January 30, 2014

Emergency Thursday Open Thread [Y-not]
— Open Blogger

Sooo... here's a fresh thread for you to enjoy until the Ewok wakes up. I assume putting this up will result in immediate stompening!

It's snowing here today, which is great for Utah (although bad for the plans I had today). Here's something funny below the jump: Epic Snow Fails


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1 We got 3/100s of an inch of rain in downtown S.F. last night.  Hope that helps the bums.

Posted by: SFGoth at January 30, 2014 08:16 AM (CyDmM)

2 *lights Ewok Signal, waits for stompening*

Posted by: Y-not at January 30, 2014 08:17 AM (zDsvJ)

3 /gasps for air

Posted by: Brother Cavil at January 30, 2014 08:17 AM (naUcP)

4 Free lawn care for all Americans? Where's my damned sombrero?

Posted by: Weeping Boner at January 30, 2014 08:17 AM (Dwehj)

5 Snowy Morning here, too.

Posted by: garrett at January 30, 2014 08:17 AM (gfvnS)

6 locked up on that video.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 30, 2014 08:18 AM (T2V/1)

7 I'm eating Cheerios. The normal kind, not the biracial Cheerios.

Posted by: soothsayer at January 30, 2014 08:18 AM (MiLnO)

8 Snow??

Posted by: Charlie Sheen at January 30, 2014 08:18 AM (NpXoL)

9 Hey, SFGoth, I was thinking of taking the mister to Russian River Valley or similar this spring. When's the best time for the old wine country thing in terms of weather and (un)crowdage?

Posted by: Y-not at January 30, 2014 08:19 AM (zDsvJ)

10 Snow??

Posted by: Charlie Sheen at January 30, 2014 12:18 PM (NpXoL)

 

Do you have any idea what the street value of this mountain is?!

Posted by: Charles DeMar at January 30, 2014 08:19 AM (DrWcr)

11 Ugh. Sorry about that Vic.

Posted by: Y-not at January 30, 2014 08:19 AM (zDsvJ)

12 You know what's been bothering me lately?  The Scandis have taken over the good mystery/suspense novel market lately.  What's up with that?  I'm pretty sure it's a conspiracy.

Posted by: WalrusRex at January 30, 2014 08:19 AM (XUKZU)

13 Temp has soared to 20 degrees. I feel Spring in the air!

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 30, 2014 08:19 AM (aDwsi)

14 Snowed here yesterday and it just now crossed 32F

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 30, 2014 08:19 AM (T2V/1)

15 I hate watching videos of idiots wiping out and getting hurt. Must be the sympathetic klutz in me.

Posted by: Hobbitopoly at January 30, 2014 08:20 AM (fk1A8)

16 There is NO BIGGER FAIL than the agony of defeat! http://bit.ly/1daEPhX

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 30, 2014 08:20 AM (DmNpO)

17 I would of made an excellent coke head.


Second look at a Bolivian retirement villa??
 

Posted by: Henry Waxman at January 30, 2014 08:20 AM (NpXoL)

18

Decimated terrorist group, though thoroughly decimated, coming to America to... well... decimate:


http://tinyurl.com/p5urvvn


Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at January 30, 2014 08:21 AM (BZAd3)

19 With regards to the sidebar about the sycophant reporters wife, I need someone to explain how a cnn producer in 4 years become the assistant to thr transpirtation secretary then parlay that into the #3 spot at the faa? All this with a ba in journalism.

Posted by: Kreplach at January 30, 2014 08:21 AM (1gdVS)

20 Damn the Perugians.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 30, 2014 08:21 AM (g5X0d)

21 brb gettin shawarma

Posted by: lolTonyStark at January 30, 2014 08:21 AM (/29Nl)

22 In Hollywood, apparently this passes as "tolerance:"

"Democratic fundraiser/actor Ben Affleck – and the next big-screen “Batman” – recently gave an interview to Playboy. His own bias against Republicans, he admits, prevents him from fully enjoying a Republican actor’s performance.

“It’s … hard,” said Affleck, “to get people to suspend disbelief.” Affleck said: “When I watch a guy I know is a big Republican, part of me thinks, I probably wouldn’t like this person if I met him, or we would have different opinions."

Posted by: Lizzy at January 30, 2014 08:21 AM (POpqt)

23 Temps have soared in NE IA. Its 28 and the snow is once more flying.

Posted by: Angel with a sword at January 30, 2014 08:21 AM (hpgw1)

24 You'd think after 40 years in Congress, 'ol Nostrils would be able to afford a nose job....jeebus, that is an ugly man.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at January 30, 2014 08:21 AM (OsWis)

25 Just crept negative here last night. -0.5 degrees when I got up.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 30, 2014 08:21 AM (aDwsi)

26 Since it's an open thread, from the end of last thread: Gravois (Grav-oys) Gravois Road. The Mother Road. Route 66. Coral Court Motel.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 30, 2014 08:21 AM (xZxMD)

27 You know what I'm looking forward to? John Boehner singing Don't Cry For Me America.

Posted by: WalrusRex at January 30, 2014 08:22 AM (XUKZU)

28 Finally up in the 20s today. The latest deep freeze is supposedly coming to an end. So, of course, now that it's warmer they're predicting a lot of snow this weekend.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at January 30, 2014 08:22 AM (7ObY1)

29 Posted by: Henry Waxman at January 30, 2014 12:20 PM (NpXoL) Dude, did you know I can, like, totally see the back of your head through your nose?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at January 30, 2014 08:22 AM (0HooB)

30 In Hollywood, apparently this passes as "tolerance:"


At least he's marginally self-aware.  That's actually something.

Posted by: grognard at January 30, 2014 08:22 AM (/29Nl)

31 I hate watching videos of idiots wiping out and getting hurt. Must be the sympathetic klutz in me. *** Not even just getting hurt, like in the awful vids on Tosh.0, but the gotcha pranks that humiliate people. The closest any modern show came to pranking without doing harm was punked. And I HATE Borat and the Jackass crew.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 30, 2014 08:23 AM (DmNpO)

32 Will the biracial family that conservatives are supposedly freaked out about (because of course, NO conservatives have biracial families) (sarc) be eating the mixed colors cereal? https://www.cheerios.com/en/Products/Multi_Grain_Cheerios_Dark_Chocolate_Crunch.aspx

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 30, 2014 08:23 AM (7kkQJ)

33 In Hollywood, apparently this passes as "tolerance:"

"Democratic fundraiser/actor Ben Affleck – and the next big-screen
“Batman” – recently gave an interview to Playboy. His own bias against
Republicans, he admits, prevents him from fully enjoying a Republican
actorÂ’s performance.

“It’s … hard,” said Affleck, “to get people to
suspend disbelief.”
Affleck said: “When I watch a guy I know is a big Republican,
part of me thinks, I probably wouldnÂ’t like this person if I met him,
or we would have different opinions."
-
And diversity.

Posted by: WalrusRex at January 30, 2014 08:23 AM (XUKZU)

34 Ol' Henry has probably killed more birds than a fleet of 747s. Good riddance.

Posted by: joncelli at January 30, 2014 08:23 AM (RD7QR)

35 3.2% GDP last 4thQtr better than expexted...natch Boom times! I see...Kaboom times, myself.

Posted by: soothsayer at January 30, 2014 08:23 AM (MiLnO)

36 Now in Meghan McCain size.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 30, 2014 08:24 AM (g5X0d)

37 After viewing part of that video, All I can think is, I hope they have obamacare.

Posted by: Rutherford D. Hayes at January 30, 2014 08:24 AM (ZMP7B)

38 My prediction?  PAIN

Posted by: Barry 'Clubber Lang' Soetoro at January 30, 2014 08:24 AM (Pr6hk)

39 Hey, I'm from Northern Ca. wine Country and my opinion is Spring is best. Gorgeous here in Sonoma Co. Napa is too hoity toity and crowded!

Posted by: hello, it's me also a creep-assed cracka.. at January 30, 2014 08:24 AM (9+ccr)

40 You know what I'm looking forward to? John Boehner singing Don't Cry For Me America.

You just don't understand the nuances of Crony Capitalism, my friend. Leave this stuff to your betters.

Posted by: Weeping Boner at January 30, 2014 08:24 AM (Dwehj)

41 Why is Waxman retiring? Please tell me he has Stage X ass cancer.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 30, 2014 08:24 AM (oFCZn)

42 Heh, major disaster exercise here on Base. What's funny is hearing daughter (the younger) on the Base speaker system telling everyone to shelter in place. I knew she could speak clearly when she wanted to.

Posted by: Ma Bell at January 30, 2014 08:24 AM (RLdcX)

43 That Henry Waxman thing in the sidebar made me laugh.  Out loud. 

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 30, 2014 08:25 AM (Oa7B2)

44 I don't mind watching clips where somebody is doing something of the "Hold my beer, and y'all watch this" level of stupidity. Now if somebody was say posing for a picture and what they're standing on crumples, them I feel bad for them. For example, all parkour failures deserve to be painful.

Posted by: nnptcgrad at January 30, 2014 08:25 AM (IrEj8)

45 Atlanta update: snow is getting all melty, 42 this afternoon, 50s tomorrow, 60s over the weekend. Schools closed tomorrow too, because, the children.,

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 30, 2014 08:26 AM (ojnk6)

46 Finally had some rain here in Calif. last night...

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 30, 2014 08:26 AM (84gbM)

47 Affleck said: “When I watch a guy I know is a big Republican, part of me thinks, I probably wouldn’t like this person if I met him, or we would have different opinions." - And diversity. This asshole gets to fuck Jennifer Garner. There is no justice.

Posted by: garrett at January 30, 2014 08:26 AM (gfvnS)

48
I'm eating Cheerios.
The normal kind, not the biracial Cheerios.
-
MSKGB's opinion is that diversity is fine in a marriage as long as you don't have a man and a woman.

Posted by: WalrusRex at January 30, 2014 08:26 AM (XUKZU)

49 With regards to the sidebar about the sycophant reporters wife, I need someone to explain how a cnn producer in 4 years become the assistant to thr transpirtation secretary then parlay that into the #3 spot at the faa? All this with a ba in journalism. Posted by: Kreplach --------------------------- Keep pressing that. It deserves a lot of mention. As I pointed out last night, WTF did the Charlotte mayor ever do to merit Sec. of Transportation? Actually, I DO know the answer to that. He raised a $10 million dollar loan to finance the Dem Nat. Convention, and then defaulted on the loan. So, he stole money, and bought an office with it. And, he is..., well, a black guy. So, no harm, no foul.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 30, 2014 08:26 AM (aDwsi)

50 So, ladies and gents, I discovered something interesting yesterday. I'd been dropping hints at Mr Y-not about wanting to see Sleeping Beauty (the ballet) for Valentine's Day, but he's been somewhat preoccupied at work so he didn't seem to be moving on it. I was afraid the good seats would get snapped up, so I went ahead and got them yesterday. Told him last night. He was so relieved and happy that I'd done it. Definitely the right thing to do. While I was at it I told him "no flowers delivered". The couple of times he's done that the local florists here have totally botched it, resulting in tons of aggravation. (VD isn't really a big day for us, but the only time he would be free for that ballet happened to be 2/14.)

Posted by: Y-not at January 30, 2014 08:26 AM (zDsvJ)

51 43, Me too...still laughing.

Posted by: SMFH at it all at January 30, 2014 08:26 AM (OsWis)

52 Rush just mentioned that some of the GOP/RINO's heavyweights are going onto MSNBC ... (I think about immigration) wth? And, then, he mentions the Republican party boycott of MSNBC... wth?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 30, 2014 08:27 AM (IXrOn)

53 Posted by: SFGoth at January 30, 2014 12:16 PM (CyDmM)

That wasn't rain. The bums were pissing, and it was windy......

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 30, 2014 08:27 AM (QFxY5)

54 Girl Scouts supports Wendy Davis and Kathleen Sebelius as role models. There's a move to boycott buying cookies: http://cookiecott.com/

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 30, 2014 08:27 AM (7kkQJ)

55 This asshole gets to fuck Jennifer Garner. There is no justice.

I expect she's a pretty big asshole too if that's any consolation.

Posted by: eleven at January 30, 2014 08:27 AM (KXm42)

56 And they wonder why the audience for their films continues to shrink.

Posted by: steevy at January 30, 2014 08:27 AM (zqvg6)

57 46 Finally had some rain here in Calif. last night... Posted by: Romeo13 at January 30, 2014 12:26 PM (84gbM) You call that rain? I call it 3 drops

Posted by: Ma Bell at January 30, 2014 08:27 AM (RLdcX)

58 Atlanta update: snow is getting all melty, 42 this afternoon, 50s tomorrow, 60s over the weekend. Schools closed tomorrow too, because, the children., Posted by: Man ------------------ I'll bet parents there are pissed. As they should be.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 30, 2014 08:27 AM (aDwsi)

59 Epic snow fails are epic. I LOL'd.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 30, 2014 08:27 AM (xZxMD)

60 >>FOX NEWS ALERT <<
CATHY MCMORRIS-ROGERS CLAIMS KARL ROVE IS NOT THE FATHER OF HER NEW BABY.

Posted by: CPAC Welcome Committee at January 30, 2014 08:27 AM (Cs2tJ)

61 33 In Hollywood, apparently this passes as "tolerance:" "Democratic fundraiser/actor Ben Affleck – and the next big-screen “Batman” – recently gave an interview to Playboy. His own bias against Republicans, he admits, prevents him from fully enjoying a Republican actor’s performance. “It’s … hard,” said Affleck, “to get people to suspend disbelief.” Affleck said: “When I watch a guy I know is a big Republican, part of me thinks, I probably wouldn’t like this person if I met him, or we would have different opinions." - And diversity. Posted by: WalrusRex at January 30, 2014 12:23 PM (XUKZU) ************** Well now he knows how we feel when we have to watch his preachy ass.

Posted by: tasker at January 30, 2014 08:27 AM (RJMhd)

62

until the Ewok wakes up

 

 

 

That's  code  for  makes  bail.

Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at January 30, 2014 08:27 AM (rXcBX)

63 >>Posted by: hello, it's me also a creep-assed cracka.. Thanks! I've been there once years ago iirc in the summer, but he hasn't been. Are there any local festivals/events you'd recommend?

Posted by: Y-not at January 30, 2014 08:27 AM (zDsvJ)

64 54 Girl Scouts wewnt hard left years ago.

Posted by: steevy at January 30, 2014 08:28 AM (zqvg6)

65 (VD isn't really a big day for us, but the only time he would be free for that ballet happened to be 2/14.) Posted by: Y-not at January 30, 2014 12:26 PM (zDsvJ) Same for us. We usually share some extra special chocolates, and snuggle on the couch.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 30, 2014 08:28 AM (IXrOn)

66 The name Cheerios is a racist dog whistle to Anglo-Saxon white supremacy.

Posted by: WalrusRex at January 30, 2014 08:28 AM (XUKZU)

67 Is Valentines Day coming up?  Hmmm.  I better get right on that.  Wonder how?

Posted by: MTF at January 30, 2014 08:28 AM (B5y+v)

68 6" of global warming this morning. Although we do get a tropical high of 16 today and then right back into the deep freeze. Only 3 plus more months of winter! Yea!!!!

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 30, 2014 08:29 AM (C3Wjb)

69 I expect she's a pretty big asshole too if that's any consolation. *** No evidence of that, other than the fact that she tolerates that asshole.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 30, 2014 08:29 AM (DmNpO)

70 I shouldn't laugh at the snow fails since when I was about nine a bunch of us went sledding with our parents there and one kid slammed into another and the other kid's head got caved in and it was all very scary so I know such accidents can be serious, you guys. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Yes, the kid needed a plate in his head. Yes, he turned out fine. Yes, we used to try to stick magnets to his head.

Posted by: alexthechick - Please SMOD. Just for me? at January 30, 2014 08:29 AM (VtjlW)

71 How come Waxman looks better in the sidebar than he does in real life?

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at January 30, 2014 08:29 AM (7ObY1)

72 until the Ewok wakes up That's code for makes bail. Word on the street is that he was picked up for 'Walking the Anteate'r out in front of a Curves.

Posted by: garrett at January 30, 2014 08:29 AM (gfvnS)

73 Posted by: Y-not at January 30, 2014 12:26 PM (zDsvJ) The wife and I have birthdays right after Valentine's day. This year she said "no gifts" to which I responded "that is the best give you could have possibly given me." We usually go out to eat the day before or after, doubly so this year since it's on a Friday and the crowds will be horrific.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at January 30, 2014 08:29 AM (GaqMa)

74 Last time I checked it was 10 degrees.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 30, 2014 08:30 AM (g5X0d)

75 CATHY MCMORRIS-ROGERS CLAIMS KARL ROVE IS NOT THE FATHER OF HER NEW BABY. -- So how was her rebuttal, really? I've seen wildly varying accts of it.

Posted by: Y-not at January 30, 2014 08:30 AM (zDsvJ)

76 I bet General Mills would pay good money to NBC to not mention  "Cheerios" in any future tweets.

Posted by: MTF at January 30, 2014 08:30 AM (B5y+v)

77 41 Why is Waxman retiring? Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 30, 2014 12:24 PM (oFCZn) In reality? He does not want to be in office when it all falls apart... Note.... there have been a LOT of very long term Congress critters retiring this year...

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 30, 2014 08:30 AM (84gbM)

78 I just want to make sure that the hand-off of our country to the commies is orderly.

Posted by: Weeping Boner at January 30, 2014 08:30 AM (Dwehj)

79 I've been there once years ago iirc in the summer, but he hasn't been. Are there any local festivals/events you'd recommend? Posted by: Y-not at January 30, 2014 12:27 PM (zDsvJ) Well I'll ask my Daughter she does the Advertising and marketing at one of the boutique Wineries here... But just exploring on your own at all the different areas is fun anyway...

Posted by: hello, it's me also a creep-assed cracka.. at January 30, 2014 08:30 AM (9+ccr)

80 You all have seen Henry Waxman ...

Now tell me that there isn't a Pig Man!!

Posted by: Cosmo Kramer at January 30, 2014 08:30 AM (aTXUx)

81 They say the sidebar takes off ten pounds.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 30, 2014 08:30 AM (g5X0d)

82 I prefer the conservative cereal alternative: Pip Pips!

Posted by: soothsayer at January 30, 2014 08:30 AM (MiLnO)

83 Dammit.  "Willowed" again.

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at January 30, 2014 08:31 AM (d4ZzM)

84 I expect she's a pretty big asshole too if that's any consolation. When she was on ALIAS she had an affair with her married costar, destroyed his marriage, then dumped him. Didn't take long for Hollyweird to change the West Virginia girl.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at January 30, 2014 08:31 AM (7ObY1)

85 If you like marshmallows, try Pip Pips 'N All That!

Posted by: soothsayer at January 30, 2014 08:31 AM (MiLnO)

86 I remember living through Minnesota winters. You wake up one day late in January with the stark realization that Winter was really only 1/2 over. Depressing it was.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at January 30, 2014 08:32 AM (32Ze2)

87

The video no shows for me. Care to share the url in the comments?

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at January 30, 2014 08:32 AM (+/C3g)

88 Well, off to a meeting and then to work. Off at 2400. Reminded Mrs. E not to shoot me when I get home. She gets all my military retirement now, but would only get half as a widow lady.

Posted by: Erowmero at January 30, 2014 08:32 AM (OONaw)

89 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 30, 2014 08:32 AM (PYAXX)

90 Girl Scouts went hard left full retard years ago.

FIFY

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at January 30, 2014 08:32 AM (d4ZzM)

91 >>> Do you have any idea what the street value of this mountain is?!

Hah, love that movie. "Now that's a real shame when folks be throwin' away a perfectly good white boy like that."

Posted by: LizLem at January 30, 2014 08:32 AM (BF+2f)

92 Open Thread Non Spider Compliance pic for AtC ....

http://www.arollothighboots.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Arollo-_0158.jpg

Posted by: Cosmo Kramer at January 30, 2014 08:32 AM (aTXUx)

93 Weren't Cheerios the ones who got into doo-doo with the FDA or some such agency for claiming a health benefit from their cereal? IIRC something to do with the oats lowering cholesterol thing. I like the multi grain ones better than the regular ones. They're slightly sweet, but not too much.

Posted by: Y-not at January 30, 2014 08:33 AM (zDsvJ)

94 **headdesk** Why, Visual Studio? Why won't you work? Please finish loading this project so I can get it f-ing done.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 30, 2014 08:33 AM (PYAXX)

95 Affleck said: “When I watch a guy I know is a big Republican,
part of me thinks, I probably wouldnÂ’t like this person if I met him,
or we would have different opinions."

Posted by: Lizzy at January 30, 2014 12:21 PM (POpqt)


I like escapist movies; superheros and the like, but just like commie Redford will keep me from going to see the new Capt. America movie, I'll not watch another Afleck movie.   BTW - I've never seen a Jane Fonda movie, and won't.  I quit watching Sean Penn movies when I found out what a dick he is.  My entertainment choices are dissipating rapidly.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at January 30, 2014 08:33 AM (BZAd3)

96 You all will be thanking me in 5 years when the price of avocados has been halved.

Posted by: Weeping Boner at January 30, 2014 08:34 AM (Dwehj)

97 Open Thread Compliance Non-Spider pic #2

http://www.arollo.net/wp-content/uploads/018.jpg

Posted by: kbdabear at January 30, 2014 08:34 AM (aTXUx)

98 Holy shit.....just as I was reading the Girl Scout comment, one of the guys from the floor came into the office and asked if we wanted to buy GS cookies!!!


Creepy.


 

Posted by: dananjcon at January 30, 2014 08:34 AM (NpXoL)

99 Sorry about the video issues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ycm0CwQB3xc

Posted by: Y-not at January 30, 2014 08:34 AM (zDsvJ)

100 79 You all have seen Henry Waxman ...

Now tell me that there isn't a Pig Man!!

Posted by: Cosmo Kramer at January 30, 2014 12:30 PM (aTXUx)




No, Waxman is proof that there is a ManBearPig...

I'm guessing Henry wants to spend more time with the 'bears' in North Hollywood

Posted by: Al Gore at January 30, 2014 08:34 AM (Pr6hk)

101 I'm still baffled over the traffic situation in Atlanta over two inches of snow.

I can see how six inches or more might cause big problems in a state without snow plows and such, but a couple of inches lead to 18 hour commutes and people abandoning their cars?

Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 30, 2014 08:34 AM (SY2Kh)

102 ...I told him no.  Natch.


Posted by: dananjcon at January 30, 2014 08:34 AM (NpXoL)

103 I remember living through Minnesota winters. You wake up one day late in January with the stark realization that Winter was really only 1/2 over. Depressing it was. Posted by: Truck Monkey at January 30, 2014 12:32 PM ......Yep. Ugh.... Fuck.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 30, 2014 08:34 AM (C3Wjb)

104 This asshole gets to fuck Jennifer Garner. There is no justice. Posted by: garrett at January 30, 2014 12:26 PM (gfvnS) Reposting because it needs repeated. I approve of the boots. Oh, yes, yes, I do.

Posted by: alexthechick - Please SMOD. Just for me? at January 30, 2014 08:35 AM (VtjlW)

105 Quaker Oats Oatmeal Squares for me. I like to add a tablespoon of peanut butter to it. Fiber One Nutty Clusters are tasty too. And fiber-y.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at January 30, 2014 08:35 AM (7ObY1)

106 Those Dosidos have made me sick the last few times I got them.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 30, 2014 08:35 AM (g5X0d)

107 I can see how six inches or more might cause big problems in a state without snow plows and such, but a couple of inches lead to 18 hour commutes and people abandoning their cars? I'm not familiar enough with Atlanta to tell you, but that little doesn't normally lead to that kind of thing here in DFW (at least- not on anything like the same scale). I suspect there is some infrastructure or other "extra" problem that's actually causing the mass hysteria.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 30, 2014 08:36 AM (PYAXX)

108 or you could opt for the Libertarian cereal: Tootle-Oos!

Posted by: soothsayer at January 30, 2014 08:36 AM (MiLnO)

109 54 Girl Scouts supports Wendy Davis and Kathleen Sebelius as role models. There's a move to boycott buying cookies: http://cookiecott.com/ Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 30, 2014 12:27 PM (7kkQJ)

I never understood as a kid why the Mormon church never officially endorsed its girls joining Girl Scouts (though many did anyway, cookies mmm) when they had all the boys do Boy Scouting. I later learned this is why, Girl Scouts went all feminazi crazy long ago. Boy scouting will eventually go same way I think.

Posted by: LizLem at January 30, 2014 08:36 AM (BF+2f)

110 I don't care for diversity so when I eat Rice Krispies I take out all the snaps and crackles and eat only the pops.  That way it's patriarchal too.

Posted by: WalrusRex at January 30, 2014 08:36 AM (XUKZU)

111 Heh. Kevin Williamson strikes again in the sidebar: "Politicians steer the economy like chimps fly rockets."

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit [/i][/s][/b] at January 30, 2014 08:36 AM (0HooB)

112 I remember living through Minnesota winters. You wake up one day late in January with the stark realization that Winter was really only 1/2 over. Depressing it was.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at January 30, 2014 12:32 PM (32Ze2)

=======

Mrs. Nighthawk is from PA.  According to her the four seasons are: "Almost Winter", "Winter", "Still Winter", and "Construction".

Posted by: Nighthawk at January 30, 2014 08:36 AM (OtQXp)

113 Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 30, 2014 12:34 PM (SY2Kh)
Ice?

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 30, 2014 08:37 AM (o3MSL)

114 Those Dosidos have made me sick the last few times I got them.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 30, 2014 12:35 PM (g5X0d)

You're not supposed to eat a pallet load in a single sitting.

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at January 30, 2014 08:37 AM (d4ZzM)

115 I'm still baffled over the traffic situation in Atlanta over two inches of snow. Atlanta is not much better in the summer

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at January 30, 2014 08:37 AM (R8hU8)

116 So the @CostcoToday twitter feed is so obnoxious that I am finally considering dumping my membership and switching to Sam's Club. But I really hate to give up their meat section. Anyone have experience with Sam's?

Posted by: Y-not at January 30, 2014 08:37 AM (zDsvJ)

117 Giants passed fake ‘game-worn’ gear to fans so Eli could keep real items: lawsuit

Quarterback Eli Manning and New York Giants brass created bogus “game-worn” football gear to pass off as the real deal — and one of the forgeries is sitting in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, an explosive new lawsuit claims.

A helmet on display in the hallowed Canton, Ohio, gridiron museum — supposedly worn by Manning in Big Blue’s 2008 Super Bowl victory over the New England Patriots — is just one of dozens of fake items the football superstar and his Giants cohorts have created to fool fans and make money from collectors over the years, the lawsuit alleges.

Other “forgeries” passed off on collectors include several Manning jerseys, two 2012 Super Bowl helmets and a 2004 “rookie season” helmet, according to court papers.

Posted by: Tommy Flanagan, The Pathological Liar at January 30, 2014 08:37 AM (e8kgV)

118 #100, I hear you. I've been making excuses for our southern bretheren, having lived in the south and knowing they don't have the equipment and experience we do with snow. But geez, enough is enough. Living here in snow central, I'm about to stop being polite and understanding and start pointing and laughing.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at January 30, 2014 08:37 AM (7ObY1)

119 Mmmmm.... I can smell retirement from my chair...or is that Boxer's rotten ol'....





 

Posted by: Henry Waxman at January 30, 2014 08:37 AM (NpXoL)

120 Race on the brain. MSNBC Panelist: Boehner is Darker than Obama MSNBC guest Donny Deutsch made it a point to highlight Speaker Boehner’s skin tone on “Morning Joe’’ Thursday, exclaiming, “Look, his skin is darker than Obama’s! This is important!” Cohost Mika Brzezinski shot down Deutsch’s remarks, retorting, “Says the man in the pink and gray suit. Really?” and “Frankly I don’t care.” http://freebeacon.com/msnbc-panelist-boehner-is-darker-than-obama/ video at link

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 30, 2014 08:38 AM (IXrOn)

121 Mrs. Nighthawk is from PA. According to her the four seasons are: "Almost Winter", "Winter", "Still Winter", and "Construction".  Posted by: Nighthawk at January 30, 2014 12:36 PM (OtQXp)


Ask her if she knows what's orange and sleeps six.

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at January 30, 2014 08:38 AM (d4ZzM)

122 I can see how six inches or more might cause big problems in a state without snow plows and such, but a couple of inches lead to 18 hour commutes and people abandoning their cars?
Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 30, 2014 12:34 PM

On top of freezing rain. Try getting somewhere in freezing rain sometime and tell us how it goes

One time I was coming into DC on I-95 from Northern VA and there were smashed cars all over the place due to iced roads from freezing rain

Snowfall accumulation? 0.0 inches

Posted by: kbdabear at January 30, 2014 08:38 AM (aTXUx)

123 Epic Pigman Retires. Sniffs and snorts to Waxman.

Posted by: CandyCrowley at January 30, 2014 08:38 AM (HLthy)

124 Reposting because it needs repeated. Just trying to keep it from getting too classy in here.

Posted by: garrett at January 30, 2014 08:38 AM (gfvnS)

125 Ice?

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 30, 2014 12:37 PM (o3MSL)

No thanks.

I'll take mine straight up, with a twist.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 30, 2014 08:38 AM (QFxY5)

126 In Hollywood, apparently this passes as "tolerance:" "Democratic fundraiser/actor Ben Affleck – and the next big-screen “Batman” – recently gave an interview to Playboy. His own bias against Republicans, he admits, prevents him from fully enjoying a Republican actor’s performance. “It’s … hard,” said Affleck, “to get people to suspend disbelief.” Affleck said: “When I watch a guy I know is a big Republican, part of me thinks, I probably wouldn’t like this person if I met him, or we would have different opinions." Posted by: Lizzy at January 30, 2014 12:21 PM (POpqt) If all conservatives were to stop watching liberal actors' and directors' movies, Hollywood would go bankrupt. Hey, sounds like a good idea, right, Ben? So someone having different opinions from you is enough reason for you not to enjoy a performance that has nothing whatsoever to do with politics? That's big of you, Ben, and tolerant, too. Not surprised since he obviously never has to encounter any opinions different from his.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at January 30, 2014 08:38 AM (r+7wo)

127 No evidence of that, other than the fact that she tolerates that asshole.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 30, 2014 12:29 PM (DmNpO)


And how much more evidence do you need?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 30, 2014 08:38 AM (60Q+L)

128 I never understood as a kid why the Mormon church never officially endorsed its girls joining Girl Scouts (though many did anyway, cookies mmm) when they had all the boys do Boy Scouting. I later learned this is why, Girl Scouts went all feminazi crazy long ago. Boy scouting will eventually go same way I think.

Posted by: LizLem at January 30, 2014 12:36 PM (BF+2f)




mmmm.   Boy Scouts. 

Hey sonny, reach into my pocket for a special merit badge


Posted by: Harry Reid is a pederast at January 30, 2014 08:38 AM (Pr6hk)

129 97 Holy shit.....just as I was reading the Girl Scout comment, one of the guys from the floor came into the office and asked if we wanted to buy GS cookies!!! Creepy. Posted by: dananjcon at January 30, 2014 12:34 PM (NpXoL) Crap.... their on to us.... have we got deniability on the Girl Scout portal?

Posted by: NSA at January 30, 2014 08:38 AM (84gbM)

130 How is it that McConnell isn't easily ahead in the early polling? He's incumbent, one of the top players in the GOP hierarchy, can bring home the pork, gets more air time than just about anyone and has a long track record... Hmmm.....

Posted by: Meremortal at January 30, 2014 08:39 AM (1Y+hH)

131 I'm still baffled over the traffic situation in Atlanta over two inches of snow. I can see how six inches or more might cause big problems in a state without snow plows and such, but a couple of inches lead to 18 hour commutes and people abandoning their cars? Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 30, 2014 12:34 PM (SY2Kh) It's the ice. Evidently some of the highways are sheer ice.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 30, 2014 08:39 AM (IXrOn)

132 No evidence of that, other than the fact that she tolerates that asshole.

That was my premise.

Posted by: eleven at January 30, 2014 08:39 AM (KXm42)

133 On top of freezing rain. Try getting somewhere in freezing rain sometime and tell us how it goes Without studs and or chains, it's damn near suicidal.

Posted by: garrett at January 30, 2014 08:39 AM (gfvnS)

134 I turned my back on Girl Scout cookies once the Thin Mints went to the new low peppermint formula, with the wax based chocolate flavour coating.

They're dead to me now.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 30, 2014 08:39 AM (w3OHe)

135

LIVs and other bandwagon Obama fans are realizing ObamaCare actually sucks:

 

http://tinyurl.com/pjsxtng

Posted by: MacGruber at January 30, 2014 08:40 AM (xvtYZ)

136 If all conservatives were to stop watching liberal actors' and directors' movies, Hollywood would go bankrupt. Hey, sounds like a good idea, right, Ben? So someone having different opinions from you is enough reason for you not to enjoy a performance that has nothing whatsoever to do with politics? That's big of you, Ben, and tolerant, too. Not surprised since he obviously never has to encounter any opinions different from his. Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at January 30, 2014 12:38 PM (r+7wo) ************ I bet you anything Ben is just itching to-- "out" them to. That's the way I am reading it.

Posted by: tasker at January 30, 2014 08:40 AM (RJMhd)

137
MSNBC Panelist: Boehner is Darker than Obama

MSNBC guest Donny Deutsch made it a point to highlight Speaker Boehner’s skin tone on “Morning Joe’’ Thursday, exclaiming, “Look, his skin is darker than Obama’s! This is important!”

Cohost Mika Brzezinski shot down Deutsch’s remarks, retorting, “Says the man in the pink and gray suit. Really?” and “Frankly I don’t care"

-

Racist we much?

Posted by: WalrusRex at January 30, 2014 08:40 AM (XUKZU)

138 Posted by: Y-not at January 30, 2014 12:37 PM (zDsvJ) Round here meat is cheaper at Sam's actually. Selection seems pretty decent too. I get 90/10 ground beef there regularly, and I just bought a bunch of strip steaks for deer camp. there's some meat I still can't buy there, but mostly because the roasts are too big for my cooking. While I could split them in half they're that whacky size that's too big, but not double big. You can buy a whole pork but too (that's cut in half in the package) that's awesome for making pulled pork. We freeze one half, crockpot roast the other and then when we're ready for pork again we've got a big roast ready to go. I think it's like $1.20/lb.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at January 30, 2014 08:40 AM (GaqMa)

139 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 30, 2014 12:23 PM (7kkQJ) I remember my black aunt and her white husband, who got married in the late 60s or early 70s by the way, making fun of Dukakis in the '80s. (At the time, I didn't know who Dukakis was since I was a wee-ish child.)

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at January 30, 2014 08:40 AM (r+7wo)

140 Ice?

I can see ice causing a lot of accidents and major slowdowns, but not THAT major.

Also, the weather service issued warnings that morning.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 30, 2014 08:41 AM (SY2Kh)

141 MSNBC guest Donny Deutsch made it a point to highlight Speaker Boehner’s skin tone on “Morning Joe’’ Thursday, exclaiming, “Look, his skin is darker than Obama’s! This is important!” Deutsch is an orangist.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at January 30, 2014 08:41 AM (7ObY1)

142 Good to know I won't be adding to my winter waistline with girl scout cookies.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 30, 2014 08:41 AM (C3Wjb)

143 "Ask her if she knows what's orange and sleeps six."

UUh...UUh

*waves hand*

PENNDOT crew truck

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 30, 2014 08:41 AM (w3OHe)

144 I'm Orange and I'm proud.

Posted by: John Boner at January 30, 2014 08:41 AM (g5X0d)

145 Posted by: Lizzy at January 30, 2014 12:21 PM (POpqt)

Sadly, Affleck is not smart enough to realize that the conservative half of the moviegoing public feels the same way about him and his buds, so maybe cut out the leftwing crazy. OR he does but doesn't care. Lucky for him most Hollywood righties are closeted, preserving the illusion for him that most of them share his worldview. I wonder if he watches Justified, hah.

Posted by: LizLem at January 30, 2014 08:41 AM (BF+2f)

146 BTW - I've never seen a Jane Fonda movie, and won't. I quit watching Sean Penn movies when I found out what a dick he is. My entertainment choices are dissipating rapidly.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at January 30, 2014 12:33 PM (BZAd3)

She was rather, uh, talented, in Barbarella, and I think that was made before she was technically a traitor.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 30, 2014 08:41 AM (60Q+L)

147 Without studs and or chains, it's damn near suicidal.

Posted by: garrett at January 30, 2014 12:39 PM (gfvnS)

Sex with a Moronette?

Posted by: typical disgusting Moron at January 30, 2014 08:41 AM (QFxY5)

148 Also, the weather service issued warnings that morning.

The problem is that the warnings issued were that it wouldn't snow until after evening rush and it actually started around noon, when most people were still at work/school.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 30, 2014 08:42 AM (B/VB5)

149 msnbc is the official YOU'RE RACIST! tv station

Posted by: soothsayer at January 30, 2014 08:42 AM (MiLnO)

150 Henry Waxman?  Now I know why tigers eat their young

Posted by: Al Czervik at January 30, 2014 08:42 AM (Pr6hk)

151 "If all conservatives were to stop watching liberal actors' and directors' movies, Hollywood would go bankrupt. Hey, sounds like a good idea, right, Ben?" I decided long ago that supporting Hollywood was traitorous to America. Been to one movie in the last 20 years, Standing In The Shadows Of Motown. Also, I save countless hours not reading ace's movie reviews.

Posted by: Meremortal at January 30, 2014 08:42 AM (1Y+hH)

152 Any room in here for me and a few of my Mexican friends?

Posted by: Jon Boner at January 30, 2014 08:43 AM (32Ze2)

153 PENNDOT crew truck

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 30, 2014 12:41 PM (w3OHe)

Drove to Pittsburgh on Saturday to drop off the younger brat (she and her roommate drive the rest of the way), and the PA highways were pristine.

Got back into NJ and from the boarder almost to my door the roads were pathetic.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 30, 2014 08:43 AM (QFxY5)

154 133 I turned my back on Girl Scout cookies once the Thin Mints went to the new low peppermint formula, with the wax based chocolate flavour coating. They're dead to me now. I promised myself I wouldn't buy any more Girl Scout cookies, thanks to their politics. Then my tiny little niece and goddaughter called me up herself and said in her tiny little voice "Uncle BlueStateRebel, would you please buy some cookies from me?" And I could not say no. I am such a softie.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at January 30, 2014 08:43 AM (7ObY1)

155 137 Posted by: Y-not at January 30, 2014 12:37 PM (zDsvJ) Round here meat is cheaper at Sam's actually. -- It's not the price, it's the quality. Our Costco carries very good meat, especially the lamb, but also some other cuts. And I don't think they have the recall issues that Walmart seems to have, although that could just be that I'm missing hearing about them. I guess I'll see about getting a guest pass to Sam's to see if it's worth it.

Posted by: Y-not at January 30, 2014 08:44 AM (zDsvJ)

156

I can see how six inches or more might cause big
problems in a state without snow plows and such, but a couple of inches
lead to 18 hour commutes and people abandoning their cars?


Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 30, 2014 12:34 PM

Houston  is used to Hurricanes but when everyone tries to evacuate / leave at the same time  as happened in Rita ,  chaos can ensue whether you  have experience or  not. 

Posted by: polynikes at January 30, 2014 08:44 AM (m2CN7)

157 UUh...UUh *waves hand*    PENNDOT crew truck  Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 30, 2014 12:41 PM (w3OHe)

Give that man a kewpie doll.

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at January 30, 2014 08:44 AM (d4ZzM)

158 I'm Orange and I'm proud. Posted by: John Boner at January 30, 2014 12:41 PM .....You forgot to mention that you're also a weepy drunk traitorous piece of shit.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 30, 2014 08:44 AM (C3Wjb)

159 @Y-Not Also odd that while people are praising Costco, no one notes two things. 1) Costco targets upper middle class suburban areas primarily (while Walmart doesn't.) 2) While Costco claims "no more than a 15% markup on anything" most grocers would kill for that margin. They are not a good model for...well anywhere else.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at January 30, 2014 08:44 AM (GaqMa)

160 Nick Searcy is certainly not closeted.

Posted by: steevy at January 30, 2014 08:44 AM (zqvg6)

161 Dikembe Mutombo is way darker than Obama.

Posted by: Donny Douche at January 30, 2014 08:44 AM (Dwehj)

162 Ask her if she knows what's orange and sleeps six.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at January 30, 2014 12:38 PM (d4ZzM)
=====

Eh, I know I'm going to regret this, but what?

Posted by: Nighthawk at January 30, 2014 08:44 AM (OtQXp)

163 On top of freezing rain. Try getting somewhere in freezing rain sometime and tell us how it goes

I've lived in Minnesota my entire life, having grown up in a rural area that was slow to get attention from plows and salt trucks.  Successfully dealt with that situation many, many times.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 30, 2014 08:45 AM (SY2Kh)

164 I quit watching Sean Penn movies when I found out what a dick he is.
-
I broke that rule to watch Gangster Squad because I'm into that time period and genre but the movie was so utterly ridiculous that I stopped watching after fifteen minutes.

Posted by: WalrusRex at January 30, 2014 08:45 AM (XUKZU)

165 Every time I see that Cheerios commercial I buy another Gadsen flag

Posted by: Spike Lee, Tea Partier at January 30, 2014 08:45 AM (aTXUx)

166 Also, the weather service issued warnings that morning.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 30, 2014 12:41 PM (SY2Kh)



Once the kids were in school and people at work, it was too late.  The city was in an early afternoon rush hour when the ice storm hit.

We went through this in Dallas in early December...  70 degrees one day, freezing rain the next, and you get 1/2 inch of ice covering everything...  need zambonis, not plows.

Posted by: phreshone at January 30, 2014 08:45 AM (Pr6hk)

167 Typically in the South you get sleet first then the snow. Since Atlanta has a lot of hills I suspect that cars were having a hard time on those hills. I recall a time when I was in upstate NY when the roads were froze over.  There were 20 of us at the bottom of a hill waiting on a salt truck.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 30, 2014 08:45 AM (T2V/1)

168 Any room in here for me and a few of my Mexican friends? Posted by: Jon Boner at January 30, 2014 12:43 PM ....Of course. Grab a cerveza and take a hit off this my orange broham.

Posted by: Paul Ryan (R) Traitorville at January 30, 2014 08:45 AM (C3Wjb)

169 Posted by: Y-not at January 30, 2014 12:44 PM (zDsvJ) There has to be a local meat cutter, Y-not. Look in the phone book for a local Meat Processor and go talk to them about sourcing some local goods.

Posted by: garrett at January 30, 2014 08:46 AM (gfvnS)

170 The hell if a Republican actor would say anything close to what Affleck is saying. That's how damn petty The Left runs.

Posted by: tasker at January 30, 2014 08:46 AM (RJMhd)

171 LIVs and other bandwagon Obama fans are realizing ObamaCare actually sucks:

http://tinyurl.com/pjsxtng

Posted by: MacGruber at January 30, 2014 12:40 PM (xvtYZ)




If the Republicans had half a brain, which they don't, they should run against BarryCare. Pound the Democrats on it and they could win big. But no, the Stupid Party will go after immigration

Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 30, 2014 08:46 AM (1Jaio)

172 Yes, the kid needed a plate in his head. Yes, he turned out fine. Yes, we used to try to stick magnets to his head. Posted by: alexthechick - Please SMOD. Just for me? at January 30, 2014 12:29 PM (VtjlW) Thank you. I haven't laughed as hard as I'm laughing in a long time.

Posted by: ExSnipe at January 30, 2014 08:46 AM (LKJt3)

173 >>Posted by: Paul Ryan (R) Traitorville OK, I gotta admit I read that as: Paul Ryan (R) Tortillaville I denounce myself.

Posted by: Y-not at January 30, 2014 08:46 AM (zDsvJ)

174 Please finish loading this project so I can get it f-ing done. Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 30, 2014 12:33 PM (PYAXX) Ah, I see someone shares my extreme pain and frustration with stupid programming software. I swear, yesterday, I was about to choke a computer, stuff was taking so long to run and paralyzing the rest of my system, too.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at January 30, 2014 08:47 AM (r+7wo)

175 @156 - Oh, nevermind....

Posted by: Nighthawk at January 30, 2014 08:47 AM (OtQXp)

176 Affleck doesn't like to watch Republican actors because they can act circles around that lack wit, no talent ass clown

Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 30, 2014 08:47 AM (1Jaio)

177 OK, I gotta admit I read that as: Paul Ryan (R) Tortillaville I denounce myself. Posted by: Y-not at January 30, 2014 12:46 PM .....Same same.

Posted by: Paul Ryan (R) Traitorville at January 30, 2014 08:47 AM (C3Wjb)

178 "I can see ice causing a lot of accidents and major slowdowns, but not THAT major." You haven't lived until you drive your car a few blocks on ice, pull up carefully to a traffic light and stop. And then slowly slide sideways off the road and into the bar ditch, from which you will not escape without a tow.

Posted by: Meremortal at January 30, 2014 08:47 AM (1Y+hH)

179 I worked as a sub for Costco, installing those giant walk-in coolers they use for produce. Haven't spent a dime with them, since.

Posted by: garrett at January 30, 2014 08:47 AM (gfvnS)

180 OK, I gotta admit I read that as:  Paul Ryan (R) Tortillaville

I denounce myself.

Posted by: Y-not at January 30, 2014 12:46 PM (zDsvJ)

You were not far off.

....

In fact....you were not off at all.

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at January 30, 2014 08:47 AM (d4ZzM)

181 Gotta love the dumb fucks of the world, thanks for the clip Y-Not. We have a blizzard here in WI after another artic blast. Hey, Al Gore how bout some of that there global warming dontcha know.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humantiarian at January 30, 2014 08:47 AM (HVff2)

182 Thx garrett. I should say, I also use Costco for paper goods and some other bulk things. But I do think there's a meat cutter down near the first town we lived in here.

Posted by: Y-not at January 30, 2014 08:47 AM (zDsvJ)

183 LIVs and other bandwagon Obama fans are realizing ObamaCare actually sucks: http://tinyurl.com/pjsxtng Posted by: MacGruber at January 30, 2014 12:40 PM (xvtYZ)

Mmmm, a nice cup of schadenfreude to start my Thursday! Would go well with homemade knockoff Girl Scout Cookies.

Posted by: LizLem at January 30, 2014 08:48 AM (BF+2f)

184 Posted by: Y-not at January 30, 2014 12:44 PM (zDsvJ I've never really had a problem with Sam's meat. I think the bulk buying allows them to be just a tab bit better with quality. The strip steaks I got were just as good as anything I was getting from my local grocery store before. Now I can't speak to lamb, I don't use it...well ever. As for the ground meat, you can actually buy the ground meat logs that haven't been processed. Having worked at a local grocer meat department I can tell you most grocers don't grind their meat anymore, it comes preground. The "grinder" in the store actually just aerates the meat that comes in rolls.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at January 30, 2014 08:48 AM (GaqMa)

185 In Atlanta  they shut everything down at the same time.   You had schools close, businesses  close and the government close.   You let everyone leave at the same time on a sunny day and you are going to have traffic problems. 

Posted by: polynikes at January 30, 2014 08:48 AM (m2CN7)

186 Those H8tey Chic-Fil-A H8ters are in the news again: Chick-fil-A May Not Be Welcome in Chicago, but It Just Fed Thousands of Stranded People in Alabama PJ Tatler: http://goo.gl/iodJEC

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at January 30, 2014 08:48 AM (JQuNB)

187 137. If you ask for the ten pounders of 90 10 at Sam's Club they are only $3/pound. Only $2/pound or so for the 80 pound boxes. Also the pork tenderloin is ridiculously cheap at $3.50/pound.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 30, 2014 08:48 AM (g5X0d)

188 Cars  suck  at skating.

Posted by: eleven at January 30, 2014 08:48 AM (KXm42)

189 12 You know what's been bothering me lately? The Scandis have taken over the good mystery/suspense novel market lately. What's up with that? I'm pretty sure it's a conspiracy. Posted by: WalrusRex at January 30, 2014 12:19 PM (XUKZU) Do they end with the murderer/serial rapist in a 5 star prison with daily conjugal visits for a couple of years?

Posted by: Judge Pug at January 30, 2014 08:48 AM (E4MKN)

190 Ice? I can see ice causing a lot of accidents and major slowdowns, but not THAT major. Also, the weather service issued warnings that morning. Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 30, 2014 12:41 PM (SY2Kh) http://tinyurl.com/qfg6fxu It's pretty bad. You can't do anything on ice. Snow tires are worthless. And, if you aren't used to it, fowgettaboutit...

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 30, 2014 08:49 AM (IXrOn)

191 175 Affleck doesn't like to watch Republican actors because they can act circles around that lack wit, no talent ass clown Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 30, 2014 12:47 PM (1Jaio) ******* Well shit--one of the Muppets from Sesame Street could do that.

Posted by: tasker at January 30, 2014 08:49 AM (RJMhd)

192 The worst thing about Costco is having friends become members there, because from that point forward they won't shut the fuck up about how great it is.

I'm not fully convinced that Costco isn't a front for a secret religious cult.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 30, 2014 08:49 AM (SY2Kh)

193 Just who in the hell do you conservatives think is gonna pick the damned lettuce, huh?

Posted by: Weeping Boner at January 30, 2014 08:49 AM (Dwehj)

194 I remember an ice storm that hit near Pottstown Pa many years ago.

I followed the salt truck.
As it drove backwards down the road, salting in front of it's own wheels for traction.

And me in a '59 Beetle with air shocks and C60 Mighty Mites on the back.
And almost legal retreads on the front.

Good times...good times

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 30, 2014 08:49 AM (w3OHe)

195 The problem is that the warnings issued were that it wouldn't snow until after evening rush and it actually started around noon, when most people were still at work/school. Posted by: Ian -------------------- EXACTLY the same thing they said in 1993, AKA 'Snowjamb'. I was working out in Norcross at the time. Lived in Smyrna. The company president turned on the TV around noon, looked at the radar, and said, We're closing..., NOW. Get everyone out. We were all home and cozy when the shit hit the fan. It was an enormous mess. Memory- how does that work?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 30, 2014 08:49 AM (aDwsi)

196 I expect she's a pretty big asshole too if that's any consolation. Oh really? Tell me more.

Posted by: Client # 9 at January 30, 2014 08:49 AM (PpAf4)

197

Regarding the MSNBC tweet about those racist Republicans who will be AGHAST!! at the SB Cheerios commerical:

Melissa Harris-Perry mocked Romney's black grandchild and then "apologized" for it.  MSNBC is a race baiting hatey-hate channel and they need to be constantly called out for it.

Posted by: Cheri at January 30, 2014 08:50 AM (G+Wff)

198 Many years ago Federico Pena (who later became secretary of transportation under Billy Joe Clinton) was mayor of Denver and was totally unable to deal with a blizzard. He suggested using garbage trucks to pack the snow on the streets down rather than to plow them.  That led to the joke, "What has four wheels and flies? A Pena snowplow."

Posted by: WalrusRex at January 30, 2014 08:50 AM (XUKZU)

199 By the way, is this the meat thread?

Posted by: Weeping Boner at January 30, 2014 08:50 AM (Dwehj)

200 Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 30, 2014 12:49 PM (SY2Kh) There off brand is better than Sam's off brand, I'll give you that. Except for the cookies, the Sam's cookies are like fucking crack.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at January 30, 2014 08:50 AM (GaqMa)

201 Best icy road story was we were vacationing in Arizona (I think it was in the Fall) and had gone up to Flagstaff. On the return trip, it started to snow/sleet. I quickly put the rental car into low gear and moved off toward the right side of the road (iirc, it was two lanes in each direction, mostly downhill). Most of the cars kept up their speed, whipping past me. After several minutes, we rounded a bend -- must've been a dozen cars of all varieties plowed into snowbanks on each side of the road. heh.

Posted by: Y-not at January 30, 2014 08:51 AM (zDsvJ)

202 100 Hollowpoint, jackknifed semis combined with no wwy for emergency vehicles are the answer here. No removal equipment, drivers that have no clue how to drive in it.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 30, 2014 08:51 AM (ojnk6)

203 Fracking + Printing Money + Change in GDP Calulations = ROARING ECONOMY! =/= Jobs

Posted by: --- at January 30, 2014 08:51 AM (MMC8r)

204 Snow tires are worthless. Posted by: artisanal ------------- Studded snow tires, on the other hand.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 30, 2014 08:51 AM (aDwsi)

205 Affleck's comments makes me think there are actually a lot of closeted conservatives in hollywood. Or at least a few that are really popular and we just don't know about them yet. It seems weird that he would randomly say this instead of, oh I don't know of any conservative actors.

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at January 30, 2014 08:51 AM (WdbF7)

206 Poor ScarJo is getting hammered in the comments on DM by the Jooooo haters.

Posted by: Judge Pug at January 30, 2014 08:51 AM (E4MKN)

207 If any of the ettes are looking for a good source for Sausage, hit me up.

Posted by: Carlos Danger at January 30, 2014 08:52 AM (gfvnS)

208 Poor ScarJo is getting hammered



BRB...

Posted by: EC at January 30, 2014 08:52 AM (GQ8sn)

209 By the way, is this the meat thread? Posted by: Weeping ---------------- Next up : Donkey meat vs. Fox meat. Share your recipes.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 30, 2014 08:52 AM (aDwsi)

210 Got back into NJ and from the boarder almost to my door the roads were pathetic. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 30, 2014 12:43 PM (QFxY5) That's because PA highways have 2 lanes max in each direction, so there's not much to clear. Even around Philthy, which is the 5th largest city in the country. *Must not start PA roads rant, must not start rant* But NJ sucks, too. There's that. *runs and hides*

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at January 30, 2014 08:52 AM (r+7wo)

211 Well at least there shit down south is melting. Ours will too!....In late April or early May. So we got that going for us , which is nice.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 30, 2014 08:53 AM (C3Wjb)

212 Snow tires are worthless.

And, if you aren't used to it, fowgettaboutit...

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 30, 2014 12:49 PM (IXrOn)

There are "ice" tires out there, or snow tires with ice traction properties, like the Bridgestone Blizzak, for example. But they wear out real fast on dry pavement, which is why I won't even buy them here in Alberta.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 30, 2014 08:53 AM (60Q+L)

213 Well, around here Costco (or Sam's) is a requirement for folks with big families. And the Costco carries things like Manchego cheese. But I'll see if Sam's does, too. If so, I'll switch. If not, I may stick with Costco. Practically sometimes trumps politics.

Posted by: Y-not at January 30, 2014 08:53 AM (zDsvJ)

214 Posted by: WalrusRex at January 30, 2014 12:50 PM (XUKZU) He was the second mayor to get clobbered by snow removal. McNichols had his problems too. That garbage truck thing, Gawd. We drove on ice for months on the back streets. Huge ruts appeared that required high clearance. Stupid idiot Pena. Dems thought he was a genius because he was a lib Hispanic who sounded good. Kind of like u-no-hoo.

Posted by: Meremortal at January 30, 2014 08:53 AM (1Y+hH)

215 Just who in the hell do you conservatives think is gonna pick the damned lettuce, huh?
-
My suggestion is all those graduates who whining that they need their student loans forgiven because they can't get a job with their Ph.Ds in Radical Feminist Poetry from the Ivy Leagues.

Posted by: WalrusRex at January 30, 2014 08:54 AM (XUKZU)

216 from last thread, message # 698 : Oh good... Back from shopping. Did I miss anything? Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 30, 2014 12:17 PM (w3OHe)

Posted by: webworker - geographic jollies? at January 30, 2014 08:54 AM (Bfbpz)

217 Snow tires are worthless. Posted by: artisanal ------------- Studded snow tires, on the other hand. Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 30, 2014 12:51 PM (aDwsi) In Wisconsin they are illegal to have. That changed sometime in the late 70s I believe. I think there are some western states that still allow them. Driving on ice is a bitch. Now snow on the other hand is a piece of cake compared to that.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humantiarian at January 30, 2014 08:54 AM (HVff2)

218 There are "ice" tires out there, or snow tires with ice traction properties, like the Bridgestone Blizzak, for example. But they wear out real fast on dry pavement, which is why I won't even buy them here in Alberta.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 30, 2014 12:53 PM (60Q+L)



Did Canada mandate certain types of all-weather tires for new cars?



Posted by: EC at January 30, 2014 08:54 AM (GQ8sn)

219 Practicality, that is. Moar coffee.

Posted by: Y-not at January 30, 2014 08:54 AM (zDsvJ)

220 Then my tiny little niece and goddaughter called me up herself and said in her tiny little voice "Uncle BlueStateRebel, would you please buy some cookies from me?"

And I could not say no. I am such a softie.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at January 30, 2014 12:43 PM (7ObY1)

======

Heh.  I couple of years ago as I was walking into the supermarket I saw the Girl Scouts setting up a table out front.  I swore up and down to myself, nope, no cookies, ain't gonna do it, no way.

On the way out a little girl of about 9 or 10 hobbles up to me on crutches and asks "would you please buy some cookies mister?"

Four boxes...

Their marketing is brutal I tells ya!

Posted by: Nighthawk at January 30, 2014 08:54 AM (OtQXp)

221 Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at January 30, 2014 12:52 PM (r+7wo) On the drive to get the wife in Omaha during her grad school days, without fail the worst part was always the 80 miles in Iowa. In addition MoDOT has this great zoomable road conditions map. Iowa had a static jpg image that was like 100px by 100px. Completely fucking worthless.

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at January 30, 2014 08:54 AM (GaqMa)

222 http://tinyurl.com/qfg6fxu
It's pretty bad.
You can't do anything on ice.

OK, yeah- that is pretty bad.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 30, 2014 08:54 AM (SY2Kh)

223 chique

I meant to ask you....
without getting too specific, are you by chance located anywhere near the Lehigh Valley in Pa.

Grandpa VIA still lives in that general area.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 30, 2014 08:54 AM (w3OHe)

224 In the coming socialist paradise, there will be bountiful unicorn meat for all.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 30, 2014 08:54 AM (A7zvX)

225 And if we don't pass liberal immigration reform, who do you think is gonna pick the meat? Well, huh?

Posted by: Weeping Boner at January 30, 2014 08:55 AM (Dwehj)

226 In today's bizarre news: How the fuck can Obama still be rolling even these numbers? http://tinyurl.com/dhwd2n

Posted by: Burn the Witch at January 30, 2014 08:55 AM (fT3qO)

227 The donkey meat/fox meat story remined me of the pictures of a Chinese Walmart, where there was just an open trough labelled "meat" open to the air for people to pick through. *shudders* How would you be able to tell what horrible meat was what?

Posted by: nnptcgrad at January 30, 2014 08:55 AM (8xsFI)

228 Well, around here Costco (or Sam's) is a requirement for folks with big families.

And the Costco carries things like Manchego cheese.

But I'll see if Sam's does, too. If so, I'll switch. If not, I may stick with Costco. Practically sometimes trumps politics.

Posted by: Y-not at January 30, 2014 12:53 PM (zDsvJ)

 

Damn dirty RINO!!!!!1

Posted by: Costco is the hill to die on at January 30, 2014 08:55 AM (/Mla1)

229 205 Poor ScarJo is getting hammered in the comments on DM by the Jooooo haters. What's DM? Daily Mail?

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at January 30, 2014 08:55 AM (7ObY1)

230

It was important for dems to rack up the 'first dem president" win, no matter how big of a loser their choice was.  Now they want to put up "the first bitch president" in the win column.


http://tinyurl.com/k4tfeec

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at January 30, 2014 08:55 AM (BZAd3)

231 Affleck's trying to get back on top again. Making a prominent show of liberal tailfeathers is a Hollywood courting ritual.

Posted by: --- at January 30, 2014 08:55 AM (MMC8r)

232 I'll post this joke about Atl snow again: "For those of you up North that bust on Atl about snow conditions, just remember that this is a very rare occurrence. Kind of like BCS titles up there."

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 30, 2014 08:55 AM (ojnk6)

233 Just get a couple sets of Mattracks for the Toyota and you're good to go!

Posted by: RWC at January 30, 2014 08:56 AM (fWAjv)

234 >>I'm not fully convinced that Costco isn't a front for a secret religious cult. I feel the same way about Aveda hair salons and that Bath & Bodyworks store.

Posted by: Y-not at January 30, 2014 08:56 AM (zDsvJ)

235 At least we will be able to sit on our porches in greasy undershirts and play checkers.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 30, 2014 08:56 AM (g5X0d)

236 Posted by: Y-not at January 30, 2014 12:53 PM (zDsvJ) Same's added a giant artesian cheese section a bit back. I haven't looked for Manchego specifically but I've bought huge blocks of Parmesan, and Asiago. I wouldn't be surprised to find Manchego there. (I usually by my manchego in smaller quantities. Sad thing is I bought some a long time ago, but it's still in my fridge and never got eaten

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at January 30, 2014 08:56 AM (GaqMa)

237 "Seven states do not regulate the use of studs. Of these, Wyoming, Colorado, Vermont and New Hampshire are subject to long winters with heavy snow and ice. New Mexico and North Carolina have warmer climates but do experience heavy snow in mountainous areas. Kentucky, despite few heavy snowfalls, does allow studs." I be in NC, ergo, studly.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 30, 2014 08:56 AM (aDwsi)

238 I decided long ago that supporting Hollywood was traitorous to America. Been to one movie in the last 20 years, Standing In The Shadows Of Motown. I won't pay to see a Hollywood movie. I'm getting good at stealing them, though.

Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at January 30, 2014 08:56 AM (JQuNB)

239 @49 I really want someone to get to the bottom of this. This woman is #3 at the faa her pertient work experience is cnn producer, assistsnt to transport sec and now chief of staff with only a lowly journalism degree.

Posted by: Kreplach at January 30, 2014 08:56 AM (vHFY7)

240

Former Lt. Gen. Russel Honore, who coordinated relief efforts along the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina, said things would have gone more smoothly this week if Atlanta's city government was more like New York's.

"They need to have in Atlanta the same type of government you have in New York City, where the mayor controls the city and everything around that city, and the mayor can make decisions on road closures; he has emergency powers as when schools close," he said.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at January 30, 2014 08:56 AM (F75MN)

241 Hmm. reminds me of me at Vail last week coming into the #26 lift line at 50 MPH and taking out 3 guys. I was not happy, neither were they. Bitch in front of line was on cell phone and I had to change lines.

Posted by: Nip Sip at January 30, 2014 08:57 AM (0FSuD)

242 I saw Manchego Cheese open for Mousetrap back in '98.

Posted by: Weeping Boner at January 30, 2014 08:57 AM (Dwehj)

243 Affleck's comments makes me think there are actually a lot of closeted conservatives in hollywood.
-
We could know if we made them wear cross armbands.

Posted by: WalrusRex at January 30, 2014 08:57 AM (XUKZU)

244

Yeah, no.  Sorry.  I was expecting  "epic"  snow fails.  Those were ordinary snow fails.

 

Fail. 

Posted by: BurtTC at January 30, 2014 08:57 AM (TOk1P)

245 >>On the drive to get the wife in Omaha... OMAHA! OMAHA!

Posted by: Peyton Manning at January 30, 2014 08:57 AM (zDsvJ)

246 Most States that experience snow and ice have winter month rules for studded tires. I have to travel with two sets of wheels in my truck when I go on buying trips this time of year.

Posted by: garrett at January 30, 2014 08:57 AM (gfvnS)

247 >>>>On the way out a little girl of about 9 or 10 hobbles up to me on crutches and asks "would you please buy some cookies mister?" --------------- It's disgusting that the Girl Scouts would stoop to maiming children just to sell cookies.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 30, 2014 08:57 AM (A7zvX)

248 That Sam's Club hot pizza they sell is pretty good.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 30, 2014 08:58 AM (g5X0d)

249 Their marketing is brutal I tells ya! We're just ol' softies. And the niece upsold me on some new cookie variety too. But I had to admire her entrepreneurship, and her initiative in making her own calls. A lot of the parents do it for their kids, especially that young.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at January 30, 2014 08:58 AM (7ObY1)

250 Best ice story I have been a part of. I was going to school in Duluth MN (not Georgia). Lived on a hill, had some freezing rain early in the fall. Roommate wakes me and says our cars have been stolen. I was like WTF, why would someone steal a rusty 1976 Chevy p/u ? Sure enough I look out the window and it not on the street. Went outside to further investigate. Found my truck amidst a pile of 15 or so intermingled cars at the bottom of the hill. One of them must have slid and hit them and started a chain reaction carvalance!

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 30, 2014 08:58 AM (C3Wjb)

251 It's disgusting that the Girl Scouts would stoop to maiming children just to sell cookies.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 30, 2014 12:57 PM (A7zvX)



She failed to meet her quota the week before.



Posted by: EC at January 30, 2014 08:58 AM (GQ8sn)

252 I'm eating Cheerios. The normal kind, not the biracial Cheerios. Posted by: soothsayer at January 30, 2014 12:18 PM (MiLnO) Dog pee on Cheerios box, now have bi racial breakfast. See family in milk.

Posted by: Won Hung Low at January 30, 2014 08:58 AM (0FSuD)

253 231 I'll post this joke about Atl snow again: "For those of you up North that bust on Atl about snow conditions, just remember that this is a very rare occurrence. Kind of like BCS titles up there." We tend to focus on professional sport titles.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at January 30, 2014 08:58 AM (hjRtO)

254 Epic Snow Fails Which is precisely why I stayed at home and inside most of yesterday. Only times I went out was to put feed in the bird feeder, to turn the taps on the external water faucets, and to check out the rate of sleet fall. I could hear it pounding down a couple of times loudly enough to be noticeable over the TV.

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie © at January 30, 2014 08:58 AM (1hM1d)

255 Speaking of Costco/Sam's, here's a question for the morons. Since I live alone and am very lazy, I don't go grocery shopping much and eat out a lot. But I will shortly have a teenage boy living with me, and we know how they vacuum food up. So, is it worth the club fee to join BJ's? (That's the one closest to me.) Or will shopping at Walmart be fine since their stuff is pretty cheap already?

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at January 30, 2014 08:59 AM (r+7wo)

256 Feel good story of the ages:

http://tinyurl.com/n55zy9f


Unions throwing tantrum over being fucked by one of their kindred.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at January 30, 2014 08:59 AM (BZAd3)

257 Studded snow tires, on the other hand. Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 30, 2014 12:51 PM (aDwsi) aren't these illegal now? we used to use chains when growing up, but, even those were banned... best to just stay off the road

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 30, 2014 08:59 AM (IXrOn)

258 OK, I'm surprised noone has stomped this thread yet. Lemme see if I can find someone.

Posted by: Y-not at January 30, 2014 08:59 AM (zDsvJ)

259 Did someone say Omaha?

Posted by: Richard Shermann at January 30, 2014 08:59 AM (Dwehj)

260 I shouldn't have laughed at a couple of those snow fails, but I did.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at January 30, 2014 08:59 AM (fT3qO)

261 I thought it was pronounced Oma-hee-haw?

Posted by: garrett at January 30, 2014 09:00 AM (gfvnS)

262 We tend to focus on professional sport titles. Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at January 30, 2014 12:58 PM (hjRtO) LIKE?? Hockey or Roller Derby?

Posted by: Nip Sip at January 30, 2014 09:00 AM (0FSuD)

263 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 30, 2014 12:54 PM (w3OHe) Yes, I am, actually.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at January 30, 2014 09:00 AM (r+7wo)

264 So, is it worth the club fee to join BJ's? (That's the one closest to me.) Or will shopping at Walmart be fine since their stuff is pretty cheap already?


BJ's or Costco's sometimes has a first-time-one-day trial for prospective customers.  Ask if they will let you shop there after you tell them you are thinking of joining and want to see what kind of stuff they have.


Stock up on microwaveable stuff for the boy if he likes them.

Posted by: EC at January 30, 2014 09:00 AM (GQ8sn)

265 Democrats in panic mode? *Warning, Politico link* http://tinyurl.com/m7lmdxn

Posted by: Burn the Witch at January 30, 2014 09:01 AM (fT3qO)

266 Feel good story of the ages: http://tinyurl.com/n55zy9f Unions throwing tantrum over being fucked by one of their kindred. Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at January 30, 2014 12:59 PM (BZAd3) Too funny. Union President: We’re “Sick and Tired of Being Had By This Moron” Cuomo

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 30, 2014 09:01 AM (IXrOn)

267 Hollowpoint?

When I turned into Walgreen's at the foot of the Causeway yesterday I was passed by a whole squad of heavy Ga DOT dump trucks equipped with huge snow plows. Going to Saint Simons.

Posted by: backhoe at January 30, 2014 09:01 AM (ULH4o)

268 Robert Costa ‏@costareports 30s Per sources in room, Boehner/Cantor have not yet unveiled immigration plans. For now, they're listening to 1-min open mic speeches Tuned to Cspan but can't find them. They must be on lunch break.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 30, 2014 09:01 AM (DmNpO)

269 But NJ sucks, too. There's that. *runs and hides*

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at January 30, 2014 12:52 PM (r+7wo)

Young lady!

Such language.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 30, 2014 09:01 AM (QFxY5)

270 I grew up in Chicago. I saw little evidence the Pro Championships were focused on. :-D

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 30, 2014 09:02 AM (ojnk6)

271

I'm gonna try to convince Mrs. McCool that Valentines Day is really a celebration of hetero-normative [insert gobbledy gook phrases] oppression that we have risen above and moved beyond. 

Posted by: McCool at January 30, 2014 09:02 AM (nCSwS)

272 So, is it worth the club fee to join BJ's? (That's the one closest to me.) Or will shopping at Walmart be fine since their stuff is pretty cheap already? Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at January 30, 2014 12:59 PM (r+7wo) I would go and get a day pass, they are free. See for yourself. Except for wine, Walmart's prices are not far off and you do not have to buy a gross of shit. More selection at Wally World also.

Posted by: Nip Sip at January 30, 2014 09:02 AM (0FSuD)

273 Posted by: EC at January 30, 2014 01:00 PM (GQ8sn) Cool, thanks. They used to send me a free 6-month or so membership offer in the mail, but I never needed it. That would have been perfect. Sigh.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at January 30, 2014 09:02 AM (r+7wo)

274 Daily Caller's Morning Bro is pretty funny http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCeoyzxg7kY Trying to get a little alt-right edge with some dark humor.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 30, 2014 09:03 AM (ZPrif)

275 artisanal 'ette -> 236

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 30, 2014 09:03 AM (aDwsi)

276 Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 30, 2014 01:01 PM (DmNpO) I thought this was a closed door caucus meeting?

Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) No Really! at January 30, 2014 09:03 AM (GaqMa)

277 http://tinyurl.com/m7lmdxn

Posted by: Burn the Witch at January 30, 2014 01:01 PM (fT3qO)


I believe I speak for everyone when I say...

there is no way in hell that the GOP won't screw this up.

Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at January 30, 2014 09:03 AM (BZAd3)

278 I'm not a big fan of Nebraska, but they have snowplows AND sports titles.

Posted by: HR at January 30, 2014 09:03 AM (ZKzrr)

279 Thanks, Nip Sip.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at January 30, 2014 09:03 AM (r+7wo)

280 One of my younger brothers and I could pass for twins. When I go to Sam's Club (just once every few months) I just borrow and use his card. They barely even look at it.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at January 30, 2014 09:03 AM (7ObY1)

281 You could recoup the Sam's Club membership on just the sugar ,if you drink sweetened tea, in a year's time. The one ounce size Lipton teabags are also incredibly cheap.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 30, 2014 09:04 AM (g5X0d)

282 Epic Snow Fails



My kid did the exact same thing as the kid at 1:16.


EPIC FACE PLANT!!!

Posted by: EC at January 30, 2014 09:04 AM (GQ8sn)

283

270

 

Feminism they say, is a 365 day a year job.  Not true.  Every feminist with a boyfriend is a feminist 364 days of the year.

 

Proceed with caution. 

Posted by: BurtTC at January 30, 2014 09:05 AM (TOk1P)

284 Did Canada mandate certain types of all-weather tires for new cars?

I don't think so. I know Quebec makes you buy snow tires, though.

Posted by: Waterhouse at January 30, 2014 09:05 AM (RUvjp)

285 "Yes, I am, actually."

Allentown perhaps?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 30, 2014 09:05 AM (w3OHe)

286 Stupid pixy.   I have a basic comment and its telling me it looks like spam and can't post.  

Posted by: polynikes at January 30, 2014 09:05 AM (m2CN7)

287 @279 My card doesn't have a picture. As long as you are paid up, they don't give a shit. Just got back from Costco. Schools out, so lots of mommies with kids buying shit they don't need.

Posted by: Nip Sip at January 30, 2014 09:05 AM (0FSuD)

288 When I go to Sam's Club (just once every few months) I just borrow and use his card. They barely even look at it. Posted by: BlueStateRebel at January 30, 2014 01:03 PM (7ObY1) I don't think BJ's looked at my card in the last ten years. Especially easy to loan/borrow a card and use it with the self-checkout systems.

Posted by: RWC at January 30, 2014 09:05 AM (fWAjv)

289 Stuff White People Like: Snow Induced Head Trauma edition

Posted by: yinzer at January 30, 2014 09:06 AM (/Mla1)

290 Ya, you can't do nuthin' on ice.

Too cold to race, the wind chill was brutal
http://greatlakesiceracing.com/

http://www.icerace.com/


Posted by: Studs Studly at January 30, 2014 09:06 AM (7UMzd)

291 I'm not fully convinced that Costco isn't a front for a secret religious cult.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 30, 2014 12:49 PM (SY2Kh)

**




Try their snack bar pal...you won't regret it. Cheap and delicious! But what ever you do...don't drink the juice!


 

Posted by: Zombie Jim Jones at January 30, 2014 09:06 AM (NpXoL)

292 When I turned into Walgreen's at the foot of the Causeway yesterday I was passed by a whole squad of heavy Ga DOT dump trucks equipped with huge snow plows. Going to Saint Simons.

I can't imagine they have many.

Here in the Twin Cities we start bitching if the plows haven't cleared the main roads within a few hours.

It snowed this morning on the way to work.  I expect my residential city street to be plowed by the time I get home.  And it likely will be.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 30, 2014 09:06 AM (SY2Kh)

293 IRS didn't answer 20 million calls last year.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 30, 2014 09:06 AM (ZPrif)

294 Democrats in panic mode? *Warning, Politico link* http://tinyurl.com/m7lmdxn Posted by: Burn the Witch at January 30, 2014 01:01 PM .........They need not worry. The traitorous duo known as Boner and Ryan are going to make sure to fuck it up big time with Laimmigratione

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 30, 2014 09:06 AM (C3Wjb)

295 I've never really had a problem with Sam's meat. I picked up a pack of their fake pork ribs (no bone, country ribs???) as I've good success with the Wally World version. These turned out to be monsters, long and thick. And totally blew away their far skimpier WW brethren. A 5 lb pack will last me a good month - I only have one mouth to feed. I just have to figure out the right seasoning. I'm thinking rosemary, salt and pepper, but I'm a little lost after that...I have been consoling myself with a bottle of Jim Beam bourbon BBQ sauce. Oh, hey: http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/slow_and_low_country_ribs/ If I had more call for it, I'd probably buy a stand alone freezer unit and buy bulk.

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie © at January 30, 2014 09:06 AM (1hM1d)

296 One of the best  Funniest  Home Videos is a montage of people fainting.


It's bizarre and hilarious at the same time.

Posted by: eleven at January 30, 2014 09:07 AM (KXm42)

297 When they ask me here if I want to buy girl scout cookies I'll tell them no thanks, they can keep their Abortion Biscuits. Which reminds me, I need to find a thin mints copycat recipe...

Posted by: DangerGirl Telecommunications at January 30, 2014 09:07 AM (KuUy9)

298 Nood. Get willow.

Posted by: Y-not at January 30, 2014 09:07 AM (zDsvJ)

299 I give them so much crap when Sam's Club asks "Vere are your papers" that they stopped asking years ago. You still need a card to check out.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 30, 2014 09:07 AM (g5X0d)

300 afor all you southerners get testy.

da yoopes and da cheeseheads don't drive no better n youze guys down der.

Posted by: Studs Studly at January 30, 2014 09:07 AM (7UMzd)

301 Democrats in panic mode? *Warning, Politico link* http://tinyurl.com/m7lmdxn Posted by: Burn the Witch at January 30, 2014 01:01 PM (fT3qO) Good. So, they don't have as much money than I thought they had, either. Otherwise, they would attack both.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 30, 2014 09:07 AM (IXrOn)

302 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 30, 2014 01:05 PM (w3OHe) No, but not too far away from there. I'm actually in MontCo, but near the border with Lehigh county (and like 2 other county borders).

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at January 30, 2014 09:07 AM (r+7wo)

303 267  Tuned to Cspan but can't find them. They must be on lunch break.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 30, 2014 01:01 PM (DmNpO)



The link I posted this morning said he would announce it at 4 pm.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 30, 2014 09:08 AM (T2V/1)

304 Waxman the latest Barrycare casualty, retiring after this term. Don't let it hitcha where the Good Lord splitcha!

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 30, 2014 09:08 AM (ojnk6)

305

So, is it worth the club fee to join BJ's? (That's the one closest to me.) Or will shopping at Walmart be fine since their stuff is pretty cheap already?

Chique, I find Costco great for buying food for large gatherings because of the large sizes / portions they offer at pretty good prices.  But It doesnt work so well for routine perishable food for my family of four unless you eat the same thing day after day.  End up throwing alot out because we never finished it and its been in the fridge for 2 weeks. etc..

 

 

 

 

Posted by: McCool at January 30, 2014 09:08 AM (nCSwS)

306 It's from Insty...but which one of you Morons Authored this?


http://tinyurl.com/aukrvfm

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 30, 2014 09:08 AM (w3OHe)

307 The link I posted this morning said he would announce it at 4 pm. *** thank, Vic. Unfortunately, I awoke after your news links post had been pushed down, so I missed it.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 30, 2014 09:09 AM (DmNpO)

308 Which reminds me, I need to find a thin mints copycat recipe... Posted by: DangerGirl Telecommunications at January 30, 2014 01:07 PM ......Oreo mint crème! Way way way better than thin mints! and not as abortionie.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 30, 2014 09:09 AM (C3Wjb)

309 #158

I'd have to differ with that first one. In much of LA County the Costcos are in places I'd otherwise not care to hang out. Especially the one on Sepulveda that was the site of a fatal armed robbery a few years ago.

The closest Costco to an upper middle-class neighborhood that I've been to would be the one in Westlake Village. It's location is a part of town that was primarily factories up until the late 80s. When Costco first announced their intent to put a store there, the locals fought it tooth and nail, insisting it would draw horrible traffic and a general undesirable element, though they were less vocal about the latter reason, depending on who they thought was listening. A few years later the store was open and the parking lot reliably dominated by BMWs and Mercedes Benz vehicles, along with the occasional Hummer.

The complaint about attracting the 'wrong element' was largely unfounded because that Costco was just the first of several to be added to the region, giving people in those disdained neighborhoods little reason to go all th way to Westlake to shop.

Posted by: Epobirs at January 30, 2014 09:10 AM (bPxS6)

310 Someone dared to post a new thread.

Posted by: weft cut-loop[/i] [/b] at January 30, 2014 09:10 AM (cxs6V)

311 I've never really had a problem with Sam's meat.

Go on.

Posted by: Barney Frank[/i][/s][/u][/b] at January 30, 2014 09:10 AM (6T8Ay)

312

Do the Passport to Dry Creek Wine Fest end of April.  It is awesome.  Do a search. Best fest in Sonoma

 

Posted by: Axl Rose at January 30, 2014 09:11 AM (iWo0u)

313

I endorse Sam's meat as well.

 

// Sandra F

Posted by: ScoggDog at January 30, 2014 09:12 AM (QryZ9)

314 I had the "pleasure" of meeting Ben Affleck when I worked a part time clerical job at a radio station when I was in college -- this is back when Good Will Hunting had just propelled him & Matt Damon to stardom. Anyway, the guy is a PIG -- I mean really -- sexist "jokes," eats with his mouth open, yapping with food spilling out, burping -- real "raised in a barn" stuff. Plus he's dumb as a bag of hair. Please inform him that I can't enjoy HIS movies because his so-called "acting" ability is insufficient to overcome the FACT that I know he's an ill-mannered slob with below average intelligence.

Posted by: Dancing Queen at January 30, 2014 09:13 AM (1zmtP)

315 "No, but not too far away from there. I'm actually in MontCo, but near the border with Lehigh county (and like 2 other county borders)."

Got it,
Thanks.
I'm thinking you are no stranger to Route 309.

Dad  says I wouldn't recognize any of Center Valley or Quakertown since I left in '77.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 30, 2014 09:13 AM (w3OHe)

316 Sam's Meat is the best.

Posted by: Alice at January 30, 2014 09:14 AM (g5X0d)

317 Posted by: Minnfidel at January 30, 2014 12:58 PM (C3Wjb) _____________________ Little known fact. Duluth MN has some very San Francisco like hills. I worried about driving a manual transmission while in Duluth.

Posted by: Jon Boner at January 30, 2014 09:15 AM (32Ze2)

318 Union President: We’re “Sick and Tired of Being Had By This Moron” Cuomo

Posted by: artisanal 'ette

 

The union head for ICE officers is also furious regarding any kind of amnesty deal and they have a letter campaign to the house and senate begging them  not to do this.  The union head is also trying to get a meeting with Obama but to no avail.

  You laid down in their bed darlings now you get to reap the benefits.

Posted by: Cheri at January 30, 2014 09:18 AM (G+Wff)

319 Girl Scouts supports Wendy Davis and Kathleen Sebelius as role models. There's a move to boycott buying cookies: I used to wonder why the LDS church was so supportive of the Boy Scouts of America, but not the Girl Scouts. The LDS leaders have proved to me time and again that they are foresightful.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/s][/i][/b][/s] at January 30, 2014 09:21 AM (o4Xc4)

320 Why, Visual Studio? Why won't you work? Please finish loading this project so I can get it f-ing done. I ♥ Visual Studio. I'm sorry it's giving you issues. I'm on 2013 right now, loving it.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/s][/i][/b][/s] at January 30, 2014 09:23 AM (o4Xc4)

321 Scarjo actually impressed me today, ending ties with an anti-Israel group she was ambassador for. Thought she'd go the other way and dump SodaStream, tbh. No, I don't think it's completely altruistic of her, I'm sure it's partly about the money, but maybe some non-lib facts will penetrate her mind for once in her life along with the silly backlash she is getting from libs. Stranger things have happened.

Posted by: LizLem at January 30, 2014 09:27 AM (BF+2f)

322 Three thoughts. 1) Tire chains and ice skates are made of the same material with pretty much the same reaction on ice. 2) Afflack as Batman. Not no, but Hell No! Won't watch it. 3) There are only two seasons in PA, and I can attest to this having driven tractor trailer over the road for 20 years. Winter and road construction.
That is all. We return you to your regularly scheduled blogging.

Posted by: LFW - Honorary Pointy Eared Vulcan at January 30, 2014 09:33 AM (RQDhf)

323 320 Scarjo actually impressed me today, ending ties with an anti-Israel group she was ambassador for. Thought she'd go the other way and dump SodaStream, tbh. No, I don't think it's completely altruistic of her, I'm sure it's partly about the money, but maybe some non-lib facts will penetrate her mind for once in her life along with the silly backlash she is getting from libs. Stranger things have happened. Posted by: LizLem at January 30, 2014 01:27 PM (BF+2f) She's been in showbiz for a long time. And like the other former disney stars, she's socked away a lot of money and continues to get paid well for her film roles. She's rich enough where she does not need to do commercials. So, no, I don't think she did it for the money. She's jewish and proud of it.

Posted by: Judge Pug at January 30, 2014 09:51 AM (E4MKN)

324 By declaring an official and unassailable scientific position on “climate change”- it is now career threatening for any government scientist to produce evidence to the contrary. Undoubtedly the most disgusting anti-science event in US history.

Posted by: Thomas A. Anderson at January 30, 2014 10:05 AM (e8kgV)

325 117 #100, I hear you. I've been making excuses for our southern bretheren, having lived in the south and knowing they don't have the equipment and experience we do with snow.

But geez, enough is enough.

Living here in snow central, I'm about to stop being polite and understanding and start pointing and laughing.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel

 

You can point and laugh all you want but I defy you to get out and drive on ice...

Posted by: Gmac at January 30, 2014 10:08 AM (4pjhs)

326 Hi Y-Not. Just returned from SLC and am glad the mountains are getting some much needed snow.

Due to snow in Atlanta our flight was cancelled the day before. We were bumped to first class on a flight to Orlando yesterday. A man came up to me at the gate and asked if we were boarding (I was spaced out and in need of caffine and recovering from mother-in-law). The man who asked me about boarding was Mitt Romney! I don't care what anyone says about him, he is a gentleman and, uh, ladies, looks better in person and close up, even early in the morning. Where was I? I had a brief conversation with him, introduced him to husband, and recovered nicely from the unexpected shock of the meeting. He was friendly, gracious, polite and had no assistants (like Hillary) or anyone carrying his bags or doing whatever Huma does for her. Can any of you imagine Baroque or Bill Clinton without entourage? Or not flying on a private plane but on Delta?

Anyway, it is too bad he did not deliver the SOTU address, as he might have mentioned something other than executive orders and ballyhoo.

I am traveling a lot but do check in here when I can. xoxo

Posted by: ChristyBlinky survived 2014 Polar Vortex at January 30, 2014 11:21 AM (baL2B)

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