May 06, 2013
— Maetenloch
The Homemade Elizabeth Colbert Busch Attack Video
It's over the top, shameless, brutal, and funny. Which is exactly why it would be effective - and also why the SC GOP would never ever use it.
Still Sanford has now jumped to +1 over Busch so I guess SC voters prefer the crazy they know.
Meanwhile SC Democrat Suggests Indian-American Nikki Haley Go 'Back To Wherever The Hell She Came From'
Which would be Bamberg, SC. Of course a guy with a name like Harpootlian might not want to play the less ethnic than thou game. But then the D after his name means he'll never be called on it.
How to Destroy Your Business Part I: Dick's Sales Dip After EBR Ban
How to Destroy Your Business Part II: Toss in a $100 Per Flight Fee
How to Destroy Your Business Part III: Colorado Chases Magpul Away
How to Destroy Your Business Part IV: Pass an Internet Sales Tax
Thank you bipartisan GOP senators.
How to Destroy Your Business Part V: No More Boogie Nights in LA
Applications for permits for porn shoots have dropped to almost zero in LA. This comes after a city ordinance that now requires all porn actors to wear condoms during shooting, or prior to shooting, as it were. Just like any other film shoot, porn flicks need permits. In the past, LA county issued 500+ permits for adult films every year. Last year it dropped to 2.
Or what it's like to be one of the few Jews in prison. You know for guys who won't follow the law prisoners sure do have a lot of rules.
And yeah this is from the SPLC who probably think it's some grand indictment of America or something but it's still an interesting read.
I am always the last person to eat. It's part of a compromise I worked out with the skinheads who run the western state prison complex where I am incarcerated. Under this compromise, I'm allowed to sit at the whites' tables, but only after the "heads," and then the "woods," and then the "lames" have eaten. I am lower on the totem pole than all of them, the untouchable. I should feel lucky I'm allowed to eat at the whites' tables at all.Not that there's anywhere else I could eat. The prison yard is broken down into five distinct racial categories and segregation is strictly enforced. There are the "woods" (short for peckerwoods) that encompass the whites, the "kinfolk" (blacks), the "Raza" (American-born people of Mexican descent), the "paisas" (Mexico-born Mexicans), and the "chiefs" (American Indians). Under the strict rules that govern interracial relations, different races are allowed to play on the same sports teams but not play individual games (e.g., chess) together; they may be in each others' cubicles together if the situation warrants but not sit on each others' beds or watch each others' televisions. They may go to the same church services but not pray together. But if you accidentally break one of these rules, the consequences are usually pretty mild: you might get a talking to by one of the heads (who, of course, claims exemption from this rule himself), or at worst, a "chin check."
Eating with another race, however, is a different story. It is an inviolate rule that different races may not break bread together under any circumstances. Violating this rule leads to harsh consequences. If you eat at the same table as another race, you'll get beaten down. If you eat from the same tray as another race, you'll be put in the hospital. And if you eat from the same food item as another race, that is, after another race has already taken a bite of it, you can get killed. This is one area where even the heads don't have any play.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: 20 Things I Wish I'd Known When I Was 30
Nerd!
5. Learn French. My grandparents were from Trinidad where, though it was an English-speaking country, the school system was started by the French. Whenever my grandparents wanted to say something they didn't want me to know, they'd speak French. The language seemed so sophisticated and mysterious. Plus, you earn extra James Bond points when you can order in French in a French restaurant.
18. Watch more TV. Yeah, you heard right, Little Kareem. It's great that you always have your nose in history books. That's made you more knowledgeable about your past and it has put the present in context. But pop culture is history in the making and watching some of the popular shows of each era reveals a lot about the average person, while history books often dwell on the powerful people.
Tylenol May Ease Pain of Existential Distress, Social Rejection, Ennui
So does alcohol but Mr. Liver really can't handle both.
The Suburban Express bus service takes students over the Midwest to and from Chicago. It also has a long history of shady practices, fining or banning riders over trivial offenses, and suing them if they complain in public. How bad are they? So bad their competitor, Peoria Charter, advertises that it doesn't sue its passengers.
PSA: Duck and cover if you see a bright flash
A Russian teacher ordered her students to do just that and saved them from injuries from the recent meteor:
At School No. 37 in Chelayabinsk, a quick-thinking substitute teacher, Yulia Karbysheva, got all 44 of her fourth-graders out of harm's way as the meteor lighted up the sky, the Interfax news agency reported. After the intense bright flash of its explosion, the children rushed to the windows, but before the shock wave could hit, she commanded them to get under their desks.
Karbysheva was showered with glass and debris, but the children were unharmed. With a cut to a tendon in her left hand and a gash on her left thigh, she led her class to safety outdoors. The doctor treating her Saturday at Hospital No. 9 told Interfax she would recover.
And Moe Lane points out that it's still the best advice from people who knew something about flashes and explosions:
I know, I know: 1950s public safety films are often unintentionally hysterical. They were also produced by people who typically spent between five and eight years of their lives dealing with other people actively trying to kill them with high explosives/shrapnel. So assume that the producers might actually have known what the heck they were talking about.
But this was on Hollywood Boulevard so that only somewhat narrows down the possible perps.
Because Sometimes Your Victimhood Needs a Lil Help: Fake Hate Crimes
The Yahoo AoSHQ group. Bla bla bla.
And my twitter thang.
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Posted by: Elizabethe on the phone at May 06, 2013 05:42 PM (qPCAa)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 06, 2013 05:42 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: mama winger, lemur-free at May 06, 2013 05:42 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 06, 2013 05:44 PM (NLqIR)
Posted by: rickl at May 06, 2013 05:44 PM (sdi6R)
http://tinyurl.com/ctpq6vu
Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 06, 2013 05:45 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: mama winger, lemur-free at May 06, 2013 05:46 PM (P6QsQ)
I tried going one week without commenting on AoS. After two days, I began to get the shakes and my right eye began to twitch. I printed a sticky label with the AoS banner on it, soaked it in Valu-Rite and stuck it on my biceps, but it had no discernible effect. Now I am back, and inhaling deeply of the insanity that is. I am a junkie, and I am proud.
So, what's up y'all?
Posted by: Shameless Muldoon at May 06, 2013 05:46 PM (ND7TC)
very effective because it as banal as the newsies are to us...
Drew is crying into a teddy bear...
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 06, 2013 05:46 PM (LRFds)
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Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 06, 2013 05:48 PM (GvZxI)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 06, 2013 05:48 PM (vEIeT)
About to tackle character creation.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at May 06, 2013 05:48 PM (rm+Am)
Posted by: Freak Out! at May 06, 2013 05:48 PM (jmVS/)
Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 74% more DOOM! at May 06, 2013 05:48 PM (52n2x)
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Posted by: mama winger, lemur-free at May 06, 2013 05:49 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 06, 2013 05:49 PM (HVff2)
I'm pondering it but I gave pretty well to the Kickstarters for the Shadowrun games....
let me know if it is credible and I may bide time w/it
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 06, 2013 05:49 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Freak Out! at May 06, 2013 05:50 PM (jmVS/)
Posted by: rickl at May 06, 2013 05:50 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 06, 2013 09:48 PM (vEIeT)
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Thanks, but she's a teacher not a student. The congratulations go to me, LOL, as when she is off from teaching, I am also off from babysitting. Summer all to me selfish self! I love it! 
Posted by: mama winger, lemur-free at May 06, 2013 05:51 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 06, 2013 05:51 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter at May 06, 2013 05:51 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 06, 2013 05:51 PM (GvZxI)
Stop selling guns:
'DickÂ’s sales have flat-lined. In fact, their sales dropped 2.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012 compared to 2011 and their shares 10 percent in the last quarter.'
Continue selling guns:
“Cabela’s Inc. stock closed up more than 16 percent, among leading gainers on the New York Stock Exchange, and hit a 52-week high Thursday after reporting strong financial results above the market’s and the company’s expectations.”
When is Dick's next stock holder vote?
Posted by: Icedog at May 06, 2013 05:52 PM (ZolUS)
Posted by: Mr. Dave at May 06, 2013 05:52 PM (sMkXp)
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She teaches nursing at the local community college and also works in the ICU up at St Lukes, Milwaukee.
Posted by: mama winger, lemur-free at May 06, 2013 05:52 PM (P6QsQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 06, 2013 05:53 PM (GvZxI)
Posted by: Elizabethe on the phone at May 06, 2013 05:53 PM (qPCAa)
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Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 06, 2013 05:53 PM (HVff2)
B. Ants.
oh man that's a tough one
but, since I am still at work grading papers, and not at home dealing with the ants, then I guess by my actions, it would have to be (A)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 06, 2013 05:54 PM (vEIeT)
Posted by: Elizabethe on the phone at May 06, 2013 05:54 PM (qPCAa)
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Posted by: jake in ID at May 06, 2013 05:58 PM (zzeVM)
don't know if I"ll get it all done
this includes, of course, time on the ONT
Posted by: chemjeff at May 06, 2013 05:58 PM (vEIeT)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 06, 2013 05:59 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: The Political Hat at May 06, 2013 05:59 PM (XvHmy)
Posted by: Fritz at May 06, 2013 05:59 PM (G9Mmf)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at May 06, 2013 05:59 PM (+z4pE)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 06, 2013 05:59 PM (1XrHv)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter at May 06, 2013 05:59 PM (5J54Q)
A bit of U.S. nuclear weapons testing history.
51 years ago on May 6, 1962 the US Navy conducted the Frigate Bird test which was part of Operation Dominic 1 atmospheric nuclear tests in the Pacific.
Launched from the ballistic missile submarine USS Ethan Allen (SSBN 608 ), a Polaris A-1 missile with a single 600 kiloton warhead (about 40 Hiroshimas) traveled 1100 miles and detonated at an altitude of 11,000 ft. The test was a complete success.
Frigate Bird is still the only full scale test from launch to detonation of a U.S. strategic missile with a live warhead.
Meanwhile in Moscow a collective "Oh shitski" was heard echoing throughout the Kremlin's walls.
Posted by: ExSnipe at May 06, 2013 05:59 PM (PBm/l)
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am, female who wants a pizza at May 06, 2013 05:59 PM (fggky)
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Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am, female who wants a pizza at May 06, 2013 06:01 PM (fggky)
Posted by: CDR M at May 06, 2013 06:01 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter at May 06, 2013 06:01 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: steevy at May 06, 2013 06:02 PM (9XBK2)
http://tinyurl.com/c9yywsc
Posted by: Tami [/i] at May 06, 2013 06:02 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 06, 2013 06:03 PM (1XrHv)
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Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 06, 2013 06:04 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: rickl at May 06, 2013 06:04 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 06, 2013 09:51 PM (GvZxI)
I ended up using the torrent. Started with main site, but download speed was sub 1 KB/sec, so I switched. Left it on overnight and was done this morning.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at May 06, 2013 06:05 PM (rm+Am)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at May 06, 2013 06:05 PM (1XrHv)
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 06, 2013 06:06 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Elizabethe on the phone
Samuel Adams Summer Ale. Its very easy to make.
Posted by: Puddleglum at May 06, 2013 06:07 PM (8DnZn)
Yeah, I'm sure in 200 years schoolchildren will be forced to watch Honey Boo Boo in English class as an example of early 21st century literature.
*blink* I can't tell if I'm being sarcastic or not.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ drinking beer at May 06, 2013 06:07 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: Occam's Safety Razor at May 06, 2013 06:07 PM (lpR33)
Posted by: steevy at May 06, 2013 06:07 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: CDR M at May 06, 2013 06:07 PM (dKV5k)
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Posted by: AltonJackson at May 06, 2013 06:09 PM (JMmQ9)
Second, there is little doubt that that Steele, Hansmeier, Duffy, Gibbs suffer from a form of moral turpitude unbecoming of an officer of the court. To this end, the Court will refer them to their respective state and federal bars.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 06, 2013 06:09 PM (GvZxI)
Posted by: Sooper Moron, eleventy! at May 06, 2013 06:09 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 06, 2013 06:09 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at May 06, 2013 06:09 PM (jucos)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 06, 2013 06:09 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Elizabethe on the phone at May 06, 2013 06:10 PM (qPCAa)
All food comes from the State.
Your life has been nurtured not by your genetic forebears, but by the State.
When you die, or before when the algorithm determines you are more valuable as protein, you will return to the State.
Go ahead and die in your Blue City. You will benefit the State, the highest calling of all, thus sayeth the Holder of the Secret Knowledge, the Anointed One from Chicago, ignore his fag lisp b/c you don't know s**t, give yourself to President Michael Jackson.
It's the least you can do.
Posted by: Thorvald at May 06, 2013 10:07 PM (1V6Pv)
For all you younger morons reading this is why you shouldn't do drugs.
Posted by: Mætenloch at May 06, 2013 06:10 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: steevy at May 06, 2013 06:10 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 06, 2013 06:10 PM (fggky)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 06, 2013 06:10 PM (vEIeT)
90 steevy,
The missile part yes, just not with a live warhead. At least that's what the records I can find say.
Posted by: ExSnipe at May 06, 2013 06:11 PM (PBm/l)
I don't often drink beer, but when I do, I drink Dos XX. And I am not even the most interesting commenter in the world.
Tonight it is beer.
Enjoying a long weekend in the mountains with my favorite Mrs. Muldoon. Off grid and I'm lovin' it.
Posted by: Shameless Muldoon at May 06, 2013 06:12 PM (ND7TC)
Posted by: chemjeff at May 06, 2013 06:12 PM (vEIeT)
Posted by: Insomniac at May 06, 2013 06:12 PM (NEIxp)
so with Syria blowing up literally and Iran looking for a proxy, or a direct, war with Israel, I go to thinking about our friend Rashid Khaledi.
You know, the buddy of the JEF, who went to his going away party? The one the LA Times has a video of the JEF toasting, but they will not release it or let anyone see it? The tape where the JEF, (whose opinions on the ME were formed by Khaledi by his own admission) says Israel has no right to land and is committing genocide against the Palis? That Khaledi?
Anyhoo I discovered a few things about Khaledi. He is secularist. He is a communist. He believes in a one state solution (his way of saying Israel should just succumb to a Pali population bomb). And he loves to go to college campuses and indoctrinate
Democracy Now! (total proggie place) posted a transcript of an interview they did with him last March, and now, an exerpt:
Well, the situation in Syria is catastrophic in terms of what is happening to the country. The same kind of destruction of infrastructure, the same kind of dislocation of, at this stage, millions of people, is taking place. And I think there should be an urgent, urgent, urgent effort to bring the war to as rapid a close as possible. And I know how hard that would be, because you have supporters on both sides—Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey on the one side supporting the opposition, the rebels, and Iran and Russia on the other side supporting the regime. But anything that will bring this conflict to an end rapidly and will lead to a change of regime and democratization, in my view, should be done.
I don’t think that this should be allowed to solve itself militarily, which is the way we’re going to go. And that means further destruction of society. The war has not really reached the heart of Damascus. The devastation of Homs and Hama, the devastation of Aleppo and Daraa, is going to take place in Damascus. And that will be even worse than what we’ve already seen. So the great cities of Syria, which are the oldest cities probably on earth, are going to be destroyed—in the way that Baghdad was partly destroyed, in the way that Beirut was partly destroyed. We’re going to see a third Arab country subjected to this. And anything that can short-circuit that process—a negotiated solution that sees the exit of Assad and a democratic outcome—to my way of thinking, is worth any amount of effort.
I have no doubts, zero, that he is advising the JEF on ME matters as we speak. Because what he wants is EXACTLY what we are doing. EXACTLY.
And I wonder what kind of advice he gave on Libya. And on Benghazi in particular
Posted by: Thunderb at May 06, 2013 06:12 PM (nH8jP)
Posted by: jake in ID at May 06, 2013 10:04 PM (zzeVM)
MFM will cover for him saying it is just a Republican hit piece.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 06, 2013 06:12 PM (D00cy)
Posted by: Jake in ID at May 06, 2013 06:12 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 06, 2013 06:13 PM (NLqIR)
Posted by: Thrawn at May 06, 2013 06:13 PM (JqnAE)
Posted by: steevy at May 06, 2013 06:13 PM (9XBK2)
Apropo to nothing, and missing you rons, hello from the LAPL PC in 0bamarama City, Califorgetaboutit, the Lost State.
Resigned a "no cold call telemarketing job" today. Remarkable. The kind of place where you see the guy in the next cubicle selling dope on the street at break in the busy civic center here in 0bamarama City.
After a day or two reading the script, talking to some very nice, very old, very sad people, and keeping my eyes & ears open 'round the down n dirty phone room, bad bad feeling. Gooble confirms. Jobs is hard to get, and I might be going to hell in a bucket anyway, but not for taking granpaw & granny's last dime sellin em that train from washington bringin' em their 40 acres and a mule wit dat sweet sweet free money wut neber gots to be paid back (jus' pay us up front, see...). Of course the head closer bartertown style manager had a little 0bama & first fambly shrine at her cubicle choke gag wheeze bless her lil heart (insert Dorothy Parker witicism here).
Walked right into a cold call telemarketing job for a few dollars more (cue clint) and even at six days a week it smells like a rose compared to where I'd been this week. I know y'all wish me luck. Miss y'all, love you too.
Posted by: ktnxbai, lace wigs 'n' caligrump lounge lizard at May 06, 2013 06:13 PM (he33V)
Posted by: Skookumchuk at May 06, 2013 06:13 PM (Z+zIX)
Posted by: Insomniac at May 06, 2013 06:13 PM (NEIxp)
OMG there were tons of pages breaks. I suck. Impossible to read
just know that Rashid Khaledi seems to be the genius behind our behavior in Syria and probably Benghazi
Posted by: Thunderb at May 06, 2013 06:13 PM (nH8jP)
Allows "concealed carry" in venues that charge admission, (i.e. theaters, sporting events, et al), also the right to "concealed carry" in restaurants that serve alcohol, previously prohibited (someone "carrying concealed" still may not consume one drop of alcohol while carrying, or be under any influence, if I understand correctly).
76-38...passed.
Remains on the calendar for the required third reading, I believe.
Procedural bullshit.
Lawyers.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 06, 2013 06:14 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Occam's Safety Razor at May 06, 2013 06:14 PM (lpR33)
http://youtu.be/7gHORDBZuOA
I loved in Pacific Rim they classify the monster as 'kaiju level three'
And yes there are refs to Evangelion like by fans. But some of the design is more Veritechs on steroids. Or Gundams.Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 06, 2013 06:14 PM (GvZxI)
Posted by: Sooper Moron, eleventy! at May 06, 2013 10:09 PM (zzeVM)
I believe it is "George Clooney."
Posted by: ChristyBlinky at May 06, 2013 06:14 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: Jake in ID at May 06, 2013 06:15 PM (zzeVM)
I think i remember hearing around hear that you're an MD, correct?
Question for you if you are (and not of the "will you look at my rash and tell me what's wrong?" variety).
Posted by: Occam's Safety Razor at May 06, 2013 10:07 PM (lpR33)
***
Lay it on me.
Posted by: Shameless Muldoon at May 06, 2013 06:15 PM (ND7TC)
Posted by: steevy at May 06, 2013 06:15 PM (9XBK2)
And when I want to freeze half to death while listening to people talk on their phones, I can go to work for free.
Last movie I saw in a theater was the re-release of Lawrence of Arabia; audience was middle-aged and up and SERIOUS. I'd see more classic movies, if there was a place around here that did that regularly. I'll probably check out some of the outdoor flicks at the art museum this summer; cheaper for members and they sell Sun King.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ drinking beer at May 06, 2013 06:15 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 06, 2013 06:15 PM (fggky)
Posted by: Insomniac at May 06, 2013 06:16 PM (NEIxp)
I want to see the new Star Trek because I like Benedict Cumberpatch. I love saying his name too. But, I'm not sure I like how he looks in the new Star Trek.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 06, 2013 06:17 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Jake in ID at May 06, 2013 06:17 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: Tami at May 06, 2013 10:02 PM (X6akg)
Oh, I love that man. What a bizarre story. So thankful to read a happy story about an abduction (three!).
Posted by: ChristyBlinky at May 06, 2013 06:17 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter at May 06, 2013 06:17 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: steevy at May 06, 2013 06:18 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at May 06, 2013 10:13 PM (NLqIR)
Isn't he Thor?
Posted by: KG at May 06, 2013 06:18 PM (IPz9m)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 06, 2013 06:18 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 06, 2013 10:09 PM (RZ8pf)
I like your style. I prefer a nice gimlet, myself.
Posted by: Occam's Safety Razor at May 06, 2013 10:14 PM (lpR33)
Now, listen, y'all. Try some Junipero gin. A martini and you will forget Barky is preznit.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky at May 06, 2013 06:18 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 06, 2013 06:19 PM (GvZxI)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter at May 06, 2013 06:19 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at May 06, 2013 06:19 PM (Yr6sH)
Posted by: Beretta USA at May 06, 2013 06:19 PM (Wl/Ht)
It's a lost cause.
People in the NE, the Mid-Atlantic and the South-East have no idea that it is possible to drive more than two hours in one direction --- IN THE SAME STATE!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 06, 2013 06:20 PM (/WLC3)
Posted by: KG at May 06, 2013 10:18 PM (IPz9m)
***
I'm Thor. But I think I thtrained my thiatic nerve.
Posted by: Shameless Muldoon at May 06, 2013 06:20 PM (ND7TC)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD)
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Anna--- Zhivago is the standard I use for comparison against all films.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 06, 2013 06:20 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter at May 06, 2013 06:21 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: steevy at May 06, 2013 06:21 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 06, 2013 06:21 PM (piMMO)
Then you may join my club:
The Pompous Food and Drink Assholes of America.
Try muddling the limes in the bottom of the glass before you add the other ingredients.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 06, 2013 06:22 PM (/WLC3)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 06, 2013 06:22 PM (Zd/NW)
I thought it was Balderdash Copperthwaite.
Posted by: Shameless Muldoon at May 06, 2013 06:22 PM (ND7TC)
What's everyone having?
Posted by: Elizabethe on the phone at May 06, 2013 09:42 PM (qPCAa)
Coffee with all the rum I can drink without getting a hangover. Shut up, it's medicinal. I need a muscle relaxer since my back finally went out after threatening to for the last two weeks.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at May 06, 2013 06:22 PM (lVb7s)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 06, 2013 06:22 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 06, 2013 06:23 PM (fggky)
PPP likes their last poll to be accurate and, in that, they're pretty good, especially if they're competing against other polling outfits.
In this race, they have no major competition, though.
Posted by: AmishDude at May 06, 2013 06:23 PM (xSegX)
Posted by: Mr. Dave at May 06, 2013 06:23 PM (sMkXp)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 06, 2013 06:23 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Occam's Safety Razor at May 06, 2013 06:23 PM (lpR33)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 06, 2013 06:23 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 06, 2013 06:23 PM (NLqIR)
Chipmunks are evil incarnate.
And I think they are a form of lemur, or weasel.
Did I mention I hate chipmunks?
Posted by: Shameless Muldoon at May 06, 2013 06:23 PM (ND7TC)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter at May 06, 2013 06:23 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: garrett at May 06, 2013 06:23 PM (ES8rm)
As long as I don't have to eat weird food to be part of that club. Like anything with intestines in it is right out for me.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 06, 2013 06:24 PM (RZ8pf)
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Uh..., try driving from the western edge of NC to the tip of Cape Hatteras. Well over 500 miles...
Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 06, 2013 06:24 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: CDR M at May 06, 2013 06:24 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: steevy at May 06, 2013 06:24 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at May 06, 2013 06:24 PM (A6vgJ)
It's cheap!
http://www.freedommunitions.com/category-s/1844.htm
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 06, 2013 06:24 PM (/WLC3)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 06, 2013 06:24 PM (RZ8pf)
Abrams truly turned Star Trek into Star Wars meets Beverly Hills 90210 with his reboot.
And the trailer I saw for Darkness before Iron Man 3 still left me feeling unmoved. Lots of frantic action, even another dive in a spacesuit like in first movie. Uhura kissing Spock. A shot of cryo-tubes. And it seems poor old Enterprise is facing off against a Sovereign class starship. And they managed to make the uniforms even less cool with the dress uniform. And did I mention Enterprise gets shot up and hides in an ocean? Well it does.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 06, 2013 06:24 PM (GvZxI)
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 06, 2013 06:24 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 06, 2013 06:25 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Thrawn at May 06, 2013 06:25 PM (JqnAE)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 06, 2013 06:25 PM (piMMO)
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Ahhhh..., but what about sausage?
Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 06, 2013 06:26 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: CDR M at May 06, 2013 10:24 PM (dKV5k)
San Diego to Eureka. It's just ridiculous.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 06, 2013 06:26 PM (/WLC3)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter at May 06, 2013 06:26 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: Occam's Safety Razor at May 06, 2013 10:23 PM (lpR33)
My late 30's sister is looking into surgical residency. She's been a surgical PA for the last 6ish years in cardio/thoracic and now nurosurgery. I could ask if she has any words of wisdom but have none of my own.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at May 06, 2013 06:26 PM (lVb7s)
Posted by: CDR M at May 06, 2013 06:26 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 06, 2013 06:27 PM (Z9EHQ)
I knew some Copperthwaites once. They were as pretentious as their name. (apologies if any of your real identities are "copperthwaite", I do not mean to tar with a wide brush there)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 06, 2013 06:27 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: steevy at May 06, 2013 06:27 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Mr. Dave at May 06, 2013 06:27 PM (sMkXp)
Posted by: CDR M at May 06, 2013 06:27 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 06, 2013 06:27 PM (fggky)
Allows "concealed carry" in venues that charge admission, (i.e. theaters, sporting events, et al), also the right to "concealed carry" in restaurants that serve alcohol, previously prohibited (someone "carrying concealed" still may not consume one drop of alcohol while carrying, or be under any influence, if I understand correctly).
76-38...passed.
Remains on the calendar for the required third reading, I believe.
Procedural bullshit.
Lawyers.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 06, 2013 10:14 PM (4Mv1T)
Put some serious miles on a rental car last month traipsing around NC and TN.....they're looking better and better all the time -- and safe and sane firearms laws are part of that.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 06, 2013 06:28 PM (tyF2+)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 06, 2013 06:28 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 06, 2013 10:25 PM (piMMO)
One of the things about this blog that is simultaneously great and awful is that no matter what, someone is going to get your humor, and someone isn't (or will choose not to -- yeah, you NDH), and then will carefully refute your statement.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 06, 2013 06:28 PM (/WLC3)
yeah it's hard for me nowadays to justify going to a theater to watch a first-run movie, it's just so damn expensive
No shit. I thought I'd treat myself to my first cinematic 3D experience last summer with Promethius. What a disappointment.
But I thought the first reboot of Star Trek was pretty good. (And yes, I know I'm in the minority)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at May 06, 2013 06:28 PM (+z4pE)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter at May 06, 2013 06:28 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: elizabethe at May 06, 2013 06:28 PM (qPCAa)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 06, 2013 06:29 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter at May 06, 2013 10:23 PM (5J54Q)
Happens every spring from crouching down to pull weeds. I told a friend of mine and she had a question I'd never thought of, "why, if people know spring is coming and their activities are going to make them sore, do they not start stretching and preparing before-hand?" I will be trying to remember this for next spring.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at May 06, 2013 06:29 PM (lVb7s)
Posted by: CDR M at May 06, 2013 10:27 PM (dKV5k)
I think Texas is the winner, but damn, this is a big place. One of the many things I love about this country.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 06, 2013 06:29 PM (/WLC3)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 06, 2013 06:29 PM (GvZxI)
Posted by: Freak Out! at May 06, 2013 06:29 PM (jmVS/)
Posted by: Occam's Safety Razor at May 06, 2013 10:23 PM (lpR33)
*****
Oh, my. I think I would have preferred looking at your rash.
You have to understand that I love what I do, but am kind of an old burn out in some ways. The practice of medicine has changed dramatically during my time in the field. I think there are still some good opportunities. Hard to give specific advice, other than to recognize what your skill set is and find a specialty that fits that. I have a theory that doctors have long since abdicated their role as the driving force in the delivery of health care, and have been pre-empted by hospital administrators, public policy makers and various corporate entities. Autonomous practice of medicine is fading quickly. Have you spent any time working or volunteering in a medical setting? Might be a good way to "test the waters".
Posted by: Shameless Muldoon at May 06, 2013 06:29 PM (ND7TC)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 06, 2013 06:29 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter at May 06, 2013 06:29 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: elizabethe at May 06, 2013 06:30 PM (qPCAa)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 06, 2013 06:30 PM (2up3Q)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 06, 2013 06:30 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 06, 2013 06:30 PM (fggky)
Posted by: Occam's Safety Razor at May 06, 2013 06:30 PM (lpR33)
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You haven't met the groundhog that lives next door. An incessant excavator, consumer of garden vegetables, and disdainful of human company.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 06, 2013 06:30 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: CDR M at May 06, 2013 10:24 PM (dKV5k)
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But at least the speed limit is 80 which makes it somewhat tolerable.Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 06, 2013 06:31 PM (HDgX3)
Meh. Jack jabbered a lot less when he was refrigerated.
Posted by: Rose at May 06, 2013 06:31 PM (B2ZQ0)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 06, 2013 06:31 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: garrett at May 06, 2013 06:31 PM (ES8rm)
Posted by: RWC at May 06, 2013 06:31 PM (Wl/Ht)
Posted by: steevy at May 06, 2013 06:31 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 06, 2013 06:31 PM (GvZxI)
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 06, 2013 06:31 PM (fggky)
The prison yard is broken down into five distinct racial categories and segregation is strictly enforced.
Reminds me of the Human Rights Watch report on prison rape (from 2002 called "No Escape")... The rule was: blacks don't rape Hispanics, Hispanics don't rape blacks, but everyone can rape the white guys.
Blacks know whites often associate crime with black people. They see themselves as being used as scapegoats . . . . So is it any wonder that when a white man comes to prison, that blacks see him as a target. Stereotypes are prevalent amongst blacks also that cause bad thinking.
Others have viewed it as a form of revenge for white dominance of blacks in outside society.
If only we could identify racial hucksters spreading these stereotypes that fuel such violence, then maybe we could address these hate crimes, and the others. But, sadly, it's not like it's the foundation of Democrat GOTV drives, or a common theme in the multibillion dollar rap industry. It's just the result of annonymous stereotyping. Oh well. Carry on.
Posted by: CJ at May 06, 2013 06:31 PM (9G+G5)
Posted by: CDR M at May 06, 2013 06:31 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 06, 2013 06:32 PM (fggky)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 06, 2013 06:32 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter at May 06, 2013 06:32 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 06, 2013 06:32 PM (JMmQ9)
Let's hope not.
If Sanford flames out, Colbert Busch will likely be only an interlude. She will lose the next general election and be replaced by a GOP candidate without severe judgment issues.
Whereas if Sanford wins, a bunch of other previous disgraced losers will take heart and will pop back up from out of nowhere for their own second grab at the ring. Todd Akin, for one. Not kidding. Akin is talking comeback. Just what we need to scupper the 2014 Senate cycle.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 06, 2013 06:32 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: RWC at May 06, 2013 06:33 PM (Wl/Ht)
Posted by: Big Swinger at May 06, 2013 06:33 PM (OZtuG)
You can drive South for 9 hours straight and still be in Florida.
***
Heh, I used to have a car like that.
Posted by: Shameless Muldoon at May 06, 2013 06:33 PM (ND7TC)
Posted by: elizabethe at May 06, 2013 06:33 PM (qPCAa)
Posted by: Thrawn at May 06, 2013 06:33 PM (JqnAE)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 06, 2013 06:33 PM (ZPrif)
White people. We're prison's Wild Card.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 06, 2013 06:34 PM (B2ZQ0)
Lauren Hill sais she didn't pay her taxes cause SLAVERY man. An economic system was imposed on her, and she was just keeping it real
she had to pay a metric shit ton of back taxes and is going to jail for 3 months. Prolly nice federal prison. A resume enhancement in her career field
Posted by: Thunderb at May 06, 2013 06:34 PM (nH8jP)
Posted by: Occam's Safety Razor at May 06, 2013 06:34 PM (lpR33)
Posted by: zsasz at May 06, 2013 06:34 PM (MMC8r)
Whereas if Sanford wins, a bunch of other previous disgraced losers will take heart and will pop back up from out of nowhere for their own second grab at the ring. Todd Akin, for one. Not kidding. Akin is talking comeback. Just what we need to scupper the 2014 Senate cycle.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 06, 2013 10:32 PM (gqT4g)
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I hate this type of 3 dimensional chess politics. A win is better than a loss. End of story.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 06, 2013 06:34 PM (HDgX3)
When Titanic is on demand we just fast forward to the ship sinking part. Except even that part goes on and on and on.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 06, 2013 06:34 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 06, 2013 06:35 PM (GvZxI)
Posted by: Occam's Safety Razor at May 06, 2013 10:30 PM (lpR33)
That's interesting because *both* of my grandmothers have always been sure that medical missions are what my sister was created to do. Her husband is just starting at Fuller Seminary, so it's going to be really interesting to see if they were right after all.
My mom's a nurse and has been on a couple of short-term medical missions. It should be fairly easy for you to find a church or organization looking for help. It's *not* cheap though. But aparently very satisfying in a way that helping generally well medicated people isn't.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at May 06, 2013 06:35 PM (lVb7s)
Posted by: Y-not at May 06, 2013 06:36 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: CAC at May 06, 2013 06:36 PM (QtYLy)
Posted by: CDR M at May 06, 2013 06:36 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: Shameless Muldoon at May 06, 2013 06:36 PM (ND7TC)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter at May 06, 2013 06:36 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 06, 2013 06:36 PM (2up3Q)
Posted by: elizabethe at May 06, 2013 10:33 PM (qPCAa)
Good choice. Eureka is a bit dull.
Portland is great though.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 06, 2013 06:36 PM (/WLC3)
Posted by: Shameless Muldoon at May 06, 2013 06:37 PM (ND7TC)
Posted by: garrett at May 06, 2013 10:31 PM (ES8rm)
I would like to point out that as bad as north-eastern CO is, south-eastern has it beaten hollow in the waste-of-space dept.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at May 06, 2013 06:37 PM (lVb7s)
I've never seen Titanic and God willing, I never will.
Are there any Titanic Exclusive titties I'm missing out on?
Posted by: garrett at May 06, 2013 06:37 PM (ES8rm)
Posted by: Gozer the Gozarian at May 06, 2013 06:38 PM (nD2pm)
Posted by: zsasz at May 06, 2013 06:38 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: steevy at May 06, 2013 06:38 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 06, 2013 06:38 PM (fggky)
Posted by: Occam's Safety Razor at May 06, 2013 06:38 PM (lpR33)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 06, 2013 06:38 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Thrawn at May 06, 2013 06:38 PM (JqnAE)
Posted by: RWC at May 06, 2013 06:39 PM (Wl/Ht)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 06, 2013 06:39 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Anna Puma
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You've obviously never seen "Death Race 2000". It is even emblematic of the fact that Sylvester Stallone should never be allowed to 'act'. There may be worse movies, but I've never seen one. I even dated the svelte co-star Simone Griffeth, and still think the movie was horrid.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 06, 2013 06:39 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: CDR M at May 06, 2013 06:39 PM (dKV5k)
Third, though Plaintiffs boldly probe the outskirts of law, the only enterprise they resemble is RICO. The federal agency eleven decks up is familiar with their prime directive and will gladly refit them for their next voyage.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 06, 2013 06:39 PM (GvZxI)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at May 06, 2013 06:39 PM (l3vZN)
Posted by: elizabethe at May 06, 2013 06:39 PM (qPCAa)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 06, 2013 06:40 PM (2up3Q)
Technically not a reboot since Spock Prime is in there. More of a quasi-sequel.
Posted by: EC at May 06, 2013 06:40 PM (doBIb)
true story. AF JAGs go through initial training at the AFB in Montgomery AL, which was co-located with a federal minimum security prison. For pols who took bribes and fraud. White collar stuff
Anyway, the inmates had jobs where they would sweep the floors, empty the garbage cans, little stuff. The weren't supposed to talk to the baby JAGs, but sometimes they would try (there was a story of an incarcerated judge).
Anyhoo one of the baby JAGs was going to the gym to work out and saluted an older gentleman. The guy he was with asked him what he thought he was doing?! Baby JAG told his friend he still wasn't sure of the ranks yet, so he just saluted everyone to be safe. His buddy had to inform him he had just saluted an inmate
Posted by: Thunderb at May 06, 2013 06:40 PM (nH8jP)
all that work to get to . . Ohio
Posted by: Thrawn at May 06, 2013 10:33 PM (JqnAE)
Going home to CO.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at May 06, 2013 06:40 PM (lVb7s)
Backwards Boy, I think it can safely be said that Prometheus is the lead standard on how to make a movie. Watch what was done in that movie and do the opposite.
Yup, keep the loose ends loose, don't resolve any of the plot from the first movie, make the heroine somewhat less than stupid, and ALIENS!!!111!
It reminded me of Spaceballs II: The Search for More Money.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at May 06, 2013 06:40 PM (+z4pE)
I have never quite listened to our state government in "action" like this until tonight. It sounded like a monthly congregational business meeting at my Southern Baptist Church on a Sunday night, held once a month.
I can only hope our state doesn't govern in the same fashion.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 06, 2013 06:40 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 06, 2013 06:41 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Occam's Safety Razor at May 06, 2013 10:30 PM (lpR33)
I am blonde and could have missed it, but do you have a medical background? As her sister's route as a PA to surgical resident is a great one...she will be awesome. Your own goals are very special. Good luck from this old RN and former supermodel.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky is thankfully not the Duchess of Alba at May 06, 2013 06:41 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: elizabethe at May 06, 2013 06:41 PM (qPCAa)
Posted by: Freak Out! at May 06, 2013 06:41 PM (jmVS/)
Posted by: Occam's Safety Razor at May 06, 2013 06:41 PM (lpR33)
As usual, WRAL has block all comments on the story. Hahaha!!!
Posted by: EC at May 06, 2013 06:41 PM (doBIb)
Ditto. Colbert-Busch does not need to be given any more celebrity status. And a win would be very helpful right now.
Posted by: AmishDude at May 06, 2013 06:42 PM (xSegX)
Posted by: Rule #2 at May 06, 2013 06:42 PM (eNk8l)
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For some reason, I'm thinking highway 60 (?) . There was a neat place called Potato City...
Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 06, 2013 06:42 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 06, 2013 10:38 PM (fggky)
Thanks! I'll try to remember to tell her about that.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at May 06, 2013 06:43 PM (lVb7s)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 06, 2013 06:43 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 06, 2013 06:43 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: steevy at May 06, 2013 06:43 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: fastfreefall at May 06, 2013 06:44 PM (Tz35j)
Yeah, I was number 2 again and I wasn't even trying to. Wow!
Posted by: EC at May 06, 2013 06:44 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at May 06, 2013 06:44 PM (2up3Q)
EC with Spock Prime there toting in his genes the Genesis Wave along with knowledge of the Guardian and the time portal... Abrams could have a lot of fun with those story concepts. Instead we get Darkness.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 06, 2013 06:44 PM (GvZxI)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 06, 2013 06:45 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 06, 2013 06:45 PM (NLqIR)
Posted by: CDR M at May 06, 2013 06:45 PM (dKV5k)
According to excerpts released Monday, Hicks told investigators that SOCAFRICA commander Lt. Col. Gibson and his team were on their way to board a C-130 from Tripoli for Benghazi prior to an attack on a second U.S. compound "when [Col. Gibson] got a phone call from SOCAFRICA which said, 'you can't go now, you don't have the authority to go now.' And so they missed the flight ... They were told not to board the flight, so they missed it."
he will testify they were in Tripoli ready to go
how will Gen Ham answer this?
they got call him
Posted by: Thunderb at May 06, 2013 06:46 PM (nH8jP)
Posted by: Cowboy at May 06, 2013 06:46 PM (FMrA0)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter at May 06, 2013 06:46 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: Occam's Safety Razor at May 06, 2013 06:46 PM (lpR33)
I once drove straight through from New Orleans to Grand Junction, CO with only a one hour nap at a rest stop, and about 75 miles of hallucinations near Raton, NM. Trip took 40 hours.
Driving a Chevy Chevette.
Pulling a U-Haul trailer...
...full of my ex-wife's stuff
Good times. Good times.
Posted by: Shameless Muldoon at May 06, 2013 06:46 PM (ND7TC)
Posted by: steevy at May 06, 2013 06:46 PM (9XBK2)
Good. Please pick up our brat from school.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 06, 2013 06:47 PM (/WLC3)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 06, 2013 06:47 PM (GvZxI)
Posted by: sexypig at May 06, 2013 06:48 PM (dZQh7)
I think the NC legislature has to read and vote once more on the amended gun laws. Not sure when, but I'll know tomorrow probably.
Then the state senate votes, and our lovely new RED Guv'nuh will sign it.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 06, 2013 06:48 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: kbdabear at May 06, 2013 06:48 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: steevy at May 06, 2013 06:48 PM (9XBK2)
Stationed at Alameda?
And it took you four days?
Fag.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 06, 2013 06:48 PM (/WLC3)
Posted by: Occam's Safety Razor at May 06, 2013 06:49 PM (lpR33)
Posted by: Shameless Muldoon at May 06, 2013 06:49 PM (ND7TC)
Posted by: zsasz at May 06, 2013 06:49 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: steevy at May 06, 2013 06:49 PM (9XBK2)
Dick's sporting goods is aptly named. I actually used to shop there but
the guys at the gun counter are.... how to put it delicately: assholes.
I
don't want to toot my own horn, but I learned more about firearms in
the first 12 weeks in the military than these jagoffs can ever hope to know. And then there's the next 30 years
of shootin stuff and gun waving, so, when I ask you a question about custom barrels on
an M-1A don't treat me like a 12-year old asking for pink paint balls.
In
spite of that, they have a good variety of fishing tackle, and I've
bought a few golf clubs and some of this or that there over the years
(never a firearm).
As grandaddy used to say: "not no fuckin' more."
Posted by: tangonine at May 06, 2013 06:49 PM (x3YFz)
Confused blond girl, "I think in Alameda."
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 06, 2013 06:49 PM (GvZxI)
I think the NC legislature has to read and vote once more on the amended gun laws. Not sure when, but I'll know tomorrow probably.
Then the state senate votes, and our lovely new RED Guv'nuh will sign it.
Chancellor Ross is already crying like a bitch
Posted by: EC at May 06, 2013 06:50 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at May 06, 2013 06:50 PM (l3vZN)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 06, 2013 06:50 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at May 06, 2013 06:50 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Thrawn at May 06, 2013 06:50 PM (JqnAE)
more from Hick's statement
Well, it's their country. And for an American military aircraft to fly over their country, we have to have permission from them to do so.
Q: So what would have been the risk of -- do you think it would have been risky for us to send someone, do you think it would have been counterproductive for us to send a fighter pilot plane over Benghazi without that permission?
A: We would have certainly wanted to obtain that permission. I believe we would have gotten it if we had asked. I believe that the Libyans were hoping that we were going to come bail them out of this mess. And, you know, they were as surprised as we were that American -- the military forces that did arrive only arrived on the evening of September 12. Yeah.
Posted by: Thunderb at May 06, 2013 06:50 PM (nH8jP)
Posted by: BlackOrchid
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Yup. Got the T-shirt. Nice country. Been through the Amish bits too. All very pretty.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 06, 2013 06:50 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: steevy at May 06, 2013 06:50 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Jake in ID at May 06, 2013 06:50 PM (zzeVM)
Alien was basically a horror flick set in space, where no one can hear you scream.
Aliens was another take after the original premise had been established. Not bad, just different.
The rest of that series was kinda meh.
Why is it that, out of all the genres, that the one with the most potential (SciFi) even seems to have run out of steam when it comes to movies? It's not that expensive to create a whole new world anymore with CGI.
Promethius was a really, really big letdown. Dude, if you can't think of anything, try some acid. Sheesh.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at May 06, 2013 06:51 PM (+z4pE)
Posted by: Working in China because the dick in the WH killed every decent Job in the US at May 06, 2013 06:51 PM (Sedwk)
Posted by: tangonine at May 06, 2013 10:49 PM (x3YFz)
Smart guy.
Me too. I used to shop there, but never ever again will they get one penny of my money.
Fuck 'em.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 06, 2013 06:51 PM (/WLC3)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 06, 2013 06:51 PM (NLqIR)
Pulling a U-Haul trailer...
Posted by: Shameless Muldoon
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A Chevette pulling a trailer? Who knew?
Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 06, 2013 06:51 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Cowboy at May 06, 2013 06:51 PM (FMrA0)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter at May 06, 2013 06:51 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 06, 2013 10:49 PM (GvZxI)
I think they were at the Fillmore last night.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 06, 2013 06:51 PM (D00cy)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 06, 2013 06:52 PM (GvZxI)
btw, for anyone out of the loop, our darlin' Miss Tammy had Thor incoming last night and will be absent for a few days, bless her heart.
Posted by: Peaches at May 06, 2013 06:52 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at May 06, 2013 06:53 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Jake in ID at May 06, 2013 10:50 PM (zzeVM)
That's because sheep have a tough time getting into sedans.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 06, 2013 06:53 PM (/WLC3)
The character of Red was white in Stephen King's book however
Posted by: kbdabear at May 06, 2013 06:53 PM (mCvL4)
Movie rec: OSOMBIE
Osama Bin Laden is a zombie and raises a zombie terrorist army.
It was a day of grading HW and I was looking for something mindless (heh) to have on in the background off of Netflix and this thing showed so I threw it on.
As far as cheesy zombie movies go it gets 4.5 brains. Funny as hell and the dialogue and 1-liners are awesome. Some good kit, too. Headshots galore. It's worth it.
Posted by: tangonine at May 06, 2013 06:53 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: fastfreefall at May 06, 2013 06:53 PM (Tz35j)
Posted by: Peaches at May 06, 2013 06:53 PM (8lmkt)
A: So Lieutenant Colonel Gibson, who is the SOCAFRICA commander, his team, you know, they were on their way to the vehicles to go to the airport to get on the C-130 when he got a phone call from SOCAFRICA which said, you can't go now, you don't have authority to go now. And so they missed the flight. And, of course, this meant that one of the ...
Q : They didn't miss the flight. They were told not to board the flight.
A: They were told not to board the flight, so they missed it. So, anyway, and yeah. I still remember Colonel Gibson, he said, "I have never been so embarrassed in my life that a State Department officer has bigger balls than somebody in the military." A nice compliment.
Q: Now, at this point, are you having communications with Washington?
A: I was in communications with Washington all night long. I was reporting all night long what was happening to Washington by telephone.
Q: When these Special Forces folks were told essentially to stand down, what was your next move? Did you have a recourse? Were you able to call Washington? Were you able to call anyone at this point to get that decision reversed?
A: No, because the flight was -- the flight was leaving. And, you know, if they missed -- you know, if the vehicles didn't leave when they leave, they would miss the flight time at the airport. And the airport -- you know, we were going all the way to Mitiga. The C-130 is at Mitiga, which is all the way on the other side of Tripoli.
Q: What was the rationale that you were given that they couldn't go, ultimately?
A: I guess they just didn't have the right authority from the right.
Posted by: Thunderb at May 06, 2013 06:53 PM (nH8jP)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at May 06, 2013 06:53 PM (lVb7s)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 06, 2013 06:54 PM (NLqIR)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 06, 2013 06:54 PM (Z9EHQ)
All right kids. I've got a pinched nerve in my neck, won't let me sit at this keyboard long. I'm out. Stay safe and stay strong.
Occam's razor- Good luck with your medical pursuits. I hope it works out well for you.
Later gators.
Posted by: Shameless Muldoon at May 06, 2013 06:54 PM (ND7TC)
Posted by: Y. at May 06, 2013 06:54 PM (Wd0yo)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter at May 06, 2013 06:54 PM (5J54Q)
Sophia would look hot red, blond, brunette, or bald for that matter
Posted by: kbdabear at May 06, 2013 06:54 PM (mCvL4)
Had a job driving Audi Lease returns from Seattle to NY.
Best time I ever pulled was 47 hours (with 45 minutes arguing with a cop to let me through the road closure outside of Sheridan, Wy).
Posted by: garrett at May 06, 2013 06:55 PM (ES8rm)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 06, 2013 06:55 PM (HVff2)
Oh, and so I'll be driving out to Louisville and then to Pittsburgh later this summer.
Posted by: chemjeff at May 06, 2013 06:55 PM (vEIeT)
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 06, 2013 06:56 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 06, 2013 06:56 PM (GvZxI)
Speaking of that, it must have been a bitch taking the Enterprise back to 1986 and synching the time with Chekov since he would be on the Russian Orthodox calendar
Posted by: kbdabear at May 06, 2013 06:56 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 06, 2013 06:56 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 06, 2013 06:57 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: steevy at May 06, 2013 06:57 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at May 06, 2013 06:57 PM (NLqIR)
No, my background is not medical. When i was younger, it was my goal, and then somewhere along the way, it went by the wayside. My actual background is languages, an MA in philosophy (taught for a short while), and a seminary dropout.
Thanks for the well-wishes.
Posted by: Occam's Safety Razor at May 06, 2013 10:46 PM (lpR33)
My two cents: you may want to work as an EMT or get some experience to see if you like it? When I was a nursing student back in Medieval Times, many had no experience in the hospital (I had some experience as a vampire supermodel lab tech). While they adjusted to the stress and gore over time, it was not for everyone and much easier for me. I do wish you much success and many blessings. Advanced degrees in nursing as well as a PA would be a great start...PA's are in huge demand with surgeons. I have worked with both ARNP's and PA's, and while I can see a difference in the holistic way an ARNP approaches a patient, PA's seem to be favored by surgeons and both pay well. Either position would put you on a faster track to medical school.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky is thankfully not the Duchess of Alba at May 06, 2013 06:58 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: Cowboy at May 06, 2013 06:58 PM (FMrA0)
Posted by: Peaches at May 06, 2013 06:58 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 06, 2013 06:59 PM (Zd/NW)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at May 06, 2013 06:59 PM (+z4pE)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 06, 2013 10:57 PM (4Mv1T)
Oh, it's an SP101 and it is a beautiful thing to hold and behold.
Posted by: Peaches at May 06, 2013 06:59 PM (8lmkt)
Playing hard to get, I see
Posted by: twitchy at May 06, 2013 06:59 PM (vEIeT)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at May 06, 2013 06:59 PM (jucos)
>>>now that sounds like an interesting job
$850.00 a trip plus a one way airline ticket voucher for anywhere in the continental US per trip. Plus Gas and Expenses.
For a while, Montana didn't allow low clearance trailers on the Interstates. So it was a giant pain in the ass to ship Audis across the Highline.
I love driving. So it was a great side gig.
Posted by: garrett at May 06, 2013 06:59 PM (ES8rm)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 06, 2013 07:00 PM (Z9EHQ)
http://tinyurl.com/czo6y2w
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 06, 2013 07:00 PM (GvZxI)
Posted by: Bigger Ladder builders Local 3211 at May 06, 2013 07:00 PM (/jHWN)
That is a very nice pistol.
You have good taste young lady.
http://tinyurl.com/d9snubd
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 06, 2013 07:01 PM (/WLC3)
Posted by: Jake in ID at May 06, 2013 07:01 PM (zzeVM)
We watched StarGate - Universe's 2 seasons on NFLX. was prett well done and by far the best of the stargate lines. Canx because of low viewership after two seasons.
Not surprising. All of the SG shows up to that point were terrible so who's going to want to watch another spinoff, right? But it's actually pretty good. Kind of crappy writing in spots and they have more loose ends than a Hollywood hair salon, but if you're bored, you could do worse.
Posted by: tangonine at May 06, 2013 07:01 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: RWC at May 06, 2013 07:01 PM (Wl/Ht)
Once worked for 36 hours straight. I still do not know how I got home, as I kept running off of the road.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 06, 2013 07:02 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Jake in ID at May 06, 2013 07:02 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: Peaches at May 06, 2013 07:02 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: CDR M at May 06, 2013 07:02 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 06, 2013 07:03 PM (Z9EHQ)
Because they had six people in those sleepers.
We used to get them all the time, pulling drop-ship loads into Richmond CA.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 06, 2013 07:03 PM (/WLC3)
Posted by: Puddleglum at May 06, 2013 07:03 PM (8DnZn)
Posted by: CDR M at May 06, 2013 11:02 PM (dKV5k)
Southern women are beautiful......
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 06, 2013 07:03 PM (/WLC3)
>>>did you have a CDL?
Nope. My buddy's father owned an Audi Dealership. His buddy owned another in Seattle.
Posted by: garrett at May 06, 2013 07:04 PM (ES8rm)
Posted by: garrett at May 06, 2013 10:59 PM (ES8rm)
back in the 70s, half the stoners I knew had that gig. and it was a great, great gig.
Hi, Bomber!!! {{{{{}}}}}
Posted by: Peaches at May 06, 2013 07:04 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 06, 2013 07:04 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 06, 2013 07:05 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Jake in ID at May 06, 2013 07:05 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 06, 2013 07:05 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Thrawn at May 06, 2013 07:05 PM (JqnAE)
Okay, that was funny.
And...I'm pissed at you.
I am now completely fixated on building a great 10-22. And it's going to cost me $900!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 06, 2013 07:07 PM (/WLC3)
In the middle of Illinois I had to fight . I couldn't feel my hands. I looked at the speedo and it said 80. I was layin' down on the tank to stay out of the wind. I looked at corn fields and the white farm house and the road... and I had NO sense of moment. I pondered stepping off the bike onto the pavement as I was obviously not moving. Heh.
That lack of sensory input lasted for at least half an hour. I finally stopped in Joliet, barely getting the kick stand down before I topped over because my legs wouldn't move. My hands were numb. I sat on a curb, for about an hour in the shade thinking the monkey butt wouldn't go away. Heh.. good times..
Posted by: Yip at May 06, 2013 07:07 PM (/jHWN)
Posted by: Cowboy at May 06, 2013 07:08 PM (FMrA0)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at May 06, 2013 07:08 PM (Yr6sH)
Still haven't met an Afghan I'd like to shoot. Can't say the same for the US Army.
Posted by: Bomber at May 06, 2013 07:08 PM (bWrRo)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at May 06, 2013 07:09 PM (jucos)
Posted by: fastfreefall at May 06, 2013 07:09 PM (Tz35j)
Posted by: Bomber at May 06, 2013 11:08 PM (bWrRo)
that is just super-sad, Bomber . . . me, I just want you home with your beautiful family.
Posted by: Peaches at May 06, 2013 07:09 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 06, 2013 07:10 PM (HDgX3)
Hey, I have a 1947 Winchester Model 62a that will shoot it's lights out, and you can have it for $750.
It'd be $1000, but my dad refinished the stock. Guess he's entitled. He bought it new in 1948.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 06, 2013 07:10 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 06, 2013 11:03 PM (/WLC3)
That is what my Yankee husband says as well...especially when I have him tied up in the laundry room.
Do y'all think Ace or a powerful co-blogger will be linking the hearing on Wednesday where the Benghazi whistleblowers will tell what happened? I am going to be cheering Congressman Issa and Gowdy on (he is my new hero with Senator Cruz0. I am going to be glued as I absorb all of this new Benghazi information to later spew, when the mood strikes, at the WaPo propagandists. I could and can rattle off details like a woman possessed. Unlike Billary, it does matter to me.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky is thankfully not the Duchess of Alba at May 06, 2013 07:10 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: CDR M at May 06, 2013 07:10 PM (dKV5k)
Posted by: Occam's Safety Razor at May 06, 2013 07:10 PM (lpR33)
Posted by: cornelius at May 06, 2013 07:10 PM (Jsiw/)
Not truckloads. I was at UPS for years...all in Northern CA. Then a small high-value shipper (diamonds) in NY.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 06, 2013 07:10 PM (/WLC3)
Posted by: Cowboy at May 06, 2013 07:11 PM (FMrA0)
http://tinyurl.com/ctvfayt
Wonder what clued them in first? Was it some strange text message about Gov. Abercrombie was going to become a Wal-Mart greeter?
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 06, 2013 07:12 PM (GvZxI)
>>Then a small high-value shipper (diamonds) in NY.'
So that dildo doubles as an anal briefcase?
Posted by: garrett at May 06, 2013 07:12 PM (ES8rm)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at May 06, 2013 07:13 PM (jucos)
Posted by: garrett at May 06, 2013 11:12 PM (ES8rm)
Heh. It was actually an excruciatingly boring job. Diamonds, after the first week, all look the same.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 06, 2013 07:13 PM (/WLC3)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 06, 2013 07:14 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Cowboy at May 06, 2013 11:11 PM (FMrA0)
________________
Detroit is not as bad as everyone makes it out to be. There are awful areas, but some decent areas too. Grosse Pointe is where I spent that summer and I loved it.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 06, 2013 07:14 PM (HDgX3)
*Senator Cruz. Time for bed and the untying of husband in laundry room.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky is thankfully not the Duchess of Alba at May 06, 2013 07:14 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at May 06, 2013 11:13 PM (jucos)
Good stuff.
I was at an intermodal (truck + train + air) facility for a long time. That stuff is fun.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 06, 2013 07:15 PM (/WLC3)
Posted by: Jake in ID at May 06, 2013 07:15 PM (zzeVM)
Why do people take so fucking long to post eBay feedback?
Really annoys me when I have a bunch of related items up in consecutive weeks and buyers drag their heels leaving feedback.
Posted by: garrett at May 06, 2013 07:16 PM (ES8rm)
Posted by: Cowboy at May 06, 2013 07:17 PM (FMrA0)
Columbia has Phrogs over here to haul passengers. Still haven't ridden in one yet, don't think I'd like being stuck in the back. Usually take the Huey, sometimes the H-3.
Posted by: Bomber at May 06, 2013 07:17 PM (bWrRo)
Posted by: Jake in ID at May 06, 2013 07:18 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 06, 2013 07:18 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Cowboy at May 06, 2013 11:17 PM (FMrA0)
__________________
I think Gary, IN is even worse
I spent time in Detroit proper over the last couple of years. The area by the Compuware building is fine. I walked alone at night around there and felt perfectly fine.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 06, 2013 07:19 PM (HDgX3)
She just might be a redhead.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 06, 2013 07:19 PM (D00cy)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2013 07:19 PM (fNpC1)
Item sold on the 25th. Two messages via eBay. And no payment or answer. So the hammer goes down now.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 06, 2013 07:19 PM (GvZxI)
I was born in Flint and my Grandparents lived in Dearborn. The ruin of those areas since the 60s is horrific.
Posted by: McGregor at May 06, 2013 07:20 PM (qo244)
Posted by: Eisenhorn at May 06, 2013 07:20 PM (OjQYm)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 06, 2013 07:20 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: mpfs at May 06, 2013 07:21 PM (TCy/B)
Depressing, there are more people in California than all of Canada.
Sooner or later I am gonna have to fall back
Posted by: The Jackhole on Ventura Highway at May 06, 2013 07:22 PM (/7Xis)
Sooner or later I am gonna have to fall back
_______
Probably more US citizens in Canada than in California though.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 06, 2013 07:23 PM (HDgX3)
At the risk of sounding like I'm pimping, I do have a shitty little blog to tell deployment stories. It's locked down to keep the PAO out of it, but if you'd like to read, email me. bomberh46 at yahoo.
Posted by: Bomber at May 06, 2013 07:23 PM (bWrRo)
Yikes mpfs. So what is the verdict?
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 06, 2013 07:23 PM (GvZxI)
Shit. Most of Alberta is civilized, except for the cities.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2013 11:19 PM (fNpC1)
you are pretty fuckin' funny. for a canadian. 
Posted by: Peaches at May 06, 2013 07:23 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Cowboy at May 06, 2013 10:58 PM
Back in 1992 I drove from Piscataway NJ to Sarasota FL in 19 hours, with a stop for an hour between St Augustine and Daytona to nap since the lines were waving and I couldn't stay awake.
Posted by: kbdabear at May 06, 2013 07:25 PM (mCvL4)
I'm beat.
Posted by: mpfs at May 06, 2013 11:21 PM (TCy/B)
dammit, girl, that sounds like absolute hell. can I offer you a can of cheap swill and a big hug?
Posted by: Peaches at May 06, 2013 07:25 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter at May 06, 2013 07:25 PM (5J54Q)
Good night and God bless, B-man. Love you and am eternally grateful for your service.
Posted by: Peaches at May 06, 2013 07:26 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: The Jackhole on Ventura Highway at May 06, 2013 07:26 PM (/7Xis)
Detroit's a jungle. And it's an example, a cautionary tale, of how things can tend quickly into SHEER HELL.
Blows the mind, evokes tears, wrends the soul.
Seriously, you people who do not know Detroit, you have no idea how very bad it is. It is shocking. Detroit, Rock City, will rock you right out of your comfort zone in a New York Minute.
Posted by: Cowboy at May 06, 2013 07:27 PM (FMrA0)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2013 07:27 PM (fNpC1)
Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 06, 2013 10:08 PM (fggky)
Noted.
76-38...passed.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 06, 2013 10:14 PM (4Mv1T)
WOOHOOO!!!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at May 06, 2013 07:28 PM (xa1/W)
Posted by: mpfs at May 06, 2013 07:28 PM (TCy/B)
Those slugs build a lot of backpressure.
My 870 w/Rifled Slug Barrel kicks like a scorned mule with 3" loads.
Posted by: garrett at May 06, 2013 07:29 PM (ES8rm)
@23 Finished downloading Neverwinter this morning. Anyone else giving it a shot?
About to tackle character creation.
------------------------------
I've been mucking around with it. It's alright, and I've got a level 31 character. Don't know that I'm going to stick with it over the long haul, though, particularly since FFXIV will be starting back up soon enough. Couple of things to be aware of - Skirmishes are level-limited. Once you're too high of a level for a given skirmish, you can't do that one anymore. So make sure you don't miss them if you want to see them all or want to get the achievements for completing each of them.
Second, the crafting system is screwed up. It takes too long to level (I'm level 31, and can only craft level 16 gear) due to a forced time system. And there's a bug that frequently makes all of the common recipes disappear for a while (they come back eventually). On the other hand, you can use the Gateway website to craft stuff while you're not playing, so it's not a complete loss. Just don't expect to actually use it productively with your first character.
Posted by: junior at May 06, 2013 07:30 PM (DWqDw)
Posted by: The Jackhole on Ventura Highway at May 06, 2013 07:30 PM (/7Xis)
Here ya go, babygirl, and prayers up that the new doc is gonna do right by you. xoxo
Posted by: Peaches at May 06, 2013 07:31 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: The Jackhole on Ventura Highway at May 06, 2013 07:31 PM (/7Xis)
Posted by: Peaches at May 06, 2013 07:32 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 06, 2013 11:19 PM
Next you'll tell us that East St Louis isn't such a bad place because you stopped for gas off of I-70 and lived to tell about it
L.A. has an undeserved reputation too. Take a stroll around Sunset and Vermont and let us know how friendly the folks are around there
Posted by: kbdabear at May 06, 2013 07:32 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: mpfs at May 06, 2013 07:32 PM (TCy/B)
http://tinyurl.com/dyh2d2f
Posted by: McGregor at May 06, 2013 07:34 PM (qo244)
Posted by: mpfs at May 06, 2013 07:34 PM (TCy/B)
Posted by: Jake in ID at May 06, 2013 07:40 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: discontinuity at May 06, 2013 07:40 PM (tLn51)
They can be...what are you going to put it on? That drives what you need, and thus, the price.
Posted by: Country Singer at May 06, 2013 07:41 PM (cnmE6)
http://youtu.be/Q1ertVYn750
Posted by: The Dude at May 06, 2013 07:43 PM (vJdyz)
I finally reached US 1 and dodged stadium sized potholes until I reached the Schuykill Expressway to I-478 to my sister's place in Sellersville. My brother-in-law told me that West Philly is actually worse than North Philly. I don't know how that was possible
Posted by: kbdabear at May 06, 2013 07:44 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: rickl at May 06, 2013 07:47 PM (sdi6R)
Vermont and Sunset?
Not even in broad daylight. Posted by: mpfs at May 06, 2013 11:34 PM
That particular intersection sticks in my memory because I'd been in LA all of 10 days when I stopped at a store for a pack of smokes early in the evening. Three "youths" decided to solicit money from me and even tried to open the car doors. I pulled out so fast I scraped another car and didn't bother to check for damage until I drove up the 101 to Franklin
Posted by: kbdabear at May 06, 2013 07:47 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 06, 2013 07:48 PM (vgd4f)
Frankly, the 'Alien' premise only works in the first movie. They're really not a formidable force unless you're completely unprepared for them or isolated and insufficiently armed.
Posted by: zsasz at May
I was more entertained by Aliens, before I became aware that movies suck balls.
The problem with Aliens is that our intrepid and presumably combat savvy colonial marines decided to stay inside the facility, where aliens could attack from above, below, and around every corner. If our marines had simply gone outside where their alien detectors could let them know the direction and distance to the aliens the could have eliminated them before they were close enough to attack.
Posted by: yankeefifth at May 06, 2013 10:38 PM
Aliens grew on me. Wasn't a particular fan of it, initially as I viewed it as a travesty sequel, sort of. Big fan of the original. Seeing it for the first time in the cinema, not knowing what the hell was going to happen was an certainly an experience. First run there was a an almost total lockdown on stuff from the media, Aliens I think got better with subsequent viewings. I don't hold plotholes or why the fuck would they do that? ... type things against a good scifi movie, if it rocks enough and is entertaining. Aliens works despite it's problems. This might be heresy, but I like Alien-3. A flawed movie, but a great story that does it's job. I really like the whole redemption and self sacrifice thing it has going on. Also, I appreciated having that annoying srcreehing brat Newt killed off at the beginning. She was an anchor dragging down Aliens with the whole thing going on with Hicks and Ripley. Ugh.
Posted by: otho at May 06, 2013 07:52 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: CDR M at May 06, 2013 10:36 PM (dKV5k)
Makes me feel a little better. Driven cross country 4x. Every time I hit Texas I try for one day. No success. Yet.
Posted by: gracepmc at May 06, 2013 07:54 PM (rznx3)
The Searchlight Strangler isn't used to getting much resistance.
Posted by: McGregor at May 06, 2013 07:54 PM (qo244)
Posted by: eman at May 06, 2013 07:55 PM (cQ4xo)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 06, 2013 07:55 PM (piMMO)
Broken glass all over the place and businesses boarded up. I told the driver he can't be serious, the only reason we weren't dead was that the gangbangers were probably still sleeping. He took me to a station out of the gang neighborhood.
That was 16 years ago, City Terrace got gentrified since then, but it was as bad as Boyle Heights in 1997
Posted by: kbdabear at May 06, 2013 07:56 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter at May 06, 2013 07:56 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, commenter at the best conservative blog at May 06, 2013 07:57 PM (2/ycG)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 06, 2013 11:07 PM (/WLC3)
CBD, I put together a pair of pretty great 10-22s for like $630 each. Interested in my specs? I loan them out at Appleseeds.
Posted by: Steck at May 06, 2013 07:58 PM (RL7U1)
Posted by: kbdabear at May 06, 2013 07:58 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at May 06, 2013 08:00 PM (XIxXP)
I'm not a native of the Philly area, they have some unique pronunciations. I pronounced it Shy-kill and didn't get corrected.
Posted by: kbdabear at May 06, 2013 08:00 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: rickl at May 06, 2013 08:01 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Jake in ID at May 06, 2013 08:02 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: kbdabear at May 06, 2013 08:02 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: rickl at May 06, 2013 08:05 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Jake in ID at May 06, 2013 08:06 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at May 06, 2013 08:06 PM (XIxXP)
Posted by: kbdabear at May 07, 2013 12:02 AM (mCvL4)
Cabrini Green when Cabrini Green was still Cabrini Green
Posted by: The Dude at May 06, 2013 08:07 PM (vJdyz)
This really scary place in New York City called, "the Upper East Side." It was full of rich, white people.
Posted by: law & order writers at May 06, 2013 08:07 PM (mGBy8)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at May 06, 2013 08:08 PM (XIxXP)
Posted by: rickl at May 06, 2013 08:09 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: kbdabear at May 07, 2013 12:02 AM
Florence and Normandie in South Central L.A.
Posted by: Reginald Denny at May 06, 2013 08:09 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at May 06, 2013 08:10 PM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Puddleglum at May 06, 2013 08:10 PM (8DnZn)
Posted by: rickl at May 06, 2013 08:10 PM (sdi6R)
An Indian (feather not dot) bar outside Bemidji Minnesota on the Red Lake Reservation that me and my drunk buddies thought was a good idea to enter.
Posted by: McGregor at May 06, 2013 08:10 PM (qo244)
So what's the scariest area in what city you guys ever found yourself in?
Oakland, in the flatlands, after dark. VFW country.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 06, 2013 08:10 PM (IDSI7)
Posted by: kbdabear at May 07, 2013 12:02 AM
Let's just say you don't want to be in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn after Al Sharpton has given a speech
Posted by: Yankel Rosenbaum at May 06, 2013 08:11 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Jay Guevara at May 06, 2013 08:11 PM (IDSI7)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at May 06, 2013 08:11 PM (XIxXP)
So the launch phase has been successful.
Posted by: rickl at May 07, 2013 12:09 AM (sdi6R)
?
New AoSHQ Prime feture - Rick does play by play of his fap sessions.
You'll get used to it.
Posted by: garrett at May 06, 2013 08:12 PM (ES8rm)
I'm running a
PWS T3 tension barrel
PWS T-Rex stock
Power Custom Trigger job
plus optic
Posted by: Jake in ID at May 07, 2013 12:06 AM (zzeVM)
Jake, these are pretty goofproof but not benchrest-level $.
Started with 16" Carbine
Hogue overmoulded stock
Christie & Christie mag & bolt release
Volquartsen picatinny base & bolt handle
2 x 7 32mm scope from Cabela's
1" scope rings
Trigger job from a good gunsmith
Total including Ruger, shipping, FFL, etc. $623.50 (but this was pre-Newtown)
Posted by: Steck at May 06, 2013 08:12 PM (RL7U1)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at May 06, 2013 08:12 PM (XIxXP)
Posted by: kbdabear at May 07, 2013 12:02 AM
Branson Missouri
All those racist nazis talking about Jesus scared me more than any place I've ever been
Posted by: Chasrel Jonsnoh at May 06, 2013 08:14 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: The Jackhole on Ventura Highway at May 06, 2013 08:14 PM (/7Xis)
So what's the scariest area in what city you guys ever found yourself in?
Newport News, VA (not sure what street I was on) It looked like a set from The Wire before that show was even on.
Posted by: Puddleglum at May 06, 2013 08:15 PM (8DnZn)
Posted by: mpfs at May 06, 2013 08:15 PM (TCy/B)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L66Sytzm008
(Language not safe for work.)
Posted by: andycanuck at May 06, 2013 08:16 PM (mGBy8)
About to tackle character creation.
It seems like a pretty solid game-or at least I can see the promise once they get the bugs out (I had 10 potions that found their way to two hotkeys, but only three listed in inventory, and mail indicating auction house sales, when I haven't found the auction house). I'm just kind of meh on the interface, specifically hitting alt to "pause" (not really as I found out in an early dungeon) to get a mouse cursor I could use on things. Also, I have the fourth edition rulebooks, so I know a little about how the abilitie scores get applied, but I don't see anything in the tooltips to reference them (like "This is Charisma based, so if you put 20 points in Dex, don't bother").
I'd join a moron guild if there was one, but kind of expect to keep most of my gaming time in LotRO for the time being.
Posted by: Methos at May 06, 2013 08:18 PM (hO9ad)
So what's the scariest area in what city you guys ever found yourself in?
Fresno, CA.....Shanghai......Downey, Ca
Posted by: The Jackhole on Ventura Highway at May 06, 2013 08:18 PM (/7Xis)
Posted by: Puddleglum at May 06, 2013 08:18 PM (8DnZn)
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 06, 2013 08:18 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: mindful webworker is not here now and not all there at May 06, 2013 08:19 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: Methos at May 07, 2013 12:18 AM (hO9ad)
potions are removed from your bags when you put them on your hotkeys. Still hate all the soul-bound potions as they get stuck taking up an extra space in your bags since your can't stack them
Posted by: The Dude at May 06, 2013 08:21 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: kbdabear at May 06, 2013 08:21 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 07, 2013 12:18 AM (vgd4f)
You mean the following midnight, right?
Posted by: Berserker at May 06, 2013 08:21 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 06, 2013 08:21 PM (vgd4f)
His reelection was a major reason of my conversion to the LIB party. A major cleanse is necessary to get back to what is America.
Posted by: McGregor at May 06, 2013 08:23 PM (qo244)
Posted by: The Political Hat at May 06, 2013 08:23 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: mpfs at May 06, 2013 08:24 PM (TCy/B)
Posted by: rickl at May 06, 2013 08:24 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Jake in ID at May 06, 2013 08:24 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: jakeman at May 06, 2013 08:25 PM (96M6e)
Posted by: kbdabear at May 07, 2013 12:02
Lancaster Blvd, Lancaster, CA in high school, I got a lot of, "you came to the wrong neighborhood mother fucker" looks.
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at May 06, 2013 08:25 PM (b9K4P)
Posted by: rickl at May 06, 2013 08:25 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: The Political Hat at May 06, 2013 08:26 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 06, 2013 08:26 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: Jake in ID at May 06, 2013 08:27 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at May 06, 2013 08:27 PM (Yr6sH)
Posted by: jakeman at May 06, 2013 08:27 PM (96M6e)
Posted by: The Political Hat at May 06, 2013 08:27 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: zeera at May 06, 2013 08:28 PM (3dXwx)
20 years later, most of it looked like the bad parts of Miami
Posted by: kbdabear at May 06, 2013 08:34 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Jake in ID at May 07, 2013 12:27 AM (zzeVM)
No, of course not - I've seen people dump thousands of $ into their hand-created bench-rest beauties (as I stand off-hand next to them blasting away with a post-war Eddystone).
Everyone who has borrowed the loaner Appleseed rifles marvel at how good they are, I'm sure they could be better with more $ but only so much dough is going to be spent on a loaner.
These are really meant for the 25-meter Appleseed shoots, what's *your* use ?
Posted by: Steck at May 06, 2013 08:35 PM (RL7U1)
Ah, okay. That kind of makes sense, but do they only stack to 5? I have two hotkeys with 5 apiece (one I think was bound to character that I got from introductory boxes), with a stack of three more in inventory (these were all the 1000hp type).
Of course I've only used one so far and that was before turning a corner and finding my first in dungeon campfire.
I f you get too many skills, are you just SOL on using them (given the lack of hotkey space)? I just got level 6 on my backstabbing thiefly character, so if there's another limit, I haven't seen it (in the table top bame, you could only pick one skill per row, roughly but I haven't seen any indication that was the case).
Posted by: Methos at May 06, 2013 08:35 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at May 06, 2013 08:36 PM (Yr6sH)
Posted by: The Dude at May 07, 2013 12:07 AM (vJdyz
I remember hearing they finally tore down the "Good Times" dilapidated public housing there.
How many bodies did they find buried underneath the concrete?
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 06, 2013 08:39 PM (7B7jB)
Baltimore. Leaving the Inner Harbor attractions I took the wrong way to get back to the freeway and south to Annapolis.
"Kids, roll up your windows and keep the doors locked. Do not make eye contact with anyone. Look at your feet and keep your heads down."
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 06, 2013 08:42 PM (BAS5M)
Dixie Square Mall: built 1966, closed 1979, demolished... 2012(!).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie_Square_Mall
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 06, 2013 08:42 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: Kermit T. Frog at May 06, 2013 08:44 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 06, 2013 08:45 PM (GvZxI)
We had some flooding in the Chicago area a couple of years back and I spent a fair amount of time mucking basements with Lutheran Church Charities. So when they got a call of a house in Chicago whose owners had been out of town, six months later (in what was then the middle of winter), I was one of the folks called in on it.
We got a little warning it wasn't the best neighborhood (i.e. keep valuables locked in the cars and don't wander off), so I was a little concerned when some sketchy youths gathered across the street to observe us.
Until we started donning the hazmat suits-then they all decided they needed to be somewhere else.
Posted by: Methos at May 06, 2013 08:46 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 06, 2013 08:46 PM (vgd4f)
Then he talked about how holocaust survivors showed up to a planned neo-Nazi rally with baseball bats in hand, and the Nazis ended up cancelling. He took a lot of pride in the fact that a bunch of people used force of will to silence others, neo-Nazis or not. Suppose that was a bunch of Berkeley students with bats in hand, awaiting the arrival of Tea Partiers. Would it also be neat'n'keen?
Shaken, I continued to the part where he bragged that he was send to socialist summer camp by his parents. I looked for some indication that it was a joke. I found none.
I stopped reading.
Posted by: Michael at May 06, 2013 08:47 PM (bOKSd)
Newport News, VA(notsure what streetI was on)It looked like a set from The Wire before that show was even on.
Posted by: Puddleglum at May 07, 2013 12:15 AM (8DnZn)
--Why do you think it's nicknamed Bad News?
Posted by: logprof at May 06, 2013 08:47 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: Jake in ID at May 06, 2013 08:47 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: McGregor at May 06, 2013 08:49 PM (qo244)
Posted by: The Political Hat at May 06, 2013 08:49 PM (Vk2pI)
Also, time to brag, now I'm a full-blown actual Appleseed instructor, huzzah!
Posted by: Steck at May 06, 2013 08:49 PM (RL7U1)
http://tinyurl.com/brxxsn6
Also, her elbow is going to poke a hole in it.
Posted by: Methos at May 06, 2013 08:50 PM (hO9ad)
But what's odd: one of Long Beach's toniest neighborhoods, Virginia Country Club, is right smack in the middle of it. A lot of American Pie was shot there.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 06, 2013 08:50 PM (7B7jB)
I stopped reading.
It didn't strike me as bragging; it was just his background.
Posted by: fluffy at May 06, 2013 08:53 PM (z9HTb)
http://youtu.be/oIdrGd2ncOo
Posted by: Methos at May 07, 2013 12:35 AM (hO9ad)
no limit on stacking
Posted by: The Dude at May 06, 2013 08:54 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Jake in ID at May 06, 2013 08:55 PM (zzeVM)
And, with that, g'night dearest morons (after brushing the taste of gingerbread Kahlua out of my mouth) .
Posted by: Steck at May 06, 2013 08:57 PM (RL7U1)
Posted by: The Dude at May 06, 2013 08:58 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Jean at May 06, 2013 08:58 PM (XwDPQ)
I noticed the inventory screen has slots for extra bags-are those available in game, or cash shop only?
Posted by: Methos at May 06, 2013 08:59 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: PabloD at May 06, 2013 08:59 PM (fTrxX)
Posted by: Jake in ID at May 06, 2013 09:00 PM (zzeVM)
The new region, Wildermore, comes out May 13th. I'm excited.
Posted by: Caulder Cob at May 06, 2013 09:00 PM (QFiLM)
Posted by: Methos at May 07, 2013 12:59 AM (hO9ad)
both as you can trade diamonds for zen but it amounts to about $10 for a bag
Posted by: The Dude at May 06, 2013 09:01 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 06, 2013 09:02 PM (vgd4f)
I am now out in Glencoe. And the nic McGregor is from a town near our family cabin
Posted by: McGregor at May 06, 2013 09:03 PM (qo244)
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 06, 2013 09:04 PM (vgd4f)
Katrina was God flushing the toilet
Posted by: kbdabear at May 06, 2013 09:06 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: zeera at May 06, 2013 09:06 PM (3dXwx)
Posted by: rickl at May 06, 2013 09:06 PM (sdi6R)
As I wrote above, I wandered in there by accident and it was scary shit, and it's not even the worst area of Philly
Posted by: kbdabear at May 06, 2013 09:08 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 06, 2013 09:08 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: Jean at May 06, 2013 09:08 PM (XwDPQ)
Posted by: Jake in ID at May 06, 2013 09:08 PM (zzeVM)
With the Neverwinter MMO, which download method did people try that worked?
I tried to do download from their site. Ran the .exe as Admin. Started to download. And then the .exe stopped working. Tried it twice. Try again?
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 06, 2013 09:09 PM (GvZxI)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 06, 2013 09:09 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: Jake in ID at May 06, 2013 09:11 PM (zzeVM)
Damn, I missed all the fun. Guess I'll have to do a quick summary:
I've driven from Beaumont, TX to El Paso, TX in exactly 12 hours. Never again.
All I want from Pacific Rim is someone to utter the line, "You suck. Get in the giant robot."
A friend of mine who is an infantry officer once joked that the closest he came to death was outside a White Castle in Flint, MI.
As much as people may like to joke about prison rape an take a "fuck them" attitude towards the incarcerated, the current state of our prison system is horrifying. We basically take social outcasts and misfits and lock them away in a place that amplifies the worst tendencies. As others have pointed out, all our prisons do is turn out even more hardened criminals.
Posted by: Zombie Robert Jordan at May 06, 2013 09:12 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: tasker at May 06, 2013 09:12 PM (r2PLg)
Anacostia, DC and 14th St. NW DC
Before 14th St. was cleaned up, it was a sleazy red-light area. Peep shows, prOn movies, and hookers out on the curb soliciting, just a few blocks from the White House. Syringes and used condoms on the sidewalk. It didn't matter if you were dressed in a business suit, if you were a woman in that area you were treated just like a hooker, as I found out shortly afte I moved there.
Posted by: Reggie Love at May 06, 2013 09:12 PM (R3gO3)
He seemed to lack awareness that the Nazis are also socialists, though.
To be fair, most people lack that awareness. They "know" that NAZI means "National Socialist" without understanding the implication. In addition, the Nazi's in prison seemed to be more interested in their own power rather than political philosophy.
Posted by: Zombie Robert Jordan at May 06, 2013 09:14 PM (lr3d7)
Wait, weren't you the traitor that destroyed Archet? I'm happy for the update (on my birthday no less), but more for the associated goodies, as my highest level character is 28, so it'll be a while before I'm anywhere near the current expansions.
both as you can trade diamonds for zen but it amounts to about $10 for a bag
In the Obama economy? It's back to the dilithium mines for me, then.
What game are you playing?
Neverwinter, based on the fourth edition Dungeons and Dragons rules (and PC setting of that name). I've got a human thief from Baldur's Gate (which dates me, I'm sure), but I finally got to be "Methos" in an MMO.
I'm also playing Lord of the Rings Online, using character names from an adaptation of The Wheel of Time I GMed quite a few years back.
Posted by: Methos at May 06, 2013 09:14 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: tasker at May 06, 2013 09:14 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: Jake in ID at May 06, 2013 09:16 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: MaxMBJ at May 06, 2013 09:17 PM (deaac)
I used the direct download (upper left option). It hiccupped between 25k/s and 110 k/s for about half an hour then ramped up to like 800 k/s and was done in time to skip out on the ONT last night.
Posted by: Methos at May 06, 2013 09:17 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: rickl at May 06, 2013 09:18 PM (sdi6R)
I think Bismark in nicer but I'm a foreigner..... >>
Spent time in both. The only difference is the house and the company since both are flat as hell.
Posted by: McGregor at May 06, 2013 09:19 PM (qo244)
With the Neverwinter MMO, which download method did people try that worked?
I tried to do download from their site. Ran the .exe as Admin. Started to download. And then the .exe stopped working. Tried it twice. Try again?
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 07, 2013 01:09 AM (GvZxI)
torrent, pull a few meg/sec
Posted by: The Dude at May 06, 2013 09:19 PM (vJdyz)
Lies and rumors started by that no good vagabond, Strider!
Posted by: Caulder Cob at May 06, 2013 09:20 PM (QFiLM)
Posted by: Jake in ID at May 06, 2013 09:20 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: tasker at May 06, 2013 09:20 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: mindful webworker and the variable hashtag at May 06, 2013 09:20 PM (0L1sw)
Posted by: tasker at May 06, 2013 09:22 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: tasker at May 06, 2013 09:23 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 07, 2013 01:09 AM
I've never been there but I read that like any other city in the West that has illegals, SLC has neighborhoods that are gang infested
Posted by: kbdabear at May 06, 2013 09:23 PM (mCvL4)
I think it was 1989 or so. Oh man, classic TV.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 06, 2013 09:24 PM (7B7jB)
Posted by: Adriane... at May 06, 2013 09:24 PM (TvO05)
I commute in 40 miles to work and they commute out so I get to interact with the Somalis regularly.
Posted by: McGregor at May 06, 2013 09:24 PM (qo244)
Which means he's better hitting the cup than Obama is draining a trey.
Posted by: MaxMBJ at May 07, 2013 01:17 AM (deaac)
--Speaking of, Satchel Obama would do well to take pitching toips from a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer:
http://youtu.be/Z3KkiX-WaLg
Posted by: logprof at May 06, 2013 09:24 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: tasker at May 06, 2013 09:25 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: The Political Hat at May 06, 2013 09:27 PM (Vk2pI)
Wasn't there a folding chair involved in that indecent?
I know he got whacked by a chair to the nose at some point which makes me happy regardless of when.
Posted by: McGregor at May 06, 2013 09:27 PM (qo244)
Posted by: Adriane... at May 06, 2013 09:28 PM (TvO05)
I know he got whacked by a chair to the nose at some point which makes me happy regardless of when.
Posted by: McGregor at May 07, 2013 01:27 AM (qo244)
beat me to it, it was a chair that broke his nose
Posted by: The Dude at May 06, 2013 09:29 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Jerry Rivers at May 06, 2013 09:31 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: Lesbian NAZI Hooker Abducted by UFOs and fored into a Weight Loss Program at May 06, 2013 09:31 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Jake in ID at May 06, 2013 09:31 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: tasker at May 06, 2013 09:32 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: mindful webworker lived to tell the tale at May 06, 2013 09:32 PM (Ynbgq)
Posted by: logprof at May 06, 2013 09:32 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 06, 2013 09:34 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: Bon Scott's *other* throw-up at May 06, 2013 09:34 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: The Political Hat at May 07, 2013 01:27 AM (Vk2pI)
nope, the comet effected everything electrical
Posted by: The Dude at May 06, 2013 09:34 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: The Political Hat at May 06, 2013 09:35 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: tasker at May 06, 2013 09:35 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: Adriane... at May 06, 2013 09:35 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: The Political Hat, Friend of SMOD at May 06, 2013 09:36 PM (Vk2pI)
Someone threw a chair which he intercepted with his face, if Irecall correctly.
Posted by: Methos at May 06, 2013 09:36 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: McGregor at May 07, 2013 01:27 AM
Geraldo nazi brawl.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1KT1QoSCT8
Bonus - Geraldo gets bitch slapped by Hurricane Ike
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW0M-DvkEn8
Posted by: kbdabear at May 06, 2013 09:37 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 06, 2013 09:38 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: Adriane... at May 06, 2013 09:38 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Adriane... at May 06, 2013 09:40 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: The Robotic Cyber Hat at May 06, 2013 09:40 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Jake in ID at May 06, 2013 09:41 PM (zzeVM)
You know, the buddy of the JEF, who went to his going away party? The one the LA Times has a video of the JEF toasting, but they will not release it or let anyone see it?
**********
We've all heard rumors of the Koch brothers buying the LA Times.
If so I'm sure they've told the present owners the video tape is part of the deal: no tape, no deal.
At least I hope so.
Posted by: wholelottasplainin' at May 06, 2013 09:42 PM (73IHh)
Posted by: logprof at May 06, 2013 09:42 PM (+iA5G)
Watching that live was one of the more surreal moments I've ever had
Posted by: The Dude at May 06, 2013 09:42 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: McGregor at May 06, 2013 09:44 PM (qo244)
Which means he's better hitting the cup than Obama is draining a trey.
*********
Barack hasn't sunk a hole since he met Reggie Love.
Posted by: wholelottasplainin' at May 06, 2013 09:45 PM (73IHh)
Posted by: The Political Hat at May 06, 2013 09:45 PM (Vk2pI)
To be fair, I think you'd get a similar response from most denominations if you ask at the wrong time, like right after a recent split. Or in reference to another that doesn't count them 'in the club' as it were.
Posted by: Methos at May 06, 2013 09:47 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: Adriane... at May 06, 2013 09:47 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 06, 2013 09:48 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 06, 2013 09:49 PM (GvZxI)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 06, 2013 09:50 PM (GvZxI)
Posted by: Jake in ID at May 06, 2013 09:51 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: zeera at May 06, 2013 09:51 PM (3dXwx)
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 06, 2013 09:52 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: Adriane... at May 06, 2013 09:53 PM (TvO05)
Upstate New Hampshire. Damn aliens can't let you drive to Canada unmolested. They drop down out of the sky, fuck up your ignition system, and the next thing you know you're on a cold table with bug eyed freaks shoving a cold rod up your ass
Thankfully they discovered Vaseline. At least that's what my producer Andrew told me when I woke up in the bed and breakfast in Littleton
Posted by: George Noury at May 06, 2013 09:54 PM (mCvL4)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 06, 2013 09:57 PM (GvZxI)
Posted by: Adriane... at May 06, 2013 09:58 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: AlGorezeera at May 06, 2013 10:00 PM (m0le6)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 06, 2013 10:05 PM (GvZxI)
Posted by: Jake in ID at May 06, 2013 10:05 PM (zzeVM)
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 06, 2013 10:07 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: Adriane... at May 06, 2013 10:08 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Deseeded at May 06, 2013 10:09 PM (SZMAq)
Posted by: Adriane... at May 06, 2013 10:10 PM (TvO05)
but, I am over it. I am now a Christian Conservative, and being Catholic in Utah was a lesson. God bless!Posted by: lou's a girl at May 06, 2013 10:10 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: Adriane... at May 06, 2013 10:11 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 06, 2013 10:14 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: Adriane... at May 06, 2013 10:18 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: Jake in ID at May 06, 2013 10:19 PM (zzeVM)
Hey lou, what's the difference between Catholic and Christian?
Serious question. I grew up Southern Baptist, been married to a Catholic girl nearly 15 years now. Always thought of Catholics as a different denomination of Christian. But that opinion doesn't go both ways.
Posted by: Bomber at May 06, 2013 10:19 PM (4Mwv/)
Posted by: Adriane... at May 06, 2013 10:19 PM (TvO05)
Posted by: lou's a girl at May 06, 2013 10:21 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: jc at May 06, 2013 10:22 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Bomber at May 06, 2013 10:22 PM (4Mwv/)
Serious question. I grew up Southern Baptist, been married to a Catholic girl nearly 15 years now. Always thought of Catholics as a different denomination of Christian. But that opinion doesn't go both ways.
Catholics are Christians. Most people use "Christian" as shorthand for "Protestant".
Posted by: Colorado Alex at May 06, 2013 10:23 PM (lr3d7)
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Posted by: Adriane... at May 06, 2013 10:29 PM (TvO05)
Ever see the commercial for the espresso machine with the Italian chick?
My brats first language is Italian so she did a perfect imitation
Needless to say dad's not please and I'm extending the anti-boy zone to 1/2 mile
Just buy her another guitar to distract her.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at May 06, 2013 10:30 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: Adriane... at May 06, 2013 10:31 PM (TvO05)
OK, I don't want to start a fight. Just think it's funny. I grew up in a church that believed "if it ain't King James, it ain't Bible" and if you're not a Southern Baptist you're probably going to hell. But my list of people I would consider on my side religously has expanded greatly over the years. Basically, if you don't want to cut my head off for believing differently, we're cool.
Still Baptist, but we go to mass almost every week. The two-year-old won't sit through it all yet, so she and I usually end up out front before Communion. Which is ok, since they wouldn't let me partake anyway. Although Mrs Bomber tells me to just go, since they don't check IDs or anything.
Posted by: Bomber at May 06, 2013 10:33 PM (4Mwv/)
Go for it! I like a man in a suit ... and a tie...
Posted by: Adriane... at May 07, 2013 02:31 AM (TvO05)
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with spatz and a cape. You gotta have a cape to have an action suit. Course I always have looked dumb with my underwear outside my pants.
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Posted by: lou's a girl at May 06, 2013 10:39 PM (vgd4f)
Who wears pants on the ONT?!? Capes, OK, but pants?
Posted by: Adriane... at May 07, 2013 02:37 AM (TvO05)
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skeeters.
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Posted by: Adriane... at May 06, 2013 10:52 PM (TvO05)
Christian from Χριστός, Christós, meaning 'anointed.'
Catholic from καθολικός (katholikos), meaning 'universal.'
The Roman Catholic Church claims a direct line to Peter, of whom Jesus of Nazareth said:
"Now I say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and all the powers of hell will not conquer it."
All other interpretations may vary with mileage and/or corruption, pique, politics and/or humanity.
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Posted by: MINEMINEMINE!! at May 07, 2013 12:05 AM (nqXsF)
@652 If you are a Lutheran, Methodist, Catholic ask a morman if they think you are a Christian, an honest morman will tell you that you are not a Christian
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Jake in ID is probably long gone, which is too bad as I just noticed this. But he's also clearly shooting off his mouth without having known too many Latter-Day Saints. And probably engaging in circular logic, since if he did see this, he'd no doubt argue that I wasn't an "honest" Mormon.
The irony, of course, is that the charge is typically fired in the opposite direction, with plenty of Protestants who are quite willing to argue until the cows come home that Latter-Day Saints aren't Christians.
Also, "Seminary" is scripture study for high school students. Hardly any more indoctrination than your average Bible study. When I had it, at least half the class was barely awake as it was early in the morning before school started. Some areas with high LDS populations (Utah, and a few other places) get release time from classes, but from talking with Latter-Day Saints who grew up in those areas its pretty clear that the brain-washing that Jake was describing didn't exactly take hold with them, either...
Posted by: junior at May 07, 2013 12:50 AM (DWqDw)
742 exhausted logprof
Something!!!!
Hi there from Sydney - watching The Voice (our version) and we've just had dinner...
Posted by: aussie at May 07, 2013 02:19 AM (GIzXf)
Something!!!!
Hi there from Sydney - watching The Voice (our version) and we've just had dinner...
Posted by: aussie at May 07, 2013 06:19 AM (GIzXf)
--About fucking time!
Posted by: semi-exhausted logprof at May 07, 2013 02:20 AM (+iA5G)
Love that you go to Mass as a family. God bless you. Even us cradle Catholics end up outside with the wee people until they are about 5.
Posted by: typo dynamofo at May 07, 2013 02:21 AM (WVMUQ)
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Hey I've been busy cooking !!!! Can't stir the gravy, slice the wonderfully cooked roast beef AND type!!!!
Posted by: aussie at May 07, 2013 02:23 AM (GIzXf)
It was because of Dungeons and Dragons so I suppose they were right but still.
Posted by: typo dynamofo at May 07, 2013 02:24 AM (WVMUQ)
who scattered explosives all over the place
now no one in Mass.
will bury his ass
and his brother ran over his face
Posted by: typo dynamofo at May 07, 2013 02:32 AM (WVMUQ)
Hey I've been busy cooking !!!! Can't stir the gravy, slice the wonderfully cooked roast beef AND type!!!!
Posted by: aussie at May 07, 2013 06:23 AM (GIzXf)
--Well, pick 2/3.
Posted by: logprof is pulling an allnighter at May 07, 2013 02:33 AM (+iA5G)
Posted by: sTevo at May 07, 2013 02:34 AM (VMcEw)
750 Posted by: logprof is pulling an allnighter
How come you're staying up - work?
Time for a drink here at the other end of the world....
Posted by: aussie at May 07, 2013 02:37 AM (GIzXf)
Posted by: typo dynamofo at May 07, 2013 02:45 AM (WVMUQ)
How come you're staying up - work?
Time for a drinkhere at the other end of the world....
Posted by: aussie at May 07, 2013 06:37 AM (GIzXf)
--See waaaaaaaayyyyy above. Golden Wedding.
Posted by: logprof is still pulling drink at May 07, 2013 03:02 AM (+iA5G)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 06, 2013 11:55 PM (piMMO)
I saw that, that ignorant FKr pissed me off. Redneck came from the bandanas worn around the neck by the country folk when they had to fight an actual shooting war where they were bombed by aircraft. It was against private security hired by the coal companys to fight against the unionized miners.
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at May 07, 2013 12:06 AM (XIxXP)
As I am the Redneck Queen, I beg to differ in origin of title, which has never bothered me one bit.
"In Scotland in the 1640s, the Covenaters rejected rule by bishops, often signing manifestos using their own blood. Some wore red cloth around their neck to signify their position, and were called redneck. These were my ancestors.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky is thankfully not the Duchess of Alba at May 07, 2013 04:16 AM (baL2B)
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Nice ONT hope you're well
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 06, 2013 05:41 PM (LRFds)