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March 23, 2014

Overnight Open Thread (3-23-2014)
— Maetenloch

I'm going to be super-busy this week so expect ~~minimalistic~~ ~~sparse~~ pithy ONTs.

Le Shock: Racist Dorm Door Writing Was a Hoax

The Grand Valley State University Police Department has concluded a thorough investigation of the Racial Bias incident reported on February 17, 2014. The person believed to be responsible for the drawing and language written on the dry erase board is a Grand Valley student and the owner of the message board.

The incident has had a disruptive impact on the community and as a result, the student has been referred to the Dean of Students for a student code violation. University policy does not permit the release of his/her name.

No they should be named and shamed. And why are these kind of incidents still taken seriously when they're almost always hoaxes.

Free Speech for Me, Theft, Battery, and Vandalism for Thee

Professor of Feminist Studies, Mireille Miller-Young: Thug. And yeah Ace has already covered the 'triggered' part of this story.

In essence, Miller-Young told me that she felt "triggered" by the images on the posters. Miller-Young stated that she had been walking through the Arbor to get back to South Hall. Miller-Young said she was approached by people who gave her literature about abortion. Miller-Young said that she found this literature and pictures disturbing.
...Miller-Young said that she situation became "passionate" and that other students in the area were "triggered" in a negative way by the imagery. Miller-Young said that she and others began demanding that the images be taken down. Miller-Young said that the demonstrators refused.
At which point, Miller-Young said that she "just grabbed it [the sign] from this girl's hands." Asked if there had been a struggle, Miller-Young stated, "I'm stronger so I was able to take the poster."

No doubt Miller-Young could write an entire thesis on physical domination and its role in victimization of minority views but she's absolutely blind to its application in her own actions. I suspect a little Fen's Law action here.

I asked if Miller-Young had carried the poster into her office or if she had students carried it. Miller-Young said that she had carried the poster but that there were students with her. Miller-Young went on to say that because the poster was upsetting to her and other students, she felt that the activists did not have the right to be there.

In a sane, decent world Miller-Young would not be allowed to have any authority over other human beings since she'll just certainly abuse it. But you know...

CA GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Has an Interesting Past

Well I'm sure that the illegal concealed carry, attempted rape, underage hookers, and voluntary manslaughter were all just misunderstandings. On the other hand perhaps he's just the guy to deal with all the un-convicted Democrat criminals in the state legislature.

Quote of the Day

Once, when I was teaching at an institution that bent over backward for foreign students, I was asked in class one day, "What is your policy toward foreign students?" My reply was: "To me, all students are the same. I treat them all the same and hold them all to the same standards." The next semester there was an organized boycott of my classes by foreign students. When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination.

-Thomas Sowell, "The Highway to Serfdom," today.

LAPD Cops Argue All Cars in L.A. Are Under Investigation

For some future non-specified crime.

The agencies took a novel approach in the briefs they filed in EFF and the ACLU of Southern California's California Public Records Act lawsuit seeking a week's worth of Automatic License Plate Reader (ALPR) data. They have argued that "All [license plate] data is investigatory." The fact that it may never be associated with a specific crime doesn't matter.

PowerLine Eviscerates the WaPo over Their Koch Attack Article

And then eviscerates their pathetic response to the first evisceration. Truly a take-down of exquisite beauty.

Let me offer an alternative explanation of why the Washington Post published their Keystone/Koch smear: 1) The Washington Post in general, and Mufson and Eilperin in particular, are agents of the Left, the environmental movement and the Democratic Party. 2) The Keystone Pipeline is a problem for the Democratic Party because 60% of voters want the pipeline built, while the party's left-wing base insists that it not be approved. 3) The Keystone Pipeline is popular because it would broadly benefit the American people by creating large numbers of jobs, making gasoline more plentiful and bringing down the cost of energy. 4) Therefore, the Democratic Party tries to distract from the real issues surrounding the pipeline by claiming, falsely, that its proponents are merely tools of the billionaire Koch brothers-who, in fact, have nothing to do with Keystone one way or the other. 5) The Post published its article to assist the Democratic Party with its anti-Keystone talking points.

Given Mufson and Eilperen's shoddy work and conflict of interest why they're still working for the WaPo is a 'mystery' (see 5. above).

Schumer Claims Senate Has Votes For Journalist Protection Law

But bloggers will be excluded as not being real journalists:

The bill also says that information is only privileged if it is disseminated by a news medium, described as "newspaper, nonfiction book, wire service, news agency, news website, mobile application or other news or information service (whether distributed digitally or otherwise); news program, magazine or other periodical, whether in print, electronic or other format; or thorough television or radio broadcast ... or motion picture for public showing." While the definition covers traditional and online media, it draws the line at posts on Twitter, blogs or other social media websites by non-journalists.

5 Guns The Government Doesn't Want You To Have

10 Cool Places You Are Not Allowed to Visit

Including Niihau, the forbidden island of Hawaii.

Hawt Male Dance Moves Broken Down

By using cutting-edge motion-capture technology, we have been able to precisely break down and analyse specific motion patterns in male dancing that seem to influence women's perceptions of dance quality. We find that the variability and amplitude of movements in the central body regions (head, neck and trunk) and speed of the right knee movements are especially important in signalling dance quality. A 'good' dancer thus displays larger and more variable movements in relation to bending and twisting movements of their head/neck and torso, and faster bending and twisting movements of their right knee. As 80 per cent of individuals are right-footed, greater movements of the right knee in comparison with the left are perhaps to be expected. In comparative research, there is extensive literature on the signalling capacities of movement.Researchers have suggested that females prefer vigorous and skilled males; such cues are derived from male motor performance that provides a signal of his physical condition.

Weekly Commenter Standings

Top 10 commenters:
1 [455 comments] 'MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit ' [63.87 posts/day]
2 [429 comments] 'Mike Hammer'
3 [405 comments] 'thunderb'
4 [379 comments] 'Costanza Defense'
5 [366 comments] 'tangonine'
6 [342 comments] 'EC'
7 [328 comments] 'rickb223'
8 [324 comments] 'Insomniac'
9 [318 comments] 'ManWithNoParty'
10 [293 comments] 'yankeefifth'

Top 10 sockpuppeteers:
1 [140 names] 'Adam' [19.65 unique names/day]
2 [102 names] 'The Political Hat'
3 [76 names] 'Islamic Rage Boy'
4 [72 names] 'Cicero (@cicero)'
5 [42 names] 'kbdabear'
6 [39 names] 'A.S.'
7 [37 names] 'Costanza Defense'
8 [36 names] 'Mike Hammer'
9 [36 names] 'Moron who's gonna be pissed if this interrupts Red Eye'
10 [35 names] 'Romeo13'

The group. Yeah.

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1 And I thought my last post on the other thread was unread.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 23, 2014 05:29 PM (V70Uh)

2 That's early. Thanks!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 23, 2014 05:30 PM (DmNpO)

3 Good evening! Today is my birthday. Yay! I share my birthday with Obamacare. Not so yay.

Posted by: Vendette at March 23, 2014 05:31 PM (8pqpP)

4 Happy Birthday, Vendette!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 23, 2014 05:32 PM (4Ti1k)

5 Watching "The Amazing Race"

Leo and Jamal better never go back to the Middle East.

Just saying.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 23, 2014 05:35 PM (V70Uh)

6 UFC fight in Brazil. Brazil isn't so much into air conditioning their arenas. Dana White ‏@danawhite 5m It's 93 degrees in the arena and 83% humidity!!! That's brutal

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 23, 2014 05:36 PM (ZPrif)

7 Every college "hate-crime" is a hoax.

Posted by: cm9000 at March 23, 2014 05:38 PM (291hy)

8 Here is the "News of the Week" compilation of the news. More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=5384

Posted by: The Political Hat at March 23, 2014 05:39 PM (AymDN)

9 Happy Birthday, Vendette!!

Posted by: Bomber at March 23, 2014 05:39 PM (mPJS+)

10 My addition to the "why the WaPo published the Keystone article": There are thousands of readers who have read the article and will likely never see the pushback from Powerline or anyone at the Post who blogged about it, nor will they see the defense of the article that the authors had to write. They read the original article in the Post and if it's in the Post, it has to be true.

Posted by: Vendette at March 23, 2014 05:39 PM (8pqpP)

11 WaPo has been doing that shit for over a century.

Nobody reads the retraction, if there is one, on page A14.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 23, 2014 05:40 PM (V70Uh)

12 Happy birthday Vendette!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 23, 2014 05:40 PM (60Vyp)

13 I think the Democrats choose GOP candidates in California. They choose everything else. Someone should start a page listing things like every time the left runs a kookoo or an agent, on their own budget, in a GOP primary to siphon off votes. That happened several times in the last couple of elections.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i][/b][/s][/u] at March 23, 2014 05:41 PM (qyfb5)

14 Mo. Rons.

Posted by: fluffy at March 23, 2014 05:42 PM (Ua6T/)

15 were we done talking about cats and guns?

Posted by: mallfly at March 23, 2014 05:42 PM (zjcTL)

16 Niihau, where on 7 Dec 1941 a Zero crash landed. The pilot and one local niseii went on a rampage in an attempt to claim the island for Japan. Other islanders used lethal force to keep the island.

And I am not on the Top Ten list.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 23, 2014 05:43 PM (ec/gS)

17 Weasel Zippers covered the hoax story. And named the hoaxer - Briayanna Walker, a freshman nursing student. Link below.

Posted by: Bomber at March 23, 2014 05:43 PM (mPJS+)

18 were we done talking about cats and guns? Posted by: mallfly -------------------- In conclusion... Guns - Yes Cats - Anitbiotics since they like to cage fight

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 23, 2014 05:44 PM (4Mv1T)

19 Damn, 9th on the wall of shame. I gotta get some hobbies....

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 05:44 PM (ojnk6)

20 That didn't come out right.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 23, 2014 05:44 PM (4Mv1T)

21 I only wish that my President loved his country as much as Mr. Putin loves his.

Alas. The Chinese curse is upon us. We live in interesting times.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 23, 2014 05:45 PM (V70Uh)

22 Happy birthday, Vendette! I got you the same thing I got you last year.

Posted by: DC in Towson at March 23, 2014 05:45 PM (6NGyP)

23 were we done talking about cats and guns?
If you know what's good for you.

Posted by: cat with a gun at March 23, 2014 05:45 PM (Ua6T/)

24 Miller Young? I saw them open for Old Cooties in '78

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at March 23, 2014 05:45 PM (l0lja)

more from the link about Putzhead Charlie:

The bill's protections would apply to a "covered journalist," defined as an employee, independent contractor or agent of an entity that disseminates news or information. The individual would have to have been employed for one year within the last 20 or three months within the last five years.

It would apply to student journalists or someone with a considerable amount of freelance work in the last five years. A federal judge also would have the discretion to declare an individual a "covered journalist" who would be granted the privileges of the law.

Posted by: mallfly at March 23, 2014 05:45 PM (zjcTL)

26 Damn, 9th on the wall of shame. I gotta get some hobbies.... Posted by: ManWithNoParty ----------------------------------- I was there last year. I just distribute my comments to more blogs.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 23, 2014 05:46 PM (4Mv1T)

27 I am done talking about my cat. Tell me about your guns.

You know. The ones you lost in that unfortunate boating accident.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 23, 2014 05:47 PM (V70Uh)

28 Is this an April Fools joke?

Rifftrax will be doing three episodes on National Geographic it is being reported.

http://screenrant.com/mystery-science-theater-3000-new-show/

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 23, 2014 05:47 PM (ec/gS)

29 Anybody ever been to Ft Polk? If not, don't bother. This place sucks ass.

Posted by: Bomber at March 23, 2014 05:47 PM (mPJS+)

30 Dan Henderson in the UFC main event now on FoxSports 1. Might be his last fight ever in UFC. Hendo is a legend in MMA, but he's 43. More important he takes TRT and UFC has now banned that. Not clear if he'll retire or go fight somewhere else where they allow it.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 23, 2014 05:47 PM (ZPrif)

31 And they are still talking cats and guns downstairs.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 23, 2014 05:47 PM (4Mv1T)

32 Cats with guns? Piffle I say. Here is a cat in a tank.

http://youtu.be/mSBKZPNsK74

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 23, 2014 05:48 PM (ec/gS)

33 Posted in the gaming thread, but that is mostly dead now, so, vi InstyÂ… RIDDING THE GAMING COMMUNITY OF Â‘misogyny, sexism, racism, ethnocentrism, nationalism, ageism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, queerphobia and other types of social injustice.Â’ http://tinyurl.com/ptrpxku

Posted by: The Gaming Hat at March 23, 2014 05:49 PM (AymDN)

34 Wow, ONT's early tonight.

10 Cool Places You Are Not Allowed To Visit

I'm surprised that Centralia, PA isn't on that list.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia,_Pennsylvania

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 23, 2014 05:49 PM (HVI5a)

35 But do you have the picture of the cat with the Lime helmet?

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 23, 2014 05:49 PM (V70Uh)

36 Ft. Polk, LA? Why in Hades are you there? On wait, orders...

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 23, 2014 05:49 PM (ec/gS)

37 My younger brother went to Niihau to install some missile test monitoring equipment. He tells funny stories about the trip.

Posted by: toby928© at March 23, 2014 05:49 PM (QupBk)

38 test

Posted by: Y-not at March 23, 2014 05:49 PM (zDsvJ)

39 Well, they've done it again. A common thread runs throughout Cosmos. With their depictions of the evil, black-eyed, red-robed priests of the Inquisition in mind, I wondered whether Robert Hooke was being portrayed accurately, at least in a physical sense. So, I looked him up. And.... yes. It seems they have once again taken it upon themselves to create a caricature of whomever they deem the enemy of science. I think I've now had my fill of Cosmos.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 23, 2014 05:49 PM (DmNpO)

With regard to Fen's Law, which I believe is this:

Fen's Law: "The left believes none of the things they lecture the rest of us about."

I think they do 'believe' the things they lecture us about...

They just don't seem to apply those things to themselves.

Or maybe they think they are 'above' those things being applied to them.

Either way, they are floating on a sea of their own hypocrisy.

Posted by: wheatie at March 23, 2014 05:50 PM (De5Op)

41 Posted by: mallfly at March 23, 2014 09:42 PM (zjcTL) Giant kitteh featured in Japanese chewing gum ad: http://tinyurl.com/mlf4v8n

Posted by: ol_dirty_/b/tard at March 23, 2014 05:50 PM (DB1vy)

42 Is the WH on the list?

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at March 23, 2014 05:50 PM (l0lja)

43 Hmm, tried posting twice prior to that test.

Posted by: Y-not at March 23, 2014 05:50 PM (zDsvJ)

44 Journalist protection law? Free speech... what does that even mean?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 23, 2014 05:50 PM (60Vyp)

45
CA GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Has an Interesting Past

Well, given that the front runner for the Republican nomination* is the Goldman banker who ran the TARP program and who voted for Obama -- this guy -- not so bad.

*Technically we don't have partisan races in CA any more. Top two in the primary go to the general regardless of nominal party affiliation.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 23, 2014 05:50 PM (kdS6q)

46 They read the original article in the Post and if it's in the Post, it has to be true. Posted by: Vendette at March 23, 2014 09:39 PM (8pqpP) fnord (8pqpP) There are growing numbers of people (in more than one faction) that have the fairly absolute belief that they have access to the Real Truth that other people do not, and it is almost impossible for them to question their own beliefs. That's probably always been true, but in this day and age it's pretty inexcusable to *never* question your sources. And yet... and yet...

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 23, 2014 05:50 PM (qyfb5)

47 Baylor is laying a beating on Creighton.

Posted by: Vendette at March 23, 2014 05:51 PM (8pqpP)

48 That picture doesn't do me justice. I'm actually quite cute and petite.

Posted by: Mireille Miller-Young at March 23, 2014 05:51 PM (JQuNB)

49 I think the Democrats choose GOP candidates in California. They choose everything else.

Someone should start a page listing things like every time the left runs a kookoo or an agent, on their own budget, in a GOP primary to siphon off votes. That happened several times in the last couple of elections.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 23, 2014 09:41 PM (qyfb5)

The Democrats also try to pick their opponents here in Illinois. It almost worked with the union backed candidate coming within a few points of stealing the Republican nomination for Governer.

Posted by: cm9000 at March 23, 2014 05:52 PM (291hy)

50 29 Anybody ever been to Ft Polk? If not, don't bother. This place sucks ass. Posted by: Bomber at March 23, 2014 09:47 PM (mPJS+) Lots of troops did advanced training there in 'Nam years.

Posted by: BignJames at March 23, 2014 05:52 PM (HtUkt)

51 I think I've now had my fill of Cosmos. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 23, 2014 09:49 PM (DmNpO) fnord (DmNpO) http://youtu.be/bpbFFUjI-Cc

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 23, 2014 05:52 PM (qyfb5)

52 >>> Ft. Polk, LA? Why in Hades are you there? On wait, orders...

Yep. Two months here. Training on stuff that has absolutely no connection to the next deployment.

Posted by: Bomber at March 23, 2014 05:52 PM (mPJS+)

53 That's probably always been true, but in this day and age it's pretty inexcusable to *never* question your sources. And yet... and yet... Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 23, 2014 09:50 PM (qyfb5) I'll be stunned if Harry Reid isn't on the Senate floor tomorrow proclaiming the Post article as gospel truth as part of his smear campaign.

Posted by: Vendette at March 23, 2014 05:53 PM (8pqpP)

54 That island in the photo above looks like the United States.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 23, 2014 05:53 PM (DmNpO)

55 Bomber!

Posted by: 5.0 Coors at March 23, 2014 05:54 PM (fHhk+)

56 Happy Birfday Vendette! It is my youngest daughters Birfday today too.... 10 years old. Makes me feel like the old fart that I am.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at March 23, 2014 05:54 PM (jucos)

57 The Democrats also try to pick their opponents here in Illinois. It almost worked with the union backed candidate coming within a few points of stealing the Republican nomination for Governer. Posted by: cm9000 at March 23, 2014 09:52 PM (291hy) fnord (291hy) Well they try to do it everywhere, that's why the left and the MFM (do I have to say it?) have such a boner for being in charge of the debates.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 23, 2014 05:54 PM (qyfb5)

58 I quit "Cosmos" after the first episode.

Using a "science" show to attack religion, when the truth is the church in the middle ages defended science.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 23, 2014 05:54 PM (V70Uh)

39...I think I've now had my fill of Cosmos.

Thanks for that report, NDH.

I have resisted watching it because there are already enough things for me to be disgusted about...and I suspected that would be another one.

Posted by: wheatie at March 23, 2014 05:54 PM (De5Op)

60 >>> Lots of troops did advanced training there in 'Nam years.

My dad was here for Basic in 1970.

Posted by: Bomber at March 23, 2014 05:54 PM (mPJS+)

61 Holy Crap. Major mudslide in Washington state, about a square mile's worth, kills at least 4. Link in sig.

Posted by: Splunge at March 23, 2014 05:55 PM (qyomX)

62 55 That island in the photo above looks like the United States. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 23, 2014 09:53 PM (DmNpO) Yeah, it does...kinda.

Posted by: BignJames at March 23, 2014 05:55 PM (HtUkt)

63 42 Ha! I was going to ask if the asshat calling 1600 Pennsylvania Ave home for now had allowed public tours to resume yet.

Posted by: Darth Randall at March 23, 2014 05:56 PM (6n332)

64 Hendo KOs Shogun. Hendo took a beating for 2 rounds. Then 1 punch. Fight was almost stopped in both rounds 1 and 2 as Hendo got knocked down and nearly out. Shogun didn't put him away, though, and ended up on his back in the 3rd.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 23, 2014 05:56 PM (ZPrif)

65 The Dems do their best to pick National R candidates. Why should states be any different?

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 05:56 PM (ojnk6)

66 Still guessing what is a percussion revolver, so dead end to that question I see.

OTOH, I really like that IDF Tavor bullpup thing. Must be mucho $$$

Posted by: NCwoof at March 23, 2014 05:57 PM (aUQgu)

67 >>> I quit "Cosmos" after the first episode.

I quit it before the first episode.

Posted by: Bomber at March 23, 2014 05:57 PM (mPJS+)

68 Bomber, I thought you were getting out. One more tour?

Posted by: DC in Towson at March 23, 2014 05:58 PM (6NGyP)

69 Looks like I'll be picking up more winnings at the bookie tomorrow. However, first time my team will be facing a higher ranked one.

Posted by: The March Madness Hat at March 23, 2014 05:59 PM (AymDN)

If Schumer and Hairy Reed do pass that Death To Free Speech Law...and Barky signs it...

Then, there actually may be a chance to sweep the house in this years elections...one that even the GOPe can't fuck up.

Posted by: wheatie at March 23, 2014 05:59 PM (De5Op)

71 DC, three years to go. One more deployment, then (hopefully) a little bit of payback on the way out.

Posted by: Bomber at March 23, 2014 05:59 PM (mPJS+)

72 Wow Susan Rice wants to start a war with Israel.

http://observer.com/2014/02/susan-rice-forbids-israel-from-criticizing-kerry/

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 23, 2014 05:59 PM (ec/gS)

73 Are we allowed to priss in the door and smirk about the UK Wildcats winning tonight? Two Kentucky universities will be facing off next; but there can be only one.

Posted by: I'd rather be surfin at March 23, 2014 06:00 PM (/pbBz)

74 40 With regard to Fen's Law, which I believe is this:
Fen's Law: "The left believes none of the things they lecture the rest of us about."
I think they do 'believe' the things they lecture us about...
They just don't seem to apply those things to themselves.

I'm not so sure they do believe the things they lecture us about. Remember when they told us that signing statements were a horrible violation of the Constitution, and that the Senate "nuclear option" was evidence that the Republicans wanted to destroy the country? Do you think we'd be hearing a lecture about the immorality of droning terrorists if a Republican were President?

Posted by: Splunge at March 23, 2014 06:00 PM (qyomX)

75 The Dems do their best to pick National R candidates. Why should states be any different? Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 09:56 PM (ojnk6) The California GOP is f**ked. They are throwing everything they can to deny the Dems a 2/3 supermajority in the state Senate. They didn't even bother filing anyone for state Treasurer. The only other person aside from the anointed Dem is a Green party member.

Posted by: The Fools Golden Hat at March 23, 2014 06:01 PM (AymDN)

76 Still guessing what is a percussion revolver, so dead end to that question I see. A revolver that loads with loose (black) powder and projectile from the from front of the cylinder, and a separate cap on the nipple. Pretty much every revolver up through the Civil War and used alongside the newer cartridge revolvers for a long time afterwards.

Posted by: Grey Fox at March 23, 2014 06:01 PM (qxS12)

77 10 Cool Places You Are Not Allowed to Visit "A wyman's vagina" wasn't listed,

Posted by: Male OFA "Feminist" at March 23, 2014 06:01 PM (WlWt+)

78 71 Then, there actually may be a chance to sweep the house in this years elections...one that even the GOPe can't fuck up. Posted by: wheatie at March 23, 2014 09:59 PM (De5Op) Sure they can. Immigration. They're hard at work trying their best to fuck this up.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 06:01 PM (ojnk6)

79 I can see clearly now, the rain is gone....

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 23, 2014 06:02 PM (ZshNr)

80 >>>One more deployment, then (hopefully) a little bit of payback on the way out. Family with you at Polk at least? Sorta related, my BIL is gonna be allowed to finish out his 20, not that the cheating asshole deserves it. That douche.

Posted by: DC in Towson at March 23, 2014 06:02 PM (6NGyP)

81 Looks like the Crimean "Attorney General" not only has fanart, but likes a lot of that fanart: http://tinyurl.com/qde9a8c Warning: Ads at site are NSFW.

Posted by: The Moé Hat at March 23, 2014 06:03 PM (AymDN)

82 Hal Linden wrote a book in the 70's predicting that the US would be part of the worldwide assault against Israel.

I thought that wouldn't happen in my lifetime.

Oh well.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 23, 2014 06:03 PM (V70Uh)

83 76 Oh I know. I come from Illinois.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 06:03 PM (ojnk6)

84 I'm for bed. Stupid job. See y'all next weekend.

Posted by: DC in Towson at March 23, 2014 06:04 PM (6NGyP)

85 Also, chihuahuas dressed up as the Sailor Scouts from Sailor Moon: http://tinyurl.com/n3bdn6d Warning: Ads at site are NSFW.

Posted by: The Moé Hat at March 23, 2014 06:04 PM (AymDN)

86 >>> Family with you at Polk at least?

No, but they might come visit next weekend. Schedule here sucks anyway, not worth them moving. 0630-1700 Mon-Sat, with one long day each week. At least it's only 8 weeks. Then we all go to DC for the summer.

Posted by: Bomber at March 23, 2014 06:05 PM (mPJS+)

87 DC,

"Work is for people that don't know how to surf."

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 23, 2014 06:05 PM (V70Uh)

88 Still guessing what is a percussion revolver, so dead end to that question I see. OTOH, I really like that IDF Tavor bullpup thing. Must be mucho $$$ Posted by: NCwoof at March 23, 2014 09:57 PM (aUQgu) fnord (aUQgu) http://bit.ly/1pqu1TA

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 23, 2014 06:05 PM (qyfb5)

89 Hal Linden wrote a book in the 70's predicting that the US would be part of the worldwide assault against Israel. Barney Miller? Or Hal Lindsey of Late Great Planet Earth fame?

Posted by: toby928© at March 23, 2014 06:05 PM (QupBk)

90 TPH remember this post of yours?

http://idol.sankakucomplex.com/post/show/352979

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 23, 2014 06:05 PM (ec/gS)

91
The California GOP is f**ked.
Posted by: The Fools Golden Hat

When even the state Republican chairman donates to Democrats -- what can you do?

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 23, 2014 06:05 PM (kdS6q)

92 77 @ GreyFox

So five (or six) cylinders loaded, fired, and then reloaded? Thanks for the post; student of revolvers here.

Posted by: NCwoof at March 23, 2014 06:06 PM (aUQgu)

93 Happy Birfday Vendette! It is my youngest daughters Birfday today too.... 10 years old. Makes me feel like the old fart that I am. Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at March 23, 2014 09:54 PM (jucos) Tell her happy birthday from me!

Posted by: Vendette at March 23, 2014 06:06 PM (8pqpP)

94 92 Is that for real? Good Lord.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 06:06 PM (ojnk6)

95 Linden, Lindsey.

At the time, I gave more credence to Barney Miller.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 23, 2014 06:06 PM (V70Uh)

96 TPH remember this post of yours? http://idol.sankakucomplex.com/post/show/352979 Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 23, 2014 10:05 PM (ec/gS) I knew exactly what it was before clicking.

Posted by: The Moé Hat at March 23, 2014 06:06 PM (AymDN)

97 31 And they are still talking cats and guns downstairs. Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 23, 2014 09:47 PM (4Mv1T) Here, it's boobs and guns http://tinyurl.com/3mtk9x7

Posted by: kbdabear at March 23, 2014 06:07 PM (aTXUx)

98 The California GOP is f**ked. Posted by: The Fools Golden Hat When even the state Republican chairman donates to Democrats -- what can you do? Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 23, 2014 10:05 PM (kdS6q) I hadn't heard that one yet. Are you referring to the current chair?

Posted by: The Political Hat at March 23, 2014 06:07 PM (AymDN)

99 The Illinois GOP seems pathetic until you look at California or Massachusetts.

Posted by: cm9000 at March 23, 2014 06:07 PM (291hy)

100 So five (or six) cylinders loaded, fired, and then reloaded? Thanks for the post; student of revolvers here. Posted by: NCwoof at March 23, 2014 10:06 PM (aUQgu) fnord (aUQgu) http://youtu.be/3l4alj6RRkM

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 23, 2014 06:08 PM (qyfb5)

101 I gave up on Cosmos part of the way through episode two.

I wanted Carl Sagan with updated knowledge gained over the last thirty years.

I got a cartoon with a political agenda.

I settled for anything-but-Cosmos.

Posted by: Retread at March 23, 2014 06:08 PM (cHwk5)

102 Well, gotta run. If they get the internet in the barracks working, I'll be around more. I hope they fix it tomorrow, since I'm paying for it. See y'all later.

Posted by: Bomber at March 23, 2014 06:08 PM (mPJS+)

103 I was just reading this post at Hot Air about how hack nate silver finally allows the GOP has better than a 50% chance at winning the Senate (find it yourself, ace's archaic code still doesn't allow long URLs-I remember installing a script in our forum to automatically truncate them in 2002) Looking at his picks, something occurred to me: he always picks favorites. If you spend all your time picking the favorite, who are usually favored for very good reasons, you'll end up with a pretty good track record of predictions. He picks the GOP to win in GA, even tho it's close, and the dems to win in MI, altho that's also close. Why? Because, all things being equal, these are the results you'd expect. He NEVER picks any long-shots against the common wisdom. He picked Obama because he was favored and most polls did pick him to win. You too can be a star number-cruncher like silver. Pick the favorite to win every week in the NFL, every game, and you'll have a pretty sweet record of predictions, I'd suppose. Don't know why it took me so long to figure his schtick out. When has silver ever picked a long-shot and had it pan out?

Posted by: docweasel at March 23, 2014 06:08 PM (gW7Y2)

104 Keith Ellison and Al Franken are complete fucking idiots. Thanks again Minnesota!

Posted by: Chavez the Hugo at March 23, 2014 06:08 PM (Q8vlx)

105 When even the state Republican chairman donates to Democrats -- what can you do? Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 23, 2014 10:05 PM (kdS6q) Pray for SMOD. Or the "Big One" (possible causes: Fracking, Atlas, Perses, Nukes, so on and so forth).

Posted by: Thrawn at March 23, 2014 06:08 PM (WlWt+)

106 Grant Thompson - "The King of Random" This guy has great YouTubes http://is.gd/rRKH8H

Posted by: toby928© at March 23, 2014 06:08 PM (QupBk)

107 Cya Bomber.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 23, 2014 06:09 PM (ec/gS)

108 Cuz I'm an a-hole and detest Obamma in all forms Can anyone name a truely smart person on his team?

Posted by: 5.0 Coors at March 23, 2014 06:09 PM (fHhk+)

109 http://youtu.be/bpbFFUjI-Cc Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 23, 2014 09:52 PM (qyfb5) *** I was fully open to the show and then, in the very first episode, they launched their attack on truth. Last week wasn't too bad but, again, this week, the antagonist is misrepresented. The only reason to watch it now is to see just how far they'll take it.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 23, 2014 06:09 PM (DmNpO)

110 Howdy, y'all -- waking up in 8 hours to get on an airplane, so won't be on too long tonight.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 06:09 PM (T1005)

111 Good night, Bomber!

Posted by: Vendette at March 23, 2014 06:09 PM (8pqpP)

112 RIP James Rebhorn Character actor who usually played stiff assed authority figures He was on Homeland, played the prosecutor on the final episode of Seinfeld, and was the headmaster Mr Trask in "Scent of a Woman"

Posted by: kbdabear at March 23, 2014 06:09 PM (aTXUx)

113 >>>"Work is for people that don't know how to surf." I do know how to surf. And my 9'6 Ashton is pissed because I've been ignoring her for two years. I say again, stupid work. After I win the mega millions, it'll be nothing but surfing, lifting and cooking.

Posted by: DC in Towson at March 23, 2014 06:10 PM (6NGyP)

114 I feel triggered by your pithiness.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 23, 2014 06:10 PM (XeVA7)

115 The Illinois GOP seems pathetic until you look at California or Massachusetts. Posted by: cm9000 at March 23, 2014 10:07 PM (291hy) Sigh. I remember when in California the GOP had a majority in the Assembly, a majority of the Congressional delegation, one of the U.S. Senate seats, and most of the statewide offices. In the past 20+ years the defense industry fled, millions of conservatives also fled, and millions of illegal immigrants moved in. California was dominated by Republicans for most of the 20th Century, with Republicans holding the Governorship for 78 of the 100 years.

Posted by: The Hat Flag Republic at March 23, 2014 06:10 PM (AymDN)

116 Truth be told, I must give credit to Hal Lindsey for my adult conversion.

I have never regretted it.

Most of his shit is crap, however.

The wrath of God? Extinguished on the cross.

As long as there are souls to save, in Africa, Asia, anywhere, the end is not nigh.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 23, 2014 06:10 PM (V70Uh)

117 Baylor beats Creighton by 30. Yikes.

Posted by: Vendette at March 23, 2014 06:11 PM (8pqpP)

118 Anybody ever been to Ft Polk? If not, don't bother. This place sucks ass.

My final unit was 4th BDE, 10th Mtn. You have my sympathies.

I liked the Sugar Shack, since it was the only bar I know of where you could still smoke inside, and it was mostly locals and older NCOs, so you didn't have the stupid joe tricks that you get elsewhere.

Other than that, it was a complete pit. I'm actually glad that I spent more time deployed to Afghanistan than I did actually there.

Where are you staying?

Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 23, 2014 06:11 PM (b6nAI)

119 Mireille Miller-Young looks like Roseanne Barr's uglier mixed race half younger half sister.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 23, 2014 06:12 PM (oFCZn)

120 Early ONT, I was watching Shameless on Showtime! Hello Everyone!

Posted by: Carol at March 23, 2014 06:12 PM (gjOCp)

121 If she and her pack were so fucking "triggered" by it, why were she and her minions giggling and snickering as they scurried away with the poster?

Posted by: Get On Board The Pug Train! at March 23, 2014 06:12 PM (vFh9Q)

122 116 I hear ya THFR. I was offered a job for significantly more money, but located in San Diego. When I ran the numbers, most of the extra cash would have gone to the State. No, thank you.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 06:13 PM (ojnk6)

123 The wrath of God? Extinguished on the cross. As long as there are souls to save, in Africa, Asia, anywhere, the end is not nigh. Posted by: Grampa Jimbo -------------------------------- I agree on the first, not so sure on the second. I used to believe it. Our ways are not His ways.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 23, 2014 06:13 PM (4Mv1T)

124 g'evenin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 23, 2014 06:14 PM (JMmQ9)

125 Early ONT, I was watching Shameless on Showtime! Hello Everyone! *** I keep saying I'm going to check it out but haven't yet. Did you see the latest House of Lies? Boy, did it take a turn!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 23, 2014 06:14 PM (DmNpO)

126 With Iran building nukes, Man will probably smite itself.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 23, 2014 06:14 PM (ec/gS)

127 Howdy, y'all -- waking up in 8 hours to get on an airplane, so won't be on too long tonight. *** Where ya headed?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 23, 2014 06:15 PM (DmNpO)

128 I hear ya THFR. I was offered a job for significantly more money, but located in San Diego. When I ran the numbers, most of the extra cash would have gone to the State. No, thank you. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 10:13 PM (ojnk6) I escaped from California. They'd have to pay me a metric s**tload of money, and I'd be planning on finding a better job elsewhere from day one.

Posted by: The Hat Flag Republic at March 23, 2014 06:15 PM (AymDN)

129 So five (or six) cylinders loaded, fired, and then reloaded? Thanks for the post; student of revolvers here. Yep. I have a modern replica of a 1851 Colt Navy, but I have never fired it - it went through a fire and when I was given it as a teenager I didn't have the skills to fix it completely. It works, kinda, but doesn't always turn the cylinder properly. I tend to forget I own it.

Posted by: Grey Fox at March 23, 2014 06:15 PM (qxS12)

130

75 40
With regard to Fen's Law, which I believe is this:

Fen's Law: "The left believes none of the things they lecture the rest of us about."

I think they do 'believe' the things they lecture us about...

They just don't seem to apply those things to themselves.

I'm not so sure they do believe the things they lecture us about. Remember when they told us that signing statements were a horrible violation of the Constitution, and that the Senate "nuclear option" was evidence that the Republicans wanted to destroy the country? Do you think we'd be hearing a lecture about the immorality of droning terrorists if a Republican were President?

Posted by: Splunge at March 23, 2014 10:00 PM (qyomX)

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Well yeah, Splunge...they lecture us about all those things.

And then they don't hold themselves to what they lecture us about.

But I'm not willing to let them off the hook for their Outrageous Hypocrisy in doing that.

Which is what saying "They really don't believe it" does.

They're lecturing us about it.

They're acting as though they are setting a 'standard' by which all that it applies to shall henceforth adhere to.

If we in turn say..."Yeah, but they really don't believe that".

Then it seems to me like we're giving them a Pass for being such rank hypocrites.

Posted by: wheatie at March 23, 2014 06:15 PM (De5Op)

131 So many triggers, so little time.

Posted by: Hyphenated Miller Young at March 23, 2014 06:16 PM (Dwehj)

132 Closet organizing can lead to frustrating indecision http://tinyurl.com/n3hczmt

Posted by: kbdabear at March 23, 2014 06:17 PM (aTXUx)

133 I have no problems wit cops running plates. They recover stolen cars or if the car was reported as being used in a felony they should investigate. The fact that the plate is in plain view and the investigation non intrusive means that it will not be struck down by the courts.

Posted by: Get On Board The Pug Train! at March 23, 2014 06:17 PM (vFh9Q)

134 7 Every college "hate-crime" is a hoax. Well, every one in which the perpetrator is not immediately known.

Posted by: AmishDude at March 23, 2014 06:17 PM (xSegX)

135 TPH, did an Evangelion movie marathon last night with friends. Watched the two new movies. Then someone brought out End of Evangelion.

Many an ego was eroded by that last movie and thus the Third Impact occurred.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 23, 2014 06:17 PM (ec/gS)

136 For those with Showtime, they have been airing a delightful movie, 'Quartet', about a retirement facility for opera singers and musicians. Charming. I love that the Brits still assign meaningful roles to their aging thespians.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 23, 2014 06:18 PM (DmNpO)

137 10 Cool Places You Are Not Allowed to Visit 11. - Kate Upton's dressing room

Posted by: kbdabear at March 23, 2014 06:18 PM (aTXUx)

138 The only reason to watch it now is to see just how far they'll take it. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 23, 2014 10:09 PM (DmNpO) fnord (DmNpO) It's the MFM (not just the news, watch Discover or other infotainment channels) in a nutshell. They lie to smear the Kulaks (you and me), and then when they're called out they do it again, only louder. It's no wonder they have to spend half their time talking about how wonderful they are, if they allowed themselves any self-reflection they'd burst from the hypocrisy.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 23, 2014 06:18 PM (qyfb5)

139 Closet organizing can lead to frustrating indecision http://tinyurl.com/n3hczmt Posted by: kbdabear at March 23, 2014 10:17 PM (aTXUx) Please, may she take her frustration out on my in a sexy, sexy wayÂ…

Posted by: The Soothing Republic at March 23, 2014 06:18 PM (AymDN)

140 When has silver ever picked a long-shot and had it pan out? Posted by: docweasel at March 23, 2014 10:08 PM (gW7Y2) What does his bracket look like?

Posted by: AmishDude at March 23, 2014 06:18 PM (xSegX)

141 Bomber, its better now then in August.

Posted by: Jean at March 23, 2014 06:19 PM (Aqvh6)

142 129 I escaped from IL in '86 for the same reason. It hadn't totally flipped at that time, but one could see where all this was going. There exists an amount of cash that would get me back to Crook County, but I'm fairly confident no company will offer me such an amount, as it's a metric fuck ton number.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 06:19 PM (ojnk6)

143 Oddly enough that description of male dancing sounded familiar, so I did a little looking and sure enough it was cribbed almost verbatim from a 1948 Neurology textbook chapter on epilepsy.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at March 23, 2014 06:19 PM (g4TxM)

144 My triggers have triggers.

Posted by: Hyphenated Miller Young at March 23, 2014 06:19 PM (Dwehj)

145 TPH, did an Evangelion movie marathon last night with friends. Watched the two new movies. Then someone brought out End of Evangelion. Many an ego was eroded by that last movie and thus the Third Impact occurred. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 23, 2014 10:17 PM (ec/gS) I'm going to hold out on the last of the new four movies coming out and then marathon them all.

Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at March 23, 2014 06:19 PM (AymDN)

146 Hey Merovign, I am thinking about getting a 1911 with my tax refund, but the model I have been wanting all these years, the Springfield GI, is no longer available. can you recommend a reliable basic 1911 for under $700 or so?

Posted by: Grey Fox at March 23, 2014 06:19 PM (qxS12)

147 59 I quit "Cosmos" after the first episode. Using a "science" show to attack religion, when the truth is the church in the middle ages defended science. Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 23, 2014 09:54 PM (V70Uh) Not only defended, but slowly re-educated Dark Ages Europe. If not for the Church, the Renaissance may not have occurred for long, long time after it did. Whoop that one on a secular hipster and watch the pained expressions and repetitive tsk-ing. They so smaht.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC shaking his head in utter amazement at March 23, 2014 06:20 PM (6wSrc)

148 29 Anybody ever been to Ft Polk? If not, don't bother. This place sucks ass.

Is Tigerland still there?

Posted by: Sue Mundy at March 23, 2014 06:20 PM (9qkJm)

149 Truth be told, I must give credit to Hal Lindsey for my adult conversion... Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 23, 2014 10:10 PM Please tell me that it's not the same guy from Barney Miller... wait, check that: Barney Miller starred Hal Linden..you can see how I'd get confused

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 23, 2014 06:20 PM (JMmQ9)

150

133 Closet organizing can lead to frustrating indecision

http://tinyurl.com/n3hczmt

Posted by: kbdabear at March 23, 2014 10:17 PM (aTXUx)

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That looked like a really well-organized closet to me, kb.

Posted by: wheatie at March 23, 2014 06:20 PM (De5Op)

151 My triggers have triggers. Posted by: Hyphenated Miller Young at March 23, 2014 10:19 PM (Dwehj) We all know what triggers actually represent, such as in Upotte!Â…

Posted by: 政治的な帽子 at March 23, 2014 06:20 PM (AymDN)

152

Open Thread 2: The Triggering.

Posted by: otho at March 23, 2014 06:20 PM (9gNQd)

153 Ruger SR 1911

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 23, 2014 06:21 PM (4Mv1T)

154 120 Mireille Miller-Young looks like Roseanne Barr's uglier mixed race half younger half sister.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 23, 2014 10:12 PM (oFCZn)
Half sister.Half brother.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 23, 2014 06:21 PM (XeVA7)

155 TPH, then you need some music to properly set the mood.

http://youtu.be/hxqRhR1c6Wo

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 23, 2014 06:21 PM (ec/gS)

156 is no longer available. can you recommend a reliable basic 1911 for under $700 or so? Posted by: Grey Fox at March 23, 2014 10:19 PM (qxS12) Go the extra $$$ and seek a Kimber. You won't be sorry.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC shaking his head in utter amazement at March 23, 2014 06:22 PM (6wSrc)

157 The Springfield Combat Operator (a compact) is nice. Very nice trigger for a production gun.

Posted by: Jean at March 23, 2014 06:22 PM (Aqvh6)

158 The Democrats also try to pick their opponents here in Illinois. It almost worked with the union backed candidate coming within a few points of stealing the Republican nomination for Governer. Posted by: cm9000 at March 23, 2014 09:52 PM (291hy) Wow, same happens here in Massachusetts! Unions get out the vote for their preferred candidate. That is why that fool Deval Patrick is our governor, despite the fact that heÂ’s a carpetbagger from Chicago a little twice of SCOAMF.

Posted by: Carol at March 23, 2014 06:22 PM (gjOCp)

159 Criminy, Vendette -- it's my sister's birfday, too.............hope you're not my sister.... *blushes*

Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 06:23 PM (T1005)

160 157 Been slathering over a Springfield EMP .45 for some time. Quite spendy though...

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 06:23 PM (ojnk6)

161 Here's the Hendo KO from tonight's UFC main event. Hendo took a beating, but he always has one punch KO power. http://t.co/cgqDDgOgMm

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 23, 2014 06:24 PM (ZPrif)

162 Grampa Jimbo: well said about Hal Lindsey. I've seen him on TBN. So bitter and angry... I think he's secretly a progressive. ;-)

In the meantime, apologies but I just have to share this. Having a hard time keeping my bile in anymore. My all-time favorite liberal movie commentator to kick around, Jeffrey Wells, just couldn't review Noah without injecting his usual hateful bullshit. Below is a link to his review, an anti-Christian paragraph of it, and the revision that I took it upon myself to leave in his comment section.

http://www.hollywood-elsewhere.com/2014/03/initial-burst/

Wells: "Rightwing Christian wackos are apparently objecting to the ecological metaphors about tending the garden and whatnot. Conservatives have always felt itÂ’s their right to have absolute dominion over the earth, and in todayÂ’s context that means an absolute right to despoil all they want so they can swagger around and live in McMansion vacation homes in Wyoming or Idaho so IÂ’m not surprised this aspect bothers them. Who are we to obey the earth? The earth obeys us, and we can burn fossil fuels any time we feel like it. We have our lifestyles to enhance!"

qdpsteve: "Leftwing atheist assholes are apparently objecting to the biblical respect about fearing God and whatnot. Progressives have always felt itÂ’s their right to have absolute dominion over the universe, and in todayÂ’s context that means an absolute right to hate and propagandize all they want so that their hypocritical leaders can swagger around and live in giant BevHills estates while ordering the rest of us to live in mud huts, so IÂ’m not surprised this aspect bothers them. Who are we to believe in God? "Liberals" demand absolute obedience, and they spew bigoted bullshit any time they feel like it. They have their precious egos to enhance."

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 23, 2014 06:24 PM (HVI5a)

163 Whoop that one on a secular hipster and watch the pained expressions and repetitive tsk-ing. Posted by: 98ZJUSMC shaking his head in utter amazement at March 23, 2014 10:20 PM (6wSrc) From what I've heard and gathered, presenting facts to a low information leftist is countered with "you're making that up!!" AtC told us of just such a response the other day

Posted by: kbdabear at March 23, 2014 06:24 PM (aTXUx)

164 62 Holy Crap. Major mudslide in Washington state, about a square mile's worth, kills at least 4. Link in sig.
Posted by: Splunge at March 23, 2014 09:55 PM (qyomX) Hide posts from (qyomX)

I heard about that and was keeping an eye open for PGiS -- she was having premonitions of doom recently.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 06:25 PM (T1005)

165 Ruger SR 1911 Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 23, 2014 10:21 PM Is it all that, and more, TR? I'm in the market for a 1911 and the Ruger is on my short list.

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 23, 2014 06:25 PM (JMmQ9)

166 I received more useful guidance of how to live life from Hal Linden (Barney Miller) than from Hal Lindsey (The Late Great Planet Earth).

So, question for the faithful: would your faith be shaken if Israel were annihilated by the Persians?

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 23, 2014 06:25 PM (V70Uh)

167 My doctor told my on my last visit that I'd be well advised to lose 40 to 50 pounds of rage as soon as possible.

Posted by: Hyphenated Miller Young at March 23, 2014 06:25 PM (Dwehj)

168 163 Steve, please tell me you posted that to him.,

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 06:26 PM (ojnk6)

169 Conservatives have always felt itÂ’s their right to have absolute dominion over the earth, and in todayÂ’s context that means an absolute right to despoil all they want so they can swagger around and live in McMansion vacation homes in Wyoming or Idaho so IÂ’m not surprised this aspect bothers them. Which "conservatives" have McMansion vacation homes in Wyoming or Idaho? Hell, Aspen is rich lefty central. There are rich conservatives but they tend not to take a lot of vacations. So much fail.

Posted by: AmishDude at March 23, 2014 06:27 PM (xSegX)

170 Thanks for the suggestions, guys, but those are a bit out of my price range. Besides, I was kind of hoping for something resembling the old military versions, though that may be a bit of romanticism on my part. (As a matter of fact, the desire for a 1911 is itself a bit of romanticism...)

Posted by: Grey Fox at March 23, 2014 06:28 PM (qxS12)

171 Criminy, Vendette -- it's my sister's birfday, too.............hope you're not my sister.... *blushes* Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 10:23 PM (T1005) And earlier this evening I met someone who is also celebrating his birthday today. Plus there's TrunkMonkey's daughter mentioned above. Do you just have one sister with a birthday today? If so, you're fine.

Posted by: Vendette at March 23, 2014 06:28 PM (8pqpP)

172 >>>Wow, same happens here in Massachusetts! Unions get out the vote for their preferred candidate. That is why that fool Deval Patrick is our governor, despite the fact that heÂ’s a carpetbagger from Chicago a little twice of SCOAMF.<<<

The best straw is someone who doesn't even know they're a straw.

Thanks Tim Cahill.

Posted by: Howie Carr at March 23, 2014 06:28 PM (08jH8)

173 From what I've heard and gathered, presenting facts to a low information leftist is countered with "you're making that up!!" *** At a progressively louder volume. I had words with a know-it-all co-worker during the 2000 election and the more facts I offered to rebut her arguments the louder, and LOUDER she got. So much so, that a crowd gathered around. What really sent her off the deep end was when I calmly said to her "Yelling about this doesn't make you right, it only assures that even more people can hear you being wrong" She completely lost it and had to be approached by a director to tell her to cool it.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 23, 2014 06:29 PM (DmNpO)

174 I escaped from IL in '86 for the same reason. It hadn't totally flipped at that time, but one could see where all this was going. There exists an amount of cash that would get me back to Crook County, but I'm fairly confident no company will offer me such an amount, as it's a metric fuck ton number.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 10:19 PM (ojnk6)

Damn, you got out 28 years ago? And here I am still working on my exit plan.

Posted by: cm9000 at March 23, 2014 06:29 PM (291hy)

175 And environmentalist STILL want most of us to die.

The sooner the better for them.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 23, 2014 06:29 PM (V70Uh)

176 101 @Merovign

Yowza. Great video. Thx. Fascinates me how the men during that time managed to stay loaded under fire. That one vid showed me what I wanted to know. Thx again. Wow. Plus what a beautiful firearm!

Posted by: NCwoof at March 23, 2014 06:29 PM (aUQgu)

177 So, question for the faithful: would your faith be shaken if Israel were annihilated by the Persians? Faithful Jews or faithful Christians?

Posted by: Grey Fox at March 23, 2014 06:30 PM (qxS12)

178 Jimmy Carter has truly lost his mind. I bet I'm higher on the NSA priority list then him.

Posted by: Jean at March 23, 2014 06:30 PM (Aqvh6)

179 A pack of LIV being presented facts is akin to Moonwatcher's tribe before the Monolith. Lots of racket.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 23, 2014 06:31 PM (ec/gS)

180 I am thinking about getting a 1911 with my tax refund, but the model I have been wanting all these years, the Springfield GI, is no longer available. can you recommend a reliable basic 1911 for under $700 or so? Posted by: Grey Fox at March 23, 2014 10:19 PM (qxS12) fnord (qxS12) Everyone has their boosters and detractors, especially in that price range, and it seems like no one does serious testing anymore, just a range session and an article (years ago I read a 10,000 round test on a SIG P220). That being said - Rock Island Arms Taurus Charles Daly Ruger SR1911 Para Ordnance In no particular order. One theory is to go as cheap as you can / used gun and just plan on spending a couple hundred with a reputable gunsmith to tune it up. For whatever reason, probably because people just expect it, 1911s often require a bash on the head to work properly. Nobody else gets away with that. In order of "internet complaints least to most": Ruger Daly Para RIA Taurus But that's not really a definitive answer either. Dalys are relatively rare, Para 1911s have been around forever, Taurus and Ruger relatively new in this market. Para, Taurus and to some extent RIA will be more "kitted out" with custom parts from the factory. Paras can be high-capacity depending on your state. Oh I forget Remington, I think I saw their basic 1911 for under $700.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 23, 2014 06:31 PM (qyfb5)

181 And now Virginia's starting to take it to Memphis. Is it just me, or have there been more lopsided losses yesterday and today than Thursday and Friday?

Posted by: Vendette at March 23, 2014 06:31 PM (8pqpP)

182 128 Howdy, y'all -- waking up in 8 hours to get on an airplane, so won't be on too long tonight.

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Where ya headed? Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 23, 2014 10:15 PM (DmNpO) Hide posts from (DmNpO)

The wild woolies of Greensboro, NC -- with after trips to Savannah and Charleston.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 06:32 PM (T1005)

183 Jimmy Carter has truly lost his mind.

Shit, that rowboat left the dock decades ago.

Posted by: The Rabbit at March 23, 2014 06:32 PM (Dwehj)

184 Barney Miller wrote books?

Posted by: Soothsayer, Lesbian Outreach Coordinator at March 23, 2014 06:32 PM (nylF6)

185

I am getting so sick of the Left rewriting history to suit themselves.

Case in point:

'Da Vinci' on Starz channel.

I'm done with it.

As disgusted as I was with the first season...I shouldn't have watched the season 2 premier last night.

According to this show, Leonardo Da Vinci was a bisexual horndog, with supernatural visions, who delves into every ancient pagan religion that he can find.

All in search of 'the hidden knowledge of the ages', of course.

Now, I am all for entertaining tales of pure fiction, mind you.

But why do they have to spin such tales around an actual Historical Figure?

Why not just create a whole new tale of some fictional character?

Posted by: wheatie at March 23, 2014 06:32 PM (De5Op)

186 I had words with a know-it-all co-worker during the 2000 election and the more facts I offered to rebut her arguments the louder, and LOUDER she got. So much so, that a crowd gathered around.

What really sent her off the deep end was when I calmly said to her "Yelling about this doesn't make you right, it only assures that even more people can hear you being wrong"

She completely lost it and had to be approached by a director to tell her to cool it.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 23, 2014 10:29 PM

You triggered her. So, it's all your fault. Also, you were being bossy.

Posted by: otho at March 23, 2014 06:32 PM (9gNQd)

187 175 Indeed CM, moved to GA in '86 and am now looking at Texas to finish the career and retire there. Grew up in Park Ridge, back when it was just a middle class town. I have 3 siblings that still live in Crook County and bitch about things, but still reliably pull the D lever.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 06:32 PM (ojnk6)

188 I had a LIV co-worker who voted for Obama, I fired him. Felt good.

Posted by: Jean at March 23, 2014 06:32 PM (Aqvh6)

189 Is it all that, and more, TR? I'm in the market for a 1911 and the Ruger is on my short list. Posted by: AltonJackson -------------------------------------- For a 1911 under $700, it has a very large following. I personally own and carry a Colt in the "rotation" of carry weapons. I have heard that the front sights can break off the Ruger due to recoil.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 23, 2014 06:33 PM (4Mv1T)

190 Thanks, Merovign.

Posted by: Grey Fox at March 23, 2014 06:33 PM (qxS12)

191 Jews, I presume, are not terribly faithful for worldly outcomes. Understandably, they are perhaps accustomed to disappointment. My question, primarily, is to Christians, many of whom see the modern State of Israel as divinely sanctioned and protected.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 23, 2014 06:34 PM (V70Uh)

192 Also, you were being bossy. *** I should trademark bossy. I own it.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 23, 2014 06:34 PM (DmNpO)

193 is no longer available. can you recommend a reliable basic 1911 for under $700 or so? Posted by: Grey Fox at March 23, 2014 10:19 PM (qxS12) Go the extra $$$ and seek a Kimber. You won't be sorry. Posted by: 98ZJUSMC shaking his head in utter amazement at March 23, 2014 10:22 PM The least expensive Kimber is over twice as expensive as the budget will allow. Don't get me wrong, if I hit the lottery tomorrow, I'd have a Kimber on my hip before sundown. Gander Mountain is selling the "American Classic 1911" for less than $500. Who makes it? Can you get extra mags? Years ago, a cow-orker bought a ChiCom 1911 copy that (supposedly) the parts were interchangeable with the Colt 1911... I remain skeptical...

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 23, 2014 06:34 PM (JMmQ9)

194 With Iran building nukes, Man will probably smite itself.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 23, 2014 10:14 PM (ec/gS)

Pff. ARGENTINA is gonna enrich Uranium too. Ya gonna trust Peronists to be rational and adult with a nuke?

Posted by: kindletot at March 23, 2014 06:34 PM (LRUgq)

195 My goal in life is to despoil as much of the earth as Al Gore. No more, no less.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 23, 2014 06:34 PM (ZPrif)

196 The wild woolies of Greensboro, NC -- with after trips to Savannah and Charleston. *** Business or pleasure? Will you have time to take in some Southern charm?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 23, 2014 06:35 PM (DmNpO)

197 I've never been triggered, but I did consider it a time or two.

Posted by: Dale Evans at March 23, 2014 06:35 PM (g4TxM)

198 134
I have no problems wit cops running plates. They recover stolen cars or if the car was reported as being used in a felony they should investigate. The fact that the plate is in plain view and the investigation non intrusive means that it will not be struck down by the courts. Posted by: Get On Board The Pug Train! at March 23, 2014 10:17 PM (vFh9Q) Hide posts from (vFh9Q)

If the cops were running plates and any "dings" were picked up 5 miles down the road, I wouldn't have a problem with having them run plates, either. But what is happening is that massive amounts of data are being collected and cross-correlated (using programming languages that didn't even exist 10 years ago) to build sophisticated behavioral models to nefarious ends. And it's getting very annoying, 'cause I can pick it up in my peripheral vision.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 06:36 PM (T1005)

199 Barney Miller wrote books?
Posted by: Soothsayer, Lesbian Outreach Coordinator at March 23, 2014 10:32 PM (nylF6)
Harris was the one who wrote books.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 23, 2014 06:37 PM (XeVA7)

200 I have been triggered many times. But western civilizational values kept me from doing anything.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 23, 2014 06:37 PM (V70Uh)

201 Hello internet friends! Just finished the drive from Edmond,OK to SLC. We take possession of the house tomorrow and will officially be Utahns. Relo is a bitch!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 23, 2014 06:38 PM (0fyMd)

202 And Detective, later Captain, Harris was also a Republican.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 23, 2014 06:38 PM (hn5v5)

203 My question, primarily, is to Christians, many of whom see the modern State of Israel as divinely sanctioned and protected. Not being one of those Christians who believes that the modern state of Israel is dearer to the Almighty than any other modern state, the answer in my case is "no." Not that I wouldn't be upset if it were to happen, of course - I am a fairly strong supporter of Israel for purely secular reasons.

Posted by: Grey Fox at March 23, 2014 06:39 PM (qxS12)

204 Triggering - synonym for Poor Impulse Control.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 23, 2014 06:39 PM (ec/gS)

205 Some witless turdling on Twitter is hurting my one feeling because I dared to question Valerie Jarrett's position in the Obama administration. KFI 640am will have her on during the 5am hour tomorrow morning and I think someone should ask her "who made you President?"

Posted by: mpfs, Go SDSU! at March 23, 2014 06:39 PM (EAJ0x)

206 201 I have been triggered many times. But western civilizational values kept me from doing anything. Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 23, 2014 10:37 PM (V70Uh) Indeed. This "triggered" business sounds like a cover for "too immature and uncivilized to keep my shit together when challenged."

Posted by: Insomniac at March 23, 2014 06:39 PM (mx5oN)

207 So, question for the faithful: would your faith be shaken if Israel were annihilated by the Persians? Would this be happening around Megiddo?

Posted by: toby928© at March 23, 2014 06:39 PM (QupBk)

208 is no longer available. can you recommend a reliable basic 1911 for under $700 or so? Posted by: Grey Fox at March 23, 2014 10:19 PM (qxS12) All American made 1911's are reliable. Auto Ordinance makes a simple one for $400 ish. It needs new grips, rather than the factory ones

Posted by: 5.0 Coors at March 23, 2014 06:39 PM (fHhk+)

209 That Miller-Young woman looks like a real charmer. Progressives only believe in 'tolerance' in regard to their own perspective. Kind of like the Nazis, or Stalin.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 23, 2014 06:40 PM (aDwsi)

210 She completely lost it and had to be approached by a director to tell her to cool it. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 23, 2014 10:29 PM (DmNpO) fnord (DmNpO) It's deliberate policy on the left to make "spaces" intolerable for others and thus to "take over" those spaces. It's why they run the MFM, academia, and most of the bureaucracy. If you don't submit, they goe apeshit in hopes of either making you submit, driving you off, or embarrassing you into silence. It's grotesque behavior and practicing it makes you a grotesque person, as we see more and more. And believing in it makes you kind of dumb about it, as a very, very smart liberal recently displayed by saying they "didn't see how" the Daily Show host shouting in a German accent holding his finger under his nose like a Hitler mustache was an attempt to *shut down* conversation and mark someone as "beyond the pale" rather than continuing the conversation. Basically you're dealing with a warring tribe that thinks they are philosopher kings.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 23, 2014 06:40 PM (qyfb5)

211 Forbidden place No. 11 - My workshop.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 23, 2014 06:41 PM (aDwsi)

212 191 @GreyFox

Thx to you also. Am in revolver kintergarden.
Love the old military guns.

Posted by: NCwoof at March 23, 2014 06:41 PM (aUQgu)

213 The 1911 is on my must have list. Any reason not to go with Colt?

Posted by: cm9000 at March 23, 2014 06:41 PM (291hy)

214 205 Triggering - synonym for Poor Impulse Control.

Your criticism of triggering triggers me. That makes me a victim. So I win.

/Progressive logic

Posted by: Splunge at March 23, 2014 06:41 PM (qyomX)

215 Indeed. This "triggered" business sounds like a cover for "too immature and uncivilized to keep my shit together when challenged." Posted by: Insomniac ----------------------------------- That could not have been better stated.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 23, 2014 06:41 PM (4Mv1T)

216

Professor Miller-Young used the age old excuse that wife-beaters and child-beaters have used for ages...

"It's your[/y] fault. Just look what you made me do!"

Isn't that what "She triggered me" means?

..."Look what you made me do"?

Posted by: wheatie at March 23, 2014 06:42 PM (De5Op)

217 Forbidden place No. 11 - My workshop.

"Oh yeah? That's what you think." - Mike Hammer's cat.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 23, 2014 06:42 PM (ec/gS)

218 uh oh

Posted by: wheatie at March 23, 2014 06:42 PM (De5Op)

219 Indeed. This "triggered" business sounds like a cover for "too immature and uncivilized to keep my shit together when challenged." Posted by: Insomniac ------------- A psychologist would call it "Gross rationalization to justify one's behavior."

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 23, 2014 06:43 PM (aDwsi)

220 It's deliberate policy on the left to make "spaces" intolerable for others and thus to "take over" those spaces. It's why they run the MFM, academia, and most of the bureaucracy. If you don't submit, they goe apeshit in hopes of either making you submit, driving you off, or embarrassing you into silence. It's grotesque behavior and practicing it makes you a grotesque person, as we see more and more. And believing in it makes you kind of dumb about it, as a very, very smart liberal recently displayed by saying they "didn't see how" the Daily Show host shouting in a German accent holding his finger under his nose like a Hitler mustache was an attempt to *shut down* conversation and mark someone as "beyond the pale" rather than continuing the conversation. Basically you're dealing with a warring tribe that thinks they are philosopher kings. **** The older I am the more convinced I become that liberalism is a mental defect. It simply isn't possible that Dem operatives have disseminated the policy to every living lib, yet they all employ the same tactics.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 23, 2014 06:43 PM (DmNpO)

221 Gander Mountain is selling the "American Classic 1911" for less than $500. Who makes it? Can you get extra mags? Years ago, a cow-orker bought a ChiCom 1911 copy that (supposedly) the parts were interchangeable with the Colt 1911... I remain skeptical... Posted by: AltonJackson at March 23, 2014 10:34 PM (JMmQ9) You really have to go out and "try on" 1911's. Try to find a gun range that has loaner guns you can try out. See which ones feel the best in your hand, have safeties you can reliably work if they are external, see which ones have a kick you can handle comfortably(so that you will practice with it). Buy the best gun you can afford. I know of several people who own cheap semi autos and hate them. Was in Cabelas recently, and they have so many used handguns for sale it's amazing. And telling also....

Posted by: Jen at March 23, 2014 06:43 PM (mynOu)

222 Auto close tags in the sock save wheatie's ass from the barrel.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 23, 2014 06:44 PM (hn5v5)

223 The 1911 is on my must have list. Any reason not to go with Colt? Posted by: cm9000 ---------------------------- Get a Series 70, versus 80. The 80 has safety features built in that purists don't like and performance tuning more difficult. I own a Series 80 and am happy with it, but the 70 will be more desirable if you sell it also.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 23, 2014 06:45 PM (4Mv1T)

224 The older I am the more convinced I become that liberalism is a mental defect. It simply isn't possible that Dem operatives have disseminated the policy to every living lib, yet they all employ the same tactics. Progressivism does seems to attract an inordinate number of people with emotional, if not mental, disorders.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 23, 2014 06:45 PM (mx5oN)

225 Love the old military guns. If metal cartridge ammo had never been invented, the Ruger New Army revolver would be the height of pistol technology. http://is.gd/ubqATS On the plus side, no FFL record to buy one.

Posted by: toby928© at March 23, 2014 06:45 PM (QupBk)

226 221 It's deliberate policy on the left to make "spaces" intolerable for others and thus to "take over" those spaces.
It's why they run the MFM, academia, and most of the bureaucracy.

I was thinking about exactly that today. What really pisses me off is that this crap works. It doesn't deserve to.

Posted by: Splunge at March 23, 2014 06:45 PM (qyomX)

227 Ancient sock removal, just in case

Posted by: Meremortal, something's burning... at March 23, 2014 06:45 PM (1Y+hH)

228 Years ago, a cow-orker bought a ChiCom 1911 copy that (supposedly) the parts were interchangeable with the Colt 1911... I remain skeptical... Posted by: AltonJackson at March 23, 2014 10:34 PM (JMmQ9) fnord (JMmQ9) I have not seen one in a long time, but if you can find one they are generally fine. Good steel, holes in the right places, saw a *lot* of custom guns built on their frames early on - wish I'd picked up a couple because getting a new frame (only) in CA now is quite annoying. I didn't mention it because I haven't seen one in a long time, would need to check if they were still being imported.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 23, 2014 06:45 PM (qyfb5)

229 220 The same way they identify kids who don't want to obey their parents as having "Oppositional Defiance Disorder". It's really a thing. Used to be known as being a kid. Now, it must be classified, compartmentalized, and treated.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 06:46 PM (ojnk6)

230 Bitch was asking for it. She triggered me!

Posted by: Bubba the wife beater at March 23, 2014 06:46 PM (De5Op)

231 So the Ike Turner defense?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 23, 2014 06:47 PM (ec/gS)

232 Miller-Young was "triggered" to "Go Postal"

Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at March 23, 2014 06:48 PM (e8kgV)

233 So the Ike Turner defense? I still chuckle when I think of that headline: Ike beats Tina to death.

Posted by: toby928© at March 23, 2014 06:48 PM (QupBk)

234 I have not seen a new chi-com 1911 since the late 90's I think Kimbers are over rated, My Springfield runs awesome

Posted by: 5.0 Coors at March 23, 2014 06:48 PM (fHhk+)

235 so made the list again. either I am not working enough or not drinking enough.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 23, 2014 06:49 PM (rDidD)

236 So if that self-righteous, vindictive, solipsistic hag gets off of her assault charge, does that mean that punching an Occupy cretin will be legal, if the sight of them is "triggering?"

Posted by: Splunge at March 23, 2014 06:49 PM (qyomX)

237 235 Aye, Springfields are good and very relaible.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 06:49 PM (ojnk6)

238 "Oh yeah? That's what you think." - Mike Hammer's cat. Posted by: Anna ------------------ Funny you should say that. Imagine a two-throat Mikuni side-draft completely disassembled. All the jets, screws, etc, etc, neatly contained on a metal tray. Phone rings. I go answer. I return. The parts have been stirred. Upon reassembly, I am missing an accelerator pump jet. Do you know how difficult it is to get a replacement? I belly crawl around the basement with a flashlight. Jet is discovered 20' away under the water heater. Apparently batted there by the little shit.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 23, 2014 06:49 PM (aDwsi)

239 According to this show, Leonardo Da Vinci was a bisexual horndog, with supernatural visions, who delves into every ancient pagan religion that he can find.
All in search of 'the hidden knowledge of the ages', of course.
Posted by: wheatie at March 23, 2014 10:32 PM (De5Op)
The hidden knowledge being the science of solar cells and windmills bringing about a new golden age of Marxism.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 23, 2014 06:49 PM (XeVA7)

240

232 So the Ike Turner defense?

Exactly so.

Posted by: wheatie at March 23, 2014 06:50 PM (De5Op)

241 You really have to go out and "try on" 1911's. Posted by: Jen at March 23, 2014 10:43 PM (mynOu) This. When I shopped for mine I was truly amazed at the # of makes and mods for 1911s....an incredible amount.

Posted by: BignJames at March 23, 2014 06:50 PM (HtUkt)

242 235 I have not seen a new chi-com 1911 since the late 90's I think Kimbers are over rated, My Springfield runs awesome Posted by: 5.0 Coors at March 23, 2014 10:48 PM (fHhk+) Springfield does make a nice 1911. STI International also makes some good ones.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 23, 2014 06:50 PM (mx5oN)

243 ManWithNoParty: yep, I posted that parody of Wells' own words in a comment to him at his site, Hollywood Elsewhere. :-) Please, go there and provide one of your own.

The man is so out there with his hateful intolerant LEFTIST beliefs, even most of the *liberals* in his comment section have called him out; it happened most recently at his blog when he wrote no one should remember Shirley Temple Black because she "became a Republican late in life."

I know I'm getting to him because once before when I ridiculed one of his anti-Christian rants, he chided me for being "so full of bile." I didn't even bother to respond. He's a screaming Stalinist hypocrite who richly deserves to be treated the way he treats others.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 23, 2014 06:51 PM (HVI5a)

244 Sounds like Miller-Young needs to stop. being. bossy.

Posted by: irony at March 23, 2014 06:51 PM (08jH8)

245 Bappy hirthday Vendette!

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 23, 2014 06:51 PM (RZ8pf)

246 The hidden knowledge being the science of solar cells and windmills bringing about a new golden age of Marxism. Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 23, 2014 10:49 PM (XeVA7) An idea for my new book is brewing...

Posted by: Dan Brown at March 23, 2014 06:51 PM (WlWt+)

247 197 The wild woolies of Greensboro, NC -- with after trips to Savannah and Charleston.

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Business or pleasure? Will you have time to take in some Southern charm? Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 23, 2014 10:35 PM (DmNpO) Hide posts from (DmNpO)

It's 50-50 with the BH -- I'm bootlegging along. The southern swing is entirely touristy. I have a rather urgent errand to run -- something about a repurposed cat toy for a min-pin.

I hope there's all kinds of Southern charm....'cause I would seriously be relieved if 2014 were the year of "escape from Progressivesland."

This evening's episode of "wait, wait" was broadcast from SF, and the tag at the end was a quip by Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane: "San Francisco is forty-nine square miles surrounded by reality". Since then, it's metastasized.....

Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 06:51 PM (T1005)

248 Posted by: Insomniac at March 23, 2014 10:50 PM (mx5oN) yes STI in nice too

Posted by: 5.0 Coors at March 23, 2014 06:52 PM (fHhk+)

249 206 Some witless turdling on Twitter is hurting my one feeling because I dared to question Valerie Jarrett's position in the Obama administration. KFI 640am will have her on during the 5am hour tomorrow morning and I think someone should ask her "who made you President?" Posted by: mpfs, Go SDSU! at March 23, 2014 10:39 PM (EAJ0x) How far to the left has KFI moved without becoming Pacifica? I haven't listened to it in 10 years, gave up listening to them other than Rush, the rest of them are RINO squishes or moved over to the left. Many years ago, John and Ken were based on a New Jersey staion, and when I moved to California I figured at least I wouldn't have to hear those blowhards again. Then a few years later they're hired by KFI in L.A. Hopefully no idiot decides to syndicate them nationally

Posted by: kbdabear at March 23, 2014 06:52 PM (aTXUx)

250 The 1911 is on my must have list. Any reason not to go with Colt? Posted by: cm9000 at March 23, 2014 10:41 PM (291hy) fnord (291hy) As with AR-15s, they're the gold standard nobody even bothers to mention.

It's rare for Colt to make a bad gun. The older I am the more convinced I become that liberalism is a mental defect. It simply isn't possible that Dem operatives have disseminated the policy to every living lib, yet they all employ the same tactics. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 23, 2014 10:43 PM (DmNpO) fnord (DmNpO) It's like anyone's tactics, devoid of a sense of shame or a moral sense that can't be instantly overriden if the ends are deemed essential. So, in a sense, yes. Basically you're talking about people who think they're the most rational and logical people in the room, and they'll pitch a screaming fit if you dare disagree with them.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 23, 2014 06:52 PM (qyfb5)

251 Imagine a two-throat Mikuni side-draft completely disassembled. All the jets, screws, etc, etc, neatly contained on a metal tray. Posted by: Mike Hammer --------------------------- Pray tell, what vehicle did these came off of? I had a pair of factory 44mm sidedraft Mikuni Solexes on a '69 Datsun 2000.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 23, 2014 06:53 PM (4Mv1T)

252 As a Catholic, I am repeatedly told that the original Covenant between God and the Jews is still in effect. My father believed that the Jews coming back to Palestine was a precursor to the end-times.

Just idle curiosity.

Interesting times indeed.

Good night.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 23, 2014 06:53 PM (V70Uh)

253 244 I would Steve, but I have exporcised those types from my life. They are hopeless, IMO. Did the same on FB, because it was useless. Facts don't matter, emotions are where its at. No, thank you.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 06:53 PM (ojnk6)

254

240...The hidden knowledge being the science of solar cells and windmills bringing about a new golden age of Marxism.

Of course...and he also single-handedly saves the De Medicis from the scheming corruption and brutality of the Pope and the Catholic church.

Posted by: wheatie at March 23, 2014 06:53 PM (De5Op)

255 mpfs, I thought you moved out of Clownifornia? Or do you listen to KFI online?

Posted by: kbdabear at March 23, 2014 06:53 PM (aTXUx)

256 Please no more closet organizing talk. I have been at it for 2 days now and I am still not even halfway through cleaning, sorting, organizing, and bug defending my closet. Yeah maybe I have a lot of clothes. And shoes. And purses.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 23, 2014 06:54 PM (RZ8pf)

257 As a Catholic, I am repeatedly told that the original Covenant between God and the Jews is still in effect. My father believed that the Jews coming back to Palestine was a precursor to the end-times. *** So did my grandmother.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 23, 2014 06:54 PM (DmNpO)

258

Kimber? I wouldn't. Way too much price for a "designer-chic" gun, with far too many model variants not exactly having sterling reputations in terms of quality and function.

Futher, Kimber has a fairly well deserved reputation for spotty customer service.

Yeah, lots of people have good ones. Lots of people have bad ones, too. Run a Bing search on "Kimber problems", and be amazed.

If you want a Springfield GI, go to Gunbroker.com, and look 'em up. You'll find one, and if you're patient, a NIB (new in box) unit will come along. Bid wisely, and be willing to lose in an auction fight. Don't succumb to "gottahavit" fever, there.

And strangely, the inexpensive Rock Island imports are gaining a reputation as a very good chassis for the price. And I do know that they sell a GI variant, so it's worth a look. Two caveats on the RIA 1911s though. Buy a full spring set from Wolff Springs. Install 'em after a 500 round break-in. And, ditch the mags, and invest in Chip McCormick Power Mags, (or Ed Brown, or Wilson, or even Kimber mags.....yeah, their mags are good).

About 80 percent of all semi-auto "problems" can be traced to 1. bad mags, or 2. worn springs.

Nothing personal on dissing the Kimbers. Ask most gun retailers who don't carry them, why they don't. You'll get an earful.

Jim

Sunk New Dawn

Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at March 23, 2014 06:55 PM (vvk2F)

259 So I made pork chops with a mustard-tarragon sauce for dinner. I followed the recipe which said to sear them on one side at medium-high heat for 3 minutes, flip them over, reduce heat to medium, and cook for 5-10 minutes until the internal temperature reached 135Âº. The problem was that the thermometer only read 100Âº even after 10 minutes. I cut one open and didn't see any pink, so I stopped cooking. I didn't want them to end up like shoe leather. It tasted all right. I think my thermometer works. I hope I don't end up in the emergency room. I also had a problem with the pan sauce. It didn't thicken like the recipe said. It was kind of runnier than I would have liked. I always have trouble like that when cooking. It never seems to go the way the cookbook says it should.

Posted by: rickl at March 23, 2014 06:55 PM (sdi6R)

260 Good post, Jim in TX

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 23, 2014 06:57 PM (4Mv1T)

261 The problem was that the thermometer only read 100Âº even after 10 minutes. I cut one open and didn't see any pink, so I stopped cooking. I didn't want them to end up like shoe leather. It tasted all right. I think my thermometer works. I hope I don't end up in the emergency room. Soon.

Posted by: Trichinella Spiralis at March 23, 2014 06:57 PM (mx5oN)

262 The question we must ask is, when will Putin realize that we live in the 21st century?

Posted by: Barack Obama at March 23, 2014 06:57 PM (Aif/5)

263 I remain disaster free Cthulhu, so far. Sad about that mudslide. Completely out of nowhere. There are still people missing in it, they could hear people calling out but couldn't get to them.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 23, 2014 06:57 PM (RZ8pf)

264 263 And the 80s called, wanting their Diplomatic policy back....

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 06:58 PM (ojnk6)

265 263 The question we must ask is, when will Putin realize that we live in the 21st century? Posted by: Barack Obama at March 23, 2014 10:57 PM (Aif/5) And when will Obummer realize we don't live in a choom fueled late-night freshman dorm room bullshit session?

Posted by: Insomniac at March 23, 2014 06:59 PM (mx5oN)

266 260 The problem was that the thermometer only read 100Âº even after 10 minutes. I cut one open and didn't see any pink, so I stopped cooking.

Time for a new thermometer! You can't have 100 degrees and no pink. And no need to worry about your health. The freaking out about raw pork dates back to backyard pig raising, where trichinosis was a major issue. These days, the Germans even have a dish of raw pork, and they don't seem to be dying off.

Posted by: Splunge at March 23, 2014 06:59 PM (qyomX)

267 ManWithNoParty: I'm probably going to have to take the same advice one of these days. Wells may as well be Fred Phelps: NOTHING is going to change him.

If I need to learn about new movies and upcoming blu-rays, there's always Nikke Finke and Blu-Ray.com I guess.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 23, 2014 06:59 PM (HVI5a)

268 TR - My rather trick Mazda GLC hatchback. A pair of 40mm sidedrafts. That would have been..., hmm, early 80's. Carbs and manifold came from your neck of the woods. Can't recall the name of the outfit. Bet you wish you still had that 2000. I haven't seen one in years.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 23, 2014 07:00 PM (aDwsi)

269 Yo, PGiS!!! What about that landslide thingie you guys just had up there? Was that consistent with your recent feelings of impending doom, or was it too far out in the boonies?

Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 07:00 PM (T1005)

270 Putin will reconstitute the former Soviet Union. Neither Nato nor OShitstain will doing anything about it.

Poland remains a puzzle. Will Russia invade Poland, a NATO member?

I doubt it. Putin will happily scarf up the former "socialist republics."

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 23, 2014 07:00 PM (V70Uh)

271 226 @toby928

Really 'pretty' guns. Nother stupid question:

What is the lever part of the revolver called?
That "loads" the chamber.

Posted by: NCwoof at March 23, 2014 07:00 PM (aUQgu)

272 Heh, your Barry, I tell him I break him, he begs me bend him over first.

Posted by: Vladimir Putin at March 23, 2014 07:01 PM (Aif/5)

273
I hadn't heard that one yet. Are you referring to the current chair?
Posted by: The Political Hat

Yep.

A campaign committee controlled by the newly elected chairman of the state Republican Party donated $1,300 to Democrat Wendy GreuelÂ’s Los Angeles mayoral bid.

Jim Brulte said he made the donation before he realized Kevin James was a viable Republican candidate. Â“That was before I thought Kevin James had a great shot,Â” he said of the September donation. Â“At the end of the day, look at what the Democrats have done to that city. And I think Eric Garcetti and Jan Perry, who are good people, would be more of the same. Sometimes you have to find the least objectionable alternative.Â”

Brulte also insists he will Â“not wade into incendiary matters like immigration, climate change or same-sex marriageÂ“.

Legal Insurrection

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at March 23, 2014 07:01 PM (kdS6q)

274 "When will Putin realize that we live in the 21st century?"

Well, the last guy who tried to tell Vlad that, he had stoned to death. So the chances aren't looking good...

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 23, 2014 07:01 PM (HVI5a)

275 263 The question we must ask is, when will Putin realize that we live in the 21st century?

Gutfeld must be loving this. Obama's basically saying that his No 1 geopolitical foe (wait, where have I heard that before?) is NOT COOL, and the doofus expects that to influence Putin's actions.

Posted by: Splunge at March 23, 2014 07:02 PM (qyomX)

276 What is the lever part of the revolver called? That "loads" the chamber. Loading lever, I think.

Posted by: Grey Fox at March 23, 2014 07:02 PM (qxS12)

277 The ONT certaintly has some gun peeps who know their shit

Posted by: 5.0 Coors at March 23, 2014 07:02 PM (fHhk+)

278

265 263
And the 80s called, wanting their Diplomatic policy back....

Well, a big part of that was Reagan's Star Wars defense program.

Which was basically a big head fake.

Barky can't even think of doing something like that...since he's basically neutered NASA, and turned it into a 'muslim outreach' program.

Posted by: wheatie at March 23, 2014 07:02 PM (De5Op)

279 This evening's episode of "wait, wait" was broadcast from SF, and the tag at the end was a quip by Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane: "San Francisco is forty-nine square miles surrounded by reality". Since then, it's metastasized..... Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 10:51 PM (T1005) If trends continue as they are and barring a massive collapse of the tech sector, the looney and colorful lefties will be driven out of San Francisco due to ultra-high rents and "trendy" restaurants that nonetheless are conformist in cuisine. Actually that'll be a shame because the loonies make San Francisco colorful and interesting, it's not as if they came in and ruined the place. The techies taking over because of the "vibrant culture" of SF will ironically drive out what they find appealing about it. What's left are overpriced gourmet coffee shops and fusion cuisine eateries each looking for some faddish edge. In the end it's not the spontaneous weirdness of San Francisco, but centrally planned and controlled culture of the Google Left And that would be pretty sad

Posted by: kbdabear at March 23, 2014 07:02 PM (aTXUx)

280 Grey Fox I am thinking about getting a 1911 with my tax refund, ... One thing you might consider doing is checking out manufacturers, models and prices on-line. I did this, as an exercise, for M1911 models. As you might expect, each manufacturer has a price range, and many overlap ... although not all. There is an implication of quality, but it seems only partly related to price: Kahr, Taurus, TISAS, Century and Armscor have sub $400 offerings; Ruger, EAA, ATI and Bersa start at $410, Taylor & Co, American Classic, Cimarron and Rock Island start at $450; Springfield Armory, Auto Ordnance, Iver Johnson and Smith & Wesson and SIG start in the $475-$499 range; H&K starts at $820, add $30 for Colt. Roberts Defense, Metro Arms, Ithaca and Dan Wesson are in the $1300-1800 range. Remember that there is a range, and that the prices listed are the cheapest of the range. The range varies: Ruger seems to have about a $75 range, Smith&Wesson very much more. It looks to me that the offerings at about $475 are quite adequate; I recognise the manufacturers, and even the manufacturers whose offerings start at $400 are still recognized as quality manufacturers. The ones above $600 may offer better ... quality(?) ... but how much better? Maybe the price increase really buys something tangible. I look at : - design (effectively 1 design; all 1911s are extremely similar), - materials (I like steel, I'm ok with aluminum, I dislike polymers, as they out-gas, and become brittle over time, whether 5 years or 50 years) - fit & finish / manufacturing ... how well-made is the particular item I'm looking at, and how far off average is it (am I looking at a 1-off excellent piece, or are all items this well made)? The downside of this is that you might not end up with a Colt ... and you REALLY want a Colt.

Posted by: Arbalest at March 23, 2014 07:02 PM (FlRtG)

281 "The question we must ask is, when will Putin realize that we live in the 21st century?"

I think Putin is writing the rules for the 21st Century, by pissing all over Obama.

Posted by: Jean at March 23, 2014 07:03 PM (Aqvh6)

282 Loading lever, I think. That's what I call it also. It's the rammer so maybe it's also called that.

Posted by: toby928© at March 23, 2014 07:03 PM (QupBk)

283 276 What Barky and the other Leftists believe is that they can wish hard enough for a scenario that fits their beliefs as to the way things ought to be, change the narrative and language to fit that belief, and it will become reality. Sorry for the run on, but true stuff.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 07:04 PM (ojnk6)

284 TR - My rather trick Mazda GLC hatchback. A pair of 40mm sidedrafts. That would have been..., hmm, early 80's. Carbs and manifold came from your neck of the woods. Can't recall the name of the outfit. Bet you wish you still had that 2000. I haven't seen one in years. Posted by: Mike Hammer ---------------------------------- I was just at "Happy Japs" service for my little 91 mazda truck and he has two 1600's and a tired old 2000 on the back lot.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 23, 2014 07:04 PM (4Mv1T)

285 Mud was Too far out in the boonies from me. My dread is from the lack of small earthquakes which could be a portent of a big one. Did you succeed in getting up at 3am or are you staying up all night?

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 23, 2014 07:05 PM (RZ8pf)

286 Thanks for the advice fellows. I have to go now - work tomorrow.

Posted by: Grey Fox at March 23, 2014 07:05 PM (qxS12)

287 272 - I would call it the ball-ram.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 23, 2014 07:05 PM (aDwsi)

288 "Journalist Protection Act"
Does that mean that an ordinary citizen, talking to another ordinary citizen has lost his fifth amendment rights to 'free speech' since said citizen is not a protected journalist?

Does that mean that a journalist can not be sued for the 'news' he repeats when said 'news' apparently harms another person?

Do I have to read the article? or the comments?

Posted by: The Incredulous Smith at March 23, 2014 07:05 PM (CYo3C)

289 ball-ram Heh heh. Heh heh heh. Heh heh.

Posted by: Beavis at March 23, 2014 07:06 PM (mx5oN)

290 Numrich calls it a loading lever in their parts catalog so yeah, go with that.

Posted by: toby928© at March 23, 2014 07:06 PM (QupBk)

291 260 So I made pork chops with a mustard-tarragon sauce for dinner. I followed the recipe which said to sear them on one side at medium-high heat for 3 minutes, flip them over, reduce heat to medium, and cook for 5-10 minutes until the internal temperature reached 135Âº.

The problem was that the thermometer only read 100Âº even after 10 minutes. I cut one open and didn't see any pink, so I stopped cooking. I didn't want them to end up like shoe leather. It tasted all right.

I think my thermometer works. I hope I don't end up in the emergency room.

I also had a problem with the pan sauce. It didn't thicken like the recipe said. It was kind of runnier than I would have liked.

I always have trouble like that when cooking. It never seems to go the way the cookbook says it should. Posted by: rickl at March 23, 2014 10:55 PM (sdi6R) Hide posts from (sdi6R)

My guess would be that it should have said, flip, reduce temp, and cover. A lot of recipes depend on still air, which sometimes isn't happening. Most pan sauces work better if you ignore them until you can put the meat onto a "resting plate" -- then reduce the sauce.....a trifle extra because of the juices on the resting plate, then reintroduce.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 07:06 PM (T1005)

292 What is the lever part of the revolver called? That "loads" the chamber. Loading lever, I think. Posted by: Grey Fox at March 23, 2014 11:02 PM I thought it was the part on the end what goes up?

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 23, 2014 07:06 PM (JMmQ9)

293 The problem was that the thermometer only read 100Âº even after 10 minutes. I cut one open and didn't see any pink, so I stopped cooking. I didn't want them to end up like shoe leather. It tasted all right. I think my thermometer works. I hope I don't end up in the emergency room. *** Pork no longer presents the danger it once did. Restaurants now even offer pink-in-the-middle chops. Although, frankly, I want mine pretty well-done.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 23, 2014 07:07 PM (DmNpO)

294 "The question we must ask is, when will Putin realize that we live in the 21st century?" "The more things change, the more they stay the same." So I ripped off Escape from LA. Sue me,

Posted by: Thrawn at March 23, 2014 07:07 PM (WlWt+)

295 264 I remain disaster free Cthulhu, so far. Sad about that mudslide. Completely out of nowhere. There are still people missing in it, they could hear people calling out but couldn't get to them. Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 23, 2014 10:57 PM (RZ8pf) Hide posts from (RZ8pf)

I, for one, am happy to see morons remaining unscathed.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 07:08 PM (T1005)

296 I, for one, am happy to see morons remaining unscathed. God looks out for drunks and morons. Doubly so for us.

Posted by: toby928© at March 23, 2014 07:08 PM (QupBk)

297 Numrich 1861 Navy parts page: http://is.gd/zx7Qno

Posted by: toby928© at March 23, 2014 07:09 PM (QupBk)

298 277 283 GreyFox and Toby928

Thx guys. Patient you are.

And Mike Hammer too (with that batting kitteh)

Posted by: NCwoof at March 23, 2014 07:10 PM (aUQgu)

299 297 Well, we do cover both areas. So, Yay us!

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 07:10 PM (ojnk6)

300 Pork no longer presents the danger it once did. Restaurants now even offer pink-in-the-middle chops. Although, frankly, I want mine pretty well-done. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse discretion is the betterpart of valor

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 23, 2014 07:11 PM (rDidD)

301 I saw the Kenyan govt. officially promoted polygamy, and also put in a provision saying the man didn't need his first wife's permission to get a second wife. I'm sure that will go over well.

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at March 23, 2014 07:13 PM (WdbF7)

302 Posted by: wheatie at March 23, 2014 10:42 PM (De5Op)

I had to take a Domestic Violence class for certification in a job I had. I have always considered Alinski's book to be a how-to guide to adapt strategies of spousal and domestic abuse to political activity. So yes, I agree, "triggering" accusations is a tactic to be expected as part of the logical development of that approach. The principal part of domestic violence is not hitting someone, most places you can't hardly swing a fist without hitting someone. The real trick is getting your victim to hold still for the second blow, and accept it as part of life, or as part of expiating their own wrong-doing and low personal worth.

So remember, the Left don't want you to convert and come to rightthink, they just want you to be their bitch.

Oh, wow, I must be angry.

Posted by: kindletot at March 23, 2014 07:13 PM (LRUgq)

303 298 @toby298

Loading Lever it is. And sold out! Hmm

Posted by: NCwoof at March 23, 2014 07:13 PM (aUQgu)

304 392 Coming soon to a Country near you.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 07:13 PM (ojnk6)

305
*stops in, moves right knee with wild abandon*

*awaits the pile-on by turned on moronettes*

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 23, 2014 07:13 PM (0Kobm)

306 301 @yankeefifth

If (in middle) chop is not gray, say nay

Posted by: NCwoof at March 23, 2014 07:15 PM (aUQgu)

307 302 I saw the Kenyan govt. officially promoted polygamy, and also put in a provision saying the man didn't need his first wife's permission to get a second wife.

Well, really, how would you ever have polygamy if the first wife did have to give permission?

Posted by: Splunge at March 23, 2014 07:15 PM (qyomX)

308 305 Sorry, meant for 302.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 07:15 PM (ojnk6)

309 *stops in, moves right knee with wild abandon* Careful, you might tear something.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 23, 2014 07:15 PM (mx5oN)

310 Cthulhu,

the last case of trichonosis in the US was from a guy who ate bear meat. Modern physicians are so unfamiliar, that they had to bring in and old, retired doctor to diagnose the case. If you bought your chops from the store, you are statistically probably safe. You could even eat them rare.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 23, 2014 07:15 PM (V70Uh)

311 302 I saw the Kenyan govt. officially promoted polygamy, and also put in a provision saying the man didn't need his first wife's permission to get a second wife. I'm sure that will go over well. Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at March 23, 2014 11:13 PM (WdbF7) You'd have to be a real masochist to want more than one wife.

Posted by: Insomniac at March 23, 2014 07:16 PM (mx5oN)

312 280 This evening's episode of "wait, wait" was broadcast from SF, and the tag at the end was a quip by Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane: "San Francisco is forty-nine square miles surrounded by reality". Since then, it's metastasized.....

Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 10:51 PM (T1005)

If trends continue as they are and barring a massive collapse of the tech sector, the looney and colorful lefties will be driven out of San Francisco due to ultra-high rents and "trendy" restaurants that nonetheless are conformist in cuisine. Actually that'll be a shame because the loonies make San Francisco colorful and interesting, it's not as if they came in and ruined the place.

The techies taking over because of the "vibrant culture" of SF will ironically drive out what they find appealing about it. What's left are overpriced gourmet coffee shops and fusion cuisine eateries each looking for some faddish edge. In the end it's not the spontaneous weirdness of San Francisco, but centrally planned and controlled culture of the Google Left

And that would be pretty sad

Posted by: kbdabear at March 23, 2014 11:02 PM (aTXUx) Hide posts from (aTXUx)

Yeah, the goofball "Emperor Norton" stuff and the early hippie waves were endearing in their own way....but, damn, the place sucks when everyone's either a community organizer or an enabling technocrat.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 07:17 PM (T1005)

313 btw, buy a new thermometer.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 23, 2014 07:17 PM (V70Uh)

314 I'm always amazed when I read an ad for someone selling their semi-auto rifle where they say 'only 100 rounds shot', or 'only 60 rounds put through this'. I dump a couple of hundred+ rounds on every range trip. I think they are lying.

Posted by: toby928© at March 23, 2014 07:18 PM (QupBk)

315 Magic Johnson is now on Arsenio hawking BarryCare and calling it quality and affordable. He certainly doesn't participate in it. He also mentioned that the SCOAMF gave his wife a great birthday party. No, shithead, the taxpayers did.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 07:18 PM (ojnk6)

316 kbdabear, I listen to KFI online. My favorite is Tim Conway Jr at 10pm Eastern time. The rest can bite it.

Posted by: mpfs, Go SDSU! at March 23, 2014 07:19 PM (EAJ0x)

317
Any handgun--wheel or pistol, has ONE and only ONE task--that is to make a loud bang when the trigger is pulled.

Make, model, and caliber are irrelevant.

Posted by: irongrampa at March 23, 2014 07:20 PM (SAMxH)

318 293 @altonJackson

That's the Congressional Issue revolver you are referring to.

Posted by: NCwoof at March 23, 2014 07:20 PM (aUQgu)

319 The four greatest lies:

The check is in the mail.

I only shot 60 rounds through this barrel.

I promise I won't come in your mouth.

Obamacare is good for you.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 23, 2014 07:20 PM (V70Uh)

320 320 Lol.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 07:21 PM (ojnk6)

321 What is the lever part of the revolver called?
That "loads" the chamber.

Posted by: NCwoof at March 23, 2014 11:00 PM (aUQgu)

the lever that pushed the bullet and powder into the chamber is called the "rammer".

Posted by: kindletot at March 23, 2014 07:21 PM (LRUgq)

322 286 Mud was Too far out in the boonies from me. My dread is from the lack of small earthquakes which could be a portent of a big one.

Did you succeed in getting up at 3am or are you staying up all night? Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 23, 2014 11:05 PM (RZ8pf) Hide posts from (RZ8pf)

I did succeed, so I'm doing it again.....but it wasn't really pleasant or pretty. Alarm's at 3:15, pickup's at 4:10 -- and stuff is packed, stacked, and ready-to-load. One of the big issues is that I need a breathing machine to sleep, and it takes a bit of time to tear-down or set-up.....which I can't do the night before, or I won't breathe. I think I'm going to shower tonight and grunge tomorrow until I'm at my final destination.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 07:22 PM (T1005)

323 I'm always amazed when I read an ad for someone selling their semi-auto rifle where they say 'only 100 rounds shot', or 'only 60 rounds put through this'. I dump a couple of hundred+ rounds on every range trip. I think they are lying. *** I've only put less than 300 rounds through mine.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 23, 2014 07:22 PM (DmNpO)

324 You know, and I hate to take this to a lowbrow discussion, but I never once had a guy promise not to come in my mouth.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 23, 2014 07:22 PM (RZ8pf)

325 Hal Linden was an asshole..... I will live to piss on his grave

Posted by: Abe Vigoda at March 23, 2014 07:22 PM (jucos)

326 312 Thar's what I've though too. Whl the hell would want to deal with more than one wife?

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 07:23 PM (ojnk6)

327 my handgun...

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 23, 2014 07:23 PM (DmNpO)

328 Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 11:18 PM Magic Johnson and Arsenio are both well past their "sell by" date

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 23, 2014 07:23 PM (JMmQ9)

329 318 Agree!

Problem I had was my semi-automatic Beretta did NOT go BANG when I wanted it to. My revolver always goes BANG.

Posted by: NCwoof at March 23, 2014 07:23 PM (aUQgu)

330 You know, and I hate to take this to a lowbrow discussion, but I never once had a guy promise not to come in my mouth. *** Once you're on your knees, all bets are off.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 23, 2014 07:23 PM (DmNpO)

331 I'm always amazed when I read an ad for someone selling their semi-auto rifle where they say 'only 100 rounds shot', or 'only 60 rounds put through this'. I dump a couple of hundred+ rounds on every range trip. I think they are lying. Posted by: toby928Â© --------------------------- I put 10 through one of my rifles last week to confirm zero on some BUIS. I don't put that many through mine. I think a lot are put up for sale because they shoot a box or two and decide they don't like it. I sold a half dozen that way in the past year.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 23, 2014 07:24 PM (4Mv1T)

332 I hate that guys can "grunge" and still look ok. If I don't shower in the morning I look like a semi truck did my hair.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 23, 2014 07:24 PM (RZ8pf)

333 I just learned something on twitter. If you type 'do barrel roll' in Google search the page does a barrel roll.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 23, 2014 07:24 PM (DmNpO)

334 325 True, I've never made or broken that promise. If it begins, the end result is pretty certain.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 07:25 PM (ojnk6)

335 You know, and I hate to take this to a lowbrow discussion, but I never once had a guy promise not to come in my mouth.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 23, 2014 11:22 PM (RZ8pf)

_____________

How YOU doin'?.......

Posted by: Abe Vigoda at March 23, 2014 07:25 PM (jucos)

336 My wife hated to give me BJs. Finally she says: "Just do me."

Fine by me.

And good night all.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 23, 2014 07:25 PM (V70Uh)

337 Hal Linden was an asshole..... I will live to piss on his grave Posted by: Abe Vigoda at March 23, 2014 11:22 PM Abe Vigoda will live to piss on all their graves...

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 23, 2014 07:26 PM (JMmQ9)

338 311 Cthulhu,

the last case of trichonosis in the US was from a guy who ate bear meat. Modern physicians are so unfamiliar, that they had to bring in and old, retired doctor to diagnose the case. If you bought your chops from the store, you are statistically probably safe. You could even eat them rare.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at March 23, 2014 11:15 PM (V70Uh) Hide posts from (V70Uh)

Yeah, and I'm thinking about that guy who shot the 500+ pound feral hog the other day and filled two freezers. I'm sure that not more than 10% of what he's got coolin' is worms. OK, 12%.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 07:26 PM (T1005)

339 *stops in, moves right knee with wild abandon* ---------- The Elvis Gambit? May work better than the Jim Morrison Gambit.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 23, 2014 07:26 PM (aDwsi)

340 309 305
Sorry, meant for 302. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 11:15 PM

That's OK, the 302 was a much better engine than the 392

Posted by: kbdabear at March 23, 2014 07:27 PM (aTXUx)

341 Well exactly NDH, I mean once you have it in your mouth what do you think is going to happen? It is loaded and has a hair trigger at that point.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 23, 2014 07:27 PM (RZ8pf)

342 327 312 An additional penalty of more than one wife -- more than one mother-in-laws. Well, unless they are twin sisters. Then you have other problems.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 23, 2014 07:28 PM (u82oZ)

343 Thanks. Does anybody have any recommendations for meat thermometers? My current one is Oxo from Bed, Bath, & Beyond. Made in China.

Posted by: rickl at March 23, 2014 07:28 PM (sdi6R)

344 342 With a Bjer, isn't that end result kinda the goal? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 07:28 PM (ojnk6)

345 Well exactly NDH, I mean once you have it in your mouth what do you think is going to happen? It is loaded and has a hair trigger at that point. Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle ---------------------------- Everyone else shut up. We need to listen to this. *leans in* Go on.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 23, 2014 07:28 PM (4Mv1T)

346 Ewww I think Abe vigoda just tried to pick me up.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 23, 2014 07:28 PM (RZ8pf)

347 That's OK, the 302 was a much better engine than the 392 Posted by: kbdabear ---------------- Not in 1958

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 23, 2014 07:29 PM (aDwsi)

348

303 Posted by: wheatie at March 23, 2014 10:42 PM (De5Op)

I had to take a Domestic Violence class for certification in a job I had. I have always considered Alinski's book to be a how-to guide to adapt strategies of spousal and domestic abuse to political activity. So yes, I agree, "triggering" accusations is a tactic to be expected as part of the logical development of that approach. The principal part of domestic violence is not hitting someone, most places you can't hardly swing a fist without hitting someone. The real trick is getting your victim to hold still for the second blow, and accept it as part of life, or as part of expiating their own wrong-doing and low personal worth.

So remember, the Left don't want you to convert and come to rightthink, they just want you to be their bitch.

Oh, wow, I must be angry.

Posted by: kindletot at March 23, 2014 11:13 PM (LRUgq)

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

Wow...that rings so true about the Alinsky tactics.

'Isolate the target'.

'Mock and ridicule'.

[...and so on]

What's interesting, is that this Professor of Wimmyns Studies, Ms. Miller-Young...would likely be very vocal in condemning someone who used the "It's your fault -- You made me hurt you" excuse, in a domestic violence case.

And yet, she used the same excuse to defend her own violence!

Hah.

Posted by: wheatie at March 23, 2014 07:30 PM (De5Op)

349 Once you're on your knees, all bets are off.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 23, 2014 11:23 PM (DmNpO)

Posted by: kbdabear at March 23, 2014 07:30 PM (aTXUx)

350 So outta this loop. G'night oldtimers

Posted by: NCwoof at March 23, 2014 07:30 PM (aUQgu)

351 Ewww I think Abe vigoda just tried to pick me up.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 23, 2014 11:28 PM (RZ8pf)

______________________

Damn right I did sweet cheeks. Don't worry though... What can't get up can't get out.... IYKWIM

Posted by: Abe Vigoda at March 23, 2014 07:30 PM (jucos)

352 So outta this loop. G'night oldtimers Posted by: NCwoof ------------------------------ G'night. And git off my lawn.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 23, 2014 07:31 PM (4Mv1T)

353 Once you're on your knees, all bets are off.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 23, 2014 11:23 PM (DmNpO)

Reminds me of a woman in a Walmart with a bratty kid who wouldn't behave ..

Flustered mom says "dammit, I knew I shoulda given your daddy a blowjob instead!!"

Posted by: kbdabear at March 23, 2014 07:32 PM (aTXUx)

354 John Schindler ‏@20committee What might #NSA have known about Crimea, Putin in advance - without Snowden's treason? Tragic question for historians while actual people bleed.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 23, 2014 07:33 PM (ZPrif)

355 Abe Vigoda will live to ~~piss~~ empty his catheter bag on all their graves... Posted by: AltonJackson

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 23, 2014 07:34 PM (cSFFy)

356 Friends with Matt Fontenot's wife since I was a teenager. (Big time Bears player in the 80s, for those Rons and Ettes that do not recognize). She just posted pics on FB. Been a while since I've seen her, and apparently hubby paid for some significant "Improvements". BRB, bunk.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 07:35 PM (ojnk6)

357 The Brazilian navy also forbids visitors from Snake Island:
http://tinyurl.com/ygmnw5x

(Also at the link- Crocodile Island!)

Those of us with an Anglo-Caribbean connexion will remember Monserrat fondly, you know, before HALF THE F*CKING ISLAND EXPLODED in 1995. Mind you there it's only that half which is banned; the rest is just "under construction". So they might allow you into the northern parish (but visas won't be easy).

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 23, 2014 07:36 PM (30eLQ)

358

It's usually old guys who want a child bride that go in for polygamy.

More wives = more slaves to do the drudgery work.

And in Kenya...some still believe that having sex with a virgin will cure AIDS.

Posted by: wheatie at March 23, 2014 07:36 PM (De5Op)

359 355 John Schindler Ã¾@20committee What might #NSA have known about Crimea, Putin in advance - without Snowden's treason? Tragic question for historians while actual people bleed. Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 23, 2014 11:33 PM (ZPrif) Uh.... doesn't the dolt realize that the NSA has not stopped a single Operation due to Snowden? We know more about what they are doing... but they are still doing EVERYTHING they were doing before.

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 23, 2014 07:36 PM (84gbM)

360 Once you're on your knees, all bets are off. Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 23, 2014 11:23 PM (DmNpO) Don't I know it... Thank Gaia that we have "free" BC, amiright girls? *shudders*

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at March 23, 2014 07:37 PM (WlWt+)

361 headdesk

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 23, 2014 07:37 PM (qyfb5)

362 Just got here, excuse me if this has been previously expressed.

Wow! Those Dartmouth lawyers have finally manned up. Welcome to the real world.

Posted by: CO at March 23, 2014 07:37 PM (1rEgY)

363 If liberal minorities aren't careful they'll surpass their brothers in arms, the KKK, in hate crimes against minorities

Posted by: buzzion at March 23, 2014 07:38 PM (LI48c)

364 I am off for the evening as well. That closet just won't clean Itself.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 23, 2014 07:38 PM (RZ8pf)

365 Oh I forgot Pitcairn Island - you're allowed there, but it's so remote you won't bother. If you do - they got a teeny bit of a rape problem. Women visitors were told explicitly not to mingle with the natives without chaperone.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 23, 2014 07:38 PM (30eLQ)

366 325 You know, and I hate to take this to a lowbrow discussion, but I never once had a guy promise not to come in my mouth. Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 23, 2014 11:22 PM (RZ8pf) Hide posts from (RZ8pf)

Oh, dear one....

Actually, that dovetails into one of my favorite tales from academia, where a lecturer on physiology is discoursing on the properties of semen. Turns out, by weight, it's overwhelmingly water....but, when dried, there is quite a bit of sugars to keep the sperm motile, and just a wee bit of protein. Whereupon a young lady interjected, "but it doesn't taste sweet!"....and as the implications of her comment filled the room, the lecturer replied, "the taste-buds for sweetness are concentrated at the tip of the tongue."

And, now that I've gotten that one out -- it's a generic thing -- I'm sure that everyone has heard assurances that a young lad wouldn't come somewhere that soon glowed when the right color ultraviolet was used. The couch, the cooch, the bed, the nightstand, the walls, the ceiling.....when the series came out about Masters + Johnson, I found out that they had coined the term "ejaculatory inevitability" for a distinct point on the male arousal spectrum.....and thus is science advanced.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 07:38 PM (T1005)

367 It is loaded and has a hair trigger at that point. It's had a "hair trigger" ever since she turned to the waiter and said "I think I'll have the lobster."

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 23, 2014 07:39 PM (JMmQ9)

368 With a Bjer
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 11:28 PM (ojnk6)
Star Trek : The Motion Picture

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 23, 2014 07:39 PM (XeVA7)

369 301 @yankeefifth If (in middle) chop is not gray, say nay Posted by: NCwoof yeah I always avoid any pink in chicken or pork. even in beef I would aim for just a little into grey.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 23, 2014 07:39 PM (rDidD)

370 It's had a "hair trigger" ever since she turned to the waiter and said "I think I'll have the lobster." Posted by: AltonJackson ---------------------------- That's what I'm talkin' about.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 23, 2014 07:40 PM (4Mv1T)

371 Well, I'm going to hang around for a while longer. I took a nap this afternoon, so I'm not tired at the moment. And I mostly finished cleaning the bathroom today. Mostly. At least I won't be embarrassed if someone sees it.

Posted by: rickl at March 23, 2014 07:41 PM (sdi6R)

372 I arrive. But, I bring nothing. So, virtually, I am nothing. Were I infinite times as much, I would still be nothing. Then, I shall depart, nothing accomplished. . . . Did I say nothing? I meant NOTING. Inveterate note-taker. Er.. I mean, Noshing... darned spellcheeker. Butt seriously, I am not in either top 10 list. Another "lottery" I'm glad I didn't win. Yay 4 me & the variable IP. With that, I guess, I have to say, love is love and not fade away. not fade away fade

Posted by: mindful webworker - nothing to sneeze at at March 23, 2014 07:41 PM (U13jb)

373 325 You know, and I hate to take this to a lowbrow discussion, but I never once had a guy promise not to come in my mouth. Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle how about "oops" or "sorry about that" while trying to pass it off as unintentional?

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 23, 2014 07:42 PM (rDidD)

374 I'm out. Temps in mid -20's tonight Snow forecast for Tuesday. All of those little buds that have peeked out are about to get bitch slapped. Forsythia hardest hit.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 23, 2014 07:42 PM (aDwsi)

375 'night Hammer. Blessings on the little buds. I said the same thing today.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 23, 2014 07:43 PM (4Mv1T)

376 372 I hear ya. Couldn't sleep much last night, spent some time here, butmcleaned after that. Slept more than I usually do this p.m. Gonna be tough to get to sleep tonight.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 07:43 PM (ojnk6)

377 You can always tell feminists by those stupid scarves they wear. Disclaimer: I met and conquered one -- they still ultimately want the D.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at March 23, 2014 07:45 PM (V4CBV)

378 375 I'm out.

Temps in mid -20's tonight
Snow forecast for Tuesday.

All of those little buds that have peeked out are about to get bitch slapped. Forsythia hardest hit. Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 23, 2014 11:42 PM (aDwsi) Hide posts from (aDwsi)

You're in Asheville, right? I'm headed to Greensboro, NC, and still hoping for a reprieve.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 07:45 PM (T1005)

379 Plus, I have interview call #4 with yet another VP tomorrow afternoon, for a job I'm crazy qualified for. Good wishes and prayers would be appreciated.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 07:46 PM (ojnk6)

380 Uh.... doesn't the dolt realize that the NSA has not stopped a single Operation due to Snowden?

We know more about what they are doing... but they are still doing EVERYTHING they were doing before. Posted by: Romeo13 at March 23, 2014 11:36 PM

Yesterday the NYT published an article about the NSA's continuing spying on China communications giant Huawei

At first I thought; that's what the NSA is supposed to be for .But when you look at it a second time, you realize it doesn't have squat to do about national security and everything to do with industrial espionage in order to smear the Chinese company for the sole benefit of Cisco and IBM

Posted by: kbdabear at March 23, 2014 07:47 PM (aTXUx)

381 Y'know, it's funny -- I'm 51 years old....and still learning things about how stupid I was at 15.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 07:47 PM (T1005)

382 Y'know, it's funny -- I'm 51 years old....and still learning things about how stupid I was at 15. Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 11:47 PM (T1005) Yep, you're definitely not my brother.

Posted by: Vendette at March 23, 2014 07:49 PM (8pqpP)

383 382 Right there with ya. You too, huh?

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 07:50 PM (ojnk6)

384 "Y'know, it's funny -- I'm 51 years old....and still learning things about how stupid I was at 15." Posted by: cthulhu I'm 42 and wondering how stupid I'll still be ten minutes from now.

Posted by: Slapweasel at March 23, 2014 07:50 PM (lq3Ak)

385 #354 kbdabear
Reminds me of a woman in a Walmart with a bratty kid who wouldn't behave ..Flustered mom says "dammit, I knew I shoulda given your daddy a blowjob instead!!"

Best laugh I've had in weeks, thanks so much!

Posted by: Miley's Tongue at March 23, 2014 07:51 PM (R+h7Q)

386 You're in Asheville, right? I'm headed to Greensboro, NC, and still hoping for a reprieve. Posted by: cthulhu -------------------------------- Hi 20's next few nights in Raleigh an hour east of Greensboro. 50ish during the days.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 23, 2014 07:51 PM (4Mv1T)

387 380 Plus, I have interview call #4 with yet another VP tomorrow afternoon, for a job I'm crazy qualified for. Good wishes and prayers would be appreciated. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 11:46 PM (ojnk6) Hide posts from (ojnk6)

YAY!!!

Great news! You're gonna SHINE!!!!

Interview #4 means that they can't really afford you but haven't totally convinced themselves that they can't live without you. So, they're parading you among the VPs and saying, "can any of you do this, so we don't have to hire this guy?" -- and the VPs are all looking at the credenza or the floor.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 07:51 PM (T1005)

388 382 Y'know, it's funny -- I'm 51 years old....and still learning things about how stupid I was at 15. Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 11:47 PM (T1005) Shit... I'm 54.... 55 in a couple of weeks.... and I'm still learning things about how stupid I was at... 51.... LOL

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 23, 2014 07:52 PM (84gbM)

389 I bet the mean age at the HQ is 50. 58 here.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 23, 2014 07:53 PM (4Mv1T)

390 383 Y'know, it's funny -- I'm 51 years old....and still learning things about how stupid I was at 15.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 11:47 PM (T1005)

Yep, you're definitely not my brother. Posted by: Vendette at March 23, 2014 11:49 PM (8pqpP) Hide posts from (8pqpP)

Thank goodness for that!

Wait, what....?

Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 07:53 PM (T1005)

391 .But when you look at it a second time, you realize it doesn't have squat to do about national security and everything to do with industrial espionage in order to smear the Chinese company for the sole benefit of Cisco and IBM Posted by: kbdabear Two things: Â• Not a single Chinese firm that is involved with electronics is estranged from the PRC mil. None. Even toy companies are part of it. Â• Industrial espionage had better be a priority of the NSA. That's the bare minimum of their fucking portfolio.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at March 23, 2014 07:54 PM (cSFFy)

392 I bet the mean age at the HQ is 50. 58 here. Posted by: Tobacco Road yeah I do not care how old they are all the morons have a little mean in them somewhere. I guess the difference between the hq and huffpo crew is mean is not the dominant trait at the hq.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 23, 2014 07:54 PM (rDidD)

393 385 "Y'know, it's funny -- I'm 51 years old....and still learning things about how stupid I was at 15."
Posted by: cthulhu

I'm 42 and wondering how stupid I'll still be ten minutes from now. Posted by: Slapweasel at March 23, 2014 11:50 PM (lq3Ak) Hide posts from (lq3Ak)

Can I help?

Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 07:55 PM (T1005)

394 388 Thanks Cth. I'm a revenue generator, so I make basically my own money, via commission. Base is less than half, in the range of 70k. I'll triple that in VIC in 2 years, tops. Just gotta get the "Welcome" handshake.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 07:55 PM (ojnk6)

395 Good luck, ManWithNoParty.

Posted by: rickl at March 23, 2014 07:55 PM (sdi6R)

396
You conservatives do understand that a blowjob isn't sex don't you?

Posted by: Monica Lewinsky at March 23, 2014 07:56 PM (nQjHM)

397 Thank goodness for that! Wait, what....? Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 11:53 PM (T1005) Just reassuring you that you can carry on posting without worrying that your sister whose birthday is today (albeit with 4 minutes left on the east coast) isn't me.

Posted by: Vendette at March 23, 2014 07:56 PM (8pqpP)

398 398 Except for the Ettes. They're all 28 and hard bodied. True story.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 07:57 PM (ojnk6)

399 yeah I do not care how old they are all the morons have a little mean in them somewhere. I guess the difference between the hq and huffpo crew is mean is not the dominant trait at the hq. Posted by: yankeefifth a ----------------------- mean = average

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 23, 2014 07:57 PM (4Mv1T)

400 "Can I help?" Posted by: cthulhu Nope. Just sayin' stupid shit... lol.

Posted by: Slapweasel at March 23, 2014 07:57 PM (lq3Ak)

401
If you cum in my mouth, the price doubles. Don't do it!

Posted by: Ashley Dupre at March 23, 2014 07:57 PM (nQjHM)

402 387 You're in Asheville, right? I'm headed to Greensboro, NC, and still hoping for a reprieve.
Posted by: cthulhu
--------------------------------

Hi 20's next few nights in Raleigh an hour east of Greensboro. 50ish during the days. Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 23, 2014 11:51 PM (4Mv1T) Hide posts from (4Mv1T)

I've driven Greensboro to Raleigh....I'd say more like an hour-and-a-half. I'm not too worried about the nights, I'm worried about the black ice that every fookin' bridge goes "Encyclopedia Brittanica" on me about when I've never seen any, or snow that stays, or one of those weirder paroxysms like "ice-storms".

Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 07:58 PM (T1005)

403 I am periodically amused by how well the internet does what it does. I was looking at the ncaa brackets at the ncaa site when the arizona gonzaga game ended. the final appeared on the television screen and in the ncaa bracket nearly simultaneously. I suppose that is not news to morons that follow sports regularly. I get how it happens with stocks but I find a one off game, which I am guessing is updated manually, amusing.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 23, 2014 07:58 PM (rDidD)

404 396 Thank you, rick.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 07:59 PM (ojnk6)

405 how about "oops" or "sorry about that"

The correct line is "My god, you are magnificent."
Some will be able to make this sound genuine without extensive coaching.
Works every goddamn time.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 23, 2014 08:00 PM (xq1UY)

406 Let's adjust #398 to "Just reassuring you that you can carry on posting because your sister whose birthday is today (albeit with 4 minutes left on the east coast) isn't me."

Posted by: Vendette at March 23, 2014 08:00 PM (8pqpP)

407 I'm 42 and I've learned a billion things since I was 15, just not the stuff that actually matters.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 23, 2014 08:00 PM (qyfb5)

408 8 confirmed dead in mudslide.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 23, 2014 08:01 PM (XeVA7)

409 yeah I do not care how old they are all the morons have a little mean in them somewhere. I guess the difference between the hq and huffpo crew is mean is not the dominant trait at the hq. Posted by: yankeefifth a ----------------------- mean = average Posted by: Tobacco Road yeah I got it.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 23, 2014 08:01 PM (rDidD)

410 I've driven Greensboro to Raleigh....I'd say more like an hour-and-a-half. I'm not too worried about the nights, I'm worried about the black ice that every fookin' bridge goes "Encyclopedia Brittanica" on me about when I've never seen any, or snow that stays, or one of those weirder paroxysms like "ice-storms". Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 11:58 PM (T1005) ---------------- I live here.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 23, 2014 08:01 PM (4Mv1T)

411 mean = average>>

Math pendant No.

Posted by: The Hickster at March 23, 2014 08:02 PM (TI3xG)

412 John Schindler ‏@20committee I'm thoroughly enjoying the panic Ed's supporters are in now, realizing they're in bed with Putin...which is where they have put themselves. Tom Nichols ‏@TheWarRoom_Tom @20committee I would rather this never happened. But at least now we have a clear roster of ppl who never have to be taken seriously again.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 23, 2014 08:02 PM (ZPrif)

413 mean = average
Something Garrison Keillor would say.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 23, 2014 08:04 PM (XeVA7)

414 8 confirmed dead in mudslide. Those poor Fruit of the Loom guys never really did stand a chance.

Posted by: Al Roker at March 23, 2014 08:04 PM (WdQN8)

415 413 Which Ed are they referring to, FBJ? Markey?

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 08:04 PM (ojnk6)

416 Y'know, it's funny -- I'm 51 years old....and still learning things about how stupid I was at 15.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 11:47 PM (T1005)

Yeah no kidding.. The fucked up thing is I would probably do all the stupid shit again.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 23, 2014 08:04 PM (FMbng)

417 Yeesh on that mudslide. For something that only hit a neighbourhood of 30 homes it was very deadly.

The Montserratians would understand.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 23, 2014 08:04 PM (30eLQ)

418 408 @ Merovign

Am entering my seventh decade. Learn something about myself every week. Most times not such good things -- but helps to know what's going all wrong. IMO, insight is from God alone.

Posted by: NCwoof at March 23, 2014 08:05 PM (aUQgu)

419 182 And now Virginia's starting to take it to Memphis. Is it just me, or have there been more lopsided losses yesterday and today than Thursday and Friday? Posted by: Vendette at March 23, 2014 10:31 PM (8pqpP) Yes, there have been. From 32 to 16 is where the best teams take over since there is usually less than 48 hours to prepare for the game, so the inferior team has less time to game plan for the better team.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac, Hey Hey UVa at March 23, 2014 08:05 PM (HxSXm)

420 Reminds me of a woman in a Walmart with a bratty kid who wouldn't behave ..Flustered mom says "dammit, I knew I shoulda given your daddy a blowjob instead!!"

Posted by: kbdabear at March 23, 2014 11:32 PM (aTXUx

There is a t-shirt website that does funny t-shirts. And part of it is wildly inappropriate joke t-shirts for kids. They have one that says "All mommy wanted was a backrub" and another "All daddy wanted was a blowjob."

Posted by: buzzion at March 23, 2014 08:05 PM (LI48c)

421 Moving 1Tb drive to file server - 12 hours and counting. Moving 2Tb drive to file server - 10 minutes. (Slaps Buffalo Inc.)

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 23, 2014 08:05 PM (qyfb5)

422 413 Which Ed are they referring to, FBJ? Markey? Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 24, 2014 12:04 AM (ojnk6) Snowden.

Posted by: Vendette at March 23, 2014 08:06 PM (8pqpP)

423 Peace in our time:

http://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/putin.jpg

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 23, 2014 08:06 PM (IN7k+)

424 Am entering my seventh decade. Learn something about myself every week. Most times not such good things -- but helps to know what's going all wrong. IMO, insight is from God alone. Posted by: NCwoof at March 24, 2014 12:05 AM (aUQgu) fnord (aUQgu) On top of that, everyone is different, and some are more different than others.

But what're ya gonna do?

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 23, 2014 08:06 PM (qyfb5)

425 Posted by: Vendette at March 23, 2014 09:53 PM (8pqpP)
***************

And some enterprising conservative should read the Powerline response aloud and have it entered into the record

Posted by: gracepmc at March 23, 2014 08:07 PM (rznx3)

426 395 388
Thanks Cth. I'm a revenue generator, so I make basically my own money, via commission. Base is less than half, in the range of 70k. I'll triple that in VIC in 2 years, tops. Just gotta get the "Welcome" handshake. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 11:55 PM (ojnk6) Hide posts from (ojnk6)

Dude, I've been in corporate accounting. I had you pegged.

BTW -- one of the funniest (not to me, it was a pain in the ass) thing that I experienced as a corporate controller was a VP Sales who was going "so, when do we finalize my company car arrangements?" Eight. Months. After. all the contracts were signed and he'd come on board. Accountants have to enforce the written-down deals, so it was frustrating to me on that level, but the fact that he was still negotiating his compensation 8 months after he had an office showed an admirable level of brass in his cojones. BTW, he got it.....and, even better, he was worth it.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 08:07 PM (T1005)

427 419 I hears ya NC. As I advance in age, I realize how much I don't know that I thought I used to nail in the past. And this in my 5th decade. By my 7th, I'll probably realize what a total idiot I was.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 08:08 PM (ojnk6)

428 422 Moving 1Tb drive to file server - 12 hours and counting. Moving 2Tb drive to file server - 10 minutes. (Slaps Buffalo Inc.) Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 24, 2014 12:05 AM (qyfb5) That's alotta pron!

Posted by: RWC at March 23, 2014 08:09 PM (QeH9j)

429 398 Thank goodness for that!

Wait, what....?

Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 11:53 PM (T1005)

Just reassuring you that you can carry on posting without worrying that your sister whose birthday is today (albeit with 4 minutes left on the east coast) isn't me. Posted by: Vendette at March 23, 2014 11:56 PM (8pqpP) Hide posts from (8pqpP)

{{{Vendette}}} Happy, happy birthday. I'm so glad you find time to hang out with this bunch of degenerates and myself.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 08:10 PM (T1005)

430 That's alotta pron! Posted by: RWC at March 24, 2014 12:09 AM (QeH9j) fnord (QeH9j) You didn't think all this technology - terabyte drives, gigabit ethernet, Megabit internet connections - was for people doing their finances and organizing their holiday snapshots, did you?

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 23, 2014 08:11 PM (qyfb5)

431 I'm always amazed when I read an ad for someone selling their semi-auto rifle where they say 'only 100 rounds shot', or 'only 60 rounds put through this'. I dump a couple of hundred+ rounds on every range trip. I think they are lying. Posted by: toby928

I think they feel a small rough spot the trigger and either don't shoot thru it or polish it out.

Posted by: Jean at March 23, 2014 08:11 PM (Aqvh6)

432 Who forgot the 'Two Face ' cake? You had one job! Happy birthdya Vendette.

Posted by: RWC at March 23, 2014 08:12 PM (QeH9j)

433 425 @Merovign

Don't know exactly. Except help my neighbor if they need it. And stock ammo. Need to find a decent semi-auto 22 cal rifle. Pray. Own up when I'm wrong. That's about it.

Posted by: NCwoof at March 23, 2014 08:12 PM (aUQgu)

434 Birthdya is Crimean for 'birthday.'

Posted by: RWC at March 23, 2014 08:12 PM (QeH9j)

435 427 Gald ro be easily pegged, Cth. Just a salary around 70k, cell and car allowance, and expense reimbursement. I'll make the rest in commission. Plus very average bennies. It's what I do.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 08:13 PM (ojnk6)

436 Get your Dutch Boy hate ready: http://tinyurl.com/lw6apl9

Posted by: Jean at March 23, 2014 08:13 PM (Aqvh6)

437 {{{Vendette}}} Happy, happy birthday. I'm so glad you find time to hang out with this bunch of degenerates and myself. Posted by: cthulhu at March 24, 2014 12:10 AM (T1005) {{{}}} You're so modest!

Posted by: Vendette at March 23, 2014 08:15 PM (8pqpP)

438 Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 24, 2014 12:11 AM (qyfb5) There will be pornbots serving people with services and sandwiches before NASA gets an AI robot.

Posted by: RWC at March 23, 2014 08:15 PM (QeH9j)

439 Posted by: NCwoof at March 24, 2014 12:12 AM (aUQgu) fnord (aUQgu)

I have a much longer list, and a substantial backlog.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 23, 2014 08:16 PM (qyfb5)

440 390 I bet the mean age at the HQ is 50. 58 here. Posted by: Tobacco Road at March 23, 2014 11:53 PM (4Mv1T) I'm 48, but MrsCaniac said that I became mean at 27. I disagree and say 17.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac, Hey Hey UVa at March 23, 2014 08:16 PM (HxSXm)

441 That's alotta pron! Posted by: RWC at March 24, 2014 12:09 AM (QeH9j) fnord (QeH9j) You didn't think all this technology - terabyte drives, gigabit ethernet, Megabit internet connections - was for people doing their finances and organizing their holiday snapshots, did you? Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 24, 2014 12:11 AM (qyfb5) They are not mutually exclusiveÂ…

Posted by: Typical Thailand Vacationer at March 23, 2014 08:16 PM (AymDN)

442 in the ER again, SSDD--overworked and understaffed. Have a good night morons.

Posted by: Conservative Crank at March 23, 2014 08:17 PM (b2cFu)

443 A paraphrase of a comment on the earlier gun thread.

Background checks are useless.

And as somebody else pointed out they are security theater like the TSA.

No gun should be on a govt list. Since things have gotten worse after the govt getting into the gun regulation business.

Posted by: The Hickster at March 23, 2014 08:17 PM (TI3xG)

444 428 @ManWithNoParty

No worries. It's the way it's supposed to be.
There's a line from Bob Seger that I believe is true:

Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then.

Posted by: NCwoof at March 23, 2014 08:17 PM (aUQgu)

445 Oh and happy birthday Vendette! I hope you got prezzies! And cake! And baloooons!

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 23, 2014 08:17 PM (qyfb5)

446 There will be pornbots serving people with services and sandwiches before NASA gets an AI robot. Posted by: RWC at March 24, 2014 12:15 AM (QeH9j) fnord (QeH9j) Better damned well. And I can make my own sandwiches.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith[/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at March 23, 2014 08:18 PM (qyfb5)

447 443 in the ER again, SSDD--overworked and understaffed. Have a good night morons. Posted by: Conservative Crank at March 24, 2014 12:17 AM (b2cFu) One of the horde slipped in the shower and fell atop a jar of peanut butter and a flashlight. What do you recommend? G'night CC.

Posted by: RWC at March 23, 2014 08:19 PM (QeH9j)

448 There will be pornbots serving people with services and sandwiches before NASA gets an AI robot.

Posted by: RWC at March 24, 2014 12:15 AM (QeH9j)

You know, considering how fucked up people are, once AI becomes a reality it will probably develop wierd fetishes for farm equipment and household appliances.

That's right, the toaster will be a slut.

Posted by: buzzion at March 23, 2014 08:19 PM (LI48c)

449 @437 There is a lot of truth in that criticism, to be sure. On the other hand, we are remarkably kinder to our giraffes.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 23, 2014 08:20 PM (xq1UY)

450 444 Or, "I wish I knew then what I know now". The old classic. Woulda gotten laid a lot more badk then if I knew then what I know now. Also, may have avoided an expensive divorce. Woulda, shoulda, coulda.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 08:21 PM (ojnk6)

451 There will be pornbots serving people with services and sandwiches before NASA gets an AI robot. Posted by: RWC at March 24, 2014 12:15 AM (QeH9j) SoÂ… we get to blame the computer for all of those pics???

Posted by: Typical Thailand Vacationer at March 23, 2014 08:21 PM (AymDN)

452 Tonight, on the Teaching History of Discovery Channel: Professor Charles van Pelt takes our cameras into the wild to find out just how much wood would a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood.

Posted by: 20th Century Media Guide at March 23, 2014 08:23 PM (ktPHV)

453 436 427
Gald ro be easily pegged, Cth. Just a salary around 70k, cell and car allowance, and expense reimbursement. I'll make the rest in commission. Plus very average bennies. It's what I do. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 24, 2014 12:13 AM (ojnk6) Hide posts from (ojnk6)

You bring those POs in, and you'll find that the total wonks in the accounting department are all going "he may be a total asshole, but he's OUR asshole." and (this may actually be a surprise to you) totally behind you getting a raise and/or bonuses. Sales and accountants are totally, totally, totally, totally different personality types....and are unlikely to schmooze....but accountants positively worship ROI, and if you can demonstrate that every buck they pay you brings in more than $1.01 in value, you'll get respect.....and if you bring in $1.20 they'll start being fans.....and if it's $2, slum it sometime and ask 'em how they can help you out -- you might just be astounded.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 08:23 PM (T1005)

454 With thanks for all of the birthday wishes, it's time for me to call it a night since I kinda sorta have to go to work in 8 hours. {{{Everyone}}}

Posted by: Vendette at March 23, 2014 08:24 PM (8pqpP)

455 That's right, the toaster will be a slut. Posted by: buzzion at March 24, 2014 12:19 AM (LI48c) Not as big of a slut as me; toasters only have 2-4 slots,

Posted by: Surge Protector at March 23, 2014 08:25 PM (WlWt+)

456

All parents reach the mean age when their children become teenagers...

We know this, because the little darlings keep saying "You're so mean!"...when we tell them:

"No. You're not getting a tattoo." ---> "You're so mean!"

"No. You aren't staying out till midnight." ---"You're so mean!

"And NO. Your boyfriend is not going up to your room." ---"You're so MEAN!"

Posted by: wheatie at March 23, 2014 08:26 PM (De5Op)

457 a woodchuck could chuck wood.
Posted by: 20th Century Media Guide at March 24, 2014 12:23 AM (ktPHV)
Baby woodchucks on a Too Cute marathon.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 23, 2014 08:26 PM (XeVA7)

458 Posted by: wheatie at March 24, 2014 12:26 AM (De5Op) Family friends daughter was grounded this weekend for coming home smelling like alcohol. When they told me I thought in my head..You're surprised?'

Posted by: RWC at March 23, 2014 08:28 PM (QeH9j)

459 454 Cth, I historically bring in more than $4 dollars for every dollar I cost the company, minus commission. So, should I get there soon, may I expect that I would have a choice of one of the gals in Acctg? If so, there's a quite tasty young lady I have my eye on....

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 08:28 PM (ojnk6)

460 Desperately Seeking Transient Voltage Surge Suppression

Posted by: Madonna at March 23, 2014 08:28 PM (wu/TK)

461 Professor Charles van Pelt

Charlie Brown would take Lucy's last name upon marriage, wouldn't he.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 23, 2014 08:30 PM (30eLQ)

462 443 in the ER again, SSDD--overworked and understaffed. Have a good night morons. Posted by: Conservative Crank at March 24, 2014 12:17 AM (b2cFu) Hide posts from (b2cFu)

{CC} <- [note restrained, manly level]

Thankful that you're doin' what you do. I'd hear one gal goin' "YIPE!!!" on a transfer and be messed up for weeks -- a nightly parade of ER visits is something I'd have to leave for the pros......and, thankfully, we have 'em.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 08:32 PM (T1005)

463 454 BTW, CTH, that's in profit, not just gross revenue. Gross historically is around 30 x base cost.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 08:33 PM (ojnk6)

464

459...Family friends daughter was grounded this weekend for coming home smelling like alcohol.

When they told me I thought in my head..You're surprised?'

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

Grounding?

Sounds like they just reached the 'mean age'.

Heh.

Posted by: wheatie at March 23, 2014 08:34 PM (De5Op)

465 462 Professor Charles van Pelt Charlie Brown would take Lucy's last name upon marriage, wouldn't he. Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 24, 2014 12:30 AM (30eLQ) You know Peppermint Patty wore the strap-on when he nailed Chuck and Marcie.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac, Hey Hey UVa at March 23, 2014 08:36 PM (HxSXm)

466 Tomorrow I start a 4 day course on how to run an Ion Chromatograph. I run many high end sciencey tools (EDS,SEM,H2 analyzer, X-ray...)but this one looks like it is going to be a bitch. Should be an interesting week.

Posted by: The Hickster at March 23, 2014 08:37 PM (TI3xG)

467 Tom Nichols ‏@TheWarRoom_Tom Dear European fans of #Snowden: Please take "THANK YOU ED" signs to #Kyiv and hold a rally. Bring cameras. And gauze.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at March 23, 2014 08:37 PM (ZPrif)

468 TR, if you're still here, you mentioned you comment elsewhere. Would you mind sharing where that may be? Thanks.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 08:39 PM (ojnk6)

469 460 454
Cth, I historically bring in more than $4 dollars for every dollar I cost the company, minus commission. So, should I get there soon, may I expect that I would have a choice of one of the gals in Acctg? If so, there's a quite tasty young lady I have my eye on.... Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 24, 2014 12:28 AM (ojnk6) Hide posts from (ojnk6)

Net or gross? If you actually know the net (it's much more squirrelly than gross) and if you're really doin' 4:1, there probably are damp panties whenever you walk by.....and maybe some damp boxers, too.

But I suspect you're doin' it wrong. Here's the thing, though -- ask the accounting geeks what's "right" and they'll tell you. Do it, and they'll adore you. Work with 'em, and they'll pump that love all the way into the boardroom.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 08:41 PM (T1005)

470 457 All parents reach the mean age when their children become teenagers... I'm there early. My seven year old was yelling at me on Thursday morning that I was a "BIG MEANIE" because I made him go to school without a jacket after he left his at school the day before and HE refused to wear anything else but was cold. Of course, he claims he didn't leave his jacket because he never has before, even though it was sitting on his table at school. Even after that he would not admit he left his jacket at school but could not explain how it got there.

Posted by: lindafell at March 23, 2014 08:42 PM (PGO8C)

471 I didn't mention it because I haven't seen one in a long time, would need to check if they were still being imported. Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 23, 2014 10:45 PM (qyfb5) PS Militaria in Canada imports the Norinco 1911's. But they don't sell into the USA.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 23, 2014 08:45 PM (yDmQD)

472 464 454
BTW, CTH, that's in profit, not just gross revenue. Gross historically is around 30 x base cost. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 24, 2014 12:33 AM (ojnk6) Hide posts from (ojnk6)

....and there ya go. If that stat is accurate, the accounting department will be enthusiastic and vociferous supporters, as long as you nod at 'em every so often. Piss all over 'em, and find out your measurements in feet sound odd in centimeters.....

Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 08:46 PM (T1005)

473 Grounding? Sounds like they just reached the 'mean age'. Heh. Posted by: wheatie at March 24, 2014 12:34 AM (De5Op) If you ask the girls the folks have always been in the 'mean age.' (Folks are people I went to HS with. Damn getting up in age sucks.)

Posted by: RWC at March 23, 2014 08:46 PM (QeH9j)

474 Morning morons.

Posted by: NativeNH at March 23, 2014 08:46 PM (pClfE)

475 418

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 24, 2014 12:04 AM (30eLQ)

*************

Thanks for rec. on ME History earlier, especially primary sources. Good amount of recs -- was appreciated.

Posted by: gracepmc at March 23, 2014 08:48 PM (rznx3)

476 470 Cth, thanks, but typically I add $4 bucks on a net basis to the 3 million sold. So, net contribution is dependent that OH is that is charged to jobs (I work in a rental service industry) . It's a little different than a product sale. Usually a rental cost of 10%, with a labor cost to revenue of about 60%.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 08:49 PM (ojnk6)

477 467 Tomorrow I start a 4 day course on how to run an Ion Chromatograph. I run many high end sciencey tools (EDS,SEM,H2 analyzer, X-ray...)but this one looks like it is going to be a bitch. Should be an interesting week.
Posted by: The Hickster at March 24, 2014 12:37 AM (TI3xG) Hide posts from (TI3xG)

Yeah, the nature of that little bitch is going to make it difficult for reproducible measurements.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 08:49 PM (T1005)

478 477 470
Cth, thanks, but typically I add $4 bucks on a net basis to the 3 million sold. So, net contribution is dependent that OH is that is charged to jobs (I work in a rental service industry) . It's a little different than a product sale. Usually a rental cost of 10%, with a labor cost to revenue of about 60%. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 24, 2014 12:49 AM (ojnk6) Hide posts from (ojnk6)

We can further explore once you have the biz....but, seriously, even though accountants and sales guys are alien species to each other, there are ways to work together. And, really, 4x on the interviews.....they know they need you, but you're going to stomp someone, and they're looking for something.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 08:54 PM (T1005)

479 473 Thanks Cth, but I like the accounting ladies. They're hawt. But my numbers speak for themselves. And, I schmooze everyone. So, they at least like if not love me. That's the old jlb. Gotta concentrate on bringjng this level of accounting suckupedness to a new gig. Which I am confident I can do.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 08:56 PM (ojnk6)

480 Yeah, the nature of that little bitch is going to make it difficult for reproducible measurements. Posted by: cthulhu at March 24, 2014 12:49 AM (T1005) Just make s**t up.

Posted by: Michael Mann at March 23, 2014 09:02 PM (AymDN)

481 480 473
Thanks Cth, but I like the accounting ladies. They're hawt. But my numbers speak for themselves. And, I schmooze everyone. So, they at least like if not love me. That's the old jlb. Gotta concentrate on bringjng this level of accounting suckupedness to a new gig. Which I am confident I can do. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 24, 2014 12:56 AM (ojnk6) Hide posts from (ojnk6)

If I can be of any assistance, I will gladly help a fellow moron. I think you're in good shape on the interviews, but they've got a problem pulling the trigger.

Best of luck, and happy hunting.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 09:03 PM (T1005)

482 479 Not sure how I could be stomping someone, as this was an advertised gig. Why would they publish it if they didn't want to add to sales? I'm going to do what I hope is a final phone interview, and if the guy mentions that we need to meet soon, I'm gonna offer to meet him in person by driving from Atl to College Station, TX, Wednesday afternoon.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 09:03 PM (ojnk6)

483 OK, guys, the time has come. I sleep more deeply when it's cool, and can hardly get to sleep at all when it's warmer than 65. The whole-house fan cools cheaply to ambient, but when it shuts off there's about a 2-degree rebound. Main thermostat's at 63, so I can kill the fan and button up.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 09:11 PM (T1005)

484 484 OK, guys, the time has come. I sleep more deeply when it's cool, and can hardly get to sleep at all when it's warmer than 65. The whole-house fan cools cheaply to ambient, but when it shuts off there's about a 2-degree rebound. Main thermostat's at 63, so I can kill the fan and button up.
Posted by: cthulhu at March 24, 2014 01:11 AM (T1005) Hide posts from (T1005)

House is sealed, fan is off. Do I try for the shower, or just crash?

Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 09:14 PM (T1005)

485 Looking at 5 hours sleep.....I hate jetlag; I hate Daylight Wasting.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 09:16 PM (T1005)

486 Sheesh, hit it Cth. I appreciate your input tonight. Have a good trip.

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 09:18 PM (ojnk6)

487 487 Sheesh, hit it Cth. I appreciate your input tonight. Have a good trip. Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 24, 2014 01:18 AM (ojnk6) Hide posts from (ojnk6)

It's all biology v. convention. I'd love to have a service where they'd deliver a pod the day before, you'd go to sleep in it, and you'd wake up in some foreign land without having to jack your system around to clear TSA and make all the transfers.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 09:25 PM (T1005)

488 ....and, to borrow from Slap......

*static*

Posted by: cthulhu at March 23, 2014 09:27 PM (T1005)

489 Ok, finishing off Occupy Unmasked. Took me 4 days to watch this just 'cause the rampant stupidity is too much to take in one sitting. 'Night all.

Posted by: RWC at March 23, 2014 09:29 PM (QeH9j)

490 ....and, to borrow from Slap...... *static* Posted by: cthulhu at March 24, 2014 01:27 AM (T1005) Some mood music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTqz8VbWFiw

Posted by: The Misfit Hat at March 23, 2014 09:29 PM (AymDN)

491 I'm 47, and the older I get, the more I realize I don't know squat.

Posted by: Captain Whitebread at March 23, 2014 09:37 PM (Pd9h2)

492 245 Sounds like Miller-Young needs to stop. being. bossy. Posted by: irony at March 23, 2014 10:51 PM (08jH

What do you expect from a beast that is apparently a cross between a retarded hippo and a baboon?

Posted by: model_1066 at March 23, 2014 09:37 PM (afNM6)

493 492 I 'm 51, and hear ya,

Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 23, 2014 09:38 PM (ojnk6)

494 Night all. Here is "Between silence and sound" by Kylesa: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNKtMLxat_4

Posted by: The Political Hat \m/ at March 23, 2014 09:39 PM (AymDN)

495 I hope Ace gets his cut from all the jerky I just ordered...I never know if he is getting his share of my amazon purchases.

Posted by: garrett at March 23, 2014 09:49 PM (LKW/u)

496 40...don't really care if I get much older.

Posted by: garrett at March 23, 2014 09:50 PM (LKW/u)

497 Hello all...... on road trip through KC and SLO to watch son's lacrosse. Have noticed something unusual at the hotel we are staying at.

Posted by: westminsterdogshow at March 23, 2014 09:57 PM (h1gQR)

498 goodnight...watching jeremiah johnson, and i'm all tucked in.

Posted by: concrete girl at March 23, 2014 09:58 PM (Gyw5m)

499 Yeah, the nature of that little bitch is going to make it difficult for reproducible measurements.
Posted by: cthulhu>>

That is what I am a little scared of. Most of my tools are calibrated and defined on their output. This one looks like it's make a potion and see if it matches what you are looking to measure. How does one deal with the uncertainty of that?

Posted by: The Hickster at March 23, 2014 10:00 PM (TI3xG)

500 #496

Perhaps if enough people wrote in and said they needed some easy method of making sure they were connecting to an affiliate account...

Posted by: Epobirs at March 23, 2014 10:04 PM (bPxS6)

501 Major point of contention: there is no such thing as "illlegal concealed carry". If a free person needs a permit to carry that person is not free. I don't need no stinking permit.

Posted by: angel with a sword at March 23, 2014 10:21 PM (hpgw1)

502 Touch down, rollout to a full stop, safe landing in Jacksonville FL.

I'm here to tend to Pop, things are not as rosy as I was led to believe. He's apparently got a "gal pal" half his age that is "taking care of things" for him, the problem is she is not communicating with the family and is acting as a firewall when family tries to contact him.

So, I'm here to get things straight. I may need a drink before it's all done, and I have the distinct feeling I might want to shoot at something. What say J-ville roonz and roonettez, wanna plan a range day?

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 23, 2014 10:31 PM (Ptf74)

503 I will have to check with amazon tomorrow and see how I can verify that sort of thing.

Posted by: garrett at March 23, 2014 10:33 PM (LKW/u)

504 GGE.........Really? She has that authorization

Posted by: westminsterdogshow at March 23, 2014 10:40 PM (h1gQR)

505 428 419 I hears ya NC. As I advance in age, I realize how much I don't know that I thought I used to nail in the past. And this in my 5th decade. By my 7th, I'll probably realize what a total idiot I was. Posted by: ManWithNoParty. Today I grew a lot older, funeral service for my Mom. Tomorrow another service here in our town, which is where she grew up. I've just learned so much about her in the last few days I'm amazed. She was very kind to many people in ways I didn't know about. Yep, life is always about learning, but losing a parent is a class I'd rather have taken later. You don't want to lose her, but you hate to see her in so much pain for so long. RIP Mom. BTW, since you and Dad did NO planning I found a spot for you in the family plot.

Posted by: The Farmer at March 23, 2014 10:56 PM (eBupg)

506 GGE.........Really? She has that authorization

Posted by: westminsterdogshow at March 24, 2014 02:40 AM (h1gQR)

As far as I know...no, she does not. I'm also going to have it out with the VA since I'm listed as Pop's emergency contact and I didn't even know he was in the hospital until he got transferred to rehab.

And it looks like rehab is going to turn into assisted living, which he is going to hate.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 23, 2014 11:00 PM (Ptf74)

507 Yep, life is always about learning, but losing a parent is a class I'd rather have taken later.

Posted by: The Farmer at March 24, 2014 02:56 AM (eBupg)

Mom In Law passed a year before Laura, Pop In Law is all alone now. Taking care of Pop reminds me that I get to do this at least once more...but then I will have a brother and 2 sisters to help carry the load, right now it's just me and the kids and Eldest Daughter is really stressing out over it.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 23, 2014 11:04 PM (Ptf74)

508 Mom In Law passed a year before Laura, Pop In Law is all alone now. Taking care of Pop reminds me that I get to do this at least once more...but then I will have a brother and 2 sisters to help carry the load, right now it's just me and the kids and Eldest Daughter is really stressing out over it. Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter Good luck w/ your situation GGE. My Dad seems to doing fine, but there's gonna be a time...they were together since 15 yo, that's 62 years. My brother has been a help, but we are closer and the bigger burden falls on us.

Posted by: The Farmer at March 23, 2014 11:17 PM (eBupg)

509 Evenin Friends

Posted by: Zakn at March 23, 2014 11:22 PM (zyaZ1)

510 Evenin Zakn ...

Posted by: Adriane ... at March 23, 2014 11:43 PM (qoKTg)

511 I wish everyone Health & Happiness ... I wish everyone Strength for troubled times ... I have, however, finished the incredibly overdue Report from Heck and am collapsing shortly ... so please forgive me if I horde all the chocolate ...

Posted by: Adriane ... at March 23, 2014 11:47 PM (qoKTg)

512 Good morning fellow insomniacs --

On March 22, the preezy was quite breezy at the wheel of yet another golf cart. "I can see Russia from the fourth hole" he was not heard to exclaim.

On late March 23, he's off to see the wizard, or at least some fatcats in the EU bureaucracy, where he will whisper soothing sweet nothings into their ears.

Then he's off from there to practice his bowing skillz with the Saudis.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 23, 2014 11:48 PM (cHZB7)

513 An interesting chart from zh --

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-03-23/probably-most-important-chart-world

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 24, 2014 12:01 AM (cHZB7)

514 GnuBreed at March 24, 2014 03:48 AM (cHZB7) Such a busy little beaver ... and yet still not worth a dam ...

Posted by: Adriane ... at March 24, 2014 12:02 AM (qoKTg)

515 514 As you can see, the US isn't too far from self sufficiency in energy -- It wouldn't take too much of a push to get there, if only gubmint would get the fuck out of the way.

But Japan looks boned.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 24, 2014 12:05 AM (cHZB7)

516 "5 Guns The Government Doesn't Want You To Have" 1. Handguns 2. Rifles 3. Shotguns 4. Airguns 5. BB Guns

Posted by: BornLib at March 24, 2014 12:05 AM (zpNwC)

517 >> Such a busy little beaver ... and yet still not worth a dam ...

ISWYDT

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 24, 2014 12:09 AM (cHZB7)

518 517

6. Rubber band guns
7. Imaginary guns, including pop tart shaped guns and finger guns.
8. Dicks, also called 'guns', for their PIV potential.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 24, 2014 12:15 AM (cHZB7)

519 uummmm, toasted pop tarts ...

Posted by: Adriane ... at March 24, 2014 12:19 AM (qoKTg)

520 I see the movie Mud has just come out on Netflix streaming.

I recommend this movie. You will be touched, and the movie promotes many positive values about integrity, hard work and independence.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 24, 2014 12:21 AM (cHZB7)

521 I find that church sign quote a really stupid one. What does that mean-"live life so fully"? As far as I know Westboro Baptist Church-which was a hideous mainly family cult group that was as far from Christianity as I can perceive of-picketed because they thought God was in the business of judging the world harshly entirely because of homosexuality. I don't agree with that, but I don't know what "live life so fully" means in that context. Maybe if it said "Live life like Christ so that Westboro Baptist will picket your funeral" but people driving by can think living life fully means "going for the gusto" or doing whatever you want to do.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 24, 2014 12:22 AM (XyM/Y)

522 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 24, 2014 04:22 AM

Well, it could just mean that if you are being picketed by Westboro, you must be doing something right.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 24, 2014 12:27 AM (cHZB7)

523 Now, see, this is exactly the sort of reason that someone in my position wouldn't completely depend on alarms and such.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 24, 2014 12:38 AM (T1005)

524 518 >> Such a busy little beaver ... and yet still not worth a dam ... ISWYDT Posted by: GnuBreed at March 24, 2014 04:09 AM (cHZB7) Ok...I'm a little slow....got it now.

Posted by: BignJames at March 24, 2014 12:40 AM (HtUkt)

525 Re the Westboro bubbas, it dont take much to get picketed by them. Just be in the Service. Fuck them in their ears. Morning yall.I went to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising museum this weekend. Sobering, bravery, admiration, horrifying are some words that come to mind. The quote about better to die fighting than to continue living on your knees comes to mind when learning the story of these badass Poles that wouldnt give up. In light of current events next door, the displays in the museum dont seem like something faraway in the distance of history.

Posted by: fastfreefall at March 24, 2014 12:41 AM (LqnWp)

526 >> Now, see, this is exactly the sort of reason that someone in my position wouldn't completely depend on alarms and such.

I take it you failed at getting 8 hours of sleep, minor god.

I've been failing at that for 20 years. The only time I need an alarm clock is if I plan to sleep LESS than four hours.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 24, 2014 12:45 AM (cHZB7)

527 It's possible that is what they intended but as far as a I know-and I'm hardly an expert on Westboro Baptist techniques-they picketed the funerals of service people among others because they thought "everything" was a judgment of God because of homosexuality including 9/11. I disagree So is this a coded message by the church that supporting gay marriage means you're living life fully? I'm not trying to start a debate here on homosexuality; I loathe those. I just find it a very imprecise message. As far as the church I'm for what one Bishop calls "keeping the main the main thing which is to make disciples for the transformation of the world", and when we disagree with one another to deal with each other as noted in Ephesians 4 with patience, gentleness, humility and bearing with one another in love. That means mutual respect, conversation and genuine love as means relaine on the Holy spirit. As fas as their public persona Westboro didn't demonstrate that at all and neither would Christians who want to urinate on Phelps' grave.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 24, 2014 12:46 AM (XyM/Y)

528 Morning morons anyone here??

Posted by: NativeNH at March 24, 2014 12:51 AM (pClfE)

529 Morning Native NH

Posted by: fastfreefall at March 24, 2014 12:54 AM (LqnWp)

530 On lunch so doing ok. The Westfield baptists yeah I don't understand their thing. Just surprised no one has pounded their asses

Posted by: NativeNH at March 24, 2014 01:00 AM (pClfE)

531 Sorry about your mom, Farmer.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 24, 2014 01:04 AM (XyM/Y)

532 528 Urinating on a grave, as a claim of wanting to do, is nothing more than a shorthand for highly disrespecting that person's views while alive. A very common shorthand.

A close friend was once married to a woman I strongly disliked, and believe you me that was a shared distaste. He divorced her finally a lot of years ago. I'm sure I threatened to piss on her grave several times; as it turns out, she died a few years ago of cancer.

My friend even asked me if I planned to find her grave. Nope, I responded. Revenge is a dish best served cold, and she is cold. I outlived her.

Now, Jane Fonda? Get back to me after the news is announced and we'll see if I've had an 'attitude adjustment'.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 24, 2014 01:08 AM (cHZB7)

533 I don't even hate Jane Fonda all that much; about the same as any other traitorous scum that has ever held American citizenship. What I hate is all the media glory heaped in her direction for her 'brave stance'.

So its the symbol she represents.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 24, 2014 01:15 AM (cHZB7)

534 527 >> Now, see, this is exactly the sort of reason that someone in my position wouldn't completely depend on alarms and such.

I take it you failed at getting 8 hours of sleep, minor god.

I've been failing at that for 20 years. The only time I need an alarm clock is if I plan to sleep LESS than four hours.
Posted by: GnuBreed at March 24, 2014 04:45 AM (cHZB7) Hide posts from (cHZB7)

It was barely three hours, and the shuttle won't be here for another two hours. I am so hosed.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 24, 2014 01:16 AM (T1005)

535 I can never forgive Jane Fonda. Brave stance my ass traitorous bitch

Posted by: NativeNH at March 24, 2014 01:26 AM (pClfE)

536 536 I can never forgive Jane Fonda. Brave stance my ass traitorous bitch Posted by: NativeNH at March 24, 2014 05:26 AM (pClfE) Hide posts from (pClfE)

The whole concept of "we're going to retroactively validate our political position by preemptively throwing away any gains from any other position" is horribly repulsive, and really illustrates the difference between ideology and reality.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 24, 2014 01:50 AM (T1005)

537 I just know that this is going to shock a lot of people, but there's virtually nothing open around here at 3 AM on a Monday.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 24, 2014 02:13 AM (T1005)

538 92 The state GOP chair donates to Democrats ============================== True. Amazing. http://bit.ly/1eEjCC0

Posted by: MTF at March 24, 2014 02:15 AM (F58x4)

539 Oh look......coffee's brewed.
Not physically being able to sleep much past 0530 on ANY day sux.

Morning all.
Clean cups are over there >>>>>>>

Posted by: VillageIdiot's Apprentice at March 24, 2014 02:19 AM (si68n)

540 Current best price for 22LR is .14 per rd, at Midway.

Posted by: VillageIdiot's Apprentice at March 24, 2014 02:20 AM (si68n)

541 Let's see if that corrects my nic.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 24, 2014 02:28 AM (si68n)

542 528>> Sorry to disagree with you FS, but for the most part Christians who disagreed with the Westboro Baptists stood by and disavowed themselves of the actions taken by Phelps and his family. If someone pissed on Phelps' grave it would be no great travesty. He's dead and gone and he'll be judged by God. His memory and what it is he stood for are what is being sullied. If there is a line, can I get a fast pass?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 24, 2014 02:37 AM (60Vyp)

543 Brit Hume reports Mrs. Obumbles is staying in a $8000 per night hotel room in China. What the hell, she must be thinking, its all borrowed money anyway and our grandchildren will never know that the debt comes from Obama family vacations. http://bit.ly/1mq2moH

Posted by: MTF at March 24, 2014 02:42 AM (F58x4)

544 20 minutes until the shuttle might arrive -- finishing up the tea and cooking up some bacon.

Posted by: cthulhu at March 24, 2014 02:50 AM (T1005)

545 NOOD!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 24, 2014 02:52 AM (si68n)

546 15 minutes....eating bacon....last of tea....

Posted by: cthulhu at March 24, 2014 02:56 AM (T1005)

547 Ten minutes....

Posted by: cthulhu at March 24, 2014 03:01 AM (T1005)

548 Five minutes....main bag on sidewalk, turning off lights.

Onward!!!

Posted by: cthulhu at March 24, 2014 03:05 AM (T1005)

549 Ding! See ya on the other side, Horde!

Posted by: cthulhu at March 24, 2014 03:10 AM (T1005)

550 Aaah, the beautiful Barrett Fifty - one of those guns which should come with a pre-written referral to an orthopaedic surgeon with an interest in shoulder injuries. I would like anyone who wanted to own one of these to be a member of the 50-cal shooters' association (or similar) and to have written proof of a day's familiarisation course run by existing owners, so they have a good grasp of just what it is they're about to buy, how expensive it's going to be to feed and care for, and how much room they realistically require to shoot it to its limits (to say nothing of the backstop issues). _Then_ let them at the store, and good luck to 'em.

Posted by: perturbed at March 24, 2014 04:35 AM (TXq4O)

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