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May 09, 2013

Overnight Open Thread (5-9-2013)
— Maetenloch

Take the Pew Research Science and Technology Quiz

Other than a trick question or two it's easy - so if you score 11 or less you must wear the Cone of Shame during the entire ONT.

Wait - There's a New #1 Beauty!

And according to Maxim it's this:

Guess The Party: The Cleveland Kidnapper

Ariel Castro's party affiliation wasn't mentioned in any MSM article and you know what that means.

Obama and Why Community Organizer Tactics Don't Work When You're President

Sequestration and gun control are just his latest failures at using Alinsky tactics to get what he wants. But that's really all he's got.

Power constrains because it entails responsibility, and Alinskyite tactics are designed to take advantage of those constraints for the benefit of the powerless. Such tactics have backfired on Obama repeatedly because he seems not to understand that they are ill-suited to power politics.

Pierce Brosnan: OMG The Military Is Killing Whales!!

The U.S. Navy has new plans for testing and training exercises with sonar and explosives -- and those plans spell disaster for whales.
If the Navy proceeds, more than 1,000 whales and other marine mammals could be killed over the next five years. There will be 5,000 cases of serious injury such as permanent hearing loss or lung damage, as well as tens of millions of incidents in which marine mammals are harassed or harmed.

I have no reason to doubt these alarming numbers. They come from the Navy itself.
The sheer scope of the Navy's plan is staggering. The Navy would detonate more than 50,000 underwater explosives each year off the coast of Southern California alone. Hundreds of these explosives pack enough charge to sink a warship, which is exactly what they're used for.

And our own CDR M who has actual real-life first hand experience with US Navy live ordnance training exercises (as opposed to an aging actor who once co-acted with a prop torpedo) says bullshit:

No way in hell we are firing 50,000 live torpedoes (he did say underwater explosions capable of sinking a ship) off the coast of SOCAL! HE 5 inch rounds wouldn't be classified as underwater explosions and we don't exactly have thousands of HE mines deployed off SOCAL. And BTW, at least on the east coast, we can't even fire HE 5 in. rounds so he's full of shit. We basically train with slugs of concrete or spit wads. Most air dropped ordnance are concrete shapes. Hellfires are what we usually see fired from aircraft in an exercise. Sometimes we'll get the periodic Maverick/Harpoon shot. Again, the total numbers of those type shots are in double digits.
Sonar use is very restricted, especially near the coast. Most of all SW events occur beyond 200NM from the coast. Again, in all cases, if biologics are detected by ANY means, the event is can'xed.
I guess Pierce has never heard of PMAP (Protective Measures Assessment Protocol). Every single live fire event (and active sonar use) requires this software to be run and then be signed by the Commanding Officer. Check out all of the environmental stuff the Navy has in lace at the link below. It's a big bucket of cold water on Pierce's assertion that the Navy has NO common sense plans/training in place.

Reason #78 why they're called actors and not actor-thinkers.

Zombie on Progracists

How Congress Flies

It's good to be part of the patrician class.

At Washington's Reagan National Airport, they have their own special parking spaces-right up close to the terminal-that they don't even have to pay for. As Bloomberg Television's Hans Nichols reports, this perk costs the Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority $738,760 in foregone revenue. (The best part of this clip, though, is seeing Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky haul ass to get away from Bloomberg's cameraman.)
Being a member of Congress also means never having to rush to catch a flight. The airlines allow lawmakers the special privilege of simultaneously booking themselves on multiple flights, so that if they are late or their flight is canceled, they're guaranteed a spot on the next one. A few years ago, a prominent senator paused in the middle of a conversation with me to bark at an aide, "Book me on the 6, 7, and 8 p.m. shuttles!"
To members of our fly-in-Tuesday-fly-home-Thursday Congress, these perks are a big deal. Most fly a lot, and many fly first class.

And here are some more Congressional perks.

The Robinson's Ad

I don't agree with the tag line but otherwise it's a masterpiece of advertising. Watch it and then watch it again and you'll realize there were subtle clues all along.

Alabama Finally Legalizes Home Brewing

It was the last state to do so. Sometimes a party changeover really does bring change.

And bonus points if you can name the president who first made home brewing legal nationally without reading the article.

The Psychology of Color

Goofy Liberal Idea #86544: Stamping Your Money

CO2 Hits 400 PPM But The World is Cooling

Time to get busy. Those models won't rework themselves.

Air Pressure Strong Like Ox

This is what happens when you steam clean the tank and don't leave the relief valves open.

The Mini Skirts of Star Trek

And apparently there were far more than my oblivious pre-pubescent mind ever realized. And yeah I guess in retrospect it might seem a bit unlikely that the native women on every podunk planet in the Federation just happened to be into minis when NCC-1701 pulled into orbit.

Yahoo group. That is all.

And my Twitter spew.

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1 Oh my, Yeoman Barrows.

Posted by: Waterhouse at May 09, 2013 05:50 PM (kGHXe)

2 Not gonna say first.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 09, 2013 05:50 PM (6rcHp)

3 And for good reason.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 09, 2013 05:50 PM (6rcHp)

4 foist? pas possible

Posted by: Dale Gribble at May 09, 2013 05:51 PM (+kznc)

5 Good evening, fellow Morons.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 09, 2013 05:51 PM (4Mv1T)

6 Early post! Yay me! I'm so pathetic.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter at May 09, 2013 05:51 PM (5J54Q)

7 7?

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 09, 2013 05:52 PM (HVff2)

8 Star Trek uni's

Never liked those pregnant dresses.

+1 for DS9 or whatever that was.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at May 09, 2013 05:52 PM (YTstp)

9 Cuomo Supports Proposed Law That Would Enable Violence Against Women New York Gov. Andrew Â“MadnessÂ” Cuomo is currently pushing a Â“Reproductive Health ActÂ” which would, among other things, make attacking a pregnant woman by punching her in her stomach Â“even if she is eight and a half months pregnantÂ” no longer chargeable for murder. This goes far beyond whether a woman can legally decide to have an abortion or not. It strips protections away from both mother and child. It is not Â“pro-choice,Â” for the women who are attacked did not choose, but rather Â“pro-criminal.Â” More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=2148

Posted by: The Political Hat at May 09, 2013 05:52 PM (XvHmy)

Yikes! Miley Cyrus looks like the love child of Susan Powter and one of the McPoyle brothers.

Maxim is officially teh ghey.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 09, 2013 05:53 PM (6rcHp)

11 Maxim. Go home. You're drunk.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter at May 09, 2013 05:53 PM (5J54Q)

12 yo yo yo

Posted by: fluffy at May 09, 2013 05:54 PM (z9HTb)

13 Miley Ray Cyrus' new look is *interesting*

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 09, 2013 05:54 PM (LRFds)

The wolf is speaking to me. I have homework, and I'm a little scared that the wolf knows this.

Night.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 09, 2013 05:55 PM (6rcHp)

15 A good evening to all morons

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 09, 2013 05:56 PM (HVff2)

16 I got about two paragraphs in to the money-stamping article before the risk of my head exploding reached "She's a-gonna BLOW!". Why do the lefties think removing money from politics...hell, from commerce altogether...will solve the problem? I haven't seen any unicorns tooting free stuff anywhere.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter at May 09, 2013 05:57 PM (5J54Q)

17 The only question I missed on the science quiz was the one about the magical rape uterus. Otherwise 13/13

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 09, 2013 05:57 PM (pxDth)

18 I remember in the late 60's having to go to bed in the middle of Star Trek, 'cause it was "bed time".

My kids were just getting warmed up at that hour.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 09, 2013 05:57 PM (4Mv1T)

19 No cone for me.

Posted by: fluffy at May 09, 2013 05:57 PM (z9HTb)

20 Miley Cyrus. Gack!!

Posted by: Peaches at May 09, 2013 05:58 PM (8lmkt)

21 Are you kidding me? The scores on that lame science test are frightening.

I can't believe people cannot get good scores on that. I think even my 4th grade granddaughter could get a score betterthan 10!

Posted by: Miss Marple at May 09, 2013 05:58 PM (GoIUi)

22 Speaking of Star Trek: Star Trek's Commander Riker Was Amazing At Sitting Down http://tinyurl.com/cegncwz

Posted by: Thrawn at May 09, 2013 05:59 PM (JqnAE)

23 Took the quiz. 13 out of 13. Booyah.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter at May 09, 2013 05:59 PM (5J54Q)

24 Look I would not kick Miley Cyrus out of bed, but hey she is not even in the top ten on my list. And anyway she is younger than my kids so the thought makes me kinda sick

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 09, 2013 05:59 PM (jE38p)

25 Woot woot 12 of 13 on the science quiz I was so afraid of wearing the dunce hat

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 09, 2013 06:00 PM (HVff2)

26 I'm the Juggernaut bitch!

Posted by: Zakn at May 09, 2013 06:00 PM (zyaZ1)

27 The demographic questions tripped me up. Where's some college?

Posted by: derit at May 09, 2013 06:00 PM (I88Jc)

28 >>>Star Trek's Commander Riker Was Amazing At Sitting Down

He was down with the John Wayne swagger, too. Would post a link.

But too lazy.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 09, 2013 06:00 PM (4Mv1T)

29 There's a law against defacing currency. Where's George got into a bit of trouble over it.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at May 09, 2013 06:01 PM (ig10E)

30 Don't make too much fun of Miley; her daddy may threaten to release a greatest hits album in retaliation!

Posted by: Jmel at May 09, 2013 06:01 PM (9tSXa)

31 23 Capt Whitebread,

I'm a history and politics guy not a rocket surgeon... I missed "Nitrogen"

I am now in the corner of shame

12/13

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 09, 2013 06:01 PM (LRFds)

32 No cone for me either. 13/13. I guess my edumacation paid off by taking that Pew quiz. Yay for me!

Posted by: Jim Scrummy at May 09, 2013 06:01 PM (Vu3LY)

33 You scored better than 85% of the public, below 7% and the same as 8% I missed the atmosphere question

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 09, 2013 06:01 PM (piMMO)

So, I can burn ancient woven insulation off 3/8" copper wire without melting any copper, right?

Because they pay about $1 a pound for copper with insulation, and $3 a pound if clean. I have about 90 pounds, of which about 20 pounds has insulation cover.

Posted by: Meremortal at May 09, 2013 06:01 PM (1Y+hH)

35 I can't believe people cannot get good scores on that. I think even my 4th grade granddaughter could get a score betterthan 10!

Posted by: Miss Marple

"Tonight on Bizarro World News, we detail the survey of scientific knowledge taken by public school teachers..."

Posted by: Bizarro World News, what doesn't exist [/i] [/b] at May 09, 2013 06:01 PM (YTstp)

36 Where's some college? Posted by: derit at May 09, 2013 10:00 PM (I88Jc) It's outside of College Park MD

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 09, 2013 06:02 PM (jE38p)

37 hey, I got a 12! fucked up on nitrogen making up most of the earth's atmosphere. i love being a smartypants!!

Posted by: Peaches at May 09, 2013 06:02 PM (8lmkt)

38 Heh-anyone who missed the gender question should get a free one year platinum membership.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 09, 2013 06:02 PM (pxDth)

39 Man, that test was easy.

Posted by: CDR M at May 09, 2013 06:02 PM (dKV5k)

40 Remember the Almighty Stimulus? Remember the con-joberiffic "weatherization assistance" programs therein? Guess where all the swag and bling purchased for one of such kickass job creating schemes is now? On the auction block. About four miles away from here. Saturday @ 13:00 EDT. Info on this link - http://tinyurl.com/d3wqh22 I so want to kick those who voted for this crap in the ass... repeatedly and with extreme prejudice.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at May 09, 2013 06:02 PM (HsTG8)

41 24 NGU,

Go on...

//Morgan Freeman

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 09, 2013 06:02 PM (LRFds)

42 You scored better than 85% of the public, below 7% and the same as 8%

I missed the atmosphere question

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 09, 2013 10:01 PM (piMMO)

wow, is it eerie that we are all doing the exact same on the test???

Posted by: Peaches at May 09, 2013 06:02 PM (8lmkt)

43 I can't believe people cannot get good scores on that. I think even my 4th grade granddaughter could get a score betterthan 10! Posted by: Miss Marple Your forgetting about democrats maybe?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 09, 2013 06:02 PM (jE38p)

44 Got 12 on the quiz. Missed nitrogen as most of the atmosphere.

Posted by: cm9000 at May 09, 2013 06:03 PM (vfB2N)

45 "Captain Whitebread and the Rocket Surgeons" would be a good band name. Or not.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter at May 09, 2013 06:03 PM (5J54Q)

46 Wait - There's a New #1 Beauty! And according to Maxim it's this: Kill it with FIRE!

Posted by: The Political Hat at May 09, 2013 06:03 PM (XvHmy)

Crud, more like 1/8" copper wire.

Posted by: Meremortal at May 09, 2013 06:03 PM (1Y+hH)

48 Miley Cyrus? Really? Wow. I guess I must be further out of touch than I thought.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 06:03 PM (/uS1W)

49 34 Meremortal,

Stripping it is not too hard bud...

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 09, 2013 06:03 PM (LRFds)

50 12 out of 13 too (nitrogen got me as well).

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 09, 2013 06:03 PM (fggky)

Yikes! Miley Cyrus looks like the love child of Susan Powter and one of the McPoyle brothers.

Maxim is officially teh ghey.

Funny how the most beautiful woman in the world is always some western celebrity, isn't it?

Also, I would not be surprised if the people at Maxim making the judgements on feminine pulchritude don't have a personal interest in women as such, IYKWIM.

Posted by: Grey Fox at May 09, 2013 06:04 PM (XQsSC)

52 So Maxim is just trolling now ...

Posted by: Waterhouse at May 09, 2013 06:04 PM (kGHXe)

53 50 I lurk,

Yeah you and I will be the stage dancers for CW+the Rocket Surgeons

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 09, 2013 06:04 PM (LRFds)

54 >>>Stripping it is not too hard bud...

I usually stop at boxers for the earlier threads.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 09, 2013 06:04 PM (4Mv1T)

55 Okay, so if nitrogen is such a common atmospheric gas, why do they make such a big deal out of putting it in the tires? I'm starting to smell a scam here . . .

Posted by: Peaches at May 09, 2013 06:05 PM (8lmkt)

56 "The massive influx of corporate dough doesn't guarantee victory for Democrats or Republicans. But it allows wealthy donors to control the national conversation and drown out other voices, making it harder and harder for the people to be heard. It allows corporations to bully our representatives and influence their votes." Yeah, Ben and Jerry have the right idea! Damn those evil multinational corporations, like Unilever! 'sup jackwagons

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 09, 2013 06:05 PM (MBqvE)

57 BTW, the Minnisota lower house passed gay marriage.

Posted by: The Political Hat at May 09, 2013 06:05 PM (XvHmy)

58 Not trying to be a prick but let me play the role of one, since I am not one in real life: is it really that hard to get 13 of 13?

Posted by: El Cid at May 09, 2013 06:05 PM (IvvrO)

59 Got 13/13 but had a problem with the globull warming question. MOST scientists? More like most political and paid scientitsts. Answered it in the PC way as I like perfect scores on science quizzes and this was one of the easiest.

Posted by: Bookdoc at May 09, 2013 06:05 PM (Opyrm)

60 ...and the wolf is prettier....

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at May 09, 2013 06:05 PM (ig10E)

61 Miley Cyrus is going through her Crack Whore phase. She should get through it in 5 or 6 decades, if she lives that long. Her heroin junkie brother now looks more ladylike than her. Bang up job, Billy Ray.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at May 09, 2013 06:05 PM (JDIKC)

62 Miley Cyrus? Gimme a fucking break. Or the bribe Maxim got.

Posted by: Man at May 09, 2013 06:05 PM (bL476)

63 54 Tobacco Road,

it gets pretty breezy

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 09, 2013 06:06 PM (LRFds)

64
You answered 13 of 13 questions correctly.
You scored better than 93% of the public and the same as 7%.

America doomed.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 09, 2013 06:06 PM (kdS6q)

65 ..and I was this close to actually publishing something on my own blog... missed it by that much /maxwellsmart Thank you, ONT g'evenin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 09, 2013 06:06 PM (JMmQ9)

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 09, 2013 10:03 PM (LRFds)

I've stipped most of it but there are some stubborn areas. This stuff is old, it's a woven fabric that seems glued to the copper. Doesn't strip like rubber.

Posted by: Meremortal at May 09, 2013 06:06 PM (1Y+hH)

67 Anyone else think the Cleveland Kidnapper looks suspiciously like Gale, the dead chemist on Breaking Bad?

Posted by: USS Diversity at May 09, 2013 06:06 PM (5wHPS)

68 Nitrogen is made up of larger molecules and doesn't "leak" through the tire like O2. Prevents that gradual loss of tire pressure that everyone experiences.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 09, 2013 06:06 PM (4Mv1T)

69 "Wait - There's a New #1 Beauty! And according to Maxim it's this:"

My eyes!

The goggles do nothing!

Posted by: torquewrench at May 09, 2013 06:06 PM (gqT4g)

70 13/13 Hey Lucy, he's biracial raised by the white momma

Posted by: Avi at May 09, 2013 06:06 PM (z9OI2)

71 37 hey, I got a 12! fucked up on nitrogen making up most of the earth's atmosphere. i love being a smartypants!! Posted by: Peaches at May 09, 2013 10:02 PM (8lmkt) I thought it was helium.

Posted by: Sen. Ron Wyden at May 09, 2013 06:06 PM (dKV5k)

72 You scored better than 85% of the public, below 7% and the same as 8% I missed the atmosphere question Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 09, 2013 10:01 PM (piMMO) OMG!!!! me too! we really are secret twins! I'm so embarrassed I missed that one. I actually knew it and then pscyhed myself out of answering it right.

Posted by: elizabethe at May 09, 2013 06:07 PM (qPCAa)

73 At least the Maxim girl is not Kristen Stewart. Can someone explain her popularity to me (that's not a vampire)?

Posted by: Helion Prime at May 09, 2013 06:07 PM (6gk77)

74 If you don't get 13 of 13 you deserve the cone of shame. Did that come from Highlights?

Posted by: RWC at May 09, 2013 06:07 PM (Wl/Ht)

75 Okay, so if nitrogen is such a common atmospheric gas, why do they make such a big deal out of putting it in the tires? I'm starting to smell a scam here . . .

Posted by: Peaches/i]

"Purified nitrogen is more stable and less corrosive than a compressed version of the air we breathe. By its lonesome, nitrogen clumps in large molecules. Even better, it's not oxygen, which is the root of oxidation, which eats rubber just like steel, just not as dramatically or visibly. All of this means the gas has two things going for it."

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at May 09, 2013 06:07 PM (YTstp)

76 Okay, so if nitrogen is such a common atmospheric gas, why do they make such a big deal out of putting it in the tires? I'm starting to smell a scam here . . . Posted by: Peaches at May 09, 2013 10:05 PM (8lmkt) Around 80% of the atmosphere is nitrogen. About 19% Oxygen, and 1% argon. Trace gases fill out the rounding error.

Posted by: The Political Hat at May 09, 2013 06:07 PM (XvHmy)

77 Is it just me or is there a LOT of content on this ONT?

Posted by: elizabethe at May 09, 2013 06:07 PM (qPCAa)

78 59 Bookdoc,

Yeah I gave "the right answer" of course the correct one is "balonium" but what can you do as I had to teach my nephew...

yes you're right but the psycho grades the damn paper

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 09, 2013 06:07 PM (LRFds)

79 Well Ms. Cyrus wouldn't have been my first choice, she wouldn't have even made my top 10 list. But at least it proves one thing, at least a couple of guys who got to vote over at Maxim are straight. People Magazine's choice obviously proves they don't even allow heterosexual males in the building.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 06:07 PM (/uS1W)

80 Yeah you and I will be the stage dancers for CW+the Rocket Surgeons Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 09, 2013 10:04 PM (LRFds) Peaches will be joining us to add some class.

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 09, 2013 06:07 PM (fggky)

81 12 of 13. F-ed up the electron vs. atom size question.

Posted by: bound4er at May 09, 2013 06:07 PM (EdGKP)

82 I think I need to step away from the news for awhile. I can't get those three girls out of my head. What they went through. It truly is unimaginable. I can only pray I guess. I sure hope they can get thru this and try to lead some kind of normal life. God bless them.

Posted by: jewells45 at May 09, 2013 06:07 PM (u25eL)

83 That does it!

I nominate The Political Hat for Life issues Coblogger.

Posted by: Typo Dynamofo at May 09, 2013 06:07 PM (WVMUQ)

84 13 out of 13. Guess all that learnin' was worth something after all...

Posted by: The Political Hat at May 09, 2013 06:08 PM (XvHmy)

85
BTW, the Minnisota lower house passed gay marriage.
Posted by: The Political Hat

No doubt due to the influence of the powerful male figure-skater lobby....

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 09, 2013 06:08 PM (kdS6q)

86 12/13. Fucking nitrogen.

Posted by: Gem at May 09, 2013 06:08 PM (zw+pb)

87 13 out of 13. Surprised myself.

Posted by: Tuna at May 09, 2013 06:08 PM (M/TDA)

88 "Around 80% of the atmosphere is nitrogen. About 19% Oxygen, and 1% argon. Trace gases fill out the rounding error." And of course you forgot to mention the rest of the atmospheric content - Skittles, crapped out by Unicorns. SCIENCE!

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 06:08 PM (/uS1W)

89 http://tinyurl.com/6wmxqbv I'd hit it.

Posted by: Filthy ass fleabagger at May 09, 2013 06:09 PM (Wl/Ht)

90 "So, I can burn ancient woven insulation off 3/8" copper wire without melting any copper, right?"

You may find that ancient woven insulation in no hurry to burn off.

I haven't ever encountered it myself, but some of that ancient stuff is asbestos based.

Posted by: torquewrench at May 09, 2013 06:09 PM (gqT4g)

91 12 out of 13 answers were correct in science quiz! Don't hate me because I am smart as well as an aging supermodel. Woohoo! Me not a stoopid as I look or spell. That cyrus chick? No way. Also, the save the whales guy, Pierce? I was in customs coming back from Paris (Eurostar) about 12 yrs ago (aka the last time I was in Paree). He and his then girlfriend, now wife, and two kids were unloading a trolley of YSL fancy-pants luggage. 007 was pushing his toddler screaming son in a stroller (or, as the Brits say, pram), bleating repeatedly to him: "shutup shutup shutup"--which is why I say it in triplicate now). GF went to the front of the line at customs, waving hands, as if saying "An important man with screaming toddler needs to break in line. Celebrity emergency!" I loved it very much when customs man sent them and their screeching child and YSL luggage to the back of the line. Also! I sensed early that Cleveland pervert extraordinaire was a registered Dimmycrat. Perhaps today is the day to buy a lottery ticket. My goodness, we have the MSM media code figured out; terrorist attack: no name, probably mooslem. Kidnapper bus driver in Cleveland: probably registerd Dem. bwhahaha

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Sarcastic and Radicalized Redneck Queen at May 09, 2013 06:09 PM (baL2B)

92 I remember back when I worked at my state capitol and a couple of people called the Capitol Police the "Capitol Valet Service" because all the legislators would just drive up, get out of the car, and let the Capitol Police go and park their cars. That was the smallest perk that they got.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 09, 2013 06:09 PM (BXLPR)

93 Yeah, didn't care for the tagline, but the ad was pretty darn nifty.

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at May 09, 2013 06:09 PM (rm+Am)

94 I nominate The Political Hat for Life issues Coblogger. Posted by: Typo Dynamofo at May 09, 2013 10:07 PM (WVMUQ) It was the "Kill it with fire" comment that prompted that, right?

Posted by: The Political Hat at May 09, 2013 06:09 PM (XvHmy)

95 Looks like I have esteemed company in the nitrogen error group.

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 09, 2013 06:09 PM (fggky)

96 "I think I need to step away from the news for awhile. " I have since the last election. Just can't bring myself to watch anymore.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 06:09 PM (/uS1W)

97 Is it just me or is there a LOT of content on this ONT?

Posted by: elizabethe

(Scroll, scroll, scroll, scroll )

just you.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at May 09, 2013 06:10 PM (YTstp)

Oh, and by the way:

According to the Amsterdam News, Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of Malcom X, has gotten himself killed in Mexico. The article, a great piece of investigative journalism, said that death was either caused by being thrown off a building, or by being shot.

One can certainly imagine the difficulty in discerning between those two causes of death.

Posted by: Meremortal at May 09, 2013 06:10 PM (1Y+hH)

99
Kristen Stewart. Can someone explain her popularity to me?
Posted by: Helion Prime

The allure of the reefer chick, I gather...

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 09, 2013 06:10 PM (kdS6q)

100

Because I live in Ohio and fairly near Cleveland, I get this stuff about Castro and all kinds of "human interest" angles on the radio while I drive to work every morning.

First off, the Cleveland PD must be riddled with incompetence. The clues they missed, and stuff the neighbors saw.

What a clusterfuck.

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense..... at May 09, 2013 06:11 PM (I2uSp)

101 Again, in all cases, if biologics are detected by ANY means, the event is can'xed.

The company I do development for has a Biological Acoustic Monitoring system we sell. The inside joke is that we offer a poorly working version to military/seismic customers but the top of the line system is only sold to Japanese ~~whalers~~ researchers.

Posted by: Gordon undead Ramsay at May 09, 2013 06:11 PM (kxSZr)

102 Dude, they've been running that Navy sonar/explosives kills whales fundraising appeal for at least 20 years. I clearly remember getting letters about that when I was on those enviro mailing lists. it must be a very successful appeal.

Posted by: elizabethe at May 09, 2013 06:11 PM (qPCAa)

103 In true Moron form, now that I know what all the right answers are from the comments, I will attempt to "ace" this test. Pun intended.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 09, 2013 06:11 PM (4Mv1T)

104 Maybe the shot threw Shabazz off the building.

Posted by: CDR M at May 09, 2013 06:11 PM (dKV5k)

105 I got 13/13. I knew the nitrogen answer because I took actual earth science in college and that was a fact that always amazed me.

Posted by: Miss Marple at May 09, 2013 06:11 PM (GoIUi)

106 87 12/13. Fucking nitrogen. Posted by: Gem at May 09, 2013 10:08 PM (zw+pb) That's the one I missed as well.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Sarcastic and Radicalized Redneck Queen at May 09, 2013 06:11 PM (baL2B)

107 "Kristen Stewart. Can someone explain her popularity to me?" No, I can't, and I scored 13 out of 13 on the science quiz.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 06:11 PM (/uS1W)

108

Posted by: torquewrench at May 09, 2013 10:09 PM (gqT4g)

Yikes, thanks for that info. I'll just take my lumps on the covered portion, just doing this for fun and a few bucks to blow on toys.

Posted by: Meremortal at May 09, 2013 06:12 PM (1Y+hH)

109 Scroll, scroll, scroll, scroll ) just you. Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 09, 2013 10:10 PM (YTstp) lol. Everytime I open up the ONT I always think "I can't possibly read all of this."

Posted by: elizabethe at May 09, 2013 06:12 PM (qPCAa)

110
Something that has always bugged the crap out of me is these damn enviros convincing school kids to send them their piggy bank savings to save bears and whales that are not in danger whatsoever. Bastards.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 09, 2013 06:12 PM (jKWYf)

111 13 of 13 on the Science and Tech knowledge quiz

Bazinga, bitches !!!!!

Posted by: kbdabear at May 09, 2013 06:12 PM (mCvL4)

112 Kristen Stewart. Can someone explain her popularity to me? Posted by: Helion Prime Prettiest girl in the trailer park?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 09, 2013 06:12 PM (MBqvE)

113 101 LDC,

I also suspect it is the innate challenge of the Warner Brother's Psychiatric School thesis....

If I hit her in her happy button statistically at *some* point I have to add IQ points to her since she is at the floor of humanity....

oh oh yes yes E=s MC Squared Sven....

oo oh yes *derp*

(damn pushed one time too many)

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 09, 2013 06:13 PM (LRFds)

114 At least the Maxim girl is not Kristen Stewart. Can someone explain her popularity to me (that's not a vampire)? Posted by: Helion Prime at May 09, 2013 10:07 PM (6gk77) Problem is, the vampire angle is the only reason why she's popular.

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 09, 2013 06:13 PM (fggky)

115 Speaking of Pierce Brosnan, I recently finished up my Bond Blu-Ray collection. I was somewhat dreading the span between View To A Kill and Casino Royale, but most of them weren't as bad as I remembered. Pleasantly surprised by The Living Daylights, and even found some things to like about the Tomorrow Never Dies, which previously I had twice fallen asleep watching. The dueling cars in Die Another Day were as retarded as I remember, OTOH.

Posted by: Waterhouse at May 09, 2013 06:13 PM (kGHXe)

116 13 of 13 on the science extravaganza. Please, please... hold your worshipful expressions of awe and applause!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at May 09, 2013 06:13 PM (HsTG8)

117 Hat-

Yup.

Actually, you seem to be on all the new info. Respect.

Posted by: Typo Dynamofo at May 09, 2013 06:14 PM (WVMUQ)

118 Nitrogen is made up of larger molecules and doesn't "leak" through the tire like O2. Prevents that gradual loss of tire pressure that everyone experiences.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 09, 2013 10:06 PM (4Mv1T)

I have super bad-ass tires, nothing's gonna leak through those puppies. I used to constantly worry, because they look like they're a little low. Worried so much, the dadster got me some fuckin' electronic tire gauge. Which I have never even thought about using. One day I just thought, peaches, you have plenty of other things to worry about, fuck the tires, look at all those illegals cruising about in their beaters with the bald tires, do they look worried? They do not. Problem over.

I tried to get my mechanic to put new tires on the back just last week, he was all, nah, these are fine until your next oil change. Sheesh, you try to throw money at a guy . . .

Posted by: Peaches at May 09, 2013 06:14 PM (8lmkt)

119 "First off, the Cleveland PD must be riddled with incompetence. The clues they missed, and stuff the neighbors saw."

I'll take "Demographics and Politics of Cleveland" for $500.

Posted by: torquewrench at May 09, 2013 06:14 PM (gqT4g)

120 "Navy sonar/explosives kills whales " Well from what I understand to a whale Navy Sonar sounds a lot like every idiotic speech Obama has ever made stacked end to end and played in a repetitive loop. From what I understand the whales subjected to it then head for the nearest beach to commit suicide. Can't blame them really.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 06:14 PM (/uS1W)

121 I have since the last election. Just can't bring myself to watch anymore. Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 10:09 PM (/uS1W) I still don't even know who this Castro guy is or what he did. Please don't tell me, I gather he's a bad bad man who deserves to rot in Hell. I'm getting my news from the HQ commenters who insist on talking about real shit that I accidentally read while I'm trying to find the funny ones.

Posted by: elizabethe at May 09, 2013 06:14 PM (qPCAa)

122 108 87 12/13. Fucking nitrogen.
Posted by: Gem at May 09, 2013 10:08 PM (zw+pb)

That's the one I missed as well. Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Sarcastic and Radicalized Redneck Queen at May 09, 2013 10:11 PM

Same, and I knew it was one of those sneaky questions. Wonder how many demotards answer co2?

Posted by: Red Shirt at May 09, 2013 06:14 PM (FIDMq)

123 21 Are you kidding me? The scores on that lame science test are frightening.

I can't believe people cannot get good scores on that. I think even my 4th grade granddaughter could get a score betterthan 10!
Posted by: Miss Marple at May 09, 2013 09:58 PM

That's because science is racist!!!

Posted by: Rep Hank Johnson at May 09, 2013 06:15 PM (mCvL4)

124 Out early tonight to rest up for the weekend.

Ace has hit the dusty trail, so get the word out, party at Ace's place this weekend!!

Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 09, 2013 06:15 PM (4Mv1T)

125

Oh, and by the way:
According to the Amsterdam News, Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of Malcom X, has gotten himself killed in Mexico. The article, a great piece of investigative journalism, said that death was either caused by being thrown off a building, or by being shot.

One can certainly imagine the difficulty in discerning between those two causes of death.

Maybe they were shooting at him as he fell, and they don't know if anyone hit him before he hit the ground. Kinda like skeet shooting, only people don't break up when you hit them with shot (unless you are using artillery and grapeshot, of course).

Posted by: Grey Fox at May 09, 2013 06:15 PM (XQsSC)

126 123 StuckOnStupid,

The whales and I are taking up a collection to either launch the SONAR in Chief or us into the sun..."just to be sure"

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 09, 2013 06:15 PM (LRFds)

127 "I have super bad-ass tires" Pardon me there Mr. Walmart guy, I was wondering, where's your tire section. No, not that one, the one where you keep the super bad ass tires.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 06:15 PM (/uS1W)

128 One can certainly imagine the difficulty in discerning between those two causes of death. Posted by: Meremortal at May 09, 2013 10:10 PM (1Y+hH) My favorite way to read of demise is being run over and having head squashed by bombing brother. That day of the manhunt will live in infamy, as I read that at the same time of the "Coexist" sticker on the stolen car and I laughed for the first time that week. Then the night got weirder with Shep and the FBI jumping over gate/one second later the FBI guy opening gate behind him. Simultaneous split screens showing the "running of the white poodles and plumb wimmens" while Devon was calling the non-shelter in place.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Sarcastic and Radicalized Redneck Queen at May 09, 2013 06:15 PM (baL2B)

129 Noswaith dda!

13/13. Not bad for uneducated lout.

Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 09, 2013 06:15 PM (jGsIV)

130 "The whales and I are taking up a collection to either launch the SONAR in Chief or us into the sun..."just to be sure"" Lol.. well count me in. As long as we don't save those #@@%##@# polar bears. They deserve what they get.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 06:16 PM (/uS1W)

131

I'm going with, "got shot and immediately afterwards was thrown from the building, may have died before hitting ground, but no guarantee."

Posted by: Meremortal at May 09, 2013 06:17 PM (1Y+hH)

132 I still don't even know who this Castro guy is or what he did. Please don't tell me, I gather he's a bad bad man who deserves to rot in hell. Posted by: elizabethe at May 09, 2013 10:14 PM (qPCAa) It doesn't rise to the conservative war on women, but it's pretty close.

Posted by: RWC at May 09, 2013 06:17 PM (Wl/Ht)

133
In TV news, Season 5 of The Venture finally has a start date: Sunday June 2nd.

If you need to catch up, and you will because the show took 10 years to air the first 4 seasons, there's a video recap at the link:

http://tinyurl.com/cys6jaj

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 09, 2013 06:17 PM (kdS6q)

134 SCENE: Room full of drunken morons, assorted bottles of booze, and pants on floor. Music at 11. Barnyard animals scurrying about.

Enter TOBACCO ROAD.

Ace has hit the dusty trail, so get the word out, party at Ace's place this weekend!!

Posted by: Tobacco Road

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at May 09, 2013 06:18 PM (YTstp)

135 Yeah, the keystone cops for sure. Jesus.. same thing just happened here. Three people found murdered on a farm. A friend had stopped by, smelled something foul, he described it as "death". Calls the cops. They show up and determine after walking around a few minutes its just garbage. Friend goes back the next day and finds a dead woman under a tarp in the garage. Oh.. so NOW the cops are interested. In the meantime the dead womans daughter, beautiful 2 year old girl is missing. They just found her body today. I literally wept.

Posted by: jewells45 at May 09, 2013 06:18 PM (u25eL)

136 SoS,

Just wondering, have you ever seen Che boy again? Say, maybe, asking if you want fries with that?

Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 09, 2013 06:19 PM (jGsIV)

137 Howdy, all.

Posted by: cthulhu at May 09, 2013 06:19 PM (tyF2+)

138 27 The demographic questions tripped me up. Where's some college? Posted by: derit at May 09, 2013 10:00 PM (I88Jc) Right next to the any key...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at May 09, 2013 06:19 PM (HsTG8)

139 Fucker said I got 12/13, I checked and it said I didn't answer the rusty nails question. Lying scantron shit always fucked me like that too.

And how about the gas that warms the atmosphere one? I'm like, oh, finally a trick question, the right answer will be water vapor. Nope, politically sanitized version only.

Posted by: mugiwara at May 09, 2013 06:19 PM (hpYnL)

140 Smart Military Blog- yep Smart Science Blog - ehh, we need more funding.

Posted by: RWC at May 09, 2013 06:19 PM (Wl/Ht)

141 "I still don't even know who this Castro guy is or what he did. Please don't tell me, I gather he's a bad bad man who deserves to rot in Hell. " Well with any luck before he goes to Hell they will stick him in general population in whatever prison he winds up in - a few days of that and he'll be thinking Hell is a vacation by comparison. Sex offenders don't fair to well. Funny thing about hard core convicts - you can murder dozens and they have no problem with that at all, but child molesters are completely unacceptable to them.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 06:19 PM (/uS1W)

142 Oh, jewells, they found the baby? So sad . . . I was hoping for a better outcome.

Posted by: Peaches at May 09, 2013 06:19 PM (8lmkt)

143 @ CDR M, I cannot express the bitter disappointment I felt when you informed us that you are NOT air-dropping torpedoes on whales, manatees and dolphins. I'm all like, what the hell am I even paying taxes for?

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at May 09, 2013 06:20 PM (JDIKC)

144 You don't know how many complaints I sent to Starfleet human resources because they let Nurse Chapel wear a skirt on duty but I was forced to wear pants!

Posted by: Lt Sulu at May 09, 2013 06:20 PM (mCvL4)

145 Greta has so far featured Castro to be followed by that Jodi person.

I feel like I in some ghoulish Twilight Zone, so the TV is going off and I am going to bed.

Good night, everyone!

I will read the ONT in the wee hours when I wake up, often before Vic. So make sure you are entertaining!

LOL!

Posted by: Miss Marple at May 09, 2013 06:20 PM (GoIUi)

146 "Smart Science Blog - ehh, we need more funding." I'll bring the treadmill if you bring the shrimp.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 06:20 PM (/uS1W)

147 140 Jewell45,

Jewell take a break...too much immersion will have you as cyncial a nihilist as bambi....

God loves, man kills.

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 09, 2013 06:20 PM (LRFds)

148

At least the Maxim girl is not Kristen Stewart. Can someone explain her popularity to me (that's not a vampire)?

No. No one can explain the popularity of Kristen Stewart. It is inexplicable, a mystery for the ages. Of course, if we could actually find someone outside of the people who write celebrity magazines that admitted to liking her, we might be able to solve it...

Posted by: Grey Fox at May 09, 2013 06:20 PM (XQsSC)

149

Okay fun seekers, here's a little question for you (two parts):

What is higher concentration in the Earth's atmosphere, water vapor (gas) or carbon dioxide?

Which is a stronger "greenhouse" gas?

Decode your answers.........now!

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense..... at May 09, 2013 06:21 PM (I2uSp)

150 Yeoman Rand and Uhura always looked great in the minis, but my vote for hottest in the mini and pantyhose was Lt Helen Noel (Marianna Hill)

Posted by: kbdabear at May 09, 2013 06:21 PM (mCvL4)

151 Nitrogen, eh? Isn't that like high school science? It was so long ago. . .
Ok, what the hell, I'll take the stupid quizz...

ya, ok, so I'ma slide rule carrying, logarithmic tables carrying, thick eye glasses, scifi lovin' nerd...who (*almost*) never made it with the chicks.

P.S. Did you know you can't buy log tables any more, printed log tables in book, unless you find an old copy at a used book sale?

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at May 09, 2013 06:22 PM (ig10E)

152 Sulu, you got to run around shirtless, waving your sword at every crewman--you've had enough fun.

Posted by: derit at May 09, 2013 06:22 PM (I88Jc)

153 13/13. It's SCIENCE, bitchez!

Evening roonz and roonettez!

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at May 09, 2013 06:23 PM (yh0zB)

154 Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense..... at May 09, 2013 10:21

Damn, I was gonna post that in my last and got distracted by log tables.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at May 09, 2013 06:23 PM (ig10E)

155 13 of 13 and no one should get any wrong unless they misunderstand or click the wrong answer by mistake.

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

156 Where Pierce Brosnan sees disaster I see opportunity. 5000 marine mammals with hearing damage means I can move 10,000 units of Muldoon's whale hearing aids. Let me do some quick math...yay...I'll be rich as Croesus!!

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 09, 2013 06:23 PM (pxDth)

157 "Just wondering, have you ever seen Che boy again? Say, maybe, asking if you want fries with that?" Nope, as of yet we haven't crossed paths at all. Sad thing is I haven't seen Wolverine in quite a while either, unfortunately he and Bumblebee had a falling out and are no longer dating. Makes things a little uncomfortable to say the least. I still have various posse members dropping by at odd intervals though - lol.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 06:23 PM (/uS1W)

158 P.S. Did you know you can't buy log tables any more, printed log tables in book, unless you find an old copy at a used book sale?

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at May 09, 2013 10:22 PM (ig10E)

I'm no scientist and this is just a wild guess, but have you tried looking on the internet??

Posted by: Peaches at May 09, 2013 06:23 PM (8lmkt)

159 I cannot express the bitter disappointment I felt when you informed us that you are NOT air-dropping torpedoes on whales, manatees and dolphins. I'm all like, what the hell am I even paying taxes for? Posted by: Empire of Jeff at May 09, 2013 10:20 PM (JDIKC) I'm just saying the official line! What happens on deployment, stays on deployment right?

Posted by: CDR M at May 09, 2013 06:24 PM (dKV5k)

160 160 Steevy,

fuck CO2 Steevy...it is agitprop I got it but that almost has me in the corner of shame as much as "N"

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 09, 2013 06:24 PM (LRFds)

161 Which is a stronger "greenhouse" gas?

Decode your answers.........now! Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch

Did you mix up your DailyKos tab with the AoSHQ tab again?

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at May 09, 2013 06:24 PM (YTstp)

162 Sulu, you got to run around shirtless, waving your sword at every crewman--you've had enough fun.

No kidding.

You didn't Yeoman Rand running around shirtless, did you?

Damnitall

Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 09, 2013 06:24 PM (jGsIV)

163 Peaches, I may have to walk that one back. Someone posted on FB under her story that they found her body but a quick search just now doesn't show anything. Not holding out much hope though. I think she must have been in the house when the perp murdered the three and she just wandered off or he killed her too.. but that doesn't make much sense since he didn't make much effort to cover his crime.

Posted by: jewells45 at May 09, 2013 06:24 PM (u25eL)

164 Miley Cyrus is not just stupid and untalented, but she's an obnoxious privileged leftist who won't shut up about anything

Same can be said for Meggie Mac, but the fat retard never tortured us with an attempt at singing

Posted by: kbdabear at May 09, 2013 06:24 PM (mCvL4)

165 151 "Smart Science Blog - ehh, we need more funding." I'll bring the treadmill if you bring the shrimp. Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 10:20 PM (/uS1W) I was thinking of a study of robotic bears and cyborg monkeys in their natural thunderdome environment.

Posted by: RWC at May 09, 2013 06:25 PM (Wl/Ht)

166 You all forget me because I am inert.Fuck you!

Posted by: Nitrogen at May 09, 2013 06:25 PM (9XBK2)

167 Which is a stronger "greenhouse" gas?

I'll go with "egg farts" for $200, Alex.

Posted by: Peaches at May 09, 2013 06:25 PM (8lmkt)

168 161 Seamus Muldoon,

Pahdon me Shaymus cain I habe one of yore hearnk aides?

//Oprah Winfrey

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 09, 2013 06:25 PM (LRFds)

169 Miley Cyrus is following the Lindsey Lohan trajectory.

Posted by: steevy at May 09, 2013 06:26 PM (9XBK2)

170 Please, please... hold your worshipful expressions of awe and applause! Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at May 09, 2013 10:13 PM (HsTG

Hello, I'm going to take this opportunity to say that I've always admired your nic.

Posted by: elizabethe at May 09, 2013 06:26 PM (qPCAa)

171
I thought it was helium. Posted by: Sen. Ron Wyden

Me too.

Posted by: Donald Duck at May 09, 2013 06:26 PM (73IHh)

172 I'm a getting totally skeeved out with the Ohio situation. The more they report on that bastard the worse he gets.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 09, 2013 06:26 PM (piMMO)

173 Peaches at May 09, 2013 10:23 PM

oh, ok, wait. . let me look. . it's been awhile since I last looked..

http://preview.tinyurl.com/clhqlyt

wait.... I'ma still lookin'

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at May 09, 2013 06:26 PM (ig10E)

174 "13 of 13 and no one should get any wrong unless they misunderstand or click the wrong answer by mistake." Guess it depends on how technical you want to get - I got 13 for 13 too but a couple of the questions were a little off. The continents, for example, don't actually move, the plates they ride on do - that sort of thing. But if you're right, if you don't over think it the whole thing is pretty straightforward. I was actually sad to discover I scored better than 93% of the rest of the public who took this quiz. Does not bode well for the future.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 06:27 PM (/uS1W)

175 The revolutionary concept of 3-D printed firearms has been building momentum for months now. Online observers, innovators, investors and the generally curious celebrated as the first completely 3-D printed handgun became a reality. Since the blueprint for Â“The LiberatorÂ” hit the web, the file was downloaded thousands of times in just a few days. Today, the government shut it down. Cody Wilson, the 3-D gunsmith, law student, and founder of the non-profit innovation outlet, Defense Distributed, broke the bad news in a tweet to his followers.

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at May 09, 2013 06:27 PM (e8kgV)

176 NDH.. I know. Every time I turn on the tube it gets worse. How can someone be that depraved?

Posted by: jewells45 at May 09, 2013 06:27 PM (u25eL)

177 74 At least the Maxim girl is not Kristen Stewart. Can someone explain her popularity to me (that's not a vampire)? Posted by: Helion Prime at May 09, 2013 10:07 PM (6gk77) I think "the constipated look" is popular with the young boys today. As for Miley, I think her show was on Disney, and the "Disney Machine" is still behind her. That is how she probably got on Maxim's list. In return, Maxim will get to do a photo layout of whoever the new tween Disney starlet.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 09, 2013 06:27 PM (BXLPR)

178 jewells, I was kind of figuring that whoever did the slaughtering took the baby, which is not great, but at least she would be alive and maybe recovered at some point. or at least get to grow up and have a life.

Posted by: Peaches at May 09, 2013 06:27 PM (8lmkt)

179 167 Yeah,it's bullshit but it the "correct" answer for purposes of that quiz.

Posted by: steevy at May 09, 2013 06:27 PM (9XBK2)

180 hi all

Posted by: chemjeff at May 09, 2013 06:28 PM (BBWjt)

181 Sadly, no sales last night.

For those unaware, I recently published a children's novel called "My Teachers are Zombies!" which had the good fortune of being mentioned in last Sunday's Book thread.

It's a tale for morons of all ages. Family friendly with the underlying message: your teacher might be a zombie who wants to eat your brains (there's no social commentary in this book, at all).

I would like to encourage people to at least read the sample provided on the Amazon page (available at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CKJ70AW) and if it catches your interest, please feel free to purchase it or gift it to a friend!

Posted by: Tom In Korea at May 09, 2013 06:28 PM (oJkTX)

182 13 / 13. Easy.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 09, 2013 06:28 PM (u82oZ)

183

http://tinyurl.com/bu3wczl

wait..... still lookin'

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at May 09, 2013 06:28 PM (ig10E)

184 wow, is it eerie that we are all doing the exact same on the test??? Posted by: Peaches at May 09, 2013 10:02 PM (8lmkt) The Moron/'ette code word in the re-edumacation camps shall be: Nitrogen.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Sarcastic and Radicalized Redneck Queen at May 09, 2013 06:28 PM (baL2B)

185 "I was thinking of a study of robotic bears and cyborg monkeys in their natural thunderdome environment." I've seen it already. They called it "Occupy Wallstreet". Not very entertaining when compared to most reality TV. Sad when you lose out in the ratings to a show about a pawn shop.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 06:29 PM (/uS1W)

186 Someone should show Miley Cyrus how to do mascara. Clumping is not attractive, not that it detracts much from the whole package in this particular case.

Posted by: huerfano at May 09, 2013 06:29 PM (bAGA/)

187 And something else. Maybe TMI for some of you but this sick fuck claims he was sexually abused, blah, blah as a child. Well, I was sexually abused as a child. Twice. I'm as normal as they come. I wouldn't harm a fly. Okay, maybe a spider, but that's it.

Posted by: jewells45 at May 09, 2013 06:29 PM (u25eL)

188 13 of 13 bitchezzzzz Easy Loved the political angle-- most scientists...carbon dioxide and fracking? Freaking fracking?

Posted by: GatorGirl at May 09, 2013 06:30 PM (+BvPL)

189 181 I know.Anyway we have strong evidence of the stupidity of the majority,President Barack Obama!2 terms !!

Posted by: steevy at May 09, 2013 06:30 PM (9XBK2)

190 "...my vote for hottest in the mini and pantyhose was Lt Helen Noel (Marianna Hill)"

Posted by: kbdabear at May 09, 2013 10:21 PM (mCvL4)

::: : : : : ::: :

Kahn's girlfriend?

Posted by: Meremortal at May 09, 2013 06:30 PM (1Y+hH)

191
Re: The Maxim Hot 100 - Top 10

# 10 Elisha Cuthbert
# 9 Vanessa Hudgens
# 8 Kate Upton
# 7 Ashley Tisdale
# 6 Jennifer Love Hewitt
# 5 Jennifer Lawrence
# 4 Mila Kunis
# 3 Rihanna
# 2 Selena Gomez
# 1 Miley Cyrus

"Hmmmmmmm.......No sir, I don't like it."

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 09, 2013 06:30 PM (kdS6q)

192 Family friendly with the underlying message: your teacher might be a zombie who wants to eat your brains (there's no social commentary in this book, at all).

Except for the whole 'school teachers are union members' theme, right?

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at May 09, 2013 06:31 PM (YTstp)

193 Peaches, they already arrested the perp. I would say I'm sure they have asked about the child but considering the bang up job the cops have been doing lately I wouldn't want to bet on it.

Posted by: jewells45 at May 09, 2013 06:31 PM (u25eL)

194

Okay, times up.

Water vapor is over ten time higher concentration in the atmosphere than CO2, and is also a stronger "greenhouse" gas.

Greenhouse gas is made up, you say? Without some measure of the "greenhouse" effect, the Earth would be in a perpetual ice age. In fact, during historical ice ages, most of the free fresh water was tied up in ice and glaciers, meaning the atmosphere was drier, keeping the Earth cold.

And no one seems to be able to explain what ended the various Ice Ages, either.

Freeman Dyson determined that the net effect of man-caused global warming was that in cold dry places (like the Antarctic, northern Siberia and northern Canada) the world would get a little warmer. Freeman Dyson, one of the most brilliant men alive today (holds the same position as Albert Einstein did at the Princeton Institute for Advanced Studies) has been ostracized by much of "organized science" because he does not buy into the total global warming craze.

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense..... at May 09, 2013 06:31 PM (I2uSp)

195 13 out of 13, naturally.

Posted by: Tom In Korea at May 09, 2013 06:31 PM (oJkTX)

196 I can't believe there are so many show-offs here among the horde. Who knew?? I prefer a 12 to a 13 because that's how you know I'm not some freak. There, I said it. Plus, fuck nitrogen! Up with oxygen!!!

Posted by: Peaches at May 09, 2013 06:33 PM (8lmkt)

197 I need a Support the 2nd Amendment, or die. stamp for my money.

Posted by: toby928© at May 09, 2013 06:34 PM (QupBk)

198 Guess what I'm doing? Using my new Mother's Day gift.

Posted by: katya, the designated driver at May 09, 2013 06:34 PM (DoZD+)

199

@ 179Niedermeyer's Dead Horse

"I'm a getting totally skeeved out with the Ohio situation."

Cleveland. The Cleveland situation. Ohio lays no claim to Dennis Kucinich's ward.

My father told me over 20 years ago, they should build a fence around Cleveland and let no one out.

Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at May 09, 2013 06:34 PM (cs5Yw)

200 I can't believe there are so many show-offs here among the horde. Who knew?? I prefer a 12 to a 13 because that's how you know I'm not some freak. There, I said it. Plus, fuck nitrogen! Up with oxygen!!! Posted by: Peaches at May 09, 2013 10:33 PM (8lmkt) Amen, sister! *Sends over the peanut butter Nanaimo Bars that were meant for Bannion*

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 09, 2013 06:35 PM (fggky)

201 Yeah, more oxygen and you'd have spontaneous fires occur.

... Which might be an interesting idea for a book...

Posted by: Tom In Korea at May 09, 2013 06:35 PM (oJkTX)

202 "Yellow represents liberalism"

Truer words were never spoken.

They are afraid to express an opinion without the approval of the herd.

They are afraid to think, because it might lead to the formation of an opinion contrary to the herd. Look what happened to David Mamet.

Their media prominently features stories reassuring them that they need not be informed about whatever Fox News may be on about. They can stay safe, in their little cocoons, feeling a warm, smug sense of being right, without having to expend effort.

Lazy, smug yellow cowards.

Posted by: Splunge at May 09, 2013 06:35 PM (bKA83)

203 178.... me three. Picked nitrogen then changed at the last minute ... was thinking, the most common element in the universe. Yea right, ...um no , dufus....

Posted by: ET at May 09, 2013 06:35 PM (YpjaN)

204 Peaches, you were right...
http://preview.tinyurl.com/bso2s2w

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at May 09, 2013 06:35 PM (ig10E)

205 205 Peaches,

You're a dancer too then? It's okay ma'am Nitrogen is stingy with his time...

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 09, 2013 06:35 PM (LRFds)

206 Give me the cone... I got ten... I never did say I was a nuclear syentyst....

Posted by: hello, it's me Donna at May 09, 2013 06:36 PM (9+ccr)

207 207 Ipad?

Posted by: steevy at May 09, 2013 06:36 PM (9XBK2)

208 Plus, fuck nitrogen! Up with oxygen!!!
Posted by: Peaches

I thought we were supposed to fuck salt.

/hostages

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at May 09, 2013 06:36 PM (YTstp)

209

13/13 w/o breaking a sweat. I guess Pee-ew Propaganda Inst. must be dumbing it down for all the LoFos they help create.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at May 09, 2013 06:37 PM (qIFL7)

210 194 Someone should show Miley Cyrus how to do mascara. Clumping is not attractive, not that it detracts much from the whole package in this particular case.

Yeah, I suppose that's true, but it seems like a small thing compared to her adoption of the Sharon Stone "I've decided not to try to be attractive to men any more" short haircut.

Posted by: Splunge at May 09, 2013 06:37 PM (bKA83)

211 Freeman Dyson, one of the most brilliant men alive today (holds the same position as Albert Einstein did at the Princeton Institute for Advanced Studies) has been ostracized by much of "organized science" because he does not buy into the total global warming craze. Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense..... at May 09, 2013 10:31 PM (I2uSp) If you are on Twitter, follow Joe Bastardi. He is a meteorologist, and one of the best. He is always ripping the warmist cultists.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 09, 2013 06:38 PM (BXLPR)

212 Peaches, you were right...
http://preview.tinyurl.com/bso2s2w

not again!!!!

Posted by: Peaches at May 09, 2013 06:38 PM (8lmkt)

213
Only 14% of girls got the nitrogen question right.

Shibboleth.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 09, 2013 06:38 PM (kdS6q)

214 steevy, YES. I'm so excited. *jumps up and down with glee*

Posted by: katya, the designated driver at May 09, 2013 06:38 PM (DoZD+)

215 Yeah, I suppose that's true, but it seems like a small thing compared to her adoption of the Sharon Stone "I've decided not to try to be attractive to men any more" short haircut.
Posted by: Splunge at May 09, 2013 10:37 PM

I just figured the over-bleaching broke it off.

Posted by: huerfano at May 09, 2013 06:39 PM (bAGA/)

216 That's a science test? Oh my lord!

Posted by: Sheldon Cooper at May 09, 2013 06:39 PM (JVbvk)

217

I'm not liking the tooth to gum ration in that M. Cyrus picture.

Posted by: garrett at May 09, 2013 06:39 PM (o4OzX)

218 Money stamping. I like how the front page of the campaigny website (which the article gives a badly formatted link to..) has a one dollar bill stamped with the not-for-bribing-politicians message. I'm picturing someone slipping a senator a buck under the table to try to get them to pass something.

Posted by: GalaKitty at May 09, 2013 06:39 PM (KT2XH)

219 ratio not ration

Posted by: garrett at May 09, 2013 06:39 PM (o4OzX)

220 wow, very active tonight

Some nitrogen molecules are big enough to pick up with your fingers.

But be careful, sharp edges.

Posted by: eman at May 09, 2013 10:17 PM (ZOGUz)

Pointy-elbowed molecules?

Posted by: chemjeff at May 09, 2013 06:39 PM (BBWjt)

221 *Sends over the peanut butter Nanaimo Bars that were meant for Bannion*

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 09, 2013 10:35 PM (fggky)

nom nom nom nom, omg, these are divine . . .

Posted by: Peaches at May 09, 2013 06:40 PM (8lmkt)

222 Miley's mascara looks like the 70's.

Posted by: katya, the designated driver at May 09, 2013 06:40 PM (DoZD+)

223 The continents, for example, don't actually move, the plates they ride on do - that sort of thing. The question needed to include the concept of relative motion, IMHO.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at May 09, 2013 06:40 PM (HsTG8)

224 Selena Gomez #2? The guy who made the list DVR's 'Little Miss Perfect.'

Posted by: RWC at May 09, 2013 06:40 PM (Wl/Ht)

225 Pahdon me Shaymus cain I habe one of yore hearnk aides? //Oprah Winfrey ***** Let me see. Seals, walruses, orcas, whales...hmmm...I seem to be out of them in 'ginormous'. I can backorder them for you.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 09, 2013 06:41 PM (pxDth)

226 215 Give me the cone... I got ten... I never did say I was a nuclear syentyst.... Posted by: hello, it's me Donna at May 09, 2013 10:36 PM (9+ccr) It is ok Donna. I guessed correctly for at least two of them. I do well on multiple choice if math is not involved. If I have to find "x"<----here it is! Remains my constant answer. I hate math almost as much as barky-the-facial mole.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Sarcastic and Radicalized Redneck Queen at May 09, 2013 06:41 PM (baL2B)

227

Re: The Maxim Hot 100 - Top 10

It's actually a clever ploy by Maxim to convince #s 2-10 that they need to dress sluttier in order to dethrone Miley Cyrus. Well played, Maxim. Well played.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at May 09, 2013 06:41 PM (lr3d7)

228 ok...I am gonna go sweepy tired...

no Ms Puma....if she hops in let her know I got my meat shield up to ~lvl 19 wheee 1 more 'til a mount ahoy!

#Neverwinter

@Harlekwin the 1/2Orc all Dork wanna-be Paladin

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 09, 2013 06:41 PM (LRFds)

229 I wouldn't harm a fly. Okay, maybe a spider, but that's it.

Do you hire out? There's a spider the size of a smoke detector in my kitchen ceiling (BASTARD. We had a TREATY.).

Cats are all "You want me to do what? Fuck you, gimme a snack."

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ drinking beer at May 09, 2013 06:41 PM (hO8IJ)

230 "I prefer a 12 to a 13 because that's how you know I'm not some freak." I've been a dedicated science geek for decades now.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 06:41 PM (/uS1W)

231 231 Miley's mascara looks like the 70's. Posted by: katya, the designated driver at May 09, 2013 10:40 PM (DoZD+) That is because she does a lot of fraking.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Sarcastic and Radicalized Redneck Queen at May 09, 2013 06:42 PM (baL2B)

232 Okay, which one of you is this? http://twitpic.com/cpf6as

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 09, 2013 06:42 PM (BXLPR)

233 >>>I can't believe there are so many show-offs here among the horde. Who knew?? Posted by: Peaches

Besides the motorccyle endorsement for my driver's license I took on my H-D in 1985, I think the last "test" I took was right before commencement in 1978.

Just say "No" to tests.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 09, 2013 06:42 PM (4Mv1T)

234 They got me on one question. I thought "nanotechnology" read "nanooktechnology" so I answered "very cold".

Posted by: andycanuck at May 09, 2013 06:42 PM (mGBy8)

235 I'm no scientist and this is just a wild guess, but have you tried looking on the internet?? Posted by: Peaches at May 09, 2013 10:23 PM (8lmkt) Yeah, I hear they have the Internet on computers now!

Posted by: Homer Simpson at May 09, 2013 06:43 PM (5J54Q)

236

Do you hire out? There's a spider the size of a smoke detector in my kitchen ceiling (BASTARD. We had a TREATY.).

Golly. Get a flamethrower.

Posted by: Grey Fox at May 09, 2013 06:43 PM (XQsSC)

237 Posted by: Sheldon Cooper at May 09, 2013 10:39 PM (JVbvk) Watching 'The Porkchop Indeterminacy.' Your sis is a hottie.

Posted by: RWC at May 09, 2013 06:43 PM (Wl/Ht)

238

You would not like me if I was the most common...

Hot kisses,

Oxygen

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at May 09, 2013 06:43 PM (qIFL7)

239 245 Do you hire out? There's a spider the size of a smoke detector in my kitchen ceiling (BASTARD. We had a TREATY.). --------------- Golly. Get a flamethrower. Posted by: Grey Fox at May 09, 2013 10:43 PM (XQsSC) Nuke from space, just to be sure.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 09, 2013 06:44 PM (GEICT)

240 230 *Sends over the peanut butter Nanaimo Bars that were meant for Bannion* Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 09, 2013 10:35 PM (fggky) nom nom nom nom, omg, these are divine . . . Posted by: Peaches at May 09, 2013 10:40 PM (8lmkt) Not gonna share. You know I love peanut butter!

Posted by: Toby the Beagle at May 09, 2013 06:44 PM (BXLPR)

241 Billy Ray Cyrus screwed himself with Achey Breaky Heart. I have a couple of his other CDs and if you like country music he is pretty good.

Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2013 06:44 PM (Xfofp)

242 This is what happens when you steam clean the tank and don't leave the relief valves open.

--------

Back in '83 or so, I saw some newspaper coverage of an incident in which someone was filling the wing tangs of a B52, but had forgotten to take the vent off the other end. Split the wing longitudinally. Made quite a picture.

Posted by: Assault Citizen Anachronda at May 09, 2013 06:44 PM (U82Km)

243 Posted by: Peaches at May 09, 2013 10:40 PM (8lmkt) I'll send the Bailey's Nanaimo Bars when I'm done making them, if you want.

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 09, 2013 06:44 PM (fggky)

244 My cat deals with all spiders,crickets and even flies(he waits for them to get within reach than whack!).Ants seem beneath his notice.Only hunting and killing he gets to do since he's a strictly indoor kitteh.

Posted by: steevy at May 09, 2013 06:44 PM (9XBK2)

245

13/13.

Is the mean avg. really 8/13?

Posted by: rd at May 09, 2013 06:45 PM (D+lxs)

246 234 Seamus Muldoon,

Thang Yew

http://youtu.be/9uheykreqCo

Wah-teeer

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 09, 2013 06:45 PM (LRFds)

247 Moron Lifestyle Warning; Dutch Ovens hazardous to your health

911 Operator ‏@911BUFF 9h

FLORIDA WOMAN ARRESTED AFTER THROWING A KNIFE AT HER BOYFRIEND AFTER HE FARTED WHILE WATCHING TV WITH HER. NAPLESNEWS

http://twitpic.com/cpf6as

Posted by: kbdabear at May 09, 2013 06:45 PM (mCvL4)

248 and yes I am going to hell

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 09, 2013 06:45 PM (LRFds)

249 man, now you all are making me hungry for some ice cream goodness

Posted by: chemjeff at May 09, 2013 06:45 PM (BBWjt)

250 I think Kim Jong Un turned the sky orange in LA ...

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at May 09, 2013 06:46 PM (YTstp)

251 13/13 on the quiz. I throw the b.s. flag on the most scientists believe question.

Posted by: no good deed at May 09, 2013 06:46 PM (mjR67)

252 Just say "No" to tests.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at May 09, 2013 10:42 PM (4Mv1T)

I love tests. Always tested well and so they were (and remain) fun for me. The biggest bummer is the people who are so smart, who really know their shit and just don't "test well." I've known people like that. Sucks to be them, heh.

Posted by: Peaches at May 09, 2013 06:46 PM (8lmkt)

253 Knowing defacing currency is a federal offense. I guess someone has already pointed this out. http://tinyurl.com/bs7tsl3 Arrest the bastards.

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at May 09, 2013 06:46 PM (wR+pz)

254 226 I'm not liking the tooth to gum ration in that M. Cyrus picture. Posted by: garrett at May 09, 2013 10:39 PM (o4OzX) We agree that she has a pretty bad grill.

Posted by: 4 out of 5 Dentists at May 09, 2013 06:46 PM (BXLPR)

255 243 They got me on one question. I thought "nanotechnology" read "nanooktechnology" so I answered "very cold". Posted by: andycanuck at May 09, 2013 10:42 PM (mGBy

***** Nice!

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 09, 2013 06:46 PM (pxDth)

256 Yeah we do a version of that "tank car implosion" demo at our university, but we use a 55 gal steel drum. It doesn't really implode all at once and suddenly like the tank car, but it does implode and the kiddos love it.

Posted by: chemjeff at May 09, 2013 06:46 PM (BBWjt)

257 Only kidding. 13 for 13 despite the bullshit "most scientists" AGW propaganda question.

Posted by: andycanuck at May 09, 2013 06:46 PM (mGBy8)

258 The Maxim 100 in 100 seconds. Check out Kellie Pickler at #96. If they wanted the shot-haired blonde, she might have been the better choice. http://bit.ly/17Pbp8O

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 09, 2013 06:46 PM (piMMO)

259 Miley's mascara looks like the 70's.

Posted by: katya, the designated driver at May 09, 2013 10:40 PM

I don't remember the 70's looking that bad. Except the punk years, but, even those chicks looked better than that moose mouth bint. They at least did it with bad style. She just looks like shit.

Posted by: otho at May 09, 2013 06:46 PM (9gNQd)

260 263 226 I'm not liking the tooth to gum ration in that M. Cyrus picture. Posted by: garrett at May 09, 2013 10:39 PM (o4OzX) We agree that she has a pretty bad grill. Posted by: 4 out of 5 Dentists at May 09, 2013 10:46 PM I disagree!!!!!

Posted by: Roman Polanski's Dentist at May 09, 2013 06:47 PM (BXLPR)

261 I throw the b.s. flag on the most scientists believe question.

Well, if you consider that the label "scientist", in the modern era, now includes such careers as political 'scientist' and sociologist, then it's not too surprising

Posted by: chemjeff at May 09, 2013 06:47 PM (BBWjt)

262 254 13/13. Is the mean avg. really 8/13? Imagine your average Hollywood actor taking that test, then answer your own question.

Posted by: Splunge at May 09, 2013 06:47 PM (bKA83)

263 As far as Miley Cyrus goes, she used to be cute. I don't think she ever reached hot. Oh, and Helen Slater pulled that look off much better in the The Legend of Billie Jean.

Posted by: no good deed at May 09, 2013 06:47 PM (mjR67)

264 and yes I am going to hell
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077

save me a good seat? preferably something near the bar if you can manage it . . .

Posted by: Peaches at May 09, 2013 06:48 PM (8lmkt)

265 I suppose those who took the test noted that Pew threw in a confirming question re CO2 and 'warming'?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 09, 2013 06:48 PM (aDwsi)

266 please feel free to purchase it or gift it to a friend!

Posted by: Tom In Korea at May 09, 2013 10:28 PM (oJkTX)

Just bought it. I've spent a lot worse $2.99. Good luck.

Posted by: cm9000 at May 09, 2013 06:48 PM (vfB2N)

267 BTW, thank heaven I recalled from House M.D. shows what white blood cells do so I could answer correctly using process of elimination reasoning.

Posted by: andycanuck at May 09, 2013 06:48 PM (mGBy8)

268 272 Or Meghan McCain.

Posted by: steevy at May 09, 2013 06:49 PM (9XBK2)

269 LOL Heather Radish.. I kill em even if they are the size of a pencil head. I figure if I let em go, they will just get bigger and come back to haunt me. Can't take any chances. Found one in my bed a few years ago. Little bastard bit me, I threw the covers back in time to see him scurrying to the end of the bed. I mashed him into a thousand pieces.

Posted by: jewells45 at May 09, 2013 06:50 PM (u25eL)

270 That Miley Cyrus photo has me rubbing one out to a picture of Ellen Degeneres.

BTW - With El Jefe away, can we talk about longbows?

Posted by: Vercingetorix at May 09, 2013 06:50 PM (qwNN7)

271 Posted by: no good deed at May 09, 2013 10:47 PM (mjR67) Props for the reference to the best movie ever! Lol!

Posted by: Elizabethe on the phone at May 09, 2013 06:50 PM (qPCAa)

272 278 272 Or Meghan McCain. Posted by: steevy at May 09, 2013 10:49 PM (9XBK2) MeggieMac would have screamed at the test that it was a ghey hating, right wing crazy. Then she would have eaten it.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 09, 2013 06:50 PM (GEICT)

273 How much did Miley's handlers pay for that top spot, she's not even in the top 10 million. And her voice sounds like a 14 year old boy.

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at May 09, 2013 06:50 PM (b9K4P)

274 http://youtu.be/dKs1SKd-Mt4

The 1979 version has 1/2 pint as the little bundle of joy.....Mom explained to me that I would be able to answer precisely what lunar reentry was like if I ever acted the ass as 1/2 pint was....

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 09, 2013 06:51 PM (LRFds)

275 265 Yeah we do a version of that "tank car implosion" demo at our university, but we use a 55 gal steel drum. It doesn't really implode all at once and suddenly like the tank car, but it does implode and the kiddos love it.
Posted by: chemjeff
----------

The example I recall used a glass milk bottle, with a splinter burned inside, then a hard boiled (but not *too* hard bolied) egg placed on the neck of the bottle. If the egg was just right, it got sucked into the bottle as it cooled. If too hard boiled, there was generally an egg explosion.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 09, 2013 06:51 PM (aDwsi)

276 OK Tom in Korea you caught me at a good time so I bought your book, even remember to go through the AOSHQ link. I may not get around to reading it for a while although I might bump it up after I finish up what I have in progress. Sounds like a quick easy read that is a good fit for great weather season.

Posted by: palerider at May 09, 2013 06:52 PM (dkExz)

277 275 I suppose those who took the test noted that Pew threw in a confirming question re CO2 and 'warming'? Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 09, 2013 10:48 PM (aDwsi) Yes, I noticed they said "many scientists say" it is the warming gas, not, it "is" the warming gas.

Posted by: Elizabethe on the phone at May 09, 2013 06:52 PM (qPCAa)

278 Slightly surprised that atmospheric nitrogen is so little-known that only 20% of overall test-takers got that one right. I remember hearing that all the way back in 3rd grade.

Posted by: Dan K. at May 09, 2013 06:52 PM (HTQLv)

279 278 I wonder how Congress would do on that quiz?

Posted by: rd at May 09, 2013 06:52 PM (D+lxs)

280 Posted by: The Typical Low Information Voter at May 09, 2013 10:51 PM (OWjjx)

this is a tough call, but this is at least a contender for threadwinner, imho. kudos!!

Posted by: Peaches at May 09, 2013 06:53 PM (8lmkt)

281 My cat deals with all spiders,crickets and even flies(he waits for them to get within reach than whack!).Ants seem beneath his notice.Only hunting and killing he gets to do since he's a strictly indoor kitteh. *** My cat was pouncing on and licking up ants today. I kept waiting on one to sting his tongue.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 09, 2013 06:53 PM (piMMO)

282 274 Peaches,

Well you gotta figure Satan needs caddies...

and that's where the horde comes in....

http://youtu.be/IEfCbV26ve4

Bar karma-Reap What You Sow

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 09, 2013 06:53 PM (LRFds)

283 256 Moron Lifestyle Warning; Dutch Ovens hazardous to your health 911 Operator ‏@911BUFF 9h FLORIDA WOMAN ARRESTED AFTER THROWING A KNIFE AT HER BOYFRIEND AFTER HE FARTED WHILE WATCHING TV WITH HER. NAPLESNEWS http://twitpic.com/cpf6as Posted by: kbdabear at May 09, 2013 10:45 PM (mCvL4) This would be a daily event in this house with all the stoopid men I have to deal with. I am going to send this to husband along with the murder I read about today of a hedge fund guy in S. Florida (years ago) who died of pasta with ambien-laced vodka sauce (it turned it purple, in the event you want to copy recipe). He will learn not to mess with me!

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Sarcastic and Radicalized Redneck Queen at May 09, 2013 06:54 PM (baL2B)

284

Slightly surprised that atmospheric nitrogen is so little-known that only 20% of overall test-takers got that one right. I remember hearing that all the way back in 3rd grade.

Posted by: Dan K. at May 09, 2013 10:52 PM (HTQLv)

If you ever have confined space entry training, you should remember it too.

Posted by: rd at May 09, 2013 06:54 PM (D+lxs)

285 I suppose those who took the test noted that Pew threw in a confirming question re CO2 and 'warming'?

Posted by: Mike Hammer

The Church of the Left must be illuminated. And all must be brought to the altar.

In the name of the fodder, spurious, and victim. Amen.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at May 09, 2013 06:54 PM (YTstp)

286 OK, I'm out tomorrow night, mi amigos

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 09, 2013 06:55 PM (JMmQ9)

287 I got a......14 out of 13...yea, that's the ticket. Actually, a 12/13...f'in nitrogen got me too. Shoulda known as I really dug Terminator II

Posted by: Ezra's Equal at May 09, 2013 06:55 PM (MUivq)

288 289 Slightly surprised that atmospheric nitrogen is so little-known that only 20% of overall test-takers got that one right. I remember hearing that all the way back in 3rd grade.
Posted by: Dan K
--------------

It's also one reason the liquid nitrogen is cheap. It helps, of course, that liquid nitrogen is a 'free' by-product of making liquid oxygen.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 09, 2013 06:55 PM (aDwsi)

289 "FLORIDA WOMAN ARRESTED AFTER THROWING A KNIFE AT HER BOYFRIEND AFTER HE FARTED WHILE WATCHING TV WITH HER. NAPLESNEWS " I'd chalk that one up to bad judgement on his part. Always make sure your woman is unarmed before watching TV with her, otherwise your stuck watching the Oxygen channel. Duh.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 06:56 PM (/uS1W)

290 Miley Cyrus isn't even in the Top 10 if she was competing with porn actresses

Any list missing Emma Stone, Kaley Cuoco, Christina Hendricks, and Natalie Portman is either a list paid for by publicists or trolling

Posted by: kbdabear at May 09, 2013 06:57 PM (mCvL4)

291 Huhuhuh uh huhuh... "space entry"... huhuh uh huhuh...

Posted by: butthead at May 09, 2013 06:57 PM (9gNQd)

292 My entire knowledge of medicine, which is extensive, comes from reading what Dr. Oz says about medicine on the cover of Good Housekeeping. Now I gotta call my aunt on my Obamaphone to see when her disability check comes in.....she has big bones and a kidney problem. Posted by: The Typical Low Information Voter at May 09, 2013 10:51 PM (OWjjx) I only saw Dr. Oz once, years ago before I could change the channel, on Orca. They were discussing how your BM should look like a "S" in toilet. Orca agreed. I changed channel, so not sure how all that turned out!

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Sarcastic and Radicalized Redneck Queen at May 09, 2013 06:57 PM (baL2B)

293 @290 Congress should have to take a Skill Qualification Test annually. Seriously, if they make sailors do it, then it shouldn't be hard for the Harvard crowd.

Posted by: Jerry at May 09, 2013 06:58 PM (4SKYj)

294 I'll send the Bailey's Nanaimo Bars when I'm done making them, if you want. Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 09, 2013 10:44 PM (fggky) I Internet friend who lives close to me and could conceivably bring me some yummy goodness! How are you?

Posted by: Elizabethe on the phone at May 09, 2013 06:58 PM (qPCAa)

295 Evening all Missed fracking on the science quiz. Got nitrogen, and 12/13, so I feel really stupid. And I need prayer. My daughter is driving by herself tomorrow. Lots of prayer.

Posted by: moki at May 09, 2013 06:59 PM (SdetR)

296 Hank Johnson took the test, but he dropped his pencil halfway through and worried if he leaned over too far the building would tip over.

Posted by: no good deed at May 09, 2013 06:59 PM (mjR67)

297 They were discussing how your BM should look like a "S" in toilet.

Ever tried to spell your name?

Posted by: fluffy at May 09, 2013 06:59 PM (z9HTb)

298 13/13. That was a seriously cheesy quiz. Not even 9th grade level. But that Globull warming question kinda irked.

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (All my Hate cannot be found) at May 09, 2013 06:59 PM (FG2mD)

299 186" It's not really true that an atom is bigger than an electron. A valence orbital electron in a Uranium atom is bigger than a hydrogen atom. " Posted by: eman Thank you. That's the one I got wrong because I started thinking about relative sizes of atoms.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 09, 2013 06:59 PM (XZtQT)

300 http://t.co/I5vbuwLuPT

One last Charming bit...

FoxNews- NASA says ISS power generators leaking

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 09, 2013 06:59 PM (LRFds)

301 Oh and 13/13. Eh the GW question. CO2 is a *mild* GHG. I don't think any of the others listed are at all. Probably only 5% would get it right if they asked to rank CO2 vs H2O.

Posted by: palerider at May 09, 2013 07:00 PM (dkExz)

302 276 Just bought it. I've spent a lot worse $2.99. Good luck.
Posted by: cm9000 at May 09, 2013 10:48 PM (vfB2N)

Thank you very much. Spread the word, if you want to do so.

OK Tom in Korea you caught me at a good time so I bought your book, even remember to go through the AOSHQ link. I may not get around to reading it for a while although I might bump it up after I finish up what I have in progress. Sounds like a quick easy read that is a good fit for great weather season.

Posted by: palerider at May 09, 2013 10:52 PM (dkExz)

Bless you. It wanted to write something that would appeal to kids, so I didn't try to write some epic 100,000 word tome. Yet I also wanted to be sure I didn't insult the intelligence of any potential readers. I believe I've achieved that.

Posted by: Tom In Korea at May 09, 2013 07:00 PM (oJkTX)

303 How are you? Posted by: Elizabethe on the phone at May 09, 2013 10:58 PM (qPCAa) Watching hockey late into the night is bad for my sleeping pattern. Would you prefer the Grand Marnier variety instead?

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 09, 2013 07:00 PM (fggky)

304 OT- The muldoggy, an Australian shepherd, is clueless but enthusiastic about chipmunks. Runs around aimlessly, panting, "Which way did they go?" Our neighbor's dog on the other hand is sort of a Jack Russell terrier type. He came over for a play date the other day and went to town on the little striped rats. Quick as a whip. Bingo bango bingo, he had a chipmunk, and dispatched it toot suite. My dog looked at him like a super hero. I'm going to invite Brody over more often.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 09, 2013 07:00 PM (pxDth)

305 Not sucked into the bottle, pushed into the bottle.

The atmosphere outside the bottle pushes the egg into the bottle Posted by: eman at May
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Easy for you to say. Next time, YOU plop your ass on the bottle..., then go all pedantic on me...

Posted by: Humpty Dumpty at May 09, 2013 07:01 PM (aDwsi)

306 Did a wash and a paste-wax on the BH's car today. About halfway through buffing, I remembered why I seldom do that.

Posted by: cthulhu at May 09, 2013 07:01 PM (tyF2+)

307 Adult Swim might have jumped the shark. Anyone watch that new Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell? No way I'm watching it.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 09, 2013 07:02 PM (piMMO)

308 the most common element in the universe
Stupidity? Oh, "universe" not Washington, D.C.

Posted by: andycanuck at May 09, 2013 07:02 PM (mGBy8)

309 13 of 13 - too easy, or I'm frickin' smart!

Posted by: benning at May 09, 2013 07:02 PM (6E7W2)

310 "Missed fracking on the science quiz." You are obviously a lacking the basic knowledge of the psuedo-science cause de-jour. Pack your bags, off to re-education camp with you. BTW I call top bunk.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 07:02 PM (/uS1W)

311

306 If I am ever appointed King of America for a week, I would require testing of politicians for intelligence, with the results made public.

I would also re-introduce poll tests, poll taxes, and property requirements for office holders.

Posted by: rd at May 09, 2013 07:02 PM (D+lxs)

312 "Imagine your average Hollywood actor taking that test, then answer your own question." Posted by: Splunge You know all that gubmint grant money that congress is always throwing around? Well, I propose that they have a grant for a study to find out how the average IQ of actors compares to the average IQ of a cross section of American Adults.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 09, 2013 07:03 PM (XZtQT)

313 I'm out. Ya'll be good.

Posted by: palerider at May 09, 2013 07:03 PM (dkExz)

314 Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 09, 2013 11:00 PM (fggky) Oh no, I am a baileys girl all the way.

Posted by: Elizabethe on the phone at May 09, 2013 07:03 PM (qPCAa)

315 324 13 of 13 - too easy, or I'm frickin' smart!

Not being insulting, but that test is too easy.

Posted by: Tom In Korea at May 09, 2013 07:03 PM (oJkTX)

316 I lurk, what's happening in the hockey world tonight? The wife has commandeered the remote.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 09, 2013 07:03 PM (GEICT)

317 I only saw Dr. Oz once, years ago before I could change the channel, on Orca. They were discussing how your BM should look like a "S" in toilet. Orca agreed. I changed channel, so not sure how all that turned out! Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Sarcastic and Radicalized Redneck Queen at May 09, 2013 10:57 PM (baL2B) ***** &

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 09, 2013 07:04 PM (pxDth)

318 I lurk, hockey? Are you from some northern cold place?

Posted by: Elizabethe on the phone at May 09, 2013 07:04 PM (qPCAa)

319 Good Evening, I'm sick of new of Jodie, I almost automatically put FNC on for background noise. I was never interested in that story. Now Bill O is on and I was going to put something I put on my DVR but now I see Pat Smith. This could be good.

Posted by: CarolT at May 09, 2013 07:05 PM (z4WKX)

320 Not being insulting, but that test is too easy.
Posted by: Tom In Korea
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Self-esteem-smashing hater!

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 09, 2013 07:06 PM (aDwsi)

321 Seamus...is that the sign for nitrogen?

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Sarcastic and Radicalized Redneck Queen at May 09, 2013 07:06 PM (baL2B)

322 325 "Missed fracking on the science quiz." You are obviously a lacking the basic knowledge of the psuedo-science cause de-jour. Pack your bags, off to re-education camp with you. BTW I call top bunk. Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 11:02 PM (/uS1W) I always thought it was a particularly clever lefty ploy to make "frak" a curse word on the new BSG.

Posted by: Elizabethe on the phone at May 09, 2013 07:06 PM (qPCAa)

323 330 - dammit, Tom! Lemme have my moment!

Posted by: benning at May 09, 2013 07:06 PM (6E7W2)

324 I lurk, what's happening in the hockey world tonight? The wife has commandeered the remote. Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 09, 2013 11:03 PM (GEICT) Ottawa won 6-1 and dispatched Montreal from the playoffs; Pittsburgh won 4-0 and leads the series 3-2; and Chicago is winning 4-1 in the 2nd period.

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 09, 2013 07:06 PM (fggky)

325 I lurk, hockey? Are you from some northern cold place? Posted by: Elizabethe on the phone at May 09, 2013 11:04 PM (qPCAa) Indeed, I grew up in Canada. And Nanaimo Bars are a Canadian dessert...

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 09, 2013 07:07 PM (fggky)

326 340 - You had your moment. It passed.

Tom's turnin' heel!

Posted by: Tom In Korea at May 09, 2013 07:07 PM (oJkTX)

327 Seamus...is that the sign for nitrogen? Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Sarcastic and Radicalized Redneck Queen at May 09, 2013 11:06 PM (baL2B) ***** I'm thinking it's the sign for fiber.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 09, 2013 07:08 PM (pxDth)

328 "Slightly surprised that atmospheric nitrogen is so little-known that only 20% of overall test-takers got that one right. I remember hearing that all the way back in 3rd grade." I learned about uranium from an "I Love Lucy" episode from the fifties or sixties.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 09, 2013 07:08 PM (XZtQT)

329 Ottawa won 6-1 and dispatched Montreal from the playoffs; Pittsburgh won 4-0 and leads the series 3-2; and Chicago is winning 4-1 in the 2nd period. Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 09, 2013 11:06 PM (fggky) Any fisticuffs in the Ottawa game? Damn, blowouts tonight. My damn Caps are killing me. Win 2, lose 2. Hopefully they can win 2 again and move on.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 09, 2013 07:08 PM (GEICT)

330 340 330 - dammit, Tom! Lemme have my moment! Posted by: benning
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There, there.., here's a gold star.

Posted by: National Education Association at May 09, 2013 07:08 PM (aDwsi)

331 Indeed, I grew up in Canada. And Nanaimo Bars are a Canadian dessert... Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 09, 2013 11:07 PM (fggky) I want one now.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Sarcastic and Radicalized Redneck Queen at May 09, 2013 07:08 PM (baL2B)

332 Cochran, no fisticuffs in Montreal tonight, although it came close with a few minutes left.

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 09, 2013 07:09 PM (fggky)

333 303 Miley Cyrus isn't even in the Top 10 if she was competing with porn actresses Any list missing Emma Stone, Kaley Cuoco, Christina Hendricks, and Natalie Portman is either a list paid for by publicists or trolling Posted by: kbdabear at May 09, 2013 10:57 PM (mCvL4) Agree, but isn't Maxim the "Pre Playboy" for tween boys and starlets?

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 09, 2013 07:10 PM (BXLPR)

334 "I always thought it was a particularly clever lefty ploy to make "frak" a curse word on the new BSG." Was a big fan of the old Battlestar back in the day. Watched the new one and could only stomach about 3 episodes before I finally gave up on it. Great special effects - but the characters and plot development were horrid. Don't know who wrote that crap but somebody obviously phoned it in. As to fracking, I have to admit the environmentalists crack me up. Of course your dealing with people who are buying electric cars and paying through the nose for them so they can feel good about themselves when in truth the electric car is far worse for the environment than the traditional gas guzzler. Sadly though I learned from experience years ago, you cannot reason with unreasonable people.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 07:10 PM (/uS1W)

335 350 Mallamutt,

but dad YOU PROMISED!

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 09, 2013 07:10 PM (LRFds)

336 13 for 13. Me smart.

Posted by: packsoldier at May 09, 2013 07:10 PM (sO5Bb)

337 Wheeee! A NEA star!

Posted by: benning at May 09, 2013 07:10 PM (6E7W2)

338 No....none of you are moving back in. Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at May 09, 2013 11:09 PM (OWjjx) But Daaaaaaaad!!! The Preezy says I'm your responsibility until I'm 26!!!!

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 09, 2013 07:10 PM (GEICT)

339 13 out of 13 for me. They were awful easy. Not really proud of this. I keep thinking back to a video I saw of Richard Feinman. He was asked this question: "If there was one thing to pass on as knowledge, what would it be?" And he answered: That matter is made up of really small things. Neutrons, electrons and protons. I despair of those percentages.

Posted by: Jack at May 09, 2013 07:11 PM (Zv1QB)

340 I enjoyed The Robinson's Ad.

Reminded me how I felt as the boys grew up. I was and am proud and I miss that shit. Yeah, I was a kid too :-)

Posted by: sickinmass at May 09, 2013 07:11 PM (bcNec)

341 The three idiots TFG, Hillary and Rice all told Pat Smith it was the video! That's the first time I heard that one. She heard from a clerk a few days later with the timeline of events. September 14 is the last time anyone contacted her. Hannity picked up some of Pat Smith's expenses because the jerks in the admin. told her she was not part of the immediate family. I wonder if that was when she met them in DC? I didn't hear that part. A mother is immediate family. Those people really piss me off.

Posted by: CarolT at May 09, 2013 07:11 PM (z4WKX)

342 I lurk...I just looked up a recipe (arthur's flour). How much Bailey's do you add to the filling?

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Sarcastic and Radicalized Redneck Queen at May 09, 2013 07:12 PM (baL2B)

343 I have put on the cone of shame. 11 out of 13. Blegh. But I haven't take a science class in 20 years so fuck it.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 09, 2013 07:12 PM (HDgX3)

344 Those people really piss me off. Posted by: CarolT at May 09, 2013 11:11 PM (z4WKX) Sit tight. I think more whistleblowing in wind.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Sarcastic and Radicalized Redneck Queen at May 09, 2013 07:12 PM (baL2B)

345 LOL. Couldn't you just go to his graduation. wander off during the ceremony and not come back? ;^) Congratulations to him and to you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2013 07:13 PM (kENHJ)

346 350- congrats!! We are downsizing the house, but not getting rid of kids anytime soon. Is he going to public or private high school ??

Posted by: moki at May 09, 2013 07:13 PM (SdetR)

347 "And on a personal note, tomorrow my youngest child will graduate 8th grade. " Ok, is it just me or does that irritate anyone else? My 15 year old "graduated" from grade school, then she "graduated" from middle school. I didn't "graduate" crap till after I completed my senior year in high school. I guess back then we didn't think getting through grade school or middle school was an "accomplishment", it was just expected. Of course back then you couldn't get a trophy just for showing up either.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 07:13 PM (/uS1W)

348

Evening 'rons and 'ettes. Which will happen first--liberal media comes clean about blowing Obama before, during, and after every story, or Senate Republicans not named Cruz, Lee, Paul or Coburn grow a pair?

Posted by: Conservative Crank at May 09, 2013 07:13 PM (sQ0LB)

349 Hey SoS, long time no see!

Posted by: Conservative Crank at May 09, 2013 07:14 PM (sQ0LB)

350 "Sit tight. I think more whistleblowing in wind." Which leads to an interesting question. If a whistle blows in a congressional hearing and none of the lame stream media will cover it, does it make a sound?

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 07:15 PM (/uS1W)

351 "Hey SoS, long time no see!" Howdy CC.. how goes it?

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 07:15 PM (/uS1W)

352 355 Wheeee! A NEA star! Posted by: benning
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Yeah..., well, about that....., seems The Sequester as Arranged By The ~~Niggardly~~ Evil Republicans, has taken away our budget for the Esteem Promotion Program, so..., sorry. We suggest that you write a letter to the local newspaper registering your disappointment.

Posted by: NEA at May 09, 2013 07:16 PM (aDwsi)

353 One of the most politically intense fights over the Affordable Care Act was over the creation of the Independent Payment Advisory Board, infamously dubbed a "death panel" by Republicans during the 2010 elections.

On Thursday, Republican House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell signaled that they would keep working to keep opposition alive by doing everything they can to impede the board's implementation.

The two leaders wrote a letter to President Barack Obama, notifying him that they would not be submitting any recommendations to the panel because of their opposition to it and to the law in general.

Posted by: Hannibal Lecter, M.D. at May 09, 2013 07:16 PM (e8kgV)

354 I can't get too worked up over the free parking. They're senators not janitors. I would have been surprised to learn they DON'T get free parking.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 09, 2013 07:16 PM (HDgX3)

355 "Which will happen first" Umm.. put me down for Hell Freezing over. Going for the safe bet on this one.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 07:16 PM (/uS1W)

356 Sit tight. I think more whistleblowing in wind. Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Sarcastic and Radicalized Redneck Queen at May 09, 2013 11:12 PM (baL2B) I hope that there is more whistle blowing. I want the media to turn on him. I checked in here when I was having lunch and then my email on my phone. One was from American Spectator saying that some in the media have started to turn against the JEF. I don't think it's really true but I did not read the entire article. I'll link it here.

Posted by: CarolT at May 09, 2013 07:17 PM (z4WKX)

357
Ok, is it just me or does that irritate anyone else? My 15 year old "graduated" from grade school, then she "graduated" from middle school.

I didn't "graduate" crap till after I completed my senior year in high school. I guess back then we didn't think getting through grade school or middle school was an "accomplishment", it was just expected.

Of course back then you couldn't get a trophy just for showing up either.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 11:13 PM (/uS1W)

__________________

Kids graduate from pre-school these days. No joke.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 09, 2013 07:17 PM (HDgX3)

358 11. And I miss the damn hydrogen/nitrogen question in every test I take. UG

Posted by: Marybel at May 09, 2013 07:17 PM (BxG0T)

359 13 of 13 - too easy, or I'm frickin' smart!

Not being insulting, but that test is too easy.>>

Did you look at the bell curve it produced in the target respondents? Yes it was easy but a whole lot of people don't even know that easy stuff. Which may have been the point. And if not at least it explains climate change.

Posted by: McGregor at May 09, 2013 07:17 PM (qo244)

360 Which leads to an interesting question. If a whistle blows in a congressional hearing and none of the lame stream media will cover it, does it make a sound? Posted by: StuckOnStupid
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They are even spinning the hearing. I want to say that it is unbelievable..., but there it is.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 09, 2013 07:17 PM (aDwsi)

361 372 I can't get too worked up over the free parking. They're senators not janitors. I would have been surprised to learn they DON'T get free parking. Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 09, 2013 11:16 PM (HDgX3) No, they're citizens and thus no more, or less, deserving of special treatment.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 09, 2013 07:18 PM (GEICT)

362 I think the Cleveland pervert and Gosnell sort of resemble each other.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky is thankfully not the Duchess of Alba at May 09, 2013 07:18 PM (baL2B)

363 Any list missing Emma Stone, Kaley Cuoco, Christina Hendricks, and Natalie Portman is either a list paid for by publicists or trolling ** They are higher up in the list.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 09, 2013 07:19 PM (piMMO)

364 Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 11:10 PM (/uS1W) Huh.. I thought BSG was excellent until halfway through the second season. I also loved the old tv series.

Posted by: Elizabethe on the phone at May 09, 2013 07:19 PM (qPCAa)

365 I didn't graduate from anything until high school. My sister who is older than I am graduated from eighth grade n the 60's, but yes, there seem to be a lot more graduations now although my family hasn't experienced them yet so maybe it depends on the school district.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2013 07:19 PM (kENHJ)

366 177 Please, please... hold your worshipful expressions of awe and applause! Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at May 09, 2013 10:13 PM (HsTG Hello, I'm going to take this opportunity to say that I've always admired your nic. Posted by: elizabethe at May 09, 2013 10:26 PM (qPCAa) Thanks (sorry for the late response)! You have my sister's middle name (without the final "e").

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at May 09, 2013 07:19 PM (oPVx2)

367 Kids graduate from pre-school these days. No joke.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo
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Must convince the little darlings that they are 'acheivers'

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 09, 2013 07:19 PM (aDwsi)

368 371

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A harshly worded letter? Oh good, that's going to stop it from getting implemented.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 09, 2013 07:20 PM (HDgX3)

369 loves to hear himself talk, we must have a Mass. Yes....a Mass for 8th grade graduation. The Catholic High School I send my kids to does not do a mass at graduation....and they graduate on a Sunday. Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at May 09, 2013 11:18 PM (OWjjx) Isn't that the point of a baccalaureate?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 09, 2013 07:20 PM (GEICT)

370 And you try to make 11/13 = stupid, but I'm ok with it. Been out of education 35 years.

Posted by: Marybel at May 09, 2013 07:20 PM (BxG0T)

371 "I want the media to turn on him. " Lol.. wow. Not going to happen. I hate to be the bearer of bad news - but look, you can lie, cheat, steal, kill, run a prostitution ring out of your house, murder a young girl, allow an ambassador and his staff to be murdered, pretty much anything you want. But only on the condition that you support the right liberal policies. As long as you support the right liberal BS, nothing you can do is bad and you will always be portrayed as a misunderstood genius/saint. Vote for or espouse even one notion they find "conservative", then you get eviscerated. In the liberal world view the ends justify the means. Sad, but true.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 07:20 PM (/uS1W)

372 Hey, thanks for the quiz. I enjoyed that. It was too easy. I answered all 13 correctly. Apparently they say I am smarter than 93% of the American people. I guess that is true seeing who they elected as president. I would like to see a breakdown in test scores of liberals vs readers of this here "smart" military blog. I'm thinking those liberals would pale in comparison to you guys. You guys...You guys!

Posted by: Cartman's _Evil_Twin at May 09, 2013 07:20 PM (11Ck5)

373 12 / 13 correct. I wonder which one I fucked up.

Posted by: jem at May 09, 2013 07:20 PM (fM4kr)

374 This is the upshot of being a private tutor or teaching at private clinics and hagwons: no asinine ceremonies. Celebrations for legitimate accomplishments, yes, but no lame ceremonies just because you showed up.

Posted by: Tom In Korea at May 09, 2013 07:21 PM (oJkTX)

375 381 I think the Cleveland pervert and Gosnell sort of resemble each other.
Posted by: ChristyBlink
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Well..., sure. I mean they are both Dems..., oh, wait...., you mean they look alike. Hmm..., yes, well that too.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 09, 2013 07:21 PM (aDwsi)

376 No, they're citizens and thus no more, or less, deserving of special treatment.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 09, 2013 11:18 PM (GEICT)

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Well then let's go all the way. No housing allowance. No car allowance. No staff allowance. And that $190K a year (or whatever it is) salary? Fuck that. Minimum wage from now on. After all why should a senator make more than a "fellow citizen" working at McDonald's?

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 09, 2013 07:21 PM (HDgX3)

377 392 12 / 13 correct. I wonder which one I fucked up.

Posted by: jem at May 09, 2013 11:20 PM (fM4kr)

If I was a betting woman I would say the "nitrogen" question.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky is thankfully not the Duchess of Alba at May 09, 2013 07:22 PM (baL2B)

378 'The muldoggy, an Australian shepherd, is clueless but enthusiastic about chipmunks. Runs around aimlessly, panting, "Which way did they go?" ' I have a nightmare going on with my beagle at my dad's. The yard isn't fenced in so I have to walk the dog. There is a particular area near the house where she does her business. Well this stupid rabbit has made a nest and a hole in a flower bed right where she goes. A couple years ago my beagle stuck her snout in this plant and came out with a baby rabbit in her mouth. So my beagle is so obsessed with this rabbit nest that she can't concentrate on peeing and pooping. She keeps trying to drag me over to the nest, and I have to take her out over and over again before she will "go". And when she's inside she sits at the sliding glass door and stares at the spot. And the rabbits know that there is a dog in this yard because I let Cookie stalk them and chase them while on leash. So of course it makes its nest right where the beagle always is. This rabbit is as dumb as an actor.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 09, 2013 07:23 PM (XZtQT)

379 Hasta lambada muchachos y muchachettes. Trabajo mucho manana en la manana.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at May 09, 2013 07:23 PM (pxDth)

380 210 Yeah, more oxygen and you'd have spontaneous fires occur. ... Which might be an interesting idea for a book... Posted by: Tom In Korea at May 09, 2013 10:35 PM (oJkTX) "Red Mars", by some dude.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at May 09, 2013 07:24 PM (oPVx2)

381 I lurk...I just looked up a recipe (arthur's flour). How much Bailey's do you add to the filling? Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Sarcastic and Radicalized Redneck Queen at May 09, 2013 11:12 PM (baL2B) Looking at the recipe, the base is close to mine but this is what I do differently: I use 2-3 squares of melted semi-sweet chocolate in the base instead of cocoa powder (recipe says 2, I use 3). I don't bake the crust and just throw it in the fridge. I use egg beaters instead of the egg. For the basic filling (vanilla flavor) I use 1/4 cup of very soft or melted butter, 3 tbsp of milk, 2 tbsp of custard powder or instant vanilla pudding powder, and 2 cups of confectioners sugar. For the top, I use 4 squares of melted semi-sweet chocolate and 1 tablespoon of butter. For the Bailey's filling, I use 1/3 cup of very soft or melted butter, 3 tbsp of custard powder or instant vanilla pudding powder, 1/4 cup of Baileys, and 2 cups of confectioners sugar. Cut the squares immediately after you put on the top layer of chocolate; it may be messy but you'll be thankful you did.

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 09, 2013 07:24 PM (fggky)

382 I got 12, didn't read the 3rd question close enough and it was awkwardly phrased, calling BS on that one.

North American Plate vs.North American Continent = minor difference

Posted by: CozMark at May 09, 2013 07:24 PM (nDeB2)

383 11/13 is in the 85th percentile. Why is that dunce cap worthy again?

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 09, 2013 07:24 PM (HDgX3)

384 It is not clear how the 27-year-old died but a family friend confirmed reports first carried by the Amsterdam News, an African-American paper in New York.

"I'm confirming, per US Embassy, on behalf of the family, the tragic death of Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of Malcolm X," said Terrie Williams.

The US embassy in Mexico City could not be reached for independent verification.

Mr Shabazz, who described himself on Twitter as the "grandson, name-sake and first male heir of the greatest revolutionary leader of the 20th century", is best known for the killing of his grandmother, Malcolm X's widow.

As a 12-year-old he set fire to the apartment in Yonkers, New York, where Betty Shabazz was sleeping. She died of her injuries three weeks later.

... relative of X is now an eX

Posted by: Hiliary Clinton at May 09, 2013 07:25 PM (e8kgV)

385 Once he graduates high school. the plan is simple: sell the current house, move to another house and not inform the kids of the new address.

No....none of you are moving back in.

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at May 09, 2013 11:09 PM (OWjjx)

I'm going to burn the house down and buy an RV and then the only creatures who will live with me is my dog and whoever I'm currently having carnal relations with (even if that turns out to be my hands).

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at May 09, 2013 07:25 PM (yh0zB)

386 "Huh.. I thought BSG was excellent until halfway through the second season. " A big part of my problem with it was the "Starbuck" character. As someone who was former military I'm sick to death of seeing this overdone, ridiculous character archetype of the "rebellious military member who is uber talented but has zero discipline" People like this wouldn't survive basic training, in any military organization. They would be out on their worthless asses in a heartbeat. You can't have people who can't work as part of a team, they just get other people killed. So yup, for me the new BSG was a no go. Just got very frustrated and irritated with it almost immediately. Same reason I could never stomach Star Trek Next Generation. I don't give a crap how "advanced" you are, when the Captain is on the bridge you shut your damn pie hole and relay his orders, you don't start barking orders yourself. You can only have one guy in charge, period. Nothing else works. Lol.. just my humble opinion of course, your mileage may vary.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 07:25 PM (/uS1W)

387 Seamus: I take the dog at the office, a Vizsla hound, out for walks and "we" hunt field mice in the long grass. We almost caught two during the January thaw we had here because the melt water flooded out their mouse-holes so they were out and about.

Posted by: andycanuck at May 09, 2013 07:25 PM (mGBy8)

388 Yea, 2 hours of Family Guy/American Dad/King of the Hill re-runs and 2 more hours of crap.

Reminds me of the old "Night Flight" music videos show on USA.

Anybody else remember "Friday Night Videos" after Johnny Carson on Friday nights at 12:30am?

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 09, 2013 07:26 PM (7B7jB)

389 Ok, is it just me or does that irritate anyone else? My 15 year old "graduated" from grade school, then she "graduated" from middle school. I didn't "graduate" crap till after I completed my senior year in high school. I guess back then we didn't think getting through grade school or middle school was an "accomplishment", it was just expected. Of course back then you couldn't get a trophy just for showing up either. Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 11:13 PM (/uS1W) Not just you. My DIII college football team gave out rings to the players for winning the conference championship. When I was in school, each player got a certificate suitable for framing when we won the conference championship. Hell, getting into the national playoffs was the big reward. I know some of my teachers threw a party when I moved out of elementary and middle schools, but we didn't get a graduation party. Hell, I think they have kindergarten graduations now.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 09, 2013 07:26 PM (BXLPR)

390 "Have you guessed me, yet?" http://preview.tinyurl.com/d6wd7ea Kill your TV, Kill it with extreme prejudice. Kill it with high explosives. Kill it with huge impact energy, but kill it. Let the truth free.

Posted by: GeeBee not quite there at May 09, 2013 07:26 PM (1V6Pv)

391 Well then let's go all the way. No housing allowance. No car allowance. No staff allowance. And that $190K a year (or whatever it is) salary? Fuck that. Minimum wage from now on. After all why should a senator make more than a "fellow citizen" working at McDonald's? Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 09, 2013 11:21 PM (HDgX3) *sigh* They are asked to travel from their home for work. They should get an amount for housing. Which is exactly what any other job would do. I got no prob cutting out the cars. Trim the staff? Sure. But we all know that we couldn't get by without our secretaries. Staff serves a useful and needed purpose. Their staffs are an issue of size, not existence. That's just stupid. Salary, in many cases, is based in some measure on the "perceived importance" of the job or the talent pool (how many people can do this job). Having a person who has a direct hand in running and managing the country make minimum wage is just idiotic.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 09, 2013 07:26 PM (GEICT)

392 "The continents on which we live have been moving their location for millions of years and will continue to move in the future." T or F

Posted by: CozMark at May 09, 2013 07:27 PM (nDeB2)

393 Peaches- The two Castro Brothers have been released today. Your father heard correctly.

Posted by: CarolT at May 09, 2013 07:27 PM (z4WKX)

394 Dude, they've been running that Navy sonar/explosives kills whales fundraising appeal for at least 20 years. I clearly remember getting letters about that when I was on those enviro mailing lists. it must be a very successful appeal. Posted by: elizabethe at May 09, 2013 10:11 PM (qPCAa) zOMfG!!1! They're killing the mer-people!!1! http://tinyurl.com/c9trtps

Posted by: Discovery Channel at May 09, 2013 07:27 PM (Vk2pI)

395 Going into the quiz, I thought I might have some special geek advantage from a lifetime of SF reading but that was ridiculous. I'm pretty sure I knew most of my 13/13 answers when I was in the third grade.

The idea that a majority of the electorate can only score around 60% on that quiz is horrifying. Not so much the failure of democracy but the confirmation of how uninterested in the world around them most of humanity is.

Posted by: epobirs at May 09, 2013 07:28 PM (kcfmt)

396 Happy-ish Thursday night, everybody ... Dinner coming out of the oven. Timing is everything and I have no timing ...

Posted by: Adriane... at May 09, 2013 07:28 PM (TvO05)

397 I got 1 wrong in the quiz. It was the one on which is larger a electron or an atom. Damm I should have known that one since I learned it on WKRP.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhbqIJZ8wCM

Posted by: McGregor at May 09, 2013 07:28 PM (qo244)

398 Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 09, 2013 11:21 PM (HDgX3) There is no housing allowance.

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 09, 2013 07:29 PM (fggky)

399 Ha ha you morons moving out on your kids, you are all so funny

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 09, 2013 07:29 PM (HVff2)

400 Damm I should have known that one since I learned it on WKRP.

What I learned from WKRP:

- Turkeys can't fly.
- "BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!"

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 09, 2013 07:29 PM (7B7jB)

401 I lurk: Thank you!

Posted by: ChristyBlinky is thankfully not the Duchess of Alba at May 09, 2013 07:29 PM (baL2B)

402 Is sex the prime mover when females can kill babies? I mean, for the top side. Bitches jus' wanna keep they clits, don't they?

Posted by: GeeBee not quite there at May 09, 2013 07:29 PM (1V6Pv)

403 "Damm I should have known that one since I learned it on WKRP." The basis of all true scientific knowledge. "As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly"

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 07:30 PM (/uS1W)

404 Benjamin Netanyahu 'orders settlement freeze'

Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered a temporary halt to building new Jewish settlements in an apparent effort to avoid derailing US attempts at reviving Middle East peace talks.

... and was quickly followed by ...

Israel Unveils Plans For 300 Settler Homes

Israel has unveiled plans to build nearly 300 new homes near the West Bank's de facto capital, Ramallah, dispelling hopes it was ready to apply a settlement freeze to revive peace talks with the Palestinians.

A spokesman for Israel's civil administration, which is responsible for non-military affairs in the occupied Palestinian territories, said the houses would be built in Beit El, where around 6,000 mainly religious settlers already live.

The announcement followed earlier reports that Mr Netanyahu, the prime minister, had ordered a temporary halt to new tenders for settlement programmes after promising John Kerry, the US secretary of state, that he would "rein in" new building to help American efforts to restart the peace process.

Posted by: Hiliary Clinton at May 09, 2013 07:30 PM (e8kgV)

405
They are asked to travel from their home for work. They should get an amount for housing. Which is exactly what any other job would do.

I got no prob cutting out the cars.

Trim the staff? Sure. But we all know that we couldn't get by without our secretaries. Staff serves a useful and needed purpose. Their staffs are an issue of size, not existence.

That's just stupid. Salary, in many cases, is based in some measure on the "perceived importance" of the job or the talent pool (how many people can do this job). Having a person who has a direct hand in running and managing the country make minimum wage is just idiotic.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 09, 2013 11:26 PM (GEICT)

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Exactly my point. They're not just "regular citizens". So getting free parking is perfectly legitimate. Most other jobs that require flying back and forth every week also provide free parking for the employee. I know I flew a hell of a lot and I always had my airport parking paid for. Had my employer said I needed to pay the $100 a week out of pocket I would have probably told him to fuck off and quit. Why do you think it's so outrageous that we (employer) pay the employee's (senator) parking costs?

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 09, 2013 07:31 PM (HDgX3)

406 Dood! Is Ace in New Brunswick? Can I still say "Sodomite" here? Or is that politically incorrect?

Posted by: GeeBee not quite there at May 09, 2013 07:31 PM (1V6Pv)

407 I lurk: Thank you! Posted by: ChristyBlinky is thankfully not the Duchess of Alba at May 09, 2013 11:29 PM (baL2B) You're welcome! I hope you won't be cursing my name after you can't stop eating them.

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 09, 2013 07:31 PM (fggky)

408 baby, if you've ever wondered, wondered whatever became of me. I'm living on the air in Cincinnati... Nitrogen!

Posted by: derit at May 09, 2013 07:32 PM (I88Jc)

409 #404

How can you be a revolutionary leader, never mind the greatest, if you never actually lead a revolution? Was there a revolution and nobody noticed?

Posted by: epobirs at May 09, 2013 07:32 PM (kcfmt)

410 I was thinking of a study of robotic bears and cyborg monkeys in their natural thunderdome environment. Posted by: RWC at May 09, 2013 10:25 PM (Wl/Ht) Why, hello there!

Posted by: Attack Robot Cyber-Lemurs on Deathcoasters weilding *BOTH* longbows and crossbows at May 09, 2013 07:33 PM (Vk2pI)

411 412 "The continents on which we live have been moving their location for millions of years and will continue to move in the future." T or F Posted by: CozMark at May 09, 2013 11:27 PM (nDeB2) Guam is tipping over from the weight of our military base!

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Sarcastic and Radicalized Redneck Queen at May 09, 2013 07:33 PM (baL2B)

412 372 I can't get too worked up over the free parking. They're senators not janitors. I would have been surprised to learn they DON'T get free parking. Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 09, 2013 11:16 PM (HDgX3) I don't find fault with congresscritters getting free parking at the US Capitol. I do have a problem with them getting free parking at the airports. And I bet it is a "special" parking area close to the terminal with security fences all around it. With 24 hour security on hand.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 09, 2013 07:33 PM (BXLPR)

413 @408 "Anybody else remember "Friday Night Videos" after Johnny Carson on Friday nights at 12:30am?
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 09, 2013"

I remember.. good times, good times...

Posted by: Charlie Gibson at May 09, 2013 07:34 PM (/jHWN)

414 If I was a betting woman I would say the "nitrogen" question.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky is thankfully not the Duchess of Alba at May 09, 2013 11:22 PM (baL2B)

Nah, I got that one right. But now I'm confuddled. Will go take it again to see if I can find out which one. BTW, I'm a woman too. Lemme go see if you lost on your 'betting woman". Back shortly.

Posted by: jem at May 09, 2013 07:34 PM (fM4kr)

415 411 Well then let's go all the way. No housing allowance. No car allowance. No staff allowance. And that $190K a year (or whatever it is) salary? Fuck that. Minimum wage from now on. After all why should a senator make more than a "fellow citizen" working at McDonald's?
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 09, 2013 11:21 PM (HDgX3)

*sigh*

They are asked to travel from their home for work. They should get an amount for housing. Which is exactly what any other job would do.

I got no prob cutting out the cars.

Trim the staff? Sure. But we all know that we couldn't get by without our secretaries. Staff serves a useful and needed purpose. Their staffs are an issue of size, not existence.

That's just stupid. Salary, in many cases, is based in some measure on the "perceived importance" of the job or the talent pool (how many people can do this job). Having a person who has a direct hand in running and managing the country make minimum wage is just idiotic.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 09, 2013 11:26 PM (GEICT)

Me, I've got a fairer and far more simple reform. If a law is found unconstitutional, hang ever sumbitch that voted for it -- even if they're no longer in office.

Make for a damned sight fewer "let's see how close to the edge we can skate" laws.

Posted by: cthulhu at May 09, 2013 07:34 PM (tyF2+)

416 Well folks, getting things ready for the car show tomorrow so it's going to be an early day. This means I'm ducking out early here.

They asked me if the 21st of June worked for me as a rain date. I told them I was going to be laid out drunk/hung over in a NoVa hotel room that day, so they're going to push on with tomorrow and hope we can get it all done before the thunderstorms start.

Later roonz and roonettez!

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at May 09, 2013 07:35 PM (yh0zB)

417 There is no housing allowance.

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 09, 2013 11:29 PM (fggky)

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Really? Again I'd have no issue with that. Keeping a second home in DC is not cheap. Even a basic studio apartment in a non-ghetto area is $1500 a month.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 09, 2013 07:35 PM (HDgX3)

418 Exactly my point. They're not just "regular citizens". So getting free parking is perfectly legitimate. Most other jobs that require flying back and forth every week also provide free parking for the employee. I know I flew a hell of a lot and I always had my airport parking paid for. Had my employer said I needed to pay the $100 a week out of pocket I would have probably told him to fuck off and quit. Why do you think it's so outrageous that we (employer) pay the employee's (senator) parking costs? Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 09, 2013 11:31 PM (HDgX3) They are not "extra special snowflake" citizens. They're no different than you or I. They have a job to do. An important job. But that doesn't somehow raise them to a level above us mere plebs. Did you read the whole thing? The parking is the tip. It's more a symptom than anything else. The attitude of entitlement, the attitude that you're encouraging (that they're better) is what I have a problem with. Hey, you fly a lot? Try booking a ticket for 3 flights in a row, on the same day and then canceling two of them. Lemme know how that works.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 09, 2013 07:35 PM (GEICT)

419 I guess, now, we know why "climate change" is believed by so many morons (not the good ones). F us all; we're done. FWIW, I also only got the nitrogen one wrong, and I should have totally known it. I used to work in the fish industry, and I knew it then. Damn.

Posted by: Kalneva at May 09, 2013 07:35 PM (XyrkB)

420 Adult Swim jumped the shark years ago. Yea, 2 hours of Family Guy/American Dad/King of the Hill re-runs and 2 more hours of crap. Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at May 09, 2013 11:04 PM (OWjjx) The King Of The Hill reruns are all I can stand.

Posted by: Homer Simpson at May 09, 2013 07:35 PM (5J54Q)

421 WKRP in Cincinnati is IMHO probably the best show ever produced by MTM Enterprises. Second place: St. Elsewhere (still pretty good).

MTM's worst show ever: Lou Grant.

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 09, 2013 07:35 PM (7B7jB)

422 Off, animated sock.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter at May 09, 2013 07:36 PM (5J54Q)

423 Why do you think it's so outrageous that we (employer) pay the employee's (senator) parking costs?>>

Because a single airport losses the money and these politicians come from all 57 states.Look back to the "your employer"part of your question and realize this is just one more off the books benny.

Posted by: McGregor at May 09, 2013 07:36 PM (qo244)

424 You're welcome! I hope you won't be cursing my name after you can't stop eating them. Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 09, 2013 11:31 PM (fggky) I will fast first, like the supermodels of old, who lived on tissues to maintain their runway svelte figures.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Sarcastic and Radicalized Redneck Queen at May 09, 2013 07:36 PM (baL2B)

425 Jem: after you give your demographic info and click through to the last page, it shows your answers to the questions rated against other groups beneath the bar graph.

Posted by: andycanuck at May 09, 2013 07:36 PM (mGBy8)

426 I woke up and want to post this question before I forget.

What happened to Ambassador Stephens diary? The last I heard of it Anderson Cooper said he was giving it to the family.

Wasn't that diary evidence? Shouldn't someone from the FBI have confiscated it? I mean, the Atlanta bureau chief could have walked over a few blocks and impounded it as evidence. Shouldn't they have done that, even if it turned out there was nothing in it?

Posted by: Miss Marple at May 09, 2013 07:36 PM (GoIUi)

427 13/13. I hated having to say that most scientists think CO2 is the leading contributor to GACW. I would have picked either Methane (CH4) on a unit basis, or Water Vapor (H2O) by sheer abundance, over that stupid choice of CO2, but CO2 was the only offering available, and obviously what they wanted.

Posted by: Sol, Professional Scientist at May 09, 2013 07:37 PM (jRsMU)

428 290 278 I wonder how Congress would do on that quiz? Posted by: rd at May 09, 2013 10:52 PM (D+lxs) Why, they'd ace it, of course! Any group that can draft bills in which "Comprehensive" appears in the title are comprehenders par excellence.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at May 09, 2013 07:37 PM (89ILT)

429 Wow. I got 13 outta 13 no brainer questions correct. I guess those two science degrees were good for something.

Posted by: maddogg at May 09, 2013 07:37 PM (xX+d4)

430 Here is url to American Spectator article that thinks that some of the press is turning on TFG: http://spectator.org/archives/2013/05/07/turning-on-obama

Posted by: CarolT at May 09, 2013 07:37 PM (z4WKX)

431 443 WKRP in Cincinnati is IMHO probably the best show ever produced by MTM Enterprises. Second place: St. Elsewhere (still pretty good). I love WKRP (it was a big influence in choosing radio as a career)...but what about Bob Newhart's shows?

Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter at May 09, 2013 07:37 PM (5J54Q)

432 I do have a problem with them getting free parking at the airports. And I bet it is a "special" parking area close to the terminal with security fences all around it. With 24 hour security on hand.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 09, 2013 11:33 PM (BXLPR)

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So you think they should have to pay out of pocket each time they park to fly home? That's ridiculous. No company in America makes employees pay parking when they travel for business. A member of congress or senator getting free parking is the same thing.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 09, 2013 07:38 PM (HDgX3)

433 Somehow I posted a couple of comments on the end of the last thread meant for this one. Boy, were they great. You shoulda seen 'em. Award-winning. O/T though. Ah, foop. I'm gonna go back up and read the whole post, insult me a couple coblogger if I can find 'em, and then go to bed and pass out. Not necessarily in that order.

Posted by: mindful webworker is all kinds of screwed up at May 09, 2013 07:39 PM (U13jb)

434 Captain Whitebread: *Both* Newhart's series were also pretty dang good. MTM had a run of great shows back in the 1970s that would boggle the mind of today's sub-mediocre producers (cough *Chuck Lorre* cough).

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 09, 2013 07:39 PM (7B7jB)

435 Thank Obama no one dares call it fact-based!!!!!!!!!! The carbon cycle, marine carbonates... It is the Rethiglicans working against Truth-as-we-receive-it-from-the-Elect, cannot happen. Only the most base would consider variation in the energy input in an energy system. It must be political. The only thing that can save is World Socialism/International Socialism? Cousin Marriage/Other Incest? http://preview.tinyurl.com/d7xw6zj

Posted by: GeeBee not quite there at May 09, 2013 07:40 PM (1V6Pv)

436 Adult Swim jumped the shark years ago. Yea, 2 hours of Family Guy/American Dad/King of the Hill re-runs and 2 more hours of crap. Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at May 09, 2013 11:04 PM (OWjjx) Deadthklok and Venture Bros., Superjail, and Robot Chicken are still good. Most of the rest is crap though. Some of their older shows like Sealab 2021 and Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law were also great.

Posted by: The Political Hat at May 09, 2013 07:40 PM (Vk2pI)

437 So you think they should have to pay out of pocket each time they park to fly home? That's ridiculous. No company in America makes employees pay parking when they travel for business. A member of congress or senator getting free parking is the same thing. Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 09, 2013 11:38 PM (HDgX3) If you had to travel to another city for work, knowing ahead of time that you would be gone for several months, how do you think your employer would feel about you flying back and forth every week?Sometimes multiple times in a week?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 09, 2013 07:40 PM (GEICT)

438 Posted by: Miss Marple at May 09, 2013 11:36 PM (GoIUi) Miss Marple, I know that CNN arrived in Benghazi before FBI and someone had his diary. I did not remember that Cooper had it. The authorities should have confiscated it for evidence.

Posted by: CarolT at May 09, 2013 07:40 PM (z4WKX)

439 Because a single airport losses the money and these politicians come from all 57 states.Look back to the "your employer"part of your question and realize this is just one more off the books benny.

Posted by: McGregor at May 09, 2013 11:36 PM (qo244)

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But isn't the airport run by the federal govt? It would be no different than if the senators paid for parking then got the money back from the govt. It's not an off the books benny. If I travel and pay $100 for parking and get re-reimbursed $100 how is that a benny? It's called a travel expense. Have you never traveled for business?

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 09, 2013 07:40 PM (HDgX3)

440 458 Captain Whitebread: *Both* Newhart's series were also pretty dang good. MTM had a run of great shows back in the 1970s that would boggle the mind of today's sub-mediocre producers (cough *Chuck Lorre* cough). Posted by: qdpsteve at May 09, 2013 11:39 PM (7B7jB) Lorre is...strange. I love Big Bang Theory, but Two And A Half Men is a piece of cr*p.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter at May 09, 2013 07:42 PM (5J54Q)

441 MTM produced a lot of pretty good shows. Here's what I can remember just off the top of my head:

- The Mary Tyler Moore Show (of course)
- The Bob Newhart Show
- Phyllis
- Rhoda
- Lou Grant
- WKRP in Cincinnati
- St. Elsewhere
- Hill Street Blues
- Newhart

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 09, 2013 07:42 PM (7B7jB)

442 440 No shit. We plebes aren't allowed to make multiple reservations on airlines, at no cost. Their jobs aren't any more important than the rest of ours. They're supposed to be like us. Not fuckin' royalty. I'm sick and damn tired of this aristocracy that isn't claimed forthright.

Posted by: Kalneva at May 09, 2013 07:42 PM (XyrkB)

443 Miss Lube Rack 1955. Trust me, you're gonna want to click this link, I would not lie to you.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3014213/posts

Posted by: Peaches at May 09, 2013 07:42 PM (8lmkt)

444 I would agree with that assessment. I love Robot Chicken. Sealab 2021 was probably their most underrated show. Also used to love the old Space Ghost Coast to Coast shows. Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at May 09, 2013 11:42 PM (OWjjx) Are you getting enough oxygen?

Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter at May 09, 2013 07:43 PM (5J54Q)

445 It's not really true that an atom is bigger than an electron. A valence orbital electron in a Uranium atom is bigger than a hydrogen atom. Posted by: eman at May 09, 2013 10:27 PM (ZOGUz) What's your wavefunction, baby?

Posted by: Electron with quantum numbers n=2 l=1 m=-1 at May 09, 2013 07:43 PM (Vk2pI)

446 Wkrp & newhart are on hulu plus...

Posted by: Frito Plover, Esq. at May 09, 2013 07:43 PM (UsR5V)

447 Bob Newhart and the Bob game rock!

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 09, 2013 07:43 PM (HVff2)

448 Posted by: ChristyBlinky is thankfully not the Duchess of Alba at May 09, 2013 11:22 PM (baL2B)

*Face-Palm* Ackkkk!

I didn't scroll down further to check which one, but when I retested I gave the same answers.

So now I'm friggin embarrassed. LOL!

I missed the one about Electrons being smaller than Atoms.

Oh lawdy, I just think I'll have another beer and call it a night. Sweet slumber y'all!

Posted by: jem at May 09, 2013 07:43 PM (fM4kr)

449 448 I woke up and want to post this question before I forget. What happened to Ambassador Stephens diary? The last I heard of it Anderson Cooper said he was giving it to the family. Wasn't that diary evidence? Shouldn't someone from the FBI have confiscated it? I mean, the Atlanta bureau chief could have walked over a few blocks and impounded it as evidence. Shouldn't they have done that, even if it turned out there was nothing in it? Posted by: Miss Marple at May 09, 2013 11:36 PM (GoIUi) In the way back machine of 8 months ago I could have answered this with confidence in a NY second. Instead I am thinking Anderson Cooper found it and turned it over. He and other press also found classified information that was not destroyed. The "crime" scene (that ticks me off: it was a terrorist attack) was not visited by the FBI for (they said yesterday) 18 days. Hicks said due to foreign problems after Susan Rice sashayed and lied that Sunday after the Libyan President said it was a terrorist attack. So...some of the delay was due to their horrific and incompetent foreign policy. You can add that to incompetent political correctness in not protecting the consulate to start with after numerous warnings and on 9/11. We now know Hillary spoke at 2am, yet no help was sent (bs). Where was le Barky? And did he speak to anyone after Panetta at 5pm?

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Sarcastic and Radicalized Redneck Queen at May 09, 2013 07:43 PM (baL2B)

450 Captain: agreed re Chuck Lorre. He was actually at his best as a comedy writer when he was writing for Roseanne Barr, Brett Butler and Cybill Shepherd. All of whom had him fired from their writing staffs.

Some people just seem to operate best under constant pressure.

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 09, 2013 07:43 PM (7B7jB)

451 428 Anybody else remember "Friday Night Videos" after Johnny Carson on Friday nights at 12:30am? Yes I do. And TBS also ran some video programming on Friday and Saturday night for about 6 hours. I have this strange recollection of being awoken early on Christmas morning (my youngest sibling is 11 years younger than me...so, yea, while I was a freshman in college she still had Santa) and being forced to stumble down for gift opening with that show on. Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at May 09, 2013 11:31 PM (OWjjx) Does anybody remember "Fridays" on ABC? It was their response to SNL in the early 80's. TBS used to also run 2 hours of pro wrestling every Saturday night from 6-8pm for years. Sniff, sniff, I miss the good old days.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 09, 2013 07:43 PM (BXLPR)

452 326 306 If I am ever appointed King of America for a week, I would require testing of politicians for intelligence, with the results made public. I would also re-introduce poll tests, poll taxes, and property requirements for office holders. Posted by: rd at May 09, 2013 11:02 PM (D+lxs) Throw in poll axing of the nitwits who fail the test and you've got my vote!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at May 09, 2013 07:44 PM (89ILT)

453 Hey SoS, I'm well. Stuck at work yet again.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at May 09, 2013 07:44 PM (sQ0LB)

454 #462 Yes, Cooper had it because they had been getting clues from it (like the first indication that Stephens had asked for increased security).

Cooper finally had to come clean that he had it since people were getting suspicious about his inside information. So he confessed to having it on his show and said it would be returned to the family.

Also, there was that over-the-top ranting email from one of Hillary's assistants Philippe something or other, castigating CNN for passing it around.

At the time, I thought all the fury was because there were private details of Stephen's lifestyle in it, but now I think there was more. The Phlippe email was downright hysterical.

I believe Ace had a post on it.

So, where is the diary and why doesn't the FBI have it?

Posted by: Miss Marple at May 09, 2013 07:44 PM (GoIUi)

455 If you had to travel to another city for work, knowing ahead of time that you would be gone for several months, how do you think your employer would feel about you flying back and forth every week?Sometimes multiple times in a week?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 09, 2013 11:40 PM (GEICT)

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Dude you can't be serious. That's exactly what tons of people do every week. Every see who's on a flight on Monday morning and Thursday night? People who work in 1 city and live in another and fly back and forth. Who do you think is on the 6am flights every Monday? That's what IBM, Deloitte, KMPG etc employees every week. I know, I was one of them. And yes every dime of travel costs were paid including parking, every week. Nobody in those jobs would be there if they had to stay put away from families for months on end.

Are you really suggesting that senators should never fly home?

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 09, 2013 07:45 PM (HDgX3)

456 Hank Johnson took the test, but he dropped his pencil halfway through and worried if he leaned over too far the building would tip over. Posted by: no good deed at May 09, 2013 10:59 PM (mjR67) Speaking of Hank Johnson... Idiocy, from Guam to Helium http://tinyurl.com/csa6zsp

Posted by: The Political Hat at May 09, 2013 07:46 PM (Vk2pI)

457 Cut the cable. It's a huge expense that you can do without, very easily. There are so many other and better ways to be entertained. When you take into account the fragmentation effect, the likelihood of you watching the same thing as some co-workers or friends and being able to discuss a cable show with them later is miniscule.

Posted by: Tom In Korea at May 09, 2013 07:46 PM (oJkTX)

458 TBS used to also run 2 hours of pro wrestling every Saturday night from 6-8pm for years. Sniff, sniff, I miss the good old days. Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 09, 2013 11:43 PM (BXLPR) Georgia Championship Wrestling! Still remember the Fabulous Freebirds, the Iron Sheik and Mr. Wrestling II. I wasn't allowed to watch "Fridays".

Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter at May 09, 2013 07:46 PM (5J54Q)

459 It wasn't successful but I liked Newhart's Bob show too although I can't recall anything from it now other than his character being a cartoonist and always wearing the university sweater/sweatshirts.

Posted by: andycanuck at May 09, 2013 07:46 PM (mGBy8)

460 Have you never traveled for business?>>

Yes the cows are almost a 100 yards from the house so I travel every day. The point I was making was when costs are hidden in any business it leads to corruption of the system. If a large dollar amount spent can't be found on a spread sheet in normal business it's a problem in govt it's an opportunity. Unless your arguing this has no cost.

Posted by: McGregor at May 09, 2013 07:46 PM (qo244)

461 327 You know all that gubmint grant money that congress is always throwing around? Well, I propose that they have a grant for a study to find out how the average IQ of actors compares to the average IQ of a cross section of American Adults.

It would never get funding. But come up with yet another proposal to study how Conservatives suck, and you're in business.

Posted by: Splunge at May 09, 2013 07:47 PM (bKA83)

462 "Hey SoS, I'm well. Stuck at work yet again." Glad to hear your well. Not really wanting to think about work though, I had to fire a bunch of people today. Probably one of the worst days I've had in my professional career.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 07:47 PM (/uS1W)

463 13/13 and better than 93% of the general public... Which means that the test was extremely easy and 93% of the general public is dumber than a bag of rocks.

Posted by: tired at May 09, 2013 07:48 PM (adOUE)

464 Some people just seem to operate best under constant pressure. Posted by: qdpsteve Everything this guy says is bullshit!

Posted by: G. Lucas [/i] [/b] at May 09, 2013 07:48 PM (YTstp)

465 #474 I remember Coopersaying it would be returned to thefamily. I was watching when he said it.

1. Why didn't he call theFBI?
2. When the FBI got wind of him having it, did they go and get it?
3. If it WAS returned tot he family, did the FBI go and get it from them?
4. If the family never turned it over to theFBI, do they still have it or havve they destroyed it?

How many people in this little part of the story can be charged with tampering with evidence, destroying evidence, or obstructing justice?

Posted by: Miss Marple at May 09, 2013 07:48 PM (GoIUi)

466 Only three more mos. of hockey/basketball seasons; thank the Lord for small favors.

Posted by: Frito Plover, Esq. at May 09, 2013 07:48 PM (UsR5V)

467 Another guilty pleasure I admit I had back in the 80s: Cagney & Lacey (!!).

The show was just plain funny a lot of the time. The producers had the good sense not to let every episode degenerate into a bitter feminist lecture.

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 09, 2013 07:48 PM (7B7jB)

468 Dude you can't be serious. That's exactly what tons of people do every week. Every see who's on a flight on Monday morning and Thursday night? People who work in 1 city and live in another and fly back and forth. Who do you think is on the 6am flights every Monday? That's what IBM, Deloitte, KMPG etc employees every week. I know, I was one of them. And yes every dime of travel costs were paid including parking, every week. Nobody in those jobs would be there if they had to stay put away from families for months on end. Are you really suggesting that senators should never fly home? Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 09, 2013 11:45 PM (HDgX3) Bullshit. As usual. "Tons" of people do not do that. Are there some that do it? I'm sure there are. But if you have a job that takes you to another city, there's very little chance that the company is going to shell out to fly you back and forth at your whim because you're lonely. Does. Not. Happen. But please, educate us all. We'll pay real close attention.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 09, 2013 07:49 PM (GEICT)

469 Yes the cows are almost a 100 yards from the house so I travel every day. The point I was making was when costs are hidden in any business it leads to corruption of the system. If a large dollar amount spent can't be found on a spread sheet in normal business it's a problem in govt it's an opportunity. Unless your arguing this has no cost.

Posted by: McGregor at May 09, 2013 11:46 PM (qo244)

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I agree with that. It should be paid for by senators and then treated as a reimbursable expense, just like other business travel. But it seems the anger here is not about the accounting of free parking but the fact the senators aren't being forced to pay for it themselves.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 09, 2013 07:49 PM (HDgX3)

470 Why won't the blog take ampersands?

That should read "Cagney And Lacey" above.

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 09, 2013 07:49 PM (7B7jB)

471 Every Congressman should be able to pick some young thing out of an admiring crowd for his own personal enjoyment.

Posted by: Mr. Woo Woo [/i] [/b] at May 09, 2013 07:49 PM (YTstp)

472 "It would never get funding. But come up with yet another proposal to study how Conservatives suck, and you're in business." If you need funding just claim it's harming the environment and/or killing polar bears, whales, or some non-indigenous bait fish. You'll get funded up the wazoo in a heartbeat. Doesn't matter how outlandish it is - hell in a month or two you'll have a "consensus" of "scientists" agreeing with you so they can get on the gravy train too. SCIENCE!

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 07:50 PM (/uS1W)

473 The troll is just barfing on the rug and trying to get you to talk about the color and smell of it. Posted by: eman at May 09, 2013 11:47 PM (ZOGUz) Yeah, I know. I hesitated commenting at all. But then I did and got sucked in. It's like quicksand.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 09, 2013 07:50 PM (GEICT)

474 #481

And a young Larry David with hair. Richards hit the jackpot but almost everybody from that show got a recurring character on 'Seinfeld.'

Posted by: epobirs at May 09, 2013 07:50 PM (kcfmt)

475 Mr. Lucas: you're Exhibit A for my Chuck Lorre hypothesis!!

BTW, my all-time favorite flick of yours is American Graffiti.

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 09, 2013 07:51 PM (7B7jB)

476 Now that I have vented about Benghazi, I am going to try to go back to sleep.

Good night, all!

Posted by: Miss Marple at May 09, 2013 07:51 PM (GoIUi)

477 "Yeah, I know. I hesitated commenting at all. But then I did and got sucked in. It's like quicksand." In the immortal words of Forrest Gump, Stupid is as stupid does. Just a thought.. lol

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 07:51 PM (/uS1W)

478 I mean it, guys. Click the link. You will thank me. This is uncharted territory.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3014213/posts

Posted by: Peaches at May 09, 2013 07:51 PM (8lmkt)

479 Why won't the blog take ampersands?

That should read "Cagney And Lacey" above.

Cagney & Lacey

Posted by: Methos at May 09, 2013 07:51 PM (hO9ad)

480 So, where is the diary and why doesn't the FBI have it? Posted by: Miss Marple at May 09, 2013 11:44 PM (GoIUi) I am going out on a limb here but there may be too much nitrogen in DC. I have to laugh or I will cry at the bs they are pulling. They used to get away with it, and fool more than 1/2 of the population with their cover-ups. The FBI may have it by now but are not saying...just like they skim over what Ambassador Stevens died from, and he could have died simply from cyanide gas from the petroleum fire (which I learned yesterday from Hicks as to how bad the fire was). However, the little sweet story by madame sec. of really bad hairdo of how tenderly his body was carried for 10 hours to the hospital run by terrorists, well, I may look stupid and can't spell half the time when I type, but I call bs. Right now I want to see the email Rep. Gowdy double-dog dared the media to demand and the Dems to release as it is not classified.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Sarcastic and Radicalized Redneck Queen at May 09, 2013 07:52 PM (baL2B)

481 Huh, That's the first time shift 7 for & hasn't worked for me.

Whatever it is , it's catching

Posted by: Methos at May 09, 2013 07:52 PM (hO9ad)

482 "Why won't the blog take ampersands?" Because, like cow farts, they cause cancer, global warming, whale suicides and childhood obesity. Duh.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 07:52 PM (/uS1W)

483 In the immortal words of Forrest Gump, Stupid is as stupid does. Just a thought.. lol Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 11:51 PM (/uS1W) Did....did you just hit on me? NTTAWT but it ain't my thing. Flattered though, really.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 09, 2013 07:53 PM (GEICT)

484 &&&&&&& I

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 09, 2013 07:53 PM (HVff2)

485 Why won't the blog take ampersands? That should read "Cagney And Lacey" above. Cagney Lacey Posted by: Methos Actually it's not a mistake. Under no circumstance should the name of that show ever be displayed here.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at May 09, 2013 07:53 PM (YTstp)

486 505 I mean it, guys. Click the link. You will thank me. This is uncharted territory. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3014213/posts Posted by: Peaches at May 09, 2013 11:51 PM (8lmkt) Wow. What the hell happened?

Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter at May 09, 2013 07:54 PM (5J54Q)

487 Oh and... &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 09, 2013 07:54 PM (GEICT)

488 Bullshit. As usual. "Tons" of people do not do that. Are there some that do it? I'm sure there are. But if you have a job that takes you to another city, there's very little chance that the company is going to shell out to fly you back and forth at your whim because you're lonely. Does. Not. Happen.

But please, educate us all. We'll pay real close attention.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 09, 2013 11:49 PM (GEICT)

_______________

Yes. It. Does. You really need to get out a little more.

It's not flying on a whim. It's a standard agreement. Mon-Thursday on-site, Friday-Sunday at home.

The jobs I'm talking about are consultants, engineers, lawyers, investment bankers that bill (or their employers bill) $200, 300, 400 500 an hour for their work. When a client is paying that much money an hour, paying an extra $2K a week for travel is a drop in the bucket.

A senator is at that caliber. We're not talking about a construction worker making $40K a year who moves to another city for a job. We're talking high paid, white collar jobs. And in that case, travel home every week is normal and expected.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 09, 2013 07:54 PM (HDgX3)

489 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3014213/posts

Nice. No Elbo...OMG I'm going to be ill!!

Posted by: Methos at May 09, 2013 07:54 PM (hO9ad)

490 Test &&

Posted by: Methos at May 09, 2013 07:55 PM (hO9ad)

491 BTW, my all-time favorite flick of yours is American Graffiti. Posted by: qdpsteve If i only have a few hundred CGI artists, what would have been ...

Posted by: G. Lucas [/i] [/b] at May 09, 2013 07:55 PM (YTstp)

492 "Did....did you just hit on me?" Lol.. I have enough problems as it is, but if you find the thought flattering I'll go with it. If you'd place it in the creepy category I wouldn't blame you a bit in which case we can just move on.. lol

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 07:55 PM (/uS1W)

493 It's Nancy Pelosi!!!!!

Posted by: Peaches at May 09, 2013 07:55 PM (8lmkt)

494 Motherf&&&er Ampersand

Posted by: Methos at May 09, 2013 07:56 PM (hO9ad)

495 Kate & Allie Scarecrow & Mrs. King

Posted by: derit at May 09, 2013 07:56 PM (I88Jc)

496 Peaches...thanks a whole lot. Just before bed, too. Although she will cringe with her botoxed rictus grin when the wimmens libbers look at her pointedly from now on.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Sarcastic and Radicalized Redneck Queen at May 09, 2013 07:56 PM (baL2B)

497 Has anyone here heard the radio ads in which Marco Rubio chats up the comprehensive immigration POS now being worked on in the Senate? It's sooper-dooper conservative, I tells ya! Could not make out the name of the "conservative" group that produced it, but I figure it's a leftist front group.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at May 09, 2013 07:56 PM (HsTG8)

498 Re my Chuck Lorre hypothesis: I really do think about it.

Another good example is my all-time favorite director, Stanley Kubrick. He made both Lolita and Dr. Strangelove within four (!!) years, 2001 in four years, A Clockwork Orange in three, The Shining in five, and Eyes Wide Shut in... eleven.

There's such a thing as too much time and too little pressure, even for the best of the best.

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 09, 2013 07:57 PM (7B7jB)

499 13

Posted by: The Mega Independent[/i] at May 09, 2013 07:58 PM (Lq5WC)

500 &&&

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Sarcastic and Radicalized Redneck Queen at May 09, 2013 07:58 PM (baL2B)

501 Public service for those of using Chrome and desiring ampersands: There's an extension called "The Moron Toolkit" that'll give you some formatting tools here, including: &&&&&&&&&&&& https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/the-moron-toolkit/ofmmgpkepfpfjpfjkjdjkjdjoffciece

Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter at May 09, 2013 07:58 PM (5J54Q)

502 Okay, I guess I just don't have ampersand clearance yet.

Someday...

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 09, 2013 07:59 PM (7B7jB)

503 I agree with that. It should be paid for by senators and then treated as a reimbursable expense, just like other business travel. But it seems the anger here is not about the accounting of free parking but the fact the senators aren't being forced to pay for it themselves.>>

I'm pretty sure most others are arguing the same as me, this "no special privilege (close parking spaces). Account for the cost on a real accounting ledger that links to a real budget and make a reasonable number of trips back home to the family. I rarely see the VP of our division cause he is always out of town I'm guessing he sees his family at a similar regularity.

Posted by: McGregor at May 09, 2013 07:59 PM (qo244)

504 "Another good example is my all-time favorite director, Stanley Kubrick. He made both Lolita and Dr. Strangelove within four (!!) years, 2001 in four years, A Clockwork Orange in three, The Shining in five, and Eyes Wide Shut in... eleven." So the longer Stan takes to make a movie, the worse it sucks? Interesting. Will have to do some math and figure out if that is a logarithmic scale of some sort.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 07:59 PM (/uS1W)

505 Congressmen and Senators do not have a travel allowance; travel expenses come out of the same budget that pays for staff, rent for district office space, office supplies, etc. Housing in DC comes out of their pay. Quite a few of them use a junior staffer to drive them around in the staffer's car, with a mileage reimbursement.

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 09, 2013 07:59 PM (fggky)

506 521 It's Nancy Pelosi!!!!! Posted by: Peaches at May 09, 2013 11:55 PM (8lmkt) Which is why I was asking... What the hell happened? Because I would have never guessed without the caption.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter at May 09, 2013 07:59 PM (5J54Q)

507 Do you know what is right?

Is it possible that the wrong is effective, to some extent?

Do Good and Evil contend on equal terms?
(Be careful. This is a life-or-death question. Will ghey sx b mandatory? Or will you have a choice? Right now, you might be killed, legally. Or, not.) The question is at least a Millennium old. Check 'Manichaeanism".

Are you well-armed? Do you live in a place where the individual supersedes the State? Willing to move? Or, submit?

They will fuck you, Like it, or not.

Posted by: GeeBee not quite there, yet, but I have a plan. BTAFE, ain't that a convenience store? at May 09, 2013 07:59 PM (1V6Pv)

508 $200, 300, 400 500 an hour for their work. When a client is paying that much money an hour, paying an extra $2K a week for travel is a drop in the bucket. $200/hr x 40hrs = $8000/wk Travel per week = $2000/wk That's an cost increase of 25%. Which means the end consumer is getting doinked for that. $500/hr x 40hrs = $20,000 Travel per week = $2,000 That's a cost increase of 10% In either instance, that's kinda impact on the cost of business that virtually every single business would seek to avoid. Those are not drops in the bucket.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 09, 2013 08:00 PM (GEICT)

509 Has anyone here heard the radio ads in which Marco Rubio chats up the comprehensive immigration POS now being worked on in the Senate?

No, but I've seen the TV version. It's the same shitty style of commercial that's just patched together one-liners from some speech he gave, just like the ones Obama was running during the campaign. I guess because we're supposed to be impressed by their speechifying or something.

Posted by: Methos at May 09, 2013 08:00 PM (hO9ad)

510 #495

I wouldn't say every week but I've known plenty of who lived in alternate cities a week at a time because of their job. There is some stuff that telepresence just won't adequately cover.

There used to be so much back and forth travel between Silicon Valley and Austin, TX, it became known as the Nerd Bird. Two daily direct flights between two locations an outsider to the tech business would not have guessed had a need. There also used to be heavy traffic between Silicon Valley and Denver, CO because nearby Longmont was the global heart of the hard drive business, due to former IBM engineers leaving to start their own companies and drawing from the talent pool IBM had drawn there.

Posted by: epobirs at May 09, 2013 08:01 PM (kcfmt)

511
I remember FRIDAYS. Cosmo Kramer was on it.

SCTV was my favorite. Funnier than SNL.

Just thinking about John Candy doing Johnny Pavarotti makes me laugh.

Posted by: soothsayer at May 09, 2013 08:01 PM (vzLhi)

512

Are we italicized?

Posted by: epobirs at May 09, 2013 08:01 PM (kcfmt)

513 into the barrel with you

Posted by: The Dude at May 09, 2013 08:01 PM (vJdyz)

514 "Congressmen and Senators do not have a travel allowance" What they make in actual salary and benefits is a drop in the bucket, a pittance compared to what they rake in under the table in kickbacks and perks.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 08:01 PM (/uS1W)

515

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 09, 2013 08:02 PM (GEICT)

516 There's such a thing as too much time and too little pressure, even for the best of the best. Posted by: qdpsteve Ok, now yer just mad, mate.

Posted by: P. Jackson [/i] [/b] at May 09, 2013 08:02 PM (YTstp)

517 I'm hungry

Posted by: The Barrel at May 09, 2013 08:02 PM (BBWjt)

518 SOS: please do.

As much as I love Kubrick, I wish (wonder if) someone could have (or ever) just told him how lazy it looked like he was getting. I wonder if it ever even dawned on him how much better and faster he was in from 1960 to 1987.

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 09, 2013 08:02 PM (7B7jB)

519 Crap

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 09, 2013 08:02 PM (GEICT)

520 "Are we italicized?" What happens at AOSHQ stays at AOSHQ. Also, no talking about fight club. Got it?

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 08:02 PM (/uS1W)

521 I'm pretty sure most others are arguing the same as me, this "no special privilege (close parking spaces). Account for the cost on a real accounting ledger that links to a real budget and make a reasonable number of trips back home to the family. I rarely see the VP of our division cause he is always out of town I'm guessing he sees his family at a similar regularity.

Posted by: McGregor at May 09, 2013 11:59 PM (qo244)

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Again, I have no issue with the parking being close either. My overall point is these are senators, not janitors. Giving them a couple of perks like a good parking spot at Reagan is no different than a VP of a Fortune 100 company getting a good parking spot close to the elevator.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 09, 2013 08:03 PM (HDgX3)

522
Really?

Who's the numbskull who put their italiacs in my comment?

Posted by: soothsayer at May 09, 2013 08:03 PM (LPRBM)

523
We're not a making Resse's Peanut Butter and Italics comments, you know.

Posted by: soothsayer at May 09, 2013 08:04 PM (ZgBZU)

524 Again, I have no issue with the parking being close either. My overall point is these are senators, not janitors. Giving them a couple of perks like a good parking spot at Reagan is no different than a VP of a Fortune 100 company getting a good parking spot close to the elevator. Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 10, 2013 12:03 AM (HDgX3) Except no one's paying for the Veep's spot.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 09, 2013 08:04 PM (GEICT)

525 Giving them a couple of perks like a good parking spot at Reagan is no different than a VP of a Fortune 100 company getting a good parking spot close to the elevator.

No, I got a problem with this one. Bad analogy. It's a PUBLIC airport, not the private parking lot of a private company.

Posted by: chemjeff at May 09, 2013 08:04 PM (BBWjt)

526 barrel

Posted by: Methos at May 09, 2013 08:04 PM (hO9ad)

527 why no news about the second gen of the Fuelband, Nike? I wants one (of course I would like the GPS built into it instead of a second band but it's cool)

Posted by: The Dude at May 09, 2013 08:04 PM (vJdyz)

528 You know what since politicians need so much family time that we need to pay for their travel for weekends home. How about we give that same privilege to Soldiers?

Posted by: McGregor at May 09, 2013 08:05 PM (qo244)

529 Melatonin's kicking in. Good night, 'rons and 'ettes. And, I almost forgot, fellow babies...BOOGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter at May 09, 2013 08:05 PM (5J54Q)

530 Hubby will be traveling for a new job. Consulting. They will send him home a minimum of every 2 weeks depending on the cost of keeping him in a hotel versus airfare. We get reimbursed weekly for all traveling costs.

Posted by: California Witch at May 09, 2013 08:05 PM (Xcvk0)

531 Mr. Jackson: take as long as you want on your stuff. Just please don't go back and change everything like a certain George L. has become way too fond of doing.

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 09, 2013 08:06 PM (7B7jB)

532 That didn't take long ..

US State Department Halts 3-D Gun Production: Demands Removal Of All Online Blueprints

http://tinyurl.com/cowev68

Posted by: kbdabear at May 09, 2013 08:06 PM (mCvL4)

533 "As much as I love Kubrick" He's always been very hit and miss with me personally. Some of his stuff I liked, but on the whole.. eh, not so much. Clockwork Orange still just confuses the snot out of me, I just don't get it. Eyes wide shut I found about as entertaining as root canal - but that still made it a slightly better move than Ishtar.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 08:06 PM (/uS1W)

534 536 $200, 300, 400 500 an hour for their work. When a client is paying that much money an hour, paying an extra $2K a week for travel is a drop in the bucket.

$200/hr x 40hrs = $8000/wk
Travel per week = $2000/wk

That's an cost increase of 25%. Which means the end consumer is getting doinked for that.

$500/hr x 40hrs = $20,000
Travel per week = $2,000

That's a cost increase of 10%

In either instance, that's kinda impact on the cost of business that virtually every single business would seek to avoid. Those are not drops in the bucket.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 10, 2013 12:00 AM (GEICT)

+++++++++++

And if they didn't pay for travel one of two things would happen

1. The bill rate would be increased by $2000 a week spread out over 40 hours.

2. The project wouldn't be done because there wouldn't be any people willing to stay in but fuck nowhere for 6 months while the work was getting done.

Once again, these are highly paid, sought after employees with lots of other options. Tell them they can't fly home every week and they'll go elsewhere. And this isn't a case of someone "moving to a city" for a job. This is the case of the job moves to a city. As a consultant every few months you start a new job in a new city. You don't move, the job moves and you go to the job.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 09, 2013 08:06 PM (HDgX3)

535 #532

Another problem was that his best collaborators moved on, died, or went insane(r). Sometimes all three. By the time of 'Eyes Wide Shut' I suspect he'd burned through the pool of people who both had value and wanted to deal with him.

Although I do give points to whoever noticed that EWS was starting to drag and suggested, "More asked naked ladies in this bit. That'll fix it. If we cannot have explosions then masked naked ladies is the best we can offer."

Posted by: epobirs at May 09, 2013 08:07 PM (kcfmt)

536 So you think they should have to pay out of pocket each time they park to fly home? That's ridiculous. No company in America makes employees pay parking when they travel for business. A member of congress or senator getting free parking is the same thing. Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 09, 2013 11:38 PM (HDgX3) I can live with them getting reimbursed for their parking fees, but not having a special snowflake section close to the terminal. Hell, they don't need a parking space, they can take the fucking Metro to and from the airport. You know, for the environment and shit.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 09, 2013 08:07 PM (BXLPR)

537 Oh, and I always think of the same joke whenever I see a sports park ad plank for Lucas Oil:

"What's the number one reason NOT to use Lucas Oil? Because it mucks up your engine... it leaves behind a Lucas Film."

[/ducks]

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 09, 2013 08:07 PM (7B7jB)

538
Except no one's paying for the Veep's spot.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 10, 2013 12:04 AM (GEICT)

++++++++

Sure they are. Every parking spot has a cost associated with it in building it, maintaining it, paying liability insurance for it, etc. And there's an opportunity cost associated as well in buildings where parking costs money. Give the VP a free spot, that's $15 an hour you're not charging someone else to occupy that spot. Everything has a cost whether direct or indirect.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 09, 2013 08:08 PM (HDgX3)

539

Mr. Moo Moo,

The part I would object to is the special treatment at the airport parking, as SEVERAL commenters have mentioned above.

The "special" parking lot right next to the terminal. The fact that they book several flights, and probably don't have to pay a penalty for the ones they cancel.

The fact that they fly MORE THAN ONCE a week a lot of times.

Whenever I have flown for business and been reimbursed, I have to fill out an expense report and have been reimbursed after the fact.

There is no special treatment because I am flying as a business person.

That is exactly how they should be treated.

Quit with the f'in strawmen, K?

Posted by: alamogordo at May 09, 2013 08:09 PM (HUTO5)

540 Question

Can't anyone with CAD proficiency and a little knowledge about how a gun works just design their own?

The State Dept order looks only to apply to licensed US military designs

Posted by: kbdabear at May 09, 2013 08:09 PM (mCvL4)

541

Re: The steam cleaning

Some years ago after I retired from the service, I got a job maintaining molding machines. We had a guy moving wastewater and waste oil from a trench in one part of the building to another trench on the other side. To speed up the process of emptying the 500 gallon tank, he connected air to it and opened the drain valve. Well, some dirt and stuff plugged the drain valve and when he realized it, he walked over to see what was wrong. The tank blew up and launched like a rocket about 150-200 yards away and blew half his head off. He died at the scene. 110 pounds of air continuously filling a tank that was not meant to be pressurized is incredibly dangerous and can take your life.

Posted by: Bill R. at May 09, 2013 08:10 PM (QnRSM)

542 I can live with them getting reimbursed for their parking fees, but not having a special snowflake section close to the terminal. Hell, they don't need a parking space, they can take the fucking Metro to and from the airport.

You know, for the environment and shit.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 10, 2013 12:07 AM (BXLPR)

____________

I'll ask again. Do you expect a senior executive of a company to take the train to the airport? I'm sure some do for the environment or some bullshit. But it's the exception.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 09, 2013 08:10 PM (HDgX3)

543 oh and it's been awhile but Sid Meier did a bang up job on Ace Patrol for the ipad. Nice to see him actually make a game again (he did everything other than art). Tight little game for $5 (free tutorial but $5 for all the campaigns)

Posted by: The Dude at May 09, 2013 08:10 PM (vJdyz)

544 Tell them they can't fly home every week and they'll go elsewhere. HAHAHAHA!! You see, we have to genuflect, otherwise the quality of elected representative in Congress would suffer!

Posted by: Waterhouse at May 09, 2013 08:11 PM (ZNuG2)

545 "Can't anyone with CAD proficiency and a little knowledge about how a gun works just design their own?" Can't imagine it would be too difficult to design one, hard part would be building it and lord knows I wouldn't be volunteering to the the first one to test fire it.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 08:11 PM (/uS1W)

546 SOS: really? The first time I saw A Clockwork Orange (on a VHS that I rented in 1984, when I had just turned 1

, I felt as if Kubrick himself had literally stormed into my den and bitchslapped me around for a while.

Here's some helpful stuff to think about re A Clockwork Orange:

- It's an ***EXTREMELY*** dark comedy.
- The theme really boils down to no more than a struggle between freedom and security. The government in ACO is the security state at its worst... and Alex is freedom, at ITS worst.
- I really believe that after the incredible success of 2001, Kubrick really wanted to see how far he could push the envelope in terms of throwing outrageous images onto the screen before people would either scream, throw up, or have a seizure.

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 09, 2013 08:12 PM (7B7jB)

547 Can't anyone with CAD proficiency and a little knowledge about how a gun works just design their own?

Posted by: kbdabear at May 10, 2013 12:09 AM (mCvL4)

correct though by trial and error

Posted by: The Dude at May 09, 2013 08:12 PM (vJdyz)

548 "You see, we have to genuflect, otherwise the quality of elected representative in Congress would suffer!" Are you seriously suggesting it could get worse? Wow, that is a scary thought.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 08:12 PM (/uS1W)

549 2. The project wouldn't be done because there wouldn't be any people willing to stay in but fuck nowhere for 6 months while the work was getting done. Bullshit. There's always someone willing to do the work. Especially right now. You sign on, you know the score. As the Jags new head coach is fond of screaming "Do Your Job." This idea that someone simply must fly home every week to see their family is bullshit. I finished my last semester of school 12 hours away from my wife. From mid-August to mid-December, I saw her once. And she was pregnant with our first. It sucked, I managed.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 09, 2013 08:13 PM (GEICT)

550 That quiz was a joke, right?

Posted by: @PurpAv at May 09, 2013 08:13 PM (/gHaE)

551 What?? I can't type an ampersand, but it turns the numerical version of eighteen into a freakin' dark-glasses happy face???!!?

Ace, the dang blog's broken again.

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 09, 2013 08:13 PM (7B7jB)

552 SHOCK YOU!
Is that the plan?
Or, do you want to use the sense God gave you to live the life you believe He wants of you?
Confess your sins. Believe in the Lord. Avoid wrong. Follow the Ten Commandments. Demand your rights under the Ten Amendments of the Bill of Rights.
DISBELIEVE.

Can we perfect Human Nature through the Tax Code?

Will it get plainer than this? Maybe as a senior thesis, but still quite doubtful. Where is Salvation? Class? Anyone?
http://preview.tinyurl.com/4p7p38x

Posted by: GeeBee not quite there, yet, but I have a plan. BTAFE, ain't that a convenience store? at May 09, 2013 08:13 PM (1V6Pv)

553 Whew, I was so afraid that the Robinson's ad was teh gay. It is progressive Britain, afterall.

Posted by: Aslan's Girl at May 09, 2013 08:13 PM (KL49F)

554
The part I would object to is the special treatment at the airport parking, as SEVERAL commenters have mentioned above.

The "special" parking lot right next to the terminal. The fact that they book several flights, and probably don't have to pay a penalty for the ones they cancel.

Posted by: alamogordo at May 10, 2013 12:09 AM (HUTO5)

_________________

Others have mentioned the book multiple flights.....yeah and? I've done that too. With cars and hotels as well. It's good to have a backup. And if you buy full fare tickets, there is no penalty for cancellations. It's not THAT big a deal.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 09, 2013 08:14 PM (HDgX3)

555
Once again, these are highly paid, sought after employees>>

No these are fucking servants to the people that have found a way to juice the system. Do you know who paid George Washington's White house staff and for any parties thrown there? This is a slow perversion of the stealing of the peoples money to enrich themselves.

Not theirs to take vs Not yours to give.

http://www.fee.org/library/detail/not-your-to-give-2#axzz2SrMwfnaf

Posted by: McGregor at May 09, 2013 08:14 PM (qo244)

556 What the hell happened? Because I would have never guessed without the caption.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter at May 09, 2013 11:59 PM (5J54Q)

That cruel, cruel Father Time is what happened.

When you are 65, look back at your high school yearbook.

It's enough to make you weep.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at May 09, 2013 08:14 PM (yKGCL)

557 "It's an ***EXTREMELY*** dark comedy." I must have missed the funny parts. "The theme really boils down to no more than a struggle between freedom and security. The government in ACO is the security state at its worst... and Alex is freedom, at ITS worst." Guess it was all the dorky outfits. Missed that completely.. lol "I really believe that after the incredible success of 2001, Kubrick really wanted to see how far he could push the envelope in terms of throwing outrageous images onto the screen before people would either scream, throw up, or have a seizure." I remember seeing it for the first time and thinking, WTF? So a few years later I watched it again, got about half way through it, and it still didn't make a lick of sense to me personally. So I shut it off and moved on.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 08:16 PM (/uS1W)

558 #568

Depends how good of a gun you need it to be. The basics have been well established for a very, very long time. You could probably learn pretty much all you needed to know from a good century old book on the subject of gun design.

It's the testing and refinement of the design that would be costly. A lot of time and sunk costs and prototypes, especially testing with safety protocols to avoid the nasty things that can happen with a flawed design in a human hand. Back in the day there was a certain amount of risk for the user.

Posted by: epobirs at May 09, 2013 08:16 PM (kcfmt)

559 I'll ask again. Do you expect a senior executive of a company to take the train to the airport? I'm sure some do for the environment or some bullshit. But it's the exception. Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 10, 2013 12:10 AM (HDgX3) Why don't you expect that? Why does a Rep/Sen get greater privileges? Can they not drive themselves? If there's an injury, then I'm fine with a driver. But otherwise, put your fat ass in the car and turn the ignition like the rest of us.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 09, 2013 08:16 PM (GEICT)

560

121Nitrogen is made up of larger molecules and doesn't
"leak" through the tire like O2. Prevents that gradual loss of tire
pressure that everyone experiences

Sure, Einstien. When is the last time u changed the air in your tires?

Posted by: Cicero Kid aced that lame science quiz. Embarrased by rest of humanity and his spelling ability. at May 09, 2013 08:16 PM (jz0+s)

561 I scored better than 93% of you?! I know, I know, hand over my money, I'm the Evil 7%.

Posted by: t-bird at May 09, 2013 08:16 PM (FcR7P)

562 Did someone mention the Venture Bro's? They are my hero's. I introduced my Chinese step daughter (who is kicking it in at my ranch Texas) to adult swim and robot chicken. We used to watch that together religiously. I would knock on her bedroom door and say' Robot Chicken is on". She would come out and watch that with me. Good times and good memories I tells ya. She told me once .."that mad scientist guy assembling that robot chicken reminds me of you". She is at my ranch in Texas, and me, the American guy is working hard in China for the money. To quote the Moody Blues... "Isn't life strange? A turn of the page, Can read like before. Who could ask for more?"

Posted by: Cartman's _Evil_Twin at May 09, 2013 08:17 PM (11Ck5)

563 The problem, Mr. Moo Moo, is that apparently at the airport there is "Long Term Parking", "Short Term Parking", and "Senatorial Royalty Parking". That's the galling part.

I doubt Mr. Fortune 100 VP gets to park in "Fortune 100 VP Royalty Parking" at the airport, that is selected just for him because he's such a special snowflake.

Posted by: chemjeff at May 09, 2013 08:17 PM (BBWjt)

564
This idea that someone simply must fly home every week to see their family is bullshit. I finished my last semester of school 12 hours away from my wife. From mid-August to mid-December, I saw her once. And she was pregnant with our first. It sucked, I managed.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 10, 2013 12:13 AM (GEICT)

_________

No someone does not HAVE to fly home every week. But people who work at Deloitte or PWC or Goldman Sachs or a tope law firm who travel every week demand it. And they get it. Because is PWC doesn't give it to them then KPMG or Accenture will. And here's something else that will blow your brains.....some of them even travel 1st class (GHASP!!!!).

Why is this so hard for you to understand?

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 09, 2013 08:17 PM (HDgX3)

565 Btw, Timothy Leary said I blew him away. Remember him? An erstwhile Socrates of the Sixties....
(Document available for inspection upon demand, satisfying certain conditions.)

Posted by: GeeBee not quite there, yet, but I have a plan. BTAFE, ain't that a convenience store? at May 09, 2013 08:18 PM (1V6Pv)

566
Currently I am re-watching the KING OF QUEENS series. Very funny show that I forgot about.

Seinfeld was never laugh out loud funny to me, it was look-at-this-horror-show funny. King of Queens is like Taxi.

Posted by: soothsayer at May 09, 2013 08:18 PM (LPRBM)

567 #574

No, it was a satire. There is a difference. Satire does necessarily mean humor.

Posted by: epobirs at May 09, 2013 08:18 PM (kcfmt)

568 That quiz was a joke, right?
Posted by: @PurpAv at May 10, 2013 12:13 AM (/gHaE)

I lost a point because somehow I didn't answer a question.

Still got 12/13 and except for the trick question of about the green house gases that THE MAJORITY OF SCIENTISTS BELIEVE causes warming, It was easy peasy.

Next up: Oxygen? Shouldn't it be banned as a co-ingredient for explosives?

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at May 09, 2013 08:18 PM (yKGCL)

569

OK Mr Moo Moo you win. I should just let the f'in people who are elected and work for me act like they are fucking royalty.

Fine.

No problem.

Are you done with your pontifications now?

Because, gosh, we CANNOT possibly cut any damn fat out of the budget because these are SPECIAL people.

Got it.

Posted by: alamogordo at May 09, 2013 08:18 PM (HUTO5)

570 591 The problem, Mr. Moo Moo, is that apparently at the airport there is "Long Term Parking", "Short Term Parking", and "Senatorial Royalty Parking". That's the galling part.

I doubt Mr. Fortune 100 VP gets to park in "Fortune 100 VP Royalty Parking" at the airport, that is selected just for him because he's such a special snowflake.

Posted by: chemjeff at May 10, 2013 12:17 AM (BBWjt)

_________

That's a valid criticism. Although in several airports there are VIP sections. Pay a little more, get to park right up front. There's valet parking too. Same thing that many execs get for free.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 09, 2013 08:19 PM (HDgX3)

571 I should go to bed, so as I go I'll throw this out: If you don't like them flying back and forth to DC every week perhaps they should be in DC less.

Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 09, 2013 08:20 PM (fggky)

572 hmm Brian Cox's greatest role is being re-released next week on PSN.

Posted by: The Dude at May 09, 2013 08:20 PM (vJdyz)

573 Georgia Championship Wrestling! Still remember the Fabulous Freebirds, the Iron Sheik and Mr. Wrestling II. I wasn't allowed to watch "Fridays". Posted by: Captain Whitebread, Designated Commenter at May 09, 2013 11:46 PM (5J54Q) When the Freebirds did the multiple piledrivers on Ted Dibase is still one of my favorite moments from pro wrestling. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN74RaW7UgA That angle was used for years after by all involved. Best one ever, and Gordon Solie knew how to sell it.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 09, 2013 08:20 PM (BXLPR)

574 Miley is voted hotter than teh Kate? What did she do? Show her Easter bassket to the judges?

Posted by: Cicero Kid aced that lame science quiz. Embarrased by rest of humanity and his spelling ability. at May 09, 2013 08:20 PM (jz0+s)

575 #577

Not everybody want to settle for the lowest bidder. Proven talent has its perks.

Posted by: epobirs at May 09, 2013 08:21 PM (kcfmt)

576 This is really more about tribal loyalty for Mr. Moo Moo. He can't be seen to be on the side of the idiot redneck rubes whom he thinks inhabit this blog, he instead has to put himself on the side of the enlightened royalty class of which he imagines himself a member.

Posted by: chemjeff at May 09, 2013 08:21 PM (BBWjt)

577 No someone does not HAVE to fly home every week. But people who work at Deloitte or PWC or Goldman Sachs or a tope law firm who travel every week demand it. And they get it. Because is PWC doesn't give it to them then KPMG or Accenture will. And here's something else that will blow your brains.....some of them even travel 1st class (GHASP!!!!). Why is this so hard for you to understand? Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 10, 2013 12:17 AM (HDgX3) Good God man, try to pay attention. We're not talking about the behavior of a businessperson. He answers to his employer and they've obv accented. As is their right. No, we're talking about OUR employees and we say that the behavior is unacceptable. Too long have these people used "public office" as their personal grab back. They serve us, not we them.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 09, 2013 08:21 PM (GEICT)

578 OK Mr Moo Moo you win. I should just let the f'in people who are elected and work for me act like they are fucking royalty.

Posted by: alamogordo at May 10, 2013 12:18 AM (HUTO5)

___________

Do you own any stocks or corporate bonds? Well guess what, the CEOs of those companies WORK FOR YOU. And they get to park for free when they travel. No different.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 09, 2013 08:22 PM (HDgX3)

579

I believe you are correct Chemjeff.

Mr Moo Moo must be one of those who travels for a living, and cannot understand the concept of keeping costs down for his employer.

Posted by: alamogordo at May 09, 2013 08:22 PM (HUTO5)

580 604 This is really more about tribal loyalty for Mr. Moo Moo. He can't be seen to be on the side of the idiot redneck rubes whom he thinks inhabit this blog, he instead has to put himself on the side of the enlightened royalty class of which he imagines himself a member.

Posted by: chemjeff at May 10, 2013 12:21 AM (BBWjt)

___________________

Yeah you have a point. People who get worked up over free parking for senators tend to buy into cheap populism and populists.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 09, 2013 08:24 PM (HDgX3)

581 SOS: well if it helps, I tried for years to show A Clockwork Orange to one of my sisters. After several attempts (at least one of which resulted in her bolting from the room), she finally got through it watching it with her husband. And her verdict was, Kubrick was being gratuitous about his (circa 1971) freedom to make an outrageous movie.

You're not alone in your dislike of it either. Roger Ebert gave it a lackluster review in 1971. Pauline Kael supposedly hated it. And Andrew Sarris, whom I've read was ultra-liberal/leftist, not only condemned it, but wrote something about it at the time along the lines of "I'm tired of freedom of speech becoming a license to hurt other people these days."

Kubrick finally self-censored the film around 1973, after (1) the guy who shot George Wallace claimed he was inspired to do so by the character of Alex, and (2) Kubrick himself started getting really creepy threats that his family was in mortal danger, all over the phone, from untraceable numbers. Bear in mind, Kubrick NEVER gave his personal phone number or information to anybody outside of his most personal circle... which totaled about four people in 1971.

So the movie's never exactly been a crowd-pleaser.

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 09, 2013 08:24 PM (7B7jB)

582 Yeah you have a point. People who get worked up over free parking for senators tend to buy into cheap populism and populists. Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 10, 2013 12:24 AM (HDgX3) Stand back folks, that straw man is gonna go quick.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 09, 2013 08:25 PM (GEICT)

583 Ampersands work only on Macs. I had old Windows 7 laptop that was on its last legs and bought a Mac to replace it. But some things, websites, working from home and others do not work well with my Mac Laptop. I bought cheapest Dell I found find when that old Dell laptop just about croaked. It works every now and then but I'm sure it's the fan so I' bought Windows 8 to use to work from home or use on other sites that don't work well or all all with Safari. I refuse to download Chrome. I have heard that they are going to remove some of the Windows 8 junk. I hope so.

Posted by: CarolT at May 09, 2013 08:25 PM (z4WKX)

584 Hi ont, so Miley Cyrus. We have sunk low if that is sexy.

Posted by: lou's a girl at May 09, 2013 08:25 PM (vgd4f)

585 I would so like a mdnber of the Fiurth Estate to ask BoTox Nanny Rictus how her time as "Miss Lube Job" prepared her for serving in Congress.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at May 09, 2013 08:25 PM (HsTG8)

586 But people who work at Deloitte or PWC or Goldman Sachs or a tope law firm who travel every week demand it.>>

Oddly enough I recognize a couple of company names in there that got stimulus from us plebes. Maybe they wouldn't get those perks without protection and subsidies to pay for such extravagances.

Posted by: McGregor at May 09, 2013 08:26 PM (qo244)

587 So my Neverwinter update. After an hour and a half when I only intended to play for 1, I found myself midway through level 9 with a couple level 10 quests (and a level 8 skirmish I'm going to see if I can outlevel, though with all the other things that seem to scale, I'm dubious) and I figure I'll try a foundry quest and find out what the level 10 daily for astral diamonds is, on the theory that it'll be something like STO's particle analysis minigame.

45 minutes later-Oh do another qualified foundry quest for 1000AD. Grr. And you have to click each mission to check the description as to whether it's qualified or not. And they don't seem to be marked for whether you've done them before. Nor is there an indication of where they are (though they may be filtered for area and level range in some nontransparent way-I couldn't tell).

45 minutes later and level 11. Now they're both good quests, so no complaints there, I just would like to feel a little more like I have some idea what decisions I'm making. Then I figure I'll go check out this chick who's always droning something about the gods whenever I wander past.

So apparently, once per hour with one click you can get 1000+AD. Awesome. I also note that Zen seems to be getting cheaper every day. Though It looks like I'm going to go through an awful lot of AD before I can buy anything in the store.

Finally, I maxed out my auction house consignments because I have no idea whether any of my loot is any good or not. And since the auction house operates on AD rather than coin, I have no feel for what anything's worth beyond the default suggested by the game. And looking at the auction broker's suggestions for purchases, I'm loathe to muck around with prices too much.

Posted by: Methos at May 09, 2013 08:26 PM (hO9ad)

588

Hey, Mr. Moo Moo,

By the way, every company I have ever worked for has appreciated my keeping costs down when I travel.

Is it too much for me to ask my EMPLOYEES (senators and congressmen) to keep their f'in costs down?

Posted by: alamogordo at May 09, 2013 08:27 PM (HUTO5)

589 Do you own any stocks or corporate bonds? Well guess what, the CEOs of those companies WORK FOR YOU. And they get to park for free when they travel. No different. So not paying taxes is just like selling your stocks or corporate bonds ... GOT IT!!!!

Posted by: Adriane... at May 09, 2013 08:27 PM (TvO05)

590 Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 10, 2013 12:22 AM (HDgX3)

Please just shut the fuck up.

Why do you care? Do you think that the Senators will give shit that you defended their stealing paperclips from work style of perks? Do you think that you will change any one's mind that needs changing about this important and earth shattering situation?

NO?

Then you're a fucking troll and are just arguing to be arguing and so you can feel smug and superior while sitting at home safe and snug from being beaten about the head and shoulders for being such a pedantic and punctilious little prick which if you started this argument anywhere else is what would fucking happen to you.

So STFU unless you have something interesting or important to say.

Congress men don't need your help and we don't want to hear your shit.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at May 09, 2013 08:28 PM (yKGCL)

591 Good God man, try to pay attention. We're not talking about the behavior of a businessperson. He answers to his employer and they've obv accented. As is their right. No, we're talking about OUR employees and we say that the behavior is unacceptable.

Too long have these people used "public office" as their personal grab back. They serve us, not we them.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 10, 2013 12:21 AM (GEICT)

___________

LOL. You're one of these people who thinks weekly travel is glamorous. Believe me it isn't. Free parking or not it's big fucking pain in the ass.

And my point that I've made 10 times already but you still don't get is that the employer/employee relationship is no different for taxpayer/senator than it is for IBM/ IBM worker. Just like nobody at IBM pays for his parking costs while traveling, a senator shouldn't either.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 09, 2013 08:28 PM (HDgX3)

592 Is there anyone who didn't get all of the science answers correctly? I mean, I hardly consider myself smart or intelligent but that was pretty easy.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 09, 2013 08:29 PM (xjpRj)

593 Oddly enough I recognize a couple of company names in there that got stimulus from us plebes. Maybe they wouldn't get those perks without protection and subsidies to pay for such extravagances.

Posted by: McGregor at May 10, 2013 12:26 AM (qo244)

__________

I'll take stupid populism for $1200 Alex

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 09, 2013 08:29 PM (HDgX3)

594

See, the part that bugs me is that in the beginning of this country, the people that represented us were supposed to BE OF THE people, not some damned royalty that believe they should suck every dime out of the job that they can.

I really don't give a hoot about CEOs of major corporations. That is not the example one should use.

They are my employees and are not using my tax dollars for the most efficient use.

They are just out to get whatever perks and special treatment they can get.

THAT is what bothers me.

Posted by: alamogordo at May 09, 2013 08:29 PM (HUTO5)

595 He died at the scene. 110 pounds of air continuously filling a tank that was not meant to be pressurized is incredibly dangerous and can take your life. Posted by: Bill R. at May
---------------

I was associated with an accident investigation case. A guy had a contract to recharge water-filled fire extinguishers. These were the stainless steel type, probably 5 gallons. Each tank had a Schrader valve for pressurization.The guy used a dry nitrogen cylinder equipped with a hose that had a tire chuck on the end. His method was to just bump the valve until the meter on the extinguisher registered max (probably ~200 psi). All well and good, except the tire chuck had been dropped to concrete floors probably hundreds of times. Finally, he shoved the chuck on a valve..., and it stuck. Don't know what the pressure in the nitrogen tank was, but may have been 2000 or so psi. It was *very* messy. The stainless tank blew apart like a blooming flower.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 09, 2013 08:30 PM (aDwsi)

596 I wonder what high-paying gig Sheila Jackson-Lee would run off to if you cut her Royal Parking Privilege.

Posted by: Waterhouse at May 09, 2013 08:30 PM (ZNuG2)

597 Good night all, it's getting late.
Just remember senators are ex-lawyers and executives, not ex-burger flippers. Let's not get bent out of shape they get perks that they used to get in the private sector.

Buenos Noches

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 09, 2013 08:30 PM (HDgX3)

598 #596

It wasn't remotely a trick question. A lot of people around here have developed a knee jerk reaction on the subject.

There is scarcely any argument against carbon dioxide being a greenhouse gas. It is easily demonstrable in any high school lab. The issue is how effective it is in that role in the planet's atmosphere. The alarmists believed their models showed far greater effect than has been found in real life. Their persistent "Just you wait, it's coming" moving of the goal posts would have made them universally mocked if they weren't so useful to certain types of politicians. They remind me of the Millerite cult that kept predicting the end of the world in the 19th and kept moving the date forward as each previous prediction failed.

Nobody has produced a simulation of the Earth's atmosphere that accurately predicts the climate for periods where we have detailed information about conditions and what actually resulted. Until they can accurately model the past nobody should take seriously their claims to know the future.

Posted by: epobirs at May 09, 2013 08:31 PM (kcfmt)

599 When I saw the photo, it took me a second or two to decide it wasn't a glammed-up Biebert.

Such a pritteh pritteh pritteh girl....

Posted by: Mick at May 09, 2013 08:31 PM (73IHh)

600 Yo reprobates and scaliwags. Weekends starts in 7.5 hours. Woo woo.

Posted by: zeera at May 09, 2013 08:31 PM (3dXwx)

601 Yeah you have a point. People who get worked up over free parking for senators tend to buy into cheap populism and populists.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 10, 2013 12:24 AM (HDgX3)

Yeah. There it is. He's arguing because of the overweaning opinion he has of himself and wants to rub the noses of those here in his superiority.

G. F. Y.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at May 09, 2013 08:31 PM (yKGCL)

602

Posted by: Methos at May 10, 2013 12:26 AM (hO9ad)

don't forget the bonuses that you can get every hour which rotates between things you can do

Posted by: The Dude at May 09, 2013 08:31 PM (vJdyz)

603 LOL. You're one of these people who thinks weekly travel is glamorous. Believe me it isn't. Free parking or not it's big fucking pain in the ass. And my point that I've made 10 times already but you still don't get is that the employer/employee relationship is no different for taxpayer/senator than it is for IBM/ IBM worker. Just like nobody at IBM pays for his parking costs while traveling, a senator shouldn't either. Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 10, 2013 12:28 AM (HDgX3) Lord love a duck, you are dumb boy. The issue is 1) the cost, but more importantly 2) the attitude of entitlement and superiority. And what you don't seem to quite get is that WE'RE THE EMPLOYER. If IBM wants to pay for weekly plane flights so Bob from IT can get his dick sucked, then fine. But this boss is telling these employees "No." and the problem is, the employees don't give a shit. Attitude of Entitlement is the major issue.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 09, 2013 08:32 PM (GEICT)

604 On the other hand ... we are arguing with a man named Mr. Moo Moo ...

Posted by: Adriane... at May 09, 2013 08:33 PM (TvO05)

605 Did I call it or what.

Mr. Moo Moo thinks we're just idiot rubes getting worked up by cheap populist appeals.

While he, the enlightened one, of course has thought deeply and pondered the issue with his big ennobled brain and come to the conclusion that if you are concerned about our elected representatives turning more and more into a ruling royalty class that is divorced from any sort of attachment to the people whom they are supposed to be serving, and that the free extra-special Royalty Parking at the airport is but a mere symptom, then you're just a hick and you should let the educated enlightened ones like Senators and Mr. Moo Moo lead us.

Posted by: chemjeff at May 09, 2013 08:33 PM (BBWjt)

606 Mr Moo Moo, I take exception to this. The senators, reps, etc are OUR employees, and they usually go in to their seats as average men, some do not, but the are the employees of the US. They should receive no special treatment on our $. If we ever mange to get them out they leave with tons of lobbyist money in their pockets. 90% of all are corrupt. I agree with BC1981.

Posted by: CarolT at May 09, 2013 08:34 PM (z4WKX)

607 Well, he's gone now. I apologize for getting that started up.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 09, 2013 08:34 PM (GEICT)

608 Not everybody want to settle for the lowest bidder. Proven talent has its perks.>>

Yes everybody settles for the lowest bidder. Does that decision include competence sure. If I need a diesel mechanic and a fighter pilot submits a resume for a lower salary I'll still hire the mechanic but I wont overpay if I have a real budget. The problem is Govt does not have a real budget and they tend to overpay accordingly.

Posted by: McGregor at May 09, 2013 08:35 PM (qo244)

609 #609

So a movie that was a condemnation of socialist leftist policies was dislike by hard left critics?

Shock. Surprise.

Posted by: epobirs at May 09, 2013 08:35 PM (kcfmt)

610 If we don't extend perks to our Governing Class, we might get stuck with a bunch of fucking retards who would pass untold masses of contradictory regulations, and spend trillions they don't have on useless shit. All hail our Majestic Technocrats!

Posted by: Waterhouse at May 09, 2013 08:36 PM (ZNuG2)

611

"Moomoo" or "Momo"

"Hi, I know several people who all close their windows tightly shut at night and gladly suffer the sauna like temperatures of their bedrooms that come with no ventilation.

When asked why, they all say it's because of momo. People who are not really people, who will suck your energy or steal your baby (in case of pregnant or newborns).

Can anyone here elaborate on what a momo is supposed to be?
Is it a widely spread belief, also in big cities or just confined to certain provinces?"

Posted by: Cicero Kid is not askeerd of ghosts at May 09, 2013 08:37 PM (jz0+s)

612 And they get to park for free when they travel. No different.

Anyone who's flying first class isn't doing anything for free. They're (or whomever) just paying for it all at once.

Posted by: Methos at May 09, 2013 08:37 PM (hO9ad)

613 #637

I was talking about real jobs, not political offices where the sole talent is campaigning, as per the current administration.

Posted by: epobirs at May 09, 2013 08:37 PM (kcfmt)

614 620 eman, it's not that she's ugly, but it is that she's ugly. Spoiled beyond belief , she's what, twenty and thinks she knows everything. It's the whole Hollywood crowd, they just make me sick. All so fucking entitled, can't hardly watch anything from them anymore.

Posted by: lou's a girl at May 09, 2013 08:37 PM (vgd4f)

615 I don't care what anyone says, Miley Cyrus is FUGLY!

Posted by: Minnfidel at May 09, 2013 08:38 PM (bXdYS)

616 Regarding Travel (flights): Much as it pains me to say it, Mr. Moo Moo is right. Of all of the things that we are getting screwed for by our legislators, the flights home are NOT one of them. If the choice was 1) having legislators full-time in DC or 2) having them make frequent trips to their nominal home states, which would we prefer? I would rather them get out of the cesspool as much as possible. Additionally, it is not convenient for 535 individuals to fly back to 50 states on tight schedules. The Nanny Pelosi's of the world use gov't aircraft, but most congress critters are stuck transferring in ATL/ORD/DFW/DTW/MSP on the way to their homes, which means lots of time in transit. Are we really going to begrudge them $400 RT for air tickets on a frequent basis? As anybody who has frequently traveled for work should understand, these are not unreasonable perks for any mid-level employee. Hell, reps are not VPs at fortune 100 companies, but even entry-level consultants travel much more frequently and with much better travel 'perks' than legislators.

Posted by: In Exile at May 09, 2013 08:38 PM (lIQZS)

617 "Too long have these people used "public office" as their personal grab back. They serve us, not we them." Sadly though that is how it was supposed to be, and how it was back when we were the "Land of the Free". Since we've become the "Land of the Freebie" however, things have changed. The Constitution is now a "living breathing document" meaning you can twist it or ignore it at will. Entirely too many of our electorate only care about getting as much crap as they can, they could care less about archaic concepts like right and wrong, personal responsibility, etc. They want the free cell phone and the free health care and the free this and the free that - and they like the idea that they were "cheated" out of success and exploited by those who were successful. For some folks it's always so much easier to blame someone else for your problems. So no, I don't see things getting better anytime soon, in fact if I'm right.. and believe me I really hope I'm wrong, I have a feeling things are going to get a whole lot worse. So I'm preparing for that as best I can with my limited resources.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 08:38 PM (/uS1W)

618

Thank you chemjeff and Bitter Clinger.

Moo Moo is just an ass trying to pretend he is somehow entitled to spend MY tax dollars on the RULING CLASS (which is why I believe we had a Revolutionary War) without my approval.

Aaugh, I HATE people that act as though they are my "betters".

And I don't think I got the aaugh right. Help me out here, chemjeff

Posted by: alamogordo at May 09, 2013 08:38 PM (HUTO5)

619 Posted by: epobirs at May 10, 2013 12:31 AM (kcfmt)

Actually, they're coming to find that carbon dioxide does not act the way they assumed it does so don't throw around the greenhouse gas label so blithely.

I also was mainly disagreeing with their framing the question as if the majority of scientists agreed with co2 being the most responsible compound in that list.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at May 09, 2013 08:38 PM (yKGCL)

620 Incompetence shouldn't be incentivized with perks.

Posted by: @PurpAv at May 09, 2013 08:39 PM (/gHaE)

621 Epobirs: re Kubrick's collaborators, you have a point there too. Plus the fact that Kubrick hadn't released anything since Full Metal Jacket in 1987, and with the rise of new media around the time of Eyes Wide Shut's release, the only directors most 20- to 40-year old moviegoers knew by name were Spielberg and Tarantino.

In fact as I recall a lot of people were surprised when Eyes Wide Shut came out. "Kubrick? I thought he was dead!" Admittedly, Stan couldn't have shocked the audience if he tried by 1998. Everything that could have been done had already been done. And of course it didn't help that Kubrick making a movie about sex and relationships seems about as good a fit as Mark Sanford doing a lecture tour on the virtues and advantages of marital fidelity. They just don't seem to go together, if you know what I mean.

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 09, 2013 08:39 PM (7B7jB)

622 Yes everybody settles for the lowest bidder.

Posted by: McGregor at May 10, 2013 12:35 AM (qo244)

um no other wise my friend's PR firm would have had more work as we undercut a few people on some deals that we lost out on.

Posted by: The Dude at May 09, 2013 08:39 PM (vJdyz)

623 289 Slightly surprised that atmospheric nitrogen is so little-known that only 20% of overall test-takers got that one right. I remember hearing that all the way back in 3rd grade.

**

I suspect you'll find a lot of non-moron morons (aka garden-variety morons) who think CO2 is about 5% of the atmosphere instead of the 0.04% that it is.

"Trace gas" it is.

(13/13 for me, because I got the nitrogen one right ----even if I had to genuflect toward the PC gods on the CO2 one)

Posted by: wholelottasplainin' at May 09, 2013 08:40 PM (73IHh)

624 Re: Pentagon demanding 3D gun printing files taken down. Um, guys? Toothpaste. Tube. Bell. Rung. Caprice?

Posted by: speedster1 at May 09, 2013 08:40 PM (yeM7r)

625 622I'll take stupid populism for $1200 Alex>>

I know he's gone but If a segment of the business community gets special treatment from government how is that an argument about populism?

Posted by: McGregor at May 09, 2013 08:40 PM (qo244)

626 Regarding Gerbil Malodorous: love the sinner, hate the sin.
Ban me, and the entire ELCA, bitch. G'hed. All Lutherans. All Catholics. All Bible readers.
Give it up.
Stay in effin' New Brunswick, fool. Why ain't that uhmurrheekah? U no?
They won't let you in Fagaplis/Sodom-on-the-Mississippi, unless you, uh, you know, serve someone.
It ain't Highway 61, or ___, you'll never, ever know, trust me, you don't need to, Jus' do wuts right, or G-D you.
(Notice B.D. don't mention Moloch or dead babies. Jus' The Omnipotent Creator's Infinite Mercy.)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/22oqad9

Posted by: GeeBee not quite there, yet, but I have a plan. BTAFE, ain't that a convenience store? at May 09, 2013 08:42 PM (1V6Pv)

627 #615

I signed up and did the download but haven't installed yet. I'm curious to see how it performs on a Core i5-3570K with the stock video.

Do they support using a game controller for primary movement and combat? I've never cared for keyboard and mouse controls for anything action oriented.

Posted by: epobirs at May 09, 2013 08:42 PM (kcfmt)

628 I know he's gone but If a segment of the business community gets special treatment from government how is that an argument about populism? Because populism is about people and people make up the business community ... QED

Posted by: Adriane... at May 09, 2013 08:42 PM (TvO05)

629 Of all of the things that we are getting screwed for by our legislators, the flights home are NOT one of them. If the choice was 1) having legislators full-time in DC or 2) having them make frequent trips to their nominal home states, which would we prefer? I would rather them get out of the cesspool as much as possible. Additionally, it is not convenient for 535 individuals to fly back to 50 states on tight schedules. The Nanny Pelosi's of the world use gov't aircraft, but most congress critters are stuck transferring in ATL/ORD/DFW/DTW/MSP on the way to their homes, which means lots of time in transit. Are we really going to begrudge them $400 RT for air tickets on a frequent basis? As anybody who has frequently traveled for work should understand, these are not unreasonable perks for any mid-level employee. Hell, reps are not VPs at fortune 100 companies, but even entry-level consultants travel much more frequently and with much better travel 'perks' than legislators. Posted by: In Exile at May 10, 2013 12:38 AM (lIQZS) Everything you just said proves my point. Why do govt employees, Congress, etc, get special privileges above and beyond that of every other citizen? If they're at home and an emergency arises, I don't think anyone here would begrudge that person using their position to return as quickly as possible. Outside of that, you're traveling as a private citizen, travel like a private citizen.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 09, 2013 08:42 PM (GEICT)

630 I'll ask again. Do you expect a senior executive of a company to take the train to the airport? I'm sure some do for the environment or some bullshit. But it's the exception. Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 10, 2013 12:10 AM (HDgX3) Why not? When most "senior execs" travel, the company pays for coach or maybe business. If you want first class, you pay for it. Only execs at companies that are going out of business book their seats in first class. They have a barber shop where they pay a hell of a lot less than I do. Is that okay? They have a cafeteria that we the taxpayers subsidize so that they can get cheap food. Is that okay? They relocate their offices around almost daily. Is that okay? They have the Capitol Police drive them around DC. Is that okay? At what point do they stop being Lords and become public servants?

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 09, 2013 08:42 PM (BXLPR)

631 Posted by: In Exile at May 10, 2013 12:38 AM (lIQZS)

Don't YOU start.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at May 09, 2013 08:42 PM (yKGCL)

632

Well, whew! I hope he is gone. I will never get those minutes back.

And Eyes Wide Shit was a horrible movie, btw.

Oops, maybe that was a slip, but I will let it stand.

Posted by: alamogordo at May 09, 2013 08:43 PM (HUTO5)

633 And not only is Miley Fugly. She's not talented. I just don't get it. Oh yea her Dad sang achey breaky haet or something,

Posted by: Minnfidel at May 09, 2013 08:43 PM (bXdYS)

634

Posted by: epobirs at May 10, 2013 12:42 AM (kcfmt)

no official controller support so you're stuck with Xpadder. It's very doable though as there isn't many buttons since I can't find any hotbar options at all

Posted by: The Dude at May 09, 2013 08:44 PM (vJdyz)

635 602 Miley is voted hotter than teh Kate? What did she do? Show her Easter bassket to the judges?

I think the judges chanting "Show us your genital cleft!" had something to do with Cyrus winning.

Posted by: wholelottasplainin' at May 09, 2013 08:44 PM (73IHh)

636 Alamogordo: I'll happy give you that EWS is *not* up to snuff. And I consider myself a big-time Kubrick fan.

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 09, 2013 08:44 PM (7B7jB)

637 This is the site for my personal venting and it has been ever since my gestation.

Posted by: Cowboy at May 09, 2013 08:45 PM (FMrA0)

638 "And Eyes Wide Shit was a horrible movie, btw." Hey now! You take that back. Eyes Wide Shut was not a horrible movie! It would have had to have been much much better than it was to be rate as "horrible". I've seen TV test patterns that were more entertaining. I'd rather sit through a test of the emergency broadcast system for 3 hours than watch it again. Nope, Horrible is just way to high of praise for that piece of crap.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 08:46 PM (/uS1W)

639 puffy and eman agree, let their sorry asses stay home and deal with the voters, there is no reason these assholes need to live in dc!

Posted by: lous a girl commenting from hubby's phone at May 09, 2013 08:46 PM (vgd4f)

640 If reps travel too much they can do something else for a living or better yet we can limit the time the Legislature is in session to one month, in January.

Less mischief, less money wasted, less travel.

They can work from home the other 11 months.>>

With Skype and other tech why do they need to travel from their home districts at all?

Posted by: McGregor at May 09, 2013 08:46 PM (qo244)

641 FREEDOM!

Fuck them.
It's on us like white on rice.
Losers. Denialists. Irrational drones. Fools. Dead people.

Posted by: GeeBee not quite there, yet, but I have a plan. BTAFE, ain't that a convenience store? at May 09, 2013 08:46 PM (1V6Pv)

642 In Re: the Plastic gun, Day by Day has the daily cartoon up saying the same thing and giving the url for a download site (bit torrent).

Me, I'm a diy, home workshop kinda guy. iykwimaittyd

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at May 09, 2013 08:46 PM (yKGCL)

643 Well at least Boner decided the Speaker of the House doesn't require the AF to fly them around like Pelousy did. Hmm, that makes me wonder if Senate Majority leader or whatever gets a plane?

Posted by: PaleRider at May 09, 2013 08:47 PM (m+nIW)

644 Alright Horde, I'm out. On an interesting note, I've apparently found what counteracts Ambien. Sex. Have sex, I take my ambien. Typically I'd be out in 30 to 45 minutes. IT's been 2 hours and I'm just barely sleepy. But 530 comes early, so....

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 09, 2013 08:48 PM (GEICT)

645 I personally think the seven years it took for Kubrick to make Full Metal Jacket warped Stan's mind a bit. I can imagine him thinking: "Well let's see, I was afraid I didn't still have the magic but I took my time and people seem to love FMJ... so I guess the moral of the story is, I'm still great as long as I just keep obsessively obsessing over every little thing..."

Flash-forward to audiences leaving Eyes Wide Shut in 1998: "What the %@*$ was THAT?!?"

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 09, 2013 08:48 PM (7B7jB)

646 The problem is Govt does not have a real budget and they tend to overpay accordingly.

And they'll never have a budget so long as I have a say.

Posted by: Ben Bernanke, chairsatan at May 09, 2013 08:48 PM (hO9ad)

647 I got 12 of 13 right on the science quiz, and the one I got wrong, I at least knew it before they told me, lol!

Funny, they included a global warming question ('which gas do most scientists believe causes temperatures in the atmosphere to rise?') and from the analysis, I thought more people than a mere 58% would've gotten that one right; afterall, it's been a non-stop brain-washing for at least a decade now!

Posted by: Aslan's Girl at May 09, 2013 08:48 PM (KL49F)

648 @ soothsayer. King of Queens was drop dead funny. My fav episode was when he attended the wedding and they put cheap cameras on each table at the reception. So Doug and his dumb ass cousin go into the bathroom. Doug puts a little hat from the wedding cake and a cane on his penis and takes a photo of it with the camera. Why did he do this? Because he is a guy and we like to do stupid shit like this. Well he forgets and leaves the camera on the table. So naturally they develop the photos and send them to everyone at the wedding because his luck is just like mine. His wife recognizes his penis and confronts him, and says that is you! He denies it and she says I recognize that mole! I almost died from a heart aTTACK laughing so hard at that. I don't who wrote that episode, but that writer is golden in my book.

Posted by: Cartman's _Evil_Twin at May 09, 2013 08:49 PM (11Ck5)

649 619 Good God man, try to pay attention. We're not
talking about the behavior of a businessperson. He answers to his
employer and they've obv accented. As is their right. No, we're talking
about OUR employees and we say that the behavior is unacceptable.

Too long have these people used "public office" as their personal grab back. They serve us, not we them.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 10, 2013 12:21 AM (GEICT)

___________
LOL. You're one of these people who thinks weekly travel is glamorous. Believe me it isn't. Free parking or not it's big fucking pain in the ass.

And my point that I've made 10 times already but you still don't get is that the employer/employee relationship is no different for taxpayer/senator than it is for IBM/ IBM worker. Just like nobody at IBM pays for his parking costs while traveling, a senator shouldn't either.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 10, 2013 12:28 AM (HDgX3)

As a long-time corporate accountant, both MMM and his detractors have a point. People with jobs that entail travel get reimbursed for their travel -- and special little snowflakes shouldn't game the system to be treated as divas. Where the rubber meets the road is the Travel Policy. The BH is flying back from NC tomorrow on Delta instead of some credible airline because of her employer's jive-assed travel policy -- where booking through the corporate website and ensuring the right kickbacks go to the right corporate travel executives is more important than saving a buck or two (in the age of Orbitz or travelocity) or being convenient. Had I my druthers, the travel policy would say, "look up the crappy thing that corporate travel advises, beat the cost, split the difference with the company."

As an example, corporate travel advises Delta one-stop from a city near you to a city near your destination for $362. You find a United flight that is closer to your home and closer to the job for $250. You book it, print both quotes to attach to your expense report, and are reimbursed $250 for your travel costs and bonused $56 for being smarter than a corporate travel coordinator.

Posted by: cthulhu at May 09, 2013 08:49 PM (tyF2+)

650

Mike Hammer at May 10, 2013 12:30 AM

We had a guy at work on third shift who had a tendency to doze off. He was filling a tank (2ft dia.x 8ft.) with nitrogen and launched it through the roof into the parking lot a couple hundred yrds, away. Injected himself with oil and we didn't know if he would live but he made it.

Posted by: harleycowboy at May 09, 2013 08:49 PM (+9AX9)

651

why thank you qdpsteve. I watched that movie for about 1 hour and said enough is enough.

And, I work from home. When I need to go for an inventory count to the city where my home office is, I drive, and stay at my Dad's and don't charge the company I work for a hotel room.

I get mileage only by pointing out that no-one else wanted to go spend 8 or more hours dealing with people that couldn't count without taking off their shoes half the time.

My company gets paid pretty good bucks for my travel.

Therefore, usually we do the GoToMyPC or a web conference.

Why can't our government do the frickin Skype or something instead of we are having to pay for all this travel?

It's not like most of them are as smart as CPAs, right?

They can't put out a budget for how many years?

Posted by: alamogordo at May 09, 2013 08:49 PM (HUTO5)

652 The ones that made the plastic gun data illegal for those guys to have avalible don't get the internet do they

Posted by: McGregor at May 09, 2013 08:49 PM (qo244)

653 Posted by: Minnfidel at May 10, 2013 12:43 AM (bXdYS)

My opinion?

It's the pedo bears and their longing for missed opportunities.

(and someone should post a watch on her dad. his and her relationship creeps me out.)

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at May 09, 2013 08:50 PM (yKGCL)

654 #649

The role of CO2 in the atmosphere is being reassessed but the same lab experiment done 150 years ago will produce identical results today. The issue is complexity, not the properties of CO2 on its own.

And the question was entirely correct if you didn't let your bias enter the picture. CO2 was the only item on the list considered a greenhouse gas. This question could have appeared in a quiz long before the AGW hysteria and the answer would remain the same. The question wasn't "Which of the following is going to turn the world into an inferno and kill everything?" You read it the way you chose to read it. This sort of things screws people up on tests quite often.

Posted by: epobirs at May 09, 2013 08:50 PM (kcfmt)

655 Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 10, 2013 12:42 AM (BXLPR) Each of those things that you are complaining about (save the barbershop and police, which are rediculous) are perks at many white-collar jobs. My sister is a paralegal and has the discount cafeteria that only employees share in. Congress critters typically book coach tickets and get upgraded by virtue of their airline status. I, for instance, have top tier status on Delta which results in a nearly 100% upgrade percentage to FC from coach. Congressmen typically have the same type of deal. The one time that I do consider it a problem is when the airlines 'give' status to politicians so that they get the same perks but without 'earning' them. Domestic first class is a joke, and I don't begrudge any company that pays to put their employees in the front cabin. When traveling internationally, FC is a bit of a luxury, but Business Class is pretty much SOP for most successful companies. Hell, frickin Walmart puts their mid-level execs in First Class on international trips.

Posted by: In Exile at May 09, 2013 08:50 PM (lIQZS)

656 I happened to run across what turned out to be the best movie I have ever seen. I never expected it. Couldn't believe it. It is truly Anti-Moronic, has no action scenes at all, takes place mostly in a cell, and has a "high art" feeling writ all over it. Everything I thought I would hate. Could. Not. Stop. Watching. Blew me away. It is "The Passion of Joan of Arc", a silent film (??!!) from 1928. Blew my mind clean offt.

Posted by: Cowboy at May 09, 2013 08:51 PM (FMrA0)

657 Aaugh, I HATE people that act as though they are my "betters".

Particularly when they are all so demonstrably inferior in character.

Posted by: Methos at May 09, 2013 08:51 PM (hO9ad)

658

652 Yes everybody settles for the lowest bidder.

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Can't really recommend that when auditioning hookers

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at May 09, 2013 08:51 PM (sYTYw)

659 Haha Andrea Mitchell is a cunt, that is all.

Posted by: lous a girl commenting from hubby's phone at May 09, 2013 08:52 PM (vgd4f)

660 alamogordo: you're quite welcome.

Just don't EVER say anything bad about Charles Schulz or Peanuts. That man was GOD, I tell you!! GOD!!!!!!

[sound of qdpsteve clutching needily to his giant-size Snoopy plush doll]

;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 09, 2013 08:52 PM (7B7jB)

661 Posted by: McGregor at May 10, 2013 12:46 AM (qo244)

It's harder for the bagmen to be running around the country making drops.

Capisce?

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at May 09, 2013 08:53 PM (yKGCL)

662 Lou! Language!

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 09, 2013 08:53 PM (GEICT)

663 Don't let the narcs tell you otherwise; night-time is the best time for driving drunk.

Posted by: Mr. Woo Woo [/i] [/b] at May 09, 2013 08:53 PM (YTstp)

664 Oh, and BTW -- I object mightily to having the guys using the system write the corporate travel policy. It needs to be written by folks who live or die on whether numbers are made that quarter......which, as it turns out, is nobody in Washington.

Posted by: cthulhu at May 09, 2013 08:54 PM (tyF2+)

665 Incompetence shouldn't be incentivized with perks.
So we shouldn't hit Ace's tip jar over double/triple posts and formatting?

Posted by: andycanuck at May 09, 2013 08:54 PM (mGBy8)

666 "They have a barber shop where they pay a hell of a lot less than I do. Is that okay? They have a cafeteria that we the taxpayers subsidize so that they can get cheap food. Is that okay? They relocate their offices around almost daily. Is that okay? They have the Capitol Police drive them around DC. Is that okay?"

And...

They're exempt from Obamacare in favor of their own different and superior plan.

Is THAT okay?

Posted by: torquewrench at May 09, 2013 08:54 PM (gqT4g)

667 I don't watch hannity, but he is showing all the dem media talking points on Benghazi and Ted Cruz, pathetic. And quite funny if it were not so dangerous.

Posted by: lous a girl commenting from hubby's phone at May 09, 2013 08:54 PM (vgd4f)

668 BTW: As much as I love/enjoy them both, I have nightmares about what would have resulted if Kubrick had been hired to direct the first Peanuts feature film, A Boy Named Charlie Brown from 1969.

Peppermint Patty: "Why are your eyes clamped open, Chuck??"

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 09, 2013 08:55 PM (7B7jB)

669 Well folks, my better half is walking through the door in a minute so I'm out. Taking the day off tomorrow and going to spend some quality time together. You folks have fun, might drop in again for the morrow's ONT.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at May 09, 2013 08:55 PM (/uS1W)

670 Do they support using a game controller for primary movement and combat? I've never cared for keyboard and mouse controls for anything action oriented.

I don't know. I don't remember seeing anything in the options menu about it, but given how few hotkeys you're allowed, I don't know why they wouldn't let you use a gamepad.

Posted by: Methos at May 09, 2013 08:55 PM (hO9ad)

671 And... They're exempt from Obamacare in favor of their own different and superior plan. Is THAT okay? Posted by: torquewrench at May 10, 2013 12:54 AM (gqT4g) And.... From insider trading laws. Is THAT ok?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 09, 2013 08:56 PM (GEICT)

672 Sorry BC. In a mighty foul mood tonite. Will do better, she's a fucking lying, brown nosing bitch, how's that?

Posted by: lous a girl commenting from hubby's phone at May 09, 2013 08:56 PM (vgd4f)

673 Posted by: cthulhu at May 10, 2013 12:49 AM (tyF2+) There are two sides to the travel policies. Often times, the corporate discount is substantial and only shows up FAR later. This results in the traveler (and often the cost center manager) to never actually see the true cost to the company. The other side is, of course, that travel departments are often staffed by idiots that don't travel and don't understand that Delta isn't always the most convenient option when traveling to bumf*ck middle of nowhere. My father is a senior exec at a big company, and he routinely gets dinged for noncompliance because he stays at non-prefered hotels that are 30-40 MILES closer to his destination than the option 'selected' by the travel department. Since he travels across the middle part of the country, there aren't always Hiltons/Marriotts/etc. available nearby.

Posted by: In Exile at May 09, 2013 08:57 PM (lIQZS)

674 652 Yes everybody settles for the lowest bidder.

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Can't really recommend that when auditioning hookers>>

I did add the bit about the lowest bidder that had the skill i was looking to hire (Jet Pilot Diesel Mechanic). So no the lowest bidder with a cock wont win in the hooker hunt.

Posted by: McGregor at May 09, 2013 08:57 PM (qo244)

675 alamogordo, is this what you mean?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJfowXTXOfU

Posted by: chemjeff at May 09, 2013 08:58 PM (BBWjt)

676 Will do better, she's a fucking lying, brown nosing bitch, how's that? Posted by: lous a girl commenting from hubby's phone at May 10, 2013 12:56 AM (vgd4f) Perfect

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 09, 2013 08:58 PM (GEICT)

677 Posted by: epobirs at May 10, 2013 12:50 AM (kcfmt)

For some reason, I don't remember asking your opinion about my "biases" OR my reading comprehension.

Let's leave it at that.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at May 09, 2013 08:58 PM (yKGCL)

678 I read some, reload, read the last few, reload.... I'm lost. I paid that guy in the alley for the zircon AoS membership, but you people are all boring. I want my $2.50 back!

Posted by: mindful webworker -comment-winning awarder at May 09, 2013 08:59 PM (p74mI)

679 I'm lost. I paid that guy in the alley for the zircon AoS membership, but you people are all boring. I want my $2.50 back! Posted by: mindful webworker -comment-winning awarder at May 10, 2013 12:59 AM (p74mI) You need at least Tantalum level...

Posted by: The Political Hat at May 09, 2013 09:00 PM (Vk2pI)

680 Aaugh, I HATE people that act as though they are my "betters".

Particularly when they are all so demonstrably inferior in character.

Posted by: Methos at May 10, 2013 12:51 AM (hO9ad)

THIS. ELEVENTY

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at May 09, 2013 09:00 PM (yKGCL)

681 And to the King of Queens fans: my favorite hare-brained scheme of Arthur's (played by Jerry Schiller, Ben's dad) on that show was when he became convinced that Charles Schulz ripped his life off to create Charlie Brown.

And then there's the one where Carrie demands an old lady (Marla Gibbs, who used to play the sassy maid on The Jeffersons) up-correct the amount the Heffernans donated to a nearby elementary school. Except said old lady gets it wrong again, and the next time they visit, there's a giant gold plaque: "DOUG AND CARRIE HEFFERNAN CHILDREN'S LIBRARY." So Doug convinces Carrie they'll go to hell if they don't change it back, they do so, and the old lady gets fired.

There are some episodes of that show that are hilarious, but others where their attempts to turn Carrie (Leah Remini) into an evil bitchqueen just don't work and are kinda cringeworthy, again IMHO.

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 09, 2013 09:01 PM (7B7jB)

682 I don't know. I don't remember seeing anything in the options menu about it, but given how few hotkeys you're allowed, I don't know why they wouldn't let you use a gamepad.

Posted by: Methos at May 10, 2013 12:55 AM (hO9ad)

no official support, need to use xpadder

Posted by: The Dude at May 09, 2013 09:02 PM (vJdyz)

683 Oh please no Jodi arias, kill me now. And what the hell is wrong with that gosnell jury? Are they stupid, or is there just a shit load of charges?

Posted by: lous a girl commenting from hubby's phone at May 09, 2013 09:02 PM (vgd4f)

684

BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 10, 2013 12:53 AM

I think she's allowed to say that because she's female, at least I think she is. It's hard to tell around here sometimes.

Posted by: harleycowboy at May 09, 2013 09:02 PM (+9AX9)

685 whoa, there was an update to cd art display

Posted by: The Dude at May 09, 2013 09:03 PM (vJdyz)

686 You need at least Tantalum level...>>

Hell $2.50 only got me Beryllium Level.

Posted by: McGregor at May 09, 2013 09:03 PM (qo244)

687 Your membership at the HQ is not complete until you've achieved Boron Level Status

Posted by: chemjeff at May 09, 2013 09:05 PM (BBWjt)

688 Favorite exchange on King of Queens: Doug is trying to convince Carrie they'd better do something or they'll go to hell.

Carrie: "Oh really Doug? You really think there's a big hot place in the middle of the planet with a guy with a pitchfork and red tights?"

Doug: "Those aren't tights. That's his SKIN!!"

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 09, 2013 09:05 PM (7B7jB)

689 Eh, travel. The most annoying part (by far) is the damn air travel. What a turn of events -- when I was a kid it was a status thing to fly. Now it is a terrible chore.

One thing I hate with utmost peril to those who whine is the problem of hotel arrangements. As far as I'm concerned, when you are on a tour of duty you should pack a tent and be provisioned to take it. To hear complaints that this Hilton wasn't as good as the last Marriott or whatnot really gets my blood boiling. My feeling is that if you can't take travel, stay at home. And if you can't understand travel outside of luxury hotels (and Holiday Inn Express is a luxury hotel), then stay the fuck home.

Posted by: Cowboy at May 09, 2013 09:05 PM (FMrA0)

690 BTW: As much as I love/enjoy them both, I have nightmares about what would have resulted if Kubrick had been hired to direct the first Peanuts feature film, A Boy Named Charlie Brown from 1969.

Peppermint Patty: "Why are your eyes clamped open, Chuck??"

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2013 12:55 AM

One of the great lost opportunities of film... what if Kubrick had finished "One Eyed Jacks"? He never did do a western.

Posted by: otho at May 09, 2013 09:05 PM (9gNQd)

691 712 Aaugh, I HATE people that act as though they are my "betters". Particularly when they are all so demonstrably inferior in character. Posted by: Methos at May 10, 2013 12:51 AM (hO9ad) THIS. ELEVENTY Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at May 10, 2013 01:00 AM (yKGCL) No kidding. I have a friend (C-level bank exec) who just got a long lecture from a *certain* legislator about banking. *legislator in question* is a useless piece of shit and doesn't have the least fucking clue, but execs have no choice but to sit and listen or else clowngress will cause problems. The arrogance of those folks is absurd.

Posted by: In Exile at May 09, 2013 09:05 PM (lIQZS)

692 Oh wow, is the c word a banning offense? If so, I guess I will just be a longtime lurker, former drunk girl commentor from the ont.

Posted by: lous a girl commenting from hubby's phone at May 09, 2013 09:06 PM (vgd4f)

693

qdpsteve - I would NEVER diss Charles Schulz.

I loved Peanuts, and even own a couple of his early "best of" collections.

And I always watch a "Charlie Brown Christmas" at Christmas time.

He was a lot of fun, and very observant.

Posted by: alamogordo at May 09, 2013 09:07 PM (HUTO5)

694 678 I got 12 of 13 right on the science quiz, and the one I got wrong, I at least knew it before they told me, lol!

Funny, they included a global warming question ('which gas do most scientists believe causes temperatures in the atmosphere to rise?') and from the analysis, I thought more people than a mere 58% would've gotten that one right; afterall, it's been a non-stop brain-washing for at least a decade now!

Posted by: Aslan's Girl at May 10, 2013 12:48 AM (KL49F)

Oh, THAT was the question?!? I would figure that the quiz was written by lefties and try "unleaded".

Posted by: cthulhu at May 09, 2013 09:08 PM (tyF2+)

695

Your membership at the HQ is not complete until you've achieved Boron Level Status

How far up is that from rust?

Posted by: harleycowboy at May 09, 2013 09:08 PM (+9AX9)

696 Oh please no Jodi arias, kill me now.

I think she's kind of cute.

Posted by: Methos, unlucky in love, but not quite that unlucky at May 09, 2013 09:09 PM (hO9ad)

697 Otho: also a good point.

I wish Kubrick had come back to California to do just one more film. A western would of course have been quite the logical choice. Everything he did from Lolita forward was shot on British or other European soundstages.

Also, I know he left Hollywood for London around 1960 when he felt jerked around by Kirk Douglas over Spartacus. But did he really still believe anyone would try the same crap on him if he returned in 1990? By then he was STANLEY KUBRICK, for goodness' sake. He could have gotten Francis Ford Coppola to be his personal assistant.

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 09, 2013 09:09 PM (7B7jB)

698 Your membership at the HQ is not complete until you've achieved Boron Level Status>>
Is the progression up linear or logarithmic?

Posted by: McGregor at May 09, 2013 09:09 PM (qo244)

699 alamogordo: you are truly an individual of outstanding taste and character. I salute you! :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 09, 2013 09:10 PM (7B7jB)

700

chemjeff,

YES exactly.

And methos, please dude. Look at her eyes. Unless you are one of those that likes the craze.

Posted by: alamogordo at May 09, 2013 09:10 PM (HUTO5)

701 Starforce - Cosmic Voyage

http://youtu.be/mk8Lp0rn7Vg

Posted by: The Dude at May 09, 2013 09:10 PM (vJdyz)

702 Oh wow, is the c word a banning offense? If so, I guess I will just be a longtime lurker, former drunk girl commentor from the ont.

Posted by: lous a girl commenting from hubby's phone at May 10, 2013 01:06 AM (vgd4f)

You might get away with blaming it on spellcheck. Once.

Posted by: Methos at May 09, 2013 09:11 PM (hO9ad)

703 Jodi Arias is kinda cute. They should string her up tomorrow. Nope, they're going to dick around for 10 years and hem and haw.

Posted by: Cowboy at May 09, 2013 09:11 PM (FMrA0)

704 So... just watched another episode of the Japanese School Girl + Steve Jobs + Crabs show...

Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at May 09, 2013 09:12 PM (Vk2pI)

705 Eww Jodi arias has scary blank creepy doll eyes, ughh

Posted by: lous a girl commenting from hubby's phone at May 09, 2013 09:13 PM (vgd4f)

706 Everything you just said proves my point. Why do govt employees, Congress, etc, get special privileges above and beyond that of every other citizen? If they're at home and an emergency arises, I don't think anyone here would begrudge that person using their position to return as quickly as possible. Outside of that, you're traveling as a private citizen, travel like a private citizen.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 10, 2013 12:42 AM (GEICT)

The point that Mr. Moo Moo glided over is that permanent-next-to-the-terminal private parking spaces are simply unavailable to the public (even CEO-types) at any price. If the spots were open to the public to rent (albeit for a lot of $$$$), I wouldn't be so bothered if congressmen chose to spend their own budget on these.

But the spots aren't open. It's the special privileges at a public facility that are unavailable to mere mortals that's galling.

Posted by: Mætenloch at May 09, 2013 09:13 PM (XkotV)

707 #682

Because they keep getting elected. As long as LIV and FSA are the biggest voting blocs little will change for the better.

In my job we avoid travel if possible. Installing software or fixing stuff from my home desktop and billing for the time is great work if you can get it. But we also do a lot of stuff that involves moving physical objects around in such a way that requires a little know-how.

My most recent contract gig paid me quite a lot of travel expenses because I knew what needed to be done and could make it happen quickly. The company paying for all of this found it far more useful to pay me me a premium to travel than to try to get someone local to follow their instructions. A factor that made my experience more valuable was that there were numerous people in an office somewhere far away waiting on me to say the machines were ready for Step X to be done remotely. Most of those people couldn't go home until the site was considered completed or at an acceptable stage until morning. So if a first timer trying to decipher their instructions as they performed the task went late, it wasn't just overtime for him, it was over time for a dozen or more people.

So my experience and likelihood to be done ahead of schedule (assuming nothing beyond my control went wrong) was worth far more than the cost of my travel. So much so that even though I was only working three or few nights a week, they would have me enter time for a full forty hours to ensure I wouldn't jump ship for the first full time gig that came along.

On the second phase of this conversion, they decided to take all of the banks they'd worked on for the first and convert them to the new parent company's system in a single night. Big mistake. Instead of drawing from the established set of technicians who knew their way around the project, they had at most one tech from the first phase at each location with several people who had no previous experience with the project and in most cases no knowledge of banking systems in general.

Even before the day came they'd revise it from overnight to over the weekend, starting at closing on Friday. My group was there Friday and Saturday, with three of us wrapping up on Sunday. And that was with me there all three days. I cannot imagine what kind of train wreck it would have been if nobody present had any prior knowledge of the project or similar projects.

Funny thing. I applied for a deployment gig that I suspect is being run by a particular company and if so I may end up being interviewed by someone who fired me from a previous deployment for not rolling out machines at the same pace as the other techs. The difference was that I was dealing with high-strung executives with tens of gigabytes of locally stored data and finicky apps with arcane installation requirements while most of the others were handling bog standard machines with users who never stored anything locally and never installed anything beyond the standard image. Oh and the tools we were made to use were crap. In many cases they duplicated stuff Microsoft gives enterprise customers for free that actually works.

So it could be an interesting interview, finding out if I'm blackballed by that company and at what level it originated.

Posted by: epobirs at May 09, 2013 09:13 PM (kcfmt)

708 How far up is that from rust?>>

FeO Or FeO3?

Posted by: McGregor at May 09, 2013 09:13 PM (qo244)

709 Preferred terminology is *scrunt* at the HQ.

Posted by: In Exile at May 09, 2013 09:14 PM (lIQZS)

710 Eww Jodi arias has scary blank creepy doll eyes, ughh Posted by: lous a girl commenting from hubby's phone at May 10, 2013 01:13 AM (vgd4f) Some people are into that... though she doesn't have the doll joints to go with it...

Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at May 09, 2013 09:14 PM (Vk2pI)

711

qdpsteve

"blushes" why yes, yes I am.

It also helps that I was from MN before it got too crazy. That's where Mr. Schulz is from ya know. Uff da. I remember things that he had in his comic strips that looked very much like my life.

I was lucky to get out when I did, before the wrassler gov and comedian Senator. who is about as crazee as that stupid Arias chick. He just hasn't been caught yet I think.

Posted by: alamogordo at May 09, 2013 09:14 PM (HUTO5)

712 And methos, please dude. Look at her eyes. Unless you are one of those that likes the craze.

Gallows humor. By "not quite" I mean by inches, not miles.

Posted by: Methos at May 09, 2013 09:15 PM (hO9ad)

713 You retahds outta reconsider voting for Obama again. He shot 'Sama bin Laden right in the nuts. I don't know what your grief stick is.

Posted by: Mr. Woo Woo [/i] [/b] at May 09, 2013 09:15 PM (YTstp)

714 Tokyo ESP getting an anime o.O

Love the manga but I have no clue on how that is going to work in anime form

Posted by: The Dude at May 09, 2013 09:15 PM (vJdyz)

715 How far up is that from rust?>> FeO Or FeO3? Posted by: McGregor at May 10, 2013 01:13 AM (qo244) Hexavalent iron???

Posted by: The Inorganic Hat at May 09, 2013 09:15 PM (Vk2pI)

716 The point that Mr. Moo Moo glided over is that permanent-next-to-the-terminal private parking spaces are simply unavailable to the public (even CEO-types) at any price. If the spots were open to the public to rent (albeit for a lot of $$$$), I wouldn't be so bothered if congressmen chose to spend their own budget on these. But the spots aren't open. It's the special privileges at a public facility that are unavailable to mere mortals that's galling. Posted by: MÃ¦tenloch at May 10, 2013 01:13 AM (XkotV) Yeah, I'm with you on that. Any perk that *isn't* available to the public should be a no-no, IMHO. I wouldn't mind a car service for airport transfers, but reserved terminal parking is nuts.

Posted by: In Exile at May 09, 2013 09:16 PM (lIQZS)

717 Each of those things that you are complaining about (save the barbershop and police, which are rediculous) are perks at many white-collar jobs. My sister is a paralegal and has the discount cafeteria that only employees share in. Congress critters typically book coach tickets and get upgraded by virtue of their airline status. I, for instance, have top tier status on Delta which results in a nearly 100% upgrade percentage to FC from coach. Congressmen typically have the same type of deal. The one time that I do consider it a problem is when the airlines 'give' status to politicians so that they get the same perks but without 'earning' them. Domestic first class is a joke, and I don't begrudge any company that pays to put their employees in the front cabin. When traveling internationally, FC is a bit of a luxury, but Business Class is pretty much SOP for most successful companies. Hell, frickin Walmart puts their mid-level execs in First Class on international trips. Posted by: In Exile at May 10, 2013 12:50 AM (lIQZS) My wife has a cafeteria at her company too. The difference is that the company rents the space out to the food service company, and that company provides the service. At the Senate? We the taxpayers fund the operation, so there is no incentive for market prices to be charged because the profit/loss equation has been taken out. Remember the House post office from 25 years ago?

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 09, 2013 09:16 PM (BXLPR)

718 So TPH, does Ariura wear a mini-skirt?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 09, 2013 09:16 PM (XioR/)

719 Otho: also a good point.

I wish Kubrick had come back to California to do just one more film. A western would of course have been quite the logical choice. Everything he did from Lolita forward was shot on British or other European soundstages.

Also, I know he left Hollywood for London around 1960 when he felt jerked around by Kirk Douglas over Spartacus. But did he really still believe anyone would try the same crap on him if he returned in 1990? By then he was STANLEY KUBRICK, for goodness' sake. He could have gotten Francis Ford Coppola to be his personal assistant.

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2013 01:09 AM

All true. Mind you, I really suspect he needed someone to jerk him around a bit with "Eyes Wide Shut". I don't mind it, but it's a weak Kubrick film. Don't particularly like it, but it's got a nice dreamlike feel to it. At least someone should have told him that the story was not a good choice. But yeah, a western would have been epic, from him. "One Eyed Jacks" is still a good film and ably handled by Brando, but, jeez, what could it have been like with Kubrick at the helm. Brando was nuts for firing him. As demonstrated by the fact that Brando never attempted directing again. It was too much. Mind you Brando was pretty lazy.

Posted by: otho at May 09, 2013 09:17 PM (9gNQd)

720 So TPH, does Ariura wear a mini-skirt? Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 10, 2013 01:16 AM (XioR/) アイずっと In modern anime, all school girl skirts are miniskirts...

Posted by: 政治的な帽子 ~です at May 09, 2013 09:17 PM (Vk2pI)

721 Hexavalent iron???>>

You Caught e it should have been Fe2O3.

Posted by: McGregor at May 09, 2013 09:18 PM (qo244)

722 アイずっと

In modern anime, all school girl skirts are miniskirts...

Posted by: 政治的な帽子 ~です at May 10, 2013 01:17 AM (Vk2pI)

it's a great time to love anime

Posted by: The Dude at May 09, 2013 09:18 PM (vJdyz)

723 alamogordo: yep, I've read the bio of Schulz, "Good Grief!", that came out in 1989 or thereabouts. Learned about his upbringing in St. Paul, his dad the barber, and the Little Red-Haired Girl's real name.

I admit that reading the strip in my childhood, I wondered where in the world those neighborhoods were based on. I love my hometown of Lakewood, but we never had the kind of open space depicted in those strips. I used to wonder where that was. Northern California? Orange County?

And I hear ya re... the (cough) 'senator' who shall not be named. Wouldn't surprise me either if they found a couple shallow graves on properties he grew up at.

Always happy to meet other Peanuts fans. I'm gonna see the Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa within the next few years if it kills me... and clean out that gift shop. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 09, 2013 09:18 PM (7B7jB)

724 #704

What I'd look for there is any special relationship between the employee making the rules and the favored venue. Sometimes it can be legit discount that give added incentive for the company. Sometime it's just a plain old bribe.

What else is bureaucracy for but to enrich bureaucrats?

Posted by: epobirs at May 09, 2013 09:20 PM (kcfmt)

725 アイずっと In modern anime, all school girl skirts are miniskirts... Posted by: 政治的な帽子 The Scots-Portuguese brigade just winced.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 09, 2013 09:21 PM (YTstp)

726 Does anyone here do Ion Chromatography? I have been tasked with buying the equipment and have no clue with what or how it works. We will be trying to see what flux is left on circuit boards.

Posted by: McGregor at May 09, 2013 09:22 PM (qo244)

727 In exile, Thanks, will use for future outbursts at various losers in the media.

Going to go smoke, and if I don't come back, I actually gave a neighbor shit tonite, so unlike me! Told you guys I was in a pissed off mood.

Posted by: lous a girl commenting from hubby's phone at May 09, 2013 09:22 PM (vgd4f)

728 Well all schoolgirls wear fukus, but did you really want to go there?

Unless talking Yui Shop or G-Taste? Still, really? Oh my!

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 09, 2013 09:22 PM (XioR/)

729 Otho: that's what I think too. Kubrick needed someone to kick him in the pants again by 1998. It had been too long since he had any pressure whatsoever.

In fact, that's another one of the things that makes me respect my other idol, Charles Schulz, more. Supposedly until the day Schulz died, he was grateful for the ability to draw a comic strip for a living-- and worried it could still be taken away. Kubrick, unfortunately and OTOH, believed his own reviews too much.

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 09, 2013 09:22 PM (7B7jB)

730 So on Neverwinter, what should the AoS Guild be named?

Free Stuff Army?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 09, 2013 09:23 PM (XioR/)

731 Wow that comment was so wrong and hilarious at the same time, sheesh a need another beer!!

Posted by: lous a girl commenting from hubby's phone at May 09, 2013 09:24 PM (vgd4f)

732 Does anyone here do Ion Chromatography? I have been tasked with buying the equipment and have no clue with what or how it works. We will be trying to see what flux is left on circuit boards. Posted by: McGregor at May 10, 2013 01:22 AM (qo244) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_chromatography What type of stuff are you separating? Do you just need to separate, or do you need concomitant analysis?

Posted by: The Chemical Hat at May 09, 2013 09:24 PM (Vk2pI)

733 The true/false questions are revealing.

If you didn't know and random picked, you'd expect 50/50 results, so when you get a group answering lower than 50%, that's an indication of what I'll term "active stupidity".

The nitrogen question's results were also interesting. The answers were no better than random picks (and often worse) across the board. If you're worse than a random pick, then you think you know something when in fact you don't.

Posted by: @PurpAv at May 09, 2013 09:24 PM (/gHaE)

734 #692

Those are amusing eccentricities.

Of course, if it were possible for bad site coding to cause you monitor to fire an errant bit of punctuation into your face to inflict injury, we would be leaving amusing eccentricity and assessing criminal psychosis instead.

Posted by: epobirs at May 09, 2013 09:25 PM (kcfmt)

735 Lou's a girl, its the Moron Way to post like that. We understand.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 09, 2013 09:25 PM (XioR/)

736 Thanks Anna, your a sweetheart.

Posted by: lous a girl commenting from hubby's phone at May 09, 2013 09:27 PM (vgd4f)

737 So on Neverwinter, what should the AoS Guild be named?

Is there already a "Moron Horde" guild in another game?

I can't think of anything else that isn't likely to run afoul of ToS regs.

Posted by: Methos at May 09, 2013 09:28 PM (hO9ad)

738

qdpsteve,

While you are in the gift shop, buy an extra Snoopy for me, and a Woodstock.

I used to have a canary that I brought with me to college (against the rules, and I discovered that the RA for my dorm had a fear of birds when she entered our dorm room without knocking long enough for me to get her back in the cage), but I sure loved Woodstock, my version.

And I was in synchronized swimming in high school, and swam to the Charlie Brown theme song for one of our numbers.

I still love that song, and wish I could remember who it was by, and buy the CD it was on. Always makes me happy happy happy.

Posted by: alamogordo at May 09, 2013 09:29 PM (HUTO5)

739 What type of stuff are you separating? Do you just need to separate, or do you need concomitant analysis?>>

I have no clue and I'm meeting with the salesman tomorrow. My Company spent double what a IC unit costs to an outside lab and I'm supposed to buy one and get results. I do have the reports from the other lab so I might have a fighting chance of not looking like an idiot in the end if I can replicate them.

Posted by: McGregor at May 09, 2013 09:29 PM (qo244)

740 Interesting flux residue discussion here:

http://www.circuitnet.com/experts/56589.shtml

Posted by: @PurpAv at May 09, 2013 09:30 PM (/gHaE)

741 Is there already a "Moron Horde" guild in another game? I can't think of anything else that isn't likely to run afoul of ToS regs. Posted by: Methos Hobo Scourge MediaVettage Val-U-Rite... lots of options.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 09, 2013 09:31 PM (YTstp)

742 Well off to play Neverwinter. deederit to look for.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 09, 2013 09:31 PM (XioR/)

743 MediaCabbage - their collectivist IQ

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 09, 2013 09:32 PM (XioR/)

744 I'm 27, so I don't remember the PO scandal. I'm not surprised, though. I suppose that you are correct about the cafeteria, though. I wouldn't be surprised if they were simply a money sink.

Posted by: In Exile at May 09, 2013 09:32 PM (lIQZS)

745 I have no clue and I'm meeting with the salesman tomorrow.

well, ion chromatography depend strongly on the type of ion you are trying to measure.

Posted by: chemjeff at May 09, 2013 09:35 PM (BBWjt)

746 #747

When I was about seven or eight, reading the Beverly Cleary books, I was convinced she was writing about my home town, somewhere ten to fifteen years earlier. Henry Huggins went to a Glenwood Elementary, just like me! And there were a bunch of street names I recognized!

A few years later it came to my attention that there were a LOT of Glenwood Elementary schools all over the country. And a generic suburb was likely to have some of those street names if there was no dominant theme. And the street names I knew were specific to the town due to being named for locally prominent people did not appear in the books.

The author did spend most of her life in California and may even have had a passing acquaintance with long ago Thousand Oaks but it now seems likely the town where most of her characters lived existed only in the heads of her and the readers.

Posted by: epobirs at May 09, 2013 09:35 PM (kcfmt)

747 Hey, on a good note, I won two grand playing keno today, woohoo!

Posted by: lou's a girl at May 09, 2013 09:36 PM (vgd4f)

748 Interesting flux residue discussion here:>>

Flux residue is something they keep asking me to quantify. But With a SEM/EDS all I can tell them is your flux is organic or inorganic. So it looks like I get another skill on my resume (well semi skill since it will be 10% of my day tops)

Posted by: McGregor at May 09, 2013 09:36 PM (qo244)

749 Just dropping by to ask ... Is there hope? ...

Posted by: JacksonTN at May 09, 2013 09:38 PM (9bauS)

750 well, ion chromatography depend strongly on the type of ion you are trying to measure.>>

How does that relate to the equipment you buy?
Is it an add on or just being able to interpret the data gathered?

Posted by: McGregor at May 09, 2013 09:39 PM (qo244)

751 Otho: that's what I think too. Kubrick needed someone to kick him in the pants again by 1998. It had been too long since he had any pressure whatsoever.

In fact, that's another one of the things that makes me respect my other idol, Charles Schulz, more. Supposedly until the day Schulz died, he was grateful for the ability to draw a comic strip for a living-- and worried it could still be taken away. Kubrick, unfortunately and OTOH, believed his own reviews too much.

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2013 01:22 AM

Saw "A boy named charlie brown" when it came out. Was a bit dubious about how the strip would fare as a feature long story, but, it was very, very good. Arguably his best work.

Posted by: otho at May 09, 2013 09:40 PM (9gNQd)

752 There are two sides to the travel policies. Often times, the corporate discount is substantial and only shows up FAR later. This results in the traveler (and often the cost center manager) to never actually see the true cost to the company. The other side is, of course, that travel departments are often staffed by idiots that don't travel and don't understand that Delta isn't always the most convenient option when traveling to bumf*ck middle of nowhere. My father is a senior exec at a big company, and he routinely gets dinged for noncompliance because he stays at non-prefered hotels that are 30-40 MILES closer to his destination than the option 'selected' by the travel department. Since he travels across the middle part of the country, there aren't always Hiltons/Marriotts/etc. available nearby. Posted by: In Exile at May 10, 2013 12:57 AM (lIQZS) Most of the congresscritters are flying to and from DC. Most airports in the US have direct flights to/from DC. Gee, I wonder why. So these congresscritters don't have to sit in an airport in ATL, CLT, Chicago, or any other hub airport. Johnstown, PA has a $200 million dollar airport that has 3 flights a day. All to DC. The John Murtha Airport.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 09, 2013 09:40 PM (BXLPR)

753 Just dropping by to ask ... Is there hope? ... Posted by: JacksonTN Depends on expectations. What might ye be expecting?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 09, 2013 09:40 PM (YTstp)

754 Just dropping by to ask ... Is there hope? ...

Posted by: JacksonTN at May 10, 2013 01:38 AM (9bauS)

no hope for those who pay the toll

Posted by: The Dude at May 09, 2013 09:40 PM (vJdyz)

755 Flux?

Make sure your instrument can handle 1.21 Gigawatts.

Posted by: eman at May 10, 2013 01:39 AM (ZOGUz)

lol

Posted by: The Dude at May 09, 2013 09:41 PM (vJdyz)

756 Flux residue is something they keep asking me to quantify.

Is this just some sort of certification thing? You might be better off just pulling 1/1000 and sending them out to a local contract lab for a full workup then.

If its a line problem intervention thing, then you'll want to stop the badness ASAP and be looking more for on-site analysis.

Posted by: @PurpAv at May 09, 2013 09:41 PM (/gHaE)

757 really need a Urotsukidoji for the modern world that doesn't end up falling into something like Bible Black

Posted by: The Dude at May 09, 2013 09:42 PM (vJdyz)

758 Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 09, 2013 10:03 PM (LRFds)I've stipped most of it but there are some stubborn areas. This stuff is old, it's a woven fabric thatseems glued to the copper. Doesn't strip like rubber. Posted by: Meremortal at May 09, 2013 10:06 PM (1Y+hH) You can burn it; the copper won't melt, but it can sink a lot of heat, so you will need a hot fire. And that old tar-based insulation makes nasty smoke.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2013 09:43 PM (fNpC1)

759 I have no clue and I'm meeting with the salesman tomorrow. My Company spent double what a IC unit costs to an outside lab and I'm supposed to buy one and get results. I do have the reports from the other lab so I might have a fighting chance of not looking like an idiot in the end if I can replicate them. Posted by: McGregor at May 10, 2013 01:29 AM (qo244) Chromatography isn't what I'm most familiar with, but when it comes to equipment like that in general, there are certain things I like to push for: 1. Make sure that you will have support and an extended warrenty, especially for getting their repair guys out. This is especially true when you don't have a technical expert who is familiar with the brand you are getting. 2. Software and programming features are all nice and dandy, but make sure that the hardware is easy to maintain and use. If you can get equipment that has manual switches/buttons/&c. instead of, or in addition to, the software, you will come out ahead once someone masters the machine. Alsp, while point and click is nice in software, if there is an option for command line input, go for that; it actually becomes easier to use once you get the hang of it and you'll be able to do more with it. 3. Make sure that they will do the instillation AND do training. Make sure for the training that it is more than just a glorified demo.

Posted by: The Chemical Hat at May 09, 2013 09:44 PM (Vk2pI)

760 Some good instrument companies to check are Agilent, Thermo, Waters, and maybe Shimadzu.>>

I have Dionex coming in which were bought by Thermo recently (which I hate for EDS reasons) but they are the bulk of the used market so I'm guessing they are the leader in Ion Chromatography and that's what the lab we paid used.

Posted by: McGregor at May 09, 2013 09:44 PM (qo244)

761 768 I'm 27, so I don't remember the PO scandal. I'm not surprised, though. I suppose that you are correct about the cafeteria, though. I wouldn't be surprised if they were simply a money sink. Posted by: In Exile at May 10, 2013 01:32 AM (lIQZS) http://tinyurl.com/2dbsn36 In a nutshell, the House post office was used as a way for congresscritters to cash checks. Lots of checks. Lots of bounced checks. Some of them had a long history of bouncing checks, but still did. They would use checks to buy postage, then turn around and exchange to stamps for cash. Led to the downfall of lots of Dems as they tried to cover up the whole shebang.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at May 09, 2013 09:45 PM (BXLPR)

762 Otho: right on about A Boy Named Charlie Brown. Talk about a unique kids' movie. It especially sticks out today against the Disneyfied stuff that's marketed to young people.

Alamogordo: will do re Woodstock! Too bad about the canary. Then again from what I've heard, Josef Stalin would have been shocked by the bossiness of some of those RAs.

By the way, you mentioned the Charlie Brown "theme song." If you're thinking of the piano jazz in the specials, that's by a great jazz artist named Vince Guaraldi. All of his music, both for the Peanuts specials and otherwise, is great. Here's a link to a great recent compilation of his music at Amazon, "The Ultimate Vince Guaraldi."

http://tinyurl.com/coqsgz3

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 09, 2013 09:46 PM (7B7jB)

763 762
qdpsteve,

While you are in the gift shop, buy an extra Snoopy for me, and a Woodstock.

I used to have a canary that I brought with me to college (against the rules, and I discovered that the RA for my dorm had a fear of birds when she entered our dorm room without knocking long enough for me to get her back in the cage), but I sure loved Woodstock, my version.

And I was in synchronized swimming in high school, and swam to the Charlie Brown theme song for one of our numbers.

I still love that song, and wish I could remember who it was by, and buy the CD it was on. Always makes me happy happy happy.

Posted by: alamogordo at May 10, 2013 01:29 AM (HUTO5)

The music for the Charlie Brown stuff was composed by Vince Guaraldi. George Winston has a nice album of it -- http://tinyurl.com/dyz53vo

Posted by: cthulhu at May 09, 2013 09:47 PM (tyF2+)

764 How does that relate to the equipment you buy? Is it an add on or just being able to interpret the data gathered? Posted by: McGregor at May 10, 2013 01:39 AM (qo244) Big difference. Liquid chromatography and Reverse phase liquid chromatography will be optimal for different things. Are you looking for organic molecules, or metal ions/complexes? Are you just separating, or are you just analyzing stuff. The two are very different when it comes to what you need to do. If it is analysis, then a Mass Spec is always a nice add-on.

Posted by: The Chemical Hat at May 09, 2013 09:49 PM (Vk2pI)

765 One can certainly imagine the difficulty in discerning between those two causes of death. Posted by: Meremortal at May 09, 2013 10:10 PM (1Y+hH) "It wasn't the fall that killed him; it was the sudden stop at the end."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2013 09:50 PM (fNpC1)

766 See the titties

Night all sorry for the IC talk but I really hate knowing less than the salesman so I'm a little worried how it will go.

Posted by: McGregor at May 09, 2013 09:51 PM (qo244)

767 #757

This level of basic ignorance seems to go hand in hand with the celebrity worship culture. I'm aghast at the idea that there is a horde of voters who would score worse than chance on that test but could talk for an hour non-stop if asked to give a biography of Kim Kardashian.

I was passing through the living room earlier and my mother had the TV tuned to some celebrity gossip show, which was asking if pregnancy has been hard on Ms. Kardashian. My mother made some remark questioning why this was worthy of air time. I had to ask her what she expected when she chose to watch a show that exists for no other reason. It was on that channel when she turned on the TV. But that was almost twenty minutes ago. Was it insufficiently insulting to basic human decency up until this moment?

I see the idiot celebrity tracking magazines in the check-out line at the supermarket but never see any being purchased. Somebody must be being them or supermarket would find something else to put there. I worry that they're stuffing my brain with useless trivia at who knows what costs. Someday I'll walk out knowing far too much about some party girl heiress and realize I cannot remember how an internal combustion engine works.

Posted by: epobirs at May 09, 2013 09:52 PM (kcfmt)

768 Vince Guaraldi's entire ouvre is worth a listen.

Posted by: D. Hopper at May 09, 2013 09:52 PM (UsR5V)

769 786 I have no clue and I'm meeting with the salesman tomorrow. My Company spent double what a IC unit costs to an outside lab and I'm supposed to buy one and get results. I do have the reports from the other lab so I might have a fighting chance of not looking like an idiot in the end if I can replicate them.

Posted by: McGregor at May 10, 2013 01:29 AM (qo244)

Chromatography isn't what I'm most familiar with, but when it comes to equipment like that in general, there are certain things I like to push for:

1. Make sure that you will have support and an extended warrenty, especially for getting their repair guys out. This is especially true when you don't have a technical expert who is familiar with the brand you are getting.

2. Software and programming features are all nice and dandy, but make sure that the hardware is easy to maintain and use. If you can get equipment that has manual switches/buttons/&c. instead of, or in addition to, the software, you will come out ahead once someone masters the machine. Alsp, while point and click is nice in software, if there is an option for command line input, go for that; it actually becomes easier to use once you get the hang of it and you'll be able to do more with it.

3. Make sure that they will do the instillation AND do training. Make sure for the training that it is more than just a glorified demo.

Posted by: The Chemical Hat at May 10, 2013 01:44 AM (Vk2pI)

You forgot calibration.

Posted by: cthulhu at May 09, 2013 09:53 PM (tyF2+)

770 McGregor, well briefly looking at the Dionex website, it looks like it is just like an HPLC system but for ions.

(I was thinking more along the lines of ion exchange columns or something.)

You should probably have *some* idea of the type of ions you want to study anyway, though, for purposes of detection limits and sensitivity.

Posted by: chemjeff at May 09, 2013 09:53 PM (BBWjt)

771

Thank you qdpsteve!

I left the LP at school after the show, and have never since it since, but I believe that is the guy! I am so happy to find the name again. I have just ordered one of his CDs on Amazon, thru the ace portal.

And WOOHOO lou's a girl for your keno win!

Posted by: alamogordo at May 09, 2013 09:53 PM (HUTO5)

772 Also consumables, have an idea how much the different columns cost, they can get pretty spendy.

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

773 oh cthulhu, I have bad news to report.

I found a dead fish today in my tank.

I just hope it isn't some disease.

Posted by: chemjeff at May 09, 2013 09:56 PM (BBWjt)

774 What is higher concentration in the Earth's atmosphere, water vapor (gas)or carbon dioxide? Which is a stronger "greenhouse" gas? Decode your answers.........now! Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense..... at May 09, 2013 10:21 PM (I2uSp) Water vapor in both cases.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2013 09:56 PM (fNpC1)

775 I answered hydrogen because two thirds of the water vapor heat content still exceeds all the others by a wide margin.

Posted by: Jean at May 09, 2013 09:58 PM (CMlD4)

776 You all forget me because I am inert.Fuck you! Posted by: Nitrogen at May 09, 2013 10:25 PM (9XBK2) Honey, you're not inert; just hard to stay attached to. But all the best explosives have got you in them, so there's that.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2013 09:59 PM (fNpC1)

777 I am still signing off but don't want to ignore the responses. I really have no clue what IC is or how the data is presented to the operator. I do have reports from an outside lab on our product to try to mimic (no not in result but info). This jumping into new crap was a lot easier when I was younger.

In the end it will be fun getting through this and one more thing for that emergency resume so it's all good.

Posted by: McGregor at May 09, 2013 10:00 PM (qo244)

778 MacGregor, ask about a remote interface, so their techs can peek in and see what your doing wrong. Sample prep is likely to be your biggest problem, not running the box.

Posted by: Jean at May 09, 2013 10:01 PM (CMlD4)

779 Dead fish in the tank one of those urban dictionary deals?

Posted by: D. Hopper at May 09, 2013 10:01 PM (UsR5V)

780 You forgot calibration. Posted by: cthulhu at May 10, 2013 01:53 AM (tyF2+) Ah yes. Sometimes that can be a b***h. Especially when a large magnetic field is involved and you forget to take your wallet out of your pocket...

Posted by: The Chemical Hat at May 09, 2013 10:04 PM (Vk2pI)

781 #788

And of course the press kept insisting on using the term 'check kiting' to make most listeners have a WTF? moment and lose interest in the story.

I used to wonder what it would take to have a mob marching through DC screaming for blood. I'm not sure which is the worse possibility, that we will find out where the snapping point is or that there isn't one and they'll just keep upping the ante on outrages a little at a time.

Posted by: epobirs at May 09, 2013 10:04 PM (kcfmt)

782 You all forget me because I am inert.Fuck you! Posted by: Nitrogen at May 09, 2013 10:25 PM (9XBK2) Honey, you're not inert; just hard to stay attached to. But all the best explosives have got you in them, so there's that. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2013 01:59 AM (fNpC1) Nitrogen isn't that inert. You can activate is at STP easily. It making sure that you don't react with O2 first that is the problem...

Posted by: Lithium at May 09, 2013 10:05 PM (Vk2pI)

783 You're welcome Alamogordo!

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 09, 2013 10:07 PM (7B7jB)

784 Nitrogen is inert? What the fuck? It's a gas isn't it? Doesn't it move around all the time?

Posted by: otho at May 09, 2013 10:08 PM (9gNQd)

785 800 oh cthulhu, I have bad news to report.

I found a dead fish today in my tank.

I just hope it isn't some disease.

Posted by: chemjeff at May 10, 2013 01:56 AM (BBWjt)

(1) Fish do grow old and die -- sometimes with stunning rapidity [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killifish ]. (2) The most common causes of fish death, however, are water quality and aggression -- if you hadn't noticed the victim being chased around, change some water. (3) One thing that people fail to realize in fish tanks is that there's always disease there, and there's never disease there.....tanks are miniature ecosystems, and only when you introduce something new (new fish, new plants, new ornaments) can "disease get into your tank". But even when potentially harmful organisms are in the tank for years, a healthy balance of helpful organisms and defenses keep them in check. It's seldom the pathogen that's the problem -- it's the balance going off-kilter.

Posted by: cthulhu at May 09, 2013 10:09 PM (tyF2+)

786 Is it possible that Maxim list starts at #1 and climbs to a pinnacle at #100? Even that wouldn't explain why Miley Cyrus is on the list, unless that is the single worst photograph ever taken of her or she's in makeup for a film role playing a washed up dissolute former star who has done a lot of drugs and chemical abuse resulting in an acquired form of progeria.

Posted by: epobirs at May 09, 2013 10:09 PM (kcfmt)

787 69 well plain air is mostly nitrogen so try again.

Posted by: bill-o at May 09, 2013 10:11 PM (AWwDY)

788 Nitrogen is inert left to itself but if one of its buddies shows up with some really good controlled substances, watch out.

Posted by: epobirs at May 09, 2013 10:12 PM (kcfmt)

789 cthulhu, no, this was a relatively new fish.
the other fish seem fine thus far.
I will get my water quality checked tomorrow, probably.

Posted by: chemjeff at May 09, 2013 10:12 PM (BBWjt)

790

Posted by: epobirs at May 10, 2013 02:09 AM (kcfmt)

they don't count up but that is a bad pic of her. Don't think she is the hottest but that really is a bad pic of how she looks now

Posted by: The Dude at May 09, 2013 10:13 PM (vJdyz)

791 The way to scare any salesman representing goods or services you know little about is simple: find a site where people discuss such things and locate a good flame war. It doesn't matter who is right or wrong, it's all ammo in the school of 'if you can't dazzle them with diamonds, baffle them with bullshit.'

Posted by: epobirs at May 09, 2013 10:14 PM (kcfmt)

792 814 epobirs nope she's a dog. Sorry, she was cute, but went full blown crazy, and you men know she is not the sexiest, damn maxim took a huge bribe/payoff to even put her on the list, let alone #1

Posted by: lou's a girl at May 09, 2013 10:15 PM (vgd4f)

793 Indeed, I grew up in Canada. And Nanaimo Bars are a Canadian dessert... Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 09, 2013 11:07 PM (fggky) I have been drunk in Nanaimo bars. But not recently.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2013 10:16 PM (fNpC1)

794 I wonder what was more expensive: Miley in Maxim or Gwyneth in People. (It was People, wasn't it?) No way cash was not a factor in both of those.

Posted by: epobirs at May 09, 2013 10:16 PM (kcfmt)

795 So nitrogen's kind of shiftless and slutty?

Posted by: otho at May 09, 2013 10:17 PM (9gNQd)

796 Nitrogen is inert? What the fuck? It's a gas isn't it? Doesn't it move around all the time? Posted by: otho at May 10, 2013 02:08 AM (9gNQd) Not after getting an EBT card and an Obamaphone...

Posted by: The Noble Gasses, Keeping the Peasant Gasses in their place at May 09, 2013 10:18 PM (Vk2pI)

797 naw, nitrogen plays hard to get.
you entice it with all of the usual tricks that you can think of to get it to sleep with you and none of it works.

turns out, nitrogen likes it rough. so you have to be mean and violent to it, and then it will just explode on you.

Posted by: chemjeff at May 09, 2013 10:20 PM (BBWjt)

798 818 cthulhu, no, this was a relatively new fish.
the other fish seem fine thus far.
I will get my water quality checked tomorrow, probably.

Posted by: chemjeff at May 10, 2013 02:12 AM (BBWjt)

Lotta times, the new kid in town takes a look down the wrong alley, if you know what I'm sayin'....

If you have reason to believe your water is fouling, just do a standard water change for the heck of it.

Posted by: cthulhu at May 09, 2013 10:21 PM (tyF2+)

799 naw, nitrogen plays hard to get.
you entice it with all of the usual tricks that you can think of to get it to sleep with you and none of it works.

turns out, nitrogen likes it rough. so you have to be mean and violent to it, and then it will just explode on you.

Posted by: chemjeff at May 10, 2013 02:20 AM

Nice. I like the sound of this nitrogen.

Posted by: otho at May 09, 2013 10:23 PM (9gNQd)

800 cthulhu, I really scrubbed out the tank about a week ago, changed out about 1/2 of the water, should I really do another one?

Posted by: chemjeff at May 09, 2013 10:23 PM (BBWjt)

801 changed the filters too

Posted by: chemjeff at May 09, 2013 10:23 PM (BBWjt)

802 bi-curious nitrogen
lol

Posted by: chemjeff at May 09, 2013 10:25 PM (BBWjt)

803 824 epobirs yeah gwenyth is pretty, but she does not even drink milk, wtf? How is she beautiful, she hates meat, cheese veggies and America. I think she survives on soy!, yeah, so not trustworthy.

Posted by: lou's a girl at May 09, 2013 10:27 PM (vgd4f)

804 Carbon, now there's a slut.

Posted by: eman at May 10, 2013 02:26 AM

That papery stuff? I did not know that.

Posted by: otho at May 09, 2013 10:28 PM (9gNQd)

805 It must suck for Pierce Brosnan, standing in the shadow of Daniel Craig.

Posted by: Bourbon Chicken at May 09, 2013 10:29 PM (NoePp)

806 Okay 1V6Pv (Throvald?) is banned.

Why?

Because of the Life Is Too Short 3 Time rule. If I have to check your hash due to questionable comments three separate times, well life is too damn short for dealing with that shit.

Posted by: Mætenloch at May 09, 2013 10:29 PM (XkotV)

807 Why?

Because of the Life Is Too Short 3 Time rule. If I have to check your hash due to questionable comments three separate times, well life is too damn short for dealing with that shit.

Posted by: MÃ¦tenloch at May 10, 2013 02:29 AM (XkotV)

as I've said before, if I had the controls, I would ban everyone including myself

Posted by: The Dude at May 09, 2013 10:31 PM (vJdyz)

808 Was it a new-new fish or just new to you? Was it one of those 'good as new' refurbs in the plain box with no markings?

Posted by: epobirs at May 09, 2013 10:32 PM (kcfmt)

809 Well, it was new to me. I guess I don't really know how old it was. But it wasn't a really big fish.

Posted by: chemjeff at May 09, 2013 10:34 PM (BBWjt)

810 831 cthulhu, I really scrubbed out the tank about a week ago, changed out about 1/2 of the water, should I really do another one?

Posted by: chemjeff at May 10, 2013 02:23 AM (BBWjt)

When did you intro this fish? If it had been around for a couple of months prior to the big change.....it could have been the big change that did it in. If, on the other hand, you just introduced it within a week or so, the conditions could have been too different between its home tank and yours [and sometimes yours is "better", but it's the "different" that counts] [Altolamprologus compressiceps are famous for this -- you have to introduce the fish into your water over the course of hours and/or days or they up and croak a few days later. Of course, my experiences with that particular fish have been (1) expensive and (2) heartbreaking....mostly in the "take 3 years to grow from 3/4 inch to 1-1/2 inch then die for no apparent reason when breeding size is 2 inches" vein -- but I'm not bitter].

Posted by: cthulhu at May 09, 2013 10:34 PM (tyF2+)

811 Yeah, carbon is a huge slut. Sleeps with pretty much everything.

Posted by: chemjeff at May 09, 2013 10:35 PM (BBWjt)

812 1 fish 2 fish dead fish new fish

Posted by: lou's a girl at May 09, 2013 10:36 PM (vgd4f)

813 cthulhu, the new fish was introduced just a little bit before I cleaned out the tank

her cousin is still alive and doing fine so far, so I am thinking maybe I just got a bad fish

Posted by: chemjeff at May 09, 2013 10:36 PM (BBWjt)

814 No fish is bad, maybe he just had a bad childhood!

Posted by: lou's a girl at May 09, 2013 10:38 PM (vgd4f)

815 Oh, and BTW....why I'd try compressiceps when I knew they were heartbreakers -- http://tinyurl.com/bssaaua

Posted by: cthulhu at May 09, 2013 10:38 PM (tyF2+)

816 cthulhu, sorry to hear about your fish breeding problems

Posted by: chemjeff at May 09, 2013 10:39 PM (BBWjt)

817 848 Oh, and BTW....why I'd try compressiceps when I knew they were heartbreakers -- http://tinyurl.com/bssaaua

Posted by: cthulhu at May 10, 2013 02:38 AM (tyF2+)

man, that fish looks like it could play the tuba

Posted by: chemjeff at May 09, 2013 10:39 PM (BBWjt)

818 845 1 fish 2 fish dead fish new fish

Posted by: lou's a girl at May 10, 2013 02:36 AM (vgd4f)

yeah, pretty much

oh BTW congratulations on your keno winnings!

Posted by: chemjeff at May 09, 2013 10:40 PM (BBWjt)

819 I'll ask again. Do you expect a senior executive of a company to take the train to the airport? I'm sure some do for the environment or some bullshit. But it's the exception. Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at May 10, 2013 12:10 AM (HDgX3) They don't have to take the streetcar. But they could have a driver with a pool car, or even just a regular cab drop them at the departure gate, and pick them up upon their return. Might work out to be cheaper, too, in the event of a longer stay away.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2013 10:40 PM (fNpC1)

820 846 cthulhu, the new fish was introduced just a little bit before I cleaned out the tank

her cousin is still alive and doing fine so far, so I am thinking maybe I just got a bad fish

Posted by: chemjeff at May 10, 2013 02:36 AM (BBWjt)

Could very well be. Keep a close eye on the tank and see what happens. For future reference, you generally want to space out the "major cleanings" and "intro tankmates" activities.....not because it isn't good to do cleanings or add fish, but because it is helpful to sort things out afterwards if there are issues.

Posted by: cthulhu at May 09, 2013 10:40 PM (tyF2+)

821 no hope for those who pay the toll Posted by: The Dude at May 10, 2013 01:40 AM (vJdyz) Thanks for replying The Dude ... I am serious about this .. when you say "pay the toll" is this reference to tax payers?" .. I don't know any longer .. the swirl has come around and I know now that the LA Times Kashlid thing is sort of happening and Idk I feel a shift in the last two weeks ... an almost confident shift on their part ... its like a nightmare where you saw the final destination and now its happending ... because .. we did see it ... we saw it way back ... idk ... it just so damn weird .. So I am just asking ... is there hope? I am even asking if there is hope with Rand/Rubio .. if the fathers crazy campaigners will help and make allies of semi-still like fellow hispanic Rubio ... how is it that it got to this ... but I feel like an alligience of these two might somehow do something ... Pretty crazy times I think ... glad I am older ... its just so weird ... the underlyings of everything if you really want to dig .. its so bizarre ... you try to make it funny but its not in the end ... So I ask ... from the inside .. and under the belly ... is there hope next election? have a perfect night!

Posted by: JacksonTN at May 09, 2013 10:41 PM (9bauS)

822 Sorry chemjeff, just messing with ya. Thanks, gonna take hubby out for breakfast and pay off a few bills.

Posted by: lou's a girl at May 09, 2013 10:43 PM (vgd4f)

823 #836

Paltrow has had her moments and I'd certainly not reject her advances, should she be taken by madness and determined to throw herself at the next person she sees. But for that list it has to be the class of woman who enters a crowded room and hush breaks out because people stop in mid-sentence to take a good long look and sigh.

Far rarer is the woman who pulls that off without trying or isn't aware she can. A professional makeup artist and photographer can bring out the best features and capture them. One thing that has always annoyed me about those 'famous stars without makeup' is that there is usually more involved, like catching the person not only without any artificial enhancement but also in a moment of exertion, such as just finishing a run. If you're accustomed to only seeing them tarted up for a publicity still or on set, of course they aren't going to be as impressive in real life. But the difference is that most people will not look as good no matter how good the makeup and photographer. You have to have some strengths going in.

Posted by: epobirs at May 09, 2013 10:46 PM (kcfmt)

824

Now I understand the Al Gore thing with carbon.

She was the slut who wouldn't do it with him and only not with him.

It's one of those unrequited love/lust things.

That's why he kept yelling at us that carbon would kill us all, if it wasn't paid for with credits and only he could sell the credits.

Posted by: alamogordo at May 09, 2013 10:47 PM (HUTO5)

825 Well, I always look beautiful, you should see me hauling my groceries in the house!

Posted by: lou's a girl at May 09, 2013 10:48 PM (vgd4f)

826
855 Sorry chemjeff, just messing with ya. Thanks, gonna take hubby out for breakfast and pay off a few bills.

Posted by: lou's a girl at May 10, 2013 02:43 AM (vgd4f)

that's okay, that is really what it's like

breakfast sounds great, lou!

here is a breakfast kitteh for you

http://tinyurl.com/cemwakh

Posted by: chemjeff at May 09, 2013 10:48 PM (BBWjt)

827 #852

One reason American Airlines gave for stopping the 'Nerd Bird' route was that many of the companies that used it the most got their own aircraft and made it an internal matter.

The increased TSA hassle and security kabuki post-9/11 likely helped in that decision.

Posted by: epobirs at May 09, 2013 10:49 PM (kcfmt)

828 that was a quick $100 for e-juice

Posted by: The Dude at May 09, 2013 10:53 PM (vJdyz)

829 chemjeff - before cleaning the tanks and changing the water, etc. ... look under the bed for a rogue kitteh or octopus. The octopus may be camouflaged. The kitteh will pro'lly just try to look innocent. just trying to help ...

Posted by: Adriane... at May 09, 2013 10:53 PM (TvO05)

830 Yeah, carbon is a huge slut. Sleeps with pretty much everything. Posted by: chemjeff at May 10, 2013 02:35 AM (BBWjt) What, so I'm not good enough now???

Posted by: Neon at May 09, 2013 10:53 PM (Vk2pI)

831

lou's a girl,

Of course you look beautiful hauling your groceries into the house!

I know I do - my dogs and cats and hubby always tell me so!

Of course, the drool running down all their chins while they ask "what'd you bring us" might be part of it...

Posted by: alamogordo at May 09, 2013 10:57 PM (HUTO5)

832 This Maxim business has me just furious! How am I to know which women to pine over if the judging process is obviously corrupt?

Posted by: epobirs at May 09, 2013 10:57 PM (kcfmt)

833 What, so I'm not good enough now???

Posted by: Neon at May 10, 2013 02:53 AM (Vk2pI)

sorry, you're too stuck up even for carbon

Posted by: chemjeff at May 09, 2013 10:57 PM (BBWjt)

834 Adriane thank you very much for the helpful advice, no kittehs, but I will look for camouflaged octopi tomorrow

Posted by: chemjeff at May 09, 2013 10:58 PM (BBWjt)

835 What, so I'm not good enough now???

Posted by: Neon at May 10, 2013 02:53 AM (Vk2pI)

You're such a prude. You won't hook up with anyone. You're as bad as your sister helium.

Posted by: buzzion at May 09, 2013 10:58 PM (LI48c)

836 What, so I'm not good enough now??? Posted by: Neon at May 10, 2013 02:53 AM (Vk2pI) You're such a prude. You won't hook up with anyone. You're as bad as your sister helium. Posted by: buzzion at May 10, 2013 02:58 AM (LI48c) Just because I split up with uranium and thorium doesn't mean I'm stuck up!

Posted by: Helium at May 09, 2013 11:00 PM (Vk2pI)

837 heh, this all reminds me, I used to give a bonus question on the final exam, something fun because it is their last test after a long semester, so I would put something like: Suppose fluorine, sodium and neon were living in an apartment together for a reality TV show. Based on their chemical properties, describe how they might behave on the TV show. I put the caveat that it is a "family show" but some of the answers I got were a bit... umm.. racy

Posted by: chemjeff at May 09, 2013 11:00 PM (BBWjt)

838 Quit acting so noble. You're not fooling anyone.

Posted by: buzzion at May 09, 2013 11:01 PM (LI48c)

839 864 Alamogordo, ain't it the truth. Night all. Have a Good Friday! chemjeff, love ya. See ya all on another ont.

Posted by: lou's a girl at May 09, 2013 11:01 PM (vgd4f)

840 heh, this all reminds me, I used to give a bonus question on the final exam, something fun because it is their last test after a long semester, so I would put something like: Suppose fluorine, sodium and neon were living in an apartment together for a reality TV show. Based on their chemical properties, describe how they might behave on the TV show. I put the caveat that it is a "family show" but some of the answers I got were a bit... umm.. racy Posted by: chemjeff at May 10, 2013 03:00 AM (BBWjt) Let me tell you, fluorine will suck the electrons off of almost everyone, just ask xenon!

Posted by: Sodium at May 09, 2013 11:02 PM (Vk2pI)

841 G'night lou's a girl

Posted by: alamogordo at May 09, 2013 11:02 PM (HUTO5)

842 cthulhu, wow, some pretty fish, too bad they are so temperamental

Posted by: chemjeff at May 09, 2013 11:03 PM (BBWjt)

843 good night lou, sweet dreams

Posted by: chemjeff at May 09, 2013 11:03 PM (BBWjt)

844 Night all. Here is Tom Lehrer's "The Elements" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPq3SEteEJc

Posted by: The Political Hat at May 09, 2013 11:07 PM (Vk2pI)

845 876 cthulhu, wow, some pretty fish, too bad they are so temperamental

Posted by: chemjeff at May 10, 2013 03:03 AM (BBWjt)

I should not forget to point out that these are all freshwater fish, from the sixth-largest and second-deepest lake on the planet -- Lake Tanganyika -- which also has freshwater crabs, sponges, and jellyfish.

Posted by: cthulhu at May 09, 2013 11:07 PM (tyF2+)

846 13/13 -- I would have been disappointed in myself otherwise.

re Miley -- I had a theory about her b4 she turned 18.......billion dollar jailbait. That was the fascination with her then; according to some reports that was the amount of money she generated for Disney (and her dad).

Maybe that's still a holdover as she now takes a stab at displacing Paris Hilton, billion dollar slut. She's gonna hafta make a sex tape to accomplish it though.

Good ole Paris has been kind of quiet in the news lately.

Posted by: GnuBreed at May 09, 2013 11:08 PM (cHZB7)

847 cthulhu, huh, where did you get these fish here in the US?

Posted by: chemjeff at May 09, 2013 11:08 PM (BBWjt)

848 well, I have to go to bed, have a minor obligation tomorrow

good night all

Posted by: chemjeff at May 09, 2013 11:16 PM (BBWjt)

849 How Awesome?

So Awesome!

Atlus showing of the assalicious Amazon in Dragon's Crown. BRING ON THE LAME SEXUAL DISCUSSIONS!!

http://youtu.be/08lUlDH_j6k

Posted by: The Dude at May 09, 2013 11:19 PM (vJdyz)

850 lol she has a butt slam move

#TeamHometown

Posted by: The Dude at May 09, 2013 11:21 PM (vJdyz)

851 881 cthulhu, huh, where did you get these fish here in the US?

Posted by: chemjeff at May 10, 2013 03:08 AM (BBWjt)

They're quite popular in the hobby....and organizations like the PCCA [ http://www.cichlidworld.com/ ] and ACA [ http://www.cichlid.org/ ] help as well. Thing is, it helps to know people.....http://tinyurl.com/cbat8yo and http://tinyurl.com/c84mk5o are the same species of fish from different breeders.

Lake T is jam-packed with fishy weirdness, from "cuckoo catfish" to lake killifish. You can get a nice intro on youtube with a 6-part National Geographic program starting with http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oCJ9cJbp-w

Posted by: cthulhu at May 09, 2013 11:22 PM (tyF2+)

852 and her ass jiggles

http://tinyurl.com/cqhgcok

Posted by: The Dude at May 09, 2013 11:22 PM (vJdyz)

853 I thought I had something to say for a minute, but octopuses.

hmm...

Posted by: Ray Sist, a cool guy, but not exactly an octopus at May 09, 2013 11:31 PM (crAGR)

854

Hey, those Pew Bastiches slipped a HotColdWetDry question into the survey! "and they call THIS science?"

Posted by: cas at May 09, 2013 11:44 PM (Gz8oW)

855 888: Well, like somebody said, it's like 46% of Americans saying that leaves are more likely to grow on trees than on armadillos.

I forgot what I was talking about again.

Posted by: Ray Sist, a cool guy, but not exactly an octopus at May 09, 2013 11:53 PM (crAGR)

856 That's Democrat science.

Leaves grow on Armadillos. A solid majority agrees.

Posted by: Ray Sist, a cool guy, but not exactly an octopus at May 10, 2013 12:05 AM (crAGR)

857 That was a joke, of course. I thought it was funneh.

It was actually Robert Spencer's joke. I have no use for hat tips and stuff like that. Cash is always welcome.

Posted by: Ray Sist, a cool guy, but not exactly an octopus at May 10, 2013 12:15 AM (crAGR)

858 Any of the medical morons around tonight? I have a set of labs on a patient that have to be seen to be believed...

Posted by: Conservative Crank at May 10, 2013 12:17 AM (sQ0LB)

859 892 Any of the medical morons around tonight? I have a set of labs on a patient that have to be seen to be believed...

Posted by: Conservative Crank at May 10, 2013 04:17 AM (sQ0LB)

I had a vizsla that kept trying to push me off of a couch where I was sleeping....

Posted by: cthulhu at May 10, 2013 12:28 AM (tyF2+)

860 $_$

Posted by: Ray Sist, a cool guy, but not exactly an octopus at May 10, 2013 12:28 AM (crAGR)

861 Pics of my liver?

Posted by: D. Hopper at May 10, 2013 12:32 AM (UsR5V)

862 Well, I kinda deal in physical properties of materials. Shoot.

Posted by: Ray Sist, a cool guy, but not exactly an octopus at May 10, 2013 12:34 AM (crAGR)

863 What would be your estimate of your liver's slump?

R value?

Posted by: Ray Sist, a cool guy, but not exactly an octopus at May 10, 2013 12:40 AM (crAGR)

864 I crashed early and just now got around to taking the science quiz. I got 13 out of 13, although I disagreed with the premise of #12. But looking at the analysis of the results, only 20% answered that nitrogen makes up most of the Earth's atmosphere? Only 31% of college graduates? Good God. No wonder we're boned.

Posted by: rickl at May 10, 2013 12:51 AM (sdi6R)

865 I got all 13 right, but only because I knew what answers they wanted for global warming scam and fracking.

The fracking question should have had nat gas and oil.

Posted by: Vic at May 10, 2013 12:54 AM (53z96)

866 Morning Vic

Posted by: Conservative Crank at May 10, 2013 12:59 AM (sQ0LB)

867

Oh what the fuck...I'll play.....the answer to ALL the questions is....

"Who gives a rats ass and buy me a drink now or I'll shoot the hookers!!

YEAH?...My shift sucked....who the fuck ys lookin at.......

Posted by: Richard at May 10, 2013 01:01 AM (o2AEs)

868

Richard, check out these labs:

WBC 1.5, Hgb <0.7, Hct 1.8, Plt 41

Na 136, K 5.2, Cl 83, CO2 <5, BUN 14, Cr 4.1, Glu 214

Anion gap of 50ish (!?!)

Posted by: Conservative Crank at May 10, 2013 01:03 AM (sQ0LB)

869 Apropos of nothing, but males scored better than females on every question except two, which both related to health and medicine. Interesting.

Posted by: rickl at May 10, 2013 01:05 AM (sdi6R)

870 Like I said, I went to bed early, then woke up early. I have a tooth extraction scheduled for 10:15. No, I'm not an oral surgeon. So at what point should I switch from beer to coffee?

Posted by: rickl at May 10, 2013 01:11 AM (sdi6R)

871

902

Chronic Renal Failure and a fast track for Dialysis...or death

Posted by: Richard at May 10, 2013 01:15 AM (o2AEs)

872 I wish being an actual moron meant something. 13/13 drunk, huzzah

Posted by: Mike L at May 10, 2013 01:19 AM (kqHcW)

873

Oh,

At least half your lab values were hobo skid marks....

jus sayin....

Posted by: Richard at May 10, 2013 01:19 AM (o2AEs)

874 And Vic is dumb for saying some dumb shit about "knowing what answers they want". The truth is. Shut the fuck up about being a douche.

Posted by: Mike L at May 10, 2013 01:22 AM (kqHcW)

875

Probably acute for this patient Richard, young, alcoholic, history of GI bleeding. Also, the specimens were good, I drew them myself off a fem stick.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at May 10, 2013 01:23 AM (sQ0LB)

876 13/13...that was easy. Morning Vic and all.

Posted by: billygoat at May 10, 2013 01:28 AM (ujrve)

877 Oh, dear.

Posted by: otho at May 10, 2013 01:31 AM (9gNQd)

878 903 Apropos of nothing, but males scored better than females on every question except two, which both related to health and medicine. Interesting. "Interesting." *shakes head; mock mournfully*

Posted by: Inigo Montoya at May 10, 2013 01:36 AM (SSWdi)

879 Sorry for trolling a bit. Drunk, you know that old chestnut.

Posted by: Mike L at May 10, 2013 01:37 AM (kqHcW)

880

909

O.K Doc, I'll back off a bit and try to place the decimal points where they SHOULD BE in returning lab values in the E.R's I work in...

Still say Renal Failure. But with a HGB of 7 and an HCT of 18 yeah, G.I consult upper EGD if he's pucking red maybe a Mal-tear....esoph. var. or

shit Doc....Ilost one tonight......give me a fuckin break will ya?????

Posted by: Richard at May 10, 2013 01:38 AM (o2AEs)

881 Like I said, I went to bed early, so the ONT is new to me. 31 I missed "Nitrogen" Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 09, 2013 10:01 PM (LRFds) 33 I missed the atmosphere question Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 09, 2013 10:01 PM (piMMO) 37 fucked up on nitrogen making up most of the earth's atmosphere. Posted by: Peaches at May 09, 2013 10:02 PM (8lmkt) 44 Missed nitrogen as most of the atmosphere. Posted by: cm9000 at May 09, 2013 10:03 PM (vfB2N) 50 (nitrogen got me as well). Posted by: I lurk, therefore I am at May 09, 2013 10:03 PM (fggky) That's just in the first 50 comments. What the ever-loving fuck are they teaching in school today? I expected better from you, er, morons...

Posted by: rickl at May 10, 2013 01:43 AM (sdi6R)

882 Re Miley Cyrus: I'm not a fan of her new hairstyle, but I remember that notorious photo of her from a few years ago, taken when she was 15. Yikes. It's probably illegal for me to even look at that.

Posted by: rickl at May 10, 2013 01:50 AM (sdi6R)

883 just because. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEfhQGwFgew

Posted by: Midnight Rider at May 10, 2013 01:52 AM (SSWdi)

884 Posted by: rickl at May 10, 2013 05:50 AM (sdi6R)

That photo reminds me (ugh) of Madonna...bleached blonde hair and dark eyebrows...very natural looking.

Posted by: billygoat at May 10, 2013 02:08 AM (ujrve)

885 no Richard, the decimals were correct, 0.7 and 1.8 g/dl. Lowest values I've ever heard of, living or dead.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at May 10, 2013 02:09 AM (sQ0LB)

886

919

Shit, I have NEVER seen H&H values in 30 years of E.R THAT low!

There are times when I must just say,,,,,"really?"

and step away.....and never look back......

least I do something gain'st my nature....................

Posted by: Richard at May 10, 2013 02:29 AM (o2AEs)

887 Morning all, even if we are on the evening thread

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 10, 2013 02:32 AM (9Bj8R)

888 I see where Ace told the cobs to take the day off. So is this it until Saturday?

Posted by: rickl at May 10, 2013 02:36 AM (sdi6R)

889 I see where Ace told the cobs to take the day off. So is this it until Saturday? Posted by: rickl at May 10, 2013 06:36 AM (sdi6R) I saw Ace was lecturing some about go after the COBs? Which COBs did people go after and who did it? I mostly ignore that stuff

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 10, 2013 02:40 AM (9Bj8R)

890 I've seen numerous comments by people slamming on Gabe and Drew over the last few days. I agree; it was starting to get tiresome.

Posted by: rickl at May 10, 2013 02:41 AM (sdi6R)

891 Taking Little VIA to High School, I get to watch the parade of Miley Cyrus wannabes hoofing it to school. Cut offs, boots, short hair, the whole nine yards. At least the males that ride with us have the intelligence to laugh, and comment on the girls lack of intellectual foundation.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 10, 2013 02:42 AM (10U4R)

892 I've seen numerous comments by people slamming on Gabe and Drew over the last few days. I agree; it was starting to get tiresome. Posted by: rickl at May 10, 2013 06:41 AM (sdi6R) People should get down on their knees and thank the COBs for helping and providing topics, regardless of their points of view.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 10, 2013 02:45 AM (9Bj8R)

893 I agree with Ace: It's possible to disagree with cobloggers' posts (and even Ace's) without personally attacking them.

Posted by: rickl at May 10, 2013 02:45 AM (sdi6R)

894 925 Taking Little VIA to High School, I get to watch the parade of Miley Cyrus wannabes hoofing it to school. Cut offs, boots, short hair, the whole nine yards. At least the males that ride with us have the intelligence to laugh, and comment on the girls lack of intellectual foundation. Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 10, 2013 06:42 AM (10U4R) Makes you wonder about some parents

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 10, 2013 02:45 AM (9Bj8R)

895 I agree with Ace: It's possible to disagree with cobloggers' posts (and even Ace's) without personally attacking them. Posted by: rickl at May 10, 2013 06:45 AM (sdi6R) Yup

Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 10, 2013 02:47 AM (9Bj8R)

896 I never say nuttin gain'st ACE...NEVER!!!!

Posted by: Richard at May 10, 2013 02:52 AM (o2AEs)

897 927 I agree with Ace: It's possible to disagree with cobloggers' posts (and even Ace's) without personally attacking them. A thousand times yes! Ace and the cob loggers can't just wave a magic wand and eliminate the knuckle draggers. It takes time and camps to moderate the extremists in the party, but mostly camps. When "WE" call you names it is only for your edification/education. Don't talk back! You'll get it right with enough repetition.

Posted by: Ellie Light at May 10, 2013 02:59 AM (SSWdi)

898 Though, I wish I could give riches...if I had any...ACE would get my Lion's share...because...he is ACE!!!!!

Posted by: Richard at May 10, 2013 02:59 AM (o2AEs)

899 just awoke, peeked in. Lively place for an old leftover ONT!

Posted by: mindful webworker putting on socks... literally at May 10, 2013 03:03 AM (F3WsD)

900 no Richard, the decimals were correct, 0.7 and 1.8 g/dl. Lowest values I've ever heard of, living or dead.

When I saw those numbers, all I could think of was how my doctor started freaking out when my hemoglobin hit 8.

Posted by: Zombie John Gotti at May 10, 2013 03:06 AM (Gkhxf)

901 Don't worry, once the mobile/smart phone morons wake drom their valu-rite stupor and get their torches and pitchforks together we'll get a new thread.

Posted by: RWC at May 10, 2013 03:09 AM (Wl/Ht)

902 12/13 correct I refuse to answer that CO2 causes global warming. Water vapor (H2O) causes WAY more warming, so I chose Hydrogen.

Posted by: Charlie at May 10, 2013 03:29 AM (q+XgV)

903 I need 30 more minutes. Lea' me 'lone.

Posted by: Early Morning Thread at May 10, 2013 03:33 AM (Zv1QB)

904 Miley Cyrus?? No.

Posted by: Chromoly Man at May 10, 2013 03:43 AM (DF1T9)

905

LOOK PEOPLE

THERE IS NO FUCKING WAY IN HELL OR IN ANOTHER UNIVERSE THAT A HUMAN CAN SURVIVE WITH A HEMAGLOBIN <7 AND A HEMATOCRITE <18...YOU ARE FUCKING MY LOSS AND i HATE YOU.....i SO HATE YOU ALL....

Posted by: Richard at May 10, 2013 03:55 AM (o2AEs)

906 i DIE now.....

Posted by: Richard at May 10, 2013 04:00 AM (o2AEs)

907 WBC 1.5, Hgb <0.7, Hct 1.8, Plt 41
Na 136, K 5.2, Cl 83, CO2 <5, BUN 14, Cr 4.1, Glu 214
Anion gap of 50ish (!?!)

Posted by: Conservative Crank at May 10, 2013 05:03 AM (sQ0LB)

Picture of health under bammycare! Renal failure on dialysis and diabetes with major edema from fluid imbalance causing low hgb/hct? O2 sats were probably in the tank as well from the metabolic acidosis. (Dr. ChristyB)

Conclusion: this guy is not doing so hot.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky is thankfully not the Duchess of Alba at May 10, 2013 04:36 AM (baL2B)

908 Posted by: qdpsteve at May 10, 2013 01:01 AM (7B7jB)

Carrie pole dancing is our favorite. We love that show.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky is thankfully not the Duchess of Alba at May 10, 2013 04:48 AM (baL2B)

909 The Pew poll indicates women do better on the antibiotics question and the medicine testing question only. Moronettes is right. The CO2 question is BS, as anybody with a lick of training knows water vapor is the number 1 contributor to global warming.

Posted by: superflex at May 10, 2013 04:54 AM (m5M1U)

910 You did repeat the labs because of the apparent ridiculous values, didn't you? Just because you used appropriate technique, doesn't mean that the lab personnel didn't screw it up. And Richard, yeah you can have a SEVEN and survive. It happens every day. I was a 7.2 after the birth of my first child and didn't get a transfusion. I also took care of patients in the past with them somewhere between 5-7. Some were transfused, but others were not. Apparently there is some research that argues that the outcome is better in normally healthy people post bleeding episode to not be transfused if they're not symptomatic, versus those in distress/have medical conditions. I was just discharged as a very tired human with a newborn and a script for high dose Fe. Now ZERO POINT SEVEN is an entirely different situation, and incompatible with life. If I ran a Hgb on a patient and got that number, I'd ask them to rerun the test because I wouldn't believe it.

Posted by: tired at May 10, 2013 04:55 AM (adOUE)

911 Let me add, I wouldn't believe it unless this person was dying in front of my face. /tired, RN/BSN

Posted by: tired at May 10, 2013 04:56 AM (adOUE)

912 Tired...I was thinking the guy might be dead and/or a wacko lab draw. But I may go with dead as there ain't no oxygen going anywhere.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky is thankfully not the Duchess of Alba at May 10, 2013 05:00 AM (baL2B)

913 12/13. Oh well, I'm a chick. Anyone see the weird yellow- orange sky last night? It was pretty cool.

Posted by: LASue at May 10, 2013 05:15 AM (gjIQF)

914 200
Re: The Maxim Hot 100 - Top 10

# 10 Elisha Cuthbert
# 9 Vanessa Hudgens
# 8 Kate Upton
# 7 Ashley Tisdale
# 6 Jennifer Love Hewitt
# 5 Jennifer Lawrence
# 4 Mila Kunis
# 3 Rihanna
# 2 Selena Gomez
# 1 Miley Cyrus

"Hmmmmmmm.......No sir, I don't like it."

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 09, 2013 10:30 PM (kdS6q)

Miley Cyrus wouldn't be in the top 200 if I put together the list. She's not ugly. She's just not anymore attractive than many non-celebrity women that you will see in public. Several other names just in the top 10 are a joke, too. All of them are attractive, just nowhere near Top 10 attractive. For example, I really don't understand the love for Selena Gomez, Rihanna, and Jennifer Lawrence, while Mila Kunis has the body of a 15-year-old boy. I think the definition of "attractive" has changed a lot over the past 2-3 decades.

Posted by: Slappy at May 10, 2013 05:53 AM (LTbLf)

915 Jennifer Lawrence got robbed.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at May 10, 2013 07:16 AM (7ObY1)

916 117 At least the Maxim girl is not Kristen Stewart. Can someone explain her popularity to me (that's not a vampire)? I will say one thing for Stewart...she did a truly excellent Joan Jett in "The Runaways." Jett herself raved over the portrayal. Up till then I thought she was totally useless. And it may turn out that Jett was the only character she ever plays well. But even if so, she knocked that one out of the park.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at May 10, 2013 07:33 AM (7ObY1)

917 ɔɐɔ' ʎon ɥɐʌǝ ɟoɹƃoʇʇǝu ʇɥǝ ɟıɹsʇ ɹnןǝ oɟ ɹǝʌǝɹsǝ ɟouʇ ɔןnq˙

Posted by: Mætenloch at May 10, 2013 05:30 PM (pAlYe)

918

Hi CDR M,

FYI, I'm a retired bubblehead (12 years active, 18 reserve), and participated in about a half dozen exercises that included the launch of *lots* of live exercise torpedoes (was Prospective Submarine CO course 'PCO' ops). As you are probably aware, but the public is not, modern torpedoes are *very* expensive, and there is a limited inventory.

. . . and of course, exercise torpedoes cannot explode, as they do not have warheads.

>>> we bubblehead 'steely eyed killers of the deep' *LOVE* live warhead torpedo exercises/tests, which usually involve sinking a hulk to establish a new reef. These don't happen nearly as often as I would like . . . they are not even an annual event. Casual outsiders reading this are encouraged to google to confirm.

These weenies citing so many explosions are misconstruing explosions with significant acoustic events, which sometimes includes SONAR, and it appears to me that they are greatly exagerating the actual frequency of these events. In practice, your SWO bubbas generate the vast majority of those 'events' (most of which are probably not a serious problems for whales. The use of SONAR that it is known to harm whales is the high power active 'stuff,' which simply isn't used often), and the people making this complaint either don't understand, or are deliberately suggesting that *all* active SONAR

Respectfully,

PS: BTW, my time riding skimmers as a CSL safety officer really opened my eyes. I was shocked at the operational pace of the DESRON (not only juggling several balls at once, but rapidly shifting tasks/priorities) BZ.

Posted by: CAPT Mike at May 10, 2013 10:27 PM (DiQnH)

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