September 04, 2013

Overnight Open Thread (9-4-2013)
— Maetenloch

The 2002 Barrack Obama - Updated

What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war. What I am opposed to is the cynical attempt by Richard Perle and Paul Wolfowitz Samantha Power and Susan Rice and other armchair, weekend warriors in this administration to shove their own ideological agendas down our throats, irrespective of the costs in lives lost and in hardships borne.

What I am opposed to is the attempt by political hacks like Karl Rove David Axelrod to distract us from a rise in the uninsured, a rise in the poverty rate, a drop in the median income - to distract us from corporate scandals and a stock market that has just gone through the worst month since the Great Depression. That's what I'm opposed to. A dumb war. A rash war. A war based not on reason but on passion, not on principle but on politics. Now let me be clear - I suffer no illusions about Saddam Hussein Bashar Assad. He is a brutal man. A ruthless man. A man who butchers his own people to secure his own power. He has repeatedly defied UN resolutions, thwarted UN inspection teams, developed chemical and biological weapons, and coveted nuclear capacity. He's a bad guy. The world, and the Iraqi Syrian people, would be better off without him.

But I also know that Saddam Assad poses no imminent and direct threat to the United States or to his neighbors, that the Iraqi Syrian economy is in shambles, that the Iraqi Syrian military a fraction of its former strength, and that in concert with the international community he can be contained until, in the way of all petty dictators, he falls away into the dustbin of history.

And Your Lamba Mu Name is Mohammed Ali Ackbar

UT Austin has a new Muslim fraternity:

In February this year, America's first Muslim Fraternity was established at the University of Texas; Ali Mahmoud is the President of Alpha Lambda Mu (or Alif Laam Meem) and its founder. [...]

They created the fraternity, based on the principles of Islam - mercy, compassion, justice, integrity, honesty, unity, love, and sincerity...

But no free beer. Or girls. I'm not even sure rock music is allowed. But there will be lots of discussion of the failures of American foreign policy I'm assuming.

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Serena Williams Defends 'Rape Culture'

Oh sorry I still had my MSNBC headline generator enabled. What actually happened is that Serena Williams talked about the Steubenville rape case and had the temerity to criticize the female victim:

Williams opined on the case during an interview with Rolling Stone. "I'm not blaming the girl," she said, "but if you're a 16-year-old and you're drunk like that, your parents should teach you: Don't take drinks from other people. She's 16, why was she that drunk where she doesn't remember? It could have been much worse. She's lucky." The online reaction was immediate and furious; Williams had justified "rape culture," many agreed. The closest anyone got to engaging with her musings was a Daily Beast posting that linked Williams's remarks to-what else?-her inevitable interactions with white racism, the "harsh reality" of which allegedly induces in African-American women an extreme ethic of self-reliance to counter the universal indifference to their misfortunes.

And Heather McDonald points out the glaring inconsistency of treating women (and even 16-year old girls) as fully-empowered liberated adults yet with all the same expectations of personal responsibility as a mentally challenged child.

The Williams scourging is a clarifying cultural moment. It should be conceptually possible to separate the issue of the boys' culpability from the question of whether the victim had the power to avoid the assault in the first place by behaving responsibly. Parents tell their children not to get into strangers' cars not because they think that a stranger would be justified in abducting a child who did so, but because not getting into a stranger's car is the best way to avoid kidnapping. But the triumphs of feminism and sexual liberation mean that, despite the claim that strong women can do it all and have it all, one may never, ever suggest that they can avoid date rape by exercising sexual and alcoholic self-control. Doing so risks shifting attention from the one truth that we must always keep before our eyes: the ubiquity of male power, which renders women-everywhere and always-helpless victims. It also risks reviving norms of female modesty that feminism has labeled oppressive relics of patriarchy. The taboo on any acknowledgment of how reckless behavior creates the precondition for date rape means a females-only right to participate in the crude, sexualized world of Girls Gone Wild, without any responsibility for untoward results.

Oh and most of what you've heard about the Stuebenville case is wrong.

Like Rust and Syphillis Br3tt K1mberlin Never Sleeps

And now he's suing everyone who's ever attracted his attention.

Convicted felon Brett Kimberlin has filed a Maryland lawsuit naming bloggers Aaron Walker, W. J. J. Hoge, Robert Stacy McCain, National Bloggers Club President Ali A. Akbar and the anonymous blogger "Kimberlin Unmasked" as defendants.
The defendants believe that the suit is without merit and is part of Kimberlin's continued effort to use lawfare to silence journalists and bloggers who have written about Kimberlin's criminal past. The defendants will not be made available for comment until they have finished initial consultations their respective legal counsel.

The Power To Audit is the Power to Punish

And states like to get in on tax harassment just like the Feds do.

Under the administration of Democratic governor Bill Richardson, New Mexico's labor department sparked controversy in 2006 for auditing the state's Republican Party. The audit, launched shortly after the party criticized the governor harshly, was meant to examine whether it was complying with state laws on employment taxes. After initially claiming that a computer had randomly chosen the GOP for scrutiny, the state admitted that an employee of the labor department had selected the party.

The Real Reason Behind Public Smoking Bans

Was pretty much what you always suspected (and Adam Carolla has ranted about for years) - it was all a made-up scare in order to harass smokers and make them into social outcasts.

Public health officials have long argued the bans are meant to eliminate dangers from secondhand, or "sidestream smoke," reduce the environmental impact of cigarette butts and to keep young, impressionable children from picking up on bad habits. Makes sense, right? But a new article in this month's Health Affairs looks at the shockingly slim evidence behind these bans.

"I discovered the evidence was really weak," explained lead author Ronald Bayer, a professor at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. "The evidence of harm to non-smokers on the beach or in a park from someone smoking is virtually non-existent."

Bayer is points out that there is, however, an important public health benefit from such bans. "They make it more difficult for smokers to smoke," Bayer told us, "and contribute in an important way to the 'denormalization' of smoking."

But hey it was all for a good cause so lying to the public is forgiven right?

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Two Accidental Discharges, One Gun, Zero Charges

Because Alaska.

The Lost Fortune of Diana Dors

I happened to come across this while prowling through Wikipedia.

Before she died, Dors apparently hid away what she claimed to be over £2 million in banks across Europe. In 1982, she gave her son Mark Dawson a sheet of paper, on which she told him was a code that would reveal the whereabouts of the money. Her widower Alan Lake supposedly had the key that would crack the code, but as he had committed suicide five months after Dors' death, Dawson was left with an apparently unsolvable code.

Dawson sought out computer forensic specialists Inforenz, who recognized the encryption as the Vigenère cipher. Inforenz then used their own cryptanalysis software to suggest a ten-letter decryption key, DMARYFLUCK (short for Diana Mary Fluck, Dors' real name). Although Inforenz was then able to decode the entire message and link it to a bank statement found in some of Lake's papers, the location of the money is still unknown.

Some have speculated that there may have been a second sheet of paper, whose information might have led to the discovery of the money. Channel 4 made a television programme about the mystery, and created a website (now removed) where users could learn more and help solve the mystery.

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Posted by: Joethefatman™ (@joethefatman1) at September 04, 2013 06:20 PM (MnSla)

2 Yay! ONT!

Posted by: EC at September 04, 2013 06:20 PM (doBIb)

3 Good evening, all!

Posted by: Vendette at September 04, 2013 06:21 PM (gRnt+)

4 I've been twerping all day but still nothing good has happened.

Posted by: Freak Out! at September 04, 2013 06:22 PM (xLnT0)

5 g'evenin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson & The Middle Class feat. Working Families at September 04, 2013 06:23 PM (JMmQ9)

6 Hey...wasn't it during Russia's civil war that we last invaded them (or, as the hipsters say, "put boots on their ground")?

Posted by: [/i][/s][/b]akula51 at September 04, 2013 06:23 PM (uQIKb)

7 Hi horde

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at September 04, 2013 06:23 PM (HVff2)

8 Don't pee on me.

Posted by: The Freakies Tree at September 04, 2013 06:23 PM (Hx2XA)

9 hey, kids!!!  anybody got any dick pics? 

Posted by: Peaches at September 04, 2013 06:23 PM (8lmkt)

10 Kaboom: Now with Marshmallow Bits and Real Fallout

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 04, 2013 06:24 PM (sl+zA)

11 just kidding 

Posted by: Peaches at September 04, 2013 06:24 PM (8lmkt)

12 Evening everyone. Hope ya'lls day was better than mine.

Posted by: jewells45 trying to keep from going crazy at September 04, 2013 06:24 PM (u25eL)

13 I think watching Obama try to wage war is going to be like watching Honey Boo Boo try to fly a 747.

Posted by: Ostral B Heretic at September 04, 2013 06:24 PM (2vl2+)

14 lol Peaches! What was THAT!!??

Posted by: jewells45 trying to keep from going crazy at September 04, 2013 06:25 PM (u25eL)

15 jewells . . . {{{{{}}}}} and because I can tell that's not enough, here's another.  {{{{{}}}}}  go ahead, spew.

Posted by: Peaches at September 04, 2013 06:25 PM (8lmkt)

16 The Kafirs took our dates!

Posted by: al-Flounder at September 04, 2013 06:25 PM (sl+zA)

17 Ostral.. I just shamelessly stole that.

Posted by: jewells45 trying to keep from going crazy at September 04, 2013 06:26 PM (u25eL)

18 12 Evening everyone. Hope ya'lls day was better than mine. Posted by: jewells45 trying to keep from going crazy at September 04, 2013 10:24 PM (u25eL) Unfortunately, no. In the last 36 hours I've hurt my back and got a message that a real close friend and his wife lost their second pregnancy in a row. Not a good couple days. On the upside....*glances at link in nic*

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 04, 2013 06:26 PM (GEICT)

19 No mattresses on those bunks in the shelter. It's going to be a long wait.

Posted by: Freak Out! at September 04, 2013 06:26 PM (xLnT0)

20 Duck Dynasty tonight: One of the sons challenges his dad to an Indian leg wrestling match. His response: "The only wrestling I do is with your momma."

Posted by: Vendette at September 04, 2013 06:26 PM (gRnt+)

21 And good evening Horde.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 04, 2013 06:27 PM (GEICT)

22 You always brighten my day Peaches

Posted by: jewells45 trying to keep from going crazy at September 04, 2013 06:27 PM (u25eL)

23 The Kafirs took our dates!

Posted by: al-Flounder at September 04, 2013 10:25 PM (sl+zA)


major lols on that . . . srsly, epic funny

Posted by: Peaches at September 04, 2013 06:27 PM (8lmkt)

24

I'm   ODing on  all  these  OTs. Please, no more.

Posted by: BubbaLou at September 04, 2013 06:27 PM (qKpun)

25 Jugdish, Sidney, Clayton and Mohammed finally have a house of their own.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at September 04, 2013 06:27 PM (sl+zA)

26 Kaboom fellow morons.

Posted by: mpfs at September 04, 2013 06:28 PM (+6t54)

27 I can't believe these people whining about the perv hanging himself. His family and atty should stfu. Seriously, his family has no shame.

Posted by: Jesse Pinkman at September 04, 2013 06:28 PM (NHMrq)

28 Sorry to hear BChochran about your friends.. how did you hurt your back?

Posted by: jewells45 trying to keep from going crazy at September 04, 2013 06:28 PM (u25eL)

29

If I park my car in a bad part of town with the doors unlocked and the keys in the ignition, I don't deserve to have it stolen.  Never the less, reasonable people would point out that I contributed significantly to why it was stolen.  The same goes for other behaviors.  Contrary to the belief of feminists and slutwalkers the world over, slutshaming is a good thing.  Slutshaming is a way to encourage women to avoid bad habits that increase their risk.  Going to parties alone, drinking to excess, getting into a car with a strange boy, all of these things are activities that are dangerous, and that we should be discouraging.  Instead, the feminist movement has decided that not only should we not discourage them, we should actively encourage them.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at September 04, 2013 06:28 PM (lr3d7)

30 Yosef Bodansky says the Syrian rebels did the chemical attack, and that Obama was in on the planning in order to involve the US, since Assad was winning the war:

http://tinyurl.com/o6azztf

Bodansky has been wrong far more than he's been right, but you know what they say about broken clocks...

Posted by: Tacky Adhesive at September 04, 2013 06:28 PM (TJw7K)

31 Heh,  I  made  kaboom-boom in my pants.  Wanna  see?

Posted by: "Special" Joey Biden at September 04, 2013 06:29 PM (qKpun)

32 Hello again, Horde. Is that new, the last few comments on the sidebar? Is Ace reading every comment? I just posted a bad one about Politico. Supposedly McCain shamed Fox & Friends Brian Kilmeade by saying Allah Akbar is like saying Thank God for Muslims. How many Christians scream that after a mass murder?

Posted by: CarolT at September 04, 2013 06:29 PM (z4WKX)

33 whoa, people besides his shitbird attorney are whinging about that fucker offing himself?  srsly, sometimes I wish Teddy K had a live feed from the bowels of hell, just so we could watch some of these scrotes be inducted.

Posted by: Peaches at September 04, 2013 06:30 PM (8lmkt)

34 Instead, the feminist movement has decided that not only should we not discourage them, we should actively encourage them. Posted by: Colorado Alex at September 04, 2013 10:28 PM (lr3d7) On behalf of my gender, I apologize.

Posted by: Vendette at September 04, 2013 06:30 PM (gRnt+)

35 Evening morons and 'ettes.  How stands the horde?

Posted by: Conservative Crank at September 04, 2013 06:30 PM (UR1wn)

36 28 Sorry to hear BChochran about your friends.. how did you hurt your back? Posted by: jewells45 trying to keep from going crazy at September 04, 2013 10:28 PM (u25eL) Heavy suitcases + shelf 7' off the ground + shoving it when it got stuck = me sitting here with a heating pad on my back. But my day went waaaaaay up when I posted a link on twitter to my newest blog post and it was immediately retweeted by Ace and Ben.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 04, 2013 06:30 PM (GEICT)

37 Who knew it was bad form to suggest a girl maybe shouldn't get blackout drunk at a party?  I just thought it was sound advice. 

Posted by: no good deed at September 04, 2013 06:30 PM (WmLrU)

38 Umm, I think that would be a big fat zerorooski there CarolT.

Posted by: jewells45 trying to keep from going crazy at September 04, 2013 06:31 PM (u25eL)

39 What's shakin', Bacon?

Posted by: Slapweasel at September 04, 2013 06:31 PM (lq3Ak)

40 Slap!!!!

Posted by: Peaches at September 04, 2013 06:31 PM (8lmkt)

41 I don't have any looood pics, Peaches... LMAO.  That was a surprise!

Posted by: Slapweasel at September 04, 2013 06:32 PM (lq3Ak)

42 Anyone have a fallout shelter growing up?

Posted by: EC at September 04, 2013 06:32 PM (doBIb)

43 Evening morons and 'ettes. How stands the horde?

Posted by: Conservative Crank at September 04, 2013 10:30 PM (UR1wn)


How's our darlin' girl Maddie doing, Crank?  Better and better?

Posted by: Peaches at September 04, 2013 06:32 PM (8lmkt)

44 Yeah I can't do shit like that anymore..after this last back surgery I just had to make myself let other people do certain things for me and I HATE THAT! I have never been one to ask for help. Now I am sitting here with both hands hurting so bad from arthritis, contemplating another damn surgery to fix the right hand. I am right handed.. how the hell am I gonna go 6 weeks without using my right hand? How, for example will I wipe my ass? I already tried doing it left handed and that was a disaster.

Posted by: jewells45 trying to keep from going crazy at September 04, 2013 06:34 PM (u25eL)

45 Anyone have a fallout shelter growing up?

Posted by: EC at September 04, 2013 10:32 PM (doBIb)


Not that, but one house we had, there was a very large basement, and in one corner, there was a room built with concrete block walls all overlapping each other because radiation only goes in a straight line.  Had shelves on every side for provisions and stuff.  It was kinda cool, although we never actually used it for anything, the whole place was huge.  It was either in Long Island or Providence, I can't remember.

Posted by: Peaches at September 04, 2013 06:35 PM (8lmkt)

46 Anyone have a fallout shelter growing up?

The water table prevented such an endeavor in my neck of the woods. 

Posted by: no good deed at September 04, 2013 06:35 PM (WmLrU)

47

Blonde   European  sex  bombs  and   brunette  Italian  sex  bombs  were popular in the fifties  and  into  the  sixties.  The blondes I used to get mixed up--Anita Eckberg, Elke  Sommer, etc.

The  Italians were easier to keep  straight: Sophia  Loren, Claudia  Cardinale,  Gina Lollabrigida,  etc.

 

And they  were  all  voluptuous-- not these  trendy skin-and-bone types with the silicone  implants  and  hairless  snatches.

Posted by: Picky, picky at September 04, 2013 06:36 PM (qKpun)

48 They spend millions of $ on commercials every day that tell us of dangers just the way Serena Williams did.
Don't drink and drive
Don't smoke
Don't text and drive
Etc...

Why are they good and Serena bad.

Posted by: The Hickster at September 04, 2013 06:36 PM (MeB2c)

49 44 Yeah I can't do shit like that anymore..after this last back surgery I just had to make myself let other people do certain things for me and I HATE THAT! I have never been one to ask for help. Now I am sitting here with both hands hurting so bad from arthritis, contemplating another damn surgery to fix the right hand. I am right handed.. how the hell am I gonna go 6 weeks without using my right hand? How, for example will I wipe my ass? I already tried doing it left handed and that was a disaster. Posted by: jewells45 trying to keep from going crazy at September 04, 2013 10:34 PM (u25eL) Ok, the ass wipe thing was pretty damn funny. But I totally get it. Taking away either hand is a nightmare. Taking the dominant hand is just torture.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 04, 2013 06:36 PM (GEICT)

50 Anyone have a fallout shelter growing up?
Aren't they usually under ground???

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at September 04, 2013 06:36 PM (7zANx)

51 Is that new, the last few comments on the sidebar? Is Ace reading every comment? ------------------------------- Nope. That's biz as usual here. You get your 15 seconds of fame. Or flame.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at September 04, 2013 06:37 PM (4Mv1T)

52 Man... the back is a horrible thing to tweak.  I heard, (I think it was here), that the more you use your abs, the less pressure is on your back.

I employed that technique the last time, (two weeks ago), I tweaked it and it lessened the "down-time" by half.

I also walked around, saying things like "Fuck This" and "Refuse to Lose", so I may be crazy.


Posted by: Slapweasel at September 04, 2013 06:37 PM (lq3Ak)

53 If I park my car in a bad part of town with the doors unlocked and the keys in the ignition, I don't deserve to have it stolen. Never the less, reasonable people would point out that I contributed significantly to why it was stolen. Posted by: Colorado Alex at September 04, 2013 10:28 PM (lr3d7)
I remember public service ads on TV admonishing people to not leave the keys in their car. The final line in the spot was "don't make a good boy go bad."

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at September 04, 2013 06:37 PM (PYgvR)

54 Hi ont, advice would be welcomed, our ac compressor went out. Should we replace it or buy a whole new ac? Any suggestions welcomed!!

Posted by: lou's a girl at September 04, 2013 06:37 PM (vgd4f)

55 So before TFG and his jizz spewing bud (Mc Cain) sart this fucking war what is our goal? Why do the 1000+ people who died before the gas attack count? What the fuck is going on in their empty, pathetic, power hungry heads?

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at September 04, 2013 06:37 PM (HVff2)

56 Were those kids flying a plane?

Posted by: BignJames at September 04, 2013 06:37 PM (HtUkt)

57 Hola, amigos en los tubos!

Posted by: cthulhu at September 04, 2013 06:38 PM (T1005)

58 Anyone have a fallout shelter growing up? Aren't they usually under ground??? Posted by: andycanuck ----------------------------------- Institutional nasements. There is still a sign up at my church under the sanctuary (gives THAT new meaning) when you head downstairs from outside. It's a few feet below grade but with windows.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at September 04, 2013 06:38 PM (4Mv1T)

59 jewells, I'm so sorry, babygirl.  if i had an ample bosom, i would cradle you to it.  sadly (or not, really), i do not so you're gonna have to settle for the prayer list.  although i can totes offer you a can of cheap swill and a parlie . . . say the word, what's mine is yours. 

Posted by: Peaches at September 04, 2013 06:38 PM (8lmkt)

60 basements

Posted by: Tobacco Road at September 04, 2013 06:38 PM (4Mv1T)

61 Posted by: lou's a girl at September 04, 2013 10:37 PM (vgd4f) How old is unit...what size?

Posted by: BignJames at September 04, 2013 06:39 PM (HtUkt)

62 While a handful of lawmakers pledged support for striking Syria inside a White House meeting with Obama Tuesday, the hell-no caucus in the House gathered steam outside, portending a vicious, multi-factional fight over the most somber issue that ever faces Washington — whether to deploy military force. In the House, neither Republican nor Democratic leaders are in a position to speak for their rank-and-file. Several lawmakers and senior aides interviewed by POLITICO Tuesday wondered about the fallout for leadership if the resolution is resoundingly defeated.

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at September 04, 2013 06:39 PM (e8kgV)

63 52 Man... the back is a horrible thing to tweak. I heard, (I think it was here), that the more you use your abs, the less pressure is on your back. Generally speaking, yeah, that's good advice. But I had a large suitcase up halfway on the shelf. Part of it got snagged on the ledge. So I shoved. Hello tweaked back. I don't think there's much my abs, such as they are, could have done.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 04, 2013 06:40 PM (GEICT)

64 BC1981- I am chronic neck pain patient & know all the right things to do. Put heating pad away & ice your back for 15 minutes, take off for 45 minutes, then on again for 15 minutes. Continue as long as you can. Back is inflamed, heat is the worse thing to do now. Carol

Posted by: CarolT at September 04, 2013 06:40 PM (z4WKX)

65

How the Ohio Correctional Reception Center guards tried to revive Ariel Castro.

 

Guard 1: Aw, man. He hung himself!

 

Guard 2: It's hanged, not hung.

 

Guard 1: Whut?

 

Guard 2: People get hanged, or are hanged. Things get hung.

 

Guard 1: Really? Never knew that. Well, let's get him down and try to revive him.

 

Guard 2: Dang, he's heavy! Ok, try to revive him.

 

Guard 1: Well, here goes.... Hey asshole.... HEY ASSHOLE!... HEY ASSHOLE GET UP!... HEY ASSHOLE GET UP OR YOU'RE GONNA DIE!

 

Guard 2: No luck. Well you tried. You know what?

 

Guard 1: Whut?

 

Guard 2: He's dead Jim.

 

Guard 1: Heh, Star Trek reference. Always liked that show.

Posted by: ExSnipe at September 04, 2013 06:40 PM (57ubW)

66 Hola Cthulhu! I had a dream you rose from my Kaboom and my mom had to fight you off with a broom.

Posted by: Freak Out! at September 04, 2013 06:42 PM (xLnT0)

67 I don't think there's much my abs, such as they are, could have done.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 04, 2013 10:40 PM (GEICT)


No, no.. I mean NOW.  Walking around, etc.  If you flex your abs, it takes pressure off the back muscles.  It sort of "stabilizes" the back instead of forcing it to do any work.

Posted by: Slapweasel at September 04, 2013 06:42 PM (lq3Ak)

68 Maet, I like your update to ObamaÂ’s war. itÂ’s good.

Posted by: CarolT at September 04, 2013 06:42 PM (z4WKX)

69 Can't speak for the back BC, but ice helps my knees

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at September 04, 2013 06:42 PM (HVff2)

70 America's Greatest Hits, quite possibly the earliest mention of "Purple Rain" You should listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46xV1SIJt-M

Posted by: AltonJackson & The Middle Class feat. Working Families at September 04, 2013 06:42 PM (JMmQ9)

71 52 Man... the back is a horrible thing to tweak. I heard, (I think it was here), that the more you use your abs, the less pressure is on your back. I hear this advice from time to time, but the problem isn't that it's spasming or anything, it's just really tight and sore. And any time I've been in to see a doc for back issues, they treat you in office with muscle relaxer/pain med, heat pad and STEM. Wouldn't ice just further stiffen the muscles?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 04, 2013 06:42 PM (GEICT)

72 61 BignJames , its seven years old, 3 ton

Posted by: lou's a girl at September 04, 2013 06:43 PM (vgd4f)

73 Our entire state is a drive-through pain management clinic anymore, man.

Posted by: [/i][/s][/b]akula51 at September 04, 2013 06:43 PM (uQIKb)

74 Should we replace it or buy a whole new ac? Any suggestions welcomed!! -------------------------------------------------------- Be sure it is not a just a capacitor for the compressor motor. The new chinese capacitors fail early and often, and stop everything. Cheap fix. Federal regs will determine if you have to replace just the compressor, or the whole shootin' match. If my 1986 unit ever fails, I have to replace the whole enchilada.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at September 04, 2013 06:43 PM (4Mv1T)

75 No, no.. I mean NOW. Walking around, etc. If you flex your abs, it takes pressure off the back muscles. It sort of "stabilizes" the back instead of forcing it to do any work. Posted by: Slapweasel at September 04, 2013 10:42 PM (lq3Ak) Oooooohhhhhhhh. Gotcha.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 04, 2013 06:43 PM (GEICT)

76 Nope. That's biz as usual here. You get your 15 seconds of fame. Or flame. Posted by: Tobacco Road at September 04, 2013 10:37 PM (4Mv1T) I never noticed it until last night when I used my iPhone while at work. I thought Peaches told me t be safe, etc. It was someone else. Thanks.

Posted by: CarolT at September 04, 2013 06:44 PM (z4WKX)

77 Ice deadens pain, reduces swelling if your back/muscles are inflamed or spasms

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at September 04, 2013 06:45 PM (HVff2)

78 >Posted by: ExSnipe at September 04, 2013 10:40 PM (57ubW)


that's some fine snark right there

Posted by: Jones in CO at September 04, 2013 06:45 PM (8sCoq)

79 72 61 BignJames , its seven years old, 3 ton Posted by: lou's a girl at September 04, 2013 10:43 PM (vgd4f) If it was a burn-out....replace the whole system.

Posted by: BignJames at September 04, 2013 06:45 PM (HtUkt)

80

We were told to  hunker  down under our desks. Why,  I  don't know. Even as a child  I  questioned the  practicality  of  that. 

 

Just think, before the A bomb, there was  no  metaphor involving the word  fallout.  As in,   it  was  a  mistake and  he experienced  some   fallout. Or: I   wouldn't  do that if I were you, think of the fallout.

 

Someone should  write  a book:  "War  Metaphors."

 

 

Posted by: fuck and cover at September 04, 2013 06:46 PM (qKpun)

81 Ice for joints. Heat for muscles. Alcohol for everything else.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at September 04, 2013 06:46 PM (4Mv1T)

82 74 Tobacco Road, good to know, Thank You

Posted by: lou's a girl at September 04, 2013 06:46 PM (vgd4f)

83 'He's dead, Jim' really tied it all together.  A+++, great seller, will buy again.

Posted by: [/i][/s][/b]akula51 at September 04, 2013 06:46 PM (uQIKb)

84 81 is there a Dr. TR in the house? Oh yeah

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at September 04, 2013 06:47 PM (HVff2)

85 Wouldn't ice just further stiffen the muscles

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 04, 2013 10:42 PM (GEICT)


I've heard that rotating heat and ice is the way to go.  That is usually for a "surface" muscle, though.  My calf would always go postal on me during soccer and they I would stretch, ice, heat/rub, ice, heat, etc.


The back is a different animal, depending on which set of muscles have been tweaked.  I can only say that getting up, walking around and tightening the abs did actually help.

Posted by: Slapweasel at September 04, 2013 06:47 PM (lq3Ak)

86 No, no.. I mean NOW. Walking around, etc. If you flex your abs, it takes pressure off the back muscles. It sort of "stabilizes" the back instead of forcing it to do any work.>>

It was explained to me once (and it makes sense) that the muscles that pull on the front and back of the spine are like cable stays on a telephone pole. If one gets to strong it will go out of balance and end in pain. And we all use our back muscles more in a day than our stomach muscles.

Posted by: The Hickster at September 04, 2013 06:47 PM (MeB2c)

87 I never noticed it until last night when I used my iPhone while at work. I thought Peaches told me t be safe, etc.

I have a RazR phone, dear.  I wouldn't piss on an iPhone if it was on fire. 

Posted by: Peaches at September 04, 2013 06:47 PM (8lmkt)

88 I've got a feeling this Acecorp LLC doesn't really exist?

Posted by: Bosk at September 04, 2013 06:48 PM (buAeV)

89 79BignJames, that has kinda been the consensus from a few friends

Posted by: lou's a girl at September 04, 2013 06:48 PM (vgd4f)

90 87 I wouldn't piss on an iPhone if it was on fire.

Dude, I gotta say - you remain awesome.

Posted by: [/i][/s][/b]akula51 at September 04, 2013 06:48 PM (uQIKb)

91 “If you have a Red Line, you didn’t set that — someone else made that happen!”

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at September 04, 2013 06:48 PM (e8kgV)

92

We were told to hunker down under our desks. Why, I don't know. Even as a child I questioned the practicality of that.

 

Flying glass and debris.  The fireball isn't the problem for most people, it's the shards of widow tearing through their chests that are more dangerous.  When the meteorite struck Russia this year or last, several people were injured because they went to look out the window when they saw the flash.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at September 04, 2013 06:48 PM (lr3d7)

93 80
We were told to hunker down under our desks. Why, I don't know. Even as a child I questioned the practicality of that.
Just think, before the A bomb, there was no metaphor involving the word fallout. As in, it was a mistake and he experienced some fallout. Or: I wouldn't do that if I were you, think of the fallout.
Someone should write a book: "War Metaphors."
Posted by: fuck and cover at September 04, 2013 10:46 PM (qKpun)

We did "duck and cover" drills too.  Some seem to think they are (were?) an artifact from the fifties, but we were doing them in the early seventies.  Don't know whether that was a local thing, or more national.

Posted by: The inexplicable Dr. Julius Strangepork at September 04, 2013 06:48 PM (LCmWN)

94 Funny.. I kinda pictured you as ample bossomed Peaches! On the ab, back thing. I will make a confession here and now. I had back pain for years starting in my last 40's. Had every test run, blah blah.. no one could determine why. Two years ago I had a tummy tuck. Guess what? No more back pain until that other thing that was not related. The muscles are all connected.. learned that from the plastic surgeon. After 3 kids my ab muscles were just shot. He tightened them, did a little lipo and viola.. flat tummy and no more back pain. It's the only thing I have indulged myself for and my hubby (being the little sex fiend that he is) was all for it. Still paying the damn thing off, but it was worth it.

Posted by: jewells45 trying to keep from going crazy at September 04, 2013 06:49 PM (u25eL)

95 Speaking of his aceness, did the uss constipation get whacked?

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at September 04, 2013 06:49 PM (HVff2)

96 I have a RazR phone, dear. I wouldn't piss on an iPhone if it was on fire. Posted by: Peaches at September 04, 2013 10:47 PM (8lmkt) *Looks at cell phone from something like 2006* I'm that cheap.

Posted by: Vendette at September 04, 2013 06:49 PM (gRnt+)

97 Posted by: The Hickster at September 04, 2013 10:47 PM (MeB2c)

That's about what I heard, and it helped me out! 

Posted by: Slapweasel at September 04, 2013 06:49 PM (lq3Ak)

98 Peaches no like Apples?

Posted by: Freak Out! at September 04, 2013 06:49 PM (xLnT0)

99 I need to get this off my chest. I've been arguing with this idiot about whether or not we should get involved in Syria.

When I asked if he thought that we'd need ground troops in Syria to truly get rid of Assad's chemical weapons, he replied

If the U.N proves the chemical weapons were used and their fingerprint matches syria's chemical weapons, Putin will join the international community and assad will be happy to turn them over to the U.N. for destruction...

I honestly don't know how to respond civilly to such dipshittery.

Posted by: Armando at September 04, 2013 06:50 PM (IDypm)

100 Re: Phones My Blackberry stopped dead in its tracks after 11 months of good treatment. Samsung Galaxy did likewise after 18 months. Hope the Iphone lasts longer, otherwise it's back to string and tin cans

Posted by: Tobacco Road at September 04, 2013 06:50 PM (4Mv1T)

101 99 I honestly don't know how to respond civilly to such dipshittery.

You can't reconnect reality with that person's intellect.  They're just too far gone.

Posted by: [/i][/s][/b]akula51 at September 04, 2013 06:51 PM (uQIKb)

102 What the fuck is wrong with Republicans? They're willing to put us into an unnecessary war to make sure Obama doesn't look bad? just makes me sick...

Posted by: hello, it's me also a creep-assed cracka.. at September 04, 2013 06:51 PM (9+ccr)

103 I've had lower back problems my whole adult life. Lift something the wrong way or bend the wrong way and "crack". It would usually take a couple of weeks or a month to get back to normal. A few years ago I started using gravity boots with my pull up bar and it fixed my back in just a few minutes. I got one of those Teeter Hangup things a few months ago and it works just as well as the boots but is much safer. I don't know if it will work for the rest of you, but it made a huge difference for me. They have them in most sporting goods stores if you want to try one out.

Posted by: Ostral B Heretic at September 04, 2013 06:51 PM (2vl2+)

104 #77  Speaking of deadening and swelling, Kerry's got some heavy duty  botox weirdness  all  over  his  face,  we're  talking   Claymation.  He's turning  into  some kind  of  Toy Story Quasidmodo. Who could take him seriously  and  yet  the  world is  being  asked to.

Posted by: a little prick at September 04, 2013 06:51 PM (qKpun)

105 Peaches no like Apples?

I am bitching at y'all from a new in February iMac.  But, as for all the other crap, no, I'm good.  I need a cell phone to make calls, do as little texting as humanly possible, and maybe take a cat pic or two once in a while.  And I am heartily sick of having to avoid assholes on the sidewalk who are too busy texting to watch where the fuck they are going.  Srsly considering carrying a shiv.

Posted by: Peaches at September 04, 2013 06:52 PM (8lmkt)

106 I honestly don't know how to respond civilly to such dipshittery. Posted by: Armando -------------------------------- Pour a fresh drink and yell with the true genius at the HQ. That guy is an idiot.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at September 04, 2013 06:52 PM (4Mv1T)

107 102 What the fuck is wrong with Republicans? They're willing to put us into an unnecessary war to make sure Obama doesn't look bad? just makes me sick... That's also the opinion of some people here and in the right blogosphere. Sad.

Posted by: EC at September 04, 2013 06:52 PM (doBIb)

108 I honestly don't know how to respond civilly to such dipshittery.

Posted by: Armando at September 04, 2013 10:50 PM (IDypm)


You don't.  Tell him that when he pulls his head out of his ass, you'll talk to him about something a little less complicated.  -For his sake.

Posted by: Slapweasel at September 04, 2013 06:52 PM (lq3Ak)

109 The two Emergency Broadcast frequencies used to be marked on the face of AM receivers.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 04, 2013 06:52 PM (aDwsi)

110 54 Hi ont, advice would be welcomed, our ac compressor went out. Should we replace it or buy a whole new ac? Any suggestions welcomed!!

Posted by: lou's a girl at September 04, 2013 10:37 PM (vgd4f)



What went out on the compressor? The compressor itself, are the coils bad, did the motor fail? How old is the unit? How efficient?

Posted by: cthulhu at September 04, 2013 06:53 PM (T1005)

111 One wonders if goats play a role in the initiation process at Alpha Lambda Mu.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 04, 2013 06:54 PM (aDwsi)

112 I remember the "don't make a good boy go bad" spots, which ran when I was small, and also indignantly thinking the joy-riding boy hooligan about to crash was not good, and was, in fact, too stupid to live ...and his rowdy friends were stupider. The keys didnt make them reckless theives, but the point about teen boys being reckless and moreso in groups was well taken.

Posted by: Sarahw at September 04, 2013 06:54 PM (LYwCh)

113 I honestly don't know how to respond civilly to such dipshittery.

Posted by: Armando at September 04, 2013 10:50 PM (IDypm)

Armando, mi amigo.  You cannot reason with someone to whom it is a foreign concept (forgive the pun).  I find that a simple "go fuck yaself" is always appropriate in such circumstances. 

Posted by: Peaches at September 04, 2013 06:54 PM (8lmkt)

114 But the CHILLLRRREEEEEEN!!!!!! - Ben Howe

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 04, 2013 06:54 PM (GEICT)

115 I am currently waiting on an appointment with a neurologist to see about my back pain.  I have a bulging disk that's pressing on my sciatic nerve.  I've never experienced pain to this degree for such a long period of time.  I'm at my wits end.  Just popped my last pain killer this evening.  Luckily, my mother is coming out to help pick up the slack with my kiddos.  She arrives tomorrow.  This sucks.

Posted by: no good deed at September 04, 2013 06:54 PM (WmLrU)

116 Yes; That update to Obama was great; Thx. Maetenloch..

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 04, 2013 06:55 PM (j+lCW)

117 111 Yes, yes & yes

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at September 04, 2013 06:55 PM (HVff2)

118 Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at September 04, 2013 10:39 PM (e8kgV) That 10-7 vote in the Senate panel today is not a good harbinger for the Syria resolution, especially if Sen Paul is successful in his filibuster attempt.

Posted by: Thrawn at September 04, 2013 06:55 PM (Dsds2)

119 88 I've got a feeling this Acecorp LLC doesn't really exist?
Posted by: Bosk at September 04, 2013 10:48 PM (buAeV)


It's exists and is exactly the kind of soulless corporation that will continually shift tip jar revenues among forex accounts for maximum returns but still won't give DaveinTexas dental coverage.

Posted by: Mætenloch at September 04, 2013 06:55 PM (pAlYe)

120 The two Emergency Broadcast frequencies used to be marked on the face of AM receivers. Posted by: Mike Hammer ------------------------------------------ I am trying to not make a smart-ass remark. Because you are my friend.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at September 04, 2013 06:56 PM (4Mv1T)

121 Cochran, do you still have an archer in your house?

Posted by: Vendette at September 04, 2013 06:56 PM (gRnt+)

122 Season 6 of Lost is total suckage.

Posted by: katya, the designated driver at September 04, 2013 06:56 PM (DoZD+)

123 122 Season 6 of Lost is total suckage. Excuse me?

Posted by: Smoke Monster at September 04, 2013 06:57 PM (doBIb)

124 121 Cochran, do you still have an archer in your house? Posted by: Vendette at September 04, 2013 10:56 PM (gRnt+) Ha! Yup. I was outside smoking (food) on Monday and I keep hearing this *thunk* *thunk* *thunk* "Wtf is that??" Glance through the window, girls are shooting their little suction cupped arrows at the door.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 04, 2013 06:57 PM (GEICT)

125 Hi ont, advice would be welcomed, our ac compressor went out. Should we replace it or buy a whole new ac?

Depends on what refrigerant system it is and how efficient it was. 

An old R-12 system is virtually impossible to maintain due to the R-12 ban. 

Newer R-22 is can be maintained, but is slated for phase out in the coming years.  There are R-22 compatible refrigerant on the market now.  New R-22 systems can't be sold.  Repairs can be made, but the tech is effectively in a end-of-life cycle at this point.

Even newer R-410a is the most popular for residential application.  The problem with R-410a systems is their lube oil (a POE oil) is incompatible with R-22's (a PAG oil).  A super thorough line flushing would be needed to transition R-22 piping to for R-410 use. 

R-410 also operates at dramatically higher pressures than R-22 did, and might cause weak solder joints that worked with R-22 to fail.

There's a huge difference in efficiency in old cheap "builder special" R-22 systems and newer higher efficiency R-22 or  R-410 systems too. 

I did the electrical work for a neighbor who was swapping out a 25 year old R-22 for a newer equivalent tonnage R-22 a few years ago and moving it to a different location (hence the wiring). 

The old one was drawing 22 amps @220v, the new one was drawing less than 8 amps @220v.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at September 04, 2013 06:57 PM (9MLX+)

126 The way things are going I want either the Second Coming or the arrival of the extraterrestrials. One or the other. I no longer trust humans to straighten things out. Actually, I trust humans, it's  politicians  I  despise. 

Posted by: BubbaLou at September 04, 2013 06:58 PM (qKpun)

127 119 88 At least you didn't say the corporation lacked humor Maet or there would've been trouble in cob world

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at September 04, 2013 06:58 PM (HVff2)

128 No good deed.. that's what my MRI showed too. Until the neurosurgeon got in there and that wasn't the case at all. Hope your MRI is good and my advice is if he thinks surgery is necessary that's well and good but you may think about physical therapy. After my back surgery I was still in awful pain. That nerve is gonna be very pissed off. Don't expect instant relief. But hang in there and do the PT. It really helped me.

Posted by: jewells45 trying to keep from going crazy at September 04, 2013 06:58 PM (u25eL)

129 It's exists and is exactly the kind of soulless corporation that will continually shift tip jar revenues among forex accounts for maximum returns but still won't give DaveinTexas dental coverage.

Posted by: Mætenloch at September 04, 2013 10:55 PM (pAlYe)


HAHaha!  It is the "Kaboom" of corporations?

Posted by: Slapweasel at September 04, 2013 06:58 PM (lq3Ak)

130 Peaches, check your in box

Posted by: Carlos Danger at September 04, 2013 06:58 PM (AWwDY)

131 110 Cthulhu , the compressor is kaput, we have to either replace it, or get a new ac the ac has been good up till now, its 7 yrs old, that's why I was hoping to save it, but most are saying to get a new ac, which is quite expensive

Posted by: lou's a girl at September 04, 2013 06:58 PM (vgd4f)

132 Sorry about your back problems, no good deed. I hope you are able to get some help from the neurologist.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 04, 2013 06:58 PM (j+lCW)

133 Just what is fallout anyway, Dad? We'll all find out soon enough! ____ I was reading the Not Overnight Open Thread, going back 'n' forth to the Kaboom thread, and now there's the Real Overnight Thread. Too much fantastic bloggin' 'n' commentin' -- must be time for this webworker to take the shortcut to the morning threads. Somebody wave g'bye so I can pretend I'm real.

Posted by: mindful webworker and the Age of the Atom at September 04, 2013 06:59 PM (U13jb)

134 I am trying to not make a smart-ass remark.

Because you are my friend. Posted by: Tobacco Road
-----------------------

Fire away. I often set myself up for these things.....

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 04, 2013 06:59 PM (aDwsi)

135 104 a little prick at September 04, 2013 10:51 PM (qKpun) #77 Speaking of deadening and swelling, Kerry's got some heavy duty botox weirdness all over his face, we're talking Claymation. He's turning into some kind of Toy StoryQuasidmodo. Who could take him seriously and yet the world is being asked to. What you see on Kerry is de rigor in upper-crust, old-money, Bohston society ...

Posted by: Arbalest at September 04, 2013 06:59 PM (FlRtG)

136 That 10-7 vote in the Senate panel today is not a good harbinger for the Syria resolution, especially if Sen Paul is successful in his filibuster attempt. Posted by: Thrawn at September 04, 2013 10:55 PM (Dsds2) If things go as expected (I wrote a post about this in the last thread) Rand's ability to filibuster will be limited. But he and other Senators can certainly talk a lot if they want to.

Posted by: Vendette at September 04, 2013 07:00 PM (gRnt+)

137 Armando, #99: "I honestly don't know how to respond civilly to such dipshittery." George Will put it well, not too long ago: "Some people believe in Santa Claus, some people believe in the Tooth Fairy, some people believe in the international community."

Posted by: JPS at September 04, 2013 07:00 PM (9ziuC)

138 Off to bed folks.. be safe.

Posted by: jewells45 trying to keep from going crazy at September 04, 2013 07:00 PM (u25eL)

139 Thanks for the advice, jewells.  I will definitely consider PT.  I just have get to the point where I don't have to brace myself to blow my nose or sneeze.  I could probably drop about 20 pounds too.  It wouldn't hurt.

Posted by: no good deed at September 04, 2013 07:00 PM (WmLrU)

140 It's exists and is exactly the kind of soulless
corporation that will continually shift tip jar revenues among forex
accounts for maximum returns but still won't give DaveinTexas dental
coverage.
>>

So it's just like Obamacare?

Posted by: The Hickster at September 04, 2013 07:00 PM (MeB2c)

141 54 Hi ont, advice would be welcomed, our ac compressor went out. Should we replace it or buy a whole new ac? Any suggestions welcomed!!

****

If you are talking about central air, you definitely could save a lot of money by having a professional replace the compressor.  They will recharge the refrigerant too.

If you have a window unit or portable unit it might be close to the same price to get a new unit with a lot less hassle than doing a repair.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at September 04, 2013 07:01 PM (fvV0D)

142 Weasel Zippers has our new allies in Syria applying street justice to some Assad supporters.  Must be seen to be believed.  We are going to war FOR these people.  I no longer recognize this country.  I am very upset.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at September 04, 2013 07:01 PM (jucos)

143 My mom always said if you make that face it will stick like that.

Posted by: Freak Out at September 04, 2013 07:01 PM (xLnT0)

144 The History Channel is still running that program about the Mayan calendar ending in Dec 2012. Um, that done came and went. I know they're full of it but shouldn't they even pretend to be relevant?

Posted by: katya, the designated driver at September 04, 2013 07:01 PM (DoZD+)

145 What you see on Kerry is de rigor in upper-crust, old-money, Bohston society de rigueur or rigor mortis? He seems almost life-like, but there are some flaws.

Posted by: t-bird at September 04, 2013 07:01 PM (FcR7P)

146 Glance through the window, girls are shooting their little suction cupped arrows at the door. Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 04, 2013 10:57 PM (GEICT) Ah, the one has corrupted the other.

Posted by: Vendette at September 04, 2013 07:01 PM (gRnt+)

147 Peaches, check your in box

Posted by: Carlos Danger at September 04, 2013 10:58 PM (AWwDY)


whoa, I've been out of the game a long time . . . when did they roll out the Mini-Peen?

Posted by: Peaches at September 04, 2013 07:01 PM (8lmkt)

148 But Purp- While I don't doubt a word of it, I have a well maintained 1986 4 ton unit cooling 4200 feet in sunny NC, and when I solicited quotes a few years ago when there was still a Federal tax credit program, the three reps who came to my house all looked at my bills and said they could save me little money.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at September 04, 2013 07:01 PM (4Mv1T)

149 *waves at MWW*

Posted by: Slapweasel at September 04, 2013 07:01 PM (lq3Ak)

150 Night Jewells

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 04, 2013 07:01 PM (GEICT)

151
    Good evening, good people.  Great day today, walked around minus the cane for a while.  Hardly any discomfort.

   Duck season is looking doable at this rate.

Posted by: irongrampa at September 04, 2013 07:02 PM (SAMxH)

152 Somebody wave g'bye so I can pretend I'm real.

Posted by: mindful webworker and the Age of the Atom at September 04, 2013 10:59 PM (U13jb)

not just a wave, but a panty wave!!!!

Posted by: Peaches at September 04, 2013 07:02 PM (8lmkt)

153 Putin will join the international community

You mean the former KGB officer who probably tortured people to death or at the very least sent them to that fate. That Putin?

Posted by: Ostral B Heretic at September 04, 2013 07:02 PM (2vl2+)

154 What you see on Kerry is de rigor in upper-crust, old-money, Bohston society ...

I'm now starting to understand the proliferation of zombies in current pop culture.

Posted by: no good deed at September 04, 2013 07:03 PM (WmLrU)

155 Ah, the one has corrupted the other. Posted by: Vendette at September 04, 2013 11:01 PM (gRnt+) They're both insane all on their own.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 04, 2013 07:03 PM (GEICT)

156 They're both insane all on their own. Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 04, 2013 11:03 PM (GEICT) And they aren't even teenagers yet!

Posted by: Vendette at September 04, 2013 07:04 PM (gRnt+)

157 Duck season is looking doable at this rate.
Posted by: irongrampa

Good deal, I.G.  Ambulatory is much better than the alternative.

Posted by: Slapweasel at September 04, 2013 07:04 PM (lq3Ak)

158 IG - Real progress!

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 04, 2013 07:05 PM (aDwsi)

159 A crisp white apron is an absolute must for any extended stay underground.

Posted by: Tuna at September 04, 2013 07:05 PM (M/TDA)

160 And they aren't even teenagers yet! Posted by: Vendette at September 04, 2013 11:04 PM (gRnt+) I. Fucking. Know. *weeps uncontrollably*

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 04, 2013 07:05 PM (GEICT)

161 If you have already replaced the exhaust or blower fans I would look into just getting the compressor replaced. If the rest of the system is as old as the compressor and it is shot I would just replace the whole thing.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at September 04, 2013 07:05 PM (E3gqr)

162 Good evening, good people. Great day today, walked around minus the cane for a while. Hardly any discomfort. Duck season is looking doable at this rate. Posted by: irongrampa at September 04, 2013 11:02 PM (SAMxH) If you could make the cane double as a gun for duck season...

Posted by: Vendette at September 04, 2013 07:06 PM (gRnt+)

163 Bcochran - have you tried a chiropractor? The one time I had back problems, that was more helpful than the doctor's visit.

Posted by: exhelodrvr at September 04, 2013 07:06 PM (edmTQ)

164 I find that a simple "go fuck yaself" is always appropriate in such circumstances.

True. Dat.

Posted by: Armando at September 04, 2013 07:06 PM (IDypm)

165 Good news. My baby girl came home last week. Decided the boyfriend was a putz and she wanted to do things in life that don't include a boyfriend or husband. Good for her.

Posted by: katya, the designated driver at September 04, 2013 07:06 PM (DoZD+)

166 TR - Sounds like the vinyl disk of air conditioners..., aged, but still works well.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 04, 2013 07:06 PM (aDwsi)

167 Evenin' all. Update on the rant this morning- general counsel got involved,and told her basically to take that shit offline. Don't know if she anything else happened but I know some people were arguing on FB about it.

Posted by: RWC at September 04, 2013 07:07 PM (6TV0b)

168 Oh good. The local news is talking about a consequence/result of O-care. Tele-medicine. That's right, medical treatment/diagnosis over a video link.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 04, 2013 07:07 PM (GEICT)

169 Decided the boyfriend was a putz and she wanted to do things in life that don't include a boyfriend or husband. Good for her. Posted by: katya, the designated driver -------------------------------------- Please do NOT let her talk to my wife.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at September 04, 2013 07:07 PM (4Mv1T)

170 Wow, Maet.  That is just another of the old quotes that should be coming back to haunt TFG.  MFM Delenda Est.

Posted by: Slapweasel at September 04, 2013 07:08 PM (lq3Ak)

171 I grew up with bomb shelters. Usually about 12 feet under, made from concrete. They were absolutely perfect places to rehearse loud garage band type music. I mean, when not being used as a bomb shelter, which is to say, never. Almost no one on the surface heard a thing.

Posted by: navybrat at September 04, 2013 07:08 PM (ft8Uj)

172 Slappy - thanks. Peaches - um.. uh.. thanks. Now having my existence validated by text-based voices from my computer screen, I will sleep the sleep of the just. Good night, ONT. Avoid the brown acid.

Posted by: mindful webworker and the Age of the Kaboom at September 04, 2013 07:08 PM (U13jb)

173 Speaking of fallout shelters, has anyone seen 'Blast From the Past?"

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 04, 2013 07:08 PM (aDwsi)

174 *weeps uncontrollably* Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 04, 2013 11:05 PM (GEICT) I'd suggest the convent, but that's what my mom did and she decided it wasn't for her. And here I am!

Posted by: Vendette at September 04, 2013 07:08 PM (gRnt+)

175 That's right, medical treatment/diagnosis over a video link.

Slow and steady to Idiocracy. 

Posted by: no good deed at September 04, 2013 07:08 PM (WmLrU)

176 Kerry and Assad complete each other, especially chin wise.

Posted by: Craig Poe at September 04, 2013 07:08 PM (BVkEs)

177 TR - Sounds like the vinyl disk of air conditioners..., aged, but still works well. Posted by: Mike Hammer ----------------------------------- Like us.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at September 04, 2013 07:09 PM (4Mv1T)

178  For the A/C, if the compressor is replaced, have a thorough check done why it failed, it should not have quit in 7 years may have been bad install.

  And have them flush and nitrogen purge the lines whatever is done. If it was a burnout they should also install a suction line dryer for a few weeks to clean up any residual acid.

If you get a new unit get a heatload calculation for your house, it may result in a smaller unit. If they won't do a heatload don't hire them. Most units used to be oversized, and the ductwork was insufficient.

Posted by: bill sometimes bill from Canada at September 04, 2013 07:09 PM (m58PE)

179 Heh. Taken from the Twitters: @basevolgal: Pearl Harbor not an act of war, just a limited air strike with no boots on the ground

Posted by: Thrawn at September 04, 2013 07:09 PM (Dsds2)

180 BC,

A long soak in a hot tub with plenty of epsom salt usually helps my back. Especially if I can scare up a flexoril to go with it.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at September 04, 2013 07:09 PM (E3gqr)

181 That's right, medical treatment/diagnosis over a video link.>>

Isn't that the magic solution for isolated third worlders? Yay

Posted by: The Hickster at September 04, 2013 07:09 PM (MeB2c)

182
Facebook - Alif Laam Meem - Alpha Lambda Mu Fraternity - August 3

Our UTD Chapter just being themselves again... They wanted to show you guys another skit from their Ramadan Special.

"Shaytan Made Me Fart"

A hafiz leading taraweeh makes a fatal mistake and blames it on Shaytan... But is that a legitimate allegation?

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at September 04, 2013 07:10 PM (kdS6q)

183
   Back pain is a bitch.  Nothing else will hamstring you so good as a sprung back.

   I suffer from a very mild case of sciatica that is controllable by some simple exercises--they make the pain leave immediately, and it stays gone.

Posted by: irongrampa at September 04, 2013 07:10 PM (SAMxH)

184 145 t-bird Thanks for messing up my attempt at literary wit.

Posted by: Arbalest at September 04, 2013 07:11 PM (FlRtG)

185 3 Bcochran - have you tried a chiropractor? The one time I had back problems, that was more helpful than the doctor's visit. Posted by: exhelodrvr at September 04, 2013 11:06 PM (edmTQ) Especially one who does Active Release Therapy.

Posted by: Vendette at September 04, 2013 07:11 PM (gRnt+)

186 Lemmiwinks, & that guy, Thanks. A lot to think about, but I knew I could count on the ont for good advice!!

Posted by: lou's a girl at September 04, 2013 07:11 PM (vgd4f)

187 ... or missing up ... whichever.

Posted by: Arbalest at September 04, 2013 07:11 PM (FlRtG)

188 A long soak in a hot tub with plenty of epsom salt usually helps my back. Especially if I can scare up a flexoril to go with it. Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at September 04, 2013 11:09 PM (E3gqr) That sounds like an excellent idea for tomorrow night. Thank you sir.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 04, 2013 07:12 PM (GEICT)

189 Evenin' all. Update on the rant this morning- general counsel got involved,and told her basically to take that shit offline. Don't know if she anything else happened but I know some people were arguing on FB about it. Posted by: RWC at September 04, 2013 11:07 PM (6TV0b) On which thread did you rant?

Posted by: Vendette at September 04, 2013 07:12 PM (gRnt+)

190 That's right, medical treatment/diagnosis over a video link. Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 04, 2013 11:07 PM (GEICT) I can't wait until the fuckers realize their Dr. visit is a group consultation. Privacy be damned.

Posted by: RWC at September 04, 2013 07:13 PM (6TV0b)

191 I'm not a fan of chiropractors. I have found that deep tissue massage does a lot to dispel a lot of back stiffness and soreness.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 04, 2013 07:13 PM (GEICT)

192 I can't wait until the fuckers realize their Dr. visit is a group consultation. Privacy be damned. Posted by: RWC at September 04, 2013 11:13 PM (6TV0b) Privacy got about a 5 second mention.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 04, 2013 07:14 PM (GEICT)

193 A long soak in a hot tub with plenty of epsom salt usually helps my back. Especially if I can scare up a flexoril to go with it.
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living...

That's good advice, as well.  Unless you have a tub that's the size of a postage-stamp!  I've gone through more Epsom salt than....
....whatever goes through a lot of Epsom salt.

Posted by: Slapweasel at September 04, 2013 07:14 PM (lq3Ak)

194 Blast from the Past is a cute movie.  Christopher Walken and Sissy Spacek cracked me up.

Posted by: no good deed at September 04, 2013 07:14 PM (WmLrU)

195 Especially one who does Active Release Therapy.>>

I have cut rate insurance. The code is "Happy Ending" for that treatment.

Posted by: The Hickster at September 04, 2013 07:15 PM (MeB2c)

196 That had a great pic with it too, Thrawn...lol

Posted by: [/i][/s][/b]akula51 at September 04, 2013 07:15 PM (uQIKb)

197 @basevolgal: Pearl Harbor not an act of war, just a limited air strike with no boots on the ground

Posted by: Thrawn at September 04, 2013 11:09 PM (Dsds2)


Oh, snap, I am so stealing that. 

Posted by: Peaches at September 04, 2013 07:15 PM (8lmkt)

198 That's right, medical treatment/diagnosis over a video link. Not new, was working on that 15 years ago. In the old days, it had some appeal. Get your charts and x-rays to experts or multiple experts. Today? I don't know, some kid in India or maybe a disgruntled IRS agent will look at it. ...when he feels like it.

Posted by: t-bird at September 04, 2013 07:15 PM (FcR7P)

199 I have cut rate insurance. The code is "Happy Ending" for that treatment. Posted by: The Hickster at September 04, 2013 11:15 PM (MeB2c) I pay cash.

Posted by: Vendette at September 04, 2013 07:15 PM (gRnt+)

200 I'm not a fan of chiropractors. I have found that deep tissue massage does a lot to dispel a lot of back stiffness and soreness. Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk

I'm not a fan of any "doctor" whose best idea is pushing a skeleton around a shopping mall.

Posted by: Slapweasel at September 04, 2013 07:15 PM (lq3Ak)

201 197 Oh, snap, I am so stealing that.

I just retweeted it, fwiw...

Posted by: [/i][/s][/b]akula51 at September 04, 2013 07:16 PM (uQIKb)

202 Blast from the Past is a cute movie. Christopher Walken and Sissy Spacek cracked me up.
Posted by: no good deed
-----------------

My wife and I have adopted the Twist as our happy dance.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 04, 2013 07:16 PM (aDwsi)

203 On which thread did you rant? Posted by: Vendette at September 04, 2013 11:12 PM (gRnt+) http://tinyurl.com/lssu9u6 Early morning thread if that doesn't work.

Posted by: RWC at September 04, 2013 07:16 PM (6TV0b)

204 the three reps who came to my house all looked at my bills and said they could save me little money

There were good and shitty R-22 units back then too.  A reasonably efficient old R-22 won't be much different than a new R-410 in running cost.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at September 04, 2013 07:17 PM (9MLX+)

205 I almost had to get medieval with a mf'r on the beach who was chain smoking upwind of me and my wife and tossing all the butts in the sand. Wasn't about a concern for our health, it was just nasty inhaling more of this bastard's tobacco than he was and I'm sick and fuckin tired of seeing more cig-butts than sea-shells at the beach. Long story short, he stopped then left after 30 minutes when he got the craving.

Posted by: SamIam at September 04, 2013 07:17 PM (HMI9a)

206 9 hey, kids!!! anybody got any dick pics? Posted by: Peaches at September 04, 2013 10:23 PM (8lmkt) Sure! http://ts3.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.5055319353067190&pid=1.7&w=228&h=167&c=7&rs=1

Posted by: Weirddave at September 04, 2013 07:17 PM (aH+zP)

207 And my rant is teeny tiny compared to the poetry of the 'ettes.

Posted by: RWC at September 04, 2013 07:17 PM (6TV0b)

208 Oh ffs. Local news is trying real hard to link the top Public Defender with a scandal. He was emailing back and forth about non work related things. My....God......they discussed getting together a group of friends to go to Vegas to celebrate multiple birthdays. One of the women referred to it as her Dirty 30 bday. That report was fucking laughable.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 04, 2013 07:19 PM (GEICT)

209 Ugh, my cousin posted a link to that on facebook the other day, RWC. 

Posted by: no good deed at September 04, 2013 07:19 PM (WmLrU)

210 The hickster, "I have cut rate insurance. The code is "Happy Ending" for that treatment." Pictures?

Posted by: exhelodrvr at September 04, 2013 07:19 PM (edmTQ)

211 Posted by: RWC at September 04, 2013 11:16 PM (6TV0b) *Offers RWC a bottle of Gentleman Jack*

Posted by: Vendette at September 04, 2013 07:19 PM (gRnt+)

212

If no one else has posted it:

 

 

National Lampoon's 72 Virgins.

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUYQwCW5ShQ

Posted by: Wm T Sherman at September 04, 2013 07:20 PM (rNCEP)

213 Pictures?>>

Will video do? Hell it's insurance I'm not paying for it. I have to get my moneys worth.

Posted by: The Hickster at September 04, 2013 07:21 PM (MeB2c)

214 Holy shit! The only fighter jets we have here on base are some (supposedly) top secret Navy jets. Two of them just took off on full after burner

Posted by: Ma Bell at September 04, 2013 07:21 PM (RLdcX)

215
     BRB, need to go settle the dog and cat down, they're playing tag in the house again--a BIG no no.

Posted by: irongrampa at September 04, 2013 07:21 PM (SAMxH)

216 Ran across this article on fetal pain that focuses on where science has gone since R v W. http://tinyurl.com/lfet7x2 The most fascinating part I think is how clearly we see that the pro-abortion side of the "debate" has given up on establishing fact and is completely in the realm of philosophy or dare I say...religion.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 04, 2013 07:22 PM (zPVBH)

217 Holy shit! The only fighter jets we have here on base are some (supposedly) top secret Navy jets. Two of them just took off on full after burner Posted by: Ma Bell at September 04, 2013 11:21 PM (RLdcX) Where do you live???

Posted by: Vendette at September 04, 2013 07:22 PM (gRnt+)

218 So, the first season of UFC's TUF (The Ultimate Fighter) with women is on. Ronda Rousey and Meisha Tate are the coaches. 135 lb men and women -- bantamweights. Not as many lesbians as I expected.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at September 04, 2013 07:22 PM (ZPrif)

219 The 5th and 6th lumbar and the SI joint can be a bitch. A good chiro can work wonders, a bad chiro can leave you in misery and poorer for your mistake. Its like a choice between Dubya and the messiah. Buyer beware resonates through the ages.. Meanwhile bombypanties until the Syrian dust leaves Al Qaida standing.

Posted by: angel with a sword at September 04, 2013 07:22 PM (hpgw1)

220 209 Ugh, my cousin posted a link to that on facebook the other day, RWC. Posted by: no good deed at September 04, 2013 11:19 PM (WmLrU) I didn't even watch the video. The title was enough for me. --------- *Offers RWC a bottle of Gentleman Jack* Posted by: Vendette at September 04, 2013 11:19 PM (gRnt+) Don't drink... But I'll be very popular at the beach next week Thanks Vendette.

Posted by: RWC at September 04, 2013 07:22 PM (6TV0b)

221 I am not sure why some people on "our side" go out of their way to defend the assholes in Steubenville. I remember my high school days and everyone I knew didn't go around forcing themselves on girls that were basically passed out drunk. I agree the girl shouldn't have been that drunk but that doesn't mean she was fair game.

Posted by: Ken Royall at September 04, 2013 07:22 PM (h+2SD)

222 Annnnd I just read all the "incriminating emails". What in the fuck? Fucking press, even the local press, is completely fucktarded.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 04, 2013 07:23 PM (GEICT)

223 131 110 Cthulhu , the compressor is kaput, we have to either replace it, or get a new ac the ac has been good up till now, its 7 yrs old, that's why I was hoping to save it, but most are saying to get a new ac, which is quite expensive

Posted by: lou's a girl at September 04, 2013 10:58 PM (vgd4f)



The compressor unit of an AC system has a bunch of different parts. It takes gaseous coolant (that was evaporated back in your house by the heat of the air inside) and first runs it through an actual compressor -- just like an air compressor, that ups the pressure to the point where the coolant is more liquid and hotter than hell. The actual compressor is run by an electric motor. That hot coolant is then run through a coil -- which takes up most of the space of a compressor unit -- to get down to regular outside temperature. The coil has a fan blowing on it to help the cooling. The coolant is then piped back inside the house to be evaporated.



If your electric motor that runs the compressor died, it should be relatively simple to change. If the start capacitor died, as mentioned up thread, it should be trivial to replace. If the coil burnt through -- new compressor unit. If the compressor itself is toasted......er, a new unit sounds quite plausible.



As mentioned upthread, they're screwing around with the coolants, and the inside evaporator coil must be compatible with the fluid used if you aren't replacing that as well. But seven years isn't really all that old. In fact, you should check into whether what is wrong may actually be under warranty.

Posted by: cthulhu at September 04, 2013 07:23 PM (T1005)

224 BRB, need to go settle the dog and cat down, they're playing tag in the house again--a BIG no no.>>

Oddly enough that comment makes me miss my grown up kids.

Posted by: The Hickster at September 04, 2013 07:23 PM (MeB2c)

225 Where do you live???

Posted by: Vendette at September 04, 2013 11:22 PM (gRnt+)


That's classified, ma'am.

Posted by: Slapweasel at September 04, 2013 07:23 PM (lq3Ak)

226 ..and knowing why the compressor failed is very important.  If it was a motor burnout, then the lines are full of debris and nasty acids like Hydrofluoric -- if that shit isn't completely purged and cleaned out of the lines, the acids will start eating the motor winding insulation in the new compressor.

I've read some motor burnout studies that showed even trace amounts of acids can start the erosion process in a matter of months leading to another burnout pretty quickly.

If there's any doubt at all, you can't go wrong replacing the piping.  That acid and crap can hide in low spots and dips in the line if someone does a quick shitty flush job. 

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at September 04, 2013 07:23 PM (9MLX+)

227 Where do you live??? Posted by: Vendette at September 04, 2013 11:22 PM (gRnt+) Travis AFB

Posted by: Ma Bell at September 04, 2013 07:23 PM (RLdcX)

228 Tiny men and butch women.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at September 04, 2013 07:23 PM (ZPrif)

229 BCochran- I think i remember you having kids that are fairly young. My 65 pound daughter is frequently drafted to walk on my much abused back and straighten it out. Works quite well.

Posted by: typo dynamofo at September 04, 2013 07:23 PM (URNUb)

230 Pearl Harbor not an act of war, just a limited air strike with no boots on the ground ___ Don't forget the xenophobia and racism. Oh wait...I mean the stuff after that. By us.

Posted by: Tom Hanks at September 04, 2013 07:24 PM (zPVBH)

231 BCochran- I think i remember you having kids that are fairly young. My 65 pound daughter is frequently drafted to walk on my much abused back and straighten it out. Works quite well. Posted by: typo dynamofo at September 04, 2013 11:23 PM (URNUb) I do and they're clumsy. They'd prob fall and break my ribs. When I was playing ball back in college, I had my girlfriend, no wife, walk on my back some.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 04, 2013 07:25 PM (GEICT)

232 I agree the girl shouldn't have been that drunk but that doesn't mean she was fair game. **** It seems to me it is clear that rape should be punished...severely...but women should also be taught situational awareness. I don't see these things as being at odds, thought liberals have trouble with both points actually.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 04, 2013 07:26 PM (zPVBH)

233 BCochran- I think i remember you having kids that are fairly young. My 65 pound daughter is frequently drafted to walk on my much abused back and straighten it out. Works quite well.>>

Reading Hop on pop to my girls was always a bad bedtime story.

Posted by: The Hickster at September 04, 2013 07:26 PM (MeB2c)

234 Problem with lighter weight classes is lack of punching power. So they can't knock each other out very often. This is especially true with the women. And female UFC fighters are butch women, but they still lack upper body strength. They can do submissions, though. Ronda Rousey, who's the champ, can't punch for crap. She can armbar like a bitch, though. Women's mma is much more grappling and jiu-jitsu cause they just can't punch with much power.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at September 04, 2013 07:27 PM (ZPrif)

235 I have been hearing fighter jets go over my house for the past hour. Either I'm about to be droned or something's happening-and I live about an hour and a half from a Air Force Base but I know the sound of the fighter jets,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 04, 2013 07:27 PM (j+lCW)

236 Lou and the A/C

Compressor replacement will be cheaper, your unit is not that old.  Have them do a going over check capacitors, motors, coils cleaned etc.

Depends how the compressor died, if it seized or burned out. The refrigerant could still be good, have it recovered and saved. R22 is $20 a pound or more. if it burned out the refrig will smell bad and be useless. The refrigerant isn't lost when compressor stops.

Don't let them sell you an extra highSEER  unit if you replace, big $  and it depends alot on the install work, ducting and how tight your house insulation etc is, or you won't get the performance you paid for.

A heatload calc will determine what size you really need.

Seer is like EPA mileage on cars, nobody gets what they say.

Posted by: bill sometimes bill from Canada at September 04, 2013 07:27 PM (m58PE)

237 Did USS CONSTITUTION get banned or did he write his essay. I have been quite busy at work and have not had time to check.....

Posted by: The Man from Athens at September 04, 2013 07:27 PM (RXQ2T)

238

193 A long soak in a hot tub with plenty of epsom salt Thai women usually helps my back. Especially if I can scare up a flexoril[/s/ bottle of rum to go with [s]it them.

Posted by: Cicero Kid at September 04, 2013 07:28 PM (DHQv9)

239

oh no

 

Posted by: Cicero Kid at September 04, 2013 07:28 PM (DHQv9)

240 Yes O'Reilly, McCain is a fucking senile idiot. Why is this ass still on.

Posted by: RWC at September 04, 2013 07:28 PM (6TV0b)

241 OH Prison guards checked on him every half hour, my ass. Not complaining, just saying I Guadalajara believe they checked on him much. BTW - I left in Chrome's only suggestion for a misspelled "hardly" What a good spell checker that is.

Posted by: UWP at September 04, 2013 07:28 PM (r98SZ)

242

close call. blame the rum, mates.

 

Posted by: Cicero Kid at September 04, 2013 07:29 PM (DHQv9)

243 I agree the girl shouldn't have been that drunk but that doesn't mean she was fair game.

Posted by: Ken Royall at September 04, 2013 11:22 PM (h+2SD)

 

The problems are the 1) The events were blown vastly out of proportion by outsiders.  Two boys were involved in acts, not the entire team, and while she was certainly molested and abused, she was not raped.  2)  The critics crying "rape culture" want to ignore that a lot of other problems contributed to that night. 

Posted by: Colorado Alex at September 04, 2013 07:29 PM (lr3d7)

244 Posted by: Tobacco Road at September 04, 2013 10:50 PM (4Mv1T) I have had an iPhone since October 2011. I could have upgraded in May but decided to wait for new one that should be out soon. I work with someone who is Apple crazy and has to have all the new releases. He will order online and wait at store all night anyway. HeÂ’s going to buy me one when he gets his. He paid homeless man to wait when iPad 2 came out. I have same one since March 2011 and have no intention of buying another one. it serves its purpose just fine as is.

Posted by: CarolT at September 04, 2013 07:29 PM (z4WKX)

245 221 I am not sure why some people on "our side" go out of their way to defend the assholes in Steubenville. I remember my high school days and everyone I knew didn't go around forcing themselves on girls that were basically passed out drunk. I agree the girl shouldn't have been that drunk but that doesn't mean she was fair game.
Posted by: Ken Royall at September 04, 2013 11:22 PM (h+2SD)


Who's defending them?
Are you reading the same article that the rest of us are?

Posted by: Mætenloch at September 04, 2013 07:29 PM (pAlYe)

246 I have been hearing fighter jets go over my house for the past hour. Get me an umbrella! STAT!

Posted by: B. Obama I at September 04, 2013 07:29 PM (FcR7P)

247 Christ, here we go.

Posted by: [/i][/s][/b]akula51 at September 04, 2013 07:30 PM (uQIKb)

248 I have been hearing fighter jets go over my house for the past hour ____ I know that feeling.

Posted by: Saddam Hussein at September 04, 2013 07:30 PM (zPVBH)

249 I have a bad feeling that even were the Congress go against the bombing of Syria Obama will do it anyway. More distractions and pushing of envelope to see if someone will bring up impeachment. Let's face it, he's doing whatever Jarrett tells him to do

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 04, 2013 07:31 PM (j+lCW)

250 "It seems to me it is clear that rape should be punished...severely...but women should also be taught situational awareness."

I agree. However, I have situational awareness and I have still found myself in situations (not many) in which I was too drunk to function properly.

That fact does not make me a candidate for a beating or a robbery nor would it mitigate the actions of any attacker who would take advantage of my condition.

In a civil society it shouldn't be assumed that someone who is incapacitated, even due to their own negligence, should be targeted.

Posted by: Ken Royall at September 04, 2013 07:31 PM (h+2SD)

251 The OH prison guards did check on him every 30 minutes. Every 30 Star Trek minutes.

Posted by: The Man from Athens at September 04, 2013 07:31 PM (RXQ2T)

252 237 Did USS CONSTITUTION get banned or did he write his essay. I have been quite busy at work and have not had time to check..... Posted by: The Man from Athens at September 04, 2013 11:27 PM (RXQ2T) Didn't see if it was banned, but no essay. And it was here last night but I think someone said it was a sock.

Posted by: RWC at September 04, 2013 07:31 PM (6TV0b)

253 Reading Hop on pop to my girls was always a bad bedtime story.
Posted by: The Hickster

HA!  ...That was good for a LOL and a smile.  My Dad used to practice speeches in front of my brother and I before he went to the Credit Union Dinner.

...we booed him mercilessly and threw pillows.

I still remember him saying, "Is there any old business?"  I would yell "You!  Now get off the stage!"

I was an ass at ten.

Posted by: Slapweasel at September 04, 2013 07:31 PM (lq3Ak)

254 I get two different issues with my back. I get muscle pain in the lower back sometimes and sometimes the pain is in my neck and shoulder. The lower back is usually just strain and over work and a soak will take care of it.

The neck and shoulder pain is some kind of pinched nerve shit in my lower back. I went to a chiropractor long enough to figure out that it was when he got my lower back to pop that the shoulder pain went away. I figured out how to stretch and get it to pop by myself.

That I what I need the flexoril for--when I get like that the muscles in my lower back tense up and I can't get anything to move. The flx relaxes me enough I can do a little twist in the doorway and get everything back where it should be. I'll still be sore but the sharp stabby neck and shoulder pain is gone, which is a major plus.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at September 04, 2013 07:31 PM (E3gqr)

255 OH Prison guards checked on him every half hour, my ass. Not complaining, If his fellow inmates made a rope for him out of his own intestines, I'm ok with this outcome.

Posted by: t-bird at September 04, 2013 07:31 PM (FcR7P)

256 its 7 yrs old

That'll most likely be an R-22 system.  It might be worth repairing if it wasn't a motor burnout that contaminated all the other components of the system.

A failure at 7yo probably was a shitty original installation that had contamination in it from day one.  A lot of sleazy techs don't want to wait around for the time it takes for a vacuum pump to fully evacuate the system before charging. 

Back when R-22 was cheap, the sleaziest would just blow R-22 through the lines as a half-ass purge while tightening the connectors leaving some water vapor (which is bad) in there, then put the remaining charge in.  Those kind of shit jobs would run for a few years then start to fail...guaranteed.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at September 04, 2013 07:31 PM (9MLX+)

257 Yes O'Reilly, McCain is a fucking senile idiot. Why is this ass still on. Posted by: RWC Need to get them and Hewitt on a cruise ship to nowhere.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at September 04, 2013 07:32 PM (WLpmE)

258 if you have a backache, go down to John R and Brush and a massage parlor will take care of you!

Posted by: Bob Seger at September 04, 2013 07:32 PM (DHQv9)

259 Get me an umbrella! STAT! Posted by: B. Obama>>

Just remember this advice from BO only applies if you don't have a gate.

Posted by: The Hickster at September 04, 2013 07:32 PM (MeB2c)

260 Yes O'Reilly, McCain is a fucking senile idiot. Why is this ass still on.

How hard is it for someone to publicly state that McCain is the same old fool who insisted we had nothing to fear from Obama, and who had a photo op with known terrorists on one of this trips to Syria?

Posted by: Methos at September 04, 2013 07:32 PM (hO9ad)

261 @  224

  "Oddly enough"


   Yeah--ours are gone too, cat and dog make pretty good surrogates.

Posted by: irongrampa at September 04, 2013 07:32 PM (SAMxH)

262 248 I have been hearing fighter jets go over my house for the past hour ____ I know that feeling. Posted by: Saddam Hussein at September 04, 2013 11:30 PM (zPVBH) There are no fighter jets around Baghdad. We hold air supremacy with our Fock Wulfs.

Posted by: Baghdad Bob at September 04, 2013 07:33 PM (6TV0b)

263 Something I was thinking about earlier.... Suppose Britain and France grew a pair in the interwar years and sign on to the 1938 assassination attempt on Hitler...and it succeeds. Would Hitler currently be in the leftist pantheon of "martyred" "anti-colonialists" with Che, Mosaddegh, and the rest?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 04, 2013 07:33 PM (zPVBH)

264 Now I am sitting here with both hands hurting so bad from arthritis Jewels, go off all red meat and vegetables in the nightshade family. My dad's acupuncturist had him do that in the late 70s. Said it took about 6 months to clear out the toxins. He felt good enough that he sold his rickman to his best friend so he wouldn't ride it. We found out around 2004 that he could eat antibiotic & hormone free beef without any trouble.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at September 04, 2013 07:33 PM (TP46X)

265 I know that feeling. Posted by: Saddam Hussein at September 04, 2013 11:30 PM (zPVBH) So do I.

Posted by: Bashir Assad at September 04, 2013 07:33 PM (Dsds2)

266 And if Obama wants to do something why not stick it in the eye of Israel by having Syria attack them between now and Yom Kippur?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 04, 2013 07:34 PM (j+lCW)

267 Covered his cell window and knocked on the door every 8 hours. If no answer, they marked him down as still sullen.

Posted by: UWP at September 04, 2013 07:35 PM (r98SZ)

268 I have a bad feeling that even were the Congress go against the bombing of Syria Obama will do it anyway. Let him do it on his own, then. There is no upside for an R to sign on to something stupid. Suppose something went right, like an errant bomb makes a major oil discovery- think that R is going to get any special considerations? No, it will be Lord Barack's success.

Posted by: t-bird at September 04, 2013 07:36 PM (FcR7P)

269 Oh, jeez, O'Reilly seems to think McCain are about as far apart as possible. That's right, Juan is a far right conservative.

Posted by: Methos at September 04, 2013 07:36 PM (hO9ad)

270 Would Hitler currently be in the leftist pantheon of "martyred" "anti-colonialists" with Che, Mosaddegh, and the rest?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 04, 2013 11:33 PM (zPVBH)


By the New Your Times' account?  -Unequivocally, YES.

Posted by: Slapweasel at September 04, 2013 07:36 PM (lq3Ak)

271 Ken Royall, You're still missing the point. If you're stupid, or act stupidly, you are more likely to have bad things happen to you. And when you've (presumably) been warned repeatedly about those stupid acts, then you bear some of the responsibility when they result in something negative happening to you.

Posted by: exhelodrvr at September 04, 2013 07:37 PM (edmTQ)

272 Our reserve unit of F/A 18's VFA-204 is working up for a carrier deployment. For about the last week until sept 12, they are doing pattern work, which in a hornet means dragging the aircaft around the pattern doing touch and go's with flaps gear hook etc down and dirty. This requires lots of military power at low altitude. I love the sound but damn it gets old. Loud? holy crud its loud when they go right over your head at maybe 200 feet. My shop is about mid field maybe 3 miles from the tower. all day long round and round they go. Last week we had a detachment of F-22's and some agressor F-5's fighting our F-15's from the 159th fighter group Louisiana ANG(coonass militia now named bayou militia since coonass was somehow deemed offensive.) Not sure how out boys did against F-22's, but im guessing it was a massacre. Best sound F/A18 making a pattern break at about 400kts right over your head. You see it, then you hear it. Ive often wondered if that sound was the last sound some mooj heard before he went to meet big al.

Posted by: helofixer at September 04, 2013 07:37 PM (P8kEY)

273
    Anyone else have a sick feeling about 9-11?  I can't shake the feeling that SOMETHING very bad is going to happen.

    Didn't have that during the Bush years.

Posted by: irongrampa at September 04, 2013 07:38 PM (SAMxH)

274 Posted by: t-bird at September 04, 2013 11:36 PM (FcR7P) No, there's no upside but i think there's a lot of arm twisting going on in the House right now to support it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 04, 2013 07:38 PM (j+lCW)

275 Didn't take long. PCMatic blondie video leaked.

Posted by: RWC at September 04, 2013 07:38 PM (6TV0b)

276 Oh, and the A/C business is about as honorable as used car sales. 

There's a lot of thieves, and a few really good ones.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at September 04, 2013 07:38 PM (9MLX+)

277 If his fellow inmates made a rope for him out of his own intestines, I'm ok with this outcome. *** We have two problems here I think...we shouldn't be letting people off so light for heinous crimes, and yes in this case even a life sentence would have been light, and we abide by the notion that there will be violence within the prison system. Because of the former many people are willing to excuse the latter and understandably so, but it bothers me. Did Castro get the death sentence he deserved? Yes. But it should have come from a jury or what is the point of our legal system really? Remember when CA State officials were talking about Ken Lay getting prison time including fellow inmate rape? It seems to me we would be better served by giving serious felons enough time breaking rocks that they have no energy for mischief, even if it is targeted at other inmates...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 04, 2013 07:38 PM (zPVBH)

278

I agree. However, I have situational awareness and I have still found myself in situations (not many) in which I was too drunk to function properly.

That fact does not make me a candidate for a beating or a robbery nor would it mitigate the actions of any attacker who would take advantage of my condition.

Actually, it does make you a more likely candidate for being victimized.  It's not pretty, nor is it right, but it's how the world works.  Predators look for easy prey.

 


In a civil society it shouldn't be assumed that someone who is incapacitated, even due to their own negligence, should be targeted.

Posted by: Ken Royall at September 04, 2013 11:31 PM (h+2SD)

 

There's a difference between "should" and "is more likely to be".  I don't assume that a woman who is falling down drunk in the street should be targeted for an attack.  I do however think that she is more likely to be targeted for an attack.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at September 04, 2013 07:39 PM (lr3d7)

279 New York* Times, even.

...two beers and I can't differentiate between york and your.  And I did it again and had to correct this mid-sentence.  My brain can't type y-o-r-k.

Posted by: Slapweasel at September 04, 2013 07:39 PM (lq3Ak)

280 Avoiding stupid people doing stupid things saves a lot of heartache.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at September 04, 2013 07:39 PM (ZPrif)

281 Somebody said above or in another thread that 9-11 is also Assad's birthday so yes, with a perfect storm of events I would be surprised if there's another terrorist attack. I hate to think that way, but I do.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 04, 2013 07:40 PM (j+lCW)

282 Suppose something went right, like an errant bomb makes a major oil discovery- think that R is going to get any special considerations?>>

Come and listen to a story about a man named Assad
A poor deserteer, barely kept his family fed,
Then one day he was gettin bombed,
And up through the ground came a bubblin crude.


Posted by: The Hickster at September 04, 2013 07:40 PM (MeB2c)

283 272 Best sound F/A18 making a pattern break at about 400kts right over your head. You see it, then you hear it.

Our house in VA Beach is right in the pattern for the Oceana Air Show (not to mention daily flight ops).  Good times.  I ♥ Jet Noise. 

Posted by: [/i][/s][/b]akula51 at September 04, 2013 07:40 PM (uQIKb)

284 Posted by: irongrampa at September 04, 2013 11:38 PM (SAMxH) Yes, yes, and yes. What do they have to be afraid of? Nothing. Killed our diplomat and troops last year and nothing.

Posted by: RWC at September 04, 2013 07:40 PM (6TV0b)

285 Anyone else have a sick feeling about 9-11? I can't shake the feeling that SOMETHING very bad is going to happen. Only moderately bad things will happen, Allahu Akbar!

Posted by: John McCain at September 04, 2013 07:40 PM (FcR7P)

286 Didn't take long. PCMatic blondie video leaked.

?

Posted by: Methos at September 04, 2013 07:41 PM (hO9ad)

287 Our house in VA Beach is right in the pattern for the Oceana Air Show (not to mention daily flight ops). Good times. I ♥ Jet Noise. Posted by: akula51 at September 04, 2013 11:40 PM (uQIKb) You live near my BIL and his fam. He's stationed at Oceana now.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 04, 2013 07:41 PM (GEICT)

288 In a civil society it shouldn't be assumed that someone who is incapacitated, even due to their own negligence, should be targeted.

It isn't.  It's quite possible that some asshole will see it as an opportunity.  That's why avoiding the situation, if you can, is the best advice. 

Posted by: no good deed at September 04, 2013 07:42 PM (WmLrU)

289 Meant "wouldn't" be surprised/

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 04, 2013 07:43 PM (j+lCW)

290 Our renters do, yep...   The house is really close to Ocean Lakes HS...about a mile and a half from the water off Dam Neck Road.  Still has the trident in the window from the guy we bought it from.  I figured it would hurt me if I scraped it off.

Posted by: [/i][/s][/b]akula51 at September 04, 2013 07:43 PM (uQIKb)

291 Anyone else have a sick feeling about 9-11?

I might go hide out about half way across Alligator Alley.  I don't think AQ is interested in swamps.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at September 04, 2013 07:44 PM (9MLX+)

292 It seems to me we would be better served by giving serious felons enough time breaking rocks that they have no energy for mischief, even if it is targeted at other inmates...>>

Is this a real argument if we just house them vs sending them to something like the Devil's Island penal colony.

Posted by: The Hickster at September 04, 2013 07:45 PM (MeB2c)

293 I might go hide out about half way across Alligator Alley. I don't think AQ is interested in swamps. --- I'll just walk around normally here in nowhere anyone has ever heard of.

Posted by: UWP at September 04, 2013 07:46 PM (r98SZ)

294 291 I might go hide out about half way across Alligator Alley.

I made sure the Cobra was gassed up and ready before I left town.  Palmetto-Dolphin-75-poof.  This plan is a sound one, yep.

Posted by: [/i][/s][/b]akula51 at September 04, 2013 07:46 PM (uQIKb)

295 Just watching Dennis Miller and I thought:  Isn't the entire MFM TFG's "Mission Accomplished" banner?  'Preezy Peace-Prize' doesn't even need to do anything, nor accomplish anything.

...either way, the stories have already been written.


Posted by: Slapweasel at September 04, 2013 07:46 PM (lq3Ak)

296 I might go hide out about half way across Alligator Alley. I don't think AQ is interested in swamps.>>

The best are in Minnesota since they are furthest from the coasts.

Posted by: The Hickster at September 04, 2013 07:47 PM (MeB2c)

297 I can't believe these people whining about the perv hanging himself. His family and atty should stfu. Seriously, his family has no shame. Posted by: Jesse Pinkman Has anyone calculated how much money this will save the taxpayers? And if the family sues and gets a settlement they should have to give it ALL to the victims of their piece of shit relative.

Posted by: nerdygirl at September 04, 2013 07:47 PM (Oin9f)

298 t-bird ... and, as you've read, my typed humor, when noticed, is under .500 ...

Posted by: Arbalest at September 04, 2013 07:47 PM (FlRtG)

299 History will be kind to me for I intend to write it. - Churchill

Posted by: [/i][/s][/b]akula51 at September 04, 2013 07:48 PM (uQIKb)

300 Fox is doin the full court press in support of Operation Presidential Credibility

Posted by: ET at September 04, 2013 07:48 PM (YpjaN)

301 Alright, I'm out. Should've gone to bed an hour ago. G'night Horde, see you bunch of degenerates tomorrow. Oh, and........*glances significantly at link in nic*

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 04, 2013 07:48 PM (GEICT)

302 "Crease in our time" - David Brooks

Posted by: Craig Poe at September 04, 2013 07:50 PM (BVkEs)

303 I'd better turn in too.  Good night, all.

Posted by: no good deed at September 04, 2013 07:50 PM (WmLrU)

304 Shit. Always Sunny and The League started tonight.

Posted by: RWC at September 04, 2013 07:50 PM (6TV0b)

305 Later, BC...   abs and epsom salt bath, amigo.

That sounded ghey.  You know what I mean.  I am NOT responsible for Horde Behavior.

Posted by: Slapweasel at September 04, 2013 07:51 PM (lq3Ak)

306 I might go hide out about half way across Alligator Alley. I don't think AQ is interested in swamps.

Yes, but:
Swamp Shark
Ragin' Cajun Redneck Gators

Posted by: Your friends at Syfy Thursday night at September 04, 2013 07:52 PM (hO9ad)

307 Shit. Always Sunny and The League started tonight. --- Yes, I told DISH to record Sunny, doubt it did, but will find out later. Haven't watched any TV to speak of in about 6 months. This might be the month I get rid of Dish.

Posted by: UWP at September 04, 2013 07:54 PM (r98SZ)

308 Fox is doin the full court press in support of Operation Presidential Credibility It's world credibilty, by the way, according to President Red Visible Panty Lines. Why would you line up behind this guy? Operation If Jimmy Jumped Off The Brooklyn Bridge Would You

Posted by: t-bird at September 04, 2013 07:54 PM (FcR7P)

309 Operation This Time I Mean It!

Posted by: exhelodrvr at September 04, 2013 07:56 PM (edmTQ)

310 Why would you line up behind this guy? Operation If Jimmy Jumped Off The Brooklyn Bridge Would You>>

All the News channels have something to gain in war. CNN had it's heyday in Iraq.

Posted by: The Hickster at September 04, 2013 07:57 PM (MeB2c)

311 Time for the old folk.   Keep your heads up and walk proud.


     Goodnite, good people.     Stay safe.

Posted by: irongrampa at September 04, 2013 07:59 PM (SAMxH)

312 "I never said you can keep your doctor" - Barky McFucknut

Posted by: Craig Poe at September 04, 2013 07:59 PM (BVkEs)

313 Fox is doin the full court press in support of Operation Presidential Credibility

Nobody gets called on treason if enough people are behind it.

I particularly liked Rove's schtick about how if Assad wins, Iran and Russia win, and if he loses they lose. Because addressing the fact that the operation is aid and comfort for Al Qaeda must never happen.

Posted by: Methos at September 04, 2013 07:59 PM (hO9ad)

314 Operation you're grounded11!!!

Posted by: The Hickster at September 04, 2013 08:00 PM (MeB2c)

315 All the News channels have something to gain in war. CNN had it's heyday in Iraq.

Posted by: The Hickster at September 04, 2013 11:57 PM (MeB2c)


Only if they get watched...F em all

Posted by: Red Shirt at September 04, 2013 08:00 PM (FIDMq)

316 Operation Pull My Finger

Posted by: eman at September 04, 2013 08:01 PM (AO9UG)

317 Operation Watch This Drive

Posted by: Red Shirt at September 04, 2013 08:01 PM (FIDMq)

318

Didn't take long. PCMatic blondie video leaked.

 

The flower shop one? Linky please...

Posted by: BunkerintheBurbs at September 04, 2013 08:02 PM (X3xYu)

319 Operation he who smelt it dealt it.

Posted by: The Hickster at September 04, 2013 08:02 PM (MeB2c)

320 Operation Upper Decker

Posted by: Red Shirt at September 04, 2013 08:03 PM (FIDMq)

321 Operation Where's Beeks

Posted by: eman at September 04, 2013 08:03 PM (AO9UG)

322 Operation Not the economy.

Posted by: The Hickster at September 04, 2013 08:04 PM (MeB2c)

323 BTW, did anyone here get into the NFL pick em league? I can't find a post on it for the life of me.

Posted by: Methos at September 04, 2013 08:04 PM (hO9ad)

324 313...exactly. you never hear the AQ argument against on any channel , they only spout off the weak "well what about n Korea or Sudan ..etc" ....

Posted by: ET at September 04, 2013 08:05 PM (YpjaN)

325 Operation Kaboom Kids

Posted by: eman at September 04, 2013 08:05 PM (AO9UG)

326 Operation Never Mind the Benghazi Anniversary

Posted by: Red Shirt at September 04, 2013 08:05 PM (FIDMq)

327 Something else I can't stand ...when Our President goes into that "soft-spoken, whisssssly-assssss concern-troll mode".  The whistle is bad enough.  The soft-whistle drives me up a wall, back down and under the sub-floor.

I've got to shut it off.  It isn't bad enough that he's always in "campaign-mode", denying that he's responsible for everything, on which, he's responsible.

...sssssssssssssss

KABOOM!

Posted by: Slapweasel at September 04, 2013 08:06 PM (lq3Ak)

328 Operation I'm tired of living a lie.

Posted by: The Hickster at September 04, 2013 08:06 PM (MeB2c)

329 How did I manage to never hear of Operation Praying Mantis?

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 04, 2013 08:07 PM (0axsw)

330 Operation Pissing Contest

Posted by: eman at September 04, 2013 08:07 PM (AO9UG)

331 Operation Reach-Around

Posted by: eman at September 04, 2013 08:08 PM (AO9UG)

332 Operation Coming out of the closet.

Posted by: The Hickster at September 04, 2013 08:09 PM (MeB2c)

333 Operation Chelsea Danger.

Posted by: Weiner at September 04, 2013 08:11 PM (0axsw)

334

I watched:
Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

last night on Netflix and really liked.  What other political documentaries are out there that are a good watch?

What other documentaries are worth watching period?

Posted by: bestie21 at September 04, 2013 08:11 PM (RKOLo)

335 I particularly liked Rove's schtick about how if Assad wins, Iran and Russia win, and if he loses they lose. Because addressing the fact that the operation is aid and comfort for Al Qaeda must never happen. ---- Micheal Ledeen: "Look, Langley and MI6 have high level assets in the Syrian military. We always have a colonel ready to go. We obliterate the Assads in their bunker, our colonel proclaims that the beast is dead, that the military is now in charge, that they are prepared to call a cease-fire and will negotiate in good faith with legitimate opposition forces. ... He asks for a UN peacekeeping force right away, and for the immediate departure of all "foreign forces" from Syria - Hezbollah, the Iranians, the Russians, and the al-Qaeda crowd. QED." Such fact-based experiential reasoning is why Michael was on Ronald Reagan's National Security Council but is not on Zero's. The real bottom line on Syria is that the Assad regime is Iran's proxy. Iran is our Main Enemy in the Moslem world, not Al Qaeda troglodytes, and eliminating its proxy in Syria would do critical damage to it.

Posted by: UWP at September 04, 2013 08:13 PM (r98SZ)

336 "What other documentaries are worth watching period?"

"The Lives of Others"

Can't recommend it enough.

Posted by: navybrat at September 04, 2013 08:13 PM (ft8Uj)

337 "UT Austin has a new Muslim fraternity"

I'd steer clear of their "parties" on Friday night.

Posted by: PJ at September 04, 2013 08:14 PM (ZWaLo)

338 I thought the supposed Steubenville rape case wasn't all it was supposed to be when I heard Anonymous was involved. I don't trust them.

Posted by: Baldy at September 04, 2013 08:14 PM (tyDFN)

339 "UT Austin has a new Muslim fraternity" ... and their "initiation" ceremonies, too.

Posted by: Arbalest at September 04, 2013 08:15 PM (FlRtG)

340 Y'know, reading through Maet's reworking of Obama's rhetoric.....what if he/his controllers actually believes that crap?  What if he believed that a war is an actual golden "get out of jail free" card for a "rise in the uninsured, a rise in the poverty rate, a drop in the median income - to distract us from corporate scandals and a stock market that has just gone through the worst month since the Great Depression". Well, we got that stuff today -- and if it's a slam dunk that it works......it's only bad if you do it for the wrong reasons -- and what better reason could there be than for Obama to look good?





Posted by: cthulhu at September 04, 2013 08:15 PM (T1005)

341 Persians snake their way among our Greek society.


Posted by: adams Isagoran porn at September 04, 2013 08:16 PM (gQKHE)

342

I liked "The Fog of WAR" by Errol Morris

Posted by: The Jackhole somewhere on Ventura Highway at September 04, 2013 08:16 PM (/7Xis)

343 Sorry, "The Lives of Others" is not a documentary. It is a dramatization.

For documentaries I strongly suggest

"Little Deiter Needs To Fly"

Werner Herzog.

Posted by: navybrat at September 04, 2013 08:16 PM (ft8Uj)

344 Operation Yes, it's over with her!

Posted by: exhelodrvr at September 04, 2013 08:17 PM (edmTQ)

345 My frienz, my friendly frenzies, my good comrades... Does anyone remember if two of a kind beats a full house? Tell me quick. Typing hurts.

Posted by: John McCain, stay jocular my friends at September 04, 2013 08:18 PM (k/Mc/)

346 If it's two of the same two of a kinds, yes, it does.

Posted by: exhelodrvr at September 04, 2013 08:19 PM (edmTQ)

347 Let's do this right: 1. Draft every hippie draft dodger still alive from 'Nam. 2. Send them into Syria to clear out IEDs. 3. Then send in the volunteer armed forces. We got a "good war" now; a D is in the White House.

Posted by: The Man from Athens at September 04, 2013 08:19 PM (RXQ2T)

348

336 "What other documentaries are worth watching period?"

"The Lives of Others"

Can't recommend it enough.

 

-------------------------------

Can you explain?  Why is IE not allowing me to markup?  :-)  Silly Microsoft.

Posted by: bestie21 at September 04, 2013 08:20 PM (RKOLo)

349

Unfortunately, no. In the last 36 hours I've hurt my back and got a message that a real close friend and his wife lost their second pregnancy in a row. Not a good couple days.

On the upside....*glances at link in nic*

 

 

BC, like your blog, keep it up.  Life has its ups and downs.

 

Right now we are back home after a week w/ my Mom in Cardiac intensive care, after 2 operations and 2 serious problems.  We spent more time there than planned but really had to get back to work eventually, she seemed OK.

 

Now I learn tonight there are still more problems w/ my Mom.  What to do?Life is tough sometimes.  What matters is how you deal w/ the crap that comes your way.

Just keep true to yourself and your values and keep on keeping on.

My best,

T

Posted by: The Farmer at September 04, 2013 08:20 PM (eBupg)

350 LOL, Arbalest.

Posted by: PJ at September 04, 2013 08:20 PM (ZWaLo)

351 Domestic Terrorists with tenure could lead the assault.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 04, 2013 08:21 PM (0axsw)

352 cthulhu: What if he believed that a war is an actual golden "get out of jail free" card for a "rise in the uninsured, a rise in the poverty rate, a drop in the median income - ... ... perchance Teh JEF's handlers believe that If War Is To Be Declared ... then there must be a corresponding increase in government spending ... ... and if Teh JEF were, through Herculean Efforts (!!!11), achieve Peace Just Before Hostilities Started, ... ... Teh JEF would be a Hero To All Mankind ... ... and all that lovely MONEY would still be available, ripe for the pillaging.

Posted by: Arbalest at September 04, 2013 08:21 PM (FlRtG)

353 "Can you explain? Why is IE not allowing me to markup? :-) Silly Microsoft."

Are you asking me to explain to the movie or Microsoft?

The latter is inexplicable.

Posted by: navybrat at September 04, 2013 08:21 PM (ft8Uj)

354 My low back went out a month ago. This due to extremely tight leg and hip muscles. I trim horse hooves part time, used to be full time. My back muscles have developed scaring from the abuse. The horse chiropractor who works on my horses(he used to have a sport med. practice for people) has started using Electro Magnetic Pulse Therapy. I have had 2 treatment on my upper back and it is has worked wonders.The horse loves it. Next treatment will be my hips. I am also going to a massage therapist. I highly recommend this EMP therapy for any muscle/tendon/ligament problems/injurys.

Posted by: California Witch at September 04, 2013 08:22 PM (Xcvk0)

355 What other political documentaries are out there that are a good watch?>>

To see where we are headed. "Lord of the flies" is a good watch.

Posted by: The Hickster at September 04, 2013 08:22 PM (MeB2c)

356

Are you asking me to explain to the movie or Microsoft?
-----------------

The former.

Posted by: bestie21 at September 04, 2013 08:23 PM (RKOLo)

357 Micheal Ledeen:
"Look, Langley and MI6 have high level assets in the Syrian military. We always have a colonel ready to go. We obliterate the Assads in their bunker, our colonel proclaims that the beast is dead, that the military is now in charge, that they are prepared to call a cease-fire and will negotiate in good faith with legitimate opposition forces. ... He asks for a UN peacekeeping force right away, and for the immediate departure of all "foreign forces" from Syria - Hezbollah, the Iranians, the Russians, and the al-Qaeda crowd. QED."

You had me at "cakewalk." Perhaps you'd like to list all the other heads of state that we obliterated in their bunkers cheaply, because I seem to have forgotten them. Even if your play pretend scenario is available, why in the world do you think any of the people currently fighting the Assad regime would stand down to some random colonel who served him?

Such fact-based experiential reasoning is why Michael was on Ronald Reagan's National Security Council but is not on Zero's. The real bottom line on Syria is that the Assad regime is Iran's proxy. Iran is our Main Enemy in the Moslem world, not Al Qaeda troglodytes, and eliminating its proxy in Syria would do critical damage to it.

What damage has Iran succeeded in doing to us? You'll have to remind me as I seem to have forgotten that to. For the sake of honesty, make sure you compare that to the effects the Al Qaeda troglodytes have had.

And if Iran is the real problem, stop being a pussy and call for a bombing campaign against Iran.

Posted by: Methos at September 04, 2013 08:24 PM (hO9ad)

358 What I mean why did you suggest it and then say you wouldn't recommend it?

Posted by: bestie21 at September 04, 2013 08:24 PM (RKOLo)

359 I had to go do laundry, eat and do other things. I have bursts of energy late. Has Mitch McConnell said anything on Syria like Boehner & Cantor? IÂ’m sure Mitch wonÂ’t say a word, will vote against it if the people of KY want that but then will quietly make deal with Reid. I was happy to be rid of Scott Brown here in MA because he would vote with the dems more often than republicans. I liked Scott in 2010 but learned he wasnÂ’t worth the $ and time I spent on him. I wonder if the people of KY will do the same?

Posted by: CarolT at September 04, 2013 08:24 PM (z4WKX)

360 Barrel

Posted by: Arbalest at September 04, 2013 08:24 PM (FlRtG)

361

Not that one would expect anything more from an illiterate airheaded affirmative action non-entity like Obama, but Wolfowitz and Perle (for whom Obama would never be qualified to be a low-level intern) did not push any ideological agendas anywhere.

 

Free clue, idiot (and many many others, not limited to the ignorant irresponsible pro-authoritarian pro-racist "left"): removing an intolerable and uncontainable threat in the post-9/11 era of global terrorism with clear potential for a link-up of the worst/most dangerous regimes and non-state actors is simple common sense, utterly practical, and has nothing to do with any ideology. 

 

Obama is the symptom, not the cause, of an irretrievably dumbed-down and morally inverted society.  

 

 

Posted by: non-purist at September 04, 2013 08:25 PM (afQnV)

362 Werner Herzog's Grizzly Man is also political, in that it relates the true state of nature, and the silly romanticism of the animal lovers who see themselves as communing with animals, who usually end up killing them.  IOW it's about dumb leftists.

Posted by: PJ at September 04, 2013 08:26 PM (ZWaLo)

363 339 "UT Austin has a new Muslim fraternity" ##### The Beta Bin Ladens. A group of young muslim men hanging out and living together. I believe that's what used to be called a terrorist cell. Kinda like the 9/11 hijackers. I'd start a campus wide escort-a-goat program for their own safety.

Posted by: The Man from Athens at September 04, 2013 08:26 PM (RXQ2T)

364 Well, bestie21, "The Lives of Others" is all about the intrusion of the State (in this case the Stasi) in to the personal doings of their subjects, formerly known as citizens. It is all about State abuse of powers. And it is a real story, based in East Germany before the fall of the USSR, when the Stasi kept files on everyone and something like 25% of the population were informants for them.

Posted by: navybrat at September 04, 2013 08:26 PM (ft8Uj)

365 Wow. A moose-limb fraternity. Sounds like more fun than a terminal dose of crabs.

Posted by: maddogg at September 04, 2013 08:27 PM (+SU7n)

366 dammit

Posted by: Methos at September 04, 2013 08:28 PM (hO9ad)

367 365 Wow. A moose-limb fraternity. Sounds like more fun than a terminal dose of crabs. Posted by: maddogg at September 05, 2013 12:27 AM (+SU7n) ##### Even on a Friday?

Posted by: The Man from Athens at September 04, 2013 08:29 PM (RXQ2T)

368 Good evening, Horde. A total stranger came up to me on campus today and told me I'm beautiful. That was pretty sweet. Made my day.

Posted by: Gingy at September 04, 2013 08:29 PM (aH+zP)

369 368 Good evening, Horde. A total stranger came up to me on campus today and told me I'm beautiful. That was pretty sweet. Made my day. Posted by: Gingy at September 05, 2013 12:29 AM (aH+zP) ##### Well?!?!? What then????

Posted by: The Man from Athens at September 04, 2013 08:30 PM (RXQ2T)

370 Political Documentarys?

Animal Farm, 1984, Fahrenheit 451.

Logans Run...

Posted by: JarvisW at September 04, 2013 08:30 PM (E7Iyp)

371 On second thought, I am pleased that UT has it's own fraternity of goat fucking cave men. I wouldn't wish it on anyone else.

Posted by: maddogg at September 04, 2013 08:30 PM (+SU7n)

372 In case Flatbush Joe's still around, here's some things I noticed so far in this TUF season opener.

-As from last season, they're still using that horrible lighting halo reflecting in the eyes during the extreme close-up interviews (just like Amateur Allure! Gee, where'd they get that idea from?).

-Thanks, editor, for showing the dull fights in their entirety and putting the slug fests in highlights.

-How many refs do they need now? In past seasons, only two were necessary. Now it's five by my count.

-That's a great editing job, leaving those early clips of both female coaches looking bored during the fights. Why not just have Dana clearly forbid texting before the bouts?

-Worst teasers for the upcoming season, ever. There's no crying in MMA without a towel over one's head.

Posted by: adams Isagoran porn at September 04, 2013 08:31 PM (gQKHE)

373 navybrat I just meant why did you suggest it and then say you can't recommend it. 

Posted by: bestie21 at September 04, 2013 08:31 PM (RKOLo)

374 "Animal Farm, 1984, Fahrenheit 451.

Logans Run..."

All works of fiction.

Not documentary, but still worthy.

Posted by: navybrat at September 04, 2013 08:32 PM (ft8Uj)

375 What damage has Iran succeeded in doing to us? You'll have to remind me as I seem to have forgotten that to. For the sake of honesty, make sure you compare that to the effects the Al Qaeda troglodytes have had. And if Iran is the real problem, stop being a pussy and call for a bombing campaign against Iran. Posted by: Methos at September 05, 2013 12:24 AM (hO9a ----- Don't know, just quoting Ledeen,

Posted by: UWP at September 04, 2013 08:32 PM (r98SZ)

376 Can't vouch for the complete accuracy of this map, but if true, there's a lot of fire-power being amassed in the Med: http://tinyurl.com/k287l5p

Posted by: Thrawn at September 04, 2013 08:33 PM (Dsds2)

377 I wouldnt call them fiction when they are happening right now! lol

Posted by: JarvisW at September 04, 2013 08:33 PM (E7Iyp)

378 "I just meant why did you suggest it and then say you can't recommend it."

Never said that, just corrected that you asked for documentaries and this is not one. It is a dramatization.

There is a difference.

Posted by: navybrat at September 04, 2013 08:34 PM (ft8Uj)

379

369 368 Good evening, Horde. A total stranger came up to me on campus today and told me I'm beautiful. That was pretty sweet. Made my day.
Posted by: Gingy at September 05, 2013 12:29 AM (aH+zP)

#####

Well?!?!? What then????

 

Yes what happened next.

Posted by: bestie21 at September 04, 2013 08:34 PM (RKOLo)

380 If I said anything, it would have been against IE (Internet Explorer) which, if you are still using it, just go ahead a put an ice pick in your ear and be done with it...

Posted by: navybrat at September 04, 2013 08:35 PM (ft8Uj)

381

navybrat your right you said "can't recommend it enough" and I'm tired.  My bad.

Posted by: bestie21 at September 04, 2013 08:36 PM (RKOLo)

382 navybrat  Microsoft is a hard core GI-Joe cereal eating browser.  Firefox, Chrome, and Safari are all socialist tools used to steal our vital fluids.

Posted by: bestie21 at September 04, 2013 08:38 PM (RKOLo)

383 368 Good evening, Horde. A total stranger came up to me on campus today and told me I'm beautiful. That was pretty sweet. Made my day.

Posted by: Gingy at September 05, 2013 12:29 AM (aH+zP)


Rules people!  Rules state that the Horde must be given a chance to weigh in on this, it is in the handbook...you do have your handbook, right?  Please post pics asap

Posted by: Red Shirt at September 04, 2013 08:38 PM (FIDMq)

384 Thanks bill& Cthulhu from a bit ago. Don't know if your here, but appreciate the info!!

Posted by: lou's a girl at September 04, 2013 08:39 PM (vgd4f)

385 383 gingy, love that. Compliments like that are awesome!!

Posted by: lou's a girl at September 04, 2013 08:40 PM (vgd4f)

386 Can't vouch for the complete accuracy of this map, but if true, there's a lot of fire-power being amassed in the Med:

http://tinyurl.com/k287l5p


This shit is going to get out of control and we will be lucky to live through it.

Posted by: Methos doesn't actually know the Red October quote at September 04, 2013 08:40 PM (hO9ad)

387 383 368 Good evening, Horde. A total stranger came up to me on campus today and told me I'm beautiful. That was pretty sweet. Made my day. Posted by: Gingy at September 05, 2013 12:29 AM (aH+zP) Rules people! Rules state that the Horde must be given a chance to weigh in on this, it is in the handbook...you do have your handbook, right? Please post pics asap Posted by: Red Shirt at September 05, 2013 12:38 AM (FIDMq) #### Now don't go getting all technical on us now.

Posted by: The Man from Athens at September 04, 2013 08:40 PM (RXQ2T)

388 ..."Microsoft is a hard core GI-Joe cereal eating browser. Firefox, Chrome, and Safari are all socialist tools used to steal our vital fluids."

Whatever, LOL, I just want something that, when you click "play" it plays.

As for personal privacy, please, tell me what you use that does NOT report back to the Big Giant Head all about your 4chan searches.

I'm here all night.

Posted by: navybrat at September 04, 2013 08:42 PM (ft8Uj)

389

Hey Ace, loved the picture of the hippy chick loving war.

LMAO.

Posted by: harleycowboy at September 04, 2013 08:43 PM (+9AX9)

390 Whatever, LOL, I just want something that, when you click "play" it plays. Posted by: navybrat at September 05, 2013 12:42 AM (ft8Uj) Well. frankly, absolute reliability is not on the table.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at September 04, 2013 08:44 PM (qyfb5)

391 384 Thanks bill& Cthulhu from a bit ago. Don't know if your here, but appreciate the info!!

Posted by: lou's a girl at September 05, 2013 12:39 AM (vgd4f)



You're very welcome. It's a pain-in-the-neck when you have to know more than the people working with something every day in order to just get the right thing.

Posted by: cthulhu at September 04, 2013 08:47 PM (T1005)

392 Get ready for a fucking bumpy ride Methos, we got tfg heading us down the warpath

Posted by: lou's a girl at September 04, 2013 08:47 PM (vgd4f)

393 The rape culture will disappear once we're all sex positive.


Posted by: adams Naif porn at September 04, 2013 08:48 PM (gQKHE)

394 "Well. frankly, absolute reliability is not on the table."

How about ordinary, garden variety functionality?

Posted by: navybrat at September 04, 2013 08:51 PM (ft8Uj)

395 how the hell am I gonna go 6 weeks without using my right hand? How, for example will I wipe my ass? I already tried doing it left handed and that was a disaster. Posted by: jewells45 trying to keep from going crazy at September 04, 2013 10:34 PM (u25eL) Why, hello thereÂ…

Posted by: Thai Ladyboy at September 04, 2013 08:52 PM (Vk2pI)

396 -As from last season, they're still using that horrible lighting halo reflecting in the eyes during the extreme close-up interviews (just like Amateur Allure! Gee, where'd they get that idea from?). ******* This was my first time watching it--and I am already annoyed with that.

Posted by: tasker at September 04, 2013 08:52 PM (r2PLg)

397 Tentacled horror or hobby arduino clone?  Why not both?

http://scoamf.us/Ez

Posted by: Blanco Basura at September 04, 2013 08:52 PM (JawqV)

398 Microsoft is a hard core GI-Joe cereal eating browser. Firefox, Chrome, and Safari are all socialist tools used to steal our vital fluids." Whew!

Posted by: Opera at September 04, 2013 08:52 PM (Vk2pI)

399 369 368 Good evening, Horde. A total stranger came up to me on campus today and told me I'm beautiful. That was pretty sweet. Made my day. Posted by: Gingy at September 05, 2013 12:29 AM (aH+zP) ##### Well?!?!? What then???? Posted by: The Man from Athens at September 05, 2013 12:30 AM (RXQ2T) --- I said "thank you", a little flustered, and went on my way.

Posted by: Gingy at September 04, 2013 08:52 PM (aH+zP)

400 Ice for joints. Heat for muscles. Alcohol for everything else. Posted by: Tobacco Road at September 04, 2013 10:46 PM (4Mv1T) Fixed

Posted by: The Drinkin' Hat at September 04, 2013 08:53 PM (Vk2pI)

401 One thing I have to wonder about is, how does going into Syria over Russia's vociferous objections square with TFG's "This is my last election. After my election I have more flexibility" with Medvedev? Is there a Russian plan that involves Americans in Syria?

Posted by: cthulhu at September 04, 2013 08:54 PM (T1005)

402 383 368 Good evening, Horde. A total stranger came up to me on campus today and told me I'm beautiful. That was pretty sweet. Made my day. Posted by: Gingy at September 05, 2013 12:29 AM (aH+zP) Rules people! Rules state that the Horde must be given a chance to weigh in on this, it is in the handbook...you do have your handbook, right? Please post pics asap Posted by: Red Shirt at September 05, 2013 12:38 AM (FIDMq) --- My Twitter profile picture. @GingyNorth. No pictures of my ass.

Posted by: Gingy at September 04, 2013 08:54 PM (aH+zP)

403 The rape culture will disappear once we're all sex positive.


Posted by: adams Naif porn at September 05, 2013 12:48 AM (gQKHE)

 

Please tell me this is sarcasm.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at September 04, 2013 08:54 PM (lr3d7)

404 401 Cthulhu , hmmmmmm

Posted by: lou's a girl at September 04, 2013 08:55 PM (vgd4f)

405

Posted by: Opera at September 05, 2013 12:52 AM (Vk2pI)


who are you?

Posted by: The Dude at September 04, 2013 08:55 PM (vJdyz)

406 Whew!

Posted by: Opera at September 05, 2013 12:52 AM (Vk2pI)

 

You're a hunter gatherer.

Posted by: buzzion at September 04, 2013 08:56 PM (LI48c)

407 The rape culture will disappear once we're all sex H.I.V. positive.
Posted by: adams Naif porn

All Fix'd.  Same result.

Posted by: Slapweasel at September 04, 2013 08:56 PM (lq3Ak)

408 399 369 368 Good evening, Horde. A total stranger came up to me on campus today and told me I'm beautiful. That was pretty sweet. Made my day.
Posted by: Gingy at September 05, 2013 12:29 AM (aH+zP)

#####

Well?!?!? What then????
Posted by: The Man from Athens at September 05, 2013 12:30 AM (RXQ2T)
---
I said "thank you", a little flustered, and went on my way.

Posted by: Gingy at September 05, 2013 12:52 AM (aH+zP)

 

Next time I see her I'm gonna ask to see her tits.

Posted by: Random stranger on campus at September 04, 2013 08:57 PM (LI48c)

409 397 Tentacled horror or hobby arduino clone? Why not both?

http://scoamf.us/Ez

Posted by: Blanco Basura at September 05, 2013 12:52 AM (JawqV)



I like!

Posted by: cthulhu at September 04, 2013 08:57 PM (T1005)

410 Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 12:54 AM (T1005)

Nope...  TFG says one thing to get to the next thing, so as to get by and possibly advance to the next thing.

...all-the-while, acting like he's not responsible for any of it.

Posted by: Slapweasel at September 04, 2013 08:58 PM (lq3Ak)

411

388 Whatever, LOL, I just want something that, when you click "play" it plays.

As for personal privacy, please, tell me what you use that does NOT report back to the Big Giant Head all about your 4chan searches.

-----------------------

Well most of the other browsers are based on Mozilla open source.  The open source initiative is a direct descendant of the Berkley Software Distribution initiative that was started by counter culture hippies and the chicoms in the late 60s to undermine Bell Labs and Unix. 

I can't speak to Safari because I don't use products designed by law breaking, dope smoking hippies in Cupertino.  I only use products designed by law abiding, dope smoking, capitalist in Redmond, WA.

There are also several companies like Google that have better records of the selfies I post on the /B from time to time.  So far they don't seem to be interested in the personal lives of me and my cat Snookie so far thought.

Posted by: bestie21 at September 04, 2013 08:58 PM (RKOLo)

412 404 401 Cthulhu , hmmmmmm

Posted by: lou's a girl at September 05, 2013 12:55 AM (vgd4f)



Because, after all, we know from the movies that "Russians don't take a dump, son, without a plan."

Posted by: cthulhu at September 04, 2013 08:59 PM (T1005)

413 CarolT as for your Q last night on Pluto, a planet is an object that has cleared its orbit. Pluto has other objects w/n and dips through Neptune's so it is considered a dwarf world

Posted by: CAC at September 04, 2013 08:59 PM (vve5O)

414

My Twitter profile picture. @GingyNorth. No pictures of my ass.

 

A Ginger!

Posted by: bestie21 at September 04, 2013 09:01 PM (RKOLo)

415 How about ordinary, garden variety functionality? Posted by: navybrat at September 05, 2013 12:51 AM (ft8Uj) Boy, you don't ask for much, do you? PCs aren't designed for reliability. Sorry. It's kind of a miracle they work as well as they do. And then... UPDATES!

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at September 04, 2013 09:01 PM (qyfb5)

416 Pluto has other objects w/n and dips through Neptune's so it is considered a dwarf world Posted by: CAC

It is also where ace keeps his Time Machine.

Verdict:  Planet

Posted by: Slapweasel at September 04, 2013 09:01 PM (lq3Ak)

417 408 Next time I see her I'm gonna ask to see her tits. Posted by: Random stranger on campus at September 05, 2013 12:57 AM (LI48c) --- Uh.

Posted by: Gingy at September 04, 2013 09:01 PM (aH+zP)

418 Because, after all, we know from the movies that "Russians don't take a dump, son, without a plan."
Posted by: cthulhu

They would also raise rabbits.  With round American women.  They would also buy recreational vehicles and live in Montana.

Posted by: Slapweasel at September 04, 2013 09:03 PM (lq3Ak)

419 2 million Syrians, so far, flooding into neighboring countries. And we all know how Arabs get along with each other. Helluva job, Barky...

Posted by: t-bird at September 04, 2013 09:04 PM (FcR7P)

420 You're very welcome. It's a pain-in-the-neck when you have to know more than the people working with something every day in order to just get the right thing. Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 12:47 AM (T1005) Wait, there's an alternative?!?!

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at September 04, 2013 09:04 PM (qyfb5)

421 The rape culture will disappear once we're all sex H.I.V. positive. Posted by: adams Naif porn All Fix'd. Same result. Posted by: Slapweasel at September 05, 2013 12:56 AM (lq3Ak) A little mood music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6szE_qmzavQ

Posted by: The Political Lease at September 04, 2013 09:04 PM (Vk2pI)

422 417 Pluto has other objects w/n and dips through Neptune's so it is considered a dwarf world Posted by: CAC It is also where ace keeps his Time Machine. Verdict: Planet Posted by: Slapweasel at September 05, 2013 01:01 AM (lq3Ak) It's smaller than the moon.

Posted by: Buzzion at September 04, 2013 09:04 PM (LI48c)

423 413, Cthulhu , scary stuff.

Posted by: lou's a girl at September 04, 2013 09:05 PM (vgd4f)

424 No good deed.. that's what my MRI showed too. Until the neurosurgeon got in there and that wasn't the case at all. Hope your MRI is good and my advice is if he thinks surgery is necessary that's well and good but you may think about physical therapy. After my back surgery I was still in awful pain. That nerve is gonna be very pissed off. Don't expect instant relief. But hang in there and do the PT. It really helped me. Posted by: jewells45 trying to keep from going crazy at September 04, 2013 10:58 PM (u25eL) Going through all that now for my shoulder. Doesn't seem at first like it will make a difference, but it does.

Posted by: The Political Hat at September 04, 2013 09:05 PM (Vk2pI)

425 It's smaller than the moon.
 Posted by: Buzzion

The verdict has been reached.

Posted by: Judge Slapweasel Roberts at September 04, 2013 09:07 PM (lq3Ak)

426 Pluto has other objects w/n and dips through Neptune's so it is considered a dwarf world Posted by: CAC It is also where ace keeps his Time Machine. Verdict: Planet Posted by: Slapweasel at September 05, 2013 01:01 AM (lq3Ak) It's smaller than the moon. Posted by: Buzzion at September 05, 2013 01:04 AM (LI48c) Do you think I'd bother with Pluto?

Posted by: Tycho Magnetic Anomaly 1 at September 04, 2013 09:07 PM (Vk2pI)

427 One thing I have to wonder about is, how does going into Syria over Russia's vociferous objections square with TFG's "This is my last election. After my election I have more flexibility" with Medvedev? Is there a Russian plan that involves Americans in Syria?

As a general rule, I'm in the Obama is Evil camp. But stuff like this does weigh on the possibility that he's just making shit up as he goes.

Posted by: Methos at September 04, 2013 09:07 PM (hO9ad)

428 Ok, going ot on the ont, I just don't understand women who get facelifts, Botox, etc until they look like freaks? I see young beautiful women who destroy their looks, I just don't get it. I might be old and have wrinkles, but at least I look human.

Posted by: lou's a girl at September 04, 2013 09:07 PM (vgd4f)

429 "Well most of the other browsers are based on Mozilla open source. The open source initiative is a direct descendant of the Berkley Software Distribution initiative that was started by counter culture hippies and the chicoms in the late 60s to undermine Bell Labs and Unix."

Da MAN got his boot on MAH NECK!!!

Everyone I know in Redmond WA has more money than Midas himself in spite of producing what is demonstrably the absolute worst software in the universe.

Posted by: navybrat at September 04, 2013 09:07 PM (ft8Uj)

430 It's smaller than the moon. Posted by: Buzzion at September 05, 2013 01:04 AM (LI48c) Imma just wait until the next batch of astrolo... sorry, astronomers need to publish papers, then they'll push to readmit it. Aren't planets and dwarf planets both planets?

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at September 04, 2013 09:08 PM (qyfb5)

431 418 408 Next time I see her I'm gonna ask to see her tits.
Posted by: Random stranger on campus at September 05, 2013 12:57 AM (LI48c)
---
Uh.

Posted by: Gingy at September 05, 2013 01:01 AM (aH+zP)



Well, you could have responded by asking, "could you be more specific?" and gotten yet more information on what lecherous hounds men can be.



About 30 years ago, my gf worked at a Crown Books in Santa Barbara. One day, while her manager (also female) was walking across the parking lot back from lunch, a random stranger nodded to her, smiled, and said, "nice pair." They were still talking about it when I went to pick the gf up that afternoon. I think I still have toothprints in my tongue from that.

Posted by: cthulhu at September 04, 2013 09:08 PM (T1005)

432 how does going into Syria over Russia's vociferous objections square with TFG's "This is my last election. After my election I have more flexibility" with Medvedev? I think both his "red lines" and his "flexibility" are just him shooting his mouth off, unteleprompted. Operation Don't Write Checks With Your Mouth That Your Ass Can't Cash

Posted by: t-bird at September 04, 2013 09:10 PM (FcR7P)

433 421 You're very welcome. It's a pain-in-the-neck when you have to know more than the people working with something every day in order to just get the right thing.

Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 12:47 AM (T1005)


Wait, there's an alternative?!?!

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at September 05, 2013 01:04 AM (qyfb5)



Of course there is. Have 'em make a bunch 'on spec', and let Consumer Reports or Amazon comments sort 'em out.

Posted by: cthulhu at September 04, 2013 09:11 PM (T1005)

434 Aw man now you've spoiled it for me, Cthulhu. I was enjoying being not just the old lady. Butthead.

Posted by: Gingy at September 04, 2013 09:11 PM (aH+zP)

435 I am out too. Good Night Horde, and donÂ’t piss off Ace. Carol

Posted by: CarolT at September 04, 2013 09:13 PM (z4WKX)

436 I just don't get it.
I might be old and have wrinkles, but at least I look human.

Posted by: lou's a girl at September 05, 2013 01:07 AM (vgd4f)


There's something within people who want "perfection".  The unattainable can relate to clean floors, stacked sock-drawers, lawn maintenance, "art" or self-worth through surgical-'sculpture'.


I don't fully understand it.

Posted by: Slapweasel at September 04, 2013 09:14 PM (lq3Ak)

437 435 Aw man now you've spoiled it for me, Cthulhu. I was enjoying being not just the old lady. Butthead. Posted by: Gingy at September 05, 2013 01:11 AM (aH+zP Well they're not going to call you beautiful at random if you're not. I'm just being a guy and well if you see a beautiful woman you want to see more of them and college students aren't exactly subtle.

Posted by: Buzzion at September 04, 2013 09:16 PM (LI48c)

438


Everyone I know in Redmond WA has more money than Midas himself in spite of producing what is demonstrably the absolute worst software in the universe.

--------

You must know some old timers if they are rich.  :-)  MSFT hasn't been doing so well under the Ballmer tenure.

Some things are great like Xbox and Office.  Some stuff is going to be great like Azure and the Lumia.  Some things make you wonder WTF like Windows 8's UX. 

The specific reason I'm using IE is that Firefox has a huge memory leak that runs up 1.5 gigs of physical memory usage after an hour and this particular PC can't handle it.

Posted by: bestie21 at September 04, 2013 09:16 PM (RKOLo)

439 G'night, Carol
-Slap

Posted by: Slapweasel at September 04, 2013 09:16 PM (lq3Ak)

440 I am running Firefox 23.
Everything works just fine.
How does one detect memory leaks? I have 32 gigs of RAM.

Posted by: navybrat at September 04, 2013 09:18 PM (ft8Uj)

441 >>> I might be old and have wrinkles, but at least I look human. Posted by: lou's a girl >>> There's something within people who want "perfection". My wife points out that it can be difficult for a woman to lose her looks, especially for a pretty woman, so they try to hang on.

Posted by: fluffy at September 04, 2013 09:19 PM (z9HTb)

442 I hate that feeling of getting sick. I'm on day two of it and I'm ready to get it over but I know I'm not near the height of it yet.

Posted by: Buzzion at September 04, 2013 09:20 PM (LI48c)

443 435 Aw man now you've spoiled it for me, Cthulhu. I was enjoying being not just the old lady. Butthead.

Posted by: Gingy at September 05, 2013 01:11 AM (aH+zP)



Awwww....then again, maybe he'd have said something like, "you walk like you're marching happiness into a dull, empty field."



I'm prone to astigmatism and myopia, and have worked in accounting and auditing where you have to examine figures very carefully -- and, as a result, you sometimes can't see lines well for an hour after you stop working....so I actually sometimes recognize people by their gait before I can clearly see their faces.

Posted by: cthulhu at September 04, 2013 09:20 PM (T1005)

444 "Crease in our time" - David Brooks Posted by: Craig Poe (clappy, clappy, clappy ) Great, now do Hugh Hewitt. (sits raptly )

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at September 04, 2013 09:22 PM (WLpmE)

445 Hey y'all.

Posted by: Bomber at September 04, 2013 09:24 PM (+Wfbd)

446 Drop and give me 50 Death to the Infidels!!!!

Posted by: αλμ Pledge leader [/i] [/b] at September 04, 2013 09:25 PM (WLpmE)

447

I am of the fluffuledge to state......

 

"A Classic Wag the Dog Moment if ever there was for this SCFOAMF!!"

ht>:; Stevey.....oh....can  I lol or did I already post this.........dang

 

k e y boardis messingwit .....FINGERS.sure callluinaminute..I  "mpo  sting right nou 

Posted by: Richard at September 04, 2013 09:26 PM (pfeAu)

448 Hey, Bomber!!! How goes?

Posted by: cthulhu at September 04, 2013 09:26 PM (T1005)

449 442 fluffy, yeah, I don't want to look like them girls. Rather age gracefully, sadly I think that is becoming a thing of the past.

Posted by: lou's a girl at September 04, 2013 09:28 PM (vgd4f)

450 They said..i needed a web presence to be successful, When do we get paid?

Posted by: Nuk3Dawg NoBoot of The Levant at September 04, 2013 09:28 PM (9Z7g5)

451 Welcome back, Bomber.

Posted by: Slapweasel at September 04, 2013 09:28 PM (lq3Ak)

452 I was only gone a day.

Posted by: Bomber at September 04, 2013 09:32 PM (+Wfbd)

453 Great, now do Hugh Hewitt.
(sits raptly )
Posted by: weft cut-loop

Walking With the Reagans?

Posted by: Slapweasel at September 04, 2013 09:32 PM (lq3Ak)

454 I welcome you back because I haven't been here for a few days.  My knowledge of "Horde Timelines" is worthless.

Posted by: Slapweasel at September 04, 2013 09:33 PM (lq3Ak)

455 Feel better buzzion! Night all, tired and house is hot. Had enough beers to sleep. God Bless

Posted by: lou's a girl at September 04, 2013 09:34 PM (vgd4f)

456

Did someone say "Ronnie?"

His shadow passed across me once.........

Posted by: Richard at September 04, 2013 09:35 PM (pfeAu)

457 Later, lou's.

Posted by: Slapweasel at September 04, 2013 09:35 PM (lq3Ak)

458 Thanks for the suggestions i managed to track down several of those movies on neflix and amazon. One other one I'd suggest is Khodorkovsky who was the richest man in Russian until Putin put him away.

Posted by: bestie21 at September 04, 2013 09:35 PM (RKOLo)

459 I actually sometimes recognize people by their gait before I can clearly see their faces.

Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 01:20 AM (T1005)




gait and posture in horses is pretty much my job. guess what? i rarely recognize faces but i know people by how they stand and move. Dying hair, colour contacts, new clothes and even gaining or losing weight doesnt fool me, but i have a hard time with voices on the phone! Cant tell anyone apart on the phone. And DONT EVEN ask me to remember a name. but man i will know your horse's pedigree, and can remember back three or four generations...

Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at September 04, 2013 09:37 PM (r7Ddb)

460 #JohnKerryWarMovies

trending on twee-ter

Posted by: Carlos Danger at September 04, 2013 09:38 PM (AWwDY)

461 That's the oddest thing to me, gushka.  I'm all over a voice.  Faces and names can escape me over time, but a voice is a fingerprint.

Some people see shapes and colors in numbers, so nothing really surprises me.

Posted by: Slapweasel at September 04, 2013 09:40 PM (lq3Ak)

462 The Head is hardly human
The Head is finally dead
"I can live forever in formaldehyde"
He said

Posted by: Null at September 04, 2013 09:41 PM (xjpRj)

463 "The Head is hardly human
The Head is finally dead
"I can live forever in formaldehyde"
He said
"
Posted by: Null

You're either a spokesperson for the Ted Williams' estate, or a writer for "Futurama".

Posted by: Slapweasel at September 04, 2013 09:44 PM (lq3Ak)

464 NavyBrat if you're in the windows world you bring up task manager and look at the process list. If the working set keeps growing to values that large then its a leak under normal usage. If you do some web searches you can find its a known issue.

Posted by: bestie21 at September 04, 2013 09:45 PM (RKOLo)

465 And DONT EVEN ask me to remember a name. Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at September 05, 2013 01:37 AM (r7Ddb) I sometimes forget names but I always remember a voice. I may not associate it with a name, though. I have phonographic memory.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at September 04, 2013 09:46 PM (qyfb5)

466 460 I actually sometimes recognize people by their gait before I can clearly see their faces.


Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 01:20 AM (T1005)



gait and posture in horses is pretty much my job. guess what? i rarely recognize faces but i know people by how they stand and move. Dying hair, colour contacts, new clothes and even gaining or losing weight doesnt fool me, but i have a hard time with voices on the phone! Cant tell anyone apart on the phone. And DONT EVEN ask me to remember a name. but man i will know your horse's pedigree, and can remember back three or four generations...

Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at September 05, 2013 01:37 AM (r7Ddb)



Has Uncle Horse got his niece raising kitties yet?

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469 I have phonographic memory.
 Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith

I can hear any voice I've almost ever heard in my head.  From early cartoon characters to co-workers, family members and movie scenes.  If I could only mimic them, I might be able to make money off that little talent.

Posted by: Slapweasel at September 04, 2013 09:50 PM (lq3Ak)

470

I am slipping "GRAN Torino" into the DVD  and I will post you all...

later...

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471 I can hear any voice I've almost ever heard in my head. From early cartoon characters to co-workers, family members and movie scenes. If I could only mimic them, I might be able to make money off that little talent. Posted by: Slapweasel at September 05, 2013 01:50 AM (lq3Ak) If we had no conscience, we could apply at the NSA.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at September 04, 2013 09:51 PM (qyfb5)

472 If we had no conscience, we could apply at the NSA. Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith

HA!

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473 Got a new holster today.  So far  I don't like it.

Blackhawk Serpa, traded it for same thing with a different cut.  This is the low-front, quicker-draw one.  Gave up the one that covered the safety.  But apparently the release button is aligned slightly different, and I keep missing it.

Posted by: Bomber at September 04, 2013 09:54 PM (+Wfbd)

474

I good with faces, but not with names.  There's one girl at swing dancing whose name I can never remember.  I've called her "Katie" a couple of times, much to her annoyance.  I'm thinking I should just go with it and start calling her by obviously wrong names.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at September 04, 2013 09:54 PM (lr3d7)

475 For those of you who bow hunt, deer season in NH starts on the 15th. For those using firearms, November is a long way off.

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476 off slimy sock!

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477 Saving Private Interests

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478
Has Uncle Horse got his niece raising kitties yet?

Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 01:46 AM (T1005)



i hear that one of the chief complaints at her old stable was that SHE THOUGHT THE GOATS WERE ALL HERS! and yes she has cats in her stall. I dont think she was a tough sell on the concept as she was pretty genial about the chickens and bunnies living in with her, at the place she was appropriating goats.  I have no idea why this was upsetting to the proprietor. Goats and race horses go together like peanut butter and jelly.



if you wanted to throw a racehorse off his game you just stole his stable pal, the pet goat. and to this day upsetting someone is "Getting their goat."

Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at September 04, 2013 10:02 PM (r7Ddb)

479 I'm thinking I should just go with it and start calling her by obviously wrong names.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at September 05, 2013 01:54 AM (lr3d7)


That's not a bad idea. Self-deprecating humor is good because you don't take yourself too seriously and most people don't remember names that well.


I've called customers at the tanning salon the wrong names.  As long as I told them that I was sincerely an idiot, I was excused.  Your face may have to turn red, however... lol.

Posted by: Slapweasel at September 04, 2013 10:02 PM (lq3Ak)

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Posted by: Slapweasel at September 04, 2013 10:04 PM (lq3Ak)

481 I'm thinking I should just go with it and start calling her by obviously wrong names.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at September 05, 2013 01:54 AM (lr3d7)



start with names like Desdemona, Esmeralda, and Damaspia, or Brunhilde.

Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at September 04, 2013 10:04 PM (r7Ddb)

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483


start with names like Desdemona, Esmeralda, and Damaspia, or Brunhilde.

lol.  That's a good idea.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at September 04, 2013 10:08 PM (lr3d7)

484 There's one girl at swing dancing whose name I can never remember. I've called her "Katie" a couple of times, much to her annoyance. I'm thinking I should just go with it and start calling her by obviously wrong names.

 

Posted by: Colorado Alex at September 05, 2013 01:54 AM

 

Just call her "toots".

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486


Just call her "toots".

 

I thought the appropriate term of endearment was "sugar tits".

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491 475
I good with faces, but not with names. There's one girl at swing dancing whose name I can never remember. I've called her "Katie" a couple of times, much to her annoyance. I'm thinking I should just go with it and start calling her by obviously wrong names.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at September 05, 2013 01:54 AM (lr3d7)



I've mentioned it before, but I am absolutely terrible with names. I've had people working for me that I saw daily who I couldn't remember the names of....but I knew them, where they lived, what work they'd done, what car they drove....



We live on a standard rectangular block, but the subdivision has a weird hand-shaped block next to us, so we walk around that one instead. There's a couple there who I knew for years as "Kati's mom and dad"....because, while I have something blocking my memory of people names, I can remember the names of pets -- Kati was their yellow lab.



By contrast, I can remember numbers without even trying. I remember my student ID number from college -- 40232XX5, my Crocker VISA number -- 4040 165 001 506 [they "upgraded" me to a 16-digit number and Crocker is no more], the Federal ID number of a company I worked for in 1990 -- 94-268XX46, their FedEx account number -- 1012-3X3X-9......kind of handy for an accountant.

Posted by: cthulhu at September 04, 2013 10:17 PM (T1005)

492 @491 almost spit out my drink!

Secretariat of State

Posted by: JarvisW at September 04, 2013 10:18 PM (E7Iyp)

493
Just call her "toots".

Posted by: otho at September 05, 2013 02:12 AM (9gNQd)



hes got a point. if you call them all "baby" or princess you cant slip and call them by the wrong name.

Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at September 04, 2013 10:18 PM (r7Ddb)

494 479
Has Uncle Horse got his niece raising kitties yet?


Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 01:46 AM (T1005)


i hear that one of the chief complaints at her old stable was that SHE THOUGHT THE GOATS WERE ALL HERS! and yes she has cats in her stall. I dont think she was a tough sell on the concept as she was pretty genial about the chickens and bunnies living in with her, at the place she was appropriating goats. I have no idea why this was upsetting to the proprietor. Goats and race horses go together like peanut butter and jelly.

if you wanted to throw a racehorse off his game you just stole his stable pal, the pet goat. and to this day upsetting someone is "Getting their goat."

Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at September 05, 2013 02:02 AM (r7Ddb)



Are there any goats at your place? She might get pretty cutthroat about 'em.

Posted by: cthulhu at September 04, 2013 10:19 PM (T1005)

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For Whom the Opening Bell Tolls

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496 Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 02:17 AM (T1005)



Oh, and.....for any morons I've met IRL.....*admission* I find it easier to remember you by your nic than your actual name. I really don't know why.

Posted by: cthulhu at September 04, 2013 10:22 PM (T1005)

497 "Obey you authorities."

Even if it's their fault nukes are flying around in the first place. Hey, look at the bright side. You live in a future where grade school children have their own aircraft. There has to be some tradeoffs for that stuff, right?

Posted by: epobirs at September 04, 2013 10:22 PM (kcfmt)

498 Not surprising. You've spent a good chunk of your recent life with the nic and the associated personality. The actual person, not so much.

Posted by: epobirs at September 04, 2013 10:24 PM (kcfmt)

499
Are there any goats at your place? She might get pretty cutthroat about 'em.

Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 02:19 AM (T1005)



if Grim had his druthers there would be. But goats are canny and evil geniuses and i have no wish to have an escape artist in residence who would be inclined to let all the other animals out too!



after watching a neighbor's goat get loose, and then proceed to free every dog on the block from their yards, and go down the street in an unruly mob, goat leading the way, overturning garbage cans... i just dont know if i want that kind of trouble on my property. OTOH, my friend had two pygmy goats she hand raised from birth,  trained to use a litterbox,  so they could live in the house and even sleep in her bed with her.

Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at September 04, 2013 10:24 PM (r7Ddb)

500 Surface Navy has a bad habit of never calling people by their names, only titles.  People I was on a ship with 7 years ago - no idea what their names are, but I could tell you what their job was.  People I was in a squadron with 12 years ago, first name, last name, callsign if they had one, I can remember it all.

Posted by: Bomber at September 04, 2013 10:24 PM (+Wfbd)

501 after watching a neighbor's goat get loose, and then proceed to free every dog on the block from their yards, and go down the street in an unruly mob, goat leading the way, overturning garbage cans... i just dont know if i want that kind of trouble on my property. OTOH, my friend had two pygmy goats she hand raised from birth, trained to use a litterbox, so they could live in the house and even sleep in her bed with her.

Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at September 05, 2013 02:24 AM (r7Ddb)

 

I bet the dogs all loved him and followed him like their messiah.

Posted by: buzzion at September 04, 2013 10:26 PM (LI48c)

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503 OTOH, my friend had two pygmy goats she hand raised from birth, trained to use a litterbox, so they could live in the house and even sleep in her bed with her. Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at September 05, 2013 02:24 AM (r7Ddb) Wow, goat owners usually tell me they have no concept of when they're going. The goats, not the owners.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at September 04, 2013 10:28 PM (qyfb5)

504 Oh, and.....for any morons I've met IRL.....*admission* I find it easier to remember you by your nic than your actual name. I really don't know why.

Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 02:22 AM (T1005)



thats ok. i answer to Gushka in RL. It means little bird. A nickname from my very fond russian business partner.  Its a short form of a longer nickname, that i also use online, which is what they call the female spotted eagle the mongols hunt wolves with. So its not something i am ashamed to be called in Public.


Hilariously, just over the mountains in Pakistan, same word means rabbit.


Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at September 04, 2013 10:30 PM (r7Ddb)

505 >>> ...so they could live in the house and even sleep in her bed with her.

I work with some guys that I'm pretty sure sleep with their goats.

Posted by: Bomber at September 04, 2013 10:32 PM (+Wfbd)

506 499 Not surprising. You've spent a good chunk of your recent life with the nic and the associated personality. The actual person, not so much.

Posted by: epobirs at September 05, 2013 02:24 AM (kcfmt)



Yeah, but it's worse....I had people working for me -- on good terms, too....we'd talk about weekend plans and everything -- who I just couldn't retrieve their names, even after years. When someone else would say their name, I could use it for the rest of the day.....next day, bupkis. I spent more time with them than with avatars online......but can't remember people names. Dog names, cat names, avatar names of people.....ok; people names, not so much.

Posted by: cthulhu at September 04, 2013 10:32 PM (T1005)

507
thats ok. i answer to Gushka in RL. It means little bird. A nickname from my very fond russian business partner. Its a short form of a longer nickname, that i also use online, which is what they call the female spotted eagle the mongols hunt wolves with. So its not something i am ashamed to be called in Public.

Hilariously, just over the mountains in Pakistan, same word means rabbit.

Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at September 05, 2013 02:30 AM (r7Ddb)

 

Karagush right?

Posted by: buzzion at September 04, 2013 10:34 PM (LI48c)

508 Human names are so beneath the Old Gods.

Posted by: Bomber at September 04, 2013 10:34 PM (+Wfbd)

509
I work with some guys that I'm pretty sure sleep with their goats.

Posted by: Bomber at September 05, 2013 02:32 AM (+Wfbd)



they were all girls. i dont think her purpose was for "ease of carnal knowledge." Grim has a great story about some of those guys getting hold of earplugs on a mission and thinking they were candy, EATING THEM.

Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at September 04, 2013 10:34 PM (r7Ddb)

510 Dog names, cat names, avatar names of people.....ok; people names, not so much. Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 02:32 AM (T1005) Well, people aren't really real, so it's only natural.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at September 04, 2013 10:35 PM (qyfb5)

511 Night all. Here is "Highway Star" as performed live by Chickenfoot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQVTtpE9J7s

Posted by: The Political Hat at September 04, 2013 10:37 PM (Vk2pI)

512 Karagush right?

Posted by: buzzion at September 05, 2013 02:34 AM (LI48c)


yep. you remember me from another place? anyway that names tied to someone else who wants less notice right now, so i dont use it much.

Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at September 04, 2013 10:38 PM (r7Ddb)

513 Last deployment, I worked with a Navy chief.  He was a reservist, and his real-life job was state trooper, so they put him to work with the Afghan National Police.

One of his responsibilities was to mentor the ANP at a remote 10-man outpost.  Only way to get fresh meat there was to bring in live goats and slaughter them right before the meal.  He showed up one time, they had that nights dinner tied up out back.  On the ground all around it lay several used condoms.  He didn't know whether to be disgusted, or proud of them for knowing how to put them on. 

But he didn't eat dinner with them.  Ever again.

Posted by: Bomber at September 04, 2013 10:39 PM (+Wfbd)

514 yep. you remember me from another place? anyway that names tied to someone else who wants less notice right now, so i dont use it much.

Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at September 05, 2013 02:38 AM (r7Ddb)

 

Nah you've just mentioned it here before.

Posted by: buzzion at September 04, 2013 10:39 PM (LI48c)

515

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Big Trouble in Little Syria

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516 Das Swiftboat

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517

Posted by: Bomber at September 05, 2013 02:39 AM (+Wfbd)

 

I worked with an LT whose unit brought a donkey because they thought it might be useful for mountain operations.  Instead it sat on the COP and the LT ended up fielding questions from Afghans about how much it would cost for them to get some alone time with the donkey.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at September 04, 2013 10:43 PM (lr3d7)

518 505 Oh, and.....for any morons I've met
IRL.....*admission* I find it easier to remember you by your nic than
your actual name. I really don't know why.


Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 02:22 AM (T1005)


thats ok. i answer to Gushka in RL. It means little bird. A nickname from my very fond russian business partner. Its a short form of a longer nickname, that i also use online, which is what they call the female spotted eagle the mongols hunt wolves with. So its not something i am ashamed to be called in Public.

Hilariously, just over the mountains in Pakistan, same word means rabbit.

Posted by: gushka's got a Kitty what plays fetch! ! at September 05, 2013 02:30 AM (r7Ddb)



It's a very bizarre blind spot. With you, I can remember initials, and I think I've got your last name, but your first name keeps squirming away. With Kratos, I have his first name, but his family name just fails to cooperate. Neither of Bebe's names shows up right, and I can remember both of Merovign's names, but have trouble remembering that the person and the nic are the same guy. It's kind of embarrassing to even talk about it, 'cause I've danced around it all my life (my sister's kids -- my niece and nephew -- were difficult for a long, long time).



It would be all too easy to ascribe it to a reaction to my own name, but I think it's too pervasive for that.

Posted by: cthulhu at September 04, 2013 10:43 PM (T1005)

519 I go by my nic half the time anyway.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at September 04, 2013 10:45 PM (qyfb5)

520 >>> Posted by: Colorado Alex at September 05, 2013 02:43 AM (lr3d7)

At least they weren't asking for alone time with the LT.  I've heard of that too.

Posted by: Bomber at September 04, 2013 10:45 PM (+Wfbd)

521 How do you pronounce Merovign anyway?

Posted by: Bomber at September 04, 2013 10:46 PM (+Wfbd)

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Posted by: jc at September 04, 2013 10:47 PM (PlzOe)

523 You gotta roll the "R's"... Merrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrovign!

Posted by: peggy hill at September 04, 2013 10:48 PM (9gNQd)

524 .....but, on the other hand.....I recently bought some beer at a self-serve checkout line here in CA, and -- as is mandatory, a clerk came by to wave a card and punch in some "yeah, this guy's ancient" code, but left in the middle. So I finished up. I'd seen it often enough (which might be once).



And, from a long history of doing discussions over desks.....I can read upside-down almost as fluently as rightside-up.

Posted by: cthulhu at September 04, 2013 10:51 PM (T1005)

525 How do you pronounce Merovign anyway? Posted by: Bomber at September 05, 2013 02:46 AM (+Wfbd) "Marrow vine." It's not really that great a nickname and it gets confused for other stuff and mis-spelled a lot, but everyone knows it and I've used it for like 23 years. So, kind of stuck.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at September 04, 2013 10:51 PM (qyfb5)

526 Marrow vine

I was close.  Reminds of that guy in the Matrix, 3rd one I think.  With the really hot wife.

Posted by: Bomber at September 04, 2013 10:54 PM (+Wfbd)

527 526 How do you pronounce Merovign anyway?
Posted by: Bomber at September 05, 2013 02:46 AM (+Wfbd)


"Marrow vine."

It's not really that great a nickname and it gets confused for other stuff and mis-spelled a lot, but everyone knows it and I've used it for like 23 years.

So, kind of stuck.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at September 05, 2013 02:51 AM (qyfb5)



My first use of "cthulhu" was in....IIRC.....1981. It was when I was a sophomore in college (80/81) and after I'd woo'd a fair lady and took a class outside my major but inside hers to be with her.

Posted by: cthulhu at September 04, 2013 10:57 PM (T1005)

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529 I was close. Reminds of that guy in the Matrix, 3rd one I think. With the really hot wife. Posted by: Bomber at September 05, 2013 02:54 AM (+Wfbd) The Merovingian. merovign merovingian Awful close. I was there several years earlier, though. The Merovingian Kings were a line of European kings who lost out to the Carolingian Kings. In my case it doesn't have any particular meaning, just sounded cool at the time, and not that common.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at September 04, 2013 10:57 PM (qyfb5)

530 I don't want to go to work.  Although I guess technically sitting here in my room I'm at work.

Posted by: Bomber at September 04, 2013 10:58 PM (+Wfbd)

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532

huhuh uh huh ... he said "inside her"... huhuh

Posted by: butthead at September 04, 2013 10:59 PM (9gNQd)

533 The Merovingian Kings were a line of European kings who lost out to the Carolingian Kings.

In my case it doesn't have any particular meaning, just sounded cool at the time, and not that common.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at September 05, 2013 02:57 AM (qyfb5)

 

That's also where a lot of conspiracy theorists like to put a connection to descendants of Jesus.

Posted by: buzzion at September 04, 2013 11:00 PM (LI48c)

534 The Flying Rose Leather Neck

Posted by: jc at September 04, 2013 11:02 PM (PlzOe)

535 My nick is relatively new - since spring of 2000.

Showed up to my first squadron, still didn't know anybody.  One Friday afternoon, about 8 of us were sitting around waiting for the end of the day.  Everybody was talking, but I was sitting in the corner just watching, trying to figure out who everybody was.  One guy says, "look at the new guy just watching us, he could kill us all and nobody would know who did it.  Like the Unabomber."  Not sure where that connection came from but it stuck.  A couple of weeks later they shortened it.

That was a helicopter squadron, and most people didn't get callsigns, but that was a cool one, so I started signing emails with it and got nametags made.  My real name lends itself to a pretty lame one, so I was happy with Bomber.  Some people still call me that, but not many.

Posted by: Bomber at September 04, 2013 11:03 PM (+Wfbd)

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537 " It's not really that great a nickname and it gets confused for other stuff and mis-spelled a lot... " I made the mistake of adressing you one night (typing too quickly) as Mergo. I got the impression i offended you. The worst part is, i knew the history of the name.

Posted by: shredded chi at September 04, 2013 11:04 PM (UnRK+)

538 I made the mistake of adressing you one night (typing too quickly) as Mergo. I got the impression i offended you. Posted by: shredded chi at September 05, 2013 03:04 AM (UnRK+) Nah, I just do the "exaggerated sigh" bit when it's mis-spelled. People mis-spell my real life name, and it's even easier. Oddly the get the four-letter first name wrong more often than the foreign last name.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at September 04, 2013 11:09 PM (qyfb5)

539 At the risk of starting another Syria discussion (although I'm looking for a reason not to go to the office), remember the '08 campaign, and to a lesser extent the '04 campaign, when Afghanistan was "the good war" and Iraq was just a wrongheaded, stupid, neocon distraction?  The news keeps reminding me of that.

Posted by: Bomber at September 04, 2013 11:10 PM (+Wfbd)

540 A memory leak. Well, that sure has brought me to my knees.
So much that I would not have recognized it had you not brought it up!

Posted by: navybrat at September 04, 2013 11:11 PM (ft8Uj)

541 I got my nick when I was in College Radio, the Sports Director, with all the imagination of a sports guy, dubbed me.  I had spent most of my youth avoiding Bill since all the women in my mother's family married one but, unlike P Diddy, I couldn't pick my nick

Posted by: bill-o at September 04, 2013 11:12 PM (AWwDY)

542 540 At the risk of starting another Syria discussion (although I'm looking for a reason not to go to the office), remember the '08 campaign, and to a lesser extent the '04 campaign, when Afghanistan was "the good war" and Iraq was just a wrongheaded, stupid, neocon distraction? The news keeps reminding me of that.

Posted by: Bomber at September 05, 2013 03:10 AM (+Wfbd)



=====


rather stunning how much the lying liars of Liarville lied about everything they could possibly lie about and how stupid they must think we all are to have forgotten all of their lies in such a short time.  Then again, they know their own voters pretty well and they are seldom wrong about how stupid their voters are.

Posted by: jc at September 04, 2013 11:19 PM (PlzOe)

543 Duck and cover.

Yeah that was a really well thought out and useful exercise.

NOT.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Ecclesiates 9:11) at September 04, 2013 11:20 PM (28TG+)

544 The news keeps reminding me of that. Posted by: Bomber at September 05, 2013 03:10 AM (+Wfbd) Maybe I'm wierd, the news keeps reminding me of this: http://www.livestream.com/channelnk

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at September 04, 2013 11:21 PM (qyfb5)

545 " Oddly the get the four-letter first name wrong more often than the foreign last name." My last name ain't that hard. German, but Two syllables. Pretty easy to spell if you made it past sixth grade. After 20+ years in the same house my water bill still comes to a guy that could be Korean. Maybe Klingon, I'm not sure... i've tried to have them fix it multiple times, but I gave up. I've never seen so many vowels strung together. Meh - what do you expect from city employees?

Posted by: shredded chi at September 04, 2013 11:22 PM (UnRK+)

546 >>> http://www.livestream.com/channelnk

Heh.

Posted by: Bomber at September 04, 2013 11:27 PM (+Wfbd)

547 Saw a report from DOD that said it would take 75K troops in Syria to secure the chemical weapons.  Anybody know how many American troops are in Afghanistan right now?  Around 75K.

Posted by: Bomber at September 04, 2013 11:29 PM (+Wfbd)

548 Rook at that, another hore in one.

Posted by: Kim Jong Ill at September 04, 2013 11:34 PM (0axsw)

549 Or a few less than that.  ISAF website says 60K as of last month.

Posted by: Bomber at September 04, 2013 11:34 PM (+Wfbd)

550 Do You mean Benghazi wasn't about a video? Hitlery Clinton said it was, and so did OLiar. Do you mean to say I can't trust our lying "gummit"? Kill them all, let Yaweh sort them out. The sorting is beyond my pay grade! )

Posted by: Judge_Roy_bean at September 04, 2013 11:37 PM (AsNwg)

551 551 When you wrote "pay grade" I thought you wrote "gay parade".  Disturbing.  Must wear those glasses more often

Posted by: DAve at September 04, 2013 11:41 PM (OksBo)

552 Well, I put it off long enough.  Off to "work."  See y'all tomorrow.

Posted by: Bomber at September 04, 2013 11:46 PM (+Wfbd)

553 I recently upgraded to a Linksys gigabit router with dual-band wireless.....and I'm dealing with its peculiarities.....while thinking that it's thoroughly, thoroughly, thoroughly compromised by the NSA (which explains a few peculiarities, right there). I'm thinking I want my next router purchase to include a $10,000 guarantee that I own it and the NSA doesn't.

Posted by: cthulhu at September 04, 2013 11:47 PM (T1005)

554 I'm thinking I want my next router purchase to include a $10,000 guarantee that I own it and the NSA doesn't.

Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 03:47 AM (T1005)



====

No problem.  Scout's Honor works for you, right?

Posted by: the NSA at September 04, 2013 11:53 PM (PlzOe)

555 555 I'm thinking I want my next router purchase to include a $10,000 guarantee that I own it and the NSA doesn't.


Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 03:47 AM (T1005)


====No problem. Scout's Honor works for you, right?

Posted by: the NSA at September 05, 2013 03:53 AM (PlzOe)



$10,000 works for me as an opening bid.

Posted by: cthulhu at September 04, 2013 11:56 PM (T1005)

556 this past couple weeks I have been so incredibly pleased with the thought that if OFuckup wasn't the prez, McDouchebag probably would be.


It is good to have such feelings of comfort and security in trying times.  And there was great rejoicing.  Yay.

Posted by: jc at September 04, 2013 11:57 PM (PlzOe)

557 jc,

you made me think of this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enSYlCEz5VI

Posted by: bill-o at September 05, 2013 12:00 AM (AWwDY)

558 557 this past couple weeks I have been so incredibly pleased with the thought that if OFuckup wasn't the prez, McDouchebag probably would be.


It is good to have such feelings of comfort and security in trying times. And there was great rejoicing. Yay.

Posted by: jc at September 05, 2013 03:57 AM (PlzOe)



I have to confess that my BP is probably lower under "I mean nothing" Ofuckstick, than under "I contributed to this clusterfuck" McDouchebag.

Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 12:02 AM (T1005)

559 Yep the ONLY reason I voted McLame was Palin

Posted by: bill-o at September 05, 2013 12:03 AM (AWwDY)

560 $10,000 works for me as an opening bid.

Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 03:56 AM (T1005)


===

Good.  You know we will be honest about whether or not we owe you the $10K.  You can trust us.  Really.  Absolutely.  Yup.


Posted by: the NSA at September 05, 2013 12:04 AM (PlzOe)

561 *static*

Posted by: Slapweasel at September 05, 2013 12:06 AM (lq3Ak)

562 kitteh falls down

http://tinyurl.com/mytr79p

Posted by: bill-o at September 05, 2013 12:07 AM (AWwDY)

563 560 Yep the ONLY reason I voted McLame was Palin

Posted by: bill-o at September 05, 2013 04:03 AM (AWwDY)




It wasn't the only reason, but it was the only reason I could feel good about doing so.

Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 12:08 AM (T1005)

564 It wasn't the only reason, but it was the only reason I could feel good about doing so.

Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 04:08 AM (T1005)


that is probably a more accurate way of putting it....

Posted by: bill-o at September 05, 2013 12:13 AM (AWwDY)

565 564 560
Yep the ONLY reason I voted McLame was Palin


Posted by: bill-o at September 05, 2013 04:03 AM (AWwDY)



It wasn't the only reason, but it was the only reason I could feel good about doing so.

Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 04:08 AM (T1005)


===



the really shitty part is that for all her problems and lack of polish she is still 6-8 smarter than those other clowns put together -- and she is not exactly in the genius range.


slightly above average would be a tremendous improvement in our present status.  we are so fucked.


Posted by: jc at September 05, 2013 12:17 AM (PlzOe)

566 I'm thinking I want my next router purchase to include a $10,000 guarantee that I own it and the NSA doesn't. Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 03:47 AM (T1005) Yeah, it's gonna cost more than that. Oh, you mean *from* them? Heh.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at September 05, 2013 12:19 AM (qyfb5)

567 the really shitty part is that for all her problems and lack of polish she is still 6-8 smarter than those other clowns put together -- and she is not exactly in the genius range.

I think the whole rubric of intelligence is sooooo overated...I mean all the intelligent f*cks that inhabit DC have done us so fine. /sarc

No Judgement is a more prized commodity and this is totally lacking in today's "Elite." 

Posted by: bill-o at September 05, 2013 12:23 AM (AWwDY)

568 #johnkerrywarSONGS

The Sarin is Blowin in the Wind


Posted by: JarvisW at September 05, 2013 12:29 AM (E7Iyp)

569 Please allow me to introduce myself.

Posted by: Barakabub at September 05, 2013 12:33 AM (bufJH)

570 566 564
560

Yep the ONLY reason I voted McLame was Palin




Posted by: bill-o at September 05, 2013 04:03 AM (AWwDY)



It wasn't the only reason, but it was the only reason I could feel good about doing so.


Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 04:08 AM (T1005)

===

the really shitty part is that for all her problems and lack of polish she is still 6-8 smarter than those other clowns put together -- and she is not exactly in the genius range.
slightly above average would be a tremendous improvement in our present status. we are so fucked.

Posted by: jc at September 05, 2013 04:17 AM (PlzOe)



I hate to break this to you -- but you're part of the problem. Why do you say, "she is not in the genius range"?  I was in the MGM program throughout my school days, so I was interacting with a lot of people in "the genius range" and there are a lot of doofuses. Hell, I'm supposedly in "the genius range" and most of you know I'm clueless.



And "problems"? She went up against the ethically-challenged oil "good-ol'-boys" and won. She went from "Concerned School-Board Member" to Governor of the largest state in the US.




Her only "problems" came from a media that, were she allowed to show her full range of talents fairly, would have been relegated to obscurity.

Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 12:33 AM (T1005)

571 571  Well put  O tentacled one!

Posted by: bill-o at September 05, 2013 12:36 AM (AWwDY)

572 Her only "problems" came from a media that, were she allowed to show her full range of talents fairly, would have been relegated to obscurity. Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 04:33 AM (T1005) After 2008 it was clear that no one not approved by the MFM was going to get in, no matter what. Which is why we're boned - at least until something dramatic happens. On good days, I think of that dramatic thing in terms of good dramatic things - which are always possible (disruptive technology or medical developments that improve our lives dramatically can be that. Friendly aliens. ).

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at September 05, 2013 12:36 AM (qyfb5)

573 I hate to break this to you -- but you're part of the problem. Why do you say, "she is not in the genius range"? I was in the MGM program throughout my school days, so I was interacting with a lot of people in "the genius range" and there are a lot of doofuses. Hell, I'm supposedly in "the genius range" and most of you know I'm clueless.

And "problems"? She went up against the ethically-challenged oil "good-ol'-boys" and won. She went from "Concerned School-Board Member" to Governor of the largest state in the US.


Her only "problems" came from a media that, were she allowed to show her full range of talents fairly, would have been relegated to obscurity.

Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 04:33 AM (T1005)



===


I live in Alaska.  I voted for her for Guv.  I know a lot of details you don't know.

Posted by: jc at September 05, 2013 12:39 AM (PlzOe)

574 http://tinyurl.com/mvnfxtx

filling a void in tonight's thread

Posted by: bill-o at September 05, 2013 12:42 AM (AWwDY)

575 I live in Alaska. I voted for her for Guv. I know a lot of details you don't know.

Posted by: jc at September 05, 2013 04:39 AM (PlzOe)

None of which, I assume, would make her an inferior choice to the knot heads we're stuck with....


Posted by: bill-o at September 05, 2013 12:44 AM (AWwDY)

576 I think the whole rubric of intelligence is sooooo overated...I mean all the intelligent f*cks that inhabit DC have done us so fine. /sarc

No Judgement is a more prized commodity and this is totally lacking in today's "Elite."

Posted by: bill-o at September 05, 2013 04:23 AM (AWwDY)



===

Don't forget who keeps telling us these people are intelligent.



There are 2 kinds of stupid -- 1) can't learn stupid, and 2) won't learn stupid.  The  won't-learn-stupid people are far worse and cause a lot more damage.


I am done with their bullshit and I refuse to give them any more credit.  They are not intelligent-stupid nor are they stupid-intelligent.  They are just stupid.  Fuck their credentials, fuck their pedigree, fuck their social status, fuck their acclaim.  Stupid is stupid.

Posted by: jc at September 05, 2013 12:46 AM (PlzOe)

577 576 I live in Alaska. I voted for her for Guv. I know a lot of details you don't know.


Posted by: jc at September 05, 2013 04:39 AM (PlzOe)
None of which, I assume, would make her an inferior choice to the knot heads we're stuck with....

Posted by: bill-o at September 05, 2013 04:44 AM (AWwDY)



===

agree + 250%.


But that doesn't mean she isn't human and has her own limitations.  Hype goes both ways.

Posted by: jc at September 05, 2013 12:47 AM (PlzOe)

578 "80
We were told to hunker down under our desks. Why, I don't know. Even as a child I questioned the practicality of that.

Just think, before the A bomb, there was no metaphor involving the word fallout. As in, it was a mistake and he experienced some fallout. Or: I wouldn't do that if I were you, think of the fallout.

Someone should write a book: "War Metaphors."

Posted by: fuck and cover at September 04, 2013 10:46 PM (qKpun)"



Getting under a desk is protection against initial blast damage.  It improves your odds in case the ceiling collapses.  It is a good idea if you are in an earthquake.  It does not provide any protection against fallout but helps keep you alive long enough to worry about fallout.



I went to a Catholic school where we would go into a central hallway without windows so that we would be away from flying glass.  The nuns would then lead us through an Act of Contrition so that when the Communists killed us, our sins would be forgiven.  We would then say the Rosary while we waited to die.  Or the all clear sounded which is what usually happened.  Kids these days miss out on having it be an ordinary event to have school interrupted by  sitting in a hallway and wait for to be killed by Communists.  It helps put other things in perspective.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at September 05, 2013 12:47 AM (31Nrp)

579 Getting under a desk is protection against initial blast damage. It improves your odds in case the ceiling collapses. It is a good idea if you are in an earthquake. It does not provide any protection against fallout but helps keep you alive long enough to worry about fallout.

I went to a Catholic school where we would go into a central hallway without windows so that we would be away from flying glass. The nuns would then lead us through an Act of Contrition so that when the Communists killed us, our sins would be forgiven. We would then say the Rosary while we waited to die. Or the all clear sounded which is what usually happened. Kids these days miss out on having it be an ordinary event to have school interrupted by sitting in a hallway and wait for to be killed by Communists. It helps put other things in perspective.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at September 05, 2013 04:47 AM (31Nrp)


Like, I could totally tweet that shit to my peeps!

Posted by: Gen Z Asshole at September 05, 2013 12:50 AM (bufJH)

580 Getting under a desk is protection against initial blast damage. It improves your odds in case the ceiling collapses. It is a good idea if you are in an earthquake.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at September 05, 2013 04:47 AM (31Nrp)


==

If your problem is flying glass and falling bits of ceiling, it is better to be under the desk.  If your problem is a roof collapse it is better to be beside the desk (or any other furniture) -- the desk will collapse also, but might hold a large enough space for you if you are beside it, not under it.

Posted by: jc at September 05, 2013 12:53 AM (PlzOe)

581 http://tinyurl.com/mz7sdt3

Beware, hypnosis could result

Posted by: bill-o at September 05, 2013 12:55 AM (AWwDY)

582 I am goofing with three old Dell L667's - 666MHz minimalist P3 PCs. 2 have been upgraded to 1GHz P3's and 512Mb (max), gonna run XP and Linux on them. I keep trying Linux and the crap won't do what I want. This one has no purpose, so it will be harder to disappoint me. My $20 Compaq 3005 continues to amaze me, though the HD doesn't fit and the caddy sticks out a quarter inch. It has a 16" 1280x1024 screen for $20, though, that ain't bad. It's running PC Dos 7.1 Because I Can but will probably end up with something else. No spare drives for it so it's stuck with a 20Gb. I need to re-assemble the IBM Thinkpad 770 with the new power board, but it's daunting. It's a box of parts and screws and it's been since before I got sick in May. The case is kind of - physically impossible-looking to put together, interference fits. Probably going to sell it if it works, it's pretty mint and I got it for free. Need to hack up some replacement CMOS batteries for old laptops. And if you don't care about any of that: http://bit.ly/bV2sKX and http://bit.ly/17aexMG and http://www.vthek.net/

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at September 05, 2013 12:57 AM (qyfb5)

583 Can I have more Sarah Palin?

I love my Mom.

My Mom isn't as smart as Sarah Palin.

...let's not go there.

Posted by: Slapweasel at September 05, 2013 12:58 AM (lq3Ak)

584 I rolled a 3D6 and this blog didn't make its Saving Throw vs. Poison.

Blog:8
3D6: 10

#twoweeks

Posted by: Slapweasel at September 05, 2013 01:02 AM (lq3Ak)

585 Some people, they like to go out dancing
And other peoples, they have to work, Just watch me now!
And there's even some evil mothers
Well they're gonna tell you that everything is just dirt
Y'know that, women, never really faint
And that villains always blink their eyes, woo!
And that, y'know, children are the only ones who blush!
And that, life is just to die!
And, everyone who ever had a heart
They wouldn't turn around and break it
And anyone who ever played a part
Oh wouldn't turn around and hate it!

Sweet Jane! Whoa-oh-oh! Sweet Jane! Sweet Jane!



http://youtu.be/x4XVJj4jER4

Posted by: Lou Reed at September 05, 2013 01:03 AM (bufJH)

586 That was a D&D joke.  There is NO threat coming from me in two weeks... lol.

...I don't even need ampersands!

Posted by: Slapweasel at September 05, 2013 01:05 AM (lq3Ak)

587 No offense Lou, but I love that version

Posted by: bill-o at September 05, 2013 01:17 AM (AWwDY)

588 http://tinyurl.com/kfe64hc

Muffin man, Zappa

Posted by: bill-o at September 05, 2013 01:22 AM (AWwDY)

589 #554

Probably the only real way of having any vestige of assurance there is to get something with open source firmware available. Which still only amounts to a promise for most people but at least the possibility is there of someone with the right skills giving it a thorough audit.

Posted by: epobirs at September 05, 2013 01:23 AM (kcfmt)

590 #583

That reminds me. I think I've found all of the decent capacity ATA drives that I had in storage. It comes down to four units. I'm going to see if they'll let me send them via Media Mail, which would be a lot cheaper.

Posted by: epobirs at September 05, 2013 01:27 AM (kcfmt)

591 588 No offense Lou, but I love that version

Posted by: bill-o at September 05, 2013 05:17 AM (AWwDY)


--I agree: even better than the original.

Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 01:29 AM (bufJH)

592 That reminds me. I think I've found all of the decent capacity ATA drives that I had in storage. It comes down to four units. I'm going to see if they'll let me send them via Media Mail, which would be a lot cheaper. Posted by: epobirs at September 05, 2013 05:27 AM (kcfmt) I could just paypal you for a flat rate box, too. Thanks for digging.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at September 05, 2013 01:33 AM (qyfb5)

593 @552 Dave, You thought I said 'Gay Parade"? You really need to clean them glasses in a regular fashion sonny! I have to go now, county's to topple etc.

Posted by: Judge_Roy_bean at September 05, 2013 01:41 AM (AsNwg)

594 "But no free beer. Or girls. I'm not even sure rock music is allowed."

Yes, but lock up your goats.

Posted by: George LeS at September 05, 2013 02:21 AM (r5P5x)

595 Mero,

I like your nick, of course I am what one of five guys who got it?

The story behind mine is 15 was taken.

Posted by: Sven10077 at September 05, 2013 02:21 AM (9jfyN)

596 584 slapweasel,

If SCOAMF is a genius, SP is fucking L DaVinci...

Posted by: Sven10077 at September 05, 2013 02:23 AM (9jfyN)

597 Video: Anthony Weiner gets in the face of a Jewish Voter... http://commoncts.blogspot.com/2013/09/video-anthony-weiner-explodes-in.html

Posted by: Steve at September 05, 2013 02:26 AM (xZPp3)

598 595 George LeS,

syphillis it started with that little kiss

Posted by: Sven10077 at September 05, 2013 02:27 AM (9jfyN)

599 I mean the US economy... fucking it up is like fucking up Mashed taters...yet Well Creased Sooper Been E Yus Barky Choom does it with abandon

Posted by: Sven10077 at September 05, 2013 02:35 AM (9jfyN)

600 Geen E Yus....

thank the maker I am off the Nook and on a Keyboard now...

Posted by: Sven10077's stifled laughter at September 05, 2013 02:41 AM (9jfyN)

601 Homer wants pizza, so Luigi's has to be rebuilt.

Posted by: epobirs at September 05, 2013 02:48 AM (kcfmt)

602 602 epobirs,

and it helps the economy too Homer....

//Dr P Krugman Reel Geen E Yus

Posted by: Broken Window Fallacy at September 05, 2013 02:50 AM (9jfyN)

603 The dog decided something outside needed intense barking at, too close to my gitup time, so, okay, I'm up. And the dog is back asleep. Where's my early summer sun? Where's the breakfast headlines? Hey! There's not even coffee at the buffet yet! Good thing I brought... pop-tarts! Help yourselves to weaponizing them. Good morning, overnighters.

Posted by: mindful webworker pre-dawn at September 05, 2013 02:54 AM (XboQD)

604 I finished 'The Great Deformation' last night. If World Wars can be blamed on any one person, the blame for WWIII will fall on John Maynard Keynes.

Posted by: epobirs at September 05, 2013 02:55 AM (kcfmt)

605 Are my methods unsound?

Posted by: Kurtz Walter E. Col U.S. Army at September 05, 2013 02:58 AM (9Z7g5)

606 Well Imma do a little writing before sleep. Y'all... do whatever it is you do, I guess!

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at September 05, 2013 03:01 AM (qyfb5)

607 http://minx.cc/?blog=86&post=343116#c21125280 you are out there operating without any decent restraint, totally beyond the pale of any acceptable human conduct

Posted by: Corman LGEN U.S. Army at September 05, 2013 03:03 AM (9Z7g5)

608 "They created the fraternity, based on the principles of Islam - mercy, compassion, justice, integrity, honesty, unity, love, and sincerity..."

And killin' da joos.


Posted by: West at September 05, 2013 05:42 AM (1Rgee)

609

"They created the fraternity, based on the principles of Islam - mercy, compassion, justice, integrity, honesty, unity, love, and sincerity..."

yes, like muslim societies all over the world..

what liars

Posted by: ploome at September 05, 2013 10:13 AM (UoreL)

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