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September 22, 2013

Overnight Open Thread (9-22-2013)
— Maetenloch

Because being liberal means that every aspect of life - no matter how mundane, human and apolitical - must be about politics, judging and feeling superior. And yet remaining oblivious to this very aspect of themselves.

Here Jonathon Last calls out a a particularly egregious example of this:

When you live in Washington, one of the things that's supposed to happen is that, by bumping around casually with folks from the other side you learn to empathize with them and come to understand that they put their pants on one leg at a time, too.

So here's a Tweet from a guy who just met Don Rumsfeld:

"Evil"? I'm sorry. Are you fucking kidding?
...You know who's evil? Mohammad Atta was evil. And I wouldn't make such a big deal over Geer not being able to make moral distinctions between Donald Rumsfeld and Mohammad Atta, except that he tweeted this on, you know, the fucking anniversary of September 11.
Twelve years before Donald Rumsfeld had the pleasure of meeting Stephen Geer, he spent his morning helping to carry wounded colleagues out of the burning Pentagon.

Quote of the Day

"Forgetfulness occurs when those who have been long inured to civilized order can no longer remember a time in which they had to wonder whether their crops would grow to maturity without being stolen or their children sold into slavery by a victorious foe.
"They forget that in time of danger, in the face of the Enemy, they must trust and confide in each other, or perish.

"They forget, in short, that there has ever been a category of human experience called the Enemy. And that, before 9/11, was what had happened to us. The very concept of the Enemy had been banished from our moral and political vocabulary. An enemy was just a friend we hadn't done enough for - yet. Or perhaps there had been a misunderstanding, or an oversight on our part - something that we could correct. And this means that that our first task is that we must try to grasp what the concept of the Enemy really means.

"The Enemy is someone who is willing to die in order to kill you. And while it is true that the Enemy always hates us for a reason - it is his reason, and not ours."
-- Lee Harris in Civilization and Its Enemies

Lee Stranahan: How Liberal Altruism Ruined a Public Park

The short version is that a charity, Love Wins Ministry, has been feeding the homeless in a Raleigh, NC park for a few years and during that time the homeless have turned the park into a hell-hole that decent people avoid. They city got tired of this and finally threatened to to arrest the charity workers if they didn't find an alternate hand-out location.

There's nothing wrong with charity, of course. The problem that the liberals like Think Progress refuse to even acknowledge, however, is the impact that using a public space to feed homeless people has on the rest of the community. It's an issue facing cities across the country, where short sighted 'social justice' policies have created blight and danger.
The group Love Wins Ministries has, in fact, been proving free food for the homeless at Moore Park for six years. That means there's a small group of people-many of whom have substance abuse issues-who have been taking advantage of free food given out in a public park for years.
The consequences aren't hard to imagine but thanks to sites like TripAdvisor.com, we don't need to guess how using Moore Park as a public soup-kitchen has worked out in practice; review after review of the place tell the grim story.

Couldn't they find another alternate spot that wouldn't cause the same issues? Well they could but apparently this is about making a fuck-you point to the city:

We appreciate all the ways you have written in to suggest that we could subvert the system, but to do that only admits to the City of Raleigh that its argument is legitimate. We maintain that we have done nothing wrong.

Obama: The NRA and You Gun Nuts Are Causing Gun Violence

We fought a good fight earlier this year, but we came up short, and that means we've got to get back up and go back at it. As long as there are those who make it as easy as possible for dangerous people to get their hands on guns then we've got to work as hard as possible for the sake of our children . . . to do more work to make it harder.

A Rebuttal - Ann Coulter: Why Won't Liberals Deal with the Crazy?

There's been another mass shooting by a crazy person, and liberals still refuse to consider institutionalizing the dangerous mentally ill.
...But Alexis couldn't be institutionalized because the left has officially certified the mentally ill as "victims," and once you're a victim, all that matters is that you not be "stigmatized."

But here's the problem: Coddling the mentally ill isn't even helping the mentally ill. Ask the sisters of crazy homeless woman "Billie Boggs" how grateful they were to the ACLU for keeping Boggs living on the streets of New York City. Ask the parents of Aaron Alexis, James Holmes (Aurora, Colo., movie theater shooter), Jared Loughner (Tucson, Ariz., mall shooter) or Seung-Hui Cho (Virginia Tech shooter) how happy they are that their sons weren't institutionalized.

Tellingly, throughout the last three decades, the overall homicide rate has been in free fall, thanks to Republican crime policies, from 10 per 100,000 in 1980 to 4 per 100,00 today. (You might even call them "common sense" crime policies.) But the number of mass shootings has skyrocketed from 4 per year, between 1900 and 1970, to 29 per year since then.

Something seems to have gone horribly wrong right around 1970. What could it be? Was it the introduction of bell-bottoms?
That date happens to correlate precisely with when the country began throwing the mentally ill out of institutions in 1969. Your memory of there not being as many mass murders a few decades ago is correct. Your memory of there not being as many homeless people a few decades ago is also correct.

Also Gun-Hating KU Professor and Former Dean Wishes Death on NRA Members' Children

Remember they're more caring and empathetic than you hateful right-winger types. Also can you guess his department without checking?

And KU gives him a paid time-out along with hints that he may have mental issues.

Remembering Mae West

She may be fading out of popular culture these days but in her time she was a force who was far more talented that she's remembered for. She wrote most of her most famous lines and didn't even start acting until she was almost 40. Much of Madonna's career is really just an update of what West already did.

Years before Madonna made waves with her erotic coffee table conversation piece "Sex", West wrote, produced and starred in a 1926 play by the same name. It marked her debut on Broadway and ran for nearly 400 performances before the New York City Police department raided the theater and arrested her for "corrupting the morals of youth." She was sentenced to 10 days in jail, and enjoyed meals with the warden and his wife. She must have made a good impression, because she was released after serving 8 days due to good behavior. The scandal didn't hurt West's career at all, and raised her profile.

NASA is Running Out of Plutonium

PU-238 (which isn't the more fun nuke-you-from-orbit PU-239 type) is practically the perfect fuel for long-term space probes. The Russians promised to keep making it for us twenty years ago but haven't been able to deliver and that's a problem.

The country's scientific stockpile has dwindled to around 36 pounds. To put that in perspective, the battery that powers NASA's Curiosity rover, which is currently studying the surface of Mars, contains roughly 10 pounds of plutonium, and what's left has already been spoken for and then some. The implications for space exploration are dire: No more plutonium-238 means not exploring perhaps 99 percent of the solar system. In effect, much of NASA's $1.5 billion-a-year (and shrinking) planetary science program is running out of time. The nuclear crisis is so bad that affected researchers know it simply as "The Problem."

Bad Taxidermy

Sometimes imagination and taxidermy don't really mix.

Detroit Fans Are Getting Screwed

As well as Cowboys fans.

Weekly AoSHQ Commenter Standings

Top 10 commenters:
1 [399 comments] 'Jones in CO' [55.89 posts/day]
2 [363 comments] 'Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review'
3 [337 comments] 'Lincolntf'
4 [296 comments] 'Vic'
5 [295 comments] 'Niedermeyer's Dead Horse'
6 [281 comments] 'BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk'
7 [280 comments] 'cthulhu'
8 [268 comments] 'Mike Hammer'
9 [267 comments] 'EC'
10 [266 comments] 'tasker'

Top 10 sockpuppeteers:
1 [56 names] 'The Political Hat' [7.84 unique names/day]
2 [51 names] 'phreshone'
3 [44 names] 'kbdabear'
4 [34 names] 'Cicero (@cicero)'
5 [33 names] 'adams moe town porn'
6 [30 names] 'Schr?dinger's cat </i>'
7 [28 names] 'Guy Mohawk'
8 [28 names] 'mindful webworker - tip the waitress means cash you jerk'
9 [25 names] 'Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review'
10 [25 names] 'bonhomme'

The group. Yeah.

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1 First

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 06:00 PM (GEICT)

2 We are The Other.

Posted by: Y-not at September 22, 2013 06:02 PM (5H6zj)

3 And Evil. That makes it easy for them to pursue their Ends Justify the Means politics.

Posted by: Y-not at September 22, 2013 06:03 PM (5H6zj)

4 Aloha!

Posted by: cthulhu at September 22, 2013 06:03 PM (T1005)

5 >>the homeless have turned the park into a hell-hole that decent people avoid We have that problem in Salt Lake. It's called Pioneer Park.

Posted by: Y-not at September 22, 2013 06:04 PM (5H6zj)

6 Here is the "News of the Week" compilation of the news More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=3292

Posted by: The Political Hat at September 22, 2013 06:04 PM (Vk2pI)

7 Can we declare this a Chicago Bears free thread?

Posted by: kbdabear at September 22, 2013 06:05 PM (/9IC1)

8 Liberals are filled with hate for anything good.

Posted by: Trimegistus at September 22, 2013 06:05 PM (hdBR3)

9 Between two evils, I always pick the one I've never tried. -Mae West

Words to live by.

Posted by: no good deed at September 22, 2013 06:07 PM (k55Fc)

10 The fruits of the Left's constant demonization of certain people (like us) will be really ugly. It's already beginning to rear its ugly head with rape fantasies on well-known Conservative women. In time it will be okay to stone a conservative...because, yeah, they're evil and not really people.

Posted by: soothsayer at September 22, 2013 06:07 PM (Y/nwB)

11 NASA is Running Out of Plutonium Call us. Our prices are cheap!

Posted by: Kim Jong Un at September 22, 2013 06:08 PM (Vk2pI)

12 Has anyone ever heard of a "Carpool Lust Party"?

Posted by: Arbalest at September 22, 2013 06:08 PM (FlRtG)

13 Top 10 commenters: 1 [399 comments] 'Jones in CO' [55.89 posts/day] 2 [363 comments] 'Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review' 3 [337 comments] 'Lincolntf' 4 [296 comments] 'Vic' 5 [295 comments] 'Niedermeyer's Dead Horse' 6 [281 comments] 'BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk' 7 [280 comments] 'cthulhu' 8 [268 comments] 'Mike Hammer' 9 [267 comments] 'EC' 10 [266 comments] 'tasker' Did something happen to Sven???

Posted by: The Political Hat at September 22, 2013 06:09 PM (Vk2pI)

14 We have plenty of Pu-238. We just need to start recycling our power plant waste. We solved the nuclear waste technical issues in 1980 with a successful borax-glass log vitrification process. But the Cockholster Left won't allow any progress.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 22, 2013 06:09 PM (u82oZ)

15 I laugh every time I hear one of them say something about "haters." The Leftist ideology is BASED IN HATE. And don't any of you ever forget that.

Posted by: soothsayer at September 22, 2013 06:09 PM (Y/nwB)

16 10
The fruits of the Left's constant demonization of certain people (like us) will be really ugly.

It's already beginning to rear its ugly head with rape fantasies on well-known Conservative women.

In time it will be okay to stone a conservative...because, yeah, they're evil and not really people.

Posted by: soothsayer at September 22, 2013 10:07 PM (Y/nwB)

But when we plug one in self-defense, it's because we're racists and H8Rs.

Posted by: cthulhu at September 22, 2013 06:09 PM (T1005)

17 Did something happen to Sven??? Posted by: The Political Hat at September 22, 2013 10:09 PM (Vk2pI) Banned for a while.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 06:10 PM (GEICT)

18 Who the fuck is "Stephen Geer"? I am not the biggest Rumsfeld fan, but seriously, who is "Stephen Geer" that anyone should give a damn what he thinks about the price of tea in China?

Posted by: lohgprof at September 22, 2013 06:10 PM (fOFYL)

19 Banned for a while. Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 10:10 PM (GEICT) What for??

Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at September 22, 2013 06:11 PM (CgVEi)

20 Conservatives are the new Jews. We're in 2013, but the Left imagines it's 1937 Soviet Union or 1943 Germany.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 22, 2013 06:11 PM (u82oZ)

21 "...And while it is true that the Enemy always hates us for a reason - it is his reason, and not ours." This obviously excludes leftists, because for them the enemy's reason carries greater weight.

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at September 22, 2013 06:12 PM (ItfcE)

22 What for?? Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at September 22, 2013 10:11 PM (CgVEi) I don't think it was on purpose.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 06:12 PM (GEICT)

23 Nice rack on the blonde on the cover of Vice Squad. Bet they're real...

Posted by: JoeyBagels at September 22, 2013 06:12 PM (Usdw3)

24 The fruits of (insert the name of your favorite group) constant demonization of certain people (insert the name of your group) will be really ugly. FIFY On a serious note, there can be no peace without mutual respect. Unfortunately, sometimes that respect is meted out in painful lessons. I am afraid the JEF has us on course for a teachable moment in the political discourse of America.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 22, 2013 06:12 PM (9DDfG)

25 Did something happen to Sven??? Posted by: The Political Hat at September 22, 2013 10:09 PM (Vk2pI) Banned for a while. *** He tweeted Ace a couple of days ago to tell him that he keeps getting caught up in TBK thingy.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 22, 2013 06:14 PM (DmNpO)

26 Has anyone ever heard of a Carpool Lust Party? ----- Great band.

Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Stupid Phone at September 22, 2013 06:14 PM (GmTxn)

27 I was in a car pool when I worked at NAVSEA. Everyone else was a male engineer. I'm glad I missed out on the lust parties.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at September 22, 2013 06:14 PM (u82oZ)

28 What is with all of the Spanish shit on NBC for the NFL? I am about ready to take a pass on the NFL and throw my interest to College. It's bullshit.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at September 22, 2013 06:15 PM (jucos)

29 "We have that problem in Salt Lake. It's called Pioneer Park." We have that problem in Texas. It's called Austin.

Posted by: Lauren at September 22, 2013 06:16 PM (qWx6X)

30 "Car Pool Lust Parties." We live in such a diminished Age.

Posted by: Inspector Asshole at September 22, 2013 06:16 PM (Kxoqk)

31 Obama,'We fought a good fight earlier this year, but we came up short, and that means we've got to get back up and go back at it. (As long as there are those who make it as easy as possible for dangerous people to get their hands on guns')

for g-d sakes i choked on my own tongue there.
How fkn cynical is this after arming drug cartels and terrorists!~

yet Americans are to be disarmed!

Posted by: willow at September 22, 2013 06:16 PM (nqBYe)

32 Did something happen to Sven??? Posted by: The Political Hat at September 22, 2013 10:09 PM (Vk2pI) Banned for a while. *** He tweeted Ace a couple of days ago to tell him that he keeps getting caught up in TBK thingy. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 22, 2013 10:14 PM (DmNpO) Thus a reminder of the importance of having hamster feed with which to bribeÂ…

Posted by: The Political Hat at September 22, 2013 06:16 PM (Vk2pI)

33 "We have that problem in Salt Lake. It's called Pioneer Park." We have that problem in Texas. It's called Austin. Posted by: Lauren at September 22, 2013 10:16 PM (qWx6X) Why hello there! Â…unless you are a H8er who doesn' celebrate crossdressing sodomy, in which case GTFO!

Posted by: San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro at September 22, 2013 06:17 PM (Vk2pI)

34 25 Did something happen to Sven???
Posted by: The Political Hat at September 22, 2013 10:09 PM (Vk2pI)

Banned for a while.
***
He tweeted Ace a couple of days ago to tell him that he keeps getting caught up in TBK thingy.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 22, 2013 10:14 PM (DmNpO)

Sven has been given an official timeout.

Posted by: Mætenloch at September 22, 2013 06:17 PM (XkotV)

35 >>We have that problem in Texas. It's called Austin. LOL. That's true! When we were living in Houston people urged us to go visit Austin because it was supposed to be Texas' version of Boston. (That should have warned us right there, but we went anyway.) Spent a weekend there and encountered a lot of bums urinating on buildings in full daylight. Lovely.

Posted by: Y-not at September 22, 2013 06:17 PM (5H6zj)

36 Ha, Lauren! Sad but true. Just Keepin' it Weird, yo.

Posted by: no good deed at September 22, 2013 06:18 PM (k55Fc)

37 That stephen geer desrves to be slapped across his filthy, know-nothing mouth with a crusty dildo used in a gay porn flic. Fuck and thos like him. Im off to san diego tomorrow, any Moron parties happening that way?

Posted by: fastfreefall at September 22, 2013 06:18 PM (Tz35j)

38 Sven has been given an official timeout. Posted by: MÃ¦tenloch at September 22, 2013 10:17 PM (XkotV) Dare I ask what prompted it?

Posted by: The Political Hat at September 22, 2013 06:18 PM (Vk2pI)

39 is there anyone in the fkn MSM to address the constant lies?

they aren't the slightest embarrassed by the pure lines of shit to come out of these guys mouths?
anything to help them keep power?

anything?
why do i ask.

Posted by: willow at September 22, 2013 06:18 PM (nqBYe)

40 Sven has been given an official timeout. Posted by: MÃ¦tenloch at September 22, 2013 10:17 PM (XkotV) Oh. Might I ask why?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 06:18 PM (GEICT)

41 23 Nice rack on the blonde on the cover of Vice Squad. Bet they're real...

Posted by: JoeyBagels at September 22, 2013 10:12 PM (Usdw3)

Yes, they were real. Dated her in the 80s but had to drop her. All she wanted to do was talk about fabrics and shit.

Posted by: Ammo Dump at September 22, 2013 06:18 PM (GgPam)

42 Hey fappers and fappettes. I've been indulging of the fruit of the barley....and the grape. Don't judge me,

Posted by: DC in Towson at September 22, 2013 06:18 PM (eQJwb)

43 Screw Plutonium. Do it with solar, because clean, or something.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 22, 2013 06:18 PM (aDwsi)

44 We have that problem in Texas. It's called Austin. Posted by: Lauren ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey that"s a no sh!@#er! We spent the weekend there, in part to go to the UT-KSU game. I have never seen so many pan handlers and urban campers.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at September 22, 2013 06:19 PM (9DDfG)

45 So, who is Stephen Geer? His Twitter bio: "Stephen Geer was Director of Email and Online Fundraising for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. He is now a partner at OMP in Washington, DC." Guess to serve on Barack Obama's campaign you first have to give up your good manners and your soul.

Posted by: Thrawn at September 22, 2013 06:19 PM (Dsds2)

46 Sven has been given an official timeout. *** Does he know that?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 22, 2013 06:19 PM (DmNpO)

47 Ours is pioneer square. Other popular homeless hangouts here are the public libraries. Especially awesome that they use the bathrooms as their shower facilities.

Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at September 22, 2013 06:19 PM (RZ8pf)

48 Well, as I always say, "Warmer means weirder." Cold weather drives the bums indoors.

Posted by: Y-not at September 22, 2013 06:20 PM (5H6zj)

49 Also, Mae West's version of "Light My Fire" is actually quite good: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQxFm9EeniQ

Posted by: The Political Hat at September 22, 2013 06:20 PM (Vk2pI)

50 "Spent a weekend there and encountered a lot of bums urinating on buildings in full daylight" It's because we built the Ritz fing Carlton of homeless shelters for them.

Posted by: Lauren at September 22, 2013 06:20 PM (qWx6X)

51 OK moron geniuses, the quantum thing in sidebar. The Heisenberg two slit wave-particle thing has bugged me for years. Is the observational problem due to technology, like equipment must be too close? Or, and please do not say, subatomic particles know when they are watched. Which is what it always sounds like. Quantum theory already hurts my head.

Posted by: Beagle at September 22, 2013 06:20 PM (sOtz/)

52 DC! You hammered man? Good. Have a couple for me.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 06:21 PM (GEICT)

53 pg 152 Ch. 15 Making an Obedient Mass. The Nazis and the Occult. By D. Sklar

"Since life has been irremediably spoiled for the believer, he has relatively little hesitation about spoiling it for others. This gives him an advantage. He can be unscrupulous under the disguise of idealism. His self-righteousness permits him to convince himself that he is destroying people for their own good. Josef Goebbels felt it his duty to unleash volcanic passions, outbreaks of rage, to set masses of people on the march, to organize hatred and despair with ice-cold calculation."

Eric Hoffer in The True Believer which is quoted in Sklar's book has this to say - "It seems that when we are oppressed by the knowledge of our worthlessness we do not see ourselves as lower than some and higher than others, but as lower than the lowest of mankind. We hate then the whole world, and we would pour our wrath upon the whole of creation."

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 22, 2013 06:21 PM (nqb9X)

54 >>It's because we built the Ritz fing Carlton of homeless shelters for them. Good to know. I'll keep that in mind for my retirement needs after Obama is finished destroying the economy.

Posted by: Y-not at September 22, 2013 06:21 PM (5H6zj)

55 Screw Plutonium. Do it with solar, because clean, or something. Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 22, 2013 10:18 PM (aDwsi) Why, hello there!

Posted by: Inverse-Square Law at September 22, 2013 06:21 PM (Vk2pI)

56 Asheville - Pritchard Park. But, s'OK because of the purifying drum circle on Friday night.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 22, 2013 06:21 PM (aDwsi)

57 How liberal altruism ruined a public park.

Liberals don't understand that their 'helping' the poor and unfortunate, enable the poor and unfortunate to continue to be poor and unfortunate.

Posted by: Generic Research Assistant at September 22, 2013 06:21 PM (fRBXO)

58 People living inside my computer, I will leave you tonight with this thought: Meanwhile, the GOP is a drunk Joe Namath trying to get into Suzy Kolber's [the taxpayer] pants on live television. "We could care less about the nation strug-a-ling."

Posted by: soothsayer at September 22, 2013 06:21 PM (Y/nwB)

59 Oh.
Might I ask why?
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 10:18 PM (GEICT)

Insulting Cobs in threads despite a warning.

Posted by: Mætenloch at September 22, 2013 06:22 PM (XkotV)

60 Ugh, I just want Breaking Bad over with so I can see the finale already

Posted by: The dude at September 22, 2013 06:22 PM (vJdyz)

61 Guess to serve on Barack Obama's campaign you first have to give up your good manners and your soul. It always helps if the whole cult, from leader to follower, behaves the same...

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at September 22, 2013 06:22 PM (ItfcE)

62 I am watching one of my favorite movies, Demolition Man.

Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at September 22, 2013 06:22 PM (RZ8pf)

63 obama said,
As long as there are those who make it as easy as possible for dangerous people to get their hands on guns then we've got to work as hard as possible for the sake of our children

had to repeat that.
because it is making me nuts.

Posted by: willow at September 22, 2013 06:23 PM (nqBYe)

64 57 How liberal altruism ruined a public park. Liberals don't understand that their 'helping' the poor and unfortunate, enable the poor and unfortunate to continue to be poor and unfortunate. Posted by: Generic Research Assistant at September 22, 2013 10:21 PM (fRBXO) Didycha hear that the Republicans want to cut SNAP by 4 billion over 10 years? That means 800 million vets, children with puppies, the elderly, and Syrians will STARVE! Donate now and help Our Lord and Savior Barack Obama defeat the evil Republican terrorists! (and help Debbie Wasserman-Schultz get a new hair-style).

Posted by: DNC Fund Raising E-mail at September 22, 2013 06:23 PM (Dsds2)

65 Insulting Cobs in threads despite a warning.

Posted by: MÃ¦tenloch at September 22, 2013 10:22 PM (XkotV)

i saw your momma wearing combat boots with no socks!

Posted by: willow at September 22, 2013 06:23 PM (nqBYe)

66 Insulting Cobs in threads despite a warning. Posted by: MÃ¦tenloch at September 22, 2013 10:22 PM (XkotV) Ah. Nuff said.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 06:24 PM (GEICT)

67 We are the other people We are the other people You're the other people, too Found a way to get to you... Do you think that I'm crazy? Out of my mind? Do you think that I creep in the night And sleep in a phone booth?

Posted by: toby928© at September 22, 2013 06:24 PM (QupBk)

68 Bronco Bama and I call our motorcades "Carpool Lust Parties." Weird.

Posted by: Reggie "Bodyman" Luv at September 22, 2013 06:24 PM (GgPam)

69 Carpool Lust Party. I think I saw them perform in the early nineties. They released a couple of singles on an independent label and then disasapeared. I think the lead singer moved to France...

Posted by: JoeyBagels at September 22, 2013 06:24 PM (Usdw3)

70 And for three weeks running not in the Top 10. Life is much better.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 22, 2013 06:25 PM (nqb9X)

71 >>>DC! You hammered man? Not hammered. Just pleasantly buzzed. I deserve it too, after today. How you?

Posted by: DC in Towson at September 22, 2013 06:25 PM (eQJwb)

72 What is with all of the Spanish shit on NBC for the NFL? NBC owns Telemundo, so it doesn't come as a surprise that they'd be Latinizing their progs more. Ain't that just a hoot? Instead of Americanizing the Latin population, they're trying to Latinize the American population.

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at September 22, 2013 06:25 PM (ItfcE)

73 Lemme take a minute & tell you my plan Lemme take a minute & tell who I am If it doesn't show Think you better know I'm another person Do you think that my pants are too tight Do you think that I'm creepy?

Posted by: toby928© at September 22, 2013 06:26 PM (QupBk)

74 Insulting the lesser light bloggers here? That's a stupid fucking reason.

Posted by: soothsayer at September 22, 2013 06:26 PM (Y/nwB)

75 The bullshit about the "Navy Yard Shooter" fails to point the blame at the DC cops. August, they responded to a call that he was hearing voices and the there were 'rays' coming through the walls controlling his mind.
Here in "The Other Washington", he would have been picked-up and recommended for a "Voluntary Commit" for a 72 hour observation.
Had he refused, it would become an "Involuntary Commit".
That carries a penalty of NO GUNS!
The DC cops did not want to do the paper-work, washed their hands of it, notified the Navy Yard, and were "Off The Hook".
The DC cops could have prevented this. It was too much work...

Posted by: ChrisP at September 22, 2013 06:26 PM (jdPps)

76 Not hammered. Just pleasantly buzzed. I deserve it too, after today. How you? Posted by: DC in Towson at September 22, 2013 10:25 PM (eQJwb) That sounds no bueno. Enjoy your buzz. Eh, I'm above ground. And thankful for that. Lol.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 06:26 PM (GEICT)

77 Liberals don't understand that their 'helping' the poor and unfortunate, enable the poor and unfortunate to continue to be poor and unfortunate. Posted by: Generic Research ---------------- WJS article - 'Pathological Altruism' http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324688404578545523824389986.html

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 22, 2013 06:26 PM (aDwsi)

78 Nice ONT Maet...

yeah on the concept of "evil" ...I do think the opfor *is* evil they are weaponizing the impoverished and artificially aggrieved....

anyway keep on keeping on.

Posted by: sven10077 at September 22, 2013 06:26 PM (9jfyN)

79 Better look around before you say you don't care Shut you're fucking mouth about the length of my hair How would you survive If you were alive Shitty little person We are the other people We are the other people You're the other people, too Found a way to get to you

Posted by: toby928© at September 22, 2013 06:27 PM (QupBk)

80 Ain't that just a hoot? Instead of Americanizing the Latin population, they're trying to Latinize the American population.>>

It's a liberal thing. They don't think minorities are smart enough to learn English but the evil whites are smart enough to learn Spanish.

Posted by: The Hickster at September 22, 2013 06:27 PM (++MhP)

81 We really haven't given 'curious' enough credit for "her" longevity.

Posted by: Y-not at September 22, 2013 06:27 PM (5H6zj)

82 That was the greatest thing when Giuliani took office, he got rid of the squeegee men and the homeless out of parks and trains.

Posted by: kreplach at September 22, 2013 06:27 PM (llWKT)

83 I srsly need to increase my alcohol content substantially This once a week couple of glasses of wine is just not doing the job. I really cannot stand reality anylonger.

Posted by: willow at September 22, 2013 06:27 PM (nqBYe)

84 Of course, she only insults disabled people, older folks, and anyone who doesn't live in NYC.

Posted by: Y-not at September 22, 2013 06:28 PM (5H6zj)

85 81 We really haven't given 'curious' enough credit for "her" longevity. Posted by: Y-not at September 22, 2013 10:27 PM (5H6zj) Don't wanna encourage.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 06:28 PM (GEICT)

86 We are the other people We are the other people You're the other people, too Found a way to get to you Do you think that I love you... Stupid & blind? Do you think that I dream through the night Of holding you near me? Lemme take a minute & tell you my plan Lemme take a minute & tell who I am If it doesn't show Think you better know I'm another person

Posted by: toby928© at September 22, 2013 06:28 PM (QupBk)

87 I've never seen so many wastrels by choice than when walking across the town square of Arcata, Ca. Perfectly able bodied kids who chose to be vagabonds panhandling their way up and down the coast.

Posted by: no good deed at September 22, 2013 06:28 PM (k55Fc)

88 It's a liberal thing. They don't think minorities are smart enough to learn English but the evil whites are smart enough to learn Spanish.

Yeah. Or, put more simply, liberals are the most racist people you will ever meet. There's a reason the KKK was originally the DNC Ladies' Auxiliary.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 22, 2013 06:28 PM (T6c9C)

89 Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at September 22, 2013 10:25 PM (ItfcE)

The Inverse Melting Pot theory is being put to good use by our rulers. I am just waiting for the Gathering of the Clans!

Posted by: Hrothgar at September 22, 2013 06:29 PM (XdnQT)

90 So I'm sitting in the cell phone lot with all 4 kids because I misread tripit and then my husband's flight was delayed. Entertain me my gray box friends!

Posted by: Lauren at September 22, 2013 06:29 PM (A6xmT)

91 83 I srsly need to increase my alcohol content substantially This once a week couple of glasses of wine is just not doing the job. I really cannot stand reality anylonger. Posted by: willow at September 22, 2013 10:27 PM (nqBYe) --Damn, you're not even trying, willow!

Posted by: lohgprof at September 22, 2013 06:29 PM (fOFYL)

92 YAY I won, I WON!!!!!

of course it is mostly because of laser marks on my tail...

congrats, sympathies to the top tens.

Posted by: sven10077 at September 22, 2013 06:29 PM (9jfyN)

93 Insulting Cobs in threads despite a warning. Posted by: MÃ¦tenloch at September 22, 2013 10:22 PM (XkotV) Wait, that's how we show our "love"!

Posted by: The Love-Slap Hat at September 22, 2013 06:30 PM (Vk2pI)

94 Don't forget people with nice closets y-not.

Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at September 22, 2013 06:31 PM (RZ8pf)

95 Posted by: sven10077 at September 22, 2013 10:29 PM (9jfyN)

SO, it appears you have been unbanned?

Posted by: Hrothgar at September 22, 2013 06:31 PM (XdnQT)

96 >>Wait, that's how we show our "love"! Works for us.

Posted by: The Republican Establishment at September 22, 2013 06:31 PM (5H6zj)

97 logprof, perhaps twice a week three glasses of wine?

Posted by: willow at September 22, 2013 06:31 PM (nqBYe)

****pokes head in****

yeah, soon

soon

Posted by: navycopjoe at September 22, 2013 06:31 PM (ht6M+)

99 I am just waiting for the Gathering of the Clans!>>

There can be only one!

Is going to be a problem for many.

Posted by: The Hickster at September 22, 2013 06:31 PM (++MhP)

100 My favorite people are always the ones who get banned. And I yell at my idiot 21 yo for picking the wrong friends. I guess the apple doesn't fall from...

Posted by: Tobacco Road at September 22, 2013 06:31 PM (4Mv1T)

101 I've never seen so many wastrels by choice than when walking across the town square of Arcata, Ca.

Arcata's police blotter is Internet famous, mostly due to the unique writing style the guy adopted to try and make the town sound less boring.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 22, 2013 06:31 PM (T6c9C)

102 89 Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at September 22, 2013 10:25 PM (ItfcE)
The Inverse Melting Pot theory is being put to good use by our rulers. I am just waiting for the Gathering of the Clans!
Posted by: Hrothgar at September 22, 2013 10:29 PM (XdnQT)

http://tinyurl.com/jwcfl2j

Posted by: Joey Biden at September 22, 2013 06:31 PM (+vOE2)

103 >>94 Don't forget people with nice closets y-not. Oh, yeah.

Posted by: Y-not at September 22, 2013 06:31 PM (5H6zj)

104 BC, you haven't even commented on your Wall of Shame performance, Also, I retract my previous statement of not being hammered.

Posted by: DC in Towson at September 22, 2013 06:32 PM (eQJwb)

105 Frankly, I thought insulting Cobs was a regular and approved sport hereabouts!

Posted by: Hrothgar at September 22, 2013 06:32 PM (XdnQT)

106 Thank you , Maet!

Posted by: Museisluse at September 22, 2013 06:32 PM (HBhZC)

107 97 logprof, perhaps twice a week three glasses of wine? Posted by: willow at September 22, 2013 10:31 PM (nqBYe) --Gettin' there!

Posted by: logprof at September 22, 2013 06:32 PM (fOFYL)

108 ...But Alexis couldn't be institutionalized because the left has officially certified the mentally ill as "victims," and once you're a victim, all that matters is that you not be "stigmatized." *** I'd actually say that isn't the whole reason the left opposes allowing involuntary institutionalization to come back. Get in a discussion with a liberal activist on this topic (if they don't know you are a conservative) and you will eventually get a statement along the lines of "just because I think and act differently from so-called normal people is no reason to lock me up!" On the other hand, I have no faith that the psychological community can distinguish between those dangerous to others, those dangerous to themselves, and oddballs who aren't dangerous to anyone.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 22, 2013 06:32 PM (zPVBH)

109 Fuck you if you don't like my hat.

Posted by: Freaked Out! at September 22, 2013 06:32 PM (jmVS/)

110 hell maybe everyday at least a glass of wine.

bad for my skin? will it make me age more quickly? or decrease my ability to Sometimes use commas spelling or capitalization?

Posted by: willow at September 22, 2013 06:32 PM (nqBYe)

111

Didycha hear that the Republicans want to cut SNAP by 4 billion over 10 years? That means 800 million vets, children with puppies, the elderly, and Syrians will STARVE!

On this one I'm kind of on straddling the fence.

I know that there are those that are abusing the system, but I also see the elderly lady who has to go to a food pantry because she only has $300/mo of income and a whopping $12/mo of food stamps.

Posted by: PMRich at September 22, 2013 06:33 PM (KDUNf)

112 If I wanted to speaka da Spanish I would have gone to one of many third world shitholes where it is spoken, and yes.... I include Spain on my list.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at September 22, 2013 06:33 PM (jucos)

113 100 My favorite people are always the ones who get banned. And I yell at my idiot 21 yo for picking the wrong friends. I guess the apple doesn't fall from... Posted by: Tobacco Road at September 22, 2013 10:31 PM (4Mv1T) Shitapple

Posted by: Jim Lahey at September 22, 2013 06:33 PM (fOFYL)

114 104 BC, you haven't even commented on your Wall of Shame performance, Also, I retract my previous statement of not being hammered. Posted by: DC in Towson at September 22, 2013 10:32 PM (eQJwb) Lol. It's been awhile since I've cracked the top 10. Attaboy!

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 06:33 PM (GEICT)

115

speaking of insulting the COBs,

so when Gabe puts up his dumb shit against Palin in the morning, how many of us will get banned?

Posted by: navycopjoe at September 22, 2013 06:33 PM (ht6M+)

116 The right/Left split is something I ponder regularly. One thing that pops out is how they ;feel' that they are the only good guys and we are worse than Pol Pot. fukkin limp manhook mofo's

Posted by: Panda Hunter at September 22, 2013 06:33 PM (7mHXn)

117 Posted by: Joey Biden at September 22, 2013 10:31 PM (+vOE2)

I can't get the image of that harridan armed with a Joe Biden special out of my mind.

Posted by: Hrothgar at September 22, 2013 06:34 PM (XdnQT)

118 I think Cub by holes are great for oddities and enders.

Posted by: willow at September 22, 2013 06:34 PM (nqBYe)

119 DC you must have been out by me for the wine festival this weekend. Linganore?

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at September 22, 2013 06:34 PM (jucos)

120 ...and Idiot begat Dope. Dope begat Fool. Fool begat Nincompoop. Nincompoop begat Dunce. Dunce begat Dunce Jr. Dunce Jr. begat Dunce IV..

Posted by: soothsayer at September 22, 2013 06:34 PM (Y/nwB)

121 Damnit. I have endured the most boring awards show in history in the hopes of seeing a complete meltdown or political rant on stage. Nothing.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 22, 2013 06:34 PM (DmNpO)

122 One thing that pops out is how they ;feel' that they are the only good guys and we are worse than Pol Pot. Haters gotta hate. Though I say it as shouldn't.

Posted by: toby928© at September 22, 2013 06:34 PM (QupBk)

123 so when Gabe puts up his dumb shit against Palin in the morning, how many of us will get banned? Posted by: navycopjoe at September 22, 2013 10:33 PM (ht6M+) There are benefits to being one of the nightwalkersÂ…

Posted by: The Hat of the Antipodes of the Meridian Sun at September 22, 2013 06:35 PM (Vk2pI)

124 so when Gabe puts up his dumb shit against Palin in the morning, how many of us will get banned? Posted by: navycopjoe at September 22, 2013 10:33 PM (ht6M+) Only the ones too stupid to get the difference between disagreeing with an idea and insulting the person.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 06:35 PM (GEICT)

125 This is from an earlier thread but it's still bugging me. Why are Lutherans in Minnesota bringing in Muslim immigrants from Scum-alia? I could understand if they were bringing in other Lutherans from Scandinavia or something--that, I'd welcome.

Posted by: JoeyBagels at September 22, 2013 06:35 PM (Usdw3)

126 64 57 How liberal altruism ruined a public park. Liberals don't understand that their 'helping' the poor and unfortunate, enable the poor and unfortunate to continue to be poor and unfortunate. Posted by: Generic Research Assistant at September 22, 2013 10:21 PM (fRBXO) Progs in general have trouble understanding human beings, but even given that, their absolute refusal to realize that "whatever you incentivize you get more of" is THE basic fact of human nature is astonishing.

Posted by: Weirddave at September 22, 2013 06:35 PM (jt8G9)

127 so when Gabe puts up his dumb shit against Palin in the morning, how many of us will get banned?

EoJ is ban-proof. He'll take care of Gabe.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 22, 2013 06:36 PM (T6c9C)

128

121 so........

3/4 of us?

Posted by: navycopjoe at September 22, 2013 06:36 PM (ht6M+)

129 47 Ours is pioneer square. Other popular homeless hangouts here are the public libraries. Especially awesome that they use the bathrooms as their shower facilities. Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at September 22, 2013 10:19 PM (RZ8pf) The library also serves as the homeless day spa here in Roanoke. The big difference is that when they want something to eat and some clean clothes, they just shit and piss themselves in the library and get an ambulance ride to the emergency room where they get a set of scrubs, a meal, some drugs, and have their clothes washed.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at September 22, 2013 06:36 PM (BXLPR)

130 Mike Hammer at September 22, 2013 10:26 PM (aDwsi)

What ever happened to 'tough love'?

Posted by: Generic Research Assistant at September 22, 2013 06:36 PM (fRBXO)

131 >>On this one I'm kind of on straddling the fence. Yeah, me too. It's odd to me that the Hills to Die On seem to be things like not raising taxes on the 1%, even when that was clearly going to hurt the 2012 election, and cutting SNAP. IOW, optics seem to only matter when it comes to things that conservatives care about, like amnesty.

Posted by: Y-not at September 22, 2013 06:36 PM (5H6zj)

132 59 Oh.
Might I ask why?
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 10:18 PM (GEICT)

Insulting Cobs in threads despite a warning.

Posted by: MÃ¦tenloch at September 22, 2013 10:22 PM (XkotV)

Ah-yup, that's a bannin'. Hopefully, he rejoins the Horde after contemplating the error of his ways for a bit.

Posted by: cthulhu at September 22, 2013 06:37 PM (T1005)

133 >>Attaboy *bows* But me at zero five tomorrow will be most unhappy with the life choices I made today. Fuckitall...I'm gonna have me a nightcap,

Posted by: DC in Towson at September 22, 2013 06:37 PM (eQJwb)

134 so........ 3/4 of us? Posted by: navycopjoe at September 22, 2013 10:36 PM (ht6M+) lol. Sounds about right.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 06:37 PM (GEICT)

135 look the only safe way for dem-ons to express their hate for humanity is by tossing Us.
no one else is as safe a bet as we are that they would live through it.

Posted by: willow at September 22, 2013 06:37 PM (nqBYe)

136 "you can take this job and shovel it" man there are so many good lines in this movie.

Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at September 22, 2013 06:37 PM (RZ8pf)

137 anyone Bing/Spokeo Stephen Geer? We already know he is a fukwad cuz his parents used a 'ph' in his name,

Posted by: Panda Hunter at September 22, 2013 06:38 PM (7mHXn)

138 Lee Harris's essay struck a real chord with me - that there were people out there who were nuts, and who didn't know me, but wanted me dead anyway.

Posted by: boulder texan hobo at September 22, 2013 06:38 PM (d7tB2)

139 @111 Please explain in great detail why exactly should the federal government be providing any assistance to the states with regards to the homeless. Let kentucky worry about its homeless, ley nj worry about its homeless and so on. The only way to unpack leviathan is to unpack leviathan.

Posted by: kreplach at September 22, 2013 06:39 PM (kNjG7)

140 Did I just imagine she said this to me? Come up and see me sometime. http://youtu.be/5L0eJp7V2Zs

Posted by: 2SoonOLd2LateSmart at September 22, 2013 06:39 PM (E7HkV)

141 We already know [Stephen] is a fukwad cuz his parents used a 'ph' in his name

I hope you're not being serious.

Posted by: boulder texan hobo at September 22, 2013 06:39 PM (d7tB2)

142 What ever happened to 'tough love'? Posted by: Generic Research Assistant at September 22, 2013 10:36 PM (fRBXO) It's now included in the Pre-K sex-ed classed right after the "Phisting for Phun" moduleÂ…

Posted by: The Hat of the Antipodes of the Meridian Sun at September 22, 2013 06:39 PM (Vk2pI)

143 BTW, if you back up Geer's Twitter feed a few posts he's going on about maybe organizing some direct action against Rumsfeld. I didn't realize adult male humans talked like that.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 22, 2013 06:39 PM (T6c9C)

144 This is a simple truism "The Lord helps those who help themselves." I'm not saying the people who go it alone and only rely on themselves, but the people who realize their problems are bigger than they are and actively seek help. I had two brothers with substance abuse problems. Rock bottom is real, and you can't help someone by cushioning the fall.

Posted by: no good deed at September 22, 2013 06:39 PM (k55Fc)

145 We have, ummmmmmm. al Qaeda on the run....... to, ahhhhhhh, Malls and Schools near you!

Posted by: Preznit Urkel X at September 22, 2013 06:40 PM (jucos)

146 Pittsburgh's defense is trying to win this game.

Posted by: toby928© at September 22, 2013 06:40 PM (QupBk)

147 oops, wrong thread.

Posted by: toby928© at September 22, 2013 06:40 PM (QupBk)

148 122 This is from an earlier thread but it's still bugging me. Why are Lutherans in Minnesota bringing in Muslim immigrants from Scum-alia? I could understand if they were bringing in other Lutherans from Scandinavia or something--that, I'd welcome. Posted by: JoeyBagels at September 22, 2013 10:35 PM (Usdw3) --All of the refugee resettlement "charities" are part of a big racket that sucks of government money to bring people from wholly incompatible shitholes to the States.

Posted by: logprof at September 22, 2013 06:41 PM (fOFYL)

149 Straddle the fence and loose your footing, be walking weird for a long time.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 22, 2013 06:41 PM (nqb9X)

150 This is from an earlier thread but it's still bugging me. Why are Lutherans in Minnesota bringing in Muslim immigrants from Scum-alia? I could understand if they were bringing in other Lutherans from Scandinavia or something--that, I'd welcome. Posted by: JoeyBagels at September 22, 2013 10:35 PM (Usdw3) have you been to Minnesota? the DFL and the stoopid is strong there

Posted by: Panda Hunter at September 22, 2013 06:41 PM (7mHXn)

151 >>>DC you must have been out by me for the wine festival this weekend. Linganore? Yeah, we were just a dozen miles from you. Linganore was there. But I don't much care for thier product. We finally paid for the premier tent, and damn, it was worth it. On the down side, my Princess made like 5 boyfriends. She played tackle football, with a bunch of 7 and 8 year olds. Daddy needs a new gun.

Posted by: DC in Towson at September 22, 2013 06:41 PM (eQJwb)

152 o well i guess i'll shlepp off to read a book.

nite all.

Posted by: willow at September 22, 2013 06:41 PM (nqBYe)

153 I didn't realize adult male humans talked like that. --- They don't. At least one of those three adjectives doesn't really apply to little Stevie (or Stephie, I guess).

Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Stupid Phone at September 22, 2013 06:41 PM (GmTxn)

154 Well Sven we're gone again. Fame is fleeting. Back to the phone.

Posted by: Freak Out! at September 22, 2013 06:42 PM (U7FDe)

155 have you been to Minnesota?
the DFL and the stoopid is strong there

This. Minnesota has its own version of the Democrat Party because the national one isn't left enough for them.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 22, 2013 06:42 PM (T6c9C)

156 108 Didycha hear that the Republicans want to cut SNAP by 4 billion over 10 years? That means 800 million vets, children with puppies, the elderly, and Syrians will STARVE!

On this one I'm kind of on straddling the fence.

I know that there are those that are abusing the system, but I also see the elderly lady who has to go to a food pantry because she only has $300/mo of income and a whopping $12/mo of food stamps.

Posted by: PMRich at September 22, 2013 10:33 PM (KDUNf)

Just make "hunger" a medical condition and it'll all be solved by Obamacare!

Posted by: cthulhu at September 22, 2013 06:42 PM (T1005)

157 Toby FZ is appropriate for any thread.

Posted by: Freak Out! at September 22, 2013 06:43 PM (U7FDe)

158 103 Frankly, I thought insulting Cobs was a regular and approved sport hereabouts!
Posted by: Hrothgar at September 22, 2013 10:32 PM (XdnQT)

Maybe occasionally in a joking kind of way. But not consistently and after you've been warned about it.

Remember there are real people behind these blog names.

121 so when Gabe puts up his dumb shit against Palin in the morning, how many of us will get banned?

Posted by: navycopjoe at September 22, 2013 10:33 PM (ht6M+)

Disagreeing != insulting. If you can't resist, then skip the thread altogether.

Posted by: Mætenloch at September 22, 2013 06:43 PM (XkotV)

159
--All of the refugee resettlement "charities" are part of a big racket that sucks of government money to bring people from wholly incompatible shitholes to the States.>>

Yes we get them in waves the Mung came in the 80s and the Somalis started around 2000. I liked the Mungs better.

Posted by: The Hickster at September 22, 2013 06:43 PM (++MhP)

160 Wow, still hanging down on football thread, I guess I should have realized the ont was up, sheesh.

Posted by: lou's a girl at September 22, 2013 06:43 PM (vgd4f)

161

Posted by: JoeyBagels at September 22, 2013 10:35 PM (Usdw3)

It was explained earlier that Christians can't just help any old needy persons. They have to help those most likely to kill Christians, or something.

Posted by: Meremortal at September 22, 2013 06:43 PM (1Y+hH)

162 I hope you're not being serious. Posted by: boulder texan hobo at September 22, 2013 10:39 PM (d7tB2) is this a test? Serious is my first name, but danger is my middle name

Posted by: Panda Hunter at September 22, 2013 06:44 PM (7mHXn)

163 Fuck you if you don't like my hat.

Posted by: The Grand Wazoo at September 22, 2013 06:44 PM (U7FDe)

164 Stupid work. Night, y'all..

Posted by: DC in Towson at September 22, 2013 06:44 PM (eQJwb)

165 My favorite people are always the ones who get banned

Yeah, I was a fan of Christoph, or as some like to call him "Christ-Off" (for those really, really tough stigmata stains). But he did have an obsessive personality.

It's not so much the "saying offensive shit" that gets you here, but the "not giving it a fucking rest" that does it.

Posted by: boulder texan hobo at September 22, 2013 06:44 PM (d7tB2)

166 with Bell's, Founder's & New Holland available, I'd pay 67Â¢ an ounce

Posted by: grognerd at September 22, 2013 06:45 PM (BhUii)

167 143 Pittsburgh's defense is trying to win this game. Posted by: toby928Â© at September 22, 2013 10:40 PM (QupBk) --I wish they'd try to "win" it by covering Jeffery more and Marshall less.

Posted by: logprof at September 22, 2013 06:45 PM (fOFYL)

168 Daddy needs a new gun. Posted by: DC in Towson at September 22, 2013 10:41 PM (eQJwb) That reminds me, a buddy of mine just acquired this... http://tinypic.com/r/214v1ig/5 Bastard.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 06:46 PM (GEICT)

169

whoa

nice catch

its a game

Posted by: navycopjoe at September 22, 2013 06:46 PM (ht6M+)

170 145 122 This is from an earlier thread but it's still bugging me. Why are Lutherans in Minnesota bringing in Muslim immigrants from Scum-alia? I could understand if they were bringing in other Lutherans from Scandinavia or something--that, I'd welcome.

Posted by: JoeyBagels at September 22, 2013 10:35 PM (Usdw3)

--All of the refugee resettlement "charities" are part of a big racket that sucks of government money to bring people from wholly incompatible shitholes to the States.

Posted by: logprof at September 22, 2013 10:41 PM (fOFYL)

Just think of it as an international form of desegregation busing.

Posted by: cthulhu at September 22, 2013 06:46 PM (T1005)

171 162 Boulder Texan Hobo,

I'm beyond obsessed.

Posted by: sven10077 at September 22, 2013 06:47 PM (9jfyN)

172 Beagle:
Which is what it always sounds like. Quantum theory already hurts my head.

It isn't a lack of tech.

If you do not detect electrons before they hit the two slits, they act like a wave, with diffraction patterns formed at the detector outside the slits.

If you place a detector before the grid, the electrons either go through one grid, or the other, like a "normal" particle.

The electron does not "think". You can know an electron's exact position, or its energy state, but not both at the same time. And yes, Quantum Mechanics takes Causality out and shoot it dead, despite what apologists like Greene would like to think.

Posted by: Kristophr at September 22, 2013 06:47 PM (c6N69)

173 Just make "hunger" a medical condition and it'll all be solved by Obamacare!
Posted by: cthulhu at September 22, 2013 10:42 PM (T1005)
You will be forced to buy food insurance.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 22, 2013 06:47 PM (+vOE2)

174 121 so when Gabe puts up his dumb shit against Palin in the morning, how many of us will get banned?

Posted by: navycopjoe at September 22, 2013 10:33 PM (ht6M+)

Only the ones too stupid to get the difference between disagreeing with an idea and insulting the person. so Gabe's going to ban himself then?

Posted by: buzzion at September 22, 2013 06:47 PM (LI48c)

175 Yeah, I was a fan of Christoph, or as some like to call him "Christ-Off" (for those really, really tough stigmata stains). But he did have an obsessive personality.

I was kinda glad when Christoph got banned, but I have to admit his replacement (Jeff B.) is inferior.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 22, 2013 06:48 PM (T6c9C)

176 59 MÃ¦tenloch Insulting Cobs in threads despite a warning. Really, you should have had him report to Cap'n Ed for another stern talking-to. Perhaps not as effective, but much more entertaining.

Posted by: Arbalest at September 22, 2013 06:48 PM (FlRtG)

177 I was kinda glad when Christoph got banned, but I have to admit his replacement (Jeff B.) is inferior. I laughed out loud.

Posted by: toby928© at September 22, 2013 06:48 PM (QupBk)

178 This is from an earlier thread but it's still bugging me. Why are Lutherans in Minnesota bringing in Muslim immigrants from Scum-alia? I could understand if they were bringing in other Lutherans from Scandinavia or something--that, I'd welcome. *** they are bringing them to Jacksonville as well. Lutheran Social Services has a very active refugee program.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 22, 2013 06:48 PM (DmNpO)

179 You will be forced to buy food insurance.>>

Sounds like I can get on board with Obamacare now

Posted by: Sean Hannity Selling Food Insurance at September 22, 2013 06:49 PM (++MhP)

180 162 My favorite people are always the ones who get banned

Yeah, I was a fan of Christoph, or as some like to call him "Christ-Off" (for those really, really tough stigmata stains). But he did have an obsessive personality.

It's not so much the "saying offensive shit" that gets you here, but the "not giving it a fucking rest" that does it.

Posted by: boulder texan hobo at September 22, 2013 10:44 PM (d7tB2)

Don't forget "...and fighting for your right to say offensive shit on someone else's blog." That's a great way to win friends and influence people, too.

Posted by: Dale Carnegie at September 22, 2013 06:49 PM (T1005)

181 You will be forced to buy food insurance.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 22, 2013 10:47 PM (+vOE2)

But food is a right to be paid for by other peoples!

Posted by: Hrothgar at September 22, 2013 06:49 PM (XdnQT)

182 Buy Coal!

Posted by: G. Gordon Libby at September 22, 2013 06:50 PM (QupBk)

183 Yes we get them in waves the Mung came in the 80s and the Somalis started around 2000. I liked the Mungs better.

Posted by: The Hickster at September 22, 2013 10:43 PM (++MhP)

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The Hmong Warriors were our best ally in Vietnam and they were very fierce in battle. Their culture is totally different than American/St Paul culture, but they managed to embrace their new American culture a lot better than most 2nd and 3rd generation Hispanics I have come across.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at September 22, 2013 06:50 PM (jucos)

184 they are bringing them to Jacksonville as well. Lutheran Social Services has a very active refugee program. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 22, 2013 10:48 PM (DmNpO) There are a lot of Iraqi refugees coming in. Lots of families with small children. Our church does a lot of meet and greet at the airport.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 06:50 PM (GEICT)

185 Since Gabe has nothing useful to offer and seems to go out of his way to antagonize and bait the commenters I just avoid his threads. Problem solved.

Posted by: kreplach at September 22, 2013 06:51 PM (kNjG7)

186 Never been from Minnesota, but I live in Northern New Jersey and we have plenty of Muslims here--mostly Palestinians and Turks. They seem to be doing well because they all drive Mercedes Benz and BMW's And their wives drive Mercedes SUV's all day long dropping off their dozen or so kids back and forth to shool annd after school activities. There are a half dozen hookah lounges within spitting distance of where I live and I can tell you that most of the people who go there are unbelievably hot Christian Lebanese and Armenian girls from other parts of the state--as well as regular Americans. Haven't seen any Somalians though....

Posted by: JoeyBagels at September 22, 2013 06:51 PM (Usdw3)

187 Why are Lutherans in Minnesota bringing in immigrants? Because it pays. They get money for doing this.

Posted by: Arbalest at September 22, 2013 06:51 PM (FlRtG)

188 Problem solved. I go to the Morning Thread for Vic.

Posted by: toby928© at September 22, 2013 06:51 PM (QupBk)

189 169 Just make "hunger" a medical condition and it'll all be solved by Obamacare!
Posted by: cthulhu at September 22, 2013 10:42 PM (T1005)

You will be forced to buy food insurance.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 22, 2013 10:47 PM (+vOE2)

With a sliding scale of subsidies, all overseen by "Navigators" whose only qualification is "reliable D voter" and who will never, ever, ever compromise your personal information.

Posted by: cthulhu at September 22, 2013 06:51 PM (T1005)

190 There are a lot of Iraqi refugees coming in. Lots of families with small children. Our church does a lot of meet and greet at the airport. *** Is it awful that I hope they are primarily Christian?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 22, 2013 06:52 PM (DmNpO)

191 Aw yeah, get to touch myself to Compa in a new Neptunia game

Posted by: The dude at September 22, 2013 06:53 PM (vJdyz)

192 I go to the Morning Thread for Vic. Posted by: toby928Â© at September 22, 2013 10:51 PM (QupBk) I now avoid the morning thread for several reasons, chief among them the Gabe Hate. Got better things to do with my time than read that.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 06:53 PM (GEICT)

193 have you been to Minnesota?
the DFL and the stoopid is strong there

Ayup! I was only there for three days but I definitely caught the cult of "Minnesota Nice". For instance one of our clients was a halfway-house for parolees. That's nice. What made it Minnesota Nice was the big mural of Assata Shakur facing the building.

Remember: this state voted for Walter Mondale. Because they hadn't had enough of that sweet, sweet Jimmy Carter.

Posted by: boulder texan hobo at September 22, 2013 06:53 PM (d7tB2)

194 I go to the morning thread because it smells like coffee and toast.

Posted by: soothsayer at September 22, 2013 06:53 PM (Y/nwB)

195 hey kids any bitter clingers here tonight? after the Navy Yard/ Kenya mall shootings, I thinking that the people of the gun are just a wee bit smarter than everyone else

Posted by: Idaho Jake at September 22, 2013 06:53 PM (VYzFo)

196 177 You will be forced to buy food insurance. Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 22, 2013 10:47 PM (+vOE2) It's a tax!

Posted by: Supreme Court Justice Roberts at September 22, 2013 06:53 PM (Dsds2)

197 There are a lot of Iraqi refugees coming in. Lots of families with small children. I hope that if they're Muzzies that someone is advising them to leave their medieval customs behind at the gate...

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at September 22, 2013 06:54 PM (ItfcE)

198 180--the Iraquis you are talking about are probably Christian. That a church would sponsor them makes sense. They're are plenty of Arab Christians in my town--some families have been here for 100 years--they used to work the looms in the silk mills in Paterson....

Posted by: JoeyBagels at September 22, 2013 06:54 PM (Usdw3)

199 Anybody else miss the days with TV being "Tom Terrific and his wonderdog Manfred", Fred and Barney, Underdog, Moose and Squirrel, Fractured Fairytails, Aesops Fables?

Now we have Somalia, Darfur, Kenya, Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan...
I hate to say it, but why don't we just turn the ME to glass and 'fuggedaboutit'?
The "Common Element" is ISLAM.

A friend was talking to his Rabbi today and he asked him what we should do about the Islamic violence through out the ME.
The Rabbi looked him in the eye and said:
"Kill Them All."
I concur...

Posted by: ChrisP at September 22, 2013 06:54 PM (jdPps)

200 Is it awful that I hope they are primarily Christian? Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 22, 2013 10:52 PM (DmNpO) Lol. A very human reaction. And yeah, they seem to be largely Christian with some having little to no religious preference. I've yet to hear of our people greeting a Muslim family. I don't doubt for a second that they would if asked.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 06:54 PM (GEICT)

201 As long as there are those who make it as easy as possible for dangerous people to get their hands on guns then we've got to work as hard as possible for the sake of our children . . . to do more work to make it harder.

Your concern has been noted...

Posted by: 300+ Mexicans killed by Fast and Furious at September 22, 2013 06:54 PM (IDypm)

202 JoeyBagels- I'm going to take a wild guess that Turks and south-Syrian Muslims might not think much of Somalis.

Posted by: boulder texan hobo at September 22, 2013 06:54 PM (d7tB2)

203 "whatever you incentivize you get more of" is THE basic fact of human nature is astonishing. Posted by: Weirddave ---------------- Liberals do not believe that there is such a thing as 'human nature'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 22, 2013 06:55 PM (aDwsi)

204 "You will be forced to buy food insurance."

And you will have to justify to the food panel not eating cheaper used food.

Posted by: Kristophr at September 22, 2013 06:55 PM (c6N69)

205 Thanks Kristophr.

Posted by: Beagle at September 22, 2013 06:55 PM (sOtz/)

206 I should stop flipping through Sklar's book The Nazis and the Occult. Because I keep finding stuff like this in the chapter titled Prophets of the Third Reich.

pg 125-126. Quoting Hermann Rauschning from his book The Voice of Destruction.

"Black magic, white magic - Hitler is the typical person with no firm foundation, with all the shortcomings of the superficial, of the man without reverence, quick to judge and quick to condemn. He is of those with no spiritual tradition, who, being caught by the first substitute for it they meet, hold tenaciously to that, least they fall back into Nothingness. He belongs also to the type of German who is starving for the unattainable. For all those who have been unsuccessful in the battle of life National Socialism is the great worker of magic. And Hitler himself is the first of these; thus he has become the master-enchanter and the high priest of the religious mysteries of Nazidom."

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 22, 2013 06:55 PM (nqb9X)

207 Vics morning news, montys doom threads and the sunday threads are the best of the blogging world.

Posted by: kreplach at September 22, 2013 06:55 PM (kNjG7)

208 A friend was talking to his Rabbi today and he asked him what we should do about the Islamic violence through out the ME.
The Rabbi looked him in the eye and said:
"Kill Them All."

*ping*

Posted by: bullshit meter at September 22, 2013 06:55 PM (d7tB2)

209 Aw yeah, get to touch myself to Compa in a new Neptunia game Posted by: The dude at September 22, 2013 10:53 PM (vJdyz) I hope you clean up afterwardsÂ…

Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at September 22, 2013 06:56 PM (Vk2pI)

210 Whenever you see the term 'direct action' by Lefties, expect a crowd of the noisy unwashed.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 22, 2013 06:56 PM (aDwsi)

211 You know I was thinking about the book thread "stories" today while at work, and I didn't read the thread so I don't know if this got mentioned but do you notice how in those stories, even if they end up being fictionalized accounts, the "liberal" story is about about victimhood. And so its a "this is bad and we must stop it" thing. The "conservative" story while tragic is still heroic. Its something that would make someone ask "Were I in that situation would I behave that way?"

Posted by: buzzion at September 22, 2013 06:56 PM (LI48c)

212 The Hmong Warriors were our best ally in Vietnam and they were very fierce in battle.>>

I had a couple friends at work that fought in the South Vietnamese military. Yes the Hmong assimilated IMO like the Germans, Irish... They kept their culture but didn't force it on me. Though I was offered to the opportunity pick out a Vietnamese bride by one of the guys.

Posted by: Sean Hannity Selling Food Insurance at September 22, 2013 06:56 PM (++MhP)

213 191 hey kids

any bitter clingers here tonight?

after the Navy Yard/ Kenya mall shootings, I thinking that the people of the gun are just a wee bit smarter than everyone else

Posted by: Idaho Jake at September 22, 2013 10:53 PM (VYzFo)

I have to say, an invasion/takeover of an enclosed mall would be a very interesting proposition of there were but 20 armed individuals in the mall....but you didn't know which ones they were.

Posted by: cthulhu at September 22, 2013 06:56 PM (T1005)

214 Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at September 22, 2013 10:56 PM (Vk2pI) Imaginary cream pie, no waste

Posted by: The dude at September 22, 2013 06:57 PM (vJdyz)

215 I hope that if they're Muzzies that someone is advising them to leave their medieval customs behind at the gate... Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacqu

Don't hold your breath. Tribals will always try to keep their kids in the tribe.

Tribalism is the anti-thesis to trust based civilizations. Allowing non-assimilated tribals to immigrate is always a big mistake.

Posted by: Kristophr at September 22, 2013 06:57 PM (c6N69)

216 stop yer bitchin--Cowboys Stadium was dry through the 1980s, IIRC

no beer, none of the time.

Posted by: Pepe Loco at September 22, 2013 06:57 PM (omBWL)

217 In vitio veritas

Posted by: adams latinae porn at September 22, 2013 06:57 PM (gQKHE)

218 181 Agreed. Ever since the Treacher debacle I avoid the Gabe posts. I don't need the aggravation.

Posted by: mpfs at September 22, 2013 06:57 PM (bILrd)

219 204,
You got a problem with that?
Your comment makes no sense.
Lay out your strawman, RIGHT HERE.

Posted by: ChrisP at September 22, 2013 06:58 PM (jdPps)

220 Liberals do not believe that there is such a thing as 'human nature'. Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 22, 2013 10:55 PM (aDwsi) Word.

Posted by: Jean-Jacques Rousseau at September 22, 2013 06:58 PM (Vk2pI)

221 I want to know the most pressing and important long term unanswered question relating to the AoSHQ:

How is that the top ten sock puppeteers never wind up on the top ten commenter list?

How does that happen? If the use so many cfuking nics that they make the list, how is it they don't have enough comments to break the top ten list?

The whole world wants to know.

(and don't give me any of that statistical analysis crap or any permutations and combinations slutty talk either. I want straight answers, pronto.)

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Ecclesiates 9:11) at September 22, 2013 06:58 PM (lAZep)

222 Pat Sajak ‏@patsajak 5s @greggutfeld I hope you win an Emmy one day. Imagine, a life-sized statuette in your home!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 22, 2013 06:58 PM (DmNpO)

223 Jake- Still waiting to hear news of the 500 yd. .22 shoot. TR tells me that it isn't for a few weeks yet.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 22, 2013 06:59 PM (aDwsi)

224 Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 22, 2013 10:55 PM (nqb9X)

A must-read for the trolls who say "but Hitler was a Christian!", or the non-trolls who say "atheist!" and "pagan!"

Hitler's god was Will. Ultimately it was "Whatever Hitler Feels Like Doing Today". He didn't need a carefully-rationalised opinion for that. Kind of like certain currently serving Presidents actually.

Posted by: bullshit meter at September 22, 2013 06:59 PM (d7tB2)

225 why does Mark Levin dislike Greg Gutfeld?

Posted by: soothsayer at September 22, 2013 06:59 PM (Y/nwB)

226 Okay, sock off (although it kinda worked for that comment)

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 22, 2013 06:59 PM (d7tB2)

227 'Texas Stadium' .. whatever

Posted by: Pepe Loco at September 22, 2013 07:00 PM (omBWL)

228 Ha, love the pat sajak/ greg gutfeld feud.

Posted by: Lauren at September 22, 2013 07:00 PM (uAMYd)

229 @193 The exact opposite actually. You must make reasonable accomodations to their religion. And of course we are talking about Islam in a constitutional republic. Not like chocolate and peanut butter.

Posted by: Beagle at September 22, 2013 07:00 PM (sOtz/)

230 I have to say, an invasion/takeover of an enclosed mall would be a very interesting proposition of there were but 20 armed individuals in the mall....but you didn't know which ones they were. Posted by: cthulhu at September 22, 2013 10:56 PM (T1005) That's such a simplistic White Hat/Black Hat proposition... (Saw that on Twitter today in regards to Wayne LaPierre's comments today, *sigh*).

Posted by: Rhymes with Shroomy at September 22, 2013 07:00 PM (Dsds2)

231 How is that the top ten sock puppeteers never wind up on the top ten commenter list? *** Look again.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 22, 2013 07:00 PM (DmNpO)

232 Don't hold your breath. Tribals will always try to keep their kids in the tribe. Tribalism is the anti-thesis to trust based civilizations. Allowing non-assimilated tribals to immigrate is always a big mistake. Posted by: Kristophr at September 22, 2013 10:57 PM (c6N69) I have several friends who are Arab Christians. Parents immigrated from the ME. That makes for some interesting dynamics. Talking to a friend last night who's in shambles, calling a therapist in the morning, because she's dating an american guy and while her parents like him, they're putting HUGE pressure on both of them to get engaged/married. They've only been dating a couple months. The guy is starting to crack under the strain. Which is killing her. I joked that she should run away and move her ass down here to Florida. "Believe me, I've thought about it. But running away, being unmarried? My entire family would disown me."

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 07:00 PM (GEICT)

233 any bitter clingers here tonight?

after the Navy Yard/ Kenya mall shootings, I thinking that the people of the gun are just a wee bit smarter than everyone else

Posted by: Idaho Jake at September 22, 2013 10:53 PM (VYzFo)

These incidents just give me more reasons to avoid GFZ's

As for bitter clinger, my daughter insisted that my FB pic be one she did of my 1911 on top of my bible

Posted by: PMRich at September 22, 2013 07:00 PM (KDUNf)

234 221 why does Mark Levin dislike Greg Gutfeld?
Posted by: soothsayer at September 22, 2013 10:59 PM (Y/nwB)
Why does he like Bob Beckel?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 22, 2013 07:00 PM (+vOE2)

235 Bryan Cranston was robbed at the Emmys tonight. Jeff Daniels wins because they kiss liberal ass.

Posted by: mpfs at September 22, 2013 07:00 PM (bILrd)

236 why does Mark Levin dislike Greg Gutfeld? *** Greg tends to be rather *soft* re some conservative issues.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 22, 2013 07:01 PM (DmNpO)

237 217 I want to know the most pressing and important long term unanswered question relating to the AoSHQ:

How is that the top ten sock puppeteers never wind up on the top ten commenter list?

How does that happen? If the use so many cfuking nics that they make the list, how is it they don't have enough comments to break the top ten list?

The whole world wants to know.

(and don't give me any of that statistical analysis crap or any permutations and combinations slutty talk either. I want straight answers, pronto.)

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Ecclesiates 9:11) at September 22, 2013 10:58 PM (lAZep)

Durrrr....they spend so much time thinking up names that they don't have time to think up as many comments.

Posted by: cthulhu at September 22, 2013 07:01 PM (T1005)

238 And this from Politico Â…

Barack Obama has still never really sold the American people on anything but himself.
For Obama supporters, the question has become frustrating and frequent: how can the man and the team who made a freshman senator the countryÂ’s first black president, and kept people with him despite Great Depression-level unemployment, have failed to truly turn public opinion around on a single difficult issue?
Twice, they turned Candidate Obama into a movement. But they havenÂ’t been able to turn President Obama into more than an inclination.

The guy is a campaigner, but no politician who knows how to negotiate. LBJ would be picking him up by his ears because that would be all heÂ’s good for.

Posted by: Kahless the Unforgettable at September 22, 2013 07:02 PM (e8kgV)

239 Remember: this state voted for Walter Mondale. Because they hadn't had enough of that sweet, sweet Jimmy Carter. Posted by: boulder texan hobo at September 22, 2013 10:53 PM (d7tB2) Mondale was from Minnesota, and that is why he won it. Along with the fact that Reagan didn't even try to win Minnesota. It would have been like Ohio State leaving in the starters in the 4th quarter against FAMU. The game was over and Reagan was going to win big. Winning Minnesota wouldn't have done anything for Reagan.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at September 22, 2013 07:02 PM (BXLPR)

240 Vics morning news, montys doom threads and the sunday threads are the best of the blogging world.

Also MPPP's Hollyweird stories and Gran's famous birthdays. They make even the Gabe-ist morning thread worth a skim.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 22, 2013 07:02 PM (T6c9C)

241 Liberals do not believe that there is such a thing as 'human nature Hence their policies always fail. Denying reality makes it no less real.

Posted by: Weirddave at September 22, 2013 07:03 PM (jt8G9)

242 The Climate Commission has been scrapped and billions of dollars in renewable energy funding effectively frozen as the Abbott government moved swiftly to wind back AustraliaÂ’s climate change response, as promised.
Outgoing chief commissioner Tim Flannery, who was told yesterday morning he had lost his $180,000-a-year, part-time role, said abolishing the publicly funded body was Â“the governmentÂ’s prerogativeÂ” but he would not be silenced. Â…
Scrapping the Climate Commission is expected to save taxpayers $580,000 this financial year and $1.6 million in following years. Â…
The changes to the commission came as the government pursued plans to wind up the $10 billion Clean Energy Finance Corporation, created by Labor to fund renewable energy projects that would otherwise struggle to get commercial backing.

Given AustraliaÂ’s experience (not to mention SpainÂ’s experience with Green jobs), only a idiot would continue with a Carbon Control regime.

President Barack Obama is that idiot.

Posted by: Killer Rabbit at September 22, 2013 07:03 PM (e8kgV)

243 oh and fyi I wasn't banned, just drunk and asking Ace why we had to be perfect while our politcal opponents act like they have absolutely no rules of conduct. no hard feeling though another fyi, if you are too drunk to make any sense to Ace or a CoB, just stop posting

Posted by: Idaho Jake at September 22, 2013 07:03 PM (VYzFo)

244 I want to know the most pressing and important long term unanswered question relating to the AoSHQ:

How is that the top ten sock puppeteers never wind up on the top ten commenter list?

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Ecclesiates 9:11) at September 22, 2013 10:58 PM

4 years ago I used to lead in both categories

Then I lost my fastball

Posted by: kbdabear at September 22, 2013 07:03 PM (/9IC1)

245 Do the Vikings still play [read: lose] in Hubert Humphrey Stadium?

Posted by: soothsayer at September 22, 2013 07:03 PM (Y/nwB)

246 ChrisP, okay, I'll say it: I disbelieve your comment that a Rabbi, even an ultra-orthodox Rabbi, would advocate "kill them all" to eradicate Islamic violence. And that you had this from "a friend" cements this as bullshit.

I rate your hadith as da'if (weak, bro).

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 22, 2013 07:04 PM (d7tB2)

247 I don't think the "South-Syrian Muslims" and (especially) the Turks care for Somalias. One thing. Unlike in Europe, the Muslims in my town are not segregated into ghettos. But I still don't trust them--and there are more here than the latest census would indicate--and I bet that's the case everywhere in this country where there is a Muslim community....

Posted by: JoeyBagels at September 22, 2013 07:04 PM (Usdw3)

248 The fruits of the Left's constant demonization of certain people (like us) will be really ugly. Flash mobs, anyone?

Posted by: Chicagorefugee, currently in #twittergulag at September 22, 2013 07:04 PM (jevZa)

249 Part 2 of Sajak versus Gutfeld sock linked.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at September 22, 2013 07:04 PM (K5R1m)

250 Post sober? Here?

Heresy!

Posted by: Kristophr at September 22, 2013 07:05 PM (c6N69)

251 On PBS, they are claiming that Obama is remaining Â“above the frayÂ” whilest taunting the Republicans.

This is like saying that Charles Whitman was remaining Â“above the frayÂ” while he in the University of Texas clock tower.

Posted by: Jeffrey Dahmer at September 22, 2013 07:05 PM (e8kgV)

252 Posted by: soothsayer at September 22, 2013 11:03 PM (Y/nwB) Yeah for a few more years till the new one is complete

Posted by: The dude at September 22, 2013 07:06 PM (vJdyz)

253 I saw a BBC crew find Hmong starving in the jungles of Laos hiding from the government. They thought maybe the BBC was Americans finally back to help them. Stuck with me and still bugs me.

Posted by: Beagle at September 22, 2013 07:06 PM (sOtz/)

254 And yet remaining oblivious to this very aspect of themselves. Here Jonathon Last calls out a a particularly egregious example of this: That the Left is so hideous in public leaves a gigantic unanswered question; Why is the Right unable to capitalize on their grotesqueness? If this were a Rightie, national dialogues would be called for. More pointedly: why is the GOP so utterly supine in the face of such inexcusable invective?

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at September 22, 2013 07:07 PM (ligos)

255 Can't speak for everyone else, but I usually only have the opportunity to comment on the ONT most days, and I'll usually sockpuppet for a bit of fun on most days. It's enough to get me into the top-10 sockpuppeteers usually, but the overall volume is nothing compared to the 10-ten commentators who can use the same I.P. address/hashtag all day. Also, having multiple personalities helpsÂ…

Posted by: The Political Sock-Lord at September 22, 2013 07:07 PM (Vk2pI)

256 4 years ago I used to lead in both categories Then I lost my fastball If you can't throw junk you can't make it in the big leagues.

Posted by: toby928© at September 22, 2013 07:07 PM (QupBk)

257 Talking to a friend last night who's in shambles, calling a therapist in the morning, because she's dating an american guy and while her parents like him, they're putting HUGE pressure on both of them to get engaged/married. They've only been dating a couple months.

Because after a couple months, there's a chance they Did The Deed, or rather that others will think they Did The Deed. And that would make her damaged-goods if they break up.

Honour. Shame. Not just for Muslims

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 22, 2013 07:07 PM (d7tB2)

258 Jake- Still waiting to hear news of the 500 yd. .22 shoot. TR tells me that it isn't for a few weeks yet. Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 22, 2013 10:59 PM (aDwsi) Not yet, I hope to get a practice run in a week or 2. then shoot the match after that. I'be shot at 425yards and 440yards and could get on target by the 3rd round or so. then after that is just calling the wind will post details as I have any.

Posted by: Idaho Jake at September 22, 2013 07:08 PM (VYzFo)

259 FREE SVEN!!!!1!!!! FREE THE SVEN ONE !!!!11!!!

Posted by: The Free Sven Committee at September 22, 2013 07:08 PM (T0Pku)

260 What is with all of the Spanish shit on NBC for the NFL? Just their little way of saying "We won." I think they borrowed it from somewhere ....

Posted by: Chicagorefugee, currently in #twittergulag at September 22, 2013 07:09 PM (jevZa)

261 Good evening, Horde. I spent this afternoon carding fiber for punis. Yes, that is spelled correctly; although, I often pronounce it penis because I might just be a 12-year-old boy. Don't tell Dave. He'll cut off my jewellery supply.

Posted by: Gingy at September 22, 2013 07:09 PM (jt8G9)

262 Today I heard the TV guy refer to Candlestick Park during the Colts/49ers game. Last I heard it was called Qualcomm Stadium.

Posted by: soothsayer at September 22, 2013 07:10 PM (Y/nwB)

263 another fyi, if you are too drunk to make any sense to Ace or a CoB, just stop posting Posted by: Idaho Jake at September 22, 2013 11:03 PM (VYzFo) The madcap laughed at the man on the border Hey ho, huff the Talbot The winds they blew and the leaves did wag They'll never put me in their bag The seas will reach and always seep So high you go, so low you creep The wind it blows in tropical heat The drones they throng on mossy seats The squeaking door will always squeak Two up, two down we'll never meet So merrily trip forgo my side Please leave us here Close our eyes to the octopus ride!

Posted by: Syd Barrett at September 22, 2013 07:10 PM (Vk2pI)

264 Do the Vikings still play [read: lose] in Hubert Humphrey Stadium?

It's been called "Mall of America Field" for several years now through the magic of naming rights, but it's still technically the HHH Metrodome through the end of this year.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 22, 2013 07:10 PM (T6c9C)

265 Gingy- ~~I'll bite ~~Okay, what is 'punis'?~~~~

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 22, 2013 07:11 PM (aDwsi)

266 Come on folks. Quit being so stooopid. It's okay for the cobs to insult commenters but not the other way around. Why? Because shut up, that's why.

Posted by: nothinglefttolose at September 22, 2013 07:11 PM (K4AdI)

267 The names change so often it's hard to keep track.

Posted by: soothsayer at September 22, 2013 07:11 PM (Y/nwB)

268 Argggggggh. Barrel /s

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 22, 2013 07:11 PM (aDwsi)

269 Post sober? Here? Heresy! Posted by: Kristophr at September 22, 2013 11:05 PM (c6N69) Next thing you know we'll have to wear pants!

Posted by: The Pantsless Hat at September 22, 2013 07:11 PM (Vk2pI)

270 Barrel!

Posted by: t-bird at September 22, 2013 07:11 PM (FcR7P)

271 ping

Posted by: toby928© at September 22, 2013 07:11 PM (QupBk)

272 Dave, Gingy is a 12 year old boy!

Posted by: The Grand Wazoo at September 22, 2013 07:11 PM (U7FDe)

273 @258: Candlestick was AT&T Park (the now-separate baseball Candlestick still is, I think). Qualcomm is San Diego.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 22, 2013 07:11 PM (T6c9C)

274

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 22, 2013 07:11 PM (aDwsi)

275 Fixed?

Posted by: t-bird at September 22, 2013 07:11 PM (FcR7P)

276 Overstrike madness!

Posted by: Kristophr at September 22, 2013 07:11 PM (c6N69)

277 Posted by: soothsayer at September 22, 2013 11:10 PM (Y/nwB)

Qualcomm Stadium is in San Diego. I still think of it as "The Murph," though.

Posted by: Country Singer at September 22, 2013 07:11 PM (T7XIT)

278 Just make "hunger" a medical condition and it'll all be solved by Obamacare! Everfull EBTs and ever-empty supermarkets? Sounds familiar...

Posted by: Brother Cavil and his Flying Toaster Circus at September 22, 2013 07:12 PM (m9V0o)

279 Dave, Gingy is a 12 year old boy! Posted by: The Grand Wazoo at September 22, 2013 11:11 PM (U7FDe) Why, hello there Gingy!

Posted by: Harry Reid at September 22, 2013 07:12 PM (Vk2pI)

280

For Mike its Barrel Time. Don't touch that!

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 22, 2013 07:12 PM (nqb9X)

281 Whoa! This is going to take a LOT of disinfectant.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 22, 2013 07:12 PM (aDwsi)

282 242 ChrisP, okay, I'll say it: I disbelieve your comment that a Rabbi, even an ultra-orthodox Rabbi, would advocate "kill them all" to eradicate Islamic violence. And that you had this from "a friend" 242 ChrisP, okay, I'll say it: I disbelieve your comment that a Rabbi, even an ultra-orthodox Rabbi, would advocate "kill them all" to eradicate Islamic violence. And that you had this from "a friend" cements this as bullshit.

I rate your hadith as da'if (weak, bro)..

Actually, asshole, this was from a CoB(Wiserbud)
And your strawman can go Die In A fire.
WTF do you know?

"cements this as bullshit"?
Fantasy much!

Posted by: ChrisP at September 22, 2013 07:12 PM (jdPps)

283 Antonio Brown has 37 FFL pts do far.

Posted by: Y-not at September 22, 2013 07:12 PM (5H6zj)

284 Barrel Time for someone in the ONT.

Posted by: logprof at September 22, 2013 07:12 PM (fOFYL)

285 As for cities turning over their public spaces to homeless junkies, criminals and mentally ill, I would bet most cities in CA have already done this. I no longer walk in our park after being accosted by homeless there, and downtown isn't safe b/c of schizophrenic screamers and panhandlers who parade their sick dogs around for sympathy and money.

If you know of a place that does the right thing, let me know. I'm ready to move!

Posted by: PJ at September 22, 2013 07:12 PM (ZWaLo)

286 47 ---"Other popular homeless hangouts here are the public libraries. " Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at September 22, 2013 10:19 PM (RZ8pf) -------------------------------- A couple of years ago I took my son to the library so he could do some research. While he was wandering around, I put my head down on the table to take a tiny rest. I had barely closed my eyes when BAM! a cop started shaking me, telling me to stand up and "move it." I damn near had a stroke. NO IDEA what had hit me. Turns out they have a homeless problem and were rigorously enforcing the "no sleeping in the library" rule. (The cop didn't tell me that. I found out later.) Mind you, I was dressed for work at the time --- dress, heels--- but I guess if they didn't smack me silly, it would be hateful profiling. Or maybe they thought my briefcase was a suitcase and I was moving in permanently. Ah well. I suppose I should be grateful they don't allow the homeless to sack out there, but why not put up a sign or something?!?

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at September 22, 2013 07:12 PM (dfYL9)

287 SO far

Posted by: Y-not at September 22, 2013 07:12 PM (5H6zj)

288 The Hmong: Scots-Irish of Asia.

They should've been sent to Appalachia with the Melungeons. There might be a little bit of butt sex at first but they would have fit in eventually

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 22, 2013 07:13 PM (d7tB2)

289 Gingy is a 12 year old boy! Pic or it ... Wait...

Posted by: toby928© at September 22, 2013 07:13 PM (QupBk)

290

Honor. Shame. Not just for Muslims.

That's true, but remember that was true for large swaths of the population--especially Catholics and people from Mediteranean countries as little as 40 years ago. No one is going to get killed. Even "disowned" doesn't mean what you think.

Posted by: JoeyBagels at September 22, 2013 07:13 PM (Usdw3)

291 FREE THE SVEN ONE !!!!11!!! Unless he was socking his wife, shouldn't it be the Sven Two? heh

Posted by: adams laugh in porn at September 22, 2013 07:13 PM (gQKHE)

292 Everfull EBTs and ever-empty supermarkets?
Sounds familiar...
Posted by: Brother Cavil and his Flying Toaster Circus at September 22, 2013 11:12 PM (m9V0o)
Sounds like a good five year plan.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 22, 2013 07:13 PM (+vOE2)

293 Hey folks, happy new ONT.

Could use some advice. Does anyone have what could be called "alternative" advice for shredding/destroying documents, besides just using a shredder? I have one but it's nowhere near able to handle the near-1,000 sheets I have to destroy; it's strictly a consumer-level, low-duty piece o'crap.

Was thinking I could maybe just tear up most of my sheets into small pieces, then run then all through the washing machine with hot water. Wouldn't that pretty much gelatinize the sheets, or could they still be deciphered from? And would it hurt the washer? Lord knows I don't need that kind of expense, but at the same time I can't believe my papers would be readable after the "laundry treatment" either.

Does that sound do-able without causing too much trouble? Or any other ideas??

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2013 07:13 PM (xY8+2)

294
Oops.
Yeah, Barrel.

Posted by: ChrisP at September 22, 2013 07:13 PM (jdPps)

295 Streee-rike!

Posted by: The Grand Wazoo at September 22, 2013 07:13 PM (U7FDe)

296 FREE SVEN!!!!1!!!! FREE THE SVEN ONE !!!!11!!! Posted by: The Free Sven Committee a ---------------------------------- Sven is nuts, but God love him. If we had more like him we'd over run this shithole that used to be called home.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at September 22, 2013 07:13 PM (4Mv1T)

297 Sven, Considering your posts keep on disappearing, I don't think that trying to post over and over will helpÂ…

Posted by: The Political Hat at September 22, 2013 07:13 PM (Vk2pI)

298 231 Bryan Cranston was robbed at the Emmys tonight.
Jeff Daniels wins because they kiss liberal ass.

Posted by: mpfs

What?? I don't watch Entertainment JagOff Award shows so I didn't even know the Emmys was on tonight. Bryan Cranston was brilliant in Breaking Bad!! Jeff Daniels? He won for that show on HBO nobody watches, right?? That Lefty affirming tongue bath news show?? Bullshit!

Posted by: puddleglum at September 22, 2013 07:14 PM (6kjGG)

299 Lmfao. Go to twitchy and read the Pat Sajak/Greg Gutfield "war". It's beyond hysterical. I'm crying.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 07:14 PM (GEICT)

300

I want to know the most pressing and important long term unanswered question relating to the AoSHQ:

How is that the top ten sock puppeteers never wind up on the top ten commenter list?

Well its simple math really. Look at the numbers. If you want to be at the top of the sockpuppet list, all you need to do is make a total of 57 comments, just that each one needs to be with a different sockpuppet. So essentially 57 comments spread over 7 days. Meanwhile if you want to be at the top of the commenting list (while it varies) you basically need to be making the same number of posts every day that you would to top the sockpuppet. Even to just break the top ten comments that still nearly 38 posts per day.

And really who knows what weird sort of formula Maet is using anyways. 399 posts divided by 7 days equals 57 posts/day not 55.89

Posted by: buzzion at September 22, 2013 07:14 PM (LI48c)

301 Was it called something else between 'Candlestick' and 'ATT'?

Posted by: soothsayer at September 22, 2013 07:14 PM (Y/nwB)

302 279 Antonio Brown has 37 FFL pts do far. Posted by: Y-not at September 22, 2013 11:12 PM (5H6zj) --Alas, I only have him in a non-PPR league.

Posted by: logprof at September 22, 2013 07:14 PM (fOFYL)

303 Candlestick was ATT Park (the now-separate baseball Candlestick still is, I think) Candlestick Park is where Qualcomm (if that's what it's called now) sits. PacBell, AT&T, whatever they call the baseball park now, is new and closer to downtown.

Posted by: t-bird at September 22, 2013 07:15 PM (FcR7P)

304 Where can I find me one a them-thar car pool lust parties? City folk have all the fun. Ain't no wonder we're disillusioned out here ... nothin' but pointy elbows and hard work as far as the eye can see. Jus wait, we're gonna have us one a them lust parties one of these days, Sweet Jesus!

Posted by: and irresolute at September 22, 2013 07:15 PM (RqHWH)

305 Qdpsteve - bonfire?

Posted by: The Grand Wazoo at September 22, 2013 07:15 PM (U7FDe)

306 Even "disowned" doesn't mean what you think. Posted by: JoeyBagels at September 22, 2013 11:13 PM (Usdw3) For her it would mean never seeing or speaking to anyone in her family again.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 07:15 PM (GEICT)

307 Does anyone have what could be called "alternative" advice for shredding/destroying documents, besides just using a shredder? Fire is your friend.

Posted by: toby928© at September 22, 2013 07:15 PM (QupBk)

308 Posted by: puddleglum at September 22, 2013 11:14 PM (6kjGG)

The Barrel is a harsh mistress.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 22, 2013 07:15 PM (d7tB2)

309 Carding fibers?
Do fibers usually try to drink underage?

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at September 22, 2013 07:15 PM (K5R1m)

310 What is with all of the Spanish shit on NBC for the NFL?

Get used to it. I have declared next Sunday night's game between New England and Atlanta "LGBT Bobblehead Night".

Posted by: Roger Goodhead at September 22, 2013 07:15 PM (Dwehj)

311 Could use some advice. Does anyone have what could be called "alternative" advice for shredding/destroying documents, besides just using a shredder? Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2013 11:13 PM (xY8+2) Fire. (In b4 BeavisÂ…)

Posted by: The Political Hat at September 22, 2013 07:15 PM (Vk2pI)

312 We're going to need a bigger barrel.

Posted by: Chief Brody at September 22, 2013 07:16 PM (sOtz/)

313 Damn, Hammer. Can dress you up, but can't take you out.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at September 22, 2013 07:16 PM (4Mv1T)

314 Fire is your friend.
And stir the ashes around thoroughly. They can piece them together too now IIRC.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at September 22, 2013 07:16 PM (K5R1m)

315 Does that sound do-able without causing too much trouble? Or any other ideas?? Posted by: qdpsteve --------------------- Fire. Although...(wondering here), perhaps dumping in pail with bleach? Maybe a 50/50 solution.

Posted by: Mike Hammer shouting up from the barrel at September 22, 2013 07:16 PM (aDwsi)

316 @289 The best fool proof way to destroy documents is to burn them

Posted by: kreplach at September 22, 2013 07:16 PM (kNjG7)

317 sven's comments are being zapped? knock it off, assholes

Posted by: soothsayer at September 22, 2013 07:16 PM (Y/nwB)

318 Fire or acid, so probably fire unless you have access to acid drum at work. Some places use them.

Posted by: Y-not at September 22, 2013 07:16 PM (5H6zj)

319 Booooo!

Posted by: Phantom Sven at September 22, 2013 07:16 PM (jmVS/)

320 How is that the top ten sock puppeteers never wind up on the top ten commenter list?

As a regular top 10 sockpuppeter and a never-top 10 ten commenter, I would say that good sockpuppetry is to commenting as death by bunga bunga is to to plain old bunga bunga.

You now may retire to your embroidery.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 22, 2013 07:16 PM (FMNSK)

321

please lord

Posted by: navycopjoe at September 22, 2013 07:17 PM (ht6M+)

322 Does that sound do-able without causing too much trouble? Or any other ideas?? Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2013 11:13 PM (xY8+2) burn them in your BBQ?

Posted by: Idaho Jake at September 22, 2013 07:17 PM (VYzFo)

323 WTF?? Pittsburgh is trying to win this game!

Posted by: puddleglum at September 22, 2013 07:17 PM (6kjGG)

324 232 why does Mark Levin dislike Greg Gutfeld? *** Greg tends to be rather *soft* re some conservative issues. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 22, 2013 11:01 PM (DmNpO) Gutfield tends to use comedy and ridicule against the left. Levin tends to use a sledgehammer to go after the left. Levin doesn't understand the need to ridicule and make fun of the left, he just understands that the right needs to attack the left with more passion than the left does.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at September 22, 2013 07:17 PM (BXLPR)

325 Hey folks, happy new ONT. Could use some advice. Does anyone have what could be called "alternative" advice for shredding/destroying documents, besides just using a shredder? Posted by: qdpsteve 55-gallon steel drum, bricks, paving stones, cyclone fencing and steel grating. Fire goes inside. OH, and you'll need a nice big asphalt area without 'no-burn' restrictions.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at September 22, 2013 07:17 PM (ligos)

326 Does that sound do-able without causing too much trouble? Or any other ideas?? *** Burn them. Otherwise, soak them in a tub with water and bleach. That should do it.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 22, 2013 07:17 PM (DmNpO)

327 >> "We have that problem in Salt Lake. It's called Pioneer Park." We have that problem in New York City. It's called New York City

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at September 22, 2013 07:17 PM (zZJJp)

328 Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2013 11:13 PM (xY8+2)

Get an old steel 55gal drum. And some matches. Problem solved.

Posted by: Country Singer at September 22, 2013 07:17 PM (T7XIT)

329 Candlestick Park is where Qualcomm (if that's what it's called now) sits.

PacBell, AT&T, whatever they call the baseball park now, is new and closer to downtown.

Right. So the baseball stadium took the PacBell/AT&T name with it, and Candlestick reverted to being Candlestick while they build the new one in Santa Clara.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 22, 2013 07:17 PM (T6c9C)

330 299 Candlestick was ATT Park (the now-separate baseball Candlestick still is, I think) Candlestick Park is where Qualcomm (if that's what it's called now) sits. PacBell, AT&T, whatever they call the baseball park now, is new and closer to downtown. Posted by: t-bird at September 22, 2013 11:15 PM (FcR7P) --No. Qualcomm is in SD, where the Chargers play. Candlestick in in SFO, where the 49ers play.

Posted by: logprof at September 22, 2013 07:17 PM (fOFYL)

331 Ugh, Bears are gonna win

Posted by: The dude at September 22, 2013 07:18 PM (vJdyz)

332 .. barring that, Iron Mountain does doc destruction and they're supposed to be bonded.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at September 22, 2013 07:18 PM (ligos)

333 Things I'd like to see at this year's Emmys:

- Jeff Daniels actually show any sort of human emotion

- Elton John and Neil Patrick Harris together do a lead-in for an ad for tonight's sponsor, Chik-Fil-A

- Alec Baldwin and Aaron Sorkin get into a vicious bloody fistfight

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2013 07:18 PM (xY8+2)

334 Does anyone have what could be called "alternative" advice for shredding/destroying documents, besides just using a shredder? I recommend nuking from orbit, just to be sure.

Posted by: Ripley at September 22, 2013 07:18 PM (woSKn)

335 It's even harder keeping up with the Bowl game names. It's all so absurd.

Posted by: soothsayer at September 22, 2013 07:19 PM (Y/nwB)

336 Fire goes inside. OH, and you'll need a nice big asphalt area without 'no-burn' restrictions. Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 22, 2013 11:17 PM (ligos) Party-pooper! A little mood music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zlyvcti3kQU

Posted by: Pyromaniacs everywhere at September 22, 2013 07:20 PM (Vk2pI)

337 barring that, Iron Mountain does doc destruction and they're supposed to be bonded. Posted by: weft cut-loop ----------------- Same here for Staples

Posted by: Mike Hammer shouting up from the barrel at September 22, 2013 07:20 PM (aDwsi)

338

thank you lord!!!

being catholic pays off

Posted by: navycopjoe at September 22, 2013 07:20 PM (ht6M+)

339

And would it hurt the washer?

I would think that would definitely hurt the washer. Paper pulp in the pump will settle out and get hard.

Do you have a backyard fire pit with a spark screen for these nice autumn nights?

Posted by: PMRich at September 22, 2013 07:20 PM (KDUNf)

340 Does anyone have what could be called "alternative" advice for shredding/destroying documents, besides just using a shredder?

There are professional document destruction places that will come to your home/business with a truck and do whatever it is they do.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 22, 2013 07:20 PM (T6c9C)

341 I'm thinking about my favorite local (two state) gun forum. They don't ban people, they just moderate them.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at September 22, 2013 07:20 PM (4Mv1T)

342 Hmm, bleach sounds good.

Fire *would* be good except this is SoCal and I don't want to go to jail for "sinning against Mother Earth."

Thanks for the suggestions people! (And thanks in advance for any other ideas coming up.)

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2013 07:21 PM (xY8+2)

343 Come on, Ben, throw it to Antonio Brown again.

Posted by: Y-not at September 22, 2013 07:21 PM (5H6zj)

344 You see how easily a guy like Stephen Geer throws around words like "evil"? I'm praying he learns what evil really is...

Posted by: trump at September 22, 2013 07:21 PM (FbbJc)

345 When the kids were in diapers, I'd just rip/shred stuff then add all the shitty diapers to the trash bag. your results may vary

Posted by: Idaho Jake at September 22, 2013 07:21 PM (VYzFo)

346 Understand the enemy: Marxism by Any Other Name http://tinyurl.com/n2zolxw Hot Cosplay Chicks and a Quick Primer on Base and Superstructure Marxism http://tinyurl.com/mzp4ko7

Posted by: The Political Hat at September 22, 2013 07:21 PM (Vk2pI)

347 g'evenin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 22, 2013 07:21 PM (JMmQ9)

348 Annnd the Bears score a TD. Steelers are going to lose. 0-3. Last in the mediocre AFC North. The NHL can't start fast enough. Fuck.

Posted by: puddleglum at September 22, 2013 07:21 PM (6kjGG)

349 Ian S.: thanks for responding. Only problem is, they cost moolah. :-)

And I would think a job at one of those places would be an ID thief's wet dream. If I did take my stuff there, I'd "slip" the clerk an extra $10 or so and ask them to shred everything immediately, right in front of me.

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2013 07:22 PM (xY8+2)

350

for shredding we have this wicked monster that turns paper and cd's into microconfetti

or we'd use office depot. theyre bonded too

Posted by: navycopjoe at September 22, 2013 07:22 PM (ht6M+)

351 I have declared next Sunday night's game between New England and Atlanta "LGBT Bobblehead Night".

Posted by: Roger Goodhead at September 22, 2013 11:15 PM (Dwehj)

The first 500 kids into the stadium get a free popup book celebrating the transgender community.

Posted by: Country Singer at September 22, 2013 07:22 PM (T7XIT)

352 And stir the ashes around thoroughly. They can piece them together too now IIRC. Interestingly enough, a couple of years ago I read where archeologist discovered that it was possible to read the ink on burned manuscripts, using lasers I think. The neat part was that they tested this with a couple of charcoaled scrolls from a private library in Pompey and discovered a previously known of, but not every discovered manuscript. The sad part was that the burned scrolls were just a couple from the dig that were kept. The remaing piles of the burnt scrolls were just dump at the time they were dug up because it was thought that they were useless.

Posted by: toby928© now stands in for Cliff Clavin at September 22, 2013 07:22 PM (QupBk)

353 Crap, and because of a garbage TD by Ahmad fucking Bradshaw it looks like I lose tonight.

Posted by: logprof at September 22, 2013 07:22 PM (fOFYL)

354 No. Qualcomm is in SD Ah-hah, 3Com is what it was called for a while. Now it's back to just being The Stick.

Posted by: t-bird at September 22, 2013 07:23 PM (FcR7P)

355

343 The NHL can't start fast enough

hmmmm, who are the defending NHL champs?

Posted by: navycopjoe at September 22, 2013 07:23 PM (ht6M+)

356

Gennifer Flowers confirms that Hillary Africanus is an anteater from the bathouse.

BreitBart.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 22, 2013 07:23 PM (0axsw)

357 The fruits of the Left's constant demonization of certain people (like us) will be really ugly. It's already beginning to rear its ugly head with rape fantasies on well-known Conservative women. In time it will be okay to stone a conservative...because, yeah, they're evil and not really people. >>>> I won't mind when that day comes, because while I will NEVER, EVER take action first, it will be a fine (and morally justified) excuse to give it right back to them in spades

Posted by: trump at September 22, 2013 07:23 PM (FbbJc)

358 >> Was thinking I could maybe just tear up most of my sheets into small pieces, then run then all through the washing machine with hot water. Wouldn't that pretty much gelatinize the sheets, or could they still be deciphered from? And would it hurt the washer? Yes, it will clog up the washer. don't do it. When i lived in CA I would just drop them in a bucket of water and let them soak about a week. then mush together really good. works for normal paper, but not for glossy or anything coated.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at September 22, 2013 07:24 PM (zZJJp)

359 Jake - When our dog was in the training stage, I would dump the newspapered pooh in the garbage, thinking, "Ha!, that ought to keep the bears out of there"..., but no. Apparently bears aren't disturbed by a little dog shit amongst the garbage.

Posted by: Mike Hammer shouting up from the barrel at September 22, 2013 07:24 PM (aDwsi)

360 The neat part was that they tested this with a couple of charcoaled scrolls from a private library in Pompey

I think they did more of this at Herculaneum.

I really, really hope there were private libraries at Akrotiri. LINEAR A LITERATURE FROM ATLANTIS U GUYS

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 22, 2013 07:24 PM (d7tB2)

361 303 Does anyone have what could be called "alternative" advice for shredding/destroying documents, besides just using a shredder?

Fire is your friend.

Posted by: toby928Â© at September 22, 2013 11:15 PM (QupBk)

Hehe yeah FIRE!!

Posted by: Beavis at September 22, 2013 07:24 PM (LI48c)

362 3Com! yep that's it good work sussing it out mystery: solved

Posted by: soothsayer at September 22, 2013 07:24 PM (Y/nwB)

363 hmmmm, who are the defending NHL champs? Are we allowed to use their name, or will Salon and WaPo have a hissy fit?

Posted by: Waterhouse at September 22, 2013 07:24 PM (woSKn)

364

hmmmm, who are the defending NHL champs?

Not the Flyers which is always good!

Posted by: puddleglum at September 22, 2013 07:24 PM (6kjGG)

365 Could use some advice. Does anyone have what could be called "alternative" advice for shredding/destroying documents, besides just using a shredder? Posted by: qdpsteve Burning is best, but failing that, perhaps dipping each sheet in some heavily thinned black paint (maybe a paint roller and tray for fast and complete application), then stacking the sheets to dry, so they stick together, might work, and might be fast (except for the drying-and-sticking-together part). But using a black paint or ink dip, or maybe just some diluted thinner, might cause the existing ink to run enough to make the documents immediately illegible.

Posted by: Arbalest at September 22, 2013 07:25 PM (FlRtG)

366 Idaho Jake: also an idea, but I'm not quite a "regular" Depends user yet. I *do* love anything slathered in Habanero-flavored Tabasco, however, so maybe if I got creative with my cuisine over the next couple days...
:-)

Thanks anyway.

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2013 07:25 PM (xY8+2)

367

TOUCHDOWN!!!!!!!!!

PEPPERS!!!!

Posted by: navycopjoe at September 22, 2013 07:25 PM (ht6M+)

368 232 why does Mark Levin dislike Greg Gutfeld?

***

Greg tends to be rather *soft* re some conservative issues.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 22, 2013 11:01 PM (DmNpO)

Levin's on our side and his rants can be good sometimes. If he and Gutfeld ever met, I have to imagine the discussion would end like ending of Good Morning Vietnam, when Robin Williams tells his superior officer "you are in more dire need of a blowjob than any white man in history."

The guy would be easier to listen to and take seriously if he could just lighten up once in a while.

Posted by: AD at September 22, 2013 07:26 PM (NmpZu)

369 And Rothlisberger fumbles again for a Bear's TD.

Posted by: toby928© now stands in for Cliff Clavin at September 22, 2013 07:26 PM (QupBk)

370 Gentlemen: also a very doable idea. Thanks.

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2013 07:26 PM (xY8+2)

371 AND THE NCJ HOUSE ERUPTS!!!!!!

Posted by: navycopjoe at September 22, 2013 07:26 PM (ht6M+)

372 Hehe yeah FIRE!! Posted by: Beavis at September 22, 2013 11:24 PM (LI48c) A little mood music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaApc4ISFyE

Posted by: Thë Pölïtïcäl Hät at September 22, 2013 07:27 PM (Vk2pI)

373 Nairobi mall incident still going. Now there are reports of gunfire from inside the mall.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 22, 2013 07:27 PM (DmNpO)

374 289 Hey folks, happy new ONT. Could use some advice. Does anyone have what could be called "alternative" advice for shredding/destroying documents, besides just using a shredder? I have one but it's nowhere near able to handle the near-1,000 sheets I have to destroy; it's strictly a consumer-level, low-duty piece o'crap. Was thinking I could maybe just tear up most of my sheets into small pieces, then run then all through the washing machine with hot water. Wouldn't that pretty much gelatinize the sheets, or could they still be deciphered from? And would it hurt the washer? Lord knows I don't need that kind of expense, but at the same time I can't believe my papers would be readable after the "laundry treatment" either. Does that sound do-able without causing too much trouble? Or any other ideas?? Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2013 11:13 PM (xY8+2) 55 gal galvanized trash can and a match. Some assembly required.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at September 22, 2013 07:27 PM (BXLPR)

375 OH, and you'll need a nice big asphalt area without 'no-burn' restrictions.>>

If you live where you can't burn take up camping. Drinking around the erasing the evidence fire can be quite therapeutic.

Posted by: The Hickster at September 22, 2013 07:27 PM (++MhP)

376 Old documents can be turned into a slurry to avoid the EPA or local authorities' scrutiny for air pollution.

Posted by: adams craft paper porn at September 22, 2013 07:27 PM (gQKHE)

377 so, we're shredding / burning stuff tonight? I'm in. A pile of docs sitting on the grille and a propane torch makes short work of it. I should probably ask why we're burning docs (beyond the obvious reasons)...

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 22, 2013 07:27 PM (JMmQ9)

378 I think they did more of this at Herculaneum. I think you are right. Not Pompeii. Same eruption.

Posted by: toby928© now stands in for Cliff Clavin at September 22, 2013 07:27 PM (QupBk)

379 The Spanish crap is because its Hispanic Heritage month. Which stupidly occurs during September and October. They've been doing it for a while though of course. The Hispanic Heritage month was the reason for Chad Ochocinco.

Posted by: buzzion at September 22, 2013 07:27 PM (LI48c)

380 368 Nairobi mall incident still going. Now there are reports of gunfire from inside the mall. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 22, 2013 11:27 PM (DmNpO) What the fuck??

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 07:28 PM (GEICT)

381 Ah, I have the solution. Giant Papermache Obama Head.

Posted by: toby928© now stands in for Cliff Clavin at September 22, 2013 07:28 PM (QupBk)

382 thank you lord!!!
being catholic pays off
Posted by: navycopjoe at September 22, 2013 11:20 PM (ht6M+)

What, the wife's pregnant again? :p

Posted by: Colorado Alex at September 22, 2013 07:29 PM (lr3d7)

383 Just trying to get caught up on comments. Idk what happened with Sven being banned since I wasn't on the thread that did him in. If one you follow him on Twitter, please break the news to him gently. The poor guy must be going through severe blog DT's.

Posted by: L, elle at September 22, 2013 07:29 PM (nla83)

384

358,9 it was Da BLACKHAWKS!!!!!

all praise the glory of Chicago!! (then don your bullet proof vest)

Posted by: navycopjoe at September 22, 2013 07:29 PM (ht6M+)

385 .., but no. Apparently bears aren't disturbed by a little dog shit amongst the garbage. Posted by: Mike Hammer shouting up from the barrel at September 22, 2013 11:24 PM (aDwsi) and if you go camping with dogs,you got to bury your own shit real deep otherwise your own mutts will did it up and eat it then run around cam with shit breath. don't ask how I know this

Posted by: Idaho Jake at September 22, 2013 07:29 PM (VYzFo)

386 Nairobi mall incident still going. Now there are reports of gunfire from inside the mall. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 22, 2013 11:27 PM (DmNpO) At a certain point you want the Kenyan government to say "Don't worry, we'll cover everything that insurance doesn't" and then torch the placeÂ…

Posted by: Thë Pölïtïcäl Hät at September 22, 2013 07:29 PM (Vk2pI)

387 Does anyone have what could be called "alternative" advice for shredding/destroying documents, besides just using a shredder? step 1. photograph step 2. email photo to friend step 3. delete photo from computer, and burn documents. Or you could just hold up to the SE window on a clear day, and then burn them.

Posted by: NSA at September 22, 2013 07:29 PM (zZJJp)

388 "Believe me, I've thought about it. But running away, being unmarried? My entire family would disown me." Ultimately, she's going to have to decide what's more important to her, what she wants or what her family wants. What's good for her though, is that she's in a good place to be faced with such a decision. Back in the ME there's likely little to no support system for anyone that wants to buck what their family thinks they should do.

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at September 22, 2013 07:29 PM (ItfcE)

389 Missed XP by Gould is anticlimax of the night.

Posted by: logprof at September 22, 2013 07:29 PM (fOFYL)

390

377 What, the wife's pregnant again?

*****looks at the insanity in a hester jersey*****

oh god I hope not

Posted by: navycopjoe at September 22, 2013 07:30 PM (ht6M+)

391 Quick burn : LOX http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjPxDOEdsX8

Posted by: Mike Hammer shouting up from the barrel at September 22, 2013 07:30 PM (aDwsi)

392 *****looks at the insanity in a hester jersey***** oh god I hope not Posted by: navycopjoe at September 22, 2013 11:30 PM (ht6M+) She's in a jersey? And is your wife's mini-me? Ummm....

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 07:31 PM (GEICT)

393 This Stephen Geer sounds like he'd drive over your water meter and fuck your shit up -- IOW a stupid person

Posted by: Purp PhD/MD/Esq/Nobel Laureate[/i][/b][/u][/s] at September 22, 2013 07:31 PM (9MLX+)

394 At a certain point you want the Kenyan government to say "Don't worry, we'll cover everything that insurance doesn't" and then torch the placeÂ…

There might still be hostages though. I don't want any innocent Kenyans to die from this.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 22, 2013 07:31 PM (d7tB2)

395 Oh great, an even more insufferable drumbeat of DaBears!!!11!! to look forward to all week. Work in some variety with that at least ncj.

Posted by: L, elle at September 22, 2013 07:31 PM (nla83)

396 Joey Biden at September 22, 2013 10:31 PM, I'll see you and raise you: http://preview.tinyurl.com/clejdqe

Posted by: Chicagorefugee, currently in #twittergulag at September 22, 2013 07:32 PM (jevZa)

397

yep

the wife is in a titans jersey

Posted by: navycopjoe at September 22, 2013 07:32 PM (ht6M+)

398 Rothlisburger is playing himself out of a job this year.

Posted by: toby928© now stands in for Cliff Clavin at September 22, 2013 07:32 PM (QupBk)

399 392 yep the wife is in a titans jersey Posted by: navycopjoe at September 22, 2013 11:32 PM (ht6M+) Oh....oh my....

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 07:32 PM (GEICT)

400 Only 3-0 teams are Chiefs, Bears, Pats, and Saints. Broncos may join them tomorrow night. Am I missing anyone?

Posted by: NFL at September 22, 2013 07:32 PM (fOFYL)

401 "Da Bearsss!!"

Geez, do I still miss Chris Farley.

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2013 07:33 PM (xY8+2)

402 'night

Posted by: Idaho Jake at September 22, 2013 07:33 PM (VYzFo)

403 OK, I'm seeing the Sven posts, then they get disappeared...WTF?

Posted by: Brother Cavil and his Flying Toaster Circus at September 22, 2013 07:34 PM (m9V0o)

404 This Stephen Geer sounds like he'd drive over your water meter and fuck your shit up -- IOW a stupid person Posted by: Purp ------------------------ Thereby establishing a new standard by which stupidity is measured-- "Man, he's so stupid he'd drive over your water meter" A 'Water Meter' coefficient of 1.0

Posted by: Mike Hammer shouting up from the barrel at September 22, 2013 07:34 PM (aDwsi)

405 The sad part was that the burned scrolls were just a couple from the dig that were kept. The remaing piles of the burnt scrolls were just dump at the time they were dug up because it was thought that they were useless. Posted by: toby928Â© now stands in for Cliff Clavin at September 22, 2013 11:22 PM (QupBk) I remember reading that some of the earliest bibles were discovered when a priest in the ME was burning a pile of old scrolls to make room and an archaeologist happened to be visiting the church and asked to have the the ones that were left.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at September 22, 2013 07:34 PM (zZJJp)

406 I still miss Chris Farley

We all do.

We still have his brother. A conservative, too.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 22, 2013 07:34 PM (d7tB2)

407 I blame Dan Rooney. He became a tongue bathing Obamabot for a ambassador position in Ireland. Also, bad scouting. There draft picks have been mediocre and the results are obvious. The Steelers are awful.

Posted by: puddleglum at September 22, 2013 07:35 PM (6kjGG)

408 Hail and farewell, Horde. See you in the morning thread.

Posted by: joncelli at September 22, 2013 07:35 PM (7IgKC)

409 Aren't there still hostages in the mall?

Posted by: Y-not at September 22, 2013 07:35 PM (5H6zj)

410

395 the packers........

oh wait

Posted by: navycopjoe at September 22, 2013 07:35 PM (ht6M+)

411 *glares rapily*

Miami.

Posted by: Snowflake the Dolphin at September 22, 2013 07:35 PM (htvmm)

412 OK, I'm seeing the Sven posts, then they get disappeared...WTF? Posted by: Brother Cavil -------------- Evaporation..., the air is very dry in here.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 22, 2013 07:35 PM (aDwsi)

413 Looking to get rid of some documents? Shove em in your panties.

Posted by: Fawn Hall at September 22, 2013 07:36 PM (BXLPR)

414 And would it hurt the washer? Lord knows I don't need that kind of expense, but at the same time I can't believe my papers would be readable after the "laundry treatment" either. Does that sound do-able without causing too much trouble? Or any other ideas?? Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2013 11:13 PM (xY8+2) Pretty sure that would cause a serious problem with your washer. At best, you'd clog the filter and gum up the drum.

Posted by: Mindy, Marxist Math instructor at September 22, 2013 07:36 PM (kYWp9)

415 "Other popular homeless hangouts here are the public libraries."

Or, the Hobo Internet Cafe, as we call it?

Posted by: PJ at September 22, 2013 07:36 PM (ZWaLo)

416 Now you see me. Now you don't .

Posted by: SuaveJav at September 22, 2013 07:36 PM (qQk+U)

417 Shove em in your panties. Posted by: Fawn Hall ..or your socks.

Posted by: Sandy Berger at September 22, 2013 07:37 PM (aDwsi)

418 Or, the Hobo Internet Cafe, as we call it? Isn't that like hunting over a baited field?

Posted by: toby928© now stands in for Cliff Clavin at September 22, 2013 07:37 PM (QupBk)

419 268 Dave, Gingy is a 12 year old boy! Posted by: The Grand Wazoo at September 22, 2013 11:11 PM (U7FDe) --- BASTARD! Truthfully I think he figured it out from the fart jokes. A puni is a type of fiber preparation for spinning yarn. I have punctures in my fingers from the carders. Ow.

Posted by: Gingy at September 22, 2013 07:37 PM (jt8G9)

420 406 *glares rapily* Miami. Posted by: Snowflake the Dolphin at September 22, 2013 11:35 PM (htvmm) --Crap, I forgot to put them in. That, after pointing out to my old Dolphin diehard friend the similar positions of them and the Chefs. AFC East and AFC West don't look so bad now, do they?

Posted by: loggprof at September 22, 2013 07:38 PM (fOFYL)

421 He's so stupid he cut a telephone line. Twice!

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at September 22, 2013 07:38 PM (K5R1m)

422 is sven banned?

Posted by: thunderb at September 22, 2013 07:38 PM (zOTsN)

423

354 Bears eat shit? I've said that for YEARS

See ya in the playoffs mebbe ncj

Posted by: DAve at September 22, 2013 07:38 PM (b7yum)

424 A puni is a type of fiber preparation for spinning yarn. I have punctures in my fingers from the carders. Ow. Posted by: Gingy at September 22, 2013 11:37 PM (jt8G9) Did anyone understand any of that?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 07:38 PM (GEICT)

425 I remember reading that some of the earliest bibles were discovered when a priest in the ME was burning a pile of old scrolls to make room and an archaeologist happened to be visiting the church and asked to have the the ones that were left.

This the Codex Sinaiticus? *googles* Yep, it is, but the Sinai monks deny it. Who's to say.

This wouldn't happen in a synagogue, by the way. Jews never throw out their junk Torah scrolls; they put them in a closet called a "geniza". The Cairo Geniza stored not only Torah but all manner of Jewish texts - even Essenic texts. They had a Dead Sea Scroll before anyone had even thought of looking at the Dead Sea caves.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 22, 2013 07:38 PM (d7tB2)

426 A confetti cut shredder is pretty secure and reduces bulk a lot over strip shredders.

If you got a massive amount of shit to dispose of, there's some businesses specializing in document destruction.

If I were completely paranoid, I burn the confetti or mix up a batch of concrete and use the confetti as filler, pour it into 5gal pails, then take those pails about 20 miles off shore and dump'em Dexter style

Posted by: Purp PhD/MD/Esq/Nobel Laureate[/i][/b][/u][/s] at September 22, 2013 07:38 PM (9MLX+)

427 Gingy - I hope you understand that the 'punis' thing caused me a LOT of barrel time.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 22, 2013 07:39 PM (aDwsi)

428 416 is sven banned? Posted by: thunderb at September 22, 2013 11:38 PM (zOTsN) Yes. Likely just a timeout though.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 07:39 PM (GEICT)

429 Does anyone have what could be called "alternative" advice for shredding/destroying documents, besides just using a shredder? You could send them to us. That way we don't have to print hard copies.

Posted by: NSA at September 22, 2013 07:39 PM (FcR7P)

430 Mike, you're grown. Take responsibility, dammit!

Posted by: Gingy at September 22, 2013 07:39 PM (jt8G9)

431 Is the Chefs a team from Japan???

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at September 22, 2013 07:40 PM (K5R1m)

432

Did anyone understand any of that?

Oddly enough, I actually did. My wife is one of those crazy knitters.

Posted by: PMRich at September 22, 2013 07:40 PM (KDUNf)

433 418 But no further for you my leetle fren

Posted by: DAve at September 22, 2013 07:40 PM (b7yum)

434 Why are Lutherans in Minnesota bringing in Muslim immigrants from Scum-alia? A) Because, as with many other mainstream Protestant denominations, they are Progs first and Christians second. B) Because many of them make a DAMNED fine living in the non-profit sector by doing so. Refugees are BIG business. The more dysfunctional they are, the more hand-holding they need. It's job security. The peeps in the pews? Think of them as the religious equivalent of LIVs. They're told they're doing good. They believe it, because would their church lie? Actual belief is for the Indians, not the Chiefs. (And I denounce myself.)

Posted by: Chicagorefugee, currently in #twittergulag at September 22, 2013 07:40 PM (jevZa)

435 Muslims also store their old Qur'ans. Unless the Qur'ans prove not to be quite like modern Qur'ans. Then they blush with embarrassment and burn the evidence.

See: "Grand Mosque of Sanaa".

Read: Toby Lester - http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive /1999/01/what-is-the-koran/304024/

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 22, 2013 07:40 PM (d7tB2)

436 Is the Chefs a team from Japan??? That would be the Iron Chefs.

Posted by: toby928© now stands in for Cliff Clavin at September 22, 2013 07:40 PM (QupBk)

437 jets record is better than the giants. just sayin

Posted by: thunderb at September 22, 2013 07:41 PM (zOTsN)

438 426 Did anyone understand any of that? Oddly enough, I actually did. My wife is one of those crazy knitters. Posted by: PMRich at September 22, 2013 11:40 PM (KDUNf) --- She must be a spinner if you've heard those words.

Posted by: Gingy at September 22, 2013 07:41 PM (jt8G9)

439 Now you see me. Now you don't .

Posted by: SuaveJav at September 22, 2013 07:41 PM (qQk+U)

440 428 That's the ELA Lutherans, not the Missouri Synod Lutherans who tend to be pretty hardcore old-school

Posted by: DAve at September 22, 2013 07:42 PM (b7yum)

441 and there's the nail

Posted by: navycopjoe at September 22, 2013 07:42 PM (ht6M+)

442 I've rough carded wool before, Gingy. Man, it stinks. Are you using cotton? I'm assuming you spin your own yarn too. That's some dedication.

Posted by: no good deed at September 22, 2013 07:42 PM (k55Fc)

443 *grumbles* Writes 'Punis' 100 times on the blackboard

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 22, 2013 07:42 PM (aDwsi)

444 And fittingly, Ben throws an interception to end the game.

Posted by: toby928© now stands in for Cliff Clavin at September 22, 2013 07:42 PM (QupBk)

445 425 Is the Chefs a team from Japan??? Posted by: andycanuck at September 22, 2013 11:40 PM (K5R1m) No. From South Park.

Posted by: Chef's Chocolate Salty Balls at September 22, 2013 07:42 PM (BXLPR)

446 Now you see me. Now you don't .

Posted by: SuaveJav at September 22, 2013 07:43 PM (qQk+U)

447 Muslims also store their old Qur'ans. Unless the Qur'ans prove not to be quite like modern Qur'ans. Then they blush with embarrassment and burn the evidence. Posted by: boulder toilet hobo Always fun when someone accidentally digs up an old version. CURSE THOSE TIME TRAVELING DJINNI!

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at September 22, 2013 07:43 PM (ligos)

448 Not a spinner, but she does have books about all phases of yarn craft and I will read almost anything.

Posted by: PMRich at September 22, 2013 07:43 PM (KDUNf)

449 Now you see me. Now you don't .

Posted by: SuaveJav at September 22, 2013 07:43 PM (qQk+U)

450 Ball game.

Posted by: logpriof at September 22, 2013 07:44 PM (fOFYL)

451 Yeah, it's there at first, then gone, sven. Just call it a night. You'll prolly get sorted soon enough.

Posted by: Brother Cavil and his Flying Toaster Circus at September 22, 2013 07:44 PM (m9V0o)

452

wait for it

Posted by: navycopjoe at September 22, 2013 07:44 PM (ht6M+)

453 Hi Y-not you evil troll

Posted by: buzzion at September 22, 2013 07:44 PM (LI48c)

454 wait for it.........

Posted by: navycopjoe at September 22, 2013 07:44 PM (ht6M+)

455

BEARS WIN!!!!!!!

Posted by: navycopjoe at September 22, 2013 07:44 PM (ht6M+)

456 Aren't there still hostages in the mall? Yes, it's still going on. Early morning over there.

Posted by: t-bird at September 22, 2013 07:44 PM (FcR7P)

457 Now you see me. Now you don't .

Posted by: SuaveJav at September 22, 2013 07:44 PM (qQk+U)

458 lol, Y-Not the troll. Hide your goats!

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 22, 2013 07:45 PM (d7tB2)

459 But Chef is dead. He shit himself.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at September 22, 2013 07:45 PM (K5R1m)

460 You're just enjoying this now, sven, aren't you...

Posted by: Brother Cavil and his Flying Toaster Circus at September 22, 2013 07:45 PM (m9V0o)

461 BEARS WIN!!!!!!! BEARS WIN!!!!!!! Posted by: navycopjoe at September 22, 2013 11:44 PM (ht6M+) Damn stwaight dey win!

Posted by: Barney Frank at September 22, 2013 07:45 PM (fOFYL)

462 I am an evil troll.

Posted by: Y-not at September 22, 2013 07:45 PM (5H6zj)

463 Now you see me. Now you don't .

Posted by: SuaveJav at September 22, 2013 07:45 PM (qQk+U)

464 I'm beginning to think of sven as a kind of Casper the Friendly Ghost.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 22, 2013 07:45 PM (aDwsi)

465 Link to The Atlantic "Grand Mosque of Sanaa" returns a 404

Posted by: Arbalest at September 22, 2013 07:45 PM (FlRtG)

466 435 I've rough carded wool before, Gingy. Man, it stinks. Are you using cotton? I'm assuming you spin your own yarn too. That's some dedication. Posted by: no good deed at September 22, 2013 11:42 PM (k55Fc) --- I do. But just for funsies. I have a stash that I will not knit before I die. I'm a yarn snob so it's worth quite a bit, built $30 at a time. The punis I was carding for today are wool, silk, and alpaca blends. It's for prep for a fiber festival next weekend in Virginia.

Posted by: Gingy at September 22, 2013 07:46 PM (jt8G9)

467 Muslims also store their old Qur'ans. Yeah, in those little wooden houses with the crescent moon on them, right? We do, too!

Posted by: t-bird at September 22, 2013 07:46 PM (FcR7P)

468 Arbalest- remove space whilst cursing Pixy

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 22, 2013 07:46 PM (d7tB2)

469 She must be a spinner if you've heard those words. Posted by: Gingy at September 22, 2013 11:41 PM (jt8G9)

.......must.....resist....

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 07:46 PM (GEICT)

470 Well, sven is a raccoon. Very elusive!

Posted by: Y-not at September 22, 2013 07:47 PM (5H6zj)

471 436 *grumbles* Writes 'Punis' 100 times on the blackboard Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 22, 2013 11:42 PM (aDwsi) --- PENIS PENIS PENIS

Posted by: Gingy at September 22, 2013 07:47 PM (jt8G9)

472 Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 11:46 PM (GEICT)

Heh. Great minds think alike.

Posted by: Country Singer at September 22, 2013 07:47 PM (T7XIT)

473 Didn't Chef die at the end of Super Adventure Club?

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 22, 2013 07:47 PM (0axsw)

474 455 It's for prep for a fiber festival next weekend in Virginia.

Oh, is that coming up again? Feeling conflicted. Lots of work for the guys, but the emergency callouts do take their toll.

Posted by: Virgina Plumbers Union at September 22, 2013 07:48 PM (bKA83)

475 well kids, i'm drunk off that cat urine known as old style so let me eat some Chicago style Italian beef sammiches and pass out

Posted by: navycopjoe at September 22, 2013 07:48 PM (ht6M+)

476 This all reminds me of that song Who Knows Where or Sven??

Posted by: DAve at September 22, 2013 07:48 PM (b7yum)

477 Heh. ~~Great~~ dirty minds think alike. Posted by: Country Singer at September 22, 2013 11:47 PM (T7XIT) *hi-five*

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 07:48 PM (GEICT)

478 Now you see me. Now you don't .

Posted by: SuaveJav at September 22, 2013 07:48 PM (qQk+U)

479

Conccerning David Guth:

Fuck you and the horse you rode in on. It wasn't conservatives that said everyone had the right to be homeless and crazy- that was the liberals

Posted by: Darth Randall at September 22, 2013 07:49 PM (lxc0s)

480 Yeah, in those little wooden houses with the crescent moon on them, right? We do, too! Posted by: t-bird ----------------------- Pretty sure those are Sears catalogs.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 22, 2013 07:49 PM (aDwsi)

481 Well, you are going on the invite list for the compound, Gingy. My mother has canning and quilting covered. I'm going to have to figure out a useful skill to avoid being voted out when the shit hits the fan.

Posted by: no good deed at September 22, 2013 07:51 PM (k55Fc)

482 It wasn't conservatives that said everyone had the right to be homeless and crazy- that was the liberals

This is to be filed under "political class". Lots of local-district ostensible Republicans, also, saw the opportunity to push the 'tards and the nutters off their districts and onto - somewhere. Anywhere. "NIMBY" would be the term.

"We cut spending! And improved home values!"

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 22, 2013 07:51 PM (d7tB2)

483 No good deed - I can help with the quilting and canning, too. I was trained up right as a kid. I'm not a bad shot, either.

Posted by: Gingy at September 22, 2013 07:52 PM (jt8G9)

484 This demonstrates the value of not being seen.

Posted by: Tb3k at September 22, 2013 07:53 PM (bKA83)

485 428 Yup. My college is ELCA affiliated. I got them to drop me from the alumni lists when they hosted a 3 day "White Privilege" conference. Missouri Synod is probably too sensible to import people who will beat & kill their kids for jogging and using bike paths (as in several Twin Cities cases). ELCA? Not so much.

Posted by: Chicagorefugee, currently in #twittergulag at September 22, 2013 07:53 PM (jevZa)

486 Punish, penis, punis. I won't attempt to translate that.

Posted by: The Grand Wazoo at September 22, 2013 07:53 PM (U7FDe)

487 Seven minutes of heavy gunfire have now stopped at #Westgate. Could be over now.

Posted by: t-bird at September 22, 2013 07:54 PM (FcR7P)

488 This demonstrates the value of not being seen. Posted by: Tb3k at September 22, 2013 11:53 PM (bKA83) Topped only by the value of not being heard.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 07:54 PM (GEICT)

489 Dave, Gingy is a 12 year old boy! Considering what I did earlier..........OMG I'm a pervert!

Posted by: Weirddave at September 22, 2013 07:54 PM (jt8G9)

490 You're OK in my book.

Posted by: Harry Reid at September 22, 2013 07:55 PM (0axsw)

491 Evenin all. So,,when is Euro Futbol gonna make it big, because my American teams fucking suck.

Posted by: RWC at September 22, 2013 07:55 PM (LpbKr)

492 Considering what I did earlier..........OMG I'm a pervert! Posted by: Weirddave at September 22, 2013 11:54 PM (jt8G9) Well? What did you do earlier?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 07:55 PM (GEICT)

493 Imagine my shock and horror at finding I am the top commenter for the 2nd week in a row. I vowed to drop out of the top ten; I avoided some daytime threads and stayed off the ONT all week. Alas, it was all for naught. But I don't blame myself. I blame all of you!

You people have not commented in sufficient quantity or with enough regularity to out-comment me. This is a deliberate attempt BY YOU to embarrass ME and leave the average lurker with the impression that I have nothing better to do.

Well, this is something up with which I will not put. You leave me no choice.

And I WILL find out who took the strawberries using scientific deductive reasoning.

Good night!

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 22, 2013 07:55 PM (8sCoq)

494 Arn't we all Weirddave? Arn't we all?

Posted by: The Grand Wazoo at September 22, 2013 07:56 PM (U7FDe)

495 OK, I'm seeing the Sven posts, then they get disappeared...WTF?
Document shredding. Internet style.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 22, 2013 07:56 PM (+vOE2)

496 Posted by: no good deed at September 22, 2013 11:51 PM (k55Fc)

Somebody's gonna have to herd the sheep and grow the cotton...

Posted by: Country Singer at September 22, 2013 07:56 PM (T7XIT)

497 sorry, I've been out trying to figure out how to use LinkedIn as a dating service... what did I miss? Sven got ban-hammered? There's a shocker...

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 22, 2013 07:57 PM (JMmQ9)

498 Brent, you're married. Guess.

Posted by: Gingy at September 22, 2013 07:57 PM (jt8G9)

499 BTH: Thanks. I figured the "%20" was part of the URL. Apparently not ... I had heard of a "find" some years ago, and that the film was under contention. I think it is a different "find", as the film dates from around WW2. This suggests that there is potentially a major "faith bomb" just waiting to explode ...

Posted by: Arbalest at September 22, 2013 07:57 PM (FlRtG)

500 I know how to get rid of documents...

Posted by: Sandy Berger at September 22, 2013 07:57 PM (UXIXv)

501 180 BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 10:50 PM Please tell me these are Iraqi Christians. Because otherwise you & your church are helping and paying to import the folks who WILL go jihad on your kids.

Posted by: Chicagorefugee, currently in #twittergulag at September 22, 2013 07:57 PM (jevZa)

502 Punish, penis, punis. I won't attempt to translate that.

Reads like a declension-table for an internally-inflected language. Anglo-Saxon? Arabic?

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 22, 2013 07:57 PM (d7tB2)

503 Caught a glimpse of a vanishing Sven comment @219....

Sven, if you're lurking -- Ace has had a recurring thing about "bringing it", to the point that I've done several snarky "bring it" comments. The thing is, with this highly vocal, critical, opinionated, funny, passionate, and weird crowd that we call the "Moron Horde", anything that you do will get deluged with a combination of praise, attaboys, scorn, riffing, parody, and batshittery -- and that includes anything that the COBs put up.

Now, like a batch of fudge with just a little bit of catshit dropped into the mix, it really doesn't take much abuse to make you wonder if being an unpaid (so far as I know) volunteer is worth the hassle. And if you're running a show staffed by unpaid volunteers (like Ace is), you'd probably seem to be a bit overprotective about them....because there is so little besides pride in their accomplishments to keep them accomplishing. And Gabe does, in fact, "bring it" -- he's consistently opening the shop at some ungodly hour of the morning, so that the proprietor doesn't have to be there before the crack of noon.

Please consider how personally demeaning it would be if you did something every day, for free, at some insane time where you could have been rushing out the door to get to work.....and someone called it "The Daily Ipecac". That's not an argument for something better, that's not an argument against what was written -- it's a straightforward negation of Gabe's effort....to keep AoSHQ going. Now, if you'd said, "here's another Boehner press release....", or "I thought we were above the DC muddle about whether an opposition party might actually have to oppose anything", you might have done some good in actually moving Gabe a little bit off his hobby horse -- or, at least, lead him to mull over his "messaging"......and, you almost certainly wouldn't have gotten banned.

Similarly, unless the thread were actually about cheesy, bubble-gum pop, leftist-agenda-forwarding prime-time TV shows, I don't see where attaching someone to one isn't a wee bit personal.

I've met Gabe and think he's a great guy -- I've actually (fingers crossed that my luck holds -- the next could be a stalker) never met a moron IRL that I didn't like. He's annoyed the hell out of me at times -- for a while, it seemed like 90% of what he wrote was gay marriage, gay marriage, and more gay marriage -- but, y'know....<page dn>. He's providing a valuable service, even as he bugs the shit out of me, by providing a window into what the dwellers of Capitol City actually think about how all this plays to the hinterlands (rotates index finger near temple). And he opens the door and puts out the welcome mat every freakin' day, while our beloved Ace sleeps off another manic episode.

So, Sven -- if you're out there -- take a bit of time, cool off, look at the big picture.....and come back and bullshit with us. If you tell the Powers That Be that you "get" what pushed the limits (feel free to cut'n'paste from this), you'll be back on in no time.

And if you think I'm an insufferable asshole suckup who shouldn't poke his nose in, please let me know.

Posted by: cthulhu at September 22, 2013 07:58 PM (T1005)

504 Oh, my -- where the hell did I get off this thread to compose that?

Posted by: cthulhu at September 22, 2013 07:59 PM (T1005)

505 I had my first old style today when I was at wrigley for a cubs game. Wrigley field by the way is the best ballpark in America, bar none.

Posted by: Kreplach at September 22, 2013 07:59 PM (Srkkh)

506 Shredding loses to thermite.
_{Give it a try. let it fry}

Posted by: Joethefatman™ (@joethefatman1) at September 22, 2013 07:59 PM (MnSla)

507 Would it not be funny if they used the lasers to read those ancient burned scroll.......and discovered them to be filled with porn?

Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at September 22, 2013 08:00 PM (UXIXv)

508 On the sidebar, is the "Professor Challenger looking dude " perhaps Richard Feynman, who was not only the leader of the Challenger explosion investigation, but also the discoverer and explicator of.... Quantum Electrodynamics, the subject of the vid??

I didn't watch the video, but...if so......derrrrrrrrr on rdbrewer4.

**********

Also: we have been supposedly dismantling and destroying thousands of plutonium nukes since the early 90's.

That plutonium has to go somewhere.

Ditto the plutonium in breeder reactors.

Pu-239's halflife is about 24,000 years, so it's still useful for power generation....

Where is it?

Is this a bureaucratic turf thing?

Posted by: Meretricious Persiflage at September 22, 2013 08:00 PM (A46zH)

509 OMG!!!! I'm on the top commenter list!!!! I hadn't realized until I searched for my last comment. How will I ever live down the shame???

Posted by: cthulhu at September 22, 2013 08:00 PM (T1005)

510 A 'Water Meter' coefficient of 1.0

I think the theoretical "s" value needs some refinements.

Everyone is a complete idiot about a vast number of things (perhaps all things), but might have competence in other areas.

ex. I have an uncle who is an adept professional baker, knows about auto repair, yet has managed to have THREE of the houses he's lived in burn down due to "electrical problems".

All were older places with traditional old school Edison fuse panels. Its not insurance fires, he took loses and great inconvenience each time.

It seems he just doesn't understand that blown fuses indicate problems or circuit overload. So when he overloads some ancient 15A circuit on 14ga wire and repeatedly pops fuses, he just screws in any fuse that's laying around bigger than a 15A and blithely goes on his way (like chicken, he thinks "parts is parts") .

Once he gets up to a 25-30A fuse, the places, quite predictably, start to burn down as the scorching hot cable starts torching wood structural members.

Its like he's got a mysterious brain cloud when it comes to anything electrical.

Posted by: Purp PhD/MD/Esq/Nobel Laureate[/i][/b][/u][/s] at September 22, 2013 08:01 PM (9MLX+)

511 Would it not be funny if they used the lasers to read those ancient burned scroll.......and discovered them to be filled with porn?

Hallo, sailor! (or sailorette. Maybe we'll let you watch!)

Posted by: Sapphon at September 22, 2013 08:01 PM (d7tB2)

512 How will I ever live down the shame???

I think you have to ritualistically cut off one of your tentacles.

Posted by: no good deed at September 22, 2013 08:01 PM (k55Fc)

513 486Â Brent, you're married. Guess. Oh no. Is Dave ok?

Posted by: The Grand Wazoo at September 22, 2013 08:02 PM (U7FDe)

514 Anybody catch the Cocksucker in Chief today at the memorial. He look like he was physically pained when he hugged the family(s). Say what you will, W's emotions were genuine.

Posted by: RWC at September 22, 2013 08:03 PM (LpbKr)

515 I know that there are those that are abusing the system, but I also see the elderly lady who has to go to a food pantry because she only has $300/mo of income and a whopping $12/mo of food stamps. Maybe, just maybe, if we had fewer immigrants sucking off the teat (57% on at least one federal welfare program) there'd be more money for those plain, boring, non-vibrant pre-1965 Americans. Maybe we could stop importing poverty? Naaa, that would never work.

Posted by: Chicagorefugee, currently in #twittergulag at September 22, 2013 08:03 PM (jevZa)

516 okay, okay, apparently the "truename" of the Poet Laureate of... the isle... would be Psappho.

I need to check Wikipedia before posting.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 22, 2013 08:04 PM (d7tB2)

517 486 Brent, you're married. Guess. Posted by: Gingy at September 22, 2013 11:57 PM (jt8G9) Yell at the kids, eat dinner, yell at the kids, put the kids to bed, help clean the kitchen, yell at the kids to get back in bed, watch bad tv for an hour, got to bed.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 08:04 PM (GEICT)

518 255

FREE SVEN!!!!1!!!!

FREE THE SVEN ONE !!!!11!!!

Posted by: The Free Sven Committee at September 22, 2013 11:08 PM (T0Pku)

I hope he's back soon. It doesn't sound like anything that should take months to get over.

Posted by: cthulhu at September 22, 2013 08:04 PM (T1005)

519 Its like he's got a mysterious brain cloud when it comes to anything electrical. Sounds like qdpsteve should "store" his documents at your uncle's place.

Posted by: Waterhouse at September 22, 2013 08:04 PM (woSKn)

520 501 Oh no. Is Dave ok? Posted by: The Grand Wazoo at September 23, 2013 12:02 AM (U7FDe) --- Ohhhhh yes.

Posted by: Gingy at September 22, 2013 08:04 PM (jt8G9)

521 Now you see me. Now you don't .

Posted by: SuaveJav at September 22, 2013 08:05 PM (qQk+U)

522 Does that sound do-able without causing too much trouble? Or any other ideas??

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2013 11:13 PM (xY8+2)

Fire is the Devil's only friend. Crumple it up and burn it. If burning is not possible because of eco-Nazis, call Iron Mountain or some other security company to shred it for you, and for $$$$.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 22, 2013 08:05 PM (8Fl6F)

523 OK, I'm seeing the Sven posts, then they get disappeared...WTF? Posted by: Brother Cavil and his Flying Toaster Circus at September 22, 2013 11:34 PM (m9V0o) Think of Sven as a the quantum mechanical probability collapsing into a singularity upon observation

Posted by: The Quantum Hat at September 22, 2013 08:06 PM (Vk2pI)

524 Shredding loses to thermite. Give it a try. let it fry Posted by: Joethefatman -------------------- A good soaking in LOX first perks up the burn.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 22, 2013 08:06 PM (aDwsi)

525 509 492 Cthulu,

I do not dislike "real life Gabe"...it is not an issue that needs dwelled on.

I was busy and running out the door, but I do wonder if it was in fact not the second barrel of my blast that set this off.

I pointed out that one nice byproduct of Gabe's efforts at undermining GOP opposition was I will die before I ever give another dime to the GOP.

I may put a peso in my will as a matter of fact just out of spite.

My "internet man of mystery" schtick is just that schtick...

I can be "found" pretty easy and the party knows "sven10077" is *me*.....

and I am by no means a Koch brother, *but* I was a top 10% non-corporate donor a few times...

and I am now not one, it seems that somewhere in their reaching out for radical democrat taught "moderates" the "DC Geniuses" who engage in the hubris that they are playing against a political opponent that plays the game in good faith took the party from me.

That's okay....it's a lot like having your clap infested ex taken from you...

a favor more than an insult.

Posted by: SuaveJav at September 22, 2013 08:07 PM (qQk+U)

526 Think of Sven as a the quantum mechanical probability collapsing into a singularity upon observation That quantum mechanics stuff is crap. The waveform never collapses into SMOD hitting Washington.

Posted by: Brother Cavil and his Flying Toaster Circus at September 22, 2013 08:08 PM (m9V0o)

527 Ah! We've hit on it. Sven as analogy for Schrodinger's cat.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 22, 2013 08:08 PM (aDwsi)

528 This demonstrates the value of not being seen. Posted by: Tb3k at September 22, 2013 11:53 PM (bKA83) A little mood music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhSCCeM6MQM

Posted by: The Political Hat who has just been seen… Oh S**t! KABOOM (f**king cereal…) at September 22, 2013 08:08 PM (Vk2pI)

529 Ah! We've hit on it. Sven as analogy for Schrodinger's ~~cat~~ racoon. Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 23, 2013 12:08 AM (aDwsi) Fixed.

Posted by: The Quantum Hat at September 22, 2013 08:09 PM (Vk2pI)

530 Waterhouse: hmmm... ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2013 08:09 PM (xY8+2)

531 I am never going to crack the top ten if I keep reading the links.

Posted by: Beagle at September 22, 2013 08:09 PM (sOtz/)

532 Go into the light Sven.

Posted by: Tangina at September 22, 2013 08:10 PM (0axsw)

533 500 How will I ever live down the shame???

I think you have to ritualistically cut off one of your tentacles.

Posted by: no good deed at September 23, 2013 12:01 AM (k55Fc)

Good thing I've got several spares......and they regenerate. Hope it's a quick ritual, I've got things to do.

Posted by: cthulhu at September 22, 2013 08:10 PM (T1005)

534 Seriously man, stop reposting over and over again. That kinda shit will just get your timeout lengthened.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 08:10 PM (GEICT)

535 Also: we have been supposedly dismantling and destroying thousands of plutonium nukes since the early 90's. Â… Pu-239's halflife is about 24,000 years, so it's still useful for power generation.... Posted by: Meretricious Persiflage at September 23, 2013 12:00 AM (A46zH) They need Pu-238, not Pu-239. Getting one isn't as easy as getting the other.

Posted by: The Actinide Hat at September 22, 2013 08:10 PM (Vk2pI)

536 cthulhu: thanks for pushing the "Capitol City" meme...I've been barking up that tree for quite a while. I'm trying to influence the AoSHQ style book to make all references to Washington, D.C. to read "Capitol City" for the obvious reasons

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 22, 2013 08:11 PM (JMmQ9)

537 I put my penis in her yum yum. Teehee!

Posted by: Weirddave at September 22, 2013 08:11 PM (jt8G9)

538 Waterhouse, the only problem with that is what they'll say about your uncle if the house is otherwise destroyed without destroying the docs.

FEMA Official 1: "Do we know anything about the victim inside?"

FEMA Official 2 (looking over qdpsteve's docs): "Yeah, he had BAD credit!!"
;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2013 08:11 PM (xY8+2)

539 I was talking to my daughter on the phone and must have missed NCJ' s Bearsgasm. Oh, there it is! Well, Mr. Gem had one, too, so who am I to make fun.

Posted by: Gem at September 22, 2013 08:11 PM (auOey)

540 If Schrodinger had a Raccoon, it would have never stayed in the box. Those bastards are like Houdini when it come to busting into and out of shit.

Posted by: Purp PhD/MD/Esq/Nobel Laureate[/i][/b][/u][/s] at September 22, 2013 08:11 PM (9MLX+)

541 523 I put my penis in her yum yum. Teehee! Posted by: Weirddave at September 23, 2013 12:11 AM (jt8G9) That doesn't really narrow it down.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 08:12 PM (GEICT)

542 Walmart probably has some.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 22, 2013 08:12 PM (0axsw)

543 Crunchyroll is really trying to get me to check out "I Reluctantly Decided to Find a Job Because I Couldn't Rename The Hero"

http://youtu.be/CTtxA-xECms

Posted by: The Dude at September 22, 2013 08:13 PM (vJdyz)

544 509 492 Cthulu,

I do not dislike "real life Gabe"...it is not an issue that needs dwelled on.

I was busy and running out the door, but I do wonder if it was in fact not the second barrel of my blast that set this off.

I pointed out that one nice byproduct of Gabe's efforts at undermining GOP opposition was I will die before I ever give another dime to the GOP.

I may put a peso in my will as a matter of fact just out of spite.

My "internet man of mystery" schtick is just that schtick...

I can be "found" pretty easy and the party knows "sven10077" is *me*.....

and I am by no means a Koch brother, *but* I was a top 10% non-corporate donor a few times...

and I am now not one, it seems that somewhere in their reaching out for radical democrat taught "moderates" the "DC Geniuses" who engage in the hubris that they are playing against a political opponent that plays the game in good faith took the party from me.

That's okay....it's a lot like having your clap infested ex taken from you...

a favor more than an insult.

Posted by: SuaveSven at September 22, 2013 08:13 PM (qQk+U)

545 Maybe we could stop importing ~~poverty~~ undocumented Democrats? Naaa, that would never work.

Posted by: Chicagorefugee, currently in #twittergulag at September 23, 2013 12:03 AM (jevZa)

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Fixed that for you.

Posted by: Darth Randall at September 22, 2013 08:13 PM (lxc0s)

546 If Schrodinger had a Raccoon, it would have never stayed in the box. Those bastards are like Houdini when it come to busting into and out of shit. Just gotta be careful, they snap eventually... http://cdn.blogosfere.it/nuvoleparlanti/images/rocket-raccoon-trailer.gif

Posted by: Brother Cavil and his Flying Toaster Circus at September 22, 2013 08:13 PM (m9V0o)

547 Oh holy crap. For some reason I have Hannity on, and he has a panel. He asked some scrunt if she had read the Constitution. She replied, "Yes, many times." He asked her who had "the power of the purse strings."

She said, "The Treasury." Then claimed the government has never been shut down.

Posted by: Country Singer at September 22, 2013 08:13 PM (T7XIT)

548 At a certain point you want the Kenyan government to say "Don't worry, we'll cover everything that insurance doesn't" and then torch the placeÂ…

Posted by: ThÃ« PÃ¶lÃ¯tÃ¯cÃ¤l HÃ¤t at September 22, 2013 11:29 PM (Vk2pI)

That is the sort of situation, where, once you were sure there were no innocents trapped inside, you could introduce some Sarin into the air vents, and sterilize the dump.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 22, 2013 08:13 PM (8Fl6F)

549 Oh and another thing I discovered on my trip to Chicago, deep dish pizza, isn't.

Posted by: Kreplach at September 22, 2013 08:14 PM (Srkkh)

550 523 I put my penis in her yum yum.

Teehee!

Posted by: Weirddave at September 23, 2013 12:11 AM (jt8G9)

Lo! How the mighty have fallen.....

Posted by: cthulhu at September 22, 2013 08:14 PM (T1005)

551 punis, penis, punish I came, I saw, I put a hurt on it.

Posted by: The Grand Wazoo at September 22, 2013 08:14 PM (U7FDe)

552 That is the sort of situation, where, once you were sure there were no innocents trapped inside, you could introduce some Sarin into the air vents, and sterilize the dump. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 23, 2013 12:13 AM (8Fl6F) Lemme go super technical. Isn't there some sort of knockout gas that you could pipe in? Then who cares, everyone goes night night and you've got time to sort it out.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 08:15 PM (GEICT)

553 Sven, respect the timeout and stop posting or you will be ban-banned. If you disagree with it, talk to ace or Gabe directly instead of constantly reposting.

Posted by: Mætenloch at September 22, 2013 08:15 PM (XkotV)

554

It's not really Gabe's RINO bleating that some of us have issues with.

It's the sneering condescension and need to make clear he doesn't like Conservatives.

Like others here, I have taken to ignoring his posts.

Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at September 22, 2013 08:16 PM (UXIXv)

555 Sven, dude, you're repeating yourself, and everyone's read it.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 22, 2013 08:16 PM (d7tB2)

556 Nighty night Horde.

Posted by: Gingy at September 22, 2013 08:16 PM (jt8G9)

557 Think of Sven as a the quantum mechanical probability collapsing into a singularity upon observation Schrodinger's Commenter.

Posted by: toby928© now stands in for Cliff Clavin at September 22, 2013 08:16 PM (QupBk)

558 I think raccoons are a million or so years from running this planet. They are disturbingly smart about some stuff. And ill-tempered. Probably a feature.

Posted by: Beagle at September 22, 2013 08:16 PM (sOtz/)

559 Pretty sure that would cause a serious problem with your washer. At best, you'd clog the filter and gum up the drum.

Posted by: Mindy, Marxist Math instructor at September 22, 2013 11:36 PM (kYWp9)

If burning the documents is out of the question, buy an old blender at Value Village, fill it half full of water, and feed strips of paper in to pulp them. Having the whole stack of paper soaking in a tub of water for several days beforehand would greatly speed the process.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 22, 2013 08:17 PM (8Fl6F)

560 Lemme go super technical. Isn't there some sort of knockout gas that you could pipe in? Then who cares, everyone goes night night and you've got time to sort it out.>>

The Ruskies have a touchy form of it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_theater_hostage_crisis

Posted by: The Hickster at September 22, 2013 08:17 PM (++MhP)

561 The exact opposite actually. You must make reasonable accomodations to their religion. And of course we are talking about Islam in a constitutional republic. Then it will only remain a constitutional republic until such time as the Muslims have sufficient numbers to assert their political will. IMO, of course. The Koran is incompatible with western civilization. Europe is beginning to learn this.

Posted by: Chicagorefugee, currently in #twittergulag at September 22, 2013 08:18 PM (jevZa)

562 Those bastards are like Houdini when it come to busting into and out of shit. Posted by: Purp ----------------- From Wikipedia: In a study by the ethologist H. B. Davis in 1908, raccoons were able to open 11 of 13 complex locks in fewer than 10 tries and had no problems repeating the action when the locks were rearranged or turned upside down. Davis concluded they understood the abstract principles of the locking mechanisms....

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 22, 2013 08:18 PM (aDwsi)

563 Put all the documents in the trunk of your car, then burn the car.

Posted by: toby928© likes the cleansing fire at September 22, 2013 08:18 PM (QupBk)

564 BC @ 537 - Rooshans tried that. Didn't work out well for hostages.

Posted by: Butch at September 22, 2013 08:18 PM (EV3Uf)

565 Hehe, South Park aired their Pandemic Parts 1 and 2 tonight. New Season starts Wednesday. They mention Peruvia.

Posted by: buzzion at September 22, 2013 08:18 PM (LI48c)

566 I can't imagine why Gabe is on edge whenever dealing with commenters around here.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 08:18 PM (GEICT)

567 If burning the documents is out of the question, buy an old blender at Value Village, fill it half full of water, and feed strips of paper in to pulp them. Having the whole stack of paper soaking in a tub of water for several days beforehand would greatly speed the process.>>

I wonder how wet paper would feed through a sausage grinder?

Posted by: The Hickster at September 22, 2013 08:19 PM (++MhP)

568 That quantum mechanics stuff is crap. The waveform never collapses into SMOD hitting Washington. Posted by: Brother Cavil You haven't become worlds yet, have you?

Posted by: Oppenheimer [/i] [/b] at September 22, 2013 08:19 PM (ligos)

569 In a study by the ethologist H. B. Davis in 1908, raccoons were able to open 11 of 13 complex locks in fewer than 10 tries and had no problems repeating the action when the locks were rearranged or turned upside down. Yeah, but could they open those bottles with childproof caps?

Posted by: Waterhouse tries out some '80s standup material at September 22, 2013 08:19 PM (1wzzs)

570 @532 Tamara "like fingernails on chalkboard" Holder.

Posted by: Beagle at September 22, 2013 08:20 PM (sOtz/)

571 The raccoons won't make it. Dolphin grade IQ but nothing else at best.

You need two things to duplicate Homo Sapiens' success: Toolmaking and useful speech.

Neanderthals had tools, but their throats were built like a chimpanzee. They couldn't bind information over time effectively.

Posted by: Kristophr at September 22, 2013 08:20 PM (c6N69)

572 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 23, 2013 12:17 AM (8Fl6F)

The resulting pulp can be compressed into briquets or disks for stove fuel during The Burning Times.

Posted by: Country Singer at September 22, 2013 08:20 PM (T7XIT)

573 The Ruskies have a touchy form of it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_theater_hostage_crisis Posted by: The Hickster at September 23, 2013 12:17 AM (++MhP) The plan sounds solid, the gas (at least in some part) failed.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 08:20 PM (GEICT)

574 Yeah, but could they open those bottles with childproof caps? Posted by: Waterhouse -------------- ..or a new CD

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 22, 2013 08:20 PM (aDwsi)

575 Only the Chinese make tools now.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 22, 2013 08:21 PM (0axsw)

576 Put all the documents in the trunk of your car, then burn the car. Posted by: toby928Â© likes the cleansing fire at September 23, 2013 12:18 AM Aahh, the Dilbert solution. I like it.

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 22, 2013 08:21 PM (JMmQ9)

577 I can't imagine why Gabe is on edge whenever dealing with commenters around here.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 23, 2013 12:18 AM (GEICT)

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He just mad that SyFy cancelled STG-Universe and Battlestar Galactica, it bleeds over into his politics.

Posted by: Darth Randall at September 22, 2013 08:22 PM (lxc0s)

578 ..or a new CD Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 23, 2013 12:20 AM (aDwsi) fucking HATE those things. Just another reason to...download....my music.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 08:22 PM (GEICT)

579

Posted by: Darth Randall at September 22, 2013 08:22 PM (lxc0s)

580 ..or a new CD

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 23, 2013 12:20 AM (aDwsi)

need to grow a coke nail

Posted by: The Dude at September 22, 2013 08:22 PM (vJdyz)

581 Alberta Oil Peon: now you're onto something... :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2013 08:23 PM (xY8+2)

582

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 08:23 PM (GEICT)

583 Barrell time.

Posted by: Darth Randall at September 22, 2013 08:23 PM (lxc0s)

584

"Neanderthals had tools"

heheh eheh hehehe eh heheh...

Posted by: beavis at September 22, 2013 08:23 PM (9gNQd)

585 At this rate, we're going to hit The Number about forty times before finally passing it.

Posted by: t-bird at September 22, 2013 08:23 PM (FcR7P)

586 560Â Only the Chinese make tools now. What about us?

Posted by: LIVS in the USA at September 22, 2013 08:24 PM (U7FDe)

587 BCochran1981:

The gas didn't fail ... the Russians did. They failed to give the emergency services responders proper treatment information. The ones left on their sides lived. The ones on left outside their backs died of respiratory arrest.

Posted by: Kristophr at September 22, 2013 08:24 PM (c6N69)

588 Darth Randall, welcome to, well, ME!

Posted by: The Barrel at September 22, 2013 08:24 PM (JawqV)

589 Darth Randall, to the barrel. Me, to the crashpad. G'night 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: Brother Cavil and his Flying Toaster Circus at September 22, 2013 08:24 PM (m9V0o)

590 I have declared next Sunday night's game between New England and Atlanta "LGBT Bobblehead Night". Posted by: Roger Goodhead at September 22, 2013 11:15 PM (Dwehj) The first 500 kids into the stadium get a free popup book celebrating the transgender community. Posted by: Country Singer at September 22, 2013 11:22 PM (T7XIT) Sex Education Pop Up Book. They exist. And yeah, they've been around for awhile. I saw one back in '88 or '89 while book shopping with a girlfriend. Much hilarity ensued. We were asked to leave the bookstore for laughing so hard.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 22, 2013 08:24 PM (MBqvE)

591 Posted by: The Political Hat who has just been seenÂ… Oh S**t! KABOOM (f**king cerealÂ…) at September 23, 2013 12:08 AM (Vk2pI)

Good to know someone caught the reference.

Posted by: Tb3k at September 22, 2013 08:24 PM (bKA83)

592

BCochran, I think Gabe has created some of the issues himself. As strongly as I disagree with what he usaully posts, I wouldn't mind his posts except as I said before, he seems to need to insult Conservatives at times.

I mean, you don't go into a bar full of a certain teams fans, talk trash and then expect not to get some negative response.

BTW, not excusing whatever Sven said.

Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at September 22, 2013 08:24 PM (UXIXv)

593 The gas didn't fail ... the Russians did. They failed to give the emergency services responders proper treatment information. The ones left on their sides lived. The ones on left outside their backs died of respiratory arrest. Posted by: Kristophr at September 23, 2013 12:24 AM (c6N69) There ya go. Either way, Somehow I think there's a gas out there that wouldn't result in death.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 08:25 PM (GEICT)

594 Pulping paper to make briquettes: http://youtu.be/v36OVykUsMQ

Posted by: Country Singer at September 22, 2013 08:25 PM (T7XIT)

595 The plan sounds solid, the gas (at least in some part) failed.>>

I think the gas choice is hard since it has to work fast enough the terrorists can't sense it happening and even spread from remote points of access.

Posted by: The Hickster at September 22, 2013 08:25 PM (++MhP)

596 heheh eh heheh... "pop up"... heheheh

Posted by: beavis at September 22, 2013 08:26 PM (9gNQd)

597 What happened with Sven? Is it upthread?

Posted by: RWC at September 22, 2013 08:26 PM (LpbKr)

598 @546 I agree totally. Should have scare quoted "reasonable." Islam is portable imperialistic theocracy. Save the clitorises!

Posted by: Beagle at September 22, 2013 08:26 PM (sOtz/)

599 Whooo? Whooooooooo?

Posted by: Amiri Baraka at September 22, 2013 08:26 PM (fOFYL)

600 Anesthetics are dangerous, BCochran ... especially ones that are capable of acting quickly. This is why Anesthesiology is a big deal .. a lot of folks died while under ether in the 19th Century.

Posted by: Kristophr at September 22, 2013 08:26 PM (c6N69)

601 Uh Oh, they found the part of the brain that is actually addicted to pron. Same area as addictions to alcohol and drugs. "Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue>"

Posted by: Jehu at September 22, 2013 08:26 PM (4CmWU)

602 What happened with Sven? Is it upthread?

Posted by: RWC at September 23, 2013 12:26 AM (LpbKr)

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Yes. Mandatory timeout for COBlogger issues.

Posted by: Darth Randall at September 22, 2013 08:27 PM (lxc0s)

603 It's not really Gabe's RINO bleating that some of us have issues with.
It's the sneering condescension and need to make clear he doesn't like Conservatives.
Like others here, I have taken to ignoring his posts.

Classification time!

Gabe is on the Right, but only to the extent that 1990s Andrew Sullivan was on the Right. (Note, I am not saying that Gabe is anything like Sullivan 2.0; Gabe is sane, Sullivan is not anymore.)

"The Right" does not mean "Conservative".

"Conservative" is a subset of "the Right" - and it happens to be one of those subsets which looks at homosexuality as an unfortunate accident of nature, not an "orientation" deserving of equality. (Disclosure: I happen to be in another of those subsets, one of the Dark-Enlightenment subsets. I'm not Conservative either, but I'm also not like Gabe.)

Ace is on the Right and AoSHQ has a lot of conservative commenters, but it is not a Conservative blog. It's more libertarian. It's more Gabe-friendly than Conservative-friendly (or Dark-Enlightenment-friendly, G-d forbid).

So if you are a Conservative posting here, you have to accept your lot in life, that Gabe outranks you.

Since I am Dark-Enlightenment, I completely understand the concepts of sovereignty and hierarchy. Ace is simply the King of this joint and Gabe (and Maet) rank among his nobles. We are guests here, not even serfs.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 22, 2013 08:28 PM (d7tB2)

604 Lemme go super technical. Isn't there some sort of knockout gas that you could pipe in? Then who cares, everyone goes night night and you've got time to sort it out. Posted by: BCochran1981 You're smart enough to arrive at an answer yourself; in terms of medicine, what kind of factors matter? Weight, health - physiology of the individual. Hence, the problem; you're going to kill a % of those you're trying to put to sleep, and allow % to stay awake if not enraged. "Gas" is not a universal answer just as NOOK EM FRUM ORBIT is.

Posted by: Oppenheimer [/i] [/b] at September 22, 2013 08:28 PM (ligos)

605 Crunchyroll is really trying to get me to check out "I Reluctantly Decided to Find a Job Because I Couldn't Rename The Hero" http://youtu.be/CTtxA-xECms Posted by: The Dude at September 23, 2013 12:13 AM (vJdyz) The new ones for the Fall season I'm considering checking out: Sekai de Ichiban Tsuyoku Naritai! KILL la KILL Kikou Shoujo wa Kizutsukanai Non Non Biyori Galilei Donna Tesagure! bukatsu-mono Pupa Yuusha ni Narenakatta Ore wa Shibushibu Shuushoku wo Ketsui Shimashita Full fall chart: http://www.animesenshi.com/fall-2013-anime-chart/

Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at September 22, 2013 08:28 PM (Vk2pI)

606 Posted by: MÃ¦tenloch at September 23, 2013 12:15 AM (XkotV)

You guys don't check hash tags ? That wasn't sven...that was me posting sven's last comment... which I happened to catch.

Posted by: SuaveJav at September 22, 2013 08:28 PM (qQk+U)

607 On a better note, it is the same area with increased activity they see in Liberals when shown a picture of John Kennedy, or Obama, or either Clinton. Strangely no activity was seen in that area when they were shown pictures of Al Franken or Michael Moore, scientists are perplexed.

Posted by: Jehu at September 22, 2013 08:29 PM (4CmWU)

608 I don't read or comment on his threads either. Wait until a real thread is posted in the morning.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 22, 2013 08:29 PM (0axsw)

609 #8 [28 names] 'mindful webworker - tip the waitress means cash you jerk' I think this is my third such.embarrassment. Always amusing to see which sockname makes the list. I should be eliminated from the contest. I don't so much sock as keep changing the signature.

Posted by: mindful webworker - this part is the trick at September 22, 2013 08:29 PM (9Zci/)

610 Oh, bad taxidermy?

right over here..

http://youtu.be/777vJrssQL8

Posted by: 13times at September 22, 2013 08:30 PM (fGPLK)

611 Lemme go super technical. Isn't there some sort of knockout gas that you could pipe in? Then who cares, everyone goes night night and you've got time to sort it out.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 23, 2013 12:15 AM (GEICT)

I know the Russians used a knockout gas when the jihadis attacked that theater in Moscow. Even so, some of the hostages died from the effects of the gas. But if you were certain that all hostages were accounted for, why not use a nice nasty nerve gas? Bonus points if you get videos of convulsing jihadis on the security cams. pour encourager les autres

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 22, 2013 08:30 PM (8Fl6F)

612 Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at September 23, 2013 12:24 AM (UXIXv) I think what happens is people have a preconcieved idea of what Gabe is and what he means when he writes. For example: the gay marriage decision from the SupCt. Yes Gabe was very happy. I actually talked to him about it away from the site. He was personally pleased by the decision, yes, but that wasn't why he was jumping up and down. He correctly, exactly, predicted the decision and the reasoning of a case that most considered legally...jumbled. But people just jumped on what they thought they knew. Yeah, Gabe may come in sneering and striking, so would I. A crapload of commenters on this site seem to think it makes them big dogs to shit all over Gabe. So yeah, he's pissy and combative from the start. I don't blame him a bit. I've talked to Gabe quite a bit away from the site and I got to meet and hang out with him at the Moron Meetup. He's a good dude. I like him. I consider him a friend.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 08:30 PM (GEICT)

613 @578 Indoors makes any knockout gas potentially fatal it seems. Waco and the Russian theater siege had same issue. @582 He got into it with Gabe and got a timeout banning. He posts and they vanish. And apparently he used to donate money to the Republicans but will not any more. The Cliffs version.

Posted by: Beagle at September 22, 2013 08:30 PM (sOtz/)

614 She said, "The Treasury." Did the rest of the panel burst out laughing?

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at September 22, 2013 08:30 PM (ItfcE)

615 Yes. Mandatory timeout for COBlogger issues. Posted by: Darth Randall at September 23, 2013 12:27 AM (lxc0s) Thanks. Should I even look? Or are his posts gone? Shit, hope he doesn't stay away.

Posted by: RWC at September 22, 2013 08:30 PM (LpbKr)

616 You don't need to mess up the theatre to do that, Alberta.

Posted by: Kristophr at September 22, 2013 08:30 PM (c6N69)

617 #45

Leftist obsessively engage in projection. What they accuse the the opposition of is what they know to actually be true of themselves. So what he really meant is that Rumsfeld had an encounter with evil.

Posted by: Epobirs at September 22, 2013 08:31 PM (kcfmt)

618 Since I am Dark-Enlightenment, I completely understand the concepts of sovereignty and hierarchy. Ace is simply the King of this joint and Gabe (and Maet) rank among his nobles. We are guests here, not even serfs. Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 23, 2013 12:28 AM (d7tB2) Is the relationship between "Dark Enlightenment' and "Enlightenment" the same as hot female elves and hot female dark elves? If so, could you explain the difference betweent the two using pics of hot chicks doing cosplay???

Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at September 22, 2013 08:31 PM (Vk2pI)

619 Hi y'all.

Posted by: Bomber at September 22, 2013 08:32 PM (4Mwv/)

620 RWC: Let it go. He should have tt Ace instead of having a fight with a night moderator.

Hopefully this will sort out.

Posted by: Kristophr at September 22, 2013 08:32 PM (c6N69)

621 Ok, home disposal of 'documents' => Shred, 5 gal paint buckets, bleach n' water, soak, stir, and check for results. If it works, repeat as necessary.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i][/b] at September 22, 2013 08:32 PM (ligos)

622 I appreciate all the answers to the gas question folks. Never stop learning.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 08:32 PM (GEICT)

623 In case I am stuck in a mall and a contingent of the "Religion of Peace" decides to ask me what is the name of Mohammed's mother, should I ask them why would Mohammed's father have a name for his favorite goat? Would that help me? Anyone? Buller?

Posted by: Jehu at September 22, 2013 08:33 PM (4CmWU)

624 588 It's not really Gabe's RINO bleating that some of us have issues with. It's the sneering condescension and need to make clear he doesn't like Conservatives. Like others here, I have taken to ignoring his posts. Classification time! Gabe is on the Right, but only to the extent that 1990s Andrew Sullivan was on the Right. (Note, I am not saying that Gabe is anything like Sullivan 2.0; Gabe is sane, Sullivan is not anymore.) "The Right" does not mean "Conservative". "Conservative" is a subset of "the Right" - and it happens to be one of those subsets which looks at homosexuality as an unfortunate accident of nature, not an "orientation" deserving of equality. (Disclosure: I happen to be in another of those subsets, one of the Dark-Enlightenment subsets. I'm not Conservative either, but I'm also not like Gabe.) Ace is on the Right and AoSHQ has a lot of conservative commenters, but it is not a Conservative blog. It's more libertarian. It's more Gabe-friendly than Conservative-friendly (or Dark-Enlightenment-friendly, G-d forbid). So if you are a Conservative posting here, you have to accept your lot in life, that Gabe outranks you. Since I am Dark-Enlightenment, I completely understand the concepts of sovereignty and hierarchy. Ace is simply the King of this joint and Gabe (and Maet) rank among his nobles. We are guests here, not even serfs. Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 23, 2013 12:28 AM (d7tB2) Last week Gabe called a commenter a piece of shit. Will Gabe be sanctioned for that?

Posted by: eman at September 22, 2013 08:33 PM (AO9UG)

625

Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at September 23, 2013 12:28 AM (Vk2pI)

no Samurai Flamenco, Strike the Blood and Log Horizon :/

Posted by: The Dude at September 22, 2013 08:33 PM (vJdyz)

626 Last week Gabe called a commenter a piece of shit. Will Gabe be sanctioned for that? Posted by: eman at September 23, 2013 12:33 AM (AO9UG) Well? Was he a piece of shit?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 08:34 PM (GEICT)

627 Jehu: Amina.

But the 7th Century retards will have a new question during their next atrocity.

Posted by: Kristophr at September 22, 2013 08:34 PM (c6N69)

628 Indoors makes any knockout gas potentially fatal it seems. Waco and the Russian theater siege had same issue.>>

Do you mean Because Knockout gas is flammable with Waco?

Posted by: The Hickster at September 22, 2013 08:34 PM (++MhP)

629

For example: the gay marriage decision from the SupCt. Yes Gabe was very happy. I actually talked to him about it away from the site. He was personally pleased by the decision, yes, but that wasn't why he was jumping up and down. He correctly, exactly, predicted the decision and the reasoning of a case that most considered legally...jumbled.

But people just jumped on what they thought they knew.

So you're basically saying that he's happy that he correctly predicted the Supreme Court shitting all over the rule of law and the people of the country. Wow that is so awesome for him.

Posted by: buzzion at September 22, 2013 08:35 PM (LI48c)

630 Bomber, WB

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i][/b] at September 22, 2013 08:35 PM (ligos)

631 So you're basically saying that he's happy that he correctly predicted the Supreme Court shitting all over the rule of law and the people of the country. Wow that is so awesome for him. Posted by: buzzion at September 23, 2013 12:35 AM (LI48c) ffs. Nevermind. Just continue hating. Have fun.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 08:35 PM (GEICT)

632 Thanks. Should I even look? Or are his posts gone?

Shit, hope he doesn't stay away.

Posted by: RWC at September 23, 2013 12:30 AM (LpbKr)

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Not sure where his last visible posts are, Pixy has been erasing the new ones since the timeout.

Posted by: Darth Randall at September 22, 2013 08:36 PM (lxc0s)

633 He posts and they vanish. Aha, so that's what's going on. I thought I was imagining things...

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at September 22, 2013 08:36 PM (ItfcE)

634 Thanks to all the folks with shred alternative ideas.

And now my second big topic of the night: just heard that Criterion is going to release a blu-ray of the 1975 film "Nashville" this Christmas time. Anybody here who's actually seen it? Good, bad, indifferent? Was directed by Robert Altman.

I know people who say "Nashville" is a pro-American movie, and also some people who say it's actually quite anti-American.

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2013 08:36 PM (xY8+2)

635 Pre 1973 Homosexuality was classified as a mental illness.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 22, 2013 08:36 PM (0axsw)

636 Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at September 23, 2013 12:28 AM (Vk2pI) no Samurai Flamenco, Strike the Blood and Log Horizon :/ Posted by: The Dude at September 23, 2013 12:33 AM (vJdyz) I'm willing to give them a couple of episodes to see if they are good or indeed follow Sturgeon's RevelationÂ…

Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at September 22, 2013 08:36 PM (Vk2pI)

637 Wonder if Jeff B. is lurking about tonight... ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2013 08:36 PM (xY8+2)

638 If missing Sven is wrong, I don't want to be right...

Posted by: Jesse Pinkman, PhD Bitches! at September 22, 2013 08:37 PM (T0Pku)

639 610 Last week Gabe called a commenter a piece of shit. Will Gabe be sanctioned for that? Posted by: eman at September 23, 2013 12:33 AM (AO9UG) Well? Was he a piece of shit? Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 23, 2013 12:34 AM (GEICT) If all it takes is Gabe believing he was a piece of to make it okay for Gabe to call him that, can we do the same thing to Gabe?

Posted by: eman at September 22, 2013 08:37 PM (AO9UG)

640 Right. You can't be Conservative if you aren't a bible thumper.

Ya might want to look up Barry Goldwater's comments about the danger of letting "the preachers", as he called them, run the party.

Posted by: Kristophr at September 22, 2013 08:37 PM (c6N69)

641 Kristopher...thanks, I fell as safe as I did when any of our leaders intone with all seriousness that "Islam is a great religion of peace." They usually say this after some horrific atrocity somewhere involving head-cutting and shouting Allah Snackbar.

Posted by: Jehu at September 22, 2013 08:37 PM (4CmWU)

642

boulder toilet hobo, I would argue you have an incorrect definition of Conservative, but that is for another thread. I don't care about whether or not someone is gay and I don't hold that against them.

Again, Gabe could help himself a bit if he wasn't antagonistic in his thread posts.

Oh, and I understand this is Ace's blog etc. That's why you won't see me telling him what to post, not to post, and who to ban or not.

Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at September 22, 2013 08:37 PM (UXIXv)

643 RWC, he's not away now. The BH3K keeps 86ing his posts. Dunno why he's bothering, he's gonna get banned for good.

Posted by: Weirddave at September 22, 2013 08:37 PM (jt8G9)

644 If all it takes is Gabe believing he was a piece of to make it okay for Gabe to call him that, can we do the same thing to Gabe? Posted by: eman at September 23, 2013 12:37 AM (AO9UG) I didn't ask what Gabe thought, I asked was the commenter being a piece of shit.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 08:38 PM (GEICT)

645 Egad. Orlando news: horrible child abusing parents, like medieval. Next story guy leaves kid in strip club parking lot at 1 AM.

Posted by: Beagle at September 22, 2013 08:38 PM (sOtz/)

646 Pre 1973 Homosexuality was classified as a mental illness. Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 23, 2013 12:36 AM (0axsw) And now withing the space of 40 years, we now have those who don't celebrate and affirm it who are condemned as being psychologically ill. In forty years time from nowÂ… *shudder*

Posted by: The Political Hat at September 22, 2013 08:39 PM (Vk2pI)

647 Lovely stuff Jehu.

I've read the Hadiths and the Suras ... there will be no peace with these cultural retards until civilization is beaten into them.

Posted by: Kristophr at September 22, 2013 08:39 PM (c6N69)

648 ffs.

Nevermind. Just continue hating. Have fun.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 23, 2013 12:35 AM (GEICT)

I don't hate him. But I consider many of his posts dishonest, and provably so. And then there is some arrogant behavior and treatment of cobloggers in the past like purp and CDR M.

Posted by: buzzion at September 22, 2013 08:39 PM (LI48c)

649 545 Lemme go super technical. Isn't there some sort of knockout gas that you
could pipe in? Then who cares, everyone goes night night and you've got
time to sort it out.>>

The Ruskies have a touchy form of it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_theater_hostage_crisis
Posted by: The Hickster at September 23, 2013 12:17 AM (++MhP)

My understanding is that the reason so many hostages died from the gas is that the Russian soldiers pulled them out and left them on their backs instead of the on-the-side recovery position. They were so anesthetized that their airway collapsed and they suffocated before doctors got around to them.

Posted by: Mætenloch at September 22, 2013 08:39 PM (XkotV)

650 what is the name of Mohammed's mother, should I ask them why would Mohammed's father have a name for his favorite goat? Would that help me? Anyone? Buller? Posted by: Jehu If you'd be out of place at joint La Raza - Nation of Islam meetup, chances are your funny will only be recorded on some jihadis cell phone. I say 'go for it' if your only aspiration in life is to show up on a LiveLeak vid.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i][/b] at September 22, 2013 08:39 PM (ligos)

651 Beagle, check out the story at Wikipedia sometime about the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys. OMG, talk about creepy, evil (in the true sense, not the partisan sense) people.

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2013 08:40 PM (xY8+2)

652 If all it takes is Gabe believing he was a piece of to make it okay for Gabe to call him that, can we do the same thing to Gabe?>>

Well he has the switch and you don't so yes. Right or wrong Life isn't fucking fair get over it.

Posted by: The Hickster at September 22, 2013 08:40 PM (++MhP)

653 Honestly I had no idea about who Muhammad's mother was.

I know the name (and genealogy) of the Prophet's *dad*: Abd Allah bin Abd al-Muttalib. That's important, because Abd al-Muttalib was also the father of al-Abbas and Abu Talib - and these explain the Abbasids and the Shiites (respectively).

I think my answer to that question would be something like "well . . . do *you* know? I mean, Robert Spencer wrote in 'Did Muhammad Exist' . . ."

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 22, 2013 08:40 PM (d7tB2)

654 Mohamed was an orphan. Because of this he was passed around sexually as a child.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 22, 2013 08:40 PM (0axsw)

655 Orlando news: horrible child abusing parents, like medieval. Next story guy leaves kid in strip club parking lot at 1 AM. Posted by: Beagle at September 23, 2013 12:38 AM (sOtz/) At least he didn't bring the child there to performÂ… As I noted before, a lot of things we though were common sense will be overturned in 40 years. As Ace had noted, they are targeting children for their "liberation" now. This will not end wellÂ…

Posted by: The Political Hat at September 22, 2013 08:41 PM (Vk2pI)

656 The Political Hat:

The danger of politicizing medicine.

Things worked just fine when people who were too broken to function were the only ones committed. Now everyone gets thrown on the street ... except conservatives, who are obviously crazy for not worshipping Obama.

Posted by: Kristophr at September 22, 2013 08:41 PM (c6N69)

657 628 If all it takes is Gabe believing he was a piece of to make it okay for Gabe to call him that, can we do the same thing to Gabe? Posted by: eman at September 23, 2013 12:37 AM (AO9UG) I didn't ask what Gabe thought, I asked was the commenter being a piece of shit. Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 23, 2013 12:38 AM (GEICT) That's a matter of opinion. I ask again, will Gabe be sanctioned for it?

Posted by: eman at September 22, 2013 08:41 PM (AO9UG)

658 I don't hate him. But I consider many of his posts dishonest, and provably so. And then there is some arrogant behavior and treatment of cobloggers in the past like purp and CDR M. Posted by: buzzion at September 23, 2013 12:39 AM (LI48c) That's fine. Let's prove him wrong then. But that's not what happens. Almost as soon as Gabe posts, it's hate-fest time. People might speak to what he actually wrote, but it's done in the midst of the "Gabe Hate". Like I said, I got better things to do with my time. Especially since Gabe is someone I like and consider a friend.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 08:41 PM (GEICT)

659 About Gabe...what he does not understand, nor even try to understand is 99.9% of us "conservatives," do not care about his sexual orientation, what I did not like a while ago is his hobby-horse against Sheriff Joe of AZ.

One of the last remaining old west type of law enforcement officials. Sure he is a showboat sometimes. But he at least has balls, why the constant misinformation and bias and quotes from local leftist rags here in AZ to smear this man? Like many of us I suspected a political or personal bias I did not appreciate, and especially as I had always respected Gabe's intellect.

Posted by: Jehu at September 22, 2013 08:42 PM (4CmWU)

660 @612 Some claim... ...the gas killed a bunch of kids at Waco. They looked gassed the way holocaust victims looked gassed. IANA coroner or forensic pathologist. I do know the FBI covered up using flash bangs which start fires and probably other things. Still not really sure what happened there.

Posted by: Beagle at September 22, 2013 08:43 PM (sOtz/)

661 I ask again, will Gabe be sanctioned for it? Posted by: eman at September 23, 2013 12:41 AM (AO9UG) If the guy was being a piece of shit, and was called a piece of shit, where's the problem?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 08:43 PM (GEICT)

662 636 If all it takes is Gabe believing he was a piece of to make it okay for Gabe to call him that, can we do the same thing to Gabe?>> Well he has the switch and you don't so yes. Right or wrong Life isn't fucking fair get over it. Posted by: The Hickster at September 23, 2013 12:40 AM (++MhP) Heh. It doesn't bother me. I seek to learn how this blog works. What are the announced rules and what are the hidden rules.

Posted by: eman at September 22, 2013 08:44 PM (AO9UG)

663 My answer? "To even speak that name would be very disrespectful of the prophet."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 22, 2013 08:44 PM (8Fl6F)

664 Bomber - Hey man. Hows tricks in the sandbox?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 22, 2013 08:44 PM (aDwsi)

665 People just don't seem to get it, Gabe is a COB and while you might think he's an asshole, he is more important to the ewok who runs the place then any of the commenters. So my suggestion would be to avoid his threads and spare being banned.

Posted by: Kreplach at September 22, 2013 08:45 PM (Srkkh)

666 645 I ask again, will Gabe be sanctioned for it? Posted by: eman at September 23, 2013 12:41 AM (AO9UG) If the guy was being a piece of shit, and was called a piece of shit, where's the problem? Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 23, 2013 12:43 AM (GEICT) Call Gabe a piece of shit.

Posted by: eman at September 22, 2013 08:45 PM (AO9UG)

667

>>>Right or wrong Life isn't fucking fair get over it.

Yep. I keep learning that lesson.

Posted by: Bomber at September 22, 2013 08:45 PM (4Mwv/)

668 @635 I think I saw that in the news. Unmarked graves.

Posted by: Beagle at September 22, 2013 08:45 PM (sOtz/)

669 It doesn't bother me. I seek to learn how this blog works. What are the announced rules and what are the hidden rules. Posted by: eman at September 23, 2013 12:44 AM (AO9UG) 1) Don't be racist 2) Don't be sexist 3) Don't personally insult ace or the cobs 4) Don't be an asshole in general Those work pretty well for me.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 08:46 PM (GEICT)

670 Honestly I had no idea about who Muhammad's mother was. Posted by: boulder toilet hobo That's because you don't listen to the best podcast evah! Brian Suits, KFI, Dark Secret Place RSS: http://scoamf.us/ES Answer: Fah-tima

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i][/b] at September 22, 2013 08:46 PM (ligos)

671 someone call Child Services, Adrian Peterson is smothering his daughter

Posted by: The Dude at September 22, 2013 08:46 PM (vJdyz)

672 That's a matter of opinion.
I ask again, will Gabe be sanctioned for it?
Posted by: eman at September 23, 2013 12:41 AM (AO9UG)

1. Was the addressed commenter a piece of shit?
2. What was the thread and comment because context matters.

If someone is acting out of line including a cob, email ace or a non-involved cob about it. Any kind of abuse is taken very seriously. But you better have your facts straight before you bring a complaint.

Posted by: Mætenloch at September 22, 2013 08:46 PM (XkotV)

673 I heard about that Reform School somewhere. So long ago that they can't do anything now.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 22, 2013 08:46 PM (0axsw)

674 596 Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at September 23, 2013 12:24 AM (UXIXv)

I think what happens is people have a preconcieved idea of what Gabe is and what he means when he writes.

For example: the gay marriage decision from the SupCt. Yes Gabe was very happy. I actually talked to him about it away from the site. He was personally pleased by the decision, yes, but that wasn't why he was jumping up and down. He correctly, exactly, predicted the decision and the reasoning of a case that most considered legally...jumbled.

But people just jumped on what they thought they knew.

Yeah, Gabe may come in sneering and striking, so would I. A crapload of commenters on this site seem to think it makes them big dogs to shit all over Gabe. So yeah, he's pissy and combative from the start. I don't blame him a bit.

I've talked to Gabe quite a bit away from the site and I got to meet and hang out with him at the Moron Meetup. He's a good dude. I like him. I consider him a friend.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 23, 2013 12:30 AM (GEICT)

I met Gabe at a moron meetup in deepest, darkest Berkeley....during the height of his "gay marriage" mania....and, shouting over the ambient noise, I expressed the opinion that we'd do better as a society to fix an institution where a large percentage failed, many avoided it [the BH and I are working on our third decade together.....unmarried], modifications are myriad [prenups], and the laws were so opaque that rational consideration of alternatives was difficult [e.g. tax consequences of "marriage penalty"]....before extending it to a whole new group of people. It's not that I wished those people ill -- I was avoiding the institution, myself, despite being thoroughly qualified for it -- it's that the additional strain was unlikely to bolster the shaky foundations.

I don't know that Gabe totally grokked the core of my exposition, or just couldn't hear it, or something in-between. What I do know is that he said his thing, I said my thing, we're both morons, and he's all right in my book.

Posted by: cthulhu at September 22, 2013 08:47 PM (T1005)

675 649 People just don't seem to get it, Gabe is a COB and while you might think he's an asshole, he is more important to the ewok who runs the place then any of the commenters. So my suggestion would be to avoid his threads and spare being banned. Posted by: Kreplach at September 23, 2013 12:45 AM (Srkkh) I'd rather confront Gabe and do so in a way we all can respect.

Posted by: eman at September 22, 2013 08:47 PM (AO9UG)

676

>>> Hows tricks in the sandbox?

Spent a few days in Kabul. Nice vacation, but my schedule is all off right now. Got moved back to a shitty little FOB way downrange. Not dangerous, but internet sucks.

Posted by: Bomber at September 22, 2013 08:47 PM (4Mwv/)

677 t doesn't bother me. I seek to learn how this blog works. What are the announced rules and what are the hidden rules.>>

I go on the experience the banhammer is fairly rare and usually comes with a warning (except in obvious extremes that we all think should be banned). So I don't care what the "rules" are.

Posted by: The Hickster at September 22, 2013 08:47 PM (++MhP)

678 Call Gabe a piece of shit. Posted by: eman at September 23, 2013 12:45 AM (AO9UG) I called him a "fucking RINO" at the top of my lungs in the middle of a crowded bar. Know what he did? Laughed and called me a whiny bitch. Context matters. The people doing the calling matter. If the guy was being a piece of shit...*shrug*...then I'm not gonna lose any sleep on someone calling him on it.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 08:47 PM (GEICT)

679 My answer? "To even speak that name would be very disrespectful of the prophet."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 23, 2013 12:44 AM (8Fl6F)

------------

That's quite good.

I'm thinking something along the lines of "Bah! What do women matter? All there is, is the prophet!" I figure that will get me out of a shootin'.

Posted by: Darth Randall at September 22, 2013 08:47 PM (lxc0s)

680 Boss Moss: I know. Creepy beyond belief, to say the least.

And there are supposedly so many unmarked graves at Dozier that they (a) didn't even keep track of them all, and (b) can't find all of them. It's sick.

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2013 08:48 PM (xY8+2)

681 If someone is acting out of line including a cob, email ace or a non-involved cob about it. Any kind of abuse is taken very seriously. But you better have your facts straight before you bring a complaint. Posted by: MÃ¦tenloch at September 23, 2013 12:46 AM (XkotV) Pffft. You people and your insistence on "facts"Â…

Posted by: Barack Obama at September 22, 2013 08:48 PM (Vk2pI)

682 Good luck with that, eman.

If some commenter started insulting the volunteer staff on a blog I paid for, I would be editing htaccess in short order.

One should not start fights with moderators. It will always get one banned. I would either HTFU and walk it off, or go somewhere else.

Posted by: Kristophr at September 22, 2013 08:48 PM (c6N69)

683 638 Mohamed was an orphan. Because of this he was passed around sexually as a child. Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 23, 2013 12:40 AM (0axsw) Would explain a lot. Especially how Islam views sex. "Tunisian sex 'jihad'", anyone?

Posted by: Thrawn at September 22, 2013 08:48 PM (Dsds2)

684 583 Islam is totalitarian political system with a not-so-tasty religious coating. Godwin or not, the closest analogue we've seen in modern times is Nazism. Our political class is - literally - traitorous. Screwed we are.

Posted by: Chicagorefugee, currently in #twittergulag at September 22, 2013 08:49 PM (jevZa)

685 Answer: Fah-tima Crap! "The Whore of Babylon" was going to get me into trouble, wasn't it?

Posted by: t-bird at September 22, 2013 08:49 PM (FcR7P)

686 Pu-239's halflife is about 24,000 years, so it's still useful for power generation....

That's like saying this match in one hand is as useful for heating as the blowtorch in the other.

It's the decay heat that drives the power generation and 238 is a hell of a lot more active than 239 per unit mass.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at September 22, 2013 08:50 PM (FvyJS)

687 Mohamed was an orphan. Because of this he was passed around sexually as a child

He was also an epileptic. In pagan Arabia, that might actually *protect* him. Or not.

Also he had lots of uncles. The hadith says he liked Hamza and al-Abbas; but he pretty much threw Abu Talib under the bus. ("Abu Lahab" might not exist. Or might be an alternate kunya for Abu Talib.)

So he may have been buggered once or twice but not passed around.

Since all of this is based on the hadith (except for the epileptic part, which all the Greek sources agree on) it is speculative at best.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 22, 2013 08:50 PM (d7tB2)

688 And there are supposedly so many unmarked graves at Dozier that they (a) didn't even keep track of them all, and (b) can't find all of them. It's sick.

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 23, 2013 12:48 AM (xY8+2)

Sounds like a good application for ground-penetrating radar. It's used all the time for archaeological investigations.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 22, 2013 08:50 PM (8Fl6F)

689 I'd rather confront Gabe and do so in a way we all can respect. Posted by: eman at September 23, 2013 12:47 AM (AO9UG) I bet 20,000 quatloos!

Posted by: Gamster of Triskelion at September 22, 2013 08:51 PM (Vk2pI)

690 Crap! "The Whore of Babylon" was going to get me into trouble, wasn't it? Posted by: t-bird ----------------------------- What the hell..., give it a go.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 22, 2013 08:51 PM (aDwsi)

691 @659 After my own banning I discovered you cannot debate with Gabe, so I don't wade into any of his threads.

Posted by: Kreplach at September 22, 2013 08:51 PM (Srkkh)

692 ...in deepest, darkest Berkeley... I avoid setting foot in that place as much as possible. Except during Kite Fest.

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at September 22, 2013 08:51 PM (ItfcE)

693 t-bird: That might be a better response than "Ayisha".

Posted by: Arbalest at September 22, 2013 08:52 PM (FlRtG)

694 Why can't we make more Plutonium?

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 22, 2013 08:52 PM (0axsw)

695 Boss Moss:

Because the Retard in Chief will not allow new Nuke Plants.

Posted by: Kristophr at September 22, 2013 08:53 PM (c6N69)

696 I'm out. Bomber - Keep your head down.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 22, 2013 08:53 PM (aDwsi)

697 Why can't we make more Plutonium?>>

EPA regulations would be my guess.

Posted by: The Hickster at September 22, 2013 08:53 PM (++MhP)

698 Alberta Oil Peon: that's what I've read the investigators want to do in Florida.

I think part of the problem is that so many unmarked graves were dug and left, they're not all even on the original Boys School property. So they have a LOT of ground to cover, which is also beyond creepy.

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2013 08:54 PM (xY8+2)

699 Careful, dude.

Posted by: Kristophr at September 22, 2013 08:54 PM (c6N69)

700 Put my .02 cents in here. The COBS and even ace have a helluva charity going on. If you don't like thei post, scroll past. Yes, i know arguing is fun but it's their house.

Posted by: RWC at September 22, 2013 08:54 PM (WrDFV)

701 Our political class is - literally - traitorous. Screwed we are. Posted by: Chicagorefugee Even if true, our polity is completely unaware. Which I still find fascinating, in that coasting may be the order of the day, but how can anyone predict anything with this weird Titanic-like presumption of a benign decline?

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i][/b] at September 22, 2013 08:54 PM (ligos)

702 659 649 People just don't seem to get it, Gabe is a COB and while you might think he's an asshole, he is more important to the ewok who runs the place then any of the commenters. So my suggestion would be to avoid his threads and spare being banned.

Posted by: Kreplach at September 23, 2013 12:45 AM (Srkkh)

I'd rather confront Gabe and do so in a way we all can respect.

***********

I have to agree on the generalities.

AceofSpades is getting "big", and as Ace farms out more and more of its content to ride the (passing) wave, we will increasingly see
more and more sub-standard content.

Only Instapundit seems to buck this trend, but that's because he' not obsessed with posting his owm commentary.

Posted by: Hari Seldon at September 22, 2013 08:54 PM (A46zH)

703 Why can't we make more Plutonium? Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 23, 2013 12:52 AM (0axsw) Specifically, it is Pu-238 that is used. Not all isotopes are easier to get at then others when you are doing transmutation. Often, you'll be a lot of stuff you really don't want. There are also concerns about the lack of Tc-99m which is used for medical purposes. But hey, go "green" and all that hippie s**tÂ…

Posted by: The Actinide Hat at September 22, 2013 08:54 PM (Vk2pI)

704 656 That's a matter of opinion. I ask again, will Gabe be sanctioned for it? Posted by: eman at September 23, 2013 12:41 AM (AO9UG) 1. Was the addressed commenter a piece of shit? 2. What was the thread and comment because context matters. If someone is acting out of line including a cob, email ace or a non-involved cob about it. Any kind of abuse is taken very seriously. But you better have your facts straight before you bring a complaint. Posted by: MÃ¦tenloch at September 23, 2013 12:46 AM (XkotV) The facts can speak for themselves. I don't have a complaint. I have a question. Search the blog and see if Gabe was out if line. If he wasn't, okay he wasn't. If he was, what should be done? The more fundamental question I have is are cobs held to a different standard than commenters? I don't care what the answer is. I just want to know what it is.

Posted by: eman at September 22, 2013 08:54 PM (AO9UG)

705 But ... My free ice cream tastes funny!

Posted by: Kristophr at September 22, 2013 08:54 PM (c6N69)

706 660
>>> Hows tricks in the sandbox?

Spent a few days in Kabul. Nice vacation, but my schedule is all off right now. Got moved back to a shitty little FOB way downrange. Not dangerous, but internet sucks.

Posted by: Bomber at September 23, 2013 12:47 AM (4Mwv/)

What is there to see and do in Kabul if you're a kaffir?

Posted by: cthulhu at September 22, 2013 08:55 PM (T1005)

707

Lot of hate around here lately. And I missed a lot of it.

Posted by: Bomber at September 22, 2013 08:55 PM (4Mwv/)

708 @678 We can, because of regulations it was more economical to buy it from the Russians. Russian supplies are getting low so we will more than likely have to start making it or give up on space exploration.

Posted by: Kreplach at September 22, 2013 08:56 PM (Srkkh)

709 You need a new nuke plant to make Plutonium? Don't they have secret reactors up in the Pacific Northwest? It just seems like a bad idea to rely on your enemies to supply you with Plutonium.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 22, 2013 08:56 PM (0axsw)

710 Why can't we make more Plutonium? Apparently we've started (after a halt of 25 years), but it will take a while to make a dent. The DOE is doing it.

Posted by: t-bird at September 22, 2013 08:56 PM (FcR7P)

711 But ... My free ice cream tastes funny! Posted by: Kristophr ------------------------- That is because you received the 666 brand.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 22, 2013 08:56 PM (aDwsi)

712 Bomber:

Just the usual ... cat fights about what a "true" conservative is, with someone unwisely bearding a volunteer mod.

Posted by: Kristophr at September 22, 2013 08:57 PM (c6N69)

713 Beware of free yellow ice cream during the winter months.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 22, 2013 08:57 PM (0axsw)

714 Mike Hammer:

If I get my Mark of the Beast early, can I have a vanity number?

Posted by: Kristophr at September 22, 2013 08:57 PM (c6N69)

715

>>> What is there to see and do in Kabul if you're a kaffir?

ISAF HQ doesn't really feel like Afghanistan. Decent food, even a park with real grass and trees. Internet fast enough to actually watch YouTube. And it's right next door to the Embassy, where liquor is available, if you know the right people. And I know one of the right people.

Posted by: Bomber at September 22, 2013 08:58 PM (4Mwv/)

716 Alright, I'm out. See you folks later.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 22, 2013 08:58 PM (GEICT)

717 OK, I'm out tomorrow night, mi amigos

Posted by: AltonJackson at September 22, 2013 08:58 PM (JMmQ9)

718 Happy-ish Sunday night -

Posted by: Adriane... at September 22, 2013 08:59 PM (YnNQB)

719 Boss Moss

Mohamed was an orphan. Because of this he was passed around sexually as a child.

Didn't know that. He was also an epileptic and "received," much of the Koran from an "angel," while in epileptic seizures. Similar to Nietzsche who had terrible headaches and psychological problems, his philosophical work laid the foundation for what happened to Germany under Hitler...another mad writer that set the world aflame. Beware of these compulsive writers (with a message to humanity). Unless sanctioned by the true witness of blood, sacrifice and history there writings are from the abyss.

Posted by: Jehu at September 22, 2013 08:59 PM (4CmWU)

720 If I get my Mark of the Beast early, can I have a vanity number? Posted by: Kristophr ------------------------ I surely am not going to argue with you about it, but then, the devil is in the details.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 22, 2013 08:59 PM (aDwsi)

721 The only kind of alcohol I can get into the last few years is the free kind.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 22, 2013 09:00 PM (0axsw)

722

>>> Just the usual ... cat fights about what a "true" conservative is, with someone unwisely bearding a volunteer mod.

I lurked an ONT a couple of nights ago, after everybody was gone. Quite a bit of non-cob hate going on there.

Posted by: Bomber at September 22, 2013 09:00 PM (4Mwv/)

723 Top Three Tourist Traps in Kabul:

- Afghan SuperGiant Auto Mall, Air Conditioning Emporium and RV Park (it's Tora-Bora adjacent!)

- SandyLand Wax Museum (before everything melted)

- Fry's Electronics (don't ask)

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2013 09:00 PM (xY8+2)

724 Indoors makes any knockout gas potentially fatal it seems.

Asphyxiation is always a potential factor in enclosed spaces with any gas. Even plain nitrogen that electricians and HVAC guys use to blow crap out of conduit/pipes can be dangerous in enclosed spaces.

Posted by: Purp PhD/MD/Esq/Nobel Laureate[/i][/b][/u][/s] at September 22, 2013 09:00 PM (9MLX+)

725 Beware of free yellow ice cream during the winter months. Posted by: Boss Moss Wanna free button?

Posted by: zombie Frank Zappa [/i][/b] at September 22, 2013 09:01 PM (ligos)

726 Ah ... I guess I just miss the hate goin on ...

Here I thought it was just our usual poo flinging fun.

Posted by: Kristophr at September 22, 2013 09:01 PM (c6N69)

727 Beware of these compulsive writers (with a message to humanity). Unless sanctioned by the true witness of blood, sacrifice and history there writings are from the abyss. Posted by: Jehu at September 23, 2013 12:59 AM (4CmWU) Ssssshhhhhhhhhh!!!!

Posted by: Bill Ayers at September 22, 2013 09:01 PM (fOFYL)

728

>>> The only kind of alcohol I can get into the last few years is thefree kind.

The Navy taught me years ago, the best alcohol is whatever somebody else is buying.

Posted by: Bomber at September 22, 2013 09:01 PM (4Mwv/)

729 a few days in Kabul. Nice vacation

I read the words "Kabul" and "vacation" but . . .

Hoping you get back safely, Bomber.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 22, 2013 09:01 PM (d7tB2)

730 The facts can speak for themselves.
I don't have a complaint. I have a question.
Search the blog and see if Gabe was out if line. If he wasn't, okay he wasn't.
If he was, what should be done?
The more fundamental question I have is are cobs held to a different standard than commenters?
I don't care what the answer is. I just want to know what it is.
Posted by: eman at September 23, 2013 12:54 AM (AO9UG)

Yes cobs are held to a different standard than commenters. They're allowed far greater latitude - but have to be able to justify their actions to Ace.

Why? Because of the great unfairness of life. And because they have Ace's trust and are willing to show up every day and keep Ace's blog running for no pay.

Posted by: Mætenloch at September 22, 2013 09:01 PM (XkotV)

731 - Fry's Electronics (don't ask) What would be a good theme for a Frys in Kabul?

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at September 22, 2013 09:02 PM (ItfcE)

732 688 656 That's a matter of opinion.
I ask again, will Gabe be sanctioned for it?
Posted by: eman at September 23, 2013 12:41 AM (AO9UG)

1. Was the addressed commenter a piece of shit?
2. What was the thread and comment because context matters.

If someone is acting out of line including a cob, email ace or a non-involved cob about it. Any kind of abuse is taken very seriously. But you better have your facts straight before you bring a complaint.
Posted by: MÃ¦tenloch at September 23, 2013 12:46 AM (XkotV)

The facts can speak for themselves.

I don't have a complaint. I have a question.

Search the blog and see if Gabe was out if line. If he wasn't, okay he wasn't.

If he was, what should be done?

The more fundamental question I have is are cobs held to a different standard than commenters?

I don't care what the answer is. I just want to know what it is.

Posted by: eman at September 23, 2013 12:54 AM (AO9UG)

"You go find evidence of your guilt" is NOT a valid argument. Do your own footwork, quote and link, then point out real hypocrisy.....and, more than likely, it'll get straightened out -- AoS has a proud tradition of "bringin' it."

Posted by: cthulhu at September 22, 2013 09:02 PM (T1005)

733 When you REALLY want to get away from it all, come see us! ;-)

Posted by: Kabul Fun 'n Tourism Advisory Board at September 22, 2013 09:03 PM (xY8+2)

734 What would be a good theme for a Frys in Kabul? Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque /i] The Promised Heaven of 72 Raisins

Posted by: weft [/i][/b] at September 22, 2013 09:03 PM (ligos)

735 Kandahar is where the really far out crowd goes, not Kabul.

Posted by: Kandahar boosters club at September 22, 2013 09:04 PM (c6N69)

736 Kabul- Safer than Chicago!

Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at September 22, 2013 09:04 PM (UXIXv)

737 "Kabul: Vestibule to Paradise!"

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 22, 2013 09:04 PM (d7tB2)

738 ♪ One night in Kabul and the world's your oyster ♫ Ehhhh, needs work. *erases lines*

Posted by: Benny Bjorn Andersssssson, or is it Ulvaes? at September 22, 2013 09:04 PM (QxyTl)

739 Come to Kabul: Where every day if the Fourth of July!

Posted by: Kabul at September 22, 2013 09:04 PM (fOFYL)

740 They seem to babysit each others blogs. So while they are at it they are watching several blogs at once.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 22, 2013 09:04 PM (0axsw)

741

>>> I read the words "Kabul" and "vacation" but . . .

It's all relative.

Posted by: Bomber at September 22, 2013 09:04 PM (4Mwv/)

742 Blacque Jacque: Re the Kabul Fry's theme, probably "the beheading of the infidel"? It would fit in well with Fry's overall motif of "slashing prices." ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2013 09:05 PM (xY8+2)

743 Boss Moss: welp, someone has to keep an eye on us retards, or we will eat the paste and play with our feces.

Posted by: Kristophr at September 22, 2013 09:05 PM (c6N69)

744 It's Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus. ;-)

Posted by: qdp ("Abba fan before it was cool" steve at September 22, 2013 09:06 PM (xY8+2)

745 Kandahar is where the really far out crowd goes, not Kabul.

Posted by: Kandahar boosters club at September 23, 2013 01:04 AM (c6N69)

I think I will pass on any tour of the Middle East, until they announce the Great Craters Tour and peripatetic piss-up.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 22, 2013 09:06 PM (8Fl6F)

746 The Promised Heaven of 72 Raisins On one wall there's a painting of a tremendous cloud of smoke from an explosion and in the middle of the smoke there's an opening where the raisins could be seen?

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at September 22, 2013 09:06 PM (ItfcE)

747 It would fit in well with Fry's overall motif of "slashing prices." ;-) Posted by: qdpsteve And raping every rebate they promise.

Posted by: weft [/i][/b] at September 22, 2013 09:06 PM (ligos)

748 What would be a good theme for a Frys in Kabul? I've been in the Integrated Circuit, Egyptian, Mayan, Victorian, Giant Piano and Mining Fry's. How about "Bombed-out Mud Brick Ruins" for the Kabul store-front and Interior?

Posted by: Arbalest at September 22, 2013 09:07 PM (FlRtG)

749

T-Shirts sold in Kabul

"I got bombed in Kabul!"

"Kabul, it's a blast!"

Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at September 22, 2013 09:08 PM (UXIXv)

750 'Night BC and Jackson.

Posted by: RWC at September 22, 2013 09:09 PM (LpbKr)

751 It's up to Yul, Ka Bul Ka Bul ......

Posted by: Adriane... at September 22, 2013 09:09 PM (YnNQB)

752 Based on Islamic sources, Mo was in modern terms a bit of a cross dresser. Dyed hair (why you see the red beards), makeup, female clothing. Some ex-Muslim sent the links I believe to zombie. Also, shaving your butt crack is halal. Hmmmmm?

Posted by: Beagle at September 22, 2013 09:09 PM (sOtz/)

753

It's amazing how time flies when you aren't doing anything.

Anyone notice how the produce these days gets all buggy in three days? I believe they stopped using insecticide. The bugs come from inside the produce.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 22, 2013 09:10 PM (0axsw)

754 Screw Vegas, it's Kabul for me next year! Wheee!

Now to stock up on EVEN MORE sunblock. Or maybe just a kevlar unitard.

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2013 09:10 PM (xY8+2)

755 T-Shirts sold in Kabul
"I got bombed in Kabul!"

I did literally see T-shirts in Jerusalem, "I got stoned in Jerusalem" / Hebron / Bethlehem.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 22, 2013 09:10 PM (d7tB2)

756 727 Boss Moss: welp, someone has to keep an eye on us retards, or we will eat the paste and play with our feces. Posted by: Kristophr at September 23, 2013 01:05 AM (c6N69) We're on the right track to become VeeP then!

Posted by: RWC at September 22, 2013 09:10 PM (LpbKr)

757 I left my ♥ in Kabul ...

Posted by: Failed Advertising Schemes at September 22, 2013 09:10 PM (QxyTl)

758 Boss Moss: It's Organic!

Which means it's full of bugs and has had shit smeared all over it.

Posted by: Kristophr at September 22, 2013 09:10 PM (c6N69)

759

Kabul- Detroit WISHES it looked this good!

Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at September 22, 2013 09:11 PM (UXIXv)

760 Actually ... Kabul IS more functional than Detroit.

Posted by: Kristophr at September 22, 2013 09:11 PM (c6N69)

761

My current location: 34.683705,70.198689 on Google maps.

Mountains are pretty here.

Posted by: Bomber at September 22, 2013 09:12 PM (4Mwv/)

762 Also, shaving your butt crack is halal. Hmmmmm?>>

I meant to add freshly shaven would be ok but stubble is halal.

Posted by: Mohamed at September 22, 2013 09:12 PM (++MhP)

763 Last NASCAR race I was at the shirts had 'Smack her in the crapper' or 'hit her in the shitter.' On display, didn't see anyone wearing them.

Posted by: RWC at September 22, 2013 09:12 PM (LpbKr)

764 boulder toilet hobo, that is the kind of humor that makes you smile and then grimace.

Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at September 22, 2013 09:12 PM (UXIXv)

765 Also, shaving your butt crack is halal. Hmmmmm?

This, I could possibly believe. If you've ever had to pull out a dingleberry in the shower, you've considered this.

Or maybe that's just me . . .

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 22, 2013 09:13 PM (d7tB2)

766 Kabul:
- Sunnier than LA!
- Cleaner than New York!
- Even more beautiful than Detroit!
- Less gun violence than Chicago!

Posted by: qdpsteve at September 22, 2013 09:13 PM (xY8+2)

767 UTM grids? Isn't giving away your coordinates dangerous?

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 22, 2013 09:13 PM (0axsw)

768 Scary, qpdsteve. That was probably a true statement.

Posted by: Kristophr at September 22, 2013 09:14 PM (c6N69)

769 I don't see the assholes being organized enough to do something with that data.

Posted by: Kristophr at September 22, 2013 09:14 PM (c6N69)

770

Kabul- More sane that San Francisco!

(not a gay joke)

Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at September 22, 2013 09:14 PM (UXIXv)

771 My current location: 34.683705,70.198689 on Google maps. Aw, Street View doesn't work. Get those Priuses moving, Google!

Posted by: Waterhouse at September 22, 2013 09:14 PM (QxyTl)

772

Kabul:
- Sunnier than LA!
- Cleaner than New York!
- Even more beautiful than Detroit!
- Less gun violence than Chicago!

Not the first two. Smog, for the same reason except produced more by burning donkey shit than cars. Trash everywhere. But the last two are accurate.

Posted by: Bomber at September 22, 2013 09:15 PM (4Mwv/)

773 699
>>> What is there to see and do in Kabul if you're a kaffir?

ISAF HQ doesn't really feel like Afghanistan. Decent food, even a park with real grass and trees. Internet fast enough to actually watch YouTube. And it's right next door to the Embassy, where liquor is available, if you know the right people. And I know one of the right people.

Posted by: Bomber at September 23, 2013 12:58 AM (4Mwv/)

Ahhh.....unfortunately, I was hoping for something a bit more adventurous.

When I was a kid, I thought about maybe seeing some of Mexico but figured that the USSR was never going to happen. As it turns out, I've been to Saint Petersburg and may never get to Mexico City. I may never see Cairo or the pyramids, Petra or Beirut....things change. And I was asking in hopes that Kabul might ever be a city to visit. From what I understand (in the "monitoring but not seriously considering mode"), I could visit Kirkuk today -- but not Baghdad or Damascus.

I was hoping that your integration with things might let you see things in the "real" Kabul that would be worth seeing, if it ever opened up to frequent-flyer dipshits with T-shirts and cameras.

Posted by: cthulhu at September 22, 2013 09:15 PM (T1005)

774 A mile north of LVGH?

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 22, 2013 09:16 PM (0axsw)

775 boulder toilet hobo, do you think Chewbacca gets dingleberries, and is it Han's job to get them out?

Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at September 22, 2013 09:16 PM (UXIXv)

776 I left my ♥ in Kabul ...

And several other non-replaceable organs.

Posted by: Jehu at September 22, 2013 09:18 PM (4CmWU)

777 Ewoks would get terrible dingleberries.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 22, 2013 09:18 PM (0axsw)

778

Bomber, one could argue that LA and NY are filled with a different type of donkey shit...

(Hint: Burning it is a crime)

Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at September 22, 2013 09:18 PM (UXIXv)

779

>>> UTM grids? Isn't giving away your coordinates dangerous?

Base has been here since 2005 or so. They know where we are.

>>> I don't see the assholes being organized enough to do something with that data.

Pretty much. Pretty sure a lot of the locals that pick up trash here are Taliban. Or at least related to them.

Posted by: Bomber at September 22, 2013 09:18 PM (4Mwv/)

780 But over here, everybody is related to each other.

Posted by: Bomber at September 22, 2013 09:18 PM (4Mwv/)

781 @749 Dingleberries are the justification in the relevant ahadith. Good call.

Posted by: Beagle at September 22, 2013 09:19 PM (sOtz/)

782 737 It's amazing how time flies when you aren't doing anything.
Anyone notice how the produce these days gets all buggy in three days? I believe they stopped using insecticide. The bugs come from inside the produce.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 23, 2013 01:10 AM (0axsw)

The eggs and larvae are extra protein!!!!

Posted by: Vegan at September 22, 2013 09:20 PM (T1005)

783 But over here, everybody is related to each other.

Probably on purpose

Posted by: Jehu at September 22, 2013 09:20 PM (4CmWU)

784 cthulhu - southern Africa is no longer possible to visit. Paul Theroux, Â“Last Train to Zona Verde, My Ultimate Safari". He explains that he was constantly harassed and threatened, and in the end someone stole his identity.

It was much safer (which is to say: possible) under South African and Portuguese rule.

A lot of places were safer - civilisation had expanded further - a century ago. But, progress.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 22, 2013 09:20 PM (d7tB2)

785

>>> Ahhh.....unfortunately, I was hoping for something a bit more adventurous.

Bamyan is nice, but I've never been there. You could go see where the big Buddhas used to be. That's about the only thing over here I've heard of worth even attempting to visit. Lots

Posted by: Bomber at September 22, 2013 09:21 PM (4Mwv/)

786 Hmmm. I dipped my toe into a Facebook post made by a friend of mine. I don't do Facebook much, and this particular friend is a barking Lib. I like her quite a bit, known her for decades, but our politics....no. Anyhoo, in the course of my reply, I said in an aside "And our government is getting more authoritarian all the time" and was told by one of her friends "I stopped reading when I read this. it's an insult to people who live under real authoritarian govts. You live in one of the most free societies in the history of the world. Blah, blah". And once again I ran head on into Proggy blindness. Most free? We were. More free than most of the world? Sure, OK. More free than we were at the start of my 46 year lifespan? Not by a long chalk, and how any rational person can miss that just boggles my mind. It's not even a R/D thing, one of the biggest infringers on our freedom is the TSA, started by Bush. I think Reagan had it right. It's not that our liberal friends are ignorant, it's just that they know so much that isn't true. Still, it's jarring when you meet someone who in all seriousness insists the sky is green. Here's what I wrote in it's entirety if you're curious, names redacted: Y'all miss the point. XXXXXX was implying how stupid it is to be concerned that someone is going to "take her gun", and yet government has the ability to do so, whats more, authoritarian governments (and ours is becoming more and more authoritarian daily) have a history of doing exactly that, in fact I can't think of one authoritarian government that hasn't. The concern that guns may be confiscated, maybe not today, but one day, is therefor based upon history and reality (and the rather inconvenient fact that anti-gun groups and politicians have openly stated that that's their goal). Christians, OTOH, can do exactly what about someone's sex life? Tisk and tut and mutter disapprovingly? Tell you you're going to hell (while lacking any actual mechanism to send anyone to hell)? So what? And yet I see enormous angst and outcry about those confounded evil busybody Christians on blogs, Facebook, Twitter, etc.. My point, then, was likely versus unlikely possibilities, and how much time should be spent worrying about which ones. YMMV Oh, and what someone else said about Christians in response proved that my point went so far over her head it's actually amusing.

Posted by: Weirddave at September 22, 2013 09:22 PM (jt8G9)

787 Lots of mountains, very pretty, but very rugged.

Posted by: Bomber at September 22, 2013 09:22 PM (4Mwv/)

788 Ewoks would get terrible dingleberries.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 23, 2013 01:18 AM (0axsw)

they leave skidmarks

http://tinyurl.com/l3nray3

Posted by: The Dude at September 22, 2013 09:22 PM (vJdyz)

789 Afghanistan, making Tatoonie seem the garden spot of Ceti Alpha V.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 22, 2013 09:22 PM (nqb9X)

790 754
Kabul- More sane that San Francisco!
(not a gay joke)

Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at September 23, 2013 01:14 AM (UXIXv)

Yeah, like that leaves a lot of open areas.....

Posted by: cthulhu at September 22, 2013 09:22 PM (T1005)

791 I can see lots of blurry rectangular buildings that I would guess are 4 story barracks?

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 22, 2013 09:23 PM (0axsw)

792

Just wondering this.

Men with chest hair that forms a line down to their junk have what is called a "happy trail".

So if a guy has hair "line" down his back to butt, would that be an "unhappy trail"?

Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at September 22, 2013 09:23 PM (UXIXv)

793 764 But over here, everybody is related to each other. Posted by: Bomber at September 23, 2013 01:18 AM (4Mwv/) You're at 8th &I now???

Posted by: RWC at September 22, 2013 09:23 PM (WrDFV)

794 Sir Richard Burton...some English dude a ways back said the people in Somalia were the most savage people in the world. Hmmm, the more things change the more they stay the same.

Posted by: Jehu at September 22, 2013 09:23 PM (4CmWU)

795 The eggs and larvae are extra protein!!!! Speaking of eggs and larva, after that bout of nasty weather around these parts yesterday, today there was a ton of what looked like ants with wings flying around at various places I stopped at.

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at September 22, 2013 09:24 PM (ItfcE)

796 So if a guy has hair "line" down his back to butt, would that be an "unhappy trail"? Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at September 23, 2013 01:23 AM (UXIXv) Trail Of Tears.

Posted by: RWC at September 22, 2013 09:24 PM (WrDFV)

797 Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at September 23, 2013 01:23 AM (UXIXv)

I wish I just had a line down to my crotch, shit's a fucking shag carpet on my chest

Posted by: The Dude at September 22, 2013 09:25 PM (vJdyz)

798 Also, shaving your butt crack is halal. Hmmmmm? Avoids the dingleberries in a no TP environment? Who the hell ever thought we could peacefully co-exist long-term in close quarters with people who's religion prescribes their bathroom habits in minute detail? Tom Kratman's got a good rant on his writer's blog on how "intellectual" is in no way equivalent to "intelligent." Too tired/lazy to link, but it really brings it.

Posted by: Chicagorefugee, currently in #twittergulag at September 22, 2013 09:25 PM (jevZa)

799 Sir Richard Burton nuzzled up to the Black Stone. I'm surprised the clanking of his own stones didn't give him away.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 22, 2013 09:25 PM (d7tB2)

800 Holy shit. I did not know that the intro for Magnum P.I. in the first part of the first season was not the theme we all grew to know and love. 1 min version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTfBInvy5pM 2 min version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcGxZuSZa1w I feel like someone told me that Barry Manilow wrote all of "2112". Or something. Actually, the focus on the Ferrari on the beginning is kinda cool.

Posted by: Waterhouse at September 22, 2013 09:26 PM (vxDl7)

801

Do the goat ckufers have a hospital or is that western?

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 22, 2013 09:26 PM (0axsw)

802 Bomber, are you able to comment on the situation of members of the ANA going Taliban and killing allies?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 22, 2013 09:26 PM (8Fl6F)

803 768 cthulhu - southern Africa is no longer possible to visit. Paul Theroux, Â“Last Train to Zona Verde, My Ultimate Safari". He explains that he was constantly harassed and threatened, and in the end someone stole his identity.

It was much safer (which is to say: possible) under South African and Portuguese rule.

A lot of places were safer - civilisation had expanded further - a century ago. But, progress.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 23, 2013 01:20 AM (d7tB2)

A lot of people fly through J-Burg and tell me that SA is still ok....but I wouldn't push it.

Oddly, people tell me that Zambia is still safe.

Posted by: cthulhu at September 22, 2013 09:27 PM (T1005)

804 Ewoks would get terrible dingleberries. Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 23, 2013 01:18 AM (0axsw) Must not makeÂ… obvious but bannable commentÂ…

Posted by: The Not-Banned-Yet Hat at September 22, 2013 09:27 PM (Vk2pI)

805 So if a guy has hair "line" down his back to butt, would that be an "unhappy trail"?

Chief Spotted Elk say that trail to Brokeback mountain

Posted by: Jehu at September 22, 2013 09:27 PM (4CmWU)

806

>>> I can see lots of blurry rectangular buildings that I would guess are 4 story barracks?

Only 1-story here. JAF and BAF have some 2-story buildings, ISAF has a couple 3 or 4. Most of it was built by local contractors, I wouldn't trust it more than about 2 floors up.

Posted by: Bomber at September 22, 2013 09:28 PM (4Mwv/)

807 there was a ton of what looked like ants with wings flying around at various places I stopped at. I had that.too, this morning. They could either be ants or subterranean termites, from what I was able to look up,

Posted by: t-bird at September 22, 2013 09:29 PM (FcR7P)

808 In Islam marrying first cousins is normal. Saudi Arabia has a lot of birth defects. But I just read something which claimed marrying cousins does not cause birth defects. Based on ancient royalty, I tend to think outbreeding is better.

Posted by: Beagle at September 22, 2013 09:29 PM (sOtz/)

809 Yeah, like that leaves a lot of open areas.....

Posted by: cthulhu

***

Karl Marx would tell them to tone down their leftist beliefs/behaviors.

A barking moonbat would be one of their moderates. THAT is what I mean.

Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at September 22, 2013 09:29 PM (UXIXv)

810 Based on ancient royalty, I tend to think outbreeding is better.

Me too.

Posted by: Prince Alexis, Tsarevich of all the Russias at September 22, 2013 09:31 PM (d7tB2)

811 Chief Spotted Elk say that trail to Brokeback mountain

Posted by: Jehu

****

LOL. Meatball pitch out of the park.

Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at September 22, 2013 09:31 PM (UXIXv)

812 Oh, and Bomber? You might (or not) dig Kratman. He's Scots-Irish ex-military, strategist & tactician type, writes military SF for Baen and a couple of his rants are possibly germane to your current situation. If you're ever bored, with bandwidth to spare and all.

Posted by: Chicagorefugee, currently in #twittergulag at September 22, 2013 09:32 PM (jevZa)

813 What's the mission at this point? They really should bring it all on home.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 22, 2013 09:32 PM (0axsw)

814 779 Termites swarming and looking for your house

Posted by: DAve at September 22, 2013 09:32 PM (b7yum)

815 T-Bird, nuke them from orbit. Only way to be sure.

Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at September 22, 2013 09:32 PM (UXIXv)

816

>>> Bomber, are you able to comment on the situation of members of the ANA going Taliban and killing allies?

I don't deal with them much. All my Afghans are provincial government officials, and unarmed. Not sure the latest details (other than it was the base I was at last deployment). But a lot of Army advisors are assholes. That doesn't mix well with a backwards society where "personal honor" is just about the only thing they have. You can talk shit to a US private and he'll change his behavior. You do that with a Pashtun straight out of the mountains, and he'll shoot your ass first chance he gets, even if he knows he's gonna die. A lot of these green-on-blue are just pissed off Afghans, not Taliban.

Posted by: Bomber at September 22, 2013 09:33 PM (4Mwv/)

817 I had that.too, this morning. They could either be ants or subterranean termites, from what I was able to look up,

Posted by: t-bird at September 23, 2013 01:29 AM (FcR7P)

If they are wearing tiny tool belts, they could be carpenter ants.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 22, 2013 09:34 PM (8Fl6F)

818 747 Last NASCAR race I was at the shirts had 'Smack her in the crapper' or 'hit her in the shitter.' On display, didn't see anyone wearing them. Posted by: RWC at September 23, 2013 01:12 AM (LpbKr) =============== Drag races should sell one advising people to "bang the blower."

Posted by: Sister Sestina at September 22, 2013 09:34 PM (1wI7y)

819 I just read something which claimed marrying cousins does not cause birth defects. NHS is dealing with a rising number of birth defects due to the UK's enrichment. But then according to geneticists, the Pakis are the most inbred people on earth.

Posted by: Chicagorefugee, currently in #twittergulag at September 22, 2013 09:34 PM (jevZa)

820 Those A-stan guys should be unarmed.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 22, 2013 09:35 PM (0axsw)

821

>>> What's the mission at this point? They really should bring it all on home.

Battalion Commander that I work with told me when he got here, "We're not here to win this, we're just here to wait till it's over." Pissed me off at the time, but he's right. We sit in FOBs and wait for the election, and wait for Obama and Karzai to work out the BSA. With any luck, we'll fuck this up just like we did the Iraq SOFA, and we will all go home next summer. I'm not holding my breath on that though.

Posted by: Bomber at September 22, 2013 09:37 PM (4Mwv/)

822 Oddly, people tell me that Zambia is still safe. I think, but not sure, that the Zambia government was one of those that asked all the white farmers getting kicked out from Zimbabwe to come and settle and run their farms ...

Posted by: Adriane... at September 22, 2013 09:37 PM (YnNQB)

823

T-Shirt that will never be seen at NHRA competition.

Drag racers do it in less than 4 seconds!

Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at September 22, 2013 09:37 PM (UXIXv)

824 792 In Islam marrying first cousins is normal. Saudi Arabia has a lot of birth defects. But I just read something which claimed marrying cousins does not cause birth defects. Based on ancient royalty, I tend to think outbreeding is better. Posted by: Beagle at September 23, 2013 01:29 AM (sOtz/) You know it's probably ok every now in then. But in Saudi Arabia it's probably been first cousins marrying first cousins and then their offspring marrying their first cousins and down the line it goes so eventually the defects will begin to show.

Posted by: Buzzion at September 22, 2013 09:37 PM (LI48c)

825 I just read something which claimed marrying cousins does not cause birth defects.

YAAAAAY!!!!!

Posted by: Carlos II at September 22, 2013 09:38 PM (d7tB2)

826 Termites swarming and looking for your house No worries for me. Not in a million years could I ever afford to buy a house here. Besides, I don't want to be tied down to this place; when the opportunity arises, I'll say my goodbye to California and won't be looking back.

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at September 22, 2013 09:39 PM (ItfcE)

827 #792

It depends how common the practice is in your line. Having grandparents who were first cousins is probably not going to hurt you. Being able to point to such a marriage in your ancestry in almost every generations is just begging for some nasty genes to manifest the wrong way.

As Jeff Foxworthy said, "If you family tree doesn't branch..."

Posted by: Epobirs at September 22, 2013 09:39 PM (kcfmt)

828 You ever heard of two brothers marrying two sisters?

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 22, 2013 09:41 PM (0axsw)

829 Modern American liberals/leftists are famously tolerant of diverse points of view. All those they agree with. Everyone else is a heretic.

Posted by: cm9000 at September 22, 2013 09:41 PM (3qZbZ)

830

>>> You ever heard of two brothers marrying two sisters?

Their own?

Posted by: Bomber at September 22, 2013 09:42 PM (4Mwv/)

831 When I was in rehab a super hottie came in about the two week mark. Folks were hitting on her left and right, as was I. But lo and behold she was my 2nd cousin whom I didn't know existed. Small frakin' world.

Posted by: RWC at September 22, 2013 09:42 PM (WrDFV)

832 I just read something which claimed marrying cousins does not cause birth defects. Too late.

Posted by: Herr Schicklegruber [/i][/b] at September 22, 2013 09:42 PM (ligos)

833 Consanguinity: Marrying first cousins. The Saudis and Pakistanis do it. It takes about 10,000 Western families to deliver the same birth defect rate as 10 Saudi families. What are the results? Check Wiki for the description of Charles II of Spain.

Posted by: Arbalest at September 22, 2013 09:42 PM (FlRtG)

834 803 I just read something which claimed marrying cousins does not cause birth defects.

Contrary to common belief occasional first cousin marriage has essentially no extra risk of birth defects or genetic disorders. But doing it regularly for a few generations will lead to problems. And not just genetic ones. There's a good amount of evidence that common cousin marriage leads to hyper-tribalism and other social pathologies e.g. most of the Arab world.

Posted by: Mætenloch at September 22, 2013 09:43 PM (XkotV)

835 T-Shirt that will never be seen at NHRA competition.
Drag racers do it in less than 4 seconds!

Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at September 23, 2013 01:37 AM (UXIXv)

I see the "Real Cowboys do it in 8 seconds" shirt all the time at rodeos

Posted by: The Dude at September 22, 2013 09:46 PM (vJdyz)

836 817 Consanguinity: Marrying first cousins. The Saudis and Pakistanis do it. It takes about 10,000 Western families to deliver the same birth defect rate as 10 Saudi families. What are the results? Check Wiki for the description of Charles II of Spain. Posted by: Arbalest at September 23, 2013 01:42 AM (FlRtG) I don't think it's all that uncommon in Europe either. I mean Einstein did it.

Posted by: Buzzion at September 22, 2013 09:46 PM (LI48c)

837 814 No. Brother marries woman. Brother's brother marries her sister.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 22, 2013 09:46 PM (0axsw)

838 @898 Oh yeah, it is first cousins going back to the jahiliya. Islam just continued the practice. Also, Saudi Arabia (sort of, but not really) did not ban slavery until 1964. --Things You Will Never Ever Read About In College

Posted by: Beagle at September 22, 2013 09:47 PM (sOtz/)

839 Saudi Arabia Awakes to the Perils of Inbreeding By SARAH KERSHAW Published: May 1, 2003 http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980DE0DF1F3DF932A35756C0A9659C8B63 Excerpt: Across the Arab world today an average of 45 percent of married couples are related, according to Dr. Nadia Sakati, a pediatrician and senior consultant for the genetics research center at King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Riyadh. In some parts of Saudi Arabia, particularly in the south, where Mrs. Hefthi was raised, the rate of marriage among blood relatives ranges from 55 to 70 percent, among the highest rates in the world, according to the Saudi government. Widespread inbreeding in Saudi Arabia has produced several genetic disorders, Saudi public health officials said, including the blood diseases of thalassemia, a potentially fatal hemoglobin deficiency, and sickle cell anemia. Spinal muscular atrophy and diabetes are also common, especially in the regions with the longest traditions of marriage between relatives.

Posted by: Arbalest at September 22, 2013 09:47 PM (FlRtG)

840 I don't think it's all that uncommon in Europe either. I mean Einstein did it. Posted by: Buzzion at September 23, 2013 01:46 AM (LI48c) ====== And she was not only first cousin on one side of the family tree, but second cousin on the other. Darwin married his first cousin too...it was not uncommon in the UK in the 19th century.

Posted by: Sister Sestina at September 22, 2013 09:48 PM (1wI7y)

841 Never really got into 'x-files' but it seemed every other time I turned it on was the hillbilly inbreeding episode. That was freaky.

Posted by: RWC at September 22, 2013 09:48 PM (WrDFV)

842

RWC, yeah, but did you score?

Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at September 22, 2013 09:49 PM (UXIXv)

843 Never really got into 'x-files' but it seemed every other time I turned it on was the hillbilly inbreeding episode. That was freaky.

Posted by: RWC at September 23, 2013 01:48 AM (WrDFV)

well yeah, Home was the best episode of the series so it gets played a lot

Posted by: The Dude at September 22, 2013 09:49 PM (vJdyz)

844 The new TV season finally.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 22, 2013 09:50 PM (0axsw)

845 810 Are you socal or nocal?

Posted by: DAve at September 22, 2013 09:51 PM (b7yum)

846 Bamyan was part of my brigade's AO back in 2011. Our PMO would find an excuse to go up there any chance she could get. Apparently the Kiwis were going outside the wire without body armor and rumor has it skinny dipping in a nearby lake.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at September 22, 2013 09:52 PM (lr3d7)

847 Are you socal or nocal? I live in the cursed SF Bay Area.

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at September 22, 2013 09:53 PM (ItfcE)

848 831 haha that's coothie-land

Posted by: DAve at September 22, 2013 09:55 PM (b7yum)

849 Kiwis pulled out of Bamyan earlier this year. Mission complete. No coalition presence there now, but they don't really need it. I actually like the Hazaras.

Posted by: Bomber at September 22, 2013 09:55 PM (4Mwv/)

850 826 RWC, yeah, but did you score? / Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at September 23, 2013 01:49 AM (UXIXv) Heh. No. And when I realized she was family I turned into the over protective big brother. (Found out she was family when I answered the public phone and her family asked to speak to her. Most of my relatives names are pretty unique and added to that she was from Pittsburgh which was a dead giveaway.)

Posted by: RWC at September 22, 2013 09:55 PM (WrDFV)

851 831 and zombie of course

Posted by: DAve at September 22, 2013 09:55 PM (b7yum)

852 Kenya is 68 dead now.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 22, 2013 09:56 PM (0axsw)

853 The Land of Smug Liberals.

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at September 22, 2013 09:58 PM (ItfcE)

854 832 831 haha that'scoothie-land

Posted by: DAve at September 23, 2013 01:55 AM (b7yum)

Have we met?

Posted by: cthulhu at September 22, 2013 09:58 PM (T1005)

855 No, but we have discussed the location of your dismal lair http://tinyurl.com/mcj8t59

Posted by: DAve at September 22, 2013 10:00 PM (b7yum)

856 You ever heard of two brothers marrying two sisters? Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 23, 2013 01:41 AM (0axsw) Why do you askÂ…

Posted by: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers at September 22, 2013 10:01 PM (Vk2pI)

857 @836 Is it over?

Posted by: Beagle at September 22, 2013 10:03 PM (sOtz/)

858 BTW, Sven is still (hyper)active over on twitter: https://twitter.com/sven10077

Posted by: The Political Hat (@ThePoliticalHat) at September 22, 2013 10:03 PM (Vk2pI)

859 840 My Dad and Uncle did that. I have double cousins.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 22, 2013 10:03 PM (0axsw)

860 DB30 That is all

Posted by: Navycopjoe at September 22, 2013 10:05 PM (dqux0)

861 I don't think it's all that uncommon in Europe either. I mean Einstein did it. Posted by: Buzzion at September 23, 2013 01:46 AM (LI48c) Madeira was infamous for it.

Posted by: The Political Hat (@ThePoliticalHat) at September 22, 2013 10:08 PM (Vk2pI)

862 842 BTW, Sven is still (hyper)active over on twitter:

https://twitter.com/sven10077

Posted by: The Political Hat (@ThePoliticalHat) at September 23, 2013 02:03 AM (Vk2pI)

Well, I'm glad my extended thingiewidget got noted....I hope it helps to get him reconciled with TPTB.

Posted by: cthulhu at September 22, 2013 10:09 PM (T1005)

863 Jihadis have hostages in the Phillipines now. Is that new? I cannot keep up with the jihad these days and I am a news junkie.

Posted by: Beagle at September 22, 2013 10:09 PM (sOtz/)

864 What are the results? Check Wiki for the description of Charles II of Spain. Posted by: Arbalest How much of the world did Spain manage to conquer?

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at September 22, 2013 10:10 PM (ligos)

865 848
What are the results? Check Wiki for the description of Charles II of Spain.

Posted by: Arbalest

How much of the world did Spain manage to conquer?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 23, 2013 02:10 AM (ligos)

Hola! Que tal??????

Posted by: cthulhu, posting from Silicon Valley at September 22, 2013 10:11 PM (T1005)

866 http://tinyurl.com/lwb44gw

Fry's is having 50% off on clearance Xbox 360 and PS3 games.

Posted by: Epobirs at September 22, 2013 10:12 PM (kcfmt)

867

Language. If they speak Spanish they were probably a colony once. Philippines was though they speak something else.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 22, 2013 10:13 PM (0axsw)

868 Philippines. Doh. In Midsayap, 11 farmers taken by jihadis. Reading a Fox story which says Monday, so new.

Posted by: Beagle at September 22, 2013 10:13 PM (sOtz/)

869 Hola! Que tal?????? Posted by: cthulhu iknowright?!!!

Posted by: Portuguese explorers [/i] [/b] at September 22, 2013 10:14 PM (ligos)

870 In Midsayap, 11 farmers taken by jihadis. Mindanao is a danger zone; that's where all the Filipino Muzzies are concentrated.

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at September 22, 2013 10:16 PM (ItfcE)

871 Hola! Que tal?????? Posted by: cthulhu iknowright?!!! Posted by: Portuguese explorers at September 23, 2013 02:14 AM (ligos) My bad. I blame the MuslimsÂ…

Posted by: Sebastian of Portugal at September 22, 2013 10:16 PM (Vk2pI)

872 Posted by: weft cut-loop How much of the world did Spain manage to conquer? A large amount of relatively empty area, and a couple of areas with a lot of gold, one of which I think most people were happy that the Spaniards conquered ... about 75,000 neighboring warriors thought so,

Posted by: Arbalest at September 22, 2013 10:17 PM (FlRtG)

873 We don't have Fry's. Good prices. In store mostly.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 22, 2013 10:18 PM (0axsw)

874 My bad. I blame the MuslimsÂ… Posted by: Sebastian of Portugal Phewww!

Posted by: Cristobal of Colon [/i] [/b] at September 22, 2013 10:18 PM (ligos)

875 How much of the world did Spain manage to conquer? Come get some ... *wink*

Posted by: Sir Francis Drake at September 22, 2013 10:19 PM (5iH3p)

876 Charles II of Spain: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_of_Spain Note his lineage. Then note his portrait.

Posted by: Arbalest at September 22, 2013 10:20 PM (FlRtG)

877 Instead of conquering the Americas why didn't the Spanish drive the Orcs all the way back to Mordor?

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 22, 2013 10:20 PM (0axsw)

878 Eh, the pay seemed like weapons of mass destructino in foreign land. So, QDFuque.

Posted by: Cristobal of Colon [/i] [/b] at September 22, 2013 10:22 PM (ligos)

879 Most Colonial powers had Sri Lanka and Madagascar at one point. Island off the coast of the subject mainland. Naval superiority.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 22, 2013 10:23 PM (0axsw)

880 @854 Muslims are concentrated in this part of Orlando. The closest mosque was run by an imam training jihadis to kill American officers overseas. You did not miss it. Just ignored by media but for one back page article in the Sentinel. This sucks. I knew it would get worse, but I really hoped to be wrong.

Posted by: Beagle at September 22, 2013 10:24 PM (sOtz/)

881 iknowright?!!! Posted by: Portuguese explorers Your corner. Observe it.

Posted by: Cristobal of Colon [/i] [/b] at September 22, 2013 10:24 PM (ligos)

882 ...all the way back to Mordor? "Pakistan! Mordor's in Pakistan!!!!" -- Nerd, "Maurice Was Caught", Robot Chicken S4 E12

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at September 22, 2013 10:25 PM (ItfcE)

883 When I go to the wholesale clubs I see nothing but the damned, the bastard people.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 22, 2013 10:25 PM (0axsw)

884

Posted by: Epobirs at September 23, 2013 02:12 AM (kcfmt)

great prices on Cathrine, EDF, WKC2, Shadow of the Damned (sad this game bombed), Yakuza Dead Soul, Sengoku Basera, Space Marine and Lolipop Chainsaw

Posted by: The Dude at September 22, 2013 10:28 PM (vJdyz)

885 We need a store like that. Everything is $50 here. The same crummy 10 to 15 titles everywhere.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 22, 2013 10:32 PM (0axsw)

886 I was reading about Charles II and found out the worst auto-de-fe ( sorry no accent) in history was 120 with 21 burned. That is not even as bad as one typical Islamic attack these days. And there are a lot of attacks.

Posted by: Beagle at September 22, 2013 10:37 PM (sOtz/)

887 Everything I might have been tempted by I already have. Just as well. I really need to avoid taking on new debt when I have so many toys underused already.

Posted by: Epobirs at September 22, 2013 10:39 PM (kcfmt)

888 ***monitoring Sven's twitter***

Dude, what I know (which isn't much) is out there. Come back to us, come back the Horde.

Posted by: cthulhu at September 22, 2013 10:39 PM (T1005)

889 In my sribope Springfield I already have a FLIM SPRINGFIELD spelled out in pylons, which also keeps my Vanity rating pegged. So I'm rearranging my trees to eventually spell out NO DONUTS NO PEACE.

Posted by: Epobirs at September 22, 2013 10:40 PM (kcfmt)

890 871 That's how i feel about AR's

Posted by: DAve at September 22, 2013 10:40 PM (b7yum)

891 840 You ever heard of two brothers marrying two sisters? Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 23, 2013 01:41 AM (0axsw) Why do you askÂ… My mother and her sister did, all the kids from both families looked like siblings.

Posted by: Madamex at September 22, 2013 11:05 PM (islXR)

892 Holy crap. UCSF fundraiser wants to refuse all medical care for Obamacare 'nonbelievers.'

It really is a religion for them.

http://tinyurl.com/mnxltts

Posted by: Epobirs at September 22, 2013 11:05 PM (kcfmt)

893 D4 sounds fun

http://youtu.be/V3D5MrOvhEQ

http://tinyurl.com/pcumels

Posted by: The Dude at September 22, 2013 11:13 PM (vJdyz)

894 Refuse them something they don't want? That's just crazy enough to work. Just get a fake moustache and go down to the emergency room when you get the sniffles like everyone else.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 22, 2013 11:14 PM (0axsw)

895 You ever heard of two brothers marrying two sisters?

My paternal grandparents' siblings also married. It was a small town and grandpa came from a family of 12, grandma of 8, so it wasn't surprising that things turned out that way.

Posted by: Methos at September 22, 2013 11:28 PM (hO9ad)

896

@876

Another "communications consultant" who wants to murder conservatives.

Posted by: Beagle at September 22, 2013 11:44 PM (sOtz/)

897

Iranian pres. brags about deceiving our stupid leaders and media. In name.

I think they are close to a nuke, thus the charm offensive.

Posted by: Beagle at September 22, 2013 11:49 PM (sOtz/)

898 Illinois Application For Unemployment Website Supports Filing Claims In Klingon

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 22, 2013 11:50 PM (0axsw)

899 882 Weasel Zippers.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 22, 2013 11:52 PM (0axsw)

900 Illinois Application For Unemployment Website Supports Filing Claims In Klingon Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 23, 2013 03:50 AM (0axsw) Ghuy'cha'! petaQ!

Posted by: General Martok at September 22, 2013 11:54 PM (Vk2pI)

901 Solar panels caused a 100 year low in solar activity.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 23, 2013 12:00 AM (0axsw)

902 Night all. Here is "Reaction in G" from Pink Floyd: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF1LB8E0GxM

Posted by: The Political Hat at September 23, 2013 12:18 AM (Vk2pI)

903

Amina bint Wahb

Don't forget it. It could save your life.

Posted by: Beagle at September 23, 2013 01:00 AM (sOtz/)

904

Guardian reporting hostages have not been freed. As always, in name. From 30 min ago.

Posted by: Beagle at September 23, 2013 01:35 AM (sOtz/)

905 Look, if Barky were in that Kenya shopping mall buying Nike shoes things would have been different. He would have diplomatically said, "I am a Muslim! Can I go?" [Yes] "Thank you. Allah is great!"

Posted by: Barney F. at September 23, 2013 01:59 AM (WM1/o)

906

Special forces moving in. One more death, so up to 69. Jihadi scum threatening to kill hostages on muj websites.

This sounds like it is going to get a lot worse before it gets better.

Posted by: Beagle at September 23, 2013 02:04 AM (sOtz/)

907 My body decides it's time to rise before my mind does. I'm a little concerned about how this will work when the rest of the world shifts an hour, but the cows and pets and sun and I keep our schedules. Waiting an extra hour for morning threads could be deleterious to my mental health... hahaha if I had any would I be here?

Posted by: mindful webworker - I'm awake! sort-of at September 23, 2013 02:05 AM (F3WsD)

908

Good morning Barney, Mindful.

My circadian rhythm is worse than Mitt Romney twerking.

Posted by: Beagle at September 23, 2013 02:18 AM (sOtz/)

909 Looks like it's me & Beagle & not sure about Beagle.

Beagle, thanks for the links on Kenya Mall, so I could get caught up right away.

Posted by: mindful webworker - waiting for the sun or equivalent light source at September 23, 2013 02:23 AM (F3WsD)

910 "worse than Mitt Romney twerking" At first I thought, eww. But on 2nd thought, that's a pretty funny image.

Posted by: mindful webworker - hasn't had breakfast at September 23, 2013 02:26 AM (F3WsD)

911

@893

No problem. I'm not going anywhere until I have to. Too late/early to sleep.

Posted by: Beagle, running on fumes and now coffee, but mainly coffee at September 23, 2013 02:27 AM (sOtz/)

912

From Yahoo live coverage of Nairobi:

1022 GMT: BREAKING NEWS: EXPLOSIONS, HEAVY GUNFIRE, BLACK SMOKE AT MALL.

Screechy caps in original.

Posted by: Beagle, wondering how bad he's going to feel in three hours at September 23, 2013 02:32 AM (sOtz/)

913 Solar panels caused a 100 year low in solar activity.

Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 23, 2013 04:00 AM

--------

See now, the problem with solar panels is that they will suck all the energy out of the sun. Then what are we going to do?

Posted by: Darth Randall at September 23, 2013 02:42 AM (lxc0s)

914 I sometimes wonder that more folks don't realize there's a world war growing, and it's becoming more serious every year. But then I hear a dear but benighted relative, an educated intellectual, praising TFG's reasoning for tangling in Syria...

Posted by: mindful webworker - does this opinion make me look elitist? at September 23, 2013 02:42 AM (bDqG/)

915 Now Guardian reporting "very loud explosions".

Posted by: Beagle, wondering how bad he's going to feel in three hours at September 23, 2013 02:46 AM (sOtz/)

916

The Daily Nation Twitter feed seems like the place to go, but I can't link it in the text field or the URL.

I'd pray for the hostages, but mine have a bad track record when life is on the line.

Posted by: Beagle at September 23, 2013 02:50 AM (sOtz/)

917 "I'd pray for the hostages, but mine have a bad track record when life is on the line." Still plenty of reason to pray, so don't hold back. Attachment to outcome is best avoided with the addendum, Your Will be done. "Frank, just because we didn't get ice cream for dessert...." - Hawkeye

Posted by: mindful webworker - ok to pray at September 23, 2013 03:03 AM (wPzgV)

918 Hey, lurkers and jerkers, Gabe is up. More importantly, Vic.

Posted by: mindful webworker - illegal journalist at September 23, 2013 03:08 AM (wPzgV)

919

I would not compare watching family and friends die to a lack of ice cream really.

Posted by: Beagle at September 23, 2013 03:08 AM (sOtz/)

920 Egad! No such comparison intended! Maybe you didn't get what I got from that MASH episode. Just saying, we pray, but must trust absolutely and not despair that the results were not what we prayed for.

Posted by: mindful webworker - wha? at September 23, 2013 03:31 AM (ma3QC)

921

@904

Gotcha. I'm running on no sleep. The whole world seems to be going up in jihadi flames and the big stories are the Emmys or whatever.

I was probably overly dramatic by accident. But I have lost a lot of people, several recently.

Posted by: Beagle at September 23, 2013 04:02 AM (sOtz/)

922 ** "Forgetfulness occurs when those who have been long inured to civilized order can no longer remember a time in which they had to wonder whether their crops would grow to maturity without being stolen or their children sold into slavery by a victorious foe. "They forget that in time of danger, in the face of the Enemy, they must trust and confide in each other, or perish. "They forget, in short, that there has ever been a category of human experience called the Enemy. ** As one who grew up during the Cold War and only became an adult at its conclusion (the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Eastern Bloc nations splitting from Russia), I cannot agree more. (Cf "The Dark Knight Rises" - in which Bane contemptuously breaks Batman and tosses him aside, observing that "Victory has weakened you." He was right.)

Posted by: perturbed at September 23, 2013 04:56 AM (u6Ueb)

923 It used to be the Russian Bear that Americans viewed as their enemy. Now it's the Bathhouse Bear.

Posted by: pc at September 23, 2013 04:57 AM (MzLEM)

924 Politico just another way of saying crawl on my hairy back. And we're afraid of these drama queens. Pitiful. Alan Brauer's and Andrew Sullivans and this pathetic twink Burgess Everett. Look at the bio pic. Alan Greenspans of the world want us to finally crack ala Versailles treaty encumbered Germany. They want to hollow out of once proud Christian nation. This country won't last another 10 years. We are going to have a,civil war and be attacked and destroyed whike we are fighting each other. Young King George will witness it. And the colonial experiment in revolution completed.

Posted by: pc at September 23, 2013 05:04 AM (MzLEM)

925 Read the second stanza in God Save The Queen. It's not like they hide it.

Posted by: pc at September 23, 2013 05:06 AM (MzLEM)

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