March 30, 2014
— Maetenloch
If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs...
And do what needs to be done when it's time for it.
On July 18, 1965 then CDR Denton was shot down over North Vietnam where he would be a POW for the next seven and half years. After extended torture and solitary confinement the North Vietnamese thought he was sufficiently softened up to be used in propaganda videos. They were wrong.
Denton's name first came to the attention of the American public in 1966, during a television interview arranged by the North Vietnamese in Hanoi. Prior to the interview, torture and threats of more torture were applied to intimidate him to "respond properly and politely." His captors thought he was softened up sufficiently to give the North Vietnamese their propaganda line
...During the interview, after the Japanese interviewer's recitation of alleged U.S. "war atrocities," Denton was asked about his support of U.S. policy concerning the war. He replied: "I don't know what is happening now in Vietnam, because the only news sources I have are North Vietnamese, but whatever the position of my government is, I believe in it, I support it, and I will support it as long as I live." The audience was aghast at his unexpected answer and the room went dead silent.
Throughout the interview, while responding to questions and feigning sensitivity to harsh lighting, Denton blinked his eyes in Morse Code, repeatedly spelling out a covert message: T-O-R-T-U-R-E. The interview, which the Japanese journalist clandestinely took from Hanoi to Tokyo and sold to ABC was broadcast on American television on May 17, 1966[. It] was the first confirmation that American POWs in Vietnam were being tortured.
You can watch his message in this video. The Morse code for 'torture' is - --- .-. - ..- .-. .
Gawker's Adam Weinstein Wants to Put You in Jail for Being a Climate Change 'Denier'
Those denialists should face jail. They should face fines. They should face lawsuits from the classes of people whose lives and livelihoods are most threatened by denialist tactics....I'm talking about Rush and his multi-million-dollar ilk in the disinformation business. I'm talking about Americans for Prosperity and the businesses and billionaires who back its obfuscatory propaganda. I'm talking about public persons and organizations and corporations for whom denying a fundamental scientific fact is profitable, who encourage the acceleration of an anti-environment course of unregulated consumption and production that, frankly, will screw my son and your children and whatever progeny they manage to have.
Those malcontents must be punished and stopped
I wonder if these climate gulags will be heated with Green-based energy sources.
Russia Supposedly Eyeing Finland Once Again
Well good luck with that. As the USSR learned during the Winter War the Finns are not to be trifled with. Simo Häyhä may have died in 2002 but the spirit of sisu lives on. The fact that Finnish is one of the few non-Indo-European languages left in Europe is telling. (Hint: it's not due to geography).
One of Russian President Vladimir Putin's closest ex-advisers has claimed that the ex-KGB agent ultimately wants to reclaim Finland for Russia.
Andrej Illiaronov, Putin's economic adviser between 2000 and 2005 and now senior member of the Cato Institute think tank, said that "parts of Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, the Baltic States and Finland are states where Putin claims to have ownership."
Of course there's a big difference between wanting something and being able to take it.
Argentina Is Joined In The Supreme Court By The Coalition Of Weasels
As they try to weasel out of their debts yet again.
Never mentioned is that the 'crisis' in Argentina actually consists of nothing more than that the politicians would rather spend money on various forms of vote buying than on paying their debts. They don't have to pay for any wars. (The Falklands war was way back in 1982.) They haven't had any natural disasters to speak of. Whatever crisis they have is completely of their own making, born of incompetent economic policy and waste
Argentina should be a wealthy nation yet they've continually lurched from bankruptcy to bankruptcy. The fault is strictly their own.
Why Were the Lights on at the Earth Hour Concert?
Or is it just another excuse for a self-congratulatory party.
Well based on the lady Danes I've met, I'm totally willing to help them out in their time of baby need.
The Dune in Your Head vs the One that Almost Got Made
Which could have have been awesome even given the special effects technology of the time.
Finally, the story of the greatest science fiction epic never made has finally been told. Jodorowsky's Dune is a new documentary about that beautiful, crazy-ambitious, disaster of an adaptation."They did everything right, really. Maybe a little too, right, you know?" said director Frank Pavich, when I reached him earlier this week via telephone from New York City.
"They" were Chilean cult filmmaker Jodorowsky, the self-taught visionary behind El Topo (1970) and The Holy Mountain (1973), and his French producer Michel Seydoux. This was 1975, and Jodorowsky had assembled a dream team of actors and artists to bring alive Herbert's tale of a feudal-like interstellar culture driven by the market for a valuable substance caled the "spice." David Carradine was to play Duke Leto, Jodorowsky's 12 year old son Brontis was cast as Paul Atreides, Udo Kier (Andy Warhol's favorite actor) would be Piter De Vries, and Orson Welles was slated to play Baron Harkonnen. (Apparently, Welles was lured by promises of on-set French bistro food.)
...Even Mick Jagger and Salvador Dali had agreed to be in the movie.
And then add in H.R. Giger, Dan O'Bannon, and soundtrack contributions from Pink Floyd.
Swedish Man Buys Army Tank 'on Impulse'
Well I would have too if I found one in the same condition for just $11,700. Of course then the hard part would be explaining to the wife that the driveway now belongs to the APC so she'll have to park on the street.
Jimmy Johansson, a 23-year-old from Borlänge in central Sweden, can now add tank to his list of possessions. But the 76,000 kronor ($11,700) purchase wasn't something he planned."It was just an impulse buy from beginning... I went to look at a motor and my eyes were drawn to this instead," he told The Local.
The PBV 401, a Soviet-built fully amphibious tank that weighs around 12 tonnes and travels at a top speed of 80 kilometres per hour, is parked out the front of his grandfather's house while Johansson decides what to do with it.
And the best part of the story:
The purchase was encouraged by Johansson's mother.
Weekly Commenter Standings
Top 10 commenters:
1 [510 comments] 'ManWithNoParty' [71.59 posts/day]
2 [490 comments] 'Mike Hammer'
3 [407 comments] 'Insomniac'
4 [399 comments] 'BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk'
5 [377 comments] 'EC'
6 [370 comments] 'RWC '
7 [311 comments] 'MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit '
8 [309 comments] 'Lincolntf'
9 [297 comments] 'Niedermeyer's Dead Horse'
10 [297 comments] 'Vic'
Top 10 sockpuppeteers:
1 [124 names] 'Adam' [17.41 unique names/day]
2 [79 names] 'The Political Hat'
3 [78 names] 'phreshone'
4 [77 names] 'Islamic Rage Boy'
5 [50 names] 'Insomniac'
6 [47 names] 'Mike Hammer'
7 [46 names] 'Trust a J-School sumo cum loud'
8 [44 names] 'Harrison Bergeron'
9 [40 names] 'Cicero (@cicero)'
10 [39 names] 'Ricardo Kill'
The group. Yeah.
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Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 30, 2014 06:34 PM (ojnk6)
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Posted by: rickl at March 30, 2014 06:38 PM (sdi6R)
Everytime I posted, at the top of the page I would see the comment "Fresh new one..."
Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 30, 2014 06:39 PM (0AKks)
Posted by: Joe Tenebris at March 30, 2014 06:39 PM (y6KdO)
And again I am not in the Top Ten. YAY!
Finally to tie in to today's Book Thread and spaceships, Frau im Mond from 1929. How it influenced rocketships both in fiction and reality.
http://youtu.be/x5iqJUrgwbM
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 30, 2014 06:39 PM (2yQQy)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 30, 2014 06:40 PM (GEICT)
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Posted by: The Hats Must Flow at March 30, 2014 06:42 PM (AymDN)
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Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 30, 2014 06:42 PM (GEICT)
17 Watched Man of Steel tonight. Lots of interruptions but still pretty good.
Yeah, I thought it was pretty good too...even bought the DVD.
Posted by: wheatie at March 30, 2014 06:42 PM (m7/Sn)
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Posted by: Lizzy at March 30, 2014 06:46 PM (udjuE)
Hence the phrase, "Climate Scientology"
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Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 30, 2014 06:54 PM (ojnk6)
Ironically, a girlfriend who was Danish a few years back basically - uh, well, screwed the pooch, so to speak, with me - by being so baby-making obsessed that it scared me off. She was no Emma (from the video), but a reasonably fetching slim blonde with a delicious (odd) British colonial accent (she grew up in southern Africa).
On that map - hard to believe Indonesia is mostly a tea country. But perhaps others can confirm that. Also, I see no data for Ethiopia, but ...... come on. Think we can reasonably guess it's a coffee country as it is the birthplace of said beverage and the oldest cultural ritual is the coffee ceremony.
Finland. Hmmm. I'm thinking, at most, that Putin might have mused about Karelia (part of Finland that has changed hands a few times). Hard to believe Putin has any designs on Finland in general. While on that topic, I continue to see no reason to think Putin's goals go beyond the age-old ones (suitably modified for the current situation) of maintaining a buffer on Russian borders, to exclude too much influence by major foreign powers. That, plus energy transportation routes, completely explains Ukraine. Georgia is different - Russia is obsessed with Georgia and always will be, for not entirely clear practical reasons. I still think any messing with the Baltics will be to chill their desire for too-close integration with NATO and the west. It's not territorial, and won't be, but won't end, either.
Posted by: non-purist at March 30, 2014 06:54 PM (afQnV)
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Posted by: Phinn at March 30, 2014 06:55 PM (i5GO4)
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Posted by: V. Putin at March 30, 2014 06:55 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: DC in Towson at March 30, 2014 06:55 PM (6NGyP)
Some of the comments posted already would indicate that we actually do.
Posted by: An observer at March 30, 2014 06:55 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 30, 2014 06:56 PM (2yQQy)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 30, 2014 06:56 PM (8KNrF)
It was really moving when Daryl jumped into the volcano to save Beth. Sad to see him go.
Posted by: Disturbed at March 30, 2014 06:57 PM (08jH8)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 30, 2014 06:57 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 30, 2014 06:57 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: rickl at March 30, 2014 06:58 PM (sdi6R)
Jeremiah Denton deserves respect because he earned it the hard way. By standing up to evil men who were willing to torture him and others to make political points.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 30, 2014 06:58 PM (2yQQy)
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Posted by: Bossy Conservative riding Orca at March 30, 2014 06:58 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: Muslim Immigrants at March 30, 2014 06:58 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: NCwoof at March 30, 2014 10:51 PM (aUQgu)
Why wouldn't we care? Do you have us mixed up with the Kos Kidz?
RIP, Cdr. Denton.
Posted by: Donna and V. (no ampersand) at March 30, 2014 06:58 PM (R3gO3)
Think anybody here gives a shit about Commander Denton?
You are dreamin.
Posted by: NCwoof
What's wrong with you? Did someone piss in your wheat germ this morning?
Posted by: Mætenloch at March 30, 2014 06:58 PM (XkotV)
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Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 30, 2014 06:58 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Carol at March 30, 2014 06:59 PM (gjOCp)
Posted by: The Ethanolicious Hat at March 30, 2014 06:59 PM (AymDN)
rickl, will check out that video - B-24, most produced heavy bomber of WWII (still surprises me to read that). I believe my favorite (astonishing) WWII US production stat was that at the surrender in September 1945, the US was rolling off a combat aircraft every 5 minutes, 24/7. Do the arithmetic on that. And we "switched off" ship-building in 1944 - yet our WWII production patrolled the seas, first with us and NATO allies, then with other navies, until very recently, 60 years later (need to check which WWII hulls are still in commission, somewhere).
Ricardo K., I have been planning to finally read up more on the Winter War and Continuation War. But one thing I already learned from research on winter warfare in general was that the Finns would target the Soviet field kitchens. Troops in those conditions experience a catastrophic drop-off in effectiveness if they don't get hot food at least every two days or so. One of many smart and devastating things the Finns did to punch way above their weight.
Posted by: non-purist at March 30, 2014 07:00 PM (afQnV)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Lil Scamper, aka MrCaniac at March 30, 2014 07:00 PM (HxSXm)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 30, 2014 07:00 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 30, 2014 07:01 PM (ojnk6)
Who the hell drinks tea over coffee? Posted by: garrett at March 30, 2014 10:58 PM (0JYh2)
Many, many people, apparently.
Yeah, I don't get it either.
Posted by: Donna and V. (no ampersand) at March 30, 2014 07:01 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: joncelli at March 30, 2014 07:01 PM (/AYWV)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 30, 2014 07:01 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 30, 2014 07:01 PM (8KNrF)
Posted by: garrett at March 30, 2014 07:01 PM (0JYh2)
Do you have a source for the field kitchen thing? I'd like to use that in the targeting section of my course.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 30, 2014 07:01 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: Thrawn at March 30, 2014 07:02 PM (WlWt+)
May he live under a bridge.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 30, 2014 07:03 PM (/Nxsb)
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Posted by: Aviator at March 30, 2014 07:03 PM (3rrMW)
Posted by: Carol at March 30, 2014 07:04 PM (gjOCp)
There is no punctuation or capitalization, but all the words are appropriate, spelled correctly (whether that's him or spellcheck I don't know...and isn't it funny that my spellchecker doesn't recognize the word "spellcheck") and in the correct order.
This is one gift horse into who's mouth I refuse to look.
Evening roonz and roonettez, break time!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 30, 2014 07:04 PM (xa1/W)
Posted by: garrett at March 30, 2014 11:01 PM (0JYh2)
Any man who can't lead a woman around the dance floor in a waltz, tango or swing dance is schmuck.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 30, 2014 07:05 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 30, 2014 07:05 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Herr Hitler at March 30, 2014 07:05 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 30, 2014 07:05 PM (ojnk6)
All's I know is what I read. Your indignation says a lot. Thanks for comments.
Posted by: NCwoof at March 30, 2014 07:06 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 30, 2014 07:06 PM (8KNrF)
In my case, it would only be necessary to destroy the coffee maker. I'd be done for.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 30, 2014 11:05 PM (aDwsi)
"Al-Qaeda agents have destroyed the Copenhagen plant. The US Army has ground to a complete halt."
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 30, 2014 07:07 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: Donna and V. (no ampersand) at March 30, 2014 07:07 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: fairweatherbill deerslayer at March 30, 2014 07:07 PM (l26B5)
CO Alex, hmmm. It was for an article published back in the early 80s. Even if I could find the article, I might not be able to recall the source. And I think most of my articles are still in storage back in DC. This was way before digitization of media, so paper is all there is. I did a lot of interviews with USMC (they had northern Norway mission along with UK Royal Marines and Dutch marines - ?? - ) and spent a week with the Canadian Forces in the field during their big winter exercise related to their northern NATO role.
So for now - no, sorry. But I will try to think/search about it and come up with something.
Posted by: non-purist at March 30, 2014 07:08 PM (afQnV)
The 'documentary' also included a bit about London being the centre of the world circa 1909 that they illustrated with archival film footage of the Romanovs all out walking on an official function led by an Orthodox bishop in full regalia! Assholes.
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 30, 2014 07:08 PM (hn5v5)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 30, 2014 07:08 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 30, 2014 11:03 PM (0AKks)<<<
Barters Carl to Harry Reid for the property.
Posted by: Disturbed at March 30, 2014 07:08 PM (08jH8)
Posted by: freaked at March 30, 2014 07:09 PM (JdEZJ)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 30, 2014 07:09 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Bossy Conservative riding Orca at March 30, 2014 07:09 PM (+1T7c)
I am a female patriot whose brother is a retired naval aviator. So address me personally please. It is the courteous thing to do.
Posted by: NCwoof at March 30, 2014 07:09 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 30, 2014 07:09 PM (ojnk6)
What's up?
Posted by: EC at March 30, 2014 07:10 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 30, 2014 07:10 PM (8KNrF)
A whole new awesome, freaky level.
So...would I have to go there, or would they come here? Asking for a friend...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 30, 2014 07:10 PM (xa1/W)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 30, 2014 07:10 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 30, 2014 07:10 PM (2yQQy)
Posted by: the goat at March 30, 2014 07:11 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Carol at March 30, 2014 07:11 PM (gjOCp)
In my case, it would only be necessary to destroy the coffee maker. I'd be done for. Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 30, 2014 11:05 PM (aDwsi)
That would certainly be a tragedy, but in my case, fortunately there's an excellent coffee shop (NOT a Starbucks) a block away, so I could crawl there on all fours in the case of coffee maker disaster. If I had to drive anywhere to get my coffee fix, I'd probably drive into a stop sign or something.
Posted by: Donna and V. (no ampersand) at March 30, 2014 07:11 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 30, 2014 07:12 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 30, 2014 07:12 PM (2yQQy)
Posted by: Jean at March 30, 2014 07:12 PM (Aqvh6)
Posted by: EC at March 30, 2014 07:12 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 30, 2014 07:13 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: joncelli at March 30, 2014 07:13 PM (/AYWV)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 30, 2014 07:13 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Ashley Judds Puffy Lil Scamper, aka MrCaniac at March 30, 2014 07:14 PM (HxSXm)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 30, 2014 11:13 PM (ojnk6)
It's about time to look yourself in the mirror and accept the cold, hard truth.
You're a Moron!
Posted by: EC at March 30, 2014 07:14 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Insomniac at March 30, 2014 07:14 PM (mx5oN)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 30, 2014 07:14 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: garrett at March 30, 2014 07:14 PM (0JYh2)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 30, 2014 07:14 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Aviator at March 30, 2014 07:15 PM (3rrMW)
Posted by: The Caffeinated Hat at March 30, 2014 07:15 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 30, 2014 11:05 PM (lr3d7)
holy f'n shit, are you kidding me? I might be able to manage a two-step, and maybe I'd be able to remember a waltz if you had a gun to my head, but a tango? No f'n way, never even learned how to do it.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 30, 2014 07:15 PM (xa1/W)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 30, 2014 07:15 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 30, 2014 11:14 PM (GEICT)
Make it so!
Posted by: EC at March 30, 2014 07:15 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Bossy Conservative riding Orca at March 30, 2014 07:15 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: freaked at March 30, 2014 11:09 PM (JdEZJ)
But can you do the "Freddie"?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 30, 2014 07:15 PM (/Nxsb)
And they will put us on a all-fiber diet. Posted by: wheatie
"all-fiber diet." - More poo, this time camel poo?
Posted by: Jean at March 30, 2014 07:16 PM (Aqvh6)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 30, 2014 07:16 PM (RZ8pf)
Thx. My brother is a Navy man. Guess I'm hypersensitive on the subject. Sorry to all those who found my comment insulting to them.
Posted by: NCwoof at March 30, 2014 07:16 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: rickl at March 30, 2014 07:16 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 30, 2014 07:16 PM (DmNpO)
The previous thread? People goofing on "on your ass" means that we don't have respect for brave deceased veterans?
I'm not getting the logic here.
Jeez, most of the military guys I've known have rather, er, earthy senses of humor. In fact, there were probably a few of them sitting around thinking of song titles in that thread.
Posted by: Donna and V. (no ampersand) at March 30, 2014 07:17 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 30, 2014 07:17 PM (8KNrF)
Posted by: navybrat at March 30, 2014 07:17 PM (JgC5a)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 30, 2014 07:18 PM (aDwsi)
Here I am two days later, stone sober and struggling with flu-like symptoms, though not quite as severe, with a pint of Johnny Black sitting unopened on my computer desk. I guess I can hold onto it 'til the UK/Wisconsin game. Maybe.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at March 30, 2014 07:18 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 30, 2014 07:18 PM (ojnk6)
Also I vant that pic-a-nic basket! And moose and squirrel!!
Posted by: Vlad "your friend in government" Putin at March 30, 2014 07:18 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: awkward davies at March 30, 2014 07:18 PM (whqez)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 30, 2014 07:18 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: navybrat at March 30, 2014 07:18 PM (JgC5a)
http://tinyurl.com/n2w2fb7
And some coffee in the back yard.
Posted by: The Irish at March 30, 2014 07:18 PM (TI3xG)
Posted by: freaked at March 30, 2014 07:19 PM (JdEZJ)
I've seen El Topo and The Holy Mountain, greater wastes of time are difficult to come by.
Posted by: Null at March 30, 2014 07:19 PM (xjpRj)
Posted by: the goat at March 30, 2014 07:19 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 30, 2014 07:19 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 30, 2014 07:19 PM (xa1/W)
It can't be a spoiler because history.
It would be like getting mad at your science teacher for giving a quick history of the development of the atomic bomb and how it made the Japanese surrender sooner than later because your history class was only up to 1943.
Posted by: Epobirs at March 30, 2014 07:19 PM (bPxS6)
Posted by: Adam at March 30, 2014 07:19 PM (Aif/5)
Posted by: troyriser at March 30, 2014 07:20 PM (ptcFO)
Willis Baxter, Professor of Medieval Literature, arose from his near drunken slouch on the couch and, with five Irish whiskeys in him and the somewhat encouraging voices of the otherwise bored partygoers behind him, repaired to his study for the elements he needed to conjure up a demon.
pg. 1 A Personal Demon by David Bischoff, Rich Brown, and Linda Richardson. Signet. New York. 1985.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 30, 2014 07:20 PM (2yQQy)
Posted by: Extremely grumpy momma bear at March 30, 2014 07:20 PM (PlmrF)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 30, 2014 07:21 PM (GEICT)
http://tinyurl.com/mgzufe9
http://tinyurl.com/mf2dg5j
http://tinyurl.com/l3u8sdl
http://tinyurl.com/mhvto5s
http://tinyurl.com/mdtglf8
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 30, 2014 11:18 PM (GEICT)
Tell me you know all of those girls personally and not just over the intarwebz!!!
TELL ME!!!!!
Posted by: EC at March 30, 2014 07:21 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Zoso at March 30, 2014 07:21 PM (Usdw3)
Posted by: thunderb at March 30, 2014 07:22 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 30, 2014 07:22 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: LEGOS! at March 30, 2014 07:23 PM (wu/TK)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 30, 2014 11:15 PM (aDwsi)
Just a pinch between the cheek and gums...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 30, 2014 07:23 PM (xa1/W)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 30, 2014 07:23 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: The Hickster at March 30, 2014 07:24 PM (TI3xG)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 30, 2014 07:24 PM (2yQQy)
Posted by: awkward davies at March 30, 2014 07:25 PM (whqez)
Posted by: Extremely grumpy momma bear at March 30, 2014 07:25 PM (PlmrF)
so...fighting to get out then?
Tell me you know all of those girls personally and not just over the intarwebz!!!
TELL ME!!!!!
Posted by: EC at March 30, 2014 11:21 PM (doBIb)
And if you DO...and you didn't hook a bruthah up with number 3...thou art a huge bag of douche.
Unless its your sister. In which case...wtf are you doing putting that picture of her on the internets you sicko!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 30, 2014 07:25 PM (xa1/W)
Posted by: JoeyBagels at March 30, 2014 07:26 PM (Usdw3)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 30, 2014 07:26 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: freaked at March 30, 2014 07:26 PM (JdEZJ)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 30, 2014 07:27 PM (xa1/W)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 30, 2014 07:27 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at March 30, 2014 07:27 PM (rakCv)
Posted by: Colorado Alex at March 30, 2014 11:26 PM (lr3d7)
That's just crazy talk right there.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 30, 2014 07:27 PM (xa1/W)
Posted by: LEGOS! at March 30, 2014 11:23 PM (wu/TK)<<<
Actually, from watching TWD and seeing all the commercials for AMC's new series Turn, I must say, I'm pretty intrigued.
Posted by: Disturbed at March 30, 2014 07:27 PM (08jH8)
Posted by: awkward davies at March 30, 2014 07:27 PM (whqez)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 30, 2014 07:28 PM (8KNrF)
Posted by: Bossy Conservative riding Orca at March 30, 2014 07:28 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 30, 2014 11:26 PM (GEICT)
You lucky bastard!
Posted by: EC at March 30, 2014 07:28 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at March 30, 2014 07:29 PM (xa1/W)
Something from the blog
http://annapuna.blogspot.com/2007/05/voice-of-experience.html
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 30, 2014 07:30 PM (2yQQy)
Posted by: Extremely grumpy momma bear at March 30, 2014 07:30 PM (PlmrF)
Posted by: freaked at March 30, 2014 07:30 PM (JdEZJ)
Posted by: Stark Dickflüssig at March 30, 2014 07:31 PM (MbqmP)
I only really know it as my brothers Seko .308. I looked up the actual name.
http://tinyurl.com/mkaljdj
Posted by: The Hickster at March 30, 2014 07:31 PM (TI3xG)
Posted by: awkward davies at March 30, 2014 07:31 PM (whqez)
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at March 30, 2014 07:31 PM (F3nFt)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 30, 2014 07:32 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: navybrat at March 30, 2014 07:32 PM (JgC5a)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 30, 2014 07:32 PM (HVI5a)
We're supposed to know that a major character dies in 1918? Sorry, Epobirs, my European history classes didn't cover department stores of the 20th century.
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 30, 2014 07:32 PM (hn5v5)
He was more than a bit of an asshole before he was shootdown, but I think the long term effect of captivity is his advancing psychotic behavior.
I can't forgive him for his bullshit, but I also can't judge him too harshly, because I think he is honestly mentally ill. Posted by: Bossy Conservative riding Orca
I'm pretty sure his years in Washington have screwed him up far worse then anything the Vietnamese did to him.
Posted by: Jean at March 30, 2014 07:33 PM (Aqvh6)
Posted by: freaked at March 30, 2014 07:33 PM (JdEZJ)
Posted by: Bossy Conservative riding Orca at March 30, 2014 07:33 PM (+1T7c)
Coming out on blu-ray this week supposedly. Heard good things. Directed by Frank Perry, who was Katy's uncle.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 30, 2014 07:33 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 30, 2014 10:34 PM (ojnk6)-
#1 on the wall of shame lol...evening RINOS.
nice ONT Maet...
Posted by: rich@gmu at March 30, 2014 07:33 PM (RhQvZ)
Posted by: EC at March 30, 2014 07:34 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Thrawn at March 30, 2014 07:35 PM (WlWt+)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 30, 2014 07:35 PM (GEICT)
that we attempt to ban RINO-branding in the ONT from here on out as a matter of common blog courtesy/protocol?????
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 30, 2014 07:35 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Extremely grumpy momma bear at March 30, 2014 07:35 PM (PlmrF)
and a side of potato chips.
and be snappy about it!
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 30, 2014 07:36 PM (b/lt+)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 30, 2014 07:36 PM (8KNrF)
Posted by: Wrongkite at March 30, 2014 07:36 PM (wu/TK)
Posted by: freaked at March 30, 2014 07:36 PM (JdEZJ)
Posted by: Insomniac at March 30, 2014 07:36 PM (mx5oN)
doesn't magma cool as it gets closer to the earth's surface?
(The one think I still remember from Geo 101 at Long Beach City College: below ground, magma; above ground, lava.)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 30, 2014 07:37 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 30, 2014 07:37 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Bossy Conservative riding Orca at March 30, 2014 07:38 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 30, 2014 07:38 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: freaked
If he had retired in 2000 after losing the GOP primary, his record would have been much better and he would be more popular on the right. But his losing to Bush really twisted something in his gut and made him determined to be a maverick asshole.
Posted by: Mætenloch at March 30, 2014 07:38 PM (XkotV)
Posted by: Jean at March 30, 2014 07:38 PM (Aqvh6)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 30, 2014 07:38 PM (8KNrF)
Posted by: awkward davies at March 30, 2014 07:39 PM (whqez)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 30, 2014 07:39 PM (GEICT)
OTOH he *was* a great actor.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 30, 2014 07:39 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 30, 2014 07:39 PM (0AKks)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 30, 2014 11:39 PM (GEICT)
You said balls! hehehehe...
Posted by: EC at March 30, 2014 07:40 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 30, 2014 07:40 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 30, 2014 07:40 PM (b/lt+)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 30, 2014 07:40 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at March 30, 2014 07:40 PM (rakCv)
Posted by: freaked at March 30, 2014 07:40 PM (JdEZJ)
Posted by: SnowyBits at March 30, 2014 07:41 PM (v0WsZ)
http://annapuna.blogspot.com/2006/11/mike-and-his-flags.html
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 30, 2014 07:41 PM (2yQQy)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 30, 2014 07:42 PM (8KNrF)
Coming out on blu-ray this week supposedly. Heard good things. Directed by Frank Perry, who was Katy's uncle.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 30, 2014 11:33 PM (HVI5a)
I saw it once on late night TV during the 80s. It was an odd movie and was supposed to show the inanity of modern suburban life as Lancaster swam from one yard's pool to another. Unfortunately they forgot to include an actual plot. And the payoff was stupidly trivial.
Posted by: Mætenloch at March 30, 2014 07:42 PM (XkotV)
Thanks! We were stopped at a house and it just happened to be 69 Meeting Street. Haha!!!
Posted by: EC at March 30, 2014 07:42 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Thrawn at March 30, 2014 07:42 PM (WlWt+)
I thought it was the Mosin Nagant.
Posted by: The Hickster at March 30, 2014 07:43 PM (TI3xG)
Posted by: Bossy Conservative riding Orca at March 30, 2014 07:44 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: weft cut-lenon [/i] [/b] at March 30, 2014 07:45 PM (5mtBD)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 30, 2014 07:45 PM (WX3R9)
Posted by: thunderb at March 30, 2014 07:46 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Soothsayer, corn bread assassin at March 30, 2014 07:46 PM (47IEJ)
Posted by: awkward davies at March 30, 2014 07:46 PM (whqez)
The basic laws of thermo dynamics would say yes. The surface is cooler so anything near it will lose heat. No schooling on this so there may be something I don't understand.
Posted by: The Hickster at March 30, 2014 07:46 PM (TI3xG)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at March 30, 2014 07:46 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: navybrat at March 30, 2014 07:47 PM (JgC5a)
Posted by: thunderb at March 30, 2014 07:47 PM (zOTsN)
And of course filmcritters are going to call it an anti-suburban film, but from what I've heard and IMHO it could be about anybody who's lived a too-comfy life running from the realities of life. Me thinks it could even be applicable to a certain resident of a certain Pennsylvania Avenue in an eastern city someplace...
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 30, 2014 07:47 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Bossy Conservative riding Orca at March 30, 2014 11:44 PM (+1T7c)<<<
Poor, poor Daryl. He did the cannibals a favor by getting Beth out of there. She'd have been overcooked very quickly in that heat.
Posted by: Disturbed at March 30, 2014 07:47 PM (08jH8)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 30, 2014 07:47 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Bossy Conservative riding Orca at March 30, 2014 07:48 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 30, 2014 07:48 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 30, 2014 07:49 PM (8KNrF)
Posted by: Barack Insane Obama at March 30, 2014 07:49 PM (JdEZJ)
Posted by: troyriser at March 30, 2014 07:49 PM (ptcFO)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 30, 2014 07:49 PM (hn5v5)
Posted by: Dorcus Blimeline at March 30, 2014 07:50 PM (iB0Q2)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 30, 2014 07:50 PM (2yQQy)
Posted by: Bossy Conservative riding Orca at March 30, 2014 07:51 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: Barack Insane Obama at March 30, 2014 07:52 PM (JdEZJ)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 30, 2014 07:52 PM (nvT5F)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 30, 2014 07:52 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Wily E Coyote at March 30, 2014 07:53 PM (wu/TK)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 30, 2014 07:53 PM (2yQQy)
Posted by: thunderb at March 30, 2014 07:53 PM (zOTsN)
Expected something totally different. What a rip-off.
Posted by: zombie Ted Kennedy at March 30, 2014 07:54 PM (08jH8)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 30, 2014 07:54 PM (8KNrF)
Posted by: Paul Zummo at March 30, 2014 07:54 PM (ZNIRz)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 30, 2014 07:55 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 30, 2014 07:55 PM (ojnk6)
That's why your shot glass is filled with fire for the rest of eternity.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 30, 2014 07:55 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 30, 2014 07:55 PM (hn5v5)
Posted by: Bossy Conservative riding Orca at March 30, 2014 07:56 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: thunderb at March 30, 2014 07:56 PM (zOTsN)
it would end with Obama swimming out to sea and being eaten by a shark named Vlad.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 30, 2014 07:56 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Paul Zummo at March 30, 2014 11:54 PM (ZNIRz)
Happy Birthday Paul Zummo!
Posted by: Steck at March 30, 2014 07:56 PM (5i94q)
Thunderb, thank you for serving. And those close to you. I know there is no easy answer, but I apologize to those who really care about heroes like Cmdr Denton. My comment was rash and emotional. That's all I can say or do to correct any wrong done.
Posted by: NCwoof at March 30, 2014 07:57 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: navybrat at March 30, 2014 07:57 PM (JgC5a)
Posted by: thunderb at March 30, 2014 07:57 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Barack Insane Obama at March 30, 2014 07:57 PM (JdEZJ)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at March 30, 2014 07:58 PM (2fMc5)
Man, hello! And yes, I know what she did, what I was trying to say is that I admire her instincts in defending the admiral's memory against a bunch of reprobates, even if she was mistaken about us!
Did that make sense or confuse the issue further??
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 30, 2014 07:58 PM (nvT5F)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 30, 2014 11:55 PM (ojnk6)
I think she just had a bad night. Though I am tempted to make her Moronette membership probationary for 90 days for not grokking the Ways of the Horde.
Posted by: Mætenloch at March 30, 2014 07:58 PM (XkotV)
Posted by: thunderb at March 30, 2014 07:58 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 30, 2014 07:58 PM (8KNrF)
It absolutely must have him emerging from the water to the beach showing off his glistening pecs. *squirt*
Posted by: some douche in the MFM at March 30, 2014 07:59 PM (08jH8)
Posted by: rickl at March 30, 2014 08:00 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 30, 2014 08:00 PM (DmNpO)
"Work hard! Millions on welfare are depending on YOU!!"
;-)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 30, 2014 08:00 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 30, 2014 11:58 PM (nvT5F)
Yes
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at March 30, 2014 08:00 PM (/Nxsb)
Good evening, good people. Quick drive-by to say hi and leave you with one of my favorite sentiments.
I firmly believe that ANYONE who served honorably in ANY capacity deserves to be honored for that service.
Goodnite, good people. Stay safe.
Posted by: irongrampa at March 30, 2014 08:01 PM (SAMxH)
Paul Scofield was great as the antagonist in the movie. Very gritty and realistic. A good study of the petty ruthlessness of the Germans. Even in the end, when they were withdrawing, they shot the old man, Papa Bull.Posted by: Bossy Conservative riding Orca at March 30, 2014 08:01 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 30, 2014 08:01 PM (nvT5F)
Posted by: freaked at March 30, 2014 08:01 PM (JdEZJ)
Posted by: navybrat at March 30, 2014 08:01 PM (JgC5a)
Posted by: RWC at March 30, 2014 08:02 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 30, 2014 08:02 PM (ojnk6)
Hahahaha!
Hey Tammy!
Posted by: EC at March 30, 2014 08:02 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 30, 2014 08:02 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 30, 2014 08:02 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Paul Zummo at March 30, 2014 08:03 PM (ZNIRz)
Posted by: Trust J-School inetgrity at March 30, 2014 08:04 PM (wu/TK)
Posted by: Ashley JuddsPuffy Lil Scamper, aka MrCaniac at March 30, 2014 08:04 PM (HxSXm)
So, the subject matter is interesting enough for a dramatization but not to have read anything about it previously? Where did you think Andrew Davies, the writer of the series, got the information to base it upon? It's all history, armies with guns and blades as well the army of retail clerks wielding measuring tapes.
Posted by: Epobirs at March 30, 2014 08:04 PM (bPxS6)
My heart is generally in the right place, but I seldom make sense.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 30, 2014 08:04 PM (nvT5F)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 30, 2014 08:05 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 30, 2014 08:05 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: navybrat at March 30, 2014 08:05 PM (JgC5a)
please read my post at 313. I'd rather not type it all over again. Thank you for your service.
Posted by: NCwoof at March 30, 2014 08:05 PM (aUQgu)
He is coming home from training next weekend. He has agreed to come visit, by himself, for a family talk. He doesn't know what we plan to discuss, but we will have it once and leave it at that.
Posted by: EC at March 30, 2014 08:05 PM (doBIb)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 30, 2014 08:06 PM (nvT5F)
There goes tonight's dream schedule.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 30, 2014 08:06 PM (0AKks)
Posted by: Angel with a sword at March 30, 2014 08:06 PM (hpgw1)
If we sanction the Fins what states do we have to sanction here? I'm guessing like the Irish the Finnish population is higher here in the US than in their home country's.
Posted by: The Hickster at March 30, 2014 08:07 PM (TI3xG)
Posted by: freaked at March 30, 2014 08:07 PM (JdEZJ)
Posted by: Paul Zummo at March 30, 2014 08:07 PM (ZNIRz)
Posted by: Bossy Conservative riding Orca at March 30, 2014 08:07 PM (+1T7c)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 30, 2014 08:07 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 30, 2014 08:07 PM (nvT5F)
Great idea, though.
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at March 30, 2014 08:07 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at March 30, 2014 08:08 PM (8KNrF)
Posted by: RWC at March 30, 2014 08:08 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 30, 2014 08:09 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Paul Zummo at March 30, 2014 08:09 PM (ZNIRz)
Posted by: War Pug at March 30, 2014 08:09 PM (vFh9Q)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 30, 2014 08:09 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: The Cytherean Hat at March 30, 2014 08:09 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 30, 2014 08:10 PM (nvT5F)
Posted by: Paul Zummo at March 30, 2014 08:10 PM (ZNIRz)
Posted by: navybrat at March 30, 2014 08:11 PM (JgC5a)
RIP CDR Denton. I was only 4, but thank you for your service!
Posted by: Infidel at March 30, 2014 08:11 PM (IL0TY)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 30, 2014 08:11 PM (0AKks)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 30, 2014 08:12 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 31, 2014 12:07 AM (nvT5F)
Thanks.
Posted by: EC at March 30, 2014 08:12 PM (doBIb)
Considering McCain's behavior, I thought it appropriate.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 30, 2014 08:12 PM (0AKks)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 30, 2014 11:40 PM (ojnk6)
I've been working to get on the wall of shame but can't ever seem to crack the top 10. an odd goal...
Posted by: rich@gmu at March 30, 2014 08:15 PM (RhQvZ)
Posted by: RWC at March 30, 2014 08:15 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 30, 2014 08:15 PM (nvT5F)
My mother was putting together some stuff for dinner and had a rice dish going in the microwave. We have a high powered (1250W) model and apparently this item was far more sensitive to the higher power than the other varieties she had recently produced via microwave. Smoke began billowing out of the microwave but I didn't notice upstairs because my vent is kept closed due to my room being much warmer than the others. Combined with the closed door I had a bubble of clear air but my sister was in the bathroom when the smoke started coming through the vent there.
We made my mother sit outside rather than allow her any more smoke inhalation, then got every window open and got the fans out that normally would have stayed packed away a few more months. (Especially this year.) Throughout all of this none of the smoke alarms made a peep. I pressed the test button on the unit near the kitchen and it screeched strongly, indicating the battery is good. (Most of you likely know that smoke alarms are designed to drive you up the wall when the battery falls below a certain level, forcing you to take action.)
So why the hell did none of the alarms go off? In the past we've had incidents where they were far too sensitive to normal cooking, now they've gone to the other extreme. If we had a fire there would have been no alert and those of us upstairs could have been trapped.
Something to look into this week.
Posted by: Epobirs at March 30, 2014 08:15 PM (bPxS6)
Posted by: RWC at March 30, 2014 08:16 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: Juan McCain at March 30, 2014 08:17 PM (JdEZJ)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 30, 2014 08:17 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: RWC at March 30, 2014 08:18 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 30, 2014 08:19 PM (nvT5F)
Posted by: War Pug at March 30, 2014 08:19 PM (vFh9Q)
That bison vid freaked me the hell right out, especially with all the quakes that have been happening out west lately.
You really shouldn't worry about Yellowstone erupting. There's nothing you can do about it except prepare like any other disaster scenario. If it does blow, there won't be much left to worry about.
I didn't see a date on the bison video, so I don't if that's recent, or even if it's from a part of the year the bison might be on the move anyway.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 30, 2014 08:19 PM (0AKks)
Posted by: navybrat at March 30, 2014 08:22 PM (JgC5a)
Posted by: Infidel at March 30, 2014 08:22 PM (IL0TY)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at March 30, 2014 08:23 PM (2fMc5)
Posted by: Infidel at March 30, 2014 08:23 PM (IL0TY)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 30, 2014 08:24 PM (nvT5F)
Posted by: eman at March 30, 2014 08:25 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: fairweatherbill deerslayer at March 30, 2014 08:25 PM (l26B5)
Posted by: RWC at March 30, 2014 08:25 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: NativeNH at March 30, 2014 08:25 PM (rbwla)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 30, 2014 08:26 PM (nvT5F)
Posted by: Epobirs at March 31, 2014 12:15 AM (bPxS6)
Epobirs, how old is the smoke detector? We just had to toss one that had a happy battery but shot internals.
Posted by: Steck at March 30, 2014 08:27 PM (5i94q)
Yes. Yes they are. Damn good. Bit pricey in the park, but worth it.
Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 30, 2014 08:28 PM (0AKks)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 30, 2014 08:28 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 30, 2014 08:28 PM (nvT5F)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at March 30, 2014 08:28 PM (2fMc5)
Posted by: eman at March 30, 2014 08:29 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: RWC at March 30, 2014 08:29 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: Infidel at March 30, 2014 08:29 PM (IL0TY)
I was kind of surprised the guy waited as long as he did to drop to the lower floor. IIRC, he is not a young guy, 50-something, so he may have needed some serious melting glass motivation before trying that maneuver. At an earlier age he may have felt able to get all the way down on his own. I imagine that ledge looked terribly narrow from his perspective.
Posted by: Epobirs at March 30, 2014 08:30 PM (bPxS6)
Take the quiz. Good luck. I'm going to bed and lick my wounded pride.
http://tinyurl.com/mrjde8l
Posted by: creeper at March 30, 2014 08:30 PM (jr9Su)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 30, 2014 08:30 PM (nvT5F)
Posted by: RWC at March 30, 2014 08:30 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: The Smoked Hat at March 30, 2014 08:31 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 30, 2014 08:31 PM (ojnk6)
Gotta agree with Tammy al Thor on the ttt.
Posted by: Infidel at March 30, 2014 08:32 PM (IL0TY)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 30, 2014 08:33 PM (nvT5F)
Posted by: navybrat at March 30, 2014 08:33 PM (JgC5a)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 30, 2014 08:34 PM (nvT5F)
Need to work on this.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 31, 2014 12:24 AM
What sort of gear do you have in mind? For something like yellowstone, you'd be pretty much covered with gas masks + spare filters, sealed water and rifle. Either you're won't have anything to worry about if you're close, or, if not, it'll be a shit load of ash. Breathing and water will be the main concerns.
Posted by: otho at March 30, 2014 08:34 PM (9gNQd)
I don't recall if it is the unit that was here when we first moved in almost ten years ago. I vaguely recall the HOA or the property management company replacing them all at one point. (We were originally renters but my sister now holds the mortgage. Long story involving the owner being dead for two years before the bank noticed.)
Posted by: Epobirs at March 30, 2014 08:34 PM (bPxS6)
Posted by: RWC at March 31, 2014 12:16 AM (QeH9j)<<<
take it you are finally winding down!!! you drank 2 of them.
ManWithNoParty-
i'll try to keep myself busy so I will have an unbroken record of not making it! got classes for the summer to look forward too and some decent prospects job wise-one at school-lined up for the week.
Posted by: rich@gmu at March 30, 2014 08:35 PM (RhQvZ)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 30, 2014 08:36 PM (ojnk6)
Most times, yes, Tammy.
I petted a bison at Sturgis one year. Got the picture too. He was a baby and so cute.
Posted by: Infidel at March 30, 2014 08:37 PM (IL0TY)
The smoke should have been far more than adequate to cause a reaction. It was getting visibly cloudy downstairs before we got the windows open.
It would have really sucked if this happened a month ago when it would have been far colder outside..
Posted by: Epobirs at March 30, 2014 08:37 PM (bPxS6)
Posted by: War Pug at March 30, 2014 08:37 PM (vFh9Q)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 30, 2014 08:38 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 30, 2014 08:39 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: War Pug at March 30, 2014 08:39 PM (vFh9Q)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 30, 2014 08:40 PM (nvT5F)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 30, 2014 08:41 PM (ojnk6)
The most fervent AGW types I meet tend to also be the sort who don't believe in having children. They must secretly believe themselves to be immortal, otherwise, why would they care if the planet is habitable after they're gone?
Posted by: Epobirs at March 30, 2014 08:42 PM (bPxS6)
I think the 2 halves of that emitter detector marriage degrade over time. And just like going deaf ( think of grandma as the emitter and grandpa as the detector) as one gets old but slowly compensating for it. They just go to crap on communicating with each other. So you end up with a lot of false alarms or total ignoring and no alarm. They say (or some say) replace your smoke detectors every 5 years for this reason.
Posted by: The Hickster at March 30, 2014 08:42 PM (TI3xG)
Posted by: eman at March 30, 2014 08:42 PM (AO9UG)
I think the ash would be the worst. I was in WA when Mt. St. Helen's went off. Heard it, but was luckly north. Almost no ash in my area at the time, but other places were horrible.
Unfckin believable to see the side of the mountain blown off.
Posted by: Infidel at March 30, 2014 08:42 PM (IL0TY)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 30, 2014 08:42 PM (nvT5F)
1,000 years?
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 30, 2014 08:43 PM (HVI5a)
Tammy al-Thor at March 31, 2014 12:40 AM (nvT5F)
Good relations with your neighbors is also very important. Just my opinion.
Posted by: Taco Shack at March 30, 2014 08:44 PM (C+qQ0)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 30, 2014 08:44 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 30, 2014 08:45 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 30, 2014 08:47 PM (nvT5F)
Posted by: RWC at March 30, 2014 08:47 PM (QeH9j)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 30, 2014 08:47 PM (nvT5F)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 30, 2014 08:48 PM (d49R9)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at March 30, 2014 08:49 PM (oKzyB)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 30, 2014 08:50 PM (ojnk6)
"Hello, Steve? Yeah, we've got a great full-time position for you! You can start Tues--"
(giant wave of yellow-hot lava pours through window, melting all in its path)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 30, 2014 08:50 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 30, 2014 08:50 PM (nvT5F)
Posted by: Infidel at March 30, 2014 08:51 PM (IL0TY)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 30, 2014 08:51 PM (nvT5F)
It's just a question of severity.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 30, 2014 08:51 PM (HVI5a)
And of course before it got stolen, we had lots of ammo and firepower, but did I mention it all got stolen? Filed a police report and everything.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 31, 2014 12:40 AM
Yeah a bang stick will probably be required. As for the rest of the stuff, regarding yellowstone, it'll be lower tier priority. Depending how close to the caldera you are and winds and stuff, a lot of day to day stuff won't be terribly affected. You will likely be able to still get that stuff. An immediate use supply wouldn't hurt, though. If it happens and you're in an affected area, you most likely won't be hunkering down. You'll be on the move away from the ashfall. You could well be able to still get that stuff as you go. Unless you're in the super heavy ashfall area and you can't move... you should check on that. It likely won't be particularly destructive outside the blast zone, what with surges and flows and stuff, so there won't be huge infrastructure damage. Unless yellowstone starts to build up massively before it goes kerblooey. If it does you'll know to get the fuck out pronto, anyway.
Posted by: otho at March 30, 2014 08:52 PM (9gNQd)
Always try to buy him a drink first when we meet at the bar. Is that enough? Or do we actually have to talk?
I've got no worries likely even if I was a douche my neighbor would still help me. He's just a good dude.
Posted by: The Hickster at March 30, 2014 08:52 PM (TI3xG)
Posted by: eman at March 30, 2014 08:53 PM (AO9UG)
"I will NOT die sober!!" - Jordan Belfort
(while he and his family are trying to sail to Switzerland on their yacht... in the middle of a massive seastorm)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 30, 2014 08:54 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 31, 2014 12:43 AM (HVI5a)-
NatGeo did a good feature on it a while back of the eruptions every 700k years or so. think discovery (and the bbc) had a disaster flick "Supervolcano" with a mostly English cast about same.
Posted by: rich@gmu at March 30, 2014 08:54 PM (RhQvZ)
Posted by: eman at March 31, 2014 12:42 AM (AO9UG)
In some ways this is the story of mooch's ass.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 30, 2014 08:54 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 30, 2014 08:54 PM (d49R9)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 30, 2014 08:55 PM (nvT5F)
"Hello, Mr. Musk? How much for the next SpaceX flight out? I've got a car, a house and a slightly used wife..."
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 30, 2014 08:55 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 30, 2014 08:57 PM (nvT5F)
Posted by: Epobirs at March 30, 2014 08:57 PM (bPxS6)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 30, 2014 08:57 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 30, 2014 08:57 PM (nvT5F)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 30, 2014 08:58 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Infidel at March 30, 2014 08:58 PM (IL0TY)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 31, 2014 12:57 AM (nvT5F)
yeah I couldn't resist that one.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 30, 2014 08:59 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Epobirs at March 30, 2014 08:59 PM (bPxS6)
If one blast o' heat don't getcha, another one will.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 30, 2014 09:00 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 30, 2014 09:00 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: katya the designated driver at March 30, 2014 09:01 PM (4Chvm)
Posted by: Infidel at March 30, 2014 09:02 PM (IL0TY)
If one blast o' heat don't getcha, another one will.
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 31, 2014 01:00 AM (HVI5a)
Air conditioning bills are gonna be a bitch.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 30, 2014 09:02 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 30, 2014 09:02 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 30, 2014 09:04 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 30, 2014 09:05 PM (d49R9)
You being the King of All Media and all now, let me point something out.
You can kiss my ass.
You owe the surviving officer corps of the United States Military a major fucking apology. You know damned well what you said, not implicated but said straight out, because I jumped your pansy ass about it within minutes. And you sneered.
Or were you just popping off and letting off a little steam?
Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 30, 2014 09:06 PM (xq1UY)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 30, 2014 09:06 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 31, 2014 12:50 AM (ojnk6)
thanks. and on that note, I've got a long day tomorrow and am heading to bed. see you all tomorrow...
Posted by: rich@gmu at March 30, 2014 09:06 PM (RhQvZ)
Posted by: Infidel at March 30, 2014 09:07 PM (IL0TY)
Posted by: Epobirs at March 31, 2014 01:05 AM (bPxS6)
Meh, just throw another leftist on the fire.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 30, 2014 09:09 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 30, 2014 09:09 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 30, 2014 09:10 PM (d49R9)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 30, 2014 09:11 PM (HVI5a)
Posted by: Infidel at March 30, 2014 09:13 PM (IL0TY)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 30, 2014 09:14 PM (aDwsi)
Perfect movie scene: obnoxious AGW fanatic struggles to tweet "I blame climate change!" before the blast wave arrives.
Posted by: Epobirs at March 30, 2014 09:14 PM (bPxS6)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 30, 2014 09:15 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 30, 2014 09:15 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 30, 2014 09:16 PM (d49R9)
Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at March 30, 2014 09:17 PM (d49R9)
Posted by: qdpsteve at March 30, 2014 09:18 PM (HVI5a)
http://tinyurl.com/jwgy8tj
Posted by: Thrawn at March 30, 2014 10:44 PM (WlWt+)
Good find.
Posted by: rickl at March 30, 2014 10:49 PM (sdi6R)
Indeed. And the stacks in the photo accompanying his tweet appear to be emitting vast quantities of that most nasty greenhouse gas, diyhydrogen monoxide.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2014 09:22 PM (HCEgT)
Posted by: rickl at March 30, 2014 09:22 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 30, 2014 09:23 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: otho at March 30, 2014 09:25 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: rickl at March 30, 2014 09:28 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Boom! at March 30, 2014 09:28 PM (MV98J)
Posted by: The Redditing Hat at March 30, 2014 09:31 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 30, 2014 09:34 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 30, 2014 09:37 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: NCwoof at March 30, 2014 11:16 PM (aUQgu)
Maybe you should apologize to the whole Horde for making a stupid and hurtful comment and again for making that passive-aggressive non-apology above.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 30, 2014 09:38 PM (HCEgT)
Posted by: navybrat at March 30, 2014 09:44 PM (JgC5a)
Posted by: The The Horse-Service Announcement Hat at March 30, 2014 09:45 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 30, 2014 09:50 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Sandra Fluke, Expert on "sucking" at March 30, 2014 09:52 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: navybrat at March 31, 2014 01:44 AM (JgC5a)
Hey that's an excellent idea.
Posted by: Mætenloch13 at March 30, 2014 09:52 PM (XkotV)
Posted by: kbdabear at March 30, 2014 09:59 PM (aTXUx)
It comes from a completely different source:
http://youtu.be/E4KJrvlMccw
Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 30, 2014 10:00 PM (0AKks)
Posted by: Bill H at March 30, 2014 10:03 PM (3sZO1)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 30, 2014 10:03 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: kbdabear at March 30, 2014 10:03 PM (aTXUx)
Theres an app for that!
http://www.amazon.com/Screen-Alcohol-Breathalyzer-Samsung-Galaxy/dp/B00FZHEJ5K
Posted by: Epobirs at March 30, 2014 10:07 PM (bPxS6)
So what's the minimum BAC before we're allowed to post?
Posted by: Blanco Basura at March 30, 2014 10:09 PM (0AKks)
Posted by: kbdabear at March 30, 2014 10:14 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 30, 2014 10:14 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Bill H at March 30, 2014 10:17 PM (3sZO1)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at March 30, 2014 10:18 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Infidel at March 30, 2014 10:21 PM (IL0TY)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 30, 2014 10:38 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: Adriane... at March 30, 2014 10:38 PM (qoKTg)
Posted by: Adriane... at March 30, 2014 10:46 PM (qoKTg)
Posted by: Adriane... at March 30, 2014 10:47 PM (qoKTg)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 30, 2014 10:55 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Gem at March 30, 2014 10:57 PM (zw+pb)
Posted by: yankeefifth at March 30, 2014 10:58 PM (rDidD)
Posted by: Adriane... at March 30, 2014 11:00 PM (qoKTg)
Posted by: Adriane... at March 30, 2014 11:04 PM (qoKTg)
Chaucer 1392AD
Posted by: GMB (et al) at March 30, 2014 11:28 PM (nkPV9)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 30, 2014 11:36 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: GMB (et al) at March 30, 2014 11:40 PM (nkPV9)
Posted by: The Political Hat at March 31, 2014 12:14 AM (AymDN)
Ever have a nosebleed that just wouldn't quit?
Damn sinuses.
It's no big deal...it happens when my allergies act up, and I take stuff to dry me up then blow my nose too hard.
Lying down with a cold pack on my face usually stops the nosebleed.
Was here earlier...and was remiss in not saying:
Thanks for the great ONT, Mætenloch.
Lots of juicy content.
Even though I don't always comment on it...doesn't mean I don't read it all and appreciate it.
Posted by: wheatie at March 31, 2014 12:30 AM (m7/Sn)
Posted by: Bill H at March 31, 2014 12:32 AM (3sZO1)
Posted by: Gem at March 31, 2014 12:37 AM (zw+pb)
It's humbling to read about men like Admiral Denton.
Doing what he did in that interview...blinking the Morse Code message...was an incredibly brave thing to do, knowing what would surely happen to him if his captors found out.
And when they did find out...the all-night torture sessions that he was punished with, were so severe that even the guards "shed tears they could not hide".
Wow.
Rest in Peace, Admiral Denton.
May we be worthy of your sacrifices.
Posted by: wheatie at March 31, 2014 12:38 AM (m7/Sn)
Posted by: NativeNH at March 31, 2014 12:53 AM (rbwla)
Posted by: NativeNH at March 31, 2014 01:04 AM (rbwla)
Posted by: War Pug at March 31, 2014 01:49 AM (vFh9Q)
Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at March 31, 2014 01:50 AM (a5ljo)
Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at March 31, 2014 01:59 AM (a5ljo)
Posted by: Carol at March 31, 2014 02:05 AM (gjOCp)
Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at March 31, 2014 02:05 AM (a5ljo)
Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at March 31, 2014 02:12 AM (a5ljo)
They probably all studied Morse so they could text each other in it ironically. I would learn the POW code instead.
Posted by: typo dynamofo at March 31, 2014 02:15 AM (IVgIK)
Posted by: Little Miss Spellcheck at March 31, 2014 02:17 AM (a5ljo)
Posted by: ericinva at March 31, 2014 03:08 AM (sU8m5)
Posted by: Misanthopic Humanitarian at March 31, 2014 06:16 AM (HVff2)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at March 31, 2014 06:37 AM (kFnmp)
Russian generals admit that the Winter War cost the Red Army close to one million casualties. Meanwhile american college professors claim the Red Army won WWII, on one in the rest or the world took part.
Posted by: burt at March 31, 2014 08:02 AM (1+kJ5)
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