November 27, 2013

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— andy

Have a happy Thankgiving, and safe travels.


New and improved, now with bonus content. [Purp]

Did you know the US Army conducts joint disaster training with the PLA?

MARINE CORPS TRAINING AREA-BELLOWS, Hawaii (Nov. 20, 2013) -- Soldiers from United States Army Pacific, Hawaii Army National Guard and Army Corps of Engineers along with representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency participated with the People's Liberation Army in a Disaster Management Exchange, Nov. 12 -14 at Marine Corps Training Area-Bellows, Hawaii.

The 2013 DME is a subject matter expert exchange focused on an international Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief operation.

The highlight of the DME was a Practical Field Exchange Nov. 14. There was also Expert Academic Discussions, based on an international humanitarian and disaster relief scenario calling for U.S. and Chinese military cooperation to provide assistance in a fictional third country...

..."After each practical field training event we stopped and discussed the procedures we used and why things were done a certain way. For every event we [U.S. and China] picked up something," said Maj. Bill Flynn, Hawaii National Guard, CBRNE Emergency Response Force Package...

Posted by: andy at 03:47 AM | Comments (266)
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1 I like it. Pithy.

Posted by: johnd01 at November 27, 2013 03:48 AM (r0+v0)

2 Hmmm.....

Posted by: cnation at November 27, 2013 03:48 AM (gzqLV)

3 finally cracked the top ten? Good morning, everyone.

Posted by: elaine at November 27, 2013 03:48 AM (GNZ0/)

4 DAY 388 1,073 to go (1,144 to Inauguration Day 2017) Muzzies, Marxists, Maoists, Mau-Maus, MFM's, Moochelle, McCain's, McConnell's, McAuliffe's, MIRV's, mutants, malcontents, malthusians, maniacs, malignant medical mandates, martial law, miscreants, maladjusted masochistic multiculturalists, momzers, mamalukes, mooks, mopes, mariuoli, meeskeits, maricons, marauders, malodorous militants, menstruating mons veneri and miscellaneous meshugas notwithstanding.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 27, 2013 03:48 AM (olDqf)

5 Andy, where you been? Under the table or under the host?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 27, 2013 03:49 AM (olDqf)

6  Â“Propaganda has no principles of its own. It has only one goal, and in politics that goal is always to conquer the masses. Any means to that end is good. and any means that does not serve that end is bad.”

http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/fibel.htm


All of this is looking really familiar.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at November 27, 2013 03:49 AM (hO8IJ)

7 Good Morning Morons.  Today is Wednesday, November 27, 2013.  On this day in 2003 President Bush secretly flew to Iraq to spend Thanksgiving with the troops.  No matter how you feel about him politically you have to admit, unlike the current occupier of the WH, Bush had class.

Posted by: Vic at November 27, 2013 03:52 AM (YowqD)

8 6 All of this is looking really familiar. Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at November 27, 2013 07:49 AM (hO8IJ A nice socialist Thanksgiving, where the turkey goes "goebbels, goebbels!"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 27, 2013 03:52 AM (olDqf)

9 Whoa, Andy..  way too much content for the beginning of a holiday weekend.. pace yourself!

Good morning, all!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at November 27, 2013 03:52 AM (b/lt+)

10 A CA judge has halted State funding for the high speed rail line between L.A. and SF.  I am sure the State thought they would get a bailout from the Feds with  choochoo Biden on board.  They didn't.


http://tinyurl.com/ml7utfo

Posted by: Vic at November 27, 2013 03:52 AM (YowqD)

11 James O'Keef collects another scalp as TX Enroll America Director resigns after admitting on film he is engaged in political activities and he would release names of enrollees.


http://tinyurl.com/qh9v7dd

Posted by: Vic at November 27, 2013 03:53 AM (YowqD)

12 The IRS to issue new regulations on tax-exempt groups.  Why do I smell a rat here?


http://tinyurl.com/ndkufpm

Posted by: Vic at November 27, 2013 03:53 AM (YowqD)

13 Book of Psalms believed to be the first book printed in "America" sells for record $14.2M.


http://tinyurl.com/ndzo74r

Posted by: Vic at November 27, 2013 03:53 AM (YowqD)

14 Obama's campaign team wants you to talk about his Obamacide law while eating your turkey.  I plan on talking about worthless Republicans who will not impeach him.


http://tinyurl.com/mjzwhx8

Posted by: Vic at November 27, 2013 03:53 AM (YowqD)

15 Republicans accuse the lying Obama of giving special exemptions for Obamacide to unions.  Of course he denies it.  Is anyone stupid enough to believe him?


http://tinyurl.com/kzryk4q

Posted by: Vic at November 27, 2013 03:53 AM (YowqD)

16 JJ and MP4, you were talking about  the Odessa steps sequence, and  then mentioned that DePalma ripped it off in Untouchables... in what scene?  I don't recall, or I can't picture in my head how he did.

The multiple cuts though reminded me of the  sequence in All Quiet on the Western Front.  The  main character, I believe, is in a foxhole/trench, and french soldiers come in wave after wave only to be killed off.  It's been a long time since I've seen it, but that was an extraordinary piece of film-making,  and  I think it was the multiple cuts that made it possible. 

Posted by: BurtTC at November 27, 2013 03:54 AM (BeSEI)

17 When does a "speaking fee" become an illegal campaign contribution?  Remember the infamous "book deal" that sunk Newt?  How about a $450K speaking fee for Hillary?  But that's all right she is a Democrat.


http://tinyurl.com/ozq2qyj

Posted by: Vic at November 27, 2013 03:54 AM (YowqD)

18 More on one of my favorite topics, the militarization of police forces.


http://tinyurl.com/o5ccjby

Posted by: Vic at November 27, 2013 03:54 AM (YowqD)

19 Obamanomics, food stamps not jobs.  Recall the headline a few weeks ago.  A lot of all food stamp use is fraudulent.


http://tinyurl.com/kgkyhgq

Posted by: Vic at November 27, 2013 03:54 AM (YowqD)

20 Obama investigation of illegal IRS targeting is a joke.  A bad joke.


http://tinyurl.com/oqh3r8b

Posted by: Vic at November 27, 2013 03:54 AM (YowqD)

21 How dare this racist professor correct the grammar of minority students?


http://tinyurl.com/kbx3maz

Posted by: Vic at November 27, 2013 03:55 AM (YowqD)

22 Remember when global warming was a consensus among "scientists"?  No?  Me neither.


http://tinyurl.com/lfea63f

Posted by: Vic at November 27, 2013 03:55 AM (YowqD)

23 Nanny Bloomberg pushing the phony AGW scam now.  I guess he got tired of gun control after his CO friends were ejected from office.


http://tinyurl.com/nq6vthg

Posted by: Vic at November 27, 2013 03:55 AM (YowqD)

24 Kindle Daily Deals


http://tinyurl.com/p64er9v



That's it for today folks.

Posted by: Vic at November 27, 2013 03:55 AM (YowqD)

25 16 Posted by: BurtTC at November 27, 2013 07:54 AM (BeSEI) Not sure where in the film, but it's the scene in Chicago Union Station where Ness confronts Nitti (I think?) and before he can shoot him he shoves a baby carriage down the stairs, so Ness has to save the baby and let the crook get away. By the way, the last scene of "Butch Cassidy" is pretty amazing in the way its cut.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 27, 2013 03:56 AM (olDqf)

26 My chosen topic for the Holiday Feast is going to be The Permanent Bipartisan Fusion Party and the necessity of removing all of its adherents from the levers of power.

Posted by: sock-rat-eez at November 27, 2013 03:57 AM (+jyzN)

27

"Recent highs have been well below average." - The WeatherChannel.com

 

Gee, ya think?  We're gonna be lucky to break 50 today in SE Texas.  But nevermind that, I've got enough  sugar, fat, and carbs on hand to feed an army.  Or my four  teen kids, the last two of which arrive today for the holiday.

 

Safe travels, everyone.

Posted by: Cold Count de Monet at November 27, 2013 03:58 AM (BAS5M)

28 *crickets*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at November 27, 2013 03:59 AM (GjPnA)

29 I had expected snow today but no dice as it has warmed up.  It appears the low for the night will be 50.5°.

Posted by: Vic at November 27, 2013 03:59 AM (YowqD)

30 Well, I better get my ass in gear for work.  Have a great Thanksgiving and safe travels, all!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at November 27, 2013 03:59 AM (b/lt+)

31 Why in the bue hell am I getting a fucking PBS.org pop up asking me to turn off my private browser ever every 2 fucking seconds when I come to this site?

Posted by: Brian at November 27, 2013 04:00 AM (hF9z4)

32 Battleship Potemkin -- Chicago Style!

Posted by: François Villon at November 27, 2013 04:01 AM (kkbgQ)

33 31 Why in the bue hell am I getting a fucking PBS.org pop up asking me to turn off my private browser ever every 2 fucking seconds when I come to this site? Posted by: Brian at November 27, 2013 08:00 AM (hF9z4) that's what you get when you don't pay for the upgraded AoS package......

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at November 27, 2013 04:01 AM (8JJ6O)

34 25 -

Oh...  I'm a dunce.  Of course. 

It probably says more about me than I care to when I admit midway through the sequence I was yelling (in my head at least)  "don't worry about the baby  and shoot the guy!"

Posted by: BurtTC at November 27, 2013 04:02 AM (BeSEI)

35 31 Why in the bue hell am I getting a fucking PBS.org pop up asking me to turn off my private browser ever every 2 fucking seconds when I come to this site? Posted by: Brian at November 27, 2013 08:00 AM (hF9z4) Ace sold out to the MAN! What's your browser? Do you have adblock installed? Works like a charm.

Posted by: François Villon at November 27, 2013 04:02 AM (kkbgQ)

36

OK - reposted from last thread:

Morning, ‘rons and ‘ronettes.  Thanks for the morning briefing, Vic.

 

 

When you watch a movie, how often do you think of the editor?  According to editor Edward Dmytryk, it is the art of film-making, and without it, movies would be little more than photographed stage plays.

 

 

In the early days, of course, films were unedited.  Cameras recorded a scene in one continuous shot from the front, producing a static, stagey view.  It wasnÂ’t until Edison director Edwin S. Porter (of the first “blockbuster,” The Great Train Robbery) began piecing strips of film containing different scenes together that he realized the possibilities the medium had to offer.

 

 

When talkies came in, the editorÂ’s job became more difficult; now he (often she) had to contend with words as well as pictures.  Many times, when performers blew their lines, a good editor could piece together a strand of dialogue from different takes rather than call everyone back for retakes.  The height of this art may have come during the filming of 1953s Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, where legend holds that every line of “Diamonds Are A GirlÂ’s Best Friend” had to be spliced together because Marilyn Monroe was incapable of singing the song straight through.

 

 

Another example comes from the 1935 movie Ruggles of Red Gap.  Director Leo McCarey was having difficulties with a scene where Charles Laughton, as the English butler Marmaduke Ruggles, was to recite the Gettysburg Address in a Western saloon.  The problem was that Laughton became so overwrought with emotion as he recited the address that the scene turned into a joke – which was not what anyone wanted.  The scene went through nearly 50 retakes before Laughton begged for mercy and McCarey agreed to hold off on filming for a while.

 

 

At this point, Dmytryk (remember him?) suggested that they use the best parts of the various takes and edit them together into a seamless recitation.  McCarey agreed and Dmytryk went to work.  Using a line here or a phrase there or sometimes even single words, he finally pieced together a complete version of the speech.  And for years afterward, radio networks asked Laughton to recite the Gettysburg Address whenever LincolnÂ’s birthday rolled around.

 

 

Ruggles also starred Mary Boland and ZaSu Pitts*, neither of whom are remarkably attractive women, so no real cheesecake today.  Instead, hereÂ’s a chilling shot of Pitts in Erich von StroheimÂ’s lost masterpiece Greed.  She is the doomed Trina, paranoid winner of a lottery prize, sleeping on her bed of gold coins:

 

 

http://tinyurl.com/pr3sl66

 

 

Hope you all have a happy Thanksgiving and a wonderful day.  See you all on Monday.

 

 

*Her name was a portmanteau word made from her given names of Eliza Susan; itÂ’s pronounced ZAY-sue.

 

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 27, 2013 04:04 AM (zF6Iw)

37 Greetin's and salutin's, pixel people. I'm just doing the old in-out this fine morning, got routine medical stuff to do, then off to the liquor store. Y'all have fun and try not to trash the place, 'k?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at November 27, 2013 04:05 AM (0HooB)

38

JJ and MP4, you were talking about the Odessa steps sequence, and then mentioned that DePalma ripped it off in Untouchables... in what scene? I don't recall, or I can't picture in my head how he did.

 

The scene in the train station when the Treasury agents try to grab Capone's bookkeeper.  It's not a straight ripoff of Odessa, but it's close as dammit.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 27, 2013 04:06 AM (zF6Iw)

39 How dare this racist professor correct the grammar of minority students?


http://tinyurl.com/kbx3maz

Posted by: Vic at November 27, 2013 07:55 AM (YowqD)



I searched in vain for any intelligent behavior in that story.  What a bunch of fucking dumbasses.

Posted by: Captain Hate at November 27, 2013 04:07 AM (g/M3I)

40 Vic,

A warm front passed through the midlands yesterday evening.  The propaganda organ for the Democrat Party (WACH) predicted a cold front coming through today.

Posted by: Jimbo at November 27, 2013 04:09 AM (V70Uh)

41 Should I stay or should I go

you have to let me know. .

The Clash.

Posted by: It's all relatives.... at November 27, 2013 04:10 AM (+94yP)

42 More often than not, films are saved in the editing room. That said, it presupposes that you have footage with which to use and that it's at least competently acted and written in the first place.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 27, 2013 04:11 AM (olDqf)

43 Good Morning, MPPPP, J.J. Sefton, Vic, Backwards Boy. Backwards Boy, I read here that you got the job! Thank God. Have you started yet? Of course, I want to wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving for Tomorrow! I couldnÂ’t sleep last night or night before until it was late, and I overslept today when I finally could fall asleep. Carol

Posted by: Carol at November 27, 2013 04:12 AM (z4WKX)

44

Good Morning Morons. Today is Wednesday, November 27, 2013. On this day in 2003 President Bush secretly flew to Iraq to spend Thanksgiving with the troops.

 

I remember that.  They went wild when they saw him.  Lousy president, good man.  A mensch, as J.J. would say.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 27, 2013 04:13 AM (zF6Iw)

45 I've been power watching Persons of Interest. It's exhausting. Everyone is trying to kill you all the time. There are some cliches but good cliches, i.e., just before a good person is about to get shot the good guy arrives and kills the bad guy. Wouldn't want it any other way.

Posted by: François Villon at November 27, 2013 04:13 AM (kkbgQ)

46 A warm front passed through the midlands yesterday evening. The propaganda organ for the Democrat Party (WACH) predicted a cold front coming through today.

Posted by: Jimbo at November 27, 2013 08:09 AM (V70Uh)


The high today is supposed to be 50 and then the rest of the week is cold.

Posted by: Vic at November 27, 2013 04:13 AM (YowqD)

47

How dare this racist professor correct the grammar of minority students?

Posted by: Vic at November 27, 2013 07:55 AM (YowqD)

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

 

Clearly a grammar Nazi.

But let me axe u diz? who kneeds to no how 2 spel?

Posted by: Darth Randall at November 27, 2013 04:14 AM (KlVdw)

48 Br. And hello. Are you warm? I'm not. Something to get your spirits up this morning: Champion Bohemian Kick boxer meets U.S. Marine 56-sec vid http://youtu.be/4uuLZrfRxt0 h/t Moonbattery http://moonbattery.com/?p=39585

Posted by: mindful webworker and the failed furnace at November 27, 2013 04:16 AM (U13jb)

49 How dare this racist professor correct the grammar of minority students? http://tinyurl.com/kbx3maz Posted by: Vic at November 27, 2013 07:55 AM (YowqD) From the article: “Two weeks ago a Student of Color and a white female student got into a big discussion,” said [Prof.] Rust. “She wants to use Standpoint Theory [a method of analysis coined by feminist sociologist Dorothy Smith, based on the idea that all knowledge is subjective and based on one's position in society] in her dissertation, and the Student of Color told her she had no business claiming that she was a member of an oppressed group.” So much for the "hell is only a postmortem reality" idea.

Posted by: edj[/i] at November 27, 2013 04:16 AM (klzyR)

50 The high today is supposed to be 50 and then the rest of the week is cold. Posted by: Vic at November 27, 2013 08:13 AM (YowqD) psst... 50 is cold too

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at November 27, 2013 04:16 AM (8JJ6O)

51 Morning all. Odds that Obama will give Friday off? I'm thinking no, but it would be an easy way for him to score points.

Posted by: Mainah at November 27, 2013 04:16 AM (659DL)

52 It snowed here in Knoxville last night. Even Al's home state's weather gives him the finger.

Posted by: Jmel at November 27, 2013 04:17 AM (cfFqn)

53 Posted by: François Villon at November 27, 2013 08:13 AM (kkbgQ)


POI is my favorite show bar none.  It's a damn shame that it doesn't get more consideration for awards as the taste makers have fellatio fests for HBO and Modern Family.

Posted by: Captain Hate at November 27, 2013 04:17 AM (g/M3I)

54 44 I remember that. They went wild when they saw him. Lousy president, good man. A mensch, as J.J. would say. Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 27, 2013 08:13 AM (zF6Iw) So right. Absolutely a mensch in the way he conducted himself as a man and as the President. His policies, especially towards the end of his term were terrible. But were it not for him (and to a lesser extent Rudy Giuliani) in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, I don't know how I would have coped. For that alone, I'm grateful.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 27, 2013 04:19 AM (olDqf)

55 48 Champion Bohemian Kick boxer meets U.S. Marine
56-sec vid http://youtu.be/4uuLZrfRxt0



Are we sure that was a "champion"?  Looked more like a dork.

Posted by: Vic at November 27, 2013 04:19 AM (YowqD)

56 Anybody who pulls that shit at my thanksgiving dinner better hope he has health insurance.

Posted by: --- at November 27, 2013 04:20 AM (MMC8r)

57 56 Anybody who pulls that shit at my thanksgiving dinner better hope he has health insurance.

Posted by: --- at November 27, 2013 08:20 AM (MMC8r)


You'd be surprised at the amount of damage you can do with a leg of turkey.

Posted by: joncelli at November 27, 2013 04:21 AM (RD7QR)

58
Good news everyone!:

Mexican teenage drug cartel hit man who BEHEADED four victims when he was just 14 is free and on his way home to the US after serving three years in jail

Edgar Jimenez Lugo, now 17, was released and flew to be reunited with family in Texas today, although Mexican officials hesitated when asked if he had been rehabilitated. Jimenez flew to San Antonio, Texas on Tuesday where he does not face any charges under U.S. law and is considered a free man.

DailyMail http://tinyurl.com/p35ctmk


Yeah, pass that Dream Act.....

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at November 27, 2013 04:21 AM (kdS6q)

59

Whuzzup, Morons!  I beez hopin' dat yew all haz you a very Happy Tanxgibbin', and all dat shit, yo!

 

 

Ebonically yours,

 

 

 

 

Jim

Sunk New Dawn

Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 27, 2013 04:22 AM (mNj/g)

60 Upper 50's and rainy today in NYC, then tomorrow a major cold front with high winds will barrel in. Could really fuck up the Thanksgiving Parade not to mention travel throughout the northeast and beyond. Safe travels, all.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 27, 2013 04:22 AM (olDqf)

61 3 years for killing 4 people???  He will kill again, maybe in TX.  They know what to do with people like him.

Posted by: Vic at November 27, 2013 04:23 AM (YowqD)

62 laurie david's cervix great quote: 'Being able to say whether he's been rehabilitated, that would be risky. I wouldn't really dare say that, because obviously the crimes he committed were so severe.'

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at November 27, 2013 04:23 AM (8JJ6O)

63
Champion Bohemian Kick boxer meets U.S. Marine
56-sec vid http://youtu.be/4uuLZrfRxt0

That was some serious rofl-copters right there.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at November 27, 2013 04:23 AM (0IhFx)

64 But were it not for him (and to a lesser extent Rudy Giuliani) in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, I don't know how I would have coped. For that alone, I'm grateful. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 27, 2013 08:19 AM

Absolutely.

Great pitcher, lousy hitter.

Posted by: MrScribbler at November 27, 2013 04:23 AM (kaGpp)

65 60 Upper 50's and rainy today in NYC, then tomorrow a major cold front with high winds will barrel in. Could really fuck up the Thanksgiving Parade not to mention travel throughout the northeast and beyond.

Safe travels, all.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 27, 2013 08:22 AM (olDqf)



LOL, colder here than NYC.

Posted by: Vic at November 27, 2013 04:24 AM (YowqD)

66 Good morning all!!! Have a safe and wonderful Thanksgiving. I plan to work out for two hours then spend the rest of the day in a veritable orgy of house cleaning, preparatory baking/cooking and drinking (of course). Then tomorrow after the bird is consumed I will start looking online for a air rifle for my daughter. She wants to join the JROTC rifle team after she won a turkey in the fund raiser shoot out last week. (Mamma here won the adult division). I hear that a Walther air rifle is the way to go. Any suggestions?? Needs to shoot .177 and should have 1200 (?) psi(?). Unknown territory for me, I would rather buy her a regular rifle to match mine, but since she is 15 there is still time. Small steps.

Posted by: SAT Rose at November 27, 2013 04:25 AM (TRCPu)

67 I love that Marine vs. idiot video.  Perfect.


Posted by: grognard at November 27, 2013 04:25 AM (/29Nl)

68 My friends, you don't have to be afraid to discuss the positive aspects of the Affordable Care Act at Thanksgiving dinner.

Posted by: John McInSane [/i] at November 27, 2013 04:25 AM (1H61p)

69

Upper 50's and rainy today in NYC, then tomorrow a major cold front with
high winds will barrel in. Could really fuck up the Thanksgiving
Parade not to mention travel throughout the northeast and beyond.

 

Basically the same here in MA.  I was going to put my bike in for winter storage on Friday, but it'll be too damn cold.  I told Mrs P I planned to do nothing but sleep, eat and perhaps curl up on the couch and read.



Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 27, 2013 04:25 AM (zF6Iw)

70 I've been power watching Persons of Interest. It's exhausting. Everyone is trying to kill you all the time. There are some cliches but good cliches, i.e., just before a good person is about to get shot the good guy arrives and kills the bad guy. Wouldn't want it any other way.

Posted by: François Villon at November 27, 2013 08:13 AM (kkbgQ)



Me too.  Love this show!


Last night's ep was particularly spot on in that it opened up with Johnny Cash's "Hurt" after the death of a major character. 


Kick.  Ass.


I still don't know what to make of the addition of Root and Shaw to the ensemble.  I rather like the early days where Finch sends Reese out to be a one-man Terminator crew.  Now it's the two of them, plus Fusco and the chicks. 


As far as I know, there are two sets of villains left aside from the scumbag of the week they take care of:  the anti-govt spying Vigilance group and the former MI-6 agent now gone rogue that knows Reese.  Seeing as how Root is involved with the wrap up to this season, I suspect the confrontation will be with Vigilance.


Posted by: EC at November 27, 2013 04:26 AM (GQ8sn)

71

@29  "I expected snow today..." - Vic

 

The high here is suppose to be 37, the low 19.  In Alafuckinbama!

 

Good Morning, Big Bone, Kentucky!

 

Posted by: Case at November 27, 2013 04:26 AM (tjj0w)

72 For police and sheriff's departments, which have scooped up 165 of the mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles, or MRAPS, since they became available this summer, the price and the ability to deliver shock and awe while serving warrants, executing the family pet, 'no-knock' searches at the wrong address, or dealing with hostage standoffs was, however, just too good to pass up. FIFY. Morning all.

Posted by: RWC at November 27, 2013 04:26 AM (fWAjv)

73 "Mexican teenage drug cartel hit man who BEHEADED four victims when he was just 14 is free and on his way home to the US after serving three years in jail"

This is actually quite common. Once a convict has served out his sentence, he set free. I have known people who work for Dept of Corrections and they often walk a dangerous prisoner out to the bus in handcuffs and leg irons. At the bus, they remove the restraints, and the man gets on the bus and goes home.


Posted by: It's all relatives.... at November 27, 2013 04:27 AM (+94yP)

74 Great the Mexican cartel killer is in my city. As if we didnt have enough drug cartel people around here. sigh

Posted by: SAT Rose at November 27, 2013 04:27 AM (TRCPu)

75
I love that Marine vs. idiot video. Perfect.

I like the sole comment on the video: "Tip....win first, then showoff."

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at November 27, 2013 04:27 AM (0IhFx)

76 45 We love Person of Interest in our house, plus Jim Cavaziel is that rarity in Hollywood, a Republican.

Posted by: Blue State Hostage at November 27, 2013 04:27 AM (FgCn/)

77 Why in the bue hell am I getting a fucking PBS.org pop up asking me to turn off my private browser ever every 2 fucking seconds when I come to this site?
Posted by: Brian at November 27, 2013 08:00 AM (hF9z4)



It's something to do with a pbs.org video that ace linked down below somewhere, I think it was on Sunday.  We just have to wait until it leaves the blog's front page, which should be soon.

It only happens on my iPad, but not on my ad-blocked PC's.

Posted by: EC at November 27, 2013 04:28 AM (GQ8sn)

78 Good morning. 30 degrees...and 90% humidity.

Posted by: Mama AJ at November 27, 2013 04:29 AM (SUKHu)

79 67  I hear that a Walther air rifle is the way to go. Any suggestions?? Needs to shoot .177 and should have 1200 (?) psi(?).

Unknown territory for me, I would rather buy her a regular rifle to match mine, but since she is 15 there is still time. Small steps.

Posted by: SAT Rose at November 27, 2013 08:25 AM (TRCPu)



Depends on how much you want to spend.  They come in all kinds of prices.  If you anticipate buying a rifle later on I would not spend too much on an air gun.

Posted by: Vic at November 27, 2013 04:29 AM (YowqD)

80 We love Person of Interest in our house, plus Jim Cavaziel is that rarity in Hollywood, a Republican.

Posted by: Blue State Hostage at November 27, 2013 08:27 AM (FgCn/)



Sarah Shahi (and hubby) is also a staunch conservative.  Check her imdb.com bio.


Hawt.

Posted by: EC at November 27, 2013 04:29 AM (GQ8sn)

81 I like Zazu Pitts. Not a great beauty, but a heckuva funny physically comedic actress. And that voice! Thanks for the background on film editing, MPPPPPP. 'Way back in the dark ages of the early 1970s, I worked for several months at a television station. My "office" was the mailroom, next to the film room, and Dan, the head of the department, knew film. Did I mention I'd worked in film since as a kid I first used Dad's old 16mm camera? (With single-shot for animation! Lord, I wish I hadn't lost all my childhdood films!). I appreciated what went into splicing celluloid. I got to do a little work in the film room. Just finding old splices for the pros to fix. I did nothing that went on-air. Dan's "editing" work was likewise mostly mundane, often just involved putting the film back together after some previous station (usually our sister station) had butchered it up, but he also took great pride creating commercial breaks that didn't interrupt a scene, or if he had to cut for length to take out relatively innocuous moments. Dan would sometimes point out to me on the movieola how, say, Hitchcock would transition from one scene to another and how he would lead the eye. Wonderful lessons. And I was being paid to get them! Thanks, Dan G, wherever in heaven you are now.

Posted by: mindful webworker and the frames of our lives at November 27, 2013 04:30 AM (U13jb)

82 My ex next door neighbors were suspected cartel people. Our neighborhood was "nice enough" for them (thank God) and they paid cash for a house in a gated community. Their house here has cameras all around. My house has two huge German Shepherds and a family that knows how to properly use the guns in it. Beats the cameras hands down.

Posted by: SAT Rose at November 27, 2013 04:30 AM (TRCPu)

83 81 Shahi = Hawt but I have to pretend not to notice her when she's on-screen because you know, she's Hawt.

Posted by: Blue State Hostage at November 27, 2013 04:31 AM (FgCn/)

84 wasnt nice enough. Sheesh

Posted by: SAT Rose at November 27, 2013 04:31 AM (TRCPu)

85 Thanks for the Bicycling post on the ONT last night. I was out with the scout troop, then dishes so I did not see the ONT until now. That post is true. I used to ride my bike too and from work and I found myself playing it both ways. I was a car when the rules were in my favor, and a pedestrian when the rules were in my favor (at a stoplight). One day I had an epiphany and I put the bike up and use it for recreation with the family. (trails and such) There have been several accidents with bikes and I have made a point to watch how they ride. They do the same things I did. Be Careful Please

Posted by: Picric at November 27, 2013 04:32 AM (QnQ+g)

86 Champion Bohemian Kick boxer meets U.S. Marine

56-sec vid http://youtu.be/4uuLZrfRxt0



TROY PUNCH'D!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: EC at November 27, 2013 04:32 AM (GQ8sn)

87 Sarah Shahi is the uber-hawt.  And it's a shame that Life was cancelled.  I loved that show.

Posted by: grognard at November 27, 2013 04:32 AM (/29Nl)

88 Champion Bohemian Kick boxer meets U.S. Marine 56-sec vid http://youtu.be/4uuLZrfRxt0 h/t Moonbattery http://moonbattery.com/?p=39585 Posted by: mindful webworker and the failed furnace at November 27, 2013 08:16 AM (U13jb) Sorry to say that that is fake. It's from the movie 'Never Back Down.'

Posted by: RWC at November 27, 2013 04:33 AM (fWAjv)

89 asically the same here in MA. I was going to put my bike in for winter storage on Friday, but it'll be too damn cold. I told Mrs P I planned to do nothing but sleep, eat and perhaps curl up on the couch and read. Posted by: Mary PoppinsÂ’ Practically Perfect Piercing at November 27, 2013 08:25 AM (zF6Iw) MPPPP, Where in MA do you live? I live six miles from Boston driving the easiest way. I was thinking we could arrange a meet up with others in the Horde from MA. Carol

Posted by: Carol at November 27, 2013 04:33 AM (z4WKX)

90 Remember when global warming was a consensus among "scientists"? No? Me neither. Interesting article. The scientists -- in this case meteorologists -- are almost evenly divided; far from the 97% number our Precedent cites. But when you ask of their political persuasion it's the liberals who drink the kool aid. No surprise there. When it comes to weather and climate, meteorologists at least are familiar with looking at hundreds of variables, not obsessively fixated on one factor like carbon dioxide.

Posted by: Lace Wigs & Chicken Gravy [/i] at November 27, 2013 04:33 AM (1H61p)

91 Vic - ok, but since this is all she wants I am torn. The ones they have for the team have got to be pretty expensive from what I can tell. Damn.

Posted by: SAT Rose at November 27, 2013 04:33 AM (TRCPu)

92 Vic, The JEF is a bad joke on the country!

Posted by: Carol at November 27, 2013 04:35 AM (z4WKX)

93 Me too. Love this show! Last night's ep was particularly spot on in that it opened up with Johnny Cash's "Hurt" after the death of a major character. Kick. Ass. I still don't know what to make of the addition of Root and Shaw to the ensemble. I rather like the early days where Finch sends Reese out to be a one-man Terminator crew. Now it's the two of them, plus Fusco and the chicks. As far as I know, there are two sets of villains left aside from the scumbag of the week they take care of: the anti-govt spying Vigilance group and the former MI-6 agent now gone rogue that knows Reese. Seeing as how Root is involved with the wrap up to this season, I suspect the confrontation will be with Vigilance. Posted by: EC at November 27, 2013 08:26 AM (GQ8s I liked Carter. She was normal and no nonsense tho she did allow her kid to have that stupid haircut. Root and Shaw have too many magical powers.

Posted by: François Villon at November 27, 2013 04:35 AM (kkbgQ)

94 Gotta go for now. Stay safe out there morons and drink hard!!! Vic will try to catch you later to ask more about air rifles. Thanks very much for the response.

Posted by: SAT Rose at November 27, 2013 04:35 AM (TRCPu)

95

MPPPP, Where in MA do you live? I live six miles from Boston driving the easiest way.

 

Bradford (part of Haverhill).  It's a straight shot up 95 to 495, just by the NH border.

 


I was thinking we could arrange a meet up with others in the Horde from MA.
Carol

 

It's a lovely thought, Carol, but I'm afraid I'd have to pass.  I'd be happy to buy a round in absentia, though.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 27, 2013 04:37 AM (zF6Iw)

96 Are we sure that was a "champion"? Looked more like a dork. -Vic Heh. I didn't write the headline, just c'n'p'd it. Moral (?): Don't bring a breakdance to a fistfight.

Posted by: mindful webworker and the frames of our lives at November 27, 2013 04:37 AM (U13jb)

97 82 Posted by: mindful webworker and the frames of our lives at November 27, 2013 08:30 AM (U13jb) ZaSu Pitts co-starred in the 8 hour epic "Greed" directed by Erich von Stroheim. When Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg inherited that picture when they formed MGM, they edited it down to 3 hours. Stroheim never forgave them. The original footage evidently is lost to history, but those who saw the film in its entirety claimed that (at the time) it was the greatest film ever made.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 27, 2013 04:37 AM (olDqf)

98 Vic, and all; have a great Thanksgiving!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 27, 2013 04:39 AM (olDqf)

99 A beautiful hymn that's traditionally sung at Thanksgiving, "Now Thank We All Our God" and the powerful story behind the hymn. I've posted it before, but for those that didn't see that here it is again: The author: Martin Rinkart was called to be the pastor of the Lutheran church in his hometown of Eilenberg, Germany. He arrived there just as the terrible bloodshed of the Thirty Years War was beginning. The city of Eilenberg was a walled city and it became the refuge for political and military fugitives. This, however, caused serious overcrowding, and deadly pestilence and famine swept through the city. Armies overran it three times, leaving death and destruction in their wake. The population of Germany went from 16 million to 6 million during this time. The Rinkart home was a refuge for the victims, even though he was often hard-pressed to provide for his own family. In the year 1637 the plague was particularly severe. At its peak, Rinkart was the only pastor remaining in Eilenberg, conducting as many as 50 funerals in a day. He performed more than 4000 funerals in that year alone, including that of his beloved wife. Yet in the midst of this, Rinkart was a prolific hymn writer. The exact date of "Now Thank We All Our God" is in question, but it is known that it was widely sung by the time the Treaty of Westphalia was signed in 1648. It was commonly sung as a grace following meals. Since then it has become a Te Deum for Germany, sung on occasions of national thanksgiving. The music: http://preview.tinyurl.com/p3hkrz6 [Open in new window] One of the most beautiful expression of gratitude towards God for who God is and what God has done is found in the Hebrew Scriptures in 1st Chronicles 16: 7-36. http://tinyurl.com/p6xb2lj Then, of course, we have this passage from 1st Thessalonians 5:18-"Give thanks in all circumstances for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." Our thankfulness does not have to fluctuate with our feelings. It says IN all circumstances give thanks not FOR all circumstances. We can rejoice, give thanks and pray and will find it easier to be thankful the more we do so. Hopefully, the people here-whether people of faith or not-have things to be thankful for. I am grateful for many things, but most importantly, for God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit, my faith, my family, my friends and the church I serve. I'm grateful for Ace's site here, for he and all the cobloggers and posters and the interesting, smart and funny things they say. I am thankful that there are people here who pray for each other and wish each other well. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 27, 2013 04:39 AM (23Kgq)

100 I live six miles from Boston driving the easiest way.  Posted by: Carol at November 27, 2013 08:33 AM

Be prepared to "meetup" with a new crop of illegals, Carol.

This morning's Herald reports that the Honorable Martin J Walsh wants to ease up on our Undocumented Worker friends when he takes over from Mumbles Menino.

I hope my town never tries to pull that shit. But hey, it's MA and we have to keep the open-arms tradition alive!

Posted by: MrScribbler at November 27, 2013 04:40 AM (kaGpp)

101 Vic, did the rain stop in your neck of the woods?  In the upstate, we had nonstop rain for the entire day yesterday.  I swear I looked out and saw the Ark go by.  For reals.  If it would've been just a wee bit colder, we'd be buried in snow.

I wish Gabe would've posted the Thanksgiving recipe thread today, instead of last night.  Not that I'm cooking this year.  Going to Grove Park Inn with the family. 

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 27, 2013 04:40 AM (XB5Ak)

102 POI is my favorite show bar none. It's a damn shame that it doesn't get more consideration for awards as the taste makers have fellatio fests for HBO and Modern Family. Posted by: Captain Hate at November 27, 2013 08:17 AM (g/M3I) It's very well written and acted. They use a lot of name actors in guest spots. I don't remember the names but I recognize the faces. It's so much better than the CSIs.

Posted by: François Villon at November 27, 2013 04:40 AM (kkbgQ)

103 Jim Cavaziel is that rarity in Hollywood, a Republican.

Posted by: Blue State Hostage at November 27, 2013 08:27 AM (FgCn/)



He already had a decent career but I'm hoping POI supercharges it.  I saw in a trailer for the most recent Stallone stinker that he had  a bit role where he seemed a lot like his Reese character so that was free money.

Posted by: Captain Hate at November 27, 2013 04:41 AM (g/M3I)

104 Shahi = Hawt but I have to pretend not to notice her when she's on-screen because you know, she's Hawt.


Like BCochran's wife, Shahi is also an ex-NFL cheerleader.  Dallas Cowboys.

Posted by: EC at November 27, 2013 04:41 AM (GQ8sn)

105

Heh. This is great. A psychiatric evaluation of Piers Morgan. It don't look good

http://tinyurl.com/nsypfae

Posted by: maddogg at November 27, 2013 04:42 AM (xWW96)

106 It's raining again in central SC.

Posted by: Jimbo at November 27, 2013 04:42 AM (V70Uh)

107 How's this other show Almost Human?

Posted by: François Villon at November 27, 2013 04:42 AM (kkbgQ)

108 Ok, getting a little tired of this - video.pbs.org A error has occured. For the best experience, please check if Private Browsing is off WTF already

Posted by: Let God be your gardener at November 27, 2013 04:43 AM (eLEHo)

109 Moar reesons too send yer keedies to publick skools. You probably already read about the school book that speaks of the concern that "white voters would never vote for a black president" - which actually was a mature assessment question that was discussed, but hardly explanation- and nuance-free fare for fourth graders! Breitbart http://bit.ly/1eqr41p Coming soon to an ejjimicational system near youse: British Students Threatened With "Racial Discrimation Note" For Skipping Field Trip promoting Islam Town Hall http://bit.ly/1bVpL7n c/o Moonbattery http://moonbattery.com/?p=39637

Posted by: mindful webworker and the educated gasses at November 27, 2013 04:44 AM (U13jb)

110 Posted by: Lady in Black at November 27, 2013 08:40 AM (XB5Ak)


It just now stopped.  But it looks like it could restart at any time.

Posted by: Vic at November 27, 2013 04:44 AM (YowqD)

111 Depends on how much you want to spend. They come in all kinds of prices. If you anticipate buying a rifle later on I would not spend too much on an air gun. Posted by: Vic at November 27, 2013 08:29 AM (YowqD) I agree. At that age a .22 with a decent scope would make more sense. You also have to check local laws. In my township we're restricted to using either shotguns or pellet guns. Pellet guns are okay for annoying the hell out of deer, squirrels, groundhogs, etc, but for target practice they're kinda lame. Not nearly enough power to emulate what an actual bullet would do.

Posted by: Lace Wigs & Chicken Gravy [/i] at November 27, 2013 04:44 AM (1H61p)

112 Root and Shaw have too many magical powers.


Where did Root learn how to fire a Glock 18 one-handed?  That's the full-auto machine pistol variant.  Even the best IDPA champions use two hands, or else they'd be stitching people around them.


And moar Shaw in tight black dresses.


Posted by: EC at November 27, 2013 04:45 AM (GQ8sn)

113 I now hear icy pings hitting my kitchen window in upstate SC.  Snow/rain mix forecast for today. 

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 27, 2013 04:46 AM (XB5Ak)

114 Sorry to say that that is fake. It's from the movie 'Never Back Down.' -RWC Ah, thanks. I wondered. What I get for raiding Moonbattery. Still, amusing.

Posted by: mindful webworker - It must be true, it's on the web! at November 27, 2013 04:46 AM (U13jb)

115 Where is the pbs video? Andy might be able to kill it if we tell him where it is.

Posted by: Mama AJ at November 27, 2013 04:46 AM (SUKHu)

116 Ok, getting a little tired of this -

video.pbs.org A error has occured. For the best experience, please check if Private Browsing is off

WTF already

Posted by: Let God be your gardener at November 27, 2013 08:43 AM (eLEHo)


Install adblock.


Or wait a couple more days for that pbs.org video embed to disappear from the bottom of the blog.

Posted by: EC at November 27, 2013 04:46 AM (GQ8sn)

117 Where is the pbs video?

Andy might be able to kill it if we tell him where it is.


I think it was linked on Sunday.  Around that time.

Posted by: EC at November 27, 2013 04:47 AM (GQ8sn)

118 Who else is working today?


*raises hand*


Posted by: EC at November 27, 2013 04:48 AM (GQ8sn)

119 Increase Sumner (MA Gov #5) You... don't meet a lot of people named "Increase" these days.

Posted by: mindful webworker - It must be true, it's on the web! at November 27, 2013 04:48 AM (U13jb)

120 Hopefully, the people here-whether people of faith or not-have things to be thankful for. I am grateful for many things, but most importantly, for God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit, my faith, my family, my friends and the church I serve. I'm grateful for Ace's site here, for he and all the cobloggers and posters and the interesting, smart and funny things they say. I am thankful that there are people here who pray for each other and wish each other well. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Posted by: FenelonSpoke What Fen said. Amen. Thanks y'all.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 27, 2013 04:48 AM (ix+5k)

121 Still, amusing. Posted by: mindful webworker - It must be true, it's on the web! at November 27, 2013 08:46 AM (U13jb) Definitely.

Posted by: RWC at November 27, 2013 04:49 AM (fWAjv)

122 This Thanksgiving, I will give thanks for Vic. Now get off my lawn!

Posted by: USA at November 27, 2013 04:49 AM (VIaw0)

123 I am grateful for many things, but most importantly, for God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit, my faith, my family, my friends and the church I serve. I'm grateful for Ace's site here, for he and all the cobloggers and posters and the interesting, smart and funny things they say. I am thankful that there are people here who pray for each other and wish each other well. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

--

Beautiful, and I concur.

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 27, 2013 04:51 AM (XB5Ak)

124 I am grateful for many things, but most importantly, for God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit, my faith, my family, my friends and the church I serve. I'm grateful for Ace's site here, for he and all the cobloggers and posters and the interesting, smart and funny things they say. I am thankful that there are people here who pray for each other and wish each other well. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

--

Beautiful, and I concur.

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 27, 2013 04:51 AM (XB5Ak)

125 I am grateful for many things, but most importantly, for God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit, my faith, my family, my friends and the church I serve. I'm grateful for Ace's site here, for he and all the cobloggers and posters and the interesting, smart and funny things they say. I am thankful that there are people here who pray for each other and wish each other well. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

--

Beautiful, and I concur.

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 27, 2013 04:51 AM (XB5Ak)

126 120 Increase Sumner (MA Gov #5)

You... don't meet a lot of people named "Increase" these days.


Yeah, how do you think I feel?

Posted by: Cotton Mather at November 27, 2013 04:51 AM (RD7QR)

127 120 Increase Sumner (MA Gov #5)

You... don't meet a lot of people named "Increase" these days.


Yeah, how do you think I feel?

Posted by: Cotton Mather at November 27, 2013 04:51 AM (RD7QR)

128 120 Increase Sumner (MA Gov #5)

You... don't meet a lot of people named "Increase" these days.


Yeah, how do you think I feel?

Posted by: Cotton Mather at November 27, 2013 04:51 AM (RD7QR)

129 Who else is working today? *raises hand* Here. Dallas is covered.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 27, 2013 04:51 AM (ix+5k)

130 Who else is working today? *raises hand* Here. Dallas is covered.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 27, 2013 04:51 AM (ix+5k)

131 Who else is working today? *raises hand* Here. Dallas is covered.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 27, 2013 04:51 AM (ix+5k)

132

Who else is working today?


*raises hand*



 

Posted by: EC at November 27, 2013 08:48 AM (GQ8sn)

 

 

*raises hand, too*

 

Well, "working" should go in quotes for me.  Most of the people with whom I'd normally interact to do my work are out this week, so currently I'm sitting here trying to think of what to do.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at November 27, 2013 04:51 AM (4df7R)

133

Who else is working today?


*raises hand*



 

Posted by: EC at November 27, 2013 08:48 AM (GQ8sn)

 

 

*raises hand, too*

 

Well, "working" should go in quotes for me.  Most of the people with whom I'd normally interact to do my work are out this week, so currently I'm sitting here trying to think of what to do.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at November 27, 2013 04:51 AM (4df7R)

134

Who else is working today?


*raises hand*



 

Posted by: EC at November 27, 2013 08:48 AM (GQ8sn)

 

 

*raises hand, too*

 

Well, "working" should go in quotes for me.  Most of the people with whom I'd normally interact to do my work are out this week, so currently I'm sitting here trying to think of what to do.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at November 27, 2013 04:51 AM (4df7R)

135 1 1/2" Inches of snow last night in W. NC

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 27, 2013 04:51 AM (aDwsi)

136 1 1/2" Inches of snow last night in W. NC

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 27, 2013 04:51 AM (aDwsi)

137 1 1/2" Inches of snow last night in W. NC

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 27, 2013 04:51 AM (aDwsi)

138 Yeah, I'm on an ipad....

Posted by: Let God be your gardener at November 27, 2013 04:52 AM (eLEHo)

139 Yeah, I'm on an ipad....

Posted by: Let God be your gardener at November 27, 2013 04:52 AM (eLEHo)

140 Yeah, I'm on an ipad....

Posted by: Let God be your gardener at November 27, 2013 04:52 AM (eLEHo)

141 Well, "working" should go in quotes for me. Most of the people with whom I'd normally interact to do my work are out this week, so currently I'm sitting here trying to think of what to do.


I got my choice of parking spots this morning.  I think there's only two other people in the building with me this morning.

Posted by: EC at November 27, 2013 04:54 AM (GQ8sn)

142 osted by: John McInSane at November 27, 2013 08:25 AM (1H61p) John, It is time for you to retire. You do nothing for the republican party, except trash the young men that are trying to protect us from Obamacare!

Posted by: Carol at November 27, 2013 04:54 AM (z4WKX)

143 I think it was linked on Sunday. Around that time. From checking "Page Info" in Firefox it looks like it might be in CAC's thread about the comet. Some images from pbs.org.

Posted by: Lace Wigs & Chicken Gravy [/i] at November 27, 2013 04:54 AM (1H61p)

144 Soon to discover if I can get the car up the driveway.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 27, 2013 04:54 AM (aDwsi)

145 It was CAC. Sabotage, obviously. It's about 6 posts from the bottom, so it should disappear today. Andy, if you're here, CAC's PBS videos in the "Spaced Out Challenge: Five Planets & The Final Countdown" post are causing problems for people.

Posted by: Mama AJ at November 27, 2013 04:54 AM (SUKHu)

146 Yeah, I'm on an ipad....

Posted by: Let God be your gardener at November 27, 2013 08:52 AM (eLEHo)



Never turn on that Location Services crap.  There's no reason Apple needs to know where you are at all times.



Posted by: EC at November 27, 2013 04:54 AM (GQ8sn)

147 yo I got offered a job as a police dispatcher I may take it, I tired of playing cabbie

Posted by: navycopjoe at November 27, 2013 04:54 AM (JFrBt)

148 At least McCain has publicly condemned the Iran deal.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 27, 2013 04:54 AM (aDwsi)

149 Yep, normal work day for me. No boss though.

Posted by: eman at November 27, 2013 04:55 AM (AO9UG)

150 127 Who else is working today?
*raises hand*

Posted by: EC at November 27, 2013 08:48 AM (GQ8sn)


Although it's "working" in the loosest possible sense. I've got a feeling the boss is just going to shoo us all home early today.

Posted by: joncelli at November 27, 2013 04:55 AM (RD7QR)

151 120
Increase Sumner (MA Gov #5)



You... don't meet a lot of people named "Increase" these days.


Yeah, how do you think I feel?

Posted by: Cotton Mather at November 27, 2013 08:51 AM (RD7QR)

 

 

"Preaching to the choir."

 

- Meschech Weare, 1st governor of NH*

 

(Technically he was the first President of NH, but    Josiah Bartlett     changed it to the much less fun "governor")

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at November 27, 2013 04:55 AM (4df7R)

152 I got offered a job as a police dispatcher
I may take it, I tired of playing cabbie


Your new nickname will be "Radio".


Posted by: EC at November 27, 2013 04:55 AM (GQ8sn)

153

Who else is working today?

 

Define "working."


Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 27, 2013 04:55 AM (zF6Iw)

154 IÂ’m supposed to go to work today but I might call to say I can do more from here. Office is closing at 2 and I was there until 11:40 pm last night.

Posted by: Carol at November 27, 2013 04:56 AM (z4WKX)

155 137 McCain has publicly condemned the Iran deal why? he's not up for re-election yet

Posted by: navycopjoe at November 27, 2013 04:56 AM (JFrBt)

156 I got my choice of parking spots this morning. I think there's only two other people in the building with me this morning.

Posted by: EC at November 27, 2013 08:54 AM (GQ8sn)

 

With such free rein, I hope you've adopted the Moron lifestyle  for the day?   No pants?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at November 27, 2013 04:56 AM (4df7R)

157 Pointy Elbow Weather it is

Posted by: Mr. Wizard at November 27, 2013 04:56 AM (S5LPT)

158 I used to hate working the week of Thanksgiving and Christmas.  The engineering department would schedule all their project due dates for the end of the year and then dump them on us with one of two week due dates.


And half of our people would be off.

Posted by: Vic at November 27, 2013 04:56 AM (YowqD)

159 I may take it, I tired of playing cabbie Posted by: navy ------------------ "Hello? 911? I want to report a McDonalds that is out of french fries" Just joshing. Dispatchers have a tough job.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 27, 2013 04:57 AM (aDwsi)

160 Be sure to punch an extra  hole in your belt for tomorrow.

Posted by: losthusker at November 27, 2013 04:57 AM (BY1v5)

161 136 yo I got offered a job as a police dispatcher I may take it, I tired of playing cabbie Posted by: navycopjoe at November 27, 2013 08:54 AM (JFrBt) "One Adam Twelve, One Adam Twelve, see the man at.."

Posted by: eman at November 27, 2013 04:57 AM (AO9UG)

162

I got offered a job as a police dispatcher

I may take it, I tired of playing cabbie

 

 



Your new nickname will be "Radio".


 

Posted by: EC at November 27, 2013 08:55 AM (GQ8sn)

 

Depending on where he lives, it could be "Mexican Radio."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 27, 2013 04:57 AM (zF6Iw)

163 With such free rein, I hope you've adopted the Moron lifestyle for the day? No pants?


Way ahead of you.


*trudges to the coffee maker*


Posted by: EC at November 27, 2013 04:57 AM (GQ8sn)

164 New "Outrage of the Day" content at top of page

Posted by: Mr. Wizard at November 27, 2013 04:57 AM (S5LPT)

165 Gift idea http://tinyurl.com/pyz8dnc Until then, we'll have to settle for this laser-guided pizza cutter, which, we will admit, is pretty awesome technology on its own. The laser/flashlight scope attachment projects a line on your pizza so with a steady hand and a good eye you can have straight cuts every time. That means there's less time wasted arguing about whose slice is bigger and more time to enjoy the deliciousness. Mmm. Cheesy goodness. Yay Capitalism!

Posted by: RWC at November 27, 2013 04:57 AM (fWAjv)

166 on the update by purp guess the chicoms know how to take my island now amazing

Posted by: navycopjoe at November 27, 2013 04:58 AM (JFrBt)

167 I got offered a job as a police dispatcher
I may take it, I tired of playing cabbie
Posted by: navycopjoe at November 27, 2013 08:54 AM (JFrBt)


You can end all conversations with "and how 'bout them BEARS!?!" You might not last long but it will be satisfying.

Posted by: joncelli at November 27, 2013 04:58 AM (RD7QR)

168 IÂ’m supposed to go to work today but I might call to say I can do more from here. Office is closing at 2 and I was there until 11:40 pm last night.

Posted by: Carol at November 27, 2013 08:56 AM (z4WKX)

 

 

Good gracious, Carol.  I hope you get overtime pay!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at November 27, 2013 04:59 AM (4df7R)

169 I'm also 'working' today. About a third of the staff called out due to the weathermen playing up today's storm that's turned out to be meh. Everyone who actually came in will likely be allowed to leave at 3, but I volunteered to stay the whole day so come 3 o'clock, it's Risky Business for me.

Posted by: mugiwara at November 27, 2013 04:59 AM (W7ffl)

170

Be sure to punch an extra hole in your belt for tomorrow.

 

Nope.  Pajama pants or sweatpants - my go-to "emergency pants."

 

Work - I just have little clean up jobs to do, but the lab director has meetings scheduled for 10.30 and 3.00, so I know she's not leaving early.  I'm going to try, though - I just got a car and have to get it inspected.  But what do I do until 2.00?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 27, 2013 04:59 AM (zF6Iw)

171 I got my choice of parking spots this morning. I think there's only two other people in the building with me this morning. Posted by: EC at November 27, 2013 08:54 AM (GQ8sn) With such free rein, I hope you've adopted the Moron lifestyle for the day? Playing "Hide the Bodies"?

Posted by: rickb223 at November 27, 2013 05:00 AM (ix+5k)

172 I will add my Thanksgiving thoughts to tell everyone to savor every minute with your families tomorrow (even Uncle Hank, that wacky knuckle dragging right winger that'll drink too much...your hipster BIL or SIL...pie in the face, baby).  Thanksgivings are hard for me because all my family are hundreds of miles away and my mom has passed away.  Leaves me really pining to be with those that I dearly love and want to be with tomorrow. 

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 27, 2013 05:00 AM (XB5Ak)

173 156 I got offered a job as a police dispatcher I may take it, I tired of playing cabbie Posted by: navycopjoe at November 27, 2013 08:54 AM (JFrBt) You can end all conversations with "and how 'bout them BEARS!?!" You might not last long but it will be satisfying. Posted by: joncelli at November 27, 2013 08:58 AM (RD7QR) He'll dispatch Ditka to every scene.

Posted by: eman at November 27, 2013 05:00 AM (AO9UG)

174 151 i'm in Hawaii, to be precise Waikiki I guess it would be 'hey brah, got one cuz give one bang on Dennys Kunia'

Posted by: navycopjoe at November 27, 2013 05:00 AM (JFrBt)

175 navycopjoe = Farva



"Don't call me Radio!!!"


Posted by: EC at November 27, 2013 05:01 AM (GQ8sn)

176 Old News really Morning all

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 27, 2013 05:01 AM (t3UFN)

177 He'll dispatch Ditka to every scene.

Posted by: eman at November 27, 2013 09:00 AM (AO9UG)

 

Nah.   Cutler.  

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at November 27, 2013 05:02 AM (4df7R)

178 162 or somehow add grilling brats to the comms

Posted by: navycopjoe at November 27, 2013 05:02 AM (JFrBt)

179 7 Good Morning Morons. Today is Wednesday, November 27, 2013. On this day in 2003 President Bush secretly flew to Iraq to spend Thanksgiving with the troops. No matter how you feel about him politically you have to admit, unlike the current occupier of the WH, Bush had class. I remember that fondly.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at November 27, 2013 05:02 AM (7ObY1)

180 Oh aint that special.  PRC PLA troops in Hawaii doing disaster relief.

When the pedal hit the metal in the Philippines after the typhoon, the PRC chipped in a measly $200kUS.  And only dispatched their hospital ship after the local media blew the whistle.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 27, 2013 05:02 AM (787tI)

181 Did you know the US Army conducts joint disaster training with the PLA? Thanks for showing us how you form navy carrier groups.

Posted by: The Chinese DF-21 at November 27, 2013 05:02 AM (UZQM8)

182

On the ChiCom bit -

 

you know, a few years ago I would be outraged, but I've come to the conclusion that there are no more than a handful of people - at any level of government - who aren't outright traitors and saboteurs.  Until we have Nuremburg trials, nothing will change.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 27, 2013 05:03 AM (zF6Iw)

183 Playing "Hide the Bodies"?

Posted by: rickb223 at November 27, 2013 09:00 AM (ix+5k)

 

That's strictly a New Year's Day activity 'round these parts.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at November 27, 2013 05:03 AM (4df7R)

184 video.pbs.org A error has occured. For the best experience, please check if Private Browsing is off ============================ I can't wait for that to age off the page. Annoying as hell. Happy Thanksgiving all. And happy Hanukkah to JJ and crew plus all the horde of other Jewish morons.

Posted by: MTF at November 27, 2013 05:03 AM (vZNbm)

185 161 I will add my Thanksgiving thoughts to tell everyone to savor every minute with your families tomorrow (even Uncle Hank, that wacky knuckle dragging right winger that'll drink too much...your hipster BIL or SIL...pie in the face, baby). Thanksgivings are hard for me because all my family are hundreds of miles away and my mom has passed away. Leaves me really pining to be with those that I dearly love and want to be with tomorrow.

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 27, 2013 09:00 AM (XB5Ak)


I've spent a couple Thanksgivings alone. It's not easy, but I find that having your own T-Day ritual helps. Cook the smallest bird you can find, say a prayer for the family and friends, and watch football. There might be some booze in there too, if you're so inclined.

Posted by: joncelli at November 27, 2013 05:03 AM (RD7QR)

186 Since when are the PLA interested in disaster management/humanitarian missions?


Can anyone tell me the last time the PLA went on a humanitarian mission to some third-world shithole?



Bueller?


Posted by: EC at November 27, 2013 05:03 AM (GQ8sn)

187 Good morning, Horde. NCJ, you must take this opportunity to log into the work computers as navycopjoeisasexybitch. Today is a yoga pants day. Coffee, knitting, no school til Monday, no papers or homework due. Hell yeah. I need this break after pushing myself so hard.

Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at November 27, 2013 05:04 AM (N/cFh)

188 Thanks for showing us how you form navy carrier groups. Posted by: The Chinese DF-21 at November 27, 2013 09:02 AM (UZQM They are not blind and we do often play in what they consider their pool.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 27, 2013 05:04 AM (t3UFN)

189 Hum...  it's 9 am and the temps are still dropping outside.

Posted by: Vic at November 27, 2013 05:04 AM (YowqD)

190 126 Who else is working today? Here all day working. We have a lunch and learn seminar. I'm sending my assistant. There's always a lot of leftovers, so I can lunch without the learning. And don't believe the hype...the snowfall here in Buffalo was a big meh.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at November 27, 2013 05:05 AM (7ObY1)

191 173 I was getting that on the iPhone too was driving me nuts till I figured out how to turn it off aka: asked nck how to do it

Posted by: navycopjoe at November 27, 2013 05:05 AM (JFrBt)

192 Today is a yoga pants day.



Every day should be yoga pants day!


Posted by: EC at November 27, 2013 05:05 AM (GQ8sn)

193 Did our guys at least get some training in how to conduct a proper Chinese fire drill?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at November 27, 2013 05:05 AM (4df7R)

194 Oh yeah, and Happy Hanukkah to the Jewish Hordelings!

Posted by: joncelli at November 27, 2013 05:05 AM (RD7QR)

195 Well get used the ACA. It is not going anywhere. Do you know why the US stock market keeps marching to new highs? Business is removing the cost of health insurance from and increasing the bottonline. Profits are going through the roof next year. Our business stands to see a 925K increase in the bottonline 12 months into getting out of the employee health care benefit business. Govt getting 35% tax on this too! The people who runs things know exactly what they are doing. The website is broken because the govt wants it broken so there isn't political pressure all at once.

Posted by: PC at November 27, 2013 05:05 AM (+C8gz)

196 The joint disaster training is actually a good idea.  Helps streamline response in intrinsically clusterfucked situations if the people pouring in have a clue about how to dance together and not get in each others way.

Remember - every dollar the PLA contributes is a dollar we don't have to.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at November 27, 2013 05:05 AM (Xlbr8)

197 Never turn on that Location Services crap. There's no reason Apple needs to know where you are at all times. Posted by: EC at November 27, 2013 08:54 AM (GQ8sn) I have it turned off on my iPad because I donÂ’t take it with me. I keep it at home. I downloaded book a few weeks ago, Double Down about last yearÂ’s election. The only thing that I have read of interest so far is that The JEF goes to conservative blogs & websites and reads them. I wonder if he is an annoying sock here?

Posted by: Carol at November 27, 2013 05:05 AM (z4WKX)

198 176 ha!! someone remembers my password ugggh, its 4am and my dumbass and the cats are up

Posted by: navycopjoe at November 27, 2013 05:06 AM (JFrBt)

199 He'll dispatch Ditka to every scene.

Full-size Ditka, or miniaturized 12-inch Ditka?

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ #NukeIowaCity at November 27, 2013 05:06 AM (ZKzrr)

200 Do you know why the US stock market keeps marching to new highs?

I'll take currency devaluation for $500 Alex.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at November 27, 2013 05:06 AM (Xlbr8)

201 The Marines?

That's just a myth.

We could not find any in our 7 minutes of yahoo searches.
Well, lets call it 4 minutes, the other 5 were spent searching for celebrity t-day recipes, and pictures of horses.

Posted by: The News Informers at November 27, 2013 05:07 AM (hppbQ)

202 Talk to an accountant Purp.

Posted by: PC at November 27, 2013 05:07 AM (+C8gz)

203 181 god bless the inventor of yoga pants

Posted by: navycopjoe at November 27, 2013 05:07 AM (JFrBt)

204 The only thing that I have read of interest so far is that The JEF goes to conservative blogs & websites and reads them. I wonder if he is an annoying sock here?


Bullshit.  He is not remotely curious about what conservatives think, much less read blogs.  He has his staff give him updates with yes/no checklists.


Posted by: EC at November 27, 2013 05:07 AM (GQ8sn)

205 Purp don't forget the Wall Street addiction to the past 6 years of Fed bail outs.

Outside temp 32F.  Supposed to have had snow flurries last night, never bothered to look.  Tonight supposed to plunge to 25F.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 27, 2013 05:08 AM (787tI)

206 188 Full-size Ditka, or miniaturized 12-inch Ditka? just his mustache

Posted by: navycopjoe at November 27, 2013 05:08 AM (JFrBt)

207 The most embarrassingly gluttonous TG I ever had was when spouse and I decided to go to a TG buffet at a hotel because it was only the two of us. It was great. They had turkey and ham and also every other thing you could think of including prime rib and shrimp. And then the desserts! How we ever rolled into the car I don't know but when we got home all we did was collapse on the sofas and groan. It was the feeling you have when you eat so much it's painful. We have wisely avoided buffets since then. Now I' might be much more disciplined. and can't eat gluten anyway but having never seen that kind of food before in one place it was too tempting for our weak willpower. The best TG out was when we went to a lovely little inn from the 1800's and sat by the fireplace. They brought a whole turkey you could carve yourself and take the leftovers home and everything else was served family style. When you're not actually with your family-that group was friends-you eat less too. :^) What are other people's most favorite or less than favorites TG memories? Have any of you gone out for the meal?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 27, 2013 05:08 AM (23Kgq)

208 Did someone mention twelve inches?!?

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at November 27, 2013 05:09 AM (zF6Iw)

209 Talk to an accountant Purp.

Just buy some stuff mail order from overseas. Compare prices to 4 years ago.

QED

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at November 27, 2013 05:09 AM (Xlbr8)

210 Its pretty fucking brilliant what they did. Made us more competitive with Europe too. Sorry to be the bearer of bad ideological news

Posted by: PC at November 27, 2013 05:09 AM (+C8gz)

211 A 'workaround' to escape the pbs.org thing. Copy the current url of the current page (http://minx.cc/?post=345270). Go to another site, then paste the current thread url (http://minx.cc/?post=345270) back in. You'll bypass the front page.

Posted by: Lace Wigs & Chicken Gravy [/i] at November 27, 2013 05:09 AM (1H61p)

212 "The Listening Heart: Reflections on the Foundations of Law" Visit to the Bundestag ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI Reichstag Building, Berlin Thursday, 22 September 2011 http://tinyurl.com/oeynpsy Link to read; concluding quote: At this point Europe’s cultural heritage ought to come to our assistance. The conviction that there is a Creator God is what gave rise to the idea of human rights, the idea of the equality of all people before the law, the recognition of the inviolability of human dignity in every single person and the awareness of people’s responsibility for their actions. Our cultural memory is shaped by these rational insights. To ignore it or dismiss it as a thing of the past would be to dismember our culture totally and to rob it of its completeness. The culture of Europe arose from the encounter between Jerusalem, Athens and Rome – from the encounter between Israel’s mono­theism, the philosophical reason of the Greeks and Roman law. This three-way encounter has shaped the inner identity of Europe. In the awareness of man’s responsibility before God and in the acknowledgment of the inviolable dignity of every single human person, it has established criteria of law: it is these criteria that we are called to defend at this moment in our history. As he assumed the mantle of office, the young King Solomon was invited to make a request. How would it be if we, the law-makers of today, were invited to make a request? What would we ask for? I think that, even today, there is ultimately nothing else we could wish for but a listening heart – the capacity to discern between good and evil, and thus to establish true law, to serve justice and peace. I thank you for your attention!

Posted by: panzernashorn at November 27, 2013 05:09 AM (MhA4j)

213 Posted by: PC at November 27, 2013 09:05 AM (+C8gz) But you don't hear Obama who supposedly doesn't like big business complaining about it, not do the occupy folks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 27, 2013 05:10 AM (23Kgq)

214 181 Today is a yoga pants day. Every day should be yoga pants day! Posted by: EC at November 27, 2013 09:05 AM (GQ8sn) --- It is twice a week in public, anyway. My school requires a phys ed (lifetime fitness and wellness) class, and I chose yoga as the discipline (also many other sports/activities available). Then, directly after, I have an elective yoga class. Mondays are three hours of yoga; Wednesdays only an hour and a half followed by phys ed lecture. FOR COLLEGE CREDIT. And before any of you laugh and make basket weaving jokes, come go through a yoga practice with me. I'll wait.

Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at November 27, 2013 05:10 AM (N/cFh)

215 I think that thing called breakfast is in order.  Cats already fed.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 27, 2013 05:10 AM (787tI)

216 199 Its pretty fucking brilliant what they did. Made us more competitive with Europe too. Sorry to be the bearer of bad ideological news

Posted by: PC at November 27, 2013 09:09 AM (+C8gz)


You're not even trying. Troll harder.

Posted by: joncelli at November 27, 2013 05:11 AM (RD7QR)

217

>>Upper 50's and rainy today in NYC, then tomorrow a major cold front with high winds will barrel in. Could really fuck up the Thanksgiving Parade not to mention travel throughout the northeast and beyond.
.

.

.Getting that here this AM in Kentucky.  It is not going to get above freezing today.

Posted by: Registered Voter at November 27, 2013 05:12 AM (AHX9J)

218 203 come go through a yoga practice with me will you be wearing yoga pants?

Posted by: navycopjoe at November 27, 2013 05:12 AM (JFrBt)

219

Posted by: panzernashorn at November 27, 2013 09:09 AM (MhA4j)

 

I understand from Mr. Moo Moo that Benedict is weak-minded.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at November 27, 2013 05:12 AM (zF6Iw)

220 HA has a story about the NSA tracking the online pr0n habits of terrorist leaders in an effort to "shame" them out of credibility.  All their visits to "Goatfuckers.com" and such are being logged.


How soon will this be used on the moron horde?


Posted by: EC at November 27, 2013 05:12 AM (GQ8sn)

221 Skank!

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 27, 2013 05:12 AM (zF6Iw)

222 Chink bastards...They will end up eating each other over in Chinkyland after the Commies get thrown out of power. It will be the 1930s all over again with whores and opium dens on every corner and warlords running loose. Only this time with Ipads and Androids.

Posted by: IrishEd at November 27, 2013 05:13 AM (D0NZx)

223 And before any of you laugh and make basket weaving jokes, come go through a yoga practice with me. I'll wait.


I did hot yoga with the wife a couple of times. 


Kicked my ass.


Posted by: EC at November 27, 2013 05:13 AM (GQ8sn)

224 205 isn't that curious?

Posted by: navycopjoe at November 27, 2013 05:13 AM (JFrBt)

225 187 176 ha!! someone remembers my password Posted by: navycopjoe at November 27, 2013 09:06 AM (JFrBt) --- Hell, it's all of my passwords now. --- 207 203 come go through a yoga practice with me will you be wearing yoga pants? Posted by: navycopjoe at November 27, 2013 09:12 AM (JFrBt) --- Yes, but I will make you wear them too.

Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at November 27, 2013 05:13 AM (N/cFh)

226 Le dump.

Posted by: Mama AJ at November 27, 2013 05:13 AM (SUKHu)

227 212 And before any of you laugh and make basket weaving jokes, come go through a yoga practice with me. I'll wait. I did hot yoga with the wife a couple of times. Kicked my ass. Posted by: EC at November 27, 2013 09:13 AM (GQ8sn) --- 7 years a Bikram practitioner.

Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at November 27, 2013 05:14 AM (N/cFh)

228

HA has a story about the NSA tracking the online pr0n habits of terrorist leaders in an effort to "shame" them out of credibility. All their visits to "Goatfuckers.com" and such are being logged.


How soon will this be used on the moron horde?

 

It would be pretty funny if they were logging on to the website of a band called Goatfuckers.


Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at November 27, 2013 05:14 AM (zF6Iw)

229 212 I did hot yoga with the wife a couple of times. please say you weren't wearing yoga pants

Posted by: navycopjoe at November 27, 2013 05:15 AM (JFrBt)

230 Last night the office started getting cold. Figured out that the furnace blower works in A/C and auto-fan position but quits working when the heat kicks on. So, the flames never kick on. NATURALLY this happens when it's 18° the day before Thanksgiving. But yay! My hero, Mr. Furnace Guy, said he can visit today to see why. We had planned to be heading down to see my mom and family for the day, but... I'm thankful Mr. Furnace Guy is working today.

Posted by: mindful webworker - my fingers especially don't like cold at November 27, 2013 05:15 AM (U13jb)

231 "That's strictly a New Year's Day activity 'round these parts. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at November 27, 2013 09:03 AM"


Best methods for dealing with the frozen ground in those 'wooded areas.'  Discuss...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 27, 2013 05:15 AM (knoK7)

232

I understand from Mr. Moo Moo that Benedict is weak-minded.

 

Indeed, I learned much from Moo Moo on last night's ONT.   For example, did you know most 12 year olds are smart enough to know that God isn't real? 

 

I know it's true, because Moo Moo has a college degree and shit.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at November 27, 2013 05:15 AM (4df7R)

233 214 my skinny ass in yoga pants? honey, my naked body makes the shower throw up you don't want your brain scarred with that vision

Posted by: navycopjoe at November 27, 2013 05:17 AM (JFrBt)

234 Joan Walsh (some lefty correspondant) wants you to know, she speaks jive.

http://scoamf.us/HB

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at November 27, 2013 05:17 AM (azHfB)

235 MWR, if ivied learned anything pursuing this degree, I it's that it doesn't make you smart. It makes your body ache and makes you worry about the quality of nursing care you'll get when you're old. God DAMN I have so e clueless classmates.

Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at November 27, 2013 05:17 AM (N/cFh)

236 When I was stationed at Pearl Harbor in the '80s we used to go to Bellows on the weekends. We would stretch a cargo net up in the trees and anyone who passed out went up in the net.

Posted by: Cluebat at November 27, 2013 05:17 AM (Nz3Yx)

237 Skank!

--

Just for that, you don't get a coupon for 15% off my auctioned labia.

Posted by: Sydney Leathers at November 27, 2013 05:18 AM (XB5Ak)

238 Morning, all!
In case this hasn't been linked yet: the "heckler" at Obama's recent speech about immigration reform was an illegal alien guest of the president. He and his family came here on a tourist visa and never left. He ain't exactly living in the shadows. Oh, and of course he was a "dreamer."

Posted by: Lizzy at November 27, 2013 05:18 AM (JRmiD)

239 I hear that a Walther air rifle is the way to go. Any suggestions?? Needs to shoot .177 and should have 1200 (?) psi(?).

Unknown territory for me, I would rather buy her a regular rifle to match mine, but since she is 15 there is still time. Small steps.

Posted by: SAT Rose at November 27, 2013 08:25 AM (TRCPu)

I swear by Gamo. 

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at November 27, 2013 05:19 AM (fwARV)

240 221 did you know most 12 year olds are smart enough to know that God isn't real I have one of those and i'm sure she would disagree with him amazing the people who are the most concerned with us catholics aren't catholic

Posted by: navycopjoe at November 27, 2013 05:19 AM (JFrBt)

241 please say you weren't wearing yoga pants


Umbros.


Posted by: EC at November 27, 2013 05:19 AM (GQ8sn)

242 7 years a Bikram practitioner.

Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at November 27, 2013 09:14 AM (N/cFh)



Good!  That stuff will push you to the limits.



Posted by: EC at November 27, 2013 05:20 AM (GQ8sn)

243 228 hmmmm, instead of an air rifle you could go with a 22 short most platforms have that caliber option I believe I know rock island sells a AR-15 version

Posted by: navycopjoe at November 27, 2013 05:21 AM (JFrBt)

244 NCJ, told a friend what you said about yoga pants,and me saying it wasn't universal. His response: "Agreed, but yoga pants are at least 90% effective on most female arses, and at least that percentage of females who go to the gyms are there to be seen in yoga pants. So this guy is blessed indeed."

Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at November 27, 2013 05:22 AM (N/cFh)

245 UN Declares 2014 “Year of Solidarity With The Palestinian People,” Passes Six Resolutions Condemning Israel… The U.N. couldn’t be any more biased against Israel if it tried. weasel Zippers: obama must be smiling

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 27, 2013 05:22 AM (t3UFN)

246 >>>How soon will this be used on the moron horde? The Horde would consider it a source of pride so, it won't be used.

Posted by: Orlandocon ette at November 27, 2013 05:24 AM (SldZ2)

247 Here's my funny story about my 13 year old who watches some things on youtube. "What is wrong with some of these people?" he asked. "I'm watching a video on a praying mantis and some atheists come on in the comments and tell you how they don't believe in prayer and God. What does a praying mantis have to do with actually praying?!!" I must have laughed for five minutes after he told me that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 27, 2013 05:24 AM (23Kgq)

248 234 The U.N. couldnÂ’t be any more biased against Israel if it tried its like they are daring bibi to act Bibi is not the one to be taking lightly

Posted by: navycopjoe at November 27, 2013 05:25 AM (JFrBt)

249 The only thing better than yoga pants is..........




....yoga shorts!



Posted by: EC at November 27, 2013 05:26 AM (GQ8sn)

250 Oh for got to add. Happy Thanksgiving y'all!

Posted by: Orlandocon ette at November 27, 2013 05:26 AM (SldZ2)

251 news dump up

Posted by: navycopjoe at November 27, 2013 05:26 AM (JFrBt)

252 Posted by: navycopjoe at November 27, 2013 09:19 AM (JFrBt) Well, I don't think Mr. Moo Moo was just singling out Catholics. He thinks anyone who is over 12 who believes in God is a nitwit. ;^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 27, 2013 05:26 AM (23Kgq)

253 I've spent a couple Thanksgivings alone. It's not easy, but I find that having your own T-Day ritual helps. Cook the smallest bird you can find, say a prayer for the family and friends, and watch football.

I try to leave the house.  Restaurants are open, ranging from truck stops to "extensive wine list", pick a fave or a new one and enjoy not having to clean up afterwards.  I haven't been able to confirm that the local Packers bar is open for lunch tomorrow, but I think I can still get a table for one somewhere downtown.  If it's not raining, a long walk somewhere.

Better people than me would suggest visiting a nursing home or a soup kitchen.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ #NukeIowaCity at November 27, 2013 05:28 AM (ZKzrr)

254 I work today and Friday, but am off Thursday. I usually cover for New Years Day. As long as our piece of the internet stays up, it's a pretty quiet day. I'm getting a lot of knitting done on the clock!

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 27, 2013 05:30 AM (Lqy/e)

255 238 The only thing better than yoga pants is.......... ....yoga shorts! Posted by: EC at November 27, 2013 09:26 AM (GQ8sn) --- Oh, you saw that twitter picture then?

Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at November 27, 2013 05:31 AM (N/cFh)

256 Chinese troops in Hawai'i?  Has anyone told Alex Jones about this?

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at November 27, 2013 05:31 AM (XO6WW)

257 Oh, you saw that twitter picture then?



*runs to twitter*


*NSA power searches*

Posted by: EC at November 27, 2013 05:36 AM (GQ8sn)

258 193 The only thing that I have read of interest so far is that The JEF goes
to conservative blogs websites and reads them. I wonder if he is
an annoying sock here?


Bullshit. He is not remotely curious about what conservatives think, much less read blogs. He has his staff give him updates with yes/no checklists.

God, I could wish... http://tinyurl.com/kyslrpu

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at November 27, 2013 05:36 AM (XO6WW)

259 What are other people's most favorite or less than favorites TG memories? Have any of you gone out for the meal?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 27, 2013 09:08 AM (23Kgq)

 

 

A fond memory of TG dinner for our family of 5  was in 1988 while stationed in Naples, Italy.  Took a "hop" from Naples to Greece  the day before TG.  There were not medevac planes but we caught a ride on the "Wayne Newton Express."  As we made our way to the plane the loadmaster told us we were on the Wayne Newton Express.  I laughed as I thought the pilot's name must have been Wayne Newton.  To our surprise, it was actually the USO plane taking Wayne Newton and his troupe to Athens to entertain the troops at Hellenikon Air Base the next day.

 

We ended up staying at the same US contracted hotel in Athens as Wayne Newton.  As we sat down for TG dinner in the hotel restaurant  Wayne Newton came up to our table and wished us all a Happy TG then he went to the table with his group.  Very gracious man and he absolutely  loves the military. 

Posted by: Ammo Dump at November 27, 2013 05:36 AM (GgPam)

260 All winter long in my house I wear Hue leggings that are like corduroy, they are warmer than regular leggings. I wear those at home during the cooler months. They are like yoga pants but the fit is closer & there is no cold air to get spaces. I discovered the corduroy version a few years ago. I almost bought some last year and I thought to myself that I think I had bought some in brown a couple of years ago. I had purple & black in my room. IÂ’m trying to relocate my things because I have a big house and all these rooms to myself and move everything down to the second floor instead of my bedroom which is on the third floor. My older brother lives in the apartment on first floor. I bought out my younger brother after my mother passed away because I would not sell the house at a loss when I think back to how hard my father had worked to own this house. It is too big for me & if I had a second bathroom I would consider taking in a roommate but there is only one bathroom.

Posted by: Carol at November 27, 2013 05:39 AM (z4WKX)

261 There is no way a gutless pansy like Gaylord Focker could deal with the comments here.

Posted by: Captain Hate at November 27, 2013 05:40 AM (g/M3I)

262 Where did Root learn how to fire a Glock 18 one-handed? Who cares? Amy Acker dual wielding is teh hawt. And in spite of the NSA catching up with the premise, it is technically sci-fi.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 27, 2013 06:23 AM (102Hx)

263 154 The laser/flashlight scope attachment projects a line on your pizza so with a steady hand and a good eye you can have straight cuts every time. If I had a steady hand and a good eye, I wouldn't need a line projected onto my pizza.

Posted by: Anachronda at November 27, 2013 07:02 AM (U82Km)

264 Remember Pearl Harbor!!

This nation doesn't seem to remember a damn thing after 50 years....

Posted by: exdem13 at November 27, 2013 07:51 AM (lJaja)

265 When I read about the US military conducting drills with the PLA, I immediately thought the 'Head US Preznit Muslim in Charge" was conducting drills with the 'Palestinian Liberation Army". I almost fainted! After reading further...Thank God it's just drills with the "evil commie horde". If the evil commie horde were in the US, they would be democrats! Posted from Dongguan China!

Posted by: Judge_Roy_Bean at November 27, 2013 08:47 AM (6z+V1)

266

Disaster prevention tips for China:

BUILDING CODES. Learn them, love them.

Posted by: Max Entropy at November 27, 2013 11:35 AM (QKYRm)

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