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April 23, 2013

Overnight Open Thread (4-23-2013)
— Maetenloch

I'm back my pretties. Sorry for the ONT-lessness the last few days - I was on vacation and asked the Cobs to fill-in for me. Promises were made, assurances given and...well we all know what happened.

Kudos to chemjeff for stepping up and walking the ONT wall when it was needed.

Boston Bombers had M-4-style AR-15s

The authorities found an M-4 carbine rifle - a weapon similar to ones used by American forces in Afghanistan - on the boat where the younger suspect was found Friday night in Watertown, Mass., 10 miles west of Boston.

Two handguns and a BB gun that the authorities believe the brothers used in an earlier shootout with officers in Watertown were also recovered, said one official briefed on the investigation. The authorities said they believe the suspects had fired roughly 80 rounds in that shootout, in which Tamerlan Tsarnaev was fatally wounded, the official said.

Yet no license for any of the guns. Clearly a win for universal background checks and strong Massachusetts-style gun control.

Also note that they had no license for these either.

Clearly we must institute common-sense gunpowder control too.

Also check out the wikipedia article on the Mad Bomber of NYC to see that domestic bombing campaigns are sadly not new.

Quote of the Day

The wise -- as opposed to most of the highly educated -- know, among many other things, that when you give people something for nothing, you produce ungrateful people; that when you obscure the differences between men and women, you end up with many aimless men and angry women; that when you give children "self-esteem" without their earning it, you produce narcissists who enter adulthood incapable of handling life; that if you do not destroy evil, it will proliferate; and that if you are kind to the cruel, you will be cruel to the kind.

-- Dennis Prager from When Good People Do Bad Things

Yet More Right Wing Eliminationist Violence

When will the Tea Party's blood-lust finally be slaked?

Oh and don't forget these right-wing nutjobbers:

Why The Kids Aren't Driving?

Reasons may include the cost of gas, debt loads, lack of jay-oh-bees, and "because it is easier to have sex without driving to get it."

Defeating the Soviets with Pollock

During the Cold War amongst its other weapons the CIA employed surprise, fear, more surprise, and abstract expressionism.

The decision to include culture and art in the US Cold War arsenal was taken as soon as the CIA was founded in 1947. Dismayed at the appeal communism still had for many intellectuals and artists in the West, the new agency set up a division, the Propaganda Assets Inventory, which at its peak could influence more than 800 newspapers, magazines and public information organisations. They joked that it was like a Wurlitzer jukebox: when the CIA pushed a button it could hear whatever tune it wanted playing across the world.

The next key step came in 1950, when the International Organisations Division (IOD) was set up under Tom Braden. It was this office which subsidised the animated version of George Orwell's Animal Farm, which sponsored American jazz artists, opera recitals, the Boston Symphony Orchestra's international touring programme. Its agents were placed in the film industry, in publishing houses, even as travel writers for the celebrated Fodor guides. And, we now know, it promoted America's anarchic avant-garde movement, Abstract Expressionism.

Why?

"Regarding Abstract Expressionism, I'd love to be able to say that the CIA invented it just to see what happens in New York and downtown SoHo tomorrow!" he joked. "But I think that what we did really was to recognise the difference. It was recognised that Abstract Expression- ism was the kind of art that made Socialist Realism look even more stylised and more rigid and confined than it was. And that relationship was exploited in some of the exhibitions.

Science: Scrotal Temperature and Kilts

Analysis of literature concerning scrotal temperature and spermatogenesis and fertility. Wearing a Scottish kilt in a traditional ('regimental') way may have clear health-related benefits. Kilt wearing likely produces an ideal physiological scrotal environment, which in turn helps maintain normal scrotal temperature, which is known to be beneficial for robust spermatogenesis and good sperm quality.

Conclusion Based on literature on scrotal temperature, spermatogenesis and fertility, the hypothesis that men who regularly wear a kilt during the years in which they wish to procreate will, as a group, have significantly better rates of sperm quality and higher fertility.

Geeky Bathroom Graffiti

Some men are inspired to greatness by poop-time and solitude. In fact some of the geek-wittiest graffiti I've ever seen was in the engineering department bathrooms - it was positively AoSHQ comment-worthy.

Danish Beer 'Too Sexy' for Sweden

Eh - the Scandis sure are picky about what they decide to get uptight over.

A cartoon depiction of a topless woman has been deemed too sexy for Sweden's state run liquor store monopoly Systembolaget, forcing a brewery in Denmark to change the beer bottle's label for the Swedish stores.
The bottle features a cartoon image of a woman who is half submerged in what appears to be a bathtub full of water. Above her, the word "Lust" appears in capital letters.
The beer is part of a seven-part Sinner Series, from Danish brewers Amager Bryghus, with each of the sins represented by a cartoon image on different bottles.

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Posted by: Maetenloch at 05:41 PM | Comments (846)
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1 First?

Posted by: Tami [/i] at April 23, 2013 05:43 PM (X6akg)

2 You joke about the license for the bombs, but there are people in this country who have licenses for that sort of thing. And I'll bet my kids that not a single one of them has ever used an explosive device in commission of a crime.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2013 05:44 PM (/WLC3)

3 Here is a majorly cool story with a happy ending.

Mormon bishop chases off stalker attacking woman by using a samurai sword.
http://tinyurl.com/bq6b8tk

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2013 05:45 PM (0UdgH)

4 YES! YES!

YAY YAY

Welcome back Maet glad you're here eh!?!

YAY

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 05:46 PM (LRFds)

5 Mormon bishop chases off stalker attacking woman by using a samurai sword.

He loses his spellcasting and undead-turning abilities for that.

Shoulda used a flail or a mace.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at April 23, 2013 05:46 PM (QTHTd)

6 A BB gun?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 23, 2013 05:46 PM (74gkr)

7 Hi all!
Thanks for the acknowledgement, Maet
It was an honor to fill in with the ONT, even if it was kinda crappy and last-minute

Posted by: chemjeff at April 23, 2013 05:46 PM (BBWjt)

8 Bases loaded for the Reds in the 9th, tie game. Cubs "closer" Marmol pitching.

And so it goes.

Posted by: mama winger at April 23, 2013 05:46 PM (P6QsQ)

9 Lust beer, they are missing a tie-in with Full Metal Alchemist with that one.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2013 05:46 PM (0UdgH)

10 A BB gun?WTF were they going to do with that?

Posted by: steevy at April 23, 2013 05:46 PM (9XBK2)

11 During the Columbine massacre, in which 15 people were murdered and 21 injured, a total of four firearms were involved. The murderers also employed four knives and 99 explosive devices. Of the firearms, only one qualified under the 1984 federal law as a banned "assault rifle". One firearm was a doubled barreled shotgun with a shortened barrel. It has long been a federal felony to saw down the barrel of a shotgun and it was also a felony to possess such an altered weapon. Every single explosive device was a federal and state felony to assemble, possess and use, and to use in the commission of a crime. If the memory of Columbine is ever brought up today, the failure of the law to stop the use of explosives in a school massacre is never mentioned. It is never mentioned because that gets in the way of a Gollum-like fixation on the Precious, starting with the banning of certain firearms and certain accessories but to eventually to banning all firearms. So far, the Precious Thing that progressives think will allow Utopia to arrive has slipped from their grasp. Being able to keep and bear arms gives free people the power to defend themselves from dangerous people or dangerous government. The Truth also gives power to defend as well. It is only a matter of time before progressives want to ban it as well.

Posted by: theBuckWheat at April 23, 2013 05:47 PM (nmcha)

12 - but if he didn't shed blood with the sword, it might be okay.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at April 23, 2013 05:47 PM (QTHTd)

13 And to continue my string of pontificating comments....sperm quality?

Really?

All that means is that guys who wear kilts have so much leisure time without any prospects for getting laid that they are willing to jerk off into a cup for some middle-aged poofer who claims to want to study their sperm.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2013 05:47 PM (/WLC3)

14 Defeating the Soviets with Pollock Uh oh, cue the cod/pollock debate ...

Posted by: Waterhouse at April 23, 2013 05:47 PM (n/LCG)

15 Boulder Toilet Hobo, sometimes life is not found in a Dungeons and Dragons manual.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2013 05:48 PM (0UdgH)

16 Still nothing on WHERE they got the guns.

Posted by: trainer @ LIB at April 23, 2013 05:48 PM (1QEkm)

17 OMG Marmol got him to ground out. Cubs did not implode. Technically. Yet.

Extra innings

Posted by: mama winger at April 23, 2013 05:48 PM (P6QsQ)

18 7 ChemJeff,

it was a game effort....

my effusive kudos are not levied as an affront to your work keeping the horde from wrecking the bar....

it is simply awesome I have dodged the bullet

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 05:48 PM (LRFds)

19 hmm
okay, my refrigerator is starting to make noises, it sounds like a squirrel is being strangled somewhere underneath it

I'm worried that the motor is going out or something

Posted by: chemjeff at April 23, 2013 05:48 PM (BBWjt)

20 An opening for a new moron? In short: 49 years old, married mother of 3, housewife in Northern VA suburb, traditional Catholic, fan of Sven1000, mama winger, tami, and several other commenters. Awakened former liberal grateful for Ace's work here.

Posted by: LadyS at April 23, 2013 05:48 PM (DUpZD)

21 kinda crappy and last-minute

Posted by: chemjeff at April 23, 2013 09:46 PM (BBWjt)

I forwarded both links.

You don't get to criticize yourself....that's our job.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2013 05:49 PM (/WLC3)

22 I want to know if they used black powder or Pyrodex. Because Pyrodex is for pussies.

Posted by: jwb7605 ([i][u]Let it Burn[/u][/i])[/s][/b] at April 23, 2013 05:49 PM (Qxe/p)

Boulder Toilet Hobo, sometimes life is not found in a Dungeons and Dragons manual.

My last girlfriend told me to find the clitoris. I told her my arcane knowledge skill wasn't high enough.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 23, 2013 05:49 PM (lr3d7)

24 "When will the Tea Party's blood-lust finally be slaked?"

Wasn't there also a guy that shot up the Disney Channel offices?

Posted by: Tami [/i] at April 23, 2013 05:49 PM (X6akg)

25 I think we have that gun but I can't remember.

Posted by: mama winger at April 23, 2013 05:49 PM (P6QsQ)

26 Welcome, LadyS! And congrats on taking one of those red pills.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at April 23, 2013 05:50 PM (QTHTd)

27 Posted by: LadyS at April 23, 2013 09:48 PM (DUpZD)

Catholic?

Damned papists are everywhere!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2013 05:50 PM (/WLC3)

28 The brass end caps on that pipe bomb show a level of assembly sophistication I didn't expect from these wankers...

Someone had a clue about how to not have the bomb become prematurely splody

Posted by: @PurpAv at April 23, 2013 05:50 PM (/gHaE)

29 Kilt wearin'? Wouldn't it be better to go pantless, HQ style?

Posted by: dogfish at April 23, 2013 05:50 PM (nsOJa)

30 Posted by: LadyS at April 23, 2013 09:48 PM (DUpZD) Except for the fan of Sven part, you should be welcome here.

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 23, 2013 05:50 PM (Cnqmv)

31 So those Chechen douchebags can find ARs and I can't?

Posted by: USS Diversity at April 23, 2013 05:50 PM (5wHPS)

32 What's this then? An actual ONT?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 23, 2013 05:50 PM (GEICT)

33 So Maetenloch, are we ever going to see last week's posting stats? Or are they locked up in the same vault as the real AAR for Benghazi?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2013 05:50 PM (0UdgH)

34 Reasons include the cost of gas, debt loads, lack of jay-oh-bees, and "because it is easier to have sex without driving to get it."

--"The Price of Gas" (Bloc Party):

http://youtu.be/Ve1d0VOREY0

Posted by: logprof at April 23, 2013 05:50 PM (+iA5G)

I want to know if they used black powder or Pyrodex.

Because Pyrodex is for pussies.

Real men make their own black powder out of urine and homemade charcoal.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 23, 2013 05:50 PM (lr3d7)

36 Wasn't there also a guy that shot up the Disney Channel offices?

Discovery Channel. Because the idiot mistook it for the Discovery Institute.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at April 23, 2013 05:51 PM (QTHTd)

37 I'm still too busy swabbing cocks to get involved in kilts. I'll get there eventually though!

Posted by: Barney Fag at April 23, 2013 05:51 PM (V1ZIU)

38 Welcome LadyS.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2013 05:51 PM (0UdgH)

39 Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 23, 2013 09:49 PM (lr3d7)

That was a trap.

The clitoris, like the G-spot and the female orgasm, does not exist.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2013 05:51 PM (/WLC3)

40 Welcome Lady S!

If asked for boob pics, don't send them.

Posted by: Tami [/i] at April 23, 2013 05:52 PM (X6akg)

41 Still nothing on WHERE they got the guns. Posted by: trainer @ LIB at April 23, 2013 09:48 PM (1QEkm) Obviously it must have been at a gun show!

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 23, 2013 05:52 PM (Cnqmv)

42 Welcome LadyS - Chemjeff is hording all the snacks at the moment but he's pretty good about sharing with newbies.

Posted by: mama winger at April 23, 2013 05:52 PM (P6QsQ)

43 Sorry, meant Sven10077, but I'm a former proofreader and will never again correct myself/anyone else online . Off that crap job forever.

Posted by: LadyS at April 23, 2013 05:52 PM (DUpZD)

44 33 Ms Puma,

Hush You er uh so about the film "Tetsuo the Iron Man".....

"how ya doing?"

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 05:52 PM (LRFds)

45 Discovery Channel. Because the idiot mistook it for the Discovery Institute.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at April 23, 2013 09:51 PM (QTHTd)

I knew it began with a D....yeah, Discovery.

Posted by: Tami [/i] at April 23, 2013 05:52 PM (X6akg)

46 They are changing the way GDP is measured and growth is going to look better.GDP was already largely bullshit,now forget it.

Posted by: steevy at April 23, 2013 05:52 PM (9XBK2)

47 Hi LadyS! Glad you're aboard

Posted by: chemjeff at April 23, 2013 05:52 PM (BBWjt)

48 Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 23, 2013 09:50 PM (GEICT)

So....what was the damage?

Both spanked? No TV for a week?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2013 05:52 PM (/WLC3)

49 28 The brass end caps on that pipe bomb show a level of assembly sophistication I didn't expect from these wankers...
Someone had a clue about how to not have the bomb become prematurely splody
Posted by: @PurpAv at April 23, 2013 09:50 PM (/gHaE)

Those are just stock photos - I'm guessing the actual Boston pipe bombs were uglier and less well made.

Posted by: Mætenloch at April 23, 2013 05:52 PM (pAlYe)

50 42 Welcome LadyS - Chemjeff is hording all the snacks at the moment but he's pretty good about sharing with newbies.

Posted by: mama winger at April 23, 2013 09:52 PM (P6QsQ)

I am *not* hording all the snacks!

*buuurp*

Posted by: chemjeff at April 23, 2013 05:53 PM (BBWjt)

51 Apparently, the surviving bomber has indicated that they shot the MIT officer for his weapon. Has it been determined whether that weapon was the M4/AR?

Posted by: elliot at April 23, 2013 05:53 PM (8zGOf)

52 He loses his spellcasting and undead-turning abilities for that. Shoulda used a flail or a mace. Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at April 23, 2013 09:46 PM (QTHTd) Unless a Priest of Sif, whose holy symbol is a sword, thus gaining the advantage of a d10/12 for a one-handed weapon instead of d8/d10.

Posted by: D&D Min-Maxer[/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 23, 2013 05:53 PM (qyfb5)

53 Standing O for chemjeff,

Posted by: Craig Poe at April 23, 2013 05:53 PM (BVkEs)

54 #9

The character in the label looks a bit similar. I find myself wanting to know more about this story. Who is the artist and what was his inspiration?

Posted by: epobirs at April 23, 2013 05:53 PM (kcfmt)

55 >>>I'm worried that the motor is going out or something

My secondary, low end beer fridge made weird noises after the first year. It's seven years old and the beer is still cold.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at April 23, 2013 05:54 PM (4Mv1T)

56 *passes to Lady S the plate of brownies*

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2013 05:54 PM (0UdgH)

57 So....what was the damage? Both spanked? No TV for a week? Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2013 09:52 PM (/WLC3) Stunningly enough, they both maintained.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 23, 2013 05:54 PM (GEICT)

58 Real men make their own black powder out of urine and homemade charcoal. Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 23, 2013 09:50 PM (lr3d7) Damn straight.

Posted by: jwb7605 ([i][u]Let it Burn[/u][/i])[/s][/b] at April 23, 2013 05:54 PM (Qxe/p)

59 If asked for boob pics, don't send them.

Posted by: Tami at April 23, 2013 09:52 PM (X6akg)

LadyS,

Tami is a notorious troll, infamous for causing all sorts of commotion and problems.

You may happily ignore her.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2013 05:54 PM (/WLC3)

60 An opening for a new moron? Welcome, and watch your cornhole here.

Posted by: toby928© presents at April 23, 2013 05:54 PM (QupBk)

61 43 Lady S,

welcome...

I'm humbled.

We're all on the same team here at HQ estates.

There's nothing wrong with "former liberals"...I never was one but I had a grandmother who woke me up early.

You'll be happy here I hope.

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 05:54 PM (LRFds)

62 Oh and by the way, if anybody wants any bacon, it seems to have vanished. Must have gone bad or something. Yeah that's it.

Posted by: chemjeff at April 23, 2013 05:54 PM (BBWjt)

63 They are changing the way GDP is measured and growth is going to look better.GDP was already largely bullshit,now forget it. Posted by: steevy at April 23, 2013 09:52 PM (9XBK2) Can you imagine the economic miracle that would occur if they really tried to cook the books? /sarc

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 23, 2013 05:54 PM (Cnqmv)

64 I am real confused about this license shit. At one point the press implies that you need a license to even own or have any gun in MA then they imply he didn't have a Concealed carry permit. Which is it? Do you have to have a license in MA to own any gun?

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at April 23, 2013 05:54 PM (wR+pz)

65 YAY Maet !!!!!!! ONT !!!!!! ONT !!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Extremely grumpy momma bear at April 23, 2013 05:55 PM (QzqI0)

66 It just feels comforting to see the ONT at the top of the HQ every night. Gets me kinda thirsty feeling too.

Posted by: Eaton Cox at April 23, 2013 05:55 PM (q177U)

"Uh oh, cue the cod/pollock debate "

Arthur Treacher comments were earlier today. And delicious, as well...

Posted by: Jess1 at April 23, 2013 05:55 PM (lbiWb)

68 BB gun? WTF?

Posted by: Y-not at April 23, 2013 05:55 PM (5H6zj)

69 49 Maet,

Not a bad bet considering one of Jerker's did go splodey early....

Thank God they weren't plumbers.

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 05:55 PM (LRFds)

70 Walleye, pan fried instead of pollock would've ended the Cold War faster, oh well. Welcome back Maet.

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 23, 2013 05:55 PM (HVff2)

71 Stunningly enough, they both maintained.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 23, 2013 09:54 PM (GEICT)

Nice.

Spoil them rotten.

I have an 18-year-old, and spoiling her is one of my guilty pleasures.

And if you tell her that, I will have to hunt you down and kill you.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2013 05:56 PM (/WLC3)

72 g'evenin', 'rons welcome back Maet I have a question that I'd like to Horde-source...

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 23, 2013 05:56 PM (JMmQ9)

73 Check the herring.

Posted by: the angel of death in a funny hat at April 23, 2013 05:56 PM (QupBk)

74 Just share those brownies and we'll be okay. Also, I have a large head and can trade NRA caps with the fellows.

Posted by: LadyS at April 23, 2013 05:57 PM (DUpZD)

75 Could we bribe pixy to write some code so the blog will NOT refresh to the top of the page every time you post a comment?

Posted by: Eaton Cox at April 23, 2013 05:57 PM (q177U)

76 Conclusion Based on literature on scrotal temperature, spermatogenesis and fertility, the hypothesis that men who regularly wear a kilt during the years in which they wish to procreate will, as a group, have significantly better rates of sperm quality and higher fertility. So why haven't the Scots taken over the world?

Posted by: rickl at April 23, 2013 05:57 PM (sdi6R)

77 51 Eliot,

I'll be interested in reading a dispassionate AAR on the entire event.

Some day the cops if they want to play Keystone kommando may want to learn the concept of "fire discipline."

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 05:57 PM (LRFds)

78 @68 For precision eye sniping.

Posted by: Beagle at April 23, 2013 05:57 PM (sOtz/)

79 I have an 18-year-old, and spoiling her is one of my guilty pleasures. And if you tell her that, I will have to hunt you down and kill you. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2013 09:56 PM (/WLC3) Lips are sealed. And the toys and clothes those two have are almost embarrassing. Almost.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 23, 2013 05:57 PM (GEICT)

80 I have a question that I'd like to Horde-source...

The answer is: if it burns when you pee, then yeah, go to the doctor

Posted by: chemjeff at April 23, 2013 05:57 PM (BBWjt)

81 Welcome, and watch your cornhole here.

Posted by: toby928Â© presents at April 23, 2013 09:54 PM (QupBk)

You disgust me.

And as soon as I stop laughing I will write something cutting and bitter.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2013 05:57 PM (/WLC3)

82 72 Alton jackson,

If munitions or Pizza related I am game.

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 05:58 PM (LRFds)

83 Oh and by the way, if anybody wants any bacon, it seems to have vanished. Must have gone bad or something. Yeah that's it.

Posted by: chemjeff at April 23, 2013 09:54 PM (BBWjt)

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horder horder horder

Posted by: mama winger at April 23, 2013 05:58 PM (P6QsQ)

84 Always room for more, LadyS! He loses his spellcasting and undead-turning abilities for that. Shoulda used a flail or a mace. Actually, if he'd used his deity's favored weapon, he'd have been cool. Sadly, Mormon history seems to indicate repeating rifles rather than bladed weapons...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, elsewhere at April 23, 2013 05:58 PM (m9V0o)

"GDP was already largely bullshit,now forget it."

No kidding. Hey, let's add more Fed Spending and see how high we can push this thing! To the moon!!!

Posted by: Jess1 at April 23, 2013 05:58 PM (lbiWb)

86 78 @68 For precision eye sniping. -- Either that or they hate American Christian squirrels.

Posted by: Y-not at April 23, 2013 05:58 PM (5H6zj)

87 Some men are inspired to greatness by poop-time and solitude. In fact some of the geek-wittiest graffiti I've ever seen was in the engineering department bathrooms - it was positively AoSHQ comment-worthy.

--Where I used to work in Cambridge, MA, near MIT, in the stall in the corner of the men's room there was a chip in the paint and plaster. The first graffiti-ist drew an arrow at it and wrote "Italy." Someone else replied, "Italy? Looks more like West Virginia" (which was true; the chip was oval-shaped). The reply (probably by the first scrawler) was, "No, I mean the island" (orsomething like that, must have meant Sicily.

Finally, a new graffitum read, "Geography 101, Final Exam: Which of the following looks like Italy: A) [actual shape of Italy, including Sicily and Sardinia] B) [shape of the chip in the plaster] C) [pizza with a slice taken out]"

I still LMAO thinking of it.

Posted by: logprof at April 23, 2013 05:58 PM (+iA5G)

88 A friend at the mosque probably hooked them up with the weapons,maybe the Saudi.I trust our great leaders to get all the facts.

Posted by: steevy at April 23, 2013 05:59 PM (9XBK2)

89 LadyS,

Tami is a notorious troll, infamous for causing all sorts of commotion and problems.

You may happily ignore her.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2013 09:54 PM (/WLC3)

This is true, I am. Still....

Posted by: Tami [/i] at April 23, 2013 05:59 PM (X6akg)

90 My last girlfriend told me to find the clitoris. I told her my arcane knowledge skill wasn't high enough. When the police had cornered the terrorist in the boat last week, I shared the HQ comment about sending in a lesbian police officer to find the little man in the boat.

Posted by: fluffy at April 23, 2013 05:59 PM (ffVFJ)

91 81 Welcome, and watch your cornhole here. Posted by: toby928Â© presents at April 23, 2013 09:54 PM (QupBk) You disgust me. And as soon as I stop laughing I will write something cutting and bitter. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2013 09:57 PM (/WLC3) I thought the Style Guide approved term was "squeakhole?"

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 23, 2013 05:59 PM (GEICT)

92 Could we bribe pixy to write some code so the blog will NOT refresh to the top of the page every time you post a comment? Posted by: Eaton Cox at April 23, 2013 09:57 PM Two words: Platinum Membership

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 23, 2013 05:59 PM (JMmQ9)

93 So why haven't the Scots taken over the world?

Posted by: rickl at April 23, 2013 09:57 PM (sdi6R)

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Calvinists Uber Alles!

Posted by: mama winger at April 23, 2013 05:59 PM (P6QsQ)

94 78 @68 For precision eye sniping. Posted by: Beagle at April 23, 2013 09:57 PM (sOtz/) And yet so far as we know, not one eye was shot out. Another myth debunked.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 06:00 PM (wZbqz)

95 LOL, finally got the chance to watch Nate wipe a mat with the mujahid

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at April 23, 2013 06:00 PM (QTHTd)

"So why haven't the Scots taken over the world?"

One word answer: Sheep.

"And as soon as I stop laughing I will write something cutting and bitter"

But first you must blow... oh, do I really need to finish this?

Posted by: Jess1 at April 23, 2013 06:00 PM (lbiWb)

97 So why haven't the Scots taken over the world? Dood.

Posted by: Ronald McDonald at April 23, 2013 06:00 PM (QupBk)

98 91 BC1981,

When did it stop being the Gibbs Starfish after Robert "Derp" Gibbs?

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 06:00 PM (LRFds)

99 Walleye, caught while ice fishing, immediately filleted and marinated in beer batter and deep fried. Cold War winner. Hands down.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at April 23, 2013 06:01 PM (jucos)

100 I don't know what you mean about the kids not driving. I know mine is driving me to distraction, and has nearly driven me over the edge.

But he's not getting near my car any time soon.

Posted by: tcn at April 23, 2013 06:01 PM (VLG62)

101 #75

It would be far simpler to put an anchor link at the bottom and a link to it at the top. Trivial, in fact. It would be a lot easier on the tablet and phone users.

Pixy?

Posted by: epobirs at April 23, 2013 06:01 PM (kcfmt)

102 19 hmm okay, my refrigerator is starting to make noises, it sounds like a squirrel is being strangled somewhere underneath it ---- Shoot it with a BB Gun.

Posted by: Y-not at April 23, 2013 06:01 PM (5H6zj)

103

>>Shoulda used a flail or a mace.

Maces are for pussies.

Morning Star!

Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2013 06:01 PM (uM5UG)

104 "fire discipline."

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 09:57 PM (LRFds)

No shit!

One cop with a Remington 700 30-06 could have ended this.

I am a good shot (but nothing great), and I can hit center of mass from 400 yards.

The SWAT guys are supposed to be studs, and couldn't hit two amateurs who were obviously spraying and praying?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2013 06:01 PM (/WLC3)

105 Scrotal temperatures and kilts? Good Lord, it's as if they're fermenting an elixir made from the perfect regional grape.

Think local, ladies.

Posted by: Fritz at April 23, 2013 06:02 PM (gyDll)

106 Pixy?

Posted by: epobirs at April 23, 2013 10:01 PM (kcfmt)

Hah Hah Hah Hah.....

Wait....you're serious?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2013 06:02 PM (/WLC3)

107

When the police had cornered the terrorist in the boat last week, I shared the HQ comment about sending in a lesbian police officer to find the little man in the boat.

She would have found it confusing, what with the neatly trimmed grass and the lack of old fish smells.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 23, 2013 06:02 PM (lr3d7)

108 Meanwhile the 9th Circus has ordered a new trial in the death of an Army soldier killed when a mortar round detonated in the tube, this incident was back in 2006.

http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/204365281.html

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2013 06:02 PM (0UdgH)

109 >So why haven't the Scots taken over the world? Given how much they have influenced much of our modern world (International Date Line, for instance), one can say that, in a sense, they did. http://tinyurl.com/crpdllo

Posted by: M. Night at April 23, 2013 06:02 PM (JqnAE)

110 >>If asked for boob pics, don't send them. Oh, come on, there's no need for that kind of blasphemy. LadyS, welcome! please be sure to take your laptop into the shower in order to properly calibrate the webcam.

Posted by: DC in Towson at April 23, 2013 06:02 PM (jIaZt)

111 Regarding the Lust Beer: This past Valentine's we discovered an interesting Italian Red Blend called Soffocone--which translates quite interestingly. Here's a post about it and a pic of the label http://www.juicytannins.com/2011/02/soffocone-di-vincigliata-testamatta.html

Posted by: Ragamuffin at April 23, 2013 06:03 PM (fzFF6)

112 Y-not lol
but then the beer will get warm

Posted by: chemjeff at April 23, 2013 06:03 PM (BBWjt)

113 OK, Horde, it's a 401K question I have a small (but tiny) 401K from a previous employer, and I want to cash it out. I realize that they whack the 10% penalty for early withdrawal up front; do they also withhold the taxes up front or does that bite me at tax time next year? Thanks, Horde

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 23, 2013 06:03 PM (JMmQ9)

114 The SWAT guys are supposed to be studs, and couldn't hit two amateurs who were obviously spraying and praying? Don't think it was SWAT, just some random patrol cops and a couple of dudes near end-of-shift. Still, if I'm getting it right, they were kind outside the accurate range for handguns, and really only had shotguns for 'long arms' (by a VERY loose use of the term), so there was only so much to be expected.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, elsewhere at April 23, 2013 06:03 PM (m9V0o)

115 Do you have to have a license in MA to own any gun?

Pretty much. FID card needed to buy

For a carry permit, I had to tell'em what I'd be toting and provide the serial number. The carry permit was only good for that specific pistol.

Posted by: @PurpAv at April 23, 2013 06:03 PM (/gHaE)

116 98 91 BC1981, When did it stop being the Gibbs Starfish after Robert "Derp" Gibbs? Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 10:00 PM (LRFds) Now that was just disgusting. And disturbing.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 23, 2013 06:03 PM (GEICT)

117 Also, I have a large head and can trade NRA caps with the fellows. Posted by: LadyS at April 23, 2013 09:57 PM (DUpZD) Are you a Ginger, too? Cuz I gots a big ol' buckethead!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 06:03 PM (wZbqz)

118 So who is using AD+D, D+D, or Pathfinder rules on clerics?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2013 06:03 PM (0UdgH)

119

"It would be a lot easier on the tablet"

Cuneiform or hieroglyphic?

Posted by: Jess1 at April 23, 2013 06:04 PM (lbiWb)

120 I need to get new glasses. I thought the first line of this thread said "I'm back for my panties".

Posted by: ALH at April 23, 2013 06:04 PM (eqV3Q)

121

*passes to Lady S the plate of brownies*

That's it!! bbl, going to make brownies.

Posted by: Infidel at April 23, 2013 06:04 PM (gqEUi)

122 AltonJackson, it will be considered income. So you will get taxed on top of the 10% haircut.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2013 06:04 PM (0UdgH)

123 I'm worried that the motor is going out or something

Posted by: chemjeff at April 23, 2013 09:48 PM (BBWjt)

First, get the damned squirrel out from under there.

Then, check the temperature of the beer. No, not that one, that other one. Yeah, that one.

Better check one more, just to be sure.

Posted by: tcn at April 23, 2013 06:05 PM (VLG62)

124 It's a lot easier to hit a target that doesn't shoot back. Or so I hear from one of my friends that was in combat in the Gulf War (1991).

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense at..... at April 23, 2013 06:05 PM (Md8Uo)

125 AD+D 1st ed here. Gygax f.t.w.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at April 23, 2013 06:05 PM (QTHTd)

126 19 hmm
okay, my refrigerator is starting to make noises, it sounds like a squirrel is being strangled somewhere underneath it

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I bet Pixy is willing to purchase your used, tired squirrel, which might help you offset the cost of a new one.

Posted by: Assault Citizen Anachronda at April 23, 2013 06:05 PM (U82Km)

127 I thought the first line of this thread said "I'm back for my panties".

Posted by: ALH at April 23, 2013 10:04 PM (eqV3Q)

You may have been right the first time. Go back and check quick, while we finish of this beer.

Posted by: tcn at April 23, 2013 06:05 PM (VLG62)

128 >A BB gun?WTF were they going to do with that? -------------------------------- Put out an eye.

Posted by: Aviator at April 23, 2013 06:06 PM (F32RS)

129 104 CBD,

I know I've told the story and I won't bore you guys with big details about how one of my last details i worked was at Downtown Hell MOUT training course at Benning "helping" the Fed LE guys "train"

Not "bragging" I was low not lowest but "low" on the totem pole....

Anyway there they were the keystone kommados with MP-5s, and nice AR-15s, and Pistols and they outnumbered us ~35 to 5....

We chewed them up in 2 blocks of interlocking fire.

It is part of why i laugh a bit at "we are militarizing Law Enforcement"....

no we are giving law enforcement a lot of really nice expensive toys they don't understand and use properly.....

being a soldier is about mindset not munitions....

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 06:06 PM (LRFds)

130 The SWAT guys are supposed to be studs, and couldn't hit two amateurs who were obviously spraying and praying?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2013 10:01 PM (/WLC3)

I think at that point it was just Watertown PD....and the brothers were also lobbing splodey shit at them too.

Posted by: Tami [/i] at April 23, 2013 06:06 PM (X6akg)

131 I'm not going to spend time second-guessing the minute details of the police chase, like most shots missing, which is pretty normal when people are thinking "oh shit oh shit trying not to get hit!" More interesting in the sun-bright warning signs and the fact that politicians always want to restrict citizens instead of terrorists.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 23, 2013 06:06 PM (qyfb5)

132 Don't think it was SWAT, just some random patrol cops and a couple of dudes near end-of-shift. Still, if I'm getting it right, they were kind outside the accurate range for handguns, and really only had shotguns for 'long arms' (by a VERY loose use of the term), so there was only so much to be expected. Posted by: Brother Cavil, elsewhere at April 23, 2013 10:03 PM (m9V0o) You've seen the pics that dude took from his window? No fucking way anyone was hitting those two with a handgun or a shotgun from where the cops were set up. Over 200 ft away. And if it had been me (or you, I assume) up at that window, how fucking hard would it have been not to take a shot at those two??? That distance did not appear to be that great.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 23, 2013 06:06 PM (GEICT)

133 How can it put an eye out? Its not a Red Ryder BB Gun.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2013 06:06 PM (0UdgH)

134 125 AD+D 1st ed here. Gygax f.t.w.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at April 23, 2013 10:05 PM (QTHTd)

I would guess you define "win" a bit differently that most.

Posted by: tcn at April 23, 2013 06:06 PM (VLG62)

135 AltonJackson, before cashing it out, have you considered a 401k loan instead?

Posted by: chemjeff at April 23, 2013 06:06 PM (BBWjt)

136 it sounds like a squirrel is being strangled somewhere underneath it

Imminent compressor death?

Prepare for the enwarmening.

Posted by: @PurpAv at April 23, 2013 06:06 PM (/gHaE)

137 116 BC1981,

I aim to please sir...

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 06:07 PM (LRFds)

138 I've been amused to say a facebook acquittance of mine, who lives in MA and works as a nurse and has been helping victims of the bombing arguing about the the death penalty with her liberal friends.

I don't really know her political leanings, though I think they are probably conservative by MA standards, but it is interesting to see how people who weren't affected by the bombing being rather ok with Bomber #2 living another 70 years on our dime.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 23, 2013 06:07 PM (zPVBH)

139 CJ... you do good work here.. especially as the pinch hitter...
except for your chimichanga advice.

Posted by: grease monkey at April 23, 2013 06:07 PM (VSWPU)

140 133 Ms puma,

Cross the Streams.....

of course i always liked the red ryder BB for zapping Enclave

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 06:08 PM (LRFds)

141 Did all the Scots wear kilts, back in the day? I"m thinking it was more of a Highland thing, a bit above raisin' of the rabble-rousers in the lowlands along the English border?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 06:08 PM (wZbqz)

142 "'Dzhokhar Tsarnaev' is Chechen for 'Bill Ayers'

Posted by: harleycowboy at April 23, 2013 06:08 PM (yfeAd)

143 AltonJackson, and I think it depends on the company on what kind of withholding the company keeps on the 401k amount.

Posted by: chemjeff at April 23, 2013 06:08 PM (BBWjt)

144 129 Oh,I never meant training wise.Training wise they may be worse than ever.Just the gear,which is enough against unarmed civilians.Of course the left wants all citizens unarmed.

Posted by: steevy at April 23, 2013 06:09 PM (9XBK2)

145 Here's the part I don't get. Gosnell is flouting the law, murdering women and children willy-nilly, and these liberal asshats think it is just peachy that we ignore his antics, and meanwhile they are picking on the police who caught the bad guys because they were too mean to the poor perps.

Who, exactly, do they think is going to protect THEM when their time comes?

Posted by: tcn at April 23, 2013 06:09 PM (VLG62)

146 "Its not a Red Ryder BB Gun"... so your real name is "Ralphie"?

Posted by: Jess1 at April 23, 2013 06:10 PM (lbiWb)

147 Imminent compressor death?

Prepare for the enwarmening.

Posted by: @PurpAv at April 23, 2013 10:06 PM (/gHaE)

ugh. srsly? is there a way to diagnose it to see if that's really the problem?

Posted by: chemjeff at April 23, 2013 06:10 PM (BBWjt)

148 @94 I bounced a BB off something right next to my eye just like Christmas Story. Red Ryder. Still feel guilty for the anole at ten yards. Had to aim like artillery. Anole: Florida lizard.

Posted by: Beagle at April 23, 2013 06:10 PM (sOtz/)

149 I linked a different version last night, but here is the Grasshopper's latest test flight, to 250 meters (820 feet). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUvbh-Z8Abk This is bordering on science fiction. The aerial video was taken by a hexicopter drone hovering nearby.

Posted by: rickl at April 23, 2013 06:10 PM (sdi6R)

150 Hello LadyS! I'm new as well and found this to be a fun group. You've reminded me of my manners, i just kind of jumped in and failed to introduce myself. I'm a mom of 4 teenage boys, married to a West TX guy. My Dad was Air Force so I'm from everywhere and nowhere. Seminary educated but currently managing the home. Owned by a Wire Fox Terrier. Following several of you on Twitter as well as reading here. I'm very glad I've found this place.

Posted by: Ragamuffin at April 23, 2013 06:10 PM (fzFF6)

151 Well, Pathfinder has the best rule system.

But I grew up on Gygax, for all his weirdness and prolixity. He never quite quit being a twelve-year-old boy. It was endearing, especially for those of us who were actually twelve when he picked up his books.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at April 23, 2013 06:10 PM (QTHTd)

152 "Which is it? Do you have to have a license in MA to own any gun?"

Yes, and Boston and Brookline require you pass a police live fire exam with .38s before getting a permit. Naturally, those two locales do not let anyone take that expensive exams, so 14 year old thugs can have handguns but not the average law abiding citizen.

Speedbump and the Snoz used firework mortars from NH to obtain the black power needed for their devices.

Some asshole reporter this evening for NPR/WGBH public radio/tv here in Boston was trying to claim they only had one handgun/airsoft gun despite there being plenty of written reports, first hand audio and first hand video demonstrating otherwise. Fucking fuckers terrorists and media alike.

Posted by: Blue Falcon in Boston at April 23, 2013 06:10 PM (KCvsd)

153 being a soldier is about mindset not munitions....

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 10:06 PM (LRFds)

And knowing where to be so you get to shoot the bad guys before they know where you are.

That's what people don't understand. Having the best weapons is nice, but the U.S. Army would have kicked the shit out of the Iraqis and the Afghans with M1s.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2013 06:10 PM (/WLC3)

154 Tammy! How did your electrical troubles pan out?

Posted by: chemjeff at April 23, 2013 06:11 PM (BBWjt)

155

Early withdrawal of your 401K (before you turn 59) is not only treated as income, there is also a penalty for early withdrawal of something like 25%

Can't you roll over?

Or....BUY GOLD.

Really, it's time to think about buying gold, as the price is falling. A sure buy signal, really.

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense at..... at April 23, 2013 06:11 PM (Md8Uo)

156 87 Finally, a new graffitum read

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Huh. I was under the impression that the singular of "graffiti" was "graffito", at least in Italian. In Latin, it would probably be "graffitus"; if it were "graffitum" the plural would probably be "graffita".

Posted by: Assault Citizen Anachronda is supposed to be working on Latin homework at April 23, 2013 06:11 PM (U82Km)

157 How did fish end the Cold War and couldn't that Jackson guy afford a new tarp?

Posted by: huerfano at April 23, 2013 06:11 PM (bAGA/)

158 141 Did all the Scots wear kilts, back in the day? I"m thinking it was more of a Highland thing, a bit above raisin' of the rabble-rousers in the lowlands along the English border?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 10:08 PM (wZbqz)

--I think a lot of the trappings of what we associate with Highland Scots was pretty much consigned to history for centuries until Robert Burns revived them. I'll have to re-watch my BBC History of Scotland to confirm it.

Posted by: logprof at April 23, 2013 06:11 PM (+iA5G)

159 grease monkey, sorry, I'm just the temp worker

Posted by: chemjeff at April 23, 2013 06:11 PM (BBWjt)

160 I don't know that scots always wore kilts, but they were serious about klan plaid, so they might as well have. You gotta admire a guy that would walk into battle with all manner of pointy things flying around and he just lets 'em dangle in the breeze.

Posted by: tcn at April 23, 2013 06:11 PM (VLG62)

161 141 Did all the Scots wear kilts, back in the day? I"m thinking it was more of a Highland thing, a bit above raisin' of the rabble-rousers in the lowlands along the English border? Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 10:08 PM (wZbqz) My understanding Miss Tammy, (weak though it may be) is that the tartan look was pretty universal amongst the Celts. Started in the Highlands, yes, but moved to all them dirty Gaelic tribes.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 23, 2013 06:11 PM (GEICT)

162

Welcome back Maet.. hope the vacay was good. We all tried to behave but I'm sure you know how THAT went.

Posted by: jewells45 at April 23, 2013 06:11 PM (u25eL)

163 131 mero,

No doubt I am not a Chairborne ranger...I've been shot at but not as a troop....and not in an extended firefight...and not with field expedient grenades and bombs being tossed...

but as I said earlier when i was 11ish I saw a firefight in Dayton as a kid....

That Sgt used cover and closed to proper distance and took care of business.

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 06:12 PM (LRFds)

164 Posted by: Tami at April 23, 2013 10:06 PM (X6akg)

Maybe...maybe not.

But they are all Boston Red Sox fans, so really, they are bums.

Seriously, there where lots of cars at the other end of the street. Were they all Watertown?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2013 06:12 PM (/WLC3)

165 Hi Ragamuffin! Welcome

Posted by: chemjeff at April 23, 2013 06:12 PM (BBWjt)

166 156 87
Finally, a new graffitum read

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Huh. I was under the impression that the singular of "graffiti" was "graffito", at least in Italian. In Latin, it would probably be "graffitus"; if it were "graffitum" the plural would probably be "graffita".

Posted by: Assault Citizen Anachronda is supposed to be working on Latin homework at April 23, 2013 10:11 PM (U82Km)

--I don't know for sure, but I figured graffiti was not the appropriate word.

Posted by: logprof at April 23, 2013 06:12 PM (+iA5G)

167 @113 401K You will have to pay taxes at the end of the year. it will show as income to you, so if it is a lot, you will need to make a quarterly deposit to cover it, or face a penalty at the end of the year. That's my take on it. Why not borrow against it and leave it in the account, then you face no 10% or tax on it. Just saying, check into that plan.

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at April 23, 2013 06:12 PM (wR+pz)

168 So for those who don't know - NRA dinners are awesome - I went to ours the other night and won an ISSC SCAR Tactical Rifle - it's not a scary black gun - mine is Khaki! My son won a nice .22 Revolver... and then I got the door prize that was a 5 gallon bucket with assorted boxed ammunition - .223, .380, .40. 45 and a few other things. A good time was had by all - money was raised for the NRA Grant program which supports youth programs around the country.

And about that body temperature thing:
The guys at my house highly recommend the 5.11 Tactical Kilt:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwQSflH6bSI

Posted by: 2nd Amendment Mother at April 23, 2013 06:13 PM (L4CWX)

169 Posted by: AltonJackson at April 23, 2013 10:03 PM (JMmQ9) Probably should pay quarterly estimated tax so you don't owe too much next April 15! Another penalty if you do.

Posted by: W Goldberg at April 23, 2013 06:13 PM (Cnqmv)

170 Ok, so was it an M-4 with burst, or an AR-15 semi-automatic? Does anyone actually know? Because, as any person with a clue knows, it should raise MAJOR FLAGS if they had an M-4 with burst, considering you cannot buy those at gun stores.

Posted by: biscuits mahoney at April 23, 2013 06:13 PM (DW8dI)

171 Welcome to the horde Ragamuffin!

Posted by: jewells45 at April 23, 2013 06:13 PM (u25eL)

172 My understanding Miss Tammy, (weak though it may be) is that the tartan look was pretty universal amongst the Celts.

Tartan's also been found in graves of European-looking dudes in western China. The ones we're still calling "Tocharian" because we don't have a better name for them.

It seems to be a pre-Celtic fashion, from the ancestral Indo-European population.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at April 23, 2013 06:13 PM (QTHTd)

173 I was trying to track down the artist on the Lust Beer label and found this instead:
http://aleheads.com/2011/10/19/the-best-beer-labels/

Posted by: epobirs at April 23, 2013 06:13 PM (kcfmt)

174 Posted by: Assault Citizen Anachronda is supposed to be working on Latin homework at April 23, 2013 10:11 PM (U82Km)

I think plural of a noun with um at the end is "i"

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2013 06:14 PM (/WLC3)

175 The System worked!

Posted by: Nappy Napolitano at April 23, 2013 06:14 PM (xehjI)

176 chemjeff.. you get snow up there today? We managed to escape it (so far).

Posted by: jewells45 at April 23, 2013 06:14 PM (u25eL)

177 153 CBD,

Yeah of course the force has its own blindspots developing....

I love the people who think the current OPFOR is not cunning and adaptive....

In the early 90s we did not have the pervaisve coverage of NOD that is common now and I figured "man you guys must use the hell out of it"...

well some guys from 2/4IN explained to me that the taliban Tims have started using cell phones and cheap night surveillance cameras to see the Night Gear we use and pop cone of fire ambushes and pop mortar strikes.....

in the end it is always a big game of cat and mouse... Armor and Arrows

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 06:15 PM (LRFds)

178 AltonJackson, it will be considered income. So you will get taxed on top of the 10% haircut. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2013 10:04 PM AltonJackson, before cashing it out, have you considered a 401k loan instead? Posted by: chemjeff at April 23, 2013 10:06 PM thx Anna & chemjeff Yes, I know it'll be taxed as income, I'm ~~curoiu~~....interested in if tax will be withheld on withdrawal or if I just have to deal with the taxes at tax time next year. A 401K loan is not an option; it's an old account from a former employer. As I'm not currently contributing to the plan, I'm not eligible for a loan. It's a really small amount, not even enough to cover Charlie Sheen's crack tab for lunch on Wednesday....

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 23, 2013 06:15 PM (JMmQ9)

179 jewells, yeah, we got snow in the AM, but it had all melted by 4 pm

ugh, fucking winter just doesn't want to end

and there's a freeze warning here tonight

is it supposed to freeze down there too?

Posted by: chemjeff at April 23, 2013 06:15 PM (BBWjt)

180 It seems to be a pre-Celtic fashion, from the ancestral Indo-European population. Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at April 23, 2013 10:13 PM (QTHTd) Yeah, maybe, but let's be honest, we Celts made it look good.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 23, 2013 06:15 PM (GEICT)

181 20 An opening for a new moron? Jump on in. The Morons will be requesting nekkid pics, if they haven't already.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 23, 2013 06:15 PM (7FfYK)

182 Heh. I wasn't much older when AD&D was brand new. Still have my old books around somewhere, if I feel like rousting the spiders to dig 'em out...but Pathfinder it is these days.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, elsewhere at April 23, 2013 06:16 PM (m9V0o)

183 No worries CJ... I know my chimichangas... I am a genuine *invader* from that *hellhole* ..

Posted by: grease monkey at April 23, 2013 06:16 PM (VSWPU)

184 186... D*mn. Mind picking a few horse races & lottery tickets for me?

Posted by: Jess1 at April 23, 2013 06:16 PM (lbiWb)

185 Tartan, yes, but in kilt form? I think they had shawls and such. But perhaps I need some more Redbull. I'm curious only because I had this highly romanticized vision of my Scots ancestors and was informed by someone who probably really did know that based on my name, my ancestors were not from the Highlands and therefore highly unlikely to have worn kilts, though pipes may have been played while they were robbing their neighbors blind and stealing their women and getting falling down drunk.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 06:16 PM (wZbqz)

186 Welcome, LadyS! If you feel brave, be sure to pester Sean Bannion the next time he's around for the contact info for the NoVa meetup/gong show in June. Last night NDH was making pancakes, and tonight I'm finishing off the package of bacon. Anyone need a bacon fix?

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at April 23, 2013 06:16 PM (1xxgW)

187 150 Ragamuffin,

Hop in the water's warm....

won't say why but sacred honor compels me to blame the dog

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 06:16 PM (LRFds)

188 Also check out the wikipedia article on the Mad Bomber of NYC to see that domestic bombing campaigns are sadly not new.

Haymarket Square: May 4, 1886. Of course, they didn't have a Constitution back then. Not the rubber one we have now, anyway.

Posted by: Handcuffed to the Bumper of a State Trooper's Ford at April 23, 2013 06:17 PM (eMtQ2)

189 I was under the impression that the singular of "graffiti" was "graffito", at least in Italian. In Latin, it would probably be "graffitus"; if it were "graffitum" the plural would probably be "graffita".

Remember this or we'll cut your balls off.

Posted by: centurion of Legio V at April 23, 2013 06:17 PM (QTHTd)

190 Evening y'all! I see we have a new ette officially joining us tonight. *tips hat* Howdy, ma'am!

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2013 06:17 PM (doBIb)

191 Oh and welcome LadyS and Ragamuffin!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 06:17 PM (wZbqz)

192 I'm curious only because I had this highly romanticized vision of my Scots ancestors and was informed by someone who probably really did know that based on my name, my ancestors were not from the Highlands and therefore highly unlikely to have worn kilts, though pipes may have been played while they were robbing their neighbors blind and stealing their women and getting falling down drunk. Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 10:16 PM (wZbqz) You don't need to hit the history books for that.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 23, 2013 06:17 PM (GEICT)

193 174 I think plural of a noun with um at the end is "i"

-------

Nope. oppidum -> oppida.

Dammit, I've dragged out my textbook. One fewer reason to not be working on my Latin homework.

Posted by: Assault Citizen Anachronda is supposed to be working on Latin homework at April 23, 2013 06:18 PM (U82Km)

194 while they were robbing their neighbors blind and stealing their women and getting falling down drunk.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 10:16 PM (wZbqz)

So, you been with the horde for a while, eh?

Posted by: tcn at April 23, 2013 06:18 PM (VLG62)

195 We all tried to behave but I'm sure you know how THAT went. Sez you. I used up my piano AND safe drop quotas.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, elsewhere at April 23, 2013 06:18 PM (m9V0o)

196 @178 They will not take out shit. You are required to file everything. I'd take the money, if it is that small, spend it and not file shit. I doubt they report withdrawals.

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at April 23, 2013 06:18 PM (wR+pz)

197 Speaking of Friends of NRA dinners. Friend at church won a $1200 Kimber 1911 this weekend.

"Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's Kimber" kept running through my mind at church.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at April 23, 2013 06:18 PM (4Mv1T)

198 AltonJackson, a suggestion (but seek professional advice, of course):

First, roll over the 401k to an IRA account that you control.

Then, once the rollover is complete, cash it out. Then you may not have to worry about tax withholdings. But you will get a big tax bill next April.

Posted by: chemjeff at April 23, 2013 06:18 PM (BBWjt)

199 Thanks, everyone. Horde-sourcing always works. Thanks again

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 23, 2013 06:18 PM (JMmQ9)

200 Yes chemjeff.. supposed to get in the low 30's, high 20's. This sucks. My tulips just popped open. I worked so hard on planting them last year. I hope they make it. They aren't fully open.. so I'm hoping they can survive. Seems old man winter just won't let go. But... 70's by Saturday!! Whoo hoo!!

Posted by: jewells45 at April 23, 2013 06:19 PM (u25eL)

201 We never ask for fully nude pictures btw.Titteh pics ,yes.

Posted by: steevy at April 23, 2013 06:19 PM (9XBK2)

202 Whoa, make that TWO ettes joining us! Welcome!

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2013 06:19 PM (doBIb)

203 @178 You can also roll it over to your IRA or a new 401k.

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at April 23, 2013 06:19 PM (wR+pz)

204 Yeah, maybe, but let's be honest, we Celts made it look good.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 23, 2013 10:15 PM (GEICT)

I'll vouch for that.

Most people around here assume that you look fabulous in a skirt.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2013 06:19 PM (/WLC3)

205

Welcome Ragamuffin and LadyS.

Hope you've got a supply of handiwipes to clean off monitors and plastic spread across the keyboard.

Don't forget to watch your back and don't ever look in your closets.

Posted by: harleycowboy at April 23, 2013 06:19 PM (yfeAd)

206

Front (as opposed to back) Titteh pics ,yes

FIFY...

Posted by: Jess1 at April 23, 2013 06:20 PM (lbiWb)

207 Helllllllllllllo? Were they real burst M-4s or SA AR-15s?

Posted by: biscuits mahoney at April 23, 2013 06:20 PM (DW8dI)

208
RE: 401k

Any applicable taxes and penalties are withheld up front. The balance of the withdrawal is distributed.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 23, 2013 06:20 PM (kdS6q)

209

Yay! Maet's got the ONT up and running.

Of course, I missed the early part of it because: I was over at the "Ettes of the Moron Horde group on Ravelry where any and all 'Ettes are welcome be they commenter or lurker.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at April 23, 2013 06:20 PM (wbeNt)

210 grease monkey, okay, then you're bringing the tequila to the national moron meetup

Posted by: chemjeff at April 23, 2013 06:20 PM (BBWjt)

211 Welcome Lady S.. that must have been further up thread and I missed it. Always nice to get more ettes here. The men can stink up the joint sometimes.

Posted by: jewells45 at April 23, 2013 06:21 PM (u25eL)

212 205 Welcome Ragamuffin and LadyS. Hope you've got a supply of handiwipes to clean off monitors and plastic spread across the keyboard. Don't forget to watch your back and don't ever look in your closets. And check your purses for spider egg sacs, because it's the perfect breeding ground for them.

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2013 06:21 PM (doBIb)

213 http://wn.com/amager_bryghus/images

Gluttony look kind of familiar, too.

Posted by: epobirs at April 23, 2013 06:21 PM (kcfmt)

214 Nope. oppidum -> oppida.
Dammit, I've dragged out my textbook. One fewer reason to not be working on my Latin homework.
Posted by: Assault Citizen Anachronda is supposed to be working on Latin homework at April 23, 2013 10:18 PM (U82Km)

Depends on which Latin declension it falls into.

Which is moot because we're speaking English and once a word gets assimilated into English we're free to pluralize it any old damn way we feel. Cuz it's an English word now MFers.

Posted by: Mætenloch at April 23, 2013 06:21 PM (pAlYe)

215 >>>Yeah, maybe, but let's be honest, we Celts made it look good.

Men in skirts, and you busted on me for wearing bow ties.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at April 23, 2013 06:21 PM (4Mv1T)

216 About the titteh pics? You really don't have to answer that. I've been here for over two years and have yet to post even one tit, let alone two.

And what those boys are missing!

Well, mustn't make them drool.

Posted by: tcn at April 23, 2013 06:21 PM (VLG62)

217 Hello, Ragamuffin! BTW, if you or LadyS do any sort of craft or would just like to hang out with 'ettes, there is an 'Ettes of the Moron Horde group at Ravelry.

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at April 23, 2013 06:21 PM (1xxgW)

218 170 Ok, so was it an M-4 with burst, or an AR-15 semi-automatic? Does anyone actually know? Posted by: biscuits mahoney at April 23, 2013 10:13 PM (DW8dI) http://www.firearmstruth.com/2010/is-this-how-the-media-sees-guns

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 23, 2013 06:21 PM (qyfb5)

219 203 Billy Bob,

http://blog.taxresource.ca/moving-your-ira-or-401k-to-canada/

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 06:21 PM (LRFds)

220 jewells, yeah, my lilac bush here was just starting to bud. now it's going to freeze tonight. ugh.

Posted by: chemjeff at April 23, 2013 06:22 PM (BBWjt)

221 Welcome LadyS. Hope you don't live in Herndon or Chantilly or one of those crazier N. Va places.

Posted by: Daybrother at April 23, 2013 06:22 PM (fEGqn)

222 Miss Tammy, if you take my Irish roots back far enough, we're from the lowlands of Scotland. And if you go a little further back than that.....Viking. I love the Cochrane (original spelling) clan motto: Virtute et Laboure. " Valour and Exertion"

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 23, 2013 06:22 PM (GEICT)

223 Posted by: Assault Citizen Anachronda is supposed to be working on Latin homework at April 23, 2013 10:18 PM (U82Km)

You are correct.

I just pulled my old text out and apparently my years of drinking have rotted my brain.

Mea culpa. Mea culpa. Mea maxima culpa.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2013 06:22 PM (/WLC3)

224 Do my eyes deceive me or is this an actual, bona fide, good old-fashioned ONT? doin' the happy dance . . . oh, wait, let me lose these pants first.

Posted by: Peaches at April 23, 2013 06:23 PM (8lmkt)

225 Honestly, TR, you know the drill. Men (around here) have always tried to get into skirts, and bow ties are still kinda faggy.

Posted by: tcn at April 23, 2013 06:23 PM (VLG62)

226 Rand's trying to beat back the complaints about his latest drone statement with another statement. The first statement: http://t.co/xUb30seSbN The follow-up statement: http://t.co/9XFANePitr

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2013 06:23 PM (piMMO)

227 my lilac bush

Posted by: chemjeff at April 23, 2013 10:22 PM (BBWjt)

I thought you were a guy?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2013 06:23 PM (/WLC3)

228 Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at April 23, 2013 10:18 PM (wR+pz) IRS knows where every IRA and 401K buck is and the SSN that's owns them. YMMV.

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 23, 2013 06:23 PM (Cnqmv)

229 BCochran, no lie! Some remote ancestors of my Daddy had got sent down to the Caribbean somewhere to work off debt by working on a sugarcane plantation with the slaves and they were so badly behaved that they were put in a boat with 7 days provisions and set adrift. The overseers diary mentioned that they did nothing but drink, lay with females and play upon the fiddle. Beatings didn't deter them any, either. My mama shook her head when she read it and said "300 years later, nothing has changed"

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 06:23 PM (wZbqz)

230 Why are kids driving less?

It's an adult action that requires following laws and responsibility. Don't want to do adult stuff with rules

Mom drives them everywhere on demand

Cheetohs and beer can be ordered online

Driver tests have right and wrong answers, a test administrator JUDGES you, and there's no points awarded for intent to learn

Posted by: kbdabear at April 23, 2013 06:23 PM (mCvL4)

231 It may do okay chemjeff. Nature has a way of bouncing back. It may just bloom a little later.

Posted by: jewells45 at April 23, 2013 06:23 PM (u25eL)

232 I'm curious only because I had this highly romanticized vision of my Scots ancestors and was informed by someone who probably really did know that based on my name, my ancestors were not from the Highlands and therefore highly unlikely to have worn kilts, though pipes may have been played while they were robbing their neighbors blind and stealing their women and getting falling down drunk.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 10:16 PM (wZbqz)

--Well, if they were from the western islands, they were more Irish than Scottish anyway.

Posted by: logprof at April 23, 2013 06:23 PM (+iA5G)

233 Mister, I think the less said about you lilac bush the better. And no, we don't want to know how it came to be that color.

Posted by: epobirs at April 23, 2013 06:24 PM (kcfmt)

234 Was here till 1:00 AM this morning.

I must sleep.

Welcome to the new 'ettes, and good night to all.

Even the guys in skirts.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at April 23, 2013 06:24 PM (4Mv1T)

235
Seriously, there where lots of cars at the other end of the street. Were they all Watertown?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2013 10:12 PM (/WLC3)

The policeman that was shot and almost bled out was from the MA Transportation Authority. I think there was a whole mix of LE there.

And the guy that had the pics from his window of the street shootout took them down due to "the ongoing investigation".

Posted by: Tami [/i] at April 23, 2013 06:24 PM (X6akg)

236 I went to a wet T-shirt contest once. Must have been 57 tits up there.

Posted by: harleycowboy at April 23, 2013 06:24 PM (yfeAd)

237
Also RE: 401k

That 20% being withheld is just a standard amount, and may or may not suffice at tax time. Depending on your total income for the year, you may end up owing more, less or nothing on that withdrawal.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 23, 2013 06:24 PM (kdS6q)

238 Yes, I know it'll be taxed as income, I'm curoiu....interested in if tax will be withheld on withdrawal or if I just have to deal with the taxes at tax time next year.

My understanding is that it depends on the plan and the amount. Can you contact the plan admin? That person should be able to tell you.

Posted by: Retread at April 23, 2013 06:24 PM (zxitI)

239

"jewells, yeah, my lilac bush here was just starting to bud"

I sincerely hope that is a reference to some flora...

Posted by: Jess1 at April 23, 2013 06:24 PM (lbiWb)

240 Most people around here assume that you look fabulous in a skirt. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2013 10:19 PM (/WLC3) -------------------------- Men in skirts, and you busted on me for wearing bow ties. Posted by: Tobacco Road at April 23, 2013 10:21 PM (4Mv1T) So you've decided to mock the people who live to do nothing more than drink and fight. Excellent life choice.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 23, 2013 06:24 PM (GEICT)

241 228 Hrothgar,

Yeah.....you know the nice thing about 11 years after your renounce from what I've been told?

Burning your Soc Sec card

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 06:25 PM (LRFds)

242 211 The men can stink up the joint sometimes.

-----------

Clouds of love.

(a handy phrase I picked up from a documentary about old 2-stroke Saabs, where it was used to refer to the exhaust)

Posted by: Assault Citizen Anachronda is supposed to be working on Latin homework at April 23, 2013 06:25 PM (U82Km)

243 Greta is covering the unsolved murder of those 3 guys, one of which was the older brother's 'best friend'.

Posted by: Tami [/i] at April 23, 2013 06:25 PM (X6akg)

244 I'm worried now. I offered up bacon to the masses and have had no takers. More for me, I guess.

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at April 23, 2013 06:25 PM (1xxgW)

245 Can't believe you guys weren't interested in a Tactical Kilt:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwQSflH6bSI

5.11 Tactical had a great company photo on their Facebook of their reps wearing them for some charity event today.

Posted by: 2nd Amendment Mother at April 23, 2013 06:25 PM (L4CWX)

246 I'm curious only because I had this highly
romanticized vision of my Scots ancestors and was informed by someone
who probably really did know that based on my name, my ancestors were
not from the Highlands and therefore highly unlikely to have worn kilts,
though pipes may have been played while they were robbing their
neighbors blind and stealing their women and getting falling down drunk.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 10:16 PM (wZbqz)

Hey, Tammy!!! I always picture my Scots ancestors running naked, covered in blue paint, smiting whoever gets in their way.

I'm here to help . . .

Posted by: Peaches at April 23, 2013 06:25 PM (8lmkt)

247 >>>and bow ties are still kinda faggy.
Posted by: tcn

You must not be from around my locale.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at April 23, 2013 06:26 PM (4Mv1T)

248 #222

Another translation might be 'fucking on velvet,' which has its virtues as well.

Posted by: epobirs at April 23, 2013 06:26 PM (kcfmt)

249 oh chemjeff.. met with the neurosurgeon today. I am doing better since last Thursday. He agreed the massage probably didn't help but just keep doing stretching and try to take short walks. I told him if I am not 90% by June I am calling him. I want to dance at my nieces wedding. He said.. understood.. call me.. we will figure it out. But I AM doing better.

Posted by: jewells45 at April 23, 2013 06:26 PM (u25eL)

250 I don't think he meant lilac as a color, but perhaps as a scent?

Posted by: tcn at April 23, 2013 06:26 PM (VLG62)

251 So why haven't the Scots taken over the world?

Posted by: rickl at April 23, 2013 09:57 PM (sdi6R)

Because they found out that being on the dole meant they still ended up with all the English's stuff without the hard work and danger of raiding.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at April 23, 2013 06:26 PM (wbeNt)

252 I thought you were a guy?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2013 10:23 PM (/WLC3)

Yeah, I'm a guy. When I was choosing what to plant in that particular portion of the yard, I went to the nursery person and said that I wanted something that was almost brainless to take care of. The nursery guy recommended a lilac bush. So I went with that. And it's true, I haven't had to do much of anything to it thus far. I just don't want it to die.

Posted by: chemjeff at April 23, 2013 06:26 PM (BBWjt)

253 214 Which is moot because we're speaking English and once a word gets assimilated into English we're free to pluralize it any old damn way we feel. Cuz it's an English word now MFers.

--------

I bet you split infinitives, too, just because you can.

Posted by: Assault Citizen Anachronda is supposed to be working on Latin homework at April 23, 2013 06:26 PM (U82Km)

254 216 About the titteh pics? You really don't have to answer that. I've been here for over two years and have yet to post even one tit, let alone two. And what those boys are missing! Well, mustn't make them drool. Remember, sharing is caring!

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2013 06:26 PM (doBIb)

255 Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at April 23, 2013 10:25 PM (1xxgW)

We've been fooled before.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2013 06:26 PM (/WLC3)

256 Forget it, Jake. It's Guntown.

Posted by: edmund at April 23, 2013 06:26 PM (rCS6C)

257 White kids are probably driving less, but I swear that Armenian and Mexican kids start driving at the age of 12

Posted by: kbdabear at April 23, 2013 06:27 PM (mCvL4)

258

"Men (around here) have always tried to get into skirts"

Er, no. I'm thankful that my ancestors were already here when blue face paint and skirts was some sort of fashion statement...

Posted by: Jess1 at April 23, 2013 06:27 PM (lbiWb)

259 237 LDC,

absolutely...of course it is always best to discuss implications with your fund manager and tax pro....

I am researching the hell out of transferring the funds to a Canadian bank and equivalent fund mechanism

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 06:27 PM (LRFds)

260 I'm worried now. I offered up bacon to the masses and have had no takers. More for me, I guess. *** MEMEMEMEME!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2013 06:27 PM (piMMO)

261 You must not be from around my locale.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at April 23, 2013 10:26 PM (4Mv1T)

Sweetie, where I'm from, the only tie a guy ever wears is probably made out of string and had a big honking gold nugget on it.

Posted by: tcn at April 23, 2013 06:27 PM (VLG62)

262 We'been fooled before. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2013 10:26 PM (/WLC3) Honey, I seriously have bacon frying in the pan.

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at April 23, 2013 06:27 PM (1xxgW)

263 I just checked to see if 5.11's prices were still 5x the prices of normal clothing. Yep. Not *quite* worth it for me. I remember skipping them for loadout bags, because, dude, I could buy a gun for that.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 23, 2013 06:28 PM (qyfb5)

264 *Sends bacon to NDH*

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at April 23, 2013 06:28 PM (1xxgW)

265 Peaches! How are the Feline Overlords? logprof, truth be told, I think my Scots ancestors were probably more English than anything. And like you said, Irish, too. Northern Ireland, of course, proper Orangemen.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 06:28 PM (wZbqz)

266
Also RE:401k

Although the amount is relatively small, you may not have to take the money now and get hit with the penalty and taxes.

You may be able to roll that money into your current 401k and avoid that.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 23, 2013 06:28 PM (kdS6q)

267 >>>So you've decided to mock the people who live to do nothing more than drink and fight.

Excellent life choice.

I mentioned here a few night ago that for some reason my very best friends are always the loudest and most obnoxious people I know.

Keeps it entertaining.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at April 23, 2013 06:28 PM (4Mv1T)

268 Posted by: chemjeff at April 23, 2013 10:26 PM (BBWjt)

The operative word in my obviously lame joke was bush.

My lilac bush.

Get it?

Bush.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2013 06:28 PM (/WLC3)

269 I thought you were a guy?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2013 10:23 PM (/WLC3)

u r so evil . . . it's one of your best qualities . . .

Posted by: Peaches at April 23, 2013 06:28 PM (8lmkt)

270 244 I'm worried now. I offered up bacon to the masses and have had no takers. More for me, I guess.

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at April 23, 2013 10:25 PM (1xxgW)

--Mourning the Jets loss.

Posted by: logprof at April 23, 2013 06:28 PM (+iA5G)

271 251 Polli the Wogette,

and they are the North Sea Sauds....

the world's best bankers and agents of proto capitalism and now they are redder than Van Jones

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 06:28 PM (LRFds)

272 jewells, that is awesome!

Here is a kitteh for you

http://tinyurl.com/cvcl4vw

Posted by: chemjeff at April 23, 2013 06:28 PM (BBWjt)

273 I lurk.. throw 3 or 4 pieces my way! Bacon is always good.

Posted by: jewells45 at April 23, 2013 06:28 PM (u25eL)

274 I'm worried now. I offered up bacon to the masses and have had no takers. More for me, I guess.

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at April 23, 2013 10:25 PM (1xxgW)

GAAHHHH!!! How did I miss that. Me, bacons for me, pretty please?

Posted by: Peaches at April 23, 2013 06:29 PM (8lmkt)

275 Damn! Never been so well-welcomed. Hi to Ragamuffin too, as I wouldn't want to forget my manners with a Texan. Definitely interested in a NoVa meetup. And yes, I am a ginger with a kilted husband. Feeling right at home and will greet ye morons over me oatmeal and whiskey in the mornin. Having early rising children, my cross to bear.

Posted by: LadyS at April 23, 2013 06:29 PM (p1PKI)

276 Samoan men wear skirts, too. I wonder what they're sperm counts are like? Based on the average family size, I'm guessing it's pretty good.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 06:29 PM (wZbqz)

277 Thank you chemjeff

Posted by: jewells45 at April 23, 2013 06:29 PM (u25eL)

278 Honey, I seriously have bacon frying in the pan.

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at April 23, 2013 10:27 PM (1xxgW)

Tease.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2013 06:30 PM (/WLC3)

279 *Sends bacon to NDH* *** NOM NOM NOM thank you!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 23, 2013 06:30 PM (piMMO)

280 76 So why haven't the Scots taken over the world? Posted by: rickl at April 23, 2013 09:57 PM (sdi6R) Haggis.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at April 23, 2013 06:30 PM (fCw1i)

281 263 mero,

Yeah if I do get my licenses and Skip trace *maybe* an outfit maybe...

but truth be told the gear is not that exceptional for what most including me when I did personal protection and aided a Bail Bond crew would ever face.

Gekko45 notwithstanding

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 06:30 PM (LRFds)

282 Bacon in the morning Bacon in the evening Bacon at suppertime Bacon, All The Time!

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 23, 2013 06:30 PM (qyfb5)

283 CBD, haha, okay, get it

here is a kitteh for you

http://tinyurl.com/ctsnvd7

Posted by: chemjeff at April 23, 2013 06:30 PM (BBWjt)

284 Thanks again, Horde. I'm not talking about a flaming metric ass-ton of money here; I did the house-hold cash projection maths over the weekend then added the much needed new tires for the Mighty Fusion Commuter-Mobile and a few other non-recurring items and was left with a (technical accounting term follows) "WTF?" Then I thought "I've got X short dollars (getting shorter every day) just sitting there: problem solved."

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 23, 2013 06:30 PM (JMmQ9)

285

@84
Actually, if he'd used his deity's favored weapon, he'd have been cool. Sadly, Mormon history seems to indicate repeating rifles rather than bladed weapons...

-----------------------------

Nah... Swords are good. One guy in particular in the Book of Mormon is famous for disarming *cough* an awfully large number of opponents with his sword...

(REALLY bad pun for those who know what I'm referring to)

I'm wondering if the Bishop served a mission in Japan back in the day. Might explain his interest in weapons like that.

Also of note - the article mentions that "neighbors" came out to help when he confronted the mugger. How many places are there where that little extra bit would take place?

Posted by: junior at April 23, 2013 06:30 PM (GQQPX)

286

"I offered up bacon to the masses and have had no takers"

Well, let's see: couple of pounds of Kirkland (Costco), about 5 lbs of an excellent "homebrewed" smoked bacon, couple of flavors of bacon salt, and a couple of slabs in storage... so, I'm good. For now.

Posted by: Jess1 at April 23, 2013 06:30 PM (lbiWb)

287 *Fires bacon to Jewells and Peaches* Logprof, you and I can start the "Jets are giving me ulcers" support group, since the Oilers have crapped the bed and I don't have to worry about them anymore.

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at April 23, 2013 06:31 PM (1xxgW)

288 Well, hell yea I want some bacon.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 06:31 PM (wZbqz)

289 u r so evil . . . it's one of your best qualities . . .

Posted by: Peaches at April 23, 2013 10:28 PM (8lmkt)

That's the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me on this blog.

Marry me.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2013 06:31 PM (/WLC3)

290 Samoan men wear skirts, too. I wonder what they're sperm counts are like? Based on the average family size, I'm guessing it's pretty good.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 10:29 PM (wZbqz)

Some of 'em only have to look at a woman to knock her up. Srsly, those guys are monsters of sperminess.

Hi, LadyS, and welcome to the jungle.

Posted by: Peaches at April 23, 2013 06:31 PM (8lmkt)

291 I was not going to come here tonight, then I smelled bacon.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 23, 2013 06:32 PM (xKC/c)

292 With the Samoans, it isn't so much the family size as the size of each member of that family. For some reason, they have taken over large swaths of Anchorage over the past decade. Can't image those skirts are all that nice in the dead of February, but to each his own.

Can't image that climate does much for potency either, for that matter. Probably have to coax the little guy out after a nice warm bath.

Posted by: tcn at April 23, 2013 06:32 PM (VLG62)

293 Well, off to Best Buy for some Deal of the Day goodness.

Posted by: epobirs at April 23, 2013 06:32 PM (kcfmt)

294 Hey, I could use some bacon. I seem to be *buuuurp* plumb out.

Posted by: chemjeff at April 23, 2013 06:32 PM (BBWjt)

295 The last Vikings was another good one. Love watching Ragnar learn Christianity while the monk goes a little pagan. The sacrifice scenes, good guessing at how it may have been, explain the appeal of a new religion which demanded spiritual things instead of blood.

Posted by: Beagle at April 23, 2013 06:32 PM (sOtz/)

296 Posted by: Jess1 at April 23, 2013 10:30 PM (lbiWb)

Bacon salt?

BACON SALT?

What is bacon salt? Hold nothing back.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2013 06:32 PM (/WLC3)

297 Okay, help a brother out here...Jets loss? Oilers? Is it that time already??

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 06:33 PM (wZbqz)

298 Honey, I seriously have bacon frying in the pan.

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at April 23, 2013 10:27 PM (1xxgW)

BaconbaconbaconbaconBaconbaconbaconbaconBaconbaconbaconbacon!

Posted by: Tami [/i] at April 23, 2013 06:33 PM (X6akg)

299 Made chocolate covered bacon a couple of years ago. Chocolate. Covered. Bacon.

Posted by: Craig Poe at April 23, 2013 06:33 PM (BVkEs)

300 *Fires bacon to Jewells and Peaches*

lurk, you are, as always, a goddess. however, if Jewells wants my bacons, I am happy for her to have them if it will keep her strength up. gnaws on finger, pops another can o' cheap swill.

Posted by: Peaches at April 23, 2013 06:33 PM (8lmkt)

301 290 Peaches,

Vai Sikahema Ma'am....

not a hoss Somoan but dear God a tough one...

Junior Seau as well...

God rest his soul

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 06:34 PM (LRFds)

302 *Bacon for Tammy and Blanco* Next time I should just get an entire pig.

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at April 23, 2013 06:34 PM (1xxgW)

303 Gekko45 notwithstanding Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 10:30 PM (LRFds) Aaaaaaand for the lurkers / newbies: http://lonelymachines.org/mall-ninjas/ I was actually reading this when it started at the GlockTalk forums, unfortunately I didn't post on those threads, that would be amusingly self-referential.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 23, 2013 06:34 PM (qyfb5)

304 Okay, help a brother out here...Jets loss? Oilers? Is it that time already?? Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 10:33 PM (wZbqz) Winnipeg Jets and Edmonton Oilers. National Hockey League.

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at April 23, 2013 06:34 PM (1xxgW)

305 I bet you split infinitives, too, just because you can.

There's more to go around that way.

Posted by: harleycowboy at April 23, 2013 06:34 PM (yfeAd)

306 NOM NOM NOM

Thank you, Miss lurk.

NOM NOM NOM

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 23, 2013 06:35 PM (xKC/c)

307 Marry me. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2013 10:31 PM (/WLC3) So you're one of those Mormons. I did not know that.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 23, 2013 06:35 PM (GEICT)

308 if I continue to age (as opposed to corking off due to teh moron lifestyle), I'm thinking my bush may start to look lilac in certain lights . . .

Posted by: Peaches at April 23, 2013 06:36 PM (8lmkt)

309 What is bacon salt? Hold nothing back. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2013 10:32 PM Dude, it's old

Posted by: AltonJackson Chanels at April 23, 2013 06:36 PM (JMmQ9)

310 295 beagle,

I think one of history's best kept secrets is how well Catholicism did at subverting the Native Polytheistic thoughts and rolling that bent into "the saints"

it defeated every polytheism it met through this method.

I know that Asatru speaks to a part of my soul, and I also know I am repelled at its use by neos.

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 06:36 PM (LRFds)

311 Hey Blanco! Yea, them Samoans are a gracious plenty. Great big folks. Squared off feet, too. I had Samoan neighbors and let me tell you, they were good neighbors to have. I was never hungry, ever.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 06:36 PM (wZbqz)

312 I only have two pounds of bacon.

Posted by: Beagle at April 23, 2013 06:37 PM (sOtz/)

313

"What is bacon salt? Hold nothing back"

You're kidding, right? During my year or so absence did no one extole the virtues of J&D's Bacon Salts?

I am sorely disappointed.

A fine line of bacon flavored products available on the interwebz at J&D's. The Hickory flavored Bacon Salt is worth it's weight in gold. Every moron should have at least a 2.75 oz bottle on hand.

Posted by: Jess1 at April 23, 2013 06:37 PM (lbiWb)

314 Tami, have some bacon. Earlier today I so wanted a Blondie. Now I'm wolfing down bacon.

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at April 23, 2013 06:37 PM (1xxgW)

315 299 Made chocolate covered bacon a couple of years ago. Chocolate. Covered. Bacon. Posted by: Craig Poe at April 23, 2013 10:33 PM (BVkEs) Yum. Pig Candy is a favorite around here. Thick sliced bacon with brown sugar and a touch of cayenne. Sometimes toss a few pecans on it just to up the protein count.

Posted by: Ragamuffin at April 23, 2013 06:37 PM (fzFF6)

316 303 Mero,

There's a little Gekko45 beating in the heart of anyone who has ever earned their living with arms....

ideally the stress is on "little" and not "beating"

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 06:37 PM (LRFds)

317 309 What is bacon salt? Hold nothing back.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2013 10:32 PM

Dude, it's old

Posted by: AltonJackson Chanels at April 23, 2013 10:36 PM (JMmQ9)

I just googled....OMG! How did I not know about this product?!

On shopping list.

Posted by: Tami [/i] at April 23, 2013 06:37 PM (X6akg)

318 Thanks I Lurk.. tummy full of bacon.. I'm off to bed rons and ettes.. love and kisses..

Posted by: jewells45 at April 23, 2013 06:38 PM (u25eL)

319 201 We never ask for fully nude pictures btw.Titteh pics ,yes. Righhhtttt, that's why you guys always want us to calibrate the webcam in the shower.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 23, 2013 06:38 PM (7FfYK)

320 292 TCN,

Genes wise they and the Eskimos are not too different......

Eskimos are rather fecund and enjoy a good game of hide in the furs.

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 06:38 PM (LRFds)

321 Night jewells

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 23, 2013 06:38 PM (GEICT)

322

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at April 23, 2013 10:37 PM (1xxgW)

GULP!!!

Thank you!!

Posted by: Tami [/i] at April 23, 2013 06:38 PM (X6akg)

323 Posted by: Ragamuffin at April 23, 2013 10:37 PM (fzFF6)

I made bacon peanut brittle last year.

I was a very happy camper for a few weeks.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2013 06:39 PM (/WLC3)

324 Bacon actually doesn't pair too badly with a margarita.

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at April 23, 2013 06:39 PM (1xxgW)

325 Hey back, Tammy!

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 23, 2013 06:39 PM (xKC/c)

326 Heh. Apparently Boston Bomber Boy was a listener to Alex Jones' mental cesspool of the air.

Posted by: zsasz at April 23, 2013 06:39 PM (MMC8r)

327 Made chocolate covered bacon a couple of years ago. Chocolate. Covered. Bacon.
Posted by: Craig Poe at April 23, 2013 10:33 PM (BVkEs)

you can get bacon chocolate bars at Holy Foods. it's about 8 bucks, but pretty darn good. they're always out lately . . . unless they've bowed to the fuckin muzzies and discontinued it. that would be a shame.

Posted by: Peaches at April 23, 2013 06:39 PM (8lmkt)

328 Night jewells!

Posted by: Tami [/i] at April 23, 2013 06:39 PM (X6akg)

329

"I only have two pounds of bacon"

Wow. What a confession. I do hope that saying such a thing out loud is your first step in reclaiming your pride (and bacon).

Meanwhile, I do not pity you, but offer words of encouragement and support in your struggle to aquire more bacon.

Posted by: Jess1 at April 23, 2013 06:39 PM (lbiWb)

330 Righhhtttt, that's why you guys always want us to calibrate the webcam in the shower. Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 23, 2013 10:38 PM (7FfYK) Dammit fellas, they're onto us.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 23, 2013 06:39 PM (GEICT)

331 pre-mature "enter" button I'm sorry, this has never happened to me before.... stitch the two comments together and that's some funny siht, right there

Posted by: AltonJackson Chanels Dave from Garfield Ridge at April 23, 2013 06:39 PM (JMmQ9)

332 Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at April 23, 2013 10:34 PM (1xxgW) Bless you. What's really embarrassing is that I much prefer hockey to football and I didn't even know they was a team called the Jets.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 06:40 PM (wZbqz)

333 LadyS, welcome. 20 years in Reston, VA was enough for me. Silver Line reducing traffic my ass. ⦤submerging to lurking depth⦥

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 23, 2013 06:40 PM (u82oZ)

334 Righhhtttt, that's why you guys always want us to calibrate the webcam in the shower. It just makes sense!

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2013 06:40 PM (doBIb)

335 Also of note - the article mentions that "neighbors" came out to help when he confronted the mugger. How many places are there where that little extra bit would take place? Posted by: junior at April 23, 2013 10:30 PM (GQQPX) Mostly just Mormonia. I have non-Mormon relatives and they tell me Mormon Stories all the time. Like TV ads asking people to *be nice* to each other. Constant help from neighbors. The proselytizing can be a little annoying, but it doesn't come up as much after they realize you're not going to join the club. They still show up with cookies and shovel your driveway for you "because they happened to be doing theirs", though.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 23, 2013 06:40 PM (qyfb5)

336 bebe!!!!! zsazs!!!! y'all are looking very swanky tonight . . .

Posted by: Peaches at April 23, 2013 06:40 PM (8lmkt)

337 Righhhtttt, that's why you guys always want us to calibrate the webcam in the shower.

That's because the humidity from the shower diffuses the light, so we'll know that focus is as sharp as possible when it's good there.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 23, 2013 06:40 PM (xKC/c)

338 Night jewells!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 06:41 PM (wZbqz)

339 Logprof, you and I can start the "Jets are giving me ulcers" support group, since the Oilers have crapped the bed and I don't have to worry about them anymore.

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at April 23, 2013 10:31 PM (1xxgW)

--I thought they would at least steal a point from the Caps. The only good news was the Rangers losing to the hapless Panthers.

Posted by: logprof at April 23, 2013 06:41 PM (+iA5G)

340 324 Bacon actually doesn't pair too badly with a margarita. I'm not sure there is really anything bacon doesn't pair well with. With which bacon doesn't pair well...

Posted by: Ragamuffin at April 23, 2013 06:42 PM (fzFF6)

341 Hey Purp! What's the deal with this? 28 The brass end caps on that pipe bomb show a level of assembly sophistication I didn't expect from these wankers... Someone had a clue about how to not have the bomb become prematurely splody Posted by: @PurpAv at April 23, 2013 09:50 PM (/gHaE) Thanks!

Posted by: Boomer Redneque votes Galt/Rearden '16! Burn, baby, burn... at April 23, 2013 06:42 PM (eQnzo)

342 good night jewells!!!

Posted by: chemjeff at April 23, 2013 06:42 PM (BBWjt)

343 Can't image that climate does much for potency either, for that matter. Probably have to coax the little guy out after a nice warm bath.

Posted by: tcn at April 23, 2013 10:32 PM (VLG62)

--Kind of a weird quirk of nature that coldness preserves the actual little swimmers better than heat, while also making it harder for them to get out, innit?

Posted by: logprof at April 23, 2013 06:43 PM (+iA5G)

344 308 if I continue to age (as opposed to corking off due to teh moron lifestyle), I'm thinking my bush may start to look lilac in certain lights . . . Posted by: Peaches at April 23, 2013 10:36 PM (8lmkt) Personally, I'm kind of surprised the thread didn't grind to a halt with that post as all the morons leapt to their bunks. Then again, the bacon thing took a while to get going, maybe this will, too.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 23, 2013 06:43 PM (qyfb5)

345 http://www.drinknation.com/drink/bacon-margarita

Posted by: chemjeff at April 23, 2013 06:43 PM (BBWjt)

346

Considering that those two little islands off the west coast of continental Europe had an impact on the continent of North America ( U.S and Canada) continent of Australia, ( along with New Zealand and Tasmania)Africa ( South Africa et al) and Asia ( many places)

those Scots (aka Celts) did rather well.

Posted by: seamrog at April 23, 2013 06:43 PM (7QP2k)

347 Welcome new ettes!

Posted by: Infidel at April 23, 2013 06:43 PM (gqEUi)

348 295 The last Vikings was another good one. Love watching Ragnar learn Christianity while the monk goes a little pagan. The sacrifice scenes, good guessing at how it may have been, explain the appeal of a new religion which demanded spiritual things instead of blood.

Posted by: Beagle at April 23, 2013 10:32 PM (sOtz/)

--Vikings has been a great escape from the usual drek on TV.

Posted by: logprof at April 23, 2013 06:44 PM (+iA5G)

349 That's because the humidity from the shower diffuses the light, so we'll know that focus is as sharp as possible when it's good there.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 23, 2013 10:40 PM (xKC/c)

Yeah, you just keep on fuckin that chicken, buddy.

Posted by: tcn at April 23, 2013 06:45 PM (VLG62)

350 Posted by: Ragamuffin at April 23, 2013 10:42 PM (fzFF6)

There are some things up with which I will not put.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 23, 2013 06:45 PM (/WLC3)

351 My father is 95 and has a good estate. I am one of the executors and I am already making myself sick wondering what kind of crap taxes are going to happen. The estate won't hit the mark where death taxes will have to be paid, but I suspect there are issues of capital gains on investments and taxes to be paid on annuities when they are cashed in. My dad supported a family of eight by working full time in a factory and working a small farm until he was 40. Then he just worked the factory job and he and my mom scrimped and invested. It will piss me off to see the government get anything. My dad already had to pay extra income tax this year because I cashed in a small annuity for him. I had to pay extra taxes because my mom left me 7 one thousand dollar savings bonds. I'm still mad about it. My parents paid income taxes on that money when they first earned it, before they invested it. You pay income tax when you earn money, and if you save it or invest it you get taxed on it again. All they're doing is punishing the people left who are responsible. I'm just fed up with everything lately.

Posted by: nerdygirl at April 23, 2013 06:45 PM (9H+iJ)

352 Yes, Peaches' lilac tinted bush really does deserve further discussion. Is my apostrophe appropriately placed?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 06:45 PM (wZbqz)

353 ideally the stress is on "little" and not "beating" Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 10:37 PM (LRFds) I think it all comes down to how often one asks ones self: "Am I taking myself too seriously. Well, am I, punk?"

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 23, 2013 06:45 PM (qyfb5)

354 http://baconmartini.com/

Posted by: chemjeff at April 23, 2013 06:45 PM (BBWjt)

355 Thanks! Posted by: Boomer Redneque votes Galt/Rearden '16! Burn, baby, burn... at April 23, 2013 10:42 PM (eQnzo) Brass end caps won't spark when you screw them on, as opposed to other metals, thereby preventing premature detonation.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 23, 2013 06:45 PM (GEICT)

356 Bless you. What's really embarrassing is that I much prefer hockey to football and I didn't even know they was a team called the Jets. Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 10:40 PM (wZbqz) The original Jets joined the NHL in 1979 after the WHA collapsed. The other 3 WHA teams that joined the NHL were the Edmonton Oilers, the Hartford Whalers, and the Quebec Nordiques (the Whalers are now the Carolina Hurricanes and the Nordiques are now the Colorado Avalanche). In the mid-90s, when the Canadian dollar was in the toilet, the Jets moved to Phoenix and became the Coyotes. The team is still there because of the sheer willpower of the commissioner. The current Jets are the former Atlanta Thrashers. *Hands you more bacon for reading this*

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at April 23, 2013 06:45 PM (1xxgW)

357

Righhhtttt, that's why you guys always want us to calibrate the webcam in the shower.

No. That's to ensure it's waterproof.

Posted by: harleycowboy at April 23, 2013 06:45 PM (yfeAd)

358 Attorneys for The Rutherford Institute have filed a civil rights lawsuit against a Chicago public school district on behalf of a second-grade teacher who was suspended after he displayed garden-variety tools such as wrenches, pliers and screwdrivers in his classroom as part of a "tool discussion" in his class. Despite the fact that all potentially hazardous items were kept out of the students' reach, school officials at Washington Irving Elementary School informed Doug Bartlett, a 17-year veteran in the classroom, that his use of the tools as visual aids endangered his students. Bartlett was subsequently penalized with a four-day suspension without pay - charged with possessing, carrying, storing or using a weapon.

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at April 23, 2013 06:45 PM (e8kgV)

359 Those bacon salt people also make a mix to make bacon gravy!

I'm gonna be lost on that website for a while......

Posted by: Tami [/i] at April 23, 2013 06:45 PM (X6akg)

360 341 Boomer redneque,

THe caps on the stock footage are done up to pro levels...

one of the most common things to go wrong with pipe bombs and field expedient munitions is spillage of explosive in poorly sealed or formed chambers....

the other is not using a proper filler to stabilize the load of the explosive and clumping or piling of said explosive or fouling of powder.

Pipebombs are a deceptively "easy' field expedient device from what the combat engineers I've asked have said....

they suggested all things being equal going with Napalm (I have a few good recipes) or old school molotovs...

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 06:46 PM (LRFds)

361

"Thick sliced bacon with brown sugar and a touch of cayenne"

One of my favorites. My version is to cut strips of thick sliced Gwaltney bacon into 1 inch or so long sections, and cook until almost crisp. Pat dry, drain pan and filter renderings. Combine brown sugar, molassas, filtered renderings and agave syrup, stirring over high heat until beginning to thicken. Stir in bacon chunks, and add cayenne + paprika to taste. Remove from heat, sprinkle sea salt, allow to cool (be sure to grease pan 1st), break into crunchy chunks of goodness.

Posted by: Jess1 at April 23, 2013 06:46 PM (lbiWb)

362 Suck it up buttercups with your talk of frost, we've had more snow in April than I care for. 23 rd of the month and its still white out there, global warming my ass

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 23, 2013 06:46 PM (HVff2)

363 Alton, it will not be withheld. You'll get a 1099, and hit with major taxes because, I'm guessing you are not 59.5 years old.

Posted by: CSMBigBird at April 23, 2013 06:46 PM (6IKyK)

364 Posted by: nerdygirl at April 23, 2013 10:45 PM (9H+iJ) Have you looked into trusts?

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at April 23, 2013 06:46 PM (1xxgW)

365 You have to wonder if anybody has ever been fired from a school for a track & field event like "javelin relay"

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at April 23, 2013 06:47 PM (e8kgV)

366

AltonJackson,

If you are still here. I am a tax preparer and would point out that most 401(k)s at a previous employer would not let you take a loan if they cannot withhold payment from your paychecks.

When you make a withdrawal, you can have them withhold the 10% penalty and also an additional percentage or set amount to cover the income tax you will owe on the withdrawal. If you call whomever is administering the plan, they can help you figure out how much to withhold when you take the money out.

Otherwise, you can, as some have suggested above, make an estimated tax payment using a form 1040-ES, which you can get from the irs.gov web site.

Posted by: alamogordo Hudson at April 23, 2013 06:47 PM (HUTO5)

367 362 Suck it up buttercups with your talk of frost, we've had more snow in April than I care for. 23 rd of the month and its still white out there, global warming my ass

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 23, 2013 10:46 PM (HVff2)

Yeah, but I didn't choose to live in Minnesota

Posted by: chemjeff at April 23, 2013 06:47 PM (BBWjt)

368 oh and "brass" "duh"...

I've often wondered why modern guys don't use PVC and twist.....

anyway "look squirrel!"

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 06:48 PM (LRFds)

369 352 Yes, Peaches' lilac tinted bush really does deserve further discussion. Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 10:45 PM (wZbqz) I am, *somehow*, some time, going to work that into something. Like a mention of peach trees and lilac bushes, or even a character named Peaches with a lical bush, especially if I can frame it ambiguously. Just, you know, because. Also, I'm sure a "purple bush" exists, both in real life and in anime. Here, Let Me Turn Off Safe Search....

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 23, 2013 06:48 PM (qyfb5)

370 All they're doing is punishing the people left who are responsible. I'm just fed up with everything lately. Posted by: nerdygirl at April 23, 2013 10:45 PM (9H+iJ) Yes and AMEN. It irritates the shit out of me. Infuriates is a better word, actually. Drew or Dave had the best line earlier today...we are no longer citizens, just revenue producers for the state and its blood suckers. (paraphrased)

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 06:48 PM (wZbqz)

371 Chocolate. Covered. Bacon. Had some at the renaissance fair last year. Yum.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 23, 2013 06:48 PM (7FfYK)

372 That's because the humidity from the shower diffuses the light, so we'll know that focus is as sharp as possible when it's good there. Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 23, 2013 10:40 PM Who are you, brave Sir Knight; who is so wise in the ways of Science?

Posted by: Arthur, King of the Britons at April 23, 2013 06:49 PM (JMmQ9)

373 346 Considering that those two little islands off the west coast of continental Europe had an impact on the continent of North America ( U.S and Canada) continent of Australia, ( along with New Zealand and Tasmania)Africa ( South Africa et al) and Asia ( many places) those Scots (aka Celts) did rather well. Posted by: seamrog at April 23, 2013 10:43 PM (7QP2k) Don't forget that before it went down the tubes completely, France was Gaul. Gauls were Celts. Galatia (as in the book of Galatians) is reputed to have been peopled with Celts. As a person of Scots-Irish heritage myself, I've always thought the wide spread geography of the Celt was an indicator they were the original Chosen People but God ended up going with the Jews because they were less stubborn and got on better with others. (in the words of Andy Griffith 'That's a joke, son')

Posted by: Ragamuffin at April 23, 2013 06:49 PM (fzFF6)

374 Wisconsin chemjeff, lol. Normally April is sweet, not this year

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 23, 2013 06:49 PM (HVff2)

375 Ummm...Horde? What the fuckity is going on with this gun? I've never seen anything that looks like this... http://tinyurl.com/cz38n78

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 23, 2013 06:49 PM (GEICT)

376 Here, Let Me Turn Off Safe Search....

This will not end well.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 23, 2013 06:49 PM (xKC/c)

377 346 Considering that those two little islands off the west coast of continental Europe had an impact on the continent of North America ( U.S and Canada) continent of Australia, ( along with New Zealand and Tasmania)Africa ( South Africa et al) and Asia ( many places)
those Scots (aka Celts) did rather well.

Posted by: seamrog at April 23, 2013 10:43 PM (7QP2k)

--Just look at a map of Canada, or read its roster of great European figures, and the Scots and their land are disproportionately represented. Add in the Welsh, and it's even more outsized.

Posted by: logprof at April 23, 2013 06:49 PM (+iA5G)

378 Sorry about the anti tax rant, the question about the 401k set me off.

Posted by: nerdygirl at April 23, 2013 06:50 PM (9H+iJ)

379 Samoan men wear skirts, too. I wonder what their sperm counts are like?

Samoans aren't fat. They're full.

Posted by: oblig. at April 23, 2013 06:50 PM (cePv8)

380 358 IRB,

Yeah.....and they wonder why China is eating our lunch.....

for God's sake when Dad had a run that would have me back by 9pm he;d ask mom permission to take me with him in his semi and we'd go to Job sites....

try that trick now.

"brave new world"

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 06:50 PM (LRFds)

381 Chemjeff, look underneath the fridge for a fan, should see the blades. May be dirt in it, or just the solid bearings squeaking. Not too expensive to replace. If there's no fan then its the compressor and it won't be long till your beer warms and time for a new fridge unless there's an extended warranty.

Posted by: Bill sometimes Bill from Canada at April 23, 2013 06:51 PM (dMYY+)

382 376 Here, Let Me Turn Off Safe Search.... ------------------------ This will not end well. Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 23, 2013 10:49 PM (xKC/c) This will get out of hand. It will get out of hand and we'll be lucky to live through it.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 23, 2013 06:51 PM (GEICT)

383 @310 Or the way Christianity adopted the pagan solar cross. The same cross which made cARlhse JOnhosn insane when he saw the Belgian guy with one. The purges began that day. Since then whenever we drive past a church with one I say to my wife "Look, more Nazi KKK Catholics."

Posted by: Beagle at April 23, 2013 06:51 PM (sOtz/)

384

"I am, *somehow*, some time, going to work that into something"

Add bacon and/or Arthur Treacher's and I'm right there with you...

Posted by: Jess1 at April 23, 2013 06:51 PM (lbiWb)

385 Attorneys for The Rutherford Institute have filed a civil rights lawsuit against a Chicago public school district on behalf of a second-grade teacher who was suspended after he displayed garden-variety tools such as wrenches, pliers and screwdrivers in his classroom as part of a "tool discussion" in his class. It wasn't that long ago that kids that age would carry pocket knives, and no one thought a thing about it.

Posted by: zsasz at April 23, 2013 06:52 PM (MMC8r)

386 *Hands you more bacon for reading this* Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at April 23, 2013 10:45 PM (1xxgW) Thank you and thank you! I remember the Thrashers, lol.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 06:52 PM (wZbqz)

387 375 BC1981,

That is my future hot date the Chiappa Rhino....

It is the heir to the Mateba Auto_revolver's ergonomics....

a revolver that fires from the bottom of the cylinder....

the muzzle flip on it is amazingly narrow....

a really nice "gee whiz" gun....

and it is ~900 bucks or so.

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 06:52 PM (LRFds)

388 Ummm...Horde? What the fuckity is going on with this gun? I've never seen anything that looks like this... Yeah! That's a cool gun.

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2013 06:52 PM (doBIb)

389 nerdygirl, you never need to apologize to complain about taxes

Posted by: chemjeff at April 23, 2013 06:52 PM (BBWjt)

390 Dark Lord, you will do it well, I know!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 06:52 PM (wZbqz)

391 Recipes...they've got recipes.

Bacon fried dough, bacon maple syrup, bacon brownies, maple bacon doughnuts, bacon crunch ice cream....

Oh this will not end well.....

Posted by: Tami [/i] at April 23, 2013 06:53 PM (X6akg)

392 Posted by: Jess1 at April 23, 2013 10:46 PM (lbiWb) Oh...my... That sounds wonderful. Shall have to try.

Posted by: Ragamuffin at April 23, 2013 06:53 PM (fzFF6)

393 and it is ~900 bucks or so. Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 10:52 PM (LRFds) Yeah, the other model was over $1000.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 23, 2013 06:53 PM (GEICT)

394 336 bebe!!!!! zsazs!!!! y'all are looking very swanky tonight . . Peaches!!!!! Muah! You see them dissing kilts? Slow aren't they? 3 of the guys in that pic are totally hittable.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 23, 2013 06:53 PM (7FfYK)

395 Islamic Rage Boy, School districts waste their time on crap like a teacher bring a wrench to a classroom and no one can figure out why school districts are miserable failures at educating kids. Jeebus, are the teachers allowed to have scizzors?

Posted by: nerdygirl at April 23, 2013 06:53 PM (9H+iJ)

396 383 beagle,

Jharles Chonson wants to invade TN and take Al Gore to the Hague....

but "yeah"....

I wonder what Constantine would think of our "Cross"?

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 06:53 PM (LRFds)

397

@373 As a person of Scots-Irish heritage myself, I've always thought the wide spread geography of the Celt was an indicator they were the original Chosen People but God ended up going with the Jews because they were less stubborn and got on better with others.

------------------------------

Hey now... Remember those ten tribes from the original twelve Israelite tribes that got themselves captured by the Assyrians before they ran off into the north and disappeared from the pages of history?

Posted by: junior at April 23, 2013 06:54 PM (GQQPX)

398 375 Ummm...Horde? What the fuckity is going on with this gun? I've never seen anything that looks like this... Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 23, 2013 10:49 PM (GEICT) It, as I'm sure you saw from the page, is a Chiappa Rhino. Kind of the "spiritual successor" to the *sadly* defunct Mateba Auto Revolver - except the Chiappa is not semi-automatic. What they have in common is firing from the bottom cylinder and not the top. This aligns the recoil impulse closer to the axis of your forearm and reduces muzzle flip and perceived recoil. The difference is evidently substantial. One day, I will find a way to give *someone's* left nut (not mine) for a Mateba .454.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 23, 2013 06:54 PM (qyfb5)

399 So I really need to get my permit, for a variety of reasons, but, there's a practical concern. My wife may kill me. Not because of the permit, she wants one too, but because of what it allows. If I understand correctly, Florida law says that if you have your permit, you can walk out the door with your purchase at a gun show. That.....could be dangerous. And expensive.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 23, 2013 06:54 PM (GEICT)

400 Personally, I'm kind of surprised the thread didn't grind to a halt with that post as all the morons leapt to their bunks. I was expecting volunteers to trim the hedge.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 23, 2013 06:55 PM (7FfYK)

401 I haven't had bacon since I was a teenager. I forgot that I liked it. I will have to put on shopping list. Today I had the best cookies, pecan & butterscotch. There is a cafe/bakery in building, office workers have discount card. There if you buy one cookie you get second free. I always get chocolate chip, two weeks ago I noticed butterscotch & pecan. They were delicious! I'm glad I bought 4 today.

Posted by: Carol at April 23, 2013 06:55 PM (s0f54)

402 God ended up going with the Jews because they were less stubborn and got on better with others. And were sober more often than not. On my Daddy's side, I am primarily Scots-Irish and Welsh, so I know from drunkards. And every gawt-damned one of the drunken bastards came over here and married Indians, and we all know how well THEY hold their liquor.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 06:55 PM (wZbqz)

403 393 BC1981,

Yeah there's a 1200 target model...

There are also ~3 stages of trigger jobs you can get.

I'd go to an indoor range and try to rent one...I was amazed at how nice a shoot it is.

I'm a wheel gun guy at heart for carry and I am REALLY fighting the urge to use that in .357 as my carry piece if I do go back into security work.

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 06:55 PM (LRFds)

404 Thank you and thank you! I remember the Thrashers, lol. Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 10:52 PM (wZbqz) The Thrashers were the second attempt at NHL hockey in Atlanta. The first attempt was the Atlanta Flames, and the team is now in Calgary. The only good thing about Calgary is Peter's Drive-in, where the single burger is a patty and a half and the milkshakes are fantastic.

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am, hater of Calgary at April 23, 2013 06:55 PM (1xxgW)

405 390 Dark Lord, you will do it well, I know! Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 10:52 PM (wZbqz)

Now I've got the warm fuzzies! Though that may have something to do with turning off Safe Search. *ahem*

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 23, 2013 06:56 PM (qyfb5)

406 398 mero,

We need a "bird dog" guild for gunbroker...

There was an Auto that went there for ~1275 a while back...

*schwing*

I am sorta in love with the Webley Mk IV rechambered to .45LC or ACP as a "yes" not practical weapon.

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 06:57 PM (LRFds)

407 So I really need to get my permit, for a variety of reasons, but, there's a practical concern. My wife may kill me. Not because of the permit, she wants one too, but because of what it allows. If I understand correctly, Florida law says that if you have your permit, you can walk out the door with your purchase at a gun show. That.....could be dangerous. And expensive. NC is the same. If you have your CC, you do not need to purchase a separate permit for each handgun and do the wait period. You simply buy what you want and walk out the door. Yes, it IS expensive.

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2013 06:57 PM (doBIb)

408 If I understand correctly, Florida law says that if you have your permit, you can walk out the door with your purchase at a gun show. That.....could be dangerous. And expensive. Yes, you can. And yes, it would be.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 23, 2013 06:58 PM (NEIxp)

409 I haven't had bacon since I was a teenager. ' the fuck?? Please tell me you just turned 20! Or have religious restrictions? Cuz I mean, I haven't had bacon since this morning and I already needz moaaarrr!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 06:58 PM (wZbqz)

410 Hi all, back from 6 days in Australia seeing Blue Oyster Cult and the Flamin' Groovies open for the Hoodoo Gurus performing "Mars Needs Guitars" in its entirety, and the Aussie Jane Austen festival.

Wearing a kilt means never getting caught with your pants down. It also makes certain things easier to do in some situations.

As for this "Ragamuffin" person; "Ragamuffin Dumplin" is my screen name on a Blue Oyster Cult fan site. Comes from my favorite Stalk Forrest Group tune.

BTW, the Aussies love us. They really aren't British at all. For starters, they have states. Second, they're really friendly. Third, they'll kick your fooking ass if you mess with them. I stayed with some BOC fans who had 3 kids -- 1 played American baseball.

Posted by: SFGoth at April 23, 2013 06:59 PM (o4f6Q)

411 @348 Two annoying nitpicks of mine re Vikings: No Northumbrian medieval king had a pit of snakes. From Africa. The beheaded were shown hanging with heads last episode. Still love the show. Not dreck for sure.

Posted by: Beagle at April 23, 2013 06:59 PM (sOtz/)

412 It wasn't that long ago that kids that age would carry pocket knives, and no one thought a thing about it.

They guy I shared a dorm room with one year had a rifle and was frequently seen walking around the dorm halls with it. After classes he'd go out hunting and check his trap line. The college bordered a forest and swamp.

I never gave it a thought and neither did anyone else. Today he'd be arrested and led off in leg irons.

Posted by: @PurpAv at April 23, 2013 06:59 PM (/gHaE)

413 Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 23, 2013 10:56 PM (qyfb5) Coke spew!!!!!!!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 06:59 PM (wZbqz)

414 We need a "bird dog" guild for gunbroker... There was an Auto that went there for ~1275 a while back... Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 10:57 PM (LRFds) Yeah, it's not the "bird dog" I need, it's the spare $1300 or so...

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 23, 2013 07:00 PM (qyfb5)

415

Posted by: Bill sometimes Bill from Canada at April 23, 2013 10:51 PM (dMYY+)

Thank you Bill! The noise is definitely coming from underneath the fridge. I will have time this weekend to take a look and clean out any dirt that's underneath there.

Posted by: chemjeff at April 23, 2013 07:00 PM (BBWjt)

416

"maple bacon doughnuts, bacon crunch ice cream...."

We've done the homemade bacon ice cream. Took a few tries, but worked it out rather well (IMO). Trick was to cook the bacon to just before burning, and then figuring how to get the rendered drippings to mix w/the ice cream (secret is to let the drippings cool to just above room temps, then mix in w/heavy cream and egg yolks - that holds the oily drippings in suspension and spreads the flavor rather nicely. Mix it into the process later and you get chunks of gelled fat. Not good). Serve sprinkled w/a bit of sea salt (trust me, it's great).

Posted by: Jess1 at April 23, 2013 07:00 PM (lbiWb)

417 Yes, it IS expensive. Posted by: EC at April 23, 2013 10:57 PM (doBIb) I have a S&W M&P .40 that I love and I acquired a Mossberg 500 not that long ago (still need to order the stock I want), but I really would like to have a revolver to use as a carry weapon. The more shit goes down around the country, the more nervous I get about things. Like the fact that my church has zero security. Each sunday there are around 300 people sitting in one room, with virtually nowhere to go. And all the exit doors open out. Makes me itchy.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 23, 2013 07:01 PM (GEICT)

418 SFGoth, welcome back
sounds like you had a great trip
Australia sounds like a great place to visit

Posted by: chemjeff at April 23, 2013 07:01 PM (BBWjt)

419 Oh, hell I remember the Flames, too. Had a player named Boudin, and I used to think his first name was Sausage, because I had the Lousiana reference in my wee head.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 07:01 PM (wZbqz)

420 Coke spew!!!!!!! Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 10:59 PM (wZbqz) You should know better than to Drink And Read AoS!

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 23, 2013 07:01 PM (qyfb5)

421 Posted by: alamogordo Hudson at April 23, 2013 10:47 PM thx...as a former employee (not currently contributing to the plan) I'm not eligible for the loan option. In the grand scheme of things, it's a small change transaction.

Posted by: Arthur, King of the Britons at April 23, 2013 07:02 PM (JMmQ9)

422 Remember those ten tribes from the original twelve Israelite tribes that got themselves captured by the Assyrians before they ran off into the north and disappeared from the pages of history?

Simeon was in a location that implies it got assimilated by Judah, and Reuben was assuredly gobbled by the Moabites.

As for the others: that was only the ruling class that got deported. The locals hunkered down and retained their ways best they could. Thus, the Samaritans.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at April 23, 2013 07:02 PM (QTHTd)

423 We've done the homemade bacon ice cream. Took a few tries, but worked it out rather well (IMO). Trick was to cook the bacon to just before burning, and then figuring how to get the rendered drippings to mix w/the ice cream (secret is to let the drippings cool to just above room temps, then mix in w/heavy cream and egg yolks - that holds the oily drippings in suspension and spreads the flavor rather nicely. Mix it into the process later and you get chunks of gelled fat. Not good). Serve sprinkled w/a bit of sea salt (trust me, it's great).

Posted by: Jess1 at April 23, 2013 11:00 PM (lbiWb)

Jess1, I neeeeed your recipes! Like last week.

Posted by: Tami [/i] at April 23, 2013 07:02 PM (X6akg)

424 SF GOth, hey! Did you get to go dancing? Ozzies used to have lots of guns, too as I recall.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 07:03 PM (wZbqz)

425

I'm sure it's been pointed out already, but the Lust character on the beer label bears a strong resemblence to the character of the same name from FullMetal Alchemist.

Evening 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 23, 2013 07:03 PM (FqcJu)

426 Jeebus, are the teachers allowed to have scizzors?

If you gotta cut paper you're issued a special safety spork with a serrated edge. Stabby things are verboten.

Posted by: @PurpAv at April 23, 2013 07:03 PM (/gHaE)

427 I never gave it a thought and neither did anyone else. Today he'd be arrested and led off in leg irons. Posted by: @PurpAv at April 23, 2013 10:59 PM (/gHaE) My Dad and all his friends took guns to school. By some Miracle of Providence, they didn't gun each other down. Either that or they weren't all crack-addled, doped up on Ritalin, or Sudden Jihadis.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 23, 2013 07:04 PM (qyfb5)

428 "Have you looked into trusts? Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am " According to the lawyer setting up a trust would be unethical. My parents were strongly against having a trust when they were fully mentally competent. My father has severe alzeimer's. I have power of attorney, but it would not allow me to make a major financial change that I know goes against his wishes. My concern for the estate is that there are stocks that have been held for a long time. When the time comes we will have to consult the lawyer as to the tax repercussions of selling them or holding them once they are divided. There are a couple of annuities, judging by what happened with my dad, on this years taxes, I will have to find out whether we will have to pay taxes on them when they are cashed in and divided up. I was really angry that I had to pay taxes on the savings bonds. I only had them for a short time before I cashed them in. So not much capital gains took place between the time my mom died and when I cashed them in. My parents really scrimped and went without so that they could have solid financial independence and I hate seeing our idiots in government benefiting from my parents' going without.

Posted by: nerdygirl at April 23, 2013 07:04 PM (9H+iJ)

429 Posted by: Jess1 at April 23, 2013 11:00 PM (lbiWb) We Are Not Worthy.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 07:04 PM (wZbqz)

430 425 Conservative Crank,

Yup...and it has not yet been pointed out that the Swedes who are annoyed may not be the Swede's drinking the beer...

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 07:04 PM (LRFds)

431

"Bacon fried dough, bacon maple syrup, bacon brownies, maple bacon doughnuts, bacon crunch ice cream...."

In other words, a fairly typical weekend in my part of NoVa.

Any time, Tami. 'cept now, as I've got to be up at ODH... Hit me up tomorrow and I'll post a bunch.

Posted by: Jess1 at April 23, 2013 07:05 PM (lbiWb)

432

Mero! Hey Crank!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 07:05 PM (wZbqz)

433 Australia sounds like a great place to visit Ixnay. They have killer attack spiders.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 23, 2013 07:06 PM (7FfYK)

434 but I really would like to have a revolver to use as a carry weapon. Next time you're at a shop, ask to see a Ruger SP-101 in .357. Five shots, spur less hammer for easy draw, and 2 to 3 inch barrel depending on model.

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2013 07:06 PM (doBIb)

435 419 Oh, hell I remember the Flames, too. Had a player named Boudin, and I used to think his first name was Sausage, because I had the Lousiana reference in my wee head. Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 11:01 PM (wZbqz) It must have been Dan Bouchard, the goalie. At this point I should just air mail you bacon for when Thor comes home.

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am, hater of Calgary at April 23, 2013 07:06 PM (1xxgW)

436 With the Samoans, it isn't so much the family size as the size of each member of that family. For some reason, they have taken over large swaths of Anchorage over the past decade. Posted by: tcn at April 23, 2013 10:32 PM (VLG62) I'm pretty sure it goes back further than that. When I was stationed at Ft Rich in the late 80s, my company XO roped me and some of the other single soldiers in the barracks into playing rugby one summer Saturday afternoon. The opposing team was ALL Samoan, down to the last man. Carnage, tears, pain and suffering followed. But they were super nice about it. 'sup jackwagons

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 23, 2013 07:06 PM (MBqvE)

437 In other words, a fairly typical weekend in my part of NoVa.
Any time, Tami. 'cept now, as I've got to be up at ODH... Hit me up tomorrow and I'll post a bunch.

Posted by: Jess1 at April 23, 2013 11:05 PM (lbiWb)

Ok, will do. Thank you!

I'm off to dream of bacon....

Posted by: Tami [/i] at April 23, 2013 07:06 PM (X6akg)

438 427 Mero,

It's why I laugh when people try to get my goat about "you are drunk, crazy, and just who shouldn't have a gun sven" from the Mau mau West club type trolls...

"uh yeah"...

I own several and while I am afraid of not being able to get them if the Worker's paradise types keep getting laws I have probably "slipped through" ~ 70 background checks over the years....

Been around weapons for ~35 years to one degree or another....if I shoot something it is a fairly safe bet I made the choice and was not "horsewhispered" by the gun or it'd have already happened.

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 07:07 PM (LRFds)

439 Australia would be a great place to visit, but not to go hiking in. Or swimming in.

Attack spiders, snakes, poisonous toads, crocodiles, man-o-war jellyfish . . .

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at April 23, 2013 07:07 PM (QTHTd)

440 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRx5r32hsF4

Albert Lee wearing a "Shooters" t-shirt. Not sure just what that meant in Europe 1978.

Posted by: LC LaWedgie at April 23, 2013 07:08 PM (0It32)

441 Well, I'm not adding much to the discussion. Guess I'll call it a night. Have a better one, morons.

Posted by: DC in Towson at April 23, 2013 07:08 PM (jIaZt)

442 Watching 30 for 30 Elway to Marino, narrated by Tom Selleck, can't believe 49ers thought about trading Montana for the Elway pick.

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at April 23, 2013 07:08 PM (oBhEo)

443 Evening, Cur!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 07:08 PM (wZbqz)

444 Next time you're at a shop, ask to see a Ruger SP-101 in .357. Five shots, spur less hammer for easy draw, and 2 to 3 inch barrel depending on model. Posted by: EC at April 23, 2013 11:06 PM (doBIb) Nice. $700? Ouch.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 23, 2013 07:08 PM (GEICT)

445 Australia would be a great place to visit, Just walk away....

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2013 07:08 PM (doBIb)

446 Mmmmm bacon ice cream a perfect dessert after liver, onions & bacon

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 23, 2013 07:09 PM (HVff2)

447 FMR. Westboro has decided to come protest at the West, TX funerals because even an exploding factory is proof of God's wrath. Sheriff said anyone stepping slightly out of line would be punished to the fullest extent. Oh, how I want to throttle those idiots!

Posted by: Ragamuffin at April 23, 2013 07:09 PM (fzFF6)

448 Yeah I know Australia has killer attack spiders, but hey, YOLO right?

Posted by: chemjeff at April 23, 2013 07:09 PM (BBWjt)

449 Nice. $700? Ouch About that "expensive" part....

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2013 07:10 PM (doBIb)

450 I don't know that scots always wore kilts, but they were serious about klan plaid, so they might as well have. You gotta admire a guy that would walk into battle with all manner of pointy things flying around and he just lets 'em dangle in the breeze. Posted by: tcn at April 23, 2013 10:11 PM (VLG62) Plaid? You said plaid, you heathen Sassenach? It's tartan, man, tartan.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2013 07:10 PM (fNpC1)

451 Posted by: nerdygirl at April 23, 2013 11:04 PM (9H+iJ) I had a feeling when I wrote my response that you couldn't go the trust route. I'm sorry that you have to put up with this, and as the grandkid of a grandma with dementia I admire you for your dedication and understand your desire to keep the government away from as much of it as you can.

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am, hater of Calgary at April 23, 2013 07:10 PM (1xxgW)

452 447 FMR. Westboro has decided to come protest at the West, TX funerals because even an exploding factory is proof of God's wrath. Sheriff said anyone stepping slightly out of line would be punished to the fullest extent. Oh, how I want to throttle those idiots! Posted by: Ragamuffin at April 23, 2013 11:09 PM (fzFF6) FUCK Westboro.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 23, 2013 07:10 PM (GEICT)

453 BTW, the Aussies love us. They really aren't British at all. For starters, they have states. Second, they're really friendly. Third, they'll kick your fooking ass if you mess with them. I stayed with some BOC fans who had 3 kids -- 1 played American baseball.

Posted by: SFGoth at April 23, 2013 10:59 PM (o4f6Q)

I use to work for an Australian bank (branch in Chicago)....they are very, very fun people! When we moved to our new space, the bank president (Australian) had a bar put in between his office and the big conference room. That man could drink all damn day and you wouldn't know it.

We've been to Australia twice. Beautiful country.

Posted by: Tami [/i] at April 23, 2013 07:10 PM (X6akg)

454 Westboro has decided to come protest at the West, TX funerals

Driving home on four flat tires will be a bitch

Posted by: @PurpAv at April 23, 2013 07:10 PM (/gHaE)

455 What? Get your ass back here! I cannot believe you of all people failed to jump all over the lilac bush.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 23, 2013 07:10 PM (7FfYK)

456 418 SFGoth, welcome back
sounds like you had a great trip
Australia sounds like a great place to visit
Posted by: chemjeff

Thanks. Unreal how expensive it is and that's not due to the exchange rate which is close to parity (they also use "dollar"). For instance, a case of good, but not awesome, beer is $50. FIFTY??? Some of the cost is due to where they are and having only 23million peeps in a huge land mass, but a lot of it is due to the socialism they're finally beginning to dislike -- I spoke with a clerk at a gothic clothing shop (from which I mail-ordered years ago when our $ was sodomizing theirs) and he told me that many small bizzes are going under because of all the labor costs -- tons of paid holidays, leaves, superannuation (retirement), etc., etc., etc. There's also a budding greenie rebellion.

Posted by: SFGoth at April 23, 2013 07:10 PM (o4f6Q)

457

Mmmmmm. Lust beer. Looks good.

Will Gluttony have a pic of Rosie O'Donnell on it? Hairy Rosie O'Donnell.... cause I'm pretty sure that one is gonna bankrupt the beer company.

Posted by: Some Guy in Wisconsin at April 23, 2013 07:11 PM (LMtDw)

458 I hate seeing our idiots in government benefiting from my parents' going without. Posted by: nerdygirl at April 23, 2013 11:04 PM (9H+iJ) Exactly! And I still do not understand why tax has to be paid on monies that were already taxed. I just do not get it.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 07:11 PM (wZbqz)

459 Btw, Ragamuffin, a truly devious (and well prepared) Ron would have multiple friends with cameras. I'm sure you could stay within the confines of the law and yet still get Westboro to react. Then it's just a matter of self-defense.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 23, 2013 07:12 PM (GEICT)

460 434 EC,

I am fond of the Charter Arms line...the Pug Bulldog is a nice weapon...the hammer is made so it doesn't snag...

The 2.5 inch barrel model is a nice weapon

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 07:12 PM (LRFds)

461 Purp, won't they be dragged home behind diesel pickups?

Posted by: Conservative Crank at April 23, 2013 07:12 PM (FqcJu)

462 I have reached a tentative conclusion. The postulation that "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" is the best explanation for the various (and quickly shifting) positions taken by the media since the 15th.

If so, then the logical conclusion is -- they hate you. They hate you so much that they are willing to side with jihadists because jihadists are against you.

I could be wrong, and I might change my mind.

Posted by: jc at April 23, 2013 07:12 PM (PlzOe)

463 455 What? Get your ass back here! I cannot believe you of all people failed to jump all over the lilac bush. Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 23, 2013 11:10 PM (7FfYK) I know, right? It's like I don't even know these people anymore!

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 23, 2013 07:12 PM (qyfb5)

464 BCochran, check ARMSLIST.com near you for the SP-101. I just saw one listed in Ft Myers for $525.

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2013 07:12 PM (doBIb)

465 Goodnight DC!!!

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 23, 2013 07:13 PM (GEICT)

466 Australia will probably be the place civilization reseeds itself from after the collapse.

Posted by: @PurpAv at April 23, 2013 07:13 PM (/gHaE)

467 And on that last topic, yes, I do want to jump on a lilac bush.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 23, 2013 07:13 PM (qyfb5)

468

@422 The locals hunkered down and retained their ways best they could. Thus, the Samaritans.

-----------------------

I thought the Samaritans were the ones who got left behind (and intermarried with foreigners) after the Babylonians razed Jerusalem and marched the Kingdom of Judah into captivity.

Posted by: junior at April 23, 2013 07:13 PM (GQQPX)

469 Posted by: SFGoth at April 23, 2013 11:10 PM (o4f6Q) Yea, and what you also never hear about is how they are now required by law to pay for health insurance! The govt provides hospital type coverage, but now everyone has to kick in for the more basic stuff. And it's only taken a few decades for it to collapse on itself. This in a country with a smaller population than CA.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 07:14 PM (wZbqz)

470 444 BC1981,

http://charterfirearms.com/

~280-450....

a good gunsmith can tweak it for you later....

was a high selling item in the 70s and 80s...

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 07:14 PM (LRFds)

471 MissTammy!

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 23, 2013 07:15 PM (Z9EHQ)

472 466 Purp Av,

Depends on China's sealift, airlift, and temper tantrum when they can't take it.

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 07:15 PM (LRFds)

473 I am fond of the Charter Arms line...the Pug Bulldog is a nice weapon...the hammer is made so it doesn't snag... That's a nice one too. Ofcourse, BCochran could go balls out and a Taurus Judge. Hehehe....

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2013 07:15 PM (doBIb)

474 I could be wrong, and I might change my mind.

Posted by: jc at April 23, 2013 11:12 PM (PlzOe)

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I don't think you're wrong at all and I think you should keep your mind just the way it is.

Posted by: mama winger at April 23, 2013 07:15 PM (P6QsQ)

475 jc, you are not wrong, you have in fact hit the nail on its head. And WTF, I didn't even know DC was here til he left!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 07:15 PM (wZbqz)

476 Just goes to show that you can take a beautiful place, Australia, California, etc populate it with moon bats and the whole place goes to hell

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 23, 2013 07:16 PM (HVff2)

477 hey, YOLO right? So go to Hawaii and go cliff diving. Australia has way too much super nasty killy stuff. Rattlesnakes are bad enough. Still waiting to hear how my friend M's dog is. 3 1/2 footer came into her occupied, enclosed on 3 sides patio and was headed straight for her until her dog stopped it.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 23, 2013 07:16 PM (7FfYK)

478 yankee!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 07:16 PM (wZbqz)

479 450 I don't know that scots always wore kilts, but they were serious about klan plaid, so they might as well have. You gotta admire a guy that would walk into battle with all manner of pointy things flying around and he just lets 'em dangle in the breeze. Posted by: tcn at April 23, 2013 10:11 PM (VLG62) Actually (pushes glasses up on nose), they usually shed the tartan when running into battle so it did not get in the way, being all one long piece of fabric. Either went in clad only in the siarc or completely unclad. The, uh, flush of battle, um, tended to keep things from, er, dangling...

Posted by: Ragamuffin at April 23, 2013 07:16 PM (fzFF6)

480 462 JC,

No you're right...

I called out the media on that on Twitter....Chris Tingles especially....

make no mistake if they pass amnesty they will grind us to dust as soon as able and undo the Bill of Rights

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 07:16 PM (LRFds)

481 Tammy- Good to see you here. I was afraid that your house was a smoldering ruin after the electrical problem

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 23, 2013 07:17 PM (aDwsi)

482 nyc is up in arms and local news anchors are breathlessly reporting that some college guy was caught with AIRSOFT rifles in his dorm room.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 23, 2013 07:17 PM (Z9EHQ)

483 "Lost tribes of Israel" DNA testing has proven several distant populations right? Africa and China I think.

Posted by: Beagle at April 23, 2013 07:17 PM (sOtz/)

484 You said plaid, you heathen Sassenach? Bwwwaaaahhhh

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 23, 2013 07:17 PM (7FfYK)

485 Australia will probably be the place civilization reseeds itself from after the collapse.

Posted by: @PurpAv

Their economy is heavily dependent upon China continuing not to implode. Further, if the US and EU go through a real rough patch, there may be no one around to say 'boo' if China gets grabby.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at April 23, 2013 07:18 PM (Uw9IL)

486 Wow, this ONT is moving along briskly.

Right now wishing I had a small Lazy-Susan to make airbrushing easier.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2013 07:18 PM (0UdgH)

487 nyc is up in arms and local news anchors are breathlessly reporting that some college guy was caught with AIRSOFT rifles in his dorm room.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 23, 2013 11:17 PM (Z9EHQ)

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You mean like NERF guns?

Posted by: mama winger at April 23, 2013 07:18 PM (P6QsQ)

488 Ofcourse, BCochran could go balls out and a Taurus Judge. Hehehe.... Posted by: EC at April 23, 2013 11:15 PM (doBIb) Hell no. I can't stand the look of the Judge. YMMV

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 23, 2013 07:18 PM (GEICT)

489

nerdygirl,

If you end up inheriting the stocks from your parents, the basis will become the fair value on the date of death, so if they are sold about the same time they are inherited, there should not be much capital gains.

You may want to inquire of the company holding the annuities about the taxability of those would be if they are inherited. You should also be able to have them withhold taxes if withdrawals are made, at any time, so you, or your dad, don't have to come up with the taxes at the end of the year.

Posted by: alamogordo Hudson at April 23, 2013 07:18 PM (HUTO5)

490 482 nyc is up in arms and local news anchors are breathlessly reporting that some college guy was caught with AIRSOFT rifles in his dorm room. Posted by: yankeefifth at April 23, 2013 11:17 PM (Z9EHQ) Wait, there are college students who don't have airsoft guns? They're like item #4 on the list of random junk young people have. That's only one lower than cellphones.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 23, 2013 07:19 PM (qyfb5)

491 ok...time to sleep

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 23, 2013 07:19 PM (LRFds)

492 Dammit EC, I'm going to be up all night looking at armslist now.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 23, 2013 07:20 PM (GEICT)

493 Big Brother is WatchingÂ… Your Trash A recent puff piece in the Atlantic praises San FransiscoÂ’s trash inspectors, whose job it is to monitor and record what you throw in the trash and how you sort your trash: Â“The early-morning cart monitors are armed with clipboards, and they take notes about the trash sorting behavior of each household, which is later entered into a database and given to the outreach crew.Â” More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=1835

Posted by: The Political Hat at April 23, 2013 07:20 PM (Vk2pI)

494 Later Sven

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 23, 2013 07:20 PM (HVff2)

495 It's like I don't even know these people anymore! They must all be woefully short on booze. Oh the humanity!

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 23, 2013 07:20 PM (7FfYK)

496 It's there BC! I just searched for one and someone in Ft Myers had it.

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2013 07:21 PM (doBIb)

497 Freaking over Airsoft guns? Quick hide the Japanese 6mm BB guns that look like M-16s or M-240s or... well you get the picture.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2013 07:21 PM (0UdgH)

498 493 Big Brother is WatchingÂ… Your Trash
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One more reason to avoid SF

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 23, 2013 07:21 PM (aDwsi)

499 nyc is up in arms and local news anchors are breathlessly reporting that some college guy was caught with AIRSOFT rifles in his dorm room. Posted by: yankeefifth at April 23, 2013 11:17 PM (Z9EHQ) ------------ You mean like NERF guns? Posted by: mama winger yes. he was even building them in his dorm. he is arrested, in jail, and will be arraigned sometime tomorrow. he is in real trouble because the arrested him while he was smoking in his dorm room and having a big gulp and not that is not a double entendre.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 23, 2013 07:22 PM (Z9EHQ)

500
Drive-by to say hello to all, and to also say be of good cheer, things WILL get worse.

Goodnite, good people. Stay safe.

Posted by: irongrampa at April 23, 2013 07:22 PM (SAMxH)

501 I might have to start pooping in my trash can.

Posted by: mama winger at April 23, 2013 07:22 PM (P6QsQ)

502 483 "Lost tribes of Israel"

DNA testing has proven several distant populations right? Africa and China I think.

Posted by: Beagle at April 23, 2013 11:17 PM (sOtz/)

--South Africa and Zimbabwe, for sure. The origins of the legend of Sheba.

Posted by: logprof at April 23, 2013 07:22 PM (+iA5G)

503 BC, I just saw one in Orlando for $450!

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2013 07:22 PM (doBIb)

504 496 It's there BC! I just searched for one and someone in Ft Myers had it. Posted by: EC at April 23, 2013 11:21 PM (doBIb) You misunderstand. All KINDS of shit looks good on there.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 23, 2013 07:22 PM (GEICT)

505 'Night, sven!

Posted by: logprof at April 23, 2013 07:22 PM (+iA5G)

506 @493 As with all horrible totalitarian green initiatives, Europe started inspecting trash first.

Posted by: Beagle at April 23, 2013 07:23 PM (sOtz/)

507 LOL BCochran is having to hide his credit and debit cards.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2013 07:23 PM (0UdgH)

508 yes. he was even building them in his dorm. he is arrested, in jail, and will be arraigned sometime tomorrow. he is in real trouble because the arrested him while he was smoking in his dorm room and having a big gulp

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They've gone insane. They are mad.

Posted by: mama winger at April 23, 2013 07:23 PM (P6QsQ)

509 473 Ofcourse, BCochran could go balls out If he's sporting a kilt, they already are

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 23, 2013 07:23 PM (7FfYK)

510 Detroit Bar Owner Says He Was Beaten By White, Suburban Teens

The owner of a popular downtown Detroit bar says heÂ’s had enough of suburban white teens defacing his property with graffiti.

Poor dude, but he has a name that if oft quoted here in the Warrens of MoronsÂ™.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at April 23, 2013 07:23 PM (Uw9IL)

511 They must all be woefully short on booze. Oh the humanity! Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 23, 2013 11:20 PM (7FfYK) It's sad. I'm going to have to go look at lilac bushes instead.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 23, 2013 07:23 PM (qyfb5)

512 The, uh, flush of battle, um, tended to keep things from, er, dangling... Posted by: Ragamuffin at April 23, 2013 11:16 PM (fzFF6) BUNK!!!!!! OMG, can you imagine?? All those studs, riled up roaring and sweating and dripping in testosterone and now you tell me they were all......opposite of dangly[i/] and shit? Bunkity bunk bunk BUNK!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 07:23 PM (wZbqz)

513 If I was in SF I would make sure they found the dog poo, lousy garbage police

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 23, 2013 07:24 PM (HVff2)

514 LOL BCochran is having to hide his credit and debit cards Worry when he goes to the payday lender first before going to the shop.

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2013 07:24 PM (doBIb)

515 Sorry, I was distracted, to say the least.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 07:24 PM (wZbqz)

516 Just a drive-by to let y'all know that Cthulhu is keeping an eye on you.

Posted by: cthulhu at April 23, 2013 07:24 PM (2sun5)

517 They've gone insane. They are mad. Posted by: mama winger at April indeed.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 23, 2013 07:24 PM (Z9EHQ)

518 Tammy- What did the guys say about the wiring in your garage?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 23, 2013 07:25 PM (aDwsi)

519 I've cashed in two 401ks. They take out the penalty and distribute the rest. You'll owe more taxes when you pay your regular taxes. I'd be careful about converting to an IRA. From what I've read, there can be extra taxes owed. I'd definitely recommend that you check into it, before you cash it in. Having said that, it's not the end of the world if you do cash it in. And because its my birthday, I have a multi layer chocolate amaretto cake with ganache frosting. Any takers?

Posted by: NotsothoreauI at April 23, 2013 07:25 PM (Lqy/e)

520 Just a drive-by to let y'all know that Cthulhu is keeping an eye on you.

Posted by: cthulhu

Just one?

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at April 23, 2013 07:25 PM (Uw9IL)

521 Worry when he goes to the payday lender first before going to the shop.

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2013 11:24 PM (doBIb)

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He'll soon be asking Alton for his 401k.

Posted by: mama winger at April 23, 2013 07:25 PM (P6QsQ)

522 I'm out of bacon so I must wish you all a good night.

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am, hater of Calgary at April 23, 2013 07:26 PM (1xxgW)

523 I thought Sauron kept an eye, a big eye, on everything....

Bebes needs to call in a booze strike?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2013 07:26 PM (0UdgH)

524 All those studs, riled up roaring and sweating and dripping in testosterone and now you tell me they were all......opposite of dangly[i/] and shit? Bunkity bunk bunk BUNK! Ummmmm.....freedom?

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2013 07:26 PM (doBIb)

525 516 Just a drive-by to let y'all know that Cthulhu is keeping an eye on you. Posted by: cthulhu at April 23, 2013 11:24 PM (2sun5) As long as you're not going through our trash to see how we sorted it.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 23, 2013 07:26 PM (qyfb5)

526 Wait, there are college students who don't have airsoft guns?

They're like item #4 on the list of random junk young people have. That's only one lower than cellphones.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 23, 2013 11:19 PM (qyfb5)

Whenever I was trying to hit someone I couldn't. When I wasn't aiming I always got a direct hit on some dude, or hit a girl right in the ass.

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at April 23, 2013 07:26 PM (oBhEo)

527 @516 Why not a hundred eyes?

Posted by: Beagle at April 23, 2013 07:26 PM (sOtz/)

528 And because its my birthday, I have a multi layer chocolate amaretto cake with ganache frosting. Any takers?

Posted by: NotsothoreauI at April 23, 2013 11:25 PM (Lqy/e)

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I'm not much for chocolate cake, but I certainly want to wish you a Happy Birthday !!

Posted by: mama winger at April 23, 2013 07:27 PM (P6QsQ)

529 OT, last week there was some conversation about meds for insomnia. Does anyone recall that?

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 23, 2013 07:27 PM (HVff2)

530 503 BC, I just saw one in Orlando for $450! Posted by: EC at April 23, 2013 11:22 PM (doBIb) Yup. Saw that too.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 23, 2013 07:27 PM (GEICT)

531 Hey Mike! The switch was loose and touched a wire on the switch next to it. Or something like that. I had forgotten that yesterday every male in Fulton County who could walk unaided was turkey hunting all morning, so I had to wait til later in the afternoon!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 07:27 PM (wZbqz)

532 ::::OT, last week there was some conversation about meds for insomnia. Does anyone recall that? Melatonin. Hard liquor. Melatonin and hard liquor.

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2013 07:28 PM (doBIb)

533 Whenever I was trying to hit someone I couldn't. When I wasn't aiming I always got a direct hit on some dude, or hit a girl right in the ass. Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at April 23, 2013 11:26 PM (oBhEo) It's always the way, isn't it?

Posted by: Lightly-drugged Porn Star[/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 23, 2013 07:28 PM (qyfb5)

534 And because its my birthday, I have a multi layer chocolate amaretto cake with ganache frosting. Any takers? Posted by: NotsothoreauI at April 23, 2013 11:25 PM (Lqy/e) Forget bedtime. Happy birthday!!!!!! Cake, please????????

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am, hater of Calgary at April 23, 2013 07:28 PM (1xxgW)

535 I wonder how much it is to rent a news readers mouth? i d not want to use it for anything contessa brewer does with hers, or what I have read about what she does with hers around here, I only want to pay them to stay stupid stuff I find funny for a change.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 23, 2013 07:28 PM (Z9EHQ)

536 Posted by: NotsothoreauI at April 23, 2013 11:25 PM (Lqy/e) Happy birthday, and yes, please! It will go very well with my lurk bacon!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 07:29 PM (wZbqz)

537 I thought the Samaritans were the ones who got left behind (and intermarried with foreigners) after the Babylonians razed Jerusalem and marched the Kingdom of Judah into captivity.

No, the Samaritans are called "Samaritans" because they were associated with Samaria which used to be the north kingdom's capital. (The Samaritans' actual holy place was and is Shechem / Nablus.) So the Samaritans were always northern.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at April 23, 2013 07:29 PM (QTHTd)

538 :::

r hit a girl right in the ass. Makes my day.

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2013 07:29 PM (doBIb)

539 Thanks EC melatonin don't cut it. Lunesta is losing its punch and its damn expensive

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 23, 2013 07:29 PM (HVff2)

540 I have a multi layer chocolate amaretto cake with ganache frosting. Any takers? OMG, me me!!!!!!

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 23, 2013 07:29 PM (7FfYK)

541 Happy Birthday there Notsothoreau.

Glad the cake is not a lie.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2013 07:29 PM (0UdgH)

542 532 ::::OT, last week there was some conversation about meds for insomnia. Does anyone recall that?

Melatonin.

Hard liquor.

Melatonin and hard liquor.

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2013 11:28 PM (doBIb)

--I take some that begins with 'Z' (prescription only) --I'll have to check the phial to get the exact name.

Posted by: logprof at April 23, 2013 07:30 PM (+iA5G)

543 Happy birthday NotsothoreauI

Posted by: chemjeff at April 23, 2013 07:30 PM (BBWjt)

544 I tried melatonin pills to help me sleep once. At best it did nothing, at worst it wired me up. Why did my ancestors screw so many aliens?!?! I'm sure it was exotic and fun, but it has consequences!

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 23, 2013 07:30 PM (qyfb5)

545 514 LOL BCochran is having to hide his credit and debit cards ---------------------- Worry when he goes to the payday lender first before going to the shop. Posted by: EC at April 23, 2013 11:24 PM (doBIb) Lol. I don't own a debit card and I have two credit cards. No debt to the wife and I's name. If we can't afford it, we don't buy it. Credit cards are paid in full, every month. To us, a credit card is just for when you don't have enough cash.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 23, 2013 07:30 PM (GEICT)

546 ::::539 Thanks EC melatonin don't cut it. Lunesta is losing its punch and its damn expensive Hard liquor?

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2013 07:30 PM (doBIb)

547 Melatonin doesn't cut it??? whoa

Posted by: chemjeff at April 23, 2013 07:30 PM (BBWjt)

548 I've cashed in two 401ks. They take out the penalty and distribute the rest. You'll owe more taxes when you pay your regular taxes. I'd be careful about converting to an IRA. From what I've read, there can be extra taxes owed. I'd definitely recommend that you check into it, before you cash it in. Having said that, it's not the end of the world if you do cash it in. And because its my birthday, I have a multi layer chocolate amaretto cake with ganache frosting. Any takers? Posted by: NotsothoreauI at April 23, 2013 11:25 PM thx, Notsothoreaul. As for the cake, if there's a smallish slice left-over...

Posted by: Arthur, King of the Britons at April 23, 2013 07:30 PM (JMmQ9)

549 I'm shutting down the laptop now so any of the fabulous birthday cake can go to other 'ettes. Although I may try to look for a recipe tomorrow....

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am, hater of Calgary at April 23, 2013 07:31 PM (1xxgW)

550 "Lust beer, they are missing a tie-in with Full Metal Alchemist with that one." Each time I think of something genuinely witty/funny, someone always beats me to it. Oh well, back to Dragon Age II.

Posted by: Saber Alter at April 23, 2013 07:31 PM (8V74Y)

551 I take Trazadone for depression and it has the blessed side effect of putting me to sleep each and every night.

Which I must avail myself of now. Good night dear people.

Posted by: mama winger at April 23, 2013 07:31 PM (P6QsQ)

552 Ahh, that isn't part of the equation.

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 23, 2013 07:31 PM (HVff2)

553 539 Thanks EC melatonin don't cut it. Lunesta is losing its punch and its damn expensive Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 23, 2013 11:29 PM (HVff2) How much is chloroform?

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 23, 2013 07:31 PM (qyfb5)

554 Ok, battery is at 5% and I'm tired. Cya all tomorrow morning!

Posted by: EC at April 23, 2013 07:32 PM (doBIb)

555 Coothie!!!! 523 Bebes needs to call in a booze strike? Yeah, but not for me. For everyone failing to take on the hanging curve balls

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 23, 2013 07:32 PM (7FfYK)

556 Nite mamma winger

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 23, 2013 07:32 PM (HVff2)

557 539 Thanks EC melatonin don't cut it. Lunesta is losing its punch and its damn expensive Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 23, 2013 11:29 PM (HVff2) I take Ambien. Generic version is less than ten bucks a month. I'm prescribed 10mg, but had side effects I didn't care for, so I cut them in half. 5mg makes me sleepy but doesn't fuck me up.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 23, 2013 07:32 PM (GEICT)

558 Sleep well, people who are going to sleep!

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 23, 2013 07:32 PM (qyfb5)

559 I've said all I care to say. 'Night, all.

Posted by: Trimegistus at April 23, 2013 07:32 PM (he0pZ)

560 Hi everybody. Late to the party tonight. Anybody need a word of encouragement or a dope slap?

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 23, 2013 07:32 PM (pxDth)

561 Poppies will make you sleep.

Posted by: wicked witch of the west at April 23, 2013 07:33 PM (XR6M0)

562 BBD's comment reminds me, what sort of killy/stingy/bity critters do I need to know about in the towns (probably) north-west of Houston?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at April 23, 2013 07:33 PM (wbeNt)

563 irishacres, how much melatonin did you take?

Posted by: chemjeff at April 23, 2013 07:33 PM (BBWjt)

564 As for the Israelite DNA found in Africa, depends where in Africa. Africa is a large place . . .

The Ethiopian "Falasha" used to tell visitors that they were of the tribe of Dan. That would count as a "lost tribe".

But the Lemba (associated with Great Zimbabwe and further south) - these seem to be descended from traders from the Yemen. They would just be Jews, Yemenis converted to Judaism, non-Jewish Yemenis and Muslims. Mix them together and you'll get "Jewish" practices like avoidance of pork and a seven-day week; but they could equally be Muslim or even pre-Islamic "Abrahamic".

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at April 23, 2013 07:34 PM (QTHTd)

565 Good nite to all those leaving.,hey Seamus

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 23, 2013 07:34 PM (HVff2)

566 Oh, come on. PURPLE BUSH. Nobody but Bebe and I can work with that? (sigh) NSFW: http://preview.tinyurl.com/cqdxa99

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 23, 2013 07:34 PM (qyfb5)

567 off, once funny sock

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 23, 2013 07:34 PM (JMmQ9)

568 I take like 3 tabs chemjeff

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 23, 2013 07:35 PM (HVff2)

569 In times of battle, we read that Highlanders would discard the cumbersome plaid leaving them stark naked from the waist down: many's the enemy who must have fled in terror before a Highland charge that displayed such awesome weaponry. From: http://www.tartansauthority.com/highland-dress/ancient/

Posted by: Ragamuffin at April 23, 2013 07:35 PM (fzFF6)

570 Slicing it up and sliding it over. Enjoy! They told me that they spray the layers with amaretto and you can definitely taste that. Fortunately we didn't put candles on it because it would be too dangerous

Posted by: notsothoreau at April 23, 2013 07:35 PM (Lqy/e)

571 NSFW: http://preview.tinyurl.com/cqdxa99 Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 23, 2013 11:34 PM (qyfb5) bunk

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 23, 2013 07:35 PM (GEICT)

572 Saber Alter, just dive on in.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2013 07:36 PM (0UdgH)

573 these are 3 mg tablets?
I have taken as many as five 3-mg tablets, I know you're prob not supposed to do that regularly, but they certainly worked

Posted by: chemjeff at April 23, 2013 07:36 PM (BBWjt)

574 Mama takes Ambien. Antiemetics knock me right on my ass, and I don't feel groggy the next day. I don't know if your doctor would prescribe one for sleeping, but Phenegran is a common one. Generic is called Promethezine or something like that.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 07:36 PM (wZbqz)

575 PSA: Big Lots is selling GearHead optical USB scroll mice for $5.

I'd been using an optical wireless one on this laptop and got tired of changing batteries. This $5 thingie works great and the feel in your hand ain't bad at all.

Posted by: @PurpAv at April 23, 2013 07:36 PM (/gHaE)

576 BCochran thinks he can comment while under Ambien. Its very funny.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2013 07:37 PM (0UdgH)

577
The switch was loose and touched a wire on the switch next to it. Or something like that.

I had forgotten that yesterday every male in Fulton County who could walk unaided was turkey hunting all morning, so I had to wait til later in the afternoon! Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 11:27 PM
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Okay. Was afraid that we were going to read about it in the paper: "Wiring error burns home to ground"

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 23, 2013 07:37 PM (aDwsi)

578 Thanks folks gotta get a pad of paper and write this down

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 23, 2013 07:37 PM (HVff2)

579 Welcome, LadyS!

Posted by: Aslan's Girl at April 23, 2013 07:37 PM (KL49F)

580

Reviewing the 500+ comments I have two observations.

1. Lust Beer is meh. I prefer 'Sloth' amber ale or 'Gluttony' porter.

2. Non-pharmacologic suggestion for difficulty getting to sleep. I read a chapter in the Bible and then do 2 or 3 Sudoku puzzles. You may laugh, but putting the numbers in their boxes has some sort of ordering effect on my subconscious and allows the sleep to come. Me and Mrs. M both use that technique.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 23, 2013 07:37 PM (pxDth)

581 547 Melatonin doesn't cut it??? whoa

Posted by: chemjeff at April 23, 2013 11:30 PM (BBWjt)

--Many nights it does not work for me either.

Zopiclone is the name of the insomnia drug I take. My doc told me it's popular for older folks because it works hard for 4 hours or so but does not linger in your system after that so no hangover the next day.

Posted by: logprof at April 23, 2013 07:38 PM (+iA5G)

582 'A recent puff piece in the Atlantic praises San FransiscoÂ’s trash inspectors, whose job it is to monitor and record what you throw in the trash and how you sort your trash: Â“The early-morning cart monitors are armed with clipboards, and they take notes about the trash sorting behavior of each household, which is later entered into a database and given to the outreach crew.Â” ' So, um, is it illegal to put dead animals in your trash? A smelly, maggoty little surprise for the garbage nazis.

Posted by: nerdygirl at April 23, 2013 07:38 PM (9H+iJ)

583

373 ragamuffin

Welcome to the horde.

From what I gather most of what was Gaul and Iberia were Celts. That changed when tribes from the east were displaced by Central Asian tribes ( think Mongols, Huns, etc) Moving Goths and others into former Celtic land.

There was a land bridge between modern France / England/ Ireland before the warming period after the little Ice Age. Once the oceans rose the "Island" Celts developed their own society, cut off from the mainland.

Apparently the Celts had a vision of the perfect land , something called Brasil, or something close to that, and kept traveling west to find it.

Sorry for the long post.

Posted by: seamrog at April 23, 2013 07:38 PM (7QP2k)

584 but Phenegran is a common one. Generic is called Promethezine or something like that. Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 11:36 PM (wZbqz) Typically prescribed for nausea. Especially with pregnant women. Does a good job with the nausea and will absolutely knock you out.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 23, 2013 07:38 PM (GEICT)

585 Per No Easy Day, the SEAL's rely on Ambien..

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 23, 2013 07:38 PM (aDwsi)

586 NSFW: http://preview.tinyurl.com/cqdxa99 Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith thats not BeBe

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 23, 2013 07:39 PM (Z9EHQ)

587 Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 23, 2013 11:37 PM (aDwsi) So was I!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 07:39 PM (wZbqz)

588 The only good thing about Calgary is Peter's Drive-in, where the single burger is a patty and a half and the milkshakes are fantastic. Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am, hater of Calgary at April 23, 2013 10:55 PM (1xxgW) Sadly, Peter's ain't what it used to be. Original owner retired and sold out to a consortium of, I believe, lawyers. Formerly they employed a number of mentally handicapped adults; they are now gone, replaced by mostly asian immigrants. Just ain't the same, anymore. But Chicken On The Way is still going strong! Same family ownership since 1958. And they now have a second location in Forest Lawn.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2013 07:39 PM (fNpC1)

589 576 BCochran thinks he can comment while under Ambien. Its very funny. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 23, 2013 11:37 PM (0UdgH) I can post. I didn't say well or cogently, but I can post.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 23, 2013 07:39 PM (GEICT)

590 For occasional use, Xanax works for me every time..

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 23, 2013 07:39 PM (aDwsi)

591 In times of battle, we read that Highlanders would discard the cumbersome plaid leaving them stark naked from the waist down: many's the enemy who must have fled in terror before a Highland charge that displayed such awesome weaponry.

Holy crap, he's coming right at us and he's carrying a caber! Run for you lives!

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 23, 2013 07:39 PM (xKC/c)

592 Well, the Spousal Unit has come home so I'm wandering away. Good night all. And happy birthday, NotsoThoreau

Posted by: Ragamuffin at April 23, 2013 07:39 PM (fzFF6)

593 thats not BeBe Posted by: yankeefifth at April 23, 2013 11:39 PM (Z9EHQ) Nope. But I was referring to the fact that she and I both "jumped" on the lilac bush comment, which the horde largely passed over.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 23, 2013 07:41 PM (qyfb5)

594 Oh, come on. PURPLE BUSH.

Nobody but Bebe and I can work with that?

(sigh)

NSFW:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/cqdxa99

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 23, 2013 11:34 PM

I can totally work with that.

Posted by: Berserker at April 23, 2013 07:41 PM (FMbng)

595 stay away from the sleep meds. I find I build up a resistance to them and when they do work I sleep like crap; realy weird dreams about wandering around in back alleys.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 23, 2013 07:41 PM (Z9EHQ)

596 I can post. I didn't say well or cogently, but I can post.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 23, 2013 11:39 PM (GEICT)

***

Actually, your Ambien posts usually are more coherent than your 'sober' comments.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 23, 2013 07:42 PM (pxDth)

597 566 Oh, come on. PURPLE BUSH. Nobody but Bebe and I can work with that? Not funny.

Posted by: Sandra Bullock at April 23, 2013 07:42 PM (7FfYK)

598 Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 23, 2013 11:38 PM (GEICT) Yep, and I am hard to knock out. Most stuff that knocks people out makes me hyper. They gave it to me when I had the severe vertigo with its attendant projectile vomiting and it did stop the puking plus put me out for hours. Compazine is another one, not sure if they use that any more, though.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 07:43 PM (wZbqz)

599 So my question re: how the bombers earned a living has an answer. Welfare. Freaking taxpayers funded this bombing. Helluva job guys. Lets amnesty 30 million more and really support jihad. We are the rubes. Death by political correctness. http://bit.ly/12dV8rp

Posted by: Exasperated Expat at April 23, 2013 07:43 PM (gkfSV)

600 The last Vikings was another good one. Love watching Ragnar learn Christianity while the monk goes a little pagan. The sacrifice scenes, good guessing at how it may have been, explain the appeal of a new religion which demanded spiritual things instead of blood. Posted by: Beagle at April 23, 2013 10:32 PM (sOtz/) No human sacrifices? Killjoys! Also, Viva La Raza

Posted by: The Aztecs at April 23, 2013 07:43 PM (Vk2pI)

601 Nope. But I was referring to the fact that she and I both "jumped" on the lilac bush comment, which the horde largely passed over. Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith oh I am done with hair color and pubic hair comments for the day. I managed my fill on the last thread; I had a comment yearning to be free.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 23, 2013 07:43 PM (Z9EHQ)

602 The trick was not finding a picture of purple bush, it was finding one that was *not* from Suicide Girls. That would feel like cheating. Not saying I didn't look there.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 23, 2013 07:43 PM (qyfb5)

603 Holy crap, he's coming right at us and he's carrying a caber! Run for you lives!

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 23, 2013 11:39 PM (xKC/c)

***

Holy crap, he's coming right at us and...hey, when did the Scots get chopsticks?

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 23, 2013 07:43 PM (pxDth)

604 Actually, your Ambien posts usually are more coherent than your 'sober' comments. Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 23, 2013 11:42 PM (pxDth) Now that's just mean. Are you sure you don't mean Sven?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 23, 2013 07:43 PM (GEICT)

605 I suppose the trash police wouldn't like to find my dogs poo in the trash, but then again dogs are probably against the law

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 23, 2013 07:43 PM (HVff2)

606 Now that's just mean. Are you sure you don't mean Sven?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 23, 2013 11:43 PM (GEICT)

***

Oops, my bad. I always get you two mixed up. I'm slow that way.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 23, 2013 07:44 PM (pxDth)

607 ...problems going to sleep? Pikers. Try having problems waking up. Then we'll talk...

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 23, 2013 07:44 PM (JMmQ9)

608 realy weird dreams about wandering around in back alleys.

That wasn't a dream.

Posted by: The clown hanging out in the alley next to your bedroom window at April 23, 2013 07:44 PM (BBWjt)

609 Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 23, 2013 11:34 PM That is just about my color. My skin I mean.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 07:44 PM (wZbqz)

610 I wanna know if the boston bombers used obama phones as triggers, to trigger them and or communicate. I hope they did.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 23, 2013 07:45 PM (Z9EHQ)

611 the little Ice Age

====

I figger that is just a typo and you already know this -- little ice age was only about 250-400 years ago. An actual land bridge would date back to the last full glaciation.

Posted by: jc at April 23, 2013 07:45 PM (PlzOe)

612 The switch was loose and touched a wire on the switch next to it. Or something like that.

Ah yes, the old bare ground wire sneaking around and touching a terminal trick. That happens when the box is stuffed by a careless installer in a hurry.

These kind of issues are like cockroaches, there's never just one. The rest of the place will be sloppy too.

Posted by: @PurpAv at April 23, 2013 07:45 PM (/gHaE)

613 599 So my question re: how the bombers earned a living has an answer. Welfare. Posted by: Exasperated Expat at April 23, 2013 11:43 PM (gkfSV) So. I'm going to have to couch my mocking comments about Britain a little more carefully in the future, seeing as how close we're getting.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 23, 2013 07:45 PM (qyfb5)

614 okay I am going to bed too.
good night all
sweet dreams
and don't dream of clowns

Posted by: chemjeff at April 23, 2013 07:45 PM (BBWjt)

615 562 BBD's comment reminds me, what sort of killy/stingy/bity critters do I need to know about in the towns (probably) north-west of Houston? Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at April 23, 2013 11:33 PM (wbeNt) Fire ants, scorpions, chiggers, Mosquitos, certain snakes and spiders mainly. Just make sure you get a good and regular pest control service and most of it can be controlled.

Posted by: LindaFell at April 23, 2013 07:46 PM (PGO8C)

616 thats not BeBe I should say not. I draw the line at flashing my bra encased boobehs.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 23, 2013 07:46 PM (7FfYK)

617 That is just about my color. My skin I mean. Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 11:44 PM (wZbqz) You tease, you.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 23, 2013 07:46 PM (qyfb5)

618 G'nite hope the frig comes around

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 23, 2013 07:46 PM (HVff2)

619 Oops, my bad. I always get you two mixed up. I'm slow that way. Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 23, 2013 11:44 PM (pxDth) You mixed up Sven and I? Have you been drinking man?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 23, 2013 07:46 PM (GEICT)

620 "Celt" Pffft.

Posted by: Gaius Julius Caeser at April 23, 2013 07:47 PM (Vk2pI)

621 You mixed up Sven and I? Have you been drinking man?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 23, 2013 11:46 PM (GEICT)

***

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 23, 2013 07:47 PM (pxDth)

622 I suppose the trash police wouldn't like to find my dogs poo in the trash, but then again dogs are probably against the law Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 23, 2013 11:43 PM (HVff2) They prefer people have dogs rather than children. For Gaia and stuff...

Posted by: The Political Hat at April 23, 2013 07:48 PM (Vk2pI)

623 realy weird dreams about wandering around in back alleys. That wasn't a dream. Posted by: The clown hanging out in the alley next to your bedroom window at April 23, 2013 11:44 PM (BBWjt) ---------------------------------------------------------- Yup. I saw you get up.

Posted by: Spider at the Foot of the Bed at April 23, 2013 07:48 PM (jucos)

624 Ah yes, the old bare ground wire sneaking around and touching a terminal trick. That happens when the box is stuffed by a careless installer in a hurry.

These kind of issues are like cockroaches, there's never just one. The rest of the place will be sloppy too.

Posted by: @PurpAv at April 23, 2013 11:45 PM

More disturbing is why the breaker didn't trip.

Posted by: Berserker at April 23, 2013 07:49 PM (FMbng)

625 I should say not. I draw the line at flashing my bra encased boobehs. Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy her decision to be more revealing is not how I made my determination that that was not you.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 23, 2013 07:49 PM (Z9EHQ)

626 I post *again* a link to "Three terrifyingly badass WWII heroes youÂ’ve never heard of ' : http://tinyurl.com/cpzam3l
One of whom was Scot 'Mad Jack' Churchill. An excerpt : "

Mad Jack won his first Military Cross during the British retreat to Dunkirk. It was during the retreat that he killed his first German with a longbow, using that and two machine guns until running out of ammunition and escaping to the main British force through German lines.

After seeing decorated action raiding Nazi-held Norway, Churchill took over a Commando unit and joined in the storming of Salerno Bay in Italy wearing silver buttons, carrying bagpipes, and armed with a bow and arrow and a hilted Scottish sword called a claymore. Â“Churchill,Â” his 1996 obituary would read, Â“believed an assault leader should have a reputation which would at once demoralize the enemy and convince his own men that nothing was impossible.Â” Â“Any officer who goes into action without his sword,Â” he reportedly said, Â“is improperly dressed.Â”

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 23, 2013 07:50 PM (aDwsi)

627 My wife once wanted to go to SF on vacation. I asked her if she was fucking nuts.

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 23, 2013 07:50 PM (HVff2)

628 613 I've been telling people we survive only because our screw ups are fifty years behind the UK so we look flexible and innovative in comparison. I have to hand it to Barry he has really sped up our vortex of blame.

Posted by: Exasperated Expat at April 23, 2013 07:50 PM (gkfSV)

629 LindaFell @615 Thanks. Good to have my fears confirmed I guess. At least it sounds like the people are nice. My sister and her husband were very happy with the people they met whole house-hunting.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at April 23, 2013 07:51 PM (wbeNt)

630 Posted by: @PurpAv at April 23, 2013 11:45 PM (/gHaE) Well, yes and no. Last week the delivery guys were carrying in some lumber and they hit the box pretty bad, I'm gonna guess it came loose then, ( and maybe it wasn't on good to start with) It was crooked afterwards, but I didn't really think much about it. The box thing isn't covered, and it has 4 switches and an outlet in it. The contractors did switch the one that blew to a three way, I was right about that, and it's the one that's been crooked. You'd think they would have notice it, though!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 07:51 PM (wZbqz)

631 More disturbing is why the breaker didn't trip. Posted by: Berserker at April 23, 2013 11:49 PM (FMbng) It is extremely common for breakers not to trip for an instantaneous short that ends in microseconds. I'm sure it varies on the type/age of breaker or fuse.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 23, 2013 07:51 PM (qyfb5)

632 Or could it be a penny behind the fuse?

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 23, 2013 07:52 PM (HVff2)

633

Seeing that Nate kid wrestling JarJar the Bomber brought back long-repressed memories. Sad to say, I wrestled in high school. As a sophomore I was 5' 10" and wrestled 112 lb weight class. I looked more like JarJar than Nate, and I was really bad. My mother used to laugh that I was so skinny that my wrestling tights weren't. My varsity record was 0-15.

At least I didn't turn into a psychopath.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 23, 2013 07:53 PM (pxDth)

634 I think...I think the breaker DID trip. None of the lights in the garage worked after it sparkled.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 07:53 PM (wZbqz)

635 Ah Seamus your varsity record is comparable to mine. I hadn't thought about it in years

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 23, 2013 07:54 PM (HVff2)

636 Polli, Where you're going I'd be more worried about having a reliable A/C unit with the humidity and heat. Oh yeah, Did I mention the humidity?

Posted by: LindaFell at April 23, 2013 07:55 PM (PGO8C)

637 635 Ah Seamus your varsity record is comparable to mine. I hadn't thought about it in years

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 23, 2013 11:54 PM (HVff2)

***

LOL

Nice to know I'm not alone.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 23, 2013 07:55 PM (pxDth)

638 Seamus Muldoon at April checking a lot of oil?

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 23, 2013 07:55 PM (Z9EHQ)

639 Witching hour on the East Coast. Time to cash it in..

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 23, 2013 07:56 PM (aDwsi)

640 I'm not a psychopath either, just a misanthrope

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 23, 2013 07:56 PM (HVff2)

641 nyc is up in arms and local news anchors are breathlessly reporting that some college guy was caught with AIRSOFT rifles in his dorm room.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 23, 2013 11:17 PM

He'll shoot somebody's eye out!!

Posted by: Ralphie Parker at April 23, 2013 07:56 PM (mCvL4)

642 chemjeff, thanks for filling in, BTW. I was remiss in thanking you earlier, my apologies! And I think I shall carry my ass off to bed, y'all. Good night!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 23, 2013 07:56 PM (wZbqz)

643 Well, OÃche Mhaith ONT!

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 23, 2013 07:56 PM (GEICT)

644 So, um, is it illegal to put dead animals in your trash? A smelly, maggoty little surprise for the garbage nazis. Posted by: nerdygirl at April 23, 2013 11:38 PM (9H+iJ) Simple solution: don't put it in your trash; put it in a neighbor's trash, 2 or 3 doors down. (especially if said neighbor is a greentard)

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 23, 2013 07:56 PM (fNpC1)

645 Great point made in the comments of the Boston Herald article linked above:

"When you waltz back to the country you're seeking 'asylum' from, your asylum status should be revoked."

Posted by: logprof at April 23, 2013 07:57 PM (+iA5G)

646 I'm sure it varies on the type/age of breaker or fuse.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 23, 2013 11:51 PM

yeah if they're federal pacific breakers you can arc weld with those.

Posted by: Berserker at April 23, 2013 07:57 PM (FMbng)

647 I can't stop laughing about the "Homeless Bill of Rights" passed by the Califuckya legislature. Heard about it on the radio on the way home from work today. Cities most affected? Why all those bastions of liberaldom, who've passed city ordinances against people sleeping on their fair streets: San Francisco, San Jose, Los Angeles to name a few. AND they have to build hygene centers for all these psycho hobos to boot! Take that, commies!

Posted by: joanne at April 23, 2013 07:57 PM (Cjcon)

648 Conclusion Based on literature on scrotal temperature, spermatogenesis and fertility, the hypothesis that men who regularly wear a kilt during the years in which they wish to procreate will, as a group, have significantly better rates of sperm quality and higher fertility.

****

Why worry about high quality jizz when you are just going to end up Scottish anyway?

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at April 23, 2013 07:57 PM (SkyIE)

649 Yeah, I heard yesterday that the bombers had been living on welfare. Like I haven't been pissed off enough. Between the welfare subsidized terrorists and the filthy details about that baby killer Gosnell I feel like punching someone in the face.

Posted by: nerdygirl at April 23, 2013 07:58 PM (9H+iJ)

650 Tammy, have your contractor check every exposed box and get him to label the fuse box, and get a door on it.

Posted by: Jean at April 23, 2013 07:58 PM (xBps2)

651 640 I'm not a psychopath either, just a misanthrope

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 23, 2013 11:56 PM (HVff2)

***

And a humanitarian, rumor has it.

checking a lot of oil?

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 23, 2013 11:55 PM (Z9EHQ)

***

I knew how many lights were on the ceiling of every gym in the Gunnison Valley Conference.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 23, 2013 07:59 PM (pxDth)

652 AltonJackson, if youre still here, roll it into an annuity. I can help with that if you want. My nic at gmail.com.

Posted by: Weirddave at April 23, 2013 07:59 PM (LBUCy)

653 I can't stop laughing about the "Homeless Bill of Rights" passed by the Califuckya legislature. Heard about it on the radio on the way home from work today. Cities most affected? Why all those bastions of liberaldom, who've passed city ordinances against people sleeping on their fair streets: San Francisco, San Jose, Los Angeles to name a few. AND they have to build hygene centers for all these psycho hobos to boot! Take that, commies! Posted by: joanne at April 23, 2013 11:57 PM

You know, because California is just swimming in cash, just ask Gov Moonbeam

Posted by: kbdabear at April 23, 2013 08:00 PM (mCvL4)

654 I knew how many lights were on the ceiling of every gym in the Gunnison Valley Conference. Posted by: Seamus Muldoon scotch all over keyboard.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 23, 2013 08:00 PM (Z9EHQ)

655 620 "Celt" Pffft.Posted by: Gaius Julius Caeser Cough. Hadrian's Wall. Cough.

Posted by: The Celts at April 23, 2013 08:01 PM (7FfYK)

656 Lol Seamus. I was happy when I lost by points. But I was a glutton wrestled all 4 years of H

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 23, 2013 08:01 PM (HVff2)

657 633 Seeing that Nate kid wrestling JarJar the Bomber brought back long-repressed memories. Sad to say, I wrestled in high school. As a sophomore I was 5' 10" and wrestled 112 lb weight class. I looked more like JarJar than Nate, and I was really bad. My mother used to laugh that I was so skinny that my wrestling tights weren't. My varsity record was 0-15.

At least I didn't turn into a psychopath.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 23, 2013 11:53 PM (pxDth)

Me, too. Sorta. You were an inch shorter than me and weighed more. I even made it down to 98# for a tournament. There was nothing left but hair, nose, ribs, and feet.

Posted by: jc at April 23, 2013 08:01 PM (PlzOe)

658 cool, Eclipse for the iPad is going to be cheap. Got my $6.99 ready to go

Posted by: The Dude at April 23, 2013 08:02 PM (vJdyz)

659 636 LindaFell Well, I was thinking of a "hobbit house" as being cool and pretty storm-proof but apparently the soil is bad for dugout style homes. My cousin is a builder and suggested looking into a "green roof" as a good alternative but I haven't yet.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at April 23, 2013 08:02 PM (wbeNt)

660 her decision to be more revealing is not how I made my determination that that was not you. Do tell...

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 23, 2013 08:02 PM (7FfYK)

661 OK, I'm out we'll talk about the comment box font tomorrow... tomorrow night, mi amigos

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 23, 2013 08:03 PM (JMmQ9)

662 After stuffing a box, I peek inside with a flashlight to make sure everything went where I wanted it to.

If something is a bit astray, I prod it back into position with a pop-sickle stick

Posted by: @PurpAv at April 23, 2013 08:03 PM (/gHaE)

663

My lovely wife is giving me that "come-hither" look. Or else it's a "get-your-ass-off-the-computer-and-come-to-bed-you've-got-work-in-the-morning" look. I tend to get the two confused.

Good night all.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 23, 2013 08:04 PM (pxDth)

664 Do tell... Posted by: bebe's no way you could get into that tiny thing she is wearing on her top half.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 23, 2013 08:04 PM (Z9EHQ)

665 Never knew you could lose 2lbs by spitting all day unti I was in 9th grade. Oh and the steps, run, run, run

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 23, 2013 08:04 PM (HVff2)

666 'Night, Seamus!

Posted by: logprof at April 23, 2013 08:04 PM (+iA5G)

667 I was getting ready to go to call it a night and ran across this over at Drudge: http://preview.tinyurl.com/ck726yv

Just great, so not only will the Marxist libtards come after our reloading supplies, they're going come after our sparklers as well.

Posted by: Country Singer at April 23, 2013 08:04 PM (WvcBR)

668 night Seamus

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 23, 2013 08:05 PM (Z9EHQ)

669 On a side note, the NV state Senate passed same sex marriage amendment with at least one GOP vote. What goads me is the lie that "gay marriage won't affect you" B.S. If a child at school dissents at school, or a business owner dissents at work, or a worker dissents at work, they can and will be punished one way or the other. Sure, people can "think" what they want in private... but when you are forced to agree there are five fingers, sooner or later you will believe it.

Posted by: The Political Hat at April 23, 2013 08:05 PM (Vk2pI)

670 Me, too. Sorta. You were an inch shorter than me and weighed more. I even made it down to 98# for a tournament. There was nothing left but hair, nose, ribs, and feet.

Posted by: jc at April 24, 2013 12:01 AM (PlzOe)

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Yeah, I know that sunken eyes, Dachau sort of look after dropping every last ounce of water weight before a match. Heh. Glad you're not a psychopath also.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 23, 2013 08:05 PM (pxDth)

671 G'nite Seamus.

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 23, 2013 08:06 PM (HVff2)

672 Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at April 24, 2013 12:02 AM (wbeNt)

Polliwog, if you're going to build and want (allegedly) storm-proof, take a look at these guys: http://preview.tinyurl.com/yfh96t8

Posted by: Country Singer at April 23, 2013 08:07 PM (WvcBR)

673 OÃche Mhaith ONT! Agus tu fein!

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 23, 2013 08:08 PM (7FfYK)

674 That Prager quote sounds suspiciously like wisdom. I hate suspicious wisdom.

Posted by: irright at April 23, 2013 08:09 PM (DtNNC)

675 "647 I can't stop laughing about the "Homeless Bill of Rights" passed by the Califuckya legislature. " Some wealthy person should pay about 30 homeless people to squat in front of the home of the guy who is pushing this bill.

Posted by: nerdygirl at April 23, 2013 08:10 PM (9H+iJ)

676 Yeah, I know that sunken eyes, Dachau sort of look after dropping every last ounce of water weight before a match.>>

I wrestled a little (never serious) in High School and it taught me that any weight loss contest for money that includes a real wrestler you will lose.

Posted by: glencoe547@gmail.com at April 23, 2013 08:10 PM (qo244)

677 Can you tell me the name of the site Country Singer? I'm using my Kindle and can't paste the address and am afraid I'll forget to check tomorrow.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at April 23, 2013 08:11 PM (wbeNt)

678 Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at April 24, 2013 12:11 AM (wbeNt)

aidomes.com

Posted by: Country Singer at April 23, 2013 08:13 PM (WvcBR)

679 I've determined that if I ever build, that's the route I'm going.

Posted by: Country Singer at April 23, 2013 08:14 PM (WvcBR)

680 Some wealthy person should pay about 30 homeless people to squat in front of the home of the guy who is pushing this bill.>>

Or put a free shit add on Craig s list with their address.

Posted by: McGregor at April 23, 2013 08:14 PM (qo244)

681 Good nite Horde, the 2nd Monday of the week is over, only 3 more,to,go. See you tomorrow God willing

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 23, 2013 08:14 PM (HVff2)

682 Thanks.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at April 23, 2013 08:14 PM (wbeNt)

683

Yeah, I heard yesterday that the bombers had been living on welfare.

And they had a Mercedes?? WTF?

Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 23, 2013 08:15 PM (IDSI7)

684 669 That's the argument they are trying to avoid by insulting anyone who brings it up. Sexual liberty trumps religious freedom everywhere it's occurred. Nevermind the obvious polyandry argument as well. I decided it isn't the low information voter that the right loses but the emotional voter. We are over here quoting Friedman and making rational arguments and they are trotting out tampon banning and 97% of immigrants are mothers bullcrap. Which one causes the reaction? On the right the only thing we have that touches our emotions in the same way as tampon banning or Julia us guns and that is not something the emotional voter relates to. If you're emotional about guns you are already a righty.

Posted by: Exasperated Expat at April 23, 2013 08:15 PM (gkfSV)

685

611 jc

You are correct. Too many thoughts compacted to a short answer. Thanks.

Posted by: seamrog at April 23, 2013 08:17 PM (7QP2k)

686

I figger that is just a typo and you already know this -- little ice age was only about 250-400 years ago. An actual land bridge would date back to the last full glaciation.

WTF? They didn't have boats?

Posted by: harleycowboy at April 23, 2013 08:18 PM (+9AX9)

687 Just got back from taking the youngest and his friend to the Caps/Winnipeg game. Great time!

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at April 23, 2013 08:18 PM (l3vZN)

688 683 "Yeah, I heard yesterday that the bombers had been living on welfare. And they had a Mercedes?? WTF?" What can you expect from a state that kept reelecting that Mary Jo Kopechne killer? Not very high standards in that state.

Posted by: nerdygirl at April 23, 2013 08:18 PM (9H+iJ)

689 The first pictures remind me of Mos Eisley. It looks like domes have come a long way in the last couple of decades.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at April 23, 2013 08:19 PM (wbeNt)

690 What can you expect from a state that kept reelecting that Mary Jo Kopechne killer? And just elected fauxchahontas

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 23, 2013 08:19 PM (7FfYK)

691 +1 Purple Bush

Posted by: garrett at April 23, 2013 08:22 PM (NdrZq)

692 Thankfully I've never had any problem going to sleep. The wife bitches about my snoring while driving though.

Posted by: harleycowboy at April 23, 2013 08:22 PM (+9AX9)

693 On the right the only thing we have that touches our emotions in the same way as tampon banning or Julia us guns>>

No we have all kinds of things that touch our emotions. The difference is we know the govt will hurt those things we care for. Our kids, Our livelyhoods, Our freedoms... All their solutions are the problem if one is rational it is only an emotional being that can wishcast a better future through greater govt involvement.

Posted by: McGregor at April 23, 2013 08:22 PM (qo244)

694 Yo moron horde-sters. Forecasting the arrival of Spring on Friday here. Yay.

Posted by: zeera at April 23, 2013 08:23 PM (JeTjJ)

695 Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at April 24, 2013 12:19 AM (wbeNt)

Almost makes you want to have some blue milk, doesn't it? I like the things for the energy efficiency and ability to take a beating. Along with the roominess.

Posted by: Country Singer at April 23, 2013 08:24 PM (WvcBR)

696 378 Sorry about the anti tax rant, the question about the 401k set me off. Posted by: nerdygirl at April 23, 2013 10:50 PM (9H+iJ) You needn't ever apologize for an anti tax rant. That's what makes us American, after all.

Posted by: rickl at April 23, 2013 08:29 PM (sdi6R)

697 And with that, goodnight all. I've been on the brink of nodding off for a while now.

Posted by: rickl at April 23, 2013 08:31 PM (sdi6R)

698 aidomes.com

I'm partial to these designs: http://enertia.com/

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 23, 2013 08:31 PM (xKC/c)

699 Almost makes you want to have some blue milk,>>

I've heard of skim milk having a blue tint but I assume the Blue Milk you speak of is different.

Posted by: McGregor at April 23, 2013 08:31 PM (qo244)

700

Yeah, I heard yesterday that the bombers had been living on welfare.

And they had a Mercedes?? WTF?

Welcome to America.

Posted by: katya the designated driver at April 23, 2013 08:32 PM (DoZD+)

701 695 Efficiently used roominess would be very nice since there's five of us and I need a studio with natural light and the kids need a place for all the *stuff* that comes with homeschool. I'll have to look into it more tomorrow with the desktop. I suspect it'll be easier to read on an actual monitor.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at April 23, 2013 08:33 PM (wbeNt)

702 Know how I know Spring has arrived? Allergies have hit me like a ten ton truck.

Posted by: katya the designated driver at April 23, 2013 08:34 PM (DoZD+)

703 Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 24, 2013 12:31 AM (xKC/c)

Those look really nice, too...living in Tornado Alley, though, not sure I'd want all that glass.

Posted by: Country Singer at April 23, 2013 08:34 PM (WvcBR)

704 Yeah, I heard yesterday that the bombers had been living on welfare.

And they had a Mercedes?? WTF?>

Welcome to America.>>

Well they did actually do the honest work of stealing the Mercedes. As to the welfare they let the govt steal that money for them.

Posted by: McGregor at April 23, 2013 08:35 PM (qo244)

705 Worst year of allergies ever for me, california

Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 23, 2013 08:36 PM (/7Xis)

706

On the right the only thing we have that touches our emotions in the same way as tampon banning or Julia us guns>>

When tampons are banned only ... well ... you know ... will have tampons.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 23, 2013 08:36 PM (IDSI7)

707 I think I'd want an underground house in Tornado alley. An F5 would roll right over one of those sloping sides bermed up ones and you'd only lose the lawn chairs

Posted by: @PurpAv at April 23, 2013 08:36 PM (/gHaE)

708 Why do Scotsman shag sheep at the edge of a cliff? Because then the sheep push back reallll harrrddddd, laddie.

Posted by: eman at April 23, 2013 08:37 PM (71gyQ)

709 Posted by: McGregor at April 24, 2013 12:31 AM (qo244)

In the first part of Star Wars, note what they are drinking on the farm.

Posted by: Country Singer at April 23, 2013 08:37 PM (WvcBR)

710 693 That's accurate and I failed to articulate my point very well. Marriage, family, business ownership are all conservatizing institutions but we respond RATIONALLY to changes in them. As a political cohort those on the right fail to connect with those sympathetic to their views on an emotional level. We lose voters on gay marriage, immigration and healthcare because they are trotting out the illegal immigrant pillars of society and we bring out Tom tancredo and mitt Romney instead of highlighting how immigration will impact Paul in El Paso and his welding company.

Posted by: Exasperated Expat at April 23, 2013 08:37 PM (gkfSV)

711 Speaking of kilts...... One of the best kilt commercials ever: http://tinyurl.com/b7a73jm

Posted by: Weirddave at April 23, 2013 08:38 PM (LBUCy)

712 That's it for me tonight. Later, y'all.

Posted by: Country Singer at April 23, 2013 08:40 PM (WvcBR)

713 Saw this on Fox Business earlier today. I think we need to worry a little more about death panels.

http://tinyurl.com/c4nhbzq

Posted by: Methos at April 23, 2013 08:41 PM (hO9ad)

714 I really like it when the Under Armor girl pops up as my ad rather than the last memory chips that I looked at on Amazon. It's the small pleasures here at the AOSHQ make all the difference, I'm not kidding. No pointy elbows, ever!

Posted by: and irresolute at April 23, 2013 08:41 PM (DBH1h)

715 707 I think I'd want an underground house in Tornado alley. An F5 would roll right over one of those sloping sides bermed up ones and you'd only lose the lawn chairs

Posted by: @PurpAv at April 24, 2013 12:36 AM (/gHaE)

I'm in Ohio. A friend of mine actually grew up in an "Underground house." It was built into the side of a hill. Had a garage and the living room did have some pretty big windows as well. Pretty nice set up actually.

Posted by: buzzion at April 23, 2013 08:41 PM (LI48c)

716

I think I'd want an underground house in Tornado alley. An F5 would roll right over one of those sloping sides bermed up ones and you'd only lose the lawn chairs

I know a couple in Illinois who have a house built into the side of a hill. Warm in Winter, cool in Summer, very low energy bills. I'd love one of those.

Posted by: katya the designated driver at April 23, 2013 08:43 PM (DoZD+)

717 we bring out Tom tancredo and mitt Romney instead of highlighting how immigration will impact Paul in El Paso and his welding company.>>

Forget who is trying this on the conservative side (a Johnson I think no pun intended). But he is asking for stories of how the govt fucks us (paraphrased). The EPA, NEA, IRS all screw the little guy trying to climb the ladder of success. Pols and their juiced in brethren try their best to beat the little guy down and out of the natural competition. And the repubs are as guilty of this crime as the dems.

Posted by: McGregor at April 23, 2013 08:46 PM (qo244)

718 Well they did actually do the honest work of stealing the Mercedes.

I'm not so sure about that point. They carjacked 'a' Mercedes, SUV I think, Thursday night before the police shootout. The had another, a car, that appeared in a photo on the Joker's twitter page next to the terrorista BMW, which I presume was taken prior to the bombings.

Posted by: Methos at April 23, 2013 08:47 PM (hO9ad)

719 Some kilt mood music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoUV5d09JZw

Posted by: The Political Kilt at April 23, 2013 08:47 PM (Vk2pI)

720 Forget who is trying this on the conservative side (a Johnson I think no pun intended). But he is asking for stories of how the govt fucks us (paraphrased). The EPA, NEA, IRS all screw the little guy trying to climb the ladder of success. Pols and their juiced in brethren try their best to beat the little guy down and out of the natural competition. And the repubs are as guilty of this crime as the dems.

Posted by: McGregor at April 24, 2013 12:46 AM (qo244)

Ron Johnson. Republican Senator from Wisconsin.

Posted by: buzzion at April 23, 2013 08:47 PM (LI48c)

721 687 Just got back from taking the youngest and his friend to the Caps/Winnipeg game. Great time!

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at April 24, 2013 12:18 AM (l3vZN)

--Yeah, if you're not a Jets fan. :/

Posted by: logprof at April 23, 2013 08:48 PM (+iA5G)

722 I know a couple in Illinois who have a house built into the side of a hill. Warm in Winter, cool in Summer, very low energy bills. I'd love one of those.

Posted by: katya the designated driver at April 24, 2013 12:43 AM

That would be killer. The ultimate man cave. Can be like goldfinger or some shit. make that sucker like a mountain with a huge ass picture window.

Yeah, a little wine and my asshole eccentric side takes over.

Posted by: Berserker at April 23, 2013 08:49 PM (FMbng)

723 wish I could afford this

http://tinyurl.com/b4hohmg

Posted by: The Dude at April 23, 2013 08:49 PM (vJdyz)

724 One of the best kilt commercials ever: Ahhhh the Haka commercial.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at April 23, 2013 08:52 PM (7FfYK)

725 The had another, a car, that appeared in a photo on the Joker's twitter page next to the terrorista BMW, which I presume was taken prior to the bombings.
Posted by: Methos>>

I had not seen that but most welfare recipients have better cars than I do so I shouldn't be surprised I guess. (03 Alero on its second engine)

Posted by: McGregor at April 23, 2013 08:52 PM (qo244)

726 725 The had another, a car, that appeared in a photo on
the Joker's twitter page next to the terrorista BMW, which I presume
was taken prior to the bombings.

Posted by: Methos>>

I had not seen that but most welfare recipients have better cars than I do so I shouldn't be surprised I guess. (03 Alero on its second engine)

Posted by: McGregor at April 24, 2013 12:52 AM (qo244)

--People on the dole also have better cell/smart phones than I do. Also, better TVs.

Posted by: logprof at April 23, 2013 08:55 PM (+iA5G)

727

most
welfare recipients have better cars than I do so I shouldn't be
surprised I guess. (03 Alero on its second engine)

Posted by: McGregor at April 24, 2013 12:52 AM (qo244)

--People on the dole also have better cell/smart phones than I do. Also, better TVs.

Nails, hair weaves, tats, shoes, designer purses, etc, etc.

Posted by: katya the designated driver at April 23, 2013 08:57 PM (DoZD+)

728 most
welfare recipients have better cars than I do so I shouldn't be
surprised I guess. (03 Alero on its second engine)

Posted by: McGregor at April 24, 2013 12:52 AM (qo244)

--People on the dole also have better cell/smart phones than I do. Also, better TVs.
-----

The value of money is proportional to the time effort put into acquiring it. I'd drive a Lamborghini if all I had to do is sign the back of a check for it once a month.

Posted by: Methos at April 23, 2013 08:58 PM (hO9ad)

729 Posted by: katya the designated driver at April 24, 2013 12:43 AM (DoZD+)

Most times it's not the winds themselves that do the most damage.

It's the flying debris.

Propel a 2x4 at 125mph and it'll go through concrete block.

Cars cows and everything the twister sucks off the crowd goes flying at some point. Some comes straight back down and other stuff get't slung across the countryside.

That's why they tell you to get low and they tell you to get in a corner or a doorway in case the building implodes.

God doesn't like mobile homes for some reason.

Maybe if people built them in the shape of a beetle he'd let them slide.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 23, 2013 08:59 PM (Kpn/z)

730 OK, titty pics then:

http://tinyurl.com/cnvtrlx

Posted by: Kristophr at April 23, 2013 09:02 PM (wYVte)

731 Remember a couple months ago when some stupid college prof or something said that young adults nowadays are more stressed than any other age group in any period in history? Yeah well, I watched a documentary this evening with my son about the Dust Bowl. Had old folks who had been children at the time, telling their stories. Heartbreaking and gripping. Those people knew suffering. People nowadays know don't know anything about stress.

Posted by: katya the designated driver at April 23, 2013 09:03 PM (DoZD+)

732 Posted by: Exasperated Expat at April 24, 2013 12:37 AM (gkfSV)

====

We can beat them at their own game, but we have to stop being patsies.

First -- no statistics except as an after thought -- everything must be an anecdote. Personalize everything.

Second -- never talk about solutions -- just sell the problem, the problem, the problem.

Third -- speak about 4 things incessantly, and never allow anyone to change the subject:

a) the left is behaving irresponsibly.

b) the left is not being sensible or reasonable.

c) the left is not listening.

d) the left does not care.

Example:   How Mitt Romney would have been the winner -- he would have said things like --

"Madge Johnson lives in Rock Ridge.   Madge is being bled out.   She and her recently deceased husband worked their whole lives to save enough money for retirement. Thanks to the policies of these irresponsible jerks, her savings don't earn enough interest to pay her bills. So, she is draining her savings.   Any one who buys gas and food knows that inflation is all around us. Even though Madge and her husband did everything the way they were supposed to do it, the irresponsible jerks running our government have ruined it." (now he adds the statistic)   "And you might be one of about 25 million Americans in the same situation as Madge. Your problem is not going to be solved because Barack Obama doesn't listen and Barack Obama doesn't care."

"Roger and Sandy Brown live in Metropolis. They are 44 years old. Roger and Sandy are now supporting their kids, their parents, and it looks like they will soon be having the kids they sent to college move back in with them because there are no jobs." Etc, Etc -- (he describes their problem and then closes with a statistic that allows the other ____ million people to project themselves into Roger and Sandy Brown). Then -- drive home the point again -- "Your problem is not going to be solved because Barack Obama doesn't listen and Barack Obama doesn't care."

Then he moves on to the college kid that will never be able to pay his debt and can no longer discharge it in bankruptcy.   The phrase 'debt slavery' is used.   Then -- drive home the point again -- "Your problem is not going to be solved because Barack Obama doesn't listen and Barack Obama doesn't care."

He would have kept going from one kind of situation after another -- each anecdote would describe a real story about a real person. He would then invite others to project themselves into the life of the real person he described -- and then drive home the 4 big points over and over and over--

a) the left is behaving irresponsibly.

b) the left is not being sensible or reasonable.

c) the left is not listening.

d) the left does not care.

at that point -- the right would own all of the emotional arguments.

The left has turned to bullshit emotion because it is all they have left.   Take away the monopoly on emotion and all they will be left with is the bullshit.

Posted by: jc at April 23, 2013 09:05 PM (PlzOe)

733 People nowadays know don't know anything about stress. Posted by: katya the designated driver at April 24, 2013 01:03 AM (DoZD+) Or hard work.

Posted by: model_1066 at April 23, 2013 09:06 PM (7xPCu)

734 People on the dole also have better cell/smart phones than I do. Also, better TVs.

And you know this how?

The plans I've seen are for bare service and no fancy phones. They'll try to talk you into upgrades, but you pay for those with whatever cash you have.

the people to be mad at are the ones making a ton of money off this deal by providing a basic service and overcharging the Federal Gov't for doing so.

Just like the drug companies and health providers double bill, overcharge and all sorts of shenanigans to take advantage of medicare and medicaid.

Once when I got admitted on medicaid, I had doctors showing up that had no earthly reason to be there. I asked and was told that the hospital gets more money and the doctors can submit a consulting fee charge. So a diagnosis that would've cost $300 if they'd stuck to the obvious winds up at $1200 by the time they add all the tests they don't need to perform and the other specialties get called in.

They whine and moan about how little medicare and medicaid pay per code but they neglect to mention how they pad the codes and the bill. Plus some hospitals will also bill the patient even though they're supposed to be covered by an insurance policy. If YOU pay they take the money even if the Insurance company also pays. If you catch them they go "oops, computer error".

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 23, 2013 09:06 PM (Kpn/z)

735 731 Remember a couple months ago when some stupid college prof or something said that young adults nowadays are more stressed than any other age group in any period in history? Yeah well, I watched a documentary this evening with my son about the Dust Bowl. Had old folks who had been children at the time, telling their stories. Heartbreaking and gripping. Those people knew suffering. People nowadays know don't know anything about stress.

Posted by: katya the designated driver at April 24, 2013 01:03 AM (DoZD+)

--LMAO

Yeah, you know who are under more stress than young people today?

[ [i]channels Dwight Schrute ]

Every other generation that ever lived in history.

Posted by: logprof at April 23, 2013 09:07 PM (+iA5G)

736 --People on the dole also have better cell/smart phones than I do. Also, better TVs.>>

I have a decent job so if flash was my thing I could do the same but actually working for the dough makes it harder to wrench it from my wallet. My cell phone is old crap and my TVs are cheap (my eyes aren't what they were so this is a rational decision on the TVs same with HiFi gear). Point being as a kid the only bicycle I took care of with pride was the one I bought with my own money. I had hand me downs up till then and should have appreciated them more.

Posted by: McGregor at April 23, 2013 09:07 PM (qo244)

737

The Dude at April 24, 2013 12:49 AM

One piece at a time.

Posted by: harleycowboy at April 23, 2013 09:08 PM (+9AX9)

738
The left has turned to bullshit emotion because it is all they have left. Take away the monopoly on emotion and all they will be left with is the bullshit.

Posted by: jc at April 24, 2013 01:05 AM (PlzOe)

Brilliant!

Posted by: Guinness Dude at April 23, 2013 09:09 PM (+iA5G)

739 Posted by: jc at April 24, 2013 01:05 AM (PlzOe) Mind if I use that, with full attribution of course, on my blog?

Posted by: The Political Hat at April 23, 2013 09:09 PM (Vk2pI)

740 Mitt Romney NEVER planned on winning the election. He was shocked during that first debate that he caught Obama off guard so badly. He never did that again.

All that money he spent? And all the money donated? Guess where it went?

It went to those who were his pals and other assorted political bottom feeders. A lot went to the nets for their coverage and ads. a lot went for that stupid orca which was a planned failure. (something they could blame for a loss. Which they did.)

Elections aren't about the public selecting our leaders anymore. It's a money machine for all and sundry with the end result already known and planned for.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 23, 2013 09:10 PM (Kpn/z)

741 Oh I should also add to 736 that I am in the "Get off my lawn age range" so electronics piss me off as much as they intrigue me.

Posted by: McGregor at April 23, 2013 09:10 PM (qo244)

742 Yeah well, I watched a documentary this evening with my son about the Dust Bowl. Had old folks who had been children at the time, telling their stories. Heartbreaking and gripping. Those people knew suffering. People nowadays know don't know anything about stress.

Posted by: katya the designated driver at April 24, 2013 01:03 AM (DoZD+)

It's like those Barbasol shave like a man commercials.

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at April 23, 2013 09:10 PM (oBhEo)

743 Forget who is trying this on the conservative side (a Johnson I think no pun intended). But he is asking for stories of how the govt fucks us (paraphrased). The EPA, NEA, IRS all screw the little guy trying to climb the ladder of success. Pols and their juiced in brethren try their best to beat the little guy down and out of the natural competition. And the repubs are as guilty of this crime as the dems. Posted by: McGregor at April 24, 2013 12:46 AM (qo244) The GOP is only guilty of being dumb as shit. The Dems load their bills with goodies for the unions and their corporate benefactors, but these bills tend to favor the very large (GE, GM,i.e.) in their "pro-business" aspect. The GOP manages to get most of the "pro-union" shit stripped out, then go to sucking each others dicks for passing a "pro-business" bill. All the while, every small business out here gets bent over the desk and taken without lube. If I hear these fucksticks talk about employee tax credits, and other shit that means absolutely nothing to small businesses but everything to huge businesses. What small business needs is less paperwork, less regulations, and an actual level playing field.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at April 23, 2013 09:12 PM (Zd/NW)

744 736 --People on the dole also have better cell/smart phones than I do. Also, better TVs.>>

I
have a decent job so if flash was my thing I could do the same but
actually working for the dough makes it harder to wrench it from my
wallet. My cell phone is old crap and my TVs are cheap (my eyes aren't
what they were so this is a rational decision on the TVs same with HiFi
gear). Point being as a kid the only bicycle I took care of with pride
was the one I bought with my own money. I had hand me downs up till then
and should have appreciated them more.

Posted by: McGregor at April 24, 2013 01:07 AM (qo244)

--I still use a 2010 Blackberry, and a CRT TV.

Posted by: logprof at April 23, 2013 09:13 PM (+iA5G)

745 One piece at a time.

Posted by: harleycowboy at April 24, 2013 01:08 AM (+9AX9)

lol, it's actually how they sell their figures. The head alone is about $80

Posted by: The Dude at April 23, 2013 09:13 PM (vJdyz)

746 The left has turned to bullshit emotion because it is all they have left. Take away the monopoly on emotion and all they will be left with is the bullshit. Posted by: jc at April 24, 2013 01:05 AM (PlzOe) THIS THIS THIS THIS!!!!!

Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at April 23, 2013 09:13 PM (Y5I9o)

747 And you know this how?

Can't speak for anyone else, but I don't have a cell phone, so...

Posted by: Methos at April 23, 2013 09:15 PM (hO9ad)

748 739 Posted by: jc at April 24, 2013 01:05 AM (PlzOe)

Mind if I use that, with full attribution of course, on my blog?

Posted by: The Political Hat at April 24, 2013 01:09 AM (Vk2pI)

===

go right ahead. But, it is mostly stolen from Hans Bleiker. He teaches a course in "Systematic Development of Informed Consent." I just took his stuff and reversed it.

Look up the "Bleiker Life Preserver." It is simple, and it is powerful.

Posted by: jc at April 23, 2013 09:17 PM (PlzOe)

749 734 People on the dole also have better cell/smart phones than I do. Also, better TVs.

And you know this how?

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 24, 2013 01:06 AM (Kpn/z)

--See my post #744.

If you see an inner city house with a head-of-household under 50 and a tube TV, take a picture.

Posted by: logprof at April 23, 2013 09:17 PM (+iA5G)

750 Is the East/West Berlin color split a result of the street lamps?

Posted by: DaveA at April 23, 2013 09:17 PM (DL2i+)

751 Saturday on the ONT posted how sick my brother is up in Maine, he's been in the ICU since March 30. Several of you offered prayers and I want to thank you. And will you please keep it up? The surgeon planned to take him off the ventilator on Friday bur it's Tuesday, now Wednesday and he's still on it. He's been in the hospital with infections in his blood, pneumonia, urinary tract and now bones. It is the same infection, strep. I am going to speak with the ICU doctor looking after him tomorrow. After a week I asked and the infectious disease doctor told me then he had a 50/50 chance of living. They got it under control and off the ventilator after ten days. He couldn't wiggle his toes and they did a full body MRI and found the infection in his cervical spine. Please say a pray for Paul. Thank you, Carol PS- I have had an impeccable sense of timing the past week. I work right near the Marathon finish line. I had Tuesday off last week and ended up taking Thursday off because I was nervous wreck about Paul's neck surgery. I don't work on Wednesdays. They expect something like 300 buses of police from all over the country to come to the service for Officer Collier of MIT. Biden and his wife are going to it. I will miss all the closed roads. The email they sent to everyone lists all the roads that will be closed and they might close more if they need them. I

Posted by: CarolT at April 23, 2013 09:18 PM (z4WKX)

752 738 The left has turned to bullshit emotion because it is all they have left. Take away the monopoly on emotion and all they will be left with is the bullshit. Posted by: jc at April 24, 2013 01:05 AM (PlzOe) Brilliant! Posted by: Guinness Dude at April 24, 2013 01:09 AM (+iA5G) They insist that we have a monopoly on hatred.

Posted by: model_1066 at April 23, 2013 09:18 PM (7xPCu)

753 --I still use a 2010 Blackberry, and a CRT TV.>>

I bought 2 newer TVs when I went to antenna since my CRTs didn't have digital tuners. Though if I moved a lot I would have bought them cause they are so much lighter. Fing35 inch CRT I gave my daughter was such a bitch to keep moving I bought her a LCD.

Posted by: McGregor at April 23, 2013 09:18 PM (qo244)

754

Why I quit drinking in bars.

http://tinyurl.com/b8mewea

Posted by: harleycowboy at April 23, 2013 09:18 PM (+9AX9)

755 746 The left has turned to bullshit emotion because it is all they have left. Take away the monopoly on emotion and all they will be left with is the bullshit. Posted by: jc at April 24, 2013 01:05 AM (PlzOe) THIS THIS THIS THIS!!!!! Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at April 24, 2013 01:13 AM (Y5I9o) Ok, now that I'm done jerking it over that awesome post, here's the further problem. The Left knows this and they've already gone great lengths towards innoculating the public against counterattacks. What do you think "white privilege" and "black conservative=uncle tom" all that bullshit is about if not about denying people the right to have an emotion/thought that isn't sanctioned by them. And the schools churn it out, and the people eat it up.

Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at April 23, 2013 09:19 PM (Y5I9o)

756 Ok, now that I'm done jerking it over that awesome post, here's the further problem. The Left knows this and they've already gone great lengths towards innoculating the public against counterattacks. What do you think "white privilege" and "black conservative=uncle tom" all that bullshit is about if not about denying people the right to have an emotion/thought that isn't sanctioned by them.

And the schools churn it out, and the people eat it up.

Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at April 24, 2013 01:19 AM (Y5I9o)

--For starters, stop sending your children to the public schools.

Posted by: logprof at April 23, 2013 09:20 PM (+iA5G)

757 nevermind read the link mercury vs. sodium lamps

Posted by: DaveA at April 23, 2013 09:23 PM (DL2i+)

758

The plans I've seen are for bare service and no fancy phones. They'll try to talk you into upgrades, but you pay for those with whatever cash you have.

Many of them won't take the cheap, bare-bones phone cause it doesn't have enough bells and whistles. They save money by receiving free health care, free rent (title 8 or whatever it's called), food stamps, etc. Then buy the flashy blingy smart phones with their expendable currency. And I know this because I see them playing with their bling phone while swiping their ebt card when I'm standing in the line at HyVee or Wal Mart.

Posted by: katya the designated driver at April 23, 2013 09:24 PM (DoZD+)

759 Posted by: CarolT at April 24, 2013 01:18 AM (z4WKX)>>

Prayers for Paul and a prayer of comfort for you since no matter how it ends up it will have taken a toll from you.

Posted by: McGregor at April 23, 2013 09:25 PM (qo244)

760 Posted by: CarolT at April 24, 2013 01:18 AM (z4WKX) Thoughts and prayers. I've had a family member who was once in a similar situation.

Posted by: The Political Hat at April 23, 2013 09:25 PM (Vk2pI)

761 My prayers, CarolT.

Posted by: katya the designated driver at April 23, 2013 09:26 PM (DoZD+)

762 JC, words of wisdom there. If only it had played out that way and TFG was out of the picture. I keep telling myself that there's a reason it is what it is and I apparently don't have a need to know that reason. Frustrating.

Posted by: zeera at April 23, 2013 09:28 PM (JeTjJ)

763 Why I quit drinking in bars.

http://tinyurl.com/b8mewea>>

Hell It's why I stopped drinking at home (for awhile).

Posted by: McGregor at April 23, 2013 09:28 PM (qo244)

764 Many of them won't take the cheap, bare-bones phone cause it doesn't have enough bells and whistles. They save money by receiving free health care, free rent (title 8 or whatever it's called), food stamps, etc. Then buy the flashy blingy smart phones with their expendable currency. And I know this because I see them playing with their bling phone while swiping their ebt card when I'm standing in the line at HyVee or Wal Mart.

Posted by: katya the designated driver at April 24, 2013 01:24 AM (DoZD+)

--I still remember my dad fuming at a billboard ad in Ghettoville, Norfolk, VA, for a crappy movie and asking, "Who has the shittiest houses and yards, but the best TVs and cars?"

Posted by: logprof at April 23, 2013 09:28 PM (+iA5G)

765

CarolT at April 24, 2013 01:18 AM

Prayer sent.

Posted by: harleycowboy at April 23, 2013 09:29 PM (+9AX9)

766 Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at April 24, 2013 01:19 AM (Y5I9o) I love asking the hardcore lefty Democrats what would happen if blacks suddenly stopped voting for them, and for Republicans instead. Or even if the votes were divided evenly. They sputter and screech, and quite often their racism turns from its usual patronizing condescension to raw hatred.

Posted by: model_1066 at April 23, 2013 09:30 PM (7xPCu)

767 It's like those Barbasol shave like a man commercials. Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at April 24, 2013 01:10 AM (oBhEo) Have you seen the new groomer razor for men? We are so fucking boned. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL5dQPgx3-M

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at April 23, 2013 09:31 PM (Zd/NW)

768 763 Why I quit drinking in bars.

http://tinyurl.com/b8mewea>>

Hell It's why I stopped drinking at home (for awhile).

Posted by: McGregor at April 24, 2013 01:28 AM (qo244)

--Rehash of a post in earlier thread --a colleague of mine went out drinking with Russians while at a conference in Finland. One of them declared off-handedly, "In Russia, there are no ugly women. Only not enough vodka!" LMAO

Posted by: logprof at April 23, 2013 09:31 PM (+iA5G)

769 Mitt Romney NEVER planned on winning the election. He was shocked during that first debate that he caught Obama off guard so badly. He never did that again. All that money he spent? And all the money donated? Guess where it went? Posted by: Bitter Clinger I understand the sentiment but I don't think this is true. Further, it takes a conspiracy to make this chain of thought true. We're better than that. Don't bother. He sucked at organizing a campaign for president versus a malignant narcissist. That's as far as you need to go. Elections aren't about the public selecting our leaders anymore. It's a money machine for all and sundry with the end result already known and planned for. I think this is too far into the Alex Jones/RuPaul dismorphic thought to be actually tested. Sure, most? some? of us have similar inklings but like all conspiratorial wells, a dip in the possible shouldn't lead to an ocean of conclusion.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 23, 2013 09:32 PM (Uw9IL)

770

...Kilts! Yes, yes. More please. ...Kilts are hawt.

Thanks for that, MÃ¦tenloch.

Nice ONT...all of it.

Posted by: wheatie at April 23, 2013 09:32 PM (mXpa3)

771 second part in the "The Rise and Fall of AMD" from Ars Technica came out yesterday. Great read outside of just throwing in the Imageon sale at the very end which is retrospect was one of the dumbest things a company could have ever done

http://tinyurl.com/bsmy8tc

Posted by: The Dude at April 23, 2013 09:33 PM (vJdyz)

772 BTW, Senator Ron Johnson gets it.

He is effectively asking for people to volunteer to be anecdotes.

A smart person would then vet them entirely, because once this method takes off every one of the anecdotes will get the full "Joe the Plumber Treatment" from the assholes in the media.

However, real stories about real people have incredible power. Think of it this way --- "30 million people will have blah, blah, blah ...." Most people say to themselves, "that is so sad, but it won't happen to me." Take exactly the same issue and make it: "Tom Johnson is 37 and has two kids. Tom had blah, blah, blah, and so did 30 million other people." A lot of those same people will start their thought with: "Hey, I'm 38 and I have 2 kids. That coulda been me!!" Don't know why. It just is.

Posted by: jc at April 23, 2013 09:34 PM (PlzOe)

773 The last few posts show exactly what the difference is between the right and left. I see at least three offers of prayers for my brother and me and none of us have ever met. We have a soul and believe in God. Thank you, I appreciate it. I hope he can come off the ventilator. Sunday they planned to do it yesterday. This afternoon they had no plans to. I'm worried about his muscles being weak and they must have started to atrophy. The longer he's on that the harder it's going to be to get him off it. It's been a very long 3+ weeks. It has taken a toll on me. Thank you. Carol

Posted by: CarolT at April 23, 2013 09:34 PM (z4WKX)

774 Posted by: CarolT at April 24, 2013 01:18 AM (z4WKX) Praying for you, your brother, and the medical staff.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at April 23, 2013 09:35 PM (Zd/NW)

775 773 The last few posts show exactly what the difference is between the right and left. I see at least three offers of prayers for my brother and me and none of us have ever met. We have a soul and believe in God.
Thank you, I appreciate it.

Posted by: CarolT at April 24, 2013 01:34 AM (z4WKX)

--and guess what? Even those of us who are not super-dooper prayerful do not respond with flames.

Posted by: logprof at April 23, 2013 09:40 PM (+iA5G)

776 However, real stories about real people have incredible power. Think of it this way --- "30 million people will have blah, blah, blah ...." Most people say to themselves, "that is so sad, but it won't happen to me." Take exactly the same issue and make it: "Tom Johnson is 37 and has two kids. Tom had blah, blah, blah, and so did 30 million other people." A lot of those same people will start their thought with: "Hey, I'm 38 and I have 2 kids. That coulda been me!!" Don't know why. It just is. Posted by: jc at April 24, 2013 01:34 AM (PlzOe) One person is a tragedy, a million but a statistic, right?

Posted by: The Political Hat at April 23, 2013 09:41 PM (Vk2pI)

777 --and guess what? Even those of us who are not super-dooper prayerful do not respond with flames.>>

Dude?

Posted by: McGregor at April 23, 2013 09:42 PM (qo244)

778 Night all. Here are the Best Heavy Metal Albums of the 1970's: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvhu61GtTkE

Posted by: \m/ The Political Hat at April 23, 2013 09:43 PM (Vk2pI)

779 check out my new book everyone, The Fugacity of Hope

Posted by: Barack Obama Master of Science at April 23, 2013 09:44 PM (xTNmw)

780 777 --and guess what? Even those of us who are not super-dooper prayerful do not respond with flames.>>

Dude?

Posted by: McGregor at April 24, 2013 01:42 AM (qo244)

--??

Posted by: logprof at April 23, 2013 09:46 PM (+iA5G)

781 http://tinyurl.com/bsrv3sf

Here is an intriguing product that surely has a place in the AoS Moron Lifestyle (TM).

Posted by: epobirs at April 23, 2013 09:50 PM (kcfmt)

782 My prayers are joined with yours Carol.

Posted by: jc at April 23, 2013 09:52 PM (PlzOe)

783 #776

Of course, tragedy is subjective.

In the words of Mel Brooks: Comedy is when you fall in an open manhole and die. Tragedy is when I cut my finger.

Posted by: epobirs at April 23, 2013 09:52 PM (kcfmt)

784 772 BTW, Senator Ron Johnson gets it. He is effectively asking for people to volunteer to be anecdotes. A smart person would then vet them entirely, because once this method takes off every one of the anecdotes will get the full "Joe the Plumber Treatment" from the assholes in the media. However, real stories about real people have incredible power. Think of it this way --- "30 million people will have blah, blah, blah ...." Most people say to themselves, "that is so sad, but it won't happen to me." Take exactly the same issue and make it: "Tom Johnson is 37 and has two kids. Tom had blah, blah, blah, and so did 30 million other people." A lot of those same people will start their thought with: "Hey, I'm 38 and I have 2 kids. That coulda been me!!" Don't know why. It just is. Posted by: jc at April 24, 2013 01:34 AM (PlzOe) There is vetting, and there is media vetting. Those "smart" people would vet the people, find a great story then run with it. The media would decide to vet the person, find out that his business was sued by some idiot, and go get the sob story from the "victim". All of a sudden, the subject of the ad is made to look like a dickhead, even if the lawsuit had no merit. That is how the media always frames it because every businessperson listens to their attorney so that the plaintiff's lawyers don't try to use the media against them, and they do.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at April 23, 2013 09:53 PM (Zd/NW)

785 --??
Posted by: logprof>>

I read it wrong as if you expected her to flame you or other people that didn't pray for her. Not as what I get now you meant this is a safe place because even people that don't pray wont flame you for speaking your beliefs.

Posted by: McGregor at April 23, 2013 09:54 PM (qo244)

786 #771

The problem was they were extremely ahead of the curve and the market they saw coming took about ten years longer they expected.

Posted by: epobirs at April 23, 2013 09:55 PM (kcfmt)

787 I read it wrong as if you expected her to flame you or other people that didn't pray for her. Not as what I get now you meant this is a safe place because even people that don't pray wont flame you for speaking your beliefs.

Posted by: McGregor at April 24, 2013 01:54 AM (qo244)

--Puzzactly!

Posted by: logprof at April 23, 2013 09:55 PM (+iA5G)

788 Of course, tragedy is subjective.

In the words of Mel Brooks: Comedy is when you fall in an open manhole and die. Tragedy is when I cut my finger.

Posted by: epobirs at April 24, 2013 01:52 AM (kcfmt)

always prefered "It's tragedy when it happens to me, it's comedy when it happens to you"

Posted by: The Dude at April 23, 2013 09:57 PM (vJdyz)

789 That is how the media always frames it because every businessperson listens to their attorney so that the plaintiff's lawyers don't try to use the media against them, and they do. Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at April 24, 2013 01:53 AM (Zd/NW) Damn, it deleted a bunch of shit. It should have read "every businessperson listens to their attorney and doesn't talk to the press about the particulars of a lawsuit and defense of it so that the plaintiff's lawyers don't try to use"....

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at April 23, 2013 09:58 PM (Zd/NW)

790 #771

The problem was they were extremely ahead of the curve and the market they saw coming took about ten years longer they expected.

Posted by: epobirs at April 24, 2013 01:55 AM (kcfmt)

Imageon will forever will be one of the greatest acquisitions in modern history considering how much bank Qualcomm is making on the snapdragon compared to the peanuts they payed

Posted by: The Dude at April 23, 2013 09:59 PM (vJdyz)

791 #769

Romney's greatest failure was not secretly being the kind of nasty son of a bitch it takes to win the Presidency. W got well in touch with his dark during his substance abusing days and could channel that when he needed to.

I don't think Romney is some angel in human form but I think he genuinely didn't have it in him when it came to pursuing the office. He might a have made a good cabinet member.

Posted by: epobirs at April 23, 2013 10:00 PM (kcfmt)

792

\m/ The Political Hat at April 24, 2013 01:43 AM

No Blue Cheer?

Posted by: harleycowboy at April 23, 2013 10:01 PM (+9AX9)

793 Just had a thought - it's commonplace, almost expected, that here in the US churches of all types do charitable things for their communities. Soup kitchens and food banks, hospitals and such. I have never heard of muslims doing anything remotely like that, and would guess that if they did, the media would be fawning over them more than they are already. I'll ask the next lefty I see if they have ever heard of a muslim charity which welcomes infidels.

Posted by: model_1066 at April 23, 2013 10:01 PM (7xPCu)

794 always prefered "It's tragedy when it happens to me, it's comedy when it happens to you"
Posted by: The Dude>>

Or

It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours

Harry S Truman,
It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose your own. - See more at: http://quotationsbook.com/quote/10521/#sthash.1wAwwrbQ.dpuf

Posted by: McGregor at April 23, 2013 10:05 PM (qo244)

795

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at April 24, 2013 01:53 AM (Zd/NW)

====

Yup. It is simple. But, it isn't easy. We are in a war for our own souls. The only thing I can ask is that we don't chose defeat without actually fighting the fight.

We are behind and we are losing, but we aren't beat.

Posted by: jc at April 23, 2013 10:05 PM (PlzOe)

796

Blue Cheer

http://tinyurl.com/yaxdgpv

Posted by: harleycowboy at April 23, 2013 10:05 PM (+9AX9)

797 #790

I can remember the Comdex where they first announced the product line. I hoped they would be a player in handheld gaming but they never got any wind from a major company. One company showed a product at CES a couple of years but it died with very little product reaching retail.

Posted by: epobirs at April 23, 2013 10:06 PM (kcfmt)

798 791 #769 Romney's greatest failure was not secretly being the kind of nasty son of a bitch it takes to win the Presidency. W got well in touch with his dark during his substance abusing days and could channel that when he needed to. I don't think Romney is some angel in human form but I think he genuinely didn't have it in him when it came to pursuing the office. He might a have made a good cabinet member. Posted by: epobirs at April 24, 2013 02:00 AM (kcfmt) This^^^^^ You have to go for the kill when you get the chance, Romney had the chance, and decided not to go for it. During the summer he could have hammered Obama and didn't. Obama had the chance to hurt Romney during the summer and did so. The GOP needs to stop thinking that the campaign doesn't start on Labor Day but starts on Memorial Day. Buy cheap ads on cable all summer long and pound your opponent, not buy the expensive shit in October.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at April 23, 2013 10:06 PM (Zd/NW)

799 I don't care how high your sperm count is. I don't care if they are oozing outta your eyeballs. If you are wearing a skirt, there is no booty call in my house!

Posted by: Keena at April 23, 2013 10:11 PM (M5qgo)

800

I had the "Tut De frommege" Dessert......need some Brandy to clear the palate after that one....

BUT?? What the hell,,,I am here none the less....and...posting!

Posted by: Richard at April 23, 2013 10:13 PM (y401u)

801 yay, I get to wait till at least maxwell to upgrade my gpu

Posted by: The Dude at April 23, 2013 10:13 PM (vJdyz)

802 We are behind and we are losing, but we aren't beat.>>

My problem is I am not good at the verbal (especially since they have taken our language away). I'm waiting for the physical win or lose.

Posted by: McGregor at April 23, 2013 10:14 PM (qo244)

803

@791

You guys can second-guess Romney all you want, but the bottom line is that about 2/3, IIRC, of the white folks figured it out, while most of the non-white folks (especially the blacks) wouldn't trust the "rich white guy".

The disappointment is about the "ground game", where Romney supposedly had this awesome new computer system that was going to kick ass, but instead failed miserably. You'd think Romney, as a successful business guy, would have been more on top of that, but I suspect he was too "old school" on that point, and you don't get a second try.

In contrast, all Obama has EVER done is campaign, and this time he had vast sums of money and all the time in the world. Between being a narcissist and a professional political activist, what the hell else would any expect that he would do? The reason he never stops is because that's who he is, and because the "takers" whole job is to "take". The only way they know how to get stuff is to "take'. Expecting them to do anything but dream up ways to scam things using the govt is like expecting a bank robber to give up crime and start a business. They wouldn't know how, even if they wanted to.

Posted by: Optimizer at April 23, 2013 10:14 PM (Mxt9o)

804 802 We are behind and we are losing, but we aren't beat.>>

My problem is I am not good at the verbal (especially since they have taken our language away). I'm waiting for the physical win or lose.

Posted by: McGregor at April 24, 2013 02:14 AM (qo244)

====

take the language back. At the bottom of it all, the slavery party is just returning to its roots. we just need to say so and refuse to be shouted down.

Posted by: jc at April 23, 2013 10:15 PM (PlzOe)

805 Crap I gotta get up in 5 hours. Nite everybody.

Posted by: McGregor at April 23, 2013 10:17 PM (qo244)

806 Saturday ONT I wrote that I heard Terrorist #2 was on a ventilator and that's why he couldn't speak. They have to keep them sedated to tolerate the ventilator & that I knew because my brother was on one. Several people offered up prayers. I went to sleep and woke up at 3 am and more prayers were said for him and our family. Today I asked because he needs them and people here that will do so will. You never know what is going to happen, all those people at the Boston Marathon were either there to run or see a loved one run. Three were killed by the bombs and so many lost limbs. I don't like sitting through Mass but I do believe in God. I go to the Church in the Pru Tower sometimes and just kneel and pray. I don't like to go when they are saying the rosary.

Posted by: CarolT at April 23, 2013 10:18 PM (z4WKX)

807 ==== Yup. It is simple. But, it isn't easy. We are in a war for our own souls. The only thing I can ask is that we don't chose defeat without actually fighting the fight. We are behind and we are losing, but we aren't beat. Posted by: jc at April 24, 2013 02:05 AM (PlzOe) It sucks. I was partners in a company that kept getting screwed by our city. The city decided to bring in a competitor to us, a national competitor, because they were a big name. No problem for us, our product was better, and our business wasn't hurt that much by them. The city decided when they brought them in that they needed to give them some "incentives". The city then decided that we needed to be charged some higher fees, and a new tax was introduced, that just happened to impact only us. So, we then started to be the one who was being penalized to give incentives to our competitor. We had clients and customers come in an tell us to "keep fighting" we love you! We kept telling them who the people on city council were doing this (the Dems), and our customers/clients' eyes would glaze over as they said that council member was one of their favorites and they always voted for them. Finally, our losses were too much, and 80% of our losses were the fees and taxes the city was charging only us. Unfortunately, fighting City Hall grinds you down physically and emotionally, but City Hall doesn't miss a beat and never tires. I fought on the front line and was almost a literal casualty. I will backup anyone fighting City Hall now, but you won't find me leading the charge.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at April 23, 2013 10:20 PM (Zd/NW)

808 805 Crap I gotta get up in 5 hours. Nite everybody.

Posted by: McGregor at April 24, 2013 02:17 AM (qo244)

--Sleep sweet!

Posted by: logprof at April 23, 2013 10:20 PM (+iA5G)

809

Just so ya all know......

CAR-10!! The DE-FACTO M.F killer...bar none!

Army sucked their own cocks killing that beast of a front line weapon.

We would have won Vietnam in a fortnight......and you armor boys ALL know that!!!

Bow Down and admit the Fuck-Up!

Posted by: Richard at April 23, 2013 10:20 PM (y401u)

810

Oh, and let's not overlook the media, which WAY outdid itself, to elect their Liberal Messiah. Normally, they're just biased; this time they were a big-time propaganda machine - even to the point of barely reporting two major scandals that would have threatened ANY incumbent, normally.

Yet, again, Romney won a decisive edge ANYWAY - among the white vote.

Posted by: Optimizer at April 23, 2013 10:21 PM (Mxt9o)

811 #602

Go to hshare.net and you'll find 'em in every color of the rainbow.

Posted by: epobirs at April 23, 2013 10:21 PM (kcfmt)

812 oh yeah, last 12 hours to save 10% on Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine

http://tinyurl.com/b4w292n

Posted by: The Dude at April 23, 2013 10:21 PM (vJdyz)

813 812 oh yeah, last 12 hours to save 10% on Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine

http://tinyurl.com/b4w292n

Posted by: The Dude at April 24, 2013 02:21 AM (vJdyz)

--Monaco?

What do you want from me?

http://youtu.be/uXTT96Tpsbk

Posted by: logprof at April 23, 2013 10:24 PM (+iA5G)

814 Posted by: Optimizer at April 24, 2013 02:14 AM (Mxt9o)

====

this is why "sell the problem" is so important.

The Repubs think the whole answer is to be Reagan -- Mr. Optimist. Well, that worked for Reagan cuz that is who he actually was.

"Sell the problem" allows a completely different approach. It is not really an attempt to win the non-white vote -- it is just an attempt to make the non-white vote start talking about the real problems.

Example:

"Jamal Anderson is 23 years old. He has never had a job that paid over $1 above the minimum wage. The unemployment rate where he lives is over 35 percent. It has been that way every single year since 1967. We can make Jamal's problem go away, but we are never going to get our chance because Barack Obama isn't listening and Barack Obama does not care."

"Felix Rodriguez spends every day trying to find work. One of his biggest problems is ...., etc., etc."

In reality, none of this will be enough to reverse the built-in racial bias among voters that feel they must vote according to their skin color. However, it might be enough to keep them from being in a big hurry to vote for the other guy.

Posted by: jc at April 23, 2013 10:27 PM (PlzOe)

815

Fuck Orbambe

Tool of teh tenth teh suckmass....with a blue pickle placed ramrod style within the "OR afist".....daily...!

yup.......

Posted by: Richard at April 23, 2013 10:29 PM (y401u)

816 Screw the media and the media whores, usually it's McCain and Graham getting on everything. Since the Marathon Bombings, it's Deval Patrick and Mumbles Menino. I work in Pru Tower and our office was closed that day. I had calls from friends asking if I was home or at work. Tomorrow is the funeral for Officer Collier. They expect 300+ buses of police from other states, in addition to the usual police presence for a funeral for a policeman. They are doing road construction on my way home, there were a few state police standing guard. I pulled over and thanked the officer for keeping us safe, even if he wasn't personally there. I think he was surprised.

Posted by: CarolT at April 23, 2013 10:33 PM (z4WKX)

817 I fought on the front line and was almost a literal casualty. I will backup anyone fighting City Hall now, but you won't find me leading the charge.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at April 24, 2013 02:20 AM (Zd/NW)

===

Condolences. Nobody that hasn't sweated a payroll really gets it the way you do.

Posted by: jc at April 23, 2013 10:33 PM (PlzOe)

818 810
Oh, and let's not overlook the media, which WAY outdid itself, to elect their Liberal Messiah. Normally, they're just biased; this time they were a big-time propaganda machine - even to the point of barely reporting two major scandals that would have threatened ANY incumbent, normally.

Yet, again, Romney won a decisive edgeANYWAY - among the white vote.

Posted by: Optimizer at April 24, 2013 02:21 AM (Mxt9o)

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Normal won't work any more. We have to change the rules.

No one should play the media game again. Call them whores to their faces. What are they going to do about it that they aren't doing already?

Posted by: jc at April 23, 2013 10:35 PM (PlzOe)

819 Example:

"Jamal Anderson is 23 years old. He has never had a job that paid over $1 above the minimum wage. The unemployment rate where he lives is over 35 percent. It has been that way every single year since 1967. We can make Jamal's problem go away, but we are never going to get our chance because Barack Obama isn't listening and Barack Obama does not care."

--Actually, he had a pretty good NFL career.

Posted by: logprof at April 23, 2013 10:36 PM (+iA5G)

820 I don't care how high your sperm count is. I don't care if they are oozing outta your eyeballs. If you are wearing a skirt, there is no booty call in my house! Posted by: Keena Aye hope ye aren't a referrin' to a kilt, are ye?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 23, 2013 10:43 PM (Yr6sH)

821 I fought on the front line and was almost a literal casualty.

When some town/city decides to start giving some business a hard time, its not worth resisting or fighting it.

Start looking for places to relocate right away and don't look back.

The town of Boca Raton viewed IBM as a bottomless ATM for decades. When the final straw came, IBM closed the plant and moved all operations to NC and TX and sold a billion+ dollar facility and property for $46M and told Boca to go fuck themselves.

It took over 10 years for the local economy and housing market to recover from that loss.

Posted by: @PurpAv at April 23, 2013 10:47 PM (/gHaE)

822 Sooo.....how much time in the barrel does a bro gotta do to get invited to the Facebook AoSHQ group? :-)

Posted by: Hawkins1701 at April 23, 2013 10:49 PM (gU6OW)

823 I'm faling asleep reading here. I hope you have good rest of the night. Again, I want to thank those that offered prayers. A woman I know told me three years ago, one can't have too many prayers. Thank you,

Posted by: CarolT at April 23, 2013 10:53 PM (z4WKX)

824 822 Sooo.....how much time in the barrel does a bro gotta do to get invited to the Facebook AoSHQ group? :-)

Posted by: Hawkins1701 at April 24, 2013 02:49 AM (gU6OW)

--At least three turns of the hamster.

Posted by: logprof at April 23, 2013 10:55 PM (+iA5G)

825 The Boca site was viewed as a great place to work, esp as a temp/loaner employee getting per deim, within IBM. Definitely outside the normal IBM culture.

Posted by: zeera at April 23, 2013 10:57 PM (JeTjJ)

826 821 I fought on the front line and was almost a literal
casualty.

When some town/city decides to start giving some business a hard time, its not worth resisting or fighting it.

Start looking for places to relocate right away and don't look back.

The town of Boca Raton viewed IBM as a bottomless ATM for decades. When the final straw came, IBM closed the plant and moved all operations to NC and TX and sold a billion+ dollar facility and property for $46M and told Boca to go fuck themselves.

It took over 10 years for the local economy and housing market to recover from that loss.

Posted by: @PurpAv at April 24, 2013 02:47 AM (/gHaE)

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This is the kind of thing where a lesson can be taught with a human anecdote.

Posted by: jc at April 23, 2013 10:57 PM (PlzOe)

827 Sleepytime tea. With the bear on it.

Posted by: Emily at April 23, 2013 11:06 PM (q0xB2)

828

There that! is we find ourselves a bit raging over current events,

we wish to be "calmer"....more now than ever....yet...we find ourselves less willing to be "calm." There is this "Flame" a flaming which drives us now and we are less apt to be calm or for that matter....buy the MSM BULLSHIT!!

I for one flame anything MSM! We should beat their collective crap into the ground 24/7! We should go on ALL of their sites and slap the shit out of them every fucking day...slam their sites...overwhelm their radio...bury their bullshit message with a dumptruck load of "FUCK YOU!!"

It is so TIME TO NOT PLAY NICE....and be so much FUCKIN WORSE and HARDCORE in order to put these POS anti-Americans in a DEEP hole and bury their collective asses.....FOREVER......

time is come......unless I'm wrong......

Posted by: Richard at April 23, 2013 11:06 PM (y401u)

829 So WHAT!!!

Posted by: Richard at April 23, 2013 11:10 PM (y401u)

830 Fuck me... I wake up at 3am and hit the ONT and look for a little bit of sanity (silly me). All I find is more political/social/economic drama! Where are the boobies?!?!

Posted by: shredded chi at April 23, 2013 11:20 PM (NRQlH)

831 Definitely outside the normal IBM culture.

Yep, Boca was free-wheeling renegade within the (at the time) staid corporate culture.

Unsanctioned guerrilla efforts/projects were tolerated and if they panned out became part of official products. I was a (in)famous practitioner of this approach when I thought stuff could be improved with a little "off plan" work.

I usually rolled into the office at the crack of noon or 2pm and it was tolerated...they liked what was on them floppy diskettes I had in my pocket from the previous all-nighter working at home.

Posted by: @PurpAv at April 23, 2013 11:22 PM (/gHaE)

832

I just up posted onto the up-post and found myself....alone

and there was no boobies..or anything that even looked like the soft warm orbs with nippes....sigh!

Posted by: Richard at April 23, 2013 11:27 PM (y401u)

833 How to attack the corporate media straight to their face --

Call them out as being a nationwide stupidity test. The test is why anyone would believe that someone would get a huge paycheck from a huge corporation for a long period of time without doing what that corporation wanted. The Accidental Paycheck Theory.

All Repubs should tell them to their faces that they no longer accept the Accidental Paycheck Theory and have no interest in continuing to play their silly game.

Posted by: jc at April 23, 2013 11:29 PM (PlzOe)

834 Where are the boobies?!?! Posted by: shredded chi at April 24, 2013 03:20 AM (NRQlH) I posted some earlier, but no one was interested. I know, the mind *boggles.*

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 23, 2013 11:30 PM (qyfb5)

835 A cubemate of mine was on a temp assignment to Boca. He had some epic stories that made the rest of us shake our heads in awe. We were envious and yet delighted to know a 'different' IBM was possible. I decided to take it to heart a little, growing a ponytail and getting an earring, which got me labeled as 'not flying in formation'. Heh

Posted by: zeera at April 23, 2013 11:30 PM (JeTjJ)

836 Well, then. I was being a smarties, Richard. But since there's a new thread, and it's 3:30 on my coast...

Posted by: shredded chi at April 23, 2013 11:35 PM (NRQlH)

837 820 Aye, laddie!

Posted by: Keena at April 23, 2013 11:36 PM (M5qgo)

838 Finally, our losses were too much, and 80% of our losses were the fees and taxes the city was charging only us. Unfortunately, fighting City Hall grinds you down physically and emotionally, but City Hall doesn't miss a beat and never tires. Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at April 24, 2013 02:20 AM (Zd/NW) Because they use your resources to make you do what they want. Even if what they want is for you to go out of business. Or die. The monster is a hydra with a million heads.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 23, 2013 11:37 PM (qyfb5)

839 OK.

http://tinyurl.com/cjzpxy4

Posted by: jc at April 23, 2013 11:37 PM (PlzOe)

840

839

O.K

Just cuz...and I got nothing.......night

Posted by: Richard at April 23, 2013 11:58 PM (y401u)

841

"Yet no license for any of the guns. Clearly a win for universal background checks and strong Massachusetts-style gun control."

Yes and now all you conservatives and libertarians need to squeeze into those cattle cars and shut up!

Posted by: Bill Ayers at April 24, 2013 12:05 AM (f+TdG)

842 --At least three turns of the hamster. Posted by: logprof at April 24, 2013 02:55 AM (+iA5G) ....Would you settle for two turns of a dwarf hamster?

Posted by: Hawkins1701 at April 24, 2013 12:39 AM (gU6OW)

843 842 --At least three turns of the hamster.
Posted by: logprof at April 24, 2013 02:55 AM (+iA5G)

....Would you settle for two turns of a dwarf hamster?

Posted by: Hawkins1701 at April 24, 2013 04:39 AM (gU6OW)

--No, only a midget hamster.

Posted by: logprof at April 24, 2013 01:05 AM (+iA5G)

844

Hamster

turning on the wheel...our flippin the something

in the middle of the night.....

Posted by: Richard at April 24, 2013 01:11 AM (y401u)

845 In the middle of the night..........

Posted by: Richard at April 24, 2013 01:13 AM (y401u)

846

Billy Joel.....