April 25, 2014
— CDR M
The deadly war on e-cigarettes. Can't have people actually quitting a bad habit with something that isn't supported by big pharma (makers of nicotine patches and gum) or taxed like tobacco. Because they keep jackin' up the taxes on analog cigarettes they're losing tax revenue to bootleggers. Throw in the declining number of smokers (either out right quitting or transitioning to vaping), it is little wonder the politicos are lashing out.
Many of the same people that use incorrect information about e-cigs (read the comment section in the above article) are probably the same types that see nothing wrong with this anti-gun ad.
And many more of the same group believe that the North Pole is melting away and will be ice free in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015.
h/t
A bunch of know nothings trying to drive policy. Government Math
Boom. A squid bringin' the smackdown on the Air Force. A-10 scrapping justification exposed. The F-35 will NOT be able to replace the A-10. Hell, it can't replace the F-22.
Now here's a Hornet doing some nape of the earth flyin'.
Who Women Prefer
Second look at being in the band? Women prefer complex composers for sexual flings.
Pay As You Earn
I know, I know, this isn't surprising but Obama's student aid scheme cost skyrockets.
Max Norris, a 29-year-old lawyer for the state of California, illustrates the potential costs of the program. He pays about $420 a month to the Education Department on his $172,000 in debt, which he says fails even to cover the interest owed. But his out-of-pocket expense falls to $100 monthly after aid from his school, University of CaliforniaÂ’s Hastings College of Law.Mr. Norris, who makes $60,000 a year in his job, would have about $225,000 in debt forgiven after 10 years, assuming he stays in public service and his salary rises 4% annually, according to a repayment calculator created by the New America Foundation, which advocates less-generous forgiveness.
He said he learned of the programs before enrolling. “My intent the whole time in going through law school was to take advantage of this program,” he said.
Madness.
Meanwhile, In...
...Poland? Guess they don't want Russia to corner the market on dumbassery with this carbide cannon.
Why We're Doomed
This AP-GfK poll shows why we're doomed as a country.
SMOD
Speaking of doom, it would seem that asteroid impacts are a far greater danger than predicted.
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Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 25, 2014 05:50 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 25, 2014 05:53 PM (TNcMy)
Posted by: D-Lamp at April 25, 2014 05:53 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Handgun Control, Inc. at April 25, 2014 05:53 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: mindful webworker - in the cloud at April 25, 2014 05:54 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 25, 2014 05:54 PM (L8umz)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at April 25, 2014 05:55 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: Arthur Cognomen at April 25, 2014 05:55 PM (dkesm)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at April 25, 2014 05:56 PM (kqGWM)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at April 25, 2014 05:56 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: Insomniac at April 25, 2014 05:56 PM (mx5oN)
Posted by: mindful webworker - in self-defense at April 25, 2014 05:57 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 25, 2014 05:57 PM (TNcMy)
Posted by: D-Lamp at April 25, 2014 05:58 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 25, 2014 05:58 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Thunderb at April 25, 2014 05:58 PM (zOTsN)
The F-35 was sold to retarded Congresscritters (but I repeat myself) as being as cheap as an F-16, as reliable as an F/A-18, as stealthy as an F-22, as proficient at vertical operations as the AV-8B, and as damage tolerant as the A-10.
None of these promises have eventuated. Not even close.
Biggest disaster in American military aviation history.
But what's worse is that the door got slammed on the fingers of every plausible alternative. It's a dog's breakfast, but the services will be having it for breakfast, lunch and dinner. For the next 20 years.
This is what happens when militarily and technologically illiterate people get handed the keys to procurement policy. Cynical contractors roll them and go through not only their pockets, but the national wallet. Ka-ching!
Posted by: torquewrench at April 25, 2014 05:58 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: DC in Towson at April 25, 2014 05:58 PM (Pvcl5)
Posted by: CDR M at April 25, 2014 05:59 PM (LsJl8)
I'd go for that, but not necessarily the no-taxes-no-vote. My dad paid taxes for about 50 years but now he doesn't because his income is not high enough. Probably a lot of people in that situation. Plus, if people get drug-tested to work, why can't they be drug-tested to get paid not to? That's a pet peeve for me.
Posted by: Peaches at April 25, 2014 06:00 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Kas(ktgreat) at April 25, 2014 06:01 PM (Bl4dy)
Posted by: Thunderb at April 25, 2014 06:01 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: JohnJ at April 25, 2014 06:01 PM (TF/YA)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 25, 2014 06:02 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: --- at April 25, 2014 06:02 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Arthur Cognomen at April 25, 2014 06:02 PM (dkesm)
Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at April 25, 2014 06:03 PM (myiTy)
Dear JSF, you have come a long way to being as unaffordable as the Typhoon.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 25, 2014 06:03 PM (L8umz)
Posted by: OK, thanks, bye at April 25, 2014 06:04 PM (uopHF)
Posted by: CDR M at April 25, 2014 06:04 PM (LsJl8)
Posted by: Insomniac at April 25, 2014 06:04 PM (mx5oN)
Posted by: EC at April 25, 2014 06:04 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Brewster Buffalo at April 25, 2014 06:05 PM (l3vZN)
Posted by: CDR M at April 25, 2014 06:06 PM (LsJl8)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at April 25, 2014 06:06 PM (kqGWM)
Just look back to the 1960s, McNamara and his Whiz Kids, and TFX. That is the yardstick to compare the JSF with.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 25, 2014 06:06 PM (L8umz)
So apparently a massive, publicly funded renovation of the LBJ Presidential Library is just now wrapping up. They've gone all in for "immersive multimedia", including spots where you can pick up lovingly recreated simulacra of 1960s vintage telephones and hear Lyndon himself speaking to the great issues of the day.
I can think of a LOT of wholly cynical and manipulative Johnson quotes that I am sure did not make the cut for inclusion.
Oh, I understand also that there's an area where you get to re-create key decisions regarding LBJ's conduct of the Vietnam War. I wonder if they'll have the man himself on the simulated telephone privately talking about the Tonkin Gulf Incident, saying "for all I know, our navy was shooting at whales out there".
Posted by: torquewrench at April 25, 2014 06:07 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: CDR M at April 25, 2014 10:06 PM (LsJl
There are probably high-res pics all over the pilot briefing room.
Posted by: EC at April 25, 2014 06:07 PM (doBIb)
Would the term "Sheep" be appropriate?
Posted by: D-Lamp at April 25, 2014 06:07 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Insomniac at April 25, 2014 06:07 PM (mx5oN)
Posted by: --- at April 25, 2014 06:08 PM (MMC8r)
********
True. I only need to look at my "friends" FB postings to know that this is true. They believe what they are spoon fed and never question it or investigate. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 25, 2014 06:08 PM (ojnk6)
"End Gun Violence. Don't Shoot Anybody."
There's a low-cost PR campaign for those who want to make a difference.
Posted by: CJ at April 25, 2014 06:08 PM (jbdp1)
Posted by: Jen Psaki at April 25, 2014 06:09 PM (WlWt+)
Posted by: Insomniac at April 25, 2014 10:07 PM (mx5oN)
It's actually a blow-gun. Only feasible way that would make it happen.
Posted by: EC at April 25, 2014 06:09 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Insomniac at April 25, 2014 06:09 PM (mx5oN)
Posted by: D-Lamp at April 25, 2014 06:09 PM (bb5+k)
Where do I collect my prize?
Posted by: Horshack -- Oh Oh Oh Mr. Kotter! at April 25, 2014 06:10 PM (ecz1I)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at April 25, 2014 06:10 PM (kqGWM)
Posted by: CDR M at April 25, 2014 06:10 PM (LsJl8)
Posted by: Insomniac at April 25, 2014 06:10 PM (mx5oN)
Maybe. But I'd rather vote for a tax-cutter who thinks the world is flat and sitting on the back of a tortoise than a tax-hiker who knows the world is round and revolves around the sun.
Posted by: JohnJ at April 25, 2014 06:10 PM (TF/YA)
A lot of people are going to die because of these decisions.
If I were the head of one of the big aerospace companies, I wonder if it would be worth it to quietly develop a replacement and keep it off in storage somewhere. When this plan eventually goes to hell and everyone is panicking, you can pull out your design and say, "One year to ramp up production." Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 25, 2014 06:10 PM (TNcMy)
Posted by: Insomniac at April 25, 2014 10:09 PM (mx5oN)
At that speed and altitude, they sound just like the Millenium Falcon blasting off from Mos Eisley.
Posted by: EC at April 25, 2014 06:10 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Thunderb at April 25, 2014 06:10 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Comrade Pug at April 25, 2014 06:11 PM (8c12T)
Posted by: DC in Towson at April 25, 2014 06:12 PM (Pvcl5)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at April 25, 2014 06:12 PM (l3vZN)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 25, 2014 06:12 PM (WX3R9)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at April 25, 2014 06:13 PM (I9I9J)
Posted by: Glenn Reynolds at April 25, 2014 06:13 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 25, 2014 06:13 PM (L8umz)
Posted by: JEM at April 25, 2014 06:14 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: Chairman Mao at April 25, 2014 06:14 PM (mx5oN)
It has the shoulder thingy that goes up, so it fires full-auto of any round from 50 round magazine clips.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 25, 2014 06:14 PM (QFxY5)
Posted by: biancaneve at April 25, 2014 06:14 PM (2sR50)
Posted by: Comrade Pug at April 25, 2014 06:15 PM (8c12T)
Mr. Norris, who makes $60,000 a year in his job, would have about $225,000 in debt forgiven after 10 years, assuming he stays in public service and his salary rises 4% annually, according to a repayment calculator created by the New America Foundation, which advocates less-generous forgiveness.
It's a scam to funnel gummint money into the academia propaganda machine. In short, the gummint made the costs of higher ed explode, then offer 'subsidies' just like they're doing with ObamaCare, because they made the costs of healthcare explode in the same way.
Posted by: --- at April 25, 2014 06:15 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Insomniac at April 25, 2014 06:15 PM (mx5oN)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at April 25, 2014 06:16 PM (l3vZN)
Posted by: CDR M at April 25, 2014 06:16 PM (LsJl8)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 25, 2014 06:16 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: JEM at April 25, 2014 06:17 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: Some Muslim at April 25, 2014 06:17 PM (mx5oN)
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at April 25, 2014 06:17 PM (mx5oN)
Posted by: Bashir Assad at April 25, 2014 06:18 PM (LsJl8)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at April 25, 2014 10:16 PM (l3vZN)
Penetration?
RAPIST!
Posted by: Andrea Dworkin at April 25, 2014 06:19 PM (QFxY5)
Posted by: Thunderb at April 25, 2014 06:19 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at April 25, 2014 06:19 PM (l3vZN)
Posted by: JEM at April 25, 2014 10:17 PM (o+SC1)
It says in the story. He's a lawyer.
Posted by: EC at April 25, 2014 06:20 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: CDR M at April 25, 2014 06:20 PM (LsJl8)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at April 25, 2014 06:21 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at April 25, 2014 06:21 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: CJ at April 25, 2014 06:21 PM (jbdp1)
Posted by: Adriane... at April 25, 2014 06:22 PM (qoKTg)
Posted by: Thunderb at April 25, 2014 06:23 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: D-Lamp at April 25, 2014 06:24 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: CDR M at April 25, 2014 10:20 PM (LsJl
Too bad. I bet they were awesome.
Posted by: EC at April 25, 2014 06:24 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Better Feared than Loved at April 25, 2014 06:24 PM (crkWb)
Posted by: Aperture Science, We Do What We Must Because We Can at April 25, 2014 06:25 PM (vTrNt)
Posted by: Better Feared than Loved at April 25, 2014 10:24 PM (crkWb)
Bullshit.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 25, 2014 06:26 PM (QFxY5)
Posted by: ChicagoRefugee at April 25, 2014 06:26 PM (8d82l)
Posted by: Adriane Really Isn't Interesting... at April 25, 2014 06:26 PM (qoKTg)
Never going to be warm again?
Closer than you think, actually.
Posted by: Maunder Minimum 2: The Revenge at April 25, 2014 06:26 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Insomniac at April 25, 2014 06:26 PM (mx5oN)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 25, 2014 06:27 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at April 25, 2014 06:28 PM (/CIT0)
Phoenix VA Hospital Appears to Have Let Veterans Die for the Sake of Expediency
http://tinyurl.com/kylwz42
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 25, 2014 06:28 PM (QFxY5)
http://youtu.be/cvNiFVMa7aU
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 25, 2014 06:28 PM (CWIQ2)
Posted by: The Stonecutters at April 25, 2014 06:28 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: Thomass Friedman at April 25, 2014 06:29 PM (IlmuV)
Posted by: Insomniac at April 25, 2014 06:29 PM (mx5oN)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at April 25, 2014 06:29 PM (kqGWM)
Posted by: Thunderb at April 25, 2014 10:23 PM (zOTsN)
I usually don't use that description, but I'm pretty sure it was pulled from a Harvey Fierstein play.
Posted by: CJ at April 25, 2014 06:29 PM (jbdp1)
Something probably involving an ice floe.
Posted by: torquewrench at April 25, 2014 06:30 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at April 25, 2014 10:21 PM (m0h0I)
Oh, yeah.
Posted by: Peaches at April 25, 2014 06:30 PM (8lmkt)
Posted by: Thunderb at April 25, 2014 06:30 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at April 25, 2014 06:31 PM (KL49F)
Posted by: CDR M at April 25, 2014 06:31 PM (LsJl8)
Posted by: mindful webworker - in the checkout lane at April 25, 2014 06:31 PM (U13jb)
Posted by: Adriane Really Isn't Interesting... at April 25, 2014 06:32 PM (qoKTg)
Posted by: Barack Soetoro at April 25, 2014 06:32 PM (HxSXm)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 25, 2014 06:32 PM (0AKks)
Posted by: Pootie Poot Putin at April 25, 2014 06:33 PM (TO9tz)
128 Anybody else ever have days when, for no particular reason, you just feel like taking a bite out of someone's skull?
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at April 25, 2014 10:21 PM (m0h0I)
....................
That's everyday....why do you ask? Is there something wrong with waking up with that attitude? I've been doing it so long that I would feel awkward if I didn't wake up snarley
Posted by: Molly k. at April 25, 2014 06:34 PM (wqh09)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 25, 2014 06:34 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2014 06:35 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: D-Lamp at April 25, 2014 06:35 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 25, 2014 06:37 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: D-Lamp at April 25, 2014 06:38 PM (bb5+k)
http://youtu.be/I6X2auVpIR4
Roll rate of an A-4 is 720 degrees/second
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 25, 2014 06:38 PM (CWIQ2)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at April 25, 2014 06:39 PM (jucos)
Posted by: 政治的な帽子~ずっと at April 25, 2014 06:40 PM (AymDN)
Here is almost two minutes of flying by the Blue Angels when their mount was the A-4 Skyhawk.
Elite mastery of incredibly complex, powerful machines. WhatÂ’s the word for that? Because itÂ’s something Americans have excelled at, but only comes via a culture that values it. America is riding on the fumes of that culture. There are no Blue Angels in Idiocracy.
Posted by: CJ at April 25, 2014 06:40 PM (jbdp1)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at April 25, 2014 06:41 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 25, 2014 06:41 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at April 25, 2014 06:41 PM (kqGWM)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 25, 2014 06:41 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 25, 2014 10:37 PM (ZPrif)
..............
My husband has a classmate that is an assistant coach for Memphis so because we have nothing better to do we watch them against OK. Game 2 of the playoffs went into overtime and I read (and believe) that the last 6 minutes of that game took 46 minutes.
Posted by: Molly k. at April 25, 2014 06:41 PM (wqh09)
Posted by: garrett at April 25, 2014 06:41 PM (bJbMX)
Posted by: Buckeye Abroad at April 25, 2014 06:41 PM (/CIT0)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at April 25, 2014 06:42 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: tbodie at April 25, 2014 06:43 PM (daU4c)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 25, 2014 06:43 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 25, 2014 06:44 PM (ZPrif)
I have no booze on hand, and I'm torn as to whether that's a good thing or not.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at April 25, 2014 06:44 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: D-Lamp at April 25, 2014 06:44 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Fools Golden Hat at April 25, 2014 06:45 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at April 25, 2014 06:45 PM (jucos)
Posted by: biancaneve at April 25, 2014 06:45 PM (2sR50)
130 That poll chart actually gave me hope, not doom. Only 33% are extremely confidant in AGW. With all the propaganda, it should be higher. I also liked that not everyone is sold on that OTHER theory about evolution and the big bang
My sentiments as well. I would have expected much worse. But then again the Conservative / Liberal vs. Republican / Democrat splits are a headscratcher.
Posted by: Alamo at April 25, 2014 06:46 PM (C0alm)
Posted by: yankefifth at April 25, 2014 06:46 PM (rDidD)
Steve Jobs yearly salary was $1.
There are always ways around the stupidity of progressives.
Posted by: EC at April 25, 2014 06:47 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 25, 2014 06:47 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: yankefifth at April 25, 2014 06:47 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Painful Rectal Itch at April 25, 2014 06:47 PM (Fj7tq)
Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Phons at April 25, 2014 06:48 PM (nvFBm)
Posted by: L to the I to the V at April 25, 2014 06:48 PM (ujux6)
141 Is Hitler Obama's Father?
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HAHA for several reasons. You really think that fairy could grow a stache to match pappys?
The other reasons I won't say but they are obvious
Posted by: Molly k. at April 25, 2014 06:48 PM (wqh09)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 25, 2014 06:49 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 25, 2014 06:49 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: DC in Towson at April 25, 2014 06:49 PM (Pvcl5)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 25, 2014 06:49 PM (CWIQ2)
Posted by: Insomniac at April 25, 2014 06:50 PM (mx5oN)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at April 25, 2014 06:50 PM (kqGWM)
And that's why we've got to do something about Global Climate Enwarmening. It's not as sporting to just chuck the geezers overboard into the ocean.
Posted by: John Bradley at April 25, 2014 06:50 PM (zlEwG)
Posted by: Prime Minister Bunga Bunga at April 25, 2014 06:50 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: yankefifth at April 25, 2014 06:50 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Rick Perry at April 25, 2014 06:51 PM (WlWt+)
Posted by: [/i] [/s] [/u] [/b] An Observation at April 25, 2014 06:52 PM (ylhEn)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 25, 2014 06:52 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: kbdabear at April 25, 2014 06:52 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: and irresolute at April 25, 2014 06:53 PM (RqHWH)
Still another game yet to go tonight that is still early in the first period.
(though depending on OT, not sure how much will be seen here)
Posted by: NHL > NBA at April 25, 2014 06:53 PM (IlmuV)
Posted by: tbodie at April 25, 2014 06:54 PM (daU4c)
If it makes you feel any better, trust me--newly minted public service lawyers aren't within a million miles of writing regulations. Most of them are scrambling to find a job that will even begin to pay off their debt; and a lot will fail. The lawyers who do get to have some influence in new regulations aren't people we're footing the bills for (*at least* when it comes to paying for their law school).
Posted by: AD at April 25, 2014 06:54 PM (bMBg7)
Posted by: Jenny Hates Her Phone at April 25, 2014 06:54 PM (nvFBm)
I really need to stop getting that worked up about stupid shit like that. I'm pretty sure the day I leave this world will be something like the one I had today.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at April 25, 2014 06:54 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 25, 2014 06:55 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: D-Lamp at April 25, 2014 06:55 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: MikeinGa at April 25, 2014 06:55 PM (psVAq)
I know the ONT is pretty much any topic.....So here I go since in 20 minutes I will turn into a pumpkin or lose my glass slipper. In the process of buying daughter 1 a home. Had a radon study done and it came back a bit higher than normal. Normal is a 4 and this came back a 8. Put in the agreement that I would not buy unless they put in a radon mitigation symstem. Is that acceptable or am I overreacting? Everything I googled led me to the EPA site and I just felt dirty going there.
Posted by: Molly k. at April 25, 2014 06:56 PM (wqh09)
Posted by: JEM at April 25, 2014 06:56 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: tbodie at April 25, 2014 06:56 PM (daU4c)
Posted by: Molly k. at April 25, 2014 10:56 PM (wqh09)
Sounds fair. They may ask you to foot some of the bill for it.
Posted by: EC at April 25, 2014 06:56 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: D-Lamp at April 25, 2014 10:55 PM (bb5+k)<<<
Yeah, I don't make the tv much anymore.
Posted by: zombie Helen Thomas at April 25, 2014 06:57 PM (IlmuV)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at April 25, 2014 06:57 PM (kqGWM)
Posted by: yankefifth at April 25, 2014 06:57 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at April 25, 2014 06:58 PM (HxSXm)
Posted by: The Radioactive Hat at April 25, 2014 06:58 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 25, 2014 06:58 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Splunge at April 25, 2014 06:58 PM (qyomX)
I got nothin', so ... Boobs
http://tinyurl.com/n48456g
Posted by: kbdabear at April 25, 2014 10:52 PM (aTXUx)
Moar.
Posted by: EC at April 25, 2014 06:59 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 25, 2014 07:00 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: JEM at April 25, 2014 07:00 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: DC in Towson at April 25, 2014 07:00 PM (Pvcl5)
It's 'cause the players are used to midnight basketball.
Posted by: brilliant govt. programs at April 25, 2014 07:00 PM (IlmuV)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at April 25, 2014 07:01 PM (kqGWM)
Posted by: Splunge at April 25, 2014 07:01 PM (qyomX)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 25, 2014 07:02 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at April 25, 2014 07:03 PM (HxSXm)
Ever notice that NBA games never start on time?
White time vs. Black time.
.......................
I grew up on a reservation. Ever heard the expression "indian time"? If Tonto said he would be over in the morning to wash your car you better have marked off the next 4 mornings just to be safe.
Posted by: Molly k. at April 25, 2014 07:03 PM (wqh09)
And if Texas is to be believed, radon will up your chances of getting lung cancer.
http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/radiation/radon.shtm#risks
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 25, 2014 07:03 PM (CWIQ2)
Posted by: yankefifth at April 25, 2014 07:03 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 25, 2014 07:03 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: tbodie at April 25, 2014 07:03 PM (daU4c)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at April 25, 2014 11:01 PM (kqGWM)<<<
Yes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_basketball
Posted by: brilliant govt. programs at April 25, 2014 07:04 PM (IlmuV)
Posted by: yankefifth at April 25, 2014 07:04 PM (rDidD)
How does increasing a corporate tax rate put more money into a middle class employee's pocket?
I don't get this.
Posted by: irongrampa at April 25, 2014 07:05 PM (SAMxH)
SACRAMENTO -- Noting that America's middle class has lost its distinction as the wealthiest in the world, two Bay Area lawmakers say...
I am noting that news articles that depict one side "noting" a supporting fact (I haven't investigated this claim, but even if it's true...) are telegraphing the author's preference.
Every article on any subject could highlight one side "noting" a fact. “Noting that the administration’s claims that ‘If you like your plan you can keep you plan’ were misleading, two GOP lawmakers…” The privileged few, however, actually get that sympathetic treatment.
Posted by: CJ at April 25, 2014 07:05 PM (jbdp1)
Posted by: Jean at April 25, 2014 07:06 PM (Aqvh6)
Posted by: yankefifth at April 25, 2014 07:06 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 25, 2014 07:06 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Walter Freeman at April 25, 2014 07:06 PM (kqGWM)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 25, 2014 07:07 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 25, 2014 07:07 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at April 25, 2014 07:07 PM (HxSXm)
Posted by: Splunge at April 25, 2014 07:07 PM (qyomX)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 25, 2014 07:08 PM (CWIQ2)
Posted by: Molly k. at April 25, 2014 07:08 PM (wqh09)
Posted by: Synova at April 25, 2014 07:09 PM (7/PU+)
http://tinyurl.com/lldb2p5
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 25, 2014 11:03 PM
About as many times as I have to post this:
http://tinyurl.com/kfxmqvg
Posted by: EC at April 25, 2014 07:09 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at April 25, 2014 07:09 PM (HxSXm)
Posted by: yankefifth at April 25, 2014 07:10 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at April 25, 2014 07:10 PM (dfYL9)
Posted by: Marshall McLuhan at April 25, 2014 07:10 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 25, 2014 07:10 PM (HVff2)
Here is the NRC Personal Radiation Dose Calculator
http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/radiation/around-us/calculator.html
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 25, 2014 07:11 PM (CWIQ2)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at April 25, 2014 07:11 PM (HxSXm)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 25, 2014 07:12 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 25, 2014 07:13 PM (CWIQ2)
Posted by: Sterling Archer at April 25, 2014 07:13 PM (HxSXm)
Posted by: yankefifth at April 25, 2014 07:13 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Barack H. Obama, Canine Connoisseur at April 25, 2014 07:13 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: Y-not at April 25, 2014 07:13 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: t-bird at April 25, 2014 07:14 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Conservatives running away from Cliven Bundy at April 25, 2014 07:15 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: CDR M at April 25, 2014 07:15 PM (LsJl8)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2014 07:15 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Jean at April 25, 2014 07:15 PM (Aqvh6)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at April 25, 2014 07:16 PM (TNcMy)
I don't get this.
Posted by: irongrampa at April 25, 2014 11:05 PM (SAMxH)
And America has one of the highest corporate tax rates in the world. That's why many corporations set up headquarters overseas and pay taxes in other countries.
Canada is very competitive in terms of corporate tax rates but there are just too many negatives to doing business here also. I'd sooner put my hand in a running blender than start a business in Ontario.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at April 25, 2014 07:16 PM (AC0lD)
Posted by: Insomniac at April 25, 2014 07:17 PM (mx5oN)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 25, 2014 07:17 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 25, 2014 07:17 PM (HVff2)
This. Eleventy.
I am not very radiophobic, and I would laugh and happily live in a whole bunch of houses that have "elevated radon levels" without concern. Might even expect my health to improve.
Hormesis, motherfucker! Do you speak it?
I just would not buy any of those houses, because I eventually will have to sell.
Joe and Jane Average don't read the professional literature in epidemiology and medical physics when they make home buying decisions. What they know is OMG RADON LETHAL CANCER RUN NOW.
I wouldn't buy a house near a nuclear power plant for the same reason. Not because it frightens me, but because it would frighten others.
Or, shit, even a house under high voltage lines. No, they won't give you cancer. Yes, Joe and Jane think they might, and will not be in a hurry to buy your home if it's got buzzy wires overhead.
What would worry me? Accidentally buying a house that had been used as a meth lab. The residues from those processes surely will do you a bad turn.
Oh, also, in the SF Bay Area, if your home has bad feng shui, or has had someone die on the premises, say goodbye to superstitious Chinese buyers. Total bullshit, but it does hit your pocketbook.
Posted by: torquewrench at April 25, 2014 07:18 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: yankefifth at April 25, 2014 07:18 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at April 25, 2014 07:18 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Splunge at April 25, 2014
A H&K G-11 might suite you.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 25, 2014 07:19 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: t-bird at April 25, 2014 07:19 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 25, 2014 07:19 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at April 25, 2014 07:20 PM (V70Uh)
I am CERTAIN to get that "frightened inmate number 2" role now!!
Hello Hollywood!
Posted by: Null at April 25, 2014 07:20 PM (xjpRj)
Posted by: yankefifth at April 25, 2014 07:20 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 25, 2014 07:20 PM (ZPrif)
How many times do I have to post this?
http://tinyurl.com/lldb2p5
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 25, 2014 11:03 PM
_______________
She is rather..... stout. Don't ya think?
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at April 25, 2014 07:20 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at April 25, 2014 11:11 PM (HxSXm)
..........................
I promise I won't ever give you up for your advice. I can see it now....
Realtor: Who told you that making the seller put in a radon mitigation system was a good idea?
Me: uhhhh nobody, I just thought it was a good idea
Realtor: No Jane off the street does that without advice.
Me: OK fine. It was Ashley Judd's puffy scamper,
Realtor: (no words)
Posted by: Molly k. at April 25, 2014 07:20 PM (wqh09)
Posted by: Jean at April 25, 2014 07:21 PM (Aqvh6)
Posted by: t-bird at April 25, 2014 07:21 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 25, 2014 07:21 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 25, 2014 07:22 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: JEM at April 25, 2014 07:22 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: CDR M at April 25, 2014 07:23 PM (LsJl8)
Posted by: JEM at April 25, 2014 07:23 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: Kindltot at April 25, 2014 07:23 PM (vTrNt)
269 "i would avoid a house with radon. if you think it is an impediment to value so will any future buyer."
This. Eleventy.
...................
This exactly was why I wanted it taken care of. I plan to sell and don't want someone whining when I do. Plan is to let her live there and save some money, then get her the hell out and move her back into SD where the schools are better.
Posted by: Molly k. at April 25, 2014 07:24 PM (wqh09)
Posted by: yankefifth at April 25, 2014 07:24 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 25, 2014 07:24 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: DC in Towson at April 25, 2014 07:24 PM (Pvcl5)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at April 25, 2014 07:24 PM (dfYL9)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at April 25, 2014 07:24 PM (ujux6)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 25, 2014 07:24 PM (Lqy/e)
Posted by: Adriane Really Isn't Interesting... at April 25, 2014 07:24 PM (qoKTg)
Kitteh!
I've never had a cat that wasn't a rescue. They've all been awesome.
I think there is an element of "thank you for getting me out of there".
"They found him wandering in one of the mountain towns in January. Can't believe he survived out there in the winter or that he was in a shelter for several months."
Wow, Utah mountains in winter are pretty hard places to be. He doesn't look like he has an especially heavy coat, either. Amazing that he didn't freeze.
Posted by: torquewrench at April 25, 2014 07:25 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 25, 2014 07:25 PM (W7zKe)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 25, 2014 07:26 PM (eFLE3)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 25, 2014 07:26 PM (aDwsi)
I wouldn't buy a house near a nuclear power plant for the same reason. Not because it frightens me, but because it would frighten others.
Especially when you consider that you receive higher amounts of radiation living close to a coal power plant than you will nuclear.
Posted by: buzzion at April 25, 2014 07:26 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at April 25, 2014 07:27 PM (ujux6)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at April 25, 2014 07:27 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: yankefifth at April 25, 2014 07:27 PM (rDidD)
Or just fap into it?
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 25, 2014 11:25 PM (W7zKe)
...............
I suppose it would depend on how big of a "container" you had and how much it held.
Posted by: Molly k. at April 25, 2014 07:27 PM (wqh09)
Posted by: Y-not at April 25, 2014 07:27 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at April 25, 2014 07:28 PM (HxSXm)
Posted by: torquewrench <<<
Your best course would be to. tread. lightly.
Posted by: Walter White at April 25, 2014 07:28 PM (IlmuV)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 25, 2014 07:29 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 25, 2014 07:29 PM (eFLE3)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at April 25, 2014 07:29 PM (jucos)
Posted by: Milly Twattenburger, State Dept Spokesperson at April 25, 2014 07:29 PM (JyjXt)
http://is.gd/8AqVXU
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at April 25, 2014 11:27 PM (m0h0I)
Sounds like revenge pr0n to me. Doesn't say anything about her getting caught at work or in an official function.
Posted by: EC at April 25, 2014 07:30 PM (doBIb)
I wouldn't buy a house near a nuclear power plant for the same reason. Not because it frightens me, but because it would frighten others.
____________
Would you roller skate in a Buffalo Herd?
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at April 25, 2014 07:30 PM (jucos)
Jean, I remember in Aliens they said it was 10mm armor piercing caseles.
Yet casings were being flung from the guns.
Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at April 25, 2014 07:31 PM (vD5JV)
I used to live where the local feeder was the same as for the police station.
Multiple redundancy. Lights never went out even in the worst storms, when the rest of town was totally blacked out. Pretty sweet arrangement.
Now I have to lug a generator out and get it started. Fussing in the dark with a headlamp. Making electrical connections. Meh.
I bitched about that and someone said innocently, "Oh, at our house the generator auto-starts when the sensor sees the grid feed fall off, and the transfer switch cuts over on its own."
Eyes. Green. Jealousy. Some assembly required.
Posted by: torquewrench at April 25, 2014 07:32 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: yankefifth at April 25, 2014 07:32 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at April 25, 2014 07:32 PM (HxSXm)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 25, 2014 11:20 PM (ZPrif)
That's the place to go if you never want any of your grades, academic papers or any trace of your academic career to show up in the future.
Barack Obama High School - "Where your future is truly a blank slate..."
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at April 25, 2014 07:32 PM (AC0lD)
also the burnt trees and random holes in the yard
Posted by: Milly ( Millicent ) Twattenburger, State Dept Spokesperson at April 25, 2014 07:32 PM (JyjXt)
Posted by: Weirddave at April 25, 2014 07:33 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: Kalneva at April 25, 2014 07:33 PM (3pQOs)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 25, 2014 07:33 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: CDR M at April 25, 2014 07:33 PM (LsJl8)
Posted by: yankefifth
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The problem is, damn near every house has a 'high' Radon reading..., at least around here. ........................ Agree...... A 9 with a 4 as normal didn't worry so much for their safety as much as I worried about the resale value. I live in a very modern huge house and although we have never had it tested I would bet it would show up as an 8 or above (just based on what I have read) A mitigation system costs about a grand and had the seller not considered my demand I still would buy and just have it put in myself.
Posted by: Molly k. at April 25, 2014 07:33 PM (wqh09)
And I am cracking up that an online Rad Calculator does not have Radon [Rn] in its list. So a bit hard to convert the Bq reading to the Sv scale to determine the rate of exposure.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 25, 2014 07:33 PM (CWIQ2)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 25, 2014 07:35 PM (eFLE3)
Posted by: rickl at April 25, 2014 07:37 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Molly k. at April 25, 2014 07:38 PM (wqh09)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 25, 2014 07:38 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: RWC at April 25, 2014 07:38 PM (QeH9j)
With 'Goebbels' Axelrod gone from the administration there is no one with enough brains left to supply the Trolls with their plausible talking points. What, is 'Shotgun' Biden going to be supplying them with his wit and wisdom?
Posted by: [/i] [/s] [/u] [/b] An Observation at April 25, 2014 07:39 PM (ylhEn)
http://tinyurl.com/ldfylha
Meanwhile, Hannity uses every word in his thesaurus to back away from Bundy.
What Bundy said was insensitive/non-PC but it was NOT racist.
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at April 25, 2014 07:40 PM (KL49F)
Posted by: yankefifth at April 25, 2014 07:41 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: RWC at April 25, 2014 07:41 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: Adriane Really Isn't Interesting... at April 25, 2014 07:41 PM (qoKTg)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 25, 2014 07:41 PM (eFLE3)
Congrats!!!Posted by: Margarita DeVille at April 25, 2014 07:42 PM (dfYL9)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 25, 2014 07:42 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at April 25, 2014 07:42 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: RWC at April 25, 2014 07:42 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: PabloD at April 25, 2014 07:43 PM (SGw+w)
Posted by: Tilikum the Killer Assault Whale at April 25, 2014 07:43 PM (vD5JV)
Posted by: JEM at April 25, 2014 07:43 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 25, 2014 11:41 PM (eFLE3)
The themes of Firefly and Serenity sort of echo and mirror what's going on now. Joss Whedon intended for conservatives to be the villains in the show about over-reaching gov control of people (Alliance), while the heroes were the underdogs trying to stay one step ahead of them. Only now, Whedon and his fellow progs are Alliance and the Tea Party are the Browncoats (heroes).
Posted by: EC at April 25, 2014 07:43 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at April 25, 2014 07:44 PM (ujux6)
Posted by: yankefifth at April 25, 2014 07:44 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 25, 2014 07:45 PM (0AKks)
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at April 25, 2014 07:45 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: Insomniac at April 25, 2014 07:45 PM (mx5oN)
Let me be sure i got this right - the pilot episode is named Serenity as well as the movie, right?
Posted by: RWC at April 25, 2014 11:42 PM (QeH9j)
IMDB says it was supposed to be the first ep, but the broadcast order was fucked up.
Posted by: EC at April 25, 2014 07:46 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Kalneva at April 25, 2014 07:46 PM (3pQOs)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 25, 2014 07:46 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: RWC at April 25, 2014 07:47 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 25, 2014 07:48 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at April 25, 2014 07:48 PM (ujux6)
Posted by: yankefifth at April 25, 2014 07:48 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Kindltot at April 25, 2014 07:49 PM (vTrNt)
Posted by: yankefifth at April 25, 2014 07:49 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: RWC at April 25, 2014 07:49 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 25, 2014 07:49 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: yankefifth at April 25, 2014 07:50 PM (rDidD)
Result - 0.00134050915220269 uR/h
It will take a very very long time of continuous exposure to reach the 0.75Sv threshold that CDC says is the onset of Acute Radiation Sickness.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 25, 2014 07:50 PM (CWIQ2)
Posted by: highly-paid TV exec at April 25, 2014 07:50 PM (7BJRS)
Posted by: RWC at April 25, 2014 11:49 PM (QeH9j)
Yes, there is a tv ep and the full length movie both titled "Serenity".
It's confusing.
Posted by: EC at April 25, 2014 07:50 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: RWC at April 25, 2014 07:50 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: yankefifth at April 25, 2014 07:50 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 25, 2014 07:51 PM (eFLE3)
Posted by: PabloD at April 25, 2014 07:51 PM (SGw+w)
Posted by: RWC at April 25, 2014 11:50 PM (QeH9j)
Ha! Didn't you wonder why that particular ep was so long?
Posted by: EC at April 25, 2014 07:51 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Kalneva at April 25, 2014 07:51 PM (3pQOs)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at April 25, 2014 07:52 PM (ujux6)
I would call it a more PG-13/R rated version of SW with no aliens or Force powers in it.
Posted by: EC at April 25, 2014 07:52 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: yankefifth at April 25, 2014 07:53 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: RWC at April 25, 2014 11:50 PM (QeH9j)<<<
Well, if you watched the movie first, let me just say, things will get better... for me anyway.
Posted by: "Wash" at April 25, 2014 07:54 PM (IlmuV)
Posted by: Kindltot at April 25, 2014 07:54 PM (vTrNt)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at April 25, 2014 07:54 PM (ujux6)
Posted by: "Wash" at April 25, 2014 11:54 PM (IlmuV)
And me!
-Book
Posted by: EC at April 25, 2014 07:55 PM (doBIb)
As for the popularity. "I am to misbehave" is a great catch-phrase. And what Whedon failed to realize is how such sentiments resonate with far more people than he thought.
Just like Alex Keaton went from being the writer's intended one-dimensional conservative foil for the rest of the liberal family to being a big deal that many people wanted to emulate.
Sometimes writers do not realize how a character can jump to life and go in directions they never intended.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 25, 2014 07:56 PM (CWIQ2)
Posted by: RWC at April 25, 2014 07:57 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: yankefifth at April 25, 2014 07:57 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Kalneva at April 25, 2014 07:57 PM (3pQOs)
LOLwut???
That particular ep made it very clear what happens to him at the end.
Posted by: EC at April 25, 2014 07:58 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: yankefifth at April 25, 2014 07:58 PM (rDidD)
Ok, then you're in the clear!
Enjoy the season and the movie.
Posted by: EC at April 25, 2014 07:59 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Alan Moore [/i] [/b] at April 25, 2014 07:59 PM (ujux6)
Posted by: RWC at April 25, 2014 08:00 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at April 25, 2014 08:00 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: RWC at April 26, 2014 12:00 AM (QeH9j)
You'll find out all about her in the movie.
Posted by: EC at April 25, 2014 08:01 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 25, 2014 08:01 PM (CWIQ2)
Yeah, sorry to be breaking the bad news to you, but the lab reports came back, and there's extensive dihydrogen monoxide contamination. Especially high levels in the kitchen and bathrooms. Also in the laundry area.
We took samples from the plants outside and they've all got detectable internal DHMO. My bet is that the soil around the house got saturated with the stuff at some point and the plants picked it up through their roots.
I really think your best bet is just to unload this property on some sucker quickly, who doesn't realize how much trouble it will be.
Where could you find such a gullible buyer?
Jeez, listen, don't let this get around. It might be tough, but I think I can line someone up. Provided, that is, you cut me in for a few thousand on the sale. I know you're going to be taking a bath here, but believe me, you'll be relieved to finally know your family are safe.
Posted by: torquewrench at April 25, 2014 08:02 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at April 25, 2014 08:02 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 25, 2014 08:02 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 25, 2014 08:03 PM (eFLE3)
Posted by: RWC at April 25, 2014 08:03 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at April 26, 2014 12:02 AM (m0h0I)
Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram, etc make it too damn easy.
Posted by: EC at April 25, 2014 08:03 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: yankefifth at April 25, 2014 08:03 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: RWC at April 25, 2014 08:04 PM (QeH9j)
LOLwut???
That particular ep made it very clear what happens to him at the end.
Posted by: EC at April 25, 2014 11:58 PM (doBIb)
Well its implied what happens to him. But you really can't be sure, if they ever were to bring him back.
Posted by: buzzion at April 25, 2014 08:05 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 25, 2014 08:06 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 25, 2014 08:06 PM (eFLE3)
Posted by: Bossy Conservative riding Orca at April 25, 2014 08:06 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: buzzion at April 26, 2014 12:05 AM (LI48c)
Off by himself? I don't think so.
Posted by: EC at April 25, 2014 08:07 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: buzzion at April 25, 2014 08:08 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: Adriane Really Isn't Interesting... at April 25, 2014 08:08 PM (qoKTg)
Posted by: EC at April 25, 2014 08:10 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: EC at April 26, 2014 12:07 AM (doBIb
Still alive when the episode ends. Sure he's almost guaranteed a long slow death, but it was a tv show and if they wanted him definitely dead with no chance of somehow surviving, they'd have killed him.
Posted by: buzzion at April 25, 2014 08:11 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at April 25, 2014 08:11 PM (RTQgm)
Yeah, I said earlier it sounds like a revenge pr0n type thing.
Ladies, if you ever want to make life in public affairs, then don't make sex tapes with a guy. You might as well turn on the webcam and broadcast it yourself.
Posted by: EC at April 25, 2014 08:12 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 25, 2014 08:13 PM (HVff2)
Maybe.
Posted by: EC at April 25, 2014 08:13 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Bossy Conservative riding Orca at April 25, 2014 08:14 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: yankefifth at April 25, 2014 08:15 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Puddleglum at April 25, 2014 08:15 PM (15w2J)
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With a girl, on the other hand . . .
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at April 25, 2014 08:15 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: yankefifth at April 25, 2014 08:16 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at April 25, 2014 08:17 PM (RTQgm)
Posted by: RWC at April 25, 2014 08:17 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: RWC at April 25, 2014 08:18 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at April 25, 2014 08:19 PM (HxSXm)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at April 25, 2014 08:19 PM (CWIQ2)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at April 25, 2014 08:20 PM (ujux6)
Posted by: RWC at April 25, 2014 08:21 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: A Mudder at April 25, 2014 08:21 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at April 25, 2014 08:21 PM (o+SC1)
Posted by: S. Muldoon at April 25, 2014 08:22 PM (MKpBT)
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at April 25, 2014 08:24 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: buzzion at April 25, 2014 08:24 PM (LI48c)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at April 25, 2014 08:24 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 25, 2014 08:25 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 25, 2014 08:28 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: RWC at April 25, 2014 08:29 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 25, 2014 08:29 PM (0AKks)
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Posted by: S. Muldoon at April 25, 2014 08:31 PM (MKpBT)
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Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at April 25, 2014 08:36 PM (HxSXm)
Posted by: zaz44 at April 25, 2014 08:36 PM (U3UWI)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 25, 2014 08:36 PM (AHzA7)
Posted by: S. Muldoon at April 25, 2014 08:36 PM (MKpBT)
Posted by: RWC at April 25, 2014 08:37 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 25, 2014 08:37 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at April 25, 2014 08:38 PM (HxSXm)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 25, 2014 08:38 PM (0AKks)
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Every time I start to wonder what it might have been like to have kids, I get on the internet and bask in glorious vindication.
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Posted by: Bossy Conservative riding Orca at April 25, 2014 08:40 PM (+1T7c)
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As opposed to "legs so skinny they'd wrap around your ears like eyeglasses".
Posted by: Dave Perham at April 25, 2014 08:42 PM (HFSaY)
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Posted by: Tommy Chong at April 26, 2014 12:33 AM (IlmuV)
Agreed.
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It's my sister's name. Got a problem....?
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Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at April 25, 2014 08:48 PM (HxSXm)
Posted by: Anna Puma <<<
Tell us about it.
You guys were supposed to make fun of the Duck Dynasty folks... not love them!!!
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It's the only emoticon I know how to do, here. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 25, 2014 08:55 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at April 25, 2014 08:55 PM (HxSXm)
Posted by: Carol at April 25, 2014 08:56 PM (gjOCp)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 26, 2014 12:43 AM (ojnk6)<<<
Wait, you said she's 17... so that's just wrong.
Posted by: Sen. Bob Menendez at April 25, 2014 08:56 PM (IlmuV)
Posted by: Oliver Stone at April 25, 2014 08:56 PM (AHzA7)
AP would know for sure.Posted by: Waterhouse at April 25, 2014 08:59 PM (yxKnq)
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Posted by: cthulhu at April 25, 2014 09:03 PM (T1005)
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Posted by: Carol at April 25, 2014 09:05 PM (gjOCp)
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at April 26, 2014 01:00 AM (N/cFh)
I bet she's a porn star that does hardcore as well.
Posted by: buzzion at April 25, 2014 09:06 PM (LI48c)
Flankers.
Very similar profile.
Posted by: torquewrench at April 25, 2014 09:06 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at April 25, 2014 09:07 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: Roman Polanski at April 25, 2014 09:08 PM (HxSXm)
AP would know for sure.
Posted by: Waterhouse at April 26, 2014 12:59 AM (yxKnq)
Look like Su-27 Flankers. I notice they blurred the markings...no way to tell what country they belong to.
Posted by: Country Singer at April 25, 2014 09:09 PM (vn9w4)
Posted by: Carol at April 26, 2014 12:56 AM (gjOCp)<<<
Meh, it's gonna rain for the next couple of days... we're all gonna die!... our only hope will be Noah and his ark to come save us!... oh the hummanity!!!
Posted by: Biff Buffington, Weatherman Extraordinaire at April 25, 2014 09:10 PM (IlmuV)
Also, there was some movie that always seemed to be in the "after hours" rotation that featured an actress named Monique Gabrielle, who was just scalding hot.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at April 25, 2014 09:11 PM (m0h0I)
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Posted by: JEM at April 25, 2014 09:15 PM (o+SC1)
http://tinyurl.com/l46erfb
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 25, 2014 09:19 PM (IN7k+)
It is amazingly hard to tell the two apart other than size and a couple of subtle cues.
This causes problems with snap aircraft recognition in air combat maneuvering simulations. Is that a Fulcrum at distance X, or is it the very similar but larger Flanker at distance 1.5X?
I would bet that the unidentified Flankers in the photo are being operated by an oceanic Pacific country. Indonesia or Malaysia, both of whom occasionally exercise with the USN. Brilliant aircraft for the Pacific theater. Huge internal fuel fraction, very long legs, can carry a scarily big antiship missile between the engine nacelles.
Posted by: torquewrench at April 25, 2014 09:24 PM (noWW6)
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Posted by: navybrat at April 25, 2014 09:26 PM (JgC5a)
Posted by: navybrat at April 25, 2014 09:27 PM (JgC5a)
So Mrs. Muse and I finally got around to watching the first episode of Salem. We lasted until they showed Cotton Mather vigorously poking some doxy from behind and that was when we decided to find something else to watch.
I know a little bit about Cotton Mather. He was a complicated guy. It's not a settled question whether he aided or restrained the Salem craziness. But, whatever you may think of him, there's absolutely no evidence of him ever cavorting with prostitutes.
I was hoping this new series would be above resorting to using the usual crude "Christian bigot/racist/hypocrite" stereotype. But it looks like that was too much to ask.
Posted by: OregonMuse at April 25, 2014 09:30 PM (fTJ5O)
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Posted by: navybrat at April 25, 2014 10:02 PM (JgC5a)
As regards Social Security, yes, it IS your money. Try being self employed as I have for 30+ years and paying the full 15%. It adds up. I want it back because it is MINE
******
As have I.Word.
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at April 26, 2014 01:30 AM (ojnk6)
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This is why I favor the "truth in paycheck act."
First, because politicians would get away with so much less if everyone saw the real difference between their actual pay and their take home pay.
Second, the illogic of it just bugs the shit outa me.
Every employer I have ever encountered (including me) came to understand that worker's comp, fringe bennies, FUTA, FICA, ESC, and the rest of the alphabet soup are a portion of labor burden. We all added all those costs into our mental image of what we pay each employee -- regardless of how silly we are forced to make their actual pay check appear to them.
A person works an hour, and a 15% burden goes off to SS -- it is part of their pay. I have never yet met an employer that said "why of course if I lay you off in July I will gladly send you the rest of the 'employer contribution' for Xmas." So, everybody pays both halves outa their pay. Sadly, the self employed are voices in the wilderness because they are the only ones that get a chance to see the true cost.
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Posted by: Dendritic at April 25, 2014 10:30 PM (75hfB)
Posted by: 20 Somethings Educated Beyond Their Intelligence... at April 25, 2014 10:32 PM (qoKTg)
Posted by: Dendritic at April 25, 2014 10:33 PM (75hfB)
Posted by: Your Friends at Mini-Tru at April 25, 2014 10:43 PM (AymDN)
#pleasequitfuckingtheConstitutionintheassBarack
Or at the very least, could you use a rubber?
And a great big hearty #FuckYou to all the nannystate cockroaches trying to figure out a way to cash in on e-cigs. Truly, your avarice knows no bounds.
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 25, 2014 10:45 PM (cHZB7)
Did you catch the last episode of Sons of Guns? Fing scary.
Posted by: Dendritic at April 26, 2014 02:33 AM (75hfB) Hide posts from (75hfB)
I haven't watched television for years. What kind of show is Sons of Guns?
Posted by: cthulhu at April 25, 2014 10:49 PM (T1005)
Posted by: The Political Hat at April 25, 2014 10:54 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 25, 2014 10:58 PM (T1005)
Some racist, eh? Bundy is not sophisticated. If he tried to argue right here, he'd probably get banned as one must follow the forms. Most lurkers don't comment, as they are afraid they don't know the unwritten ground rules. That speaks to me, as I lurked for months to 'get the rhythm". And it took quite a while to call down the thunder, to ask for a commenter or comment to be banned that had gone over the line.
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 25, 2014 10:59 PM (cHZB7)
This is pretty much why I eventually gave up on handing my cash to Hollyweird.
Same old same old. Lather, rinse, repeat.
Posted by: torquewrench at April 25, 2014 11:00 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Mr. Dave at April 25, 2014 11:02 PM (c8Izq)
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Posted by: Adriane... at April 25, 2014 11:29 PM (qoKTg)
Posted by: Adriane... at April 25, 2014 11:33 PM (qoKTg)
Violence is blues
If you don't believe me
Watch the network news
(in honor of a late nite Adriane appearance)
Posted by: GnuBreed at April 25, 2014 11:39 PM (cHZB7)
Posted by: Adriane... at April 25, 2014 11:40 PM (qoKTg)
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Posted by: Adriane... at April 25, 2014 11:48 PM (qoKTg)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 25, 2014 11:53 PM (xa1/W)
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at April 26, 2014 01:00 AM (N/cFh)
How is it that no one swung for the fence on that one? *tap tap* Helloooo...is there anyone awake back there?
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 26, 2014 12:07 AM (xa1/W)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/s] [/u] at April 26, 2014 12:07 AM (WAH9w)
Posted by: Adriane... at April 26, 2014 12:08 AM (qoKTg)
Posted by: Adriane... at April 26, 2014 12:10 AM (qoKTg)
Posted by: Comrade Pug at April 25, 2014 10:11 PM (8c12T)
Kaboom.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at April 26, 2014 12:20 AM (xa1/W)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/s] [/u] at April 26, 2014 12:23 AM (WAH9w)
Posted by: Adriane... at April 26, 2014 12:27 AM (qoKTg)
562 Lawyer-Boy with his $60K cracks me up. I know 35 YO high school graduates making $250K to $300K a year in the oilfield. Because they know how to DO SOMETHING USEFUL.
Posted by: Mr. Dave at April 26, 2014 03:02 AM (c8Izq)
But Lawyer-Boy has got a lamprey-like grip in the public sector and its munificent pensions, so he's going to make up for it in volume! Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ at April 26, 2014 04:23 AM (WAH9w) Hide posts from (WAH9w)
The entire Ruling Class is engaging in flurry of blatantly trying to sock their corrupt gains away in a manner that they'll keep 'em when TSHTF.
What's frightening is that so much of it is working. Take, for instance, http://tinyurl.com/n8b5ve6 -- what the hell is Rizzo doing still walking around free and bitching about his legal bills being reimbursed by the city?
Ultimately, "all things that cannot go on forever, won't" -- and all of this BS will be defaulted on.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 26, 2014 12:38 AM (T1005)
"It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes. Distinctions in society will always exist under every just government. Equality of talents, of education, or of wealth can not be produced by human institutions. In the full enjoyment of the gifts of Heaven and the fruits of superior industry, economy, and virtue, every man is equally entitled to protection by law; but when the laws undertake to add to these natural and just advantages artificial distinctions, to grant titles, gratuities, and exclusive privileges, to make the rich richer and the potent more powerful, the humble members of society-the farmers, mechanics, and laborers-who have neither the time nor the means of securing like favors to themselves, have a right to complain of the injustice of their Government. There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven does its rains, shower its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing. In the act before me there seems to be a wide and unnecessary departure from these just principles.
Nor is our Government to be maintained or our Union preserved by invasions of the rights and powers of the several States. In thus attempting to make our General Government strong we make it weak. Its true strength consists in leaving individuals and States as much as possible to themselves-in making itself felt, not in its power, but in its beneficence; not in its control, but in its protection; not in binding the States more closely to the center, but leaving each to move unobstructed in its proper orbit.
Experience should teach us wisdom. Most of the difficulties our Government now encounters and most of the dangers which impend over our Union have sprung from an abandonment of the legitimate objects of Government by our national legislation, and the adoption of such principles as are embodied in this act. Many of our rich men have not been content with equal protection and equal benefits, but have besought us to make them richer by act of Congress. By attempting to gratify their desires we have in the results of our legislation arrayed section against section, interest against interest, and man against man, in a fearful commotion which threatens to shake the foundations of our Union. It is time to pause in our career to review our principles, and if possible revive that devoted patriotism and spirit of compromise which distinguished the sages of the Revolution and the fathers of our Union. If we can not at once, in justice to interests vested under improvident legislation, make our Government what it ought to be, we can at least take a stand against all new grants of monopolies and exclusive privileges, against any prostitution of our Government to the advancement of the few at the expense of the many, and in favor of compromise and gradual reform in our code of laws and system of political economy."
Posted by: cthulhu at April 26, 2014 12:48 AM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at April 26, 2014 05:09 AM (T1005)
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and so it goes.
Posted by: jc at April 26, 2014 01:14 AM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Adriane... at April 26, 2014 01:16 AM (qoKTg)
Posted by: Adriane... at April 26, 2014 05:16 AM (qoKTg)
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would you settle for homemade turkey soup?
Posted by: jc at April 26, 2014 01:21 AM (PlzOe)
'E's not pinin'! 'E's passed on! This thread is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the blog 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-THREAD!!
Posted by: cthulhu at April 26, 2014 01:22 AM (T1005)
and a chocolate muffin with chocolate chips ... but that's fairly constant ...
Posted by: Adriane... at April 26, 2014 05:16 AM (qoKTg)
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would you settle for homemade turkey soup?
Posted by: jc at April 26, 2014 05:21 AM (PlzOe) Hide posts from (PlzOe)
Is this some sort of Franken-turkey abomination?
Posted by: cthulhu at April 26, 2014 01:23 AM (T1005)
Posted by: The letter Q, the number 7, and the symbol % ... at April 26, 2014 01:28 AM (qoKTg)
Posted by: Julia Child's practical sister Wylde ... at April 26, 2014 01:30 AM (qoKTg)
Is this some sort of Franken-turkey abomination?
Posted by: cthulhu at April 26, 2014 05:23 AM (T1005)
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It might be, but at the minute, it is all I have to offer.
Posted by: jc at April 26, 2014 01:31 AM (PlzOe)
Letterist! Posted by: The letter Q, the number 7, and the symbol % ... at April 26, 2014 05:28 AM (qoKTg) Hide posts from (qoKTg)
Well, considering there are so many R-rated threads.....and when was the last time the thread was brought to us by the symbol *ampersand*?
Posted by: cthulhu at April 26, 2014 01:32 AM (T1005)
Is this some sort of Franken-turkey abomination?
Posted by: cthulhu at April 26, 2014 05:23 AM (T1005)
====It might be, but at the minute, it is all I have to offer.
Posted by: jc at April 26, 2014 05:31 AM (PlzOe) Hide posts from (PlzOe)
Let me know when it is -- I have standards to uphold.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 26, 2014 01:33 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Julia Child's practical sister Wylde ... at April 26, 2014 01:33 AM (qoKTg)
Posted by: Erowmero at April 26, 2014 01:34 AM (go5uR)
Posted by: My Fair Ampersand ... at April 26, 2014 01:36 AM (qoKTg)
Posted by: Adriane... at April 26, 2014 01:39 AM (qoKTg)
Posted by: Adriane... at April 26, 2014 01:40 AM (qoKTg)
Posted by: Erowmero at April 26, 2014 05:34 AM (go5uR) Hide posts from (go5uR)
Seriously, look at @582. It's got the cronyism; it's got the income inequality bullshit; it's got the "we have a crisis, we have to expand Federal government" crap; it's got pandering to special interests....but it wasn't last week.
Then reflect on what the speaker would have done with someone like Piketty.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 26, 2014 01:42 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Adriane... at April 26, 2014 01:44 AM (qoKTg)
Posted by: GMB (et al) at April 26, 2014 01:47 AM (nkPV9)
e' taught me how to walk and to talk and to dress with a slanted line t'wn my cleavage. He gave me real class, e' did! Posted by: My Fair Ampersand ... at April 26, 2014 05:36 AM (qoKTg) Hide posts from (qoKTg)
Oddly enough, I was recently chuckling at a line from my favorite musical: "The Music Man".
After alighting from a train, Harold Hill approaches a local and asks, "What do you do here for excitement?" and gets a deadpan reply, "Mind our own business."
Posted by: cthulhu at April 26, 2014 01:48 AM (T1005)
Posted by: GMB (et al) at April 26, 2014 02:15 AM (nkPV9)
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That's actually a very good guess.
It's July, 1832 -- just 43 years after the Constitution went into effect -- and it's Andrew Jackson vetoing the rescue legislation for the Second National Bank of the United States. (The Federal Reserve would be the Third National Bank of the United States....but they decided to wait 80 years and change terminology for some reason....)
Both the first and second banks were dismantled over a variety of similar issues. The banks began to dabble in politics, changing policies by political season. They began to meddle with business cycles, meaning that goods that had become unfashionable could not clear the market. They worked to transform every asset into an income stream -- even if they didn't initially own the asset. They worked to shield themselves from bad business decisions ("heads I win; tails you lose"). And they sought to interject themselves into more-and-more aspects of everyday life.
And in both cases, people said "enough" and kicked 'em to the curb.
Never let it be forgotten that we somehow prospered as a country without a central bank for 80 years......
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_War
Posted by: cthulhu at April 26, 2014 02:18 AM (T1005)
Posted by: GMB (et al) at April 26, 2014 02:23 AM (nkPV9)
Posted by: GMB (et al) at April 26, 2014 02:24 AM (nkPV9)
Why Bother?
Posted by: GMB (et al) at April 26, 2014 02:31 AM (nkPV9)
Posted by: GMB (et al) at April 26, 2014 02:32 AM (nkPV9)
Posted by: Epobirs at April 26, 2014 02:34 AM (Icq+V)
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I'm entertaining the possibility that the Civil War was revenge for the Bank War. It was "all about slavery", but shoved unfettered Federal power down the throats of states in a big way.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 26, 2014 02:36 AM (T1005)
http://www.primeportal.net/tanks/clemens_niesner/polish_leo_2a4_photos.htm
Posted by: GMB (et al) at April 26, 2014 02:37 AM (nkPV9)
Posted by: Epobirs at April 26, 2014 02:40 AM (Icq+V)
The South's economic system was devolving into chaos. Forced labor just could not keep up with machines. It was going to collapse anyway.
Ending slavery was a noble idea but it was doomed and it was doomed by the invention of machines more efficient than what 2 hands could produce.
The Civil War is the only war in which both sides should have lost.
Posted by: GMB (et al) at April 26, 2014 02:41 AM (nkPV9)
Posted by: Cycomiko66 at April 26, 2014 02:46 AM (x/MmU)
The South's economic system was devolving into chaos. Forced labor just could not keep up with machines. It was going to collapse anyway.
Ending slavery was a noble idea but it was doomed and it was doomed by the invention of machines more efficient than what 2 hands could produce.
The Civil War is the only war in which both sides should have lost.
Posted by: GMB (et al) at April 26, 2014 06:41 AM (nkPV9) Hide posts from (nkPV9)
The issues are certainly more complex than are commonly supposed. For example, the importation of slaves into the US became illegal in 1808. Even though you hear about the slave trade and horrible slave ships ending with the Civil War, that had ceased 50+ years prior -- closer to the Revolutionary War than the War Between the States.
Posted by: cthulhu at April 26, 2014 02:51 AM (T1005)
http://www.navy.mw.mil.pl/index.php?akcja=galeriaokrety
Posted by: GMB (et al) at April 26, 2014 02:52 AM (nkPV9)
I see you've researched my great-grandfathers...
//Jan Yellen
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence@sven10077 at April 26, 2014 02:53 AM (TE35l)
and the Anti-Slavery thing was done mostly by the UK-you know the "only group almost as evil as the Modern Republican Party" power....?
I am looking forward to the leftards getting the fruits of their labor with a post-Anglic world.
Only the United Kingdom and United States with aid from Anzac and Canada engaged in war and left freedom in their wake.
Go long on Vaseline and Chinese and Russian futures.
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence@sven10077 at April 26, 2014 02:56 AM (TE35l)
Posted by: No one at April 26, 2014 03:00 AM (Ua6T/)
Vlad? Who knows what he will do. Probably just take what is given until he faces a real war. The russians despite all the eyeoring are not up to a major war.
Posted by: GMB (et al) at April 26, 2014 03:04 AM (nkPV9)
Perpetual Motion-O-nomics is the new rage... all the cool kids are doing it(except Russia but I digress)
Russia is being smart and RIGHT now they would clean our clocks b/c Barry won't fight.
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence@sven10077 at April 26, 2014 03:06 AM (TE35l)
in the end the GOP has been stuck in a gradual slide towards being a funhouse mirror version of the democrats since 1986-88. The "senior"(and I use that word saracastically) minds of the GOP senatorial wing in particular decided that what the Teddy Kennedy and Bobby Byrds really wanted was ok but we need to do it more gradually. When the GOP finally resumed power 8 years later in a shocking upset the GOP senatorial wing was already slouching towards England style Labour thought.
It took a while but the GOP Congress finally got the message and they became addicted to power for its own sake. Bush won nomination back in the day precisely BECAUSE HE WAS SEEN AS A MODERATE. Ponder that this man who would be more at home with LBJ than with Reagan is now being painted up as being to the right of Goldwater.
McCain is cut from the same cloth, but refuses to play the word game that Bush did to snag us conservatives back in 2000 because of his personal temperment. The "moderate" GOP wants to deliver 85% of what the democrats want at 99.75% of the price.
Sans the war it is a sale I'll walk away from as a conservative so we can get the Full Donkey Monty.....
that way when the crash happens it will be deeper and quicker to get to so the American people can finally learn the bitter truth as regards US Government as Perpetual Santa.....
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence@sven10077 at April 26, 2014 03:08 AM (TE35l)
Define "our clocks"
While I agree that barkus dorkus won't fight anywhere around the world, this will force our so called allies to make a stand. While I sympathize greatly with the Ukrainians and their problems, let them start the fighting and dying for their own country.
Let the Europeans fight and die in Europe. If the E.U. Socialist have no will to keep the Russian socialist out of their territory then so be it.
The United States has footed the bill for world wide socialism way too long.
Let he who would be free take up arms to defend his own freedom.
Posted by: GMB (et al) at April 26, 2014 03:12 AM (nkPV9)
Putin could take back the Aleutian Islands right now.
OUR clocks.
It is tempting to agree and let the Marxist pussies in EUtopia get chowed by the bear BUT I am sorta pissed Poland and the Eastern allies get fucked since they gave a lot of effort to help us out in the dirt.
America-never trust it b/c "justice" b/c "liberty"....
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence@sven10077 at April 26, 2014 03:15 AM (TE35l)
Posted by: Carol at April 26, 2014 03:19 AM (gjOCp)
I agree. Poland deserves better. They have been trapped by the bear for hundreds of years. They have been betrayed to the bear. They have suffered under the bear.
Now they have a choice again. To fight or to give up. This time they know going in there will little if any hope.
Some say why fight if you can't win?
I say make the cost so high that even if the bear wins the battle they still lose the war.
Posted by: GMB (et al) at April 26, 2014 03:21 AM (nkPV9)
Posted by: model_1066 at April 26, 2014 03:23 AM (tzfu2)
Posted by: model_1066 at April 26, 2014 03:24 AM (tzfu2)
Posted by: rickl at April 26, 2014 03:25 AM (sdi6R)
Posted by: fluffy at April 26, 2014 03:30 AM (Ua6T/)
Posted by: Carol at April 26, 2014 03:30 AM (gjOCp)
I am 100% Polish & proud of it.
I might have Russian from my paternal grandfather, but it has been over 100 years since he came to the US,
SCOAMF should put missile defense systems Bush had in place or planned. He will not because he will not dare to piss off Putin.
We need a POTUS with balls. If I remember correctly, that was one of The JEF's first thing to stop, wasn't it?
Posted by: Carol at April 26, 2014 07:30 AM (gjOCp)
One only has to visit the Montecassino war memorial in Italy to see the ultimate sacrifice made by thousands of Poles in the defense of freedom. The rows and rows of grave markers are sobering, to say the least.
Posted by: Ammo Dump at April 26, 2014 03:38 AM (GgPam)
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ever been to the Aleutians? Most people wouldn't attack there as a matter of spite.
Posted by: jc at April 26, 2014 03:38 AM (PlzOe)
Yes it was, Carol. I have even more sympathy for the Polish People than I do anyone else besides the American People.
If September 1, 1939 should have taught the Poles anything, it should have taught them the value of any alliance with anyone. They are of "convenience" only. If the didn't learn from that, the Katyn Massacre should have retaught that lesson, if that wasn't enough, the AK uprising of August 44 should have re taught that lesson.
If that wasn't enough, the Lublin Poles, should have retaught it again.
The Poles are a basically tough people. Freedom, death, or slavery to the russian bear again?
Posted by: GMB (et al) at April 26, 2014 03:43 AM (nkPV9)
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Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 26, 2014 03:49 AM (eFLE3)
Today is Saturday, April 26, 2014. On this day in 1607 English colonists landed at Cape Henry, VA. They will later found the colony of Jamestown. This was the first English colony in what later became the United States.
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Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 26, 2014 03:53 AM (T2V/1)
The presidents of the Phi Delta Alpha fraternity and the Alpha Phi sorority at Dartmouth have canceled a fundraiser for cardiac care over concerns that the theme “Phiesta” might be offensive.
One stupid scrunt has concerns and they cancel the entire event.
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And for the ladies, the gold box deal of the day is a bunch of $1.99 best sellers. Sorry guys, these are all ladies books.
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That's it for today folks. I will be dropping out this morning for the beginning of the season's yard work.
Posted by: Vic[/i] at April 26, 2014 03:56 AM (T2V/1)
Posted by: Carol at April 26, 2014 03:58 AM (gjOCp)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 26, 2014 03:58 AM (Ra/a8)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at April 26, 2014 03:59 AM (eFLE3)
Posted by: rickl at April 26, 2014 04:01 AM (sdi6R)
No prob.
For some some better reading Look up "The Anders Army" , The 10th Mechanized Brigade circa Sept 1939, and the short story of Officer Cadet Roman Orlik, who was in my opinion the first tank "Ace" of WW2 fighting in one of theses.
http://derela.republika.pl/tks20_mur.jpg
Posted by: GMB (et al) at April 26, 2014 04:02 AM (nkPV9)
Posted by: Carol at April 26, 2014 04:06 AM (gjOCp)
I've been listening to 'Bloodlands' this week. It's amazing that there is even a nation called Poland today, after all of that insane slaughter.
Hollywood still wants us to believe the Black List was the greatest tragedy ever. I'm just amazed that there were more severe consequences for those supporters of monsters.
Posted by: Epobirs at April 26, 2014 04:09 AM (Icq+V)
Vic was in his Sentinel Siesta...
it's a trick he learned from an Asgardian buddy who called his version- The Odin Sleep
Posted by: Miguel Ambivalence@sven10077 at April 26, 2014 04:15 AM (TE35l)
A more rational person than Daniela Hernandez would have seen the 'Phiesta' as a tribute rather than an insult.
Posted by: Epobirs at April 26, 2014 04:17 AM (Icq+V)
Posted by: WannabeAnglican at April 26, 2014 05:12 AM (vFmT2)
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 26, 2014 08:03 AM (LJ7Ze)
No.
Dennis Rodman DEFECTIVE.
/fify
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at April 26, 2014 06:10 AM (vvk2F)
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