July 08, 2013
— Maetenloch OMFG Obama To Deploy 15,000 Russian Troops in US Under DHS Orders!!!!!
An unsettling report prepared by the Emergencies Ministry (EMERCOM) circulating in the Kremlin today on the just completed talks between Russia and the United States in Washington D.C. says that the Obama regime has requested at least 15,000 Russian troops trained in disaster relief and "crowd functions" [i.e. riot control] be pre-positioned to respond to FEMA Region III during an unspecified "upcoming" disaster.
Well actually no.
In fact Stacy McCain actually did some digging and found that the story is bullshit:
That article is bullshit, so far as I can tell. It links to a seemingly legitimate Russian news site's report about the U.S.-Russian meeting, but that article says nothing at all about a report "circulating in the Kremlin" or Janet Napolitano requesting 15,000 Russian troops. The EU Times (bullshit) article also says this:FEMA Region III, the area Russian troops are being requested for, includes Washington D.C. and the surrounding States of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia, "strongly suggesting" that the Obama regime has lost confidence in its own military being able to secure its survival should it be called upon to do so.We have zero official sources for this, and good luck finding any mainstream news organization - Associated Press, Washington Post, Reuters, etc. - that has even taken notice of the June 25 U.S.-Russian meeting which (a) we know actually happened, based on a statement from the Russian agency, but which (b) apparently wasn't considered important enough to merit a press release from FEMA.
Apparently officials from FEMA and the Russian equivalent did meet in June but the result seems to have been the usual nicey-nice-let's-agree-to-share-experiences-and-training-tips bureaucratic argle-bargle. Not a mention of any troops or really anything claimed in the article.
By the way the EU Times isn't a newspaper, isn't affiliated with the EU, and apparently will print anything that people send in as long as it gets hits. The fact that they have a Zionism section, lots of links to Infowars, and stories like this, this and this tells you pretty much where they're coming from and how much credibility they deserve.
In fact this whole story is a case study of how click-attracting bullshit gets peddled and passed into the conservative blogosphere. Here's what the actual June press release from the Ministry of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense and Emergencies said:
The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry and the USA Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are going to exchange experts during joint rescue operations in major disasters. This is provided by a protocol of the fourth meeting of the U.S.-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission Working Group on Emergency Situations and seventeenth meeting of Joint U.S.-Russia Cooperation Committee on Emergency Situations, which took place in Washington on 25 June.The document provides for expert cooperation in disaster response operations and to study the latest practices.
In addition, the parties approved of U.S.-Russian cooperation in this field in 2013-2014, which envisages exchange of experience including in monitoring and forecasting emergency situations, training of rescuers, development of mine-rescuing and provision of security at mass events.
And here's how the EU Times (and Infowars and many other cut-and-paste sites) reported it:
Russian Forces to Provide "Security" At US EventsAs part of a deal signed last week in Washington DC between the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry and FEMA, Russian officials will provide "security at mass events" in the United States, a scenario that won't sit well with Americans wary of foreign assets operating on US soil.
According to a press release by the Ministry of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense and Emergencies, US and Russian officials met on June 25 at the 17th Joint U.S.-Russia Cooperation Committee on Emergency Situations.
Are these even vaguely the same thing? Hell no. And this exaggeration and deliberate misinterpretation is no mistake or accident. You see it in article after article. And sadly quite a few well-known conservative blogs also engage in the same bullshit-bait-and-switch as well.
So why do they do it when it's so obvious? Because they think you're stupid and gullible. And because it works.
The Grounding and Its Possible Implications
Over the weekend an Israeli F-16 crashed in the Mediterranean and in response Israel has grounded all of its F-16s and F-15s.
"An F16 combat aircraft crashed earlier today in the sea after the engine malfunctioned," the spokesman said. He added that the air force commander had decided to "ground all F16 and F15 planes until circumstances of the incident are reviewed."
Which barring more information about the failure seems like a rather dramatic response that leaves most of Israel's air assets grounded. But Spook69 speculates that this could be part of a larger deception:
And that brings us to another possibility: is today's crash being used as some sort of deception plan? As we've noted in the past, the Israelis are masters at tactical and strategic deception; virtually every major military operation in the history of the Jewish state has been preceded by some sort of deception operation. Before the 1967 war, for example, Israeli TV showed footage of soldiers on holiday, enjoying a trip to the beach, while preparations for the lightning strike against their Arab foes were underway.
How would the current grounding fit into a deception plan? Many major air operations are preceded by a maintenance stand down, giving maintenance crews enough time to prepare a maximum number of jets for combat. If key F-15I and F-16I units suddenly stopped flying, foreign intelligence services would instantly lock onto that development as a possible sign of an impending Israeli strike. But with all IAF F-15 and F-16 squadrons on the ground, it will be easier for the IAF to mask potential raid preparations.
Oh and then you have this:
In closing, we offer this final tidbit: the coming days represent a period of extremely low lunar illumination in Iran--ideal conditions for a night attack against Tehran's nuclear facilities. Yes, it's quite a stretch from an Israeli F-16 crash to a potential strike against Iran. But today's crash in the Mediterranean does give the IAF a rather convenient excuse to put a lot of planes on the ground--for preventive maintenance and inspections--at just the right time.
Whether the immigration bill passes or not.
GOP members of the Gang of 8:
Consider, first, the Republican senators who advocated the bill-primarily Marco Rubio of Florida-did so not only because they believe in a more open immigration system but because they live in states where they are obliged as an electoral matter to take serious account of Hispanic populations or whose industries rely heavily on immigration (both legal and illegal). Senators represent the entirety of the states in which they live, and the swing-state-ier their state is, the more they need to be more supple politically than their colleagues from states that are more lopsided in partisan terms
The GOP opposition:
Now consider the Republicans in opposition, both in the House and Senate. This was a gimme to them also. The party's grass roots went absolutely ballistic over the bill, and so they can show their fealty to the base with a vote against. As for those grass-roots groups, this has been a fundraising bonanza for them, and also a thrilling way to demonstrate their hold over the party
And the Democrats:
They have the best of both worlds. If legislation were to be signed by the president, they were confident it would have benefited their party politically by eventually creating new voters who they think would be in their camp. Failure would mean a new line of attack against Republicans with Hispanics to keep them in line and convinced the GOP is their enemy.
Welcome to kabuki politics.
Apparently there's a reason that it's tanking hard at the box office:
The entire story is about Tonto "setting the record straight" in 1933 talking to kids about the real old west. The US military is evil and corrupt and incompetent, so horrible you cheer for the Indians who come to the real rescue. The white man is consistently awful and wicked. Cowboys were monsters, settlers were awful, on and on it goes.
From what I've read, its like Howard Zinn wrote the screenplay. I guess the people behind the film thought it would be all clever and ironic to turn the Lone Ranger on its head - after all it worked so well for Green Hornet... oh yeah - and maybe they figured a movie that kicks America in the pills for two hours in its most beloved historical era would do well overseas.
And the Lone Ranger's mask is now about white guilt rather than mystery. Ed Driscoll weighs in:
So Disney gambled up to $250 million on a film whose title character is virtually unknown to 21st century audiences, in a genre that Black Armband leftists despise and as a result, conservatives distrust Hollywood's inevitable revisionism, and is frequently a loser overseas. Perhaps it's yet another reminder, as veteran screenwriter William Goldman likes to say about his industry, nobody knows anything.
Redefining Gettysburg the Leftist Way
Somehow despite being given by a Republican president the battle of Gettysburg has become whatever the Democrats need it to be.
Winding up the great three-day ceremonies on the scene of the Civil War's decisive battle seventy-five years ago, President Roosevelt today [July 3, 1938] told 50,000 cheering veterans of the Civil and World Wars that the present generation is fighting its way through "another conflict as fundamental as Lincoln's" - a conflict on the battlefield of the mind. "It is being fought not with the glint of steel, but with appeals to reason and justice on a thousand fronts," he said, "to save opportunity and security for the citizen in a free society."
She told the vice president that this was a chance to deliver "a masterpiece to be remembered by" and suggested that Dwight D. Eisenhower, living in Gettysburg in retirement from the presidency, might be drawn to the event.By then the idea had gained momentum, all except the Eisenhower element. "Bringing in nationally prominent Republicans, however, could reduce the advantage of this situation," a top Johnson aide, probably Busby, wrote in an unsigned internal memo that now rests in the files of the Johnson Library.
All politics, in L.B.J.'s time as in ours, is personal.
And today:
In addition, The New York Times has a slide show of Gettysburg, three pictures (one third) of which have nothing to do with the Civil War.
A hidden base used to protect and resupply Soviet subs and store nuclear warheads.
How did I ever make it through the 80s without seeing this? And yes it has Ed Harris and Stephen King in it.
Listen: I am a man of simple tastes, so when someone tells me that there is a movie out there that is entirely based around dudes jousting each other on dirt bikes, I am going to see that movie as soon as humanly possible. Turns out that movie does in fact exist: 1981's Knightriders, written and directed by George Romero. Yes, that George Romero. He did it between Dawn and Day.
You might think that "a movie about dirt bike jousting directed by George Romero" would pretty much cover all the bizarre stuff going on in this movie, but trust me on this: It is only the beginning. It's the kind of movie that's so damn weird that when you finish, you immediately start telling people they need to see it.
The Yahoo AoSHQ group. Bla bla bla.
And my twitter thang.
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Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at July 08, 2013 05:53 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 08, 2013 05:55 PM (XvHmy)
That's be an interesting crossing of the streams there Mr. Bannion...
Sigourney Weaver's briefs and Patric Swayze's griefs...
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at July 08, 2013 05:55 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Mimi from the State of Miami at July 08, 2013 05:56 PM (omBWL)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at July 08, 2013 05:57 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 08, 2013 05:57 PM (WGVAJ)
not everyone starts at the bottom and works / f*cks their way to the top
"Sigourney" my ass, F. Scott
Posted by: Mimi from the State of Miami at July 08, 2013 05:59 PM (omBWL)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at July 08, 2013 05:59 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at July 08, 2013 05:59 PM (xvZYu)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 08, 2013 06:00 PM (pz4tT)
Posted by: Mr. Wizard at July 08, 2013 06:00 PM (MhA4j)
Posted by: David, infamous sockpuppet[/i][/u][/b][/s] at July 08, 2013 06:00 PM (w6ylO)
that was the first reason i knew the story was bullshit
Posted by: redc1c4 at July 08, 2013 06:02 PM (8MasJ)
Posted by: Mr. Wizard at July 08, 2013 06:03 PM (MhA4j)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at July 08, 2013 06:03 PM (mzgpZ)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 08, 2013 06:03 PM (zPVBH)
for Infidel-
sent the pictures. it was a big file so it might have gone into your spam box. hope you like them.
Posted by: rich@gmu at July 08, 2013 06:04 PM (ga+7c)
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at July 08, 2013 06:04 PM (ZnmEV)
which means... we're stupid and gullible?
Posted by: Jones in CO at July 08, 2013 06:04 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at July 08, 2013 06:04 PM (l3vZN)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at July 08, 2013 06:04 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 08, 2013 06:04 PM (WGVAJ)
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One could only hope. Hell, I want job there. Final inspection and test.
BANG!
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 08, 2013 06:05 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: redc1c4 at July 08, 2013 06:06 PM (8MasJ)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 08, 2013 06:06 PM (4Mv1T)
Anyone else find these new type of animation films to be unwatchable? It all started with TOY STORY.
My brain cannot negotiate what my eyes process with these Pixar films. What happened to normal animation?
Posted by: soothsayer at July 08, 2013 06:07 PM (FC8Yl)
Posted by: RWC at July 08, 2013 06:07 PM (8FeS+)
Posted by: Beto at July 08, 2013 06:08 PM (MhA4j)
The website that features the Russian subpen (English Russia) gives a really fascinating look at that country and it's history. Sort of like Shorpy.
Just don't go into the comments--they are deranged.
Posted by: irongrampa at July 08, 2013 06:08 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 08, 2013 06:08 PM (pz4tT)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 08, 2013 06:08 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at July 08, 2013 06:08 PM (jucos)
we're not the target audience and the kids have a differently developing uncanny valley than we grew up with...
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at July 08, 2013 06:09 PM (LRFds)
Posted by: Lauren at July 08, 2013 06:09 PM (ikxXh)
Posted by: redc1c4
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They've purchased an old Unifi textile plant in the sticks well north of the Triad area close to the VA border.
It's a news release from their website so it's confirmed.
http://tinyurl.com/mrmx4od
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 08, 2013 06:09 PM (4Mv1T)
Also: watched GI JOE II last night.
It could've been a lot better if they smartened up the dialogue a bit.
Posted by: soothsayer at July 08, 2013 06:09 PM (052zE)
Posted by: Beto at July 08, 2013 06:09 PM (MhA4j)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 08, 2013 06:09 PM (MBqvE)
http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/selection-du-weekend-43-24.jpg
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 08, 2013 06:10 PM (WGVAJ)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at July 08, 2013 06:10 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 08, 2013 10:08 PM (GEICT)
Well it's linked in nearly every single ONT but alas my efforts are for naught. :-(
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AceOfSpadesHQ/
Posted by: Mætenloch at July 08, 2013 06:11 PM (pAlYe)
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I'm more interested in guests being allowed to test fire various bits and pieces.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 08, 2013 06:11 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense ...... at July 08, 2013 06:11 PM (9bMee)
Posted by: Dong Ha at July 08, 2013 06:11 PM (KwX4y)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 08, 2013 06:12 PM (GEICT)
So the sex tape that Ace claims to have showing Kate Upton in flagrante delicto is a dodge?
I'm crushed.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 08, 2013 06:12 PM (eSrLn)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 08, 2013 06:12 PM (aDwsi)
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CarolinaShootersClub.com
If I'm not here, I'm there.
Or in the bathroom.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 08, 2013 06:12 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 08, 2013 06:13 PM (xtjD/)
Posted by: You gonna eat that? at July 08, 2013 06:14 PM (GrtrJ)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 08, 2013 06:14 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 08, 2013 06:14 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: RWC at July 08, 2013 06:15 PM (8FeS+)
Posted by: lowandslow at July 08, 2013 06:15 PM (Fz2C7)
Posted by: Lauren at July 08, 2013 06:16 PM (ikxXh)
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Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 08, 2013 06:16 PM (WGVAJ)
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Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at July 08, 2013 06:17 PM (yoh1c)
Posted by: Jmel at July 08, 2013 06:17 PM (BoDpj)
Posted by: lowandslow
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Never mind the crow..
Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 08, 2013 06:18 PM (aDwsi)
in elementary school, we took a field trip to a Hostess bakery in Washington DC
that was a good day
Posted by: Jones in CO at July 08, 2013 06:18 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 08, 2013 06:18 PM (WGVAJ)
Posted by: Lauren at July 08, 2013 06:18 PM (ikxXh)
Start whenever yer ready.
Anytime.
Just go right ahead.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 08, 2013 06:19 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: huerfano at July 08, 2013 06:19 PM (bAGA/)
Posted by: polynikes at July 08, 2013 06:20 PM (8xOfO)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at July 08, 2013 06:20 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at July 08, 2013 06:20 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 08, 2013 06:20 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: EC at July 08, 2013 06:20 PM (doBIb)
we should call them 'human vivisection enthusiasts'
Posted by: Jones in CO at July 08, 2013 06:21 PM (8sCoq)
I've been looking for a monster movie or such to take the boys to.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat a
Not that I can report outside of the UN using the USNavy as their personal flotation devices.
It actually makes a point about kumbaya nonsense - ie it gets a whole bunch of people killed in one centerpiece scene.
Personal sacrifice is the central theme if there is any 'big idea' in the thing.
Oh, and a very tame PG-13. Just a few cheap jump scares, nothing bad gore wise.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at July 08, 2013 06:21 PM (xvZYu)
Posted by: Big Ben at July 08, 2013 06:21 PM (Ai5XM)
Posted by: Waterhouse at July 08, 2013 06:21 PM (ZO1w/)
Posted by: polynikes
Dibs on the gymnasts!
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at July 08, 2013 06:21 PM (xvZYu)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 08, 2013 06:21 PM (WGVAJ)
that was a good day
Posted by: Jones in CO
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I see your hostess bet, and raise you a dozen donuts.
Toured a Krispy Kreme donut bakery in elementary school.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 08, 2013 06:22 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: RWC at July 08, 2013 06:22 PM (8FeS+)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at July 08, 2013 06:22 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 08, 2013 06:23 PM (GEICT)
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If it were up to me, ALL crows would be endangered.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 08, 2013 06:23 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at July 08, 2013 06:23 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 08, 2013 06:24 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: RiverC at July 08, 2013 06:24 PM (KTytI)
Posted by: EC
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October 5th, right? The Big Boss Brewing Company.
Will we get employee discounts for volume consumption.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 08, 2013 06:24 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 08, 2013 06:25 PM (WGVAJ)
Posted by: Tobacco Road
Be careful. Those fuckers are smart. If you don't get them all at the same time, you're in for a world of hurt.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at July 08, 2013 06:25 PM (xvZYu)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at July 08, 2013 06:25 PM (mzgpZ)
This is Depp's 2nd really big lefty stinker in a row (AFIK); this and Rango. Good riddance.
Posted by: dogfish at July 08, 2013 06:25 PM (nsOJa)
Posted by: EC
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Me. But then Asheville is rife with the things.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 08, 2013 06:25 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: EC at July 08, 2013 06:26 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: BignJames at July 08, 2013 06:26 PM (20Mmk)
Posted by: polynikes at July 08, 2013 06:27 PM (8xOfO)
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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We've got one in the neighborhood that has learned to make gobble noises like a turkey.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 08, 2013 06:27 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 08, 2013 06:27 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Jmel at July 08, 2013 10:17 PM (BoDpj)
No. Here's the relevant text from the Twelfth Amendment:
The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves.
What that means is that if both candidates are from Texas, then the Texas electors, only, can only vote for one of them. In a close election, this could have embarrassing consequences, hence the modern practice of not picking a presidential and vice-presidential candidate from the same state.
Posted by: TH at July 08, 2013 06:28 PM (S+/XI)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 08, 2013 06:28 PM (WGVAJ)
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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I do like that they clean the carrion out of my street. Lots of critters.
They are very tribal. They eff with the hawks and eagles here and usually lose. They get in big gangs and harass the hawks. Watched a hawk spike a crow midair at speed. The crow lost altitude rather rapidly.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 08, 2013 06:28 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Thrawn at July 08, 2013 06:28 PM (KiyII)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 08, 2013 10:24 PM (GEICT)
Disciples of racist eugenicist Margaret Sanger.
Posted by: tsrblke (tablet) at July 08, 2013 06:28 PM (GaqMa)
Posted by: EC at July 08, 2013 06:28 PM (doBIb)
NY Gun law amended in middle of night to exempt retired cops from magazine limit
at LegalInsurrection.com
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at July 08, 2013 06:29 PM (xvZYu)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at July 08, 2013 06:29 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at July 08, 2013 06:29 PM (wR+pz)
Dufus jackassery from the very 1st preview.
Posted by: dissent555 at July 08, 2013 06:29 PM (yR6A1)
You have Saint Arnolds in Houston too.
Posted by: dogfish at July 08, 2013 06:29 PM (nsOJa)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 08, 2013 06:29 PM (WGVAJ)
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 08, 2013 06:30 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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Highland Brewing co. My favorite is their Gaelic Ale. It is outstanding.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 08, 2013 06:30 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: polynikes at July 08, 2013 06:30 PM (KdfFa)
Posted by: EC at July 08, 2013 06:30 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 08, 2013 06:31 PM (WGVAJ)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at July 08, 2013 06:32 PM (wR+pz)
In those big ol black buses from Canada?
Posted by: NCwoof at July 08, 2013 06:32 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: EC at July 08, 2013 10:23 PM
Count me for multiple tours at multiple breweries! I love beer and the making thereof.
Posted by: tsrblke (tablet) at July 08, 2013 06:32 PM (GaqMa)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 08, 2013 06:32 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 08, 2013 06:32 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Jones in CO at July 08, 2013 06:32 PM (8sCoq)
Songbirds chase crows. The smaller birds are counting on maneuverability.
Posted by: fluffy at July 08, 2013 06:33 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at July 08, 2013 06:34 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: EC at July 08, 2013 06:34 PM (doBIb)
"sven, 5 years from now we'll learn that Pixar films cause epilepsy. "
You want to start a class action on Pixar? I'll do it for you for 50% of the gross judgement. Guaranteed cash settlement.
Posted by: John Edwards at July 08, 2013 06:34 PM (VrVBw)
Posted by: RWC at July 08, 2013 10:22 PM (8FeS+)
sounds like a star trek arc...
Posted by: rich@gmu at July 08, 2013 06:34 PM (ga+7c)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 08, 2013 10:29 PM (WGVAJ)
Nah, I'm home and the temps are comfortable and the day from hell is over. Maybe tomorrow will be better. How you doin'? No matter what kind of skeevy-ass, nothing works right, craptastic, downtown LA, filthy day I had, it's so nice to come home to the horde. 
better?
Posted by: Peaches at July 08, 2013 06:34 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Guido - 'now with 75+% more hate' at July 08, 2013 06:35 PM (/7gW+)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 08, 2013 06:35 PM (WGVAJ)
I could see making an exception for cops named Harry Callahan or John McClane. Maybe even Cahill and Walker, too.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 08, 2013 06:35 PM (BAS5M)
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We had a bald eagle at the lake down the street. Watched two crows tailing him across the lake. He was soaring, they were flapping like hell. Looked like two F-16s tailing a jumbo jet. The jumbo jet ignored them.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 08, 2013 06:35 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Sean at July 08, 2013 06:36 PM (IQ81y)
Posted by: t-dubyah-d at July 08, 2013 06:36 PM (u6lBN)
Posted by: BignJames at July 08, 2013 06:36 PM (20Mmk)
Posted by: Puddleglum at July 08, 2013 06:36 PM (8SsiG)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 08, 2013 10:32 PM (4Mv1T)
awesome!!!! poor fluffy (not to be confused with the esteemed commenter of the same name) is still a virgin. i'm a sad panda.
Posted by: Peaches at July 08, 2013 06:36 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Thrawn at July 08, 2013 06:36 PM (KiyII)
Posted by: rickl at July 08, 2013 06:36 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at July 08, 2013 06:36 PM (wR+pz)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 08, 2013 06:37 PM (WGVAJ)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at July 08, 2013 06:37 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: ALH at July 08, 2013 06:38 PM (2LTPq)
Peaches, my day was just another day of UE. Rode a motorcycle at high speed, because I still can. I also took a bag of trash to the dumpster.
One thing that stood out: I stopped at a corner store for a cold drink, and some girl rode up to the store on a horse.
Posted by: Jones in CO at July 08, 2013 06:38 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at July 08, 2013 06:38 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: DC in Towson at July 08, 2013 06:38 PM (IuTEy)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 08, 2013 06:39 PM (xtjD/)
117 fuckity fuckity fuck.
Well hello again dear. lol. You're just so CUTE when you say "fuckity, fuckity fuck.
Posted by: Guido - 'now with 75+% more hate' at July 08, 2013 06:39 PM (/7gW+)
Posted by: polynikes at July 08, 2013 06:39 PM (RM1gx)
what about that Dillinger flick?
Posted by: Jones in CO at July 08, 2013 06:39 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at July 08, 2013 06:39 PM (2up3Q)
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An iron horse, and a... horse.
A horse is a horse of course.
Posted by: Wilbur at July 08, 2013 06:40 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 08, 2013 06:40 PM (xtjD/)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 08, 2013 06:40 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at July 08, 2013 06:40 PM (HDgX3)
Posted by: Lauren at July 08, 2013 06:41 PM (ikxXh)
Posted by: DC in Towson at July 08, 2013 06:41 PM (IuTEy)
Today was writing, talking about writing with AllenG of the mythical blog. Eat burger and fries for lunch at Wards. Grocery shopping. And pressure washing the grime off the truck. Strangely this did not trigger an afternoon monsoon. And heard sirens going off, so EMS was busy.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 08, 2013 06:41 PM (WGVAJ)
One thing that stood out: I stopped at a corner store for a cold drink, and some girl rode up to the store on a horse.
Posted by: Jones in CO at July 08, 2013 10:38 PM (8sCoq)
taunty bitch . . . now go make me a sammich, very light on the mayo, por favor.
Posted by: Peaches at July 08, 2013 06:41 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: EC at July 08, 2013 06:41 PM (doBIb)
I guarantee you my fellow LIV New Yorkers loved it.
Posted by: Governor Weiner-Spritzer at July 08, 2013 06:42 PM (uLzrM)
Posted by: polynikes at July 08, 2013 06:43 PM (ZhNCB)
Posted by: Synnerman at July 08, 2013 06:43 PM (0Bdlg)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 08, 2013 06:43 PM (zPVBH)
Posted by: Lowell at July 08, 2013 06:43 PM (RbFlM)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 08, 2013 06:43 PM (GEICT)
++++++++++++++++
Sierra Nevada in the Appalachians? The really Odd couple
Posted by: NCwoof at July 08, 2013 06:43 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: Peaches at July 08, 2013 06:44 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: soothsayer at July 08, 2013 10:44 PM (GcwH1)
wanted, dead or alive
Posted by: Peaches at July 08, 2013 06:44 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: NCwoof
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I thought it, you said it.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 08, 2013 06:44 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at July 08, 2013 06:45 PM (XvrTA)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 08, 2013 06:45 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Sandra Flook at July 08, 2013 06:46 PM (uLzrM)
Posted by: polynikes at July 08, 2013 06:46 PM (2o9a+)
Posted by: DC in Towson at July 08, 2013 06:46 PM (IuTEy)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 08, 2013 06:47 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: EC at July 08, 2013 06:47 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Barack Obama at July 08, 2013 06:47 PM (zPVBH)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 08, 2013 06:48 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: speedster1 at July 08, 2013 06:48 PM (yeM7r)
Posted by: Sigourney at July 08, 2013 06:49 PM (Jcp1w)
http://youtu.be/ZImWfSmESs0
There is Earth or the Junkyard. Floating above is the city of Tipahres. Tiphares is where all the elite live, one such is Doc Ido who finds Alita and rebuilds her though now he is a exiled to Earth. On Earth there are those like Hugo who dream of reaching Tiphares.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 08, 2013 06:49 PM (WGVAJ)
If they'd been making movies at the budget and footprint they did way back in the day, they'd be doing okay; but big money expectations don't leave them any room to prove themselves to an untrusting public.
Posted by: RiverC at July 08, 2013 06:49 PM (KTytI)
Posted by: RiverC at July 08, 2013 06:51 PM (KTytI)
Posted by: EC at July 08, 2013 06:51 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Peaches at July 08, 2013 06:52 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: rickl at July 08, 2013 06:53 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 08, 2013 06:53 PM (WGVAJ)
Posted by: ghostofhallelujah at July 08, 2013 10:45 PM (XvrTA)
You must be gay. NTTAWWT.
Posted by: rickl at July 08, 2013 10:53 PM (sdi6R)
that's a man, baby . . .
Posted by: Peaches at July 08, 2013 06:53 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: tsrblke (tablet) at July 08, 2013 06:53 PM (GaqMa)
BC - Draw her a hot bath, candles, flower petals, aromatherapy shit, the works. Give her 20 min to soak, then slip in the tub with her to "wash her back."
That and a Colt 45 malt liquor works everytime.
Posted by: Count Billy Dee de Monet at July 08, 2013 06:53 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 08, 2013 06:54 PM (GEICT)
Hollywood's problem stems from the fact that they ignore/dismiss roughly half their potential audience
used to be, studios made movies that would appeal to the widest possible audience, in order to make money. Now it seems the target audience is Hollywood itself.
Posted by: Jones in CO at July 08, 2013 06:55 PM (8sCoq)
oh, James Carville is in GI JOE II
he looks like Captain America's arch nemesis RED SKULL with teh hivs.
Posted by: soothsayer at July 08, 2013 06:55 PM (39q3n)
Big Hooters Girl was in it too
and get off my lawn
Posted by: Jones in CO at July 08, 2013 06:56 PM (8sCoq)
About that Kabuki theater re immigration: Boehner on Capitol steps today says House to do its own immigration bill: http://bit.ly/170TQlj
They. Do. Not. Care. What. We. Want.
Posted by: RushBabe at July 08, 2013 06:56 PM (qkZxk)
Too "curvy" for your tastes?
Posted by: fluffy at July 08, 2013 06:56 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 08, 2013 06:56 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: DC in Towson at July 08, 2013 06:57 PM (IuTEy)
http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/selection-du-weekend-43-21.jpg
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 08, 2013 06:57 PM (WGVAJ)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 08, 2013 06:57 PM (GEICT)
http://ashevillebrewerytours.com/breweries/
Posted by: Mike Hammer at July 08, 2013 06:57 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: nip at July 08, 2013 06:57 PM (lGVXf)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 08, 2013 06:57 PM (xtjD/)
Posted by: yoodee at July 08, 2013 06:58 PM (jHPnj)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at July 08, 2013 06:58 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 08, 2013 10:56 PM (GEICT)
For me all that gets is "get the fuck out of my tub." It's a fairly small tub.
Posted by: tsrblke (tablet) at July 08, 2013 06:58 PM (GaqMa)
Don't think that was always true, though. I can recall a lot of mistrust for them; dancing, smoking, drinking, carousing. Hollywood did have to prove itself, and gradually it did, by making movies that appealed to the widest possible audience (though not all films did this-- survivorship bias)
If people remembered the full extend of Hollywood's checkered history, they'd recognize (I think) that the problem is they can't afford to re-prove themselves to the public, who has been progressively losing interest due to bad movies, leftist agitprop, and rising ticket prices among other things.
Posted by: RiverC at July 08, 2013 06:58 PM (KTytI)
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Yea. I don't know what the hell is wrong with the rest of this crowd.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 08, 2013 06:59 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 08, 2013 07:00 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: RiverC at July 08, 2013 07:00 PM (KTytI)
Posted by: polynikes at July 08, 2013 07:00 PM (eb70/)
Posted by: speedster1 at July 08, 2013 07:01 PM (yeM7r)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 08, 2013 11:00 PM (GEICT
Tradeoff to the otherwise large house. One shower only in the master bath, and a standard shower/tub combo in the hall bath.
Posted by: tsrblke (tablet) at July 08, 2013 07:02 PM (GaqMa)
btw, Tank came out nearly 30 years ago! (1984)
yeah, you're old
and Tank Girl is now old enough to buy cigarettes.
Posted by: soothsayer at July 08, 2013 07:03 PM (GcwH1)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 08, 2013 07:03 PM (xtjD/)
http://www.ufunk.net/vrac/selection-du-weekend-37/
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 08, 2013 07:05 PM (WGVAJ)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 08, 2013 07:05 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 08, 2013 07:05 PM (xjpRj)
Posted by: Lowell at July 08, 2013 07:05 PM (rbDRg)
The son of Rob and Laura.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 08, 2013 07:06 PM (OgQih)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at July 08, 2013 07:06 PM (yoh1c)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 08, 2013 11:05 PM (GEICT)
The baths are all brand new from the renovation of the house before we bought it, so no renovations in the near future. Our neighbors in the same style house showed us how they extended the master bath, but it only netted double sinks and a linen closet,
We might have enough spare tiles to make it a fairly cheap renovation, but it's still years out. (they left us all the spare materials from the renovation.)
Posted by: tsrblke (tablet) at July 08, 2013 07:08 PM (GaqMa)
Posted by: Clayton Moore at July 08, 2013 07:08 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at July 08, 2013 07:08 PM (HVff2)
Last time I sign him up for baseball in this chicken-shit town.
So, how's everyone this fine evening?
Posted by: tcn at July 08, 2013 07:09 PM (RnmNY)
screw it- rip their spleens out
Posted by: Jones in CO at July 08, 2013 07:10 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at July 08, 2013 07:11 PM (xtjD/)
"How would the current grounding fit into a deception plan? Many major air operations are preceded by a maintenance stand down, giving maintenance crews enough time to prepare a maximum number of jets for combat. If key F-15I and F-16I units suddenly stopped flying, foreign intelligence services would instantly lock onto that development as a possible sign of an impending Israeli strike. But with all IAF F-15 and F-16 squadrons on the ground, it will be easier for the IAF to mask potential raid preparations."
On the one hand (as my limited armchair knowledge understands..) F-16's are prone to catastrophic failure because they only have one engine.
On the other hand ... Maybe things are looking up after all !!
Posted by: spc at July 08, 2013 07:11 PM (WDovF)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 08, 2013 07:11 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: t-bird at July 08, 2013 07:11 PM (FcR7P)
http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/selection-du-weekend-35-27.jpg
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 08, 2013 07:11 PM (WGVAJ)
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Live vicariously. Just kick the shit out of the parents in the bleachers.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 08, 2013 07:12 PM (4Mv1T)
whoa, girl, might be head on a spike time, brazilian-style. or not, that could just be my own personal fantasy. sorry for your suck day, tcn.
Posted by: Peaches at July 08, 2013 07:12 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 08, 2013 07:13 PM (GEICT)
and eat it for all to see
Posted by: fluffy at July 08, 2013 11:11 PM (z9HTb)
Y'all appeal to my basest nature. I have the bumper sticker on the back of the mom-mobile that says "Alaska girls kick ass." So, really, they were warned.
Posted by: tcn at July 08, 2013 07:13 PM (RnmNY)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at July 08, 2013 07:13 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at July 08, 2013 07:13 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 08, 2013 11:05 PM (xjpRj)
Ditto -- Alien was a 20-shot roman candle of ongoing fear and suspense.
Posted by: Die Trying at July 08, 2013 07:14 PM (w7J/R)
Posted by: t-bird at July 08, 2013 07:14 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at July 08, 2013 11:13 PM (RZ8pf)
Probably something she married.
Posted by: tcn at July 08, 2013 07:14 PM (RnmNY)
Posted by: the xenomorphs at July 08, 2013 07:14 PM (xtjD/)
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To benefit all mankind.
And Morons.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 08, 2013 07:14 PM (4Mv1T)
http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/selection-du-weekend-35-13.jpg
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 08, 2013 07:15 PM (WGVAJ)
Anyway, there is a SF movie coming out... Elysium, starring Matt Damon. I'm anticipating its release eagerly. No, not to watch the movie, you big sillies, but because Vox Day might review it.
Honestly, why would you care what that douchebag has to say about anything?
Posted by: Colorado Alex at July 08, 2013 07:15 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at July 08, 2013 07:17 PM (SyOSq)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 08, 2013 07:17 PM (WGVAJ)
That guy in the vault is one of the London Boys, isn't he? Did you think we wouldn't notice?
Posted by: Anachronda at July 08, 2013 07:17 PM (U82Km)
Everyone shares everything. If you don't want to share, then don't bring it.
And the parents? Holy crap. Who buys their coach-pitch kid spikes and batting gloves? Kids can't hit the ball, but I guess it's all about how they look, or something. Shorts, sneakers and a band-aid would have done the trick.
We are outta this nasty little bedroom community in a couple of months and I won't miss anything here but my garden.
Posted by: tcn at July 08, 2013 07:17 PM (RnmNY)
Posted by: Matt Damon (F.A.G Member) at July 08, 2013 07:17 PM (KiyII)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at July 08, 2013 07:20 PM (HVff2)
And who knocked off the crow so he could look like that, anyway?
And why aren't they racist for having a white guy play an indian?
Posted by: tcn at July 08, 2013 07:20 PM (RnmNY)
Posted by: Peaches at July 08, 2013 07:20 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 08, 2013 07:20 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 08, 2013 07:21 PM (WGVAJ)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 08, 2013 07:21 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at July 08, 2013 11:20 PM (HVff2)
How on earth do you keep from killing them? I'd give them a piece of my mind, but my mind is saying 'throw the punch".
Posted by: tcn at July 08, 2013 07:22 PM (RnmNY)
Posted by: garrett at July 08, 2013 11:20 PM (25jvy)
No fuckin' way you would last long on any coach-pitch team I ran. Keep your damned bat, and your attitude.
Posted by: tcn at July 08, 2013 07:23 PM (RnmNY)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 08, 2013 07:24 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 08, 2013 07:25 PM (JMmQ9)
I have to go see RED2. Just saw a new trailer and these two ordelies are hauling Helen Mirrin off as she screams "I'm the Queen of England!!"
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 08, 2013 07:25 PM (WGVAJ)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at July 08, 2013 07:25 PM (HVff2)
http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/selection-du-weekend-35-32.jpg
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 08, 2013 07:26 PM (WGVAJ)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 08, 2013 07:26 PM (XIxXP)
N>>> o fuckin' way you would last long on any coach-pitch team I ran. Keep your damned bat, and your attitude.
Suck a bag of dicks.
The team has bats. If a kid wants to bring their own bat or equipment to a game, it's theirs to decide how it's used.
Go ahead and ask any baseball player if you can use his bat. You'll get the same answer. Fuck. No.
Posted by: garrett at July 08, 2013 07:26 PM (25jvy)
/s
I prefer something more on the zaftig side, personally.
Posted by: fluffy at July 08, 2013 07:27 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 08, 2013 07:27 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 08, 2013 07:29 PM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at July 08, 2013 07:29 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at July 08, 2013 07:30 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 08, 2013 07:30 PM (XIxXP)
Posted by: rickl at July 08, 2013 07:31 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 08, 2013 07:31 PM (GEICT)
The least of it is this: I don't want someone else's ball sweat and snot on my grip.
Also. I got a bat when I saved up enough money doing yardwork in the neighborhood.
Where was that other little bastard when I was weeding and doing the edging? He sure as hell wasn't helping me.
Posted by: garrett at July 08, 2013 07:31 PM (25jvy)
Posted by: Jake in ID-aquavit at July 08, 2013 07:32 PM (s/TCI)
I guess after so much terror and fright, they figured that the guys needed a boost to unshrivel the ole one eyed worm in prep for the heavy petting (or more) after the movie.
I'm pretty sure the Alien wasn't turned on. (and actually, neither was I as I've always thought that Sigourney Weaver may be ok but she's not sexy and never twanged my twanger. Well maybe Zuul was hot).
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Ecclesiates 9:11) at July 08, 2013 07:32 PM (28TG+)
>>> I let someone borrow my personel favorite bat and he broke it.
Hey Jake, can I borrow your rifle?
Posted by: garrett at July 08, 2013 07:33 PM (25jvy)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at July 08, 2013 07:33 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: McGregor at July 08, 2013 07:33 PM (qo244)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at July 08, 2013 07:33 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at July 08, 2013 07:34 PM (jucos)
Posted by: garrett at July 08, 2013 07:34 PM (25jvy)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 08, 2013 07:36 PM (GEICT)
Only if the attack the McDonalds in the picture.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at July 08, 2013 07:38 PM (OgQih)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 08, 2013 07:38 PM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Jake in ID-aquavit at July 08, 2013 07:38 PM (s/TCI)
Posted by: McGregor at July 08, 2013 07:39 PM (qo244)
Posted by: Jmel at July 08, 2013 07:40 PM (BoDpj)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 08, 2013 07:40 PM (JMmQ9)
Bad ju-ju, OSP.
Lot of superstition in baseball.
Nobody likes to have their stuff touched, let alone used by someone else.
Posted by: garrett at July 08, 2013 07:41 PM (25jvy)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 08, 2013 07:41 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 08, 2013 07:42 PM (XIxXP)
Posted by: Jake in ID-aquavit at July 08, 2013 07:42 PM (s/TCI)
Posted by: shredded chi at July 08, 2013 07:43 PM (qqEdf)
Are you sayin' that Jesus can't hit a curve ball?!?!?
Posted by: fluffy at July 08, 2013 07:43 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: DAve at July 08, 2013 07:44 PM (albkL)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 08, 2013 07:44 PM (XIxXP)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 08, 2013 07:45 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 08, 2013 07:45 PM (XIxXP)
I think there is a confusion in that, from kids up to 14 playing with friends in the neighborhood . And bigger kids in organized sports that can actually break a bat once in a blue moon. Oh and hitting hard enough where football pads need to fit to protect.
Posted by: McGregor at July 08, 2013 07:46 PM (qo244)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at July 08, 2013 07:47 PM (jucos)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at July 08, 2013 07:48 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 08, 2013 07:48 PM (GEICT)
We are way past sorry now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHJS-i_ajFA
Posted by: fluffy at July 08, 2013 07:48 PM (z9HTb)
++++++++++++++++
Sierra Nevada in the Appalachians? The really Odd couple
Posted by: NCwoof at July 08, 2013 10:43 PM (aUQgu)
Not sure if this was covered up-thread, but you might be thinking of Fat Tire, not Sierra- Fat Tire is building a 2nd brewery in WNC, on the French Broad in Asheville.
Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at July 08, 2013 07:49 PM (0tHG6)
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 08, 2013 07:50 PM (JMmQ9)
Hitting the ball off the T?
Posted by: McGregor at July 08, 2013 07:51 PM (qo244)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 08, 2013 07:51 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: CMU VET at July 08, 2013 07:53 PM (ejB0r)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 08, 2013 07:54 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Jake in ID-aquavit at July 08, 2013 07:54 PM (s/TCI)
Posted by: Kalneva at July 08, 2013 07:54 PM (XyrkB)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at July 08, 2013 07:55 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at July 08, 2013 07:57 PM (yoh1c)
Peaches, I've grown quite fond of 'fuckity'. It is reminiscent of calamity, but with more fucked.
CC, glad to hear of Maddie's continued improvement.
Sigourney? I'd let her eat crackers in my bed.
Posted by: GnuBreed at July 08, 2013 07:58 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: somebody else, not me at July 08, 2013 07:58 PM (29vnO)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense...... at July 08, 2013 07:59 PM (9bMee)
Posted by: Kalneva at July 08, 2013 08:00 PM (XyrkB)
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense...... at July 08, 2013 08:01 PM (9bMee)
Posted by: shredded chi at July 08, 2013 08:02 PM (qqEdf)
Posted by: McGregor at July 08, 2013 08:02 PM (qo244)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at July 08, 2013 08:03 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: AltonJackson (new content up) at July 08, 2013 08:04 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at July 08, 2013 08:05 PM (PwV7G)
Janice Joplin raw on Bobby McGee
Enjoy:
http://tinyurl.com/74ezps
Posted by: Craig Poe at July 08, 2013 08:06 PM (BVkEs)
hot/not hot?
Posted by: Jones in CO at July 08, 2013 11:05 PM
Not hot, really. She's fine and all, but, I don't think she's been about "hot". I think it's a good thing though. She's the attractive everywoman. The casting of Alien was fantastic. Both Cartwight and Weaver were believable in their roles as space truckers. They sold that shit. If they'd cast some bimbo hottie in Ripley's part it would not have worked. It's a rare thing these days. Look at the "Thing" prequel/remake and "Prometheus". Terrible casting in the equivalent roles. Pretty poor casting all round, actually.
Weaver's always been more interesting, than hot. Which is a plus for the movies she's been in. Likwise "ghostbusters" etc.
Posted by: otho at July 08, 2013 08:06 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Cowboy at July 08, 2013 08:08 PM (FMrA0)
Posted by: Jake in ID-aquavit at July 08, 2013 08:08 PM (s/TCI)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at July 08, 2013 08:10 PM (nUH8H)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at July 08, 2013 08:11 PM (nUH8H)
Posted by: The Repertory Hat at July 08, 2013 08:11 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: CAC at July 08, 2013 08:11 PM (sW2eI)
Posted by: angel with a sword at July 08, 2013 08:11 PM (2y8mE)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at July 08, 2013 08:13 PM (Vk2pI)
Flipping through I saw some of American Ninja (or they were looking for an American to complete the course) But none the less they had a woman that was a Coast Guard Rescue swimmer. I'm not a small/weak guy but this chick I'm sure could kick my ass. And it was a little disconcerting that I found her so attractive. Kinda like Ripley in the shape she was in during Aliens. In Gostbusters she was a little hotter though.
Posted by: McGregor at July 08, 2013 08:13 PM (qo244)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at July 08, 2013 08:14 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Bayou City at July 08, 2013 08:17 PM (9ppEA)
Posted by: buzzion at July 08, 2013 08:18 PM (LI48c)
The novel has been proposed ("queried" is the term, I believe) to an Agent.
What does that mean?
I'll refrain from other stuff that might jinx.
Posted by: fluffy at July 08, 2013 08:18 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Captain Whitebread at July 08, 2013 08:20 PM (5J54Q)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at July 08, 2013 08:21 PM (V1ZIU)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at July 08, 2013 08:22 PM (nUH8H)
What with this being the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, I am reading and watching movies about it, all I can get my hands on.
Just cranked up the DVD with Jeff Daniels and Martin Sheen as Gen. Lee. It is a very well made movie despite my personal animus with all things Sheen.
Posted by: navybrat at July 08, 2013 08:23 PM (tPLfq)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at July 08, 2013 08:24 PM (Fr1KU)
Posted by: Gem at July 08, 2013 08:24 PM (zw+pb)
http://tinyurl.com/kxsc965
Posted by: McGregor at July 08, 2013 08:25 PM (qo244)
Posted by: otho at July 08, 2013 08:25 PM (9gNQd)
Any obligation on your part from this query?
Posted by: fluffy at July 08, 2013 08:26 PM (z9HTb)
http://tinyurl.com/kxsc965
Posted by: McGregor at July 09, 2013 12:25 AM (qo244
I'm pissed I didn't know it was back on. Guess that's what I get since G4 is gone and I don't watch NBC.
Posted by: buzzion at July 08, 2013 08:28 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: rickl at July 08, 2013 08:28 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Rusty Nail at July 08, 2013 08:29 PM (zWMG0)
Substantively, the movie it had some very strange changes in tone. Really dark in some places mixed with near-slapstick silliness in others. It was a bit jarring at times, like they couldn't decide wither they wanted Sergio Leone bloodfest or a Buster Keaton comedy, so they did a little of both. I've seen a lot of criticism about its length and indeed it was not a tightly written story. It could have been told with 50 minutes removed from the middle and some characters probably should have been deleted. But even so, I never looked at my watch or fidgeted in my seat.
Take it for what it is, an imperfect but reasonably entertaining summer spectacular. By that standard it's worth the price of a ticket.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 08, 2013 08:30 PM (MwpsQ)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at July 08, 2013 08:31 PM (nUH8H)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 08, 2013 08:36 PM (XIxXP)
Nope. If they bite, they'll ask for the full manuscript. If they like that they'll send me a contract where they say they'll represent me, and in the event the book sells, they'll take 15%
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at July 09, 2013 12:31 AM (nUH8H)
Throw in a BDSM scene and claim that its a Twilight fanfiction. That should get you a deal.
Posted by: buzzion at July 08, 2013 08:38 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at July 08, 2013 08:38 PM (nUH8H)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at July 08, 2013 08:40 PM (nUH8H)
He is required to live according to the motto of Jeremy Bentham, "The greatest good for the greatest number," which is kind of like liberaltarianism. That's entirely inconsistent with an individualist reading of conservatism. Very FDR stuff, not surprising on WXYZ in 1933.
Clayton Moore followed William "Hopalong Cassidy" Boyd into the bizarre fantasy world of trying to live up to a fictional hero -- and made thousands of lives better for it. Old people around here remember the TV show. But the character had a leftist worldview baked right in on radio, 20 years before us'n's ever heard ta-da-dump for the first time.
Posted by: comatus at July 08, 2013 08:40 PM (JNUY4)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet Palin/Bolton 2016 at July 08, 2013 08:42 PM (XIxXP)
Posted by: buzzion at July 08, 2013 08:44 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: AltonJackson (new content up) at July 08, 2013 08:44 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: The Political Hat at July 08, 2013 08:44 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: buzzion at July 08, 2013 08:45 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: rickl at July 08, 2013 08:45 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channeling Breitbart at July 08, 2013 08:46 PM (nUH8H)
Realized today that the breakfast cereal I usually buy is made by General Mills. Had to make a quick last minute change at the supermarket.
Seriously, a *gay* cereal? What idiot thinks this crap up?
Posted by: junior at July 08, 2013 09:12 PM (Quo7C)
Still don't know what movie RIPD is, tho. :-)
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Rest In Peace Division
Ryan Reynolds plays a cop who dies and finds himself working as a cop for the dead. Jeff Bridges is his veteran partner who's showing him the ropes. Bad Things Start To Happen (tm).
I saw a trailer for it when I went to Man of Steel. It looks like it could be good.
Posted by: junior at July 08, 2013 09:16 PM (Quo7C)
*suddenly remembers Ganossa's curse* Max running the meanest toughest punk magic group in high school. Cruel to Ms. Liquuer. High and low magic ensues. Obachan Rally as principle.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 08, 2013 09:21 PM (WGVAJ)
Posted by: junior at July 09, 2013 01:12 AM (Quo7C)
Grope Nuts?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 08, 2013 09:28 PM (fNpC1)
Sounds quite similar to "Dead Like Me"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348913/
Posted by: fluffy at July 08, 2013 09:31 PM (z9HTb)
Oh, they did the same thing with casting in "Aliens". Dietrich and Vasquez... not "hot".
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Vasquez gets her own trope over at TV Tropes. It's called "Vazquez Always Dies".
Posted by: junior at July 08, 2013 09:35 PM (Quo7C)
TPH, that should be interseting. Looks like Katsumi and Roy's baby girl will be all grown up. 2023 + 17 = 2040. Yay. Maybe Lebia will have rebuilt Huey, Dewey, Louie, and Donald by then.
*suddenly remembers Ganossa's curse* Max running the meanest toughest punk magic group in high school. Cruel to Ms. Liquuer. High and low magic ensues. Obachan Rally as principle.
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I've got the full manga collection sitting on a book shelf. Didn't care so much for the TV series, though.
Posted by: junior at July 08, 2013 09:42 PM (Quo7C)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 08, 2013 09:49 PM (WGVAJ)
Sounds quite similar to "Dead Like Me"
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That's the TV series with the teenager who gets killed by the de-orbiting toilet seat, right? I saw the first few episodes of that. Based on the trailer, I don't think that the two have much in common. The DLM crew was about prepping people for death. RIPD is about "ghost cops" that get sent after violent trouble-making ghosts.
Trailer here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt59JjtWFSU
Posted by: junior at July 08, 2013 09:50 PM (Quo7C)
Posted by: SFGoth at July 08, 2013 09:51 PM (N+qVl)
Junior, even these?
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No, not those.
Squenix has an English-language manga division? Seriously?
Weird.
Posted by: junior at July 08, 2013 09:52 PM (Quo7C)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 08, 2013 09:55 PM (WGVAJ)
Those are the Japanese manga. Udon nor anyone else has ever brought Silent Mobius Tales to the English language market. Even Mobius Klein, save one issue, has never made it into English.
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Alright. I know Squenix has been branching out a lot, but I was pretty sure that English-language manga wasn't one of their expansion areas.
I still remember having a conversation with one of my friends (who was watching the TV series, but hadn't seen the manga). He wondered why the Lucifer Hawks never attacked the girls at their homes. I mentioned the incident that happens in the very first volume (which also explains *why* it doesn't happen), and then about... you know who...
Posted by: junior at July 08, 2013 10:00 PM (Quo7C)
Posted by: junior at July 09, 2013 01:35 AM
Forgot about Ferro. Easy on the eyes, for sure, but not a model type. Sold the role.
Posted by: otho at July 08, 2013 10:32 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: logprof at July 08, 2013 11:19 PM (+iA5G)
Posted by: Adriane ... at July 08, 2013 11:28 PM (Jv4FA)
Posted by: Adriane ... at July 09, 2013 03:28 AM (Jv4FA)
--Over my head. Who dat?
Posted by: logprof at July 09, 2013 12:20 AM (+iA5G)
Posted by: gekkobear at July 09, 2013 01:56 AM (w/ZKO)
Posted by: Arch & Heel Lovers, Inc. at July 09, 2013 08:08 AM (BDU/a)
Big Hooters Girl was in it too. . . .
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"Heartbreakers." Anything with Jennifer Love Hewitt is usually worth watching once.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at July 09, 2013 08:17 AM (BDU/a)
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Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at July 08, 2013 05:50 PM (HVff2)