August 27, 2013
— Maetenloch
Then came the sound of a musical instrument, from behind it seemed, very sweet and very short, as if it were one plucking of a string or one note of a bell, and after it a full, clear voice-and it sounded so high and strange that he thought it was very far away, further than a star.
The voice said, Come. Then John saw that there was a stone wall beside the road in that part: but it had (what he had never seen in a garden wall before) a window. There was not glass in the window and no bars; it was just a square hole in the wall. Through it he saw a green wood full of primroses: and he remembered suddenly how he had gone into another wood to pull primroses, as a child, very long ago-so long that even in the moment of remembering the memory seemed still out of reach.
"While he strained to grasp it, there came to him from beyond the wood a sweetness and pang so piercing that instantly he forgot his father's house, and his mother, and the fear of the Landlord, and the burden of the rules. All the furniture of his mind was taken away. A moment later he found that he was sobbing, and the sun had gone in: and what it was that had happened to him he could not quite remember, nor whether it had happened in this wood, or in the other wood when he was a child. It seemed to him that a mist which hung at the far end of the wood had parted for a moment, and through the rift he had seen a calm sea, and in the sea an island, where the smooth turf sloped down unbroken to the bays, and out of the thickets peeped the pale, small-breasted Oreads, wise like gods, unconscious of themselves like beasts, and tall enchanters, bearded to their feet, sat in green chairs among the forests.
But even while he pictured these things he knew with one part of his mind, that they were not like the things he had seen-nay, that what had befallen him was not seeing at all. But he was too young to heed the distinction: and too empty, now that the unbounded sweetness passed away,not to seize greedily whatever it had left behind. He had no inclination yet to go into the wood: and presently he went home, with a sad excitement upon him, repeating to himself a thousand times, "I know now what I want." The first time that he said it, he was aware that it was not entirely true: but before he went to bed he was believing it (The Pilgrim's Regress by C.S. Lewis, p. 8 ).
On Rejecting the Witch's World
“All you've been saying is quite right, I shouldn't wonder. I'm a chap who always liked to know the worst and then put the best face I can on it. So I won't deny any of what you said. But there's one more thing to be said, even so. Suppose we have only dreamed, or made up, all of those things—trees and grass and sun and moon and stars and Aslan himself. Suppose we have. Then all I can say is that, in that case, the made-up things seem a good deal more important than the real ones. Suppose this black pit of a kingdom of yours is the only world. Well, it strikes me as a pretty poor one. And that’s a funny thing, when you come to think of it. We’re just babies making up a game, if you’re right. But four babies playing a game can make a play-world which licks your real world hollow. That’s why I’m going to stand by the play-world. I’m on Aslan’s side, even if there isn’t any Aslan to lead it. I’m going to live as like a Narnian as I can, even if there isn’t any Narnia” (The Silver Chair, Chapter 12).
And also Obama's least-loved success: The US Federal Government is on track to actually spend less money than a previous year:
In 2010, the government spent $3.457 trillion, while this year it is on track to spend $3.455 trillion.Wait, that's less.
Granted, it's not a lot less. But for decades, government spending has been like a runaway train - rising beginning in the 1960s, accelerating during the 2000s under President George W. Bush and then careening to unprecedented levels during the start of the Obama administration.
Now, finally, that runaway train has been slowed, stopped and put into reverse. In 2013, "spending is projected to be down by about 5 percent from 2010, accounting for inflation," The Post reported.
That is not an insignificant achievement.
And as best I can tell no one starved or died in the streets because of this.
Scandinavia: Killing Jews is Totally Different From Killing Us
That's the only possible way to interpret the anger being expressed in the region this week in response to remarks made by Israel's Ambassador to Sweden Isaac Buchman. The ambassador is under fire for asking listeners on Swedish Radio to think about how they would feel if Anders Breivik, the perpetrator of the Utoya Island massacre, were released. Buchman complained that Israel wasn't getting credit for it's freeing of 26 Palestinian terrorist murderers in order to entice the Palestinian Authority back to the negotiating table. But rather than sympathize with the families of Israelis victimized by Palestinian murderers, people in Norway and Sweden are angry about any comparison between their sorrow and that of Jews killed by Arabs. Indeed, as one Swedish paper put it, the families of the Utoya incident are "seething" about the ambassador's analogy.
"There is no future left for Jewish communities in Europe."
"The fact is that while intellectually one can distinguish anti-Israeli fervor from anti-Semitism, in reality, on the streets of Malmö and Paris, and elsewhere in Europe, they are one and the same."
Professors Union: It's Crazy To Even Consider Measuring Whether Colleges Help Students
The effect of our highly compensated mind-work simply cannot be measured by peasantry like yourselves.
In response to President Obama's push to tie federal college aid to labor-market outcomes, the American Association of University Professors has issued a stern warning against the seemingly uncontentious idea of evaluating colleges before giving them money. "In reality measuring the output of our colleges and universities in a meaningful way is simply not possible," writes President Rudy Fichtenbaum.
Oppressed by the Spelling Patriarchy
And when your parents name you Icess Fernandez Rojas they're basically signing you up for the platinum program of perpetual grievance:
All I really wanted was a venti, white chocolate mocha without the whip cream.
I gave the barista, a lovely older woman, my name and she shot me the typical confused look.
I spelled it for her like a first-grader would recite her home phone number. "I-c-e-s-s. You know, like the goddess, but spelled like ice," I explained. "What?" she asked again.
How the Government Profits from Student Debt Defaults
Because there simply is no getting out of a student loan...ever.
..."Student-loan debt collectors have power that would make a mobster envious" is how Sen. Elizabeth Warren put it. Collectors can garnish everything from wages to tax returns to Social Security payments to, yes, disability checks. Debtors can also be barred from the military, lose professional licenses and suffer other consequences no private lender could possibly throw at a borrower.
The upshot of all this is that the government can essentially lend without fear, because its strong-arm collection powers dictate that one way or another, the money will come back. Even a very high default rate may not dissuade the government from continuing to make mountains of credit available to naive young people.
5 Beloved Celebrities Everyone Forgets Did Terrible Things
And let's not forget that Mark Wahlberg blinded a Vietnamese guy for kicks as a teenager.
Too Sexy For Class, Just Right For Football Games
Several Pinellas County schools are restricting or banning their own cheerleading uniforms during classroom hours amid a broader crackdown on the student dress code. In past years, administrators turned a blind eye during football season to the cheerleaders' sleeveless uniforms with short skirts.
But this year, as Pinellas high schools adopt stricter dress codes or simply step up enforcement, the uniforms aren't flying during the school day.
The AoSHQ group. Yeah.
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Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 27, 2013 06:46 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 27, 2013 06:48 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: the jackwagon at August 27, 2013 06:49 PM (DWF95)
Posted by: Arbalest at August 27, 2013 06:49 PM (FlRtG)
-We didn't do it.
Posted by: Workaholics at August 27, 2013 06:49 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 27, 2013 06:49 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: La-a, the dash is NOT silent at August 27, 2013 06:50 PM (bAGA/)
"While he strained to grasp it, there came to him from beyond the wood a sweetness"
huhuhuh uh huhuh... uh huhuh uh huhuh
Posted by: butthead at August 27, 2013 06:50 PM (9gNQd)
(Off to read the links. While I can still read. I've been "at this" a while . . .)
Posted by: filbert at August 27, 2013 06:50 PM (7vimm)
Posted by: the jackwagon at August 27, 2013 06:51 PM (DWF95)
Posted by: filbert at August 27, 2013 06:52 PM (7vimm)
Unpossible, I declare shenanigans.
Posted by: SpongeBob ReaverSaget at August 27, 2013 06:52 PM (kxSZr)
Posted by: puddleglum at August 27, 2013 06:52 PM (LBlsy)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Chelsea [/s][/i][/b][/u] at August 27, 2013 06:53 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 27, 2013 06:54 PM (HVff2)
But this year, as Pinellas high schools adopt stricter dress codes or simply step up enforcement, the uniforms aren't flying during the school day.
Dislike!
Posted by: R. Polanski at August 27, 2013 06:54 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Paul Zummo at August 27, 2013 06:55 PM (caPl0)
Posted by: caustic at August 27, 2013 06:55 PM (/b8+5)
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 27, 2013 06:55 PM (JMmQ9)
"back in my day" on Fridays before football Saturdays, the football players would wear their jerseys and the cheerleaders would wear their uniforms
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 27, 2013 06:56 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 06:56 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 27, 2013 06:56 PM (CeNUw)
Posted by: filbert at August 27, 2013 06:57 PM (7vimm)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 27, 2013 06:58 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Chelsea [/s][/i][/b][/u] at August 27, 2013 06:58 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Chelsea at August 27, 2013 10:53 PM (CA2NO)
I never wore anything to class. It wasn't even a question of "time constraints" or anything.
Posted by: Giant Vagina Womyn at August 27, 2013 06:58 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: the jackwagon at August 27, 2013 06:58 PM (DWF95)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Chelsea at August 27, 2013 10:53 PM (CA2NO)
--The football players would wear their jerseys on a home game day. Same with the girl field hockey players, which was hawt since we did not have really butchy ones. There was one cheerleader, though, who had scary thick muscular legs. One of the seniors (when I was a junior and she was a sophomore), when he saw her across the commons in her uniform said, "Damn, I know they put *her* at the bottom of the pyramid!" 
Posted by: logprof at August 27, 2013 06:59 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: UWP at August 27, 2013 06:59 PM (r98SZ)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at August 27, 2013 06:59 PM (uH46F)
Posted by: the jackwagon at August 27, 2013 07:00 PM (DWF95)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Chelsea [/s][/i][/b][/u] at August 27, 2013 07:00 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 07:00 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 27, 2013 10:56 PM (8sCoq)
--Your HS played on Saturdays? Where did you go, the USSR? That ain't American!
Posted by: logprof at August 27, 2013 07:00 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars[/i][/b][/s] at August 27, 2013 07:00 PM (E0PaU)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 27, 2013 07:00 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Mark Wahlberg at August 27, 2013 07:00 PM (Dsds2)
Well, fuckit, then. Zero out the fucking budgets for state-supported colleges and universities. I mean, if we don't know--and can't know--what the "output" of those institutions are . . . I'm sure there are lots of "poor" people whose EBT cards need recharging, instead . . .
Posted by: filbert at August 27, 2013 07:01 PM (7vimm)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars[/i][/b][/s] at August 27, 2013 07:02 PM (E0PaU)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at August 27, 2013 07:02 PM (uH46F)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 27, 2013 10:58 PM (aDwsi)
Dunno. I'm half-Norwegian (on my mother's side).
Wolves find it damn hard to swim in the ocean.
Posted by: filbert at August 27, 2013 07:02 PM (7vimm)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 27, 2013 07:02 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 27, 2013 07:03 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at August 27, 2013 07:03 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: logprof at August 27, 2013 11:00 PM (bufJH)
People's Republic of Maryland
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 27, 2013 07:03 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 27, 2013 07:03 PM (qI5t4)
Posted by: SpongeBob ReaverSaget at August 27, 2013 07:03 PM (kxSZr)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 07:04 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 27, 2013 07:04 PM (8sCoq)
College should be free.
Posted by: Charlie Rangel at August 27, 2013 07:05 PM (JsN1O)
Posted by: logprof at August 27, 2013 11:00 PM (bufJH)
People's Republic of Maryland
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 27, 2013 11:03 PM (8sCoq)
--That's fucked. The whole reason most NCAA games were originally Saturdays was so as not to compete with HS games. Of course, there hasn't been much football going on at the University of Maryland, either the last couple years.
Posted by: logprof at August 27, 2013 07:06 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Victor/Victoria at August 27, 2013 07:07 PM (FnJUz)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 27, 2013 07:07 PM (HVff2)
Which is why Tropic Thunder was unintentionally hilarious.
Posted by: SpongeBob ReaverSaget at August 27, 2013 07:07 PM (kxSZr)
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 27, 2013 07:07 PM (JMmQ9)
For the postcard, ah, the old days. In my current job I now manage programs on many of Pan Am's old air routes. Do the math. The airline industry. It sucks, but, it's a job.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 27, 2013 11:03 PM (qI5t4)
--Pan Am also stupidly sold off their hotel business, which was profitable, to help buoy its airline business, which was not.
Posted by: logprof at August 27, 2013 07:07 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: shredded chi at August 27, 2013 07:08 PM (prluT)
Somehow, this makes my day a little less bright....
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 27, 2013 07:08 PM (lxD2I)
Has Post Traumatic stress been made worse by our society or where you come to? I am a guy born in the early 60s. In my neighborhood the guys coming back from Vietnam were heroes. And as a teen through my 20s worked with many Vietnam Vets and was entranced and awed by their stories. Yes the things they had to do sucked but an naive soundboard that can both see/imagine the suck and the hero has to help a little IMO. So in places that are blue can a Vet find that soundboard to unload and not be called a baby killer?
Obviously not connected to anything but a thought that's been bugging me since PTS(D) is in the news and seems to hurt our guys more and more as each year passes.
Posted by: The Hickster at August 27, 2013 07:08 PM (V6R8M)
Posted by: Chelsea Puma (+SmuD) at August 27, 2013 07:08 PM (NqxXc)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at August 27, 2013 07:08 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 07:09 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac to now be called "Lord Humungus, the Ayatollah of RocknRol at August 27, 2013 07:09 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 27, 2013 07:09 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: thunderb at August 27, 2013 07:10 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: filbert at August 27, 2013 07:10 PM (7vimm)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 27, 2013 07:10 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: AmishDude at August 27, 2013 07:10 PM (xSegX)
Hickster,
I think it has increased a little, since we often aren't exposed to some of the harsher elements of life to which our forefathers were exposed. However, much of the increase is simply better acknowledgement of the problem.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at August 27, 2013 07:11 PM (lr3d7)
I have a very close friend dying of ALS, and just got word tonight that a best friend in Greenville SC died today unexpectedly.
While I have a little composure, let me say this. If you haven't been properly introduced to your Maker, Lewis can do a fine job.
I fear for my friend, who didn't/don't know Him.
A sad day.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at August 27, 2013 11:08 PM (4Mv1T)
--Shadowlands is a great movie, whatever you think (or don;t think) about the afterlife. I have yet to read A Grief Observed, but many of my friends who have lost someone have raved about it.
Posted by: logprof at August 27, 2013 07:11 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 27, 2013 11:09 PM (qyfb5)
Showoff. "Has your banana gone to the library?", is no way to start of a conversation.
Posted by: Slapweasel at August 27, 2013 07:11 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at August 27, 2013 07:11 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 07:11 PM (qyfb5)
In pursuit of that sweet 49k a year welfare I looked at real estate out that way today. Found a 600 square foot house in a bad neighborhood for only 275k.
Posted by: SpongeBob ReaverSaget at August 27, 2013 07:12 PM (kxSZr)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 07:13 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 27, 2013 07:14 PM (8sCoq)
That is not an insignificant achievement.
Mark Theissen
1. Planned vs actual spending. Let's just wait until all the bills come in, shall we?
2. If you think the government knows how much it's spending to the nearest dollar, heck nearest billion dollars, you're a fool.
3. Massive amounts of spending have been shifted from the budget to government guarantees and long term obligations, which aren't imaged in the OMB handout you're looking at.
Dipwad
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 27, 2013 07:14 PM (kdS6q)
I don't believe this, based on the wholly artificial and extralegal stoppage of the debt clock which Obama and Lew engaged in starting a few months ago, to delay having another debt-ceiling fight while they were trying to get amnesty passed. The government's figures are no longer reliable.
Posted by: torquewrench at August 27, 2013 07:14 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: Gingy at August 27, 2013 07:14 PM (aH+zP)
You're quite a character, and your attitude belies your monicker! I Just Plain Like You, Dude.
Posted by: Slapweasel at August 27, 2013 07:15 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 07:15 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: AmishDude at August 27, 2013 07:15 PM (xSegX)
I love to dance too!
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at August 27, 2013 07:15 PM (uH46F)
A sad day.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at August 27, 2013 11:08 PM (4Mv1T)
God knows your friend--He understands human foibles and frailties.
If your friend was a Good Person, that will count for a lot. Your concern for your friend will, I think, be taken into account. Be at peace.
Posted by: filbert at August 27, 2013 07:16 PM (7vimm)
"The US Federal Government is on track to actually spend less money than a previous year"
We'll make it up in cruise missiles.
Posted by: garrett at August 27, 2013 07:16 PM (kFoPt)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 27, 2013 07:16 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 27, 2013 07:16 PM (qI5t4)
Posted by: McCool at August 27, 2013 07:16 PM (m/khm)
Posted by: Reader Chelsea J. Burch writes more nonsense...... at August 27, 2013 07:16 PM (v6hyJ)
I hope that is the case but worry that it has become too political and our guys lose in the end and don't get the release they need to be happy.
Posted by: The Hickster at August 27, 2013 07:16 PM (V6R8M)
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 27, 2013 07:16 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 27, 2013 07:16 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: The Crosby Kids at August 27, 2013 07:17 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 27, 2013 07:17 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: SpongeBob ReaverSaget at August 27, 2013 07:17 PM (kxSZr)
Posted by: Chelsea Puma (+SmuD) at August 27, 2013 07:19 PM (NqxXc)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at August 27, 2013 07:19 PM (uH46F)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 27, 2013 07:19 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Waterhouse at August 27, 2013 07:19 PM (ZihsD)
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If you can remember Calvin's experiences with his bicycle, that is the way it was with me and the piano. Here's a cartoon : http://tinyurl.com/ocglskf
Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 27, 2013 07:20 PM (aDwsi)
I didn't realize that liking Powell was as bad as killing someone..
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at August 27, 2013 07:21 PM (JsN1O)
Posted by: Chelsea Puma (+SmuD) at August 27, 2013 07:21 PM (NqxXc)
Posted by: Kalneva at August 27, 2013 07:21 PM (XyrkB)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 07:21 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: the jackwagon at August 27, 2013 07:22 PM (DWF95)
Posted by: filbert at August 27, 2013 07:22 PM (7vimm)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 27, 2013 07:22 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Tuna at August 27, 2013 07:22 PM (M/TDA)
Posted by: Fox 2! at August 27, 2013 07:22 PM (XFTOV)
Yeah, think back just 20 years to what were pillars of American business and the airline industry.....Pan Am and TWA. They are just punch lines among a limited section of the American population today who might remember them..
It's something else. Whew boy.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at August 27, 2013 11:16 PM (qI5t4)
--I am still fascinated by the romanticization of those airlines (e.g., with the short-lived show Pan Am). For one thing, flying coach back then was not only just as miserable as it is today (if not more so with the noisier planes back then), but you can still get good service today: you just have to spring for First Class tickets, or fly an Asian airline. (The latter has the added perk that they still adhere to keeping attractive stewardesses, uh, excuse me, flight attendants.)
Posted by: logprof at August 27, 2013 07:22 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 07:23 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: logprof at August 27, 2013 07:23 PM (bufJH)
I like Linkiest (formerly Conservative Grapevine) but it ticks me off it links to Cracked lists etc. so often that invariably have at least one piece of liberal crap stuffed into every list. (Site currently under scheduled maintenance.)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at August 27, 2013 07:24 PM (uH46F)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 07:24 PM (qyfb5)
http://tinyurl.com/pq257rc
so that's awesome...
Posted by: The Inverted States of America at August 27, 2013 07:24 PM (EZl54)
Posted by: Gingy at August 27, 2013 07:24 PM (aH+zP)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at August 27, 2013 07:25 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 07:25 PM (qyfb5)
It is amazing to me the amount of "classically trained" musicians made up the bands of the 60's and 70s.
The fact you find a lot less now in the current "bands" tends to make sense.
Posted by: The Hickster at August 27, 2013 07:25 PM (V6R8M)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 27, 2013 07:25 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: chelsea10077 at August 27, 2013 07:26 PM (A4hKL)
[Pic] In this production photo from 2001: A Space Odyssey, a space stewardess is seen elegantly using a portable videophone. If the blue, circle badge on her uniform is any indication sheÂ’s stationed, in the film, at Clavius Base which served as a Research Center when the first monolith was discovered on the Moon.
https://tinyurl.com/no3a534
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 27, 2013 07:26 PM (kdS6q)
Welcome to the Big Ten Maryland.
Posted by: Tuna at August 27, 2013 11:16 PM (M/TDA)
--Don't remind me. I'm so pissed.
TMQ savaged them today. It dovetails nicely with our discussion of the Higher Ed Racket:
Under the NCAA's nose, money is diverted from education to athletics in other ways. The University of Maryland just reported a $21 million athletic department deficit despite all UMD undergrads being charged $398 annually to subsidize athletics. That's about $11 million taken annually from regular students who are struggling to pay tuition and diverted to sports. The University of Maryland expects to lose money on athletics until at least 2017, partly because it owes a $52 million exit fee for breaking an ACC contract the school signed of its own volition. University of Maryland trustees are pursuing an extremely unrealistic attempt to get the ACC to waive its fee. Assuming their canny plan fails, the University of Maryland will either demand a taxpayer bailout or divert even more money from education to sports.
Posted by: logprof at August 27, 2013 07:26 PM (bufJH)
The obstinate are long-term projects, now. I'm not particularly bright, nor am I educated in any particular discipline. I have a God-given gift, however. I have the power of "soft-sell hammer".
I can't play a damn instrument to save my life, but I can finesse the edge off a razor.
Posted by: Slapweasel at August 27, 2013 07:27 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: logprof at August 27, 2013 11:23 PM
But, you could smoke.
Posted by: otho at August 27, 2013 07:27 PM (9gNQd)
*glares at violin sitting next to me*
Posted by: Colorado Alex at August 27, 2013 11:20 PM (lr3d7)
[Gazes at skin flute]
Posted by: Baraka at August 27, 2013 07:28 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Cicero Kid at August 27, 2013 07:28 PM (DHQv9)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 27, 2013 11:07 PM (T1005)
E komo mai, e noho mai, e `ai a e, wala`au!
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 27, 2013 11:09 PM (qyfb5)
You'd better quickly take back what you just said about my mom.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 27, 2013 07:28 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 27, 2013 07:28 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: logprof at August 27, 2013 11:26 PM (bufJH)
Sorry, amigo. Those Terrapins are going to look like bowling pins when we get through with them!
Posted by: Slapweasel Buckeye! at August 27, 2013 07:29 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Gingy at August 27, 2013 07:29 PM (aH+zP)
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 27, 2013 07:30 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at August 27, 2013 07:30 PM (BXLPR)
One good sounding idea suggested is to put the universities on the hook for the loans, ie if their students don't pay up, the schools pay the money back and leave it up to them to collect the money from the graduates
The way it works now, it's as if you bought a car, financed it, and the government sent GM or Ford the money in full and it was up to the government to collect on the debt
Posted by: kbdabear at August 27, 2013 07:30 PM (/9IC1)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at August 27, 2013 07:31 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 07:31 PM (qyfb5)
http://tinyurl.com/q74z5a2
NC residents, grit your teeth.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 27, 2013 07:31 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Vinny from Welcome Back Kotter! at August 27, 2013 07:31 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 27, 2013 07:32 PM (HVff2)
When I want to scare the neighbors. Posted by: Tobacco Road
-------------
Practice TR, practice.
Posted by: Roger Sprung at August 27, 2013 07:33 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Gingy at August 27, 2013 07:33 PM (aH+zP)
Posted by: Chelsea blaster at August 27, 2013 07:33 PM (NAU+F)
Posted by: the jackwagon at August 27, 2013 07:34 PM (DWF95)
It will be an eye opener. More than you know. Lewis wrote it as a series of radio addresses to the masses during the war years in England.
He is the only person I know who can easily discuss and explain things like eternity.
Read it. My friends being "good people", and my concern for them here, meant a great deal in this life.
Sadly, it is my sincere belief that it will mean none in the next.
But there is good news.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at August 27, 2013 11:25 PM (4Mv1T)
Yes, "Mere Christianity" is definitely a stop I intend to make on my own personal journey through life.
Posted by: filbert at August 27, 2013 07:34 PM (7vimm)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 27, 2013 11:25 PM (HVff2)
--and decades of great basketball rivalries tossed out the window for warm pottage. The expected pot of gold from TV revenues will not be there because many of the quieter, more casual fans like me (although I don't figure in the equation directly since I'm not a USA cable subscriber) will just be too turned off. That, plus the imminent mass exodus from traditional cable TV, will leave those conferences looking foolish.
Posted by: logprof at August 27, 2013 07:34 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: The Anti-Metrical Hat at August 27, 2013 07:34 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: puddleglum at August 27, 2013 07:34 PM (LBlsy)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 27, 2013 07:35 PM (HVff2)
Gingy used to sing for the money they'd throw
Papa would do whatever he could
Sing a little Gospel
Sell Valu-Rite to the good
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at August 27, 2013 07:35 PM (uH46F)
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 27, 2013 07:36 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 07:36 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Chelsea blaster at August 27, 2013 07:36 PM (NAU+F)
Posted by: Slapweasel at August 27, 2013 11:10 PM (lq3Ak)
Did some serious weeding in the garden, so I'm a bit sore. Otherwise, not a lot. How's by you?
Posted by: cthulhu at August 27, 2013 07:36 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at August 27, 2013 07:37 PM (4Mv1T)
Time to turn in and dream of getting paycheck tomorrow that doesn't bounce.
Posted by: SpongeBob ReaverSaget at August 27, 2013 07:37 PM (kxSZr)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at August 27, 2013 07:37 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: RWC at August 27, 2013 07:38 PM (uRqqf)
That lossey goeesy barrel freaks me out. I Know they hit well but it;s hard to believe that if you rack one.
Posted by: The Hickster at August 27, 2013 07:38 PM (V6R8M)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 27, 2013 07:39 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: puddleglum at August 27, 2013 11:34 PM (LBlsy)
--Next year they'll have a playoff, so that helps a little. Unfortunately, those ridiculous, soulless mega-conferences will still be with us.
Posted by: logprof at August 27, 2013 07:39 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: RWC at August 27, 2013 07:39 PM (uRqqf)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 07:39 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: logprof at August 27, 2013 11:34 PM (bufJH)
Basketball isn't even an afterthought for the conferences (and the networks) in their indecent lust for filthy lucre, which is driving "conference realignment."
It's all about college football. Which I personally find a bit perverse, because while I'm a big college basketball fan, college football leaves me pretty much cold.
And, if you look closely, the only think keeping most people on cable/satellite TV is live sports. If that ever escapes the clutches of Big Media, it's Game Over for the Big Media oligopoly.
Posted by: filbert at August 27, 2013 07:40 PM (7vimm)
Posted by: Thrawn at August 27, 2013 07:40 PM (Dsds2)
That is the ominous question posed by Roger Boyes, the diplomatic editor of the Times of London and a foreign correspondent for the past 35 years.
“The direction of events in Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Iran should keep us awake at night."
Heh. Should keep YOU awake at night, Roger. I'm 7000 miles away from that shit and you live two thousand miles from Eqypt.
Posted by: Cicero Kid at August 27, 2013 07:40 PM (DHQv9)
This only matters if you plan to clean it. Which you absolutely should do at least every ten years or so.
Posted by: navybrat at August 27, 2013 07:40 PM (6AzaA)
Posted by: Chelsea blaster at August 27, 2013 11:36 PM (NAU+F)
--We already vented in the earlier thread on that. I for one am sick of discussing it. Go there for the hate, then come back here for the fun. 
Posted by: logprof at August 27, 2013 07:40 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Chelsea blaster at August 27, 2013 07:41 PM (NAU+F)
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 27, 2013 07:42 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Gingy at August 27, 2013 07:42 PM (aH+zP)
Posted by: Chelsea blaster at August 27, 2013 07:42 PM (NAU+F)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at August 27, 2013 07:42 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Weirddave at August 27, 2013 07:43 PM (aH+zP)
sad day
Posted by: The Dude at August 27, 2013 07:43 PM (vJdyz)
But damn if I wasn't a hair away from bidding on GB last night.Posted by: RWC at August 27, 2013 07:43 PM (uRqqf)
*raises beer high*
Do what you do, sir. It is better here with you than without.
Posted by: Slapweasel at August 27, 2013 07:43 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 07:44 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 07:45 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: RWC at August 27, 2013 07:45 PM (uRqqf)
Why bother when the Ruger 10/22 is avalible? way more options, lighter, cheaper and the accuracy is as good if not better.
Posted by: The Hickster at August 27, 2013 07:45 PM (V6R8M)
Posted by: Chelsea blaster at August 27, 2013 07:45 PM (NAU+F)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 27, 2013 11:39 PM (HVff2)
--It was mainly about the basketball for me. I have heard stories of undergrads poling into cars for road trips to see the Terps. A fun and feasible ritual if you're just going to Charlottesville of the Triangle. Not so much anymore even to go to Rutgers, which of course is lame after years of Duke or UNC.
Posted by: logprof at August 27, 2013 07:46 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Mindy at August 27, 2013 07:46 PM (gnIfb)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 27, 2013 07:46 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 27, 2013 07:46 PM (gTN+E)
Posted by: the jackwagon at August 27, 2013 07:47 PM (DWF95)
Posted by: jim at August 27, 2013 07:47 PM (VwhRo)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 07:47 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: cthulhu
I'm damn-good, sir. Damn good. Staining the deck tomorrow, but that's tomorrow. Tonight, I'll dance.
Posted by: Slapweasel at August 27, 2013 07:47 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: RWC at August 27, 2013 07:47 PM (uRqqf)
Posted by: the jackwagon at August 27, 2013 07:48 PM (DWF95)
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 27, 2013 07:48 PM (JMmQ9)
http://bit.ly/19Y3qeg
Why kill hoboes when you can party with them?
(The Biggest One-Day Event in the Dakotas!)
(Yes, it's the Homecoming celebration of My Old School. Deal.)
(Steely Dan: My Old School - http://youtu.be/Pj9Rs56u8YY )
Posted by: filbert at August 27, 2013 07:49 PM (7vimm)
M1911.
Best thing ever for show and tell.
Please do find the link for the NRA raffle--I already sent my stuff in. Winning anything would be superfluous but why not try?
Posted by: irongrampa at August 27, 2013 07:51 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at August 27, 2013 07:51 PM (uH46F)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 27, 2013 11:45 PM (qyfb5)
HAHA!
I'm "feeling good" tonight. Perhaps God applied some sweetness to a couple'a Budweisers and that "soon-to-be-legal!"
Posted by: Slapweasel at August 27, 2013 07:51 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at August 27, 2013 07:52 PM (uH46F)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 07:53 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 27, 2013 07:53 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: mindful webworker, ear resistable at August 27, 2013 07:53 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: Tuna at August 27, 2013 07:53 PM (M/TDA)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at August 27, 2013 07:53 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 07:53 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Chelsea blaster at August 27, 2013 11:45 PM (NAU+F)
It's mindless partisanship, all the way down!
Posted by: cthulhu at August 27, 2013 07:53 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Dread0 at August 27, 2013 07:54 PM (vChtp)
648 look, I don't know "science" like some of you do, and I don't know who really invented the peanut, but I do know this: George Washington Carver invented the peanut.
Posted by: ace at August 27, 2013 08:55 PM (/IWYB)
Posted by: logprof at August 27, 2013 07:55 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Slapweasel at August 27, 2013 07:55 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Beretta at August 27, 2013 11:49 PM (aDwsi)
Own a glock but my typical carry is a Sigma :/
Posted by: The Dude at August 27, 2013 07:56 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: RWC at August 27, 2013 07:56 PM (uRqqf)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv-34w8kGPM
it was a simpler time
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 27, 2013 07:57 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 27, 2013 11:53 PM (qyfb5)
And like I posited previously, you're a "contagious" Dude! You really cheer me up sometimes. Stay dark, amigo! LOL
Posted by: Slapweasel at August 27, 2013 07:58 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Tuna at August 27, 2013 11:53 PM (M/TDA)
--The interests of the fans were probably completely ignored when the Big "10" (Motto: Mathematica Est Difficile) were deliberating whom to add.
Posted by: logprof at August 27, 2013 07:58 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Joycelyn Elders at August 27, 2013 07:59 PM (Vk2pI)
Obama on bombing Syria. Yeah, I know, but really, nothing?
I'm outraged out
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 27, 2013 07:59 PM (8sCoq)
Yeah, I'm as dark as a Norwegian Goth. 
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 08:01 PM (qyfb5)
Enjoy your ass-kicking! Again, I apologize, but I really don't. That's gonna be brutal.
You = Like
Team = Suck it through a hose!
Posted by: Slapweasel at August 27, 2013 08:01 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Stark Dickflüssig at August 27, 2013 08:01 PM (Td7pU)
Posted by: mindful webworker, ear resistable at August 27, 2013 08:02 PM (U13jb)
You guys who DON"T live in NY congratulate yourselves.
Starting in January 2014, ALL ammo purchasers will be subject to a background check.
Naturally, there isn't any program set up to administer it yet. But anything classed as ammo--rifle, shotgun,pistol,even pellet guns and paintballs are under the aegis.
What this as done is cause a rush to buy beforehand, naturally. Just when things were easing off a bit.
Posted by: irongrampa at August 27, 2013 08:02 PM (SAMxH)
Anyway, I'm have a terrible day on the heels of a terrible month (your prayers would be much appreciated) so it was a lovely cheering up tonight. Thanks, Maet.
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at August 27, 2013 08:02 PM (KL49F)
Same thing likely coming for CA.
Posted by: navybrat at August 27, 2013 08:03 PM (6AzaA)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at August 27, 2013 08:03 PM (BXLPR)
Breivik killed enemies of the Scandinavian way of life. Or at least, he killed people who were on that island to train themselves to be such enemies.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at August 27, 2013 08:05 PM (d7tB2)
Posted by: Barkey McFuckstick at August 27, 2013 08:05 PM (MBqvE)
Enjoy your ass-kicking! Again, I apologize, but I really don't. That's gonna be brutal.
You = Like
Team = Suck it through a hose!
Posted by: Slapweasel at August 28, 2013 12:01 AM (lq3Ak)
--Eh, Maryland has not been relevant in football since they stupidly showed Fridge the door (look at how many players Fridge recruited are in the NFL now). The timing could not have been worse, since the Penn State atrocities gave the Terps a once-in-a-lifetime opening --one they could not have exploited more poorly-- to have a free hand on recruiting blue-chippers in PSU's turf.
Posted by: logprof at August 27, 2013 08:05 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: mindful webworker, ear wax at August 27, 2013 08:05 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 27, 2013 08:06 PM (gTN+E)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 08:06 PM (qyfb5)
"A State by State Map of America's Filthy Porn Searches"
http://tinyurl.com/kax7mdw
Geez how bad is this problem?
Posted by: caustic at August 27, 2013 08:06 PM (/b8+5)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at August 27, 2013 08:07 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 08:07 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Hrothgar at August 27, 2013 08:08 PM (XdnQT)
Posted by: Tuna at August 27, 2013 08:08 PM (M/TDA)
May your close friends and family allow you release from your troubles.
If all else fails:
-May God give you strength to accept the things you cannot change.
-May He give you the courage to change the things you can.
-May He grant you the wisdom to know the difference!
Posted by: Slapweasel at August 27, 2013 08:09 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: caustic at August 28, 2013 12:06 AM (/b8+5)
what problem? It's good to prime the pump once ever few hours
Posted by: The Dude at August 27, 2013 08:09 PM (vJdyz)
Or something to that effect.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at August 28, 2013 12:07 AM (4Mv1T)
not too far off- like most things he does, it is inexplicable
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 27, 2013 08:09 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: The Dude at August 27, 2013 08:09 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 08:10 PM (qyfb5)
Because chemical weapons hurt people more than machetes.
Posted by: The Hickster at August 27, 2013 08:11 PM (V6R8M)
If you're in the Big Ten basketball League, you've got a chance. Maryland, with the right recruiters, can still become a powerhouse of the NorthEast.
Posted by: Slapweasel at August 27, 2013 08:12 PM (lq3Ak)
So now Assad knows that his Elite units have been infiltrated, or their communications compromised, or they broke operational security. Unless it's all made up by some senior administration official not authorized to talk to the media but did anyway.
So Obama can go ahead and launch those missiles because we have gathered actionable intelligence. It's in the news media with their layers and layers of fact checkers, so we know it's true.
Fire when ready Mr. Smedly. Any time, you're ready, Mr. Smedly, sometime this week, Mr Smedly. Smedly, what the fuck are you doing? Why aren't those missiles in the air?
Posted by: Joe Country sings Vietnam protest song at August 27, 2013 08:13 PM (Hpt+t)
http://tinyurl.com/pq2pska
In other 3DS-related news, Arc System Works is working on a new dungeon RPG for 3DS called Stardust Amazoness, which features all female party members, and will launch in Japan on November 14. It is set on Prison Planet, an asylum of prisoners, where players will select a prisoner and attempt to escape the planet. Character design is being handled by Miyama Zero. Development is currently 70 percent complete.
Posted by: The Dude at August 27, 2013 08:15 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Arbalest at August 27, 2013 08:15 PM (FlRtG)
Posted by: Anita Queen at August 27, 2013 08:15 PM (Vk2pI)
If you're in the Big Ten basketball League, you've got a chance. Maryland, with the right recruiters, can still become a powerhouse of the NorthEast.
Posted by: Slapweasel at August 28, 2013 12:12 AM (lq3Ak)
--Football is over now. I am not sure unless there are family connections or extreme geographical closeness why the next Vernon Davis or Randy Starks would want to play for Maryland. It's a gorgeous campus, but the stadium is underwhelming.
Posted by: logprof at August 27, 2013 08:15 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at August 27, 2013 08:16 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: caustic at August 27, 2013 08:16 PM (/b8+5)
Posted by: RWC at August 27, 2013 08:17 PM (qU95h)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 08:19 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 08:20 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 27, 2013 08:20 PM (aDwsi)
Most fans don't even give a damn about conference games like they used to. The games they care about now are the "TV" games, those games that CBS/ESPN/FOX/NBC want the schools to schedule so that they can have marquee matchups.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at August 28, 2013 12:16 AM (BXLPR)
--Yeah, that's the biggest loss from the Megaloconferences, making long, deep rivalries into something only experienced once every two or three years to accommodate adding a Missouri or a Pitt to a school's division.
Posted by: logprof at August 27, 2013 08:22 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Mr. Dave at August 27, 2013 08:22 PM (OtY8Y)
Posted by: buzzion at August 27, 2013 08:22 PM (LI48c)
>For example, its first hour on the air was last Tuesday at 3 p.m., an hour that averaged only 22,000 viewers. TV Newser explains that this is below NielsenÂ’s minimum accuracy threshold.
“In other words, Nielsen says it cannot accurately count how many people watched it, and the number it gives is essentially a rough guess. This is also called ‘scratching,’” TV Newser writes.
Posted by: Jones in CO at August 27, 2013 08:24 PM (8sCoq)
http://www.ithacagun.com/featherlight.html
Posted by: The Hickster at August 27, 2013 08:24 PM (V6R8M)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at August 27, 2013 08:24 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: buzzion at August 28, 2013 12:22 AM (LI48c)
--Sorry. It was the hot dog I had for lunch, I think.
Posted by: logprof at August 27, 2013 08:24 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 08:25 PM (qyfb5)
--Yeah, that's the biggest loss from the Megaloconferences, making long, deep rivalries into something only experienced once every two or three years to accommodate adding a Missouri or a Pitt to a school's division.
Posted by: logprof at August 28, 2013 12:22 AM (bufJH)
The biggest thing is the loss of the Conference. The NAACP is like "The Commerce Clause." Retarded in its inception, used in shit-manners and arbitrary in its rulings.
Posted by: Slapweasel at August 27, 2013 08:25 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: logprof at August 28, 2013 12:22 AM (bufJH)
That is something I think the Big Ten has gotten right with their new giant conference with stupid division names. Ohio State vs Michigan will be every year the last week even though they are in different divisions. And it is quite possible that they might end up playing eachother back to back weeks because of it.
Posted by: buzzion at August 27, 2013 08:26 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: Slapweasel at August 27, 2013 08:26 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: speedster1 at August 27, 2013 08:26 PM (yeM7r)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at August 27, 2013 08:27 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: navybrat at August 27, 2013 08:27 PM (6AzaA)
Posted by: buzzion at August 28, 2013 12:26 AM (LI48c)
--Aren't they going to move the game to earlier in the season? I thought I read that was in the works. . . .
Posted by: logprof at August 27, 2013 08:27 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: RWC at August 27, 2013 08:28 PM (uRqqf)
Posted by: buzzion at August 27, 2013 08:28 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: mr_jack at August 27, 2013 08:29 PM (TMG3G)
Posted by: logprof at August 28, 2013 12:27 AM (bufJH)
Well if that's the case then they've had it right and will wind up fucking up just like you would expect.
Posted by: buzzion at August 27, 2013 08:30 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: speedster1 at August 27, 2013 08:31 PM (yeM7r)
-ONTRelease.
Posted by: Slapweasel at August 27, 2013 08:31 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Totally not a Goa'uld planning to invade Earth… at August 27, 2013 08:31 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: buzzion at August 28, 2013 12:28 AM (LI48c)
--I get that, but I think their projections are like Enron stock in 2000. Seriously, how big a hold does Rutgers have on the NYC market, or Maryland on the DC market for that matter?
Posted by: logprof at August 27, 2013 08:31 PM (bufJH)
Or with a good Grandpa you will be killed by "Grandpas deer rifle".
Training is way more important than the gun important.
Posted by: The Hickster at August 27, 2013 08:32 PM (V6R8M)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at August 27, 2013 08:32 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: The Mega Independent at August 27, 2013 08:33 PM (4/o9U)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 27, 2013 08:33 PM (T1005)
by Megan McArdle, and she really nails it. Costco has fewer products and makes higher margins, so they can afford to pay more. Wal-Mart makes thin margins and has higher overhead. Yet to liberals, they are pretty much the same and Wal-Mart must just want to be mean.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-27/why-walmart-will-never-pay-like-costco.html
Posted by: mr_jack at August 28, 2013 12:29 AM (TMG3G)
--Costco is also sneaky and enlists its customers to help discard its packaging.
Posted by: logprof at August 27, 2013 08:34 PM (bufJH)
Been there, done that, got the t-shirt.
http://scoamf.us/DR
Posted by: Blanco Basura at August 27, 2013 08:34 PM (JawqV)
Posted by: logprof
I "get" that, but the T.V. contracts will "let them down lightly", rather than steal funds and hide shit... lol.
The conferences will continue to shift as long as T.V. contracts are up-in-the-air. This may take the next forty years to figure out, I'm sorry to say.
Posted by: Slapweasel at August 27, 2013 08:34 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s][/u] at August 27, 2013 08:35 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Tuna at August 27, 2013 08:35 PM (M/TDA)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at August 27, 2013 08:35 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at August 27, 2013 08:35 PM (HDgX3)
Is there anything that permanently gets rid of morninglory? I was stupid enough to introduce it to my back yard about 10 years ago, and every summer has been a battle to keep it in check. I feel like I might as well have tried kudzu.
I've had good results with animal sacrifice to the plant gods.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at August 27, 2013 08:36 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: RWC at August 27, 2013 08:36 PM (uRqqf)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at August 27, 2013 08:36 PM (HDgX3)
I'm fairly sure "Dra-no" will kill anything. If you were looking for something more 'sophisticated', I apologize. I'm merely handi-capable, at this point.
Posted by: Slapweasel at August 27, 2013 08:36 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s][/u] at August 27, 2013 08:37 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Dax at August 27, 2013 08:37 PM (HA1yR)
--Oh yeah, we've brought her up here before (this time I'm sober though). She's like the Jamie Gorelick of college sports. She's laughing, too, because the ACC is going to collect that huge penalty from Maryland for bolting.
Posted by: logprof at August 27, 2013 08:38 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s][/u] at August 27, 2013 08:38 PM (qyfb5)
Thanks! You know, *meh*.
Posted by: Slapweasel at August 27, 2013 08:38 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Thrawn at August 27, 2013 08:40 PM (Dsds2)
Well, playing at OSU and Michigan will be quite the experience for the team and fans who travel. Heck, I'm still awed by Ohio Stadium and I've been to more games than I can remember. I think that's part of the college football experience though. Walking up to the stadium on Saturday, the fans, the banners flying, going from the semi darkness of the interior and emerging into the bright light and looking down at the beautiful field. Gosh, I'm getting all excited just thinking about it.
Posted by: Tuna at August 28, 2013 12:35 AM (M/TDA)
--Yeah, I'll never forget those game days at Doak. Hot babes all around, and the 'Noles were in the midst of their Golden Age (I never saw them lose in person). I was broke, but still having fun.
Posted by: logprof at August 27, 2013 08:41 PM (bufJH)
Checked the tracking, and it was shipped from South Carolina. Expected delivery Saturday.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 27, 2013 08:41 PM (T1005)
The number of Rutgets alumni in the NYC area is huge. Same for Md alumni in the DC area.
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at August 28, 2013 12:36 AM (HDgX3)
--That is true, but it does not necessarily translate to big viewership, especially when the team is sucking.
Posted by: logprof at August 27, 2013 08:42 PM (bufJH)
Is there anything that permanently gets rid of morninglory? I was stupid enough to introduce it to my back yard about 10 years ago, and every summer has been a battle to keep it in check. I feel like I might as well have tried kudzu.
I've had good results with animal sacrifice to the plant gods.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at August 28, 2013 12:36 AM (lr3d7)
Did that with rodents one year, until I realized that they were territorial and it was like popping individual soapbubbles in a foam -- the other territories just moved in to fill the empty space.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 27, 2013 08:43 PM (T1005)
Posted by: The Tories at August 27, 2013 08:43 PM (Vk2pI)
And grandma will get run over by a reindeer.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at August 27, 2013 08:43 PM (JsN1O)
Posted by: RWC at August 27, 2013 08:43 PM (qU95h)
I'm fairly sure "Dra-no" will kill anything. If you were looking for something more 'sophisticated', I apologize. I'm merely handi-capable, at this point.
Posted by: Slapweasel at August 28, 2013 12:36 AM (lq3Ak)
I was thinking of maybe something that didn't leave my yard as a Superfund Site.....I should have been more clear.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 27, 2013 08:44 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s][/u] at August 27, 2013 08:45 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: logprof at August 28, 2013 12:42 AM (bufJH)
But you don't need actual viewership. You just need your channel on a package tier that gets more subscribers. Who cares if only 8% of the viewers want to watch the Big Ten Network when its on a cable package that 50-75% of subscribers buy the tier that it is bundled on?
Posted by: buzzion at August 27, 2013 08:47 PM (LI48c)
318 Is there anything that permanently gets rid of morninglory? I was stupid enough to introduce it to my back yard about 10 years ago, and every summer has been a battle to keep it in check. I feel like I might as well have tried kudzu.
Spray it with gas but do not light it, let it soak in.
Posted by: harleycowboy at August 27, 2013 08:47 PM (+9AX9)
tip- don't dilute it. If you want to, dilute it with one of the weedkillers that didn't work.
Or, FIRE!
Posted by: RWC at August 28, 2013 12:43 AM (qU95h)
I'm kind o' likin' that one -- Roundup burns it back to where the stem branched but no further.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 27, 2013 08:47 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Null at August 27, 2013 08:49 PM (xjpRj)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 28, 2013 12:41 AM (T1005)
what'cha order?
Posted by: The Dude at August 28, 2013 12:46 AM (vJdyz)
32997 6" cross-slide vise.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 27, 2013 08:50 PM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 28, 2013 12:44 AM (T1005)
Details.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile at August 28, 2013 12:45 AM (qyfb5)
Well, like not liberally distributing drano all over the yard.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 27, 2013 08:51 PM (T1005)
I'm going to head off and check out the breakdown on that snafu tomorrow.
Tonight I sing. The Black Crowes until I sleep.
Easing back with a little "Remedy": http://tinyurl.com/3pkktqv
Posted by: Slapweasel at August 27, 2013 08:52 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at August 27, 2013 08:52 PM (KL49F)
318 Is there anything that permanently gets rid of morninglory? I was stupid enough to introduce it to my back yard about 10 years ago, and every summer has been a battle to keep it in check. I feel like I might as well have tried kudzu.
Spray it with gas but do not light it, let it soak in.
Posted by: harleycowboy at August 28, 2013 12:47 AM (+9AX9)
How about using acetone, instead, and putting a barcalounger out there?
Posted by: cthulhu at August 27, 2013 08:52 PM (T1005)
Posted by: buzzion at August 28, 2013 12:47 AM (LI48c)
--Big Cable fighting unbundling is as nakedly self-interested as Democrats fighting voter ID laws. Their demise could not come soon enough.
Posted by: logprof at August 27, 2013 08:52 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s][/u] at August 27, 2013 08:53 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at August 27, 2013 08:53 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith's Other Mobile[/i][/b][/s][/u] at August 27, 2013 08:54 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Null at August 28, 2013 12:49 AM (xjpRj)
BTW -- I could just see you doing a painting of that first C.S. Lewis quote.....
Posted by: cthulhu at August 27, 2013 08:55 PM (T1005)
CNN has learned a cabinet-level "Principals Committee" meeting was held at the WH this evening on Syria. No POTUS.
10:55 PM - 27 Aug 2013
Posted by: Baldy at August 27, 2013 08:55 PM (tyDFN)
CNN has learned a cabinet-level "Principals Committee" meeting was held at the WH this evening on Syria. No POTUS.
10:55 PM - 27 Aug 2013
Posted by: Baldy at August 28, 2013 12:55 AM (tyDFN)
Hey, I'll show up when it's time to do a touchdown dance!
Posted by: Emperor Baraka at August 27, 2013 08:56 PM (bufJH)
CNN has learned a cabinet-level "Principals Committee" meeting was held at the WH this evening on Syria. No POTUS.
10:55 PM - 27 Aug 2013
Posted by: Baldy at August 28, 2013 12:55 AM (tyDFN)
He was playing spades with Reggie at the time.....
Posted by: cthulhu at August 27, 2013 08:58 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at August 27, 2013 09:01 PM (HDgX3)
CNN has learned a cabinet-level "Principals Committee" meeting was held at the WH this evening on Syria. No POTUS.
10:55 PM - 27 Aug 2013
Posted by: Baldy at August 28, 2013 12:55 AM (tyDFN
Only essential personnel were needed.
Posted by: buzzion at August 27, 2013 09:02 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: Darth Jarrett at August 27, 2013 09:03 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: eman at August 27, 2013 09:04 PM (AO9UG)
Times when my Faith is tested, it's this passage that always brings me back...
...as much as it sounds like Pasqual's Wager, I'd much rather live and find out there is no God, than die unbelieving, only to find out there is.
I'll follow Christ now matter how much "evidence" is presented to me that He and His Father don't exist, because my hope in a better world after death beats the hell (pun intended?) out of living in this crappy reality without hope.
And I mean real hope, not the President's false version of it.
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Posted by: Trayvon Assad at August 27, 2013 09:07 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: UWP at August 27, 2013 09:10 PM (r98SZ)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at August 27, 2013 09:11 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: logprof at August 27, 2013 09:11 PM (bufJH)
Silly wabbit. Only YT can be racist.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at August 27, 2013 09:15 PM (JsN1O)
Posted by: The Reaper Barrel [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 09:15 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: UWP at August 27, 2013 09:15 PM (r98SZ)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 27, 2013 09:16 PM (T1005)
Posted by: The Reaper Barrel [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 09:17 PM (qyfb5)
Ummmm.......yeah.......that would be turning in AFTER your stint in the barrel......
Posted by: cthulhu at August 27, 2013 09:17 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 09:17 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 09:18 PM (qyfb5)
Ummmm.......yeah.......that would be turning in AFTER your stint in the barrel......
Posted by: cthulhu at August 28, 2013 01:17 AM (T1005)
Where you can play spades with logprof....
Posted by: cthulhu at August 27, 2013 09:18 PM (T1005)
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on a deserted island and only two beers were there: Icehouse and Beast, I would choose Beast
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Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at August 27, 2013 09:35 PM (BXLPR)
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Posted by: cthulhu at August 27, 2013 09:37 PM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 28, 2013 01:37 AM (T1005)
I believe my dick isn't crooked, it just needs to be seen at the right angle
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Posted by: cthulhu at August 28, 2013 01:37 AM (T1005)
*Golf Clap*
That's damn-near "John 3:16, Row A, Seat 2 - 3."
-Every Stadium, USA
...NFL circa 1985.
P.S: Amen
Posted by: Slapweasel at August 27, 2013 09:45 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: weft, all kitted up for RINOv.PURE [/i] [/b] at August 27, 2013 09:45 PM (HJ0MR)
Posted by: weft, all kitted up for RINOv.PURE [/i] [/b] at August 27, 2013 09:50 PM (HJ0MR)
Posted by: cthulhu
I get Maety's original point that the Left is shrieking over the very notion that the government might be spending less even though they're not. I'm just less than thrilled with erstwhile conservatives ( MichaelMedvedCOUGH ) incorporating it into their act.
By 'less than thrilled' I mean shouting at the radio like a g-damn madman daily.
Posted by: weft, all kitted up for RINOv.PURE at August 28, 2013 01:45 AM (HJ0MR)
We are totally in a "drink yourself sober" period. Malinvestments -- things that might have actual business plans in alternate universes, but not in the one we live in -- are sprouting up like mushrooms -- things like "we make the special batteries for the electric cars that don't exist and which would crash the power grid if everyone tried to charge them." ....and then, "we're creating the diversity programs for everyone who works at an electric car battery plant who wants to implement gender-neutral Obamacare-funded nutrition counseling plans."
Posted by: cthulhu at August 27, 2013 09:52 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 09:53 PM (qyfb5)
CNN has learned a cabinet-level "Principals Committee" meeting was held at the WH this evening on Syria. No POTUS.
10:55 PM - 27 Aug 2013
Let me guess, he was "playing spades" w/ Reggie?
Posted by: The Farmer at August 27, 2013 09:55 PM (eBupg)
Posted by: weft, all kitted up for RINOv.PURE [/i] [/b] at August 27, 2013 09:58 PM (HJ0MR)
CNN has learned a cabinet-level "Principals Committee" meeting was held at the WH this evening on Syria. No POTUS.
10:55 PM - 27 Aug 2013
Let me guess, he was "playing spades" w/ Reggie?
Posted by: The Farmer at August 28, 2013 01:55 AM (eBupg)
@365 -- great minds lie in the same gutters......
Posted by: cthulhu at August 27, 2013 09:58 PM (T1005)
Posted by: The Political Hat at August 27, 2013 09:59 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 10:00 PM (qyfb5)
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Posted by: Sister Sestina at August 27, 2013 10:04 PM (1wI7y)
Posted by: weft, all kitted up for RINOv.PURE [/i] [/b] at August 27, 2013 10:07 PM (HJ0MR)
Posted by: traye at August 27, 2013 10:10 PM (G1wFt)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 10:11 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: cthulhu
BRB - d/l ing government grant application for "Diversity in Electrical Concepts Due to High Chance of Global Warming Due to Conservative obstinacy" )
Tell no one.
Posted by: weft, all kitted up for RINOv.PURE at August 28, 2013 01:58 AM (HJ0MR)
The thing is, as Austrians teach, recessions are a natural part of the business cycle where you retrench and rationalize the previous plans. As an example, suppose you are thinking about building a house -- you look at a bunch of materials and decide to make it out of brick. Simultaneously, a guy in your area decides to have a fireplace installation company that specializes in brick fireplaces -- 'cause he checked the same stuff you checked and found that bricks are cheap.
So you start building and he starts selling. You use your first truckful, and go back for your second, 'cause he's still selling. You use your second truckful and go back for your third, and he's at the brickpile with you, smiling and happy with all his new orders....and hiring bricklayers. You use your third batch and go back for your fourth, and he's not there -- one of his bricklayers is, and he's a bit surly that you're in his way 'cause he's on the clock.
Now comes the time when competition for resources hits, and your old plan gets blown. You're only halfway up your outside walls, and bricks are getting pricier. Do you go brick up to the windowsills and switch to siding? Do you try to keep with brick up to the first floor, knowing that you might have to tear out everything above the windowsills at great expense? Do you steel yourself to completing the original brick house whatever the expense? The "malinvestment" is the overhang of old plans meeting new realities.
Since 2006, we've had malinvestment up the yin-yang in the US, but as a matter of policy, we've covered this up with cheap money and government handouts. The problem is -- that doesn't make the ideas any better. It's as if some loan shark showed up and said, "we'll let you buy the next two loads of bricks on credit." It'll take 3 to finish the first story, nine to finish the house, and the fireplace guy is growing his business -- you don't know what brick prices will be in the future. Your best bet would be to bail out of bricks and do siding....but you had a plan!
Posted by: cthulhu at August 27, 2013 10:15 PM (T1005)
My maiden last name was a thing of wonder. The sight of it on a roster made grown men pale and women quail. There was many a time when a certain name would be called in the progression of the alphabet, and then I'd hear the telltale rapid indraw and holding of breath as consonants were being puzzled out and courage was being gathered. I'd take that moment of stillness to raise my hand and cry out "Here!" cheekily. (Still think that was why I was tossed out first from the jury pool last time I had duty.)
And I had it easy with perpetually spelling my name with the practiced precision of a receptionist. My mother had a crazily unusual first name, unusual even in her homeland, and an accent that made spelling it out a further adventure in audience befuddlement. When she went to UrgentCare (a very frequent thing, due to her multitudinous maladies and her loving attention to them all) they'd skip right past both names and latch onto the birthdate also was written down on the sign-in sheet. Icess may whine about inattention to the unique individual; what froth would she spout if she, like my mother, were habitually summoned by two numerals?
Unlike yon Starbucks-swiller, we told and retold these kind of anecdotes with wry amusement. You know, like I am retelling the retelling now. As long as the bank cashed the checks that Social Security never, ever got the name right on no matter how often she tried to get them to correct it , what the hell did it matter?
'Course, I didn't KEEP my maiden name; there's only so far I'm willing to take a joke. My current one is also always misheard and mispronounced. It does have the advantage of having less letters to spell, though, and not actually paralyzing speakers with dread.
And I also know from experience that things like restaurant reservations and takeout Chinese and, yes, Starbucks containers, as long as you recognize whatever's being said by the staff as meaning you IT DOESN"T MATTER A RAT'S ASS.
Or should I be pronouncing it, Ice Ass?
Posted by: Sister Sestina at August 28, 2013 02:04 AM (1wI7y)
Were you a character on "Barney Miller"?
Posted by: cthulhu at August 27, 2013 10:17 PM (T1005)
That guy who wrote the "Why I Am Not A Lightworker" article in the sidebar is what the mental health professionals call an RFN.
"Real Fucking Nuts"
Posted by: Mr. Dave at August 27, 2013 10:17 PM (OtY8Y)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 10:18 PM (qyfb5)
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Posted by: weft, all kitted up for RINOv.PURE [/i] [/b] at August 27, 2013 10:25 PM (HJ0MR)
Posted by: Adriane... at August 27, 2013 10:26 PM (j/FJV)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 10:27 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Sister Sestina at August 27, 2013 10:27 PM (1wI7y)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 10:28 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: weft, all kitted up for RINOv.PURE [/i] [/b] at August 27, 2013 10:33 PM (HJ0MR)
Posted by: cthulhu
Agreed on the bulk, but the malinvestment via loose Fed policy didn't begin in 2006.
The current malaise is due to low funds rate since 2003 or so. That ramped up the housing speculation, add in the Freddy/Fannie obscenity, and a whole industry to manufacture MBS sausage, and we had ourselves a credit debacle. Prior Federal tampering also guilty.
Yes, other things along the way, but all signs point to Federal intervention for decades ONLY ending in tears for most, and cheers for a few.
I'm still left with the question; Why, as conservatives, are we opposed to price controls but eager for the Fed to control interest rates?
Posted by: weft, all kitted up for RINOv.PURE at August 28, 2013 02:25 AM (HJ0MR)
It's late, I've been drinking, I'm not as precise as I could be.....the Fed has been rogue for a while -- in 2006, it was decided to metastasize this into traditional lefty constituencies -- thus, Pigford, ACORN, NLRB, etc.
Upon the coronation of The One, this was upshifted into overdrive, and deficits skyrocketed accordingly. Greenies, techies, security services, vampire squid, Corzine, and favored foreign governments got boosted.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 27, 2013 10:34 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Adriane... at August 27, 2013 10:36 PM (j/FJV)
Pulled weeds w/o warming up back first. Getting old is better than the alternative but not as nice as staying young ...
Posted by: Adriane... at August 28, 2013 02:26 AM (j/FJV)
@172 -- great minds lie in the same gutters...... (as previously noted @41
Posted by: cthulhu at August 27, 2013 10:37 PM (T1005)
Posted by: weft, all kitted up for RINOv.PURE [/i] [/b] at August 27, 2013 10:37 PM (HJ0MR)
Were you a character on "Barney Miller"?
Posted by: cthulhu at August 28, 2013 02:17 AM (T1005)
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Slavic yes but not the classic go-to for tangled letters that is Polish (like ol' Wojo). I think those names everybody is, how should I say it, at ease with not being able to pronounce. Whereas mine had a stately regular alternation of consonants and vowels that mocked you by seeming as if you SHOULD be able to figure out the pronunciation, once you'd gotten over the shock of seeing them assembled in quite that way. But lo, it was deception, for some of those consonants had sounds assigned to them that few other languages in the world thought appropriate.
Posted by: Sister Sestina at August 28, 2013 02:27 AM (1wI7y)
There is an old canard that the Czech phrase "to stick a finger in one's throat" has no vowels at all.....
Posted by: cthulhu at August 27, 2013 10:38 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 10:40 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 10:41 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 10:42 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Sister Sestina at August 28, 2013 02:04 AM (1wI7y)
I'm w/ ya Sister. Both my names need to be spelled out all the time, you get used to it (or when ordering a pizza if lazy I use my wife's maiden name, LOL.)
As Melissa said earlier how hard it is to spell her name? Mine may be tougher, Terence can be spelled several ways, my spelling is the original. No double rr's or an a. I can use Terry but many times you have to give the exact name on a cc.
I don't mind much, done it all my life. What I mind is the idiots that I spell it for and still get it wrong. An alarmingling high rate, I chalk it up to the fact they must be Obama voters.
Posted by: The Farmer at August 27, 2013 10:44 PM (eBupg)
Posted by: Adriane... at August 27, 2013 10:45 PM (j/FJV)
Posted by: Sister Sestina at August 27, 2013 10:46 PM (1wI7y)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 10:47 PM (qyfb5)
I don't know why it has to be an accident for some peeps to be happy. Maybe because there's less you could do about it.
It certainly does seem to be the general response throughout history.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 28, 2013 02:41 AM (qyfb5)
It has to do with evading accountability. If you can be a total fuckup and blame it on the other guy, you'll always be seen as better than that flaming loser.....and, yes, that means that Gramsci was right -- an evil fucking douchebag, but correct. March through the institutions -- teach people that "good is bad and bad is good" in schools; have fact-finding news organizations that promote lies, fill "entertainment" with non-entertaining re-education......and you can be as loathsome as the Dems and own the executive branch and the Senate.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 27, 2013 10:47 PM (T1005)
Posted by: weft, all kitted up for RINOv.PURE [/i] [/b] at August 27, 2013 10:48 PM (HJ0MR)
Posted by: Sister Sestina at August 28, 2013 02:04 AM (1wI7y)
I'm w/ ya Sister. Both my names need to be spelled out all the time, you get used to it (or when ordering a pizza if lazy I use my wife's maiden name, LOL.)
As Melissa said earlier how hard it is to spell her name? Mine may be tougher, Terence can be spelled several ways, my spelling is the original. No double rr's or an a. I can use Terry but many times you have to give the exact name on a cc.
I don't mind much, done it all my life. What I mind is the idiots that I spell it for and still get it wrong. An alarmingling high rate, I chalk it up to the fact they must be Obama voters.
Posted by: The Farmer at August 28, 2013 02:44 AM (eBupg)
You have no idea how often I've had to spell "cthulhu" on the phone....
Posted by: cthulhu at August 27, 2013 10:49 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Adriane... at August 27, 2013 10:50 PM (j/FJV)
Posted by: Adriane... at August 27, 2013 10:51 PM (j/FJV)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 28, 2013 02:38 AM (T1005)
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Strč prst skrz krk, right?
The phrase is written without a "vowel" but since the "r" is pronounced "er" (that last word is pronounced a la USS Enterprise captain) I think you could call it a semivowel? Sort of like the "sometimes y" of English vowels?
Posted by: Sister Sestina at August 28, 2013 02:46 AM (1wI7y)
I have less Czech than practically any other language, I'm afraid. I've had the anecdote in my "read it somewhere -- maybe true, maybe false" mental file for some decades. Are you a Czech speaker? Is it real?
Posted by: cthulhu at August 27, 2013 10:52 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 10:54 PM (qyfb5)
Dude, you might find this of interest. Microsoft says the reason they reduced the launch regions was due to localization issues rather than yields on the chip set.
Posted by: epobirs at August 27, 2013 10:54 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 10:56 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 28, 2013 02:54 AM (qyfb5)
The only thing the Medici would be shocked by is the lack of a body count. They saw (and either instigated or were victimized by) every form of corruption imaginable.....but things all worked themselves out somehow http://www.tanogabo.it/images/images4/Esecuzione_di_Savonarola.jpg
Posted by: cthulhu at August 27, 2013 11:01 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Adriane... at August 27, 2013 11:01 PM (j/FJV)
When I was there I hardly saw them win, went to many a game in the 0-13 season...but college babes are even hotter when you are 13...saw my first concert at Doak too....Doobie Brothers original lineup!
Posted by: bill-o at August 27, 2013 11:03 PM (AWwDY)
Iqaqa laziqikaqika kwaze kwaqhawaka uqhoqhoqha.
The skunk rolled down and ruptured its larynx.
Posted by: Adriane... at August 28, 2013 03:01 AM (j/FJV)
Poor thing! Can we take it to a vet?
Posted by: cthulhu at August 27, 2013 11:03 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 11:04 PM (qyfb5)
Iqaqa laziqikaqika kwaze kwaqhawaka uqhoqhoqha.
The skunk rolled down and ruptured its larynx.
Posted by: Adriane... at August 28, 2013 03:01 AM (j/FJV)
Seriously, though -- Xhosa is the one with the throat clicks, right? I suspect that you're missing a few "!"s, and that some things aren't spelled quite right.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 27, 2013 11:05 PM (T1005)
The Fed operated very differently in its early years, with a much more limited role and powers. I've mentioned it several times here recently but I'll again plug David Stockman's 'The Great Deformation.' It can be a bit of a slog as it is something of a doorstop volume but I've learned of things that I'd never heard mentioned by any other economic history I've read. But then, I am not an economist by trade or training and have only in recent years given the history of the subject the attention it deserves.
Posted by: epobirs at August 27, 2013 11:06 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Sister Sestina at August 27, 2013 11:07 PM (1wI7y)
Posted by: Adriane... at August 27, 2013 11:07 PM (j/FJV)
Posted by: Adriane... at August 27, 2013 11:09 PM (j/FJV)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 11:12 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: cthulhu at August 28, 2013 03:01 AM (T1005)
We're not at that stage.
Don't get me wrong, I hope we never get there. But it's baked in the cake we're watching the timer count down on.
I hope somebody changes their mind and we order in.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 28, 2013 03:04 AM (qyfb5)
The boomers, who have been phenomenally successful, are pushing (1) a healthcare law that soaks the young to subsidize boomers; (2) credentialism in employment, so you have to kiss the ass of a boomer to work; (3) a bubble in higher ed, so that you'll be a debt slave for life to get that credential; (4) off-balance-sheet treatment of boomer pensions, so you always think you're in debt to safe streets and fair contracts, when you're really paying for old fogies playing video games.
I'm 50 years old -- on the tail end of the boom -- and I'm practicing the phrase "it wasn't me -- I voted against this bullshit" in a variety of languages, while prepared to hand out cokes and cookies to the insurgents.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 27, 2013 11:15 PM (T1005)
Posted by: epobirs at August 27, 2013 11:16 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: zombie at August 27, 2013 11:18 PM (+cx5n)
or 1)counter march thru institutions
2) replace failing institutions
Posted by: Adriane... at August 28, 2013 03:09 AM (j/FJV)
Or, as the founding fathers intended, punch that shit down to where it doesn't put the entire country at risk, and blow up states every once in a while.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 27, 2013 11:18 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 11:20 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: zombie at August 27, 2013 11:23 PM (+cx5n)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 11:23 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: zombie at August 27, 2013 11:24 PM (+cx5n)
Posted by: Sister Sestina at August 27, 2013 11:25 PM (1wI7y)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 11:27 PM (qyfb5)
Are you having a heart attack, or just happy to see me?
Posted by: zombie at August 28, 2013 03:23 AM (+cx5n)
Happy to see you, of course. And happier still that you've broken your "radio silence" here with the Horde.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 27, 2013 11:28 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Sister Sestina at August 27, 2013 11:30 PM (1wI7y)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 11:31 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: zombie at August 27, 2013 11:36 PM (+cx5n)
Posted by: Sister Sestina at August 27, 2013 11:37 PM (1wI7y)
Posted by: zombie at August 27, 2013 11:37 PM (+cx5n)
Posted by: Sister Sestina at August 27, 2013 11:44 PM (1wI7y)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 11:46 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: zombie at August 27, 2013 11:46 PM (+cx5n)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 11:46 PM (qyfb5)
The Progs learned a trick from the Muslims. You don't outlaw or destroy outright the institutions you want to eventually go away. You just marginalize and hassle them until they cease to be or simply don't offer any obstacle to your goals any longer.
Bob Dylan did a couple of songs mocking the Birchers but can anyone remember a major pop star attacking the CPUSA?
DHS tells law enforcement to be suspicious of veterans but do they mention Nation of Islam, despite the number of its members who've gone overseas to join jihadist groups?
Posted by: epobirs at August 27, 2013 11:49 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Sister Sestina at August 28, 2013 03:25 AM (1wI7y)
You and I clearly have a different definitions of "good thing."
I didn't say I was going to lose, just that I didn't have a plan. Yet.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 28, 2013 03:27 AM (qyfb5)
A little bit of personal history -- when I turned 30, I went back and figured out all the places I had lived in SoCal.....and was astonished to tote up that there were 30 of them. My dad worked downtown and family in northern LA County, and my mom worked mainly around San Pedro and had family in Orange County....so when tiffs escalated, they naturally went to something like: "XXXX, you haven't taken out the trash in two weeks and I'm tired of living down the road from your worthless brother." "OK, we'll move."
So, I've lived in Long Beach, Lakewood, Placerita Canyon, Bouquet Canyon, Newhall, Tujunga, Claremont.....orbiting around the north county and south county. In 1986, I moved to Silicon Valley -- chasing after a dame I never could catch, but ending up with a BH I never could match. We're working on our third decade together, and have been in this house since 1997.
And I am so completely disgusted with the government here that I'm ready to leave and never come back. The fucking city applied for a MasterCard in my name, charged it up to $4,000 in giveaways for the NFL 49ers, and gave 'em my address to send the bills. The state is now trying to retroactively tax people who filed previous years in good faith, and my local representative can't stand up like a human because his lips are permanently attached to Madame Pelosi's toes.
You might think, "fight the good fight" -- and I did, too.....until I walked the precincts, manned the booths, gave the money.....and still got fucked. Then, to rub it in, I've gotten fundraising bullshit for enough years to have burnt up all the money I gave and then some. That's right -- if you really believe in something and give money, they're going to spend it all asking you for *more* money instead of convincing one single fucking person not already convinced.
I want to live somewhere with hope, and this ain't it.
Since I settled in,
Posted by: cthulhu at August 27, 2013 11:52 PM (T1005)
On the other hand, yes, there are cultural similarities there that have not hurt their occasional alliances.Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 27, 2013 11:53 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: epobirs at August 27, 2013 11:58 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 28, 2013 12:04 AM (qyfb5)
One of my little observations about space is that momentum is your greatest enemy and your only friend.
The freedom to succeed or fail is kind of like that and yet even harder for people to grasp.
I don't know, maybe we are an aberration and history will return to form soon enough, and future generations will forget us.
May their chains rest lightly on them.Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 28, 2013 12:07 AM (qyfb5)
Posted by: weft, all kitted up for RINOv.PURE [/i] [/b] at August 28, 2013 12:13 AM (XvsbD)
Posted by: rickl at August 28, 2013 12:15 AM (sdi6R)
It's always been my home and I love the *place*, there is nowhere in Earth more beautiful.
I guess in a way it's easier that I'm alone if that happens. My ties have been cutting themselves, maybe that's a hint.
I just don't have a plan.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 28, 2013 04:04 AM (qyfb5)
We have too much to lose here to wait until it's a lost cause. Better that we cash out while things are uncertain than stay to the end and reap losses.....and there is every opportunity to lose everything when you leave. For years, I've been noting that the 1040NR is rapacious if you're leaving [as an example, you can only deduct ((California income/all income)*mortgage interest), despite the fact that your property in other states may be owned free-and-clear].
I, too, love the state. And I don't see a way back once left. But I'm planning, 'cause I don't see a way to stay.
Posted by: cthulhu at August 28, 2013 12:18 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 28, 2013 12:33 AM (qyfb5)
Posted by: weft, all kitted up for RINOv.PURE [/i] [/b] at August 28, 2013 12:36 AM (XvsbD)
Not many people do. The average person is just acting on what ever chain of events that may present themselves over a lifetime. I had no plans what so ever to be here where I am at today and when I look back twenty years I realize I had no plans at all.
Posted by: GMB at August 28, 2013 12:40 AM (nkPV9)
Posted by: BornLib at August 28, 2013 01:05 AM (zpNwC)
When Peruvia has more hope than your home...survey says :BONED!
I think Alberta has hope.
Posted by: Chelsea10077 at August 28, 2013 01:07 AM (A4hKL)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 28, 2013 01:18 AM (qyfb5)
Posted by: BornLib at August 28, 2013 01:21 AM (zpNwC)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 28, 2013 01:32 AM (IXrOn)
Posted by: Chelsea the Destroyer at August 28, 2013 01:40 AM (443dZ)
That fits right in with the reports that the recovery has only been realized by the top 5%. Things are swell for Amazon but grim for everyone else trying to offer service and expertise.
Posted by: epobirs at August 28, 2013 01:56 AM (kcfmt)
Deployment of such weapons is always fraught with risk, especially if the personnel given the task are lacking in training or just basic intelligence. They may have been expendables or just canaries.
Posted by: epobirs at August 28, 2013 01:59 AM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 28, 2013 02:01 AM (qyfb5)
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Posted by: eman at August 28, 2013 01:04 AM (AO9UG) --- Sad by true. Is it wrong to find it funny too? I don't know, but I do.
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