June 24, 2013
— Maetenloch
Michael Hastings, Obama, and the Swoon
Before he died in a car crash Michael Hastings published a book earlier this year detailing his experiences on the 2012 campaign trail including this description of an off-the-record session with reporters and Obama:
"The behavior of the assembled press corps was telling. Everyone, myself included, swooned. Swooned! Head over heels. One or two might have even lost their minds," Hastings writes, as each reporter had a chance to speak personally with the president. "We were all, on some level, deeply obsessed with Obama, crushing hard, still a little love there. This was nerd heaven, a politico's paradise, the subject himself moving among us - shaking our hands, slapping our shoulders!"
And Neo-neocon points out that this swooning says as much about the limited worldview and relative youth of modern professional reporters as it does about Obama's unique charm.
It's a dangerous phenomenon. I believe that Obama understands it and cultivates it, too. And no, I don't think it's actually hypnosis, although it works in some powerfully suggestive manner. It also takes advantage of the fact that so many journalists today are very young writers (like Hastings) who have done almost nothing else for a living, and so they seem especially susceptible. In the mid-20th century, reporters for major publications used to be uniformly older and to have had more varied prior experience in life and the world-more hard-boiled and hard-nosed, and less susceptible to swooning hero worship, although they were hardly immune to respect and liking.
Tennessee Official: Water Complaints = Terrorism
Tar and feathers please.
A Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation deputy director warned a group of Maury County residents that unfounded complaints about water quality could be considered an "act of terrorism.""We take water quality very seriously. Very, very seriously," said Sherwin Smith, deputy director of TDEC's Division of Water Resources, according to audio recorded by attendees. "But you need to make sure that when you make water quality complaints you have a basis, because federally, if there's no water quality issues, that can be considered under Homeland Security an act of terrorism."
"Can you say that again, please?" an audience member can be heard asking on the audio.
Smith went on in the recording to repeat the claim almost verbatim.
And apparently Mt Pleasant has had water issues for quite some time:
Joycelene Johns, 68, has lived in Mount Pleasant off and on for about 30 years and has put up with cloudy, odd-tasting water for years.
"I'll drink it," she said, "but I pray before the first sip."
But she said Smith's comments had been harder to stomach than her drinking water.
Guess who's now on the terrorist watch list.
They just keep getting creepier and creepier.
Beginning around 2007, strange messages started emerging from GE and the television networks it owned at the time. First GE, which makes it's money selling, among other things, light bulbs, told us that we all needed to turn ours off, for the good of the planet. The following year, the large conglomerate got deeply into bed with first candidate and then President Obama; NBC and (particularly) MSNBC are essentially a de facto propaganda wing of the administration, to the point where the White House has emailed in "corrections," which were read on the air by the latter network.
At the beginning of the Obama administration, GE CEO Jeff Immelt was appointed to the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board, presumably helping to see the administration's now annual "Recovery Summer" debacle, leading near monthly "unexpected" bad economic news.
More recently, when the Obama administration decided to punish those who support the Second Amendment (concurrent with, as we're seeing now, the administration's deep antipathy towards the First Amendment), GE was happy to lend a hand. In April of this year, the Wall Street Journal is reporting, "GE Capital Cuts Off Lending to Gun Shops"
So guess who they picked as the new face of their healthcare software - yep this guy:
Educating Educators Is a Giant FAIL
So says the National Council on Teacher Quality.
As evidence mounts that teacher quality is one of the biggest determinants of student achievement, critics have complained that teacher-training programs have lax admission standards, scattered curriculum, and fail to give aspiring teachers real-life classroom training. The report echoes the complaints, saying many graduates lack the necessary classroom-management skills and subject knowledge needed. The report contends that it is too easy to get into teacher-preparation programs, with only about a quarter of them restricting admissions to applicants in the top half of their class. The typical grade-point-average to get into undergraduate programs is about 2.5, it said.
Based on the experience of friends who have gone through teacher training programs I'd say they're pretty much worthless. And the NCTQ seems to agree:
The study assigned ratings of up to four stars to 1,200 programs at 608 institutions. Only four were awarded the four-star maximum. Fewer than 10 percent earned three or more stars, 14 percent earned zero stars, and one in seven received less than one star.
Also All Your Teaching Examples Are Belong to Racism
Exhibit A - choose the answer that best matches.
Cup and ____________
a. Saucer
b. Table
If you chose a, you just might be part of the racist patriarchy.
Also Constitution Teacher Unclear on the Constitution
She's a teacher goddammit and she knows the constitution...kind of.
New Black Panther Party: The Functional Equivalent of the KKK
Well they are known for their violence, extremist views, and voter intimidation.
The tattoo on his face says, "Kill Whitey" in block letters, and cops say the gun he carried was loaded and unlicensed.But that didn't stop Maruse Heath - head of the Philadelphia chapter of the New Black Panther Party - from claiming that he's really all about charity and outreach as he was arraigned on a gun-possession charge in Manhattan last night.
"It is my understanding that the New Black Panther Party is the functional equivalent of the KKK," Assistant District Attorney Christopher Ryan countered as Heath, 41, was ordered held in lieu of $75,000 bail for getting busted allegedly with a gun in Harlem Thursday night.
Is actually kind of beautiful. I'm just wondering how she managed to cut through the primers without a big pop.
The Next Celebrity Who Will Die Mysteriously
Then let the Kitchen Safe protect you from yourself.
The trick is to not indulge too much, but sometimes sheer willpower just isn't enough. That's why a team of inventors built the Kitchen Safe, a plastic container with a tamper-proof lock rigged to a timer.It's a simple concept, but one that many people could use. The Kitchen Safe measures 6 x 6 x 6.5 in. (15.2 x 15.2 x 16.5 cm), which is large enough to fit a variety of items. The time-lock can be set for any amount of time between one minute and 10 days, so you can specify exactly when something will be released.
Once an item is locked inside, there is no way of opening the Kitchen Safe until the timer reaches zero. Even if the batteries are drained or taken out, the lock will stay sealed and the countdown will resume once they're replaced. Other than cracking the container open with a hammer, there's almost no chance of cheating.
The Yahoo AoSHQ group. Bla bla bla.
And my twitter thang.
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Posted by: Tobacco Road at June 24, 2013 06:22 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: The Political Hat at June 24, 2013 06:23 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: The Political Hat at June 24, 2013 06:24 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 24, 2013 06:24 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 24, 2013 06:26 PM (STdzY)
Posted by: Vendette at June 24, 2013 06:27 PM (iXuYG)
Posted by: Wally in Walla Walla at June 24, 2013 06:27 PM (omBWL)
OT: Richard Matheson has passed away at the age of 87.
Those of you who used to watch the original Twilight Zone know exactly who I'm talking about. That, and his list of publications, which is almost too long to list, also includes items such as "I am Legend", "Slaughter House" (the basis for the movie "Legend of Hell House", "Duel" (the Dennis Weaver chase movie) and so on.
For a boatload of links, go hit the IMDB and follow them from there.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at June 24, 2013 06:27 PM (FvyJS)
Posted by: andycanuck at June 24, 2013 06:27 PM (9+vDU)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 24, 2013 06:28 PM (jjvz+)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 24, 2013 06:28 PM (WW8xK)
Posted by: Ban DHMO! at June 24, 2013 06:28 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at June 24, 2013 06:28 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 24, 2013 06:29 PM (STdzY)
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 24, 2013 06:29 PM (oxPH3)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at June 24, 2013 06:31 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Rowdy Higlander Rabble at June 24, 2013 06:31 PM (STL5m)
I meant nothing personal by my query, I know you get things. Hope my last points were semi-cogent.
Good evening
Posted by: Esteban10077@sven10077 at June 24, 2013 06:32 PM (LRFds)
Yeah, GE kinds creeped me our with choosing of agent smith for their new ad campaign. I don't get it.
Posted by: tsrblke (tablet) at June 24, 2013 06:32 PM (GaqMa)
Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at June 24, 2013 06:33 PM (Y5I9o)
Posted by: Vendette at June 24, 2013 06:34 PM (iXuYG)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at June 24, 2013 06:34 PM (BXLPR)
Sen. Jeff Sessions released this statement tonight:
“The sponsors of the Corker-Hoeven substitute fell short of the votes they expected tonight to advance what they had erroneously billed to other Senators as a strong border security amendment. Failure to capture the votes they anticipated for this motion demonstrates the building unease this 1,200-page legislative monstrosity has created. I expect that unease will increase as Senators learn more about what’s really inside this proposal. The Gang of Eight and their allies revealed their true tactics tonight. They shut down debate and blocked amendments to a 1,200-page immigration bill that no one has read. It was anything but the open and fair process that they had promised. What we know for absolute certain is that this bill guarantees three things: instantaneous amnesty, permanent lawlessness, and a massive expansion in legal immigration that will reduce wages for working Americans. This legislation is a crushing blow to the working people of this country, a surrender to illegality, and a capitulation to special interests over the interests of the citizens we pledged to represent.”
http://tinyurl.com/odldt5n
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at June 24, 2013 06:35 PM (KL49F)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense...... at June 24, 2013 06:36 PM (I2uSp)
Posted by: qixlqatl at June 24, 2013 06:36 PM (wXb0G)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at June 24, 2013 06:37 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Jean at June 24, 2013 06:37 PM (CMlD4)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 24, 2013 06:37 PM (jjvz+)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense...... at June 24, 2013 06:37 PM (I2uSp)
Posted by: Jmel at June 24, 2013 06:38 PM (9tSXa)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at June 24, 2013 06:38 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: Jean at June 24, 2013 10:37 PM (CMlD4)
Physical damage? A tv cabinet might help prevent that.
Posted by: tsrblke (tablet) at June 24, 2013 06:38 PM (GaqMa)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 24, 2013 10:37 PM (jjvz+)
Yep. He's always been a favorite of mine.
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at June 24, 2013 06:39 PM (KL49F)
Posted by: joncellI at June 24, 2013 06:40 PM (Ct4hC)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense...... at June 24, 2013 06:40 PM (I2uSp)
And the fact that you had aged 25 years in the middle was irrelevant?
Posted by: Scanner Dan at June 24, 2013 06:40 PM (T4Ab6)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 24, 2013 06:41 PM (jjvz+)
Posted by: t-dubya-d at June 24, 2013 06:41 PM (u6lBN)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 24, 2013 06:42 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, totally not nuking the Colonies this week at June 24, 2013 06:43 PM (m9V0o)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 24, 2013 06:43 PM (jjvz+)
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at June 24, 2013 06:43 PM (KL49F)
Posted by: Jean at June 24, 2013 10:42 PM (CMlD4)
Parental controls on the Xbox are pretty good. Some quick googling should help you on that.
Posted by: tsrblke (tablet) at June 24, 2013 06:43 PM (GaqMa)
Posted by: Progmots at June 24, 2013 06:44 PM (Ccyem)
http://tinyurl.com/odldt5n
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at June 24, 2013 10:35 PM (KL49F)
Jeff Sessions is one of the very few good guys left in DC.
Amazing how he's been there close to 20 years and not been corrupted, while Senator MarcObama went straight downhill.
Posted by: Marybeth at June 24, 2013 06:44 PM (zFUKI)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at June 24, 2013 06:44 PM (yoh1c)
They've also almost finished a new set of factors. They're focussing strongly on deep ocean temps they can't measure, have ruled out naturally-occurring methane as a greenhouse gas, are seriously considering nitrogen as a player, but they haven't found the hot new molecule that gets them on TV if they study it. This scientist recommends a video documentary attempting to prove boobs were a previously unknown factor, but have been shown to amplify local warming trends when present. At least there's tons of anecdotal data.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN is on his tablet at June 24, 2013 10:30 PM (un8zR)
Just look up StPatrick_Tn and or jem, and follow. Holy crap StPat, I tip my beanie to ya. I haven't laughed so hard in a long time. *Mhuah* Luv ya dude!
Night all! Love the Hoard!
Posted by: jem at June 24, 2013 06:45 PM (fM4kr)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at June 24, 2013 06:45 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 24, 2013 06:45 PM (jjvz+)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at June 24, 2013 06:45 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Jean at June 24, 2013 06:46 PM (CMlD4)
...and more time for guns and bad toys
Posted by: StPatrick_TN is on his tablet at June 24, 2013 06:46 PM (un8zR)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense...... at June 24, 2013 06:46 PM (I2uSp)
Posted by: Jade Sea at June 24, 2013 06:46 PM (Q1rub)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at June 24, 2013 06:46 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Guidos cat Julio at June 24, 2013 06:47 PM (8I9hB)
Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura highway at June 24, 2013 06:47 PM (/7Xis)
One of these guys thinks the government should be in control of everything, uses that government to squash liberty and his political opponents, and spies on all of the citizens in his nation uses their illegally gained personal information against them. His heroes are Lenin, Stalin, and Mao.
The other is Putin.
Posted by: Esteban10077@sven10077 at June 24, 2013 06:47 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: AltonJackson at June 24, 2013 06:47 PM (JMmQ9)
***
I wish I had even one who was a keeper
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 24, 2013 10:45 PM (jjvz+)
We've been crapped all over, haven't we, NDH? And we had such high hopes.
F*** Rubio
Posted by: Marybeth at June 24, 2013 06:48 PM (zFUKI)
Posted by: Jean at June 24, 2013 10:46 PM (CMlD4)
Oof. My parents took to hiding the control on that one when they wanted me to not use it...
Posted by: tsrblke (tablet) at June 24, 2013 06:48 PM (GaqMa)
Posted by: Esteban10077@sven10077 at June 24, 2013 06:48 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Mindy at June 24, 2013 06:48 PM (J1Hl8)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at June 24, 2013 06:49 PM (4Mv1T)
In other news today, looks like Zimmerman had a pretty good day in court. The 911 operator who was called as a witness by the State, actually helped Z when he said that he didn't "order" Z to not follow TM, but rather it was a "suggestion". That disproves the idjits claming that Z didn't "obey" a command. 911 op also stated that he didn't think Z sounded "angry" and that it was wind heard on the line and not Z breathing heavily from "chasing" TM.
Also, the "little brother's" story has changed from watching the All-Star game to playing PS3 w/TM all day.
There was some other good stuff today, too. The Treehouse had some good play-by-play threads.
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at June 24, 2013 06:49 PM (KL49F)
Could someone get a picture and put horns on it? I think all you need is horns. He has ALL of the rest of the features for the classic 'red devil' thing.
Posted by: RiverC at June 24, 2013 06:49 PM (KTytI)
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 24, 2013 06:49 PM (oxPH3)
Posted by: Thunderb at June 24, 2013 06:49 PM (nH8jP)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at June 24, 2013 06:49 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense...... at June 24, 2013 06:50 PM (I2uSp)
Posted by: Vendette at June 24, 2013 06:50 PM (iXuYG)
Hate invoke Godwins's Law this early but regarding the Hasting's tidbit, there was a whole lot of reverential fawning over Hitler in the early to mid '30s as well, including our phony hero JFK.
Posted by: ontherocks at June 24, 2013 06:50 PM (PbnQ8)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 24, 2013 06:50 PM (jjvz+)
My last new car was a Cadillac. And it required some "flash", at the time.Posted by: Tobacco Road at June 24, 2013 06:50 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN is on his tablet at June 24, 2013 06:50 PM (un8zR)
I read this 'swooning' crap in more than one place - I truly believe this guy is the Anti-Christ.
Dear NSA - you can quote me on that and add me to whatever list you're compiling. And bite me.
Posted by: blindside at June 24, 2013 06:50 PM (ajjwb)
I had a shitty day too, Jones in CO.
Yep. Huge argument with the boss. Then came home and worked another 1 1/2 hours for my second job.
Posted by: Infidel at June 24, 2013 06:50 PM (SkhKv)
Posted by: Vendette at June 24, 2013 06:51 PM (iXuYG)
But sticking them out there in plain sight, untouchable appeals to my dark side.
Posted by: Jean at June 24, 2013 06:51 PM (CMlD4)
Posted by: Waterhouse at June 24, 2013 06:51 PM (RcKJz)
Posted by: Infidel at June 24, 2013 06:52 PM (SkhKv)
I can't believe the Anti-Christ would be so lazy and incompetent.
Posted by: Jean at June 24, 2013 06:53 PM (CMlD4)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at June 24, 2013 06:53 PM (jucos)
I think they just Xeroxed the IBM BIOS. We programmed some EPROMs with the ROM BASIC from a real XT, popped'em in and they worked fine.
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at June 24, 2013 06:53 PM (/gHaE)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 24, 2013 10:45 PM (jjvz+)
I figured we'd might as well get some practice in....
Posted by: cthulhu at June 24, 2013 06:53 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at June 24, 2013 06:53 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN is on his tablet at June 24, 2013 06:53 PM (un8zR)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at June 24, 2013 06:53 PM (yoh1c)
Posted by: Mindy at June 24, 2013 06:53 PM (J1Hl8)
Posted by: Vendette at June 24, 2013 06:53 PM (iXuYG)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN is on his tablet at June 24, 2013 06:54 PM (un8zR)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 24, 2013 06:54 PM (jjvz+)
Posted by: Vendette at June 24, 2013 06:54 PM (iXuYG)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 24, 2013 06:54 PM (STdzY)
Posted by: Waterhouse at June 24, 2013 06:54 PM (RcKJz)
Posted by: Jean at June 24, 2013 06:54 PM (CMlD4)
Posted by: Y-not at June 24, 2013 06:55 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 24, 2013 10:46 PM (STdzY)
Estoy un poquito lastima. Lo siento, pero me prefiere los Estados Unidos con ley.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 24, 2013 06:55 PM (T1005)
Posted by: logprof at June 24, 2013 06:55 PM (fOFYL)
Posted by: Peaches at June 24, 2013 06:55 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at June 24, 2013 06:55 PM (/gHaE)
Posted by: Mindy at June 24, 2013 06:56 PM (J1Hl8)
Posted by: AltonJackson at June 24, 2013 06:56 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Fen at June 24, 2013 06:56 PM (a422o)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 24, 2013 06:57 PM (jjvz+)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at June 24, 2013 06:57 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Jean at June 24, 2013 06:57 PM (CMlD4)
I'm gonna go with hugely naive retards instead.
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at June 24, 2013 06:57 PM (/gHaE)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 24, 2013 06:57 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense...... at June 24, 2013 06:58 PM (I2uSp)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN is on his tablet at June 24, 2013 10:50 PM (un8zR)
I used to work for a biochem lab that specialized in carbonic anhydrase. Another lab asked for some help trying to more or less crystalize the stuff to use in coal plants to trap CO2 since carbon credits were the rage at the time.
My boss never could figure out what to do with the trapped carbon, he always joked that it'd make baking soda basically free.
Posted by: tsrblke (tablet) at June 24, 2013 06:58 PM (GaqMa)
Posted by: T. at June 24, 2013 06:58 PM (Ccyem)
Right now reading Rachel Aaron's Kindle book 2k to 10k: Writing Faster, Writing Better, and Writing More of what You Love. Only 99 cents and 64 pages. Interesting and might be of help to me. Though you and your 100k monster stories probably not.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 24, 2013 06:58 PM (STdzY)
Posted by: Jean at June 24, 2013 06:59 PM (CMlD4)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at June 24, 2013 06:59 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: AltonJackson at June 24, 2013 06:59 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Y-not at June 24, 2013 06:59 PM (5H6zj)
Replicas were made for the displays. The Colorado Music Hall of Fame show was fantastic, though.Posted by: Mindy at June 24, 2013 07:00 PM (J1Hl8)
Posted by: Weirddave at June 24, 2013 07:00 PM (NYEU2)
Posted by: Thunderb at June 24, 2013 10:59 PM (nH8jP)
C'mon, Thunderb, if this went the other way in Chicago, there would already be homicides.
Posted by: Peaches at June 24, 2013 07:00 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Y-not at June 24, 2013 07:00 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 24, 2013 07:00 PM (jjvz+)
That alone says a shitload.
.....which just happens to be my field of expertise.
Posted by: ontherocks at June 24, 2013 07:01 PM (PbnQ8)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 24, 2013 07:01 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at June 24, 2013 07:01 PM (yoh1c)
Posted by: Y-not at June 24, 2013 07:01 PM (5H6zj)
OMG, dave, that is so awful! Glad, at least, that the problem has been identified and treatment begun, but that srsly sucks donkey bawls. I'm sorry . . .
Posted by: Peaches at June 24, 2013 07:02 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense...... at June 24, 2013 07:02 PM (I2uSp)
Posted by: Y-not at June 24, 2013 11:00 PM (5H6zj)
If that's an agenda item for tonight where does the line start?
Posted by: ontherocks at June 24, 2013 07:03 PM (PbnQ8)
Posted by: Thunderb at June 24, 2013 07:03 PM (nH8jP)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 24, 2013 07:03 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 24, 2013 07:03 PM (jjvz+)
You can be as lazy as you wish when all your disciples do all the work.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 24, 2013 07:04 PM (kVfSG)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 24, 2013 11:00 PM (jjvz+)
Several senators are blaming the weather causing flight delays which meant they couldn't make it on time to vote.
Posted by: tsrblke (tablet) at June 24, 2013 07:04 PM (GaqMa)
Posted by: Thunderb at June 24, 2013 07:04 PM (nH8jP)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 24, 2013 07:05 PM (jjvz+)
BREAKING NEWS - CIA HEADQUARTERS OFFICE IN KABUL AFGHANISTAN IS ON FIRE IN FRONT OF PRESIDENTIAL PALACE. @1TVNewsAF #911BUFF
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 24, 2013 11:03 PM (jjvz+)
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Peace in our time.
Posted by: Neville Obama at June 24, 2013 07:05 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at June 24, 2013 07:06 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense...... at June 24, 2013 07:06 PM (I2uSp)
Posted by: Y-not at June 24, 2013 07:06 PM (5H6zj)
Thanks, luv ya, girlie. I'm a scientist, so you can go to bed knowing there's a 95+% that the prior is correct.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN is on his tablet at June 24, 2013 10:50 PM (un8zR)
Hahaha! I know that but the way you put it all in context in the last post was absolutely hilarious!
Think Imma gonna have to keep ya StPat! Nigh-Nigh.
Posted by: jem at June 24, 2013 07:06 PM (fM4kr)
Posted by: Y-not at June 24, 2013 07:07 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: lindafell at June 24, 2013 07:07 PM (PGO8C)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 24, 2013 07:08 PM (jjvz+)
Posted by: NCwoof at June 24, 2013 07:08 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 24, 2013 07:08 PM (GEICT)
Merovign, well could always crank up Foundry and create a dungeon. Since Rachel is raving about Scrivener, guess I might give it a whirl. But I am still shuddering about Celtx, it was supposed to make screenplay writing easier, which caused me to get lost in battling their auto format.
Thanks. Dragging out a story idea that has been lurking for a few years. Good luck with your writing project even if its only 50k words.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 24, 2013 07:09 PM (STdzY)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at June 24, 2013 07:09 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Thunderb at June 24, 2013 07:09 PM (nH8jP)
There would be homicides regardless. It's just what they do.
Posted by: Peaches at June 24, 2013 07:09 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Y-not at June 24, 2013 07:10 PM (5H6zj)
What I heard was his twins were leaving for missionary work out of the country and he was seeing them off.
Posted by: Jose at June 24, 2013 07:11 PM (zc/sw)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 24, 2013 07:12 PM (jjvz+)
Posted by: Y-not at June 24, 2013 07:12 PM (5H6zj)
Militants have attacked security forces near the presidential palace in the centre of the Afghan capital, Kabul.
A BBC correspondent says the assailants are embroiled in clashes with President Hamid Karzai's bodyguards, as well as US personnel from the nearby CIA station.
There have been a series of loud explosions, sending debris flying.
The attack comes only days after Mr Karzai raised objections about US-backed peace talks with the Taliban. - BBC
Posted by: NCwoof at June 24, 2013 07:13 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at June 24, 2013 07:13 PM (BXLPR)
Any morons with a little time and access to sparklers care to test if my fear of plastic cups melting onto little hands is possible or just paranoia?
Posted by: palerider at June 24, 2013 07:13 PM (dkExz)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at June 24, 2013 07:13 PM (yoh1c)
Posted by: Y-not at June 24, 2013 07:13 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at June 24, 2013 07:13 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: yankeefifth at June 24, 2013 07:13 PM (Z9EHQ)
Just sayin'.
"Moron Horde"?
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at June 24, 2013 07:13 PM (/g8rp)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 24, 2013 07:14 PM (GEICT)
I'm pretty sure he got plugs in the late '80s, but up to then I pity all the woodland rodents who had to perish to protect the man's scalp
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at June 24, 2013 07:14 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at June 24, 2013 07:15 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at June 24, 2013 07:15 PM (/gHaE)
Posted by: Fraternal Brotherhood of NSA Analysts at June 24, 2013 07:16 PM (JMmQ9)
Goodnite, good people. Stay safe.
Posted by: irongrampa at June 24, 2013 07:16 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 24, 2013 07:16 PM (jjvz+)
Posted by: andycanuck at June 24, 2013 07:16 PM (9+vDU)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 24, 2013 07:17 PM (jjvz+)
Posted by: Y-not at June 24, 2013 07:17 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Tim in ATL at June 24, 2013 07:17 PM (jqO4U)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 24, 2013 07:17 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Thunderb at June 24, 2013 07:17 PM (nH8jP)
Posted by: Largely Irrelevant Assault Undocumented Foreigner Anachronda at June 24, 2013 07:18 PM (3eJr1)
Posted by: ontherocks at June 24, 2013 07:18 PM (PbnQ8)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at June 24, 2013 07:18 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: yankeefifth at June 24, 2013 07:18 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 24, 2013 07:18 PM (jjvz+)
Posted by: Y-not at June 24, 2013 07:19 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: lindafell at June 24, 2013 07:19 PM (PGO8C)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 24, 2013 07:19 PM (jjvz+)
Posted by: yankeefifth at June 24, 2013 07:19 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at June 24, 2013 07:20 PM (HVff2)
Final bits of book where she is talking about editing and write what you want, far more stray orphan words are popping up in the verbiage. Words that have no sentence structure to latch onto.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 24, 2013 07:20 PM (STdzY)
Posted by: Y-not in Orem at June 24, 2013 07:20 PM (5H6zj)
oh, wow, I also had a pretty vicious sparkler burn as a small child. pretty sure it was 4th of July. shit is like napalm . ..
Posted by: Peaches at June 24, 2013 07:20 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: logprof at June 24, 2013 07:21 PM (fOFYL)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 24, 2013 07:21 PM (jjvz+)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense...... at June 24, 2013 07:21 PM (I2uSp)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 24, 2013 07:22 PM (jjvz+)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at June 24, 2013 07:22 PM (HVff2)
We took everything they had.
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at June 24, 2013 07:22 PM (/gHaE)
Posted by: CarolT at June 24, 2013 07:23 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 24, 2013 07:23 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Rose Bexar at June 24, 2013 07:23 PM (Mt8eo)
Posted by: Navycopjoe at June 24, 2013 07:23 PM (mL7EQ)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at June 24, 2013 07:23 PM (yoh1c)
Posted by: yankeefifth at June 24, 2013 07:23 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at June 24, 2013 07:23 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Y-not in Orem at June 24, 2013 07:23 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense...... at June 24, 2013 07:24 PM (I2uSp)
Posted by: Thunderb at June 24, 2013 07:24 PM (nH8jP)
Posted by: Largely Irrelevant Assault Undocumented Foreigner Anachronda at June 24, 2013 07:24 PM (3eJr1)
Then Da Bulls!!!
And finally....dare I type it?
Posted by: Navycopjoe at June 24, 2013 11:23 PM (mL7EQ)
Go for it, ncj, I need a good laugh . . .
Posted by: Peaches at June 24, 2013 07:24 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 24, 2013 11:20 PM (STdzY)
Not getting your money's worth?
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at June 24, 2013 07:25 PM (/g8rp)
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at June 24, 2013 07:25 PM (/gHaE)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at June 24, 2013 07:25 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Y-not in Orem at June 24, 2013 07:26 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Navycopjoe at June 24, 2013 07:26 PM (mL7EQ)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 24, 2013 07:26 PM (jjvz+)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at June 24, 2013 07:26 PM (yoh1c)
Posted by: Y-not in Orem at June 24, 2013 07:26 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense...... at June 24, 2013 07:26 PM (I2uSp)
Posted by: CarolT at June 24, 2013 07:26 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Fraternal Brotherhood of NSA Analysts at June 24, 2013 07:26 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 24, 2013 07:27 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: yankeefifth at June 24, 2013 07:27 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Navycopjoe at June 24, 2013 07:27 PM (mL7EQ)
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at June 24, 2013 07:27 PM (/gHaE)
Posted by: lindafell at June 24, 2013 07:28 PM (PGO8C)
Worry about how you're order the scenes to create tension, worry about if your character's actions are actually in character, worry about your grammar.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 24, 2013 07:28 PM (STdzY)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at June 24, 2013 07:28 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at June 24, 2013 07:29 PM (yoh1c)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 24, 2013 07:29 PM (STdzY)
...just saying.
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at June 24, 2013 07:29 PM (/gHaE)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 24, 2013 07:30 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Navycopjoe at June 24, 2013 07:30 PM (mL7EQ)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at June 24, 2013 07:30 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense...... at June 24, 2013 07:31 PM (I2uSp)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at June 24, 2013 07:31 PM (yoh1c)
Posted by: fluffy at June 24, 2013 07:31 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: yankeefifth at June 24, 2013 07:31 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Big Ben at June 24, 2013 07:31 PM (I5Htn)
Posted by: CarolT at June 24, 2013 07:32 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at June 24, 2013 07:32 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Navycopjoe at June 24, 2013 07:33 PM (mL7EQ)
Posted by: Weirddave at June 24, 2013 07:33 PM (NYEU2)
Posted by: Largely Irrelevant Assault Undocumented Foreigner Anachronda at June 24, 2013 07:34 PM (3eJr1)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 24, 2013 07:34 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense...... at June 24, 2013 07:34 PM (I2uSp)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 24, 2013 07:34 PM (STdzY)
Clearly what Afgoatfuckstan needs is comprehensive immigration reform
Posted by: Neville Obama at June 24, 2013 07:35 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Libtards Everywhere at June 24, 2013 07:36 PM (BXLPR)
what the fuck is wrong with you???? just as an aside, my life in completely imploding and I really don't need this shit right now. but, hey, carry on.
Posted by: Peaches at June 24, 2013 07:36 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Gingy at June 24, 2013 07:37 PM (NYEU2)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at June 24, 2013 07:37 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: CarolT at June 24, 2013 11:32 PM (z4WKX)
Unlike us, progressives Bull Shit detectors are reversed, kinda like having the hose plugged into the wrong side of the Shop Vac
Posted by: ontherocks at June 24, 2013 07:37 PM (ya/UK)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 24, 2013 07:37 PM (STdzY)
Posted by: Navycopjoe at June 24, 2013 07:38 PM (9cjF1)
Posted by: palerider at June 24, 2013 11:13 PM (dkExz)
I always held my sparklers bare-handed. I never got hurt.
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at June 24, 2013 07:39 PM (KL49F)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 24, 2013 07:39 PM (/wToa)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 24, 2013 07:39 PM (STdzY)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at June 24, 2013 07:39 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense...... at June 24, 2013 07:39 PM (I2uSp)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at June 24, 2013 07:39 PM (yoh1c)
Posted by: Navycopjoe at June 24, 2013 07:40 PM (9cjF1)
Also a more credulous and easily-controlled and influenced media.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 24, 2013 10:44 PM
Yes. Placement. But, they swoon because it's expected of them and they will deliver. This is the historic one. They'd swoon if he was a hunchback, looked like the elephant man and hissed between utterances. Not doing so would be... evil. In fact, I call bullshit on this guy's story. I don't think he "swooned" at all. He appears to be lucid enough to write the account the way he saw it. But... he claims to have "swooned" like his peers. He does not want to be a pariah. "Yeah I wrote that piece, but, I swooned too, guys... I swear!".
Posted by: otho at June 24, 2013 07:41 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Navycopjoe at June 24, 2013 07:42 PM (9cjF1)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at June 24, 2013 07:42 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at June 24, 2013 07:43 PM (KL49F)
Posted by: lindafell at June 24, 2013 07:43 PM (PGO8C)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense...... at June 24, 2013 07:43 PM (I2uSp)
Posted by: Gingy at June 24, 2013 07:43 PM (NYEU2)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 24, 2013 07:43 PM (STdzY)
Posted by: eman at June 24, 2013 07:44 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at June 24, 2013 07:44 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 24, 2013 07:45 PM (/wToa)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at June 24, 2013 07:45 PM (yoh1c)
Posted by: teej at June 24, 2013 07:45 PM (pQdNP)
Posted by: Thunderb at June 24, 2013 07:46 PM (nH8jP)
Posted by: Lee Marvin / Clint Eastwood 1970s Western musical at June 24, 2013 07:47 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at June 24, 2013 07:47 PM (yoh1c)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense...... at June 24, 2013 07:47 PM (I2uSp)
It depends on whether you have regular sparklers or assault sparklers.
Posted by: navybrat at June 24, 2013 07:47 PM (L12M0)
Gingy, to quote George Takei - "Oh my!"
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 24, 2013 07:48 PM (STdzY)
Posted by: Charlie Gibson, as if you never expected it... at June 24, 2013 07:48 PM (I2uSp)
are you kidding? if i had a scud missile, i would already be programming it. got clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, and very little patience left for any of it.
Posted by: Peaches at June 24, 2013 07:48 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Mr. Feverhead at June 24, 2013 07:49 PM (SzAZ7)
Posted by: fluffy at June 24, 2013 07:49 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 24, 2013 07:49 PM (/wToa)
Posted by: Thunderb at June 24, 2013 07:50 PM (nH8jP)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at June 24, 2013 11:44 PM (HVff2)
The Bears actually got to an NFC championship game with Cutler. That is not an endorsement of Cutler, but just an assertion that Romo's level of crappiness is unique.
Posted by: somebody else, not me at June 24, 2013 07:50 PM (29vnO)
Posted by: eman at June 24, 2013 07:51 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: eman at June 24, 2013 11:51 PM (AO9UG)
IOW, we're boned.
Posted by: Marybeth at June 24, 2013 07:52 PM (zFUKI)
Posted by: Thunderb at June 24, 2013 07:52 PM (nH8jP)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 24, 2013 07:52 PM (/wToa)
Posted by: Y-not at June 24, 2013 07:52 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Gingy at June 24, 2013 07:52 PM (NYEU2)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at June 24, 2013 07:53 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at June 24, 2013 07:53 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: CarolT at June 24, 2013 07:53 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 24, 2013 07:53 PM (oxPH3)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 24, 2013 11:49 PM (/wToa)
I don't think guys swoon for girls.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at June 24, 2013 07:54 PM (/g8rp)
Posted by: lou's a girl at June 24, 2013 07:54 PM (vgd4f)
So you're saying all those young Journalists are gay? Cause I think the Palin swooning wasn't so much about politics as fantasies.
Posted by: McGregor at June 24, 2013 07:54 PM (qo244)
Evening 'rons.
Anyone around tonight that can put me some learning on the current market for Mosin Nagant rifles? I wasn't really in the market but ran across a source for them today that seamed inexpensive, and I could actually use another long gun.
Posted by: BunkerinTheBurbs at June 24, 2013 07:54 PM (X3xYu)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 24, 2013 11:49 PM (/wToa)
Certainly. But they she had a better story, and some actual accomplishments. Had a reputation for fighting against corruption in government which is very popular among conservatives. So its a bit of swooning for who she is and what she's done.
Posted by: buzzion at June 24, 2013 07:56 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: eman at June 24, 2013 07:56 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: mindful webworker, your servant at June 24, 2013 07:56 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: The Trekkin' Hat at June 24, 2013 07:57 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: teej at June 24, 2013 07:57 PM (SFZtG)
Posted by: RWC at June 24, 2013 07:57 PM (8FeS+)
Posted by: Largely Irrelevant Assault Undocumented Foreigner Anachronda at June 24, 2013 07:58 PM (3eJr1)
Posted by: buzzion at June 24, 2013 11:56 PM
Palin actually looks pretty good and has some personality. Barry looks like a retarded goblin and has a weird gay mime thing going on.
Posted by: otho at June 24, 2013 07:59 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: andycanuck at June 24, 2013 07:59 PM (9+vDU)
Posted by: fluffy, a Masshole's Masshole at June 24, 2013 07:59 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Navycopjoe at June 24, 2013 07:59 PM (1DZOE)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 24, 2013 07:59 PM (/wToa)
http://www.gunsamerica.com/Search.htm?T=mosin+nagant
Posted by: McGregor at June 24, 2013 07:59 PM (qo244)
Posted by: Dionne Warwick and the Psychic Friends Network.... at June 24, 2013 08:00 PM (I2uSp)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at June 24, 2013 08:00 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: mindful webworker, your servant at June 24, 2013 08:00 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: fluffy at June 24, 2013 08:02 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Navycopjoe at June 24, 2013 08:02 PM (1DZOE)
I'm still going to vote for him. If he wins,catherine Dems have to marshall resources to win back the seat. And I fucking despise Markey.
Posted by: fluffy, a Masshole's Masshole at June 24, 2013 11:59 PM (z9HTb)
Do they really? I figure that is Gomez somehow wins all they'd have to do is leave the seat to him and if the GOP ever threatens to control the senate again he'll just switch parties.
Posted by: buzzion at June 24, 2013 08:03 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
My understanding is she was already a dem.
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at June 24, 2013 08:03 PM (b9K4P)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 24, 2013 08:04 PM (/wToa)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at June 24, 2013 08:04 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: Navycopjoe at June 24, 2013 08:04 PM (1DZOE)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Okay, who saw that one coming? Complete surprise.
Posted by: Dionne Warwick and the Psychic Friends Network.... at June 25, 2013 12:00 AM (I2uSp)
If South Park hadn't already done the "N***er Guy" episode they probably would have when they start new episodes again.
Posted by: buzzion at June 24, 2013 08:05 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: eman at June 24, 2013 08:06 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: Thunderb at June 24, 2013 08:06 PM (nH8jP)
Posted by: Navycopjoe at June 24, 2013 08:06 PM (1DZOE)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 24, 2013 08:06 PM (/wToa)
http://tinyurl.com/qckzgdn
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 24, 2013 08:07 PM (STdzY)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at June 24, 2013 08:07 PM (yoh1c)
Posted by: lou's a girl at June 24, 2013 08:07 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: Mayor Mumbles at June 24, 2013 08:07 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: the story you have read is true, the name has been changed... at June 24, 2013 08:07 PM (PNi9V)
Posted by: The Heterosexual Hat at June 24, 2013 08:07 PM (Vk2pI)
Waiting is better than plotting so be thankful.
Posted by: McGregor at June 24, 2013 08:07 PM (qo244)
Posted by: Mindy at June 24, 2013 08:08 PM (J1Hl8)
Posted by: RWC at June 24, 2013 08:09 PM (8FeS+)
Posted by: Peaches at June 24, 2013 08:09 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 24, 2013 08:09 PM (/wToa)
Posted by: Mr. Feverhead at June 24, 2013 08:09 PM (SzAZ7)
Posted by: RWC at June 24, 2013 08:10 PM (8FeS+)
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at June 24, 2013 08:11 PM (DoZD+)
http://tinyurl.com/qckzgdn
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 25, 2013 12:07 AM (STdzY)
Not quite the usual version of "yankin' it".
Posted by: cthulhu at June 24, 2013 08:11 PM (T1005)
Posted by: eman at June 24, 2013 08:11 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: lou's a girl at June 24, 2013 08:11 PM (vgd4f)
Of course, they are all soon to be replaced by guys who will work for even less. Comprende?
Posted by: Arms Merchant at June 24, 2013 08:13 PM (+XVQe)
I was thinking of taking my 11 year old son to his first rock concert in September (he will be turning 12 then) and then it occurred to me that taking him to a rock concert anywhere here in WA will probably now involve even more marijuana than concerts previously had since marijuana is legal--though technically not in public settings like that but the police are now basically ignoring all marijuana use anywhere.
That made me sad. I mean of course a bit of marijuana smoke was the price you had to pay in the past, but now I just don't think it is the best plan to expose him to the levels that will probably be there but also all the mellow stoned young drivers after said concert.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at June 24, 2013 08:14 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: ontherocks at June 24, 2013 11:37 PM (ya/UK)
Or right up their asses.
Posted by: tcn at June 24, 2013 08:19 PM (VLG62)
Posted by: Secret Squirrel, author of Sir Robert of Cheshire available on Amazon Kindle at June 24, 2013 08:19 PM (0SmH0)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 25, 2013 12:04 AM (/wToa)
Was thinking about a fainting swoon. I guess if all the blood goes to their head ...
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at June 24, 2013 08:20 PM (/g8rp)
Posted by: the story you have read is true, the name has been changed... at June 24, 2013 08:21 PM (J3IzX)
Posted by: SFGoth at June 24, 2013 08:21 PM (DF/XV)
Posted by: filbert at June 24, 2013 08:21 PM (7vimm)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at June 24, 2013 08:23 PM (BXLPR)
All bets are off for the bluegrass festival in Talkeetna, though. Rock on, dudes.
Posted by: tcn at June 24, 2013 08:23 PM (VLG62)
yeah, it could be a good learning experience. But, I'm not sure I need to pay the large sum of money for two concert tickets that will basically mean I am paying a lot of money to have to deal with Seattle stupidity for several hours of my life. I mean, usually I don't have to pay any money for that "privilege"
It's not just the marijuana use. it's the Seattle crap ass attitude. It is very tiring. There is really just so much smelly stinky OWS hippie crowd I can deal with. And that's just the parents.
My only hope is that all this is creating a generation of young Republicans in their children.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at June 24, 2013 08:24 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: t-dubya-d at June 24, 2013 08:24 PM (u6lBN)
I agree with the first two but not the last one. Multiple members of my family are elementary teachers, they didn't need to keep up any GPA in college. There whole curriculum was math for children, music for children, science for children. To get there California preliminary credential they started doing student teaching in their junior year. There whole senior year was all practicum and student teaching. Then they had to send in a video of them teaching to the state, pass the background checks to get their prelim cred. Then they have to go through induction for two years once you begin teaching in a public, private or charter school. I believe most of this is just going through the motions. The problem is the union is keeping old unmotivated teachers in jobs while young, maybe inexperienced but highly motivated teachers can't find work. Bottom line union cronyism and colleges that just don't care whether they put out a quality product.
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at June 24, 2013 08:25 PM (b9K4P)
Posted by: filbert at June 25, 2013 12:21 AM (7vimm)
That chicken is the textbook explanation of why women were accused of hysteria in the bad old days. She needs to lighten up and get laid once in a while. And then maybe read a book, with real words in it.
And I'm a woman.
Posted by: tcn at June 24, 2013 08:25 PM (VLG62)
Posted by: Fact Guy at June 24, 2013 08:25 PM (EMye6)
///
LOL, what the F you smokin', girl? A bit? Price? All of the great concerts of the 60's, 70's, and 80's were weed-ridden. You know what else they had? Bands and music.
Posted by: SFGoth at June 24, 2013 08:26 PM (DF/XV)
Posted by: Secret Squirrel, author of Sir Robert of Cheshire available on Amazon Kindle at June 24, 2013 08:26 PM (0SmH0)
well tcn, I have found in the past that people in Alaska tend to be a bit more considerate than say, the average skanky seattle hippie. Maybe I should just take him to a rock concert in Alaska instead.
Oh well, it doesn't matter, I am sure his dad or some friend of his with cooler parents than I am will take him to a rock concert soon.
p.s. I am not saying that people who smoke marijuana are skanky hippies, however, I am saying that the average skanky seattle hippie smokes marijuana. Since I know marijuana use is a hot button among some around here.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at June 24, 2013 08:27 PM (RZ8pf)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/qj79eto
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at June 24, 2013 08:28 PM (/g8rp)
As I recall, they both are beginning to smell bad, and I mean hippie bad.
Posted by: tcn at June 24, 2013 08:28 PM (VLG62)
Posted by: SFGoth at June 25, 2013 12:26 AM (DF/XV)
Kinda what I was thinking. Breakfast of champions for metal guitarists. A few big dog hits, a wall of marshalls,and you were god. lol
Posted by: Berserker at June 24, 2013 08:29 PM (FMbng)
Yaaaaaayyyy!
Wait.. wha woke me up? Those fireworks going off for the CUBBIES??
What? The Hawks?????????
WTF??? Fuck.. going back to sleep...
It's funny how the real 20,000 hawks fans swells to 2 million if they're in the playoffs...
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at June 24, 2013 08:30 PM (UTq/I)
Posted by: Secret Squirrel, author of Sir Robert of Cheshire available on Amazon Kindle at June 24, 2013 08:30 PM (0SmH0)
You can't really pick on anyone when your idea of lawn ornamentation is a dead hummer up on blocks with forget-me-nots growing out of the now-empty sockets where the rear view mirrors were meant to be.
And yes, those were neighbors of my brother's, in Kenai.
Posted by: tcn at June 24, 2013 08:31 PM (VLG62)
That poor creature's chances of getting laid are not good, I'm afraid.
Unless she's got a dog and some peanut butter, that is.
Posted by: filbert at June 24, 2013 08:31 PM (7vimm)
As I recall, they both are beginning to smell bad, and I mean hippie bad.
Posted by: tcn at June 25, 2013 12:28 AM (VLG62)
Just to be a dick, but are you sure she's not going their to be a stripper? Portland has the most strip clubs per capita in the country 
Posted by: buzzion at June 24, 2013 08:31 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at June 24, 2013 08:31 PM (b9K4P)
Posted by: teej at June 24, 2013 08:32 PM (J3IzX)
oh yeah, Seattle is a piker compared to Portland for the hippie lifestyle. That show, Portlandia, it's funny because it is true.
On the other hand, Portland has Voodoo Donuts, Powell's bookstore, and some great places to eat. Plus their science museum is waaay better than ours.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at June 24, 2013 08:33 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: tcn at June 24, 2013 08:33 PM (VLG62)
Posted by: The Political Hat at June 24, 2013 08:33 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Secret Squirrel, author of Sir Robert of Cheshire available on Amazon Kindle at June 24, 2013 08:33 PM (0SmH0)
Posted by: RWC at June 24, 2013 08:34 PM (kV9Uu)
It is, and since I've been dealing with Big Firm Bullshit for the past week, I haven't had any time to get baked.
Posted by: SFGoth at June 24, 2013 08:34 PM (DF/XV)
Posted by: Secret Squirrel, author of Sir Robert of Cheshire available on Amazon Kindle at June 24, 2013 08:35 PM (0SmH0)
Posted by: teej at June 24, 2013 08:37 PM (J+V/o)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at June 24, 2013 08:37 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: tcn at June 25, 2013 12:33 AM
Does she think she's going to make $$$ playing guitar in coffee shops? Or, is it just that she wants to hang around strummimg in the corner while she drinks coffee?
Posted by: otho at June 24, 2013 08:38 PM (9gNQd)
Just to be a dick, but are you sure she's not going their to be a stripper? Portland has the most strip clubs per capita in the country
It's not an either/or proposition. Enough time trying to make it as a coffee house singer and she'll be on the pole at Union Jack's trying to make rent.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at June 24, 2013 08:38 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: NWConservative at June 24, 2013 08:38 PM (fKjWR)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at June 24, 2013 08:39 PM (RZ8pf)
I never did get that.
Posted by: tcn at June 24, 2013 08:40 PM (VLG62)
Posted by: RWC at June 24, 2013 08:40 PM (kV9Uu)
Posted by: NWConservative at June 24, 2013 08:40 PM (fKjWR)
What I learned was a bit weird.
First 3 of the 4 guys who interviewed me were laid off the following week ... I didn't get the job.
In a world of 6 sigma QC, Commodore had a unique system of Quality Control .. none. They counted on the customer to return unusable units for replacement.
The story was that there were a few guys who wrote the firmware for the Commodore 64. Stranger than fiction, they never gave the source code to Commodore, so management was always negotiating with them for pieces when they were trying to make the Commodore 128. It also gave them real bargaining power .. especially when the one gut got caught snorting cocaine at work.
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at June 24, 2013 08:40 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Secret Squirrel, author of Sir Robert of Cheshire available on Amazon Kindle at June 24, 2013 08:41 PM (0SmH0)
Posted by: Fact Guy at June 24, 2013 08:41 PM (EMye6)
Posted by: andycanuck at June 24, 2013 11:59 PM (9+vDU)
Thanks Andy- that's what I get for unplugging and staining my deck all weekend. Great info there...
Posted by: BunkerinTheBurbs at June 24, 2013 08:42 PM (X3xYu)
Posted by: NWConservative at June 24, 2013 08:44 PM (fKjWR)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at June 25, 2013 12:38 AM (lr3d7)
I suppose technically that's possible, but with my niece, well, I think you need more coordination than she has ever had to pull that off. Naked she could probably do, but not the moves, without braining herself. That could cut into tips.
Posted by: tcn at June 24, 2013 08:45 PM (VLG62)
Posted by: RWC at June 24, 2013 08:47 PM (kV9Uu)
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming,
Four dead in Benghazi.
Posted by: Randolf Scott at June 24, 2013 08:49 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Gem at June 24, 2013 08:49 PM (zw+pb)
Posted by: Jake in ID-aquavit at June 24, 2013 08:50 PM (s/TCI)
Posted by: Secret Squirrel, author of Sir Robert of Cheshire available on Amazon Kindle at June 24, 2013 08:50 PM (0SmH0)
ah . . .
um . . .
yeah . . . can I get Rewrite on that line, there?
Posted by: filbert at June 24, 2013 08:51 PM (7vimm)
Posted by: Gingy at June 24, 2013 08:52 PM (NYEU2)
Posted by: Waterhouse at June 24, 2013 08:52 PM (HCjLM)
Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain
Posted by: The Falcon at June 24, 2013 08:54 PM (e8kgV)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bZKEhgieoc
Posted by: kbdabear at June 24, 2013 09:03 PM (/9IC1)
Posted by: cthulhu at June 24, 2013 09:07 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Waterhouse at June 24, 2013 09:12 PM (HCjLM)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 24, 2013 09:13 PM (zPVBH)
Posted by: DAve at June 24, 2013 09:14 PM (albkL)
Ear protection at a Rush oncert is entirely warranted, especially for music lovers.
"Of...salesmen!!!..."
Posted by: DAve at June 24, 2013 09:16 PM (albkL)
Posted by: Waterhouse at June 24, 2013 09:17 PM (HCjLM)
Posted by: Adriane... at June 24, 2013 09:17 PM (Jv4FA)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at June 24, 2013 09:20 PM (Vk2pI)
But is everyone's hair at Trader Vic's .. perfect?
I dunno -- I didn't go to Trader Vic's there.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 24, 2013 09:21 PM (T1005)
Posted by: The Political Hat at June 24, 2013 09:22 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Adriane... at June 24, 2013 09:23 PM (Jv4FA)
Posted by: Jake in ID-aquavit at June 24, 2013 09:24 PM (s/TCI)
Posted by: fluffy at June 24, 2013 09:24 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Waterhouse at June 24, 2013 09:25 PM (HCjLM)
Posted by: SFGoth at June 24, 2013 09:26 PM (DF/XV)
<blockquote>48 So how far away are we from seeing non-supporters of Obama/Democrat Party labelled dissidents and arrested and/or executed? Over/ under 20 years? Any guesses?
Posted by: Jmel at June 24, 2013 10:38 PM (9tSXa)</blockquote>
My guess is 2-4 years, but I expect .....untidy incidents .... before the year is out.
Posted by: Subotai Bahadur at June 24, 2013 09:27 PM (o/n9f)
Posted by: SFGoth at June 24, 2013 09:30 PM (DF/XV)
Posted by: The ANC at June 24, 2013 09:31 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Jake in ID-aquavit at June 24, 2013 09:31 PM (s/TCI)
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at June 24, 2013 11:39 PM (KL49F)
The sparks are very hot indeed, but their mass is so tiny that they do not contain enough heat to burn you. The wire core and the burning compound on it easily reach red heat, and they are massive enough to give you a third-degree burn if you touch the hot core. But it will be a fairly small burn.
What really counts with burns is the size of the area affected.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 24, 2013 09:32 PM (fNpC1)
Posted by: navybrat at June 24, 2013 09:39 PM (L12M0)
<blockquote>48
So how far away are we from seeing non-supporters of Obama/Democrat
Party labelled dissidents and arrested and/or executed? Over/ under 20
years? Any guesses?
Posted by: Jmel at June 24, 2013 10:38 PM (9tSXa)</blockquote>
My guess is 2-4 years, but I expect .....untidy incidents .... before the year is out.
Posted by: Subotai Bahadur at June 25, 2013 01:27 AM (o/n9f)
I think we're already there.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 24, 2013 09:42 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Waterhouse at June 24, 2013 09:43 PM (HCjLM)
http://tinyurl.com/qckzgdn
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 25, 2013 12:07 AM (STdzY)
Reporting fail. What kind of mushrooms were they? They need to be avoided strenuously. With all this rain we've had here, my yard is thick with them. Fairy ring mushrooms, white puffballs the size of tennis balls, and one big flat-topped job the size of a young dinner plate. It's freakin' HUGE.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 24, 2013 09:44 PM (fNpC1)
Posted by: CAC at June 24, 2013 09:47 PM (fKUVx)
Posted by: Sister Sestina at June 24, 2013 09:50 PM (ESbvS)
506 452 Since I know marijuana use is a hot button among some around here.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle
Thanks for the reminder to go hit that "Button"...
Posted by: BunkerinTheBurbs at June 24, 2013 09:51 PM (X3xYu)
Posted by: Waterhouse at June 24, 2013 09:53 PM (HCjLM)
http://tinyurl.com/lkrtkhq
Posted by: 18-1 at June 25, 2013 01:13 AM (zPVBH)
And just for a call back, with the "Regular Thanks" in the credits apparently his assistants are from Portland's Club Exotica.
Posted by: buzzion at June 24, 2013 09:56 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: epobirs at June 24, 2013 09:58 PM (kcfmt)
I took a picture of Lee Ho Fook's but we noted that according to the menu you could not order a bowl of Beef Chow Mein of any size.
Posted by: epobirs at June 24, 2013 10:01 PM (kcfmt)
Ricky prefers Helix over Rush:
Posted by: Waterhouse at June 25, 2013 01:53 AM
Yeah, Rush sucks... and Lifeson is a drunk male prostitute.
Posted by: ricky at June 24, 2013 10:01 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: cthulhu at June 24, 2013 10:08 PM (T1005)
493 Sorry, i left for a minute. THE problem with 308 AR's is bolt-over-base feed problems: something I think they could fix easily if they'd just install M4 feedramps. Problem is partially addressed by using magpul's mags instead of steel but the prob is the distance between the cartridge centerline while in the magazine and the centerline of the chamber where they have to feed into.
I haven't seen the uppers yet my buddy told me they came in tho. dpms had 'em forever and then blamed the ar crunch on keeping them even longer
DPMS makes their chambers super-tight for accuracy but this causes a lot of extraction problems. I'm more of a reliability guy, and the cmmg has never had one issue ever
Posted by: DAve at June 24, 2013 10:11 PM (albkL)
Posted by: Waterhouse at June 25, 2013 01:53 AM
Yeah, Rush sucks... and Lifeson is a drunk male prostitute.
Posted by: ricky at June 25, 2013 02:01 AM (9gNQd)
I vaguely remember something about Rush not playing the SF Bay Area while Bill Graham was alive because of some previous altercation. The way I heard it, some nephew or aide or something had said something to inflame Peart and got a customized barehanded drum solo on his face in return. Gives another meaning to "pound the skins".....
Posted by: cthulhu at June 24, 2013 10:12 PM (T1005)
Posted by: DAve at June 24, 2013 10:14 PM (albkL)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle
It is, and since I've been dealing with Big Firm Bullshit for the past week, I haven't had any time to get baked.
Posted by: SFGoth at June 25, 2013 12:34 AM (DF/XV)
There's always time Posted by: CAC
I wish. I like doing legal research high (although only for shits & giggles -- meaning, I also do it sober for the same project) but I can't do the mechanical shit and go to court, and blah blah blah. It's like people who like to do chores high - why waste it???
Posted by: SFGoth at June 24, 2013 10:32 PM (DF/XV)
Posted by: SFGoth at June 24, 2013 10:34 PM (DF/XV)
Posted by: Sister Sestina at June 24, 2013 10:40 PM (ESbvS)
452 Since I know marijuana use is a hot button among some around here.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle
It is, and since I've been dealing with Big Firm Bullshit for the past week, I haven't had any time to get baked.
Posted by: SFGoth at June 25, 2013 12:34 AM (DF/XV)
There's always time
Posted by: CAC
I wish. I like doing legal research high (although only for shits giggles -- meaning, I also do it sober for the same project) but I can't do the mechanical shit and go to court, and blah blah blah. It's like people who like to do chores high - why waste it???
Posted by: SFGoth at June 25, 2013 02:32 AM (DF/XV)
When I was in college, I started doing a little bit.....and my grades improved! And I did more -- and my grades improved more! And one night, my roommate seriously wanted to pet a seal while I tried to persuade him otherwise....and I started doing less. And my roommate started to demonstrate some of the bizarre behaviors from the movie of The Wall (e.g. arranging lines of common objects in complex patterns across his desk), and I kept doing less....even though my GPA declined....
My fondest memories are of listening to music. When baked just the right amount, I could pick out any instrument in an orchestra and hear that part, and when it nailed the timing with the rest of the orchestra....or when he came in early or late.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 24, 2013 10:42 PM (T1005)
Posted by: SFGoth at June 25, 2013 02:34 AM (DF/XV)
One of the guys in the dorm had -- wonder of wonders! -- a fridge. Thing is, he was the absolute head of the hall -- was orbiting most of the time and dealing part of the rest (graduated summa cum laude in ECE, IIRC), so it was always packed with magic mushrooms and other odd stuff.....but he let me keep my beer there. Considering what was piled on top of it most of the time, you'd have probably gotten more of a buzz from licking the bottlecaps than drinking the contents.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 24, 2013 10:47 PM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu
Oh I totally understand. I took a specific arrangement of the English country dance tune "Collier's Daughter" (I bought a CD with it on it), learned to play it, and wrote lyrics to it. One evening, while high, I noticed a flute part that was not on the sheet music, which I hadn't noticed before. I changed the lyric to sync up with that part (about 2 bars, not much, but sweet) and figured it out - all because it stood out. People who denigrate THC out of hand, frankly, are no better than the libtards they so fondly make fun of.
Posted by: SFGoth at June 24, 2013 10:53 PM (DF/XV)
Posted by: SFGoth at June 24, 2013 10:57 PM (DF/XV)
Posted by: Yoshi, Aggrieved Victim of the White Man at June 24, 2013 11:05 PM (dh83Q)
Posted by: SFGoth at June 24, 2013 11:09 PM (DF/XV)
baked just the right amount, I could pick out any instrument in an
orchestra and hear that part, and when it nailed the timing with the
rest of the orchestra....or when he came in early or late.
Posted by: cthulhu
Oh I totally understand. I took a specific arrangement of the English country dance tune "Collier's Daughter" (I bought a CD with it on it), learned to play it, and wrote lyrics to it. One evening, while high, I noticed a flute part that was not on the sheet music, which I hadn't noticed before. I changed the lyric to sync up with that part (about 2 bars, not much, but sweet) and figured it out - all because it stood out. People who denigrate THC out of hand, frankly, are no better than the libtards they so fondly make fun of.
Posted by: SFGoth at June 25, 2013 02:53 AM (DF/XV)
That's exactly the effect -- but it's not just auditory, it can happen with any sense. The night that we were out on the rocks and found the seal, it was like a searchlight lit up the seal in front of my roomie, I could see it so clearly....but where I was dealing with it in a somewhat lucid manner....
OK, let me start at the beginning. The University of Casual Sun-Bathing has its own little peninsula, jutting out into the ocean. The campus, itself, doesn't go all the way to the beach -- it borders a low lagoon. Separating the lagoon from the sea is another bit of high ground that slopes to the lagoon but has been carved into cliffs on the ocean side. From the dorms, it's an easy walk out to the point, where waves crash against outcroppings of rock surrounded by the sand.
So, the roommate -- who we'll call R for this tale -- are thoroughly baked and feel like experiencing some nature. We stroll out to the point and there are waves crashing around -- and we can run across from one rock to the next in between waves. So we're on an outcropping, about the size of a tennis court, about 4 feet above the water, and we're just walking along one edge, R in the lead....
And R says, "erk". So I respond, "what?" -- and he turns around and says, "I didn't say anything." So I look out in front of R and there is this seal pup sitting about four feet in front of him -- two more steps and he'd have stepped on it. And, again -- THC-enhanced vision -- it's like it's spotlighted there and not just a slick wet black critter against a slick wet black rock. I say, "R! Right there! A seal!" and R turns around and sees it.
He says, "oh, wow, a seal" and starts to look friendly towards it, like he's working his way up to petting it or something. So I grab him, turn him around, and hiss: "look at the size of it!" Sure enough, he turns around and says, "wow! a BABY seal" and starts getting that communing with nature bullshit going. So I grab him again, turn him around, and say, "R, I really don't want to be here when mommy comes back" and started back the way we came. After a second, he followed.
And that was actually a major turning point in my use of recreational drugs -- because they can be really fun when you're just doing them, but it kind o' sucks being the designated safety officer and trying to stay just sober enough to keep things reasonable.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 24, 2013 11:23 PM (T1005)
Posted by: SFGoth at June 25, 2013 02:57 AM (DF/XV)
Youthful impatience. Only 4 minutes had gone by, and I was busily composing @527.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 24, 2013 11:24 PM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at June 24, 2013 11:26 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Adriane... at June 24, 2013 11:33 PM (Jv4FA)
Posted by: Adriane... at June 24, 2013 11:34 PM (Jv4FA)
too many secrets to keep.
Posted by: Adriane... at June 25, 2013 03:33 AM (Jv4FA)
It's been a long time since I've done anything beyond alcohol....and the days when I'd worry about "the spins" after a night of quaffing are also long gone. Something about the "all these dipshits will flail ineffectually until I die" environment tends to make one cautious.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 24, 2013 11:38 PM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at June 24, 2013 11:40 PM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at June 25, 2013 03:40 AM (T1005)
Take, for instance, Preznit Choomster -- anyone want to be his dive buddy? Anyone want to rely on him for life-support items like sharing air, rescue, and making sure everyone makes it back on the boat?
Posted by: cthulhu at June 24, 2013 11:42 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Adriane... at June 24, 2013 11:48 PM (Jv4FA)
on the grounds of discrimination based on employment.
By subsidizing specific sports, for example, the public is paying for the training of specific individuals who will one day make a living from being very good at those sports.
By not, say, subsidizing sport shooting, person interested in a career in law enforcement or the military are at a disadvantage because the training for their professions starts at an older age.
Same with, say, underwater welders ... no SCUBA clubs, no early training for persons interested in said profession...
Posted by: Adriane... at June 25, 2013 03:48 AM (Jv4FA)
SCUBA tends to be a very worthwhile education. It teaches you to prioritize; about being organized; about knowing who to trust, and how far; it exercises your knowledge of chemistry and physics....it'd be great as a HS graduation requirement.
Not to mention what it teaches you in open water, e.g. the ocean is bigger than you are -- don't fight it, work with it. When the wave pushes you the way you want, get up in it and kick; when the wave wants to pull you back, go to ground and think "I'm a rock, I'm a rock!"
Posted by: cthulhu at June 25, 2013 12:16 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Adriane... at June 25, 2013 12:31 AM (Jv4FA)
And an island never cries ...
On the list of things that I still want to try but have no time for are archery, bass guitar, and SCUBA ...
Oy Vey.
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
So are most Conservatives these days,
I can only hope we come through ...
Posted by: Adriane... at June 25, 2013 04:31 AM (Jv4FA)
I did archery way back when -- I think it was summer camp between 5th and 6th grade. I've got a selection of basses that I spend far too little time playing. And we did SCUBA all over -- from Fiji to Honduras, Monterey to Maui....until the BH got bent.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 25, 2013 12:42 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Judge Roy Bean at June 25, 2013 01:07 AM (RTNkQ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 25, 2013 01:39 AM (KkzyL)
Exactly why did the odious David Plouffe post this on Twitter, yesterday?
"Scandals" falling apart. Immigration moving apace. Big leadership moment on climate tomorrow. POTUS steady throughout. DC CW off again.
All I could think of was someone trying to get ahead of a rumor that Preezy is emotionally unstable.Posted by: Miss Marple at June 25, 2013 01:42 AM (GoIUi)
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Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 25, 2013 01:44 AM (KkzyL)
One can also do as my priest said, "pray for Obama to straighten up." That sounds rather flip, but really, he's on a path which means terrible things for his immortal soul.
I do not like to see things posted which reflect poorly on this site, especially exhortations to violence, since besides being bad in and of themselves, also fit into the meme about conservatives so many leftists are looking for.
Posted by: Miss Marple at June 25, 2013 01:46 AM (GoIUi)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 25, 2013 01:47 AM (KkzyL)
Cowardly, I know, but I am not of an age where I could withstand federal prison.
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