October 25, 2013
— CDR M
Thank God it's Friday!
A lot of death spirals in the news lately. Add this one to your list. More welfare recipients than workers in the U.S. Firings
So in an administration that has had scandal after scandal (IRS, Fast and Furious, Solyndra, Benghazi, Snowden, DoJ, etc.), the only two people fired so far is an Obamacare operator and a national security aide. Their crimes? Telling the truth on Obamacare and speaking ill of Valerie Jarret.
Hornet Ball
h/t
Beer Stuff
This dude is pretty hard core. After safely directing everyone else including children to vacate the burning building, this man reenters his house to save his beer. Rescuin' is thirsty duty man.
After the children were rescued and everyone made it outside safely, a man who walks with a cane went back in the burning house to retrieve something he left behind."I told them to get the kids out and everything, and me myself, being an alcoholic, I was trying to get my beer out," said Walter Serpit, "I went back into the house like a dummy and the door shut on me because this back draft was about to kill me."
Serpit managed to save several cans of beer and he escaped the home without getting burned.
Maybe he went back into the fire because it was 'Snake Venom', the world's strongest beer.
Physics buzz: The physics is clear on foamy beer. This is why you immediately drink half your beer when you get it so when that moron comes up to you and taps your bottle, you're good to go.
The initial tap to the bottle sends a shock wave through the glass to the bottleÂ’s bottom. The energy from the wave transfers to the beer inside sending a second shock wave up toward the beerÂ’s surface. It then bounces back again and keeps moving back and forth through the liquid until its energy dissipates.The wave motion and changing pressure knocks free tiny gas pockets trapped inside microscopic imperfections in the glass bottle. The pockets implode and create clouds of smaller bubbles from the dissolved carbon dioxide in the beer. Though these bubbles can quickly grow up to three times larger than their original size, that alone is not what makes the bottle overflow with foam.
Individual plumes of bubbles float up through the beer, building up speed as they get bigger, until they burst out of the bottleÂ’s top in a shower of foam.
Mexican Standoff
Live Digital Attack Map
Real time map showing real time distributed denial of service attacks. Is that healthcare.org in D.C.?
Car Wash
I'm getting real tired of these environmentalists. These cheerleaders couldn't have a car wash because of the environment.
Dog Video
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Posted by: ScoggDog ... is in the wrong rooom at October 25, 2013 06:07 PM (6/+vz)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at October 25, 2013 06:08 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at October 25, 2013 06:08 PM (1jQhu)
Posted by: Peaches at October 25, 2013 06:11 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Yip at October 25, 2013 06:12 PM (/jHWN)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at October 25, 2013 06:14 PM (hO8IJ)
crap...high schoolers?
wtf is that park bench...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 25, 2013 06:14 PM (IvCqi)
Posted by: Peaches at October 25, 2013 06:14 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: CDR M at October 25, 2013 06:14 PM (OJvfL)
Posted by: General Mills at October 25, 2013 06:14 PM (/jHWN)
Posted by: Greg Schiano at October 25, 2013 06:15 PM (4BA+Y)
Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami - GO CARDS!!! at October 25, 2013 06:15 PM (bCEmE)
Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami - GO CARDS!!! at October 25, 2013 06:16 PM (bCEmE)
Posted by: Peaches at October 25, 2013 06:16 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Adriane ... at October 25, 2013 06:16 PM (KoFMU)
Fucking Germans,man. Bert's a cross-dresser and Ernie mwent Ed Gein on Kermit. Fuck.
http://t.co/Usc1KnXkTw
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at October 25, 2013 06:16 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: EC at October 25, 2013 06:16 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at October 25, 2013 06:17 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Insomniac at October 25, 2013 06:17 PM (UAMVq)
Posted by: Mr. Dave at October 25, 2013 06:17 PM (DajPN)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at October 25, 2013 06:17 PM (1jQhu)
you pretty damn feisty and turgid for a drumnk, girl. you weren't having us on back there, were you? {looks askance at HeatherRadish, hmmmmm}
Posted by: Peaches at October 25, 2013 06:18 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Gingy at October 25, 2013 06:18 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: CDR M at October 25, 2013 06:19 PM (OJvfL)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at October 25, 2013 10:17 PM (1jQhu)
I know, right? Traditional car wash uniform is white T shirts.
*settles comfortably on park bench*
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 25, 2013 06:19 PM (IvCqi)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at October 25, 2013 06:19 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Insomniac at October 25, 2013 06:20 PM (UAMVq)
Posted by: Adriane ... at October 25, 2013 06:20 PM (KoFMU)
Ive been waving the empty bottle at the webcam, but I guess only Freudn can see it. Lol.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at October 25, 2013 06:20 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: NSA at October 25, 2013 06:20 PM (tHXgZ)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 25, 2013 06:21 PM (IvCqi)
God, am I horrible or what? I can't believe you guys have not cut me from the herd yet . . . bless your hearts.
Posted by: Peaches at October 25, 2013 06:22 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: EC at October 25, 2013 06:22 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Yip at October 25, 2013 06:22 PM (/jHWN)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at October 25, 2013 06:23 PM (1jQhu)
Posted by: Insomniac at October 25, 2013 06:23 PM (UAMVq)
Posted by: EC at October 25, 2013 06:23 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Urine Bear at October 25, 2013 10:21 PM (Iyg03)
I love Drowning Pool parrot...
http://youtu.be/uguXNL93fWg
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 25, 2013 06:24 PM (IvCqi)
Posted by: Insomniac at October 25, 2013 06:24 PM (UAMVq)
Posted by: mpfs at October 25, 2013 06:24 PM (9nppf)
Posted by: Gingy at October 25, 2013 10:23 PM (N/cFh)
holy crap, stop that!! I actually saw that performed live, by what's their names, at Howard Stein's Capitol Theater in Portchester, NY, in 1969. It was epic.
Posted by: Peaches at October 25, 2013 06:25 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Vendette at October 25, 2013 06:25 PM (MpP9p)
Posted by: Insomniac at October 25, 2013 06:25 PM (UAMVq)
Guess what the gun warrant was for. Go on. Give it a shot.
A Potato Gun. Now let that be a warning to yaz.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at October 25, 2013 06:25 PM (JNUY4)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at October 25, 2013 06:26 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: drunken japanese businessmen at October 25, 2013 10:24 PM (tHXgZ)
never, ever piss in Ace's house. srsly, don't do it.
Posted by: Peaches at October 25, 2013 06:26 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: EC at October 25, 2013 10:22 PM (doBIb)
I wish. The ones I've seen are all accompanied, except for one who didn't look too far out of high school herself.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 25, 2013 06:26 PM (IvCqi)
Posted by: Yip at October 25, 2013 06:26 PM (/jHWN)
Posted by: Gingy at October 25, 2013 06:26 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at October 25, 2013 06:26 PM (jucos)
Posted by: EC at October 25, 2013 06:26 PM (doBIb)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHGgrb29hj4
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at October 25, 2013 06:27 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 25, 2013 06:27 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Vendette at October 25, 2013 06:28 PM (MpP9p)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 25, 2013 06:28 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Yip at October 25, 2013 10:26 PM (/jHWN)
srsly, spiced rum? what size bra do you wear?
Posted by: Peaches at October 25, 2013 06:28 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Brody, Chief of Police at October 25, 2013 06:28 PM (/jHWN)
Posted by: Gingy at October 25, 2013 06:28 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at October 25, 2013 10:25 PM (JNUY4)
Coast Guard? Raided by the mf'n COAST GUARD????
I weep for my country...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 25, 2013 06:28 PM (IvCqi)
Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at October 25, 2013 06:30 PM (WD0KF)
Posted by: mpfs at October 25, 2013 06:30 PM (9nppf)
Posted by: Yip at October 25, 2013 06:30 PM (/jHWN)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at October 25, 2013 06:30 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: Vendette at October 25, 2013 06:30 PM (MpP9p)
Posted by: CDR M at October 25, 2013 06:30 PM (OJvfL)
Posted by: Vendette at October 25, 2013 10:30 PM (MpP9p)
Good thing I'm far enough inland, if they came here I'd have to show those shore hugging nancyboys how we do things in deep water.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 25, 2013 06:32 PM (IvCqi)
Posted by: CDR M at October 25, 2013 10:30 PM (OJvfL)
oh, gosh, buddy, that sounds pretty serious. you know we're here for you . . .
Posted by: Peaches at October 25, 2013 06:32 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Jean at October 25, 2013 06:32 PM (CMlD4)
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 25, 2013 06:32 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at October 25, 2013 06:32 PM (WD0KF)
Posted by: Yip at October 25, 2013 06:32 PM (/jHWN)
For TPH and The Dude.
The Bubblegum Crisis 2032 Blu-Ray Kickstarter has gone off like gangbusters. All the primo stuff is already gone and they are looting the warehouse looking for more swag. Just think if they still had the prop Hard Suits to entice people with.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SMuD) at October 25, 2013 06:33 PM (1L5qz)
only if your embarrassment didn't get in the way, omg, I almost fell off my chair laughing. love you long time, my friend, but you dodged a bullet there.
Posted by: Peaches at October 25, 2013 06:34 PM (8lmkt)
@79 North American Invasion? Now, others may disagree, and I only have a minor in Geography, so this is kind of tentative, but my opinion is that
MEXICO IS IN NORTH AMERICA.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at October 25, 2013 06:34 PM (JNUY4)
Posted by: Insomniac at October 25, 2013 06:35 PM (UAMVq)
Posted by: CDR M at October 25, 2013 10:30 PM
Why would anyone object to a pool? Are they communists?
Posted by: otho at October 25, 2013 06:36 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Bill R. at October 25, 2013 06:36 PM (EAp9o)
Posted by: Double-Naught Spy at October 25, 2013 06:36 PM (nr6q0)
So next they came around and tried to get his rabbits seized because they're livestock and the area isn't zoned agricultural. He told the county they were pets. The county told them to knock it off.
Finally they offered to buy the rabbits (apparently one of the HOA queen bees was his neighbor and really hated those rabbits). He quoted them a price of 300K. They were astounded he wanted so much for the rabbits. He said "Rabbits hell, that will buy you the whole place and then you can shove those rabbits up your ass."
Far as I know they haven't bothered him since.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 25, 2013 06:37 PM (IvCqi)
Posted by: mpfs at October 25, 2013 06:37 PM (9nppf)
Posted by: Evil Bert at October 25, 2013 06:39 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: sven10077 at October 25, 2013 06:39 PM (9jfyN)
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 25, 2013 06:39 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at October 25, 2013 06:39 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: Vendette at October 25, 2013 06:39 PM (MpP9p)
Posted by: Andy at October 25, 2013 06:40 PM (0ZQCB)
have we discussed this..? take out the spaces
http://dailycaller.com/2013/10/25/ michelle-obamas-princeton-classmate
-is-executive-at-company-that- built-obamacare-website/
Posted by: mallfly at October 25, 2013 06:40 PM (rJwtK)
Posted by: Thrawn at October 25, 2013 06:40 PM (ZyqBH)
I still have one, a real leather one that I bought from a heyjoe in Naples IT. For the price I paid it certainly fell off a truck somewhere IYKWIM.
Why would anyone object to a pool? Are they communists?
Posted by: otho at October 25, 2013 10:36 PM (9gNQd)
HOA, so yeah...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 25, 2013 06:41 PM (IvCqi)
Posted by: Y-not at October 25, 2013 06:41 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: CDR M at October 25, 2013 06:41 PM (OJvfL)
Posted by: EC at October 25, 2013 06:43 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at October 25, 2013 06:43 PM (1jQhu)
a few lines for you:
First Lady Michelle ObamaÂ’s Princeton classmate is a top executive at the company that earned the contract to build the failed Obamacare website.
Toni Townes-Whitley, Princeton class of Â’85, is senior vice president at CGI Federal, which earned the no-bid contract to build the $678 million Obamacare enrollment website at Healthcare.gov. CGI Federal is the U.S. arm of a Canadian company.
Townes-Whitley and her Princeton classmate Michelle Obama are both members of the Association of Black Princeton Alumni.
Posted by: mallfly at October 25, 2013 06:43 PM (rJwtK)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SMuD) at October 25, 2013 06:43 PM (1L5qz)
Posted by: Vendette at October 25, 2013 06:43 PM (MpP9p)
Posted by: Reggie Love at October 25, 2013 06:44 PM (/jHWN)
Posted by: Andy at October 25, 2013 06:44 PM (0ZQCB)
Posted by: Y-not at October 25, 2013 10:41 PM (5H6zj)
They exist in a place where HOA Queen Bee has decided they should not exist, apparently. I told him he should get her a spear and magic helmet for Christmas.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 25, 2013 06:44 PM (IvCqi)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at October 25, 2013 06:45 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Y-not at October 25, 2013 06:45 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: CDR M at October 25, 2013 06:45 PM (OJvfL)
It's one step away from ecstasy, glow sticks, and pacifiersÂ…
yeah, that's the sort of crap mein Freund likes, lol. He intentionally did not tell me he was takin g me to Wien last year because he knew I would have insisted on hearing some real music while we were there. Heh.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at October 25, 2013 06:45 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 25, 2013 06:46 PM (DpI6K)
Posted by: Jesse Pinkman, PhD Bitches! at October 25, 2013 06:46 PM (As/N8)
Posted by: lindafell at October 25, 2013 06:46 PM (PGO8C)
They're cute. Assholes hate that shit.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at October 25, 2013 06:47 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: EC at October 25, 2013 06:47 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Andy at October 25, 2013 06:47 PM (0ZQCB)
Posted by: Reggie Love at October 25, 2013 06:48 PM (/jHWN)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at October 25, 2013 06:48 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: CDR M at October 25, 2013 06:48 PM (OJvfL)
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 25, 2013 06:48 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Vendette cheers for Canoe U to beat Army at October 25, 2013 06:48 PM (MpP9p)
Posted by: Y-not at October 25, 2013 06:48 PM (5H6zj)
Your day sounds largely lovely with the children and may I wish you a belated Happy Birthday?
Now, to the meat of my comment. Fuck Safari. Download Firefox and never look back. Srsly, I am a mac person, I wouldn't piss on safari it it were on fire right here in my living room.
Posted by: Peaches at October 25, 2013 06:49 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Gingy at October 25, 2013 06:49 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: Y-not at October 25, 2013 10:45 PM (5H6zj)
They've been doing a good job keeping this one under wraps. The front end that everyone has seen is off a Fusion, BTW. Nice camo there.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 25, 2013 06:50 PM (IvCqi)
Posted by: Vendette cheers for Canoe U to beat Army at October 25, 2013 06:50 PM (MpP9p)
Posted by: Y-not at October 25, 2013 06:50 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at October 25, 2013 06:50 PM (1jQhu)
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 25, 2013 06:51 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Holy Hand Grenade Of Antioch at October 25, 2013 06:51 PM (/jHWN)
Posted by: DC in Towson at October 25, 2013 06:51 PM (eQJwb)
Posted by: EC at October 25, 2013 06:51 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Vendette at October 25, 2013 06:51 PM (MpP9p)
How was the quilting expo?
Posted by: Adriane ... at October 25, 2013 10:20 PM (KoFMU)
BH enjoyed it. She fell in love with one of the sewing machines they were using in a class and bought one.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 25, 2013 06:52 PM (T1005)
it's like a girl who popped hot for the hat trick back at Polk...her defense?
as a black soldier she was an inspiration back on the block...
it worked she got to deploy...
it's a damn shame white, asian, and hispanic soldiers aren't inspirations....
Posted by: sven10077 at October 25, 2013 06:53 PM (9jfyN)
Posted by: CDR M at October 25, 2013 10:45 PM
How about a tyrannosaurus rex enclosure? All safe, with 30 foot electrified fencing. When they knock it back, you can say "fine" and later submit one for a spinosaurus enclosure instead.
Posted by: otho at October 25, 2013 06:53 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Gingy at October 25, 2013 10:49 PM (N/cFh)
I told my realtor "no HOA's". The first 3 or 4 houses she showed me had HOA's. I said "What part of "no HOA's" escaped your attention?" "But" she spluttered "They ALL have HOA's! It's how you keep the undesirables out (paraphrasing)." I said "Speaking as one of the undesireables..."
I found a new realtor the next day and we bought the second house he showed.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 25, 2013 06:54 PM (IvCqi)
Posted by: Vendette at October 25, 2013 06:54 PM (MpP9p)
The last time I tapped someone's beer was in a juicy bar in Korea. It slipped through his hand and crashed on the floor. I failed to take into account his level of intoxication at the time. Of course I bought him another one.
Posted by: Bill R. at October 25, 2013 10:36 PM (EAp9o)
Long ago when I used to drink in public, a buddy and I were at our usual hangout, snapping bottle caps at the bartender's ass (his girlfriend). Being drunk, I wildly overshot and nailed a chick right between the eyes. She was a good sport though, especially after I bought her group a round. But her boyfriend glared at us the rest of the night.
Some people just don't have a sense of humor.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 25, 2013 06:54 PM (MBqvE)
My son has been given verbal acceptance to a college he wants to attend in FL. I am now pondering what life will be like without him, and I am floored. I know that this is what's supposed to happen but it doesn't make it any easier. First born, only son, great kid, I guess we've done a good job.
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at October 25, 2013 06:54 PM (jucos)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at October 25, 2013 10:26 PM (hO8IJ)
PIQF. BH went right after we got back from Oregon.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 25, 2013 06:54 PM (T1005)
Posted by: CDR M at October 25, 2013 06:54 PM (OJvfL)
Posted by: Kathline Sabilliaasss at October 25, 2013 06:55 PM (/jHWN)
Posted by: Vendette at October 25, 2013 06:55 PM (MpP9p)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 25, 2013 06:55 PM (IvCqi)
Posted by: Gingy at October 25, 2013 10:49 PM (N/cFh)
Fuck HOAs. Won't live in one.
Posted by: Buck Farack, Gentleman Adventurer at October 25, 2013 06:55 PM (ylG8S)
Posted by: Gingy at October 25, 2013 06:56 PM (N/cFh)
Okay, so it was a North American HOCKEY invasion of Mexico?
Sometimes a little subtlety just totally destroys a joke, and I'm sorry for that.
Let me be more blunt, and use larger capital letters maybe. There is no doubt about it. Mapmakers, politicians, the UN, earth scientists, all agree: Mexico is part of North America. I don't care what their "context" is. They're deliberately ignorant.
Since deliberate ignorance is not a trait of Mexicans I've met, I'm left with the impression that this particular distortion was promulgated not by Mexicans, but by One of Our Boys. That straightforward enough for you Joe? "Context." Rube.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at October 25, 2013 06:56 PM (JNUY4)
Posted by: EC at October 25, 2013 06:57 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at October 25, 2013 06:57 PM (rhVLH)
Posted by: Peaches at October 25, 2013 06:57 PM (8lmkt)
http://cdrsalamander.blogspot.com/2013/10/fullbore-friday_25.html
Posted by: Buck Farack, Gentleman Adventurer at October 25, 2013 06:58 PM (ylG8S)
It was always a fantasy of mine to hack a minaret and play Sisters of Mercy's "Temple of Love" instead
That mosque would be bumpin'
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at October 25, 2013 06:58 PM (d7tB2)
Posted by: CDR M at October 25, 2013 06:58 PM (OJvfL)
So TPH I think just snagged the last primo slot and got some Largo cels. Congrats, I think.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SMuD) at October 25, 2013 06:59 PM (1L5qz)
Posted by: Vendette at October 25, 2013 06:59 PM (MpP9p)
Posted by: CDR M at October 25, 2013 06:59 PM (OJvfL)
I win.Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami - GO CARDS!!! at October 25, 2013 07:01 PM (bCEmE)
Posted by: Peaches at October 25, 2013 07:01 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at October 25, 2013 07:01 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Gingy at October 25, 2013 07:01 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: Jean at October 25, 2013 07:02 PM (CMlD4)
Posted by: DC in Towson at October 25, 2013 07:02 PM (eQJwb)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 25, 2013 07:02 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at October 25, 2013 07:03 PM (ZPrif)
do you have a Kickstarter?
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at October 25, 2013 07:03 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 25, 2013 07:03 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: mpfs at October 25, 2013 07:03 PM (9nppf)
Posted by: Captain Sobel at October 25, 2013 07:03 PM (ZyqBH)
Posted by: Adriane ... at October 25, 2013 07:04 PM (KoFMU)
Posted by: kung foo grip at October 25, 2013 07:04 PM (bFVET)
Posted by: EC at October 25, 2013 07:05 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Vendette at October 25, 2013 07:05 PM (MpP9p)
Posted by: lindafell at October 25, 2013 07:05 PM (PGO8C)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at October 25, 2013 07:06 PM (ZPrif)
any chance they turned around and said thank you for the lobster?
Posted by: Jean at October 25, 2013 07:07 PM (CMlD4)
Driveby just to say good evening and enjoy the weekend--I'm going goose hunting for 3 days, won't be around.
Goodnote, good people. Stay safe.
Posted by: irongrampa at October 25, 2013 07:07 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: kbdabear at October 25, 2013 07:07 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at October 25, 2013 07:08 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: logprof at October 25, 2013 07:09 PM (4BA+Y)
Posted by: Vendette at October 25, 2013 07:09 PM (MpP9p)
Posted by: Tim the Enchanter at October 25, 2013 07:09 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Adriane ... at October 25, 2013 07:09 PM (KoFMU)
Posted by: kung foo grip at October 25, 2013 07:09 PM (bFVET)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Friday Night and Stuff at October 25, 2013 07:09 PM (6rcHp)
So what else would we put on the Mosque Top 20 Playlist?
Rock the Casbah by the Clash is a gimme.
Losing My Religion by REM
What else?
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SMuD) at October 25, 2013 07:09 PM (1L5qz)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 25, 2013 07:10 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 25, 2013 07:10 PM (23Kgq)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at October 25, 2013 07:11 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: CDR M at October 25, 2013 07:11 PM (OJvfL)
Posted by: Y-not at October 25, 2013 07:11 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at October 25, 2013 07:11 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at October 25, 2013 07:12 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 25, 2013 07:12 PM (CeNUw)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 25, 2013 07:12 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: CDR M at October 25, 2013 10:54 PM
Tell them you're not sexist. That it's designed to withstand fat strippers. Fat, ugly strippers.
Posted by: otho at October 25, 2013 07:12 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: kung foo grip at October 25, 2013 07:12 PM (bFVET)
Posted by: Jimmeh "Where's muh defense paddle?" Cahtah at October 25, 2013 07:12 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 25, 2013 07:13 PM (23Kgq)
Posted by: mpfs at October 25, 2013 07:13 PM (9nppf)
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 25, 2013 07:13 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: James E. Carter at October 25, 2013 07:13 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: EC at October 25, 2013 07:13 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Beto at October 25, 2013 07:13 PM (MhA4j)
That offense only works on blue "grass"
Posted by: Jean at October 25, 2013 07:14 PM (CMlD4)
Posted by: Imam of Londonistan at October 25, 2013 07:15 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: lindafell at October 25, 2013 07:16 PM (PGO8C)
Posted by: cm9000 at October 25, 2013 07:16 PM (3qZbZ)
You're living in Absolut World.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at October 25, 2013 07:16 PM (JNUY4)
Posted by: puddleglum at October 25, 2013 07:17 PM (8SsiG)
Posted by: logprof at October 25, 2013 07:17 PM (4BA+Y)
Posted by: Fourth Horseman at October 25, 2013 07:17 PM (KuZ6A)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 25, 2013 07:18 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at October 25, 2013 07:18 PM (d7tB2)
Posted by: Y-not at October 25, 2013 07:18 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: EC at October 25, 2013 07:18 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at October 25, 2013 07:18 PM (rhVLH)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 25, 2013 07:18 PM (23Kgq)
For thursday nights, forbidden love
rest of the week , TNT
Posted by: Jean at October 25, 2013 07:19 PM (CMlD4)
I want to thank president Obama for saving this country from bush's disastrous economic policies. Thank you sir and I loves you.
Posted by: mary clogginstien's uvula at October 25, 2013 07:19 PM (9Bk5Q)
If North America has to always include Mexico now, somebody needs to invent a new word for just US and Canada.
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at October 25, 2013 11:08 PM (ZPrif)
NAFTA doesn't include Mexico???
Posted by: cthulhu at October 25, 2013 07:19 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at October 25, 2013 07:19 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: kung foo grip at October 25, 2013 07:20 PM (bFVET)
Posted by: logprof at October 25, 2013 11:17 PM
Oh yeah. That's a lock.
Also, "piggies" by the beatles.
Posted by: otho at October 25, 2013 07:20 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 25, 2013 07:20 PM (CeNUw)
Posted by: EC at October 25, 2013 07:21 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at October 25, 2013 07:22 PM (rhVLH)
Posted by: logprof at October 25, 2013 07:22 PM (4BA+Y)
Yawwwwwnnnnnnn. Dog tells me it's time to go to bed. He's so smart.Posted by: mindful webworker! mindful webworker! at October 25, 2013 07:23 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at October 25, 2013 07:23 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Fourth Horseman at October 25, 2013 07:24 PM (KuZ6A)
Posted by: eman at October 25, 2013 07:24 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: Jean at October 25, 2013 07:24 PM (CMlD4)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 25, 2013 07:26 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: cm9000 at October 25, 2013 11:16 PM (3qZbZ)
What kind of overbilling are you talking about? If it's taking $2000 of your work and billing it for $3000, that may be totally ethical and moral -- especially if the main contract required a $5M insurance policy, a labor-intensive bid process, and putting up with the client.
If, on the other hand, he's billing for milestones not met.....you can do a lot in a very low-key way. Like "oh, the wiring's done at the main building? That was fast, it wasn't even started Wednesday."
Posted by: cthulhu at October 25, 2013 07:27 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Beau Jest at October 25, 2013 07:27 PM (nr6q0)
Posted by: eman at October 25, 2013 07:27 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 25, 2013 11:18 PM (23Kgq)
Pretty much the latter.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 25, 2013 07:28 PM (T1005)
Posted by: puddleglum at October 25, 2013 07:28 PM (8SsiG)
Posted by: Vendette at October 25, 2013 07:28 PM (MpP9p)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 25, 2013 07:28 PM (DpI6K)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 25, 2013 07:28 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Jean at October 25, 2013 07:29 PM (CMlD4)
Posted by: CDR M at October 25, 2013 07:30 PM (OJvfL)
If you buy there, not necessarily if you rent there. No one told me there was one in my neighborhood until the second year I lived here.
I know we're all supposed to hate on renters as being irresponsible and immature and shit, but I move for work about every 30 months on average, I can't get tied down to one ZIP code.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at October 25, 2013 07:30 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 25, 2013 07:31 PM (23Kgq)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 25, 2013 07:31 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: kung foo grip at October 25, 2013 07:32 PM (bFVET)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 25, 2013 07:32 PM (CeNUw)
Avalanche up 4-2 over Carolina Swirlies (or Hurricanes or something) with 4 minutes left. Avs move to 9-1-0 on the season.
**does happy hockey dance**
Avalanche are going to the Super Bowl!
Avalanche are going to the Super Bowl!
(Sung to the tune of "The Broncos, not so much, eh?!")
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at October 25, 2013 07:32 PM (N/Sup)
I have never lived anywhere that had a HOA. Do they give you all the
rules in advance or make some of them up as they go along because they
have nothing better to do?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 25, 2013 11:18 PM (23Kgq)
Pretty much the latter.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 25, 2013 11:28 PM (T1005)
You get a copy of the rules when you buy the house, but they periodically have meetings to change 'em, which typically needs a majority of property owners to agree.
Problem is, like every other exercise of direct Democracy, there's no protection for the unpopular.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 25, 2013 07:32 PM (T1005)
Posted by: t-bird at October 25, 2013 07:33 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: cthulhu at October 25, 2013 11:27 PM (T1005)
Deliberate over-billing. Where 20 minutes of work turns into 2 hours of billible time.
Posted by: cm9000 at October 25, 2013 07:33 PM (3qZbZ)
Posted by: Jean at October 25, 2013 07:33 PM (CMlD4)
Posted by: Vendette at October 25, 2013 07:33 PM (MpP9p)
Posted by: Beau Jest at October 25, 2013 07:34 PM (nr6q0)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 25, 2013 07:35 PM (23Kgq)
Posted by: The Jackhole at October 25, 2013 07:35 PM (/7Xis)
Problem is, like every other exercise of direct Democracy, there's no protection for the unpopular.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 25,
or for those too busy to attend all their fucking meetings
Posted by: Jean at October 25, 2013 07:36 PM (CMlD4)
Posted by: Vendette at October 25, 2013 11:33 PM (MpP9p)
***
Heh- that scene with him trying to climb through the partition to get to the other coach- set the tone for the season. (I hope).
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at October 25, 2013 07:36 PM (N/Sup)
Posted by: rickl at October 25, 2013 07:36 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 25, 2013 07:37 PM (DpI6K)
Posted by: Beau Jest at October 25, 2013 07:39 PM (nr6q0)
Posted by: The Dude at October 25, 2013 07:39 PM (vJdyz)
In the future, you'll be able to take your ZIP code with you, just like keeping your phone number when you switch phone companies.
Posted by: Anachronda at October 25, 2013 07:40 PM (0HMaA)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 25, 2013 07:41 PM (CeNUw)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 25, 2013 07:42 PM (DpI6K)
I seriously live in fear of going in for an appendix operation and ending up as the toilet hobette.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at October 25, 2013 07:43 PM (d7tB2)
Posted by: CDR M at October 25, 2013 10:23 PM (OJvfL)
Shit, you could have bought just around the corner in my court - no HOA and a nice neighborhood.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer AKA Buck Farack, Gentleman Adventurer at October 25, 2013 07:43 PM (ylG8S)
Posted by: Lizzy at October 25, 2013 07:44 PM (JRmiD)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 25, 2013 07:44 PM (Vk2pI)
Well, I'll never own a home.
In the future, you'll be able to take your ZIP code with you, just like keeping your phone number when you switch phone companies.
50247 FOREVER!
*lol* Bast, I hope not.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at October 25, 2013 07:45 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 25, 2013 07:45 PM (DpI6K)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at October 25, 2013 07:45 PM (b9K4P)
Posted by: Russell Brando at October 25, 2013 07:47 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: Beau Jest at October 25, 2013 07:47 PM (nr6q0)
Posted by: Museisluse at October 25, 2013 07:47 PM (DsB2E)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 25, 2013 11:44 PM (Vk2pI)
why would someone want a decapitated baby head on their baby shower cake?
Posted by: The Dude at October 25, 2013 07:49 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 25, 2013 11:45 PM (DpI6K)
One drifting apart from ours far too slowly. Faster plate tectonics, please.
Posted by: Beau Jest at October 25, 2013 11:47 PM (nr6q0)
Well considering mexico is now the location of the fatest people on earth we might fall into them a la Hank Johnson style.
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at October 25, 2013 07:49 PM (b9K4P)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 25, 2013 07:50 PM (DpI6K)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 25, 2013 11:44 PM (Vk2pI)
well...I can't say you didn't warn me...
*rummages for brain bleach*
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 25, 2013 07:50 PM (yh0zB)
Neither, their just a temporary land bridge that initiated the Holocene interglacial. Once Gaia adjusts, she'll bring the glaciers back to kill off the scandis.
Posted by: Jean at October 25, 2013 07:50 PM (CMlD4)
Posted by: h r giger at October 25, 2013 07:51 PM (d7tB2)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at October 25, 2013 07:51 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 25, 2013 07:53 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Jean at October 25, 2013 07:53 PM (CMlD4)
Central America. I mean, if you want to get real technical about it, N and S America are all one big connected continent. It's like Europe and Asia; where exactly are these two 'continents' separated at? A freakin' river?
Posted by: GnuBreed at October 25, 2013 07:53 PM (cHZB7)
October 25, Leyte Gulf day (to some). Amazing battle, esp. of course the performance of the out-gunned escorts on Day Two. One can only imagine the sort of movie that could be made out a straight recounting of the story, so packed with amazing valor, color, and action. Just take Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors by Hornfischer and screen-play it.
On Day One, the night before the big battle, there was of course the famous last major big-gun surface engagement in history, down south at Surigao Strait. A few years back I did a Vets' History Project/Lib. of Congress interview with Bobby Smith, who was junior radar tech on the USS West Virginia. He was off-watch when the West Virginia's radar detected the Japanese column steaming north. He was woken and told to get to the radar shack, and got outside just in time to be assaulted with the concussion of the main battery's first salvo. His ship fired the first shots of the main battle (the Japanese column had already been beset by US subs, PT boats, and smaller ships on its way up the Strait).
On another topic, someone up above joked about One Scotch One Whiskey One Beer at a mosque Top 20 song. So about 20 years ago I'm with some friends, we're at the Cold Springs Tavern in the mountains northeast of Santa Barbara after a day of wine tasting out in Santa Ynez valley. We're sitting by the big open fireplace (it's cool, December). Far end of the room (place was an historic stagecoach stop) was a stool and a microphone. We noticed some guy in snakeskin motorcycle clothes near his bike as we came in (place was a big destination for the weekend Harley crowd).
So we're enjoying the fire and our beers and over at the microphone somebody starts strumming a guitar and singing One Scotch One Whiskey One Beer. Someone (not me), after a minute or two, says "that sounds a lot like Thorogood himself". So we turn around, and realize the guy in the odd bike get-up WAS George Thorogood.
Posted by: non-purist at October 25, 2013 07:53 PM (afQnV)
I blame Eve Ensler for this nonsense.
Enjoy all that vagina worship, honey, because nothing drives home the fact that you are not the center of the universe faster than a baby (in a good way, at least for non-feminists).
Posted by: Lizzy at October 25, 2013 07:54 PM (JRmiD)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 25, 2013 11:53 PM (Vk2pI)
this one looks decapitated, and it's covered in "blood" to boot
http://bit.ly/16z7rEI
Posted by: The Dude at October 25, 2013 07:54 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 25, 2013 07:56 PM (23Kgq)
Posted by: Kermit Gosnell at October 25, 2013 07:56 PM (Vk2pI)
President Chauncey Gardner.
Don't blame him, he just likes to watch.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 25, 2013 07:58 PM (JRmiD)
Posted by: mindful webworker - one shoe off at October 25, 2013 07:58 PM (Jh9QN)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 25, 2013 07:58 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Yip at October 25, 2013 07:58 PM (/jHWN)
Posted by: Adriane ... at October 25, 2013 07:59 PM (KoFMU)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 25, 2013 07:59 PM (23Kgq)
Posted by: CarolT at October 25, 2013 08:00 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 25, 2013 08:02 PM (23Kgq)
Posted by: Jean at October 25, 2013 08:03 PM (CMlD4)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 25, 2013 08:04 PM (23Kgq)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 25, 2013 08:04 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: fastfreefall at October 25, 2013 08:04 PM (Tz35j)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 25, 2013 08:04 PM (23Kgq)
Posted by: logprof at October 25, 2013 08:05 PM (4BA+Y)
Posted by: Jonathan Swift at October 25, 2013 08:05 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: teej at October 25, 2013 08:05 PM (QbKVX)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 25, 2013 08:06 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 25, 2013 08:07 PM (23Kgq)
Posted by: Yip at October 25, 2013 08:07 PM (/jHWN)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 25, 2013 08:08 PM (DpI6K)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 25, 2013 08:08 PM (23Kgq)
Posted by: Yip
Yeah, but did the really know where they were, did they have any sort of hope of effective air support, did they have any real idea how much shit we had waiting for them?
Posted by: Jean at October 25, 2013 08:10 PM (CMlD4)
Posted by: The Geographic Hat at October 25, 2013 08:10 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 25, 2013 08:10 PM (DpI6K)
Posted by: Adriane ... at October 25, 2013 08:11 PM (KoFMU)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 25, 2013 08:11 PM (23Kgq)
Yes, Yip, that battle and a straight re-telling would be better than any fiction - and a cinch to do well in this day of CGI (the animation technology, not the Canadian cyber-catastrophe contractor!!).
The US sailors, at first puzzled by the colorful spouts of water as the Japanese shells (color-coded by ship for spotting purposes) erupted around them, thinking it was some sort of display. The baffled Japanese officers, trying to figure out why the US aircraft were attacking with smoke flares and small fragmentation ordnance (because they were armed for ground support missions ashore!). The ferocious heroism of the Sammy B and the Johnston and the Hoel - so tremendous that the Japanese officers lined the rail of their ships to salute the remains of these little ships after they were vanquished. Hornfischer's book, IMHO, is one of the best WWII histories there is - a masterful recounting of an amazing story.
My oldest best friend's dad was ferried out to the Pacific (he was an Army L-4 pilot) on the USS Gambier Bay - I recommended the Hornfischer book to him thanks to that connection and he raves about it to this day. (He had a short war - was nearly shot down by our own fleet at Saipan on day two or three, emergency landed at an airfield ashore, that was where there was a gigantic ammo dump explosion that night - some version of this event is in some fairly recent WWII movie I cannot recall - and received a concussion that kept him grounded the rest of the war ..... doing personnel work in New Caledonia, which was, he says, as nice at McHale's Navy made it sound!)
A good friend (same guy I was with at the Cold Spring Tavern anecdote, above) had a refrigerator magnet on his fridge years back - "St Lo Survivor's Association". I stunned my buddy by asking, "so (his step-father) was on the St Lo?". No one else he knew even knew what the St Lo was, of course, or why it would have a "Survivor's Association". Turns out his step-dad had been in the air when the kamikazes hit, and like others had to ditch his plane elsewhere. He did so right along the beach on Samar island, smart move.
Posted by: non-purist at October 25, 2013 08:12 PM (afQnV)
Posted by: The Policial Cake at October 25, 2013 08:14 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: mindful webworker - one shoe off, pants down, struggling at October 25, 2013 08:15 PM (7KxSm)
Posted by: teej at October 25, 2013 08:15 PM (+jNI+)
Why it's not been made a movie is beyond me.
Posted by: Yip at October 25, 2013 08:17 PM (/jHWN)
Posted by: lindafell at October 25, 2013 08:18 PM (PGO8C)
When my grandfather was in his final illness, there was much hemming and hawing and miscommunication until I finally just said, "screw it" that afternoon and got on the first available plane (a redeye) to fly across the country to Columbus, OH. I rented a car, booted up the computer, and discovered that he could be in one of two hospitals in Parkersburg, WV -- so I drove to the nearest. It turned out to be the one he was in, and I was there for about a half-hour when my grandmother called the ICU to say that she'd be late for visiting hours.....because she was in the ER.
I tell people all the time that is their responsibility to make "taking care of their health" their highest priority. To a lot of people, it initially sounds selfish -- but it really isn't. If you are not well, how can you be there for others? It wouldn't gain you anything to end-up hospitalized, yourself -- because not only couldn't you help Paul, but he'd feel terrible that he couldn't help you.
That's not to say that you should cast people aside for your comfort, or deny yourself nothing -- but when you are in the sort of situation you face now, you absolutely need to dial it back and pace yourself carefully. You did a good thing by going up to see Paul, and it's good that you're home safe.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 25, 2013 08:18 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Adriane ... at October 26, 2013 12:11 AM (KoFMU)
Making. The eating will be tomorrow.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 25, 2013 08:19 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Yip at October 25, 2013 08:20 PM (/jHWN)
Posted by: Adriane ... at October 25, 2013 08:22 PM (KoFMU)
Posted by: lindafell at October 26, 2013 12:18 AM (PGO8C)
at least your reason is due to age, my mom just straight up jacked my whole lunch system. I should have never let her borrow my stuff, especially since I was going to get these two things for her for Christmas (she lost her normal lunchbag a week ago at work)
Posted by: The Dude at October 25, 2013 08:22 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: President Toonces at October 25, 2013 08:23 PM (FcR7P)
Jean, I think the whole "Sho Go" operation (I think that's what it was called) by Japan was, like most things done in the Pacific from Saipan onwards, a desperation move to slow/punish the US advance. In hopes of somehow making a deal, or at least avoiding unconditional surrender. Doubt they expected they could prevent the liberation of the Philippines in general - but for their war aims at that point delaying it or raising the cost was sufficient, and rational.
The northern and southern aspects of the operation were explicitly sacrificial, to draw off/distract the US forces (spectacularly successful in the case of Ozawa's empty carriers suckering Halsey's TF 7
so the Center Force could get to the invasion beaches and savage the "soft" invasion fleet.
The Japanese commander, VAdm Kurita, obviously fucked up - he was essentially on a suicide mission, so turning back due to resistance made no sense. Yet that's what he did when convinced by the ferocity of the valiant defenders at Leyte that they must be backed by a US main force (not so, of course, Halsey was off chasing rabbits to the north). I've always thought Kurita's failure was one of the worst for Japan in WWII. Their commanders didn't make a lot of mistakes of consequence, but Kurita's decision to withdraw seems to me a gigantic blunder.
I think that starting with Saipan (The Marianas Turkey Shoot) Japan's naval command pretty much knew their operations would be some form of suicide mission - they were completely outclassed and by a greater margin every month as more/better US ships planes and personnel poured into the fight.
Posted by: non-purist at October 25, 2013 08:23 PM (afQnV)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05jtR9fZAnQ
Annnnd it's funny how them artists work together. Ran across this vid on his channel starring Lindsey Starling as Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXmMQJMFL_I
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at October 25, 2013 08:29 PM (0wHyk)
Posted by: logprof at October 25, 2013 08:30 PM (4BA+Y)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at October 25, 2013 08:30 PM (zsQHt)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 25, 2013 08:31 PM (aDwsi)
She was being helpful by washing it and forced the lid off at the wrong angle which broke one of the side things that the lid snaps into and pivots on.Posted by: lindafell at October 25, 2013 08:31 PM (PGO8C)
Theoretically speaking, of course.
Posted by: Adriane ... at October 26, 2013 12:22 AM (KoFMU)
Theoretically. If I had more creamy creamy cream cheese.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 25, 2013 08:31 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: GnuBreed at October 25, 2013 11:53 PM (cHZB7)
The Ural mountains and then the Ural river to the Caspian, then from the Caspian over the Caucus mountains to the Black sea.
Posted by: The Geographic Hat at October 26, 2013 12:10 AM (Vk2pI)
North and South America have their own tectonic plates that are active, so they really are "separate" in that regard. The Eurasian plate, however, seems to have fused at the Urals (originally where the Laurussian supercontinent had mashed with the continent of Kazakhstania, 250 million years ago).
Posted by: cthulhu at October 25, 2013 08:32 PM (T1005)
She was being helpful by washing it and forced the lid off at the wrong angle which broke one of the side things that the lid snaps into and pivots on.
Posted by: lindafell at October 26, 2013 12:31 AM (PGO8C)
kinda sounds like how I broke my french press about a month ago
Posted by: The Dude at October 25, 2013 08:33 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at October 25, 2013 08:34 PM (0wHyk)
Yip and Jean and others, speaking of Hornfischer, I can also enthusiastically recommend a more recent book of his, Neptune's Inferno, about the Guadalcanal naval battles. Fantastic as well.
Again, the ..... dunno, sheer balls and badassery, to use current terminology, of these WWII naval engagements are staggering. Learned a lot from Neptune's Inferno, especially how unprepared the USN was to fight the Japanese at that early stage, and how good the IJN was.
As with "Last Stand", there are memorable humorous anecdotes amid the unimaginably intense violence. My favorite, a junior radar officer in the CIC of the flagship for one of the many night cruiser battles, who finally exclaims as the US column continues to hold its fire and draws incredibly close to the (blind, radar-less) Japanese column - "what are we going to do, board them??".
Posted by: non-purist at October 25, 2013 08:35 PM (afQnV)
Posted by: non-purist at October 25, 2013 08:36 PM (afQnV)
Posted by: mindful webworker - finally undressed, teeth brushed, prayers sent at October 25, 2013 08:36 PM (zdOaO)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 25, 2013 08:37 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at October 25, 2013 08:38 PM (zsQHt)
I don't buy many books, but I'm going to have to add that to the collection.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at October 25, 2013 08:39 PM (0wHyk)
Posted by: Yip at October 25, 2013 08:39 PM (/jHWN)
Posted by: Yip at October 25, 2013 08:42 PM (/jHWN)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at October 26, 2013 12:38 AM (zsQHt)
I never knew until I picked up that book in college. I think I can thank the AoS book threads and Instapundit for getting me to buy the book. Felt a mix of pride and sorrow to see the way those men did their duty.
Screw the politically correct leftist bias in schools - they desecrate the memory of those heroes for pathetic ends.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at October 25, 2013 08:43 PM (0wHyk)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at October 25, 2013 08:43 PM (zsQHt)
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at October 26, 2013 12:34 AM (0wHyk)
At least Hermann Wouk's Winds of War/War and Remembrance if you want to stick with historical fiction...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 25, 2013 08:44 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Kalneva at October 25, 2013 08:44 PM (XyrkB)
Then what continent are Mexico, Guatemala, and so on supposed to be a part of?
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 25, 2013 11:45 PM (DpI6K)
North America continues to the point where the Panamanian Isthmus connects with South America. Technically, North and South America are both sub-continents. And from a geographic perspective, despite what others have said, there is no such thing as "Central America".
Posted by: HTL at October 25, 2013 08:44 PM (nWypX)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at October 25, 2013 08:49 PM (zsQHt)
Posted by: Zombie Agusto Pinochet at October 25, 2013 08:51 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: RWC at October 25, 2013 08:52 PM (LpbKr)
Yip - that's funny about emailing Hornfischer - several times since Last Stand, and then Inferno, I've thought about emailing him just to thank him for the fantastic job he did on those two books, and for the service he thereby rendered to the country and to the men involved. Now that you say he's receptive, maybe I finally will.
But I'm not close to Austin. However, San Diego has not one but TWO monuments to the Leyte Gulf battle - one up on Fort Rosecrans cemetery and a newer one right next to the USS Midway carrier museum. Maybe when I make my long-anticipated pilgrimage to the Pacific War museum in Fredericksburg (which will be my first time in Texas) I can visit Austin as well (understood they are far apart).
Those mentioning the lack of historic knowledge among the newer generations ....... please don't get me started. On a few occasions speaking to high school or even college classes I've played around by asking if anyone knew what Nimitz Blvd. or Midway Drive were named after ..... guess the reaction. Though even worse was my friend's college foreign policy class, where the terms "nuclear weapon" and "Soviet Union" elicited blank wondering stares from a significant number of students (!!!!!).
Posted by: non-purist at October 25, 2013 08:52 PM (afQnV)
Posted by: Creepy Uncle Sam at October 25, 2013 08:52 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: RWC at October 25, 2013 08:55 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: CarolT at October 25, 2013 08:56 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 25, 2013 08:57 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at October 26, 2013 12:49 AM (zsQHt)
Their ass, a grenade, and a 10 pound sledge hammer. Some assembly required.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Div at October 25, 2013 08:59 PM (FMbng)
98ZJUSMC, about the Long Lance torpedo ....
Fucker was FAST - and have to admire the balls of the IJN for using such a dangerous propulsion approach to get that performance. I think I've seen examples of these Type-?? torpedoes at the Navy Yard in DC and and the old IJN naval academy at Eta Jima near Kure, Japan.
But I've never understood how they aimed a torpedo at a target miles away that was moving - and of course could change speed or course several times in the period the torpedo was under way - and achieve such success. I understand some times they were volleys or salvos, but most of the time it seems they actually aimed.
Posted by: non-purist at October 25, 2013 09:01 PM (afQnV)
Posted by: RWC at October 25, 2013 09:02 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: RWC at October 25, 2013 09:03 PM (LpbKr)
I've not been to Fredrericksburg myself and need to get down there and also the New Orleans to the D-Day museum.
Posted by: Yip at October 25, 2013 09:04 PM (/jHWN)
Posted by: H Badger at October 25, 2013 09:05 PM (3xvbc)
Posted by: RWC at October 25, 2013 09:05 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at October 25, 2013 09:07 PM (BCz1s)
Posted by: Yip at October 25, 2013 09:08 PM (/jHWN)
Posted by: RWC at October 25, 2013 09:12 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: H Badger at October 25, 2013 09:16 PM (3xvbc)
Posted by: RWC at October 25, 2013 09:17 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: Yip at October 25, 2013 09:18 PM (/jHWN)
Posted by: RWC at October 25, 2013 09:19 PM (LpbKr)
Zombie Strippers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekh3hsLpuSI
Posted by: kbdabear at October 25, 2013 09:22 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: kbdabear at October 25, 2013 09:23 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: non-purist at October 26, 2013 01:01 AM (afQnV)
I don't want to get too technical, but they didn't aim individual torpedoes. They fired a spread which covered as broad an arc of the target's potential maneuvering solutions as possible. That way, no matter how quickly they say you launch, and how quickly they maneuvered, you had a good chance to hit. Turning directly into (or away from) the path of the torpedo tracks (once observed) reduced the arc of interception to the minimum possible, but many variable weather and visibility constraints frequenty made that less effective than the target would prefer.
Posted by: HTL at October 25, 2013 09:28 PM (nWypX)
Please give me a hit of whatever you are smoking, dude. Both of those programs are on a fail trajectory, just a bit longer than this astonishingly quick fail trajectory of the ACA.
http://tinyurl.com/m9kouov
Posted by: navybrat at October 25, 2013 09:33 PM (AYGBr)
Posted by: Yip at October 25, 2013 09:34 PM (/jHWN)
"So in an administration that has had scandal after scandal (IRS, Fast and Furious, Solyndra, Benghazi, Snowden, DoJ, etc.), the only two people fired so far is an Obamacare operator and a national security aide."
Nitpicking here. Three: Shirley Sherrod, the USDA lady who told the story against herself which NAACP bigots applauded.
Posted by: Malcolm Kirkpatrick at October 25, 2013 09:35 PM (hJ//V)
Posted by: H Badger at October 26, 2013 01:16 AM (3xvbc)
^^yep^^
Posted by: RWC at October 26, 2013 01:19 AM (LpbKr)
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http://de413.org/history3/
Posted by: jc at October 25, 2013 09:36 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Yip at October 25, 2013 09:37 PM (/jHWN)
Non Purist,
Austin to Fredricksburg is a very nice drive through wine country (!yes!) in what we call the Hill Country. Very popular for a bike ride. Luckenbach, Texas is nearby too if you ever heard the old Waylon Jennings song. Worth a visit for live music and beer under the trees. Fredricksburg is a restored old German town, lots of hotels and shops, restaurants, things to do, etc. You will have a blast and the museum had a recent overhaul. It is hot in the summertime though. Everything is air conditioned. Enchanted Rock is nearby Fredricksburg, a nice walk up to where Ranger Capt. Jack Hays held off the Comanches with the new Patterson Colt five-shooters. Walker Colt was the first six-shooter.
Posted by: Mr. Dave at October 25, 2013 09:39 PM (DajPN)
H Badger, let me echo Yip re your late bar friend - wow. I was pretty excited to interview a radar guy from the West Virginia who was present at the Surigao Strait action, but your story is even better.
HTL, thanks - then I guess, in fact, my thinking was correct - spreads were fired (I used the terms volley and salvo) more than individual torpedoes were targeted against individual targets. Helps explain things.
Posted by: non-purist at October 25, 2013 09:40 PM (afQnV)
Just as soon as we initiate the US version of the Liverpool Care Pathway on steroids, we'll be fine! Call it the Liverpool Care Superhighway.
Posted by: Epobirs at October 25, 2013 09:41 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 25, 2013 09:42 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Yip at October 25, 2013 09:43 PM (/jHWN)
Posted by: Yip at October 26, 2013 01:34 AM (/jHWN)
They are usually shown dropping depth charges, but I know I've seen at least one movie where they were launching torpedoes...can't remember the name of it though.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 25, 2013 09:43 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Adriane ... at October 25, 2013 09:43 PM (KoFMU)
Later roonz and roonettez!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at October 25, 2013 09:45 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 25, 2013 09:47 PM (Vk2pI)
Well, yes ... if you kill everybody over 40 ...
Posted by: Adriane ... at October 26, 2013 01:43 AM (KoFMU)
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By jove ..........
Posted by: jc at October 25, 2013 09:47 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: non-purist at October 25, 2013 09:48 PM (afQnV)
Posted by: Mr. Dave at October 25, 2013 09:49 PM (DajPN)
http://tinyurl.com/lgru36y
Posted by: MINEMINEMINE!! at October 25, 2013 09:49 PM (Y1TOm)
Posted by: navybrat at October 25, 2013 09:51 PM (AYGBr)
Posted by: Mr. Dave at October 25, 2013 09:52 PM (DajPN)
Posted by: Adriane ... at October 25, 2013 09:53 PM (KoFMU)
Yip - thanks for that gracious offer - the Texas trip was not on the near-term calendar but I will factor in your idea when it gets closer. Would love to meet some of our "little friends in a box" on a trip.
And yes, I also did not appreciate the importance of surface-ship torpedo warfare. I believe the Japanese achieved the highest level of the art in WWII, though it was a factor in WWI-era naval engagements also. My flawed memory seems to recall one of the annexes from Neptune's Inferno showing how significant torpedo attacks were in the losses inflicted on the USN around Guadalcanal. The Long Lance and Japanese proficiency in torpedo warfare, I believe, had a great impact on how the USN went about its business after lessons were learned the hard way.
For a cool read check out the Wikipedia entry on the Long Lance - fascinating story.
Posted by: non-purist at October 25, 2013 09:54 PM (afQnV)
Posted by: Yip at October 25, 2013 09:54 PM (/jHWN)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 25, 2013 09:54 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Arbalest at October 25, 2013 09:54 PM (FlRtG)
Posted by: adams desecration porn at October 25, 2013 10:02 PM (R6JT1)
No worries, Mr Dave. I've been lucky to sample the local wares in far-flung parts of the world, including France, and find something I like everywhere I go. Some might call me a wine slut - I prefer to imagine that I am open-minded and adventuresome in my tastes. Just did a short trip to the central coast around Paso Robles ..... ridiculously beautiful area, and great wine.
I've taken to saying "never been to Texas, but very glad it's there" thanks to the, uh, "situation" as it has developed in the US in the last 10 years or so. Who knows, if the woolier apocalyptic visions of some AOSHQ commenters come to pass, my visit to Fredericksburg might be a the flight of a refugee ..... (!)
Posted by: non-purist at October 25, 2013 10:03 PM (afQnV)
Some ancient Marxist true believer? They'll keep him around forever and give him a tenured position at a school teaching a nonsense subject, just so he can influence the kids.
As the eyewitnesses die off, history becomes an opinion controlled by those with a will to power over others.
Posted by: Epobirs at October 25, 2013 10:03 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: zombie at October 25, 2013 10:08 PM (+cx5n)
Posted by: t-bird at October 25, 2013 10:08 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 25, 2013 10:10 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Yip at October 26, 2013 01:34 AM
They were dropped from Avenger TBM torpedo bomber planes in large numbers. The Avenger crews took a lot of casualties themselves since the planes were slow and had to fly level just above the water to drop the torpedo
Posted by: kbdabear at October 25, 2013 10:11 PM (aTXUx)
Having a trained dog bartender is a sign of functioning alcoholism.
Posted by: DaveA at October 25, 2013 10:13 PM (DL2i+)
Posted by: Arbalest at October 25, 2013 10:16 PM (FlRtG)
Posted by: zombie at October 25, 2013 10:16 PM (+cx5n)
I have to vote Nazareth, Son of a bitch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDa1W9CE7L8
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Div at October 25, 2013 10:16 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Yip at October 25, 2013 10:19 PM (/jHWN)
Posted by: The Political Hat at October 25, 2013 10:20 PM (Vk2pI)
""
I have to vote Nazareth, Son of a bitch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDa1W9CE7L8
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Div at October 26, 2013 02:16 AM (FMbng)
===
I starting writing a tune named 'Enough with the Frickin Cowbell', but my drummer told me to fuck off.
Posted by: jc at October 25, 2013 10:22 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: jc at October 26, 2013 02:22 AM (PlzOe)
Drummers in any of the bands I was ever in were not allowed to have a cowbell.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Div at October 25, 2013 10:25 PM (FMbng)
Townes-Whitley and her Princeton classmate Michelle Obama are both members of the Association of Black Princeton Alumni
WTF, are you kidding me! I thought the goal of civil rights leaders like MLK was a color blind society. These yayhoos feel like they were so discriminated against by getting into Princeton so they need their own separate alumni group?
I think some enterprising young reporter should look into the membership of this group and see how many BPA who graduated around MO's time have been awarded no bid contracts. Yeah, I know...but I can dream, can't I? Hey someone got this far.
Posted by: The Farmer at October 25, 2013 10:28 PM (0R7Os)
Posted by: Mr. Dave at October 25, 2013 10:31 PM (DajPN)
Posted by: navybrat at October 25, 2013 10:35 PM (AYGBr)
Posted by: t-bird at October 25, 2013 10:36 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: zombie at October 25, 2013 10:39 PM (+cx5n)
Posted by: Yip at October 25, 2013 10:42 PM (/jHWN)
Posted by: zombie at October 26, 2013 02:39 AM (+cx5n)
It is, indeed, a far cry from a the world a prominent Republican enisioned, who once said, "I have a dream
that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they
will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of
their character."
Posted by: cthulhu at October 25, 2013 10:44 PM (T1005)
Mr Dave - ahhh ..... the Cape Winelands ...... some day, some day. And I love me some pinotage, too! Was lucky to taste on the South Island in New Zealand 15 years ago - some "household names" today were just starting up when I was there. Besides Portugal/Spain/France/Italy/Austria .... !!! .... I really want to spend some time in Chile (and Argentina) making sure their wine is as good as I think it is, and of course to protect public health by testing it ... so many great wine areas, so little time.
Posted by: non-purist at October 25, 2013 10:44 PM (afQnV)
Posted by: zombie at October 26, 2013 02:39 AM (+cx5n)
It is, indeed, a far cry from a the world a prominent Republican enisioned, who once said, "I have a dream
that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they
will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of
their character."
Posted by: cthulhu at October 26, 2013 02:44 AM (T1005)
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Oddly enough, no. She is being entirely judged by the content of her character. That is why she is so troubled and no title of nobility can solve that problem for her. She might finally be proud of her country, but she will live and die without ever experiencing being truly proud of herself.
Posted by: jc at October 25, 2013 10:48 PM (PlzOe)
Dude, they have the guns, the badges, the judges and the Attorney General's Office. Millions of rounds of ammo.
And you?
I'm sorry, I do not share your optimism. These guys are Maoists.
Posted by: navybrat at October 25, 2013 10:56 PM (AYGBr)
non-purist I spent August and part of September in Australia. They make a little wine there too. What I remember of Argentina was great wine and just a great night culture. They didn't go out to dinner until 10 PM or so.
As to cowbell up thread: Mississippi Queen by Mountain.
Posted by: Mr. Dave at October 25, 2013 10:56 PM (DajPN)
Posted by: jc at October 26, 2013 02:48 AM (PlzOe)
We're looking at different things. I was saying that MO's writings, such as "I will always be Black first and a student second", were directly antithetical to the idea that "they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of
their character". You (in my understanding) are are referring to the fact that she has experienced every advantage in life (Princeton/Harvard, law degree, sinecure positions) and yet is so petty and hateful that she constantly evinces bitterness and resentment toward a nation that has given her so much.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 25, 2013 11:00 PM (T1005)
their character". You (in my understanding) are are referring to the fact that she has experienced every advantage in life (Princeton/Harvard, law degree, sinecure positions) and yet is so petty and hateful that she constantly evinces bitterness and resentment toward a nation that has given her so much.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 26, 2013 03:00 AM (T1005)
Mind you, both paint her as a loathsome being, bitter and spiteful, hell-bent on tearing-down what is righteous and good while erecting a cult-of-personality dedicated to the whims of malignant narcissism....but you were talking about the north face of that mountain while I was talking about the eastern approach.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 25, 2013 11:07 PM (T1005)
their character". You (in my understanding) are are referring to the fact that she has experienced every advantage in life (Princeton/Harvard, law degree, sinecure positions) and yet is so petty and hateful that she constantly evinces bitterness and resentment toward a nation that has given her so much.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 26, 2013 03:00 AM (T1005)
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yup. classic case of no self worth lashing out at others because of what is lacking within themselves. oddly enough, MLK's dream really turned out to be a curse to those who can accurately judge themselves for their own lack of character.
sorta like 'may you live in interesting times.' not all blessings are blessings and not all curses are curses. context is always required.
Posted by: jc at October 25, 2013 11:11 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Arbalest at October 25, 2013 11:11 PM (FlRtG)
Which one of you has the goatee?
Posted by: Arbalest at October 26, 2013 03:11 AM (FlRtG)
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the one on the left?
Posted by: jc at October 25, 2013 11:12 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Adriane ... at October 25, 2013 11:19 PM (KoFMU)
Posted by: zombie at October 25, 2013 11:21 PM (+cx5n)
Posted by: Arbalest at October 25, 2013 11:25 PM (FlRtG)
Posted by: Margarita what has insomnia at October 25, 2013 11:26 PM (dfYL9)
498 cthulhu
499 cthulhu
Which one of you has the goatee?
Posted by: Arbalest at October 26, 2013 03:11 AM (FlRtG)
I didn't start getting significant facial hair until after I graduated from college (at the age of 20), and I soon discovered that -- while I have uncomfortably long eyebrows, and can practically braid the hair on my forearms -- attempting to grow a beard [even a goatee] made me look like the unfortunate victim of radiation sickness. It's light, at best, and very patchy. So, neither has a goatee.
I am, however, sportin' a 'stache at present....which my sister was kind enough to mention while we were up there: "wait, did you have that yesterday?"
Posted by: cthulhu at October 25, 2013 11:28 PM (T1005)
Posted by: zombie at October 26, 2013 03:21 AM (+cx5n)
Uppity.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 25, 2013 11:30 PM (T1005)
Posted by: zombie at October 26, 2013 03:21 AM (+cx5n)
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these are the same people that are perplexed when no black man wants to marry them.
Posted by: jc at October 25, 2013 11:32 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: DAve at October 25, 2013 11:34 PM (b7yum)
Posted by: zombie at October 26, 2013 03:21 AM (+cx5n)
OK, that last one just demanded itself. Seriously, though, it's not just racial. It's all the favored classes -- favored beyond the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment -- running rampant over the citizenry. Justice is supposed to be blindfolded, and when it isn't......well, then it ain't justice.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 25, 2013 11:36 PM (T1005)
OK. my advice to those of you who are married - STAY MARRIED!
I went out on a date tonight, arranged by a friend of mine - and my date started ripping on the GOP, the Tea Party and praising King Putt to the skies. He said America should be transformed because it's an evil country.
It's one thing to read some troll say that online and another thing to hear it from an ass who is right across the table from you. His fettucine alfredo nearly ended up in his face.
I asked to be taken home and - no goodnight kiss, although he tried. I'd rather kiss a turd.
I'm still so pissed, I can't fall asleep. I envy those who are so happily married they never have to date again.
Posted by: Donna V. sez yay Cards at October 25, 2013 11:37 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: DAve at October 25, 2013 11:44 PM (b7yum)
I went out on a date tonight, arranged by a friend of mine - and my date started ripping on the GOP, the Tea Party and praising King Putt to the skies. He said America should be transformed because it's an evil country.
It's one thing to read some troll say that online and another thing to hear it from an ass who is right across the table from you. His fettucine alfredo nearly ended up in his face.
I asked to be taken home and - no goodnight kiss, although he tried. I'd rather kiss a turd.
I'm still so pissed, I can't fall asleep. I envy those who are so happily married they never have to date again.
Posted by: Donna V. sez yay Cards at October 26, 2013 03:37 AM (R3gO3)
Where are you? How old are you?
If you're dating 20-year-olds in California, you'd better be finding them in churches.....but if you're dating 40-year-olds in Tennessee, you can pick 'em up in grocery stores.
Either way, your friend did an oopsie. Where is your friend on the greater scale of things?
Posted by: cthulhu at October 25, 2013 11:44 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Margarita what has insomnia at October 25, 2013 11:46 PM (dfYL9)
Well, zombie, since you and I share a common turf, all I have to say is that it's an entirely typical slice of daily life in the SF Bay Area. You should write it up for your gig at PJ Media.
I was going to say that the absolutely massive abuse of handicapped parking placards is something that crosses all racial boundaries here. Although actually, come to think of it, I have yet to personally witness anyone Hispanic gaming the system with a blue mirror hanger. Not once. I'm sure they exist, but I haven't seen it myself.
Everyone else, you bet. Seen it personally and repeatedly. They pop into the handicapped spot and cruise off on foot quite spryly with absolutely no sign of any disability whatsoever. TONS of Asians in SF proper. Likewise white dot-com yuppies and white hipster douchebags. And as you noted, blacks, especially in the East Bay.
I figure that there must be multiple angles being worked here. Crooked doctors in certain ethnic communities. Clean doctors being taken in by fake disability claims. "Market-based" sharing arrangements for legit placards. And of course outright fakes.
(I know that parking enforcement are supposed to cross-verify the blue hanger versus the license plate, but I've never once seen that actually be done. The meter cart operators just see the blue and cruise right past. They probably think it's a hassle to do the match.)
Posted by: torquewrench at October 25, 2013 11:48 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: Jerry at October 25, 2013 11:48 PM (4SKYj)
Posted by: zombie at October 25, 2013 11:49 PM (+cx5n)
Milwaukee County went 332,438 to 154,924 Obama over Romney in 2012 -- what did you expect? Move.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 25, 2013 11:50 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Adriane ... at October 25, 2013 11:50 PM (KoFMU)
Posted by: DAve at October 25, 2013 11:53 PM (b7yum)
Nope, I'm not a spring chicken. I'm in my 50's (although I can truthfully say I look like I'm early '40's because I take good care of myself and have no wrinkles) and I live in a blue area in a purple state. I keep hoping I meet one of those who voted for Walker and thinks like I do - but no, I keep meeting or being set up with these f'ing Commies.
My ex was apolitical, an LIV. I'm missing that, compared with the f'ing Marxists I meet now.
Posted by: Donna V. sez yay Cards at October 25, 2013 11:53 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: DAve, who I guess is old at October 25, 2013 11:54 PM (b7yum)
Not only am I not handicapped, at least not below the neck, nobody looking at me is going to think I should give up the exercise.
Posted by: Epobirs at October 25, 2013 11:55 PM (kcfmt)
I went out on a date tonight, arranged by a friend of mine - and my date started ripping on the GOP, the Tea Party and praising King Putt to the skies. He said America should be transformed because it's an evil country.
It's one thing to read some troll say that online and another thing to hear it from an ass who is right across the table from you. His fettucine alfredo nearly ended up in his face.
I asked to be taken home and - no goodnight kiss, although he tried. I'd rather kiss a turd.
I'm still so pissed, I can't fall asleep. I envy those who are so happily married they never have to date again.
Posted by: Donna V. sez yay Cards at October 26, 2013 03:37 AM (R3gO3)
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Hmmm. Might have been fun to say something like: "so, it is pretty clear you are a proud member of the slavery party. Did you have fun hobbling anyone today?"
Posted by: jc at October 25, 2013 11:57 PM (PlzOe)
I went out on a date tonight, arranged by a friend of mine - and my date started ripping on the GOP, the Tea Party and praising King Putt to the skies. He said America should be transformed because it's an evil country.
It's one thing to read some troll say that online and another thing to hear it from an ass who is right across the table from you. His fettucine alfredo nearly ended up in his face.
I asked to be taken home and - no goodnight kiss, although he tried. I'd rather kiss a turd.
I'm still so pissed, I can't fall asleep. I envy those who are so happily married they never have to date again.
Posted by: Donna V. sez yay Cards at October 26, 2013 03:37 AM (R3gO3)
I would have put a fork in his throat.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Div at October 25, 2013 11:59 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: zombie at October 26, 2013 12:00 AM (+cx5n)
My friends and family are in this area - not to mention my job. I hate Wisconsin winters, but I feel like I'm past the age where I can load up my car and move on the spur of the moment to a different part of the country (I did that when I was 22.) If I were younger, I'd move to Texas.
Washington, Ozaukee and Waukesha are the WOW countries - very conservative that put Walker over the top. And they circle Milwaukee. I'm going to start looking for places in Ozaukee county. The commute won't be fun - I now walk to work - but at least I won't be living among idiots.
Posted by: Donna V. sez yay Cards at October 26, 2013 12:04 AM (R3gO3)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Div at October 26, 2013 03:59 AM (FMbng)
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the mental image of you on a date with a guy like that is pretty fucking hilarious. If I could write a scene that included a circumstance that would cause that to happen I would be rolling in the hollywood bux.
Posted by: jc at October 26, 2013 12:05 AM (PlzOe)
Posted by: DAve, who I guess is old
No, not any more. Nowadays, if you're under 30, it goes like this:
1. Blow job on first date.
2. Back-door only on second date.
3. Front-door but with condom on third date.
4. No need for condom on fourth date.
5. THEN, maybe, if she really likes you, will she allow a kiss.
But seriously, ten years ago I saw a documentary with interviews with teenage girls and the general attitude was that kisses were more intimate than blow jobs. They'd blow a guy before considering a kiss with him. Lord knows what the attitude is by now.
Posted by: zombie at October 26, 2013 04:00 AM (+cx5n)
Who knows where that mouth has been?
Posted by: cthulhu at October 26, 2013 12:05 AM (T1005)
Posted by: jc at October 26, 2013 04:05 AM (PlzOe)
I was thinking more of me being at the neighboring table and listening to this puss ball abusing his date.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Div at October 26, 2013 12:06 AM (FMbng)
Posted by: Adriane ... at October 26, 2013 12:07 AM (KoFMU)
Spells of vertigo are amazingly common in older women. Ask some questions in the local medical community. Usually there's one truly ace otolaryngologist who is the doc to see for balance disorders. That stuff often baffles GPs.
"Often I'll drop her off at the entrance and find a regular parking spot because striding away from parking in a handicap space make me very self-conscious."
That's how I handle those situations when they occur. (I have several family members who are genuinely mobility-limited due to injury and/or age.) When I then see someone park in the handicapped spaces who walks off smoothly and quickly, it gets my back up.
Posted by: torquewrench at October 26, 2013 12:07 AM (gqT4g)
zombie, thanks for those excerpts @491. I haven't forgotten, but never saw more than bits of her hatred in her writing.
On the other hand, my mother-in-law (where we are currently staying celebrating their 60th anniv. in AZ) grew up in MO's neighborhood, years before. She saw the changes in the area, knows the people who were there and moved out and in. This is SS Chicago.
MIL is a very smart women, read the entire MO work and well...what she has to say about her is unprintable here. Ace did ask us to be nice.
Posted by: The Farmer at October 26, 2013 12:08 AM (0R7Os)
Posted by: Adriane ... at October 26, 2013 12:09 AM (KoFMU)
Well, both my date (the asshole) and myself are of an age where kissing is considered the first move on a date - and he didn't get that. If he had expected a BJ and whipped out his dick, I think I would have gone Loretta Bobbitt on him.
F'ing Commie bastard. I am still so mad.
Posted by: Donna V. sez yay Cards at October 26, 2013 12:15 AM (R3gO3)
Posted by: Sphynx at October 26, 2013 04:15 AM (cll/q)
I turn 51 in a couple of weeks, but my mental outlook is the same as when I was in my 20s. Unfortunately, my eyesight and body creaks-and-crackles are more in keeping with the calendar.
Posted by: cthulhu at October 26, 2013 12:17 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Adriane ... at October 26, 2013 12:19 AM (KoFMU)
F'ing Commie bastard. I am still so mad.
Posted by: Donna V. sez yay Cards at October 26, 2013 04:15 AM
You're going to send yourself crazy. Don't let this shit get to you. Take a different tack and extract entertainment from such situations. Wind them up. Let them have the shitty date.
Posted by: otho at October 26, 2013 12:20 AM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Adriane ... at October 26, 2013 12:21 AM (KoFMU)
Posted by: Adriane ... at October 26, 2013 12:22 AM (KoFMU)
Best of Luck ... "They" want you to feel alone ...
Posted by: Adriane ... at October 26, 2013 04:07 AM (KoFMU)
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It is my sincere belief we should actively deprive them of their sense that they are "cool" or superior in any way. Every single one of them is a voluntary descendent of the slavery party. There is no need to accept their bullshit.
Everyone always has the opportunity to follow the old wisdom about religion and politics in polite company. If they cannot adopt such wisdom then start blasting with both barrels.
Posted by: jc at October 26, 2013 12:23 AM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Epobirs at October 26, 2013 12:30 AM (kcfmt)
ValJar in jam? Believe it when I see her head on a pike on TV....
Posted by: backhoe at October 26, 2013 12:44 AM (ULH4o)
I'm not trying to be mean but you cannot seriously expect the web to hold off on using stuff from the late 90s because a small minority have weak machines. We're talking myasthenia gravis weak here.
Posted by: Epobirs at October 26, 2013 12:55 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Bill R. at October 26, 2013 01:05 AM (QnRSM)
I'm not trying to be mean but you cannot seriously expect the web to hold off on using stuff from the late 90s because a small minority have weak machines. We're talking myasthenia gravis weak here.
Posted by: Epobirs
My netbook is brand-new. and animated GIF's freeze it. You go on "ignore..."
Posted by: backhoe at October 26, 2013 02:34 AM (ULH4o)
There is something seriously wrong with your 'brand new' netbook. Why don't you go get it fixed instead of expecting the world to bend to your deficit. Complaining about GIFs in 2013 is like asking the state to lower the highway speeds because you have a car that cannot manage 65 MPH.
Posted by: Epobirs at October 26, 2013 02:45 AM (kcfmt)
My ex was apolitical, an LIV. I'm missing that, compared with the f'ing Marxists I meet now.
Posted by: Donna V. sez yay Cards at October 26, 2013 03:53 AM (R3gO3)"
You might want to consider volunteering at your local Republican Party headquarters or, in 2014 volunteering with a particular candidate. That will at least get you rubbing shoulders with people who are likely to be more compatible and, what the hell, you might actually help get somebody elected.
From what I have read about voting demographics, the core of support for Democrats among white voters is single women. There is the possibility that these guys are using lines that have worked for them in the recent past. Thirty years ago, a guy who wanted to get in your pants might have said "I love you". Now the line that works might be "I love Obama". Of course, that just means that he is lying and saying what he things will work which is not really any better.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at October 26, 2013 03:01 AM (q1sF4)
Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at October 26, 2013 07:01 AM
How do you know he's lying? The "I love Obama" campaign worker might be Reggie Love, for all you know.
Or Chris Christie, if it's a "Republican" HQ.
Posted by: MrScribbler at October 26, 2013 03:15 AM (kaGpp)
Quite of few chickens around my neighborhood, which I kind of enjoy, but they can be a little noisy. But rabbits? What do they do that would irritate neighbors?
Posted by: Y-not at October 25, 2013 10:41 PM (5H6zj)"
They stink. Well, the rabbits themselves don't stink but if they are in a cage with a wire net floor so that their urine and feces drop to the ground and if you never rake that stuff out, it can generate an ammonia tinged mephitic stench. It makes good fertilizer, though if you mix it in with compost. By itself it will kill your plants.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at October 26, 2013 03:16 AM (q1sF4)
Or Chris Christie, if it's a "Republican" HQ.
Posted by: MrScribbler at October 26, 2013 07:15 AM (kaGpp)"
I suggest that if somebody says they love Obama, it really doesn't matter whether they are telling the truth or not or what their motivation. It ought to be an invitation to order the most expensive thing on the menu, take one bite, excuse yourself and take a taxi home.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at October 26, 2013 03:26 AM (q1sF4)
Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at October 26, 2013 03:35 AM (g0b20)
Posted by: Epobirs at October 26, 2013 04:30 AM (kcfmt)
I read she has a particular hatred for the Irish. Maybe all those pretty red heads in her classes in Chicago. Daly's brother only lasted as chief of staff for about six months.
Posted by: madamex at October 26, 2013 03:51 AM (1zsKV)
Posted by: mindful webworker - one eye pried open at October 26, 2013 04:04 AM (YLiN/)
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