May 13, 2013
— Maetenloch
When I am speaking to students, I like to show them a still from the Oliver Stone movie Wall Street in which the masterful financier Gordon Gekko is talking on his cell phone, a Motorola DynaTac 8000X. The students always - always - laugh: The ridiculous thing is more than a foot long and weighs a couple of pounds. But the revelatory fact that takes a while to sink in is this: You had to be a millionaire to have one. The phone cost the equivalent of nearly $10,000, it cost about $1,000 a month to operate, and you couldn't text or play Angry Birds on it. When the first DynaTac showed up in a movie - it was Sixteen Candles, a few years before Wall Street - it was located in the front seat of a Rolls-Royce, which is where such things were found 25 or 30 years ago. By comparison, an iPhone 5 is a wonder, a commonplace miracle. My question for the students is: How is it that the cell phones in your pockets get better and cheaper every year, but your schools get more expensive and less effective? (Or, if you live in one of the better school districts, get much more expensive and stagnate?) How is it that Gordon Gekko's ultimate status symbol looks to our eyes as ridiculous as Molly Ringwald's Reagan-era wardrobe and asymmetrical hairdos? That didn't just happen.
-- Kevin Williamson in iPencil.
Bill Bennett: Only 150 of 3500 Colleges Worth the Investment
And when organizations get too expensive and too ineffective they become simply Bad Deals.
Bennett assessed the "return on investment" for the 3500 colleges and universities in the country. He found that returns were positive for only 150 institutions. The top 10 schools ranked by Bennett as having the best "ROI" are below (for the full list he used, click here, and for the latest figures, click here):Harvey Mudd College
California Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Stanford University
Princeton University
Harvard University
Dartmouth College
Duke University
University of Pennsylvania
University of Notre Dame
He found college is "worth it" if you get into a top tier university like Stanford, or study an in-demand field like nuclear engineering at even a lower tier school.
The problem, Bennett says, is people going to second-tier schools, majoring in less-marketable liberal arts fields, and taking on debt to do so.
Unsealing Private Records: Obama's Signature Move
Mitt Romney presents one enormous problem for Barack Obama's campaign: No divorce records. That's why the media are so hot to get their hands on Romney's tax records for the past 25 years. They need something to "pick through, distort and lie about" -- as the Republican candidate says.Obama's usual campaign method, used in 100 percent of his races, has been to pry into the private records of his opponents.
Democrats aren't going to find any personal dirt on the clean-cut Mormon, so they need complicated tax filings going back decades in order to create the illusion of scandal out of boring financial records.
Romney has already released his 2010 tax return and is about to release his 2011 return. After all the huffing and puffing by the media demanding those returns, the follow-up story vanished remarkably quickly when the only thing the return showed was that Romney pays millions of dollars in taxes and gives a lot of money to charity.
Let's take a romp down memory lane and review the typical Obama campaign strategy. Obama became a U.S. senator only by virtue of David Axelrod's former employer, the Chicago Tribune, ripping open the sealed divorce records of Obama's two principal opponents.
Well Obama did claim he was for a more open and transparent government - he just didn't specify that he mainly meant his opponents' records.
From Article 2.1 of the articles of impeachment against Richard Nixon:
He has, acting personally and through his subordinates and agents, endeavoured to obtain from the Internal Revenue Service, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, confidential information contained in income tax returns for purposed not authorized by law, and to cause, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, income tax audits or other income tax investigations to be initiated or conducted in a discriminatory manner.
Just remember that what is deserved, what is possible, and what is wise are often different things.
The Future is Japan China Somewhere Else
And always will be. Maybe it's Korea's turn to be the new juggernaut.
An example of how fast things can go bad for the police. Here detectives arrive at a drug house to question the residents but don't realize one of the men had just gotten into the car. This happened last year.
Warning: The video isn't particularly graphic but it does show a man being killed. Watch at your own risk.
Heh.
So Tamerlan finally got buried in a Muslim cemetery in Virginia. Because we're bad. And Islamic Funeral Services 'strongly disagree' with Tamerlan's actions but can't quite condemn them.
Saudi Passenger + Pressure Cooker + Altered Passport = Just Another Saturday in Detroit
He just wanted to cook lamb.
Glad Tent Doubles as a Giant Garbage Bag
Sure they're advertising this as temporary shelter for crowded venues but the savvy can see what this really is: a Roach Motel for hippies.
Somehow they're always innocent/misunderstood and sooo dreamy.
Well they are the other white meat.
The Yahoo AoSHQ group. Bla bla bla.
And my twitter thang.
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Posted by: The Political Hat at May 13, 2013 06:15 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: rickl at May 13, 2013 06:17 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: logprof at May 13, 2013 06:17 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 13, 2013 06:18 PM (LRFds)
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Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense ...... at May 13, 2013 06:20 PM (I2uSp)
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Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 13, 2013 06:20 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense ...... at May 13, 2013 06:21 PM (I2uSp)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 13, 2013 06:21 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 13, 2013 06:21 PM (QR2k5)
Posted by: truth fairy at May 13, 2013 06:21 PM (ue2Nm)
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Posted by: mama winger at May 13, 2013 06:23 PM (P6QsQ)
I have a special acrobatic based therapy in mind if i can get the time machine working...
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 13, 2013 06:23 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at May 13, 2013 06:24 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: EC at May 13, 2013 06:24 PM (doBIb)
Harvey What the Fuck indeed!
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 13, 2013 06:24 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 13, 2013 06:26 PM (aDwsi)
And CJ Burch, since you asked so nicely:
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=s2fwo0&s=6
And my wife wonders why I take binoculars to the beach. They were my dad's. And HE took 'em to the beach, too.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 13, 2013 06:26 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: rickl at May 13, 2013 06:26 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 13, 2013 06:26 PM (Elv2D)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 13, 2013 06:27 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Michael Moore at May 13, 2013 06:27 PM (zPVBH)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 13, 2013 06:27 PM (TgV4O)
Posted by: Splunge at May 13, 2013 06:27 PM (bKA83)
So, I am reading through a tumblr site called Your Fave is Problematic, is apparently run by a bunch of grievance studies in order to catalogue all the ways various celebrities have trangressed. Problems include appropriating parts of cultures not their own (western symbols conspicuous by their absence), calling people "trannies" (asterixed out because it is so bad), belief that people can be racist against whites, and the horrible misogynist crime of believing that "The Friend Zone" actually exists.
Amazing how very, very earnest they are.
Posted by: Grey Fox at May 13, 2013 06:28 PM (XQsSC)
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Probably not much fun.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 13, 2013 06:28 PM (aDwsi)
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Posted by: EC at May 13, 2013 06:29 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: filbert the Whig at May 13, 2013 06:29 PM (7vimm)
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Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo
I didn't see Conspicuous Asshole University on the list, but congrats I guess.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at May 13, 2013 06:30 PM (YTstp)
Serve 'em up in some sterling tumblers, if you can find them. You'll swear they taste even better.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 13, 2013 06:31 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: mama winger at May 13, 2013 06:31 PM (P6QsQ)
Glad Tent Doubles as a Giant Garbage Bag
...and as a body bag when the occupant dies. Which is probably the unspoken idea, or at least unspoken of outside of FEMA.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 13, 2013 06:31 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 13, 2013 06:31 PM (zPVBH)
Posted by: filbert the Whig at May 13, 2013 06:31 PM (7vimm)
Posted by: mama winger at May 13, 2013 06:32 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 13, 2013 06:32 PM (TgV4O)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 13, 2013 06:32 PM (HVff2)
I thought those lovelies were ex-wives, hence the kill switch.
Posted by: Fritz at May 13, 2013 06:33 PM (G9Mmf)
Posted by: cornelius, waiting for the Cobalt bomb at May 13, 2013 06:33 PM (Jsiw/)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 13, 2013 06:33 PM (2up3Q)
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 13, 2013 10:21 PM (QR2k5)
They usually have to be assisted out of the spacecraft. It takes a little while to re-acclimate to gravity.
Posted by: rickl at May 13, 2013 10:26 PM (sdi6R)
Now imagine that scenario after a splashdown
Posted by: Jean at May 13, 2013 06:33 PM (CMlD4)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 13, 2013 10:30 PM (YTstp)
He went to Moo U.
Graduated with a BS in Circular Logic.
Posted by: Find your classmates! at May 13, 2013 06:34 PM (1Y+hH)
VERY nice, indeed. Guess we won't be going to FV this week.
That's okay. I just got an email that says my new Leupold optic should be here Thursday. The Leupold mount should be here Wednesday, and I still haven't had the new rifle, or the new pistol to the range.
It's like waiting on Christmas at the Road house.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 13, 2013 06:34 PM (4Mv1T)
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A veranda and rocking chair add to the pleasure. I prefer a little Spanish Moss hanging from Oak trees to enhance the experience, but I am told that expanses of blue grass work well too.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 13, 2013 06:34 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Peaches at May 13, 2013 06:34 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 13, 2013 06:34 PM (zPVBH)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 13, 2013 06:35 PM (TgV4O)
Posted by: cornelius, waiting for the Cobalt bomb at May 13, 2013 06:35 PM (Jsiw/)
Some in the AP might say "fuck you little boy, you work for the Post"
I predict media zone flooding on the penalty phase of the Jodi Arias trial. The Cleveland Kidnapping case isn't looking so good for them since they're Hispanics
They're probably praying that some nutjob shoots up a school soon
Posted by: kbdabear at May 13, 2013 06:35 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: EC at May 13, 2013 06:35 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at May 13, 2013 06:36 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: filbert the Whig at May 13, 2013 06:37 PM (7vimm)
Posted by: logprof at May 13, 2013 06:37 PM (+iA5G)
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?id=9092899
Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 13, 2013 06:37 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at May 13, 2013 06:37 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Peaches at May 13, 2013 06:37 PM (8lmkt)
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Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at May 13, 2013 06:38 PM (bb5+k)
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Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 13, 2013 06:38 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: rickl at May 13, 2013 06:39 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: steevy at May 13, 2013 06:39 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Your average liberal at May 13, 2013 06:39 PM (zPVBH)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at May 13, 2013 06:39 PM (JKNDp)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 13, 2013 06:39 PM (4Mv1T)
We're $50k away from accepting an offer on our house. Been on the market 4 days. All cash buyers.
Not a done deal yet but close.
Posted by: Tami [/i] at May 13, 2013 06:40 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 13, 2013 10:38 PM (TgV4O)
Ah, jeez, I hope so, but you know how I am. Daylight and close. E me the deets when you have 'em and I will either gird my loins or come up with some lame excuse. 
Posted by: Peaches at May 13, 2013 06:40 PM (8lmkt)
“No, it’s like putting meat in a Crock-Pot, okay? . . . in a slow cooker” Posted by: The Political Hat at May 13, 2013 10:15 PM (Vk2pI)
The final thing that convinced me that abortion is a particularly heinous form of murder was a documentary about China's one child policy and the forced abortions. Warning: Do not read further unless you think you can take it--this is a very nasty evil story.
In the documentary, an "Auntie" for the party kept track of women's menstrual cycles after they had their one child. These Aunties would force a woman to strip and check her for pregnancy. If the woman was pregnant, they did a forced abortion. The documentary showed a woman who had hidden her pregnancy until well into the final trimester. She begs for leniency, but, the Auntie was adamant, the baby must be killed. So they used an enormous needle, it was about a foot long and very large gauge, to inject the baby with a strong saline solution to kill it. During the procedure, as the needle went into the woman and the baby, her abdomen began to convulse wildly with the baby's struggles while the woman screamed and cried--no anesthesia. Once the Auntie and abortionist could detect no fetal heartbeat, they sent the woman home to wait for her body to expel the dead baby. The Auntie was cackling and saying, "No one fool Auntie, she always find baby!" Oh yeah, Auntie and the doctor got a bounty on the baby.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at May 13, 2013 06:41 PM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 13, 2013 06:41 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: zsasz at May 13, 2013 06:41 PM (MMC8r)
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Wait..., is this house with Smok-i-matic light switches?
Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 13, 2013 06:41 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at May 13, 2013 06:41 PM (bb5+k)
Was arguing with a lib who thinks that I'm only pissed about the myriad scandals around TFG because I don't like him and want him gone. I tried to impress that it's not that I want Rand Paul or Marco Rubio (God forbid!) as President rather than Obama, but that I don't want anyone who would do something like Benghazi or use the IRS as a political weapon.
Is there anyone that you can think of in American politics (or even just in the public eye) who would make a good President? Not in relative terms, but someone who would actually uphold and defend the Constitution?
I can't think of one...
Posted by: WolfinNC at May 13, 2013 06:41 PM (HVOxM)
Posted by: rdumoron at May 13, 2013 06:41 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: EC at May 13, 2013 06:42 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: kbdabear at May 13, 2013 06:42 PM (mCvL4)
The best of news, I'm happy for you.
One of my would be renters blew up his life this weekend.
I may try to sell now.
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 13, 2013 06:42 PM (LRFds)
TED CRUZ!!!!!
Posted by: Peaches at May 13, 2013 06:42 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: qixlqatl at May 13, 2013 06:42 PM (TPrgK)
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?id=9092899
I am so glad to not be greeted with that in the N and O on a daily basis anymore.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 13, 2013 06:42 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 13, 2013 10:41 PM (HVff2)
Thanks....husband busted way more than I did. He's in a bit of shock it happened so quickly in this market.
Posted by: Tami [/i] at May 13, 2013 06:43 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 13, 2013 06:43 PM (2up3Q)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 13, 2013 10:41 PM (aDwsi)
Lol! Our names sound the same but you're thinking of Tammy.
Posted by: Tami [/i] at May 13, 2013 06:43 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: logprof at May 13, 2013 10:37 PM (+iA5G)
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Not really. Most if not all on the list will hand out the money for students who need it. Harvard has a policy that anyone from a household under $60K a year pays nothing and then it's a sliding scale, so family making $70K pays a little, $80K pays a little more, $90K a little more, etc. Princeton has something very similar.
Besides even if you had to pay $60K a year tuition, it's more than worth it. That $240,000 spent on an Ivy diploma will be made back 10X during a working career.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 13, 2013 06:43 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: Tobacco Road
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That can only be because you deep-sixed your subscription.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 13, 2013 06:44 PM (aDwsi)
I may try to sell now.
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 13, 2013 10:42 PM (LRFds)
Thanks sven!
I wish you the best of luck!
Posted by: Tami [/i] at May 13, 2013 06:44 PM (X6akg)
I got as far as "convulsions" and almost threw up. Dear Lord.
Didn't help that I just watched South Pacific with my mom last night (her favorite... it was Mother's Day) and I couldn't help but see "Auntie" as Bloody Mary. I need brain bleach now.
Posted by: WolfinNC at May 13, 2013 06:44 PM (HVOxM)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 13, 2013 06:44 PM (TgV4O)
Posted by: BignJames at May 13, 2013 06:44 PM (20Mmk)
Posted by: rickl at May 13, 2013 06:44 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: steevy at May 13, 2013 06:45 PM (9XBK2)
We have our own accounts thankfully. Otherwise I'd be in a shallow grave on her family farm by now.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 13, 2013 06:45 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: The Anarchic Hat at May 13, 2013 06:45 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at May 13, 2013 06:45 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at May 13, 2013 06:45 PM (bb5+k)
Ted Cruz. TED CRUZ.
wake up, people, we have to start this ball rolling right the fuck now. it's what "they" do, we have to beat 'em at their own game. unless you want hillary by default.Posted by: Peaches at May 13, 2013 06:45 PM (8lmkt)
I can't think of one...
Posted by: WolfinNC
Scott Walker, Paul Ryan, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul all good choices.
It's an entirely different question whether any one of those could win, of course.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at May 13, 2013 06:45 PM (YTstp)
Those teabaggerz just don't want people like me to get free doctor visits like everyone knows Obama will pay for
Posted by: Very Low Information Voter at May 13, 2013 06:46 PM (mCvL4)
Giggles is gonna get Keystone going...relief is on the way I suspect...
the US is about to become Venezuela Del Norte
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 13, 2013 06:46 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at May 13, 2013 06:46 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 13, 2013 06:47 PM (zPVBH)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at May 13, 2013 06:47 PM (l3vZN)
Posted by: EC at May 13, 2013 06:47 PM (doBIb)
Why is it we need our very own Al Sharpton? Isn't one per generation enough? That guy Barber is such a friggin clown.
Dems control state gov for 100+ years - not a problem
Reps control state gov for 2 years - world ending, state may not survive to 2014
Posted by: WolfinNC at May 13, 2013 06:47 PM (HVOxM)
That's about the only thing a LIV notices.
And it's Bush's fault
Posted by: kbdabear at May 13, 2013 06:47 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at May 13, 2013 06:47 PM (kXoT0)
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All right. One.last.time.
The President has explained this to you. Gasoline prices are going up because the economy is improving. Now STFU about it.
Posted by: Jay Carney at May 13, 2013 06:47 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: steevy at May 13, 2013 06:48 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at May 13, 2013 06:48 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 13, 2013 06:48 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: zsasz at May 13, 2013 06:48 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 13, 2013 06:48 PM (TgV4O)
Besides even if you had to pay $60K a year tuition, it's more than worth it. That $240,000 spent on an Ivy diploma will be made back 10X during a working career.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 13, 2013 10:43 PM (HDgX3)
--Not talking about financing the education, but the admission.
Posted by: logprof at May 13, 2013 06:48 PM (+iA5G)
Guy couldn't take friendly advice that to insurers GF /= "wife" and you probably should not let her total a POV valued at 24,000 with a 1500 deductible if you can't lay hands on 1500 in cash or credit...
"I digress"
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 13, 2013 06:49 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at May 13, 2013 10:45 PM (DoZD+)
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Buy a fuel efficient car and you'll stop caring about the price of gas. I used to drive a Suburban for my day to day. Fucker eats gas like you wouldn't believe. 15 MPG in a good month. Last car I got gets low 30s combined highway/city. I still have the Suburban for when I need to tow or move something big, take the dogs to the vet, whatever. But day to day it's the little Toyota and I don't even pay attention to gas prices much anymore since I'm using less than 1/2 the gas I used to. It's like I went from $3.50 to $1.75 a gallon overnight.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 13, 2013 06:49 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: BignJames at May 13, 2013 06:50 PM (20Mmk)
Posted by: EC at May 13, 2013 06:51 PM (doBIb)
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Romney would have been RINOish but I can't imagine him ever doing anything remotely close to what Obama's done.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 13, 2013 06:51 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at May 13, 2013 06:51 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: cornelius, waiting for the Cobalt bomb at May 13, 2013 06:51 PM (Jsiw/)
Posted by: The Political Hat at May 13, 2013 06:52 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Roman Polanski at May 13, 2013 06:53 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: tmitsss at May 13, 2013 06:54 PM (85IcC)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 13, 2013 06:54 PM (HVff2)
You're welcome. Not sure where you are at, market here is lousy. Happy for you and all of the interest in your home
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 13, 2013 10:48 PM (HVff2)
We're in SW Connecticut. Where are you?
Posted by: Tami [/i] at May 13, 2013 06:54 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: BignJames at May 13, 2013 06:54 PM (20Mmk)
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at May 13, 2013 06:54 PM (bb5+k)
it is always on the top of the list of best undergraduate chemistry programs out there
Posted by: chemjeff at May 13, 2013 06:54 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at May 13, 2013 06:54 PM (n8LUb)
Posted by: logprof at May 13, 2013 10:48 PM (+iA5G)
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You don't need beaucoup bucks to get in. You need one of 3 things:
1. Stellar grades and SATs
2. Decent grades/SATs and minority status
3. Decent grades/SATs and a parent that went there
Or for the Stanfords and Notre Dames can you bounce a basketball or throw a football
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 13, 2013 06:54 PM (HDgX3)
It sure was when I went there.
Posted by: John P. Squibob at May 13, 2013 06:55 PM (kqqGm)
Wasn't it a 140?
Barber has to do what what he has to do to represent his "constituents". BUT, they do a pretty good job of making idiots of themselves.
What end of the Old North State do you reside in WolfinNC?
Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 13, 2013 06:55 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at May 13, 2013 06:56 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 13, 2013 06:56 PM (TgV4O)
working career.
don't do it. that is the debt trap. you don't know what your future working career will be like.
if you have ever heard even 10 minutes of Dave Ramsey's show, you'll hear someone call in who has $300k in medical school debt but who now decides that she/he wants to be a stay-at-home mom/dad, and is asking Dave for advice on how to pay off the debt. Umm,.... at that point, it's really really tough.
since you don't know what the future holds, keep debt to a minimum
Posted by: chemjeff at May 13, 2013 06:57 PM (BBWjt)
Not sure about the sliding scales for schools. My oldest wanted to go to Duke, she settled on a big 10 school
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 13, 2013 10:54 PM (HVff2)
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Salaries in govt are set so your degree won't determine your earnings. But look at the top positions of power in DC and see where they went. Not many State Us on the list. You don't rise unless you went to the right school. The real money comes after they retire from govt work. And look at K Street lobbyists...again not many State U grads.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 13, 2013 06:57 PM (HDgX3)
no, no phone numbers.
Posted by: chemjeff at May 13, 2013 06:58 PM (BBWjt)
here is a kitteh for you
http://tinyurl.com/ce769js
Posted by: chemjeff at May 13, 2013 06:59 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 13, 2013 06:59 PM (4Mv1T)
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For some reason, every time Old Bushmills is involved, some kind of weirdness happens. Cops, things burning down, angry girlfriends, public nakedness...., something always goes wrong. I gave up Irish whiskey 20 years ago. I think my English system just revolts at Irish whiskey. Scotch, on the other hand, is mothers milk....
Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 13, 2013 07:00 PM (aDwsi)
The Rock has been whoopin' his monkey ass all through his trailer park.
Or perhaps you meant the Six Million Dollar Man?
Posted by: The Rock at May 13, 2013 07:00 PM (XQzGn)
since you don't know what the future holds, keep debt to a minimum
Posted by: chemjeff at May 13, 2013 10:57 PM (BBWjt)
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Sure there's some risk you'll decide you want to be a Starbucks barista your whole life or suddenly discover a love to cowboy poetry. But chances are if you're smart enough to get into Harvard you're smart enough not to throw it all away as well.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 13, 2013 07:00 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at May 13, 2013 07:00 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at May 13, 2013 07:01 PM (52n2x)
Posted by: cornelius, waiting for the Cobalt bomb at May 13, 2013 07:01 PM (Jsiw/)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 13, 2013 07:01 PM (HVff2)
1. Stellar grades and SATs
2. Decent grades/SATs and minority status
3. Decent grades/SATs and a parent that went there
Or for the Stanfords and Notre Dames can you bounce a basketball or throw a football
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 13, 2013 10:54 PM (HDgX3)
--Hardly guarantees. Necessary, but not sufficient. Plus, of course, to Ivies Asian does not count as "minority."
Posted by: logprof at May 13, 2013 07:01 PM (+iA5G)
HEY! Instead of that wimpy 1% from Food Lion I pour in my coffee, I can try some of this mother's milk!
Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 13, 2013 07:01 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: EC at May 13, 2013 07:01 PM (doBIb)
Ted Cruz is coming on strong, but so did Chris Christie a few years ago. Not saying they're alike, but he's still on the honeymoon, as far as I'm concerned. He hasn't folded or compromised yet, but I don't believe he's had the screws put to him yet either.
As for the others, they're politicians. I think they're compromised. I like Paul Ryan, but he's cast some votes that have made me scratch my head (i.e. debt limit, Medicare Part D, etc). Rand Paul is interesting, but something about him makes me feel he's untrustworthy. Don't know what it is. Got the same feeling about Dubya all those years ago. His words sound good, but they strike an insincere chord somewhere in me.
Posted by: WolfinNC at May 13, 2013 07:01 PM (HVOxM)
Posted by: Peaches at May 13, 2013 07:02 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 13, 2013 11:01 PM (HVff2)
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So anyone who makes a lot of money has neither? Class warfare much?
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 13, 2013 07:02 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at May 13, 2013 07:02 PM (jucos)
It's Rush Limbaugh's fault that people are cynical about government and he just can't make all their dreams come true
As scandal swirls, Obama focuses on the real cause of cynicism about government: Rush Limbaugh
http://tinyurl.com/c9ysrtl
Posted by: kbdabear at May 13, 2013 07:02 PM (mCvL4)
This is why my anger at the MFM is still white-hot. They have created the monster that is the Obama regime.
Posted by: palerider at May 13, 2013 07:02 PM (dkExz)
Yeah, the failed Liberal lawyer in my office who has $300,000 in student loan debt and now works as a programmer for less than $65,000. The same f@ckwit who knows everything about everything, yet, somehow he managed to lose his third of a very nice house free and clear in Marin, CA doing day trading--my guess is he lost about $300,000 on that move. So net-net, he is $600K in the hole and he is the smart one.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at May 13, 2013 07:02 PM (kXoT0)
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Irrefutable logic.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 13, 2013 07:03 PM (aDwsi)
Go Terps!
Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at May 13, 2013 11:01 PM (52n2x)
--Thank goodness, after passing on William and Mary for my undergrad years for being too broke, I made the right call for my Ph.D.
Posted by: logprof at May 13, 2013 07:03 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 13, 2013 07:03 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: EC at May 13, 2013 11:01 PM (doBIb)
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Yep. And they're not hurting whatsoever. That's my point. Do you want to be on that side of the fence or on the "moral and just" side while scraping by?
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 13, 2013 07:03 PM (HDgX3)
The point is, people's priorities change, even for smart people, and what 18-year-olds thought they wanted to do with the rest of their lives is not the same as what 28-year-olds think they want to do with the rest of their lives.
What if your spouse/parents get sick and you have to quit your job to take care of them full time? Then how are you going to pay your massive student loan bill? These things happen to smart people too you know.
It's not about intelligence, it's about risk.
Posted by: chemjeff at May 13, 2013 07:03 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at May 13, 2013 07:03 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 13, 2013 11:01 PM (HVff2)
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So anyone who makes a lot of money has neither? Class warfare much?
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 13, 2013 11:02 PM (HDgX3)
Sometimes reading comprehension is hard.
Posted by: Mætenloch at May 13, 2013 07:03 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 13, 2013 07:04 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at May 13, 2013 07:04 PM (kXoT0)
Posted by: EC at May 13, 2013 11:01 PM (doBIb)
Are they what used to be called "the best and the brightest"
(Or is that what they just called themselves ?)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 13, 2013 07:05 PM (HvmjJ)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 13, 2013 07:05 PM (2up3Q)
Posted by: Stanley Ann Dunham at May 13, 2013 07:05 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Peaches at May 13, 2013 07:06 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Charles Manson at May 13, 2013 07:06 PM (JqnAE)
Posted by: EC at May 13, 2013 07:06 PM (doBIb)
There were red flags with Christie earlier on that haven't appeared with Cruz thus far. This time into Christie's tenure, he was backing the Ground Zero mosque and appointing noted Pali-sympathizers into key positions in the judiciary.
Also, I disagree on Rand Paul, but I'm much higher on him than most, so I understand the skepticism
Posted by: The Q at May 13, 2013 07:06 PM (XQzGn)
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at May 13, 2013 07:07 PM (bb5+k)
(Or is that what they just called themselves ?)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr.
I think that refers to after they are properly dried out and used for kindling.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at May 13, 2013 07:07 PM (YTstp)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at May 13, 2013 11:02 PM (kXoT0)
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There will always be this example. What you're saying is don't go to an Ivy school because a very very small percent of them fuck up. Ask yourself this....how many Ivy grads do you know working for $65K a year? They're few and far between.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 13, 2013 07:07 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 13, 2013 07:07 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 13, 2013 07:07 PM (2up3Q)
I'm in the Triangle. Not the Containment Area, if you know what I mean, but that general location.
I suppose you're right about Barber, but he gets so much play. The N&O will cover him walking alone with a sign, if need be.
Posted by: WolfinNC at May 13, 2013 07:07 PM (HVOxM)
True capitalist.
I will say, he has lots of patents to his name. The company owns them, but still.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 13, 2013 07:07 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: O. J. Simpson at May 13, 2013 07:08 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at May 13, 2013 07:08 PM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 13, 2013 11:07 PM (HVff2)
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Says the person who doesn't make money. Spare the bullshit.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 13, 2013 07:08 PM (HDgX3)
Mætenloch,
Mr. Moo Moo doesn't quite get the whole "morals" thing, as demonstrated by numerous conversations in the past. Best to just smile politely and back away.
Posted by: Grey Fox at May 13, 2013 07:08 PM (XQsSC)
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at May 13, 2013 07:08 PM (n8LUb)
Posted by: trainer says LIB at May 13, 2013 07:08 PM (eVgJn)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at May 13, 2013 07:09 PM (b9K4P)
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 13, 2013 07:09 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 13, 2013 07:09 PM (2up3Q)
Mr. Moo Moo doesn't quite get the whole "morals" thing, as demonstrated by numerous conversations in the past. Best to just smile politely and back away.
Posted by: Grey Fox at May 13, 2013 11:08 PM (XQsSC)
I can't decide if he's a Libertarian or just a troll.
Posted by: Mætenloch at May 13, 2013 07:09 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: rickl at May 13, 2013 07:09 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Peaches at May 13, 2013 11:06 PM (8lmkt)
I completely agree with you Peaches but I'm so tired of getting burned I'm holding out until I'm sure....and even then, I won't be sure, sure.
Posted by: Tami [/i] at May 13, 2013 07:10 PM (X6akg)
May I invite you to join the Jeb Bush bandwagon?
Posted by: The Q at May 13, 2013 07:10 PM (XQzGn)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 13, 2013 07:10 PM (TgV4O)
General Jim Mattis, USMC, retired.
I'd trust him. He wagered a lifetime serving this country, and a lot of the guys that served under him would run through Hell in a gasoline suit if he asked them to.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense ...... at May 13, 2013 07:10 PM (I2uSp)
True capitalist.
I will say, he has lots of patents to his name. The company owns them, but still.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 13, 2013 11:07 PM (4Mv1T)
________________________
That's fairly typical. But at the same time the person who replaced your brother most likely got a master's paid for by another company. In the end it all works out for employers.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 13, 2013 07:10 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at May 13, 2013 07:10 PM (n8LUb)
Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at May 13, 2013 07:10 PM (52n2x)
Well that is not what I'm saying. If you go massively in debt at any school for any degree, then you are enslaving yourself to the bank. Sometimes you can free yourself from bondage in only a few years with the right high paying job, sometimes you can't. That is the point.
Posted by: chemjeff at May 13, 2013 07:11 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: BignJames at May 13, 2013 07:11 PM (20Mmk)
Posted by: WolfinNC
I had to drop the NO after the most recent elections. They became unbearable. One of their editors lives down the street from me.
And sadly, I am in the containment area. Wife was born and bred here. So she's different than 99% of the rest.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 13, 2013 07:11 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Peaches at May 13, 2013 07:11 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at May 13, 2013 07:11 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at May 13, 2013 07:11 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Mr Doo Doo at May 13, 2013 07:12 PM (ETCgz)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at May 13, 2013 07:12 PM (b9K4P)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 13, 2013 07:13 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at May 13, 2013 07:13 PM (52n2x)
Flipping channels after the hockey and found this tribute band competition on AXS TV.
Queen tribute, and the guy acting as Freddie Mercury is awesome. Wow.
Posted by: The Q at May 13, 2013 07:13 PM (XQzGn)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 13, 2013 07:13 PM (TgV4O)
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at May 13, 2013 07:13 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 13, 2013 11:07 PM (HDgX3)
Nope, not saying that at all. What I am pointing out is his mindset has caused his failures. He is a smart ass know-it-all who wears out his welcome in about 30 seconds. He has the perfect right to go to an IVY, borrow the money, try the law, then try day trading, however, somewhere along that expensive and slippery slope perhaps he should have said, "Hmm, is this working or am I mortgaging my future plus that of wife my four kids?"
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at May 13, 2013 07:13 PM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at May 13, 2013 11:11 PM (jucos)
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I'm sure they're quivering their boots.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 13, 2013 07:13 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: mugiwara at May 13, 2013 07:14 PM (hpYnL)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 13, 2013 07:14 PM (HVff2)
eh - I think it is more the case that financial extremes in either direction only amplify a person's existing character.
Posted by: chemjeff at May 13, 2013 07:14 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 13, 2013 07:14 PM (2up3Q)
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at May 13, 2013 07:14 PM (bb5+k)
Money is a tool, and not an end in itself.
Making money usually (almost always!) takes brains, hard work, and some luck. But "making money" alone is not a metric to pick a good political leader.
Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and the Sage of Omaha have all made BILLIONS, but would you want any of them to be President?
Really?
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense ...... at May 13, 2013 07:14 PM (I2uSp)
That perception is purely temporary. You're either too wealthy to care or you're not. Reality will catch up.
Posted by: epobirs at May 13, 2013 07:14 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at May 13, 2013 07:14 PM (52n2x)
Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at May 13, 2013 11:13 PM (52n2x)
better that he doesn't, imho. you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas. he's one smart, SMART fucker. read about him, i am increasingly convinced he's the one. and as far as being born in Canada, it's a non-starter. he's a citizen and there are no barriers to him moving into 1600 (after a thorough fumigation, of course)
Posted by: Peaches at May 13, 2013 07:15 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 13, 2013 11:13 PM (HDgX3)
Is that you jimi ray?
Posted by: Mætenloch at May 13, 2013 07:15 PM (pAlYe)
That is not in evidence.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at May 13, 2013 07:15 PM (kXoT0)
Umm, no. This is what you don't get: education != credentialism
Posted by: chemjeff at May 13, 2013 07:15 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Jethro Bodine University of Ciphering Big Numbers (JBUCBN). at May 13, 2013 07:15 PM (jz0+s)
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at May 13, 2013 11:13 PM (kXoT0)
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That's a personal issue he's got. If he's a fuck up in life, he would have been a fuck up with or without a Penn degree. Some people are self - destructive, plain and simple.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 13, 2013 07:15 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 13, 2013 07:16 PM (BBWjt)
Yeah explain to me the libertarian case for "just caving on guns, and Ogabecare"....
I can't Oppo aikido one and I tried.....
Is there some "my wife feels icky about EBR" exemption to "leave me the fuck alone" I missed somewhere?
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 13, 2013 07:16 PM (LRFds)
But do you guys really think that anyone has the balls to cut entitlement programs? Or amend the rules of engagement for our boys in the Middle East? Or actually reform healthcare (i.e. stopping the insurance company oligopoly)?
Or, most importantly, is there anyone out there who will begin to change the idea that "experts" should run this country? Those people who went to the Ivy League schools y'all have been talking about. That their opinion should count more than ours? Will anyone begin to devolve all the power that Washington has gathered to itself back to the people? That's what I'm talking about. Fixing the problem, not just stopping the spread of the disease.
Posted by: WolfinNC at May 13, 2013 07:16 PM (HVOxM)
When I was in college my job was as a night/weekend dispatcher for a trucking a company and I had to lug my Motorola everywhere. The signal quality was crap at the best.
I tried to drive and talk on it once. ONCE.
Posted by: CozMark at May 13, 2013 07:16 PM (dm7Ev)
EC, I was away from the computer and came back.
You sir, are a giver and a man among men.
Gracias, Senor! (see we're getting in the Hispanic inclusiveness here)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense ...... at May 13, 2013 07:16 PM (I2uSp)
I can think of one "making money" dude who I was originally down on that I'd want to be out political leader right now . . .
Posted by: The Q at May 13, 2013 07:16 PM (XQzGn)
Posted by: Jethro Bodine University of Ciphering Big Numbers (JBUCBN). at May 13, 2013 07:17 PM (jz0+s)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 13, 2013 07:17 PM (2up3Q)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 13, 2013 07:17 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 13, 2013 07:17 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at May 13, 2013 07:17 PM (b9K4P)
Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at May 13, 2013 07:17 PM (52n2x)
The Zack Morris cell phone
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgfcidcKLE1qh3qkyo1_500.jpg
Posted by: The Q at May 13, 2013 07:17 PM (XQzGn)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 13, 2013 11:15 PM (BBWjt)
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Of course it is. The people who insist it's not are the ones without credentials.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 13, 2013 07:18 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: WolfinNC at May 13, 2013 07:18 PM (HVOxM)
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at May 13, 2013 11:14 PM (bb5+k)
He worships Obama, so he is ready to go. But, sadly, he is not really smart or driven enough for that group. From my observations, he probably tests very well, he is of Hispanic extraction, and has tons of self confidence---so I can see how he got into an Ivy and graduated, but, he does not have what it takes to run with the big dogs.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at May 13, 2013 07:18 PM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Tuna at May 13, 2013 07:18 PM (M/TDA)
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 13, 2013 07:19 PM (g/tkL)
The only people I trust these days are those that have a military record and are old enough to have been steeped in the time honored traditions of this country (like Mattis) or young enough to have to have gotten out when they saw what was happening to the military under the progs (like West).
Cruz may cause me to rethink my general hatred of lawyers because he seems to be spot on in every thing I've seen him do.
Posted by: Hrothgar at May 13, 2013 07:19 PM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: Mr Doo Doo at May 13, 2013 07:19 PM (FjCH3)
Please, I beg you guys, do not let your knee-jerk antipathy for the Ivy leagues cause you to reject someone who very well may be the only person with the ability to turn this shit around.
Posted by: Peaches at May 13, 2013 07:19 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 13, 2013 07:19 PM (TgV4O)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 13, 2013 11:00 PM (HDgX3)
You're a tard. That's all.
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at May 13, 2013 07:19 PM (A9na/)
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at May 13, 2013 07:20 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 13, 2013 07:20 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: RWC at May 13, 2013 07:20 PM (Wl/Ht)
Posted by: Florida State alum at May 13, 2013 07:20 PM (Rk8LS)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 13, 2013 07:20 PM (2up3Q)
The point is, people's priorities change, even for smart people, and what 18-year-olds thought they wanted to do with the rest of their lives is not the same as what 28-year-olds think they want to do with the rest of their lives.
What if your spouse/parents get sick and you have to quit your job to take care of them full time? Then how are you going to pay your massive student loan bill? These things happen to smart people too you know.
It's not about intelligence, it's about risk.
Posted by: chemjeff at May 13, 2013 11:03 PM (BBWjt)
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How long will you have to take care of a parent? A few months? A couple of years? You don't give up a 40 year lucrative career because of something that maybe might happen? Besides if you make the extra money as a result of that degree, you can hire someone to take care of a parent, you don't have to quit your job.
With that mentality why buy a house? One day you might have to quit your job to take care of a spouse and how will you pay your mortgage? Why have kids? The kids might get sick some day and you'll have huge medical bills. Best to just sit in your room 24/7 and avoid all risk in the big bard world out there.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 13, 2013 07:20 PM (HDgX3)
I was waiting for the parts about being otherworldly good on guitar and getting kick out of bands because the other guys were jealous of the the chicks even though he was gay.
Posted by: Country Singer at May 13, 2013 07:21 PM (cnmE6)
Posted by: EC at May 13, 2013 07:21 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: The Political Hat at May 13, 2013 07:21 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at May 13, 2013 07:21 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at May 13, 2013 07:22 PM (sYTYw)
Posted by: WolfinNC/
Think of it this way: the Left didn't march through the institutions in one day. It took them 80 years to get government run healthcare.
Disabuse yourself of the notion that one candidate or even an 8-year presidential term is going to roll it back. Do not think that we should or can load all of our hopes on to one guy or even one set of politicians.
It's going to take a substantial fraction of the same time to roll half of it back and several battalions of imperfect people.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at May 13, 2013 07:22 PM (YTstp)
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at May 13, 2013 07:22 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 13, 2013 07:22 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 13, 2013 11:16 PM (BBWjt)
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Nothing. I just find it comical when people think that a No Name State U degree is worth the same as a Yale or Princeton degree.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 13, 2013 07:22 PM (HDgX3)
That's the spirit!
Posted by: The Q at May 13, 2013 07:22 PM (XQzGn)
I've been noticing a fair amount of discrepancy in the astral diamonds awarded for skirmishes in the last treasure chest. It always says 1000, but I seem to end up with something different. Earlier when I was playing someone suggested Take gets better results than Take All. So I set my social tab just to receive system messages and observed the following.
When I used Take All, I got 200.
When I used Take, I got 1000.
More importantly, I got 200 when other players looted the chest though I don't know which command they used as circumstances didn't allow for a discussion.
I suspect this is a bug, either you should always get 1000 just when you loot the chest or you should get 200 as each party member loots it.
I'm curious if anyone can verify (when it's convenient to you and if you get chattier parties) if in fact you would get 1000 each time anyone selects Take All, as this would rapidly increase the AD earned for the skirmish event.
Posted by: Methos at May 13, 2013 07:22 PM (hO9ad)
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I'm going to have to disagree with that statement. Cat is grey, stringy, and tastes very gamey. My source: my own taste buds. As luck (and stereotypes) would have it, it was served as Pepper Steak at a Chinese/Vietnamese restaurant in California. A week after I ate it, the place was closed for "serving domestic feline" according to the newspaper.
Almost 30 years ago and my friends still meow when they see me.
Posted by: sluggo at May 13, 2013 07:22 PM (vVv3V)
"302 Chelsea Clinton is kind of hot."
Fat-bottomed girls u make the rocket world go round. Get on ur bikes and ride!
Posted by: Zombie Freddie Mercury at May 13, 2013 07:22 PM (jz0+s)
Posted by: WolfinNC at May 13, 2013 07:23 PM (HVOxM)
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at May 13, 2013 07:24 PM (bb5+k)
Of course it's not.
At a no name U, you probably actually had to work and learn something rather than rub the right elbows.
Posted by: Methos at May 13, 2013 07:24 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: BignJames at May 13, 2013 07:24 PM (20Mmk)
Posted by: filbert, mobile at May 13, 2013 07:24 PM (7vimm)
Posted by: Tuna at May 13, 2013 07:25 PM (M/TDA)
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 13, 2013 07:25 PM (g/tkL)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 13, 2013 11:15 PM (HDgX3)
I never said he went to Penn. When he mentions where he went, he says. "A small select Ivy, YOU WOULD NOT KNOW THE NAME IF I TOLD YOU." The only point I have been making is that if you are a 24K ass and you go to a top school and come out it as a 24K ass with no rough edges removed, then life might poop on you. It amuses me to watch him because I know for a damn fact that I could buy and sell him at least 50 times without blinking once, but, he always tells me that I am worse than ignorant--I am wrong about everything.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at May 13, 2013 07:25 PM (kXoT0)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 13, 2013 11:18 PM (HDgX3)
okay, now Moo Moo here really is just a shit-stirring troll.
Posted by: chemjeff at May 13, 2013 07:25 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at May 13, 2013 07:26 PM (bb5+k)
I kinda think the college thing is a bit overrated. We managed to acquire a nice house, several vehicles,a comfortable retirement lifestyle and no debt. Neither of us has any more than a high school education, yet we managed to do very nicely.
All it took was a shitload of hard work plus a frugal lifestyle during the run up. And in spite of the frugality, we managed to have a lot of fun, do things and go places.
But our crowning achievement was raising the 2 best kids in this hemisphere. That will be our legacy, and I can think of nothing more pleasing.
Posted by: irongrampa at May 13, 2013 07:26 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: Mr Doo Doo at May 13, 2013 07:26 PM (FjCH3)
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at May 13, 2013 07:26 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 13, 2013 07:27 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at May 13, 2013 11:26 PM (bb5+k)
that's what lawyers do. billable hours, baby. if we let that stop us, then we deserve to lose (again)
Posted by: Peaches at May 13, 2013 07:27 PM (8lmkt)
Mr Doo Doo at May 13, 2013 11:19 PM
Get back with us when your brain has thawed out from that Canadian Winter.
Posted by: harleycowboy at May 13, 2013 07:27 PM (yfeAd)
88: Yale vs Harvard
92: Yale vs Yale
96: Yale vs Washburn (? never heard of it)
00: Yale vs Harvard
04: Yale vs Yale
08: Columbia vs. Naval Academy
12: Yale vs Harvard
You see a pattern there? And Dole went to college in the 40s or 50s. Back then even a No Name U was something since few people went to college.
Look at SCOTUS...every one of the 9 has an Ivy degree.
Do you think all that is just a coincidence?
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 13, 2013 07:28 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 13, 2013 11:22 PM (HDgX3)
Okay, just one example among many to shut up this idiot.
Have you heard of Linus Pauling? He is only one of the 20th century's most famous chemists.
Do you know where he got his undergraduate degree? Was it Harvard? Yale? Princeton? Stanford? MIT? Cal Tech?
No.
It was fucking Oregon State.
So shut the fuck up.
Posted by: chemjeff at May 13, 2013 07:29 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at May 13, 2013 11:22 PM (bb5+k)
Don't understand the question. I am in Tulsa and going off to bed.
Posted by: Sherry McEvil, Stiletto Corsettes C'est Magnifique at May 13, 2013 07:29 PM (kXoT0)
Posted by: I made that at May 13, 2013 07:29 PM (3p8sP)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 13, 2013 11:25 PM (BBWjt)
Still could be a Libertarian. Because the smugness and absolute certainly.
Posted by: Mætenloch at May 13, 2013 07:29 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: RWC at May 13, 2013 07:30 PM (Wl/Ht)
Posted by: filbert, mobile at May 13, 2013 07:30 PM (7vimm)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 13, 2013 07:30 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: EC at May 13, 2013 07:31 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Name at May 13, 2013 07:31 PM (KqnY1)
http://tinyurl.com/ckbmz39
Posted by: McGregor at May 13, 2013 07:31 PM (qo244)
okay, now Moo Moo here really is just a shit-stirring troll
I would also like to point out that despite all his bluster about his education, wealth, success with women, etc., we still haven't heard where he went to school, what level he reached, what he does for a living, if he is married, if he has kids, etc. Most people mention at least some of these things in the course of the conversation - I know a good bit about a number of regulars here - but Moo Moo hasn't mentioned anything that I can remember seeing. That is kind of odd, I think.
Posted by: Grey Fox at May 13, 2013 07:31 PM (XQsSC)
YES YES YES.
People think a college degree is a "free money" card. It isn't.
Posted by: chemjeff at May 13, 2013 07:31 PM (BBWjt)
Oh, I know it. And our problem is almost entirely found in the news media/entertainment industry's slavish devotion to left wing positions. Society swings like a pendulum between left and right. The media and Hollywood have been holding that pendulum to the left for 50 years now, and this is what happens.
I'm just wondering who could begin the process. I don't know one politician who would have the guts to leave anything of importance up to the individual initiatives of the American people. Any measure adopted, any change proposed must be studied and signed off on by the experts, who are almost uniformly liberal. I think we've got to "de-expertize" America before we can turn this corner.
I think we ought to pool our cash and send one of the Morons to Congress. That'd be a jump start to the system!
Posted by: WolfinNC at May 13, 2013 07:31 PM (HVOxM)
If it says, "Read a book" (or a reasonable facsimile thereof), you'll know for sure.
Posted by: Country Singer at May 13, 2013 07:31 PM (cnmE6)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 13, 2013 11:22 PM
I look down on all of them. Yale and Princeton are chump clubs. I went to the very best. Very exclusive. You should ask me about prestigious education because I'm awesome.
Posted by: otho at May 13, 2013 07:31 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Name at May 13, 2013 11:24 PM
Maybe she Foundtherum.
Posted by: Berserker at May 13, 2013 07:32 PM (FMbng)
Do you think all that is just a coincidence?
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 13, 2013 11:28 PM (HDgX3)
The ruling class chooses among members of its own tribe. This is not in dispute.
Posted by: chemjeff at May 13, 2013 07:32 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Thrawn at May 13, 2013 07:32 PM (JqnAE)
That'll make sense to TheDude, Merovign, Anna Puma, or the other players.
Basically the game gives hourly incentives to play particular parts of it. Skirmishes are multiplayer cooperative activities. The incentive for them in their hour is a special currency that can be exchanged for store currency (which is like cash) or items with other players.
Posted by: Methos at May 13, 2013 07:33 PM (hO9ad)
The IRS lady who apologized for the IRS probe into Tea Party said, "I'm not very good at math."
Posted by: The Q at May 13, 2013 07:33 PM (XQzGn)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at May 13, 2013 07:34 PM (b9K4P)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense ...... at May 13, 2013 07:34 PM (I2uSp)
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at May 13, 2013 07:34 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at May 13, 2013 07:34 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Tuna at May 13, 2013 07:35 PM (M/TDA)
Houses and kids are tangible items. You can sell them off if things get tough. A half finished education? Not so sellable.
Posted by: epobirs at May 13, 2013 07:35 PM (kcfmt)
...
Look at SCOTUS...every one of the 9 has an Ivy degree.
So you're presenting the case for burning down every last trace of the ivy league and blacklisting its graduates.
Okey-dokey
Posted by: Methos at May 13, 2013 07:35 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 13, 2013 07:35 PM (pxDth)
Posted by: rdumoron at May 13, 2013 07:36 PM (aUQgu)
So a bunch of douchebags went to Yale and Harvard. You're not exactly proving your point.
Pointing at Obama, Clinton, Dubya, Gore, and Dole as shining examples of the fruits of ivy league education is well... not smart. Don't get me started on SCOTUS. Roberts, anyway.
Posted by: WolfinNC at May 13, 2013 07:36 PM (HVOxM)
Posted by: Mr. Doodiehead at May 13, 2013 07:37 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: In Exile at May 13, 2013 07:37 PM (y/bOi)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 13, 2013 07:37 PM (TgV4O)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 13, 2013 07:37 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Thrawn at May 13, 2013 07:38 PM (JqnAE)
Posted by: Name at May 13, 2013 07:38 PM (KqnY1)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at May 13, 2013 07:38 PM (b9K4P)
@ 304 But chances are if you're smart enough to get into Harvard you're smart enough not to throw it all away as well.... Why have kids? The kids might get sick some day and you'll have huge medical bills.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 13, 2013 11:00 PM (HDgX3)
Moo Moo, as the son of dead parents and father of a dead son, you're full of shit and a prick. I took the time to care for them... because love. BTW, I went to small state college and own a biz netting 40% on 5 mill in revenue per year. Fuck you.
Posted by: olddog in mo at May 13, 2013 07:38 PM (A9na/)
hope tomorrow shapes up to be just as misanthropic and humanitarian-y as today
Posted by: chemjeff at May 13, 2013 07:39 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: WolfinNC at May 13, 2013 07:39 PM (HVOxM)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s] at May 13, 2013 07:39 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 13, 2013 11:22 PM>>
For those of us peons working to manufacture everyday stuff (even in large 1000 plus employee locations) No one knows where everyone went to school they only know who has the answers. So exept for those jobs that are political/connection oriented what you say is BS
Posted by: McGregor at May 13, 2013 07:40 PM (qo244)
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 13, 2013 07:40 PM (A8F6O)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at May 13, 2013 11:38 PM (b9K4P)
That is a hidden scandal at a lot of these top-tier schools. They have a disproportionate number of suicides because they are such high-stress high-achievement places. Students there are under constant stress not just to pass, but to get top grades.
Posted by: chemjeff at May 13, 2013 07:40 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at May 13, 2013 11:38 PM (b9K4P)
I hear it went way down after they stopped admitting Oregon State grads to the PhD program.
Oh, and Linus Pauling was a fuckin' nut job.
Posted by: Peaches at May 13, 2013 07:40 PM (8lmkt)
My dad, Mystry, loved the Blessed Mother and resented the misapplied changes of Vatican II that "kicked her out."
Today is the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima, credited by Catholics for defeating Communism.
Today could have been the day we see the beginning of the great tectonic plate shift, the longed-for but thought-impossible downfall of the evil this President has spread. He has caused personal pain to many, including my father and me.
Perhaps I'm reading too much into all this, but I have been praying a great deal about this nation, along with many of the rest of you, I'm sure. I assumed that the errors of the United States were too deep and too wide.
Today, for the first time in a very long time... hope.
Wishing all of you well. If you are the praying sort, please either start or keep at it. I feel a "great disturbance in the Force...." certainly like something momentous has started or is about to start.
Only the prayers of the righteous constantly joined can bring this about.
Hoping all of you are well. As always, with appreciation and gratitude...
Posted by: Offspring of Mystry at May 13, 2013 07:40 PM (6XG5P)
All you've offered there is an argument for feeding the graduating classes of Yale and Harvard into meat grinders at the end of commencement.
And the guy from 00 and 04 is actually both Yale and Harvard, yet a substantial portion of the nation is certain he is a drooling idiot. Credentials don't matter if you aren't playing for the right team.
Posted by: epobirs at May 13, 2013 07:40 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s] at May 13, 2013 07:41 PM (qyfb5)
okay, now Moo Moo here really is just a shit-stirring troll.
Posted by: chemjeff at May 13, 2013 11:25 PM (BBWjt)
Welcome to the party, pal!
Posted by: John McClane at May 13, 2013 07:42 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: Peaches at May 13, 2013 11:40 PM (8lmkt)
Yes, Linus Pauling was a moonbat. That is true.
But you cannot deny that he was one smart mofo.
Posted by: chemjeff at May 13, 2013 07:42 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: RWC at May 13, 2013 07:42 PM (Wl/Ht)
Posted by: In Exile at May 13, 2013 07:43 PM (y/bOi)
Posted by: Thrawn at May 13, 2013 07:43 PM (JqnAE)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNFMPhKIZXg
Some of my Cal Tech alumni friends swear this scene is replicated in real life every year.
Posted by: epobirs at May 13, 2013 07:43 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: The Political Hat at May 13, 2013 07:44 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Offspring of Mystry at May 13, 2013 11:40 PM (6XG5P)
Hi Offspring of Mystry! Thanks for checking in. It's good to hear from you! We all miss the guy. Hope things are well at your end.
Posted by: chemjeff at May 13, 2013 07:44 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Tuna at May 13, 2013 07:44 PM (M/TDA)
I know quite a few college educated individuals who are incredibly smart--along with being dumber than a dead stump.
Education is worthless if it is misapplied, imho.
Posted by: irongrampa at May 13, 2013 07:44 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: Name at May 13, 2013 07:44 PM (KqnY1)
Posted by: The Political Hat at May 13, 2013 11:44 PM (Vk2pI)
That is sadly very true. There's a bunch of examples of famous scientists going on to pretend that they know the answer to all of life's mysteries....
Posted by: chemjeff at May 13, 2013 07:45 PM (BBWjt)
I understand that's also a common occurrence at the Navy's Nuclear Power School. Also saw it happen to one classmate in my Electronic Warfare school.
Posted by: Country Singer at May 13, 2013 07:46 PM (cnmE6)
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 13, 2013 07:46 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense ...... at May 13, 2013 11:34 PM (I2uSp)
Au contraire, mon ami! To fuck something up that badly, Ivy League-level hubris is nearly a requirement.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 13, 2013 07:46 PM (tyF2+)
Posted by: filbert, mobile at May 13, 2013 07:47 PM (7vimm)
Posted by: WolfinNC at May 13, 2013 07:47 PM (HVOxM)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 13, 2013 07:47 PM (fl/+y)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 13, 2013 07:47 PM (Z9EHQ)
Latest addendum to the lineup: Stephen Hawking
Posted by: Country Singer at May 13, 2013 07:47 PM (cnmE6)
Posted by: The Political Hat at May 13, 2013 07:47 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: In Exile at May 13, 2013 07:48 PM (y/bOi)
Posted by: Thrawn at May 13, 2013 07:49 PM (JqnAE)
Posted by: Tuna at May 13, 2013 11:47 PM (M/TDA)
EXACTLY. But if you go deeply into debt getting a college degree, you HAVE to make the equality success = money work for you out of sheer financial necessity. If things in your life change - you get married, have kids, have sick parents/family, want to change careers - well, too bad! That is the problem with going deeply in debt for a college degree. It enslaves you into a particular path.
Posted by: chemjeff at May 13, 2013 07:49 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Name at May 13, 2013 11:44 PM (KqnY1)
You whiny, sniveling little shitheel . . . get out and stay out.
Posted by: Peaches at May 13, 2013 07:50 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Tuna at May 13, 2013 07:50 PM (M/TDA)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at May 13, 2013 07:50 PM (jucos)
There might come a huge rift between the field reporters and the navel gazing juiceboxers of Jornolist
The Juicebox Mafia doesn't rely on outside sources, only on whatever is rattling inside their own heads or what the White House sends them that they want said
The field reporters of the AP and other news businesses count on their sources for stories, and combine the IRS spying along with Holder grabbing reporter phone records, those sources go dark in a hurry
A hot intranacine war in the MSM might be a whole lot better for us than a futile attempt to get TFG
Posted by: kbdabear at May 13, 2013 07:51 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at May 13, 2013 07:51 PM (HsTG8)
It is the danger of the echo chamber. They achieve knowledge in their field above all others around them and are granted only praise. Soon the feel infallible in all things. Just like top tier actors, just being smart they should know better than to believe it.
Posted by: McGregor at May 13, 2013 07:51 PM (qo244)
Posted by: Offspring of Mystry at May 13, 2013 11:40 PM (6XG5P)
Well, that gave me pause. The month of May is troublesome in our house because our son died this month 3 years ago. We pray often and wife and daughter are going back to church. Me, not yet, because I don't like being seen crying.
Hope? Good thought. I'm doubtful, but you never know. Yet, I did find your words comforting. Thank You.. Oh, and fuck Moo-Moo.
Posted by: olddog in mo at May 13, 2013 07:51 PM (A9na/)
hey, buddy! {{{{{}}}}} what part of "the road to hell is paved with good intentions" did you not understand then but probably totally get now? again, {{{{{{}}}}}} love you, my friend!
Posted by: Peaches at May 13, 2013 07:52 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at May 13, 2013 07:52 PM (b9K4P)
Well, yeah. That is the only way it is ever going to happen. Anything we do will just be depicted as "politicizing a tragedy" or some nonsense. But when THEY get upset, THEN it suddenly rises to "legitimate scandal".
Posted by: chemjeff at May 13, 2013 07:52 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at May 13, 2013 07:53 PM (jucos)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 13, 2013 07:53 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: mindful webworker and the hidden benefits at May 13, 2013 07:54 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 13, 2013 07:54 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: Name at May 13, 2013 07:54 PM (KqnY1)
Just shows to go ya: smart and stoopid aren't always mutually exclusive.
Posted by: cool arrow at May 13, 2013 07:55 PM (WMsq+)
Goodnite, good people. Stay safe.
Posted by: irongrampa at May 13, 2013 07:55 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: McGregor at May 13, 2013 11:40 PM (qo244)
Yes, a key difference is you are trying to do something tangible with measurable results!
Posted by: Hrothgar at May 13, 2013 07:55 PM (Cnqmv)
Posted by: field worker at May 13, 2013 07:55 PM (YyEsL)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 13, 2013 07:55 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 13, 2013 07:56 PM (g/tkL)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 13, 2013 07:57 PM (Z9EHQ)
so very, very sorry for your loss... I am extremely grateful that I was able to bring you any measure of comfort. Thanks so much for letting me know that.
My uncle died young. I did not meet him. My grandparents very gradually found healing, but they did find it. I will remember you and your family in my prayers. I will ask Our Lady of Sorrows at the foot of the Cross to comfort you.
Posted by: Offspring of Mystry at May 13, 2013 07:58 PM (6XG5P)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 13, 2013 07:59 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: helofixer at May 13, 2013 07:59 PM (aqQun)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 13, 2013 07:59 PM (fl/+y)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at May 13, 2013 07:59 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at May 13, 2013 07:59 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at May 13, 2013 07:59 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 13, 2013 07:59 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: Thrawn at May 13, 2013 08:00 PM (JqnAE)
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 13, 2013 08:00 PM (A8F6O)
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 13, 2013 08:01 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 13, 2013 08:02 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: SFGoth at May 13, 2013 08:02 PM (Riotd)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at May 13, 2013 08:02 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at May 13, 2013 08:03 PM (jucos)
Mr. Moo Moo thinks getting a degree from a prestigious (according to the left) university is the same thing as being well educated. The media makes this mistake on a daily basis also (hence, all these breathless stories about these amazingly "intelligent" leftist hack politicians from-insert ivy league school here-).
Of couse many graduates from the ivy league are intelligent..... many are also overrated asshats that skate through life on their industrious dead relatives dime...
Just my two cents...... won't mean much..... me being a blue collar type that worked two jobs and paid my way through a state college here in Wisconsin. What a fool I am..... should've taken out a loan for a couple hundred grand and loafed around in public parks waiting for the chocolate Jesus to arrive and forgive my school loan debt..... jokes on me.
Posted by: Some Guy in Wisconsin at May 13, 2013 08:03 PM (UlXTY)
Posted by: Tuna at May 13, 2013 08:03 PM (M/TDA)
Night all, and God bless.
Posted by: WolfinNC at May 13, 2013 08:04 PM (HVOxM)
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 13, 2013 08:04 PM (A8F6O)
88: Yale vs Harvard
92: Yale vs Yale
96: Yale vs Washburn (? never heard of it)
00: Yale vs Harvard
04: Yale vs Yale
08: Columbia vs. Naval Academy
12: Yale vs Harvard
You see a pattern there? And Dole went to college in the 40s or 50s. Back then even a No Name U was something since few people went to college.
Look at SCOTUS...every one of the 9 has an Ivy degree.
Do you think all that is just a coincidence?
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 13, 2013 11:28 PM
No, I don't. They're all losers that couldn't get into a real college.
Posted by: otho at May 13, 2013 08:04 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Name at May 13, 2013 08:04 PM (KqnY1)
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 13, 2013 08:04 PM (g/tkL)
Posted by: McGregor at May 13, 2013 08:05 PM (qo244)
Posted by: scampydog at May 13, 2013 08:05 PM (2SXc9)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 13, 2013 08:05 PM (fl/+y)
Posted by: derit at May 13, 2013 08:06 PM (I88Jc)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 13, 2013 08:06 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 13, 2013 08:11 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 13, 2013 08:12 PM (g/tkL)
Posted by: DrEvil at May 13, 2013 08:12 PM (VmCKH)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 13, 2013 11:53 PM (Z9EHQ)
Is it "angry at", or is it "too ashamed to face"?
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at May 13, 2013 08:12 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Tuna at May 13, 2013 08:14 PM (M/TDA)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 13, 2013 08:14 PM (Z9EHQ)
People think a college degree is a "free money" card. It isn't.
I was in the T-Mobile store on Saturday to buy a replacement phone and some standard frat-douche walks in with a gorgeous girlfriend and starts browsing the phones. The clerk ringing me up at the counter starts whispering to his coworker, so I ask him what's going on. He tells me, "that guy was in here a week ago bragging about how he ran up his credit card debt and then paid it off with his college loan." We both had a good chuckle at that.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at May 13, 2013 08:15 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: Name at May 13, 2013 08:15 PM (KqnY1)
Posted by: Ghost of William F Buckley at May 13, 2013 08:16 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: zeera at May 13, 2013 08:16 PM (3dXwx)
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 13, 2013 08:16 PM (g/tkL)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 13, 2013 08:17 PM (fl/+y)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 13, 2013 08:17 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 13, 2013 08:18 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: RWC at May 13, 2013 08:18 PM (Wl/Ht)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at May 13, 2013 08:19 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 13, 2013 08:19 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: buzzion at May 13, 2013 08:20 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 13, 2013 08:20 PM (fl/+y)
The concept of "being ruled" is distasteful in any form.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 13, 2013 08:20 PM (HvmjJ)
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 13, 2013 08:21 PM (A8F6O)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 14, 2013 12:19 AM (BAS5M)
A substrate, as it were, for the frosting creation...
uk. Might as well eat the shit straight out of the container, the diabetic coma will hit you faster that way.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at May 13, 2013 08:21 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Tuna at May 13, 2013 08:21 PM (M/TDA)
Today, they can get blisters on their thumbs pleasuring themselves with their iphones, droids and the like ---and while turning up the dehumidifiers in their parents' basements as they try to find work at Whole Foods, let alone on Wall Street.
If I repeat an earlier post --- meh. It's pretty obvious for people over the age of 40.
Posted by: wholelottasplainin' at May 13, 2013 08:22 PM (73IHh)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 14, 2013 12:20 AM (fl/+y)
that would explain the funny smell...I thought someone had stepped in something on their way in...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at May 13, 2013 08:22 PM (yh0zB)
It's a membership to an ultra exclusive club for the ruling elite. They send only their own there, hire from only their own. The laws are written for the ultimate benefit to themselves.
A percentage of the population with the certified Victim of Oppressive White Male Christian Society boxes checked off get let in with a full free ride, their attendance and graduation is rewarded with a job with a prestigious law firm or a juicy government position gained not by their talents but by their relationship or friendship with a fellow alumnus
Any claim that they know anything other than who to call in order to grease their way into power and prestige is just jerking themselves off.
Posted by: kbdabear at May 13, 2013 08:22 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 13, 2013 08:23 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am
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Probably not much fun.
**
The fun part was spending almost a half of a year in zero gravity.
Posted by: wholelottasplainin' at May 13, 2013 08:23 PM (73IHh)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 13, 2013 08:24 PM (Z9EHQ)
There. I've said it.
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 13, 2013 11:46 PM (JMmQ9)
--What did Buckley say about the Harvard faculty vs. the Boston phone book?
Posted by: logprof at May 13, 2013 08:25 PM (+iA5G)
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They learned an early lesson in politics...., Dem politics.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 13, 2013 08:25 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Tuna at May 13, 2013 08:26 PM (M/TDA)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at May 13, 2013 08:26 PM (yh0zB)
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Hold it. Didn't the 9/11 guys go to Embry-Riddle?
Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 13, 2013 08:27 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 13, 2013 08:28 PM (BXLPR)
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Well, can't fault 'em on that particular point..
Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 13, 2013 08:29 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: scampydog at May 13, 2013 08:29 PM (2SXc9)
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 13, 2013 08:30 PM (g/tkL)
On the East Coast, you have some of the most smug mediocre minds in the world making laws to steal the scientists money and regulate them into submission
Some day one of those brilliant scientific minds might write code which would turn those Eastern ivy halls into a derelict collection of bankrupt bricks
Posted by: kbdabear at May 13, 2013 08:30 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 14, 2013 12:24 AM (A8F6O)
Neither is Starfleet Academy.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 13, 2013 08:32 PM (HvmjJ)
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Just at the moment, they might be self-immolating at Apple
Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 13, 2013 08:32 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Obama at May 13, 2013 08:33 PM (g/tkL)
Posted by: scampydog at May 13, 2013 08:33 PM (2SXc9)
"Top CBS, ABC, CNN execs all have relatives working as advisors for White House"
Incestuous stew in Foggy Bottom. It smells.
Oh, and thank you. Thank you, Lynda Carter.
Posted by: dissent555 at May 13, 2013 08:36 PM (yR6A1)
Posted by: scampydog at May 14, 2013 12:33 AM (2SXc9)
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Hadn't heard that. I believe flight training was only conducted at Prescott or Daytona campuses, though. ERAU has a large group of satellites at airports and military bases, but they tend to be classroom courses.
Posted by: SARDiver at May 13, 2013 08:37 PM (i5DFD)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at May 13, 2013 08:37 PM (C8mVl)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 14, 2013 12:28 AM (BXLPR)
No, http://tinyurl/cthulhu *doesn't* m8 hmmmm....not that it doesn't make for pleasant speculation, but there is a certain BH to be considered.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 13, 2013 08:37 PM (tyF2+)
I am out now, thanks for playing.
Posted by: Name at May 13, 2013 11:54 PM (KqnY1)
I'm going to bed now, good night.
Posted by: Name at May 14, 2013 12:15 AM (KqnY1)
Are you promising or threatening?
Posted by: olddog in mo at May 13, 2013 08:38 PM (A9na/)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 13, 2013 08:38 PM (Z9EHQ)
would turn those Eastern ivy halls into a derelict collection of
bankrupt bricks>>
They already have, with free online courses and the Gutenberg project. It will take change in HR departments for the bankruptcy to begin. Get them back to the 60s where non degreed people could move up through the ranks with talent instead of a HR CYA hiring degree. Too many decisions on promotion require a CYA degree instead of someone in management making a real decision.
Posted by: McGregor at May 13, 2013 08:39 PM (qo244)
Had some of the same teachers she did, and they all remembered her as a very shy, plain Jane that couldn't get a date.
Posted by: SARDiver at May 13, 2013 08:41 PM (i5DFD)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 13, 2013 08:42 PM (xjpRj)
Posted by: scampydog at May 13, 2013 08:43 PM (2SXc9)
Georgia/Ga. Tech
Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 14, 2013 12:33 AM (aDwsi)
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Hmmmm...Art history major? LOL
Engineering: It gets shit done.
Posted by: SARDiver at May 13, 2013 08:45 PM (i5DFD)
No amount of academic achievement will get you into that joint if you don't have the midichlorians or whatever magic users have that muggles lack.
Posted by: epobirs at May 13, 2013 08:45 PM (kcfmt)
3-1 lead on OKC, and they kicked the shit out San Antonio 2 years ago.
Posted by: The Q at May 13, 2013 08:46 PM (XQzGn)
Posted by: t-bird at May 13, 2013 08:46 PM (FcR7P)
This is the AoSHQ ONT. If you're not intelligent AND drunk, you wouldn't be here.
Posted by: The Q at May 13, 2013 08:47 PM (XQzGn)
I believe we can do both. If we render Obama utterly impotent this year we have plenty of time to then focus on dehabilitating Hillary.
Posted by: epobirs at May 13, 2013 08:49 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 13, 2013 08:50 PM (Z9EHQ)
Anyway, after a couple of months of this, things started getting cleaned up and I heard that they had a job opening, so I asked about applying.....and was told "don't bother -- you didn't go to the right kind of school."
Mind you, I'd evidently gone to the kind of school that prepared someone to get a temp gig fixing up the snarled mess that the people who went to the "right kind of school" had created.....but I was manifestly unworthy of joining their august elite.
Whenever I see people praising the Ivies, I think back on that and chuckle.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 13, 2013 08:50 PM (tyF2+)
Posted by: Adriane... at May 13, 2013 08:51 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Adriane... at May 13, 2013 08:52 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 13, 2013 08:52 PM (BXLPR)
http://tinyurl.com/d553gto
afraid to copy and paste (heard somebody peed in the barrel last night) it's about 3 paragraphs down.
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Yeah, it mentions a Minnesota flight school, but I don't think that was ERAU. May have been, but I don't think so. The Air Science program is, I believe, only available at KPRC and Daytona. That said, it may have been an ERAU adjunct professor working out of a MN FBO. My BS is in engineering, so I'm honestly not sure.
Posted by: SARDiver at May 13, 2013 08:53 PM (i5DFD)
The IRS thing is a distraction to make sure that Benghazi does NOT impact Hillary 2016.
Think about it. A bunch of Leftist orgs suddenly hate the IRS?
You mean those groups including the Media, that think Conservatives should have NO voice at all, and perhaps should be shot, are all concerned about freedom of speech?
Ha ha ha. You've been played. Focus on the IRS and Hillary wins 2016.
Focus on Benghazi NOW, fools.
PS I'm drunk and will probably be fired. But Ace and the group (c) will hear this some more.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 14, 2013 12:42 AM (xjpRj)
Fired?!? Disappeared?!?!?
I'll go one step further -- it's Cloward-Piven time. They kept a lid on the corruption until they got past November, and now there's so much stench erupting from everywhere that people's sense of outrage will be permanently dulled by 2014.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 13, 2013 08:53 PM (tyF2+)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at May 13, 2013 08:54 PM (C8mVl)
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 13, 2013 08:54 PM (A8F6O)
Posted by: t-bird at May 13, 2013 08:56 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Adriane... at May 13, 2013 08:56 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: nip at May 13, 2013 08:57 PM (lGVXf)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at May 13, 2013 08:57 PM (Vk2pI)
A percentage of the population with the certified Victim of Oppressive White Male Christian Society boxes checked off get let in..."
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Exhibit A: Sheila Jackson Lee got her B.A. in Political Science at Yale.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 13, 2013 08:57 PM (0qqnb)
Posted by: In Exile at May 13, 2013 08:58 PM (y/bOi)
Posted by: scampydog at May 13, 2013 08:58 PM (2SXc9)
Posted by: Adriane... at May 13, 2013 09:01 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: troyriser at May 13, 2013 09:01 PM (ptcFO)
Posted by: Up With People at May 13, 2013 09:05 PM (krveP)
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 13, 2013 09:05 PM (g/tkL)
Posted by: Jake in ID at May 13, 2013 09:07 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: In Exile at May 13, 2013 09:08 PM (y/bOi)
In the X-Men, I root for the sentinels. I want to see Harry Potter fail. They are the elitists who happily screw the "muggles" or whatever and justify it by declaring that they are really the smart ones (maybe get the "muggles" to file a class-action lawsuit).
This. I stopped reading the Harry Potter books when it became apparent that the wizarding world is completely backwards and ignorant. And yet, it's presented at superior to the mundane world.
By the end of the fourth book I wanted the SAS to storm Hogwarts and kill everyone there.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at May 13, 2013 09:08 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 13, 2013 09:10 PM (A8F6O)
Math
Engineering
Chemistry
Physics
Accounting
IT is so crowded with folks from India, I'm not sure I'd go for that
Posted by: Jake in ID at May 14, 2013 01:07 AM (zzeVM)
Niece is in year 2 towards becoming a pharmacist. Considering my sister's career as an elementary school teacher, I'm thinking this is a nice step up.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 13, 2013 09:11 PM (tyF2+)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 13, 2013 09:12 PM (Z9EHQ)
That's right, she should know a thing or two about the Constitution, etc. but there's a lot of evidence to the contrary....
Posted by: Lizzy at May 13, 2013 09:13 PM (0qqnb)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 13, 2013 09:13 PM (Z9EHQ)
I want to see Hermione n....
Wait. How old is she now?
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 14, 2013 01:10 AM (A8F6O)
According to canon, Hermione was born 19 September 1979, meaning she's been legal for over a decade.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 13, 2013 09:14 PM (tyF2+)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 13, 2013 09:14 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 13, 2013 09:15 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 14, 2013 01:10 AM (A8F6O)
Old enough (Emma Watson is 23).
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at May 13, 2013 09:15 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 13, 2013 09:16 PM (Z9EHQ)
I disagree. Not all mutants in the Marvel universe are supermodels with superpowers. A lot of them get the short end of the stick, looking obviously non-human without any cool powers. When the vast majority of mutants were made human at the whim of the Scarlet Witch, a good number of them were perfectly happy to get on with a life where they could walk a city street without attracting stares.
As for the Potterverse, the magic users are almost utterly helpless when it comes to technology a muggle child would take for granted. That combined with a low birth rate is why most of the magic user population chooses to stay hidden and opposes those who believe the magic users should rule the world. For all of their power, the faculty of Hogwarts would likely be wiped out by a well trained and armed platoon of muggles who got the first strike in.
Critical difference: X-men and Potterverse magic users are born that way. No choice in the matter. Entirely unlike emo or goth kids for whom their choice of making themselves targets is entirely voluntary. They may like to believe they were born different but at most it's only between the ears, if that.
Posted by: epobirs at May 13, 2013 09:18 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Muggle Liberation Front at May 13, 2013 09:19 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 13, 2013 09:20 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: t-bird at May 13, 2013 09:20 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at May 13, 2013 09:21 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 13, 2013 09:21 PM (A8F6O)
So the first book is set around 1980-81? I always took it as picking up in the year of publication with the other stories being dated as consecutive years even if they took more than a year to be written and published.
Posted by: epobirs at May 13, 2013 09:23 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Muggle Liberation Front at May 13, 2013 09:24 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: epobirs at May 14, 2013 01:23 AM (kcfmt)
since the human world is in a quasi alternate history, does it matter?
Posted by: The Dude at May 13, 2013 09:25 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Muggle Liberation Front at May 13, 2013 09:26 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 13, 2013 09:26 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Jake in ID at May 13, 2013 09:26 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 13, 2013 09:27 PM (A8F6O)
Posted by: The Dude at May 13, 2013 09:27 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 13, 2013 09:27 PM (Z9EHQ)
A lot of kids are attracted to scenes that justify themselves being different (real or imagined) due to their actually being "better."
Posted by: Muggle Liberation Front at May 14, 2013 01:24 AM (Vk2pI)
And in the X-Men it would be lost on them that if they were to be thinking in that way they would be seen as the bad guys. Since the X-Men are about being treated as equals in society. The little shits that think they are better would be Magneto's little minions.
Posted by: buzzion at May 13, 2013 09:28 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: t-bird at May 13, 2013 09:28 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 13, 2013 09:29 PM (Z9EHQ)
even on my television? should I be concerned I saw them at my mom's house?Posted by: yankeefifth at May 13, 2013 09:30 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 13, 2013 09:30 PM (BXLPR)
And in the X-Men it would be lost on them that if they were to be thinking in that way they would be seen as the bad guys. Since the X-Men are about being treated as equals in society. The little shits that think they are better would be Magneto's little minions.
Not coincidentally most of these little shits are also leftists.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at May 13, 2013 09:30 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 13, 2013 09:30 PM (A8F6O)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 14, 2013 01:29 AM (Z9EHQ)
yeah but if people are at work, you can get into the steam chatroom on your iphone through the steam client while I don't think you can with yahoo chat. Unless you're thinking of the Ace IRC channel then say no more
Posted by: The Dude at May 13, 2013 09:31 PM (vJdyz)
Or those who are embittered and easily manipulated, like the original version of the Toad. He looks far less human today but is close to scoring a hot blonde girlfriend.
Posted by: epobirs at May 13, 2013 09:31 PM (kcfmt)
For penance, I bring you something that can't possibly be Photoshop. Only God and silicone-based doctors:
youtube.com/watch?v=w5JKhWXQINY
PS: Whatever you do, don't put a period between the You and the Tube.
Posted by: The Q at May 13, 2013 09:31 PM (XQzGn)
When is it expected to actually go on sale?
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 14, 2013 01:30 AM (A8F6O)
next Tuesday is the reveal, sometime at the end of the year for the launch
Posted by: The Dude at May 13, 2013 09:32 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Jake in ID at May 13, 2013 09:32 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 13, 2013 09:33 PM (Z9EHQ)
I think the proper term is hardwoods.
Yeah, but saying that she has "hardwood down there" just sounds wrong.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at May 13, 2013 09:33 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at May 13, 2013 09:34 PM (yh0zB)
Okay, here's a question I've pondered intermittently the past few years.
We know about terms like earworms. However, is there a term for songs that in the intro tease you thinking they're an awesome song but turn put to be shitty?
Two examples that come to mind that have fucked with me on the radio over the past two-plus decades: 1) Expecting "Video Killed the Radio Star" (good song) and instead getting "When Smokey Sings" (shit song) by ABC, and 2) expecting "The World I Know" (good song) by Collective Soul and instead getting that shitty song by the Goo Goo Dolls from that lame Nick Cage movie about an angel becoming human for pussy.
Posted by: log[prof at May 13, 2013 09:34 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 14, 2013 01:33 AM (Z9EHQ)
didn't know and nope
Posted by: The Dude at May 13, 2013 09:34 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: The Political Hat at May 13, 2013 09:34 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 13, 2013 09:35 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: The Political Hat at May 13, 2013 09:35 PM (Vk2pI)
Click on "web chat"
Join the room #AOSHQ
Posted by: The Political Hat at May 14, 2013 01:34 AM (Vk2pI)
yeah, thats what I was thinking in the second post
Posted by: The Dude at May 13, 2013 09:36 PM (vJdyz)
Let us mourn what we have lost:
http://tinyurl.com/bvaus98
Posted by: The Q at May 13, 2013 09:36 PM (XQzGn)
Posted by: Jake in ID at May 13, 2013 09:36 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 13, 2013 09:37 PM (NLqIR)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 14, 2013 01:37 AM (NLqIR)
need to do them later as their story quests
Posted by: The Dude at May 13, 2013 09:38 PM (vJdyz)
The 21st. I wouldn't expect anything in the stores until late October or November.
Indications are the Xbox and PS4 will be very similar under the hood with a lot of arguments to be expected over the subtler details. I doubt there will be a arguable full advantage for either side. It will come down to what the price points are and what you get for the money. It is claimed Microsoft will make the 2nd generation version of Kinect a standard system component. This may be rejected by those who have no use for it but sometimes you have to commit.
On the Wii, Nintendo had to commit to the new controller that been developed as a Gamecube accessory. This turned out to be the correct choice. But their commitment to the Gamepad on the Wii U I belive to be a terrible mistake. They should have offered the Wii U as a HD Wii for around $200 and made the Gamepad an optional accessory. It's just too costly and adds too little in exchange for that expense.
Posted by: epobirs at May 13, 2013 09:38 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: The Political Hat at May 13, 2013 09:39 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 13, 2013 09:40 PM (A8F6O)
Also, TheDude, I had an observation on skirmishes way upthread I was wondering if you knew anything about.
Posted by: Methos at May 13, 2013 09:40 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: The Political Hat at May 13, 2013 09:42 PM (Vk2pI)
Yeah, it's called a phase. Those who never grow out of it aren't called mutants. They're just known as assholes.
Posted by: epobirs at May 13, 2013 09:45 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Methos at May 14, 2013 01:40 AM (hO9ad)
hadn't seen that but I've been getting 3k in AD every skirmish
Posted by: The Dude at May 13, 2013 09:45 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 13, 2013 09:45 PM (A8F6O)
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 14, 2013 01:45 AM (A8F6O)
I'm about to do that myself. I'll dream of plinking DAve's hopes and dreams with my new Marlin that he seems to hate so much. Seriously, whenever the name Marlin comes up in discussion he has to h8 on it.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at May 13, 2013 09:47 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: The Dude at May 13, 2013 09:47 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Adriane... at May 13, 2013 09:48 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at May 13, 2013 09:48 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: The Dude at May 13, 2013 09:49 PM (vJdyz)
Republicans In Congress Killed A Media Shield Law That Would Have Protected The Associated Press
Via Buzzfeed
http://tinyurl.com/c3aos2g
Posted by: kbdabear at May 13, 2013 09:49 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Jake in ID at May 13, 2013 09:50 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 13, 2013 09:52 PM (A8F6O)
Adding in the breakup of Soundgarden, that might be the worst year in the history of music
Posted by: The Q at May 13, 2013 09:52 PM (XQzGn)
Not sure what you mean. There was quite a lot of interaction showing it was all the same world but nearly all members of each side are blind to the other.
An interesting subtext is that some of the most powerful people are the mudbloods, magic users born of muggle parents. They are hated by and experience bigotry from the old magic user families but several of the most powerful characters are mudbloods, and the mudbloods are more capable of moving between both communities.
So what you really have is a hereditary aristocracy's fear of living in a meritocracy where mere lineage or going to the right school doesn't matter as much as what you can actually do.
Posted by: epobirs at May 13, 2013 09:52 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Adriane... at May 13, 2013 09:54 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 13, 2013 09:57 PM (A8F6O)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 13, 2013 09:57 PM (NLqIR)
Posted by: epobirs at May 14, 2013 01:52 AM (kcfmt)
I meant in that the human side of the Potter universe didn't follow the real time period of when it was set so I asked the question on if it actually mattered on what year it was set in (outside of the typical school year progression).
Posted by: The Dude at May 13, 2013 09:58 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: The Political Hat at May 13, 2013 09:59 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: The Political Hat at May 13, 2013 10:02 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Adriane... at May 13, 2013 10:05 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Adriane... at May 13, 2013 10:08 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 13, 2013 10:08 PM (zGxXs)
When it comes to 9/11 and the Afghan War, we need to acknowledge that the Bush Administration fucked up.
If we do so, we gain the advantage over these assclowns in power.
Bush's people fucked up on 9/11, tried to correct their mistakes, and took steps to ensure it wouldn't happen again.
Obama's people fucked up on 9/11, took steps to cover up their fuck-ups, and then acted as if everything was good until reelection. Once reelected, these fuck-ups decided to start ARMING the same people who attacked us on (both versions of) 9/11.
Embrace the fuck-ups. Bush sucked, but his sucktitude, compared to his dad, Clinton, and TFG, will lead him to redemption and us to freedom.
Posted by: The Q at May 13, 2013 10:09 PM (XQzGn)
Posted by: The Dude at May 13, 2013 10:09 PM (vJdyz)
I've never delved into the background fandom and the info base it has built up, so I couldn't really say. I assume the canon date is to be found on the Pottermore site.
I wouldn't even know the name of the site if it weren't for picking up the Wonder Book thingy for the PS3 Move. It's for younger kids but I was curious to see what they did design-wise. It was a whole $5. I like to think in another universe where the ADD didn't run so strong from my mother's side I might have some interesting toys like that.
Posted by: epobirs at May 13, 2013 10:09 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Adriane... at May 13, 2013 10:11 PM (TvO05)
See, I', a guy who sees 2008-2013 as a period in which Iron Maiden, Motorhead, and a host of other "true metal" bands released essential recordings.
1997 sucked for metal; it was quite good for false metal - hello, Korn! YEEEAHHH, Limp Bizkit!
2013 rules if you know where to look - and in the case of Metallica (fuck them) and Maiden, the UK charts still represent.
Posted by: The Q at May 13, 2013 10:12 PM (XQzGn)
Posted by: The Q at May 13, 2013 10:13 PM (XQzGn)
Bush largely had the right idea with the wrong execution.
Obama has the wrong idea, brings in consultants to make it even worse, and then gets the execution horribly wrong.
Reminds me of the Bill Cosby bit about losing at the tables in Vegas and saying it can't get any worse. "Never say 'it can't get any worse,' because Worse is listening."
Posted by: epobirs at May 13, 2013 10:14 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: The Political Hat at May 13, 2013 10:15 PM (Vk2pI)
Might have MADE some interesting toys like that.
Really got to look into getting that central nervous system changed out.
Posted by: epobirs at May 13, 2013 10:15 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 13, 2013 10:15 PM (dYizu)
Posted by: Adriane... at May 13, 2013 10:16 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: The Q at May 14, 2013 02:13 AM (XQzGn)
You're new 'round here, ain'tcha?
Posted by: cthulhu at May 13, 2013 10:16 PM (tyF2+)
Posted by: Adriane... at May 13, 2013 10:18 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 13, 2013 10:19 PM (dYizu)
Posted by: The Political Hat \m/ at May 13, 2013 10:19 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 14, 2013 02:15 AM (dYizu)
Er......both?
I wouldn't mind so much if Obama were as clever as he thinks he is if he were solidly pro-American. Problem is, he's anti-"American success", compounded with leftist inability to function properly [through misinterpreting basic human motivations], wrapped up in a cult-of-personality media cloud, perceived through malignant narcissism as "good" and "competent" when he's plainly neither.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 13, 2013 10:22 PM (tyF2+)
Posted by: The Dude at May 13, 2013 10:22 PM (vJdyz)
1991 has a case. Look up the Wiki entry for 1991 in Music (fuckin' Pixy won't allow me to post and keeps eating the comments), especially "biggest hit singles," and there's a strong argument.
However, 1991 also gave us MBV's Loveless and the Swervies' Raise, so there's them.
Posted by: logprof at May 13, 2013 10:22 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: The Political Hat \m/ at May 13, 2013 10:24 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: The Dude at May 13, 2013 10:25 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 13, 2013 10:26 PM (6zRIy)
Posted by: Barack McCroskey at May 13, 2013 10:26 PM (YyEsL)
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 14, 2013 02:26 AM (6zRIy)
good time to cause confusion by scandal overload
Posted by: The Dude at May 13, 2013 10:27 PM (vJdyz)
I was never amused by the anti-war ALL THE TIME folks; as a Catholic, I totally got it and kind of agreed with it.
What ticked my funny bone were the people who signed off for a huge struggle against al Qaeda specifically and Islamic jihadis in general - but we had to stay in Afghanistan and not attack Iraq!
Remember that Dolphins-Pats game in the snow back in the 80s where the ground was covered and the Pats called out the snowplow to let them kick the winning field goal?
That was Afghanistan. Iraq had its faults and had not guarantee of victory - like Miami during the Marino era.
NGU, congrats on the promotion! You totally deserve it! And you, as my favorite Jets fan, know exactly what I'm trying to analogize here, so help me out if I'm wrong,
Posted by: The Q at May 13, 2013 10:28 PM (XQzGn)
Posted by: The Political Hat \m/ at May 14, 2013 02:19 AM
Not this headbanger. No fucking way was I going to switch to grunge. I'll do traditional metal up to deathmetal, but I'll burn my guitars before ever playing grunge.
Posted by: Berserker at May 13, 2013 10:28 PM (FMbng)
Not new to the Q but new to ONT. I'll admit I missed the "infamous ONT" of Memorial Day, among other late night craziness
Posted by: The Q at May 13, 2013 10:30 PM (XQzGn)
I for one, think that since we got that POS Barry rocked back on his heels,
we should very much go in for the kill and stomp this vile bug once and for all.
Can we stomp Nancy and Harry....and "Double Stomp" Hillary while we have some momentum?
This would be so very nice...this stomping....and more stomping...until there is nothing left to stomp. Then we can enjoy the sound of Summer Crickets at night again...like we used to.......
Posted by: Richard at May 13, 2013 10:33 PM (o2AEs)
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 13, 2013 10:36 PM (9Uq0z)
Posted by: The Political Hat \m/ at May 13, 2013 10:39 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: logprof at May 13, 2013 10:40 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 14, 2013 01:37 AM (NLqIR)
Duo'd it with Anna. Did have some blue drops from the boss, but overall xp gain for the time spent was pretty crappy. Need to do it with the repeatable quest for crystals and during the special event to make it worth it, methinks.
Mero, what's your character@handle? Would like to add you.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at May 13, 2013 10:40 PM (rm+Am)
It's funny how somehow they all missed some of Bush Sr. and almost all of Clinton. Hip-hop was okay in the 80s but became worthy of awesome in the 90s. You could even that the difference in both genres was one song: "Bring Tha Noize" saw the temporary end of Anthrax and the rise Public Enemy.
Rap was awesome in the 90s not because of the lyrics (which have sucked in rap from beginning to end) but due to the Dr. Dre's original beats and Diddy's purchasing power. The ultimate example of $$$ over music = Jimmy Page playing as version of "Kashmir" for Diddy to rap over of.
The tide changed in 1999-2000. Bruce got back with Maiden and kicked ass, Slayer put out "God Hates Us All," Dave Mustaine turned born-again conservative and started making good albums in 2004-5, and Priest got back together in 2004. Joey got back with Anthrax the same year.
Considering how British most people were, it's hard to blame GHWB or Clinton, but there's no denying that hard rock music (besides AiC and Soundgarden) sucked during their terms
Posted by: The Q at May 13, 2013 10:40 PM (XQzGn)
Coincidence, I tell you, pure coincidence!
Posted by: Hillary! at May 13, 2013 10:43 PM (YyEsL)
Divine Intervention is a HUGE album.
Can't talk 90's Slayer withoutnpaying proper respect. to Divine Intervention.
Posted by: garrett at May 13, 2013 10:44 PM (hSVum)
well, back from playing neverwinter some more
died a few times, got kicked off a team
good times, good times
Posted by: chemjeff at May 13, 2013 10:44 PM (BBWjt)
I must be needing glasses. I could swear I read something there about rap being awesome.
Posted by: Berserker at May 13, 2013 10:45 PM (FMbng)
>>I must be needing glasses. I could swear I read something there about rap being awesome.
Hasn't been awesome rap since 'Check Your Head'.
Posted by: garrett at May 13, 2013 10:46 PM (hSVum)
Posted by: Adriane... at May 13, 2013 10:47 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 13, 2013 10:47 PM (aRjVl)
Posted by: Berserker at May 13, 2013 10:49 PM (FMbng)
Not glasses but headphones. Wouldn't you know that Dr. Dre headphones are on sale?
But seriously, I will not discount any musical form. Block out the raps and listen to to the music on those Dre/Snoop tracks - ridiculously good
Posted by: The Q at May 13, 2013 10:51 PM (XQzGn)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 13, 2013 10:54 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 13, 2013 10:55 PM (BBWjt)
I am not unfamiliar with the material you are talking about, Q. In fact, I'm way more familiar than I'd like to be...
Not my bag.
Now, you want to put some old Run DMC on the table and I'll talk.
Posted by: garrett at May 13, 2013 10:56 PM (hSVum)
Posted by: BEASTIE BOYS at May 13, 2013 10:58 PM (hSVum)
Posted by: logprof at May 13, 2013 10:59 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: Adriane... at May 13, 2013 11:00 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 13, 2013 11:02 PM (NLqIR)
Chem Jeff,
What it is, and what it could be......I'm just drifting in the void tonight....thinking about.....nothing of import.....
Val-U-Rite......Ginger with the Stompy Boots.....maybe a Fed Funded study on just "WHAT is a sock puppet." Seven says I should go to the desert and bake my head. I will go in August....for the Thunder-Storms
Posted by: Richard at May 13, 2013 11:03 PM (o2AEs)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 13, 2013 11:06 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 13, 2013 11:06 PM (NLqIR)
So someone invited me to be a part of their team, I accepted.
This person then said "mission is this way".
I said "huh? what do you mean?"
He said "dungeon".
I said "what?"
He kicked me out.
Posted by: chemjeff at May 13, 2013 11:09 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 13, 2013 11:10 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: buzzion at May 13, 2013 11:14 PM (LI48c)
Seven never told me to bake my head.
I lied.
So, now I can campaign to be a congressman.....right?
Posted by: Richard at May 13, 2013 11:15 PM (o2AEs)
I figure you won't agree, but solo Dre always got me going:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhr5UBZh1rY
Posted by: The Q at May 13, 2013 11:15 PM (XQzGn)
So someone invited me to be a part of their team, I accepted.
This person then said "mission is this way".
I said "huh? what do you mean?"
He said "dungeon".
I said "what?"
He kicked me out.
Posted by: chemjeff at May 14, 2013 03:09 AM (BBWjt)
Sounds like standard online behavior to me. Well almost standard. He forgot to call you a fag before kicking you.
Posted by: buzzion at May 13, 2013 11:15 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: Adriane... at May 13, 2013 11:18 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Adriane... at May 13, 2013 11:20 PM (TvO05)
Hot.....and no cooling breeze from over the Santa Monica range....
Earthquake weather if ya ask me........
Posted by: Richard at May 13, 2013 11:22 PM (o2AEs)
Posted by: and irresolute at May 13, 2013 11:22 PM (DBH1h)
I mean, if I"m going to be kicked off a team, I want it to be done *correctly*
Posted by: chemjeff at May 13, 2013 11:27 PM (BBWjt)
3: "American Dreamin" - written by Marvin Gaye
4: "Hello Brooklyn" - written by [the Beastie Boys]
5: "No Hook" - written by Barry White
6: "Roc Boys" - 70s tune reimagined by Jay-Z
7: "I Know" - new tune composed by Pharrell of the The Neptunes
8: "Party Life" - one of the coolest one-hit songs of the 70s. Seriously, look it up
Posted by: The Q at May 13, 2013 11:28 PM (XQzGn)
Posted by: and irresolute at May 13, 2013 11:28 PM (DBH1h)
Posted by: and irresolute at May 14, 2013 03:22 AM (DBH1h)
The only way we get continuing stability is if China's "manufactured goods" are the West's "raw materials".
If the West can't get a "value add" on Chinese imports, then the West'll run out of money to buy Chinese goods, demand will collapse, and both China and the West will go broke.
If China can't get a "value add" on Chinese exports, then their factories will be bypassed and their economic growth from manufacturing will blow up.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 13, 2013 11:32 PM (tyF2+)
Posted by: Adriane... at May 13, 2013 11:33 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s] at May 13, 2013 11:33 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s] at May 13, 2013 11:34 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Ian S. at May 13, 2013 11:35 PM (OevbG)
Posted by: Richard at May 13, 2013 11:36 PM (o2AEs)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 13, 2013 11:36 PM (BBWjt)
Could you tell me what you like about this song?
Posted by: chemjeff at May 13, 2013 11:37 PM (BBWjt)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuJDaOVz2qY
Posted by: The Q at May 13, 2013 11:38 PM (XQzGn)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s] at May 13, 2013 11:41 PM (qyfb5)
3: "American Dreamin" - written by Marvin Gaye
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Posted by: The Q
Q: Beside the fact that Jay-Z is a late comer, not an OG rapper, how has he been instrumental in any of that? I see a lot of musician/producers who have made music outside the sample/resample venue.
Q2: If 'hip-hop' is to be judged by the pop music of the last +35yrs, the bar is far too low. Doggerel isn't a minimum to be met.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at May 13, 2013 11:43 PM (YTstp)
I love the music of the song - the Parliament meets Zeppelin vibe that leads to a funky-based rocking fuel-ed arrangement.
Is there a possibility that thus union might have occurred in the last 80s? Possibly, and things might grow from there
Posted by: The Q at May 13, 2013 11:44 PM (XQzGn)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s] at May 13, 2013 11:44 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: buzzion at May 14, 2013 03:14 AM (LI48c)
Too late. I'll wait for user reviews after they finish it.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile at May 14, 2013 03:34 AM (qyfb5)
Well I think on their page some people were saying that its not really an MMO and more like a Diablo game.
Posted by: buzzion at May 13, 2013 11:45 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: Adriane... at May 13, 2013 11:46 PM (TvO05)
RAP sucks limp schlong....serious!
Cannot even fathom why dat form of base de base is even thought of as music.
OH!!! must be P capital C...the culture ya know......must let them out in the street cause P capital C and the NWA says so BITCH!
FUCK RAP!!!
Posted by: Richard at May 13, 2013 11:46 PM (o2AEs)
Kind of a dreamy, background music quality to it ... but nice sound ...
Posted by: Adriane... at May 14, 2013 03:33 AM (TvO05)
Yeah, GLU had nice production values. Sadly, seven years after the vid, half of the original duo died unexpectedly at the age of 34 -- after a coma following a tooth infection. That put a very melancholy twist on the group's high point, "From Your Mouth".
Posted by: cthulhu at May 13, 2013 11:46 PM (tyF2+)
The problem is that by this definition, Kanye West is a guy, since his whole career is similar to a Nelson Riddle or whomever, is setting up his major star.
Here's the thing: Kanye West envisions himself as the new Frank Sinatra but he doesn't have the talent.
Jay-Z envisions himself as the new Frank Sintraa but he doesn't have the talent of the cache.
Frank did Elvis songs and "Something" (credited to Lennon/McCartney).
Jay's gotten close with Coldplay but he bet on the wrong band. It'd be like Sinatra betting on (and God, I love them) "the Four Seasons" in 1965.
Posted by: The Q at May 13, 2013 11:51 PM (XQzGn)
The Beatles, until Pail learned how to write, covered Motown.
Posted by: The Q at May 13, 2013 11:53 PM (XQzGn)
Posted by: Adriane... at May 13, 2013 11:53 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 13, 2013 11:53 PM (tyF2+)
anybody home?
It occurred to me today that nothing that is all-of-a-sudden big news is actually news. There isn't a moron that didn't already know all about it, and for years.
So, after countless years of covering for TFG, somebody turned off the shields. Who? Why?
Posted by: jc at May 13, 2013 11:57 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Berserker at May 13, 2013 11:58 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Adriane... at May 14, 2013 12:00 AM (TvO05)
Posted by: Adriane... at May 14, 2013 12:03 AM (TvO05)
Cannot even fathom why dat form of base de base is even thought of as music.
OH!!! must be P capital C...the culture ya know......must let them out in the street cause P capital C and the NWA says so BITCH!
FUCK RAP!!!
Posted by: Richard at May 14, 2013 03:46 AM (o2AEs)
--The aforementioned Mark Griffin (MC 900) is a white guy from Dallas.
Posted by: logprof at May 14, 2013 12:04 AM (+iA5G)
Posted by: Adriane... at May 14, 2013 12:06 AM (TvO05)
Shit just got real to the Gatekeepers and the Keymasters ...
Posted by: Adriane... at May 14, 2013 04:00 AM (TvO05)
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Possible. An explanation with a solid probability. Not very comforting though. That means those scum were fine with everything until they became a target, too. If so, we should be very, very careful about deciding that the "brand new" enemy of our enemy is our friend. We may even find that the AP is actually at least as villainous as this shitty administration.
Posted by: jc at May 14, 2013 12:06 AM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Adriane... at May 14, 2013 12:07 AM (TvO05)
Posted by: Adriane... at May 14, 2013 12:08 AM (TvO05)
Sorry "Q"
Rap still sucks.... just a bunch of re-thread bogus anger and fucking the "Bitch!".....Mostly from "Well Healed" yuts playing "Ghetto" and you SO know that shit I am amazed you would even go there.......
just slap yourself now and walk away......the stink is most real from South Central.....
cuz.....
Posted by: Richard at May 14, 2013 12:09 AM (o2AEs)
wonder if we can ever get people to stop screeching at each other long enough to notice.
Posted by: jc at May 14, 2013 12:11 AM (PlzOe)
Sorry "Q"
Rap still sucks.... just a bunch of re-thread bogus anger and fucking the "Bitch!".....Mostly from "Well Healed" yuts playing "Ghetto" and you SO know that shit I am amazed you would even go there.......
just slap yourself now and walk away......the stink is most real from South Central.....
cuz.....
Posted by: Richard at May 14, 2013 04:09 AM (o2AEs)
--Lots of rap from the '80s was just about having fun, not slapping women or smokin' homeys.
Posted by: logprof at May 14, 2013 12:12 AM (+iA5G)
The words and flow suck. Sure, maybe the music sucks too.
I just love the music I lost that I missed out on the 70s.
For example, Jay-Z's like, "We're ballin' out!" Good for you, but we weren't quite there for that!
70s soundtrack @ Moron Bar + SoCal Morons = GOP on point. Romney needs to booze it up 1hr north to realize why not to submit ala McFag
Posted by: The Q at May 14, 2013 12:15 AM (XQzGn)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 14, 2013 12:18 AM (fNpC1)
Thanks to a few other asshats jumping on the band wagon they put a shit stain skidmark across the genre of metal
Posted by: Berserker at May 14, 2013 12:27 AM (FMbng)
GEEEEZZ!
There was never any RAP that was FUN?
Prof?.....Serious?
I'm at AOSHQ?....Not MSNBC...or HUFF-PO?
Someone tell me I'm at AOSHQ!!!...MAYDAY-MAYDAY!!!!!
Posted by: Richard at May 14, 2013 12:28 AM (o2AEs)
Posted by: Berserker at May 14, 2013 04:27 AM (FMbng)
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They may as well have played BeeGees covers.
Posted by: jc at May 14, 2013 12:31 AM (PlzOe)
The words suck, but the music rocks
Posted by: The Q at May 14, 2013 04:19 AM (XQzGn
And most of the music is not rap, but actual music stolen because they lack the talent to come up with actual new music to rhyme their crap over. Superfreak, Under Pressure, and Kashmir. Music that rocked before rappers took a steaming dump over the top of it with their rhymes.
Posted by: buzzion at May 14, 2013 12:37 AM (LI48c)
Posted by: GnuBreed at May 14, 2013 12:39 AM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Baldy at May 14, 2013 12:42 AM (tyDFN)
**plugs ears and squints**
go ahead, pull the pin.
Posted by: jc at May 14, 2013 04:42 AM
I'll build the sandbag wall to hide behind.
Posted by: Berserker at May 14, 2013 12:43 AM (FMbng)
So true....
Some of the most "Famous" rap just ripped off previous songs that were hits from a previous genere.........so RAP....remains....FUCKING BULLSHIT and nothing more than "RIP-OFF" attempt at being......"street!!"
You can suck my dick now........
Posted by: Richard at May 14, 2013 12:47 AM (o2AEs)
Posted by: Baldy at May 14, 2013 04:42 AM (tyDFN)
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More like rats jumping from a burning ship. We need the corrupt press to go down with this horseshit, too. Being the enemy of our enemy does not make them our friend.
Posted by: jc at May 14, 2013 12:49 AM (PlzOe)
Before I pull the pin....
My Chi-Com Sarg. has to clear me on the party line updates.
WHOOPPS!!!! I pulled the pin....why is my sarg. running away????
794......"Catch!!!"
Posted by: Richard at May 14, 2013 12:55 AM (o2AEs)
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this comment, combined with the subject of Rap, and my expectation for the coming few days leads me to propose a nickname:
Shitstain McCain.
I give it 72 hours to see if the fucker does the kind of crap that would make a nickname like that stick (pun intended).
Posted by: jc at May 14, 2013 01:05 AM (PlzOe)
J C
I still hate RAP.....no matter what.....
Posted by: Richard at May 14, 2013 05:09 AM (o2AEs)
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not to put too fine of a point on it, but do you see me trying to change your mind?
Posted by: jc at May 14, 2013 01:14 AM (PlzOe)
So,
If I'm a white boy that hates RAP, do I have to do time for being a H8ter?
Jus wanna get my things in order if I'm heading for the slammer.....since I think RAP sucks dick and all....and I'm so "NON-P C" and all......
Posted by: Richard at May 14, 2013 01:17 AM (o2AEs)
Posted by: Baldy at May 14, 2013 01:24 AM (tyDFN)
Posted by: jc at May 14, 2013 04:49 AM (PlzOe) ------- Where did I say the media is our friend? I just implied that the problem is the pass he gets from the media. Why do only Democrats sprout scandals left and right? The media lets them.
Posted by: Baldy at May 14, 2013 05:24 AM (tyDFN)
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I should have been more careful with my wording.
Yes, now that the corporate boys that control the media have lifted the shields he is twisting in the wind. I really wish that -- this time -- we wouldn't flunk the nation-wide stupidity test regarding the corporate media. This is their way of demonstrating once again that they own the government.
As much as I despise TFG, I despise the scumbags that made him even more.
Posted by: jc at May 14, 2013 01:30 AM (PlzOe)
So,
If I'm a white boy that hates RAP, do I have to do time for being a H8ter?
Jus wanna get my things in order if I'm heading for the slammer.....since I think RAP sucks dick and all....and I'm so "NON-P C" and all......
Posted by: Richard at May 14, 2013 05:17 AM (o2AEs)
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You get a get-out-of-jail-free card if you like jazz, soul, or funk.
Posted by: jc at May 14, 2013 01:31 AM (PlzOe)
At times it feels like we re living in a scifi movie, in which no one can see what a monster Obama is...Posted by: Baldy at May 14, 2013 01:33 AM (tyDFN)
Posted by: Baldy at May 14, 2013 05:33 AM (tyDFN)
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Me, too. And the depressing part is it is the same movie again and again. When Obama is gone, the next person pre-approved by the media will arise. This boil needs to be lanced where it is festering. Obama is only the ugly, red, puss-filled top of the boil. He is a part of the rot, but not the root of it. If we just get rid of him we haven't finished the job. And the scum that are now ready to sacrifice him will make a big show of helping us get rid of him in order to save their own asses.
Posted by: jc at May 14, 2013 01:39 AM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Baldy at May 14, 2013 01:44 AM (tyDFN)
Posted by: Baldy at May 14, 2013 01:45 AM (tyDFN)
Posted by: Baldy at May 14, 2013 05:44 AM (tyDFN)
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maybe they just wanted a break from putting their finger in all those asses
Posted by: jc at May 14, 2013 01:47 AM (PlzOe)
806
Do it count if I listen to "Billy Joel's River of Dreams" before I pass out for the night?
I'm so much done with the news cycle...and so many other things......
so much done....so very wore out....so very....tired....dang...rest...
sorry if I whine too much
night to you all...
Posted by: Richard at May 14, 2013 01:48 AM (o2AEs)
Posted by: Baldy at May 14, 2013 05:45 AM (tyDFN)
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Coupled with our society being stupider and weaker than ever before. It is a truly scary time. Prez Biden has no hope of being a picnic either. Talk about impeachment insurance.
Posted by: jc at May 14, 2013 01:49 AM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Baldy at May 14, 2013 02:03 AM (tyDFN)
Posted by: jc at May 14, 2013 02:08 AM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Baldy at May 14, 2013 02:18 AM (tyDFN)
Posted by: RWC at May 14, 2013 02:36 AM (Wl/Ht)
Another good one is to compare the number and types of schools in your neighborhood the the number and types of choices you have when you shop for food. Why are we basically stuck with one school? That stuff doesn't just happen.
Posted by: BlearyTruth at May 14, 2013 02:39 AM (LRgyw)
Posted by: RWC at May 14, 2013 06:36 AM (Wl/Ht)
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I gut feeling is the fix is now in. I just don't yet know why. Everybody on the right has now all this shit for years. What is happening now is the left's deflector shields are being dropped. Too many coincidences for me to think it is not coordinated.
Posted by: jc at May 14, 2013 02:39 AM (PlzOe)
Posted by: jc at May 14, 2013 06:39 AM (PlzOe)
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addendum -- I actually hope I am wrong about that because if it is not coordinated the left will do itself far more damage as this all unfolds.
Posted by: jc at May 14, 2013 02:40 AM (PlzOe)
Posted by: RWC at May 14, 2013 02:42 AM (Wl/Ht)
Sounds like a weatherman's prediction.
Posted by: typo dynamofo at May 14, 2013 02:44 AM (WVMUQ)
Posted by: EC at May 13, 2013 11:01 PM (doBIb)
_________
Yep. And they're not hurting whatsoever. That's my point. Do you want to be on that side of the fence or on the "moral and just" side while scraping by?
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 13, 2013 11:03 PM (HDgX3)"
I am reminded of a line from a Mel Gibson revenge movie that went something like "Do you want to be hanging on the cross or pounding in the nails?"
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