January 22, 2014
— Maetenloch
One reason that relations between Congress and the House are so bad is that Obama and his staff simply aren't interested in talking to any members of Congress - much less working with them. Congress is simply of no use to Obama so he's ignoring that branch of government.
This comes from a damning assessment from veteran White House reporter Keith Koffler:
I covered both the Clinton and Bush White Houses. Routinely, with each of them, there was line of cars on the West Wing driveway belonging to members of some committee or faction of Congress that had dropped by to meet the president. If they wanted the gathering to remain below the radar, they "snuck in" the side door, and then the camera guys who were always in a position where they could see the entrance there told us about it.With Obama, almost never. Nothing. No meetings. If you ask around on Capitol Hill, no phone calls either. Obama, expostulating about the uncooperativeness of Republicans, does nothing to get them to cooperate. It's not in his character. And then he attacks them for his own paucity of results. He's like a high school football player who never comes to practice and then whines that he's warming the bench.
Unfortunately, Obama's temperament will now have serious consequences for the nation. We'll be in a constant state of Constitutional subversion for the next three years as Obama issues edicts and bullies the private sector into doing his bidding. At any point, with some particularly outlandish act, he can kick things up to a major Constitutional crisis. It's a sad thing to see.
How Harry Reid is Destroying the Senate
Meanwhile the Senate hasn't been doing its job for a few years now. And Sen. Jeff Sessions explains here how this dysfunction is the result of deliberate tactics employed by Harry Reid.
One of the tactics by which Majority Leader Reid has suppressed Senators' rights and blocked open debate has been a technique called "filling the tree." What this means, basically, is that when a bill comes to the floor, the Leader will use his right of first recognition to fill all of the available amendment slots on a bill and block any other Senator from offering amendments. One man stands in the way of his 99 colleagues. But, not alone really. His power exists only as long as his majority concurs and supports his actions. This prevents the body from working its will, it prevents legislation from being improved, and it prevents Senators from being held accountable by their votes on the great issues of the day. That is, of course, why it's done.
Our Majority Leader has used this tactic-filling the tree-80 times. To put this in perspective, the six previous Majority Leaders filled the tree 49 times-combined. Senator Reid has filled the tree on 30 more occasions than all of the six previous Majority Leaders did cumulatively over their tenures.
And then you have the fact that the Senate hasn't passed a budget in five years yet keeps authorizing spending through giant, mysterious and chaotic 'omnibus' bills.
The erosion of the Senate has also been front and center in the budgeting process. We are now in our fifth year without adopting a congressional budget resolution. Instead, taxpayer dollars are spent through a series of backroom deals and last-minute negotiations. Then we face a massive omnibus that is rushed to passage without amendment or meaningful review. The American people have no real ability to know what's in it or hold us, their elected representatives, accountable. This, of course, is the reason it is done this way.Now, the House and Senate are considering another catch-all omnibus spending bill-one that will spend more than a trillion dollars-with thousands of items of government spending crammed into a single legislative proposal. This bill will be sped through under threat of a government shutdown, with very little debate, and no ability to amend. It is another "pass it to find out what's in it" moment.
My staff and I have had less than 48 hours to digest this behemoth, but already we've found provisions that would not survive if considered under regular order.
...But under the tenure of Majority Leader Reid, the budgeting process has been totally mismanaged. We have ceased consideration of appropriations bills altogether, relying more and more on autopilot resolutions and catch-all behemoth spending packages. In fiscal year 2006, for example, every single appropriations bill was debated, amended, and passed in the Senate. In 2013, none were.
Murphy's Law: The Top Ten Bad Decisions of the 20th Century
As compiled by Strategy Page. And man were there some doozies.
5 - Germany declares war on the United States after Japan attacked the U.S. in December 1941. At that point Germany had Russia and Britain on the ropes. The Japanese attack brought America into the war, but only against Japan. German armies were stalled in front of Moscow and Hitler thought Japan needed a little nudge to attack Russia. This would tie down troops that would otherwise be sent against the Germans. But Japan had fought border battles with the Russians in 1939 and came off very poorly. Hitler had failed to note this. When Hitler declared war against America on December 11, 1941, Japan did nothing, and it took a while for Hitler to realize what happened to Germany when American entered World War I. Hitler has always belittled the Americans and did not realize his error until it was too late.
As Obama Retreats, Canada and Australia Step Up For Israel
Indeed, the most important aspect of Harper's speech was the explanation he gave for why Canada would stand by Israel. Having begun by stating plainly, "Canada supports Israel because it is right to do so," Prime Minister Harper went on to explain that "Israel is the only country in the Middle East, which has long anchored itself in the ideals of freedom, democracy and the rule of law."
And Australia calls the BDS and 'anti-Zionism' movements what they really are.
In contrast to the policies of her predecessor, [ Australian foreign minister] Julie Bishop has twice now ensured that Australia has been one of only a handful of countries at the United Nations to resist voting in support of motions demanding that Israel halt all settlement activity. In an interview during her recent visit to Israel Bishop stated that she thought the international community should refrain from calling settlements illegal, remarking, "I would like to see which international law has declared them illegal," and arguing, "I don't think it's helpful to prejudge the settlement issue if you're trying to get a negotiated solution. And by deeming the activity as a war crime, it's unlikely to engender a negotiated solution."
Foreign Minister Bishop has likewise been unwavering in her opposition to boycotts, seeing to it that funding from the Australian government does not reach organizations calling for them. Of the BDS movement Bishop exclaimed, "It's anti-Semitic. It identifies Israel out of all other nations as being worthy of a boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign? Hypocritical beyond belief."
Even when you have a pretty good data history. Here are the official DOT forecasts of road traffic compared with actual road traffic.
Peter Freuchen: Candidate For the Real World's Most Interesting Man
Standing six feet seven inches, Freuchen was an arctic explorer, journalist, author, and anthropologist. He participated in several arctic journeys (including a 1000-mile dogsled trip across Greenland), starred in an Oscar-winning film, wrote more than a dozen books (novels and nonfiction, including his Famous Book of the Eskimos), had a peg leg (he lost his leg to frostbite in 1926; he amputated his gangrenous toes himself), was involved in the Danish resistance against Germany, was imprisoned and sentenced to death by the Nazis before escaping to Sweden, studied to be a doctor at university, his first wife was Inuit and his second was a Danish margarine heiress, became friends with Jean Harlow and Mae West, once escaped from a blizzard shelter by cutting his way out of it with a knife fashioned from his own feces, and, last but certainly not least, won $64,000 on The $64,000 Question.
Here he poses with his wife Dagmar Freuchen-Gale.
The Trendiest Names in US History
Names that shot up in popularity and then just as quickly fell again.
"How was the sacred relic of Christ's foreskin forgotten after being revered for centuries?"
Well National Geographic investigates. Remember it would be the foreskin of a simple carpenter so choose wisely.
The 100 Riff History of Rock and Roll
Sadly the Captain and Tennille are calling it quits after 39 years of marriage. No reasons were given but it may involve health insurance.
According to the divorce docs, obtained by TMZ, there's special mention about health insurance coverage, and that seems relevant, because in 2009 Toni blogged that Daryl had been diagnosed with Parkinson's. In 2011 Toni updated the message, saying Daryl's tremors were so bad he was embarrassed to go out in public ... to restaurants, the movies, etc.
Here's what's unclear -- whether it's possible Toni really filed for health insurance reasons ... whether his coverage might be better if they were divorced.
Teh Tweet!
Le AoSHQ groupe de Yahoo. Ooh la la!
Tonight's post brought to you by giddyup:
Notice: Posted by permission of AceCorp LLC. Please e-mail overnight open thread tips to maetenloch at gmail. Otherwise send tips to Ace.
Posted by: Maetenloch at
05:33 PM
| Comments (721)
Post contains 1597 words, total size 16 kb.
Posted by: Carol at January 22, 2014 05:38 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at January 22, 2014 05:38 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: Lauren at January 22, 2014 05:40 PM (hFL/3)
Posted by: NCKate at January 22, 2014 05:41 PM (x6fKj)
Because he's wearing a bear?
Posted by: huerfano at January 22, 2014 05:42 PM (bAGA/)
As he should.
Congress fucked up. It passed on its responsibilities to "agencies". The "agencies" then created "regulations" which have the force of law.
As long as Congress considers itself irrelevant, it can hardly blame the President if he takes Congress at its word.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at January 22, 2014 05:43 PM (Xfl0F)
Posted by: grognard at January 22, 2014 05:43 PM (Be2Wn)
But wait!
If the Republicans take the Senate in the fall, everything will be different!
Which is to say, we'll still be in a constant state of Constitutional subversion. But every crick up a holler in Mitch McConnell's state is going to have a billion dollar Federal dam on it. Surely we can all agree that's worth the fight.
Posted by: torquewrench at January 22, 2014 05:43 PM (gqT4g)
It's bad enough that TFG was elected.
He was re-elected.
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at January 22, 2014 05:44 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: NCKate at January 22, 2014 05:44 PM (x6fKj)
Posted by: grognard at January 22, 2014 05:44 PM (Be2Wn)
Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at January 22, 2014 05:44 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: Mr. Dave at January 22, 2014 05:44 PM (ub5D2)
Posted by: soothsayer, with arms akimbo at January 22, 2014 05:44 PM (4N6Pk)
Posted by: the littl shyning man at January 22, 2014 05:44 PM (O4ed1)
Posted by: Brother Cavil needs to sort his socks at January 22, 2014 05:45 PM (m9V0o)
Damn ONT.
Posted by: Jeff B. - also an Indo-European language expert, no joke at January 22, 2014 05:45 PM (ewYO6)
There's "alpha", and then there's belabouring the point.
I'm guessing that Dagmar wanted to wear a leash too but that Peter talked her out of it
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at January 22, 2014 05:45 PM (Xfl0F)
Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at January 22, 2014 05:45 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: Insomniac at January 22, 2014 05:45 PM (UAMVq)
Posted by: Trimegistus at January 22, 2014 05:45 PM (VZ90Q)
Posted by: soothsayer, with arms akimbo at January 22, 2014 05:46 PM (4N6Pk)
Posted by: Inspector Cussword at January 22, 2014 05:46 PM (UfYXk)
Posted by: Brother Cavil needs to sort his socks at January 22, 2014 05:46 PM (m9V0o)
Posted by: grognard at January 22, 2014 05:46 PM (Be2Wn)
Posted by: --- at January 22, 2014 05:46 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Carol at January 22, 2014 05:46 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Barky Obama at January 22, 2014 05:46 PM (UAMVq)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 22, 2014 05:47 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: freaked at January 22, 2014 05:47 PM (JdEZJ)
Posted by: Brother Cavil needs to sort his socks at January 22, 2014 05:47 PM (m9V0o)
Something stinks about this story but I can't put my finger on it.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at January 22, 2014 05:47 PM (cxs6V)
Posted by: --- at January 22, 2014 05:47 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Dagmar at January 22, 2014 05:47 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: NCKate at January 22, 2014 05:47 PM (x6fKj)
Posted by: --- at January 22, 2014 09:46 PM (MMC8r)
Boehner is closer to Al Capone than to Elliott Ness.
Posted by: Hrothgar at January 22, 2014 05:48 PM (o3MSL)
Posted by: MacGuyver at January 22, 2014 05:48 PM (R6JT1)
Posted by: Brother Cavil needs to sort his socks at January 22, 2014 05:48 PM (m9V0o)
Posted by: Carol at January 22, 2014 05:49 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Andrew Sullivan at January 22, 2014 05:49 PM (UAMVq)
Posted by: JPS at January 22, 2014 05:49 PM (9ziuC)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at January 22, 2014 05:49 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2014 05:50 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: ScoggDog at January 22, 2014 05:50 PM (6/+vz)
Posted by: lindafell at January 22, 2014 05:50 PM (PGO8C)
Posted by: Northernlurker at January 22, 2014 05:51 PM (BLAfs)
Posted by: Donna V. at January 22, 2014 05:51 PM (R3gO3)
Boehner is a quisling mimm.
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at January 22, 2014 05:51 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: Dagmar at January 22, 2014 05:51 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: Carol at January 22, 2014 05:51 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: hindmost at January 22, 2014 05:52 PM (ZWODX)
Posted by: Dr. Janosz Poha at January 22, 2014 05:52 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: garrett at January 22, 2014 05:52 PM (sMsBt)
Posted by: Grey Fox at January 22, 2014 05:53 PM (FgIgL)
Posted by: Zombue Gary Kildall at January 22, 2014 05:53 PM (4JkHl)
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at January 22, 2014 05:53 PM (080XV)
Posted by: grognard at January 22, 2014 05:53 PM (Be2Wn)
Posted by: --- at January 22, 2014 05:54 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Dr. Janosz Poha at January 22, 2014 05:54 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2014 05:55 PM (sdi6R)
Hello & Thank you for asking. I am finally all better.
Someone posted on the ONT Monday that the H1N1 Flu was going around and to look at CDC website. He wrote that he had it a few years ago and relapsed. That must have been what I had.
Posted by: Carol at January 22, 2014 09:49 PM (z4WKX)
Great news, Carol!
Posted by: cthulhu at January 22, 2014 05:55 PM (T1005)
Posted by: --- at January 22, 2014 05:55 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Northernlurker at January 22, 2014 05:56 PM (BLAfs)
Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at January 22, 2014 05:56 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: Lauren at January 22, 2014 05:56 PM (hFL/3)
Posted by: D-Lamp at January 22, 2014 05:56 PM (bb5+k)
Next to the place where they house people who talk at the theatre.
It's special.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at January 22, 2014 05:56 PM (Xfl0F)
Posted by: Weirddave at January 22, 2014 05:57 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: Mister Poo Poo at January 22, 2014 05:57 PM (X3GkB)
Posted by: lindafell at January 22, 2014 09:50 PM (PGO8C)
You're raising a Democrat?
Posted by: cthulhu at January 22, 2014 05:57 PM (T1005)
http://connecticut.cbslocal.com/2014/01/22/ brady-i-could-care-less-about-watching-the-super-bowl/
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at January 22, 2014 05:58 PM (Xfl0F)
Posted by: CMU VET at January 22, 2014 05:58 PM (ejB0r)
Posted by: Freuchen Munch at January 22, 2014 05:58 PM (R6JT1)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at January 22, 2014 05:58 PM (Xfl0F)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/u][/i][/b] at January 22, 2014 05:59 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Inspector Cussword at January 22, 2014 05:59 PM (UfYXk)
Posted by: Insomniac at January 22, 2014 05:59 PM (UAMVq)
Posted by: thunderb at January 22, 2014 05:59 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Lauren at January 22, 2014 06:00 PM (hFL/3)
Vidkun, not Vidmar, Quisling, I think?
And yes, you need two to tango for a constitutional crisis, and Congress (and the "opposition" party) have shown no interest in playing their role.
It's really stunning - and entirely in a disastrously bad way. Just take the non-recess recess appointments debacle. In any previous time, such a stunt would have had leaders of both parties in the Senate (jointly) in front of the cameras within the hour, ordering the president to stand down or face legislative and appointment Hell. The very genius of the Founders, in engineering basic human impulses into the structure of our government, such that power would remain divided and jealously guarded by each player, seems to have evaporated along with national dignity, sense, and seriousness.
For those with any sense of US governance history and Hill experience, the years since the advent of this ridiculous affirmative action non-entity in the Oval Office still seem like some bad dream. No budgets, no appropriations bills, no congressional response to any lawlessness from the executive branch.
Posted by: non-purist at January 22, 2014 06:00 PM (afQnV)
Posted by: lindafell at January 22, 2014 06:00 PM (PGO8C)
Posted by: Carol at January 22, 2014 06:01 PM (z4WKX)
Silly me, Emperor Cuzco does not want anyone to harsh his groove.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 22, 2014 06:01 PM (XrwRV)
Posted by: kbdabear at January 22, 2014 06:01 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 22, 2014 06:01 PM (+jyzN)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 22, 2014 06:02 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: The Political Hat at January 22, 2014 06:02 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: thunderb at January 22, 2014 06:02 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at January 22, 2014 06:02 PM (LzsRF)
Posted by: Insomniac at January 22, 2014 06:02 PM (UAMVq)
"This comes from a damning assessment from veteran White House reporter Keith Koffler."
Yeah, well, here we go again. That's the pattern, isn't it? Some "veteran WH reporter" writes some "damning assessment" of Obama from time to time - he doesn't work with Republicans, he doesn't work with Democrats, he lets Jarrett run things, he doesn't talk to the press, his staffers are unprofessional and couldn't run a student common council meeting, he's always late, he doesn't know his ass from his elbow - and conservatives rejoice and say "Finally! The MSM is waking up! They realize they've been played for fools! Now they're going to start actually behaving like reporters instead of butt-kissers!"
They never do. If one "tough"article about Obama sees the light of day, they all feel they've done their duty for the next 6 months and go right back to kissing his butt. But they can now point to the tough article or the tough interview question and say "See, we're not biased!"
Posted by: Donna V. at January 22, 2014 06:02 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at January 22, 2014 06:03 PM (l3vZN)
Barry is so narcissistic, that I would believe that he even feels himself superior to his own image in a mirror.
Harry Reid, conversely, does not reflect in a mirror.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at January 22, 2014 06:04 PM (vvk2F)
Posted by: thunderb at January 22, 2014 06:04 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Brother Cavil needs to sort his socks at January 22, 2014 06:04 PM (m9V0o)
Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2014 06:04 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Insomniac at January 22, 2014 06:05 PM (UAMVq)
Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at January 22, 2014 06:05 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: Carol at January 22, 2014 06:05 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Chris Pagano at January 22, 2014 06:05 PM (sMsBt)
Posted by: Brother Cavil needs to sort his socks at January 22, 2014 06:06 PM (m9V0o)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 22, 2014 06:06 PM (oFCZn)
Posted by: Insomniac at January 22, 2014 06:06 PM (UAMVq)
To act as a bookend with Kerry the horse? Okay.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 22, 2014 06:06 PM (XrwRV)
Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at January 22, 2014 06:06 PM (bCEmE)
Posted by: grognard at January 22, 2014 06:07 PM (Be2Wn)
Posted by: garrett at January 22, 2014 06:07 PM (sMsBt)
Shit.
Never mind the goofy straight line projections, that traffic chart describes the collapsing economy.
We are boned.
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at January 22, 2014 06:07 PM (P/gm7)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 22, 2014 06:07 PM (T1005)
I'm kind of meh on that list of bad military decisions. The unrestricted submarine warfare was certainly a factor in the US entry into WWI, but even more so is the German attempt to incite Mexico to declare war on the US (Zimmerman Telegram).
Plus, the Soviets signing a nonagression treaty with the Nazis made quite a bit of sense in an evil sort of way, up until the Sovs got their asses handed to them when they invaded Finland in the Winter War. The Red Army's woeful performance gave Hitler the idea that he didn't need to wait a couple of years to build up the Nazi war machine for the inevitable invasion of Russia. Hence invading while still engaged on the western front, and before the Nazis could pull together all of their strength to destroy Stalin.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 22, 2014 06:07 PM (aYjRw)
Posted by: lindafell at January 22, 2014 06:08 PM (PGO8C)
Posted by: Countrysquire at January 22, 2014 06:08 PM (8FyP4)
Posted by: thunderb at January 22, 2014 06:08 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 22, 2014 06:08 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: MTF at January 22, 2014 06:09 PM (F58x4)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 22, 2014 06:09 PM (jsmDz)
Posted by: Carol at January 22, 2014 06:09 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Erowmer at January 22, 2014 06:10 PM (OONaw)
Posted by: model_1066 at January 22, 2014 06:10 PM (LIQGY)
Canada under Harper is truly a precious exception to the decline of the west. Australia now poised (!) to play a similar role. But with the UK such a disaster, and most of western Europe useless as usual .......
It still boils my blood - when I can get to caring any more - how the US under these idiots has stabbed Poland and the Czechs in the back. Not to mention the Hondurans, right-minded Iranian anti-regime types, Israel, and on and on.
Long-shot hope: within 2 years, we see a surprise new alliance of Japan/India/Singapore/Vietnam/Philippines - with Russian observer status - to counter the collapse of the US in the western Pacific. The way things are going, the fecklessness of the US will nearly force something on this order to be ginned up. South Korea can enjoy its new romance with the klepto-hegemonic Middle Kingdom and indulge its idiotic anti-Japanese complex.
Posted by: non-purist at January 22, 2014 06:11 PM (afQnV)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 22, 2014 06:11 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Mental munchkin Sharpton at January 22, 2014 06:11 PM (R6JT1)
Germany's mistake was not in letting Austria have a free hand. The Serbs had it coming. Everyone in Europe knew it.
Germany's mistake was in invading Belgium. We'll leave aside whether the Belgians deserved a beating, by somebody (cf. "King Leopold's Ghost"); we're dealing with diplomatic fuckups, never mind the morality. Germany should not have violated Belgium's neutrality.
France probably wouldn't have done anything beyond a few token shellings. Russia would have invaded and got spanked... as it did get spanked.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at January 22, 2014 06:12 PM (Xfl0F)
Posted by: Carol at January 22, 2014 06:12 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 22, 2014 06:12 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at January 22, 2014 06:12 PM (LzsRF)
I have been trying to think of what they called them, I think it was demonrats. Anyone remember what I mean? Posted by: Carol at January 22, 2014 10:09 PM (z4WKX)
Democraps?
Demonrats works too.
Posted by: Donna V. at January 22, 2014 06:14 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: lindafell at January 22, 2014 06:14 PM (PGO8C)
Posted by: Brother Cavil needs to sort his socks at January 22, 2014 06:14 PM (m9V0o)
Posted by: free tibet, etc. at January 22, 2014 06:14 PM (jAc/f)
Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at January 22, 2014 06:14 PM (zDsvJ)
Obama is a feckless failure. He is a reflection of our times. We (not all of us) as a nation deserve him.
OK, here is a gem. "Cast not your pearls before swine to be trampled." Treat this carefully.
Even though our Eternal Father forgives us our sins, there is a thing called "temporal punishment." Think of it as the laws of physics. 55 million abortions since 1973. When the baby boomers retire, there will not be 55 million workers paying for their retirement. When they find themselves in poverty with no children to support them, will they repent?
God doesn't need to send down fire and brimstone like Sodom and Gamorrah. All he has to do is let you live with the consequences of your sin.
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at January 22, 2014 06:15 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: Trent Reznor at January 22, 2014 06:16 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at January 22, 2014 06:16 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Brother Cavil needs to sort his socks at January 22, 2014 06:16 PM (m9V0o)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 22, 2014 06:17 PM (jsmDz)
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 22, 2014 06:17 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at January 22, 2014 06:18 PM (V70Uh)
Glad you are feeling better Carol.
Evening roonz and roonettez!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 22, 2014 06:18 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Carol at January 22, 2014 06:18 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Weirddave at January 22, 2014 06:18 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: dogfish at January 22, 2014 06:18 PM (nsOJa)
Boy, that's a tough call. I've never had a dog or cat that wasn't a rescue. All of them have been wonderful. But pits and small kids are a potentially very bad mixture. I wouldn't worry about a pure black lab, but a pit mix, I would.
Fast forward:
"One thing I saw on a show that they did with pits before placing them with kids was testing them for food aggression. They would put a bowl of food down and take a stuffed arm and prod the dog while it was eating to see its reaction while eating. If the dog flat out attacked the arm it was a no go. if it just growled a bit then backed down, then they could usually be trained."
This. Food is a trigger for the fighting reflex.
A friend of mine had a friendly, energetic pit mix that I had gotten on famously with for years. Then one day while I was over at their place, some food fell on the floor that was not dog kosher. I stepped in to stop the dog from snarfing it up.
OH HOLY MOTHER OF SHIT. The pit genetics came out all of a sudden and I was trying to remember that special-ops trick which had been described to me about sacrificing a forearm in order to snap the attacking dog's neck. It really was frightening. This from the same animal that had been romping around and wagging happily with me five minutes before.
My friend was profusely apologetic, but I was never on the same terms with that animal ever again. The dog forgot. I did not. Still scares me.
Posted by: torquewrench at January 22, 2014 06:19 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: Brother Cavil needs to sort his socks at January 22, 2014 06:19 PM (m9V0o)
Posted by: lindafell at January 22, 2014 06:20 PM (PGO8C)
Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at January 22, 2014 06:20 PM (itCai)
http://annapuna.blogspot.com/2005/07/pushing-envelope.html
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 22, 2014 06:20 PM (XrwRV)
Because the Serbian government was the Taliban to the Black-Hand's Bin Laden. Austria was sick of the Serbs' shit.
Austria also at the time was ruling over Catholic Serbs - the Croats - who agreed wholeheartedly that the Belgradians were playing the fool.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at January 22, 2014 06:20 PM (Xfl0F)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at January 22, 2014 06:21 PM (LzsRF)
Croats never were up for that. Still aren't.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at January 22, 2014 06:22 PM (Xfl0F)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at January 22, 2014 06:22 PM (RZ8pf)
It would be like a terrorist from Saudi Arabia attacks Americans and then we demand territory from Saudi Arabia.
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at January 22, 2014 06:23 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: Inspector Cussword at January 22, 2014 06:23 PM (UfYXk)
Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at January 22, 2014 06:23 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 22, 2014 06:23 PM (XrwRV)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at January 22, 2014 06:23 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac lover of KaBoom Cereal at January 22, 2014 06:23 PM (HxSXm)
in the 20th century, I don't think it was really about religion.
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at January 22, 2014 06:24 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at January 22, 2014 06:24 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at January 22, 2014 06:25 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: garrett at January 22, 2014 06:25 PM (sMsBt)
Posted by: Y-not's kitties at January 22, 2014 06:26 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 22, 2014 06:26 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: lindafell at January 22, 2014 06:26 PM (PGO8C)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 22, 2014 06:28 PM (XrwRV)
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 22, 2014 06:28 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Y-not's kitties at January 22, 2014 06:28 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: logprof at January 22, 2014 06:28 PM (X3GkB)
Posted by: awkward davies at January 22, 2014 06:28 PM (WK8VM)
A failing power, scrambling to hold on to power and significance. Nothing more dangerous.
Posted by: Brother Cavil needs to sort his socks at January 22, 2014 10:19 PM (m9V0o)
Thanks for the words of encouragement, sunshine.
I need to reload some more 5.56.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 22, 2014 06:28 PM (aYjRw)
Remember the rubber armbands? I have one on each wrist! They both read "TEA PARTY PATRIOT". But then, I'm a 65 year old kid.
Posted by: Erowmero at January 22, 2014 06:29 PM (OONaw)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at January 22, 2014 06:29 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: BignJames at January 22, 2014 06:29 PM (HtUkt)
Posted by: whatmeworry? at January 22, 2014 06:29 PM (dZGNV)
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at January 22, 2014 06:29 PM (XO6WW)
And, herding dogs around children will occasionally nip to keep their charges in line, just as they will with sheep. Someone I met picked up a perfectly nice Aussie sheepdog at the pound. Surrendered by a young family. Dog was honestly baffled. Did what it was supposed to do, what its breeding told it to do, and the next morning it was in the car leaving forever, because bawling kid.
Genetics will out.
Posted by: torquewrench at January 22, 2014 06:30 PM (gqT4g)
Murphy's Law: The Top Ten Bad Decisions of the 20th Century
8-Arab states go to war with Israel in 1967.
Say what now? Not that there weren't major provocations from the Arabs, but Israel is the one that elevated into all out war. That's why it ended up being a Six Day War. First strikes can work pretty well when you do them right.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 22, 2014 06:30 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 22, 2014 06:30 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 22, 2014 06:31 PM (XrwRV)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 22, 2014 06:31 PM (XrwRV)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at January 22, 2014 06:32 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 22, 2014 06:33 PM (g4TxM)
Er, not as though there's some massive profusion of easily available jobs out there.
I for one certainly don't begrudge those who find it imperative to utilize all available resources for survival in the glorious new era of Obamanomics. I have a few friends in the same boat.
Posted by: torquewrench at January 22, 2014 06:33 PM (gqT4g)
Concerning the size difference -
Feet on the same plane therefore not likley forced perspective.
I'm 6'6" and the BH is only 5'4", if you take a pic of us in similar situation (standing, seated) you would get similar results.
Posted by: PMRich at January 22, 2014 06:33 PM (KDUNf)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at January 22, 2014 06:33 PM (l3vZN)
Posted by: sven10077 at January 22, 2014 06:34 PM (TE35l)
I would definitely get on top of the training thing. And train both the dog AND the children.
Posted by: Y-not (@MoxieMom) at January 22, 2014 10:23 PM (zDsvJ)
On the flip side, a pit will attack a bear to defend its family's children.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 22, 2014 06:34 PM (T1005)
Posted by: PMRich at January 22, 2014 06:34 PM (KDUNf)
The Albanians were in Kosovo first. Serbs are Slavs and the Slavic Urheimat is Ukraine and Belarus.
A lot of what's going on in the Balkans has to do with mythic memory, rather than historical fact. Serbs in Belgrade imagine that, because Sarajevo sort-of speaks Serbian and because Zagreb sort-of speaks Serbian, that Sarajevo and Zagreb belong to the White City. Well... the people who live in Sarajevo and Zagreb generally think otherwise.
And Kosovo wasn't ever Serbian, not really. It was just intermittently ruled by Serbs. And Serbs lost a battle there in 1389 which made it Holy Ground.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at January 22, 2014 06:34 PM (Xfl0F)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at January 22, 2014 06:35 PM (LzsRF)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 22, 2014 06:35 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 22, 2014 06:35 PM (TGgNi)
Posted by: logprof at January 22, 2014 06:35 PM (X3GkB)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 22, 2014 06:36 PM (g4TxM)
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 22, 2014 06:36 PM (JMmQ9)
I passed a Mini Cooper today with a "I'm ready for Hillary" sticker.
As I passed it, the male driver looked probably just as you would assume.
Posted by: Iasonas at January 22, 2014 06:36 PM (FHNkr)
Posted by: Countrysquire at January 22, 2014 06:37 PM (8FyP4)
Posted by: sven10077 at January 22, 2014 06:37 PM (TE35l)
Hammer, I'm using a Lyman turret press for most stuff. Also have a Lee Anniversary single stage press, started with that one then semi-retired it when I got the Lyman. Use the Lee for small jobs and such, like when I need to use my collet bullet-pulling die (I don't like the hammer-type bullet pullers).
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 22, 2014 06:37 PM (aYjRw)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 22, 2014 06:37 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Y-not's kitties at January 22, 2014 06:38 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2014 06:38 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 22, 2014 06:38 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 22, 2014 06:38 PM (g4TxM)
Posted by: Jay Carney at January 22, 2014 06:38 PM (sMsBt)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 22, 2014 06:39 PM (XrwRV)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 22, 2014 06:39 PM (TGgNi)
Posted by: Se Léodweardprætt Hæt at January 22, 2014 06:39 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: Y-not's kitties at January 22, 2014 06:39 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2014 06:40 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 22, 2014 06:41 PM (g4TxM)
Posted by: Brother Cavil needs to sort his socks at January 22, 2014 06:41 PM (m9V0o)
Posted by: lindafell at January 22, 2014 06:41 PM (PGO8C)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 22, 2014 06:42 PM (aDwsi)
If anyone thinks this retard runs the show, they are an idiot. You can almost see where she has her arm up his ass...
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at January 22, 2014 06:42 PM (b/lt+)
I somewhat agree, but I'd say that Kennedy and Johnson were well on their way to fucking up a good thing. So I gave the list a mulligan on that. They almost lost the war in the 60s - would have lost it if Humphrey had won.
I do agree a better #7 would be Congress refusing to aid Ford in Ford's attempt to continue Nixon's (winning) Vietnamisation strategy.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at January 22, 2014 06:42 PM (Xfl0F)
(I don't like the hammer-type bullet pullers).
---------------
Yeah. Those make me nervous. I know they shouldn't, and yet...
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 22, 2014 10:38 PM (aDwsi)
For me it's just that I always expect the plastic to shatter from smacking it on the workbench. Anything that is INTENDED to be hit hard shouldn't be made of hard plastic.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 22, 2014 06:42 PM (aYjRw)
Posted by: Y-not's kitties at January 22, 2014 06:42 PM (zDsvJ)
That's mostly Harry Reid's fault. The Dems have chosen party and ideology over institutional prerogatives. Defense of the the Senate's constitutional authority takes a distant second place to a factional power grab. When the Republicans take control of the Senate, the sh*t will hit the fan.
Posted by: mrp at January 22, 2014 06:42 PM (JBggj)
Posted by: Carol at January 22, 2014 06:43 PM (z4WKX)
20: On the languages migrating to being more simplistic: People have a tendency to go for the easier ways to communicate. Be it letters, then emails, then texting, then... twittering(?)
I remember a story (book I think) where a guy from the present goes to the future and everyone speaks this abbreviated form of English. Seems prescient to me.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 22, 2014 07:37 PM (TGgNi)
--------
'Web of the Chozen' (197
, perhaps? By Jack L.ChalkerFrom Goodreads
http://tinyurl.com/knaeje8
Posted by: Forty Baht Barack at January 22, 2014 06:44 PM (Xr6rN)
Huge fun watching a border collie trying to deal with a brood of hens.
The chickens don't respond to the wolf stare that works so well on sheep.
Sheep tend to cluster defensively and move as a group. Hens go in all directions.
And saucy hens sometimes respond to a nip with a peck.
Lots of work for the dog.
The chickens can eventually be trained up to where the dog can work them, but the first couple of weeks are a real challenge.
Posted by: torquewrench at January 22, 2014 06:44 PM (gqT4g)
The Senate (including the Repubs) has taken my wife's look at finance..... if there is no budget, you can spend as much as you want.
Posted by: Wendy Davis at January 22, 2014 06:44 PM (n0DEs)
Posted by: Madamex at January 22, 2014 06:45 PM (vaWdD)
Posted by: Countrysquire at January 22, 2014 06:45 PM (8FyP4)
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 22, 2014 06:46 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: eman at January 22, 2014 06:46 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: Carol at January 22, 2014 06:46 PM (z4WKX)
Mitch McConnell as Majority Leader! Yeah, the Left better watch out then!
No, it'll be treading-water time 2015-16. Assuming nothing bad happens abroad. Which is not to say that treading water is a bad strategem until we can get a real conservative into the Executive (read: not fuckin' Paul Ryan).
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at January 22, 2014 06:47 PM (Xfl0F)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 22, 2014 06:48 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 22, 2014 06:48 PM (g4TxM)
Posted by: JPS at January 22, 2014 06:48 PM (9ziuC)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 22, 2014 06:49 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 22, 2014 06:49 PM (9GG/0)
You know what, he might not have been wearing PJs or drinking cocoa, but he did look like an older, bearded version of Pajama Boy.
I take it you're not all that surprised.
Posted by: Iasonas at January 22, 2014 06:49 PM (FHNkr)
ugh
it would be nice if Team Right was on the "Destroy Hillary" program right about now
Posted by: chemjeff at January 22, 2014 06:50 PM (9GG/0)
Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at January 22, 2014 06:50 PM (itCai)
Posted by: mrp
Not so sure about that. Obama doesn't have any discussions with the House either. Rep. John Campbell said the first time he heard from the White House was when Oblamo was trying to get us to go to war in Syria.
Once in 5 years. That's insane.
Oblamo is a raging narcisst. QED.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at January 22, 2014 06:50 PM (cxs6V)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 22, 2014 06:51 PM (DmNpO)
They are great dogs. They will herd anything that moves--vacuum cleaners, wheelbarrows, lawn mowers, geese, cats, kids, drunks, etc., etc.
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living... at January 22, 2014 06:51 PM (P/gm7)
Needed: national GOP candidate with coattails, especially in the north.
Walker.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at January 22, 2014 06:52 PM (Xfl0F)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 22, 2014 06:53 PM (TGgNi)
Posted by: Madamex at January 22, 2014 06:54 PM (vaWdD)
No, it'll be treading-water time 2015-16. Assuming nothing bad happens abroad. Which is not to say that treading water is a bad strategem until we can get a real conservative into the Executive (read: not fuckin' Paul Ryan).
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo
Mitch McConnell - Majority Leader and Mitch McConnell, Minority Leader will be two very different people. With Republicans controlling both Congressional chambers, the first item on the agenda will be Barry's rule by regulation.
Posted by: mrp at January 22, 2014 06:54 PM (JBggj)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 22, 2014 06:55 PM (TGgNi)
Wut?
Posted by: booger at January 22, 2014 06:56 PM (xRDdL)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 22, 2014 06:56 PM (aDwsi)
It's like they aren't even a person, everything about them is just *insert leftist stereotype here* from their car, to their clothes, to their vocabulary, to the music/movies/books they like, even what line of work, if any, they are in.
It's like when I see a Prius, I already know there's a Coexist sticker on the back. And I'm usually right.
What the heck.
Posted by: Iasonas at January 22, 2014 06:56 PM (FHNkr)
Posted by: Barack Obama at January 22, 2014 06:56 PM (Aif/5)
Posted by: D-Lamp at January 22, 2014 06:57 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Baracka at January 22, 2014 06:58 PM (Aif/5)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 22, 2014 06:58 PM (TGgNi)
Posted by: mrp at January 22, 2014 06:59 PM (JBggj)
Posted by: Fox2! at January 22, 2014 06:59 PM (cHwSy)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 22, 2014 06:59 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 22, 2014 07:00 PM (9GG/0)
Hammer, I use a mix of dies and parts, this is from memory so take it with a grain of salt.
Lee 3 die set for 5.56, I really like their Factory Crimp dies for all cals.
RCBS die set (I think) for 7.62x54r, effectively a 2 die set, but I have both neck and full sizing dies to use as needed. Just got a Lee Factory Crimp to complete the setup.
Lee 3 die set for 9mm. Hate this one with a passion, tends to produce ammo that doesn't chamber correctly with lead bullets, can only use plated, JHP or FMJ. I have a Lee 4 die set with the Factory Crimp die that is MUCH nicer, and works well with all bullet types. I'm going to switch back once I get another turret for the press.
Lyman 3 die set for 45 auto. Good set, but Lyman doesn't provide wrench flats on the body of the die, so getting them tight and accurate is difficult.
I junked all the locking rings for all three brands in favor of the Hornady rings, which are rock solid secure and don't fuck up the threads with set screws.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 22, 2014 07:00 PM (aYjRw)
Posted by: lindafell at January 22, 2014 07:00 PM (PGO8C)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 22, 2014 07:01 PM (DmNpO)
*nice doggie*
Posted by: GnuBreed at January 22, 2014 07:01 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 22, 2014 07:02 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: eman at January 22, 2014 07:03 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 22, 2014 11:01 PM (DmNpO)
I picked Rand, Cruz and Walker
man I hope it's one of those three, at least
please, not Jeb Bush or Krispy Kristie
Posted by: chemjeff at January 22, 2014 07:03 PM (9GG/0)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 22, 2014 10:37 PM (aDwsi)
I'm not, yet. I have a Lee single stage (Challenger?) that I use, I reload .45ACP and 6.5x50 right now. Just ordered 223 dies from Midway USA, they have a set on clearance for a bit over $30.00.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 22, 2014 07:03 PM (yh0zB)
I would vote for a Walker/Cruz or Walker/Rand ticket.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 22, 2014 10:57 PM (9GG/0)
To which I might add Walker/Jindal. Any one of those three could also handle an interesting experiment -- VP in a cabinet slot.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 22, 2014 07:03 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 22, 2014 07:03 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2014 07:04 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Countrysquire at January 22, 2014 07:04 PM (8FyP4)
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at January 22, 2014 07:05 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: mrp at January 22, 2014 07:05 PM (JBggj)
Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at January 22, 2014 07:05 PM (itCai)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 22, 2014 07:05 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at January 22, 2014 07:06 PM (jucos)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 22, 2014 07:06 PM (9GG/0)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 22, 2014 07:06 PM (TGgNi)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at January 22, 2014 07:06 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 22, 2014 07:06 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Countrysquire at January 22, 2014 07:06 PM (8FyP4)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at January 22, 2014 07:07 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 22, 2014 11:06 PM (DmNpO)
oh they will never release the results.
but the bottom line is, among the three, Walker, Rand and Cruz, whomever announces first, I am donating a bunch of money.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 22, 2014 07:09 PM (9GG/0)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 22, 2014 07:09 PM (9GG/0)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 22, 2014 07:10 PM (jsmDz)
Posted by: Countrysquire at January 22, 2014 11:06 PM (8FyP4)
although it might have been more amusing if you had been hit by a truck full of vitamins. you might have been the next superhero or something. lol
Posted by: chemjeff at January 22, 2014 07:10 PM (9GG/0)
I daily commute in a little car (Saturn SC-1). I try to give everyone lots of room. I know that I will be the Biggest Loser in any accident.
Posted by: PMRich at January 22, 2014 07:10 PM (KDUNf)
Posted by: Countrysquire at January 22, 2014 07:13 PM (8FyP4)
Posted by: soothsayer, with arms akimbo at January 22, 2014 07:14 PM (4N6Pk)
I guess they thought divorce was contagious or something.
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at January 22, 2014 11:06 PM (RZ8pf)
I'm not totally in tune with the interpersonal relationships of teh wimmens, but isn't that largely a fear that the single mom is after their husbands? Heard of this sort of thing before.
Semi-related: An old buddy of mine (unscrupulous single bastard) would go out bar hopping while wearing a pawn shop bought wedding ring. Never told anyone he was married, he just wore the ring. He swore up and down that it was like being smeared from head to toe with Spanish Fly.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 22, 2014 07:15 PM (aYjRw)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 22, 2014 07:15 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: navycopjoe now with 3X the hate at January 22, 2014 07:15 PM (At8tV)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 22, 2014 07:15 PM (jsmDz)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 22, 2014 07:16 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Bomber at January 22, 2014 07:16 PM (Nx4En)
Posted by: Carol at January 22, 2014 07:16 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子~です at January 22, 2014 07:17 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 22, 2014 07:18 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at January 22, 2014 07:18 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 22, 2014 11:15 PM (DmNpO)
really? because their calls to me have stopped. I think I basically said that yeah, I'm not giving you any money. no explanations as to where the money was going. just that they weren't getting it. then the calls stopped. I haven't had any RNC calls in months now.
Posted by: chemjeff at January 22, 2014 07:18 PM (9GG/0)
Posted by: eman at January 22, 2014 07:18 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at January 22, 2014 07:18 PM (RZ8pf)
From experience: No disrespect intended but this is bad advice.
PBTs, ASTerriers,AmBullsdogs are wonderful dogs and INTENSELY competitive. Somebody will win. If you are lucky, the mandatory pre 6 week dog socialization has already been done. If not , prepare for a LOT of vet bills.
A correction delivered with a chain training collar is quick and painless but communicates very well. Thousands of obedience , agility protection and Schutzhund dog competitors and testify to that fact.
Delivered correctly it is an effective tool. Most humans do not possess the patience nor the persistence to use a correction in a proper way.
At best "Positive reinforcement only" creates a dog that will obey...when hungry.
At worst , your dog think that you are a non-Alpha p*ssy and waits for his opportunity to show you or another animal just how tough he is.
Posted by: noone, really [/i] [/b] at January 22, 2014 07:18 PM (5ikDv)
Posted by: Adam at January 22, 2014 07:18 PM (Aif/5)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 22, 2014 07:20 PM (aDwsi)
And Peg never forgave you for it, did she?
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at January 22, 2014 07:20 PM (vuh7l)
Posted by: navycopjoe now with 3X the hate at January 22, 2014 07:20 PM (At8tV)
Posted by: Countrysquire at January 22, 2014 11:13 PM (8FyP4)
oh wow, that sucks
are you doing better?
Posted by: chemjeff at January 22, 2014 07:21 PM (9GG/0)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 22, 2014 07:21 PM (XrwRV)
Posted by: concrete girl at January 22, 2014 07:21 PM (LhAqq)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 22, 2014 07:22 PM (TGgNi)
Had to break it off.
And Peg never forgave you for it, did she?
Posted by: andycanuck at January 22, 2014 11:20 PM (vuh7l)
_____________________
Did she have real feet?
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at January 22, 2014 07:22 PM (jucos)
An empty, fenced in back yard.
Posted by: noone, really [/i] [/b] at January 22, 2014 07:22 PM (5ikDv)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 22, 2014 07:22 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 22, 2014 07:23 PM (HfKLk)
Posted by: navycopjoe now with 3X the hate at January 22, 2014 11:20 PM (At8tV)
I think T might want to know about this
Posted by: chemjeff at January 22, 2014 07:23 PM (9GG/0)
Posted by: soothsayer, with arms akimbo at January 22, 2014 07:23 PM (4N6Pk)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 22, 2014 07:24 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: PMRich at January 22, 2014 07:24 PM (KDUNf)
Posted by: madamemayhem at January 22, 2014 07:24 PM (S2RnE)
I saw it Monday, Bomber and it is intense. I gave it my two thumbs up. It was so quiet at the end of the movie (an afternoon matinee, room was pretty full) that you could hear a pin drop.
Posted by: GnuBreed at January 22, 2014 07:25 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 22, 2014 11:22 PM (DmNpO)
yeah, don't argue with them, just say "the answer is no".
Posted by: chemjeff at January 22, 2014 07:25 PM (9GG/0)
Posted by: Adam at January 22, 2014 07:26 PM (Aif/5)
Posted by: Adam at January 22, 2014 07:27 PM (Aif/5)
haven't been to a theater in a while now
Posted by: chemjeff at January 22, 2014 07:27 PM (9GG/0)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at January 22, 2014 07:27 PM (RZ8pf)
Funny that Obama did whine about sitting the bench for real.
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 22, 2014 11:23 PM (HfKLk)
That's probably how he got into that snooty private school in Hawaii. "Get the black guy for the basketball team!"
And a week after he starts practice, the coach realizes that he ended up with the only black guy in the US who can't play b-ball worth a damn.
This racist comment by the most racist racist evah is pre-denounced for your pleasure.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 22, 2014 07:27 PM (aYjRw)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 22, 2014 07:28 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at January 22, 2014 07:29 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: The Farmer at January 22, 2014 07:29 PM (eBupg)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 22, 2014 07:30 PM (9GG/0)
Good representation of eastern Afghanistan. Too much vegetation though. And the Afghans didn't look inbred enough. Except for that pissed-off kid at the beginning.
Posted by: Bomber at January 22, 2014 11:16 PM (Nx4En)
Coming from you, that is high praise indeed! I saw the trailer for it at The Hobbit.....and I don't think I'll be seeing it. When bad things happen to people in movies, I like to be able to think, "fuck 'em, they're just actors." The closest to realism I'd prefer is something like "Lawrence of Arabia" -- i.e. not very.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 22, 2014 07:30 PM (T1005)
They will want to bring their babies since they are all single moms.
Posted by: navybrat at January 22, 2014 07:30 PM (AW7Gr)
Posted by: madamemayhem at January 22, 2014 07:30 PM (S2RnE)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 22, 2014 07:31 PM (XrwRV)
Posted by: Bomber at January 22, 2014 07:31 PM (Nx4En)
Posted by: RWC at January 22, 2014 07:31 PM (Q6HBD)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at January 22, 2014 07:32 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at January 22, 2014 07:32 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: zombie lawrence of arabia at January 22, 2014 07:33 PM (vuh7l)
Posted by: The Jackalope's Hat at January 22, 2014 07:33 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 22, 2014 07:33 PM (jsmDz)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 22, 2014 07:34 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at January 22, 2014 07:34 PM (vuh7l)
Anyone know what it's called?
Posted by: soothsayer, with arms akimbo at January 22, 2014 11:23 PM (4N6Pk)
A Porsche dealership.
Oh wait...you said the pricks were on the OUTside...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 22, 2014 07:34 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at January 22, 2014 11:32 PM (RZ8pf)
_______________
Ummmmmmm........
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at January 22, 2014 07:35 PM (jucos)
Just found out today my old flame (who now hates my guts) loves 'em.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 22, 2014 07:35 PM (HVI5a)
Exactly.
Boehner is famous for saying, "What do you want us to do, we're only 1/2 of 1/3 of the government."
In other words the GOP leaders in both the House and Senate are pussies, so Obama fucks them like the pussies they are.
And, get this, we have 3 more years of this faggotry.
Posted by: Kreplach at January 22, 2014 07:36 PM (Xkr8I)
Posted by: TKYC at January 22, 2014 07:37 PM (e6S4X)
Posted by: Bomber at January 22, 2014 07:37 PM (Nx4En)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 22, 2014 07:38 PM (jsmDz)
Posted by: Countrysquire at January 22, 2014 07:38 PM (8FyP4)
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 22, 2014 07:39 PM (hqMfv)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at January 22, 2014 07:39 PM (jucos)
Posted by: RWC at January 22, 2014 07:39 PM (Q6HBD)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 22, 2014 11:38 PM (jsmDz)
Loved that movie. Love the live fire shots, which were in fact live fire exercises.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 22, 2014 07:39 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 22, 2014 07:40 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at January 22, 2014 07:40 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 22, 2014 11:30 PM (9GG/0)
Ummm....I hate to break it to you, but that bridge was crossed some time ago.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 22, 2014 07:41 PM (T1005)
Not tonight. I stayed home from the tranny bar this time.
You?
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at January 22, 2014 07:41 PM (Xfl0F)
Posted by: Bomber at January 22, 2014 07:41 PM (Nx4En)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 22, 2014 07:41 PM (XrwRV)
You?
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at January 22, 2014 11:41 PM (Xfl0F)
I stay home from the tranny bars ALL the time.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 22, 2014 07:42 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 22, 2014 07:43 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 22, 2014 07:44 PM (XrwRV)
God didn't make me to be functional before 10am, dang it.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 22, 2014 07:44 PM (HVI5a)
CC doesn't even come close to Walker.
Posted by: Iasonas at January 22, 2014 07:45 PM (FHNkr)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 22, 2014 07:46 PM (jsmDz)
Posted by: madamemayhem at January 22, 2014 07:46 PM (S2RnE)
Posted by: Roc Ingersol at January 22, 2014 07:46 PM (hqMfv)
Posted by: Bomber at January 22, 2014 07:46 PM (Nx4En)
You're a good joe , Mike.
I bet that dog looks forward to those few minutes(hence the slobber). Even sociable people get annoyed with company eventually. Dogs ain't people. A dog ostracized by a pack , is running on panicked survival instinct alone.
Dogs are eminently trainable. Given enough "reps", alone in the back yard for example, the training will take hold.
Posted by: noone, really [/i] [/b] at January 22, 2014 07:47 PM (5ikDv)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 22, 2014 07:47 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: RWC at January 22, 2014 07:48 PM (Q6HBD)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 22, 2014 07:48 PM (jsmDz)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 22, 2014 07:49 PM (XrwRV)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 22, 2014 11:15 PM (aYjRw)
I did that for awhile right after I got divorced. It also worked for getting free drinks from interested ladies, which was my primary motivation, since the friggin' divorce had me in a pretty lean financial situation. What shocked me was the number of gay males that also bought me drinks. Must have been the tight Wranglers, cowboy hat, and boots along with the ring.
Posted by: Country Singer at January 22, 2014 07:49 PM (CWquH)
Posted by: RWC at January 22, 2014 07:50 PM (Q6HBD)
WSJ link: http://tinyurl.com/lbphokm
Posted by: Iasonas at January 22, 2014 07:50 PM (FHNkr)
Posted by: madamemayhem at January 22, 2014 07:50 PM (S2RnE)
In the last several administrations, the VP has been far more active and executive than I consider officially seemly for that largely ceremonial position.
(To where Biden had to be formally rebuffed by Robert Gates for having the temerity to issue Gates orders, Biden being absolutely nowhere in the actual chain of command.)
I'm not sure that vesting formal Cabinet level duties in a VP would be an improvement on that already unpleasant arrangement.
Don't get me started on First Ladies who believe themselves to have policymaking responsibilities but who simultaneously insist upon being immune from criticism when they exercise those imagined responsibilities. Give me pleasantly smiling Betty Ford quietly drinking herself insensate upstairs, PLEASE. The only thing she did wrong was to let her habit get out of hand.
Or, if instead of a properly retiring First Lady, you want an unobtrusively drunken First Gentleman who will not be presuming to act as a minister without portfolio, I suppose I could be convinced to take up the role. Though my wife might require some inducement.
Posted by: torquewrench at January 22, 2014 07:51 PM (gqT4g)
Her name was an acronym of the initials of Luttrell’s team members who were killed in the firefight he described in “Lone Survivor.”
Posted by: noone, really [/i] [/b] at January 22, 2014 07:51 PM (5ikDv)
Posted by: Bomber at January 22, 2014 11:46 PM (Nx4En)
And you know what they say about things on the internet... 
I think I read it at the end of "Lone Survivor". I'll have to find my copy of it and go through it again. Tough SOB, got blown up and fell off a mountain and never lost his rifle.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 22, 2014 07:51 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 22, 2014 07:51 PM (jsmDz)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 22, 2014 07:52 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: RWC at January 22, 2014 07:52 PM (Q6HBD)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 22, 2014 07:54 PM (jsmDz)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 22, 2014 07:54 PM (jsmDz)
were killed in the firefight he described in “Lone Survivor.”
Posted by: noone, really at January 22, 2014 11:51 PM (5ikDv)
Chased them down and held them until the sheriff got there...or was it the Rangers? Anyway, then they ran their sucks to him after the cops arrived and they knew they were safe. Too bad punkery isn't a capital offense.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 22, 2014 07:54 PM (yh0zB)
were killed in the firefight he described in “Lone Survivor.”
Posted by: noone, really at January 22, 2014 11:51 PM (5ikDv)
Chased them down and held them until the sheriff got there...or was it the Rangers? Anyway, then they ran their sucks to him after the cops arrived and they knew they were safe. Too bad punkery isn't a capital offense.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 22, 2014 07:54 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 22, 2014 11:51 PM (jsmDz)
He's a lumberjack and he's O.K.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at January 22, 2014 07:54 PM (m2Izr)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 22, 2014 11:51 PM (jsmDz)
He's a lumberjack and he's O.K.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at January 22, 2014 07:54 PM (m2Izr)
I can't wait to have the nation's first single president.
I don't need to hear about the president being a "family man (or woman)" when they are clearly not. I don't need to see pictures of the family in campaign materials as if that's some sort of qualification on their resume.
If they are in fact, a good family man/woman, then even better. If they aren't, just drop the charade already.
I'd rather have a good president who is single than a crappy one who can pose for photo ops with the family.
Posted by: Iasonas at January 22, 2014 07:55 PM (FHNkr)
I can't wait to have the nation's first single president.
I don't need to hear about the president being a "family man (or woman)" when they are clearly not. I don't need to see pictures of the family in campaign materials as if that's some sort of qualification on their resume.
If they are in fact, a good family man/woman, then even better. If they aren't, just drop the charade already.
I'd rather have a good president who is single than a crappy one who can pose for photo ops with the family.
Posted by: Iasonas at January 22, 2014 07:55 PM (FHNkr)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 22, 2014 07:55 PM (g4TxM)
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at January 22, 2014 07:55 PM (g4TxM)
Posted by: RWC at January 22, 2014 07:56 PM (Q6HBD)
Posted by: Adriane ... at January 22, 2014 07:56 PM (hrU8o)
Or go ahead and turn First Lady of the United States into an actual executive department complete with Senate confirmation.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at January 22, 2014 07:57 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 22, 2014 07:57 PM (yh0zB)
If these other idiots can get elected so can I.
Sadly, I'm not a natural-born citizen, so . . .
... oh. Right.
A car in every garage, and a hobo in every pot!
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at January 22, 2014 07:57 PM (Xfl0F)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 22, 2014 07:58 PM (XrwRV)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 22, 2014 08:00 PM (XrwRV)
Posted by: thunderb at January 22, 2014 08:01 PM (zOTsN)
yeah , maybe should read differently. Rarely can I write what I am trying to say.
Perhaps shittiest little teenage fuckbag story. Those kids should thank God every night that the sheriff got to them first.
Three years later the little shits got prison time. Hopefully they are in PMITA prison although that might be preferable to any accidents that might occur after their release from prison.
Terrible, horrible accidents. An unsafe world , really.
Posted by: noone, really [/i] [/b] at January 22, 2014 08:01 PM (5ikDv)
Posted by: thunderb at January 23, 2014 12:01 AM (zOTsN)
Forget that. Every time an illegal immigrant kills an American, we should simply lob a few artillery rounds into a Mexican neighborhood.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at January 22, 2014 08:02 PM (lr3d7)
Derp. Well, I guess I mean a single president now would be a lot different due to 24/7 news, gossip rags, etc. Probably wouldn't even happen.
Posted by: Iasonas at January 22, 2014 08:04 PM (FHNkr)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 22, 2014 11:49 PM (XrwRV)
Maybe Wendy can run for POTUS in 2016. Hillary is so last century.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at January 22, 2014 08:04 PM (m2Izr)
Terrible, horrible accidents. An unsafe world , really.
Posted by: noone, really at January 23, 2014 12:01 AM (5ikDv)
IIRC they were going around killing dogs for fun and Luttrell's dog was the last in the string before he hunted them down and stopped them. If I was one of those kids (not that I would ever be, can't even imagine the mindset that would be required to do something like what they did) I'd want to be safely behind bars for a loooong time.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 22, 2014 08:04 PM (yh0zB)
And the real Marcus Lutrell had two cameos. He wouldn't be involved in anything that reflected poorly on his brothers.
Posted by: Bomber at January 22, 2014 11:37 PM (Nx4En)
The trailer made it clear that it was a quality production. I'd gladly pay for someone to go who needs to go, whose life might be turned around for the better by seeing it. But I would know going in that three of America's Finest were really lost -- because they were honorable, because they stood up, because they were the best. And I don't need 90 minutes of that in Technicolor. I believe that I could order such a mission to be attempted, and I believe that I could eventually sleep at night afterward, and I could see myself going over each moment and inch time-and-time again trying to make things better for the next guys caught in such a desperate plight.......but I can't see putting myself through that buzzsaw "just because."
Posted by: cthulhu at January 22, 2014 08:05 PM (T1005)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 22, 2014 08:05 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at January 23, 2014 12:02 AM (lr3d7)
because it would just be funnier that way...I mean, who doesn't love a circus cannon?
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 22, 2014 08:06 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 22, 2014 08:06 PM (jsmDz)
I got a Chateau Sainte Michelle, mixed-blend red. And it went over well. So, thank you all for the advice.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at January 22, 2014 08:06 PM (Xfl0F)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at January 22, 2014 08:06 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: lindafell at January 22, 2014 08:07 PM (PGO8C)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 22, 2014 08:07 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: RWC at January 22, 2014 08:07 PM (Q6HBD)
(*qdpsteve turns around and walks back out the door with his bottle of Boone's Farm*)
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 22, 2014 08:07 PM (HVI5a)
God bless Texas.
Where I'm from, the district attorney was presented with a case in which a tattooed gangbanger thug with a long list of violent priors essentially executed a cop in broad daylight in the middle of the street. Said cop being a family man who was begging for mercy in the last seconds of his life. And the thug even used an EVIL ASSAULT RIFLE to do the deed, one of the quite rare cases of a police officer actually being killed with one.
The D.A. didn't even bother to ask the jury for the death penalty.
The voters punished the D.A. harshly. By making her the Attorney General of the state at large.
I need to get the fuck out of here before I lose my mind entirely.
Posted by: torquewrench at January 22, 2014 08:07 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: thunderb at January 23, 2014 12:01 AM (zOTsN)
Excellent. I wonder if they can squeeze the drugs out of his corpse, and use them again for the next one? Rope is economical, that way.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 22, 2014 08:07 PM (pFqpP)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 22, 2014 08:08 PM (jsmDz)
Forget the wine. Get beer. Preferably Ommegang or Flying Dog.
Posted by: Iasonas at January 22, 2014 08:08 PM (FHNkr)
All part of Leno's ultimate revenge strategy against NBC. He's hoping he can make the whole network crack and disappear forever into a swirling vortex of liberal insanity.
Posted by: qdpsteve at January 22, 2014 08:09 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 22, 2014 08:11 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 22, 2014 08:11 PM (XrwRV)
Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2014 08:11 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Iasonas at January 22, 2014 08:11 PM (FHNkr)
Posted by: RWC at January 22, 2014 08:12 PM (Q6HBD)
Posted by: Bomber at January 22, 2014 08:13 PM (Nx4En)
I live in Colorado. I think we've got our after-party covered
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj9FVlEtknU
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at January 22, 2014 08:13 PM (Xfl0F)
Posted by: webworker at January 22, 2014 08:14 PM (rMZgH)
The execution in Huntsville went terribly, horribly wrong.
Sadly, the convict did not spend 20 to 25 minutes gasping and choking on his last, desperate breaths.
Damn if Texas didn't spend some of it's oil riches on stockpiling reserves of the import-banned death dealing drug of choice. I mean, after all, we've got quite a stockpile of convicts on death row, awaiting their turn at the needle.
Texas. Home of the Death Row Express Lane, per Ron White.
I love this state.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at January 22, 2014 08:15 PM (vvk2F)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 22, 2014 08:15 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at January 22, 2014 10:52 PM (Xfl0F)
I'm in Wisconsin and I like Walker a lot. The main thing I worry about with him is lack of charisma. He seems like the suburban dad who dutifully mows his lawn - because he is the suburban dad who dutifully mows his lawn. I drove past his house once and saw him doing it. (He continues to live in Wauwatosa, a suburb of Milwaukee, not Madison. No mystery as to why he didn't move to Madison.) That goes over well in the Midwest and probably Southerners would like it, but hey, the 53% who think voting for President is like voting for American Idol won't find him very glamourous. And - I have to say - his wife is heavy. Again, I don't care, but I cringe to think of the cruel jokes that will come her way if he runs for national office. (Of course, the MSM won't make jokes about Hill looking like a hag, because sexist. But GOP women are fair game.)
Those things shouldn't matter at all, but with a dumbed down populace, they do. Maybe by the time 2016 rolls around, even dimbulbs will be hurting so much that they'll opt for a plainspoken guy with a backbone who gets results, but I'm not optimistic.
Posted by: Slick Willie at January 22, 2014 08:15 PM (R3gO3)
wear out the mute button?
Posted by: Iasonas at January 22, 2014 08:15 PM (FHNkr)
Posted by: a cosmonaut at January 22, 2014 08:15 PM (vuh7l)
Posted by: RWC at January 22, 2014 08:16 PM (Q6HBD)
drink until we can't feel feelings anymore?
Posted by: Iasonas at January 22, 2014 08:16 PM (FHNkr)
Dumber?
Petty?
Mean?
Vapid?
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 22, 2014 08:16 PM (XrwRV)
I think a Thunderbird 2014 or MD 20/20 really sets the mood for the after-party.
Posted by: RWC at January 23, 2014 12:12 AM (Q6HBD)
Nah. Rocket Fuel Malt Liquor
http://tinyurl.com/ynjefm
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 22, 2014 08:16 PM (aYjRw)
Posted by: thunderb at January 22, 2014 08:17 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 22, 2014 08:18 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: The Disease-Free Hat at January 22, 2014 08:19 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: Donna V. at January 22, 2014 08:19 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 22, 2014 08:19 PM (jsmDz)
Walk into a space station.........
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at January 22, 2014 08:20 PM (m2Izr)
Posted by: webworker at January 22, 2014 08:21 PM (rMZgH)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 22, 2014 08:21 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: The Political Hat at January 22, 2014 08:21 PM (AymDN)
mmmm, hot smart women
Posted by: the snarkster at January 23, 2014 12:19 AM (jsmDz)
The Kelly-Loesch Bubble Bath News Hour would single-handily destroy MSNBC, CNN, and HLN channels.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at January 22, 2014 08:21 PM (lr3d7)
"The lethal dose of pentobarbital was administered after Tamayo's final court appeals ended in defeat."
Good to know there's one less POS on this earth tonight. Well done, Texas.
Posted by: Donna V. at January 22, 2014 08:21 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: Iasonas at January 22, 2014 08:22 PM (FHNkr)
Posted by: The Green HORNET at January 22, 2014 08:24 PM (ZC2kY)
Texas finally executed illegal immigrant cop killer tonight
Posted by: thunderb at January 23, 2014 12:01 AM (zOTsN)
Excellent. I wonder if they can squeeze the drugs out of his corpse, and use them again for the next one? Rope is economical, that way.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2014 12:07 AM (pFqpP)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 22, 2014 08:24 PM (T1005)
Only case of an actual fire aboard a spacecraft in flight that I know of.
"But [Mir] was deliberately deorbited as a condition for the construction of the International Space Station. That never sat well with them. They were kind of strong-armed into it after the fall of the Soviet Union."
Sucks. Familiar feeling. I used to have a satirical commemorative stamp titled "Skylab Comes Home", showing that station burning up on re-entry.
"Now they have part of the ISS, and today's three-person Soyuz crews are typically comprised of a Russian, an American, and a European, a Canadian, or a Japanese astronaut. So many Russians are upset, and feel that their space program has become nothing but a glorified taxi service! They're launching everybody but Russians, for the most part."
Although the Soyuz has given crews a pretty wild re-entry ride on some recent flights, one of which had a South Korean astronaut praying aloud in fear, it at least hasn't killed everyone aboard in living memory the way that Shuttle managed to do. Still not mourning that particular disastrous piece of aerospace design malpractice.
Posted by: torquewrench at January 22, 2014 08:24 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 22, 2014 08:24 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Carol at January 22, 2014 08:25 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 22, 2014 08:26 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 22, 2014 08:26 PM (DmNpO)
mmmm, hot smart women
Posted by: the snarkster at January 23, 2014 12:19 AM (jsmDz)<<<
Megyn with her blonde hair and black top, Dana with her raven hair and white top -- quite a striking visual when they had them split screened.
Dana was slicin' Wendy Davis like a hammer.
Posted by: Hate Miser at January 22, 2014 08:26 PM (VVa+w)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 22, 2014 08:26 PM (XrwRV)
Let's play "Fill In the Blank."
Drudge obviously left off a word or phrase from the end of a headline. Can you help complete it for him?
PBS to honor Sarah Silverman, Lena Dunham as 'Women Who Make America _______________'
Posted by: webworker at January 23, 2014 12:14 AM (rMZgH)
squirm?
Posted by: cthulhu at January 22, 2014 08:26 PM (T1005)
Posted by: RWC at January 22, 2014 08:26 PM (Q6HBD)
http://www.rinostefanotagliafierro.com/beauty_video.html
The landscapes and some of the scenes reminded me of The Witcher.
Some game designer needs to dump a hummer-full of money on Tagliafierro.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at January 22, 2014 08:27 PM (Xfl0F)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 22, 2014 08:27 PM (jsmDz)
Not to mention all known stockpiles of lotion and kleenex in North America.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at January 22, 2014 08:27 PM (wSrLR)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 22, 2014 08:27 PM (XrwRV)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 22, 2014 08:28 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Bomber at January 22, 2014 08:29 PM (Nx4En)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 22, 2014 08:31 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 23, 2014 12:24 AM (T1005)
Yeah, that would work, although I think the protocol for military firing squads was one blank round per squad, wasn't it? The idea being that the overly sensitive could comfort themselves with the notion that they fired the blank round, while enough rounds would find their target that a re-do was never needed.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 22, 2014 08:31 PM (pFqpP)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at January 23, 2014 12:27 AM (wSrLR)
I thought that was the Greg Gutfield - Andy Levy Pillowfight Newshour.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at January 22, 2014 08:32 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: RWC at January 22, 2014 08:33 PM (Q6HBD)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 22, 2014 08:33 PM (jsmDz)
Would an experienced rifleman know that his round was a blank?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at January 22, 2014 08:36 PM (m2Izr)
Posted by: Bomber at January 22, 2014 08:36 PM (Nx4En)
to 10 volunteers each -- eight of them loaded with blanks. Everyone
showing up at the proper place and time, with proper weapon,
marksmanship credentials, and going through the spiel would be deemed to
have satisfied their jury requirement, even if not selected to pull a
trigger.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 23, 2014 12:24 AM (T1005)
Yeah, that would work, although I think the protocol for military firing squads was one blank round per squad, wasn't it? The idea being that the overly sensitive could comfort themselves with the notion that they fired the blank round, while enough rounds would find their target that a re-do was never needed.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2014 12:31 AM (pFqpP)
I'm not picky. I'm just sayin' that the maximum deferral after appeals run out should be no more than six days.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 22, 2014 08:36 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Bomber at January 23, 2014 12:36 AM (Nx4En)
If you note the way it was designed, anybody coming off a 5-week trial would immediately head to a range to get that damned marksmanship certificate before the next time he was called.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 22, 2014 08:39 PM (T1005)
Posted by: RWC at January 22, 2014 08:40 PM (Q6HBD)
Not exactly true, Jim. Here's the situation. No US manufacturer makes an injectable version of pentobarbitol; that's why they were getting from non-US sources. Those sources refuse to sell to the States anymore, as it is used for executions. But pento is readily available in pill or powder form. And any licensed pharmacist can make, or compound, an injectable version from the solid form. So Texas (and a couple of other states) have hired a pharmacist to make this for them. But it is a public record, and the pharmacist(s) gets a ton of heat for doing it from the bleeding hearters. They especially get a lot of heat if they agree to make it more than once. And a batch has a limited shelf life, so you constantly need to buy new batches.
So it is an ongoing problem. Someone correct me if I have any particulars wrong here; but that is my understanding.
Posted by: GnuBreed at January 22, 2014 08:41 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at January 23, 2014 12:36 AM (m2Izr)
I'm pretty sure he would, since the recoil should be a lot less. But that's after the fact. The rationale for the blank round was that those chosen for the firing squad (not volunteers) could use the fact of the one blank round as a sop to their conscience for being forced to shoot a guy who might have been a buddy of theirs.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 22, 2014 08:41 PM (pFqpP)
No, but there is a level of doubt there.
Posted by: RWC at January 23, 2014 12:40 AM (Q6HBD)
Plausible self-deniability.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at January 22, 2014 08:42 PM (m2Izr)
Not really interested in being inhumane to those who have, through their actions, exited the human race.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at January 22, 2014 08:42 PM (Xfl0F)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at January 23, 2014 12:36 AM
Yep. With the bigger calibres, most definitely. Don't know about the teeny tiny calibres, but, why would they be used, anyway?
Posted by: otho at January 22, 2014 08:43 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 22, 2014 08:44 PM (jsmDz)
Posted by: Bomber at January 22, 2014 08:45 PM (Nx4En)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 22, 2014 08:46 PM (jsmDz)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Re-do? I thought that's where the detachment's OIC steps in ...
Posted by: mrp at January 22, 2014 08:46 PM (JBggj)
Posted by: The Political Hat at January 22, 2014 08:47 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 22, 2014 08:48 PM (T1005)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 22, 2014 08:48 PM (jsmDz)
Posted by: Bomber at January 23, 2014 12:45 AM (Nx4En)
What? How does that work?
Posted by: cthulhu at January 22, 2014 08:49 PM (T1005)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 23, 2014 12:44 AM
True. But, the large ones are more certain to get the job done. Besides, I was thinking along the lines of firing squads using standard issue battle rifles, which would be the norm, historically. Any idea what they used in the civilian cases in recent history? Gary Gilmour and co.?
Posted by: otho at January 22, 2014 08:50 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 22, 2014 08:51 PM (jsmDz)
Posted by: navybrat at January 22, 2014 08:51 PM (AW7Gr)
Posted by: Adriane ... at January 22, 2014 08:51 PM (hrU8o)
I'm tantalizingly close to reaching the price on his '72 Telecaster Thinline Reissue.
Here she is: http://goo.gl/xgvyBj
And while I'm showing pictures, here's the bride from the wedding I shot a couple of weekends ago:
http://goo.gl/FdgRGB
So that's two classic beauties off the market.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at January 22, 2014 08:52 PM (m0h0I)
What about using a rubber (or some other non-lethal) round?
Posted by: Hate Miser at January 23, 2014 12:49 AM (VVa+w)
Makes the autopsy ugly -- three small bruises near the heart, two bullets through the heart, and four rubber plugs embedded in the hamburger.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 22, 2014 08:53 PM (T1005)
Here she is: http://goo.gl/xgvyBj
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at January 23, 2014 12:52 AM (m0h0I)
Fucking guitars, it just never ends. lol
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at January 22, 2014 08:54 PM (FMbng)
If we attach the convict to a stubborn tree stump, we can get more bang for the buck as well...
Posted by: Adriane ... at January 23, 2014 12:51 AM (hrU8o)<<<
Death therapy, Bob.
Posted by: Dr. Leo Marvin at January 22, 2014 08:54 PM (VVa+w)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 22, 2014 08:54 PM (jsmDz)
If we attach the convict to a stubborn tree stump, we can get more bang for the buck as well...
Posted by: Adriane ... at January 23, 2014 12:51 AM (hrU8o)
Applicants Wanted: City Arborist and Executioner -- need to remove stumps and vermin as efficiently as possible.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 22, 2014 08:55 PM (T1005)
Posted by: webworker at January 22, 2014 08:56 PM (cdYeu)
I think I can rest awhile, once I get this one. Then, it's on to a nice amp. After that, probably upgrading my camera body to the Pentax K-3 (once the price drops, shortly before the next model release).
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at January 22, 2014 08:57 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: Inspector Cussword at January 22, 2014 08:57 PM (UfYXk)
Here she is: http://goo.gl/xgvyBj
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at January 23, 2014 12:52 AM (m0h0I)
Fucking guitars, it just never ends. lol
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2014 12:54 AM (FMbng)
Partial to blondes, I see.....
Posted by: cthulhu at January 22, 2014 08:57 PM (T1005)
Posted by: bergerbilder at January 22, 2014 08:58 PM (8MjqI)
Probably too late for most, but .....
Fellow reloaders (Hammer and IllTempCur in particular), I've used the kinetic bullet puller (sparingly, fortunately) with pistol calibers, but today I used it to disassemble a 7.62X54R round so I could use the unfired brass case for a Mosin chamber deburring job. I wouldn't be so shy about those pullers - and you can bang them on a block of wood instead of the floor or bench, usually works with one or two strikes.
Actually pretty stoked with my semi-cleverness in depriming the case w/out the proper die - pulled the decapping pin from my Lee 38/357 die, put a large washer under the base so the primer had room to back out, and squeezed it in a vice (slowly!!). Came right out.
Lone Survivor. Definitely agree - go see it if you haven't. But please please read the book (afterwards is better). Was actually very disappointed with the movie, not in itself, but compared to the book (yeah, I know the standard formula about books and movies, but this was so substantial I think it needs to be mentioned).
No spoilers, so let's just say read the book. I'd say of the five most important/moving/amazing elements of the real story, only one gets decent treatment in the movie. Yeah, yeah - "hollywoodizing" and all that. But without a stopwatch and pause button at the time, I'm still pretty confident I could stay within the time limit and yet include the 80% that was dropped or barely covered. Saw it with a 25-year+ SEAL retiree I've known since junior high, mostly empty theater. Walked back out into the world (luxury mall) just as alienated and indifferent to today's America as before, but with a bit more contempt. Those serving are as good and noble as any who have ever served, they just lack a country to serve (for the most part).
Posted by: non-purist at January 22, 2014 08:58 PM (afQnV)
I'm tantalizingly close to reaching the price on his '72 Telecaster Thinline Reissue.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at January 23, 2014 12:52 AM
Nice. You getting it for like $600 or something aren't you?
Posted by: otho at January 22, 2014 08:58 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: webworker at January 22, 2014 08:59 PM (cdYeu)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 23, 2014 12:48 AM (T1005)
Grimmy always says he wants to go by 50 cal at close range, and just turn into a red mist. hes convinced its too fast to hurt. Oh and Hi guys! I have been so sick but today i am better
Posted by: gushka can has browncoat at January 22, 2014 08:59 PM (f858s)
Posted by: Bomber at January 22, 2014 08:59 PM (Nx4En)
Posted by: Inspector Cussword at January 22, 2014 08:59 PM (UfYXk)
34 a little while ago. Heading for... 8 tonight. brr
Climate Roller Coaster!
Posted by: webworker at January 23, 2014 12:56 AM (cdYeu)
Here's hopin' for the cat. Thankfully, they're pretty resilient, but a complete roster on a witchy bitter night would be less of a worry.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 22, 2014 09:00 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Adriane ... at January 22, 2014 09:01 PM (hrU8o)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at January 22, 2014 09:01 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: webworker at January 23, 2014 12:59 AM (cdYeu)
i kinda know what you mean, every morning when i feed at every night just at dark when i feed again and bring what cats will tolerate it in, i count noses and am unsettled until all critters are present and accounted for, and put to bed properly with their gooshy food. Then i go in the house all satisfied and feed the indoor cats.
Posted by: gushka can has browncoat at January 22, 2014 09:02 PM (f858s)
You're perfectly correct. I said, "In living memory," whereas what I had meant to say was "In recent memory." It's been a long time since a Soyuz fatality, but not that long.
Posted by: torquewrench at January 22, 2014 09:02 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 23, 2014 12:53 AM (T1005)<<<
Posted by: Hate Miser at January 22, 2014 09:02 PM (VVa+w)
Posted by: Piercello at January 22, 2014 09:03 PM (jJ97i)
Posted by: Adriane ... at January 22, 2014 09:03 PM (hrU8o)
Posted by: navybrat at January 22, 2014 09:03 PM (AW7Gr)
Makes the autopsy ugly -- three small bruises near the heart, two bullets through the heart, and four rubber plugs embedded in the hamburger.
AUTOPSY!? He was F'in shot!
Cause of death - his prior actions against society
Posted by: PMRich at January 22, 2014 09:03 PM (KDUNf)
I think I can rest awhile, once I get this one. Then, it's on to a nice amp. After that, probably upgrading my camera body to the Pentax K-3 (once the price drops, shortly before the next model release).
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at January 23, 2014 12:57 AM (m0h0I)
yeah, uh huh. I heard that before. Nooo problem, I can rest after this, no prob....ohhh whats that?? gotta have that. Oh wow they make it in that color too? well then, just have to get them both eventually. Ohhh, now wtf is this???? Yeah I'm good after this, you'll see, really, no prob....what? they reissued that?????? ok really, after that I'm good....
and so on...and so on...
Trust me..it never fucking ends, ever. Just come to terms with it, you'll feel cleansed. lol
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at January 22, 2014 09:04 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Adriane ... at January 23, 2014 01:01 AM (hrU8o)<<<
Baby steps.
Posted by: Dr. Leo Marvin at January 22, 2014 09:04 PM (VVa+w)
Posted by: the snarkster at January 22, 2014 09:04 PM (jsmDz)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 22, 2014 09:05 PM (oFCZn)
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at January 22, 2014 09:05 PM (XO6WW)
Posted by: Adriane ... at January 22, 2014 09:07 PM (hrU8o)
No comment.
Posted by: Jon-Erik Hexum at January 22, 2014 09:07 PM (gqT4g)
For instance, this one -- who was in the aforementioned wedding:
http://goo.gl/BEvk9M
http://goo.gl/WffZh7
I'm in the process of setting up a shoot with her in the near future.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at January 22, 2014 09:07 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: webworker at January 22, 2014 09:08 PM (cdYeu)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 22, 2014 09:11 PM (oFCZn)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at January 23, 2014 01:01 AM (lr3d7)
went to the dr for the last time. got last dose of meds and its just to prevent a relapse because this pneumonia was kind of a tough one where the first antibiotic didnt work. We were laffin cuz he used to be a corpsman and he thought it was cute how Grimmy goes with me to the Dr, takes notes and asks questions when i am too sick to, and read his noted observations off to the dr like a brief. My mom was worried that she was gonna have to figure out what to do with six horses and ten cats. he was laughing because he knows all too well im not dying yet. im too mean, too stubborn and have too much to do with Grim.
Posted by: gushka can has browncoat at January 22, 2014 09:11 PM (f858s)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at January 22, 2014 09:12 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at January 22, 2014 09:12 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 22, 2014 09:13 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 23, 2014 01:11 AM (oFCZn)
Lost my mom almost 3 years ago the same frigging way. What a brutal thing to see.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at January 22, 2014 09:14 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: rickl at January 22, 2014 09:14 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 22, 2014 09:15 PM (oFCZn)
Posted by: Adriane ... at January 22, 2014 09:15 PM (hrU8o)
On the other hand, if I actually get good enough to start gigging with a band, it could be a way to subsidize the jones.
Hmmm.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at January 22, 2014 09:16 PM (m0h0I)
Nitrogen asphyxiation.
You won't even realize anything is out of the ordinary, absent cues.
Which is why people who work in nitrogen environments in industry are subject to very tough safety protocols and training.
Posted by: torquewrench at January 22, 2014 09:17 PM (gqT4g)
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at January 22, 2014 09:17 PM (XO6WW)
And it sort of indirectly smears the medical profession by making the execution appear to be a medical procedure.
Put the condemned in a box made of armor plate, with only their head sticking out a hole in the top. Cover the armor plate with thick wooden planks, so stray rounds don't ricochet into the crowd of cheering onlookers. Have a dozen or more volunteers in the firing squad, no blank rounds needed. Shotguns, big bore rifles, even .22s. Squad fires until there is nothing left to shoot at. Once body bleeds out, it's shipped to local hospital, and any useful organs removed.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 22, 2014 09:18 PM (pFqpP)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at January 23, 2014 01:12 AM
Yeah, I can't recall exactly how much he was saying... but it was a pretty good price for one of those. In any event it's going to a good home and James is a heathen who doesn't dig old teles. Still a good acquisition for the price... but, bear in mind that it doesn't have the "classic" tele sound. I've never been a big fan of the deluxe or the later thinline, compared to standard. The early thinline kicks ass, but the later one has the deluxe style humbuckers. Mind you, it's certainly the way to go if you want to run that tele through a marshall stack. Not knocking it really, I prefer the single coil type standards, but I'd have that 72 thinline at that price. Make it wail, DDR!
Posted by: otho at January 22, 2014 09:19 PM (9gNQd)
Really, I'm not picky.
Posted by: GnuBreed at January 22, 2014 09:19 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 22, 2014 09:19 PM (oFCZn)
Reminds me of a Rawhide episode with Burgess Meridith as a hangman.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at January 22, 2014 09:19 PM (m2Izr)
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at January 22, 2014 09:20 PM (XO6WW)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 22, 2014 09:21 PM (oFCZn)
On the other hand, if I actually get good enough to start gigging with a band, it could be a way to subsidize the jones.
Hmmm.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at January 23, 2014 01:16 AM (m0h0I)
Yup, that was my excuse too. Thats some fine thinking. lol
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at January 22, 2014 09:22 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 22, 2014 09:23 PM (oFCZn)
I don't see me getting a Marshall stack anytime soon, but I'm looking at getting a 35-watt Orange, which ought to be plenty for me. I have one performance planned for late October. If that goes well and I can find some other players to hook up with, I just might do a little garage band thing. Unlikely, but I'm not ruling it out.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at January 22, 2014 09:27 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 23, 2014 01:23 AM (oFCZn)
I knew what you meant. Thats the best way to honor her really. Don't think she isn't watching either, mine proved to me she is, and I'm not religious, but shit man she made it known.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at January 22, 2014 09:28 PM (FMbng)
To try and NOT end up as a piece of shit. Jeebus. This keyboard sucks...although it might be I'm just getting old.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 23, 2014 01:23 AM (oFCZn)
Its ok. My foster dad was like that for me. I still cant talk about his death coherently and it happened 23 years ago. I try to live like he's following me, watching. i have found that if i make my decisions like that i get in a lot less trouble than i used to.
Posted by: gushka can has browncoat at January 22, 2014 09:28 PM (f858s)
Nitrogen asphyxiation.
You won't even realize anything is out of the ordinary, absent cues.
LOTs of N2 used here for tank blanketing. Some people seem more susceptible than others for being overcome quickly.
When you go to tape a tank, need to vent off the N2 as you open the gage hatch. Try to stand upwind helps. But some people appear to be affected almost immediately - while others don't even seem to notice.
Personally hit in the face with a major leak once - due to the noise in the area, didn't know about the leak - just realized that my heart was racing for no apparent reason.
Posted by: PMRich at January 22, 2014 09:28 PM (KDUNf)
Brandon Lee. What happened in that case is that the armorer failed to check the barrel of the gun; somehow a bullet (projectile) was left in the barrel. The gun was properly loaded with blanks, but.....
Posted by: GnuBreed at January 22, 2014 09:29 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at January 23, 2014 01:28 AM (FMbng)
I believe it. This is a very interesting world we live in.
Posted by: gushka can has browncoat at January 22, 2014 09:29 PM (f858s)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at January 23, 2014 01:27 AM (m0h0I)
Man has not lived until he possesses a marshall fucking stack and witnesses the power of a fully armed and operational death star. lol
One the other hand, those little orange amps are pretty nice.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at January 22, 2014 09:31 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Adriane ... at January 22, 2014 09:32 PM (hrU8o)
LOTs of N2 used here for tank blanketing. Some people seem more susceptible than others for being overcome quickly.
When you go to tape a tank, need to vent off the N2 as you open the gage hatch. Try to stand upwind helps. But some people appear to be affected almost immediately - while others don't even seem to notice.
Personally hit in the face with a major leak once - due to the noise in the area, didn't know about the leak - just realized that my heart was racing for no apparent reason.
Posted by: PMRich at January 23, 2014 01:28 AM (KDUNf)
When I went in for the sleep study that confirmed I had obstructive sleep apnea, I reached blood oxygen levels -- on just another day snoozin' at the lab -- that were at the "use emergency revival protocols" level. And yet, I totes managed to avoid dain bramage.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 22, 2014 09:36 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at January 22, 2014 09:38 PM (zfY+H)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at January 22, 2014 09:39 PM (m0h0I)
I don't see me getting a Marshall stack anytime soon, but I'm looking at getting a 35-watt Orange, which ought to be plenty for me. I have one performance planned for late October. If that goes well and I can find some other players to hook up with, I just might do a little garage band thing. Unlikely, but I'm not ruling it out.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at January 23, 2014 01:27 AM
Oh, don't get me wrong. The deluxe and the late thinline are still plenty telecasty, they have their own nice thing going on and are a bit more versatile with amps. I'm just a sucker for the old standards. Do get your band together. You'll get exponentially better, in a band.
Posted by: otho at January 22, 2014 09:40 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at January 22, 2014 09:42 PM (zfY+H)
Someone in props forgot to take those out for the shooting, and Brandon was killed by a little prop fake bullet at close range.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at January 22, 2014 09:44 PM (zfY+H)
You might even try a google image search for that sort of thing, if you were so inclined.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at January 22, 2014 09:44 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 22, 2014 09:44 PM (T1005)
The hubby had a bronchial infection drop and turn to pnuemonia. He was laid up for almost 3 weeks, exhausted.
Posted by: Adriane ... at January 23, 2014 01:32 AM (hrU8o)
that was me. i have been flat on my back for a month with infected lungs ears and a sore throat. then i could not breathe. took two antibiotics, breathing treatments every 6 hours, and a rescue inhaler to keep me going. I was exhausted even by getting up to pee... and Only i can go out and feed the feral cats. I would come in sweating and coughing like i was gonna cough up a lung. Pneumonia sux. Hope your husband is better. I bet he had you worried.
Posted by: gushka can has browncoat at January 22, 2014 09:45 PM (f858s)
Ahh, that makes more sense than the version of events I read. Thanks, CT.
Posted by: GnuBreed at January 22, 2014 09:48 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at January 22, 2014 09:49 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at January 23, 2014 01:44 AM (zfY+H)
that was a sad waste of a talented kid, and i think i remember reading that it really fucked up the dude who shot him. The Crow was a great story. i have a Special Boxed Set of trades signed by O'Barr. And yeah i am so Geeked out over it, that its kinda Big Bang in depth of neurosis.
Posted by: gushka can has Kittys what plays fetch! at January 22, 2014 09:50 PM (f858s)
Posted by: RWC at January 22, 2014 09:55 PM (Q6HBD)
It really was/is. I've watched the movie several times; the sequels are not nearly as good (surprise).
Glad to hear you're feeling better, gushka.
Posted by: GnuBreed at January 22, 2014 09:57 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 23, 2014 01:44 AM (T1005)
Incidentally, if that isn't a startling indictment of people's respect for government keeping its word, I don't know what would be. For those folks not paying attention, a "Forever" stamp for 1st class postage goes from 46 cents to 49 cents this weekend......so if you bought a gazillion of them Friday, you could theoretically undersell the post-office by a penny on Monday and still make two cents profit. For even more fun, you could buy two gazillion of them Friday, and wait for a year from Monday, and sell them for a penny less than the USPS charged then -- which would likely be +/- 52 cents. This would give you a five cent profit on a 46 cent investment in just over a year -- about 10%. Compare that with bonds, stocks, passbook savings.....
So, why isn't everybody doing this? Why didn't this happen when they first came out with Forever Stamps? Because people don't trust the government to keep its word. They know very well that Forever stamps aren't, that the USPS isn't permanent, that it'll gain a John Roberts tax somewhere, or it'll be Executive Ordered off to hell. If we had a vibrant, healthy economy under a rule of law, people would be all over such a deal like white on rice.....but we don't. We have a gangster economy, where making a big bet is buying a big beatdown, and ideas count for less than cronies and narratives.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 22, 2014 10:02 PM (T1005)
And yeah the Hot Spot shows off Jennifer's assets quite completely. I liked the Career Opportunities scene better though.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at January 22, 2014 10:04 PM (zfY+H)
Posted by: main baddie, taunting The Crow at January 22, 2014 10:05 PM (VVa+w)
Also, have I mentioned this nice bridge I have for sale? It's like new.
Also more, I still have 39 cent forever stamps. bwahaha, I've made a killing on them.
Posted by: GnuBreed at January 22, 2014 10:10 PM (wNF3N)
I got hit by a loaded semi years ago. I was in a slow fishtail on black ice when he caught up to me and hit the drivers side. Didn't know he was there, as I was trying to get the pickup under control. Probably would have recovered if he hadn't been there. I bounced off him the second bump and went into the snowbank on the other side. Door was punched in about 3 inches, and I had a goose egg onthe back of my head later. Drove the truck to the doctor to get checked for concussion.
We should send Harry Reid a bouquet made of plastic hands giving the finger.
Posted by: Bill sometimes Bill from Canada at January 22, 2014 10:10 PM (WWGz4)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at January 22, 2014 10:11 PM (zfY+H)
Posted by: garrett at January 22, 2014 10:12 PM (sMsBt)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at January 23, 2014 01:49 AM
You'll pick up a lot, working with another guitarist, as you will with a drummer and bass player.. and much faster than on your own. The 35 watt orange will serve well., though that would be my choice for running a standrad single coil and turning it up to 11. For a big amp, without any doohickeys etc, the thinline would probably be less problematic and sound more satisfying at highe volume, generally.
Posted by: otho at January 22, 2014 10:12 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: garrett at January 22, 2014 10:13 PM (sMsBt)
Posted by: Adriane ... at January 22, 2014 10:14 PM (hrU8o)
Also, have I mentioned this nice bridge I have for sale? It's like new.
Also more, I still have 39 cent forever stamps. bwahaha, I've made a killing on them.
Posted by: GnuBreed at January 23, 2014 02:10 AM (wNF3N)
Good for you!!! I wish I were so successful on those occasions when I trusted government. Don't make it a habit, though.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 22, 2014 10:14 PM (T1005)
Posted by: fIREHOSE at January 22, 2014 10:15 PM (sMsBt)
Posted by: Adriane ... at January 22, 2014 10:16 PM (hrU8o)
Posted by: garrett at January 22, 2014 10:21 PM (sMsBt)
Posted by: The Searchlight Paedophile at January 22, 2014 10:22 PM (3sZO1)
Posted by: The Searchlight Paedophile at January 22, 2014 10:22 PM (3sZO1)
Posted by: Adriane ... at January 22, 2014 10:23 PM (hrU8o)
Posted by: Adriane ... at January 22, 2014 10:23 PM (hrU8o)
Posted by: Bill H at January 22, 2014 10:27 PM (3sZO1)
Posted by: garrett at January 22, 2014 10:29 PM (sMsBt)
Watching pron is my best guess.
Posted by: GnuBreed at January 22, 2014 10:30 PM (wNF3N)
He asked Ace about the etymology of a the word 'Cistern' and died of the ensuing boredom?
Posted by: garrett at January 23, 2014 02:29 AM (sMsBt)
"Brethren and Cistern" was one of the best cartoons, ever.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 22, 2014 10:30 PM (T1005)
Lol. Counting flowers on the wall, that don't bother me at all.
Posted by: GnuBreed at January 22, 2014 10:33 PM (wNF3N)
Watching pron is my best guess.
Posted by: GnuBreed at January 23, 2014 02:30 AM (wNF3N)<<<
How disgusting!
Posted by: employees at the Securities and Exchange Commission at January 22, 2014 10:34 PM (VVa+w)
Posted by: Adriane ... at January 22, 2014 10:36 PM (hrU8o)
Posted by: IRON MAIDEN at January 22, 2014 10:36 PM (sMsBt)
Posted by: GnuBreed at January 22, 2014 10:38 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: Adriane ... at January 22, 2014 10:39 PM (hrU8o)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 22, 2014 10:39 PM (T1005)
Posted by: RWC at January 22, 2014 10:41 PM (Q6HBD)
Posted by: Andrew Not an Extremist Cuomo at January 22, 2014 10:42 PM (hrU8o)
Posted by: Adriane ... at January 22, 2014 10:43 PM (hrU8o)
Posted by: Adriane ... at January 22, 2014 10:48 PM (hrU8o)
Posted by: Adriane ... at January 22, 2014 10:50 PM (hrU8o)
Posted by: Urban Achiever at January 22, 2014 11:11 PM (jJ4NP)
The Stars are out,
Everybody stay healthy,
And don't catch any gout ...
or ...
something like that ...
Good Night, all
Better tomorrows ...
Posted by: Adriane ... at January 23, 2014 02:50 AM (hrU8o)
Actually, gout is a metabolic syndrome of no known cause that is strongly genetic, and is not transmissible from person to person.
Though linked to excess beer/wine consumption and/or high levels of meat (especially organ meats) consumption, vegetarians and teetotalers can have gout.
Because it manifests itself in very physical symptoms (needle-like uric-acid crystals in joints, causing characteristic damage and inflammation), archeologists have found gout in many ancient peoples.
Having had a few gout attacks [my first brought on by trying to do a baby-aspirin per day for cardiac health], I can attest to their painful nature, and hope for a true metabolic cure.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 22, 2014 11:16 PM (T1005)
Snowing
five degrees ambient
roads ice covered.
UV index is low.
Posted by: Klamath Declassio at January 23, 2014 12:02 AM (bMWQ3)
You mean gout like my old Grandpa used to say.?
First time thats ever been claimed.
Posted by: GMB at January 23, 2014 12:07 AM (nkPV9)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 23, 2014 12:10 AM (T1005)
From Bloomberg:
http://tinyurl.com/mx6oj7u
I like this closing sentence:
'The policy mix that Fernandez and her late husband and predecessor, Nestor Kirchner, used to usher in 7 percent average annual growth over the past decade -- higher government spending financed by printing money -- is unraveling.'
Posted by: Forty Baht Barack at January 23, 2014 12:20 AM (Xr6rN)
A balmy 10 degF and just a little bit of snow tonight here in Cincy.
Much better than yesterday's -6
Posted by: PMRich at January 23, 2014 12:21 AM (KDUNf)
Posted by: GMB at January 23, 2014 12:23 AM (nkPV9)
Posted by: GMB at January 23, 2014 04:23 AM (nkPV9)
I haven't seen Robert in a long while. We used to do heroic worker TPAKTOP pictures on soviet ONT, but it's been a long time. I hope he's doing well.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 23, 2014 12:34 AM (T1005)
687 Burning times rehearsal...
And why is it that the media can see this as the source of failure for another nation's economy, yet totally ignore the exact same things occurring here?
Posted by: PMRich at January 23, 2014 12:34 AM (KDUNf)
Posted by: jc at January 23, 2014 12:34 AM (PlzOe)
And why is it that the media can see this as the source of failure for another nation's economy, yet totally ignore the exact same things occurring here? Posted by: PMRich at January 23, 2014 04:34 AM (KDUNf
=====
I'll take "Dumber than Dogshit" for $800, Alex.
Posted by: jc at January 23, 2014 12:35 AM (PlzOe)
Posted by: jc at January 23, 2014 04:34 AM (PlzOe)
Down California way, people are beginning to get a wee bit nervous about the lack of rain.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 23, 2014 12:39 AM (T1005)
Those that have only this life are the ones that need to fear.
Posted by: GMB at January 23, 2014 12:42 AM (nkPV9)
Posted by: Jean at January 23, 2014 01:09 AM (4JkHl)
Posted by: Hector Cali-Jones at January 23, 2014 01:09 AM (heS3y)
Posted by: Hector Cali-Jones
No, thats just your standard tip pot dictatorship - you can survive if you can pay off the right people. The end is when you can't tell the difference between the looters and Army - so you don't know who to pay off. Thats when you start looking for the Marine helicopter rides.
Posted by: Jean at January 23, 2014 01:15 AM (4JkHl)
Posted by: GMB at January 23, 2014 01:30 AM (nkPV9)
Stupidity, carelessness (not on his part) and
cosmic bad luck (that's on him).
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at January 23, 2014 01:46 AM (LSDdO)
I was taught as a kid all about the End Times and the Anti-Christ and the pain, degradation and violence.
I can hardly wait. Wheeeee!
I get to be the pathetic old geezer eking out a meagre life on scraps and cast offs cut down by:
Either a roving band of young punks looting and killing for sport
OR
A roving band of young soldiers unleashed by a vicious dictator on an unsuspecting populace.
Can't wait to see the inspirational movie they'll make about these times and the ultimate recovery of the United States to it's previous glory.
Oh wait. I'll be dead. Damn!
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at January 23, 2014 01:52 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: GMB 15x ONT thread killer at January 23, 2014 02:40 AM (nkPV9)
(Yes, the wagging tail is something to watch out for!)
Tami, #122: We think she's about a year and a half old. Young and playful.
Posted by: JPS at January 22, 2014 10:48 PM (9ziuC)"
Well, maybe you won't like this response quite as much. On the one hand, you might have a nice, snuggly lap dog who will lick you and provide years of companionship. Just like a great many other dogs that you could get from a shelter but who will be put down because nobody will take them. On the other hand, the pit bull in the mix might come out one day and your kids will be dead or maimed. When you read news reports about dog attacks on kids, it is not unusual to see the dog owners express surprise because their dog had never done anything like that before.
I think that it is a simple risk/reward calculation and I know how I would come down but obviously YMMV.
Keep in mind that dogs in general and pit bulls in particular are very influenced by size. Adults are much bigger than them but toddlers are close to their size or smaller.
They are your kids - not mine, so make your decision and accept the consequences. The longer you keep this dog, the harder it will be to return it and adopt another one who will be less likely to tear out your child's throat or chew off his face.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at January 23, 2014 02:47 AM (BcCwi)
Those that have only this life are the ones that need to fear.
Posted by: GMB at January 23, 2014 04:42 AM (nkPV9)"
The words "Christian" and "Premillenial Dispensationalist" are not synonyms.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at January 23, 2014 02:58 AM (BcCwi)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2014 12:07 AM (pFqpP)
Actually, new rope is used for every hanging.
The amount of stretch has to be calculated and a "used" rope is an unknown variable.
That's so the length of the fall is enough so that the neck is snapped and the condemned are not strangled. (not that that would bother me but the law is clear that the method can not be torture.)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at January 23, 2014 03:21 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at January 23, 2014 03:22 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie © at January 23, 2014 05:08 AM (1hM1d)
Posted by: Roscoe at January 23, 2014 08:23 AM (MIovV)
Hide Comments | Add Comment | Refresh | Top
64 queries taking 0.2358 seconds, 849 records returned.
Powered by Minx 1.1.6c-pink.
Posted by: Carol at January 22, 2014 05:34 PM (z4WKX)