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January 22, 2014

Oh, My: Spiders Now Constructing Decoy Spiders Out of Webs, Detritus, and Bodies of Dessicated Victims
— Ace

Via Purp in the sidebar, I am posting this because it's kind of a rule that Spider News gets mainpaged.

What the hell, man?

Not real. The real spider is a tiny little thing
you can barely see, hiding in the Decoy Spider body

The article doesn't say (unless I've missed it) why they build these decoys. The only possible reason I can imagine is that there are some cuckoo-type spiders which just steal other spiders' webs -- take them over, kill or drive out the webs' actual builder -- and so smaller spiders are making big fake Spider Decoys to warn away such webjackers.

Or, even simpler: Another spider that feeds on smaller spiders, or some other insect that does so.

Or a bird.

But I just made that up. The article provides no hint that I can see of the purpose of a Fake Spider in a web. Wouldn't a Fake Spider in a web warn away prey?

Also via Purp, the Internet of Real Life Things is probably going to allow the Hacking of Real Life Things.

Explanation: Kirk, I think, nailed it:

It's just a selfie.

Dudes always try to make themselves appear bigger than they really are in selfies.

Oh My: This is from May of 2012, but it's horrifying.

Ever see Kingdom of the Spiders? That's right, with William Shatner, when he was still struggling after the cancellation of Star Trek and doing B-movies.

The last shot of that film was a whole town covered in spider's webs. Matte painting, you know-- the height of 70s special effects. (No condescension intended; I loved matte painting shots.)

Well, this isn't quite that, but it's similar.

Look at that farm. You'd think they were actually growing spiderwebs.

Oh my Lord: I didn't notice this picture.

Content warning. It involves a dog.

The dog is unharmed. But the image is still frightening.

Posted by: Ace at 01:40 PM | Comments (228)
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1 Oh no.

Posted by: NCKate at January 22, 2014 01:42 PM (x6fKj)

2 The purpose of the fake spiders is to piss off certain of the 'ettes.

Posted by: Sharkman at January 22, 2014 01:42 PM (WX1Gw)

3 How does the spider know what a bigger spider looks like?

Posted by: jd at January 22, 2014 01:43 PM (Ks5+T)

4 We now call to order another meeting of the He-Man Woman-Haters Club
( tap-tap-tap )

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at January 22, 2014 01:43 PM (cxs6V)

5 #2 Has won the prize.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 22, 2014 01:44 PM (T2V/1)

6 You bastards. alexthechick just left a great link too. It's the teaser for the new Christopher Nolan movie. http://youtu.be/3WzHXI5HizQ On the thread where I am bitching about Glenn Beck crying I ended up crying after I saw this trailer. Karma is a quick bitch.

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at January 22, 2014 01:44 PM (RJMhd)

7 The hacking of the "Internet of Things" reminds me of the scene in I, Robot where the whole house tries to destroy Will Smith. Also, maybe the large fake spider thing is because they get tired of things ruining their webs by walking through them. Bigger animals may not see/be afraid of a little spider, but a big one? Leave it well alone.

Posted by: AMDG at January 22, 2014 01:44 PM (t7OO0)

8 Aren't camel spiders face sized?

Posted by: NCKate at January 22, 2014 01:45 PM (x6fKj)

9 Spiders are dog-whistles for anti-AtC.

Posted by: dogfish at January 22, 2014 01:45 PM (nsOJa)

10 Nice knowin' ya, Ace. Where should I send flowers for the funeral?

Posted by: Brother Cavil's Sharpened Stake and Rusty Garden Weasel Emporium at January 22, 2014 01:45 PM (naUcP)

11 Also, the watermark in the picture of "Smarter Every Day?" A warning of things to come.

Posted by: AMDG at January 22, 2014 01:46 PM (t7OO0)

12 It's a shrine to the Spider God.

Posted by: eleven at January 22, 2014 01:48 PM (fsLdt)

13 *Raises hood over head and covers upper part of face, sits back*

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 22, 2014 01:48 PM (oFCZn)

14 The location of spiders is very simple. It's always BEHIND YOU.

Posted by: --- at January 22, 2014 01:48 PM (MMC8r)

15 Ace, don't NOT accept any emu-sized packages.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at January 22, 2014 01:48 PM (GEICT)

16 What the fuck did I just type? Wow.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at January 22, 2014 01:49 PM (GEICT)

17 It's just a selfie.

Posted by: Kirk at January 22, 2014 01:49 PM (GBnWt)

18 Face Sized Spider cargo cult?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 22, 2014 01:49 PM (GCKTv)

19 Spider Lincoln Memorial?

Posted by: not the mama at January 22, 2014 01:49 PM (5dxeo)

20 Nature is so fucking cool.

Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at January 22, 2014 01:49 PM (zDsvJ)

21 This was at the Wired link earlier.

Giant Spider Species Discovered in Middle Eastern Sand Dunes

http://tinyurl.com/yemwcab

Posted by: Buzzsaw at January 22, 2014 01:49 PM (tf9Ne)

22 Maybe it just wants to cosplay.

Posted by: YIKES! at January 22, 2014 01:49 PM (mETGQ)

23 Well, ten years was a good run ace....

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at January 22, 2014 01:49 PM (bCEmE)

24 Oh dear. I think the Empress possessed Cochran for a moment.

Posted by: Brother Cavil's Sharpened Stake and Rusty Garden Weasel Emporium at January 22, 2014 01:50 PM (naUcP)

25 How does the spider know what a bigger spider looks like? From getting shoved in lockers at Spider High?

Posted by: rickb223 at January 22, 2014 01:50 PM (t+DWU)

26 *waits patiently for MWR to chime in*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 22, 2014 01:50 PM (GCKTv)

27 This is the spider version of really shiny red sports car. I think it's compensating.

Posted by: no good deed at January 22, 2014 01:50 PM (vBhbc)

28 Unfortunately, the spiderÂ’s habitat is under immediate threat, he said. The Israeli government recently approved mining operations in the region, which could wipe out the creature. Good.

Posted by: Brother Cavil's Sharpened Stake and Rusty Garden Weasel Emporium at January 22, 2014 01:51 PM (naUcP)

29 If you were an itty bitty spider surrounded by predators that wanted to eat you what would you do? Build a big ass spider to keep the predators away. Science is so frigging easy.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 22, 2014 01:51 PM (g1DWB)

30 For AtC, the world's biggest spider, the giant bird eating tarantula

http://is.gd/GjzqgB

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 22, 2014 01:51 PM (T2V/1)

31 Which one of you guys is going to smash it?

Posted by: Lizzy at January 22, 2014 01:51 PM (POpqt)

32 It's a metaphor, look bigger than you really are. Act bigger than you really are.
Which explains MLK, Bloomberg, R. Gates and Napoleon.

Big guys don't have to act.

That's why Texas tarantulas stand on the side of the road and make obscene gestures to traffic when the spider wants to cross the road.

Posted by: Barnum, Putnum, and Hoser LLC at January 22, 2014 01:52 PM (Gm2zg)

33 If women ran the world, this thing would be king.

Posted by: --- at January 22, 2014 01:52 PM (MMC8r)

34 28 Damn those joos!

Posted by: steevy at January 22, 2014 01:52 PM (zqvg6)

35 There were some plans in Popular Mechanics on how to do this with hobo scraps, lawn clippings and old newspapers. I'll see if I can find the link...

Posted by: Dang at January 22, 2014 01:52 PM (MNq6o)

36 AtC is not going to be pleased.

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at January 22, 2014 01:53 PM (yz6yg)

37 This aggression will not stand.

Posted by: garrett at January 22, 2014 01:53 PM (BV9I5)

38 Nature is an interesting place.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at January 22, 2014 01:53 PM (4hZFd)

39 Considering the size of the actual spider relative to the size of the, ahem, selfie, I would suppose it's a defense mechanism.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 22, 2014 01:53 PM (DmNpO)

40 Oh, and the internet of things. If you have your toilet hooked up to the 'net, your toilet can send you an email that there is a snake hiding in your toilet bowl.

Posted by: Barnum, Putnum, and Hoser LLC at January 22, 2014 01:54 PM (Gm2zg)

41
I saw The WebJackers open up for the David Bowie Glass Spider Tour in '87 at Red Rocks.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 22, 2014 01:54 PM (n0DEs)

42 Which one of you guys is going to smash it? Totes equality. You want it smashed? Smash it.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 22, 2014 01:54 PM (t+DWU)

43 Spider Bacon MMMM

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 22, 2014 01:54 PM (C3Wjb)

44 Aren't camel spiders face sized? Posted by: NCKate

Yesterday I saw a camel toe at Walmart that was.

Posted by: Dang at January 22, 2014 01:54 PM (MNq6o)

45 Saw some new medical study that estimates that cold and flu medicines cause a 5% annual increase in the # of flue deaths. It was a mathematical model, but the basic idea is that the cold/flu meds work well enough at relieving symptoms that people go back to work, school, etc when they are still contagious and spread the flu to more people, leading to 5% more deaths than if everyone just suffered miserable in bed.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 22, 2014 01:54 PM (ZPrif)

46 I'm 9 picameters long and throbbing for you.

Posted by: A Spider Named Anthony Weiner at January 22, 2014 01:55 PM (/FnUH)

47 Just saw they made a movie version of The Strain.I enjoyed the first book,second was okay and I never read the third and final book.

Posted by: steevy at January 22, 2014 01:55 PM (zqvg6)

48 Yesterday I saw a camel toe at Walmart that was I just threw up a little in my mouth.

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at January 22, 2014 01:55 PM (yz6yg)

49 According to Science, we eat 100 spiders a night while we sleep.

That's Science talking, people, not me.

Posted by: Dr Spank at January 22, 2014 01:55 PM (DpEwG)

50 The Hacking of Real Life Things article reminds me of the 1988 movie Pulse where an intelligent pulse of electricity takes over appliances and kills people.

Posted by: no good deed at January 22, 2014 01:55 PM (vBhbc)

51 So is Gaylord Focker the decoy for Valerie Jarret?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 22, 2014 01:56 PM (XrwRV)

52 Oh, and that propane shortage? Just took delivery @ $4/gal. We'll be eating dog biscuits for the rest of the winter.

Posted by: Barnum, Putnum, and Hoser LLC at January 22, 2014 01:56 PM (Gm2zg)

53 apparently AtC just quit the site, or went mad, or something. She will be missed.

Posted by: ace at January 22, 2014 01:56 PM (/FnUH)

54 its Nicole Bonnet!

Posted by: thunderb at January 22, 2014 01:56 PM (zOTsN)

55 So you get to spend one less day miserable in bed, but that means you end up unwittingly killing an old lady by sneezing at her in the elevator.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 22, 2014 01:56 PM (ZPrif)

56 49 According to Science, we eat 100 spiders a night while we sleep.

That's Science talking, people, not me.

Posted by: Dr Spank at January 22, 2014 05:55 PM (DpEwG)

And here I was wondering why I woke up stuffed.

Never mind the human bones on the floor. Maid will get those.

Posted by: tangonine at January 22, 2014 01:56 PM (x3YFz)

57 >>Totes equality. You want it smashed? Smash it.

How about you smash it and I take credit for it, as well as for overcoming the struggle of the whole spider experience?

Posted by: Wendy Davis at January 22, 2014 01:57 PM (POpqt)

58 When they develop technology, they will build spider-inside-spider-mechas.

Posted by: --- at January 22, 2014 01:57 PM (MMC8r)

59 apparently AtC just quit the site, or went mad, or something. She will be missed. *** Silence? Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 22, 2014 01:57 PM (DmNpO)

60 apparently AtC just quit the site, or went mad, or something. She will be missed. I'd buy a raptor detector if I were you, ace.

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at January 22, 2014 01:57 PM (yz6yg)

A spider walks into a bar.

The bartender says, " can I help you?"

The spider says, " I'm looking for a couple of girls by the name of Alexthechick and MWR. I heard they've been badmouthing me."

The bartender takes a newspaper and WHACK! crushes the spider and says to himself " I know these girls. It was either him or me "

Posted by: polynikes at January 22, 2014 01:57 PM (m2CN7)

62 53 apparently AtC just quit the site, or went mad, or something.

She will be missed.

Posted by: ace at January 22, 2014 05:56 PM (/FnUH)

yeah, you pretty much just nuked her and bulldozed the crater.

Posted by: tangonine at January 22, 2014 01:57 PM (x3YFz)

63 According to Science, we eat 100 spiders a night while we sleep. That's like rape.

Posted by: garrett at January 22, 2014 01:57 PM (BV9I5)

64 Thousands of normally solitary wolf spiders have blanketed an Australian farm after fleeing a rising flood. http://tinyurl.com/89pesq4 It's a couple of years old but since Atc and MWR have passed out, they won't see it.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at January 22, 2014 01:58 PM (bCEmE)

65 They do it for the 'ettes, particularly AtC and MWR. Because they care.

Posted by: Grey Fox at January 22, 2014 01:58 PM (FgIgL)

66 Would you rather have a cat with the head and mind of a spider...or a giant spider with the head and mind if a cat?

Posted by: CAC at January 22, 2014 01:58 PM (NEfwI)

67
I think its cool that the tiny spider knows that it has eight legs. Which means it also knows where AtC lives.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 22, 2014 01:58 PM (n0DEs)

68 This is almost as bad as clowns building giant decoy clowns to hide in and wait for passing children to prey on.

Posted by: --- at January 22, 2014 01:58 PM (MMC8r)

69 If there's one thing an unsuccessful marriage taught me, when they go quiet... be afraid. Be very afraid.

Posted by: garrett at January 22, 2014 01:58 PM (BV9I5)

70 Maybe it's to scare away -- The Black Widow. By making her think there is another--bigger Black Widow. You know the female that has sex with the male then--eats him.

Posted by: Teleprompter Feed Crew at January 22, 2014 01:59 PM (RJMhd)

71 Dudes always try to make themselves appear bigger than they really are in selfies. Some need the help of Spielberg for that... And, even then, they hit the mark. It's the pinky fingernail that grows...

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 22, 2014 01:59 PM (IXrOn)

72 So... This is like Ace's last post ever?

Because there's no way he gets out of this alive.

Posted by: tangonine at January 22, 2014 01:59 PM (x3YFz)

73 Spiders shmiders. When I was a kid our dog would roll up his blanket and hump it.

Posted by: Dang at January 22, 2014 01:59 PM (MNq6o)

74 At least half of the bizarre shit we see in nature has to do with mating. I'm betting the lady spiders are involved somehow.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 22, 2014 01:59 PM (ZshNr)

75 Onion -- Best, Most Original Idea ManÂ’s Ever Had Returns 114,000 Google Search Results

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 22, 2014 01:59 PM (ZPrif)

76 apparently AtC just quit the site, or went mad, or something. She will be missed. Wait, what? She is more a fixture than most of the cobloggers.

Posted by: Grey Fox at January 22, 2014 01:59 PM (FgIgL)

77 "51 So is Gaylord Focker the decoy for Valerie Jarret? Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 22, 2014 05:56 PM (XrwRV)" Damn it. I can't come up with anything. Post more. :-P

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at January 22, 2014 01:59 PM (4hZFd)

78 The Carlos Danger of spiders?

Posted by: Orlandocon ette at January 22, 2014 02:00 PM (SldZ2)

79 I'm a giver : http://tinyurl.com/kj8nv69

Posted by: Dr Spank at January 22, 2014 02:00 PM (DpEwG)

80 Wait.., Charlotte was a dude ? Does the GLAAD Handbook tell us how to deal with this?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 22, 2014 02:00 PM (aDwsi)

81 "Spider Constructs Decoy Spiders Out of Webs, Detritus, and Dessicated Corpses of Old Kills"

Give that arachnid a grant, stat!

Posted by: National Endowment for the Arts at January 22, 2014 02:00 PM (eHIJJ)

82 66 Would you rather have a cat with the head and mind of a spider...or a giant spider with the head and mind if a cat?

Posted by: CAC at January 22, 2014 05:58 PM (NEfwI)

Stop your nefarious questions! Dag confused! Dag angry!

Posted by: tangonine at January 22, 2014 02:00 PM (x3YFz)

83 Stupid races don't build starships.

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at January 22, 2014 02:01 PM (tHzqt)

84 Lincolntf is correct anytime you see some bizarre inexplicable behavior its just some guy trying to get laid

Posted by: thunderb at January 22, 2014 02:01 PM (zOTsN)

85 "Spider Constructs Decoy Spiders Out of Webs, Detritus, and Dessicated Corpses of Old Kills" What? No menstrual blood?

Posted by: garrett at January 22, 2014 02:01 PM (BV9I5)

86 Wait, what? She is more a fixture than most of the cobloggers.

Posted by: Grey Fox at January 22, 2014 05:59 PM (FgIgL)

it was tongue in cheek. Lots of backstory. Spiders.

Just roll with it.

Posted by: tangonine at January 22, 2014 02:02 PM (x3YFz)

87 >>>A New Species of Spider Constructs Decoy Spiders<<<

It's a traaaaap!

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at January 22, 2014 02:02 PM (VVa+w)

88 spider was spelling out a message to Nicole Bennett in the post below in its web. It read, "Some Pig" antisemetic little fucker

Posted by: thunderb at January 22, 2014 02:02 PM (zOTsN)

89 apparently AtC just quit the site, or went mad, or something. She will be missed. And if anyone would know this, it would be an 'Ette. Â…. Wait, lincolntf is an 'Ette?

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at January 22, 2014 02:02 PM (yz6yg)

90 anytime you see some bizarre inexplicable behavior its just some guy trying to get laid Posted by: thunderb at January 22, 2014 06:01 PM I LOL'd

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 22, 2014 02:03 PM (C3Wjb)

91 I'm thinking that spider may be a ginger.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 22, 2014 02:03 PM (aDwsi)

92 How about you smash it and I take credit for it, as well as for overcoming the struggle of the whole spider experience? Posted by: Wendy Davis Just abort it. You have the experience. Should be totes easy Windy.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 22, 2014 02:03 PM (t+DWU)

Spider Commander.

Posted by: polynikes at January 22, 2014 02:03 PM (m2CN7)

94 "But if cattle and horses and lions had hands
or could paint with their hands and create works such as men do,
horses like horses and cattle like cattle
also would depict the gods' shapes and make their bodies
of such a sort as the form they themselves have."

Posted by: Xenophanes at January 22, 2014 02:03 PM (R6JT1)

95 >>>67 I think its cool that the tiny spider knows that it has eight legs. Which means it also knows where AtC lives. hah!

Posted by: ace at January 22, 2014 02:03 PM (/FnUH)

96 Alex's wee fists are no match for that thing that's for sure.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 22, 2014 02:03 PM (oFCZn)

97 Would you rather have a cat with the head and mind of a spider...or a giant spider with the head and mind if a cat? *** Hmmmm http://bit.ly/1dQ2hXL

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 22, 2014 02:03 PM (DmNpO)

98 Nope, I'm an 'on.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 22, 2014 02:03 PM (ZshNr)

99 When robots start building spiders that build other spiders, that's when we're f#cked.

Posted by: Dr Spank at January 22, 2014 02:03 PM (DpEwG)

100
hah!

Posted by: ace at January 22, 2014 06:03 PM (/FnUH)

Dude, if you don't have a moat? dig one.

Posted by: tangonine at January 22, 2014 02:04 PM (x3YFz)

101 Wait, lincolntf is an 'Ette? Yep. Great cans, too.

Posted by: garrett at January 22, 2014 02:04 PM (BV9I5)

102 its a drone

Posted by: thunderb at January 22, 2014 02:04 PM (zOTsN)

103 In the article it says the spider builds a little pocket in the fake spider and hides in there. Which means that whatever spider it is mimicking, is scary enough (poisonous?) that other predators will not try to eat the fake one, everyone leaves it the crap alone. Which means, I am so glad I am NOT one of those scientists walking through that jungle right now, because there is another breed of spider lurking out there you do NOT want to meet.

*shivers*

Posted by: LizLem at January 22, 2014 02:04 PM (BF+2f)

104 Arachnophiliacs!

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 22, 2014 02:04 PM (ZshNr)

105 BCochran, should we start a Dead Pool on those taunting AlextheChick?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 22, 2014 02:04 PM (XrwRV)

106 Wait.., Charlotte was a dude ? Does the GLAAD Handbook tell us how to deal with this? Everyone! Sashay! Sashay!!!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 22, 2014 02:05 PM (t+DWU)

107 It's the Wicker Spider and and soon a fool will be lured inside to burn in sacrifice to the Charlotte.

Posted by: Darth Rove at January 22, 2014 02:05 PM (EOHXa)

108 "63 According to Science, we eat 100 spiders a night while we sleep. That's like rape. Posted by: garrett at January 22, 2014 05:57 PM (BV9I5)" Rape is a "racist" word. When you stare at it, "racism" stares back at you. Later, all. God bless. :-)

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at January 22, 2014 02:05 PM (4hZFd)

109 If there are people you love you must watch this video warning : http://tinyurl.com/kj8nv69

Posted by: Dr Spank at January 22, 2014 02:05 PM (DpEwG)

110 ace: "apparently AtC just quit the site, or went mad, or something.

She will be missed."

Well if she returns, just don't ask, "What's the matter?" Just let the tension settle for a month or two before saying anything about anything. In fact you should probably leave town for a while.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at January 22, 2014 02:05 PM (eHIJJ)

111

Hmmmm

http://bit.ly/1dQ2hXL

Ho Lee Fuk ...that thing is real baby.

Posted by: eleven at January 22, 2014 02:05 PM (fsLdt)

112 of such a sort as the form they themselves have." Posted by: Xenophanes ------------------ Well..., there was Ba'al. I thought a bull?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 22, 2014 02:06 PM (aDwsi)

113 Can one's 'Spirit Animal' be an insect...or an arachnid?

Posted by: garrett at January 22, 2014 02:06 PM (BV9I5)

114 Shit, so this spider was found in Peru. Do you know what ELSE was found in Peru?!!

Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at January 22, 2014 02:06 PM (zDsvJ)

115 105 BCochran, should we start a Dead Pool on those taunting AlextheChick? Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 22, 2014 06:04 PM (XrwRV) We may be too late. She's not goneÂ…she's compiling a list. First packages are probably already airborne.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at January 22, 2014 02:06 PM (GEICT)

116 Sashay! Sashay!!!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 22, 2014 06:05 PM (t+DWU)

//long, uncomfortable pause.

Posted by: tangonine at January 22, 2014 02:06 PM (x3YFz)

117 109 If there are people you love you must watch this video warning : http://tinyurl.com/kj8nv69 Posted by: Dr Spank at January 22, 2014 06:05 PM (DpEwG) I hate you.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at January 22, 2014 02:06 PM (bCEmE)

118 I just put FNC on and lead story is that the healthcare reform may be dying. I missed where the article is from! I would love it! TFGÂ’s one accomplishment, as far as congressional laws, could die! I wish I had turned it on at six.

Posted by: Carol at January 22, 2014 02:06 PM (z4WKX)

119 How big is that little spider's brain. Now try to build a similar big spider using the same materials. I'm amazed at this.

Posted by: Soona at January 22, 2014 02:06 PM (Qf+FR)

120 When you stare at it, "racism" stares back at you. ---------------------------- And bacon.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 22, 2014 02:07 PM (aDwsi)

121 It's not clear where the incident was filmed. Hell.

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at January 22, 2014 02:07 PM (tHzqt)

122 Dudes always try to make themselves appear bigger than they really are in selfies. What? *taking cucumber out of jeans*

Posted by: Derek Smalls at January 22, 2014 02:07 PM (W3hdj)

123 We may be too late. She's not goneÂ…she's compiling a list. First packages are probably already airborne. That explains why I'm missing 500 lbs of Emu Chow from the warehouse.

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at January 22, 2014 02:07 PM (yz6yg)

124 Here's the link,apparently they are doing it asan FX series/ mini series. http://youtu.be/ntI57fCSCgs

Posted by: steevy at January 22, 2014 02:07 PM (zqvg6)

125 I was gonna put up some Greek columns for myself, but thought that was a little to vain.

Posted by: tiny little spider at January 22, 2014 02:08 PM (VVa+w)

126 When the only tool you have is a carapace, everything looks like a shell.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 22, 2014 02:08 PM (ZshNr)

127 If you have pets, this is a must watch : http://tinyurl.com/kj8nv69

Posted by: Glenn Beck at January 22, 2014 02:08 PM (DpEwG)

128 119 How big is that little spider's brain. Now try to build a similar big spider using the same materials. I'm amazed at this.

Posted by: Soona at January 22, 2014 06:06 PM (Qf+FR)

yeah. It's a hoot. Right up until you're in anaphylactic shock.

Posted by: tangonine at January 22, 2014 02:08 PM (x3YFz)

129 I was gonna put up some Greek columns for myself, but thought that was a little to vain. Posted by: tiny little spider at January 22, 2014 06:08 PM (VVa+w) **** LMAO!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 22, 2014 02:08 PM (DmNpO)

130 "A cat with eight legs would never stop licking itself."
-Socrates

Posted by: Dang at January 22, 2014 02:08 PM (MNq6o)

131 What's the big deal? Some of us have been assembling skins out of detritus and the dessicated corpses of old kills for, like, years. I probably shouldn't say more in case my parole officer starts tracking my Internet activity again. Buzzkill.

Posted by: Phinn at January 22, 2014 02:09 PM (LNGpC)

132 ok, I googled "wolf spider" to see what kind of spider was blanketing that farm. this video of a mama with all her babies on her back came up third. http://tinyurl.com/yknrcp9

Posted by: not the mama at January 22, 2014 02:09 PM (5dxeo)

133 90 anytime you see some bizarre inexplicable behavior its just some guy trying to get laid Posted by: thunderb at January 22, 2014 06:01 PM

Meggings: your argument is invalid.

Posted by: LizLem at January 22, 2014 02:09 PM (BF+2f)

134 Can one's 'Spirit Animal' be an insect...or an arachnid? Posted by: garrett ------- Would a beetle do?

Posted by: Scarab at January 22, 2014 02:09 PM (aDwsi)

135 ItÂ’s also possible that similar predation pressures have driven an example of convergent evolution, in which both species independently found it beneficial to construct grand, spidery illusions. Because the decoys are so large, it does seem as though the structures are more likely playing a defensive role. so its a camaro

Posted by: thunderb at January 22, 2014 02:09 PM (zOTsN)

136
just put FNC on and lead story is that the healthcare reform may be dying. I missed where the article is from!

I would love it! TFGÂ’s one accomplishment, as far as congressional laws, could die!

I wish I had turned it on at six. Posted by: Carol

Are you sure they didn't mean that reforming obamacare is dying?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 22, 2014 02:09 PM (n0DEs)

137 Meggings: your argument is invalid.

Not necessarily.

Posted by: Zorro the Gay Blade at January 22, 2014 02:09 PM (vBhbc)

138 That explains why I'm missing 500 lbs of Emu Chow from the warehouse. Posted by: Sean Bannion at January 22, 2014 06:07 PM (yz6yg) You may want to check the Raptor Pen. I think she rolled out the full battalion.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at January 22, 2014 02:09 PM (GEICT)

139 "A cat with eight legs would never stop licking itself." -Socrates *** Ahem http://jklmnop.net/spider_cat.gif

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 22, 2014 02:10 PM (DmNpO)

140 anytime you see some bizarre inexplicable behavior its just some guy trying to get laid Posted by: thunderb at January 22, 2014 06:01 PM Meggings: your argument is invalid. Posted by: LizLem point of order didn't say they were always trying to get laid by the ladies so heteronormative!

Posted by: thunderb at January 22, 2014 02:10 PM (zOTsN)

141 131 What's the big deal? Some of us have been assembling skins out of detritus and the dessicated corpses of old kills for, like, years. I probably shouldn't say more in case my parole officer starts tracking my Internet activity again. Buzzkill. Posted by: Phinn at January 22, 2014 06:09 PM (LNGpC) Word.

Posted by: Ed Gein at January 22, 2014 02:10 PM (oFCZn)

142 All hail Kumonga!

Posted by: Grandson of Godzilla at January 22, 2014 02:10 PM (R6JT1)

143 Ahem

http://jklmnop.net/spider_cat.gif Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse

Looks like it stopped licking because TEN!!!

Posted by: Socrates at January 22, 2014 02:11 PM (MNq6o)

144 Will not look at the last update. Won't. Do. It.

Posted by: garrett at January 22, 2014 02:11 PM (BV9I5)

145

Posted by: not the mama at January 22, 2014 06:09 PM (5dxeo)

I already have rattlesnake nightmares. Last thing I need to add is more spider videos.

I've got to build that flamethrower.

Posted by: tangonine at January 22, 2014 02:11 PM (x3YFz)

146 >>just put FNC on and lead story is that the healthcare reform may be dying. I missed where the article is from! Probably here. >>Resolved: Obamacare Is Now Beyond Rescue http://tinyurl.com/mq6gmmq

Posted by: JackStraw at January 22, 2014 02:12 PM (g1DWB)

147 I've got to build that flamethrower. A case of Lysol and an 8 pack of lighters just went in the bugout bag.

Posted by: garrett at January 22, 2014 02:13 PM (BV9I5)

148 ace is being a taunty bitch Imma dig a ditch

Posted by: thunderb at January 22, 2014 02:13 PM (zOTsN)

149 ok, I googled "wolf spider" to see what kind of spider was blanketing that farm. this video of a mama with all her babies on her back came up third. http://tinyurl.com/yknrcp9

Posted by: not the mama at January 22, 2014 06:09 PM (5dxeo)

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Ace needs to re-post that video of the merkin-like pile of daddy-long leg spiders. He's emu fodder now, so why not?

Posted by: Soona at January 22, 2014 02:13 PM (Qf+FR)

150 Here's one that builds a fence around its babies. http://tinyurl.com/kpbc7b2

Posted by: UWP at January 22, 2014 02:13 PM (2hQRj)

151 Kill it with fire.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 22, 2014 02:13 PM (V4CBV)

152 Factoring in the updates, I think ATC just shit herself.

Posted by: Dr Spank at January 22, 2014 02:14 PM (DpEwG)

153 tango - Are there any poisonous snakes in Hawaii? I would think not. Oh..., maybe King Snakes?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 22, 2014 02:14 PM (aDwsi)

154 Call me when the little builder arachnid starts moving around in his Mecha-Spider suit, crushing all the other spiders and grabbing small birds from the air.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 22, 2014 02:14 PM (ZshNr)

155 This is a crazy coincidence! I just came home and my puppy was trying to create a bigger decoy of herself. Oddly enough she used pillows from the couch the trash and some poop to do it. Seems one of the little Minnfidels forgot to kennel her when they left. (Like I have reminded them 8 zillion times) What a smart puppy. Although her replica looks more like a road kill deer and not a puppeh.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 22, 2014 02:14 PM (C3Wjb)

156 >>>A case of Lysol and an 8 pack of lighters just went in the bugout bag.

Posted by: garrett at January 22, 2014 06:13 PM (BV9I5)<<<

I see what you did there.

Posted by: the Orkin man at January 22, 2014 02:14 PM (VVa+w)

157

Posted by: thunderb at January 22, 2014 06:10 PM (zOTsN)

Hah, I ALMOST typed "except for gay men" but didn't, silly me. Even so, only a certain section of the male population, those build like twigs with nice calves, is gonna look good in those things.

Posted by: LizLem at January 22, 2014 02:14 PM (BF+2f)

158 I ate a bird once. *brp*

Posted by: Giant spider at January 22, 2014 02:14 PM (MNq6o)

159 Ace needs to re-post that video of the merkin-like pile of daddy-long leg spiders. He's emu fodder now, so why not? *** It's been posted in the comments above a couple of times.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 22, 2014 02:14 PM (DmNpO)

160 It's almost as if the spider had some kind of "spider sense."

Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 22, 2014 02:15 PM (V4CBV)

161 A case of Lysol and an 8 pack of lighters just went in the bugout bag. Try the electrical contact cleaner they sell at Home Depot. Cheap and it burns hot. Don't ask me how I know. You can ask but I won't tell you.

Posted by: Phinn at January 22, 2014 02:15 PM (LNGpC)

162 Okay we might need to send a rescue party to explore under AlextheChick's desk...

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 22, 2014 02:15 PM (XrwRV)

163 Decoy, sex toy. Same thing.

Posted by: Your new puppy at January 22, 2014 02:15 PM (MNq6o)

164 I've got to build that flamethrower.

Posted by: tangonine at January 22, 2014 06:11 PM (x3YFz)

Too much snow on the lawn?

Posted by: buzzion at January 22, 2014 02:16 PM (LI48c)

165 Decoy, sex toy. Same thing. Posted by: Your new puppy at January 22, 2014 06:15 PM ...........Yes, go on.

Posted by: Carlos Danger at January 22, 2014 02:16 PM (C3Wjb)

166 Maybe it's to scare away -- The Black Widow. That ain't gonna work. All the black widows (and their webs) I see here in New Mexico just leave the corpses of all the other spiders they've killed just strewn about and a little sign that says, "Bring it". And they don't even bother spinning neat symmetric webs.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at January 22, 2014 02:16 PM (PMGbu)

167 Could be an octopus decoy...

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 22, 2014 02:17 PM (g4TxM)

168 Okay we might need to send a rescue party to explore under AlextheChick's desk... Posted by: Anna ---------------------------- Is that an off-color remark? Just asking.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 22, 2014 02:17 PM (aDwsi)

169 Okay we might need to send a rescue party to explore under AlextheChick's desk... Sticky traps and a pair of size 4 Stompy Boots, to lure her out of hiding, should do it.

Posted by: garrett at January 22, 2014 02:18 PM (BV9I5)

170 Could be an octopus decoy... Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 22, 2014 06:17 PM .........Spidapus?

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 22, 2014 02:18 PM (C3Wjb)

171 Obviously Mike volunteers as Tribute to search AlextheChick's secret under the desk bunker.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 22, 2014 02:18 PM (XrwRV)

172 SIV. Just sayin...

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at January 22, 2014 02:18 PM (vHRtU)

173 Maybe the spiders found a competitive advantage by appearing larger than they actually were, like by deterring stoned half-assed naturalist film students from fucking with them.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 22, 2014 02:19 PM (ZshNr)

174 And they don't even bother spinning neat symmetric webs. *** Nope. They kind of look like abandoned. Like Detroit.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 22, 2014 02:19 PM (DmNpO)

175 What about flying snakes? Yes, it's a thing.
They make an S with their bodies and flick their tail while they're jumping between trees... and catch air. I don't mind snakes but that's freaky.

Posted by: The Mega Independent at January 22, 2014 02:19 PM (4/o9U)

176 169 Okay we might need to send a rescue party to explore under AlextheChick's desk...

Sticky traps and a pair of size 4 Stompy Boots, to lure her out of hiding, should do it.

Posted by: garrett at January 22, 2014 06:18 PM (BV9I5)

Or just point out that under a dark quiet desk is the perfect spot for spiders to spin some webs.

Posted by: buzzion at January 22, 2014 02:19 PM (LI48c)

177 171 - No. No. Way. I have a strong instinct for self-preservation.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 22, 2014 02:19 PM (aDwsi)

178 Brit Hume brought the hammer in an abortion segment. He's agin it.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 22, 2014 02:19 PM (ZPrif)

179 "I SAID, YOU'RE A BIG FELLA, CAN YA HELP ME MOVE MY COUCH?"

Posted by: Spider neighbor at January 22, 2014 02:20 PM (MNq6o)

180 As if the spiders are disturbing enough: http://tinyurl.com/oakllpj

SFW, barely. It's annotated with "Mildly Disturbing," but that's inaccurate. It's highly disturbing.

I'm a giver. You're welcome.

Posted by: Country Singer at January 22, 2014 02:20 PM (CWquH)

181 are = aren't

Posted by: Country Singer at January 22, 2014 02:21 PM (CWquH)

182 Heeeeere Alex. Here chicky, chicky, chicky.... http://bit.ly/KItFK8

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 22, 2014 02:21 PM (DmNpO)

183 Australia is stricken from the countries I'd like to visit list. http://tinyurl.com/6bcn8h

Posted by: no good deed at January 22, 2014 02:22 PM (vBhbc)

184 Spinado!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 22, 2014 02:22 PM (C3Wjb)

185 I thought I was kinda cool with spiders until I went to the bug museum and they were passing around the molted skin of a tarantula. Would not go in the room. Fuck that shit. Wanted to burn the building down. House of evil.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 22, 2014 02:22 PM (ZPrif)

186 "Having spotted several, Alexander knew that this wasnÂ’t just the efforts of a distracted moth. He posted these new photos on Reddit and got a few suggestions, but nothing conclusive." http://tinyurl.com/q8c3z9c ---- Thats what you do when you think you discovered a new animal. You post it to reddit, in order to be conclusive.

Posted by: UWP at January 22, 2014 02:22 PM (2hQRj)

187 It's all fun and games until they start putting servos and actuators in them...

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at January 22, 2014 02:22 PM (cxs6V)

188 178 Brit Hume brought the hammer in an abortion segment. He's agin it. Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 22, 2014 06:19 PM (ZPrif) But what about spider rape?

Posted by: Moo Moo Cow don't bother me at January 22, 2014 02:22 PM (bRL1M)

189

And they don't even bother spinning neat symmetric webs.

***

Nope. They kind of look like abandoned. Like Detroit.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 22, 2014 06:19 PM (DmNpO)

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

A web is still a warning. Not like the recluse spiders that will stalk and hunt you down.

Posted by: Soona at January 22, 2014 02:23 PM (Qf+FR)

190 It's almost as if Ace decided that if he can't sleep, nobody will.

Posted by: garrett at January 22, 2014 02:23 PM (BV9I5)

191 Maybe the spiders found a competitive advantage by appearing larger than they actually were, like by deterring stoned half-assed naturalist film students from fucking with them. Posted by: Lincolntf at January 22, 2014 06:19 PM ........Would have been better if they could use the old carcass to write "Fuck Off Hippie" in their web.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 22, 2014 02:23 PM (C3Wjb)

192 tango - Are there any poisonous snakes in Hawaii? I would think not. Oh..., maybe King Snakes?

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 22, 2014 06:14 PM (aDwsi)

I pride myself in not fearing anything: death, getting my ass kicked in a fight, failure, monsters in the closet.

I've dealt with cougars (the fuzzy kind, not the 45+ white women kind), leeches... sat motionless while fire ants made a snack of me, backed up from a mama black bear, pushed a pack of coyotes into the tree line.

But if you put a rattlesnake near me I will scream like a little bitch and flee.

Posted by: tangonine at January 22, 2014 02:24 PM (x3YFz)

193 We have a saying in Central America: 'There are very few problems that can't be solved with a machete and a shit bucket' Specifically we insist students not kill the tarantulas, as they are harmless and eat a lot of pesky bugs. It can be disconcerting to have one fall on you in the jungle, or, worse, out of the rafters at night, but that's just part of growth experience isn't it?

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at January 22, 2014 02:24 PM (vHRtU)

194 C'mon Alex.... You know you want them. Heeeere AtC..... http://bit.ly/1fdbKVX

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 22, 2014 02:24 PM (DmNpO)

195 190 It's almost as if Ace decided that if he can't sleep, nobody will. Posted by: garrett at January 22, 2014 06:23 PM (BV9I5) Hell, a little NyQuil would solve that...

Posted by: MikeH at January 22, 2014 02:24 PM (bRL1M)

196 Are you sure they didn't mean that reforming obamacare is dying? Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 22, 2014 06:09 PM (n0DEs) I am going to watch them discuss with the panel. IÂ’ll post what they say. I had been watching episodes of Shameless. I just discovered that show, on demand. I was going to go do laundry but I will wait until 7.

Posted by: Carol at January 22, 2014 02:25 PM (z4WKX)

197 Fished this out of my pool, last summer: https://twitter.com/NiceDeb/status/349538702151778305

Posted by: Nice Deb at January 22, 2014 02:25 PM (23log)

198 A case of Lysol and an 8 pack of lighters just went in the bugout bag. Try the electrical contact cleaner they sell at Home Depot. Cheap and it burns hot. Cheap can of starter fluid, (ether) from wally world.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 22, 2014 02:25 PM (t+DWU)

199 But if you put a rattlesnake near me I will scream like a little bitch and flee. Posted by: tangonine at January 22, 2014 06:24 PM ......Roger that, me too. Most critters don't bother me. EXCEPT snakes. Then I get all Indiana Jones. Ick, creepy fucking things they all are.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 22, 2014 02:26 PM (C3Wjb)

200 Brit Hume brought the hammer in an abortion segment. He's agin it. **** Did he address the "Republican Rape Audit"?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 22, 2014 02:26 PM (DmNpO)

201 I'd just like to point out that the decoy spider has 8 legs. Just like a real spider. That means that the decoy-building spider can count!!! Spiders have mastered math. How soon before the Spiders are building spider guns that shoot spiders? Game over, man. Game. Over.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 22, 2014 02:26 PM (0cMkb)

202 Former Va Governor accepted $18k Caribbean vacation. No, not the Repub McDonnell that Holder just indicted. That was the former Dem Governor Kaine, the one before McDonnell.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 22, 2014 02:27 PM (ZPrif)

203 Fished this out of my pool, last summer: https://twitter.com/NiceDeb/status/349538702151778305 *** It looks astoundingly unsquished. WHY DOES IT LOOK UNSQUISHED?!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 22, 2014 02:27 PM (DmNpO)

204 spiders have mastered math but progs can't ponder that

Posted by: thunderb at January 22, 2014 02:27 PM (zOTsN)

205 Snakes I can handle. Spiders, not so much.

Posted by: garrett at January 22, 2014 02:27 PM (BV9I5)

206 naturalfake at January 22, 2014 06:26 PM .I for one, welcome our new spider overlords

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 22, 2014 02:27 PM (C3Wjb)

207 A threat so serious it could not only jeopardize the President's health care plan but entire health insurance industry #SpecialReport #6pmET I went to the SR Bing Politics website & copied.

Posted by: Carol at January 22, 2014 02:27 PM (z4WKX)

208 New Wendy Davis thread up

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 22, 2014 02:27 PM (DmNpO)

209 Repub Gov McDonnell accepted 150k in gifts from donors. What a disgrace. Dem Gov Kaine accepted 180k in gifts from donors. Still a respected member of Va politics. Good fundraiser.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 22, 2014 02:28 PM (ZPrif)

210 Every refresh on this Thread is like a flashback to my 7th year and those fucking Ranger Rick Zoo cards.

Posted by: garrett at January 22, 2014 02:29 PM (BV9I5)

211 tango - I grew up in the land of giant Diamond-Back rattlers. I have seen huge ones. No one would think of walking at night without a flashlight. Also, while the contemporary view is that we should allow such to exist undisturbed, I killed them. Without a single qualm.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 22, 2014 02:29 PM (aDwsi)

212 I once went to Haiti, and going out to the curb of the airport there were several huge spiders. I asked the guy and he said yeah, they're everywhere. I got right back on the plane and left. OK, I didn't really go to Haiti , but thats what I would have done if I did.

Posted by: UWP at January 22, 2014 02:29 PM (2hQRj)

213 Roger that, me too. Most critters don't bother me. EXCEPT snakes. Then I get all Indiana Jones. Ick, creepy fucking things they all are.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 22, 2014 06:26 PM (C3Wjb)

I don't fear all snakes. We have bull snakes that eat the rattlers (they're my buddies). I'm a northern critter so haven't been exposed to the south eastern wetlands of our nation, and therefore can only speculate on the water moccasins, but I'm sure I'd rather face an alligator. At least you can see him coming at you.

Posted by: tangonine at January 22, 2014 02:29 PM (x3YFz)

214 >>>That means that the decoy-building spider can count!!! <<<

I also know jobs isn't a 3 letter word, and that your insurance premiums won't go down 3000 percent.

Posted by: tiny little spider at January 22, 2014 02:30 PM (VVa+w)

215 If he posts a pic of a vagina we'll know DiT is next .

Posted by: Bill D. Cat at January 22, 2014 02:30 PM (XWw96)

216 >>Okay we might need to send a rescue party to explore under AlextheChick's desk...

Personally, as someone who detests spiders, I think the photo, while initially freaky, is not cause for AtC to bring the smackdown. The glee in obviously tormenting the 'Ettes, however, might be. And if you ever have a giant pic of a spider face on the site I will be AtC's right hand minion in burning all the things down

And nope, not clicking on any of the links on this post, not that stupid...

Posted by: LizLem at January 22, 2014 02:30 PM (BF+2f)

217 I'd also like to point out that means- That since spiders have mastered math and counting that makes them- smarter than TFG and 99.999% of Democrat voters. So- One, Can we give spiders the vote? and Two, maybe Christie's gut isn't full of fat but full of baby spiders....baby spiders with Presidential ambitions who can count. I for one welcome our new spider overlords.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 22, 2014 02:30 PM (0cMkb)

218 ...and we have a crap ton of raptors here: bald eagles, golden eagles, hawks of about 3 varieties, falcons, owls.

Not much moves out here on the prairie without gettin' et.

Posted by: tangonine at January 22, 2014 02:31 PM (x3YFz)

219 DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES Official Trailer

http://tinyurl.com/ph9mvrh

Posted by: Dr Spank at January 22, 2014 02:32 PM (DpEwG)

220 The glee in obviously tormenting the 'Ettes, however, might be. And if you ever have a giant pic of a spider face on the site I will be AtC's right hand minion in burning all the things down

And nope, not clicking on any of the links on this post, not that stupid...

Posted by: LizLem at January 22, 2014 06:30 PM (BF+2f)

I'm slowly moving to the exit.

Posted by: tangonine at January 22, 2014 02:32 PM (x3YFz)

221 rattler, South Carolina: http://www.dnr.sc.gov/news/yr2010/oct4/rattler.jpg

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 22, 2014 02:33 PM (aDwsi)

222 Kraut just said that the bill was intentionally written to destroy the relationship between employer and employee by making them force us off employer covered health care. Issue is that they did not build back end website, etc. HHS has memos & Jim Engel just reported on story, I didnÂ’t see him report it on show tonight. IÂ’ll search after itÂ’s over.

Posted by: Carol at January 22, 2014 02:48 PM (z4WKX)

223 Spider documentary:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhTjifulPB8

Posted by: Abbie Normal at January 22, 2014 02:55 PM (PXnNl)

224 Unfortunately, the spiderÂ’s habitat is under immediate threat, he said. The Israeli government recently approved mining operations in the region, which could wipe out the creature. I'm not seeing a downside.

Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2014 03:00 PM (sdi6R)

225 The spider got a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Posted by: whoever at January 22, 2014 03:24 PM (zu9Ee)

226 It's not a decoy, it's a prototype for a Mech. They'll be driven by version IV.

Posted by: Fritz at January 22, 2014 03:41 PM (TKFmG)

227 I generally try to rescue any creature I find in my house; except spiders. Something inside me causes me to flatten spiders on sight. It must be something inherited from the caveman era. We had sipders in our previous house that grew hair and were the size of small Japanese cars. God I hate those things.

Posted by: DL at January 22, 2014 03:44 PM (vDDnO)

228 Did you know that there was once a fad for collecting spider webs, layering them until they form a sort of fabric, and painting pictures on them? It's true. It started somewhere in the Tyrol in the 1600s, and there are only about 100 cobweb paintings left in existence. I think I read that the Victorians tried to revive this bizarre art form too.

Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at January 22, 2014 04:38 PM (FkH4y)

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