September 23, 2013
— Maetenloch
It's time for a little retro-Ace....
In which Ace explains his journey along the road to hating the filthy Snow-Wops.
I don't remember when my Pappy first taught me hate -- hatred of the icicle-squating Scandi snow-wops. But I'll always thank him for it.One of my earliest memories is of watching the Muppet Show, and happily laughing along to the Swedish Chef. Hur-de-ver-de-verd-e-verr, the Swedish Chef said. And I, not knowing any better, merrily repeated his dirty Scandi gutter-talk. "Hur-de-verd-de-verd-e-verr," I said along.
My Pappy walked in, agahst, and shook his head in disgust. "They're goddamned trying to brainwash these kids," he said. The next day, the television was gone, and in place of the tv was a record player and a bunch of Richard Pryor and Redd Foxx albums. "You listen to these guys," my Pappy said. "They don't truck with any goddamned Scandi luge-jockeys."
Along with their disgusting sub-human ways.
Another time I was eating dinner, but wouldn't eat my vegetables. "There are children starving in Scandinavia, you know," my Pappy told me."So I should eat the vegetables, and not waste them?" I asked.
"Nah, throw 'em out, let the 'possums have at them," he said. "Let the filthy Loki-lovers eat fucking snow. Human food would be wasted on them."
A Correction on Ann Coulter's Column From Last Night
Well Ann is rarely wrong but Neo-neocon points out that the deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill was not strictly a liberal cause. There had been some pretty egregious abuse of the involuntary commitment process in the past and this ultimately led to multiple groups agreeing to end this policy for their own reasons.
Ann Coulter is not entirely correct about deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill having been a liberal movement. Sure, liberals have defended it and pushed it, but originally it was libertarians who spearheaded the movement. Then their ideas were taken up by the left. So it was a fusion of the two groups, even though otherwise they may be at loggerheads (similar fusions have occurred with the movement to legalize marijuana, just to take one example).The grand-daddy of the movement to "liberate" the mentally ill was Dr. Thomas Szasz, who was a fervent libertarian (he did not believe there was such a thing as "mental illness" ). See this article for more:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/09/thomas_szasz_a_life_in_error.html
Remembering the Lod Airport Massacre
But the Lod massacre remains one of the most terrifying in the long list of terrorist attacks that have followed, and at the time it was perpetrated (1972) it was especially horrific. Masterminded by the PLO (specifically, its hard left wing the PLFP), it was also a prelude to the much-more-famous Munich Olympics massacre that gripped the world just a few short months later.The PLO was involved in both, but the Lod massacre featured unusual perpetrators for that organization, and that was part of its shock value: leftist Japanese gunmen.
...[T]hree inconspicuous Japanese men dressed in business suits disembarked Air France Flight 132 from Rome and strolled into the baggage claim area. After retrieving what appeared to be violin cases, the men pulled out machine guns, opened fire and threw grenades indiscriminately at the crowds of people.
The gunmen killed 26 people: 17 Christian pilgrims from Puerto Rico, one Canadian citizen, and eight Israelis, and 80 people were injured
People often forget that back in the 70s there was a lot of crazy terrorist partnerships across national and ideological lines and that the Left has been comfortable with Arab terrorism for a long time.
And of course the Axis of Evil had to be involved as well:
In 2008, the eight surviving children of Carmelo Calderón Molina, who was killed in the attack, and Pablo Tirado, son of survivor Pablo Tirado Ayala, who was wounded in the attack, filed a lawsuit at the U.S. Federal Courthouse in San Juan, Puerto Rico. They sued the government of North Korea for providing material support to the PFLP and the JRA, and for planning the attack. The plaintiffs claimed a right to sue the North Korean government based on the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976. Preliminary hearings to examine evidence began on December 2, 2009, with district judge Francisco Besosa presiding. The North Korean government did not respond to the lawsuit and had no representatives present. The victim's families were represented by attorneys from the Shurat HaDin Israel Law Center, including its founder, Nitsana Darshan-Leitner.
In July 2010, the U.S. court ordered North Korea to pay US$378 million to families as compensation for the terror attack.
Inside Baseball, The Beatles, and Knowing the Guitar
Here's the inside baseball for you. In the past I played for money, often on short notice, sometimes among total strangers, so I notice such things: About eight bars into the song, Glenn realizes that the bass player doesn't know the song. You can see him turn his torso towards the laggard, and his eyes recognize the mild sort of panic in the other musician's eyes. He stays turned through one verse, making very deliberate chord shapes way down the neck, so that the bass player can see them. A good bass player knows something about the guitar, and by looking at the position of the fingers and the spot on the neck, he can sort out the chord changes. Once around should do it, and does. If you want to know what being a bandleader is like, Glenn is trying to sing like Paul McCartney, play like John Lennon, and coax George Harrison through playing the bass at the same time. If he's like me, or most any other human, he's desperately trying to remember the words at the same time.
More here:
So I offer the Dwight Twilley Theorem to you, my readers. Here goes:If an infinite number of garage bands are formed after watching a Beatles movie, and they hit notes at random on Telecasters and sing doggerel for an infinite amount of time, they'll eventually get Casey Kasem to utter their name on AM radio after midnight on Sunday, even if their bass player doesn't know what to do with his hands.
The corollary to this theorem is: Only the music store and Yoko Ono will end up with any money.
If you were a killer and wanted to lure in victims through Craigslist, how would you do it? Well Richard 'Jack' Beasley eventually found the perfect pitch to keep ideal victims coming to him along with all their possessions.
Davis wasn't the only person to answer the Craigslist ad. More than 100 people applied for the caretaker job -- a fact that Jack was careful to cite in his e-mails back to the applicants. He wanted to make sure that they knew the position was highly sought-after. Jack had a specific type of candidate in mind: a middle-aged man who had never been married or was recently divorced, and who had no strong family connections. Someone who had a life he could easily walk away from. "If picked I will need you to start quickly," he would write in his e-mails.
Jack painstakingly designed the ad to conjure a very particular male fantasy: the cowboy or rancher, out in the open country, herding cattle, mending fences, hunting game -- living a dream that could transform a post-recession drifter into a timeless American icon. From the many discarded drafts of the ad that investigators later found, it was clear that Jack was searching for just the right pitch to catch a certain kind of man's eye.
A Tale of Two Navy Undersecretaries
Here is the CV of Bob Work who left in March:
- NROTC type, commissioned as a 2LT in the USMC in 1974.
- 27 years active duty service in the Marines. Commanded an artillery battalion, then Camp Fuji.
- The first head of the Marine Corps' Strategic Initiatives Group.
- Military Assistant and Special Aide to United States Secretary of the Navy Richard Danzig; retired as a Colonel in 2001.
- Spent the 2000s at CBSA and played around at Georgetown, ONA, and OSD - including work on the 2006 QDR.
- Worked with the Obama transition team and served four years with energy and verve as The Under.
- More of a paper trail than you have time to read.
And here is the CV of his successor, Jo Ann Rooney:
- OCT 12 - present; Huron Consulting Group as a managing directors in the Huron Healthcare practice out of, ahem, Chicago.
- JUN/OCT 11 to JUN 12; Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (acting): 8-months.
- JUL 10 to DEC 10; Mount Ida College, President. Student body 1,300.
- 2002 to 2010; Spalding University, President. Student body 2,000.
- 1996 to 2002; chief counsel, chief operating officer, chief financial officer, and partner of The Lyons Companies in Waltham, Mass. That firm maintained a national practice specializing in estate planning, capital advising, charitable planning, executive compensation, business succession planning, and benefits planning and administration for corporations, individuals and nonprofit organizations.
- Prior to that she was a tax lawyer.
We're in the very best of hands.
5 Iconic Characters That Were Only Supposed to Be Bit Parts
And in this case went on to have their own 11 season series:
Frasier Crane was basically his opposite -- a stuffy, pompous rich guy who didn't care much for the working class functional alcoholics who hung around at Cheers. The plan was that he would stick around for a few days until the others told him to piss off and Diane could come to her senses.
And no one was more eager for this to happen than Long, who hated Grammer and was constantly demanding he be written out of the show as quickly as possible. But you know who hated Long in return? The writers, who Grammer says kept the character around purely out of spite. If Long had liked him, or even been less of a horrible person, maybe they'd have just let Frasier drop off the map. Of course, that might be Grammer not giving himself enough credit -- the producers say they just loved what Grammer did with the character, which is what they would say since it sounds better than "The entire show was just our experiment to see if we could cause Shelley Long to have a nervous breakdown."
Recognizing Works by Famous painters Made Easy
There's no need to take Art Appreciation 101 and stress when you know the tricks.
If everyone looks like hobos illuminated only by a dim streetlamp, it's Rembrandt.
Ted Turner: Men Should Be Barred From Political Office For 100 Years
TED TURNER: Well, I came up with the idea at least 20 years ago that we needed more women in politics. It would take a different turn. And I suggested that men be barred from political office. They could do everything else, be president of universities, business leaders, but they just couldn't serve in any elected position for 100 years.[Laughter and applause]
I think we'd have a lot more emphasis on education and healthcare and a lot less on Army and the Navy and the Marine Corps.
[Laughter and applause]
It would be a very positive step, but it hasn't happened yet. But it still might. And then they just toss in the towel. They can't come up with a budget.
Yep still crazy and a fool after all these years.
Taking the Islam out of their brand.
MSNBC Finally Admits What They Are
When visiting MSNBC.com, guests are now prompted to choose between NBC News, "for breaking news and reporting," on the left side of the screen, and MSNBC, "what progressives have been waiting for," on the right side.
The Yahoo AoSHQ group. Bla bla bla.
And my twitter thang.
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Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at September 23, 2013 06:28 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at September 23, 2013 06:28 PM (DoZD+)
Portraits From the National Beard and Mustache Championships
http://tinyurl.com/m36ykpb
No words. Poetry!
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at September 23, 2013 06:29 PM (kdS6q)
Long seems like a bitch, and it's a good thing the writers never dumped Frasier's character from the show. How awesome was it when the writers decided to cast Bebe Neuwirth as Frasier's love interest thereby cementing his presence on the show even more?
Posted by: EC at September 23, 2013 06:31 PM (doBIb)
Then, Rushdie happened.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 23, 2013 06:32 PM (d7tB2)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at September 23, 2013 06:32 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: fluffy, Iceback at September 23, 2013 06:32 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: The Political Hat at September 23, 2013 06:32 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: no good deed at September 23, 2013 06:32 PM (k55Fc)
Posted by: Peaches at September 23, 2013 06:33 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 23, 2013 06:34 PM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: Ma Bell at September 23, 2013 06:34 PM (RLdcX)
Ted's not addressing the real issue. His father used to beat Ted until Ted was bloody, and then his father made Ted beat him until he was bloody.
I saw Ted reveal this on 60 Minutes. His father said, and I quote, "Now you do me."
But Ted loves his father, he said. Because his father was a great man.
All leftists have Daddy issues. It's axiomatic.
Posted by: Tacky Adhesive at September 23, 2013 06:34 PM (TJw7K)
http://tinyurl.com/m36ykpb
I can only hope cthulu ate that guy for wearing him like that.
Posted by: no good deed at September 23, 2013 06:35 PM (k55Fc)
apparently, they were doing it wrong . . .
Posted by: Peaches at September 23, 2013 06:35 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at September 23, 2013 06:35 PM (K5R1m)
Posted by: Vendette, Team Buttercream Frosting With a Spoon at September 23, 2013 06:36 PM (vswPF)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 23, 2013 06:36 PM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: Peaches at September 23, 2013 10:33 PM (8lmkt)
I accept this award in the spirit it was offered...I think. I've found it's best not to examine these kind of things too closely.
Posted by: Mætenloch at September 23, 2013 06:37 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: 1200km to Wall Drug at September 23, 2013 06:37 PM (cv2Rp)
The more I read about Obama(don't)care, the more I think about how many songs revolve around an out of control train.
From "Casey Jones" to Jethro Tull's Locomotive Breath.
Musical foreshadowing ??
Posted by: seamrog at September 23, 2013 06:37 PM (YuelC)
Posted by: Extremely grumpy momma bear at September 23, 2013 06:38 PM (HsI7Q)
Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Phone at September 23, 2013 06:38 PM (GmTxn)
http://books.google.com/books?id=M-MpAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA200
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 23, 2013 06:38 PM (d7tB2)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 23, 2013 06:39 PM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: jewells45 trying to keep from going crazy at September 23, 2013 06:39 PM (u25eL)
Posted by: Vendette, Team Buttercream Frosting With a Spoon at September 23, 2013 06:39 PM (vswPF)
Has the entire country of Canada been in a coma for the last 20 years??
Posted by: Peaches at September 23, 2013 06:40 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: I Be That Chick at September 23, 2013 06:40 PM (kVw0W)
Posted by: jewells45 trying to keep from going crazy at September 23, 2013 06:40 PM (u25eL)
Posted by: Diogenes'Lamp at September 23, 2013 06:42 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Conservative Crank's iPhone at September 23, 2013 06:42 PM (+POLm)
If you need some .38 ammo, I will (not lyin') fedex it to you in the morning. Not like i'm using it. Guessing his fuckin' gf is a total fuckin' slice of awesome, too, eh?
Posted by: Peaches at September 23, 2013 06:42 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at September 23, 2013 06:42 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at September 23, 2013 06:43 PM (yoh1c)
And probably carpet munching buddy of Lois Learner, this government makes me want to hurl or revolt or both
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at September 23, 2013 10:42 PM (HVff2)
I don't see anything that would qualify her to be Undersec of Kiddie Pools.
Posted by: EC at September 23, 2013 06:44 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 23, 2013 06:44 PM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at September 23, 2013 06:45 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Ozzy Osbourne's last two remaining brain cells at September 23, 2013 06:45 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Harry Reid at September 23, 2013 06:46 PM (GmTxn)
I've avoided Lapp women since seeing that.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 23, 2013 06:46 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Peaches at September 23, 2013 06:47 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at September 23, 2013 06:47 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at September 23, 2013 06:47 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at September 23, 2013 06:47 PM (yoh1c)
==========
Probably a great plutocrat/theoretician however.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 23, 2013 06:47 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Vendette, Team Buttercream Frosting With a Spoon at September 23, 2013 06:48 PM (vswPF)
Damn, Jewells ...I'd be a little pissed, too. If it is any consolation, my Father asked me not to ask the doctor, (or himself), as many questions. He felt like I was treating him like a child.
...very fine line, there.
He's fine BTW. Blood pressure concerns have been resolved.
Posted by: Slapweasel at September 23, 2013 06:48 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: I Be That Chick at September 23, 2013 06:49 PM (kVw0W)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 23, 2013 10:46 PM (aDwsi)
much appreciated . . .
Posted by: Teh bitchez of Lappland at September 23, 2013 06:49 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: jewells45 trying to keep from going crazy at September 23, 2013 06:49 PM (u25eL)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 23, 2013 06:50 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at September 23, 2013 06:50 PM (yoh1c)
Posted by: eman at September 23, 2013 06:50 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: Diogenes'Lamp at September 23, 2013 10:42 PM (bb5+k)
Well that and his well-known bipolar disorder.
Posted by: Mætenloch at September 23, 2013 06:50 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: Chicagorefugee, currently in #twittergulag at September 23, 2013 06:50 PM (mOZnN)
Posted by: jewells45 trying to keep from going crazy at September 23, 2013 06:52 PM (u25eL)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 23, 2013 06:53 PM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at September 23, 2013 06:53 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: jewells45 trying to keep from going crazy at September 23, 2013 10:49 PM (u25eL)
I know, buddy. My mom went hard and fast coming up on 2 years now, and we all agreed it was best. This long drawn-out stuff is not what we would wish for ourselves or for any loved one. It's not them anymore and, yet, it is, and damn, I feel for you.
Posted by: Peaches at September 23, 2013 06:53 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: jewells45 trying to keep from going crazy at September 23, 2013 06:53 PM (u25eL)
A quick search of YouTube, and, there it is.
Honestly..., I'm sorry that I thought of it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fftnExG-WFg
Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 23, 2013 06:54 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at September 23, 2013 06:54 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Ted Turner at September 23, 2013 06:55 PM (Aif/5)
Posted by: Diogenes'Lamp at September 23, 2013 06:55 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at September 23, 2013 06:56 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Vendette, Team Buttercream Frosting With a Spoon at September 23, 2013 06:57 PM (vswPF)
Posted by: Low information Republican Squish at September 23, 2013 06:57 PM (v6hyJ)
Honestly..., I'm sorry that I thought of it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fftnExG-WFg
Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 23, 2013 10:54 PM (aDwsi)
Looks like they were going to break into song at the end....W T F?
Posted by: Red Shirt at September 23, 2013 06:57 PM (FIDMq)
Posted by: Extremely grumpy momma bear at September 23, 2013 06:59 PM (HsI7Q)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at September 23, 2013 06:59 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 23, 2013 06:59 PM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: Eton Cox at September 23, 2013 07:00 PM (q177U)
Posted by: Vendette, Team Buttercream Frosting With a Spoon at September 23, 2013 07:01 PM (vswPF)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at September 23, 2013 07:02 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Slapweasel at September 23, 2013 07:02 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Low information Republican Squish at September 23, 2013 07:03 PM (v6hyJ)
Posted by: lou's a girl at September 23, 2013 07:03 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 23, 2013 07:04 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: nerdygirl at September 23, 2013 07:05 PM (DpI6K)
Posted by: Diogenes'Lamp at September 23, 2013 07:06 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Vendette, Team Buttercream Frosting With a Spoon at September 23, 2013 07:06 PM (vswPF)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea at September 23, 2013 11:02 PM (CA2NO)
Say no more, my sweet! I'm here.
Posted by: Corey Booker at September 23, 2013 07:07 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: angel with a sword at September 23, 2013 07:07 PM (hpgw1)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 23, 2013 07:07 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 23, 2013 07:08 PM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: The Illusive Man at September 23, 2013 07:08 PM (Dsds2)
For obvious reasons this story will not appear in any American MSM outlet
SAS hero of the mall massacre: Off duty soldier with a handgun saved 100 lives as terrorists ran amok
http://tinyurl.com/k938eao
Posted by: kbdabear at September 23, 2013 07:08 PM (/9IC1)
When I would leave food on the plate I'd get the "there are starving kids in (Africa/Asia) that would love to get what you have." My response was "OK let's pack it up and ship it to them."
Mom was not amused.
Posted by: NC Ref at September 23, 2013 07:09 PM (Myqtp)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 23, 2013 07:09 PM (9Xc5j)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at September 23, 2013 07:09 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: I Be That Chick at September 23, 2013 07:09 PM (kVw0W)
Posted by: lou's a girl at September 23, 2013 07:10 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at September 23, 2013 07:12 PM (yoh1c)
Posted by: Vendette, Team Buttercream Frosting With a Spoon at September 23, 2013 07:12 PM (vswPF)
Posted by: Darth Randall at September 23, 2013 07:12 PM (Zswg6)
Posted by: Vendette, Team Buttercream Frosting With a Spoon at September 23, 2013 07:13 PM (vswPF)
Posted by: Thrawn at September 23, 2013 07:14 PM (Dsds2)
Posted by: President Talk Show at September 23, 2013 07:14 PM (mOZnN)
( not a great era for television )
Posted by: Keyser Soze at September 23, 2013 07:14 PM (omBWL)
Posted by: Vendette, Team Buttercream Frosting With a Spoon at September 23, 2013 07:15 PM (vswPF)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at September 23, 2013 07:15 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: navycopjoe at September 23, 2013 07:16 PM (dwj/t)
It's easy if you fly,
No virgins hump us,
And not a drop of rye,
Imagine all of Islam
without heavenly laysÂ…
Imagine there's no Koran,
It isnÂ’t hardly true,
Nothing to bomb or burn for,
No Ayatollahs too,
Imagine all of Islam
living the rule of lawÂ…
Imagine deserts blooming,
I wonder how Jews can,
Using soap and hot water,
Instead of toilet hand,
imagine all of Islam
Sparing the ferengi dogsÂ…
You may say IÂ’m an infidel,
but IÂ’m not the only one,
I hope some day you'll join us,
When the West has really won.
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at September 23, 2013 07:16 PM (K5R1m)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at September 23, 2013 07:16 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Vendette, Team Buttercream Frosting With a Spoon at September 23, 2013 11:13 PM (vswPF)
Can't be any worse than sending Jags and 49ers to London
Posted by: Red Shirt at September 23, 2013 07:16 PM (FIDMq)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 23, 2013 07:17 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: I Be That Chick at September 23, 2013 07:17 PM (kVw0W)
Posted by: Vendette, Team Buttercream Frosting With a Spoon at September 23, 2013 07:17 PM (vswPF)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at September 23, 2013 07:17 PM (CA2NO)
107 we have a quarter million gallons of molasses in our harbor
we just need a few tons of pancakes and wisconson to clear it
Posted by: navycopjoe at September 23, 2013 07:17 PM (dwj/t)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at September 23, 2013 07:18 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at September 23, 2013 07:18 PM (yoh1c)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at September 23, 2013 07:18 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Panda Hunter at September 23, 2013 07:18 PM (yh6zE)
122 As long as your spawn cheers for Navy, I'll deal with it.
but of course!! she realizes the suck which is the army football team
Posted by: navycopjoe at September 23, 2013 07:19 PM (dwj/t)
Posted by: Low information Republican Squish at September 23, 2013 07:19 PM (v6hyJ)
Posted by: Vendette, Team Buttercream Frosting With a Spoon at September 23, 2013 07:19 PM (vswPF)
Posted by: lou's a girl at September 23, 2013 07:19 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: Vendette, Team Buttercream Frosting With a Spoon at September 23, 2013 11:13 PM (vswPF)
Yeah... and you don't even need to check out OAK @ LAA, now that the A's have clinched. Thanks Rangers!
Posted by: Slapweasel at September 23, 2013 07:19 PM (lq3Ak)
Nein. Gospel truth. Ted was too crazy for JANE FONDA. Think about that.
Pat Buchanan's father burned him with matches to show him what the pain of hellfire was like. To this day, Pat calls his father "the finest man I ever knew."
Having grown up with a two-fisted father myself, I sympathize with these poor fucks who can't admit to themselves that their dads were monsters.
I sympathize, but only up to a certain point. If you don't repudiate the guy, you end of replicating what he did. Ted was extremely controlling of Jane, to a psychotic degree. He's a basket case. That always happens when you don't admit the truth to yourself.
Posted by: Tacky Adhesive at September 23, 2013 07:21 PM (TJw7K)
Posted by: I Be That Chick at September 23, 2013 07:22 PM (kVw0W)
I started out playing bass.. and it is fairly easy to figure out the chord progressions - at least enough to get by - as long as you have a good guitarist helping you out.
It's a lot harder if you are also the lead singer.
I have to give a shout out to musicians who play a lot.
Posted by: Preznit Big Balls Gonna Blow U Up! at September 23, 2013 07:22 PM (AYOav)
Posted by: Zombie Steve Jobs at September 23, 2013 07:22 PM (bKA83)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at September 23, 2013 07:22 PM (yoh1c)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at September 23, 2013 07:23 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Vendette, Team Buttercream Frosting With a Spoon at September 23, 2013 07:23 PM (vswPF)
Posted by: I Be That Chick at September 23, 2013 07:23 PM (kVw0W)
SAS hero of the mall massacre: Off duty soldier with a handgun saved 100 lives as terrorists ran amok >>>>
In another article, they posted a huge, unpixelated version of that photo. Same newspaper. It's still up. There's no way to contact them to tell them to take it down.
Assholes.
Posted by: Tacky Adhesive at September 23, 2013 07:24 PM (TJw7K)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at September 23, 2013 07:24 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Panda Hunter at September 23, 2013 07:24 PM (yh6zE)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at September 23, 2013 07:24 PM (jucos)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist)
They gave us soccer. Screw them.
Posted by: Slapweasel at September 23, 2013 07:24 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Anachronda at September 23, 2013 07:24 PM (U82Km)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at September 23, 2013 07:25 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Chicagorefugee, currently in #twittergulag at September 23, 2013 07:25 PM (mOZnN)
Posted by: Vendette, Team Buttercream Frosting With a Spoon at September 23, 2013 07:25 PM (vswPF)
I'm pretty sure the Jaguars would suffer a crushing defeat playing flag football against my hometown high school's JV girls field hockey team.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea at September 23, 2013 11:23 PM (CA2NO)
Sunday, Oct 27.
Posted by: Red Shirt at September 23, 2013 07:26 PM (FIDMq)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at September 23, 2013 07:26 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: CAC at September 23, 2013 07:26 PM (KZTw3)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at September 23, 2013 07:27 PM (HVff2)
150 A lady with buttercream frosting of her choice is a happy lady.
'buttercream frosting"
I think you spelled 'ncj in an elephant thong' wrong
Posted by: navycopjoe at September 23, 2013 07:27 PM (dwj/t)
Posted by: I Be That Chick at September 23, 2013 07:27 PM (kVw0W)
Absolutely right. Shaving the top part of your lip to give you a weird little caterpillar right above your mouth is creepy.
Ted's got a John Waters 'stache. Yuck-o.
Posted by: Tacky Adhesive at September 23, 2013 07:27 PM (TJw7K)
Posted by: Panda Hunter at September 23, 2013 07:27 PM (yh6zE)
Link: http://satwcomic.com/
For the record, I have a few drops of Finn and I must admit, the Finn character reminds me of me. I even look like him.
Posted by: Country Singer at September 23, 2013 07:28 PM (T7XIT)
Posted by: Freaked Out! at September 23, 2013 07:28 PM (cSHCI)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at September 23, 2013 07:28 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: CAC at September 23, 2013 11:26 PM (KZTw3)
_____________________
Wait.... What?
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at September 23, 2013 07:29 PM (jucos)
Something to ponder for any off you who are in uniform and sickened by the current state of affairs--
DON'T QUIT.
Stay the course, the service will need you after Obama is a cringeworthy memory. With proper leadership, the military heals rapidly.
Posted by: irongrampa at September 23, 2013 07:30 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: Jack Handey Fan at September 23, 2013 07:30 PM (8s1SO)
You can tell alot about a man by his mustache
ugggggh, what about a certain sport team's fans' mandatory 80's porn mustache
Posted by: navycopjoe at September 23, 2013 07:30 PM (dwj/t)
Posted by: Gem at September 23, 2013 07:30 PM (zw+pb)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at September 23, 2013 07:30 PM (CA2NO)
You've never been offered real lutefisk at a holiday gathering. Sweet lord if it only was fried with breading.
Posted by: Mohamed at September 23, 2013 07:30 PM (rrjRO)
Posted by: Vendette, Team Buttercream Frosting With a Spoon at September 23, 2013 07:30 PM (vswPF)
Posted by: mindful webworker - fading faster than reading at September 23, 2013 07:31 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: I Be That Chick at September 23, 2013 07:32 PM (kVw0W)
Posted by: CAC at September 23, 2013 07:32 PM (KZTw3)
Posted by: Freaked Out! at September 23, 2013 07:33 PM (cSHCI)
Posted by: Red Shirt at September 23, 2013 11:26 PM (FIDMq)
*facepalm*
Well, maybe the Jags will have a bit of an advantage since they won't have AS MUCH jet lag as the 49ers...
Nah.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea at September 23, 2013 11:28 PM (CA2NO)
Holy shit, just saw this...The Jaguars will play in London for 4 consecutive seasons beginning in 2013.
Posted by: Red Shirt at September 23, 2013 07:33 PM (FIDMq)
165 With proper leadership, the military heals rapidly.
no need, as long as the military has their E7-9's, they are good
the US armed forces will thrive regardless of hack or any political party
Posted by: navycopjoe at September 23, 2013 07:33 PM (dwj/t)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at September 23, 2013 07:33 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: CAC at September 23, 2013 11:26 PM (KZTw3)"
Wait, what?
Posted by: holygoat at September 23, 2013 07:34 PM (HYFht)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at September 23, 2013 07:34 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: Vendette, Team Buttercream Frosting With a Spoon at September 23, 2013 07:35 PM (vswPF)
Posted by: lou's a girl at September 23, 2013 07:35 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: Vendette, Team Buttercream Frosting With a Spoon at September 23, 2013 07:35 PM (vswPF)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at September 23, 2013 07:35 PM (HVff2)
Seriously if we ever get a major meetup I make it to I'm bringing a huge sack of candy.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at September 23, 2013 07:36 PM (yoh1c)
Posted by: I Be That Chick at September 23, 2013 07:36 PM (kVw0W)
Posted by: Panda Hunter at September 23, 2013 07:36 PM (yh6zE)
Posted by: Freaked Out!
-Nationalized Public Education
-Mediacre Part "D"
-No foresight when crafting The Patriot Act.
...I could go on, but those are big enough.
Posted by: Slapweasel at September 23, 2013 07:36 PM (lq3Ak)
187 Yeah this is me stuffing money into the USB port on the assumption that will get me a webcam view of ettes jacked up on buttercream frosting
be careful, the thong is out
Posted by: navycopjoe at September 23, 2013 07:37 PM (dwj/t)
Posted by: beavis at September 23, 2013 07:37 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Chicagorefugee, currently in #twittergulag at September 23, 2013 07:38 PM (mOZnN)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at September 23, 2013 07:38 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: AltonJackson at September 23, 2013 07:38 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Chicagorefugee, currently in #twittergulag at September 23, 2013 07:38 PM (mOZnN)
Posted by: lou's a girl at September 23, 2013 11:35 PM (vgd4f)"
Philly.
Posted by: Santa Claus at September 23, 2013 07:39 PM (HYFht)
Posted by: Vendette, Team Buttercream Frosting With a Spoon at September 23, 2013 07:39 PM (vswPF)
Posted by: I Be That Chick at September 23, 2013 07:39 PM (kVw0W)
Posted by: AltonJackson at September 23, 2013 11:38 PM (JMmQ9)
Correct, and they play in London in October
Posted by: Red Shirt at September 23, 2013 07:40 PM (FIDMq)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at September 23, 2013 07:40 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Freaked Out! at September 23, 2013 07:41 PM (cSHCI)
Posted by: Vendette, Team Buttercream Frosting With a Spoon at September 23, 2013 07:41 PM (vswPF)
--- says CAC, with a BOSEG...
You know, the 'ette boobs were supposed to not show up until this thread, but A Certain Party couldn't "keep it in her pants" so to speak, just had to 'wail 'em out, deliver on a promise, and now all the others are, uh, cowed, or something.
With a little proper management, we could have been drooling all over two, mebbe three ettes sets, but now Miss Published Another Novel gets all the drool to herself. Hmmf.
Worth it, though. Dang, wottawoman.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at September 23, 2013 07:41 PM (JNUY4)
Posted by: Vendette, Team Buttercream Frosting With a Spoon at September 23, 2013 07:41 PM (vswPF)
Somebody probably already said this, but it sounds almost like a modern-day real-life update of "The Shining."
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 23, 2013 07:42 PM (xY8+2)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at September 23, 2013 07:42 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Red Shirt at September 23, 2013 07:42 PM (FIDMq)
Posted by: Chicagorefugee, currently in #twittergulag at September 23, 2013 07:42 PM (mOZnN)
Posted by: Vendette, Team Buttercream Frosting With a Spoon at September 23, 2013 07:43 PM (vswPF)
well, heading out to do two vip runs
as a horrible teaser, (and to those in the know pls don't tell them) but speaking of thongs......
at one time or another, the vast majority of all of you have seen my better half in one
Posted by: navycopjoe at September 23, 2013 07:43 PM (dwj/t)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at September 23, 2013 07:43 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: lou's a girl at September 23, 2013 07:43 PM (vgd4f)
They wont win a game then since the puzzle piece reveal of the naked cutout will be less of an incentive.
Posted by: The Hickster at September 23, 2013 07:43 PM (rrjRO)
Posted by: mindful webworker - echoing Truck Monkey at September 23, 2013 07:43 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: Panda Hunter at September 23, 2013 07:44 PM (yh6zE)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 23, 2013 07:44 PM (a4Omg)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian
He was the glue in that movie.
*Dabs Jack Daniels behind ear*
Posted by: Slapweasel at September 23, 2013 07:44 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Thrawn at September 23, 2013 07:44 PM (Dsds2)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at September 23, 2013 07:45 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: lou's a girl at September 23, 2013 07:45 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: Gingy at September 23, 2013 07:46 PM (jt8G9)
Posted by: Boss Moss former editor of the Harvard Law Review at September 23, 2013 07:46 PM (0axsw)
y2u.be/5WJAwNiA7_M
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at September 23, 2013 07:46 PM (IN7k+)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at September 23, 2013 07:47 PM (yoh1c)
Posted by: Vendette, Team Buttercream Frosting With a Spoon at September 23, 2013 07:47 PM (vswPF)
Posted by: Panda Hunter at September 23, 2013 07:49 PM (yh6zE)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at September 23, 2013 07:50 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: lou's a girl at September 23, 2013 07:50 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: Vendette, Team Buttercream Frosting With a Spoon at September 23, 2013 07:51 PM (vswPF)
(let's see if anyone gets the reference after all these years)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 23, 2013 07:51 PM (xY8+2)
Posted by: Panda Hunter at September 23, 2013 11:44 PM (yh6zE)
Two tin cans from Pearl with crawdads.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 23, 2013 07:51 PM (M32et)
I do freelance. For two partners in a firm. Have never met either in person.
Well, I work with Boss A 75% of the time, Boss B, 25% of the time. Boss A has been stressed, and the other day, got all pissy over something innocuous I said RE: Boss B. Went on a bit of tirade.
Gist of it: I am kind ruining the bromance between them. Boss A does not like the fact that Boss B and I get along so easily. Here is a rundown:
Boss A: drives an Audi, trophy wife, was in therapy for a long time
Boss B: drinks tequila, likes funny hats and is always good for an amusing anecdote.
I am totally screwed, and have resigned myself to the fact that I can never be within 250 miles of either of them if I want to keep receiving a paycheck.
Without even doing anything, I have somehow screwed with the minds of two men that I have never been in the same state with.
At least, that's what it seems like.
Apocalypse Today baby.
Posted by: shibumi (who is actually female)) at September 23, 2013 07:53 PM (25HWz)
Posted by: qdpsteve
Yes, yes... Apple, Newton, Gravity, Tree, Liberty, Blood...
....whoops! Went a little far with that.
Posted by: Slapweasel at September 23, 2013 07:53 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: lou's a girl at September 23, 2013 07:53 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: AltonJackson at September 23, 2013 07:53 PM (JMmQ9)
Still basking in the glow of 31-7 for my Cowboys.
Cold reality says they will go 7-9, with luck.
I miss Landry.
Posted by: irongrampa at September 23, 2013 07:54 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: Vendette, Team Buttercream Frosting With a Spoon at September 23, 2013 07:54 PM (vswPF)
Long story extremely short, a co-worker of mine (an extremely attractive Persian psychologist) got pissed at me because she thought I was staring at her.
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 23, 2013 07:54 PM (xY8+2)
Posted by: RWC at September 23, 2013 07:55 PM (WrDFV)
Posted by: Freaked Out! at September 23, 2013 07:56 PM (cSHCI)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 23, 2013 07:57 PM (xY8+2)
"Eat up Martha."
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 23, 2013 11:55 PM (xY8+2)
Simpsons.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 23, 2013 07:57 PM (M32et)
Posted by: Gingy at September 23, 2013 07:58 PM (jt8G9)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 23, 2013 07:58 PM (xY8+2)
I'm at this WTF place right now- which I'm sure you were as well.
Basically, I have to be super nice to the one that's been an ass to me to get him all secure, and tone it down with the one I really get on well with because it will threaten the other.
WTF?
I need to google "jobs for people who must work alone"..
Posted by: shibumi (who is actually female)) at September 23, 2013 07:58 PM (25HWz)
At least you can recharge an Apple Newton. Fig Newtons, not so much.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at September 23, 2013 07:59 PM (JawqV)
*kicks dirt*
...stupid, quick-ass horde!
Posted by: Slapweasel at September 23, 2013 07:59 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at September 23, 2013 08:00 PM (jSmN1)
Alls I knows is, at my next job, I am going to go out of my way to NOT 'get to know' my co-workers, especially young female ones. I'll be cordial and professional and get my job done, and that's it.
At this point, I'm beyond sick of people who bring High School to work with them every day.
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 23, 2013 08:00 PM (xY8+2)
Posted by: Freaked Out! at September 23, 2013 08:00 PM (cSHCI)
Posted by: Panda Hunter at September 23, 2013 08:01 PM (yh6zE)
Posted by: Vendette, Team Buttercream Frosting With a Spoon at September 23, 2013 08:01 PM (vswPF)
Posted by: Freaked Out! at September 23, 2013 08:01 PM (cSHCI)
Posted by: RWC at September 23, 2013 08:02 PM (WrDFV)
Posted by: King Zog at September 23, 2013 08:02 PM (Vk2pI)
Back in the 1980s/90s I was a huge Apple fan. I actually wanted an Apple Newton for quite a while. Then I wanted an iMac, then an iPhone.
Now I just want an HTC One. If I ever have the extra money I'll get a Mac to maybe do some video editing on, but that's about the extent of my Apple fixation any more.
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 23, 2013 08:02 PM (xY8+2)
Bush was a good man at heart, terrible President.
Obama is not a good man and he is a horrific President.
Posted by: Kreplach at September 23, 2013 08:03 PM (Srkkh)
(And if you disagree, let's just run through the best NON-ALBUM singles from those three bands -- that is, tracks that we reflexively associate with them but which never even made it onto one of their proper albums. The Beatles: "She Loves You," "I Want To Hold Your Hand," "I Feel Fine," "We Can Work It Out," "Paperback Writer," "Strawberry Fields Forever"/"Penny Lane," "All You Need Is Love," "Hello, Goodbye," "Hey Jude"; The Rolling Stones: "I Wanna Be Your Man," "It's All Over Now," "The Last Time," "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," "Get Off Of My Cloud," "19th Nervous Breakdown," "Paint It, Black," "Let's Spend The Night Together," "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow?," "We Love You," "Jumpin' Jack Flash," "Honky Tonk Women"; The Who: "I Can't Explain," "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere," "Substitute," "I'm A Boy," "Happy Jack," "Pictures Of Lily," "Dogs," "Magic Bus," "The Seeker," "Let's See Action," "Join Together," "Relay.")
Okay, so after that throat-clearing parenthetical -- and if you consider yourself a fan of rock music but haven't heard every single one of the songs I just named, it's time to reconsider -- here are the REST of the best singles acts in history:
- The Beach Boys
- The Hollies
- The Smiths
- The Zombies
- Creedence Clearwater Revival
- The Buzzcocks
- New Order
- The Jam
- Jethro Tull (1968-1971)
- The Kinks
- Pavement
- Suede
- Radiohead
Anyone disagree? Well then FUCK YOU, by which I mean please tell me why I'm wrong! ;-)
And happy ONT everyone.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 23, 2013 08:04 PM (n/+FT)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at September 23, 2013 08:04 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 23, 2013 08:05 PM (xY8+2)
Posted by: RWC at September 23, 2013 08:05 PM (WrDFV)
I've never heard my parents say "Jesus Christ" more often than when Jimmy Carter was President.
...until now.
Posted by: Slapweasel at September 23, 2013 08:05 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: and irresolute at September 23, 2013 08:06 PM (RqHWH)
Posted by: Panda Hunter at September 23, 2013 08:06 PM (yh6zE)
Posted by: Gingy at September 23, 2013 08:06 PM (jt8G9)
Posted by: RWC at September 23, 2013 08:07 PM (WrDFV)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 23, 2013 08:07 PM (xY8+2)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 23, 2013 08:07 PM (a4Omg)
Posted by: Panda Hunter at September 23, 2013 08:08 PM (yh6zE)
Posted by: RWC at September 23, 2013 08:09 PM (WrDFV)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 23, 2013 08:10 PM (a4Omg)
"You guys are just faster than me....."
Take heart, Slapweasel, you could be in my position, with a typing speed of 150 wpd.
THAT is pitiful.
Posted by: irongrampa at September 23, 2013 08:10 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: Panda Hunter at September 23, 2013 08:11 PM (yh6zE)
Ok, this is funny. One of you morons must write for our local paper. There were some blue footed boobies spotted on the ocean and they usually don't come this far north. This is a direct quote:
“But while we’re enjoying looking for them, ... it’s probably not good for the boobies,” Pereksta said. “For all of them to move this far up north, there’s got to be something wrong.”
Posted by: The Jackhole at September 23, 2013 08:12 PM (/7Xis)
Posted by: Anachronda at September 23, 2013 08:12 PM (U82Km)
Posted by: Freaked Out! at September 23, 2013 08:12 PM (cSHCI)
I firmly believe that Bush is a good man and did the things he did because he thought them right but in retrospect he set the conservative cause back a decade. His profligate spending and two senseless wars have given the statists and marxists the opportunity to deliver the coup-de-grace to the American Constitutional Republic.
We are living in dark and foreboding times and it was Bush who set us on this course.
Posted by: Kreplach at September 23, 2013 08:13 PM (Srkkh)
Posted by: Gingy at September 23, 2013 08:13 PM (jt8G9)
Posted by: RWC at September 23, 2013 08:14 PM (WrDFV)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at September 23, 2013 08:15 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Kreplach
Nawww ...this has been a "Progressive Movement" since Woodrow Wilson. It just took an empty, charismatic vessel to fool the LIV's into his shift into overdrive.
Posted by: Slapweasel at September 23, 2013 08:15 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at September 23, 2013 08:15 PM (jSmN1)
Posted by: Freaked Out! at September 24, 2013 12:12 AM (cSHCI)
I'm a believer.
Posted by: Wild Man Fischer at September 23, 2013 08:16 PM (M32et)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at September 23, 2013 08:16 PM (BXLPR)
I expelled a snigger upon reading this.
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Posted by: Panda Hunter at September 23, 2013 08:17 PM (yh6zE)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 23, 2013 08:18 PM (a4Omg)
Posted by: The skinny, dirty Santa of Franklin Field at September 23, 2013 08:18 PM (jSmN1)
@ 294
What part of A-stan was senseless? Should we have left AQ alone? To metastasize further?
Iraq was perfectly justified simply for the violations of the cease fire agreement.
Posted by: irongrampa at September 23, 2013 08:18 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: Gingy at September 23, 2013 08:19 PM (jt8G9)
Posted by: Freaked Out! at September 23, 2013 08:20 PM (cSHCI)
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at September 23, 2013 08:20 PM (jSmN1)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at September 23, 2013 08:21 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Panda Hunter at September 23, 2013 08:21 PM (yh6zE)
Posted by: fluffy at September 23, 2013 08:21 PM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Freaked Out! at September 23, 2013 08:22 PM (cSHCI)
-Y'all have a damn-good evening.
*static*
Posted by: Slapweasel at September 23, 2013 08:23 PM (lq3Ak)
Posted by: navybrat at September 23, 2013 08:24 PM (bzGal)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 23, 2013 08:24 PM (a4Omg)
Can't tell if you're kidding or not, but The Monkees are a damn fine band and a pretty great story to boot: a bunch of guys put together as actors who rebelled against corporate control and actually became a band, and a pretty darn great one at that. Their first two albums (the ones with most of their famous singles) are meh middling corporate pop -- still not too bad, mind you -- but it's the four records they made AFTER that, once they'd declared artistic independence, started playing their own instruments, producing their own sessions, and writing their own songs, that stand up next to almost any other '60s albums. Headquarters, Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones, Ltd., The Birds The Bees & The Monkees, and especially Head are all fanfuckingtastic and I don't care what hip criticism has told you to think.
Seriously, JUST FUCKING LISTEN TO THIS SONG: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ArviuaZb_A
That's country-rock a full two years before the genre was supposed to exist.
Or this, which is better than most any pop song recorded by a group not called the Beatles, Stones, or Who from the 1960s: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4W01V1krWo
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 23, 2013 08:25 PM (n/+FT)
Posted by: Panda Hunter at September 23, 2013 08:26 PM (yh6zE)
Posted by: RWC at September 23, 2013 08:26 PM (a/xUn)
(And if you disagree, let's just run through the best NON-ALBUM singles from those three bands -- that is, tracks that we reflexively associate with them but which never even made it onto one of their proper albums. The Beatles: "She Loves You," "I Want To Hold Your Hand," "I Feel Fine," "We Can Work It Out," "Paperback Writer," "Strawberry Fields Forever"/"Penny Lane," "All You Need Is Love," "Hello, Goodbye," "Hey Jude"; The Rolling Stones: "I Wanna Be Your Man," "It's All Over Now," "The Last Time," "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," "Get Off Of My Cloud," "19th Nervous Breakdown," "Paint It, Black," "Let's Spend The Night Together," "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow?," "We Love You," "Jumpin' Jack Flash," "Honky Tonk Women";
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 24, 2013 12:04 AM
That gets a bit convoluted with the Beatles and Stone's LP's, particularly the Stones. A bunch of those singles did go onto "proper" LP's, depending upon one's definition of "proper". The Beatles and Stones have each got 2 very different discographies... UK releases and US releases. "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" was on "Meet The Beatles"... which really is a "proper" LP, a US one. By and large, The Beatles UK catalogue is "superior" to the US one, in that The UK LP's had more tracks, generally... but, the US catalogue got more LP's out of stretching out the songs. Not many Beatles singles failed to make it onto US (non compilation) LP's, "I wanna be your Man" and "Paperback Writer" being 2. "All you need is Love", "Strawberry Fields" and Penny LAne" went onto "Magical Mystery Tour" in The US... which is really a "proper" LP.
With the Stones, The US catalogue is far superior to te
he UK one, with "Paint it Black" going on "Aftermath", "Get off of my cloud" on "December's Children" and "Last Time + "Satisfaction" going on "Out of their Heads. "Honkey Tonk Women" never got put on a regular LP and neither did "Jumping Jack Flash". Up to about '67 the Beatles and Stones catalogue was subject to being cut up and released differently in the US and the UK. With both bands, during that period, the concept of doing studio recordings of songs... for a specific LP, other than "the next one", was pretty vague. They knew how it worked and usually just recorde a bunch of stuff, to be realeased on... whatever. They sometimes had a prefernce for the packaging, sometimes not. By '67 Both groups werwe definitely working with LP tracklisting in mind.
Posted by: otho at September 23, 2013 08:26 PM (9gNQd)
We went to war with Iraq under a very clear directive--boot Saddam the hell out of Kuwait. I don't think the coalition would have stayed together if we had escalated to the extent of removing Hussein.
As such, the op WAS a success--with the quibble that the Highway Of Death got cut short.We could have atritted Hussein's forces into ineffectiveness with another 12 hours.
Posted by: irongrampa at September 23, 2013 08:28 PM (SAMxH)
What have we gained for undertaking those two wars?
Nothing except spending blood and treasure for absolutely no gain.
And in the process we have enacted the very laws that the statists are using to attack and marginalize us.
This is what gave Obama his platform to gain political power.
So yes it was a blunder of epic proportions.
Posted by: Kreplach at September 23, 2013 08:28 PM (Srkkh)
Posted by: Freaked Out! at September 23, 2013 08:30 PM (cSHCI)
Posted by: RWC at September 23, 2013 08:31 PM (a/xUn)
Yeah, I should have been clearer in my original post, but I only consider the the UK discographies to be legitimate. The US bastardizations don't exist as far as I'm concerned -- never had to deal with The Beatles' stuff on CD as a kid and I taught myself to understand the Stones' early ABKCO discs as frankenstein's monsters that I'd reburn into their proper UK order and listen in that way.
In particular the US version of Aftermath is a disgrace compared to the UK one: it removes "Mother's Little Helper" and adds "Paint It Black" (an even swap in terms of objective quality, but "Paint It Black" just screamed "non-album single" to me even before I knew it was originally meant as such), but then goes on to simply REMOVE four more songs and, even more infuriatingly, edit another great one ("Out Of Time"). I pity people who grew up on the US Aftermath, it's a pale shadow of the intended artistic effect of the UK version.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 23, 2013 08:33 PM (n/+FT)
Absolutely no gain? Ask AQ if what we did was ineffective.
The blunder part cannot be attributed to Bush. The AFTERMATH of BOTH wars can be laid at Obama"s feet.
There is where the blunder comes in.
Posted by: irongrampa at September 23, 2013 08:34 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: Bomber at September 23, 2013 08:34 PM (4Mwv/)
Correction, 1966 was when both bands started to record with a set tracklisting in mind... seriously, with "Rubber Soul" and "Revolver" with the Beatles and "Aftermath" and "Between the buttons" with the Stones. But the UK and US tracks were still switched around in most cases. 1967 was when they both recorded "albums" that remained the same on both sides of the atlantic.
Posted by: otho at September 23, 2013 08:35 PM (9gNQd)
Your handle is "Freaked Out!" and you've namechecked "conceptual continuity," so there's roughly a 0.00% chance you're not a Frank Zappa fan. Therefore, I'm assuming you know that Zappa was (in violation of pretty much every expectation people might have) actually a fan of The Monkees and one of their only early defenders among 'serious musicians' when people started screaming about how they didn't play on their early records. He appeared on their show (in a pretty hilarious bit) and also made a cameo in Head (the totally fucked-up Monkees movie written by Jack Nicholson -- yes, THAT Jack Nicholson).
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 23, 2013 08:35 PM (n/+FT)
You know, I'm of two minds on this mental illness/forced treatment thing. One the one hand, it's true that we've got a problem. There are many people who should be in an institution, locked up and away and treated if possible.
On the other hand, forced committed is subject to horrible abuses. Totalitarians just love to make disagreement with the regime a mental illness subject to forced "treatment" by the state. I think in Cuba "aversion to socialism" is still an official mental disorder.
Just imagine what our own totalitarian wannabes would do if unchecked. Conservatism would become a mental illness. Are you part of the "gun culture"? Must be something wrong with you. No sane person would think that way. And what are these crazy, anarchist political views you are exposing your children to? No sane person would do that. You must have anger issues or something for being against the benevolent state's good intentions for you and your family.
And look at it today. We've got more people on all sorts of pyschoactive drugs than ever before. There's an alarming number of children being prescribed powerful anti-pyschotic drugs.
That's all thanks to Pharma trying to sell as many drugs as they can and co-opting the docs and community into classifying just about anything as a disorder.
So on the one hand, we've got truly batshit insane people running around the streets and on the other we're drugging untold numbers of kids for trivial reaons and making being a young boy itself a mental disorder.
Posted by: publius(NotBreitbartPublius) at September 23, 2013 08:35 PM (5gUTQ)
Posted by: Freaked Out! at September 23, 2013 08:35 PM (cSHCI)
We are living in dark and foreboding times and it was Bush who set us on this course.
Posted by: Kreplach at September 24, 2013 12:13 AM (Srkkh)
Uh hold on there Hoss.
1. I remember the Carter years. And even if every single bad thing said about Bush were true, he would still be beat out for worst prez by Jimmy C.
2. You may consider the Iraq and Afghanistan wars senseless now but they were popular and seen as necessary ten years ago. Which is why both were approved by Congress. The middle east is quite different now than it was in 2001 and that's a good thing.
3. History did not begin in the year 2000.
Posted by: Mætenloch at September 23, 2013 08:36 PM (XkotV)
Posted by: navybrat at September 23, 2013 08:37 PM (bzGal)
There is no way in this modern age to fight a total war which would have made the expense of blood and treasure worth the effort.
As Ann Coulter has said, "Kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity"
Since we can't do that we should have used airstrikes and the emerging drones to keep them bottled up instead of spending trillions of dollars and costing thousands of lives to so that one day we can be the air force of the very people who perpetrated 9/11.
Posted by: Kreplach at September 23, 2013 08:37 PM (Srkkh)
>>> The AFTERMATH of BOTH wars can be laid at Obama"s feet.
I blame Colin Powell and his stupid Pottery Barn rule.
Posted by: Bomber at September 23, 2013 08:37 PM (4Mwv/)
Posted by: Freaked Out! at September 23, 2013 08:37 PM (cSHCI)
Posted by: fluffy at September 23, 2013 08:38 PM (z9HTb)
Also, I'm (another) one who thinks "Revolver" is actually more enjoyable in numerous ways. (And not just because it was released in the U.S. on my actual original birthday in August 1966.)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 23, 2013 08:40 PM (xY8+2)
Posted by: Panda Hunter at September 23, 2013 08:41 PM (yh6zE)
They sure started that way. But as it turns out, they had minds and lives and aspirations of their own, and after five months as a corporate creation they literally got their "musical director" (Don Kirschner) fired. (Mike Nesmith famously put his fist through a wall in front of Kirschner and told him "that should have been your fucking face.") After that they played their own instruments, did their own arrangements and productions (guided mostly by Tork), recorded far more of their own songs (particularly Nesmith, who turned out to be quite the gifted country-rock and psychedelic writer), and subverted their own plastic image at every opportunity.
They weren't The Greatest Band Of All Time or anything, but trust me: that music is fantastic. If you don't believe me, try listening to this and tell me it isn't gorgeous (Neil Young guests on guitar): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWLasUfJnWs
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 23, 2013 08:41 PM (n/+FT)
Posted by: Kreplach at September 24, 2013 12:37 AM (Srkkh)
So we're the air force for Al Qaeda now?
OKAY YOU NEED TO FOCUS ON ME - WHAT PILLS DID YOU TAKE AND WHEN DID YOU TAKE THEM?
Posted by: Mætenloch at September 23, 2013 08:42 PM (XkotV)
Bomber, I agree. That and no SOFA agreement in Iraq. I don't think Obama had any intention of working out an agreeable policy.
A-stan,it would have been bounce the rubble and don't make us come back.
Posted by: irongrampa at September 23, 2013 08:42 PM (SAMxH)
History might not have begun in 2000 but the road to the end of the Republic did.
Our national debt went from 5.5 trillion to 9 trillion our deficits have soared, the very laws our enemies are using against us were enacted, and John Roberts who has proven to be the Jim Joyce of Supreme court justices was nominated to the Supreme Court.
Oh yeah we even controlled all three branches of the government and look what that got us - Barack Hussein Obama.
Posted by: Kreplach at September 23, 2013 08:43 PM (Srkkh)
Posted by: navybrat at September 23, 2013 08:44 PM (bzGal)
Posted by: navybrat at September 23, 2013 08:45 PM (bzGal)
Posted by: tasker at September 23, 2013 08:46 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: Freaked Out! at September 23, 2013 08:46 PM (cSHCI)
I'm an OCD fan of FZ when he was with the original Mothers of Invention (i.e. 1965-1969), to the point where I have literally every single official release, boxed set, and every concert recording by that group. The '67-'68 repertoire in particular (largely instrumental) is pure diamond-quality as far as I'm concerned, and that includes the supposedly 'difficult' shit like the MOI's version of Edgard Varese's "Octandre" and whatnot. In particular, I consider "Holiday In Berlin" and "Aybe Sea"/"The Little House I Used To Live In" to be the absolute peak of everything Zappa ever brought to the table compositionally. (It's no surprise that Burnt Weeny Sandwich is my favorite record, with Uncle Meat a close second.)
I have most of his post-1970 work, but I just don't enjoy it nearly as much, except when it's largely instrumental. Roxy And Elsewhere, One Size Fits All, the guitar albums...all great stuff. But I fuckin' loathe the pandering smut like Over-Nite Sensation, etc.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 23, 2013 08:46 PM (n/+FT)
Posted by: Panda Hunter at September 23, 2013 08:47 PM (yh6zE)
In particular the US version of Aftermath is a disgrace compared to the UK one: it removes "Mother's Little Helper" and adds "Paint It Black" (an even swap in terms of objective quality, but "Paint It Black" just screamed "non-album single" to me even before I knew it was originally meant as such), but then goes on to simply REMOVE four more songs and, even more infuriatingly, edit another great one ("Out Of Time"). I pity people who grew up on the US Aftermath, it's a pale shadow of the intended artistic effect of the UK version.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 24, 2013 12:33 AM
The US Stones catalogue kicks ass. Overall, I mean. The Stones UK sets suffer more than the Beatles from "leave the singles off" syndrome. You get fewer tracks on average, per LP, but... you get killer songs included. Plus there are a couple of excellent LP's like "Now" and "December's Children" that didn't get UK release. "Between the Buttons"? US release slaughters the UK one. It's got "Ruby Tuesday" and "Let's spend..." on it. "Please go home" and "Backstreet Girl" from the UK one are great and in a perfect world, would be on the US one also, but, having to choose... the singles win out.
"Aftermath" is indeed a mixed bag. Overall, the UK one is better. The tracks dropped to be included on "flowers" weakens the LP quite a bit. The upside though is "Paint it Black". Single or no, havinf "Aftermath" kick off with PIB is like "Brown Sugar" on SF or "Sympathy" on BB. Awesome. I have both vinyl versions of Aftermath and like them both. But, yeah the UK one is a bit stronger.
Posted by: otho at September 23, 2013 08:48 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Just some dude on Ace at September 23, 2013 08:50 PM (ZX0Je)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 24, 2013 12:40 AM
"Revolver" kicks "Sgt Pepper's" arse.
Posted by: otho at September 23, 2013 08:50 PM (9gNQd)
For anyone who is current or former service--thank you from a grateful vet.
Goodnite, good people. Stay safe.
Posted by: irongrampa at September 23, 2013 08:50 PM (SAMxH)
BREAKING: Kenyan foreign minister tells Al Jazeera Nairobi mall attack the work of al-Qaeda, not al-Shabab
4:41 PM - 23 Sep 2013
Posted by: Edward R Morrow at September 23, 2013 08:51 PM (e8kgV)
The answer is time/place/stature. You are absolutely not alone in preferring Revolver to Sgt. Pepper; that is, in fact, the answer that most rock snobs would give. (Revolver is arguably flawless, though I'd say it competes with the original UK A Hard Day's Night and The Beatles for the crown of "Best Beatles LP.") But not only did Sgt. Pepper drop at exactly the right time -- inaugurating the so-called "Summer of Love" before everything went to shit in '68 in the US and France and Czechoslovakia -- it also was a record that united generations. The dirty hippies loved it, but so did their parents. "She's Leaving Home," "When I'm Sixty-Four," "With A Little Help From My Friends"...these were songs that it's actually not an exaggeration to say that EVERYONE was singing back then, old and young.
THAT is why Sgt. Pepper had the seismic impact. It seemed conceptually unified (even though it really wasn't), it had serious artistic pretenses, and it had a truly universal acceptance among every demographic that would honestly never be repeated again -- ever.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 23, 2013 08:51 PM (n/+FT)
>>> A-stan,it would have been bounce the rubble and don't make us come back.
Hindsight is 20/20 and all, but I would have handled AFG exactly like we did, right up until we handed Karzai the keys to the Presidential Palace. Then all our guys would have left, and told them don't make us come back. Save the rubble bouncing for the return trip.
Same thing in Iraq. Right about the time they started looting museums, we should have picked a guy to run it, and told him, fix your shit, we're going home.
Posted by: Bomber at September 23, 2013 08:52 PM (4Mwv/)
Yeah I get all of that, but what we are experiencing now is and order of magnitude more precarious.
Obamacare is an existential threat to the country and we have a supposed opposition party working to make sure it is fully realized albeit with carve outs for themselves.
We have an "oppositonal" party working harder to harrass the few conservatives who would stand against this, with the help of Karl Rove - a Bushie.
Posted by: Kreplach at September 23, 2013 08:53 PM (Srkkh)
Posted by: Freaked Out! at September 23, 2013 08:53 PM (cSHCI)
http://annapuna.blogspot.com/2009/01/terrorists-as-criminals-meme.html
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 23, 2013 08:54 PM (27gH7)
Your mobile device has never disintegrated in your buttery hands like an ancient scroll pried from a booby-trapped crypt, you pasty couch-boil.
Posted by: adams Indiana Jones porn at September 23, 2013 08:57 PM (gQKHE)
But, ultimately, it's Live At Leeds and it always was.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 23, 2013 08:59 PM (n/+FT)
Posted by: Just some dude on Ace at September 23, 2013 08:59 PM (crLRi)
Posted by: Just some dude on Ace at September 23, 2013 09:00 PM (crLRi)
Posted by: RWC at September 23, 2013 09:05 PM (a/xUn)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 23, 2013 09:06 PM (xY8+2)
Maybe??
What exactly remains the question.
** Scratches chin, drinks scotch, scratches chin....
Posted by: Kreplach at September 23, 2013 09:09 PM (Srkkh)
Posted by: Navycopjoe at September 23, 2013 09:09 PM (j8JLb)
Posted by: Just some dude on Ace at September 23, 2013 09:12 PM (ZX0Je)
Posted by: The Political Hat \m/ at September 23, 2013 09:12 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Beagle at September 23, 2013 09:14 PM (sOtz/)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 23, 2013 09:14 PM (xY8+2)
Posted by: tasker at September 23, 2013 09:17 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: \m/ The Political Hat \m/ at September 23, 2013 09:18 PM (Vk2pI)
There are no great live metal albums sad to say, and I love metal.
Posted by: Kreplach at September 23, 2013 09:19 PM (Srkkh)
Sgt Pepper has some great tunes on it. And arguably McCartney's best bass lines.Yeah, I know how bass players are regarded around here. McCartney, IMO, is the exception that proves the rule. Or something.
Anyway, Pepper has some duds on it too...She's Leaving Home and Within You Without you are skippable. Abbey Road is a fitting final album for the boys, but...Octopus's Garden..reallly? The vaunted White Album is a mishmash, some great tunes, some unlistenable ones. I'll go with Revolver as the best overall.
Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at September 23, 2013 09:19 PM (jSmN1)
Jeff B.: are you a fan at all of Blue Cheer, by any chance?
(And, true fact: the actual name of Blue Cheer's lead singer was Dickie Peterson.)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 23, 2013 09:19 PM (xY8+2)
Of those three, only No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith really earns its reputation. None of them are BAD, mind you. (though I'll admit that I never felt that most heavy metal bands were capable of 'bringing it' live quite as brain-meltingly as they did in the studio -- ever listen to a Black Sabbath live album? Disappointing as hell!) But one key factor in the "greatest live record" competition, for me at least, has always been the inclusion of material that was either unavailable on other records by the band OR truly redefines/rewrites it.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 23, 2013 09:20 PM (n/+FT)
So for those who said that Iran or Iraq would never work with the likes of AQ were either idiots or deliberately lying to push their own agenda.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 23, 2013 09:21 PM (27gH7)
Yup, Kreplach beat me to my point with this one.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 23, 2013 09:22 PM (n/+FT)
Posted by: \m/ The Political Hat \m/ at September 23, 2013 09:25 PM (Vk2pI)
Best old-school heavy metal album ever: either Led Zeppelin (i.e. the debut) or Black Sabbath (again, the debut).
Best hardcore album ever: Zen Arcade claims this title even though the second LP suddenly branches out into more rockist territory; still, that first LP is the most skin-shreddingly, soul-harrowingly intense American hardcore ever released. And it isn't just because of the MUSIC (hell, the music is badly recorded!), it's because the emotions behind the lyrics are transparently sincere and real, not just an affectation. "Something I Learned Today," "Broken Home, Broken Heart," "Chartered Trips," "The Biggest Lie," and (I've mentioned this one before) "I'll Never Forget You" will make even non-hardcore fans stop and take notice. Oh, and Smashing Pumpkins totally ripped off "What's Going On" for their one truly immortal song, so fuck them.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 23, 2013 09:27 PM (n/+FT)
http://www.usmarshals.gov/news/chron/2013/092013a.htm
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 23, 2013 09:27 PM (27gH7)
Allen West on Greta right now. As usual he's rocking it. I think he should be the next Rep. VP candidate, doubt he has the experience to be Pres., but heck...he would do a lot better than that shitbag jr. senator from my state.
Wonder if that just landed me on a list somewhere? Did I get my point across w/out getting the attention of Big Brother? Ooops, can I say that?
Flees...........
Posted by: The Farmer at September 23, 2013 09:28 PM (eBupg)
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 23, 2013 09:28 PM (n/+FT)
The US has been using UAV's since the first gulf war, but not in the hunter killer capacity we are using them now.
I don't know what you are getting at.
And Kreplach is a deliscious dumpling. You should try them sometime you'll like them.
Posted by: Kreplach at September 23, 2013 09:28 PM (Srkkh)
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 24, 2013 01:28 AM
Ah, but the UK release or the US one? The US one has a shitload of singles on it.
Posted by: otho at September 23, 2013 09:30 PM (9gNQd)
To be fair it's been a looooong time since I've listened to that one, so I'll have to go back and give it another shot. One of the nice things about having so many albums, and being into so many different artists and styles, is that you build up a backlog -- stuff can just jump out of nowhere after sitting in your collection for years and rearrange your mind. I had R.E.M.'s Murmur in my CD collection for FIVE YEARS before I actually sat down and listened to it the way it deserved...and once I did it was immediately apparent that I was hearing the single greatest debut album by any rock group, full stop. Nearly fifteen years on, I still haven't come up with a debut that's better than that, even though there are many bands I would rate above them overall.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 23, 2013 09:31 PM (n/+FT)
Sorry, once the East Europeans got into "melodic metal" they owned our asses.
Olga Romanova =
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvSAcQINLic
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 23, 2013 09:31 PM (d7tB2)
Aw man...that's one of the rare places where my whole "fuck the US bastardized versions" attitude breaks down. Because the US version really does violence to the original concept -- those singles it includes came from up to a year after the original LP was recorded -- but holy living fuck who in their right minds is going to complain about losing "Protex Blue" in favor of "(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais" fer chrissakes?
It's really a coin toss. The original UK LP flows more naturally, but "Hammersmith Palais," "Clash City Rockers," "Complete Control," and "Jail Guitar Doors" are songs that only an asshole would complain about being included on the US record.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 23, 2013 09:34 PM (n/+FT)
Posted by: RWC at September 23, 2013 09:35 PM (a/xUn)
Seriously if we ever get a major meetup I make it to I'm bringing a huge sack of candy. Posted by: Mero
The way this thread is going I'm bringing a couple of cans of buttercream frosting AND LEAVING THE WIFE AT HOME!
j/k about the last, she'd love this bunch
Posted by: The Farmer at September 23, 2013 09:35 PM (eBupg)
Posted by: RWC at September 23, 2013 09:37 PM (a/xUn)
Posted by: tasker at September 23, 2013 09:37 PM (r2PLg)
Or, so I've heard... ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 23, 2013 09:37 PM (xY8+2)
Posted by: tasker at September 23, 2013 09:38 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: rd at September 23, 2013 09:39 PM (D+lxs)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 24, 2013 01:31 AM (d7tB2)
Totally. Unfortunately Europe still kicks our fucking ass in the metal scene. It blows ass here, and is on fire over there.
Posted by: Berserker at September 23, 2013 09:39 PM (FMbng)
Why, thank you! I assume you were talking about "Unknown Pleasures", an album with actual influence
Posted by: Ian Curtis and Bernard Sumner at September 23, 2013 09:41 PM (d7tB2)
However, I've read that the actor who played Klinger, Jamie Farr, is a Hollywood conservative. Maybe that helps explain why he doesn't work much anymore.
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 23, 2013 09:42 PM (xY8+2)
Its my little thing where I write about what strikes my fancy. Never been anything like a money-maker. Just my ramblings online.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 23, 2013 09:43 PM (27gH7)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 23, 2013 09:43 PM (xY8+2)
It's really a coin toss. The original UK LP flows more naturally, but "Hammersmith Palais," "Clash City Rockers," "Complete Control," and "Jail Guitar Doors" are songs that only an asshole would complain about being included on the US record.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 24, 2013 01:34 AM
Don't forget "I fought the Law"... Yeah, the UK version sucks by comparison.. I don't give a shit about how a band wants an LP to flow. I only care about how it sounds to me. Got both versions of "The Clash" and I never play the UK one.
A good example of how moving things around can help an LP, with "Aftermath", the UK version finishes with a pretty weak track IIRC, whereas the US one ends with "Goin' Home". Starts with PIB, ends with Goin' Home. I like that. Another lesser known example is the origianl cassette version of "The White Album". Heard that? The track listing is completely different to the vinyl. It's fantastic.
Posted by: otho at September 23, 2013 09:45 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 23, 2013 09:45 PM (27gH7)
Posted by: RWC at September 23, 2013 09:49 PM (a/xUn)
According to the Twitter analytics application Status People, 37 percent of Michelle Obama’s 5,290, 506 Twitter followers — or approximately 1,957,487 followers — are considered fake. Thirty-five percent of her followers are inactive, and 28 percent are considered “good,” or real.
Posted by: Walk Like An Egyptian at September 23, 2013 09:49 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 23, 2013 09:49 PM (xY8+2)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at September 23, 2013 09:52 PM (27gH7)
According to the Twitter analytics application Status People, 37 percent of Michelle Obama’s 5,290, 506 Twitter followers — or approximately 1,957,487 followers — are considered fake. Thirty-five percent of her followers are inactive, and 28 percent are considered “good,” or real.
I'm guessing twitter doesn't clear out inactive users. Honestly they should. If you haven't signed in in 2 years your account goes inactive and up for someone else to claim if they want.
Posted by: buzzion at September 23, 2013 09:53 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: Abdul Rahman Abdullah Mohamed Juma Kahm at September 23, 2013 09:54 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 23, 2013 09:55 PM (xY8+2)
Ergie, for instance. He's jostling up to be the first in line.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at September 23, 2013 09:59 PM (d7tB2)
I'm listening to bootleg soundboard recordings of The Who taken on their October-December 1969 tour of North America. The stuff was recorded professionally for an expected live album, but when Townshend heard the material he for whatever reason declared the recordings to be shite and demanded they be destroyed. Which, supposedly they were...but of course the guy tasked with that responsibility kept a few for himself, which eventually leaked out.
They're incredible, albeit incomplete. The Washington, DC and Ottawa, ON shows in particular are the equal of Live At Leeds.
There really were few live bands as magnetically listenable as The Who from 1968-1971. The Grateful Dead definitely rank up there (really just their 1967-1974 era though), as do King Crimson ca. '72-'74. Joy Division actually are another one who really "brought it," Ace-style, on a nightly basis: no two concerts of theirs are alike, different setlists every night, and each show is hauntingly intense. I have literally every single Joy Division concert ever taped (and openly circulated) and damn near most of them are worth listening to.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 23, 2013 10:00 PM (n/+FT)
Heh, well I just praised Joy Division's live act in the previous post so obviously I'm a fan. And Unknown Pleasures IS a fantastic album. Hugely influential (though it didn't spring out of nowhere -- Bowie's Low and Iggy Pop's The Idiot are but two obvious precursors) and really great, but you know what? It's not perfect. Murmur is perfect. Unknown Pleasures has stuff like "Day Of The Lords," "Candidate," and "I Remember Nothing" -- you'd be a poseur turd to say these songs are BAD, but they're still noticeable dips in quality.
Meanwhile Murmur starts with track one and (amazingly, breathtakingly, miraculously) simply does not let up for one second until it's finished. It goes from strength to strength, with not a single song about which you would think "eh, I'll skip this one to get to the next." Every time you think it can't improve, it goes from a "Pilgrimage" to a "Laughing" to a "Talk About The Passion." Or from "Perfect Circle" to "Catapult" to "Sitting Still" to "Shaking Through"...you'd be hard-pressed to present a better four-song sequence in last forty years of rock history, and this was their debut album. I mean, holy crap! Their first record! The maturity, right out of the gate!
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 23, 2013 10:08 PM (n/+FT)
Nope. Pretty deficient when it comes to most modern (non-Radiohead) music. Have heard of them but aren't familiar. Should I check them out?
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 23, 2013 10:12 PM (n/+FT)
Was checking out the Prime World game since you mentioned it on the gaming thread. Interesting concept; I think I hit that quest you were complaining about. Think it's something one has to grind the game a bit to complete.
Did you try the PvP mode at all?
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at September 23, 2013 10:12 PM (0wHyk)
Posted by: Buzzion at September 23, 2013 10:13 PM (LI48c)
Because I consider Pavement to be finest American band of the last 25 years or so. Nirvana is a joke compared to Pavement's ridiculous, unstoppable, decade-long consistency We're talking about a band whose B-sides and BBC sessions and outtakes are every bit as good as their albums, and their albums were epochal. That's the standard against which all must be measured. Slanted And Enchanted, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, Wowee Zowee, and Brighten The Corners: four pillars of '90s rock.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 23, 2013 10:14 PM (n/+FT)
Posted by: Deety at September 23, 2013 10:24 PM (JOXw+)
Because I consider Pavement to be finest American band of the last 25 years or so. Nirvana is a joke compared to Pavement's ridiculous, unstoppable, decade-long consistency We're talking about a band whose B-sides and BBC sessions and outtakes are every bit as good as their albums, and their albums were epochal. That's the standard against which all must be measured. Slanted And Enchanted, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, Wowee Zowee, and Brighten The Corners: four pillars of '90s rock.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 24, 2013 02:14 AM (n/+FT)
--Finest American band of the last 25 years is like the finest Oklahoman wine of the last 125 years.
Posted by: logprof at September 23, 2013 10:25 PM (bufJH)
Says a guy who obviously hasn't heard Pavement.
Anyway, g'night all. 'Till tomorrow.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 23, 2013 10:27 PM (n/+FT)
Posted by: CAC at September 23, 2013 10:30 PM (KZTw3)
Anyway, g'night all. 'Till tomorrow.
Posted by: Jeff B. at September 24, 2013 02:27 AM (n/+FT)
--I was a DJ at a college radio station from 1990-93. Good, but overrated.
Posted by: logprof at September 23, 2013 10:30 PM (bufJH)
Nearly 2 million of First Lady Michelle ObamaÂ’s Twitter followers are not real.
According to the Twitter analytics application Status People, 37 percent of Michelle Obama’s 5,290, 506 Twitter followers — or approximately 1,957,487 followers — are considered fake. Thirty-five percent of her followers are inactive, and 28 percent are considered “good,” or real.
I'm shocked! Now how do I do that shocked emoticon? Come on, I'm an old dude.
So maybe the 100% turnout in precincts in battleground state might be fake? Every freaking voter made it to the polls and voted for Bronco Bama? Why is no one looking into this, at least to expose that voter fraud does exist?
Posted by: The Farmer at September 23, 2013 10:42 PM (eBupg)
Posted by: logprof at September 24, 2013 02:30 AM
Yeah. Every band sucks except Helix. They fucking rock.
Posted by: ricky at September 23, 2013 10:46 PM (9gNQd)
Him: dunno, I'm still trying to figure out whether or not that band is 1/32 of a kumquat better than the last band I saw, or 2/63's of a watermelon seed worse than the band I saw 3 shows ago.
Me: why don't you just check the box score?
Him: they don't keep score in music.
Me: exactly.
Posted by: jc at September 23, 2013 10:47 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Deety at September 24, 2013
I have never eaten that evil food and prolly never will. My wife used to make it when I grew green peepers for her and she froze the rest to eat later. Never touched one of the nasty things.
Took me years to realize I didn't like them because peppery, spicy stuff upset my stomach. I like what I like and don't like being miserable.
Posted by: The Farmer at September 23, 2013 10:51 PM (eBupg)
The Farmer: you don't like anything spicy?!? Geez, spicy food is about the only kind I eat anymore. You don't even like Tabasco??
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 23, 2013 10:57 PM (xY8+2)
Posted by: CAC at September 24, 2013 02:09 AM
They're not bad at all. Definitely a Floyd thing going on. Catchy stuff.
Posted by: ricky at September 23, 2013 11:00 PM (9gNQd)
Research consisted in going to Walmart, Fry's, and Best Buy and jotting down actual TVs on sale and prices, then going to Consumer Reports and seeing what they had to say about them [they've sent me out after phantom products way too many times]. Then going to Amazon to check online prices and user reviews. Ended up with a 47-inch Vizio from Wallyworld.....which had been the first place I went and one of the first ones I'd noticed -- but, y'know, the burn when you feel ripped-off....
I had previously calculated that we'd need a 40-inch 16:9 to match the same image size as we had on the 32-inch 4:3 when showing 4:3 content, and the width of the stand meant that it would start to hang over the sides when the screen got about 48", so I knew it should be 39-50 inches. The 47 looks fine. I've augmented the base with 16 lbs. of dive weights, so it acts like it's glued to the stand (earthquake country).
Posted by: cthulhu at September 23, 2013 11:01 PM (T1005)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 23, 2013 11:04 PM (xY8+2)
Like you said, CR does unfortunately carry a lot of "phantom" products. I learned the hard way that they're extremely New York-centric, i.e., they'll often recommend products from companies that have *never* offered their items in the western U.S.
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 23, 2013 11:06 PM (xY8+2)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 24, 2013 03:04 AM (xY8+2)
I'm pretty happy with it -- and got to confirm one of CR's observations firsthand before I whipped out the card and charged it -- if you stand next to the "wall of screens" and look down the row, it's one of the brighter ones, because it has a better than average viewing angle. There were some that were completely dark from my vantage.
I also managed to repair the bluray player that goes to it. The disc drawer was stuck shut but the display was reading "open", so I took it apart, opened the drawer, put it back together, and reapplied the power. All-in-all, very successful doing stuff that should be appreciated by the BH....and I've watched more TV today than I probably have watched, combined, over the last five years, just getting everything set up.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 23, 2013 11:15 PM (T1005)
Like you said, CR does unfortunately carry a lot of "phantom" products. I learned the hard way that they're extremely New York-centric, i.e., they'll often recommend products from companies that have *never* offered their items in the western U.S.
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 24, 2013 03:06 AM (xY8+2)
Like many other organizations, they've been sipping the progressive poison when it comes to public policy. They haven't started gulping it, yet, but it has tainted their high-minded objectivity ("we buy the stuff we rate from retailers, and never have ads!" ....but "we should review Air Conditioners with a view toward how much they contribute to global warming").
Posted by: cthulhu at September 23, 2013 11:18 PM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 23, 2013 11:21 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Deety at September 23, 2013 11:22 PM (JOXw+)
I also became annoyed after a while that they were constantly high-rating foreign cars and putting down American-made cars. But then later I realized they were only telling the truth on that front. These days, they seem to like American-made better (especially the "flex-fuel"). They still seem to hate Chrysler though, except for Jeep. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 23, 2013 11:22 PM (xY8+2)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 23, 2013 11:25 PM (xY8+2)
Eh, there are plenty of peppers that I really enjoy because of thier "hotness" also I do appreciate a spicy kick from other ingredients much of the time.
Bell peppers just don't rate as "spicy" at all, in my book although there is a certain objectionable "grassy" flavor that I found out is genetically linked to about 8% of the population. 9 out of 10 people just don't taste it.
I can get over it if I roast the yellow ones and carmelize them enough to make me overlook the bitter grassy taste, I've found. With enough steak.
Bell peppers are sturdy and colorful and I will rarely use them raw in salads I am preparing for others to eat. But man, once you cook that stuff in a stew or something?... The nasty slimy texture of roasting them with wet stuffing inside?
Blergh!
You could have a casserole the size of a swimming pool and I swear, one cubic inch in the center would be enough to taint the whole dish for my brother and me. "You don't have to eat the peppers, just eat the filling!" caused me to flee the kitchen in inarticulate tears when I was 5.
Though, I hear that some people despise Cilantro, which I lurve, because it "tastes like soap" to them.
Huh.
Posted by: Deety at September 24, 2013 03:22 AM (JOXw+)
Hmmm....I actually lean the other way -- I think the abomination of stuffed peppers is because the stuffing positively oozes horrible grease into a puddle in the pepper. I'd be inclined to try cooking it and roasting the pepper separately and then plating the stuffing into the pepper.
Do you like kabobs with meat, pepper slices, and onions on skewers? They have 'em here that way in grocery stores.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 23, 2013 11:28 PM (T1005)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 23, 2013 11:29 PM (xY8+2)
http://tinyurl.com/mouj8hx
Posted by: miriam at September 23, 2013 11:32 PM (Nx76m)
I also became annoyed after a while that they were constantly high-rating foreign cars and putting down American-made cars. But then later I realized they were only telling the truth on that front. These days, they seem to like American-made better (especially the "flex-fuel"). They still seem to hate Chrysler though, except for Jeep. :-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 24, 2013 03:22 AM (xY8+2)
Remember their big thing with, IIRC, Isuzu SUV's and rollovers? I remember reading all that and thinking, "mountains out of molehills" -- but, then, one day I'm toolin' down a freeway here and this SUV next to me starts creeping into my lane like they don't see me. So I give a short toot on the horn, and they twitch back out of my lane.....then across three lanes of traffic and halfway up the concrete barrier, then back across the three lanes of traffic and rolled -- all of which I witnessed, shocked, in my rear-view mirror. I pulled into the median and called 911, then started backing toward the mess, but when I got there one of the other people already on the scene was an actual EMT on his way to work. People in the SUV were shaken, but ok.
Got me to thinking that the rollover tests that they were jumping up and down about might have a big more substance than I'd previously credited them with....
Posted by: cthulhu at September 23, 2013 11:38 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Deety at September 23, 2013 11:38 PM (JOXw+)
Huh. Good catch!
I hadn't thought about it that way. So I suppose there is some use for the Brick & Mortar stores as appliance showcases after all.
Posted by: Deety at September 24, 2013 03:38 AM (JOXw+)
The one I got cost exactly the same on Amazon (free shipping) or in Walmart. Since Amazon does sales taxes now, there was not a dime's difference. Much as I'd have liked to throw the purchase to Ace's Amazon store, the idea of having UPS leave the thing on my doorstep while I was out running errands had little appeal -- so, yeah, bricks and mortar wins one!
Posted by: cthulhu at September 23, 2013 11:43 PM (T1005)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 23, 2013 11:44 PM (xY8+2)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at September 23, 2013 11:45 PM (yoh1c)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 23, 2013 11:46 PM (xY8+2)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 24, 2013 03:44 AM (xY8+2)
Yeah, there was this period where they were the first ones to test for rollover when you swerved, and they netted a lot of fish. Suzukis were just plain horrible -- you could barely steer without rolling. But I'm still thinking that the one that got to be a big fracas was Isuzu. The reason being was that they actually tried to fight it by suing CR for a retraction.....and CR was going "we said that we got it going to X speed, then turned it Y far, and it rolled -- what's to retract?" and the company said, "but you said that was bad!" and CR was going, "what are you, stupid? Of course that's bad." Like I said, I was going, "mountains out of molehills." After I saw an actual rollover like they were talking about, up close and personal, I was on team CR for that scrap.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 23, 2013 11:51 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at September 23, 2013 11:53 PM (yoh1c)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at September 23, 2013 11:56 PM (yoh1c)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 23, 2013 11:59 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Deety at September 24, 2013 12:04 AM (JOXw+)
The 1988 Suzuki thing was bullshit where CR was very probably in the wrong. They were doing rollover tests when nobody else was and decided to draw some blood to publicize them.....by picking on a minor player in the car market. In 1996, CU was tootling their horn in an anniversary issue for having improved safety in '88 by unfairly crucifying Suzuki, and Suzuki sued -- eventually settling with no money changing hands or retracting, but CU agreeing never to mention the Suzuki thing again. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Reports
However -- the 1997 thing with the Isuzu Trooper was a different car in a different time. AKA the Acura SLX, this little gem also caused a defamation lawsuit....that got summary judgmented in CU's favor. http://tinyurl.com/kjqn5vs
Posted by: cthulhu at September 24, 2013 12:15 AM (T1005)
Yeah. I can see that. I got introduced to cilantro in the late 80's from a Columbian lady in the suburbs of Chicago when fresh herbs were pretty unheard of. Back in the day when Parsley meannt that curly woody crap restaurants would seve as a "garnish".
I lurve flat-leaf parlsey to add color and "brightness" to dishes and am amazed that both fresh parsley and cilantro are readily available in most supermarkets nowadays. Too bad they look too much alike, even to the check-out clerks.
Cilantro should be used judiciously I agree but I'm all over combining as much fresh chopped parsley as one thinks is "festive" enough once all other ingredients are tasted and balanced.
Never heard of such a thing as a dish being "over-parsleyed".
Posted by: Deety at September 24, 2013 04:04 AM (JOXw+)
Medicinally, parsley is packed with vitamins and minerals -- and freshens the breath! -- but only if you eat it.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 24, 2013 12:18 AM (T1005)
Posted by: qdpsteve at September 24, 2013 12:23 AM (xY8+2)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at September 24, 2013 12:25 AM (yoh1c)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at September 24, 2013 12:29 AM (yoh1c)
A decade later, it's important, and they actually find a vehicle that has that problem....but since they shot their wad 10 years earlier, everyone is figuring that they're up to their same BS again and the manufacturer figures that they'll sue and wrap this up.....until it turns out that, yes, these vehicles actually have the real problem.
That's why it's sipping. They do a lot of good stuff -- dreary, dull drudgery that they save shoppers from doing themselves.....but every so often, they want to drive the status quo, move the overton window, change what is acceptable.....and the little proggies come out to lie and slander and spin.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 24, 2013 12:30 AM (T1005)
I prefer "All the World's a Stage" also Blue Oyster Cult's "On Your Feet or On Your Knees" but maybe that's because I saw both show's the same night
Posted by: AR-15 at September 24, 2013 12:31 AM (bjND7)
I honestly don't know what the judge was smoking in that case.
The technician pointed out that they tested the vehicle at higher speeds and with other variables they did not use on other vehicles and were only abel to get two tires off the ground on the 47th try.
This is why wikipedia is worse than useless. If someone with elevated privileges has a preference or a bone to pick, the entry is just wrong, or critical information is left out. And it can change at any time.
It's like an anti-encyclopedia.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at September 24, 2013 04:25 AM (yoh1c)
Wikipedia is a useful shortcut. I didn't link everything I skimmed before I posted. Yeah, the Suzuki thing was clearly jumping a minor player because they wouldn't have the resources to defend themselves......but the Isuzu Trooper -- I think that was a fair cop.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 24, 2013 12:33 AM (T1005)
I prefer "All the World's a Stage" also Blue Oyster Cult's "On Your Feet or On Your Knees" but maybe that's because I saw both show's the same night
Posted by: AR-15 at September 24, 2013 04:31 AM (bjND7)
How the hell did you do that? Those were both massive shows, and there are very few cities with more than one venue that could handle 'em -- and fewer still that would run them at different times.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 24, 2013 12:35 AM (T1005)
ops:
I was used to driving very low to the ground cars like Caddys and Lincolns and Mustangs in places like Chicago where they use fucking STREET ADDRESSES! Or, alternately, when I was coming in from the suburbs from the Eisenhower to LSD via Lower Wacker for rehearsal (with an onion on my belt) was what teenagers did before Grand Theft Auto was even a possibility.
Scared the bejeebers out of me, that tippy moment, it did!
Since learned not to give a fuck and employ U-Turns and "Suicide Lanes" and just be cool on the gas pedal at lights and beleive that no matter where you are in Tucson and where you need to be it ALWAYS takes an half hour. No matter if you are early, late or right on time you have to wait at least 15min. for your appt. to show up.
(The 1/2 hour rule also applies to locations that SHOULD take 45 min. Don't know how this works but somehow, I can always, on the fly, guesstimate the best routes to take to get me somewhere 15min. early. Oh, great.)Posted by: Deety at September 24, 2013 12:49 AM (JOXw+)
Posted by: bill-o at September 24, 2013 12:50 AM (bjND7)
Posted by: bill-o at September 24, 2013 04:50 AM (bjND7)
Was it a double-bill, or two separate tickets? I'd gathered that it was the tours, rather than the actual recorded shows, but I'm still amazed that they'd both hit the same venue on the same date.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 24, 2013 12:57 AM (T1005)
It's not like I don't know tippy -- growing up where I did, half the vehicles on the road were pickups, and they do interesting things on corners depending on what you're hauling. But the rise of the SUV did have the risk that car drivers in seemingly car bodies mounted high off the ground on truck chassis could be a safety issue.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 24, 2013 01:02 AM (T1005)
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Posted by: cthulhu at September 24, 2013 01:40 AM (T1005)
Nope, I do not. Not at all. I am NOT a grill master, AT ALL! (I usually leave that up to my sexhey boyfriends when I gots one or two!) That's the most
Posted by: Deety at September 24, 2013 02:00 AM (JOXw+)
At Disney World's Polynesian resort, there is a restaurant "Ohana" [http://tinyurl.com/kwavvza ] that serves veggies and "stuff roasted on a skewer". From when I first encountered it, I thought it was genius -- 'cause humans went through a "stuff on a skewer" phase in every corner of the globe, somewhere around the paleolithic....and it's always been viable since. It's dressed up as polynesian, but it could be valid in any culture on the planet.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 24, 2013 02:10 AM (T1005)
Hi enjoy reading your blog.
Your anti-Nordic picture is of a Saami (Laplander) with his reindeer, not a Nordic, who only kill reindeer to drink their blood. Though the Saami are bastards too.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at September 24, 2013 05:12 AM (Hvdk6)
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