May 15, 2013
— Maetenloch
Still a bit sick but feeling better.
Thank You Jenny McCarthy I: Baby Dies of Whooping Cough In Orange County
"This is the first whooping cough death the county has seen in decades. . . . Officials said the family chose not to vaccinate their child. Some parents are choosing not to fully vaccinate their children because they worry there is a link between the vaccinations and autism."
Thank You Jenny McCarthy II: Measles Epidemic in Wales Has Roots in Antivax Movement
More than 800 people have been diagnosed with measles in Swansea in this recent outbreak. People are lining up to get their vaccinations, and a campaign has been started to get more people vaccinated, which is a good thing; I just hope it's in time. But with so many people contracting the illness, serious repercussions are almost inevitable.
Wales has had low Measles/Mumps/Rubella (MMR) vaccination rates for some time . since about 1998, in fact, when Andrew Wakefield published his bogus study in the Lancet falsely linking the MMR vaccine to autism.
And no thanks to Jenny McCarthy - an anti-vaccine mom finally changes her mind:
And yet I still wondered about that list of things that I would now, I suppose, have to surrender to and immunise my child against. Polio, for one -- a couple of my parents' pensioner friends still carry the limp left by their childhood polio, but none of my friends do, because it isn't around any more. And diphtheria -- what was that, even? I knew it had killed one of Queen Victoria's daughters, but that wasn't our reality.
The reason it wasn't our reality was, of course, due to a continuous programme of immunisation. Duh. Diphtheria is a disease that still kills one in five infants it meets, even if they get treatment, their necks swelling up until they can no longer breathe. I have now seen a picture of a child whose neck was ravaged by diphtheria, bloated like a foie gras goose about to burst. I wish I could unsee it.
Well mostly changes her mind - she had to rely on her mother to actually get the vaccinations done:
When it came to it, my mother still had to take my daughter for the injections, as I was too squeamish. The fact is, I still have a hunch that puts me off vaccinations, a hunch that I can't explain. I just feel funny about them. But I feel even funnier about the thought of mine or anyone else's kid dying of measles in this country in 2013, like Roald Dahl's daughter Olivia did in 1962. "Got to hospital," he wrote in his diary. "Walked in. Two doctors advanced on me from waiting room. How is she? I'm afraid it's too late."
In 1986 Roald Dahl wrote a public letter asking parents to vaccinate their children against measles - an option he never had.
Occasionally, I miss the Bush years. Not because I'm a "compassionate conservative" or because I have a hawkish foreign policy outlook, or even because I miss the leader of the free world routinely asking after my lunch plans (and the lunch plans of everyone in a large crowd). I miss the Bush years because, back then, when someone in the government did something ridiculous to infringe on the personal liberty of American citizens, people would turn out in droves to Hula Hoop for Peace on Pennsylvania Avenue, and plaster what social media sites existed with Ben Franklin quotes about how people are stupid for giving up their rights to the illusion of security. But now, the government just does sh*t like this and everyone is like, "meh.
-- nakeddc
The Underground: The Only Part of the Economy That's Growing
According to this article the underground economy has doubled since 2009. And that's not a good thing for society or America:
But there is this, too, which concerns us far more than even hundreds of billions in lost tax revenue: When with regulation and taxation we drive the legitimate economy in to the shadows, we turn otherwise honest people who are only trying to earn a living in to dishonest people. Just as broken windows, litter, and graffiti beget more serious crime, underground business corrupts the soul, and makes people more likely to take or pay bribes, evade taxes, or otherwise break the law more comprehensively. Increasing quotidian dishonesty is a symptom of a culture in decline, and we ignore its consequences for posterity at the peril of our children.
Joey Biden and the Great Chocolate Cannon
Would be a great children's book title. Unfortunately it's also a heartbeat away from being president:
A Wisconsin boy wrote Vice President Joe Biden with an unusual suggestion for making the nation safer: Create guns that shoot chocolate bullets.On Monday, he got an unusual response: A handwritten note from Biden on vice presidential stationery.
The response thrilled the child, a 7-year-old second-grader, along with his classmates and staff at Downtown Montessori Academy in Milwaukee. Hours later, teachers and others at the school were still abuzz.
"Everybody was impressed. You should have seen everybody. Their faces were just wide-eyed," said Virginia Flynn, the head of school. "The fact that it was handwritten made it really special," she added.
And I have to say it's a better look for her than her previous ones.
So Why Didn't the 1967 Borders Bring Peace?
The constant refrain of Israel's critics in the last few decades has been the need for the Jewish state to withdraw from every inch of territory it won in the Six-Day War and to return to what they erroneously refer to as the "1967 borders." But as Israelis celebrate the 46th anniversary of the re-unification of their capital city today that was made possible by that war, it's appropriate to ask why peace did not reign in the Middle East on June 4, 1967 prior to the beginning of the "occupation."
Liberal Columnist: 2nd Amendment Written "About A Thousand Years Ago"
Math and understanding that 100 year old Constitution are like really hard sometimes.
Bookworm on Dog Whistle Theater
Teaching Your Kids To Hate You
In general, the higher the tuition, the more extreme the leftward bias of the campus, so that you might as well send your kid to the University of Pyongyang as to send him to Harvard. ...There are probably more Baptists at Brandeis than conservatives at Columbia.
Actually look comfortable and nerdily stylish. You could do worse.
The Last Known Photographs of Famous People
Teh Tweet!
Yahoo group. That is all.
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Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at May 15, 2013 06:23 PM (KOTpC)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 15, 2013 06:23 PM (HVff2)
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Posted by: Jones in CO at May 15, 2013 06:27 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 15, 2013 06:27 PM (QR2k5)
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at May 15, 2013 06:27 PM (AC0lD)
xoxo
Posted by: Peaches at May 15, 2013 06:27 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at May 15, 2013 06:27 PM (KOTpC)
Posted by: extra at May 15, 2013 06:28 PM (tM7N7)
Posted by: Jones in CO at May 15, 2013 06:28 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Extremely grumpy momma bear at May 15, 2013 06:28 PM (5mwzA)
Posted by: Obama Rules at May 15, 2013 06:29 PM (TWLxD)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s] at May 15, 2013 06:29 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 15, 2013 06:29 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Extremely grumpy momma bear at May 15, 2013 10:28 PM (5mwzA)
apparently, Hood County is already having a "mass casualty" situation. prayer time.
Posted by: Peaches at May 15, 2013 06:29 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Y-not at May 15, 2013 06:29 PM (5H6zj)
Lottery Odds 101
it's rather simple, here, observe..
we'll use 176 instead of 176,000,000
1/176 = 0.0056818..probability of winning
2 tickets will give you 2 chances in 176 = 2/176 = 0.01136...probability of winning
now watch this:
1/88 = 0.01136...
See that? It's the exact same probability.
Posted by: soothsayer at May 15, 2013 06:30 PM (KwX0v)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 15, 2013 06:30 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 15, 2013 06:30 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: RWC at May 15, 2013 06:30 PM (Wl/Ht)
Posted by: Jack at May 15, 2013 06:30 PM (Zv1QB)
Posted by: soothsayer at May 15, 2013 10:30 PM (KwX0v)
cut it the fuck out, okay? don't buy a ticket. leave the rest of us alone. damn, it's just getting tiresome.
Posted by: Peaches at May 15, 2013 06:31 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 15, 2013 06:31 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: USS Diversity at May 15, 2013 06:31 PM (hC80d)
Posted by: Extremely grumpy momma bear at May 15, 2013 06:31 PM (5mwzA)
Posted by: extra at May 15, 2013 10:28 PM (tM7N7)
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When you're busy smoking crack and slamming poop shoots, you ain't got much time to govern.
Posted by: Craig Poe at May 15, 2013 06:32 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Haiku Guy at May 15, 2013 06:32 PM (XPfkb)
Posted by: Jack at May 15, 2013 06:32 PM (Zv1QB)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 15, 2013 06:32 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Jean at May 15, 2013 06:32 PM (CMlD4)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 15, 2013 06:32 PM (BmQEN)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 15, 2013 06:32 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Author, King of the Brittons at May 15, 2013 06:33 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Julian BOnd at May 15, 2013 06:33 PM (WgeYS)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at May 15, 2013 06:33 PM (u6nf+)
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 15, 2013 06:33 PM (QR2k5)
Posted by: EC at May 15, 2013 06:34 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at May 15, 2013 06:34 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: EC at May 15, 2013 10:31 PM (doBIb)
In Florida? Where the high tomorrow is 90 and the ground is perpetually soaked?
And you didn't even mention bugs. Surely there are bugs.
Posted by: Splunge at May 15, 2013 06:34 PM (bKA83)
Posted by: Tom Servo Roguish Wonk at May 15, 2013 06:34 PM (lhNul)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 15, 2013 10:32 PM (piMMO)
.......................
From the back yes.
Posted by: Fashion critic at May 15, 2013 06:34 PM (WgeYS)
But old age and treachery beat youth and stamina every time.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 15, 2013 06:34 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Gamal Abdel Nasser at May 15, 2013 06:35 PM (JqnAE)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 15, 2013 06:36 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: esch at May 15, 2013 06:36 PM (9XVgh)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 15, 2013 06:36 PM (BmQEN)
Posted by: Tom Servo Roguish Wonk at May 15, 2013 10:34 PM (lhNul)
omg, now I can't stop laughing.
Posted by: Peaches at May 15, 2013 06:36 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Natasha at May 15, 2013 06:36 PM (pyYXJ)
She's helping with the Progressive eugenics programs of the 1930s.
And she knows it.
I'm pretty sure that it doesn't quite work that way. Get a critical mass of infected Progressive spawn, and you give the virus a fighting chance to mutate a way around the vaccine.
Also, I don't think she knows it. I think she's an idiot.
Posted by: Splunge at May 15, 2013 06:36 PM (bKA83)
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 15, 2013 06:36 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: RWC at May 15, 2013 06:36 PM (Wl/Ht)
It cost $10,000.00 on the taxpayer dime.
Posted by: Jack at May 15, 2013 10:30 PM (Zv1QB)
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Michelle thinks she's Beyonce. Barack thinks he's Blaine Edwards (two snaps).
Posted by: Craig Poe at May 15, 2013 06:37 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at May 15, 2013 06:37 PM (XPZpj)
Posted by: Natasha at May 15, 2013 10:36 PM (pyYXJ)
thank you!!! a tasteful link would have been more than sufficient.
Posted by: Peaches at May 15, 2013 06:38 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: CAC at May 15, 2013 06:38 PM (0RozK)
Posted by: AltonJackson is in TheBarrel™ again at May 15, 2013 06:38 PM (JMmQ9)
should read: "Who are[/] you, Brave Sir Knight..."
fear of The Barrel™ makes one focus on the formatting, rather than the content
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 15, 2013 10:36 PM (JMmQ9)
Or not.
Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 15, 2013 06:38 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 15, 2013 06:38 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Craig Poe at May 15, 2013 10:37 PM (BVkEs)
is that the Blaine and 'Toine guy from the old SNL? cause that was some funny shit, right there.
Posted by: Peaches at May 15, 2013 06:39 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: EC at May 15, 2013 06:39 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 15, 2013 06:39 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 15, 2013 06:39 PM (aDwsi)
I resisted getting the vaccine for no particular reason for many years. Finally relented one October. Got the damn flu in February. Chills, sweating, chills, sweating. It was horrible. First time I ever had it too. I asked the doc next time I saw him. He sad the vaccine doesn't last that long.
I got the shot the next few years. and got the flu the next few years. Stopped getting the shot. No flu since.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 15, 2013 06:39 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 15, 2013 06:39 PM (BmQEN)
Posted by: Jones in CO at May 15, 2013 06:40 PM (8sCoq)
Who can say, in this complex world? Who?
Posted by: Splunge at May 15, 2013 06:40 PM (bKA83)
Basic probability seems to cause epileptic fits for some.
Posted by: soothsayer
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That's not unlikely.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 15, 2013 06:40 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at May 15, 2013 06:40 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: USS Diversity at May 15, 2013 06:41 PM (hC80d)
Posted by: Jones in CO at May 15, 2013 06:41 PM (8sCoq)
Some colonists had rifles which are more advanced than muskets, high tech for the time. Not only that but multi-shot weapons were available and not prohibited from anyone.
I've been waiting to meet a leftist who tries that line out within earshot. It won't be pretty.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at May 15, 2013 06:41 PM (YTstp)
Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 15, 2013 06:41 PM (6rcHp)
Posted by: CAC at May 15, 2013 06:41 PM (0RozK)
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 15, 2013 06:41 PM (QR2k5)
I chugged a big bottle of something labeled "don't drink - ape piss." Wasn't great.
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She's helping with the Progressive eugenics programs of the 1930s.
Vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks famously map to Whole Foods store locations. Those are the neighborhoods where housewives have time to sit around getting brainwashed by TV talk shows. Jenny's late-term-aborting future Nazis. It's OK.
Posted by: oblig. at May 15, 2013 06:42 PM (cePv8)
Posted by: Jones in CO at May 15, 2013 06:42 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: andycanuck at May 15, 2013 06:42 PM (mGBy8)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 15, 2013 06:43 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: 2 True at May 15, 2013 06:43 PM (DiKwo)
Posted by: andycanuck at May 15, 2013 06:43 PM (mGBy8)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 15, 2013 06:44 PM (BmQEN)
Posted by: EC at May 15, 2013 06:44 PM (doBIb)
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In Living Color.
Posted by: Craig Poe at May 15, 2013 06:44 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 15, 2013 06:44 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: EC at May 15, 2013 06:45 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: CAC at May 15, 2013 06:45 PM (0RozK)
Posted by: Craig Poe at May 15, 2013 10:44 PM (BVkEs)
oops, my bad. i did love those two, though.
Posted by: Peaches at May 15, 2013 06:45 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at May 15, 2013 10:40 PM (DoZD+)...........
Me...The guy that has to design her pants to hold it. Oh? the one on her head? I had nothing to do with it.
Posted by: The guy who designs her pants at May 15, 2013 06:46 PM (WgeYS)
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 15, 2013 06:46 PM (QR2k5)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 15, 2013 06:46 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 15, 2013 06:46 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Craig Poe at May 15, 2013 10:44 PM (BVkEs)
oops, my bad. i did love those two, though.
Posted by: Peaches at May 15, 2013 10:45 PM (8lmkt)
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Two snaps, AND a circle.
Posted by: Craig Poe at May 15, 2013 06:46 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at May 15, 2013 06:46 PM (66zNN)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 15, 2013 06:47 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at May 15, 2013 06:47 PM (b9K4P)
Cheers-
Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 15, 2013 06:47 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Low Information Voter
It would make a great retro-hair band name on the other hand.
"This Saturday
(this Saturday)
Live
(Live)
Live at the Denver Theater
DIPHTHERIA
and special guest RATT!"
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at May 15, 2013 06:47 PM (YTstp)
Posted by: CAC at May 15, 2013 06:47 PM (0RozK)
Posted by: CAC at May 15, 2013 10:45 PM (0RozK)
I will take the troll posts, but thanks for sending that chill up my spine.
Posted by: Peaches at May 15, 2013 06:48 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 15, 2013 06:48 PM (U5fw7)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at May 15, 2013 06:49 PM (66zNN)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 15, 2013 06:49 PM (pxDth)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at May 15, 2013 06:49 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 15, 2013 06:50 PM (BmQEN)
Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 15, 2013 06:50 PM (6rcHp)
Addendum:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferguson_rifle
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girandoni_Air_Rifle
Since when is pixy banning Wiki hot sock links?
Posted by: andycanuck at May 15, 2013 06:51 PM (mGBy8)
Was all this Theon Greyjoy torture in the Game of Thrones books?
They sure are spending a lot of time with it. It has me wondering why it's so important.
Posted by: soothsayer, now with 20% less ruth at May 15, 2013 06:51 PM (LVtr+)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
Like SPINAL TAP had problems?
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at May 15, 2013 06:51 PM (YTstp)
Posted by: Craig Poe at May 15, 2013 06:51 PM (BVkEs)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 15, 2013 06:51 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 15, 2013 06:52 PM (QR2k5)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at May 15, 2013 06:53 PM (jucos)
In terms of the underground economy, I'd like to see more stories on what I call "Obama girls", women who trade sex for money to make ends meet. I imagine there's millions of Obama girls out there.
If there was a Republican President in office now, the media would be all over it for sweeps week...
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at May 15, 2013 06:53 PM (AC0lD)
Posted by: Jones in CO at May 15, 2013 06:53 PM (8sCoq)
good night
thanx all for being here
(except for the trolls, who can go fukc themselves)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 15, 2013 06:53 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 15, 2013 06:53 PM (ppPM+)
Posted by: andycanuck
I'll tell you right after you tell me why minx.cc and hotair.com are banned.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at May 15, 2013 06:53 PM (YTstp)
Posted by: Emdoc at May 15, 2013 06:54 PM (oe4oA)
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at May 15, 2013 10:51 PM (OWjjx)
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When you get your wish make sure it has the 0.05 BAC App as well because they may go hand in hand.
Posted by: Not smart enough to make my own app at May 15, 2013 06:54 PM (WgeYS)
Ooh! Ooh! I did!
Posted by: Stevie Wonder at May 15, 2013 06:54 PM (WMsq+)
Posted by: Helion Prime at May 15, 2013 06:54 PM (C3KwS)
Posted by: Craig Poe
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Joyce could do a better job dead than any of the other cabinet members.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 15, 2013 06:54 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Tank at May 15, 2013 06:54 PM (JJ9EC)
Posted by: Angelina Jolie at May 15, 2013 06:54 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 15, 2013 06:55 PM (BmQEN)
Posted by: andycanuck at May 15, 2013 06:55 PM (mGBy8)
Game of Thrones is literally moving at a snail's pace. We'll have to wait another year for 10 more episodes.
It might be another 2 years until the Dragon Lady lays siege on King's Landing.
Posted by: soothsayer, now with 20% less ruth at May 15, 2013 06:55 PM (NLH1M)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at May 15, 2013 06:56 PM (66zNN)
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 15, 2013 06:56 PM (ppPM+)
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 15, 2013 06:56 PM (U5fw7)
Well, that's the left's goal, isn't it?
Posted by: cool arrow at May 15, 2013 06:57 PM (WMsq+)
Posted by: joey biden at May 15, 2013 06:57 PM (mGBy8)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 15, 2013 06:57 PM (2up3Q)
Here's how to win over the Low Information Voters and put pressure on President Dumbass at the same time.
The Republicans need to challenge him to go on "Maury" and take a lie-detector test to see what he knew about all the scandals. If he refuses, he's guilty....
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at May 15, 2013 06:57 PM (AC0lD)
Posted by: Y-not at May 15, 2013 06:57 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 15, 2013 06:59 PM (pxDth)
Posted by: no good deed at May 15, 2013 06:59 PM (mjR67)
I'm only up to episode 5, Waterhouse, where Jamie and Brienne take a bath.
It's funny that she's so modest in a tv show where everyone's dingaling and hoohoo are hanging about.
Posted by: soothsayer, now with 20% less ruth at May 15, 2013 06:59 PM (Ba6aP)
Posted by: irright at May 15, 2013 07:00 PM (DtNNC)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 15, 2013 07:00 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 15, 2013 07:01 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Y-not
The only reply to that kind of whinging is "We'll stop after the insane slander of Bush and Palin by the Left comes back to hurt the Left."
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at May 15, 2013 07:01 PM (YTstp)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 15, 2013 07:01 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: EC at May 15, 2013 07:01 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 15, 2013 07:01 PM (6rcHp)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 15, 2013 07:01 PM (pxDth)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at May 15, 2013 07:01 PM (66zNN)
Was all this Theon Greyjoy torture in the Game of Thrones books?
It was mentioned in passing. It is important for his character arc.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at May 15, 2013 07:02 PM (lr3d7)
The more oppressive the regime, the more people go underground.
Posted by: @PurpAv at May 15, 2013 07:02 PM (/gHaE)
Posted by: EC at May 15, 2013 07:02 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Peaches at May 15, 2013 07:02 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 15, 2013 07:03 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Ragamuffin at May 15, 2013 07:03 PM (fzFF6)
Posted by: Peaches at May 15, 2013 07:03 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: EC at May 15, 2013 07:03 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Mr. Dave at May 15, 2013 07:04 PM (t436K)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 15, 2013 07:04 PM (piMMO)
24
2 tickets will give you 2 chances in 176 = 2/176 = 0.01136...probability of winning
now watch this:
1/88 = 0.01136...
See that? It's the exact same probability.
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Assuming you don't choose 2 identical tickets
Posted by: Baby's Dad at May 15, 2013 07:04 PM (sYTYw)
Game of Thrones is literally moving at a snail's pace. We'll have to wait another year for 10 more episodes.
It might be another 2 years until the Dragon Lady lays siege on King's Landing.
The problem is that GRRM takes so damn long to write each book that they run the very real risk of getting through all the books before he finishes the next one.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at May 15, 2013 07:04 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at May 15, 2013 07:04 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Tank at May 15, 2013 07:05 PM (JJ9EC)
Posted by: zsasz at May 15, 2013 07:05 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: t-bird at May 15, 2013 07:05 PM (/1Zl6)
Posted by: Jones in CO at May 15, 2013 07:06 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 15, 2013 07:06 PM (pxDth)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 15, 2013 07:06 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 15, 2013 07:06 PM (6rcHp)
Posted by: Peaches at May 15, 2013 07:07 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at May 15, 2013 07:07 PM (66zNN)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 15, 2013 07:07 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at May 15, 2013 07:07 PM (jucos)
Posted by: EC at May 15, 2013 07:07 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Y-not
I concur. This topic has been on the ONT before, and a few doubters were put to some fuckin' knowledge by the crowd here.
There are some risks in vaccinations, as there are in all human endeavors. But the benefits are incalculable.
Posted by: GnuBreed at May 15, 2013 07:07 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 15, 2013 07:07 PM (piMMO)
Every day I give thanks that most terrorists and criminals are dumber than a box of rocks.
The problem is the institutions seeking to catch them have "institutional IQ's" only incrementally better than that box of rocks since they're hampered by the dictates of political correctness.
Posted by: @PurpAv at May 15, 2013 07:07 PM (/gHaE)
Posted by: joey biden at May 15, 2013 07:08 PM (mGBy8)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 15, 2013 07:08 PM (ZPrif)
Did you see how your local 11o'clock news handled the IRS scandal?
Let me put it this way: Obama to the rescue!
Not only does it have nothing to do with Obama, but he's the one who put a stop to it and is rectifying the situation.
Posted by: soothsayer, now with 20% less ruth at May 15, 2013 07:08 PM (FC8Yl)
Posted by: CDR M at May 15, 2013 07:09 PM (dKV5k)
105 That's not unlikely.
How droll!
Posted by: soothsayer
Probably
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Can we leave the stat-nerd humor to the actual statisticians in the hoarde?
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at May 15, 2013 07:09 PM (sYTYw)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 15, 2013 07:09 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Jean at May 15, 2013 07:09 PM (CMlD4)
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 15, 2013 07:11 PM (U5fw7)
Can we leave the stat-nerd humor to the actual statisticians in the hoarde?
Posted by: buzzsaw90
A -
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at May 15, 2013 07:11 PM (YTstp)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 15, 2013 07:11 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Bete resigned to just watching the world burn at May 15, 2013 07:11 PM (Lqb+9)
Posted by: Peaches at May 15, 2013 07:12 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 15, 2013 07:12 PM (pxDth)
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 15, 2013 07:12 PM (QR2k5)
Posted by: zsasz at May 15, 2013 07:12 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 15, 2013 07:12 PM (fvX/W)
Posted by: @PurpAv at May 15, 2013 07:13 PM (/gHaE)
That's a mean thing to say.
Posted by: andycanuck at May 15, 2013 07:13 PM (mGBy8)
you can use mine, i am done with those sweater puppies, got me a whole new rack.
Posted by: Angelina Jolie at May 15, 2013 07:13 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 15, 2013 11:09 PM
Killer movie.
Posted by: Berserker at May 15, 2013 07:13 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 15, 2013 07:13 PM (U5fw7)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 15, 2013 07:14 PM (pxDth)
Posted by: Splunge at May 15, 2013 07:14 PM (bKA83)
Posted by: Perverted Green Ball of Death at May 15, 2013 07:15 PM (JqnAE)
182 The underground economy is as high as 20% of GDP in some Baltic nations.
The more oppressive the regime, the more people go underground.
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WORD
Posted by: C.H.U.D. at May 15, 2013 07:15 PM (sYTYw)
Posted by: EC at May 15, 2013 07:16 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 15, 2013 07:16 PM (QR2k5)
Posted by: CAC at May 15, 2013 07:17 PM (0RozK)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at May 15, 2013 07:17 PM (66zNN)
Posted by: Splunge at May 15, 2013 07:17 PM (bKA83)
Posted by: EC at May 15, 2013 07:17 PM (doBIb)
190 Give new meaning to the term "double aught"
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Bitch shot me with her .38(DD). There was milk everywhere...
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at May 15, 2013 07:17 PM (sYTYw)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 15, 2013 11:12 PM (fvX/W)
Hey, bebe!!! My chicky parm does not come from there although, oddly, I am waiting on some right now. And, the big excitement about Santa Monica Promenade is that they are opening a Steak & Shake. All the flyover dudes are going wacky. Not sure if they deliver and I'm out of range even if they are.
Posted by: Peaches at May 15, 2013 07:17 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 15, 2013 07:18 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: BCochran1981
Would that mean we have to wait 18 years to get our hands on them?
#NotMeAskingForAFriend
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at May 15, 2013 07:19 PM (YTstp)
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 15, 2013 07:19 PM (ppPM+)
As for the vaccination thing. Do not forget Muslim clerics in Africa claim the vaccines are a Western plot to make them infertile. So they get polio outbreaks.
And the use of Mercury as an anti-growth agent stems from one case in Australia I think in the 1920s. One bottle of vaccine was reused. Of the 22 or so from the second day of injections, most died. So Mercury was added.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 15, 2013 07:19 PM (CkFoK)
201 I think we should make. bullets out of boobs.
Posted by: BCochran1981
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Shit. I'll be illegal for being high capacity.
Posted by: Christina Hendricks at May 15, 2013 07:19 PM (sYTYw)
Heh:
Re: vaccinations.
One of my last coursework papers argued that the government mandating of vaccinations combined with general American distrust of government was what gave space to the anti-vax movement (This was a biopolitics class. Hence the weirdness.)
My solution was to remove the government mandates and let the pain comeback. Plus it'd take away Jenny McCarthy's crazy arguments.
Fact is we do lots of things more dangerous than vaccination on a regular basis for health even. Life's a tradeoff and I'll take a 1:100,000 chance of getting a vaccine induced problem over the 1:5 chance of dying of diphtheria any day.
(I'm actually on the fence about the chicken pox vaccine, as things go Chickenpox is a fairly harmless illness so the vaccine problem rate quickly approaches the chickenpox problem rate, and there are signs that it's not as effective in the long term as straight up disease, but I'd just kick it to the parents for personal decisions.)
Posted by: tsrblke at May 15, 2013 07:19 PM (GaqMa)
Posted by: Perverted Green Ball of Death at May 15, 2013 11:15 PM
Hearing black sabbath's "mob rules" while the horde was attacking was worth the price of admission.
Posted by: Berserker at May 15, 2013 07:20 PM (FMbng)
202 Our future isn't Europe. It's Brazil.
We're gonna wish we were Europe.
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The country, or the movie? It's really hard to tell...
Posted by: Christina Hendricks at May 15, 2013 07:21 PM (sYTYw)
Posted by: CAC at May 15, 2013 11:17 PM (0RozK)
My guess would be "yes" . . . 29 years old, out driving around with expired tags (and guns and drugs and a pipe bomb). They were calling him a one-off earlier, not sure if they've decided it was a plot or an organized deal. They said somebody left a pipe bomb in the Jack in the Box across the street in December, the neighbors figure that was him. Oddly, first I've heard of it. They don't like to bother the populace with this shit if they can possibly help it. It is, after all, El Lay.
Posted by: Peaches at May 15, 2013 07:21 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 15, 2013 07:21 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Thrawn at May 15, 2013 07:22 PM (JqnAE)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 15, 2013 07:22 PM (fvX/W)
212 How would horses drown playing water polo? They use seahorses, don't they?
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Ask Neidermayer...he's a dead horse
Posted by: Christina Hendricks at May 15, 2013 07:22 PM (sYTYw)
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 15, 2013 07:22 PM (ppPM+)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 15, 2013 07:23 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 15, 2013 07:23 PM (CkFoK)
Star Trek:The Motion Picture had the uniforms that looked like sleep wear. Too bad none were issued to the audience for the snooze fest.
Funny you should say this because anytime I wanted to fall asleep, I'd pop in this movie. I'd be asleep in minutes.
Posted by: soothsayer, now with 20% less ruth at May 15, 2013 07:23 PM (Fely/)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 15, 2013 07:23 PM (piMMO)
Oh, I love Truxton's! When I worked in Inglewood (LAX corridor), we used to go to the one in Westchester. Quite good. A little trendy and noisy, but the food was wonderful.
Posted by: Peaches at May 15, 2013 07:23 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 15, 2013 07:23 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 15, 2013 07:24 PM (HVff2)
233 Can we leave the stat-nerd humor to the actual statisticians in the horde?
That's a mean thing to say.
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I'm in the union...we has 7 rulz about this (+/-2)
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at May 15, 2013 07:24 PM (sYTYw)
Pips! Thanks.
I wanted to congratulate Nevergiveup yesterday on his new pip, but I didn't know what to call it.
Posted by: soothsayer, now with 20% less ruth at May 15, 2013 07:25 PM (KwX0v)
Posted by: mpfs at May 15, 2013 07:25 PM (TCy/B)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 15, 2013 07:25 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: tsrblke
Er, no. There's a strong link between having chickenpox and then later in life developing shingles.
Posted by: GnuBreed at May 15, 2013 07:25 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at May 15, 2013 07:25 PM (66zNN)
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at May 15, 2013 07:25 PM (sYTYw)
Sorry, been checking some other stuff. Unfortunately, we don't have any openings for 13B's at the moment, just 13F and 13R.
Posted by: Country Singer at May 15, 2013 07:25 PM (cnmE6)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 15, 2013 07:26 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 15, 2013 07:26 PM (CkFoK)
Posted by: Jones in CO at May 15, 2013 07:26 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: EC at May 15, 2013 07:26 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 15, 2013 07:27 PM (CkFoK)
Posted by: mpfs at May 15, 2013 07:27 PM (TCy/B)
244
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Can we leave the stat-nerd humor to the actual statisticians in the hoarde?
Posted by: buzzsaw90 at May 15, 2013 11:09 PM (sYTYw)
You had better get a grip on your rampant anti-homoscedasticity, pal.
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Some things are just outside the norm. Can't abide outliers.
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at May 15, 2013 07:27 PM (sYTYw)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 15, 2013 07:27 PM (qyfb5)
What's this?
Parents and Lt Savak (Kirstie Alley for those of you in Rio Linda) are upset with Abercrombie and Fitch? Are they just now realizing that it's a sleazy company that makes sleazy apparel for sleazy yutes?
Posted by: soothsayer, now with 20% less ruth at May 15, 2013 07:27 PM (052zE)
Posted by: Mole #3 at May 15, 2013 07:27 PM (pxDth)
Posted by: Jones in CO at May 15, 2013 07:27 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 15, 2013 07:27 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: mpfs at May 15, 2013 11:25 PM (TCy/B)
I grew up in New England, mpfs, and there were very old graveyards (ot, I made out on Emily Dickinson's grave, more than once). There are a LOT of 1918 deaths, all from that flu. And now we have that fuckin' skankasaurus Jenny "butterface" what's her name. fuck her.
Posted by: Peaches at May 15, 2013 07:28 PM (8lmkt)
250 I think we should make. bullets out of boobs.
Posted by: BCochran1981
You should see my Wad Cutters sonny! You'd go ballistic!
Posted by: Christina Hendricks at May 15, 2013 07:28 PM (CPBLQ)
Posted by: Jones in CO at May 15, 2013 07:28 PM (8sCoq)
The anti-vaccination idiots are walking examples of natural selection in action.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 15, 2013 07:28 PM (IDSI7)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at May 15, 2013 07:28 PM (fvX/W)
Posted by: mpfs at May 15, 2013 07:28 PM (TCy/B)
Posted by: Y-not on the phone at May 15, 2013 07:29 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 15, 2013 07:29 PM (CkFoK)
Posted by: AltonJackson is in TheBarrel™ again at May 15, 2013 07:29 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: EC at May 15, 2013 07:30 PM (doBIb)
Beanbag "bullet" equivalents. They'll be issued to the Border Patrol.
Posted by: andycanuck at May 15, 2013 07:30 PM (mGBy8)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 15, 2013 07:30 PM (CkFoK)
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 15, 2013 07:30 PM (U5fw7)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at May 15, 2013 07:30 PM (66zNN)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 15, 2013 07:31 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: EC at May 15, 2013 07:32 PM (doBIb)
There are a LOT of 1918 deaths, all from that flu.
I once went through a cemetary in the gold country of California, where of course everyone came as adults. Average age at death (ca. 1870 or so): 45. That explains why Victorian novels (e.g., Dickens) contain so many references to orphans. Late marriage + early death = buttload of orphans.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 15, 2013 07:32 PM (IDSI7)
Posted by: Thrawn at May 15, 2013 07:32 PM (JqnAE)
Say what? It will be at least another ten years before fat fuck even finishes writing the book in which that siege takes place.
Posted by: King Berry the First at May 15, 2013 07:32 PM (Q9qpj)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 15, 2013 07:32 PM (CkFoK)
it was right across the street from the high school, it was where we hung out. it was nice.
Posted by: Peaches at May 15, 2013 07:32 PM (8lmkt)
I only caught half the story on my local news, so I don't know why they're upset.
But after the report was over, the sports guy said he walked by an A and F store the other day at the mall and thought it was a night club it was so dark. Then the anchorette said yeah and all you can smell is cologne.
Posted by: Herman Munster at May 15, 2013 07:33 PM (8dspl)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 15, 2013 11:27 PM (qyfb5)
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Yeah, that'd be a great way to get rid of all the bullets. just make bullets out of them. I need to rite a letter about that
Posted by: Joey B. the VP at May 15, 2013 07:34 PM (sYTYw)
The govt mandates would disappear with a tax credit school payment system. If you want to send your kid to a school where vaccinations are not required go for it.
My point being public school is the only real enforcement method for vaccinations currently. So lets get the crazies on our side. Plus it will soon prove the efficacy of vaccinations.
Posted by: McGregor at May 15, 2013 07:34 PM (qo244)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 15, 2013 07:34 PM (CkFoK)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 15, 2013 07:35 PM (piMMO)
Here's an interesting dilemma for our left-wing cognitively disenfranchised friends: if an anti-HIV vaccine is developed, would they take it? Why, or why not?
Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 15, 2013 07:35 PM (IDSI7)
Posted by: Sponge at May 15, 2013 07:35 PM (nG3wl)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 15, 2013 07:36 PM (CkFoK)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 15, 2013 07:36 PM (pxDth)
Posted by: GnuBreed at May 15, 2013 11:25 PM (ccXZP)
True, but IIRC the chickenpox vaccine doesn't prevent against shingles. It's been a while since I've read the data, but if memory serves it was having some crap out around 25 years post vaccination and boosters were iffy propositions for various reasons and vaccinations aren't 100% protection against a disease.
Shingles is a weird bird in that it cause is the chicken pox virus's ability to lay dormant in nerve cells. So last time I looked at the data the running theory was the vaccine prevented chickenpox full blown disease but the virus could still make it to the nerve cells.
Now the makeup of these vaccines changes quite often, and they might have switched from a live virus to a dead virus or vice versa or whatever that may have helped the longevity of it and it's ability to protect against shingles later in life (plus there's not the shingles vaccine). In either case, I'd stand by my original decision, discuss the options with a trained medical profession, weigh the pros and cons and make the choice.
Posted by: tsrblke at May 15, 2013 07:36 PM (GaqMa)
My point being public school is the only real enforcement method for vaccinations currently. So lets get the crazies on our side. Plus it will soon prove the efficacy of vaccinations.
And chlorinate the gene pool into the bargain.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 15, 2013 07:36 PM (IDSI7)
Posted by: beavis at May 15, 2013 07:36 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: what helen thomas's underwear say on the Wednesday night ONT at May 15, 2013 07:36 PM (mGBy8)
I don't lick about the Game of Thrones books and just assumed the whole saga was written a while ago.
Posted by: soothsayer, now with 20% less ruth at May 15, 2013 07:36 PM (NLH1M)
Prayers for the families.
Posted by: Sponge at May 15, 2013 11:35 PM (nG3wl)
What happened there?
Posted by: Berserker at May 15, 2013 07:37 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: EC at May 15, 2013 07:37 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 15, 2013 07:38 PM (piMMO)
I also heard maybe a new Stargate series in our future. If it's anything as stupid as Universe, they should scrap it.
Posted by: soothsayer, now with 20% less ruth at May 15, 2013 07:39 PM (KeJAW)
Would they take it? Of course, on the grounds that they are fully-developed (biologically, though not mentally) adults. Would they give it to their kids? No, because the kid's body is still developing and such things could cause drastic health issues. Unless it's a morning-after pill, in which case, no worries about any potential long term effects.
Posted by: Country Singer at May 15, 2013 07:39 PM (cnmE6)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 15, 2013 07:39 PM (CkFoK)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 15, 2013 07:40 PM (piMMO)
Here ya go: http://preview.tinyurl.com/dxrzbxa
Posted by: Country Singer at May 15, 2013 07:41 PM (cnmE6)
Posted by: soothsayer, now with 20% less ruth at May 15, 2013 11:39 PM
That show was fucking pitiful. They dragged the stargate name through the mud with that one. It was like they wanted to copy the newer battlestar galactica. Yeah lets have yet another completely disfunctional crew out in space.
Posted by: Berserker at May 15, 2013 07:42 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: puddleglum at May 15, 2013 07:42 PM (8SsiG)
Posted by: The Dude at May 15, 2013 07:42 PM (vJdyz)
Mrs Ronny Red-Nosed said it was just diverticulitis; so much for feminine intuition as a diagnostic Tool
Posted by: Ronny the Red-Nosed Reindeer at May 15, 2013 07:44 PM (omBWL)
One was a SmartCar with nary a person near it parked on the shoulder of I-20. Guess it was not such a smart purchase if they were using it on the highway.
Second automotive sight was far better. I saw over on I-20W what looked like a bright red with gleaming chrome boattail speedster. Being drive and no top. That thing looked really nice.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 15, 2013 07:44 PM (CkFoK)
Berserker, as bad as it was I missed it when it was canceled. Sci-Fi puts out a lot of crap; Universe was the least crappy. Plus we don't have a lot of sci-fi serials to choose from these days.
Posted by: soothsayer, now with 20% less ruth at May 15, 2013 07:45 PM (Y4TdB)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 15, 2013 07:45 PM (piMMO)
They better rescue that Smart Car before one of my relatives shows up and puts it in a clay pigeon thrower.
Posted by: Country Singer at May 15, 2013 07:46 PM (cnmE6)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 15, 2013 07:46 PM (CkFoK)
Posted by: Country Singer at May 15, 2013 07:46 PM (cnmE6)
Posted by: EC at May 15, 2013 07:46 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Rob in Katy at May 15, 2013 07:46 PM (PiTBB)
How dare you two insult First Lieutenant Major-Jugs like that. For shame. For shame.
Posted by: andycanuck at May 15, 2013 07:47 PM (mGBy8)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 15, 2013 07:48 PM (CkFoK)
Posted by: Tuna at May 15, 2013 07:48 PM (M/TDA)
http://tinyurl.com/bw467nc
http://tinyurl.com/bwuo2xs
Posted by: McGregor at May 15, 2013 07:49 PM (qo244)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 15, 2013 07:49 PM (pxDth)
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 15, 2013 07:49 PM (U5fw7)
Posted by: Matlock at May 15, 2013 07:49 PM (B0SwL)
cnn already swallowing the JEFs release of the 100 pages of emails as dispositive of the matter
never mind they are only 100 out of 25,000 pages
or that the first one released is three days after the attacks
their boyfriend's back and were gonna be in trouble, hey ya, hey ya, their boyfriend's back
Posted by: thunderb at May 15, 2013 07:49 PM (nH8jP)
Posted by: Country Singer at May 15, 2013 07:51 PM (cnmE6)
Posted by: EC at May 15, 2013 07:51 PM (doBIb)
Plus we don't have a lot of sci-fi serials to choose from these days.
True. I've been watching Defiance. Its ok but I'm giving it a large learning curve. Of course by the time it gets its legs and I start to really enjoy it, they'll cancel it anyway. Julie Benz is in it. She purty.
Posted by: puddleglum at May 15, 2013 07:52 PM (15w2J)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CKJ70AW
(I like sales pitches that are honest and straight to the point)
Posted by: Tom In Korea (author of My Teachers are Zombies, buy it on Amazon.com!) at May 15, 2013 07:52 PM (oJkTX)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 15, 2013 07:52 PM (qyfb5)
Yeah, for a military history class. He's OK, I guess, but he tends to make a lot of declarative statements sans much actual evidence.
It was sort of like reading something from a McKinsey & Company, but about future warfare, i.e. a lot of fluff and bullshit.
Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at May 15, 2013 07:53 PM (Q9qpj)
Posted by: T. at May 15, 2013 07:53 PM (2t+gn)
Posted by: EC at May 15, 2013 07:54 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: EC at May 15, 2013 11:51 PM (doBIb)
Hey, I like the current one. Your candidate would have a made a better courtesan or something.
Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at May 15, 2013 07:54 PM (Q9qpj)
Posted by: puddleglum at May 15, 2013 11:52 PM (15w2J)
already renewed for second season and the game is doing okay on numbers. Needs some slightly nude Stephanie Leonidas though
Posted by: The Dude at May 15, 2013 07:54 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 15, 2013 07:55 PM (CkFoK)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 15, 2013 07:56 PM (qyfb5)
I don't claim the ability to write a winning script, but I could write a thousand plotlines for that, and most of them wouldn't suck.
I think they were really onto something with that magical starship in SG:U.
I forget who, but someone here noticed the ship looked like a particular electric guitar, which kinda spoiled the mystique a little. Heh.
Posted by: soothsayer, now with 20% less ruth at May 15, 2013 07:57 PM (39q3n)
Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth>>
Thanks cause that was not at all what I got from the interview. I've been dealing with sales men lately so I should not be surprised.
Posted by: McGregor at May 15, 2013 07:57 PM (qo244)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 15, 2013 07:57 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: t-bird at May 15, 2013 07:58 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: AltonJackson has been asleep for at least thirty minutes at May 15, 2013 07:59 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Sponge at May 15, 2013 07:59 PM (nG3wl)
already renewed for second season
Ah, good. Did not know that. I'm usually a albatross for TV shows, especially if I start to really like it. Sorry Firefly.
Posted by: puddleglum at May 15, 2013 07:59 PM (15w2J)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 15, 2013 07:59 PM (CkFoK)
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I'm thinking a passing semi might blow it into the ditch.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 15, 2013 08:00 PM (aDwsi)
I wonder if he will nail Obama
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 15, 2013 11:01 PM (piMMO)
Only while he's dreaming, during which time he's also giving O a reach-around.
Posted by: Sandra Fluke's solid gold diaphragm at May 15, 2013 08:01 PM (7xeJQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 15, 2013 08:01 PM (CkFoK)
I never gave Revolution a chance. NBC burnt me on Heroes, so, never again. And I got burnt with Lost, at the end, too.
So I avoid major network serials excpt for Person of Interest and the late Fringe.
Posted by: soothsayer, now with 20% less ruth at May 15, 2013 08:01 PM (vzLhi)
Posted by: Ragamuffin at May 15, 2013 08:01 PM (fzFF6)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 15, 2013 08:02 PM (piMMO)
Don't forget that Jenny McCarthy is married to Jim Carrey, who spends his days on Twitter telling gun owners that they've got blood on their hands
Posted by: kbdabear at May 15, 2013 08:04 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 15, 2013 08:04 PM (piMMO)
Hopefully just SMOD is dialing in like artillery. It will be VW Bug size when SMOD fires for effect on DC.
Posted by: McGregor at May 15, 2013 08:04 PM (qo244)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at May 15, 2013 08:04 PM (BXLPR)
new tack for White House on Benghazi, Hicks was wrong, it was terrorism but not the group he thought so they were right to be careful with what they said
bank on it, the new defense is "a lie, but correct"
Posted by: thunderb at May 15, 2013 08:04 PM (nH8jP)
Posted by: Baldy at May 15, 2013 08:05 PM (tyDFN)
She would have been a nice Daenerys!
Posted by: EC at May 15, 2013 11:51 PM
Give her to the dwarf. Its the best chance to see the epic boobehs.
Posted by: Berserker at May 15, 2013 08:05 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: rickl at May 15, 2013 08:05 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: kbdabear at May 15, 2013 08:06 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: somejoe at May 15, 2013 08:06 PM (SSWdi)
Serious you guys, we need to work out the "challenge / pass" details soon
*whispering* It's Ewok/pudding
Posted by: harleycowboy at May 15, 2013 08:08 PM (+9AX9)
I'm out, too. Got to be in the office earlier than normal tomorrow.
Y'all have a good night.
Posted by: Country Singer at May 15, 2013 08:09 PM (cnmE6)
Posted by: EC at May 15, 2013 08:09 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: thunderb at May 15, 2013 08:10 PM (nH8jP)
thunderb at May 16, 2013 12:10 AM
At least that's down from the "several/hundreds" CNN was reporting earlier.
Posted by: harleycowboy at May 15, 2013 08:12 PM (+9AX9)
Posted by: AltonJackson has been asleep for at least forty-five minutes at May 15, 2013 08:14 PM (JMmQ9)
bank on it, the new defense is "a lie, but correct"
Posted by: thunderb at May 16, 2013 12:04 AM (nH8jP)
Ah, the Dan Rather defense.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 15, 2013 08:14 PM (HvmjJ)
Posted by: Ragamuffin at May 15, 2013 08:14 PM (fzFF6)
Glad to hear you're getting better Maetenloch.
Posted by: harleycowboy at May 15, 2013 08:15 PM (+9AX9)
Posted by: T. at May 15, 2013 08:15 PM (2t+gn)
Posted by: Baldy at May 16, 2013 12:05 AM (tyDFN)
Posted by: The Dude at May 15, 2013 08:16 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 15, 2013 08:16 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Merovign
Pedantic but important: post-apoc is easy to produce but hard to pull off.
It really wouldn't take much to make a good PA TV series. The problem is that the TV assholes have to include their favorite PC bad guys for ritual whipping: Corporashuns! BOOOSH! CIA! Materialism! Gorebal Warming!
SeriouslyYouGuys: with $100k anyone of us could make a watchable PA series pilot.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at May 15, 2013 08:16 PM (YTstp)
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I don't take 'press' too literally, I am willing to extend it to quill pens.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 15, 2013 08:18 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 15, 2013 08:18 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Rachel Carson, Margaret Sanger, Joe Stalin. Mao Tse-Tung and Pol Pot at May 15, 2013 08:20 PM (ruNkw)
Posted by: eman at May 15, 2013 08:22 PM (cQ4xo)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 15, 2013 08:24 PM (ruNkw)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 16, 2013 12:16 AM (YTstp)
Well, I did say "easy to do," not "easy to do well." Posted by: Merovign
...
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at May 15, 2013 08:29 PM (YTstp)
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Unless the noise is in the basement..., in which case don't check, because basement.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 15, 2013 08:29 PM (aDwsi)
I'm considering Dan Simmons' "Flashback" for the reading-list. On the topic of nostalgia for less shitty times.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at May 15, 2013 08:31 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at May 15, 2013 08:32 PM (BXLPR)
So, I've just finished season two of 'Weeds' and I've noticed there is a hardcore leftist message screamed at the viewer every episode..."Bush is the worst president ever! Global Warming is destroying our planet! blah, blah." Not even connected to the story...just randomly thrown in.
Does this crap continue the rest of the series?
Posted by: Icedog at May 15, 2013 08:34 PM (3qKP/)
Baldy, wrong. They have now cured some people with Hepatitis C with a still somewhat experimental regimen. It doesn't work on everyone (actually about 50% or so) and it is one mother of a set of treatments, taking around a year.
I know this because a friend of mine is one of the lucky ones, though the treatment nearly drove him mad. His blood is free of the virus.
That's a cure.
Posted by: GnuBreed at May 15, 2013 08:35 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Cowboy at May 15, 2013 08:36 PM (FMrA0)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at May 15, 2013 08:38 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 15, 2013 08:40 PM (tyF2+)
Posted by: Up With People at May 15, 2013 08:42 PM (krveP)
Warning, extremely graphic pictures at link
http://is.gd/lziVQr
Posted by: Jose at May 15, 2013 08:42 PM (zc/sw)
Cowboy at May 16, 2013 12:36 AM
IIRC there was a little girl that survied. The treated the symptoms as they appeared. Ventilator, ect.
Posted by: harleycowboy at May 15, 2013 08:43 PM (+9AX9)
Posted by: t-bird at May 15, 2013 08:43 PM (FcR7P)
http://tinyurl.com/a3txncz
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at May 16, 2013 12:38 AM (BXLPR)
Unless another story has been debunked I think that its true. There is the one news report about the guy in Europe that was cured of HIV because he got a bone marrow transplant, which ended up having that HIV immunity. I've never heard of that one being debunked.
Posted by: buzzion at May 15, 2013 08:44 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: Icedog at May 16, 2013 12:34 AM (3qKP/)
yep and the show really sucks after the second season too so you're not missing much
Posted by: The Dude at May 15, 2013 08:45 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Cowboy at May 15, 2013 08:49 PM (FMrA0)
1. LA
2. San Antonio
3. Seattle
4. Chicago
5. San Francisco
6. Philly
7. Detroit
8. St. Louis
9t. Baltimore
9t. Sacramento
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at May 15, 2013 08:49 PM (b9K4P)
Posted by: The Political Hat at May 15, 2013 08:50 PM (Vk2pI)
That's just cruel. They should chain him upside-down so he can have water...
Posted by: t-bird at May 16, 2013 12:43 AM (FcR7P)
IIRC, being suspended upside-down is normally fatal within 24 hours....all the blood valves facing the wrong way gets you massive edema in places necessary for breathing and brain operation.
Problem is, that wouldn't get the questions answered.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 15, 2013 08:50 PM (tyF2+)
Posted by: The Dude at May 16, 2013 12:45 AM (vJdyz)
Thanks brother. I was wondering how they dragged that series out six more seasons. Just filled it with crap.
Posted by: Icedog at May 15, 2013 08:52 PM (ZolUS)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 15, 2013 08:54 PM (xjpRj)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i][/b] at May 15, 2013 08:54 PM (YTstp)
Posted by: The Dude at May 15, 2013 08:54 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Cowboy at May 16, 2013 12:49 AM (FMrA0)
....enforceable by asking the DoJ "pretty please?" or using Congress' power of "inherent contempt" -- where the Sergeant-at-Arms of the chamber is directed to act. http://tinyurl.com/6g86e6
Posted by: cthulhu at May 15, 2013 08:54 PM (tyF2+)
Posted by: eman at May 15, 2013 08:55 PM (SXsuy)
How is that any different from lace wigs and machine parts for sale?
Posted by: Touting My Fucking Blog at May 15, 2013 08:55 PM (Q9qpj)
Posted by: zeera at May 15, 2013 08:57 PM (3dXwx)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i][/b] at May 15, 2013 08:59 PM (YTstp)
459 Hey, you know what annoys me? Folks who comment solely to post links to their fucking blogs.
How is that any different from lace wigs and machine parts for sale?
Posted by: Touting My Fucking Blog at May 16, 2013 12:55 AM (Q9qpj)
Uh, Balrog, you want to try not being such an ass? The Politcal Hat does that one time a night, among mulitple other comments that me makes. You just look like a whiny dick now.
Posted by: buzzion at May 15, 2013 09:00 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: DAve at May 15, 2013 09:01 PM (albkL)
http://tinyurl.com/dx6wzfb
shit looks funky
Posted by: The Dude at May 15, 2013 09:01 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: buzzion at May 16, 2013 01:00 AM (LI48c)
I concur. The Political Hat probably does less blog pimping than any other blogger who posts here.
Posted by: Icedog at May 15, 2013 09:02 PM (ZM9OS)
Yeah, no joke on Holder's contempt of Congress charge. He's been found
to be in criminal and in civil contempt. Why is he walking around
dissing everybody then? These aren't fluff, procedural moves, these are
statutory CRIMES, with jail sentences and all.
Posted by: Cowboy at May 16, 2013 12:49 AM (FMrA0)
....enforceable by asking the DoJ "pretty please?" or using Congress' power of "inherent contempt" -- where the Sergeant-at-Arms of the chamber is directed to act. http://tinyurl.com/6g86e6
Posted by: cthulhu at May 16, 2013 12:54 AM (tyF2+)
And, for a crossover "Game of Thrones" scenario -- is there a downside to letting him starve and perpetually leaving his skeleton chained to something on the floor of the chamber as a warning to others who might think their consigliere can stonewall indefinitely?
Posted by: cthulhu at May 15, 2013 09:03 PM (tyF2+)
Posted by: t-bird at May 15, 2013 09:04 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: DAve at May 16, 2013 01:01 AM (albkL)
BWAHAHAHAHAHahahahahahaha!
Posted by: cthulhu at May 15, 2013 09:04 PM (tyF2+)
"I just got an email from my union"
"from my union"
"my union"
Sorry, we're going to need you to hand over that AoS Gold Card and exit the building.
Posted by: Icedog at May 15, 2013 09:04 PM (ZM9OS)
What?! Is there a mini-flaming skull emoticon you can append to your comment?
brb, gotta buy pudding...
Posted by: t-bird at May 16, 2013 01:04 AM (FcR7P)
Smart move -- there may be shortages.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 15, 2013 09:05 PM (tyF2+)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at May 15, 2013 09:05 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: eman at May 15, 2013 09:05 PM (SXsuy)
Posted by: DAve at May 16, 2013 01:01 AM (albkL)
Wow, let us know whether you hear from the CTA.
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at May 15, 2013 09:07 PM (b9K4P)
Posted by: eman at May 16, 2013 01:05 AM (SXsuy)
I was trying to be nice....
Posted by: Icedog at May 15, 2013 09:07 PM (ZolUS)
Posted by: eman at May 16, 2013 01:05 AM (SXsuy)
Hey guys, did you know I wrote a book? You should buy it!
Posted by: Colorado Alex at May 15, 2013 09:07 PM (lr3d7)
"from my union"
"my union"
Sorry, we're going to need you to hand over that AoS Gold Card and exit the building.
Posted by: Icedog at May 16, 2013 01:04 AM (ZM9OS)
California ain't a "right-to-work" state.....you can say "my tapeworm"; you can say, "my leech"; you can say, "of all the vampire bats, that one is mine" -- but you can't say "my union"?
Posted by: cthulhu at May 15, 2013 09:07 PM (tyF2+)
Posted by: buzzion at May 15, 2013 09:08 PM (LI48c)
That is too fucking funny. Hmmm, could it be that conservatives were right about this one, too? Go figure.
Posted by: GnuBreed at May 15, 2013 09:09 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 16, 2013 01:07 AM (tyF2+)
"Crime family I pay protection money to so I can have a job"
Posted by: buzzion at May 15, 2013 09:10 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at May 15, 2013 09:10 PM (BXLPR)
vote to REPEAL Obamacare tomorrow.
That is too fucking funny. Hmmm, could it be that conservatives were right about this one, too? Go figure.
Posted by: GnuBreed at May 16, 2013 01:09 AM (ccXZP)
MSM: "Cluebat approaching, 8 o'clock high!"
UTLA: "INCOMING!!!!"
Posted by: cthulhu at May 15, 2013 09:11 PM (tyF2+)
Posted by: The Dude at May 15, 2013 09:11 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: DAve at May 15, 2013 09:11 PM (albkL)
Probably too late, as usual, but ....
A month or so ago, sitting in the reception area of the dentist's office while waiting for my teeth cleaning, I glanced at the WSJ. Said to the wife: "well, it's been 6 months or so since I actually looked at a 'newspaper', so let's have some fun".
Front-page story about re-emergence of pertussis (whooping cough) in Amerikkka. I say: "OK, let's see how long it takes them to bring up the main issue - illegal immigration - if they even do!".
Yep. Somewhere deep on the jump page, about paragraph 48, there is a grossly misleading allusion to "most cases being reported near the border areas of CA and TX" or something like that. No reference - none - to why that might be the case. Perhaps the asteroids impacting the Earth that carry the pertussis bacterium all are hitting near the unsecured border with Mexico?
I think this was the same day that the LAPD directed its entire Central Division, all personnel, to don gloves and masks when dealing with EVERYONE they interacted with in their area. Reason: pertussis near-epidemic.
Folks, I know I'm not the only one who says it, but just step back for a second and really consider just how deeply dumbed-down, unserious, and broken the US is, as a civil society. Racism and lawlessness are such absolute elevated values and priorities that we will literally permit public health crises to develop instead of dealing with the obvious - and easily managed - causes. Last year I got my tetanus booster. Nurse at the CVS mini-clinic (why the fuck aren't such things thick as tattoo-parlors on commercial streets, thus lowering typical/normal medical visit costs dramatically and emptying emergency rooms and returning SOME rational pricing and supply dynamics to health care delivery?) says matter of factly - "you really ought to get the DPT, even though you're an adult, as this pertussis thing is really taking off in SoCal thanks to the illegal immigration chaos". I say OK.
So there's the arguably best national newspaper, with a front page story on a serious topic, that cannot begin to "report" on it accurately and usefully, because - racism, lawlessness, idiocy.
Oh, and I haven't seen a "newspaper" since then, other than this morning, same dentist's office, when I barely had time to scan a jaw-dropping A7 article claiming that CA has a $1 billion budget surplus. WTF? Right. A budget that was deep in the red even WITH ridiculous and material shenanigans, book-cooking, and unlawful transfers and "borrowings" is suddenly in the black?
We are SO far through the looking glass, that a lifelong guvamint sector nerd like myself now doesn't even consider taking something like an official budget announcement seriously. Twenty years ago, they were serious and subject to no more than the expected and minimal gaming. Now? North Korean statistics are equally plausible.
Posted by: non-purist at May 15, 2013 09:11 PM (afQnV)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 16, 2013 01:07 AM (tyF2+)
I was just giving him shit. If it were not for mandatory union membership - especially teachers' unions - they all would have died a natural death decades ago.
Posted by: Icedog at May 15, 2013 09:12 PM (ZolUS)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CKJ70AW
Also, because it's a charming tale about three kids outwitting their teacher by making her play the rules they would force on others.
Posted by: Tom In Korea (author of My Teachers are Zombies, buy it on Amazon.com!) at May 15, 2013 09:12 PM (oJkTX)
Posted by: The Dude at May 15, 2013 09:13 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: DAve at May 15, 2013 09:13 PM (albkL)
Posted by: Arbalest at May 15, 2013 09:14 PM (fTbX9)
Nice retirement fund you got there. Bea real shame if something were to happen to it...
You seem to have been making trades and investments based on what appears to have been insider trading...
...we could be persuaded to overlook this ahh... indiscretion if you were to change your ahhh... position on a certain piece of legislation.
Posted by: The SEC at May 15, 2013 09:18 PM (/gHaE)
Networks are reporting news, journalists are doing some investigating, cats and dogs are sleeping together; it's the end times for sure.
It's the end of what times that I'm unsure of.
Posted by: GnuBreed at May 15, 2013 09:18 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: The Dude at May 15, 2013 09:19 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: chiếc mũ chính trị at May 15, 2013 09:20 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: harleycowboy at May 16, 2013 01:18 AM (+9AX9)
hey, someone has to use different stock photos than every other e-juice vendor.
hope I can check out The Place Beyond the Pines before it leaves theaters
Posted by: The Dude at May 15, 2013 09:21 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: The Political Hat at May 15, 2013 09:22 PM (Vk2pI)
He's gonna be in the history books for sure though. Somewhere between Nero, Louis XVI, and Pol Pot.
Posted by: @PurpAv at May 15, 2013 09:23 PM (/gHaE)
Most of the time my not wanting to go to a movie isn't from not wanting to see the movie, but not wanting to spend a full three hours in a turn-all-devices-off environment.
Posted by: Dan K. at May 15, 2013 09:23 PM (HTQLv)
Most of the time my not wanting to go to a movie isn't from not wanting to see the movie, but not wanting to spend a full three hours in a turn-all-devices-off environment.
Posted by: Dan K. at May 16, 2013 01:23 AM (HTQLv)
e-cig or a single hit bowl
Posted by: The Dude at May 15, 2013 09:24 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: [/i][/b]akula51 at May 15, 2013 09:26 PM (Vgn84)
Posted by: Blackford Oakes at May 15, 2013 09:26 PM (nO18H)
Posted by: Cowboy at May 15, 2013 09:26 PM (FMrA0)
Posted by: Arbalest at May 16, 2013 01:14 AM (fTbX9)
I'd love to see the stakes get raised -- how 'bout a law that says, "Public Law 111-148, AKA the 'Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act' or 'Obamacare', is hereby repealed in its entirety -- and every legislator who voted for its passage is hereby relieved from office and exiled from any territories of the United States upon pain of death."
Put that one up on the docket and say, "you can vote for immediate repeal today, or deal with this one two years from now."
Posted by: cthulhu at May 15, 2013 09:27 PM (tyF2+)
There's crappy camrips on TPB already. You can try before you buy.
Posted by: @PurpAv at May 15, 2013 09:29 PM (/gHaE)
Schaumburg, Ill., May 14, 2013 — Experian Automotive today announced that automotive loan delinquency and repossession rates increased in Q1 2013. According to the latest State of Automotive Finance report, 30-day auto loan delinquencies rose 1.3 percent, 60-day delinquencies increased 12.4 percent and repossessions rose 16.9 percent when compared with the previous year.
Posted by: Touting My Fucking Blog at May 15, 2013 09:29 PM (Q9qpj)
****
It's even worse than that.
He's been heard by Secret Service guys outside the bedroom inconveniently shouting "Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!" during....ahem...moments of conjugal bliss.
Posted by: wholelottasplainin' at May 15, 2013 09:30 PM (73IHh)
Posted by: Cowboy at May 15, 2013 09:31 PM (FMrA0)
Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at May 15, 2013 09:31 PM (Q9qpj)
Trek 12 is a few minutes longer than that, and I just now open a
theater email to find out that Man of Steel's showtime (trailers
included) is going to run 2 hours, 43 minutes.
Most of the time
my not wanting to go to a movie isn't from not wanting to see the movie,
but not wanting to spend a full three hours in a turn-all-devices-off
environment.
Posted by: Dan K. at May 16, 2013 01:23 AM (HTQLv)
e-cig or a single hit bowl
Posted by: The Dude at May 16, 2013 01:24 AM (vJdyz)
<echoing signoff to Mickey Mouse Club>
B. LA. D -- Hee, hee, hee -- it's on our minds, too!
D. E. R. -- Why? because we're like you...
CO. N. T. ROL....
Posted by: cthulhu at May 15, 2013 09:32 PM (tyF2+)
Posted by: ExJon at May 15, 2013 09:33 PM (CVTjU)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 16, 2013 01:32 AM (tyF2+)
what, you've never pissed in a bottle on a roadtrip before?
Posted by: The Dude at May 15, 2013 09:35 PM (vJdyz)
Lotta FSA tards in my hood bought into that cash for clunkers shit and took on new loans for new SUV's and trucks they couldn't possibly pay for if the depression kept grinding on.
They're all defaulting right about now...
Cheap hoopties are scarce these days. They got no fallback position when their shit drives off into the sunset on a flatbed.
Posted by: @PurpAv at May 15, 2013 09:35 PM (/gHaE)
Posted by: t-bird at May 15, 2013 09:36 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at May 15, 2013 09:37 PM (Q9qpj)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 16, 2013 01:32 AM (tyF2+)
what, you've never pissed in a bottle on a roadtrip before?
Posted by: The Dude at May 16, 2013 01:35 AM (vJdyz)
On a roadtrip, maybe <shiftily looking both ways>....but in a theater????
Posted by: cthulhu at May 15, 2013 09:37 PM (tyF2+)
Posted by: Arbalest at May 15, 2013 09:39 PM (fTbX9)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 16, 2013 01:37 AM (tyF2+)
same concept unless you're a prude
damn, leave it to Valve to have emoticons sell for decent cash on Steam
Posted by: The Dude at May 15, 2013 09:39 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: harleycowboy at May 15, 2013 09:43 PM (+9AX9)
When you feel yourself starting to nod off, that's your cue to make a hasty pit stop.
Posted by: @PurpAv at May 15, 2013 09:43 PM (/gHaE)
why hello my little RINOs, how the hell are all of you
hope you had a great day taking all my rights away BUSHHITLER!!!!!!!!11!
dude, finally loaded crysis3
going to test it out tonight
Posted by: navycopjoe at May 15, 2013 09:43 PM (1403k)
On a roadtrip, maybe <shiftily looking both ways>....but in a theater????
That's what those empty 36oz. cups are for.
Posted by: harleycowboy at May 15, 2013 09:44 PM (+9AX9)
going to test it out tonight
Posted by: navycopjoe at May 16, 2013 01:43 AM (1403k)
I know you said you hated the first one but you should check out the second Metro game
Posted by: The Dude at May 15, 2013 09:46 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Arbalest at May 15, 2013 09:46 PM (fTbX9)
Posted by: Bete resigned to just watching the world burn at May 15, 2013 09:47 PM (Lqb+9)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at May 15, 2013 09:48 PM (BXLPR)
cthulhu: Are you going to the Maker's Faire this weekend? I'm trying to round up a car pool, as 1/4 of $20.00 for parking makes more sense to me than $20.00.
Posted by: Arbalest at May 16, 2013 01:39 AM (fTbX9)
Sunday -- you're welcome to come along (got room for 2 extra morons in the car), but be aware that we're meeting up with a vanload of godkids and bioparents and we're having dinner afters. Leaving south bay somewhere 8:30-9:00 am (opens 10:00)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 15, 2013 09:48 PM (tyF2+)
Posted by: Bete resigned to just watching the world burn at May 16, 2013 01:47 AM (Lqb+9)
spend the extra $2 and get the infinite refil bag and cup that lasts you for a full year of free food
Posted by: The Dude at May 15, 2013 09:48 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Methos has no life at May 15, 2013 09:49 PM (hO9ad)
Raid a trash can for an empty spare to pee in on the way in.
DO NOT get the two confused during the show.
Posted by: @PurpAv at May 15, 2013 09:49 PM (/gHaE)
524 will do
i'll load it to the brats rig
she's out of school Friday and needs something to do after her slave labor
Posted by: navycopjoe at May 15, 2013 09:50 PM (1403k)
On a roadtrip, maybe ....but in a theater????
There's a reason to buy the extra large popcorn ...
Posted by: Arbalest at May 16, 2013 01:46 AM (fTbX9)
See <Posted by: harleycowboy at May 16, 2013 01:44 AM (+9AX9)> -- those popcorn widgets ain't watertight. [Don't ask me how I know.]
Posted by: cthulhu at May 15, 2013 09:51 PM (tyF2+)
Posted by: @PurpAv at May 16, 2013 01:49 AM (/gHaE)
but it's quite frothy.
get to pick up my new computer chair tomorrow, hopefully unlike the Aeron, this one doesn't suck in putting it together
Posted by: The Dude at May 15, 2013 09:51 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: t-bird at May 15, 2013 09:52 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Bete resigned to just watching the world burn at May 15, 2013 09:52 PM (Lqb+9)
And my memory is not just long, but eternal.
Posted by: wholelottasplainin' at May 15, 2013 09:53 PM (73IHh)
Posted by: Arbalest at May 15, 2013 09:57 PM (fTbX9)
Posted by: Arbalest at May 16, 2013 01:57 AM (fTbX9)
no man can eat two pounds of "butter" popcorn in a single sitting
Posted by: The Dude at May 15, 2013 09:58 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Arbalest at May 15, 2013 10:00 PM (fTbX9)
Posted by: somejoe at May 15, 2013 10:00 PM (SSWdi)
539 no man can eat two pounds of "butter" popcorn in a single sitting
mix it with two pounds of sketty and honey boo boo calls that lunch
Posted by: navycopjoe at May 15, 2013 10:01 PM (1403k)
Posted by: The Dude at May 15, 2013 10:01 PM (vJdyz)
What did you do ... try to take the thing with you, instead of abandoning it and acting like it was there all along??? Why ... ?
Posted by: Arbalest at May 16, 2013 01:57 AM (fTbX9)
What part of "don't ask" was accidentally translated into Quechua?
But, seriously, I'd've done a more specific invite had I not acquired an "idee fixe" that you were going Saturday....and you're more than welcome to join the whole sloppy lot on Sunday if you're up for it.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 15, 2013 10:04 PM (tyF2+)
Posted by: Cowboy at May 16, 2013 01:31 AM (FMrA0)
Not true.
Posted by: George Costanza at May 15, 2013 10:10 PM (ND9u8)
Posted by: Arbalest at May 15, 2013 10:11 PM (fTbX9)
Posted by: @PurpAv at May 15, 2013 10:12 PM (/gHaE)
Faded Rock Stars from the 70's no less...and their package is shrunk?
Go figure that.......it must be the "Bush"s fault!"
And some strange bush he had,,,,,wink-wink,,,,nod-nod,,,,,,
Posted by: Richard at May 15, 2013 10:19 PM (o2AEs)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 15, 2013 10:24 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Arbalest at May 16, 2013 02:11 AM (fTbX9)
Unfortunately, my "sojourn in the South" made it almost inevitable that I'd be late on Maker Faire arrangements....c'est la vie.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 15, 2013 10:30 PM (tyF2+)
Mer,
I my state, Jerry is doing everything he can short of stuffing another dick in his mouth to keep from crowing about some "surplus" of money that somehow just "PUFF!" appeared after he put out his budget.
That SUCKING sound you hear is CALPERS gorging on another round of tax hikes ment for the running of the state but going into their collective maw.
Safer just to put another dick in your mouth Jerry.....
Posted by: Richard at May 15, 2013 10:34 PM (o2AEs)
And "why are you hitting me about the head and shoulders ow ow ow!"
Oh if I could only....
not be arrested if I employed that tactic!
Posted by: alamogordo at May 15, 2013 10:34 PM (HUTO5)
Posted by: Deseeded at May 15, 2013 10:39 PM (SZMAq)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 15, 2013 10:43 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 16, 2013 02:24 AM (qyfb5)
You could beat them with cluebats until you've got tennis elbow and wouldn't make a lick of difference.
I once read a definition of stupid which stated that the stupid have a brain that functions, it is simply not capable of relating cause to effect over time.
Not. Capable.
Posted by: Grimmy at May 15, 2013 10:44 PM (uUsh9)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 15, 2013 10:45 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: The Political Hat at May 15, 2013 10:46 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Richard at May 15, 2013 10:46 PM (o2AEs)
Me likey.
Posted by: Joey Biden at May 15, 2013 10:47 PM (un8zR)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 15, 2013 10:47 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 15, 2013 10:49 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: and irresolute at May 15, 2013 10:49 PM (DBH1h)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 15, 2013 10:51 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: and irresolute at May 15, 2013 10:56 PM (DBH1h)
I am still of the mind to caution....
IRS is a smoke screen..."LOOK OVER HERE!! LOOK OVER HERE!!!"
Hillary 2016.....OH! and if she be brought out again...there is that "HEAD INJURY" so well documented and all...
That Bitch thinks of everything.....
jus saying....
Posted by: Richard at May 15, 2013 11:05 PM (o2AEs)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 15, 2013 11:16 PM (qyfb5)
The US has political prisoners now.
Posted by: @PurpAv at May 15, 2013 11:28 PM (/gHaE)
So, whatcher sayin' is we've got to keep the mongoose (another kind of weasel) line up and after that den o' snakes until it's all been said and done?
Posted by: Grimmy at May 15, 2013 11:30 PM (uUsh9)
Not. Capable.
Posted by: Grimmy at May 16, 2013 02:44 AM (uUsh9)
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2 kinds of stupid: can't-learn stupid, which is actually rare and often physical, and
won't-learn stupid, which surrounds us at all times and for some reason is really, really, really hard to cure.
Obuttsux may actually be doing us a favor on the "won't-learn" front.
Posted by: jc at May 15, 2013 11:33 PM (PlzOe)
...but Cuba doesn't, according to its progolodyte apologists. Go figure. A republic, if you can keep it...
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at May 15, 2013 11:34 PM (un8zR)
Reality eventually cures that, but sometimes you die first.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at May 15, 2013 11:36 PM (un8zR)
Posted by: Adriane ... at May 15, 2013 11:43 PM (TvO05)
http://tinyurl.com/ctdmk9m
clear case of won't-learn stupid running into something too obvious to get past immediately. I got faith in him, though, his dedication to stupid will overcome all evidence soon enough.
Posted by: jc at May 15, 2013 11:49 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: butta86 at May 15, 2013 11:51 PM (8JKur)
Posted by: Adriane ... at May 15, 2013 11:55 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: jc at May 16, 2013 12:01 AM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Adriane ... at May 16, 2013 12:03 AM (TvO05)
Posted by: @PurpAv at May 16, 2013 12:06 AM (/gHaE)
580
Sup?
I still have those German Beers you left from the last poker party.....
and the hash....shall we pick up where we left off?
Posted by: Richard at May 16, 2013 12:08 AM (o2AEs)
Posted by: Richard at May 16, 2013 04:08 AM (o2AEs)
==
not yet. I am still twisting my mustache and trying out my variety of evil laughs.
Posted by: jc at May 16, 2013 12:10 AM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Adriane ... at May 16, 2013 12:10 AM (TvO05)
Who will be the next Sam Ervin? Who will be the next Howard Baker? Who will be the next Fred Thompson?
How many months will it take to drag out the completely, totally, unbelievably friggin' obvious this time?
Posted by: jc at May 16, 2013 12:14 AM (PlzOe)
Oh,
The driver from "Dial-A-Ride" called me and said he gave your wallet to the "Ginger" in that tight black number...she said she would meet up with you in the A.M......"J.C!!!!"
Posted by: Richard at May 16, 2013 12:15 AM (o2AEs)
I know where they keep the baby sloth videos ...
Posted by: Adriane ... at May 16, 2013 04:10 AM (TvO05)
===
Why?
Posted by: jc at May 16, 2013 12:16 AM (PlzOe)
Oh,
The driver from "Dial-A-Ride" called me and said he gave your wallet to the "Ginger" in that tight black number...she said she would meet up with you in the A.M......"J.C!!!!"
Posted by: Richard at May 16, 2013 04:15 AM (o2AEs)
===
Damn. That should never happen to a sober guy. I better check to see if I'm still here.
Posted by: jc at May 16, 2013 12:17 AM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Adriane ... at May 16, 2013 12:18 AM (TvO05)
Posted by: Adriane ... at May 16, 2013 12:27 AM (TvO05)
Should be able to pay a local handyman-type in cash to rig it up however you like.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at May 16, 2013 12:33 AM (un8zR)
Ad,
The "Whole House Cooling System" is a valid option. you can brace in the diameter with plywood. Just make sure your roof eve vents to the outside are a min of 14X14 inches or you will not have effective venting and ALL your windows must be open when you fire up the fan for best effect....at about dusk most days....
Posted by: Richard at May 16, 2013 12:36 AM (o2AEs)
Posted by: zeera at May 16, 2013 12:36 AM (3dXwx)
Posted by: Adriane ... at May 16, 2013 12:48 AM (TvO05)
No,
Hobo's and Sock-Puppets....a smattering of Pirates drunk on Pride and armed to the teeth.....and Sci-Fi freaks of no real value.....but no Weasels and no ferrets......EVER!!!
Posted by: Richard at May 16, 2013 12:48 AM (o2AEs)
Posted by: Adriane ... at May 16, 2013 12:51 AM (TvO05)
Posted by: @PurpAv at May 16, 2013 04:45 AM (/gHaE)
===
some of them were also a-passing gas.
Posted by: jc at May 16, 2013 12:58 AM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Adriane ... at May 16, 2013 04:51 AM (TvO05)
====
subpoena, stat !!
Posted by: jc at May 16, 2013 01:00 AM (PlzOe)
598
Dependin on the SQFT of your interior a single fan unit can pull 3500sqftper min of air....which may make yer ears pop if you have a smaller dwelling....though "cool" you will be....
Posted by: Richard at May 16, 2013 01:02 AM (o2AEs)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN is an admitted pedant and stickler at May 16, 2013 01:06 AM (un8zR)
Posted by: Adriane ... at May 16, 2013 01:13 AM (TvO05)
Posted by: Adriane ... at May 16, 2013 01:18 AM (TvO05)
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