September 27, 2013
— CDR M
Pictures of cute animals won't help Obamacare win over converts. Obamacare relies on people making bad choices.
The crux of Obamacare, the most basic thing essential to its success, is that millions of people have to do something that is not in their economic interest. They have to act against themselves, or the program doesnÂ’t work.Liberalism
Liberalism is funny. That one quart wastepaper basket pictured above is the new and approved receptacle for garbage by our overlords. It's supposed to save the planet and make you work out or something.
Celebrities In Weird Japanese Commercials
New Nike's?
The NFL
Well, perhaps it is time to no longer allow the NFL to claim nonprofit status. Especially if teams like the Ravens want to promote Obamacare.
Like Insty keeps saying, let's Repeal The Hollywood Tax Cuts too! All these celebretards vote for these guys, then they deserve to pay their taxes in full to support it.
Female Spetsnaz
Something tells me that combat is not what they have in mind for these female Spetsnaz recruits.
Breaking Bad Meets The Walking Dead
Orgasm Class
So, evidently there are women out there that are willing to pay $3500 to learn about "multiple orgasms and the mysterious g-spot".
Of course, in Russia, they offer a class for mastering the "art of oral sex". NSFW!
This Day In Music History
Cliff Burton of Metallica died on this day back in 1986. I didn't know this part though.
Metallica was en route on a road between Stockholm and Copenhagen, to their next gig that was scheduled for September 27th. Earlier that night the band drew cards for the assignment of the bunks on the tour bus. As fate would have it, Cliff drew the ace of spades and chooses Kirk Hammett's bunk.
The death card lives up to its name.
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Posted by: rickl at September 27, 2013 07:05 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: DAve at September 27, 2013 07:06 PM (b7yum)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at September 27, 2013 07:08 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at September 27, 2013 07:08 PM (oFCZn)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at September 27, 2013 07:08 PM (zrRMc)
Posted by: Slapweasel at September 27, 2013 07:09 PM (lq3Ak)
nfl?
guess I should remind you all that Da Bears are 3-0
btw, the Indians aren't screwing up
you go AtC
Posted by: navycopjoe at September 27, 2013 07:09 PM (HED0H)
Just another day in the salt mines. Of course, if it goes long enough, maybe no paycheck for the military.
Posted by: CDR M at September 27, 2013 07:09 PM (OJvfL)
I have empiric evidence that Australian Shepherds do not like the sound of a potato cannon fired in the dark. The science is settled.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at September 27, 2013 07:09 PM (mvenn)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at September 27, 2013 07:09 PM (HsTG8)
Posted by: Jones in CO at September 27, 2013 07:09 PM (8sCoq)
CDR M,
Do you know if ACE has anything to do with this Cafe Press Ace of Spades T-shirts for sale website? I only ask because two of the items at the second and third link seems like something he would create.
Posted by: ExSnipe at September 27, 2013 07:10 PM (57ubW)
I'm not aware of Ace hawkin' any t-shirts. Maybe Ewok hair, but no t-shirts.
Posted by: CDR M at September 27, 2013 07:11 PM (OJvfL)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at September 27, 2013 07:11 PM (mvenn)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 07:11 PM (Z9EHQ)
The Allman Brothers Band (1969-1971)
David Bowie (1970-197
Can (1971-1976)
Genesis (1971-1992)
Grateful Dead (1966-1977)
Joy Division (1978-1980)
King Crimson (1969-1984)
Neil Young (1969-1979)
New Order (1980-1985)
Pavement (1989-1997)
Pink Floyd (1967-1971)
R.E.M. (1980-1985)
Radiohead (1992-2012)
Soft Machine (1967-1971)
The Smiths (1983-1985)
Bruce Springsteen (1973-1980)
Talking Heads (1976-1982)
The Velvet Underground (1966-1970)
The Who (1965-1973)
XTC (1977-1982)
Yes (1969-1977)
Zappa/Mothers of Invention (1966-1969)
If you want anything from those artists in those eras, I've got something great for ya. Post your requests, and I'll do my best to fill them for you.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 27, 2013 07:12 PM (n/+FT)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at September 27, 2013 07:12 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: The Political Hat at September 27, 2013 07:12 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: toby928© at September 27, 2013 07:13 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: navycopjoe at September 27, 2013 07:14 PM (HED0H)
So add up pictures of cute animals and people making bad choices and Obamacare will do just fine.
Posted by: cm9000 at September 27, 2013 07:14 PM (3qZbZ)
Apparently there was a run of tshirts waaaaay back in the day.
I came up with a logo and CBD had some connections to make them available to the Horde for a good price. Talked to a Cob who gave the go ahead. But alas, the Moron that volunteered to clean up the logo I came up with hasn't been heard from in a long time.Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 27, 2013 07:14 PM (GEICT)
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‘Iran already has a nuclear bomb,’ Israeli paper claims
http://tinyurl.com/ocfyjhw
Posted by: Thrawn at September 27, 2013 07:14 PM (Dsds2)
Posted by: The Political Hat at September 27, 2013 07:14 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 07:14 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Chris at September 27, 2013 07:15 PM (aBOfW)
http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ufunk-selection-du-week-end-16-38.jpg
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 27, 2013 07:15 PM (lbpNx)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 27, 2013 11:14 PM (GEICT)
Yup, we nipped that in the bud.
Posted by: Lois Lerner at September 27, 2013 07:15 PM (OJvfL)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 27, 2013 07:15 PM (aDwsi)
All through the night
I me mine
I me mine
I me mine
Posted by: Zombie George Harrison at September 27, 2013 07:15 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: \m/ The Political Hat \m/ at September 27, 2013 07:16 PM (Vk2pI)
Probably, but those are the bands that I have a substantial live concert collection of. There are lots of great artists who I only have studio (or officially-released live) albums. And I am a completist, so if I'm into an artist, I've probably got every damn thing they ever did.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 27, 2013 07:16 PM (n/+FT)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 27, 2013 07:16 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 07:16 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 27, 2013 11:14 PM (GEICT)
The second and third link seems like something a moron or a cob wound come up with.
Posted by: ExSnipe at September 27, 2013 07:17 PM (57ubW)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at September 27, 2013 07:18 PM (r+7wo)
Posted by: mindful webworker - square root of minus one face at September 27, 2013 07:18 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: Help Isn't Coming at September 27, 2013 07:18 PM (ab+jQ)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 27, 2013 07:18 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at September 27, 2013 07:19 PM (mvenn)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 27, 2013 07:20 PM (GEICT)
The answer is "yes, go ahead and hit that."
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 27, 2013 07:20 PM (n/+FT)
Posted by: toby928© at September 27, 2013 07:20 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 07:20 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Thrawn at September 27, 2013 07:21 PM (Dsds2)
Posted by: DAve at September 27, 2013 07:21 PM (b7yum)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 27, 2013 07:21 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 07:22 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at September 27, 2013 11:19 PM (mvenn)
I'm all about ethics. What you got?
Posted by: Lois Lerner at September 27, 2013 07:22 PM (OJvfL)
Posted by: DAve at September 27, 2013 07:22 PM (b7yum)
Posted by: mindful webworker - shallow thinker at September 27, 2013 07:22 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: Mindy, all scousey 'n stuff at September 27, 2013 07:22 PM (kYWp9)
All right, I'll take that as a yes.
If you perceive the societal gravy train heading for the cliff at breakneck speed is it unethical to run alongside with a ladle scooping off some of the gravy before it crashes into the bottom of the ravine and is gone forever?
I ask this partly tongue-in-cheek and partly in seriousness.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at September 27, 2013 07:22 PM (mvenn)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at September 27, 2013 07:23 PM (r+7wo)
You can ladle up some of that gravy but we will need to tax it.
Posted by: Lois Lerner at September 27, 2013 07:23 PM (OJvfL)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 27, 2013 07:23 PM (GEICT)
62 HEATHEN!!!
as per the bible: and on the seventh day God made the Charvel San Dimas and it was good
Posted by: navycopjoe at September 27, 2013 07:23 PM (HED0H)
fyi, some day I may snap and I am going over the edge on someone who asks me "can I ask you a question"
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 11:22 PM (Z9EHQ)
*****
Can I ask you why that is?
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at September 27, 2013 07:24 PM (mvenn)
Posted by: toby928© at September 27, 2013 07:24 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 07:24 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: CDR M at September 27, 2013 07:24 PM (OJvfL)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at September 27, 2013 07:25 PM (r+7wo)
ASK it already! don't be like the podcast
Posted by: Jones in CO at September 27, 2013 07:25 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: joncelli at September 27, 2013 07:25 PM (7IgKC)
Are the actions you are taking in and of themselves unethical?
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 27, 2013 11:23 PM (GEICT)
*****
Totally within the law, as it is currently interpreted.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at September 27, 2013 07:25 PM (mvenn)
On TCM next is The Omega Man followed by A Boy and His Dog.
It's the end of the world tonight.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 27, 2013 07:25 PM (lbpNx)
lib.
Posted by: PJ at September 27, 2013 07:25 PM (ZWaLo)
Posted by: navycopjoe at September 27, 2013 07:25 PM (HED0H)
Posted by: Colonel Sanders at September 27, 2013 07:25 PM (OJvfL)
If you could be biblically certain that your assessment was correct, with absolutely no chance whatsoever of error, AND you were okay with forsaking your dignity and sense of self (assuming you based those things on a prior refusal to partake in the welfare state) then yeah, go for it. My dad once half-kiddingly (but only HALF) recommended I get on welfare when I got shitcanned from a job back in the day.
But you can't really be sure, can you? And you do lose a certain moral standing to complain IMO, regardless of what anyone says. You don't cancel out your objections completely, but you do lose a little something.
Finally, it really depends on what 'gravy' you're talking about.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 27, 2013 07:26 PM (n/+FT)
Posted by: "CDR Burdell" at September 27, 2013 07:26 PM (BlJUs)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 27, 2013 07:26 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at September 27, 2013 07:26 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Jones in CO at September 27, 2013 11:09 PM (8sCoq)
What'd ya do now? Posted by: Mindy, all scousey 'n stuff at
I gotta lotta bad ideas
Posted by: Jones in CO at September 27, 2013 07:26 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at September 27, 2013 07:26 PM (r+7wo)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 27, 2013 07:26 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon
Never dip you ladle in the Government soup.
I'll pray for you.
Posted by: Slapweasel at September 27, 2013 07:27 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at September 27, 2013 11:25 PM (r+7wo)
That sounds naughty.
Posted by: Typical Moron at September 27, 2013 07:27 PM (OJvfL)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at September 27, 2013 07:27 PM (b9K4P)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 07:27 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 27, 2013 07:27 PM (2up3Q)
I thought you were looking for the green light on a hit or something
Posted by: Jones in CO at September 27, 2013 07:27 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at September 27, 2013 07:28 PM (sQ0LB)
I ask this partly tongue-in-cheek and partly in seriousness.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at September 27, 2013 11:22 PM (mvenn)
Yes it is in your parlance unethical.
Posted by: cm9000 at September 27, 2013 07:28 PM (3qZbZ)
Posted by: Sandra Flook at September 27, 2013 07:28 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: Jugs McCain at September 27, 2013 07:28 PM (DpI6K)
I don't even know if the question is properly thought of as one of "ethics," come to think of it. It's not an ethical dilemma, insofar as you're not doing anything that's against the law nor even violating some obvious social trust or mores.
It really boils down to "can you look at yourself in the mirror"/"would you admit it to someone else?" thing. And that's a question only the questioner can answer, not us.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 27, 2013 07:29 PM (n/+FT)
Posted by: Jones in CO at September 27, 2013 07:29 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Freaked Out! at September 27, 2013 07:29 PM (ryyVW)
Posted by: Sandra Flook at September 27, 2013 11:28 PM (Dwehj)
I gave up on clothes.
Posted by: Miley Cyrus at September 27, 2013 07:30 PM (OJvfL)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at September 27, 2013 07:30 PM (r+7wo)
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 27, 2013 07:30 PM (n/+FT)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at September 27, 2013 07:30 PM (ligos)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 07:30 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: joncelli at September 27, 2013 07:31 PM (7IgKC)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at September 27, 2013 07:31 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Meggie McMac at September 27, 2013 11:30 PM (Dwehj)
That's not a g-string that you wear Meggie McMac. That's a sumo belt.
Posted by: Miley Cyrus at September 27, 2013 07:32 PM (OJvfL)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 27, 2013 07:32 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: CarolT at September 27, 2013 07:32 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: rickl at September 27, 2013 07:32 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 27, 2013 07:32 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Severe Conservative riding Orca at September 27, 2013 07:33 PM (v6hyJ)
All right, I'll take that as a yes.
If you perceive the societal gravy train heading for the cliff at breakneck speed is it unethical to run alongside with a ladle scooping off some of the gravy before it crashes into the bottom of the ravine and is gone forever?
I ask this partly tongue-in-cheek and partly in seriousness.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at September 27, 2013 11:22 PM (mvenn)
I think you'd have to be more specific. Are you talking about, say, becoming an Obamacare "Navigator" and identity-thieving the plebes for the Russian Mafia?
Posted by: cthulhu at September 27, 2013 07:33 PM (T1005)
All that does is make me hungry.
Posted by: Prez'nit Dinobite at September 27, 2013 07:34 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: "Grasshopper" at September 27, 2013 07:34 PM (BlJUs)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 07:34 PM (Z9EHQ)
I thought you were looking for the green light on a hit or something
Posted by: Jones in CO at September 27, 2013 11:27 PM (8sCoq)
*****
Heh- funny thing about that. We were looking at the land where we think Jack was murdered today and I shit you not, I found a femur bone half buried in the mud. My heart went into overdrive, ain't no way we actually stumbled on the gravesite.
Preliminary assessment by a forensic pathologist is that is a non-human femur. Probably an elk.
Missed it by 'this' much
**holds up thumb and forefinger this much apart**
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at September 27, 2013 07:34 PM (mvenn)
Posted by: CarolT at September 27, 2013 07:35 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 27, 2013 07:35 PM (n/+FT)
Posted by: mindful webworker - just shoot me now at September 27, 2013 07:36 PM (U13jb)
I'm not sure any of the previous sentence is spelled correctly.
You said something about music?
I'd also like to introduce "Gabe". He is inadvertently gay and hilarious. Feature, not a bug.
Posted by: Slapweasel at September 27, 2013 07:36 PM (lq3Ak)
You added baggage to that that isn't there.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at September 27, 2013 11:31 PM (4Mv1T)
Fair enough, just trying to make an Anka reference.
Seriously, though, if the issue is unemployment, I say go for it you paid for it.
Posted by: bern at September 27, 2013 07:36 PM (MZUcG)
Posted by: Jones in CO at September 27, 2013 07:36 PM (8sCoq)
Now that I think about it, I wish the first girl that gave me a BJ had received some training on the process. Then again, I wasn't all that familiar with the finer points of getting blown myself.
Posted by: GnuBreed at September 27, 2013 07:37 PM (cHZB7)
I feel the urge to open my veins after listening to it.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 27, 2013 07:37 PM (n/+FT)
dude I just don't see anything there I can shake my groove thing to
thanks anyway
Posted by: Jones in CO at September 27, 2013 07:38 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at September 27, 2013 07:38 PM (r+7wo)
If you perceive the societal gravy train heading for the cliff at breakneck speed is it unethical to run alongside with a ladle scooping off some of the gravy before it crashes into the bottom of the ravine and is gone forever?
I ask this partly tongue-in-cheek and partly in seriousness.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at September 27, 2013 11:22 PM (mvenn)
It's only ethical if you share the gravy with the poor.
or me.
Posted by: willow at September 27, 2013 07:38 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: joncelli at September 27, 2013 07:38 PM (7IgKC)
There have been plenty of shutdowns. TFG is trying to scare people again. Is he also the king of Halloween? That was supposed to scare kids.
Posted by: CarolT at September 27, 2013 11:35 PM (z4WKX)
I don't know. I don't feel protected right now. I think we need to fund some good policy to keep the government running 24/7 for the 56-59 states that are in the US. Did you know that California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas all share a border with the US?
Posted by: No Information Voter at September 27, 2013 07:39 PM (M1gmo)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at September 27, 2013 07:39 PM (mvenn)
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 27, 2013 11:35 PM (n/+FT)
--Tap down on the attention-whoring.
Posted by: logprf at September 27, 2013 07:40 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at September 27, 2013 07:40 PM (4Mv1T)
Thanks for the links, CDR M.
Posted by: Slapweasel at September 27, 2013 07:40 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at September 27, 2013 07:40 PM (mvenn)
Honestly, I'm just too young, and have too much to live for (and believe that's more of a struggle than you might imagine) to be anything but an optimist, even in the face of everything that sucks.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 27, 2013 07:40 PM (n/+FT)
You're welcome. It's part of my "Let's Move" program! Don't believe me, listen to the testimonials:
"SumYungMoron: I used to sit in my chair all day, reading the threads and giggling. But now, with One Quart Wastebasket, I have to get up off my rear end and empty my trash four times a day! Thank you, Michelle!"
Now how much would you pay?
Posted by: Michelle Obama at September 27, 2013 07:42 PM (bKA83)
And for the price of Jeff B., I'll throw myself in as well as a once-monthly fast food reviewer. So, you'd get two new writers/columnists for the price of one. Just 'cuz that's how I roll. ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 27, 2013 07:42 PM (xY8+2)
but maybe buy up medical devices that will be needed later, or have an advanatge of what would be a fruitful living out of this sows ear .
Posted by: willow at September 27, 2013 07:42 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: DAve at September 27, 2013 07:42 PM (b7yum)
Posted by: joncelli at September 27, 2013 07:43 PM (7IgKC)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at September 27, 2013 07:43 PM (2up3Q)
I just don't think I could do that job.
Intellectually, technically, procedurally, sure. No problem.
Dealing with the general public in that context? Having to shrug off the whingeing and whining and attention-whoring and free-riding and drug-seeking nonsense? My head would asplode within a week.
I'm glad someone does the job. Hang in there.
By the way, in my part of Commiefornia, the thing now is for the emergency room to have an airport style security checkpoint. Not kidding.
The problem with illegal immigrant gangs here is now so bad, and the gangs themselves are so vicious, that if one gang attempts a drive-by on another gang's member, and they don't finish the job on the first pass, they'll try to go after the poor sap again in the ER after he gets the ambulance ride.
Posted by: torquewrench at September 27, 2013 07:43 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: DAve at September 27, 2013 07:43 PM (b7yum)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 27, 2013 07:43 PM (xY8+2)
I'm still optimistic, kind of. People living through a time tend to see a straight line, but when you step back, mostly things have cycles.
Hell, we almost went Commie in the 30's. This too shall pass. I think.
Posted by: Splunge at September 27, 2013 07:44 PM (bKA83)
...simmer slowly, so as to cook the flour.
I like the shit out of gravy.
Posted by: Slapweasel at September 27, 2013 07:44 PM (lq3Ak)
Hey I got an ethical question.
would it be wrong to make a bogus charity scam if it was for some leftist cause? Like global warming or save the illegals?
Posted by: bern at September 27, 2013 07:44 PM (MZUcG)
Honestly, I'm just too young, and have too much to live for (and believe that's more of a struggle than you might imagine) to be anything but an optimist, even in the face of everything that sucks.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 27, 2013 11:40 PM (n/+FT)
After reality pimp-slaps your around for another 5-10 years, your optimism may wane.
And this from someone who is still young-ish by horde standards, and was still a teenager when I became an avowed cynic.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at September 27, 2013 07:45 PM (sQ0LB)
Posted by: joncelli at September 27, 2013 07:45 PM (7IgKC)
Posted by: adams sisterhood of the traveling O porn at September 27, 2013 07:45 PM (gQKHE)
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 27, 2013 11:40 PM (n/+FT)
Your an optimist, well that explains it.
Posted by: cm9000 at September 27, 2013 07:45 PM (3qZbZ)
This is the biggest bait-and-switch since I saw The Adjustment Bureau thinking it would be an interesting sci-fi thriller and got a stupid romantic comedy instead.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 27, 2013 07:46 PM (n/+FT)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 27, 2013 11:42 PM (xY8+2)
______________________
I would like to join Mr AceofSpades as a twitter expert.
Posted by: Danger..... Carlos Danger at September 27, 2013 07:46 PM (jucos)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 07:46 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Freaked Out! at September 27, 2013 07:46 PM (ryyVW)
Posted by: Progressive Ideology Enforcer at September 27, 2013 07:46 PM (Vk2pI)
The Bears are generally/on average less hairy.
Although, Mila Kunis' family hails from the Ukraine. So watch whatcha say 'bout some o'dose Russkie gals.
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 27, 2013 07:47 PM (xY8+2)
Posted by: willow at September 27, 2013 07:47 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 27, 2013 07:48 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 07:48 PM (Z9EHQ)
And this from someone who is still young-ish by horde standards, and was still a teenager when I became an avowed cynic.
Actually, I'm a deeply cynical person (as anyone following the through-line of my posts could figure out). But I'm a cynic who wants to be an optimist despite it all. And the reason for that is I want to have a family. Kids. I don't buy into the inevitability of American implosion not only because I'm enough of a student of history to understand how contingent it truly is, but because it feels like a suicide rap to me to do so.
Not telling anyone else how to feel on this matter, just saying that it's going to take a lot more than this to get me to the "we're all fucked forever, burn it down" phase.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 27, 2013 07:48 PM (n/+FT)
Posted by: Zippy the Razorblade at September 27, 2013 07:48 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: George Costanza at September 27, 2013 07:48 PM (Dsds2)
152 Q: What's the difference between a russian woman and the Bears?
***
A: Jay Cutler hasn't ever screwed a Russian woman?
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at September 27, 2013 07:49 PM (mvenn)
If the only people you were scamming/making poorer were big-time richie rich Hollyweird leftards, I would say you're getting rich doing the world a favor.
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 27, 2013 07:49 PM (xY8+2)
To be fair it was my gf who cajoled me into seeing it. I've had the creeping suspicion ever since that she knew what kind of a movie it actually was, and intentionally let me be misled.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 27, 2013 07:49 PM (n/+FT)
Posted by: nerdygirl at September 27, 2013 07:50 PM (DpI6K)
This is the biggest bait-and-switch since I saw The Adjustment Bureau thinking it would be an interesting sci-fi thriller and got a stupid romantic comedy instead.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 27, 2013 11:46 PM (n/+FT)
1:41 for me, now....
Posted by: cthulhu at September 27, 2013 07:50 PM (T1005)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 07:50 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: chique d'afrique, formerly Chelsea, now back to being an actual female at September 27, 2013 07:50 PM (r+7wo)
Posted by: joncelli at September 27, 2013 07:52 PM (7IgKC)
Posted by: chique d'afrique, formerly Chelsea, now back to being an actual female at September 27, 2013 07:52 PM (r+7wo)
Jeff B.: something else we agree on. :-)
I very much believe that when the pain comes, it will most definitely NOT be distributed equally among the states. I especially think that the most conservative and independent states, a la Texas, will find themselves surprisingly immune.
Where I am in Southern California, unfortunately, is a different story...
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 27, 2013 07:53 PM (xY8+2)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 07:53 PM (Z9EHQ)
Yeah, and I'm about to move BACK to Chicago, of all things....I'm boned.
I've already told my soon-to-be-wife that we need to have contingency plans ready to move either to Indiana or Wisconsin if things get too bad.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 27, 2013 07:54 PM (n/+FT)
Posted by: nerdygirl at September 27, 2013 07:54 PM (DpI6K)
Good night all. I'm gonna go talk to Missus Muldoon. She is much more interesting than you.
And better looking too!!
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at September 27, 2013 07:54 PM (mvenn)
Posted by: CarolT at September 27, 2013 07:55 PM (z4WKX)
Well I'm the poster who is and has always been known as "Jeff B." For, like, ten years around here. (Also, it was a joke. Like the old Simpsons line about The Monkees: "that's not even Mike Nesmith's real hat!")
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 27, 2013 07:55 PM (n/+FT)
it's going to take a lot more than this to get me to the "we're all
fucked forever, burn it down" phase.
Jeff B.: something else we agree on. :-)
I very much believe that when the pain comes, it will most definitely NOT be distributed equally among the states. I especially think that the most conservative and independent states, a la Texas, will find themselves surprisingly immune.
Where I am in Southern California, unfortunately, is a different story...
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 27, 2013 11:53 PM (xY8+2)
You forget that bonds are general obligation -- i.e. paid for by all citizens -- but deficits are spent in blue constituencies.....
Posted by: cthulhu at September 27, 2013 07:55 PM (T1005)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 27, 2013 07:55 PM (xY8+2)
Posted by: chique d'afrique, formerly Chelsea, now back to being an actual female at September 27, 2013 07:55 PM (r+7wo)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 07:56 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 07:57 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Bubba Clinton at September 27, 2013 07:57 PM (DpI6K)
I really hate Ethics questions. I am a CPA and have to take Ethics continuing education every two years - 4 hours worth, and had to take more to get the license many years ago.
My problem with the questions is they always go to the grey areas. I have a good feel for ethics from my upbringing and personal instincts. I have told more than one employer that they are intruding upon what feels right to me, and they can fire me if they are not happy with my attitude.
As someone stated above (more than once), my bottom line is if I can look at myself in the morning every day for the rest of my life and not feel a cringe factor seeping in.
And it pisses me off to no end that asshole big CPA firms that caused a lot of the financial scandals over the years I have had my license obviously had no fu**ing standards at all, but I have to pay for it.
That goes double for the fu**ing politicians that all act so holier than thou!
Posted by: alamogordo at September 27, 2013 07:57 PM (HUTO5)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 27, 2013 11:53 PM (xY8+2)
Three words of advice:
get out.
Posted by: VP Joey B at September 27, 2013 07:57 PM (3qZbZ)
Posted by: chique d'afrique, formerly Chelsea, now back to being an actual female at September 27, 2013 07:58 PM (r+7wo)
I don't buy it.
In November of 2012, in the worst economy in decades, with unemployment at record levels, with an administration that had just left four to die in Libya while making agonizing gaffes ("You didn't build that!"), Barack Hussein Obama was re-elected to a second term.
That's not something that happens casually or due to unseen logic. That's the death-throe of a republic that will never see the sunlight again.
People who think, "Well, the electorate will obviously wake up NOW, now that all this is happening!"...well, I admire those folk's optimism, badly displaced though it is.
We're not getting out of this. There's no shining knight out there. The darkness you see is not what's spending itself before the onslaught of dawn, that darkness is the sea of locusts covering the sun. And that darkness is going to get darker, and darker, and darker still.
Those who are hoping that people will "wake up" are again, people whose boundless faith I admire. Admire but cannot share.
There's no way out of here, folks. I'm ready for it all to end. As Steve Buscemi said in "Armageddon" "I've got a front-row seat."
And yeah I know that's not exactly what he said, and he was covered in duct tape, but what's the value of a good quote if you can't change it?
Nicolas Cage in "Knowing" should have the tagline, "The feel good movie of the year!"
Goodnight.
Posted by: Null at September 27, 2013 07:58 PM (xjpRj)
Posted by: chique d'afrique, formerly Chelsea, now back to being an actual female at September 27, 2013 07:58 PM (r+7wo)
Haven't set the exact date, but almost certainly before the end of Spring next year.
To be honest, both our fathers have advised us to just elope, save the money, and throw a bitchin' party in place of the wedding instead. We're tempted. Very, very tempted.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 27, 2013 07:58 PM (n/+FT)
Posted by: Freaked Out! at September 27, 2013 07:59 PM (ryyVW)
Of course, that then leads to the question of how the Feds would retaliate. Close all Fed offices in TX? Remove all the military bases? It would hurt. But a dependent blue state wouldn't nearly have the private sector wealth to help patch the wounds.
Could there be a disaster coming? Of course. But I don't think it's hopeless.
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 27, 2013 08:00 PM (xY8+2)
Posted by: chique d'afrique, formerly Chelsea, now back to being an actual female at September 27, 2013 08:00 PM (r+7wo)
Here in Northern California, things are much, much better...
...is what I would say if I wanted to lure you here so that I could eat your spleen.
Posted by: Splunge at September 27, 2013 08:00 PM (bKA83)
[bends over slowly]
Posted by: Michael Moore sportin' some daisy dukes at September 27, 2013 11:55 PM (BxDFo)
That's sick, even for here. Congratulations.
Posted by: Splunge at September 27, 2013 08:01 PM (bKA83)
Come to Georgia Jeff. At least it's not Illinois.
Hey, if I had the connections and network down there I would. But I'm an attorney, Chicago is a major legal market, I have a degree that plays extremely well there as well as prior experience there, and a bunch of friends who work there. (Also, I'm already a member of the state bar - no need to take another bar exam, just need to reactivate.) She has a new job there as well.
I keep trying to push Texas on her, but she's resisted so far. I figure a couple years of Illinois tax bills will soften her up, then it's time to call in some favors...
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 27, 2013 08:01 PM (n/+FT)
FWIW I kind of like Northern Nevada. Although last night some folks said I was crazy for wanting to go there too.
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 27, 2013 08:02 PM (xY8+2)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at September 27, 2013 08:02 PM (jucos)
If you put a 'teear' in there? ...that's up to you.
I don't like the supplementary extravaganza; but you're the soul making the sale.
Leave this to your own discretion.
Posted by: Slapweasel at September 27, 2013 08:03 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: RWC at September 27, 2013 08:03 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at September 27, 2013 11:28 PM (sQ0LB)
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Back in the mid 90's I had an idea for a script for the tv show "ER" (which was big at the time). It would be about all the bullshit that walks through the doors, the runny noses, the minor aches and pains, the tooth ache, and not one of the patients would have tried anything (other than coming to the ER) prior to their arrival.
ER patient: "Tylenol? Never heard of it. Motrin? What's that? I know I'm running a fever, how much? I don't know, I don't have a thermometer. My baby's crying- make it stop."
Dumbest thing I have seen come into an ER- a patient that had take some phenergan earlier in the day. Said patient's mouth was now dry. No problems swallowing, no rash, no pain. Just "My mouth is dry". At 2a.m.
Posted by: Darth Randall at September 27, 2013 08:03 PM (lxc0s)
Posted by: Thrawn at September 27, 2013 08:03 PM (Dsds2)
Posted by: chique d'afrique, formerly Chelsea, now back to being an actual female at September 27, 2013 08:04 PM (r+7wo)
Posted by: Freaked Out! at September 27, 2013 08:04 PM (ryyVW)
Oh yeah, when I say we're tempted what I really mean is "we're like 90% of the way there." The only concern is both of our inevitably-brokenhearted mothers.
We still refer to a super-glitzy wedding we went to together several years ago, which cost ~$40,000...the couple is now divorced and financial troubles were the primary reason why. Horror story!
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 27, 2013 08:04 PM (n/+FT)
I like the idea of Northern Nevada. Silver mining, Virgina City, Mark Twain, romance, wild West.
Then I saw Reno and kind of lost my enthusiasm. Maybe Carson City is better, never got there.
Posted by: Splunge at September 27, 2013 08:05 PM (bKA83)
live and the best use of a charvel
http://tinyurl.com/m59pjgo
Posted by: navycopjoe at September 27, 2013 11:20 PM (HED0H)
My charvel dealer friend called me today with offers I couldn't refuse. I want to kill him.
Posted by: Berserker at September 27, 2013 08:05 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 27, 2013 08:05 PM (xY8+2)
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 28, 2013 12:01 AM (n/+FT)
Illinois taxes will do the trick, believe me. I am well into my escape plan.
Posted by: VP Joey B at September 27, 2013 08:05 PM (3qZbZ)
Would've been more to the point if you'd just written "Oh, you have no soul."
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 27, 2013 08:06 PM (n/+FT)
Posted by: not Dave at September 27, 2013 08:06 PM (yh6zE)
Heh. That reminds me of the Bloom County
Posted by: Sandra Fluke's solid gold diaphragm at September 27, 2013 08:06 PM (TCWb5)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 27, 2013 08:07 PM (xY8+2)
To be honest, both our fathers have advised us to just elope, save the money, and throw a bitchin' party in place of the wedding instead. We're tempted. Very, very tempted.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 27, 2013 11:58 PM (n/+FT)
--Well, since Mexicans were involved, elopement was not an option . . . well, unless hanging was an option. . . .
Posted by: logprof at September 27, 2013 08:08 PM (bufJH)
You donÂ’t have to feel protected. YouÂ’ll be fine as long as you are not child in Chicago, the city run by that fine upstanding Rahm Emanuel, a/k/a The Ballerina. If you live there youÂ’ll be lucky to make it through the month.
Posted by: CarolT at September 27, 2013 11:55 PM (z4WKX)
Isn't Chicago in Canada? Don't I need a passport to go there? Besides, Canadians don't have guns so there is no violence. You probably meant Afghanistan or Iran where are troups are at.
Did you see the Voice this week? SO much better than American Idol. Almost better than Sixteen and Pregnant!
Posted by: No Information Voter at September 27, 2013 08:08 PM (M1gmo)
And she looks great, too.
Posted by: chique d'afrique, formerly Chelsea, now back to being an actual female at September 27, 2013 08:08 PM (r+7wo)
Posted by: Freaked Out! at September 27, 2013 08:08 PM (ryyVW)
Woudln't surprise me if it gets bigger.
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 27, 2013 08:08 PM (xY8+2)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at September 27, 2013 08:08 PM (jucos)
RESTORE THE DELETED SCENES, GODDAMMIT ANDY.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 27, 2013 08:09 PM (n/+FT)
Go Bing "Patient faking a seizure", look for the cartoon You Tube video with a woman in a pink dress.
That is reality in the ER.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at September 27, 2013 08:10 PM (sQ0LB)
A couple of anecdotes....my sister was in a school presentation in either Nursery School or Kindergarten where they had the younger kids do this "clap left, clap right" move....so after she graduates from college, she's driving me around the town where she lives and I go, "take the next right" -- and she does this abbreviated pantomime which goes "think 'clap', move left hand, think 'clap', start to look right...."
Second one, from the BH.....she had an assignment where she was setting up a tech support group in Ireland and was there for a month. Since she was there for that long, she rented a car. Now, they drive on the left in Ireland (as in the UK), and she's never been all that strong on handedness....in fact, she always wore a ring with a RRRrrrrruby on her RRRrrrrrright hand, so that she could just look at her fingers.
After I got back, I asked her how she had coped with driving on the left, with her and everyone else going the "wrong way". Turns out, she had some difficulty at first, but moved her ring to the other hand and did fine thereafter.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 27, 2013 08:10 PM (T1005)
Posted by: rickl at September 27, 2013 08:11 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: not Dave at September 27, 2013 08:12 PM (yh6zE)
Posted by: RWC at September 27, 2013 08:13 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 27, 2013 08:13 PM (xY8+2)
Posted by: Severe Conservative riding Orca at September 27, 2013 08:13 PM (v6hyJ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 08:14 PM (Z9EHQ)
Prepare for some windy mountain driving to get there.
Posted by: Splunge at September 27, 2013 08:14 PM (bKA83)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 27, 2013 08:15 PM (lbpNx)
FWIW I kind of like Northern Nevada. Although last night some folks said I was crazy for wanting to go there too.
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 28, 2013 12:02 AM (xY8+2)
In case you missed who those folks were....aloha!!!!!
Posted by: cthulhu at September 27, 2013 08:16 PM (T1005)
Posted by: rickl
Never beat your wife with a rod thicker than your thumb. Whoopings, 3:18.
*I denounce myself*
Posted by: Slapweasel at September 27, 2013 08:16 PM (lq3Ak)
http://tinyurl.com/kqur2ql
Thankfully, I found them all and they're Marlboro Blue Packs, my brand.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 27, 2013 08:16 PM (n/+FT)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 08:17 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 27, 2013 08:17 PM (xY8+2)
http://tinyurl.com/kqur2ql
Why did they need that many cigarettes in the first place?
Posted by: Splunge at September 27, 2013 08:18 PM (bKA83)
Posted by: nerdygirl at September 27, 2013 08:18 PM (DpI6K)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 27, 2013 08:18 PM (xY8+2)
Posted by: Beagle at September 27, 2013 08:18 PM (sOtz/)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 08:18 PM (Z9EHQ)
Alright. I need to cop to a guilty pleasure. Alec Baldwin cracks me up. I know I am not supposed to like him.... but I do. I also think that Will Ferrell is funny. I know, I know....
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at September 27, 2013 08:19 PM (jucos)
Stop asking so many (*cough*) questions, mister.
Posted by: Michelle Obama at September 27, 2013 08:20 PM (xY8+2)
Posted by: The Political Hat at September 27, 2013 08:20 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at September 28, 2013 12:08 AM (jucos)
There's a reason the Federal government figured they could do A-bomb tests there and nobody would notice or complain....
Posted by: cthulhu at September 27, 2013 08:20 PM (T1005)
Posted by: The Platinum Hat at September 27, 2013 08:20 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: chique d'afrique, formerly Chelsea, now back to being an actual female at September 27, 2013 08:20 PM (r+7wo)
Posted by: President Choom at September 27, 2013 08:21 PM (sOtz/)
My .02
Posted by: Beagle at September 28, 2013 12:18 AM (sOtz/)
$60 for the marriage license. $9940 for the strippers and booze.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at September 27, 2013 08:21 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: RWC at September 27, 2013 08:21 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at September 27, 2013 08:21 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 27, 2013 08:22 PM (lbpNx)
Posted by: yankeefifth
Approximately "One Shitload".
Posted by: Slapweasel at September 27, 2013 08:22 PM (lq3Ak)
Thankfully, I found them all and they're Marlboro Blue Packs, my brand.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 28, 2013 12:16 AM
Smokes. Let's go.
Posted by: ricky at September 27, 2013 08:23 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: chique d'afrique, formerly Chelsea, now back to being an actual female at September 27, 2013 08:24 PM (r+7wo)
Posted by: RWC at September 27, 2013 08:24 PM (LpbKr)
I swear, it answered: "Enough." Can't really argue.
Posted by: Splunge at September 27, 2013 08:25 PM (bKA83)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 28, 2013 12:18 AM (xY8+2)
I have hope. I hope to get to somewhere where the economy involves adding value (NOT, for example, "designed in Cupertino" or "WTF is a 'revenue model'?" in Palo Alto) and do my bit to contribute. There used to be a lot of that in Silicon Valley, but it seems to be mostly selling Chinese junk or spying on Americans at present.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 27, 2013 08:26 PM (T1005)
Posted by: RWC at September 28, 2013 12:21 AM (LpbKr)
Because Government Employees are covered under the Good and Plenty clause.
Posted by: cm9000 at September 27, 2013 08:27 PM (3qZbZ)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at September 27, 2013 08:27 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Weirddave at September 27, 2013 08:27 PM (jt8G9)
Posted by: CarolT at September 27, 2013 08:28 PM (z4WKX)
how many cigarettes are in a truckload?
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 28, 2013 12:18 AM
About a week and a half's worth. That's while you're wearing nicotine patches. Around 6 days otherwise.
Posted by: ricky at September 27, 2013 08:28 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 27, 2013 08:29 PM (xY8+2)
. Posted by: Thrawn at September 27, 2013 08:30 PM (Dsds2)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 08:31 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 27, 2013 08:31 PM (lbpNx)
Posted by: RWC-bring on O-Care at September 27, 2013 08:31 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: Anthony Weiner at September 27, 2013 08:32 PM (xY8+2)
Posted by: North American Man Corpse Love Association at September 27, 2013 08:32 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: rickl at September 27, 2013 08:33 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: St Augustine at September 27, 2013 08:33 PM (sOtz/)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 08:34 PM (Z9EHQ)
"The Public Policy Polling survey found that 20 per cent of Republicans favor Cruz, followed by 17 per cent for Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, 14 per cent for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, 11 per cent for former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, and 10 per cent each for Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan......
The results show that a majority of GOP voters who have a preference – 47 per cent overall – want to see a tea party-linked candidate as their party's standard-bearer in 2016.
And significant majorities said they trust Cruz more than either Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell or Arizona Sen. John McCain, two moderates who have resisted conservatives' efforts to tie a new budget resolution to the defunding of Obamacare. "
Suck on it, McCain.
Posted by: nerdygirl at September 28, 2013 12:18 AM (DpI6K)
I think its funny to see how much that bastard traitorous son of a bitch Rubio has fallen. He is going to be Jon Hunstman levels soon. And of course Cantor and Goodlatte are still pushing amnesty in the House for god knows what reason ( they want to probably pass good policy with Sen. Bob Corker).
I hope Cruz runs in 2016 just to piss these whiny bitches off.
Posted by: No Information Voter at September 27, 2013 08:34 PM (M1gmo)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 08:35 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: not Dave at September 27, 2013 08:35 PM (yh6zE)
But you're not finished yet.
Do you finish?
Posted by: Weirddave at September 28, 2013 12:27 AM (jt8G9)
(a) scientific answer -- there is actually such a thing as "ejaculatory inevitability" [ http://tinyurl.com/kfadn34 ] where there isn't even a question. (b) the 'scenario is ridiculous' answer -- you need to change this to "....the next day, right in the middle of your seventh bout of wild sex, she dies." -- and then refer to (a).
Posted by: cthulhu at September 27, 2013 08:35 PM (T1005)
Confession: I am the eggman. Yankeefifth is one of the eggmen. I am the walrus.
Posted by: Jeff B. goes Goo Goo G'Joob at September 27, 2013 08:36 PM (n/+FT)
That is reality in the ER.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at September 28, 2013 12:10 AM (sQ0LB)
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Sad but true.
Posted by: Darth Randall at September 27, 2013 08:36 PM (lxc0s)
Posted by: Weirddave at September 27, 2013 08:36 PM (jt8G9)
Posted by: Secret Squirrel at September 27, 2013 08:37 PM (0SmH0)
Posted by: Weirddave at September 28, 2013 12:27 AM
Of course. That's the whole point.
Posted by: zombie ted bundy at September 27, 2013 08:37 PM (9gNQd)
Your scenario has one major flaw: there's no way I'd arrive at her house one minute before she died.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at September 27, 2013 08:37 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at September 27, 2013 08:38 PM (jucos)
Posted by: The Necro-Hat at September 27, 2013 08:38 PM (Vk2pI)
No wonder Putin is smiling all the time and acting like he does. Putin has tons of well trained fellatio artists to keep him happy. Over here, our president is the fellatio artist himself.
Of course, I wonder if Elizabeth O'Bagy actual doctorate. comes from that school of fellatio, which might explain how she got as far as she did. She may be able to get McStain's wrinkled ol' prick up like no other.
Posted by: publius(NotBreitbartPublius) at September 27, 2013 08:38 PM (5gUTQ)
Ah geez louise.
When he's angry, Mark Levin has a voice that I think could make even R. Lee Ermey shit his pants.
Posted by: Anthony Weiner at September 27, 2013 08:38 PM (xY8+2)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at September 27, 2013 08:38 PM (ligos)
Posted by: Beagle at September 27, 2013 08:39 PM (sOtz/)
I have an ethics question. Suppose a beautiful girl whom you know and quite like comes over to your house and tells you her doc told her she has 24 hours to live. Her final wish is to have sex with you, and she assures you that what she has is non contagious. You're a little weirded out so you tell her you need to sleep on it. The next day you decide to take her up on her offer, so you go over to her house and the two of you start having wild sex. Right in the middle, she dies.
But you're not finished yet.
Do you finish?
Posted by: Weirddave at September 28, 2013 12:27 AM (jt8G9)
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Is the girl Paris Hilton or not? Because if it's Paris Hilton it wouldn't be like she was contributing much to the proceedings anyways.
Posted by: Darth Randall at September 27, 2013 08:40 PM (lxc0s)
Posted by: Secret Squirrel at September 27, 2013 08:41 PM (0SmH0)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 27, 2013 08:42 PM (xY8+2)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at September 28, 2013 12:38 AM (jucos)
A few years back, I was talking to the owner of a liquor store, who was telling me that Costco was having problems with people going into their stores and buying items with a lot of air in the packaging (e.g. a chair in a cardboard box), and sneaking cartons of cigs into the boxes before going through checkout and leaving. If caught, they'd blame Costco's suppliers for attempting to smuggle cigs.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 27, 2013 08:43 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Secret Squirrel at September 27, 2013 08:43 PM (0SmH0)
Posted by: nerdygirl at September 27, 2013 08:44 PM (DpI6K)
Still, he's better than Michael Savage, who I'm convinced is doing schtick.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 27, 2013 08:44 PM (n/+FT)
Posted by: Hillary Eats Huma at September 27, 2013 08:45 PM (vHRtU)
Posted by: rickl at September 27, 2013 08:45 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Secret Squirrel at September 27, 2013 08:46 PM (0SmH0)
I have an ethics question. Suppose a beautiful girl whom you know and quite like comes over to your house and tells you her doc told her she has 24 hours to live. Her final wish is to have sex with you, and she assures you that what she has is non contagious. You're a little weirded out so you tell her you need to sleep on it. The next day you decide to take her up on her offer, so you go over to her house and the two of you start having wild sex. Right in the middle, she dies. But you're not finished yet. Do you finish?
Posted by: Weirddave at September 28, 2013 12:27 AM
She died from the illness before she could from the ligature though, right?
Posted by: otho at September 27, 2013 08:47 PM (9gNQd)
But you're not finished yet.
Do you finish?
Posted by: Weirddave at September 28, 2013 12:27 AM (jt8G9)
Her dying during sex would be your punishment from Valhalla for not being viking enough to have bent her over a desk the minute she told you about her problem.
When a chick asks if you are a god you say YES.
Posted by: Berserker at September 27, 2013 08:47 PM (FMbng)
Wake me when it's over.....
Posted by: cthulhu at September 27, 2013 08:47 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at September 27, 2013 08:48 PM (jucos)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 27, 2013 08:48 PM (xY8+2)
Posted by: Secret Squirrel at September 27, 2013 08:49 PM (0SmH0)
Posted by: RWC-bring on O-Care at September 27, 2013 08:49 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: Secret Squirrel at September 28, 2013 12:37 AM (0SmH0)
I am getting to the point I can't listen to him anymore. He ranted and raved about how Cruz's filibuster was just as bad as Rand Paul's filibuster. He kept whining about how it wasn't accomplishing anything and it didn't get anything done legislatively. This is getting so irritating that I am getting ready to start voting democrat or third party.
I completely agree with what ace said a couple of weeks ago about how this party does not inspire hope in its base. They simply just do not give me any hope that they will fight for anyone other than themselves and their cushy friends and that when they do end up doing "something," it is in the form of meaningless "40+ resolutions to repeal obamacare in the House" and whining about only controlling 1/2 of 1/3 of the government. Since the Supreme Court is "nonpartisan," they appear to me to be lying fucking weasels. And it doesn't just stop there, they will sit there and scheme, even with the democrats like Boehner does in the House, to pass laws that are in direct freaking opposition to what their base wants. AND THEN they get their official mouthpieces like Medved and Hewitt and half the dimwit idiots on Fox News (Rove, Perino, others) to go on the air and spout their official party-line surrender BS straight from Preibus.
Posted by: NWConservative at September 27, 2013 08:50 PM (M1gmo)
Posted by: not Dave at September 27, 2013 08:50 PM (yh6zE)
Posted by: Buzzion at September 27, 2013 08:50 PM (+F4y8)
http://tinyurl.com/oeh3ofn
http://tinyurl.com/ka5w5fy (watch the video)
Posted by: The Dude at September 27, 2013 08:50 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: nerdygirl at September 27, 2013 08:51 PM (DpI6K)
Posted by: Beagle at September 27, 2013 08:51 PM (sOtz/)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at September 27, 2013 08:51 PM (ligos)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at September 27, 2013 08:53 PM (mvenn)
He's basically the polar opposite of Levin. Levin is the Sam Kinison of the right, Medved the Mr. Rogers.
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 27, 2013 08:53 PM (xY8+2)
Posted by: not Dave at September 27, 2013 08:53 PM (yh6zE)
Posted by: Secret Squirrel at September 27, 2013 08:54 PM (0SmH0)
Posted by: Weirddave at September 27, 2013 08:56 PM (jt8G9)
Posted by: chique d'afrique, formerly Chelsea, now back to being an actual female at September 27, 2013 08:57 PM (r+7wo)
Posted by: The Jersey Devil at September 27, 2013 08:58 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: DAve at September 27, 2013 08:58 PM (b7yum)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at September 27, 2013 09:00 PM (ligos)
Posted by: chique d'afrique, formerly Chelsea, now back to being an actual female at September 27, 2013 09:02 PM (r+7wo)
Posted by: cm9000 at September 27, 2013 09:02 PM (3qZbZ)
My hubby and I had a wedding in my parents back yard. He sang to me as I walked up the aisle - Randy Travis "Forever and Ever Amen". I think the most expensive thing at the wedding was the cake.
Of course, this was 21+ years ago, but we had a really good Justice of the Peace in Texas, who did a really good ceremony.
We had both sides of the family there, and no one objected to the wedding.
After, we had a fun reception and drove Mom's 57 T-Bird down the road with hubby and I sitting on a blanket on the back where you lost the convertible top.
If you spend too much on the wedding, imo, you don't spend enough on the vows.
Posted by: alamogordo at September 27, 2013 09:02 PM (HUTO5)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子~です at September 27, 2013 09:02 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Beagle at September 27, 2013 09:02 PM (sOtz/)
Posted by: Secret Squirrel at September 27, 2013 09:02 PM (0SmH0)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at September 27, 2013 09:03 PM (ligos)
Posted by: RWC-bring on O-Care at September 27, 2013 09:04 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: chique d'afrique, formerly Chelsea, now back to being an actual female at September 27, 2013 09:05 PM (r+7wo)
maybe see if I can find some .22 ammoPosted by: not Dave at September 27, 2013 09:06 PM (yh6zE)
311
hey Horde. Relaxing after long week with a Guinness. You know what I
would like to read or hear one day? someone tearing Michael Medved a new
asshole. I'm sick of his big tent bullshit and how the base is really
full of moderate asshats like McCain and Graham. I used to respect him
but now he grates on my nerves. Would love to hear Mark Levin skewer
him.
Posted by: Secret Squirrel at September 28, 2013 12:37 AM (0SmH0)
I am getting to the point I can't listen to him anymore. He ranted and raved about how Cruz's filibuster was just as bad as Rand Paul's filibuster. He kept whining about how it wasn't accomplishing anything and it didn't get anything done legislatively. This is getting so irritating that I am getting ready to start voting democrat or third party.
I completely agree with what ace said a couple of weeks ago about how this party does not inspire hope in its base. They simply just do not give me any hope that they will fight for anyone other than themselves and their cushy friends and that when they do end up doing "something," it is in the form of meaningless "40+ resolutions to repeal obamacare in the House" and whining about only controlling 1/2 of 1/3 of the government. Since the Supreme Court is "nonpartisan," they appear to me to be lying fucking weasels. And it doesn't just stop there, they will sit there and scheme, even with the democrats like Boehner does in the House, to pass laws that are in direct freaking opposition to what their base wants. AND THEN they get their official mouthpieces like Medved and Hewitt and half the dimwit idiots on Fox News (Rove, Perino, others) to go on the air and spout their official party-line surrender BS straight from Preibus.
Posted by: NWConservative at September 28, 2013 12:50 AM (M1gmo)
This has been complete bullshit from the get-go. The house should have produced 40-50 spending bills the first time the Dems abandoned budgeting, which would only fund House priorities -- e.g. one to fund the DoD, one to fund the FBI, one to fund the IRS, one to fund HHS -- and tossed 'em over the wall to the Senate. The Senate can then try to piggyback additional things onto each one (e.g. "DoD + Obamacare", "FBI + DoJ", "IRS + TSA", "HHS + DoL"), or fiddle with 'em. If piggybacked, drop 'em like a hot rock and send 'em another vanilla version -- if fiddled, go to conference. It would be extremely difficult to sustain the current "shut down the government" bullshit narrative if 27 of 47 bills had already passed through the meatgrinder and become law. Also, if you release five such bills every three days, it'd be really tough to push "but you didn't fund Obamacare!!!" in the media, because you could correctly state that you were working on it. In the end, the Dems couldn't claim you were abandoning troops in the field unless they'd voted to do so; the Dems couldn't claim you were defaulting on the debt unless they'd voted to do so; the Dems couldn't claim that Food Stamps were being eviscerated unless they'd voted to do so.....and all the stuff that makes Dems happy was still being discussed in conference, without a dime of public money appropriated to it......
Unfortunately, we have a "political class" that can wear different hats but always works to the same goal -- to enhance the role of political decisions over citizens' lives.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 27, 2013 09:06 PM (T1005)
I think Bruce Willis's part was tacked-on. Most of the movie was great; a serious look at how Islamic terror would look in New York if it were run by a Hizbollah-type organisation. But then Willis shows up halfway through and imposes martial-law, and badly.
This part looks like it was spliced in, probably because some Hollywood suits worried that the movie was getting to be too un-PC (which it is).
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 27, 2013 09:07 PM (d7tB2)
Posted by: eman at September 27, 2013 09:09 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at September 27, 2013 09:09 PM (ligos)
Posted by: not Dave at September 28, 2013 12:53 AM (yh6zE)
Hmmm....I would expect that their sphincters release, but peristalsis ends before the bowel is voided. Could be wrong, but I'm going to intentionally avoid any research.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 27, 2013 09:10 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Secret Squirrel at September 27, 2013 09:10 PM (0SmH0)
Posted by: nerdygirl at September 27, 2013 09:10 PM (DpI6K)
Posted by: RWC-bring on O-Care at September 27, 2013 09:11 PM (LpbKr)
Pretty sure that, in reverse, Megan Marshack didn't bother finishing up with Nelson Rockefeller during the latter's final intimate moments. Pretty sure she figured - okay, he's done, so I'm done
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 27, 2013 09:11 PM (d7tB2)
Posted by: Secret Squirrel at September 27, 2013 09:12 PM (0SmH0)
Posted by: Buzzion at September 27, 2013 09:12 PM (+F4y8)
Posted by: RWC-bring on O-Care at September 27, 2013 09:13 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: chique d'afrique, formerly Chelsea, now back to being an actual female at September 27, 2013 09:13 PM (r+7wo)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 28, 2013 01:07 AM (d7tB2)
If they wanted to be PC just could've made the terrorists Christian Tea Party acolytes of Sarah Palin.
Posted by: cm9000 at September 27, 2013 09:15 PM (3qZbZ)
Posted by: Weirddave at September 27, 2013 09:16 PM (jt8G9)
Posted by: nerdygirl at September 27, 2013 09:17 PM (DpI6K)
Posted by: Secret Squirrel at September 27, 2013 09:17 PM (0SmH0)
Well, the movie was pre-9/11.
For post-9/11 terrorism movies: Source Code, Flightplan . . .
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 27, 2013 09:17 PM (d7tB2)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 09:19 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: eman at September 27, 2013 09:20 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: viking at September 27, 2013 09:20 PM (AaIjD)
Posted by: Thrawn at September 27, 2013 09:20 PM (Dsds2)
Posted by: Adriane... at September 27, 2013 09:20 PM (6TfRc)
Posted by: RWC-bring on O-Care at September 27, 2013 09:20 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: Secret Squirrel at September 27, 2013 09:20 PM (0SmH0)
Willis's part was what one would call an extraordinary, kidnapping an Iraqi sheikh who was really Sheikh Rahman, but the cells were already here, due
to Benning's character's contacts, the cell roughly corresponds to the second plot uncovered including taking out the FBI base in NYC, Now this isn't ancient history, because they have found blueprints of Al Shahaab planning an operation like which happened in Mumbai, but in London,
Posted by: Jeffrey Pelt at September 27, 2013 09:21 PM (Jsiw/)
Posted by: chique d'afrique, formerly Chelsea, now back to being an actual female at September 27, 2013 09:22 PM (r+7wo)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at September 27, 2013 09:22 PM (ligos)
Most likely answer: she's blind from birth.
Posted by: Null at September 27, 2013 09:22 PM (xjpRj)
Posted by: viking at September 27, 2013 09:23 PM (AaIjD)
Posted by: Secret Squirrel at September 28, 2013 12:54 AM (0SmH0)
Medved is especially bad when he tries to blur the lines all the time by saying things like "McCain is a conservative." If Medved had a single clue, he would see McCain for the lying democrat that he is.
That is also why Tom Coburn pisses me off. He gets all butthurt about Ted Cruz's tactics making him look bad because "this is not the time." But the time that Coburn is looking for and apparently every other Senate Republican member of the "Leadership" is a filibuster proof and veto proof Republican majority.
Except they also want to play nice with Nancy Pelosi and Reid. Because she is a nice person IN PERSON, right Coburn?
Posted by: NWConservative at September 27, 2013 09:23 PM (M1gmo)
Posted by: gracepmc at September 27, 2013 09:24 PM (rznx3)
I have an ethics question. Suppose a beautiful girl
whom you know and quite like comes over to your house and tells you her
doc told her she has 24 hours to live. Her final wish is to have sex
with you, and she assures you that what she has is non contagious.
You're a little weirded out so you tell her you need to sleep on it. The
next day you decide to take her up on her offer, so you go over to her
house and the two of you start having wild sex. Right in the middle, she
dies.
But you're not finished yet.
Do you finish?
Posted by: Weirddave at September 28, 2013 12:27 AM (jt8G9)
------------------
What difference does it matter?!!
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at September 27, 2013 09:24 PM (lxc0s)
Posted by: RWC-bring on O-Care at September 27, 2013 09:25 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: RWC-bring on O-Care at September 27, 2013 09:26 PM (LpbKr)
Most likely answer: she's blind from birth.
Posted by: Null at September 28, 2013 01:22 AM (xjpRj)
Moron who is a good person??!?
Seriously,,the shit work, sometimes. Posted by: RWC-bring on O-Care
Agree. Maybe she has some depth and likes integrity.
Posted by: viking at September 27, 2013 09:26 PM (AaIjD)
Posted by: zombie at September 27, 2013 09:26 PM (+cx5n)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 28, 2013 01:17 AM (d7tB2)
A technicality, the themes of Christian terrorists exemplified by Palin are universal.
Posted by: Hoolywood at September 27, 2013 09:26 PM (3qZbZ)
Posted by: Secret Squirrel at September 27, 2013 09:27 PM (0SmH0)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at September 27, 2013 09:27 PM (ligos)
Unfortunately, we have a "political class" that can wear different hats but always works to the same goal -- to enhance the role of political decisions over citizens' lives.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 28, 2013 01:06 AM (T1005)
Yep. They really need to break up these CR's into as many bills as possible. Boehner has too many in his caucus that REALLY like big government projects and pork and will squeal like stuck pigs when the spigots run dry. It wouldn't matter though if Boehner had balls and told them to STFU and deal like Pelosi did/does.
Posted by: NWConservative at September 27, 2013 09:27 PM (M1gmo)
Also a very truthful film about the subject was the Kingdom, based on the 2003-2004 attacks in Arabia, they show exactly how much we are loathed over there, they had to pull a macguffin ending,
Posted by: Jeffrey Pelt at September 27, 2013 09:28 PM (Jsiw/)
(Since countless Americans are responding to the crises by saying "Pass the popcorn" as they watch with embittered bemusement while society collapses. That's a lotta popcorn!)
Posted by: zombie at September 28, 2013 01:26 AM (+cx5n)
Still an optimist? I need to hear it!
Posted by: NWConservative at September 27, 2013 09:29 PM (M1gmo)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 27, 2013 09:30 PM (d7tB2)
Posted by: Secret Squirrel at September 27, 2013 09:30 PM (0SmH0)
Posted by: rfichoke at September 27, 2013 09:31 PM (4Or5h)
Posted by: Secret Squirrel at September 28, 2013 01:27 AM (0SmH0)
I think he is a "compassionate conservative." AKA a neoconservative. A big government social conservative with an extra bit of facist leanings supporting things like the NSA doing what it does (if my recollection serves me well). He never could quite shake off campaigning for the democrats (kennedy's).
Posted by: NWConservative at September 27, 2013 09:32 PM (M1gmo)
Posted by: Alternative Iron-man [/i] [/b] at September 27, 2013 09:32 PM (ligos)
Posted by: The Dude at September 27, 2013 09:32 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Jeffrey Pelt at September 27, 2013 09:32 PM (Jsiw/)
Posted by: Secret Squirrel at September 28, 2013 01:30 AM (0SmH0)
Heh. Love that show.
Posted by: NWConservative at September 27, 2013 09:32 PM (M1gmo)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 09:33 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: RWC-bring on O-Care at September 27, 2013 09:33 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: Secret Squirrel at September 28, 2013 01:27 AM (0SmH0)
Not very. Medved is the kind of intellectual appalled by the Left and uncomfortable with the Right.
Posted by: Hoolywood at September 27, 2013 09:34 PM (3qZbZ)
You putting anything up about the Steambox and their new controller tomorrow?
Posted by: NWConservative at September 27, 2013 09:35 PM (M1gmo)
Posted by: Thrawn at September 27, 2013 09:35 PM (Dsds2)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at September 27, 2013 09:35 PM (ligos)
Posted by: NWConservative at September 28, 2013 01:35 AM (M1gmo)
of course, the three meh "unveils" from Valve and AMD's Mantle API
Posted by: The Dude at September 27, 2013 09:35 PM (vJdyz)
has any guy ever need a class to figure out how to run his gear? I feel sorry for the guys dating girls that have no idea how their own gear works - how is he gonna make it run if she does not even know how? similar to living in an apartment and not knowing where the light switches are - keep feeling around until you feel something.Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 09:36 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: RWC-bring on O-Care at September 27, 2013 09:37 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: Secret Squirrel at September 28, 2013 01:10 AM (0SmH0)
Seriously, it's just too fuckin' easy -- the Constitution says in Article I, section 7, "All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of
Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as
on other Bills." It's one of the few places where the bicameral legislature is split on duties. Just think of what a "fully-operational battle station House" could do....
How 'bout bill #37 of 50 bills total, and I'll pick on the EPA. Let's say that their 2013 outlays were $14.7B and the government's total tax revenues were $1.47T, and that the single tax rate was 22% -- the House could drop something like: "The House levies a tax on incomes of 0.22% to be used for funding the EPA, with the proviso that carbon dioxide not be considered a pollutant."
This leaves the Senate in the position of (a) not considering it -- ok, the entire EPA goes foom....good riddance! and the burden on American taxpayers drops as well. (b) trying to add something else to it -- ok, the entire EPA goes foom....good riddance! and the burden on American taxpayers drops as well. or (c) trying to change the subject.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 27, 2013 09:38 PM (T1005)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 09:38 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: viking at September 27, 2013 09:38 PM (AaIjD)
She's GORGEOUS.
Greets me by name.
Smiles at me, and I at her.
It must be some way I get myself to smell like bacon.
CANNOT be any other explanation.
NO, seriously, really, want stories from guys and gals. Why would you look twice at someone who reminded you of bad bacon? I MEAN DAMN, I have no positive traits, this is a trick!!!
Posted by: Null at September 27, 2013 09:40 PM (xjpRj)
of course, the three meh "unveils" from Valve and AMD's Mantle API
Posted by: The Dude at September 28, 2013 01:35 AM (vJdyz)
Heh. Yeah, not to thrilled with it either.
Posted by: NWConservative at September 27, 2013 09:40 PM (M1gmo)
Posted by: RWC-bring on O-Care at September 27, 2013 09:40 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: Adriane... at September 27, 2013 09:41 PM (6TfRc)
Posted by: Modern Progressive at September 27, 2013 09:41 PM (Vk2pI)
Do you finish?
Posted by: Weirddave at September 28, 2013 12:27 AM (jt8G9)
If you give CPR at the same time, its all cool.
Posted by: eman at September 28, 2013 01:20 AM (AO9UG)
Thump-thump
Thump-thump
Thump-thump
Thump-thump.....
Posted by: cthulhu at September 27, 2013 09:41 PM (T1005)
Seriously, it's just too fuckin' easy -- the Constitution says in Article I, section 7, "All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of
Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as
on other Bills." It's one of the few places where the bicameral legislature is split on duties. Just think of what a "fully-operational battle station House" could do....
How 'bout bill #37 of 50 bills total, and I'll pick on the EPA. Let's say that their 2013 outlays were $14.7B and the government's total tax revenues were $1.47T, and that the single tax rate was 22% -- the House could drop something like: "The House levies a tax on incomes of 0.22% to be used for funding the EPA, with the proviso that carbon dioxide not be considered a pollutant."
This leaves the Senate in the position of (a) not considering it -- ok, the entire EPA goes foom....good riddance! and the burden on American taxpayers drops as well. (b) trying to add something else to it -- ok, the entire EPA goes foom....good riddance! and the burden on American taxpayers drops as well. or (c) trying to change the subject.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 28, 2013 01:38 AM (T1005)
I NOMINATE CTHULHU AS TRIBUTE. CTHULHU FOR SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.
Posted by: NWConservative at September 27, 2013 09:42 PM (M1gmo)
Posted by: Adriane... at September 27, 2013 09:42 PM (6TfRc)
Posted by: RWC-bring on O-Care at September 27, 2013 09:44 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 09:45 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: viking at September 27, 2013 09:45 PM (AaIjD)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 09:46 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: viking at September 28, 2013 01:38 AM (AaIjD)
That is because he puts the things we agree with very well, then always opposes us when it really matters.
Posted by: cm9000 at September 27, 2013 09:47 PM (3qZbZ)
CANNOT be any other explanation.
NO, seriously, really, want stories from guys and gals. Why would you look twice at someone who reminded you of bad bacon? I MEAN DAMN, I have no positive traits, this is a trick!!!
Posted by: Null at September 28, 2013 01:40 AM
I think "she" is a dude.
Posted by: otho at September 27, 2013 09:47 PM (9gNQd)
She's GORGEOUS.
Greets me by name.
Smiles at me, and I at her.
It must be some way I get myself to smell like bacon.
CANNOT be any other explanation.
NO, seriously, really, want stories from guys and gals. Why would you look twice at someone who reminded you of bad bacon? I MEAN DAMN, I have no positive traits, this is a trick!!!
Posted by: Null at September 28, 2013 01:40 AM (xjpRj)
Revel in it.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 27, 2013 09:48 PM (T1005)
Posted by: chique d'afrique, formerly Chelsea, now back to being an actual female at September 27, 2013 09:48 PM (r+7wo)
Posted by: Adriane... at September 27, 2013 09:48 PM (6TfRc)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 09:50 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Adriane... at September 27, 2013 09:50 PM (6TfRc)
Yeah, and I'm about to move BACK to Chicago, of all things....I'm boned.
I've already told my soon-to-be-wife that we need to have contingency plans ready to move either to Indiana or Wisconsin if things get too badPosted by: Jeff B. at September 27, 2013 11:54
_______Seriously Chicago? There's nice places just west, short trip and much cheaper. We live in Dixon. Check the area out.
In fact we live in a nice 1900 big old home, wife wants to move to 1 floor. Send us a bid, LOL.
T
Posted by: The Farmer at September 27, 2013 09:52 PM (eBupg)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 09:52 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Adriane... at September 27, 2013 09:52 PM (6TfRc)
Posted by: zombie at September 27, 2013 09:53 PM (+cx5n)
You're right.
Easier just to pretend to be the entire bed.
Posted by: Adriane... at September 28, 2013 01:52 AM (6TfRc)
LOL
Posted by: NWConservative at September 27, 2013 09:53 PM (M1gmo)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 09:53 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Null at September 28, 2013 01:40 AM
I think "she" is a dude.
Posted by: otho at September 28, 2013 01:47 AM (9gNQd)
I've been involved with someone far more athletic than I was....and that thought had passed through my mind a time or two. But I dove right in and dispelled it whenever the thought popped up.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 27, 2013 09:54 PM (T1005)
Posted by: RWC-bring on O-Care at September 27, 2013 09:54 PM (LpbKr)
I was thinking of slapping a quick screenplay together and sending it to the sleep system people to see about sponsorship possibilities; or if it is something they would be interested in buying and using internally.Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 09:55 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Adriane... at September 27, 2013 09:55 PM (6TfRc)
Dilemma 2 don't know what I would do there
Dilemma 3 push jerk in the water
Posted by: NWConservative at September 27, 2013 09:56 PM (M1gmo)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 28, 2013 01:54 AM
Yeah, whenever the "thought" popped up.
Posted by: otho at September 27, 2013 09:56 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: RWC-bring on O-Care at September 27, 2013 09:57 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: The Political Hat at September 27, 2013 09:59 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Adriane... at September 27, 2013 10:00 PM (6TfRc)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 10:02 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: zombie at September 27, 2013 10:02 PM (+cx5n)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 10:03 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 10:04 PM (Z9EHQ)
Pregnant lady doesn't paddle unless she can. Murderer works as useful member of survival team or is put out. That's my view.
Posted by: viking at September 27, 2013 10:04 PM (AaIjD)
Posted by: Adriane... at September 27, 2013 10:05 PM (6TfRc)
Posted by: zombie at September 27, 2013 10:05 PM (+cx5n)
I NOMINATE CTHULHU AS TRIBUTE. CTHULHU FOR SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.
I don't know... So far I haven't seen him cave on his convictions on any subjects. This automatically rules him out for Speaker today.
Posted by: PMRich at September 27, 2013 10:06 PM (KDUNf)
or wait 15 minutes and problem solves itself ...
Posted by: Adriane... at September 28, 2013 02:05 AM
Oh there's sharks down there. Big whites.
Posted by: otho at September 27, 2013 10:06 PM (9gNQd)
You're thinking too much in terms of "command and control" and not enough about community. If your lifeboat could hold 24 people (I know I'm expanding it past 19, but it makes the math work better), you could add another person if everyone in the boat spent one hour/day in the water kicking alongside.....which, in a journey of 100 miles, might actually help. Certainly, the person kicking alongside wouldn't be comfortable, and would be at-risk of being chomped by a shark, but they could also be saved and wouldn't burden the boat much.
If there were two extra people, then everyone on the boat could take a 2-hour stint kicking alongside (actually slightly less because the 25th and 26th persons would take a turn). As you added peeps, you'd eventually turn into a giant raft of shark-bait humanity with a lifeboat in the middle, but that's only if you ran into a whole lot of survivors.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 27, 2013 10:07 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Adriane... at September 27, 2013 10:08 PM (6TfRc)
Um, not that I recall. Still, I'd stick with my plan.
Posted by: viking at September 27, 2013 10:08 PM (AaIjD)
Posted by: eman at September 27, 2013 10:08 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 10:10 PM (Z9EHQ)
I don't know... So far I haven't seen him cave on his convictions on any subjects. This automatically rules him out for Speaker today.
Posted by: PMRich at September 28, 2013 02:06 AM (KDUNf)
Why, thank you....*blushes*
Posted by: cthulhu at September 27, 2013 10:10 PM (T1005)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 10:11 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Adriane... at September 27, 2013 10:13 PM (6TfRc)
Posted by: zombie at September 28, 2013 02:02 AM
What is a pregnant woman and a notorious rapist/murderer, who's been on the news doing on a ship in Antarctic waters? Is this a research vessel? A naval vessel? A cruise ship? If it's a cruise, why Antarctica? Those are pretty damn rare. What are the odds a notorious rapist/murderer ends up on one of those?
Posted by: otho at September 27, 2013 10:13 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 10:13 PM (Z9EHQ)
Hat got there first, and zombie's adding conditions....
Side note -- if I were actually on a lifeboat because the ship went down, my first huge concerns would be sunburn, then water, then food -- in that order.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 27, 2013 10:13 PM (T1005)
Posted by: zombie at September 27, 2013 10:14 PM (+cx5n)
I dated a crazy chick who just happened to be hot once. It lasted about two months... any longer and one of us would have been taking a dirt nap.
Now, in my golden years (late 30s) I am hoping to find a kindhearted intelligent and relatively attractive lady who would like to have a family and won't constantly nag at me for being a male...my best bet will probably be a mail order bride.
Just the kind of creep the feminazis warned all you wimmins about!1!11!!
Posted by: Some Guy in Wisconsin at September 27, 2013 10:14 PM (zwdDT)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 10:14 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: zombie at September 27, 2013 10:15 PM (+cx5n)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 10:15 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: The Political Hat at September 27, 2013 10:15 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Adriane... at September 27, 2013 10:16 PM (6TfRc)
or we are drinking same bad hooch.Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 10:16 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: eman at September 27, 2013 10:17 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: Adriane... at September 28, 2013 02:08 AM (6TfRc)
You scoff, but how do you think those sharks got their name? I mean really, Great White? It was by preying on the discards of the cross Atlantic slave trade.
Posted by: cm9000 at September 27, 2013 10:18 PM (3qZbZ)
use mirror to signal rescue vessel ...
Posted by: Adriane
Heh.
Posted by: viking at September 27, 2013 10:18 PM (AaIjD)
Posted by: zombie at September 28, 2013 02:15 AM (+cx5n)
It's the Horde!!! Drunkenly brilliant.....before passing out.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 27, 2013 10:20 PM (T1005)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 10:20 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: zombie at September 27, 2013 10:20 PM (+cx5n)
Posted by: Adriane... at September 27, 2013 10:21 PM (6TfRc)
Dilemma 2 don't know what I would do there
Dilemma 3 push jerk in the water
Posted by: NWConservative
Most direct answer yet, in 2 out of 3 at least.
But what if it's more of a non-unanimous judgment call? What if seven people recognize the murder, seven people are convinced it's a case of mistaken identity, and six people are undecided? Do you take a vote before pushing him in? What if the guy is a jerk to half the passengers, but somehow charms the other half? Who decides whether or not to push him in?
Posted by: zombie at September 28, 2013 02:05 AM (+cx5n)
If the murderer and jerk are obama supporters, they automatically thrown into water. No vote because a murderer would not wait until the tally is counted to act. If you can get seven strangers to agree on identification of someone, you probably have the guy, plus, he could be intimidating the other seven who believe it is mistaken identity. He has 15 minutes to prove he is not a murderer, straight up guilty until proven innocent. You cannot have that hanging over your heads wondering if you'll wake up in the morning.
If someone is stealing they get thrown overboard, period.
Posted by: NWConservative at September 27, 2013 10:21 PM (M1gmo)
Posted by: Adriane... at September 27, 2013 10:25 PM (6TfRc)
Posted by: eman at September 28, 2013 02:17 AM
Oh, great. Now there's a polar bear in this Antractic life boat story. The plot holes in this puzzle are patently ridiculous. Worst hypothetical ever.
Posted by: otho at September 27, 2013 10:25 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: eman at September 27, 2013 10:26 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 10:26 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Arbalest at September 27, 2013 10:27 PM (FlRtG)
Bravo!
Posted by: viking at September 27, 2013 10:27 PM (AaIjD)
Posted by: Adriane... at September 27, 2013 10:27 PM (6TfRc)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 10:28 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: NWConservative at September 28, 2013 02:21 AM (M1gmo)
If only that applied to the Welfare-State.
Posted by: cm9000 at September 27, 2013 10:28 PM (3qZbZ)
our first exercise was to read about a similar boat scenario and make decisions about who and in what order to give the heave ho. one of the occupants was a black gang member with a know history of violence. nearly everyone selected to heave him first.
she said it was racist, partly because we did not take his circumstances into consideration, mostly because she was going to say that no matter what we said.
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 28, 2013 02:26 AM (Z9EHQ)
People like her will be the first to go when SHTF.
Posted by: NWConservative at September 27, 2013 10:28 PM (M1gmo)
Posted by: zombie at September 27, 2013 10:29 PM (+cx5n)
Posted by: eman at September 28, 2013 02:17 AM
Oh, great. Now there's a polar bear in this Antractic life boat story. The plot holes in this puzzle are patently ridiculous. Worst hypothetical ever.
Posted by: otho at September 28, 2013 02:25 AM (9gNQd)
If you're being chased by a giant weather balloon until admitted to an underground lair where the corridors sing Beatles songs whilst everyone rides mopeds.....you may be launching missles from a Village suspiciously close to London.....
Posted by: cthulhu at September 27, 2013 10:30 PM (T1005)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 10:30 PM (Z9EHQ)
If only that applied to the Welfare-State.
Posted by: cm9000 at September 28, 2013 02:28 AM (3qZbZ)
If I was leader of the known universe, welfare queens would be sterilized.
Posted by: NWConservative at September 27, 2013 10:30 PM (M1gmo)
Posted by: zombie at September 27, 2013 10:30 PM (+cx5n)
Posted by: NWConservative at September 28, 2013 02:21 AM (M1gmo)
If only that applied to the Welfare-State.
Posted by: cm9000
I've thought for awhile now that the death penalty for corruption cases would be a good idea.
Posted by: viking at September 27, 2013 10:30 PM (AaIjD)
Posted by: Adriane... at September 27, 2013 10:31 PM (6TfRc)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 10:32 PM (Z9EHQ)
For scenario #3
Unfortunately your 'extra' conditions of cold, shark filled Antarctic waters rules out the possibility of enough time for the jerk to do much in favor of throwing him in. You would have to encounter the person in the water within 15 min of going overboard yourself - please see 'bend or break parameters'
Posted by: PMRich at September 27, 2013 10:32 PM (KDUNf)
Posted by: The Sub-Mariner at September 27, 2013 10:32 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: zombie at September 27, 2013 10:32 PM (+cx5n)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 10:33 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: eman at September 27, 2013 10:33 PM (AO9UG)
What if the murderer and/or jerk are big burly strong intimidating dudes? And the other 19 people are a motley crew of weaklings, chicks, rugrats, poofters, cowards and initiative-avoiders? What if "pushing" the ne-er-do-wells into the water is not so easily achieved?
The answer is: It's situations like this, but on land, that lead nations to be led by dictator-bullies, like Saddam Hussein and Idi Amin. Everyone hates them, but no one has the nerve of the brawn to take them down.
Posted by: zombie at September 28, 2013 02:29 AM (+cx5n)
Until someone stands up and then the passengers find that there are more of them then there are bad guys. So if I am the only one who has the initiative, then we do it suddenly and without warning. Big burly guys can still be caught off guard.
Posted by: NWConservative at September 27, 2013 10:33 PM (M1gmo)
Hmmm ... a cage match ...
cthulhu v. Nancy Pelosi, for Speaker of the House
I'd buy popcorn and a soda to see that ...
Posted by: Arbalest at September 28, 2013 02:27 AM (FlRtG)
Not as much of a rollover as you might think....it's long past the point where I could drive her insane.....
Posted by: cthulhu at September 27, 2013 10:33 PM (T1005)
Then on June 7th, one week before his clinic closed, Philip took the Mossberg shotgun he bought to scare off a man who had been stalking a family member, and turned it on himself.
The hard charging, can-do, lead-from-the-front, master-of-the-universe who fought hammer and tong for his patients, no longer had patients to fight for.
ObamaCare had defeated him.
Posted by: Draco Malfoy at September 27, 2013 10:34 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 28, 2013 02:30 AM
Whatever you're taking, don't be a hog. Gimme.
Posted by: otho at September 27, 2013 10:36 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 10:36 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: NWConservative at September 28, 2013 02:30 AM (M1gmo)
Sterilization no. But God damn it, stop stealing from me.
Posted by: cm9000 at September 27, 2013 10:36 PM (3qZbZ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 10:38 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: eman at September 27, 2013 10:39 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: Adriane... at September 27, 2013 10:39 PM (6TfRc)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 10:40 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 28, 2013 02:30 AM
Whatever you're taking, don't be a hog. Gimme.
Posted by: otho at September 28, 2013 02:36 AM (9gNQd)
Have some: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0679178/
Posted by: cthulhu at September 27, 2013 10:41 PM (T1005)
Posted by: zombie at September 27, 2013 10:41 PM (+cx5n)
how is aquaman not useless? anyone else would swoop in pick everyone up and fly 'em home. only aquaman needs a whale or something to drag an open boat 100 miles.
Aquaman would have the advantage here. Everyone else, assuming ability to carry 2 people at a time, would require 10 trips. Aquaman gets whale to tow boat, with one survivor on the whale - one trip.
Posted by: PMRich at September 27, 2013 10:41 PM (KDUNf)
Posted by: NWConservative at September 27, 2013 10:43 PM (M1gmo)
Posted by: zombie at September 27, 2013 10:45 PM (+cx5n)
Posted by: Adriane... at September 27, 2013 10:46 PM (6TfRc)
Posted by: eman at September 27, 2013 10:46 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 10:46 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: otho at September 28, 2013 02:36 AM (9gNQd)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKjFgdgp7yY
Posted by: Adriane... at September 28, 2013 02:39 AM (6TfRc)
I remember watching this series when originally broadcast -- on a black and white TV. It aired when I was five, making it a good candidate for "earliest memory of media". I don't think I saw "Fall Out" on the first run, though.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 27, 2013 10:46 PM (T1005)
Aquaman would have the advantage here. Everyone else, assuming ability to carry 2 people at a time, would require 10 trips. Aquaman gets whale totow boat, with one survivor on the whale - one trip.
Posted by: PMRich at September 28, 2013 02:41 AM (KDUNf)
Except Superman. Since he's faster than a speeding bullet, he could have all those survivors to the island well before Aquaman gets a whale to come and tie it to the boat.
Face it, Aquaman is useless.
Posted by: NWConservative at September 27, 2013 10:47 PM (M1gmo)
Posted by: Adriane... at September 28, 2013 02:39 AM
Oh, I get it now. Great show. I was thinking, "that sounds like something out of "the prisoner"... but, I don't remember the beatle's songs". So, Cthulhu isn't just off his face? He's referencing "The Prisoner" while off his face?
Posted by: otho at September 27, 2013 10:48 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 10:50 PM (Z9EHQ)
Face it, Aquaman is useless.
Hey, somebody has to argue for the underdog. Oh, he was actually more useful too.
Posted by: PMRich at September 27, 2013 10:50 PM (KDUNf)
Posted by: zombie at September 27, 2013 10:50 PM (+cx5n)
Posted by: Adriane... at September 28, 2013 02:39 AM
Oh, I get it now. Great show. I was thinking, "that sounds like something out of "the prisoner"... but, I don't remember the beatle's songs". So, Cthulhu isn't just off his face? He's referencing "The Prisoner" while off his face?
Posted by: otho at September 28, 2013 02:48 AM (9gNQd)
What "off his face" are you referring to? [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2MIvUx9uiQ ]
Posted by: cthulhu at September 27, 2013 10:51 PM (T1005)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 10:54 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: zombie at September 28, 2013 02:50 AM (+cx5n)
That's SO MAAAAIIINNNSSSTREEAAAMMM!! Don't you live on the left coast too?
Posted by: NWConservative at September 27, 2013 10:57 PM (M1gmo)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 10:57 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 27, 2013 10:57 PM (T1005)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 28, 2013 02:57 AM (Z9EHQ)
It's your own fault for feeding her legume-based dog food.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 27, 2013 10:59 PM (T1005)
Posted by: The Political Hat at September 27, 2013 10:59 PM (Vk2pI)
waddit I miss?
Posted by: jc at September 28
confirmation that aquaman was an affirmative action hire by the league of justice and a retrograde pussy without the slightest game whatsoever, not even an ability to jump.
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 28, 2013 02:54 AM (Z9EHQ)
==
Ah, another fascinating discussion about people who wear their underwear outside their pants.
Posted by: jc at September 27, 2013 11:00 PM (PlzOe)
I have a feeling it is simply the way she is. all she ever eats is the iams active methlab blend. I wonder if someone at the nsa is going to have to read this thread because of the phrase 'active methlab?"Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 11:01 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 28, 2013 02:57 AM (Z9EHQ)
===
you are not trying to make your dog a vegan again are you?
Posted by: jc at September 27, 2013 11:01 PM (PlzOe)
Hey Kids,
waddit I miss?
Posted by: jc at September 28
confirmation that aquaman was an affirmative action hire by the
league of justice and a retrograde pussy without the slightest game
whatsoever, not even an ability to jump.
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 28, 2013 02:54 AM (Z9EHQ)
==
Ah, another fascinating discussion about people who wear their underwear outside their pants.
Posted by: jc at September 28, 2013 03:00 AM (PlzOe)
Wait a sec....what's wrong with that?
Posted by: cthulhu at September 27, 2013 11:01 PM (T1005)
Posted by: zombie at September 27, 2013 11:02 PM (+cx5n)
Posted by: PMRich at September 27, 2013 11:03 PM (KDUNf)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 11:03 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 28, 2013 0
I have a feeling it is simply the way she is. all she ever eats is the iams active methlab blend. I wonder if someone at the nsa is going to have to read this thread because of the phrase 'active methlab?"
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 28, 2013 03:01 AM (Z9EHQ)
If only you could arrange for some "exudant" to show up in their HVAC systems.....
Posted by: cthulhu at September 27, 2013 11:03 PM (T1005)
======
Am I the only one that has secret delusions of becoming fabulously wealthly marketing 'noUaints' pet food?
Posted by: jc at September 27, 2013 11:04 PM (PlzOe)
So, are you 'zombietime' or just same name for nic?
Posted by: PMRich at September 27, 2013 11:05 PM (KDUNf)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 11:06 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 11:07 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: NWConservative
SF Bay Area. Like the Pacific NW, riddled with nests of hipsters. But the Hipster Zones around here are more punctuated with hate-filled politicized gang-bangers, which turns a merely distasteful ambience into a more dangerous toxic stew.
Posted by: zombie at September 28, 2013 03:02 AM (+cx5n)
As a great fan of your work, is there some code phrase a moron could utter whenever they might encounter a witty, asian female at a progressive pep rally that would say "booyah!" without compromising your anonymity?
Posted by: cthulhu at September 27, 2013 11:08 PM (T1005)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 11:10 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 27, 2013 11:23 PM (GEICT)
*****
Totally within the law, as it is currently interpreted.
------
I see what you did there
Posted by: bill-o at September 27, 2013 11:15 PM (AWwDY)
is NWC an Asian female?
I think this was about zombie, which answers my question concerning zombietime.
Posted by: PMRich at September 27, 2013 11:15 PM (KDUNf)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 11:15 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 28, 2013 02:46 AM
Yeah saw it on B/W back in the day. Haven't seen much of it since. Doesn't get rerun very often. Don't remember all that much about the actual episode details, only bits and the overall weirdness.
Posted by: otho at September 27, 2013 11:16 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 28, 2013 03:08 AM
is NWC an Asian female?
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 28, 2013 03:10 AM (Z9EHQ)
It is well-documented that Zombie is an asian female....as well as being a brilliant photojournalist, on a variety of elitist guest-lists, and a writer of snark with a fifth-degree black belt. I'm proud and happy that she's also a moron who actually attends the ONT, unlike the ewok-in-chief.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 27, 2013 11:16 PM (T1005)
Posted by: The Political Hat at September 27, 2013 11:19 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: zombie at September 27, 2013 11:20 PM (+cx5n)
Posted by: The Political Hat at September 27, 2013 11:21 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 11:21 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 28, 2013 02:46 AM
Yeah saw it on B/W back in the day. Haven't seen much of it since. Doesn't get rerun very often. Don't remember all that much about the actual episode details, only bits and the overall weirdness.
Posted by: otho at September 28, 2013 03:16 AM (9gNQd)
There was a big rebroadcast on SF's PBS stations in the '80s, which led to me purchasing the set on DVD. It really stands up to the passage of time because it was all very mental in the first place......except for the last episode, that is kitschy camp surrealism gone apeshit.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 27, 2013 11:23 PM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 28, 2013 02:51 AM
Holy shit! I don't remember that. Well, I'll be buggered. I want to see this show again. That's pretty fucking unusual to have the beatles on a soundtrack. They must have been big fans and waived the fee.
Posted by: otho at September 27, 2013 11:24 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: zombie at September 27, 2013 11:24 PM (+cx5n)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 11:25 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Buzzion at September 27, 2013 11:25 PM (+F4y8)
Re: zombietime
This was one of the first blogs that gave me insight to just how crazy some people have gotten. This, raised in GA and lives in the midwest kid, just had no idea what was out there til I ran across that site.
Posted by: PMRich at September 27, 2013 11:27 PM (KDUNf)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 11:28 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 11:30 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: The Political Hat at September 27, 2013 11:31 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: zombie at September 27, 2013 11:31 PM (+cx5n)
Last time Ace tried to go full bore on the ONT, wellÂ… let's just say that the sloth barely saved us with an ONT Mk II.
Posted by: The Political Hat at September 28, 2013 03:21 AM (Vk2pI)
Asian is baked into the cookie, IMHO. If I were to meet her and learn that her name was "Nguyen" or "Park" or "Chin" or "magrapathi", I'd try like hell to not leak anything about which "asian" might apply -- and "asian" doesn't say much around here.
As someone who lives in the Bay Area, however, I know very well how deep is the weird -- and Zombie is doing an excellent job of documenting it.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 27, 2013 11:31 PM (T1005)
Posted by: zombie at September 27, 2013 11:33 PM (+cx5n)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 11:34 PM (Z9EHQ)
But what if it's more of a non-unanimous judgment call? What if seven people recognize the murder, seven people are convinced it's a case of mistaken identity, and six people are undecided? Do you take a vote before pushing him in? What if the guy is a jerk to half the passengers, but somehow charms the other half? Who decides whether or not to push him in?
Posted by: zombie at September 28, 2013 02:05 AM
Shoot them all. Shoot the shark. Shoot the polar bear.
Posted by: otho at September 27, 2013 11:34 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 11:36 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 28, 2013 03:34 AM (Z9EHQ)
====
you mean like a pride of lions, a gaggle of geese, a braindead of liberals and a stormtroop of progressives?
Posted by: jc at September 27, 2013 11:36 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: cthulhu
Sadly, no. I enter into "ghost protocol" complete denial mode at such events. No clever code phrases will induce me to break the code of silence!
Posted by: zombie at September 28, 2013 03:24 AM (+cx5n)
Dear heart, I would expect nothing less......I was thinking of a phrase incomprehensible to the lefties that would let you know you're appreciated -- you SHOULD neither acknowledge nor reciprocate. I'm thinking of sidling up to people I suspect and muttering "Cthulhu fhtagn", just in hope that you smile when you get home.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 27, 2013 11:37 PM (T1005)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 11:37 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: zombie at September 27, 2013 11:37 PM (+cx5n)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 11:38 PM (Z9EHQ)
BTW, anybody know where Size 0 cheongsams are on sale this week?
Posted by: zombie at September 28, 2013 03:31 AM (+cx5n)
I'm thinking, maybe, WalMart....
Posted by: cthulhu at September 27, 2013 11:39 PM (T1005)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 11:39 PM (Z9EHQ)
is NWC an Asian female?
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 28, 2013 03:10 AM (Z9EHQ)
Nope, I'm a member of the white male patriarchy.
Posted by: NWConservative at September 27, 2013 11:39 PM (M1gmo)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 11:40 PM (Z9EHQ)
Nope, I'm a member of the white male patriarchy.
Posted by: NWConservative at September 28, 2013 03:39 AM (M1gmo)
===
well, then be on the lookout for a stormtroop of progressives.
Posted by: jc at September 27, 2013 11:41 PM (PlzOe)
A lot of Ron Paul supporters here too.
Posted by: NWConservative at September 27, 2013 11:41 PM (M1gmo)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 11:42 PM (Z9EHQ)
well, then be on the lookout for a stormtroop of progressives.
Posted by: jc at September 28, 2013 03:41 AM (PlzOe)
Nah, I live in a conservative part of King County. No real chance of that here. (So far).
Posted by: NWConservative at September 27, 2013 11:42 PM (M1gmo)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at September 27, 2013 11:42 PM (ligos)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 11:44 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 28, 2013 03:42 AM (Z9EHQ)
I'm also heteronormative. So is a double strike?
Posted by: NWConservative at September 27, 2013 11:45 PM (M1gmo)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 11:46 PM (Z9EHQ)
Just fake it.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 28, 2013 03:42 AM (ligos)
Plenty of guys do that already on the intertubes I hear.
Posted by: NWConservative at September 27, 2013 11:46 PM (M1gmo)
Posted by: zombie at September 27, 2013 11:48 PM (+cx5n)
And no, I acknowledge no inquiries concerning
gender/race/orientation/age/wittiness/attractiveness.I neither deny, nor
don't deny, the existence of all speculations.
BTW, anybody know where Size 0 cheongsams are on sale this week?
Posted by: zombie at September 28, 2013 03:31 AM (+cx5n)
I'm thinking, maybe, WalMart....
Posted by: cthulhu at September 28, 2013 03:39 AM (T1005)
On a more serious level -- gender is out there, race is "asian" which -- if you're in the SF Bay area, means roughly 1/3 of the population in a variety of very distinct groups; orientation.....er....you despise the Folsom Street Faire, but that doesn't reveal a lot; age -- I'd guess 30-60, because you've got the wisdom but can blend in with youthful idiots; wittiness -- in print it's 10 out of 10.....but blending in with folks, I suspect you can hide your light under a basket; attractiveness -- you're an 'ette!!!!!! YOU'RE GORGEOUS!!!!!! You sexy beast, you!!!!!
So you're both hidden and exposed at the same time.....but not too exposed.....(I hope).
Posted by: cthulhu at September 27, 2013 11:51 PM (T1005)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 11:51 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 11:53 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: rickl at September 27, 2013 11:55 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: zombie at September 27, 2013 11:56 PM (+cx5n)
Posted by: NWConservative at September 27, 2013 11:57 PM (M1gmo)
====
I used to try that all the time with my physics homework.
Posted by: jc at September 27, 2013 11:58 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 27, 2013 11:58 PM (Z9EHQ)
AAAHHH! I refreshed before I left! I had to rip my eyes out. THANKS!
Posted by: NWConservative at September 27, 2013 11:59 PM (M1gmo)
Posted by: PMRich at September 28, 2013 12:00 AM (KDUNf)
Posted by: zombie at September 28, 2013 12:02 AM (+cx5n)
Posted by: yankeefifth at September 28, 2013 12:03 AM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: zombie at September 28, 2013 03:56 AM (+cx5n)
Muddy the waters however you'd like -- to me, you are always a glorious beauty, clad in light, masquerading as a progressive dipshit at protest marches and getting hilarious photos, which you later turn into cuttingly brilliant blog-posts with trenchant commentary.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 28, 2013 12:05 AM (T1005)
Long ago I made the mistake of posting online a self-portrait of me
uploading some photos (http://tinyurl.com/mednpda), so to counteract
that I posted a rival self-portrait of the actual real me this time
(http://tinyurl.com/nzq5ajj). Then I left it up to the public's
imagination to decide which portrait they wanted to be truly me. It's up to you to decide, really. Reality is what you make of it.
Posted by: zombie at September 28, 2013 03:56 AM (+cx5n)
Muddy the waters however you'd like -- to me, you are always a glorious beauty, clad in light, masquerading as a progressive dipshit at protest marches and getting hilarious photos, which you later turn into cuttingly brilliant blog-posts with trenchant commentary.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 28, 2013 04:05 AM (T1005)
And, BTW, neener!
Posted by: cthulhu at September 28, 2013 12:07 AM (T1005)
Posted by: zombie at September 28, 2013 12:08 AM (+cx5n)
Posted by: PMRich at September 28, 2013 12:09 AM (KDUNf)
Posted by: zombie at September 28, 2013 12:12 AM (+cx5n)
Posted by: rickl at September 28, 2013 12:13 AM (sdi6R)
But what if all the men in the boat were gainfully employed, productive members of society and the pregnant woman was a welfare queen?
The child is innocent of the mothers faults
Posted by: PMRich at September 28, 2013 12:18 AM (KDUNf)
Posted by: cthulhu
Oh you men and your flattery. Never works. Never.
BTW, my phone number is (555) 555-8723.
Posted by: zombie at September 28, 2013 04:08 AM (+cx5n)
Once my Better Half is back from North Carolina, we could arrange a lunch date....because she's heard me say pretty much the same thing about you and would probably be curious. We'd need a contact number that was slightly less fake, however.
One day, I might have the balls to totally "be Breitbart" myself....until that day, Zombie and O'Keefe keep showing me how it's done....
Posted by: cthulhu at September 28, 2013 12:19 AM (T1005)
Posted by: PMRich
Did I ever say I play fair? Always assume that any link I post is NSFS (Not Safe For Sanity -- just like a Lovecraft vision).
Posted by: zombie at September 28, 2013 04:12 AM (+cx5n)
I'm a Lovecraft fan.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 28, 2013 12:20 AM (T1005)
Posted by: PMRich at September 28, 2013 12:29 AM (KDUNf)
Posted by: PMRich at September 28, 2013 04:29 AM (KDUNf)
We have a sort-of mutual admiration society.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 28, 2013 12:31 AM (T1005)
Posted by: zombie at September 28, 2013 12:33 AM (+cx5n)
Posted by: zombie at September 28, 2013 04:33 AM (+cx5n)
You have just drastically increased your internet bill. You'd best be reserving "zombiecollective.com" and "thezombiecollective.com" ASAP.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 28, 2013 12:39 AM (T1005)
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Some of my best friends are on a similar theme
Posted by: Marlene Dietrich at September 28, 2013 12:47 AM (AWwDY)
Unfortunately, we have a "political class" that can wear different hats but always works to the same goal -- to enhance the role of political decisions over citizens' lives.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 28, 2013 01:06 AM (T1005)"
That would require that the Republican Party actually be an opposition political party instead of a bunch of comfortable slugs who are happy to play the role of Washington Generals and never win. The GOP of today is not an opposition party. They are merely a conduit to transfer money from naive donors into the pockets of millionaire political consultants.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at September 28, 2013 12:48 AM (31Nrp)
Posted by: Kreplach at September 28, 2013 02:38 AM (rFlKB)
Thank you for your thoughts.
I'm nearly 50 and I should be stronger.
I dread daylight because I have to crush this crying child I've indulged all night, and become stoic and responsible again. It is hard. It is so very hard.
Posted by: Invictus at September 28, 2013 02:56 AM (FBkKA)
Posted by: UWP at September 28, 2013 03:02 AM (vj51i)
perhaps of course "you'll always be my baby" is a generational marker...there's no shame in letting that kid deal with losing its maternal cornerstone...won't be for your child either....
God bless you.
Posted by: sven10077 at September 28, 2013 03:05 AM (9jfyN)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 28, 2013 03:34 AM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 28, 2013 03:35 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Bob at September 28, 2013 07:23 AM (qTsuK)
So my prediction is that the youth will sign up in droves just because Obama asked them to.
The only way to stop this beast will be to rip it out root and branch when and if we ever get control of both White House and Congress again.
Posted by: Peggy at September 28, 2013 12:53 PM (FIimA)
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