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July 10, 2013

Overnight Open Thread (7-10-2013)
— Maetenloch

Family in town = no pictures and minimal snark for you. Legally it still counts as an ONT though.

10 Questions From the U.S. Naturalization Test

Even if you haven't studied civics recently you should still be able to get at least half of these right.

1. How many amendments does the Constitution have?

2. What is the economic system in the United States?

3. Name your U.S. Representative.

4. What are two Cabinet-level positions?

5. Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?

6. Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

7. The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name ONE of the writers.

8. What is ONE thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?

9. Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?

10. What did Susan B. Anthony do?

Answers here:

1. 27; 2. capitalist economy/market economy; 3. answers will vary; 4. Any two: Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Education, Secretary of Energy, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Secretary of Homeland Security, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of Labor, Secretary of State, Secretary of Transportation, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Attorney General, Vice President; 5. John Roberts; 6. Native Americans/American Indians; 7. James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Publius; 8. U.S. diplomat, oldest member of the Constitutional Convention, first Postmaster General of the United States, writer of "Poor Richard's Almanac," started the first free libraries. 9. World War II; 10. fought for women's rights/fought for civil rights.

Jonah Goldberg on Andrea Mitchell AKA Conflict of Interest in Human Form

The problem with Andrea Mitchell - well, a problem, there are so many to choose from - is the pretense she's anything like an honest broker of ideas or information. I am not saying that she is knowingly corrupt or dishonest. That's the point. She is so deeply enmeshed in the pseudo-feminist goobbledygook of super-rich liberal old white ladies not to mention the speed-dial elitism of D.C.'s permanent class, she actually thinks she's got her finger on the pulse of the real issues. She may be a wonderful human being, but I think she'd be caught dead before saying anything one micrometer outside the conventional wisdom of her circle. It's telling that as the chief foreign-affairs correspondent for NBC News she spent much of the last five years "reporting" relentlessly about . . . Sarah Palin, long after the 2008 election and even Palin's tenure as governor. I understand that for Mitchell, Palin is far more foreign than her literally foreign friends at Davos, but come on. More recently, but not unrelatedly, Mitchell spent much of the campaign season breathing as much life as possible into the manufactured sub-theme of the Obama campaign: "The War on Women." And what's really hilarious is that Mitchell almost certainly believes that her water-carrying is serious, objective, news and analysis. Again, while I too have yet to read This Town, I can think of few better emblems of what's wrong with Washington culture than Mitchell.

The March of Freedom

The right to carry guns is one freedom that's actually expanded over the last 3 decades.

UK Approves Three-Person In-vitro Fertilization

Because sometimes three's a crowd and also your daddy. And with only two more you can have an all Lakers baby-daddy.

Minor Gods of the Camp

The only summer camp I ever went to was a Baptist-run one for a month and it was awesome. Even the bible parts weren't bad. And the kids probably had at least as much fun as the counselors.

23 Books You Didn't Read In High School But Actually Should

I still haven't read 12 of these and the rest I mostly read on my own even before high school.

How to Throw a Pitch

Stupid fucking auto-play videos - God how I hate them

Passenger Gets Kicked Off Two Flights in Two Days

Maybe he's just not cut out for this flying through the air in an enclosed metal tube thing.

"Bestiality Brothels"

Now we got that in our search keywords. Congrats.

Teh Tweet!

Yahoo group. That is all.

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1 bedtime already??

Posted by: soothsayer at July 10, 2013 05:05 PM (yhYn1)

2 Early ONT.

Posted by: steevy at July 10, 2013 05:06 PM (9XBK2)

3 Sorry, Maet, but the correct answer to question number two is "doomed".

Posted by: antisocialist at July 10, 2013 05:06 PM (eGr8Z)

4 Susan B. Anthony: Pro-Lifer.

Posted by: toby928© One comment, Vasili, one comment only please at July 10, 2013 05:07 PM (QupBk)

5 Is it actually 10:06 and I missed the clock change?
How about killing the autoplay too?

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at July 10, 2013 05:07 PM (Adm3q)

6
darn, a Star Trek nerdfest was just about to break out

Posted by: soothsayer at July 10, 2013 05:07 PM (DlaLh)

7 See? andycanuck gets results!

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at July 10, 2013 05:08 PM (Adm3q)

Susan B. Anthony?

I think she was in the B-52's.

Posted by: garrett at July 10, 2013 05:08 PM (0LGIH)

9 "The UK looks set to become the first country to allow the creation of babies using DNA from three people, after the government backed the IVF technique." I don't believe this is possible. I really don't.

Posted by: toby928© at July 10, 2013 05:09 PM (QupBk)

10 Shouldn't that be "WHO did Susan B. Anthony do?"

Posted by: public school czar at July 10, 2013 05:09 PM (Adm3q)

11 That map keeps showing Alabama as a Shall Issue state, but it wasn't until about two months ago.

Posted by: toby928© at July 10, 2013 05:10 PM (QupBk)

The Heavy Petting Zoo

Posted by: Bestiality Brother Names at July 10, 2013 05:10 PM (0LGIH)

its sad

its going to be easier to get a c/c in Chicago than hawaii

Posted by: navycopjoe at July 10, 2013 05:11 PM (pLMro)

14 I think she was in the B-52's. Posted by: garrett at July 10, 2013 09:08 PM (0LGIH) Yeah, with the Beehive Hairdoo.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 10, 2013 05:11 PM (XIxXP)

15 I was also a renowned cocksman.

Posted by: Benjamin Franklin at July 10, 2013 05:11 PM (Ya0Es)

Pig and a Poke

Posted by: Bestiality Brothel Names at July 10, 2013 05:11 PM (0LGIH)

17 That Naturalization test brings back memories. I got all of my questions right.

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 05:11 PM (doBIb)

18 Ok, that civics test was retardedly easy, yet I'd say 90% of the people I know couldn't answer half. Also, I disagree with including Publius as a correct answer for writers of The Federalist. Publius was a founder of the Roman Republic, around 500BC or something. The other three wrote The Federalist using that pen name. But of course, you all already knew that.

Posted by: mugiwara at July 10, 2013 05:11 PM (hpYnL)

19 Soothsayer so what is the correct answer to the question you posed?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 10, 2013 05:11 PM (8Ztpq)

Psst. Over here. No naturalization tests in the shadows, bro.

Posted by: RLTW at July 10, 2013 05:12 PM (AC44W)

21 And I'm disappointed that "dedicated orgy participant" isn't one of the Franklin answers.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at July 10, 2013 05:12 PM (Adm3q)

22 Ye Olde Horse Fuckerey

Posted by: Bestiality Brothel Names at July 10, 2013 05:12 PM (0LGIH)

23 That map keeps showing Alabama as a Shall Issue state, but it wasn't until about two months ago. Posted by: toby928Â© at July 10, 2013 09:10 PM (QupBk) Every person in my Alabama Family carried, My aunt drove a school bus and carried. Laws are one thing. Give a shit about enforcing them is another.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 10, 2013 05:13 PM (XIxXP)

"For the second time in as many days, the same man caused a flight to be diverted after he reportedly tried to exit the planes during flight."

Heh. Why didn't they just let him out?!

Posted by: Cicero Kid at July 10, 2013 05:13 PM (qLYdI)

25 Race Riot Pro Tip #38: If you forgot to wear sunscreen, try looting an electronics store. Flatscreen TVs make handy makeshift sunbrellas.

Posted by: George Orwell in his cups at July 10, 2013 05:13 PM (IZTTb)

26 B-52s - Roam
http://youtu.be/pCUnzcUMJHc

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 10, 2013 05:13 PM (8Ztpq)

27 I'm happy to say I answered all of those. Though I admit for Ben Franklin my first response was, "Wearing an awesome raccoon hat in France." Also, Susan B. Anthony was for women's suffrage. Susan B. Anthony WAS NOT for abortion on demand, which appears to be all the vaginas of today seem to care about.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at July 10, 2013 05:14 PM (CA2NO)

28 B-52s - Roam http://youtu.be/pCUnzcUMJHc Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 10, 2013 09:13 PM (8Ztpq) I'm a Rock Lobster person myself.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 10, 2013 05:14 PM (XIxXP)

29 you know, if you answered 'some asshole' on each question of that test you would get 40% right

Posted by: navycopjoe at July 10, 2013 05:15 PM (pLMro)

30 ItÂ’s basically a novel version of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Well there's the most fantastically-inaccurate description of Catch-22 ever.

Posted by: Waterhouse at July 10, 2013 05:15 PM (Ya0Es)

31 Warm Leatherette http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5QErPDNcj4

Posted by: toby928© at July 10, 2013 05:15 PM (QupBk)

32 I love the B-52s

Posted by: thunderb at July 10, 2013 05:15 PM (zOTsN)

33
EC, I have to be honest, I don't know how many women crew members were killed on the show, but I think it was 0.

Annapuma, however, names one. She's probably right.

Posted by: soothsayer at July 10, 2013 05:15 PM (LVtr+)

I don't believe this is possible. I really don't.

I wonder about that too.

I also wonder what the point would be of doing it?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at July 10, 2013 05:15 PM (0HooB)

35 Ben Franklin was a moron. "Beer is proof that God loves us. " He also used to go naked and take "air baths". And he was a ladies man.

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 05:15 PM (doBIb)

36 "The UK looks set to become the first country to allow the creation of babies using DNA from three people, after the government backed the IVF technique." I don't believe this is possible. I really don't. Just wait until they try cross-breeding the English with -gasp- the Irish.

Posted by: George Orwell in his cups at July 10, 2013 05:15 PM (IZTTb)

37 15 I was also a renowned cocksman. Posted by: Benjamin Franklin at July 10, 2013 09:11 PM (Ya0Es) I answered "bangin' French chicks". Ben agrees, I'm giving myself the point. Suck it, Immigration!

Posted by: J. Random Dude at July 10, 2013 05:15 PM (72afg)

38 I'm happy to say I answered all of those. Though I admit for Ben Franklin my first response was, "Wearing an awesome raccoon hat in France."Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at July 10, 2013 09:14 PM (CA2NO)

But he did that as a diplomat, so, correct.

Posted by: mugiwara at July 10, 2013 05:16 PM (hpYnL)

39 I think the race riot rules are the same as the zombieland rules

Posted by: thunderb at July 10, 2013 05:16 PM (zOTsN)

40 Let's pause to wish Sofia Vergara a happy birthday. Still hawt at 41.

Posted by: logprof at July 10, 2013 05:16 PM (t8nYi)

41 Susan B. Anthony - Famous for the most unpopular coin in U.S. History.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 10, 2013 05:16 PM (aDwsi)

42 I don't believe this is possible. I really don't. I wonder about that too. I also wonder what the point would be of doing it? Cultural Marxism. Duh.

Posted by: George Orwell in his cups at July 10, 2013 05:16 PM (IZTTb)

43 Susan B. Anthony - Famous for the most unpopular coin in U.S. History. And I know why: Didn't show her tits.

Posted by: George Orwell in his cups at July 10, 2013 05:17 PM (IZTTb)

44 Susan B. Anthony - Famous for the most unpopular coin in U.S. History. I beg to differ.

Posted by: Sacagawea at July 10, 2013 05:17 PM (QupBk)

45 CardioThe Double TapBeware of BathroomsWear Seat BeltsNo AttachmentsThe Â“SkilletÂ”Travel LightGet a Kick Ass PartnerWith your Bare HandsDonÂ’t Swing LowUse Your FootBounty Paper TowelsShake it OffAlways carry a change of underwearBowling BallOpportunity KnocksDonÂ’t be a hero (later crossed out to be a hero)Limber UpBreak it UpItÂ’s a marathon, not a sprint, unless itÂ’s a sprint, then sprintAvoid Strip ClubsWhen in doubt Know your way outZipplockUse your thumbsShoot FirstA little sun screen never hurt anybodyIncoming!Double-Knot your ShoesThe Buddy SystemPack your stain stickCheck the back seatEnjoy the little thingsSwiss army Knife

Posted by: thunderb at July 10, 2013 05:17 PM (zOTsN)

I will clean the barrel

Posted by: thunderb at July 10, 2013 05:17 PM (zOTsN)

36 just wait till the beginning of next year when they breed the bears with the Lombardi trophy

cause Da BEARS will win it all!!!!!!

Posted by: navycopjoe at July 10, 2013 05:17 PM (pLMro)

48 Susan B. Anthony - Famous for the most unpopular coin in U.S. History.
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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Somebody said something about the US Mint going to metal coinage. Never happen. Imagine carrying $50 in silver dollars. You'd have to wear a gun belt and suspenders to keep your pants on.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 10, 2013 05:18 PM (4Mv1T)

49 Susan B. Anthony - Famous for the most unpopular coin in U.S. History. Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 10, 2013 09:16 PM (aDwsi) I never understood that. The dollar coin in a vending machine would have saved millions of man hours when these idiots try to feed a wrinkled dollar into a machine

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 10, 2013 05:18 PM (XIxXP)

Question number 3 on the Naturalization Test is a trick question. We don't have Representatives, we have Overlords.

The Republic is Dead. God Save the Republic.

Posted by: RLTW at July 10, 2013 05:18 PM (AC44W)

51 #4 - Cups and plates?

Posted by: Lucky Pierre at July 10, 2013 05:18 PM (5fSr7)

52 From the Buzzfeed books link, about "How To Kill a Mockingbird:" Also, you will fall in love with Atticus Finch. No you won't.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at July 10, 2013 05:18 PM (CA2NO)

53 Susan B. Anthony- Famous for the most unpopular coin in US history. ---- Ahem.

Posted by: Sacagawea smiling from a gold dollar coin at July 10, 2013 05:18 PM (GmTxn)

54 Ben Franklin was one of America's sexiest presidents!

Posted by: Michael Scott at July 10, 2013 05:18 PM (t8nYi)

55 Hola, amigos!

Posted by: cthulhu at July 10, 2013 05:19 PM (T1005)

56 Ben Franklin invented the $100 bill.

Posted by: Lucky Pierre at July 10, 2013 05:19 PM (5fSr7)

57 A dollar coin should be larger than a quarter. Ike agrees btw.

Posted by: toby928© at July 10, 2013 05:19 PM (QupBk)

>>> Let's pause to wish Sofia Vergara a happy birthday.

That post deserved a link, prof.

Weak. Shit. Sir.

Posted by: garrett at July 10, 2013 05:19 PM (0LGIH)

59 Ben Franklin invented lightning!

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 05:19 PM (doBIb)

60 Don't worry, Maet. It's all about the comments anyway, right? I mean nobody actually READS the content of the post.

Posted by: shredded chi at July 10, 2013 05:19 PM (NRQlH)

61 Greetings elder god of the tentacled destruction of Clownifornia.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 10, 2013 05:20 PM (8Ztpq)

62 How To Kill a Mockingbird #8 shot works just fine.

Posted by: toby928© at July 10, 2013 05:20 PM (QupBk)

Cultural Marxism. Duh.

Although, on the bright side, I can see a new breed of offensive lineman, about 7' 5" and 400lbs, with four arms and three legs, with the rear one used as a tripod.

brb, buyin' Genentech stock...

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at July 10, 2013 05:20 PM (0HooB)

Missed 2 damnit.

Posted by: Infidel at July 10, 2013 05:20 PM (SkhKv)

65 Race Riot Pro Tip #24: When looting in a Korean neighborhood, toss around a few small dogs as diversions. Make sure they are meaty.

Posted by: George Orwell in his cups at July 10, 2013 05:20 PM (IZTTb)

66 Seriously about Alabama? I'm assuming no one realized permits we required or something, cuz one of my uncles was a Baptist (Free Will) preacher and he carried at all times as did just about everyone else I knew. Rifles on racks in all the pickups, too.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 05:20 PM (2/T/u)

67 Ben Franklin invented lightning! Posted by: EC
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Dr Frankenstein put it to good use.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 10, 2013 05:20 PM (4Mv1T)

68 Also from the Buzzfeed link, about "Animal Farm:" This book is basically a satirical puppet show about a revolution. ... Seriously? SERIOUSLY? THAT'S your one sentence summary of "Animal Farm?"

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at July 10, 2013 05:20 PM (CA2NO)

69 #6 is "Casino-Owning Americans"

Posted by: Lucky Pierre at July 10, 2013 05:20 PM (5fSr7)

70 Books, I read some of them, maybe seven; definitely Orwell, and "Lord of the Flies". Those I remember, couple of the others maybe. Didn't 'like' any of them.
And the literary hand wringers who just love all the anguish, perversion, are sick people.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at July 10, 2013 05:20 PM (etR3/)

71 I mean nobody actually READS the content of the post. They're riff material only.

Posted by: toby928© at July 10, 2013 05:20 PM (QupBk)

72 Just stopping by to say goodnight!

I will catch up on the thread early in the morning, while waiting for Gabe and Vic to show up.

Good night, everyone!

Posted by: Miss Marple at July 10, 2013 05:20 PM (GoIUi)

73 60- Crap. I missed the content.

Posted by: RLTW at July 10, 2013 05:20 PM (AC44W)

74 #10 is "Bitch, bitch, bitch."

Posted by: Lucky Pierre at July 10, 2013 05:21 PM (5fSr7)

75 MWR that list sounds it was prepared by that Long Island school district doesn't it? About the same intellectual depth. All of 1mm.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 10, 2013 05:21 PM (8Ztpq)

76 Animal Farm, Gatsby, and Lord of the Flies are horrible books. Now that's out of the way, did you guys see this story about Hitler Chic in Thailand? http://www.wbtv.com/story/22798904/hitler-chicken-joint-renews-focus-on-nazi-chic-thailand

Posted by: Y-not at July 10, 2013 05:22 PM (5H6zj)

77 Although, on the bright side, I can see a new breed of offensive lineman, about 7' 5" and 400lbs,with four arms and three legs, with the rear one used as a tripod. Sabin red-shirted one of them for this year.

Posted by: toby928© at July 10, 2013 05:22 PM (QupBk)

78 Did anyone else hate Catcher In The Rye?

Posted by: Jenny Hates All The Things at July 10, 2013 05:22 PM (GmTxn)

79 Posted by: Miss Marple at July 10, 2013 09:20 PM (GoIUi) G'night miss marple.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 10, 2013 05:22 PM (XIxXP)

80 21 And I'm disappointed that "dedicated orgy participant" isn't one of the Franklin answers. Posted by: andycanuck at July 10, 2013 09:12 PM (Adm3q) And I'm guessing advocate for banging older ladies isn't in there either. To to you tube and look up assassins creed 3 Benjamin Franklin. I'm pretty sure they took his actual writings and incorporated them.

Posted by: Buzzion at July 10, 2013 05:22 PM (C3CnJ)

81 >>> Let's pause to wish Sofia Vergara a happy birthday.

That post deserved a link, prof.
Weak. Shit. Sir.

Posted by: garrett at July 10, 2013 09:19 PM (0LGIH)

--Okay, okay. Link in nick.

Posted by: logprof at July 10, 2013 05:22 PM (t8nYi)

82 Did anyone else hate Catcher In The Rye? It insisted upon itself.

Posted by: toby928© at July 10, 2013 05:23 PM (QupBk)

83 Race Riot Pro Tip #31: When casing a gated community, don't wear a hoodie and Air Jordans. Dress like Mormon missionaries and when confronted, claim you merely have a really amazing tan.

Posted by: George Orwell in his cups at July 10, 2013 05:23 PM (IZTTb)

84 Somebody said something about the US Mint going to metal coinage. Never happen. Imagine carrying $50 in silver dollars. You'd have to wear a gun belt and suspenders to keep your pants on. Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 10, 2013 09:18 PM (4Mv1T) If the federal government is serious about moving to a dollar coin, they have to do it the way the Canadian government did: Mint the coin, put it in circulation, announce the date that the dollar bill will no longer be valid currency (in Canada's case, two years after the first dollar coin was issued), and phase out the bill.

Posted by: Vendette at July 10, 2013 05:23 PM (bgZok)

85 They should have put that passenger who kept messing with flights on a bus to Tijuana or Newark, NJ. That would teach him a lesson.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky Redneck Queen at July 10, 2013 05:23 PM (baL2B)

86 Soothsayer if you do not know the answer to your own trivia question... what are you? Some kind of Moron??

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 10, 2013 05:23 PM (8Ztpq)

87 They should have put that passenger who kept messing with flights on a bus to Tijuana or Newark, NJ. That would teach him a lesson. Posted by: ChristyBlinky Redneck Queen at July 10, 2013 09:23 PM (baL2B) Busses, damn, freak shows on wheels.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 10, 2013 05:24 PM (XIxXP)

88 So, I've read 12 of the books on that list. I can recall most of the plot on about 5.

Posted by: mugiwara at July 10, 2013 05:24 PM (hpYnL)

89 It didn't take you morons long to lighten my dark mood from the previous thread. We'll have much mirth in the camps.

Posted by: toby928© at July 10, 2013 05:24 PM (QupBk)

90 I hope I don't blow the blog out with this URL.

New AR side charging handle. Cool beans. $150

http://tinyurl.com/pgppzhz

Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 10, 2013 05:25 PM (4Mv1T)

>>> Link in nick.

Good. God.

brb...

Posted by: garrett at July 10, 2013 05:25 PM (0LGIH)

92 And this for "Brave New World:" Because youÂ’ve always wondered what the world would be like without religion Well, that explains why the Brave New World sucks ass, right? *FACEPALM*

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at July 10, 2013 05:25 PM (CA2NO)

93 Man on plane tried to "exit for a smoke" Well, has he been successful he wouldn't have had to worry about any withdrawal symptoms. Yes, I hated "Catcher In The Rye". 35 plus years later and I can remember nothing about it but the main character's name and that I hated the book

Posted by: Hempstead LI School Districtct at July 10, 2013 05:25 PM (wqcCk)

94 We'll have much mirth in the camps. Posted by: toby928Â© at July 10, 2013 09:24 PM (QupBk) Finger puppet shows, from those who still have fingers.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 10, 2013 05:25 PM (XIxXP)

95 Some Rock Lobster for the OSP
http://youtu.be/oa-NPcWjfz0

Enjoy it before Michelle scarfs it all down.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 10, 2013 05:25 PM (8Ztpq)

96 I hated CithR with a passion, but be careful; we'll draw raykon out to defend Holden if we keep talking about it.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 05:25 PM (2/T/u)

97 http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/database/redshirt_deaths.htm I was right.

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 05:25 PM (doBIb)

Those questions are too easy --

1. How many amendments does the Constitution have? -- Not enough.

2. What is the economic system in the United States? -- Crony capitalism bordering on corporatism.

3. Name your U.S. Representative. -- Scumbucket.

4. What are two Cabinet-level positions? -- Prone and supine.

5. Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now? -- Benedict Roberts.

6. Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived? -- Aboriginal Americans.

7. The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name ONE of the writers. -- John Jay.

8. What is ONE thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for? -- Touting sex with older women.

9. Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in? -- World War I.

10. What did Susan B. Anthony do? -- Ruin the concept of a dollar coin for almost a generation.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 10, 2013 05:25 PM (T1005)

Zombieland or Race Riot Rules one more time. I have no clue what some of these mean

1. Cardio

2. The Double Tap

3. Beware of Bathrooms

4. Wear Seat Belts

5. No Attachments

6. The Skillet

7. Travel Light

8. Get a Kick Ass Partner

9. With Your Bare Hands

10. Don't Swing Low

11. Use Your Foot

12. Bounty Paper Towels

13. Shake it Off

14. Always Carry A Change of Underwear

15. Bowling Ball

16. Don't Be A Hero

17. Limber Up

18. Break it up

19. Its a Marathon, Not A Sprint, Unless Its A Sprint, Then Sprint

20. Avoid Strip Clubs

21. When in Doubt, Know Your Way Out

22. Zipplock

23. Use Your Thumbs

24. Shoot First

25. A Little Sun Screen Never Hurt Anybody

26. Incoming!

27. Double Knot Your Shoes

28. The Buddy System

29. Pack Your Stain Stick

30. Check The Back Seat

31. Enjoy The Little Things

32. Swiss Army Knife

Posted by: thunderb at July 10, 2013 05:25 PM (zOTsN)

100 MWR that list sounds it was prepared by that Long Island school district doesn't it? About the same intellectual depth. All of 1mm. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 10, 2013 09:21 PM (8Ztpq) It seriously is. "Here, read these books! For all the wrong reasons!" I've read at least half of those books. Liked some, didn't like others. But even the ones i DIDN'T like I understood better than this jackoff.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at July 10, 2013 05:27 PM (CA2NO)

101
Look, I don't know everything.

Posted by: soothsayer at July 10, 2013 05:27 PM (vyPsz)

102 20. Avoid Strip Clubs Hey. I'm all for preparedness, but now you have gone too far.

Posted by: George Orwell in his cups at July 10, 2013 05:27 PM (IZTTb)

103 What? International horndog wasn't one of the acceptable answers for the question about Ben Franklin?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 10, 2013 05:28 PM (jjvz+)

104 93 I can never forget the name of the main character. One of kids' friends is named, near as I can tell, Holden-you-know-like-Holden-Caulfield.

Posted by: Jenny Hates All The Things at July 10, 2013 05:28 PM (GmTxn)

105 Also, you will fall in love with Atticus Finch.
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Not so much..., but I give him points for fetching a rifle and killing the rabid dog. Today's lawyers would call the police, because "It's their job, and besides , I don't believe that rifles are necessary."

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 10, 2013 05:28 PM (aDwsi)

106 Avoid Strip Clubs Hey. I'm all for preparedness, but now you have gone too far. Posted by: George Orwell in his cups at July 10, 2013 09:27 PM (IZTTb) Missprint, Strip Club Buffets.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 10, 2013 05:28 PM (XIxXP)

107 Posted by: thunderb at July 10, 2013 09:25 PM (zOTsN) And stock up on Twinkies... O heavens, this is going to happen before they are back, isn't it? We're going to be stuck with the off brand or with those damn coconut covered bally things.

Posted by: Ragamuffin at July 10, 2013 05:28 PM (fzFF6)

108 Strip Club Buffets. Best fish tacos. EVAR!

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 05:29 PM (doBIb)

109 Can't wait to see the trillion dollar bill with 0bama on it.

Posted by: logprof at July 10, 2013 05:29 PM (t8nYi)

110 We're going to be stuck with the off brand or with those damn coconut covered bally things. Posted by: Ragamuffin at July 10, 2013 09:28 PM (fzFF6) There are rasberry zingers which I feel are supirior to the twinkie.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 10, 2013 05:29 PM (XIxXP)

111 what are those coconut ball things, snow balls? Used to love those

Posted by: thunderb at July 10, 2013 05:29 PM (zOTsN)

112 "Catcher in the Rye" was too full of itself. It tried SO DAMN HARD to be Important (tm). I gave up on it a little ways in and didn't go back.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at July 10, 2013 05:29 PM (CA2NO)

113 I can carry $50 of silver in my pocket easy. It weighs near abouts 2 oz. I can do many manly things, such as carrying two ounces and sometimes more.

Posted by: Cowboy at July 10, 2013 05:29 PM (FMrA0)

114 1. How many amendments does the Constitution have? 28 (wrong) 2. What is the economic system in the United States? Fascism. (Sadly, that is correct.) 3. Name your U.S. Representative. Mike Fitzpatrick. (Correct) 4. What are two Cabinet-level positions? Defense and Interior. (Correct) 5. Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now? John Roberts. (Correct) 6. Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived? Ah, this is an interesting question. There is increasingly strong evidence that Europeans migrated to the eastern part of North America during the last Ice Age, possibly seal hunters following the edge of the North Atlantic ice sheet. Asians migrated to the western part of the continent over the Bering land bridge. I don't know who got here first. 7. The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name ONE of the writers. Alexander Hamilton. (Correct) 8. What is ONE thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for? I said "inventing the lightning rod" which was not one of the answers given. I think that is correct, though. 9. Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in? World War II. (Correct) 10. What did Susan B. Anthony do? Tried to vote. (According to Wikipedia, that is correct.)

Posted by: rickl at July 10, 2013 05:30 PM (sdi6R)

115 Ben flying a kite doesn't count?

Posted by: BignJames at July 10, 2013 05:31 PM (20Mmk)

116 The ones I haven't are read Slaughterhouse 5, As I Lay Dying, Catch 22, and Their Eyes Were Watching God. Some I read before and some after high school. The only one I might still want to read is "Their eyes were watching God."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2013 05:31 PM (wqcCk)

117 what are those coconut ball things, snow balls? Used to love those Posted by: thunderb at July 10, 2013 09:29 PM (zOTsN) They would change the colors for holidays and seasons. I always had an addiction when it came to the hostess orange cup cakes.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 10, 2013 05:31 PM (XIxXP)

118 Geez, well over 100 comments in? On the upside, you couldn't dynamite the smile off my face right now.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 10, 2013 05:31 PM (GEICT)

119 Thank god I was naturalized at birth! Those questions are HARD, you butch-dyke-c*nt-nazi-faggot!

Posted by: Alec Baldwin at July 10, 2013 05:31 PM (AzwZn)

120 Sno Balls. Not my thing, but isn'that what Harrelson was after the whole time in Zombieland?

Posted by: shredded chi at July 10, 2013 05:31 PM (NRQlH)

121 Best fish tacos. EVAR! Tastes like chi... No. No. I just can't.

Posted by: George Orwell in his cups at July 10, 2013 05:31 PM (IZTTb)

122 I tapped more French than the Nazis.

Posted by: Zombie Ben Franklin at July 10, 2013 05:31 PM (cK0tU)

123 The short description for As I Lay Dying lacks a lot. Messed up is a cop out. Anse would be a welfare queen today. While the daughter would be named Rachel. And the son is Zimmerman.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 10, 2013 05:31 PM (8Ztpq)

124 why so smiley?

Posted by: thunderb at July 10, 2013 05:31 PM (zOTsN)

125 9. Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in? -- World War I. Posted by: cthulhu at July 10, 2013 09:25 PM (T1005) Duuuuude.......

Posted by: Tami[/i][/b][/u][/s] at July 10, 2013 05:31 PM (X6akg)

126 61 Greetings elder god of the tentacled destruction of Clownifornia.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 10, 2013 09:20 PM (8Ztpq)

I'm workin' on high-tailin' the tentacles the heck out of the place -- the destruction is doing just fine without me.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 10, 2013 05:31 PM (T1005)

127 Of the list of 23 books, I've read two. Heart of Darkness was assigned in English 101. I read 1984 1984 on my own in high school. I would have read Frankenstein if I was in a different English 101 class; my class read Pride and Prejudice instead.

Posted by: Vendette at July 10, 2013 05:32 PM (bgZok)

128

6. Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

Nobody. It wasn't called 'America' until 1776.

Posted by: Cicero Kid at July 10, 2013 05:32 PM (qLYdI)

129 Yeah, "Discovery of Electricity" is a mighty big omission on the list of correct answers for 'Ole Poor Richard

Posted by: Cowboy at July 10, 2013 05:32 PM (FMrA0)

130 On the upside, you couldn't dynamite the smile off my face right now. Congrats!

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 05:32 PM (doBIb)

131 "Catcher in the Rye" was too full of itself. It tried SO DAMN HARD to be Important (tm). I gave up on it a little ways in and didn't go back.

The greatest novel in the world to explain the boomers.

Posted by: Samuel Adams at July 10, 2013 05:33 PM (cK0tU)

132 4. What are two Cabinet-level positions? -- Prone and supine. LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2013 05:33 PM (wqcCk)

133 Posted by: shredded chi at July 10, 2013 09:31 PM (NRQlH) No, he was after Twinkies but only found SnoBalls, much to his disgust.

Posted by: Ragamuffin at July 10, 2013 05:33 PM (fzFF6)

134 Stephen King credited Lord of the Flies for inspiring him to be a writer. His production company Castle Rock Entertainment was named for a location in the book. I guess that could be a good or bad thing depending if you are a King fan or not.

Posted by: Jmel at July 10, 2013 05:33 PM (cfFqn)

135 My wife and I were setting up our beach chairs, after just bringing the kayaks down to the beach, when we saw a fish jumping offshore. Jumped a few times and I realized it was a dolphin, so I dropped whatever was in my hands, grabbed a kayak and ran into the waves, hoping I might get an up close glimpse of a dolphin. Got much more. Two dolphins were out there and came within about 50 feet of me before they changed course, split up, and ended up on either side of me, not even ten feet away, just matching stroke for lurch, ((seriously, dolphins aren't as graceful as I thought), stroke for lurch. Then they turned out and I headed in. One of the best nature experiences of my life, maybe the best.

Posted by: Lincolntf at July 10, 2013 05:33 PM (qbVkk)

136 Yeah, "Discovery of Electricity" is a mighty big omission on the list of correct answers for 'Ole Poor Richard *** I thought it was more along the lines of proving how it travels.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 10, 2013 05:34 PM (jjvz+)

137 I don't believe this is possible. I really don't. Posted by: toby928Â© at July 10, 2013 09:09 PM (QupBk) Give it two centuries.

Posted by: Miranda Lawson at July 10, 2013 05:34 PM (KiyII)

138 1. Three, that we currently observe. 2. Fixed-economic crony fascism 3. Barack Obama 4. The EPA and IRS, based on Administration priority of access. 5. Barack Obama 6. Asians 7. Some old, obsolete slaveholding white guy. 8. Invented electricity 9. Stalin's war against Nazi Germany. 10. Mint the one dollar coin Am I in?

Posted by: BuddyPC at July 10, 2013 05:34 PM (bYQ1a)

139
I have to hand it to Jeff Foxworthy. He managed to make himself an empire from the phrase "...you might be a redneck!"

Posted by: soothsayer at July 10, 2013 05:34 PM (vanqS)

140 Lincolntf that is beautiful

Posted by: thunderb at July 10, 2013 05:34 PM (zOTsN)

141 Again from the Buzzfeed books link. About "Catch-22": This is the only book that will make you feel OK about American politics. ItÂ’s basically a novel version of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Jesus Christ...

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at July 10, 2013 05:35 PM (CA2NO)

142 Two dolphins were out there and came within about 50 feet of me before they changed course, split up, and ended up on either side of me, not even ten feet away, just matching stroke for lurch, ((seriously, dolphins aren't as graceful as I thought), stroke for lurch. Then they turned out and I headed in. One of the best nature experiences of my life, maybe the best. Posted by: Lincolntf at July 10, 2013 09:33 PM (qbVkk) That is sooo cool! Ya lucky bastard.

Posted by: Tami[/i][/b][/u][/s] at July 10, 2013 05:35 PM (X6akg)

143 The Ancien Regime Redux AmericaÂ’s strength lies in its civic virtue, in particular the ability of the people to take upon themselves the duty and privilege of maintaining economic and social order, and to cherish and protect our values and heritage. It is this free interaction of free individuals to voluntarily associate their combined power, that gives us the freedom and capacity to meet the our needs and the needs of others, and to create a society that does not require the pseudo-benevolent hand of Leviathan. More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=2485

Posted by: The Political Hat at July 10, 2013 05:35 PM (XvHmy)

144 I thought it was more along the lines of proving how it travels. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 10, 2013 09:34 PM (jjvz+) I thought it was proving lightening was electricity.

Posted by: BignJames at July 10, 2013 05:36 PM (20Mmk)

145 A fact not well known enough: fans of the Japanese puzzle game "Sudoku" looked into the games origins. It turns out Japanese journals began publishing them after discovering them elsewhere, and they caught on in Japan. Where did the Japanese find them? In an American publication, it turns out. By the name of "Poor Richard's Almanac". Ben Franklin (renowned for his mathematical acumen) invented sudoku.

Posted by: Cowboy at July 10, 2013 05:36 PM (FMrA0)

146 I can carry $50 of silver in my pocket easy. It weighs near abouts 2 oz. I can do many manly things, such as carrying two ounces and sometimes more.
Posted by: Cowboy
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I figure a Colt .45 Peacemaker weighs about 37 ozs., so you should be practiced

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 10, 2013 05:36 PM (aDwsi)

147 I have to hand it to Jeff Foxworthy. He managed to make himself an empire from the phrase "...you might be a redneck!" Posted by: soothsayer at July 10, 2013 09:34 PM (vanqS) Git-r-done made almost as much. I wonder if WTF would be valuble.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 10, 2013 05:36 PM (XIxXP)

148 Books I've read on that list but only have some vague idea of the plot:

The Great Gatsby: Some rich dude on Long Island, lived by West Egg or something. Memorable because buddy of mine was neighbors with the East Egg estate (I may have mixed my eggs, I really don't remember much of that one)

To Kill a Mockingbird: About some black dude accused of murder I think? Did he do it or not? Probably not, don't remember or care.

Lord of the Flies: Lost with kids. Piggy got crushed by a boulder.

The Catcher in the Rye: Phonies!

Animal Farm: Pigs take over the farm. Become like the humans. I think that's actually the plot, but it takes up a lot more pages.

Death of a Salesman: Guy's a salesman, life is shitty, I think he dies at the end, written by a commie schmuck.

Posted by: mugiwara at July 10, 2013 05:36 PM (hpYnL)

149 I love sudoku.

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 05:36 PM (doBIb)

150 The only one I might still want to read is "Their eyes were watching God." Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2013 09:31 PM (wqcCk) Awesome, awesome book. Can't remember why but I know I loved it, of course I was a college sophomore then so... Take that for what it is worth. I should probably reread.

Posted by: Ragamuffin at July 10, 2013 05:36 PM (fzFF6)

151 Nevada's Sec. of State and Attorney General candidate is a blithering idiot: https://twitter.com/rossjmiller/status/355052829632774144

Posted by: The Political Hat at July 10, 2013 05:36 PM (XvHmy)

152 Pretty stupid descriptions of the book plots including leaving out the Russian Revolution and Stalin's rise. And as personal views I'd add that the courts let all of those poor, mistreated nuts out onto the streets and that worked out so well; and the Catch-22 author was pissed when the movie made it into an anti-Vietnam War analogy.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at July 10, 2013 05:37 PM (Adm3q)

153 Speaking of electricity, Tesla was born on this day in 1856.

Posted by: Samuel Adams at July 10, 2013 05:37 PM (cK0tU)

154 Book discussion huh? Here ya go: More real at this point - Zamyatin's "We" or Orwell's "1984"? Discuss.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 10, 2013 05:38 PM (GEICT)

155 Again from the Buzzfeed books link. About "Catch-22":
This is the only book that will make you feel OK about American politics. ItÂ’s basically a novel version of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
Jesus Christ...Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at July 10, 2013 09:35 PM (CA2NO)

Oh give me a fucking break. Jon Stewart wishes his army of writers combined had a tenth of the talent of Joseph Heller.

Posted by: mugiwara at July 10, 2013 05:38 PM (hpYnL)

156 FenelonSpoke, Catch-22 was an exercise in patience for me. I could only read it in small doses because it so infuriated me. I never had that reaction to a work of fiction before reading it. The senselessness of the situation was perfectly captured.

Posted by: no good deed at July 10, 2013 05:38 PM (WmLrU)

157 Seriously? SERIOUSLY? THAT'S your one sentence summary of "Animal Farm?" IF you thought Napolean the pig was a heroic character it might be.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2013 05:39 PM (wqcCk)

158 We were made to read Lord of the Flies as a freshmen in high school. Crappy read. This was in 75. Must of been the beginning of the indoctrination.

Posted by: ziptie at July 10, 2013 05:39 PM (0jqpK)

159 >>>4. What are two Cabinet-level positions? -- Prone and supine. BZZZZT. Acceptable answers include doggy-style, reverse cowgirl, and the timeless classic ankle earrings. Better luck next time.

Posted by: DC in Towson at July 10, 2013 05:39 PM (IuTEy)

160
Doesn't Larry the Cable Guy owe his start to Foxworthy?

Posted by: soothsayer at July 10, 2013 05:40 PM (xIzGn)

161 EC, did you count all the red shirts who died in Obsession, Friday's Child, and By Any Other Name when you compiled your deaths?

In The Deadly Years Kirk and an away team beam down for a routine check-up of a Federation expedition. They find all except two are dead. The two survivors, claiming to be in their 20s, look to be in their 60s. Chekov opens one of the buildings, sees a dead body, and screams. Later aboard ship all of the landing party ,except Chekov, start to age. The only one to die is Lt. Arlene Galway, ship's chief biologist.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 10, 2013 05:40 PM (8Ztpq)

162 I read most of those books long before high school. Which is just as well considering how high school went.

I had no desire to read Virginia Woolf because I had already read about her and her gang of nutters and degenerates.

Posted by: epobirs at July 10, 2013 05:40 PM (kcfmt)

163 That's cool, Lincoln. Glad you got to experience it. I grew up on these waters, and can tell you stories of swimming with them. Literally. Very playful creatures. They would swim along with us at 25+ knots in the Sea Ray... Quite gracefully, i always thought. leading the boat, portside, starboard - sometimes 30 or more. Quite an awesome sight.

Posted by: shredded chi at July 10, 2013 05:40 PM (NRQlH)

164 So glad I don't live in Florida.

Let me see if I understand the prosecution's argument.

There's been a lot of crime in my neighborhood, so I join the neighborhood watch, which is something the authorities encourage. One night I'm coming home in a pouring rain and see a large unfamiliar person in a hoodie wandering slowly through the neighborhood, behaving oddly and looking in windows (it turns out this individual was just suspended from high school for theft and pot use, and has two of the three ingredients of a cheap street drug on his person). I call the police, which is something the authorities encourage in this "If you see something, say something" age. As I walk to find a street name, this individual gets to his father's backyard (his father won't identify his corpse for more than 24 hours, indicating he wasn't expected home to bring candy and tea to his brother) but is angry that he can still see me. This individual, who brags on his Twitter feed about his fighting prowess and recently attacked a bus driver, returns from the safety of his own backyard to confront me, even though according to the authorities I have every right to be on the sidewalks in my own neighborhood. This individual punches me in the nose, breaking it. He then knocks me down and slams my head more than once into a concrete curb. I scream and beg for help. When no one comes to my aid, I draw my legally held concealed carry piece and shoot, just once, to stop the threat.

I am then tried for second degree murder.

Remind me NEVER to aid the authorities in reporting crime in Florida.

Posted by: Palandine[/i] at July 10, 2013 05:41 PM (aBOpX)

165 We were taught in school that Franklin discovered electricity. I'm sure they don't teach that now. But Franklin is the one who first put forward the idea of positive and negative charges, thus establishing the basis of modern understanding of the phenomenon. His work in this was a scientific sensation in the day. Widely downplayed now, as the doddering of a fool with a kite.

Posted by: Cowboy at July 10, 2013 05:41 PM (FMrA0)

166 23 Books You Didn't Read In HS ...

The Bell Jar should not be read by anyone who is fond of reason, wisdom, or morality.

It's a flaming piece of feminist shit that should have been aborted in Caput.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at July 10, 2013 05:41 PM (xvZYu)

167 IF you thought Napolean the pig was a heroic character it might be. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2013 09:39 PM (wqcCk) And that the horse working himself to death was the right and noble thing to do.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at July 10, 2013 05:41 PM (CA2NO)

168 It must be the hipsters guide to literature and the grammar is poor too: Mary Shelley bet her husband that she could write a better horror story than him. She did.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2013 05:41 PM (wqcCk)

169 I was always in the advanced English classes, so I read some of those titles *before* high school. Did not read 6-11, 13-19, or 21-23 (although I have read 1984 and Brave New World since high school). In AP English, there was a set list of stuff the whole class read, and we had to read one title a month of our choice (from the MLA list) in addition.

One of my choices was Machiavelli's The Prince --because it was short. Which reminds me, some of these "lists" neglect important non-fiction books. . . .

Posted by: logprof at July 10, 2013 05:41 PM (t8nYi)

170 EC, did you count all the red shirts who died in Obsession, Friday's Child, and By Any Other Name when you compiled your deaths? I only remembered the onscreen deaths. If female crew died offscreen I didn't count them.

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 05:42 PM (doBIb)

171 Agitated black male caller on Hannity today referred to Zimmerman as "that white boy". And there it is! In a fckn' nutshell.

Posted by: History On Trial at July 10, 2013 05:42 PM (AzwZn)

172 125 9. Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in? -- World War I. Posted by: cthulhu at July 10, 2013 09:25 PM (T1005) Duuuuude....... Posted by: Tami at July 10, 2013 09:31 PM (X6akg) What? He was. He just wasn't a general in The Great War.

Posted by: J. Random Dude at July 10, 2013 05:43 PM (72afg)

173 The Bell Jar should not be read by anyone who is fond of reason, wisdom, or morality. It's a flaming piece of feminist shit that should have been aborted in Caput. Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 10, 2013 09:41 PM (xvZYu) This x fucking infinity

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at July 10, 2013 05:43 PM (CA2NO)

174 91
>>> Link in nick.

Good. God.

brb...

Posted by: garrett at July 10, 2013 09:25 PM (0LGIH)

--Gotta hand it to Sofia; she's a giver. Tweets out at least two shots of her beautiful, bethonged bum.

Posted by: logprof at July 10, 2013 05:43 PM (t8nYi)

175 i believe Ike received 6 promotions in 4 years.

Posted by: Big Ben at July 10, 2013 05:43 PM (I5Htn)

176 One of my choices was Machiavelli's The Prince --because it was short. Which reminds me, some of these "lists" neglect important non-fiction books. . . . Posted by: logprof at July 10, 2013 09:41 PM (t8nYi) I took two full years of political philosophy in university. The Prince was the only book I read through because it was short, written clearly, and made sense.

Posted by: Vendette at July 10, 2013 05:43 PM (bgZok)

177 Race Riot Pro Tip #19: When looting your own street, be a good neighbor. After breaking in, return the crowbar where you originally found it.

Posted by: George Orwell in his cups at July 10, 2013 05:44 PM (IZTTb)

178 BC, I just finished reading "We" two weeks ago. It's fresher to me so it seems more appropriate. You can definitely see Orwell, ummm, borrowed heavily from it.

Posted by: no good deed at July 10, 2013 05:44 PM (WmLrU)

179 Dollar coins never caught on because they kept leaving little bruises on the strippers.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at July 10, 2013 05:45 PM (lr3d7)

180 In Obsession the vampire cloud engulfs two or three red shirts on screen.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 10, 2013 05:45 PM (8Ztpq)

181 Shit, now I want to read The Bell Jar.

And The Prince is, and always will be, relevant.

Posted by: mugiwara at July 10, 2013 05:45 PM (hpYnL)

182 78 Did anyone else hate Catcher In The Rye? Posted by: Jenny Hates All The Things at July 10, 2013 09:22 PM (GmTxn) That book is so worthless and not at all controversial.

Posted by: Scrotey McBoogerballs at July 10, 2013 05:46 PM (UQUhJ)

183 Cracker, honkey, peckerwood, blue-eyed devil, like water off of a duck's back. Call me a white boy and I'm kicking your fucking ass.

Posted by: Samuel Adams at July 10, 2013 05:47 PM (cK0tU)

184
To Kill a Mockingbird: About some black dude accused of murder I think? Did he do it or not? Probably not, don't remember or care.

--Primary plot point was Tom Robinson's trial for rape.

Secondary plot point considered the namesake for this great band:

http://youtu.be/6gZB1J7ejhA

Posted by: logprof at July 10, 2013 05:47 PM (t8nYi)

185 I liked "The Bell Jar" but I read it when I was a liberal. I was depressed by it for about a week however.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2013 05:47 PM (wqcCk)

186 Hey Sam Adams, play that funky music.

Posted by: Cowboy at July 10, 2013 05:48 PM (FMrA0)

187 I always thought "The Prince" got a bad rap. It's first and foremost about using human nature to your advantage.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at July 10, 2013 05:48 PM (CA2NO)

188 178 BC, I just finished reading "We" two weeks ago. It's fresher to me so it seems more appropriate. You can definitely see Orwell, ummm, borrowed heavily from it. Posted by: no good deed at July 10, 2013 09:44 PM (WmLrU) I've had both sitting on my shelf for over a decade. Some Machiavelli too. And some Fahrenheit 451. I need to brush up.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 10, 2013 05:48 PM (GEICT)

189 I just finished reading "We" two weeks ago. It's fresher to me so it seems more appropriate. You can definitely see Orwell, ummm, borrowed heavily from it. Just let Zamyatin try to sue me from the Soviet Union. Let him try.

Posted by: George Orwell in his cups at July 10, 2013 05:48 PM (IZTTb)

190 180 In Obsession the vampire cloud engulfs two or three red shirts on screen. I don't remember a female crewman in that group.

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 05:48 PM (doBIb)

191 This would be a interesting thread: What books have your read numerous times and why do you go back to them?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2013 05:49 PM (wqcCk)

192

B-52s the bombers I like.

B-52s the band suck donkey balls.

Posted by: Puddleglum at July 10, 2013 05:49 PM (8SsiG)

193 "...Laws are one thing. Give a shit about enforcing them is another" -Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 10, 2013 09:13 PM (XIxXP)

Nicely summarizes Obama's attitude to his Constitutional responsibilities ....

(BTW, got 10 for 10, and I'm not even a US citizen.)

Posted by: Lord of the Fleas at July 10, 2013 05:49 PM (DTXKM)

194 84 Somebody said something about the US Mint going to metal coinage. Never happen. Imagine carrying $50 in silver dollars. You'd have to wear a gun belt and suspenders to keep your pants on. Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 10, 2013 09:18 PM (4Mv1T) If the federal government is serious about moving to a dollar coin, they have to do it the way the Canadian government did: Mint the coin, put it in circulation, announce the date that the dollar bill will no longer be valid currency (in Canada's case, two years after the first dollar coin was issued), and phase out the bill. Posted by: Vendette at July 10, 2013 09:23 PM (bgZok) Because that method worked so well with the metric system. We're far more stubborn than those silly snowbillies.

Posted by: Buzzion at July 10, 2013 05:49 PM (UQUhJ)

195 " 179Â Dollar coins never caught on because they kept leaving little bruises on the strippers. Posted by: Colorado Alex " Ok. Close up the thread. CA just won the internet for the day.

Posted by: shredded chi at July 10, 2013 05:49 PM (NRQlH)

196 35 Ben Franklin was a moron. "Beer is proof that God loves us. " He also used to go naked and take "air baths". And he was a ladies man. Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 09:15 PM (doBIb) Favorite Ben Franklin quote: Neither a fortress nor a virgin can hold out for long once they begin to negotiate. 'sup jackwagons

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 10, 2013 05:49 PM (MBqvE)

197 Brian's mini-merengues, the judge is eating them now..

Posted by: soothsayer at July 10, 2013 05:49 PM (LPRBM)

198 195 " 179Â Dollar coins never caught on because they kept leaving little bruises on the strippers. Posted by: Colorado Alex " Ok. Close up the thread. CA just won the internet for the day. Posted by: shredded chi at July 10, 2013 09:49 PM (NRQlH) That's what the slot is for. Duh!

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 05:50 PM (doBIb)

199 191 This would be a interesting thread: What books have your read numerous times and why do you go back to them? Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2013 09:49 PM (wqcCk) Goodkind's Sword of Truth Series. Faith of the Fallen may possibly be my favorite book of all time.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 10, 2013 05:51 PM (GEICT)

200 Posted by: Cowboy at July 10, 2013 09:48 PM (FMrA0)

Like being called a boy? No adult male of any race should like being called a boy. That's my "trigger."

Posted by: Samuel Adams at July 10, 2013 05:51 PM (cK0tU)

201 That partially explains why it sounds like a hipsters guide to literature. The author of the pocket reviews is 22 and since he writes for "Buzzfeeed" I'm guessing he is a Marxist in training.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2013 05:51 PM (wqcCk)

202 'Fascism/Corporatism' is the correct answer to # 2. For Franklin, I answered 'bringing France into the Revolutionary War' does that count?

Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at July 10, 2013 05:52 PM (XvrTA)

203 Dang it, add another woman to the body count in Star Trek: The Original Series. The episode is By Any Other Name.

Its because they get reduced to styrofoam cubes and frankly is not a favourite episode I keep forgetting about Yeoman Leslie Thompson. The Kelvans reduce her and Lt. Shea into cubes as a demonstration of power by the Kelvans. Rojak picks up one cube and crumbles it killing the person. That person being Yeoman Thompson in her red uniform.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 10, 2013 05:52 PM (8Ztpq)

204 Because that method worked so well with the metric system. We're far more stubborn than those silly snowbillies. Posted by: Buzzion at July 10, 2013 09:49 PM (UQUhJ) Small steps.

Posted by: Vendette, half Canuck at July 10, 2013 05:52 PM (bgZok)

205 Goodkind's Sword of Truth Series. Faith of the Fallen may possibly be my favorite book of all time. I don't know those books. Why do you like them and why do you read them again and again?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2013 05:53 PM (wqcCk)

206 Did anyone else hate Catcher In The Rye?
Posted by: Jenny Hates All The Things

Didn't think much of it after reading it in HS, but my friend pointed out that it's taught wrong.

It's not a story of alienation, or teen angst, or any flavor of emo-wanker bullshit.

It's a story about grief. Not saying that makes it Bettah Than ShakespeareÂÂ™ but part of why many people hate it is because a bunch of Lit Majors, who doesn't have a fucking clue what it's about, write the lesson plans for dumb teachers.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at July 10, 2013 05:53 PM (xvZYu)

207 Anna, I posted a link to all deaths up in the thread.

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 05:53 PM (doBIb)

208 I suppose they are graceful underwater, but it struck me how sort of hunch backed and slow they looked ( they were going fast, I'm just talking about my immediate impression) when they were surfacing. They definitely did all their turns underwater and in pretty good tandem, so I'm not knocking 'em. Still digesting the awesomeness.

Posted by: Lincolntf at July 10, 2013 05:53 PM (qbVkk)

209 Oh, and 'who lived in America before Europeans arrived?' St Trayvon pretty sure I got that one correct

Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at July 10, 2013 05:53 PM (XvrTA)

210 This would be a interesting thread: What books have your read numerous times and why do you go back to them? Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2013 09:49 PM (wqcCk) "Alice in Wonderland" and "Alice Through the Looking-Glass." I read them at least once a year. Part of it is just nostalgia, but the more times I read it, the easier it is to apply the insanity and buffoonery in the stories to the insanity and buffoonery of the world today.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at July 10, 2013 05:54 PM (CA2NO)

211 " That's what the slot is for. Duh! " Believe it or not, I've actually seen a guy try to use a credit card in the slot around back. To put it mildly, it Didn't end well for him

Posted by: shredded chi at July 10, 2013 05:54 PM (NRQlH)

212 What did Susan B. Anthony do?

Easy...she did a porno with one of the Kardashians.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 10, 2013 05:54 PM (eSrLn)

213 "We" was a slogfest. I find that I appreciate Russian literature more than I enjoy it.

Posted by: no good deed at July 10, 2013 05:54 PM (WmLrU)

214 That's what the slot is for. Duh!
Just don't ask for any change back.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at July 10, 2013 05:54 PM (Adm3q)

215
Brian wins.

Posted by: soothsayer at July 10, 2013 05:54 PM (LVtr+)

216 No, Sam Adams, I do not like it either. But, anymore, I could care less what people call me. When they j'accuse, wildly, saying bagger, cracka, FOX Nooser, whatever the hell it is, I just don't care anymore. Come to realize their choice of words says more damning things about them personally than I'd ever care to say.

Posted by: Cowboy at July 10, 2013 05:55 PM (FMrA0)

217 This would be a interesting thread: What books have your read numerous times and why do you go back to them? Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2013 09:49 PM (wqcCk) Persuasion. It's not a long book, and Austen died before she finished editing it, but it has an incredible amount of depth and feeling.

Posted by: Vendette, half Canuck at July 10, 2013 05:55 PM (bgZok)

218 191 This would be a interesting thread: What books have your read numerous times and why do you go back to them? ------------------------------------ The Bible. Cuz I just can't seem to give up beer and pussy.

Posted by: Mr. Everyman at July 10, 2013 05:55 PM (AzwZn)

219 My 13 year old son is reading "The Prince" at the moment-among other things. If he ever makes it to college he will have already read most of the literature for the English classes. I agree with your analysis of "The Prince".

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2013 05:56 PM (wqcCk)

220 Fate has "blessed" us with fools such as Obama, Kerry, and Hagel at the helm, while half-way across the world, circumstances such as this continue to quietly (some not so quietly) build up. The ultimate outcome is bound to be explosive, even with a competent bunch. With that trio in charge, you can bet it'll be far worse. Report: Saudis Aiming Missiles at Israel and Iran http://tinyurl.com/lmcfd8l

Posted by: Thrawn at July 10, 2013 05:56 PM (KiyII)

221 "And that the horse working himself to death was the right and noble thing to do. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit."

...Boxer

Posted by: Slapweasel at July 10, 2013 05:56 PM (lq3Ak)

222 EC, Soothsayer's original question is - how many women died. So far have found two.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 10, 2013 05:56 PM (8Ztpq)

223 I wasn't really including the Bible.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2013 05:56 PM (wqcCk)

224 Hey, fappers. Scanned the post, jumped straight to here in the comments. Everybody good tonight?

Posted by: Peaches at July 10, 2013 05:56 PM (8lmkt)

225 I find that I appreciate Russian literature more than I enjoy it. Posted by: no good deed at July 10, 2013 09:54 PM (WmLrU) That is a really good way to put it.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 05:57 PM (2/T/u)

226 135 Two dolphins were out there and came within about 50 feet of me before they changed course, split up, and ended up on either side of me ... Then they turned out and I headed in. One of the best nature experiences of my life, maybe the best. They must have decided you weren't worth raping.

Posted by: Largely Irrelevant Assault Undocumented Foreigner Anachronda at July 10, 2013 05:57 PM (U82Km)

227 1984 that's a book I've read numerous times

Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at July 10, 2013 05:57 PM (XvrTA)

228 So IL now more free than NJ ?! Ugh

Posted by: McCool at July 10, 2013 05:57 PM (fRFGK)

229 EC, Soothsayer's original question is - how many women died. So far have found two. The link has the tallies at the bottom.

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 05:57 PM (doBIb)

230
Gun to my head, I woulda guessed Tasha Yar to e the first woman in Star Trek to be kilt.

Posted by: soothsayer at July 10, 2013 05:58 PM (KwX0v)

231 Come to realize their choice of words says more damning things about them personally than I'd ever care to say.

Of course they do, and it shows a perpetual ignorance about them. However they don't give a shit and think they can say anything they want and get away with it. I draw a line and don't allow them to get away with everything. Again, water off of a ducks back with a caveat.

Posted by: Samuel Adams at July 10, 2013 05:58 PM (cK0tU)

232 never having sucked Donkey Balls I am unable to make an informed comparison

Posted by: thunderb at July 10, 2013 05:58 PM (zOTsN)

233 Persuasion. It's not a long book, and Austen died before she finished editing it, but it has an incredible amount of depth and feeling. That is my very favorite Austen novel. I have read it about 10 times and the movie with Cairan Hinds and Amanda Root is great too

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2013 05:58 PM (wqcCk)

234 Combining two themes here, try to find a book called 'Treks Not Taken.' It's a bunch of 'what if this famous author tried to write a Star Trek spec script?' The one where Wesley Crusher channels Holden Caulfield is worth the price of admission alone.

Posted by: epobirs at July 10, 2013 05:58 PM (kcfmt)

235 Faith of the Fallen may possibly be my favorite book of all time.

I love the explanation of how Nicci's father's business was destroyed. I was thinking of that during the D.C. Wal-Mart thread this morning. I read Sword of Truth every summer.

Posted by: no good deed at July 10, 2013 05:58 PM (WmLrU)

236 The book I go back to most: the CRC Handbook. Man I hate that book, tho!

Posted by: Cowboy at July 10, 2013 05:58 PM (FMrA0)

237 As for the book list: I haven't read some of them. Of the ones I haven't read, I have to question "The Bell Jar" and "Death of a Salesman". Wasn't Sylvia Plath nuts, and wasn't Arthur Miller a Communist? They are hardly role models for teens. Of the ones I have read, I have to question "Catcher in the Rye", "Catch-22", and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest". While they had their good points, I think they instill cynicism among young people, and are probably counterproductive if the idea is to teach young people to have a reverence for their history and culture. Of course, I realize that's not the idea. What about Ayn Rand? Why aren't "Atlas Shrugged", "The Fountainhead", or "We the Living" standard reading in the high school curriculum? I think we all know the answer. Those books would instill a respect for Western civilization, reason, and free-market capitalism, and a hatred for totalitarian collectivism, and we can't have that.

Posted by: rickl at July 10, 2013 05:58 PM (sdi6R)

238 And there are male "yeomen" (I guess they didn't want to use "batman") because in one episode Kirk is complaining about them assigning him a female yeoman. I can't remember it exactly but the one where he is influenced by an outside source and complaining about her being so beautiful but he can't do anything about it. Maybe the plant spores one?

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at July 10, 2013 05:58 PM (Adm3q)

239 A lot of old shit must have happened in the parts of Texas I rode through today, coming on down to Austin from Texarkana, mostly via US 79. Too many hysterical markers to count. And only one cop spotted, him just a local in a crossroads town. In my upstate NY environs, there woulda been a jackbooted statie every 15 minutes or so, prowling.

Posted by: The littl shyning man at July 10, 2013 05:59 PM (K/L5V)

240 All but 4. Heard of all it one.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at July 10, 2013 05:59 PM (qIFL7)

241 The one book I read (one of the elective titles) in high school that I should re-read is Gulliver's Travels. I could understand some of the satire back then, but I'd probably get much more now.

I'm glad I avoided Catcher in the Rye, but some classmates chose it.

Posted by: logprof at July 10, 2013 05:59 PM (t8nYi)

242 I predict Sharknado will be the greatest television event since the Star Wars Christmas Special.

Posted by: George Orwell in his cups at July 10, 2013 05:59 PM (IZTTb)

243 I don't know those books. Why do you like them and why do you read them again and again? Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2013 09:53 PM (wqcCk) Goodkind is an Ayn Rand disciple. To the point where he blatantly rips of quotes of hers. He, of course, treats religion harshly. But the themes on personal responsibility, personal freedom are just awesome. There's a scene in Faith of the Fallen. The main character has quietly been taken prisoner and brought to the Empire's capital to be amongst the common man and see the error of his ways. He instead overcomes and simply by being himself, passes along the awesomeness that is capitalism and responsibility. During all of this, he sculpts a beautiful statue from marble. Entitled "Life". The leaders discover it. They display it and him and then make him destroy it in front of the citizenry. There's a point where a man on the front row screams "I am a free man!" and the crowd erupts and overthrows their oppressors. There's a speech made during that scene, lemme see if I can find it.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 10, 2013 05:59 PM (GEICT)

244 10. What did Susan B. Anthony do?>>

Argued for free birth control pills? Shes on a Dollar coin which probably what a days worth cost back in the day.

Posted by: McGregor at July 10, 2013 05:59 PM (qo244)

245 #230

No but she was the first one that didn't make the audience feel bad, despite all efforts to make it a tearjerker.

Posted by: epobirs at July 10, 2013 05:59 PM (kcfmt)

246

Most books that I have read, I have read more than once. I don't know why. But I usually read things at least twice. Usually three times if I liked it.

Posted by: garrett at July 10, 2013 06:00 PM (pPnvK)

247 That is my very favorite Austen novel. I have read it about 10 times and the movie with Cairan Hinds and Amanda Root is great too Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2013 09:58 PM (wqcCk) Now I want to watch the movie, but I really ought to go to bed! Speaking of watching movies, it's T-minus 24 hours until Sharknado starts to grace American TVs...

Posted by: Vendette, half Canuck at July 10, 2013 06:00 PM (bgZok)

248

School Books?

I really liked ' Susie has Two Mommies'.

Fetching read.

Posted by: garrett at July 10, 2013 06:01 PM (pPnvK)

249 And only one cop spotted, him just a local in a crossroads town. Rest of 'em probably hiding from the heat. Hot as it has been in Arkansas, Texas must be making Hell feel like Norwegian winter.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 06:02 PM (2/T/u)

250 Read a substantial number of the books on the first page, didn't click over to the rest. I'm guessing Hunter Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was *not* on the roster, more's the pity.

Posted by: Peaches at July 10, 2013 06:02 PM (8lmkt)

251 I reread "The Great Gatsby" to see if my opinion of it changed since high school. Nope. I still want to run all of the characters down with a big yellow car.

Posted by: no good deed at July 10, 2013 06:02 PM (WmLrU)

252
You didn't like Yar? She was a lousy character and a mediocre actress. But imporved when she came back as Romulan.

Denise Crosby was also in Pet Semetary, a lousy movie about zombie pets.

Posted by: soothsayer at July 10, 2013 06:02 PM (1WM2H)

253
I answered fuckin asshole to question 3. Turns out I was right.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 10, 2013 06:02 PM (/tUlE)

254 191 This would be a interesting thread: What books have your read numerous times and why do you go back to them? ----------------------------------- Whatever book I dropped on the bathroom floor last night when I passed out on the shitter.

Posted by: Mr. Everyman at July 10, 2013 06:02 PM (AzwZn)

255 The works of literature that I've revisited the most are the ancient epic poems: Illiad, Odyssey, Aeneid. And, oddly, the Georgics, which hold a strange fascination to me.

Posted by: Cowboy at July 10, 2013 06:03 PM (FMrA0)

256 here's some book suggestions

-Moby Dick
-A Farewell To Arms
-Heart Of Darkness
-A Tale Of Two Cities

and some poets you should read:

-Kipling
-Tennyson
-Frost
-Poe

Posted by: Jones in CO at July 10, 2013 06:03 PM (8sCoq)

257 I am currently reading "Airframe" by Michael Crichton. I know it's dated but don't care, it's Crichton.

Posted by: Samuel Adams at July 10, 2013 06:04 PM (cK0tU)

258
You didn't like Yar? She was a lousy character and a mediocre actress. But imporved when she came back as Romulan.

Denise Crosby was also in Pet Semetary, a lousy movie about zombie pets.

Posted by: soothsayer at July 10, 2013 06:04 PM (39q3n)

259 Peaches! Hi. Hope you're doing well.

Posted by: shredded chi at July 10, 2013 06:04 PM (NRQlH)

260 Here you go FenelonSpoke Â“Evil is not one large entity, but a collection of countless, small depravities brought up from the muck by petty men. Many have traded the enrichment of vision for a gray fog of mediocrity--the fertile inspiration of striving and growth, for mindless stagnation and slow decay--the brave new ground of the attempt, for the timid quagmire of apathy. Many of you have traded freedom not even for a bowl of soup, but worse, for the spoken empty feelings of others who say that you deserve to have a full bowl of soup provided by someone else. Happiness, joy, accomplishment, achievement . . . are not finite commodities, to be divided up. Is a childÂ’s laughter to be divided and allotted? No! Simply make more laughter! Every personÂ’s life is theirs by right. An individualÂ’s life can and must belong only to himself, not to any society or community, or he is then but a slave. No one can deny another person their right to their life, nor seize by force what is produced by someone else, because that is stealing their means to sustain their life. It is treason against mankind to hold a knife to a manÂ’s throat and dictate how he must live his life. No society can be more important than the individuals who compose it, or else you ascribe supreme importance, not to man, but to any notion that strikes the fancy of the society, at a never-ending cost of lives. Reason and reality are the only means to just laws; mindless wishes, if given sovereignty, become deadly masters. Surrendering reason to faith in unreasonable men sanctions their use of force to enslave you--to murder you. You have the power to decide how you will live your life. Those mean, unreasonable little men are but cockroaches, if you say they are. They have no power to control you but that which you grant them!Â”

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 10, 2013 06:05 PM (GEICT)

261 246 Yeah, I'm the same way. I kind of have to read most books more than once, I feel like I pick up something different each time. It may be that my mind wander... SQUIRREL!

Posted by: Jenny Hates All The Things at July 10, 2013 06:05 PM (GmTxn)

262 The only book I have read numerous times, and also read aloud to dumbasses who I knew wouldn't read it for themselves, was Fear and Loathing. Had a birthday up at the beach in Malibu one time where we all sat around naked, drinking beer and passing the book from one to another, reading aloud, just like they do at AA meetings (I didn't know that till later, lol). It was an epic day up the 'bu.

Posted by: Peaches at July 10, 2013 06:05 PM (8lmkt)

263 This would be a interesting thread: What books have your read numerous times and why do you go back to them?
==============

The entire 16 Volume series of Jalna novels, twice. A Christmas Carol, every Christmas.

When things get grim, as now, I re-read Wodehouse for lighthearted escapism, and a reminder that people were once civilized.

Re-reading any of Dickens or Bronte (either) works is always worthwhile. Personally, I feel the same way about Trollope and Thackeray

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 10, 2013 06:05 PM (aDwsi)

264 >This would be a interesting thread: What books have your read numerous times and why do you go back to them?

I've read the unabridged Moby Dick twice. Because Ahab!

Posted by: Jones in CO at July 10, 2013 06:05 PM (8sCoq)

265 This would be a interesting thread: What books have your read numerous times and why do you go back to them?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2013 09:49 PM (wqcCk)

Let's see, off the top of my head....

The Hobbit and fewer but several times tLotR because, awesome

Most Discworld books, especially those focusing on the City Watch because, awesome

Every Michael Crichton book, most of all is Sphere because, awesome

Cat's Cradle, Slaughterhouse Five, and Slapstick because I like Vonnegut and, awesome

Posted by: mugiwara at July 10, 2013 06:05 PM (hpYnL)

266 Let's create our own must-read list. I'll go first. Green Eggs and Ham

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 10, 2013 06:06 PM (jjvz+)

267 I would wager that less than 50% of even politically aware voters knew how many amendments there are.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at July 10, 2013 06:06 PM (8xOfO)

268 Evening morons! Maddie update: no major changes from yesterday. Still on dialysis, therapy is working on her. Still on CPAP as well. I will be out of town for a bachelor party until Sunday, so I may or may not have updates since cell coverage can be spotty in the Poconos.

Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at July 10, 2013 06:06 PM (LhLRC)

269 I hope 'bu isn't short for 'bum'.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at July 10, 2013 06:07 PM (Adm3q)

270 The one book I read (one of the elective titles) in high school that I should re-read is Gulliver's Travels. I could understand some of the satire back then, but I'd probably get much more now. Jonathan Swift was a little to fond of gross bodily functions and excretions for my taste.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at July 10, 2013 06:07 PM (CA2NO)

271 Man, watching the Zimmerman judge on Greta. The judge is a freaking bully.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 10, 2013 06:07 PM (aDwsi)

272

Posted by: Palandine at July 10, 2013 09:41 PM (aBOpX)

*golf clap*

That just about sums it up.

Posted by: Infidel is pissed off at July 10, 2013 06:07 PM (SkhKv)

273 191 This would be a interesting thread: What books have your read numerous times and why do you go back to them? Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2013 09:49 PM (wqcCk) I can't think of a book I've read more than once. There are just too damn many to keep up with. I probably have over a hundred books that I haven't read at all. And I keep on buying more.

Posted by: rickl at July 10, 2013 06:07 PM (sdi6R)

274 Oh. It's short for 'Malibu'. Never mind.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at July 10, 2013 06:08 PM (Adm3q)

275 #257

The only thing I ever liked Denise Crosby in was Playboy.

Posted by: epobirs at July 10, 2013 06:08 PM (kcfmt)

276 But the book I've probably re-read the most is Desert Solitaire: A Season In The Wilderness by Edward Abbey, because Utah

Posted by: Jones in CO at July 10, 2013 06:08 PM (8sCoq)

277 I must've read The Giving Tree a billion times. A great, simple, and moving story about unconditional love.

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 06:08 PM (doBIb)

278 Let's create our own must-read list. I'll go first.

Green Eggs and Ham Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse
----------------

The Pokey Little Puppy

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 10, 2013 06:08 PM (aDwsi)

279 >>>Kipling This. Fucking this. I would throw in some Hemmingway too, just because he lived life the way all of us want to, but few do.

Posted by: DC in Towson at July 10, 2013 06:09 PM (IuTEy)

280 The ensemble acting in "Persuasion" is great and the actress who plays her loathsome sister Mary is brilliant. The only complaint I have is they leave out the lot about Mr Eliot's perfidy.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2013 06:09 PM (wqcCk)

281 But The Mouse And The Motorcycle was an early favorite

Posted by: Jones in CO at July 10, 2013 06:09 PM (8sCoq)

282 After Crichton, I am going to reread a Peter Straub masterpiece called Koko. Haven't read it in over 20 years.

Posted by: Samuel Adams at July 10, 2013 06:10 PM (cK0tU)

283 277 "The Little Engine That Could"

Posted by: Tuna at July 10, 2013 06:10 PM (M/TDA)

284
I always had a thing for Rita Cosby. She kinda ballooned up and got a little wacky, though.

Posted by: soothsayer at July 10, 2013 06:10 PM (39q3n)

285 The only Vonnegut I will reread is his collection of short stories in "Welcome to the Monkey House." Harrison Bergeron is my favorite.

Posted by: no good deed at July 10, 2013 06:10 PM (WmLrU)

286 This would be a interesting thread: What books have your read numerous times and why do you go back to them?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2013 09:49 PM (wqcCk)

It would be interesting, but it would also be revealing. Do you have a professional interest, are you in the publishing business? I would love to chat about books, but in a public forum like this? I'm not so sure.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at July 10, 2013 06:10 PM (etR3/)

287 The Pokey Little Puppy
Posted by: Mike Hammer
--------

Edit: Poky

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 10, 2013 06:10 PM (aDwsi)

288 Must read list. You mean aside from lit for kids? The Portrait of a Lady

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2013 06:10 PM (wqcCk)

289 "Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?"

Obama and his leftist buddies. Count Zimmerman as one but there have been plenty in this drip, drip, drip, erosion of America.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_breaks_a_butterfly_upon_a_wheel%3F

Posted by: McGregor at July 10, 2013 06:10 PM (qo244)

290 Jonathan Swift was a little to fond of gross bodily functions and excretions for my taste.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at July 10, 2013 10:07 PM (CA2NO)

--Compared to The Canterbury Tales, he was mild.

Posted by: logprof at July 10, 2013 06:10 PM (t8nYi)

291 The Little Red Hen

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 10, 2013 06:11 PM (aDwsi)

292 No, I'm not in the publishing business. I just love books and love to hear about what people like to read and why.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2013 06:11 PM (wqcCk)

293 I would throw in some Hemmingway too, just because he lived life the way all of us want to, but few do.

Posted by: DC in Towson at July 10, 2013 10:09 PM (IuTEy)

--While I've enjoyed some of his books, after reading the chapter on him in Paul Johnson's Intellectuals I've soured on the man.

Posted by: logprof at July 10, 2013 06:11 PM (t8nYi)

294 Moby Dick is a great one to chew on. I remember being a young man in college when it came up in lit class and the women went off the rails hotly. "Sexist book! Sexist book!" I was stunned. I got up to call crazy crazy, and what a mistake. Instantly here came my serving of shame on a shining pink platter. I realized right there that feminism was nothing but trouble, and would dog our days.

Posted by: Cowboy at July 10, 2013 06:11 PM (FMrA0)

295 "The Butter Battle Book"

Posted by: garrett at July 10, 2013 06:12 PM (pPnvK)

296 The Hobbit and fewer but several times tLotR because, awesome Most Discworld books, especially those focusing on the City Watch because, awesome Every Michael Crichton book, most of all is Sphere because, awesome lol! Your list looks a lot like mine, mugiwara! I reread the "Discworld" novels all the time. I'm in a Witches of Lancre phase right now; before that it was all City Watch, all the time, and before THAT was Rincewind. Though I think the one I reread the most is "Small Gods." That book gets more and more relevant by the day. "Sphere" and "Jurassic Park" are my two most-often-read Crichton books. My copy of Jurassic Park is falling apart, but I've had it since grade school and I love it. I also read "Congo" fairly frequently. It amazes me that Hollywood could fuck up "Sphere" and "Congo" so royally.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at July 10, 2013 06:12 PM (CA2NO)

297 Since somebody brought up Sharknado, and i got stomped like ATC was wearing the stompy boots in the previous thread, i'm gonna repost this: Little Chi just showed BH the Sharknado trailer. She says "that looks soooo stupid." Giggling like a mad scientist, he says "I know, me and dad are gonna watch it tomorrow!" He's six. What's the stylebook say about age requirements?

Posted by: shredded chi at July 10, 2013 06:12 PM (NRQlH)

298 Charlotte's Web

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 10, 2013 06:12 PM (jjvz+)

299 I've read only three books more than once. Armor Gates of Fire Dirty White Boys

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at July 10, 2013 06:12 PM (8xOfO)

300 Maddie update: no major changes from yesterday. Still on dialysis, therapy is working on her. Still on CPAP as well. I will be out of town for a bachelor party until Sunday, so I may or may not have updates since cell coverage can be spotty in the Poconos.

Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at July 10, 2013 10:06 PM (LhLRC)

Prayers will continue, Crank. xoxo to baby Maddie. This is going on for far too long and her parents must be absolutely wiped out.

Posted by: Peaches at July 10, 2013 06:12 PM (8lmkt)

301 While many of you have offered compelling suggestions for reading and broadening the mind, I believe we must not overlook the classic work "Closing the Deal: How to Pick Up Women" by Tommy Williams, available on Amazon in paperback for only $11.66. Also, consider "Fucking Like A Pez Chain Gun," a volume of poetry by the obscure Canadian author E. O. Jeff.

Posted by: George Orwell in his cups at July 10, 2013 06:12 PM (IZTTb)

302 Come on dude try to get stuff correct.

In Where No Man Has Gone Before the ship that crossed the Barrier first was named Valiant. And change that 'chip' to 'ship' while at it. How can the blue in Wolf in the Fold be the first to die in the series when you have already listed Elizabeth Dehner as KIA by Gary Mitchell. After all Where No Man Has Gone Before, while being the second pilot, was not the first TOS episode aired, that honor went to The Man Trap and the salt vampire.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 10, 2013 06:12 PM (8Ztpq)

303 What is this Constitution you speak of? It seems to mean whatever polls say the law means when the court hands down a decision.

Posted by: keninnorcal at July 10, 2013 06:12 PM (A6cQA)

304 The ensemble acting in "Persuasion" is great and the actress who plays her loathsome sister Mary is brilliant. The only complaint I have is they leave out the lot about Mr Eliot's perfidy. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2013 10:09 PM (wqcCk) Mary is played by Emma Thompson's sister Sophie. If you haven't read Lady Susan, you should. It's a quick read but very entertaining.

Posted by: Vendette, half Canuck at July 10, 2013 06:13 PM (bgZok)

305 Better enjoy those beach fores whilst ye can, Sweet Peach. Your betters at the SCAQMD are fixin' to ban them.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 06:13 PM (2/T/u)

306 I reread most of the books I read in the first place. Fiction: Flynn (RIP), Clancy. Re-reading GoT now...Book 5 is just as boring as it was the first time. Non-fiction: 1984, Rand, Preston (I know, historical fiction)

Posted by: DC in Towson at July 10, 2013 06:13 PM (IuTEy)

307 Thanks for the update on Maddie, Conservative Crank

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2013 06:14 PM (wqcCk)

308 lol! Your list looks a lot like mine, mugiwara! I reread the "Discworld" novels all the time. I'm in a Witches of Lancre phase right now; before that it was all City Watch, all the time, and before THAT was Rincewind. Though I think the one I reread the most is "Small Gods." That book gets more and more relevant by the day. I will likely be cooked over an open spit for this...I have no idea what those are. "Sphere" and "Jurassic Park" are my two most-often-read Crichton books. My copy of Jurassic Park is falling apart, but I've had it since grade school and I love it. I also read "Congo" fairly frequently. It amazes me that Hollywood could fuck up "Sphere" and "Congo" so royally. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at July 10, 2013 10:12 PM (CA2NO) And yet, they did. So bad that I don't want anything to do with the books. Which I'm sure is a shame.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 10, 2013 06:14 PM (GEICT)

309 Compared to The Canterbury Tales, he was mild. Posted by: logprof at July 10, 2013 10:10 PM (t8nYi) Tell me about it! lol! "The Miller's Tale" would make anyone blush. But at least "The Canterbury Tales" had more than one tale you could read.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at July 10, 2013 06:14 PM (CA2NO)

310 GahM Pressfield! Stoopid Autocorrect.

Posted by: DC in Towson at July 10, 2013 06:14 PM (IuTEy)

311 OK, I probably read "Green Eggs and Ham" more than once.

Posted by: rickl at July 10, 2013 06:14 PM (sdi6R)

312 The Little Red Hen

Of course you mean the original, not the new and improved version where the hen gives the other assholes the bread anyway.

Aesop's Fables and any Greek Mythology primer is great for kids. I'm working my way through with mine now.

Posted by: no good deed at July 10, 2013 06:14 PM (WmLrU)

313 That "shall issue" map is not quite accurate. Alaska didn't care if you concealed carry before the issue came up down here, so to list it as a "not issue" or whatever is not quite what that map implies.

Posted by: tcn at July 10, 2013 06:14 PM (RnmNY)

314 He's six. What's the stylebook say about age requirements? Posted by: shredded chi at July 10, 2013 10:12 PM (NRQlH) Don't read aloud.

Posted by: Vendette at July 10, 2013 06:14 PM (bgZok)

315 Dr. Zhivago

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 10, 2013 06:15 PM (aDwsi)

316 WTF is sexist about Moby Dick? FFS

Posted by: Jones in CO at July 10, 2013 06:15 PM (8sCoq)

317 I have enjoyed the "Discworld" books; Funny stuff and I'm not much of a fantasy fiction reader.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2013 06:15 PM (wqcCk)

318 I plan on reading American Assasin again.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at July 10, 2013 06:15 PM (8xOfO)

319

Meaning nothing, one of my favorite books is "The Sea Will Tell" By Bugliosi. Loaned it to someone and never got it back. Need to to another copy.

Based on a true story. Couple pot heads take a sailing trip, run into a nice couple on a deserted island. No spoilers revealed here.

Posted by: Infidel is pissed off at July 10, 2013 06:15 PM (SkhKv)

320 And The Odyssey. Read that in junior high. Don't ask me how.

Posted by: Jones in CO at July 10, 2013 06:16 PM (8sCoq)

321 I reread a lot of books when I was young and they had more impact. Some stood out for always having some new facet to notice as I became older and understood more. Some books demand multiple readings because you cannot see all the levels without some preparation. Roger Zelazny's 'Lord of Light' is still an amazing work because it can viewed from so many different perspectives. It's mythology, it's SF, it's super-heroes, etc. Watchmen is another one you cannot possibly fully appreciate in a single reading because there is so much to absorb.

I often listen to the audio version of a book I've read and find I notice details that didn't previously stand out to me.

Posted by: epobirs at July 10, 2013 06:16 PM (kcfmt)

322 Of course you mean the original, not the new and improved version where the hen gives the other assholes the bread anyway.
-----------

Yes, original. Where the Little Red Hen never bakes bread again.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 10, 2013 06:16 PM (aDwsi)

323
My favorite book is a tattered 59 year old paperback edition of Short Story Masterpieces.

This particular book made me not hate reading. I keep it for sentimental reasons.

Posted by: soothsayer at July 10, 2013 06:16 PM (Y4TdB)

324 lol! Your list looks a lot like mine, mugiwara! I reread the "Discworld" novels all the time. I'm in a Witches of Lancre phase right now; before that it was all City Watch, all the time, and before THAT was Rincewind. Though I think the one I reread the most is "Small Gods." That book gets more and more relevant by the day.
"Sphere" and "Jurassic Park" are my two most-often-read Crichton books. My copy of Jurassic Park is falling apart, but I've had it since grade school and I love it. I also read "Congo" fairly frequently. It amazes me that Hollywood could fuck up "Sphere" and "Congo" so royally.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at July 10, 2013 10:12 PM (CA2NO)

Even though it's basically a standalone, Small Gods is probably the best all around Discworld book. Good call.

I've got to admit, I've never actually bothered to see the Sphere movie. After watching the butchering that was done to Congo I don't think I was ever able to see another adaptation. No wait, I did see Lost World. ::shudder::

Posted by: mugiwara at July 10, 2013 06:16 PM (hpYnL)

325 Let's create our own must-read list. I'll go first. >>

To read to your kids.

The Little Red Hen
Chicken Little
The Ant and the Grasshopper

Which will help protect them from believing in Socialism and Global Warming.

And Hansel and Gretel to protect them from people that offer you food and sweets for free but want a lot more.

Posted by: McGregor at July 10, 2013 06:17 PM (qo244)

326 I would love to chat about books, but in a public forum like this? Citizen! You will discuss your interests (in detail) because you are free. Do not encrypt your answers.

Posted by: Baraka Hussein I at July 10, 2013 06:17 PM (FcR7P)

327 Gross-Gerau, where men are men, and sheep run scared.

Posted by: Cretin, a high-grade moron at July 10, 2013 06:17 PM (fS2Sn)

328 Da chip is here, captain. Chould I call dem?

Posted by: ensign jose jimenez at July 10, 2013 06:17 PM (Adm3q)

329 310 As a parent I came to know Green Eggs and Ham over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over.....................................again

Posted by: Tuna at July 10, 2013 06:17 PM (M/TDA)

330 Ohm yes, I now remember that about the actress playing Mary. I have read Lady Susan. I enjoyed it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2013 06:17 PM (wqcCk)

331 I read the "Iliad" in my junior year of high school. I started reading it and thought to myself that there is no way I'm going to understand this. Then I read it and realized that it was a pretty good freaking book.

Posted by: Samuel Adams at July 10, 2013 06:17 PM (cK0tU)

332 Here's a question I need answers for, as we're on this kind of topic. What's your favorite movie with a giant, eye-popping plot twist that nobody sees coming? Famously, "The Crying Game" is one of these, although some types of folks can see that curveball coming. "Deathtrap" is an example of one that really throws the audience for a loop that hardly anybody sees coming. Others?

Posted by: Cowboy at July 10, 2013 06:17 PM (FMrA0)

333 What is the economic system in the United States? Are we really a free market economy?

Posted by: shadowofashade at July 10, 2013 06:17 PM (8qOGl)

334 Speaking of Canterbury Tales, Anya Seton's "Katherine" is fantastic. Definitely more of an 'ette book, as it's historical romance, but a great story.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 06:18 PM (2/T/u)

335 Actually its Lt. Jose Tyler. Get your Trek right!!

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 10, 2013 06:18 PM (8Ztpq)

336 324 Let's create our own must-read list. I'll go first.
>>

To read to your kids.

The Little Red Hen
Chicken Little
The Ant and the Grasshopper

Which will help protect them from believing in Socialism and Global Warming.

And Hansel and Gretel to protect them from people that offer you food and sweets for free but want a lot more.

Posted by: McGregor at July 10, 2013 10:17 PM (qo244)

--I'll certainly read Peter Rabbit and the other Potter tales to the babeh. My mom has already bought two PR toys for him so he's going to need to know who he is.

Posted by: logprof at July 10, 2013 06:18 PM (t8nYi)

337 I have a thing for 'Green Eggs and Ham'. Need to read it again.

Posted by: sTevo at July 10, 2013 06:19 PM (uql9T)

338 For some insight in being an actual man, all high school boy should read at least one Louis L'Amour book.

Posted by: lowandslow at July 10, 2013 06:19 PM (Fz2C7)

339 Posted by: Cowboy at July 10, 2013 10:17 PM (FMrA0)

"The Usual Suspects?"

Posted by: Samuel Adams at July 10, 2013 06:19 PM (cK0tU)

340 I will likely be cooked over an open spit for this...I have no idea what those are. No open spit roasting, I promise. ^_^ How to describe Discworld? Um... Satirical fantasy? Terry Pratchett is brilliant. And yet, they did. So bad that I don't want anything to do with the books. Which I'm sure is a shame. Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 10, 2013 10:14 PM (GEICT) It is! You should at least give "Sphere" a try, really. Crichton was such a great author. His later stuff got a little boring, but "Sphere" and "Jurassic Park" came along when he was really at the top of his game. "Congo" was a little earlier, but it's such an interesting premise, and like all Crichton, very well written. The only Crichton book I've read that I've not liked at all was "Eaters of the Dead." I just can't STAND first person fiction. But the movie version -- "The 13th Warrior" -- is one of my favorite movies of all time. I'm kind of a Beowulf fangirl.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at July 10, 2013 06:19 PM (CA2NO)

341 Posted by: Cowboy at July 10, 2013 10:17 PM (FMrA0 Of course probably the best was The Sixth Sense

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at July 10, 2013 06:19 PM (8xOfO)

342

What's this test bullshit. I get enough of that when my wife says "whens our anniversary?" I freeze up for tests.

Posted by: Guido - 'now with 75+% more hate' at July 10, 2013 06:19 PM (/7gW+)

343 What is the economic system in the United States? Crony Capitol-ism.

Posted by: t-bird at July 10, 2013 06:20 PM (FcR7P)

344 Someone should have beaten Holden Caulfield with a conch.

Posted by: teh Wind at July 10, 2013 06:20 PM (b+5vQ)

345 Ahhh, the heady days of being a camp counselor. Or in my case, 2.5 summers as a staff member at Camp Mack Morris, West Tennessee Council, BSA. Minor Gods we were indeed! Minor, usually piss-drunk out on the Tennessee River on the weekends between groups of campers, Gods.

Posted by: Country Singer at July 10, 2013 06:20 PM (U22Yw)

346 I read "Katherine" years ago in high school and enjoyed it and also "Green Darkness" which is about reincarnation and "The Winthrop Woman"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2013 06:20 PM (wqcCk)

347 And speaking of ReichsprÃ¤sident Barack H. Obama, anyone done the full accounting of government debt (sovereign and non-sovereign) lately? Un-funded liabilities in addition? How does that work out on a per capita basis? Per taxpayer? The President acted stupidly. (Or, was he really trying to make it worse?)

Posted by: Cretin, a high-grade moron at July 10, 2013 06:20 PM (fS2Sn)

348 Must get ready for bed, but I just remembered a book that I read quite a few times when I was a teenager: Bullseye Iraq, which is about the Israelis taking out the Osiris nuclear reactor. I'd read it again if I had it with me.

Posted by: Vendette at July 10, 2013 06:20 PM (bgZok)

349 >>>While I've enjoyed some of his books, after reading the chapter on him in Paul Johnson's Intellectuals I've soured on the man. I've heard good things about Intellectuals, but never read it. I have a soft spot for Hemmingway, because he had Jimmy Buffett Syndrome fifty years before Buffett. He thought a man should experience war, so he ran off to be an ambulance driver in the Great War. Things like that are the only regrets I'll ever have.

Posted by: DC in Towson at July 10, 2013 06:20 PM (IuTEy)

350 Glad to hear Maddie is holding her own, CC!

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 06:20 PM (2/T/u)

351 " Don't read aloud. " Posted by: Vendette Hey, Vendette. hope you're doing well. Unfortunately, he's reading damn close to the 10 yr olds level. She's a whiz at math, tho.

Posted by: shredded chi at July 10, 2013 06:21 PM (NRQlH)

352 Aye, the Usual Suspects. I'd forgotten that one -- thanks!

Posted by: Cowboy at July 10, 2013 06:21 PM (FMrA0)

353 If you have not read Beowulf, you do not know from whence comes all literature.

My husband named the marauding raccoon at our campsite last weekend "Grendel." Some ideas die hard.

Grendel nearly died via .40.

Posted by: tcn at July 10, 2013 06:21 PM (RnmNY)

354 The only Crichton book I've read that I've not liked at all was "Eaters of the Dead." I just can't STAND first person fiction. But the movie version -- "The 13th Warrior" -- is one of my favorite movies of all time. I'm kind of a Beowulf fangirl. I liked it. I liked the movie as well,especially the speech at the end where they gear up for the final fight.

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 06:21 PM (doBIb)

355 Â¡Screw you, chulo!

Posted by: ensign jose jimenez at July 10, 2013 06:21 PM (Adm3q)

356 Hi ont. had Chinese for dinner, my hubby's fortune cookie said "pick another fortune cookie" I can't stop laughing.

Posted by: lou's a girl at July 10, 2013 06:22 PM (vgd4f)

357 What's this test bullshit. I get enough of that when my wife says "whens our anniversary?" I freeze up for tests.

Posted by: Guido - 'now with 75+% more hate' at July 10, 2013 10:19 PM (/7gW+)

Yo, Big G, wassup? I always feel so bad for people who don't "test well." I always tested well and was all smartypants about it, but there were far smarter and better prepared people than myself (not that many, but a few) and if you "don't test well" you are just fucked. Particularly if you went to law school, I think there's a high murder/suicide rate on that one.

Posted by: Peaches at July 10, 2013 06:22 PM (8lmkt)

358 I once tried to read the service manual for my 1969 Datsun 2000 Roadster.
It was translated from Japanese, by Japanese, into Pig Latin.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 10, 2013 06:22 PM (4Mv1T)

359 There were exactly three things cool about the movie adaptation of Congo: Bruce Campbell, Ernie Hudson, and that freakin' laser.

Posted by: Thrawn at July 10, 2013 06:22 PM (KiyII)

360 Yes, the Sixth Sense. And along the same lines, "Jacob's Ladder". Both good!

Posted by: Cowboy at July 10, 2013 06:22 PM (FMrA0)

361 what was the Crichton novel that debunked the global warming BS? I enjoyed that.

Posted by: Jones in CO at July 10, 2013 06:22 PM (8sCoq)

362 I read a lot of rather gruesome fairy tales to my son when he was younger which probably says something entirely unpleasant about me but he seemed to enjoy some of the gore.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2013 06:22 PM (wqcCk)

363 #331

To Live and Die in L.A.

Those who've seen know what I'm referring to.

Posted by: epobirs at July 10, 2013 06:23 PM (kcfmt)

364 But the movie version -- "The 13th Warrior" -- is one of my favorite movies of all time. I'm kind of a Beowulf fangirl.

I really like "The 13th Warrior." I'll watch it whenever it's on. Another Crichton book that was butchered is "Timeline." What a clunker movie that was. Talk about ruining an interesting premise. Even Gerard Butler as eye candy couldn't save it.

Posted by: no good deed at July 10, 2013 06:23 PM (WmLrU)

365 I've got to admit, I've never actually bothered to see the Sphere movie. After watching the butchering that was done to Congo I don't think I was ever able to see another adaptation. No wait, I did see Lost World. ::shudder:: Posted by: mugiwara at July 10, 2013 10:16 PM (hpYnL) The casting for "Sphere" was so WRONG. They wanted to shoehorn in all these big names when what they SHOULD have done is gotten lesser known actors and focused on the story. When I saw that Beth was being played by Sharon Stone I threw my hands in the air and gave up. The only good thing about "Congo" is that it's SO bad it's epically riffable. It's a fun movie to watch so you can tear it to shreds over popcorn with your friends. Also, Bruce Campbell, even if it's only for a few minutes.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at July 10, 2013 06:23 PM (CA2NO)

366 Fairy tales are great teachers. Not the revised politically correct dumbed down versions, but the original wonderful, scary, gruesome, sad, etc. versions. Also, " The Velveteen Rabbit " still makes me cry Also, Robert Louis Stevenson's "Garden of Verses" is a great introduction to poetry for the little ones.

Posted by: Tuna at July 10, 2013 06:23 PM (M/TDA)

367 To Live and Die in L.A. Thought they'd be home free.

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 06:23 PM (doBIb)

368 It is! You should at least give "Sphere" a try, really. Crichton was such a great author. His later stuff got a little boring, but "Sphere" and "Jurassic Park" came along when he was really at the top of his game. "Congo" was a little earlier, but it's such an interesting premise, and like all Crichton, very well written. The only Crichton book I've read that I've not liked at all was "Eaters of the Dead." I just can't STAND first person fiction. But the movie version -- "The 13th Warrior" -- is one of my favorite movies of all time. I'm kind of a Beowulf fangirl. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at July 10, 2013 10:19 PM (CA2NO) Oh I'm a Crichton fan. Have serveral of his books on the shelf. Including the JP books. That's the one Antonio Banderas (yes, I said it in the accent) is in, right? I think I might have a Pratchett book or two. His stuff looks intriguing, but every time I'm at the bookstore, there's only like a billion of his books on the shelf. It annoys me trying to wade through and see what goes with what series and which series came first, etc etc.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 10, 2013 06:23 PM (GEICT)

369 Hahaha the movie Grease is on. I remember fondly when I would speed up the audio on that movie to about 50x faster and then fap.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at July 10, 2013 06:24 PM (V1ZIU)

370 I linked that Rhythmic Gymnast like as soon as it came out and everyone ignored me. Now it has been in TWO posts. WTF! Well fuck Guido that's what... (think Leo Getz in Lethal Weapon)

Posted by: Guido - 'now with 75+% more hate' at July 10, 2013 06:24 PM (/7gW+)

371 Dr. Zhivago

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 10, 2013 10:15 PM (aDwsi)

Long and a Ruskie played by an Arab

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 10, 2013 06:24 PM (gXLJL)

372 State of Fear .

Posted by: Bill D. Cat at July 10, 2013 06:24 PM (0iJzo)

373 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2013 10:20 PM (wqcCk) Love her books. Have you read Devil Water? Why is freaking Phillipa Gregory's name all over her Amazon page?

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 06:24 PM (2/T/u)

374 Tammy!!!!

Posted by: Peaches at July 10, 2013 06:24 PM (8lmkt)

375 Sup jackwagons. Started my new job this week. Still getting used to 8+ hour days again! I'll be back commenting during the day once things settle down at the office.

Posted by: HoboJerky at July 10, 2013 06:25 PM (02HCl)

376 Today, 70 years ago, the Allied military forces invaded the Italian island of Sicily. It was called Operation Husky.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 10, 2013 06:25 PM (8Ztpq)

377 And I think 'Heart Of Darkness' would be an awesome movie, if it were strictly based on the novel

yes yes I know, Apocalypse Now

Posted by: Jones in CO at July 10, 2013 06:25 PM (8sCoq)

378 *The only good thing about "Congo" is that it's SO bad it's epically riffable. It's a fun movie to watch so you can tear it to shreds over popcorn with your friends. Also, Bruce Campbell, even if it's only for a few minutes. The Nostalgia Critic made a good mockery of Congo: http://tinyurl.com/ltsmedh

Posted by: Thrawn at July 10, 2013 06:25 PM (KiyII)

379 Ah, I see, she wrote the forwards. They're trying to lure her readers in, I guess. Not a fan of Ms Gregory's work, though I understand her girl-crush on Ms Seton.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 06:25 PM (2/T/u)

380 what was the Crichton novel that debunked the global warming BS? I enjoyed that.

Posted by: Jones in CO at July 10, 2013 10:22 PM (8sCoq)

State of fear.

Posted by: Samuel Adams at July 10, 2013 06:25 PM (cK0tU)

381 >Today, 70 years ago, the Allied military forces invaded the Italian island of Sicily. It was called Operation Husky

because of all the pasta and bread

Posted by: Jones in CO at July 10, 2013 06:26 PM (8sCoq)

382 I am not a reader so had trouble getting through Moby Dick's almost King James Bible use of the language. But I downloaded the free audio version from librivox and enjoyed it. (It's free so you will have to put up with some audio annoyances, mostly the switch between several different readers)

Posted by: McGregor at July 10, 2013 06:26 PM (qo244)

383 347 Must get ready for bed, but I just remembered a book that I read quite a few times when I was a teenager: Bullseye Iraq, which is about the Israelis taking out the Osiris nuclear reactor. I'd read it again if I had it with me. ---------------------------------------- Bet ya got a poster on your bedroom wall of Dick Cheney waterboarding an innocent NYC cab driver during Ramadan you racist, Neo-con fuckstick!!!!!

Posted by: Oliver Stone Thanks The Academy at July 10, 2013 06:26 PM (AzwZn)

384 Srsly, when has POTUS Ludendorff ever proposed anything except increased spending and clamps on growth?

Posted by: Cretin, a high-grade moron at July 10, 2013 06:26 PM (fS2Sn)

385 TY Sam

Posted by: Jones in CO at July 10, 2013 06:26 PM (8sCoq)

386 Today, 70 years ago, the Allied military forces invaded the Italian island of Sicily. It was called Operation Husky.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 10, 2013 10:25 PM (8Ztpq)

And where allied friendly fire ( yeah yeah mostly Navy) was responsible for more Airborne deaths than enemy fire. The fog of war

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 10, 2013 06:26 PM (gXLJL)

387
Also, Robert Louis Stevenson's "Garden of Verses" is a great introduction to poetry for the little ones.

Posted by: Tuna at July 10, 2013 10:23 PM (M/TDA)

Screw that--cut straight to Robert Service and give 'em something they can memorize and remember. I can still recite the entire Cremation of Sam McGee, which I learnt at the dinner table from my dad. The Shooting of Dan McGrew comes in a close second, but I forget the middle part.

Posted by: tcn at July 10, 2013 06:26 PM (RnmNY)

388 Also, " The Velveteen Rabbit " still makes me cry

oh, yes, definitely, me, too.

Posted by: Peaches at July 10, 2013 06:26 PM (8lmkt)

389 Going to Buzzfeed for books is like going to OJ for marital advice. Lost another 5 IQ points.

Posted by: Motionview at July 10, 2013 06:27 PM (6Tbb5)

390 wow, an ON book T

Posted by: Jones in CO at July 10, 2013 06:27 PM (8sCoq)

391 This would be a interesting thread: What books have your read numerous times and why do you go back to them?

*****

The Right Stuff. Because Yeager.

Posted by: NC Ref at July 10, 2013 06:27 PM (/izg2)

392 Just looked at the book list. I actually read 10 of those in High School. Eight of them as a part of schoolwork. I read Catch-22 and Slaughterhouse Five of my own accord.

Posted by: Country Singer at July 10, 2013 06:28 PM (U22Yw)

393 let's play Hit/Not Hit

Posted by: Jones in CO at July 10, 2013 06:28 PM (8sCoq)

394 Tammy! *snoopy dance*

Posted by: DC in Towson at July 10, 2013 06:28 PM (IuTEy)

395 And before I head on out to write. Remember all you Kaiju Warriors. Only two days until Pacific Rim.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 10, 2013 06:28 PM (8Ztpq)

396 1. How many amendments does the Constitution have? --10 That's the Bill of Writes Baby!-- 2. What is the economic system in the United States? --It's like that game Monopoly. Only we want to get rid of Rich Uncle Moneybags. I hate that guy.-- 3. Name your U.S. Representative. --Barack represents all of us. H8ters.-- 4. What are two Cabinet-level positions? --Open drawer and closed drawer.-- 5. Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now? --John Boehner. Dude cries worse then my daughter Ashley.-- 6. Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived? --Cavemen-- 7. The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name ONE of the writers. --Abraham Lincoln-- 8. What is ONE thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for? --Inventing Lightning-- 9. Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in? --World War 3-- 10. What did Susan B. Anthony do? --Make coins--- Wow - these questions were easy!

Posted by: Joe Biden at July 10, 2013 06:28 PM (zPVBH)

397 The only old English classic book I enjoyed as a kid was Silas Marner. I also liked the modern version movie of it starring Steve Martin.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at July 10, 2013 06:28 PM (8xOfO)

398 #367

This will get you through the bulk of Pratchett's works. The order isn't really all that important for many of them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discworld

Posted by: epobirs at July 10, 2013 06:28 PM (kcfmt)

399 In Where No Man Has Gone Before the ship that crossed the Barrier first was named Valiant. And change that 'chip' to 'ship' while at it. How can the blue in Wolf in the Fold be the first to die in the series when you have already listed Elizabeth Dehner as KIA by Gary Mitchell. After all Where No Man Has Gone Before, while being the second pilot, was not the first TOS episode aired, that honor went to The Man Trap and the salt vampire. Man oh man. I don't know how you can recall all that shit. I can barely remember to put a wetsuit on the Captain's Diver most of the time. Gets you in trouble if you don't. Like that one time I got Carol Marcus in dutch. I bolted, left the solar system, no sweat, but ended up meeting the little bastard twenty years later inside an asteroid. He tried to take a swing at me. Fought like a girl. Just for that, I never set him up on a date with Sulu.

Posted by: James Tiberius Kirk at July 10, 2013 06:28 PM (IZTTb)

400 I read a lot of stories and poems for my son from a series my mother had from the 20;s and 30's called "The Bookhouse" edited by someone called Olive Beaupre Miller. There must be about 8 of those books. Great Lit for children from a variety of sources.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2013 06:29 PM (wqcCk)

401 The Right Stuff. Because Yeager.

Posted by: NC Ref at July 10, 2013 10:27 PM (/izg2)

Always had a non-gay man crush on that man. A real American man.

Posted by: Samuel Adams at July 10, 2013 06:29 PM (cK0tU)

402 Miss Tammy. How goes.....things? That posse could be up and rolling in short order if needed.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 10, 2013 06:29 PM (GEICT)

403
let's play Hit/Not Hit

You mean BATTLESHIP?

Posted by: soothsayer at July 10, 2013 06:29 PM (1WM2H)

404 I liked it. I liked the movie as well,especially the speech at the end where they gear up for the final fight. Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 10:21 PM (doBIb) One of my favorite scenes has to be after the one battle, when the Viking comes along to offer Antonio Banderas some alcohol. Banderas, being a Muslim, says, "I can taste neither the fermentation of grape, nor of wheat." And the Viking chuckles, shoves the decanter into his hands, and says, "Honey. It's made from honey." So much love for that scene. Herger's my hero. And of course the Banderas character, when he was learning how to speak the Geat's language, and the first thing he does is cast an insult at one of the company: "My mother was a pure woman from a noble family. And I, at least, know who my father is, you pig-eating son of a whore." A man after my own heart. well, except for the whole "being a Muslim" thing.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at July 10, 2013 06:30 PM (CA2NO)

405 Well, if you are intrigued by movies that serve up a giant plot twist, check out "Deathtrap". It's one that suddenly picks up your ass and kicks it out the window. You realize everything you thought you knew was wrong, horribly wrong.

Posted by: Cowboy at July 10, 2013 06:30 PM (FMrA0)

406 Yo, Big G, wassup? I always feel so bad for people who don't "test well." I always tested well and was all smartypants about it, but there were far smarter and better prepared people than myself (not that many, but a few) and if you "don't test well" you are just fucked. Particularly if you went to law school, I think there's a high murder/suicide rate on that one.

Posted by: Peaches at July 10, 2013 10:22 PM (8lmkt)

Well good evening dear Peaches and Ms. G says xoxoxo. And YOU all smarty-pants? I can't imagine! lol. I think there's a high murder/suicide rate for men who are asked "whens our anniversary?" But my brother in law got married on his birthday. Brilliant.

Posted by: Guido - 'now with 75+% more hate' at July 10, 2013 06:30 PM (/7gW+)

407 This will get you through the bulk of Pratchett's works. The order isn't really all that important for many of them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discworld Posted by: epobirs at July 10, 2013 10:28 PM (kcfmt) Thanks. And yeah, the order matters to me.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 10, 2013 06:30 PM (GEICT)

408
let's play Hit/Not Hit

You mean BATTLESHIP?

Posted by: soothsayer at July 10, 2013 06:30 PM (NLH1M)

409 Posted by: James Tiberius Kirk at July 10, 2013 10:28 PM (IZTTb) But that was in the old time-line. How are you going to meet your illegitimate son in the alternate time-line? He'll probably swing a knife at you from behind a lens-flare.

Posted by: Thrawn at July 10, 2013 06:30 PM (KiyII)

410 I read nearly all of those books in high school, but not necessarily for school. My dad is a reader, so the house was full of books, and when a kid got bored, you never said so, because mom would find some serious work for you. You grabbed a book and settled down. I read The Godfather when I was in third grade. That's quite the eye-opener for a kid. That particular copy still falls open to page 17. Nasty. But I also read whatever was on the shelf that caught my eye, and my dad liked history, so there was plenty of that.

Winters are long in Alaska. Lots of books by the fire. Now I'm addicted to my Kindle, dammit.

Posted by: tcn at July 10, 2013 06:31 PM (RnmNY)

411 I haver to go to bed, folks. This whole discussion about books has made me feel much better because it means I'm not thinking about horrible things in politics, and because thinking about reading cheers me up. Thanks so much for your contributions. :^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2013 06:31 PM (wqcCk)

412 Hola, 'Rons.

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at July 10, 2013 06:31 PM (un8zR)

413 Who or what got zapped? Did we have an incursion into the perimeter?

Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 10, 2013 06:31 PM (4Mv1T)

414 Anyone who loves Beowulf will love The Saxon Chronicles by Bernard Cornwell.

Posted by: Tuna at July 10, 2013 06:31 PM (M/TDA)

415 See you later. This one started too early for me.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at July 10, 2013 06:32 PM (Adm3q)

416 Primary grades: Mr. Bass's Planetoid by Eleanor Cameron Middle grades: The Once and Future King by T.H. White H.S.: Eyeless in Gaza by Aldous Huxley College: Growth of the Soil by Knut Hamsun ....in addition to all the other good stuff.

Posted by: Cretin, a high-grade moron at July 10, 2013 06:32 PM (fS2Sn)

417 How goes.....things? That posse could be up and rolling in short order if needed. Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 10, 2013 10:29 PM (GEICT) Things is at a standstill, as I resign myself to the fact that I am going to have to Give In. I am not being very gracious in defeat. I feel so bad ratting you out to Our Lady when you've had my back so gallantly!

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 06:32 PM (2/T/u)

418 Posted by: Oliver Stone Thanks The Academy at July 10, 2013 10:26 PM (AzwZn) I had a Dale Hawerchuk poster on my wall, thankyouverymuch. On that note, good night, all!

Posted by: Vendette at July 10, 2013 06:32 PM (bgZok)

419
or we can play Dead/Not Dead

I'll go first:

Doris Day?

Posted by: soothsayer at July 10, 2013 06:32 PM (FC8Yl)

420 >>>While I've enjoyed some of his books, after reading the chapter on him in Paul Johnson's Intellectuals I've soured on the man. Awesome! (150 million Americans just sent me an email saying: sucker!) I've been meaning to ask you where you are in relation to me. I'm always up for meeting a fellow moron. Still pissed about missing the NoVa meetup.

Posted by: DC in Towson at July 10, 2013 06:32 PM (IuTEy)

421

385 Today, 70 years ago, the Allied military forces invaded the Italian island of Sicily. It was called Operation Husky.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 10, 2013 10:25 PM (8Ztpq)

Operation Gelato I thought. I stand corrected.

Posted by: Guido - 'now with 75+% more hate' at July 10, 2013 06:32 PM (/7gW+)

422 St Patrick!

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 06:32 PM (2/T/u)

423 Nighty-night, Fenelon. Sweet dreams. God bless.

Posted by: Peaches at July 10, 2013 06:32 PM (8lmkt)

424 HoboJerky, good on the new job.

Posted by: LadyS at July 10, 2013 06:32 PM (0zpQW)

425 On Sunday there was a Netflix shout out to a movie called "Session 9." No offense to the particular moron, but it was complete and utter drivel. Even the David Caruso killing in it was disappointing.

Posted by: Samuel Adams at July 10, 2013 06:32 PM (cK0tU)

426 let's play Hit/Not Hit *** http://binged.it/12iPQJD

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 10, 2013 06:33 PM (jjvz+)

427 Oh, yes. I love "The Once and Future King". I've read that several times.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2013 06:33 PM (wqcCk)

428 let's play Hit/Not Hit

Posted by: Jones in CO at July 10, 2013 10:28 PM (8sCoq)

Don't you mean Hot or Not? You sexist! //

Posted by: NC Ref at July 10, 2013 06:33 PM (/izg2)

429 So that Rooskie rocket which crashed a week or so back had a bunch of sensors installed upside down. http://www.russianspaceweb.com/proton_glonass49.html via transterrestrial.com Yeesh.

Posted by: Waterhouse at July 10, 2013 06:34 PM (Ya0Es)

430 Speaking of movies with epic twists, ever consider "Sleepaway Camp"?

Posted by: Thrawn at July 10, 2013 06:34 PM (KiyII)

431 For kids? A Wrinkle in Time. The Once and Future King. Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There.

All fantastic for the imagination.

Posted by: tcn at July 10, 2013 06:34 PM (RnmNY)

432 I think I might have a Pratchett book or two. His stuff looks intriguing, but every time I'm at the bookstore, there's only like a billion of his books on the shelf. It annoys me trying to wade through and see what goes with what series and which series came first, etc etc. Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 10, 2013 10:23 PM (GEICT) Check out this site: http://www.lspace.org/books/reading-order-guides/

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at July 10, 2013 06:34 PM (CA2NO)

433 For some insight in being an actual man, all high school boy should read at least one Louis L'Amour book.
Posted by: lowandslow
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I have a nephew, who as an adolescent collected the entire Sackett series. He loved it.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 10, 2013 06:34 PM (aDwsi)

434 403 Well, if you are intrigued by movies that serve up a giant plot twist, check out "Deathtrap". It's one that suddenly picks up your ass and kicks it out the window. You realize everything you thought you knew was wrong, horribly wrong.

Posted by: Cowboy at July 10, 2013 10:30 PM (FMrA0)

Every "Sherlock Holmes" story written by Arthur Conan Doyle is available free in digital form on your iPad / Kindle / whatever as one volume for free, as those books are outside copyright protection. If you enjoy plot twists, there you go.

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at July 10, 2013 06:35 PM (un8zR)

435 Things is at a standstill, as I resign myself to the fact that I am going to have to Give In. I am not being very gracious in defeat.

Well, shit. Act gracious, but carry a shiv. That's all I've got, except you are permanently on the prayer list. {{{{{}}}}}

Posted by: Peaches at July 10, 2013 06:35 PM (8lmkt)

436 DC! Are you back home yet?

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 06:35 PM (2/T/u)

437 I feel so bad ratting you out to Our Lady when you've had my back so gallantly! Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 10:32 PM (2/T/u) *chokes on bbq Lays chip* Wait, what???

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 10, 2013 06:35 PM (GEICT)

438 let's play Hit/Not Hit

***

http://binged.it/12iPQJD
--------------------------

Use of the AoS time machine required.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 10, 2013 06:35 PM (4Mv1T)

439 "Once and Future King" = Yes "Mists of Avalon" = feminist bullshit

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at July 10, 2013 06:35 PM (CA2NO)

440 >Don't you mean Hot or Not? You sexist! //

Posted by: NC Ref at July 10, 2013 10:33 PM (/izg2)

winner winner chicken dinner

Posted by: Jones in CO at July 10, 2013 06:35 PM (8sCoq)

441 And the Viking chuckles, shoves the decanter into his hands, and says, "Honey. It's made from honey." Meade. LOL! The one scene with the speech is the one where the leader and Bolvi are about to fight and he breaks into a speech about his father, and his father before him, down through the line. When I go out in Teh Burning Times, I want to go out like that.

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 06:35 PM (doBIb)

442 I haven't seen nor heard of "Sleepaway Camp". Thanks for the suggestion! I'll check it out.

Posted by: Cowboy at July 10, 2013 06:36 PM (FMrA0)

443 420 St Patrick!

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 10:32 PM (2/T/u)

Howdy, lady! How's things in Arkantucky?

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at July 10, 2013 06:36 PM (un8zR)

444 Use of the AoS time machine required. *** I think she's beautiful

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 10, 2013 06:37 PM (jjvz+)

445 424 let's play Hit/Not Hit

***

http://binged.it/12iPQJD>>

Does this game include Ace's nonexistent time machine?

Posted by: McGregor at July 10, 2013 06:37 PM (qo244)

446 Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 10, 2013 10:35 PM (4Mv1T) Mr. Savvik, are you wearing your hair differently? *It's still regulation, sir*.

Posted by: Admiral Kirk at July 10, 2013 06:37 PM (KiyII)

447 Every "Sherlock Holmes" story written by Arthur Conan Doyle is available free in digital form on your iPad / Kindle / whatever as one volume for free, as those books are outside copyright protection. If you enjoy plot twists, there you go.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN
-------------------------------------

I read all of them in my Dad's 1928 hardbound edition.

That was some yellow paper and some crappy printing.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 10, 2013 06:37 PM (4Mv1T)

448 Great book for kids that I read way back is Johnny Tremain.

Posted by: NC Ref at July 10, 2013 06:37 PM (/izg2)

449 FenelonSpoke at July 10, 2013 10:11 PM (wqcCk)
Ok, To select 'one' favorite, it would have to be 'Dune' by Frank Herbert but you have to include 'Dune Messiah' and 'Children of Dune'. I found them at a point in my life where things weren't working, and the story, the characters, and the circumstances really resonated with me. Still do.

But my interests range from Adam Smith and Milton Friedman, to Tom Clancy, to Heinlein, to Pournelle, to Poe, to Asimov, Andre Norton, Arthur C. Clarke, Zane Grey (I have all his westerns, or had, some might be missing) to Tennyson, to Kipling, Joshua Slocum (Alone around the World, and Voyage of the Liberdade) and Chichester's 'Gypsy Moth' IV (alone around the world). I have many of the modern day political campaign tell all books from about 1992 (probably not all). Some on Buddhism,. . and when I was in Albuquerque the branch library had an entire shelf of books on military subjects, CIA, NSA (The Puzzle Palace). I have some H.P.Lovecraft, H.G. Wells. I have a most excellent book on boat building by Chappelle, and a whole bunch of obsolete books on computer programing. . and I subscribed to 'Analog Science Fiction and Fact' when John Campbell was editor, for most of 20-25 years, until liberal ideology began to invade the SF genre. I could go on.

So I've shown you mine, let's see yours.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at July 10, 2013 06:37 PM (etR3/)

450 Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 10, 2013 10:34 PM (aDwsi)

If he likes L'Amour and the Middle Ages (i.e. 12th Century Europe), have him take The Walking Drum out for a spin. One of my all-time favorite books.

Posted by: Country Singer at July 10, 2013 06:37 PM (U22Yw)

451 Oh shit, maybe my most read of all time just hit me. MWR, you must know it, Good Omens by Pratchett and Gaimon. I fucking love that book.

Posted by: mugiwara at July 10, 2013 06:37 PM (hpYnL)

452 343 Someone should have beaten Holden Caulfield with a conch. Exactly. I read the book as a youngun, and now I can look back and identify the feeling I had all through the book: "this guy needs to be punched in the face repeatedly." I guess the Germans have a single word for that. I can still remember my disappointment when I got to the part of the book that explained the title. It was like the narrator was saying " yes I am a big wuss, like a girl who writes poetry and can't meet your eyes"

Posted by: Splunge at July 10, 2013 06:37 PM (bKA83)

453 So that Rooskie rocket which crashed a week or so back had a bunch of sensors installed upside down.

http://www.russianspaceweb.com/proton_glonass49.html

via transterrestrial.com

Yeesh. Posted by: Waterhouse
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Heh. A friends wife put their electric blanket on upside down, effectively reversing the indiviual controls. During the night he kept turning his up, while she was turning hers down. Hilarity ensued.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 10, 2013 06:37 PM (aDwsi)

454 I lurves you, Peaches! No need for a shiv. As stated previously, if he wants her, he can have at it. His choice. Plenty of fish in the sea if I still feel like fishin'. Did I tell you he has pissed me off so bad I went and dyed my hair? Thank God it's only henna.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 06:37 PM (2/T/u)

455
Hit/Not Hit

Madonna?

Posted by: Sean Penn at July 10, 2013 06:37 PM (DlaLh)

456 Thanks MWR. And good grief.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 10, 2013 06:38 PM (GEICT)

457 Speaking of movies with twists, I FINALLY got to see "Cabin in the Woods" over the weekend. Great movie; LOTS of fun. And the ending was so Whedonesque.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at July 10, 2013 06:38 PM (CA2NO)

458 Anyone remember the Illustrated Classics comic books?

Posted by: Tuna at July 10, 2013 06:38 PM (M/TDA)

459 Tammy, no. Still shitty hotel world for me. I should get home tomorrow around midnight. I miss Cougar. And real food.

Posted by: DC in Towson at July 10, 2013 06:39 PM (IuTEy)

460 Hit or not hit? http://binged.it/1bpT9Wj

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 10, 2013 06:39 PM (jjvz+)

461 446 Great book for kids that I read way back is Johnny Tremain.

Posted by: NC Ref at July 10, 2013 10:37 PM (/izg2)

Still remember that one from 5th grade..."A man should stand up"...I doubt they circulate it any longer. Today it's more "A man should shut up".

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at July 10, 2013 06:39 PM (un8zR)

462 Posted by: Sean Penn at July 10, 2013 10:37 PM (DlaLh) *** heh

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 10, 2013 06:39 PM (jjvz+)

463 Oh before I finally set a course for the second star on the right. For EC here is one of the non-crew fatalities from Star Trek: The Original Series.

http://tinyurl.com/kwtjzyp

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 10, 2013 06:39 PM (8Ztpq)

464 Ugh. Watching "The Bridge" when they suddenly played a commercial for "Red 2" full of Presnit Fuckhead givng a speech intersparced with action shots from the movie. What. The. Fuck. There's no escape from TFG. Who was that commercial for? Now, they've poisoned "Red 2" for me with his corrupt smug mug. Fuck that movie.

Posted by: Somewhat Sorry To Offend You at July 10, 2013 06:40 PM (ZR4Xh)

465 Oh shit, maybe my most read of all time just hit me. MWR, you must know it, Good Omens by Pratchett and Gaimon. I fucking love that book. Posted by: mugiwara at July 10, 2013 10:37 PM (hpYnL) OMG yes. LOVE LOVE LOVE that book. I have to buy another copy because my current copy is barely hanging on by a thread. SO GOOD. My love of the word "anathema" comes from that book.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at July 10, 2013 06:40 PM (CA2NO)

466 Howdy, lady! How's things in Arkantucky? Posted by: StPatrick_TN at July 10, 2013 10:36 PM (un8zR) Thangs is hot. Hot and grouchy. Thor pretty happy he is 1800 miles away. He does not deserve this happiness and should enjoy it while he can.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 06:40 PM (2/T/u)

467 Posted by: Splunge at July 10, 2013 10:37 PM (bKA83)

backpfeifengesicht. Who says you don't learn anything on AoS?

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at July 10, 2013 06:40 PM (un8zR)

468 Hmm, Cabin in the Woods is on Netflix streaming rotation right now, I think. Sounds like good times!

Posted by: Cowboy at July 10, 2013 06:40 PM (FMrA0)

469 NDH, no one is gonna click your hit/not hit links. I hope we have all learned our lesson by now.

Posted by: DC in Towson at July 10, 2013 06:41 PM (IuTEy)

470 Hit or not hit?

http://binged.it/1bpT9Wj>>

Hit (but face using fist)

Posted by: McGregor at July 10, 2013 06:41 PM (qo244)

471 Nice ONT Maet,

That bottom pic is so true it gives me a headache....

Pac10077 aka Ms. 10077 is going into the Tonsil Butcher's tomorrow as Chairman Ogabe was on about in the headt days of his first year...

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at July 10, 2013 06:41 PM (LRFds)

472 461 Oh before I finally set a course for the second star on the right. For EC here is one of the non-crew fatalities from Star Trek: The Original Series. http://tinyurl.com/kwtjzyp They had some of the most daring costumes at the time for women.

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 06:41 PM (doBIb)

473 NDH, no one is gonna click your hit/not hit links. I hope we have all learned our lesson by now. *** SOME people still trust me.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 10, 2013 06:41 PM (jjvz+)

474 Tammy, I'm still lost. Who did you rat me out to? And for what?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 10, 2013 06:41 PM (GEICT)

475 Oh, Johnny Tremain is awesome. I am gonna have to go get that sucker for my Kindle right this very minute.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 06:41 PM (2/T/u)

476 Hilarious item on Twitchy. Mia Farrow says she knows in his heart George Zimmerman is a racist. Apparently her amazing telepathic powers don't extend to her own husband and adopted daughter.

Posted by: epobirs at July 10, 2013 06:42 PM (kcfmt)

477 458 Definitely would hit it. Always thought Ellen was hot.

Posted by: shredded chi at July 10, 2013 06:42 PM (NRQlH)

478 Am watching the Nostalgia Critic takedown of Congo. This is indeed awesome. lol!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at July 10, 2013 06:43 PM (CA2NO)

479

I think I'm in love with Trey Gowdy. Stumbled in the room with Greta on.

"Cut 24% of the IRS"

Posted by: Infidel is pissed off at July 10, 2013 06:43 PM (SkhKv)

480 Did I tell you he has pissed me off so bad I went and dyed my hair?

Thank God it's only henna.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 10:37 PM (2/T/u)

Oh, lord, girl, I bet it looks fuckin' awesome. At least you didn't chop it all off!! You'll be fine, a couple years of deep breaths, ain't nothing easy happening for anybody these days. I think nothing but good thoughts for you. {{{{{}}}}}

Posted by: Peaches at July 10, 2013 06:44 PM (8lmkt)

481 Dune rocked me as a teen. My teen son (who is an avid scify/fantasy reader) can't get into them, tho. Surprises and disappoints me!

Posted by: Cowboy at July 10, 2013 06:44 PM (FMrA0)

482 Any Dexter fans around? Caught S8E1 last night.

Posted by: sTevo at July 10, 2013 06:44 PM (8Ylyo)

483 Definitely would hit it. Always thought Ellen was hot. ***** LOL! That one was for the ettes!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 10, 2013 06:45 PM (jjvz+)

484 Who did you rat me out to? And for what? Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 10, 2013 10:41 PM (GEICT) She Will Not Be Pleased by your lack of recognition. And here EC thought he was getting the Ravage. I'm a woman, does there have to be a reason? Why would you ask me such a thing? One would think being married would have cured you of expecting logic and rational thinking.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 06:45 PM (2/T/u)

485 "Cut 24% of the IRS"

What is...a good start?

Posted by: Carnac the Magnificent at July 10, 2013 06:45 PM (/izg2)

486 What is David Spade up to now?

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 06:45 PM (doBIb)

487 I think I'm in love with Trey Gowdy. Stumbled in the room with Greta on. *** All is not lost, there are still a few Republicans with nuts.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 10, 2013 06:45 PM (jjvz+)

488 She Will Not Be Pleased by your lack of recognition. And here EC thought he was getting the Ravage. I'm a woman, does there have to be a reason? Why would you ask me such a thing? One would think being married would have cured you of expecting logic and rational thinking. Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 10:45 PM (2/T/u) Aw crap.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 10, 2013 06:46 PM (GEICT)

489 What is David Spade up to now? *** Grown Ups 2

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 10, 2013 06:46 PM (jjvz+)

490 And here EC thought he was getting the Ravage. *perks up ears*

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 06:46 PM (doBIb)

491 >>>SOME people still trust me. SOME people are either rookies or fools. SOME OTHER people know that you are not gonna throw us some nice cheesecake shots. Probably Ed Shultz in a speedo or something equally horrifying.

Posted by: DC in Towson at July 10, 2013 06:46 PM (IuTEy)

492 Grown Ups 2 David Spade gotta eat.

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 06:46 PM (doBIb)

493 Wow I'm so smart I married a man who fucked our adopted daughter and then dumped me for our adopted daughter. Maybe I should call Cher for parental advice.

Posted by: Mia Farrow at July 10, 2013 06:47 PM (cK0tU)

494 I heard this on Rush's program today. I don't know if he broke it outside Judicial Watch, but it was their FOIA request. Absolutely unbelievable! Except it was The Regime, and we need to expect this sort of thing ("a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism") from them from now on. It seems pretty clear they, and their comrades in the National Socialist Chicago Workers' Party, would like nothing better than fighting in the streets.

Posted by: Cretin, a high-grade moron at July 10, 2013 06:47 PM (fS2Sn)

495 Johnny Tremain was great. I wanted to be a silversmith for about two years as a kid after reading it. "My Side of the Mountain" was good too. I remember liking "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" and "Bridge to Terabithia."

Posted by: no good deed at July 10, 2013 06:47 PM (WmLrU)

496 What is David Spade up to now?>>

Banging young hot Hollywood chicks and it pisses me off.

Posted by: McGregor at July 10, 2013 06:47 PM (qo244)

497

"Cut 24% of the IRS"

All is not lost, there are still a few Republicans with nuts.

And he's easy on the eyes.

Posted by: Infidel is pissed off at July 10, 2013 06:48 PM (SkhKv)

498 484 What is David Spade up to now? Still relying on Adam Sandler and Happy Gilmore production company to remain employed.

Posted by: Thrawn at July 10, 2013 06:48 PM (KiyII)

499 474 Hilarious item on Twitchy. Mia Farrow says she knows in his heart George Zimmerman is a racist. Apparently her amazing telepathic powers don't extend to her own husband and adopted daughter. "I don't always shoot people who are beating my head into the pavement and scrabbling for my gun, but when I do, I make sure they're a race I hate."

Posted by: Splunge at July 10, 2013 06:48 PM (bKA83)

500 Must read non-fiction books? "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" by James FitzJames Stephens "Discourses on Livy" by Machiavelli "Reflections on the Revolution in France" by Edmund Burke "The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America" by George S. Nash

Posted by: The Political Hat at July 10, 2013 06:48 PM (Vk2pI)

501 Posted by: Peaches at July 10, 2013 10:44 PM (8lmkt) Nice, hah. If I were younger, perhaps. I was hoping for a chestnut shade and it is darker than that.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 06:48 PM (2/T/u)

502 What is David Spade up to now?

To my chin.

Posted by: Danny DeVito at July 10, 2013 06:48 PM (cK0tU)

503 SOME people are either rookies or fools. SOME OTHER people know that you are not gonna throw us some nice cheesecake shots. Probably Ed Shultz in a speedo or something equally horrifying. *** Fine. No more Giada. No more Nigella. No more KATE UPTON! I see that I have offended your delicate senses.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 10, 2013 06:48 PM (jjvz+)

504 480 Any Dexter fans around? Caught S8E1 last night.

Posted by: sTevo at July 10, 2013 10:44 PM (8Ylyo)

Watched the first 3 episodes of S1, then quit. Freaked me out, and I couldn't get past my desire to see the main character put down like a mean old dog. I can suspend disbelief, but rooting for a monster was a bridge too far for me.

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at July 10, 2013 06:49 PM (un8zR)

505 Great book for kids that I read way back is Johnny Tremain.
Posted by: NC Ref
-------------------

I still have a copy. And I have re-read it as an adult.

The other night I also recommended ANY of the Childhood of Famous Americans published by Bobbs Merrill. Those were published mostly immediately post-war and are great books for young boys. Forget anything published after 1960.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 10, 2013 06:49 PM (aDwsi)

506 "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" by James FitzJames Stephens That just happens to be the motto of St Barthelemy.

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 06:49 PM (doBIb)

507 Oooh yes yes yes to Witch of Blackbird Pond! And Trey Gowdy. Oh yes ma'am. Freaking epic name, too.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 06:49 PM (2/T/u)

508 "Reflections on the Revolution in France" by Edmund Burke

Burke is a tough read. I didn't get much out of it.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at July 10, 2013 06:49 PM (etR3/)

509 Random question, Is anyone else watching The Bridge? Is it me, or does it suck? Soooooooo damn slow.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 10, 2013 06:50 PM (GEICT)

510 Brad Pitt was recently on the cover of some glamour mag and the photo was mistaken by many for David Spade. Spade tweeted about it and was getting a real kick out of it. I'm still laughing about it myself.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 10, 2013 06:50 PM (jjvz+)

511 495 "Cut 24% of the IRS"All is not lost, there are still a few Republicans with nuts. And he's easy on the eyes. I'm as impressed with what words of his I've seen as you are. But to me he looks like Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter movies.

Posted by: Splunge at July 10, 2013 06:50 PM (bKA83)

512 That just happens to be the motto of St Barthelemy.

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 10:49 PM (doBIb)

We had that shit first.

Posted by: France at July 10, 2013 06:50 PM (un8zR)

513 Aw crap. Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 10, 2013 10:46 PM (GEICT) Heh.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 06:51 PM (2/T/u)

514 g'evenin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 10, 2013 06:51 PM (JMmQ9)

515 EC, yes they were daring. For example in Mirror Mirror and Uhura's bikini uniform. The censors wanted her belly button hidden but they managed to sneak it past the censors.

And that web-site seems to have a capricious way of cataloging deaths when Kara from Wolf in the Fold is not listed as a death but the crew of Valiant is listed even though they died decades ago.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 10, 2013 06:51 PM (8Ztpq)

516 Brad Pitt was recently on the cover of some glamour mag and the photo was mistaken by many for David Spade.

That is some funny shit right there . . .

Posted by: Peaches at July 10, 2013 06:51 PM (8lmkt)

517 Heh. Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 10:51 PM (2/T/u) Any way I can get a clue as to what I did? That way I know whether to look for the emu sized box or the raptors.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 10, 2013 06:51 PM (GEICT)

518 1. How many amendments does the Constitution have?
23?
2. What is the economic system in the United States?
Capitalism
3. Name your U.S. Representative.
Elijah
4. What are two Cabinet-level positions?
Defense and State
5. Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?
John Roberts
6. Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
Spaniards
7. The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name ONE of the writers.
Jefferson
8. What is ONE thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
Sleeping with French Women
9. Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?
WWII
10. What did Susan B. Anthony do?
Inventor of coin currency

Posted by: Serious Cat at July 10, 2013 06:52 PM (UOjzE)

519 hey, AltonJackson!!!

Posted by: Peaches at July 10, 2013 06:52 PM (8lmkt)

520 Time Machine Hit or Not hit?

http://tinyurl.com/l45ugbp

Posted by: McGregor at July 10, 2013 06:52 PM (qo244)

521 Hit or not hit? http://binged.it/18aaxQa

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 10, 2013 06:52 PM (jjvz+)

522 The Right Stuff. Because Yeager. Posted by: NC Ref at July 10, 2013 10:27 PM (/izg2) Always had a non-gay man crush on that man. A real American man. Posted by: Samuel Adams at July 10, 2013 10:29 PM (cK0tU) Always wondered what he though of this: http://strikewitches.wikia.com/wiki/Charlotte_E._Yeager

Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at July 10, 2013 06:52 PM (Vk2pI)

523

Maybe it's the attitude of Mr. Gowdy. He seems to want to kick ass and take names later.

We need about 400 more of them.

Posted by: Infidel is pissed off at July 10, 2013 06:53 PM (SkhKv)

524 There is no constitution. This is a banana republic albeit without the tropical weather. All future presidents will have whatever authority they can hold by hook or crook.

Posted by: SpongeBob ReaverSaget at July 10, 2013 06:53 PM (kxSZr)

525 I've read all the books except Their Eyes were Watching God. I haven't even heard of it or the author. I'll have to pick it up for my Paperwhite but it's going to the bottom of a pretty deep pile. Catcher in the Rye is overrated. When I was 12 I thought it was deep. Today I would rather read back issues of Cosmo than that silly book.

Posted by: Michael the Hobbit, but you can call me Michael at July 10, 2013 06:53 PM (7cS5n)

526 >>>I see that I have offended your delicate senses. Ok. You win. I clicked the one link and got a bing search for David Spade. Even in CAC's world, David Spade does not equal Giada. And you a sneaky, sneaky little [censored].

Posted by: DC in Towson at July 10, 2013 06:53 PM (IuTEy)

527 Johnny Tremain! Oh, yeah! For a little older kids (maybe after they get their first center-fire rifle): Rifleman Dodd (a.k.a. Death to the French in the U.K.) by C. S. Forester.

Posted by: Cretin, a high-grade moron at July 10, 2013 06:53 PM (fS2Sn)

528 But to me he looks like Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter movies. Posted by: Splunge at July 10, 2013 10:50 PM (bKA83) But those words and that attitude, meeeeooowww!

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 06:53 PM (2/T/u)

529 And that web-site seems to have a capricious way of cataloging deaths when Kara from Wolf in the Fold is not listed as a death but the crew of Valiant is listed even though they died decades ago. She is listed as a casualty.

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 06:54 PM (doBIb)

530 I remember reading all the old Nancy Drew mysteries. Our little library only had the very old original editions. On the up side I did learn that, in a pinch, a closed rumble seat was a good place to hide

Posted by: Tuna at July 10, 2013 06:54 PM (M/TDA)

531 Brad Pitt on Vanity Fair http://binged.it/12sncog

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 10, 2013 06:54 PM (jjvz+)

532 NDH, her mom was hotter.

Posted by: no good deed at July 10, 2013 06:54 PM (WmLrU)

533 Caught the first episode of True Blood on DVD, that was some nasty stuff,

Posted by: General Zod at July 10, 2013 06:54 PM (Jsiw/)

534 My favorite novel of all time, which may be appropriate for those as young as 12: The Count of Monte Cristo, closely followed by The Three Musketeers. Dumas could tell a story with the best of them, and they translate well.

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at July 10, 2013 06:55 PM (un8zR)

535 Any way I can get a clue as to what I did? That way I know whether to look for the emu sized box or the raptors. Possession of a penis.

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 06:55 PM (doBIb)

536 478 go ahead and cut it all off, too. It'll really piss him off. Then after a few hours it'll prove to him how confident/beautiful you really are. His head will be spinning. Worked for my ex. 489 *raises hand* Rookie! Present.

Posted by: shredded chi at July 10, 2013 06:55 PM (NRQlH)

537 Ok. You win. I clicked the one link and got a bing search for David Spade. *** LOL! That one was for the ettes goofball. The other two were for the morons.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 10, 2013 06:55 PM (jjvz+)

538 Oops... Fool! Present.

Posted by: shredded chi at July 10, 2013 06:57 PM (NRQlH)

539 The correct answer to #8 is: slinging the snake all over France. BF was my favorite Founding Father.

Evening roonz and roonettez! In for break.

Posted by: GGE, Moron with a Ginger Fetish at July 10, 2013 06:57 PM (xa1/W)

540 478 Kill the wabbit.

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at July 10, 2013 06:57 PM (un8zR)

541 NDH, her mom was hotter. *** I thought she was the most charming little ray of light I'd ever seen when she was in Almost Famous. Then she became a whore. So sad.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 10, 2013 06:57 PM (jjvz+)

542 @492 Oops! My bad. Here's the link to Judicial Watch. http://preview.tinyurl.com/p3zauce

Posted by: Cretin, a high-grade moron at July 10, 2013 06:57 PM (fS2Sn)

543 wow, I am late to the party. No sense diving in, all the dip has been eaten, beer has been drunk, and all the good lampshades and corners to pee in have already been claimed.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at July 10, 2013 06:57 PM (RZ8pf)

544 532 Loved "Ivanhoe". Knights in shining armor and all that.

Posted by: Tuna at July 10, 2013 06:58 PM (M/TDA)

545 Any way I can get a clue as to what I did? That way I know whether to look for the emu sized box or the raptors. Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 10, 2013 10:51 PM (GEICT) You didn't do anything. I am mad at Thor, so you're all fair game. I believe Her Exquisiteness is weighing her options.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 06:58 PM (2/T/u)

546 Watched the first 3 episodes of S1, then quit. Freaked me out, and I couldn't get past my desire to see the main character put down like a mean old dog. I can suspend disbelief, but rooting for a monster was a bridge too far for me.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN
............
Awww.. you really needed to give it more than 3 episodes.. Dexter is a guilty pleasure. You really don't wanna root for him, but he kills such dogs.. it's very hard to rationalize, so just enjoy.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at July 10, 2013 06:58 PM (UTq/I)

547 GGE, I went to Frontline last week with my boy. Met the owner. Real nice guy. Will go back again, but on Sundays as a guest. He let me have the whole rifle range to myself.

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 06:58 PM (doBIb)

548 "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" by James FitzJames Stephens That just happens to be the motto of St Barthelemy. Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 10:49 PM (doBIb) The book is a response to Mills' "On Liberty" and provides a good contrast with the ultra-libertarians out there. "Reflections on the Revolution in France" by Edmund Burke Burke is a tough read. I didn't get much out of it. Posted by: Skandia Recluse at July 10, 2013 10:49 PM (etR3/) Burke nailed the Jacobins and what they really stood for. Since the Progressives (as well as fascists and communists) are intellectual descendants of the Jacobins, Burke turns out to be a very enlightening read.

Posted by: The Political Hat at July 10, 2013 06:58 PM (Vk2pI)

549 wow, I am late to the party. No sense diving in, all the dip hasbeen eaten, beer has been drunk, and all the good lampshades and corners to pee in have already been claimed. *** We're playing hit it or not. http://binged.it/1bpT9Wj

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 10, 2013 06:58 PM (jjvz+)

550 #509

OK, so his parents may or may not have been death eaters. Are you going to hold that against him forever?

Posted by: epobirs at July 10, 2013 06:58 PM (kcfmt)

551 537 The correct answer to #8 is: slinging the snake all over France. BF was my favorite Founding Father.

Evening roonz and roonettez! In for break.

Posted by: GGE, Moron with a Ginger Fetish at July 10, 2013 10:57 PM (xa1/W)

BF was just one of many true American renaissance men, but we never get credit for the 2nd and 3rd renaissances that were the industrial revolutions, and won't for the 4th which is underway today.

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at July 10, 2013 06:59 PM (un8zR)

552 No need for Naturalization or any other test. Obama, McCain and Schumer meet tomorrow at WH on Immigration. Free Stuff -- come one come all.

Posted by: gracepmc at July 10, 2013 06:59 PM (rznx3)

553 I love Monte Cristo sandwiches.

Posted by: Infidel is pissed off at July 10, 2013 06:59 PM (SkhKv)

554 You didn't do anything. I am mad at Thor, so you're all fair game. I believe Her Exquisiteness is weighing her options. Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 10:58 PM (2/T/u) I would like it noted for the record that I have offered on several occasions to Cry Havoc on your behalf.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 10, 2013 06:59 PM (GEICT)

555 I remember reading all the old Nancy Drew mysteries. Our little library only had the very old original editions. On the up side I did learn that, in a pinch, a closed rumble seat was a good place to hide

Posted by: Tuna at July 10, 2013 10:54 PM (M/TDA)

Oh, I read every last one of them, Tuna!!! Loved them and I remember her always saying "Father, you're a peach!" lol

Posted by: Peaches at July 10, 2013 06:59 PM (8lmkt)

556 Yeah, Cretin, it's past absurdity and they're just rubbing faces into it right now. One thing that connected to me from the Lone Ranger movie out right now is the observation they kept making that, as evil swept up their world, nature was out of balance. I suppose the Hollywood movie makers naturally assumed that this truth would resound against their various political foes. Maybe (this was never explicit in the film -- a fine film!). Independently over the years I've found myself in the same position as Tonto in that film, bewildered by a world rapidly moving in the unnatural direction. Women not having babies till their 40's, if then. The ascent of gays. Virility of young men consumed by an Xbox. Crazy, illusory debt bubbles lined up one after another. Pure doublespeak overcoming public discourse. Look around it's everywhere - we're in a funhouse world that's fundamentally out of kilter. Such moments have happened before. My suggestion to all those above looking for literary avenues perhaps along these themes is St. Augustine's "City of God", an effort to comprehend the mad, doomed world with everything a-kilter that was 5th century Rome.

Posted by: Cowboy at July 10, 2013 07:00 PM (FMrA0)

557 Johnny Tremain! Oh, yeah!
For a little older kids (maybe after they get their first center-fire rifle): Rifleman Dodd (a.k.a. Death to the French in the U.K.) by C. S. Forester. Posted by: Cretin
----------

Heh. Got up walked to the bookshelf and pulled my copy off the shelf. Mine published by The Readers Club, 1942.

I have a COMPLETE collection of C.S Forester. The Hornblower series is a must read for people with an inclination for nautical things.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 10, 2013 07:00 PM (aDwsi)

558 Uhm EC, where is she listed as a casualty. The Red Shirt list mentions only one death for Wolf in the Fold. Kara and one other die besides that woman. Redjac of course does not count as a casualty.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 10, 2013 07:00 PM (8Ztpq)

559 Well, I'm not going back through 500 comments to find a pretty picture. Especially because I'm not sure I wouldn't end up with an Anthony Weiner self-shot.

Posted by: DC in Towson at July 10, 2013 07:00 PM (IuTEy)

560 Posted by: epobirs at July 10, 2013 10:58 PM (kcfmt) I do see his point. Draco is kinda weaselly looking. His Daddy is hot as hell, though, and I generally don't care for blondes.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 07:01 PM (2/T/u)

561 550 Their little pet Marco wasn't invited?

Posted by: Tuna at July 10, 2013 07:01 PM (M/TDA)

562 519 Screen door. Hurricane.

Posted by: shredded chi at July 10, 2013 07:02 PM (NRQlH)

563 Killed by the entity known as "Redjac" during a psychotricorder recording of Montgomery Scott That what I see on the list.

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 07:02 PM (doBIb)

564 Night all. 4 am is coming soon.

Posted by: Infidel is pissed off at July 10, 2013 07:02 PM (SkhKv)

565 557 Well, I'm not going back through 500 comments to find a pretty picture. Especially because I'm not sure I wouldn't end up with an Anthony Weiner self-shot. Posted by: DC in Towson at July 10, 2013 11:00 PM (IuTEy) *sigh* Slacker. Here. http://tinyurl.com/n39wsls

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 10, 2013 07:02 PM (GEICT)

566 Posted by: Tuna at July 10, 2013 10:58 PM (M/TDA)

There was a book called The Horn of Roland that I read repeatedly as a kid. Loosely based on the Song of Roland and written for young'uns.

Posted by: Country Singer at July 10, 2013 07:02 PM (U22Yw)

567 Well, I'm not going back through 500 comments to find a pretty picture. Especially because I'm not sure I wouldn't end up with an Anthony Weiner self-shot. **** jackass http://binged.it/18aaxQa http://binged.it/12iPQJD

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 10, 2013 07:02 PM (jjvz+)

568 Awww.. you really needed to give it more than 3 episodes.. Dexter is a guilty pleasure. You really don't wanna root for him, but he kills such dogs.. it's very hard to rationalize, so just enjoy.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at July 10, 2013 10:58 PM (UTq/I)

That's what my sister and BIL say, but I am inflexible in certain things. Every time I tried to watch that show, and there were many, I wanted to shoot the main character. Just can't do it. Perhaps it's my generally tragic view of humanity, but I prefer virtuous heroes when it comes to entertainment. I'd rather be distracted by those embodying an impossible ideal than a very real bottom.

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at July 10, 2013 07:03 PM (un8zR)

569 I would like it noted for the record that I have offered on several occasions to Cry Havoc on your behalf. Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 10, 2013 10:59 PM (GEICT) Yes, yes I know. And I mentioned straight away I felt bad about it. But you and I both know you're going to perform some sort of miraculous feat of ass-kissing to get back in Her good graces, so really, I've done you a favor.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 07:03 PM (2/T/u)

570 558 Jason Isaacs. Hubba, hubba.

Posted by: Tuna at July 10, 2013 07:03 PM (M/TDA)

571 I think this is like 10 degrees of separation or 3 or 4. So I mentioned earlier in this thread how I hated being called "white boy", which then led me to play "Dirty White Boy" by Foreigner and now I can't stop playing Foreigner. Maybe Styx is not so far behind.

Posted by: Samuel Adams at July 10, 2013 07:03 PM (cK0tU)

572 I am only missing 4 of the books that must be read.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at July 10, 2013 07:03 PM (RZ8pf)

573 I love you, BC

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 10, 2013 07:03 PM (jjvz+)

574 I read "Their Eyes Were Watching God" in my youth, in a feminist led lit class. They spun it up as an indictment of the entire male outlook. Hated them for that, hated the book because of them. But that was a long time ago. Approach with caution, I'd say!

Posted by: Cowboy at July 10, 2013 07:03 PM (FMrA0)

575 >>>Cry Havoc I'm ready to Let Slip boss. Just need to know whose throat to rip out.

Posted by: DC in Towson at July 10, 2013 07:03 PM (IuTEy)

576

"What books have your read numerous times and why do you go back to them?"

The Chronicles of Narnia and the Hitchhiker's series.

Posted by: sobek at July 10, 2013 07:04 PM (xvtYZ)

577 Here you go, Tammy. I like him better with his natural color. http://tinyurl.com/kpul5kn

Posted by: no good deed at July 10, 2013 07:04 PM (WmLrU)

578 Endgame: The End of the Debt Supercycle and How It Changes Everything, by John Mauldin. The subtitle should be Why America is Truly and Thoroughly Boned

Posted by: Michael the Hobbit, but you can call me Michael at July 10, 2013 07:05 PM (7cS5n)

579 Here you go, Tammy. I like him better with his natural color. *** Me too

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 10, 2013 07:05 PM (jjvz+)

580 But you and I both know you're going to perform some sort of miraculous feat of ass-kissing to get back in Her good graces, so really, I've done you a favor. Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 11:03 PM (2/T/u) You mean my awesomeness will overcome any perceived ill-will. 571 I love you, BC Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 10, 2013 11:03 PM (jjvz+)

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 10, 2013 07:05 PM (GEICT)

581 23 books that just reading the titles and knowing a little about several of the authors made me want to shit espresso like hipster with a stomach bug.

Posted by: Dang at July 10, 2013 07:05 PM (Hx2XA)

582

Slacker. Here.

http://tinyurl.com/n39wsls

Whaat is seen can never be unseen.

Who has the eye/brain bleach? Fuck.

Posted by: Infidel is pissed off at July 10, 2013 07:05 PM (SkhKv)

583 NDH, I would not hit David Spade. Not my type.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at July 10, 2013 07:05 PM (RZ8pf)

584 LOL, EC got it!

DC, how long have you been gone?

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 07:06 PM (2/T/u)

585 >>>Slacker. Here. FUCK. YOU. I'll include the c-wire wrapped pineapple free of charge. Some fucking fake internet friend you are.

Posted by: DC in Towson at July 10, 2013 07:06 PM (IuTEy)

586 I read Austen novels in heavy rotation, but have a soft spot for Jane Eyre which is like a sorbet between Austen's.

Posted by: SarahW at July 10, 2013 07:06 PM (LYwCh)

587 LOL, EC got it Yeah, yeah. Guilty too.

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 07:07 PM (doBIb)

588 Some fucking fake internet friend you are. Posted by: DC in Towson at July 10, 2013 11:06 PM (IuTEy) One word motherfucker. NoVaMoMe

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

589 NJ is really a "No way in hell will we ever issue" state. Second strictest gun laws in the country - guns are basically illegal - and the legislature jumped on the Sandy Hook shooting to make them even stricter. We're currently waiting to see what Christie does with the bills on his desk.

Posted by: En Raged at July 10, 2013 07:08 PM (wf0uF)

590 >>>DC, how long have you been gone? Not nearly as long as you, so you'll get no bitching out of me. But longer than I'd like.

Posted by: DC in Towson at July 10, 2013 07:08 PM (IuTEy)

591 Here you go, Tammy. I like him better with his natural color. http://tinyurl.com/kpul5kn Posted by: no good deed at July 10, 2013 11:04 PM (WmLrU) Screendoor, hurricane, etc. I wonder if he's left handed?

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 07:08 PM (2/T/u)

592 Jack London, 'Call of the Wild', 'White Fang'.
'The Mill River Recluse' by Darcie Chan
John Buchan 'The Thirty-Nine Steps' , 'Greenmantle', 'Prester John'
King Solomon's Mines by Henry Rider Haggard , 'Allan Quatermain'
Noank's Log by W.O.Stoddard
"The Story of a Common Soldier of the Civil War" by Leander Stillwell
'Temporary Duty' by Ric Locke (Good Read)
Nathan Lowell has a series of ebooks, 1/4, 1/2, full share (Solar Clipper Trader)
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Robert Louis Stevenson

Some really interesting books on the Boer war in South Africa.
"Black Hawk Down", "Chicken Hawk" ,

Ok, so I've made a fool of my self.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at July 10, 2013 07:08 PM (etR3/)

593 575 Remember he played the absolutely evil English officer in the Mel Gibson movie about the Revolutionary War? Dark, menacing and totally hot.

Posted by: Tuna at July 10, 2013 07:08 PM (M/TDA)

594

"I find that I appreciate Russian literature more than I enjoy it."

I enjoy eveything by Dostoevsky. Tolstoy is over-rated.

Posted by: sobek at July 10, 2013 07:09 PM (xvtYZ)

595 Hit or not hit for the ettes http://binged.it/12nB202

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 10, 2013 07:09 PM (jjvz+)

596 Too much sight, and not enough sound - crank your speakers and enjoy a literally (not Biden literally) great song that everyone will like: http://tinyurl.com/agxsjmk

Trust me on this one. I won't rickroll or chickroll you like some others around here.

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at July 10, 2013 07:09 PM (un8zR)

597 559 550
Their little pet Marco wasn't invited?

Posted by: Tuna at July 10, 2013 11:01 PM (M/TDA)

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

Markie, the pet parrot. He will talk as taught. After the meet.

Posted by: gracepmc at July 10, 2013 07:09 PM (rznx3)

598 Skandia - Hardly. All good reads.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 10, 2013 07:09 PM (aDwsi)

599 Anything by Jane Austen is pure poison to a man. Jane Eyre is better. Wuthering Heights is the best in class for these things, tho, for men. Cathy's got that certain je nais se quois that grabs our attention.

Posted by: Cowboy at July 10, 2013 07:10 PM (FMrA0)

600 "I find that I appreciate Russian literature more than I enjoy it."
I enjoy eveything by Dostoevsky. Tolstoy is over-rated. Posted by: sobek

I just read The Darling. WTF was I supposed to get out of that? Exactly?

Posted by: Dang at July 10, 2013 07:10 PM (Hx2XA)

601 Holy shit, check out this dude! Can't trust anyone with a name like that. http://tinyurl.com/n4lpnxg

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 07:10 PM (doBIb)

602 >>>One word motherfucker. NoVaMoMe I call horseshit. As you are so fond of saying "a man should keep his word". I did. Had a mediocre weekend in CT, versus meeting 20 morons.i came out on the short end, but I will stand by my decision.

Posted by: DC in Towson at July 10, 2013 07:11 PM (IuTEy)

603 *sighs* EC what am I going to do with you?

Karen Tracy is ship's crew who is killed by Redjac.
Kara is the belly dancer on Argelius II whom Scotty takes a walk with. She is murdered by Redjac and Scotty is blamed.
Sybo is the third woman killed by Redjac. She is an empath and wife of Prefect Jaris of Argelius II.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 10, 2013 07:11 PM (8Ztpq)

604 But longer than I'd like. Posted by: DC in Towson at July 10, 2013 11:08 PM (IuTEy) Well, I'm glad you'll be back soon. It does suck.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 07:11 PM (2/T/u)

605 592 "I find that I appreciate Russian literature more than I enjoy it."
I enjoy eveything by Dostoevsky. Tolstoy is over-rated.

Posted by: sobek at July 10, 2013 11:09 PM (xvtYZ)

Dostoevsky and Tolstoy are tough, but Mikhail Bulgakov's "The Master and Margarita" (as featured on the AoSHQ Book Thread) was excellent. Also, it was suppressed by Stalin and his successors for years, so it must have had something going for it.

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at July 10, 2013 07:11 PM (un8zR)

606 The Political Hat, RE: Burke,
Thanks, I'll give it another go.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at July 10, 2013 07:12 PM (etR3/)

607 I can never remember whether my congressman is Pete Sessions or Sam Johnson Â— I live about a block from the dividing line. Either way, Im in good hands.

Posted by: Michael the Hobbit, but you can call me Michael at July 10, 2013 07:12 PM (7cS5n)

608 593 Hit or not hit for the ettes ------------- Hit it obviously.

Posted by: Confused Moron at July 10, 2013 07:12 PM (Aif/5)

609 Remember he played the absolutely evil English officer in the Mel Gibson movie about the Revolutionary War? Dark, menacing and totally hot. Posted by: Tuna
--------------

Tarleton. As big an asshole as ever walked the earth.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 10, 2013 07:12 PM (aDwsi)

610 I call horseshit. As you are so fond of saying "a man should keep his word". I did. Had a mediocre weekend in CT, versus meeting 20 morons.i came out on the short end, but I will stand by my decision. Posted by: DC in Towson at July 10, 2013 11:11 PM (IuTEy) Which is proof that you chose unwisely. Lol And it was prob closer to 30. Total allstar cast.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 10, 2013 07:12 PM (GEICT)

611 Karen Tracy is ship's crew who is killed by Redjac. Kara is the belly dancer on Argelius II whom Scotty takes a walk with. She is murdered by Redjac and Scotty is blamed. Sybo is the third woman killed by Redjac. She is an empath and wife of Prefect Jaris of Argelius II. But only one is crew, which was the original question right?

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 07:12 PM (doBIb)

612 http://binged.it/12nB202 Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 10, 2013 11:09 PM (jjvz+) Probably not, but I adore him and see why others would.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 07:13 PM (2/T/u)

613 593 Hit or not hit for the ettes

I swooned a bit.

Posted by: no good deed at July 10, 2013 07:13 PM (WmLrU)

614 Vote time: final quals tomorrow. 8 hours from now. Sleep, or pour this last beer?

Posted by: DC in Towson at July 10, 2013 07:13 PM (IuTEy)

615 No one has mentioned The Gulag Archipelago. It deserves attention, more now than before.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 10, 2013 07:15 PM (aDwsi)

616 LOL, didn't realize I was still wearing that sock...

And now back to work. I'll be back over my lunch break. Later roonz and roonettez!

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at July 10, 2013 07:15 PM (xa1/W)

617 Vote time: final quals tomorrow. 8 hours from now. Sleep, or pour this last beer? ------------------ Pour pour pour pour!

Posted by: Morons Everywhere at July 10, 2013 07:15 PM (Aif/5)

618 So, I finally finished up on Cochran's Rules of Life. Whether you care or not, here they are.... Rule #1: From the father of [best friend]. For men dealing with women: 1) You cannot win 2) You must play 3) For all else, refer back to 1 Rule #2: No one in this life owes you a damn thing other than air to breathe. You want something? Go earn it. Rule #3: It doesn't matter if you're old or young, black or white, gay or straight....your word is your bond. Respect that and people will respect you. Rule #4: Go hard. Live, laugh, love, pray, worship. In everything you do, strive to give your all. Half measures are for losers. Never ever ever quit. Go hard. Rule #5: You have the right to speak your mind. You do not have the right to be heard. 5A: No one died ensuring a right to not be offended. Rule #6: Faith is the substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen. Logic is accepting reality as it exists regardless of whether or not you like the outcome. These are not mutually exclusive. A healthy dose of each is essential. Rule #7: Life's a b*tch, deal with it. This life has never been fair, nor will it ever be fair. Deal. With. It. Rule #8: Moral Relativism is the stuff of cowards. There is Right. There is Wrong. Never be afraid to stand up for what's right. 8A: Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent. Rule #9: Boys and girls are different. Physically, emotionally, mentally. They like different things. They react different ways. They play different games and with different toys. And that's okay. Rule #10: Only you are responsible for you and your actions. Your life is your's alone, rise up and live it.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 10, 2013 07:15 PM (GEICT)

619 Pour! Or at least stay.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 07:15 PM (2/T/u)

620 No one has mentioned The Gulag Archipelago. It deserves attention, more now than before. Why read when we'll live it?

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 07:16 PM (doBIb)

621 >>>And it was prob closer to 30. Total allstar cast. Grumblegrumblegrumble Rub it in. Stoopid meany-faced jerk-head. Somehow, I blame you in all of this. I'll work out the details later

Posted by: DC in Towson at July 10, 2013 07:16 PM (IuTEy)

622 Night, GGE.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 07:16 PM (2/T/u)

623 Zora Neale Hurston wrote Eyes watching God. I also liked Tennessee Williams' Streetcar named Desire. In the movie, Vivien Leigh played poor, crazy Blanche. Leigh was bipolar, so that role must have taken everything she had.

Posted by: Jmel at July 10, 2013 07:17 PM (cfFqn)

624 Double Hit or not Hit

Would you?

And could She at 50 yards?

http://tinyurl.com/lkbezfd

Posted by: McGregor at July 10, 2013 07:17 PM (qo244)

625 I caught the first season of Dexter, when they ran it, edited, on CBS, during the writer's strike,

Posted by: General Zod at July 10, 2013 07:17 PM (Jsiw/)

626 Somehow, I blame you in all of this. I'll work out the details later Posted by: DC in Towson at July 10, 2013 11:16 PM (IuTEy) See there, it's not just me. Cochran needs slapping around. That is all.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 07:17 PM (2/T/u)

627 Somehow, I blame you in all of this. I'll work out the details later Posted by: DC in Towson at July 10, 2013 11:16 PM (IuTEy) Standard. I've been "the asshole" for most of my life.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 10, 2013 07:17 PM (GEICT)

628 EC. My complaint was with the site. It included the crew of Valiant who are not Enterprise crew.

And if you include Valiant because Enterprise encountered the distress buoy of that ship, then from Charlie X the whole crew of S.S. Antares under the command of Capt. Ramart must be listed. But that ship and crew are not listed.

The site is incomplete and has issues.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 10, 2013 07:18 PM (8Ztpq)

629 And goodnight. It was good to pop back in for a minute; I'll try and make it back every once in a while.

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at July 10, 2013 07:18 PM (un8zR)

630 625 I've been "the asshole" for most of my life. Nightwalkers are....funny.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/s]akula_51 at July 10, 2013 07:19 PM (Vgn84)

631 603 592
"I find that I appreciate Russian literature more than I enjoy it."

I enjoy eveything by Dostoevsky. Tolstoy is over-rated.
Posted by: sobek at July 10, 2013 11:09 PM (xvtYZ)

Dostoevsky and Tolstoy are tough, but Mikhail Bulgakov's "The Master and Margarita" (as featured on the AoSHQ Book Thread) was excellent. Also, it was suppressed by Stalin and his successors for years, so it must have had something going for it.

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at July 10, 201311:11 PM (un8zR)

********** Lived on Patriarch's Pond in Moscow so took opportunity to re read M& M there. Great fun. Good book.

Posted by: gracepmc at July 10, 2013 07:19 PM (rznx3)

632 >>>Rule #8: Moral Relativism is the stuff of cowards. There is Right. There is Wrong. Never be afraid to stand up for what's right. My granddaddy always told me "right is right everything else is wrong". And I'm not about argue with a man who hit the beach at Guadalcanal, Kwajelien and Iwo. And if you boil it down, it's not a bad philosophy for life.

Posted by: DC in Towson at July 10, 2013 07:19 PM (IuTEy)

633 Oh FFS, why piss around. Here ya go, 'ettes: http://tinyurl.com/m2axbw3

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 07:19 PM (2/T/u)

634 I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.

Posted by: Blanche at July 10, 2013 07:20 PM (aDwsi)

635 Big Government ‏@biggovt 1m NRSC: We'll Support Enzi over Liz Cheney: On Tuesday, the National Republican Senatorial Committee said it wou... http://bit.ly/15hdVlT

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 10, 2013 07:21 PM (jjvz+)

636 I dutifully answered the questions 'correctly'. But I really think that the economic system of the US is crony capitalism and rent-seeking with tinges of fascism and a large dose of non-productive government. Amirite?

Posted by: chuckr at July 10, 2013 07:21 PM (UGxsK)

637 626 EC. My complaint was with the site. It included the crew of Valiant who are not Enterprise crew. Noticed they have them segregated as "unknown". Yeah I wouldn't count them either unless they're counting all red shirt deaths from Starfleet personnel.

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 07:22 PM (doBIb)

638 Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at July 10, 2013 11:21 PM (jjvz+) Further proof of the GOP's suicidal tendencies.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 07:23 PM (2/T/u)

639 633 NDH, scumbags

Posted by: lou's a girl at July 10, 2013 07:23 PM (vgd4f)

640 "I don't always shoot people who are beating my head into the pavement and scrabbling for my gun, but when I do, I make sure they're a race I hate."

Posted by: Splunge at July 10, 2013 10:48 PM (bKA83)

Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura highway at July 10, 2013 07:23 PM (/7Xis)

641 Check out my link in #599! That is one creepy ass cracka!

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 07:24 PM (doBIb)

642 My granddaddy always told me "right is right everything else is wrong".>>

The breakdown of America started with stealing the words and changing their meanings. Thus making simple Grandpa statements complex to the LIVs.

Posted by: McGregor at July 10, 2013 07:24 PM (qo244)

643 hehe

Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura highway at July 10, 2013 07:24 PM (/7Xis)

644 418 >>>While I've enjoyed some of his books, after reading the chapter on him in Paul Johnson's Intellectuals I've soured on the man.

Awesome! (150 million Americans just sent me an email saying: sucker!)

I've been meaning to ask you where you are in relation to me. I'm always up for meeting a fellow moron. Still pissed about missing the NoVa meetup.

Posted by: DC in Towson at July 10, 2013 10:32 PM (IuTEy)

--I went to UMCP but am now up in Canuckistan.

Posted by: logprof at July 10, 2013 07:24 PM (t8nYi)

645 I don't know if you are supposed to "enjoy" Dostoevsky. When you finish such things as "The Brothers Karamazov", you're affected by it. Not entertained by it but hopefully changed by it. For the better, yes. But it's not meant to be pretty and nice and flowery. It's meant to punch you in your gut.

Posted by: Cowboy at July 10, 2013 07:24 PM (FMrA0)

646 That's like the line in the recent novel about Chechnya, one of the characters references Hadji Murat, a Tolstoy tale and she says, why would I read about what is happening now?

Posted by: General Zod at July 10, 2013 07:25 PM (Jsiw/)

647 600+ at 9:30MDT! post, post post!

Posted by: Jake in ID-aquavit at July 10, 2013 07:25 PM (RpzkS)

648 Here ya go, 'ettes: http://tinyurl.com/m2axbw3 Colin Farrell is a marine?

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 07:25 PM (doBIb)

649 Alright, headed for bed. See you rons and ettes later.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 10, 2013 07:26 PM (GEICT)

650 My granddaddy always told me "right is right everything else is wrong.."
-----------------

Well, see..., it depends on what your definition of 'is' is.

Posted by: A Much Admired and Respected Democrat at July 10, 2013 07:26 PM (aDwsi)

651 >>>Posted by: Tammy sans Thor I've told you, there are no pics of me on the Internet. At least until Cougar relents.

Posted by: DC in Towson at July 10, 2013 07:26 PM (IuTEy)

652 Or the 48 crew of the merchant ship S.S. Beagle in the episode Bread and Circuses. Imperial Rome with TV and automobiles.

So anyway, I shall stop now and go write. * puts back on the shelf Bjo Trimble's Star Trek Concordance 2d Edition. *

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 10, 2013 07:26 PM (8Ztpq)

653 Colin Farrell is a marine? --------- You haven't seen Tigerland!?!?!?

Posted by: Colin Farrell at July 10, 2013 07:26 PM (Aif/5)

654 EC - http://en.bijin-snap.com/2013/07/11/no-948/page/8/

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 10, 2013 07:28 PM (8Ztpq)

655 Logprof, I thought I was responding to HoboJerkey, who I know is around me. My apologies, and enjoy the snow.

Posted by: DC in Towson at July 10, 2013 07:28 PM (IuTEy)

656 651 Colin Farrell is a marine? --------- You haven't seen Tigerland!?!?!? You were army, jack hole!

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 07:28 PM (doBIb)

657 Colin Farrell is a marine?

There were quite a few actors in there. Joe Manganiello is damn fine. Mostly mighty fine specimens with a few laughs. Why the heck did Paula Broadwell show up?

Posted by: no good deed at July 10, 2013 07:28 PM (WmLrU)

658 I read "The Bell Jar" in my "depressed" teenage years. Serious girl literature. LOL.

Posted by: Tuna at July 10, 2013 07:28 PM (M/TDA)

659 Some good news out of AZ, although it came at a heavy toll. 911 Operator ‏@911BUFF 2m ARIZONA: YARNELL FIRE FINALLY 100% CONTAINED AFTER 10 DAYS. 19 FIREFIGHTERS HAVE DIED BATTLING THE BLAZE. #911BUFF

Posted by: Thrawn at July 10, 2013 07:28 PM (KiyII)

660 Given the Zimmerman trial, reading The Fixer by Malamud would be in order.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 10, 2013 07:29 PM (aDwsi)

661 Colin Farrell is a marine? Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 11:25 PM (doBIb) Hell no! I just Googles "shirtless Marines" cuz I knew it would be epic. Even without that hold-out DC.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 07:29 PM (2/T/u)

662 While I was reading "The Bell Jar", I, too, wanted to stick my head into an oven. But mercifully the tome was thin.

Posted by: Cowboy at July 10, 2013 07:29 PM (FMrA0)

663 125 9. Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in? -- World War I.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 10, 2013 09:25 PM (T1005)

Duuuuude.......

Posted by: Tami at July 10, 2013 09:31 PM (X6akg)

Good to see I suckered somebody. He was.....as a 2nd lieut.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 10, 2013 07:29 PM (T1005)

664 652 EC - http://en.bijin-snap.com/2013/07/11/no-948/page/8/ Something we both agree on! I like #15. She's checking me out with her x-ray specs!

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 07:30 PM (doBIb)

665 4. What are two Cabinet-level positions? on your knees and on your hands and knees? ??

Posted by: Jake in ID-aquavit at July 10, 2013 07:30 PM (RpzkS)

666 You guys be working hard. 666 already, eh?

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at July 10, 2013 07:30 PM (H7UgW)

667 Now?

Posted by: cthulhu at July 10, 2013 07:30 PM (T1005)

668 Nope, off by a few.

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at July 10, 2013 07:31 PM (H7UgW)

669 Then?

Posted by: cthulhu at July 10, 2013 07:31 PM (T1005)

670 Joe Manganiello is damn fine Yea, that was a mighty fine pic, no? Not sure how it got in there, but I am not complaining! I have lost my pic of Colorado Alex at the anvil, or I'd have posted that!

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 07:31 PM (2/T/u)

671 Hey Fi! Star Trek and Marines and books will do that.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 10, 2013 07:31 PM (8Ztpq)

672 I remember borrowing a David Edding's book from my cousin as my first taste of fantasy when I was in middle school. I was hooked. I read everything Edding's written several times, moved on to Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series until he died and haven't been able to read the last two books Sanderson has put out. I am also a huge Terry Goodkind fan like BC. Have read all his Sword of Truth stuff multiple times. I was a big Stephen King fan until about 10-12 years ago when his writing "changed", if you know what I mean, and he started to get political personally. I still read the Gunslinger series though.

Posted by: lindafell at July 10, 2013 07:31 PM (PGO8C)

673 Dammit! BC missed my funning of him in #599!!!! Click on it for a good laugh. Hehe...

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 07:31 PM (doBIb)

674 *doffs pants* * pours just one moe*

Posted by: DC in Towson at July 10, 2013 07:33 PM (IuTEy)

675 Wow, first legit claim of 666. (lurking dead threads don't count)

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at July 10, 2013 07:33 PM (H7UgW)

676 656 I read "The Bell Jar" in my "depressed" teenage years. Serious girl literature. LOL.

Posted by: Tuna at July 10, 2013 11:28 PM (M/TDA)

********* Anna Karenina -- drama -- book and movies -- train scene!

Posted by: gracepmc at July 10, 2013 07:33 PM (rznx3)

677 Further proof of the GOP's suicidal tendencies.>>

Is this their new theam song?

Asleep at the wheel By Suicidal Tendencies?
http://tinyurl.com/mmz9jg6

Or is it
I saw your mommy and your mommy's dead?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlHHmrYUPkc

Posted by: McGregor at July 10, 2013 07:34 PM (qo244)

678 Oh, great news about the Yarnell fire. I wonder how the shrine of St Joseph did?

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 07:34 PM (2/T/u)

679 I read everything Edding's written several times, moved on to Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series until he died and haven't been able to read the last two books Sanderson has put out.

I just finished Sanderson's Mistborn Trilogy. It was very well done. I may finish WoT now. Truthfully, I lost all interest after book eight.

Posted by: no good deed at July 10, 2013 07:34 PM (WmLrU)

680 So, the police....I think it is clear the trend towards authoritarianism is accelerating, and I just remembered a observation of mine that is at least ten years old, but may be twenty, and I think is closer to twenty-- Part of the reason the police are becoming increasingly authoritarian is because the vast majority of the folks teaching cops what is okay to do are...ex-cops. In other words, the requirement for cops to basically have a degree meant that many flocked to criminal studies, and the criminal studies departments at the lower-tier schools eventually became somewhat ex-cop land, and so whatever broadening effect the degree reqt was supposed to have has become somewhat nullified, because there is a certain amount of inbreeding going on. And then there are the academies. What is happening is that we have a bunch of middle-aged guys who are now off the street basically spending a lot of time figuring out how cops can do things safer and more "professional"...without really thinking how it impacts society (or not caring). It's not that the cops aren't getting training. It's that the cops are getting training. Folks like to talk about the possibly deleterious effects of the military being cut off from society...well, with cops I think we have seen it happen. They have become insular to a degree that demands it be reversed, or police forces disbanded, if the educated middle class is to be the main ruler of society.

Posted by: T. at July 10, 2013 07:34 PM (vYi2j)

681 Bastard. And now I am going to bed.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at July 10, 2013 07:35 PM (GEICT)

682 *doffs pants* * pours just one moe* Posted by: DC in Towson at July 10, 2013 11:33 PM (IuTEy) Now you're talkin!

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 07:35 PM (2/T/u)

683 674 And didn't Greta Garbo look damned beautiful when she stepped off the train platform ?

Posted by: Tuna at July 10, 2013 07:35 PM (M/TDA)

684 Well, ammo has shipped.

Soon my 22 pistol will stop being a brick!

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at July 10, 2013 07:35 PM (H7UgW)

685 Bastard. And now I am going to bed. LOLOLOLOL!!!! So you DID see it!

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 07:36 PM (doBIb)

686 Any crossfitters in the Horde? They're gonna run a hero wod for the firefighters in late August. Should be an ass-kicker, and I'll love every painful second of it.

Posted by: DC in Towson at July 10, 2013 07:36 PM (IuTEy)

687 Any crossfitters in the Horde? No, but my wife wants me to do hot yoga with her.

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 07:37 PM (doBIb)

688 Where's yankeefifth? Gushie? Bebe? lou? And if I may, all y'all who are so passionately sharing your favorite books, why aren't you on the Book Thread Sunday mornings?

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 07:37 PM (2/T/u)

689 And if I may, all y'all who are so passionately sharing your favorite books, why aren't you on the Book Thread Sunday mornings? Too much work.

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 07:38 PM (doBIb)

690 >>>Now you're talkin! Hey, baby, you ever seen a helicopter before?

Posted by: DC in Towson at July 10, 2013 07:38 PM (IuTEy)

691 Any crossfitters in the Horde?

I'm working my way into it very slowly. I think I prefer marathon training. The hubby loves it.

Posted by: no good deed at July 10, 2013 07:38 PM (WmLrU)

692 Hell no! I just Googles "shirtless Marines" cuz I knew it would be epic.>>

I was going to post an ette HINH and Binged "Marine hot bod" and got mostly gay crap. So I gave up and went time machine.

Posted by: McGregor at July 10, 2013 07:39 PM (qo244)

693 Posted by: ConservativeMonster at July 10, 2013 11:35 PM (H7UgW)

I'm jealous. I just got an email today from Sportsman's Guide letting me know the .22 I ordered in March is still backordered and expected to ship next month. On the other hand, I'm getting it a pre-craziness price, $55 for 1400 rounds.

Posted by: Country Singer at July 10, 2013 07:39 PM (U22Yw)

694 So with all the research into Star Trek women bodycounts, how does that compare to the male bodycount?

Have they achieved a truly egalitarian society, or do they still send men to do the risky jobs?

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at July 10, 2013 07:40 PM (H7UgW)

695 >>>No, but my wife wants me to do hot yoga with her. Do it, might work for you, might not. Regardless, you're out there bettering yourself. The technical details can be worked out later, once we get the buy-in to fitness as a journey, not a destination.

Posted by: DC in Towson at July 10, 2013 07:41 PM (IuTEy)

696 And part of the problem society has in general, and definitely the Federal gov't does, is that there are way too many folks with blazing 105 IQs and lower-tier college degrees who probably need to think a little less declaratively every so often. If you go to college and don't know all the things you really aren't an expert on, then you really didn't get educated, you got trained.

Posted by: T. at July 10, 2013 07:41 PM (vYi2j)

697 Have they achieved a truly egalitarian society, or do they still send men to do the risky jobs? At least four confirmed deaths. The male red shirts have far worse. Like ten times worse.

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 07:42 PM (doBIb)

698 Hey, baby, you ever seen a helicopter before? Posted by: DC in Towson at July 10, 2013 11:38 PM (IuTEy) Is this a trap? Should I not say I've ridden in one?

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 07:43 PM (2/T/u)

699 Do it, might work for you, might not. Regardless, you're out there bettering yourself. The technical details can be worked out later, once we get the buy-in to fitness as a journey, not a destination. 12oz curls work for me.

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 07:43 PM (doBIb)

700 On the other hand, I'm getting it a pre-craziness price, $55 for 1400 rounds. Posted by: Country Singer at July 10, 2013 11:39 PM (U22Yw)

Whelps, guess that's why I'm getting my ammo next week, and not you. = P

I'm paying 3x what you did for roughly the same number of rounds. Wish I could tell myself 3.5 years ago to get into shooting then instead of now.

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at July 10, 2013 07:43 PM (H7UgW)

701 Is this a trap? Should I not say I've ridden in one? Oh Tammy, where is a Mon Calamari commander when you need one? IT'S A TRAAAAAP!

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 07:44 PM (doBIb)

702 685 No, but my wife wants me to do hot yoga with her.

Yeah, I tried that once.

"I don't often exercise, but when I do, I prefer to do it outdoors, in Florida, in July."

Posted by: Splunge at July 10, 2013 07:44 PM (bKA83)

703 No, but my wife wants me to do hot yoga with her.>>

So what you're really saying is she want's a second Honeymoon?

Posted by: McGregor at July 10, 2013 07:44 PM (qo244)

704 I read most of those in high school, but I can't remember why I read them. It's not like now were you might have some asshole teacher telling you everyone should read those. I think the people I hung out with said "here, this one is good, read it" or something. God, I just realized that's just as scary.

Posted by: Not sure at July 10, 2013 07:44 PM (MDQQ7)

705 do they still send men to do the risky jobs? Posted by: ConservativeMonster at July 10, 2013 11:40 PM (H7UgW) And clean the hair out of the drains?

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 07:45 PM (2/T/u)

706 So what you're really saying is she want's a second Honeymoon? It's the yoga where they put you in a room and crank the thermostat up to 90F. You are baked but limber.

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 07:46 PM (doBIb)

707 Oh Tammy, where is a Mon Calamari commander when you need one? IT'S A TRAAAAAP! Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 11:44 PM (doBIb) Will I have nightmares if I Google it?

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 07:46 PM (2/T/u)

708 >>>I'm working my way into it very slowly. I think I prefer marathon training. The hubby loves it. I swear to Zeus I'm not paid by CrossFit, but I PR'ed 10K by over 5 minutes last week. Also, hit 405 on deadlift and 255 at front squat in the same week, Short version: I'm sold. Check out CrossFit Endurance for some good wods for you distance athletes

Posted by: DC in Towson at July 10, 2013 07:47 PM (IuTEy)

709 I invented the donkey punch. You're welcome.

Posted by: Ben Franklin at July 10, 2013 07:47 PM (29vnO)

710 You are baked but limber. Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 11:46 PM (doBIb) I can think of far more pleasant ways to feel baked and get limber.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 07:47 PM (2/T/u)

711 Hi Tammy, I'm here. How you? I had a bit of luck gambling today. Have not been in awhile, felt lucky, and hit a 7 spot on keno for a nice chunk, yay me!!

Posted by: lou's a girl at July 10, 2013 07:48 PM (vgd4f)

712
The newer Star Trek uniforms tell us that no one pees in the future.

They wear friggin onesies, for pete's sake. They'd have to strip to take a leak.

Posted by: Sean Connery at July 10, 2013 07:48 PM (KeJAW)

713 Will I have nightmares if I Google it? Or pleasantly surprised.

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 07:49 PM (doBIb)

714
what the..?

Posted by: soothsayer at July 10, 2013 07:49 PM (GcwH1)

715 It's the yoga where they put you in a room and crank the thermostat up to 90F. You are baked but limber.>>

So I was right a non air conditioned room in June. Well at least my first was that way.

Posted by: McGregor at July 10, 2013 07:49 PM (qo244)

716 so far all the preening about that they were adapting the manga instead of the Korean movie, Spike Lee in fact remade the Korean flick in his take on Oldboy

Posted by: The Dude at July 10, 2013 07:50 PM (vJdyz)

717 lou! Good for you! How's married life and your granddaughter?

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 07:50 PM (2/T/u)

718 Obama used to describe Afghanistan as Â“a war of necessity,Â” a Â“war that we have to win.Â” He does not indulge in such brave talk any longer.

Posted by: Valerie Jarrett at July 10, 2013 07:51 PM (e8kgV)

719 Without peaking at the answer sheet or any comments... 1. Amendments Does the 18th count, since the 21st repealed it? Do they combined equal zero? 2. Economics Socialism. With pockets of capitalist resistance. 3. US Rep Mighty Jim Bridenstein, may he never drink the koolade 4. Cabinet Prone. Proner. 5. Chief Justice Valerie Jarrett. 6. Early Americans Eskimoes (Inuits). Then those reddish Asian invaders. Are Vikings European? And we're not counting the occasional Nephalim, right? 7. Huh? Does this mean one of the writers of the Constitution? Is this a trick question? 8. Big Ben Wooing French Women! 9. Ike Missed WW1 by thatmuch. Won WW2. Commanded in Chief over Korea and the Cold. Also the war with the military-industrial complex. I like Ike. 10. SBA Got herself to be the first actual woman on a US dollar. What do I win? Speaking of Amendments (he interrupted), I've been doing some collage-cartoons about the Bill of Rights. At first, I didn't think I'd do more than the first few Amendments, but this evening I'm almost done with #10. Today's (Wed) is a jaundiced look at #6, our precious right to fair trials. I'm no Constitutional scholar like the JEF, but I can use scissors and paste, which is one more tool than they let Uncle Joe use. http://mindfulwebworks.com/doodles

Posted by: mindful webworker at July 10, 2013 07:51 PM (U13jb)

720 Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 11:37 PM (2/T/u)
Been lurking on the Sunday book threads, picked up a couple good ones.
but most of the stuff you literary types recommend, I don't recognize.

So, I'm going to go look for some more free epub books off google, or gutenberg on historical stuff. . and recommend them.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at July 10, 2013 07:51 PM (etR3/)

721 So I was right a non air conditioned room in June. Well at least my first was that way. Yeah, it's really hard to stay focused with a room full of sweaty women in yoga pants and bra tops.

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 07:51 PM (doBIb)

722 They wear friggin onesies, for pete's sake. They'd have to strip to take a leak.

That was my experience as a backender on an EC-130. I always told 'em if they didn't want to see my lily white ass, then don't look back. That shower curtain around the chem-toilet wasn't all that predictable.

Posted by: no good deed at July 10, 2013 07:52 PM (WmLrU)

723 Obama used to describe Afghanistan as Â“a war of necessity,Â” a Â“war that
we have to win.Â” He does not indulge in such brave talk any longer.

Posted by: Valerie Jarrett at July 10, 2013 11:51 PM (e8kgV)

Now he's talking about the zero option, no troops, none, nada, and sooner rather than later. It'sa trial balloon to see if anyone salutes, or shoots down, the idea.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at July 10, 2013 07:53 PM (etR3/)

724 I can use scissors and paste, which is one more tool than they let Uncle Joe use. Nah, he kept eating the paste, so they quit letting him have it.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 07:53 PM (2/T/u)

725 Re books you keep going back to, Gone With the Wind, because it was the first "grown-up" book I ever read, and it's just good. All Mark Twain, because they're just good, and now, very refreshing with the lack of PC bullshit. And Ann Tyler, because she's a good writer and they're homey and comfy.

Posted by: Kalneva at July 10, 2013 07:53 PM (XyrkB)

726 Every polemic I have seen on the carbon taxÂ—including InglisÂ’Â—particularly and specifically ignores recent global warming science in complete contravention of a mountain of evidence now accruing that global warming was dramatically overforecast by scientists who had every incentive to do just that. Furthermore, with regard to Â“revenue neutrality,Â’ the notion that gazillions of dollars will float through Washington Â“unmolestedÂ” (h/t to HeritageÂ’s David Kreutzer for that zinger) is as foolhardy as ignoring what is happening in climate science.

Posted by: Lisa Jackson (AKA Richard Windsor) at July 10, 2013 07:54 PM (e8kgV)

727 462 Ugh.

Watching "The Bridge" when they suddenly played a commercial for "Red 2" full of Presnit Fuckhead givng a speech intersparced with action shots from the movie.

What. The. Fuck. Posted by: Somewhat Sorry To Offend You at July 10, 2013 10:40 PM (ZR4Xh)
***************
Saw that. Sucks. Doesn't WH have to sign off on using those clips? Mr. Hollywood.

Posted by: gracepmc at July 10, 2013 07:54 PM (rznx3)

728 Yeah, it's really hard to stay focused with a room full of sweaty women in yoga pants and bra tops.>>

If you can lose your focus with the wife in that room and circumstance do whatever the fuck she says to do! Cause you found a winner.

Posted by: McGregor at July 10, 2013 07:54 PM (qo244)

729 Posted by: Skandia Recluse at July 10, 2013 11:51 PM (etR3/) Trust me, dear one, we ain't all literary types! Says she who has read nothin' but vampire novels for weeks! I saw your list up yon; you're kinda high falutin' yourself.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 07:55 PM (2/T/u)

730 All right, speaking of exercise, time for me to check out and take my long constitutional.

Good night, yÃ ll!

Posted by: logprof at July 10, 2013 07:55 PM (t8nYi)

731 696 Hey, baby, you ever seen a helicopter before? Posted by: DC in Towson at July 10, 2013 11:38 PM (IuTEy) Is this a trap? Should I not say I've ridden in one? Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 11:43 PM (2/T/u) Don't fly with this guy. http://tinyurl.com/mp7tbyh

Posted by: rickl at July 10, 2013 07:56 PM (sdi6R)

732 Here are the 3 novels I had to read when I was a junior in high school: "The Red Badge of Courage", " The Scarlet Letter" and "Moby Dick". I doubt they are on any high school curriculum these days.

Posted by: Tuna at July 10, 2013 07:56 PM (M/TDA)

733 Night logprof!

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 07:57 PM (2/T/u)

734 If you can lose your focus with the wife in that room and circumstance do whatever the fuck she says to do! Cause you found a winner. You are all crammed in the room pretty tightly. It's impossible to not notice.

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 07:57 PM (doBIb)

735 I call foul on the reading list. Most of them books are for fags, and not a scifi in the lot.

Posted by: RoyalOil at July 10, 2013 07:57 PM (VjL9S)

736 Which ones are you reading, Tammy?

Posted by: no good deed at July 10, 2013 07:57 PM (WmLrU)

737 Well, I'm out. Might see you late night tomorrow, depending on how the drive home goes,

Posted by: DC in Towson at July 10, 2013 07:58 PM (IuTEy)

738 y'all know yoga started out as a sex cult in India? Y'all know that?

Posted by: Jake in ID-aquavit at July 10, 2013 07:59 PM (RpzkS)

739 http://tinyurl.com/mp7tbyh Posted by: rickl at July 10, 2013 11:56 PM (sdi6R) OUCH! BUt what an effin idiot if he really did buy it and fly it in the same day with no prior experience.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 07:59 PM (2/T/u)

740 Tammy, thank you. Married life good. Granddaughter is my love, she really is the cutest baby ever, however she's heading into the terrible twos & she's got attitude

Posted by: lou's a girl at July 10, 2013 07:59 PM (vgd4f)

741 153 Speaking of electricity, Tesla was born on this day in 1856.

Posted by: Samuel Adams

Mechanical Resonance was an awsome album. I had no idea they have been around so long.

Posted by: Puddleglum at July 10, 2013 07:59 PM (8SsiG)

742 Does anyone ever fail that test? I have a feeling writing anything other than FUCK YOU AMERICA as an answer is a correct answer.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at July 10, 2013 07:59 PM (HDgX3)

743 y'all know yoga started out as a sex cult in India? Indians wrote the book on sex. *Big Bang Theory reference*

Posted by: EC at July 10, 2013 08:00 PM (doBIb)

744 Here are the 3 novels I had to read when I was a junior in high school: "The Red Badge of Courage", " The Scarlet Letter" and "Moby Dick". I doubt they are on any high school curriculum these days.>>

New game. What books do you think are on a highscooler's list?

My guess: Dave has 2 moms.

Posted by: McGregor at July 10, 2013 08:00 PM (qo244)

745 Hi & Night DC. Hope that your good

Posted by: lou's a girl at July 10, 2013 08:00 PM (vgd4f)

746 You are all crammed in the room pretty tightly. It's impossible to not notice.>>

Not an excuse my ex would have accepted.

Posted by: McGregor at July 10, 2013 08:02 PM (qo244)

747 742 Or "Sally Has Two Dads"

Posted by: Tuna at July 10, 2013 08:03 PM (M/TDA)

748 Posted by: no good deed at July 10, 2013 11:57 PM (WmLrU) Vamp books? I am currently in the midst of the Night Huntress series. I like the storylines, but her writing leaves a lot to be desired, which is what I'm finding in a lot of these books. Not vampires, but still supernatural is the Charley Davidson series. Same complaint. Enjoying them, but they feel as though they were written by a gifted teen ager; fun, but kind of flat.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 08:03 PM (2/T/u)

749 I am not so sure we are in a present day capitalistic system. In today's market debt is seen as equity.

Capital is capital, debt is debt.

Posted by: navybrat at July 10, 2013 08:03 PM (tPLfq)

750 DC, travel safely! lou, attitude will serve her well later on. Love a feisty chick!

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 08:04 PM (2/T/u)

751 deed, are you reading vampire stuff?

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 08:05 PM (2/T/u)

752 Tammy sans Thor
High Flautin'

Heh. I like technical stuff, like Tom Swift, he said sheepishly.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at July 10, 2013 08:05 PM (etR3/)

753 I doubt they are on any high school curriculum these days.

Posted by: Tuna at July 10, 2013 11:56 PM (M/TDA)

well no, those are junior high reading

Posted by: The Dude at July 10, 2013 08:06 PM (vJdyz)

754 How's this idea to combat the increasing paramilitary character of modern police: Citizens will be selected at random, similar to jury duty, and then trained and serve as police officers for a couple of weeks? Remember, we didn't have an actual police force until the 19th century...

Posted by: The Political Nightstick at July 10, 2013 08:07 PM (Vk2pI)

755 748 Tammy, yes indeed. Her dad is a pro boxer, she gets it from him

Posted by: lou's a girl at July 10, 2013 08:07 PM (vgd4f)

756 I am not so sure we are in a present day capitalistic system. In today's market debt is seen as equity.

Capital is capital, debt is debt.>>

There is no reason the Dow should have gone up since 2008. But it does How the fuck is anyone that understand economics make investment decision?

Posted by: McGregor at July 10, 2013 08:07 PM (qo244)

757 skandi, lol! I remember the Tom Swift books! I should hunt some down. I bet I was still in single digits when I read them.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 08:08 PM (2/T/u)

758 Tom Swift books, I just looked
all free on gutenberg epub format Adobe Reader

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at July 10, 2013 08:09 PM (etR3/)

759 Oh crap I'm speaking broken English in 754. I'm going to bed. Good night everyone.

Posted by: McGregor at July 10, 2013 08:09 PM (qo244)

760 Pillars Of The Earth Grapes Of Wrath An American Tragedy Captains And The Kings

Posted by: Skip at July 10, 2013 08:10 PM (3zlTf)

761 Oh mercy, she is gonna have trouble come the dating years. My daddy only made it in Golden Gloves, not the pros, and I had to wait til I moved out of state to go on a date.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 08:10 PM (2/T/u)

762 "...How the fuck is anyone that understand economics make investment decision?"

I am down to examining chicken entrails. You?

Posted by: navybrat at July 10, 2013 08:12 PM (tPLfq)

763 Okay, now I am glad you brought that epub thing up. All these different...things. Formats? epub, mobi (?) etc...how the hell do I "do" them? I have a basic kindle, can I do epub?

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 08:12 PM (2/T/u)

764 I have, Tammy. I read all of Charlaine Harris' stuff. I just read The Fever Series by Karen Marie Moning. It's not vampire. It's more apocalyptic/supernatural fare. I like Kelley Armstrong's Otherworld books. I will read just about anything.

Posted by: no good deed at July 10, 2013 08:12 PM (WmLrU)

765 could someone put me some ammo 411? I hear people raving about Cheaper Than Dirt, but I'm not seeing the advantage... The bestest $/rd I've found at CTD for 7.62x39 is $0.32/rd, at the local Walmart I can get it for $0.27/rd (local tax included). Granted, CTD claims to have it in stock, and the local Walmart is hit & miss. Still...

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 10, 2013 08:12 PM (JMmQ9)

766 I am down to examining chicken entrails. You? Posted by: navybrat at July 11, 2013 12:12 AM (tPLfq) I doubt that works for financials.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 08:12 PM (2/T/u)

767 "I doubt that works for financials."

I'm up 12%.

Posted by: navybrat at July 10, 2013 08:15 PM (tPLfq)

768 The chicken does grow weary of the constant entrail exams, however...

Posted by: navybrat at July 10, 2013 08:16 PM (tPLfq)

769 759 Tammy, yeah, he's building a nice rÃ©sumÃ©, he's young, but really a good boxer. I can't watch him fight, hubby goes to his fights. I play nickels, haha. He's had 5 pro fights, 5 wins.

Posted by: lou's a girl at July 10, 2013 08:17 PM (vgd4f)

770 Posted by: no good deed at July 11, 2013 12:12 AM (WmLrU) God did that Sookie ending suck or what?? Have you read any Ilona Andrews? Someone here recommended it and I LOVE. Her main one is the Magic series (Kate Daniels) but she has another one called The Edge that I really enjoyed. Her/His writing is a cut above a lot of these types. Also, Kevin Hearne's Iron Druid series is pretty good, although I am well tired of the banter back and forth between him and his dog. Then there is heck, I can't remember her name, Lindsay Davis maybe? Murder mysteries in the Roman times.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 08:18 PM (2/T/u)

771 Tammy sans Thor at July 11, 2013 12:12 AM (2/T/u)
(I should have looked a bit further)
Yes, you can download a kindle version.
Not sure how you are set up, might have to download to a laptop/desktop and transfer (import) to the kindle.
I have a kindle reader, not an actual kindle device.

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=tom+swift

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at July 10, 2013 08:18 PM (etR3/)

772 navybrat, LOL!

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 08:19 PM (2/T/u)

773 Never read "Catcher in the Rye". Sounds like its about gays or baseball.

Posted by: Pisco Kid at July 10, 2013 08:19 PM (KnNLO)

774 761: Tammy, there's a Windows/Linux program called Calibre that'll convert from one format to another. But if they're retail ebooks from Amazon, they might have DRM (copy protection). Calibre can handle that, with a couple of um "add-ons."

Posted by: RovingCopyEditor at July 10, 2013 08:20 PM (vRdWg)

775 Posted by: AltonJackson at July 11, 2013 12:12 AM (JMmQ9)

Use this: gunbot.net

Posted by: Country Singer at July 10, 2013 08:20 PM (U22Yw)

776 lou, that's awesome! Daddy had to quit cuz he kept breaking his hands. I hope your son continues to do well. I hate boxing, cannot watch it at all, but they are tres manly, fo sho.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 08:20 PM (2/T/u)

777 thx, CS

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 10, 2013 08:21 PM (JMmQ9)

778 AJ, just trying to make myself useful.

Posted by: Country Singer at July 10, 2013 08:22 PM (U22Yw)

779 Posted by: RovingCopyEditor at July 11, 2013 12:20 AM (vRdWg) Thanks, yes, I have that. Confused would be an understatement. And I am a total Miss Anne type; worried about legality. But mainly confused.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 08:22 PM (2/T/u)

780 They wear friggin onesies, for pete's sake. They'd have to strip to take a leak. Posted by: Sean Connery at July 10, 2013 11:48 PM (KeJAW) *transporter*

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at July 10, 2013 08:23 PM (yoh1c)

781 I have not, Tammy. I'll check 'em out. Oh my word, it was a terrible ending! She couldn't have rushed to the end any faster than if you lit her ass on fire. On that note, I think I'll turn in. See y'all in the a.m.

Posted by: no good deed at July 10, 2013 08:24 PM (WmLrU)

782 Johnny Tremain! Oh, yeah!
For a little older kids (maybe after they get their first center-fire rifle): Rifleman Dodd (a.k.a. Death to the French in the U.K.) by C. S. Forester.

And I'll add another kids historical fiction book I loved and read over and over: Rifles for Watie. Civil war book based on the KS/MO border.

Posted by: Carnac the Magnificent at July 10, 2013 08:25 PM (/izg2)

783 Okay, so Calibre is legal without said add ons. That makes me feel better. But I still can't figure it out. Perhaps if I took a slug of Hershey's syrup straight out the bottle....

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 08:25 PM (2/T/u)

784 777: I agree that Calibre isn't exactly user-friendly. But I don't know of anything else with its capabilities.

Posted by: RovingCopyEditor at July 10, 2013 08:25 PM (vRdWg)

785 night miss deed! Sleep good. And cool.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 08:26 PM (2/T/u)

786 Posted by: Carnac the Magnificent at July 11, 2013 12:25 AM (/izg2) I suppose its bad form to ask which uniform Watie wore?

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 08:27 PM (2/T/u)

787 Howdy all y'all. Wow, walk away for a couple hours and we're headed to quadruple digits, even without any vag-oriented poetry contests. IIRC, Susan B. Anthony was the chick featured on the quarter coin that had "$1" marked on it. As far as books that I can re-read, Richard Ford's "Sportwriter/Independence Day/Lay of the Land" series and anything by Edward Abbey. I've re-read 1984 a couple of times now, but since we're living a weak-tea version of it, no need for the next couple of years, eh?

Posted by: jakeman at July 10, 2013 08:27 PM (96M6e)

788 Oh, Tammy, I recently read a book you mentioned on one of the Sunday book threads: Handling Sin. You were right; it's very funny.

Posted by: RovingCopyEditor at July 10, 2013 08:28 PM (vRdWg)

789 In all fairness RovingCopyEditor, I am not the brightest bulb on the string. Not that I had to tell you that!

But I will try it again.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 08:28 PM (2/T/u)

790 So the state knows Zimmy is going to walk, and at the last minute decide to ask for lesser charges. He's getting the shaft.

Posted by: UWP at July 10, 2013 08:29 PM (r98SZ)

791 "3. Name your U.S. Representative."

I'm a resident of Silicon Valley, so it's most certainly a Democrat. I don't know the name of the asshole, and don't care to know.

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at July 10, 2013 08:30 PM (9+PGS)

792 Oh, I m so glad you liked it! I re-read it every few years. Are you Southern, by chance? I never know if that impacts ones ability to enjoy it.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 08:30 PM (2/T/u)

793 But I still can't figure it out. Perhaps if I took a slug of Hershey's syrup straight out the bottle.... Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 11, 2013 12:25 AM A tablespoon of Hersey's syrup with a couple of splashes of Louisiana Hot Sauce always works for me #cravings

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 10, 2013 08:30 PM (JMmQ9)

794 Posted by: UWP at July 11, 2013 12:29 AM (r98SZ) Did that happen today?

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 08:30 PM (2/T/u)

795

So,

If I completely dump current economic dogma and embrace the Soc/Com ethics of "For The People" economy, we can in fact raise Stalin from the DEAD????

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME????????

Posted by: richard at July 10, 2013 08:31 PM (HPCk3)

796 Yup, born in (and currently back in) Mississippi. And yes, I thought the dialogue was spot on from a Southern standpoint.

Posted by: RovingCopyEditor at July 10, 2013 08:32 PM (vRdWg)

797 A tablespoon of Hersey's syrup with a couple of splashes of Louisiana Hot Sauce always works for me #cravings Posted by: AltonJackson at July 11, 2013 12:30 AM (JMmQ9) My God, man. We Are Not Worthy. And me with no Luzian in the house. Do you think Rooster Sauce would do in a pinch? (Sriacha?)

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 08:32 PM (2/T/u)

798 Posted by: UWP at July 11, 2013 12:29 AM (r98SZ) Did that happen today? Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 11, 2013 12:30 AM (2/T/u) ---- Yes, state asked if the jury could consider a lesser charge of manslaughter. Defense said WTF! Judge will rule in the morning. Gee, I wonder what she'll rule.

Posted by: UWP at July 10, 2013 08:33 PM (r98SZ)

799 Posted by: RovingCopyEditor at July 11, 2013 12:32 AM (vRdWg) Ooh, what part? Never mind, didn't mean to be nosy. I have family all over MS. Good times, good times. Mostly.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 08:35 PM (2/T/u)

800 Tammy, search "Zimmerman Lesser Charges" and you'll get a bucketload. But all you need is the intro graf: State prosecutors are asking the judge in the Trayvon Martin murder case to instruct the jury to consider lesser charges Â— manslaughter and aggravated assault Â— when they begin deliberations Friday.

Posted by: jakeman at July 10, 2013 08:35 PM (96M6e)

801 I mean, how the fsck are they allowed to move the goalposts like that? Serious You Guys.

Posted by: jakeman at July 10, 2013 08:36 PM (96M6e)

802 Tammy: Now just south of Memphis; born in Natchez. (Only "mostly" good times?)

Posted by: RovingCopyEditor at July 10, 2013 08:36 PM (vRdWg)

803 Posted by: UWP at July 11, 2013 12:33 AM (r98SZ) Charming. But ought that not have been decided already and doesn't the DA make that decision? Frankly, if they weren't gonna get him for 2DM, they shouldn't do so for manslaughter, either. It was either self defense or it wasn't.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 08:37 PM (2/T/u)

804 Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 11, 2013 12:32 AM

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 10, 2013 08:37 PM (JMmQ9)

805 Zimmerman was never going to get a fair trial.Nothing surprises me.

Posted by: RovingCopyEditor at July 10, 2013 08:38 PM (vRdWg)

806 It was either self defense or it wasn't. Ah, but not in the magic world of Liberal Legal Penumbras.

Posted by: jakeman at July 10, 2013 08:39 PM (96M6e)

807 I mean, how the fsck are they allowed to move the goalposts like that? Serious You Guys.

Posted by: jakeman at July 11, 2013 12:36 AM (96M6e)

Because SQUIRREL!

Posted by: The MFM at July 10, 2013 08:39 PM (/izg2)

808 796 UWP, oh hell to the fuck no. If they can't do it with that evil bitch caseey Antony, man this is a joke. I really feel sorry for George Zimmerman. I bet he wishes his last name was not Zimmerman, obaama heard his name, and the knives came out.

Posted by: lou's a girl at July 10, 2013 08:40 PM (vgd4f)

809 Because SQUIRREL! I'll allow it.

Posted by: Judge Chris Farley at July 10, 2013 08:40 PM (96M6e)

810 Theres another charge in there. "Use of a firearm that ended in a death". Didn't even know that was even a "crime" in and of itself. Considering that it could be lawfull self defense. I'm getting the feeling that Ogabe will get his way on this, AND get riots.

Posted by: UWP at July 10, 2013 08:41 PM (r98SZ)

811

OH,

For the "10" questions........"ME NO HABLE ENGLISHE" CHINCO TU MADRE!!!!!!!

NO!! you pinche marecons....cover your asses with BOTH HANDS and bend THE FUCK OVER.......cuz hear comes the judge.....

in my PERFECT WORLD....

Posted by: richard at July 10, 2013 08:41 PM (HPCk3)

812 Posted by: RovingCopyEditor at July 11, 2013 12:36 AM (vRdWg) My earliest memory is passing out picking cotton, and my uncle Donny being disgusted with me and throwing me in the back of his pick up truck, where I sat and got a blistering sunburn ( I am redheaded) as well as second degree burns on the back of my 7 year old thighs. The rest of the memories, though all good. Except for that Labor Day weekend when I was 19, which involved voodoo and is too long to get in to at this hour anyway! Thor likes to go gamble at Tunica.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 08:41 PM (2/T/u)

813 The Zimmerman trial was rigged as clumsily as any show trial. I wonder if the court reporter has been "revising" the testimony for the record. And maybe a couple more people who saw both the video and the MFM (delenda est) reporting are beginning to "get it" now.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at July 10, 2013 08:43 PM (yoh1c)

814 Citizens will be selected at random, similar to jury duty, and then trained and serve as police officers for a couple of weeks? Remember, we didn't have an actual police force until the 19th century... Posted by: The Political Nightstick /Pedant Cops are civilians. /Pedant There have been a bunch of efforts tent-poled around the idea of 'community policing.' Few worthwhile, but requiring the departments to have a certain number of community 'ride-alongs' might be a better first step. Drafting residents isn't the best of ideas, jury duty included. Had we an actual sense of civic duty above and beyond the venal division the Left has promoted, we wouldn't need enforced 'duties.'

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at July 10, 2013 08:43 PM (xvZYu)

815 I'm getting the feeling that Ogabe will get his way on this, AND get riots. Plus: Bonus points when Stedman brings civil charges!

Posted by: jakeman at July 10, 2013 08:44 PM (96M6e)

816 Watched The Bridge earlier. Meh. I'll give it a few episodes.

Posted by: Puddleglum at July 10, 2013 08:44 PM (8SsiG)

817 Use of a firearm that ended in death. Alrighty then. I don't suppose it gets to be weighed next to Death by Sidewalk If Said Firearm Not Engaged? Hey Richard! How's the orange tree?

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 08:44 PM (2/T/u)

818 "Do you think Rooster Sauce would do in a pinch? (Sriacha?)" Posted by: Tammy sans Thor.

It would, indeed. I would advise "Cholula"-brand hot sauce, however. It has that wooden "knob" at the top and it is the tastiest hot sauce I've ever tried.

Sweet "cuts" hot. Sour "cuts" sweet. Sour "cuts" hot. There are also the different forms of "heat". Front-end --WOW! Peppers! Middling --"Cholula", Louisiana Hot Sauce, Sriracha (which I mix with butter to make hot wings), and "back-end" heat. (cayenne pepper).

...Onions, peppers, pepper, and other dried spices are your playground. (wings)

...Chocolate, pineapple, sugar, brown sugar, molasses and honey are "cutters" for your heat. (Mex/Chinese/Thai)

...paprika and the rest of the cabinet is your "savior" for balance.

Tons of vegetables, cooked to different textures make you an "ace".

I can go nuts with this stuff with plain ol' chicken. Three-hundred different dishes without mentioning papaya, avocado or refried beans.

Posted by: Slapweasel at July 10, 2013 08:46 PM (lq3Ak)

819 Tammy, the dumb bitch on Hannity said he had no fear of death, it was just a scuffle? Someone pounds my head on concrete, I think they are trying to kill me.

Posted by: lou's a girl at July 10, 2013 08:48 PM (vgd4f)

820 Who needs gun control? You can have all the guns you want, but it's a crime to use them. Just make self-defense illegal. They did it in England.

Posted by: rickl at July 10, 2013 08:48 PM (sdi6R)

821 ...peanut butter for Thai would be my last addendum.

Posted by: Slapweasel at July 10, 2013 08:48 PM (lq3Ak)

822 Double pre-jeopardy? A pre-crime complete with pre-evidence and a pre-verdict? I know! Let's see if we can get Zim on a parking ticket too!

Posted by: Tom Cruise already did Minority Report in the FUTURE at July 10, 2013 08:49 PM (N3WnC)

823 Cholula isn't hot sauce. It's red vinegar.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at July 10, 2013 08:49 PM (xvZYu)

824 OMG. The new commercial for Red 2 is openly mocking Obama. On tv. It's a f'in miracle!!!

Posted by: DAve at July 10, 2013 08:49 PM (albkL)

825 I am not sure why everyone is so worried about riots. Best not type what I was going to, it sounds ugly. We can take 'em, that's all I'm sayin'; and I doubt many of us live where it'll be an issue. Sadly, most rioters in situations like this, regardless of race, shit in their own nests.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 08:49 PM (2/T/u)

826 Never picked cotton but threw many, many fireant-ridden bales of hay during the summers. Shelled a lot of peas and beans 'n' such, too, of course.

>>Except for that Labor Day weekend when I was 19, which involved voodoo and is too long to get in to at this hour anyway!

OK, I'll look forward to hearing that one! Voodoo in Mississippi, though? I always think of New Orleans for that (lived there for 18 years too).

>>Thor likes to go gamble at Tunica.

Y'all are near Memphis/North Mississippi?

Posted by: RovingCopyEditor at July 10, 2013 08:50 PM (vRdWg)

827 Possible reduced charges for Zimmerman: Manslaughter Use of a firearm resulting in death Assault Discharge of a firearm within city limits Following someone Being suspiciously pale Inciting to riot by proxy Being gosh-darned inconvenient to the narrative Splunge

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at July 10, 2013 08:50 PM (yoh1c)

828 You MUST MUST MUST see this: I just saw it on tv: http://tinyurl.com/l56w8cs It's a new world

Posted by: DAve at July 10, 2013 08:51 PM (albkL)

829 "Cholula isn't hot sauce.

It's red vinegar. "
***
Posted by: weft cut-loop

#1. You're doing it wrong.
#2. 'Tabasco' is red vinegar.
#3. Add cayenne and cut it with butter.
#4. Toss with chicken wings.

Posted by: Slapweasel at July 10, 2013 08:52 PM (lq3Ak)

830 Posted by: Slapweasel at July 11, 2013 12:46 AM (lq3Ak) Oh I love me some hot and chocolate together, preferably the chocolate as a chaser to the hot. To the point where I can hardly eat spicy food with making myself an iced mocha afterwards! And we obviously need a weekly cooking thread and I volunteer you to start it. I can email ace if you like.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 08:52 PM (2/T/u)

831

Tango. So many cute women, none of them available.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at July 10, 2013 08:52 PM (lr3d7)

832 687 And if I may, all y'all who are so passionately sharing your favorite books, why aren't you on the Book Thread Sunday mornings? Because I'm on the gun thread :-) I lurk mostly. I haven't been reading much recently. The stuff that I have read in the last few years has mostly been "fluff" like paranormal/urban fantasy aka vampire shit. I like the stuff that has a humorous slant. It helps to distract me from life.

Posted by: lindafell at July 10, 2013 08:52 PM (PGO8C)

833 What gun thread?

Posted by: DAve at July 10, 2013 08:53 PM (albkL)

834 You MUST MUST MUST see this: I just saw it on tv: http://tinyurl.com/l56w8cs Posted by: DAve Amusing but I can't stand Pres. Whistle Dick's voice. It's a new world huh?

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at July 10, 2013 08:53 PM (xvZYu)

835 817 Tammy, the dumb bitch on Hannity said he had no fear of death, it was just a scuffle? Posted by: lou's a girl at July 11, 2013 12:48 AM (vgd4f) They just lie like freakin' Niagara Falls. First of all, you couldn't know what was in someone's mind. Secondly, the testimony about the events by *people who actually saw it* is remarkably consistent. There is a *reason* charges were not initially pressed, and it's not because Zimmerman bribed the city manager. And if he did, it turned out to be an awful investment.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at July 10, 2013 08:54 PM (yoh1c)

836 >>We can take 'em, that's all I'm sayin'; and I doubt many of us live where it'll be an issue. Sadly, most rioters in situations like this, regardless of race, shit in their own nests.

Yeah, but I work in midtown Memphis *and* work nights and weekends, so I'm sure I'll get to see it up close and personal if it happens. Was pulling for it to happen on my days off and not over the weekend. Reminds me, better make sure I have pepper spray in the glovebox still.

Posted by: RovingCopyEditor at July 10, 2013 08:54 PM (vRdWg)

837

AltonJackson at July 11, 2013 12:12 AM

Try here.

http://gunbot.net/

Posted by: harleycowboy at July 10, 2013 08:54 PM (+9AX9)

838 832 It was less caustic than i saw at first

Posted by: DAve at July 10, 2013 08:54 PM (albkL)

839 ..."and I volunteer you to start it."

I get this stuff from my brother, who is actually trained. I play this stuff by ear and I refuse to "get volunteered" for anything...lol.

Posted by: Slapweasel at July 10, 2013 08:54 PM (lq3Ak)

840 Thank you, though, Tammy. I'm flattered.

Posted by: Slapweasel at July 10, 2013 08:56 PM (lq3Ak)

841 lou, that's what I d on't understand. He was getting his head beat against the sidewalk, FFS! Look, if Trayvon had killed Zimmerman, I wouldn't have convicted him either. Some asshole is following you around in the dark in the rain, you have every right to whoop his ass. Hell, for all we know, Trayvon saw the gun and felt HE was in danger of getting killed. Zim says Trayvon saw the gun, so I am not surprised he started beating his head in. But Zimmerman had the right to defend himself, end of story. It's a sad situation.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 08:56 PM (2/T/u)

842 830: I like the stuff that has a humorous slant. It helps to distract me from life.

Me too. The ones I reread most are Wodehouse and Pratchett. And since I work nights, by the time I get to the book thread, it's deserted.

Posted by: RovingCopyEditor at July 10, 2013 08:56 PM (vRdWg)

843

815

Keeping an eye on some major leaf fall after the Spring Flowering.

The Orange Tree may sick.....

such are the times....

Posted by: richard at July 10, 2013 08:57 PM (HPCk3)

844 Yo Morons

Posted by: fluffy at July 10, 2013 08:57 PM (z9HTb)

845 833 Merovign, you & hubby think alike. He said the same thing. Who is this bitch to say what Zimmerman should be thinking as he's getting his head pounded into the ground. And Hannity was worthless. Fox News sucks!

Posted by: lou's a girl at July 10, 2013 08:57 PM (vgd4f)

846 #1. You're doing it wrong. #2. 'Tabasco' is red vinegar. #3. Add cayenne and cut it with butter. #4. Toss with chicken wings. Posted by: Slapweasel I can drink Louiserana Hot Sauce. Cholula is a marginal upgrade.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at July 10, 2013 08:58 PM (xvZYu)

847 841 Richard, I killed an oleander, don't feel bad

Posted by: lou's a girl at July 10, 2013 08:59 PM (vgd4f)

848 Roving, we're in Arkansas, about 3 hours west of Memphis. But we lived in SoCal for a thousand years and it's 5 hours to Vegas from there, so three to Tunica seems like nothing and it's a much prettier drive! lindafell...did you see my recommendations? I have lots of that sort of stuff if you need ore titles to try! Slapweasel...chickenshit!

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 08:59 PM (2/T/u)

849 We can take 'em, that's all I'm sayin'; and I doubt many of us live where it'll be an issue. Sadly, most rioters in situations like this, regardless of race, shit in their own nests. Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 11, 2013 12:49 AM This. Although I'm close enough to The Peoples' Republik of AnnArbor to expect some "spill-over"...I have "stand-off" capabilities

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 10, 2013 08:59 PM (JMmQ9)

850 Look, if Trayvon had killed Zimmerman, I wouldn't have convicted him either. Some asshole is following you around in the dark in the rain, you have every right to whoop his ass. Hell, for all we know, Trayvon saw the gun and felt HE was in danger of getting killed. Zim says Trayvon saw the gun, so I am not surprised he started beating his head in.

But Zimmerman had the right to defend himself, end of story.

It's a sad situation.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 11, 2013 12:56 AM (2/T/u)

Actually I would have convicted Trayvon had he killed Zimmerman. He was home free, back or close to his dad's girlfriend's house. He went back. He initiated the confrontation. He started the fight. He was definitely guilty with no claims of self defense.

Posted by: buzzion at July 10, 2013 09:00 PM (LI48c)

851 Posted by: richard at July 11, 2013 12:57 AM (HPCk3) Heat stress maybe?

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 09:00 PM (2/T/u)

852 Yeah, that's why you have to add Thai Chiles or Scotch Bonnets to get "HOT". Fresh peppers are always the best heat.

Posted by: Slapweasel at July 10, 2013 09:00 PM (lq3Ak)

853 Some asshole is following you around in the dark in the rain, you have every right to whoop his ass. Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 11, 2013 12:56 AM (2/T/u) No you freaking don't. Not under any idea of law and justice outside Bartertown. You sure as H-E-double-hockey-sticks don't have that "right" *legally*. People are frequently convicted (rightfully) for initiating physical violence because they believe they are being followed / disrespected / profiled / creeped out. *If* events had gone the way Zim and the majority of the witnesses described and Martin had killed Zim, I sure as *hell* would have voted to convict were I on the jury. You *believe* you are being imposed upon by someone's presence in public, you absolutely, 400% do *NOT* have the right to beat them to death. Ever. Never ever.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at July 10, 2013 09:01 PM (yoh1c)

854 "Slapweasel...chickenshit! " Posted by: Tammy sans Thor

Hah!

Posted by: Slapweasel at July 10, 2013 09:02 PM (lq3Ak)

855 843 833 Merovign, you & hubby think alike. He said the same thing. Who is this bitch to say what Zimmerman should be thinking as he's getting his head pounded into the ground. And Hannity was worthless. Fox News sucks!

Posted by: lou's a girl at July 11, 2013 12:57 AM (vgd4f)

Hannity doesn't know what to say unless he has RNC talking points in front of him.

Posted by: buzzion at July 10, 2013 09:02 PM (LI48c)

856 Hey, Lou's a girl, want to feel depressed about your elected officials? http://tinyurl.com/mo35ss2

Posted by: The Political Hat at July 10, 2013 09:04 PM (Vk2pI)

857 Posted by: buzzion at July 11, 2013 01:00 AM (LI48c) Sure, but Zimmerman could have stayed in his truck, too. What either of them did up until the fight started is immaterial to me. I'm sure it matters in legal terms; I'm just saying that as a juror, my standard for self defense is if you're scared for your life. He was being followed in the dark; the same thing that made Zim suspicious of him, made him suspicious of Zim. He and Zim both could have backed off and didn't. I like my men manly and I don't blame either of them for not backing down.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 09:04 PM (2/T/u)

858 Hannity doesn't know what to say unless he has RNC talking points in front of him. Posted by: buzzion at July 11, 2013 01:02 AM (LI48c) I snorted!

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 09:05 PM (2/T/u)

859

For me...

Glass of the Grape and....

Lets just THRASH THIS OUT...til the morning light......THOR HAMMERS

an NINJA PUDDING CUPS!!!!

I say so....because so....

not that I matter......so

Posted by: richard at July 10, 2013 09:07 PM (HPCk3)

860 Tammy, I'll be sure to wave three hours into my next trip to Tulsa to visit my daughter in PA school. Arkansas is a very pretty state; hadn't seen it until I started my treks to Oklahoma.

Posted by: RovingCopyEditor at July 10, 2013 09:07 PM (vRdWg)

861 You discount the fact that Zimmerman needed a description in a really dark area. He also had to now where St. Trayvon was headed. Had he not given accurate descriptions to police, "Blaze-Drank" would have disappeared.

Posted by: Slapweasel at July 10, 2013 09:07 PM (lq3Ak)

862 Ever. Never ever. Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 11, 2013 01:01 AM (yoh1c) Eh, my beloved Dark Lord, I think if I am fighting and I see a gun on someone, I am gonna increase my efforts. Right or wrong, I just think it's human nature. Until you have been inthat situation, I don't think you can see how you'd react. (And I don't mean YOU, I mean anyone!

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 09:08 PM (2/T/u)

863 Sure, but Zimmerman could have stayed in his truck, too. What either of them did up until the fight started is immaterial to me.

I'm sure it matters in legal terms; I'm just saying that as a juror, my standard for self defense is if you're scared for your life.

He was being followed in the dark; the same thing that made Zim suspicious of him, made him suspicious of Zim.

He and Zim both could have backed off and didn't. I like my men manly and I don't blame either of them for not backing down.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 11, 2013 01:04 AM (2/T/u)

It was 7 o'clock. It was Zimmerman's neighborhood. He did not get out of his truck to chase after Trayvon. He got out to check the street signs to give the police a heads up.

Trayvon was not a man. He was a pissy little druggie wannabe thug that finally bit off more than he could handle. Which probably would have happened to him anyways.

Posted by: buzzion at July 10, 2013 09:09 PM (LI48c)

864 Northern Arkansas is indeed gorgeous. I am in my own little paradise here! We need to meet up! I believe no good deed is in N Little Rock...

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 09:09 PM (2/T/u)

865 What a lame list of books. None of them are written in cursive.

Posted by: dissent555 at July 10, 2013 09:10 PM (yR6A1)

866 Tammy, I make truffles with cayenne powder that you would probably like.

Posted by: lindafell at July 10, 2013 09:10 PM (PGO8C)

867 Look, if Trayvon had killed Zimmerman, I wouldn't have convicted him either. Some asshole is following you around in the dark in the rain, you have every right to whoop his ass.

W R O N G !

Seriously... good gravy that's dumb. Neighborhood watch is not "some asshole" following people around in the dark - particularly in the wake of recent break-ins.

Posted by: Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor at July 10, 2013 09:11 PM (N3WnC)

868 Posted by: buzzion at July 11, 2013 01:09 AM (LI48c) Oh lord, I love how I am seemingly defending him. Which I guess I am. I suppose I keep imagining my brothers as both parties. They'd all have done the same, either way. Trayvon had every right to be there; he was living with his dad, wasn't he? I mean yes, suspended for serious shit, but he was living there. He was a thuggie and a druggie and probably worse, but a cocky 17 year old is not backing down. He jumped someone who had a gun and he paid a steep price. I do not blame Zim one bit and I hope he is acquitted, y'all do realize that??

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 09:13 PM (2/T/u)

869 854 Political Hat, wow. WTF?

Posted by: lou's a girl at July 10, 2013 09:14 PM (vgd4f)

870 Mexican cooking cuts its heat with chocolate, (mole').

Thai cooking cuts its heat with peanut butter, (pad-thai).

Chinese cooking cuts its heat with fruit, (sezchuan).

...my spelling and punctuation is ALL off, but the points are made.

Posted by: Slapweasel at July 10, 2013 09:15 PM (lq3Ak)

871 Posted by: RovingCopyEditor at July 11, 2013 12:36 AM (vRdWg)

Ahh, another resident of LandMass. I have family scattered all over the Delta.

Posted by: Country Singer at July 10, 2013 09:16 PM (U22Yw)

872 Eh, my beloved Dark Lord, I think if I am fighting and I see a gun on someone, I am gonna increase my efforts. Right or wrong, I just think it's human nature. Until you have been inthat situation, I don't think you can see how you'd react. (And I don't mean YOU, I mean anyone! Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 11, 2013 01:08 AM (2/T/u) I am 100% certain I would not evade someone following me on a city street near my home, turn around and go back, and sneak-attack them and start pounding on them. I think maybe you've absorbed some of the narrative about this case, you seem to be assuming some facts not in evidence, even the *prosecution's* case was devastating *in favor of Zim*. I wish the situation had not gone down, I certainly do, but it was in no way a "takes two to tango" situation. Yes, Zimmerman could have been safer staying in his truck. Or at home. Or moving to Vermont. Or hiding for his entire life in a basement. That is nothing to do with the issue. I ain't mad at you, I just think you desperately got hold of the wrong end of the stick here. Unless the majority of the witnesses are conspiring to lie, Martin confronted Zimmerman, not the other way around.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at July 10, 2013 09:16 PM (yoh1c)

873 Well for Gods sake, much like Zimn didn't know Martin lived there, neither did Martin know Zim was the god damned neighborhood watch guy! Suppose it was reversed and the punky druggie little shit was the NW guy in a neighborhood skinheads/White hispanics were breaking in to, and Zim was the creepy ass cracka coming home in a hoodie with Skittles. Still gonna convict the NW guy? Please.

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 09:16 PM (2/T/u)

874 I suppose I keep imagining my brothers as both parties. They'd all have done the same, either way.

Trayvon had every right to be there; he was living with his dad, wasn't he? I mean yes, suspended for serious shit, but he was living there. He was a thuggie and a druggie and probably worse, but a cocky 17 year old is not backing down. He jumped someone who had a gun and he paid a steep price.

I do not blame Zim one bit and I hope he is acquitted, y'all do realize that??

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 11, 2013 01:13 AM (2/T/u)

Would they really? They're going to jump a guy just because they think they've been following them? Or are they going to ask why in the hell they are following them?

And yes we realize that, but you realize you are claiming that there is no difference between zimmerman or martin other than who won the fight. Which is just patently wrong

Posted by: buzzion at July 10, 2013 09:16 PM (LI48c)

875

That was over the top....

I will try something more apropos.....later....mater.....

Posted by: richard at July 10, 2013 09:17 PM (HPCk3)

876 Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 11, 2013 01:16 AM (yoh1c) Dark Lord, haven't watched the case. I only heard someone here say Zim said Martin was going for his gun. For whatever reason, (female logic? Brothers who would turn around and confront the Devil if he was following them?) I just don't care who started it. And I'll shut up now! Sorry I got y'all stirred up!

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 09:19 PM (2/T/u)

877

Love you all......and....

night!

Posted by: richard at July 10, 2013 09:20 PM (HPCk3)

878 Political Hat, wow. WTF? Posted by: lou's a girl at July 11, 2013 01:14 AM (vgd4f) It gets worse. He seems to endorse the idea that that zombie target goes beyond acceptable free speech and ought to be banned as "dangerous" and that a zombie shooting target encourages "murdering political opponents": http://tinyurl.com/mdxd7z7

Posted by: The Political Hat, Not A Zombie at July 10, 2013 09:20 PM (Vk2pI)

879 Tip your waitresses.

...try the wings.

Posted by: Slapweasel at July 10, 2013 09:20 PM (lq3Ak)

880 869: I'm a latecomer here, but my sister's been here for, oh, 30 years, I guess. We were mostly in southwest Mississippi until this generation.

Posted by: RovingCopyEditor at July 10, 2013 09:21 PM (vRdWg)

881 Dark Lord, haven't watched the case. Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 11, 2013 01:19 AM (2/T/u) Yeah, well, in your defense, neither has anyone in the MFM. I realize that might not be taken as a defense, but there you are. Fundamentally, your description that you have a "right" to assault someone set me off. You do not, period, under any moral or legal code other than that of a pirate or a tyrant.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at July 10, 2013 09:22 PM (yoh1c)

882 878: We've got a few down around McComb

Posted by: Country Singer at July 10, 2013 09:22 PM (U22Yw)

883 but you realize you are claiming that there is no difference between zimmerman or martin other than who won the fight. Which is just patently wrong Posted by: buzzion at July 11, 2013 01:16 AM (LI48c If that's how I'm coming off, I don't mean it to. I'm just saying it makes no difference to me in terms of the defense of self defense. And yep, several of my brothers and uncles and my daddy have confronted uniformed police officers, let alone random strangers following them. Rednecks, don't ya know and liquor may have been involved.

I do think they'd have asked, but a fight was probably happening regardless of the answer. And I really will hush now!

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 09:23 PM (2/T/u)

884 If St. Trayvon was spooked by Zimmerman's following him, all he had to do was stay in Daddy's girlfriend's yard, or enter the house. Or he could have confronted Zim and asked him, "Hey, Dude, why are you doggin' me around?"

And Zim would likely have said, "I'm Neighborhood Watch captain. We've had a rash of B&Es, and you have been wandering around suspiciously." At which point, Trayvon, if he had had any sense, could have probably bullshitted his way out of a predicament. "I'm visiting my old man, who lives with his girlfriend here. I went to the store for some candy, and got lost. So I was wandering around, trying to recognize the house."

But Trayvon was stupid, and cold-cocked Zim instead, and began to attempt to kill the man by smashing his head on the pavement. And got shot dead for his stupidity. Justifiably.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 10, 2013 09:23 PM (fNpC1)

885 862: Wow, I didn't know there were any Morons within range, and now I see there are at least three.

Posted by: RovingCopyEditor at July 10, 2013 09:23 PM (vRdWg)

886 Lesser included offenses are always part of a murder trial. Every murder contains a manslaughter, an assault. It's normal to ask for instructions on LIOs.

Posted by: Thunderb at July 10, 2013 09:25 PM (zOTsN)

887 Oh hell.... You do not, period, under any moral or legal code other than that of a pirate or a tyrant. Or a ~~Southern man~~ redneck!

Night y'all!

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 10, 2013 09:25 PM (2/T/u)

888 883: Actually, I'm in Georgia, lol. I just have a lot of family there. And went to MSU. But originally from West Tenn. Dad's from Ruleville and Mom's from Winona; have an aunt in Southaven.

Posted by: Country Singer at July 10, 2013 09:26 PM (U22Yw)

889 OK, I'm out this "responsible adult" craps sucks tomorrow night, mi amigos

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 10, 2013 09:29 PM (JMmQ9)

890 Posted by: The Political Hat, Not A Zombie at July 11, 2013 01:20 AM (Vk2pI)

Duuuuude. That's something.

-Who is a "journalist"?
-What "ends" free speech?
-Is this a "tax"? Fee? Fine? Rule? Regulation?
-Can I get that "Law" under 1,000 pages?

I thought my right to swing my fists ended where someone else's PHYSICAL chin began.

-Should I let this guy define the metaphors, hyperbole, thoughts or intent of any given sentence, phrase or word?

...the answer, lest obvious to "Common Sense", is "NO".

Posted by: Slapweasel at July 10, 2013 09:30 PM (lq3Ak)

891 880: Yep, knew a lot of McComb boys back in the day. One of my best friends in high school had a lot of relatives there, so I've been there a few times.

Posted by: RovingCopyEditor at July 10, 2013 09:30 PM (vRdWg)

892 Have a good night, y'all. I'm out, got a damn teleconference in the morning.

Posted by: Country Singer at July 10, 2013 09:31 PM (U22Yw)

893 If that's how I'm coming off, I don't mean it to. I'm just saying it makes no difference to me in terms of the defense of self defense.

And yep, several of my brothers and uncles and my daddy have confronted uniformed police officers, let alone random strangers following them.

Rednecks, don't ya know and liquor may have been involved.

I do think they'd have asked, but a fight was probably happening regardless of the answer.

And I really will hush now!

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 11, 2013 01:23 AM (2/T/u)

And that's your problem. Martin was not engaged in self defense. He was engaged in assault. Look we've had to spend pretty much this whole trial dealing with people claiming that Zimmerman was a billy badass wannabe cop with an itchy trigger finger, and self proclaimed ignorant asses who proceed to talk about the case and then get every fact wrong and refuse to listen when others try to correct them. So it does get sort of tiresome.

Posted by: buzzion at July 10, 2013 09:31 PM (LI48c)

894 Night, Tammy. (And I get what you're saying: If anyone had followed my daddy -- he's 84 now -- when he was younger, there would've been blood, and probably not his. And yeah, he took on a cop or two in his um wilder days.)

Posted by: RovingCopyEditor at July 10, 2013 09:32 PM (vRdWg)

895 For whatever reason, (female logic? Brothers who would turn around and confront the Devil if he was following them?) I just don't care who started it.

And I'll shut up now! Sorry I got y'all stirred up!

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 11, 2013 01:19 AM (2/T/u)

Tammy no offense but I pray to God that you are never on a jury that holds my fate in its hands.

Posted by: Mætenloch at July 10, 2013 09:32 PM (XkotV)

896 If I was walking through a neighborhood on my way home from the store, whether it was my own neighborhood or a strange one, and I thought I was being followed, I would assume that that person was up to no good and I would try to get indoors ASAP. No way in hell would I confront him.

Posted by: rickl at July 10, 2013 09:34 PM (sdi6R)

897 Good Night to those headed out.

...God Bless.

Posted by: Slapweasel at July 10, 2013 09:34 PM (lq3Ak)

898 Haven't watched FOX news, or ANY news in about two months. So have no idea whatsoever what Hanntity has been saying. But let me know when he's fired. A 40, and two Strwaberritas later and I'm ready to fall asleep to Delocated season 1 on Netflix.

Posted by: UWP at July 10, 2013 09:36 PM (r98SZ)

899 omnbamma should have kept his fucking mouth shut. This is where the blame lies. I am not glad a kid raised by people who excused his bad behavior , and did not give a shit about him until he died, died. He deserved better parents. I certainly don't like this bitch judge who has been nothing but hostile to the defense. And this media who puts bullshit out there as truth, and no matter what happens, there will be riots.Yet the media & politicians summer in the Hamptons. This world is upside down!!

Posted by: lou's a girl at July 10, 2013 09:38 PM (vgd4f)

900 "Tammy no offense but I pray to God that you are never on a jury that holds my fate in its hands."
Posted by: MÃ¦tenloch

She's a stubborn gal. She's got stubborn brothers. Once she opened her mouth at the juror process, she'd be excluded by one side or the other.

...she's opinionated and that's the BEST thing for anyone who practices the study.

Posted by: Slapweasel at July 10, 2013 09:39 PM (lq3Ak)

901 For whatever reason, (female logic? Brothers who would turn around and confront the Devil if he was following them?) I just don't care who started it. And I'll shut up now! Sorry I got y'all stirred up! Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 11, 2013 01:19 AM (2/T/u) The thing is that Zimmerman tried to get away and called out in pain for help. At that point everything else became irrelevant and Martin was the aggressor, and legally so.

Posted by: The Political Hat, Not A Zombie like St. Skittles at July 10, 2013 09:40 PM (Vk2pI)

902 874 Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at July 11, 2013 01:16 AM (yoh1c)

Dark Lord, haven't watched the case. I only heard someone here say Zim said Martin was going for his gun.

For whatever reason, (female logic? Brothers who would turn around and confront the Devil if he was following them?) I just don't care who started it.

And I'll shut up now! Sorry I got y'all stirred up!

Posted by: Tammy sans Thor at July 11, 2013 01:19 AM (2/T/u)

The problem is that this 17-year-old track star notices that a pudgy older guy is watching him weave around by the windows, and sprints off home. Then, said pudge goes, "what's the name of the little dog-run alleyway where the guy disappeared? I'll need to let the police know this" and gets out of his truck to squint through the rain to look for a sign. He figured the kid was long gone....until he got clobbered. Previous times he'd called the police, he had expressly refused to get too close (pudge).

The state's total clusterfuck of a prosecution has created great big huge neon signage to show that this was about as clear a case of unprovoked attack and self-defense as will ever be encountered outside a law textbook -- and yet we live in lawless times where mobs, networks, race-baiters, and Presidents call for blood in the streets and are rewarded by the craven sacrifice of the blameless.

And it's all in just the basics. If Martin and Zimmerman were running a footrace, Martin would have won, had time to light up a celebratory blunt, have a drink or two, text his friends, and play some PS3 before Zimmerman crossed the finish line huffing and puffing. Coming back to attack Zimmerman was entirely a matter of Martin's choosing.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 10, 2013 09:41 PM (T1005)

903 Night Tammy. Have a great tommorow

Posted by: lou's a girl at July 10, 2013 09:41 PM (vgd4f)

904 Are you pondering what I'm pondering Pinky? http://tinyurl.com/k6nvnds

Posted by: The Brain at July 10, 2013 09:44 PM (Vk2pI)

905 Hello, creepy ass crackers.

Posted by: George Orwell half in the back at July 10, 2013 09:44 PM (mCNwt)

906 Half in the back? What am I thinking?

Posted by: George Orwell half in the bag at July 10, 2013 09:46 PM (mCNwt)

907 904 Half in the back? What am I thinking?

Posted by: George Orwell half in the bag at July 11, 2013 01:46 AM (mCNwt)

Got confused between "half in the bag" and "half in the sack"?

Posted by: cthulhu at July 10, 2013 09:47 PM (T1005)

908 905 904
Half in the back? What am I thinking?

Posted by: George Orwell half in the bag at July 11, 2013 01:46 AM (mCNwt)

Got confused between "half in the bag" and "half in the sack"?

Posted by: cthulhu at July 11, 2013 01:47 AM (T1005)

You're just lucky you didn't go the other way and say, "half in the sag".

Posted by: cthulhu at July 10, 2013 09:48 PM (T1005)

909 You know, if my sock puppet were a vagina, I'd wonder where my hand had been.

Posted by: George Orwell half in the bag at July 10, 2013 09:48 PM (mCNwt)

910 You're just lucky you didn't go the other way and say, "half in the sag". That's only on Friday nights.

Posted by: George Orwell half in the bag at July 10, 2013 09:49 PM (mCNwt)

911 Posted by: cthulhu at July 11, 2013 01:41 AM (T1005)

The process defined the situation throughout the trial. Prosecution witnesses wound up defining Zimmerman's case. This was 1-2-3.

It is hard for me to ascribe "differentials" between the testimony and the event that defined their lives.

Emotion has a lot to do with it and it was defined as emotional by the MFM, SCOAMT and your common race-baiters.

...emotion over evidence, I suppose.

Tammy's description of her brothers and recent events have "overwhelmed" her judgement. She got "Alinsky'd"

Posted by: Slapweasel at July 10, 2013 09:49 PM (lq3Ak)

912

Bottom Line

If, he do step up in your face and means you harm......

IF YOU HAVE DONE THE OODA LOOP.....and he steps up in your face and means you harm?

WASTE THE BITCH!!! Center Mass and one to the head...or if your a very comp shooter...one to the head and save the ammo,

done and done....

Posted by: richard at July 10, 2013 09:50 PM (HPCk3)

913 Night all. Here is "Silver Swamp" by Spacegoat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT6O3UmzRs0

Posted by: The Political Hat at July 10, 2013 09:54 PM (Vk2pI)

914 done and done....
Posted by: richard
***

If life were only that easy. Not even video games are that easy anymore. Moral dilemmas and all.

If I can beat a guy's ass, I don't need to pull my gun. If a guy surprises me from the bushes and tells me that he's gonna kill me?

...fight, decision, fight, decision, fight, decision.

If, however, he goes for my gun?

*poof*

Posted by: Slapweasel at July 10, 2013 09:57 PM (lq3Ak)

915 G'nite Hat. Be good.

Posted by: Slapweasel at July 10, 2013 09:57 PM (lq3Ak)

916 A: Spacegoat. Q: What do you get from NASA's Muslim outreach?

Posted by: George Orwell half in the bag at July 10, 2013 09:58 PM (mCNwt)

917 Night guys. Gonna watch Antiques Roadshow. God Bless

Posted by: lou's a girl at July 10, 2013 09:59 PM (vgd4f)

918 You silly bastard. I laughed at that for linger than it deserved.

*golf clap*

Posted by: Slapweasel at July 10, 2013 10:00 PM (lq3Ak)

919 G'Nite, Lou's a Girl.

Be Good!

Posted by: Slapweasel at July 10, 2013 10:01 PM (lq3Ak)

920 *longer

Posted by: Slapweasel at July 10, 2013 10:01 PM (lq3Ak)

921 Well ...unless we're going to solve some first-world problems, I'll probably put this beer back in the fridge and retire.

Posted by: Slapweasel at July 10, 2013 10:03 PM (lq3Ak)

922 Crib sheet to the Naturalization Quiz. If youÂ’re an amnestied Illegal this counts as passing. 1. ) How many amendments does the Constitution have? A: Just Enough! 2.) What is the economic system in the U.S? A: Screwed, after we get that amnesty! 3.) Name your U.S. Representative? A: I.G. Nores Voters 4.) What are 2 Cabinet level positions? A: Top shelf and lower shelf 5.) Who is the Chief Justice of the U.S. now? A: When did Roberts become a wise Latina? 6.) Who lived in America before Europeans Arrived? A: Indians (the ones without the dots on the foreheads). 7.) The federalist papers supported passage of the US constitution. Name one of the writers. A: The old dead guy on the 10 dollar bill! 8.) What is ONE thing that Ben Franklin is famous for? A: The 100 dollar bill! 9.) Eisenhower was a general in which war before becoming president? A: The war to end all wars. Oh crap that was the first one. The second one, thatÂ’s the ticket! 10.) What did Susan B Anthony do? A. Posed for a coin portrait in between whipping the women folk into a frenzy over this and that.

Posted by: Judge_Roy_Bean at July 10, 2013 10:05 PM (zets4)

923 Shame we can't ask that quiz on our ballots. Miss too many and your vote doesn't count.

Posted by: Jean at July 10, 2013 10:10 PM (CMlD4)

924 Why isn't Martin's drug use - esp. Lean - and its paranoia side effects front and center in this trial.

Posted by: Jean at July 10, 2013 10:12 PM (CMlD4)

925 909 Posted by: cthulhu at July 11, 2013 01:41 AM (T1005)

The process defined the situation throughout the trial. Prosecution witnesses wound up defining Zimmerman's case. This was 1-2-3.

It is hard for me to ascribe "differentials" between the testimony and the event that defined their lives.

Emotion has a lot to do with it and it was defined as emotional by the MFM, SCOAMT and your common race-baiters.

...emotion over evidence, I suppose.

Tammy's description of her brothers and recent events have "overwhelmed" her judgement. She got "Alinsky'd"

Posted by: Slapweasel at July 11, 2013 01:49 AM (lq3Ak)

Well, to be fair -- everything, and let me say this particularly clearly, EVERY SINGLE THING on the news about this has been an outright lie, except only the name of the young man and the name of his shooter, and that he was shot. Zimmerman didn't (couldn't) "pursue" or "stalk", Treyvon wasn't "a little angel who only went out to 7-11 to get skittles", those who were described in the media as "racists" weren't....and those who were described in the media as "fair-minded" were foul agitators. "Due process" ended when instigators flew in from outside the community to demand "due process".

And I'm all for Tammy's kinfolk confronting people. If Martin had merely confronted Zimmerman, they might both be alive and not in such jeopardy. Someone confronts me -- I can lay out my cards and, when the hand is over, maybe even have a beer with the guy. Even if you get punched in a bar (where one punch can be fatal), if you stay down, the fight is generally over.

Years ago, I had a young lady working for me and we were doing audit work in England....Filipina, maybe 90 pounds soaking wet, smart as a whip and a great auditor. The head of the English organization invited us to dinner one evening and we got into a discussion about how it is literally against the law to defend yourself from attack, even in your own house [e.g. if you defend yourself with a kitchen knife, you have to have been attacked while preparing food in the kitchen, or you will be jailed.]. So the Manager and I were swapping a couple of anecdotes "ripped from the headlines" while she looked back and forth like someone watching a tennis match with live hedgehogs as balls, until she finally blurted out, "you have GOT to be fucking kidding me." -- which busted us both up.

Self-defense is as much a part of everyday life that it is nearly unimaginable to be without....and the Zimmerman case is about as clear-cut as any case will ever be. It is an appalling indictment of our "justice" system that things could ever have come to this pass.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 10, 2013 10:12 PM (T1005)

926 I have gotten so sick of these teenage kids talking about getting "disrespected". You are fucking right you got disrespected because you have done exactly NOTHING to earn the respect of adults yet. Respect is earned, not something you are born with. When you have to walk several miles to the store at night and in the rain because you want some fucking candy, you are a child, not a man.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at July 10, 2013 10:18 PM (BXLPR)

927 If I want to follow someone around my neighborhood, or any public space, why can't I?

Posted by: Jean at July 10, 2013 10:20 PM (CMlD4)

928 I missed three. ...please excuse me if I've heard that humor before, Mr. Bean. --Your Honor.

-I missed the Amendments by one. I said "twenty-six".

-I blew the Federalist Papers question. I actually thought "Jefferson Davis". I went back-and-forth. Back? Idiot. Forth? Idiot. I "knew" he was the president of the Southern Revolution, but I re-confused myself and went with it.

-Susan B. Anthony escaped my memory completely. Period.

Posted by: Slapweasel at July 10, 2013 10:20 PM (lq3Ak)

929 Posted by: cthulhu at July 11, 2013 02:12 AM (T1005)
***

Decent story. Agree almost completely.

Posted by: Slapweasel at July 10, 2013 10:24 PM (lq3Ak)

930 Self-defense is as much a part of everyday life that it is nearly unimaginable to be without....and the Zimmerman case is about as clear-cut as any case will ever be. It is an appalling indictment of our "justice" system that things could ever have come to this pass. Posted by: cthulhu at July 11, 2013 02:12 AM (T1005) For the left, Zimmerman's only action that he should have taken is to let Lil Trayvon beat him to death. Period. To the left, "snitches get stitches", unless it is against a star of the left.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at July 10, 2013 10:25 PM (BXLPR)

931 "I have gotten so sick of these teenage kids talking about getting "disrespected". You are fucking right you got disrespected because you have done exactly NOTHING to earn the respect of adults yet. Respect is earned, not something you are born with. When you have to walk several miles to the store at night and in the rain because you want some fucking candy, you are a child, not a man."
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper

When we got "disrespected", we would do something called "asking around".

Do you know what that included?

-Intelligence
-Honor
-Truth
-Integrity
-Apologies

Emotion is immediate. The rest of those items last forever.

Posted by: Slapweasel at July 10, 2013 10:29 PM (lq3Ak)

932 928 Self-defense is as much a part of everyday life that it is nearly unimaginable to be without....and the Zimmerman case is about as clear-cut as any case will ever be. It is an appalling indictment of our "justice" system that things could ever have come to this pass.
Posted by: cthulhu at July 11, 2013 02:12 AM (T1005)

For the left, Zimmerman's only action that he should have taken is to let Lil Trayvon beat him to death. Period. To the left, "snitches get stitches", unless it is against a star of the left.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at July 11, 2013 02:25 AM (BXLPR)

Anyone named "Zimmerman" should be a sheep. Anyone named "Trayvon" (or Barack, or Sotomayor, or....) should be a wolf. And it's against the laws of nature for sheep to stomp wolves.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 10, 2013 10:32 PM (T1005)

933 MSM Test Headline: Zimmerman Found Not Guilty. Sic em.

I hear tell there's gonna be a run on TV's in Sanford.

Posted by: Craig Poe at July 10, 2013 10:33 PM (BVkEs)

934 Even the Judge in this case has an extreme bias against Zimmerman. This is far from what our justice system should look or act like. Prediction: Zimmerman not guilty on any counts and a clear case of self defense. Next up will be Mother of the century, Trayvon's, civil rights case to which this too should never see the light of day.
i'd love to see the race baiters Jackson, Sharpton, and the NAACP being taken to task for declaring Zimmerman guilty before the evidence was even in.

Posted by: cemoto at July 10, 2013 10:34 PM (Eo+Xe)

935 Hey folks, happy hump night.

Liked the list of novels. Am thinking however that Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange should have been on there, even though it's difficult to read. (Burgess actually invented a Russian-English hybrid slang vernacular for it.)

Also would like to ask: what would AOSers say are/were the best novels of the 1970s or 1980s?

Posted by: qdpsteve at July 10, 2013 10:36 PM (7B7jB)

936 Posted by: cthulhu at July 11, 2013 02:32 AM (T1005)

Ten years ago, I'd have told you to "settle down". Since "hate-crime" legislation has become the norm?

...I'll merely ask you to settle down.

-Keep calling.
-Know your arguments.
-Make "talking points" cards.
-FUCK "Progressives".

Posted by: Slapweasel at July 10, 2013 10:38 PM (lq3Ak)

937 Instead of Col. Colt made men equal; little KelTec gave the sheep teeth

Posted by: Jean at July 10, 2013 10:41 PM (CMlD4)

938 Posted by: qdpsteve at July 11, 2013 02:36 AM (7B7jB)

"Coma", by Robin Cook was the first "big book" I had ever read. I was seven years old in 1978.

In the 80's, I only read shit compared to that book. I read a lot of "Encyclopedia Brown" crap. I also read Judy Blume. James and the Giant Peach was my favorite.

I can't help you, sir.

Posted by: Slapweasel at July 10, 2013 10:44 PM (lq3Ak)

939 I can only remember my mom reading "Flowers in the Attic", by someone named "Andrews", I think. It was followed by "Petals in the Wind".

The Eighties were a mix of confusion and Orwell.

Animal Farm is still my favorite book ever. I had to hide my tears when Boxer died in the middle of a middle-school study hall.

Fuck Napoleon.

Posted by: Slapweasel at July 10, 2013 10:51 PM (lq3Ak)

940 When we got "disrespected", we would do something called "asking around". Do you know what that included? -Intelligence -Honor -Truth -Integrity -Apologies Emotion is immediate. The rest of those items last forever. Posted by: Slapweasel at July 11, 2013 02:29 AM (lq3Ak) 20 years ago while working at a radio station, the station was broadcasting from a high school football game with the mobile studio. I used to drive the thing around to these things, and one night a bunch of little shits decided that they wanted to have some fun. First thing they did was to start jumping onto the thing and rocking it back in forth in hopes of turning it over. The three of us finally stopped that, but then some kids decided to start trying to cut the material covering part of it. I stopped them from doing that only to notice that one kid was trying to set the material on fire. I went up and told him to stop and gtfo, he got all pissed saying I "dissed" him. A man in his late 20's "dissing" a 15 year old kid, unfuckingbelievable. The school just shrugged their shoulders and said it couldn't have been their students. Really? So kids put on shirts and hats of the school that they are playing? We did get our revenge a couple of years later when we had a contest that the winning school got a concert performed by a national band. That school contacted us about being in the contest and how much they were looking forward to it. We told them no thanks, we don't want you in it because of what happened 2 years earlier. They were shocked. The parents were shocked. The principals and staff were shocked. We again showed them the pictures of the damage that their students did. Apologies started to flow from all, students, parents and staff. We agreed to let them enter. It felt really good to announce the winner as being their biggest rival.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at July 10, 2013 10:53 PM (BXLPR)

941 My motivation against big government, (to this day), remains Napoleon the Pig saying:

"Some Pigs Are More Equal Than Others."

Posted by: Slapweasel at July 10, 2013 10:55 PM (lq3Ak)

942 Toddler plays with father's smart-phone. Opens the eBay app and parents find they had bought a 1962 Austin Healey Sprite for $225. The parents have since better protected their phones while deciding to keep the car and fix it up for their daughter so she has a car in about 15 years to drive.

http://tinyurl.com/n546hdc

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 10, 2013 10:58 PM (rqEnJ)

943 During the Rodney King riots, most rioters involved were supposedly hispanic, ITMA.

Posted by: Baldy at July 10, 2013 10:58 PM (tyDFN)

944 The whole Zimmerman thing boils down to: "is there something so wrong, so evil about firing a gun and killing someone....that it MUST be criminal....and that it is better to be beaten to death to avoid it?"

Posted by: cthulhu at July 10, 2013 10:59 PM (T1005)

945 A man in his late 20's "dissing" a 15 year old kid, unfuckingbelievable.

The school just shrugged their shoulders and said it couldn't have been their students. Really? So kids put on shirts and hats of the school that they are playing?

We again showed them the pictures of the damage that their students did. Apologies started to flow from all, students, parents and staff. We agreed to let them enter. It felt really good to announce the winner as being their biggest rival.

Revenge is a dish best Served by God.

Posted by: Slapweasel at July 10, 2013 11:00 PM (lq3Ak)

946 Kids suck. They need to get off of my lawn. Their rights NOW end where my fist begins.

Posted by: Slapweasel at July 10, 2013 11:04 PM (lq3Ak)

947 Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 11, 2013 02:58 AM (rqEnJ)
*****

I've seen this and I like it. Everything seemed to work out well, (okay), for both sides.

...It takes a Man to "take a foul".

I'd love to tell you that I'm always right. I'm a "right-fighter", as psychiatrists would call it. Sometimes, I can "take the foul", to be the bigger man.

Posted by: Slapweasel at July 10, 2013 11:10 PM (lq3Ak)

948 ...watching Red Eye.

Posted by: Slapweasel at July 10, 2013 11:14 PM (lq3Ak)

949

Toddler plays with father's smart-phone. Opens the eBay app and parents find they had bought a 1962 Austin Healey Sprite for $225. The parents have since better protected their phones while deciding to keep the car and fix it up for their daughter so she has a car in about 15 years to drive.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 11, 2013 02:58 AM

A '62 sprite for $225??? ... Score! No shit they're gonna keep it.

Posted by: otho at July 10, 2013 11:26 PM (9gNQd)

950 Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at July 11, 2013 02:53 AM (BXLPR)

Hilarious.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 11, 2013 02:58 AM (rqEnJ)

Kids these days ... Cute ending.

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at July 10, 2013 11:27 PM (H7UgW)

951 Happy endings are always nice.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at July 10, 2013 11:35 PM (yoh1c)

952 WTF? I have to find out from Tepid Whiff that there's an AoS liveblog tomorrow?!?!?

Posted by: cthulhu at July 10, 2013 11:42 PM (T1005)

953 EEK. I hate mildew. Leak in pipe, tried to tape it, ended up squirting water worse ;(

Posted by: Baldy at July 10, 2013 11:44 PM (tyDFN)

954 Thanks, Key-Lime Pie!

Posted by: Slapweasel at July 10, 2013 11:45 PM (lq3Ak)

955 That is a pretty awesome and happy story. Hope they get her involved in fixing up 'her' car. Pity the boys who try to compete with a girl in high school with such a cool car.

For all the people awaiting Pacific Rim here is your chance to order a kaiju statue. http://www.hlj.com/product/SST38716/Sci

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 10, 2013 11:51 PM (QH/Ri)

956 950 WTF? I have to find out from Tepid Whiff that there's an AoS liveblog tomorrow?!?!?

Posted by: cthulhu at July 11, 2013 03:42 AM (T1005)

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Oh tentacled one, indeed. It will be the best damn blogging of the best damn movie ever. F'in sharks, f'in tornados, f'in chainsaws...is LA even big enough to handle something like that? How many more good ideas can SyFy toss in the blender?

Posted by: rich@gmu at July 10, 2013 11:54 PM (ga+7c)

957 922 Why isn't Martin's drug use - esp. Lean - and its paranoia side effects front and center in this trial.

Posted by: Jean at July 11, 2013 02:12 AM (CMlD4)

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thought at least the toxicology report was in because the ME testified to it (the Robinson Hearing a few days back). However I think his history wasn't allowed because it was inflammatory and not probative (the same with his social media).

Posted by: rich@gmu at July 11, 2013 12:03 AM (ga+7c)

958 954 950 WTF? I have to find out from Tepid Whiff that there's an AoS liveblog tomorrow?!?!?
Posted by: cthulhu at July 11, 2013 03:42 AM (T1005)
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Ohtentacled one, indeed. It will be the best damn blogging of the best damn movie ever. F'in sharks, f'in tornados, f'in chainsaws...is LA even big enough to handle something like that? How many more good ideas can SyFy toss in the blender?

Posted by: rich@gmu at July 11, 2013 03:54 AM (ga+7c)

Oh, I have no doubt that this crowd can totally MST3K all over it....I just was startled that I found out about the event while sleepwalking through a post on Tepid Whiff.

And, BTW, I'm holding out for 'splosions. Chainsaws and flying sharks are all nice and all, but things gotta go boom.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 11, 2013 12:05 AM (T1005)

959 SCoaMF got his SCoaMT.

Stuttering Clusterfuck of a Miserable Failure got his Stumbling Clusterfuck of a Miserable Trial.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 11, 2013 12:09 AM (T1005)

960 And, BTW, I'm holding out for 'splosions. Chainsaws and flying sharks are all nice and all, but things gotta go boom.

Posted by: cthulhu at July 11, 2013 04:05 AM (T1005)

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a few threads down folks were talking about it. and watch the trailer again...they've got explosives (and Tara Reid and some other chick in a bikini top). They had to save something for the movie! BOOOM!!! I will have to read the liveblog of "The Biggest Television Movie Event...EVER" because I'll be working (and don't have cable, and don't own a television).

Posted by: rich@gmu at July 11, 2013 12:18 AM (ga+7c)

961 take it everyone is in bed...

Posted by: rich@gmu at July 11, 2013 01:19 AM (ga+7c)

962 It's quiet....

Too quiet....

Posted by: cthulhu at July 11, 2013 01:21 AM (T1005)

963 Hi y'all from Japan. TV sucks butt bad. The sunsets are kickass though.

Posted by: fastfreefall at July 11, 2013 01:23 AM (Rw8tn)

964 Morning everyone

Those that are up, anyway.

We get closing arguments in the Z trial today. Prosecution leads off, followed by the defense, and finishing with a rebuttal by the prosecution. As shaky as the prosecution's case is....I still believe the jury will return a guilty verdict. I don't have much faith in the system that brought these charges against GZ, to find him not guilty at the end of the day. The jurors all have to know that their names and possibly addresses will eventually be leaked. They all either remember the Rodney King riots, or are aware of them....and I'm certain they are all aware of the threats of violence if they find GZ innocent. The easy, and safe way out of this mess is to find GZ guilty, and I think that they will take that route.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at July 11, 2013 01:34 AM (0IhFx)

965

Sticky,

if GZ is found guilty, what are the odds that anyone will riot, or make some kind of noise, on his behalf? Our founding fathers must be weeping as they look upon the current state of our nation.

Posted by: fastfreefall at July 11, 2013 01:49 AM (Rw8tn)

966 962 Morning everyone

Those that are up, anyway.

We get closing arguments in the Z trial today. Prosecution leads off, followed by the defense, and finishing with a rebuttal by the prosecution. As shaky as the prosecution's case is....I still believe the jury will return a guilty verdict. I don't have much faith in the system that brought these charges against GZ, to find him not guilty at the end of the day. The jurors all have to know that their names and possibly addresses will eventually be leaked. They all either remember the Rodney King riots, or are aware of them....and I'm certain they are all aware of the threats of violence if they find GZ innocent. The easy, and safe way out of this mess is to find GZ guilty, and I think that they will take that route.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at July 11, 2013 05:34 AM (0IhFx)

I surely hope you are wrong, and the verdict comes in about 90 seconds after the bell as: "you have GOT to be fucking kidding me." [see tale @923]

Posted by: cthulhu at July 11, 2013 01:50 AM (T1005)

967 Morning all from Parris Island SC

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 11, 2013 02:14 AM (gXLJL)

968 DOJ continues to beclown themselves in their pursuit of the title "Most Gangsta Federal Agency." I'd defund them, no joking. Nothing they do couldn't be done better or more ethically by randomly-selected 9-year-olds. Otherwise, of course, the trial is a parody of a political persecution.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at July 11, 2013 02:15 AM (yoh1c)

969 @ 926, Mr Slapweasel, I thought that was original humor. I'm going to deck my writer..(which is me, hitting myself in face now!)

All joking and kidding aside, I'm an old fuck. I remember the country I grew up in. And I see it now. The two pix have no resemblance to each other. My wife, step daughter and wifes mama are all Chinese. I did it the right way. Applied, paid the money, filled out a bizillion forms, had medical exams to prove no AIDS , Rift Valley Fever, or Ibola, SARS and the like, had backgrond checks to prove they had criminal records, no gang ties, mafia associations, or claims to Nazi gold. I submitted tax returns for years to prove I could support them. And if they slide onto welfare, Uncle Sambo can take it out my hide (as it should be). Now they are gonna let these illegals slide. I can't do much about that, about the ones here already. But I can seriously consider catching a stealth plane back to the US, kissing the wavetops, ducking radar to get back to Texas. I can think about assembling the crew again, to stand on the Rio Grande and cut these border hoppers in half and let the bodies float on down the River before they set foot in the US. I can think 10 -12 times should get the word out! What do you guys think?

Posted by: Judge_Roy_Bean at July 11, 2013 02:19 AM (zets4)

970 #967 What I think is that you show up here as an agent provocateur advocating violence, which seems to be about the only time you show up.

I am calling you on this and asking you to stop.

And morons need to be paying attention, as there are people who would like nothing more than to label this site as a hate group.

Posted by: Miss Marple at July 11, 2013 02:25 AM (GoIUi)

971 Miss Marple, I am sorry you think I am advocating violence, which is true BTW. It's the last resort when you are backed into a corner. But let me offer my profuse apologies. I will do my best to tame my posts into offerings that will not get this fine board and its astute posters labelled with the dreaded "Hate Group" label. Again I apologize profusely from the heart.

Posted by: Judge_Roy_Bean at July 11, 2013 02:33 AM (zets4)

972 #970 Advocating violence is not within the rules of this board, as I understand it.

You would be advised to refrain from doing so.

Posted by: Miss Marple at July 11, 2013 02:36 AM (GoIUi)

973 Good morning, horde. Time to rise and shine. Or, failing that, fall out and grumble.

Posted by: joncelli at July 11, 2013 03:00 AM (vh67+)

974 I heard you loud and clear Miss Marple! Don't worry, no advocating violence, revolution, burning it all down to start anew. I got it! Don't worry.

Posted by: Judge_Roy_Bean at July 11, 2013 03:06 AM (zets4)

975 And morons need to be paying attention, as there are people who would like nothing more than to label this site as a hate group.
Posted by: Miss Marple at July 11, 2013 06:25 AM

You are absolutely right, MM, with one caveat: the opinions expressed on this site are, according to the mores and rules of Democrats, inherently full of hate, and regularly violate the standards of Good Leftists Everywhere.

Criticizing Choom Boy for anything other than not pushing his wacko agenda through more rapidly is racism, straight up. Likewise, the fact that most Morons are pretty snarky about Shrillery Clinton shows we hates us some wimminz.

Why, I have even seen people make derogatory comments about Minority Heroes like Jesse "Mumbles" Jackson, Al "Protector of Tawana" Sharpton and Eric Holder. This is, of course, unconscionable!

Actual promotion of violence seems pretty rare around here. It should not, of course , be tolerated. We might appear to be as violence-prone as, say, the Kos-sacks.

We will never be as gentle and pure as Tepid Air, where Poppin Fresh's gospel of Fairness, Niceness and Bend Over and Take It With a Smile is rigorously enforced.

Posted by: MrScribbler at July 11, 2013 03:11 AM (/RIVS)

976 Thanks for your kind advice Miss Marple. It really means alot. And I not being sarcastic. I really mean it from the heart.

Posted by: Judge_Roy_Bean at July 11, 2013 03:12 AM (zets4)

977 I got all of the questions correct!

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Pirate Scum of Umbar at July 11, 2013 05:09 AM (hLRSq)

978 23 Books You Didn't Read In High School But Actually Should I used to think these things were big deals. Then I realized that Shakespeare, Socrates and Caesar Augustus didn't read them, either. So there is that.

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie ® at July 11, 2013 06:09 AM (1hM1d)

979 Everyone knows Susan B. Anthony was that deaf and blind girl that kept a diary about the Nazis.

Posted by: bestie21 at July 11, 2013 11:02 AM (ijwsR)

980 #8, Citizenship Test: "Upon being presented with a chamber pot with George III's likeness in a public street in Paris, Benjamin Franklin dropped his pants, sat down on it and used it for it's intended function."

Posted by: RonF at July 11, 2013 01:19 PM (l8nW6)

981 SOck reset

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at July 14, 2013 02:47 PM (azHfB)

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