignment was given. I wrote a lengthy parody of a Serious Critic article. The instructor loved it. I felt like Jack Nicholson in this scene:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y9BukEBI9c
Posted by: epobirs at February 18, 2013 09:56 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: MINEMINEMINE!! at February 18, 2013 09:57 PM (nqXsF)
Posted by: DAve at February 18, 2013 09:57 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler (@ProthonotaryW) at February 18, 2013 09:59 PM (IlZPE)
I am not a fan of 5.56 OR the .223....(just ask Marines)
7.62 or .308...NOW we be talking bout a round that will stop an enemy long or short. True...more weight...more expence.......yet....you want to drop your target with 1 round vs. .....3?.....Think about that.....
Posted by: Richard Wines at February 18, 2013 10:00 PM (SpEuH)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 10:00 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler (@ProthonotaryW) at February 18, 2013 10:00 PM (IlZPE)
Posted by: Arbalest at February 18, 2013 10:00 PM (t6GxT)
Another problem is that Front Page is long dead. It was replaced with a whole new family of products under the Expression brand. And those were recently killed.
Another tool that hasn't been updated recently but can be very effective for a freebie is Live Writer. It's part of the Live suite of apps and knows how to talk directly to Wordpress. It has a look and feel much like Word but pared down just for blogging.
Posted by: epobirs at February 18, 2013 10:01 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2013 10:01 PM (gBOQE)
Posted by: DAve at February 18, 2013 10:01 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 10:03 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: model_1066 at February 19, 2013 01:56 AM (7xPCu)
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according to the joke, that's only about 3 minutes past the airport.
Posted by: jc at February 18, 2013 10:03 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: DAve at February 18, 2013 10:03 PM (XDC0v)
Limit your wants, make sure of your needs, hire as much as you can afford, and shop around. You can always post a list of desired features + time frame on wanted boards.
The key is knowing and making sure of what you absolutely have to have for the money you are willing to pay.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 19, 2013 01:35 AM (Ipj15)
Agreed - I had another Moron lined up for this, but his schedule suddenly went to hell.
My hope was to put some $ into Moron hands rather than into the hands of some lefty.
Posted by: Steck at February 19, 2013 01:40 AM (RL7U1)
I taught one of my compliance auditors how to do web support -- and he continued it after we both worked elsewhere. It ain't rocket surgery. The underlying problem is that someone with no idea of what is to be done is describing something specific in a non-technical language and wants a professional to GET WHAT THEY WANT without having to learn how to specify it. Happens all the time.
And the solution can never be to hire better professionals. The solution is to couple the effort toward getting there to the effort of describing "there", so that the point is reached where "close enough, let's just stop". The alternatives, sadly, are to pay out the ass or be pissed-off at the result. It's just the way things work.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 18, 2013 10:04 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2013 10:04 PM (gBOQE)
Posted by: model_1066 at February 18, 2013 10:05 PM (7xPCu)
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2013 10:06 PM (gBOQE)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 10:06 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: DAve at February 18, 2013 10:07 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at February 19, 2013 01:50 AM (bxiXv)
Yes, but now it is truly in the open. Today I heard sports talk radio personalities effectively saying that adherence to the bible makes one a bigot and beyond the pale. It was eliminationist rhetoric. Christians must either shut-up or go away.
Posted by: cm9000 at February 18, 2013 10:07 PM (vfB2N)
Posted by: The Sea Slugs at February 18, 2013 10:07 PM (1rU+d)
Those aren't really equivalents. The most used part of Wordpress is the server side functions. Frontpage was mainly a creation and management tool with a foucs on working with IIS. You could use it with Wordpress to have a data base driven site but it stopped being updated around the time Wordpress was getting big. Plenty of other more recent creation tools, like Microsoft's own Live Writer, know how to work directly with Wordpress.
Microsoft in general appears to have decided against being in the web development tools business except as it relates to things like SQL and IIS or as an output option for Office apps. Pretty much all of their end user tools for doing WYSIWYG web work are either officially dead or long overdue for updates.
Posted by: epobirs at February 18, 2013 10:08 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: model_1066 at February 18, 2013 10:08 PM (7xPCu)
That reminds me, I encounter many students who confess they are bad at math but feel confident in their writing skills. When I see their writing, it is evident that their writing skills are no better than their math skills What's up with that?
Posted by: Mindy at February 19, 2013 01:41 AM (gBOQE)
When your math skills suck, you hit "equals" and it isn't the number you expected. When your English skills suck, you give it over to a "critical XXX theory" scholar who determines whether you hated Whitey/Capitalism/Colonialism enough to deserve a good grade.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 18, 2013 10:09 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: DAve at February 18, 2013 10:10 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler (@ProthonotaryW) at February 18, 2013 10:10 PM (IlZPE)
If you're working with a modern management backend like Wordpress there is a good chance you'll run into problems. There are plenty of currently maintained apps out there that are inexpensive or even free that will be less of a problem and are aware of more up to date standards.
Posted by: epobirs at February 18, 2013 10:12 PM (kcfmt)
Never heard that one...to me 3 minutes past the airport is Nebraska. Or maybe Kansas.
Posted by: model_1066 at February 19, 2013 02:05 AM (7xPCu)
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it is a geographically challenged account by people that were capable of noticing that it is a really long-assed drive from the airport to downtown.
Posted by: jc at February 18, 2013 10:12 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: model_1066 at February 18, 2013 10:13 PM (7xPCu)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 10:14 PM (bxiXv)
474
I claim my knowledge from my #1 who did 4 tours in IRAQ and beat the beast in the AFGAN on tour #5. The 5.56 is very much a complete SHIT round...cept at the higher altitudes in the AFGAN, where the thinner air gave a boost in overall performance...otherwise....5.56 is a weak sister to 7.62 and .308.....just a fact.
Posted by: Richard Wines at February 18, 2013 10:15 PM (SpEuH)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 10:16 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2013 10:17 PM (gBOQE)
Posted by: model_1066 at February 18, 2013 10:19 PM (7xPCu)
Posted by: rdbrewer at February 19, 2013 02:16 AM (Iyg03)
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there's a Jane Goodall joke embedded in there somewhere.
Posted by: jc at February 18, 2013 10:20 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Mindy at February 18, 2013 10:21 PM (gBOQE)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 10:21 PM (bxiXv)
And just when everything was looking great, I realized I'd forgotten my chest waders.
That felt crappy.
Posted by: Boulder Porta Pot Peep Hobo at February 18, 2013 10:22 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: The Sea Slugs
Cannot recommend Frontpage for anything. MS introduced it as a disruptive bit of late web tech and it failed.
Joomla, Wordpress, or a handful of other platforms have already proven better for web biz.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 19, 2013 01:54 AM (Ipj15)
I was down at the local Barnes and Noble today, perusing the computer books. And I've got to say that the shit level is pegging the meter. There are tons of entire languages that seem to have no basis in reality and no reason to exist, and there is zippity-doo-dah available to manage real projects instead of masturbating to ridiculous certifications. When do you need Ruby? What is Python good for? Under what circumstances should you shun Perl? When should I use Hadoop over Cassandra, or vice-versa? Fuck if I know.
I've experienced enough programming in the dark ages (COBOL, ForTran, BASIC, Pascal, C, Assembler....) to know my way around a bit, but this is crap. In the real world, during my visit to the 3D printer place, a guy was saying, "well, the actual commands go to the printer in Python, so you get interpreter lags." Problem is, I understand what he said. He said, "someone used the wrong fucking tool because choosing the right tool was too difficult". We've got 15,000 tools to do stuff in software, and no freakin' idea of which is the right tool to use, and everyone is running around with their favorite screwdriver looking to pound a nail.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 18, 2013 10:24 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: rdbrewer at February 19, 2013 02:16 AM (Iyg03)
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there's a Jane Goodall joke embedded in there somewhere.
Posted by: jc at February 19, 2013 02:20 AM (PlzOe)
Posted by: cm9000 at February 18, 2013 10:25 PM (vfB2N)
Posted by: model_1066 at February 18, 2013 10:25 PM (7xPCu)
Posted by: DAve at February 18, 2013 10:27 PM (XDC0v)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 10:30 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: rdbrewer at February 19, 2013 02:29 AM (Iyg03)
Um, put what exactly?
Posted by: cm9000 at February 18, 2013 10:31 PM (vfB2N)
I think they've long since given up on stocking serious high level stuff int he book stores, unless they are tech specialists. Anybody at that level is likely to find a PDF online of the book and give that a look to see if the paper version is worth buying. For B(amp)M the real market is stuff for beginners, like introduction to whacking people on the head with an iPad.
What I've never found at any Barnes and Noble store is a book on creating EPUB files. The place that sells the #2 e-reader brand doesn't carry any books on how create content for their device. You can find those books at Amazon, though.
Posted by: epobirs at February 18, 2013 10:32 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at February 18, 2013 10:37 PM (Ipj15)
WHAT THE!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry M's and M's,
Posted way outside my default zone on that last one....jeezzh!!!
Shutdown in 3...2...1
night
Posted by: Richard Wines at February 18, 2013 10:37 PM (SpEuH)
Posted by: and irresolute at February 18, 2013 10:38 PM (DBH1h)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 10:40 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Wes Anderson & Charlie Kaufman [/i] [/b] at February 18, 2013 10:43 PM (Ipj15)
Posted by: The Political Hat at February 18, 2013 10:43 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 19, 2013 02:24 AM (kaalw)
Part of the problem is that everyone would rather play than work, and modern IT culture has fostered that. I appreciate it, but it has led to a shit-ton of wasted time and energy and a lot of products that don't work properly *for the task* because the program is the goal, not the task.
It doesn't have to be drudgery, but IT peeps need to get rid of the disdain for business needs.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at February 19, 2013 02:30 AM (bxiXv)
It just frustrates the crap out of me. There are real goals that need to be accomplished -- just for one, you've got photos that you took on several cameras, photos that were sent to you in several media, photos that you've scanned at various resolutions -- distributed across a wide spectrum of media from DVD to SD to email attachments -- on two decades of machines where you update from one to another. How do you consolidate these, eliminate duplications, and ensure a secure backup? Would that by Python, Ruby, Rails, VBASIC, or Hadoop?
ForTran was optimized for Formula Translation in the engineering field; COBOL was optimized for business applications; Algol (and its derivatives: Pascal, BCPL, B, C, C++, and C sharp) was geared to implementing algorithms. WTF is Hadoop good for? Python?
Posted by: cthulhu at February 18, 2013 10:43 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: and irresolute at February 18, 2013 10:44 PM (DBH1h)
Posted by: jc
Posted by: cm9000
Raaacist-woop-woop-woop Ca-caw-ca-caw!
"observe the Moby in his natural cover."
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 19, 2013 02:37 AM (Ipj15)
Wasn't trying to be racist or a Moby, so probably guilty of both.
Posted by: cm9000 at February 18, 2013 10:44 PM (vfB2N)
Posted by: Psychedelicat With Hands at February 18, 2013 10:44 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: no name at February 18, 2013 10:48 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 10:49 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 19, 2013 02:43 AM (kaalw)
You might enjoy this from back in a January InfoWorld article about the 19 generations of programmers, and the languages .... not as good as your "rant" but good info.
http://tinyurl.com/bcqsshy
Posted by: and irresolute at February 18, 2013 10:51 PM (DBH1h)
Posted by: Psychedelicat With Hands at February 18, 2013 10:54 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: The Political Hat at February 18, 2013 10:54 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 10:56 PM (bxiXv)
Nighty-night. Don't forget to turn off the lights.
Posted by: no name at February 18, 2013 10:56 PM (Q2wni)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 19, 2013 02:43 AM (kaalw)
You might enjoy this from back in a January InfoWorld article about the 19 generations of programmers, and the languages .... not as good as your "rant" but good info.
http://tinyurl.com/bcqsshy
Posted by: and irresolute at February 19, 2013 02:51 AM (DBH1h)
Yeah, I mostly got off the train around page 3 -- "C programmers" -- but not entirely. As a CPA, I have to keep asking, what's the point?
Posted by: cthulhu at February 18, 2013 11:00 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at February 18, 2013 11:00 PM (Ipj15)
The old style hippie would protest against "the man" for what they saw as injustices which could be anything from making pot legal to war. Part of what they believed was to "do your own thing" which I agree with as long as whatever that was it didn't hurt anyone else.
These new style hippies are lefty-socialists, they are not non-conformists. They are "the man". The government educational system, the EPA, the media and so-called democrats love them. They love big government, less freedom, and are anything but non-conformist. You must agree to and follow all their beliefs or be kicked off the plantation.
Posted by: Case at February 18, 2013 11:04 PM (FKGw9)
But we have gigantic bloated Operating Systems built on decades of legacy code, arcane generational interface rules, and lots and lots of conflicting apps and ads.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at February 19, 2013 02:56 AM (bxiXv)
No, that is not analogous to the government bureaucracy, in no way at all.
Posted by: cm9000 at February 18, 2013 11:05 PM (vfB2N)
Posted by: and irresolute at February 19, 2013 02:38 AM (DBH1h)
Dude, that's fucked up
Posted by: Chev Chelios at February 18, 2013 11:07 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 19, 2013 02:43 AM (kaalw)
Python seems to be involved in Civ 4 mods. Afraid I don't really know enough to elaborate.
Posted by: Methos at February 18, 2013 11:09 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: Case at February 19, 2013 03:04 AM (FKGw9)
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and strangely enough the outcome is a re-institution of the plantation on national scale.
Posted by: jc at February 18, 2013 11:11 PM (PlzOe)
So much stuff that has seemed right around the corner for decades has never found those last few missing pieces needed to become a widely used product.
A lot of photo management apps have duplication detection. It may be a lot simpler to look at reviews of those than cobbling up your own code. Probably the first step is picking up a big drive, like one of those WD 3 TB externals going cheap at TigerDirect, and get everything copied on to that before any old machines or media fail. Then see how much space is left because you'll want a comparable volume for the organized version of it all.
Posted by: epobirs at February 18, 2013 11:11 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 19, 2013 03:00 AM (kaalw)
I think that visioning it as one would the progress of transportation systems helps reduce the boggle. On foot, on log, on horse, on boat, on train, on plane, etc., then iterate. The speed, the compression of time by advancements, has led us all to forget that we are only beginning. Things will get sorted out, but progress is mostly messy and stumbling and mumbo-jumbo, until it's not.
Posted by: and irresolute at February 18, 2013 11:11 PM (DBH1h)
cthulhu,
As another CPA, I agree. What is the point?
Not to be putting down the programmers, but usually when a programmer promises to make my application "more user friendly" it ends up just the opposite.
Posted by: alamogordo at February 18, 2013 11:16 PM (HUTO5)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 19, 2013 03:00 AM (kaalw)
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Shouldn't that be, "As your CPA, I advise you to drink heavily."
Posted by: jc at February 18, 2013 11:22 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 19, 2013 02:43 AM (kaalw)
Python seems to be involved in Civ 4 mods. Afraid I don't really know enough to elaborate.
Posted by: Methos at February 19, 2013 03:09 AM (hO9ad)
Even I know more than that -- Python offers interpreted quick prototyping with regular expressions. Good use might be to crawl the web, lookin' for and downloadin' stuff. Suckwad use would be feedin' movement codes to power tools.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 18, 2013 11:27 PM (kaalw)
As a CPA, I have to keep asking, what's the point?
Posted by: cthulhu at February 19, 2013 03:00 AM (kaalw)
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Shouldn't that be, "As your CPA, I advise you to drink heavily."
Posted by: jc at February 19, 2013 03:22 AM (PlzOe)
Always good advice.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 18, 2013 11:29 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Bill O'Reilly at February 18, 2013 11:34 PM (vfB2N)
Posted by: Bill O'Reilly at February 19, 2013 03:34 AM (vfB2N)
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If you were really him my answer would be:
Posted by: jc at February 18, 2013 11:38 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Bill O'Reilly at February 19, 2013 03:34 AM (vfB2N)
"You manage what you measure" is an ancient bit of business advice. CPAs either (a) ensure the reliability of measurements, or (b) determine what is worthy of measurement.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 18, 2013 11:41 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 18, 2013 11:41 PM (bxiXv)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadoop
A trip to Wikipedia with these sort of question is a lot more useful than any bookstore these days. The back cover of a book just isn't enough space to describe what the subject is and why you want to learn for these deeply convoluted tool sets.
It used to be a lot simpler to look at a task and work out which odd names and acronyms you needed to know and what else was just esoterica for others to use. But nowadays you can waste a lot of time reading up on stuff you'll never deal with directly in a zillion years because it feels like you're accomplishing something but isn't actual work.
Posted by: epobirs at February 18, 2013 11:45 PM (kcfmt)
I've seen that my whole life.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at February 19, 2013 03:41 AM (bxiXv)
This is the way of the Left in the Age of Obama. What used to be regular is now hate. Eliminationism is the new normal.
Posted by: Bill O'Reilly at February 18, 2013 11:58 PM (vfB2N)
Posted by: JDP at February 18, 2013 11:59 PM (8HhF2)
Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler (@ProthonotaryW) at February 19, 2013 12:03 AM (IlZPE)
Posted by: model_1066 at February 19, 2013 12:05 AM (7xPCu)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 19, 2013 12:05 AM (bxiXv)
One of my consulting clients (an insurance company) some years ago had an inhouse desktop app that was being constantly changed (like daily) due to new customers, regulations, etc and their daily build process for the app took over 4hr.
That 4hr build severely impacted their test group's ability to find issues fast enough for whatever developer was doing time in the barrel that night, and get the thing ready for push redeployment the next morning.
This long build time problem had apparently been going on for years and nobody could figure it out.
I was consulting on other SCM issues when this situation was casually mentioned on day, so I took a real quick look at their build process which was using a bunch of Unix shell scripts to drive it. There was some shit where the scripts being used to do math, jigger strings and whatnot in one spot and it was causing like 20+ processes to get forked off for each of those operations.
I replaced about 3 lines of script code with a tiny C program that did the same manipulations and their build time was slashed to 20min. Not dropped by 20min, dropped TO 20min from 4hr+.
My whole effort, from analysis to implementation only took about 1/2hr ;-> I was a freaking god that day.
Posted by: @PurpAv at February 19, 2013 12:08 AM (1rU+d)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 19, 2013 12:09 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: epobirs at February 19, 2013 12:10 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 19, 2013 12:10 AM (bxiXv)
No, Reagan represents the Halcyon Days of the US. The Age of Obama is conflict for sake of subversion.
Posted by: Bill O'Reilly at February 19, 2013 12:10 AM (vfB2N)
Posted by: JDP at February 19, 2013 03:59 AM (8HhF2)
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it has been that way since way before then. Civil War? Tories and Revolutionaries? Cain & Abel?
Posted by: jc at February 19, 2013 12:11 AM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 19, 2013 12:15 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: epobirs at February 19, 2013 04:10 AM (kcfmt)
I got all of Blakes 7 for the BH some years back, from traveling to the UK on business. With the little "Liberator" models in the special edition.
Posted by: cthulhu at February 19, 2013 12:16 AM (kaalw)
Posted by: epobirs at February 19, 2013 12:19 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: model_1066 at February 19, 2013 12:24 AM (7xPCu)
(1) Client incompetence
(2) Your competence
(3) Profits!
Posted by: @PurpAv at February 19, 2013 12:25 AM (1rU+d)
Seems to me that folks were willing to stand their ground and trust God to have their back. These days, all anyone I know seems interested in is compromise. Just don't ever stop to think about what that compromise entails. Because considering consequences is racist.
Posted by: Methos at February 19, 2013 12:27 AM (hO9ad)
Posted by: @PurpAv at February 19, 2013 12:28 AM (1rU+d)
Posted by: cthulhu at February 19, 2013 12:29 AM (kaalw)
Posted by: model_1066 at February 19, 2013 12:31 AM (7xPCu)
Posted by: Methos at February 19, 2013 04:27 AM (hO9ad)
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In my youth I did so many idiot things that I came to a simple realization: mental health is like physical health -- it is not some bright line that one is on one side or the other -- rather, it is a entire range of conditions.
Physical health can range from the incredible fitness of Floyd Mayweather or some other champ in his prime to the sad state of someone minutes from death. Similarly, there is a huge range of mental health as well.
Sadly, it seems to me that very few appreciate that mental health has to be protected as one would protect their physical health, because it is precious, fleeting, and certainly subject to deterioration just by living on this planet.
Somehow in this country we have adopted the habits of mental health that are on a par with drinking raw sewage. It is truly frustrating and terrifying to watch. The consequences are not, and will not, be pretty.
Posted by: jc at February 19, 2013 12:35 AM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 19, 2013 12:36 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: model_1066 at February 19, 2013 12:36 AM (7xPCu)
Desenex can cure that...
I moved to CA in 1980, and fled around 1984. The handwriting was on the wall even back then.
Posted by: @PurpAv at February 19, 2013 12:48 AM (1rU+d)
Posted by: model_1066 at February 19, 2013 12:51 AM (7xPCu)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] at February 19, 2013 12:58 AM (bxiXv)
Riveted.
Posted by: beverly at February 19, 2013 09:59 PM (jIgbv)
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