April 02, 2014
— Maetenloch
Another Random Act of Bill Murray-ness
In recent years a whole genre of stories of Bill Murray's random acts of friendliness has sprung up on the internet. Apparently Bill just enjoys making people's days and giving them a thrill as well as a good story to tell others. Assuming anyone will ever believe it.
Some of these stories go back to the 70s and 80s so this seems to be part of his nature rather than anything new. Because you never know when Bill might show up and join your kickball game, serve drinks at a random bar, do your dishes after a party, or sing karaoke with you for four hours.
And this weekend he helped give a wounded Marine a night he won't forget:
Over the weekend, we traveled to St. Augustine, Florida, for Bill's annual Murray Bros. Caddyshack Charity Golf Tournament when I noticed a Random Act of Murray happen right in front of me.Earlier in the evening, Bill and his brothers had honored Brandon Long, a wounded veteran from our home town of Ft. Wayne, Indiana. The Marine lost both his legs above the knee in an IED accident in Afghanistan. I met Brandon and he was beyond nice. The young hero is always smiling. The Murray event is so whimsical your cheeks hurt from the laughter.
Later in the evening, the tables cleared as the band started. The crowd hit the dance floor. I saw Brandon sitting by himself at a table watching everybody dance when, out of nowhere, appears Bill Murray. "Looks like you could use some company?" And just like that, Bill disappeared again. A minute later Bill returns with a beautiful girl and introduced her to Brandon. But Bill didn't stop there, "I'll be right back."
Once again Bill vanished into the crowd and returned with another gorgeous woman. and another. and another. and another.. until Brandon was surrounded by beautiful girls. Bill took photos with everybody and cracked jokes, everybody enjoyed the moment.
Oh and here are some more interesting facts about Bill Murray.
He never had an agent or manager, and he still doesn't today. You track down Bill on the phone, or his friend's answering machine, and forge a type of 'gentleman's agreement'. Then you cross your fingers that he shows up. In the case of Meatballs, nobody knew if he'd show up or not. Bill arrived on the first day of filming with an entire wardrobe of Hawaiian shirts (all of which he owned). These shirts would become his wardrobe for the entire movie.
Bill Murray paid for the helicopter scene in Rushmore. How the helicopter scene in Max's Vietnam War-themed play cost $25,000, I have no idea, but it did and Disney didn't want to front the cost for it. Bill knew it was important to the script. Being the awesome human being that he is, Murray wrote Anderson a check to cover the costs. This story gets even more awesome when you find out Bill Murray was only paid $9,000 for doing the entire film. Bill basically paid $16,000 to be in the film.
So When Were US Military Bases Disarmed?
According to Snopes it was a Department of Defense directive in February 1992 that limited who could carry firearms on a military base. Most likely this was due to the spate of post office and workplace shootings around this time.
A change in U.S. Army regulations issued in March 1993 (just two months after President Clinton assumed office) did affect the issue of personnel carrying firearms on military bases, but that change in regulations was issued by the Department of the Army and was not implemented by President Clinton via an executive order. Moreover, that change in regulations came about in response to a U.S. Department of Defense directive issued in February 1992, during the presidency of George H.W. Bush, and not at the sole behest of President Clinton.
Additionally, that change in regulations (which applied only to the Army, not other branches of the U.S. armed forces) did not ban the carrying of weapons by soldiers on Army bases; it restricted the authorization to carry firearms to personnel engaged in law enforcement and security duties, and to personnel stationed at facilities where there was "a reasonable expectation that life or Army assets would be jeopardized if firearms were not carried"
Over 600 People Walk by Two Lost Girls: Can You Blame Them?
Well given that the article did not include the video of people actually walking by I'm not going to criticize the passer-bys too much since body language and the overall situation can make a big difference in whether someone sees it as a serious situation or not. And I'm willing to cut the guys slack given how insanely paranoid Britain has become about pedophiles. When your entire life could be permanently ruined by approaching an unrelated child, it's asking a bit much for men to jump in when there's no clear immanent risk to life. But the women and couples didn't have this excuse.
The Three Religions of the West: Judaism, Christianity, and Environmentalism
Though radical environmentalism is still a young religion - a successor to the fascism of the first half of the 20th century and the romanticism of the 19th century, it bears another trait with other religions in their early days: a desire to shout death and imprisonment to the non-believers, Jonah Goldberg adds today in USA Today.
Will State ObamaCare Programs Be Just an Extension of the Democratic Party?
Of course they will.
A local couple called 10News concerned after they received an envelope from the state's Obamacare website, Covered California. Inside was a letter discussing voter registration and a registration card pre-marked with an "x" in the box next to Democratic Party.The couple - who did not want their identity revealed - received the letter and voter registration card from their health insurance provider Covered California, the state-run agency that implements President Obama's Affordable Care Act.
They have lived in La Mesa for years and they have always been registered to vote Republican. Now, they are perplexed as to how the voter registration card pre-marked Democrat ended up in their mailbox.
Also: California to Open DMV Facilities for Illegals Only
Tip for Teens: Don't Assault Someone With a Deadly Weapon or They Might Shoot Back With a Deadlier Weapon
When the RPG-29 round hits, its first warhead of the tandem pair initiates on the rear of the engine deck, and the main shaped charge fires seemingly instantaneously. The Vampir's warhead has over double the penetration of the common PG-7V round for the RPG-7. The crew? They stand no chance as the round ignites the tank's ready ammunition. The temperature and pressure inside the fighting compartment (and the driver's compartment, which is not isolated from it) are instantly more like the inside of a gun barrel than a shirtsleeve environment.
The exception is one of the turret crew, identified as the gunner by Russian analysis (a meatball machine translation of one of those analyses is here). He either bailed out or, more likely, was ejected through the above-mentioned unsecured hatch; you see him pull himself together and run off to the building on the right, the tatters of his clothes trailing behind his burnt body. And he's the lucky one.
First World Problems: Racist Emoji
Of course most of the emoji we have today came from those developed originally by Japanese cell phone companies so blame them for the lack of diversity.
4 Legendary Pranks Pulled Off by Celebrities
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Posted by: Bcochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 02, 2014 06:30 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Peaches at April 02, 2014 06:30 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2014 06:31 PM (QFxY5)
Posted by: Burt Toste at April 02, 2014 06:31 PM (fTFPL)
Posted by: Dorcus Blimeline at April 02, 2014 06:32 PM (iB0Q2)
Posted by: t-bird at April 02, 2014 06:32 PM (FcR7P)
Did she have to strangle a bitch?
Posted by: wheatie at April 02, 2014 10:32 PM (FWbLS)
um, her dad's dying. and the fam sitch is not a good one.
Posted by: Peaches at April 02, 2014 06:33 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: lindafell at April 02, 2014 06:33 PM (PGO8C)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 02, 2014 06:33 PM (DmNpO)
I was doing a semester at Columbia when he was filming Ghostbusters. Their on-film office was in the building in which I was taking a chemistry class.
I walked in to the bathroom to take a piss one day and found myself pissing next to Bill Murray!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2014 06:34 PM (QFxY5)
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 02, 2014 06:34 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: Mr. Natural at April 02, 2014 06:34 PM (/pOl7)
Posted by: Bcochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 02, 2014 06:35 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Peaches at April 02, 2014 06:35 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at April 02, 2014 06:37 PM (oFCZn)
Posted by: Moki at April 02, 2014 06:38 PM (EvHC8)
That's a hell of an idear, pardner!
Posted by: Zombie Lyndon Johnson at April 02, 2014 06:38 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 02, 2014 06:38 PM (JMmQ9)
13...um, her dad's dying. and the fam sitch is not a good one.
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Yeah, Peaches...I was wondering how her dad was doing.
And she mentioned something the other day about a 'girlfriend' being in the mix.
Posted by: wheatie at April 02, 2014 06:38 PM (FWbLS)
Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2014 06:38 PM (JEKu5)
Posted by: blaster at April 02, 2014 06:39 PM (4+AaH)
16...I walked in to the bathroom to take a piss one day and found myself pissing next to Bill Murray!
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Did you cop a glance, CBD?
Posted by: wheatie at April 02, 2014 06:39 PM (FWbLS)
Posted by: eleven at April 02, 2014 06:40 PM (fsLdt)
multi-state crime spree to follow...
g'evenin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 02, 2014 10:38 PM (JMmQ9)<<<
sorry to hear that Alton.
Posted by: rich@gmu at April 02, 2014 06:40 PM (RhQvZ)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 02, 2014 06:41 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 02, 2014 06:41 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 02, 2014 06:41 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: blaster at April 02, 2014 06:41 PM (4+AaH)
Posted by: eleven at April 02, 2014 10:40 PM (fsLdt)<<<
you too. sorry to hear that.
Posted by: rich@gmu at April 02, 2014 06:41 PM (RhQvZ)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at April 02, 2014 06:41 PM (jucos)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 02, 2014 06:42 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 02, 2014 06:42 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: blaster at April 02, 2014 06:43 PM (4+AaH)
Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at April 02, 2014 06:44 PM (E8IHS)
Posted by: Ghost of hallelujah at April 02, 2014 06:44 PM (5S02w)
Posted by: Moki at April 02, 2014 06:44 PM (EvHC8)
Posted by: eman at April 02, 2014 06:45 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: wheatie at April 02, 2014 10:39 PM (FWbLS)
No. I turned to get his autograph and pissed all over his leg.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2014 06:45 PM (QFxY5)
Posted by: Mr. Natural at April 02, 2014 10:34 PM (/pOl7)
All gingers are pale in comparision
Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 02, 2014 06:46 PM (FE/sZ)
Posted by: Tom Cruise at April 02, 2014 06:46 PM (WlWt+)
Posted by: Peaches at April 02, 2014 06:46 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: BunkerinTheBurbs at April 02, 2014 06:47 PM (X3xYu)
Posted by: Adam at April 02, 2014 06:47 PM (Aif/5)
multi-state crime spree to follow...
g'evenin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 02, 2014 10:38 PM (JMmQ9)
Very sorry to hear AJ -- what's the sitch?
Posted by: cthulhu at April 02, 2014 06:47 PM (cMTdx)
Posted by: Ghost of hallelujah at April 02, 2014 10:44 PM (5S02w)
wasn't he the owner or part owner of the AA team in the area.
Posted by: rich@gmu at April 02, 2014 06:47 PM (RhQvZ)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 02, 2014 06:47 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Grey Fox at April 02, 2014 06:48 PM (ahCC/)
Posted by: Moki at April 02, 2014 06:48 PM (EvHC8)
Posted by: rich@gmu at April 02, 2014 06:48 PM (RhQvZ)
Posted by: wheatie at April 02, 2014 06:48 PM (FWbLS)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 02, 2014 06:49 PM (p09Bq)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at April 02, 2014 06:49 PM (NyGF5)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 02, 2014 06:49 PM (p09Bq)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 02, 2014 06:50 PM (LgfBY)
Posted by: shredded chi at April 02, 2014 06:50 PM (1o3yd)
I was with (my unit was under admin control of) 13th ESC in 2010, this guy's unit, in Iraq. He was there in 2011, which means Operation New Dawn. There was almost nothing happening then, because the hadjis were waiting for us to leave.
Posted by: Country Singer at April 02, 2014 06:50 PM (r/e1Q)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 06:50 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Ghost of hallelujah at April 02, 2014 06:51 PM (5S02w)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at April 02, 2014 06:51 PM (HxSXm)
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 02, 2014 06:51 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 06:51 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 02, 2014 06:51 PM (ZPrif)
Interesting Brooklyn-accented voice he had, especially given he spent virtually all of the last 40 years of his life in England.
http://tinyurl.com/kwuehdu
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 02, 2014 06:52 PM (HVI5a)
eleven-
happened to me too about a month ago (about 3 weeks at this point). been running hot and cold but it has sunk in now. was down in fl recently and thought I had a lead that was promising.
Posted by: rich@gmu at April 02, 2014 06:52 PM (RhQvZ)
Posted by: Jeffrey Epstein, BFF of Bill Clinton at April 02, 2014 06:52 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 06:52 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Reggie1971 at April 02, 2014 06:52 PM (S11Oq)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 02, 2014 06:53 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 02, 2014 06:53 PM (p09Bq)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 10:52 PM (aDwsi)
More work place violence?
Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 02, 2014 06:53 PM (FE/sZ)
Posted by: Tmitsss at April 02, 2014 06:53 PM (Pa9vP)
The impression I got was that this was the way things had been done for as long as anybody I served with could remember. It may not have been Pentagon policy, but disarming soldiers on at least some military posts predates that Army policy change that Snopes mentions by at least a decade.
At the time Ft. Bragg, along with a lot of other large military installations, was wide open - no fences, no gates, anybody could drive right on post. I don't know what the official policy was, but it would have been a fools errand to try to enforce a rule against possession of personal weapons by anyone on post who didn't live in the barracks.
Posted by: AndyN at April 02, 2014 06:53 PM (Q7jvN)
Posted by: Peaches at April 02, 2014 06:53 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Searchlight's Dim Bulb Harry Reid at April 02, 2014 06:53 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at April 02, 2014 06:53 PM (E8IHS)
Posted by: Mr. Natural at April 02, 2014 06:54 PM (/pOl7)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 02, 2014 06:54 PM (nzKvP)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 02, 2014 06:54 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 02, 2014 06:54 PM (LgfBY)
Posted by: Tmitsss at April 02, 2014 06:55 PM (Pa9vP)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 02, 2014 06:55 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 02, 2014 10:51 PM (JMmQ9)-
what region? we can compare notes (richatuf1 at yahoo dot com) sorry it happened to you.
Posted by: rich@gmu at April 02, 2014 06:55 PM (RhQvZ)
after all, I have the hardware, and the disposition...
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 02, 2014 10:51 PM (JMmQ9)
oh, me, too! and i can kind of work when i feel like it, so if you do this anywhere near El Lay, i'd be proud as punch to ride shotgun. 
Posted by: Peaches at April 02, 2014 06:55 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Mr. Natural at April 02, 2014 10:54 PM (/pOl7)
I was speaking as one myself. I make Casper the Ghost look like George Hamilton
Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 02, 2014 06:55 PM (FE/sZ)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 02, 2014 06:56 PM (p09Bq)
eleven-
happened to me too about a month ago (about 3 weeks at this point). been running hot and cold but it has sunk in now. was down in fl recently and thought I had a lead that was promising.
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Me too- told about it at Halloween, done at New Years.
Several weeks doing little but the AoS lifestyle, full time employed for the last 2 months. Jobs are out there... at least here (ATL)
Posted by: BunkerinTheBurbs at April 02, 2014 06:56 PM (X3xYu)
Posted by: mallfly at April 02, 2014 06:56 PM (zjcTL)
oh, cry me a river, who isn't? shit, they'll probably put that on my tombstone.
Posted by: Peaches at April 02, 2014 06:57 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Bcochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 02, 2014 06:57 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Ghost of hallelujah at April 02, 2014 06:57 PM (5S02w)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 02, 2014 06:57 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at April 02, 2014 06:57 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 02, 2014 06:57 PM (nzKvP)
What in the hell?
MJ (Mike) Rosenberg, Senior Foreign Policy Fellow at Media Matters Action Network, tweeted this out tonight after news broke that there was another shooting at Fort Hood.
from gateway pundit
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 02, 2014 06:57 PM (hUf/y)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 02, 2014 10:54 PM (LgfBY)
From what the LTG is saying, and from what I know about his unit, he probably spent his four months deployed either in the Green Zone or at BIAP/Victory or running between there and Kuwait.
Posted by: Country Singer at April 02, 2014 06:57 PM (r/e1Q)
Posted by: BunkerinTheBurbs at April 02, 2014 10:56 PM (X3xYu)
congratulations.
and for the full moron life style i need a beer. i don't have any beer here.
Posted by: rich@gmu at April 02, 2014 06:58 PM (RhQvZ)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 02, 2014 06:59 PM (LgfBY)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 02, 2014 06:59 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 02, 2014 07:00 PM (p09Bq)
“At Least Andrew Breitbart Is Dead”
from gateway pundit
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 02, 2014 10:57 PM (hUf/y)
no
Posted by: Peaches at April 02, 2014 07:00 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 02, 2014 10:55 PM (ZPrif)
And he started shooting at 1st Medical Brigade...how much you wanna bet this guy was about to get out of the Army and wanted a PTSD diagnosis for VA disability. And then got pissed that the head shrinker was going to deny the PTSD diagnosis.
Posted by: Country Singer at April 02, 2014 07:01 PM (r/e1Q)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 02, 2014 07:02 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: BunkerinTheBurbs at April 02, 2014 07:02 PM (X3xYu)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 02, 2014 07:02 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 02, 2014 07:02 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 02, 2014 07:02 PM (p09Bq)
fify
Posted by: Peaches at April 02, 2014 07:03 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 02, 2014 07:03 PM (LgfBY)
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 02, 2014 07:03 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Mr. Dave at April 02, 2014 07:04 PM (n+8FE)
Posted by: Dorcus Blimeline at April 02, 2014 07:04 PM (iB0Q2)
Posted by: shredded chi at April 02, 2014 07:04 PM (1o3yd)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 02, 2014 07:04 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at April 02, 2014 07:04 PM (HxSXm)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 02, 2014 07:05 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 02, 2014 07:05 PM (nzKvP)
34yo Specialist/E-4, from what I understand.
Posted by: Country Singer at April 02, 2014 07:05 PM (r/e1Q)
Posted by: Bcochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 02, 2014 07:05 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 02, 2014 07:06 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 02, 2014 07:06 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 02, 2014 07:06 PM (LgfBY)
Posted by: rich@gmu at April 02, 2014 07:07 PM (RhQvZ)
Posted by: Bcochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 02, 2014 07:07 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 02, 2014 07:07 PM (p09Bq)
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 02, 2014 07:08 PM (HDwDg)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 02, 2014 07:08 PM (LgfBY)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 02, 2014 07:09 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Bcochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 02, 2014 07:09 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Navycopjoe at April 02, 2014 10:59 PM (Ech5T)
That was useful...thank you for the thoughtful perspective.
I think that your experience has colored your opinion of the non-law-enforcement population. Perfectly understandable, probably 100% correct in many cases, but ultimately elitist.
And this is what sucks about the internet. That wasn't said to be inflammatory or to be a dick. I chose the word carefully, and it is meant to describe the gulf between LEO and the rest of the world.
If I had said that across a table at a bar it would be fine....
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2014 07:09 PM (QFxY5)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 07:09 PM (aDwsi)
Yeah, I've seen that happen. During my Navy days, we had a deck seaman with narcolepsy. His E-7 (dude was not a Chief, he was an E-7) tried to railroad him on charges of malingering. Thing was, the rest of the crew knew this guy busted his ass when he was awake and went to bat for him with the XO and CO. But damn, it's pretty obviously narcolepsy when the guy walks across the flight deck and stops midstride, topples over, and starts snoring.
Posted by: Country Singer at April 02, 2014 07:09 PM (r/e1Q)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 02, 2014 07:09 PM (p09Bq)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 02, 2014 07:10 PM (LgfBY)
Posted by: RWC at April 02, 2014 07:10 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 02, 2014 11:03 PM (JMmQ9)
we gotta stop for burgers, though, okay?
Posted by: Peaches at April 02, 2014 07:10 PM (8lmkt)
@114
So...a Senior Dickhead at Media Matters, named Rosenberg, tweeted out:
“At Least Andrew Breitbart Is Dead”
....in response to the news about the Ft. Hood shooting?
You know, as Barky's poll numbers continue to bottom out...we can probably expect to see nasty, spiteful bullshit like this from his most ardent butt boys.
Like bullies, who upon realizing their power is slipping...start lashing out in illogically spiteful ways.
Posted by: wheatie at April 02, 2014 07:11 PM (FWbLS)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 07:11 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Bcochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 02, 2014 07:11 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 02, 2014 07:12 PM (LgfBY)
Posted by: Bcochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 02, 2014 07:12 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: eman at April 02, 2014 07:12 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 02, 2014 07:12 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: rich@gmu at April 02, 2014 11:07 PM (RhQvZ)
I know the Army took a lot of "older" personnel for several years. I think they raised the cutoff age for initial enlistments at 42 for a while.
Posted by: Country Singer at April 02, 2014 07:12 PM (r/e1Q)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 02, 2014 07:12 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 02, 2014 07:13 PM (HDwDg)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 02, 2014 07:14 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 07:14 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at April 02, 2014 07:14 PM (HDwDg)
Posted by: Mr. Dave at April 02, 2014 07:15 PM (n+8FE)
Posted by: Country Singer
That depends on where you were at, 3d ACR got mortars and casualties that year in Iraq. I came to the unit while they were there and heard the stories when they got back. I also witnessed a lot of Post Traumatic Stress (not necessarily the disorder) from the mortar alarms going off a couple of nights per week much of that year.
Posted by: Lumpy at April 02, 2014 07:15 PM (wBXLy)
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 02, 2014 07:15 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 02, 2014 07:15 PM (p09Bq)
Posted by: RWC at April 02, 2014 07:15 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: shredded chi at April 02, 2014 07:15 PM (1o3yd)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 07:16 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 02, 2014 07:16 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 02, 2014 11:12 PM (LgfBY)
To keep that in perspective, I was on a Perry-class FFG. Incidentally, this guy was HUGE, but not fat, about 6'6" 240 or so. All muscle...during sea and anchor detail he had Line Four...by himself.
Posted by: Country Singer at April 02, 2014 07:16 PM (r/e1Q)
Posted by: Bcochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 02, 2014 07:16 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 07:17 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 02, 2014 07:18 PM (LgfBY)
Posted by: RWC at April 02, 2014 07:19 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 02, 2014 07:19 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at April 02, 2014 07:20 PM (Aiwi+)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 02, 2014 07:20 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 02, 2014 07:21 PM (LgfBY)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 02, 2014 07:21 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 07:21 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: shredded chi at April 02, 2014 07:22 PM (1o3yd)
Posted by: Immunosuppressant at April 02, 2014 07:22 PM (wu/TK)
We were pulling PSD in Baghdad, operating out of FOB Prosperity. Took (wildly inaccurate) IDF every morning, but only had a few actually impact inside the FOB. I actually slept through it a few times when they were early.
Other Guys: "Hey, which bunker did you go to this morning? We didn't see you."
Me: "What are you talking about?"
OGs: "We took IDF this morning at 0530! Where were you?"
Me: "Ummmm....asleep."
OGs: O_o "You slept through the damn IDF alarm??!!!???"
Posted by: Country Singer at April 02, 2014 07:22 PM (r/e1Q)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 02, 2014 07:23 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at April 02, 2014 07:23 PM (Aiwi+)
Posted by: Country Singer at April 02, 2014 11:12 PM (r/e1Q)
wow. i could reenlist. surprised. when i was in a friend of mine an SSG got busted on a dui-lost 2 (base was cracking down on duis at the time and needed some examples). threw a promising career away. someone else a SGT promotable did the same.
Posted by: rich@gmu at April 02, 2014 07:23 PM (RhQvZ)
MWNP- check yer email.
CountrySinger, are you in the loop on the proposed NoGaMoMee? As I recall you are just a couple hundred miles downriver from us?
Posted by: BunkerinTheBurbs at April 02, 2014 07:23 PM (X3xYu)
About Bill Murray....
I was doing a semester at Columbia when he was filming Ghostbusters. Their on-film office was in the building in which I was taking a chemistry class.
I walked in to the bathroom to take a piss one day and found myself pissing next to Bill Murray!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2014 10:34 PM (QFxY5)
Heh.
Joey Bishop told a anecdotal joke once on the Tonight Show about Cary Grant that was similar.
He's in a casino standing near the mens room when Cary Grant walks out. With wet trousers and shoes. Joey stops CG and asks how such an elegant gentleman could piddle all over himself. CG says that he was standing at the urinal next to a tourist and they're both doing their business. Then the tourist turns to the left (Joey pantomines the action), and asks "aren't you Cary Grant?"
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 02, 2014 07:23 PM (AHzA7)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 02, 2014 07:24 PM (p09Bq)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 02, 2014 11:06 PM (ojnk6)
Better half suggests DelphiFeeds.com, halfway down the page, Wide Orbit
Posted by: Steck at April 02, 2014 07:24 PM (5i94q)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 02, 2014 07:25 PM (rDidD)
Interestingly, he didn't smoke, didn't drink, and very, very rarely cussed. A real "gentle giant."
Posted by: Country Singer at April 02, 2014 07:25 PM (r/e1Q)
Finally!
The version I know is with Arnold Palmer.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2014 07:25 PM (QFxY5)
Hmmmm.....
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Yeah. If true..., that says something. Posted by: Mike Hammer
It might just say that he started late, I went through Basic with a 34yo PV2. Combine a late start with high cut-off scores and it doesn't mean much.
But he is also a murdering s**tstain so it probably means whatever you think.
Posted by: Lumpy at April 02, 2014 07:25 PM (wBXLy)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 02, 2014 07:25 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 02, 2014 11:25 PM (rDidD)
She was okay...a little needy.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2014 07:26 PM (QFxY5)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 02, 2014 07:26 PM (p09Bq)
Posted by: Country Singer at April 02, 2014 07:26 PM (r/e1Q)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 02, 2014 07:27 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 07:27 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at April 02, 2014 07:28 PM (WdbF7)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 02, 2014 07:28 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: eleven at April 02, 2014 07:28 PM (fsLdt)
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 02, 2014 11:15 PM (JMmQ9)
not sure what industry you are in but a number of companies are hiring in the Melbourne FL area: Embraer and Harris I know about.
Posted by: rich@gmu at April 02, 2014 07:29 PM (RhQvZ)
765 voters with an exact match of first and last name, DOB and last four digits of SSN were registered in N.C. and another state and voted in N.C. and the other state in the 2012 general election.
35,750 voters with the same first and last name and DOB were registered in N.C. and another state and voted in both states in the 2012 general election.
Widespread voter fraud in just one state, with it an incomplete look because a bunch of states don't have or give access to the data. This isn't like the previous stories, like 6 people charged with voter fraud in Ohio.
This could be the start of a real smoking gun version.
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 02, 2014 07:29 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: shredded chi at April 02, 2014 07:30 PM (1o3yd)
Posted by: BunkerinTheBurbs at April 02, 2014 07:30 PM (X3xYu)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 02, 2014 07:31 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Hats, Damn Hats, and Statistics at April 02, 2014 07:31 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 02, 2014 07:32 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 02, 2014 07:32 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 02, 2014 07:32 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at April 02, 2014 07:32 PM (zT0DN)
Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at April 02, 2014 07:32 PM (zT0DN)
Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at April 02, 2014 07:32 PM (zT0DN)
Cool. If I can make it, I'll be there. Are the details in the yahoo group?
Posted by: Country Singer at April 02, 2014 07:32 PM (r/e1Q)
Cool. If I can make it, I'll be there. Are the details in the yahoo group?
Posted by: Country Singer at April 02, 2014 07:32 PM (r/e1Q)
Cool. If I can make it, I'll be there. Are the details in the yahoo group?
Posted by: Country Singer at April 02, 2014 07:32 PM (r/e1Q)
Posted by: Country Singer at April 02, 2014 11:22 PM (r/e1Q)
I did that quite a few times at FOB Shank in Afghanistan. Actually, a couple of times the alarm woke me up and then I just rolled over and went back to sleep.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 02, 2014 07:32 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: Country Singer at April 02, 2014 11:22 PM (r/e1Q)
I did that quite a few times at FOB Shank in Afghanistan. Actually, a couple of times the alarm woke me up and then I just rolled over and went back to sleep.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 02, 2014 07:32 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: Country Singer at April 02, 2014 11:22 PM (r/e1Q)
I did that quite a few times at FOB Shank in Afghanistan. Actually, a couple of times the alarm woke me up and then I just rolled over and went back to sleep.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 02, 2014 07:32 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 02, 2014 11:31 PM (HVff2)
Which reminds me, the Lieutenant Dan Band is playing here this weekend.
Posted by: Country Singer at April 02, 2014 07:33 PM (r/e1Q)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 02, 2014 11:31 PM (HVff2)
Which reminds me, the Lieutenant Dan Band is playing here this weekend.
Posted by: Country Singer at April 02, 2014 07:33 PM (r/e1Q)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 02, 2014 11:31 PM (HVff2)
Which reminds me, the Lieutenant Dan Band is playing here this weekend.
Posted by: Country Singer at April 02, 2014 07:33 PM (r/e1Q)
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 02, 2014 07:33 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 02, 2014 07:33 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 02, 2014 07:33 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: thunderb at April 02, 2014 07:34 PM (zOTsN)
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Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 07:34 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 07:34 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 07:34 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 02, 2014 07:34 PM (LgfBY)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 02, 2014 07:34 PM (LgfBY)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 02, 2014 07:34 PM (LgfBY)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 02, 2014 07:35 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 02, 2014 07:35 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 02, 2014 07:35 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 07:35 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 07:35 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 07:35 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 02, 2014 07:35 PM (LgfBY)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 02, 2014 07:35 PM (LgfBY)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 02, 2014 07:35 PM (LgfBY)
Posted by: kbdabear at April 02, 2014 07:35 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: kbdabear at April 02, 2014 07:35 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: kbdabear at April 02, 2014 07:35 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 07:35 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 07:35 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 07:35 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 02, 2014 07:36 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 02, 2014 07:36 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 02, 2014 07:36 PM (ZPrif)
Good chance he was on med hold, since he was being evaluated.
Posted by: Country Singer at April 02, 2014 07:36 PM (r/e1Q)
Good chance he was on med hold, since he was being evaluated.
Posted by: Country Singer at April 02, 2014 07:36 PM (r/e1Q)
Good chance he was on med hold, since he was being evaluated.
Posted by: Country Singer at April 02, 2014 07:36 PM (r/e1Q)
This could be the start of a real smoking gun version.
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 02, 2014 11:29 PM
Local Crime Story
Posted by: CNN at April 02, 2014 07:37 PM (aTXUx)
This could be the start of a real smoking gun version.
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 02, 2014 11:29 PM
Local Crime Story
Posted by: CNN at April 02, 2014 07:37 PM (aTXUx)
This could be the start of a real smoking gun version.
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 02, 2014 11:29 PM
Local Crime Story
Posted by: CNN at April 02, 2014 07:37 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 02, 2014 07:38 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 02, 2014 07:38 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 02, 2014 07:38 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 02, 2014 07:38 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 02, 2014 07:38 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 02, 2014 07:38 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: kbdabear at April 02, 2014 07:39 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: kbdabear at April 02, 2014 07:39 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: kbdabear at April 02, 2014 07:39 PM (aTXUx)
218 Doesn't anyone but me think that the double voting story in the sidebar is a Big Fcuking Deal?
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I do, GnuBreed.
"35,750 voters with the same first and last name and DOB[/I]"....were registered and voted, in two different states THAT WE KNOW OF.
That's 70, 000 fraudulent votes right there.
Again...that we know of.
You can damn well bet that this was happening all over the country.
Numbers like that add up in a hurry...into the millions.
Posted by: wheatie at April 02, 2014 07:39 PM (FWbLS)
218 Doesn't anyone but me think that the double voting story in the sidebar is a Big Fcuking Deal?
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I do, GnuBreed.
"35,750 voters with the same first and last name and DOB[/I]"....were registered and voted, in two different states THAT WE KNOW OF.
That's 70, 000 fraudulent votes right there.
Again...that we know of.
You can damn well bet that this was happening all over the country.
Numbers like that add up in a hurry...into the millions.
Posted by: wheatie at April 02, 2014 07:39 PM (FWbLS)
218 Doesn't anyone but me think that the double voting story in the sidebar is a Big Fcuking Deal?
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I do, GnuBreed.
"35,750 voters with the same first and last name and DOB[/I]"....were registered and voted, in two different states THAT WE KNOW OF.
That's 70, 000 fraudulent votes right there.
Again...that we know of.
You can damn well bet that this was happening all over the country.
Numbers like that add up in a hurry...into the millions.
Posted by: wheatie at April 02, 2014 07:39 PM (FWbLS)
Posted by: thunderb at April 02, 2014 11:34 PM (zOTsN)
Older enlistee, probably didn't have much of a career before the Army. 88M promotion is hard with very high cutoff scores, especially with the draw down, so it's entirely possible that he simply didn't make the cut each time. Or he could be a dirtbag who hadn't faced the chopping block yet.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 02, 2014 07:40 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: thunderb at April 02, 2014 11:34 PM (zOTsN)
Older enlistee, probably didn't have much of a career before the Army. 88M promotion is hard with very high cutoff scores, especially with the draw down, so it's entirely possible that he simply didn't make the cut each time. Or he could be a dirtbag who hadn't faced the chopping block yet.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 02, 2014 07:40 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: thunderb at April 02, 2014 11:34 PM (zOTsN)
Older enlistee, probably didn't have much of a career before the Army. 88M promotion is hard with very high cutoff scores, especially with the draw down, so it's entirely possible that he simply didn't make the cut each time. Or he could be a dirtbag who hadn't faced the chopping block yet.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 02, 2014 07:40 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 02, 2014 07:40 PM (LgfBY)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 02, 2014 07:40 PM (LgfBY)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 02, 2014 07:40 PM (LgfBY)
Posted by: thunderb at April 02, 2014 07:40 PM (zOTsN)
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Posted by: Grey Fox at April 02, 2014 07:40 PM (ahCC/)
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Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 02, 2014 07:40 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 02, 2014 07:40 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 02, 2014 07:40 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 02, 2014 07:40 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 02, 2014 07:40 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 02, 2014 07:40 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: thunderb at April 02, 2014 07:42 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: thunderb at April 02, 2014 07:42 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: thunderb at April 02, 2014 07:42 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 02, 2014 11:23 PM (AHzA7)
Finally!
The version I know is with Arnold Palmer.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2014 11:25 PM (QFxY5)
Bishop did the joke with a pretty damned good Cary Grant voice impression. Carson and McMahon were totally broken up.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 02, 2014 07:42 PM (AHzA7)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 02, 2014 11:23 PM (AHzA7)
Finally!
The version I know is with Arnold Palmer.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2014 11:25 PM (QFxY5)
Bishop did the joke with a pretty damned good Cary Grant voice impression. Carson and McMahon were totally broken up.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 02, 2014 07:42 PM (AHzA7)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 02, 2014 11:23 PM (AHzA7)
Finally!
The version I know is with Arnold Palmer.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 02, 2014 11:25 PM (QFxY5)
Bishop did the joke with a pretty damned good Cary Grant voice impression. Carson and McMahon were totally broken up.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 02, 2014 07:42 PM (AHzA7)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 02, 2014 07:43 PM (LgfBY)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 02, 2014 07:43 PM (LgfBY)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 02, 2014 07:43 PM (LgfBY)
Posted by: mindful webworker, hiding behind that fern at April 02, 2014 07:43 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: Erowmero at April 02, 2014 07:43 PM (1gcFZ)
Good point. Longest I've seen is about two years, but that was associated with a service-related injury requiring multiple surgeries. And I'm thinking "med hold" not in the sense of "waiting to be boarded and discharged," but "we're sticking you in a crap job until you're healed up and can be returned to full duty."
Posted by: Country Singer at April 02, 2014 07:44 PM (r/e1Q)
The medical evaluation board process on the Army-side is broken. It's taking years for some soldiers to get through, and those are the ones who want to get out. If this guy wanted to fight the process or the determination, then yeah, he could drag it out two, three, or four years.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 02, 2014 07:45 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 02, 2014 07:45 PM (JMmQ9)
PTSD comes from an event, not time. IF (IF!!) in those 4 months he got flipped in a truck or saw body parts or got raped or some other bad thing...
Why so late to claim...beats me.
I'm in a transition unit, some are found fit for duty and put back to regular units. Which might have been part of his problem with the world.
Posted by: Lumpy at April 02, 2014 07:45 PM (wBXLy)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 02, 2014 11:43 PM (LgfBY)
The National Guard being the exception.
Posted by: Country Singer at April 02, 2014 07:45 PM (r/e1Q)
Ace? Make it die!
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at April 02, 2014 07:46 PM (pgQxn)
238...Snopes is good for non-political stuff. But if it's political they always come down on the side that benefits the Left.
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But these days...what is "non-political"?
The Left politicizes everything, and therefore makes everything political.
They even politicize the fucking weather.
Posted by: wheatie at April 02, 2014 07:46 PM (FWbLS)
Posted by: Navycopjoe at April 02, 2014 07:47 PM (WnvXh)
Posted by: Eric 'The Red' Holder at April 02, 2014 07:47 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 02, 2014 07:47 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 02, 2014 07:48 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Teenaged Son at April 02, 2014 07:49 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 02, 2014 07:50 PM (LgfBY)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 02, 2014 07:50 PM (HVff2)
I can make more generals, but horses cost money.
Posted by: A. Lincoln (R-IL) at April 02, 2014 07:50 PM (r/e1Q)
Posted by: shredded chi at April 02, 2014 07:50 PM (1o3yd)
Posted by: Navycopjoe at April 02, 2014 07:51 PM (WnvXh)
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 02, 2014 07:51 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 02, 2014 07:51 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 07:51 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Sockster at April 02, 2014 07:52 PM (MV98J)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 02, 2014 07:52 PM (LgfBY)
Posted by: RWC at April 02, 2014 07:53 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 02, 2014 07:53 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at April 02, 2014 07:53 PM (HxSXm)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at April 02, 2014 07:54 PM (e8kgV)
http://tinyurl.com/kj2h89h
Posted by: kbdabear at April 02, 2014 11:35 PM (aTXUx)
That poor woman is structurally unsound. She needs something besides her aching back to hold those up. I would make the modest proposal to hold the weight of those heavy things so she can rest.
Posted by: Lumpy at April 02, 2014 07:55 PM (wBXLy)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 07:55 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 02, 2014 07:56 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Navycopjoe at April 02, 2014 07:56 PM (WnvXh)
He had a quill pen and a telegraph.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 02, 2014 07:56 PM (TtEhW)
Posted by: Sockster at April 02, 2014 07:56 PM (MV98J)
Posted by: Navycopjoe at April 02, 2014 11:52 PM (WnvXh)
Yep. I can't remember all of the details of the story, but evidently a report came in that a general and 200 horses had been captured, and Lincoln was upset about the horses. When asked why he wasn't overly concerned about the loss of a general, that was his reply.
Posted by: Country Singer at April 02, 2014 07:58 PM (r/e1Q)
256...Good and hardy people, the Cherokees. ((Is that rayciss? Oh my!!))
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Yes, they are, mindful...and no, that's not rayciss.
I have some Cherokee in my ancestry.
Enough to be on the roles...but my great-grandparents left the roles and assimilated into the white man's world, voluntarily.
Interesting thing about Oklahoma these days...
There are a lot of blond, blue eyed Cherokees and Choctaws.
It's like that Scandi gene for blond hair/blue eyes is more dominant that people thought it was.
Posted by: wheatie at April 02, 2014 07:59 PM (FWbLS)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 02, 2014 08:00 PM (LgfBY)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 08:00 PM (aDwsi)
We had several like that, guys who liked the unit for whatever reason, location, camraderie, or just didn't want to be an NCO. So they'd sit in that E4 slot year after year after year. It's a bit disconcerting to see a 60yo E4.
Posted by: Country Singer at April 02, 2014 08:01 PM (r/e1Q)
Posted by: Aaron Rogers at April 02, 2014 08:01 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at April 02, 2014 08:02 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 02, 2014 08:02 PM (rDidD)
"the modern Cherokees would've been stuck down South, instead of in glorious Oklahoma. "
I personally gave them an additional ~$400 in "reparations" last weekend, and will go back.
I've always heard the only reason they have land in NC is that it was impossible to pull them out for the relo to OK . (not sheltering in place, BTW)
Hammer- that's more your neck of the woods, is that true?
Posted by: BunkerinTheBurbs at April 02, 2014 08:02 PM (X3xYu)
298 I hear the cherokee hated gingers.
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Never heard of that, garrett.
They prized blond hair...called it "corn tassel" hair.
So they probably prized gingers too.
Posted by: wheatie at April 02, 2014 08:03 PM (FWbLS)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 02, 2014 08:04 PM (rDidD)
Adjusting my tinfoil hat a bit for comfort, I'm guessing that the states they didn't examine for crossmatches were more likely than not to be of the blue variety.
Cuz they didn't cooperate.
P. Hat, out of a field of 35,000 with same first and last name and DOB as me, you should get about 4 (1:10,000) with the same last 4 SSN digits.
There were 765. This seems a bit higher than random chance right there, don't cha think? Though I think this matching problem is closer to the birthday paradox, where in a crowd of people the odds of someone having your birthday approaches 50% with just 23 people present.
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 02, 2014 08:04 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: M at April 02, 2014 08:04 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at April 02, 2014 08:04 PM (WdbF7)
Posted by: Sockster at April 02, 2014 08:05 PM (MV98J)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 02, 2014 08:05 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Carol at April 02, 2014 08:06 PM (gjOCp)
Posted by: Country Singer at April 02, 2014 08:06 PM (r/e1Q)
Posted by: thunderb at April 02, 2014 08:06 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: M at April 02, 2014 08:07 PM (aDwsi)
When I was in Iraq (mostly Baghdad, IZ) the indirect fire (IDF) was very inaccurate and rarely effective. But the audio characteristics of the compound and the fact that there was only reaction, never warning, led to some laughs.
Sharp crack, slight shock wave (as felt in a trailer surrounded by sandbags). Mortar attack. Maybe a second round hits (rarely). Thirty seconds pass. Sirens start wailing. Then - best part - the public address system comes on (otherwise you never heard it), and the voice says "Attention in the compound, we are under attack ..... (then the words become garbled/inaudible due to bad echo, voice not carrying around all the trailers and sandbags etc) ..... immediately!"
Seriously. It was like a movie. You could hear laughter many times as people in their trailers reacted to the "(inaudible) immediately!" message.
We came to mock the system - "Attention in the compound, you have just been attacked. If you didn't notice, wake up, or sober up, and if you're under General Order No. 1 you are in deep shit".
Posted by: non-purist at April 02, 2014 08:08 PM (afQnV)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 02, 2014 08:10 PM (LgfBY)
Freaking Rudolph. You are right, same culture/response to some degree.
And yet Jewell's momma never got her Disney movies back.
(and I was present at the park that night)
Posted by: BunkerinTheBurbs at April 02, 2014 08:10 PM (X3xYu)
Ft. Bliss is also in Texas.
Posted by: Lumpy at April 02, 2014 08:10 PM (wBXLy)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 02, 2014 08:11 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 08:11 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Piercello at April 02, 2014 08:11 PM (jJ97i)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 02, 2014 08:13 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Piercello at April 03, 2014 12:11 AM (jJ97i)
*snort* we'll get right on that!
Posted by: MFMSM at April 02, 2014 08:13 PM (M+evy)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 02, 2014 08:16 PM (aDwsi)
One the units I was in was like that...and it was a Det. They were infamous for their Christmas party. Every year they'd pull a Bradley onto the drill hall floor and open it up. There were actually two parties: the daytime one where you brought the kids and Santa showed up and the kids could clamber around on the Brad. Then there was the adults-only night party, during which late at night adult activities were known to have taken place in the Brad.
I came in the next day after one such Christmas party and noticed that the Brad wasn't in the same place it had been the night before. Then I noticed that the TOW launcher was hanging off at a 45 degree angle.
Later, I found out that among other things, the Brad may or may not have been spotted by local LEOs tearing up and down Highway 25 at 0230 and following that in the woods behind the armory.
OK, now going to actually call it a night.
Posted by: Country Singer at April 02, 2014 08:17 PM (r/e1Q)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 02, 2014 08:18 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 02, 2014 08:19 PM (HVff2)
Thanks, piercello. Most of the East coast and CA did not participate, but a few true blue ones like IL did. Surprisingly, TX and FL didn't either. hmmm.
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 02, 2014 08:19 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 02, 2014 08:19 PM (LgfBY)
331 voter fraud should be a capital crime. more or less treason.
Posted by: yankeefifth
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Yep. I second that.
Because...as we are seeing, elections have consequences.
And in some cases dire consequences that affect life and death.
Posted by: wheatie at April 02, 2014 08:19 PM (FWbLS)
27 states and NC cooperated? It's a good start for a bigger investigation, but the media will ignore it and claim racism if they can't.
I don't know if anything will come from it, just like the voters registered to vacant lots in Houston.
Posted by: Lumpy at April 02, 2014 08:19 PM (wBXLy)
All true Hammer.
I thought the AJC finally had to pay the estate some money, out of court? Either way, that guy got screwed by the "24 hour rule" LONG before homeland security or 9/11.
Posted by: BunkerinTheBurbs at April 02, 2014 08:19 PM (X3xYu)
Posted by: Red Shirt at April 02, 2014 08:23 PM (M+evy)
Posted by: RWC at April 02, 2014 08:23 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: Senator hagan at April 02, 2014 08:23 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 02, 2014 08:24 PM (LgfBY)
Posted by: The Raptured Hat at April 02, 2014 08:25 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 02, 2014 08:25 PM (ojnk6)
>>>Posted by: GnuBreed at April 03, 2014 12:19 AM (wNF3N)
might be worried about the illegal population. va was sending out letters to those registered in 2 states.<<<
>>>Scariest thought about my perceived Rapture was I'm still here and The Horde is gone.
What did I do wrong?!?
Posted by: RWC at April 03, 2014 12:23 AM (QeH9j) <<<
yikes!!!
Posted by: rich@gmu at April 02, 2014 08:28 PM (RhQvZ)
Fundamental problem with trying to clear up the dirty (and exploited) voter rolls is that the federal courts keep rudely slapping down such efforts. Voting Rights Act and all that.
Gosh, is that ancient thing still around? When does it finally expire?
It DID expire. During George W. Bush's presidency. He reauthorized it without so much as the smallest peep of protest.
Posted by: torquewrench at April 02, 2014 08:28 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: RWC at April 02, 2014 08:29 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: Navycopjoe at April 02, 2014 08:30 PM (LDwc9)
Posted by: RWC at April 02, 2014 08:30 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: thunderb at April 02, 2014 08:30 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Alana at April 02, 2014 08:32 PM (lEplg)
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at April 02, 2014 08:32 PM (e9Tw7)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 02, 2014 08:33 PM (rDidD)
355
Posted by: BunkerinTheBurbs at April 03, 2014 12:19 AM (X3xYu)
Janet Reno.
What a slippery slope it has been.
Posted by: BunkerinTheBurbs at April 02, 2014 08:33 PM (X3xYu)
Posted by: Alana at April 02, 2014 08:34 PM (lEplg)
361 Wait wait - you said 5/10 - lemme see ehat day that is.
I think it is a Monday, but Hammer is coming through town.
Posted by: BunkerinTheBurbs at April 02, 2014 08:35 PM (X3xYu)
Posted by: BunkerinTheBurbs at April 03, 2014 12:33 AM (X3xYu)
and Eric Holder, her deputy, got a promotion. failing upwards.
Posted by: rich@gmu at April 02, 2014 08:36 PM (RhQvZ)
Posted by: shredded chi at April 02, 2014 08:36 PM (1o3yd)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 02, 2014 08:38 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 02, 2014 08:39 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Alana at April 02, 2014 08:39 PM (lEplg)
Posted by: shredded chi at April 03, 2014 12:36 AM (1o3yd)
never too early. you brought food, yeah!
Posted by: rich@gmu at April 02, 2014 08:39 PM (RhQvZ)
Posted by: RWC at April 02, 2014 08:40 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: UWP at April 02, 2014 08:40 PM (KAmBO)
Posted by: shredded chi at April 02, 2014 08:40 PM (1o3yd)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 02, 2014 08:41 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2014 08:42 PM (XCLgZ)
Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2014 08:43 PM (XCLgZ)
Posted by: Alana at April 02, 2014 08:44 PM (lEplg)
Posted by: UWP at April 02, 2014 08:44 PM (KAmBO)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2014 12:38 AM (rDidD)
unions, bankruptcy ... anyway, when I was googling a brand of apple pie that was in the vending machines of the place i used to work i found that there is a such thing as NYC Standards for Food Vending Machines ...
no fucking way ... it is only a 2 page document but still.
no fucking way.
Posted by: rich@gmu at April 02, 2014 08:44 PM (RhQvZ)
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at April 03, 2014 12:32 AM (e9Tw7)
have a fantastic and safe visit.
Posted by: rich@gmu at April 02, 2014 08:45 PM (RhQvZ)
Posted by: shredded chi at April 02, 2014 08:47 PM (1o3yd)
371 entirely serious, it is undermining everyone's rights as a citizen and it is essential to make the punishment so severe as to prevent anyone from even considering in engaging in voter fraud.
no strikes either. I
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2014 12:33 AM (rDidD)
I thought you were. Voting is a sacred right. If you don't own something or are on the .gov allowance. Sorry, no vote for you.
Same arguement againt public sector unions. You're voting on my money? Fuck you.
Posted by: RWC at April 03, 2014 12:40 AM (QeH9j)
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*swoons*
This ...times 1000.
I've thought the same...that people on welfare, etc./the public dole, should forfeit their voting privileges until such time as they're not on the public dole.
The parasites are going to continue to eat the Host until there is nothing left.
Posted by: wheatie at April 02, 2014 08:49 PM (FWbLS)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 02, 2014 08:49 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: shredded chi at April 02, 2014 08:50 PM (1o3yd)
None whatsoever. Zero.
Name me one case prosecuted successfully in the last two decades.
I can recall a case in Alamo, CA about 1995, whereas a guy registered his pet as a Democrat.
He got a fine of about a hundred bucks.
Posted by: navybrat at April 02, 2014 08:51 PM (JgC5a)
Posted by: shredded chi at April 03, 2014 12:36 AM (1o3yd)
3 albums ...
mechanical animals
life is peachy
becoming x
hope i don't get stuck on a deserted island with only those to play.
Posted by: rich@gmu at April 02, 2014 08:51 PM (RhQvZ)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at April 02, 2014 08:52 PM (HxSXm)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 02, 2014 08:54 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2014 08:55 PM (XCLgZ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2014 12:49 AM (rDidD)
i am just in disbelief. sure taxing the machines and product, whatever, but actual fucking food standards. it is fucking vending machine food-i expect it to be unhealthy. as a matter of fact, i want it to be unhealthy. i want to feel my arteries clog when i eat that meatpaste sandwich.
Posted by: rich@gmu at April 02, 2014 08:55 PM (RhQvZ)
Posted by: RWC at April 02, 2014 08:57 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2014 08:57 PM (XCLgZ)
Posted by: Alana at April 02, 2014 08:58 PM (lEplg)
Posted by: shredded chi at April 02, 2014 08:58 PM (QVbQw)
Posted by: Meatloaf at April 02, 2014 08:59 PM (XCLgZ)
This Voting-by-Mail business seems made to order for Vote Fraud.
An honor system doesn't work when there are people with no honor.
Posted by: wheatie at April 02, 2014 08:59 PM (FWbLS)
Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2014 09:00 PM (XCLgZ)
Posted by: RWC at April 02, 2014 09:00 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: Carol at April 02, 2014 09:01 PM (gjOCp)
Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2014 09:03 PM (XCLgZ)
Posted by: rich@gmu at April 02, 2014 09:03 PM (RhQvZ)
Posted by: The Farmer at April 02, 2014 09:05 PM (eBupg)
Posted by: Carol at April 02, 2014 09:05 PM (gjOCp)
Posted by: shredded chi at April 03, 2014 12:58 AM (QVbQw)
sorry, it is that bad. been meaning to go through my mom's classical music collection (records and cds and she had quite a bit). something in there will take the edge off.
Posted by: rich@gmu at April 02, 2014 09:05 PM (RhQvZ)
Posted by: shredded chi at April 02, 2014 09:09 PM (QVbQw)
for becoming x i'll sub in el oso
mechanical animals stays.
diamond eyes, el oso, and mechanical animals///and I've got beer.
Posted by: rich@gmu at April 02, 2014 09:10 PM (RhQvZ)
Posted by: RWC at April 02, 2014 09:10 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 02, 2014 09:11 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2014 09:12 PM (XCLgZ)
Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2014 09:16 PM (XCLgZ)
http://tinyurl.com/pb62f2v
S. Palin is in it, so you'll be hearing about it tomorrow.
Whether you want to or not.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 02, 2014 09:18 PM (0AKks)
Posted by: shredded chi at April 02, 2014 09:18 PM (QVbQw)
Posted by: The Temporal Hat at April 02, 2014 09:18 PM (AymDN)
'Waiting For Columbus' - Little Feat
I was SHOCKED to learn last week that the wife didn't know about this album... She has been listening to it around the clock since.
Hell she's older than me.
Posted by: BunkerinTheBurbs at April 02, 2014 09:18 PM (X3xYu)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 02, 2014 09:19 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at April 03, 2014 12:52 AM (HxSXm)
you don't say. see some diplomatic plates too.
Posted by: rich@gmu at April 02, 2014 09:20 PM (RhQvZ)
Posted by: Carol at April 02, 2014 09:20 PM (gjOCp)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at April 02, 2014 09:20 PM (HxSXm)
Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2014 09:21 PM (XCLgZ)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at April 02, 2014 09:24 PM (HxSXm)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 02, 2014 09:27 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 02, 2014 09:29 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at April 02, 2014 09:29 PM (HxSXm)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 02, 2014 09:29 PM (rDidD)
Blue Oyster Cult '1'
Then I'd take
David Bowie -- Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
And I really don't want to pick a third, cuz that would be the end of choice.
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 02, 2014 09:29 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: shredded chi at April 02, 2014 09:31 PM (QVbQw)
Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2014 09:34 PM (XCLgZ)
Mero gets it, as do many of you as well, but I'm thinking this report could pry the doors wide open. No longer a few underlings in ACORN or the IRS, but the Big Picture. The report is a cross reference across 28 states to just one state, NC.
Imagine a 57 state cross reference to each other. Oof.
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 02, 2014 09:35 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2014 09:37 PM (XCLgZ)
Posted by: Carol at April 02, 2014 09:37 PM (gjOCp)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 02, 2014 09:38 PM (rDidD)
425 Don't know about y5 but the ***swoon*** made my night.
Love the 'ettes.
Posted by: RWC at April 03, 2014 12:57
wasn't sure if I was in on the swoon but I am a fan of swooning in general.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2014 01:27 AM (rDidD)
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Actually, Y5...you had me swoonin first with what you said about hanging them scurvy vote fraudsters.
That is what 'capital offense' means, right?
String em up?
Then RWC replied with his sweet talk about the parasites on welfare and govt unions....
And ooh!
I was just overcome by the hotness of it all.
*fans self*
Posted by: wheatie at April 02, 2014 09:38 PM (FWbLS)
shredded chi ... you have seen the butcher, beauty school and risk on deftones diamond eyes are all brilliant. Great Big White World and User Friendly are great on mechanical animals (been one of those ... months)
>>>428 man, it is slow here this evening, I guess everyone is all worn from the earlier thread.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2014 01:29 AM (rDidD) <<<
well I've got beer and I'm sharing ... beer through the usb port.
Posted by: rich@gmu at April 02, 2014 09:39 PM (RhQvZ)
428 man, it is slow here this evening, I guess everyone is all worn from the earlier thread.
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2014 01:29 AM (rDidD)
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I keep getting tossed off the internet by my stooped dsl connection.
So...I've been flouncing in and out, doing some chores in the meantime.
Posted by: wheatie at April 02, 2014 09:42 PM (FWbLS)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 02, 2014 09:43 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: wheatie at April 02, 2014 09:43 PM (FWbLS)
Posted by: Carol at April 02, 2014 09:43 PM (gjOCp)
Posted by: rickl at April 02, 2014 09:45 PM (sdi6R)
Flouncing, eh? I'm thinking 'pics'.
Flouncing is hard to do correctly.
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 02, 2014 09:46 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at April 03, 2014 01:24 AM (HxSXm)
we've got a lot of PA students which surprised me when I started.
Posted by: rich@gmu at April 02, 2014 09:47 PM (RhQvZ)
Posted by: Carol at April 02, 2014 09:48 PM (gjOCp)
What I wouldn't give to have been there for that.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at April 02, 2014 09:52 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: Carol at April 02, 2014 09:55 PM (gjOCp)
Posted by: Adriane... at April 02, 2014 10:07 PM (qoKTg)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at April 02, 2014 10:08 PM (HxSXm)
Posted by: shredded chi at April 02, 2014 10:15 PM (QVbQw)
449...you know I imagined you flouncing in an out of here exactly like the little lady in pink.
Posted by: yankeefifth
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Heee.
*blows smooch*
*flounces out to go put clothes in dryer*
BBiaB
Posted by: wheatie at April 02, 2014 10:18 PM (FWbLS)
Posted by: shredded chi at April 02, 2014 10:20 PM (QVbQw)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at April 03, 2014 02:08 AM (HxSXm)
just what we need ... more diversity and sustainability facilitators
...and fuck me that i spelled that all correctly with a Newcastle in hand.
Posted by: rich@gmu at April 02, 2014 10:21 PM (RhQvZ)
FWIW, I never fully appreciated SRV until well after Alpine Valley. I was still a snot-nosed 19-year-old who thought guitar playing began and ended with Yngwie Malmsteen. I'd have probably done the same thing you did.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at April 02, 2014 10:22 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: Navycopjoe at April 02, 2014 10:23 PM (MMpL5)
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 02, 2014 10:24 PM (wNF3N)
That's because you're such a good sport about it ncj
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 02, 2014 10:26 PM (wNF3N)
http://tinyurl.com/luze6ob
But we can't. We have no freaking space program to speak of.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 02, 2014 10:26 PM (1cFNy)
I can go months without getting a response to a comment here, and now that I'm getting drunk by a fire at 2AM, I see my name?
Don't you know that it's different for girls?
Posted by: shredded chi at April 03, 2014 02:20 AM (QVbQw) <<<
lol ... definitely some soul coughing. it is about 2 30 on the ONT and we are only up to 454 comments.
barely time for the porn search to start
Posted by: rich@gmu at April 02, 2014 10:27 PM (RhQvZ)
Posted by: Navycopjoe at April 02, 2014 10:28 PM (MMpL5)
Posted by: garrett at April 02, 2014 10:30 PM (9Dppf)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2014 02:05 AM (rDidD)
on that last one i was expecting one of those prison group dances (fillipino?) or some weird north Korean stadium dance (fucking insane) ...
Posted by: rich@gmu at April 02, 2014 10:30 PM (RhQvZ)
Posted by: shredded chi at April 02, 2014 10:31 PM (QVbQw)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 03, 2014 02:26 AM (1cFNy)
there is quite a bit of science to back up the giant impact hypothesis of the moon but going there and kicking over a few rocks would be a good idea.
Posted by: rich@gmu at April 02, 2014 10:33 PM (RhQvZ)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 02, 2014 10:34 PM (1cFNy)
You know, I am so glad to see articles being written about the parallels between the Religion of Global Warming...and Islam.
We've been saying that around here for some time.
There really isn't much difference between:
"Death to the Non-believers!"
and
"Death to the Deniers!"
Heh...and I love that cartoon about it, above.
Posted by: wheatie at April 02, 2014 10:37 PM (FWbLS)
thanks pixy ... lets see if i can get this through ... drunk
weird nk shit
http://tinyurl.com/mfobpd
Posted by: rich@gmu at April 02, 2014 10:38 PM (RhQvZ)
Russia and China are working to get to the moon...to mine for Helium³.
It was abundant in those moon samples that we brought back.
Helium³ is thought to be the answer for cold fusion, or something.
Posted by: wheatie at April 02, 2014 10:41 PM (FWbLS)
Posted by: Adriane... at April 02, 2014 10:49 PM (qoKTg)
Posted by: Adriane... at April 02, 2014 10:54 PM (qoKTg)
http://tinyurl.com/mfobpd
Interesting stuff, rich. Just the other day I was reflecting on the power of the State, even a small State. This is why we must pay heed to any gathering of just several million souls under one ideology -- They do have a true power. It cannot be ignored.
The world only pays heed to us because we are a large grouping, with enormous power.
TFG being real busy trying to diminish us in that.
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 02, 2014 10:54 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 02, 2014 10:56 PM (rDidD)
The movie, '2001: A Space Odyssey' came out April 2, 1968.
We were supposed to be flying back and forth to the moon by now.
Posted by: wheatie at April 02, 2014 10:56 PM (FWbLS)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 02, 2014 10:57 PM (rDidD)
This looks...interesting, too.
http://www.interstellarmovie.com/
It's a Christopher Nolan film.
But I think they go out in space through a wormhole, instead of space ships.
Posted by: wheatie at April 02, 2014 11:00 PM (FWbLS)
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 02, 2014 11:01 PM (AymDN)
Imagine a state that can produce enough nuclear weapons to destroy the entire world, each and every year.
WE are that state.
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 02, 2014 11:01 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 02, 2014 11:03 PM (AymDN)
480...detroit / dark side of moon, same difference.
Posted by: yankeefifth
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I think I'd rather go to the dark side of the moon.
It's gotta be cleaner than Detroit.
And 'dark side' is really kind of a misnomer, isn't it?
It gets light.
But it's hidden from us.
We should probably be calling it the 'hidden side' of the moon.
Posted by: wheatie at April 02, 2014 11:06 PM (FWbLS)
Posted by: Shoemaker Levy 9 at April 02, 2014 11:07 PM (qoKTg)
Posted by: The LARPer's Hat at April 02, 2014 11:08 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: Luke! I am your father ... at April 02, 2014 11:09 PM (qoKTg)
483 Am I the only one getting a audio commercial when visiting the main ace.mu.nu page?
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 03, 2014 03:01 AM (AymDN)
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You're getting an audio ad?
What does it say?
I just checked...and nope, not getting anything audio.
Seeing ads for Eddie Bauer leggings.
Posted by: wheatie at April 02, 2014 11:10 PM (FWbLS)
They be fucked. Their current plan is 'shelter in place'. Now where oh where have I heard this phrase recently.
NASA has looked at a bunch of options, blown some bucks on each, and are no closer to an answer today than when when they started looking in the early 90s.
Their best plan to date is to BOHICA.
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 02, 2014 11:10 PM (wNF3N)
492 Based on some earlier comments today, I looked into the Space Station and their emergency evacuation plans. Well, here it is:
They be fucked. Their current plan is 'shelter in place'. Now where oh where have I heard this phrase recently.
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 03, 2014 03:10 AM (wNF3N)
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Yeah they would be fucked.
Only hope of evac would be on whatever shuttles were docked there at the time...if they weren't damaged too, by whatever caused the emergency.
Kinda like what happened in 'Gravity'.
The best part of that movie for me...was George Clooney drifting away, off in space.
Posted by: wheatie at April 02, 2014 11:16 PM (FWbLS)
Been trying to put this together Alana, but need to arrive at a date. Thinking we can do this at a bar/ restaurant 5/10 in Acworth, where I have a little pull. What say you?
Could pop in late afternoon/early evening....havta work @ 23:00
Posted by: bill-o at April 02, 2014 11:18 PM (AWwDY)
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 03, 2014 02:54 AM (wNF3N)
i have a morbid fascination with it. and since I'm drunk and letting everyone know my musical tastes so I'll let this stemwinder go too ... beer, check; becoming x, check (why not?) ... since i have some extra time I've wanted to dust off my grad thesis proposal i shelved a long time ago (the 386 movement: the military, the academy, and democracy in korea) ... it would be a cold war history centered on the Reagan Administration's attempts to stabilize the Korean Peninsula and a comparative take on civil-military relations of heavily US influenced militaries (a similar book was written when I was working on the idea "Start Up Nation" looking at Israel) ... thesis is a response to the factor endowment-vulnerability argument of the Washington consensus era. think i could get an econ and history profs interested in the project. anyway ... too much to drink tonight, doubt that made much sense.
hit post.
Posted by: rich@gmu at April 02, 2014 11:19 PM (RhQvZ)
Posted by: Adriane... at April 02, 2014 11:19 PM (qoKTg)
They be fucked. Their current plan is 'shelter in place'. Now where oh where have I heard this phrase recently.
NASA has looked at a bunch of options, blown some bucks on each, and are no closer to an answer today than when when they started looking in the early 90s.
Their best plan to date is to BOHICA.
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 03, 2014 03:10 AM (wNF3N)
I thought that there was supposed to be a Soyuz capsule on the station that was their emergency evacuation plan?
Posted by: buzzion at April 02, 2014 11:20 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: The Audio Hat at April 02, 2014 11:21 PM (AymDN)
Partial to Jumpin Jive as well
Posted by: bill-o at April 02, 2014 11:22 PM (AWwDY)
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 02, 2014 11:25 PM (AymDN)
496 I thought they had some luck with the robot docking for re-supply...
Couldn't they rig a re-supply ship to retrieve people instead of candy wrappers?
Posted by: Adriane... at April 03, 2014 03:19 AM (qoKTg)
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They would need to rig them with some O²...but yeah, you'd think so, that those could haul some people.
They need some of those escape pod suits like they had in that movie about the Space Station Prison.
Can't remember the name of it.
But those pod suits were cool.
Posted by: wheatie at April 02, 2014 11:26 PM (FWbLS)
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 03, 2014 03:10 AM (wNF3N)
there are 2 Russian Soyuz capsules docked at the station
Posted by: rich@gmu at April 02, 2014 11:27 PM (RhQvZ)
Posted by: rickl at April 02, 2014 11:27 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 03, 2014 03:01 AM (AymDN)
nope The AutoPlay Hat ... an ad down the page is causing it.
Posted by: rich@gmu at April 02, 2014 11:31 PM (RhQvZ)
Posted by: Adriane... at April 02, 2014 11:36 PM (qoKTg)
Posted by: rickl at April 02, 2014 11:43 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: shredded chi at April 02, 2014 11:46 PM (K608l)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 02, 2014 11:46 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: rich@gmu at April 02, 2014 11:50 PM (RhQvZ)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 02, 2014 11:50 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 02, 2014 11:51 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: GMB (et al) Your friendly neighborhood Coroner. at April 02, 2014 11:55 PM (nkPV9)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 03, 2014 03:51 AM (ojnk6)
yea, could see where it might be bad ... sort of. can't believe that the west coast crew is just leaving us hanging tonight ...
Posted by: rich@gmu at April 02, 2014 11:55 PM (RhQvZ)
Posted by: GMB (et al) Your friendly neighborhood Coroner. at April 03, 2014 03:55 AM (nkPV9) <<<
yikes. like i said regret.
Posted by: rich@gmu at April 02, 2014 11:57 PM (RhQvZ)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 02, 2014 11:57 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: GMB (et al) Your friendly neighborhood Coroner. at April 02, 2014 11:58 PM (nkPV9)
Posted by: rich@gmu at April 02, 2014 11:59 PM (RhQvZ)
Posted by: Dendritic at April 02, 2014 11:59 PM (Fi+kS)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 03, 2014 12:00 AM (ojnk6)
I was being sarcastic. The sarcasm tag got killed last time Ace threatened us with registration. Plus I still cant get my firefox to gime me my darned &&&&
Posted by: GMB (et al) Your friendly neighborhood Coroner. at April 03, 2014 12:02 AM (nkPV9)
and for lack of shoes, but mostly for the Black Sox Scandal.
Posted by: bill-o at April 03, 2014 12:02 AM (AWwDY)
Posted by: GMB (et al) Your friendly neighborhood Coroner. at April 03, 2014 12:09 AM (nkPV9)
Posted by: GMB (et al) Your friendly neighborhood Coroner. at April 03, 2014 12:14 AM (nkPV9)
Posted by: Dendritic at April 03, 2014 12:20 AM (Fi+kS)
Posted by: Weirddave at April 03, 2014 12:20 AM (e9Tw7)
Posted by: GMB (et al) Your friendly neighborhood Coroner at April 03, 2014 12:27 AM (nkPV9)
Posted by: GMB (et al) Your friendly neighborhood Coroner at April 03, 2014 12:28 AM (nkPV9)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 03, 2014 12:30 AM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Dendritic at April 03, 2014 12:30 AM (Fi+kS)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 03, 2014 12:31 AM (ojnk6)
Posted by: AnnaS at April 03, 2014 12:50 AM (Npv5I)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 03, 2014 12:59 AM (ojnk6)
Posted by: teej at April 03, 2014 01:33 AM (J+V/o)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 03, 2014 01:40 AM (ojnk6)
Giggles will use this to push gun control, he is going to use the 'smashing success' of signing up a net negative two million onto Ogabecare to hail mary a minimum wage hike...
we're a nation of retards.
Posted by: sven10077 at April 03, 2014 01:44 AM (TE35l)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 03, 2014 01:53 AM (ojnk6)
The problem with that is that you can't really store something complex in a harsh environment for a long period of time - then have any expectation that it will work properly. As a last option - sure - as a plan, not so good.
Posted by: Jean at April 03, 2014 01:54 AM (Aqvh6)
It's at best an escape capsule and at worst an asphyxiation chamber.
Posted by: sven10077 at April 03, 2014 01:55 AM (TE35l)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at April 03, 2014 02:07 AM (LgfBY)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 03, 2014 02:35 AM (60Vyp)
Everytime I wake up, I'm thankful for this!
Posted by: bill-o at April 03, 2014 02:51 AM (AWwDY)
Posted by: sven10077 at April 03, 2014 02:58 AM (c4qSL)
Anyway, we went right before they stopped letting you climb the pyramid so I feel a little special.
Posted by: typo dynamofo (Methuselah) at April 03, 2014 02:59 AM (IVgIK)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 03, 2014 03:00 AM (60Vyp)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 03, 2014 03:02 AM (ojnk6)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 03, 2014 03:06 AM (60Vyp)
It would be good to end them and start local groups.
Posted by: typo dynamofo (Methuselah) at April 03, 2014 03:12 AM (IVgIK)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 03, 2014 03:13 AM (60Vyp)
Tried to post another comment with the words "Ammo" and "Cabela's" init.
Rejected as spam.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 03, 2014 03:17 AM (lceO/)
Perpetual overnight thread from here on out. I hope you're happy with yourselves.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 03, 2014 03:21 AM (BeSEI)
Pelosi wonÂ’t run on Obamacare:
‘While we’re proud of the Affordable Care Act, we now pivot to jobs’
http://tinyurl.com/l2rndv7
Which 404Care is killing.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 03, 2014 03:22 AM (d0Dmj)
Tried to post another comment with the words "Ammo" and "Cabela's" init.
Rejected as spam.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice
Posted by: rickb223 at April 03, 2014 03:22 AM (d0Dmj)
Perpetual overnight thread from here on out. I hope you're happy with yourselves.
Posted by: BurtTC
This is why we can't have nice things..........
Posted by: rickb223 at April 03, 2014 03:23 AM (d0Dmj)
Posted by: Gem at April 03, 2014 03:23 AM (zw+pb)
Posted by: rickb223 at April 03, 2014 03:23 AM (d0Dmj)
Posted by: IrishEd at April 03, 2014 03:24 AM (D0NZx)
It's not broke, just restin'
Beautiful plumage on that blog.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 03, 2014 03:24 AM (lceO/)
Posted by: BurtTC at April 03, 2014 03:28 AM (BeSEI)
As the Amish say...
Fucketh thou.
Show off.
At least you don't have a poison hash tag that randomly pops up on any given day and follows you across 3G, 4G, & Wifi.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 03, 2014 03:30 AM (d0Dmj)
Posted by: Gem at April 03, 2014 03:31 AM (zw+pb)
Someone has to fund the FSA.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 03, 2014 03:31 AM (d0Dmj)
in breaking news Columbia SC is still the most stupid per capita city I've ever been in.
Posted by: sven10077 at April 03, 2014 03:41 AM (TE35l)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 03, 2014 03:48 AM (bitz6)
Posted by: BurtTC at April 03, 2014 03:55 AM (BeSEI)
Posted by: mindful webworker on the nom inating committeehee at April 03, 2014 04:07 AM (crLRi)
Posted by: mugiwara at April 03, 2014 04:10 AM (3a584)
Posted by: panzernashorn at April 03, 2014 04:12 AM (/vO0r)
*Ahem*
Posted by: Baltimore Md at April 03, 2014 04:13 AM (lceO/)
In my defense I was *in* Aberdeen not living in B'more...but duly noted...
the Municipal 'tardalympics
Posted by: sven10077 at April 03, 2014 04:43 AM (TE35l)
Posted by: WannabeAnglican at April 03, 2014 04:57 AM (vFmT2)
Posted by: Judge Roy Bean at April 03, 2014 05:38 AM (0Mvco)
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