May 03, 2014
— CDR M
How about a little history to start of this ONT. Tremendous story of the incredibly stupid one at the Hanoi Hilton. While his first tour may not have started out well, he was incredibly key in getting our POWs back in the end.
Heh. Kids have it sooooo easy today with the on demand internets versus this bloke whose VCR taught him about sex (the skinamax part had me wondering if Kratos wrote this article). Heck, back in the day you had to work for your pron. Dealing with the scrambled signals by adjusting the tuner on the box or wiggling the connection on the back of the TV just to get a glimpse of a boob or hear some moans. It was either that or the Sears catalog. Those were the dark times.
Spotting Psychopaths
At heart, Hare’s test is simple: a list of 20 criteria, each given a score of 0 (if it doesn’t apply to the person), 1 (if it partially applies) or 2 (if it fully applies). The list in full is: glibness and superficial charm, grandiose sense of self-worth, pathological lying, cunning/manipulative, lack of remorse, emotional shallowness, callousness and lack of empathy, unwillingness to accept responsibility for actions, a tendency to boredom, a parasitic lifestyle, a lack of realistic long-term goals, impulsivity, irresponsibility, lack of behavioural control, behavioural problems in early life, juvenile delinquency, criminal versatility, a history of “revocation of conditional release” (ie broken parole), multiple marriages, and promiscuous sexual behaviour. A pure, prototypical psychopath would score 40. A score of 30 or more qualifies for a diagnosis of psychopathy. Hare says: “A friend of mine, a psychiatrist, once said: ‘Bob, when I meet someone who scores 35 or 36, I know these people really are different.’ The ones we consider to be alien are the ones at the upper end.”
F-35D
Cost overruns and budget cuts have forced the F-35D upon the USAF.
Flying Car
Not quite what I had in mind. I would probably call it a dune buggy vice car. French 'Flying Car' undergoes testing for special forces.
Name That Tone
So do you think you have absolute pitch, the ability to name any note you hear? Take the Perfect Pitch Test and find out if you have this rare ability.
Awesome Marine Name
This jarhead needs to get picked up for OCS with a name like this.
Hurricane Season
We've been pretty lucky overall the last 5 years or so but here is one of the forecasts for the upcoming hurricane season.
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
Theme song sung as a slow jam.
Gas Saving Tips and Myths
Since it looks like gas prices above $3 is here to stay (funny how the MSM ignores gas prices now), it might behoove you to take a look at some gas saving tips and myths.
It depends on how hard the air-Âconditioning system has to work. When we measured the fuel-economy difference in a 2008 Ford Focus, Honda Accord, and Subaru Forester, we found that fuel use with the A/C running went up with higher outside temperatures. At 55° F, there were negligible differences. But when we measured again on days when the temperature was in the low 70s and high 80s, we got fewer miles per gallon with the A/C on. In general, expect 1 to 4 mpg less with air conditioning.
Cat Camo
Cat Video
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Posted by: Arbalest at May 03, 2014 06:07 PM (FlRtG)
Posted by: CDR M at May 03, 2014 06:08 PM (LsJl8)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2014 06:09 PM (LJ7Ze)
Posted by: Gran at May 03, 2014 06:10 PM (xI5D5)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 03, 2014 06:10 PM (GDulk)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at May 03, 2014 06:11 PM (d7H2D)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 03, 2014 06:12 PM (L+hnr)
Posted by: Y-not at May 03, 2014 06:12 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: shredded chi at May 03, 2014 06:12 PM (OA8m1)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 03, 2014 06:12 PM (GDulk)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 03, 2014 10:12 PM (L+hnr)
Heh. I pretty much can figure out the results for some of them.
Posted by: CDR M at May 03, 2014 06:12 PM (LsJl8)
http://youtu.be/l5y2F_97FOk
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 03, 2014 06:13 PM (L+hnr)
Posted by: Gran at May 03, 2014 06:13 PM (xI5D5)
Posted by: shredded chi at May 03, 2014 10:12 PM (OA8m1)
Yup. I've already replenished all my supplies. I'm set.
Posted by: CDR M at May 03, 2014 06:13 PM (LsJl8)
Posted by: Darth Randall at May 03, 2014 06:14 PM (KlVdw)
Posted by: Darth Randall at May 03, 2014 10:14 PM (KlVdw)
Hot chicks?
Posted by: CDR M at May 03, 2014 06:15 PM (LsJl8)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2014 06:16 PM (LJ7Ze)
Posted by: Thrawn at May 03, 2014 06:17 PM (WlWt+)
Can we get this Administration to take it?
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 03, 2014 10:12 PM (L+hnr)
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Ask King Putt about the good things to describe his mother?
Posted by: Darth Randall at May 03, 2014 06:17 PM (KlVdw)
Posted by: Darth Randall at May 03, 2014 10:14 PM (KlVdw)
Hot chicks?
Posted by: CDR M at May 03, 2014 10:15 PM (LsJl
<<<
I wonder if they'd like to come over for cocoa and healthcare talk.
Posted by: Pajama boy at May 03, 2014 06:17 PM (Q2bPn)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at May 03, 2014 06:18 PM (ojnk6)
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I could stand to tighten up on some stuff, myself. What was the last good one we got? Isabel? I was without power for nine days that time!Posted by: shredded chi at May 03, 2014 06:18 PM (OA8m1)
Posted by: Y-not at May 03, 2014 06:18 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: kbdabear at May 03, 2014 06:19 PM (aTXUx)
Iranian-American, dual national, who worked for Pratt and Whitney has been busted trying to ship out of the country boxes of information on the JSF F-35. Amazingly no one apparently took note of the fact this mutt traveled to Iran five times in the past seven years.
http://tinyurl.com/pywox88
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 03, 2014 06:19 PM (L+hnr)
Posted by: Darth Randall at May 03, 2014 10:14 PM (KlVdw)
More importantly, where are you located where a bunch of cat faces blends in?
Posted by: J. Random Dude at May 03, 2014 06:19 PM (8OfdL)
This administration is so off the scale psychopathic, that even Dexter wants nothing to do with 'em. Fact.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 03, 2014 06:19 PM (vvk2F)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2014 06:19 PM (LJ7Ze)
Posted by: kbdabear at May 03, 2014 06:20 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: Y-not at May 03, 2014 06:20 PM (zDsvJ)
Not to worry. The very instant that a Republican is elected President again, the media will be absolutely wall to wall with "Pain At The Pump" stories.
Heavy rotation, top of the hour, above the fold, twenty point type. Extra, extra! Read all about it!
Posted by: torquewrench at May 03, 2014 06:21 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: kbdabear at May 03, 2014 06:21 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at May 03, 2014 06:21 PM (HxSXm)
Posted by: Lauren at May 03, 2014 06:21 PM (ejehg)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at May 03, 2014 06:21 PM (W7zKe)
Posted by: kbdabear at May 03, 2014 06:22 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: logprof at May 03, 2014 06:22 PM (GW/jL)
Posted by: kbdabear at May 03, 2014 06:23 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at May 03, 2014 06:23 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: kbdabear at May 03, 2014 06:23 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: come on, we were all thinking it at May 03, 2014 06:23 PM (w4C9b)
The proof will be known when November 30th rolls around and the Weather Channel airheads have committed sepukku due to lack of storms.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 03, 2014 06:24 PM (L+hnr)
MSM ignores gas prices now), it might behoove you to take a look at some gas saving tips and myths."
Not to worry. The very instant that a Republican is elected President again, the media will be absolutely wall to wall with "Pain At The Pump" stories.
Heavy rotation, top of the hour, above the fold, twenty point type. Extra, extra! Read all about it!
Posted by: torquewrench at May 03, 2014 10:21 PM (noWW6)
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I remeber seeing several stories about how it was a good thing (for the environment, over-crowded streets) when gas prices were above $4 a gallon.
Posted by: Darth Randall at May 03, 2014 06:24 PM (KlVdw)
Posted by: Y-not at May 03, 2014 06:24 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: Insomniac at May 03, 2014 06:25 PM (mx5oN)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 03, 2014 06:25 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: kbdabear at May 03, 2014 06:26 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: Insomniac at May 03, 2014 06:26 PM (mx5oN)
The Army have beaten the Corps to it with officer accession.
Morons and 'ettes, I proudly present to you, Captain Obvious.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/l3pek6
Posted by: torquewrench at May 03, 2014 06:26 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Y-not at May 03, 2014 06:26 PM (zDsvJ)
When appearing on Faux News you must speak the Queen's English but omit any reference to Dude. During the breaks, I always give those dweebs a well placed fuck or two.
Posted by: Tommy Vietor, Presidential Advisor at May 03, 2014 06:26 PM (nQjHM)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at May 03, 2014 06:27 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: shredded chi at May 03, 2014 06:27 PM (p59v3)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 03, 2014 06:28 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Y-not at May 03, 2014 06:28 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 03, 2014 06:29 PM (GDulk)
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 03, 2014 06:29 PM (w4C9b)
Posted by: kbdabear at May 03, 2014 06:29 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 03, 2014 06:29 PM (nzKvP)
Posted by: Thrawn at May 03, 2014 06:31 PM (WlWt+)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 03, 2014 06:31 PM (nzKvP)
Posted by: shredded chi at May 03, 2014 06:31 PM (p59v3)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at May 03, 2014 06:31 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Insomniac at May 03, 2014 06:32 PM (mx5oN)
Posted by: Y-not at May 03, 2014 06:32 PM (zDsvJ)
I found an old VHS tape that I wanted to dupe to DVD. Hadn't done that in a while, and screwed it up. Ruined the tape.
But somehow wound up recording my cable on the VHS tape. Funny, I was under the impression that when the TV signals went to pure digital that recording to VHS was no longer an option.
Well, either I was under the wrong impression or they were lying. Started playing with it, and geez, oddly enough I can record anything off of cable (or switching to antenna) to VHS. Not that I care to, but I just found that interesting.
So was I mis-informed about all this analog and digital stuff after all these years?
Posted by: HH at May 03, 2014 06:32 PM (XXwdv)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 03, 2014 06:33 PM (nzKvP)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at May 03, 2014 06:33 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at May 03, 2014 06:33 PM (d7H2D)
Yeah, I saw that. Security is a joke these days.
Posted by: CDR M at May 03, 2014 06:33 PM (LsJl8)
Posted by: shredded chi at May 03, 2014 06:34 PM (p59v3)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 03, 2014 06:35 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at May 03, 2014 06:35 PM (W7zKe)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2014 06:35 PM (LJ7Ze)
Posted by: King Baraka at May 03, 2014 06:35 PM (GW/jL)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 03, 2014 06:35 PM (DmNpO)
Soon to have Pakistani nuclear warheads attached.
The Saudis have made it clear they'll do this as soon as the Iranians test a weapon, which won't be long. The Saudis can afford it and the Pakistanis are willing sellers.
Another diplomatic triumph for Mr. Ed The Talking Horse, a.k.a. the Secretariat of State, and for the tragicomedically named Ambassador Power.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 03, 2014 06:35 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Darth Randall at May 03, 2014 10:24 PM (KlVdw)
The President said so in one of the debates. High gas prices equals awesome, rockin' economy or somethin'.
Posted by: CDR M at May 03, 2014 06:36 PM (LsJl8)
Ah come on, it's not like they just let felons drive onto Naval Station Norfolk...oh wait they do. Never mindPosted by: Nevergiveup at May 03, 2014 06:36 PM (nzKvP)
Posted by: willow at May 03, 2014 06:37 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at May 03, 2014 06:37 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at May 03, 2014 06:37 PM (W7zKe)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2014 06:38 PM (LJ7Ze)
Posted by: willow at May 03, 2014 06:38 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 03, 2014 06:39 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at May 03, 2014 06:39 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: eman at May 03, 2014 06:39 PM (MQEz6)
Posted by: willow at May 03, 2014 10:38 PM (nqBYe)
Not yet but he's slated to be NASA's next administrator. Muslim outreach and stuff.
Posted by: CDR M at May 03, 2014 06:40 PM (LsJl8)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at May 03, 2014 06:40 PM (W7zKe)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2014 06:40 PM (LJ7Ze)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at May 03, 2014 06:40 PM (W7zKe)
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 03, 2014 06:41 PM (w4C9b)
Posted by: Achmed Husain at May 03, 2014 06:41 PM (RMvwE)
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at May 03, 2014 06:41 PM (30eLQ)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at May 03, 2014 06:41 PM (W7zKe)
Posted by: shredded chi at May 03, 2014 06:41 PM (p59v3)
Not for want of trying.
What pissed ME off today was that idiot Matt Lewis of the Daily Caller (who is apparently now farming out articles on the side because the DC doesn't pay enough), writing in the Daily Telegraph that, quote,
"The Republicans may be the party of Abraham Lincoln -- but they are also, in the minds of voters, the party of men like Donald Sterling and Cliven Bundy."
Ah. Let's sum up. The Republicans are the party of Donald Sterling, a guy whose documented political donations have all been to Democrats. This is obviously some cunning stratagem to disguise his Republican sympathies.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 03, 2014 06:42 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at May 03, 2014 06:42 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: willow at May 03, 2014 06:42 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: The Goat at May 03, 2014 06:42 PM (LsJl8)
Posted by: Grey Fox at May 03, 2014 06:43 PM (g8ZFe)
fgs , is that true?
omg tell me we aren't that screwed up!Posted by: willow at May 03, 2014 06:43 PM (nqBYe)
Pick a date. I'll line up the indoor range at The Arms Room in League City. Then, after all the guns are safely cleaned n' cased, we'll move the meetup to the Twin Peaks (think upscale Hooters), in Webster, only about 2 miles up the road from The Arms Room.
If Twin Peaks doesn't pan out, I can likely find three or four other suitable venues, some of 'em right on the water at Clear Lake, or the Kemah area.
My email in nic.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 03, 2014 06:43 PM (vvk2F)
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at May 03, 2014 06:44 PM (30eLQ)
Posted by: CDR M at May 03, 2014 06:44 PM (LsJl8)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at May 03, 2014 06:44 PM (W7zKe)
Posted by: Jim at May 03, 2014 06:44 PM (vvk2F)
I haven't been to either one of those joints yet. Maybe someday.
Posted by: CDR M at May 03, 2014 06:44 PM (LsJl8)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 03, 2014 06:45 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 03, 2014 06:45 PM (XyM/Y)
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 03, 2014 06:45 PM (w4C9b)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at May 03, 2014 06:46 PM (W7zKe)
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at May 03, 2014 06:46 PM (30eLQ)
Posted by: shredded chi at May 03, 2014 06:47 PM (p59v3)
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 03, 2014 06:47 PM (w4C9b)
Posted by: willow at May 03, 2014 06:47 PM (nqBYe)
"Heck, back in the day you had to work for your pron."
Onion on belt time:
There were a couple of years there that early adopters were using the first gen of home TV repeaters. Hook one TV to the cable or VCR, then broadcast the signal throughout the house to the other TVs.
However, since there were a limited number of channels to send the signal over in the analog days, your neighbors could pick up the signal. With no scrambling.
So, free porn. Plus you get to know what kind of stuff the folks across the street are into, especially when they fast forward the tape to the parts they like.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 03, 2014 06:48 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 03, 2014 06:48 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 03, 2014 06:48 PM (XyM/Y)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 03, 2014 06:48 PM (GDulk)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 03, 2014 06:48 PM (h4qhp)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at May 03, 2014 06:49 PM (W7zKe)
Remind me to never cut n' paste here, ever again.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 03, 2014 10:44 PM (vvk2F)
++++
Notepad is a must around these parts.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 03, 2014 06:49 PM (IN7k+)
Posted by: Zip74 at May 03, 2014 06:49 PM (RMvwE)
Posted by: willow at May 03, 2014 06:50 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: the Barrel at May 03, 2014 10:45 PM (30eLQ)
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*Golf clap*
Posted by: Darth Randall at May 03, 2014 06:51 PM (KlVdw)
Boulder Hobo.
In this case, location, location, location.
We don't want Morons making 30 mile trips between the range and the meetup.
And, staying out of Houston proper is it's own reward. On that topic, if the South East side o' town isn't working, I can probably get us a hookup at AM 740's radio talk host Michael Berry's "Redneck Country Club"....but, that one will come with an admission fee....it's a private membership club, with all that entails.
My suggested location at Twin Peaks.....is surrounded by reasonable (not downtown, upscale palatial) hotels. Galveston Bay is only three to four miles away. Excellent restaurants abound. Believe me, the area is the right pick, and if you feel that strongly, I can find another in the same zone.
I'll start my in person research, tomorrow. This ought to happen, so I'll help get it started.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 03, 2014 06:51 PM (vvk2F)
Posted by: Burt Toste at May 03, 2014 06:51 PM (knDqF)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 03, 2014 06:51 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: willow at May 03, 2014 06:51 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Waterhouse of Harlech at May 03, 2014 06:51 PM (w4C9b)
Back in '07 I hooked the cable from the wall into my tv and let the QAM tuner built into it do a full scan for available channels. I was able to pull up other people's rentals and watch movies free of charge. It worked for awhile but soon the cable companies caught wind and scrambled a lot more stuff. Can't get too many channels straight out of the wall anymore without a box.
Posted by: CDR M at May 03, 2014 06:52 PM (LsJl8)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at May 03, 2014 06:52 PM (W7zKe)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 03, 2014 06:52 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 03, 2014 10:52 PM (GEICT)
Was he on McHale's Navy?
Posted by: CDR M at May 03, 2014 06:53 PM (LsJl8)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at May 03, 2014 06:53 PM (W7zKe)
Posted by: willow at May 03, 2014 06:53 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 03, 2014 06:54 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2014 06:54 PM (LJ7Ze)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at May 03, 2014 06:54 PM (W7zKe)
Posted by: willow at May 03, 2014 06:54 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at May 03, 2014 06:54 PM (d7H2D)
Joel McHale is very unfunny.Comedic hack.
Posted by: SlapNutz
On the Howard Stern show, McHale was saying he makes $3 million a year off his stand-up career -- clubs and campus appearances.
And that doesn't count his Community/Soup salary and residuals.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 03, 2014 06:55 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 03, 2014 10:52 PM (GEICT)
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You ever see "The Soup" on the E channel or "Community" on NBC?
Posted by: Darth Randall at May 03, 2014 06:55 PM (KlVdw)
Polliwog. I'll ask Brandi at The Arms Room about "14". I do think it's ok.
I can reserve us a five-lane bay, out of the 15 lanes they have in there. I do have some pull with 'em, so there's that.
Twin Peaks ain't my favorite, either. Maybe "Legends Billiards" at I-45 n' FM-518? Or, coarsening the culture, Maribel's on NASA-1 in Seabrook? I'm open to ideas, but am trying to 1. keep it in the general area, and 2. possibly allow for a cigar friendly meetup.
Your thoughts?
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 03, 2014 06:55 PM (vvk2F)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 03, 2014 06:55 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 03, 2014 06:55 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: willow at May 03, 2014 06:56 PM (nqBYe)
Yeah, saw that also. And he did a LOT of other weird things.
But just a normal guy...
Posted by: HH at May 03, 2014 06:56 PM (XXwdv)
Posted by: shredded chi at May 03, 2014 06:56 PM (p59v3)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at May 03, 2014 06:56 PM (W7zKe)
Posted by: willow at May 03, 2014 06:56 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at May 03, 2014 06:57 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: kbdabear at May 03, 2014 06:57 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 03, 2014 06:58 PM (GDulk)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 03, 2014 06:58 PM (GEICT)
I shun all of you as RINOs and traitors.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 03, 2014 10:55 PM (GEICT)
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If you really were Pure, you would know to keep your friends close and your enemies closer. But I forgive you and your impurity.
Posted by: Darth Randall at May 03, 2014 06:58 PM (KlVdw)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at May 03, 2014 06:59 PM (W7zKe)
Posted by: willow at May 03, 2014 06:59 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Joel McHale at May 03, 2014 06:59 PM (GW/jL)
I wouldn't get too excited yet. Malaysia is probably just trying to deflect attention from their piss poor performance in this sordid affair so far.
Posted by: CDR M at May 03, 2014 06:59 PM (LsJl8)
Posted by: toddler at May 03, 2014 06:59 PM (EaH66)
Posted by: Beer Ninja at May 03, 2014 07:00 PM (GhDQ1)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at May 03, 2014 07:00 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: The Boob Nazi at May 03, 2014 07:00 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: willow at May 03, 2014 07:00 PM (nqBYe)
Funny you mention that. A retired Marine Colonel I work with mentioned that too.
Posted by: CDR M at May 03, 2014 07:01 PM (LsJl8)
Posted by: WalrusRex at May 03, 2014 07:01 PM (Mogjf)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at May 03, 2014 07:01 PM (HxSXm)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2014 07:02 PM (LJ7Ze)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 03, 2014 07:03 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: willow at May 03, 2014 07:03 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2014 11:02 PM (LJ7Ze)
Golf clap. Well played.
Posted by: CDR M at May 03, 2014 07:03 PM (LsJl8)
Michelle Obama White House Correspondents' Dinner 2014
Dress: Off-The-Shoulder Perfection (PHOTOS)
HR HuffenPost
http://tinyurl.com/ndzc76j
That word you use....
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 03, 2014 07:03 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Y-not at May 03, 2014 07:03 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at May 03, 2014 07:03 PM (W7zKe)
Posted by: t-bird at May 03, 2014 07:04 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 03, 2014 07:04 PM (GEICT)
No, the Daily Wail is bad, but not that bad.
And, they do we Yanks a service by printing a bunch of politically incorrect stories about events in America which would never be aired by our own media. I think that they do this to scare their UK readers.
As for headlines, no real-world tabloid headline yet has ever beaten the immortal "Headless Body In Topless Bar".
Posted by: torquewrench at May 03, 2014 07:04 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2014 07:04 PM (LJ7Ze)
Posted by: boulder t'hobo at May 03, 2014 07:05 PM (30eLQ)
Posted by: willow at May 03, 2014 07:05 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at May 03, 2014 07:05 PM (ojnk6)
Original is here, although the video is low-quality: http://youtu.be/wfxIa-643zI
Posted by: jix at May 03, 2014 07:05 PM (AQtcD)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2014 11:04 PM (LJ7Ze)
See? My cash for clunkers plan is a resounding success!
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at May 03, 2014 07:06 PM (LsJl8)
Polliwog...........contact me, email in my nic, here. Any local info you need, just holler.
Meanwhile, if you don't mind......... go in and check out Legend's Billiards, and see if it meets your standards, and might be Moron-worthy? It'd be appreciated.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at May 03, 2014 07:06 PM (vvk2F)
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Posted by: boulder t'hobo at May 03, 2014 07:09 PM (30eLQ)
True fact: several leathernecks have related to me that they walked into the multi-service recruiting station intending to sign up for anything OTHER than the Marine Corps, but ended up becoming Marines simply because they were impressed with how squared away the Marine recruiter was.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 03, 2014 07:09 PM (noWW6)
I almost have to believe they made him stay a captain forever.Posted by: Beer Ninja at May 03, 2014 07:09 PM (GhDQ1)
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Posted by: OG Celtic-American at May 03, 2014 10:56 PM (W7zKe)
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LOL. You mean the newspaper in Airplane!
The picture of the boy in the spinning newspaper that has the headline, "Boy Trapped In Refrigerator Eats Own Foot", is Billy Koch, the grandson of producer Howard W. Koch. His grandfather called him up one day and asked him for a photo of himself, so Billy grabbed his second grade school photo. It was only after the film came out that he found out why his grandfather wanted the photo.
http://tinyurl.com/4hwsl
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 03, 2014 07:14 PM (IN7k+)
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Posted by: Waterhouse at May 03, 2014 07:16 PM (w4C9b)
For those of you who have not enjoyed the privilege of life in the People's Soviet Socialist Republic of Commiefornia, let me note that state-mandated custom gasoline blending has been one of the biggest single factors in our state's consistently sky-high gasoline prices.
Only the small number of refineries remaining in CA produce these blends, which means that we can't import fuel from other states, which means PAIN AT THE PUMP ELEVENTY for Commiefornia drivers, or it would mean that if we weren't a one-party Democratic state where such things are discreetly ignored by the media.
Such custom gasoline blends have never been proven to reduce smog, and may actually, net-net, increase it.
But it's all part of the war on cars. Society will not be perfected until all of you disgusting bitter-clinger proles have been forced onto mass transit due to skyrocketing costs of car ownership and operation.
Your Betters, of course, will continue to have cars of their own, subsidized ones, as they have socially important responsibilities.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 03, 2014 07:17 PM (noWW6)
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Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 03, 2014 11:14 PM (DmNpO)
I'll never wear a life jacket again
Posted by: Quint at May 03, 2014 07:18 PM (aTXUx)
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Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at May 03, 2014 07:20 PM (HxSXm)
T.J. Holmes @tjholmes
Joel McHale: "the Kardashians are Republicans, and I know that because they're always trying to screw black people." #WHCD
*crickets*
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 03, 2014 07:20 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 03, 2014 07:21 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 03, 2014 07:21 PM (GEICT)
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Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2014 11:19 PM (LJ7Ze)
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Is the topic still gas prices?
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 03, 2014 07:22 PM (IN7k+)
Posted by: no good deed at May 03, 2014 07:23 PM (ILBCY)
T.J. Holmes @tjholmes
Obama: "Republicans are giving Boehner a harder time than they're giving me, which means orange really is the new black." #WHCD #tanman
*quiet sobbing from Speaker's table*
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Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 03, 2014 07:41 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, formerly MrCaniac at May 03, 2014 07:42 PM (HxSXm)
Secretary Clinton With Gerry Adams, President of Sinn Fein
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/pix/2012/03/186691.htm
Gerry Adams is currently under arrest for what we would call ‘terrorism’,
‘torture’, and ‘murder’. OK, maybe the arrest is just for murder, that mostly involved torture
(of the taking a power drill to your bones type)
and terrorismÂ…
Hillary looks so pleased to meet Gerry in the official photo op.
She should run with photo in her election bid.
Posted by: Burnt Taost at May 03, 2014 07:42 PM (NaeCR)
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Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2014 07:45 PM (LJ7Ze)
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Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2014 07:46 PM (LJ7Ze)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 03, 2014 07:47 PM (GEICT)
I'm thinking of Ursula Andress as Ayesha in "She," and she's worth any number of trailers.
Posted by: RovingCopyEditor at May 03, 2014 07:47 PM (cbmm3)
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Posted by: boulder t'hobo at May 03, 2014 07:50 PM (30eLQ)
Posted by: AmishDude at May 03, 2014 07:50 PM (1UzRc)
Adams forgot a cardinal rule of the business.
If you order other people to commit murder on your behalf, make sure later on to have them murdered in turn. Tidy up all the loose ends.
Adams now is facing the reality that enough of his surviving underlings have talked that he may end up in the dock himself.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 03, 2014 07:52 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Infused with Leftist Logic at May 03, 2014 07:53 PM (jucos)
Unpossible.
Why, things I used to buy in a two-pack now come in a convenient triple pack!
At four times the price, mind you, but CONVENIENCE.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 03, 2014 07:55 PM (noWW6)
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Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 03, 2014 07:58 PM (DmNpO)
No?
Odd.
Inexplicable.
Inconceivable.
Posted by: Waterhouse at May 03, 2014 11:27 PM (w4C9b)
That's Unpossible!
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_________________
Liberalism is a mental disorder.
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Infused with Leftist Logic at May 03, 2014 08:05 PM (jucos)
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Posted by: kbdabear at May 03, 2014 08:10 PM (aTXUx)
*digging thru my bookmarks
TIA
Posted by: Forty Baht Barack at May 03, 2014 08:11 PM (M2xF4)
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Posted by: Larry Kudlow at May 03, 2014 08:12 PM (XRSxm)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 03, 2014 08:12 PM (DmNpO)
And all I can think of when I look at Gerry Adams is Billl Ayers, (They're about the same age aren't they?) but Adams may have a higher body count.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
I got my screen cap - never ever did see Barry with Ayers though... they worked right next to each other in a small office building that was conveniently demo'd during the first barry campaign.
Posted by: Burnt Taost at May 03, 2014 08:12 PM (NaeCR)
Posted by: Michael the Hobbit at May 03, 2014 08:13 PM (oWhIO)
You gotta admit Obama has brought unemployment way down, no use arguing against the facts.
Posted by: Larry Kudlow
I think you meant "brought employment way down"
Posted by: Burnt Taost at May 03, 2014 08:14 PM (NaeCR)
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Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at May 03, 2014 11:58 PM (DmNpO)
That will probably help him when Colbert starts up. I think the only comedy he is ok at is wear he needs to be a condescending sarcastic prick, which I don't think will fly for network late night. And based on his crap top ten he did that really is the only comedy he is capable of.
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Posted by: Weirddave at May 04, 2014 12:14 AM (N/cFh)
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The oil companies don't make as much on a gallon of gas than the government does via taxes.
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Infused with Leftist Logic at May 03, 2014 08:18 PM (jucos)
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Posted by: RWC at May 03, 2014 08:22 PM (QeH9j)
*digging thru my bookmarks
TIA
Posted by: Forty Baht Barack
Don't have the link, but its up by Slippery Rock.
Posted by: Jean at May 03, 2014 08:23 PM (Aqvh6)
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Feral and State gubmints make north of 50 cents a gallon.
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Infused with Leftist Logic at May 03, 2014 08:25 PM (jucos)
Posted by: RWC at May 03, 2014 08:25 PM (QeH9j)
RAAAAACIST!!
Posted by: RWC at May 04, 2014 12:25 AM (QeH9j)
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Agree. In yo face racism. I really hate these people.
Posted by: Truck Monkey, Infused with Leftist Logic at May 03, 2014 08:26 PM (jucos)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at May 04, 2014 12:23 AM (ojnk6)
The Mafia dreams of the kind of skim the Feds take on oil.
Posted by: cm9000 at May 03, 2014 08:27 PM (XRSxm)
The suspects were arrested in the capital Kuala Lumpur and in the state of Kedah last week and are members of a violent new terror group said to be planning bomb attacks in Muslim countries.
The interrogations come after international investigators, including the FBI and MI6, asked for the militants, whose ages range from 22 to 55 and include students, odd-job workers, a young widow and business professionals, to be questioned intensively about Flight MH370. Posted by: Thunderb
I though only evil white men, like Dick Cheney, asked other governments to "questioned intensively" bad guys for us?
Posted by: Jean at May 03, 2014 08:27 PM (Aqvh6)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at May 03, 2014 08:28 PM (ojnk6)
Oh no no no no no no.
That's _not_ Spam.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 03, 2014 08:29 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Michael the Hobbit
Yes, all foreign service posts are purely based on the Employee Input Box in the break room at the State Dept. ///Gag
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Posted by: ManWithNoParty at May 04, 2014 12:31 AM (ojnk6)
And at least the Mafia's protection racket offers some measure of protection.
Posted by: cm9000 at May 03, 2014 08:35 PM (XRSxm)
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Posted by: katya the designated driver at May 03, 2014 08:39 PM (4Chvm)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 03, 2014 08:40 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: concrete girl at May 03, 2014 08:40 PM (dyMJm)
High risk overseas duty in the State Department is a dog's breakfast.
It's bad enough to shoulder those risks while servng in the ranks of the military, but the military are better protected and better compensated for dangerous duty than are the diplomatic corps.
But, if you're in the striped pants brigade, and the SecState orders you to the ass end of nowhere, you either go, or you endure the immediate instant permanent destruction of your career in government.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 03, 2014 08:40 PM (noWW6)
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Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at May 04, 2014 12:40 AM (GEICT)
The modern American Democrat Party is histories largest criminal organization/conspiracy.
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Posted by: logprof: 'Noles! at May 03, 2014 08:55 PM (GW/jL)
Also, I should post a blog post about posting to the blog. But, you know, there were these beers....
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Posted by: logprof never went to prom at May 03, 2014 09:03 PM (GW/jL)
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Posted by: cm9000 at May 04, 2014 01:02 AM (XRSxm)
The Melting Pot gave way to the sectioned off plastic plates.
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Posted by: logprof at May 04, 2014 01:18 AM (GW/jL)
You show disturbing traits of Islamophobia.
Posted by: cm9000 at May 03, 2014 09:22 PM (XRSxm)
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Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 03, 2014 09:31 PM (0AKks)
They won't touch it anything in this admin.
Figure he laid the groundwork for others to expand their power.
Fuck 'em all. Posted by: RWC at May 04, 2014 01:23 AM (QeH9j) Hide posts from (QeH9j)
I'm not saying that they wouldn't prefer to cover it up forever....I'm saying that having the current "drip....drip....drip...." carry over into their Administration will make them look as bad as Barky. If they flushed all the bad stuff with Barky out into the open, they could then go, "see, drip's gone -- you can trust *me*....."
Posted by: cthulhu at May 03, 2014 09:31 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 03, 2014 09:32 PM (0AKks)
It's like crossing the streams in Ghostbusters....
Posted by: cthulhu at May 03, 2014 09:32 PM (T1005)
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Posted by: madtom at May 03, 2014 09:35 PM (cOb0J)
Just means the infection is in it's second stage and is eating the brain. Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 04, 2014 01:32 AM (0AKks) Hide posts from (0AKks)
I think we're well past that. But, seriously, everything TFG has touched is either blown, unraveling, falling apart, or just obviously hooey. And every day, there's another data point for how screwed-up it is. Why would anyone want to pretend to be an extension/continuation of this?
Posted by: cthulhu at May 03, 2014 09:38 PM (T1005)
Posted by: shredded chi at May 03, 2014 09:40 PM (p59v3)
Posted by: The Farmer at May 03, 2014 09:41 PM (eBupg)
....and then people started noticing that Obama continued doing the same things -- but with even less competent results.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 03, 2014 09:42 PM (T1005)
Hey, Cth, btw. How's things? Hope you & BH are well.
Posted by: shredded chi at May 04, 2014 01:40 AM (p59v3) Hide posts from (p59v3)
Things have been busy. I sent you an email or two over the last week....did you not get them? How have things been with you?
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Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 03, 2014 09:47 PM (0AKks)
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Posted by: madtom at May 03, 2014 09:53 PM (cOb0J)
He has that reverse Midas touch going for him.
I don't have any idea on why someone would to claim to want to extend 0bama's policies. Unless they're so in the bubble with a sycophantic press (they're really sycophants to the party, not the candidate) telling them that all is well. Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 04, 2014 01:47 AM (0AKks) Hide posts from (0AKks)
I can well understand why someone might want to actually continue Barky's policies -- the political life is very attractive to malignant narcissists -- but why they would want to claim to continue his policies, or continue his lies about his policies, is another story. I would think that the easiest way to start covering your own scandals is to spill the beans on all of Barky's -- the resultant explosion of crap gives you all kind of cover to do anything you please.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 03, 2014 09:56 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 03, 2014 09:56 PM (0AKks)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 03, 2014 09:57 PM (0AKks)
It's leftover from another situation....and I should probably ditch it at this point. It's nothing personal to anyone I've seen here in the last month.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 03, 2014 09:59 PM (T1005)
Posted by: shredded chi at May 03, 2014 10:00 PM (p59v3)
I'm now safely back in my plywood shack overlooking the trailer park. Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 04, 2014 01:56 AM (0AKks) Hide posts from (0AKks)
Plywood? Plywood? In my day, we would have killed to have plywood. We built our shacks out of cardboard refrigerator boxes after we fished 'em out of the creek.
Posted by: Yorkshireman at May 03, 2014 10:01 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 03, 2014 10:04 PM (0AKks)
Posted by: mindful "tired lad" webworker at May 03, 2014 10:04 PM (OZjR5)
Posted by: Dendritic at May 03, 2014 10:07 PM (75hfB)
We're all a bit paranoid, here -- and that's generally a good thing. Keeps us on our toes and all that. It's actually good that you noticed the difference.....and there's nothing wrong with asking about odd things. And, being that you weren't one of the people that the situation was about, I'm more than happy to tell you the dealio. But the full dealio is rather a long story and -- now -- moot, so you got a summary.
Posted by: Yorkshireman at May 03, 2014 10:07 PM (T1005)
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Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 03, 2014 10:11 PM (0AKks)
Rent seekers love him. The rich ones that are connected will lie their ass off to keep the gravy flowing. The poor ones don't give a fuck as long as the checks keep coming. Then you have those that are so invested in the Dem culture that they just can't admit they were taken by the Nigerian Email. Posted by: Dendritic at May 04, 2014 02:07 AM (75hfB) Hide posts from (75hfB)
Yeah....that exact quote got a bit scrambled, so I responded to what I thought he meant @473. Yes, I can see why a politician might desire to trample the Constitution like Barky does; no, I don't think that means he goes out and says, "Barky was right to trample the Constitution like that."
But you do make an interesting point.....exposing the crooked truth about TFG's Administration would, by necessity, also expose things about those who he has enriched.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 03, 2014 10:14 PM (T1005)
Posted by: shredded chi at May 03, 2014 10:14 PM (p59v3)
Posted by: teej at May 03, 2014 10:14 PM (M3APu)
The obvious solution, no more thoughtful replies. Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 04, 2014 02:11 AM (0AKks) Hide posts from (0AKks)
That's what I was thinking.
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Posted by: mindful "tired lad" webworker at May 04, 2014 02:04 AM (OZjR5)
------
In the shopping center down the road, there is a sign for a dentist named Dr. Don Doctor.
years ago, I opened the door & he was standing at the front desk. I said "Dr. Doctor?"
With a straight face, he said "if you say Give Me The News, I'll throw this stapler at your head."
We both laughed as i backed out slowly. I wonder how many times he's heard that?
Posted by: shredded chi at May 04, 2014 02:14 AM (p59v3) Hide posts from (p59v3)
When there's an obvious riff off your name, it doesn't matter if it gets old on the 10th time or the 200th....it's your name -- it's going to get old.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 03, 2014 10:17 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 03, 2014 10:18 PM (0AKks)
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Posted by: Arbalest at May 03, 2014 10:20 PM (FlRtG)
Posted by: madtom at May 03, 2014 10:20 PM (cOb0J)
Posted by: The Farmer at May 03, 2014 10:21 PM (eBupg)
http://bit.ly/1jrLknJ (NSFW)
Posted by: The Dude at May 04, 2014 02:08 AM (bStrg) Hide posts from (bStrg)
*Facepalm* I thought I was in charge of spreading insanity among the masses.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 03, 2014 10:21 PM (T1005)
Posted by: madtom at May 03, 2014 10:23 PM (cOb0J)
... exposing the crooked truth about TFG's Administration would, by necessity, also expose things about those who he has enriched.
... and set a precedent.
I think there are very many people in the current administration who have committed crimes deserving serious jail time ... but I also worry about the possibility of "witchhunts" and mass exposures becoming de rigueur when an administration leaves office.
My preference is to prosecute now ... but we all can guess the very few ways how that will play out ... unless November really is the turning point.
Posted by: Arbalest at May 04, 2014 02:20 AM (FlRtG) Hide posts from (FlRtG)
I think mass witchhunds after a change in Administration would be a good thing, as it would tamp down on egregious behavior when one party holds too much power.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 03, 2014 10:24 PM (T1005)
I've seen quite a few of their game shows.....and some of them are very entertaining.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 03, 2014 10:24 PM (T1005)
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Posted by: Arbalest at May 03, 2014 10:29 PM (FlRtG)
Posted by: Dendritic at May 03, 2014 10:29 PM (75hfB)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at May 03, 2014 10:30 PM (d7H2D)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 03, 2014 10:31 PM (T1005)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at May 03, 2014 10:33 PM (JmGFJ)
Posted by: Arbalest at May 03, 2014 10:33 PM (FlRtG)
Posted by: Dr. Lipshitz [/i] [/b] at May 03, 2014 10:35 PM (JmGFJ)
Posted by: madtom at May 03, 2014 10:35 PM (cOb0J)
I think mass witchhunds after a change in Administration would be a good thing, as it would tamp down on egregious behavior when one party holds too much power.
Your point is clear, but who wants to be the next "Scooter" Libby?
Posted by: Arbalest at May 04, 2014 02:29 AM (FlRtG) Hide posts from (FlRtG)
I really would prefer it if people viewed working in Washington DC as a death sentence rather than a turn at the public trough. It reminds me of an incident during the time of Caligula when a man in Spain summoned all the people he knew to give them horrible news: "my friends, I have been summoned to Rome."
Posted by: cthulhu at May 03, 2014 10:36 PM (T1005)
***sigh*** Guilty.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 03, 2014 10:37 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at May 03, 2014 10:38 PM (d7H2D)
Posted by: Arbalest at May 03, 2014 10:41 PM (FlRtG)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 04, 2014 01:38 AM (T1005)
Short version? The demented left has true believers who do actually believe their bullshit. Its their birthright to live off of your cash. Its their birthright to form a retarded society and force you to live in it. Scratch a leftist and find a fascist, a narcissist, a child, a malcontent, and a delusional self righteous prick. Their messiah is always a despot in one form or another, and they believe.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 03, 2014 10:42 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Dendritic at May 03, 2014 10:47 PM (75hfB)
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at May 03, 2014 10:48 PM (M9BzG)
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at May 03, 2014 10:50 PM (M9BzG)
cthulhu:
I have to ask again: What is
"Hide posts from ( ____ )
supposed to do? I only see the text with the line in it; no graphics, or other stuff, no matter which browser I use.
Perhaps I need to upgrade to the Iridium Membership, in order for it to have any effect on my screen ...
Posted by: Arbalest at May 04, 2014 02:33 AM (FlRtG) Hide posts from (FlRtG)
It's a browser add-in that I got from Merovign. What it does it gives everyone their own banhammer that only applies to themselves -- they can blank posts from specific people (by hash), but only on their browser. It is extremely useful for people who are rude, repetitious, tiresome, and personally vicious in a way that the greater blog wouldn't necessarily banhammer timely (if, for instance, A kept bugging B about B's failed relationship and regular attendance of the ONT -- B might very quickly get to the point where it might be better if A got blanked rather than discuss anything about the situation.)
At the time, the Horde was being extensively trolled by such assholes -- coming in to mine information by pretending to be friendly, then randomly associating anything they'd learned about a person with anything to be criticized about that person. I saw it happen to a few people and got the tool. Then, as soon as I recognized the pattern, I blanked 'em. I believe that two of them were subsequently banned.
Well, it seems like that sort of troll isn't in vogue so much any more, and now it only seems to cause comments from Morons in Good Standing about "WTF is that THANG on the end of your quote, there?" But I haven't gotten around to turning it off and packing it away.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 03, 2014 10:50 PM (T1005)
"Hide posts from ( ____ )
supposed to do? I only see the text with the line in it; no graphics, or other stuff, no matter which browser I use.
Posted by: Arbalest
It's a Browser Script to turn off / on comments in-line, referencing the hash.
I think it was created by the commenter Spies, Brigands, Pirates on ProteinWisdom.com.
You need to install GREASEMONKEY first :
sourceforge.net/projects/greasemonkey/?source=directory
Here's the unvetted script; you've been warned:
userscripts.org/scripts/show/142617
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i][/b][/u] at May 03, 2014 10:51 PM (JmGFJ)
Posted by: madtom at May 03, 2014 10:51 PM (cOb0J)
Marketing ...
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at May 04, 2014 02:50 AM (M9BzG)
not marketing when I wear them when dealing with my pepper plants. End up having to double bag my hands (surgical gloves and looser nitrile gloves) and it still really isn't enough
Posted by: The Dude at May 03, 2014 10:52 PM (bStrg)
Posted by: Dendritic at May 03, 2014 10:54 PM (75hfB)
everything TFG has touched is either blown, unraveling, falling apart,
or just obviously hooey. And every day, there's another data point for
how screwed-up it is. Why would anyone want to pretend to be an
extension/continuation of this?
Posted by: cthulhu at May 04, 2014 01:38 AM (T1005)
Short version? The demented left has true believers who do actually believe their bullshit. Its their birthright to live off of your cash. Its their birthright to form a retarded society and force you to live in it. Scratch a leftist and find a fascist, a narcissist, a child, a malcontent, and a delusional self righteous prick. Their messiah is always a despot in one form or another, and they believe.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2014 02:42 AM (FMbng) Hide posts from (FMbng)
Which is why you'd certainly want to *pretend* to be something else, so you can get in close to your prey. I mean, how many times are you walking through the rain forest and you hear a little voice from a leech in a puddle going, "I'm a parasite, I'm a parasite, I'm a parasite....put your foot right here"?
Posted by: cthulhu at May 03, 2014 10:54 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Arbalest at May 03, 2014 10:55 PM (FlRtG)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 03, 2014 10:57 PM (0AKks)
Posted by: Arbalest at May 03, 2014 10:58 PM (FlRtG)
Posted by: The Political Hat at May 03, 2014 10:59 PM (K1sEu)
Time to pick a new nic, I s'pose. Posted by: ConservativeMonster at May 03, 2014 10:59 PM (M9BzG)
Posted by: The Farmer at May 03, 2014 10:59 PM (eBupg)
Posted by: The Political Hat at May 03, 2014 10:59 PM (K1sEu)
I think we're well past that. But, seriously,
everything TFG has touched is either blown, unraveling, falling apart,
or just obviously hooey. And every day, there's another data point for
how screwed-up it is. Why would anyone want to pretend to be an
extension/continuation of this?
Posted by: cthulhu at May 04, 2014 01:38 AM (T1005)
Short
version? The demented left has true believers who do actually believe
their bullshit. Its their birthright to live off of your cash. Its their
birthright to form a retarded society and force you to live in it.
Scratch a leftist and find a fascist, a narcissist, a child, a
malcontent, and a delusional self righteous prick. Their messiah is
always a despot in one form or another, and they believe.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2014 02:42 AM (FMbng)
Hide posts from (FMbng)
And, btw, isn't it "Scratch a
Posted by: cthulhu at May 03, 2014 10:59 PM (T1005)
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at May 03, 2014 11:01 PM (M9BzG)
Posted by: Arbalest at May 03, 2014 11:01 PM (FlRtG)
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at May 03, 2014 11:02 PM (M9BzG)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at May 03, 2014 11:02 PM (JmGFJ)
Cooth, you've gotten soft. The BH starts talking about getting married,
next thing you know you're not bringing unspeakable horror incarnate to
this plane...
Posted by: Conservative Crank at May 04, 2014 02:30 AM (d7H2D)
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at May 04, 2014
Chuckles slightly. Do what you want to do.
Get married or not! You have been together for years, right? Why would a marriage ceremony make any difference?
Posted by: The Farmer at May 04, 2014 02:59 AM (eBupg) Hide posts from (eBupg)
The BH and I have been together for 25 years. I had thought that official designation as the Better Half would be superior to fiancee, but she recently decided she wanted to be my fiancee, and I've been trying to keep to this usage. Doesn't help that so many folks here know her as the BH -- and there's a bunch who have even met her IRL.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 03, 2014 11:04 PM (T1005)
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at May 03, 2014 11:04 PM (M9BzG)
How goes the anime watching madtom?
Gee Fi, they don't care for the welfare of the kids. They seek the Power to Rule.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 03, 2014 11:04 PM (/FZPk)
Posted by: Dendritic at May 03, 2014 11:05 PM (75hfB)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at May 03, 2014 11:07 PM (JmGFJ)
http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/selection-du-weekend-86-38.jpg
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 03, 2014 11:08 PM (/FZPk)
Posted by: Dendritic at May 03, 2014 11:08 PM (75hfB)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 04, 2014 02:54 AM (T1005)
I think they are way past pretending anything. They aren't even trying to hide what they are anymore.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 03, 2014 11:09 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at May 03, 2014 11:10 PM (M9BzG)
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at May 03, 2014 11:11 PM (M9BzG)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 03, 2014 11:12 PM (/FZPk)
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Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 04, 2014 03:08 AM (/FZPk) Hide posts from (/FZPk)
I think I dated her sister back a-ways....
Posted by: cthulhu at May 03, 2014 11:13 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Dendritic at May 03, 2014 11:14 PM (75hfB)
Anything that doesn't come with three parentheses.
Is this an urban farm thing?)))
The 3 parentheses are because I am posting on an I pad. My house sits on just over 10 acres so I rent what I don't want to mow out. Posted by: Dendritic at May 04, 2014 03:14 AM (75hfB) Hide posts from (75hfB)
Was it you a while back who was looking outside over breakfast and seeing 12 paws and 30 hooves in your yard?
Posted by: cthulhu at May 03, 2014 11:19 PM (T1005)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at May 03, 2014 11:20 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at May 03, 2014 11:21 PM (d7H2D)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at May 03, 2014 11:23 PM (JmGFJ)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 03, 2014 11:36 PM (nzKvP)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at May 03, 2014 11:37 PM (0AKks)
For myself, I'm actually coming from this almost 180 degrees from the "gay marriage" advocates -- I believe that all government recognition of marriage is perverse, wrong, sinful, unwise, hurtful, unconstitutional, and immoral.....but I would have "jumped the broom" or "plighted my troth" in a purely religious ceremony years ago, were I a church-attending type. I've long-since held her in my heart as my one-and-only, and I've looked out for her through thick-and-thin. We stand before our friends, relatives, and the community as a couple. Even as I see a coming financial/political disaster inevitably proceeding toward California, I won't leave without her.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 03, 2014 11:44 PM (T1005)
Posted by: madtom at May 03, 2014 11:48 PM (cOb0J)
Posted by: madtom at May 03, 2014 11:54 PM (cOb0J)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at May 03, 2014 11:55 PM (JmGFJ)
Posted by: The Political Hat at May 03, 2014 11:57 PM (K1sEu)
Posted by: madtom at May 03, 2014 11:58 PM (cOb0J)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at May 04, 2014 12:02 AM (d7H2D)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at May 04, 2014 12:04 AM (JmGFJ)
Posted by: madtom at May 04, 2014 12:05 AM (cOb0J)
I've been in Silicon Valley for about a quarter century, and every so often there is a buzzword that is going to forever vanquish the problem of making stuff that is good. We've seen ISO, and TQM, and Six Sigma, and -- well, y'all can generate a list as well as I can.
Having seen a few, I've had the opportunity to notice patterns. For instance, a common thread among these systems is that you need to do the right thing consistently. Another common thread is that you have to demand that the people who provide you with products or services give you good stuff.....as defined by the buzzword du jour.
So, if you're an ISO shop -- you need to continually nag your suppliers to adopt ISO. Which ends the day after you get a new VP and sign on to the cult of TQM -- because then, you'll need to nag them just as hard to adopt TQM.....which will last until your customers demand that you convert to Six Sigma or die by the sword.
And the thing that always struck me as funny about that "make your suppliers do XXXX" thing is that every supply chain starts out as dirt. Let's say that you're talking fiberoptic cables. Those are created in towers by slowly melting big blocks of ultra-pure glass and teasing it away to the proper thickness before cooling it. The ultra-pure glass is made in huge furnaces by repeatedly settling out, floating off, filtering out, or chemically neutralizing impurities from blocks of not-so-pure glass. That not-so pure glass is made by melting sand....which is dug out of the earth by a guy who'd tell the TQM asshole exactly where his shovel was about to get shoved and how far.
Our own Alberta Oil Peon was relating some "boots on the ground" stories of posting mineral claims notices on remote properties. I suspect he'd have greeted some missionary from the Great Church of Six Sigma with all due respect while he was doing so.
You trace everything far enough back, and there is a dirty guy in uncomfortable, dangerous circumstances prying something out of the ground. And all the Pajama-boy theorists and quality numbnuts in the world will never change this.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 04, 2014 12:06 AM (T1005)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at May 04, 2014 12:09 AM (JmGFJ)
Posted by: madtom at May 04, 2014 12:12 AM (cOb0J)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at May 04, 2014 12:18 AM (d7H2D)
Posted by: madtom at May 04, 2014 12:26 AM (cOb0J)
Posted by: madtom at May 04, 2014 12:36 AM (cOb0J)
The entirely private definition of marriage just seems so...weird. For the individuals involved, yes, I would hope the private concerns would be the driving force. But from a civil/society standpoint, marriage represents a fusing of economic units and a new division of labor that is beneficial and has been regulated since Hammurabi, AFAIK. Should the civil elements be codified, I don't know--if I say yes, I'm saying so because I want protection of traditional marriage and of religion from gay activists.
I guess what I'd agree to is civil unions as a legal matter for all (since I'm afraid the gay marriage boat has sailed in all its fabulous glory, though I still will vote against if I have the option), and let marriage be an entirely private matter. The gut part of me wants marriage as it has been, with civil unions for gays, but my brain rebels against "separate but equal" after the evils that philosophy has caused historically. Posted by: Conservative Crank at May 04, 2014 04:02 AM (d7H2D) Hide posts from (d7H2D)
The Code of Hammurabi -- http://tinyurl.com/q2mkl7x -- actually has very little about marriage itself, but quite a bit about property rights surrounding marriage.....just as an aside.
Let's start with one small issue -- inheritance. Under different regimes, at different times, in different places, state inheritance rules have gone from primogeniture (eldest son gets it all), to all children inherit equally -- with steps for males to inherit 1 share and females to inherit 1/2; males to inherit the business and females to inherit the home; males to inherit equally, married females to inherit nothing....there have been quite a few of such schemes. Which one should be embedded in the law?
Should that be a Federal law or a state law? What if the parents to the heir belong to a religious tradition that would divide the inheritance differently -- would such laws to the contrary be "respecting an establishment of religion"?
And that's just one tiny, dusty corner of this mess.
Now, I could actually support a reporting requirement -- imagine, if you would, a 32-page form that says "Jack Jones and Tina Smith declare" at the top. Around page 16, it has a section for "children's inheritance" with radio buttons for "under will" or "by custom" -- and listing "by custom" options.
The problem is that the government doesn't have an index as to what "marriage" means, so it's referenced a zillion times in a zillion different places and it's assumed to be a zillion completely unrelated things, 90% of which are not within the government's purview in the first place. It really needs a thorough cleanup
Posted by: cthulhu at May 04, 2014 12:42 AM (T1005)
Posted by: The Walking Dude at May 04, 2014 12:49 AM (1xQO9)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 04, 2014 04:06 AM (T1005)
This kills me. Every numb-nuts neo-hippie wants to run a web-based business, which means they're shopkeeps but without the actual labor associated with maintaining a brick and mortar space, so they're even less appreciative of the work to create product. You can see it in this administration, and also the Clinton admin. "We are moving towards a service economy." Here's the issue with that--a service economy doesn't actually generate any wealth. Everything is just redistribution of existing wealth. You need to actually make/produce/mine sh*t to generate additional wealth. Our manufacturing sector is a joke compared to what it was 70 years ago. They built an aircraft carrier a week during World War II, and that was just one company, with a fair portion of the labor force overseas. Granted they were smaller escort carriers, but still, I don't think we could average a frigate a week with our current industrial footprint. England and the US didn't become superpowers through subsistence farming, they did it by commerce, colonization and ultimately industry. Is it any coincidence that the 2 nations with any staying power as the world's leading superpower for the last 4 centuries were the two countries where the industrial revolution took hold the fastest and was unleashed to its fullest extent? Posted by: Conservative Crank at May 04, 2014 04:18 AM (d7H2D) Hide posts from (d7H2D)
They don't even want to be f***ing HVAC guys, which is pretty f***ing cushy compared to plumbers, drywall, flooring, or roofers. And they want everyone to get a bullshit college degree in lesbian studies that will enable them to pontificate on the cis-normative oppression in the trans-bilateral Hottentot.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 04, 2014 12:51 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at May 04, 2014 12:52 AM (d7H2D)
Posted by: Conservative Crank at May 04, 2014 12:54 AM (d7H2D)
Posted by: madtom at May 04, 2014 12:56 AM (cOb0J)
Keep em coming.]
BTW I ain't paying that Obamacare tax.
Pulls guns spins them in the air, holsters and grins a wicked grin. Posted by: The Walking Dude at May 04, 2014 04:49 AM (1xQO9) Hide posts from (1xQO9)
Everyone thinks the train-wreck is the last bump. The train-wreck is going to be when you see tax returns that say, "drop your drawers, disclose your entire health history to the same IRS that screws over organizations with "freedom" in their name, and bend over the desk, or pay $95 of your refund (if any) to tell us 'fuck off'."
Posted by: cthulhu at May 04, 2014 12:56 AM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at May 04, 2014 04:42 AM (T1005)
Well, you could say that about almost anything passed since about 1791 or so... Posted by: Conservative Crank at May 04, 2014 04:52 AM (d7H2D) Hide posts from (d7H2D)
I don't know if 1791 was that significant.....1832 seems like an important year for the good guys -- http://tinyurl.com/5p8bbz -- although there is a good possibility that the Civil War was a retaliation for this.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 04, 2014 01:03 AM (T1005)
"It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes. Distinctions in society will always exist under every just government. Equality of talents, of education, or of wealth can not be produced by human institutions. In the full enjoyment of the gifts of Heaven and the fruits of superior industry, economy, and virtue, every man is equally entitled to protection by law; but when the laws undertake to add to these natural and just advantages artificial distinctions, to grant titles, gratuities, and exclusive privileges, to make the rich richer and the potent more powerful, the humble members of society-the farmers, mechanics, and laborers-who have neither the time nor the means of securing like favors to themselves, have a right to complain of the injustice of their Government. There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. If it would confine itself to equal protection, and, as Heaven does its rains, shower its favors alike on the high and the low, the rich and the poor, it would be an unqualified blessing. In the act before me there seems to be a wide and unnecessary departure from these just principles.
Nor is our Government to be maintained or our Union preserved by invasions of the rights and powers of the several States. In thus attempting to make our General Government strong we make it weak. Its true strength consists in leaving individuals and States as much as possible to themselves-in making itself felt, not in its power, but in its beneficence; not in its control, but in its protection; not in binding the States more closely to the center, but leaving each to move unobstructed in its proper orbit.
Experience should teach us wisdom. Most of the difficulties our Government now encounters and most of the dangers which impend over our Union have sprung from an abandonment of the legitimate objects of Government by our national legislation, and the adoption of such principles as are embodied in this act. Many of our rich men have not been content with equal protection and equal benefits, but have besought us to make them richer by act of Congress. By attempting to gratify their desires we have in the results of our legislation arrayed section against section, interest against interest, and man against man, in a fearful commotion which threatens to shake the foundations of our Union. It is time to pause in our career to review our principles, and if possible revive that devoted patriotism and spirit of compromise which distinguished the sages of the Revolution and the fathers of our Union. If we can not at once, in justice to interests vested under improvident legislation, make our Government what it ought to be, we can at least take a stand against all new grants of monopolies and exclusive privileges, against any prostitution of our Government to the advancement of the few at the expense of the many, and in favor of compromise and gradual reform in our code of laws and system of political economy.
I have now done my duty to my country. If sustained by my fellow citizens, I shall be grateful and happy; if not, I shall find in the motives which impel me ample grounds for contentment and peace. In the difficulties which surround us and the dangers which threaten our institutions there is cause for neither dismay nor alarm. For relief and deliverance let us firmly rely on that kind Providence which I am sure watches with peculiar care over the destinies of our Republic, and on the intelligence and wisdom of our countrymen. Through His abundant goodness and heir patriotic devotion our liberty and Union will be preserved."
Posted by: cthulhu at May 04, 2014 01:11 AM (T1005)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at May 04, 2014 01:22 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Dendritic at May 04, 2014 03:08 AM (75hfB)
That explains how it ends up, too...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at May 04, 2014 01:23 AM (yh0zB)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at May 04, 2014 05:22 AM (yh0zB) Hide posts from (yh0zB)
Woo-hoo!!!
Are you sure you'd want to burn the place down and fight with the insurance company v. sell it to some damned fool for twice what it's worth?
Posted by: cthulhu at May 04, 2014 01:29 AM (T1005)
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Posted by: The Walking Dude at May 04, 2014 01:43 AM (1xQO9)
I think you grabbed your nick from a old novelist back in the day. Lovecraft I believe. I stole off of Steven King.
I will tell you now sonny and I will only tell you one time.'
I will not pay that illegal tax.
If you want to drop trousers and get butt fucked then you do Kid.
I will not do!
Fuck them and the horse they rode in on.
Posted from the land of no extradition.
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Posted by: The Walking Dude at May 04, 2014 05:43 AM (1xQO9) Hide posts from (1xQO9)
You mistake me, sir -- I have no intention of paying anything....nor reporting any reason that they'd excuse me from paying. I intend to make sure that I have not overpaid my taxes, NOT file the excuse form, NOT include the illegal taxes in my total, and NOT pay them. And collect a great deal of "μολὼν λαβέ" graphics in the meantime.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 04, 2014 01:51 AM (T1005)
Posted by: The Walking Dude at May 04, 2014 01:59 AM (1xQO9)
I must apologise profusely. Please except my apology.
It is clear now to me what you intended to say.
You have a nice day and God Bless you Posted by: The Walking Dude at May 04, 2014 05:59 AM (1xQO9) Hide posts from (1xQO9)
No worries. We're all under siege from a lawless Administration, and the quicker and easier we can resolve our differences....the better.
G'day and God Bless you and yours as well.
Posted by: cthulhu at May 04, 2014 02:03 AM (T1005)
The free shit army will not give up without a fight.
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Posted by: The Barrel at May 04, 2014 07:27 AM (AWwDY)
You are not exactly a treat you know. Try cleaning up once in a while.
Posted by: Infidel at May 04, 2014 03:32 AM (pTP6v)
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Posted by: Nip Sip at May 04, 2014 03:45 AM (0FSuD)
Hahaha. I just pull the weeds. The neighbor will till for me. Sometimes I'm lucky that way. The weather has just been so shitty. I think Thursday was teh last night of below 32. I sure hope so.
That story about the sailor is great.
Posted by: Infidel at May 04, 2014 03:46 AM (pTP6v)
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Posted by: Infidel at May 04, 2014 04:36 AM (pTP6v)
"when the temperature was in the low 70s and high 80s"
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How about 108. Did you measure that? There is no amount of gas saved that could convince me to turn off the AC in an Arkansas summer.
Posted by: Lea at May 04, 2014 04:38 AM (/bd0t)
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Posted by: mindful webworker has coffee, needs bacon at May 04, 2014 04:46 AM (6O259)
Posted by: mindful webworker's OCD kicks in at May 04, 2014 04:48 AM (9Zci/)
Or maybe "toxic narcissist." Either way, she scares me.
Fortunately she's not so hot any more, at 51. But I'll bet she can still manipulate people.
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