April 10, 2013
— Maetenloch
Well that's what Bob Owens suggested a while back. But after looking at these charts I'm not convinced that's the case.
Clearly there's been a gun buying surge in the last few years - but note that it started in 2006 long before Obama was even considered a serious candidate.
And the real jump has mostly happened since October 2012 - probably a reflection of the election and reactions to the Aurora shootings.
And when you look at the manufacturing breakdown by firearm type, it's mainly been a boom in pistols.
Rifles and shotguns are essentially unchanged since the late 90's (although I'm guessing there's been a jump in 2013). The import breakdown is even more heavily tilted towards pistols.
So if Americans are arming up, it's almost entirely in handguns - which are not exactly your first choice for war. To me this looks more like the effects of loosened CCW and gun laws in general across the US in the 2000s along with some recent panic buying than a society preparing for war.
So a Swedish interviewer asked Margaret Thatcher to jump (apparently a gag that she has all her guests do). And well Mrs. Thatcher was having none of it and unapologetically refused. Furthermore she called it out as childish and just an attempt to gain approval by trying to seem like a normal person. If only our modern politicians would insist on retaining their dignity the same way.
It was made by the CBC for Canadian-types so that's why America's hat is not rated.
Patty Murray (D-WA): Our Best and Brightest
When not praising Bin Laden's daycare programs she's busy dissing Alabama and the rest of the United States.
Another example of Murray's ignorance shows her also to be a nasty bigot. When lobbying against a contract award for an Air Force tanker plane to Northrop Grumman, she said:
"I have stood on the line in Everett, Wash., where we have thousands of workers who go to work every day to build these planes. I would challenge anybody to tell me that they've stood on a line in Alabama and seen anybody building anything."
Apparently Hyundais and Mercedes just appear in Alabama without being made. It's a goddamn miracle.
And she's quite confused about the whole payroll tax thingy:
" I'll never forget interviewing her many years ago when I worked for the Seattle Times editorial board. We were talking about federal entitlement spending. I asked her about FICA taxes. She didn't know what I was talking about; when I said "payroll taxes," she still had a frozen blank look on her face."
So of course Senator Patty Murray is now chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. Because we're in the best of hands. Thank you, Washington state.
The IRS Can Read Your Email Without a Warrant
Actually any government entity can simply request your emails over 180 days old from your ISP since they're not considered to have any expectation of privacy. Another reason not to leave your emails on the server.
A 2009 "Search Warrant Handbook" from the IRS Criminal Tax Division's Office of Chief Counsel baldly asserts that "the Fourth Amendment does not protect communications held in electronic storage, such as email messages stored on a server, because internet users do not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in such communications." Again in 2010, a presentation by the IRS Office of Chief Counsel asserts that the "4th Amendment Does Not Protect Emails Stored on Server" and there is "No Privacy Expectation" in those emails.'"
The Very Quick Rise of Smoking
Smoking cigarettes was mostly a 20th century phenomenon in the US.
In 1870, the per capita consumption in America was less than one cigarette per year. A mere thirty years later, Americans were consuming 3.5 billion cigarettes and 6 billion cigars every year. By 1953, the average annual consumption of cigarettes had reached thirty-five hundred per person. On average, an adult American smoked ten cigarettes every day, an average Englishman twelve, and a Scotsman nearly twenty.
No More American Tanks in Europe
Yeah it was on the sidebar but I swear it was already pre-scheduled for the ONT so you'll get it one more time and enjoy it.
For the first time in 69 years, there are no American tanks in Europe. On March 18th the United States shipped home 22 M-1 tanks, bringing to an end seven decades of American armor in Europe.
What Happens When You Pawn Your Wedding Band To Buy a Hooker?
Well for one thing you end up looking like this in a mug shot and it all goes down hill from there.
A man who told police he was having trouble with his wife is dealing with even bigger problems after he also told officers he and a prostitute pawned his wedding ring for $20....The officer said the driver, later identified as 33-year-old Marvin Holmes II, had a passenger in the car that the officer recognized from previous prostitution arrests.
The report said Holmes picked up the woman, later identified as 41-year-old Rhonda Kelley. He said Kelley said she was "looking for some fun," and asked him if he had any money. He told her he didn't but that he could get some, according to the report.
Holmes said he and Kelley went to Apache Pawn, and he gave her his wedding band. She went in and pawned it for $20, according to the report. Holmes told the officer that Kelley bought a crack rock she smoked, but when they started to become sexually active, Kelley "wasn't acting right and was acting nervous," so he drove away, and that's when the officer stopped him.Officers said when they searched the car, they found the receipt for pawning the ring, and marijuana that they said they determined belonged to Kelley. She was charged with solicitation of prostitution and possession of marijuana.
Police said Holmes was driving without a license. He was charged with solicitation of prostitution and driving under suspension.
Tonight's Theme Song: "Will the Circle Be Unbroken"
From the Bioshock Infinite soundtrack. Yep video games have sound tracks these days.
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if so then patriotism requires we all support the bastard starting a war...
if not then patriotism requires we undermine the war...
//Donk Stylebook
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 10, 2013 06:26 PM (LRFds)
Uh....Maet? There's a problem with this sentence.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 10, 2013 06:28 PM (/WLC3)
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 10, 2013 06:28 PM (Vk2pI)
I wish I had something to contribute the ONT....Wait, it's not a set cirriculum is it? Give me a minute or two I may come up with something.
Posted by: Molly k. at April 10, 2013 06:28 PM (bQiJA)
Posted by: toby928© presents at April 10, 2013 06:28 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Michael J. Bilek at April 10, 2013 06:28 PM (+EDr0)
Posted by: Confession Bear at April 10, 2013 06:29 PM (NLH1M)
Posted by: logprof at April 10, 2013 06:30 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: ExSnipe at April 10, 2013 06:30 PM (PBm/l)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 10, 2013 06:32 PM (6kiDP)
Ma'am all due respect comparing your Port of Mobile sized hoo ha to a relatively narrow Lunar Docking Module is an affront to geometry.
Good evening.
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 10, 2013 06:32 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Moki at April 10, 2013 06:33 PM (SdetR)
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 10, 2013 06:33 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Wet Blanket at April 10, 2013 06:34 PM (u/TXO)
The President of the infamous Chicago Teachers Union, Karen Lewis, has been caught on tape recommending that teachers lie to parents as a regular course of action. Why does she think parents should be lied to? Because then they can keep children “hostage,” thus allowing teachers to control students. While some may just put this off as a way of stopping bad behavior in the classroom, it gives the teacher far more control over the child than just that, and can be easily exploited to the point of bullying and even sexual molestation. That the government is lying to parents about their own children increases the moral repugnancy of the what Karen Lewis is encouraging her teachers to do.
More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=1794
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 10, 2013 10:28 PM (Vk2pI)
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As my kids use to say when they were young and I pulled out the yellow bikini "Mom that's just wrong and "annapropriate". Thats what this is....Thank goodness my youngest graduates next month and is totally conservative, my other graduated 5 years ago and is totally apolitical but I am working her and almost have her on our side
Posted by: Molly k. at April 10, 2013 06:35 PM (bQiJA)
Posted by: Infidel at April 10, 2013 06:35 PM (gqEUi)
In fact, if it wasn't for your frequently fascinating links, I'd spend more time commenting.
So double there.
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 10, 2013 06:35 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Waterhouse at April 10, 2013 06:36 PM (laCAw)
Posted by: USS Diversity at April 10, 2013 06:36 PM (5wHPS)
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 10, 2013 06:36 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at April 10, 2013 06:37 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: soothsayer at April 10, 2013 06:37 PM (052zE)
Posted by: Sen Patty Murray at April 10, 2013 06:37 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: Moki at April 10, 2013 06:37 PM (SdetR)
If anything, Karen Lewis will have MORE power this time next year. Because that's how they roll.
A real, real tragedy for the kids STUCK in a public school system like that in Chicago. No election is gonna fix that.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense ...... at April 10, 2013 06:38 PM (Md8Uo)
Posted by: Beagle at April 10, 2013 06:38 PM (sOtz/)
Posted by: Waterhouse at April 10, 2013 06:38 PM (laCAw)
Posted by: EC at April 10, 2013 06:38 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Lauren at April 10, 2013 06:38 PM (wsGWu)
Posted by: Waterhouse at April 10, 2013 06:38 PM (laCAw)
Time to be a little more adventurous in my travels.
Posted by: logprof at April 10, 2013 06:39 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: Pointing out the obvious at April 10, 2013 06:39 PM (JqnAE)
You're playing a game that uses imagery I should love to take a shit on my beliefs.
Enjoy, and I am not trying to be a downer but the designer basically saud, "yeah it is a giant fuck you to the tea party."
Part of why I will buy a steam copy for a would be creative moron on Steam is "no sir, fuck you Marxist asshole" to that dev.
Keep on plugging
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 10, 2013 06:40 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Whatev at April 10, 2013 06:40 PM (A7Wh1)
The bet would be, I'll quit commenting and hers would be to retire.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 10, 2013 06:40 PM (Kpn/z)
Posted by: Sen Patty Murray at April 10, 2013 06:40 PM (zzeVM)
Marshall Space Flight Center used to be Redstone Arsenal. Before NASA, there was plenty of "rocket science" going on down there.
Patty Murray is an idiot, but then, I'm sure we all knew that before. And next year she will still be "chairperson" of the Senate Finance Committee. I wonder whose puppet hand is up her ass?
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense ...... at April 10, 2013 06:40 PM (Md8Uo)
Posted by: mpfs, assault fishstick at April 10, 2013 06:40 PM (TCy/B)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 10, 2013 06:41 PM (HVff2)
that is....
last time I checked EMO F*G game dev was not giving his f***ing game away....
again no game dev "f*** you"
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 10, 2013 06:41 PM (LRFds)
Buddy's wife is a stewardess and called in sick one day. A friend took her shift. The plane went down, all dead. She has never forgiven herself.
Posted by: EC at April 10, 2013 10:38 PM (doBIb)
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Yeah I could see that messing you up. My cousin had a meeting in Tower 1 and for no good reason he could articulate, blew it off that Day. Never the same.
Posted by: USS Diversity at April 10, 2013 06:41 PM (5wHPS)
They recognize my license, registration, CCW, and fucking accent.
God Bless 'em.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at April 10, 2013 06:42 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: soothsayer at April 10, 2013 06:42 PM (gtTDa)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 10, 2013 06:42 PM (vV4jT)
The ONLY reason I'm holding on to any hope for it is because they changed some things after one of the developers quit because it was so insulting to Christianity. Plus my brother in law, who's conservative but sort of mushy, swears to us up and down that it turns out more nuanced. We'll see.
Posted by: Lauren at April 10, 2013 06:42 PM (wsGWu)
dammit, i thought someone was eating fishsticks . . .
Posted by: Peaches at April 10, 2013 06:42 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Moki at April 10, 2013 06:43 PM (SdetR)
Posted by: Gordon undead Ramsay at April 10, 2013 06:43 PM (kxSZr)
So, how was everyone else's day?
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 10, 2013 10:36 PM (Vk2pI)
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Unfortunatly I have the same SCoaMF as you do so really no better. My dryer took a shit, My skylight in the guest bathroom is leaking and I can't find my 1099 to finish up my taxes. I am half tempted just to send it in without it. It's not like the goverment can't do without the 50 freaking dollars their cd paid me in interest over the last year. Ugh
Posted by: Molly k. at April 10, 2013 06:43 PM (bQiJA)
THIS!!!! Who the fuck do I smite over this? Because I am tanned, rested and ready.
Posted by: Peaches at April 10, 2013 06:43 PM (8lmkt)
I think that is similar to my hope against hope that Final Fantasy 8 at some point would stop pimping the thinly cloaked AGW shit...
it never did...
I can most often look past the horseshit and play....
those assholes uses Patriotic imagery to shit on the US is why I'll break their fucking jaw if ever able.
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 10, 2013 06:44 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectual at April 10, 2013 06:44 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: rickl at April 10, 2013 06:45 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Phone at April 10, 2013 06:45 PM (hFkWa)
Buddy's wife is a stewardess and called in sick one day. A friend took her shift. The plane went down, all dead. She has never forgiven herself. Posted by: EC at April 10, 2013 10:38 PM (doBIb)
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My boss tells the same story of her sister. Her sister is an international stewardess and had hemorrhoids one day and someone filled in for her. Plane went down. Really make you realize that when your number is up it's up. Live accordingly
Posted by: Molly k. at April 10, 2013 06:46 PM (bQiJA)
my son was hot for it...and enraged at how hateful it is towards freedom...
but you know I believe in "hateful freedom" you know where you are free to fail not 'good freedom' where you are free to give government 63% of your gain....
I want off this train.
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 10, 2013 06:46 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Lauren at April 10, 2013 06:47 PM (wsGWu)
"Halo" and it's sequels have some really good soundtracks laid down. The original score had some great guitar riffs by Steve Vai. You can look it up on YouTube.
Some year ago, some interviewer tried to pin down the main creators for "Halo" as this being some criticism of Bush and OIF. One of the folks actually said "Some people think that this was some allegory to the Iraq war", and then they truncated his comments, because next he said, "but that is not right."
They had been working on the game "engine" for years prior to OIF, but the propaganda goes on.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense ...... at April 10, 2013 06:47 PM (Md8Uo)
BB, I was born in SC, and moved back for business in 81-89. My mom lives the low country, and I'd move back in an instant. Only trouble, I live in wife's hometown in NC. It's a good place, if not boring.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at April 10, 2013 06:47 PM (4Mv1T)
I don't want to be footloose dad and i am going to bed...
understand what it is, and all and cope.
The main thing to me is, and I am guilty of it or I was for a long time...
I put several years of buying madden despite its stagnation and even bought it after the assholes put Obama *in* the game....
well "never again"
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 10, 2013 06:49 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at April 10, 2013 06:49 PM (+z4pE)
Another marketing ploy that some of the Horde has done once a book is done and published on Amazon is to offer the book for free for a few days. The hope is it generates enough buzz and positive feedbacks it will attract more people.
OSP went through an intermediary to publish Amy Lynn. They did some editing and proof for him. And then did the ebook conversion. OSP found an artist on his own and commissioned the cover art. Do not know the whole story.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 10, 2013 06:49 PM (vV4jT)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at April 10, 2013 06:49 PM (jucos)
Out here it's called Osteoporosis.
Posted by: Gordon undead Ramsay at April 10, 2013 06:49 PM (kxSZr)
Posted by: EC at April 10, 2013 06:49 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Wet Blanket at April 10, 2013 06:50 PM (u/TXO)
it is what it is...
I never got into Halo not my cup of tea....
was never bothered by it so much....
Star trek online worked in enough EMO I have to look past it...
It is funny how Obama is not responsible for ANY of his conflicts and Chimpy caused benghazi....
fact is we're near the point where words are meaningless.
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 10, 2013 06:51 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Lauren at April 10, 2013 06:51 PM (wsGWu)
Soundtrack CD are pretty common as bonus items for pre-ordering a game before release.
Posted by: epobirs at April 10, 2013 06:51 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: USS Diversity at April 10, 2013 10:41 PM (5wHPS)
Try was supposed to have slept in the Marine Barraks... in Beirut, on Oct. 22, 1983... but was on the beach playing volleyball, and drinking beer... and decided to catch a boat back to the ship....
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 10, 2013 06:52 PM (lZBBB)
Detroit, Compton, Newark, Baltimore, East St Louis, North Philly, Oakland, South LA, etc
Posted by: kbdabear at April 10, 2013 06:52 PM (mCvL4)
yeah I sorta never got intot he whole "glorify Jihadi Jim as a ninja" shit....
on its own merits....
It'd be a damn shame if we ever had video games that were great games targeted at the right....
"a damn shame"
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 10, 2013 06:52 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Big T Party at April 10, 2013 06:53 PM (WiQr+)
Posted by: EC at April 10, 2013 06:53 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Miss Marple at April 10, 2013 06:53 PM (GoIUi)
What's a fucking accent? Does it get you more sex? Can you teach it to us??
It's who you are. It identifies where you are from. It means you aren't a franchise that is the same no matter where you go. It is a unique identifier. I learned to speak with no accent because I do business with people all over the US, in a business where many are from all over the world.
But when I am with my own? I try I as hard as I can to talk like Shelby Foote.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at April 10, 2013 06:53 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Gordon undead Ramsay at April 10, 2013 06:54 PM (kxSZr)
the setting's tapestry is beautiful and well done...
The horde loves Steampunk and the setting speaks to a lot of our hearts....
and I will never spend an extra dime on the asshole's screed against me.
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 10, 2013 06:54 PM (LRFds)
You're driving behind a car with a driver so small you can't see them, and alarm bells sound inside your head telling you do not want to behind this person.
Posted by: soothsayer at April 10, 2013 10:37 PM (052zE)
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Yes, and she is on the phone and driving ten miles under the limit (I know b/c I passed her).
Posted by: Die Trying at April 10, 2013 06:54 PM (w7J/R)
Posted by: Pointing out the obvious at April 10, 2013 06:54 PM (JqnAE)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 10, 2013 06:54 PM (vV4jT)
Posted by: Truman North at April 10, 2013 06:55 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Big T Party at April 10, 2013 06:55 PM (WiQr+)
Posted by: AbeFroman at April 10, 2013 06:55 PM (yLc78)
Posted by: soothsayer at April 10, 2013 06:55 PM (b8TXQ)
Posted by: kbdabear at April 10, 2013 06:55 PM (mCvL4)
The Covenant in "Halo" is reminiscent of some of the worst aspects of Islam, though I think that is just coincidence. All non -believing races and worlds are "glassed", the surface of the planet in question is glass by hot plasma.
The Elites of the Covenant kept a museum of all the glassed worlds, and there were quite a few. The Covenant actually worshipped the Forerunners, who were a humanoid race that left advanced relics and technology lying around the galaxy, which the Covenant races copied.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense ...... at April 10, 2013 06:56 PM (Md8Uo)
Yeah well some dumbfuck emo marxist juicebox c**sucker thinks he is "hip and ironic" when the one guy who could easily have grabbed the crown and spent 8 years warning..."govt is BAD, BAD BAD" is a tyrant...whereas Obamacles who constantly bitches he labors under rules is 'god on Earth"....
I used to have three 360s in the house...
I'm down to 1
I got rid of a Wii, a PS3 and have made up my mind I probably will not buy the next gen consoles....
they keep pushing I'll break my towers and just surf using APU driven low thermal boxes instead of gaming rigs.
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 10, 2013 06:57 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 10, 2013 06:57 PM (vV4jT)
What's a fucking accent? Does it get you more sex? Can you teach it to us??
It's who you are. It identifies where you are from. It means you aren't a franchise that is the same no matter where you go. It is a unique identifier. I learned to speak with no accent because I do business with people all over the US, in a business where many are from all over the world.
But when I am with my own? I try I as hard as I can to talk like Shelby Foote.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at April 10, 2013 10:53 PM
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I can lapse back into gullah when I am in the low country. Charlestonian, is a another matter, however. Can't do it unless you were born there.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 10, 2013 06:58 PM (aDwsi)
Try was supposed to have slept in the Marine Barraks... in Beirut, on Oct. 22, 1983... but was on the beach playing volleyball, and drinking beer... and decided to catch a boat back to the ship....
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 10, 2013 10:52 PM (lZBBB)
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Noo shit. What boat?
Wife's cousin, same thing. For some reason he was in a different area overnight from where he usually slept in the hotel. Not sure of the details because he won't talk about it. Very devout guy now.
Posted by: USS Diversity at April 10, 2013 06:58 PM (5wHPS)
@AnnaPuma
The plan right now is to have my afore mentioned brother in law do the artwork. Ive thought of trying to just have it published by a legitimate publisher, but the concept doesn't really play well as just a query letter and manuscript. It really needs the illustrations too.
Posted by: Lauren at April 10, 2013 06:58 PM (wsGWu)
Posted by: EC at April 10, 2013 06:59 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: EC at April 10, 2013 10:49 PM (doBIb)
I heard Assassin's Creed IV will take place in Nazi Germany and there will be DLC where you help Hitler fill the ovens.
Posted by: mugiwara at April 10, 2013 07:00 PM (hpYnL)
Did you see where the COO of EA Games blamed homophobia for EA's dubious title of Worst Company in America for consumers two years in a row?
He also sneers that we have our priorities mixed up when oil companies, insurance companies, and banks still haven't been nationalized by benevolent bureaucrats
What EA has done by swallowing great smaller gaming companies and spitting out rancid bones is right there with them IMO
Posted by: kbdabear at April 10, 2013 07:00 PM (mCvL4)
Big T Party @ 99
It was just propaganda that some newsboy thought up one day to keep the drumbeat going. Meaningless, really.
Violent video games and First Person Shooter games are supposed to be making us all KeRazy.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense ...... at April 10, 2013 07:00 PM (Md8Uo)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at April 10, 2013 07:01 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: AltonJackson (new content up) at April 10, 2013 07:01 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: USS Diversity at April 10, 2013 07:01 PM (5wHPS)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at April 10, 2013 11:01 PM
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yes. Once you've spent time around it, it is easily recognizable. Yankee carpetbaggers stand no chance of passing as a native.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 10, 2013 07:02 PM (aDwsi)
I am serious about the offer...
one of y'all have an idea for an RPG go to steam and check out RPG Maker VX and look at the engine....
I'll gift you a copy of the tools, no questions asked probably next month.
I blew too much money on Romney....gonna try some other game for a while like helping people reach dreams.
Nighta ll
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 10, 2013 07:03 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: EC at April 10, 2013 07:03 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 10, 2013 07:03 PM (vV4jT)
Posted by: puddleglum at April 10, 2013 07:03 PM (15w2J)
Shit, I almost prefer the DRM tyranny to the pious forced community bullshit
Posted by: kbdabear at April 10, 2013 07:04 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 10, 2013 07:04 PM (piMMO)
It's who you are. It identifies where you are from. It means you aren't a franchise that is the same no matter where you go. It is a unique identifier. I learned to speak with no accent because I do business with people all over the US, in a business where many are from all over the world.
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Accents amaze me. I was convinced that I had no accent at all. Everyone I hear talk is flat and boring. It took me going out of state several times to realize that people thought flat and boring was an accent. I have the rosetta stone for Italian that I was suppose to learn 3 years ago for my trip over there....I have to set it on "little or no italian accent" for it to even understand me. I have a friend from CT that I think has a profound accent but she swears I do. It's weird.
Posted by: Molly k. at April 10, 2013 07:04 PM (bQiJA)
Posted by: EC at April 10, 2013 07:05 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Waterhouse at April 10, 2013 07:05 PM (laCAw)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 10, 2013 07:05 PM (aDwsi)
Tobacco Road
I was just funnin' with you about the "fucking accent" remark.
I am not a Southerner, but Shelby Foote was very melodius and pleasant to listen to. He had a great, charming way of speaking. God help us if we all get pasteurized in our dialects and all sound alike. Brave New Fucking World.
My Midwestern twang is like a steel wire on a bandsaw blade. I wish I could sound half as good as Foote.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense ...... at April 10, 2013 07:05 PM (Md8Uo)
Do until die = true
Do
if Prezzy = Donk then
exit do
elseif Prezzy = StupidParty then
if congress = Donk then
no op
else
if TaxUnitUS = attacked then
Do until Prezzy = Donk
call action(delay, deny, obfuscate, attack, sneer, smear)
Loop
else
call taxnspend(more, more, more, more)
call smear(gop, christians, flyovercountry, guns)
endif
endif
endif
loop until loseelection = true
loop
If die = true then VOTE = 10²³
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 10, 2013 07:06 PM (Kpn/z)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 10, 2013 11:04 PM (piMMO)
If you are out of the barrel yet..............is Kirsten Powers finding the light?
Posted by: Molly k. at April 10, 2013 07:06 PM (bQiJA)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 10, 2013 07:06 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Waterhouse at April 10, 2013 07:07 PM (laCAw)
I like racing games too. Probably because of all the cars I love but will never get to drive. Posted by: EC at April 10, 2013 11:05 PM
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Reminds me of a bumper sticker I saw on a ratted-out yellow Toyota in Atlanta:
"My other car is a piece of shit too"
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 10, 2013 07:07 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: soothsayer at April 10, 2013 07:07 PM (s+8Vv)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 10, 2013 11:05 PM (aDwsi)
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I thought making my dog his own cheeseburger tonight was weird., I'm feeling normal now.
Posted by: Molly k. at April 10, 2013 07:07 PM (bQiJA)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 10, 2013 07:08 PM (vV4jT)
125 I have a PC that came off the Ark so my gaming is limited. I still kick dust off Doom, Quake I, Quake II, Half-Life but really loved racing sims. Grand Prix Legends was the best. Plus, no Marxist horseshit.
Posted by: puddleglum at April 10, 2013 11:03 PM (15w2J)
--I still have my Civ and Civ II CDs handy.
Posted by: logprof at April 10, 2013 07:08 PM (+iA5G)
Anyone know the long term game plan for GoT? Are they going to trudge through the last couple of books where nothing at all, seriously you guys, happens?
Posted by: Lauren at April 10, 2013 07:08 PM (wsGWu)
Posted by: EC at April 10, 2013 07:08 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 10, 2013 07:09 PM (vV4jT)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at April 10, 2013 07:09 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 10, 2013 07:09 PM (piMMO)
All real dogs love cheeseburgers.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense ...... at April 10, 2013 07:09 PM (Md8Uo)
uh...he's been "letting it happen" so long I think he;s in on the gag....
frankly his sucking off changing the bad guys in The Affleck Ryan flick....
never mind I'll rant I don't want to bring the ONT down....
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 10, 2013 07:10 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 10, 2013 07:10 PM (vV4jT)
Posted by: Jake in Idaho at April 10, 2013 07:10 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: Waterhouse at April 10, 2013 07:10 PM (laCAw)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 10, 2013 11:05 PM (aDwsi)
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I thought making my dog his own cheeseburger tonight was weird., I'm feeling normal now. Posted by: Molly k. at April 10, 2013 11:07 PM
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I do it late at night, fearing that my reputation as "mildly eccentric" in the neighborhood would be downgraded if I were spied walking a cat around on a leash.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 10, 2013 07:10 PM (aDwsi)
I like talking about localities, be they south, west, east, or north. They are all "home" to someone.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at April 10, 2013 07:10 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at April 10, 2013 07:11 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 10, 2013 07:11 PM (HVff2)
You command a squad of DoLLS and assigned missions. Select the right pilots and mechs for each mission. Defend your home planet Omni from the tyranny of Terra.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 10, 2013 07:11 PM (vV4jT)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 10, 2013 07:12 PM (pxDth)
Posted by: AltonJackson (new content up) at April 10, 2013 07:12 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Big T Party at April 10, 2013 07:12 PM (WiQr+)
Does this happen to you?
You're driving behind a car with a driver so small you can't see them, and alarm bells sound inside your head telling you do not want to behind this person.
Reminds me of that little old woman that Ferris Bueller's dad is driving behind.
Posted by: katya the designated driver at April 10, 2013 07:12 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: Jake in Idaho at April 10, 2013 07:13 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: Gordon undead Ramsay at April 10, 2013 07:13 PM (kxSZr)
Posted by: Troy Alabama at April 10, 2013 07:14 PM (RxLT6)
they add in FABULOUS to EVERYTHING they can in EVERY WAY they can to have a nice excuse PC wise to lie to the investors about why they suck ass on margin.....
It's like SW TOR and the Planet of the liberaces....
"ok"....I still can't customize my Jedi but you took the time for making a Qu**r as folk planet BioWare....
"nicely done"
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 10, 2013 07:14 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Waterhouse at April 10, 2013 07:15 PM (laCAw)
I read that Clancy was actually pretty pissed about what they did to "Sum of All Fears" and somewhat pissed about "Clear and Present Danger".
Never really saw either movie, and don't care. He liked the work-up of "The Hunt for Red October", but I think that was the only one he really approved of.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense ...... at April 10, 2013 07:15 PM (Md8Uo)
Posted by: rickl at April 10, 2013 07:16 PM (sdi6R)
I'm so proud of her...
NOT.
Posted by: ChrisP at April 10, 2013 07:16 PM (Z38Qw)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 10, 2013 11:09 PM (piMMO)
.......................
I wish I had the guts to go read the article but I don't. That whole thing makes me want to puke. I wish I had the grace and ability to speak in public about abortion. I will spill the beans here.....I was "punished" at 19 with an unintended child. I made the decision to abort because I was scared. The night before it was to be done I had a change of heart, cancelled the appt and gave back the money to the "other half". That mistake is now 24 with a child of her own. My life would not be the same without them. I am just one side of it, I can't imagine going to bed each night being on the killing side. Sad
Posted by: Molly k. at April 10, 2013 07:16 PM (bQiJA)
How the hell is Japan rated more dangerous than the US? Its like the safest place on the planet.
I know some Canadians in Tokyo that get their panties in a wad about the "no gaijin in the bath house" stuff but hardly dangerous. Stupid.
Posted by: chicken mama at April 10, 2013 07:17 PM (kuVFI)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 10, 2013 07:18 PM (vV4jT)
Ok goals:
To be fabulously wealthy and have Nickelodeon option it for a series and never, ever have to work again.
Kidding, of course. I just want something that my kids can read and that I'll at least break even on. I was originally thinking of epublishing, but apparently that's not all that easy when you're talking about picture books, so now I'm not really sure what my best move might be.
One of scholastic's imprint shops lets you send dummy books, so I'm thinking about maybe doing that, but honestly I learned all these words an hour ago so I have no fin clue what I'm doing.
Posted by: Lauren at April 10, 2013 07:18 PM (wsGWu)
They drive on the left you know, ey? And they talk funny.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 10, 2013 07:18 PM (Kpn/z)
Posted by: EC at April 10, 2013 07:19 PM (doBIb)
Ahhh, this is better. So Lauren, like I started to say, it depends on your goals with the book. If you are looking to make money or become famous, you might want to do something different from what I did. 
My intent with my book was to tell a story that would be a tangible legacy of my wife's father, who as most here know, was murdered (presumably) back in 2008. So my target audience was threefold. First- my wife, her sibs, our kids and eventually the grandkids. Something they could hold in their hand to remember Gramps by, or get to know him if they never had known him. Second target was the small town (and by small, I mean small) community where Jack had lived, to mark his passing and try to stimulate more gossip about what really happened. The third target was the actual killer and whoever was helping him hide out, hoping to either throw him off stride or get him angry enough to make a mistake.
(Probably not your target audience for a children's book).
So, why are you writing the book and who are you writing it for?
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 10, 2013 07:19 PM (pxDth)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 10, 2013 07:19 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Waterhouse at April 10, 2013 07:19 PM (laCAw)
You need better stick control.
Posted by: bill blakely at April 10, 2013 07:21 PM (mGBy8)
Posted by: Jake in Idaho at April 10, 2013 07:21 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: Big T Party at April 10, 2013 07:21 PM (WiQr+)
I see that the safest countries in the world happen to be those countries which comprise what used to be known as "Western Civilization."
Just a coincidence, I'm sure.
Posted by: Donna V. at April 10, 2013 07:21 PM (R3gO3)
Yeah, "Sum of All Fears", it wuz da Nazis again.
If Nazi Germany had never existed, I think Hollywood would have to invent it. The monstrous crimes of Soviet Russia and Stalin are never dramatized, but even now, Nazis are always a good stand-in for da Debil!
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense ...... at April 10, 2013 07:22 PM (Md8Uo)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 10, 2013 07:22 PM (piMMO)
It's Sean Connery. You can add him, appropriately, to any film and improve it by a factor of ten.
IMHO.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at April 10, 2013 07:23 PM (4Mv1T)
I'm writing it for, and about, my 4 kiddos.
Mostly my oldest who has Aspergers.
It's based on the stories that they make up while they're playing.
So, for example, the one I have already written down is about my son's trip to mars via a laundry hamper. The hook, I guess, is that the illustrations are all just them actually being kiddos and playing around while the story is big and lofty like their imagination. (Gah, this is really embarrassing to type out)
Anyways, the fact that the narrative and the illustrations aren't exactly in line with each other is why I can't see a way that it could be pitched to a publisher.
Posted by: Lauren at April 10, 2013 07:24 PM (wsGWu)
Posted by: EC at April 10, 2013 07:24 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Highlander 2, The Avengers, Zardoz at April 10, 2013 07:24 PM (JqnAE)
Alec Baldwin was pretty decent as Jack Ryan in Hunt for Red October. Now he is reduced to shilling a credit card while Sean Connery still demands top billing.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 10, 2013 07:24 PM (vV4jT)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 10, 2013 07:24 PM (pxDth)
Posted by: Big T Party at April 10, 2013 07:24 PM (WiQr+)
Just a coincidence, I'm sure.
Posted by: Donna V. at April 10, 2013 11:21 PM (R3gO3)
They just raped and pillaged their safety from the rest of the world!
Posted by: Hyphenated Studies Major at April 10, 2013 07:25 PM (hpYnL)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 10, 2013 07:25 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 10, 2013 07:25 PM (vV4jT)
Well, hellloooooo.
Posted by: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen at April 10, 2013 07:25 PM (j3UIr)
Posted by: Ernst Blofeld at April 10, 2013 07:26 PM (aGWGv)
[chart] Indistury: Adjusted NICS
Watch that one go vertical after the Republicans pass "backgroud checks" for everyone, since almost every transfer will need one.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 10, 2013 07:27 PM (kdS6q)
I think we should send them out there to personally experience ALLAH.
(there's a few SciFi novels/stories that make a point of the forced immigration of the Muslims off planet so it could have a little peace for a while.)
I'm all for that. let's offer them money to go.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 10, 2013 07:27 PM (Kpn/z)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at April 10, 2013 07:27 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Waterhouse at April 10, 2013 07:28 PM (laCAw)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 10, 2013 11:27 PM (kdS6q)
Watch that one go to zero after every one stops playing the game by their rules.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 10, 2013 07:28 PM (Kpn/z)
Posted by: DC in Towson, vacation edition at April 10, 2013 07:28 PM (9UBQC)
Well, Baldwin is now finished with "30 Rock" which was supposed to be funny, though I have never seen and episode. Who knows what he will do next? Some real stretch of a role, like portraying a crazy man.
Sean Connery made a movie in the early '80's called "Wrong is Right", where he plays a kind of clueless news media guy. It is actually pretty funny, but I haven't seen it in video stores in years. You can probably find it somewhere on the internet though.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense ...... at April 10, 2013 07:28 PM (Md8Uo)
This quoting business will get out of control! It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it!
Posted by: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen at April 10, 2013 07:29 PM (j3UIr)
Posted by: Super Moron at April 10, 2013 07:30 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 10, 2013 07:30 PM (vV4jT)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at April 10, 2013 07:31 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Jones in CO at April 10, 2013 07:31 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: EC at April 10, 2013 07:31 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: DC in Towson, vacation edition at April 10, 2013 07:31 PM (9UBQC)
Posted by: EC at April 10, 2013 11:22 PM (doBIb)
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Thank you all, it's not an easy story to tell. In fact this is only the second time I've told the story. I just wish we would spend as much time on the alternative to abortion as we do promoting it. When I say we I mean the govt and our school system. It will never happen now I now and it makes me sad for the direction of this country. Ok.........it's the ONT so I will refrain from any more downer stories!!
Posted by: Molly k. at April 10, 2013 07:31 PM (bQiJA)
Posted by: Sean Connery at April 10, 2013 07:31 PM (jucos)
Um, MAET it's 4-10-2013.
or are you playing with the Tardis again?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 10, 2013 07:32 PM (Kpn/z)
Lauren- you might want to go look at createspace. If you have a visual concept pretty well established in your head, you can sign up for a nominal charge, find a book size that you think will work, and download a template (Microsoft Word) and play with it at your own pace. No deadlines or criticisms. They have a good step-by-step sequence for do-it-yourself, but also have professional assistance (for a charge) at various stages of the process. A la carte style.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 10, 2013 07:32 PM (pxDth)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 10, 2013 07:33 PM (MBqvE)
Posted by: Waterhouse at April 10, 2013 07:33 PM (laCAw)
...why is japan more dangerous...
I followed the link, clicked on japan -- avoid travel in some areas. Fukashima and surrounding areas, probably the parts that glow. And I was planning to go there and swim in the reactor ponds. Guess I'll go to Mexico instead.
Posted by: Simon Jester at April 10, 2013 07:33 PM (EhSF0)
It's Sean Connery. You can add him, appropriately, to any film and improve it by a factor of ten.
IMHO.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at April 10, 2013 11:23 PM (4Mv1T)
Not always
http://tinyurl.com/dxp9xhf
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 10, 2013 07:34 PM (T1Fib)
Don't knock over the stuffed bear I left in the corner of the barrel last week.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at April 10, 2013 07:34 PM (4Mv1T)
molly k. are you from the upper midwest, by any chance? Most people in Wisconsin think they have no accent. When I lived out of the state for many years and came back for visits, their accents were startlingly apparent to me.
Of course, now that I've been back in Wisconsin for years, I don't hear the accent either - because I sound just like them now!
I loved Shelby Foote's accent too. There are southern accents which are just beautiful - and others, not so much. The old Tidewater, Virginia accent, which I occasionally heard when I lived in DC is a distinctive and lovely accent, but it seems as if it's dying out.
Posted by: Donna V. at April 10, 2013 07:34 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 10, 2013 07:34 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: luigi vercotti at April 10, 2013 07:34 PM (Jsiw/)
Posted by: DC in Towson, vacation edition at April 10, 2013 07:35 PM (9UBQC)
Posted by: Jake in Idaho at April 10, 2013 07:35 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at April 10, 2013 07:36 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Steck at April 10, 2013 07:36 PM (RL7U1)
Posted by: EC at April 10, 2013 07:37 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Molly k. at April 10, 2013 11:16 PM (bQiJA)
whoa, you are only 43, single? Couger? semi-couger?
/wink
Posted by: Super Moron at April 10, 2013 11:30 PM (zzeVM)
....................
A mathmetician I see! There is to be no math on this blog.
Posted by: Molly k. at April 10, 2013 07:37 PM (bQiJA)
Lauren- Once I had the text edited to my satisfaction and tweaked the layout, my wife did the cover art, a photo of her dad with a fade out effect superimposed from Photoshop (curious disappearance, get it?). Once you are ready to go, CreateSpace has a multi-step review process (not an editor), more checking to make sure your margins and the print layout will work on their printers.
You then can buy copies for yourself and for marketing at printer's cost, and can place it for sale through various outlets (I went mostly Amazon) and can do any number of things for marketing. The printer prints and ships individual books as they are ordered, so there is no publishing "run" per se. You can set your own pricing as high as you want and as low as a pre-set minimum (needs to at least cover printing costs).
Give it a go and let us know how it turns out. Good Luck.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 10, 2013 07:38 PM (pxDth)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 10, 2013 07:38 PM (MBqvE)
Sandra Fluke was a plant Leftists had waiting in the wings. George Stephanopoulos didn't raise the issue of birth-control because it was a matter of public contention, he raised it because it served to advance the interests of Obama and the Democrat Party. War on Women anyone?
This was an indisputable case of Media corruption and complicity.
What is the Republican strategy for pointing it out, countering it and gaining from the contrast?
Crickets.
Posted by: cm9000 at April 10, 2013 07:38 PM (vfB2N)
In the game, one of the major themes was that the planet's energy is a "lifestream" where people and animals go when they die, and the planet uses this energy to create new life and energy. Whatever. And the "evil corporation" was mining the planet's resources for fuel. So anyways, the guy COULD NOT understand why the movie was advocating for oil. He couldn't even grasp that using the source of a planet's life for fuel is evil...it's very, very different than oil. It was a throwaway moment in the movie, I just thought it was cool the movie didn't just go for the "clean energy" shtick that people read into the original game.
Other than the occasional JRPG...I avoid the politics. Playing platformers is pretty safe, no politics in Mario Galaxy or Kirby's Dream Land. Heh.
Posted by: Crazee (@Crazizzle) at April 10, 2013 07:38 PM (w7s1j)
Posted by: rickl at April 10, 2013 07:39 PM (sdi6R)
The tax, officially known as a "storm water management fee," will be enforced in nine of the state's counties. The state legislature passed it in 2012 purportedly to "raise revenue to cleanup [sic] the Chesapeake Bay," according to MarylandReporter.com.
Former 2012 GOP U.S. Senate candidate Dan Bongino bashes the tax in a Wednesday afternoon press release. The law "requires individuals, businesses, and even charitable organizations and houses of worship to pay a tax based on the amount of rain that falls on their property and the 'impervious surfaces' on their land," he says.
The tax, mandated by the EPA and enforced locally, will be calculated "through satellite surveillance of your property," the statement claims.
Posted by: Jones in CO at April 10, 2013 11:31 PM (8sCoq)
--If anything, the fictional character from The Wire Carcetti underplayed how douchey he is.
Posted by: logprof at April 10, 2013 07:39 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: Waterhouse at April 10, 2013 07:40 PM (laCAw)
Of course, now that I've been back in Wisconsin for years, I don't hear the accent either - because I sound just like them now!
I loved Shelby Foote's accent too. There are southern accents which are just beautiful - and others, not so much. The old Tidewater, Virginia accent, which I occasionally heard when I lived in DC is a distinctive and lovely accent, but it seems as if it's dying out.
Posted by: Donna V. at April 10, 2013 11:34 PM (R3gO3)
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South Dakota. The first time it was brought to my attention was in Vegas. I was talking to a group from Florida that found it very amusing. I think it may be something with our vowels but having grown up with it I don't hear it.
Posted by: Molly k. at April 10, 2013 07:40 PM (bQiJA)
Boycott reminder: when you buy from Microsoft, Amazon and Boeing, you're helping make sure that this inept twit stays in a position of responsibility.
Posted by: torquewrench at April 10, 2013 07:40 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: EC at April 10, 2013 07:40 PM (doBIb)
Oh, and Sean Connery is totally playing me in the movie version of "The Curious Disappearance of Seamus Muldoon".
Try saying that with a Sean Connery accent, eh?
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 10, 2013 07:40 PM (pxDth)
Posted by: Lauren at April 10, 2013 07:41 PM (wsGWu)
Posted by: Trevor (@tjexcite) at April 10, 2013 07:42 PM (jOPzC)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 10, 2013 07:42 PM (vV4jT)
Posted by: DC in Towson, vacation edition at April 10, 2013 07:42 PM (9UBQC)
btw, very moving story, Molly K.
As to why the abortion is promoted rather than alternatives - the progs think there are too many people in the world. Especially the "wrong" sort of people.
And when they get abortions themselves, well, pregnancy can be onerous and giving up a child for adoption is difficult. Lefties don't like to be inconvenienced in any way.
Posted by: Donna V. at April 10, 2013 07:42 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: EC at April 10, 2013 07:43 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 10, 2013 07:43 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: RWC at April 10, 2013 07:43 PM (Wl/Ht)
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 10, 2013 07:44 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Waterhouse at April 10, 2013 07:44 PM (laCAw)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 10, 2013 07:44 PM (vV4jT)
Posted by: Michael the Hobbit at April 10, 2013 07:44 PM (7cS5n)
Posted by: Simon Jester at April 10, 2013 07:45 PM (EhSF0)
Plus, I'm busy with the whole "engaged and expecting a child" thing.
Posted by: Crazee (@Crazizzle) at April 10, 2013 07:45 PM (w7s1j)
Speaking of which, I should get back to writing about Sluggor and the Courtesan Trials.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 10, 2013 07:45 PM (vV4jT)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at April 10, 2013 07:45 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: EC at April 10, 2013 07:45 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Jake in Idaho at April 10, 2013 07:46 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 10, 2013 07:47 PM (vV4jT)
Posted by: AltonJackson (new content up) at April 10, 2013 07:47 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 10, 2013 07:48 PM (vV4jT)
Is that the buggery bear? I thought they were imaginary?
Posted by: andycanuck at April 10, 2013 07:48 PM (mGBy8)
Posted by: RWC at April 10, 2013 07:49 PM (Wl/Ht)
http://www.gomtv.net/event/3DayFreeTicket.gom
Posted by: The Dude at April 10, 2013 07:49 PM (vJdyz)
In late-nite videos:
Lena Katina - Mr. Saxobeat (Live Cover)
http://tinyurl.com/c9ujld7
You might remember Lena as the ginger half of the faux lesbian jailbait duo TATU. She grew up nicely.
That wink at 2:30. Mmmmm...
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 10, 2013 07:49 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at April 10, 2013 07:49 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: rickl at April 10, 2013 07:50 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 10, 2013 07:52 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: EC at April 10, 2013 07:53 PM (doBIb)
"ya der eh"
LOL! Ya and I'm back to drinking from bubblers (when I spot them. They're - excuse me, dere not around as much as they used to be.)
Posted by: Donna V. at April 10, 2013 07:54 PM (R3gO3)
http://tinyurl.com/cfzwpfq
Speed up version
http://tinyurl.com/c6xt3zj
Posted by: The Dude at April 10, 2013 07:55 PM (vJdyz)
Glad there is not a snow tax around here like the MD rain tax I would be one poor dude Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 10, 2013 11:52 PM (HVff2)
A rain tax would have killed me the last few days.
Posted by: Donna V. at April 10, 2013 07:55 PM (R3gO3)
My brother still buys comics, and I sometimes read his. Now, THERE is a medium where politics is insufferable. But that's what you get when creative folks think they're sages in regard to important issues.
Posted by: Crazee (@Crazizzle) at April 10, 2013 07:55 PM (w7s1j)
Posted by: Steck at April 10, 2013 07:55 PM (RL7U1)
Have they started rounding up TEA Party suspects yet?
Posted by: the new york times' editorial pages at April 10, 2013 07:55 PM (mGBy8)
Posted by: RWC at April 10, 2013 07:55 PM (Wl/Ht)
Posted by: Jake in Idaho at April 10, 2013 07:56 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: mindful webworker took the day off at April 10, 2013 07:56 PM (Pfr2x)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 10, 2013 07:57 PM (vV4jT)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 10, 2013 07:57 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Jake in Idaho at April 10, 2013 07:58 PM (zzeVM)
How would you tell?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 10, 2013 07:58 PM (+ni/E)
Posted by: EC at April 10, 2013 07:58 PM (doBIb)
262 Thank you so much, Seamus. I'm so sorry that your experience with the book world comes from such tragedy, but your wife is very lucky to have someone so dedicated to learning the truth. I pray that you find it.
Posted by: Lauren at April 10, 2013 11:41 PM (wsG Wu )
Thanks Lauren, it has not been all negatives for us. We have newfound appreciation for things we used to take for granted.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at April 10, 2013 07:58 PM (pxDth)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 10, 2013 07:59 PM (vV4jT)
Now there's a clusterfuck just waiting to happen.
What, Jamie Gorelick wasn't available?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 10, 2013 08:00 PM (+ni/E)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 10, 2013 08:00 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 10, 2013 08:02 PM (vV4jT)
Posted by: Simon Jester at April 10, 2013 08:02 PM (EhSF0)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 10, 2013 08:03 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: AltonJackson (new content up) at April 10, 2013 08:04 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 10, 2013 08:04 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: rickl at April 10, 2013 08:04 PM (sdi6R)
When I was about 15, I realized that my older brother was born 6 months after my parents were married. I asked my mom if he was premature. Without thinking, she said "no." I pointed out the dates - and boy was I sorry I did so, because she burst into tears.
After all those years, she was still so ashamed of it. Jeez, they were engaged for something like 8 years. He was in the war and then came back and she got TB and had to be in a sanitarium for quite a while (which I guess was another painful memory for her - she never liked to talk about that). Not being able to wait for 8 years was entirely understandable to me - but of course, I was a child of the '70's, not the 40's. I ended up telling her, that's OK, mom, I understand, I'm not judging you.
Posted by: Donna V. at April 10, 2013 08:04 PM (R3gO3)
my mom did that, or I was 4 months premature in 1970 doing the math between my parents wedding and my birthday.
My younger sister went full term aparently....
Posted by: Jake in Idaho at April 10, 2013 11:56 PM (zzeVM)
I've always believed in having kids within marriage, so when the girlfriend got pregnant...it wasn't what I planned. I'm 100% committed to her and love her to death, but it was kind of a "You need to decide what to do, right now" sort of moment.
I'm going to be having a half Cuban kid, so I'm totally playing the race card in the future if the kid is dark skinned like his/her mom.
Posted by: Crazee (@Crazizzle) at April 10, 2013 08:05 PM (w7s1j)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 10, 2013 08:08 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Bart Mancuso at April 10, 2013 08:09 PM (mCvL4)
So of course Senator Patty Murray is now chairman of the Senate Budget Committee.
I look forward to a Dumb-Off between Patty Murray and Barbara Boxer. It'd be the stupid equivalent of Ali-Frazier.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 10, 2013 08:10 PM (IDSI7)
Posted by: EC at April 10, 2013 11:53 PM
My hunch is they're on their way to Syria
Posted by: kbdabear at April 10, 2013 08:11 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at April 10, 2013 08:11 PM (IDSI7)
Posted by: tasker at April 10, 2013 08:13 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: AltonJackson (new content up) at April 10, 2013 08:13 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 10, 2013 08:14 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Jake in Idaho at April 10, 2013 08:14 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 10, 2013 08:15 PM (vV4jT)
Posted by: RWC at April 10, 2013 08:15 PM (Wl/Ht)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 10, 2013 08:17 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: RWC at April 10, 2013 08:18 PM (Wl/Ht)
Posted by: Jake in Idaho at April 10, 2013 08:18 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: DC in Towson, vacation edition at April 10, 2013 08:19 PM (9UBQC)
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 10, 2013 08:19 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 10, 2013 08:20 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 10, 2013 08:21 PM (HVff2)
This government is becoming more illegitimate by the day. Posted by: rickl at April 11, 2013 12:04 AM
Totally true. The constitution is basically a contract. We give our consent to be governed if the restrictions TO the government in the constitution are followed. When they trash the constitution they lose all authority as a legitimate government and are just a group of tyrannical thugs.
Posted by: Berserker at April 10, 2013 08:23 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Mindy is about to be provoked into hosting a potluck at April 10, 2013 08:23 PM (wk9P4)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 10, 2013 08:24 PM (xKC/c)
Posted by: 446 dead black and latino children in chicago in 2012 at April 10, 2013 08:24 PM (mGBy8)
Posted by: Baldy at April 10, 2013 08:24 PM (opS9C)
They can get a better price and LE won't be a concern.
Then with the profit, they can buy stingers from the Libyans.
WOOOT!
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 10, 2013 08:26 PM (Kpn/z)
Posted by: AltonJackson (new content up) at April 10, 2013 08:26 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 10, 2013 08:28 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 10, 2013 08:29 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: RWC at April 10, 2013 08:32 PM (Wl/Ht)
and the government enacts new laws which are blatantly unconstitutional,
we are under no moral obligation to obey them.
This government is becoming more illegitimate by the day.
Posted by: rickl at April 11, 2013 12:04 AM
Totally true. The constitution is basically a contract. We give our consent to be governed if the restrictions TO the government in the constitution are followed. When they trash the constitution they lose all authority as a legitimate government and are just a group of tyrannical thugs.
Posted by: Berserker at April 11, 2013 12:23 AM (FMbng)
I've sadly come to this same conclusion. I recognize the legitimacy of the power wielded by their offices through the Constitution. When the office holders make it abundantly clear that they refuse to abide by the restrictions the Constitution places upon their offices' authorities, than I no longer have an obligation to recognize the legitimacy of their governance over me.
Posted by: mugiwara at April 10, 2013 08:33 PM (hpYnL)
Posted by: zeera at April 10, 2013 08:34 PM (Lv9bM)
All these Democrats with ego problems, dick waving problems, lying problems, flaming narcissist problems all share a common trait.
They all suck their lips when cornered.
Stay with me here:
slick willy clinton: lip sucker and pouter
mike the pipsqueak bloomberg: lip sucker and smirker
Anthony "my dick's my best friend" wiener: lip sucker and dribbler
Oblamo: lip sucker, tongue in cheeker and middle finger scratcher
Boehner: lip sucker and weeper
toomey: lip sucker and pouter
Shumer: lip sucker and schmuck
I'm sure I've missed some but they all do that weird thing with their lips in front of a camera.
You think about it, you'll come up with some more.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 10, 2013 08:35 PM (Kpn/z)
Mom wouldn't put out without that magic wedding band on her finger. Oh the humanity.
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 10, 2013 08:37 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 10, 2013 08:38 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Craig Poe at April 10, 2013 08:39 PM (BVkEs)
mike the pipsqueak bloomberg: lip sucker and smirker
Anthony "my dick's my best friend" wiener: lip sucker and dribbler
Oblamo: lip sucker, tongue in cheeker and middle finger scratcher
Boehner: lip sucker and weeper
toomey: lip sucker and pouter
Shumer: lip sucker and schmuck
I'm sure I've missed some but they all do that weird thing with their lips in front of a camera.
You think about it, you'll come up with some more.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 11, 2013 12:35 AM
They suck more than lips.
Posted by: Berserker at April 10, 2013 08:39 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: @PurpAv at April 10, 2013 08:42 PM (/gHaE)
Posted by: Secret squirrel at April 10, 2013 08:42 PM (0SmH0)
Posted by: Secret squirrel at April 10, 2013 08:43 PM (0SmH0)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 10, 2013 08:43 PM (HVff2)
Scoop Jackson is rolling over in Warren Magnuson's grave right now.
p.s. The other one is as corrupt as any Tammany Hall poll. She lost an election, sucked some d*** at a dot.com company and got out before the bubble burst.
Posted by: whatmeworry? at April 10, 2013 08:45 PM (Q3WfW)
I think I'm gonna do an early morning post on those surgical robots. The news articles, while thin, offered a few clues as to some very specific engineering fails that should have been design points before the 1st prototype was ever built.
This story can only get worse, much worse.
Posted by: @PurpAv at April 10, 2013 08:46 PM (/gHaE)
Posted by: Secret squirrel at April 10, 2013 08:48 PM (0SmH0)
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 10, 2013 08:49 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: tasker at April 10, 2013 08:49 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: Secret squirrel at April 10, 2013 08:50 PM (0SmH0)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 10, 2013 08:53 PM (HVff2)
With statewide elections you now have a chamber of government unresponsive to the damn states they represent and is full of rich dilettantes who buy themselves seats.
Posted by: whatmeworry? at April 10, 2013 08:53 PM (Q3WfW)
Posted by: mindful webworker brief reviews a specialty at April 10, 2013 08:53 PM (IVRIf)
Posted by: @PurpAv at April 11, 2013 12:42 AM (
Exactly.
Posted by: Berserker at April 10, 2013 08:55 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Secret squirrel at April 10, 2013 08:55 PM (0SmH0)
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 10, 2013 08:55 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Berserker at April 10, 2013 08:56 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: whatmeworry? at April 10, 2013 08:57 PM (Q3WfW)
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 10, 2013 08:57 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian fka irishacres at April 10, 2013 08:58 PM (HVff2)
wasn't another main complaint that there were occasional deadlocks and states would not have one or another of their Senators seated?
Posted by: whatmeworry? at April 10, 2013 08:59 PM (Q3WfW)
Posted by: Secret squirrel at April 10, 2013 09:00 PM (0SmH0)
Posted by: zeera at April 11, 2013 12:34 AM (Lv9bM)
could be worse, he could be doing his best Rove impression on election nights
Posted by: The Dude at April 10, 2013 09:00 PM (vJdyz)
I now know why there haven't been any 'Uranus' jokes on CAC's thread...all the twisted morons are still hanging out here.
Posted by: Icedog at April 10, 2013 09:02 PM (ZolUS)
Posted by: tasker at April 10, 2013 09:03 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 10, 2013 09:04 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Danny at April 10, 2013 09:06 PM (LhhP+)
http://youtu.be/O8_sS3NjFuk
all in all, equates to about $14000
Posted by: The Dude at April 10, 2013 09:09 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Jake in Idaho at April 10, 2013 09:10 PM (zzeVM)
after all the years, you would think people would make the correlation that posting after the ONT tends to kill posting for the night on pretty much the whole blog
Posted by: The Dude at April 10, 2013 09:25 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Whatev at April 10, 2013 09:25 PM (A7Wh1)
After 3-4am EST or so its OK. That keeps the early morning crowd from getting fidgety.
Posted by: @PurpAv at April 10, 2013 09:29 PM (/gHaE)
Posted by: @PurpAv at April 11, 2013 01:29 AM (/gHaE)
yeah, it does kinda remind me of parents coming home after their kid threw a party when the daywalkers show up in the ONT
Posted by: The Dude at April 10, 2013 09:30 PM (vJdyz)
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Posted by: Whatev at April 11, 2013 01:25 AM (A7Wh1)
well now Mr secretary general fuckup Ban Ki-to the moon. Maybe you can um...go fuck yourself. I love how they are always "concerned" whenever we have to possibly bitch slap a madman.
Posted by: Berserker at April 10, 2013 09:32 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Moonbeam at April 10, 2013 09:38 PM (Dt+R8)
Posted by: The Dude at April 10, 2013 09:39 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 10, 2013 09:40 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Whatev at April 10, 2013 09:41 PM (A7Wh1)
Posted by: Whatev at April 10, 2013 09:45 PM (A7Wh1)
Posted by: The Dude at April 10, 2013 10:02 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: @PurpAv at April 10, 2013 10:02 PM (/gHaE)
Posted by: @PurpAv at April 11, 2013 02:02 AM (/gHaE)
oh God, my second grade teacher had one in her classroom
Posted by: The Dude at April 10, 2013 10:04 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: @PurpAv at April 10, 2013 10:05 PM (/gHaE)
Posted by: @PurpAv at April 10, 2013 10:08 PM (/gHaE)
Hitler was "poised" to take over the world.
The Vega was "poised" to become the new standard in compact cars.
Posted by: @PurpAv at April 10, 2013 10:10 PM (/gHaE)
They were a sturdy paperweight. You'd go blind trying to read the screen though.
Posted by: @PurpAv at April 10, 2013 10:23 PM (/gHaE)
Posted by: @PurpAv at April 11, 2013 02:23 AM (/gHaE)
shit was so tiny. Though I remember a a F1 team management game she had ant it was awesome that she would let us play during quite time in the morning (ie her working off a hangover)
Posted by: The Dude at April 10, 2013 10:26 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: The Dude at April 10, 2013 10:27 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: The Dude at April 10, 2013 10:29 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: @PurpAv at April 11, 2013 02:10 AM (/gHaE)
Oh, it became the new standard all right.
There's always a bottom to a list.
A fail tail on the bell curve.
Without crap, how would we know the good stuff?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 10, 2013 10:39 PM (Kpn/z)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 11, 2013 02:41 AM (Kpn/z)
it was written in the stars
Posted by: The Dude at April 10, 2013 10:42 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: biscuits mahoney at April 10, 2013 10:42 PM (avEon)
Just like the way they grade border security; by how many they catch.
Just because you're not catching anyone, doesn't mean they're not getting across.
I expect to see a certain amount of tailing off of nics checks in some states and an increase in others.
They've just made straw buying and smuggling more attractive and lucrative. And we all knows what happens when an American sees the opportunity to make a buck. Particularly a tax free one.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 10, 2013 10:43 PM (Kpn/z)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at April 10, 2013 10:46 PM (Kpn/z)
Heh. dumbasses. Bringin' a pistol to a rifle fight.
Posted by: tangonine at April 10, 2013 11:21 PM (x3YFz)
Well now,
Guns and current arming of citizens which is being "Low Balled" to attempt to tell us all...."Nothing to see here...move along."
Funny how this ONT did not state the usual "Head Blogger?"
WAZZ UP.....BUTTERCUP?
Fazers on stun.....I double pinky swear!!!!
Posted by: Richard at April 10, 2013 11:43 PM (QRACQ)
Posted by: Jake in Idaho at April 10, 2013 11:53 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: Jake in Idaho at April 10, 2013 11:55 PM (zzeVM)
O.K
I call B.S on the graphs....everyone is going for the "Black Rifle" that has a brain.....and the money to buy one.....ammo....now why just we all ask "Janet" what that little issue is all about....
Things that make ya go...WTF??
Posted by: Richard at April 10, 2013 11:56 PM (QRACQ)
Posted by: Jake in Idaho at April 10, 2013 11:58 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: Jake in Idaho at April 10, 2013 11:59 PM (zzeVM)
428
I still say the current buy stats are more for rifles....why are the current Govemental hissy fits focused so then....?
Posted by: Richard at April 11, 2013 12:04 AM (QRACQ)
Greetings to the Horde.
*twaddles in in her lace flannel jammies*
It got cold here...and we had an ice storm today...splodey trees and ice all over the place, it was a mess.
It went from 78 degrees on Tuesday to 30 degrees in a few hours.
Ice storms suck, even though we need the moisture here in Ok.
I think those gun stats are probably helped by all the folks who are into prepping for the apocalypse.
Didn't see that mentioned.
Yes Maetenloch...some of us do read your posts.
Even though I'm usually too sleepy to make any intelligent comments on them.
Posted by: wheatie at April 11, 2013 12:09 AM (GwAS0)
Ah well...I god some serious bacon cravings going on.
See ya'll later.
I'd share if I could, but you know...
Posted by: wheatie at April 11, 2013 12:16 AM (GwAS0)
I am of the mind to call,
"Huff Post" cut and paste on this ONT.....
being that there is none of the usual putting their "Imitar" on this weak sister.
Washing my hands with the back-yard hose and bleaching the keyboard!
Out....
Posted by: Richard at April 11, 2013 12:22 AM (QRACQ)
"I would challenge anybody to tell me that they've stood on a line in Alabama and seen anybody build anything."- Senator Patty Murray-D Washington.
Senator Murray, you ignorant scrunt, I have stood on a line in Alabama and seen people build all kinds of things. All you had to do is ask Boeing, they have been in Alabama for years. As have: Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, Raytheon, PPG Aerospace, GKN Aerospace, GE Aviation, Aerojet, Mercedes-Benz, Honda, Hyundai, Toyota, Goodyear, Siemens Energy, BAE Systems (ship builders), International Paper, Dupont, Boise Cascade, Georgia Pacific, Bowater, Olin, BASF, CMC Steel, U.S. Steel, Nucor, BE&K, Brasfield&Gorrie, BL Harbert International, and now Airbus, etc., etc, etc. You and dumbass Biden would make a good pair of stupid bookends. Oh, and bless your heart.
Posted by: Case at April 11, 2013 12:42 AM (QwurB)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 11, 2013 12:57 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at April 11, 2013 12:59 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: rightlysouthern (aim low boys theys ridin ponies) at April 11, 2013 01:01 AM (uOxBm)
Posted by: Lunar Excursion Module at April 11, 2013 01:16 AM (SSWdi)
Posted by: somejoe at April 11, 2013 01:31 AM (SSWdi)
That ol' bitch Sen. Murray got her panties in a wad because the Air Force awarded a contract to build jetplane refuelers to Northrop Grumman Corp. and they were to be built in Alabama. She wanted the contract to go to Boeing in Seattle. The donks stalled the contract until Obama got elected. Wasn't long after that the contract was given to Boeing. Cheaper with a better design lost out to politics.
Where was Sen Murray when dockworkers in her state refused to load ships with cargo our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan needed? That would not happen in our ports unless the dockworkers union wanted a riot on their hands. If we send our troops to war we send them what they need. My point is Murray and her supporters in Washington (state) don't give a shit about the military unless there is money and jobs on the line. I wouldn't blame the military if they pulled every defense dollar out of that state.
Posted by: Case at April 11, 2013 02:09 AM (QwurB)
Posted by: somejoe at April 11, 2013 02:47 AM (SSWdi)
Posted by: somejoe at April 11, 2013 03:04 AM (SSWdi)
Posted by: nip at April 11, 2013 05:35 AM (lGVXf)
I believe one fact you need to keep in mind about the purchase of firearms is which firearms are more available for purchase. More handguns are produced and are available usually at half the cost of a base model semi-auto rifle or carbine. If the firearms dealers had more AR, M1A, FAL, PTR, etc. (all self loading - magazine fed) firearms on their shelves they would sell them.
Magazines and ammunition availability are a concern also. It doesn't help you much if you cannot
purchase enough magazines and ammunition to be able to make your newly
purchased firearm a viable tool for the Defense of Liberty. Not everyone was able to anticipate the
current political situation and have the foresight to purchase 200 lbs of gun
powder and 40,000 bullets, primers and brass for reloading or 20,000 to 50,000 rounds
of NATO spec ammo for their family over the last four to eight years.
Another thing to think about is that we didn't send Liberator Rifles into
occupied France
during WWII. We sent in small, cheap,
concealable pistols that could be used as butter knives - guns that could be
used to relieve the oppressors of their main firearm and ammunition.
You could check out Matt Bracken’s “Enemies” series of books for more information.
Posted by: bubba at April 11, 2013 08:57 AM (RZ80t)
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