September 05, 2013
— Maetenloch
Quote of the Day I: Unspeakable Truths
There are facts that were once known, sometimes generally known, that are now known to but a few. Some of this information loss is caused by changes in occupational patterns - farmers automatically know something about heritability, clerks and workers in dark satanic mills, not so much.But mostly these facts are unpleasant, at least to some ears. People who mention such facts are punished - generally in terms of their careers, not being invited to parties, etc. That's enough to cause a 10 or 20-fold drop in visibility, which ought to tell you something about how brave people are. Many people assume that everyone is secretly aware of those unpleasant facts, but that is not the case. A generation that has grown up never hearing those facts will be almost entirely unaware of them, in part because their personal life experiences don't impinge on those patterns much. This means that they can and sometimes do make serious mistakes that those 'secretly aware' types never would.
...Someone I know at TAC opined that everyone knows this stuff, and talking about it is just mean. I think he is mistaken: you have to state important facts every so often, or nobody knows them anymore.
Political correctness is mostly about making uncomfortable facts unspeakable.
And Is It Wrong That This Thought Occurs to Me About Once a Week?
Plus via the Ewok courtesy of @bert_huggins:
We're talking 1948 now. I'm back in the Pentagon and I get notice from the chief of staff, Carl Spaatz, the first chief of staff of the air force. When we got to General Spaatz's office, General Doolittle was there, and a colonel named Dave Shillen. Spaatz said, "Gentlemen, I just got word from the president he wants us to go over to his office immediately." On the way over, Doolittle and Spaatz were doing some talking; I wasn't saying very much. When we got out of the car we were escorted right quick to the Oval Office. There was a black man there who always took care of Truman's needs and he said, "General Spaatz, will you please be facing the desk?" And now, facing the desk, Spaatz is on the right, Doolittle and Shillen. Of course, militarily speaking, that's the correct order: because Spaatz is senior, Doolittle has to sit to his left.Then I was taken by this man and put in the chair that was right beside the president's desk, beside his left hand. Anyway, we got a cup of coffee and we got most of it consumed when Truman walked in and everybody stood on their feet. He said, "Sit down, please," and he had a big smile on his face and he said, "General Spaatz, I want to congratulate you on being first chief of the air force," because it was no longer the air corps. Spaatz said, "Thank you, sir, it's a great honor and I appreciate it." And he said to Doolittle: "That was a magnificent thing you pulled flying off of that carrier," and Doolittle said, "All in a day's work, Mr President." And he looked at Dave Shillen and said, "Colonel Shillen, I want to congratulate you on having the foresight to recognize the potential in aerial refueling. We're gonna need it bad some day." And he said thank you very much.
Then he looked at me for 10 seconds and he didn't say anything. And when he finally did, he said, "What do you think?" I said, "Mr President, I think I did what I was told." He slapped his hand on the table and said: "You're damn right you did, and I'm the guy who sent you. If anybody gives you a hard time about it, refer them to me."
Studs Terkel: Anybody ever give you a hard time?
Paul Tibbets: Nobody gave me a hard time.
Related: What Happened to the Fourth Manhattan Project Bomb?
They were working on the Thin Man, The Gadget, Little Boy and Fat Man. The last two were dropped on Japan and the Gadget was tested at Alamogordo. So whatever happened to the Thin Man?
Cult-itecture: Appreciating The Compounds Of Reclusive Communities
Waco, Texas, the Divine Lorraine, and Jonestown were radically different, yet each existed within a similar American terrain-rapidly globalizing, urbanizing, and increasingly fearful. Made from material odds and ends, their leaders sought sites that were neither here nor there: an abandoned hotel, an unused ranch, a barren desert, or a cheap tract of land in a faraway country. They chose land that no one else wanted and no one had time to visit. Both distinct and stubborn, the architecture of the American cult becomes a way to understand them.
...Online one can easily find directions to Rajneeshpuram, Spahn Ranch, the Divine Lorraine, and even Jonestown. Or, even more strangely, travel accounts. One man says about his visit to Jonestown, Guyana "There's nothing left but an old tractor, a turned over van, and a mass grave".
I remember hearing about the Rajneeshpuram in Oregon in the 80s but had no idea that it was completely abandoned in 1986.
Why the Chinese and Russians Aren't Our Strategic Partners in Space
Somehow I doubt this is intended for Russian satellites:
China's military recently launched three small satellites into orbit as part of Beijing's covert anti-satellite warfare program, according to a U.S. official.The three satellites, launched July 20 by a Long March-4C launcher, were later detected conducting unusual maneuvers in space indicating the Chinese are preparing to conduct space warfare against satellites, said the official who is familiar with intelligence reports about the satellites.
One of the satellites was equipped with an extension arm capable of attacking orbiting satellites that currently are vulnerable to both kinetic and electronic disruption.
And then the Russkies may say nyet rockets for you:
Russia's Security Council is reportedly considering a ban on supplying the US with powerful RD-180 rocket engines for military communications satellites as Russia focuses on building its own new space launch center, Vostochny, in the Far East.
A ban on the rockets supply to the US heavy booster, Atlas V, which delivers weighty military communications satellites and deep space exploration vehicles into orbit, could impact NASA's space programs - not just military satellite launches.
Ah smart diplomacy...good times, good times.
Just Another Day in Afghanistan
KABUL - Afghan security forces have arrested eight policemen for accidentally killing six children when firing a rocket into a river to catch fish, officials said Wednesday.The incident took place last Friday in the Doshi district of the northern province of Baghlan when policemen on the bank of a river fired a rocket-propelled grenade into the water.
"The rocket went astray and hit a place where children were playing, killing six and wounding two others," the interior ministry said in a statement.
Tough Times For the Z-Man: Wife Gives Him a Peruvian Holiday
Shellie Zimmerman's attorney says his client is preparing to file for divorce. He did not say the papers have been filed yet.In the unfiled papers ... Shellie says wants custody of Oso, a 2-year-old, 120 lb Rottweiler, and Leroy, an 8-year-old, 20 lb "Heinz 57" -- aka a mutt.
Just last month, Shellie told ABC she was thinking about splitting from George now that the Trayvon trial was over -- and that they'd been having problems since before the shooting.
1 Million Livestock Escape from Chinese Farm
Trust me you don't wanna know.
How Come There's No Ammo As Explained by Hornady
And for the humor-impaired, yes this is parody.
Well Finally: Amazon Will Offer Discounted Ebooks If You Buy the Paper Version
Or even give you the ebook version for free. For a lot of books the ebook form is just fine but there are quite a few that I want an actual physical copy of as well as an electronic version that I can access anywhere.
Cops Break Up "Out of Control Sex Party" At Masonic Temple
Man those Shriners sure know how to party.
Cops in Battle Creek, Mich. said they broke up something of an orgy early Sunday morning at a Masonic Temple. Sources told us the first officer to walk inside, was shocked to find a couple performing a lewd sex act, along with drugs, multiple nude women and men videotaping it all behind these closed doors. Cops made "multiple arrests" though reports on the story don't make clear what, if any, charges were filed against party attendees.
But before you rush out to join - it turns out that this little shindig may not have involved any freemasons at all:
A temple spokesperson told WWMT that an outside group ponied up $900 to host a "dance party" at the temple that night.
The group thingy. And the middle class.
And my Twitter spew. For the children.
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Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at September 05, 2013 06:51 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: The Political Hat at September 05, 2013 06:52 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at September 05, 2013 06:52 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Y-not at September 05, 2013 06:52 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 06:53 PM (T1005)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 05, 2013 06:54 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Peaches at September 05, 2013 06:54 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at September 05, 2013 06:54 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: [/i][/s][/b]akula51 at September 05, 2013 06:55 PM (uQIKb)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at September 05, 2013 06:55 PM (WLpmE)
Posted by: Jesse Pinkman at September 05, 2013 06:56 PM (NHMrq)
Posted by: Peaches at September 05, 2013 06:56 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 05, 2013 06:56 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 05, 2013 06:57 PM (GEICT)
Soon he will be rolling in Val-U-Rite and ripe hobos.
Posted by: GnuBreed at September 05, 2013 06:57 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Bomber at September 05, 2013 06:58 PM (+Wfbd)
We have pneumatics in the lab so not so defenseless.
Posted by: The Hickster at September 05, 2013 06:58 PM (MeB2c)
Posted by: Waterhouse at September 05, 2013 06:58 PM (udFcF)
Posted by: t-bird at September 05, 2013 06:59 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: mindful webworker, at it again at September 05, 2013 07:00 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: zeera at September 05, 2013 07:00 PM (fHLmF)
Posted by: Bomber at September 05, 2013 10:58 PM (+Wfbd)
srsly? they don't pipe it in for you awesome American heroes? jive-ass muthafuckas. I apologize for the oversight, if it were up to me, you would have NFL in yo face anytime you wanted it. xoxo
Posted by: Peaches at September 05, 2013 07:01 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Jesse Pinkman at September 05, 2013 07:02 PM (NHMrq)
Posted by: EC at September 05, 2013 07:02 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: t-bird at September 05, 2013 07:02 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at September 05, 2013 07:02 PM (WLpmE)
Obama is considering military trainers for Syrian al Qaeda. In Jordan. Apparently what the CIA is already doing, but on a much larger scale.
WTF?
Posted by: Bomber at September 05, 2013 07:02 PM (+Wfbd)
Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at September 05, 2013 07:03 PM (JQuNB)
Tony Dungy does not look particularly healthy to me.
That's the first thing I thought. He and Sharpton doing Molly's?
Posted by: Infidel at September 05, 2013 07:03 PM (U1MFH)
Posted by: the square paper clip at September 05, 2013 07:03 PM (DWF95)
Posted by: [/i][/s][/b]akula51 at September 05, 2013 07:03 PM (uQIKb)
Posted by: mpfs at September 05, 2013 07:04 PM (9ivHL)
Posted by: EC at September 05, 2013 07:05 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at September 05, 2013 07:05 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: joncelli at September 05, 2013 07:05 PM (H6iDZ)
Posted by: Y-not at September 05, 2013 07:06 PM (5H6zj)
They also don't believe that any guy with a gun has ever staved off a mass murder event. Never ever happened. Or the media would report it.
Tough nuts to crack, they are.
Posted by: PJ at September 05, 2013 07:06 PM (ZWaLo)
40 Me too BC.
I went on the lam today. No one knew where I was. There is only so much shit you can take from a snotty 16 year old niece. I left and didn't get back home till 830pm. It felt good.
Posted by: mpfs at September 05, 2013 11:04 PM (9ivHL)
Good for you. I send my wife on mental health nights. Every so often, when things just stack up on her, I throw her out of the house as soon as I get home from work. "Got to dinner, go get your nails done, go to the movies, go do a LITTLE shopping, go drive around in circles. I don't care. But do not come back for a while."
Works wonders.Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 05, 2013 07:06 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Robbo, who got turned into a Llama, but I got better at September 05, 2013 07:06 PM (COPHV)
Posted by: EC at September 05, 2013 07:07 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: The Political Hat at September 05, 2013 07:07 PM (Vk2pI)
Hi Alton, I'm outta here pdq. Have missed you gys. This game is a joke.
Posted by: Infidel at September 05, 2013 07:08 PM (U1MFH)
Posted by: Robbo, who got turned into a Llama, but I got better at September 05, 2013 11:06 PM (COPHV)
You, too, buddy!! Thanks for the intel. Rock on!
Posted by: Peaches at September 05, 2013 07:08 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: joncelli at September 05, 2013 07:08 PM (H6iDZ)
Posted by: the square paper clip at September 05, 2013 07:09 PM (DWF95)
At least it wasn't spiders.>>
Yes since cockroaches crawling on your bed would be way better.
Posted by: The Hickster at September 05, 2013 07:09 PM (MeB2c)
Posted by: mpfs at September 05, 2013 07:10 PM (9ivHL)
The sundry collectives are evidence that failing to learn from history dooms the current partakers to failure. See: "..But mostly these facts are unpleasant, at least to some ears...." above.
Socialist always believe that the reason the system has failed in the past, is that the wrong people were in charge, but this time, the right people (themselves) will be in charge. Anyone come to mind?
Posted by: Barky at September 05, 2013 07:10 PM (aDwsi)
It's crossed my mind. Not likely, but possible. And that is my own personal red line, and one that actually means something. I'm just over 3 years away from retiring, but I will resign and walk away from it all if I get orders to assist al Qaeda.
This is not what I signed up for.
Posted by: Bomber at September 05, 2013 07:10 PM (+Wfbd)
Ha! My boss thinks Obama speaks to her in her dreams, believes Obamacare will grant free healthcare to everyone, and wants the democrat party to overthrow the govt. So yeah.
Posted by: NWConservative at September 05, 2013 07:10 PM (M1gmo)
Posted by: Max Power writing one last comment at September 05, 2013 07:11 PM (QCc6B)
Posted by: Infidel at September 05, 2013 07:11 PM (U1MFH)
I've always thought the most intriguing backstory of the Manhattan Project was the Demon Core. Which killed two men before even having been set off.
I also note that a number of the Manhattan Project physicists absorbed radiation in considerable excess of modern safety standards for nuclear workers, to say nothing of the tighter standards for civilians, and yet managed to live to ripe old ages.
Some of the MP crew died early of cancer. The vast majority of whom were smokers who had never spent much time near the fissionable materials.
Posted by: torquewrench at September 05, 2013 07:11 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: Ma Bell at September 05, 2013 07:11 PM (RLdcX)
Posted by: Max Power writing one last comment at September 05, 2013 07:11 PM (QCc6B)
Posted by: Robbo, who got turned into a Llama, but I got better at September 05, 2013 07:12 PM (COPHV)
Posted by: Infidel at September 05, 2013 07:12 PM (U1MFH)
Posted by: lou's a girl at September 05, 2013 07:13 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at September 05, 2013 07:13 PM (JQuNB)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 05, 2013 07:13 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: the square paper clip at September 05, 2013 07:13 PM (DWF95)
Posted by: mpfs at September 05, 2013 07:13 PM (9ivHL)
Posted by: Avenging Disco Godfather at September 05, 2013 07:14 PM (FlRtG)
Instead of bombing Syria, my vote goes to using the cruise missiles on the NSA. (waves at Trudy)
Posted by: GnuBreed at September 05, 2013 07:14 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at September 05, 2013 07:14 PM (HVff2)
http://youtu.be/8x_vusWz33c
Posted by: Jose at September 05, 2013 07:15 PM (zc/sw)
>>> They absolutely hate us, how come we have not seen a bunch of Green on Blue attacks or 'training accidents' recently.
You'd be surprised how friendly people get when you hand them free shit. Especially good free shit.
And so far it's all CIA. You wouldn't hear about green-on-blue even if it happened.
Posted by: Bomber at September 05, 2013 07:17 PM (+Wfbd)
Posted by: EC at September 05, 2013 07:17 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Peaches at September 05, 2013 07:19 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: lou's a girl at September 05, 2013 07:19 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: Peaches at September 05, 2013 11:19 PM (8lmkt)
--They have 2 white boys starting at WR.
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 07:19 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at September 05, 2013 07:20 PM (C0auL)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at September 05, 2013 07:20 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 05, 2013 07:21 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at September 05, 2013 07:21 PM (HVff2)
http://youtu.be/8x_vusWz33c
Posted by: Jose at September 05, 2013 11:15 PM (zc/sw)
--I love how McLame's response is that he's visited Syria. No mention of him being photobombed by terrorists while he was there.
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 07:21 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: lou's a girl at September 05, 2013 11:19 PM (vgd4f)
Oh, coming from you, that's rich, girl. You get that a/c fixed yet? It's fuckin' brutal over here in Sodom and Gomorrah.
Posted by: Peaches at September 05, 2013 07:21 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 05, 2013 07:22 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at September 05, 2013 11:20 PM (C0auL)
--They did not; he was a free agent and they did not pursue him seriously.
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 07:22 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at September 05, 2013 11:20 PM (C0auL)
You don't question Belichick. Even Hernandez didn't have those kinda stones . . .
Posted by: Peaches at September 05, 2013 07:22 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: .87c at September 05, 2013 07:22 PM (TU0yw)
Posted by: t-bird at September 05, 2013 07:22 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Y-not at September 05, 2013 07:23 PM (5H6zj)
Yeah, but are they jooooish?
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at September 05, 2013 11:21 PM (HVff2)
Decker and Welker sound Jewish to me.
Posted by: Luap Nor at September 05, 2013 07:23 PM (bufJH)
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Ahhhh yes. When I was younger. Every now and then it occurred to me that I had my motorcycle, my camping gear, and a reasonable bank balance. If it came to that, I could just ride off into the sunset and start over.
Cue Joni Mitchell doing 'Free Man in Paris'
Posted by: Barky at September 05, 2013 07:23 PM (aDwsi)
Think of all the times you were actually better off in running at the monsters. Balls to the wall spraying lead and screaming and then think of the times you hid in corner and got your ass handed to you.
Yeah. THAT.
Keep moving. Move diagonally across the front firing zone of the shooter. Zig Zag. Duck. Go forward then back then forward again. Find cover but don't stay there cowering. Find a weapon. Throw stuff at them. Yell. Point behind them and call out "look out he's the shooter" or something. Distract them anyway you can while making constant progress to an exit.
Pick up a small table or chair to use as a shield. You'd be surprised the deflecting ability of even plastic. Much better than nothing or your skin.
And mainly, pay attention to your fellow employees. See a guy in the office who recently got fired badly? Be alert.
Someone gotten a divorce, talked about their spouse having a lover? Be alert.
Bad body hygiene and incoherence are some other warning signs.
Most all the folks who have gone wacko and started killing people, gave off signs they were going. Your not the police so you can jump to conclusions and you probably don't have a relationship with those people anyway so what does it hurt you to step back a bit when they seem on the edge?
Of course it's easy to say in the comfort of my home with no threat in sight.
YMMV
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Ecclesiates 9:11) at September 05, 2013 07:23 PM (28TG+)
Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at September 05, 2013 07:23 PM (JQuNB)
Posted by: torquewrench at September 05, 2013 11:11 PM (gqT4g)
The Demon Core martyrs is one reason I just get furious at bullshit pseudoscience like AGW. Science, real science, is important enough to risk all and possibly die horribly -- and Mann and his bunch of would-be totalitarian fatasses fake-up numbers in comfortable tenured faculty offices to "hide the decline."
Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 07:23 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at September 05, 2013 07:24 PM (C0auL)
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 07:24 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Tereza at September 05, 2013 07:24 PM (6TV0b)
Posted by: Robbo, who got turned into a Llama, but I got better at September 05, 2013 07:24 PM (COPHV)
Evening morons and 'ettes!
Update on Maddie: The drain is out of her leg and they are looking to schedule some of the plastics work soon. She attended her first day of pre-school today and was all smiles in the picture her mother posted.
Posted by: Conservative Crank at September 05, 2013 07:24 PM (UR1wn)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at September 05, 2013 07:25 PM (HVff2)
Some dude robs a Target store in a little podunk town between Sacramento and Davies (as in UCDavies) and takes off with the cops and CHP in hot pursuit, barreling down I-80. Then for some unknown reason he get off and goes straight for the main gate of Travis AFB. Apparently said dude must have know that those guards shoot to kill and even if he had survived that, those barriers that go up with the push of a button would have shredded him and his car. So he stops just short of Main gate and keeps pointing a gun out the window until they finally tazered the shit out of him. What a show, better then TV
Posted by: Ma Bell at September 05, 2013 11:11 PM (RLdcX)
So far as I know, there isn't a town between Davis and Sack-o'-pimentos -- there are old rice paddies and a causeway, but no towns. Are you sure it wasn't to the west of Davis?
Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 07:25 PM (T1005)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 05, 2013 07:26 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: EC at September 05, 2013 07:26 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at September 05, 2013 11:24 PM (UR1wn)
thanks, Crank . . . that is beyond wonderful!!
Posted by: Peaches at September 05, 2013 07:26 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: madamex at September 05, 2013 07:26 PM (islXR)
Posted by: Sean Bannion at September 05, 2013 07:27 PM (C0auL)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 05, 2013 07:27 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Barky at September 05, 2013 07:27 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: lou's a girl at September 05, 2013 07:28 PM (vgd4f)
YMMV
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Ecclesiates 9:11) at September 05, 2013 11:23 PM (28TG+)
--Oftentimes, especially when idle such as when invigilating an exam, I have morbid thoughts about what if a Virginia Tech type shooter popped up. I'm grateful when I'm in a room with doors that lock and with no windows. I've thought about how easy/difficult it could be to attach a table to one of the AV carts to use as a shield. Yeah, I'm grim like that.
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 07:28 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Ma Bell at September 05, 2013 07:28 PM (RLdcX)
Posted by: Peaches at September 05, 2013 07:28 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Bomber at September 05, 2013 07:29 PM (+Wfbd)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 05, 2013 07:30 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Extremely grumpy momma bear at September 05, 2013 07:30 PM (DEQok)
Posted by: lou's a girl at September 05, 2013 11:28 PM (vgd4f)
Ah, shit, lou . . . probably doin' better than my sis out in Pasadena. This is brutal and, for whatever reason, there is no let up in sight. Hang tough, I know you can and will!
Posted by: Peaches at September 05, 2013 07:30 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Socrateae at September 05, 2013 07:30 PM (6uy7v)
Posted by: EC at September 05, 2013 07:30 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: lou's a girl at September 05, 2013 07:31 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at September 05, 2013 07:31 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: the square paper clip at September 05, 2013 07:31 PM (DWF95)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 05, 2013 07:31 PM (GEICT)
Oh, and I'm against Peyton in my favorite fantasy league.
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 07:31 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at September 05, 2013 07:32 PM (jucos)
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 07:32 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: RWC at September 05, 2013 07:32 PM (6TV0b)
Posted by: EC at September 05, 2013 07:32 PM (doBIb)
If someone goes postal in your work space, think FPS games and the fact that a moving target is harder to hit. Think of all the times you were actually better off in running at the monsters.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Ecclesiates 9:11) at September 05, 2013 11:23 PM
Not with the Archvile or the Spider Mastermind in Doom. They'll fuck your shit up if you try that.
Posted by: otho at September 05, 2013 07:32 PM (9gNQd)
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Unless, of course, they've been in the barrel...., although it may be well to be wary in that case also.
Posted by: Barky at September 05, 2013 07:33 PM (aDwsi)
He killed bin Laden. He's all about "refer them to me" on that.
Posted by: Bomber at September 05, 2013 07:33 PM (+Wfbd)
...One Pussy to rule them all and in the darkness bind them....
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 05, 2013 11:27 PM (GEICT)
Or in light. Or on camera.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at September 05, 2013 07:33 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Ecclesiates 9:11) at September 05, 2013 11:23 PM (28TG+)
One that sticks with me is The Station nightclub fire where Great White was playing and lit the sound foam with pyrotechnics. Massive stampedes at the doorways, 100 people died. How many could have torn their way through the drywall and siding, and escaped through the walls?
Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 07:33 PM (T1005)
Posted by: DC in Towson at September 05, 2013 07:34 PM (ZFinx)
Posted by: lou's a girl at September 05, 2013 07:34 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 05, 2013 07:34 PM (GEICT)
Who has fantasy Welker?
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at September 05, 2013 11:31 PM (lnFK0)
--In the Moron fantasy league, I drafted both Decker and Thomas, neither of whom have TDs. FML.
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 07:34 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: the square paper clip at September 05, 2013 07:35 PM (DWF95)
Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at September 05, 2013 07:35 PM (JQuNB)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at September 05, 2013 07:35 PM (jucos)
Posted by: DAve at September 05, 2013 07:35 PM (OksBo)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 05, 2013 07:35 PM (GEICT)
But the tents are air conditioned.
Posted by: Bomber at September 05, 2013 07:36 PM (+Wfbd)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at September 05, 2013 07:36 PM (BXLPR)
And yes, they warned everyone not to take samples. Ahem. Many years later, I went to White Sands to see the dunes; the gift shop there was selling pieces of trinitite.
Posted by: GnuBreed at September 05, 2013 07:36 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Peaches at September 05, 2013 11:28 PM (8lmkt) ......................
Well they are onboard to sell obamacare so I would see that as truth in advertising.
Posted by: Molly k. at September 05, 2013 07:36 PM (sVKy/)
Posted by: Jeffrey Pelt at September 05, 2013 07:36 PM (Jsiw/)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 11:25 PM (T1005)
Woodland, not sure if it is between or more north or south, don't care.
And by the way, the gun the dude kept pointing out the window, it was a realistic looking toy gun
Posted by: Ma Bell at September 05, 2013 11:28 PM (RLdcX)
Woodland is to the north of Davis -- Sacto is to the east. I-80 goes through Davis to Sacto.....so, yeah, nowheresville.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 07:36 PM (T1005)
Posted by: lou's a girl at September 05, 2013 11:34 PM (vgd4f)
Humidity is a bitch, lou. I can take a dry heat up to well over 100. Throw in some humidity, that all goes right out the window. Glad it's getting fixed, nobody moves to your neck of the woods expecting humidity and high temps. {{{{{}}}}}
Posted by: Peaches at September 05, 2013 07:37 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: the square paper clip at September 05, 2013 07:38 PM (DWF95)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at September 05, 2013 07:38 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at September 05, 2013 07:38 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: RWC at September 05, 2013 07:39 PM (6TV0b)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 11:33 PM (T1005)
panic and no tools
never leave the house without a lock bladed knife minimum
Posted by: the square paper clip at September 05, 2013 11:35 PM (DWF95)
If you know what walls look like inside, a chair is a tool.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 07:39 PM (T1005)
Posted by: lou's a girl at September 05, 2013 07:39 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 05, 2013 07:40 PM (GEICT)
If so, no problem.
Some people need coffee in the morning. Others need something stronger.
Posted by: navybrat at September 05, 2013 07:40 PM (ft8Uj)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at September 05, 2013 11:38 PM (HVff2)
--It would have been a logistical clusterfuck having the game at Harm City because the Orioles had an afternoon game today and much of the parking for the respective venues overlaps. NFL asked if Orioles would change their game time, but O's said GFY.
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 07:41 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: EC at September 05, 2013 07:41 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Bomber at September 05, 2013 07:42 PM (+Wfbd)
Posted by: The Nuclear Hat at September 05, 2013 07:42 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: RWC at September 05, 2013 07:42 PM (6TV0b)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at September 05, 2013 11:38 PM (HVff2)
because their fuckin' baseball team refused to yield the field. it's a total clusterfuck. plus, Flacco? sorry, that was kind of a fluke. it was all Ray-Ray and now it's official. sigh
Posted by: Peaches at September 05, 2013 07:42 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at September 05, 2013 07:42 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Ma Bell at September 05, 2013 07:42 PM (RLdcX)
Posted by: lou's a girl at September 05, 2013 07:42 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at September 05, 2013 07:43 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at September 05, 2013 07:44 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: madamex at September 05, 2013 07:44 PM (islXR)
Posted by: The Man from Athens at September 05, 2013 07:44 PM (RXQ2T)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 05, 2013 07:45 PM (GEICT)
A lot of the Raven-hate that you are seeing is because the Ravens have agreed to shill for OCare. So yeah, fuck em.
That's my standard for anyone propping that pos up.
Posted by: GnuBreed at September 05, 2013 07:45 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 05, 2013 11:45 PM (GEICT)
--Angelos is to Baltimore as Snyder is to Washington.
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 07:46 PM (bufJH)
xxx
At this point, I can see O publicly embracing al Qaeda, giving them collectively free citizenship, guns to kill American citizens and directions to every Christian church in the USA and the Republicans... would do NOTHING.
Posted by: shibumi at September 05, 2013 07:46 PM (25HWz)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 05, 2013 07:46 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Peaches at September 05, 2013 07:47 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: EC at September 05, 2013 07:47 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Gingy at September 05, 2013 07:48 PM (aH+zP)
And yes, they warned everyone not to take samples. Ahem. Many years later, I went to White Sands to see the dunes; the gift shop there was selling pieces of trinitite.
Posted by: GnuBreed at September 05, 2013 11:36 PM (ccXZP)
With any luck at some point in the future they'll have a surplus of it in the ME.
Posted by: Berserker at September 05, 2013 07:48 PM (FMbng)
This is what we know as the LIVs and they will be the death of us all.
Posted by: cm9000 at September 05, 2013 07:48 PM (3qZbZ)
Republicans might do nothing, but I know somebody would.
Posted by: Bomber at September 05, 2013 07:49 PM (+Wfbd)
Posted by: Waterhouse at September 05, 2013 07:49 PM (udFcF)
I already couldn't stand her for other stuff she did and didn't do.
Posted by: EC at September 05, 2013 11:47 PM (doBIb)
It's funny how often the rich, intoxicating, enchanting scent of a woman can be confused with eau de skank.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 07:50 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at September 05, 2013 07:50 PM (HVff2)
Actually, I found that running right at the Archville (with more than the shotgun of course) resulted in less damage than trying to pick him off from a distance.
But the Spider Mastermind? Yeah. a .50 cal size chaingun is a bit harder to direct assault. However quick diagonal movement IF you can get close enough, reduces him pretty quickly because like most large things, he's not agile.
But that's when you unlimber the rocket launcher or BFG.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Ecclesiates 9:11) at September 05, 2013 07:51 PM (28TG+)
If only it were that simple!
Posted by: navybrat at September 05, 2013 07:51 PM (ft8Uj)
Posted by: lou's a girl at September 05, 2013 07:51 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: Peaches at September 05, 2013 07:51 PM (8lmkt)
[Maetenloch:] Political correctness is mostly about making uncomfortable facts unspeakable.
Absolutely.
It was designed to curtain freedom of speech.
First came political correctness...then came all the exultations about Multiculturalism and how we should "celebrate diversity".
Which is a recipe for disaster.
It's a recipe for devaluing the culture of the host country, and creating deep divisions and chaos.
But we're forbidden to say so...because of political correctness.
I've been remiss in telling you, Maet, what a great job you do with your ONTs.
Thanks.
I read them and appreciate them, even though I'm usually too sleepy to comment.
Posted by: wheatie at September 05, 2013 07:52 PM (Hy+VQ)
Posted by: Peaches at September 05, 2013 11:51 PM (8lmkt)
--What's hilarious is all the Cowgirls fans talking shit about beating the Giants, when Eli has never lost in Jerryworld.
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 07:53 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 11:46 PM (bufJH)
Worse.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 05, 2013 11:46 PM (GEICT)
_______________
By a factor of 10. At least The Boy Owner attempts to produce a winning team. Angelos could care less.
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at September 05, 2013 07:53 PM (jucos)
Posted by: RWC at September 05, 2013 07:54 PM (6TV0b)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 05, 2013 07:55 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 11:53 PM (bufJH)
Oh, yeah, that'll happen . . . 
Posted by: Peaches at September 05, 2013 07:55 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: EC at September 05, 2013 07:55 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at September 05, 2013 07:57 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: EC at September 05, 2013 07:57 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 05, 2013 11:55 PM (GEICT)
_______________
Had season tickets as little as 10 years ago. After Ripken retired I couldn't give them away. I would tell customers about them and they always asked if I had Raven Tickets. I gave the season tickets up. Might get some Nationals Season Tickets.
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at September 05, 2013 07:57 PM (jucos)
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 07:58 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: speedster1 on the iPad at September 05, 2013 07:58 PM (yeM7r)
Posted by: RWC at September 05, 2013 07:59 PM (6TV0b)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 05, 2013 08:00 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at September 05, 2013 11:57 PM (HVff2)
I dunno, the Bears and the Browns are close to them in the inept rankings
Posted by: The Dude at September 05, 2013 08:00 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: An Academy Award Winner at September 05, 2013 08:00 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Barney Frank at September 05, 2013 08:00 PM (j/FJV)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at September 05, 2013 08:00 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: EC at September 05, 2013 08:01 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Gingy at September 05, 2013 08:01 PM (aH+zP)
223 Is it legal to call something made with beef 'bacon'?
They get away with selling 'Turkey Bacon'...so I guess so.
Posted by: wheatie at September 05, 2013 08:01 PM (Hy+VQ)
Posted by: Adriane... at September 05, 2013 08:02 PM (j/FJV)
Posted by: nerdygirl at September 05, 2013 08:02 PM (0f8Qz)
Posted by: speedster1 on the iPad at September 05, 2013 08:02 PM (yeM7r)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at September 05, 2013 11:57 PM (HVff2)
I dunno, the Bears and the Browns are close to them in the inept rankings
Posted by: The Dude at September 06, 2013 12:00 AM (vJdyz)
--The Bills are not even the most inept team in their division right now.
With all the churn in the Pats and Bills rosters, and the pattern of strange happenings in Week 1 games the past few years, don't count on a blowout by the Pats. I'm not saying the Bills will win, just cautioning against a blowout. Remember Cam Newton's first game?
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 08:02 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: EC at September 05, 2013 08:03 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Þe Þanigarian Hat at September 05, 2013 08:03 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 08:04 PM (bufJH)
Give him a rocket launcher and he'll feed his village AND protect them from the Taliban.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Ecclesiates 9:11) at September 05, 2013 08:04 PM (28TG+)
Anyone's guess whether the gift shop stuff's the real deal. These days, most of the trinitite's been scooped up but if you look around, the wind blowing the sand around exposes a fair amout of it still scattered about. The guards *are* on the lookout; I had two of them standing right over me (I didn't know it until I stood up) while I was popping a macro shot of a piece in the sand.
I dunno if the rules are to prevent the dispersion of any remaining plutonium from the Trinity site or just for general radioactivity control. We did test a couple of pieces of trinitite and got signatures for cesium, americium and a little bismuth-214, the latter created by regular cosmic ray interactions.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at September 05, 2013 08:05 PM (FvyJS)
They get away with selling 'Turkey Bacon'...so I guess so.
Posted by: wheatie at September 06, 2013 12:01 AM (Hy+VQ)
--Hey, cut our observant Jewish and Muslim brothers and sisters some slack.
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 08:05 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Y-not at September 05, 2013 08:05 PM (5H6zj)
The scent of a woman is a powerful thing.
I already couldn't stand her for other stuff she did and didn't do.
Posted by: EC at September 05, 2013 11:47 PM (doBIb)
It's funny how often the rich, intoxicating, enchanting scent of a woman can be confused with eau de skank.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 11:50 PM (T1005)
Oh no, this girl isn't skanky by any means. In fact she's as chaste as can be. She's just entirely selfish when it comes to our son.
There's a bunch of stuff she's said out loud that make me wonder about what kind of future they might have together. And then there's stuff she did before that was extremely rude to my family, especially my wife.
Posted by: EC at September 05, 2013 11:55 PM (doBIb)
Hmmm....well, sometimes life has a way of adjusting such things. Our godkid's mom's brother married someone who was a bit of a socialite who disdained her husband's family and wanted everything done pinkie-off-the-teacup "properly".....after three sons, she's pretty much a "whatever works" pragmatist, now -- and has done a pretty good job of integrating herself into her husband's family. She still slips today, but by the time she was raising 2 boys, the tide had turned.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 08:05 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Gingy
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Soft kitty
Warm kitty
Little ball of fur
Happy kitty
Sleepy kitty
Purr, purr, purr
Posted by: Sheldon at September 05, 2013 08:05 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Adriane... at September 05, 2013 08:07 PM (j/FJV)
Yep. Taliban won't get those kids now.
Posted by: Bomber at September 05, 2013 08:07 PM (+Wfbd)
Seriously.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at September 05, 2013 08:07 PM (FvyJS)
Posted by: DAve at September 05, 2013 08:08 PM (OksBo)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 06, 2013 12:00 AM (aDwsi)
Under the First Amendment, yeah. Otherwise no.
Posted by: cm9000 at September 05, 2013 08:09 PM (3qZbZ)
You've heard what possums do when attacked right?
Well. Same thing.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Ecclesiates 9:11) at September 05, 2013 08:09 PM (28TG+)
Posted by: Gingy at September 05, 2013 08:09 PM (aH+zP)
Posted by: EC at September 05, 2013 08:09 PM (doBIb)
"Kerry says failing to strike Syria will feed rebel extremism."
So, if we don't attack Assad, the moderate rebels will go all Militant and Islamic and then REALLY Bad Things Will Happen.
If we do attack Assad, the rebels, who are actually militant islamists, will suddenly become moderate and tolerant of all things?
Sort of like how the Muslim Brotherhood became "tolerant" of Coptic Christians and showed it by burning churches and killing people?
Or is it more like by saying "Islam is a religion of peace" that the observers of it will suddenly say 'duh'! and become peaceful and tolerant?
/the stupid, it burns, IT BURNS.
(sorry, originally posted on a dead thread, it's late)
Posted by: shibumi at September 05, 2013 08:11 PM (25HWz)
Posted by: Gingy at September 06, 2013 12:01 AM (aH+zP)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTYQCHR_gdc
She botched her first line, which is supposed to be "making the most of evil chances"....but otherwise a fine interpretation.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 08:11 PM (T1005)
Posted by: King Arthur at September 05, 2013 08:12 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Adriane... at September 05, 2013 08:12 PM (j/FJV)
Actual NBC news headline:
"Kerry says failing to strike Syria will feed rebel extremism."
So, if we don't attack Assad, the moderate rebels will go all Militant and Islamic and then REALLY Bad Things Will Happen.
If
we do attack Assad, the rebels, who are actually militant islamists,
will suddenly become moderate and tolerant of all things?
Sort of
like how the Muslim Brotherhood became "tolerant" of Coptic Christians
and showed it by burning churches and killing people?
Or is it
more like by saying "Islam is a religion of peace" that the observers of
it will suddenly say 'duh'! and become peaceful and tolerant?
/the stupid, it burns, IT BURNS.
(sorry, originally posted on a dead thread, it's late)
Posted by: shibumi at September 06, 2013 12:11 AM (25HWz)
--TRANSLATION: If we don't attack Assad, the terrorists have won.
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 08:12 PM (bufJH)
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Sorry, that's all I got.
I do have an afghan (the throw, not a person) that I refer to as as The Magic Blanket. Wrap that thing around you, and it's sleepy-time. You must have a dozen of the things.
Posted by: Sheldon at September 05, 2013 08:13 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: The Political Hat at September 05, 2013 08:13 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at September 05, 2013 08:13 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 08:14 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: puddleglum at September 05, 2013 08:15 PM (0oeK7)
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 08:15 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Waterhouse at September 05, 2013 08:15 PM (udFcF)
Posted by: Gingy at September 05, 2013 08:16 PM (aH+zP)
Posted by: lou's a girl at September 05, 2013 08:16 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: RWC at September 05, 2013 08:17 PM (6TV0b)
xxxx
Wow. Just... wow.
I cannot hope to compete with the understanding of liberal democrat logic here.
/ also, can someone tell me when aiding a declared enemy of our nation is no longer considered treason? Or is it simply, 'Oh, we were attacked by AQ from Pakistan. This is AQ in Syria. Totally different?" Or is ti more like "Look how manly our black president is... sigh."
Posted by: shibumi at September 05, 2013 08:17 PM (25HWz)
Posted by: lou's a girl at September 05, 2013 08:18 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at September 05, 2013 08:18 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 08:19 PM (bufJH)
Mike Hammer/Sheldon, not even one. My talents go to wearable things.
Posted by: Gingy at September 06, 2013 12:16 AM (aH+zP)
Can you view any youtube, or is it just that one? I viewed off the link and it worked.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 08:19 PM (T1005)
Statehood...finally right around the corner.
Posted by: [/i][/s][/b]akula51 at September 05, 2013 08:20 PM (uQIKb)
What kind of whites? Hispanic ones?
Posted by: Bomber at September 05, 2013 08:20 PM (+Wfbd)
But the Spider Mastermind? Yeah. a .50 cal size chaingun is a bit harder to direct assault. However quick diagonal movement IF you can get close enough, reduces him pretty quickly because like most large things, he's not agile.
But that's when you unlimber the rocket launcher or BFG.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Ecclesiates 9:11) at September 05, 2013 11:51 PM
You may be right with the Archvile... IIRC, it uses a "blast" that widens out, like a cone. If you get in close to it's side you can avoid the hit? Further out the blast cone takes in the entire map, minus hard cover. Running diagonal with the Spider Mastermind doesn't help. It's fire takes in everything, everywhere in the direction it's facing. Doesn't matter what you do. You got to get in real close and get behind it, using that tactic. Is that what you mean? I usually just stayed put and used cover to fire around against Archvile and Spider. If you had enough cover between you and Spider, you could get behind it, or fire at it's legs when it's gun was hidden. Never had luck trying the run and gun method against it. The field of fire just hammers your armour and life, tout d'suite.
Posted by: otho at September 05, 2013 08:21 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Y-not at September 05, 2013 08:21 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: lou's a girl at September 05, 2013 08:22 PM (vgd4f)
Well, White Sands is a National Park (or Monument) and the gift shop is under the aegis of them; hard to believe they'd sanction selling fake trinitite.
Posted by: GnuBreed at September 05, 2013 08:22 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at September 05, 2013 08:22 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at September 05, 2013 08:23 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: t-bird at September 05, 2013 08:23 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 08:24 PM (bufJH)
Treason started being cool in 2008.
Posted by: cm9000 at September 05, 2013 08:25 PM (3qZbZ)
Posted by: Liberalistas in DCville at September 05, 2013 08:25 PM (j/FJV)
Posted by: RWC at September 05, 2013 08:26 PM (6TV0b)
Posted by: lou's a girl at September 05, 2013 08:26 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: Gingy at September 05, 2013 08:26 PM (aH+zP)
Anyone here ever encounter such a thing? The drum in the washer is stainless steel, by the way.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 05, 2013 08:26 PM (60Q+L)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at September 05, 2013 08:27 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: Waterhouse at September 05, 2013 08:28 PM (udFcF)
Posted by: lou's a girl at September 06, 2013 12:26 AM (vgd4f)
--Not sure about Soona but chemjeff is a prof so this time of the year is busy as hell no doubt!
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 08:29 PM (bufJH)
A little sooner than that. Lots of undermining the recent wars.
Posted by: Bomber at September 05, 2013 08:29 PM (+Wfbd)
Posted by: lou's a girl at September 05, 2013 08:29 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 08:29 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Y-not at September 05, 2013 08:31 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: lou's a girl at September 06, 2013 12:29 AM (vgd4f)
--See above comments by me and BC. Conflict with Orioles.
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 08:31 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Y-not at September 05, 2013 08:31 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: buzzion at September 05, 2013 08:32 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: Anachronda at September 05, 2013 08:32 PM (U82Km)
I'd prefer a certain compound in Leavenworth. Besides, they bulldozed the one in Abbottabad.
Posted by: Bomber at September 05, 2013 08:32 PM (+Wfbd)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at September 05, 2013 08:33 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: t-bird at September 05, 2013 08:33 PM (FcR7P)
Many years ago, I saw some consumer show where they tested The Door Club, kind of an odd-shaped piece of brass that you would install in the floor befor your front door to limit how far it could open.
They tested the thing by installing it and having some brawny types go at the door.
It didn't take the brawny types long to realize they could punch through the wall next to the door.
As I recall, the verdict was "yeah, it works, but..."
Posted by: Anachronda at September 06, 2013 12:32 AM (U82Km)
Right up there with a security deadbolt on a French door.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 08:34 PM (T1005)
Anyone here ever encounter such a thing? The drum in the washer is stainless steel, by the way.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 06, 2013 12:26 AM (60Q+L)
Since LG is a Chinese company, that stainless steel may be "stainless steel coated".
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at September 06, 2013 12:33 AM (BXLPR)
I thought LG was South Korean.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 08:35 PM (T1005)
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 08:35 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: lou's a girl at September 05, 2013 08:37 PM (vgd4f)
I'd prefer a certain compound in Leavenworth. Besides, they bulldozed the one in Abbottabad.
Posted by: Bomber at September 06, 2013 12:32 AM (+Wfbd)
I have several preferences, but I was thinking mostly of the stories where "you can go in to rescue the XXX, but if you rescue the XXX, you'll be the next one" -- and how his own narcissistic narrative getting sucked into a narrative trap would be very literary.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 08:37 PM (T1005)
>>>> had to live out the rest of his days in a certain compound in Abbottabad.....
I'd prefer a certain compound in Leavenworth. Besides, they bulldozed the one in Abbottabad.
Posted by: Bomber at September 06, 2013 12:32 AM (+Wfbd)
I have several preferences, but I was thinking mostly of the stories where "you can go in to rescue the XXX, but if you rescue the XXX, you'll be the next one" -- and how his own narcissistic narrative getting sucked into a narrative trap would be very literary.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 06, 2013 12:37 AM (T1005)
And, of course, for him to have been calling Bush an idiot for years over failing to go in and get him....
Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 08:38 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 05, 2013 08:39 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Bomber
-------------------------
Appliance sub-thread winner.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at September 05, 2013 08:40 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: NBC sportsretard at September 05, 2013 08:40 PM (udFcF)
Posted by: lou's a girl at September 06, 2013 12:37 AM (vgd4f)
--It's been 30 years since the Orioles won, and played, in a World Series. And they called the shots.
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 08:41 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at September 05, 2013 08:41 PM (9MLX+)
washing machine. Did a load of wash, and was hanging it out on the line,
and discovered a pattern of round brown rust spots on the clothes that
match the hole spacing in the washer drum. The washer is an LG Tromm
front loader, about 3 years old. I'm on well water, with a softener, and
the house plumbing is hard copper. I ran several faucets, and saw no
rust in the water. I'm guessing either the cast-iron pressure pump
spewed out a cloud of rust, or maybe there was something in the pocket
of one of the blue jeans that released a clump of rust.
Anyone here ever encounter such a thing? The drum in the washer is stainless steel, by the way.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 06, 2013 12:26 AM (60Q+L)
Were the spot fuzzy, or sharp? Were the clothes discolored overall, or just in the spots?
Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 08:41 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Bomber at September 05, 2013 08:41 PM (+Wfbd)
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 08:42 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: lou's a girl at September 05, 2013 08:43 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 08:44 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 06, 2013 12:41 AM (T1005)
Sharp as can be, and the clothes overall not noticeably discolored. Only one or two white T-shirts, where the spots are disfiguring. I may run the badly-spotted stuff through again with a shot of CLR in the bleach dispenser.
And the water in the tempering tank in the basement is crystal clear.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 05, 2013 08:45 PM (60Q+L)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at September 05, 2013 08:46 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: lou's a girl at September 06, 2013 12:43 AM (vgd4f)
--When the Bills were being slaughtered by the Redskins in the Super Bowl (I wanted the AFC to win desperately), I stopped hoping the Bills would win and just wanted Jim Kelly to set a new record for turnovers in the Super Bowl.
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 08:49 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 08:51 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at September 05, 2013 08:57 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 08:57 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: t-bird at September 05, 2013 08:58 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at September 05, 2013 08:58 PM (WLpmE)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at September 05, 2013 09:00 PM (BXLPR)
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 09:01 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: lou's a girl at September 05, 2013 09:02 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 06, 2013 12:41 AM (T1005)
Sharp as can be, and the clothes overall not noticeably discolored. Only one or two white T-shirts, where the spots are disfiguring. I may run the badly-spotted stuff through again with a shot of CLR in the bleach dispenser.
And the water in the tempering tank in the basement is crystal clear.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 06, 2013 12:45 AM (60Q+L)
OK, so here's a theory.....I dunno about your washer, but mine introduces water in the middle (back), smushes it around with detergent for a while, then pumps water out and spins while pumping. Then it puts more water in the middle (back), smushes it around "rinsing", then pumps water out and spins while pumping. Water only goes OUT through the holes, so the spots should be fuzzy-edged as the contaminated water is filtered through the clothes -- and everything should be 5% stained from the smushing.
So. how to get water moving through the holes into the fabric? Only time that makes sense would be the introduction of the rinse water (especially true if you did hot wash/cold rinse). Since the clothes would have been spun against the drum, you could get sharp-edged spots at that time. My guess would be that the cold water valve is rusting out and that you haven't run a load for a while, then did a hot wash/cold rinse. After the wash, drain, and spin, the cold water feed blew all the rust off the valve and into the outside of the drum, staining the clothes.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 09:02 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at September 05, 2013 09:02 PM (X9Mnx)
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Yeah, but their version of saving the lives of our own people involves taking away civilian gun ownership. Honestly, I'd just as soon they left that whole situation alone too.
Posted by: Bomber at September 05, 2013 09:02 PM (+Wfbd)
Posted by: logprof at September 06, 2013 12:57 AM (bufJH)
Knew it was going to happen tonight. The worst possible night to have the Ravens D.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at September 06, 2013 01:00 AM (BXLPR)
--The problem is that with that bizarre, fucked up league set-up it's not like you can just drop a D and pick up another. You kinda have to ride with your horse unless and until a surprise D emerges that can be picked up from waivers.
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 09:02 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Mindy at September 05, 2013 09:03 PM (PRyXF)
Posted by: t-bird at September 06, 2013 12:58 AM (FcR7P
It was almost like the ghosts of the people killed in the presence of Ray Lewis were resurrected and then murdered again.
Posted by: cm9000 at September 05, 2013 09:05 PM (3qZbZ)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 09:13 PM (T1005)
Most Passing Touchdowns, Game: 7, Sid Luckman Nov 14, 1943, Adrian Burk Oct 17, 1954, George Blanda Nov 19, 1961, Y.A. Tittle Oct 28, 1962, Joe Kapp Sep 28, 1969, Peyton Manning Sep 5, 2013
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 09:14 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: lou's a girl at September 05, 2013 09:14 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 06, 2013 01:02 AM (T1005)
I did a load earlier this week, and hot wash/cold rinse is my default setting. It sure does look like the clothes were acting as a filter for rusty rinse water, though. And the whole-house water filter cartridge was replaced this Spring.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 05, 2013 09:14 PM (60Q+L)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at September 05, 2013 09:14 PM (BXLPR)
http://minx.cc/?post=343109
It's a social commentary of a childhood consumer product worthy of PJ O'Rourke.
It was kind of like imagining how the childhood of Kevin Spacey's character in "American Beauty" must have been. The hidden despair occurring every morning at the breakfast tables in America's suburbs.
No actually, that's damning it with faint praise ...
Ace's Kaboom thread is the Angela's Ashes of the childhood breakfast cereals
You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll move away from him on the bus ...
Posted by: kbdabear at September 05, 2013 09:16 PM (/9IC1)
Posted by: RWC at September 05, 2013 09:18 PM (6TV0b)
Posted by: Waterhouse at September 05, 2013 09:18 PM (udFcF)
In December 1981, Kapp made a promise to the football team that he would not consume any of his favorite alcoholic beverage, tequila, until the Golden Bears reached the Rose Bowl. As of March 2011, the Golden Bears have yet to return to the Rose Bowl and Kapp has resorted to drinking rum instead.
LMAO
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 09:19 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at September 05, 2013 09:21 PM (X9Mnx)
Posted by: Twoslaps at September 05, 2013 09:21 PM (N36ZX)
Posted by: Waterhouse at September 06, 2013 01:18 AM (udFcF)
--Well, in most whitebread circles, Peyton is already a girl's name.
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 09:24 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Barney F. at September 05, 2013 09:25 PM (WM1/o)
Posted by: The Cereal Hat at September 05, 2013 09:25 PM (Vk2pI)
LMAO
Posted by: logprof at September 06, 2013 01:19 AM (bufJH)
Joe Kapp played for the B.C. Lions for a number of years, didn't he?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 05, 2013 09:27 PM (60Q+L)
team that he would not consume any of his favorite alcoholic beverage,
tequila, until the Golden Bears reached the Rose Bowl. As of March 2011,
the Golden Bears have yet to return to the Rose Bowl and Kapp has
resorted to drinking rum instead.
LMAO
Posted by: logprof at September 06, 2013 01:19 AM (bufJH)
Joe Kapp played for the B.C. Lions for a number of years, didn't he?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 06, 2013 01:27 AM (60Q+L)
--Yeah, and he won them their first Grey Cup.
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 09:29 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Waterhouse at September 05, 2013 09:32 PM (udFcF)
Posted by: The Political Hat at September 05, 2013 09:33 PM (Vk2pI)
I can't begin to relate how proud I am of you for not saying that in the thread.
The repercussions would have been tragic.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at September 05, 2013 09:33 PM (JNUY4)
Posted by: Jones in CO at September 05, 2013 09:34 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at September 05, 2013 09:34 PM (JNUY4)
Posted by: Bomber at September 05, 2013 09:35 PM (+Wfbd)
does this blog not have any Left coast readers?
anyway, til tomorrow
Posted by: Jones in CO at September 05, 2013 09:41 PM (8sCoq)
Posted by: lou's a girl at September 05, 2013 09:44 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at September 05, 2013 09:44 PM (X9Mnx)
Posted by: Bomber at September 05, 2013 09:44 PM (+Wfbd)
Posted by: The Green Slime Hat at September 05, 2013 09:45 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Bomber at September 06, 2013 01:44 AM (+Wfbd)
--Yeah Jones, Peyton was making history and I was practically live-blogging it (along with the ups and downs of my fantasy teams).
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 09:46 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: The Green Slime Hat at September 06, 2013 01:45 AM (Vk2pI)
No, it ended up your butt.
Huh huh huhhuhuhuh.
Posted by: Butt-Head at September 05, 2013 09:48 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: RWC at September 05, 2013 09:48 PM (6TV0b)
Posted by: beavis at September 05, 2013 09:49 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: RWC at September 05, 2013 09:50 PM (6TV0b)
Posted by: erica at September 05, 2013 09:51 PM (EfUev)
Posted by: Null at September 05, 2013 09:53 PM (xjpRj)
Posted by: lou's a girl at September 05, 2013 09:54 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: t-bird at September 05, 2013 09:54 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Bomber at September 05, 2013 09:57 PM (+Wfbd)
I'm still thinking Kaboom is a hoax. There weren't THAT many cereals back in the 70's. How could I have never even heard of it?
Posted by: t-bird at September 06, 2013 01:54 AM (FcR7P)
--Travelling to some of the more backward parts of the world is kind of like a time warp. In '02, when I was visiting Iquitos, Peru, my friend who was living there at the time introduced me to a cereal called "Fruit Bolls" (which is unpronounceable in Spanish), whose box had a crude cartoon ape fiercely guarding a bowl of the cereal, which pretended to look and taste like Fruit Loops but was more like dyed cardboard.
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 09:58 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: RWC at September 05, 2013 09:59 PM (6TV0b)
Posted by: Waterhouse at September 05, 2013 10:02 PM (udFcF)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at September 05, 2013 10:03 PM (X9Mnx)
Posted by: RWC at September 05, 2013 10:05 PM (6TV0b)
Posted by: The Political Zone… at September 05, 2013 10:06 PM (Vk2pI)
just want to point out that this is a perfectly non-obnoxious, non-hostile way to say "I didn't care for it."
In addition, it does not come wrapped around any kind of presumptuousness that I should have written x or must not write y.
Wish you had liked it, but am not at all upset by the way you stated your meh-itude.
I'll just chalk this up as a bad review. Can't please everyone! Pretty much if you please half you did a solid job.
That said, you're banned.
No that's a total joke, couldn't resist.
Posted by: ace at September 05, 2013 10:07 PM (/IWYB)
I'm still thinking Kaboom is a hoax. There weren't THAT many cereals back in the 70's.
Posted by: t-bird at September 06, 2013 01:54 AM
Yes, there were. It was the 70's. A different time. Groovier, with an emphasis on variety of textures and colours. Also, the drugs.
Posted by: otho at September 05, 2013 10:08 PM (9gNQd)
Do you remember Ed Harris character in Glengarry Glenross? You knew that Mamet wrote Dave as a Kaboom Kid, one who no matter how he tried to cover it or escape it, knew that he was never meant for anything other than mediocrity
You're never going to have the corner office, never drive that nice car, never have the beautiful wife. Your mother has already told you that she has no hope for you
Posted by: kbdabear at September 05, 2013 10:08 PM (/9IC1)
Posted by: RWC at September 05, 2013 10:08 PM (6TV0b)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmj4seQu63I
Posted by: ace at September 05, 2013 10:09 PM (/IWYB)
It would be a good choice for a conference -- it's fenced off from the adjacent city, and access is mainly by a dock. It's about half an hour by hydrofoil from St. Pete proper.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 10:10 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Waterhouse at September 05, 2013 10:10 PM (udFcF)
Posted by: Twoslaps at September 05, 2013 10:10 PM (N36ZX)
Posted by: RWC at September 05, 2013 10:10 PM (6TV0b)
Posted by: garrett at September 05, 2013 10:10 PM (g1HXd)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmj4seQu63I
Posted by: ace at September 06, 2013 02:09 AM (/IWYB)
What the hell are you doing up? And trolling the ONT?!?!?
Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 10:10 PM (T1005)
>>> No that's a total joke, couldn't resist.
Now see, that shit is funny.
Posted by: Bomber at September 05, 2013 10:11 PM (+Wfbd)
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 10:11 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Bomber at September 05, 2013 10:12 PM (+Wfbd)
Yes the revenge was sweet but MLB screwed the Ravens, not fair to them or their fans - they will call baseball games for rain, you think they could've found a way to make reschedule the O's ...
The NFL putting Flacco on our stadium was also an insult, to both sets of fans, as it certainly added to the home team motivation ...
Personally, I'm still mad at Leon Lett for a similar fumble in the big game that resulted in my beloved Broncos remaining in the record books for worse super bowl loss ever - the reminder tonight might result in a strongly worded letter to him tomorrow ...
Stupidest weather delay ever - thunderstorms are common hear in the late summer evenings, and that was nothing ...
7 TD passes - hell yeah!!! There's plenty of room on the Orange and Blue bandwagon for y'all ...
Posted by: Joe at September 05, 2013 10:13 PM (WjS9o)
Posted by: cm9000 at September 05, 2013 10:13 PM (3qZbZ)
Posted by: RWC at September 05, 2013 10:14 PM (6TV0b)
i just got off the podcast about half an hour ago and am just making my last rounds.
i wasn't specifically looking for Kaboom comments, was just looking at the top thread.
oh: right, that's a lie. Kdabear linked me over here from twitter. I forgot. So I was looking for kaboom comments.
Posted by: ace at September 05, 2013 10:14 PM (/IWYB)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at September 05, 2013 10:14 PM (X9Mnx)
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 10:14 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Bomber at September 05, 2013 10:15 PM (+Wfbd)
Posted by: Waterhouse at September 05, 2013 10:15 PM (udFcF)
Personally, I'm still mad at Leon Lett for a similar fumble in the big game that resulted in my beloved Broncos remaining in the record books for worse super bowl loss ever - the reminder tonight might result in a strongly worded letter to him tomorrow ...
Posted by: Joe at September 06, 2013 02:13 AM (WjS9o)
--I started the Denver D in the Moron fantasy league, and that bullshit cost me potentially around 10 points.
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 10:17 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: lou's a girl at September 05, 2013 10:18 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: The Political Zone… at September 05, 2013 10:18 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: lou's a girl at September 05, 2013 10:18 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: RWC at September 05, 2013 10:19 PM (6TV0b)
It was like an Everything Cereal. The base cereal was cornflake, but dashed with sugar, and then they had bits of walnuts in it (or some kind of nut), some of which stuck to the cornflakes. And then there were like either raisins or tiny apple bits. For some reason I think there was some unexpected ingredient, not cocoanut but something like that.
it was fantastic. It was marketed to adults not children but it was plenty sweet believe you me. Just enough.
It might have had dried cranberries.
I don't suppose anyone will remember this Mystery Cereal but it lives, like the Road Warrior, in my memory.
Posted by: ace at September 05, 2013 10:19 PM (/IWYB)
i just got off the podcast about half an hour ago and am just making my last rounds.
i wasn't specifically looking for Kaboom comments, was just looking at the top thread.
oh: right, that's a lie. Kdabear linked me over here from twitter. I forgot. So I was looking for kaboom comments.
Posted by: ace at September 06, 2013 02:14 AM (/IWYB)
Ace, I absolutely LOVED the Kaboom thing! Totally MARVELOUS!! Couldn't stop reading over-and-over again. GENIUS!!!
Well, I actually read it once, and chuckled several times, and felt a knot of worry get tighter and tighter and tighter with each chuckle. Are you ok, man? Seriously? Y'know I love you like a brother.....is Kaboom a last grasp for Hope?
Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 10:20 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Waterhouse at September 05, 2013 10:20 PM (udFcF)
Posted by: Bomber at September 05, 2013 10:21 PM (+Wfbd)
It was like an Everything Cereal. The base cereal was cornflake, but dashed with sugar, and then they had bits of walnuts in it (or some kind of nut), some of which stuck to the cornflakes. And then there were like either raisins or tiny apple bits. For some reason I think there was some unexpected ingredient, not cocoanut but something like that.
it was fantastic. It was marketed to adults not children but it was plenty sweet believe you me. Just enough.
It might have had dried cranberries.
I don't suppose anyone will remember this Mystery Cereal but it lives, like the Road Warrior, in my memory.
Posted by: ace at September 06, 2013 02:19 AM
I know which one you mean. I'll think of the name in a minute...
Posted by: otho at September 05, 2013 10:22 PM (9gNQd)
No that's a total joke, couldn't resist.
Posted by: ace at September 06, 2013 02:07 AM (/IWYB)
You need to refer to bannings as being "wished to the cornfield"
Posted by: The Political ZoneÂ… at September 06, 2013 02:18 AM (Vk2pI)
Oh, man.....I just lost it with that one.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 10:22 PM (T1005)
Posted by: A Pseudo-random Syrian Vajayjay at September 05, 2013 10:22 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 10:23 PM (bufJH)
true, but it is marketed to the poor to keep them content to have less. It is also marketed to the slightly-better-off-than-poor to get them to give up. The scheme is, I think, to reduce competition for the marginal members of the aristocracy so that people like Joe Kennedy III can hold a steady job without being too embarrassed at his incompetency.
Posted by: ace at September 05, 2013 10:23 PM (/IWYB)
it's a semi-major cereal, not some kind of "Alternative" or "Independent" cereal.
it might have had honey. I'm 90% sure it did.
Pretty much it was like "Just throw in everything you put into all other cereals except for puffed rice."
Posted by: ace at September 05, 2013 10:24 PM (/IWYB)
Posted by: Bomber at September 05, 2013 10:25 PM (+Wfbd)
I went and googled the "six day war" and learned all about the battles the state of Israel faced back when. And about the foes they faced, the Egyptians and the Jordanians. And how the Israelies persevered.
And then I went and googled about Muslim killings of folks they didn't like - such as gays, rape victims, Christians.
I'm of the opinion that if we were to go into Syria and do a limited tap-dance like strike, it would fuel the nasties and get them ready to launch against Israel.
But part of me wants them to bring it - but we don't have the leader we need in order to finish the deal.
Posted by: Intrepid at September 05, 2013 10:25 PM (PsCCl)
Posted by: RWC at September 05, 2013 10:26 PM (6TV0b)
Posted by: DAve at September 05, 2013 10:26 PM (OksBo)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 10:26 PM (T1005)
andy proposed discussing it but I kind of shot it down. I literally have nothing left to say. If you read the article, you know what I mean. I worked on that thing from, seriously, 7:30 to 5am in the morning, tinkering, adding pictures, etc.
When andy brought it up I was like, "You think I actually could possibly say another thing about Kaboom?"
So we wound up not talking about it.
The only joke I can remember not including in it was:
Kaboom is to cereals what Spencer Gifts is to Christmas gifts.
It's for when you want to tell someone that sometimes not even the thought counts.
Posted by: ace at September 05, 2013 10:27 PM (/IWYB)
Logprof, I drafted Decker, so I feel your pain - might be a long season ...
Kaboom was some funny funny shit, although I might have liked the earlier version better - the spontaneous hopelessness was surreal. Unfortunately, it triggered too many bad childhood memories to top my all time favorite, and the post that brought me here, the democrat contenders glossed as D&D mythos.
I would've loved a chance at an upgrade to Kaboom, but my sister and I never found any in the dumpster behind the Target ...
Posted by: Joe at September 05, 2013 10:27 PM (WjS9o)
Posted by: lou's a girl at September 05, 2013 10:27 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: Wilford Brimley at September 05, 2013 10:28 PM (Vk2pI)
that is possible. I know I ate that.
That doesn't sound all Pimped Up like this Ur-Cereal I'm discussing though.
I know whatever they did to the cornflakes, the honey or sugar, kept the cornflakes relatively crisp in milk.
Posted by: ace at September 05, 2013 10:28 PM (/IWYB)
Posted by: RWC at September 05, 2013 10:29 PM (6TV0b)
But If I can say - cereal is a very male topic. I've known men whose daily nutritional intake was measured by the number of bowls of cereal.
When asked by me - the answer was "hey, it's good and it's easy".
Posted by: Intrepid at September 05, 2013 10:31 PM (PsCCl)
thanks.
Posted by: ace at September 05, 2013 10:31 PM (/IWYB)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_breakfast_cereals
Posted by: Bomber at September 06, 2013 02:30 AM (+Wfbd)
--Isn't "breakfast cereal" kind of a tautology?
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 10:32 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: cm9000 at September 05, 2013 10:32 PM (3qZbZ)
there aren't any rules here, it's like Bartertown
Posted by: ace at September 05, 2013 10:32 PM (/IWYB)
Posted by: DAve at September 05, 2013 10:33 PM (OksBo)
Posted by: Intrepid at September 05, 2013 10:34 PM (PsCCl)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 10:34 PM (T1005)
If it was cornflakes with honey, nuts and fruit it was probably one of the "Nut Crunch" thingies.
Posted by: otho at September 05, 2013 10:35 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Epobirs at September 05, 2013 10:35 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: That SPECIAL Sloth… at September 05, 2013 10:35 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at September 05, 2013 10:36 PM (qyfb5)
wiki's list of breakfast cereals:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_breakfast_cereals
Posted by: Bomber at September 06, 2013 02:30 AM (+Wfbd)
--Isn't "breakfast cereal" kind of a tautology?
Posted by: logprof at September 06, 2013 02:32 AM (bufJH)
Porridge is cereal.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 10:36 PM (T1005)
Posted by: ace at September 05, 2013 10:36 PM (/IWYB)
Posted by: Waterhouse at September 05, 2013 10:36 PM (udFcF)
Posted by: lou's a girl at September 05, 2013 10:37 PM (vgd4f)
http://www.kelloggscrunchynut.com/
i don't think that's it. but is that even a cereal? Cornflakes, honey, and PEANUTS.
it's a desert.
Posted by: ace at September 05, 2013 10:38 PM (/IWYB)
Posted by: The Political Hat at September 05, 2013 10:38 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Intrepid at September 05, 2013 10:38 PM (PsCCl)
there's no OT in the ONT
Posted by: ace at September 06, 2013 02:35 AM (/IWYB)
Oh, I'm soooooo going to save this link.......
Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 10:38 PM (T1005)
Posted by: RWC at September 05, 2013 10:38 PM (6TV0b)
old vegas was generally pretty creepy
Posted by: ace at September 05, 2013 10:39 PM (/IWYB)
Posted by: RWC at September 05, 2013 10:40 PM (6TV0b)
Posted by: lou's a girl at September 06, 2013 02:37 AM (vgd4f)
--Well, they gotta pay the celeb athletes for the collectible boxes. AP is the latest. Dude earned it.
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 10:40 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: The Political Hat at September 05, 2013 10:40 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: ace at September 06, 2013 02:35 AM (/IWYB)
Except for the OT.*
*no attempt at trolling intended.
Posted by: cm9000 at September 05, 2013 10:40 PM (3qZbZ)
Posted by: The Dude at September 05, 2013 10:41 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at September 05, 2013 10:41 PM (qyfb5)
Mamet would know how to write the movie. It would be about the quiet resentment towards Aaron Sorkin, the kid who never could grasp Kaboom, but laughed with other Apple Jacks kids from the pantry at the Kaboomer who was mowing his mom's lawn for 5 dollars and then rode an old Huffy bicycle home, while Sorkin and his Apple Jacks brats wizzed by on their 5 speed Schwinns with the banana seat
Posted by: kbdabear at September 05, 2013 10:41 PM (/9IC1)
Posted by: The Political Hat at September 05, 2013 10:41 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Intrepid at September 05, 2013 10:42 PM (PsCCl)
Posted by: RWC at September 06, 2013 02:38 AM (6TV0b)
--I liked Christmas Crunch, with green and red "berries," when I was a young'un.
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 10:42 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at September 05, 2013 10:43 PM (X9Mnx)
Posted by: The Political Hat at September 05, 2013 10:43 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: lou's a girl at September 05, 2013 10:43 PM (vgd4f)
That's a lot of effort. Cereal boxes work a lot like potato chip bags.
Posted by: Bomber at September 05, 2013 10:43 PM (+Wfbd)
Posted by: RWC at September 05, 2013 10:44 PM (6TV0b)
Posted by: RWC at September 05, 2013 10:45 PM (6TV0b)
So I just got done watching the third quarter. Ravens screwed themselve with hurting their own players and blowing an easy challenge call. But man are they just incredibly undisciplined. 3 blatant personal fouls so far. Who would have thought that Ray Lewis was the man with restraint on that team.
Posted by: buzzion at September 05, 2013 10:46 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: lou's a girl at September 06, 2013 02:43 AM (vgd4f)
--Well, either go to Costco/Sam's/BJ or buy store brand. Target Cheerios are not bad.
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 10:46 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: lou's a girl at September 05, 2013 10:46 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: RWC at September 05, 2013 10:47 PM (6TV0b)
Posted by: Waterhouse at September 05, 2013 10:48 PM (udFcF)
Posted by: RWC at September 06, 2013 02:47 AM (6TV0b)
--It's cheaper to make oatmeal or eggs for breakfast. Or do like me and stay up late drinking so you wake up at lunchtime.
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 10:48 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Intrepid at September 06, 2013 02:42 AM (PsCCl)
I've never been a big cereal eater. Kind of stopped sometime around Junior High, never really ate much breakfast. Unless its poptart or any actually made breakfast I'm probably not eating it.
Posted by: buzzion at September 05, 2013 10:48 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 10:50 PM (T1005)
http://www.kelloggscrunchynut.com/
i don't think that's it. but is that even a cereal? Cornflakes, honey, and PEANUTS.
it's a desert.
Posted by: ace at September 06, 2013 02:38 AM
You haven't tried it??? Seriously, it's awesome. Can't buy it myself, coz I'll stuff my face with that shit. I've known people who were weaned off heroin with crunchy nut.
Posted by: otho at September 05, 2013 10:50 PM (9gNQd)
But that being said, my parents loved us and bought us the good name brand cereals. Captain Cruch (all varieties) Fruity pebbles, Cinnamon toast crunch, Lucky Charms.
Posted by: buzzion at September 05, 2013 10:50 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: buzzion at September 06, 2013 02:48 AM (LI48c)
--I do love the occasion Egg McMuffin. All the McDonald's up here have stopped selling biscuits. Is that also in the States, or is it just a Canadian (or even just Winnipeg) thing?
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 10:51 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: The Dude at September 06, 2013 02:41 AM (vJdyz)
If pancakes (with sausage or bacon) are wrong, I don't want to be right.
Posted by: cm9000 at September 05, 2013 10:51 PM (3qZbZ)
Posted by: DAve at September 05, 2013 10:51 PM (OksBo)
Posted by: RWC at September 05, 2013 10:52 PM (6TV0b)
I didn't just have to eat shredded wheat, I had to eat the old fashioned kind that had two big squares that you mashed up into the bowl. That's right, in my food, they didn't even bother to fully process it. That was something the proles were expected to do.
You all suck.
Posted by: AD at September 05, 2013 10:52 PM (cDBHm)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 10:53 PM (T1005)
But it had a special kind of greatness back then, before they brought in all the shiny glitz. Vegas in my memories will always be the faded oasis of hopelessness I visited for trade shows like Comdex. We always made a point of eating breakfast at the Circus Circus buffet at least once while we were there.
You heard of boom towns? Classic Las Vegas was a Kaboom town.
But when it comes to death in a box cereals, I'll always be wary of Frosted Flakes, which actually almost killed me. The last time I ate it was in 1971, a few weeks before my seventh birthday. One bowl in the morning and emergency surgery to remove my appendix by early evening.
Posted by: Epobirs at September 05, 2013 10:53 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: RWC at September 05, 2013 10:53 PM (6TV0b)
Posted by: DAve at September 05, 2013 10:54 PM (OksBo)
Posted by: buzzion at September 06, 2013 02:50 AM (LI48c)
Cap'n Crunch eroded my palate. That stuff is hard on ya.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 10:55 PM (T1005)
You got the job at the Dairy Queen, but were you the kid in the dorky hat who took the order of the head cheerleader with the big tits?
Hell no, your job was to lug the powder mix and syrup for the kid in the dorky hat, who at least got to look at the cheerleader. Then you got to haul the empty syrup jugs out back and sweep the floor.
After the SAT's you got the brochures from your local community college with the smiles on the student you knew weren't Kaboomers
Your vacation? Kaboomers rode in the ugly underpowered station wagon to Florida. Not to stay in a hotel, but with relatives who lived on the empty unincorporated tract developments of Broward County
Posted by: kbdabear at September 05, 2013 10:55 PM (/9IC1)
Sausage Biscuit for a buck still.
Posted by: RWC at September 06, 2013 02:53 AM (6TV0b)
--Well, I'm officially envious. Maybe not, since I need to decrease both weight and BP.
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 10:55 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Epobirs at September 06, 2013 02:53 AM (kcfmt)
Are you sure that wasn't Krusty-o's?
Posted by: Bart Simpson at September 05, 2013 10:55 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: DAve at September 05, 2013 10:56 PM (OksBo)
Posted by: cm9000 at September 06, 2013 02:51 AM (3qZbZ)
black pudding, don't remember the last time where I've made something from the breakfest menu without frying up some blood sausage
Posted by: The Dude at September 05, 2013 10:56 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: lou's a girl at September 05, 2013 10:56 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: cthulhu at September 06, 2013 02:55 AM (T1005)
I preferred the peanut butter crunch actually.
Posted by: buzzion at September 05, 2013 10:57 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: kbdabear at September 06, 2013 02:55 AM (/9IC1)
--You write as one with experience.
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 10:57 PM (bufJH)
Don't forget the shoes, kbdabear. I had to go to school in weird non-brand sneakers (and garanimals) with no arch that killed my feet and lasted about a month while all the cool kids had adidas and early nikes. I guess that's why when I started making real money I started buying adidas - I think I have like 18 pair now.
I also have retained my taste for sardines (esp. in mustard sauce), as other's lunch discards were all that was available at the time. All of this is true.
I wasn't a Kaboomer, I aspired to be one - a wanna-be Kaboomer is even sadder, if that is possible. Mom was too proud for food stamps - bright side is this fierce independent streak has stayed with me, and I swore my kid would never face the same - and she didn't ...
Certainly one of Ace's all time best posts, I hope he wins a Major Award for it ... time to hit the tip jar ...
Posted by: Joe at September 05, 2013 10:57 PM (WjS9o)
It's not about keeping up with the Joneses, it's about hopeing the Joneses forgot to lock the gate to their swimming pool when they went to Europe for a month
Posted by: kbdabear at September 05, 2013 10:58 PM (/9IC1)
Posted by: otho at September 05, 2013 10:58 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: RWC at September 05, 2013 10:59 PM (6TV0b)
Posted by: Joe at September 06, 2013 02:57 AM (WjS9o)
http://youtu.be/2kZJK5g_OsU
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 10:59 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: DAve at September 05, 2013 11:00 PM (OksBo)
Posted by: buzzion at September 05, 2013 11:01 PM (LI48c)
A Kaboomer has no ambition, he's already been told early that his destiny is mediocrity and a bland existence.
Kaboomers don't wear rags, they wear knockoff brands or bottom tier clothing. Farrah slacks, Tom McCann shoes, Sears suits.
Posted by: kbdabear at September 05, 2013 11:03 PM (/9IC1)
Absolutely sure. Tony the Tiger has possessed a sinister bearing in my eyes ever since. Consequently, Fred Flintstone also falls under suspicion by sin of having the same voice. It came as no surprise to me when it was revealed he was the Hanna-Barbara version of Tony Soprano.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-Whi1rLdKU
Posted by: Epobirs at September 05, 2013 11:03 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: buzzion at September 06, 2013 03:01 AM (LI48c)
--Don't remind me. At least I started Demaryius Thomas, and did not play against Peyton.
Posted by: logprof at September 05, 2013 11:03 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: buzzion at September 06, 2013 03:01 AM (LI48c)
What's the big fucking deal???
Posted by: DeSean Jackson at September 05, 2013 11:04 PM (bufJH)
I remember those ...
"Houston, we have a problem"
Posted by: kbdabear at September 05, 2013 11:04 PM (/9IC1)
Posted by: buzzion at September 06, 2013 03:01 AM (LI48c)
LULZ
Posted by: Leon Lett at September 05, 2013 11:05 PM (bufJH)
Posted by: Joe at September 06, 2013 02:57 AM
It's a MAJOR AWARD !!!!
Posted by: Mr Parker at September 05, 2013 11:05 PM (/9IC1)
Posted by: The Dude at September 05, 2013 11:06 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at September 05, 2013 11:08 PM (X9Mnx)
Posted by: RWC at September 05, 2013 11:10 PM (6TV0b)
Posted by: Bomber at September 05, 2013 11:12 PM (+Wfbd)
Posted by: Barky O, MilGenius at September 05, 2013 11:13 PM (udFcF)
Keeps ya from gettin' the dye-uh-beet-iss, and it tastes the same comin' back up as it did goin' down
Posted by: Wilford Brimley at September 05, 2013 11:14 PM (/9IC1)
Posted by: The Dude at September 05, 2013 11:15 PM (vJdyz)
Keeps ya from gettin' the dye-uh-beet-iss, and it tastes the same comin' back up as it did goin' down
Posted by: Wilford Brimley at September 06, 2013 03:14 AM (/9IC1)
--It's the right thing to do.
Posted by: logpof at September 05, 2013 11:16 PM (bufJH)
You had vacations? 1%'er!!!!! Honestly, we were pretty middle class, and I knew my parents loved me (especially during the middle of mom's cycle), but there were some pretty dark years there after my folks split up, and that crap hangs with you, which is why the Kaboom post, in spite of being hysterical, also made me a little sad.
FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS!
Posted by: Joe at September 05, 2013 11:16 PM (WjS9o)
Posted by: Anachronda at September 05, 2013 11:17 PM (U82Km)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at September 05, 2013 11:17 PM (X9Mnx)
Posted by: Anachronda at September 06, 2013 03:17 AM (U82Km)
if you want shit cereal items, those are the masks printed on the back of the box
Posted by: The Dude at September 05, 2013 11:19 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Joe at September 05, 2013 11:19 PM (WjS9o)
Posted by: beavis at September 05, 2013 11:20 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Anachronda at September 05, 2013 11:22 PM (U82Km)
Posted by: RWC at September 05, 2013 11:23 PM (6TV0b)
Posted by: t-bird at September 06, 2013 01:54 AM
Oh man, now we even have Kaboom Truthers
Never mind the obscure despair of Kaboomers, you're JUST ASKING QUESTIONS, MAN!!!
Posted by: kbdabear at September 05, 2013 11:24 PM (/9IC1)
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at September 05, 2013 11:24 PM (9MLX+)
567 Yeah your burps tasted like your mouth does when you french kiss a horse.
*It's a stable relationship*
Posted by: DAve at September 05, 2013 11:24 PM (OksBo)
Posted by: Anachronda is all about exclamation points tonight at September 05, 2013 11:26 PM (U82Km)
Posted by: Dread Pirate Illitero ... at September 05, 2013 11:26 PM (j/FJV)
Posted by: a pirate at September 05, 2013 11:29 PM (9gNQd)
http://youtu.be/INmtQXUXez8
Posted by: The Dude at September 05, 2013 11:29 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Adriane Loves the Classics but is Easily Confused at September 05, 2013 11:30 PM (j/FJV)
Posted by: Anachronda is all about exclamation points tonight at September 05, 2013 11:31 PM (U82Km)
Posted by: Adriane Loves the Classics but is Easily Confused at September 05, 2013 11:32 PM (j/FJV)
Posted by: Anachronda is all about exclamation points tonight at September 05, 2013 11:33 PM (U82Km)
Posted by: DAve at September 05, 2013 11:33 PM (OksBo)
Posted by: Joe at September 05, 2013 11:33 PM (WjS9o)
Posted by: Adriane is not a lighter shade of pale. Just pale. at September 05, 2013 11:35 PM (j/FJV)
Posted by: Adriane Loves the Classics but is Easily Confused at September 06, 2013 03:32
Arrrr... I be blind and me parrot ain't talkin'... Arrrrr....
Posted by: a pirate at September 05, 2013 11:37 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Adriane is not a lighter shade of pale. Just pale. at September 05, 2013 11:37 PM (j/FJV)
Posted by: Anachronda is all about exclamation points tonight at September 05, 2013 11:38 PM (U82Km)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at September 05, 2013 11:40 PM (qyfb5)
Posted by: Billy Bob Clinton, Esq. at September 05, 2013 11:40 PM (j/FJV)
Posted by: DAve at September 06, 2013 03:33 AM (OksBo)
Go fuck yourself with the barbed cock of Satan!!!
Posted by: cm9000 at September 05, 2013 11:41 PM (3qZbZ)
Posted by: DAve at September 05, 2013 11:42 PM (OksBo)
Posted by: a pirate at September 05, 2013 11:45 PM (9gNQd)
Y'all are just too too funny
Actually Adriane, I made a recipe for a bacon cake - I've made it twice - it's freaking fantastic!
Posted by: Joe at September 05, 2013 11:45 PM (WjS9o)
Posted by: Arnold J. Rimmer BSC SSC at September 05, 2013 11:45 PM (U82Km)
Wait, why are you all looking at me like that?
Oh, fuck -- tape over the webcam -- brb...
Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 11:48 PM (T1005)
Posted by: cm9000 at September 05, 2013 11:53 PM (3qZbZ)
Posted by: She turned me into a Newt! at September 05, 2013 11:55 PM (j/FJV)
Posted by: model_1066 at September 05, 2013 11:58 PM (QMWjL)
Posted by: DAve at September 06, 2013 12:00 AM (OksBo)
Posted by: DAve at September 06, 2013 04:00 AM (OksBo)
I prefer donuts with no hands. What is the sound of a donut clapping with one hand?
Posted by: cm9000 at September 06, 2013 12:07 AM (3qZbZ)
Posted by: Adriane is not Julia Child and can't cook for beans ... at September 06, 2013 12:09 AM (j/FJV)
No! Hey! Tape over the webcam ... webcam pointed at the fish tank ... it's all good!
Posted by: She turned me into a Newt! at September 06, 2013 03:55 AM (j/FJV)
Okey-dokey. I'm back, cleaned-up, webcam masked [sorry, Trudy -- call me!]. We should be good, now.
Posted by: cthulhu at September 06, 2013 12:09 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Poor Programmers Everywhere ... at September 06, 2013 12:17 AM (j/FJV)
Posted by: cm9000 at September 06, 2013 12:20 AM (3qZbZ)
Never mind the obscure despair of Kaboomers, you're JUST ASKING QUESTIONS, MAN!!!
Posted by: kbdabear at September 06, 2013 03:24 AM (/9IC1)
As someone who usually reads the ONT after the fact the next morning, this made my day. Heh.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at September 06, 2013 07:51 AM (Q80i9)
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Posted by: cthulhu at September 05, 2013 06:50 PM (T1005)