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March 30, 2014

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1 No links today except for books

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 30, 2014 05:12 AM (T2V/1)

2 First?!

Posted by: simplemind at March 30, 2014 05:12 AM (hTeQK)

3 Nood!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at March 30, 2014 05:13 AM (HsTG8)

4 Drat.

Posted by: simplemind at March 30, 2014 05:13 AM (hTeQK)

5 We're going to visit a small country church this morning.

Posted by: ALH at March 30, 2014 05:13 AM (nulUb)

6 Bail money finally arrived eh?

Posted by: The Hickster at March 30, 2014 05:13 AM (TI3xG)

7 Small country, small church, or both?

Posted by: Epobirs at March 30, 2014 05:14 AM (bPxS6)

8 An early bird toast to the Wisconsin Badgers. What a game!

Posted by: Mr. Natural at March 30, 2014 05:14 AM (/pOl7)

9 Vic, I have to thank you for mentioning 1632 last week, good series. Also thanks for all the morning briefings!

Posted by: FCF at March 30, 2014 05:14 AM (Khja4)

10 It's windy and cold here at the lake this morning.

Posted by: ALH at March 30, 2014 05:15 AM (nulUb)

11 Is this the provisional morning thread?

Posted by: rickl at March 30, 2014 05:15 AM (sdi6R)

12 Enjoying our latest "Climate Change-a-Palooza" 5 inches of fresh snow! Yea!

Posted by: itchytriggerfinger at March 30, 2014 05:16 AM (XwN3V)

13 I can't believe they killed off Winona.

Posted by: goatexchange at March 30, 2014 05:16 AM (sYUHT)

14 6 Bail money finally arrived eh? Posted by: The Hickster at March 30, 2014 09:13 AM (TI3xG) The problem was that they had to put up all the proceeds from sales of AoSHQ Platinum memberships as surety.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at March 30, 2014 05:16 AM (HsTG8)

15 Ha, ha, ah, it's a small church in the country. There will be less than 30 souls in attendance, most of them over age 50. My Peeps!

Posted by: ALH at March 30, 2014 05:17 AM (nulUb)

I go to AoSHQ to pass the time waiting at the range for lanes to open up, and the current thread is about waiting?

Needless to say, I am not pleased.

Posted by: dudenolongerinsantacruz at March 30, 2014 05:17 AM (GaIDK)

17 "The problem was that they had to put up all the proceeds from sales of AoSHQ Platinum memberships as surety."

That could be problematic

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 30, 2014 05:17 AM (si68n)

18 One comment on the ONT and there's a new thread. Happens every time.

Posted by: Ed Anger at March 30, 2014 05:18 AM (tOkJB)

19 Final Four could have 3 Big Ten teams. Although Mich St has the Obama Albatross hanging around its neck.

Posted by: itchytriggerfinger at March 30, 2014 05:19 AM (XwN3V)

20 16>> You're at the range. Kwitcherbichin.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 30, 2014 05:19 AM (60Vyp)

21 Weekend weather for Delmarva: Saturday - rain all day. Sunday - brief pause in the morning, then rain clear through to Monday. We're cooking a turkey today and looking forward to having turkey soup later in the week.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at March 30, 2014 05:19 AM (HsTG8)

22 DAY 509 954 to go (1,028 to Inauguration Day 2017) Muzzies, Marxists, Maoists, Mau-Maus, MFM's, Moochelle, McCain's, McConnell's, McAuliffe's, Maduro's, MIRV's, Mexifornians, Mugwumps, mutants, malcontents, malthusians, maniacs, malignant medical mandates, martial law, miscreants, microagressors, minions, 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 March 30, 2014 05:19 AM (CMkNk)

23 Fresh meat!

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 30, 2014 05:19 AM (brGGA)

24 Has Vlad invaded Poland yet? Maybe he's waiting until TFG has finished his golf today, 'cause he's flexible that way.

Posted by: MTF at March 30, 2014 05:20 AM (F58x4)

25 The UN has decreed that Climate Change is the cause of all the global unrest. Ding dongs.

Posted by: katya the designated driver at March 30, 2014 05:20 AM (4Chvm)

26 From Drudge (at WaPo), the expected influential Republicans (GOPe) are lining up behind BUSH. Way past time for a real opposition party, but I'm not holding my breath. And Rove is on Faux News with C Wallace, so an opposition channel would be nice to have also.

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 30, 2014 05:20 AM (o3MSL)

27 Steven Segal wants to defect to Russia. Go for it, dude.

Posted by: katya the designated driver at March 30, 2014 05:21 AM (4Chvm)

28 Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! UN membership has got to go!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at March 30, 2014 05:21 AM (HsTG8)

29 The weather man says it will be 80 degrees on Wednesday. Typical Georgia weather, go straight from winter to summer with 2 days of spring in between.

Posted by: ALH at March 30, 2014 05:22 AM (nulUb)

30 I'm kind of looking forward to church this morning, as its Psalm 23 day. The new lesbo assistant minister can't fuck that up, can she? Right after that, maybe its off to the range and it can be Glock 23 day, for symmetry.

Posted by: MTF at March 30, 2014 05:23 AM (F58x4)

31 If Jeb's the answer I had better pick up the pace on my bunker. May need it sooner than I thought.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 30, 2014 05:23 AM (brGGA)

32 Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling StarsÂ™ at March 30, 2014 09:21 AM (HsTG

The UN is the primary international version of Obama's spreading our wealth around to the undeserving political crony class.

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 30, 2014 05:23 AM (o3MSL)

>> You're at the range. Kwitcherbichin.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 30, 2014 09:19 AM (60Vy

lol. Well I guess if a crotchety old jarhead says I should quit bitch'n, I probably should. Just a little surprised it's this crowded actualy

Posted by: dudenolongerinsantacruz at March 30, 2014 05:23 AM (GaIDK)

34 ...the expected influential Republicans (GOPe) are lining up behind BUSH Line up all you want, but I'm not voting for another Bush family member between now and Rapture.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at March 30, 2014 05:24 AM (HsTG8)

35 Today is National Doctors Day, National Take a Walk In The Park Day, National I Am In Control Day, National Pencil Day and National Turkey Neck Soup Day.

Posted by: katya the designated driver at March 30, 2014 05:24 AM (4Chvm)

36 1 Corinthians 13:34, have her preach on that, MTF.

Posted by: ALH at March 30, 2014 05:25 AM (nulUb)

37 "Posted by: Hrothgar at March 30, 2014 09:20 AM (o3MSL) ================================ Pay no attention to that crap; its just WaPo wishcasting, and Drudge trolling for clicks. Another Bush would draw the lowest vote totals in the history of American politics.

Posted by: MTF at March 30, 2014 05:25 AM (F58x4)

38 34>> We went last Sunday at 1100 and waited 45 minutes to get a lane. Enjoy! *Pours another cup of coffee and stirs the potatoes and pork chops*

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 30, 2014 05:26 AM (60Vyp)

39 This afternoon, mr h plans on cutting down a dead tree on the property. Holy Chainsaw!

Posted by: ALH at March 30, 2014 05:26 AM (nulUb)

40 30 The weather man says it will be 80 degrees on Wednesday. Typical Georgia weather, go straight from winter to summer with 2 days of spring in between.

Posted by: ALH at March 30, 2014 09:22 AM (nulUb)

Same here. 83 Wed and Thu then back to low 70s which is normal. (Northern SC)

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 30, 2014 05:26 AM (T2V/1)

41 I'll play understudy then. On this day in 1981, President Reagan was shot, but survived, during an assassination attempt in Washington DC. White House Press Secretary James Brady was also badly wounded in the head and became permanently disabled. Brady and his wife went on to lead the re-ignited cry for gun control in the united states, because one bug-fuck crazy assassin means nobody else can have rights anymore.

Posted by: BornLib at March 30, 2014 05:26 AM (zpNwC)

42 Line up all you want, but I'm not voting for another Bush family member between now and Rapture.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling StarsÂ™ at March 30, 2014 09:24 AM (HsTG

I don't think you will be alone in that, but rest assured, JEB 2016 has been certified as electable by all the right people!

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 30, 2014 05:27 AM (o3MSL)

43 36 Today is... National I Am In Control Day Posted by: katya the designated driver at March 30, 2014 09:24 AM (4Chvm) AKA National Zombie Alexander Haig Day?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at March 30, 2014 05:27 AM (HsTG8)

44 Hey now! I mentioned that excruciatingly bad "Final Countdown" song on yesterday's 'mixtape for a formerly deaf friend' thread - as one that would make her wish she were deaf again.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 30, 2014 05:28 AM (udjuE)

45 A day of violence and election fraud for Turkey as they hold local elections across the country: https://t.co/Ctuxx01TmC

Posted by: BornLib at March 30, 2014 05:28 AM (zpNwC)

46 Â“FrackNationÂ” director Phelim McAleer seeking to crowd-fund film about Kermit Gosnell murder trial http://t.co/cx4q51NDvt

Posted by: BornLib at March 30, 2014 05:29 AM (zpNwC)

47 Posted by: BornLib at March 30, 2014 09:28 AM (zpNwC)

Good thing Turkey was allowed into NATO, or the region might become unstable!

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 30, 2014 05:29 AM (o3MSL)

48 42 Posted by: BornLib at March 30, 2014 09:26 AM (zpNwC)

The real pisser is that SOB Hinckly is out walking around every weekend while we still have the damn waiting period which they openly admit would not have made the slighted difference.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 30, 2014 05:30 AM (T2V/1)

49 Jeb should change his name to George. That way he could run to be President George III. The opposition ads would practically write themselves.

Posted by: Epobirs at March 30, 2014 05:30 AM (bPxS6)

50 The Taiwanese animators do CA State Senator Leland Yee and it is glorious. https://t.co/hG5NF80BBI

Posted by: BornLib at March 30, 2014 05:31 AM (zpNwC)

51 Coffee. I need coffee.

Posted by: The Co-Bloggers at March 30, 2014 05:31 AM (F58x4)

52 That tune was like some no-name sugar substitute at a no-name gas on the go super mart stop on a side road. Â…...other than that, it was quite memorable

Posted by: ontherocks at March 30, 2014 05:31 AM (m/E+X)

53 Morning peeps! Even though it's rainy, windy and down right gloomy, at least it ain't snow.

Posted by: Spypeach at March 30, 2014 05:31 AM (10H0T)

54 Catching up on my emails, I just read a message from Verizon regarding changes to their "Privacy Policy." "We're enhancing our Relevant Mobile Advertising program in a way that can help marketers reach you with messages that may be more interesting to you." "In addition to the customer information that's currently part of the program, we will soon use an anonymous, unique identifier we create when you register on our websites. This identifier may allow an advertiser to use information they have about your visits to websites from your desktop computer to deliver marketing messages to mobile devices on our network." In short, they're going to sell access to my phone to advertisers. There's an opt-out provision that requires reading through a dozen paragraphs of boilerplate and placing several phone calls. It can't be done with email. Here's my email reply to Verizon: Sirs: I've just been notified of Verizon's new "Privacy Policy." This is ridiculous. I pay a premium price for cellphone service. In exchange for that, my cell service provider is treating me like a chump. I'll be finding another company for my cell service. Sincerely, Harrison Bergeron

Posted by: Oregon at March 30, 2014 05:31 AM (JQuNB)

55 >>Steven Segal wants to defect to Russia. Go for it, dude.

While we're at it, can we ship Sean Penn to Venezuela and Michael Moore to Cuba?

Posted by: Lizzy at March 30, 2014 05:31 AM (udjuE)

56 California couple upset after receiving pre-marked voter registration card from Covered California http://tinyurl.com/k5gns8o Guess the party.

Posted by: rickl at March 30, 2014 05:32 AM (sdi6R)

57 VA Hides Names of Hospitals Where Vets Died From Delays http://t.co/GZiAUMXCie

Posted by: BornLib at March 30, 2014 05:32 AM (zpNwC)

58 Socks sometimes suck.

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at March 30, 2014 05:33 AM (JQuNB)

Guess the party

The know nothings?

Posted by: dudenolongerinsantacruz at March 30, 2014 05:33 AM (GaIDK)

60 Posted by: BornLib at March 30, 2014 09:31 AM (zpNwC)

I don't usually watch that stuff, but that was excruciatingly funny!

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 30, 2014 05:34 AM (o3MSL)

61 "Is it tippy-top top shelf Arnold? Eh, probably not but I'd place it in my top five top seven Arnold films something like that. " ================================= Are there top 5 through 7 Ahnold films? After Terminator and Total Recall, I go right to Twins. That would be number 7, I guess. He's a world class Bad Cinema stalwart.

Posted by: The Co-Bloggers at March 30, 2014 05:34 AM (F58x4)

62 Oops. Sock fail.

Posted by: MTF at March 30, 2014 05:34 AM (F58x4)

63 VA Hides Names of Hospitals Where Vets Died From Delays

http://t.co/GZiAUMXCie

Posted by: BornLib at March 30, 2014 09:32 AM (zpNwC)

In a way, this is the story of Obama

Care!

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 30, 2014 05:35 AM (o3MSL)

64 I have one piece of good, no, splendid(!) news to report. I am going to this: The Talk Radio 1210 Speaker Series Presents: Lt. Col. Allen West, Guardian of the Republic on Thursday, April 3rd at Valley ForgeMilitaryAcademy and College located at 1001 Eagle Road, Wayne, PA19087. Tickets are $30 and include a copy of Guardian of the Republic. Join Dom Giordano in a sit-down interview with Tea Party firebrand Allen West about his book, the future of the Republican party, and his views on US foreign and domestic policy. Doors open at 6:30pm and the program begins at 7pm. Books signing with Allen West following the program. CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS Link - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lt-col-allen-west-guardian-of-the-republic-tickets-10979418737

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at March 30, 2014 05:35 AM (HsTG8)

65 >>California couple upset after receiving pre-marked voter registration card from Covered California.

Gee, who would have though that making organizations such as La Raza, ACORN and Planned Parenthood and Obamacare Navigators would have resulted in the data being used for voter registration and (likely) voter fraud.

Or that when you set up a navigator at a Mexican consulate they'd start signing up illegals?

It's a shame no one saw this coming, huh? /sarc

Posted by: Lizzy at March 30, 2014 05:36 AM (udjuE)

66 Re: Steven Segal's defection to Russia, I am reminded of what one cynical entertainment executive said upon hearing of Elvis' death:

"Good career move."

Posted by: Filippis at March 30, 2014 05:36 AM (YBusZ)

67 57 Posted by: Oregon at March 30, 2014 09:31 AM (JQuNB)

I am on Verizon and I didn't get that e-mail. And I just switched over from shitty ATnT. I went to Verizon because it is the only damn service that will reach the place I stay in GA when I go there. Damn

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 30, 2014 05:37 AM (T2V/1)

68 Yet another way ObamaCare is unconstitutional, and another lawsuit that could overturn it. http://t.co/jBAk8Hj2He

Posted by: BornLib at March 30, 2014 05:38 AM (zpNwC)

69 53 The Taiwanese animators do CA State Senator Leland Yee and it is glorious. That it is. Zombie Siskel & Ebert give 4 thumbs up. They would have dug up 4 more thumbs if there were Engrish subtitles.

Posted by: itchytriggerfinger at March 30, 2014 05:38 AM (XwN3V)

70 59 California couple upset after receiving pre-marked voter registration card from Covered California http://tinyurl.com/k5gns8o Guess the party. Posted by: rickl at March 30, 2014 09:32 AM (sdi6R) And to add insult to injury they are being given the run around about it.

Posted by: Pug-De-Da! at March 30, 2014 05:39 AM (vFh9Q)

71 Engrish. I denounce myself.

Posted by: itchytriggerfinger at March 30, 2014 05:40 AM (XwN3V)

72 Are there top 5 through 7 Ahnold films? After Terminator and Total Recall, I go right to Twins. That would be number 7, I guess. How could you have overlooked the greatness that was Ahnold's performance in Kindergarten Cop? It's not a tumah!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at March 30, 2014 05:40 AM (HsTG8)

73 I am on Verizon and I didn't get that e-mail. And I just switched over from shitty ATnT. I went to Verizon because it is the only damn service that will reach the place I stay in GA when I go there. Damn Posted by: Vic at March 30, 2014 09:37 AM (T2V/1) Vic, I'm with you there. I've stayed with Verizon for a long time because their coverage is the best I could find. I would have continued paying the price for the service, but this pisses me off. I'll be damned if I'll pay them to track my website usage and then use that information to spam me.

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at March 30, 2014 05:41 AM (JQuNB)

74 And to add insult to injury they are being given the run around about it.

Posted by: Pug-De-Da! at March 30, 2014 09:39 AM (vFh9Q)

Like the default New Yorker cartoon line, there are just so many headlines and stories that just beg to have "the story of Obama" line attached.

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 30, 2014 05:42 AM (o3MSL)

75 So this week is my son's Spring Break, and we're going to LA for a few days.
Yeah....earthquakes.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 30, 2014 05:42 AM (udjuE)

76 My son took off for Panama City today. He was mumbling something about bikinis.

Posted by: MTF at March 30, 2014 05:43 AM (F58x4)

77 CNN is airing a documentary, by Ivy Meeropol, about some ex cop who likes to rape and murder little girls who is on deathrow and is innoceeeennnnt (no, he isn't). When ever I need a good laugh, I watch the documentary she did on her gammy and grandpa, the Rosenbergs.

Posted by: Pug-De-Da! at March 30, 2014 05:43 AM (vFh9Q)

78 The good news from last night: Dinner at the Oysterbar was great. La Boheme at the Met, the same. The bad news from last night: The wife slide on some grease and tweaked her ankle as we were leaving the restaurant. It was absolutely pissing down rain with strong winds and cabs were non-existent. Overall rating for the night a very solid A to A-minus.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 30, 2014 05:43 AM (CMkNk)

79 "A day of violence and election fraud for Turkey as they hold local elections across the country" In a way, this is the story of Obama.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 30, 2014 05:44 AM (60Vyp)

80 He's a world class Bad Cinema stalwart. When I pay the bucks at a theater, I want to be entertained. I don't want to be preached at or enlightened. I want to be as far away from reality as possible. Tough guy movies are some of my favorites.

Posted by: katya the designated driver at March 30, 2014 05:44 AM (4Chvm)

81 80 My son took off for Panama City today. He was mumbling something about bikinis. Posted by: MTF at March 30, 2014 09:43 AM (F58x4) American attitude - bikinis Muzzie attitude - Bikini Atoll over Amerikka.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 30, 2014 05:44 AM (CMkNk)

82 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 30, 2014 09:43 AM (CMkNk)

Good on ya! Hope the wife recovers quickly from the ankle sprain, Otherwise sounds like a great evening.

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 30, 2014 05:44 AM (o3MSL)

83 Time to shoot. Bbl folks

Posted by: dudenolongerinsantacruz at March 30, 2014 05:45 AM (GaIDK)

84 Turkish. Me parents named me for a plane crash.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 30, 2014 05:46 AM (CMkNk)

85 Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 30, 2014 09:44 AM (60Vyp)

#78

Exactly!

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 30, 2014 05:46 AM (o3MSL)

86 Posted by: dudenolongerinsantacruz at March 30, 2014 09:45 AM (GaIDK) Have fun and squeeze off a few rounds for us!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at March 30, 2014 05:46 AM (HsTG8)

87 For no particular reason: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Solar_System_objects_by_size All of the planets and named moons are shown, as well as selected examples of asteroids, Kuiper belt objects, and comets. There are hundreds of thousands of known objects that are not shown, not mention the ones we don't know about. SMOD falls into the latter category; thus is not shown.

Posted by: rickl at March 30, 2014 05:47 AM (sdi6R)

88 87 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 30, 2014 09:43 AM (CMkNk) Good on ya! Hope the wife recovers quickly from the ankle sprain, Otherwise sounds like a great evening. Posted by: Hrothgar at March 30, 2014 09:44 AM (o3MSL) Looks like its just a bad tweak and nothing worse. Overall, it was one of those great New York City evenings where you can almost forget that you're inÂ… New York City.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 30, 2014 05:47 AM (CMkNk)

89 My son is finishing his Spring Break. After years of being a nice, shy, polite young man and getting no dates, he's walking up to random chicks at the mall and striking up a conversation then asking them out. It's working. He's turning it into a social experiment.

Posted by: katya the designated driver at March 30, 2014 05:47 AM (4Chvm)

90 I will take an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie over one starring Sean Penn any day of the week. Arnold is fun.
*The recent movie he made w/Stallone wasn't bad (rented it). It was exactly what you'd expect.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 30, 2014 05:47 AM (udjuE)

91 " "A day of violence and election fraud for Turkey as they hold local elections across the country" In a way, this is the story of Obama." Or just what they call Wednesday in Peruvia.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 30, 2014 05:48 AM (brGGA)

92 Yes JJ, hopefully the ankle heals quickly. Thankfully, not too many stairs to contend with at Lincoln Center

Posted by: MTF at March 30, 2014 05:48 AM (F58x4)

93 I wonder if the deaf lady who got the implants (from yesterday's thread) is listening to Final Countdown and jamming a pencil into her cochlea (goggle it, it's not what you think). Hey, don't forget to DVR the MST3K guys on April 1st -- it's Total Riff-Off on NatGeo!

Posted by: All Hail Eris at March 30, 2014 05:48 AM (QBm1P)

94 Hair bands...nasty pasty wankers making bad music...the chicks really dug them though. Must have been a latent lesbo thing with all that hair flying around....Quiet Riot had to be the ugliest bastards ever and I believe even they got laid. At least the lead singer is dead now. Good Riddance.

Posted by: IrishEd at March 30, 2014 05:48 AM (bfm04)

95 Speaking of La Boheme, the story of Mimi hacking up a lung and slowly dying from some disease that could have been easily treated really is the story of ObamacareÂ…

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 30, 2014 05:48 AM (CMkNk)

96 >>California couple upset after receiving pre-marked voter registration card from Covered California.

And yet, there are still tens of millions of Americans who still believe Obamacare is about compassion and insuring the uninsured.

People can be fooled / will themselves into believing anything.

Posted by: Filippis at March 30, 2014 05:49 AM (YBusZ)

97 97 Yes JJ, hopefully the ankle heals quickly. Thankfully, not too many stairs to contend with at Lincoln Center Posted by: MTF at March 30, 2014 09:48 AM (F58x4) No, but we had to climb about 70 to get out of the subway and then walk about 5 blocks! She's okay, thanks.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 30, 2014 05:49 AM (CMkNk)

98 >>Speaking of La Boheme, the story of Mimi hacking up a lung and slowly dying from some disease that could have been easily treated really is the story of ObamacareÂ…

Heh. Hope your wife feels better soon!

Posted by: Lizzy at March 30, 2014 05:51 AM (udjuE)

99 103 Heh. Hope your wife feels better soon! Posted by: Lizzy at March 30, 2014 09:51 AM (udjuE) Just a tweak. And the cheese omelet I just made works wonders. What can I say, I'm a Jew. Food is medicinal!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 30, 2014 05:51 AM (CMkNk)

100 Morning, Glories. Nood with no news is good gnus? Â§ Twenty years ago today, we drove out of Uptown Chicago with three preadolescent kids and truck full of worldly goods, heading for a new life in rural-ish Oklahoma. When Sefton talks about the good & bad of NYC, this adopted Chicago son appreciates both. Dearly miss the good, although a lot is 'good old days,' gone now, including my M-i-L St. 'Bubby.' Milady has deep roots there, and it's where all my children were born, and where our new little family enjoyed home, neighbors, parks, beaches, museums, air shows, food faires, fireworks from the top of the Hancock, Greek Islands so often our daughter was treated like family (they insisted she would become their lawyer!), and most importantly, much extended family. Milady's clan was close and joyous, lots of cousins. No regrets about the move per se. We did it all wrong. We still haven't fully recovered, haven't really established ourselves as we had been in the Big Potato. At this point, maybe we never will. I wish I'd had the wisdom then that I gleaned from failures. I wish we'd been able to unpack all our books! Life got... smaller, but much more complicated. Still, I suppose, just like becoming a parent, if we'd waited until we were ready, we'd probably still be there. None of the now-adult kids seems anxious to swim back upstream to live in their spawning ground. Or vote Regressive. So, there's that. And if I were there, this fuzzy yellow kitty would have walked up on an empty house: instead he's in my lap. That, too. Plus exciting 4am coyote howls: http://minx.cc/?blog=86&post=348218#c21965143

Posted by: mindful webworker - big potato? at March 30, 2014 05:52 AM (ZX0Je)

101 Yee Gods! The astounding story of Leland Yee. http://on.wsj.com/1gyZimX

Posted by: BornLib at March 30, 2014 05:54 AM (zpNwC)

102 85 "Don't disturb my friend. He's dead tired."

Posted by: Fritz (not Fritz) at March 30, 2014 05:55 AM (bwBxJ)

103 >>Food is medicinal!
Ha! My husband's family saying is "Food is love!" - learned that when I attends my first family holiday (Easter) and there was 2x as much food as needed.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 30, 2014 05:56 AM (udjuE)

104 PowerLine: Standing Up to the Commie Thugs In Venezuela http://t.co/bg7iz1djNT

Posted by: BornLib at March 30, 2014 05:56 AM (zpNwC)

105 Now that Lent is nearly over you can buy Samba costumes for your very own. No word if they were game used or not. http://bit.ly/1i5DD3j

Posted by: MTF at March 30, 2014 05:57 AM (F58x4)

106 U.S. Fracking To EuropeÂ’s Rescue http://wp.me/p4ja0Z-mDm

Posted by: BornLib at March 30, 2014 05:57 AM (zpNwC)

107 "Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 30, 2014 09:51 AM (CMkNk)" ================================== Sadly, my wife has a touch of the flu so food doesn't cut it. I keep offering to play doctor but she isn't buying it. Drat.

Posted by: MTF at March 30, 2014 05:59 AM (F58x4)

108 Book thread up

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 30, 2014 06:00 AM (o3MSL)

109 105 Posted by: mindful webworker - big potato? at March 30, 2014 09:52 AM (ZX0Je) Sounds like a wonderful life. Aside from my brother and the last surviving aunt and uncle, there is no one here and my life is now more and more in the rearview mirror. The plan is to boogie for more climactically and politically sunnier climes. Just gotta sell those damn scripts!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 30, 2014 06:00 AM (CMkNk)

110 112 Sadly, my wife has a touch of the flu so food doesn't cut it. I keep offering to play doctor but she isn't buying it. Drat. Posted by: MTF at March 30, 2014 09:59 AM (F58x4) Hot chicken soup, just the broth unless she can stomach some rice or noodles AND crush a clove or two of garlic and let it steep in the hot broth for a bit.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 30, 2014 06:01 AM (CMkNk)

111 Â» On this day in 1981, President Reagan was shot.... Â—BornLib First comment I heard, tru storie: "The assassin only used a .22??" If only Pores Murgan had been around... um.. something witty here.. I'm out of coffee, and accidentally read some of Morgan's sign-off earlier today. Bad mix.

Posted by: mindful webworker - asleep at the switch again at March 30, 2014 06:02 AM (Tqh1Y)

112 115 Posted by: naturalfake at March 30, 2014 10:00 AM (KBvAm) Yes, that was me. Favorite cut is "Laughing." Great line up on that album as well, Joni and most of the Dead. Not that I'm a big dead fan at all but in the timeframe of 69-71, CSN, Y, Joni, Bob Weir and the rest were in their prime musically.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 30, 2014 06:03 AM (CMkNk)

113 Here's the line up. Creme de la Creme of the San Francisco sound of the 60's/70's: David Crosby Â– guitars, vocals Laura Allan - autoharp, vocal Jack Casady - bass David Freiberg - vocal Jerry Garcia Â– guitars, pedal steel guitar, vocal Mickey Hart Â– drums Paul Kantner - vocal Jorma Kaukonen - guitar Bill Kreutzmann Â– drums, tambourine Phil Lesh Â– bass, vocal Joni Mitchell - vocals Graham Nash Â– guitar, vocals Gregg Rolie - piano Michael Shrieve - drums Grace Slick - vocal Neil Young Â– guitars, bass, vibraphone, congas, vocals

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 30, 2014 06:07 AM (CMkNk)

114 Gob!

Posted by: Kevin at March 30, 2014 06:08 AM (XwvDe)

115 This should surprise no one: White House looks to regulate cow flatulence as part of climate agenda.

I'd ask how they could think they could control cow emissions, but I fear they mean to make us all vegans.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/ol45zb9

Posted by: Lizzy at March 30, 2014 06:09 AM (udjuE)

116 121 Posted by: Lizzy at March 30, 2014 10:09 AM (udjuE) Chastity belts for Harry Reid's mouth.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 30, 2014 06:10 AM (CMkNk)

117 DARBY OÂ’GILL and the Leprechauns was originally published in 1903. So why is it still copyrighted? Even Mickey Mouse doesn't go that far.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 30, 2014 06:11 AM (T2V/1)

118 oops wrong thread

Posted by: Vic[/i] at March 30, 2014 06:11 AM (T2V/1)

119 123 DARBY OÂ’GILL and the Leprechauns was originally published in 1903. So why is it still copyrighted? Even Mickey Mouse doesn't go that far. Posted by: Vic at March 30, 2014 10:11 AM (T2V/1) Usually it's life plus 50 years after the author's death. You'll have to check a copyright expert beyond that. The only exception was "Peter Pan" which I believe was given to the Royal Children's Hospital (?) hence the trouble Spielberg got into when he made "Hook." That's why Dodi Fayed got a producing credit.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 30, 2014 06:14 AM (CMkNk)

120 125 Posted by: naturalfake at March 30, 2014 10:13 AM (KBvAm) Once you get used to his voice, his tracks on CSN(Y) albums are my faves. Bluesy, introspective.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 30, 2014 06:15 AM (CMkNk)

121 126, 123 The answer to the question can be found in the gloriously named, "Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Act". It substantially expanded the life of a copyrighted work.

Posted by: walt at March 30, 2014 06:25 AM (YBusZ)

122 &

Posted by: Buck Farack, Gentleman Adventurer at March 30, 2014 06:28 AM (Nk6GS)

123 This day in history: 1822 Â– The Florida Territory is created in the United States. 1842 Â– Ether anesthesia is used for the first time, in an operation by the American surgeon Dr. Crawford Long. 1855 Â– Origins of the American Civil War: Bleeding Kansas Â– "Border Ruffians" from Missouri invade Kansas and force election of a pro-slavery legislature. 1856 Â– The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Crimean War. 1867 Â– Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, about 2-cent/acre ($4.19/kmÂ²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward. 1870 Â– Texas is readmitted to the Union following Reconstruction. 1939 Â– The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets a world airspeed record of 463 mph (745km/h). 1940 Â– Sino-Japanese War: Japan declares Nanking capital of a new Chinese puppet government, nominally controlled by Wang Jingwei. 1944 Â– Allied bombing raid on Nuremberg. Along the English eastern coast 795 aircraft are despatched, including 572 Lancasters, 214 Halifaxes and 9 Mosquitos. The bombers meet resistance at the coasts of Belgium and the Netherlands from German fighters. In total, 95 bombers are lost, making it the largest RAF Bomber Command loss of World War II.

Posted by: rickl at March 30, 2014 06:33 AM (sdi6R)

124 112?

MTF ?

When my first late wife was deathly ill? She could always stomach a baked potato.

Posted by: backhoe at March 30, 2014 06:34 AM (ULH4o)

125 20 years ago Two years into the Clinton era. CompuServe for a few. Web was unknown. Before cells. Only recently able to own your own hardwired. Before 9/11. Before OKC Murrow... barely. Seems like centuries ago.

Posted by: mindful webworker waxing nostalgical at March 30, 2014 06:47 AM (rMZgH)

126 From Drudge (at WaPo), the expected influential Republicans (GOPe) are lining up behind BUSH. Way past time for a real opposition party, but I'm not holding my breath. And Rove is on Faux News with C Wallace, so an opposition channel would be nice to have also.

Posted by: Hrothgar at March 30, 2014 09:20 AM (o3MSL)

Rove and Strassel were shilling for the Fat RINO Bastard reputation restoration project so they're hedging their bets on squishes.

Posted by: Captain Hate at March 30, 2014 06:58 AM (9uGT0)

127 This may be the deepest post ever. ;-)

Posted by: Y-not on the phone at March 30, 2014 07:01 AM (GaIDK)

128 It's quiet in here today, and I don't have any books to talk about.

Posted by: rickl at March 30, 2014 07:05 AM (sdi6R)

129 Range report: warm brass, dirty gun, nuff said

Posted by: dudenolongerinsantacruz at March 30, 2014 07:06 AM (PGXA8)

130 Naw -- there was a web in 1994. I think that's when Mosaic came out. I do remember, however, the last issue of Computer World that listed all of the bulletin boards. The issues used to look like oversized phone books. It almost seems like it's somebody elses life I'm remembering.

Posted by: Ed Anger at March 30, 2014 07:13 AM (tOkJB)

131 137>> luck, lucky dog... All I got for today is an English paper and a presentation... :-/

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 30, 2014 07:14 AM (60Vyp)

132 What's on television tonight? Nuthin! TWD [will Beth be the main course?] TTD Endeavor [the pilot was great but then it went eh] Something about Hadrian's Wall which is cook but the guy doing it may be a nut...will wait and see. All movies suck. And no, I have no desire to see Noah even if it was the greatest movie ever. I'm sure someone will be offended by this but tough shit.

Posted by: Pug-De-Da! at March 30, 2014 07:16 AM (vFh9Q)

133 By noon, 1,892 American flags graced the Mall, representing the number of veterans who have taken their life this year alone since January 1stÂ—an average of 22 per day. omg freebeacon.com via drudge

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at March 30, 2014 07:22 AM (IXrOn)

134 Hair bands...nasty pasty wankers making bad music...the chicks really dug them though. Must have been a latent lesbo thing with all that hair flying around....

Posted by: IrishEd at March 30, 2014 09:48 AM (bfm04)

Yeah, can't really find fault with that thinking, I pretty much said the same thing years ago. I called them the dudes who raided their girlfriends makeup and wardrobe who then sat around playing songs about the girlfriends whose makeup and wardrobe they raided. Meanwhile, us regular metal heads played songs about storming their castle, drinking their booze, stealing their women, and breaking their shit. We didn't poof our hair or do the makeup thing and yet we scored as much poon as they did. The question was always what type of chick could doink a dude that looks like their sister. I mean, I sure the fuck didn't gravitate to chicks that looked like dudes.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 30, 2014 07:31 AM (FMbng)

135 We're going to visit a small country church this morning.

Posted by: ALH at March 30, 2014 09:13 AM (nulUb)

________________

Which one? Monaco? Andorra? Malta?

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at March 30, 2014 07:32 AM (jucos)

136 We're going through a hair band revival in the BSH house. My wife and I went through our teenage years during the 1980s so this is a bit nostalgic, I guess. Anyway, I've discovered Apple TV and their radio station app. Hair Band channels all over the place. Our kids are basically covering their ears and screaming every time they come into the living room. Good times.

Posted by: Blue State Hostage at March 30, 2014 07:35 AM (FgCn/)

137 >>While we're at it, can we ship Sean Penn to Venezuela and Michael Moore to Cuba? I'm concerned Cuba might tip over.

Posted by: Hank at March 30, 2014 07:35 AM (3rrMW)

138 Btw, just to add one more thought. I miss those girls with the big 80s hair.

Posted by: Blue State Hostage at March 30, 2014 07:37 AM (FgCn/)

139 Btw, just to add one more thought. I miss those girls with the big 80s hair.

Posted by: Blue State Hostage at March 30, 2014 11:37 AM (FgCn/)

Oh fuck yeah. You and me both.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 30, 2014 07:39 AM (FMbng)

140 Good Morning Morons. I have no time to read books so I cannot pollute the book tread with my brain farts. Kids and a business don't leave me a whole lot of me time. I like talking about life pre smart phone and Internet. I remember the first car phone I ever used. It was in my dads limousine and we pulled in front of my grandparents house and called them from the car. The sense of wonderment was palpable. It must have been '78 or '79. Had a rotary dial. Different world now, and I don't believe it is for the better. Our kids are jaded.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at March 30, 2014 07:41 AM (jucos)

141 Mmmm. Tawney Cataine.

Posted by: bergerbilder at March 30, 2014 07:43 AM (8MjqI)

142 The outer solar system is becoming a pretty complicated place. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_trans-Neptunian_objects All of the objects on this list have been discovered since 1992 except Pluto. And Pluto is not even the most massive; it lost that place to Eris, discovered in 2003. Some have stable orbits that are in various gravitational resonances with Neptune, and some don't. Some orbit more or less along the ecliptic plane, and some don't. Some cross Neptune's orbit, like Pluto does, and others are completely outside it. Astronomers now classify them as members of various populations, including Kuiper Belt objects, Centaurs, scattered disk objects, inner Oort Cloud objects, and there are some whose classification is in dispute. This is giving me a headache. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuiper_belt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaur_(minor_planet) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scattered_disc http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oort_cloud One thing's for sure: There are a hell of a lot of potential SMODs out there.

Posted by: rickl at March 30, 2014 07:44 AM (sdi6R)

143 Or, Tawny Kitaen.

Posted by: bergerbilder at March 30, 2014 07:47 AM (8MjqI)

144 More nostalgia, I guess. My job takes me into people's homes. Occasionally, maybe once a year, I run into a place with an old rotary phone. Last time the phone was the most gawd awful puke green color that was popular in the 70s. The shitty taste was everywhere though, as we had an orange kitchen at one point. Yep, bright orange. I can't believe I ever got laid.

Posted by: Blue State Hostage at March 30, 2014 07:47 AM (FgCn/)

145 I remember the first car phone I ever used. It was in my dads limousine and we pulled in front of my grandparents house and called them from the car. The sense of wonderment was palpable. It must have been '78 or '79. Had a rotary dial. Different world now, and I don't believe it is for the better. Our kids are jaded.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at March 30, 2014 11:41 AM (jucos)

I still have my first car phone that I got in the 80's packed away somewhere. A truly nasty device, as big as a PC tower, and you had to screw the antenna into the sucker.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 30, 2014 07:48 AM (FMbng)

146 Ahhh, Sunday. F'ing rain.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/s]akula51 at March 30, 2014 07:50 AM (/ijpd)

147 Didn't Tawny Kitaen marry a baseball player and then have a nasty fistfight with him in public? Or maybe she tried to run him over? Or am I misremembering?

Posted by: Blue State Hostage at March 30, 2014 07:51 AM (FgCn/)

148 Focke's List of DC BBSes. Those were the days...

Posted by: [/i][/b][/s]akula51 at March 30, 2014 07:52 AM (/ijpd)

149 The shitty taste was everywhere though, as we had an orange kitchen at one point. Yep, bright orange. I can't believe I ever got laid.

Posted by: Blue State Hostage at March 30, 2014 11:47 AM (FgCn/)

Ah yes, the dreaded "mediterranean" era.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 30, 2014 07:54 AM (FMbng)

150 The sun is shining brightly here in NeOH - on 5" of snow. It would be nice except that we've wasted one of our allotted 12 sunny days per year.

Posted by: bergerbilder at March 30, 2014 07:54 AM (8MjqI)

151

Chuck Finley. Beat him up and tried to run him over. Tawney would have been fun to ride.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at March 30, 2014 07:55 AM (jucos)

152 119 Michael Shrieve - drums Love his music.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 30, 2014 07:57 AM (u82oZ)

153 >>>> 155 Didn't Tawny Kitaen marry a baseball player and then have a nasty fistfight with him in public? Or maybe she tried to run him over? Or am I misremembering? Posted by: Blue State Hostage at March 30, 2014 11:51 AM (FgCn/) It was Chuck Finley a pitcher for the Indians at the time. She attacked him with a stilletto heel to the face while he was driving.

Posted by: bergerbilder at March 30, 2014 07:59 AM (8MjqI)

154 So Tawny Kitaen. The perfect blend of smoking hot and bat shit crazy.

Posted by: Blue State Hostage at March 30, 2014 08:12 AM (FgCn/)

155

. Our kids are basically covering their ears and screaming every time they come into the living room. Good times.

this sums up what I hope parenthood will be like

Posted by: dudenolongerinsantacruz at March 30, 2014 08:14 AM (PGXA8)

156 It was Chuck Finley a pitcher for the Indians at the time. She attacked him with a stilletto heel to the face while he was driving.

Posted by: bergerbilder at March 30, 2014 11:59 AM (8MjqI)

Tawny Kitaen ... Anna Benson

Today's lesson for MLB ballplayers

Never stick your dick in crazy

Posted by: kbdabear at March 30, 2014 08:14 AM (aTXUx)

157 For you Roman Art freaks, here's an interesting site: https://sites.google.com/site/ad79eruption/

Posted by: Pug-De-Da! at March 30, 2014 08:15 AM (vFh9Q)

158 I hope John Roberts get his pre marked voter registration card with his Obamacare tax information.

Posted by: gracepmc at March 30, 2014 08:17 AM (rznx3)

159 He asked for it!

Posted by: T. Kitaen at March 30, 2014 08:21 AM (vFh9Q)

160 167
He asked for it!

Posted by: T. Kitaen at March 30, 2014 12:21 PM (vFh9Q)

I hear ya, sister!!

Posted by: Anna Benson at March 30, 2014 08:22 AM (aTXUx)

161 Tawny Kitaen Open Thread Compliance Pic

http://tinyurl.com/l3wrp6a

Posted by: kbdabear at March 30, 2014 08:26 AM (aTXUx)

162 Tawny has some pointy elbows, n'est pas?

Posted by: bergerbilder at March 30, 2014 08:32 AM (8MjqI)

163 One thing's for sure: There are a hell of a lot of potential SMODs out there. Reminder: Comet Hyakutake was discovered on January 31, 1996, and made its closest approach to Earth on March 25. Only four comets in the previous 100 years came closer. It was heading almost directly for us when it was first spotted. Its nucleus was about three miles in diameter. This proved that a comet could be discovered and found to be on a collision course, and we could have less than two months' warning. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_Hyakutake That photo on the Wiki page? That's exactly how it appeared to the naked eye, only bigger. It was one of the coolest things I've ever seen.

Posted by: rickl at March 30, 2014 08:36 AM (sdi6R)

164 test

Posted by: S. Muldoon at March 30, 2014 04:20 PM (g4TxM)

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