June 26, 2013

Overnight Open Thread (6-26-2013)
— Maetenloch

The Immigration Bill AKA The Fire Americans Act

ObamaCare + the Amnesty Bill = the perverse incentive to fire American employees and replace them all with amnestied illegals.

Under the Gang of 8's backroom immigration deal with Senators Schumer, Corker and Hoeven, formerly illegal immigrants who are amnestied will be eligible to work, but will not be eligible for ObamaCare. Employers who would be required to pay as much as a $3,000 penalty for most employees who receive an ObamaCare healthcare "exchange" subsidy, would not have to pay the penalty if they hire amnestied immigrants.

Consequently, employers would have a significant incentive to hire or retain amnestied immigrants, rather than current citizens, including those who have recently achieved citizenship via the current naturalization process.

Just gets better and better doesn't it?

Hey Guess Who Wanted Leakers Tortured?

Hint: It's one of these men.

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Pork Bullets Are Here

Peace through superior pork.

...The truest form of defensive ammunition ever created in history.

A natural deterrent that prevents violence just by owning it but will strike fear into the hearts of those bent upon hate, violence and murder. Jihawg Ammo is certified "Haraam" or unclean. According to the belief system of the radical Islamist becoming "unclean" during Jihad will prevent their attaining entrance into heaven. Jihawg Ammo is a natural deterrent to radical and suicidal acts of violence.

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What Keeps Africa from Getting Clean Water: Human Nature

Groups have been trying to bring clean water to remote African villages for decades and still haven't been successful - but that not due to lack of technology or money or trying.

For a while, aid workers largely treated clean water as an engineering problem: If there's no clean water in a village, dig a well. But when researchers actually tested the water in the homes of people who got water from clean wells, they often found contamination.

"It was a surprise," says Alex Mwaki of Care Kenya, who worked on one of the studies that found contamination. "My reaction, I would say, was, well, we still need to do more. We have not done much."

There are lots of ways water can get contaminated between the time it comes out of the well and the time someone actually drinks it. Maybe the container the family used to fetch the water wasn't clean. Or the container was clean, but the cup people used to scoop the water out wasn't. Or the water got stored in a big clay pot at the house, and kids stuck their hands in it.

All of those problems can be solved by adding just a tiny bit of chlorine, which keeps water free of germs for days. So aid workers started trying to get people to use chlorine. In Kenya today, you can buy little bottles of chlorine, made just for purifying water, for pennies.

Problem solved?

"If only it were that easy," says Evan Green-Lowe, who works in Kenya for a group called Innovations for Poverty Action. Surveys show that only a small percentage of people in Kenya buy the chlorine, even though it's cheap and widely available.

Here's another article pointing out that getting clean water to rural areas is still a hard problem. Hard because human nature.

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How To Singlehandedly Erase Traffic Jams by Driving Slower

It's well known that a lot of stop-and-go traffic jams are really due to shock waves in traffic speed that propagate through the cars. And every time you slam on the brakes because traffic suddenly slowed you're transmitting the shock upstream through traffic.

On a day when I immediately started hitting the usual "waves" of stopped traffic, I decided to drive slow. Rather than repeatedly rushing ahead with everyone else, only to come to a halt, I decided to try to drive at the average speed of the traffic. I let a huge gap open up ahead of me, and timed things so I was arriving at the next "stop-wave" just as the last red brake lights were turning off ahead of me. It certainly felt weird to have that huge empty space ahead of me, but I knew I was driving no slower than anyone else. Sometimes I hit it just right and never had to touch the brakes at all, but sometimes I was too fast or slow. There were many "waves" that evening, and this gave me many opportunities to improve my skill as I drove along.

I kept this up for maybe half an hour while approaching the city. Finally I happened to glance at my rearview mirror. There was an interesting sight.

It was dusk, the headlights were on, and I was going down a long hill to the bridges. I had a view of miles of highway behind me. In the other lane I could see maybe five of the traffic stop-waves. But in the lane behind me, for miles, TOTALLY UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION. I hadn't realized it, but by driving at the average speed, my car had been "eating" traffic waves. Everyone ahead of me was caught in the stop/go cycle, while everyone behind me was forced to go at a nice smooth 35MPH or so.

I can testify that this technique does work - by buffering the shock you let it dissipate and traffic flow stays smooth. But the problem is that other drivers see the gap in front of you and think you're just holding up traffic. And so they jump in front of you - which forces you to slam on the brakes thus continuing the shock wave....

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Is Your Car Racist?

Apparently mine is:

Jeep, a division of the Chrysler Group, explained that its market research revealed a marked fondness for the name. The 2014 version, said Jim Morrison, director of Jeep marketing, "is a new, very capable vehicle that has the Cherokee name and Cherokee heritage. Our challenge was, as a brand, to link the past image to the present."

The company says it respects changed attitudes toward stereotyping. "We want to be politically correct, and we don't want to offend anybody," Mr. Morrison said. Regarding the Cherokee name, he added: "We just haven't gotten any feedback that was disparaging."

Well, here's some: "We are really opposed to stereotypes," said Amanda Clinton, a spokeswoman for the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma. "It would have been nice for them to have consulted us in the very least."

But, she added, the Cherokee name is not copyrighted, and the tribe has been offered no royalties for the use of the name. "We have encouraged and applauded schools and universities for dropping offensive mascots," she said, but stopped short of condemning the revived Jeep Cherokee because, "institutionally, the tribe does not have a stance on this."

And Ed Driscoll quotes Jonah Goldberg on how this shifting of the goalposts is no accident:

This is not to say that there are no racist conservatives. But at the philosophical level, liberalism is battling a straw man. This is why liberals must constantly assert that conservatives use code words-because there's nothing obviously racist about conservatism per se. Indeed, the constant manipulation of the language to keep conservatives-and other non-liberals-on the defensive is a necessary tactic for liberal politics.

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Daft Punk's "Get Lucky" Reimagined for Every Decade

I think I like the 20s, 30s and 90s versions the best.

When Penises Fight, Only A Vagina Can Soothe Them

A woman dressed as a vagina broke up a heated fight between a man and a friend dressed in a penis costume in Glastonbury, England, according to the Central Somerset Gazette. The costumed man and woman were members of the Nomadic Academy of Fools and were performing on the street to promote upcoming plays. A man was offended by the costumes and Chris Murray, the man dressed as a penis, told the Central Somerset Gazette "he started shouting at me, saying it was disgusting and children could see us. I could tell by his body language that he was really angry. I tried to calm him down, I wasn't looking for a fight; but he grabbed my hat, tore it off and chucked it on the pavement."

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Teh Tweet!

Yahoo group. That is all.

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1 Hello and goodnight

Posted by: Joethefatman™ (@joethefatman1) at June 26, 2013 06:14 PM (MnSla)

2 Gotta love the old boys life mags. It was...America.

Posted by: Berserker at June 26, 2013 06:15 PM (FMbng)

3 Not So Gay Day for Democracy The United States Supreme Court has not only overturned part of DOME (the Defense of Marriage Act), but also allowed a Federal district court to kill off Prop. 8, which defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman (i.e. that marriage was actuallyÂ… marriage). However, the courtÂ’s reasoning for its decision on Prop. 8 goes far beyond the question of gay marriage, and straight onto the attack on the rule of lawÂ… and of democracy. More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=2526

Posted by: The Political Hat at June 26, 2013 06:15 PM (Vk2pI)

4 I had a subscription to Boys Life, although it was a wee bit after WWII. I think OJ Simpson was on the cover of my first issue.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, being thoughtful and stuff at June 26, 2013 06:16 PM (6rcHp)

5

Hey, the RINO's from DC called... Don't expect a reach-around

Posted by: The Chicken at June 26, 2013 06:17 PM (Pr6hk)

6 Sure, I'll be easing the traffic jam by driving slower, but everyone behind me will be cursing my name (and the Maryland drivers will be riding my bumper, looking to move over to the next lane once they have 6 inches of room).

Posted by: Vendette at June 26, 2013 06:17 PM (iXuYG)

7 The US Department of Agriculture designated 31 counties in Hawaii as primary natural disaster areas due to damages and losses from drought in 2012.

There are five counties in Hawaii

Posted by: Kevin Bacon at June 26, 2013 06:18 PM (e8kgV)

8 I had a subscription to Boys Life, although it was a wee bit after WWII. I think OJ Simpson was on the cover of my first issue.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, being thoughtful and stuff at June 26, 2013 10:16 PM (6rcHp)


I saw them in the early to mid 70's. They were full of mini bike and gun ads. That was some cool shit.

Posted by: Berserker at June 26, 2013 06:19 PM (FMbng)

9 Evening morons and ettes!

Posted by: EC at June 26, 2013 06:19 PM (doBIb)

10 Hi kids. Anybody get to see Eddie Munster tap dance on Hannity. It's a payoff or black mail, no one is that stupid.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 26, 2013 06:20 PM (XIxXP)

11 Armand Assange reminds me of my sister in law. Snowden looks like the douche that cut me off with his Fat Tire bike this morning as I slammed the brakes on my Chevy truck. And Dick Cheney, well, he's still awesome. And I have contact awesome because he spoke at my HS graduation in Cody WY in 1984.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, being thoughtful and stuff at June 26, 2013 06:20 PM (6rcHp)

12

Nero fiddled while Rome burned.  Obama and his cronies pour gasoline.

 

Evening 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at June 26, 2013 06:20 PM (sQ0LB)

13 While definitely interesting, the fact that Snowden wanted a particular leaker tortured isn't the same as leakers in general. He was upset that the leaker had no regard for starting a war with Iran. Still interesting of course, his change from then til now.

Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at June 26, 2013 06:20 PM (X4HxX)

14 The final cloture vote on the immigration bill will be the third of three votes starting at 11:30 a.m. Eastern on Thursday (so probably around 12:30 p.m.). If that hurdle is cleared, which is very likely, the Senate will vote on passage later Thursday or by 1 p.m. on Friday.

Posted by: Vendette at June 26, 2013 06:21 PM (iXuYG)

15 Wut?

Posted by: Jeantel at June 26, 2013 06:21 PM (JMmQ9)

16 I had a subscription to Boys Life, although it was a wee bit after WWII. I think OJ Simpson was on the cover of my first issue. Posted by: Pug Mahon, being thoughtful and stuff at June 26, 2013 10:16 PM (6rcHp) I saw them in the early to mid 70's. They were full of mini bike and gun ads. That was some cool shit. Posted by: Berserker at June 26, 2013 10:19 PM (FMbng) There is a name for that, Americana.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 26, 2013 06:21 PM (XIxXP)

17 @8. Right? Back when boys were men in training.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, being thoughtful and stuff at June 26, 2013 06:21 PM (6rcHp)

18 and the Maryland drivers will be riding my bumper, looking to move over to the next lane once they have 6 inches of room). Because they suck.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 26, 2013 06:22 PM (Pph1Y)

19 Good evening, y'all.

Posted by: DC in Towson at June 26, 2013 06:22 PM (hiY1h)

20 Everywhere I turn I see the left winning.  I just hope the crash comes quick and is more painful for them than it is for me.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at June 26, 2013 06:22 PM (jucos)

21 I'm looking at that asshat Hernandez on the TV. He drips arrogance.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 26, 2013 06:23 PM (XIxXP)

22 20 Everywhere I turn I see the left winning. I just hope the crash comes quick and is more painful for them than it is for me.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at June 26, 2013 10:22 PM (jucos)

When the left wins...everybody but the elites lose big.

Posted by: Red Shirt at June 26, 2013 06:23 PM (FIDMq)

23 I comment on all the things!

Posted by: eleven at June 26, 2013 06:23 PM (fsLdt)

24 >>>and the Maryland drivers will be riding my bumper, looking to move over to the next lane once they have 6 inches of room Hey! I resemble that remark.

Posted by: DC in Towson at June 26, 2013 06:23 PM (hiY1h)

25 20 Everywhere I turn I see the left winning. I just hope the crash comes quick and is more painful for them than it is for me. When it comes, that will be a guarantee.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 26, 2013 06:23 PM (Pph1Y)

26 Everywhere I turn I see the left winning. I just hope the crash comes quick and is more painful for them than it is for me. Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at June 26, 2013 10:22 PM (jucos) It will be, we know enough to duck.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 26, 2013 06:23 PM (XIxXP)

27 Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Obama and his cronies pour gasoline. Evening 'rons and 'ettes. Posted by: Conservative Crank at June 26, 2013 10:20 PM (sQ0LB) And we use late-term aborted fetuses as kindling!

Posted by: Texas State Senator Wendy Davis at June 26, 2013 06:24 PM (Vk2pI)

28 6 Sure, I'll be easing the traffic jam by driving slower, but everyone behind me will be cursing my name (and the Maryland drivers will be riding my bumper, looking to move over to the next lane once they have 6 inches of room). Posted by: Vendette at June 26, 2013 10:17 PM (iXuYG) Fixed

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 26, 2013 06:24 PM (GEICT)

29 I was just standing on the corner and he just came up and started beating me... :-) I liked it.. ;-D

Posted by: Penis at June 26, 2013 06:24 PM (6LCNL)

30 That ad. Anyone still have a skate key?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at June 26, 2013 06:25 PM (aDwsi)

31 16 I had a subscription to Boys Life, although it was a wee bit after WWII. I think OJ Simpson was on the cover of my first issue. Posted by: Pug Mahon, being thoughtful and stuff at June 26, 2013 10:16 PM (6rcHp) I saw them in the early to mid 70's. They were full of mini bike and gun ads. That was some cool shit. Posted by: Berserker at June 26, 2013 10:19 PM (FMbng) There is a name for that, Americana. Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 26, 2013 10:21 PM (XIxXP) --I remembered enjoying the jokes pages at the back.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 06:25 PM (+iA5G)

32 So basically an American is better off simply claiming they're illegal and getting amnesty?

We're through the looking glass.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at June 26, 2013 06:25 PM (/gHaE)

33 *nods* DC, EC and the Sergeant at Arm. Gentlemen.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 26, 2013 06:25 PM (GEICT)

34 That ad. Anyone still have a skate key? Posted by: Mike Hammer at June 26, 2013 10:25 PM (aDwsi) No, but somewhere in an old stash of K-Tel records I have melony singing, "Brand New Key."

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 26, 2013 06:26 PM (XIxXP)

35 Hey! I resemble that remark. Look at it this way. It's not conjecture, actual verifiable statistics say you suck as a driver if you're from Maryland. Just ask the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. .

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 26, 2013 06:26 PM (Pph1Y)

36 Maria Sharapova sex tape

http://youtu.be/C1sRTGWmLHk

Posted by: Jose at June 26, 2013 06:26 PM (zc/sw)

37 Hey! I resemble that remark. Posted by: DC in Towson at June 26, 2013 10:23 PM (hiY1h) But I know you're not the one or more who are literally feeling up my car every day.

Posted by: Vendette at June 26, 2013 06:26 PM (iXuYG)

38 Mr Chairman. ::: nods :::

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 26, 2013 06:26 PM (Pph1Y)

39 Nero fiddled while Rome burned.
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Barky's musical skills probably poorer than his BB skills.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at June 26, 2013 06:26 PM (aDwsi)

40

Hiya Morons -

Late start or slow night?

Posted by: garrett at June 26, 2013 06:26 PM (vBzXR)

41 @30. No. Long gone. I remember taking one of my old steel skates and making a skateboard out of it.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, being thoughtful and stuff at June 26, 2013 06:26 PM (6rcHp)

42 I am a Maryland Driver too!  I speed like a M'Fer too.  If you don't speed you get run over.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at June 26, 2013 06:27 PM (jucos)

43 24 >>>and the Maryland drivers will be riding my bumper, looking to move over to the next lane once they have 6 inches of room

Hey! I resemble that remark.

Posted by: DC in Towson at June 26, 2013 10:23 PM (hiY1h)

 

Me too, my neighbor to the south.  Just get out of my way and all will be fine.

Posted by: Timon at June 26, 2013 06:27 PM (LGDTn)

44 Wow Billy Bob Clinton schtupp someone of the Cherokee nation?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 26, 2013 06:27 PM (Hgwa5)

45 Heh, eat candy every day. A certain WH resident just went apoplectic.

Posted by: Waterhouse at June 26, 2013 06:27 PM (1y5hk)

46 g'evenin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 26, 2013 06:27 PM (JMmQ9)

47 But I know you're not the one or more who are literally feeling up my car every day The question is, are you enjoying getting felt up every day?

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 26, 2013 06:27 PM (Pph1Y)

48 @31. logprof. Even the Tom Swifties? Those were mostly groaners.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, being thoughtful and stuff at June 26, 2013 06:28 PM (6rcHp)

49 BC, EC, Bannion...quorum? On related Club business, Tulsa is a really nice town. Greener than you would expect. More hilly too, as I found out much to my legs dismay this evening. Sauna heat, no humidity. Oh, right....and the wimminz are fucking gorgeous. Like University of Texas hot. No, I don't have pics. Damnit.

Posted by: DC in Towson at June 26, 2013 06:28 PM (hiY1h)

50 Vagina breaks up fight between man and penis. Ain't that always the way.

Posted by: eleven at June 26, 2013 06:28 PM (fsLdt)

51 36 Maria Sharapova sex tape

http://youtu.be/C1sRTGWmLHk

Posted by: Jose at June 26, 2013 10:26 PM (zc/sw)


Why does she continue to play tennis? It's obviously not her primary talent.

Posted by: joncelli at June 26, 2013 06:28 PM (vh67+)

52 Remember the days when every boy had a pocket knife? Seven or eight years old, and nobody blinked about it. They weren't shooting each other in the streets back then, either, or shooting up drugs or impregnating the girls.

Posted by: zsasz at June 26, 2013 06:28 PM (MMC8r)

53 That driving thing doesn't work in the DFW area, I can attest to that.  A guy was trying to do that a couple of weeks ago in front of me.  Cars from the lanes that were moving stop/go kept cutting into his buffer zone... and he kept backing up our whole lane trying to maintain his buffer...  I eventually passed him, like almost everyone else. 

Posted by: Yip at June 26, 2013 06:28 PM (/jHWN)

54

No way, Jose. 

I know a ricroll when i see one.

Posted by: garrett at June 26, 2013 06:29 PM (vBzXR)

55 No, but somewhere in an old stash of K-Tel records I have melony singing, "Brand New Key." Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin
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Hey sailor..., I got brand new pair of roller skates...

Posted by: Melanie at June 26, 2013 06:29 PM (aDwsi)

56 Hey, kids!!!  Fuck Aaron Hernandez.  Fuck the Supremes.  Fuck everything. 

So, how was your day? 

Posted by: Peaches at June 26, 2013 06:29 PM (8lmkt)

57 20 Truck Monkey, our country has seen really dark times before and men and women with a lot of heart kept this baby afloat. We wont take counsel of our fears and keep fighting where and how we can. We might not see the fruits of our efforts in our lifetime but we can go to next world knowing we did all we could to set conditions for success in next generation.

Posted by: fastfreefall at June 26, 2013 06:29 PM (Tz35j)

58 Lotsa blood on the grass at Wimbledon today. Metaphorically-speaking.

Posted by: Waterhouse at June 26, 2013 06:29 PM (1y5hk)

59 54
No way, Jose.
I know a ricroll when i see one.

Posted by: garrett at June 26, 2013 10:29 PM (vBzXR)


not a ricroll-its a tennis match

Posted by: Red Shirt at June 26, 2013 06:30 PM (FIDMq)

60 I thought a cock fight involved chickens.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 26, 2013 06:30 PM (kVfSG)

61 33 *nods* DC, EC and the Sergeant at Arm. Gentlemen. Werd.

Posted by: EC at June 26, 2013 06:30 PM (doBIb)

62
Was Marc Rich that old?
What did eat for his last meal? The TV told me that your last meal could kill you.

If I recall, Denise Rich looked like an old French three-dollar whore.

Posted by: soothsayer at June 26, 2013 06:30 PM (DlaLh)

63 50 Vagina breaks up fight between man and penis. If you are lucky..

Posted by: Penis at June 26, 2013 06:30 PM (6LCNL)

64 Fuck everything. *wink*

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at June 26, 2013 06:30 PM (1y5hk)

65 Oh, right....and the wimminz are fucking gorgeous. Like University of Texas hot. No, I don't have pics. Damnit. Posted by: DC in Towson at June 26, 2013 10:28 PM (hiY1h) That's not gonna work. Although, there's always Cougar.....

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 26, 2013 06:30 PM (GEICT)

66 So, how was your day? Posted by: Peaches at June 26, 2013 10:29 PM (8lmkt) Fucking awesome, The countries sorta fucked, but it aint bringin me dowm.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 26, 2013 06:30 PM (XIxXP)

67

" I got brand new pair of roller skates..."

 

..mmm. Heather Graham...I have the weirdest boner right now.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, being thoughtful and stuff at June 26, 2013 06:30 PM (6rcHp)

68 >>>But I know you're not the one or more who are literally feeling up my carboobs every day. Really? Are you new here?

Posted by: DC in Towson at June 26, 2013 06:31 PM (hiY1h)

69 As a Maryland driver, I apologize for all outsiders. Ain't my fault. I'm a good driver!

Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at June 26, 2013 06:31 PM (X4HxX)

70 The question is, are you enjoying getting felt up every day? Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 26, 2013 10:27 PM (Pph1Y) Not particularly. And the day the SO got my hysterical call that a hit-and-run driver (likely illegal) got intimately familiar with my bumper I could tell he was ready to kill.

Posted by: Vendette at June 26, 2013 06:31 PM (iXuYG)

71 I'm a good driver! That's a pretty low standard in Maryland.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 26, 2013 06:32 PM (Pph1Y)

72 I got a bunch of Boys Life magazines at the auction last week.  They are full of cool stuff:  an interview with Vince Lombardi,  a feature on Mickey Mantle and his son,  explanations of ski-jumping,  and lots of neat ads.

Posted by: Miss Marple at June 26, 2013 06:32 PM (GoIUi)

73 Posted by: fastfreefall at June 26, 2013 10:29 PM (Tz35j)

Well, bless your heart and I'd like some of whatever you're smoking, but we have never had a rabidly anti-American shitweasel at 1600 before, backed up by all those "let's make a deal" style republicans in congress.  Srsly, God bless you and I hope with all my heart that you are right and I am wrong.

Posted by: Peaches at June 26, 2013 06:32 PM (8lmkt)

74 The question is, are you enjoying getting felt up every day? Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 26, 2013 10:27 PM (Pph1Y) You wang?

Posted by: Bawney Fwank at June 26, 2013 06:32 PM (X4HxX)

75 36 Maria Sharapova sex tape http://youtu.be/C1sRTGWmLHk Posted by: Jose at June 26, 2013 10:26 PM (zc/sw) --Riiiiiiiiiight. Don't click.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 06:32 PM (+iA5G)

76 Hey Timon! Seeing as how you're only about 3 miles from me, we need to grab a beer soonest. I'm buying.

Posted by: DC in Towson at June 26, 2013 06:32 PM (hiY1h)

77 Stupid fk, do you believe it?

Its misinformation

Posted by: Weiner at June 26, 2013 06:32 PM (W1zVU)

78 Playing off that 'Best known planes' - story of an Italian torpedo bomber pilot in WWII who became a POW and then after the war became a US citizen.
http://tinyurl.com/ovg979g


Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 26, 2013 06:32 PM (Hgwa5)

79 Oh, DC, I went to the pool with wife, kids, MIL, GMIL and Aunt. They went off to the baby pool and left me on the lounge. So I start looking around. Very little to look at. But there was some.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 26, 2013 06:33 PM (GEICT)

80 The Rollfast ad reminds me of one of the things I got (as sorta pay) from the bicycle shop I worked at in the 70s. ~3'x4' red with white in that script. I wonder if it's actually worth something now. Probably wont sell it due to the memories but it's rare to see anything today with Rollfast in it.

Posted by: McGregor at June 26, 2013 06:33 PM (qo244)

81 71 I'm a good driver! That's a pretty low standard in Maryland. Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 26, 2013 10:32 PM (Pph1Y) I'm an objectively good driver. Which makes me subjectively a God on Wheels in Maryland.

Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at June 26, 2013 06:33 PM (X4HxX)

82 I thought a cock fight involved chickens. Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 26, 2013 10:30 PM (kVfSG) Depends if you are in Tucumcari or San Francisco.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 26, 2013 06:33 PM (XIxXP)

83 Heather Graham giving a bj -- hot. To Markey Mark -- wahh..wahh...wahhh..wahh....wahh... waaaaaah.

Posted by: eleven at June 26, 2013 06:33 PM (fsLdt)

84 48 @31. logprof. Even the Tom Swifties? Those were mostly groaners. Posted by: Pug Mahon, being thoughtful and stuff at June 26, 2013 10:28 PM (6rcHp) --Yes, they were. I liked the Daffynitions more.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 06:33 PM (+iA5G)

85 Snowden doesn't seem politically smart, but he also doesn't seem like he's a high school dropout.  Thanks for posting the Ed Snowden link, Maetenloch.

Posted by: Baldy at June 26, 2013 06:34 PM (tyDFN)

86 I got a bunch of Boys Life magazines at the auction last week.

Good for you, Miss Marple!  At least they won't be used as party favors at a ghey wedding anytime soon . . .

Posted by: Peaches at June 26, 2013 06:34 PM (8lmkt)

87

Here's another article pointing out that getting clean water to rural areas is still a hard problem. Because human nature.

 

[redacted for self preservatio]

 

Romans?

Posted by: Infidel at June 26, 2013 06:34 PM (SkhKv)

88 >>>That's a pretty low standard in Maryland. Right buddy. NoVa drivers are world renowned for their unfuckedupedness. That's why 495 is such a fucking peach to drive.

Posted by: DC in Towson at June 26, 2013 06:34 PM (hiY1h)

89 When at a red light, or in traffic, always stay at lest a car length or two back to afford yourself a maneuverable out. It's been a growing trend for some time now.

Posted by: Craig Poe at June 26, 2013 06:34 PM (BVkEs)

90 amnestied immigrants? amnigrants?

Posted by: gracepmc at June 26, 2013 06:35 PM (rznx3)

91 When at a red light, or in traffic, always stay at lest a car length or two back to afford yourself a maneuverable out. It's been a growing trend for some time now. Posted by: Craig Poe at June 26, 2013 10:34 PM (BVkEs) Good advice, and keep your GAC close.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 26, 2013 06:35 PM (XIxXP)

92 Also,  my high school had a Sportsman's Club until 1960.  My grandfather (the wrestling coach and a government teacher) was the sponsor.  Guys would show up at school WITH RIFLES OR SHOTGUNS and then they would go hunting in the fields and woods around the then-rural high school.

On special meeting days they could also bring their dogs.

This is the America I grew up in.

Posted by: Miss Marple at June 26, 2013 06:35 PM (GoIUi)

93 I never liked Markey Mark. But the Funky Bunch was teh awesome.

Posted by: eleven at June 26, 2013 06:35 PM (fsLdt)

94 But I know you're not the one or more who are literally feeling up my car/boobs every day. Really? Are you new here? Posted by: DC in Towson at June 26, 2013 10:31 PM (hiY1h) I really need to get that firearm...

Posted by: Vendette at June 26, 2013 06:35 PM (iXuYG)

95 It's well known that a lot of stop-and-go traffic jams are really due to shock waves in traffic speed that propagate through the cars. *** Doesn't this mean that the current timed traffic lights standard in the US are inherently a bad idea? They by definition cause traffic waves - often timed, intentionally I think, to make traffic on the main road stop at each cross light.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2013 06:36 PM (zPVBH)

96 Ok, because I'm drunk (Grey Goose, not Valu-Rite, you Morons!), I just wanted to de-lurk (been reading since late 2004 [Rathergate]) and say THANK YOU to the ONT commenters. This spring I was at Kadena AB and my afternoons consisted of handling a squirmy baby while reading the ONT comments. BTW, 6-month-old Pookette would rather read this site than eat from her bottle, so thanks a lot, Moron Horde!

Posted by: pookysgirl at June 26, 2013 06:36 PM (kMnHs)

97 Here's anotherarticle pointing out that getting clean water to rural areas is still a hard problem. Because human nature. [redacted for self preservatio] Romans? Posted by: Infidel at June 26, 2013 10:34 PM (SkhKv) I may have been a dictator, but at least I was a competent dictator...

Posted by: Antonius Pius at June 26, 2013 06:36 PM (Vk2pI)

98 (out from lurking for an observation) It doesn't matter that the Boy Scouts celebrate diversity by allowing homosexuals. Want proof? the headlines here in Cowhampsha fer two days running was how the scouts huddled like screaming weiners from weather common in this part of the country for centuries (if not millenia). The newsies were amazed that 'no one was hurt' (beyond a bit of electrical grounding burns, Ooh) during the debacle of Mother Gaia once again showing us who is in charge. NPI. We are doomed. (back to lurking)

Posted by: Madtom at June 26, 2013 06:36 PM (IyxzF)

99 amnestied immigrants? amnigrants? Posted by: gracepmc at June 26, 2013 10:35 PM (rznx3) Immesties?

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 26, 2013 06:36 PM (XIxXP)

100 This needs a confirmation 
Not So Fast: Prop 8 is Still California Lawhttp://tinyurl.com/oo3mkul

Did the lower court really have the authority to invalidate the vote. Was it really just booted for no standing or was the 9th circuit was made void as the federal court that ruled it was unconstitutional was not higher enough to invalidate it. So prop 8 stands as the vote was just taken.

Posted by: Trevor (@TJexcite) at June 26, 2013 06:36 PM (I1ABg)

101   76 Hey Timon! Seeing as how you're only about 3 miles from me, we need to grab a beer soonest. I'm buying.

Posted by: DC in Towson at June 26, 2013 10:32 PM (hiY1h)

 

I'm in.  Weeknight only since me and the wife are with the kids on the weekend.  You posted an email address once right?

Posted by: Timon at June 26, 2013 06:36 PM (LGDTn)

102 >>>So I start looking around. Very little to look at. But there was some. One of these days I have to take the iPad to our community pool. Even Cougar is telling me "wow, the women are much hotter than the men they're with" My response: really? I hadn't noticed. *audible laugh*

Posted by: DC in Towson at June 26, 2013 06:36 PM (hiY1h)

103 OSP get some more words down?  Slinging the verbiage and making it stick?  Bodies stacked in the Casbah?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 26, 2013 06:37 PM (Hgwa5)

104 Howdy pookysgirl. Welcome!

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 26, 2013 06:37 PM (GEICT)

105 When at a red light, or in traffic, always stay at lest a car length or two back to afford yourself a maneuverable out. It's been a growing trend for some time now. Posted by: Craig Poe at June 26, 2013 10:34 PM (BVkEs) I learned the red light part in driver's ed in the 90s. On the road I was told to give enough space that I at least saw all of the back tires on the car ahead of me.

Posted by: Vendette at June 26, 2013 06:37 PM (iXuYG)

106 Vagina breaks up fight between man and penis. Or as I call it, Friday night.

Posted by: Just the Punchline at June 26, 2013 06:37 PM (QupBk)

107 Here's the sign from my 79 Rollfast comment. Slightly better shape.

http://tinyurl.com/pflyjvx

Posted by: McGregor at June 26, 2013 06:37 PM (qo244)

108 Thank you Peaches.

Posted by: fastfreefall at June 26, 2013 06:37 PM (Tz35j)

109 One of these days I have to take the iPad to our community pool. Even Cougar is telling me "wow, the women are much hotter than the men they're with" My response: really? I hadn't noticed. *audible laugh* Posted by: DC in Towson at June 26, 2013 10:36 PM (hiY1h) I was really bored. I may have snapped a pic or two.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 26, 2013 06:38 PM (GEICT)

110 You know what stands out from that Boys Life graphic?

"Candy Is Delicious Food."

Posted by: HeatherRadish™, grumpier than usual at June 26, 2013 06:38 PM (hO8IJ)

111 Hi,  pookysgirl!  Glad you said hello!


Posted by: Miss Marple at June 26, 2013 06:38 PM (GoIUi)

112

Posted by: pookysgirl at June 26, 2013 10:36 PM (kMnHs)


Allow me to extend to you a warm Peaches welcome, my dear.  And, congrats on the Pookette!!  She sounds awesome.  We know she'll be raised right. 

Posted by: Peaches at June 26, 2013 06:38 PM (8lmkt)

113 Some guy loved candy so much, he placed an ad for it (in general) "Candy is delicious food".

Posted by: Fact Guy at June 26, 2013 06:38 PM (r98SZ)

114 So, a lawyer has sued Texas in federal court to stop Voter ID. How does he have standing? Oh, right. Guess only liberals can challenge the political class now, in Amerika.

Posted by: T. at June 26, 2013 06:38 PM (SkOXE)

115 Not particularly. And the day the SO got my hysterical call that a hit-and-run driver (likely illegal) got intimately familiar with my bumper I could tell he was ready to kill. Happened to me in College Park once. I called the police and asked for a unit to be sent. They didn't want to send outa cruiser if there weren't any injuries. I said to the dispatcher, "Look, I am going to need an accident report because this guy has just decided to go all 'no habla' on me and my insurance company is going to give me a hard time without a report and you citing this guy. So I'll just keep blocking these 2 lanes of Route 1 until you get here." They were there in less than a minute.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 26, 2013 06:38 PM (Pph1Y)

116 The 2014 version, said Jim Morrison, director of Jeep marketing, "is a new, very capable vehicle that has the Cherokee name and Cherokee heritage. Indians scattered on dawn's highway bleeding Ghosts crowd the young child's fragile eggshell mind.

Posted by: Jim Morrison at June 26, 2013 06:38 PM (sdi6R)

117 On a day when I immediately started hitting the usual "waves" of stopped traffic, I decided to drive slow. Rather than repeatedly rushing ahead with everyone else, only to come to a halt, I decided to try to drive at the average speed of the traffic. --- It's a point of pride for me to not hit my brakes. This is possible, usually, if you pick the right lane (based on knowledge of choke points and exits on the road) and don't tailgate.

Posted by: Y-not at June 26, 2013 06:39 PM (5H6zj)

118 102 OSP get some more words down? Slinging the verbiage and making it stick? Bodies stacked in the Casbah? Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 26, 2013 10:37 PM (Hgwa5) A few, breaking down Amy and T's team. When the killin starts, it will be riotous and epic.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 26, 2013 06:39 PM (XIxXP)

119 If that fuck doesn't hurry up and die soon, I'm going to uh have to smother him with a pillow.goddamnit

Posted by: B+rry Ob+owmao at June 26, 2013 06:39 PM (yQMvN)

120

Anyone still have a skate key?

Yes sir.

Posted by: Infidel at June 26, 2013 06:39 PM (SkhKv)

121 Vendette, first go to a gun range that has a gun rental program and firearms training.  Find the gun that you are comfortable with that is reliable.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 26, 2013 06:39 PM (Hgwa5)

122 Posted by: pookysgirl at June 26, 2013 10:36 PM (kMnHs) Welcome! You and your baby have excellent taste. If you're into needlework, gardening, or cooking there is an 'Ettes of the Moron Horde group at Ravelry.

Posted by: Vendette at June 26, 2013 06:39 PM (iXuYG)

123 BTW, 6-month-old Pookette would rather read this site than eat
from her bottle, so thanks a lot, Moron Horde!

That kicks ass.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™, grumpier than usual at June 26, 2013 06:39 PM (hO8IJ)

124 94 It's well known that a lot of stop-and-go traffic jams are really due to shock waves in traffic speed that propagate through the cars. *** Doesn't this mean that the current timed traffic lights standard in the US are inherently a bad idea? They by definition cause traffic waves - often timed, intentionally I think, to make traffic on the main road stop at each cross light. Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2013 10:36 PM (zPVBH) --Yes, same with some of the artery roads here in Winnipeg. My dad aid it may be because traffic engineers do not want traffic flowing at full speed the whole way, lest someone crossing in get hit at full speed. I countered that the solution to that is delayed green lights; the cumulative social welfare costs of extra gas burned from leaving a full stop and brake wear and tear are probably greater than those from the collisions, although of course not as dramatic and therefore neglected because they're undemagogueable.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 06:39 PM (+iA5G)

125 Long before you could just blurt out for free how delicious a food candy is on Facebook. You had to pay a magazine $500 for the privilege. How far we have come.

Posted by: Fact Guy at June 26, 2013 06:40 PM (r98SZ)

126 @91. Miss Marple. I grew up with that, even in the 1980s, in Wyoming. Our school superintendent finally told students to stop bringing their rifles to school...because of a rash of break-ins.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, being thoughtful and stuff at June 26, 2013 06:40 PM (6rcHp)

127 I really need to get that firearm... Let's go to the range. You can show off you newly discovered skills by the time the SO redeploys.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 26, 2013 06:41 PM (Pph1Y)

128 Myself and my partner are so excited on the ruling today and thank President Obama for making same sex marriage legal. We cannot wait until we file our taxes as a person of color lesbian couple next year and get that big tax refund and free health care under the Affartable Health Care Act passed by President Obama. We love you President Obama............

Posted by: LaQuisha Largess at June 26, 2013 06:41 PM (3Z1wn)

129 >>>So I'll just keep blocking these 2 lanes of Route 1 until you get here." BWAHAHAHA someone has learned a thing or two. Pooksygirl, welcome! Come on in, the water's fine. Timon, my nic at yahoo.no spaces.

Posted by: DC in Towson at June 26, 2013 06:41 PM (hiY1h)

130 122 BTW, 6-month-old Pookette would rather read this site than eat Show her the puppeh and kitteh videos!

Posted by: EC at June 26, 2013 06:41 PM (doBIb)

131 Did the lower court really have the authority to invalidate the vote. Was it really just booted for no standing or was the 9th circuit was made void as the federal court that ruled it was unconstitutional was not higher enough to invalidate it. So prop 8 stands as the vote was just taken. Posted by: Trevor (@TJexcite) at June 26, 2013 10:36 PM (I1ABg) The appeals court ruling was voided, but the district court ruling remains. The district court case was brought by people who wanted to overturn it, and they had standing. It was those who wanted to defend it and appealed to the 9th circuit who werer found to not have standing. According to the district court ruling, opposition to gay marriage necessarily was because of H8, and H8 is prohibited, even if the majority of the people wanted it and even if their reasons had nothing to do with hate. It is now illegal to vote against gay marriage in California.

Posted by: The Political Hat at June 26, 2013 06:41 PM (Vk2pI)

132 I love the assholes who try to go right to the front of the merging traffic when there is a lane closure or the line of cars at a congested off-ramp.


Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at June 26, 2013 06:41 PM (Q9qpj)

133

Posted by: pookysgirl at June 26, 2013 10:36 PM (kMnHs)

 

Welco.me.  We love us some pooky

Posted by: Infidel at June 26, 2013 06:41 PM (SkhKv)

134 I was really bored. I may have snapped a pic or two. Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 26, 2013 10:38 PM (GEICT) --You know the drill.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 06:41 PM (+iA5G)

135 I am totally marrying my cats.  Both of 'em.  The tax benefits that will accrue to me will be life-changing.  Ain't like Califuckinfornia is gonna get in my way, right?

Posted by: Peaches at June 26, 2013 06:42 PM (8lmkt)

136 Gut instinct prediction of the millenia: 50 stars stay on the flag, but the Supreme Court is done as part of the price.

Posted by: T. at June 26, 2013 06:42 PM (SkOXE)

137 Ketchup is a vegetable. -- Discuss.

Posted by: I miss Ronnie at June 26, 2013 06:42 PM (fsLdt)

138 Posted by: pookysgirl at June 26, 2013 10:36 PM (kMnHs I had a Yorky I called pooky, coolest dog ever. Welcome.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 26, 2013 06:42 PM (XIxXP)

139 109 You know what stands out from that Boys Life graphic?

"Candy Is Delicious Food."
It's what's for dinner.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 26, 2013 06:43 PM (kVfSG)

140 So now that twitter is so seemingly important -- who are the most influential right-wingers on twitter?

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at June 26, 2013 06:43 PM (ZPrif)

141 Ketchup is a vegetable. -- Discuss. The tomato is actually a fruit.

Posted by: EC at June 26, 2013 06:43 PM (doBIb)

142 Heading for bed.  Night,  all!

Take good notes, and BOLO for video of the Africa trip!

Posted by: Miss Marple at June 26, 2013 06:43 PM (GoIUi)

143 Ketchup is a vegetable. -- Discuss. Never actually said that.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 26, 2013 06:43 PM (Pph1Y)

144 I have a '77 Ford F-150 that I haven't taken above 55 mph in years and years. I ginger that baby. It's true that when I drive it as opposed to any other of my vehicles (which I'll drive faster), I don't hit the brakes half as much.

Posted by: Cowboy at June 26, 2013 06:44 PM (FMrA0)

145 104 When at a red light, or in traffic, always stay at lest a car length or two back to afford yourself a maneuverable out. ----- That's a pet peeve of mine. People on local streets who don't pull up, thereby preventing entrance into the drop left-turn lane. These same assholes are also usually slow to go on green because they're fucking with their cell phones.

Posted by: Y-not at June 26, 2013 06:44 PM (5H6zj)

146 My kitteh Cecil has this one favorite toy (we bought a bunch before they disappeared) and we have called that toy his pookie for 10 years now.  So, yeah, pookie is such a good and precious thing to be!

Posted by: Peaches at June 26, 2013 06:44 PM (8lmkt)

147 Speaking candy... "I like candy" Original version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6Vw9RGm1tM Version sung by underage jailbait that posed nude on album covers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMICD3aMZpw

Posted by: The Political Hat at June 26, 2013 06:44 PM (Vk2pI)

148 I was doing a count of how many Amendments are still functional in Obamacare - I count 3 - 3rd, 7th, and 8th. Heck, Obama's regime has managed to violate every protection in the 1st Amendment

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2013 06:44 PM (zPVBH)

149 Affartable Health Care Act

I kind of like that.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™, grumpier than usual at June 26, 2013 06:44 PM (hO8IJ)

150 Ketchup is a vegetable. -- Discuss. Posted by: I miss Ronnie at June 26, 2013 10:42 PM (fsLdt) More importantly, ketchup doesn't need to go in the fridge (although I feel better when it's in there).

Posted by: Vendette at June 26, 2013 06:44 PM (iXuYG)

151 Never actually said that. Correct, sir.

Posted by: Plastic Turkey at June 26, 2013 06:44 PM (QupBk)

152 That is pretty cool there OSP.  Still learning Scrivener.  Probably best I try it with the short story, start with a small project before leaping into a giant novel.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 26, 2013 06:44 PM (Hgwa5)

153 Maet? Still here? Get the TB3K warm, OK? You know how she's cranky when you send her in cold.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 26, 2013 06:45 PM (Pph1Y)

154 --You know the drill. Lmao. Hang on a sec....

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 26, 2013 06:45 PM (GEICT)

155 >>>Ketchup is a vegetable red sugar. I agree,

Posted by: DC in Towson at June 26, 2013 06:45 PM (hiY1h)

156 Ketchup is a vegetable. -- Discuss.

The tomato is actually a fruit.

Posted by: EC at June 26, 2013 10:43 PM (doBIb)

slow claps, EC, that was great!

Posted by: Peaches at June 26, 2013 06:45 PM (8lmkt)

157 Doesn't this mean that the current timed traffic lights standard in the US are inherently a bad idea?
They by definition cause traffic waves - often timed, intentionally I think, to make traffic on the main road stop at each cross light.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2013 10:36 PM (zPVBH)

Well remember that the overall goal is safe maximal flow on average. Supposedly the lights' timing is based on the average traffic speed but that's hard to maintain over large areas so I suspect they give priority to the main roads and stiff the smaller ones.

This is a case where traffic circles actually work much better.

Posted by: Mætenloch at June 26, 2013 06:46 PM (pAlYe)

158 No but this guy does.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p02DgHeGdyI

Posted by: McGregor at June 26, 2013 06:46 PM (qo244)

159 Regarding the water contamination: the one thing you do not want to eat at a restaurant that offers them are mints from the dish near the cash register. Think of how many folks you observe in a public restroom who wash their hands after doing their business and you'll know why.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars[/b][/i][/s] at June 26, 2013 06:46 PM (HsTG8)

160 Y'all are too nice. (I'm allowed to say y'all, we spent three years at Lackland AFB.) Besides AoSHQ, Pookette's other favorite thing is dragon fights in Guild Wars 2. I'm raising a barbarian, but Pooky (AF) is strangely okay with that. I figure it'll help in her teenage years....

Posted by: pookysgirl at June 26, 2013 06:46 PM (kMnHs)

161 That is pretty cool there OSP. Still learning Scrivener. Probably best I try it with the short story, start with a small project before leaping into a giant novel. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 26, 2013 10:44 PM (Hgwa5) I never looked at it that way. I just tell the story till it's over. Yeah, it's gonna be aroud 400-450 pages.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 26, 2013 06:47 PM (XIxXP)

162 Ketchup is a vegetable red sugar diabetes in a bottle. I agree, Posted by: DC in Towson at June 26, 2013 10:45 PM (hiY1h) Fixed

Posted by: The HFCS Hat at June 26, 2013 06:47 PM (Vk2pI)

163 Actually -- And I'm breaking out my "actually" tonight. To my experience no condiment ever needs to go in the fridge. Except for salsa. And mayo.

Posted by: I miss Ronnie at June 26, 2013 06:48 PM (fsLdt)

164 Used to love the air rifle. But don't shoot yourself in the foot (even with leather boots on) with it loaded and 20 pumps just to see if you an take it. It hurts like a son of a bitch. And not just where it hit, but the whole damn foot. For you youngins out there reading this.

Posted by: Fact Guy at June 26, 2013 06:48 PM (r98SZ)

165 Except for salsa. And mayo. Posted by: I miss Ronnie at June 26, 2013 10:48 PM (fsLdt) Oh No! the cold Ketchup must tempor the hot french fry or onion ring.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 26, 2013 06:49 PM (XIxXP)

166 Hey, what was the name of the guy Hernandez killed? I think I'm gonna marry that guy cause the civil suit if going to be great. Ah, because we are in love. And don't you h8ters try to stop me!

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2013 06:49 PM (zPVBH)

167 Used to love the air rifle. But don't shoot yourself in the foot (even with leather boots on) with it loaded and 20 pumps just to see if you an take it. Anyone else have one-pump gunfights?

Posted by: EC at June 26, 2013 06:49 PM (doBIb)

168 Well remember that the overall goal is safe maximal flow on average. Supposedly the lights' timing is based on the average traffic speed but that's hard to maintain over large areas so I suspect they give priority to the main roads and stiff the smaller ones. This is a case where traffic circles actually work much better. Posted by: Mætenloch at June 26, 2013 10:46 PM (pAlYe) --Yes, and fortunately over here there are some going up. Even all-way stop signs make more sense for a lot of intersections. The only pain with traffic circles/rotaries/roundabouts is the learning curve for people who don't know what the hell is going on or what they need to do. Then there's Washington, DC, which muddies circles with multiple traffic lights.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 06:49 PM (+iA5G)

169 156 Ketchup is a vegetable. -- Discuss. The tomato is actually a fruit. Posted by: EC at June 26, 2013 10:43 PM (doBIb) slow claps, EC, that was great! Posted by: Peaches at June 26, 2013 10:45 PM (8lmkt) Purple is a fruit.

Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at June 26, 2013 06:49 PM (X4HxX)

170 I stopped at Turners and bought a few boxes of .45 rounds to go with the pistol I plan to buy. Turns out the scarcity of Glocks is due to the Brits adopting them as their new sidearm. Limey bastards!

Posted by: Ostral B Heretic at June 26, 2013 06:49 PM (2vl2+)

171 The tomato is actually a fruit. --- So it has the right to marry.

Posted by: Fact Guy at June 26, 2013 06:49 PM (r98SZ)

172 Any creepy ass crackers here tonight?

Posted by: WHAAAAAT?! at June 26, 2013 06:49 PM (FFApI)

173 I like traffic lights I like traffic lights I like traffic lights I like traffic lights I like traffic lights I like traffic lights I like traffic lights Except when they are red

Posted by: Monty Python at June 26, 2013 06:49 PM (+iA5G)

174 This is a case where traffic circles actually work much better.

I'm not seeing that where I live at all, at least during rush hour.  In the morning I can sit at the roundabout coming from the small road for two 80s pop songs (how time is measured on the morning commute, heh) waiting for the traffic from the main road to lessen enough for all the cars in front of me to merge into the circle.

(If I'm late for work, there isn't much of a wait.  Which is kind of an incentive to dick around on the internets over coffee.  Sigh.)

Posted by: HeatherRadish™, grumpier than usual at June 26, 2013 06:49 PM (hO8IJ)

175 Impatience on the highway...  oh dear.

One time driving 20 to attend Project A-kon in Dallas, the traffic just stopped on the west bound lanes.  So naturally some tried to drive through the median and get on the east bound lanes.  Except the median was a small ravine with tall dry grass.  Nothing like seeing an LTD stuck straddling the deepest part of the ravine and both bumpers touching dirt.

I just waited out the delay.  Now can't even remember what caused the stoppage.  But I remember that LTD getting stuck.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 26, 2013 06:49 PM (Hgwa5)

176 Turns out the scarcity of Glocks is due to the Brits adopting them as their new sidearm. Limey bastards! Posted by: Ostral B Heretic at June 26, 2013 10:49 PM (2vl2+) You can nab glocks for not too much these days. Gunbroker is a good spot to check.

Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at June 26, 2013 06:50 PM (X4HxX)

177 Any creepy ass crackers here tonight? Posted by: WHAAAAAT?! at June 26, 2013 10:49 PM (FFApI) Well I aint whistlin Dixie, yet.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 26, 2013 06:50 PM (XIxXP)

178 My son likes his ketchup with a hamburger.

Posted by: lindafell at June 26, 2013 06:50 PM (PGO8C)

179 Turns out the scarcity of Glocks is due to the Brits adopting them as their new sidearm. Limey bastards! What? They have their Browning Hi-Powers!

Posted by: EC at June 26, 2013 06:50 PM (doBIb)

180 Ketchup is a vegetable. -- Discuss. >>

Healthy enough as soup or condiment. Bad if you use it to replace ranch dressing as a 2 a day slimfast shake.

Posted by: McGregor at June 26, 2013 06:50 PM (qo244)

181

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 26, 2013 10:38 PM (Pph1Y) 

 

I learned the hard way, immediately snap a pick of the license plate. And maybe the person too.

I got hit by a guy in a truck, got out, told him to pull over and he drove off while I was on the phone with the cops.

Also, always just call 911 and when they ask about injuries say "I'm not sure."

Posted by: tsrblke (tablet) at June 26, 2013 06:51 PM (GaqMa)

182 The only pain with traffic circles/rotaries/roundabouts is the learning curve for people who don't know what the hell is going on or what they need to do.

In Indiana "Yield to Both Lanes" means "speed up, you can cut off the red car."

Posted by: HeatherRadish™, grumpier than usual at June 26, 2013 06:51 PM (hO8IJ)

183 172 The tomato is actually a fruit. --- So it has the right to marry. Well played, sir. Very droll, very well played.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 26, 2013 06:51 PM (Pph1Y)

184 Used to love the air rifle. But don't shoot yourself in the foot (even with leather boots on) with it loaded and 20 pumps just to see if you an take it. We used to ricochet wooden strike-anywhere matches at each other with our Crossmans.

Posted by: toby928© for TB at June 26, 2013 06:51 PM (QupBk)

185 I like pookysgirl.  Welcome the horde, from an ette.

Posted by: Infidel at June 26, 2013 06:51 PM (SkhKv)

186 Day 1 of my glock sitting at the FFL not being used. *cries*

Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at June 26, 2013 06:51 PM (X4HxX)

187 Anyone else have one-pump gunfights? Posted by: EC at June 26, 2013 10:49 PM (doBIb) --- Put a toothpick in one and shot my cousin. It stuck about 1/8th of an inch into his skin.

Posted by: Fact Guy at June 26, 2013 06:51 PM (r98SZ)

188 164 Actually -- And I'm breaking out my "actually" tonight. To my experience no condiment ever needs to go in the fridge. Except for salsa. And mayo. Posted by: I miss Ronnie at June 26, 2013 10:48 PM (fsLdt) --I like keeping mustard in the fridge so my turkey sandwiches stay uniformly cold when I prepare them.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 06:51 PM (+iA5G)

189 I thought you were banned at the library Raycon.

But please, regale us again with your bravery while serving in the Wikipedia branch of the Alaskan Galatic Air Force.

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at June 26, 2013 10:46 PM (OWjjx)


First hearty guffaw of the day . . . maybe all week.  Bless you, my liege.

Posted by: Peaches at June 26, 2013 06:52 PM (8lmkt)

190 187 Day 1 of my glock sitting at the FFL not being used. *cries* Don't you have some Crystal Skull Vodka to give your life meaning until then?

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 26, 2013 06:53 PM (Pph1Y)

191

If you wish to drive using that strategy, do the rest of us a Favor, and STAY OUT OF THE FAST LANE!

 

Your choice, should not slow me down... its rude.

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 26, 2013 06:54 PM (lZBBB)

192 The tomato is actually a fruit.
---
So it has the right to marry.

Posted by: Fact Guy at June 26, 2013 10:49 PM (r98SZ)


And another hearty guffaw!!  Y'all are truly en fuego this otherwise shitwad of an evening.  No wonder I love you guys.


Posted by: Peaches at June 26, 2013 06:54 PM (8lmkt)

193 Consequently, employers would have a significant incentive to hire or retain amnestied immigrants, rather than current citizens, including those who have recently achieved citizenship via the current naturalization process.

Your welcome. I've uploaded my "Hey guys, I'm still one of you" to Youtube

Posted by: Marco Rubio at June 26, 2013 06:54 PM (/9IC1)

194 Used to love the air rifle. But don't shoot yourself in the foot (even with leather boots on) with it loaded and 20 pumps just to see if you an take it.

We used to ricochet wooden strike-anywhere matches at each other with our Crossmans. Posted by: toby928
---------------------

When boys were allowed to be boys.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at June 26, 2013 06:54 PM (aDwsi)

195 Pool Girl 1 - Pic 1 http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=33vltu9&s=5 Pool Girl 1 Pic 2 http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=axfyg3&s=5 Pool Girl 2 Pic 1 http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2uzbgwz&s=5 Pool Girl 2 Pic 2 http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=ws8uf5&s=5 Not stellar, but hey. Work with what you're given.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 26, 2013 06:54 PM (GEICT)

196 Don't spend too much time trying to make sense of the SCOTUS. The Constitution's a dead letter, and they just make stuff up. Whatever suits them. You can find a way to justify whatever you want when you're unbound by anything. After Kelo v. New London and NFIB v. Sibelius, most prominently, you should be well disabused of any notion that reason, precedent, custom, tradition, or the Constitution applies at all any more. Hell, starting with Lawrence v. Texas they've even taken to citing foreign law as a basis! If you want anything done judicially, you'd better get yourself an amendment. Then you have a chance. A chance, not a guarantee, that it won't be ignored.

Posted by: Cowboy at June 26, 2013 06:54 PM (FMrA0)

197 I suspect they give priority to the main roads and stiff the smaller ones. *** My experience has generally been the opposite. In fact some of the towns near where I live have intentionally gotten light timing to keep the riff raff out. Bastards are good egalitarian liberals as well...

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2013 06:54 PM (zPVBH)

198 Then there's Washington, DC, which muddies circles with multiple traffic lights. Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 10:49 PM (+iA5G) Dupont Circle is practically a double traffic circle. It has 5 intersecting roads. The inner circle has Massachusetts Avenue thru traffic, while Connecticut Avenue thru traffic has an underpass. It's a gong show even with traffic lights.

Posted by: Vendette at June 26, 2013 06:54 PM (iXuYG)

199 Any of you vets take advantage of Glock's "blue label" program?

Posted by: EC at June 26, 2013 06:55 PM (doBIb)

200 (I have no idea why I'm gonna tell you jackals this, I blame the 4 beers and a bottle of wine I had earlier) I'm drinking this strawberry beer from Samuel Smith's that is fucking outstanding. Tastes like actual strawberries. ABV is only 5.2% but damn, it's good. *puts ManCard thought shredder, sets remnants on fire*

Posted by: DC in Towson at June 26, 2013 06:55 PM (hiY1h)

201 Anyone else have one-pump gunfights? Posted by: EC at June 26, 2013 10:49 PM (doBIb Is this a euphimism for something?

Posted by: fastfreefall at June 26, 2013 06:55 PM (Tz35j)

202 Traffic circles work if people know what they are.  The Jackson-Evers airport in Jackson, MS has a small rotary, far smaller than a rotary should be.  It was created when the museum hosted treasures of Versailles.  To this day there are still people who come to a complete stop and treat it like a four way.  The one up at Renaissance is a more typical rotary since its over twice the size of the airport one and its two lane.  Due to my experience in Maryland with such two lane rotaries, I stay out of the inner lane at all costs.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 26, 2013 06:55 PM (Hgwa5)

203 Hey, just got an E-mail, what do ya think? From: Mrs. lamio Cio Subject: MY WISH Am diagnosed with laryngeal cancer, it went unnoticed i've had to undergo a laryngectomy.I'm leaving all i got plus my money to you,. Reply for details

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 26, 2013 06:55 PM (XIxXP)

204 51 36 Maria Sharapova sex tape http://youtu.be/C1sRTGWmLHk Posted by: Jose at June 26, 2013 10:26 PM (zc/sw) Why does she continue to play tennis? It's obviously not her primary talent. Posted by: joncelli at June 26, 2013 10:28 PM (vh67+) Hard to believe people can watch tennis while someone is beating a dog like that...

Posted by: WHAAAAAT?! at June 26, 2013 06:55 PM (FFApI)

205 172 The tomato is actually a fruit. --- So it has the right to marry. ---- Two fruits, one vegetable, and one flower!

Posted by: Captain Esteban at June 26, 2013 06:56 PM (5H6zj)

206 How To Singlehandedly Erase Traffic Jams by Driving Slower


I read an geocity page echoing the same idea 10 odd years ago.  

Found it to be very true when I had a 40 minute commute through Sacramento to Folsom, especially on a certain highway exit.  

Most people just wanted to pass the exit, but with bumper to bumper traffic, they'd have no choice but to block the exit lane while look for an opening.   Leaving a gap would let them go through with no net effect on my average speed.   Not letting them through meant they would cut in further ahead of me, causing a jerk in traffic as people slammed the brakes.   

Then I took engineering in college, and learned wave theory with respect to EM - but completely applicable to traffic.   Love how concepts cross domains. 

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at June 26, 2013 06:56 PM (/g8rp)

207 Not stellar, but hey. Work with what you're given. Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 26, 2013 10:54 PM (GEICT) --Not bad, but next time bring us (i.e., me) thongs.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 06:56 PM (+iA5G)

208

Used to love the air rifle. But don't shoot yourself in the foot (even with leather boots on) with it loaded and 20 pumps just to see if you an take it.

Ugh.  Just remembered, I must have been around 10 yo.  In the garage so mom could back out and I could close the garage door, I had a brilliant idea.  The tire is just made of rubber and soft, the air just makes it stiff.  Put my foot under the tire cause, I don't know why.  That hurt like a mofo.  Mom never had a clue and I never told anyone.  Maybe I remember cause it was a red '55 chevy.

Posted by: Infidel at June 26, 2013 06:57 PM (SkhKv)

209 Serious you guys, I'm still all for lowering taxes for Goldman-Sachs, and Sen Schumer is ok with it!

Posted by: Marco Rubio at June 26, 2013 06:57 PM (/9IC1)

210 If you wish to drive using that strategy, do the rest of us a Favor, and STAY OUT OF THE FAST LANE!

Your choice, should not slow me down... its rude. Posted by: Romeo13
--------------------

Once the traffic starts to accordion..., the average rate of travel goes down, brake wear, engine wear, fuel consumption goes up.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at June 26, 2013 06:57 PM (aDwsi)

211 Not stellar, but hey. Work with what you're given. Not stellar? Not stellar is an understatement. I wouldn't tap either one with your dick. Or a broom handle. .... Oh, you were talking about your photography. Never mind.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 26, 2013 06:57 PM (Pph1Y)

212 I'm thinkin Marco Rubio and Paul ryan have a sex tape.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 26, 2013 06:57 PM (XIxXP)

213 172 The tomato is actually a fruit.
---
So it has the right to marry.

Cruciferous vegetables still second-class citizens.  Le sigh.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™, grumpier than usual at June 26, 2013 06:57 PM (hO8IJ)

214 Hard to believe people can watch tennis while someone is beating a dog like that... Posted by: WHAAAAAT?! at June 26, 2013 10:55 PM (FFApI) The mute button is everyone's friend. Although in her match today, the gal who beat her was also a screamer.

Posted by: Vendette at June 26, 2013 06:58 PM (iXuYG)

215 They call them roundabouts here. Sometimes I like them. Sometimes I don't.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 26, 2013 06:58 PM (kVfSG)

216 Actually, Eve ate a tomato, not an apple. Word.

Posted by: Craig Poe at June 26, 2013 06:58 PM (BVkEs)

217 Old Sailor, I think you just hit the jack pot /sarc/

Posted by: lindafell at June 26, 2013 06:58 PM (PGO8C)

218 201 (I have no idea why I'm gonna tell you jackals this, I blame the 4 beers and a bottle of wine I had earlier) I'm drinking this strawberry beer from Samuel Smith's that is fucking outstanding. Tastes like actual strawberries. ABV is only 5.2% but damn, it's good. *puts ManCard thought shredder, sets remnants on fire* Posted by: DC in Towson at June 26, 2013 10:55 PM (hiY1h) --Speaking of shredding man cards, I've never heard of Samuel Smith's.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 06:58 PM (+iA5G)

219 I'm drinking this strawberry beer from Samuel Smith's that is fucking outstanding.

wow, DC, just wow . . . I'm guessin' you will be posting pics of your boobehs in 3, 2, 1 . . .

Posted by: Peaches at June 26, 2013 06:58 PM (8lmkt)

220 Our town is a guinea pig for something called a continuous flow intersection. http://udot.utah.gov/i15core/cfi.php Truly horrifying. I don't what happens when the power goes out and you're facing the other cars head-on.

Posted by: Y-not at June 26, 2013 06:59 PM (5H6zj)

221 Dupont Circle is practically a double traffic circle. It has 5 intersecting roads. The inner circle has Massachusetts Avenue thru traffic, while Connecticut Avenue thru traffic has an underpass. It's a gong show even with traffic lights. Posted by: Vendette at June 26, 2013 10:54 PM (iXuYG) --Dupont Circle is actually the one that popped into mind when I was typing that.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 06:59 PM (+iA5G)

222 186 I like pookysgirl. Welcome the horde, from an ette. Posted by: Infidel at June 26, 2013 10:51 PM (SkhKv) I did not know Infidel was an 'ette.

Posted by: Jim Morrison at June 26, 2013 06:59 PM (sdi6R)

223 Pool Girl 1 Pic 2 Haha, BCochran got made!

Posted by: EC at June 26, 2013 06:59 PM (doBIb)

224 Pork tipped bullets were my idea dammit!!!

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at June 26, 2013 06:59 PM (SkyIE)

225 It is now illegal to vote against gay marriage in California.

 

 

Posted by: The Political Hat at June 26, 2013 10:41 PM (Vk2pI)

 

 

But... even better... California Constitution says that the Feds can only overturn a Calif Constitutional Amendment at the Apellete Court Level... as a District Courts finding does not cover the entire State...

 

So the State must still enforce Prop 8, by its OWN Constitution.

 

Howwww... murky can we get?

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 26, 2013 06:59 PM (lZBBB)

226 wow, DC, just wow . . . I'm guessin' you will be posting pics of your boobehs in 3, 2, 1 . . . Posted by: Peaches at June 26, 2013 10:58 PM (8lmkt) I'd post pictures of my boobies but you can't see em through the hair.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 26, 2013 06:59 PM (XIxXP)

227 Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 26, 2013 10:57 PM (Pph1Y) Lmao. They were better in person. Girl 2 was def hittable.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 26, 2013 06:59 PM (GEICT)

228 Off, old moldy dead poet sock.

Posted by: rickl at June 26, 2013 06:59 PM (sdi6R)

229

So what is the technical difference between fruit and vegetable ?

( no Siegfried and Roy jokes)

 

If it is from a pollinated flower it's considered to be fruit?

 

If not veggie?

Posted by: seamrog at June 26, 2013 07:00 PM (iTlR8)

230 Good evening, internet denizens. I hope you found my testimony in the murder trial of George Zimmerman compelling and credible.

Posted by: Rachel "Dee Dee" Jeantel's Translator at June 26, 2013 07:00 PM (/9IC1)

231 I had to turn in my man card last week when I got caught enjoying one of those fruity 3.2% ABV Seagrams thingies that taste like fruity soda.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at June 26, 2013 07:00 PM (QLNHI)

232 I'm drinking this strawberry beer from Samuel Smith's that is fucking outstanding. Tastes like actual strawberries. ABV is only 5.2% but damn, it's good.

*puts ManCard thought shredder, sets remnants on fire*>>

Sell the good like this:

I was tasting a fairly high alcoholic % beer to give to unsuspecting women and found this one is quite tasty as a desert beer.

 Man card would have stayed intact.

Posted by: McGregor at June 26, 2013 07:00 PM (qo244)

233

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 26, 2013 10:57 PM (Pph1Y)

 

I'm going to agree with bannion on both accounts here.

Double irony, looking at the pix while the wife snoozes in bed on our anniversary!

Posted by: tsrblke (tablet) at June 26, 2013 07:01 PM (GaqMa)

234 Hi morons. Interesting ONT Maet I will have to pass this along to my oldest who was on a medical mission to Tanzania last year and plans on going back next year.

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at June 26, 2013 07:01 PM (HVff2)

235 214 172 The tomato is actually a fruit.

---
So it has the right to marry.

Cruciferous vegetables still second-class citizens. Le sigh.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™, grumpier than usual at June 26, 2013 10:57 PM (hO8IJ

************

Tomato ketchup is married.  To John Kerry. 

Posted by: gracepmc at June 26, 2013 07:01 PM (rznx3)

236 Haha, BCochran got made! Posted by: EC at June 26, 2013 10:59 PM (doBIb) Nope, I'm good.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 26, 2013 07:01 PM (GEICT)

237 The only pain with traffic circles/rotaries/roundabouts is the learning curve for people who don't know what the hell is going on or what they need to do Yeah, that's pretty dangerous too. I had to drive through a major traffic circle every day a few years ago. I remember one day getting on, and the car in front of me then yielded for the next rotary onramp. BREAK CHECK Then that evening, going around the circle someone trying to get on decided they had the right of way. BREAK CHECK. I hate my state.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2013 07:01 PM (zPVBH)

238 Lmao. They were better in person. Girl 2 was def hittable. I give them both a hearty "meh" I'll stick with the home team.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 26, 2013 07:01 PM (Pph1Y)

239 Romeo13, the top speed limit near cities (and everywhere I drive my truck) is 55. That's not a choice. That's the law. Nobody owes you room to speed. Nor does speeding do courteous things to slower vehicles trying to do things like change lanes, merge in, or find a reasonable window for turning. It is, in fact, far more rude to speed in many ways than to obey the law. So, stfu

Posted by: Cowboy at June 26, 2013 07:01 PM (FMrA0)

240 --Dupont Circle is actually the one that popped into mind when I was typing that. Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 10:59 PM (+iA5G) When my parents came to visit a few years ago my mom had heard about Dupont Circle, so I deliberately drove them through there. They were shell-shocked.

Posted by: Vendette at June 26, 2013 07:01 PM (iXuYG)

241 231 Good evening, internet denizens. I hope you found my testimony in the murder trial of George Zimmerman compelling and credible. Posted by: Rachel "Dee Dee" Jeantel's Translator at June 26, 2013 11:00 PM (/9IC1) I think she was impersonating Ken Wantanabe's performance in Inception.

Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at June 26, 2013 07:01 PM (FFApI)

242 I have an even bigger mystery.  How can an 83 year old woman completely wear out at 59 year old woman?

Posted by: Jewells45trying to keep from going crazy at June 26, 2013 07:01 PM (u25eL)

243 Romeo13, the murky Prop 8 ruling means Gaylord can get more checks written for his Presidential library from lawyers salivating at the future law suits.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 26, 2013 07:01 PM (Hgwa5)

244 I tried the maintain constant speed so you don't have to stop on an LA freeway (for six months) when the cluth cable on my Chevette broke. Real PITA to stop, then immediately have to start it in 2nd gear to get going again. So it wasn't so much for traffic leveling purposes. Also had no muffler, so it was obvious to ther drivers that I'd just turned the car off in the middle of rush hour traffic. Which BTW was about 18 hours long in LA at the time.

Posted by: Fact Guy at June 26, 2013 07:01 PM (r98SZ)

245 I'd post pictures of my boobies but you can't see em through the hair.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 26, 2013 10:59 PM (XIxXP)


to abscond with one of atc's most excellent phrases, you taunty bitch, you . . .

Posted by: Peaches at June 26, 2013 07:01 PM (8lmkt)

246 Can a single person marry themselves?  That's a serious question.  I'm sure a lot of them would like the benefits.

Posted by: Reggie1971 at June 26, 2013 07:01 PM (8cOY0)

247 Tomato ketchup is far smarter than Ta-ree-sa!

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 26, 2013 07:02 PM (Hgwa5)

248 I was on the crapper all day today, what's this I hear about Keith Hernandez killing a man? Did the guy insult his mustache? He probably deserved it then. That thing is magnificent.

Posted by: Young Angry and Broke at June 26, 2013 07:02 PM (K6GGM)

249 Affartable Health Care Act I kind of like that. Posted by: HeatherRadish™, grumpier than usual at June 26, 2013 10:44 PM Or as I like to call it: B.O.H.I.C.A. http://tinyurl.com/teh-bohica

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 26, 2013 07:03 PM (JMmQ9)

250 203 Traffic circles work if people know what they are. The Jackson-Evers airport in Jackson, MS has a small rotary, far smaller than a rotary should be. It was created when the museum hosted treasures of Versailles. To this day there are still people who come to a complete stop and treat it like a four way. The one up at Renaissance is a more typical rotary since its over twice the size of the airport one and its two lane. Due to my experience in Maryland with such two lane rotaries, I stay out of the inner lane at all costs. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 26, 2013 10:55 PM (Hgwa5) --A lot of roundabouts in England are in fact just a painted disc about a foot in diameter, yet the English are so used to them they flow through effortlessly.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 07:03 PM (+iA5G)

251 Tomato ketchup is far smarter than Ta-ree-sa! Isn't it pronounced, "turh ray zah"?

Posted by: EC at June 26, 2013 07:03 PM (doBIb)

252 Peaches! Bacon? I've got a surplus.

Posted by: Vendette at June 26, 2013 07:03 PM (iXuYG)

253 >>>Not stellar, but hey. Work with what you're given. Number one is weak, two has potential, but needs some gym time

Posted by: DC in Towson at June 26, 2013 07:03 PM (hiY1h)

254 I'm thinkin Marco Rubio and Paul ryan have a sex tape.>>

Which one of us are they fucking?

Posted by: McGregor at June 26, 2013 07:03 PM (qo244)

255

So, stfu


 

Posted by: Cowboy at June 26, 2013 11:01 PM (FMrA0

 

 

Uh.... blow me... try California... where truck speed limit is 55, cars 65.

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 26, 2013 07:03 PM (lZBBB)

256 Ketchup marries Mustard.

Great with fries.

Posted by: Craig Poe at June 26, 2013 07:04 PM (BVkEs)

257 Don't you have some Crystal Skull Vodka to give your life meaning until then? Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 26, 2013 10:53 PM (Pph1Y) Actually going to try that now... Mr. SpyPeaches was *very* insistent it is the best vodka he's had.

Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at June 26, 2013 07:04 PM (X4HxX)

258 I'm going to marry both of my cats. One male and one female. Should make for an excellent threesome.

Posted by: rickl at June 26, 2013 07:04 PM (sdi6R)

259 I tried watching Baseball today, Cubs Brewers. Shit is that boring. I so want to like it, but damn.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 26, 2013 07:04 PM (XIxXP)

260 I have an even bigger mystery. How can an 83 year old woman completely wear out at 59 year old woman?

Posted by: Jewells45trying to keep from going crazy at June 26, 2013 11:01 PM (u25eL)


Hey, girl!!!  I will tell you what somebody once said to his wife, when she was complaining that her mother was always pushing her buttons.  He said, of course she can push your buttons, she installed them!  Always liked that.

Posted by: Peaches at June 26, 2013 07:04 PM (8lmkt)

261 @241, Dupont Circle? You mean the "Fruit Loop"?

Posted by: Young Angry and Broke at June 26, 2013 07:04 PM (K6GGM)

262 Nope, I'm good. It looked like she caught you snapping, but didn't seem to mind.

Posted by: EC at June 26, 2013 07:05 PM (doBIb)

263 EC, tomatoh or tamatoe...  mileage may vary with pronunciation

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 26, 2013 07:05 PM (Hgwa5)

264 Can a single person marry themselves? That's a serious question. I'm sure a lot of them would like the benefits. Posted by: Reggie1971 at June 26, 2013 11:01 PM (8cOY0) --- I've always been for autosexual rights.

Posted by: Meggie at June 26, 2013 07:05 PM (r98SZ)

265 192 If you wish to drive using that strategy, do the rest of us a Favor, and STAY OUT OF THE FAST LANE!

Having lived up and down the east coast, I've driven on I-95 quite a bit, and did, from time to time encounter: THE ASSHAT WHO DRIVES 55 MPH IN THE LEFTHAND LANE.  IN A 65 OR 75 MPH ZONE.

The kicker?

Delaware or Pennsylvania license plates.  Every. Single. Time.

Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at June 26, 2013 07:05 PM (Q9qpj)

266

Here is a Welsh proverb that y'all might find amusing:

"Llaeth i blentyn, cig i ŵr, cwrw i'r hen."


 Translation: "Milk for a child, meat for a man, beer for the old."

Posted by: Grey Fox at June 26, 2013 07:05 PM (gZfUw)

267 I'm thinkin Marco Rubio and Paul ryan have a sex tape.>> Which one of us are they fucking? Posted by: McGregor at June 26, 2013 11:03 PM (qo244) Well, at least half of us.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 26, 2013 07:05 PM (XIxXP)

268 258 Don't you have some Crystal Skull Vodka to give your life meaning until then? Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 26, 2013 10:53 PM (Pph1Y) Crystal Skull Vodka? Did Lucas, Spielberg and Hagar get together on that one?

Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at June 26, 2013 07:05 PM (FFApI)

269 Mr. SpyPeaches was *very* insistent it is the best vodka he's had. The next sound you hear will be Hobo Jerky hitting the floor face first

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 26, 2013 07:05 PM (Pph1Y)

270 @241, Dupont Circle? You mean the "Fruit Loop"? Posted by: Young Angry and Broke at June 26, 2013 11:04 PM (K6GGM) Not as fruity as it used to be. Logan Circle and Capitol Hill are fruitier these days.

Posted by: Vendette at June 26, 2013 07:05 PM (iXuYG)

271 I give them both a hearty "meh" I'll stick with the home team. Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 26, 2013 11:01 PM (Pph1Y) Oh, me too. But I was bored. So... I have one other, but I'm thinking I won't post it. She was a lifeguard there. I'm unsure on age.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 26, 2013 07:05 PM (GEICT)

272 Peaches! Bacon? I've got a surplus.

Posted by: Vendette at June 26, 2013 11:03 PM (iXuYG)


If you don't cut this out, I'm gonna start praying to you every night instead of teh Big Guy. 

Posted by: Peaches at June 26, 2013 07:05 PM (8lmkt)

273 wow, DC, just wow . . . I'm guessin' you will be posting pics of your boobehs in 3, 2, 1 . . .

Posted by: Peaches at June 26, 2013 10:58 PM (8lmkt)


Out of curiosity, would those be called moobehs?

Posted by: pookysgirl at June 26, 2013 07:06 PM (kMnHs)

274 The only pain with traffic circles/rotaries/roundabouts is the learning curve for people who don't know what the hell is going on or what they need to do ---- That's why our town decided to put two of them at the entrances to a 35,000 student commuter university campus! #Winning

Posted by: Y-not at June 26, 2013 07:06 PM (5H6zj)

275 Pineapple on pizza. Is it really true that only a gay guy could have thought of that? I deny this false choice.

Posted by: eleven at June 26, 2013 07:06 PM (fsLdt)

276 EC, tomatoh or tamatoe... mileage may vary with pronunciation Let's call the whole thing off.

Posted by: EC at June 26, 2013 07:06 PM (doBIb)

277 267 Here is a Welsh proverb that y'all might find amusing: "Llaeth i blentyn, cig i ŵr, cwrw i'r hen." Translation: "Milk for a child, meat for a man, beer for the old." Posted by: Grey Fox at June 26, 2013 11:05 PM (gZfUw) WTF - there are no fucking vowels in that word.

Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at June 26, 2013 07:06 PM (FFApI)

278 @241, Dupont Circle? You mean the "Fruit Loop"? Posted by: Young Angry and Broke at June 26, 2013 11:04 PM (K6GGM) Not as fruity as it used to be. Logan Circle and Capitol Hill are fruitier these days. Posted by: Vendette at June 26, 2013 11:05 PM (iXuYG) I'd like to clarify that I meant the residential neighborhood of Capitol Hill.

Posted by: Vendette at June 26, 2013 07:06 PM (iXuYG)

279 Actually, Eve ate a tomato, not an apple. Word.
-----------------

The snake made me do it

Posted by: Eve at June 26, 2013 07:07 PM (aDwsi)

280 Daft Punk's "Get Lucky" Reimagined for Every Decade

Maybe I'm crazy but I think Carly Rae Jepsen's song "Call Me Maybe" would have worked well if it had come out in the early 1950s. I swear it has a doo-wop vibe.

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 26, 2013 07:07 PM (7B7jB)

281 I have one other, but I'm thinking I won't post it. She was a lifeguard there. I'm unsure on age. Don't they have to be 18?

Posted by: EC at June 26, 2013 07:07 PM (doBIb)

282

240Romeo13, the top speed limit near cities (and everywhere I drive my truck) is 55. That's not a choice. That's the law. Nobody owes you room to speed. Nor does speeding do courteous things to slower vehicles trying to do things like change lanes, merge in, or find a reasonable window for turning. It is, in fact, far more rude to speed in many ways than to obey the law. So, stfu

Passing in the right lane is illegal, so the left lane is by default the passing lane. Why don't they teach real world shit to most of the populace anymore?

Posted by: Tim in ATL at June 26, 2013 07:07 PM (jqO4U)

283 Say what?  Too much wodka from the party?
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=axfygm&s=5

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 26, 2013 07:07 PM (Hgwa5)

284 I do try traffic smoothing to an extent myself, but one thing to keep in mind - driving slower when traffic is stopping and going may stop traffic waves, but going slower when traffic is free flowing, especially in the left lane, means there will be more traffic waves later. I'm amazed how often I see a clump of traffic caused by some jackass doing 55 in the left lane. Speaking of which, if you want to win the presidency in 2016 Republican to be named later propose that all interstate highways must have a minimum speed of 65 MPH in the left lane baring special waver.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2013 07:08 PM (zPVBH)

285 But... even better... California Constitution says that the Feds can only overturn a Calif Constitutional Amendment at the Apellete Court Level... as a District Courts finding does not cover the entire State... So the State must still enforce Prop 8, by its OWN Constitution. Posted by: Romeo13 at June 26, 2013 10:59 PM (lZBBB) What? Where does it say that?

Posted by: The Political Hat at June 26, 2013 07:08 PM (Vk2pI)

286 If you don't cut this out, I'm gonna start praying to you every night instead of teh Big Guy. Posted by: Peaches at June 26, 2013 11:05 PM (8lmkt) Please don't give up on the Big Guy. I just bought bacon on sale.

Posted by: Vendette at June 26, 2013 07:08 PM (iXuYG)

287 Maybe I'm crazy but I think Carly Rae Jepsen's song "Call Me Maybe" would have worked well if it had come out in the early 1950s. I swear it has a doo-wop vibe. Posted by: qdpsteve at June 26, 2013 11:07 PM (7B7jB) Maybe Patsy Cline singing it slow.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 26, 2013 07:08 PM (XIxXP)

288 pookysgirl, you gots to promise you won't be a stranger now that you have de-lurked.  srsly, love you already.  and you will be inundated with "show us your boobehs" requests from the 'rons (and I'm sure, as a new mother, they are nothing short of spectacular), but just ignore that stuff, these guys got more boobeh pics than they know what to do with already.

but, back to the original meme, y'all come back now, y'hear?


Posted by: Peaches at June 26, 2013 07:08 PM (8lmkt)

289

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 26, 2013 11:05 PM (GEICT) 

 

Yeah careful on that, the vast majority of lifeguards round here are under 18. The nsa is watching.

Posted by: tsrblke (tablet) at June 26, 2013 07:08 PM (GaqMa)

290 Crystal Skull Vodka? Did Lucas, Spielberg and Hagar get together on that one? Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at June 26, 2013 11:05 PM (FFApI) Dan Akroyd, or however you spell it. It does literally look like a crystal skull from that movie that doesn't exist. ---------------- The next sound you hear will be Hobo Jerky hitting the floor face first Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 26, 2013 11:05 PM (Pph1Y) Damn this drink is smooth... good.. one more... zzZZZZzzzz

Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at June 26, 2013 07:08 PM (X4HxX)

291 Also, has anyone ever noticed how similar the basic melodies of the two songs below sound?:

- Little River Band - "Help Is On Its Way" (from 197
- Fun - "Some Nights" (from 2012)

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 26, 2013 07:08 PM (7B7jB)

292 260 I tried watching Baseball today, Cubs Brewers. Shit is that boring. I so want to like it, but damn. Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 26, 2013 11:04 PM (XIxXP) --Best to go to a minor league game, in person. Inexpensive, you can watch while waiting in line for snacks or booze, and the players are approachable.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 07:08 PM (+iA5G)

293 Don't they have to be 18? Posted by: EC at June 26, 2013 11:07 PM (doBIb) No. No they most certainly do not. I dated one waaaaaaaay back in the day. 17.

Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at June 26, 2013 07:09 PM (FFApI)

294 Don't they have to be 18? Posted by: EC at June 26, 2013 11:07 PM (doBIb) Hell no. Tons of hs kids lifeguard in the summer. My wife did when she was up there.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at June 26, 2013 07:09 PM (GEICT)

295 I have one other, but I'm thinking I won't post it. She was a lifeguard there. I'm unsure on age. ___ Dude don't tease.

Posted by: Roman Polanski at June 26, 2013 07:09 PM (zPVBH)

296

I do not miss the traffic in LA.  Geez.  We have round-a-bouts here.  One just off I-70.  On my way to work one morning some fuckin bitch I would have like to cuntpunch stopped right in the middle to let some one go thru.  Mind you, this is tiny and semi's have fallen over because it is so small.

 

And they want to put 3 more on the feeder street from I-70.

 

*face palm*

Posted by: Infidel at June 26, 2013 07:09 PM (SkhKv)

297 in LA there are only two speed limits: dangerously fast and stopped. But I was talking about America, not the world's largest Mexican City.

Posted by: Cowboy at June 26, 2013 07:09 PM (FMrA0)

298 Pineapple on pizza. I too was once a pizza purist. Nay...a pizza Luddite. But then I discovered the joys of a double bacon, jalapeño and pineapple pizza. Nothing has ever been the same since. It's an orgiastic feast for the senses.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at June 26, 2013 07:09 PM (Pph1Y)

299 Lifeguarding is a $10 an hour job, with virtually no job skills. It's a great deal for a teenager.

Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at June 26, 2013 07:09 PM (X4HxX)

300 Tim in ATL---- I;m always amused when I get into Atlanta. The average speed goes UP, if not rush hour. Hell, 85mph is nothing down I-85 through Gwinette into town.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at June 26, 2013 07:09 PM (aDwsi)

301 Anyway fellow Acers, how y'all doin' tonight?

Let's have another "what's for dinner tonight" thread. I just polished off some Popeye's spicy fried chicken, red beans and rice, and sweet tea. Nom nom nom. #gloat

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 26, 2013 07:09 PM (7B7jB)

302

WTF - there are no fucking vowels in that word.

 

"w" is pronounced as a long "U" in Welsh, like English "oo."

Posted by: Grey Fox at June 26, 2013 07:10 PM (gZfUw)

303 --Best to go to a minor league game, in person. Inexpensive, you can watch while waiting in line for snacks or booze, and the players are approachable. Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 11:08 PM (+iA5G) Best minor league ballpark I've visited: The Albuquerque Isotopes, AAA, Pacific Coast League.

Posted by: Vendette at June 26, 2013 07:10 PM (iXuYG)

304 I tried watching Baseball today, Cubs Brewers.

I see where you went wrong.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™, grumpier than usual at June 26, 2013 07:10 PM (hO8IJ)

305 --Best to go to a minor league game, in person. Inexpensive, you can watch while waiting in line for snacks or booze, and the players are approachable. Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 11:08 PM (+iA5G) Funny you should mention that. Took the little girl to see the Greenville Drive. Yeah, much better than pro.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 26, 2013 07:10 PM (XIxXP)

306 Yeah careful on that, the vast majority of lifeguards round here are under 18. The nsa is watching. ___ /Checks the pics on Cochran's PC I'd hit it with my drone, IYKWIMAITYD

Posted by: The NSA at June 26, 2013 07:10 PM (zPVBH)

307 260 I tried watching Baseball today, Cubs Brewers. Shit is that boring. I so want to like it, but damn. Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 26, 2013 11:04 PM (XIxXP) Yup, like watching oil enamel paint dry on a July day in Florida

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at June 26, 2013 07:10 PM (HVff2)

308 >>>Mr. SpyPeaches was *very* insistent it is the best vodka he's had. It is damn good. And Mr. Spypeach is a fucking solid dude.

Posted by: DC in Towson at June 26, 2013 07:10 PM (hiY1h)

309 267 Here is a Welsh proverb that y'all might find amusing: "Llaeth i blentyn, cig i ŵr, cwrw i'r hen." Translation: "Milk for a child, meat for a man, beer for the old." Posted by: Grey Fox at June 26, 2013 11:05 PM (gZfUw) --Or as the Clancy Bros. put it, "Milk is fine for the calf, but the juice of the barley for me."

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 07:10 PM (+iA5G)

310 55 mph may be the law, but sometimes the law is an ass.

Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at June 26, 2013 07:10 PM (Q9qpj)

311 If tomato's aren't vegetable can I put them in my Obama mandated compost bin?

Posted by: LIV at June 26, 2013 07:11 PM (qo244)

312

Ok folks, time for me to call it a night. The wife's snoring is lulling me to sleep. After 3 years I guess I've grown used to it.

Posted by: tsrblke (tablet) at June 26, 2013 07:11 PM (GaqMa)

313 Anyone want to enter for a chance to travel to San Diego Comic-Con or maybe win a PS4??

http://www.amazon.com/gp/socialmedia/promotions/vg-piratesandplunder?fun

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 26, 2013 07:11 PM (Hgwa5)

314 Heh, Alice Cooper on being 18.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNF2KNcRm-U

Posted by: Peaches at June 26, 2013 07:11 PM (8lmkt)

315 Best minor league ballpark I've visited: The Albuquerque Isotopes, AAA, Pacific Coast League. The isotopes??? LOL! That's the name of Homer Simpson's company baseball team.

Posted by: EC at June 26, 2013 07:11 PM (doBIb)

316 With gay marriage and the culture wars lost, I think it is necessary to look a few moves ahead and concentrate on defining legal protections against being forced to validate, believe, or agree to Progressive mores. If we push it as a right to freedom of conscious (which it is, we might have a chance of erecting at least some barrier.

Posted by: The Political Hat at June 26, 2013 07:11 PM (Vk2pI)

317 Happy anniversary, tsrblke!

Posted by: Vendette at June 26, 2013 07:11 PM (iXuYG)

318 fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck late howdy!

Posted by: Jake in ID-aquavit at June 26, 2013 07:12 PM (s/TCI)

319 If you wish to drive using that strategy, do the rest of us a Favor, and STAY OUT OF THE FAST LANE!

Note that the strategy says to go the average speed of the cars in front of you - not the speed limit. If someone is blocking the free flow of traffic, they're just being an ass.

Posted by: Mætenloch at June 26, 2013 07:12 PM (pAlYe)

320 It is damn good. And Mr. Spypeach is a fucking solid dude. Posted by: DC in Towson at June 26, 2013 11:10 PM (hiY1h) True that, and true that. I have his business card. I'll try and lure him into the barrel.

Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at June 26, 2013 07:12 PM (X4HxX)

321 The missus and I returned to our beach place after being away for ten days only to find that someone had stolen all the batteries from our golf cart. Apparently they hit two others in the neighborhood, too. A couple of phone calls later, we were filing a report with a DE state trooper and having him take fingerprints from the cart. Probably not likely to recover said stolen property, but believe me, if someone is arrested, we will insist on prosecuting. Heard from a neighbor that after catching someone(s) doing the same thing in a nearby development, all that occurred was to insist that the perps get out of the neighborhood. Grrrr... How soon folks forget the lesson Rudi Giuliani taught NYC when he became its mayor: you have to stop the "petty" stuff in order to make a dent in the "major" stuff.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars[/b][/i][/s] at June 26, 2013 07:12 PM (HsTG8)

322 Very true Peaches, but damn that old lady wore me out today and she's just laying in a hospital bed!  The drive home took and hour and 10 minutes.  Should be a 25 minute drive tops.  Decided to NOT take the freeway because it was rush hour.  I know you don't know my area, but driving anywhere in Overland Park, KS is a fucking joke.  Then every way I decided to go the damn road was closed or a two lane became a one lane because of construction.  Jesus, I was ready to kill someone by the time I got home.

Posted by: Jewells45trying to keep from going crazy at June 26, 2013 07:12 PM (u25eL)

323 Ok folks, time for me to call it a night. The wife's snoring is lulling me to sleep. After 3 years I guess I've grown used to it. Posted by: tsrblke (tablet) at June 26, 2013 11:11 PM (GaqMa) You are a good man. Remember, women do not snore or fart, just ask em, they'll tell you.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 26, 2013 07:12 PM (XIxXP)

324 WTF - there are no fucking vowels in that word. Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at June 26, 2013 11:06 PM (FFApI) --Heh, reminds me of reading Tuva or Bust! and the author noting that Tannu Tuva's capital, Kyzyl, has no true vowels in it.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 07:12 PM (+iA5G)

325 logprof, maybe you can explain it: why are the Welsh afraid of vowels?

I remember watching Prime Minister's Questions on C-Span a couple years back. Cracked me up. Every British member had a right proper name like "Edward Thompson" while every Welsh member had a name like "Nydllyd Llvwdyd."

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 26, 2013 07:13 PM (7B7jB)

326 55 mph may be the law, but sometimes the law is an ass. *** 55 MPH because we all know cars have not improved at all since 1973. Not that the original national speed limit had anything to do with safety either.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2013 07:13 PM (zPVBH)

327 313
Ok folks, time for me to call it a night. The wife's snoring is lulling me to sleep. After 3 years I guess I've grown used to it.

Posted by: tsrblke (tablet) at June 26, 2013 11:11 PM (GaqMa)


---

Pinch her nose. Or whistle.

Posted by: Craig Poe at June 26, 2013 07:13 PM (BVkEs)

328 The Albuquerque Isotopes Hah, there's actually a team called the 'topes? Did they name it before or after The Simpsons?

Posted by: Waterhouse at June 26, 2013 07:14 PM (1y5hk)

329 55 is a low speed for today's cars. It's not in a '77 truck, with '77 era brakes, and in many other cases. Being told you're rude for driving slow when it's warranted is not cool, however. Especially when you're the one OBEYING the law!

Posted by: Cowboy at June 26, 2013 07:14 PM (FMrA0)

330 I tried watching Baseball today, Cubs Brewers. I see where you went wrong. Heh heh.... I larled . I refuse to watch te Cubs on principle.

Posted by: eleven at June 26, 2013 07:14 PM (fsLdt)

331 But don't shoot yourself in the foot (even with leather boots on) with it loaded and 20 pumps just to see if you an take it.

I did a lot of BB ballistics experimentation in my youth.  At 20 pumps, mine would penetrate 1/8" polycarbonate plastic panel. 

Polycarbonate is REALLY tough plastic too.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at June 26, 2013 07:14 PM (/gHaE)

332 Hah, there's actually a team called the 'topes? Did they name it before or after The Simpsons? Posted by: Waterhouse at June 26, 2013 11:14 PM (1y5hk) After, if my Simpsons history is correct.

Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at June 26, 2013 07:14 PM (X4HxX)

333 Atlanta installed toll lanes on the interstates a couple of years ago. It's freakin un-American.

Posted by: toby928© for TB at June 26, 2013 07:14 PM (QupBk)

334 8 I had a subscription to Boys Life, although it was a wee bit after WWII. I think OJ Simpson was on the cover of my first issue.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, being thoughtful and stuff at June 26, 2013 10:16 PM (6rcHp)

I saw them in the early to mid 70's. They were full of mini bike and gun ads. That was some cool shit.
There was also always an ad for the plans to a hovercraft you could build out of plywood and a vacuum cleaner... unfulfilled dreams of my childhood.

Posted by: BunkerinTheBurbs at June 26, 2013 07:14 PM (0tHG6)

335 Heh, Alice Cooper on being 18. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNF2KNcRm-U Posted by: Peaches at June 26, 2013 11:11 PM (8lmkt) With the infantilization of males such that 26 is still a "child" for the purposes of insurance, or where you have 30-somethings living in their parents basements, the song "eighteen" no longer has much meaning. Back then, an eighteen year old really was transitioning from a minor to a full adult. No longer. Society is sooo f**ked.

Posted by: The Political Hat at June 26, 2013 07:15 PM (Vk2pI)

336 Not a lifeguard but my first job was an Ice house attendant at 15. Probably just as dangerous just not drowning just broken skulls..

Posted by: LIV at June 26, 2013 07:15 PM (qo244)

337 >>>Out of curiosity, would those be called moobehs? Hah! Yeah, you need to stick around, you're defiantly one of us.

Posted by: DC in Towson at June 26, 2013 07:15 PM (hiY1h)

338
Google books has a vast collection of Boy's Life mags to view:

http://tinyurl.com/ntahlsg

Weep for what once was.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 26, 2013 07:15 PM (kdS6q)

339

301 Tim in ATL---- I;m always amused when I get into Atlanta. The average speed goes UP, if not rush hour. Hell, 85mph is nothing down I-85 through Gwinette into town.

 

No doubt. If you wanna go 55 here in ATL, on 85, 75, 400 or 285 you better have ramps on the back of your freaking car...during the non traffic times of 11a-3p....

Posted by: Tim in ATL at June 26, 2013 07:15 PM (jqO4U)

340 With gay marriage and the culture wars lost, I think it is necessary to look a few moves ahead and concentrate on defining legal protections against being forced to validate, believe, or agree to Progressive mores. *** Just tell'em you are a Muslim. Allah says gay marriage is a sin! May the fleas of 10,000 camels bite your infidel genitals!

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2013 07:15 PM (zPVBH)

341 334 Atlanta installed toll lanes on the interstates a couple of years ago. It's freakin un-American. Posted by: toby928© for TB at June 26, 2013 11:14 PM (QupBk) Sell the roads. But first, you blow me.

Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at June 26, 2013 07:15 PM (X4HxX)

342 The isotopes??? LOL! That's the name of Homer Simpson's company baseball team. Posted by: EC at June 26, 2013 11:11 PM (doBIb) The original AAA team in the city was named the Dukes, but they moved to Salt Lake City. Albuquerque was eventually able to convince the Calgary Cannons of the PCL to move south. They had a public vote on the name, and the Isotopes won because of the Simpsons and Area 51. The mayor was pissed, because he thought it was a disgrace. Turns out they're one of the best-selling teams for merchandise in the minors every year. When I visited, foul balls were met by a "D'oh!" from the loudspeaker. Another thing: The original stadium was old, so they had another public vote on whether to raze it or just renovate it. Renovation won, but it was razed anyway. And they did a great job.

Posted by: Vendette at June 26, 2013 07:16 PM (iXuYG)

343 Hell no. Tons of hs kids lifeguard in the summer. My wife did when she was up there. Well then, you'd better disappear those pics right quick.

Posted by: EC at June 26, 2013 07:16 PM (doBIb)

344 "w" is pronounced as a long "U" in Welsh, like English "oo." So are Welsh Cheerios W-shaped?

Posted by: Waterhouse at June 26, 2013 07:16 PM (1y5hk)

345 Atlanta installed toll lanes on the interstates a couple of years ago. It's freakin un-American. Posted by: toby928© for TB at June 26, 2013 11:14 PM (QupBk) You want unamerican, try 94 through Chicago. My mom used to drive an armored car through there. She regularly referred to it as the N****r 500.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 26, 2013 07:16 PM (XIxXP)

346 I think I'll just stay here and drink. Listen close and you can hear.... youtu.be/4w_8j4ie73g

Posted by: Fact Guy at June 26, 2013 07:16 PM (r98SZ)

347

Posted by: Vendette at June 26, 2013 11:11 PM (iXuYG

Thanks.

 

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 26, 2013 11:12 PM (XIxXP)

 

Funny you mention that. My wife's snoring once half woke her up. We were at her parents taking care of her mom, so I was on a mattress just below her bed. In her half sleep, she grabbed a big pillow, shouted "stop snoring" wound up and whacked me with it. I saw stars. She didn't believe she snored, so I taped it to show her later that week.

Posted by: tsrblke (tablet) at June 26, 2013 07:16 PM (GaqMa)

348 213 I'm thinkin Marco Rubio and Paul ryan have a sex tape.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 26, 2013 10:57 PM (XIxXP)

 

Sounds like a logical reason for the garbage they're spouting. 

Posted by: Marybeth at June 26, 2013 07:16 PM (zFUKI)

349 There was also always an ad for the plans to a hovercraft you could build out of plywood and a vacuum cleaner... unfulfilled dreams of my childhood.

Don't forget the "100 street-legal car for kids" that you could build entirely out of paper clips, lawn clippings and used chewing gum.

Oh wait... maybe that was in one of my subscription copies of "MacGyver" magazine.

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 26, 2013 07:16 PM (7B7jB)

350

logprof, maybe you can explain it: why are the Welsh afraid of vowels?

 

Heh. If you think Welsh is spelled awkwardly, try figuring out how to pronounce Gaelic.

Posted by: Grey Fox at June 26, 2013 07:17 PM (gZfUw)

351 They put up variable toll lanes around here, right beside the regular lanes with little white pickets to keep us apart. It was a "public-private" venture, which is a buzzword. Bottom line: we got to finance a huge chunk of it, so did you and your kids, too, thanks to federal matching funds. For the next 75 years, this private company gets to keep all the tolls.

Posted by: Cowboy at June 26, 2013 07:17 PM (FMrA0)

352 try figuring out how to pronounce Gaelic. ___ I hope you all realize I am an expert on Gaelic. Isn't that right Reggie?

Posted by: Barack Obama at June 26, 2013 07:17 PM (zPVBH)

353 Posted by: Jewells45trying to keep from going crazy at June 26, 2013 11:12 PM (u25eL)

My brother lives in Olathe, KS. Why, I have no idea, but he's embraced suburbia. *shudder* Me, I prefer to wake up to Reveille, the M-16 range and the E-4B. Oh, and the occasional F-16. Sounds like freedom.

Posted by: pookysgirl at June 26, 2013 07:18 PM (kMnHs)

354 You want unamerican, try 94 through Chicago.

No tolls, though.

I've found it's worth the $10 to take the Tri-State.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™, grumpier than usual at June 26, 2013 07:18 PM (hO8IJ)

355 How can an 83 year old woman completely wear out at 59 year old woman?
Depends on how big the strap-on is, honey.

Posted by: helen thomas at June 26, 2013 07:18 PM (9+vDU)

356 WTF - there are no fucking vowels in that word. Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at June 26, 2013 11:06 PM (FFApI) As a person with Welsh ancestry, I'm offended by this statement. If you know the Welsh, you would know my ancestors were too poor to afford vowels.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at June 26, 2013 07:18 PM (V1ZIU)

357
Little River Band?

I like Cool Water and Reminiscing.

Hurry don't be late!
I can hardly wait

Posted by: soothsayer at June 26, 2013 07:18 PM (vanqS)

358 Las Vegas has a minor league baseball team called the "51's".  Area 51, and UFO/aliens themed.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at June 26, 2013 07:19 PM (/gHaE)

359 >>>Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at June 26, 2013 11:12 PM That's like the crime of the century for Rehoboth. I saw a bar fight there last year (no, for once I wasn't involved) and they had six cops there in under two minutes from the first punch.

Posted by: DC in Towson at June 26, 2013 07:19 PM (hiY1h)

360 Little River Band? I like Cool Water and Reminiscing. Hurry don't be late! I can hardly wait Posted by: soothsayer at June 26, 2013 11:18 PM (vanqS) Lonesome Loser is my favorite.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 26, 2013 07:19 PM (XIxXP)

361 Atlanta installed toll lanes on the interstates a couple of years ago. It's freakin un-American.

toby928: we've had 'em for quite a while here in Southern California on the SR-91 freeway from Carson to Riverside. "The 91 Toll Lanes." The prices per pass vary based on how congested the rest of the freeway is. John Stossel did a 20/20 story about 'em a while back.

I frankly have thought about getting a membership for one of those transponders. Would get me to and from Pechanga a lot quicker. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 26, 2013 07:19 PM (7B7jB)

362 326 logprof, maybe you can explain it: why are the Welsh afraid of vowels? I remember watching Prime Minister's Questions on C-Span a couple years back. Cracked me up. Every British member had a right proper name like "Edward Thompson" while every Welsh member had a name like "Nydllyd Llvwdyd." Posted by: qdpsteve at June 26, 2013 11:13 PM (7B7jB) --I remember meeting a Polish man who joked that the Slavs and the Africans should have a cultural exchange, with the Slavs giving up their consonants in exchange for the Africans giving up some vowels. As for baseball, the local minor league (unaffiliated) team won the league last year. The park is great; while it is modern and streamlined, it has an old-school setting, being downtown close to the river with a railroad wrapping around about half its circumference.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 07:20 PM (+iA5G)

363 In my day, only the rich could afford punctuation marks. We were grateful for the occasional full stop that the banker would toss out of his passing carriage. Having an actual comma was just a dream.

Posted by: toby928© for TB at June 26, 2013 07:20 PM (QupBk)

364
Are the Welsh more adverse to vowels than the Ruskies?


Posted by: soothsayer at June 26, 2013 07:20 PM (Y4TdB)

365 So, I have spent the last 5 1/2 HOURS on the phone with Dell technical support. It has been nightmarish. I had a defective motherboard; they replaced it, and my printer would not work.  Solution? Buy a new printer or pay for support, even though I'm under warranty.

Long story short... they said they'd research the problem and call me back- never did.

After much painful, painful hand wringing I may have randomly solved it myself.

Only good thing I can say about Dell is when I said I was going to charge them for the last five hours of my time, they were more cooperative about waiving fees. Also, when I had to call HP support, it was like I was calling an underwater airport. But not that clear.

Please, please, I need an adorable kitteh photo!

[mine is currently sort of freaked out because I've been on phone for almost six hours and am all stressed]

Posted by: shibumi at June 26, 2013 07:21 PM (25HWz)

366 Pookysgirl.. yeah I am very familiar with Olathe.  It's about as much of a clusterfuck as OP, KS.

Posted by: Jewells45trying to keep from going crazy at June 26, 2013 07:21 PM (u25eL)

367 55 MPH because we all know cars have not improved at all since 1973>>

Likely the tech that made driving cars 55 safely on highways was ~1950. Tech got us above 55 people keep us below 65 IMHO.

Posted by: LIV at June 26, 2013 07:21 PM (qo244)

368 Tim in ATL, I was glad when the ychanged the law a few years back in TX so that cars and trucks have the same speed limit and there is also no longer a day and night speed limit. We do still have stretches where trucks are prohibited from the left lane. I personally, try to be courteous to truckers because I do realize that the majority of our goods and merchandise are still delivered by trucks and I like getting my stuff So, thank you.

Posted by: lindafell at June 26, 2013 07:21 PM (PGO8C)

369 55 MPH because we all know cars have not improved at all since 1973. Not that the original national speed limit had anything to do with safety either. Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2013 11:13 PM (zPVBH) Voting laws in the South have not changed since 1965, either!

Posted by: Aging White Boomer at June 26, 2013 07:21 PM (+iA5G)

370

I hope you all realize I am an expert on Gaelic. Isn't that right Reggie

 

Go n-ithe an cat thú, is go n-ithe an diabhal an cat, a tuilli!

Posted by: Grey Fox at June 26, 2013 07:21 PM (gZfUw)

371 night nerds. Got another long day of nothin' comin up tomorrow

Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at June 26, 2013 07:22 PM (X4HxX)

372 I always enjoyed my subscript to Boys Life, back when i was in the Boy Scouts.

Anyhow, I really seem to have hit a brick wall in terms of sales of my book.  For any of the self-published folks on here, any bits of advice for promoting your book?  Did you purchase any kind of advertising?

I've been able to get a couple of reviews through some groups on Goodreads, but it's not really generating anything in terms of sales or notice.

Posted by: Tom In Korea at June 26, 2013 07:22 PM (oJkTX)

373
Amnesty?

More like The Invasion of the Citizen Snatchers


Posted by: soothsayer at June 26, 2013 07:22 PM (LVtr+)

374 Heh. If you think Welsh is spelled awkwardly, try figuring out how to pronounce Gaelic.

Yeah. It strikes me as one of those languages where you can try to say everything perfectly but if you mis-breath one consonant while hiccuping, you're automatically inadvertently saying that your host's sister is a whore and you're about to get your ass kicked.

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 26, 2013 07:22 PM (7B7jB)

375 You don't need a transponder to use the new variable rate ones around here. You can have one, and this makes things easier, but if you don't you can go on-line and pay in arrears. And if you try to skate, they've got a photo of your license plate and they'll hit you with a big fine if you miss the grace period. And if somebody else was driving your car and you didn't know, them's the breaks. You still have to pay the fine!

Posted by: Cowboy at June 26, 2013 07:22 PM (FMrA0)

376 Correction: The Isotopes name for the baseball team was because of The Simpsons and the state's history with the nuclear bomb, not Area 51. My bad.

Posted by: Vendette at June 26, 2013 07:22 PM (iXuYG)

377 Congrats trsblke, mine is Sunday. Got a few more under the belt though. Good nite Horde, off for a couple of days off the grid, ahh peace, quiet and no news. Be well.

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at June 26, 2013 07:22 PM (HVff2)

378 Speaking of baseball games, has anyone seen this? http://improveverywhere.com/2008/04/07/best-game-ever/ This is why America kicks ass.

Posted by: EC at June 26, 2013 07:23 PM (doBIb)

379 Oldsailors: true re LRB. Great band. Underrated during their time.

I just couldn't stop chuckling when I once listened to "Help Is On Its Way" right after once hearing Fun's song "Some Nights." I swear, they're the same song. They're just stylized and sung very differently.

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 26, 2013 07:23 PM (7B7jB)

380 315 Heh, Alice Cooper on being 18.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNF2KNcRm-U

Posted by: Peaches at June 26, 2013 11:11 PM (8lmkt)



---


Soon, Cooper can sing "Cause I'm 81, and my diapers need changed...81...and they call me deranged..."

Posted by: Craig Poe at June 26, 2013 07:24 PM (BVkEs)

381 quick poll of the morons do you have a gun?

Posted by: Jake in ID-aquavit at June 26, 2013 07:24 PM (s/TCI)

382 Allah says gay marriage is a sin! May the fleas of 10,000 camels bite your infidel genitals! Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2013 11:15 PM (zPVBH) Well, Christianity was basically the Western Civ. (i.e. Roman) version of the Semetic Jewish faith that was molded over centuries to fit in with what good was left of the empire, so that proposition of yours isn't that crazy... I am reminded of the TV miniseries "Attila" which focused (aside from Attila) on Flavius Aëtius, who along with Boniface, was considered the "Last of the Romans." In that mini-series, there was a scene in Ravenna (then capital of the Western Empire) where some gladiator or wrestler was considered the most popular and important guy around (and also good for the orgies). Makes you wonder if our equivalent of Aëtius or Boniface is living right now. Of course, the Romans only had to deal with barbarians who were actually assimilating much of Roman language, religion, and custom. Today we have to deal with a dark force that wants to totally destroy that in a way the 5th century barbarians never dreamed. *Sigh*

Posted by: The Political Hat at June 26, 2013 07:24 PM (Vk2pI)

383 Go n-ithe an cat thú, is go n-ithe an diabhal an cat, a tuilli![i/] That's what everyone says.

Posted by: eleven at June 26, 2013 07:24 PM (fsLdt)

384 I have found the .22LR rifle that I must own: the Mossberg 715t. The "t" is for tactical. I was chasing a Mossberg 702 Plinkster ($107 at Walmart), until I saw this: http://tinyurl.com/Mossberg-715t (Bing Images link) I was gonna buy a Marlin 795 or a Ruger 10/22, or a Mossberg 702, then give it the SBR treatment (SBR=Scary Black Rifle, for the un-initiated). The 715t has the SBR features pre-installed as a feature, not a bug. I'll need to add an inexpensive scope to complete the SBR effect 'cause my eyesight sux

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 26, 2013 07:24 PM (JMmQ9)

385 I'll go first yes!

Posted by: Jake in ID-aquavit at June 26, 2013 07:24 PM (s/TCI)

386 Please, please, I need an adorable kitteh photo! Posted by: shibumi at June 26, 2013 11:21 PM (25HWz) http://tinyurl.com/nsppryf

Posted by: Vendette at June 26, 2013 07:25 PM (iXuYG)

387 Jake. Yes.

Posted by: Jewells45trying to keep from going crazy at June 26, 2013 07:25 PM (u25eL)

388 Jake are you a narc?!?!?

Posted by: EC at June 26, 2013 07:25 PM (doBIb)

389

Welsh   w = oo sound makes sense.

It's double u. Maybe that's  how it got it's name.

Posted by: seamrog at June 26, 2013 07:25 PM (iTlR8)

390 I'm at a bar full of hipsters in Lethbridge, Ab. It's local open mike night and the talent ( including my son) is impressive, the beer is great and ice cold. Still....*shudder*.....hipsters. Having a good time, though. Real good music.

Posted by: Weirddave at June 26, 2013 07:25 PM (t5Eeg)

391 do you have a gun? Posted by: Jake in ID-aquavit at June 26, 2013 11:24 PM (s/TCI) I do not have one gun.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 26, 2013 07:25 PM (XIxXP)

392 Speaking of baseball games, has anyone seen this?

I think I need to quit my job and go work for a "prank collective."

Posted by: HeatherRadish™, grumpier than usual at June 26, 2013 07:25 PM (hO8IJ)

393 Cowboy: hmmm. Are you in the Orange/Riverside County area in Southern California?

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 26, 2013 07:26 PM (7B7jB)

394 I'm at a bar full of hipsters in Lethbridge, Ab. It's local open mike night and the talent ( including my son) is impressive, the beer is great and ice cold. Still....*shudder*.....hipsters. Having a good time, though. Real good music. Posted by: Weirddave at June 26, 2013 11:25 PM (t5Eeg) Say hi to Gingy for me! And I hope you don't have to row to get anywhere.

Posted by: Vendette at June 26, 2013 07:26 PM (iXuYG)

395 I have a banana.

Posted by: toby928© for TB at June 26, 2013 07:26 PM (QupBk)

396 Last post @ Jake, I use to own guns. Boo hoo they are in the bottom of the Chippewa river after a tragic boating accident, boo hoo

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at June 26, 2013 07:27 PM (HVff2)

397 Okay, since we're on the topic of Celtic/Gaelic.... I am currently playing Civ V as Boudicca and do not know how to pronounce "Ceilidh" Hall. Help?

Posted by: pookysgirl at June 26, 2013 07:27 PM (kMnHs)

398 379 Speaking of baseball games, has anyone seen this? http://improveverywhere.com/2008/04/07/best-game-ever/ This is why America kicks ass. Posted by: EC at June 26, 2013 11:23 PM (doBIb) --Uh, no mention of stats from the game itself. Unless it was a perfect game, by definition it's not even in the running for best game ever.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 07:27 PM (+iA5G)

399

369Tim in ATL,
I was glad when the ychanged the law a few years back in TX so that cars and trucks have the same speed limit and there is also no longer a day and night speed limit. We do still have stretches where trucks are prohibited from the left lane. I personally, try to be courteous to truckers because I do realize that the majority of our goods and merchandise are still delivered by trucks and I like getting my stuff So, thank you.

 

I too am very tolerant of truckers, as they transport the equipment that I use to make a living. That said, some of them test my patience in the extreme when I'm aproaching one, in the left lane, and some jackwagon doing 54 decides it was a good time to pass 1 doing 53...for a mile or two to complete the pass, usually on an uphill slope....

Posted by: Tim in ATL at June 26, 2013 07:28 PM (jqO4U)

400 Atlanta installed toll lanes on the interstates a couple of years ago. It's freakin un-American.>>

I'm good with that if they make all other government tasks private/toll too. But roads make sense to pay for with a gas tax welfare not so much. And who the fuck would go out of there way to pay for welfare where that tollbooth was?

Posted by: McGregor at June 26, 2013 07:28 PM (qo244)

401 Save teh guns, far too many have been lost due to tragic boating accidents.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 26, 2013 07:28 PM (Hgwa5)

402 I'll post again, the devil always overplays his hand.  These special interest Marxist maybe winning a few battles but they have far from won the war.

Different from the European mentality, Americans have their own special personality when pushed too far. That is how this nation came to be.  We all may suffer but I believe that that there will be a time that the dam will break.  I don't know what it will look like our when it will happen, but the producing class will say enough and fight back.


Posted by: Cheri at June 26, 2013 07:28 PM (EAgmr)

403 Las Vegas has a minor league baseball team called the "51's". Area 51, and UFO/aliens themed. Posted by: Purp at June 26, 2013 11:19 PM (/gHaE) Been meaning to go to one of their games one of these days...

Posted by: The Political Hat at June 26, 2013 07:28 PM (Vk2pI)

404 Aerodynamic drag increases with the SQUARE of your speed.  Its not linear relationship.

So drag losses at 70mph are like 61% higher than at 55mph.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at June 26, 2013 07:29 PM (/gHaE)

405

http://preview.tinyurl.com/2w6yxmj

 

This will cool you off.  Grew up with mom playing this.  One of her favs.

Posted by: Infidel at June 26, 2013 07:29 PM (SkhKv)

406 389 Jake are you a narc?!?!? Posted by: EC at June 26, 2013 11:25 PM (doBIb) dude, really? The FEDS know who I am based on what I do with my real name

Posted by: Jake in ID-aquavit at June 26, 2013 07:29 PM (s/TCI)

407 quick poll of the morons do you have a gun? Posted by: Jake in ID-aquavit at June 26, 2013 11:24 PM Yes. The DHS classifies where I'm sitting right now as an arsenal...

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 26, 2013 07:29 PM (JMmQ9)

408 Fucking Brewers.

Good night, everyone. 

Posted by: HeatherRadish™, grumpier than usual at June 26, 2013 07:29 PM (hO8IJ)

409 Yes. The DHS classifies where I'm sitting right now as an arsenal... Posted by: AltonJackson at June 26, 2013 11:29 PM (JMmQ9) I know people with third world dictator starter sets.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 26, 2013 07:30 PM (XIxXP)

410 391 I'm at a bar full of hipsters in Lethbridge, Ab. It's local open mike night and the talent ( including my son) is impressive, the beer is great and ice cold. Still....*shudder*.....hipsters. Having a good time, though. Real good music. Posted by: Weirddave at June 26, 2013 11:25 PM (t5Eeg) --I so want to see that part of Alberta. Waterton looks like a beautiful park, too.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 07:30 PM (+iA5G)

411 Apparently the minor league teams give away the gameday audio for free.  MLB charges.

I may start listening to minor league games.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at June 26, 2013 07:30 PM (/gHaE)

412 shibumi, will a video of fennecs work?
http://youtu.be/Zmv6JUQUlsg

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 26, 2013 07:30 PM (Hgwa5)

413 Melted all mine down and made an anvil...

Posted by: BunkerinTheBurbs at June 26, 2013 07:30 PM (0tHG6)

414 Good night, everyone. Posted by: HeatherRadish™, grumpier than usual at June 26, 2013 11:29 PM (hO8IJ) G'night HR.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 26, 2013 07:30 PM (XIxXP)

415
speaking of good night..

haven't seen our ol Indian chum IreneFnIrene in a while.

Posted by: soothsayer at June 26, 2013 07:31 PM (LVtr+)

416 Cya Heather.

Posted by: EC at June 26, 2013 07:31 PM (doBIb)

417 qdpsteve, nope. I'm in Virginia.

Posted by: Cowboy at June 26, 2013 07:31 PM (FMrA0)

418 I do not have a gun. But that mossberg .22 looks sweet. Don't know how the reviews stack up, but it's about half the price of the S&W M&P22 on gunbroker.

Posted by: DC in Towson at June 26, 2013 07:32 PM (hiY1h)

419 What if your car uses speed holes, Purp?

Posted by: andycanuck at June 26, 2013 07:32 PM (9+vDU)

420 The FEDS know who I am based on what I do with my real name Any reason you asking?

Posted by: EC at June 26, 2013 07:32 PM (doBIb)

421 398 Okay, since we're on the topic of Celtic/Gaelic.... I am currently playing Civ V as Boudicca and do not know how to pronounce "Ceilidh" Hall. Help? Posted by: pookysgirl at June 26, 2013 11:27 PM (kMnHs) --Have never played V, since it regressed from IV. Boudica had a great rack in IV, though, tats notwithstanding.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 07:32 PM (+iA5G)

422 Cowboy, I'd say "lucky you" but I'd assume you're downwind from DC. Bet you can smell the whoring and sellouts from there. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 26, 2013 07:32 PM (7B7jB)

423 I admire your optimism, Cheri, and I wish I still retained mine. I hope you are right.

Posted by: Cowboy at June 26, 2013 07:32 PM (FMrA0)

424 Good night Heather, sweet dreams.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 26, 2013 07:33 PM (Hgwa5)

425 http://improveverywhere.com/2008/04/07/best-game-ever/ That's pretty cool. All the spelling mistakes in the subtitles made my eyes twitch, though.

Posted by: Waterhouse at June 26, 2013 07:33 PM (1y5hk)

426 So...there is an argument--a serious one for the left, thus meaning frivolous-- is you can't have gay marriage as a referendum issue because you can't put people's rights up to a vote. The question is thus for the left: were the Constitutional Ratification Conventions invalid or valid?

Posted by: T. at June 26, 2013 07:33 PM (SkOXE)

427
speaking of Canadians...

Anyone remember the Canadian sci-fi show from 1973 THE STARLOST?

All the episodes are on yootoob.


Posted by: soothsayer at June 26, 2013 07:33 PM (39q3n)

428 I do not have a gun. But that mossberg .22 looks sweet. Don't know how the reviews stack up, but it's about half the price of the S&W M&P22 on gunbroker.

I had a chance to hear some of Smith & Wessons's quarterly earnings call yesterday. Man, they're doing sweet. How sweet you ask? To prove the point, the CEOs had a money-filled pillow fight during the conference.

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 26, 2013 07:34 PM (7B7jB)

429 And there's that dang ampersand censor again. Dang!!!!1!

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 26, 2013 07:34 PM (7B7jB)

430

I know my car isn't racist. I drive the new Chrysler Cracker LE.

Posted by: Minnfidel at June 26, 2013 07:34 PM (bXdYS)

431 ...before the tragic boating accident. Their all lost now, at the bottom of the mill pond

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 26, 2013 07:34 PM (JMmQ9)

432 Oh you're right about all that, qdpsteve. This place has really gone to pieces in the last 30 years as the federal behemoth and environs have grown to swallow us all. Hate this place anymore. Want out.

Posted by: Cowboy at June 26, 2013 07:35 PM (FMrA0)

433 So drag losses at 70mph are like 61% higher than at 55mph. OTOH, time is a non-renewable resource. He said, while wasting it on the ONT.

Posted by: Waterhouse at June 26, 2013 07:35 PM (1y5hk)

434 So drag losses at 70mph are like 61% higher than at 55mph.>>

Fuck my car is magic. My fuel costs aren't 61% higher when I drive 70 instead of 55.

Posted by: McGregor at June 26, 2013 07:35 PM (qo244)

435 Anyone remember the Canadian sci-fi show from 1973 THE STARLOST? I saw it when I was a kid. Never could figure out the premise. Were there a bunch of "domes" all built together?

Posted by: EC at June 26, 2013 07:35 PM (doBIb)

436 Pookysgirl, it sounds like you are saying Kayleigh.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 26, 2013 07:35 PM (Hgwa5)

437 I am currently playing Civ V as Boudicca *** I prefer the Romans, Egyptians, and Persians. Oddly, the game designed to defeat ICS is perfect for ICS.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2013 07:35 PM (zPVBH)

438 The mistake you made was watching a Cubs-Brewers game.

Posted by: Libtardo at June 26, 2013 07:35 PM (89ILT)

439 Different from the European mentality, Americans have their own special personality when pushed too far. Posted by: Cheri at June 26, 2013 11:28 PM (EAgmr)
That may have been true in the past. I wonder if it still holds after all the collectivist indoctrination which passes for education.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 26, 2013 07:35 PM (kVfSG)

440 Thanks for the pics earlier Heather.  G'nite.

Posted by: Infidel at June 26, 2013 07:36 PM (SkhKv)

441 I hear ya Cowboy. I'm hearing there are so many petrojobs in North Dakota these days, it's not even funny anymore. And that's *without* Keystone approval.

Nevada and Arizona look better to me every day, border fence or no border fence.

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 26, 2013 07:36 PM (7B7jB)

442 It's pronounce Kay-lee. It means a party (as in dancing not hunting).

Posted by: andycanuck at June 26, 2013 07:36 PM (9+vDU)

443 Shifts eyes to left and right... I might have A gun depending on what you are defining as A gun.

Posted by: lindafell at June 26, 2013 07:37 PM (PGO8C)

444 If I didn't have to work funny hours, I'd go see Bryce Harper play one of his last rehab games with the Potomac Nationals Thursday evening. I saw Stephen Strasburg pitch with them when he was coming back from his Tommy John surgery and it was great experience. They're class A but they're in the DC burbs.

Posted by: Vendette at June 26, 2013 07:37 PM (iXuYG)

445 I always try to play the Iroquois for Civ 5. Yeah, that never works out.

Posted by: Cowboy at June 26, 2013 07:37 PM (FMrA0)

446 --Have never played V, since it regressed from IV. Boudica had a great rack in IV, though, tats notwithstanding.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 11:32 PM (+iA5G)

She apparently regressed into Keira Knightley in V and lost the rack. However, she was next in my quest to play all the leaders of V, and I was feeling.... barbaric at the time and decided to conquer the world through force. I will give you that IV had WorldBuilder, which was nice. I did get Pooky interested in V, but he goes though until he gets a good beginning, whereas I stick it out and take over the world no matter what I'm given.

Posted by: pookysgirl at June 26, 2013 07:38 PM (kMnHs)

447 436 Anyone remember the Canadian sci-fi show from 1973 THE STARLOST?
I saw it when I was a kid. Never could figure out the premise. Were there a bunch of "domes" all built together?
Posted by: EC at June 26, 2013 11:35 PM (doBIb)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069638/?ref_=sr_1


Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 26, 2013 07:38 PM (kVfSG)

448 If I still had my youth I'd be in ND in a heartbeat.

Posted by: Cowboy at June 26, 2013 07:38 PM (FMrA0)

449 Cheri- We should stop after work sometime and have a drink, just shits and giggles.

Posted by: Infidel at June 26, 2013 07:38 PM (SkhKv)

450 Wasn't Boudicca supposed to be, you know, naked?

Posted by: EC at June 26, 2013 07:38 PM (doBIb)

451 I remember Starlost but I was too young to understand it then. I remember laughing at the awful sets. I think the heroes used crossbows. (As it should be.)

Posted by: andycanuck at June 26, 2013 07:39 PM (9+vDU)

452 Cowboy @ 124 - I get gloomy and doomy plenty of days.  I just have a gut feeling that the destruction of our nation - as bad as it seems right now - is not going to happen.  I, and we all, need to believe this more than ever.

Collectively we need the frame of mind that these bastards are not going to take our sovereign nor God given rights away. 

They need to be constantly called out, mocked, and fought at every turn.

We know that we can longer rely on any "conservative" politician to do this for us. We fight alone but we are strong.

Posted by: Cheri at June 26, 2013 07:39 PM (EAgmr)

453

Looking at that Boys Life ad brought back memories. I always loved the cheap crap on the back pages you could buy. Plans to build n engine,  Hot Pepper gum and X-Ray glasses apparently for seeing through the Girls Scouts sash's. Magic sets etc. But the date on the ad says 1942. I'm surprised they still had enough metal in 42' to make air rifles and metal roller skates.

Posted by: Minnfidel at June 26, 2013 07:39 PM (bXdYS)

454 Another great minor league team name is that of the runner-up in the American Association (to Winnipeg) last year: The Wichita Wingnuts.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 07:40 PM (+iA5G)

455 Man, it sucks having to work all day. I missed all the excitement here, or did I? Anyone get a little too exuberant over the SC stuff and meet the banhammer? Other than trolls of course.
 
re the DOMA repeal, it shouldn't be long now until we have polygamy polyandry. After all, they are just choices too.
 
The Mormons had it right all along.

Posted by: GnuBreed at June 26, 2013 07:40 PM (ccXZP)

456
EC, I think the Earthlings built a humungous space ship, the Ark, when they Earth was doomed. The Ark had a couple of dozen domes branched off the main hull that housed a selection of humans and their particular culture.

Long story short, an 'accident' occurred and killed the crew, leaving the dome-dwellers to unwittingly drift in space for hundreds of years.

Posted by: soothsayer at June 26, 2013 07:41 PM (vanqS)

457 Just got my 1911 slide back from Novak's today. Originally had the old school GI type sights, had 'em cut the front dovetail for tritium sights, and had the GI rear carry sight installed. Didn't want the larger Novak lomount sight. Those guys do NICE work, and fast. Took 'em only 5 working days, plus shipping. Range time this weekend! 'sup jackwagons

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 26, 2013 07:41 PM (MBqvE)

458

398 pookysgirl

dh = f  in Gaelic

 

So I would guess  " Kayliff "

Posted by: seamrog at June 26, 2013 07:41 PM (iTlR8)

459 X-Ray glasses apparently for seeing through the Girls Scouts sash's Did anyone ever buy these? What did you actually get? Was it as disappointing as brine shrimp instead of the promised kinda-creepy Sea Monkeys?

Posted by: Waterhouse at June 26, 2013 07:42 PM (1y5hk)

460 412 Apparently the minor league teams give away the gameday audio for free. MLB charges. I may start listening to minor league games. Posted by: Purp at June 26, 2013 11:30 PM (/gHaE) --I'm listening to the 12th inning of the Goldeyes game now. You can probably catch it at the TSN 1290 website now, if you're so inclined.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 07:42 PM (+iA5G)

461 Babylon for me, though I modded the bejeesus out of Civ 5.

Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at June 26, 2013 07:42 PM (Q9qpj)

462 damn your eyes, you uber-amusing and semi-swanky people, I have now missed the big rollout of Big Brother.  darlin' neighbor Myles is off to WeHo to celebrate the whole gay marriage thingy, apparently they are closing streets out of sheer exuberance.  I was nice (I know, right?).


Posted by: Peaches at June 26, 2013 07:42 PM (8lmkt)

463 Tattoos and blue paint isn't naked!

And I played three or so games of original Civilization on floppies a friend had pirated/cracked but I only got all the way through one game to the end because my p.c. wasn't up to it. I still laugh at the dug-in phalanxes being able to beat modern tanks attacking them; and I enjoyed it when an ambassador got mad at you and was miming screaming at you!

Posted by: andycanuck at June 26, 2013 07:42 PM (9+vDU)

464 413 shibumi, will a video of fennecs work

Awwww... so cute. Urge to k*ll.... receding....thank you!!!

Posted by: shibumi at June 26, 2013 07:42 PM (25HWz)

465 Man some Californians have got to drop their sh*t everywhere it seems.  Man arrested for taking a dump in a toll booth of the Holland Tunnel.

http://tinyurl.com/qbhmkrl

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 26, 2013 07:43 PM (Hgwa5)

466
Don't get me started on crossbows..

But it just so happens one of the young people on the show did have a crossbow, but it looked like a toy.

Posted by: soothsayer at June 26, 2013 07:43 PM (vanqS)

467 Another great minor league team name is that of the runner-up in the American Association (to Winnipeg) last year: The Wichita Wingnuts. Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 11:40 PM (+iA5G) Winnipeg Goldeyes, right? There have been two minor league hockey teams in Macon, Georgia with the team name of Whoopee.

Posted by: Vendette at June 26, 2013 07:43 PM (iXuYG)

468 Tattoos and blue paint isn't naked!

pics????

Posted by: Peaches at June 26, 2013 07:43 PM (8lmkt)

469 Got a call this morning from "Citizens for a Conservative Direction" or some such....started pitching the amnesty bill, saying it "secures borders,makes 'em pay fines and taxes, go to back of line, etc." The guy paused and I said "No it doesn't, this bill doesn't do any of those things." Guy hung up on me.

Posted by: BignJames at June 26, 2013 07:43 PM (20Mmk)

470 We're just fucked. The driving thing is an analogy to voting. Yeah, we do the right thing, but nobody else does, so, nullified. Don't even get me started on the fucking driving abilities of the LIV's whose time is way more important than everyone else's, and can't even fucking be paying attention to any fucking thing!

Posted by: Kalneva at June 26, 2013 07:43 PM (XyrkB)

471 In California, if you try that "open a gap to smooth out traffic jams" thing, all manner of toolbags in the lane next you will crank up Twisted Sister on their stereo, stomp their gas pedals and cut you off shifting over to occupy the gap you so conscientiously opened to help everyone else.

So, yeah, no.


Posted by: miked at June 26, 2013 07:44 PM (iZiIb)

472
It's very Canadian. One reviewer noted how much it was laden with lots of CTV wisdom.


Posted by: soothsayer at June 26, 2013 07:44 PM (ZgBZU)

473 Wasn't Boudicca supposed to be, you know, naked? ___ Was she EVER!

Posted by: Some Roman Governor about to get his comeuppance at June 26, 2013 07:44 PM (zPVBH)

474 I be surprised if the '43 Boy's Life had air rifle ads. In '42 the probably still had the pre-Pearl Harbor stock. Daisy Rifle Co., et al., probably converted to the war effort starting in '42. My guess, at least.

Posted by: Cowboy at June 26, 2013 07:44 PM (FMrA0)

475 Long story short, an 'accident' occurred and killed the crew,
Yeah, they caught a deadly virus from their unsanitized telephone receivers.

Posted by: andycanuck at June 26, 2013 07:44 PM (9+vDU)

476 Wasn't Boudicca supposed to be, you know, naked?

duh, of course! 

Posted by: Peaches at June 26, 2013 07:45 PM (8lmkt)

477 Posted by: andycanuck at June 26, 2013 11:42 PM (9+vDU)

One feature I miss from the first Civ is that you could set off a civil war in an opposing nation by capturing its capital.

Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at June 26, 2013 07:45 PM (Q9qpj)

478 The guy paused and I said "No it doesn't, this bill doesn't do any of those things." ___ The truth is racist.

Posted by: Some "Conservative at June 26, 2013 07:45 PM (zPVBH)

479 She apparently regressed into Keira Knightley in V and lost the rack. However, she was next in my quest to play all the leaders of V, and I was feeling.... barbaric at the time and decided to conquer the world through force. I will give you that IV had WorldBuilder, which was nice. I did get Pooky interested in V, but he goes though until he gets a good beginning, whereas I stick it out and take over the world no matter what I'm given. Posted by: pookysgirl at June 26, 2013 11:38 PM (kMnHs) --Well, from what I've heard the biggest con for V was the removal of stacking units. Deal-breaker for me. Oh, and the Goldeyes win!

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 07:45 PM (+iA5G)

480 Fuck my car is magic. My fuel costs aren't 61% higher when I drive 70 instead of 55.

That just the aerodynamic drag increase, which isn't everything.  Drag can be (somewhat) mitigated with a slippery car with low C/D.  C/D is a multiplier in the total drag equation, so a .3 is a lot better than a .6

There's non-aerodynamic factors as well.  Does a higher speed allow the transmission to use a higher gear ratio?  Does a torque converter "lock up" at some particular speed? 

Road surface has a big effect on tire rolling resistance too.  Roads you can do 70mph on, tend to be smoother than one you'd do 55mph on.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at June 26, 2013 07:46 PM (/gHaE)

481
One of the stars of The Starlost is "Dave" from 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Posted by: soothsayer at June 26, 2013 07:46 PM (KwX0v)

482 Well, from what I've heard the biggest con for V was the removal of stacking units. Deal-breaker for me. *** Moving an army is a nightmare. Even in the modern era.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2013 07:46 PM (zPVBH)

483 I totally bought sea monkeys! Yeah, disappointment is a mild word. Bet that fucker got rich, though, selling brine shrimp to unsuspecting kids. Ah, the good old days, when we could learn from our mistakes. Valuable.

Posted by: Kalneva at June 26, 2013 07:47 PM (XyrkB)

484

the man dressed as a penis, told the Central Somerset Gazette "he started shouting at me, saying it was disgusting and children could see us. I could tell by his body language that he was really angry. ----------------------

 

 

Understandable. Penis envy. // Freud

Posted by: Guido 'now with 69% more hate' at June 26, 2013 07:47 PM (8I9hB)

485 X-ray specs!

Posted by: EC at June 26, 2013 07:47 PM (doBIb)

486 Cheri- We should stop after work sometime and have a drink, just shits and giggles. Posted by: Infidel

Would love to!  Nagy's, Rockslide?  My email is califhart at hotmail dotcom

I am moving and on leave until 7/8....let me know and we can commiserate and enjoy at the same time.

Posted by: Cheri at June 26, 2013 07:48 PM (EAgmr)

487 Thanks for the Celtic help, as a Latin-trained English major it's hard to figure out. Also, EC, Boudicca is pretty close to nekkid when she pops up on your screen, so there's your incentive. Personally, I think having to *not* use your forests to get the faith bonus is a pain in the arse.  (Sorry, the Royal Air Force is here and they're forcing me to rethink my language use.)

Posted by: pookysgirl at June 26, 2013 07:48 PM (kMnHs)

488 HAL 9000, "That would be Keir Dullea.  The HAL 9000 series has never had a problem."

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 26, 2013 07:48 PM (Hgwa5)

489 She apparently regressed into Keira Knightley in V and lost the rack. __________________ Then there was never a rack to begin with.

Posted by: Vendette at June 26, 2013 07:48 PM (iXuYG)

490 Throw in managing the navies and air forces in Civ V, and my goal became winning the game before the modern era at all costs.

Posted by: Cowboy at June 26, 2013 07:48 PM (FMrA0)

491 I do not have one gun. .Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 26, 2013 11:25 PM I saw what you did, there. Golf clap; well played. I now have an straight answer the next time my doctor asks the BOHICA-mandated question

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 26, 2013 07:48 PM (JMmQ9)

492
Here's another classic from the '70's (a ripoff from The Starlost), try to guess the show from the description:

After Earth has been devastated by years of pollution and nuclear war, a group of scientists send out a team of young people as well as an intelligent chimpanzee to seek out the surviving pockets of human beings in order to help rebuild civilization. Also, as they meet these people they take time to teach them valuable life lessons along the way.


Posted by: soothsayer at June 26, 2013 07:49 PM (Fely/)

493 Hot Pepper gum and X-Ray glasses apparently for seeing through the Girls Scouts sash's.>>

This is the same way they are selling global warming. That they can land in that utopian porn point.

Anyone that knows X-ray knows it's just a shadow of a more penetrating wavelength and like any other shadow in a photograph there is info gleaned.

Posted by: McGregor at June 26, 2013 07:49 PM (qo244)

494 456 Man, it sucks having to work all day. I missed all the excitement here, or did I? Anyone get a little too exuberant over the SC stuff and meet the banhammer? Other than trolls of course

Posted by: GnuBreed at June 26, 2013 11:40 PM ............The comic relief today was the Zimmerman trial live feed commentary that featured a Sista' named Jenteal, Genital, Jeneal Or something. She looked like the fat evil spawn of Shiela Jackson Lee. Dumb as a post too boot. I mean really dumb. I am not sure why but it was one of the funniest things I've ever read here at the HQ.

Posted by: Minnfidel at June 26, 2013 07:49 PM (bXdYS)

495 Well, from what I've heard the biggest con for V was the removal of stacking units. Deal-breaker for me.

IIRC, the designer has some ex post facto regrets about that.  I really liked the "army" units you could build with a General in, what was it, III or IV?

Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at June 26, 2013 07:49 PM (Q9qpj)

496 Anyone else notice how orgasmic Shep was, today? He could at least try to pretend to be objective.

Posted by: Kalneva at June 26, 2013 07:50 PM (XyrkB)

497 Pookysgirl tell those blokes not to prang their kites.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 26, 2013 07:50 PM (Hgwa5)

498 469 Pics???
Here you go.
http://tinyurl.com/pletqq3

Posted by: andycanuck at June 26, 2013 07:50 PM (9+vDU)

499 Boy, am I late to the party.

Posted by: cthulhu at June 26, 2013 07:50 PM (T1005)

500 I know people with third world dictator starter sets. Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at June 26, 2013 11:30 PM (XIxXP) Black velvet paintings of themselves in dress uniform next to a nekkid prostitute?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 26, 2013 07:50 PM (MBqvE)

501 Bond had the equivalent of X-Ray specs in the one movie with Sophie Marceau. While wandering around some Eastern European casino or bar or whatnot, he verified that all the chicks were both hot and carrying.

Posted by: Waterhouse at June 26, 2013 07:51 PM (1y5hk)

502 "Open the pod bay doors, HAL." That's what I'd say to my son when I used to spoon feed him. Took a while to teach him the response.

Posted by: EC at June 26, 2013 07:51 PM (doBIb)

503 464 Tattoos and blue paint isn't naked! And I played three or so games of original Civilization on floppies a friend had pirated/cracked but I only got all the way through one game to the end because my p.c. wasn't up to it. I still laugh at the dug-in phalanxes being able to beat modern tanks attacking them; and I enjoyed it when an ambassador got mad at you and was miming screaming at you! Posted by: andycanuck at June 26, 2013 11:42 PM (9+vDU) --Somehwere I still have Civ I (Civ Net, but essentially the same) on CD, and also Civ II. I never actually played III, since it came out when I was focusing on grad school and I was content with II. I recently tried to play II but could not with current Windows.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 07:51 PM (+iA5G)

504 I know people with third world dictator starter sets.

Normally that involves becoming a senator from Illinois first, right?

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at June 26, 2013 07:52 PM (/gHaE)

505 Anyone else disgusted at those that think that its just awesome that the rule of law and the will of the people can be denied just because less than 2% of the population is so fucked up in the head that they think their love isn't real unless the government endorses it?

Posted by: buzzion at June 26, 2013 07:52 PM (LI48c)

506 Citizens for a Conservative Direction is a Soros-backed lefty front group. They probably knew the safe word to avoid being audited.

Posted by: Libtardo at June 26, 2013 07:52 PM (8V4jN)

507 Bond had the equivalent of X-Ray specs in the one movie with Sophie Marceau. While wandering around some Eastern European casino or bar or whatnot, he verified that all the chicks were both hot and carrying. Posted by: Waterhouse at June 26, 2013 11:51 PM (1y5hk) Ah yes. The Penetrator Mode.

Posted by: Vin Diesel at June 26, 2013 07:52 PM (MBqvE)

508 Shep Smith....

Apparently, the working libtard definition for rightwing gay-bashing propaganda outlet is the one with a mincing pansy as the face of its prime time news reporting.

Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at June 26, 2013 07:52 PM (Q9qpj)

509 Soothsayer, H. Beam Piper did a short story called The Return.  A lab in the US had survived the nuclear war.  Now generations later they are venturing out trying to find other survivors.  One such town they find.
http://www.readbookonline.net/readOnLine/63511/

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 26, 2013 07:53 PM (Hgwa5)

510 I be surprised if the '43 Boy's Life had air rifle ads. In '42 the probably still had the pre-Pearl Harbor stock. Daisy Rifle Co., et al., probably converted to the war effort starting in '42. My guess, at least.

Posted by: Cowboy at June 26, 2013 11:44 PM ....................Yea you're probably right. Just think some kid could open his Boys Life and order a gun! Granted a BB gun but that would make libby heads splode today.

Posted by: Minnfidel at June 26, 2013 07:53 PM (bXdYS)

511 Anyone that knows X-ray knows it's just a shadow of a more penetrating wavelength and like any other shadow in a photograph there is info gleaned.>>

Oh crap what I meant to say: A Shadow can't stop half through way due to physics and neither can these fuckers change nature..

Posted by: McGregor at June 26, 2013 07:53 PM (qo244)

512 491 Throw in managing the navies and air forces in Civ V, and my goal became winning the game before the modern era at all costs. Posted by: Cowboy at June 26, 2013 11:48 PM (FMrA0) --I'm seeing more reasons to avoid Civ V. At least until it's in the cheapie racks for $5.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 07:54 PM (+iA5G)

513 Posted by: Minnfidel at June 26, 2013 11:49 PM (bXdYS)
 
Thanks for the update.  I did read all of Branca's tweets about today's trial events. He seems pretty impressed with the defense lawyers.

Posted by: GnuBreed at June 26, 2013 07:54 PM (ccXZP)

514 Libtardo, Soros doesn't have to bother with knowing the right passphrase. He'd just have Lerner notified.

Posted by: Cowboy at June 26, 2013 07:54 PM (FMrA0)

515 498 Pookysgirl tell those blokes not to prang their kites.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 26, 2013 11:50 PM (Hgwa5)


I was in front of some RAF boys at the BX today and holy cow, they were flirting with the clerk. Made me want to get out the hose (and then a barrel).

Posted by: pookysgirl at June 26, 2013 07:54 PM (kMnHs)

516 Buzzion, I'm disgusted with everything.

Posted by: Libtardo at June 26, 2013 07:54 PM (8V4jN)

517 My brother ordered Joe Weiders 'Get tough man' stuff from the back of comic books.  They had the black and white picture of a skinny wimp at the beach getting sand kicked in his face from a muscle bound guy with all of the girls around him.  The next frame shows the wimp after using Weider's products beating the hell out of the muscle man - and naturally all the girls come to him.

My brother bought this stuff ( he was a pretty fat kid back then) and the last I saw of this junk  it was under his bed along with old Twinkie and Ding Dong wrappers.

I think that he would have been better off ordering the brine shrimp, X-Ray glasses, and a secret decoder ring.

Posted by: Cheri at June 26, 2013 07:54 PM (EAgmr)

518
The Return??

Sounds a lot like NIGHT OF THE COMET...but different.

Posted by: soothsayer at June 26, 2013 07:55 PM (NLH1M)

519 Man some Californians have got to drop their sh*t everywhere it seems. Man arrested for taking a dump in a toll booth of the Holland Tunnel.

http://tinyurl.com/qbhmkrl

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 26, 2013 11:43 PM (Hgwa5)


Some people keep their change in strange places....

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2013 07:55 PM (fNpC1)

520 Normally that involves becoming a senator from Illinois first, right?
Posted by urp

Arizona works too.

Posted by: dogfish at June 26, 2013 07:55 PM (nsOJa)

521 Sounds a lot like NIGHT OF THE COMET...but different. Posted by: soothsayer at June 26, 2013 11:55 PM (NLH1M) Where is CAC?????

Posted by: Vendette at June 26, 2013 07:56 PM (iXuYG)

522 499 469 Pics??? Here you go. http://tinyurl.com/pletqq3 Posted by: andycanuck at June 26, 2013 11:50 PM (9+vDU) --Is that Pam Gellar in that bunch? Boobs

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 07:56 PM (+iA5G)

523 Throw in managing the navies and air forces in Civ V, and my goal became winning the game before the modern era at all costs.

I lengthened the research times for the Middle Ages techs and nerfed some of the research bonuses for just that reason...Civ 5 is the most fun for me before the modern units see the field.

Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at June 26, 2013 07:56 PM (Q9qpj)

524 I'm disgusted with everything.

no shit

Posted by: Peaches at June 26, 2013 07:56 PM (8lmkt)

525 True dat, Cowboy.

Posted by: Libtardo at June 26, 2013 07:56 PM (8V4jN)

526
I think that he would have been better off ordering the brine shrimp, X-Ray glasses, and a secret decoder ring.

That's what killed Tony Soprano. The TV told me so.

(And playing the part of sven tonight is Soothsayer.)

Posted by: soothsayer at June 26, 2013 07:57 PM (NLH1M)

527 523 499 469 Pics??? Here you go. http://tinyurl.com/pletqq3 Wow. She was.....perky.

Posted by: EC at June 26, 2013 07:57 PM (doBIb)

528 http://tinyurl.com/on52yur Enjoy! (Scroll down.)

Posted by: Kalneva at June 26, 2013 07:57 PM (XyrkB)

529 Sounds a lot like NIGHT OF THE COMET...but different. Posted by: soothsayer at June 26, 2013 11:55 PM (NLH1M) "Daddy would have gotten us Uzis" Cracks me up every time.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 26, 2013 07:57 PM (MBqvE)

530  I totally bought sea monkeys! Yeah, disappointment is a mild word. Bet that fucker got rich, though, selling brine shrimp to unsuspecting kids. Ah, the good old days, when we could learn from our mistakes. Valuable.

Posted by: Kalneva at June 26, 2013 11:47 PM ...........Yep. We were also allowed to injure ourselves on metal playground equipment. We didn't have rubberized woodchips either. It was hard ground. I actually feel bad for kids today that they don't have the freedom to roam. Man summertime in MN was magic. Make a PB&J or bologna sandwich in the am. meet your buddies and hit the lake or the woods all day. As long as you were home by dinner all was good.

Posted by: Minnfidel at June 26, 2013 07:57 PM (bXdYS)

531 The story predates Night of the Comet[i/] with Catherine Mary Stewart by three decades.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 26, 2013 07:58 PM (Hgwa5)

532 Hey, Kalneva!!!  And, omg, ITC, you national treasure, you!!!

Glad you're both here, I am about to check out, but you both look marvelous tonight!!

Posted by: Peaches at June 26, 2013 07:58 PM (8lmkt)

533 Enjoy! (Scroll down.) Precious?

Posted by: EC at June 26, 2013 07:59 PM (doBIb)

534
Really, who doesn't want to jump in an RV with a couple of friends and a chimp after the apocalypse and drive around to find people?


Posted by: soothsayer at June 26, 2013 07:59 PM (vyPsz)

535 Okay, I'm not done as Boudicca (only taken half of Pangaea), but goodnight, and therefore the the grace of God go I.

Posted by: pookysgirl at June 26, 2013 07:59 PM (kMnHs)

536 524 Throw in managing the navies and air forces in Civ V, and my goal became winning the game before the modern era at all costs. I lengthened the research times for the Middle Ages techs and nerfed some of the research bonuses for just that reason...Civ 5 is the most fun for me before the modern units see the field. Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at June 26, 2013 11:56 PM (Q9qpj) --Can't speak to V, but I now prefer Marathon speed in IV so I can enjoy units more before obsolescence. Especially medieval units.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 08:00 PM (+iA5G)

537 pookysgirl, Brit military are always horn dogs.  And yet in WWII they complained about the Yanks for being 'over sexed, over paid, and over here.'

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 26, 2013 08:00 PM (Hgwa5)

538 Citizens for a Conservative Direction is a Soros-backed lefty front group.

We have to be on guard for this and warn the less informed conservative.  Rubio has done more to ruin my trust than any commie lefty ever did.  The left have learned the tactic and now are more brazen posing as conservatives.  Spies are given worse treatment than honorable soldiers.  Just sayin'.

Posted by: dogfish at June 26, 2013 08:00 PM (nsOJa)

539 470 Got a call this morning from "Citizens for a Conservative Direction" or some such....started pitching the amnesty bill, saying it "secures borders,makes 'em pay fines and taxes, go to back of line, etc." The guy paused and I said "No it doesn't, this bill doesn't do any of those things." Guy hung up on me. Posted by: BignJames at June 26, 2013 11:43 PM (20Mmk) That's the group run by/funded by that die-hard conservative Zuckerburg (SP?..like i give a shit)

Posted by: RWC at June 26, 2013 08:00 PM (8FeS+)

540 Goodnight, Peaches!!!!! And goodnight to your kitty overlords, too!!!!

Posted by: Vendette at June 26, 2013 08:00 PM (iXuYG)

541 'night, pooky . . . sleep tight and God bless!  thanks for hanging with us!

Posted by: Peaches at June 26, 2013 08:00 PM (8lmkt)

542 *phew*  dodged the barrel.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 26, 2013 08:00 PM (Hgwa5)

543 249 I was on the crapper all day today, what's this I hear about Keith Hernandez killing a man? Did the guy insult his mustache? He probably deserved it then. That thing is magnificent. Posted by: Young Angry and Broke at June 26, 2013 11:02 PM

I killed that Costanza guy. He was a chucker

Posted by: Keith Hernandez at June 26, 2013 08:01 PM (/9IC1)

544 Anyone ever play the Total War series?

Posted by: EC at June 26, 2013 08:01 PM (doBIb)

545 Vendette, I'm kinda doing a slow fade here . . . takes a while to shut the mothership down, the mac is last.

{{{{{}}}}}

Posted by: Peaches at June 26, 2013 08:01 PM (8lmkt)

546 Goodnight, pookysgirl!

Posted by: Vendette at June 26, 2013 08:01 PM (iXuYG)

547 525 I'm disgusted with everything.

no shit

Posted by: Peaches at June 26, 2013 11:56 PM (8lmkt)



The more I think about the Prop 8 case, the more disgusted I get. Nobody has standing to make the government work right???

Posted by: cthulhu at June 26, 2013 08:01 PM (T1005)

548 'Night, pookysgirl!

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 08:02 PM (+iA5G)

549 That stuff you're talking about Cheri, that's the Charles Atlas method for fitness training. It's actually quite a sound program of high quality that requires no gym or special equipment. And Charles Atlas was quite the man, as well. A&E's Biography program did a show on him, and it's fabulous. It's worth looking up sometime. The Rocky Horror Picture Show singled Atlas out for ridicule. My take: he was a straight up, highly moral, handsome muscle builder, tantalizing forbidden fruit to the magic gay elves who could never have him. So they mocked him. But a lot of the fitness and diet craze people who came after him stand in his debt. He invented the modern industry.

Posted by: Cowboy at June 26, 2013 08:02 PM (FMrA0)

550 Before i get all crazy and read the post or comments, let me say "hello, and good evening" to all you morons and 'ettes out there. Starting late, and its been a hot minute since i said anything here... The few things i did read make me want to go find the boy scout manual i have on the study bookshelf - 1937?

Posted by: shredded chi at June 26, 2013 08:02 PM (RfLFX)

551 Really, who doesn't want to jump in an RV with a couple of friends and a chimp after the apocalypse and drive around to find people?

Sounds like a great 1980s TV series. "Ace And The RV Gang! This week's special guest star: O.J. Simpson! Friday nights at 8! Be there!!"

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 26, 2013 08:02 PM (7B7jB)

552

Anyone else disgusted at those that think that its just awesome that the rule of law and the will of the people can be denied just because less than 2% of the population is so fucked up in the head that they think their love isn't real unless the government endorses it?

 

Yes, absolutely disgusted.

 

And I hate this laptop with Vista on it.  But it was free.

 

Oh, lovely, fire ban in CO because of all the fires and I hear big fireworks.

Posted by: Infidel at June 26, 2013 08:02 PM (SkhKv)

553 Apparently they didn't tell Aaron Hernandez that he was being charged with murder until the arraignment

Wisely, they didn't want to have to lock down the entire Boston area again while helicopters followed him on the streets and freeways

Posted by: kbdabear at June 26, 2013 08:03 PM (/9IC1)

554 (And playing the part of sven tonight is Soothsayer.)

Meh. Needs more manic haiku.

Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at June 26, 2013 08:03 PM (Q9qpj)

555 Got a call this morning from "Citizens for a Conservative Direction" or some such....started pitching the amnesty bill, Posted by: BignJames at June 26, 2013 11:43 PM (20Mmk) Zuckerberg / SEIU creature pretending to be on the right. In 2010, a couple of "Tea Party" candidates back East were actually Democrat operatives who never intended to win, just split the vote. People are too busy with their lives, so a lot of deception passes by almost unnoticed. Also, the effing MFM (delenda est) helps cover it all up.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at June 26, 2013 08:03 PM (qyfb5)

556
And I hate this laptop with Vista on it. But it was free.

Oh, lovely, fire ban in CO because of all the fires and I hear big fireworks. Posted by: Infidel at June 27, 2013 12:02 AM

Count your blessings. peasant!

Posted by: Windows 8 at June 26, 2013 08:04 PM (/9IC1)

557 Really, who doesn't want to jump in an RV with a couple of friends and a chimp after the apocalypse and drive around to find people? Posted by: soothsayer at June 26, 2013 11:59 PM (vyPsz) No animals around me during the apocolypse. You're human, you die. You screwed up somewhere. An animal that dies, my conscious will tell me I fucked up. FallOut 3 taught me not to bring DogMeat with me anywhere.

Posted by: RWC at June 26, 2013 08:04 PM (8FeS+)

558 Yes, clthulu, you do not have standing if you're not "in". That's how it works now.

Posted by: Cowboy at June 26, 2013 08:04 PM (FMrA0)

559 An excerpt from The Return.  And people wonder why I had an early aversion to cities.  Between Piper and Ing, the places were described as death traps after a catastrophe.

"Altamont looked across the cabin at the big map of the United States, with its red and green and blue and yellow patchwork of vanished political divisions, and the transparent overlay on which they had plotted their course. The red line started at Fort Ridgeway, in what had once been Arizona It angled east by a little north, to Colony Three, in northern Arkansas; then sharply northeast to St. Louis and its lifeless ruins; then Chicago and Gary, where little bands of Stone Age reversions stalked and fought and ate each other; Detroit, where things that had completely forgotten that they were human emerged from their burrows only at night; Cleveland, where a couple of cobalt bombs must have landed in the lake and drenched everything with radioactivity that still lingered after two centuries; Akron, where vegetation was only beginning to break through the glassy slag; Cincinnati, where they had last stopped-- "[/i}

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 26, 2013 08:04 PM (Hgwa5)

560 ARK II



Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 26, 2013 08:04 PM (kVfSG)

561 The more I think about the Prop 8 case, the more disgusted I get. Nobody has standing to make the government work right???

Posted by: cthulhu at June 27, 2013 12:01 AM (T1005)


It's Califuckya.  No point in burning a single brain cell stressing about it.  We are the crest of the wave of the total breakdown of the world as we have known it.  Between this and the invasion of the undocumented and the teachers who make semen cookies for the children and keep getting paid, well, it's just a muthafuckin' wonder we don't have an NFL team with Aaron Hernandez on it. 

Posted by: Peaches at June 26, 2013 08:04 PM (8lmkt)

562 Yikes? 

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 26, 2013 08:04 PM (Hgwa5)

563 The more I think about the Prop 8 case, the more disgusted I get. Nobody has standing to make the government work right??? Posted by: cthulhu at June 27, 2013 12:01 AM (T1005) You have the right to pay taxes and STFU. What, not good enough?

Posted by: eman at June 26, 2013 08:04 PM (AO9UG)

564 Anyone ever play the Total War series? Posted by: EC at June 27, 2013 12:01 AM (doBIb) Loved the first game in Feudal Japan. The Medieval version was kind of meh. I'd love to see a Civil War version.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 26, 2013 08:04 PM (MBqvE)

565 OK, I'm out brine shrimp are delicious, but it takes a flaming metric ass-tonne of those little fcukers to make a meal tomorrow night. mi amigos...

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 26, 2013 08:05 PM (JMmQ9)

566 Anybody bother to tune in for "Under The Dome"??

I can't believe Stephen King's ideas have gotten that stupid at this point, but as long as there's sucker TV producers I guess...

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 26, 2013 08:05 PM (7B7jB)

567 Cowboy @ 550 - You're right!  It was Charles Atlas. I confused him with Weider. 

 Alas, my horizontally challenged brother only wanted to buy it but not use it.

Posted by: Cheri at June 26, 2013 08:05 PM (EAgmr)

568 The more I think about the Prop 8 case, the more disgusted I get. Nobody has standing to make the government work right??? Posted by: cthulhu at June 27, 2013 12:01 AM (T1005) You Plebs sound like you think you have a right to disagree with us! Remember, it is only "democracy" if you agree with the consensus that we've prepared for you! http://tinyurl.com/9wwvzmb

Posted by: Your Benevolent Progressive Overlords at June 26, 2013 08:06 PM (Vk2pI)

569 Anyone ever play the Total War series?

The Third Age conversion of Medieval Total War II is great.  I mean, it is really really nicely done.

Shogun Total War II was not un-fun.

Everything I've heard about Empire Total War (which was the Napoleonic Age)leads me to believe it was a goatfuck.

Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at June 26, 2013 08:06 PM (Q9qpj)

570 The more I think about the Prop 8 case, the more disgusted I get. Nobody has standing to make the government work right??? Posted by: cthulhu at June 27, 2013 12:01 AM (T1005) Technique #14 - pass something unconstitutional, but don't enforce it on anyone who can afford to challenge you until people get used to it, then turn the ratchet.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at June 26, 2013 08:07 PM (qyfb5)

571 Hey, peaches! If you're still there! Bad day, but at least we're over the hump. Loves! Kitteh says hi, too.

Posted by: Kalneva at June 26, 2013 08:07 PM (XyrkB)

572 545 Anyone ever play the Total War series?


Posted by: EC at June 27, 2013 12:01 AM (doBIb)

 

Yep.  I love Empire: Total War.  Shogun 2 is ok.

Posted by: buzzion at June 26, 2013 08:07 PM (LI48c)

573 Apparently they didn't tell Aaron Hernandez that he was being charged with murder until the arraignment

I completely accidentally saw live feed of the arraignment while I was eating my lunch.  He did not look even a little bit surprised.  He's a fuckin' punkass thug and apparently always has been and, well, fuck him.

Posted by: Peaches at June 26, 2013 08:07 PM (8lmkt)

574 I have some land (just 10 acres) but just got a new tractor last month to be a Galt farmer. What else do I need other than the lost guns in the lake.

Posted by: McGregor at June 26, 2013 08:09 PM (qo244)

575 Cheri- sent you a note.  Charles Atlas.  Have to look him up.

Posted by: Infidel at June 26, 2013 08:09 PM (SkhKv)

576 Oh, want the record to show that I, too,am disgusted with everything. For a fucking punk, JEF has been very successful. What a world.

Posted by: Kalneva at June 26, 2013 08:10 PM (XyrkB)

577 Thanks Infidel home boy!

Posted by: Cheri at June 26, 2013 08:10 PM (EAgmr)

578 and, well, fuck him. Posted by: Peaches at June 27, 2013 12:07 AM (8lmkt) Soon.

Posted by: Inmate 392748 at June 26, 2013 08:10 PM (MBqvE)

579 562 The more I think about the Prop 8 case, the more disgusted I get. Nobody has standing to make the government work right???


Posted by: cthulhu at June 27, 2013 12:01 AM (T1005)

It's Califuckya. No point in burning a single brain cell stressing about it. We are the crest of the wave of the total breakdown of the world as we have known it. Between this and the invasion of the undocumented and the teachers who make semen cookies for the children and keep getting paid, well, it's just a muthafuckin' wonder we don't have an NFL team with Aaron Hernandez on it.

Posted by: Peaches at June 27, 2013 12:04 AM (8lmkt)



I understand it's Califuckya -- which is why I'm lookin' to leave. But this clusterfuck was going along just fine until a Federal judge interjected himself....and now there's nobody who can set things right? Since when do Federal judges serve as enablers of state irresponsibility? Why didn't SCOTUS remand it down to judge dimtwit and tell him to throw everyone's ass out of court instead of ruling, instead of telling Appeals to let judge dimtwit's idiocy stand?

Posted by: cthulhu at June 26, 2013 08:10 PM (T1005)

580 Time to get ready for bed (slowly, so I'm not quite done yet). Will say good night, though!

Posted by: Vendette at June 26, 2013 08:11 PM (iXuYG)

581 If anyone is bored tommorow, Rachel Jeantel on the witness stand in the Zimmerman case will be entertaining.

Posted by: Baldy at June 26, 2013 08:12 PM (tyDFN)

582 Remember to have a nice serving of Genteal with your morning coffee. Actually looking forward to it...if she shows up.

Posted by: RWC at June 26, 2013 08:12 PM (8FeS+)

583 so, today I wrote my shitbag corrupt congresstwerp about my shitbag corrupt senator's shitbag behavior and politely asked him not to do the same.  I specifically asked him to oppose even bringing the shitbag gang of 8 shit sandwich to the floor for a vote.


I demeaned myself by asking a shitbag for a favor.  I need mouthwash for my fingers.

Posted by: jc at June 26, 2013 08:12 PM (PlzOe)

584 Out of my head baldy!

Posted by: RWC at June 26, 2013 08:13 PM (8FeS+)

585 560, that doesn't read like fiction. If I survrive the SMOD, the last thing I would do is look for other people.

Posted by: Libtardo at June 26, 2013 08:13 PM (JXtHh)

586 After today's SC decision on DOMA, Obama states "I won't force churches to perform gay weddings"

Key word being "I"

You know that every alphabet hack agency and czar will let them know they're shit outta luck if they don't

Mosques of course will be left alone to bash gays. Because we have to respect "cultural differences" you know


Posted by: kbdabear at June 26, 2013 08:14 PM (/9IC1)

587 "I is what I is" - Paula Deen

Stupid beyotch.

Posted by: Craig Poe at June 26, 2013 08:14 PM (BVkEs)

588 I'm out have a good night.

Posted by: McGregor at June 26, 2013 08:15 PM (qo244)

589 Night all. Here is some cheerful and positive music to counter the SCOTUS news from today: "God-Gor" by Gwar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSfksXYlHRs

Posted by: \m/ The Political Hat \m/ at June 26, 2013 08:15 PM (Vk2pI)

590 Libtardo, its two centuries after the bombs dropped.  Got to venture out sometime jsut to see if you have friendly neighbors or savages with spears.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 26, 2013 08:15 PM (Hgwa5)

591 Well that didn't take very long. In my post above, I conjectured that polygamy and polyandry would be coming along soon. So, I'm reading HA's QOTD and find this :
 
Anne Wilde, a vocal advocate for polygamist rights who practiced the lifestyle herself until her husband died in 2003, praised the court’s decision as a sign that society’s stringent attachment to traditional “family values” is evolving.
 
Go figure.

Posted by: GnuBreed at June 26, 2013 08:16 PM (ccXZP)

592 Count me in on the whole Disgusted With Everything bandwagon. When my grandfather got old and grumpy, he would talk about how disgusted he was and how it wasn't the same country he grew up in. Boy, we sure grew old fast, didn't we?

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at June 26, 2013 08:17 PM (qyfb5)

593

Cheri-  Home girl.  Don't want you to think I'm in drag.

 

I we would write my Senator, Bennett, but he's in the gangbang of ocho.  Called my crongresscritter.  Last week he was waiting to see what came across his desk.  Gonna give a call tomorrow and see if that has changed.

Posted by: Infidel at June 26, 2013 08:17 PM (SkhKv)

594 You know it, kdbabear. Whenever a leftist comes out with a pre-emptive denial of something he's not even accused of, take note. It usually means he's scheming to do exactly the opposite of what he says. This is bankable.

Posted by: Cowboy at June 26, 2013 08:17 PM (FMrA0)

595 We are the crest of the wave of the total breakdown of the world as we
have known it.


====


never been much of a religious person, but I am starting to wonder if there might be something to this whole Satan thing.


how did so many people all lose track of any sense of the value of their own mental health?

Posted by: jc at June 26, 2013 08:17 PM (PlzOe)

596 Count me in on the whole Disgusted With Everything bandwagon. When my grandfather got old and grumpy, he would talk about how disgusted he was and how it wasn't the same country he grew up in. Boy, we sure grew old fast, didn't we? Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 27, 2013 12:17 AM (qyfb5) Just think about what the mellenials will complain about when they get old and grumpy...

Posted by: The Political Hat at June 26, 2013 08:18 PM (Vk2pI)

597 To tell the absolute truth, I'd rather SCOTUS had ruled against Prop 8 outright, instead of eviscerating the initiative process as collateral damage while they dodged the issue.

Posted by: cthulhu at June 26, 2013 08:18 PM (T1005)

598 Following up on my trolling of the Esquire politics blog. Humor is completely shutting out the libtards there. It's a rout.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 08:18 PM (+iA5G)

599 And I hate this laptop with Vista on it.

Up the memory.  Most of the Vista preloaded machines were light on memory and suffered horribly because of it.  Turning off all the UI eye candy will improve performance a lot too.  Also experiment with display color depth.  Some drivers may be dramatically faster using 16 bit color rather than 24 or 32.

32 is usually a waste unless the only choices are 16 and 32.  The human eye can't resolve 32 bits worth of colors.  It can resolve slightly more than 16 bits worth, but less than 24.  You'll notice a bit of color banding in some videos at 16 bit depth, but its not usually objectionable

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at June 26, 2013 08:18 PM (/gHaE)

600 G'night, Vendette. Haven't talked to you since Memorial day - thank you again for that very kind gesture. I haven't and won't forget it.

Posted by: shredded chi at June 26, 2013 08:19 PM (RfLFX)

601 That sort of driving isn't legal in New Jersey, for your own protection. Your fellow drivers would explode in rage, otherwise, and probably try to kill you. Here you would be, thinking you were engaged in an innocent little driving experiment, and here the rest of them would be, taking it very personally and thinking you were deliberately trying to make them more insane than they already are. We can't have that retribution shit on public roads and hence its not legal to drive sanely in New Jersey.

Posted by: MTF at June 26, 2013 08:19 PM (dfp3p)

602 Kinda like Fallout 3. That game shows DC as it is, a festering ruin populated by evil mutants.

Posted by: Libtardo at June 26, 2013 08:19 PM (FMsYN)

603 CANDY is delicious FOOD Enjoy some EVERY DAY heh decode THAT spy guys! Evening, hi, hello, but, good night, just passing by, don't mind me.

Posted by: mindful webworker, your servant at June 26, 2013 08:20 PM (YLiN/)

604 Just think about what the mellenials will complain about when they get old and grumpy... Posted by: The Political Hat at June 27, 2013 12:18 AM (Vk2pI) Same things, at this rate they'll be old and grumpy in a few years.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at June 26, 2013 08:20 PM (yoh1c)

605 which is why I'm lookin' to leave. But this clusterfuck was going along just fine until a Federal judge interjected himself....and now there's nobody who can set things right? Since when do Federal judges serve as enablers of state irresponsibility?

Nobody wants to leave this festering shithole more than I do, cthulhu . . . the Supremes are not about administering the Constitution anymore, they are about fostering the meme.  My fondest wish is a little cottage at the end of a long dirt road in a land that time has forgotten, just me and fluffy and teh kittehs.  Common cause, buddy, we gots it.  God bless us, every one.

Posted by: Peaches at June 26, 2013 08:21 PM (8lmkt)

606 I'm disgusted with the entire country, but I'm not giving up.  Goin to bed, tired and buzzed.

Posted by: Infidel at June 26, 2013 08:21 PM (SkhKv)

607 To tell the absolute truth, I'd rather SCOTUS had ruled against Prop 8 outright, instead of eviscerating the initiative process as collateral damage while they dodged the issue. Posted by: cthulhu at June 27, 2013 12:18 AM (T1005) A final though before hitting the sack: I'd go further that cthulhu and say that I'd prefer that the U.S.l just be dissolved and the Proggies set-up their North American Union or whateveer pan-cultural hell they plan to, rather than denegrate the U.S. But I guess they are just to cruel and mean spirited for that. Bastards.

Posted by: The Political Hat at June 26, 2013 08:22 PM (Vk2pI)

608 The snowball is rolling down the mountain. I just happened to have been able to watch the live stream of the latter part of that blob's testimony today. Makes me even more aware of what we're up against. I don't think the founding fathers, even with their wisdom, could have seen such a situation.

Posted by: Kalneva at June 26, 2013 08:22 PM (XyrkB)

609 Yeah the Millenials are all happy about today's decisions along with the Texas abortion thing.  Wait until they get unemployed as the amnestied illegals take over...  you want an angry underclass  they will be it.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 26, 2013 08:22 PM (Hgwa5)

610 I do feel a LITTLE sorry for Rachel Jeantel though, as she does not realize how she appears, and she is young. The prosecution must realize that besides her lies, her personality will rub off on Saint Trayvon, and they probably aren't happy. I do expect the media will go mad over the mean white lawyer picking on the poor black teenaged girl, though, so she is dangerous for both sides.

Posted by: Baldy at June 26, 2013 08:22 PM (tyDFN)

611 This country has been a defacto post-Constitutional oligarchy for a while now.

The elections are only for show.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at June 26, 2013 08:23 PM (/gHaE)

612 Oh yeah, GnuBreed. Now that the gender component of matrimony has been rendered arbitrary, there's no basis whatsoever to defend the number of spouses. Count is just as arbitrary as gender. A religious basis actually exists in the case of number whereas we had none with gender. Mormons and Muslims are famous polygamous. Our restriction against number is actually in greater conflict with our Constitution than our gender restriction was. There's a religious freedom element that argues against our restriction on number. Polyamory is coming, and fast.

Posted by: Cowboy at June 26, 2013 08:23 PM (FMrA0)

613
Three young scientists [and an intelligent friggin chimp] travel around the country in the 25th century after the world has been ravaged by pollution. In their hi-tech RV (called Ark II), they study the land and help out those in need.

My life long dream, really.

Posted by: soothsayer at June 26, 2013 08:23 PM (LPRBM)

614 608
ARK II
Well done.
What gave it away, the chimp or the RV?
Posted by: soothsayer at June 27, 2013 12:22 AM (1WM2H)
I have to admit never having seen it. I did a BING search on "intelligent chimpanzee" and one of the links went to a page describing it.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 26, 2013 08:24 PM (kVfSG)

615
I'd go further that cthulhu and say that I'd prefer that the U.S.l just be dissolved and the Proggies set-up their North American Union or whateveer pan-cultural hell they plan to, rather than denegrate the U.S.

But I guess they are just to cruel and mean spirited for that.

Bastards.

Posted by: The Political Hat at June 27, 2013 12:22 AM (Vk2pI)

 

Come on, you know any name they come up with would begin "The People's Republic of"

Posted by: buzzion at June 26, 2013 08:24 PM (LI48c)

616 ...My fondest wish is a little cottage at the end of a long dirt road in a land that time has forgotten, just me and fluffy and teh kittehs....

---

That is some sweet music.....

Posted by: Craig Poe at June 26, 2013 08:24 PM (BVkEs)

617 G'night, Vendette. Haven't talked to you since Memorial day - thank you again for that very kind gesture. I haven't and won't forget it. Posted by: shredded chi at June 27, 2013 12:19 AM (RfLFX) I didn't even make it there! But I assure you that when I have the chance I will be pestering you for details.

Posted by: Vendette at June 26, 2013 08:25 PM (iXuYG)

618 603 Kinda like Fallout 3. That game shows DC as it is, a festering ruin populated by evil mutants. Posted by: Libtardo at June 27, 2013 12:19 AM (FMsYN) --I passed around a memegenerator pic that read "Fallout 4 Screenshot? Nope, just Detroit"

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 08:25 PM (+iA5G)

619 Thanks Purp.  I've deleted tons of stuff.  The mechanical is starting to fall apart.  Shift key came off, had a problem with cap lock.  It's my backup.

Posted by: Infidel at June 26, 2013 08:25 PM (SkhKv)

620 614
Three young scientists [and an intelligent friggin chimp] travel around the country in the 25th century
after the world has been ravaged by pollution. In their hi-tech RV
(called Ark II), they study the land and help out those in need.

My life long dream, really.

Posted by: soothsayer at June 27, 2013 12:23 AM (LPRBM)

 

Of course it is.  And obviously you'd be bunking with the chimp.

Posted by: buzzion at June 26, 2013 08:25 PM (LI48c)

621 Same things, at this rate they'll be old and grumpy in a few years.

I turn 30 on Monday, and I feel old and grumpy and disgusted with everything now.

At this point, I'm just happy that no one on my Facebook (including the usual libtard suspects) said anything about SCOTUS and talked almost exclusively about Aaron Hernandez.

Posted by: Armando at June 26, 2013 08:25 PM (IDypm)

622 To tell the absolute truth, I'd rather SCOTUS had ruled against Prop 8 outright, instead of eviscerating the initiative process as collateral damage while they dodged the issue. Posted by: cthulhu at June 27, 2013 12:18 AM (T1005) What the left did to black males, is what they want to do to the rest of us (excepting the select elites who will meritocratically raised from serfdom). Funny think about Western cultures is that they tend to be tolerant and willing to put up with quite a lot... until they reach their limit and go bat-s**t genocidally cuckoo for co-co-puffs... This will not end well. Really am heading off to bead after this...

Posted by: The Political Hat at June 26, 2013 08:26 PM (Vk2pI)

623 Hello, horde. Long, long day at work getting ready for the big rollout of the new station. During the airshift today, I got four calls from the same person a song from Taylor Dayne (C-list 80s/90s singer). Each time I told him I didn't have it. So he sent a half-dozen emails asking for the same song. Then he called to complain that he didn't like that I wasn't playing the longer version of some other song. With that and all the DOMA business (including two friends on Facebook questioning the position of my eternal soul), well, it's been a 6 on the Crap Scale of 1 to 5. Anyone have any good news? (Of course I didn't read the comments before asking that. I don't have all night.)

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at June 26, 2013 08:27 PM (5J54Q)

624 Lol, nice one!

Posted by: Libtardo at June 26, 2013 08:27 PM (ac/8R)

625 Hah, now I understand what puzzled me about the Mormon's sudden switcheroo on gay boy scouts. That move took me by complete surprise. It shouldn't have. Gay rights are a vehicle for acceptance of polygamy. Of course, how stupid I was not to make this connection before!

Posted by: Cowboy at June 26, 2013 08:28 PM (FMrA0)

626

evening folks.

bad driving? no comment. 

and the advert..."Candy is a delicious food, enjoy some everyday"...ha.

Posted by: rich@gmu at June 26, 2013 08:29 PM (ga+7c)

627 609 The snowball is rolling down the mountain.

I just happened to have been able to watch the live stream of the latter part of that blob's testimony today. Makes me even more aware of what we're up against. I don't think the founding fathers, even with their wisdom, could have seen such a situation.

Posted by: Kalneva at June 27, 2013 12:22 AM (XyrkB)


===


Of course they did.  That is why they were so careful about those allowed to vote.

Posted by: jc at June 26, 2013 08:29 PM (PlzOe)

628 Anyone have any good news? (Of course I didn't read the comments before asking that. I don't have all night.)

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at June 27, 2013 12:27 AM (5J54Q)

 

Well I did find out today that I am going to get an offer for a permanent position from the company I'm currently temping for.

Posted by: buzzion at June 26, 2013 08:29 PM (LI48c)

629 Buzzion, That's great! Hope it's a good offer.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at June 26, 2013 08:30 PM (5J54Q)

630 Posted by: shredded chi at June 27, 2013 12:19 AM (RfLFX) Send me an email at linseyziq at yahoo with the info an I promise to make it there for the 4th.

Posted by: Vendette at June 26, 2013 08:30 PM (iXuYG)

631

Anyone have any good news? (Of course I didn't read the comments before asking that. I don't have all night.)

 

My boss and I have been trying to mend our 8 year relationship that has fallen apart.  So far so good.  We both need this job in the outlying office with just two of us.

Posted by: Infidel at June 26, 2013 08:31 PM (SkhKv)

632 611 I do feel a LITTLE sorry for Rachel Jeantel though, as she does not realize how she appears, and she is young. The prosecution must realize that besides her lies, her personality will rub off on Saint Trayvon, and they probably aren't happy. I do expect the media will go mad over the mean white lawyer picking on the poor black teenaged girl, though, so she is dangerous for both sides. Posted by: Baldy at June 27, 2013 12:22 AM (tyDFN) That's part of the problem. I hope those jurors are level headed. I will freak the fuck out if they find him guilty. Even more than the Chrysler bond thing, which has been my worst thing so far. Oh, wait.

Posted by: Kalneva at June 26, 2013 08:31 PM (XyrkB)

633 Really am heading off to bead after this...

Posted by: The Political Hat at June 27, 2013 12:26 AM (Vk2pI)



====


Really?  Will Lizzie Warren be beading with you?

Posted by: jc at June 26, 2013 08:31 PM (PlzOe)

634 Well I did find out today that I am going to get an offer for a permanent position from the company I'm currently temping for.

---

Good luck. Just remember to wear pants.

Posted by: Craig Poe at June 26, 2013 08:32 PM (BVkEs)

635
Oh no, the chimp dies of a mysterious accident on day one.

Posted by: soothsayer at June 26, 2013 08:32 PM (8dspl)

636 I have an RV. It's a bit older, but not that old so not all that high tech which might be a plus? Could do without the chimp though. Now, who had the land/ hold out/ refuge/ fortress?

Posted by: lindafell at June 26, 2013 08:32 PM (PGO8C)

637 Long, long day at work getting ready for the big rollout of the new station. During the airshift today, I got four calls from the same person a song from Taylor Dayne (C-list 80s/90s singer). Each time I told him I didn't have it. So he sent a half-dozen emails asking for the same song. Then he called to complain that he didn't like that I wasn't playing the longer version of some other song.

With that and all the DOMA business (including two friends on Facebook questioning the position of my eternal soul), well, it's been a 6 on the Crap Scale of 1 to 5.

Anyone have any good news? (Of course I didn't read the comments before asking that. I don't have all night.)

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at June 27, 2013 12:27 AM (5J54Q)


Tell your caller that Barack Obama sent the IRS to confiscate all copies of the Taylor Dane record.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2013 08:33 PM (fNpC1)

638 Shift key came off, had a problem with cap lock.

Get one of them $10 GearHead USB keyboards at Big Lots.  They got a GearHead USB mouse for $5 that feels pretty good too.

I'm using that setup on this Toshiba laptop to cut down wear and tear on the stock shit.  A real keyboard, and mouse, even a crappy ones, are a vast improvement over any laptop keyboard and glide mouse.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at June 26, 2013 08:34 PM (/gHaE)

639 Posted by: jc at June 27, 2013 12:29 AM (PlzOe) You're right. Duh on me.

Posted by: Kalneva at June 26, 2013 08:34 PM (XyrkB)

640 Well I did find out today that I am going to get an offer for a permanent position from the company I'm currently temping for.

Posted by: buzzion at June 27, 2013 12:29 AM (LI48c)

Great news. Congratulations.

Posted by: rich@gmu at June 26, 2013 08:35 PM (ga+7c)

641 382 quick poll of the morons do you have a gun? 4 centerfire rifles, 1 rimfire rifle, 1 air rifle, 2 handguns, 1 shotgun, and a katana. 99 year blues. Bring me my pistol and 3 rounds more, I'm gonna shoot everybody I don't like at all. Got a 38 special on 45 frame how can I miss when I got dead aim.

Posted by: angel with a sword at June 26, 2013 08:35 PM (sYNwJ)

642 Anyone have any good news? (Of course I didn't read the comments before asking that. I don't have all night.)

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at June 27, 2013 12:27 AM (5J54Q)

Only that there's some common cause here, buddy.  You're gonna rock the house with your rollout.  I just know it.  Big hug.

Posted by: Peaches at June 26, 2013 08:35 PM (8lmkt)

643 Hello, horde. How is everyone tonight?

Posted by: Lauren at June 26, 2013 08:35 PM (wsGWu)

644 609 The snowball is rolling down the mountain. Posted by: Kalneva at June 27, 2013 12:22 AM (XyrkB)
It's a ball of something. I'm just not sure it's snow.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 26, 2013 08:35 PM (kVfSG)

645 Hola ya morons.  Wadda day.

Posted by: zeera at June 26, 2013 08:36 PM (3dXwx)

646 Congrats, buzzion! Damn, out of ingredients for Kir. Time to revert to rum and coke.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 08:36 PM (+iA5G)

647 Could do without the chimp though. Now, who had the land/ hold out/ refuge/ fortress?

Posted by: lindafell at June 27, 2013 12:32 AM (PGO8C)


Chimp, the other white meat.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2013 08:36 PM (fNpC1)

648 Posted by: angel with a sword at June 27, 2013 12:35 AM (sYNwJ)

I've told you how much I love you, right?  Me and fluffy will always have your back . . . xoxo

Posted by: Peaches at June 26, 2013 08:36 PM (8lmkt)

649 Captain Whitebread, could have told the caller to go to YouTube to find it.

http://youtu.be/1rPOg6VnzV8

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 26, 2013 08:36 PM (Hgwa5)

650 Hail, Lauren!

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 08:37 PM (+iA5G)

651 633 Posted by: Kalneva at June 27, 2013 12:31 AM (XyrkB) -------- Yes. It would be a tragedy if he is convicted. It is very unfair the treatment he has received from the media, the POTUS etc... It will be awful if he is convicted... Well, good night.

Posted by: Baldy at June 26, 2013 08:37 PM (tyDFN)

652 Hi also, zeera! [bolts to fix drink]

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 08:37 PM (+iA5G)

653 Infidel - I have done the same thing yesterday, today, and will tomorrow and beyond.  FWIW - If nothing more, we've voice our opinion.  From what I've read today this is having an impact on local offices.

We can't stand down.  Ever. Never.

Posted by: Cheri at June 26, 2013 08:37 PM (EAgmr)

654 Vendette: they say that It's the thought that counts, right? Seriously - mom, both sisters and i were touched by your offer and effort. Actually, Friday is the anniversary of that horrible day... Still trying to make arrangements to get up there by then, but i doubt that will happen. Sucks to be poor.

Posted by: shredded chi at June 26, 2013 08:37 PM (RfLFX)

655 Some years ago, I tried to have a serious discussion with Gabe at a moron meetup regarding gay marriage.  Since there was a lot of noise and drinking, I'm not sure either of us communicated all that well, but -- being fellow morons and all -- we were both amiable and could "agree to disagree".



My perspective, in the Reader's Digest version, was that traditional marriage wasn't working out all that well on its own -- so maybe we should concentrate on fixing it before shoving more people into a condemned building. My perspective on this is living in a community property state with my BH for over two decades.



But, as usual, Karl has a superior rant about it -- http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=222217 [as an aside, Karl and I are almost exactly the same age].

Posted by: cthulhu at June 26, 2013 08:38 PM (T1005)

656 642 382 quick poll of the morons do you have a gun? " No. I want to get one, but I've never even held a gun so I want to get comfortable with them first. A local gun shop offers intro classes, so I am just waiting til my baby can be without me for 8 straight hours. My brother in law owns agun shop, but he's in Kansas, so not much help right now."

Posted by: Lauren at June 26, 2013 08:38 PM (wsGWu)

657 I wanna go to the cottage! Galt cottage, I'm there. Not too many skills, but my husband has some, and I'll make him come with me. I can cook, and do accounting. That's pretty much it.

Posted by: Kalneva at June 26, 2013 08:39 PM (XyrkB)

658 maybe we should concentrate on fixing it before shoving more people into a condemned building

They're not being shoved, they're eager to get one of them 5th floor walk-up cold water flats with all the windows busted out and no heat.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at June 26, 2013 08:41 PM (/gHaE)

659 quick poll of the morons do you have a gun? "

new ruger sp101, still a virgin, haven't had time to work her out.  she's sweet, though, just a beautiful, gorgeous thing.

Posted by: Peaches at June 26, 2013 08:41 PM (8lmkt)

660 658 I wanna go to the cottage! Galt cottage, I'm there. Not too many skills, but my husband has some, and I'll make him come with me. I can cook, and do accounting. That's pretty much it. Posted by: Kalneva at June 27, 2013 12:39 AM (XyrkB) --Cooking is good. I'm mostly a baker, because baking's more passive than cooking. The wifey is a great cook, though. Morons with babehs can count on her, too.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 08:42 PM (+iA5G)

661 314 Anyone want to enter for a chance to travel to San Diego Comic-Con or maybe win a PS4?? 
http://www.amazon.com/gp/socialmedia/promotions/vg-piratesandplunder?fun

Hrmph, not working for me.   

You planning to go to the SDCC, AP?  

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at June 26, 2013 08:42 PM (/g8rp)

662 Oh wow, magic number so soon. 

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at June 26, 2013 08:43 PM (/g8rp)

663 Republicans are bigots and losers.

Posted by: LOL at June 26, 2013 08:44 PM (Nr1HN)

664 Lauren, I found out by a casual comment today that many of the protestors at the TX capital last night were teachers, it being summer and all. I thought that was interesting.

Posted by: lindafell at June 26, 2013 08:45 PM (PGO8C)

665 I got a bit manic today on Facebook and pissed off some friends from college. Im just done caring. Seeing those twats #standwithwendy to defend ripping the limbs off full term babies was the last straw. Bring on SMOD.

Posted by: Lauren at June 26, 2013 08:45 PM (wsGWu)

666 We used to have lots of guns, before they were stolen by nefarious marauders. Ah well. I'm sure they won't have any wrong- doing in their future, being as how they are getting amnesty, and will be voting all republican and shit.

Posted by: Kalneva at June 26, 2013 08:45 PM (XyrkB)

667 I dunno Fi.  Still debating entering.  What can I lose? Not much, just more spam in email I guess.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 26, 2013 08:45 PM (Hgwa5)

668 Peaches, We all need somebody to watch our back. I'm so glad my dearly departed daddy taught me to shoot starting at age 6, and my momma - bless her soul - was an even better shot than daddy. She kept a 44-40 single action in a draw in the kitchen. She could shoot a rabbit in the eye with a 22 at 50 yards.

Posted by: angel with a sword at June 26, 2013 08:45 PM (sYNwJ)

669 629 Anyone have any good news? (Of course I didn't read the comments before asking that. I don't have all night.)  Posted by: Captain Whitebread at June 27, 2013 12:27 AM (5J54Q) Actually, yes. Not that anyone here cares, but my girls' son (whom i've called MY son for better than two years) has started calling me "dad" instead of Chi out of nowhere. Guess it wasn't out of nowhere, now that i think about it.

Posted by: shredded chi at June 26, 2013 08:47 PM (RfLFX)

670 Hey amigos, where all the Republican voter registration cards?

Posted by: 12 Million Natural Conservatives at June 26, 2013 08:47 PM (8gEgY)

671 That doesn't surprise me in the least, lindafell. I've noticed teachers are often the most rabid pro aborts. Strange given their occupation, but the connection is truly lost on them.

Posted by: Lauren at June 26, 2013 08:47 PM (wsGWu)

672 662 314 Anyone want to enter for a chance to travel to San Diego Comic-Con or maybe win a PS4??
http://www.amazon.com/gp/socialmedia/promotions/vg-piratesandplunder?fun

Hrmph, not working for me.

You planning to go to the SDCC, AP?

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at June 27, 2013 12:42 AM (/g8rp)

 

Heh.  The thing I notice is that its for Assassins Creed IV.  And it looks like Connor the Indian is out.  Not surprising since he sucked as a character lacking even the personality of Altair which was almost nonexistent.  Ezio was able to sustain 3 games.

Posted by: buzzion at June 26, 2013 08:47 PM (LI48c)

673 659 maybe we should concentrate on fixing it before shoving more people into a condemned building

They're not being shoved, they're eager to get one of them 5th floor walk-up cold water flats with all the windows busted out and no heat.

Posted by: Purp at June 27, 2013 12:41 AM (/gHaE)



And a messed-up foundation over a sinkhole that occasionally drops a random corner by a foot.



Seriously, just to take one aspect -- if you both manage people, and one of you is sued by an employee over some trumped-up HR BS, not being married can firewall half your assets from the fiasco, where being married puts you both 100% at risk of ruin. And, BTW, you get to pay the IRS extra every year for the privilege!

Posted by: cthulhu at June 26, 2013 08:47 PM (T1005)

674 I used to talk about stuff like shooting online a lot, now not so much, especially specifics. I forget sometimes, sometimes not. They're succeeding at making things incredibly hostile, I really hate that.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at June 26, 2013 08:47 PM (yoh1c)

675 Logprof, yeah, I forgot about my mad baby skillz. Been a very long time, and no grandchildren, yet. So I can totally be of use to the Galt cottage.

Posted by: Kalneva at June 26, 2013 08:48 PM (XyrkB)

676 Not that anyone here cares, but my girls' son (whom i've called MY son for better than two years) has started calling me "dad" instead of Chi out of nowhere.

That is very sweet and you are a lucky man.  When you count your blessings, you will have another, and one that counts for a lot. 

Posted by: Peaches at June 26, 2013 08:49 PM (8lmkt)

677 666 I got a bit manic today on Facebook and pissed off some friends from college. Im just done caring. Seeing those twats #standwithwendy to defend ripping the limbs off full term babies was the last straw. Bring on SMOD. Posted by: Lauren at June 27, 2013 12:45 AM (wsGWu) --I can get that some crisis pregnancy mothers are in a tough place (although by 20 weeks on they should have more a grip on the situation than months before), but the idea that legislators easing the way for them to cut and run are warrior women of great courage is ridiculous.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 08:50 PM (+iA5G)

678 Lauren, Are you in Austin?

Posted by: lindafell at June 26, 2013 08:51 PM (PGO8C)

679 Posted by: cthulhu at June 27, 2013 12:47 AM (T1005)


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yeah, but there is a nasty death tax angle that can go the other direction depending on which law is what at the particular moment.

Posted by: jc at June 26, 2013 08:51 PM (PlzOe)

680 Yep, are you Lindafell?

Posted by: Lauren at June 26, 2013 08:52 PM (wsGWu)

681 676 Logprof, yeah, I forgot about my mad baby skillz. Been a very long time, and no grandchildren, yet. So I can totally be of use to the Galt cottage. Posted by: Kalneva at June 27, 2013 12:48 AM (XyrkB) --Very underappreciated. Moron(ette)s good with babehs free up a lot of time for those of us not so skilled.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 08:52 PM (+iA5G)

682 411 it's gorgeous. Come on down. Vendette: hi! It's dry here. We are staying at my parents' in Barons. Boring as hell.

Posted by: Gingy at June 26, 2013 08:53 PM (NYEU2)

683 Well, I guess I just scored some brownie points with you all. I think I just lost a lefty friend on FB and Twitter. He's a prominent latino columnnist (some of you might recognize the name) who works for Village Voice Media, the purveyors of the notorious Backpage.com.

Anyway, he announced he's doing a meeting highlighting victims of Catholic Church sexual abuse tomorrow night. I admit I finally lost it... it seems like lately he's been on a crusade to lose all of his moderate-to-conservative readers and friends. I responded, "is that all you think the RCC should be judged by?" followed by my belief that while the church has lots to atone for, it's got a long and quite varied history.

Well, his response? It couldn't have been been any more boilerplate than if you guys wrote it. He responded "yeah, and Hitler started up Volkswagen too!!"

So I left a few nasty comments, he left one, and now I can't read it. Guess he blocked me. Asked him about it on Twitter. Anyway, your "there-there-you-don't-need-liberal-asswads-for-friends" -type sympathies are welcome. Sigh...

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 26, 2013 08:53 PM (7B7jB)

684 Lost mine in a river accident.  Damn rafts.

Posted by: Infidel at June 26, 2013 08:54 PM (SkhKv)

685 Does that mean that Hitler is to Volkswagen as Obama is to GM?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at June 26, 2013 08:55 PM (kVfSG)

686 I got blocked by a friend today too, qdpsteve. The country is about to collapse. We're just too far apart ideologically.

Posted by: Lauren at June 26, 2013 08:55 PM (wsGWu)

687 He's a prominent latino columnnist I read this as latino communist.

Posted by: Waterhouse at June 26, 2013 08:55 PM (1y5hk)

688 Anyway, he announced he's doing a meeting highlighting victims of Catholic Church sexual abuse tomorrow night. I admit I finally lost it... it seems like lately he's been on a crusade to lose all of his moderate-to-conservative readers and friends. I responded, "is that all you think the RCC should be judged by?" followed by my belief that while the church has lots to atone for, it's got a long and quite varied history. Well, his response? It couldn't have been been any more boilerplate than if you guys wrote it. He responded "yeah, and Hitler started up Volkswagen too!!" So I left a few nasty comments, he left one, and now I can't read it. Guess he blocked me. Asked him about it on Twitter. Anyway, your "there-there-you-don't-need-liberal-asswads-for-friends" -type sympathies are welcome. Sigh... Posted by: qdpsteve at June 27, 2013 12:53 AM (7B7jB) --Yeah, a leftoid FB friend posted about Priests for Life calling out Nancy Lugosi and said "Priests for Life . . . get a ife!" or something zingy like that. One of her libtard friends said that Bela Pelosi should renounce her faith only on the condition that the church open up about ephebophile buttsecks, etc. Pretty sad and petty, as if abortion is only horrific because the Catholic Church says so.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 08:57 PM (+iA5G)

689 680 Posted by: cthulhu at June 27, 2013 12:47 AM (T1005)


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yeah, but there is a nasty death tax angle that can go the other direction depending on which law is what at the particular moment.

Posted by: jc at June 27, 2013 12:51 AM (PlzOe)



One of the interesting bits is that the Feds can roll back a gift "in anticipation of death" meant to avoid death tax, but (so far as I know) not roll back a marriage. So if I ever get terminal cancer, I'll have to investigate whether it's time to tie the knot.

Posted by: cthulhu at June 26, 2013 08:57 PM (T1005)

690 Honestly though, I think the big problem is that America is just way too big. Someone in rural montana has almost nothing in common with someone in LA. Regional divisions need to happen.Honestly

Posted by: Lauren at June 26, 2013 08:58 PM (wsGWu)

691 Posted by: qdpsteve at June 27, 2013 12:53 AM (7B7jB)


===

It is actually impossible to lose a friend that way.  What you lost was never a friend in the first place.  Most likely, it was something else that conducted a masquerade in your direction while it seemed convenient on their end.  If it had not been now, it would have been later -- if it had not been about this issue, it would have been about another.


It matters not, the only thing you have lost is an illusion you did not need anyway.

Posted by: jc at June 26, 2013 08:58 PM (PlzOe)

692 As I understand it, the AceOfSpades Brownie Point and Stamp Purchasing System works as follows:

- Posting here regularly: 3 points
- Posting here nightly: 3 points
- Arguing with lefties via email or FB: 10-20 points depending on vitriol levels
- Arguing with lefties you're related to: 20-50 points depending on level of closeness
- Driving gas-guzzling car: 100 points
- Driving gas-guzzling car to work at a liberal-majority workplace: 200 points
- Driving gas-guzzling car with anti-Obama stickers: 200-300 points
- Having extra stickers to affix to Priuses: 400 points each (600 if caught)
- Having power to fire liberal workers, and doing so: 1000 points
- Owning company, having unofficial "never-hire" liberals policy: 2000 points

..and so on.

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 26, 2013 08:58 PM (7B7jB)

693 Those who seized the Wisconsin statehouse were teachers, too. Unions establish an adversarial climate and instill a culture of grievance that can often be easily radicalized. These statehouse actions are some of the fruits of it. Unions are never good. Never, ever good. Often people say, "Once there was a place and a time when unions did some good", or alternately, "Kids would be working 10 hour days 6 days a week along side you if not for unions" and the like. Hogwash. Whatever social progress unions claim today is not a result of union culture. Those changes occurred naturally, leveraged not on union culture but on a Christian ethic societally held, as our nation moved into the new ground of the industrial era. Unions were always, and remain today, a curse.

Posted by: Cowboy at June 26, 2013 08:58 PM (FMrA0)

694 I accepted the dayshift job; gonna miss the weeknight ONT regulars...  but getting to sleep with the Mrs makes up for it

Posted by: zeera at June 26, 2013 08:58 PM (3dXwx)

695 Most of them priests weren't molesting little girls...

...just saying. 

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at June 26, 2013 08:59 PM (/gHaE)

696 I am too. Let me know when ur ready to go shoot. I'm always trying to find someone who will go with me. Maybe when it cools down in the fall. There is semi private outdoor range south I want to try out.

Posted by: lindafell at June 26, 2013 09:00 PM (PGO8C)

697

Avoided Facebook all day due to the SC ruling. Finally checked it at happy hour, then commented, got flamed and/or "un-friended" by at least a handful of ppl. None will be missed, they were acquaintances anyhow.

I agree the divisions keep getting deeper, I've noticed a lot of old friends that used to like to hash out politics just have blank faced look if something controversial comes up in a conversation. Alinsky seems to be winning....

 

Posted by: BunkerinTheBurbs at June 26, 2013 09:00 PM (0tHG6)

698 691 Honestly though, I think the big problem is that America is just way too big. Someone in rural montana has almost nothing in common with someone in LA. Regional divisions need to happen.Honestly     At one point, regional divisions would be allowed to happen. 
But  that's not longer the case.  See the two gay guys in San Francisco just can't properly celebrate their butt fucking eachother  everyday knowing that some guy on a farm in Montana can ignore their fake marriage.  The government  must do something about this right away.

Posted by: buzzion at June 26, 2013 09:01 PM (LI48c)

699 And yet crickets on the molestation of children by teachers which happens far more often. How bout thi

Posted by: Lauren at June 26, 2013 09:01 PM (wsGWu)

700 Well Purp neither was that smarmy pedarist from the BBC...  but no one talks about his crimes in the media.  It was like one energized photon striking a scintillometer, a brief flash and thence gone.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 26, 2013 09:02 PM (Hgwa5)

701 - Having power to fire liberal workers, and doing so: 1000 points - Owning company, having unofficial "never-hire" liberals policy: 2000 points ..and so on. Posted by: qdpsteve at June 27, 2013 12:58 AM (7B7jB) --I'd love to see someone here collect *those* points.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 09:02 PM (+iA5G)

702 La Infidel, The NSA-FBI-ATF-DHS goons already know you are armed and thus dangerous. There is no point in denying the truth. In fact there is a benefit in that they will slowly begin to realize that when they pass the point of no return we will burn down their houses and shoot the flaming/coughing members of their families with an untraceable 22. Read Unintended Consequences. A million Henry Bowmans are a force to be feared. Think small aim small.

Posted by: angel with a sword at June 26, 2013 09:03 PM (sYNwJ)

703 Definitely, Lindafell! I need someone to show me the ropes!Definitely, Linda

Posted by: Lauren at June 26, 2013 09:03 PM (wsGWu)

704 Thanks for the stuff you've already sent me, folks. It is appreciated.

I admit I took the initiative and unfriended another lefty acquaintance on FB a few months ago. I lost it with him, rather than the other way around. He felt he had the right to order me never to eat at Chik-Fil-A again after the recent nastiness re Dan Cathy. Well, that was a bridge too far for me.

Him I have mixed feelings about. On one hand, he was very anti-religious in general. OTOH, he didn't feel Hugo Chavez's death was anything to be sorry about, has taken fellow lefties to task for their hypocrisy re Fidel Castro, is a gun owner who favors more gun regulation but apparently *not* confiscation, agreed the IRS and David Gregory are out of control, etc. He was at least unpredictable about a few things.

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 26, 2013 09:03 PM (7B7jB)

705 696 Most of them priests weren't molesting little girls...

...just saying.

Posted by: Purp at June 27, 2013 12:59 AM (/gHaE)

 

The number of priests molesting kids is at about the same rate as the population as a whole.  The bigger problem was the church covering it up and thinking moving the priest to a new location would fix the problem. 

Posted by: buzzion at June 26, 2013 09:04 PM (LI48c)

706 Grstupid phone

Posted by: Lauren at June 26, 2013 09:04 PM (wsGWu)

707 Happy Gays Are Queer Again......

(not meant in a perverted way)

Posted by: Craig Poe at June 26, 2013 09:05 PM (BVkEs)

708 Thanks, Peaches. Couldn't describe how fortunate i feel if you paid me... He (and his slightly big sis) saved my life. No need for details, but they are my only reason to keep struggling these days. At my age, i thought i missed the boat on the joys of having rugrats. Vendette - I'll try the email tomorrow. Thx.

Posted by: shredded chi at June 26, 2013 09:06 PM (RfLFX)

709 Since he brought up Hitler, point out that abortion enthusiasts have killed approximately 10 times more people than Hitler murdered in extermination camps. Or would that be unseemly?

Posted by: Waterhouse at June 26, 2013 09:06 PM (1y5hk)

710 #209 Hey! I got out of going to Vietnam doing that!

Posted by: Gregg Allman at June 26, 2013 09:07 PM (UqmvP)

711 644 Hello, horde. How is everyone tonight?

Posted by: Lauren at June 27, 2013 12:35 AM (wsGWu

****

work, coffee, and the ont (thanks Maet!)...not bad for a Thursday morning

Posted by: rich@gmu at June 26, 2013 09:07 PM (ga+7c)

712 694 Those who seized the Wisconsin statehouse were teachers, too. Unions establish an adversarial climate and instill a culture of grievance that can often be easily radicalized. These statehouse actions are some of the fruits of it. Unions are never good. Never, ever good. Often people say, "Once there was a place and a time when unions did some good", or alternately, "Kids would be working 10 hour days 6 days a week along side you if not for unions" and the like. Hogwash. Whatever social progress unions claim today is not a result of union culture. Those changes occurred naturally, leveraged not on union culture but on a Christian ethic societally held, as our nation moved into the new ground of the industrial era. Unions were always, and remain today, a curse. Posted by: Cowboy at June 27, 2013 12:58 AM (FMrA0) --That's essentially one example of how leftards co-opt their cultural inheritance and parasitize the culture they infest. I have a leftoid friend on FB who always raves about going back to visit NYC and yet (and this is also a failure perhaps on my part) fails to recognize that those concrete canyons were built by the very capitalist swine against which he rails.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 09:08 PM (+iA5G)

713 Goodnight. Gotta take the kids to VBC in the morning

Posted by: lindafell at June 26, 2013 09:08 PM (PGO8C)

714 An order of magnitude worse than Hitler. Eat your fucking playbook, you lefty fucks. Eat it.

Posted by: Waterhouse at June 26, 2013 09:09 PM (1y5hk)

715 Posted by: Cowboy at June 27, 2013 12:58 AM (FMrA0)



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Nope.  Too broad of a brush.  There are still non-governmental unions in the crafts that provide excellent training and instill a work ethic in their people.  Yes, they have union bullshit intertwined in their world and yes a lot of it matches your descriptions in some ways.  But, it is not 1000% bad as you have stated -- just 74.3% bad, and only 68.6% of the time.  Or, maybe I got those percentages backwards -- I'll have to look that up again.



Posted by: jc at June 26, 2013 09:10 PM (PlzOe)

716 I'm out but first I would like to share what (among so many things) took the "irks the living shit out of me" prize today.  It was listening to ghey marriage proponents equate this shitball issue with the time when blacks and whites (of opposite sexes, need I say) were legally prohibited from marrying.  I am so fuckin' sorry, but this is not the same and it just fries my ass to keep hearing this (imho) non-issue being equated with the civil rights movement.  srsly, makes me want to slap the shit out of somebody.

thanks for lettin' me vent and sweet dreams!!

Posted by: Peaches at June 26, 2013 09:10 PM (8lmkt)

717 Ark II. I recall it well. Restoring civilization in a modified Winnebago.

Posted by: epobirs at June 26, 2013 09:10 PM (kcfmt)

718 Yeah, it's official. The Latino communist-- er, columnist, unfriended me. His stuff isn't even showing up in my comment list anymore.

Hope I don't get into trouble with some of you for saying so, but thank God for Ruben Navarette. Yeah, he may be wrong sometimes, but at least he's an adult and behaves like one, even when you disagree with him and say so. I don't see him comparing anybody to Hitler either, ever.

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 26, 2013 09:11 PM (7B7jB)

719 you want an angry underclass they will be it. Which is exactly what they do want. Wind 'em up and point them at.....US.

Posted by: Weirddave at June 26, 2013 09:11 PM (NYEU2)

720 I try to read Bible verses to my kiddos before prayers at bedtime. Tonight I read them Christ's warning that if the world hates them, it hated Him first. My kids could not believe someone could hate Jesus.

Posted by: Jmel at June 26, 2013 09:12 PM (9tSXa)

721 Posted by: Peaches at June 27, 2013 01:10 AM (8lmkt)


Irks me as well.   Shallow similarities and they trumpet them as if that's proof of their equivalence.  

G'night!   Think I'll get going too ...

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at June 26, 2013 09:13 PM (/g8rp)

722 715 An order of magnitude worse than Hitler. Eat your fucking playbook, you lefty fucks. Eat it. Posted by: Waterhouse at June 27, 2013 01:09 AM (1y5hk) --Maybe, maybe not. the important point is that our Leftard Betters think we're guinea pigs and want to experiment with us, rather than let us muddle though organically to find the best way forward.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 09:13 PM (+iA5G)

723 #686

Say what you will about Hitler, he was honest about being a fascist.

Posted by: epobirs at June 26, 2013 09:14 PM (kcfmt)

724 721 I try to read Bible verses to my kiddos before prayers at bedtime. Tonight I read them Christ's warning that if the world hates them, it hated Him first. My kids could not believe someone could hate Jesus.

Posted by: Jmel at June 27, 2013 01:12 AM (9tSXa)


----


God bless you and your kiddos.

Posted by: Craig Poe at June 26, 2013 09:14 PM (BVkEs)

725 719 Yeah, it's official. The Latino communist-- er, columnist, unfriended me. His stuff isn't even showing up in my comment list anymore. Hope I don't get into trouble with some of you for saying so, but thank God for Ruben Navarette. Yeah, he may be wrong sometimes, but at least he's an adult and behaves like one, even when you disagree with him and say so. I don't see him comparing anybody to Hitler either, ever. Posted by: qdpsteve at June 27, 2013 01:11 AM (7B7jB) --Got a link to his page? I'm up for trolling him in the comments.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 09:14 PM (+iA5G)

726 logprof: Ruben Navarette is NOT the one who gave me a hard time earlier. In fact I've had some fantastic give-and-take with him at Facebook. Ruben is great IMHO.

The guy who I wouldn't mind you trolling up is Gustavo Arellano of "Ask A Mexican!" fame. I guess since he's unfriended me, he won't mind taking on some new conservative friends, especially since he loves to gloat and gloat about the "hilarious haters"...

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 26, 2013 09:16 PM (7B7jB)

727 Been playing any Neverwinter tonight Fi?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 26, 2013 09:16 PM (Hgwa5)

728 The thing that really gets me is how casual and jovial they are about killing their own children. There's no moral gravity. There's no sense of introspection. There's just women in vukvae costumes and margarita parties.

Posted by: Lauren at June 26, 2013 09:16 PM (wsGWu)

729 LMAO, somehow I'm already a "Top Commenter" at esquire.com. Or maybe it's just my FB account in general at all sites?

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 09:17 PM (+iA5G)

730 Irks us all, Peaches. Stop trying to argue with stupid and you'll be less stressed. I hope so, anyway. G'night.

Posted by: shredded chi at June 26, 2013 09:17 PM (RfLFX)

731 And of course, also: Gustavo likes calling Ruben a vendido for not wanting to burn down the USA and replace it with Aztlan.

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 26, 2013 09:17 PM (7B7jB)

732 Uh, vulva costumes rather.

Posted by: Lauren at June 26, 2013 09:18 PM (wsGWu)

733 G'night, peaches. Uggh. Tomorrow will be better?

Posted by: kalneva at June 26, 2013 09:18 PM (XyrkB)

734 The guy who I wouldn't mind you trolling up is Gustavo Arellano of "Ask A Mexican!" fame. I guess since he's unfriended me, he won't mind taking on some new conservative friends, especially since he loves to gloat and gloat about the "hilarious haters"... Posted by: qdpsteve at June 27, 2013 01:16 AM (7B7jB) --Oh, I'm game. Had a fun time trolling that c***-faced libtard and his Hamliners at esquire.com last night.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 09:18 PM (+iA5G)

735 Tell your caller that Barack Obama sent the IRS to confiscate all copies of the Taylor Dane record. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 27, 2013 12:33 AM (fNpC1) Heh.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at June 26, 2013 09:18 PM (5J54Q)

736 logprof: sounds good to me. Thanks. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 26, 2013 09:19 PM (7B7jB)

737 Damn fine job on troll ignoring.

Posted by: RWC at June 26, 2013 09:21 PM (8FeS+)

738 Posted by: Captain Whitebread at June 27, 2013 12:27 AM (5J54Q) Only that there's some common cause here, buddy. You're gonna rock the house with your rollout. I just know it. Big hug. Posted by: Peaches at June 27, 2013 12:35 AM (8lmkt) Aw, Peaches. Thanks. And thanks to all of you who shared your bits of good news. I would have responded more (and sooner) but I had more work to take care of...and now it's late. Thanks, everybody. See you on down the trail.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at June 26, 2013 09:21 PM (5J54Q)

739 "is a gun owner who favors more gun regulation but apparently *not* confiscation, agreed the IRS and David Gregory are out of control, etc. He was at least unpredictable about a few things." Oops, favoring more regulation does absolutely nothing when the Feds are busy bees running guns to the cartels. I'm going to guess this 'friend' favors registration and pretends to believe it will not result in forced confiscation. This person is either a running rabid dog lackey or an infiltrator or naivie 12 year old.

Posted by: angel with a sword at June 26, 2013 09:24 PM (sYNwJ)

740 Yeah, and I recall visiting Ask A Mexican before, but forgot why.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 09:25 PM (+iA5G)

741 And sometimes I just give two fingers to the world at large and listen to a 9th Symphony. Like Bruckner's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbrpvEZw-Jo Or some abortion candidate named Beethoven's: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xPuSzvCSQA Fuck you sick murdering amoral communist fucks. Fuck every last one of you.

Posted by: Waterhouse at June 26, 2013 09:26 PM (1y5hk)

742 angel with a sword: I'd guess the former, "rabid dog lackey." His most annoying trait is defending anything the Obama Admin does, and still complaining about W. If these tools would just *admit* their biases, it would make them so much more tolerable. Lord knows I admit mine. I lean right because I think it's the ri-- er, correct way to lean. If others lean the other way, I can live with that. But don't ever DEMAND I lean your way. Recommend your way, okay sure, but then listen to others who disagree.

"And that's the problem with kids today..." ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 26, 2013 09:28 PM (7B7jB)

743 727 Been playing any Neverwinter tonight Fi? 

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 27, 2013 01:16 AM (Hgwa5)

Did a dungeon run on the cleric an hour ago, but bed beckons ...

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at June 26, 2013 09:29 PM (/g8rp)

744 How can we force Bill Whittle to run for office? His Virtual President series is awesome.

Posted by: RWC at June 26, 2013 09:29 PM (8FeS+)

745 ...and I'm done. Just read an article bemoaning the cross being put on the pitchers mound for the St Louis Cardinals. This is a Very Serious Issue the fuckass sports writer assures us. What about the muslim pitchers?! Separation of church and state!!11! Go fuck yourself.

Posted by: Lauren at June 26, 2013 09:29 PM (wsGWu)

746 Eh, that blog is kinda lame. The sprinkling of Spanglishisms is a little too cute by half. The dude is fucking lame when it comes to the facts of Fast and Furious. Seriously, does he think we detest 0bama *only* because of that, or that conversely *only* blind hatred of 0bama is why FnF was reprehensible?

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 09:30 PM (+iA5G)

747 Yo Moroms

Posted by: fluffy, not a firearm at June 26, 2013 09:31 PM (z9HTb)

748 logprof: right. Gustavo's invented about 10,000 new ways to conjugate the word pendejo. Wish he would take just a little of that energy and put it toward listening to voices other than his usual favorite lefty ones.

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 26, 2013 09:31 PM (7B7jB)

749 I am not a Morom! Maybe a Morob.

Posted by: Waterhouse at June 26, 2013 09:32 PM (1y5hk)

750 Once again, and to all: thanks for the kind words about my FB argument tonight.

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 26, 2013 09:34 PM (7B7jB)

751 Let's try that again: Yo Morons & && &

Posted by: fluffy at June 26, 2013 09:35 PM (z9HTb)

752 Snowden

Think of it this way
He got paid more than most of us to screw us. He bailed on that.

Our so-called representatives get paid way more than most of us to PROTECT our liberty. They continue to screw us.

If you want to cry TREASON, start with the elected dirtbags.

Seriously. If Snowden is a traitor then start listing BY NAME the ones in office.

Otherwise, STFU.

Posted by: Wake TFU at June 26, 2013 09:35 PM (G0PfF)

753 741 And sometimes I just give two fingers to the world at large and listen to a 9th Symphony. Like Bruckner's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbrpvEZw-Jo Or some abortion candidate named Beethoven's: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xPuSzvCSQA Fuck you sick murdering amoral communist fucks. Fuck every last one of you. Posted by: Waterhouse at June 27, 2013 01:26 AM (1y5hk) --I nominate Dvorak's New World as well. Gorgeous. Relatively short, as well. http://youtu.be/ETNoPqYAIPI

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 09:38 PM (+iA5G)

754 I am also out.  Night all

May Murphy haunt and harass all those who think today's decisions on DOMA and Prop 8 were victories.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 26, 2013 09:38 PM (Hgwa5)

755 Is it just me, or does anyone else think Snowden basically "exposed" the NSA publicly as a way of justifying (to himself) his apparent selling of Costco-sized crates of secrets to China and Russia?

"Hey, I'm not such a bad guy. I exposed government hypocrisy in the USA!!" Hmmm...

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 26, 2013 09:38 PM (7B7jB)

756 I nominate Dvorak's New World as well. Yup, an excellent recommendation.

Posted by: Waterhouse at June 26, 2013 09:40 PM (1y5hk)

757 If you want to cry TREASON, start with the elected dirtbags.

Seriously. If Snowden is a traitor then start listing BY NAME the ones in office.

Otherwise, STFU.

Posted by: Wake TFU at June 27, 2013 01:35 AM (G0PfF)

Can you name an elected official who's intentionally divulged classified details of our surveillance of foreign countries?

Because that puts Snowden into a class of his own.

Posted by: Mætenloch at June 26, 2013 09:41 PM (XkotV)

758 qdpsteve, Here is a simple, easy test: Do you trust a government that distrusts you if you own a firearm (beyond the Biden double barrel shot gun)? Its a yes or no question. Do you trust a government that distrusts you for owning a semi-auto rifle? Its a yes or no question. Do you trust a government that distrusts you if you own firearms that are similar to firearms issued to police and military forces? Its a yes or no question. Think about these questions and examine you soul. Are you free or are you a willing member of the state controlled horde of zombies.

Posted by: angel with a sword at June 26, 2013 09:43 PM (sYNwJ)

759 Speaking of symphonies, about 20 years ago, I was told that Phillips (or at least the inventors of the CD) originally based the maximum playing time of a CD to approximate the length of Beethoven's 9th, which is indeed around the longest I've seen a CD run time (yes, I know CDR's are configured to hold exactly 80 minutes of music, just longer than almost every version of Beethoven's Ninth). Is this true, or urban legend?

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 09:44 PM (+iA5G)

760 **TOP FIVE LEAST GUARDED SECRETS SNOWDEN SOLD TO AMERICA'S ENEMIES**

5. The Fleetwood Mac that performed at the 2012 inaugural was actually just hologrammed in; all the members died in a horrible pot-cultivating accident years ago

4. Joe Biden's brain secretly switched with Bo the dog in top-secret experiment in 2010. Researchers still can't determine whether either brain was ever returned to its original owner however.

3. #1 on NSA Bloggers' Watch List for Possible Revolution Formulation: Ace of Spades HQ.

2. Sandra Fluke? Formerly a man.

1. Obama uses a sippy straw while savoring his nightly tumbler of Gentleman Jack.

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 26, 2013 09:44 PM (7B7jB)

761

Posted by: Wake TFU at June 27, 2013 01:35 AM (G0PfF)

 

The piece of the puzzle that most are missing is that ANY NSA wiretapping in bulk, in America, is Unconstitutional.

 

The Constitution does not differentiate between non citizens, and citizens, when it comes to Rights within America.... and in fact says what the Government may NOT do.

 

The Government cannot search, IN AMERICA (not just citizens), anything without a warrant saying who, what they are looking for, and what is to be searched.

 

Yet this is exactly what they are doing... and using an Unconstitutional Search on Foreigners on American soil, as an excuse to then search US Citizens.

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 26, 2013 09:44 PM (lZBBB)

762 750 Once again, and to all: thanks for the kind words about my FB argument tonight. Posted by: qdpsteve at June 27, 2013 01:34 AM (7B7jB) --You got it. Been there, done that --if not with as notable figures.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 09:45 PM (+iA5G)

763 angel: uh, good questions... ;-)

I admit, there's some models of S&W's M&P series I like.

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 26, 2013 09:45 PM (7B7jB)

764 But don't ever DEMAND I lean your way. Recommend your way, okay sure, but then listen to others who disagree.

"And that's the problem with kids today..." ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 27, 2013 01:28 AM (7B7jB)



====


Remember, your starting point is trying to have a rational conversation with people who are the voluntary descendents of the slavery party.  All you are to them is a potential slave.   All you will ever be to them is a potential slave.  And no, not all members of the slavery party are democrats -- a lot of them are "Republicans" and they sell us out at every opportunity.


Maybe you will get one to convert someday, but it is really doubtful.  Slavery is just too powerful of a drug for most people to walk away.


The whole purpose of the conversation from their end is to get you to submit, or to lord something over you.  Very few of them actually give a shit what you think, or why.

Posted by: jc at June 26, 2013 09:46 PM (PlzOe)

765 It seems that I went from Boys Life to R.Crumb in a heartbeat. The times they were a changing. (now, I would like to mumble into the microphone so that everyone in America watching the Zimmerman trial can have a "come on! spit it out!"  moment  or even a "how dumb are you really?!" moment) That's not racist, that's accurate. Let's see what kind of coaching she got overnight. Hopefully none, but I wouldn't trust her water buffalo body as far as I could toss it on my best day ever. Hernia!!

Posted by: and irresolute at June 26, 2013 09:46 PM (DBH1h)

766 756 I nominate Dvorak's New World as well. Yup, an excellent recommendation. Posted by: Waterhouse at June 27, 2013 01:40 AM (1y5hk) --The second movement is justifiably played over and over, but I never tire of it. It's also part of the Civ IV soundtrack.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 09:47 PM (+iA5G)

767 jc: hmmm, interesting angle.

Do you have a newsletter I can subscribe to? ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 26, 2013 09:47 PM (7B7jB)

768 Is this true, or urban legend? Kind of an urban legend. I thought I had a really good technical explanation bookmarked, but now can't find it. Fuckity.

Posted by: Waterhouse at June 26, 2013 09:47 PM (1y5hk)

769 Can you name an elected official who's intentionally divulged classified details of our surveillance of foreign countries?

Because that puts Snowden into a class of his own.

Posted by: Mætenloch at June 27, 2013 01:41 AM (XkotV)



===


My memory has faded.  Didn't the kremlin papers prove Teddy the drowner did exactly that?

Posted by: jc at June 26, 2013 09:49 PM (PlzOe)

770 1. Obama uses a sippy straw while savoring his nightly tumbler of Gentleman Jack. Posted by: qdpsteve at June 27, 2013 01:44 AM (7B7jB) --LMAO I doubt that pussy drinks Gentleman Jack on a regular basis, if he even has at all.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 09:49 PM (+iA5G)

771 logprof: really? I had heard Gentleman Jack was JD with the training wheels on.

Not that I'm one to talk. I like the Honey version.

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 26, 2013 09:51 PM (7B7jB)

772 >>> Can you name an elected official who's intentionally divulged classified details of our surveillance of foreign countries? I am reminded that Ted Kennedy offered his services to the KGB around 1983 or so. He didn't like Reagan's foreign policy.

Posted by: fluffy at June 26, 2013 09:51 PM (z9HTb)

773 My memory has faded. Didn't the kremlin papers prove Teddy the drowner did exactly that?

Posted by: jc at June 27, 2013 01:49 AM (PlzOe)

No - he offered to help present their views behind the scenes which is damning enough. But as best we can tell never actually followed through or divulged anything.

Posted by: Mætenloch at June 26, 2013 09:51 PM (XkotV)

774

Can you name an elected official who's intentionally divulged classified details of our surveillance of foreign countries?

 



Because that puts Snowden into a class of his own.



Posted by: Mætenloch at June 27, 2013 01:41 AM (XkotV)

 

Bill Clinton?  When he allowed a LOT of Satellite data to go to China?

 

Barrak Obama?  As we are using Chinese commercial sats right NOW to send military data?

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 26, 2013 09:51 PM (lZBBB)

775 771 logprof: really? I had heard Gentleman Jack was JD with the training wheels on. Not that I'm one to talk. I like the Honey version. Posted by: qdpsteve at June 27, 2013 01:51 AM (7B7jB) --Well, it is smooth. Still though, I picture President Momjeans sipping Cosmos, not any sort of whiskey neat.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 09:53 PM (+iA5G)

776 Can anyone imagine Barack and Michelle walking up to a bar?

Who in that relationship do you think can down the JC quick and neat, while the other one needs an umbrella and a maraschino cherry in their drink to make it complete?

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 26, 2013 09:53 PM (7B7jB)

777 Snowy the squirrel strikes again!

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at June 26, 2013 09:53 PM (yoh1c)

778 Listening to the New World by Dvorak now. Bliss.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 09:54 PM (+iA5G)

779 Also, isn't what Gentleman Jack what the "nice guy" at the bar is sipping while his potential super-hot girlfriend, away to "powder her nose," is getting completely and utterly pumped out with the valet in his '68 Mustang at the back of the parking lot?

That's what I've always pictured, anyway.

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 26, 2013 09:56 PM (7B7jB)

780 I'm almost 67.18% sure I found the CD length details from an ONT link, or a link to an ONT link. WTF, NSA. Deleting is Not Cool.

Posted by: Waterhouse at June 26, 2013 09:56 PM (1y5hk)

781 Again, speaking of symphonies, a wise old man, while listening to Bach with me and other friends, asked a very interesting question. Paraphrasing: "Knowing nd having heard music like this, how could the Europeans arriving at the New World *not* feel a little superior to the natives there?" A great point.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 09:58 PM (+iA5G)

782

Hey Hey Wanna be a Rockstar..

Posted by: Ratts Alley at June 26, 2013 09:59 PM (7yx0r)

783 Hey Hey Wanna be a Rockstar..

LOL. Whenever I hear that '78 Bad Company song "Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy" I always picture it being sung by some prematurely old fuddy-duddy sitting in his Archie\ Bunker-like easy chair, while he's surrounded by hotsies dancing around in leather leotards.

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 26, 2013 10:01 PM (7B7jB)

784 Congrats on a bang-up ONT!

Posted by: Aaronthal H. at June 26, 2013 10:01 PM (+iA5G)

785 Such serious discussions for this late (early) hour... And i owe my BIL a large bottle of JD - thanks for reminding me. Does it make me a bad father if i just released a jar full of lightning bugs? Or worse, does it make me a bleeding heart liberal douchebag? He can always catch them again tomorrow night, right?!?

Posted by: shredded chi at June 26, 2013 10:02 PM (RfLFX)

786 767 jc: hmmm, interesting angle.

Do you have a newsletter I can subscribe to? ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 27, 2013 01:47 AM (7B7jB)


===

No, but I have bored the shit outa 'rons and 'ettes reading the ONT lots of times.


I am not kidding about the slavery stuff.  The time from the womb to your death is all you get on this earth.  It is very, very tempting to try to get more time by stealing it from other people.


Once I tried to find out if there had ever been a spoken language on planet earth that did not have a word for slave.  I figgered if they had a word for it they practiced it.  It only took minutes to find that it was easy enough  to show that slavery was world wide -- and the only place that wasn't instantly documented was aboriginal Australia.  For them -- maybe, maybe not.  I just don't know, but there damn sure were slaves in Australia after the Brits arrived.


So, to me, it seems extremely unlikely that the human impulse to extend the free time of some mortal's life by stripping others of their time suddenly disappeared.  Being honest about it has damn sure disappeared, but there is no way the desire to steal your life left everybody else.

Posted by: jc at June 26, 2013 10:03 PM (PlzOe)

787 jc: there are definitely people around who get their kicks by sucking the life out of other people and subjugating them.

My only problem: I've encountered them both in and completely out of politics. In fact both the most hateful and bigoted liberals *and* conservatives I've ever met have been in the workplace.

Posted by: qdpsteve at June 26, 2013 10:08 PM (7B7jB)

788 "Knowing nd having heard music like this, how could the Europeans arriving at the New World *not* feel a little superior to the natives there?" A great point. Being, alas, an engineer, I've very occasionally made a similar observation, about building (comparatively) giant-ass ships and sailing them over the horizon. My inconvenient tales are generally greeted with stony pinched miens.

Posted by: Waterhouse at June 26, 2013 10:08 PM (1y5hk)

789 @Mætenloch

classified details?

Classified to you and me. Do you think our "friends" who are "Shocked, Shocked" actually became aware of something new. That's absurd. They're not as stupid as our president who claims to learn of news after it is printed in the "News".

Watching Snowden getting prosecuted by Obama/Holder would be like watching Charles Heston get prosecuted for shouting "It's people".

You can argue "class of his own" but in terms of who gives more aid and comfort to his enemy by destroying his country, gimme a break.

You want his head? Fine. But I say - Worst First.

Posted by: Wake TFU at June 26, 2013 10:12 PM (G0PfF)

790 788 "Knowing nd having heard music like this, how could the Europeans arriving at the New World *not* feel a little superior to the natives there?" A great point. Being, alas, an engineer, I've very occasionally made a similar observation, about building (comparatively) giant-ass ships and sailing them over the horizon. My inconvenient tales are generally greeted with stony pinched miens. Posted by: Waterhouse at June 27, 2013 02:08 AM (1y5hk) --Liberals are so myopic. To say that someone 300 years ago who thought that maybe the fact that native Americans could not conceivably come close to producing any of Bach's cantatas might mean his culture was in at least some aspect better than a culture whose zenith is ooga-booga music is the equivalent of advocating OMG!!! GENOCIDE!! is a leap of logic it takes years of libtard education to inculcate.

Posted by: Aaronthal H. at June 26, 2013 10:18 PM (+iA5G)

791 /damn murdering Gaytor Cheatriot sock

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 10:19 PM (+iA5G)

792 They issued a warrant for the wrong middle name. I'm all about government incompetence, but I'm more thinking SQUIRREL at this point.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at June 26, 2013 10:24 PM (yoh1c)

793 A shame MA has no death penalty. Old Sparky would love to meet Aaronthal. (Yes, I know Old Sparky is retired.)

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 10:25 PM (+iA5G)

794 They be all like keep your neckbag in line and shit

Posted by: Jeanteel at June 26, 2013 10:30 PM (+iA5G)

795

ununea  ununea onasawmawewego

owaw anwanea owaw anwnea we go.

Posted by: Ratts Alley at June 26, 2013 10:33 PM (7yx0r)

796 Uhhhh, Tenochtitlan was cleaner and larger than European cities at the time. The Incas had pretty awesome mountain roads and built some nice stuff. (Funny thing was they had not invented the market...seriously, it was like in a game of Civ where you don't do that tech...oops.) I'd say back in the day, pretty much people took what they could and didn't worry about the rest.

Posted by: sexypig at June 26, 2013 10:33 PM (CHumx)

797 796 Uhhhh, Tenochtitlan was cleaner and larger than European cities at the time. The Incas had pretty awesome mountain roads and built some nice stuff. (Funny thing was they had not invented the market...seriously, it was like in a game of Civ where you don't do that tech...oops.) I'd say back in the day, pretty much people took what they could and didn't worry about the rest. Posted by: sexypig at June 27, 2013 02:33 AM (CHumx) --That's true, and China had bigger cities as well. I went to Peru and Bolivia in '02 and am still in awe of the Inca tambos and road network, and accomplishing their complex level of administration without a true system of writing. But still, what were the New World indigenous peoples producing in art that could compare with Velasquez, or Palestrina, or Dante? The Aztecs did produce some beautiful poetry (I've only sampled a sliver), but who was their Shakespeare, or Bach, or Michelangelo?

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 10:40 PM (+iA5G)

798 Uhhhh, Tenochtitlan was cleaner and larger than European cities at the time. Sure it was. And yet the Aztecs sailed not across the sea. Nor thought of the wheel. Nor conceived of a way to record any music. Oh well. At least they slaughtered innumerable fucking numbers of humans in wondrous sacrifices. That reminds me of absolutely nothing today.

Posted by: Waterhouse at June 26, 2013 10:44 PM (1y5hk)

799 But still, what were the New World indigenous peoples producing in art that could compare with Velasquez, or Palestrina, or Dante? The Aztecs did produce some beautiful poetry (I've only sampled a sliver), but who was their Shakespeare, or Bach, or Michelangelo?

Posted by: logprof at June 27, 2013 02:40 AM (+iA5G)



===


well they produced a hell of a lot of art made of precious metals that was stolen by the Spaniards.


We can't know a lot about the rest of your questions because of the sacking of their society, whatever it was.  But, just because we don't know doesn't mean it wasn't there.


Posted by: jc at June 26, 2013 10:50 PM (PlzOe)

800 --That's true, and China had bigger cities as well. I went to Peru and Bolivia in '02 and am still in awe of the Inca tambos and road network, and accomplishing their complex level of administration without a true system of writing. But still, what were the New World indigenous peoples producing in art that could compare with Velasquez, or Palestrina, or Dante? The Aztecs did produce some beautiful poetry (I've only sampled a sliver), but who was their Shakespeare, or Bach, or Michelangelo?

Posted by: logprof at June 27, 2013 02:40 AM (+iA5G)



Their Shakespeare, Bach, and Michelangelo (if they had one) got incinerated by the Spanish or melted down to ship back to Spain as ingots.

Posted by: cthulhu at June 26, 2013 10:50 PM (T1005)

801 798 Uhhhh, Tenochtitlan was cleaner and larger than European cities at the time. Sure it was. And yet the Aztecs sailed not across the sea. Nor thought of the wheel. Nor conceived of a way to record any music. Oh well. At least they slaughtered innumerable fucking numbers of humans in wondrous sacrifices. That reminds me of absolutely nothing today. Posted by: Waterhouse at June 27, 2013 02:44 AM (1y5hk) --What gets my goat is that libtards immediately use the above to think that means Europeans were making excuses for genocide. No. And I don't care how un-PC it is, but Cortez did the world a favor by wiping out the Aztec religion --which is aside from whether killing the people themselves was moral (but must be tacked on because most leftards are stoopid and cannot make that distinction).

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 10:51 PM (+iA5G)

802 Maria Sharapova sex tape http://youtu.be/C1sRTGWmLHk She must be playing tennis to pay her soundproofing bills.

Posted by: Chromoly Man at June 26, 2013 10:58 PM (/+EhN)

803 799 But still, what were the New World indigenous peoples producing in art that could compare with Velasquez, or Palestrina, or Dante? The Aztecs did produce some beautiful poetry (I've only sampled a sliver), but who was their Shakespeare, or Bach, or Michelangelo? Posted by: logprof at June 27, 2013 02:40 AM (+iA5G) === well they produced a hell of a lot of art made of precious metals that was stolen by the Spaniards. We can't know a lot about the rest of your questions because of the sacking of their society, whatever it was. But, just because we don't know doesn't mean it wasn't there. Posted by: jc at June 27, 2013 02:50 AM (PlzOe) --True, but I'll take a chance that Aztec and Inca theater fell short of Sophocles and Aristophanes (oh wait, writing was barely extant) despite their antedating them by two millennia. I also doubt they had realized perspective in painting like Velasquez's Las Meninas (http://farm1.static.flickr.com/216/483788340_7b17021906_o.jpg), never mind oil and canvas. Did the Inca have polyphonies like in Allegri's "Miserere"? http://youtu.be/xpzdB0G3TJU Maybe Indiana Jones will dig that up.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 11:00 PM (+iA5G)

804 --What gets my goat is that libtards immediately use the above to think that means Europeans were making excuses for genocide. No. And I don't care how un-PC it is, but Cortez did the world a favor by wiping out the Aztec religion --which is aside from whether killing the people themselves was moral (but must be tacked on because most leftards are stoopid and cannot make that distinction). Posted by: logprof at June 27, 2013 02:51 AM (+iA5G) So you're saying that leftys are mad that the Eurotrash killed the people that the noble savages were going to kill? Oh right...when it comes to taking responsibility for your actions, lefty's are strictly "whites only".

Posted by: model_1066 at June 26, 2013 11:01 PM (tSYHH)

805 Their Shakespeare, Bach, and Michelangelo (if they had one) got incinerated by the Spanish or melted down to ship back to Spain as ingots. Posted by: cthulhu at June 27, 2013 02:50 AM (T1005) --Next on the History Channel: The Lost Elvis of Cahokia.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 11:04 PM (+iA5G)

806 So you're saying that leftys are mad that the Eurotrash killed the people that the noble savages were going to kill? Oh right...when it comes to taking responsibility for your actions, lefty's are strictly "whites only". Posted by: model_1066 at June 27, 2013 03:01 AM (tSYHH) Dude, California was Peace on earth before the White Man came, man!

Posted by: Pasty Hippie at June 26, 2013 11:07 PM (+iA5G)

807 -Next on the History Channel: The Lost Elvis of Cahokia. Posted by: logprof at June 27, 2013 03:04 AM (+iA5G) Indistinguishable from the lost Liberace of Tijuana.

Posted by: model_1066 at June 26, 2013 11:07 PM (tSYHH)

808 802 Maria Sharapova sex tape http://youtu.be/C1sRTGWmLHk Posted by: Chromoly Man at June 27, 2013 02:58 AM (/+EhN) Sounds like a cat in heat. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Posted by: rickl at June 26, 2013 11:08 PM (sdi6R)

809 What? If I get caught in Frisco bathhouse screwing the eyeballs out of a clean shaven boy my husband can sue me for divorce?

'News reports that California's Prop 8 has been struck down as unconstitutional are completely false'

http://tinyurl.com/oo3mkul

Posted by: Barney F. at June 26, 2013 11:10 PM (m5Tr1)

810 By the by, since we're having a back-and-forth about colonization of the New World, isn't it odd how the Spanish were the "White Man," then at some date in the hazy past morphed into an "oppressed minority"? When, pray tell libtards, was that date in history? Or is it as mysterious and unknowable as that blessed point at which a fetus becomes a human being?

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 11:10 PM (+iA5G)

811 Posted by: logprof at June 27, 2013 03:10 AM (+iA5G) I know...I always ask leftys how South America speaks mainly Spanish and Portutese....yet somehow America is all imperial n' stuff...

Posted by: model_1066 at June 26, 2013 11:13 PM (tSYHH)

812 810 By the by, since we're having a back-and-forth about colonization of the New World, isn't it odd how the Spanish were the "White Man," then at some date in the hazy past morphed into an "oppressed minority"? When, pray tell libtards, was that date in history? Or is it as mysterious and unknowable as that blessed point at which a fetus becomes a human being?

Posted by: logprof at June 27, 2013 03:10 AM (+iA5G)

 

Silly logprof.  A fetus becomes a human being when it can be used for vote fraud--so either upon death or tall enough to pull the lever.

 

Also, a Mr. Zimmerman would liketo take issue with your characterization of Hispanic peoples being an oppressed minority.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at June 26, 2013 11:14 PM (sQ0LB)

813 That was supposed to be Portuguese, damn fingers....

Posted by: model_1066 at June 26, 2013 11:14 PM (tSYHH)

814 807 -Next on the History Channel: The Lost Elvis of Cahokia. Posted by: logprof at June 27, 2013 03:04 AM (+iA5G) Indistinguishable from the lost Liberace of Tijuana. Posted by: model_1066 at June 27, 2013 03:07 AM (tSYHH) --He's not "lost," that's just his story.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 11:15 PM (+iA5G)

815 --Next on the History Channel: The Lost Elvis of Cahokia.

Posted by: logprof at June 27, 2013 03:04 AM (+iA5G)



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Odd that you didn't pick Tiny Tim as your example.

Posted by: jc at June 26, 2013 11:16 PM (PlzOe)

816 805 Their Shakespeare, Bach, and Michelangelo (if they had one) got incinerated by the Spanish or melted down to ship back to Spain as ingots.

Posted by: cthulhu at June 27, 2013 02:50 AM (T1005)

--Next on the History Channel: The Lost Elvis of Cahokia.

Posted by: logprof at June 27, 2013 03:04 AM (+iA5G) 



"Love songs of Itzcoatl, Hueyi Tlatoani of the Nahua", as burned by Miguel Leon-Portillo, soldier of Cortes. 




Posted by: cthulhu at June 26, 2013 11:17 PM (T1005)

817 Also, a Mr. Zimmerman would liketo take issue with your characterization of Hispanic peoples being an oppressed minority. Posted by: Conservative Crank at June 27, 2013 03:14 AM (sQ0LB) If liberals want to play up the 'world citizen' thing, then aren't English speaking white folk a minority?

Posted by: model_1066 at June 26, 2013 11:18 PM (tSYHH)

818 Also, a Mr. Zimmerman would liketo take issue with your characterization of Hispanic peoples being an oppressed minority. Posted by: Conservative Crank at June 27, 2013 03:14 AM (sQ0LB) There's a hierarchy of oppression.

Posted by: BignJames at June 26, 2013 11:20 PM (20Mmk)

819 If liberals want to play up the 'world citizen' thing, then aren't English speaking white folk a minority?

Posted by: model_1066 at June 27, 2013 03:18 AM (tSYHH)



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white devils and oppressors.  even if there were only 3 of them they still wouldn't be a minority.  words have no meaning.  only feeeeeeeeeeeeelinnnngggsssss count, and you aren't allowed to have any assuming you ever did.

Posted by: jc at June 26, 2013 11:20 PM (PlzOe)

820 There's a hierarchy of oppression. Posted by: BignJames at June 27, 2013 03:20 AM (20Mmk) I've been feeling a bit oppressed lately...where's my check?

Posted by: model_1066 at June 26, 2013 11:21 PM (tSYHH)

821 white devils and oppressors. even if there were only 3 of them they still wouldn't be a minority. words have no meaning. only feeeeeeeeeeeeelinnnngggsssss count, and you aren't allowed to have any assuming you ever did. Posted by: jc at June 27, 2013 03:20 AM (PlzOe) Oh, right...civilization and success=evil, uneducated loserdom=da bomb. Per lefty math.

Posted by: model_1066 at June 26, 2013 11:23 PM (tSYHH)

822 "Love songs of Itzcoatl, Hueyi Tlatoani of the Nahua", as burned by Miguel Leon-Portillo, soldier of Cortes. Posted by: cthulhu at June 27, 2013 03:17 AM (T1005) --Whatever. I won't excuse the Spaniards' zealous destruction of doubtless irreplaceable works (especially by the Mayans). I'm just saying that --as leftards would rationalize-- I can get into their headspace why they felt superior. The idea that human beings are equal in worth, regardless of heritage, class, or ethnicity is a historically novel one. I won't excuse human or cultural genocide in any era (with exceptions like the --and I use this term as someone normally irreligious-- diabolical Aztec sacrificial system), but even libtards tacitly acknowledge that some means of civilization have been proven more noble than others over the past few centuries. I hope we never have to see Islamists copy and paste similar justifications (however flimsily) in the near future.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 11:24 PM (+iA5G)

823 398 Okay, since we're on the topic of Celtic/Gaelic.... I am currently playing Civ V as Boudicca and do not know how to pronounce "Ceilidh" Hall. Help?

Posted by: pookysgirl at June 26, 2013 11:27 PM (kMnHs)

I can help with that. Ceilidh is pronounced "Kay-Lee".  That spelling is the Scot's Gaelic version, and it means "Celebration" or "Gathering of Friends".  The Irish Gaelic version is spelled Ceili.  No, I am not Celtic, I'm Chinese.  But my wife is a mixture of most of northern Europe, including Scots and Irish, and we named a daughter Ceilidh.  Phonetically, it comes out as a girls name in Chinese too. 

Welcome to the Horde.  I am usually a lurker myself, but I jump in every so often.


Posted by: Subotai Bahadur at June 26, 2013 11:25 PM (13c2N)

824 The BH gets most of her news from the news, and still has Zimmerman pegged as a child-slayer.....and is oddly resistant to learning any facts to the contrary.




The good news is that this may eventually totally explode her trust in the media....

Posted by: cthulhu at June 26, 2013 11:27 PM (T1005)

825 I can help with that. Ceilidh is pronounced "Kay-Lee". That spelling is the Scot's Gaelic version, and it means "Celebration" or "Gathering of Friends". The Irish Gaelic version is spelled Ceili. No, I am not Celtic, I'm Chinese. But my wife is a mixture of most of northern Europe, including Scots and Irish, and we named a daughter Ceilidh. Phonetically, it comes out as a girls name in Chinese too. Welcome to the Horde. I am usually a lurker myself, but I jump in every so often. Posted by: Subotai Bahadur at June 27, 2013 03:25 AM (13c2N) --Awesome, and welcome to the ONT!

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 11:27 PM (+iA5G)

826 I've been feeling a bit oppressed lately...where's my check? Posted by: model_1066 at June 27, 2013 03:21 AM (tSYHH) I'll look...but I'm pretty sure you don't qualify.

Posted by: BignJames at June 26, 2013 11:28 PM (20Mmk)

827 Posted by: logprof at June 27, 2013 03:24 AM (+iA5G) Muslims don't have or want civilization; Allah uber alles. And pretty, pretty goats.

Posted by: model_1066 at June 26, 2013 11:29 PM (tSYHH)

828 Subotai, I've appreciated your commentary over at the Belmont Club. 

Posted by: zeera at June 26, 2013 11:33 PM (3dXwx)

829 455 Another great minor league team name is that of the runner-up in the American Association (to Winnipeg) last year: The Wichita Wingnuts. Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 11:40 PM (+iA5G) The Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs. http://www.milb.com/index.jsp?sid=t1410 Coca Cola Park is a nice stadium. I haven't been to a game there since it's a couple hours away, but I saw Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson there a couple of years ago. Minor league ballparks are great concert venues. It was all general admission, so you could either go down on the field to get close to the stage, or else relax in the stands with a hot dog.

Posted by: rickl at June 26, 2013 11:34 PM (sdi6R)

830 822 "Love songs of Itzcoatl, Hueyi Tlatoani of the Nahua", as burned by Miguel Leon-Portillo, soldier of Cortes.


Posted by: cthulhu at June 27, 2013 03:17 AM (T1005)

--Whatever. I won't excuse the Spaniards' zealous destruction of doubtless irreplaceable works (especially by the Mayans). I'm just saying that --as leftards would rationalize-- I can get into their headspace why they felt superior. The idea that human beings are equal in worth, regardless of heritage, class, or ethnicity is a historically novel one. I won't excuse human or cultural genocide in any era (with exceptions like the --and I use this term as someone normally irreligious-- diabolical Aztec sacrificial system), but even libtards tacitly acknowledge that some means of civilization have been proven more noble than others over the past few centuries. I hope we never have to see Islamists copy and paste similar justifications (however flimsily) in the near future.

Posted by: logprof at June 27, 2013 03:24 AM (+iA5G)



I actually picked up a few college credits by taking "Cultural Relativism", and I'm firmly of the belief that some cultures are better than others. The problem is that the two main modes where people gravitate when cultures rub together -- "tolerance for all" and "let the better dominate" -- are both seriously flawed. Worse yet is when a civilization whipsaws between them.



Instead, I'd propose the notion that "good ideas are worth stealing". Even the world's best culture can benefit by adopting a good piece of the most downtrodden, abject, unclean, nasty culture -- the trick lies in finding such a piece and isolating it from the shitbag it came in. Crushing the inferior culture out-of-hand is bad. Pretending that they're equals is potentially worse. But stealing anything they've done right is progress.

Posted by: cthulhu at June 26, 2013 11:35 PM (T1005)

831 South American cultures had some pretty nifty jewelry and mosaics. The British stole all the jaguars though...

Posted by: Adriane... at June 26, 2013 11:35 PM (Jv4FA)

832 Hi, Subotai! Don't be such a stranger.

Posted by: rickl at June 26, 2013 11:35 PM (sdi6R)

833 Instead, I'd propose the notion that "good ideas are worth stealing". Even the world's best culture can benefit by adopting a good piece of the most downtrodden, abject, unclean, nasty culture -- the trick lies in finding such a piece and isolating it from the shitbag it came in. Crushing the inferior culture out-of-hand is bad. Pretending that they're equals is potentially worse. But stealing anything they've done right is progress. Posted by: cthulhu at June 27, 2013 03:35 AM (T1005) Gunpowder is a good example: boring pastime for the idle rich in China, weaponized fun for roundeye.

Posted by: model_1066 at June 26, 2013 11:37 PM (tSYHH)

834 The Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs. http://www.milb.com/index.jsp?sid=t1410 Coca Cola Park is a nice stadium. I haven't been to a game there since it's a couple hours away, but I saw Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson there a couple of years ago. Minor league ballparks are great concert venues. It was all general admission, so you could either go down on the field to get close to the stage, or else relax in the stands with a hot dog. Posted by: rickl at June 27, 2013 03:34 AM (sdi6R) --Yes! Same goes here. If you're lucky, after a Goldeyes game you get a fireworks show as well. Most of the concerts at the ball ark are nostalgia acts, but still there should be more shows there.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 11:39 PM (+iA5G)

835 Posted by: cthulhu at June 27, 2013 03:35 AM (T1005)


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I am glad you proposed a rule.  I was starting to think that because of Rembrandt and Vermeer anyone from the Netherlands could kill my ass cuz Yoko Ono sucked.  Death justified by comparative art is a pretty scary concept since I live in a country that still has the friggin'  Nat. Endowment and actually paid someone to display piss christ.

Posted by: jc at June 26, 2013 11:40 PM (PlzOe)

836 831 South American cultures had some pretty nifty jewelry and mosaics. The British stole all the jaguars though... Posted by: Adriane... at June 27, 2013 03:35 AM (Jv4FA) They were reincarnated! Pun intended!

Posted by: model_1066 at June 26, 2013 11:40 PM (tSYHH)

837 823 398
Okay, since we're on the topic of Celtic/Gaelic.... I am currently
playing Civ V as Boudicca and do not know how to pronounce "Ceilidh"
Hall. Help?


Posted by: pookysgirl at June 26, 2013 11:27 PM (kMnHs)
I can help with that. Ceilidh is pronounced "Kay-Lee". That spelling is the Scot's Gaelic version, and it means "Celebration" or "Gathering of Friends". The Irish Gaelic version is spelled Ceili. No, I am not Celtic, I'm Chinese. But my wife is a mixture of most of northern Europe, including Scots and Irish, and we named a daughter Ceilidh. Phonetically, it comes out as a girls name in Chinese too.
Welcome to the Horde. I am usually a lurker myself, but I jump in every so often.

Posted by: Subotai Bahadur at June 27, 2013 03:25 AM (13c2N)



....and, just as I finish composing @830, here comes a perfect example. Someone Chinese, with a name that is Mongolian and Persian, married to a mixed-European with a Celtic (and beautifully) named daughter. That's how you do it. Take the best of everything under the sun and make it yours!

Posted by: cthulhu at June 26, 2013 11:43 PM (T1005)

838 Instead, I'd propose the notion that "good ideas are worth stealing". Even the world's best culture can benefit by adopting a good piece of the most downtrodden, abject, unclean, nasty culture -- the trick lies in finding such a piece and isolating it from the shitbag it came in. Crushing the inferior culture out-of-hand is bad. Pretending that they're equals is potentially worse. But stealing anything they've done right is progress. Posted by: cthulhu at June 27, 2013 03:35 AM (T1005) --Oh, hell yeah. I'm still in my reading, but I suspect the British learned a lot abut statecraft from India in the 18th century. Early Christianity married Athens and Jerusalem (then later Rome). On a darker note, the Romans picked up crucifixion from the Persians and made it an art form. And of course the Mongol Khanates were expert on adapting from Chinese, Arabic, and Indian civilizations and dominated Eurasia for a few centuries.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 11:47 PM (+iA5G)

839 838 Instead, I'd propose the notion that "good ideas are worth stealing". Even the world's best culture can benefit by adopting a good piece of the most downtrodden, abject, unclean, nasty culture -- the trick lies in finding such a piece and isolating it from the shitbag it came in. Crushing the inferior culture out-of-hand is bad. Pretending that they're equals is potentially worse. But stealing anything they've done right is progress.

Posted by: cthulhu at June 27, 2013 03:35 AM (T1005)

--Oh, hell yeah. I'm still in my reading, but I suspect the British learned a lot abut statecraft from India in the 18th century. Early Christianity married Athens and Jerusalem (then later Rome). On a darker note, the Romans picked up crucifixion from the Persians and made it an art form. And of course the Mongol Khanates were expert on adapting from Chinese, Arabic, and Indian civilizations and dominated Eurasia for a few centuries.

Posted by: logprof at June 27, 2013 03:47 AM (+iA5G)



There's always someone who wants to graft the worst part of other cultures onto "his own" -- like sticking a secret intelligence service into the US government, for instance.....

Posted by: cthulhu at June 26, 2013 11:51 PM (T1005)

840 I am glad you proposed a rule. I was starting to think that because of Rembrandt and Vermeer anyone from the Netherlands could kill my ass cuz Yoko Ono sucked. Death justified by comparative art is a pretty scary concept since I live in a country that still has the friggin' Nat. Endowment and actually paid someone to display piss christ. Posted by: jc at June 27, 2013 03:40 AM (PlzOe) --Not sure if you're serious or not, but that was not my point. Yet there's no doubt Yoko Ono is a hack non-entity as an artist or vanguard of civilization.

Posted by: logprof at June 26, 2013 11:55 PM (+iA5G)

841 --Not sure if you're serious or not, but that was not my point. Yet there's no doubt Yoko Ono is a hack non-entity as an artist or vanguard of civilization.

Posted by: logprof at June 27, 2013 03:55 AM (+iA5G)


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Nah, just funnin' with you.  Obviously, words can be twisted into thousands of perversions of the original intent.  And if I write anymore about it a 4,000,000 word exposition will wisdom up my protein and there won't be anything I can do to prevent it.

Posted by: jc at June 26, 2013 11:58 PM (PlzOe)

842 Yoko Ono was just a Dadaist wannabe.

Posted by: otho at June 27, 2013 12:04 AM (9gNQd)

843 Nah, just funnin' with you. Obviously, words can be twisted into thousands of perversions of the original intent. And if I write anymore about it a 4,000,000 word exposition will wisdom up my protein and there won't be anything I can do to prevent it. Posted by: jc at June 27, 2013 03:58 AM (PlzOe) -- well, to use a current example, I think Chinese civilization is superior to native Tibetan civilization, but do I want the Han Chinese to exterminate the Tibetans? No. Nor is there anything endemic to Tibetan Buddhism that is so reprehensible that it should be blotted out culturally. Ah, protein wisdom.

Posted by: logprof at June 27, 2013 12:05 AM (+iA5G)

844 842 Yoko Ono was just a Dadaist wannabe. Posted by: otho at June 27, 2013 04:04 AM (9gNQd) Q: What's yellow and sleeps alone? A: Yoko Ono.

Posted by: Book of Tasteless Jokes at June 27, 2013 12:07 AM (+iA5G)

845 gotta go kids.  CYA.

Posted by: jc at June 27, 2013 12:09 AM (PlzOe)

846 And I finally got caught up!!!




Er.




Bueller?

Posted by: cthulhu at June 27, 2013 12:14 AM (T1005)

847 Only a few of us degenerates still around I think.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at June 27, 2013 12:18 AM (sQ0LB)

848 Timing is everything, cooth ...

Posted by: Adriane... at June 27, 2013 12:18 AM (Jv4FA)

849 Conservative Crank at June 27, 2013 04:18 AM (sQ0LB) Ellen!!! Is that you?

Posted by: Adriane... at June 27, 2013 12:19 AM (Jv4FA)

850 847 Only a few of us degenerates still around I think. Posted by: Conservative Crank at June 27, 2013 04:18 AM (sQ0LB) --I still got liquor and mixer . . . but should really be asleep but can't be so. :-|

Posted by: Book of Tasteless Jokes at June 27, 2013 12:23 AM (+iA5G)

851 I've got 2.5 hours left in my shift, and sans liquor...

Posted by: Conservative Crank at June 27, 2013 12:25 AM (sQ0LB)

852 /book sock

Posted by: logprof at June 27, 2013 12:26 AM (+iA5G)

853 848 Timing is everything, cooth ...

Posted by: Adriane... at June 27, 2013 04:18 AM (Jv4FA)



Just goes to show that opening a "catch-up tab" and a "current tab" is the way to go.

Posted by: cthulhu at June 27, 2013 12:27 AM (T1005)

854 I've got 2.5 hours left in my shift, and sans liquor... Posted by: Conservative Crank at June 27, 2013 04:25 AM (sQ0LB) I've got 3....no liquor either, just coffee.

Posted by: BignJames at June 27, 2013 12:28 AM (20Mmk)

855 824 The BH gets most of her news from the news, and still has Zimmerman pegged as a child-slayer.....and is oddly resistant to learning any facts to the contrary. Posted by: cthulhu at June 27, 2013 03:27 AM (T1005) (slaps head in frustration like famous Jackie Chan frustration meme picture)

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at June 27, 2013 12:36 AM (yoh1c)

856 Let us pray that the Australians don't go all pear shaped on us. They hang on a thread. It would be really bad if they got all liberal and F-'d up at this point, just because their economic well-being hinges upon what the people who have to take a boat to get there do...boats are cheap as dirt, but good  solid allies,  and trigger pullers,  are not.   Everything is so fuxed up, it is just unbelievable!  How did we ever let these sub-humans,  that 80%-95% of the worlds population that hates our guts,  get into a position where they could influence our destinies?! We need to work a truck load smarter.

Posted by: and irresolute at June 27, 2013 12:36 AM (DBH1h)

857 855 824 The BH gets most of her news from the news, and still has Zimmerman pegged as a child-slayer.....and is oddly resistant to learning any facts to the contrary.

Posted by: cthulhu at June 27, 2013 03:27 AM (T1005)

(slaps head in frustration like famous Jackie Chan frustration meme picture)

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 27, 2013 04:36 AM (yoh1c)



Yeah, no kidding. I've been following the blogs' devastating take-down of all things Zimmerman, and casually mention that the State's case didn't do so well today.....and she goes off on "he [Zimmerman] shouldn't have been stalking a kid with a gun in his hand."



I mean -- other than Zimmerman wasn't stalking, Trayvon wasn't a kid, and the gun formed no part of the story until it kept a man from being killed after being beaten severely.....what's wrong with that?

Posted by: cthulhu at June 27, 2013 12:42 AM (T1005)

858 856 Let us pray that the Australians don't go all pear shaped on us. They hang on a thread. It would be really bad if they got all liberal and F-'d up at this point, just because their economic well-being hinges upon what thepeople who have to take a boat toget there do...boats are cheap as dirt, but good solid allies, and trigger pullers, are not. Everything is so fuxed up, it is just unbelievable! How did we ever let these sub-humans, that 80%-95% of the worlds population that hates our guts, get into a position where they could influence our destinies?! We need to work a truck load smarter.

Posted by: and irresolute at June 27, 2013 04:36 AM (DBH1h)



From what I understand, it's the libs that have the civil war going.

Posted by: cthulhu at June 27, 2013 12:47 AM (T1005)

859 Avenge me, Crisco Jeantal!

Posted by: Tyco Brahe Martin at June 27, 2013 12:48 AM (+iA5G)

860 OK, I'm out. I'll give Uncle Bob the last word: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHd0cz5110M

Posted by: rickl at June 27, 2013 12:52 AM (sdi6R)

861 860 OK, I'm out. I'll give Uncle Bob the last word: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHd0cz5110M Posted by: rickl at June 27, 2013 04:52 AM (sdi6R) --I prefer "Working Man" by Rush http://youtu.be/iIGKlicb8n0

Posted by: logprof at June 27, 2013 12:54 AM (+iA5G)

862 3 hours left in my shift here also.  Alternating between coffee and cola, with the Valu-Rite waiting at home.

Posted by: zeera at June 27, 2013 12:54 AM (3dXwx)

863 and she goes off on "he [Zimmerman] shouldn't have been stalking a kid with a gun in his hand." Posted by: cthulhu at June 27, 2013 04:42 AM (T1005) Even the greasy-ass prosecutors aren't alleging that. People get these wierd-ass ideas and run them through a mulcher and then get really committed to the result as if it isn't random neuronal scatter-gunning. It drives me batty, 'swhy I spend most of my time alone. People say I get too strident when they randomly come up with inane shit and accuse other people of it. I guess I should be more tolerant of putting people in prison and threatening their lives based on completely made-up bullshit. After all, potato.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at June 27, 2013 12:57 AM (yoh1c)

864 Posted by: cthulhu at June 27, 2013 04:42 AM (T1005) I'm wondering if the judge will instruct the jury that they can find him guilty of a lesser charge....like manslaughter.

Posted by: BignJames at June 27, 2013 12:59 AM (20Mmk)

865 I think that I would have gone batshit crazy if I were under the stress that George Zimmerman has been subjected to ...

Posted by: Adriane... at June 27, 2013 01:03 AM (Jv4FA)

866 Nite, all ... Keep Kewl.

Posted by: Adriane... at June 27, 2013 01:04 AM (Jv4FA)

867 The judge is grotesque. They're pretty clearly working toward conviction regardless of the law or sense. I have about zero faith in the legal system.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at June 27, 2013 01:05 AM (yoh1c)

868 863 and she goes off on "he [Zimmerman] shouldn't have been stalking a kid with a gun in his hand."

Posted by: cthulhu at June 27, 2013 04:42 AM (T1005)

Even the greasy-ass prosecutors aren't alleging that.

People get these wierd-ass ideas and run them through a mulcher and then get really committed to the result as if it isn't random neuronal scatter-gunning.

It drives me batty, 'swhy I spend most of my time alone. People say I get too strident when they randomly come up with inane shit and accuse other people of it.

I guess I should be more tolerant of putting people in prison and threatening their lives based on completely made-up bullshit.

After all, potato.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 27, 2013 04:57 AM (yoh1c)



The Narrative is that Zimmerman constantly stalked the complex looking to shoot n*****s. The facts are that Zimmerman called in someone suspicious who was really suspicious, got cornered while retreating, got beat-on, and shot the guy who was whackin' his noggin on the pavement.



And in further facts -- the local constabulary and DA believed it was open-and-shut, and it wasn't until the national media and out-of-town prosecutors showed up that this was going anywhere.

Posted by: cthulhu at June 27, 2013 01:07 AM (T1005)

869 864 Posted by: cthulhu at June 27, 2013 04:42 AM (T1005)

I'm wondering if the judge will instruct the jury that they can find him guilty of a lesser charge....like manslaughter.

Posted by: BignJames at June 27, 2013 04:59 AM (20Mmk)




I don't think they can do that.

Posted by: cthulhu at June 27, 2013 01:09 AM (T1005)

870 867 The judge is grotesque. They're pretty clearly working toward conviction regardless of the law or sense. I have about zero faith in the legal system. Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 27, 2013 05:05 AM (yoh1c) Must . . . have . . . pound of flesh!

Posted by: Shylock at June 27, 2013 01:11 AM (+iA5G)

871 865 I think that I would have gone batshit crazy if I were under the stress that George Zimmerman has been subjected to ...

Posted by: Adriane... at June 27, 2013 05:03 AM (Jv4FA)




I would be on so many tranquilizers that my pharmacy would be receiving bound updates.

Posted by: cthulhu at June 27, 2013 01:11 AM (T1005)

872 Hello! (Hello!) Echo! (Echo!)

Posted by: logprof at June 27, 2013 01:34 AM (+iA5G)

873 ugh ly time of day
ugh ly news

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at June 27, 2013 01:45 AM (PGJMH)

874

Posted by: and irresolute at June 27, 2013 04:36 AM

 

It's pretty fucked up and pinko already... relatively speaking. The commie factories are churning out new models of young tards to fuck things up every year. On the plus side, Gillard got her skanky arse kicked out, so that's something. So much depends upon what sort of people can replace Labor. The Lib/Nats are getting squishier every year. As far as they go, even they are pretty lame on military stuff. Not much gets forwarded in support IMO. Although I have serious doubts whether we should be fucking around in those shitholes in the ME, we should go all in if our allies need it.

Posted by: otho at June 27, 2013 01:46 AM (9gNQd)

875 looks like everyone's passed out in pools of vomit.

Posted by: otho at June 27, 2013 01:55 AM (9gNQd)

876 875 looks like everyone's passed out in pools of vomit. Posted by: otho at June 27, 2013 05:55 AM (9gNQd) --I'm up, but I need at least *some* commentary to keep at it.

Posted by: logprof at June 27, 2013 02:00 AM (+iA5G)

877 The Zimmerman case demonstrates three things: 1. the tyranny of the majority by a minority 2. the way the press has adversely affected wits (one can't even ID what she saw but only what the press told her she saw) 3. how the da and the da investigators adversely affected wits. I have to hand some blame to Gov Scott for taking this case out of local prosecutors hands and giving it to that unethical pos Corey.

Posted by: Waldo at June 27, 2013 02:02 AM (RZwdH)

878 Anyone gt Johnny Cochran's business card?

Posted by: Aaronthal H at June 27, 2013 02:07 AM (+iA5G)

879 Da military is about to overthrow Chicago Jesus!!!

Posted by: Alec Baldwin at June 27, 2013 02:23 AM (jx1IL)

880 I still would like to see DOJ emails from the month before this case went national.

I still think they were combing the records for a white on black shooting,  and when they saw "George Zimmerman" they decided to make a big deal about it,  thinking Zimmerman was probably a GOP Jewish white guy.

Remember,  the furor didn't start until over a month after the initial event.

Posted by: Miss Marple at June 27, 2013 02:56 AM (GoIUi)

881 sunshine lollipops and rainbows happiness

Posted by: sven10077 at June 27, 2013 03:00 AM (pANWe)

882 Just had another fun round of trolling. I went to a dead thread about the MA special election. Seriously, they were praising Liawatha to the rafters but saying Gabriel Gomez was a GOP loser? Seriously, I think Gomez is a RINO (nationally speaking), but to ignore the record of a SEAL like him and proclaim Lizzie Warren as Heap Big Accomplishment is just too much.

Posted by: logprof at June 27, 2013 03:03 AM (+iA5G)

883 Morning all

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 27, 2013 03:03 AM (9Bj8R)

884 I have already counted 3 outfits on Michelle since they left the White House for Africa.  They are in Senegal now.

Posted by: Miss Marple at June 27, 2013 03:03 AM (GoIUi)

885 883 Morning all Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 27, 2013 07:03 AM (9Bj8R) --About time some new blood showed up! :-D

Posted by: logprof at June 27, 2013 03:05 AM (+iA5G)

886 884 I have already counted 3 outfits on Michelle since they left the White House for Africa. They are in Senegal now. Posted by: Miss Marple at June 27, 2013 07:03 AM (GoIUi) Sorry Barky . . . not dead yet.

Posted by: Nelson Mandela at June 27, 2013 03:05 AM (+iA5G)

887 Joint press conference coverage from Dakar right now.

Then we will have a rerun of him visiting the House of Slaves,  of course.


Posted by: Miss Marple at June 27, 2013 03:06 AM (GoIUi)

888 And in further facts -- the local constabulary and DA believed it was open-and-shut, and it wasn't until the national media and out-of-town prosecutors showed up that this was going anywhere.
Posted by: cthulhu

Furthermore, the police in Sanford had a reason to hammer GZ -- he was an outspoken community activist on a recent Police incompetence/malfeasence issue.  Got some people fired or demoted in the department that cleared him for a good shoot.

Posted by: Jean at June 27, 2013 03:07 AM (CMlD4)

889 Good Morning Morons! Its a brand new day in Gaytopia!!

Posted by: Dale Gribble at June 27, 2013 03:07 AM (+kznc)

890 Two comments:

First, on gay marriage--my biggest problem is that this debate in no way has occurred in a way that is going to convince anyone overseas living in a more traditional society. This is because the methods used by proponents have not resorted to arguments based upon grand principles that make it hard for intelligent adherents to oppose, but quick, mainly emotional-based beliefs not based in any great logic train ('if two people love each other'_ that then depends upon demonization and excommunication of opponents for efficacy. I don't think that is going to work in India--they'll excommunicate you right back, because you don't control the culture over there the way you do here.
 
When you win by brute force alone, you probably aren't going to be able to win against cultures that will brute force you right back. Gays have wasted an opportunity to develop natural law theories in this area, and Progressives have once again shown me they have a thug impulse.

Second: Paula Deen is done for life, for basically being earthy in a politically incorrect way, but even more so for being a chubby Southern middle-aged female who fits all the stereotypes. I'm not aware she has actually committed a crime, and the lawsuit she is fighting has not even gone to trial. But she is now excommunicated from American life.

Ray Lewis is going to be an ESPN announcer. Just sayin' that there may be hate and bias in the system.

Posted by: Mr. Happy-Ounce of Prevention, Pound of Cure at June 27, 2013 03:07 AM (GZ54z)

891 887 Joint press conference coverage from Dakar right now. Then we will have a rerun of him visiting the House of Slaves, of course. Posted by: Miss Marple at June 27, 2013 07:06 AM (GoIUi) First President to visit Africa EVAH!

Posted by: Don Lemon Party at June 27, 2013 03:08 AM (+iA5G)

892 #886  Wendel Goler said that Mandela's condition would "affect the schedule."

Oh, joy,  Wendell says that whether Obama meets with Mandela is up to the family.  And of course,  he WILL meet with the unconscious Mandela for the photo-op,  probably paying a large fee to the Mandela family.

Posted by: Miss Marple at June 27, 2013 03:09 AM (GoIUi)

893 I have already counted 3 outfits on Michelle since they left the White House for Africa. They are in Senegal now.

Posted by: Miss Marple


My, what a strong stomach you have.


Posted by: Retread at June 27, 2013 03:10 AM (Oz+LZ)

894 The guy is in a coma. They can't meet up with him. They can pay homage to his comatose body but that is all. It is also creepy. They are not family. Can't they find another commie to worship?

Posted by: Waldo at June 27, 2013 03:12 AM (RZwdH)

895 I got to go off on a metro waste of skin over Paula Deen -- he didn't know she was referring to an armed robber who stuck a gun in her face.  Good times.  He finally relented and agreed that she should get a free pass for the epitaph because there was a gun involved.  He won't watch the home invasion video from NJ to see is she too would warrant a pass despite the lack of a gun. 

Posted by: Jean at June 27, 2013 03:14 AM (CMlD4)

896 895 I got to go off on a metro waste of skin over Paula Deen -- he didn't know she was referring to an armed robber who stuck a gun in her face. Good times. He finally relented and agreed that she should get a free pass for the epitaph because there was a gun involved. He won't watch the home invasion video from NJ to see is she too would warrant a pass despite the lack of a gun. Posted by: Jean at June 27, 2013 07:14 AM (CMlD4) --You mean epithet, not epitaph, right? I mean, Deen still lives after all.

Posted by: logprof at June 27, 2013 03:15 AM (+iA5G)

897 #893  You really should see the get-ups Michelle and the girls have on when they got off the plane in Dakur,  Senegal.

I bet they were presented in sketches by the designer as "Homage to Africa."

Michelle:  Tie-died black and white deal reminisvent of zebra stripes,  worn with a narrow rhinestone-encrusted black belt.

Malaria: Batik dyed 2-piece print in brown, gold,  and black,  with the skirt in a way different print from the top.

Sausage: Black jumper with full skirt with flounce and worn over a gold short-sleeved shirt,  accented with a wide belt in an African woven design.


Posted by: Miss Marple at June 27, 2013 03:16 AM (GoIUi)

898 #894  Waldo,  that is what I think,  too.  I am only reporting what Wendell said.

And it IS creepy.

Posted by: Miss Marple at June 27, 2013 03:17 AM (GoIUi)

899 I'm fucking sick of people having their lives ruined because they may have said a rude comment - especially when those doing the destroying are the worse offenders of using rude comments.

Posted by: Waldo at June 27, 2013 03:17 AM (RZwdH)

900 Malaria: Batik dyed 2-piece print in brown, gold, and black, with the skirt in a way different print from the top. Sausage: Black jumper with full skirt with flounce and worn over a gold short-sleeved shirt, accented with a wide belt in an African woven design. Posted by: Miss Marple at June 27, 2013 07:16 AM (GoIUi) --"Batik"?

Posted by: logprof at June 27, 2013 03:18 AM (+iA5G)

901

Sorry Barky . . . not dead yet.

Posted by: Nelson Mandela at June 27, 2013 07:05 AM (+iA5G)

 

Oh, you will be soon, Nellie.  Ever hear the story of King George V and his doctor with a syringe of morphine?  You're toast the minute the dog-eating cokehead gets to your door.

 

Morning, all.  I've got nothing except this.  Yesterday, Ace asked, How long will the media continuing lying directly to our faces even as they claim for themselves special status as "truth tellers"?

 

Until lying to our faces results in immediate, painful blowback, that's how long.  Now, whether that blowback is in the form of lost jobs or something more visceral is  yet to be decided.  But the media will lie as long as you let them get away with it.  So, as Boss Tweed said, what are you going to do about it?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 27, 2013 03:18 AM (zF6Iw)

902 The best was when they photographed a few years ago, Moochelle in orange stretch pants. The photos have since been removed from the web. What a dresser! Even with free clothes and people to choose her outfits for her, she still looks like Auntie Mayme's couch cover.

Posted by: Waldo at June 27, 2013 03:20 AM (RZwdH)

903 Good Morning. Malor must've stayed out late celebrating last pm.

Posted by: Joethefatman™ (@joethefatman1) at June 27, 2013 03:22 AM (MnSla)

904 Trayvonites are resistant to evidence. Even after the 911 operator testified under oath that he was not a police officer and did not have the authority to order anyone to do anything and did not order GZ to stay in car, they still claim that GZ disobeyed a police order to stay in car.

Posted by: Waldo at June 27, 2013 03:24 AM (RZwdH)

905 This blog needs to get it's shit together. It is too inconsistent. There are too many down times or hours between posts and then there are times when there are too many. They need a blog manager. Oh, yeah...that be ace.

Posted by: Waldo at June 27, 2013 03:26 AM (RZwdH)

906 #900  Batik is a style of print in which a wax design is applied,  then the non-waxed areas are dyed through dipping in a vat,  then the fabric is immersed in boiling water to remove the wax.   Many African prints are produced with this technique,  which is why so many are geometric.

Posted by: Miss Marple at June 27, 2013 03:27 AM (GoIUi)

907 Where's Gabe? Punch-drunk from yesterday's SCOTUS???? Hit the snooze bar!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 27, 2013 03:29 AM (+98Gb)

908 logprof -- spell checkers will eventually blur English into a series of monosyllabic grunts

Posted by: Jean at June 27, 2013 03:30 AM (CMlD4)

909 906 #900 Batik is a style of print in which a wax design is applied, then the non-waxed areas are dyed through dipping in a vat, then the fabric is immersed in boiling water to remove the wax. Many African prints are produced with this technique, which is why so many are geometric. Posted by: Miss Marple at June 27, 2013 07:27 AM (GoIUi) --Thanks! Was not being flippant. I've actually learned something at this odd hour.

Posted by: logprof at June 27, 2013 03:31 AM (+iA5G)

910 907 Where's Gabe? Punch-drunk from yesterday's SCOTUS???? Hit the snooze bar! Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 27, 2013 07:29 AM (+98Gb) Maybe, he eloped?

Posted by: Waldo at June 27, 2013 03:31 AM (RZwdH)

911 Waldo, I'll rather read a stale thread than one with a cob who acts as though he holds a significant portion of the audience in contempt.

Posted by: @johntant at June 27, 2013 03:32 AM (yT+8A)

912 908 logprof -- spell checkers will eventually blur English into a series of monosyllabic grunts Posted by: Jean at June 27, 2013 07:30 AM (CMlD4) --Whatev . . . ungh . . .

Posted by: logprof at June 27, 2013 03:32 AM (+iA5G)

913 904 Trayvonites are resistant to evidence. Even after the 911 operator testified under oath that he was not a police officer and did not have the authority to order anyone to do anything and did not order GZ to stay in car, they still claim that GZ disobeyed a police order to stay in car. Posted by: Waldo at June 27, 2013 07:24 AM (RZwdH) Someone on FB liked a page from Esquire which is essentially a delusional rant that the evidence is "clear" in making him guilty, because of random statements he made when initially brought into the police station. None of which are particularly problematic. Most were just emotional things. But they're apparently SO CLEAR to some people!!!

Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at June 27, 2013 03:32 AM (X4HxX)

914 908 logprof -- spell checkers will eventually blur English into a series of monosyllabic grunts Posted by: Jean at June 27, 2013 07:30 AM (CMlD4) I don't think Genetalia uses spell checkers and she was in court grunting.

Posted by: Waldo at June 27, 2013 03:33 AM (RZwdH)

915 Waldo, thats "charm", your supposed to thank Ace for providing you the one little spot of irrational, unscheduled color in your dreary life.

Posted by: Jean at June 27, 2013 03:33 AM (CMlD4)

916 911 Waldo, I'll rather read a stale thread than one with a cob who acts as though he holds a significant portion of the audience in contempt. Posted by: @johntant at June 27, 2013 07:32 AM (yT+8A) The immediate problem is not the staleness of a thread . . . it's just so damn long that a newcomer can't pick out something from it to engage anew. I personally would love more talk on the New World colonization topic broached above, but it ain't happening.

Posted by: logprof at June 27, 2013 03:34 AM (+iA5G)

917 "None of which are particularly problematic. Most were just emotional things. "

and entirely consistent with getting your head whacked off of the pavement

Posted by: Jean at June 27, 2013 03:34 AM (CMlD4)

918 "it's just so damn long' - I cant use my phone to read it and have to go soon.

Posted by: Jean at June 27, 2013 03:36 AM (CMlD4)

919 Someone on FB liked a page from Esquire which is essentially a delusional rant that the evidence is "clear" in making him guilty, because of random statements he made when initially brought into the police station. None of which are particularly problematic. Most were just emotional things. But they're apparently SO CLEAR to some people!!! Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at June 27, 2013 07:32 AM (X4HxX) --I think I saw that post. I was tempted to troll it, but there were already so many House Organ comments that I thought I would be lost in the noise.

Posted by: logprof at June 27, 2013 03:36 AM (+iA5G)

920 Well,  I do not understand why a few pitiful improvements could not be made,  like the ability to reply to a comment,  enabling a conversation on a topic within a thread.

That's all I have to say.  Yes,  I know it isn't my site.  It would just be nice if we had an explanation,  you know?

Posted by: Miss Marple at June 27, 2013 03:36 AM (GoIUi)

921 I watched about 5 minutes of the Zimmerman trial yesterday because so many were talking about it. I still don't know what the neck wattle in the witness chair was saying. I don't understand how the judge didn't tell her to speak clearly and stop mumbling.

Posted by: Joethefatman™ (@joethefatman1) at June 27, 2013 03:38 AM (MnSla)

922 Hello, fellow daywalkers.


On the traffic thing, I try, with intermittent success, to follow the keep three seconds between cars rule.   This managed to keep from from being involved in a very nasty accident on the very day that I was trading in my last car for my new to me one.   Of course, the guy behind me nearly took me out because he wasn't doing that.


It's interesting how many people will see what is a two car gap in front of me and start trying to slide into it or lay on the horn.   How dare I not want to die!


Of course, I did want to run off the road the jackass hypermiling Prius driver the other day.   That guy was holding up the very limited traffic there was by being a jerk.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at June 27, 2013 03:39 AM (Gk3SS)

923 The MFM wants Snowden so bad that the MFM would waterboard an American Citizen to get him.

Posted by: sTevo at June 27, 2013 03:39 AM (sYewh)

924 ALERT!  TFG is over in Senegal pushing gay rights!!!  The country is Muslim and Roman Catholic!!  

I am appalled.   I am so embarrassed for my country!

Posted by: Miss Marple at June 27, 2013 03:42 AM (GoIUi)

925 Senegal president says their government will wait to change their laws until the country's attitudes change.  (Translation:  No chance,  you evil creep!)

Posted by: Miss Marple at June 27, 2013 03:43 AM (GoIUi)

926 921 I watched about 5 minutes of the Zimmerman trial yesterday because so many were talking about it. I still don't know what the neck wattle in the witness chair was saying. I don't understand how the judge didn't tell her to speak clearly and stop mumbling. Posted by: Joethefatman™ (@joethefatman1) at June 27, 2013 07:38 AM (MnSla) I was surprised that the judge didn't admonish her to speak clearly, speak up, don't talk over people, respond to the questions asked, etc. What really floored me was the her bizarre yelling out to the attys. I don't know why the judge didn't tell her to put a sock in it.

Posted by: Waldo at June 27, 2013 03:43 AM (RZwdH)

927 Andy has nood post.

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (All my Hate cannot be found) at June 27, 2013 03:43 AM (ial2b)

928 Meanwhile, the MFM continues to use Trevons baby pictures, misrepresenting his thug-like appearance.

Posted by: sTevo at June 27, 2013 03:46 AM (YSd1Q)

929 Bah. Late as usual. Anyway... “We have encouraged and applauded schools and universities for dropping offensive mascots,” she said, but stopped short of condemning the revived Jeep Cherokee because, “institutionally, the tribe does not have a stance on this.” That's odd to hear; most Cherokee I know have some kind of genetic allergic reaction to political correctness and couldn't give a flying sideways fart about who uses their name as a mascot. Some are even flattered. $10 says that these "spokespeople" are really just baby politicians trying to weasel their way into higher office the same way wealthy white leftist suburbanites use HOAs like politics Kindergarten. Because sleazy politicians exist in every race and culture.

Posted by: Saber Alter at June 27, 2013 04:50 AM (mMtFx)

930 So Â… HeÂ’s for keeping a program aimed at a hostile country secret, but heÂ’s against a program of broad spying against our own citizens that seems to laugh at this little thing called the Constitution? Unfortunately, embarrassmentÂ’s the only way that a citizen can do to try to fix these three letter agencies.

Posted by: mellow at June 27, 2013 08:17 AM (I0voc)

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