January 12, 2014
— Maetenloch
Gates and Barack Obama's Narcissistic War Insecurities
Moe Lane breaks down this paragraph from Gates' book and how much it says about Obama. The context is a request by Adm. Mullen and Gen McChrystal for 5000 more support troops early in Obama's term in order to keep the Afghan situation from deteriorating further:
[JCS Chairman Admiral Michael] Mullen and I repeatedly discussed with the infuriated president what he regarded as military pressure on him. "Is it a lack of respect for me?" Obama asked us. "Are [Petraeus, McChrystal and Mullen] trying to box me in? I've tried to create an environment where all points of view can be expressed and have a robust debate. I'm prepared to devote any amount of time to it-however many hours or days. What is wrong? Is it the process? Are they suspicious of my politics? Do they resent that I never served in the military? Do they think because I'm young that I don't see what they're doing?"
For Obama their request was all about him and political maneuvering. The possibility that Mullen and McChrystal really thought the 5,000 enablers were necessary doesn't seem to have occurred to him.
And Obama, Biden and their advisors didn't seem to understand military matters and the military in general.
That Sunday meeting was unlike any I ever attended in the Oval Office. Obama said he had gathered the group principally to go through his decisions one more time to determine whether Mullen and Petraeus were fully on board. The commanders said what he wanted to hear, and I was pleased to hear my proposal being adopted.Then came an exchange that is seared into my memory. Biden said he was ready to move forward, but the military "should consider the president's decision as an order."
"I am giving an order," Obama quickly said.
I was shocked. I had never heard a president explicitly frame a decision as a direct order. With the U.S. military, it is completely unnecessary. As secretary of defense, I had never issued an "order" to get something done; nor had I heard any commander do so. Obama's "order," at Biden's urging, demonstrated the complete unfamiliarity of both men with the American military culture.
We're in the best of hands.
And it's Walmart FTW despite being The Worst Worst Place Ever To Work according to the Left.
This is really amazing - the much derided Walmart health-care benefits are much better than one could buy under Obamacare. Premiums are steeply lower for Walmart recipients, as are the required deductibles. And Walmart insurance gives employees access to more hospitals and many more doctors than are in the Obamacare exchanges. Will we see the same sort of protests against Obamacare as we've seen against Walmart? Of course not.
Supreme Court to Review Obama's Recess Appointments to NLRB
Now, for the first time in American history, the Supreme Court will consider just what constitutes a "recess appointment." The court will hear a case involving a Washington state canning company that lost an NLRB decision involving the questionably appointed commissioners. Senate Republicans have also joined the suit that, if overturned, could invalidate hundreds of NLRB decisions made after the president claimed his recess appointment power to name the three Democrats.
One of the question before the court will be; who decides when the Senate is in recess?
On one hand you can argue that the Senate is in recess when it says it's recessed, but if the Senate declares that it will conduct no business for a set period as it does during its pro forma sessions, that's arguably a de facto recess.
Why is a 30 Year Veteran Colonel Now Living in a Van Down By the River?
But retired Air Force Colonel Robert Freniere doesn't fit that profile. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Freniere, who concluded a 30-year military career in 2006, spends most of his nights in an old minivan, not far from the military academy where his son is a student. Despite an impressive service resume--and multiple graduate degrees--Freniere has struggled to find work in recent years:"After his retirement, Freniere said, it took him a year to find work. Like many retired servicemen, he turned to jobs with defense contractors. Twice, the work took him to Afghanistan, he said.
Freniere said he had not been able to find a contracting job since August 2012. He blames the federal sequestration for squeezing contractors of money and of the confidence to hire people. He has not lasted long at other jobs, as a substitute teacher and an executive in a company writing proposals for government grants.
When he came home, he had nowhere to go after separating from his second wife. (In an interview, she said that he does not help her pay the mortgage on their home.)
But there's a mystery here since his pension ought to be enough to support him and his family.
Yet, elements of Colonel Freniere's story are puzzling. For starters, there's the income issue; as a retired O-6, with 30 years of service, Freniere receives a pension equivalent to 75% of his base pay, somewhere around $8,000 a month. We'll assume that his ex-wife gets half of his pension, as mandated by federal law. That still leaves the Colonel with upwards of $4,000 a month to live on.
More here.
From the latest issue of Popular Science.
NYC woman shocked to see 'Negro' as an option on juror form
A New York City woman was shocked when she was asked if she identified as 'Black, African American or Negro' on a juror form.Raeana Roberson, 25, who is black, received the form on Monday from the Queens County courthouse when called in for jury duty.
'I felt shocked and upset and totally disrespected,' Roberson told The Huffington Post.
No one tell her what the C in NAACP stands for or she'll totally freak.
How Many People Does It Take to Free a 12 Year Old's Tongue From a Frozen Flagpole
Okay 12 year old Maddie Gilmartin had a sudden idiotic urge to lick a flagpole which makes her a young fool - who's now learned her lesson:
[T]here was no dare involved. Maddie's a kid who was just curious and learned the hard way.Her parents hope other kids will realize the dangers and not make the same mistake their daughter made.
"It was just completely innocent," Shawn said.
Maddie said her tongue now aches and feels like it was stung by a bee, but otherwise she's doing fine.
But the really disappointing part is the haplessness of the adults around her who left her stuck to the pole for 15 minutes while the authorities were summoned. Did no one think of warm water (or in a pinch urine)?
To us, the most amazing part of the story is that nobody was able to unstick the poor girl without calling the authorities. Police responded. Someone called a relative who worked in a hospital, and she in turn got a doctor's opinion.About 10-15 minutes into Maddie's ordeal, her parents - with the encouragement of the cops and ER doc - poured hot water on the interface between the 98.6º girl and the -4º or so pole, and Maddie was freed. Taken to the ER, she learned she's going to hurt for a while - and recover. She then went home.
She seems like a bright child, in case you needed any more proof that bright people can do dumb things. It still kind of amazes us that someone can live in New England and not know (1) not to touch bare flesh to bare metal, and (2) how to unstick the twain if you ignore (1).
And no she had not seen the movie A Christmas Story if you were curious.
Woman Eats 4.5lb Steak in Less Than 3 Minutes
Like most pro eaters she's on the thin side - another blow to the Big Man theory.
Hats off to Canadian Molly Schuyler, who undertook a record-breaking 72-oz steak consumption on a whim at Sayler's of Portland, OR. Schuyler polished off the 4.5lb slab of meat in less than three minutes. The world record time this feat stood at 6:48. It's not clear whether Schuyler's record has official standing, though: record-setting conditions appear to stipulate that challengers use a knife and fork, not their hands. Nevertheless, Schuyler has done something amazing.
Weekly Commenter Standings
Top 10 commenters:
1 [1264 comments] 'Sven 10077' [177.42 posts/day][A comment every 8.1 minutes 24/7 = cry for help]
2 [498 comments] 'Niedermeyer's Dead Horse'
3 [426 comments] 'AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It.'
4 [417 comments] 'Anna Puma (+SmuD)'
5 [404 comments] 'toby928?'
6 [395 comments] 'Mike Hammer'
7 [362 comments] 'Thunderb'
8 [325 comments] 'Hawaii'
9 [296 comments] 'soothsayer'
10 [290 comments] 'garrett'
Top 10 sockpuppeteers:
1 [75 names] 'Clarence' [10.53 unique names/day]
2 [74 names] 'The Political Hat'
3 [46 names] 'Cicero (@cicero)'
4 [37 names] 'toby928?'
5 [33 names] 'Doctor Fish'
6 [31 names] 'kbdabear'
7 [30 names] 'Mike Hammer'
8 [30 names] 'Hate Miser'
9 [29 names] 'BubbaLou'
10 [28 names] 'Hawaii'
The group. Yeah.
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Posted by: Romeo13 at January 12, 2014 06:24 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 12, 2014 06:25 PM (9GG/0)
Posted by: Carol at January 12, 2014 06:26 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 12, 2014 06:27 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 12, 2014 06:27 PM (esoZV)
He has a couple of Sons in College... if he is helping them, then 4K does not go far...
I know I lived like a pauper while trying to put my kids through school...
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 12, 2014 10:24 PM (lZBBB)
True but that leads to other questions like 1) why doesn't he move to DC where he could find work and 2) why are the sons allowing their father to pay for their college if that leaves him homeless?
Posted by: Mætenloch at January 12, 2014 06:28 PM (XkotV)
Posted by: buzzion at January 12, 2014 06:28 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: cryptocon at January 12, 2014 06:28 PM (NP29G)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 12, 2014 06:28 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: rd at January 12, 2014 06:28 PM (D+lxs)
Posted by: no good deed at January 12, 2014 06:28 PM (HsJeN)
Posted by: Arbalest at January 12, 2014 06:29 PM (FlRtG)
maybe the sons are Obama voters?
Posted by: chemjeff at January 12, 2014 06:29 PM (9GG/0)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 12, 2014 06:29 PM (V4CBV)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 12, 2014 06:29 PM (esoZV)
'Sven 10077' [177.42 posts/day][A comment every 8.1 minutes 24/7 = cry for help]
I actually wrote a few worth reading this week Maet...I prefer to think of myself as a very inefficient political pundit.
Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 12, 2014 06:29 PM (TE35l)
Posted by: Lapdog Media at January 12, 2014 06:29 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 12, 2014 06:29 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: garrett at January 12, 2014 06:30 PM (t3OZV)
Posted by: Arms Merchant at January 12, 2014 06:30 PM (+XVQe)
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 12, 2014 06:30 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 12, 2014 06:31 PM (9GG/0)
Posted by: Typical San Fransisco resident at January 12, 2014 06:31 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: shredded chi - If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck at January 12, 2014 06:31 PM (CqRXU)
Posted by: no good deed at January 12, 2014 06:31 PM (HsJeN)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 12, 2014 06:31 PM (esoZV)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at January 12, 2014 06:31 PM (Xfl0F)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at January 12, 2014 06:32 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at January 12, 2014 06:32 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 12, 2014 06:32 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Igotnothing at January 12, 2014 06:33 PM (4Gb8Z)
Shanna, a homeless heroin junkie
Bob, an alcoholic who's been arrested for DUI 15 times
Tanya, a meth addict who sells her body for drugs
Sven
Posted by: A&E Programming Dept at January 12, 2014 06:33 PM (9GG/0)
Posted by: Arms Merchant at January 12, 2014 06:34 PM (+XVQe)
I purposely tried not to be in the top ten this week. I was two weeks in row much to my surprise.
Posted by: Carol at January 12, 2014 10:26 PM (z4WKX)
In Soviet Russia, Top Ten posts you!
Posted by: cthulhu at January 12, 2014 06:35 PM (T1005)
Posted by: no good deed at January 12, 2014 06:35 PM (HsJeN)
trying to recall that Bruins tv song is wracking me brain
but I'll get it eventually
I've become adroit at recalling old memories. It's something I've been working on for a while..
Posted by: soothsayer at January 12, 2014 06:36 PM (gYIst)
Posted by: Sharkman at January 12, 2014 06:36 PM (8+xjO)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at January 12, 2014 06:37 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Arms Merchant at January 12, 2014 06:37 PM (+XVQe)
About how, duh, a military politics? Excuse I Latin, me can't write too good.
Posted by: Maximinus Thrax at January 12, 2014 06:37 PM (Xfl0F)
Good thing there wasn't a box to check for "Fat Ass" because... dayum.
Posted by: Dang at January 12, 2014 06:37 PM (MNq6o)
Posted by: Kreplach at January 12, 2014 06:37 PM (5ihTG)
Posted by: --- at January 12, 2014 06:38 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: shredded chi - If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck at January 12, 2014 06:38 PM (CqRXU)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 12, 2014 06:38 PM (CeNUw)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at January 12, 2014 06:39 PM (RZ8pf)
Thanks I'm okay...no really I can quit anytime...
actually I *may* take a long break...
writing about why Tapper v Luttrell happened and this evenings' idiocy on minimum wage over at Tepid have me pretty bummed/ramped up
Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 12, 2014 06:39 PM (TE35l)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 12, 2014 10:31 PM (9GG/0)
Hangin'.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 12, 2014 06:39 PM (T1005)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 12, 2014 06:40 PM (esoZV)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 12, 2014 06:40 PM (CeNUw)
Posted by: --- at January 12, 2014 06:40 PM (MMC8r)
So how many comments/week do you make over there?
Posted by: chemjeff at January 12, 2014 06:41 PM (9GG/0)
'Sven 10077' [177.42 posts/day][A comment every 8.1 minutes 24/7 = cry for help]
I actually wrote a few worth reading this week Maet...I prefer to think of myself as a very inefficient political pundit.
Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 12, 2014 10:29 PM (TE35l)
As a concerned human being I have to point out that not even Ace or any of the cobs spend this much time on the blog. It's not that it's the worst thing in the world but I do worry that it's coming at the expense of something more meaningful.
Have you considered woodworking or a local darts club?
Posted by: Mætenloch at January 12, 2014 06:41 PM (XkotV)
Posted by: Thrawn at January 12, 2014 06:41 PM (WlWt+)
Posted by: Bob Dole at January 12, 2014 06:41 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: Igotnothing at January 12, 2014 06:41 PM (4Gb8Z)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at January 12, 2014 06:41 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: Arms Merchant at January 12, 2014 06:42 PM (+XVQe)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at January 12, 2014 10:37 PM (RZ8pf)
fear of litigation.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 12, 2014 06:42 PM (9GG/0)
Posted by: R. Kelly at January 12, 2014 06:43 PM (t3OZV)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 12, 2014 06:44 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: shredded chi - If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck at January 12, 2014 06:44 PM (CqRXU)
Point conceded to teh Horde. That movie was the whiniest, most pathetic cinematic turd ever flung onto a cinema screen. The Greeks might even have to invent some letters after omega to describe that... entity which Joaquim Phoenix played.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at January 12, 2014 06:44 PM (Xfl0F)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at January 12, 2014 06:44 PM (DoZD+)
Posted by: --- at January 12, 2014 06:45 PM (MMC8r)
It's stories like the frozen pole and the upset black woman that give me an evil sort of hope for a bleak future.
Alls I know is two things:
1. I will easily rule these future generations of imbeciles and idiots.
2. Unfortunately, they will be nearly useless to me.
3. If anarchy is in our future, I will totally rule whatever is in my purview.
4. Again, however, I will be ruling over idiots.
Posted by: soothsayer at January 12, 2014 06:45 PM (gYIst)
Far less...
"Harlekwin15" probably ~ 100 give or take if it is a week I post at all...
the idiocracy over there needs whipped from time to time.
Tepid is bleeding commenters...just like the "nice" GOP is shedding support.
Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 12, 2014 06:45 PM (TE35l)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at January 12, 2014 06:45 PM (Xfl0F)
That's a sentence you look forward to never hearing.
Posted by: garrett at January 12, 2014 10:30 PM (t3OZV)
Speak for yourself.
Posted by: Martin Bashir at January 12, 2014 06:46 PM (vgH+s)
Posted by: Bob Dole at January 12, 2014 06:47 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: Seaweed at January 12, 2014 06:47 PM (+XVQe)
Posted by: Nathan of Brainfertilizer Fame at January 12, 2014 06:47 PM (Qgz3Q)
Posted by: The Secret Hat Project at January 12, 2014 06:47 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 12, 2014 06:47 PM (aDwsi)
Was feeling adventurous tonight. Ordered some anchovies on my pizza. Must've got the impulse thanks to buying a copy of Die Hard on blu-ray tonight. "Yippee-kai-ya, heartburn!!"
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 12, 2014 06:47 PM (HVI5a)
chi, the song I'm thinking of is also instrumental but not "Nutty"
it was used during the tv promos
Posted by: soothsayer at January 12, 2014 06:47 PM (gYIst)
Posted by: Brother Cavil needs to sort his socks at January 12, 2014 06:47 PM (m9V0o)
Hey, now, I... wait, you're absolutely right.
Posted by: Kiki the ferret at January 12, 2014 06:48 PM (wSrLR)
Posted by: shredded chi - If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck at January 12, 2014 06:48 PM (CqRXU)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 12, 2014 06:48 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Carol at January 12, 2014 06:49 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at January 12, 2014 06:49 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Bourbonchicken at January 12, 2014 06:49 PM (O+0br)
I have the benefit of several computers in the house and usually keeping 3-5 tabs open at a time.
Were I to take up a "manly" hobby it'd be yodeling or reindeer herding.
No seriously, the reason I was around so much was Lad was home b/c "Polar Vortex"...
I can't figure this place(America not here) out anymore Maet...
I do not understand what the hell we are becoming and more importantly why the hell we are devolving this way.
The EPA and Greens are turning this into a theme park basically like Cool Czech said we are simply exporting our industrial pollution(along with a LARGE part of our manufacturing) to China.
We're "Brawndo Disney" and I cannot understand why any sane individual picks this.
Sooner or later I am probably going to be declared insane for political reasons or sent to the Gulag they wind up setting up if things go like they're looking.
Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 12, 2014 06:50 PM (TE35l)
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at January 12, 2014 06:50 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: The Political Hat at January 12, 2014 06:50 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: Kreplach at January 12, 2014 06:50 PM (Xkr8I)
Posted by: Michael Mann at January 12, 2014 06:50 PM (+XVQe)
Makes me want to ask if anyone here has a good recipe for homemade steak sauce.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 12, 2014 06:51 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: rickl at January 12, 2014 06:51 PM (sdi6R)
Were I able I'd run the Pub Hat...of course I probably couldn't afford the 12 buck an hour minimum wage the idiots are pushing...
http://tinyurl.com/npusr2d
Tepid "12 buck an hour minimum wage?"
Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 12, 2014 06:52 PM (TE35l)
Mmmm.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 12, 2014 06:52 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 12, 2014 06:52 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 12, 2014 06:53 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 12, 2014 06:53 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: --- at January 12, 2014 06:53 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: shredded chi - If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck at January 12, 2014 06:54 PM (CqRXU)
anyhow duly noted 2300 posts in 14 days is a bit much...but I've been at ~5250 IIRC at my "best"
Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 12, 2014 06:54 PM (TE35l)
Just out of curiosity, did you also see Lars and the Real Girl? I admit, I liked it.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 12, 2014 06:54 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Carol at January 12, 2014 06:54 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Arms Merchant at January 12, 2014 06:54 PM (+XVQe)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 12, 2014 06:55 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 12, 2014 06:55 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 12, 2014 06:55 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Kreplach at January 12, 2014 06:56 PM (Xkr8I)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 12, 2014 06:56 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 12, 2014 10:55 PM
It's been done.
Posted by: jame gumb at January 12, 2014 06:57 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 12, 2014 06:57 PM (esoZV)
IMHO anchovies go well with sweet pizza sauce, which Papa John's has.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 12, 2014 06:57 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at January 12, 2014 06:57 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Carol at January 12, 2014 06:57 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 12, 2014 06:58 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Radical Wind Femtard at January 12, 2014 06:58 PM (+XVQe)
Posted by: shredded chi - If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck at January 12, 2014 06:58 PM (CqRXU)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 12, 2014 06:58 PM (DmNpO)
Like the youtube link to Friedman on the matter the concept they are shooting for is "reverse income tax" the problem is they will never cede the old welfare state thus negating the price dynamic savings to the economy....
this country WANTS to implode and by God the smart answer may well be to let it.
Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 12, 2014 06:58 PM (TE35l)
With quality steak, salt and maybe a little pepper. If you are going to use sauce buy hamburger.
Posted by: The Hickster at January 12, 2014 06:59 PM (TI3xG)
Posted by: Radical Wind Femtard at January 12, 2014 06:59 PM (+XVQe)
Posted by: Kreplach at January 12, 2014 06:59 PM (Ztkqo)
Posted by: no good deed at January 12, 2014 06:59 PM (HsJeN)
Posted by: Radical Wind Femtard at January 12, 2014 06:59 PM (+XVQe)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 12, 2014 06:59 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 12, 2014 07:00 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Radical Wind Femtard at January 12, 2014 07:00 PM (+XVQe)
Posted by: Carol at January 12, 2014 07:00 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: rickl at January 12, 2014 07:01 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: not the mama at January 12, 2014 07:01 PM (5dxeo)
Posted by: shredded chi - If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck at January 12, 2014 07:01 PM (CqRXU)
Posted by: Radical Wind Femtard at January 12, 2014 07:01 PM (+XVQe)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 12, 2014 07:02 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 12, 2014 07:02 PM (V4CBV)
Posted by: Channel 38's The Movie Loft with Dana Hersey at January 12, 2014 07:02 PM (R6JT1)
Raw Terror because I knew we were gonna lose Ohio in 2012....
I was posting here, on Twotter, at Tepid probably made no joke ~9000 posts in a 2 weekish period between all the social media....
narry a dent....
People are gonna vote tribes and the media sets the tribes and the GOP won't make the sale to "my tribe"
Love Locke, Hate Marx/Alinsky
I'll never be that active again, which is likely a good thing I was pretty addled by the 3d day of no sleep each time.
My reason for not being that active is probably because I have been making my peace slowly with my nation being gone ever since Christie put his tongue down Obama's throat.
Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 12, 2014 07:02 PM (TE35l)
Posted by: Kreplach at January 12, 2014 07:02 PM (Xkr8I)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 12, 2014 07:03 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 12, 2014 07:03 PM (esoZV)
Posted by: Arms Merchant at January 12, 2014 07:03 PM (+XVQe)
Posted by: Kreplach at January 12, 2014 07:04 PM (Xkr8I)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 12, 2014 07:05 PM (esoZV)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 12, 2014 07:05 PM (esoZV)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 12, 2014 07:05 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 12, 2014 07:05 PM (rDidD)
The highest U6 structural unemployment number representing the lowest labor participation % in 65 years....
yeah what we need is to raise it another 45% and drive U6 up to 30+%!
Winning!
Obamanomics the assertion bleeding 1.5 to 2.5 million per year into U6 structural unemployment is a roaring economy.
Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 12, 2014 07:05 PM (TE35l)
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 12, 2014 07:05 PM (XdAzY)
Posted by: --- at January 12, 2014 07:06 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Phone at January 12, 2014 07:06 PM (phQjp)
Posted by: Carol at January 12, 2014 07:07 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Phone at January 12, 2014 11:06 PM (phQjp)
well then you'd have to get rid of all the ONT posts
Posted by: chemjeff at January 12, 2014 07:07 PM (9GG/0)
Posted by: NCKate at January 12, 2014 07:08 PM (6SdCf)
Posted by: Arms Merchant at January 12, 2014 07:08 PM (+XVQe)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 12, 2014 07:08 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Carol at January 12, 2014 07:08 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 12, 2014 07:09 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 12, 2014 07:09 PM (esoZV)
Posted by: Kreplach at January 12, 2014 07:09 PM (Xkr8I)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 12, 2014 10:53 PM (HVI5a)
Propane grill, by chance?
Posted by: Steck at January 12, 2014 07:10 PM (5i94q)
Knowing Obama and the Donks it's heading to a 29 hour a week burger flipper(assuming they don't replace them with robots) making 29*12*=18906 per annum which is STILL below the poverty line if it gets adjusted up which BY LAW it has to...
You get it the whole thing is a perpetual motion machine.
An E-4 makes about 24,000 a year...so a 14 year old at McDonalds should make 80% of what a soldier who is in the force on avrage 2.5 years...
because "justice" because "raising kids"
Whatever...I'm just about done caring I think.
Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 12, 2014 07:10 PM (TE35l)
Posted by: The Political Hat at January 12, 2014 07:10 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: Rusty Nail at January 12, 2014 07:10 PM (WtVhX)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 12, 2014 07:11 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 12, 2014 07:11 PM (esoZV)
Anatomically you can't have a spare tire of fat to be a competitive eater as it prevents the stomach from expanding.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 12, 2014 07:11 PM (n0DEs)
Posted by: David 'Dick' Gergory at January 12, 2014 07:11 PM (+1T7c)
Good evening, good people.
Nothing earthshaking today, only some fun working on oldest g'dsaughter's fly rod. Haven't done one in much too long, this one is the first graphite rod I've attempted.
May not give it to her until her b'day in April. If it turns out okay.
Posted by: irongrampa at January 12, 2014 07:12 PM (SAMxH)
Posted by: Sharkman at January 12, 2014 07:12 PM (8+xjO)
Why am I back up in 4 figures on posts?
I took a drive this winter...down in Atlanta off I-75 there are tent cities under the overpasses....
I grew up "poor" even my insane mother with my help running the family budget some managed to keep a roof over our heads...
something is VERY VERY wrong.
Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 12, 2014 07:12 PM (TE35l)
Posted by: Thrawn at January 12, 2014 07:12 PM (WlWt+)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 12, 2014 07:13 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Marcus Gavius Apicius at January 12, 2014 07:13 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: Jean at January 12, 2014 07:13 PM (4JkHl)
It's getting harder every day to weigh the existential threats against the threat of the foreign-minded evil bastards already in charge.
Posted by: Rusty Nail at January 12, 2014 07:13 PM (WtVhX)
Posted by: --- at January 12, 2014 07:13 PM (MMC8r)
Dick Gregory you can't make me care...
he's your boy not mine.
Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 12, 2014 07:13 PM (TE35l)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 12, 2014 07:13 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: --- at January 12, 2014 07:15 PM (MMC8r)
Wal-Mart could essentially send a vote of no-confidence to DC by offering to let people buy in to a ".5 hour a week" 'job' as contract workers and then allow people to buy in to their plan.
Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 12, 2014 07:15 PM (TE35l)
Posted by: Ribald Conservative riding Orca at January 12, 2014 07:15 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: Magical Qualities at January 12, 2014 07:15 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 12, 2014 07:15 PM (esoZV)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 12, 2014 07:16 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: shredded chi - If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck at January 12, 2014 07:16 PM (CqRXU)
I grew up "poor" even my insane mother with my help running the family budget some managed to keep a roof over our heads...
something is VERY VERY wrong.
Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 12, 2014 11:12 PM (TE35l)
Sven, any guess how big they are ? Were they there maybe 10 years ago?
Posted by: Steck at January 12, 2014 07:16 PM (5i94q)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at January 12, 2014 07:16 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Trevor@TJexcite at January 12, 2014 07:17 PM (bkAvJ)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 12, 2014 07:17 PM (YZKVq)
Posted by: The Political Hat at January 12, 2014 07:17 PM (AymDN)
Maybe, I hope so.
I have been marking time since 2006 but to keep things in perspective Hammer self-identification for "Liberal" is at an all time high.
People who remember what a "Fully Charged and Capable US economy" looks like are dying at a pretty brisk clip.
I need to pray more.
Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 12, 2014 07:17 PM (TE35l)
They don't use e-harmony?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at January 12, 2014 07:18 PM (rLJaJ)
Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at January 12, 2014 07:18 PM (itCai)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 12, 2014 07:18 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Phone at January 12, 2014 07:18 PM (phQjp)
Posted by: Skynet at January 12, 2014 07:18 PM (JQuNB)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 12, 2014 07:18 PM (rDidD)
It's up on the RottenTomatoes site, but for the sake of your sanity and possibly your immortal soul, do not watch this rugose abomination from the outer dark.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at January 12, 2014 07:19 PM (Xfl0F)
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 12, 2014 07:19 PM (oFvKj)
I passed under 3 underpasses and it looked to be a minimum of 500-1250 people. The size and number of tents was astounding.
They were not there 5 years ago when we drove into South Carolina on a PCS.
He is killing our economy.
Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 12, 2014 07:19 PM (TE35l)
Posted by: joncelli at January 12, 2014 07:19 PM (/AYWV)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 12, 2014 07:20 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: rickl at January 12, 2014 07:20 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 12, 2014 07:20 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: The Political Hat at January 12, 2014 07:21 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 12, 2014 11:17 PM (YZKVq)
It's more likely that they will defend him against Gates' charges.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at January 12, 2014 07:22 PM (rLJaJ)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at January 12, 2014 07:22 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Carol at January 12, 2014 07:22 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Ribald Conservative riding Orca at January 12, 2014 07:23 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, Vermont at January 12, 2014 07:23 PM (Pb41/)
Military personnel are dying over there, and when military leaders ask for more troops, that douchebag thinks it's all about him. The worst thing about it? 53% of the voters voted for that bastard.
On the plus side, maybe some who supported him will read that book, and start to realize what dumbasses they were.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 12, 2014 11:17 PM (YZKVq)
It's unlikely that they'll realize. You have to understand that too many on the left are like him: weak. That's why Pajamaboy could become the face of Obamacare; he represented the weak man that too often exists in today's society and votes lib.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at January 12, 2014 07:23 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 12, 2014 07:24 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: shredded chi - If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck at January 12, 2014 07:24 PM (CqRXU)
Let the 'qdpsteve's never eaten a REAL steak the way it's MEANT to be cooked' comments begin... ;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 12, 2014 07:25 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Angel with a sword at January 12, 2014 07:25 PM (hpgw1)
Posted by: The Secret Hat Project at January 12, 2014 10:47 PM (AymDN)
That made me laugh so hard! No offense to Sven, of course, but we all know, a few words in, when it's Sven.
Posted by: kalneva at January 12, 2014 07:25 PM (XyrkB)
Posted by: Kreplach at January 12, 2014 07:26 PM (YWpLi)
Posted by: The Hickster at January 12, 2014 07:26 PM (TI3xG)
Apparently they have yet to learn the awful truth about yeast.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 12, 2014 07:26 PM (HVI5a)
That's rape.
Complaining about paying for other people's birth control?
That's rape.
Thinking about the plant that gives us canola oil?
Oh you better believe that's rape.
Posted by: Jaspina, Radical Wind Femtard in training at January 12, 2014 07:27 PM (vgH+s)
Harvin bounty to be split between two Saints players. Posted by: cryptocon
Give it a break. There was never any bounty. It was all about moving a team out of the deep south and into the Los Angeles market.
Posted by: Heck's Angel at January 12, 2014 07:27 PM (rCS6C)
Posted by: Winston Zedemore at January 12, 2014 07:27 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: Kreplach at January 12, 2014 07:27 PM (YWpLi)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 12, 2014 07:28 PM (aDwsi)
It's not about where the heat comes from, but how you use it. As long as you can get a beautiful sear, get the meat cooked through to the proper temperature, and have glorious juicy pink (NOT red) when you cut into it, you've made a fine steak.
Posted by: Rusty Nail at January 12, 2014 07:28 PM (WtVhX)
It's up on the RottenTomatoes site, but for the sake of your sanity and possibly your immortal soul, do not watch this rugose abomination from the outer dark.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at January 12, 2014 11:19 PM (Xfl0F)
Hey, are you comparing me to some shitty movie????
Posted by: cthulhu at January 12, 2014 07:28 PM (T1005)
Posted by: shredded chi - If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck at January 12, 2014 07:28 PM (CqRXU)
My problem with mushrooms is their texture. Not logical but I still hate them.
Posted by: The Hickster at January 12, 2014 07:28 PM (TI3xG)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at January 12, 2014 07:28 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Liberty for all at January 12, 2014 07:29 PM (8mdWl)
And I've also learned relatively recently that medium well is far better than well done.
Don't know if I'll ever be more adventurous than that, though.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 12, 2014 07:29 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Liberty for all at January 12, 2014 07:30 PM (8mdWl)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at January 12, 2014 07:30 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Ma Bell at January 12, 2014 07:31 PM (RLdcX)
Posted by: Carol at January 12, 2014 07:31 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at January 12, 2014 07:31 PM (JQuNB)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 12, 2014 07:32 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Ribald Conservative riding Orca at January 12, 2014 07:32 PM (+1T7c)
Eating contests are something I can't comprehend.
I can't say that I was perfectly well brought up in every regard, but my elders tried, and one of the lessons that stuck was that I was _goddamned lucky_ to be eating well, that some in the family had barely gotten by with regard to regular food in the past, and that I should never take this for granted by wasting food.
(n.b., with a caveat that deliberate overeating is wastage)
Unfortunately, the communication of this message has completely failed with certain younger members of my extended family, who will order huge plates of food at restaurants, and eat one (1) bite, and tell the server to take the rest away. In my day I would have trembled for fear of consequences had I done that. They insolently shrug.
I suspect that the oncoming Burning Times will provide a useful corrective to this bratty behavior. Nothing like missing four or five meals in a row to make you REALLY HONESTLY APPRECIATE FOOD.
Posted by: torquewrench at January 12, 2014 07:32 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: rickl at January 12, 2014 07:32 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Lisbeth Martinez-Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, Vermont at January 12, 2014 07:33 PM (esoZV)
Posted by: The Hickster at January 12, 2014 07:33 PM (TI3xG)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 12, 2014 07:33 PM (V4CBV)
Posted by: Kreplach at January 12, 2014 07:34 PM (Xkr8I)
You are aware that in the United States there is a supremacy clause?
If CO gets to ignore DEA and FDA regulations and Federal Law on "weed FREEDDDDOOOMM" than can Wyoming say "fuck you" to EPA trying to cede its sovereign soil?
The idiocy is killing our Constitutional Republic allowing Ogabe to pick and mix what laws he does and doesn't enforce...
Ounce, Pounds, or Tonnes?
I'll help you get your rocket band bud...I'd have it delivered by the USPS and subsidized and when broke given for free...
More Darwin Less LBJ
Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 12, 2014 07:34 PM (TE35l)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 12, 2014 07:34 PM (YZKVq)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 12, 2014 07:34 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Heck's Angel at January 12, 2014 11:27 PM (rCS6C)
The L.A. market is the NFL's MacGuffin. It always needs to be there as a threat to build new stadiums in existing markets.
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at January 12, 2014 07:35 PM (WdbF7)
Posted by: Liberty for all at January 12, 2014 07:35 PM (8mdWl)
"Using the George Washington Bridge, a public resource, to exact a political vendetta, is a crime," New Jersey Assemblyman John Wisniewski, who is spearheading the bridge probe, told NBC News on Saturday. "Having people use their official position to have a political game is a crime. So if those tie back to the governor in any way, it clearly becomes an impeachable offense."
I'd say, "throw in the sequester closings and we can have a double-feature."
Posted by: cthulhu at January 12, 2014 07:36 PM (T1005)
Well "a lot of us."
Karl Rove is trying to sell "Christie has won a lot of street cred with the Tea Party" on Fox today...
and I'm like: really Karl for what? You so 'gangsta' yo!
Who the hell is Karl "war on the tea party" Rove to speak for any tea partier, and frankly given his batting average in 2012 who the hell is he to speak at all?
If Chris Christie is the answer it's a stupid fuc*ing question.
Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 12, 2014 07:37 PM (TE35l)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 12, 2014 07:37 PM (V4CBV)
Posted by: Liberty for all at January 12, 2014 07:37 PM (8mdWl)
Anybody hear that U.S. News & World Report, in their recent "comparison tests" about diets, had good words to share for something called "The Fast Diet"?
No you don't necessarily lose the weight quick, but you eat regularly for *only five days every week.* The other two days, you're not allowed to go above 900 calories.
I'd tried it but I'm afraid that after two days and just 1,800 calories, I'd waddle on down to beautiful downtown Lakewood and swallow an entire KFC franchise location whole.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 12, 2014 07:38 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Lisbeth Martinez-Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, Vermont at January 12, 2014 07:38 PM (esoZV)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at January 12, 2014 07:38 PM (Xfl0F)
Posted by: Liberty for all at January 12, 2014 07:38 PM (8mdWl)
Posted by: Carol at January 12, 2014 11:38 PM (z4WKX)
I think they're talking about miss marple.
Posted by: buzzion at January 12, 2014 07:39 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: Ernst Blofeld at January 12, 2014 07:39 PM (XZWie)
Yeah sorry I'm about to crash and probably ~200 of my posts were to the Libertine Light Buzz Brigade visiting us this week.
No need for me to disrupt and sully the ONT as a parting gift.
Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 12, 2014 07:39 PM (TE35l)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at January 12, 2014 07:40 PM (WdbF7)
With a little salt steak is good raw. And every Christmas they serve a German raw hamburger dish I like at the local bar (forget the name).
Posted by: The Hickster at January 12, 2014 07:41 PM (TI3xG)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 12, 2014 07:41 PM (esoZV)
Posted by: Ma Bell at January 12, 2014 07:42 PM (RLdcX)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 12, 2014 07:42 PM (esoZV)
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at January 12, 2014 07:42 PM (Mt8eo)
Posted by: Ribald Conservative riding Orca at January 12, 2014 07:42 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 12, 2014 07:43 PM (aDwsi)
That's the problem with all these suburban geniuses. They don't let their spawn enjoy quality educational films such as Joe Dirt. In it, the silly child with the flagpole-frozen tongue would have observed Brandi's dog Charlie with his ballsack frozen to the porch. In a fascinating dramatic sequence, the silly child and the lovely and stacked Brandi both would have learned that warm water is better at thawing frozen flesh than a hammer or a grilling fork.
Fucking losers
Posted by: Asscheeks of Saturn at January 12, 2014 07:43 PM (cMYOr)
And, oh yeah...., I smell a troll.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 12, 2014 11:43 PM (aDwsi)
It was a button she pushed quite a few other times too.
Posted by: buzzion at January 12, 2014 07:44 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 12, 2014 07:44 PM (esoZV)
Posted by: Liberty for all at January 12, 2014 07:45 PM (8mdWl)
Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at January 12, 2014 07:45 PM (itCai)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 12, 2014 07:46 PM (YZKVq)
Posted by: joncelli at January 12, 2014 07:46 PM (/AYWV)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 12, 2014 07:47 PM (esoZV)
Posted by: Liberty for all at January 12, 2014 07:48 PM (8mdWl)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 12, 2014 07:48 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: RWC at January 12, 2014 07:48 PM (Q6HBD)
Posted by: shredded chi - If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck at January 12, 2014 07:49 PM (CqRXU)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 12, 2014 07:50 PM (aDwsi)
FIFY
Posted by: chemjeff at January 12, 2014 07:50 PM (9GG/0)
Posted by: Liberty for all at January 12, 2014 07:51 PM (8mdWl)
Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at January 12, 2014 07:51 PM (itCai)
Grew up in a house with 5 boys and a girl. Mom would marinade cheap steaks and the only way to get seconds was to steal raw firsts.
Posted by: The Hickster at January 12, 2014 07:51 PM (TI3xG)
295 I thought Marple was a fairly gracious lady. Innocently pushed the wrong button at the wrong time. And, oh yeah...., I smell a troll.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 12, 2014 11:43 PM (aDwsi)
It was a button she pushed quite a few other times too.
Posted by: buzzion at January 12, 2014 11:44 PM (LI48c)
It wasn't just a wrong button - it was part of her schtick. She just had never been called on it before. Takeaway lesson: If you wouldn't do it in person at your local watering hole, it probably won't fly at an online forum either.
Posted by: Mætenloch at January 12, 2014 07:52 PM (XkotV)
Posted by: Ribald Conservative riding Orca at January 12, 2014 07:53 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: Liberty for all at January 12, 2014 07:53 PM (8mdWl)
Posted by: joncelli at January 12, 2014 07:54 PM (/AYWV)
Posted by: Mætenloch at January 12, 2014 07:54 PM (XkotV)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 12, 2014 07:55 PM (esoZV)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at January 12, 2014 07:55 PM (WdbF7)
I use peanut butter and laboratory raccoons...
It did feel good to dust off my brain and use it some this week, getting retweeted by Nick Searcy and Adam Baldwin was fun...
let's see I started a brief circle of Jared Leto being called "The Zombie from Requiem for a Dream"....
all in all a good week
Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 12, 2014 07:55 PM (TE35l)
- Jon Voight won one (although for what I'm not sure).
- And Mia Farrow tuned out as soon as she saw Woody Allen was about to get a tribute. On top of that, Ronan Farrow asked on Twitter: "Missed the Woody Allen tribute - did they put the part where a woman publicly confirmed he molested her at age 7 before or after Annie Hall?"
Yikes!!
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 12, 2014 07:55 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 12, 2014 07:55 PM (9GG/0)
Posted by: Carol at January 12, 2014 07:55 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: The Political Hat at January 12, 2014 07:56 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: Thrawn at January 12, 2014 07:56 PM (WlWt+)
Posted by: shredded chi - If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck at January 12, 2014 07:56 PM (CqRXU)
I 'might' read it at the library.
I do not need to be told who Obama is, what he things, or what he might do. Everything I read about him confirms what I have already figured out for myself. This book does tell me something about Gates that I did not know, but should have.
Posted by: Fred Jones Sr at January 12, 2014 07:56 PM (99s/x)
Posted by: Weirddave at January 12, 2014 07:56 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: Liberty for all at January 12, 2014 07:57 PM (8mdWl)
Posted by: joncelli at January 12, 2014 07:57 PM (/AYWV)
it'll be a neat place...
Pants night while rare will really let the ONT Happy Hour at 4Am shine through,
Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 12, 2014 07:57 PM (TE35l)
Posted by: The Political Hat at January 12, 2014 07:58 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at January 12, 2014 07:58 PM (oiZfF)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 12, 2014 07:58 PM (esoZV)
Posted by: shredded chi - If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck at January 12, 2014 07:58 PM (CqRXU)
Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at January 12, 2014 07:58 PM (itCai)
Was baby sitting the grand kids tonight. The boy got himself put in another room to cry. Not hurt, not hungry just pissed cause he was tired. Once he knew I could give a rats ass about the crying his attitude was much better.
Posted by: The Hickster at January 12, 2014 07:59 PM (TI3xG)
Posted by: joncelli at January 12, 2014 11:57 PM (/AYWV)
Well it reeks of erg and the Denver ip is exhibit A.
Posted by: Mætenloch at January 12, 2014 07:59 PM (XkotV)
Posted by: The Political Hat at January 12, 2014 07:59 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at January 12, 2014 07:59 PM (itCai)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at January 12, 2014 07:59 PM (oiZfF)
Posted by: RWC at January 12, 2014 08:00 PM (Q6HBD)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 12, 2014 08:00 PM (esoZV)
Posted by: Ribald Conservative riding Orca at January 12, 2014 08:00 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: Aviator at January 12, 2014 08:00 PM (DI+ja)
That is one smelly troll, right there. Got right up on that high horse and never looked down once.
Posted by: tcn at January 12, 2014 08:00 PM (fwcEs)
I think the style guide needs an update an we recognize that the midget tranny/tranny midget in question should be allowed to pick which grievance is prime in their life.
My personal favorite piece of literature on the matter was Robert Reich's "Midget/Tranny Economics-My Height, Our Selves and Our Money" it really captured Reich's struggles in the Clinton era...
Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 12, 2014 08:01 PM (TE35l)
What happens in Vegas ....
Posted by: Jean at January 12, 2014 08:01 PM (4JkHl)
I only refused to eat what my parents cooked once. It was some weird goulash my dad just dumped whatever was in the pantry into. He was a great cook, but there was no way I could eat it. So, I went to bed without dinner. Now, when I was in college, my whole v-ball team was sent to bed without dinner because our coach was pissed off we lost a game during a tournament. I was so damn mad over that. We all pooled our money and had pizza delivered to the hotel. The SOB left us in the hotel and went and ate. It was bad enough the only places we could eat on trips were buffets, and we were restricted to the salad bar and chicken. No sodas either, water only for us. That's just the kind of thing you pull with girls in the 18-22 year old range. By the end of that season, my dad was calling us Salad Shooters.
Posted by: no good deed at January 12, 2014 08:01 PM (HsJeN)
Posted by: The Political Hat at January 12, 2014 08:02 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 12, 2014 08:03 PM (esoZV)
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at January 12, 2014 08:03 PM (Mt8eo)
Posted by: Carol at January 12, 2014 08:03 PM (z4WKX)
"tranny midgets" as a reference, butt "tossing midget trannys" in certain contexts is ok.
Posted by: Jean at January 12, 2014 08:03 PM (4JkHl)
Posted by: joncelli at January 12, 2014 08:03 PM (/AYWV)
Didn't Art Bell host Coast to Coast AM for years from his mega-trailer in Pahrump?
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 12, 2014 08:04 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at January 12, 2014 08:04 PM (yZwfe)
Posted by: Ma Bell at January 12, 2014 08:04 PM (RLdcX)
Hey, I got that same regimen. Extremely instructive.
I also was sternly told when I refused a dinner item that "Children just like you are starving in China. And while you may not like this particular dish, it would mean the world to them. You should be properly thankful for every bite. We can't always have everything just the way we want it."
I now sadly wonder how many more years it will be before bratty Chinese kids are being told, "Children just like you are starving in America..."
Posted by: torquewrench at January 12, 2014 08:04 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: Ribald Conservative riding Orca at January 12, 2014 08:04 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: Jean at January 13, 2014 12:01 AM (4JkHl)
You're thinking of PahrumpÂ… Posted by: The Political Hat
Remembering Ely as young lad.
Posted by: Jean at January 12, 2014 08:05 PM (4JkHl)
In college, we always used peanut butter to force them down.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 12, 2014 11:33 PM (V4CBV)
Applesauce...well, that's what I heard when I was younger....just smush them up best you can and stir into a bowl of sauce. Wait 30 minutes......and hope you didn't have plans for the next few hours.
Do you realize how easy those things are to grow in your closet?? My my, if it wasn't illegal I'd be rich!
Posted by: Passerby at January 12, 2014 08:05 PM (sOlwy)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at January 12, 2014 08:05 PM (oiZfF)
Posted by: RWC at January 12, 2014 08:06 PM (Q6HBD)
Posted by: no good deed at January 12, 2014 08:06 PM (HsJeN)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at January 12, 2014 08:06 PM (Xfl0F)
Posted by: Freedom Rules at January 12, 2014 08:07 PM (+4gM9)
You wanted Warwick Davis
You'd settle for Gary Coleman
You got Helen Thomas
Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 12, 2014 08:07 PM (TE35l)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 12, 2014 08:07 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 12, 2014 08:07 PM (esoZV)
Posted by: rickl at January 12, 2014 08:07 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: RWC at January 12, 2014 08:07 PM (Q6HBD)
Posted by: Ribald Conservative riding Orca at January 12, 2014 08:08 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 12, 2014 08:08 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Carol at January 12, 2014 08:08 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Freedom Smokes Two Joints at January 12, 2014 08:08 PM (Xfl0F)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 12, 2014 08:09 PM (aDwsi)
We got a stipend for the chowhall, but we couldn't pay for meals on trips. We were at his mercy. It happened more than once too.
Posted by: no good deed at January 12, 2014 08:09 PM (HsJeN)
and remember economic liberty is for pussies and squares
All the cool kids know the Pol Pot Party means freedooommm man
Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 12, 2014 08:09 PM (TE35l)
Posted by: Dorcus Blimline at January 12, 2014 08:10 PM (iB0Q2)
Posted by: Ribald Conservative riding Orca at January 12, 2014 08:10 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at January 12, 2014 08:10 PM (oiZfF)
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at January 12, 2014 08:10 PM (Mt8eo)
Posted by: Slab Manly, Member, The League of Ugly Shirted Gentlemen at January 12, 2014 08:11 PM (FlRtG)
http://tinyurl.com/lkr6j6h
Magnitude 6.5 Quake off Puerto Rico thus far no Tsnumai warning...
be safe horde
Posted by: Sven 10077 at January 12, 2014 08:11 PM (TE35l)
Posted by: Ribald Conservative riding Orca at January 13, 2014 12:00 AM (+1T7c)
As I recall she was unhappy that Ace had posted a thread on Blurred Lines instead the Syrian situation and harrumphed and tried to shame Ace about it. Never mind that there had been like 7 or 8 Syria thread during the previous days.
Posted by: Mætenloch at January 12, 2014 08:12 PM (XkotV)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 12, 2014 08:12 PM (esoZV)
I think he just called it goulash. It really was one of those "this is the only stuff left in the pantry, and I ain't going to the store meals."
Posted by: no good deed at January 12, 2014 08:12 PM (HsJeN)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 12, 2014 08:12 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 12, 2014 08:12 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: shredded chi - If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck at January 12, 2014 08:12 PM (CqRXU)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 12, 2014 08:13 PM (YZKVq)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 12, 2014 08:13 PM (esoZV)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at January 12, 2014 08:13 PM (yZwfe)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at January 12, 2014 08:14 PM (oiZfF)
I never did, bebe. I left after two years and picked up a full ride at a school in a different conference. At least he released me to do that.
Posted by: no good deed at January 12, 2014 08:14 PM (HsJeN)
Posted by: Ribald Conservative riding Orca at January 12, 2014 08:14 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: I Love Weed at January 12, 2014 08:14 PM (XcQUE)
Posted by: Elisabeth G. Wolfe at January 12, 2014 08:14 PM (Mt8eo)
Posted by: Carol at January 12, 2014 08:15 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 12, 2014 08:16 PM (esoZV)
Posted by: Candidus at January 12, 2014 08:16 PM (R6JT1)
Posted by: RWC at January 12, 2014 08:17 PM (Q6HBD)
Posted by: The Clown Hat at January 12, 2014 08:18 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 12, 2014 08:19 PM (esoZV)
Posted by: Daybrother at January 12, 2014 08:19 PM (dQNJc)
Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at January 12, 2014 08:19 PM (tcK++)
Posted by: The Cereal Hat at January 12, 2014 08:20 PM (AymDN)
I have lived through more diet fads than I care to remember.
I don't "diet" per se and I don't have any trouble maintaining a stable healthy body composition. I eat regular, carefully sized portions of nutritious food, and that works for me. But I have seen endless cases of friends see-sawing wildly up and down.
Takeaways from their unfortunate experiences:
-- Rapid "weight loss" diets typically don't work. Those that do often entail losing "weight", i.e., mass, from tissues where you really don't want to be losing mass. Bone and muscle instead of adipose. Especially if you lose muscle, you'll regret it. It burns plenty of calories just maintaining itself.
-- Aggressive "fat burning" means that all of the considerable number of fat-soluble toxins anyone in a modern industrial society has soaked up then get dumped straight into the rest of your system as the fat goes away. You don't necessarily want to have that happen really fast. Slow and steady wins the race. Give your body time to eliminate the stuff that was dissolved in the fat.
-- Anything involving fasting or radical calorie restriction typically does not work. Humans are keenly adapted to historical feast-or-famine conditions. Eat like you're in a famine and the next time your body finds a feast it'll stock up on fat in anticipation of surviving the next famine cycle.
Posted by: torquewrench at January 12, 2014 08:20 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: yankeefifth at January 12, 2014 08:20 PM (rDidD)
yeah, Jumbo Jogging Shrimp was a name I always remembered but never what they wrote.
Posted by: concrete girl at January 12, 2014 08:21 PM (LhAqq)
Posted by: shredded chi - If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck at January 12, 2014 08:21 PM (CqRXU)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 12, 2014 08:22 PM (esoZV)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at January 12, 2014 08:22 PM (oiZfF)
Just did some of that. Got me out of the house and to the grocery.
did you know you can put sloppy joe sauce over elbow macaroni? Yes, you can. Stir in some Textured Vegetable Protein (from your survival hoard, you need to rotate that stock, ya know?) and you have food! Who Knew?
Posted by: Artur Jones at January 12, 2014 08:22 PM (99s/x)
Posted by: The Cereal Hat at January 12, 2014 08:22 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 12, 2014 08:22 PM (Lqy/e)
Posted by: shredded chi - If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck at January 12, 2014 08:23 PM (CqRXU)
Boy, do I remember that meal! I had 6 siblings and in the early 60's the old man couldn't beg work. He shot pool and 'played the ponies' with what little money there was. It was either beans and cornbread or.....steak for the parents and hot dogs and burgers for the kids. Beans usually won out and I hated them when I finally moved from home. After a couple years I started making them a couple times a month. Sometimes because I had to, but usually because I thought of them as 'comfort food'. Now I look forward to them every so often. Reminds me of happier times. Funny how that works, huh??
Posted by: Passerby at January 12, 2014 08:23 PM (sOlwy)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 12, 2014 08:25 PM (9GG/0)
Actually, the easiest diet info to remember is "assume everything the government tells you is a damned lie, and that 'the food pyramid' is a wealth-redistribution scheme that is extremely close to mass-murder."
Posted by: cthulhu at January 12, 2014 08:25 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at January 12, 2014 08:28 PM (itCai)
Posted by: Carol at January 12, 2014 08:29 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: no good deed at January 12, 2014 08:31 PM (HsJeN)
If you ever come to Brattleboro, I know a lovely place for tea.
Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, Vermont at January 12, 2014 08:31 PM (Pb41/)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 12, 2014 08:31 PM (esoZV)
Posted by: shredded chi - If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck at January 12, 2014 08:31 PM (CqRXU)
Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at January 12, 2014 08:31 PM (itCai)
I was working entry level jobs in about 1975. Don't know where all the vets I have worked with ended up but I know that the couple I kept in contact with ended up doing just fine. From their stories they should have been more broken but work ethic learned in their childhood and reinforced in the military saved them IMO.
Posted by: The Hickster at January 12, 2014 08:32 PM (TI3xG)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at January 13, 2014 12:22 AM (oiZfF)
Oh. My. God. Bebe. Look at her butt.
Posted by: buzzion at January 12, 2014 08:33 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: RWC at January 12, 2014 08:33 PM (Q6HBD)
Posted by: shredded chi - If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck at January 12, 2014 08:35 PM (CqRXU)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at January 12, 2014 08:36 PM (yZwfe)
Posted by: rickl at January 12, 2014 08:37 PM (sdi6R)
That would be 'whatever blows up in Pahrump rains down on the surrounding hundred mile radius.'
Lot of fireworks guy in Pahrump.
Posted by: Epobirs at January 12, 2014 08:39 PM (bPxS6)
Posted by: Cupcake Wars at January 12, 2014 08:39 PM (3sZO1)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at January 12, 2014 08:40 PM (oiZfF)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 12, 2014 08:40 PM (esoZV)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at January 12, 2014 08:42 PM (W3UHW)
Scrolling back, I just saw your comments re: JD. Thanks. That's reassuring.
Hey, Cth. And I agree - whatever the gov't has ever told us has been proven wrong within a decade or less. Reasons "ten scariest words" will always hold true.
Posted by: shredded chi - If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck at January 13, 2014 12:31 AM (CqRXU)
In particular, the 'food pyramid' emphasizes breads/grains [N. B. - 'cause that's what farm policy was pushing], de-emphasizes meats, and ignores variety. Result: record levels of diabetes, metabolic syndrome, gluten intolerance, and fat people with dietary deficiencies.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 12, 2014 08:42 PM (T1005)
Posted by: the Truth, the whole Truth, and nothing but the truth at January 12, 2014 08:44 PM (52lgb)
Posted by: Alana
Repeating nonsense doesn't make it clear.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 13, 2014 12:36 AM (yZwfe)
Somebody needs a glottal stop.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 12, 2014 08:45 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Daybrother at January 12, 2014 08:45 PM (WCOGL)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at January 12, 2014 08:45 PM (oiZfF)
Posted by: The Hickster at January 12, 2014 08:49 PM (TI3xG)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 12, 2014 08:51 PM (esoZV)
Posted by: rickl at January 12, 2014 08:53 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at January 12, 2014 08:53 PM (oiZfF)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 12, 2014 08:55 PM (esoZV)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at January 12, 2014 08:58 PM (oiZfF)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 12, 2014 08:59 PM (esoZV)
Posted by: Carol at January 12, 2014 09:00 PM (z4WKX)
One of the guys I knew ran the twin 50s on a riverine boat. Said he wasn't sure if he killed anyone but had never felt the same rush that he felt lighting the twin 50s up and watching the shore explode. So I can see someone addicted to Adrenalin from just trying to stay alive coming home and using drugs to relive that high.
Posted by: The Hickster at January 12, 2014 09:00 PM (TI3xG)
Posted by: shredded chi - If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck at January 12, 2014 09:00 PM (CqRXU)
You still want to eat fruits & veggies, emphasis on veggies. It's the processed foods that really mess things up. Plus stuff like margarine instead of butter & going overboard on the all fat is bad.
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at January 13, 2014 12:45 AM (oiZfF)
Fat makes you full really fast -- it's almost impossible to overeat it.....but not everything nutritionists call "fat" is fat. Hydrogenated oils are not a good fat. Whale blubber is. Corn oil is not a good fat, olive oil is.
Incidentally, HFCS (High-Fructose Corn Syrup) is metabolic poison -- it's a combination of two sugars that your body counts as one during consumption. This results in provoking an insulin spike after digestion because your bloodstream accurately counts two.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 12, 2014 09:01 PM (T1005)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 12, 2014 09:04 PM (esoZV)
Posted by: Carol at January 12, 2014 09:07 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: rickl at January 12, 2014 09:08 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at January 12, 2014 09:08 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Carol at January 12, 2014 09:10 PM (z4WKX)
If smashing your balls with a hammer is your idea of fun then yes.
Posted by: The Hickster at January 12, 2014 09:10 PM (TI3xG)
Posted by: Buck The Farmer at January 12, 2014 09:10 PM (eBupg)
Posted by: Jason L. at January 12, 2014 09:11 PM (x2TKm)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at January 12, 2014 09:12 PM (m0h0I)
I just discovered them tonight, and they are pure awesome in liquid form.
Posted by: rickl at January 13, 2014 01:08 AM (sdi6R)
Simple syrup is just sugar dissolved in water. Try with splenda or stevia.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 12, 2014 09:12 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Daybrother at January 12, 2014 09:13 PM (D3xXM)
Hilarious yet revealing.
Posted by: Iasonas at January 12, 2014 09:17 PM (FHNkr)
Posted by: rickl at January 12, 2014 09:19 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: shredded chi - If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck at January 12, 2014 09:20 PM (CqRXU)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at January 12, 2014 09:21 PM (m0h0I)
Wild mushrooms have much more flavor, but you had better know what you are doing or else have a spare liver handy.
Posted by: navybrat at January 12, 2014 09:25 PM (AW7Gr)
Posted by: The Political Liver at January 12, 2014 09:26 PM (AymDN)
And the World would no doubt have been a better place had he been able to find such a job.
Posted by: torquewrench at January 12, 2014 09:27 PM (gqT4g)
I work with a special forces vet from Vietnam. We talk regularly and once I found out what group he was in it scared me some. He's not a big guy but talking to him he never shows fear. But he does talk regularly how much more important a knife is than a gun. Which also tells me I do not want him hating me.
Posted by: The Hickster at January 12, 2014 09:28 PM (TI3xG)
Posted by: Waterhouse at January 12, 2014 09:29 PM (RQ/Gi)
All 3 episodes were case studies in dramatic masturbation:
Episode 1: We made some shit up last year that means this season shouldn't exist so here is some bullshit. Can't you see how clever that bullshit was? No? Oh well you're an idiot then.
Episode 2: Let's make everyone fall in love with Sherlock. Everyone totally forgot that they all thought he was a drug addicted pervert and they all cheer for him. Hooray!
Episode 3: Here is every character dead or alive we have ever aired with special lube to jerk off Sherlock for most of the episode. We are also going to throw all the big shocks from this season and the last out the window and leave everyone with a more human Sherlock.
Posted by: bestie21 at January 12, 2014 09:30 PM (AzO5R)
Posted by: The Hickster at January 13, 2014 01:28 AM (TI3xG)
One of my old bosses was a green beret field captain in vietnam. Jesus, the stories he told me. One of the things he did was rescue captured airmen from prison camps. He would have had the CMH had the missions actually existed on paper. Rambo fucking lives.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at January 12, 2014 09:33 PM (FMbng)
read as far as I could before ready to go back to bed--anchovies on pizza.
Anchovies on white pizza can't be beat, IMO.
a slice of white, with anchovies, spinach, onions, chopped tomato and artichokes is food of the Gods.
Happy New Year all
Posted by: barbarausa at January 12, 2014 09:49 PM (WWeoI)
read as far as I could before ready to go back to bed--anchovies on pizza.
Anchovies on white pizza can't be beat, IMO.
a slice of white, with anchovies, spinach, onions, chopped tomato and artichokes is food of the Gods.
Happy New Year all
Posted by: barbarausa at January 13, 2014 01:49 AM (WWeoI)
We all know this is coming.....
RAAAACIIIISSST!!!!11!!!!
Posted by: cthulhu at January 12, 2014 09:51 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Alana at January 12, 2014 09:53 PM (7+g4s)
Posted by: The Farmer at January 12, 2014 09:56 PM (eBupg)
Posted by: Daybrother at January 12, 2014 09:57 PM (nArXe)
Posted by: Alana at January 13, 2014 01:53 AM (7+g4s)
Oh, my!!!
Posted by: George Takei at January 12, 2014 10:00 PM (T1005)
Posted by: The Political Hat at January 12, 2014 10:16 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 12, 2014 10:17 PM (T1005)
Posted by: The Political Hat at January 12, 2014 10:25 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: shredded chi - If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck at January 12, 2014 10:56 PM (CqRXU)
Posted by: Adriane... at January 12, 2014 11:02 PM (hrU8o)
Posted by: Adriane... at January 12, 2014 11:03 PM (hrU8o)
Posted by: shredded chi - If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck at January 12, 2014 11:19 PM (CqRXU)
502 shredded chi
Hi from Sydney, it's 7.30pm Monday evening and I need to think of something to cook for dinner - perhaps you could send some chicken soup?
Sadly the old Aussie bloke went back to work today and I promised him that dinner would be ready at 8pm! OK time to create something....
Posted by: aussie at January 12, 2014 11:30 PM (UVpzA)
Posted by: shredded chi - If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck at January 12, 2014 11:34 PM (CqRXU)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 13, 2014 02:17 AM (T1005)
Three commentsÂ…
1st: That article states: "Cultivated wheat products are similarly young in biological terms. Yes, there is evidence in the fertile crescent of cultivation of wheat back around 8,000 BC, but in evolutionary terms that's nothing. "
Actually, in evolutionary terms that is a lot of time. One of the fastest spreading genes is the one that allows for adults to metabolize lactose. One way or another, as a species we will adapt.
2nd: Paleo diets might have been what paleolithic humans had to eat, but we are not paleolithic humans. Evolution marches on.
3rd: A person can have a healthy and belly-filling diet on what SNAP provides each month. You just have to get unprocessed foods and cook them up yourself, remembering to utilize left-overs and all the parts.
Posted by: The Political Hat at January 13, 2014 02:25 AM (AymDN)
Oh, I agree....with both of you, actually. On your first point -- yes, there has been ample time to adapt to eating wheat....but rather less time to adapt to eating fast-glycemic bread ("The first identifiable bread wheat with sufficient gluten for yeasted breads has been identified using DNA analysis in samples from a granary dating to approximately 1350 BCE at Assiros in Greek Macedonia" -- Wikipedia). Further, breads were necessarily "whole wheat" until the technology to remove bran and germ was developed.
Second, we have adapted greatly -- your citation of lactose tolerance is greatly on-point.....and so is the fact that beer is the oldest known beverage (artificial drink -- not water, juice, or milk). It possibly dates back to 9500 BC, and barley beer is known to have been produced starting in 3500-3100 BC. So if you want to wash down your Paleo lunch with a cold homebrew, go for it!
But, seriously -- paleo is riding a joke to prove a point. A neolithic diet would be just as healthy.....and a bronze-age diet nearly so. Fact is, if you eliminated anything impossible or expensive in 1492, when Columbus sailed, you'd gain 99-44/100% of the benefits of "Paleo".
And I addressed your third point here http://tinyurl.com/msw2bvm just a few short hours ago.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 12, 2014 11:35 PM (T1005)
You find interesting a book called 'Paleofantasy' by Marlene Zuk, which challenges a lot of the assertions of the Paleo pushers. I haven't read it yet but came across it in a torrent.
Posted by: Epobirs at January 12, 2014 11:36 PM (bPxS6)
Posted by: Epobirs at January 12, 2014 11:36 PM (bPxS6)
Posted by: Epobirs at January 12, 2014 11:38 PM (bPxS6)
_______
Oh, hell. Don't tell Joffen that!
(just kidding, J- kinda. Figured you'd be here to visit by now)
Posted by: shredded chi - If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck at January 13, 2014 02:56 AM (CqRXU)
What is keeping Joffen away? The Horde is good for him.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 12, 2014 11:38 PM (T1005)
You find interesting a book called 'Paleofantasy' by Marlene Zuk, which challenges a lot of the assertions of the Paleo pushers. I haven't read it yet but came across it in a torrent.
Posted by: Epobirs at January 13, 2014 03:36 AM (bPxS6)
The paleo thing is meant to push the Overton window sideways. Fact is, human evolution should make things good for most things +/- first century AD.....and differences between the old stone age, the new stone age, the age of bronze, and the age of iron were massive.....not to mention the intervening implementation of plant and animal based agriculture.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 12, 2014 11:44 PM (T1005)
Posted by: shredded chi - If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck at January 12, 2014 11:45 PM (CqRXU)
And, I don't need to quote Ben Franklin on beer, do I?
Posted by: shredded chi - If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck at January 13, 2014 03:45 AM (CqRXU)
As far as Franklin is concerned, I'm so loved that I carry it wrapped around my abdomen.
Joffen is a good guy, and I want him more firmly tied to the mast instead of hitting the panic button. Gabe pulled off a couple of miracles to call him when he did, some ways back -- and I don't want us ever to be that desperate again.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 12, 2014 11:58 PM (T1005)
Posted by: shredded chi - If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck at January 13, 2014 12:14 AM (CqRXU)
Posted by: garrett at January 13, 2014 12:27 AM (oPmI6)
Posted by: garrett at January 13, 2014 12:28 AM (oPmI6)
Posted by: sven10077 at January 13, 2014 12:35 AM (TE35l)
Posted by: Epobirs at January 13, 2014 12:37 AM (bPxS6)
Posted by: garrett at January 13, 2014 12:40 AM (oPmI6)
504 shredded chi
OK I whipped up a hot Malaysian curry - just the thing to have on a warm Sydney evening!
It'll clear the sinuses...
Posted by: aussie at January 13, 2014 12:42 AM (UVpzA)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 13, 2014 12:44 AM (xa1/W)
Posted by: sven10077 at January 13, 2014 12:45 AM (TE35l)
Posted by: garrett at January 13, 2014 12:45 AM (oPmI6)
515 garrett
That would have been nice but no prawns on hand to whip up dinner in 30 minutes
However tomorrow night we just might do that - fire up the barbie and chuck some prawns on!
.
Posted by: aussie at January 13, 2014 12:47 AM (UVpzA)
You know, I saw you mention that awhile back. Not sure of the details. You mean Gabe pulled ISPs & found a phone #? I meant to ask you, but never did.
Regardless, doesn't matter - J is doing fine (You helped a lot - i guarantee that). He's better off than me right now. He had his little one today, & sounded great. even asked about moron meetups.
Posted by: shredded chi - If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck at January 13, 2014 04:14 AM (CqRXU)
Your IP address tells people (vaguely) where you are. Mine, for instance, keeps people guessing that I'm in Redwood City.....which is a good 20 miles away. Sometimes it guesses San Mateo, which is 30 miles.
It can be assumed that cobs can see the stuff you enter into the "post" form, which includes an email address. In Joffen's case, that probably included his IRL name. So that puts you guessing at someone in a 30-mile circle from where the IP thinks you are that might have the actual name suggested by your email. I don't have the world's most common name, but I once had problems at UCSB because a professor with the same name had failed to return a library book, and I used to win bar bets because there were plaques over the door that said "By order of XXCthulhuXX, no more than 68 people may occupy this space [the fire marshal and I shared a name].
You can also look at previous posts and see if you can narrow things down, but -- needless to say -- it requires some net-fu, luck, and real work to call a moron who hasn't posted his phone number.
I would love to see Joffen make some moron meetups -- I've done several, and I've yet to be disappointed or regretful. And I'm still looking for that fridge-worthy artwork.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 13, 2014 12:49 AM (T1005)
524 garrett
I'm only here for recipes, kitty videos and the jokes.....
And the movie reviews "smiley face"
Posted by: aussie at January 13, 2014 12:51 AM (UVpzA)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 13, 2014 04:44 AM (xa1/W)
Are you safely home?
Posted by: cthulhu at January 13, 2014 12:51 AM (T1005)
Doesn't use ink. Unless you have a great and frequent need for color, inkjets are for suckers. This is a black and white laser, which still has the lowest cost per page on the market.
Posted by: Epobirs at January 13, 2014 12:51 AM (bPxS6)
Posted by: Epobirs at January 13, 2014 12:52 AM (bPxS6)
Didn't Joffen actually supply a number when he asked anyone to call? I never heard how that worked out.
Posted by: Epobirs at January 13, 2014 04:52 AM
Most recently, yes.
Posted by: otho at January 13, 2014 12:55 AM (9gNQd)
Posted by: garrett at January 13, 2014 12:55 AM (oPmI6)
Posted by: Epobirs at January 13, 2014 04:52 AM (bPxS6)
He did, and that's how I reached him, and it was quickly sanitized by a Cob. But I don't believe he did when Gabe called him.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 13, 2014 12:56 AM (T1005)
Posted by: shredded chi - If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck at January 13, 2014 01:01 AM (CqRXU)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 13, 2014 04:51 AM (T1005)
Yes indeed, as of Thursday AM, and back to work tonight. (fml)
I liked vacation. I should do that more often.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 13, 2014 01:02 AM (xa1/W)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 13, 2014 01:03 AM (xa1/W)
Posted by: garrett at January 13, 2014 01:06 AM (oPmI6)
You know, I saw you mention that awhile back. Not sure of the details. You mean Gabe pulled ISPs & found a phone #? I meant to ask you, but never did.
Regardless, doesn't matter - J is doing fine (You helped a lot - i guarantee that). He's better off than me right now. He had his little one today, & sounded great. even asked about moron meetups.
Posted by: shredded chi - If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck at January 13, 2014 04:14 AM (CqRXU)
Have him shoot you my email. I have plenty of strange distracting anecdotes and offbeat advice to share.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 13, 2014 01:08 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at January 13, 2014 01:09 AM (oPmI6)
Posted by: shredded chi - If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck at January 13, 2014 01:09 AM (CqRXU)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 13, 2014 05:03 AM (xa1/W)
To be perfectly accurate, he reached out to the Horde and was drawn back in at first impression, but has only been in sporadic contact thereafter -- thus the concern.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 13, 2014 01:12 AM (T1005)
Posted by: HRH Hillary effn Rodham Clinton at January 13, 2014 01:14 AM (nkPV9)
Posted by: shredded chi - If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck at January 13, 2014 01:14 AM (CqRXU)
Posted by: garrett at January 13, 2014 01:18 AM (oPmI6)
Posted by: garrett at January 13, 2014 01:20 AM (oPmI6)
Posted by: shredded chi - If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck at January 13, 2014 01:21 AM (CqRXU)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 13, 2014 01:22 AM (xa1/W)
_______
Is that where he got it from?
summbitch.
Posted by: shredded chi - If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck at January 13, 2014 05:14 AM (CqRXU)
Goes to show how much he is cherished.....when he bothers to show up.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 13, 2014 01:23 AM (T1005)
Posted by: shredded chi - If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck at January 13, 2014 01:32 AM (CqRXU)
Posted by: shredded chi - If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck at January 13, 2014 01:37 AM (CqRXU)
Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at January 13, 2014 01:46 AM (AxE3L)
And #4. okay got to work on that.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 13, 2014 02:00 AM (B8vRO)
Morning morons. Looks like I missed some interesting comments. College students are back in town, which helps drive up the ER volume considerably, especially weekends and overnights.
Unleash the Vic!!
Posted by: Conservative Crank at January 13, 2014 02:33 AM (b2cFu)
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Have they figured out on which side to wear their sword yet?
Posted by: Javems at January 13, 2014 07:06 AM (nTgAI)
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Posted by: The Political Hat at January 12, 2014 06:18 PM (AymDN)